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AN EARLY GEORGE III CARVED MAHOGANY ARMCHAIR ATTRIBUTED TO PAUL SAUNDERS, CIRCA 1760 104cm high, 74cm wide, 78cm deep Provenance: Almost certainly supplied to Henry Fiennes Pelham-Clinton, 2nd Duke of Newcastle-under-Lyne for Clumber Park, Nottinghamshire Thence by descent The Graham Watson Collection, Bonhams, 2003 The design of this chair is probably derived from a pattern for 'French Chairs' (see plate 19 in the 3rd (1762) edition of Chippendale's Director: 'Paul Saunders, upholsterer' was a subscriber to the first edition of the Director (1754). The attribution to the Soho cabinet-maker Paul Saunders (1722-71) depends on the distinctive carved channelling on the front cabriole legs, which, together with the acanthus motif at the top of the legs and the pronounced scroll feet, is also found on seat furniture connected with commissions from Saunders. First, two sets of dining-chairs at Holkham Hall, Norfolk - almost certainly supplied by Saunders to Thomas Coke, 1st Earl of Leicester, between 1755 and 1758 - are close in design. Second, Saunders was employed by Henry Fiennes Pelham-Clinton, 9th Earl of Lincoln (1720-1794, later 2nd Duke of Newcastle-under-Lyne), between 1752 and 1758 at Exchequer House, London (i.e. 10 Downing Street), and at Oatlands House, Surrey. Saunders continued to supply furniture to the 2nd Duke of Newcastle for Clumber Park and Nottingham Castle from the 1760s until Saunders' death in 1771. Saunders also made furnishings for the Duke's sons, Henry Fiennes Pelham-Clinton,10th Earl of Lincoln (1750-1778) and Thomas Pelham-Clinton, later 3rd Duke of Newcastle-under-Lyne (1752-95). Related chairs also attributed to Saunders were at Longleat, and indeed payments to Saunders amounting to £556 15s in November 1757 and £300 in November 1759 are recorded in the 3rd Viscount Weymouth's bank account at Drummonds Bank. A pair of armchairs of this general pattern was sold by the Marquess of Bath, Longleat; Christie's London, 14 June 2002, lot 338 and at Sotheby's London, 18 November 2008, lot 348. Condition Report: Overall there are some scratches, marks, knocks and abrasions consistent with age and use.There are some losses, restorations and observations including:The green damask with few signs of use, the webbing and upholstery are later.There is some evidence of old worm.The seat rails have holes from previous upholstery tacks. It is not possible to inspect the areas of the chair that are entirely covered in upholstery.Please see the additional condition report photographs through the link on the condition report email as a visual reference of condition. Condition Report Disclaimer

RUSSIA Toynbee, Arnold J. The Impact of the Russian Revolution 1917-1967 Oxford University Press, 1967, first edition Piddington, W.E.R. Russian Frenzy Elek Books, 1955, first edition Tompkins, Stuart Ramsay The Russian Mind University of Oklahoma Press, 1953, first edition Etc.  With a catalogue of titles compiled by the vendor Condition Report:Available upon request

Conan Doyle, Arthur His Last Bow Some Reminiscences of Sherlock Holmes John Murray, London, 1917, first edition, bound in red cloth with gilt titles The prize in the BBC's 1979 "Word for Word" competition, with an accompanying letter addressed to Ernest Burnett Hood (Scottish artist, 1932-88, the winner) from Adam Low, BBC Television Centre, June 4th 1979. Condition Report:Available upon request

SCOTTISH ANTIQUARIAN Hamilton, Henry (ed.) Life and Labour on an Aberdeenshire Estate 1735-1750 Printed for the Third Spalding Club, Aberdeen, 1946 Stirton, the Rev. John Glamis Castle Its Origin and History with a Brief Account of the Early Church of the Parish W. Shephard, Forfar, 1938 Lumsden, Harry; Aitken, Rev. P. Henderson The History of the Hammermen of Glasgow Alexander Gardner, Paisley, 1912 Handley, James E. Scottish Farming in the Eighteenth Century Faber and Faber Limited, London, 1953, first edition Jervise, Andrew Inscriptions from the Shields or Panels of the Incorporated Trades in the Trinity Hall, Aberdeen Lewis Smith, Aberdeen, 1863 Etc. With a catalogue of titles compiled by the vendor Condition Report:Available upon request

Conan Doyle, Arthur Sherlock Holmes  His Adventures. Memoirs. Return. His Last Bow & The Case Book. The Complete Short Stories John Murray, London, 1928, first edition The Plays of J.M. Barrie Hodder and Stoughton, London, 1928, first edition, bound in full blue Morocco  Graham, Evelyn Edward P. The Story of the Prince of Wales Ward, Lock & Co., London, 1929, first edition Princess Mary, Viscountess Lascelles Hutchinson & Co., London, no date Together with assorted further volumes, including the works of Ian Hay, John Buchan etc. Condition Report:Available upon request

2017 9ct gold gold crown, Heirloom Coin Collections, limited edition of 4999, boxed with CoA. UK P&P Group 1 (£16+VAT for the first lot and £2+VAT for subsequent lots)

Lorna Bailey Old Ellgreave Pottery vase in the Daffodil pattern, limited edition 2/250, no cracks or chips, H: 20 cm. UK P&P Group 2 (£20+VAT for the first lot and £4+VAT for subsequent lots)

Two limited edition Royal Doulton figurines, The Boy Evacuee HN3202 2725/9500, and Welcome Home HN3299 1672/9500, no cracks or chips, largest H: 21 cm. UK P&P Group 2 (£20+VAT for the first lot and £4+VAT for subsequent lots)

Payne (John, translator). The Poems of Shemseddin Mohammed Hafiz of Shiraz, now first completely done into English verse from the Persian, in accordance with the original forms, 3 volumes, London: printed for the Villon Society by private subscription and for private circulation only, 1901, half-titles, partly unopened, occasional light spotting, crimson morocco gilt bookplates of W. A. Foyle, Beeleigh Abbey, top edge gilt, contemporary crimson half morocco gilt, joints and edges a little rubbed, 8vo, limited edition of an unspecified number, this copy unnumbered, together with 4 others: The Bakhtyar Nama: A Persian Romance, Translated from a manuscript text by Sir William Ouseley, edited, with introduction and notes by W. A. Clouston, privately printed, 1883, limited edition of 300, The Book of Sindibad... edited by W. A. Clouston, 1884, limited edition of 300, A Group of Eastern Romances and Stories from the Persian, Tamil and Urdu... edited by W. A. Clouston, 1889, limited edition of 300, plus The Gulistanor Rose Garden, by Musle-Hudeen Sheik Saadi, translated from the original by Francis Gladwin, Boston, 1865 QTY: (7)NOTE:Provenance: W. A. Foyle, Beeleigh Abbey (bookplates).

Riviere Bindings. Burke (Edmund) by John Morley, Containing One Hundred Illustrations, London: Macmillan & Co, Limited, 1902, cancelled title page, frontispiece and plates list, extra-illustrated with 19th-century portraits, bookplate of Alexander Stone to front pastedown, entire work (including the 8vo text and all the additional illustrations) window-mounted to larger sheets, top edge gilt, early 20th-century red morocco by Riviere & Son, gilt embossed coat of arms to front boards of John Doyle Fry (1840-1907), elaborate gilt decorated spine, elaborate gilt turn-ins, super royal octavo (26.5 x 18.5 mm), together with:Jennings (Louis J.). Field Paths and Green Lanes..., Country Walks, Chiefly In Surrey And Sussex, 1st edition, London: John Murray, 1877, extra-illustrated with 60 views, red morocco gilt bookplate of W. A. Foyle, Beeleigh Abbey to front pastedown, top edge gilt, contemporary green half morocco by Riviere, elaborate gilt decorated spine, spine evenly faded to brown, 6mo, plus La Bruyere (Jean De). The "Characters"..., Rendered Into English by Henri Van Laun, London: John C. Nimmo, 1885, 24 etchings, red morocco gilt bookplate of W. A. Foyle, Beeleigh Abbey to front pastedown, top edge gilt, contemporary crimson morocco by Riviere & Son, elaborate gilt decorated spine, gilt floral motifs and borders to boards, elaborate gilt turn-ins, 8vo, plus Drury (Henricus, editor). Arundines Cami Sive Musarum Cantabigiensium Lusus Canori, 1st edition, Cantabrigiae: Veneunt Apud J. Et. J. J. Deighton, 1841, red-ruled outer borders throughout, red morocco gilt bookplate of W. A. Foyle, Beeleigh Abbey to front pastedown all edges gilt, grazing to front pastedown from removal of old bookplate, 20th-century crimson morocco by Riviere, elaborate gilt decorated spine, elaborate gilt turn-ins, 8voDonson (Austin). Eighteenth Century Vignettes, 6 volumes, London: Chatto & Windus, 1894, engraved frontispiece, title in red and black, extra-illustrated with numerous portraits and views, red morocco gilt bookplate of W. A. Foyle, Beeleigh Abbey to front pastedown, errata tipped-in to volume 2 list of illustrations, top edge gilt, early 20th-century blue morocco by Riviere & Son, gilt motifs and lettering to spine, elaborate gilt turn-ins, 8voLamb (Charles). A Memoir, London: Edward Moxon & Co, 1866, frontispiece, 38 additional illustrations, slight spotting, red morocco gilt bookplate of W. A. Foyle, Beeleigh Abbey to front pastedown, grazing to front pastedown from removal of old bookplate, all edges gilt, contemporary tan calf by Riviere & Son, elaborate gilt decorated spine with crimson morocco title label, elaborate gilt turn-ins, 8vo, Stanhope (Philip Dormer). The Letters... Edited by Lord Mahon, 5 volumes, London and Philidelphia: J. B. Lippincott Company, 1892, engraved frontispiece, red morocco gilt bookplate of W. A. Foyle, Beeleigh Abbey to front pastedown, tan calf by Riviere & Son, gilt spines with red and green morocco title labels, gilt turn-ins, 8voand 7 others similar including Maxwell (W. H). History of the Irish Rebellion in 1798..., 1st edition, London: Baily, Brothers, Cornhill, 1845, Hebrew Tales. New Edition, Translated by Hyman Hurwitz, Edinburgh: Stirling, Kenny, & Co, 1863, bookplate of Alexander Stone to front pastedown, Bashkirtseff (Marie). The Journal... Translated, With An Introduction By Mathilde Blind, 2 volumes, London: Castell & Company, 1890, red morocco gilt bookplate of W. A. Foyle, Beeleigh Abbey to front pastedown, The Letters of Queen Victoria..., between the years 1837 and 1861..., 3 volumes, London: John Murray, 1907, bookplate of Andrew Carnegie to front pastedown of each volume, all bound in brown or blue morocco gilt by Riviere, mostly large 8vo QTY: (16)NOTE:Provenance: W. A. Foyle, Beeleigh Abbey (bookplate) except first work: John Doyle Fry, 1840-1907 (armorial stamp) and Alexander Stone (bookplate).

