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Marine Society. The Bye-Laws, and Regulations of the Marine-Society, incorporated in MDCCLXXII...to which is prefixed, the Historical Account of the Institution..., first edition, engraved title with medallion vignette, list of subscribers, subscriber's copy with engraved bookplate of Sir Timothy Waldo, contemporary calf, spine gilt with red roan label, rubbed, spines worn at foot, [Higgs 5565; Not in Goldsmiths'], n.p., 1772; and a seventh edition of 1829, 12mo (2)⁂ The "historical account" (62pp.) was written by Jonas Hanway himself for it was he who, in 1756, had got together a group of shipowners and merchants to form a society to supply men and boys for the sea service and to equip them with the proper gear (see also lot 66). During the war years, 1756-1763, some 10,625 men and boys were thus fitted out for sea duty. ESTC cites 6 UK copies of this first edition.Sir Timothy Waldo (d.1786), wealthy lawyer and City merchant who purchased Hever Castle in Kent in 1749. According to the list of subscribers Waldo contributed 30 guineas to the scheme.

Egypt.- Light (Sir Henry) Travels in Egypt, Nubia, Holy Land, Mount Libanon, and Cyprus, in the year 1814, first edition, half-title, engraved map misbound as frontispiece, 19 plates (2 folding), vignettes, some foxing and offsetting, contemporary blind-stamped calf, a little rubbed, joints cracked, 4to, 1818.

Darwin (Erasmus) The Botanic Garden; A Poem, in Two Parts, 2 parts in 1 vol., part 1 first edition, part 2 third edition, part 1 with general title and its own title, part 2 with half-title and letterpress title, engraved frontispieces and 18 plates, of which 5 by William Blake (including 4 unsigned of the Portland Vase), errata f. at end of each part, a few contemporary manuscript notes bound in, contemporary pencil marginalia, offsetting, some spotting and water-staining, heavier in places in part 1, lightly browned, modern green half calf, gilt spine in compartments, [cf. Henrey 468 & 470], 4to, Printed for J. Johnson, 1791.

East India Company.- By-Laws, Constitutions, Orders, and Rules, for the Good Government of the Corporation of the United Company of Merchants of England trading to the East-Indies..., stitched in old marbled wrappers, a little rubbed and soiled, [Kress B.2702], 1794 § [Monson (William)] A Letter to a Proprietor of the East-India Company, first edition, lacking half-title, stab-holes, modern boards, [Goldsmiths' 8511; Kress 5050], for T.Osborne, 1750 § Address (An) to the Proprietors of India Stock, shewing...the necessity of sending Commissioners to Regulate and Direct their Affairs from Abroad..., first edition, with half-title and final blank (both a little soiled), modern cloth, S.Bladon, 1769 § Pulteney (William) The Effects to be expected from the East India Bill, upon the Constitution of Great Britain, if passed into Law, first edition, foxing to final leaf, modern marbled boards, [Goldsmiths'12531; Kress B629], J.Stockdale, 1783, 8vo (4)⁂ The By-laws... had been revised by the East India Company's Committee of By-laws, not least to try and stamp out the practice of illicit trade by some Company directors. This is one of several printings of the Company's rules of engagement, each now very rare. Of this 1794 printing ESTC locates other copies only at BL and 2 in America (Kress, Harvard and Bancroft Library, Berkeley). The second concerns the capture and ransom of Madras by the French in 1746.

Blyton (Enid) The Folk of the Faraway Tree, first edition, signed presentation inscription from the author to endpaper, illustrations by Dorothy M. Wheeler, many coloured by a later (though neat) hand, original cloth, spine faded, rubbed, 8vo, 1946.⁂ The third title in Blyton's Faraway Tree series, scarce signed.

Roquefeuil (Camille de) Journal d'un Voyage Autour du Monde, Pendent les Années 1816, 1817, 1818 et 1819, first edition, 2 vol., 2 folding engraved maps, including double-hemisphere world map, contemporary ink ownership inscription of Mr. de Flavigny tipped-in before half-titles, maps with light offsetting, some foxing, contemporary calf-backed boards, spines gilt, rubbed, [Sabin 73149], 8vo, Paris, 1823.⁂ The scarce sole account of the third French circumnavigation of the globe. Commanded by Roquefeuil, the ship Bordelais visited the Pacific and Northwest coast of America, including Hawaii, California and Alaska.

Health of the Poor.- Rules and Orders of the Public Infirmary at Liverpool, 24pp., a few spots, modern boards, Liverpool, T.Billinge, 1803 § Proceedings of the Board of Health in Manchester, first edition, small stain to title, old Greenock Library label to front pastedown and gilt stamp to upper cover, rubbed, corners worn, rebacked with gilt spine, Manchester, S.Russell for Cadell & Davies, [1805] § Clerke (Rev. Sir William) Thoughts upon the Means of Preserving the Health of the Poor...addressed to the Inhabitants of the Town of Manchester, 27pp., first edition, lightly browned, modern calf-backed marbled boards with red morocco label to upper cover, [Goldsmiths' 14475; Wellcome II p.359], J.Johnson, 1790, 8vo (2) ⁂ The Liverpool Infirmary was founded in 1743 and took six years to build at a cost of £2,600. It was brought about due to the insanitary conditions of Liverpool at that time. The population, which had been only about 5,000 in 1700 had by 1749 quadrupled to 20,000. Many were housed in ill-drained streets, the unsanitary conditions leading to widespread illness. The Rules and Orders was a comprehensive handbook outlining the governance of the hospital, with detailed rules about admission and discharge of patients, and the roles of medical staff, patients, and visitors. Patients were forbidden to swear, gamble or smoke and were expected to assist with tasks if they were able. This 1803 printing is rare with only a BL copy listed by Library Hub.The second item is in effect a detailed diary of the work of the Manchester Board of Health between its foundation in January 1796 and August 1804. It had been set up in 1796 by local medical men and Manchester's philanthropists "to consider of proper means to secure the general health of the town and neighbourhood of Manchester from the contagion of an infectious fever, which has long prevailed amongst the manufacturing poor". Library Hub locates 4 copies but none in British Library.

