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Somerville (Edith OEnone & Martin Ross). The Real Charlotte, 3 volumes, 1st edition, London: Ward and Downey, 1894, half-titles for volumes I & II only (lacking in volume III), pages 17 & 43 in volume I, 113 in volume II & 111 in volumes III detached and frayed to inner margins from where stitched, one or two small tears, stitching weak in places, a few light marks, contemporary red morocco-backed boards, lacking spines, 8vo, together with An Incorruptible Irishman. Being an account of Chief Justice Charles Kendal Bushe, and his wife Nancy Crampton, and their times, 1767-1843, 1st edition, London: Ivor Nicholson and Watson, 1932, portrait frontispiece, illustrations, endpapers a little toned, contemporary presentation inscription, original cloth, spine and cover margins faded, 8vo, signed to title by Edith Somerville, plus 10 others by the authors including 1st editions All on the Irish Shore. Irish Sketches, 1903, Further Experiences of an Irish R. M., 1908, Mount Music, 1919, and Stray-Aways, 1920 QTY: (14)NOTE:First work Sadleir 3127; Wolff 6480. The Real Charlotte is regarded a classic of Irish literature and written by the collaborative Anglo-Irish writers and cousins Edith Somerville and Violet Martin Ross (writing as 'Martin Ross'), their first book An Irish Cousin was published in 1889.

Darwin (Charles). The Expression of the Emotions in Man and Animals, 1st Edition, 1st issue, London: John Murray, 1872, 7 heliotype plates (three folding) numbered in Roman, booksellers ticket of H. T. Cooke & Son, booksellers to other Queen, Warwick to front pastedown, advertisements bound to rear, some pages untrimmed, minor spotting to first few leaves, hinges tender, sewing weakening in places, original green cloth gilt, slightly rubbed to joints and edges, 8vo QTY: (1)NOTE:Freeman 1141.An unusual variation of the first state, as the plates are numbered in Roman numerals as opposed to Arabic.

Darwin (Charles). On The Origin of Species, 2nd edition, 2nd issue, London: John Murray, 1860, half-title, folding lithographic diagram, 32 pp. publisher's advertisements bound at end, armorial bookplate of John V. Stewart to front pastedown, Edmonds & Remnants binder's ticket at foot of rear pastedown, head of front free endpaper and half-title with small tear resulting in loss, preliminary leaves lightly spotted, original publisher's green blindstamped cloth gilt (Freeman's variant 'b' binding), foot of upper cover with a few small faint marks, 8voQTY: (1)NOTE:Freeman 376. 'Certainly the most important biological book ever written'.An excellent example. The 1250 copies of the first edition of 1859 were sold out almost immediately and this revised second edition (identified by “fifth thousand” on the title page) was published some 3 months later. In a very important addition to his text, Darwin here tries to reconcile the theory of evolution with the traditional conception of God’s creation of the world.

Borlase (William). Observations on the Ancient and Present State of the Islands of Scilly, and their importance to the trade of Great-Britain. In a letter to the reverend Charles Lyttelton, LL.D. Dean of Exeter, and F. R. S., 1st edition, Oxford: printed by W. Jackson, 1756, half-title, 4 folding plates (2 supplied in facsimile), engraved illustration, first plate with folds reinforced to verso, p. 41 repaired, a few small marginal wormholes, some light offsetting, endpapers renewed, bookplates of William Morshead and Sir Warwick Morshead, contemporary calf, rebacked, a few repairs, 4to QTY: (1)NOTE:Upcott p. 106.

Ford (Madox Ford). The Fifth Queen Crowned, 1st edition, London: Eveleigh Nash, 1908, light spotting to endpapers, original red cloth gilt, some fading to spine, 8vo, presentation copy to Constance Garnett from the author, dated March 20, 1908, together with The Good Soldier, 1st US edition, New York: John Lane Company, New York: John Lane, the Bodley Head, 1915, advertisement leaf at rear, bookplate of Omar Shakespear Pound (1926-2010), Anglo-American writer and son of poet Ezra Pound, original blue cloth gilt, spine a little dulled and rubbed at ends, 8vo, plus Mr. Fleight, 1st edition, London: Howard Latimer, 1913, some light spotting, blank booklabel, original cloth, spine a little faded, a few light marks, 8vo, inscribed by Violet Hueffer to Violet Scott James (i.e. Isabel Violet Hunt, 1862-1942, author and founder of the Women Writers' Suffrage League and former lover of Ford Madox Ford), with 2 others first editions: The Fifth Queen: And how she came to court, 1906, and Zeppelin Nights, by Violet Hunt and Ford Madox Hueffer, 1916 QTY: (5)NOTE:First work inscribed to Constance Garnett (1861-1946), translator of Russian literature, with the bookplate of her son the writer David Garnett (1892-1981).

Müller (Fritz). Facts and Arguments for Darwin, 1st edition in English, London: John Murray, 1869, black and white illustrations in-text, publisher's advertisements at end (lacking pp. 15-20), bookplate of Richard Lydekker to front pastedown, original publisher's green blindstamped cloth gilt, marked, spine toned, 8voQTY: (1)NOTE:Provenance: Richard Lydekker, English naturalist and geologist.Freeman p.21.Uncommon. First published in German, Darwin was so impressed by Müller's work that he had John Murray publish the first English edition at his own expense.

Badham (Charles David). A Treatise on the Esculent Funguses of England, 1st edition, London: Reeve, Brothers, 1847, hand-coloured lithograph frontispiece, 20 hand-coloured lithograph plates, 16 pp. publisher's advertisements at end, lightly spotted, later ink ownership stamp of A. Cowper Field to head of front blank, modern red cloth gilt, 4to, together with:Parkinson (John). Paradisi in Sole Paradisus Terrestris..., facsimile reprint of 1629 edition, London: Methuen & Co., 1904, pictorial title page and several large illustrations throughout volume, lightly spotted, edges untrimmed, original cloth-backed boards, printed paper title label to spine, lower joint worn and frayed, lower cover almost detached, extremities worn, folio, withHudson (W. H.).153 Letters from W. H. Hudson, edited and with an introduction and explanatory notes by Edward Garnett, London: Nonesuch Press, 1923, photogravure vignette to title, full-page illustration at end, fore-edge untrimmed, original brown cloth, paper title label, 8vo, 293 of 1000 copies, with 3 shelves of related natural history worksQTY: (3 shelves)NOTES:Provenance, lots 506-632: The Natural History Library of Stan Woodell (1928-2004). Stan Woodell began collecting books while a student at Durham University. In 1959 he joined Oxford University's Botany Department where he remained for over 30 years, also becoming Fellow Librarian at Wolfson College. His book collection continued to grow and reflects, in particular, his fascination with Darwin and the complex and wide-ranging debates that were taking place at the time he first published On the Origin of Species in 1859. In addition, he collected a range of Floras. He was an author himself, and among other works, co-wrote The Flora of Oxfordshire which was published in 1998. He also ran his own antiquarian book catalogue business for many years. Stan was active in nature conservation and in 1959, along with his wife Becky, was a founding member of the Berkshire, Buckinghamshire and Oxfordshire Naturalists' Trust (now BBOWT). Stan died in 2004 and was survived by Becky who died last year.

Edwards (George). Gleanings of Natural History, exhibiting figures of quadrupeds, birds, insects, plants, volume I only (of 3), 1st edition, London: Printed for the author at the Royal College of Physicians, 1758, engraved portrait frontispiece of the author, half-title in English and French with large engraved vignette, 50 fine hand-coloured engraved plates, occasional light offsetting, endpapers renewed, contemporary mottled calf, rebacked with most of original spine relaid, modern red label to spine, small neat repairs, 4toQTY: (1)NOTE:Freeman 1112; Nissen IVB 288; Zimmer 198.The whole work commences with The Natural History of some uncommon birds and of some other rare and undescribed animals, in 4 volumes, first published in 1743-51, with Gleanings of Natural History published as a continuation, in 3 volumes in 1758-64. The present copy is volume I only of the continued work.

