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SAMUEL JOHNSON: THIRTY-SIX SELECT DISCOURSES DOCTRINAL AND PRACTICAL UPON THE MOST IMPORTANT POINTS OF THE CHRISTIAN RELIGION, London, printed for C Rivington, 1740 first edition, 2 vols, 2pp adverts at end of vol 2, contemporary calf gilt, vgc (2)

FRIDTJOF NANSCN: FARTHEST NORTH..., London, Archibald Constable, 1897 first edition, 2 vols, plates, portraits and maps collated complete as lists, original pictorial cloth gilt worn (2)

CECIL ALDIN: THE ROMANCE OF THE ROAD, London, Ayre & Spottiswoode, 1928, first edition, coloured plates and folding map collated complete, folio, original cloth worn and soiled

W E JOHNS: KINGS OF SPACE A STORY OF INTERPLANETARY EXPLORATION, London, Hodder & Stoughton, 1954 first edition, original cloth d/w (price clipped and very minor losses)

POETRY OF THE YEAR PASSAGES FROM THE POETS DESCRIPTIVE OF THE SEASONS, London, George Bell, 1853 first edition, 22 coloured litho illustrations, 4to, original decorative cloth recased, new eps, all edges gilt

HERMANN MUTHESIUS: THE ENGLISH HOUSE, Ed Dennis Sharp, Translated by Janet Seligman and Stewart Spencer, London, Frances Lincoln, 2007 first complete English edition, 3 vols, 4to original cloth gilt d/w's, slip case, vgc

ISAAC TAYLOR: THE ALPHABET AN ACCOUNT OF THE ORIGIN AND DEVELOPMENT OF LETTERS, London, Kegan Paul Trench, 1883 first edition, 2 vols, original cloth gilt (2)

ANNIE RATTRAY RENTOUL: THE LADY OF THE BLUE BEADS HER BOOK BEING AN ACCOUNT OF HER FIRST BLUE MOON SPENT ON SUN ISLAND, Ill Ida Rentoul Outhwaite, Melbourne, Sydney, Adelaide, Brisbane, George Robertson [1908] first edition, 13 full page black and white illustrations as called for, some light foxing, 4to, original cloth decorated and lettered in orange and blue

MRS J R DALE: INDIAN PALMISTRY, London [Theosophical Pub Society], 1895 first edition, "To be obtained from W de Kerler the Occult Library" label on title page, original boards plus G V DASS: MODERN CHEIROSPHY A STUDY OF THE FASCINATING SCIENCE OF PALMISTRY, Madras & Bangalore, printed by Associated Printers, original pictorial cloth d/w (part losses) not on COPAC, both titles scarce (2)

JACQUES AUGUSTE GALIFFE: ITALY AND ITS INHABITANTS AN ACCOUNT OF A TOUR IN A COUNTRY IN 1816 AND 1817..., London, John Murray, 1820 first edition, 2 vols, bound without half titles and errata slips, contemporary diced calf, all edges marble (2)

A collection of seven Harry Potter books Adult edition of The Order of The Phoenix, Hard back, first edition The Order of the Phoenix / The Half Blood Prince / The Deathly Hallows - Hard Backs, first edition The Goblet of Fire, The Chamber of Secrets, The Prisoner of Askaban - paper backs All are in very good condition

Corgi "The Great Book of Corgi 1956-1983" - First Edition covers the full range of Corgi Toys produced from 1956 to 1983 and is written and compiled by "Marcel R Van Cleemput", this also comes with the correct Routemaster Bus which appears to be Mint and also with the accompanying A4 softback "Pocket Book", along with a numbered certificate which is 1542 of 4000 - conditions appear to be generally Excellent, comes with a Good Plus outer cover and also with original brown card transit carton.

GRAVES (Robert) Good-Bye to All That, 1st edition, 2nd issue 1929, 8vo, with poem excised from pp.341-343, plates, neat ink ownership name to first leaf, cloth, dust jacket with creases and tears repaired with conservator's tape; WAUGH (Evelyn) Men at Arms, Officers and Gentlemen, Unconditional Surrender, 1st editions in dust jackets; WHITE (Patrick) Voss, 1st edition 1957, dust jacket; FORSTER (E M) Maurice, 1971, dust jacket; with one other by Frank Budgen on James Joyce

KAWS,American b.1974-Astro Boy (Grey), 2012; ( VAT charged on Hammer Price)painted vinyl multiple,with artist's name, date, Tezuka Productions and publisher printed to underside,from an open edition,fabricated by Medicom Toy, China, and OriginalFake, Japan,38 x 16 x 10 cm,(multiple)Note: together with original card box packagingProvenance: Property from a private UK KAWS collectorThe authenticity of this lot has been corroborated on first hand inspection by a seasoned dealer in KAWS pieces 

KAWS,American b.1974-Darth Vader, 2007; ( VAT charged on Hammer Price)painted vinyl multiple with detachable cape,from the limited edition, with artist, Lucasfilm Ltd.and published copyright to underside,fabricated by Medicom Toy and OriginalFake,contained within original card box packaging,overall: 26 x 10.5 x 8 cm,(multiple)Provenance: From the property of a private UK KAWS collectorNote: The authenticity of this lot has been corroborated on first hand inspection by a seasoned dealer in KAWS pieces 

Roy Lichtenstein,American 1923-1997,Paper Plates, 1969;two screenprints in colours on paper plates,each stamped Roy Lichtenstein © On 1st Inc 1969 in ink verso,from the limited edition of an unknown size,published by On First Inc., New York,each 26 cm diameter,(framed)

KAWS,American b.1974-Boba Fett, 2013; ( VAT charged on Hammer Price)painted vinyl multiple,from the limited edition,artist, Lucasfilm Ltd. and publisher copyright to underside,fabricated by Medicom Toy and OriginalFake,contained within original card box packaging,overall 26.3 x 12 x 8 cm(multiple)Provenance: From a private UK KAWS collectionNote: The authenticity of this lot has been corroborated on first hand inspection by a seasoned dealer in KAWS pieces 

Stik,British b.1979-Doodle, 2017;ink on paper,signed in black marker,image: 7 x 5.4 cm,(framed)(ARR)Note: together with a first edition copy of the book 'Organizing for Creative People, signed by Sheila Chandra and Stik (doodle extracted from this book), published by Watkins in the UK and USA, 2017.

The Norton Facsimile: The First Folio of Shakespeare, 2nd edition 1996 being The Folio Society Edition No. 194/1000, Folio, half bound - in box sleeve

A collection of military history books, "Notes on The Battle of Waterloo" by the late General Sir James Shaw Kennedy KCB, published London 1865 by John Murray Albermarle Street, "Hamilton's Campaign With Moore and Wellington During The Peninsula War" by Sergeant Anthony Hamilton, published 1847, "The Military Adventures of Charles O'Neil" by Charles O'Neil published 1851 and "Military Memoirs of Four Brothers" by Thomas Fernyhough, first edition published London, William Sams, St James's Street (4).

