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Property of the late author and by descent of his family W. Somerset Maugham (1874 - 1965) First Edition Inscribed 'For Enid/ from her friend + uncle / W. Somerset Maugham / Nov 30. 1921' The Trembling of a Leaf (1921) William Heinemann, London Dimensions: 7.5 in. (H) x 5 in. (W)

Property of the late author and by descent of his family W. Somerset Maugham (1874 - 1965) First Edition Inscribed 'For Enid + Robin/ who helped him out on the way/ W. Somerset Maugham' Ex Libris Enid Mellor The Gentleman in the Parlour (1930) William Heinemann, London Dimensions: 8 in. (H) x 6.5 in. (W)

Property of the late author and by descent of his family W. Somerset Maugham (1874 - 1965) First Edition Inscribed 'C.O.M/ From WM/ April 1919' The Moon and Sixpence (1919) William Heinemann, London Dimensions: 7.5 in. (H) x 5 in. (W)

Property of the late author and by descent of his family W. Somerset Maugham (1874 - 1965) First Edition Inscribed 'Mabel\with the author's best love\June 98' The Making of a Saint (1898) T. Fisher Unwin, London With fire damage and water damage etc Dimensions: 8 in. (H) x 5 in. (W)

Property of the late author and by descent of his family W. Somerset Maugham (1874 - 1965) First Edition Inscribed 'For Robin + Enid/From the author/W. Somerset Maugham' First Person Singular (1932) William Heinemann Ltd, London Spine and covered damaged Dimensions: 7.5 in. (H) x 5.25 in. (W)

Property of the late author and by descent of his family W. Somerset Maugham (1874 - 1965) First Edition Inscribed 'For the Swiss Family Maugham/from WM/ their Uncle/brother in Law/& brother' Cakes and Ale (1930 William Heinemann Ltd, London Faded spine and slight water damage Dimensions: 7.5 in. (H) x 5 in. (W)

Property of the late author and by descent of his family W. Somerset Maugham (1874 - 1965) First Edition Inscribed 'For Elizabeth's mother/DC 1907' The Explorer William Heinemann Ltd, London Spine has water damage Dimensions: 8 in. (H) x 5.5 in. (W)

Property of the late author and by descent of his familyW. Somerset Maugham (1874 - 1965)First EditionInscribed 'Mable / with the author's love / August 30. 97' Liza of Lambeth (1897)T. Fisher Unwin, LondonDimensions:8 in. (H) x 5 in. (W)

[Osborne (Francis)] Advice to a Son; or Directions for your better Conduct through...this Life...I.Studies &c. II.Love and Marriage. III.Travell. IV.Government. V.Religion., third edition, woodcut initials and typographic ornaments, title and one or two other leaves lightly soiled but generally a good clean copy, later calf with triple rule and small ornaments to corners in blind, rubbed, light staining and small worn patch to upper cover, spine chipped at head, [Wing O510], Oxford, by H[enry] Hall...for Thomas Robinson, 1656 § Aikin (John) Letters from a Father to his Son..., 2 vol., mixed edition, vol.1 third edition, vol.2 second edition, Marcus Gage's copy with his contemporary ink inscription to head of titles and bookplate, contemporary sprinkled calf, gilt, spines gilt, 1796-1803 § [Hurd (Richard)] Dialogues on the Uses of Foreign Travel; considered as a Part of an English Gentleman's Education..., first edition, title in red & black, old ink library stamp to title and pastedown, contemporary half calf, joints split, label chipped, W.B. for A.Millar, 1764 § [De Britaine (William)] Human Prudence; or, the Art by which a Man may Raise Himself and Fortune to Grandeur, eighth edition, old ink library stamp to verso of title and final leaf of text, contemporary sheep, bit worn, rebacked preserving old spine, repaired, [This edition not recorded by ESTC], Dublin, Peter Hoey, 1794; and 2 others, courtesy, including a poor and imperfect copy of Braithwait's English Gentleman of 1641, v.s. (7)⁂ Osborne was Master of the Horse to Shakespeare's patron William Herbert, Earl of Pembroke. His work was very popular, particularly with Oxford scholars, and went through five editions in 1656. It was subsequently charged by Puritan divines as containing atheistic principles and forbidden to be sold, which in fact appeared to increase sales.

Engineering.- Perry (Capt. John) An Account of the Stopping of Daggenham Breach, first edition, with errata slip pasted to verso of title, folding engraved map by H.Moll (lightly offset, torn across corner and repaired), a little spotted and browned, near contemporary ink inscription "E. libris James Arrow Rochester Row, Tothill Field, Westminster 1775" to front pastedown and with several ink or pencil annotations to text and front free endpaper, contemporary calf, gilt, rebacked, red morocco label, 8vo, Benj. Tooke, 1721.⁂ Account of the extraordinary feat of engineering executed by the hydraulic engineer John Perry in repairing two breaches in the Thames embankment at Dagenham, caused by storms and neglect.