Essex House Press. The Book of Common Prayer and Administration of the Sacraments ... [London: for Eyre and Spottiswoode by C.R. Ashbee at Essex House Press, 1901], wood engraved frontispiece, pictorial title page, numerous illustrations and ornamental initials by W.H. Hooper and Clemence Housman, printed on hand-made paper, edges untrimmed, endpapers renewed, original thick oak boards (binding designed by Miss A. Power) with reback brown morocco spine, lower board lacking woven leather straps and metal clasps, folioQTY: (1)NOTE:Limited edition 96/400.The largest, most elaborate and most expensive production by Ashbee at Essex House Press. The edition was limited to 400 copies (regular copies on hand-made paper sold for 12 guineas), with 10 copies on vellum of which the first copy was pulled for Edward VII in whose name this work was produced, five for England and four for America.

Ray (John). Three Physico-Theological Discourses Concerning The Primitive Chaos, and Creation on the World..., 2nd edition, London: Printed for Sam[uel] Smith, at the Princes Arms in St. Paul's Church-Yard, 1693, erasure and previous owner inscription to title page dated 1852, book stamp of Robert Montgomery and previous ownership inscription to front pastedown, ownership inscription to verso of G8 fore margin, later endpapers, closed tear to lower outer corner of E2, lacking plates, contemporary blind panelled calf with some surface mottling, some loss to spine, head, foot and joints repaired, lower outer corner to upper board repaired, title label replaced, 8vo, together with;Worlidge (John). Systema Horti-cultura: or, the Art of Gardening..., 2nd edition, London: Printed for Tho[mas]. Dring at the Harrow over against the Inner-Temple Gate in Fleetstreet, 1683, previous ownership inscription dated 1705 to preface, ink staining to verso of title page, trimming to upper margin affecting headline, book ticket to Harrison D. Horblit and book ticket for Mr. G. L. Wintle to front pastedown, bookplate of John. T. Beer to front free endpaper, endpapers renewed, 20th-century quarter calf gilt, 8vo andTurner (Robert). Botanologia. The Brittish Physician: or, The Nature and Vertues of English Plants. Exactly describing such Plants as grow Naturally in our Land, with their several Names, Greek, Latine, or English, Natures, Places where they grow, Times when they flourish, and are most proper to be gathered..., London: Printed for Obadiah Blagrave, at the Black Bear and Star in St. Pauls Church-Yard, over against the Little North-Door, 1687, facsimile frontispiece, title page laid on later paper, alphabetical table and table of diseases to rear, some toning and damp staining, a few repaired closed tears, modern endpapers, modern half-calf by Richard Lane, Fakenham, gilt spine with morocco title labels, 8vo QTY: (3)NOTE:Provenance: Robert Montgomery (book stamp), for Ray (John).Harrison D. Horblit (book ticket), Mr. G. L. Wintle (book ticket) and John. T. Beer (bookplate) for Worlidge (John).Wing R409 for the first work, Wing W 3605; Henrey p. 276 for the second and Wing T3329 for the third.

Ransome (Arthur). Swallows and Amazons, 1st illustrated edition, London: Jonathan Cape, 1931, frontispiece, black and white illustrations, cartographic endpapers, occasional light spotting and toning, original green cloth gilt, rubbed and faded, 8vo, together with:Swallowdale, 1st edition, London: Jonathan Cape, 1931, frontispiece, black and white illustrations, cartographic endpapers, rear hinge cracked, occasional light spotting and toning, original green cloth gilt, rubbed, spine faded, 8vo, plusWinter Holiday, 1st edition, London: Jonathan Cape, 1933, frontispiece, black and white illustrations, cartographic endpapers, original green cloth gilt, dust jacket, chipped with loss to head and tail of spine, paper reinforcements to verso of folds and extremities, 8vo, with 11 others by Ransome including first editions in dust jackets of Missee Lee, Secret Water, The Picts and Martyrs and Great NorthernQTY: (14)

[Heresbach, Conrad]. [Foure Bookes of Husbandry, collected by M. Conradus Heresbachius, counseller to the hygh and mightie prince, the Duke of Cleue: conteyning the whole arte and trade of Husbandry, with the antiquitie, and commendation thereof. Newely Englished, and increased, by Barnabe Googe, Esquire, 2nd English edition, London: Printed [by John Kingston] for John Wight, 1578], 893 [i.e. 193], [1] leaves, lacking title and also lacking following 11 preliminary leaves, black letter text throughout, printer's woodcut device to verso of final leaf, upper inner corner of first leaf (A1) of first Book torn with text loss, gathering F from another copy (smaller margins at head and foot), G6 torn with slight loss, some marginalia, occasional close-trimming, some dust-soiling, light damp-staining and few marks, modern brown buckram, 4toQTY: (1)NOTE:Provenance: Frederick Alkmund Roach OBE (1909-2004).STC 13197.The final 20 leaves cover the subject of Bees.

London. Laurie & Whittle (publishers), A New Map of London, November 8th. 1800, engraved map with contemporary outline colouring, sectionalised and laid on linen, title cartouche of a ruined pyramid, a beehive, a ship, flag and anchor, table of explanation, 585 x 780 mm, contained in a contemporary marbled card slipcase with circular engraved label to upper cover, slipcase worn QTY: (1)NOTE:J. Howgego. Printed Maps of London, number 231. Unrecorded state published before Howgegos's first entry of 1804. This example may be the first edition as the 1804 edition is recorded as the '3rd. edition'.

* English playing cards. Transformation deck, C.B. Reynolds of Liverpool, circa 1865, a complete deck of 52 playing cards (French suits), lithographed in black and red only, single figure non-standard courts, clubs representing South American characters, diamonds and hearts European style rulers or gentry, spades seems to show ordinary folk, pip cards with small caricatures within the pip signs, ace of hearts showing Prince Edward and Princess Alexandra, ace of spades with maker's details and images of Liverpool, ace of diamonds with two tavern scenes, soiled, some brown marks, ace of clubs with 2cm closed tear to blank area, queen of diamonds with jagged loss to right edge (cut away), versos brown cherub with bow and arrow on pink, Prince of Wales,s Feathers in top border, each card 93 x 63 mm, 32 cards mounted with photo corners onto one folding display board, encapsulated in clear plastic (not examined out of board), the remainder in a plastic bag, the board (folded) 54.5 x 40.5 cmQTY: (1)NOTE:Provenance: Collection of Dudley Ollis.British Museum 1896,0501.940 (Schreiber, Eng 29), for the original design.This pack was originally produced to commemorate the wedding of Prince Albert Edward (later King Edward VII) to Princess Alexandra of Denmark in 1863. This particular example is extremely unusual in that it appears to be a re-drawn version, perhaps made as a cheaper production. Several court cards are mirror copies of the first edition and a few are altogether different. Generally the designs are not as well drawn as those in the original version. The colours have been reduced to just black and red, and the versos are without the gilt of the original. Dudley Ollis noted that he was unaware of any other example like this.

Stein (Marc Aurel). Sand-Buried Ruins of Khotan, Personal Narrative of a Journey of Archæological & Geographical Exploration in Chinese Turkestan, Cheaper Edition, London: Hurst & Blackett, 1904, photogravure plates and illustrations to text, folding colour map at rear, original pictorial rust-coloured cloth, very lightly rubbed, together withPrejevalsky (Colonel Nikolai). From Kulja across the Tian Shan to Lob-Nor, translated by E. Delmar Morgan, 1st English edition, London: Sampson Low, Marston, Searle, & Rivington, 1879, two folding colour maps (first map with long closed tear), 32-page publisher's catalogue at end, circular blindstamp of the Athenaeum Library to title (with red council stamp), and one or two further circular blindstamps elsewhere to text, hinges loose, original dark grey-green cloth, rubbed and some fraying and marks, 8vo, plusBeal (Samuel, translator). Travels of Fah-Hian and Sung-Yun, Buddhist PIlgrims, from China to India (400 A. D. and 518 A. D.), translated from the Chinese by Samuel Beal, 1st edition, London: Trubler & Co., 1869, folding colour map frontispiece, inner hinges partly broken, original gilt-decorated yellow cloth, rubbed and soiled with spine discoloured, and fraying to head and foot of spine and extremities, and others related: Through Deserts and Oases of Central Asia by Miss Ella Sykes and Brigadere-General Sir Percy Sykes, 1st edition, London: Macmillan & Co., 1920, and Among the Tibetans by Isabelle L. Bishop (The Leisure Hour Library), London: Religious Tract Society, 1794, all 8vo QTY: (5)NOTE:Yakushi (1994) P295a. Prejevalsky's second expedition, which travelled through East Turkestan and the Tian Shian but failed to reach the goal of Lhasa. He collected many plant and animal specimens during the course of his various expeditions, discovering a wild horse and gazelle, both named for him, as well as the Wild Bactrian camel.