Dodgson (Charles Lutwidge, "Lewis Carroll") "The Hunting of The Snark An Agony in Eight Fits", first edition MacMillan & Co London 1876. (see illustration).

Breon O'CASEY (1928-2011) 'Selected Poems' by Maurice English, 1991, hand illustrated throughout by Breon O'CaseySigned by Breon O'Casey and numbered 153/250Inscribed 'For Pete and Jean - with love from Breon - Paul 1992' Limited edition handset in Bembo typeface and printed letterpress by Denis Stevens, St Ives, Cornwall. 1991Size 26 x 19.5cmThis is Breon O'Casey's first publication.

A hardbound First Edition copy of Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows, shrink wrapped.

2 Early vols. in leather , first vol. by John Pearson 'Exposition of the Creed' 5th Edition, London by J Williams dated 1683 full leather being soiled spine mostly missing with engraved portrait together with Polybius 'The General History' in 5 books translated from the Greek by Mr Hampton, London by J Hughes 1756 including folding maps detached and damaged corners.

Stamp albums and first day covers to include:a hardbound edition 'Canada Post; The Millennium Collection' (mint condition);a hardbound Millennium album (limited edition, very good condition );a hardbound album of stamps from Australia 'Collection 2000';various first day covers to include: Australia, Royal Mail presentation packs, Canadian examples, Christmas and Ross Dependency (Caicos Islands), New Zealand, UK Commemorative FDCs Golden Jubilee of HM Elizabeth II, Landmark Buildings, Nobel Prize 100th anniversary, Bridges, British Humanitarians, Shackleton and The Endurance Expedition, Star Wars, Bees, The Battle of Waterloo.

* DAVID SHRIGLEY OBE (SCOTTISH b. 1968), I LOVED YOU FROM THE FIRST MOMENT I SAW YOU open edition print on fabricmounted, framed and under glassimage size 22cm x 24cm, overall size 35cm x 26cm Condition is good overall

Moholy-Nagy, László -- Licht-Raum-Modulator. 1930/printed 2005 from the original negative. Gelatin silver print. 40,3 x 30,5 cm (50,5 x 40,5cm). Monogrammed by Hattula Moholy-Nagy in pencil and with Griffelkunst edition text printed on the verso.This sculpture, which Moholy-Nagy made of metal and glass pieces, was moved by an electric motor. It is the first large kinetic sculpture in art history. – Light handling creases/marks in margins, otherwise in very good condition.Lit.: Barbara Auer. Künstler mit der Kamera. Photographie als Experiment. Mannheim 1994, ill. p. 14 (different image of the modulator).

Walton (Izaak) The Compleat Angler or The Contemplative Man's recreation, a facsimile reprint of the 1653 first edition, Adam and Charles Black, London, together with Guy (Joseph) Elements of Astronomy, familiarly explaining the general phaenomena of the heavenly bodies, fold-out frontispiece of the solar system, printed for Baldwin, Craddock and Joy, 1821, Stonehenge, Manual of British Rural Sports, Routledge, Warne and Routledge, London, 1863, Nicol (Walter) The Villa-Garden Directory or Monthly index of work to be done in town and villa gardens, shrubberies and parterres, Archibald Constable and Co, Edinburgh, 1823, Emmanuel (Harry) Diamonds and Precious Stones, their history, value and distinguishing characteristics, John Camden, London, 1867, Norton (F.C) A popular handbook of useful and interesting information for beginners in the elementary study of Assyriology, published by the author, Sussex, 1908, Baty (Richard) A Friend In Need: or the Complete Art of Swimming, Printed for the editor, Hutton Watson, Carlisle Parsons (Rev.B) Anti-Bacchus: An Essay on the Crimes, Diseases and other evils connected with the use of intoxicating drinks, published by Jon Snow, London, Nicolas (Nicholas) Testamenta Vestusta: Being Illustrations from Wills, of Manners, Customs &c. As well as of the descents and possessions of Many Distinguished Families, Nichols and Son, London, 1826, Hervey (James) Meditations and contemplations, two volumes in one, Cookes Edition, Printed for C. Cooke, London, Broadbent (Thomas Biggin) The Folly of Vice and The Wisdom of Virtue, represented in two discourses, second edition, Printed for R. Hunter, London, 1818, Woodward (G.M) An Essay on the Art of Ingeniously Tormenting, a new edition, fold-out coloured illustration to frontispiece, printed for Thomas Tegg, London, 1809, Bacon (Francis) Essays; or Counsels civil and moral, the colours of good and evil, and apophthegms, Seeley, Jackson and Halliday, London,1872 and Foxes Book of Martyrs, being an authentic account of the sufferings and triumphant deaths of the Primitve Protestant Martyrs, Milner and Company, London

A collectors edition Monopoly board together with tin plate toys, and a large collection of stamps and first day covers etc

Mixed books to include a first edition 'The Eyes of The Thames by Arthur Pask', and a selection 'The Collectors Library of Famous Editions' booksLocation:

After Mark Henderson Limited Edition Silkscreen print 9/145 "Bookwus", Canadian First Nation art 48cm x 38cmMark Henderson was a member of the Wei Wai Kum Band of the Kwakwaka'wakw Nation, Canada

Shakespeare (William). The National Shakespeare. A facsimile of the text of the first folio of 1623, 3 volumes, London: William Mackenzie, [1888-89], photogravure frontispieces and plates on India paper by J. Nöel Paton, some browning to some text leaves, top edge gilt, remainder untrimmed, publisher's dark green full morocco, boards with large recess embossed roundel in gilt and blind, occasional light rubbing to extremities, folioQTY: (3)NOTE:The publisher's description advertises this facsimile as, "...a scrupulously accurate reproduction of the original, including all those peculiarities of paging, spelling, and punctuation to which so much interest is now attached. It will be printed in a special antique type, such as was actually employed in the 'First Folio', upon hand-made paper, with rough edges, specially manufactured for this work, to maintain the antique character of the edition." This special edition with India plates was bound in morocco and priced at five guineas per volume.

