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Tolkien, J. R. R. The Silmarillion, first edition, London: George Allen & Unwin, 1977, octavo, publisher's blue cloth with unclipped dust-jacket, and The Fellowship of the Ring, second edition, third impression, London: George Allen & Unwin, 1968, octavo, publisher's red cloth, unclipped d.j., folding map to rear of each work, discolouration & slight wear to jackets, sold with all faults (2)

Dickens, Charles. Mixed collection of works to include Bleak House, first edition bound from the parts with characteristic stab-holes, London: Bradbury & Evans, 1853, two Lloyd's Sixpenny Novels editions of Oliver Twist and Old Curiosity Shop, and others, condition varied, sold with all faults (17)

Dicks, Terence. Doctor Who and the Abominable Snowman, two copies, first edition paperbacks, signed by Tom Baker, tog. w/ Doctor Who and the Cave-Monsters, by Malcolm Hulke, signed by Paul McKenna, 1975, and Doctor Who and the Cybermen, by Gerry Davis, paperback, signed by Colin Baker, and one other (5)

 [Cooper, James Fenimore]. The Red Rover, second UK edition, in three volumes, London: Henry Colburn, 1828. Octavo, contemporary half-calf with marbled boards and morocco title labels lettered in gilt. Vol. I: pp. [i-vii], viii-ix, [i], 2-336; Vol. II: [iii], [i], 2-309; Vol. III: [iii], [i], 2-341. Contents generally good & bright with occasional pale spots & marks, contemporary owner inscription on front pastedown, second volume lacking ffep, slightly shaken in third volume, bindings worn with upper board of first volume detached, sold with all faults (3)

Harrison, Harry. The Stainless Steel Rat Wants You, signed first edition, London: Michael Joseph, 1978, dust-jacket by Kathy Wyatt, unclipped, very good

A framed first edition reproduction of original watercolour by Alice Cole ''Wood Geranium'', 8" x 11".

Orlinski RICHARD (1966-)  "Yellow Pac-Man" limited edition in original box - Weight: 1.67 kg - Shipping available - Region: france - Sizes: H 200 MM L 170 MM - At first glance: excellent condition - Author / artist: Orlinski RICHARD (1966-)

A collection of Sir Walter Scott leather bound books to include Kenilworth first edition 1821 in three volumes, The Monastery first edition 1820 in three volumes, the Waverley or the sixty years since in three volumes 1816 and 1817, The Tales of my Landlord third series in four volumes first edition 1819, The Tales of my Landlord second series in four volumes first edition 1818 and the Tales of my Landlord fourth and last series in four volumes first edition 1832

Pokemon - a 1995 near mint Wizard of the Coast First Edition Holo Misty 18/132 card. Appears mint and ready to be graded. Supplied in a hard top sleeve.

Williams, Sir Kyffin, Across the Straits, 1973 signed first edition, Duckworth, hardback with dust cover, with a greetings card printed with a Young Buzzard and a Tegfryn Gallery & its Artist leaflet (3)

The Tournament at Eglinton Castle August 30th 1839, in green cloth and gilt, London: Hodgson & Graves, 1840, first edition, folio, eight lithographed plates

Walter David Jones C.H. C.B.E. (British, 1895-1974), Headpiece - The Harbour, 1926-29, line engraving, titled verso, 5 by 7.5cm, framed. Note: label verso states that the work was first issued in 1929 for Douglas Cleverdon's edition of Samuel Taylor Coleridge's The Rime of the Ancient Mariner. Note: Artist Resale Rights apply

The revolutionary publication by Alfred Kinsey, with W. B. Saunders Company, started the scientific approach to the understanding of human sexual behavior. This copy is a first edition and signed To M. and G. Berenzin by the author.Issued: 1948Dimensions: 6.25"L x 1.75"W x 9.5"HCountry of Origin: United StatesCondition: Age related wear.

Special Edition Lladro Figurine signed on the base by Gemini 12 and Apollo 11 Astronaut Buzz Aldrin. Aldrin made three spacewalks as pilot of the Gemini 12 Mission in 1966. On the 1969 Apollo 11 Mission, Aldrin and Neil Armstrong were the first two people to land on the moon. Glossy finish; Lladro backstamp. Base reads One Giant Leap for Mankind. 25th Anniversary. With Apollo 11 Astronaut Buzz Aldrin's signature underneath. Apollo Landing 1006168 Ltd. - Lladro Porcelain Figurine- signed by Buzz Aldrin Original box dimensions 10 in. L x 8 in. W x 21.5 in. HArtist: Salvador FurioIssued: 1994 - 1995Dimensions: 16.5"H x 8.25"WManufacturer: LladroCountry of Origin: SpainCondition: Age related wear.

Six Coalport Golden Age limited edition figures comprising 'Beatrice at the Garden Party', 'Louisa at Ascot', 'Georgina', 'Alexandra at the Ball', 'Charlotte a Royal Debut' and 'Eugenie First Night at the Opera' (6)

NO RESERVE Edwards (Rev. Jonathan) Memoirs of the Rev. David Brainerd; Missionary to the Indians, edited by Sereno Edwards Dwight, spotted and browned, old ink inscription to front free endpaper partly erased, endpapers chipped at edges, modern patterned-paper boards, rubbed, [Sabin 21953], New Haven, S.Converse, 1822 § Holden (Lawrence) Twenty-Two Sermons..., only edition, list of subscribers, contemporary speckled calf, rubbed, rebacked preserving old roan label,for \\j.Noon...J.Waugh...T.Field, 1755; and another, 8vo (3)⁂ The first, originally published in 1749 but substantially revised, is an important work in the history of native Americans and missionary history. The second is scarce; despite nearly 700 subscribers countrywide ESTC records only 5 UK copies (BL, Cambridge 2 copies, Dr. Williams's Library, Harris Manchester College Oxford) and one at Union Theological Seminary in America.

