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Africa.- Chanler (William Astor) Through Jungle and Desert, first edition, frontispiece and plates, 2 folding maps in rear pocket, light damp-staining, heavier to end, original cloth, soiled, corners bumped, 1896 § von Hohnel (Lieut. Ludwig) Discovery of Lakes Rudolf and Stefanie, translated by Nancy Bell, 2 vol., first edition, plates and maps (one lacking), scattered spotting, original pictorial cloth, rubbed, rebacked, 1894 § Cranworth (Lord) Kenya Chronicles, contemporary ink ownership signatures to browned endpapers, original cloth, lightly soiled and bumped, 1939 § Willoughby (Capt. Sir John C.) East Africa and its Big Game, plates, some folding, some with tape repairs, hinge reinforced, light foxing, original pictorial cloth, rebacked preserving original spine strip, lightly rubbed, 1889; and 21 others on Africa, 4to & 8vo (26)

Africa.- Clark (J. Desmond), et al. The Cambridge History of Africa, 3 vol. only (of 8), first editions, illustrations, many full-page, original cloth, slight bumping to corners and extremities, dust-jacket, sunned spines, vol. 1 with short tear to top edge, slight creasing to edges, Cambridge, 1982-77 § Walton (James) African Village, number 26 of 100 copies signed by author, plates, illustrations, many full-page, bookplate, original calf, slight bumping to corners and extremities, Pretoria, 1956 § Moberg (Axel) The Book of the Himyarites, 8 plates, modern cloth, 1924 § Widstrand (Carl Gösta) African Axes, title detached and loosely inserted, broken upper hinge, illustrations, bookplate, original wrappers. fractional chipping to spine extremities, Uppsala, 1958 § Norwich (Oscar I.) Maps of Africa, first edition, plates and illsutrations, bookplate to front free endpaper verso, cracked upper hinge, original cloth, dust-jacket, slight chipping and creasing to edges and extremities, Johannesburg, 1983; v.s. (7)

Africa.- Coillard (François) On the Threshold of Central Africa, first edition, presentation copy inscribed 'from the author' on front free endpaper, portrait frontispiece, plates, folding map, splits to folds with tape repairs to verso, spotting, previous owner's ink signature, bookplate, publisher's advertisements at end, original pictorial cloth, gilt, slight bumping to corners and spine extremities, [Hosken p.48], 1897 § Melland (Frank H.) and Edward H. Cholmeley. Through the Heart of Africa, first edition, presentation copy inscribed "From the Author's Family", half-title, frontispiece, plates, folding map, publisher's advertisements at end, previous owner's ink signatures, bookplate, upper hinge crudely strengthened, scattered spotting, original pictorial cloth, slight bumping to corners and spine extremities, 1912 § Hinde (Sidney Langford) The Fall of the Congo Arabs, first edition, portrait frontispiece, folding map, short marginal tear, publisher's advertisements at end, bookplate, original cloth, mottling to fore-edge, slight bumping to corners, 1897 § Drummond (Henry) Tropical Africa, first edition, folding colour map frontispiece, 4 folding maps, publisher's advertisements at end, half-title trimmed, newspaper article pinned to half-title verso, bookplate, original cloth, slight bumping to corners and extremities, 1888; and another copy of Hinde's 'Fall of the Congo Arabs', 8vo (5).

Africa.- Denham (Maj. Dixon) & Captain Hugh Clapperton. Narrative of Travels and Discoveries in Northern and Central Africa, first edition, 37 engraved plates and plans, 1 hand-coloured, folding double-page map, illustrations, faint off-setting, scattered faint spotting, marginal worming Q3-2P2, mostly tiny, new endpapers, contemporary calf, rebacked, a little rubbed, [Shapero, Africana 116], 4to, 1826.

Africa.- Gibbons (Major A. St. H.) Exploration and Hunting in Central Africa 1895-96, first edition, half-title, portrait frontispiece, photographic plates, illustrations, folding map at end, publisher's advertisements at end, scattered spotting, original decorative cloth, gilt, small gauge to spine, slight bumping to corners and extremities, [Czech p.62; Hosken p.80], 8vo, 1898.

Africa.- Gobat (Rev. Samuel) Journal of a Three Years' Residence in Abyssinia ..., first edition, half-title, double-page engraved map, off-setting to map, bookplate, modern roan-backed boards, 8vo, 1834 § Jensen (Ad. E.) Völker Süd-Äthiopiens: Ergebnisse der Frobenius-Expeditionen 1950-52 und 1954-56, 3 vol., first edition, plates, illustrations, one or two marginal pencil marks, original cloth, dust-jackets, a little rubbed, vol. 1 & 3 with tears and old tape repairs, Stuttgart, 1959-63 § Frobenius (Leo) The Voice of Africa, 2 vol., first edition, colour frontispieces, plates, illustrations,maps, occasional marginal water-staining, bookplate, original cloth, rebacked retaining original backstrip, mottled spine, 1913; 8vo & 4to (6).