Heron (Robert, translator). Arabian Tales: or, a continuation of the Arabian Nights Entertainments. Consisting of stories related by the Sultana of the Indies, to divert her husband from the performance of a rash vow; exhibiting a most interesting view of the religion, laws, manners, customs, arts, and literature, of the nations of the east..., newly translated from the original Arabic into French, by Dom Chavis, a native Arab, and Mr. Cazotte, and translated from the French into English by Robert Heron, 4 volumes, 1st edition, Edinburgh: Printed for Bell & Bradfute, J. Dickson, E. Balfour, and P. Hill... and G. G. J. Robinson, 1792, half-title to each volume (except the fourth volume without half-title), contemporary ownership signature to title of each volume of John Henderson, ownership inscription'William Thomson, foot of Leitch Hill dated 30th October 1810' to front blank of first volume, and a further ownership signature of Mrs Thomson, Cassels Place to front endpaper of each volume, contemporary uniform tree calf, red morocco spine label to each, rubbed to joints and edges, 8voQTY: (4)

Ficino (Marsilio). Epistole Marsilii Ficini Florentini, Venice: Matteo Capcasa for Hieronymus Blondus, 1st edition, 11 March 1495, 204 leaves (6 unnumbered pages, clxxxxvii, 1 unnumbered leaf), printed in Roman type, front blank with small ownership inkstamp of the Bibliotheca Heberiana, title printed in black (with woodcut motif of a phoenix) with small contemporary inscription 'Diem dies docet, Aedeus', illegible oval ownership blindstamp, and ink signature of H. N. Coleridge dated 1834, elaborate woodcut border to title verso, repeated to first two pages of the prologue, numerous small woodcut initials, occasional minor mark or small waterstain, larger stains to upper outer corners of folios CXXIV to CXXIX, dampstaining to lower blank margin beginning at leaf CXXXXI and continuing to end, with some associated fraying and small losses to final leaves, contemporary ownership inscription of Nicolas Pelletur, dated 1499 to verso of blank leaf at rear, medieval manuscript fragment bound in to rear gutter, 17th century full calf with coat-of-arms of the Prince de Condé to centre of each cover, worn with backstrip missing and small loss to lower outer corner of rear cover, folio (textblock measures 305 x 202 mm)QTY: (1)NOTE:Provenance: Nicholas Pelletur, 1499 (inscription at rear of volume); Louis de Bourbon (1621-1686), Prince de Condé, "The Great Condé" with his coat-of-arms to covers; Richard Heber (1773 – 1833), bibliophile and founder member of the Roxburghe Club, inkstamp; H. N. Coleridge (1798-1843), signature.The very early latin manucript ownership inscription in brown ink reads: 'Nicolaus pelliparius artium et medicine doctor/hunc librum emit Lugdin' precio 21 gross’/anno domini 1499/Ni pelletur' ('Nicholas Pelletur, doctor of arts and medicine/bought this book at Lyons for 21 groschen/in the year of our Lord 1499/Ni Pelletur').Hain-Copinger 7059; GW 9873; BMC V, 486; Goff F154; ISTC if00154000. Editio princeps of the Epistole of Ficino.Marsilio Ficino of Florence (1433-1499), one of the most influential thinkers of the Renaissance, put before society a new ideal of human nature, emphasising its divine potential. For Ficino, the writings of Plato provided the key to the most important knowledge for mankind, knowledge of God and the soul. Ficino had been directed by Cosimo de’ Medici towards the study of Plato in the original Greek, and later formed a close connection with Cosimo’s grandson, Lorenzo de’ Medici. Gathered round Ficino and Lorenzo were such men as Landino, Bembo, Poliziano and Pico della Mirandola. The ideas they discussed became central to the work of many Renaissance writers and artists, including Botticelli, Michelangelo, Raphael, Dürer, Spenser, Shakespeare and Donne.“The Letters occupy in fact a very important place in Ficino's work. As historical documents, they give us a vivid picture of his personal relations with his friends and pupils, and of his own literary and scholarly activities. As pieces of literature, edited and collected by himself, the letters take their place among other correspondences of the time and are a monument of humanistic scholarship and literature. Finally, the letters are conscious vehicles of moral and philosophical teaching and often reach the dimensions of a short treatise. Ficino began to collect his letters in the 1470's, gradually arranged them in twelve books, had them circulated in numerous manuscript copies, and finally had them printed in 1495." (Paul Oskar Kristeller).

Johns (W.E). Biggles in Borneo, 1st edition, London: Oxford University Press, 1943, colour frontispiece, neat ownership inscription of 'Sheila Lloyd' to head of half-title, original green pictorial cloth, dust jacket, priced 5/- to front flap (however 'winning' on first line), a few small closed tears to rear panel, spine extremities chipped (slightly affecting title to head), 8voQTY: (1)

Pound (Ezra). Personae, 1st edition, London: Elikin Mathews, 1909, untrimmed, original publisher's dark grey boards lettered in gilt, a little rubbed and spine detached with some loss to head and foot, 8vo, together with Antheil and The Treatise on Harmony, 1st edition, Paris: Three Mountains Press, 1924, authors inscription to title 'to certify that E. Swainson having bought same refused 10 fr. reimbursement. The author's increase of 18, E. Pound, 1926', inscription in black ink to title, first few leaves somewhat loose, original red printed wrappers, rubbed and creased, spine lightly faded, 8voQTY: (2)NOTE:Gallup A3a, 1st edition, 1st issue, with the five lines of the gilt title to spine measuring 2cm, and without advertisement leaf at end.Gallup A25b.

Austen (Jane). Pride and Prejudice, illustrated by Hugh Thomson, Large Paper copy, London: George Allen, 1894, half-title, full-page frontispiece and illustrations to text by Hugh Thomson, all China paper proofs, decorative initials, Large Paper edition of 250 copies for England and 25 copies for America, additionally signed by Thomson to head of title, top edge gilt, remainder untrimmed, with the original red buckram covers bound at rear, along with the gilt decorated 'peacock' green cloth spine and upper panel and matching portion of the original pale blue pictorial dust jacket also bound at rear, contemporary crushed full green morocco gilt by Riviere, stamped to front turn-in 'Bound by P Riviere & Son for L.S Montague 1895', gilt foliate broad turn-ins, gilt foliate devices to covers and spine, spine faded to brown, large 8vo (26 x 17.5 cm)QTY: (1)NOTE:Gilson E78.A unique copy of the large paper issue of the 'Peacock' edition of Pride & Prejudice. Bound for Louis Samuel Montagu (1869-1927), financier and political activist. Highlights of Montagu's famous collection include Lewis Carroll's working copy of the 1865 true first edition of Alice's Adventures in Wonderland, with 10 original pencil drawings by John Tenniel (Christie's sale 1970) and Through the Looking Glass with 22 original Tenniel preliminary drawings. The first title was also bound by Riviere, dated 1899, with the same stamp.The dust jacket for the standard Peacock edition bound in to this copy is one of two known examples that we have traced on the market.

Gunn (Thom). My Sad Captains and Other Poems, 1st edition, Faber & Faber, 1961, original cloth in dust jacket, some browning and fading to spine and lower panel margins, 8vo, together with Hamilton (Ian), The Visit, 1st edition, Faber & Faber, 1970, original cloth in dust jacket, a few minor marks and 2 small nicks to upper margin, 8vo, plusPlath (Sylvia), The Colossus, uncorrected proof copy, Faber & Faber, 1967, a few marks, ownership inscription of 'Miss Goad' to upper cover, some marginal browning to covers, 8vo, plusOsborne (John), Look Back in Anger/The Entertainer/Epitaph for George Dillon, 1st editions, Faber & Faber, 1956, 1957 & 1958, ownership name inscription of Rosemary Goad to front endpapers, original cloth in dust jackets, a little chipped at edges and slightly torn at head of first volume, 8vo, plus other largely unsigned literature and related from the library of Rosemary GoadQTY: (26)NOTE:Provenance: from the library of Rosemary Goad, the first female director of Faber and Faber.