Fielding (Henry) The Works ... with the Life of the Author, 4 vol., first collected edition, engraved portrait frontispiece, scattered spotting, contemporary calf, rebacked, slight rubbing to corners and extremities, 4to, 1762.

Einstein (Albert) The Theory of Relativity, seventh edition, scattered spotting, previous owner's ink signature, original cloth, lightly sunned spine, slight bumping to spine extremities, 1922 § Bolton (L.) An Introduction to the Theory of Relativity, first edition, scattered spotting, original cloth, slight bumping to corners and extremities, 1921 § Ullyett (Kenneth) How Radar Works, first edition, frontispiece, illustrations, occasional marginal pencil markings, previous owner's ink signature, original cloth, slight mottling to upper board, slight bumping to corners and extremities, 1948 § Ellard Gore (J.) Astronomical Essays: Historical and Descriptive, first edition, half-title, plates, scattered spotting, previous owner's pencil signature, original cloth, a little rubbed, slight bumping to corners and extremities, 1907; and others similar, 8vo (12)

Scottish Law.- Mackenzie (Sir George) The Laws and Customs of Scotland, in matters Criminal, second edition, variant with "in" in title to Seton's 'A Treatise of Mutilation and Demembration divided in two Parts', main title in red & black, contemporary ink signature of Ja. Winsam to titles and his inscriptions to front free endpapers, contemporary calf, ex-Birmingham Law Society library copy with ink stamps, label and gilt lettering on upper cover and monogram on lower, [Wing M168 & S2649], Edinburgh, by the Heirs and Successors of Andrew Anderson...for Andrew Symson, 1699 § Steuart (Sir James) Dirleton's Doubts and Questions in the Law of Scotland, Resolved and Answered, first edition, engraved portrait, title in red & black, contemporary panelled calf, Edinburgh, James Watson, 1715 § Nicolson (William, Bishop of Carlisle) Leges marchiarum, or Border-Laws..., first edition, half-title, 2 advertisement leaves at end, contemporary panelled calf, [Goldsmiths' 4131], Tim.Goodwin, 1705, occasional light spotting or browning, all rubbed, all rebacked, the first with corners repaired, the last corners worn; and 4 others on Scottish Law, folio & 8vo (7)

NO RESERVE Paradès (Robert de) Mémoires Secrets de Robert, Comte de Paradès...pour servir à l'Histoire de la dernière Guerre, first edition, half-title (label removed), browned, old marbled wrappers, rubbed, frayed at edges, n.p., 1789 § [Fontette de Sommery (Mlle.)] Lettres de Madame la Comtesse de L⁂ a Monsieur le Comte de R⁂, first edition, half-title, title with woodcut ornament and two contemporary ink inscriptions, small marginal ink stain to H1v, otherwise a clean copy, contemporary sheep-backed boards, spine gilt with red roan label, Paris, Barrois, 1785 § Conteur (Le), 2 vol., only edition, half-titles, some light browning, a few stains, small rust-hole to F12 with loss of a couple of letters, later limp vellum over wrappers, uncut and partly unopened, "Londres" [?Paris], 1789 § [Poinsinet de Sivry (Louis)] La Berlue, ?first edition, title with ornament and decorative frame (mounted on stub), soiled and stained, contemporary mottled sheep, spine gilt, rubbed, "Londres" [?Paris], a l'Enseigne du Lynx, 1759, 8vo et infra (5)⁂ Paradès, an opportunist and probably a pretender to the name of Paradès, spied against the English and was imprisoned in the Bastille for his failed part in the armada of 1779.

Scotland.- Loch (James) An Account of the Improvements on the Estates of the Marquess of Stafford, in...Stafford and Salop, and on the estate of Sutherland, first edition, lacking half-title, with folding engraved map hand-coloured in outline, 39 plates and plans, some folding, a few hand-coloured, light offsetting, later polished tan calf, spine gilt, a little spotted, [Goldsmiths 22807; Kress C.571; Perkins 1028], 1820 § [Kames (Henry Home, Lord)] Progress of Flax-Husbandry in Scotland, first edition, contemporary manuscript note regarding author on title, modern cloth, ex-Rothemsted Agricultural library copy but unstamped, [Kress 6351, erroneously calling for a plan], Edinburgh, Sands, Murray, and Cochran, 1766 § Considerations on the System of the Laws in Scotland relative to Salt, first edition, modern cloth, [Goldsmiths' 16055; Kress B.2681], Edinburgh, for J.Simpson, 1794; and 2 others relating to Scotland, 8vo (5)⁂ The author of the first was the state commissioner for the Marquess of Stafford and on his behalf carried out the notorious highland clearances in Sutherland, when crofters were evicted from the land for the development of sheep-farming, causing appalling hardship, bitter resentment, and emigration for many.The second is rare with ESTC recording only 5 UK copies in 4 locations (BL, National Library of Scotland 2 copies, Oxford, and this copy previously at Rothamsted), plus 2 copies in the Baker Library at Harvard. The third is also rare with 2 copies in the UK (National Library of Scotland and Senate House) and copies at Columbia and Harvard in America.

Turkey.- Thornton (Thomas) The Present State of Turkey, first edition, scattered spotting, contemporary half-calf, a little rubbed, bumping to corners and extremities, 1807 § Shoberl (Frederic, editor) The World in Miniature: Turkey, 6 vol., 73 stipple-engraved plates, lacking 2 maps, occasional faint off-setting, previous owner's ink signature to blanks, contemporary straight-grain morocco, rebacked, rubbed, R. Ackermann, [1821] § Eton (W.) A Survey of the Turkish Empire, scattered spotting, modern half-calf, 1798; and 4 others, Turkey, v.s. (12)

NO RESERVE Bedford (Sybille) Aldous Huxley: a biography, 2 vol., first edition, frontispieces and plates, original cloth, fractional bumping to spine extremities, dust-jacket, slight creasing to edges, vol. 1 with short tear to spine, 1973-74 § Yeats (W. B.) Autobiographies, frontispiece, plates, original cloth, fractional bumping to corners and extremities, 1955 § Mizener (Arthur) The Saddest Story: a biography of Ford Madox Ford, first edition, plates, original cloth, fractional bumping to spine extremities, dust-jacket, slight creasing to edges, 1971; and others similar, 8vo & 4to (c.90)

China.- Arlington (L.C.) The Chinese Drama: from the earliest times until to-day, first edition, one of 750 copies, author's ink signature to early blank, colour frontispiece, tipped-in errata slip, plates, most in colour, illustrations, occasional faint spotting to fore-edges, decorative endpapers, original cloth-backed boards, lightly sunned spine, slight bumping to corners and extremities, 4to, Shanghai, 1930.