Africa.- Heron (Robert) The New Universal Traveller; or a collection of late Voyages and Travels ... vol. 1 Travels in Africa, vol. 1 only (of ?2), folding engraved map frontispiece, 13 engraved plates, tissue-guards, bookplate, contemporary calf-backed boards, a little rubbed, 1811 § [Knight (Ellis Cornelia)] Dinarbas; a Tale: being a continuation of Rasselas, Prince of Abissinia, third edition, scattered spotting, previous owner's stencilled surname and initials to title, previous owner's ink inscription to front pastedown, faint abrasion mark to front free endpaper where label removed, bookplate, contemporary calf, rebacked, 1793 § Jameson (Prof.), James Wilson & Hugh Murray, Narrative of Discovery and Adventure in Africa, first edition, frontispiece, vignette title, plates, advertisements at end, bookplate, contemporary half-calf, a little rubbed, slight bumping to corners and extremities, Edinburgh, 1830 § du Bourg de Bozas (R.) Mission Scientifique: de la Mer Rouge a l'Antlantique á travers l'Afrique Tropicale, first edition, portrait frontispiece, illustrations, 3 folding maps at end, one or two short splits to folds, bookplate, contemporary morocco-backed boards, slight bumping to corners and extremities, Paris, 1906; and 2 others similar, v.s. (6)⁂ The first is scarce. Susan Pickford & Alison E. Martin write of it, "... what distinguished Heron's collection from many of its predecessors was its considerable use of translation to extend the range of travel literature that could be presented to an Anglophone readership."

NO RESERVE Africa.- Peters (Dr Carl) New Light on Dark Africa, first edition, frontispiece, plates and illustrations, folding map in rear pocket (lightly torn), light foxing, manuscript bookplate to half-title, original pictorial cloth, rubbed, fraying to spine ends, lower cover rather soiled, [Czech p.218], 4to, 1891.

Africa.- Salt (Henry) A Voyage to Abyssinia, and Travels into the Interior of That Country ..., first edition, half-title, 29 engraved plates, 5 folding engraved maps, 1 hand-coloured and with short tear, engraved illustrations, occasional marginal staining, scattered spotting, one or two faint marginal pencil notes, previous owner's signature, contemporary half-calf, rebacked retaining original backstrip, a little rubbed, [Mendelssohn p.264; Shapero, Africana 322; Blackmer 1479], 4to, 1814.⁂ "A very interesting work by Salt, who later became associated with Egyptology as the employer of Belzoni, friend of Burckhardt, and the owner of three important collections of Egyptian antiquities ... He returned to Africa in 1809 on a government mission to establish contact with the King of Abyssinia which occupied him for two years. This work described these travels and the appendix contains vocabularies of various African dialects." (Blackmer)

Africa.- Stanley (Dorothy, editor) The Autobiography of Sir Henry Morton Stanley, G.C.B., first edition, presentation copy with Lady Stanley's card pasted in, half-title, portrait frontispiece, plates, tissue-guards, bookplate, faint marginal spotting to first and last few leaves, original cloth, gilt, fractional bumping to spine extremities, 8vo, 1909.⁂ Lady Stanley's card is inscribed to "Dr. Graham Little, F. R. C. P.' and dated December, 1909. Sir Ernest Graham-Little (1867-1950) was a dermatologist and the final MP for the London University seat.

Africa.- Thomson (Joseph) Through Masai Land, first edition, signed presentation inscription from the author to half-title, frontispiece and 14 plates, 2 colour folding maps at end, some light occasional spots but mostly clean internally, hinge reinforced, original pictorial cloth, rebacked and recornered preserving original spine, rubbed, [Czech p.164], 4to, 1885.⁂ Scarce with author's presentation note. In this work Thomson recounts his expedition from the east coast of Africa to the northern shores of Lake Victoria. While in Masai territory Thomson's expedition was plagued by the suspicious local warriors, recently in conflict with German explorers. Thomson hunted rhinoceros, elephant and buffalo (one almost killed him), and captured a new species of gazelle (Gazella Thomsoni). The work provided Rider Haggard with the inspiration for King Solomon's Mines.

Africa.- Tuckey (Captain J. K.) Narrative of an Expedition to explore The River Zaire, usually called the Congo, in South Africa, in 1816, first edition, half-title, large folding map frontispiece, 13 engraved plates, of which 1 hand-coloured, scattered faint spotting, map with light off-setting, previous owner's ink signature to half-title, bookplate, new endpapers, contemporary calf, rebacked, gilt, very slight bumping to corners, [Hosken p.203], 4to, 1818

India.- Johnston & Hoffmann's Royal Tour Souvenir Album. India 1905-1906, first edition, frontispiece and illustrations, tissue-guard creased, some worming to title and first few pages, ownership stamp to endpapers, contemporary half calf, joint cracked but holding firm, rather soiled and a little rubbed, oblong 8vo, 1906.

India.- Valentia (George Annesley, Viscount) Voyages and Travels to India, Ceylon, the Red Sea, Abyssinia, and Egypt, 3 vol., first edition, 59 engraved plates, 1 hand-coloured, 3 folding, 1 inserted from another copy, 9 folding engraved maps, 1 with tiny tear to folds, 1 with small tear to gutter, engraved illustrations, corrections inserted by hand, scattered faint spotting, bookplates, previous owner's envelope loosely inserted, contemporary half-calf, rebacked retaining original backstrip, a little rubbed, slight bumping to corners, [cf. Abbey, Travel 515], 4to, 1809.⁂ Provenance: Bookplate of Sir W. G. Gordon Cumming, with envelope addressed to the same loosely inserted.