Larkin (Philip). High Windows, 1st edition, London: Faber and Faber, 1974, original cloth, dust jacket, 8vo, inscribed to front endpaper "Philip Larkin, Garrick Club, 3 June 1974, plus 11 other signatures beneath including Rosemary Goad, John Betjeman, Mollie du Sautoy, Peter du Sautoy, Anthony Thwaite, Ann Thwaite, Monica Jones, Charles Monteith and Elizabeth Cavendish, together with Required Writing. Miscellaneous Pieces 1955-1982, 1st paperback edition, London: Faber and Faber, 1983, original wrappers, some fading to spine, a few light creases, 8vo, presentation copy, inscribed at front "For Rosemary, with warm gratitude for all help and encouragement - Philip", with three others: Jill, 1st edition, 1946 (without the jacket, signed by Charles Monteith), The Whitsun Weddings, 1964 (somewhat bowed), and Philip Larkin, the Marvell Press and Me, by Jean Hartley, 1989, inscribed by the authorQTY: (5)NOTE:Provenance: from the library of Rosemary Goad, the first female director of Faber and Faber.

Murray (John). Handbook of the Bengal Presidency. With an account of Calcutta City, 1st edition, London: John Murray, 1882, 2 folding maps (one each in pocket at front and rear), plan of Calcutta facing page 82, and folding map of British Burma facing page 396, fifty-page publishers catalogue at rear, original red cloth gilt, rubbed and marked and some fraying to upper joint and outer corners, together with A Handbook for Travellers in India and Burma and Ceylon including the provinces of Bengal, Bombay and Madras, the Punjab, north-west provinces, Rajputna, central provinces, Mysore, etc., the native states, Assam and Cashmere, 3rd edition, London: John Murray, 1898, 74 maps and plans, including large folding mpa in pocket at rear (torn to folds withhout loss), ownership inscription of R. E. S. Thomas, 8 Mission Row, Calcutta, to half-title, printed advertisements to endpapers, inner hnges partly cracked, original red cloth gilt, rubbed, plus three further editions of Murray's Handbook for Travellers in India, Burma and Ceylon (8th editon, 1911, 10th edition, 1919, and 13th ediiton, 1929), all bound in original publishers red cloth, first two volumes rubbed and some marks and soiling, with some fraying to joints, second volume detatching along rear joint, and six others similar: The Imperial Guide to India including Kashmir, Burma and Ceylon, London: John Murray, 1904, S. Ruben, A Guide for Travellers in India, Bombay: D. B. Taraporevala Sons & Co., Murray's Handbook for iNdia, part I-Madras, 1st edition, 1859 (but lacking the general map and with plan of Madras only), Murray's Handbook of the Bengal Presidency with (two of four) maps only (rebound in modern red cloth), and Joshua Duke, Kashmir and Jammu. A Guide for Visitors, Calcutta: Thacker, Spink and Co., 1903 (defective), all 8voQTY: (10)

Black (A. & C., publishers). Cruikshank's Water Colours, London: A. & C. Black, 1903, colour plates, some light spotting, top edge gilt, original cloth, a few small marks, 4to, Edition de Luxe 38/300, signed by the publishers, together with Some English Gardens, after drawings by George S. Elgood, notes by Gertrude Jekyll, 1904 QTY: (2)NOTE:Provenance: Sir Robert Jones, Liverpool, bookplate to Cruikshank's Water Colours. Sir Robert Jones (1857-1933) was a pioneering orthopaedic surgeon and early user of radiography, described the Jones fracture in 1903. During the First World War he was instrumental in establishing military orthopaedic hospitals and his use of the Thomas splint for femoral fractures led to a much reduced mortality rate for this injury. The Robert Jones and Agnes Hunt Orthopaedic Hospital near Oswestry is named after him.

Pound (Ezra). Draft of XXX Cantos, 1st edition, London: Faber & Faber Limited, 1933, edges rough trimmed, booksellers label to front pastedown, original black cloth gilt in orange dust wrapper, little rubbed, minor fraying to head and foot of spine (with slight loss to foot), 8vo, together with other 1st editions by Ezra Pound comprising: A Draft of Cantos XXXI-XLI, 1935, The Fifth Decad of Cantos, 1937, The Pisan Cantos, 1949, Section: Rock-Drill 85-95 de los cantares, 1955, and Thrones 96-109 de los cantares, 1960, first two without dust-wrappers, plus others by and about James Joyce, Samuel Beckett, and Ezra Pound, etc., including: As the Story was Told by Samuel Beckett, Cambridge: Rampant Lions Press, 1987, limited edition 39/325, The Letters of Samuel Beckett, 4 volumes, Cambridge University Press, 2009-2016, James Joyce, Ulysses, A Critical and Synoptic Edition prepared by Hans Walter Gabler..., in 3 volumes, New York & London: Garland Publishing, 1984, The Red Limbo Lingo, A Poetry Notebook by Lawrence Durrell, 1st edition, signed, London: Faber and Faber, 1971, in slipcase, James Joyce, Ulysses, a facsimile of the manuscript, with a critical introduction by Harry Levin and a bibliographical preface by Clive Driver, 1975, etc., mainly 8voQTY: (26)

* Heaney (Seamus, 1939-2013). Typed Letter Signed, 'Seamus', Dublin, 13 March 1995, to Rosemary [Goad] thanking her very much for sending the "Extempore Effusion" and saying how he was delighted to meet Sue Shaw at the Wilde occasion and asking for her address, continuing that 'The edition probably should be fairly limited. I have agreed that it be published in scholarly compendium... We must, indeed, meet again for a bit of a hooley', with a manuscript insertion and an ink postscript, 2 pp., 8vo, with filing notes, stapled to an A4 photocopy of the same and a computer print-out of 'Oscar Wilde Dedication: Westminster Abbey 14 February 1995', 5 pp., folio, together with 3 different printed versions of 'Extempore Effusion on Missing Rosemary's Party', 29 November 1988, one with Rosemary Goad's notes at head and foot, a little creasing, each one page, folio, plus a 10-line computer print-out of a poem for Rosemary Goad by Seamus Heaney, beginning, 'With love on publication day, To Rose, to wish you happy birthday, You, who are highest on the list, "The goad we never kick against...."' signed 'Seamus' with three kisses at foot, one page, folio, plus 3 other unsigned Heaney itemsQTY: (10)NOTE:Provenance: from the library of Rosemary Goad, the first female director of Faber and Faber.

