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Large Collection of Assorted Books, including a large quantity of Trollope Society, travel/guide books, modern literature, history, Hillary (Edmund), High Adventure, Hodder & Stoughton, 1955, signed 'E.P. Hillary' on title-page; Thubron (Colin), In Siberia, Chatto & Windus, 1999, first edition, original cloth, dust jacket, etc. (12 boxes)

A Reproduction Mahogany Bijouterie Table, 66cm by 50cm by 75cm, containing one volume ''The Parish Churches in the Ancient Vale of Mowbray'' by Keith R Surgey and W David Trotman, Limited Edition book number 981/1000 first editions, signed by the authors to the fronts piece, together with a Regency style mahogany lamp table and a nest of three tables

Künstlerbücher u. Kataloge, u.a. Malakhov by Dieter Blum, Bae Bien-U, A.R. Penck u.a., 4x signiertCollectors Edition Vladimir Malakhov, mit Fotografien von Dieter Blum, Königswinter, 2009, num. und handsign. von Dieter Blum, Exemplar Nr. 482/1500, in Leinenkassette, mit Textheft, Schutzumschlag knickfaltig, Kassette mit Gebrauchsspuren, ohne Skia-Print; Bae Bien-U, Sacred Wood, with Essays by Wonkyung Byun u. Thomas Wagner, Hatje Cantz, Ostfildern 2009, im Schuber u. vom Künstler signiert; 2x Gert & Uwe Tobias, hrsg. v. Stefan Gronert u. Matthia Löbke, Snoeck, Köln 2008, Titelblatt jeweils sign., in Kassette mit Prägung, min. Gebrauchsspuren; A. R. Penck, Mein Protokoll, 3. Bitterfelder Konferenz, Edition Staeck, Heidelberg 1983, geb. im Schutzumschlag; Re-Object. Marcel Duchamp, Damien Hirst, Jeff Koons, Gerhard Merz, hrsg. v. Eckhard Schneider, Kunsthaus Bregenz, 2007, Bd. 1 einer 2-teiligen Ausstellung; Mythos. Joseph Beuys, Matthew Barney, Douglas Gordon, Cy Twombly, hrsg. v. E. Schneider, Bd. 2 einer 2teiligen Ausstellung; Dieter Blum, Cowboys. The First Shooting 1992, hrsg. v. Renate Wiehager für Daimler AG u. Friedericke Horstmann, Hatje Cantz, Ostfildern 2016

Pokemon, First Edition Booster, deutsch, original verpackt

Champaign: Sport Publishing L.L.C., 2004. First Edition. Autographed by John Starks, former NBA All-Star and New York Knicks legend. My Life, a signed 232-page memoir with a foreword by Spike Lee, includes a CD featuring an exclusive interview with Starks. ISBN: 1-58261-802-X. Artist: John Starks & Dan MarkowitzIssued: 2004Dimensions: 6.25"L x 1"W x 9.25"HCountry of Origin: United StatesCondition: Age related wear.

This limited edition Goebel porcelain collector plate, titled "The Twelve Tribes of Israel," features a vibrant depiction of Jacob surrounded by intricate symbolic artwork representing the twelve tribes. The plate was designed by renowned artist Laszlo Ispanky and is part of the first edition released in 1978. It showcases a gold-toned border, adding elegance to the colorful and detailed imagery. The reverse bears the original backstamp and edition details, including the plate number 2873 of 10,000, and it is marked "Not for Food Use." This plate comes in its original presentation box with a signed insert. A must-have for collectors of Judaica, Goebel, or Laszlo Ispanky artwork. Artist: Laszlo IspankyIssued: 1978Dimensions: 11.75" dia. Country of Origin: GermanyCondition: Age related wear.

Lincolnwood: Publications International, Ltd., 2001. First Edition. The Baseball Chronicle: Year by Year History of Major League Baseball is a 656-page comprehensive guide that chronicles the evolution of Major League Baseball, featuring highlights, player profiles, and historic milestones from each season. ISBN: 0-7853-5803-X. Issued: 2001Dimensions: 9.5"L x 1.75"W x 11.25"HCountry of Origin: United StatesCondition: Very good.

Defoe (Daniel) A Tour Thro' London about the year 1725, one of 350 facsimile copies, this one of a few specially bound to order, portrait frontispiece, plates & illustrations, folding maps, ex-library copy with stamp and ink presentation inscription partly concealed, prospectus loosely inserted, original antique style panelled calf, gilt, by Wood, t.e.g., others uncut, slightly rubbed, folio, 1929 § Walpole (Horace) The Works, 5 vol., first collected edition, half-titles, engraved portrait, title vignettes and plates, some folding, ink signature to head of titles, some foxing, contemporary tree calf, gilt, a little worn, rebacked with gilt spines, G.G. & J.Robinson, 1798 § Evelyn (John) Memoirs..., edited by William Bray, 2 vol., second edition, engraved portrait and plates, frontispieces and titles foxed, contemporary russia, gilt, spines gilt, g.e., scuffed, joints split, 1819; and another, history, folio & 4to (9)

Paulinus Nolanus (Saint). Opera, edited by Lodovico Antonio Muratori, first Muratori edition, title printed in red and black and with large engraved vignette, engraved head-piece and initial to dedication, woodcut head- and tail-pieces and initials, contemporary vellum, chipped red morocco label to spine, extremities worn, Verona, Dionigi Ramanzini, 1736; and 7 others, including Prosper of Aquitaine, Paris, 1711 and Sulpicius Severus, Verona, 1741, v.s. (8) *** The editor Muratori (1672-1750) was a Catholic priest and leading scholar of his day. He is best known for his discovery of the Muratorian fragment, which is perhaps the oldest known list of most of the books of the New Testament (dating varies between the 2nd and 4th centuries). 