Indian Ocean & India.- Vincent (William) The Commerce and Navigation of the Ancients in the Indian Ocean, 2 vol., second edition, portrait frontispieces, 14 engraved maps, all but 2 folding, 2 engraved plates, 2 folding tables, occasional faint off-setting, scattered spotting, U1 vol. 1 with short marginal tear and no loss, 2T2 vol. 2 with short marginal tear to top edge, new endpapers, contemporary diced calf, rebacked retaining original backstrips, lightly rubbed, 1807 § Robertson (William) An Historical Disquisition concerning the Knowledge which the Ancients had of India, first edition, half-title, 2 folding engraved maps, one with short marginal tear and neat tape repair, I2 with large tear running into text with no loss, modern crushed-morocco backed boards, gilt, 1791, 4to (3)

Middle East.- Bent (Theodore) & Mrs. Theodore Bent. Southern Arabia, first edition, half-title, portrait frontispiece and 24 plates, 6 maps, of which 1 tipped-in facsimile and 5 folding, 4pp. advertisements at end, scattered spotting, occasional pencil underlining, abrasion mark to front free endpaper, bookplates, original cloth, lightly sunned spine, bumping to corners and extremities, faint staining to upper cover, 1900 § Albright (William F., editor) Publications of the American Foundation for the Study of Man, 3 vol. only, comprising; Archaeological Discoveries in South Arabia, vol. 2; Hajar Bin Humeid, vol. 3, and Sabaean Inscriptions from Mahram Bilqîs, vol. 5, plates, plans and illustrations, some folding, bookplate, original cloth-backed boards, dust-jacket, a little rubbed, slight creasing to edges, Baltimore, 1958-69; 8vo & 4to (4).

NO RESERVE Middle East.- Lawrence (T. E.) Seven Pillars of Wisdom, first trade edition, frontispiece, plates and illustrations, 4 folding maps, original buckram, light spotting, slight bumping to corners and spine extremities, 4to, 1935.

Polar.- Amundsen (Roald) The South Pole, 2 vol., first edition in English, plates, maps, illustrations, book-label of K.H. & M.J. Wilson, light browning and foxing to endpapers, the odd patch of foxing elsewhere, some slight cracking at gutter, upper hinges tender but holding, original pictorial cloth, lightly rubbed, spines a little sunned, vol. 1 with portion of discolouration to lower cover and short tear to spine head, t.e.g., [Spence 16; Taurus Collection 71], 1912; with an incomplete 2 vol. set of Cherry-Garrard's The Worst Journey in the World, 8vo (4)⁂ Amundsen's account of his triumphant conquest of the South Pole, the race for which defeated the British attempt and resulted in the tragic death of Scott.

Novels.- [Graffigny (Francoise d'Isembourg de'Happoncourt de)] Lettres d'une Peruvienne, ?first edition, ?lacking half-title, author's name supplied in contemporary manuscript on title, a little foxed, contemporary mottled sheep, spine gilt with morocco label, rubbed and scuffed, spine ends worn, Peine, n.p., [1747] § Lettres d'un Citoyen de Genève, first edition, title with woodcut ornament, foxed, original carta rustica, spine titled in manuscript, ink symbol to upper cover, uncut, tear to spine, Rotterdam, 1763 § [Marchand (Jean-Henri)] Hylaire, par un Métaphysicien, second edition (first 8vo edition), title with typographical ornaments, a crisp copy in original boards, stained, Amsterdam, E.van Harrevelt, 1768 § [?Mayeux de Saint-Paul (F.-M.)] Le Désoeuvré, ou l'Espion du Boulevard du Temple, second edition, half-title, original wrappers, uncut, frayed at edges, "Londres", 1782, all rubbed, 8vo et infra (4)⁂ The first is an epistolary satirical novel consisting of letters written by a young Incan princess abducted by Spanish sailors and introduced to French society, inspired by Voltaire's Alzire. It became hugely successful and in its description of a woman subjected to a world regulated by men was heralded by the feminist movement of the 1960s. This is one of several editions issued in 1747.The second item is a version of a parody of Rousseau's La Nouvelle Héloise, the third a parody of Marmontel's Belisaire.

Spain.- Clarke (Edward) Letters concerning the Spanish Nation, first edition, one or two ink annotations to rear, some light spotting, contemporary half calf, sympathetically rebacked, for T. Becket and P.A. de Hondt, 1763 § Bourgoanne (Chevalier de) Travels in Spain, 3 vol., first English edition, 8 folding engraved plates, 3 folding engraved map and plans (including of Madrid), without half-titles but with errata leaf, ink ownership inscriptions and stamps to preliminaries, a few instances of minor spotting or finger soiling, vol. 3 with small amount of worming to final ff. (not affecting text), contemporary calf with red morocco labels to spine, vol. 1 upper cover detached, for G.G.J et al., 1789 § Thicknesse (Philip) A Year's Journey through France and Spain, 2 vol., second edition, engraved plates, of which 1 folding, off-setting, contemporary calf with morocco labels to spine, very minor scuffing, 1788, 4to & 8vo (6)

Spain.- Fischer (Chretien) Voyage en Espagne, aux années 1797 et 1798, 2 vol., first French edition, half-titles, 2 engraved plates, some light browning, vol. 2 with the odd occasional spot, contemporary tree calf, spines gilt with green morocco labels, Paris, 1801; Travels in Spain in 1797 and 1798, first English edition, single leaf of publisher's advertisements at rear, contemporary half calf, cracking to upper spine head, extremities rubbed, by A. Strahan for T.N. Longman et al., 1802 § Baretti (Joseph) A Journey from London to Genova, 4 vol., third edition, bookplates, browning to title margins and endpapers, contemporary calf, red morocco labels to spines, a little sunned, joints lightly rubbed, for T. Davies, 1770 § Bladen (Martin) An Impartial Enquiry into the Management of the War in Spain, some browning, contemporary panelled calf, extremities lightly worn, by John Morphew, 1712; and 5 others C18th Spain, 8vo (13)

Spain & Portugal.- Beawes (Wyndham) A Civil, Commercial, Political and Literary History of Spain and Portugal, 2 vol. in 1, first edition, bookplate, occasional light spotting or minor soiling, contemporary tree calf, upper joint broken (stitching holding at foot), small chip to spine, extremities a little worn, folio, for R. Faulder, 1793.