Voyages.- Roberts (Captain George) The Four Years Voyages of Capt. George Roberts; being a series of Uncommon events, first edition, 4 engraved plates, 1 folding engraved map, scattered spotting, lightly browned, bookplate, later calf, rebacked, bumping to corners and extremities, [Sabin 71888], 8vo, 1726.⁂ This work is occasionally attributed to Daniel Defoe, however this is disputed by Furbank and Owens.

Mountaineering.- Fellows (Charles) A Narrative of an Ascent to the Summit of Mont Blanc, first edition, presentation inscription from author to half-title, mostly erased, hand-coloured title vignette, 10 hand-coloured plates, 1 table, 1 facsimile, occasional pencil annotations, scattered faint spotting, new endpapers retaining bookplates, ex-library with marginal ink-stamps, contemporary half-calf, rebacked and recornered, library labels to upper cover, a little rubbed, [Neate F18], 4to, 1827.⁂ The rare coloured issue, of which Meckly claims only 18 are known. Provenance: Inscribed to Rev D. Wilkins, and with his bookplate. Occasional marginal pencil notes, presumably in Wilkins hand.

Du Maurier (Daphne) Jamaica Inn, first edition, signed by the author on endpaper, ink gift inscription in another hand "M. M. Chatterton Easter 1936 from L. W. S." to front free endpaper, light edge-spotting occasionally straying to margins, light browning to half-title and rear endpaper, original cloth, slight shelf-lean, light sunning to spine, 8vo, 1936.⁂ Scarce signed.

Stoker (Bram) Dracula, first Dutch edition, occasional light browning or marginal toning, foxing to endpapers, bookplate of Pim Bouwmeester to front pastedown, original off-white cloth, lettering and linear decoration in black, slight shelf-lean, light foxing, surface soiling, 8vo, Amsterdam, Van Holkema & Warendorf, 1928.⁂ A rare early edition of Dracula with an attractively minimalist cover design. We can trace no other example of this edition at auction or on WorldCat.

James (P.D.) A Mind to Murder, first edition, original cloth, slight bump to foot of spine, dust-jacket, some minor marks to flaps, light creasing to spine, the jacket 3mm. shorter that the book but a bright and fine example otherwise, 8vo, 1963.⁂ A superb example of the author's second novel. Rare is such bright condition.

Corn Trade.- Fitz-Geffry (Charles) The Curse of Corne-horders: with the Blessing of seasonable Selling. In three sermons, on Pro. II.26. Begun at the general Sessions for the County of Cornwall, held at Bodmyn, and continued at Fowy, first edition, variant of edition with Edward Dight in imprint, title with large woodcut of a vermin-infested grain silo being set alight, woodcut initials and typographical head-pieces, occasional light foxing but generally a good, clean copy, engraved Cunliffe bookplate to rear pastedown, nineteenth century half calf, a little rubbed and faded, [Goldsmiths' 624; Kress S.619; STC 10938], small 4to, By I[ohn] B[eale] for Michael Sparke, 1631.⁂ A detailed portrait of the chaotic and apparently uncontrolled corn trade in early 17th century England, which is generally condemned by the author. He refers to the "Lucksters or badgers of corne", the "greedy Farmer" and "covenous Merchant", all of whom are guilty.Charles Fitz-Geffry (Geffrie or Geoffrey), 1576-1638, an Elizabethan poet and clergyman, was born in Cornwall, the son of a Protestant parson. In 1603 he was presented with the living of St Dominick's at Hatton in Cornwall. He seems to have settled down there while publishing several of his sermons together with a final book of poetry.

[Evans (Mary Ann)], "George Eliot". Mill on the Floss, 3 vol., first edition, vol. 1 and 3 with half-titles (lacking in vol. 2), each book with divisional fly-titles, vol. 3 with 16pp. publisher's catalogue at end, vol. 1 with small amounts of soiling (including ink), otherwise some light finger soiling and occasional browning, vol. 1 with endpapers renewed (close in colour to originals), original orange-brown cloth (Carter variant A), vol. 1 sympathetically rebacked with original backstip laid down, labels neatly removed and a few stains to covers, extremities lightly bumped and scuffed, [Baker & Ross A5.1.a1], 8vo,William Blackwood and Sons, 1860.⁂ Baker & Ross suggest that of the three issues of 1860, this issue with only single blank at start (as here) is the first.

Le Carré (John) The Spy Who Came in from the Cold, first edition, cut signature of the author laid onto front pastedown, original blue boards, light sunning to spine tips, dust-jacket, slight dulling to spine, light rubbing to spine tips and corners, else fine, housed in handsome velvet-lined double slipcase of red morocco inside another of slate-grey with a cyan-blue and black inlay depicting a spy standing in a shaft of light, lettered in gilt, (light browning to spine), 8vo, 1963.