Military.- Woodward (Josiah) The Soldier's Monitor. Being Serious Advice to Soldiers, with initial leaf 'The Soldier's Monitor, published and distributed by His Majesty's Special Command' inscribed in ink "His Majesty's Gift to Edw. French at Andover Camp August 22d. 1722" at head, signature of F.Parrott to head of title, with advertisement leaf at end, faint stamp to foot of first leaf, tears and old repairs to A3, C9 & 10, contemporary calf, rubbed, rebacked, [6 copies of this edition on ESTC, 4 in UK, 2 America], J.Downing, 1722 § Cautions and Advices to Officers of the Army, particularly Subalterns...By an Old Officer, third edition, some foxing, modern boards, uncut, [only 7 copies of this edition on ESTC, 3 in UK), Perth, R.Morison, 1795 § Letters from a Father to his Son, on his entering the Army...By an Old Officer, only edition, 22pp. list of subscribers, errata slip bound in at end, bookplate, contemporary half red calf, a little rubbed, [Library Hub: BL & Bodleian only, and another in British Columbia Library], Carmarthen, 1833, 12mo (3)

NO RESERVE [Atkyns (Arabella, pseudonym)] The Family magazine...Containing useful directions in all the branches of house-keeping and cookery...Part II. Containing a compendious body of physick, 2 parts in 1, first edition, double column, a few woodcut bills of fare within text, some spotting or staining, lightly browned, modern mottled calf, gilt, spine in compartments and with red morocco label, [Bitting p.550; Cagle 673; Maclean p.49; Oxford pp.71-72; Simon BG 658], 8vo, Printed for J. Osborn, at the Golden-Ball in Paternoster-Row, 1741.⁂ Simon suggests that the author's need for a pseudonym was because she was 'the first woman to dare deal in print with maladies which ladies were not supposed to know anything about'.Provenance: 'Alexr. Riddle, 1747' (ink inscription to head of A2).

NO RESERVE Swift (Jonathan) The History of the Four Last Years of the Queen, first edition, faint scattered spotting, modern morocco-backed boards, g.e., 8vo, 1758.

[Deslandes (André Francois)] The Art of Being Easy at all Times and in all Places. Written chiefly for the use of a Lady of Quality, translated by Edward Combe, second English edition, with half-title but ?lacking initial blank (third leaf is signed A4 as in ESTC), with 2 final Contents leaves, woodcut initials and head- & tail-pieces, lightly browned, trace of blind library stamp to title, modern boards, spine faded, C.Rivington, 1724 § [Champion de Crespigny (Mary, Lady)] Letters of Advice from a Mother to a Son, first edition, without 24pp. publishers' catalogue at end, contemporary ink signature "Anne Hort" to title, ex-Welsh library copy with stamp to title and label, contemporary half calf, rubbed, rebacked preserving old roan label, 1803, 8vo et infra (2)⁂ The first is a scarce early work on the philosophy of happiness. ESTC records only 3 UK copies (BL, Bristol, and Cambridge) plus 2 in America.The second is a conduct book in the form of letters written over a twenty year period, with chapters on charity, economy, drinking, gambling, duelling, seduction, swearing, marriage etc.

[Dodgson (Charles Lutwidge)] "Lewis Carroll". Alice's Adventures in Wonderland, eighth thousand, illustrations by John Tenniel, half-title and frontispiece misbound after contents f., some ff. strengthened at inner margin, pp.17-24 with repaired tear running into text but without loss, the odd spot, some light soiling, heavier to final f., this also with contemporary ink initials to foot, some cracking to gutter and hinges, later cloth, manuscript title to spine and initials "LC" to upper cover in gilt, g.e., 1867; with others children's or illustrated, including a first edition Old Possum's Book of Practical Cats without dust-jacket, v.s. (7)

Utopian fiction.- Widnall (Samuel Page) A Mystery of Six Centuries, or A Modern St. George and the Dragon, first edition, photographic frontispiece, plates, pencil gift inscription to front endpaper, endpapers with small patch of damp-staining to foot, the odd spot or light finger-soiling, but overall a clean copy, hinges cracked but holding firm, original cloth-backed boards with paper label to spine, rubbed at extremities with wear to corners, some soiling to spine, 8vo, Grantchester, 1889.⁂ A scarce fantasy work in which the protagonists discovers a lost land populated by dinosaurs and a lost race of pre-Adamites who may constitute a missing link.

Rossetti (Dante Gabriel) Dante Gabriel Rossetti: His Family Letters, 2 vol., half-titles, portrait frontispieces and facsimile letter, previous owner's ink signature, vol. 2 with faint damp-stain to blank, vol. 1 cracked hinge, original cloth, slight bumping to corners and extremities, Boston, 1895 § Barrington (Mrs. Russell) The Life, Letters and Work of Frederic Leighton, 2 vol., first edition, half-title, plates, captioned tissue-guards, scattered spotting, original decorative cloth, rebacked retaining original backstrips, a little rubbed, 1906 § Buchan (John) Oliver Cromwell, first edition, half-title, portrait frontispiece, scattered spotting, previous owner's address label to front free endpaper, original cloth, backstrip beginning to split at upper joint but holding firm, slight bumping to corners and extremities, 1934; and others biography, 8vo (c.90)