Denham (Major Dixon, Captain Hugh Clapperton, and Walter Oudney). Narrative of Travels and Discoveries in Northern and Central Africa, in the years 1822, 1823, and 1824, 2 volumes, 3rd edition, London: John Murray, 1828, engraved frontispiece to each volume, 15 engraved plates and maps, including three large folding maps and plans, several wood engravings to text, contemporary owner's presentation inscription ' T. G. Parry from his friend Leyceser on leaving Eton, 1832, April 10' to front blank of first volume, marbled edges and endpapers, some light scattered spotting, mainly to plates, contemporary gilt-decorated blue full polished calf, 8vo, together with[Christyn, Jean-Baptiste]. Les Delices des Paris-Bays au description generale de ses dix-sept Provinces, de ses principales Villes & de ses lieux les plus renommez, 1st edition, Brussels: Francois Foppens, 1697, engraved frontispiece, folding engraved map (close-trimmed to lower margin), 25 folding engraved plates and town plans, one or two plates with closed tears, generally without loss, front endpaper torn out (no longer present), near-contemporary sprinkled calf, 12mo, plus othersQTY: (9)

[Pepys, Samuel]. Braybrooke (Richard Griffin, Baron). The History of Audley End. To which are appended Notices of the Town and Parish of Saffron Walden in the County of Essex, 1st edition, London: Samuel Bentley, 1836, engraved frontispiece, portrait of Braybrooke, 2 maps, and 16 plates, with other illustrations, extra-illustrated with an additional 45 portraits and engravings, some early, some coloured and many folding, plus two manuscript documents, the first signed by both Charles II and Samuel Pepys, the second an autograph letter signed by Samuel Pepys, window-mounted opposite pages 87 & 104, autograph presentation note from the author to Reverend Joseph Hunter FSA, 24 April 1847, tipped on to front flyleaf, with a later note at foot indicating it was then purchased at the sale of Hunter’s books in December 1861, additionally signed above the note (?John Doller, 1861), burgundy morocco gilt bookplate of W. A. Foyle, Beeleigh Abbey to front pastedown, all edges gilt, 20th-century red polished calf by Bayntun Rivière, large paper copy, 4to (310 x 245 mm)QTY: (1)NOTE:Provenance: Rev. Joseph Hunter, 1783-1861, (presentation note from the author); ?John Doller (inscription); W. A. Foyle, Beeleigh Abbey (bookplate).The two Pepys letters included are:Pepys (Samuel, 1633-1703), English diarist and naval administrator. Autograph Letter Signed, ‘S. Pepys’, Derby House, 18 February 1673/4, to Mr Brereton, concerning the Navy’s ships and the numbers of men, borne and mustered, taking issue with his weekly accounts, ‘… I have hitherto observed such an irregularity in one of your weekly accounts as I never met withal from any other hand…’, with a postscript to add new observations about the numbers of men borne and mustered on board the St David and the Dunkirk, giving details of the discrepancies, 2 pages, folioWilliam Brereton, 3rd Baron Brereton FRS (1631-1680) was an English mathematician and politician who sat in the House of Commons in 1659 and became Baron Brereton in the Irish peerage in 1664. He was chairman of the Committee of Accounts, better known as the Brooke House Committee, in 1667-1670. In that capacity he clashed repeatedly with Samuel Pepys, whose description of Brereton in his Second Diary, or Brooke House Journal, although no doubt biased, is the best portrait we have of the man.Charles II (1630-1685), King of Great Britain & Ireland, 1660-1685 and Pepys (Samuel, 1633-1703), English diarist and naval administrator. Document Signed, ‘Charles R’ and ‘S. Pepys’, Whitehall, 10 January 1673/4, a manuscript warrant in a secretarial hand, addressed to the Principal Officers and Commissioners of the Navy, appointing George Bowen, late boatswain of the ship Anne, to be boatswain of the ship Rupert, repairs to blank left margin, 1 page, folioSamuel Pepys visited the 17th-century country house Audley End and described it his diary entry for 8 October 1667: ‘At last, rose, and up, and broke our fast, and then took coach, and away, and at Newport did call on Mr. Lowther, and he and his friend, and the master of the house, their friend, where they were, a gentleman, did presently get a-horseback and overtook us, and went with us to Audley-End, and did go along with us all over the house and garden: and mighty merry we were. The house indeed do appear very fine, but not so fine as it hath heretofore to me; particularly the ceilings are not so good as I always took them to be, being nothing so well wrought as my Lord Chancellor’s are; and though the figure of the house without be very extraordinary good, yet the stayre-case is exceeding poor; and a great many pictures, and not one good one in the house but one of Harry the Eighth, done by Holben; and not one good suit of hangings in all the house, but all most ancient things, such as I would not give the hanging-up of in my house; and the other furniture, beds and other things, accordingly.’

Stedman (Charles). The History of the Origin, Progress, and Termination of the American War, Volume One (of 2) only, 1st edition, London: printed for the author, 1794, seven folding engraved maps and plans of battles and military positions, the first folding plan (Bunkers Hill) with several closed tears and some scattered toning, but without loss, other plates with some offsetting from adjacent text leaf, some portions of text with light spotting or marginal toning, 19th-century armorial bookplate fo Grantham to front pastedown, contemporary sprinkled full calf, re-backed with original spine laid down, stamped in gilt to upper cover Newby Hall, rubbed and some wear to extremities, spine somewhat darkened, 4toQTY: (1)NOTE:Sabin 91057; Howes S-914; Reese, The Revolutionary Hundred, 89. 'The finest collection of plans assembled by an eyewitness.' (Reese).The engraved plans present are A Plan of the Action at Bunkers Hill, on the 17th. of June 1775, Sketch of General grants position on Long Island, A Topographical Map of the northn. part of New York Island, exhibiting the plan of Fort Washington, A Plan of the Operations of the King's Army under the command of General Sr. William Howe, K. B. In New York and East New Jersey, Plan of the Position which the Army under Lt. Genl. Burgoine took at Saratoga on the 10th of September 1777, Plan of the Attack of the Forts Clinton & Montgomery, upon Hudson River... on the 6th of Octr. 1777, and Sketch of Fayette's Position at Barren Hill. Sold as a collection of plates not subject to return.