* Bohemian playing cards. Jubilee Exhibition cards, Prague: Jan Šrámek, circa 1908, the complete deck of 32 colour lithographed playing cards (non-standard suits), comprising 4 suits of 8: toboggans, barrels, African shields, Chinese lamps, each with Daus, single figured king, ober, & unter, and pips 7-10, daus of toboggans with maker's details, 8 of lamps with copyright and logo, maker's stamp, and Austrian tax stamp, a trifle rubbed in places, 8 of lamps faded, unter of tobaggans scuffed and retouched, versos grey checkerboard, square corners, each card 112 x 68 mm, together with: Mythology tarock, Bohemia, Budweis: Alois Machaczek, 1858, a reduced tarot pack of 42 stencil coloured woodcut playing cards, comprising 4 suits of 5 (French suits), each with 1 pip card (red aces & unusually black 6s), and 4 double-ended courts, place of manufacture on jack of clubs, plus 21 double-ended trumps (Roman numerals at each end), and Fool card, trump I with dated maker's stamp and Austrian tax stamp, dusty, some cards slightly rubbed, some minor marks or light soiling, versos green & blue paste marbled, each card 107 x 53 mm, plus: Prague type II Trappola, Prague: Maria Sewera (or Severa), circa 1876, a complete deck of 36 stencil coloured woodcut playing cards (Italian suits), double-ended courts, ace of batons with maker's details, generally a trifle darkened (jack of cups & ace of batons more so), some pale spotting, 7 of swords with previously repaired 1.5 cm closed edge tear, versos brown plaid, each card 107 x 59 mm, with 6 other 20th century Czechoslovakian packs including: Czech Heroes pack with box, F. Piatnik, circa 1935; Patriotic pack with wrapper, F. Piatnik, circa 1950; Proletarian pack, Tvar of Bratislava, circa 1957, a quantity from each pack listed mounted with photo corners onto separate display boards, most encapsulated in clear plastic (none examined out of boards), the remainder contained in plastic bags, the boards 59.5 x 42 cm and smallerQTY: (9)NOTE:Provenance: Collection of Dudley Ollis.First item: Altfahrt, Makers of Playing-Cards in Prague (IPCS Papers #8), p.102; Cary, CZE 16; World Web Playing Cards Museum, WWPCM02133.An unusual pack specially designed and made in a limited edition of 1000 for the 1908 Jubilee Exhibition in Prague, celebrating Emperor Franz Joseph's diamond jubilee. The suit signs relate to the exhibition pavilions. Apparently these are the only playing cards Jan Šrámek ever produced.Second item: previous provenance: Collection of Klaus Reisinger; Collection of David Temperley. This is the pack illustrated in Reisinger, Tarocke, vol.I page 134. Third item: Maria Sewera continued the playing card business when her husband Wenzel died in 1875. She then ran it alone until Anton Kratochvil took over in 1879.

[Johns, W. E.]. Mossyface, A Romance of the Air, 1st edition, London: The Weekly Telegraph Novels, no. 121, [1922], advertisement leaf at rear, leaves lightly toned, text block loose from wrappers (with staples removed), original pictorial paper wrappers, priced with 6D sticker to upper cover, 1 small closed tear to upper cover outer margin, 8voQTY: (1)NOTE:The extremely rare first work by W. E. Johns. Published 10 years before its first appearance in book form, its rarity can partly be attributed to the fragile paper wrappers and the fact it was published under a pseudonym.The only auction record we are able to trace seems to be this very copy. (Bloomsbury, 2005)

MacKinnon (Colonel). Origin and of the Coldstream Guards, 2 volumes, 1st edition, London: Richard Bentley, 1833, monochrome plates, occasional minor spotting, original cloth gilt, some wear with portion to head of spine of first volume nearly detached, 8vo, together with:Ross-of-Bladensburg (Lieutenant Colonel). A History of the Coldstream Guards from 1815 to 1895, illustrated by Lieut. Nevile R. Wilkinson, 1st edition, London: A. D. Innes & Co., 1896, colour lithograph plates, maps etc., top edge gilt, remainder untrimmed, contemporary ownership signature to half-title of Eric Hanbury Tracy, Coldstream Guards 1896, bookplate of N Lawrence to front pastedown, original dark blue cloth gilt, a little rubbed and some minor marks, large 8vo, plusDavies (G.). The Early History of the Coldstream Guards, 1st edition, Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1924, monochrome plates and maps, original dark blue cloth gilt, large 8vo, and further histories of the Coldstream Guards including Lieutenant-Colonel Sir John Ross-of-Bladensburg, The Coldstream Guards 1914-1918, 3 volumes (including maps), 1928, Colonel Sir John Hall, The Coldstream Guards 1885-1914, Oxford 1929, Michael Howard and John Sparrow, The Coldstream Guards 1920-1946, Oxford, 1951 (two copies), D. C. Quilter 'No Dishonourable Name', 1st edition, 1947, Richard Crichton, The Coldstream Guards 1946-1970, 1st edition, 1972, Cuthbert Headlam, History of the Guards Division in the Great War 1915-1918, 2 volumes, 1st edition, 1924, Patrick Forbes, 6th Guards Tank Brigade, [1946], and Captain J. Pereira, A Distant Drum, War Memories of the Intelligence officer of the 5th Bn. Coldstream Guards 1944-45, 1st edition, 1948, all original publishers cloth gilt, 8vo (Quilter in 4to) G/VGQTY: (16)

Firminger (Rev. W. K.). Thacker's Guide to Calcutta, 1st edition, Calcutta: Thacker, Spink & Co., 1906, xiv, 271 pp., 6 pp. adverts, and 55 pp. publisher's catalogue at rear, folding plan of Calcutta loosely inserted to rear pastedown, 14 monochrome plates after photographs, one or two old oval ink stamps ('Capital', Calcutta), rear hinge loosened, original dark blue cloth-backed pictorial boards, spine lettered in gilt, rubbed and slight wear to edges, together withMalleson (Colonel G. V.). Seringapatam Past and Present. A Monograph, reprinted, London: Luzac & Co., Madras: Higgin Botham & Co., 1909, viii, 79pp, 3 pp. advertisements at end, some scattered spotting, original cloth-backed printed boards, some marks, plusKarkaria (R. P., editor). The Charm of Bombay, An Anthology of Writings in Parise of the First City in India, with a foreword by H. E. Lord Willingdon, Governor of Bombay, 1st edition, Bombay: D. B. Taraporevala, Sons & Co., 1915, XXVII, 627 pp., original gilt-and blind-stamped red cloth, very lightly rubbed, all 8voQTY: (3)

Moveables. Tony Sarg's Books for Children from Six to Sixty, London: T. Werner Laurie Limited, 1924, colour illustrations throughout, pictorial endpapers, front inner hinge rubbed, original cloth-backed pictorial boards with blank theatre inlay, slightly soiled, 4to, together withAus Dem Kleinen Alten Stadtchen, by Else Wenz-Vietor, 8th edition, Oldenburg: Stalling, circa 1922, 7 double sided colour plates with insertion slots and 26 facsimile cut out figures, tear to tab on page 2 resulting in some loss to lower page, pictures depict various scenes from life including: street, market, shop and school scene, figures can be inserted at will, cloth backed pictorial boards, 4to, plus My First Jig-Puz Book, Full of Jig-Saw Puzzles and Story Verses, London: John Leng & Co. Ltd, circa 1920, 5 full-page inset jigsaw puzzles (complete), original linen-backed pictorial boards, slightly rubbed at edges, 4to, plus Ding Dong, London: J.W.Spear & Sons Ltd, [1937], mounted wood and metal xylophone at the rear, with eight notes to be tapped, four colourfully illustrated pages with songs, each with a window allowing the instrument to be played, cover rubbed in places, oblong 4to, and other moveable, panorama, pop-up and children's books including: Ali Baba & The Forty Thieves, a peepshow book; Le Roy Soleil; Noddles, a Wibbly Wobbly Book; The Snow White, moving eye book; The Coronation of the Queen, stand up model of the Royal State Coach; 4to and 8voQTY: (18)