Angling.- Fly-Fishing.- Blacker (William) Blacker's Art of Fly Making, &c., comprising Angling & Dyeing of colours, engraved frontispiece, with pp. of reviews after plate list, 20 plates, frontispiece and 17 of the plates with bright, fine hand-colouring, hinges cracking but firm, contemporary navy morocco, gilt, lightly rubbed, 1855 § "An Angler" [Davy (Humphrey)] Salmonia: or Days of Fly Fishing, first edition, illustrations, some spotting, contemporary calf, gilt, a little rubbed, [Westwood & Satchell p.77], John Murray, 1828; and 15 others on fly-fishing, mainly 19th century, 8vo (18) *** Provenance (first mentioned only): from the library of W.A. Foyle at Beeleigh Abbey [book-label in leather to front endpaper]

Botany.- Millais (John Guille) Rhododendrons, 2 vol., each one of 550 first edition copies, numerous colour and plain plates, some spotting, original cloth, a few minor stains and extremities slightly bumped, 1917-24 § British Flowering Plants, 4 vol., from a limited edition, illustrated by Mrs. Henry Perrin with notes and introduction by Professor Boulger,300 colour plates, some light foxing and spotting, original cream cloth, spines toned, and elsewhere a little dust-soiled or minor stains, Bernard Quaritch, 1914; and 3 others, folio & 4to (9) 

R[ogers] (D[aniel]) A Practicall Catechisme, second edition, contemporary calf, spine worn and defective, [STC 21166], by T.Cotes, for John Bellamie, 1633 § Burnet (Gilbert) A Discourse of the Pastoral Care, first edition, half-title with imprimatur to verso, advertisement leaf at end, some browning, contemporary panelled calf, [Wing B5777], by R.R. for Ric. Chiswell, 1692 § Stillingfleet (Edward) Six Sermons: with a Discourse Annexed, Concerning the True Reason of the Sufferings of Christ, first edition, with initial imprimatur leaf and advertisement leaf at end, old calf, spine defective, [Wing S5669], R.White, for Henry Mortlock, 1669 § [Tindal (Matthew)] Christianity as old as the Creation: or, the Gospel, a republication of the Religion of Nature, vol.1 [all published], first edition, contemporary speckled calf, rubbed, 1730, all rubbed or worn; and 8 others, theology, 4to & 8vo; sold not subject to return (12)

Swift (Jonathan) Gulliver's Travels, colour plates and illustrations by Arthur Rackham, pencil ownership inscription to front free endpaper, occasional light soiling, attractive contemporary red panelled morocco, gilt, spine with raised bands but lightly sunned, couple light scratches to upper cover, some very slight discolouration to lower cover, some rubbing to spine and corners, 1909 § Muir (Kenneth) Life and Letters of Sir Thomas Wyatt, first edition, signed by the author on dedication f., half-title, frontispiece and plates, full green morocco by Sangorski & Sutcliffe, spine lightly faded, g.e., Liverpool University Press, 1963; and others, leather-bound, a couple odd vol., v.s. (8)

Poetry.- Anderson (Robert) and others. Ballads in the Cumberland Dialect...With Notes and a Glossary, [?second edition], engraved frontispiece, woodcut tail-pieces, binder's ticket to foot of pastedown, scattered soiling and light staining, lightly browned, later pencil notes to rear free endpaper, handsomely bound in full red morocco by Edmund Worrall, Birmingham, gilt, very small stains to spine and lower cover, couple faint surface scratches, some light rubbing to joints and extremities, uncut, Wigton, R. Hetherton, 1808 § [Hamilton (Sarah)] "A Resident of Sherwood Forest". Sonnets, Tour to Matlock, Recollections of Scotland, and Other Poems, first edition, half-title, the odd spot, upper joint tender, later straight-grain brown morocco, gilt, spine lacking labels and with shallow chipping to ends, rubbing to joints and extremities, J. Mawman, 182; and others, 19th century poetry, leather-bound, including an extra-illustrated copy of 'The Invitation; A Rhyming and Locodescriptive Epistle, Containing Sketches of Scenery in Wilts and Dorset' (Shaftesbury, Bastable's Press, 1833), 8vo (6)

Quakers.- Barclay (Robert) An apology for the True Christian Divinity, as the same is held forth and preached by the People called, in Scorn, Quakers, lightly browned, Y gathering torn at inner margin extending slightly into text, small nick to fore-edge of a few leaves, with later ink note to verso of title "This book was formerly in the possession of Mr.James Jackson a tailor and member of the Society of Friends who died at Settle and his books were sold", later half sheep, worn, [Wing B721], [?London], 1678; another edition, fourth edition, 4pp. advertisements at end, contemporary ink inscription of Deborah Robinson (& others) to front endpapers and initials to title, contemporary panelled calf, upper cover detached, T.Sowle, 1701 § [?Stubbe (Henry)] A Light Shining out of Darkness...with a Brief Apology for the Quakers..., third edition, first couple of leaves slightly frayed at fore-edge, contemporary panelled calf, red morocco label, [Wing S6058], T.Sowle, 1699, rubbed or worn; and another on Quakers, 4to & 8vo (4)

Dickens (Charles) The Personal History of David Copperfield, first edition in book form, frontispiece, additional engraved title and 38 plates by Hablot K. Browne, plate at p.49 with short tear repaired, plate at p.378 with small abrasion mark affecting few letters of imprint, some other marginal nicks or very short tears to text and plates, some plates very lightly browned, some foxing, mainly to plates, spotting to endpapers, attractively bound in blue half morocco by Bayntun, gilt, spine very slightly faded, some very light rubbing to extremities, t.e.g., [Smith I, 9], Bradbury & Evans, 1850; and 4 others by the same, first editions in book form, including Bleak House, 8vo (5)