Locke (John). An Essay concerning Humane Understanding, 2 volumes in one, 6th edition, with large additions, London: A. and J. Churchill and Samuel Manship, 1710, titles with early inscription of Thomas Ludlow dated December 6th 1736, first title with few holes at head (without text loss), some toning and light spotting, modern calf-backed marbled boards, morocco title label to spine, 8vo, together with:Herbert (George). The Temple, Sacred Poems, and Private Ejaculations, London: Pickering, 1844, engraved portrait frontispiece, front free endpaper inscribed "Charlotte Mildred Darwin Nov. 29 1900. A Mark of the parting of the ways from L. M. Forster 'An old friend is a new house' ", decorative textile endpapers, top edge gilt, late 19th-century/early 20th-century calf, some spotting mostly to upper board, 8vo, Milton (John). Paradise lost. A Poem..., Birmingham: Printed by John Baskerville for J. and R. Tonson in London, 1759, spotting and some browning, contemporary marbled calf, rebacked preserving original gilt decorated spine with maroon morocco title label, corners repaired, 4to, plus other miscellaneous 17th-19th-century antiquarian, including few defectiveQTY: (approx. 45)

Conrad (Joseph). Almayer's Folly. A Story of an Eastern River, 1st edition, 1st issue, London: T. Fisher Unwin, 1895, 1st issue with the 'e' missing from 'generosity' at foot of p.110, a little minor spotting front and rear, top edge gilt, original green cloth gilt, one corner slightly bumped, contained in cloth solander box, 8voQTY: (1)NOTE:A good copy of the author's first book.

Austen (Ralph). A Treatise of Fruit-Trees: Shewing the manner of Grafting, Setting, Pruning, and Ordering of them in all respects: According to divers new and easy rules of experience; gathered in ye space of twenty years. Whereby the value of lands may be much improved in a shorttime by small cost and little labour ... togeather [sic] with the spirituall use of an Orchard..., 2 parts in one, 1st edition, Oxford: Tho. Robinson, 1653, engraved illustrated title, first leaf of dedication with early ownership signature of Robert Collins and marginal annotations, early annotations and marginal notes to several leaves throughout volume, front flyleaf with early manuscript verse, notes and ownership 'Robert Collins his book', some light damp-stains to margins of few leaves, light dust-soiling, corners dog-eared, contemporary limp vellum covers made from reused 16th-century(?) manuscript, lacking ties, slim 4toQTY: (1)NOTE:Provenance: Frederick Alkmund Roach OBE (1909-2004).Henry 5; Kress 867; Madan 2223; Wing A4238.The second part 'The Spirituall Use, of an Orchard; or Garden of Fruit-trees' attempted to demonstrate the role the orchard could play in personal happiness.

Melville (Herman). Omoo: A Narrative of Adventures in the South Seas, 1st edition, London: John Murray, 1847, map frontispiece, 16 pp. publisher's advertisements at end, residue of bookplate to front free endpaper recto, contemporary ownership inscription and a few modern notations to front pastedown, a few light spots, original publisher's blindstamped red cloth gilt, rebacked with majority of original spine relaid, 8voQTY: (1)NOTE:The true first edition of Melville's second published work, uncommon in the original cloth. The London edition preceded the New York edition by a month.

Wallace (Alfred Russel). Palm Trees of the Amazon and their Uses, 1st edition, London: John van Voorst, 1853, map frontispiece, 47 lithograph plates of palm trees and fruits, some mainly light spotting, monogram bookplate of C. J. Peacock (Tunbridge Wells book collector) with book curse, original green blindstamped cloth, spine lettered in gilt, some fading to spine, one corner a little bumped, 8vo QTY: (1)NOTE:Borba de Moraes p. 933; Nissen BBI 2097. The author's first book, only 250 copies were printed thus making it the rarest of all Alfred Russel Wallace's books.On his return to England from the Amazon in 1852, a fire broke out on board his ship and he and the crew had to abandon ship, all the specimens he had collected were lost save some notes and sketches, the basis of which formed the above work and A Narrative of Travels on the Amazon and Rio Negro, published in the same year..

Darwin (Charles). Geological Observations on the Volcanic Islands, visited during the voyage of H. M. S. Beagle, together with some brief notices on the geology of Australia and the Cape of Good Hope. Being the second part of the geology of the voyage of the Beagle, under the command of Capt. Fitzroy, R. N. during the years 1832 to 1836, 1st edition, London: Smith, Elder and Co., 1844, folding map of Ascension Island by J. Walker, dated 1825, 14 wood-engraved maps and illustrations in text (including the Galapagos Archipelago to p. 98), 24 pp. publisher's catalogue at rear dated January 1844, pp. 41-48 and 129-168 unopened, slight offsetting from map to margins of title, small light stain to outer margin of rear endpaper, small previous owner inscription in blue ink 'L. R. Wager, 1949' to front endpaper (faint damp stains to inner margin of front endpaper, original blue blindstamped cloth, spine lettered in gilt and priced at 10/6, spine and upper margins of covers faded to green, 8vo QTY: (1)NOTE:Freeman 272; Norman 587.'The three parts of Darwin's geological results of the Beagle voyage were separately published over a period of five years, but they were intended, and described on the title pages, as parts of one work. They were all published by Smith Elder, with the approval of the Lords Commissioners of the Treasury, some of the £1,000 given for the publication of the results of the voyage going towards the cost of at least the first part... A publisher's advertisement of 1838 announced the preparation of a work in one volume octavo entitled Geological observations on volcanic islands and coral formations, but this plan was abandoned and the first part, Coral Reefs, appeared in May 1842, at a cost of 15s. The second part, Volcanic islands, was published in November 1844, at a cost of 10s. 6d. The one folding map is of Ascension Island and is dated 1825.' (Freeman p. 57).

Pritchett (V. S.) You Make Your Own Life, 1938; In My Good Books, 1942; It May Never Happen, 1945; 1st editions, a little minor toning, original cloth, spines slighlly faded, 8vo, each inscribed by the author, two to Dorothy Rudge Roberts, his second wife, together with 8 others, all inscribed to Dorothy from the author including When My Girl Comes Home, 1961, The Living Novel & Later Appreciations, 1st US edition, 1964, Dublin: A Portrait, 1967, and The Turn of the Years, 1982, limited signed edition 21/150, and others including Marching Spain, 1928, the author's first book, in dust jacket, and The Gentle Barbarian, 1977, uncorrected proof with the author's manuscript corrections, and others, a few signed.QTY: (34)NOTE:Provenance: From the library of V. S. Pritchett, his label to most books.

Ray (John). Catalogus Plantarum circa Cantabrigiam Nascentium: in quo exhibentur quotquot hactenus inventae, quae vwl sponte proveniunt, vel in agris seruntur..., 2 parts in one, 1st edition, Cambridge: John Field, 1660, 2nd issue with cancel title (printed with red rule above imprint, Keynes title-page 'A'), 2nd part with separate title, bound without front blank, woodcut device to final leaf, small stains to pp. 49-62 in second part, later panelled calf, 8vo QTY: (1)NOTE:ESTC R203306; Freeman 3127; Keynes I; Lisney 7; Wing R383.Sometimes found with both original and cancel titles. 'Ray's first essay in scientific botany, though not without its faults, was a most remarkable achievement... After six years of work in the field investigating the plants growing in Cambridge and the neighbourhood, and of close study of the existing authorities on botany, Ray began his book... The Catalogus is a small and unpretentious book... it has many bibliographical attractions...' (Keynes p. 1).