Marriage.- Essay (An) on Modern Gallantry. Address'd to Men of Honour, Men of Pleasure, and Men of Sense. With a Seasonable Admonition to the Young Ladies of Great Britain, second edition, foxed, modern calf-backed boards with vellum tips, M.Cooper, at the Globe..., [?1750] § [Hill (Sir John)] The Conduct of a Married Life: Laid down in a Series of Letters, Written by the Honourable Juliana-Susannah Seymour, to a Young Lady, second edition, half-title, contemporary half calf, rubbed, joints split, spine ends and corners worn, R.Baldwin, 1754 § Fleetwood (William) The Relative Duties of Parents and Children, Husbands and Wives, Masters and Servants...with Three Sermons upon the Case of Self-Murther, third edition, engraved portrait by Vander Gucht, slight marginal worming at beginning, contemporary ink inscription to front free endpaper, contemporary panelled sheep, a little rubbed and marked, spine ends chipped, E.Bell [& others], 1722, 8vo et infra (3)⁂ The author of the first considers matrimony to be domestic slavery. First published in 1726 this second edition appeared in three variants, all probably in 1750. All are rare with 3 UK copies of this one in ESTC (BL, Cambridge, National Library of Wales) and another in Boston, America.

NO RESERVE Turkey.- Schliemann (Dr. Henry) Troy and its Remains; a Narrative of Researches and Discoveries made on the Site of Ilium, and in the Trojan Plain, first English edition, wood engraved frontispiece, wood-engraved and lithographed plates, 1 folding, illustrations, 3 folding maps, advertisements at end, bookplates, original decorative cloth, faded and mottled, bumping to corners and extremities, 8vo, 1875.⁂ Provenance: Bookplate of Sherard Osborn Cowper-Coles (1866-1936), British metallurgist and inventor of the 'sherardising' process of galvanization of ferrous metal surfaces.

Crahan copy.- Grimod De La Reyniere (Alexandre Balthazar Laurent) Manuel des Amphitryons, 3 parts in 1 vol., first edition, half-title, engraved frontispiece and 16 plates, final advertisement / errata f., frontispiece trimmed at foot, with loss of caption, a few small marginal repairs, occasional spotting or light staining or soiling, 20th century vellum-backed marbled boards, spine with later red morocco label, upper joint just starting at head, corners worn, rubbed, [Bitting p.203; Cagle 233; Oberlé Fastes 135; Simon BG 805; Vicaire 427-428], Paris, Capelle & Renand, 1808; and another copy of the same (not collated), 8vo (2)⁂ The first part is concerned with carving, the second with menus, and the third with etiquette for gourmets. Provenance: Marcus Crahan, sold Sotheby's, 9th & 10th October, 1984, lot 584 (bookplate to front pastedown), and again as part of Crahan-Keck Day collection, Sotheby's, 25th November, 1986, lot 225.

NO RESERVE Freud (Sigmund) Group Psychology and the Analysis of the Ego, first edition, scattered very faint spotting, pp.123-124 roughly opened with some consequent tearing, original cloth, slight bumping to corners and extremities, a little rubbed, 8vo, London & Vienna, The International Psycho-Analytical Press, 1922.

Bewick (Thomas) A General History of Quadrupeds, first edition, wood-engraved title-vignette, illustrations and vignettes by or after Bewick, manuscript inscriptions in ink to title, tear to upper corner of G2, not affecting text, numerous manuscript notes in ink tipped-in, bookplates to front free endpaper, manuscript notes in ink and pasted print extracts to front and back pastedowns and endpapers, mottled calf, rebacked, retaining original covers, new backstrip with red morocco label, top edge dust-stained, Newcastle, 8vo, 1790.

Europe.- Stevens (Sacheverell) Miscellaneous Remarks made on the Spot, in a late Seven Years Tour through France, Italy, Germany and Holland..., first edition, 7 engraved plates, 6 folding, paper flaw tear to Pp1 just touching a couple of letters, one or two other marginal tears and repairs, some foxing, plates a little browned, some trimmed to border or slightly frayed at edge (repaired), William Beckford's copy with sale catalogue slip mounted on front pastedown and note in pencil, contemporary mottled calf, gilt, spine gilt in compartments with red roan label, rubbed, light stains to lower cover, hinges repaired, 8vo, for S.Hooper, 1756.⁂ Primarily concerning Italy. Lot 2234 from the famous Hamilton Palace sale of 1883.

Birds.- Hewitson (William C.) Coloured Illustrations of the Eggs of British Birds, 2 vol., first edition, 137 hand-coloured plates, some light scattered spotting, contemporary calf, rebacked, slightly rubbed at extremities and on backstrips, head of spine of vol. 2 worn, edges gilt, 8vo, 1846.