Shakespeare (William). Bell's Edition of Shakspere, 20 volumes, London: John Bell, 1788, half-titles, engraved frontispieces and numerous plates, contemporary marbled calf, gilt decorated spines with contrasting morocco labels, some joints cracked, 12mo, together with:Wordsworth (William), The Poetical Works, 6 volumes, new edition, London: Edward Moxon, 1841, engraved portrait frontispiece to first volume, contemporary calf, gilt decorated spines with contrasting morocco labels, small 8voQTY: (26)

James (P.D). Cover Her Face, 1st edition, London: Faber and Faber, 1962, ownership inscription of Rosemary Goad to head of front free endpaper, original green cloth gilt, spine extremities lightly dust-soiled, dust jacket, spine extremities a little frayed with small portions of loss, small green ink stain to jacket verso, 8voQTY: (1)NOTE:Provenance: from the library of Rosemary Goad, the first female director of Faber and Faber.James wrote to Goad 'I owe you more than I can say for all these decades of advice, encouragement and shred enthusiasm, which made every editing session pure pleasure' (Rose Goad, A Rare Edition, celebrating six decades in publishing, p.14).

Golden Cockerel Press. The Voyage of the Bounty's Launch as Related in William Bligh's Despatch to the Admiralty and the Journal of John Fryer, Golden Cockerel Press, 1934, wood-engravings by Robert Gibbings, light offsetting to title and spotting to endpapers, top edge gilt, original contrasting cloth, slight partial soiling, folio, limited edition 85/300, together with Bligh's Voyage in the Resource, Golden Cockerel Press, 1937, wood-engravings by Peter Barker-Mill, partly unopened, light spotting to endpapers, original contrasting cloth, spine slightly darkened, a little light spotting, folio, limited edition 130/350, plus The First Fleet. The Record of the Foundation of Australia from its Conception to the Settlement at Sydney Cove, Golden Cockerel Press, 1937, wood-engravings by Peter Barker-Mill, bookplates including Elizabeth Greenhill (1907-2006, bookbinder), original cloth gilt, folio, limited edition 89/375QTY: (3)

Burckhardt (John Lewis). Travels in Nubia, Published by the Association for Promoting the Discovery of the Interior parts of Africa, 1st edition, London: John Murray, 1819, half-title, engraved portrait frontispiece, 3 engraved maps including 2 folding, advertisement leaf at end, occasional light spotting, edges untrimmed, original publisher's boards, printed title to spine, upper board detached, worn, 4to (28.5 x 22.3 cm), together with:Burckhardt (John Lewis), Travels in Syria and the Holy Land, Published by the Association for Promoting the Discovery of the Interior parts of Africa, 1st edition, London: John Murray, 1822, half-title, lithograph portrait frontispiece, 6 engraved maps including 2 folding, edges untrimmed, original publisher's boards, printed title to spine, spine and edges worn, 4to (28.2 x 22 cm),Burckhardt (John Lewis), Travels in Arabia, comprehending an account of those Territories in Hedjaz which the Mohammedans regard as sacred, Published by Authority of the Association for Promoting the Discovery of the Interior of Africa, 1st edition, London: Henry Colburn, 1829, half-title discarded, 5 engraved maps including 1 folding, occasional light scattered spotting, late 19th-century half calf, worn at head and foot of spine, 4to (27 x 21 cm),Burckhardt (John Lewis), Notes on the Bedouins and Wahabys, collected during his travels in the East, Published by Authority of the Association for Promoting the Discovery of the Interior of Africa, 1st edition, London: Henry Colburn and Richard Bentley, 1830, half-title, engraved map frontispiece with some spotting and slightly offset to title, few wood engraved illustrations, edges untrimmed, original publisher's cloth-backed boards, manuscript title label to spine, spine torn at head and worn at foot, 4to (28.8 x 21.8 cm)QTY: (4)NOTE:1. cf.Blackmer 238 (second edition). John Lewis Burckhardt (1784-1817), travelled from Aleppo to Cairo and then made two journeys, one along the Upper Nile, the other through the Nubian desert.2. Atabey 166; Blackmer 237. "Edited by William Leake, these journals describe Burckhardt's various journeys between 1810 and 1816. It was at Aleppo that he studied Arabic in preparation for his later travels and he toured Syria and the Holy Land making the first visit by a European to Petra" (Blackmer).3. cf. Blackmer 239 (second edition). Burckhardt spent nearly nine years in the Middle East and North Africa preparing for an expedition to find the source of the Niger under the auspices of the African Association, only to succumb to dysentery before completing his quest. In 1814 he travelled up the Nile as far as Dar Mahass; then, finding it impossible to penetrate westward, he journeyed through the Nubian desert in the character of a poor Syrian merchant, passing by Berber and Shendi to Suakin, on the Red Sea, whence he performed the pilgrimage to Mecca by way of Jidda. At Mecca, he stayed for three months and afterwards visited Medina. The present work relates his experiences in Arabia and contains the first accurate account of the Hedjaz including Mecca and Medina to reach Europe. The plates include plans of Mecca and Medina. There were two editions of this title published in 1829, the present large quarto edition, and a two-volume octavo edition.4. Not in Blackmer. The final work was published posthumously by the Association for Promoting the Discovery of the Interior of Africa.