Sci-Fi.- Clarke (Arthur C.) A Fall of Moondust, first English edition, jacket with larger tears at upper fold and joint, 1961 § Stugeon (Theodore) More Than Human, some light spotting to initial pages, 1954 § Brunner (John) No Future In It, first edition, 1962, all in original cloth, with dust-jackets, mostly with small chips and/or small amounts of creasing and fraying to extremities, Victor Gollancz; and 5 others all published by Gollancz, 8vo (8)

Dickens (Charles) The Life and Adventures of Nicholas Nickleby, first edition in book form, engraved portrait frontispiece by Finden after Maclise, 39 engraved plates by Hablot K. Browne ('Phiz'), lacking half-title, extra-illustrated with 40 engraved plates by T. Onwhyn (some under pseudonym 'Peter Palette'), frontispiece lightly offset, occasional foxing, usual browning to plate margins, ?original publisher's full morocco binding, tooled in gilt, rebacked preserving original gilt backstrip, some light rubbing to extremities, g.e., [Smith I, 5], 8vo, Chapman and Hall, 1839. 

Angling.- Younger (John) On River Angling for Salmon and Trout: more particularly in the Tweed and its tributaries, first edition, browning and some ?damp-staining, front endpaper loose, book-label, contemporary black calf, some wear to extremities, [Westwood & Satchell p.244], 16mo, Edinburgh, William Blackwood and Sons, 1840.

Women poets.- Pearson (S[arah or Susanna]) Poems on Various Subjects, first edition, 8pp. list of subscribers, lacking half-title, small abrasion marks to pastedown and front free endpaper, occasional light soiling, contemporary diced calf, spine gilt and with red morocco label, some wear to corners, lightly rubbed, S. Low, 1800; and 3 others, 19th century poetry by women, small 8vo (4) *** According to Jackson, the author is more probably Sarah Pearson than Susanna, a name under which she is also known, and was a native of Sheffield. Poems include "On Reading in Several Publications Many Insidious Allusions to Mrs. Radcliff's Elegant Novel, The Mysteries of Udolpho", "On Being Asked to Go to the East-Indies", "The Mysterious Knight", "On Reading Mr. Southey's Tale of Donica", and others.

Dickens (Charles) Our Mutual Friend, 2 vol., first edition in book form, half-titles, wood-engraved frontispieces and 38 plates by Marcus Stone, vol. 1 with 36pp. publisher's catalogue at end, vol. 2 with advertisement f. and 4pp. publisher's catalogue at end dated November 1865, half-title to vol. 2 with very small ink mark or stain, scattered foxing, original blind-stamped cloth, rebacked preserving original gilt backstrips (slightly faded, particularly gilt to vol. 1), small patch of faint discolouration to vol. 2 upper cover, small loss to spine ends, some wear to corners and joints, endpapers renewed, [Smith I, 15], Chapman and Hall, 1865; and others by or relating to Dickens, including the 3 vol. first edition in book form of Master Humphrey's Clock, and the Fountain Press reprint of Pickwick Papers in 20 parts, 8vo (28)

Dentistry.- Chémant (Nicolas Dubois de) A Dissertation on Artificial Teeth. Evincing the Advantages of Teeth made of Mineral Paste..., fourth edition, engraved portrait frontispiece and one double-page plate, presentation inscription "From the Author" to front free endpaper, same endpaper with contemporary ownership name of John Turton M.D. to head, frontispiece offset, plate and few text ff. nearly loose, some browning, some spotting or light foxing, upper hinge strengthened affecting flourish to inscription, original marbled boards with printed paper label to upper cover, rebacked in calf, circular sticker of Ash's Circulating Library to lower cover, extremities worn, T. Bensley, 1804; and others 19th century, various subjects, including A Stevenson Medley, one of 300 copies (1899), 8vo & 12mo (6) *** Fourth edition in English of a work originally published in French in 1797 and first translated the same year. Dubois was a pioneer in the manufacture of artificial teeth. 

Angling.- Whole Art of Fishing (The)..., first edition, engraved frontispiece, woodcut initials and head- & tail-pieces, frontispiece fore-edge very slightly curled, 1714, bound with A Discourse of Fish and Fishponds, 1715, together 2 works in 1,  2ff. publisher's advertisements at rear, contemporary calf, lacking spine label, lightly rubbed, for E. Curll; and another of the same in modern taupe calf, small 8vo (2)

Bible, English.- Holy Bible (The), comprising The Old & New Testaments and The Apocrypha, 8 vol., engraved dedication, list of subscribers, 2 engraved frontispieces and 73 plates after Fuseli, Reynolds, West and others, and numerous head- & tail-pieces, some tissue guards, some light foxing to plates, mostly marginal, spotting or browning to some leaves of text, contemporary blue straight-grain morocco, gilt, covers with decorative border in gilt and blind, spines gilt in compartments with five pairs of raised bands, ivory silk doublures and flyleaves edged with gilt floral roll, g.e., rather rubbed and faded, some scuffs, vol.1 & 8 rebacked preserving old spines, [Herbert 1442], folio, for Thomas Macklin [& T.Cadell and W.Davies] by Thomas Bensley, 1800-16.*** A handsome copy of this remarkable Bible, "the most ambitious edition produced in Britain, often pirated but never rivalled." - DNB.Macklin first announced his plan to publish this lavishly illustrated work in 1789 and devoted the next 11 years of his life to bringing his plans to fruition. He sadly died 5 days after the completion of the final engraving so never lived to see the completed work.