Darwin (Charles) The Descent of Man, 2 vol., first edition, second issue, wood engraved illustrations, lacking half-titles and advertisements, bookplate of William John Robertson with ink inscription below gifting the books to his son-in-law to front pastedowns, contemporary half calf, spines gilt in compartments, spines darkened, rubbed, [Freeman 837], 8vo, 1871.⁂ Provenance: By descent in the Cornford family.

Livius (Titus) Historiae Romanae decades, edited by Marcus Antonius Sabellicus, collation: [*]6 a10 b6 c10 d-n8 aa-ii8 kk ll6 A-G8 H10, 256 ff. (of 262, lacking sig. [*6], the first of which blank), a1 and n8 blank, 59 lines and headline, Roman type, initial spaces (the first supplied in later ink), some mostly marginal water-staining, spotting or light foxing, lightly browned, modern vellum, yapp edges, red morocco label to spine, folio (327 x 215mm.), Venice, [Johannes Rubeus Vercellensis], 5 November, 1491.⁂ A wide-margined copy of this rare edition at auction of Livy's Roman history. Matteo Capcasa has also been suggested as the printer, but although the types are indistinguishable the layout suggests Rubeus rather than Capcasa (Sheppard 4119).Provenance: later Dominican ink inscription to upper margin of a2. Literature: Goff L-245; H 10137; GW M18491; Bod-inc L-123; BSB-Ink L-193; ISTC il00245000.

Isotype.- Neurath (Marie) Railways Under London,some light foxing to margins, slight pulling, light sunning to spine, covers a little spotted, extremities rubbed, 1948; Inside the Atom, browning to endpapers, splitting to lower joint, extremities a little rubbed, 1956 § Neurath (Marie) and J. A. Lauwerys. The First Great Inventions, light browning to endpapers, light bumping and wear to spine ends and corners, 1951, first editions, colour illustrations, original pictorial boards, 4to (3)⁂ An excellent group of scarce Isotype works including the rare true first edition of Railways Under London, we can trace no example of this work at auction or in commerce.Marie Neurath and her husband Otto pioneered the technique that came to be termed the International System of Typographic Picture Education (Isotype) as a means of widely communicating social-scientific data and instructions. After the pair fled to the UK from the Netherlands following the 1940 invasion of the Nazis, the Neurath's founded the Isotype Institute in Oxford, continuing the work they had begun on the continent. The war proved to be an opportunity to diffuse the ideas the couple had established and they received numerous commissions from the Ministry of Information. Following the end of the war and Otto's death in 1945, Marie continued to apply Isotype principles and designs to representing complex information, principally in popular science books for young persons as in the present examples.

Meares (John) Voyages Made in the Years 1788 and 1789, From China to the North West Coast of America. To which are Prefixed...A Voyage Performed in 1786, from Bengal, first edition, engraved portrait frontispiece, 17 engraved or aquatint plates, many folding and neatly mounted on stubs, 10 engraved maps and charts, list of subscribers, book-label of Carl Wendell Carlsmith to front free endpaper, 1 folding map with small hole to central fold, printing flaw to p.169 affecting text, offsetting, some light foxing or browning, contemporary marbled calf, rebacked, preserving original gilt backstrip, new spine label, corners repaired, rubbed, endpapers renewed, [Sabin 47260; Hill 1126; Abbey, Travel 594], large 4to, Printed at the Logographic Press, 1790.

Catullus (Gaius Valerius),Tibullus & Propertius. [Opera], first Aldine edition, first issue, collation: A-E8, F4; A-D8 E4; a-i8, italic type, hole to title with loss of text on verso, later ink inscriptions on title and verso of penultimate leaf, ink pagination and a few annotations, some light foxing, Venice, Aldus Manutius, 1502; bound with Lucanus (Marcus Annaeus) [Pharsalia], collation: a-r8 s4, italic type, ink pagination, later ink annotations to verso of final leaf, some foxing, Venice, Aldus Manutius, 1502, early calf, gilt leaves and title to upper cover and sun device with face to lower cover, all within blind-stamped and ruled borders, spine in compartments, lacking ties, corners and spine ends worn, joints cracked, 8vo (160 x 100mm.).⁂ First work is the first issue with "Propetius" in title and with "Benedicti Filio" in preface, instead of "Leonardi filio".Provenance: pencil note to front pastedown 'Sotheby's 22/x/57 lot 414 £EO/-/-'.Literature: I: Aldo Manuzio tipografo 55; Ahmanson-Murphy 52; Renouard 39:16; Adams C1137; Edit 16 CNCE 10356 II: Aldo Manuzio tipografo 59; Ahmanson-Murphy 56; Renouard 33:3; Adams L1557; Edit16 36129.

St.Helena.- [Beatson (Alexander)] Papers relating to the Devastation Committed by Goats on the island of St.Helena, first edition, some light staining, cropped shaving a couple of leaves towards end, ex-Rothamsted Agricultural Library copy with stamp to front paste-down, modern antique-style calf, red morocco label to spine, 8vo, St.Helena, Printed for S. Solomon by J. Coupland, 1810.⁂ Goats were first introduced to St.Helena by the Portuguese to provide meat for passing ships. By the nineteenth century however they had wrought considerable ecological damage on the island; following a visit to the island in 1843, Joseph Hooker wrote: "Probably 100 St Helena plants have thus disappeared from the Systema Naturae since the first introduction of goats on the Island".Rare; only 3 copies listed by Library Hub (BL, National Library of Scotland and Natural History Museum). We can trace only this copy sold at auction, sold in these rooms in 2018.