NO RESERVE Lansing (Clarence) The Nude in Art, lacking front free endpaper, plates, captioned tissue-guards, scattered faint spotting, strengthened joints, original pictorial cloth, rebacked retaining original backstrip. rubbed and worn, bumping to extremities, 1896 § Lawrence (T. E.) Seven Pillars of Wisdom, first trade edition, frontispiece, plates and illustrations, 4 folding maps, original buckram, mottling to lower board, slight bumping to corners and spine extremities, 1935; The Mint, original cloth, slight bumping to spine extremities, dust-jacket, slight chipping and creasing to edges, small loss to spine extremities, 1955; and others, v.s. (41)

Kipling (Rudyard) They, first separate edition, frontispiece and plates, tissue-guards, previous owner's ink inscription, faint spotting to endpapers, original cloth, slight bumping to corners and extremities, 1905 § Flaubert (Gustave) Three Tales, frontispiece, plates, captioned tissue-guards, scattered spotting, original cloth-backed boards, bumping and rubbing to corners and joints, 1923 § Benson (E. F.) The Freaks of Mayfair, first edition, frontispiece and illustrations by George Plank, cracked hinges, original cloth, bumping to corners and extremities, 1916 § Crane (Walter) An Artist's Reminiscences, first American edition, portrait frontispiece, plates and illustrations, bookplate, scattered spotting, original decorative cloth, slight bumping to corners and extremities, New York, 1907; and others, cloth bound, 8vo (c.100)

NO RESERVE Bindings.- Lucas (E.V., compiler) The Friendly Town, one or two light spots, contemporary green crushed half morocco, spine gilt and tooled with Art Nouveau floral design in two compartments, brown morocco spine label (chipped), extremities lightly rubbed, New York, Macmillan, 1906 § Lyndon (Roderick) Another Point of View, first edition, bookplate of Fritz Ponsonby to pastedown, contemporary red crushed half morocco, joints rubbed, spine gilt in compartments, light spotting, 1907 § Wood (Rev. J. G.) Homes Without Hands, new edition, engraved plates, prize bookplate, contemporary red polished prize-stamped calf with gilt border, spine gilt with black morocco label, 1898; and c.80 others, mostly prize bindings and attractive late 19th century calf, v.s. (c.85)

[Sassoon (Siegfried)] The Heart's Journey, one of 500 copies signed by author, half-title, bookplate, original cloth-backed boards, lightly sunned spine, slight bumping to corners and extremities, New York & London, 1927; Rhymed Ruminations, odd faint spot, original cloth, fractional bumping to spine extremities, dust-jacket, slight creasing and chipping to corners and edges, 1940; Sequences, first edition, half-title, original cloth, fractional bumping to spine extremities, dust-jacket, slight chipping and creasing to edges, 1956; and another by the same, 8vo (4)

Blunden (Edmund) A Summer's Fancy, one of 325 copies, frontispiece and illustrations, original cloth-backed boards, slight bumping to corners and extremities, Beaumont Press, 1930 § Sitwell (Osbert), Out of the Flame, first edition, frontispiece, scattered faint spotting, original cloth, slight bumping to spine extremities, dust-jacket, slight chipping and small loss to edges, neat tape repairs to verso, a little rubbed, 1923 § Cynwal (Wiliam) In Defence of Woman, one of 500 copies, frontispiece and illustrations by John Petts, original cloth, fractional bumping to corners and extremities, Golden Cockerel Press, n.d. § Powys (T. F.) The Key of the Field, one of 500 copies signed by author, frontispiece, original cloth, lightly sunned spine, slight bumping to corners and extremities, 1930; and others poetry, v.s. (c.100)

O'Flaherty (Liam) The Ecstasy of Angus, one of 365 copies signed by author, scattered spotting, original prospectus loosely inserted, original buckram, lightly sunned spine and edges, slight bumping to corners and extremities, 1931 § Sackville-West (Vita) The Garden, first edition, original cloth, fractional bumping to spine extremities, dust-jacket, fractional chipping to spine extremities, 1946 § Kipling (Rudyard) Twenty Poems, first edition, scattered faint spotting to gutter, original wrappers, small loss to spine extremities, chipping and creasing to edges, a little rubbed, 1918 § Plath (Sylvia) Winter Trees, first edition, original cloth, fractional bumping to spine extremities, dust-jacket, fractional creasing to spine extremities, 1971 § Brown (George Mackay) Voyages, signed by author, original morocco-backed boards, 1983; and others, poetry, v.s. (c.150)

Lewis (Wyndham) Blasting & Bombardiering, first edition, portrait frontispiece, plates, 1 detached, trimmed and loosely inserted, scattered faint spotting, occasional pencil underlining, newspaper reviews loosely inserted, previous owner's ink signature, original cloth, slight bumping to spine extremities, dust-jacket, lightly sunned spine, slight creasing to edges, 1937 § Munnings (Sir Alfred) [The Autobiography], 3 vol., first edition, frontispiece and plates, scattered faint spotting, original cloth, light fading to spine extremities, slight bumping to corners and spine extremities, dust-jacket, slight chipping and creasing to corners and spine extremities, one or two short tears, 1950-52 § Sitwell (Sacheverell) Mozart, first edition, frontispiece, previous owner's ink signature, original cloth, slight bumping to corners and extremities, dust-jacket, small losses to top edge, chipping to corners and extremities, 1932; and others biography, 8vo (c.60)