NO RESERVE Toxicology.- Tronchin (Théodore) De colica pictonum, first edition, half-title, woodcut ornaments & initials, contemporary ink manuscript signature to title and front pastedown with some notes, contemporary speckled calf, spine gilt, red roan label, rubbed, spine chipped at foot, Geneva, Cramer, 1757 § Plenck (J.J.) Toxicologia seu doctrina de venenis et antidotis, first edition, title with engraved vignette, light foxing, modern calf-backed boards, Vienna, R.Graeffer, 1785 § Bernard (Claude) Leçons sur les Effets des Substances Toxiques et Médicamenteuses, first edition, half-title, 48pp. publisher's catalogue at end, some foxing, modern half morocco, Paris, 1857; and 5 others on poisons and chemical treatments, 8vo (8)⁂ The first is one of the first works to show the true causes of lead poisoning, in this case water running off lead roofs into cisterns.

NO RESERVE [Vanbrugh (Sir John)] A Short Vindication of the Relapse and the Provok'd Wife, from Immorality and Prophaneness, first edition, half-title, old ink signatures "Jno Salter" and "St John Crookes, Sunderland" to title, some very light staining, modern calf-backed marbled boards,spine faded, [Wing V59], for H. Walwyn, 1698 § Collier (Jeremy) A Defence of The Short View of the Profaneness and Immorality of the English Stage, &c. Being a reply to Mr. Congreve's Amendments, &c. and to the Vindication of the author of the Relapse, first edition, lightly damp-stained, modern boards, rubbed, [Wing C5248], for S.Keble, 1699, 8vo (2)⁂ Vanbrugh's scarce contribution to the pamphlet war provoked by Jeremy Collier's Short View of the Immorality and Profaneness of the English Stage, published the same year, and with Collier's response to Vanbrugh.

NO RESERVE Voltaire (François Marie Arouet de) Alzire, our les Americains. Tragedie, first edition, issue with 8pp. dedicatory epistle, with privilege and errata leaves, signed by the publisher in ink,at foot of first leaf of text, woodcut ornaments and initials, title soiled and frayed at edges (repaired), modern boards, [Bengesco 106], Paris, J.-B.-C.Bauche, 1736; Alzira Tragedia, first Italian edition, engraved title-vignette, stained towards end, original carta rustica, ink sketch to upper cover, lower stained, spine frayed, Florence, Andrea Bonducci, 1749; Oreste, Tragédie, first edition, half-title, wide margins, some light water-staining to lower margin, original marbled wrappers, uncut, frayed at edges, spine a little worn, preserved in modern cloth drop-back box, Paris, P.G.Le Mercier & M.Lambert, 1750; and 5 other plays by Voltaire, 8vo (8)⁂ The first has a correction in ink of "amour" to "retour" on p.57 line 1, and a line crossed out in ink towards the end of the dedicatory epistle. This line does not appear to be present in other 1736 versions and is not noted in the errata.

NO RESERVE Cardiology.- [Bordeu (Théophile de)] Recherches sur le Pouls, par rapport aux crises, first edition, Paris, de Bure, 1756 § Martin (J.) Traité de las Phlébotomie et de l'Artériotomie, only edition, half-title, light water-staining towards end, [Wellcome IV, 66], Paris, G.Cavelier, 1741 § [Wetch (I.J.)] Medicina ex pulsu, sive systema doctrinae sphygmicae, first edition, half-title, title with engraved vignette, folding engraved plate, woodcut initials & ornaments, original boards, soiled, [Not in Wellcome Collection], Prague, Wolfgang Gerle, 1770, the first two contemporary mottled calf, spines gilt, all rubbed, 8vo et infra (3)

Scotland.- Naismith (John) Thoughts on Various Objects of Industry produced in Scotland, with a view to enquire by what means the labour of the people may be directed to promote the public prosperity, first edition, contemporary ink inscription "B.Stuart - Torrance Decr. 16th 1790" to front free endpaper, a fine copy uncut in original boards, later manuscript paper label to spine, slightly rubbed and marked, [Goldsmiths' 14102; Kress B.1949], 8vo, Edinburgh, for the Author, 1790.⁂ An excellent copy of a valuable account of Scottish industry and agriculture towards the end of the 18th century, including sections on the cultivation of flax and wool.

NO RESERVE Neurology.- Boerhaave (Hermann) Praelectiones academicae de morbis nervorum..., edited by Jacob van Eems, 2 vol., first edition, titles in red & black with woodcut ornament, some foxing and staining, contemporary half calf, spines gilt, uncut, a little rubbed, [Wellcome II, 191], Leiden, P. vander Eyk & Cornelius de Pecker, 1761 § Moor (Bartholomaeus de) Veris oeconomiae animalis, seu potius humanae, principiis innixae pathologiae cerebri delineation practica..., first edition, title in red & black with woodcut printer's device, a few manuscript annotations, cropped, browned and water-stained, ex-library copy with faint stamps to title and several leaves, modern half calf, Amsterdam, G.Borst, 1704, 8vo & 4to (3)⁂ Boerhaave was the founder of Dutch medicine; these lectures on nervous diseases were edited and published posthumously by one of his students. The second work is on the physiology of the brain and its diseases.