Trade.- Merchants-Petitioners and Trustees for the Factory at Leghorn. The Answer...to the Account of Damages laid to the Charge of the Great Duke of Toscany by Sir Alexander Rigby, Mr. Will. Shepard, and Mr. Will. Plowman: together with their reply, and the Merchants-Petitioners second answer thereto..., first edition, with the additional title-page 'An humble apology to the Queen', light marginal soiling to main title, a good crisp copy in attractive contemporary pink patterned-paper boards with a design of foliage and flowers with animals, birds and hunters, rubbed and faded, corners worn, lacking most of backstrip, [Goldsmiths' 4052; Hanson 390; Kress 2408], folio, 1704.⁂ Scarce. A complex case of malpractice and commercial double-dealing in the important English business community at Leghorn (now Livorno) in Tuscany. The case involved John Pollexfen (1636-1715), the rich English merchant and political economist who was an original member of the Board of Trade (from 1696-1707), and the lawyer Sir John Cooke (1666-1710), the Advocate-General. The other players were Sir Alexander Rigby, whose trading company, Sir Alexander Rigby & Co., had been established at Leghorn in 1690, but who by 1716 was declared a bankrupt having been imprisoned for debt. The Grand Duke of Tuscany was Cosimo III de Medici (1642-1723).Scarce, with only 5 copies in UK, 5 in America and one in France.

Geography.- Dionysius Periegetes. De situ orbis, translated by Antonius Beccaria, first edition, collation: a-d8 e10, 42 ff., the last blank, 24-27 lines, Roman type, text of a1r within woodcut white vine on black border with shield within roundel at foot, woodcut white on black decorative initials, occasional later ink marginalia, outer margins trimmed, with some loss to printed side-notes in places, foxed, some staining, modern binding of ?older vellum over boards, soiled, small 4to, (200 x 140mm.), [Venice], [Bernhard Maler, Erhard Ratdolt & Peter Löslein], 1477.⁂ Rare first edition of this compendium of geographical descriptions of the known world. Here in its first prose translation by the Veronese humanist Antonio Beccaria, who was secretary to Humphrey, Duke of Gloucester, himself a great patron of the humanistic arts. The final two leaves contain a list of countries and islands in Europe, Africa and Asia. As well as one of the earliest references to China ('Thina') in Western literature, we find information on the gems and minerals of various countries. Also, amongst the updated material from our translator, we read about the merits of Ireland's horses and that country's use of peat. Literature: BMC V 244; Goff D-253; H 6226*; Bod-inc D-099; BSB-Ink D-177; GW 8426; ISTC id00253000.

Greene (Graham) The Man Within, first edition, spotting to edges, occasionally straying into text margins, original cloth, fine, dust-jacket, light toning to spine, some very light surface soiling to panel, a near-fine copy, [Wobbe A2a], 8vo, 1929.⁂ Greene's first novel, the success of which allowed him to pursue a full-time career as an author.

Law.- Meriton (George) Land-Lords Law: A Treatise very fit for the Perusal of all Gentlemen and others, first edition, variant issue with 171pp., lacking initial blank, [Wing M1803; cf.Goldsmiths' 1756, another issue of 143pp.], contemporary sheep, a little rubbed and marked, for Henry Twyford, Thomas Dring, and John Place, 1665 § March (John) Reports: or, New Cases, first edition, contemporary ink annotations, browned, worming to lower margin affecting a few lines towards end, ink sketches to front pastedown, contemporary sheep, rubbed and scuffed, [Wing M576], by M.F. for W.Lee [& others], 1648, 12mo & small 4to (2)

Pacific.- Porter (Capt. David) Journal of a Cruise Made to the Pacific Ocean...in the United States Frigate Essex, 2 vol. in 1, first edition, engraved portrait and 13 plates, including 2 maps (1 folding), bookplate of Frederick E. Ellis, small marginal worming to first few leaves, map torn, repaired and silked, browning and light foxing throughout, p.107 with small portion of loss, affecting a few letters, contemporary marbled calf, neat repairs to spine, 8vo, Philadelphia, 1815.

Rowling (J.K.) Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone, first deluxe edition, first printing, original cloth with mounted colour illustration and gilt signature, very slight bumping to spine tips, otherwise fine, g.e., 8vo, 1999.

Astronomy.- Wittie (Robert) Ouranoskopia [graece]. Or, a Survey of the Heavens. A Plain description of the admirable Fabrick and Motions of the Heavenly Bodies, as they are discovered to the Eye by the Telescope... To which is added the Gout-Raptures, first edition, title within double-rule border, lacks final advertisement f., without prelims a1-2 (dedicatory verses by Brian Fairfax and T. Guidott) as some other copies so possibly an issue point, some light foxing and staining, contemporary sheep, rebacked and recornered, covers leather cracking, [Wing W3229], 8vo, by J. M. for the author, 1681.⁂ Includes discussion of the telescopes of Hooke and Gallileo and the probability of other inhabited stars.Provenance: John Rich (ink name on title and final leaf); L. Cowlishaw (bookplate).

Isherwood (Christopher) All the Conspirators, first edition, presentation inscription from the author "To Katharine [Tynan], with the author's affection and esteem. May 1928" to endpaper, light browning to endpapers, original cloth, spine rubbed, a few light patches of fading to spine and covers, dust-jacket, spine slightly darkened, spine ends and corners a little chipped with 1/2" portion of loss to head of spine, not affecting title, light creasing to head, light surface soiling to panels, extremities a little rubbed, [Westby and Brown p.3], 8vo, 1928.⁂ A good association copy of Isherwood's first book. Irish author and critic Katharine Tynan (1859-1931) became Isherwood's first reviewer when she singled him out for praise in her review in The Bookman following the publication of his poetry in the 1921-22 volume of Public School Verse. Isherwood returned the compliment in sending her the present copy.