Wren (Christopher). Parentalia, or Memoirs of the Family of the Wrens, viz. of Matthew, Bishop of Ely, Christopher, Dean of Windsor, etc. but chiefly of Sir Christopher Wren... compiled by his son Christopher Wren, late Surveyor-General of the Royal Buildings, President of the Royal Society, &c. &c. in which is contained, besides his works, a great number of original papers and records; on religion, politicks, anatomy, mathematicks, architecture, antiquities; and most branches of polite literature; Compiled, by his son Christopher; now published by his grandson, Stephen Wren, Esq; with the care of Joseph Ames, F.R.S...., 1st edition, London: Printed for T. Osborn, and R. Dodsley, 1750, mezzotint portrait frontispiece of Christopher Wren by John Faber (trimmed to plate mark and relined on contemporary laid paper), title page printed in red and black, dedication with large armorial crest, list of subscribers, 14 engraved plates (including 3 portraits) and 7 folding engraved plans (including a map of London and its environs) with two additional tipped-in engravings by Samuel Ward: Magnetica Magnalia (frontispiece to The Wonders of the Load-Stone, or, the load-stone newly reduc’t into a divine and morall use, London: 1640) at page 227, and The Monument, The figure of y Columne Erected for ye Perpetual Memory of ye most famous City of London that was almost wast by fire in ye Prodigious year 1666 at page 322, plus an annotated contemporary pen and brown ink drawing of Roman urns at page 267, the other additional plates include prospects and interiors of St Pauls, a view of St Peter's Cathedral Westminster (trimmed and laid on contemporary paper),some closed tears to folds, occasional light spotting to plates, appendix, index and bookbinder instructions bound at rear, rough-trimmed edges, burgundy morocco gilt bookplate of W. A. Foyle, Beeleigh Abbey to front pastedown, modern sprinkled half calf over marbled boards, lower outer corners showing, folioQTY: (1)NOTE:Provenance: W. A. Foyle, Beeleigh Abbey (bookplate).Harris, British Architectural Books 949; Mark J. Millard Architectural Collection II, 97; ESTC T145737.The rare first edition of one of the earliest biographies of the celebrated English architect Sir Christopher Wren, compiled by his son and grandson. This copy extra-illustrated with 11 additional engravings and an annotated original drawing illustrating two Roman urns discovered when the foundations of St. Pauls were being laid.

Coleridge (Samuel Taylor). The Poetical and Dramatic Works, founded on the author's latest edition of 1834 with many additional pieces now first included and with a collection of various readings, 4 volumes, London: Basil Montagu Pickering, 1877, Large Paper copy, half-titles, manuscript note by the printer Robert Roberts to verso of half-title to first volume states '24 copies only on Whatman's Paper: this is no three R.R.', printed armorial bookplate of Horatio Noble Pym to front pastedown of each volume, untrimmed, original quarter japanese vellum, printed paper spine label to each volume, a trifle dusty and some light marks, board outer edges with some surface wear, 8voQTY: (4)NOTE:Provenance: Horatio Noble Pym, or Horace Pym (1844-1896), solicitor, book collector and editor of the journal of Quaker writer Caroline Fox, Memories of Old Friends, published in 1881. Pym has added a pencil note to the front pastedown of the first volume: '£4-4 from publisher & printer in 1879. Only 24 copies thus printed - Rare'.

Fenn (John, editor). Original Letters, written during the reigns of Henry VI. Edward IV. and Richard III. By various persons of rank or consequence; containing many curious anecdotes, relative to that turbulent and bloody, but hitherto dark, period of our history...[continued to include Edward V and Henry VII], 5 volumes, 1st edition (except first volume, 2nd edition, with additions and corrections), London: G. G. J. and J. Robinson (Vol. V - John Murray), 1787-1823, additional engraved vignette title to each volume, hand-coloured engraved frontispiece to volume I - IV, lithographic portrait frontispiece to volume V, then 34 plates of facsimiles, and 34 (?) numbered plates, EXTRA-ILLUSTRATED, with additional coloured engraved plates, including folding map of England and Wales, hand-coloured in outline, pencil inscription to verso of front endpaper of first volume 'Duke of York's Copy', and each volume with ownership inscription to verso to front endpaper 'Liverpool, Kirkham Abbey', dated February 1907, gilt-decorated burgundy bookplate of W. A. Foyle, Beeleigh Abbey to front pastedown of each volume, marbled endpapers, contemporary uniform full calf with inset tree calf panel to each board, later rebacks with contrasting red and black gilt spine labels, some marginal spotting to plates, rubbed and some marks to edges, 4toQTY: (5)NOTE:ESTC N10150 & T149304.Generally known as the Paston Letters, this work, which includes the much-later fifth volume of 1823, represents an important source for the social and political history of England in the early Tudor period. The editor John Fenn published a selection in two volumes in 1787, and a further two volumes in 1789. The fifth volume was prepared for publication by him, but only posthumously published in 1823 by his nephew William Frere.

Waters (W. G., translator). The Nights of Straparola, 2 volumes, & The Novellino of Masuccio, 2 volumes, now first translated into English by W. G. Waters, illustrated by E. R. Hughes, A.R.W.S., London: Lawrence & Bullen, 1894 & 1895, printed on japanese vellum, photogravure plates by E. R. Hughes, with tissue-guard to each, marbled endpapers, bookplate of Ernest G. Mocatta to front pastedown of each volume, and gilt-decorated burgundy morocco plate of W. A. Foyle, Beeleigh Abbey to front endpaper of each volume, top edge gilt, contemporary mustard crushed full morocco (by Zaehnsdorf, dated 1896), gilt ruled outer borders to each cover, gilt spine with raised bands, a few minor marks and spines lightly dulled, 4to, limited edition of 210 copies printed on Japanese Vellum, this copy number 205 (Masuccio printed in an edition of 210 copies, this copy numbered 121), together withThe Facetiae or Jocose Tales of Poddio now first translated into English with the Latin text (Petite Collection Elzevirienne), 2 volumes, Paris: Isadore Liseux, 1879, half-titles, titles printed in red and black, original printed wrappers bound in, gilt-decorated burgundy morocco bookplate of W. A. Foyle, Beeleigh Abbey to front pastedown, top edge gilt, remainder untrimmed, near-contemporary red crushed half morocco (by Bumpus), gilt decorated spines, minimally rubbed to foot of upper joint of the first volume (generally a fine copy), 8vo, plus[Smyth, Amelia Gillespie]. Olympia Morata, her times, life, and writings, arranged from contemporary and other authorities, 2nd edition, London: Smith, Elder & Co., 1834, wood-engraved plates, light spotting to endpapers, pencil inscription to verso of front endpaper 'from Sir Theodore Martin's Library', top edge gilt, gilt-decorated red morocco bookplate of W. A. Foyle, Beeleigh Abbey to front pastedown, later light brown half morocco (by Maclehose, Glasgow), minimally rubbed to extremities, 8vo, and two other related works: The Novels of Matteo Bandello Bishop of Agen now first done into English prose and verse by John Payne, 6 volumes, London: printed for the Villon Society by private subscription and private circulation only, gilt-decorated red morocco bookplate of W. A. Foyle, Beeleigh Abbey to front pastedown of each volume, top edge gilt, contemporary uniform three-quarter brown crushed morocco gilt, rubbed and some wear to joints, with upper cover to second volume detached, and upper cover to first volume near-detached, square octavo (Large Paper copy), and Teh Pecorone of Sir Giovanni now first translated into English by W. G. Waters, illustrated by E. R. Hughes, A.R.W.S., London: Lawrence & Bullen, 1897, text printed on japanese vellum, patterned silk doublures, top edge gilt, contemporary gilt-decorated green crushed full morocco (unsigned), a few light marks and spine somewhat toned, 4to, limited edition of 110 copies, this copy numbered 44QTY: (14)

Sparrow (Walter Shaw). British Sporting Artists from Barlow to Herring, 1st edition, London: John Lane the Bodley Head, New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1922, colour and monochrome illustrations, occasional minor spotting, burgundy morocco gilt bookplate of W. A, Foyle, Beeleigh Abbey, all edges gilt, contemporary crimson full morocco by Bayntun Riviere, Bath, upper cover with circular scene of a leaping horse and rider onlaid in multi-coloured morocco, within an elaborate gilt border with hunting motifs to corners, spine gilt with hunting motifs to compartments, 4to, together with Bosschere (Jean de, illustrator). The Golden Asse of Lucius Apuleius, translated out of Latin by William Adlington, London: John Lane the Bodley Head, 1923, colour and monochrome illustrations, 4 pp. advertisements at rear, top edge gilt, contemporary black morocco gilt by William F. Matthews, cover with design onlaid in burgundy and cream morocco with gilt dots, 8vo, limited edition 1073/3000, plus Gosse (Philip). The History of Piracy, 1st edition, London: Longmans, Green and Co., 1932, maps and illustrations, some light spotting, crimson morocco gilt bookplate of W. A. Foyle, top edge gilt, dark green full morocco bound for the First Editions Club by H. T. Wood, London, covers with ship design in gilt, spine a little faded, edges lightly rubbed, 8vo, with 2 others: The Confessions of S. Augustine, 1909, bound in vellum with small colour onlay of St. Augustine to upper cover and spine, and The Book of Common Prayer, circa 1963, rebound in polychrome morocco gilt in slipcaseQTY: (5)NOTE:Provenance: W. A. Foyle, Beeleigh Abbey (bookplates).