NO RESERVE Moser (Friedrich Carl von) Der Herr und der Diener geschildert mit Patriotischer Freyheit, first edition, engraved frontispiece and decorative rococo title by Cöntgen after Ducrée, title with lower margin cut away (repaired), original boards, a little rubbed and stained, joints chipped, Frankfurt, J.A.Raspe, 1759; Beherzigungen, als zweyte Theil des Herrn und Dieners, pirated edition, original boards, rubbed and spotted, Frankfurt & Leipzig, 1761; Politische Wahrheiten, 2 vol., first edition, vol.1 with signature torn away from head of front free endpaper, original boards, rubbed and faded, Zurich, Orell, Gessner, Füssli & Co., 1796 § [Lehmann(Adde Johann)] Ueber die bessere Einrichtung der Leibeigenschaft und der Oekonomie in Niedersachsen..., contemporary ink inscription to title, old wrappers, Offenbach, Ulrich Weiss, 1779, some light browning or foxing, 8vo (5)⁂ The first was a popular work on the relationships between masters and servants, kings and rulers, court life and customs; the second is a continuation of that work published in the same year as the first edition. The third is Moser's political statement and an enlightened view of the social contract; in this more pessimistic work he describes the wrongs of the existing state and the misuse of power in the German principalities.

Ireland.- Accurate and Impartial Narrative (An) of the Apprehension, Trial & Execution...of Sir Edward William Crosbie, Bart., lacking half-title, [Bradshaw 2404, defective], Bath, R.Cruttwell, 1802 § Report (A) of the Trial on an Action for Damages, brought by the Reverend Charles Massy against the most noble the Marquis of Headfort, for Criminal Conversation with Plaintiff's Wife..., first edition, lacking half-title, title stained, final leaf laid down, Dublin, 1804 § Fletcher (William) A Charge delivered to the Grand Jury of the County of Wexford, at the Summer Assizes, 1814, 1814 § Curran (John Philpot) Speeches...on...Very Interesting Trials...to which is added Henry Grattan, Esq's Celebrated Speech on the Catholic Question, fine stipple-engraved portrait by Maguire, foxed and offset on title, contemporary mottled calf, spine gilt, rubbed, Dublin, 1805, the first three modern cloth, 8vo (4)⁂ Sir Edward William Crosbie (1755-1798) holds the distinction of being the first United Irishman to be executed for treason after the 1798 rebellion at Carlow, Ireland. However, there seems to be some evidence to suggest that Crosbie's conviction was a miscarriage of justice. The present "narrative", apparently put into print by Sir Edward's family and friends, certainly raises considerable doubt as to Crosbie's culpability. Crosbie's younger brother, Richard, was Ireland's first balloonist.

NO RESERVE Voltaire (François Marie Arouet de) L'Esprit de Monsieur de Voltaire, [edited by C.Villaret], a little soiled and browned, contemporary sheep, joints split, n.p., 1759; La Henriade, engraved frontispiece and plates, occasional light foxing, contemporary mottled sheep, Amsterdam, Francois l'Honoré, 1768; Contes et Poésies diverses..., half-title (name cut away at head with loss of frame), light spotting, contemporary sheep-backed boards, upper joint split, "Londres" [Orleans], Ymruotel [Le Tourmy], 1778 § [Kelli-Pagani (Count Domenico Eusebio de)] Portrait de François Arouet dit Voltaire, only edition, title and text in French and Italian, wide margins, old marbled wrappers, Pisa, 1800, the first three all with gilt spines and red roan labels, all a little rubbed, 8vo et infra (4)⁂ Library Hub and WorldCat record one copy only of the last item (Trinity College Dublin).

NO RESERVE Pharmacy.- Milne-Edwards (Henri) & P.Vavasseur. Manuel de Matière Médicale, first edition, old ink signature of Richard Pearson mounted on front pastedown with notes in his hand to several leaves, faint ink library stamp to title and a few leaves, light marginal water-staining, modern morocco-backed marbled boards, spine faded, Paris, 1826 § Garnier (Pierre) Nouvelles Formules de Medecine, Latines et Françoises, 2 parts in 1, second edition, contemporary sheep, spine gilt, [Wellcome III, 91], Liege, F.Broncard, 1716 § Ailhaud (Jean) Traité de l'Origine des Maladies et de l'Usage de la Poudre Purgative, first edition, foxed and lightly stained, contemporary sheep, worn, [Wellcome II, 20], Carpentras, G.Quenin, 1755 § Ratier (F.S.) A Practical Formulary of the Parisian Hospitals, translated by R.D.M'Lellan, first edition in English, 8pp. publishers' catalogue at end, later cloth, [Wellcome IV, 475], Edinburgh, 1830; and 3 others, French, v.s. (7)

NO RESERVE [Marmontel (Jean-François)] Le Huron, Comédie..., first edition, without the music found in some copies, Paris, Merlin, 1768 § [D'Ozicourt] Bélisaire, Drame, first edition, Paris, Lejai, 1769 § [La Harpe (Jean-François)] Mélanie, Drame..., first edition, half-title, Amsterdam, H.-J.-J. Wan-Harrewelt, 1770 § Etrennes de Thalie aux Amateurs des Spectacles..., only edition, half-title, leaf B4 detached (?cancel), signature M misbound, light spotting and soiling, modern marbled boards, uncut, original lower wrapper bound in, Brussels, Lefrancq & Abbeville, Deverité, 1786 § Poinsinet (A.-A.H.) Tom Jones, Comédie Lyrique..., half-title, 5pp. music at end, some spotting, Paris, Duchesne, 1770, all but the fourth in modern marbled wrappers; and 9 others, drama, comprising 5 more French plays similarly bound (including another version of the third) and 4 disbound English plays in French from the Nouveau Théatre Anglois series, some scarce, 8vo et infra (14)