Holinshed (Raphael). The Firste [- Laste] Volume of the Chronicles of England, Scotlande, and Irelande, 2 volumes, first edition, London: for John Hunne & for Lucas Harison, 1577, woodcut titles to each part, with arms to verso, numerous woodcut illustrations and initials, largely printed in double column black letter text, gutter margin of initial title to first volume repaired, erratic pagination, lower outer corner of leaf b7 in Historie of Englande (in first volume) torn with some text loss, leaf 2E3 in Historie of Scotlande (in first volume) torn with two-thirds of leaf missing and with photocopy facsimile tipped-in, cancelled leaves E6-8 in Historie of Irelande (in first volume) and F7 also a cancel (line 1 column 1 'the Belweathers' and watchword 'upon'), title to second volume with reduced margins and lined to verso, erratic pagination in second volume p. 541 headed 'Richarde the Seconde' with following page numbered 142, p. 1733 headed 'Queen Marie', p.1841 with catchword 'buried' (i.e. STC 13568 variant b), later engraving of the tomb of Katherine Parr at Sudely Castle dated 1782 tipped-in between 4F6 and 4F7 (pages 1612 and 1613), double-page woodcut of siege of Edinburgh bound between leaves 4Y6 and 4Y7 (pages 1868 and 1869) with slight close trimming to ruled border, occasional mostly light damp-stains to few leaves in both volumes, few marks and minor dust-soiling to few leaves, first volume with armorial bookplate of the Johnstone family bearing the motto 'Nun quam non paratus', with 19th-century manuscript notes to front endpapers, contemporary calf with blind roll work decoration to boards, bindings covered in old thin vellum with manuscript title and volume numbers to spine of each, lacking clasps, joints cracked and some wear, folio (approx. 29 x 20 cm), contained in modern archival card portfolio style boxesQTY: (2)NOTE:Provenance: The bookplate to the first volume suggests the work belonged to either John Johnston(e) of Galabank, Annan (d.1774) or his son James Johnston(e) MD of Kidderminster (1730-1802).STC 13568b; Pforzheimer 494.First edition of the first volume of Holinshed's great narrative history of the British Isles. The work was conceived as part of a 'deliberate movement to elevate the status of England, English letters, and English language through writing and publishing maps, histories, national epics, and theoretical works on English poetry' (ODNB). It is the single most important chronicle written in English in the 16th century — a secular counterpart to Foxe's Actes and Monuments (1563) — and the principal source for all of Shakespeare's conventional English history plays as well as King Lear, Macbeth and Cymbeline.

Ross (James Clark). A Voyage of Discovery and Research in the Southern and Antarctic Regions, during the Years 1839-43, 2 volumes, 1st edition, London: John Murray, 1847, 7 tinted lithographic plates only (of 8, includes frontispieces, lacking plate of South Polar Barrier in vol. 1), 7 engraved charts and plans only (of 8, includes 2 folding charts, lacking South Polar chart at end of vol. 2), 17 chapter-headings with wood-engraved vignettes, one wood engraved vignette illustration, 16 pp. advertisements dated June 1847 to rear of volume 2, some toning mostly to margins, occasional scattered spotting, bookplates of George Lorimer to front endpapers, later cloth hinges, original blue-green cloth, titles to spines and pictorial vignettes in gilt to front boards, spines faded and rubbed, frayed at head and foot of spine and to some joints, 8voQTY: (2)NOTE:Rosove 276.A1 c.First edition, 'a cornerstone of Antarctic literature and a monument to one of mankind's greatest expeditions of geographical and scientific exploration' (Rosove), one of 1,500 copies printed. The expedition also visited the Crozet Islands, Kerguelen Island, Tasmania, Australia, New Zealand, Campbell Island, and the Falkland Islands.

Environs of London. Faden (William), The Country Twenty-Five Miles Round London planned from a scale of one mile to an Inch, 3rd edition, 1802, engraved map on four sheets, contemporary outline colouring, sectionalised and laid on linen, each sheet approximately 515 x 620 mm, printed publisher's labels to the verso of each sheet, contained within a waxed card chemise and a contemporary blue card slipcase with printed label to the upper cover, slipcase worn and frayed, together with Mogg (Edward). Mogg's Twenty-Four Miles round London, 1812, circular engraved map with contemporary wash colouring, sectionalised and laid on linen, some staining and offsetting, small holes where old folds cross, 610 x 555 mm, some later pencil and ink annotations to the verso, contained in a contemporary card slipcase with orange and black publisher's label to the upper cover, slipcase heavily worn and frayed, with Andrews (John & Dury Andrew). A New Travelling Map of the Country round London, Extending from North to South 190 Miles and East to West 150 Miles..., September 30th, 1776, large scale engraved map with contemporary outline colouring, slight dust soiling, split and separated along an old fold, crude tape repairs to verso, 1010 x 1250 mm, contained in a modern marbled card slipcase with old publisher's label to the upper cover, plus another four later folding maps of the environs of London, including examples by or after Gall & Inglis and G. W. Bacon, various sizes and condition QTY: (7)NOTE:The first item described. J. Howgego, The Printed Maps of London, number 188, state 6.

Stukeley (William). Stonehenge, A Temple Restor'd to the British Druids, 1st edition, London: W. Innys and R. Manby, 1740, engraved portrait frontispiece (offset to title), 35 engraved plates (including 7 folding and 2 double-page), title with few short closed tears to margins and initial leaves creased, folding plate number V with long closed tear, plate XXIII cropped to ruled border and lined to verso, bound with Abury, A Temple of the British Druids, with some others, described. Wherein is a more particular account of the first and patriarchal religion; and of the peopling the British Islands, 'volume the second', 1st edition, London: Printed for the Author: and sold by W. Innys, R. Manby, B. Dod, J. Brindley, and the Booksellers in London, 1743, 40 engraved plates including folding bird's-eye view frontispiece of Avebury (4 plates folding including frontispiece), two woodcut tailpieces and one engraved illustration, frontispiece with short closed tear to fold near gutter and folding plate XXV slightly trimmed to fold with minor loss, together with:Stukeley (William). Itinerarium Curiosum: Or, An Account of the Antiquities, and Remarkable Curiosities in Nature or Art, Observed in Travels through Great Britain, Centuria I [& II), 2 volumes (text and plates), 2nd edition, with large additions, London: Messrs. Baker and Leigh, 1776, engraved portrait frontispiece (slightly creased and offset to title), text to Centuria I and II bound together, plate volume containing 206 engraved plates, plans and maps (including 4 double-page plates, 2 double-page maps and 2 mezzotint plates), occasional light toning and minor spotting, all edges gilt, contemporary uniform straight-grain red morocco, gilt border decoration to boards, spines with volume numbers I - III in gilt (comprising vol. I - Itinerarium Centuria I & II, vol. II - Itinerarium plates, vol. III - Stonehenge & Abury), spines lightly rubbed, first volume of Itinerarium Curiosum with remnants of small paper label to upper board, folioQTY: (3)

[Thomas à Kempis]. A Collection of Sermons and Other Treatises: from the Works of the Author of the Imitation of Christ. Newly translated from the edition of [Henricus] Sommalius. S. J. Never before printed in the English Tongue, London: Printed in the Year 1765, 302, [2] pp., with a final errata and advertisement leaf, some spotting, marbled endpapers with later gift inscription and New Hall bookplate, all edges gilt (pp. 129-136 partly sprung), near-contemporary gilt-decorated red calf with gilt-decorated black leather oval onlays to both covers incorporating the Christogram ‘JHS’, slightly rubbed at extremities, 12mo (150 x 90 mm)QTY: (1)NOTE:ESTC T195139. Uncommon first English edition.