Pardoe (Julia). Louis the Fourteenth and the Court of France in the seventeenth century, 3 volumes, 2nd edition, The Court and Reign of Francis the First, 3 volumes, & The Life of Marie de Medicis, 3 volumes, together 9 volumes, 1847-90, engraved frontispieces, titles printed in red and black, illustrations and folding facsimile letters, occasional light spotting, top edge gilt, later blue half morocco gilt by Bickers & Son, spines faded to green, 8vo, together with Williams (H. Noel). Madame de Montespan, London & New York: Harper & Brothers, 1903, half-title colour frontispiece, 16 photogravures, extra-illustrated with 33 plates, a few colour, slight marginal toning, morocco gilt bookplate of W. A. Foyle, Beeleigh Abbey, all edges gilt, later maroon half morocco by Bayntun, Bath, upper joint and small areas of front cover rubbed, 4to, plus Madame du Barry, London & New York: Harper & Brothers, 1904, 16 photogravure plates, morocco gilt bookplate of W. A. Foyle, all edges gilt, later crimson half morocco gilt by Bumpus, spine slightly rubbed and faded, 4to, with 8 others including History of the Reigns of Louis XVIII and Charles X, by Eyre Evans Crowe, 2 volumes, 1854, Madame de Pompadour, by H. Noel Williams, 1902, Memoirs of Count Lavalette, 1894, limited edition 49/125, The Secret Memoirs of the Duc de Roquelaure, 4 volumes, privately printed in an edition of 1000, 1896, and The Favourites of Henry of Navarre, by Le Petit Homme Rouge, 1910 QTY: (26)

Oliphant (Margaret). The Literary History of England in the end of the Eighteenth and Beginning of the Nineteenth Century, 3 volumes, London: Macmillan and Co., 1882, Extra-illustrated with numerous engraved portrait plates, occasional light spotting, bookplate of F. E. Dinshaw and red morocco gilt bookplate of W. A. Foyle, Beeleigh Abbey to upper pastedowns, near contemporary calf by Riviere and Son, gilt decoration to spines with contrasting morocco labels, lightly scuffed, 8vo, together with:Hood (Thomas). The Works ... Comic and Serious, in Prose and Verse, 7 volumes, London: Edward Moxon & Co., 1862-63, photographic portrait frontispiece to first volume, near-contemporary calf by Bickers and Son, gilt decorated spines with contrasting morocco labels, 8vo,Wilson (John). The Works of Professor Wilson of the University of Edinburgh, 4 volumes, Edinburgh and London: William Blackwood and Sons, 1855, English and Latin titles to each volume, bookplate of Andrew Carnegie to upper pastedowns, top edge gilt, late 19th/early 20th-century half calf by Henderson and Bisset, gilt decorated spines with contrasting morocco labels, 8vo,Brown (John). Horae Subsecivae, 3 volumes, new edition, London: Adam and Charles Black, 1897, engraved portrait frontispieces to volumes 1 and 3, bookplate of Andrew Carnegie to upper pastedowns, top edge gilt, late 19th/early 20th-century half calf by Henderson and Bisset, gilt decorated spines with contrasting morocco labels, 8vo,Tennyson (Alfred). Poems, 2 volumes, London: Kegan Paul, Trench & Co., 1883, monochrome frontispieces, bookplate of Alexander Stone to upper pastedowns, top edge gilt, remainder untrimmed, contemporary green morocco, gilt decorated spines (faded to brown and slightly faded), 8vo (Large Paper limited edition 24/50), plus others in 20th-century half morocco bindings, all 8voQTY: (30)

* Bacon (Francis). Letters of Sr. Francis Bacon... , written during the Reign of King James the First... , the whole being Illustrated by an Historical Introduction and some Observations, and dispos'd according to the Series of Time, [edited by Robert Stephens], 1st edition, London: Benjamin Tooke, 1702, title within double-ruled border, errata/advert leaf at rear, lacks dedication leaf [A2], title a little spotted and preceding flyleaf near detached, armorial bookplate of Sir Thomas Seabright and red morocco gilt bookplate of W.A. Foyle, contemporary speckled calf, gilt-decorated spine with raised bands and title label, rubbed and slight edge wear, 4to, together with:Waller (Edmond), Poems, &c. Written upon several occasions, and to several persons: The Seventh Edition with several additions, never before printed, London: printed by T.W. for the Assignes of H.H... J. Tonson and T. Bennet, 1705, engraved portrait frontispiece, some light browning, marbled endpapers with bookplate of H. Buxton Forman (with his pencil initials and date 29 April 1895 to flyleaf), leather monogram book label of Charles C. Kalfleisch and engraved bookplate of Robert S. Pirie, all edges gilt, old black morocco gilt with gilt-ruled panelled borders enclosing central rectangles with corner-pieces and gilt-decorated spine with raised bands, rubbed, 8vo, plus Collier (Jeremy), A Short View of the Immorality and Profaneness of the English Stage: Together with the Sense of Antiquity upon this Argument, 3rd edition, London: printed for S. Keble... R. Sare & H. Hindmarsh, 1698, some spotting and browning, title a little ink stained, contemporary calf, some edge wear, modern antique-style calf reback, 8voQTY: (3)NOTE:1) Gibson 245; Pforzheimer 34. Lacks the dedication leaf, as often: it was cancelled due to the death of William III before the publication of the work. 2) The binding of this work appears to be a remboitage, in which a text other than that originally present has been inserted: the headbands are fresh, the book is not quite proportionate to the corners, and the gilt lettering is superimposed upon some earlier blind impressions. This sophistication may well be the work of the accomplice of T.J. Wise. 3) Wing C5265.

Greville (Henry). Leaves from the Diary of Henry Greville, edited by the Viscountess Enfield, 2 volumes, 1st edition, London: Smith, Elder, & Co, 1883-84, extra-illustrated with engraved portraits throughout, ALS from Viscountess Enfield bound-in at front, red morocco gilt bookplate of W. A. Foyle, Beeleigh Abbey to front pastedowns, top edge gilt, early 20th-century navy blue half morocco gilt by Riviere, a few light nicks to extremities, 8vo, together with:Sala (George Augustus). The Life and Adventures of George Augustus Sala, written by himself, 2 volumes, 3rd edition, London: Cassell and Company, 1895, portrait frontispieces, bookplate of Andrew Carnegie to front pastedowns, top edge gilt, 20th-century red half morocco gilt,8vo, withJekyll (Joseph). Correspondence of Mr. Joseph Jekyll with his sister-in-law, Lady Gertrude Sloane Stanley, 1818-1838, London: John Murray 1894, portrait frontispiece, extra-illustrated with numerous engraved portraits, armorial bookplate of a William Morris and burgundy morocco gilt bookplate of W. A. Foyle, Beeleigh Abbey to front pastedown, bookplate of F. E. Dinshaw to front free endpaper recto, top edge gilt, early 20th-century dark blue full morocco gilt by H. Wood, extremities lightly scuffed, 8vo, plusThoresby (Ralph). Letters of Eminent Men; The Diary of Ralph Thoresby, 4 volumes, London: Henry Colburn, 1830-32, portrait frontispiece to the first volume of the diary, red morocco gilt bookplate of W. A. Foyle, Beeleigh Abbey to front pastedowns, top edge gilt, early 20th-century blue half morocco gilt by Rivere & Son, spine lightly faded, 8vo, with 34 other leatherbound volumes QTY: (43)NOTE:Provenance: Andrew Carnegie (bookplate); W. A. Foyle, Beeleigh Abbey (bookplate).

Spence (Joseph). Anecdotes, Observations, and Characters, of Books and Men..., one volume in two, London: W. H. Carpenter, 1820, extra-illustrated containing over 220 window mounted engraved plates (mostly portraits), burgundy morocco gilt bookplate of W. A. Foyle, Beeleigh Abbey to upper pastedowns, top edge gilt, remainder untrimmed, 20th-century light green straight-grain morocco, with gilt decoration, extremities lightly rubbed, 8vo, together with:Astle (Thomas). The Origin and Progress of Writing, as well Hieroglyphic as Elementary, 2nd edition, London: Printed by T. Bensley for J. White, 1803, engraved portrait frontispiece (browned), 32 engraved plates of script (few folding and some hand-coloured), some toning and light spotting, red morocco gilt bookplate of W. A. Foyle, Beeleigh Abbey to upper pastedown, modern black morocco, gilt decorated spine, 4to,Walpole (Horace). A Catalogue of the Royal and Noble Authors of England, Scotland, and Ireland; with Lists of their Works, 5 volumes, new edition, London: John Scott, 1806, 150 engraved plates (including frontispieces), armorial bookplate of E. H. Greene of Hinxton Cambsh to upper pastedowns, contemporary calf, gilt decorated spines with contrasting morocco labels, 8vo,Saintsbury (George). A Scrap Book [A Second Scrap Book; A Last Scarp Book], 3 volumes, London: Macmillan and Co., Limited, 1922-24, burgundy morocco gilt bookplate of W. A. Foyle, Beeleigh Abbey to upper pastedowns, top edge gilt, remainder untrimmed, 20th-century half calf by Bayntun Riviere of Bath, burgundy morocco labels to spines, second volume with small scrape mark at head of spine, 4to (limited signed large paper editions, first & second volumes limited to 300 copies and third volume to 250 copies),Wise (Thomas J.). Verses, London: Printed for Private Circulation Only, 1883, front blank free endpaper inscribed 'William J. Kingsland. With kindest regards from his friend Thos. J. Wise 23/1.87', burgundy morocco gilt bookplate of W. A. Foyle, Beeleigh Abbey to upper pastedown, top edge gilt, remainder untrimmed, 20th-century half calf, gilt decorated spine with contrasting morocco labels, slim 8vo, plus other literature and book/library history related including Slang and its Analogues Past and Present, by John Farmer and W. Henley, 7 volumes, revised edition, Printed for Subscribers, 1909; Phillipps Studies no. 1-5 by A. N. L. Munby, 5 volumes in two, Cambridge: University Press, 1951-60; At the Library Table by Adrian Joline, Boston: Richard G. Badger, 1910; Hours in a Library by Leslie Stephen, 3 volumes, mixed editions, London: Smith, Elder & Co., 1877-92, etc.QTY: (39)