Cannibalism.- Deane (John) A Narrative of the Shipwreck of the Nottingham Galley, &c. publish'd in 1711. Revis'd, and Re-printed with Additions in 1726, 24pp., printed on thick paper, woodcut head-piece and initial, a little browned, disbound, stab-holes, n.p., 1726 § Compendious Geographical Dictionary (A), third edition, folding engraved plate of solar system and 8 folding maps hand-coloured in outline, contemporary red roan, gilt, g.e., rubbed, spine a little stained, W.Peacock & Sons, 1804, 8vo et infra (2)⁂ The first is concerning the shipwreck of the Nottingham Galley on Boon Island off the coast of Maine in 1710, and the survival of the crew through cannibalism. After nearly two months they were rescued and the crew published an account accusing the commander Deane and his brother of deliberately wrecking the ship as an insurance fraud. This is Deane's reply which went through several editions, all of which are rare. ESTC records only 2 copies of this particular edition (British Library, and William L.Clements library at the University of Michigan).

Auden (W.H.) & Louis MacNeice. Letters from Iceland, first edition, frontispiece, plates, scattered spotting, original cloth, slight bumping to corners and extremities, dust-jacket, small tears to spine extremities and bottom edge, neat tape repairs to verso, slight creasing to extremities, 1937 § Briggs (Julia) Virginia Woolf: An Inner Life, first edition, original cloth, fractional bumping to spine extremities, dust-jacket, 2005 § White (Michael) Isaac Newton: The Last Sorcerer, first edition, plates and illustrations, original cloth, dust-jacket, slight creasing to edges, 1997 § Twain (Mark) The Chicago of Europe and other tales of Foreign Travel, first edition, original boards, fractional bumping to spine extremities, dust-jacket, slight creasing to edges, New York & London, 2009; and others similar, 8vo & 4to (c.80)

Perruchot (Henri) Toulouse Lautrec, half-title, frontispiece, plates, original cloth, fractional bumping to spine extremities, dust-jacket, pencil note to flap, slight creasing to edges, 1960 § Uglow (Jenny) Mr Lear: a Life of Art and Nonsense, first edition, illustrations, original cloth-backed boards, 2017 § Steen (Marguerite) William Nicholson, first edition, half-title, frontispiece, plates, previous owner's pencil signature, scattered faint spotting, original cloth, bumping to spine extremities, dust-jacket, small tears to edges and spine extremities, a little creasing, 1943 § Stark (David) Charles Rennie Mackintosh and Co. 1854 to 2004, first edition, half-title, illustrations, original cloth, dust-jacket, 2004; and others, artist biographies, 8vo (c.70)

Graves (Robert) Beyond Giving, 1969; The Green-Sailed Vessel, 1971; Timeless Meeting, 1973; At the Gate, 1974, one of 500 copies signed and numbered by author, original cloth, fractional bumping to extremities, dust-jacket, slight creasing to edges, privately printed; Poems (1926-1930), first edition, half-title, scattered faint spotting, original cloth, fractional bumping to corners and spine extremities, a little rubbed, 1931; and others by the same, 8vo (11)

NO RESERVE [Abbott (Edwin A.)], "A Square". Flatland. A Romance of Many Dimensions, first edition, half-title, illustrations by the author, upper panel of dust-jacket bound in at end (with a few small repairs), scattered light foxing, later half orange morocco, spine a little faded, rubbed at extremities, spotting to morocco, t.e.g., others uncut, 4to, 1884.

Ballard (J. G.) Empire of the Sun, first edition, half-title, original cloth, slight bumping to spine extremities, price-clipped dust-jacket, small water-stain to spine foot, a little rubbed, 1984 § Larsen (Reif) The Selected Works of T. S. Spivet, one of 500 copies signed by author, illustrations, original cloth-backed boards, slipcase, a little rubbed, 2009 § Clarke (Susanna) The Ladies of Grace Adieu, limited edition, illustrated by Charles Vess, original cloth-backed boards, slipcase, 2006 § Atkinson (Kate) One Good Turn, one of 1000 copies initialled by author, original cloth, slipcase, 2006; and others similar. 8vo (c.80)

NO RESERVE Bates (H.E.) The Darling Buds of May, first edition, faint spotting to front endpapers, previous owner's ink signature, original cloth, slight bumping to corners and extremities, dust-jacket, small tear to spine foot, a little rubbed, 1958; The Fallow Land, first edition, scattered faint spotting, original cloth, fractional bumping to corners and spine extremities, dust-jacket, lower panel detached, old partial repair to verso, small holes to lower flap, scattered faint spotting, slight creasing to the edges, 1932; Love for Lydia, first edition, original cloth, slight bumping to spine extremities, dust-jacket, loss to spine foot, faint spotting, slight creasing and chipping to corners and extremities, 1952; and 6 others by the same, 8vo (9)

Bennett (Alan) The Uncommon Reader, signed limited edition, original cloth, dust-jacket, slipcase, sealed in original shrink-wrap, 2007 § Martel (Yann) The Facts behind the Helsinki Roccamatios, signed by author, original boards, slipcase, slipcase, 2004 § Theroux (Paul) The Old Patagonian Express, first English edition, faint spotting to fore-edges, original cloth, fractional bumping to spine extremities, dust-jacket, slight creasing to edges, 1979 § Mosse (Kate) The Winter Ghosts, first edition, signed by author, illustrations, original boards, fractional bumping to corners and spine extremities, 2009; and others similar, most first editions, 8vo (c.100)

Horses.- Burdon (Capt. William) The Gentleman's Pocket-Farrier..., first edition, light spotting, stab-holes, free endpapers pasted down, contemporary mottled calf, spine gilt, rubbed, splits to joints, for the Author, 1730 § Ripley (James) Select Original Letters on various subjects, only edition, engraved frontispiece, bookplate of Henry Rogers Broughton, later dark blue morocco, gilt, by Robson, g.e., spine very slightly faded, for the author, 1781; and 2 others, 12mo & 4to (4)⁂ Ripley was ostler at the Red-Lion, Barnet. He rails against the war in America, cruelty to horses, and the nobility amongst other diverse subjects.