Bible, English. The Holy Bible..., 2 parts in 1, without the Apocrypha, by John Bill, Christopher Barker, Thomas Newcomb and Henry Hills, 1678 bound with Whole Book of Psalms (The), for the Companie of Stationers, 1678, together 2 works in 1 vol., first title with contemporary ink signature of Sarah Scurfield and soiled & stained and frayed at edges, browned, contemporary panelled black morocco, gilt, with acorns to inner edges at head and foot, spine gilt in compartments, rubbed, spine ends and corners a little worn; and 3 other Bibles including a 1647 edition with contemporary annotations and bound in red morocco, gilt, 4to & 8vo (4)

Theatre.- Etherege (Sir George) The Works...containing his plays and poems, first collected edition, some spotting and staining, lightly browned, contemporary panelled calf, rebacked, spine in compartments and with red morocco label, joints starting, but holding firm, corners worn, rubbed, Printed for H.H. and sold by J. Tonson, 1704; and 41 others, Plays and related reference works, v.s. (42) *** Provenance: John Carne, 1734; '[Illegible] Marlow' (contemporary ink inscriptions to title). 

Beardsley (Aubrey) Lysistrata, one of 100 numbered copies, 8 loose plates, ?one a Beardsley forgery, original yellow paper portfolio, portfolio chipped and frayed at edges, lacking backstrip, covers and flaps detached, each plate 305 x 250mm., [Germany], Privatdruck, 1905. *** Rare early edition of plates from Beardsley's fin-de-siècle erotic masterpiece, first published in 1896 in an edition of only 100 copies. We cannot trace another copy of this particular portfolio at auction. The plate 'Lysistrata defending the Acropolis' is not present, replaced by what is seemingly a Beardsley forgery.

Angling.- Gentleman Angler (The). Containing Short, Plain and Easy Instructions..., first edition, half-title, woodcut initials and head-piece, ink inscription to title head and engraved bookplate, contemporary calf, gilt, joints cracked but holding, a little worn, [Westwood & Satchell p.104-5], small 8vo, for A. Bettesworth, 1726.

Blake (Quentin) Words and Pictures, limited edition, spine and edges of dust-jacket a little faded, 2000; Laureate's Progress, limited edition, 2002; The Life of Birds, a few surface marks to dust-jacket covers, 2005; first editions, signed by the author, original boards, a little bumped, dust-jackets, light bumping to spine ends and upper edges, excellent copies, 4to (3)

Dickens (Charles) Hard Times. For These Hard Times, first edition in book form, first issue with p.244 misnumbered 44, half-title, occasional spotting, mainly to endpapers and fore-edge, light browning to endpapers, original first state olive green moiré cloth, priced 5/- at foot of spine, usual light sunning to spine and fading to cover margins, slight fraying to spine head, some very small marks, light bumping to spine ends and corners, still an excellent example overall, [Eckel p.131; Smith I, 11], 8vo, Bradbury & Evans, 1854. 

Dyke (Thomas) Reading Made Perfectly Easy; or, An Introduction to the Reading the Holy Bible..., thirty-first edition, edited by D. Fenning, woodcut frontispiece with license to print to verso, woodcut pictorial alphabet and illustrations, very occasional small worming to head, affecting letter of text to *I5v, pagination a couple times trimmed, occasional small staining, scattered foxing, gutter cracked at points, lacking front free endpapers, contemporary calf, lacking much of backstrip, rubbed and worn, S. Jewkes & Co., [?1785]  § Chevreul (Michel Eugène) The Principles of Harmony and Contrast of Colours, first edition in English, translated by Charles Martel, folding letterpress table, 4 plates at end, 3 double-page and 1 folding with flap, 24pp. publisher's catalogue, folding plate with very short tear into image without loss, very occasional light spotting, light marginal browning, original blue cloth, spine slightly darkened and with couple short tears, wear to corners, extremities rubbed, some splitting and wear to joints but covers holding firm, Longman, Brown, Green & Longmans, 1854; and various others, 19th century, including Digby Wyatt's Notices of Sculpture in Ivory (1856) and 3 reports relating to the Melbourne International Exhibition, v.s. (8)

Angling.- Cole (Ralph) The Young Angler's Pocket Companion; or a New and Complete Treatise on the Art of Angling, first edition, folding engraved frontispiece of 3 plates on 2 sheets (one of anglers, 2 of fish & hooks), the former here laid down to pastedown, a closed tear to latter at top edge, gutter broken at p.96, contemporary calf-backed boards, covers detached and lacking back-strip, [Westwood & Satchell p.62], 12mo, for R. Bassam [& others], 1795.

[Prior (Matthew] Poems on Several Occasions, ?subscriber's issue, engraved frontispiece and title vignette after Cheron, engraved head- & tail-pieces and initials, list of subscribers including Abraham Barber with contemporary ink signature of Marg'tta Barber to head of title, frontispiece shaved at edges, some soiling and marginal water-staining, contemporary black panelled morocco, gilt, spine gilt, g.e., rather worn, splits to joints, Jacob Tonson...and John Barber, 1718 § Wycherley (William) Miscellany Poems..., first edition, first issue with "The End of the First Volume" on final leaf (no slip pasted over), mezzotint portrait after Lely (trimmed close to plate-mark with slight loss to imprint at sides, new upper & lower margins), errata leaf, contemporary panelled calf, rebacked preserving old red roan label, rubbed, C.Brome [& others], 1704 § Drayton (Michael) The Works, first collected edition, engraved title  vignette, 2pp. list of subscribers bound at end, some spotting and soiling, contemporary calf, spine gilt, worn and stained, corners and spine repaired, by J.Hughs, 1748; and 3 others, similar, folio & 4to (6)

Beerbohm (Max) A Survey, one of 275 copies signed by the author, colour frontispiece, the others plain, all tipped in, with captioned tissue guards, g.e., dust jacket, a few nicks and bumps at spine ends and edges, William Heinemann 1921; Caricatures of 25 Gentlemen, first edition, slight surface soiling to margins, a few stains to covers, Leonard Smithers, 1896; Observations, first edition, colour frontispiece, the others plain, all tipped in, with captioned tissue guards, very occasional light spotting, dust jacket, a few stains and markings to covers, a little loss to upper margin of lower cover, William Heinemann 1925, original cloth, spine browned or faded, spine ends and corners bumped, a little rubbed to extremities; and 8 others by the author, v.s. (11).