[Evans (Mary Ann)] "George Eliot". Scenes of Clerical Life, 2 vol., first edition in book form, half-titles, divisional fly-titles, contemporary ink ownership inscription to half-titles and titles, some light finger soiling to margins, original purple cloth by Edmonds & Remnants (Baker & Ross variant A), sympathetically rebacked with original back-strip laid down (slight wear visible to spine ends), some light scuffing, slipcase, [Baker & Ross A3.2], 8vo, William Blackwood and Sons, 1858.⁂ First edition, one of only 1050 copies printed, of Eliot's first foray into fiction. The collection of three novellas was well-received during its first publication in Blackwood's Magazine in 1857; they explore themes later characteristic of her work and give origin to her 'nom de plume'.

Ancient Greece.- Schliemann (Dr. Henry) Mycenae: A Narrative of Researches and Discoveries at Mycenae and Tiryns, first edition in English, 1878; Tiryns. The Prehistoric Palace of the King of Tiryns, a few small spots to covers, tiny chips to spine head, 1886, plates and plans, some chromolithographed or folding, illustrations, bookplate of P.G. Skinos, handsomely bound in uniform polished tree calf, gilt, by Worsfold, green morocco labels to spines, lightly rubbed, t.e.g., 8vo & 4to.

Beebe (William) A Monograph of the Pheasants, 4 vol., first edition, number 39 of 600 copies, 90 colour plates by Thorburn, Grønvold, Lodge, Fuertes and others, 88 photogravure plates, 20 maps, captioned tissue guards, very occasional foxing but a very good copy, original cloth, t.e.g., slightly rubbed (mainly vol.1), [Anker 31; Nissen IVB 84], large 4to, 1918-22.

East Asia.- Hall (Capt. Basil) Account of a Voyage of Discovery to the West Coast of Corea, and the Great Loo-Choo Island, first edition, half-title, 5 engraved maps (2 folding), 10 engraved or aquatint plates, all but 2 hand-coloured, some with tissue-guards, bookplate of William Bagge, light offsetting, mostly from text to plates, some light foxing but overall a crisp copy, contemporary half calf over marbled boards, spine gilt, rubbed, upper joint split at head, [Abbey, Travel 558], 4to, 1818.⁂ With coloured aquatint plates after William Havell, who accompanied the embassy. "Hall's book... describes... his explorations in the little known eastern seas, and his visit to Canton (Guangzhou). His interview with Napoleon, who had known his father as a schoolboy at Brienne, is also recounted in the book" (ODNB).

Fleming (Ian) Casino Royale, first edition, first impression, light spotting to edges and endpapers, ink inscription to front fee endpaper, crease to pp.17-18, original black boards with heart motif in red to upper cover, spine lettered in red, slight shelf-lean, slight bumping to spine tips and corners, first issue dust-jacket without Sunday Times review, price-clipped, slight dulling to spine, spine ends and corners a little chipped with chip to head of spine touching author's name, small portion of insect damage to upper fore-edge, lower panel with light spotting and browning, 1 or 2 very short nicks to head and foot of upper panel with some light creasing but a very good copy overall, 8vo, 1953.

India.- Burton (Sir Richard Francis) Goa, and the Blue Mountains; or, Six Months of Sick Leave, first edition, first issue, half-title, lithographed frontispiece and 3 plates, 1 folding map, old strengthened tape to folds verso, scattered spotting, faint marginal staining, ex-Barnsley Institute with occasional ink-stamps, number to first B1 in manusript, modern half-calf, [Penzer pp.37-38], 8vo, 1851.⁂ First issue of Burton's first work, with the frontispiece being the 'View of Old Goa.'

Sunday Schools.- Parsons (Philip) Six Letters to a Friend, on the Establishment of Sunday Schools, first edition, modern marbled boards, T.Becket, 1786 § Blagdon Controversy (The); or, Short Criticisms on the late Dispute between the Curate of Blagdon, and Mrs. Hannah More, relative to Sunday Schools..., first edition, contemporary ink signature to title (shaved), browned, modern cloth backed boards, Bath, for the author, 1801; and another on Sunday schools, 8vo et infra (3)⁂ The 1780s was a decade in which the idea of providing Christian education for working class children in Sunday schools burgeoned and actually translated into practice. Philip Parsons (1729-1812) was a Church of England clergyman and schoolmaster from Essex who became curate at Wye in Kent and ran a school there until his death. His Six Letters are all addressed to his friend, the philanthropist Jonas Hanway, "the friend of the public, [and] the avowed and generous patron of the poor". ESTC records 3 UK copies (BL, Cambridge, Oxford) and 2 in America; Library Hub adds National Library of Scotland.In 1795 Hannah More had established a Sunday school in Blagdon, one of several she founded in the poverty-stricken villages of the Mendip hills in Somerset in an attempt to keep the young from crime. The curate of the parish, Thomas Bere, was opposed to the school on the grounds that it was Evangelical and it was forced to close. The affair expanded into a national debate on how the labouring classes should be educated and by whom.