Colomb (Philip Howard). Slave-Catching in the Indian Ocean, a record of naval experiences, 1st edition, London: Longmans, Green, and Co, 1873, half-title, 8 wood-engraved plates, folding lithographed map, small ownership stamp to head of preface, rear hinge cracked, all edges gilt, original publisher's red cloth gilt, some wear to extremities, backstrip marked, 8vo, together with:Stanley (Henry Morton). How I Found Livingstone; Travels, Adventures, and Discoveries in Central Africa; including four months' residence with Dr. Livingstone, 2nd edition, London: Sampson Low, 1872, half-title, mounted photographic frontispiece, 6 maps (4 folding), 28 full-page plates, further illustrations to text, 8 pp. publisher's advertisements to rear, edition statement to title erased, occasional spotting, frontispiece damp-stained, tear to large folding map repaired to verso with clear tape, original red pictorial cloth gilt, recased with new endpapers, lightly rubbed with a few marks, 8vo, plusThe American Testimonial Banquet to Henry M. Stanley, London: no publisher, 1890, 6 photographs and the text on blue paper laid down on thick card, some spotting, original relievo-style calf with American eagle armorial to upper cover, some wear, spine lacking, 8voQTY: (3)NOTE:The first work includes a discussion of the East African slave trade, and of the general conditions under which the traffic proceeded or was suppressed; it includes chapters on Muscat and Oman, and the Persian Gulf, as well as Zanzibar and Madagascar (pp. 154-160).

Clare (John). The Village Minstrel, and Other Poems, 2 volumes, 1st edition, London: Taylor & Hessey; Stamford: E. Drury, 1821, half-title to first volume discarded, engraved portrait frontispiece by E. Scriven after W. Hilton to volume 1, 4pp. publisher's advertisements at rear of volume 2 (adverts not present in volume 1), contemporary half calf, rebacked with gilt decorated spine, board corners worn, 12mo, together with:Clare (John). Poems Descriptive of Rural Life and Scenery, 4th edition, London: Taylor and Hessey; Stamford: E. Drury, 1821, half-title, contemporary half calf, gilt decorated spine, lightly cracked to joints, 12moQTY: (2)

Mun (Thomas). England's Treasure by Foreign Trade: or the ballance of our foreign trade in the rule of our treasure, London: Thomas Horne, 1718, [8], 175, one or two corners torn away, some toning and spotting throughout, later parchment-backed boards, label to spine, some light dust-soiling, 8voQTY: (1)NOTE:ESTC T151662; Goldsmiths' 5443; PMM 146 (for the 1664 first edition). First published in 1664, this copy is likely the 6th edition.'Thomas Mun was a highly successful merchant in Italy (where he tells us he did business with Ferdinando the first Grand Duke of Tuscany) and the Levant. In 1615 he was appointed a director of the East India Company, and his life and literary productions thereafter became totally involved with the life of the Company... Mun thought that the best way to increase the wealth of the country was by foreign trade, 'wherein', he said 'wee must ever observe this rule; to sell more to strangers yearly than wee consume of theirs in value'. In this programme for attaining a favourable balance of trade one prominent plank was the liberalisation of England from her semi-colonial economic status under the industrious peace-loving Dutch.' (PMM).John Mun, the author's son brought out the book twenty-three years after his father's death.

Hawkshaw (Ann). Cecil's Own Book. By "Granny." (Mrs. Hawkshaw), [privately printed, 1871], 8 mounted monochrome plates (last plate detached), some light spotting, bookplate of Francis Hamilton Wedgwood, all edges gilt, original cloth gilt, spine and extremities faded, a little rubbed, 8vo, together with Bennett (Arnold). The Grim Smile of the Five Towns, 1st edition, London: Chapman and Hall, 1907, 10 pp. advertisements at rear, some light spotting, endpapers toned, original cloth, spine faded with tiny tear at head, small splits to joints, 8vo, with others by Arnold Bennett and Mark Twain including 1st editions Clayhanger, 1910, Hilda Lessways, 1911, The Regent, 1911, These Twain, 1916, Mr. Prohack, 1922, Lord Raingo, 1926 by Bennett, the Stolen White Elephant, 1882 (hinge broken, contents loose), and The American Claimant, 1892, both 1st UK editions, the latter inscribed by Cecil Wedgwood, 1893, Historical Records of the King's Own Stafford Rifles (3rd K. O. Stafford Militia) now the 4th Battalion the Prince of Wales's North Staffordshire Regiment, compiled by C. C. W. Troughton, Lichfield, 1903, and Memoir of Jane Austen, by her nephew James Edward Austen-Leigh, Oxford, 1926 QTY: (25)NOTE:The first work, Cecil's Own Book was written by the poet Ann Hawksworth for her grandson Cecil Wedgwood and is very scarce. It contains three short stories and ten poems to amuse Cecil, the surviving son of Ann's daughter Mary, who died shortly after childbirth in 1863, the other books in the lot are from the Wedgwood family.Cecil Wedgwood (1863-1916) was the great-great-grandson of potter Josiah Wedgwood, and after serving in the Second Boer War (1899-1902) where he rose to the rank of major and awarded the DSO, he became the first mayor of Stoke-on-Trent from 1910-11. At the outbreak of the First World War he raised the 7th Battalion of the North Staffordshire Regiment and was killed at the Battle of the Somme in July 1916. He was succeeded by his cousin Francis Hamilton Wedgwood as the firm's chairman and managing director.

Wallace (Alfred Russel). Island Life: or, the phenomena and causes of insular faunas and floras. Including a revision and attempted solution of the problem of geological climates, 1st edition, London: Macmillan and Co., 1880, 3 partially hand-coloured maps, maps and illustrations in text, advertisement leaf at rear, occasional light spotting, residue from bookplate removal to endpapers, hinges a little tender, top edge gilt, original green cloth gilt, spine ends a little rubbed, one corner bumped, 8vo, together with Tropical Nature, and other essays, 1st edition, London: Macmillan and Co., 1878, illustrations, advertisement leaf at rear, occasional light spotting, bookplate of George Fleming (1833-1901, Scottish veterinarian), original green cloth, spine a little darkened with small wormholes at ends, light edge wear, 8voQTY: (2)NOTE:First work Freeman 3865; Norman 2179.

Switzer (Stephen). Ichnographia Rustica: or, The Nobleman, Gentleman, and Gardener's Recreation. Containing directions for the surveying and distributing of a Country-Seat into rural and extensive gardens, by the ornamenting and decoration of distant prospects, farms, parks, paddocks, &c. Originally calculated ... for the embellishment of countries in general; as also for an introduction to a general system of agriculture and planting..., 3 volumes, 2nd edition, London: J. and J. Fox, B. and B. Barker, D. Browne and F. Gosling, 1742, 55 engraved plates (including frontispiece to volume 1, 18 folding & 36 single-page), closed tear to one folding plate in volume 2, some browning and spotting mostly to text, armorial bookplate to upper pastedowns and front pastedown of first volume with inscription 'E dono Sir John Sheffield' and manuscript notes to front free endpaper regarding the author and this edition of the work, contemporary calf, brown morocco title labels to each, joints cracked, rubbed, 8voQTY: (3)NOTE:Provenance: Frederick Alkmund Roach OBE (1909-2004).Henrey 1412; Goldsmiths 7890.The first edition under this title was published in 1718. The first volume is largely a reissue of Switzer's The Nobleman, Gentleman, and Gardener's Recreation of 1715.