Laski (Marghanita) The Victorian Chaise-Longue, first English edition, boards slightly marked, dust-jacket, extremities a little nicked and rubbed, 1953 § Haynes (Dorothy K.) Thou Shalt Not Suffer a Witch, ownership inscription on slightly spotted front free endpaper, 1949 § Stonier (G.W.) The Memoirs of a Ghost, first edition, boards slightly marked, jacket extremities rubbed, 1947, original boards or cloth; and 11 others, horror fiction, 8vo (14)

Geology.- [Lowry (Delvalle)] Conversations on Mineralogy, 2 vol., first edition, folding hand-coloured engraved frontispiece, 11 plain engraved plates, of which 10 folding, vol. 1 without advertisements at start, book-label, frontispiece offset, a couple plates trimmed affecting plate number or imprint, some spotting to plates and vol. 1 title, 19th century green half calf, morocco spine labels, spines lightly faded, some rubbing to extremities, 1822; and a volume containing various 19th century extracts on geology, earthquakes, volcanoes etc, some plates, 8vo (3)

Arabian Nights (The), translated by Rev. Edward Forster, 5 vol., engraved plates after Robert Smirke, some with slight foxing, vol.1 with light water-staining to lower outer corner of first few leaves, engraved bookplate of Edward Manners, contemporary dark blue straight-grain morocco tooled in gilt and blind, spines gilt, a little rubbed and scuffed, printed by W.Bulmer & Co., 1802 § Book of the Thousand Nights and a Night (The), translated by Capt. Sir R.F.Burton, 12 vol., portrait and plates, modern purple morocco-backed cloth, t.e.g., others uncut, 1897; another edition, translated by Dr. J.C.Mardrus & edited by E.Powys Mathers, 16 vol., one of 750 sets on Antique Paper, colour frontispieces, original parchment-backed boards, t.e.g., others uncut, a little soiled, privately printed for subscribers to the Casanova Society, 1923, 4to & 8vo (33)

Byron.- Brockedon (William) Finden's Illustrations of the Life and Works of Lord Byron, 3 vol., additional engraved titles and 120 plates, occasional off-setting, foxing or damp-staining (particularly to additional titles), contemporary maroon calf, gilt, scuffed, g.e., 1833-34 § Byron (George Gordon Noel, Lord) The Corsair, first edition, second issue, early variant ending on p.100 but without the words 'The End' and the printer's imprint, half-title, ink ownership inscription title head, contemporary tree calf, gilt, rebacked, corners a little rubbed, 1814; Hebrew Melodies, 1816, bound with The Prisoner of Chillon and Other Poems, 1816 and The Siege of Corinth and Parisina, 1816, together 3 in 1, first editions [issues unknown], some spotting and light browning, contemporary calf, rebacked but upper cover detached, rubbed, 8vo (5)  

Bees.- Butler (Rev. Charles) The Feminine Monarchie or a treatise concerning bees, and the due ordering of them, first edition, woodcut printer's device to title, illustrations within text of C7r&v, musical notation to F1r, decorative initials and head- and tail-pieces, occasional early ink marginalia, title with inner margin wormed (with loss of first two letters of 'Feminine' and 'Printed' in imprint), chipping to outer margin, and soiled, a2-4 (To the reader), A1, D1 and O4 (final f.) inner margin wormed, affecting a few letters at some line ends (without loss of sense), C2 small tear to lower corner (affecting part of printed sidenote recto and verso), D8 outer margin trimmed (affecting some printed sidenotes) and loose, a few ff. with worming to inner margin, water-stained (causing some mostly marginal purple damp-staining to sigs. N&O at end), some spotting, lightly browned, some corners creased, remains of contemporary limp vellum, [British Bee Books 18; Walker Catalogue p.11; Madan I, p.73; STC 4192], 8vo, Oxford, Printed by Joseph Barnes, 1609.  *** 'This is the greatest early British bee book and contains the best account of skep beekeeping which is available today' (British Bee Books). The first edition is exceedingly rare at auction, and we must go back to 1933 to find a copy (which was in poor condition). The woodcut musical notation (the first music printed at Oxford, according to Madan) was an attempt to capture the piping of the queen at swarming time. Our copy enhanced by early ink annotation. Provenance: Thomas Bryan Richards, F.S.A., 13th June, 1804 (ink inscription to title); The Holland-Leathwood family of Dam Head Farm Estate, Mobberley, Cheshire, and by descent thereafter. 