Machiavelli (Niccolò) The Florentine Historie, first English edition, translated by Thomas Bedingfield, title in woodcut border with printer's device at foot, woodcut initials and head- and tail-pieces, tiny chip to title fore-edge, first few ff. lightly browned, lacking final blank, twentieth century 'Grolier' style calf, decorative onlay and gilt, raised spine bands, gilt, [STC 17162], small folio, by T[homas] C[reede] for VV[illiam] P[onsonby], 1594.⁂ The first edition in English of Machiavelli's history of Florence, which was commissioned by the Medici family. It was first published posthumously in 1532.

[Defoe (Daniel)] A New Voyage Round the World, By a Course Never Sailed Before, first edition, 2 parts in 1 vol., engraved frontispiece and 3 plates, bookplate of Driscoll Piracy Collection to front free endpaper, tear to C8 but but no loss, gutter split at [2]B2 with a gathering working loose, lightly browned throughout, some scattered foxing, a few gatherings with minor damp-staining to foot, modern paper-backed boards, neat ink manuscript title to spine, spine a little sunned, [Moore 469; Goldsmiths' 6348], 8vo, Printed for A. Bettesworth & W. Mears, 1725.

Graves (Robert) Good-Bye to All That, first edition, first issue, frontispiece, plates, light browning to endpapers, original cloth, dust-jacket, slight toning to spine, small patches of insect-damage to upper panel and fore-edge, a few small nicks to head and light creasing, some light foxing but an excellent example, 8vo, 1929.⁂ The first issue, with the reference to Spiritualism on p.290 and the unauthorised transcription of a poem from Sassoon to Graves on pp.341-3, subsequently removed at Sassoon's request and reintroduced in the second edition.

Krusenstern (Capt. Ivan Fedorovich) Voyage Autour du Monde, Fait dans les Années 1803, 1804, 1805 et 1806, 3 vol. including the rare Atlas, first French edition, half-titles, Atlas with 21 lithographed plates and 9 engraved maps (3 folding), tissue-guards, vol. 1 with contemporary ink ownership inscription to title, text lightly browned and with a few instances of marginalia in red pencil, some light scattered foxing or spotting, uniformly bound in later calf-backed marbled boards, spines gilt with morocco labels, very lightly rubbed, Atlas spine a little sunned, an attractive set, [Sabin 38332; Hill 953], 8vo & folio, Paris, 1821.⁂ The first French edition of Krusenstern's circumnavigation, thought to be translated from the original Russian by the author. This is the only edition to include the Atlas, "very important and difficult to obtain" (Hill).

Asia.- Habersham (A.W.) The North Pacific Surveying and Exploring Expedition; Or, My Last Cruise, first edition, engraved additional title, frontispiece and 28 plates, some with tissue-guards, 4pp. publisher's advertisements at end, library bookplate to pastedown and subtle embossed stamp to title, abrasion mark to pastedown where another bookplate removed, a few gatherings starting to work loose, the odd spot or small stain but overall a clean copy, original pictorial cloth, spine gilt, spine ends a little chipped and frayed, worn at corners, elsewhere lightly rubbed, [Sabin 29466], 8vo, Philadelphia & London, 1857.

Murdoch (Iris) Under the Net, first edition, signed by the author on title, some marginal foxing, two Autograph Cards signed "Iris" from the author loosely inserted, ink ownership inscription and bookseller's label to front pastedown, slight shelf-lean, spine slightly browning, spine ends a little bumped with short split to head, dust-jacket, light sunning to spine, spine chipped at head, light marginal browning and small splash-mark to rear panel, a very good copy, 8vo, 1954.⁂ The author's first novel, scarce signed.

Belcher (Capt. Sir Edward) Narrative of a Voyage Round the World, Performed in Her Majesty's Ship Sulphur...Including Details of the Naval Operations in China, 2 vol., first edition, 3 folding engraved maps in pocket at beginning of vol. 1, 19 plates, wood-engraved illustrations, tissue-guards, 16pp. publisher's catalogue at end of vol. 1, bookplate and label of Carberry Tower Library, vol. 1 frontispiece lightly offset, occasional light foxing, mostly to plates, a few with minor damp-staining to foot, hinges repaired, original blind-stamped cloth, neatly rebacked, with original sunned backstrips laid-down, lightly rubbed, [Sabin 4390], 8vo, 1843.⁂ An important survey of the Pacific and its islands, and the coast of Northwest America from California up to Alaska. The naval operations refer to the First Opium War.

Corn Trade.- Torrens (Robert) An Essay on the External Corn Trade, third edition, title and dedication leaf with old tape stains to inner margin, R.D.Collison Black's copy with his signed book-label, contemporary half calf, rubbed, rebacked preserving old gilt spine, [Goldsmiths' 24886; Kress C1807], 1826 § Grounds and Danger (The) of Restrictions on the Corn Trade considered; together with a letter on the substance of rent, second edition, half-title (soiled), modern cloth, [Goldsmiths' 24876; cf. Kress C542, first edition], 1826 § Jacob (William) Tracts relating to the Corn Trade and Corn Laws, first collected edition, ex-Rothamsted Agricultural Library copy with ink stamp to front pastedown, original cloth-backed boards (boards recovered), uncut, 1828; and 3 others on the corn trade and corn laws, 8vo (6)⁂ The first is one of Torrens's most important contributions to political economy. The Essay was a landmark, first published in 1815. Ostensibly as a response to the immediate practical issue of protection to agriculture it proceeded to develop many of the basic concepts of classical political economy, and presented Torrens' independent discovery of the modern theory of rent.