NO RESERVE Gordon (Seton) Wild Birds in Britain, first edition, plates, foxing, modern green half morocco, spine gilt, 1938 § Khalifman (I.) Bees: A Book on the Biology of the Bee-Colony and the Achievements of Bee-Science, illustrations, contemporary ink ownership name to pastedown, original decorative cloth, gilt, lightly rubbed, Moscow, Foreign Languages Publishing House, 1951 § Leighton (Gerald R.) The Life-History of British Lizards, plates, light spotting or foxing, ink ownership name to pastedown, original pictorial cloth, gilt, light rubbing, [1901]; and c.65 others, mostly natural history, v.s. (c.70)

Masefield (John) & Edward Seago. The Country Scene, first edition, half-title, colour plates, captioned tissue-guards, original cloth-backed buckram, slight bumping to corners and spine extremities, price-clipped dust-jacket, split at lower joint, creasing and chipping to edges and extremities, 1937 § Jefferies (Richard) Field and Hedgerow, large paper edition, number 9 of 200 copies, half-title, portrait frontispiece, scattered faint spotting, bookplate, original half-vellum, t.e.g, others uncut, a little rubbed, slight spotting, bumping to corners and extremities, 1889 § Verey (Rosemary) A Countrywoman's Notes, number 29 of 260 copies signed by author, frontispiece and illustrations, original morocco-backed boards, Gryffon Publications, 1989 § Chalmers (Patrick R.) & Winifred Austen. Birds Ashore and A-Foreshore, first edition, plates, scattered very faint spotting, original cloth, bumping to corners and spine extremities, price-clipped dust-jacket, light spotting, creasing to edges, 1935; and others Natural History, v.s. (c.50)

Maw (George) A Monograph of the Genus Crocus, first edition, 81 hand-coloured lithographed plates, double-page colour map and two double-page tables, bookplate of Lawrence Austen Impey, endpapers and margins of title lightly browned, some foxing to peripheral ff., the odd spot elsewhere, original cloth, gilt, extremities lightly rubbed, t.e.g., [Nissen BBI, 1316; Stafleu & Cowan 5721], 4to, 1886.⁂ "George Maw (1839-1912) was the industrious author and illustrator of his great 'Monograph of the Genus Crocus' (1886)...His monograph, the result of ten years of inquiry, was the most complete work of its kind that has been published on any genus. The plates of this work are marvels of comprehensive detail and put to shame those of many more skilled draughtsmen. From a botanical point of view this work is a landmark."(Blunt & Stearn p. 277 & 279).

Art reference.- Ben Nicholson Prints 1928-1968, illustrations, original cloth, Alan Cristea Gallery, 2007 § Reid (Anthony) A Check-List of the Book Illustrations of John Buckland Wright, full-page illustrations, original cloth, glassine dust-jacket, fractional bumping to spine extremities, Pinner, Private Libraries Association, 1968 § Jean Dubuffet Works on Paper 1974-85, illustrations, original cloth, Waddington Galleries, 1987 § Hedgecoe (John) & Henry Moore. Henry Spencer Moore, first edition, illustrations, original cloth, slight bumping to corners and spine extremities, 1968; and others on art or artists, v.s. (c.100)

Art reference.- Bailey (David) Bailey's Democracy, first edition, illustrations, many full-page, faint damp-stain to bottom corner, original cloth, slight bumping to corners and extremities, 2005; Mixed Moments, illustrations, original cloth, slight bumping to corners and extremities, dust-jacket, small chips and tears to edges, a little rubbed, 1976 § Frizot (Michel) & Cédric De Veigy. Vu: The Story of a Magazine that made an Era, illustrations, many full-page, original cloth, slight bumping to corners and extremities, dust-jacket, slight creasing to edges, 2009; and others similar, v.s. (c.95)

NO RESERVE Art reference.- Leiris (Michel) Francis Bacon: Full Face and in Profile, half-title, plates, spotting to first few blanks, original cloth, slight bumping to corners and extremities, dust-jacket, a little rubbed, Barcelona, 1987 § Furst (Herbert, editor) The Woodcut: an annual, illustrations, many full-page, original buckram, lightly faded spine, slight bumping to corners and extremities, 1929 Escholier (Raymond) Matisse from the Life, first English edition, plates and illustrations, original cloth, slight bumping to spine extremities, price-clipped dust-jacket, slight creasing to edges, 1960; and others, art and art reference, v.s. (c.75)

Art reference.- Lewis (John) John Nash: the painter as illustrator, 'out-of-series' copy from an edition of 150, illustrations, original morocco-backed boards, slightly splayed, a little rubbed, Godalming, The Pendomer Press, 1978 § Lavery (John) The Life of a Painter, first edition, signed and inscribed by author, scattered faint spotting, modern morocco-backed boards, 1940 § Salaman (Malcolm C.) The Etchings of James McBey, frontispiece, plates, original cloth, gilt, slight bumping to corners and extremities, dust-jacket, small tear to spine head, slight chipping and creasing to edges, 1929; and others art reference, v.s. (c.110)

Art reference.- Schmalenbach (Werner) Kurt Schwitters, frontispiece, illustrations, several full-page, scattered faint spotting, original cloth, fractional bumping to spine extremities, dust-jacket, a little rubbed, chipping and creasing to edges, 1970 § Cundall (H. M.) Birket Foster, one of 500 signed by publisher, portrait frontispiece, plates and illustrations, one or two facsimiles, original pictorial cloth, rubbed and worn, bumping to corners and extremities, Adam and Charles Black, 1906 § Menpes (Mortimer) Whistler as I knew him, first edition, frontispiece, plates, captioned tissue-guards, faint spotting to endpapers, original decorative cloth, a little mottled, slight bumping to corners and extremities, 1904; and others, art reference, v.s. (c.75)