Joyce (James) Ulysses, fourth printing (second by Shakespeare & Company), errata leaf at end, a little browned, contemporary sheep-backed boards, spine faded and a little rubbed, Paris, Shakespeare and Company, 1924 § Sassoon (Siegfried) Memoirs of a Fox-Hunting Man, first illustrated edition, plates and illustrations by William Nicholson, modern half calf, 1929 § Rolfe (Frederick) Hadrian the Seventh, first edition, first issue, 32pp. catalogue at end, some spotting, a few leaves frayed at edge, later half calf, original cloth binding (blocked in white) mounted on pastedowns (stained, traces of labels), spine rubbed and faded, 1904 § Gunn (Thom) Collected Poems, one of 150 copies signed by the author, original cloth-backed yellow boards, t.e.g., transparent wrapper, card slip-case, 1993; and 36 others, modern literature, some bound, including a 10th printing of Ulysses (1928) and a boxed set of Shaw's plays, 8vo & small 4to (40)

Language.- Danish.- Schneider (Christian Frederik ) Danish grammar. Adapted to the use of Englishmen. To which are added, A short historical description of Copenhagen, and various extracts from Danish authors, first edition, engraved title, occasional spotting, lightly browned, contemporary continental half calf, spine gilt and with red leather label, upper joint chipped at head, corners worn, rubbed, [Alston XIII, 114], Copenhagen, Printed for F. Brummer, by J. Popp, [1799]; and another, 18th century Danish, 8vo (2)

[Varlo (Charles)] Miscellany of Knowledge...By Several Gentlemen...Poetry...By an Irish Gentleman, now in America. A Twelve-Month's Tour, of Observations, Through America..., second edition, list of subscribers, some light soiling to title, L1 short tear to foot without loss, O6 portion of loss to fore-edge affecting some text, scattered foxing, contemporary marbled calf, morocco spine label, spine and extremities rubbed, [Sabin 49452], Printed for the Editor, 1792 § Locke (John) An Essay Concerning Human Understanding, 2 vol., tenth edition, with large Additions, engraved portrait frontispiece, engraved bookplate, ownership name of James Spedding to pastedowns, vol. 1 G4 small paper-flaws to foot affecting signature, vol. 2 last few ff. of Index with small worming within text, occasional marginal worming elsewhere, gutter cracked at points but holding, vol. 2 front free endpapers loose, contemporary panelled calf, lacking spine labels, rubbed and worn, for Arthur Bettesworth & Charles Hitch, 1731; and others 17th and 18th century, various subjects, 8vo & 4to (8) *** The first mentioned includes the poem "On General Washington; An Allegory" (pp.1-7) and "A Twelve-Month's Tour Through America" (pp.251-94), in which the author dined with George Washington and comments on him and his wife. 

Steinberg (Saul, illustrator) The Passport, first English edition, original cloth-backed pictorial boards, spine ends a little rubbed, 1954; The Art of Living, original pictorial cloth, spine slightly toned, 1952; The New World, original printed cloth, a tiny tear at one corner, dust-jacket, spine sunned, small nicks and minor rubbing to extremities, 1965, all profusely illustrated by Steinberg; and a group of others, including 2 more Steinberg, the others art and design related, v.s. (18) 

Tolkien (J.R.R.) The Silmarillion, first edition, endpapers toned, original cloth, a little marked, dust-jacket, spine faded, the odd tear and nick to edges, a little scuffed to extremities, 1977 § Tolkien (J.R.R.) & E.V. Gordon, editors. Sir Gawain and The Green Knight, bookplate and ownership inscription on endpapers, original cloth, lacking spine, extremities rubbed and frayed, Oxford, Clarendon Press, 1925; and 3 others, Tolkien, v.s. (5) 

Angling.- Scotland .- Stoddart (Thomas Tod ) The Art of Angling, as practised in Scotland, first edition, title vignette, ink ownership inscription to front endpaper, hinges weak, contemporary cloth, slightly marked and dis-coloured, spine ends slightly worn, Edinburgh, W. & R. Chambers, 1835 § [Ayrton (William)] The Adventures of a Salmon in the River Dee, by a friend of the family, with original additional pictorial title (bound after letterpress title) and a plates, some ff. browned, occasional spotting, bookplates, contemporary green half morocco, rubbed, with original printed upper wrapper bound-in,  William Pickering, 1853 § Knox (Robert) Fish and Fishing in the Lone Glens of Scotland, title and other illustrations, small stain to title, book-label, later morocco-backed boards, spine head rubbed, original printed wrappers bound-in, 1854, [Westwood & Satchell p.203; p.2; p.127]; and 33 others fishing in Scotland, mostly 19th century, quite a few in pictorial or decorative cloth and gilt, v.s. (36) 

Cookery.- Smith (Mary) The Complete House-keeper, and Professed Cook, first edition, 2 folding engraved plates, both torn and offset, foxing and staining, heavy in places, contemporary sheep, worn, [Bitting p.439; Maclean p.136; Oxford p.106;  Cagle 1000], 8vo, Newcastle, Printed by T. Slack, for the Author, 1772.*** Quite scarce work by a woman who is described on the title-page as "Late House-keeper to Sir Walter Blackett, Bart. and formerly in the Service of the Right Hon. Lord Anson, Sir Tho. Sebright Bart. and other Families of Distinction, as House-keeper and Cook."

Art & architecture.- Piranesi (Francesco) Monumenti Degli Scipioni, first edition, engraved vignette, 6 engraved plates, very small marginal worming throughout, generally single tiny wormhole, soiling, water-stained, gutter split, endpapers stained with loss, uncut in contemporary boards, lacking backstrip, very worn, [Rome], 1785; and 4 others art related, of which 3 disbound 18th century parliamentary Acts, one with mention of widow Jane Hogarth, v.s. (5)

Angling.- Bowlker (Richard) The Art of Angling Improved, in all its parts Especially Fly-Fishing containing A particular Account of the several Sprts of Fresh-Water Fish, with their most proper Baits..., first edition, bound with 36ff. blank leaves at rear, the first with a 19th century ink manuscript entry, ink inscription and later slip to pastedown, contemporary calf, upper cover detached and with abrasion, [Westwood & Satchell, p.39], 12mo, Worcester, by M. Olivers, 1747*** The MS entry at rear dated 1813 is a draft for a letter to the editor of the Monthly Magazine, giving advice for "readers who may be desirous of obtaining good carp", to sow hay seeds in the mud in April, providing good fattening food for the winter. 