NO RESERVE Bennett (Alan) Smut, first edition, original cloth, fractional bumping to spine extremities, dust-jacket, faint creasing to edges, 2011 § Kent (Alexander) Command a King's Ship, first edition, original cloth, slight bumping to spine extremities, dust-jacket, slight creasing to edges, 1973 § Creasey (John) The Flood, original boards, slight bumping to corners and spine extremities, dust-jacket, large tear to lower panel, slight chipping to corners and extremities, New York, 1956 § Keillor (Garrison) Lake Wobegon Summer 1956, first edition, original boards, slight bumping to spine extremities, dust-jacket, slight creasing to edges, 2001; and others similar, 8vo (c.75)

Bradbury (Malcolm) Eating People is Wrong, first edition, original cloth, fractional bumping to spine extremities, dust-jacket, chipping to corners and spine extremities, short tears to spine foot, tape repair to verso, a little rubbed, 1959 § Huxley (Aldous) Eyeless in Gaza, original cloth, slight bumping to spine and edges, dust-jacket, creasing and shot tears to edges, 1936 § Graves (Robert) Catacrok! first edition, scattered faint spotting, original cloth, faint staining and bumping to corners and spine extremities, dust-jacket, tear to upper panel, tape repair to verso, chipping and small loss to corners and extremities, rubbed, 1956 § Blixen (Karen) Winters Tales, first edition, scattered faint spotting, previous owner's ink signature, original cloth, slight bumping to corners and spine extremities, dust-jacket, chipping and small loss to corners and spine extremities, a little rubbed, 1942; and others similar, 8vo (c.90)

NO RESERVE Braine (John) Room at the Top, first edition, original cloth, slight bumping to spine extremities, dust-jacket, short tears and tiny loss to spine extremities and corners, old tape repairs to verso, faint spotting, slight creasing to edges, 8vo, 1957.⁂ A lovely copy of this key novel by one of the Angry Young Men group of authors.

NO RESERVE Chaplin (Charlie) My Autobiography, first English edition, signed by the author to half-title, some light finger-soiling marks, original cloth, lightly marked, 8vo, 1964.

Christie (Agatha) A Caribbean Mystery, first edition, fractional spotting to fore-edges, original cloth, fractional bumping to spine extremities, dust-jacket, chipping to spine extremities, light sunning to spine and edges, creasing to edges, one or two short tears, 1964 § Dehn (Paul) Quake, Quake, Quake, first English edition, illustrations by Edward Gorey, previous owner's ink inscription, original cloth, slight bumping to spine extremities, price-clipped dust-jacket, tear to top edge, chipping and creasing to edges, 1961 § White (Patrick) Voss, first edition, original cloth, fractional bumping to corners and spine extremities, dust-jacket, short tear to top edge, light spotting, creasing and chipping to corners and edges, 1957 § Wilson (Angus) The Old Man and the Zoo, first edition, slight bumping to spine extremities, dust-jacket, a little rubbed, slight creasing and chipping to spine extremities, 1961; and others similar, 8vo (c.85)

Crichton (Michael) The Great Train Robbery, first edition, original cloth, fractional bumping to spine extremities, dust-jacket, slight creasing to corners and spine extremities, 1975 § Gatiss (Mark) The Devil in Amber, first edition, signed by author, original cloth, fractional bumping to spine extremities, dust-jacket, short tear to top edge, 2006 § Grafton (Sue) M is for Malice, 1996; O is for Outlaw, previous owner's ink signature, 1999, first US edition, original boards, fractional bumping to corners and spine extremities, dust-jackets, slight creasing to edges,New York; and others similar, 8vo (c.100)

NO RESERVE Dahl (Roald) Matilda, first edition, illustrations by Quentin Blake, previous owner's neat ink signature to front pastedown, original cloth, fractional bumping to spine extremities, dust-jacket, creasing to edges, small stain to spine head verso, 8vo, 1988.