Walton (Izaac). The Lives of Dr. John Donne, Sir Henry Wotton, Mr. Richard Hooker, Mr. George Herbert, and Dr. Robert Sanderson, 2 volumes, new edition, Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1805, half-titles, engraved portrait frontispiece to both volumes, Extra Illustrated containing a total of 33 engraved plates (mostly portraits), burgundy morocco gilt bookplate of W. A. Foyle, Beeleigh Abbey to upper pastedowns, all edges gilt, late 19th-century turquoise green straight-grain morocco, gilt decorated spines, boards with gilt and blind borders, 8vo, together with:Walton (Izaac). The Lives of Dr. John Donne, Sir Henry Wotton, Mr. Richard Hooker, Mr. George Herbert, and Dr. Robert Sanderson. To which is now first added, love and Truth. With Notes, and the Life of the Author, by Thomas Zouch, 2 volumes, 3rd edition, York: Payne and Foss, J. Mawman, and Wilson and Sons, York, 1817, 7 engraved portrait plates including frontispieces and one folding plate, some offsetting and occasional spotting, red morocco gilt bookplate of W. A. Foyle, Beeleigh Abbey to upper pastedowns, early 20th-century marbled calf, elaborate gilt decorated spines with contrasting morocco labels, upper joints slightly cracked, joints rubbed, lightly faded to covers, 8voQTY: (4)NOTE:Provenance: W. A. Foyle, Beeleigh Abbey (bookplate).

Mavor (William). Historical Account of The Most Celebrated Voyages, Travels and Discoveries from The Time of Columbus to The Present Period, 20 volumes, 1st edition, London: E. Newberry, 1796-97, engraved portrait frontispiece of the author to volume 1 (with juvenile ink marks to face), folding map of the world on a Mercator projection (torn at lower folds), 34 engraved plates (including two folding to volumes 7 and 13), folding chart titled ‘Comparative Table of the Probabilities of Life in New England and Europe’ to volume 19, table of latitude and longitude around the world to volume 10, additional advertisements and index to volume 10 and 20, contemporary manuscript note ahead of title pages in volume 1 and 2, purple ink stain to leaf B and verso of leaf before that of volume 3, tears to pages F2, O6 and S6 with minor loss to text of volume 6, repaired tears to leaves O2 and O3 of volume 12, minor damp-staining throughout, loss to titles of engravings where bound, contemporary uniform tree calf, spines gilt, morocco labels, some hinges cracked, morocco volume labels on spine missing to four volumes, corners bumped, grazing to top left corner of front board to volume 13, some chipping to spines, contained in four modern cloth boxes, 12moQTY: (20)NOTE:Sabin 46982.A scarce first edition and full set in contemporary binding. William Fordyce Mavor (1758-1837) was a Scottish educationalist and tutor to the children of the Duke of Marlborough, and a prolific author who wrote books on a great number of subjects including histories, travel accounts, grammars, guidebooks, miscellanies and magazines.

Hazlitt (W. Carew). A Select Collection of Old English Plays. Originally published by Robert Dodsley in the year 1744, fourth edition, now first chronologically arranged, revised and enlarged, with the notes of all the commentators and new notes by W. Carew Hazlitt, 15 volumes, London: Reeves & Turner, 1874-76, occasional woodcut illustrations, half-titles present, wide margins, marbled endpapers, with gilt-decorated red morocco bookplate of W. A. Foyle Beeleigh Abbey to front pastedown of each volume, top edge gilt, near-contemporary uniform half calf (by Morrell, London), gilt decorated spines, with dark green and brown spine labels, lightly rubbed, 8vo QTY: (15)NOTE:One of 10 sets on large and thick paper (according to pencil note at front of first volume).

Churchill (Charles). [Poems], 2 volumes, 1st collected edition, London: G. Kearsley, J. Coote, W. Flexney [et al.], 1764-65, without half-titles and general volume titles, containing 15 works, each separately paginated (including 8 1st editions), author's signature to title-pages of Gotham part III and The Times, some damp-staining in volume 2, contemporary calf, rebacked with contrasting morocco labels, 4to, together with:Dalrymple (John). Memoirs of Great Britain and Ireland. From the Dissolution of the last Parliament of Charles II until the Sea-battle off La Hogue, 2 volumes, London: W. Strahan and T. Cadell; Edinburgh: A. Kincaid, J. Bell and J. Balfour, 1771, occasional light spotting, armorial bookplate of William Danby to upper pastedowns (bookplate to first volume torn with loss), signature of W. Danby to front free endpapers, contemporary calf, gilt decorated spines with contrasting morocco labels, 4to,Stanhope (Eugenia). Letters written by the late Right Honourable Philip Dormer Stanhope, Earl of Chesterfield, to his son, Philip Stanhope, Esq; Late Envoy Extraordinary at the Court of Dresden: together with several other pieces on various subjects, 4 volumes, 5th edition, London: J. Dodsley, 1774, half-titles to each volume, engraved portrait frontispiece to first volume, contemporary calf, morocco title label to each, some joints lightly cracked, head and foot of spines rubbed, 8vo,Uvedale (Thomas). The Memoirs of Philip de Comines: Containing the History of Lewis XI and Charles VIII of France, and of Charles the Bold, Duke of Burgundy, to which Princes he was Secretary: as also the History of Edward IV and Henry VII of England..., 2 volumes, London: John Phillips, 1712, front free endpapers with the signature of Will. Plumer (one dated 1715), contemporary panelled calf, 8vo, Cowper (William). Poems, 2 volumes, 6th edition, London: J. Johnson, 1794, contemporary marbled calf, elaborate gilt decorated spines with contrasting morocco labels, 8vo, Ramsay (David). Military Memoirs of Great Britain: or, A History of the War, 1755-1763, Edinburgh: Printed for the Author, 1779, engraved title and dedication leaf, 12 engraved portrait plates (including frontispiece), occasional spotting, bookplate of Alexander S. Finlay to upper pastedown, contemporary calf, rebacked preserving original spine, recent morocco title label to spine, 8vo, plus other 18th-century antiquarianQTY: (28)

Dickens (Charles). Sketches by Boz illustrative of every-day life, and every-day people. With forty illustrations by George Cruikshank. New Edition, complete, 1st 1-volume edition, first issue, London: Chapman & Hall, 1839, advertisement leaf following title dated May 15, 1839, all plates before page 120 without the Chapman & Hall imprint, page 526 with 'reeled before', half-title, frontispiece, additional pictorial title, and 38 etched plates by George Cruikshank, bookplate of Alexander Stone to front endpaper, pale spotting to endpapers, top edge gilt, 20th century crushed red half morocco, small mark to spine, 8vo, together with Our Mutual Friend, 2 volumes in one, 1st edition, London: Chapman & Hall 1865, half-titles, additional title, 40 wood-engraved plates by Marcus Stone, occasional light spotting, bookplate of J. Barnes, Brighton, later blue half morocco, spine faded to green with gilt decoration, 8vo, plus Borrow (George). Lavengro; the scholar - the gypsy - the priest, 3 volumes, 1st edition, London: John Murray, 1851, half-titles, portrait frontispiece to volume I, small marginal water stain to a few leaves front and rear of each volume, bookplates of Alexander Stone, top edge gilt, near-contemporary dark green half morocco gilt, joints and edges a little rubbed, 8vo, with No Thoroughfare, by Charles Dickens and Wilkie Collins. Being the extra Christmas number of All the Year Round, conducted by Charles Dickens, for Christmas, 1867 (in original wrappers and bound-in later crimson half morocco by Riviere & Son) QTY: (6)NOTE:Provenance: Alexander Stone (1907-1998, Scottish bibliophile); W. A. Foyle, Beeleigh Abbey.Eckel pp. 14-15 Smith, Original Cloth, p16, note 4 (Sketches by Boz). 'When Chapman and Hall obtained the copyright of Sketches in 1837, they published all of them in twenty monthly parts from November 1837 through June 1839... In May 1839, Chapman & Hall published these complete in one volume with all 40 of Cruikshank's illustrations' (Smith).