Darwin (Charles). Geological Observations on the Volcanic Islands and Parts of South America visited during the Voyage of H.M.S 'Beagle'..., 2nd edition, London: Smith, Elder & Co, 1876, half-title, 4 folding plates (including 1 map) in-text illustrations throughout, ownership inscription to verso of front free endpaper, minor spotting to first and last few gatherings and plates, sewing weakening in places, hinges tender, original publisher's green cloth gilt, slightly rubbed to joints and edges, 8vo, together with;The Different Forms of Flowers on Plants of the Same Species..., 2nd edition, London: John Murray, 1880, minor spotting to first and last few gatherings and plates, sewing weakening in places, original publisher's green cloth gilt, minor rubbing to joints and edges, 8vo, plus;The Expression of the Emotion in Man and Animals..., London: John Murray, 1901, illustrations, bookplate of Herbert Chatterton to front pastedown, slight spotting throughout, original publisher's green cloth gilt, minor rubbing to joints and edges, 8vo and 7 other works, all in original green cloth gilt and slightly rubbed QTY: (10)

Bacon (G. W. publisher). Bacon's Large Scale Atlas of London and Suburb (revised Edition) with an Alphabetical Index..., circa 1920s, title and contents list, contents page with long closed repaired tear, 7 lithographic double-page county maps, 20 maps of London, index map and 35 sheet map of London, publisher's half morocco, worn and bumped, folio, together with Bacon's Popular Atlas of the British Isles..., 1907, additional half-title, preface and contents, 72 double-page colour lithographic maps and diagrams and charts, upper hinge weak, publisher's decorative gilt cloth, a little frayed along the spine, folio, with Bacon's General Atlas of the World with Index, circa 1930, title and contents, frontispiece of national flags and 49 double-page colour lithographic maps, index bound at rear, manuscript presentation inscription to first front blank, hinges weak, contemporary half morocco gilt, worn and rubbed at extremities, folioQTY: (3)

Darwin (Charles). The Power of Movement in Plants..., assisted by Francis Darwin, 1st Edition, 1st issue, London: John Murray, 1880, half-title, advertisements bound to rear dated May 1878, most pages uncut, minor spotting to first and last gatherings, bookplate of T. N. Brushfield to front pastedown, sewing weakening in places, hinges tender, original green cloth gilt, spine slightly faded, slightly rubbed to joints and edges, 8voQTY: (1)NOTE:Freeman 1325.

Dezallier d'Argenville (Antoine). The Theory and Practice of Gardening: wherein is fully handled all that relates to Fine Gardens, commonly called Pleasure-Gardens, as Parterres, Groves, Bowling-Greens, etc., ... Done from the French original, printed at Paris, Anno 1709, by John James of Greenwich, 1st English edition, London: printed by Geo. James, 1712, [12], 218, [2] pp., title in red and black (with light early ink scribble marks), 32 engraved plates (9 folding and 23 double-page), list of subscribers present, lacking Royal Privilege leaf and list of errata, occasional minor scattered spotting, contemporary calf, gilt decorated spine, joints and spine worn, 4toQTY: (1)NOTE:Henrey III, 1426.An influential work on French formal garden design. Subscribers include Joseph Addison and Nicolas Hawksmoor. The first and last leaf of the preliminary leaves (i.e. pp. [i-ii and xv-xvi]) containing the Royal privilege, and a list of errata, respectively, are not found in the British Museum copy which may represent the earlier issue.

Hobbes (Thomas). Leviathan, or The Matter, Forme, & Power of a Common-Wealth Ecclesiasticall and Civill, 1st edition, 1st issue, London: Printed [by Thomas Warren and Richard Cotes] for Andrew Crooke, at the Green Dragon in St. Pauls Church-yard, 1651, 1-248, 247-256, 261-396 pp., additional pictorial engraved title by Abraham Bosse, with manuscript signature to lower blank margin 'W. Best' [?] dated 1713, letterpress title with woodcut ornament with head motif (indicating the first issue), folding letterpress table, errata list struck through in early ink to verso of A3, several leaves at front of volume (mainly between leaves B1-E2) with occasional early marginal notes, occasional ink markings and underlining, short closed tear to lower blank margins of I1, 2S2, upper blank margin of 2T1 tiny rust hole to 2D4 affecting one letter of text, repaired closed tear to lower edge of 3B3 (without loss), further manuscript notes (probably by the same annotator) to rear flyleaf, light toning or browning to outer margins of a few leaves, late 19th-century blind-ruled calf, decorative ligatures in blind and red morocco title label to spine, spine and extremities slightly rubbed, covers lightly faded, folio in 4s (leaf size 27.7 x 18 cm) QTY: (1)NOTE:Macdonald & Hargreaves 42; Pforzheimer 491; PMM 138; Wing H2246.The remarkable additional engraved title by Abraham Bosse, designed in collaboration with the author) in this copy is an excellent and strong impression. The face depicted on the figure of Leviathan (whose body represents the 'body politic') at the top of the title is almost certainly that of Hobbes himself.Thomas Hobbes (1588-1679) was born in Malmesbury, Wiltshire. His most important work of political philosophy Leviathan espouses the idea of a 'social contract' which is freely entered into between an absolute ruler and their subjects. It was his main work upon which his contemporary reputation was founded and aroused a storm of opposition. Its contents haunted political, religious, and philosophical writers for several decades, so necessary did they find it to refute Hobbes' ideas. The Roman Catholic Church placed the work on the Index of Prohibited Books for its idea that the sovereign should also act as head of the state's religion. Leviathan is the product of those troubled times leading up to and during the English Civil War. 'The State, it seemed to Hobbes, might be regarded as a great artificial monster made up of individual men, with an existence which could be traced from its generation through human reason under pressure of human needs to its destruction through civil strife proceeding from human passions. The individual (except to save his own life) should always submit to the State, because any government is better than the anarchy of the natural state' (PMM). Leviathan was written while Hobbes was resident in Paris and also tutor to the Prince of Wales. After the Restoration, he was protected by Charles II, who always retained affection for him.

Darwin (Charles). The Descent of Man, 2 volumes, 1st edition, 2nd issue, London: John Murray, 1871, half-titles, numerous in-text illustrations, publisher's advertisements to rear of both volumes, armorial bookplate of William Dunville to front pastedown of volume 1, spotting to preliminaries and advertisements, hinges cracked or tender, sewing weakening in places, original green cloth gilt, rubbed and marked, 8voQTY: (2)NOTE:Freeman 938.'The word 'evolution' occurs, for the first time in any of Darwin's works, on page 2 of the first volume of the first edition, that is to say before its appearance in the sixth edition of The origin of species in the following year.'

Darwin (Charles). On The Origin of Species, 2nd edition, 2nd issue, London: John Murray, 1860, half-title, lacking folding diagram and publisher's advertisements (both never bound in), neat contemporary ownership inscription of G. E. Thorley in black ink to head of front free endpaper, light scattered spotting, B1 with small repaired closed marginal tear, bookseller's ticket of Slatter and Rose, Oxford to foot of front pastedown, bookbinder's ticket of Edmonds & Remnants to foot of rear pastedown, original green blindstamped cloth gilt (Freeman's variant 'a' binding), 8voQTY: (1)NOTE:Freeman 376. 'Certainly the most important biological book ever written'.An unusual example of this landmark text, with the missing folding diagram and publisher's advertisements never bound in. Otherwise an exceedingly bright example.The 1250 copies of the first edition of 1859 were sold out almost immediately and this revised second edition (identified by “fifth thousand” on the title page) was published some 3 months later. In a very important addition to his text, Darwin here tries to reconcile the theory of evolution with the traditional conception of God’s creation of the world.

Darwin (Charles). The Variation of Animals and Plants under Domestication, 2 volumes, 1st edition, 1st issue, London: John Murray, 1868, woodcut illustrations to text throughout, 32 pp. publisher's advertisements at rear of volume one, publisher's advertisement leaf at rear of volume two, bookplate of the Ashmolean Natural History Society to front pastedowns and their ink stamps to titles, original publisher's blindstamped green cloth gilt, marks to lower cover of volume two, small horizontal crease to spine of volume two, 8voQTY: (2)NOTE:Freeman 877.The first issue with the publisher's name on one line on the spine, 5 errata on 6 lines in volume one and 9 errata on 7 lines in volume two. The work contains the first appearance of the phrase 'survival of the fittest' in any of Darwin's works (p. 6 of 1st volume).