Fowles (John) Daniel Martin, first edition, previous owner's ink inscription, original cloth, slight bumping to corners and extremities, price-clipped dust-jacket, light spotting to verso, slight creasing to the edges, 1977 § Atwood (Margaret) Oryx and Crane, first edition, original boards, fractional bumping to spine extremities, dust-jacket, fractional creasing to edges, 2003 § Shaffer (Mary Anne) The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society, first edition, original boards, fractional bumping to spine extremities, dust-jacket, 2008 § Rankin (Ian) Knots & Crosses, collectors' edition, original boards, fractional bumping to corners and extremities, 2007; and others, many first editions, 8vo (c.100)

Greene (Graham) Ways of Escape, first edition, original cloth, fractional bumping to spine head, price-clipped dust-jacket, short tear to spine head, slight creasing to edges, 1980 § Clarke (Susanna) Jonathan Strange & Mr Norrell, first edition, frontispiece and illustrations, original cloth, dust-jacket, fractional creasing to edges, 2004 § Forster (E. M.) The Hill of Devi, first edition, frontispiece, plates, previous owner's ink signature, original cloth, slight bumping to spine extremities, dust-jacket, lightly sunned spine, slight creasing to edges, 1953 § Cozarinsky (Edgardo) The Moldavian Pimp, first edition, original boards, dust-jacket, fractional creasing to edges, 2006; and others similar, 8vo (c.100)

Education.- Clarke (John) An Essay upon Study. Wherein Directions are given for the Due Conduct thereof, and the Collection of a Library..., first edition, typographical ornaments, light browning, contemporary calf, a little rubbed and marked, light stains to upper cover, spine ends repaired, new label, for Arthur Bettesworth, 1731; and a copy of the second edition of 1737, 12mo (2)⁂ An interesting survey of educational failings by the master of the grammar school in Hull. The extensive list of books recommended for a library includes Greek and Latin texts, and books on science, theology, philosophy, travel and history in both English and French. Samuel Johnson refers to the work in his discussion of Milton in Lives of the Poets.

Le Carré (John) Smiley's People, first edition, original cloth, fractional bumping to spine extremities, price-clipped dust-jacket, slight creasing to edges, 1979; The Constant Gardener, first edition, signed by author, original boards, fractional bumping to corners and extremities, dust-jacket, faint spotting to verso, slight creasing to edges, 2001 § Waters (Sarah) The Little Stranger, 2009; The Night Watch, 2006, limited editions signed by author, original cloth, original slipcase, original publisher's cellophane § HItchcock (Alfred) Stories for Late at Night, Book Club edition, original cloth, slight bumping to corners and extremities, dust-jacket, chipping and small loss to spine extremities, damp-staining to verso, a little rubbed, 1961; and others similar, 8vo (c.80)

McCarthy (Tom) C, first edition, signed by author, original boards, fractional bumping to spine extremities, dust-jacket, 2010 § Camilleri (Andrea) The Voice of the Violin, 2005; The Patience of the Spider, 2007, first English edition, original cloth, fractional bumping to spine extremities, dust-jackets, slight creasing to edges, § Fitzgerald (Penelope) The Beginning of Spring, first edition, original cloth, fractional bumping to spine extremities, price-clipped dust-jacket, slight creasing to edges, 1988; and others similar, 8vo (c.100)

Murakami (Haruki) Norwegian Wood, 2 vol., original paper wrapper, faint score mark to upper cover vol. 2, housed in original dropback box, 2000 § O'Brien (Edna) August is a Wicked Month, first edition, original cloth, slight bumping to spine extremities, dust-jacket, sunned spine, chipping and creasing, small tears to edges, 1965 § de la Mare (Walter) Love, first edition, frontispiece, bookplate, previous owner's ink inscription, original cloth, slight bumping to corners and extremities, price-clipped dust-jacket, loss to spine and spine head, a little rubbed, creasing to edges, short tears, 1943 § Hanff (Helene) Q's Legacy, first edition, original cloth, fractional bumping to spine head, dust-jacket, faint spotting, slight creasing to top edge, 1985; and others similar, many first editions, 8vo & 12mo (c.120)

NO RESERVE [Pargeter (Edith)] "Ellis Peters" One Corpse Too Many, first edition, 1979; Monk's Hood, 1980; Saint Peter's Fair, 1981, first editions, map, original cloth, slight bumping to spine extremities, dust-jacket, fractional creasing to edges; and others by the same, 8vo (19)

Shaw (George Bernard) The Apple Cart: a political extravaganza, first edition, scattered faint spotting, original cloth, slight bumping to spine extremities, dust-jacket, loss to spine extremities and edges, torn into two at upper joint, rubbed, 1930 § Hornby (Nick) High Fidelity, first edition, original cloth, fractional bumping to spine extremities, dust-jacket, slight creasing to edges, 1995 § Niffenegger (Adurey) The Time Traveller's Wife, first edition, original cloth, fractional bumping to spine extremities, dust-jacket, slight creasing to edges, 2004 § Ronson (Jon) The Men Who Stare at Goats, first edition, original cloth, fractional bumping to spine extremities, dust-jacket, slight creasing to edges, 2004; and others similar, 8vo (c.115)

Spark (Muriel) The Ballad of Peckham Rye, first edition, small stain to fore-edge of first 2 leaves, original cloth, light shadowing to spine, slight bumping to corners and spine extremities, dust-jacket, chipping to spine extremities, creasing to edges, 1960 § Lawrence (D. H.) The Man Who Died, limited edition, original cloth, fractional bumping to spine extremities, dust-jacket, short tears to edges, one with tape repair verso, one or two spots, 1931 § Bowen (Elizabeth) Eva Trout, first edition, original cloth, slight bumping to corners and extremities, dust-jacket, slight creasing to edges, 1969 § Sillitoe (Alan) The Ragman's Daughter, first edition in book form, original cloth, fractional bumping to spine extremities, dust-jacket, fractional creasing to spine extremities, 1963; and others similar, 8vo (c.65)