Ballistics.- Robins (Benjamin) New Principles of Gunnery: containing the Determination of the Force of Gun-Powder..., first edition, folding engraved plate, woodcut diagrams, plate lightly foxed and torn not affecting image (repaired), browning towards end, modern cloth, roan label, 8vo, J.Nourse, 1742.⁂ A landmark contribution to the literature of mechanics, most particularly in the scientific study of ballistics and the development of fluid mechanics, by the mathematician and military engineer, Benjamin Robins, F.R.S. (1707-1751). "New Principles of Gunnery transformed ballistics into a Newtonian science. Galileo's vacuum theory was the only practical theory before 1742, but only for low-velocity mortars as demonstrated in Bélidor's Le bombardier français (1731). Robins made it applicable for gunpowder weaponry in general. His key contribution was the invention and utilization of the ballistic pendulum. With Huygens's law of pendulum motion and Newton's law of linear momentum, he deduced the bullet's impact velocity from the subsequent swing angle. Robins then used the ballistic pendulum to verify his interior-ballistics theory, relying on Boyle's law, the thirty-ninth proposition from book one of the Principia, and the pneumatic chemistry techniques of Francis Hauksbee the elder and Stephen Hales. By applying Newton's second law of motion to velocity measurements at varying ranges, Robins also obtained the air-resistance force acting on musket balls. This revealed the significant limitations of Galileo's vacuum ballistics theory and of Newton's air-resistance function when approaching the speed of sound. ...... Robins's substantial accomplishments in mathematical theory, scientific discovery, technical practice, and literary production place him at the forefront of the British Enlightenment." (ODNB).

Economics.- [Gordon (George)] The History of our National Debts and Taxes, from the Year MDCLXXXVIII, to the Present Year MDCCLI, Part I-IV bound in 1 vol., first editions, each part with half-title, 8 folding tables, some foxing, contemporary sprinkled calf, rebacked, red roan label, [Goldsmiths' 8631; Kress 5117], M.Cooper, 1751-53 § Eliot (Francis Perceval) Demonstration; or, Financial Remarks: with occasional Observations on Political Occurrences, only edition, half-title, folding tables, old ink stamp of the Duke of Cambridge to title, contemporary tree calf, rebacked preserving old gilt spine, new label, [Goldsmiths' 19429], 1807 § Considerations upon a Proposal for lowering the Interest of all the Redeemable National Debts to Three per Cent. per Ann...., first edition, woodcut title-vignette and ornaments, stab-holes, modern calf-backed boards, [Goldsmiths' 7052; Kress 4332], J.Purser, 1737, some light foxing, the first two rubbed; and 10 others on the National Debt, 8vo (13)

Ireland.- Archer (Lt. Joseph) Statistical Survey of the County Dublin, with Observations on the Means of Improvement..., first edition, folding hand-coloured engraved map, light spotting and offsetting, bookplate of William Edward Kelly, contemporary tan calf, gilt, spine gilt with roan labels, a little rubbed, spine slightly faded, [Goldsmiths' 18158; Kress B.4319; Perkins 63], Dublin, 1801 § Young (Arthur) A Tour in Ireland, first edition, engraved frontispiece and plate, list of subscribers, with additional p.159, a little foxed at beginning and end, engraved bookplate of Spains Hall, Finchingfield on front pastedown, contemporary marbled boards, rubbed, rebacked and recornered in russet morocco, spine gilt, [Goldsmiths' 11970; Kress B.340], T.Cadell and J.Dodsley, 1780 § Lee (James) Minutes of the Trustees of the Linen and Hempen Manufactures of Ireland, respecting the Mode of Preparing and Dressing Hemp and Flax, first edition, with folding sheet 'Reasons for Mr.Lee's Bill...' with drop-head & docket titles and dated 1816 bound in at end (slightly frayed at top-edge, repaired), modern cloth, [Black 2881; Goldsmiths-Kress 212300.13], [Dublin], printed by William Folds & Sons, 1815, 8vo & 4to (3)⁂ The last is very rare with Library Hub recording only reproductions of the Kress copy; Black adds a copy in the National Library of Ireland. The additional sheet appears to be unrecorded..

NO RESERVE Epilepsy.- Tissot (Samuel August André David) Trattato della Epilessia..., first edition in Italian, a good clean copy in contemporary limp boards, uncut, slightly soiled, 8vo, Venice, Caroboli & Pompeati, 1772.⁂ The first modern work on epilepsy, by a Swiss physician, originally published in 1770.

NO RESERVE Europe.- Moore (John) A View of Society and Manners in Italy, 3 vol., first Dublin edition, contemporary ink inscription "Emma Townshend Nov.r 1866" to front free endpaper, engraved bookplate of Lt.Col.Glegg, contemporary calf, rubbed, rebacked, Dublin, 1781; A View of Society and Manners in France, Switzerland, and Germany, 2 vol., third edition, half-title in vol.2 (not called for in vol.1), contemporary ink signature of Elizabeth Wentworth to front free endpapers, foxing at beginning and end (mostly endpapers), handsome contemporary mottled calf, gilt, spines gilt in compartments with red roan labels, rubbed, a few slightly worn patches to boards (one repaired), W.Strahan & T.Cadell, 1780; another edition, 2 vol., third edition, engraved title-vignettes by Bartolozzi after Cipriani, some light browning, contemporary calf, spines with red & green labels, a little worn, Dublin, W.Wilson, 1781,8vo et infra (5)⁂ ESTC does not record the final item. It is a variant of that recorded but the imprint does not contain Wilson's address or the name of L.Flin.