Wyrall (Everard). The History of the Somerset Light Infantry (Prince Albert's) 1914-1919, 1st edition, London: Methuen, 1927, portrait frontispiece, black and white illustrations after photographs and folding maps throughout, armorial bookplate of Harold Hamilton Broadmead to front pastedown, hinges cracked, occasional spotting and toning, original black half morocco gilt, worn with loss to spine head, rubbed to extremities, 8vo, together with: Whalley-Kelly (H). "Ich Dein" The Prince of Wales Volunteers (South Lancashire) 1914-1934, Aldershot: Gale & Polden, 1935, portrait frontispiece, black and white illustrations after photographs and folding maps throughout (including to pocket at rear), preliminary leaves spotted, near-contemporary black half morocco gilt, red morocco spine labels, top edge gilt, rubbed, 8vo, with Riddell (E, & C Clayton). The Cambridgeshires 1914 to 1919, 1st edition, Cambridge: Bowes & Bowes, 1934, frontispiece, black and white illustrations throughout, folding map to rear, bookplate of Ernest J Martin to front pastedown, occasional light spotting, original blue cloth gilt, rubbed, 8vo, with approximately 30 others related, including: Activities of the British Community in Argentina during the Great War 1914-1919, by Arthur L Holder, 1920, Buenos Aires, History of the 1st & 2nd Battalions the Leicestershire Regiment in the Great War by Colonel H.C. Wylly, [1928], War Diary of the 1st Life Guards, First Year, 1914-1915, circa 1915, The Book of Remembrance of the 5th Battalion (Prince Albert's) Somerset Light Infantry, 1930, The Isle of Man and the Great War by B.E. Sargeant, Douglas, Isle of Man, circa 1920, Devonshire Regiment 1914-1918 by C.T. Atkinson, 1926, The 23rd (Service) Battalion Royal Fusiliers by Fred W. Ward, 1920, The 12th Royal Lancers in France August 17th 1914-November 11 1918, by Major H.V.S Charrington, Records of the Seventh Dragoon Guard (Princess Royal's) during the Great War by Captain F.J. Scott, 1923, History of the 520th (Field) Company R.E. (T.S.) formally known as the 2/3rd London (Field) Company RE 1914-1918, War Narratives published in Co, 1919, A History of the Army Ordanance Services by Major J. Forbes, volume 3 only, (The Great War) 1929, The History of the Cheshire Regiment in the Great War by Arthur Crookenden, circa 1925, History of the 1/1st Hants Royal Artillery during the Great War, 1914-1919 by Captain P.C.D. Munday, etc.,QTY: (approx 30)

Heaney (Seamus, 1939-2013). Death of a Naturalist, 1st edition, Faber & Faber, 1966, author's signed presentation copy, inscribed in black ballpoint pen to front endpaper, 'Inscribed for Charles Monteith, the best friend, guide and publisher I could have found. Seamus Heaney, 22nd March 1969', original cloth in dust jacket, a little rubbed and a few minor marks, a little edge wear with minimal loss at head and foot of spine, 8voQTY: (1)NOTE:Provenance: from the library of Rosemary Goad, the first female director of Faber and Faber.The author's first published collection of poetry. It was Charles Monteith, poetry editor at Faber, who first spotted Heaney's potential. Monteith wrote to Heaney on 15 January 1965, with words of encouragement, having read some of his poems. On 15 June 1965 Monteith was able to write to Heaney: 'I am delighted to let you know that we all like Death of a Naturalist very much; and that we would certainly be happy to publish it.' A fine association item.

Nelson (A. E.). Guide to Chikalda with a selection of papers relating to the Gawilgarh Fort, Nagpur: Government Press, 1925, title and final leaf somewhat toned, original green cloth lettered in gilt, a little rubbed, together with Husain (Mohammed Ashraf). A Guide to Fatehpur Sikri, & An Historical Guide to the Agra Fort (based on contemporary records), & A Guide to the Buildings and Gardesn Delhi Fort [by G. Sanderson], together 3 volumes, Delhi: Manager of Publications, 1937, plates after photographs, some folding plans, Agra Fort with folding plan (restrengthened to verso of folds), loosely contained in pocket at rear, all original blue cloth-backed printed boards, a little rubbed and frayed to extremities, light soiling to covers, third volume with spine discoloured, plusNeve (E. F.). The Tourist's Guide to Kashmir, Ladakh, Skardo, & c., edited by the late Major Arthur Neve, revised by Doctor E. F. Neve, 16th edition, Lahore: Civil and military Gazette Press, 1938, folding colour map at end, ownership inscription to front endpaper dated June 1940, original red cloth gilt, spine covered with adhesive red tape, 8vo, and other various guides to Indian cities and towns, monuments, etc., including F. J. McBride, Sikandra 1840-1940, Sikandra Press, 1940, in frayed and slightly worn dustwrapper, W. Allsup, Notes on Walking Around Shillong, 1934, D. M. Reid, The Story of Fort St. George, Madras: Diocesan Press, 1945, H. A. Newell, Calcutta, the First Capital of British India, an illustrated guide, Calcutta: Caledonian Printing Company, circa 1920 (rebound in modern quarted black morocco)QTY: (40)

Milne (A.A.) The House at Pooh Corner, limited deluxe edition issue of 20 copies, London: Methuen & Co., 1928, illustrations by E.H. Shepard, original vellum gilt, contained in cloth solander box, 4toQTY: (1)NOTE:Limited edition of 20 copies on Japanese vellum. This copy inscribed "This is a presentation copy for A.A. Milne, esq", and signed by A.A. Milne and E.H. Shepard beneath, and inscribed in blue ink by A.A. Milne "and a wedding presentation copy for Priscilla, with love and best wishes from Blue, 21.xi..51"Bound-in with adhesive tape to rear endpaper and pastedown are two letters from the author to Priscilla Chester-Master, on Cotchford Farm, Hartfield, Sussex headed paper, the first dated 1. ix. 51, "I should have sent the enclosed before but I wanted to be sure what the latest official rates were for High-Class-Typing-by-Oxford-Trained-Amanuensis and now I have found out here is a cheque with my love and my thanks. You have really been very helpful, and if you didn't go running around the country marrying farmers, Heaven knows what we mightn't have written next. As it is, I shall probably go in for sculpture instead. It seems easier. And you, poor child, will waste your talents on monthly returns, in triplicate of artificial manures and oil-cake, Ah me!, Yours affectionately and gratefully, Blue".The other letter, dated November 21, 1951, reads "All luck, most dear Priscilla. My thoughts for you would fill a whole book of moods and tenses; But my amanuensis has left me, Fate has blessed her with a better master (Chester-with). A.A. Milne".The dedicatee was Priscilla Lutyens (great niece of architect Sir Edwin Lutyens), A.A. Milne's neighbour at Posingford Farm. She would walk across the fields to Cotchford Farm to type the manuscript for his collection of stories A Table Near the Band (1950). She continued typing for him until her engagement to Richard Chester-Master, and remained in contact with him until his death in 1956.'Blue' was A.A. Milne's nickname and used by his close friends and family, apparently because of the colour of his eyes but also perhaps due to his perpetual glum demeanour.The proceeds from the sale will be donated to the Bristol Children's Hospital.