Mill (John Stuart). Considerations on Representative Government, second edition, London: Parker & Son, and Bourn, 1861, bound with Thoughts on Parliamentary Reform, second edition, with additions, London: John W. Parker & Son, 1859, & Utilitarianism, reprinted from 'Fraser's Magazine', London: Parker & Son, and Bourn, 1863, viii, 347pp, 58pp., and [iii], 95pp, some spotting to endpapers, with a few light spots to first title, together with Principles of Political Economy, 2 volumes, fifth edition, 1862, A System of Logic, Ratiocinative and Inductive, 2 volumes, fifth edition, 1862, An Examination of Sir William Hamilton's Philosophy, 1st edition, 1865, and Dissertations and Discussions Political, Philososophical, and Historical, 3 volumes, 1st edition, 1859-67, small printed black owners mark to lower corner of rear endpaper of each volume, some spotting to endpapers, marbled edges and endpapers, modern bookplate of Alexander Stone to front pastedown of each volume, contemporary uniform polished full calf, gilt decorated spines with contrasting red and brown gilt-lettered spine labels, a little rubbed and some marks to joints and edges, second volume of Political Economy, with short split to head of upper and lower joint, 8voQTY: (9)

Froude (James Anthony). History of England from the fall of Wolsey to the death of Elizabeth, 12 volumes, 3rd edition, revised, London: Parker, Son, and Bourn, 1862-70, marbled edges and endpapers, gilt-decorated red morocco bookplate fo W. A. Foyle, Beeleigh Abbey to front pastedown of each volume, contemporary uniform crimson full calf, gilt-decorated spines with green morocco labels and light brown morocco volume numbers, a little rubbed to extremities, generally a handsome set, 8vo, together withCampbell (John Lord). The Lives of the Lord Chancellors and Keepers of the Great Seal of England, from the earliest times till the reign of King George IV, 8 volumes, 1st edition (except first three volumes, 2nd edition), London: John Murray, 1846-69, gilt-decorated red morocco bookplate fo W. A. Foyle, Beeleigh Abbey to front pastedown of each volume, top edge gilt, slightly later uniform brown half-calf (by Riviere & Son for H. Sutheran), gilt-decorated spines with contrasting red and light brown morocco labels, lightly rubbed to extremities, plus other English history, including Macaulay, History of England, 5 volumes, 1857-61, Edward Gibbon, History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire with notes by Dean Milman and M. Guizot, edited with additional notes, by William Smith, 8 volumes, 1862, (Tomline Prize, Eton, mid-summer 1870), and J. R. Green, A Short History of the English People, 4 volumes, 1892-94, all bound in contemporary full or half calf (Gibbon bound by Jenkin & Cecil, and Green bound by Bickers & Son), all 8voQTY: (37)

Pennant (Thomas). Some Account of London, bound in 6 volumes, 4th edition, 1805, extra-illustrated containing just over 1000 plates, maps and plans (mostly 19th-century, including engravings, etchings, lithographs and few uncoloured aquatints), with 69 watercolour studies of memorial stones and tablets etc. (signed Gosden), text and many plates mounted, top edge gilt, remainder untrimmed, bookplate to upper pastedowns removed, near-contemporary diced calf, gilt decorative roll borders to boards, centre of each board with gilt armorial of Henry Benjamin Hanbury Beaufoy (1785-1851) bearing the motto 'sub tegmine fagi', gilt decorated turn-ins, each volume rebacked with modern contrasting morocco labels, corners refurbished, large 4to (35.5 x 30 cm)QTY: (6)NOTE:Henry Benjamin Hanbury Beaufoy F.R.S., F.L.S. (1785-1851) was the eldest son of Mark Beaufoy the astronomer. He owned a vinegar distillery, was a Member of Parliament for Hackney Wick, and founded four scholarships at Cambridge. He also gave £10,000 to the City of London School and established ragged schools in Lambeth. Sometime after his death, his substantial library of approximately 25,000 volumes was sold at auction by Christie's, London on June 7-10, 15-17, 1909 (2033 lots), and a further portion by Puttick and Simpson, London, 13-14 May 1912 (644 lots). Beaufoy's copies of the first four folios of Shakespeare were auctioned separately by Christie's on July 16 1912. His collection of London traders, tavern, and coffee-house tokens was donated to the Corporation of London.

[LA FEUILLADE, François Aubusson de]. Journal de l'expedition de Monsieur de la Feuillade, pour le secours de Candie. Par un volontaire. Lyon: Chez Jean Thioly, 1669, [8], 198, [2] pp., woodcut printer's device to title-page, several woodcut initials, head- and tail-pieces, lacking the engraved folding plan of the fortifications of Candia, (20 x 28.5 cm), marbled endpapers, gilt-decorated red morocco bookplate of W. A. Foyle, Beeleigh Abbey to front pastedown, top edge gilt, later crushed dark green full morocco (by Ramage), with gilt figure of a Cretan girl to upper cover and Turkish sultan to lower cover, with binder's blindstamped monogram to foot of each (a handwritten note in ink to verso of front endpaper by the binder, states 'Here is a lady, armed only with her beauty, subduing the armed Turk. C. E. Stewart. London May 1919'), spine lightly rubbed and a little dulled, 12mo, together with Arnaud (Francois-Thomas-Marie de Baculard d'). Sargines. Nouvelle par M. D'Arnaud, Paris: [Didot?], 1781, [2], 130pp., Top edge gilt, late 19th or early 20th-century, gilt-decorated, straight-grained, plum full Morocco with gilt motifs to upper and lower cover of a Knight at Arms and an undressed lady to upper and lower cover, each with binders, blind stamped, monogram of CE Stewart to foot of each, with manuscript inscription to front blank by the binder in ink “I have decorated this copy of Sergines, 1781 with the Knight at Arms returning to his dear Ladye. CE Stewart. Nice. 18. December 1924”, a little rubbed and scuffed to extremities, 12moQTY: (2)NOTE:La Feuillade: Blackmer 859; Goldsmith, BMC STC French E-575; WorldCat (3 copies); not in Atabey or Barbier.Rare first edition of a journal of an expedition to Candia (Crete), commanded by François d'Aubusson, duc de la Feuillade (1625-1691), to assist the Venetians during the long siege of Candia (1645-1669) by the Ottoman Turks. De la Feuillade had already fought the Ottoman forces at the Battle of St. Gothard in 1664 and volunteered to help. With assistance from Pope Clement IX he equipped 500 men at his own expense. The work gives an account of the Cretan war and also contains some valuable information on the Greek Orthodox Church.

Bacon (Francis). Historia vitae et mortis Franciscus Bacon de Verulamio, Amsterdam: Joannes van Revesteyn, 1663, 201, [47] pp., bound with Phaenomena universi sive historia naturalis & experimentalis de ventis, Amsterdam: Henricus Wetstein, [14], 99, [13] pp., title printed in red and black, bound with De Sapientia Veterum, new edition, Amsterdam: Henricus Wetstein, 1696, 117, [2] pp., a little soiling and marginal damp staining to first work, title near detached, all uncut, burgundy morocco gilt bookplate of W.A. Foyle, contemporary blue-grey boards with plain spine lettered in manuscript, some soiling and wear, joints cracked, 12mo (143 x 78 mm), preserved in a red half morocco gilt chemise with yapp edges and matching marbled slipcaseQTY: (1)NOTE:Provenance: W. A. Foyle, Beeleigh Abbey (bookplate).Gibson 151, 112 & 93 respectively. An unusual survival of uncut copies in contemporary boards.

Mill (John Stuart). The Subjection of Women, 1st edition, London: Longmans, Green, Reader, and Dyer, 1869, half-title, modern bookplate of Alexander Stone to front free endpaper, contemporary half calf gilt, red morocco title label, extremities lightly rubbed, 8vo, together with:Dissertations and Discussions. Political, Philosophical and Historical, reprinted chiefly from the Edinburgh and Westminster Reviews, 2 volumes, London: John W. Parker and Son, 1859, contemporary gift inscription in black ink to head of front blank in volume one, early 20th-century calf gilt, contrasting morocco spine labels, covers marked, spines lightly faded, 8vo, withA System of Logic, Ratiocinative and Inductive, being a connected view of the principles of evidence, and the methods of scientific investigation, 2 volumes, 4th edition, London: John W. Parker, 1856, a few light spots to preliminary and rear leaves, contemporary calf gilt, contrasting morocco labels, 8vo, withPacke (Michael St. John). The Life of John Stuart Mill, London: Secker and Warburg, 1954, black and white illustrations throughout, burgundy morocco gilt bookplate of W. A. Foyle, Beeleigh Abbey to front pastedown, all edges gilt, modern blue crushed morocco gilt, 8voQTY: (6)NOTE:'The last of [Mill's] great political tracts' (ODNB) for the first work.