[Evans (Mary Ann)], "George Eliot". Middlemarch. A Study of Provincial Life, 4 vol., first edition in book form, each book with divisional fly-title, without errata (as often), vol. 1 half-title misbound at p.212 before fly-title of Book II (?with traces of original wrappers at gutter), vol. 2-4 lacking half-titles, vol. 1 contents leaf ([iii-iv]) misbound after prelude, titles trimmed lower edge (affecting final line, "right of translation is reserved"; vol. 3 lost), occasional light spotting, early twentieth-century calf, covers decoratively gilt with pointillé pattern of alternating stars and fleurs-de-lys, light toning to spines, and a few small marks to vol. 4, light wear to spine heads and upper corners, g.e., [Baker & Ross A10.1.a2], William Blackwood & Sons, 8vo, 1871-72.⁂ This copy seemingly bound from original parts. Baker & Ross suggest that the ordering of preliminaries in vol. 1 as here, may stem from rebinding; they note 4 known copies similarly ordered and possibly rebound after original purchase in parts (pp.284-285)).

Law.- Finch (Sir Henry) Law, or, A Discourse thereof, in foure Bookes, first edition in English, lacking initial blank but final blank present, printed partly in black letter, light water-staining at beginning and end, contemporary calf ruled in blind, rubbed, rebacked, corners and lower cover repaired, new endpapers, [STC 10871], 8vo, Societie of Stationers, 1627.⁂ A classic text in English law. Sir Henry Finch (1558-1625), serjeant-at-law, was engaged with Bacon, Noy, and others on an abortive attempt at codifying the statute law. His main work was Nomotechnia, published in 1613 in four books treating of jurisprudence, common law, procedure, and special jurisdictions. This is the first edition in English but a different version, and an improvement, of the text first published in Law French. It was not superseded as a basic text for law students until Blackstone's Commentaries of 1765-70.

Pacific.- Walpole (Lieut. the Hon. Fred) Four Years in the Pacific. In Her Majesty's Ship "Collingwood", 2 vol., first edition, half-titles, etched frontispieces and illustrations, bookplate of Carl Wendell Carlsmith pasted onto half-titles, slight browning and scattered foxing to peripheral ff., the odd spot elsewhere, attractively bound in calf-backed marbled boards by Sangorski & Sutcliffe, spines gilt, 8vo, 1849.

Radcliffe Infirmary. Rules and Orders for the Government of the Radcliffe Infirmary, at Oxford, founded by Dr.Radcliffe's Trustees, and supported by voluntary subscription, 28pp., first edition, title and final leaf lightly soiled, modern bookplate of Arthur Waters and his signature to front free endpaper, later half vellum, spine titled in ink, t.e.g., a little rubbed, 4to, Oxford, W.Jackson, 1770.⁂ The Radcliffe Infirmary, named after the rich court physician John Radcliffe (1652-1714) who had left £4000 for the use of his trustees, was built and opened in 1770. It was Oxford's first hospital.Rare. ESTC cites only 3 copies: Bodleian Library in UK, and U.S. National Library of Medicine, and Yale School of Medicine in America, but Library Hub also lists copies at National Library of Scotland, University of St.Andrew's, University of Strathclyde, and Wellcome. Later 18th century editions are also scarce with that of 1788 being the earliest held by the British Library.

Magorian (Michelle) Goodnight Mister Tom, first edition, signed by the author on endpaper, original boards, slight bumping to spine tips, dust-jacket, sunning to spine, light creasing to head and foot, otherwise excellent, 8vo, 1981.⁂ First edition of this children's classic, adapted as a musical and film, frequently cited as among Britain's best-loved books for children. Signed copies are rare.

Rowling (J.K.) Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets, 1999; Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban, 1999, first deluxe edition, first printing, original cloth with mounted colour illustration and gilt signature, g.e., fine copies, publisher's celophane, 8vo (2)

[Engel (Samuel)] Memoires et Observations Géographiques et Critiques sur la Situation...de l'Asie et de l'Amerique, first edition, title in red and black with engraved printer's device, engraved vignette of Danish coat of arms to head of dedication, 2 large folding engraved maps, 1 with tiny tear to blank inner margin, repaired with paper to verso, occasional browning or light scattered spotting, hinges repaired, contemporary calf, spine richly gilt with red morocco label, neat repairs to spine foot and joints, covers a little worn at extremities, still an attractive copy, 4to, Lausanne, Antoine Chapuis, 1765.

Roads.- [Mace (Thomas)] Profit, Conveniency, and Pleasure, to the whole Nation. Being a short Rational Discourse...concerning the High-Ways of England, first edition, woodcut head-piece and initial, without 7pp. 'Advertisement' at end but text complete, upper outer corner of C1 torn away without affecting text (repaired), Macclesfield North library copy with bookplate but no blind-stamp, modern half calf, red morocco label, [Goldsmiths' 2132; Wing M121], small 4to, Printed for a Publick good, 1675.⁂ Thomas Mace (1612/13-?1706), musician and writer on music, had been appointed a clerk (i.e. singing man) at Trinity College, Cambridge, in 1655, and continued in that role for most of his life thereafter. He is most famous for the publication of Musick's monument, or, a remembrancer of the best practical musick in 1676. In this diatribe on the state of English roads, he shows a genuine interest in, and a remarkably good grasp of, the civil engineering required. In addition to other practical ideas, he proposes a scheme for straighter two-lane highways where travellers would keep to the right-hand side.