Scotland.- Economics.- [Paterson (William)], "Lewis Medway". An Inquiry into the Reasonableness and Consequences of an Union with Scotland, first edition, staining to last couple of leaves, modern cloth, [Goldsmiths' 4356; Kress 2522], by Ben.Bragg, 1706 § Glen (William) A Treatise on the Law of Bills of Exchange, Promissory Notes, and Letters of Credit in Scotland, first edition, contemporary ink signzture of Geo. White to front free endpaper and ink and pencil annotations (some cropped), slight damage to pp.32 from adhering to facing page but sense intelligible), contemporary mottled sheep, lacking label, [Goldsmiths' 19433], Edinburgh, 1807 § [Scott (Sir Walter)], "Malachi Malagrowther". A Letter to the Editor of the Edinburgh Weekly Journal...on the Proposed Change of Currency..., second edition, 1826; A Second Letter..., second edition, 1826; A Third Letter..., second edition, 1826 bound with [Croker (John Wilson)], "Edward Bradwardine Waverley". Two Letters on Scotish Affairs...to Malachi Malagrowther, first edition, 1826, together 4 works in 1 vol., contemporary ink signature of Robert Grant to head of first title and bookplate of Sir Archibald Grant of Monymoske Bt., contemporary boards, uncut, a few stains, rebacked, [Goldsmiths' 25008, 25011, 25014 & 24949; Kress C.1778, 1781, 1785 & 1642]; and 4 others on Scottish economics, 8vo (7)⁂ Paterson, a Scottish banker, was one of the founders of the Bank of England and a proponent of the disastrous Darien scheme. He advocated the Union of England and Scotland.The last concerns the proposed reform of the banking system, the issue of notes to be restricted to the Bank of England. This would have seriously restricted trade in Scotland, apart from violating the Act of Union of 1707; the advantage fell to England by an assertion of her power and currency. Scott was indignant, and issued three letters which had their desired effect: Scotland was excluded from the provisions of the bill, and today Scottish banks still issue their own bank notes.

Polar.- Mawson (Sir Douglas) The Home of the Blizzard: being the story of the Australasian Antarctic Expedition, 1911-1914, 2 vol., first edition, half-titles, frontispieces, plates and illustrations, 3 folding maps in pocket at end vol. 2, ex-Nottingham library with usual labels, ink-stamps and shelfmark to title verso, new endpapers, original pictorial cloth, rebacked, library paper label to upper covers, slight bumping to corners and extremities, 8vo, 1915.

Poor in Scotland.- [Gardenstone (Francis Garden, Lord)] Letter to the People of Laurencekirk..., first edition, modern cloth, [Not in Goldsmiths'], Edinburgh, Murray & Cochran, sold by J.Sibbald & Co., 1780 § Abstract of the Rules & Regulations by which Hutchesones' Hospital is Governed, first edition, lacking errata leaf at end, later half roan, [ESTC records copies at only 4 locations: BL, National Library of Scotland, Glasgow, Toronto], 1800 § Ross (John) A Few Loose Remarks on the Advantages of Friendly Societies; and also, on a Scheme for supporting the Widows and Orphans of Teachers, only edition, ink signature of Andrew Lawson to verso of title (erased on recto), modern cloth, [Goldsmiths' 18930; Not in BL or Kress; Library Hub 3 copies only: NLS, Goldsmiths', & Sheffield], Edinburgh, for the author, 1804 § Selkirk (Thomas Douglas, 5th Earl of) Observations on the Present State of the Highlands of Scotland, with a view of the Causes and Probable Consequences of Emigration, first edition, half-title, contemporary ink signature of John Hamilton to title, original boards, uncut, joints split, [Goldsmiths' 18992; Kress B.4969; Sabin 20704n], 1805 § Burns (Rev. Robert) Historical Dissertations on the Law and Practice of Great Britain, and particularly of Scotland, with regard to the Poor, second edition, 2 large folding tables, original pink boards, uncut, rebacked in cloth, [Goldsmiths' 22553; Kress C.242], Glasgow, 1819, some light spotting or browning, most rubbed; and 4 others on the poor of Scotland, 8vo (9)⁂ The first is an interesting attempt to "improve" a Scottish village. The fourth item was the author's principal work. Thomas Douglas, 5th Earl of Selkirk (1771-1820) was an ardent proponent of colonisation in North America. The Prince Edward Island project was launched in 1803.

NO RESERVE Pershing (John J.) My Experiences in the World War, 2 vol., limited edition signed by author, frontispieces, plates and illustrations, previous owner's ink signature to vol. 1 dedication leaf, original cloth, a little mottled, slight bumping to corners and extremities, New York, 1931 § Creswicke (Louis) South Africa and the Transvaal War, 7 vol., frontispieces, plates and maps, some folding, original pictorial cloth, a little rubbed, slight bumping to corners and extremities, Edinburgh, n.d. § With the First Canadian Contingent, frontispiece, plates, spotting, previous owner's ink inscription, original cloth, slight bumping to corners and extremities, Toronto, n.d. § Mackenzie (Captain D.) The Sixth Gordons in France and Flanders, this copy presented in memory of Private William Shand, frontispiece, plates, original decorative cloth, slight bumping to corners and extremities, Aberdeen, n.d.; and others military history, v.s. (c.70)

NO RESERVE Africa.- Isenberg (Karl Wilhelm) Journals of the Messrs. Isenberg and Krapf, Missionaries of the Church Missionary Society ... in the Kingdom of Shoa ... and other parts of Abyssinia, first edition, bound without half-title, 2 facsimile folding maps loosely inserted, previous owner's ink inscription to title, ex-Lovedale Library with label to front pastedown, marginal water-staining to early blanks and title, bookplate, contemporary calf, remnants of label to upper cover, slight rubbing to corners and spine extremities, 8vo, 1843 § Johnston (Charles) Travels in Southern Abyssinia, through the Country of Adal to the Kingdom of Shoa, 2 vol., first edition, tinted lithographed frontispieces, folding map, without 8pp. publishers' catalogue at end vol. 2, light spotting, bookplates, vol. 2 ex-library with ink-stamp of the 'Library of the San Francisco College for Women' to title verso, vol. 1 in contemporary calf, raised spine bands, gilt, vol. 2 in original cloth, expert repairs to spine extremities, a little rubbed and stained, bumping to corners and extremities, 1844; 8vo (3).⁂ The first is an account of the travels of two German Protestant missionaries in Ethiopia, including descriptions of customs, towns, and the slave-trade.