Bouchot (Henri). The Book: its Printers, Illustrators and Binders, from Gutenberg to the present time. With a treatise on the art of collecting and describing early printed books, and a Latin-English and English-Latin topographical index of the earliest printing places. Edited by H. Grevel, Extra-Illustrated copy, expanded to 3 volumes, London: H. Grevel & Co., 1890, 172 monochrome illustrations to text (as issued), additional manuscript title to each volume inserted, in black ink with light blue wash (first volume retains the original printed title), and approximately 350 additional illustrations, including title pages, woodcuts, portraits, sample pages, printer's devises, colour reproductions of bindings and illuminated manuscripts (mostly in chromolithography), etc., dating from the 15th, 16th,17th,18th and 19th century, marbled endpapers, gilt-decorated burgundy morocco bookplate of W. A. Foyle, Beeleigh abbey to front pastedown of each volume, top edge gilt, contemporary three-quarter red crushed morocco gilt, a little rubbed to joints and outer corners, large 8voQTY: (1)NOTE:An exceptionally fine and carefully re-presented copy of Bouchot's classic work, significantly enhanced by the addition of 350 additional examples of early printing.A short typewritten description of the volume list the various types of illustrations added to this copy: 'about 87 old engraved portraits, about 35 other portraits, about 62 engraved title pages or other leaves from original old books, about 51 printer's devices from original books, about 60 original engravings and woodcuts from old books, about 14 reproductions of bindings, about 6 reproductions from illuminated manuscripts, about 34 other illustrations'. One of the earliest specimens is an early woodcut or xylographic illustration printed in brown, possibly depicting the Three Wise Men, inscribed in a 17th-century hand in brown ink to verso 'Mom Britium Mediolanensis' (a reference to the Italian humanist Boninus Mombritius (circa 1424-1502), who edited a number of early texts including the Santuarium seu Vitae Sanctorum).Early woodcut and engraved portraits include Lorenzo Coster by Larmessin after Van Campen. An engraved portrait of Burchiello by Ascanio Lucani, engraved portrait of Sebastian Brant, Pico della Mirandola by De Bry (1650), Maximilian of Austria by De Jode after Lucas van Leyden, circa 1620, woodcut colophon portrait John Day (1562), engraved portrait of Nicolaus Bruyant by Pontius after Van Dyck.Engraved title pages include De Ortu et Progressu Artis Typographicae (1639), the title page to the libro secondo of Reucelli's Imprese Illustri, a leaf from an incunable German hand-coloured illustrated bible, the title page to Abbot Rupert's Commentariorum in Evangelium Johannis, (Birkman, 1533, Sabelicus, Historie Vinitiane, Venice 1554, Drexelius, Rosae Selectissimarum Virtutum, Antwerp, 1636, Andreas de Novo Castro, Primum scriptum Sententiarum, Paris: Jean Granion, 1512, Arthur Lake's sermon preached at Paul's Crosse, London: William Stansby, 1629, Thomas Taylor, The Parable of the Sower, 3rd edition, 1634

[Cole, Mrs Henry Warwick]. A Lady's Tour Round Monte Rosa: with visits to the Italian valleys of Anzasca, Mastalone, Camasco, Sesia, Lys, Challant, Aosta, and Cogne. In a series of excursions in the years 1850-56-58, 1st edition, London: Longman, Brown, Green, Lonbgmans and Roberts, 1859, half-title, title with hand-coloured rose vignette, folding map with outline colour, 4 chromolithograph plates after George Barnard, wood-engraved illustrations, bound without the 24 pp. publisher's catalogue, some light spotting to last few leaves, light marginal offsetting from map, small faded contemporary presentation inscription to half-title, crimson morocco gilt bookplate of W. A. Foyle, Beeleigh Abbey, all edges gilt, attractively bound in crimson full morocco gilt by Carss, Glasgow, spine ends a little rubbed, 8vo QTY: (1)NOTE:Provenance: W. A. Foyle, Beeleigh Abbey (bookplate).Neate C88. 'Mrs. Cole was the wife of A. C. member Henry Warwick Cole, whom she accompanied on the tours described in her book, which was illustrated by George Barnard (c. 1807-90). Barnard was one of the first Alpine artists to draw mountains with any degree of accuracy, and also one of the earliest members of the A. C. to travel widely in the Alps.' (Neate).

Greene (Robert). Greene's Groats-Worth of Wit; bought with a Million of Repentance. With a Preface, Critical & Biographical: by Sir Egerton Brydges, [Ickham]: printed at the Private Press of Lee Priory, by Johnson and Warwick, 1813, title in red and black with mounted wood engraved vignette, mounted wood engraved vignette to following limitation leaf, occasional light spotting, colour armorial bookplate of Joseph Walter King Eyton (1820-1872) and burgundy morocco gilt bookplate of W. A. Foyle, Beeleigh Abbey to front pastedown (also with rubbed white label adhered below), all edges gilt, mid 19th-century mustard yellow morocco by Hayday, gilt panelled and decorated, gilt decorated turn-ins, joints and extremities rubbed, slim 4toQTY: (1)NOTE:Provenance: Joseph Walter King Eyton (1820 -1872) and W. A. Foyle, Beeleigh Abbey (bookplates). Limited edition of 61 copies printed. The first work in quarto printed at the Lee Priory Press.Joseph Walter King Eyton (1820 -1872), of Birmingham, Leamington and of 27 Elsham Road Kensington, was the fifth son of the the Reverend John Eyton, Rector of Wellington in Shropshire, and Anna Maria, sole daughter and heir of Edmund Joseph Plowden of Plowden Hall in Shropshire. The Rev. Robert William Eyton, Rector of Ryton in Shropshire, and author of The Antiquities of Shropshire was his brother. A fellow of the Society of Antiquaries, on the Council of which he served, he brought together a large collection of books which was dispersed in eleven sales at Sotheby's from 1842-48.

Shakespeare (William). The Dramatic Works of William Shakespeare, carefully revised with notes by F.S.A The life of the poet and critical essays on the plays by William Watkiss Lloyd M.R.S.I, 10 volumes, London; Bell and Daulby, 1856, wood-engraved title page vignettes to each volume, portrait frontispiece to first volume, bookplate of Alexander Stone to front pastedown of each volume, all edges gilt, contemporary red full morocco by M.M. Holloway, gilt lettering and tooling to spines, gilt ruled boards, minimal rubbing to joints and extremities, 8vo, together with:Hazlitt (W. Carew). Shakespeare Jest-Books; reprints of the early and very rare Jest-Books supposed to have been used by Shakespeare, 3 volumes, London: Woolis & Sotherland, 1864, top edge gilt-decorated burgundy morocco bookplate of W.A Foyle, Beeleigh Abbey to frontpaste down of each volume, top edge gilt, later blue half levant (by Riviere), gilt extra, 8vo, plus Lee (Sidney). A life of William Shakespeare (Illustrated Library Edition), London; Smith, Elder, & CO., 1899, illustrated with 159 engraved plates and illustrations, with an additional manuscript title page to each volume, and manuscript index to rear of second volume, the additional title pages read: enlarged into two volumes and further illustrated by the insertion of one hundred and fifty-nine, engraved and other plates (including 30 portraits of the poet, of persons, views, & connected with his life & works, together with an addendum, being recent Shakespearian Discoveries by CW Wallace, Ph.D., and the Troon History of the Stratford Bust by Mrs. C. Stopes, Conway House, Erdington, 1919) additional illustrations (mostly 19th century), including some early 17th century engravings (Robert L.d. Dudley Earle of Leicester, Gualterus Devereus COM. SXCI Essexiae, small map of Warwickshire c.1600, etc.), gilt-decorated, red morrocco book plate of W.A. Foyle, Beeleigh Abbey to front pastedown of each volume, top edge gilt, contemporary Arts & Crafts style, crushed brown half morocco gilt, spine gilt lettered and decorated in compartments, large 8voQTY: (15)

Fellowes (William Dorset). Historical Sketches of Charles the First, Cromwell, Charles the Second, and the principal personages of that period; including the King's Trial and Execution..., London: J. Murray, 1828, half-title, lithograph frontispiece, 48 lithograph plates (including 1 folding and 4 double-page), occasional toning and scattered spotting, red morocco gilt bookplate of W. A. Foyle, Beeleigh Abbey to front pastedown (paper skinning to front marbled pastedown where previous bookplate removed), all edges gilt, late 19th/ early 20th-century red morocco by Riviere, elaborate gilt decoration to spine and gilt border to boards, gilt decorated turn-ins, 4to, together with:Kingston (Richard). A True History of the Several Designs and Conspiracies, against His Majesties Sacred Person and Government; as they were continually carry'd on from 1688 till 1697..., London: Printed for the Author, and sold by Abel Roper, 1698, initial blank (A1) present, browning and spotting throughout, contemporary mottled calf, upper board detached and lower, worn, 8vo, (Wing K615),[Northampton, Henry Howard, Earl of]. The Secret Correspondence of Sir Robert Cecil with James VI. King of Scotland. Now first published, Edinburgh: A. Millar, 1766, toning and scattered spotting throughout, burgundy morocco gilt bookplate of W. A. Foyle, Beeleigh Abbey to front pastedown (light paper skinning to front marbled pastedown where previous bookplate removed), early 19th-century calf gilt, black morocco label to spine, 12mo,Dalrymple (David, editor). Memorials and Letters relating to the history of Britain in the reign of James the First. Published from the originals, 2nd edition, corrected and enlarged, Glasgow: Printed by Robert and Andrew Foulis, Printers to the University, 1766, repaired closed tear to final leaf, minor dust-soiling mostly to first and last few leaves, burgundy morocco gilt bookplate of W. A. Foyle, Beeleigh Abbey to front pastedown, late 19th/early 20th-century half calf, black morocco title label to spine, slight wear to spine and corners, small 8vo, plus two others, [Disraeli, Isaac]. An Inquiry into the Literary and Political Character of James the First, London: John Murray, 1816, and Payne-Gallwey (Ralph). A History of The George Worn on the Scaffold by Charles I, London: Edward Arnold, 1908, both volumes with bookplate of W. A. Foyle, Beeleigh Abbey to front pastedownsQTY: (6)NOTE:Provenance: W. A. Foyle, Beeleigh Abbey (bookplate).