Storey (David) This Sporting Life, first edition, original cloth, slight bumping to edges and spine extremities, dust-jacket, small tears to edges, neat tape repairs verso, slight chipping and creasing to corners and edges, a little rubbed, 1960; Radcliffe, first edition, original cloth, slight bumping to spine extremities, dust-jacket, slight creasing and chipping to edges, 1963 § Christie (Agatha) The Pale Horse, first edition, faint spotting to endpapers, original cloth, slight bumping to spine extremities, dust-jacket, short tears to spine extremities, neat old tape repairs verso, slight creasing and rubbing, 1961 § Banks (Lynne Reid) The L-Shaped Room, first edition, original cloth, fractional bumping to spine extremities, dust-jacket, slight chipping and creasing to corners and extremities, 1960; and others similar, most first editions, 8vo (c.90)

Wodehouse (P.G.) Quick Service, first American edition, lightly browned endpapers, original cloth, first issue dust-jacket with advertisements starting 'John Brown's Cousin' and ending 'The Bright Pavilions' to rear panel, chipping and small tears to edges, faded spine, New York, 1940; The Inimitable Jeeves, first edition, second issue, half-title verso with 11 titles ending with 'Leave it to Psmith', scattered spotting, cracked hinges, original pictorial cloth, a little rubbed, bumping to corners and extremities, [1926]; Blandings Castle, first edition, scattered spotting, original cloth, fading to edges and spine, second issue dust-jacket with 2'6 price to spine, some loss to edges, most to lower panel, rubbed and chipped, 1935, [McIlvaine A63b; A30; A53a]; and others by the same, 8vo (50)

Present for a Little Boy (A), first edition, engraved illustrations, some full-page, contemporary ink ownership inscription to title and frontispiece, light pencil marks to frontispiece, one or two light spots, ?original marbled wrapper, working loose, a little faded, corners worn, 12mo, Darton and Harvey, 1798.

NO RESERVE Dulac (Edmund).- Quiller-Couch (Sir Arthur) The Sleeping Beauty and other fairy tales, first trade edition, contemporary ink ownership name to front free endpapers, original decorative morocco, gilt, a little faded, joints rubbed, 1910 § Prinzessin Badura. Ein Märchen aus den arabischen Nächten, first German edition, modern half blue calf, blue morocco spine label, 1920 § Housman (Laurence) Stories from the Arabian Nights, occasional light spot, original decorative cloth, [?1907], illustrations and plates by Edmund Dulac; and 6 others by or relating to Dulac, v.s. (9)

Muncaster (Martin) The Wind in the Oak, no. 95 of 100 copies, signed by author on half-title, plates, contemporary morocco-backed boards, 1978 § Sandoz (Maurice) On the Verge, first edition, frontispiece and plates by Salvador Dali, previous owner's ink signature, original cloth, slight bumping to spine extremities, price-clipped dust-jacket, splits at spine, small loss to spine extremities, slight chipping to edges, a little rubbed, New York, 1950 § Niffenegger (Audrey) The Three Incestuous Sisters, first edition, full-page illustrations, original morocco-backed boards, 2005 § Shakespeare (William) The Tragedy of King Lear: The Player's Shakespeare, plates by Paul Nash, original cloth-backed boards, sunned spine, slight bumping to corners and extremities, 1927; and others either illustrated or on illustrators, v.s. (c.40)

Europe.- Stukeley (William) The Medallic HIstory of Marcus Aurelius Valerius Carausius, Emperor in Brittain, 2 vol., first edition, engraved frontispieces, 41 engraved plates, 4 folding, 1 engraved map, faint off-setting, scattered very faint spotting, bookplate, vol. 1 in contemporary speckled calf, richly gilt spine, vol. 2 in contemporary calf, 1757-59.

Dryden (John) Eleonora: A Panegyrical Poem: Dedicated to the Memory of the Late Countess of Abingdon, first edition, browned, disbound and loose, [Macdonald 29; Pforzheimer 324; Wing D2270], for Jacob Tonson, 1692; Threnodia Augustalis: A Funeral-Pindarique Poem Sacred to the Happy Memory of King Charles II, second edition, variant with "fate" line 17 p.4, disbound, final leaf browned and frayed at upper outer corner with loss of a couple of letters, [Macdonald 20a; Wing D2384], for Jacob Tonson, 1685; Mac Flecknoe, 84pp. including 'Absalom and Achitophel' seventh edition and 'The Medal' third edition, caption title, a few contemporary ink marginalia identifying characters, some light browning, one or two stains, modern calf, [Macdonald 14b; Wing D2304], [Tonson], [?1692], 4to (3)⁂ The last is a satire against Thomas Shadwell. A note in ESTC states, "It is not certain whether this is a separate issue or whether it originally formed part of v. 4 of Dryden's works, which were issued with collective title page by J. Tonson in 1693 and again in 1695."