Ireland (William Henry) Neglected Genius. A Poem. Illustrating the Untimely and Unfortunate Fate of Many British Poets..., 4pp. list of subscribers, bookseller's ticket of J. Bumpus, some light spotting, light browning, gutter split at points but holding, uncut in original boards, printed pink paper label to upper cover, lacking backstrip, light staining, worn, W. Wilson, 1812; Scribbleomania; or, The Printer's Devil's Polichronicon. A Sublime Poem. Edited by Anser Pen-Drag-On, Esq., title printed in red and black with vignette, 3pp. advertisements at end, bookplate of Anne & F.G. Renier, first few ff. with light stain to foot of gutter, few gatherings working loose, some light foxing or browning, uncut in original boards, ink manuscript number to spine, spine ends with small loss and faint tape residue, rubbed and worn, lower cover nearly detached, for Sherwood, Neely & Jones, 1815, first editions, book-label of J.O. Edwards; and a first edition copy of Ireland's 'Chalcographimania; or, The Portrait-Collector and Printseller's Chronicle' in original boards (1814), 8vo (3)

Henderson (William Augustus) The Housekeeper's Instructor; or, Universal Family Cook, first edition, engraved frontispiece, and 11 plates (of which one folding and another lacking half) small hole to title, slightly impacting text, ink manuscript recipes to free endpaper and title verso, ink inscription to front free endpaper and A3, a few short tears to margins, occasional surface marks, water-staining and spotting, contemporary half calf, spine faded, bumping to spine ends, splitting to upper joint, worn, 8vo, W. and J. Stratford, [1790] § Hunt (P. Francis) & Mary A. Grierson. Orchidaceae, 'out of series' copy from an edition of 600 signed by author and artist, 40 colour plates, original vellum, g.e., original slipcase, a little rubbed, folio, The Bourton Press, 1973, and 4 others, unrelated, v.s. (6)

Funeral Rites.- Perucci (Francesco) Pompe Funebri di tutte le Nationi del Mondo. Raccolte dalle Storie Sagre, et Profane, first edition, engraved architectural title, 20 half page engraved vignette illustrations of funeral scenes, and several other smaller, woodcut head- & tail-pieces and initials, dedication leaf ([pi]2) bound following contents rather than title, lacking final blank, later half calf, some wear to extremities, [Brunet IV 524], 4to, Verona, Francesco Rossi, 1639.*** First edition of this anthropological work on funeral rites, rituals and celebrations from all over the world, both ancient and modern, including some from the new worlds of the Americas, such as the natives of Peru. 

Poetry.- Holloway (William) The Country Pastor; or Rural Philanthropist: A Poem, first edition, half-title, engraved frontispiece, 2 advertisement leaves at end, book-label of J.O. Edwards, contemporary pencil ownership inscription to pastedown and couple letters in ink, frontispiece lightly offset, spotting, lightly browned throughout, uncut in original boards, rebacked, surface soiling, rubbed, for Gale and Curtis, 1812 § Sheridan (Richard Brinsley) Clio's Protest; or, "The Picture" Varnished. With Other Poems, couple very short marginal tears, some light browning and soiling, ex-library copy with ink-stamp to title and few other ff. and label to rear free endpaper, modern marbled wrappers, for Joseph Arnould, 1819; and others, 19th century poetry, including a first edition copy of Samuel Rogers' Human Life in original boards, 4to & 8vo (c.20) *** Sheridan's Clio's Protest was first published as part of his 'The Rival Beauties, A Poetical Contest' [1772].

Raleigh (Sir Walter) A History of the World, with initial 'The Minde of the Front' leaf, engraved additional allegorical title by R.Elstrack dated 1614 and letterpress title incorporating engraved portrait (all trimmed and laid down), lacking maps, plates and final colophon leaf, tables at end cut and one missing lower portion, some soiling and staining, final leaves frayed at edges, contemporary panelled calf, rubbed, rebacked preserving old spine, corners repaired, [STC 20638a], Printed [by William Iaggard, W. Stansby and N. Okes] for Walter Burre, 1614 [but 1621] § Fuller (Thomas) The History of the Worthies of England, first edition, engraved portrait frontispiece, lacking blanks but with 12pp. 18th century index bound at end, light browning, bookplate of Edmund Waller, later russia, gilt, rubbed, corners worn, rebacked preserving most of old gilt spine, [Wing F2440], by J.G.W.L. and W.G., 1662 § Burnet (Gilbert) Bishop Burnet's History of His Own Time, 2 vol., vol.1 with Advertisement to Reader leaf and list of subscribers, woodcut head-pieces and initials, spotting at beginning and end, contemporary speckled calf, rubbed, rebacked, corners worn, Thomas Ward, 1724-34; and 2 others, including an imperfect 1666 edition of the first but with the 8 double-page maps (a little water-stained), folio; sold not subject to return (6)*** Fuller's history contains the first printed biographical reference of Shakespeare, 46 years after the playwright's death.

[Newton (Sir Isaac)] [The Mathematical Principles of Natural Philosophy], vol. 1 only (of 2), first edition in English, translated by Andrew Motte, engraved frontispiece and head-piece by A. Motte, 25 folding engraved plates, lacking title, ownership inscription "James Spedding accepted this from ?Doct. Hamilton's faithfull friend C.S., 1749" to pastedown and front free endpaper, light browning to frontispiece, plate 18 with loss to lower corner, small marginal worming to both text and plates, generally to outer corners, soiling, browning to endpapers, contemporary calf, very worn, [Babson 20; PMM 161], 8vo, [for Benjamin Motte], [1729]. *** First English edition of vol. 1 of Newton's Principia, considered one of the most important works in the history of science.  