Peck (Sir John).- An official government dispatch box, red morocco over wood with black morocco interior, brass handle and locking mechanism, gilt name "J. H. Peck" to fore-edge of lid (rubbed), gilt royal insignia and cipher 'GR' to centre of lid, name of previous owner partially visible to far side of lid, rubbed and rather worn, key present, lock in working order, [1940s]; and a small quantity of others, including a Typed Letter initialled "B" from Lord Beaverbrook regarding support for his role as Minister of Aircraft production, 2 Autograph Cards signed from Clementine Churchill, an alleged piece of Hitler's marble desk retrieved from the Berlin bunker, a first edition set of The Second World War with a few of Churchill's facsimile presentation slips loosely inserted, photograph of Peck and others posing with Churchill and Perk ration book, id card and related material, v.s. (sm. qty.)⁂ Provenance: Sir John Peck, K.C.M.G. (1913-1995). Peck joined the Civil Service in 1936. Appointed Assistant Private Secretary to First Lord of the Admiralty. When Churchill became P.M. in May 1940, he was appointed as one of four Private Secretaries, and was the only one to serve him throughout the war. Following the loss of the General Election in 1945, he served Attlee briefly, and then transferred to the Foreign Office in 1946. Latterly he held a number of roles within the Civil Service before his final appointment as British Ambassador to Dublin 1970-73.

Kerr (Judith) The Tiger Who Came to Tea, first edition, colour illustrations by the author, one or two instances of minor finger soiling, original pictorial boards, some light foxing, slight bumping to spine ends, dust-jacket, very small tear lower panel top edge, light surface soiling to panels, slight wear to spine and fold tips with very minor losses, 4to, 1968.⁂ Judith Kerr's first, and most beloved, book; rare in dust-jacket.

[London Mechanic's Institution.] Rules and Orders of the Mechanic's Institution, for the Promotion of Useful Knowledge among the Working Classes. Established November 11, 1823, 19pp., first edition, small stain to blank verso of final leaf (slightly showing through), stitched in modern marbled wrappers, [Goldsmiths' 23927], 8vo, 1823.⁂ The origins of Birkbeck College, University of London. Mechanics' Institutes were (and still are) educational establishments, originally formed to provide adult education, particularly in technical subjects, to working men. George Birkbeck had first instituted free lectures on arts, science and technical subjects in Scotland in 1800. The first Mechanics' Institute was opened in Edinburgh in 1821 and the first in England at Liverpool in July 1823. The London Mechanics' Institute (later Birkbeck College) followed in November 1823, its promoters including Francis Place, Henry Brougham, Jeremy Bentham, and J.C. Hobhouse.This first edition appears to be of some rarity, Library Hub locating only a single copy (Goldsmiths' Library as part of Senate House Library), although there were several later issues.

Charas (Moyse) New Experiments upon Vipers, first English edition, additional engraved title, 3 folding engraved plates, E6 with marginal tear, F2 with tiny hole affecting signature and odd letter, P3 with paper defect to top edge affecting odd letter, ex-Birmingham Medical Institute with discreet ink-stamp and paper label to blanks, contemporary calf, rebacked and recornered, [Wing C2037], 8vo,by T. N. for J. Martyn, 1670.

Gray (George Robert) Descriptions and Figures of some new Lepidopterous Insects chiefly from Nepal, first edition, 14 hand-coloured engraved plates and 2 lithograph plates, a few plates shaved at fore-edge but no loss to imprint or plate number, contemporary roan-backed marbled boards, head of spine chipped, [Nissen ZBI, 1686 (15 plates)], 8vo, 1846.⁂ Rare, with only one auction record (2004). The preface reads "The following figures were selected from General Hardwicke's Collection of Drawings...but the appearance of the work was delayed by the death of General Hardwicke..."

Anson (George).- Bulkeley (John) and John Cummins. A Voyage to the South Seas, in the Years 1740-1, first edition, woodcut headpieces and decorative initials, engraved bookplate of Arthur & Elizabeth Holdsworth, lightly browned throughout with occasional foxing, contemporary sprinkled calf, neatly rebacked, red morocco label to spine, rubbed at joints and extremities, lower joint starting at foot, [Sabin 9108], 8vo, Printed for Jacob Robinson, 1743.⁂ A classic story of shipwreck and survival, written by the gunner and carpenter on the doomed vessel Wager, one of Anson's fleet. They describe the wrecking of the ship off the coast of Chile, the survivors' life onshore, and their subsequent voyage in a longboat through the Straits of Magellan to Rio de Janeiro.

Duhaut-Cilly (Auguste) Viaggio Intorno al Globo Principalmente alla California ed alle Isole Sandwich, 2 vol., first Italian edition, translated by Carlo Botta, half-titles, frontispieces and 2 etched plates, bookplate of Donald H. Graham Jr., some scattered foxing, margins lightly toned, contemporary calf-backed marbled boards, spines gilt, rubbed, wear to spine ends, vol. 2 upper joint starting at head, 8vo, Torino, 1841.

Law.- Sheppard (William) Of Corporations, Fraternities, and Guilds, first edition, with initial blank, wormhole to lower margin occasionally touching catchword, contemporary sheep, rubbed, rebacked, red morocco label, [Goldsmiths' 1947; Kress 1003; Wing S3195], 8vo, for H.Twyford, T.Dring, & J.Place, 1659.⁂ The first book in English on the law of incorporation. William Sheppard (d.?1675), a productive legal writer and successful lawyer was invited to London by Cromwell in about 1653. In 1656 he became a serjeant-at-law and was nominated with three others to prepare the charters granted to town corporations. His subsequent study of corporate law is embodied in the present work, covering not only civic and municipal corporations, but also trades, colleges and universities, hospitals and other similar bodies. Sheppard himself was deprived of his offices at the Restoration and fell into obscurity.