Quakers.- Smith (William) Universal Love. In which a Visitation floweth through the Creation, that all people may be informed of the Truth ... to be a good favour unto God, and honour God, first edition, small hole to title affecting text, ex-library with usual labels, ink-stamp to title and final ff., withdrawn stamp to title obscuring text, lacking A1 (?blank), trimmed occasionally affecting page number and catch-words, occasional faint marginal staining, early blank detached and loosely inserted, modern cloth, remnants of label to upper cover, library shelf-mark to spine foot, [Wing S4344], small 8vo, 1664.⁂ Scarce, with ESTC showing only 5 copies in the UK.

Dry-Rot.- Knowles (John) An Inquiry into the means which have been taken to preserve the British Navy...particularly from that species of Decay, now denominated Dry-Rot, first edition, lacking half-title, with list of subscribers, light foxing, ex-United Service Institution library copy with old embossed stamp at head of title and presentation label to front pastedown (ink disposal stamp), old marabled boards, rebacked and recornered in calf, red morocco label, boards rubbed, 1821 § Pering (Richard) A Brief Enquiry into the Causes of Premature Decay, in our Wooden Bulwarks..., first edition, half-title, errata leaf at end, Holland House copy with ink inscription to half-title, light spotting, stab-holes, [Goldsmiths 20485], Plymouth-Dock, 1812 § Birkbeck (George) A Lecture on the Preservation of Timber by Kyan's Patent for Preventing Dry Rot, first edition, one lithographed and 3 engraved plates, [Goldsmiths' 29849], 1834 bound with Faraday (Michael) On the Practical Prevention of Dry Rot in Timber, first edition, half-title, light stain towards end, 1836, together 2 works in 1 vol., inscriptions in red ink to titles, modern cloth; and another on dry rot, 4to & 8vo (4)

NO RESERVE Copeman Family.- Copeman (Sydney Arthur Monckton) Reports on Inspections made with regard to the Incidence of Disease..., several reports bound in 1 vol. concerning outbreaks of scarlatina, diphtheria, enteric fever, measles, typhus etc. around the country, one on an outbreak of cowpox near Reigate in manuscript (26pp.) with 2 mounted photographs of infected cows, plates, folding maps and charts, 4pp. manuscript index at beginning, contemporary half morocco, by Zaehnsdorf, spine gilt, t.e.g., 1891-1904; Reports on Flies as Carriers of Infection, 7 parts bound in 1 vol., plates, some folding, bookplate of W.S.C.Copeman, contemporary half morocco, upper joint split, 1909-14 § Copeman (William Sydney Charles) Textbook of the Rheumatic Diseases, first edition, the author's copy with his typed list of corrections loosely inserted and his bookplate, original cloth, dust-jacket, rubbed & frayed, 1948; A short history of the Gout and the Rheumatic Diseases, inscribed by the author to his son Peter, bookplate of P.W.M.Copeman, contemporary red roan, gilt, 1964; and 13 others by or about Sydney, William or Peter Copeman including Peter's scrapbook about his father and 6 bound volumes of his papers, v.s. (17)⁂ Collection of works by and about the distinguished family of physicians:Sydney Arthur Monckton Copeman (1862-1947), senior medical officer in the Ministry of Health, authority on vaccination.William Sydney Charles Copeman (1900-1970), rheumatologist.Peter William Monckton Copeman (1932-2018), dermatologist, know to his colleagues as "Dr. Spot".

Crime.- Fielding (Henry) An Enquiry into the Causes of the Late Increase of Robbers, &c..., second edition, half-title, woodcut head- & tail-pieces, book-label of James Bonar with pencil presentation inscription to him on his "jubilee" to front free endpaper, a crisp copy in late 19th century half calf, spine gilt, small bump to tail of spine, [Goldsmiths' 8658], 12mo, for A.Millar, 1751.⁂ Fielding's most substantial work on social issues, based on his experience as both a barrister and a Justice of the Peace, which led to the passing of the Act restricting gin-drinking.James Bonar (1852-1941), Scottish civil servant and political economist. In 1886, with J.H.Muirhead and others, he founded the London Ethical Society, the first ethical society in the UK. This became the London School of Ethics and Philosophy in 1897 and subsequently part of the LSE.

NO RESERVE Mathematics.- Newton (John) Institutio Mathematica. Or, A Mathematical Institution. Shewing the Construction and use of the Naturall and Artificiall Sines, Tangents, and Secants, in Decimal Numbers, and also of the Table of Logarithms, 2 parts, 2 plates only (of 3), one folding, the other smaller plate facing I3v, numerous tables and diagrams, 1654; Tabulæ Mathematicæ: or, Tables of the naturall Sines, Tangents and Secants, and the Logarithms..., tables, one folding, errata leaf at end, title fryaed at edges with slight loss (repaired), 1654, together 2 works in 1 vol., first editions, contemporary calf, rubbed, rebacked, hole to lower cover repaired, [Tomash & Williams N34 & N33; Wing N1061 & N1071], Robert & William Leybourn for George Hurlock and Robert Boydell § Gautruche (Pierre) Philosophiae ac mathematicae totius institutio..., second edition, 15 engraved plates, contemporary calf, rubbed, spine repaired at head, Caen, A. & J.Cavelier, 1656, 12mo (2)

NO RESERVE Europe.- [Radcliffe (Ann)] Voyage en Hollande et sur les Frontieres Occidentales de l'Allemagne, fait en 1794, 2 vol., first edition in French, vol.1 lacking final leaf (Table) but supplied in contemporary ink manuscript, from the library of the Frigoult de Liesville family with ink inscription to verso of titles and engraved bookplate, contemporary half green morocco, spines gilt with red labels, Paris, Buisson, An 5e [1797] § Russell (John) A Tour in Germany..., 2 vol., third edition, half-titles, 4pp. advertisements at end of vol.2, original blue boards, uncut, Edinburgh, 1825 § [Sherer (J.M.)] Notes and Reflections during a Ramble in Germany, first edition, foxing, contemporary calf, gilt, spine chipped at head, 1826 § Oberer (J.) Lithographirte Ansichten der Stadt Salzburg..., part 5 only, 12 lithographed plates, one loose, original cloth-backed wrappers, paper label to upper cover, spotted, [Salzburg], [c.1837], all a little rubbed, 8vo & oblong 12mo (6)⁂ The author of the first is more well-known for her Gothic novel The Mysteries of Udolpho of 1794.