Laroon (Marcellus). The Cryes of the City of London drawne after the Life. Les cris de la ville de Londre dessignez apres la nature. L'arti comuni che vanno a Londra fatte dal naturale, 1st edition, [London: P. Tempest excudit, 1688], 74 engraved plates including 2 title pages (without plate numbers, hence 1st edition), lower outer blank corner of initial title page torn away, long closed tear to plate 'Mountabanck', blank margin torn at foot of plate entitled 'Buy my dish of great eeles', short closed tear to lower blank margins of three other plates, occasional light dust & finger-soiling mostly to plate margins, front pastedown with early signature W. C. Master, contemporary panelled calf, rebacked and corners repaired, folio (35.5 x 23 cm)QTY: (1)NOTE:Cf. Beall, Kaufrufe und Strassenhandler – Cries and Itinerant Trades, E10 (Overton edition, dated to c.1711), Colas 1793-5 (various editions), Lipperheide 1019 (c.1711 edition, incomplete, with 21 plates only). Further reading: Shesgreen, 'The Editions, Imitations, and the Influence of Marcellus Laroon's "Cryes of the City of London"', Studies in Bibliography Vol. 35 (1982), pp. 258-271.The 61 plates without numerals, including with the title page, are from one of the editions by original publisher Pierce Tempest, who according to the Term Catalogues first issued a work titled ‘The Crys of London … engraved upon forty Copper-Plates’ in Michaelmas 1687. It was quickly expanded: a notice in the Term Catalogues for Michaelmas 1688 announces ‘There is now completely Finished, the Cryes and Habits of London … upon seventy-two Copper-plates’; by Trinity 1689 the work is advertised as containing ‘74 Copper-Plates’.The last known edition of Laroon’s Cryes to be published by Pierce Tempest appeared in 1709 (Shesgreen, p. 261). The plates then passed from Tempest to Henry Overton the Elder (1676-1751). The date of Overton’s edition is unknown but has been conjectured as 1711 (Beall), or as late as 1731 or 1733. Overton added numerals to the lower right corner of each plate and added his imprint and the phrase ‘In 74 Copper Plates’ to the title page. In c.1760 the plates passed to Robert Sayer. His plates are completely reworked from the Tempest/Overton versions, with the costumes updated, numerals moved to the upper corners, and ‘Mauron delin./pinx.’ and ‘P. Tempest exc.’ removed.

Pope (Alexander). The Works, [volume 1 of 2], 1st edition, 1st issue, London: Printed by W. Power for Bernard Lintot, 1717, title in red and black, half-title discarded and lacking frontispiece, closed tear to last two leaves, browning and light dust-soiling, 20th-century calf, 4to (Griffith 79 & Rothschild 1584. The first issue of the quarto edition, without Tonson's name in the imprint. The 2nd volume was first published in 1735), together with Pope (Alexander), The Works fo Mr Alexander Pope, in Prose, volume 2, London: J. and P. Knapton, C. Bathurst, and R. Dodsley, 1741, half-title, armorial bookplate of Richard Bateman to upper pastedown, contemporary mottled calf, spine with morocco title label and rubbed gilt decoration, joint cracked at head and foot, folio, together with:Pope (Alexander), An Epistle to the Right Honourable Richard Lord Visct. Cobham, London: Lawton Gilliver, 1733, [4], 13, [3] pp., half-title, advertisement leaf present at rear, 20th-century half calf, slim folio,Pope (Alexander), Additions to the Works of Alexander Pope, Esq. together with many Original Poems and Letters, of Cotemporary [sic] Writers, never before published, 2 volumes, London: H. Baldwin, T. Longman, R. Baldwin [& others], 1776, half-titles, vignette engraving to titles, front endpapers with bookplates of George Simon, Earl of Harcourt and Lord Carlingford, contemporary calf, first volume lacking morocco title label to spine, joints cracked, 8vo,Parnell (Thomas), Poems on Several Occasions written by Dr. Thomas Parnell ..., and published by Mr. Pope ... with the Life of Zoilus: and his Remarks on Homer's Battle of the Frogs and Mice..., new edition, Dublin: Thomas Ewing, 1773, contemporary calf, morocco title label to spine, joints cracked, some wear to upper joint, 4to, plus other 18th-century Alexander Pope titlesQTY: (12)

Eliot (T. S.). On Poetry and Poets, 1st edition, London: Faber and Faber 1957, light offsetting to endpapers, original cloth, dust jacket, a few tears and losses, joints and edges rubbed, 8vo, presentation copy, inscribed to title "Inscribed for Rosemary Goad by T.S. Eliot", together with Collected Poems 1909-1962, 1st edition, London: Faber and Faber, 1963, original cloth, dust jacket, spine a little toned with small tears at head, 8vo, presentation copy, inscribed to title "Inscribed for Rosemary Goad by T.S. Eliot, 20. xi. 63"QTY: (2)NOTE:Provenance: from the library of Rosemary Goad, the first female director of Faber and Faber.

* Belgian playing cards. Cartes Moyen-Age, 1st edition?, Bruges: E.A. Daveluy, circa 1840s, a complete deck of 52 colour lithographed porcelain playing cards (French suits), double-ended medieval fantasy style courts with landscape backgrounds, each end slightly differing, ace of diamonds with title, ace of hearts with Daveluy, Breveté Bruges, no indices, square-cornered gold borders, some light dust-soiling, rubbed in places, especially affecting some black pip cards, few minor marks, 2 of diamonds with small crease near one edge, queen of diamonds with rubbed crease to blank sky area, versos plain white, each card 88 x 58 mm, together with: Cartes Brevetées, Bruges: E.A. Daveluy, circa 1850, a complete deck of 52 colour lithographed playing cards (French suits), double-ended courts, depicting named historical characters (jacks as jesters) with landscape backgrounds, each end slightly differing, king of spades with title, aces decorated with plants and shells, lightly browned, few minor spots or marks, jack of spades with brown stain to one corner, one pip card with corner crease, versos red dots and dotted circles, each card 88 x 58 mm, plus: Cartes Moyen-Age, Bruges: E.A. Daveluy, circa 1850, a complete deck of 52 colour lithographed porcelain playing cards (French suits), double-ended medieval fantasy style courts with landscape backgrounds, each end slightly differing, ace of diamonds with title, ace of hearts with Daveluy, Breveté Bruges, no indices, round-cornered gold borders, dusty, somewhat soiled and rubbed, few minor creases, versos pale pink with gold dots and dotted circles, each card 88 x 58 mm, original slipcase box with lid, front with jack of clubs, worn, two sides of lid replaced, 16 or 17 cards from each deck mounted with photo corners onto 3 display boards, encapsulated in clear plastic (not examined out of boards), the remainder contained in plastic bags, each board 54.5 x 40.5 cm and similarQTY: (3)NOTE:Provenance: Collection of Dudley Ollis.First and third items: Cary collection, Bel 41 & 42; Daveluy 18; Fournier, Belgium 15; Mann, All Cards on the Table, 194; Both packs of Cartes Moyen-Age are on thin glazed 'porcelain' paper. The first pack listed appears to be a very early edition - possibly the first - of this much-repeated design. We have found no other example like this, with beards as well as moustaches for jacks (except for the notably clean-shaven jack of spades), and with square corners to both the cards and their gold borders. The third pack listed here agrees with Mann 194 (also with Daveluy 18), which she describes as being one of the earliest designs of this pack and dates it to circa 1850. All other examples we have seen show moustaches (only) for all jacks, and later designs include indices, crown over the king suit signs, and eventually rounded corners. Therefore we suggest that our first pack is very possibly the first Cartes Moyen-Age design that Daveluy produced. Daveluy was printing playing cards from around 1840, and filed his patent for chromolithographic production in 1847.Second item: Cartorama 62 #22; Cary collection, Belgium 43 (similar); Daveluy 15.