Art reference.- Topolski (Feliks) Shem, Ham & Japheth Inc. The American Crucible, first edition, illustrations, some full-page, original cloth, slight bumping to corners and extremities, price-clipped dust-jacket, chipping and creasing to edges, small tape repairs, 1971 § Wrbican (Matt) and Geralyn Huxley. Andy Warhol. Treasures, folding plates in pocket at end, plates, original pictorial boards, 2009 § Calza (Gian Carlo) Poem of the Pillow and other stories, illustrations, original boards, slight bumping to corners and extremities, 2010

Johnson (Samuel).- Ascham (Roger) The English Works, edited by James Bennet, first edition, second issue with half-title, undated title and without 'Additional Subscribers' leaf, engraved coat-of-arms to dedication, list of subscribers, slight worming to lower outer corner of first few leaves, paper flaw hole to outer margin of I3, later ink inscription of Percy Alport Molteno of Trinity College Cambridge to half-title and with his bookplate, contemporary speckled calf, red roan label, rubbed, head of spine and corners a little worn, [Chapman & Hazen 145; Courtney p.100], 4to, for T.Davies & J. Dodsley, [?1767].⁂ The dedication and life of Ascham were written by Samuel Johnson, and many believe him to have edited the whole work. "Tom Davies's statement that Johnson was in reality the editor of this book gains weight from the fact (not mentioned in Courtney) that Davies was concerned in the publication; and is borne out by internal evidence...This neglected book must now rank among Johnson's major performances in editorial scholarship." (Chapman & Hazen).

Fielding (Henry) The Works...with the Life of the Author, 4 vol., first collected edition, engraved portrait, occasional light browning or damp-staining, handsome modern half red straight-grain morocco, by Bernard Middleton, spines gilt in compartments with green morocco labels, 4to, A.Millar, 1762.

Selden (John) Table-Talk: being the Discourses of John Selden, second edition, light browning, hole to lower margin of F4, light water-staining to lower margin of last few leaves, modern panelled calf, red morocco label, [Wing S2438], for Jacob Tonson, 1696 § Overbury (Sir Thomas) The Miscellaneous Works in Verse and Prose, tenth edition, front free endpaper loose, contemporary calf, rebacked, W.Owen, 1756 § Sidney (Algernon) Discourses concerning Government, 2 vol., first Edinburgh edition, foxing, contemporary mottled calf, gilt, spines gilt with roan labels, Edinburgh, G.Hamilton & J.Balfour, 1750 § Familiar Essays, on Interesting Subjects, presentation copy from the publisher inscribed "Frances Blackburne the Gift of Mr Leigh" in ink at head of title, title browned, contemporary tree calf, gilt, spine gilt with red roan label, [ESTC records only 3 UK copies (BL, Cambridge, & Oxford) and 6 in America], for Leigh and Sotheby, 1787, rubbed; and 4 others, one with a fore-edge painting, 8vo et infra (0)

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, both dialogues with half-title, John Sparrow's copy with his book-label, contemporary sprinkled calf, red morocco label, by W.B. for A.Millar, 1764; Moral and Political Dialogues; with Letters on Chivalry and Romance, 3 vol., fifth edition, contemporary ink signature of M.McCausland to head of titles, attractive contemporary calf, spines gilt with red and green morocco labels, slightly rubbed, T.Cadell, 1776, 8vo (4)⁂ Richard Hurd (1720-1808) is best remembered today for his library accumulated while Bishop of Worcester and housed in the Bishop's residence at Hartlebury Castle, where it remains more or less intact. A friend of Warburton Hurd purchased his books and those of Alexander Pope after Warburton's death.

Picasso (Pablo).- Fabre (Josep Palau i) Picasso: the Early Years 1881-1907, Barcelona, 1996; Picasso. From the Ballets to Drama 1917-1926, Cologne, 1999, illustrations, original cloth, dust-jackets, fractional creasing to edges, slipcases, a little rubbed § Boeck (Wilhelm) & Jaime Sabartés. Picasso, plates, some colour, illustrations, previous owner's ink signature, original pictorial cloth, slight bumping to corners and extremities, dust-jacket, slight creasing to edges, New York, n.d. § Penrose (Roland) Picasso: His Life and Work, first edition, plates, original cloth, bumping to corners and spine extremities, dust-jacket, creasing and small tears to edges, a little rubbed, 1958; and others, Picasso, v.s. (c.50)

NO RESERVE Prouvé (Jean) The Poetics of the Technical Object, original cloth-backed corrugated metal boards, printed transparent wrap-around, Weil am Rhein, 2006 § McQuaid (Matilda) Shigeru Ban, original boards with cut-outs, 2003 § Ragheb (J.Fiona, editor) Frank Gehry, Architect, New York, 2001 § Wiseman (Carter) The Architecture of I.M.Pei, revised edition, 2001 § Weintraub (Alan) Lloyd Wright: The Architecture of Frank Lloyd Wright Jr., 1998, illustrations, many colour, all but the first two original cloth or boards with dust-jackets; and 8 others on architecture, mostly modern, 4to (13)

Johnson (Samuel) Mr. Johnson's Preface to his Edition of Shakespear's Plays, first separate edition, with the half-title (often missing), woodcut floral ornament to title, ink signature "?W.B.Johnson" to front free endpaper, contemporary half calf, rubbed, rebacked, corners repaired, [Chapman & Hazen 148; Courtney & Smith 103; Fleeman 65.10SP/2b; Rothschild 1249], for J. and R.Tonson [& others], 1765; A Journey to the Western Islands of Scotland, first Dublin edition, some light soiling, E3-6 defective at lower or upper corner just touching pagination on one leaf, contemporary stained calf, spine gilt with red roan label, rubbed, spine repaired, [Fleeman 75.1J/3a], Dublin, J. Williams, 1775, 8vo et infra (2)⁂ The first is printed from the preliminaries to the second edition of Johnson's Shakespeare with a half-title and title added. The second is an unauthorised edition, one of three published in Dublin in the same year as the first edition but given precedence by Fleeman.