NO RESERVE Wales.- Hearne (Thomas, editor) A Collection of Curious Discourses..., 2 vol., folding engraved frontispiece, engraved plate, contemporary manuscript note to head of title of vol.1, light foxing, engraved bookplate of Henry Hunter, contemporary calf, rubbed, rebacked with gilt spines, new endpapers, W. & J.Richardson, 1771 § Richards (Rev. Thomas) Antiquae Linguae Britannicae Thesaurus: being a British, or Welsh-English Dictionary, first edition, contemporary ink signatures to front endpapers, contemporary calf, Bristol, Felix Farley, 1753 § Jones (Owen) & others. The Myvyrian Archaiology of Wales: collected out of Ancient Manuscripts, title spotted, contemporary half calf, rebacked, Denbigh, 1870 § Lewis (Samuel) A Topographical Dictionary of Wales, 2 vol., third edition, original cloth, spine ends a little worn, one crudely repaired with sticky tape, 1848 § Yorke (Philip) The Royal Tribes of Wales..., edited by Richard Williams, original cloth, uncut, Liverpool, 1887, all rubbed; and a small quantity of others on Wales and Welsh history, 8vo & 4to (c.50)

Africa.- Andersson (Charles John) Lake Ngami; or, Explorations and Discoveries, ... of South Western Africa, first edition, lithographed frontispiece and 15 plates, illustrations, engraved folding map, publisher's advertisements at end, bookplate, previous owner's ink signature, ink number to head a1, faint abrasion marks to front endpapers where labels removed, scattered spotting, original pictorial cloth, expert restoration to lightly sunned spine, slight bumping to corners and spine extremities, [Shapero, Africana 9; Mendelssohn I, p.41; Czech p.5], 1856 § Baldwin (William Charles) African Hunting: from Natal to the Zambesi, first edition, engraved portrait frontispiece, title printed in red and black, 10 wood engraved plates, 5 tinted lithographs only (of 6), S1 with tear and old tape repair, scattered finger-soiling and creased corners, occasional short marginal tears, bookplate, modern half-calf, [Czech p.12; Hosken p.10], 1863 § Gleichen (Edward, Count) With the Mission to Menelik 1897, first edition, photogravure frontispiece, plates and illustrations, 2 folding maps at end, 1 with tear and frayed edges, publisher's advertisements at end, original pictorial cloth, gilt, bumping to corners, chipping to spine extremities, 1898 § Junker (Dr. Wilhelm) Travels in Africa during the Years 1879-1883, first edition, vol. 2 only (of 3), half-title, portrait frontispiece, vignette title, plates and illustrations, folding map, short marginal tear, advertisements at end, bookplate, original pictorial cloth, bumping to corners and extremities, [Hosken p.111], 1891 § Campbell (John) Travels in South Africa undertaken at the request of the Missionary Society, first edition, engraved portrait frontispiece, folding hand-coloured map, short split to folds, 9 engraved plates on 8 sheets, errata tipped-in, occasional spotting, bookplate, previous owner's ink inscriptions, contemporary half-calf, rebacked, bumping to corners, [Hosken p.38], 8vo, 1815; 8vo (5)⁂ Provenance of the first mentioned: Ownership inscription of Sir Laurence Dudley Stamp, professor of Geography (1898-1966). 'A cornerstone book of African hunting in the middle of the nineteenth century. The London edition is much more difficult to locate than the American edition.' (Czech)

Africa.- Ethiopia.- Azaïs (R. P.) & R. Chambard. Cinq Années de Recherches Archéologiques en Éthiopie, 2 vol., first edition, half-titles, plates and illustrations, folding map, plates loose as issued, bookplate, text vol. in original printed paper wrappers, slight creasing to top edge and spine extremities, plate vol. original cloth-backed portfolio, old tape repair inside upper cover, lightly rubbed, Paris, 1931 § Coulbeaux (J.-B.) Histoire Politique et Religieuse d'Abyssinie, 3 vol., first edition, portrait frontispiece, plates and illustrations, 6 folding maps and plans, 1 colour, bookplate to vol. 1, original wrappers bound-in, small neat tape repair to vol. 1, short marginal tear to vol. 3, faint abrasion marks to title versos where label removed, modern cloth, Paris, 1929 § Stigand (Capt. C.H.) To Abyssinia Through an Unknown Land, first edition, half-title, frontispiece, plates, 2 maps, 1 folding, advertisements at end, bookplate, new endpapers, original pictorial cloth, gilt, mottled boards, slight bumping to spine extremities, [Czech p.156], 8vo, 1910. 4to (6).

Africa.- Bowdich (Thomas Edward) Mission from Cape Coast Castle to Ashantee ..., first edition, folding engraved map frontispiece, 7 plates, of which 6 hand-coloured and 1 folding, large hand-coloured folding panorama, folding facsimile, 5pp. sheet music, title japon backed with expert repair to tear, bound without half-title, occasional off-setting, bookplates loosely inserted, new endpapers, contemporary diced calf, rebacked retaining original backstrip, expert repair and restoration to corners, red crushed morocco spine label, a little rubbed, [Shapero, Africana 61], 4to, 1819.⁂ "The author had not initially been appointed to command this expedition ... but during the course of the journey ... Bowdich superseded his chief. As a result it was Bowdich who negotiated the treaty with the King of the Asante which promised peace to the British settlements on the Gold Coast in return for commercial and political co-operation" (Shapero, Africana).