Darwin (Charles). The Variation of Animals and Plants Under Domestication, 2 volumes, 1st American Edition, New York: Orange Judd & Company, [1868], advertisements bound to rear, previous ownership inscription to front free endpaper, minor spotting to first and last few gatherings, sewing weakening in places, original green cloth gilt, slightly rubbed to joints and edges, 8vo, together with; The Structure and Distribution of Coral Reefs, 3rd edition, London: John Murray, 1889, half-title, folding coloured maps bound to front and back, edges uncut, sewing weakening in places, original green cloth gilt, slightly rubbed to joints and covers, 8vo, plusThe Expression of the Emotions in Man and Animals, 2nd edition, London: John Murray, 1890, illustrations, contemporary ownership inscription to title page, bookplate of B. M. H. Rogers to front pastedown, sewing weakening in places, original green cloth gilt, slightly rubbed to joints and covers, 8vo and 9 other works, all in original green cloth gilt and slightly rubbed  QTY: (14)NOTE:Freeman 878 for the first work.Provenance, lots 506-632: The Natural History Library of Stan Woodell (1928-2004). Stan Woodell began collecting books while a student at Durham University. In 1959 he joined Oxford University's Botany Department where he remained for over 30 years, also becoming Fellow Librarian at Wolfson College. His book collection continued to grow and reflects, in particular, his fascination with Darwin and the complex and wide-ranging debates that were taking place at the time he first published On the Origin of Species in 1859. In addition, he collected a range of Floras. He was an author himself, and among other works, co-wrote The Flora of Oxfordshire which was published in 1998. He also ran his own antiquarian book catalogue business for many years. Stan was active in nature conservation and in 1959, along with his wife Becky, was a founding member of the Berkshire, Buckinghamshire and Oxfordshire Naturalists' Trust (now BBOWT). Stan died in 2004 and was survived by Becky who died last year.

Ford (Madox Ford). The Brown Owl. A Fairy Story, 2nd edition, London: T. Fisher Unwin, 1892, 2 monochrome plates by Ford Madox Brown, light spotting front and rear, original decorative boards, spine toned and a little rubbed at ends, 8vo, inscribed by the author 'Sincere regards from Ford. F. M. Hueffer', together with The Queen Who Flew. A Fairy Tale, 1st edition, London: Bliss, Sands & Foster, 1894, sepia frontispiece by Edward Burne Jones, border design by C. R. B. Barrett, endpapers a little toned, original grey-blue pictorial cloth, spine faded and a little rubbed, 8vo, plus The Feather, The Children's Library series, 1st edition, London: T. Fisher Unwin, 1892, frontispiece by Ford Madox Brown, advertisements at rear, original patterned boards, spine toned, 8vo, , together with five others, early titles by the author: The Brown Owl, 1st & 2nd US editions, 1891 & 1892, The Feather, 1st UK edition, 1892 (in variant green cloth binding), Rossetti. A critical essay on his art, [1902], and The Face of the Night. A second series of poems for pictures, 1904, and 2 other editions of The Brown Owl and The FeatherQTY: (10)NOTE:The first book, number one in the Children's Library series and the author's first book states 'second edition' to the title but is likely to be added in the press to the first edition sheets.

Darwin (Charles). The Descent of Man, 2 volumes, 1st edition, mixed issue, London: John Murray, 1871, half-title to volume one only, lacking final leaf of publisher's advertisements in volume one, wood-engraved illustrations in-text throughout, early ownership inscription in brown ink of W. Neilson Hancock to half-title of volume one and front blank of volume two, modern ownership inscription in blue pen to head of titles (with some notation to rear free endpaper of volume two in the same hand), original blindstamped green cloth gilt, volume one rebacked with original spines relaid, worn, 8vo, together with:The Origin of Species by Means of Natural Selection, or the preservation of favoured races in the struggle for life, 6th edition, twentieth thousand, London: John Murray, 1878, half-title, folding diagram, Queen's Prize slip pasted to front pastedown, rear hinge neatly repaired, original blindstamped green cloth gilt, rubbed, 8vo, plusThe Variation of Animals and Plants under Domestication, 2nd edition, London: John Murray, 1875, wood-engraved illustrations in-text, 32 pp. publisher's advertisements at rear of volume two, hinges repaired, shelf reference numbers to titles, original green blindstamped cloth gilt, rubbed and frayed, replacement linings to back of text block, 8voQTY: (5)NOTE:Freeman 937; 403; 880 respectively.The Descent of Man is a mixed issue of the first edition, with the first volume first issue, with the second volume the second issue.

Clichtoveus (Judocus). De doctrina moriendi opusculum, necessaria ad bene moriendum praeparamenta declarans: & quomodo in eius agone variis antiqui hostis insultibus sit resistendum, edocens, Paris: Galeotum a Prato & Ioannem Roigny, 1538, 156, [4] leaves, capital spaces with guide letters, woodcut of Death on horseback to verso of penultimate leaf, author's name inscribed in a later hand to title, armorial bookplate of Colonel Frederick Heygate Lambert (1857-1929) and the shelf label of his Garratts Hall Library, contemporary vellum with yapp edges, a little rubbed and soiled, 16moQTY: (1)NOTE:Adams C2183. Rare pocket edition of this popular Ars Moriendi by Jodocus Clichtoveus. First published by Simon de Colines, the work was reprinted several times. The present edition is based on a pocket edition by De Colines published in 1534, but with the dance-of-death woodcut at the end.

Moore (Thomas). Nature-Printed British Ferns: being figures and descriptions of the species and varieties of ferns found in the United Kingdom, 2 volumes, 1st octavo edition, London: Bradbury, Evans and Co. 1859, half-titles, additional titles, 122 nature-printed plates by Henry Bradbury, occasional light spotting, top edge gilt, contemporary maroon half morocco gilt, joints and edges rubbed and scuffed, 8voQTY: (2)NOTE:The 1855 folio edition of this work was the first book published in the UK using the nature-printing process. Bradbury's claim to have invented nature-printing was disputed by Austrian imperial printer bv Alois Auer but 'certainly Bradbury brought the process back to Britain and there perfected it' (ODNB).

Darwin (Charles). Journal of Researches into the natural history and geology of the countries visited during the voyage of H. M. S. Beagle round the world under the command of Capt. Fitz Roy R. N., 2nd edition, corrected with additions, London: John Murray, 1845, wood-engraved illustrations, bound without half-titles and advertisements, some marginal toning, tape reinforcement at front, contemporary half calf, upper joint splitting, some wear to spine and edges, 8vo, together with Bewick (Thomas). The General History of Quadrupeds, 8th edition, Newcastle: Edward Walker for Thomas Bewick and Son, 1824, title with wood-engraved vignette (toned), wood-engraved illustrations, a few leaves detaching, some light spotting, contemporary half calf, a little rubbed, 8vo, plus Lydekker (Richard, editor). The Royal Natural History, 6 volumes, London: Frederick Warne & Co., 1893-94, 72 colour plates, numerous illustrations, occasional light spotting, contemporary green half morocco, spines faded to brown, a little rubbed, 8vo, with others natural history etc including Charles Darwin's The Descent of Man, 2nd edition, 21st thousand, 1888, Thomas Bewick's A History of British Birds, volume 1 only, Land Birds, 6th edition, 1826, An Introduction to Malayan Birds, revised edition, by G. C. Madoc, 1956 and Malayan Wild Flowers, by M. R. Henderson, 1954QTY: (approximately 45)NOTE:First work Freeman 14.

WW2 Ron Mayhill DFC, Flt Lt J K Aitken DFC signed hardback book Bombs on Target. Scarce limited edition 2 of 6 so signed. Mayhill enlisted in the Royal New Zealand Air Force when he was just 18 and was posted as a bomb aimer and observer in the RAF's 75 squadron in England. His first active day of duty was on D-Day when the Allied forces invaded Nazi-occupied France by carrying out beach landings in Normandy. He flew with pilot J K Aitken. Good condition. All autographs come with a Certificate of Authenticity. We combine postage on multiple winning lots and can ship worldwide. UK postage from £5.99, EU from £7.99, Rest of World from £9.99

WW2 Luftwaffe aces Gunter Rall Hajo Hermann signed photos inside Hardback book Elite of the Third Reich The Recipients of the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross 1939-45. An Illustrated Reference by Walther-Peer Fellgiebel. Scare English translation 2000. First Edition ISBN 1-87462-46-9. Good condition. All autographs come with a Certificate of Authenticity. We combine postage on multiple winning lots and can ship worldwide. UK postage from £5.99, EU from £7.99, Rest of World from £9.99

Four Boxed Camberwick Green Robert Harrop Figures, First edition limited edition, CGL01 Windy Miller 0543/2500, CGL03 Captain Flack 0157/2500, CGL04 The Mayor 0353/2500 and CGL09 Peter Hazel (Postman) 0292/2500, all in mint boxed condition . (4 items)

Scalextric Goodwood Festival of Speed 2003 Le Man 1966 Limited Edition Set First Ford GT40 427 MKII Amon/McLaren Second Ford GT40 427 MKII Milers/Hulme Third Ford GT40 427 MKII Bucknum/ Hutcherson, with outer card box in mint boxed condition.