Horses.- Burdon (Capt. William) The Gentleman Pocket-Farrier, first edition, some browning, modern half calf, spine gilt, red roan labels, 8vo, for the Author by S. Buckley, 1730.⁂ A charming pocket book for the discerning (and prudent) gentleman, much expanded in numerous later printings right through the 18th century. American editions were also published c.1778-1793.

NO RESERVE Duelling.- Bosquett (Abraham) The Young Man of Honour's Vade-Mecum, being a salutary Treatise on Duelling, first edition, staining to a couple of leaves, later tan calf, gilt, uncut, a little rubbed and marked, boards slightly splayed, upper joints split, spine chipped, [Thimm p.35], 12mo, C.Chapple, [1817].⁂ Scarce; only 6 copies listed by Library Hub and seemingly none in America.

Agriculture.- Home (Francis) The Principles of Agriculture and Vegetation, first edition, second printing (a reissue of the first edition of 1756 with a new title), title lightly soiled, modern half speckled calf, by Sangorski & Sutcliffe, uncut, [Goldsmiths' 9219; only later editions in Perkins], Edinburgh, G.Hamilton & J.Balfour, 1757 § Hitt (Thomas) A Treatise of Husbandry on the Improvement of Dry and Barren Lands, first edition, engraved plate at end, title foxed, ex-Rothamsted Agricultural library copy with ink stamp to front pastedown, later half calf, uncut, [Goldsmiths' 9555; Perkins 802], for the Author...by J.Richardson & J.Webb, 1760 § Peters (Matthew) The Rational Farmer: or a Treatise on Agriculture and Tillage, second edition, folding engraved frontispiece, some light staining, M4 torn and repaired without loss, modern morocco-backed marbled boards, spine faded, [Goldsmiths' 10739], W.Flexney, 1771 § Tatham (William) National Irrigation, or the Various Methods of Watering Meadows, first edition, lacking half-title, with ink inscription to head of title and a few annotations, engraved plates (water-stained),original boards, uncut, rubbed, rebacked in cloth, [Fussell III pp.31-2; Goldsmiths' 18194; Kress B.4464; Perkins 1724], 1801; and 6 others, agriculture, 8vo (10)⁂ An interesting group of works on agricultural science and practice, particularly soil, fertilizer, irrigation etc. The third includes a 'Short essay on the Dearness of Corn, and other Provisions' for the first time.

Numismatics.- Cooke (William) The Medallic History of Imperial Rome, 2 vol., 8pp. list of subscribers, 61 engraved plates of coins, bookplate of George Arnold, vol. 1 with tear to front free endpaper repaired with tape, light offsetting, some foxing to first few ff., upper hinges cracked, contemporary calf, black morocco labels to spines, quite worn, upper joints split but holding, J. Dodsley, 1781; and others, 18th century Numismatics, including a second edition of Vertue's Medals, Coins &tc of Thomas Simon, v.s. (7)

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

NO RESERVE Agriculture.- Darwin (Erasmus) Phytologia: or the Philosophy of Agriculture and Gardening. With the Theory of Draining Morasses and with an Improved Construction of the Drill Plough, first edition, 12 engraved plates, 2 folding, plates I-IX preceded by an explanatory letterpress leaf (as called for), title with old ink signature of A.Gifford to head and small embossed stamp, plates with light foxing and marginal staining, David Bellamy's copy with his signed bookplate, modern half morocco, spine gilt, [Henrey 615; Nissen BBI 452; Perkins 448], 4to, for J. Johnson...by T. Bensley, 1800.⁂ Important agricultural treatise with information on manure, draining land, plant diseases etc.David Bellamy (1933-2019), botanist, ecologist, conservationist and television presenter.

Agriculture.- Lamport (William) Cursory Remarks on the Importance of Agriculture in its Connection with Manufactures and Commerce..., first edition, lacking half-title, modern cloth, [Goldsmiths' 12568; Kress B.743; Perkins 943], J.Buckland, 1784 § Jacob (W.) An Inquiry into the Causes of Agricultural Distress, first edition, half-title (stained), advertisement leaf at end, modern cloth, [Goldsmiths' 19343; Kress B.5263], 1816 § Brown (Robert) Letters on the Distressed State of Agriculturists..., first separate edition, modern calf-backed marbled boards, uncut, [Fussell III pp.13-14; Kress B.6646; Not in Goldsmiths' or Perkins], Edinburgh, 1816 § Stourton (William Joseph, Lord) Three Letters to the Right Honourable the Earl of Liverpool, on the Distresses of Agriculture in the United Kingdom..., new edition, contemporary ink signature of Thos. Thistlethwayte to head of title and stamp to pastedown, original boards, uncut, rebacked preserving old label, [Kress C.988], 1822; Further Considerations...on Agricultural Relief, and the Extent of the National Resources, first edition, modern cloth-backed boards, [Goldsmiths' 23463; Not in Kress or Perkins], 1822, some spotting or soiling, the first two ex-Rothamsted Agricultural library copies with stamps; and 5 others, agriculture, 8vo (10)⁂ The last is rare with Library Hub recording only 2 copies (Goldsmiths' and Cambridge).

NO RESERVE Theatre.- Kendall (John) Remarks on the Prevailing Custom of Attending Stage Entertainments, first edition, half-title, slightly foxed at end, disbound, sm. 8vo, Printed by James Phillips, 1794.⁂ Scarce.

NO RESERVE Marine Life.- Owen (Richard) Memoir on the Pearly Nautilus, only edition, 8 fine engraved plates after the author, 7 with additional version in outline, one or two with spots or light marginal browning but generally an excellent clean copy, original cloth, rubbed and faded, spine worn and chipped, [Nissen ZBI 3039], 4to, 1832.⁂ Owen's first published work, which established his reputation as a skilled anatomist.