Dickens (Charles) The Mystery of Edwin Drood, first edition in book form, bound from original parts with wrappers bound at rear (few with ink ownership name to head and slightly trimmed), engraved portrait frontispiece, additional vignette title and 12 plates by Luke Fildes, with 1f. list of Dickens' works but without publisher's catalogue, plate at p.50 with short marginal tear, foxing, attractively bound in later polished calf, spine gilt and with red and navy morocco labels, upper cover with faint strip of sunning to head, some very light spotting or surface soiling, corners slightly rubbed, t.e.g., [Smith I, 16], Chapman and Hall, 1870; and a copy of the same work in the original 6 monthly parts, 8vo (7)

Angling.- [Brookes (Richard)] The Art of Angling, Rock and Sea-Fishing: with the Natural History of River, Pond and Sea-Fish, first edition, title in red and black, woodcut vignette to title and prolific woodcuts of species throughout, 5pp. publisher's advertisements to rear, some very light and minor soiling, ?twentieth century half calf, a little rubbed at extremities, [Westwood & Satchell, p.42], small 8vo, by and for John Watts, 1740.*** Provenance: from the library of W.A. Foyle at Beeleigh Abbey [maroon leather book-label].

Women poets.- Parsons (Letitia) Verses, Hymns and Poems, on Various Subjects; Composed under a long Series of Affliction and Deprivation of Sight, [part 1 only], book-label of J.O. Edwards to verso of title, title with small loss to upper blank corner and few very small holes affecting few letters, some light spotting and staining, lightly browned throughout, modern wrappers, Tonbrige, T. Dakens, 1815 § Opie (Amelia) Lays for the Dead, first edition, lithographed frontispiece, book-label of J.O. Edwards, contemporary ink gift inscription to front free endpaper, Contents leaves with some omitted names supplied in contemporary ink manuscript, some light browning and spotting, later green morocco, spine and extremities slightly darkened, some faint spotting to lower cover, rubbing to joints and extremities, t.e.g., Longman, Rees, Orme &c, 1834; and others, 19th century poetry by women, one by Mary Russell Mitford with A.L.s. from the author laid down, 8vo (17) *** The first mentioned the first part only, with a second part numbering 42pp. printed by T. Dakens in the same year. Letitia Parsons (1744-1806) was about thirty when she underwent a conversion experience. In the last twenty years of her life she suffered from poor health and went blind in her last years. The two parts of her Verses appear to have been first published in 1806 and 1808.

Poetry.- Crichton (Rev. Arthur) The Festival of Flora. A Poem. With Botanical Notes, second edition, half-title, 8 hand-coloured engraved plates, including additional vignette title dated 1819, 6pp. publisher's catalogue at end, ownership inscription "Ann Everett, The Gift of the Revd. John Hewlett. 5th July 1826" to pastedown, some light browning and offsetting, some spotting or light surface soiling, uncut in original boards, printed spine label rubbed with small text loss, wear to spine and extremities, joints split but holding, for N. Hailes, 1818 § Walker (James Scott) The South American, A Metrical Tale...With Historical Notes, and Other Poems, first edition, contemporary ownership inscription to pastedown, another to front free endpaper crossed through, light foxing and browning throughout, uncut in original boards, printed paper spine label with small chip to upper corner, loss to spine ends, some staining, quite worn, Edinburgh, Archibald Constable & Co., 1816; and others, 19th century, most poetry, including 'The Dessert, A Poem, to which is added The Tea' (1819), 8vo & 12mo (8)

Hakluyt (Richard) Collection of the Early Voyages, Travels and Discoveries, of the English Nation, 5 vol., one of 250 sets from an edition of 325, some spotting (mostly titles), vol.1 with manuscript index mounted on stubs at beginning and title torn and frayed (repaired), ex-library set with stamp to verso of titles, contemporary calf, gilt, rather scuffed, rebacked with gilt spines, 1809-1812 § Wordsworth (Christopher) Athens and Attica: Journal of a Residence there, first edition, 3 lithographed plates, 2 folding maps and folding inscription, plates lightly foxed, contemporary calf, spine gilt, 1836 § Polo (Marco) The most Noble and Famous Travels..., edited by N.M.Penzer, limited edition, colour frontispiece, folding map, original vellum-backed cloth, uncut, Argonaut Press, 1929 § Fitton (E. & S.M.) Conversations on Botany, third edition, hand-coloured engraved plates,  contemporary calf, spine gilt, 1820, all rubbed; and 18 others, travel, science, natural history & sport, mostly bindings, 4to & 8vo (26)

Photography & art.- Graham (Paul) Beyond Caring, first edition, signed by the photographer on half-title, 33 colour photographic plates, very slight toning to margins, original pictorial wrappers, spine ends and corners lightly rubbed, Grey Editions, 1986 § Coldwell (Paul) Freud's Coat, one of 100 copies signed by the artist in pencil, illustrations, original cloth, little rubbed, Zinc Editions, 1996 § Haskins (Sam) Cowboy Kate & Other Stories, photographic illustrations, original cloth, spine ends slightly toned, dust-jacket, upper panel with couple small chips to laminate at head, spine very slightly toned and with few nicks to head, some rubbing to extremities, slip-case, Bodley Head, 1965, v.s. (3) *** The first mentioned now regarded as one of the key works from Britain's wave of "New Colour" photography.