NO RESERVE Tucholsky (Kurt) Chaim Soutine (1893-1943), 2 vol., frontispiece, illustrations, original cloth, fractional bumping to spine extremities, dust-jackets, slight creasing to edges, slipcase, a little rubbed, 1993 § Handley-Read (Charles) and Eric Newton. The Art of Wyndham Lewis, first edition, frontispiece, plates, previous owner's ink inscription, original cloth, slight bumping to spine extremities, dust-jacket, one or two small tears to top edge, creasing to edges, 1951 § Fry (Roger) Chinese Art, colour frontispiece, plates, original cloth, slight bumping to corners and spine extremities, dust-jacket, areas of loss to edges, a little rubbed and creased, 1935 § Stephens (Chris) St Ives: The Art and the Artists, plates and illustrations, original boards, slight bumping to spine extremities, 2018; and others art and art reference, v.s. (c.60)

[Sterne (Laurence)] A Sentimental Journey through France and Italy, by Mr. Yorick, 2 vol., first edition, half-titles, list of subscribers, engraved coat-of-arms on D3v of vol.2, without the loosely inserted advertisement as usual, contemporary ink signature of Mr Dixon to head of title of vol.2 but cut away in vol.1, occasional light browning or soiling, engraved Harpur bookplate, contemporary calf, gilt, rubbed, small chip to head of spine of vol.2, preserved in modern red morocco-backed cloth drop-back box, [Rothschild 1972, both vol. variant 2], small 8vo, for T.Becket and P.A. De Hondt, 1768.

NO RESERVE Donovan (Terence) Glances, first edition, signed and inscribed by Donovan on front free endpaper, 1983 § Celant (G.) & Harold Koda. Giorgio Armani, New York, 2000 § Arthus-Bertrand (Yann) La Terre: Vue du Ciel, Paris, 1999 § Ruff (Thomas) Nudes, Munich, 2003 § Struth (Thomas) Portraits, Munich, 1997 § Roth (Andrew) The Book of 101 Books: Seminal Photographic Books of the Twentieth Century, New York, 2001, illustrations, some colour, original cloth or boards with dust-jackets; and c.30 others on modern and contemporary photography, v.s. (c.35)

NO RESERVE Matsue (Taiji) Taiji Matsue, number 372 of 500 copies signed by Matsue, Tokyo, Hysteric Glamour, 2001; Taiji Matsue, number 119 of 900 copies signed by Matsue, original cloth-backed aluminium covers, with original cardboard box, Osaka, 2003; CC, first edition, signed by Matsue on front free endpaper, Tokyo, 2005, photographic illustrations, the first two original pictorial boards; and 4 others by Matsue, v.s. (7)

Sterne (Laurence) A Sentimental Journey through France and Italy..., first edition in English printed in France, half-title, woodcut coat-of-arms to E5v, a few small stains, tear to A2 (no loss), old ink library stamp to first few leaves, contemporary calf, gilt, red morocco label, a little rubbed, Paris, J.G.A.Stoupe...J.N.Bissot & Barrois, 1780; Voyage Sentimental, augmenté de l'Histoire de Deux Filles..., 2 parts in 1, 2 engraved frontispieces, lightly browned, small rust-spot to second title, contemporary tree calf, spine gilt, rubbed, "Londres" [probably Paris], 1786; A Sentimental Journey.../Voyage Sentimental..., 2 vol., only Aix edition, half-titles, parallel titles and text in English and French, attractive contemporary tree calf, spines gilt with red roan labels, Aix, Antony Henricy, 1796; Nouveau Voyage en France..., first edition, without the errata leaf at end, contemporary sheep, scuffed, Geneva, 1784 § [Gorgy (Jean Claude)] Nouveau Voyage Sentimental, first edition, half-title, with engraved frontispiece from a French edition of Sterne's work loosely inserted, lacking rear free endpaper, contemporary mottled sheep, spine gilt, green roan label, Paris, Bastien, 1784, all a little rubbed; and another, Sterne, 8vo et infra (7)⁂ The first includes 'A Political Romance, addressed to _____, Esq; of York'. ESTC records only 2 UK copies (BL & Cambridge), plus Lodz and Yale. The last is a scarce sequel to Sterne's work.

NO RESERVE Meatyard (Ralph Eugene) The Family Album of Lucybelle Crater, first edition, New York, The Jargon Society, 1974; A Fourfold Vision, one of 1000 copies, Tucson, AZ, Nazraeli Press, 2005 § Hall (James Baker) & Guy Davenport. Ralph Eugene Meatyard, An Aperture Monograph, first edition, New York, 1974, photographic illustrations, original cloth, the first with light spotting at edges, the first and last with dust-jackets; and 3 others by or about Meatyard, 4to (6).