Five Boxed Camberwick Green Robert Harrop Figures, First edition limited edition, CGL05 Micky Murphy (Baker) 0516/2500, CGL06 Mrs Honeyman 0886/2500, CGL07 Dr Mopp 0228/2500, CGL08 Captain Snort 0349/2500 and CGL10 Mrs Cobbit (Flower Seller) 0561/2500, all in mint boxed condition . (5 items)

Books - Brave New World by Aldous Huxley pub Chatto & Windus 1932, first edition and another edition pub The Zodiac Press 1948 (2)

A collection of contemporary artwork to include the following: Gerry Baptist RE (b. 1935) The Iphone Players - After Cezanne Woodblock Print Edition 2/5 Signed and numbered by the artist Measures 38cm x 30cm. This lot is also sold subject to Artists Resale Rights, details of which can be found in our Terms and Conditions. Alex Hartley Nowhere Island - 2012 Situations  Nowhereisland certificate of citizenship, 2012, a limited edition 28/100, No Where is Land sample,  Measures 54cm x 46cm. Nowhereisland is an artistic project by British artist Alex Hartley, made in 2012. It was an artwork that grew from the proposition ‘what if an Arctic island travelled south?’1 The fundamental premise of the project was to create the world’s newest nation, a borderless country with citizenship open to all. The project began in 2004 with a Cape Farewell expedition Hartley made to the High Arctic region of Svalbard. There, his quest was to find and claim a new island.2 Calling upon the practices of nineteenth century exploration, particularly of the Arctic, Hartley kept an expedition journal. Under an entry titled SEARCH, he describes his pursuit: I find myself monitoring the coastline, watching and checking it against the latest maps and charts: searching for the possibility of new land that might have been revealed from within a retreating glacier. In many places, the charts do not match what I am seeing. Massive glacial retreat has created a changed landscape. Days are passing. We are over three-quarters of the way through our expedition and as yet there is no sign of the imagined island for which I am searching. It was important to Hartley that the island be the physical product or evidence of a changing climate. Only then could it appear as ‘new’ territory, previously unmapped and unclaimed. This lot is also sold subject to Artists Resale Rights, details of which can be found in our Terms and Conditions. Michael Robinson (b. 1991) Axon & Neuron - 1991 Oil on Canvas Measures 41cm x 46cm  With Flowers East Invoice copy. Michael Dover-Robinson was born in 1953 in Lancashire, UK. In 1979 he began studies for a fine art degree, specializing in painting, at Manchester Metropolitan University where he graduated with first class honours and mentions in art history and liberal studies. In 1985 he went on to further painting studies at the Slade school, University college London. The following years were spent painting full time, in London. In 1993, he moved into the world of fine art printing at a big London publishing house. Where he was the studio director and master print maker. Since 2005, he divides his time between England and France composing and playing Jazz music and building guitars. Exhibitions include: The Angela Flowers gallery, London.1988,The Solomon Gallery, London.1986, The Sue Williams gallery, London.1987, The Flower gallery, London.1987, The Bloomsbury theatre, London.1985, The Kingsgate gallery, London.1987, The Arts centre,Chester.1978, Theatre Clwyd, North Wales.1978, The Grundy House museum, Blackpool.1978, The Manchester Print Workshop gallery, Manchester.1977. This lot is also sold subject to Artists Resale Rights, details of which can be found in our Terms and Conditions.

Box of signed books to include: Dobbs, Michael; 'House of Cards' and 'To play the king', Billington, Rachel; 'Rosanna and the wizard-robot', Nimmo, Derek; 'Not in front of the servants', Harry Seccombe, Jones, Glyn; 'Island of Apples', Mortimer, Jone; 'Rumpole on Trial', Spygraves, Max; 'I want to tell you a funny story', Serraillier, Ian; 'Robin and the Wren' signed first edition, Bragg, Melvyn; 'Rich' signed first edition, Mitchell, Julian; 'After Aida', Cookson, Catherine; 'The Rag Nymph' signed first edition, signed script of 'This Realm this England' 1993 Sir Christopher Cockerell, annotated radio script of 'Huddlines', autographed cards; Michael Aspel, Radio 2 DJs, David Jacobs etc.(B.P. 21% + VAT)

Hardback half Moroccan leather bound marbled boards copy of Conan Doyle, Sir Arthur; 'The Hound of the Baskervilles' 1902, published by George Newnes Ltd. Possibly a rebound first edition, does include the you for your misprint on page 13 line 3 and illustrated plates. (B.P. 21% + VAT)  Some wear to the cover. Internally some discolouration of cover pages, otherwise only minor foxing.All illustrations appear present (16 total), some are creased.

Five boxes of hardback books, many first editons to include; Follett, Ken; 'Pillars of the Earth', first editions; 'The Eye of the Needle' 1978, 'Triple' 1979, US first editions of 'The Third Twin' and 'Night Over Water', 'The Matrix' 1994 etc, Sharp, Tom; 'Wilt in Nowhere', 'The Gropes', 'The Midden' etc, Aycliffe, Jonathan first editions; 'Shadow on the Wall', 'The Talisman' 1999, Easterman, Daniel; 'Maroc' 2002, 'Spear of Destiny', five volume set of 'Practical Knowledge for All' by Gordon Stowell, Trollope, Joanna; 'Leaves from the Valley' 1980, King, Stephen; 'The Green Mile' six part penguin edition softback first edition 1996 etc, 'RAF airfields of World War II', Vol I-III 'The Diary of Samuel Pepys', various clothbound Purnell editions of classics; 'What Katy Did', 'Treasure Island', 'Jane Eyre' etc, Kipling, Rudyard; 'Captains Courageous' 1922, 'The Jungle Book' and 'The Second Jungle book' leather bound Macmillan editions, 'Richard Bell's Britain' illustrated first edition 1981, Widdecombe Anne; 'The Clematis Tree', Nokes, David; 'Jane Austen' etc. (5)(B.P. 21% + VAT)

Box of assorted signed books and autographed photos to include: Mary O'Hara 'The Scent of the Roses' signed 1980 first edition, Graham Norton 'So Me' signed first edition, Michael Caine 'Blowing the Bloody Doors off' signed copy, 'Diana her true story' signed by author Andrew Morton, 'Greyson's War' signed by Larry Greyson, various autographed entertainment photos and West End and other ephemera; Su Pollard, Gerry Hall, Vince Earle, Vickie Michelle, Philip Middlemiss (Des from Coronation Street), Pat Boone, Julian Clary, Jeoffrey Archer, Hamlet programme signed by Michael Redgrave, Peter O'Toole and Diana Wynyard, Jo Brand, Stephanie Beecham, Steve Redgrave, Stan Stennett, Richard Harris, Donald Sutherland, Brit Ekland, Stephen Pinder, The Krankies, Dr Hilary Jones, the boxer Julies Francis, Ray Meagher, Juliette Binoche, Gloria Hunnyford, Lynda Carter, Sally Gunnell, Tracy Elsdone, Cheryl Baker, Shaun Macguire, Pat Eddory, Abi Titmuss etc.(B.P. 21% + VAT)

Steven Townsend (b.1955), 'First Light', 265/600, signed limited edition print of a collie dog, 56.5cm x 41.5cm, bearing Northern Editions blind stamp, framed and glazed, 81cm x 67.5cm.