NO RESERVE Pfeiffer (Walter) In Love With Beauty, first edition, Gottingen, 2008 § Domröse (Ulrich, editor) Herbert Tobias: Der Fotograf 1924-1982, Gottingen, 2008 § Gasser (Martin) Jakob Tuggener: Photographs, Berlin & New York, 2000 § List (Herbert) Junge Männer, n.d. § Rautert (Timm) When We Don't See You, You Don't See Us Either: Photography 1996-2006, Gottingen, 2007 § Snoeck (T.W., editor) Andreas Gursky, Cologne, 2007 § Honnef (K.) & Michael Ruetz. Heinz Hajek-Halke: Artist, Anarchist, original cloth backed boards, Gottingen, 2006, photographic illustrations, some colour, all but the last original cloth or boards, the first five with dust-jackets; and c.20 others, German photography & photographers including 4 other copies of the sixth in variant bindings, 4to & folio (c.25)

NO RESERVE Ruscha (Ed) Twentysix Gasoline Stations, second or third edition, photographic illustrations, with New York Public Library zodiac book-label mounted on inside front wrapper, original white wrappers titled in red, glacine wrapper, very slight fraying to upper edge, spine a little browned and with small chip at head, 8vo, Los Angeles, 1962.⁂ The artist's first book.

Servants.- Laws concerning Masters and Servants, second edition, with initial advertisement leaf, contemporary calf, rubbed, spine repaired, [Goldsmiths' 10483; Kress 6570; ESTC 3 UK copies only], for W.Owen, 1768 § Case (The) of Mr. James Oliphant, Surgeon, respecting a Prosecution...for the Suppos'd Murder of a Female Domestic, only edition, foxing, modern marbled wrappers, [ESTC 4 locations, 3 in UK], Newcastle-upon-Tyne, for Mr.Oliphant..., 1768 § [Barnard (Sir John, attributed to)] Some Rules for the Conduct of Life...for the Use of such Freemen of London, as take apprentices, 24pp., contemporary ink inscription to head of title, stitched in original blue wrappers, frayed at edges, no imprint, [?1795] § Broughton (Thomas) Serious Advice and Warning to Servants..., sixth edition, light soiling, old boards, spine worn, 1800, all rubbed; and 2 others concerning servants and apprentices, 8vo et infra (6)⁂ The first appeared as a tract in 1755 but was greatly expanded into the most comprehensive work on the subject hitherto and first published in this form in 1767.

NO RESERVE Sternfeld (Joel) American Prospects, first edition, Houston, 1987; American Prospects, reprint, signed by Sternfeld on title, Gottingen, 2003; Oxbow Archive, first edition, Gottingen, 2008, colour photographic illustrations, original cloth, the first two with dust-jackets; and 9 others by the same, oblong folio & 4to (12)

NO RESERVE Taylor-Wood (Sam) Crying Men, number 97 of 250 copies signed by Taylor-Wood and with an original signed print, tipped-in photographic plates, some colour, original print of Dustin Hoffman signed in ink on verso and loosely inserted, original black cloth with illustration mounted on upper cover, slip-case, 2004; and 4 others by Taylor-Wood including a trade edition of the first, 4to (5)

NO RESERVE Watanabe (Hiroshi) Veiled Observations and Reflections, number 31 of 100 copies signed by Watanabe and with an original signed print, 2002; Faces, 4 vol., vol.1 number 7 and vol.2-4 number 1 of 100 copies signed by Watanabe and with an original signed print, 2003-05, photographic illustrations, original pictorial glazed boards, all original prints numbered, signed & dated in pencil on verso, vol.2 & 3 larger and tipped into aperture mounts, the rest together with books in translucent slip-cases, West Hollywood, CA § Murakami (Takashi, editor) Little Boy: The Arts of Japan's Exploding Subculture, first edition, text in English and Japanese, original pictorial white glazed boards blocked in silver, New York, New Haven & London, 2005 § Schimmel (Paul) & others. Murakami, original cloth, dust-jacket, Los Angeles & New York, 2007, illustrations, many colour; and another by Watanabe, small 4to & 4to (10)

NO RESERVE Watson (Albert) Frozen: A Retrospective, ?limited edition, signed by Watson on title, original cloth-backed aluminium boards, with original cardboard case, Milan, 2004; Maroc, signed by Watson facing title, original boards, dust-jacket, New York, 1998; Cyclops, original boards, dust-jacket, 1994; Strip Search, 2 vol., original cloth, together in slip-case, Las Vegas, 2010, photographic illustrations, some colour; and 3 others by Watson including a trade edition of the first in boards but also signed, 4to & 8vo (8)

Weber (Bruce) Rowdy, first edition, photographic illustrations by Weber, original cream cloth titled in brown, very slight soiling to spine but an excellent copy, 4to, n.p., privately printed, 1992.⁂ Very rare; printed in memory of Weber's golden retriever Rowdy and believed to be one of only approximately 50 copies for presentation to friends.

Masturbation & Nymphomania.- Tissot (Samuel August André David) L'Onanisme. Dissertation sur les Maladies produites par la Masturbation, fourth edition, Lausanne, Marc Chapuis, 1769 bound with Bienville (J.D.T.) Nymphomanie ou Traité de la Fureur Utérine, first edition, half-title, Amsterdam, Marc-Michel Rey, 1771, together 2 vol. in 1, occasional foxing, modern bookplate of Philippe Hostaléry, attractive contemporary mottled calf, spine gilt with red morocco label, a little rubbed, 12mo.