Conrad (Joseph). Twenty Letters to Joseph Conrad, London: First Edition Club, 1926, 12 booklets printed by Curwen Press for the First Edition Club, including an Introduction and some Notes by G. Jean-Aubry, complete, all original printed wrappers, stitched as issued, and contained in original cloth-backed patterned portfolio boards, with pockets, spine somewhat faded, small 4to, (limited edition of 220 copies, with a handwritten note presenting the set of booklets to W. A. Foyle, bookseller & patron of the arts, by A. J . A. Symons of the First Edition Club, loosely inserted), together with:Symons (A. J. A.), Frederick Baron Corvo. Read at the Four Hundred and Eighteenth Meeting of the Sette of Odd Volumes held at the Royal Adelaide Gallery on the Twenty-Third Day of October, MCMXXVI, London: Curwen Press, 1927, inscribed by the author on half-title 'For a Good Fellow from an Odd Volume', original printed wrappers, some spotting and toning, square 8vo, (limited edition, 57/199 copies, presented to W. A. Foyle by A. A. Symons), plusSymons (A. J. A.). The Quest for Corvo. An Experiment in Biography, 1st edition, London: Cassell & Co., 1934, author's signed presentation inscription for W. A. Foyle to front free endpaper, 'this tribute to memories of many years, very cordially from his friend the author', dated 1934, original cloth gilt, a little rubbed, 8voSymons (A. J. A.), Emin, The Governor of Equitoria, London: The Fleuron, 1928, author's signed presentation inscription to front free endpaper, 'for Foyle Pasha [W. A. Foyle], very cordially from the author', original cloth-backed patterned boards, 8vo, plus other books about books, poetry, etc. with presentation inscriptions for members of the Foyle familyQTY: (14)

Maidment (James). A Book of Scotish Pasquils & c., Edinburgh: 1827, [iii]-xxx, 80 pp., bound with A Second Book of Scottish Pasquils & c., Edinburgh: 1828, [iii]-xxi, 102 pp., woodcut vignette to each title, marbled edges and endpapers, gilt-decorated red morocco bookplate of W. A. Foyle Beeleigh Abbey to front pastedown, contemporary full calf by Clarke & Bedford, gilt decorated spine with maroon morocco title label, covers with gilt double-rule, board edges gilt-decorated, 8voQTY: (1)NOTE:Presentation copy from Sir Walter Scott to J. H. Markland, with an autograph letter bound in at front of volume, from Walter Scott to J. H. Markland, dated Edinburgh, 19 December 1828, in which Scott describes the book, and refers also to his own Bride of Lammermoor. Additionally inscribed by the owner to front blank and to verso of first title 'J. H. Markland, the gift of Sir Walter Scott, 1828. In MS. Letter.'The first volume was printed in an edition of only 60 copies.

Evelyn (John). Silva: or, A Discourse on Forest Trees.., New Edition, 2 volumes, York: A. Ward for J. Dodsley; 1786, 42 engraved plates (including one folding) and 2 folding tables, together with:Evelyn (John). Memoirs, illustrative of the life and writings of John Evelyn..., edited by William Bray 2 volumes, 2nd edition, London: Henry Colburn, 1819, engraved portrait frontispieces, folding genealogy of Evelyn family, three portrait engravings plus 6 engravings, andEvelyn (John). The Miscellaneous Writings..., now first collected, with occasional notes, by William Upcott, London: Henry Colburn, 1825, engraved frontispiece and 3 engravings, bookplate of Andrew Carnegie to front pastedown to each volume of every work, some spotting throughout, all edges gilt, handsome 20th-century uniform green straight-grain morocco by Clarke & Bedford, gilt decorated spines, gilt border to boards, elaborate gilt turn-ins, slight wear to bands and corners, 4toQTY: (5)NOTE:Provenance: Andrew Carnegie (bookplate).Henrey 138 (Evelyn's Silva).Silva was a highly influential book and the first important publication in England on forest trees. This edition "contains an enormous amount of information concerning the cultivation of the various kinds of forest trees, and the uses of their timber, together with facts and anecdotes obtained from books, both classical and contemporary. The work was a success from the start. Its publication gave a great stimulus to planting in Britain..., No other work on arboriculture exerted a greater influence on forestry in this country than Evelyn's Sylva” (Henrey, p.107-8).

Rowe (Nicholas). The Tragedy of Jane Shore. Written in Imitation of Shakepear's Style, 1st edition, London: Printed for Bernard Lintott, at the Cross-Keys, between the Two Temple-Gates, in Fleet-street [1714], [viii],63,[1]pp, first issue with 'the Heart' (page 18, line 3), 'This trickling show'r of Teats' (page 19, line 17), and publisher's notice at end of last leaf of text, dated 'Jan. 28. 1713-14', some light browning, modern half-calf, spine lettered in gilt, together with:The Tragedy of the Lady Jane Gray. As it is Acted at the Theatre-Royal in Drury Lane, 1st edition, London: Printed for Bernard Lintott at the Cross-Keys, between the Two Temple-Gates, in Fleetstreet, 1715, title, two (of 4) leaves of preface, lacking pages iii-vi, A2-3, prologue leaf trimmed with loss of blank outer fore-margin, 66pp, plus final leaf of Epilogue, modern half-calf over marbled boards, both small 4toQTY: (2)NOTE:First edition by the playwright and Shakespeare editor Nicholas Rowe (1674-1718). Jane Shore was first produced at Drury Lane in February 1714 and ran for 19 nights with Anne Oldfield as Jane Shore, Robert Wilks as Dumont, and Colley Sibber as the Duke of Gloucester.

Rabelais (François). Master Francis Rabelais. Five books of the lives, heroic deeds and sayings of Gargantua and his son Pantagruel, translated into English by Sir Thomas Urquhart of Cromarty and Peter Antony Motteux, 2 volumes, London: Lawrence and Bullen, 1892, half-titles, portrait frontispiece to volume I, 14 plates by Louis Chalon, light spotting to fore edges, bookplates of Raphael Bauer (1864-1947, German banker), top edge gilt, later crimson half morocco by Zaehnsdorf, spines lettered in gilt and decorated with satyr head and quiver and flaming torch tools in compartments, 4to, limited edition 916/1000 together with The Decameron of Giovanni Boccaccio, translated by John Payne, 2 volumes, London: Lawrence and Bullen, 1893, half-titles, titles printed in red and black, illustrations by Louis Chalon, Raphael Bauer bookplates, top edge gilt, uniformly bound by Zaehnsdorf, 4to, plus 3 others: The Nights of Straparola, now first translated into English by W. G. Waters, illustrated by E. R. Hughes, 2 volumes, 1894, limited edition of 1000 (this copy unnumbered), The Novellino of Masuccio, 2 volumes, 1895 (limited edition 960/1000), and The Pecorone of Ser Giovanni, 1897 (limited edition 72/600), all uniformly boundQTY: (9)NOTE:Provenance: W. A. Foyle, Beeleigh Abbey.

Keble (John). The Christian Year: thought in verse for the Sundays and Holydays throughout the year, 2 volumes, 1st edition, Oxford: printed by W. Baxter, for J. Parker; and C. and J. Rivington, 1827, xii, 201pp and viii, 200, plus errata leaf at end, half-titles present to each volume, endpaper to first volume removed, some spotting to endpapers of second volume, ownership signature of John Drinkwater dated 1920 to half-title of each volume, small printed ownership ticket of Samuel Day Hopkinson to half-tile of first volume, gilt ownership bookplate of John Drinkwater to half-title of first volume and front pastedown of second volume, gilt-decorated red morocco bookplate of W. A. Foyle, Beeleigh Abbey to front pastedown of each volume, original grey drab boards, with paper label to spine of each volume, a little rubbed and some marks to spines, housed in modern protective brown crushed morocco-backed book box (by Sangorski & Sutcliffe), 8vo, together with Newman (John Henry). Lectures on Justification, second edition, London: printed for J. G. F. & J. Rivington, & J. H. Parker, Oxford, 1840, & Apologia Pro Vita Sua: being A Reply to a Pamphlet, entitled “What, then, does Dr. Newman mean?”, 1st edition, London: Longman, Green, Roberts & Green, 1864, xi, 453 pp., and iv, 430, 127 pp. respectively, marbled endpapers, first work with gilt-decorated red morocco bookplate of W. A. Foyle, Beeleigh Abbey to front pastedown, second title with gilt-decorated red morocco bookplate of W. A. Foyle, Beeleigh Abbey to front endpaper, and old photographic portrait of the author mounted to front pastedown, together with five (of six) volumes of Newman’s Parochial Sermons, mixed editions, 1837-57 (lacking volume IV), all uniformly bound in contemporary polished calf, gilt decorated spines with contrasting dark blue and red spine labels, a little rubbed and some marks to spines, 8voQTY: (9)NOTE:Provenance (Christian Year): Samuel Day Hopkinson; John Drinkwater; Michael Ernest Sadler, University College, Oxford (bookplate loosely inserted); W. A. Foyle, Beeleigh Abbey (bookplate).With an autograph note by the author to the Right Hon. Lord Chief Baron, dated Hensley Vicarage, Aug. 26. 1855, in which Mr Keble presents his compliments to the Lord Chief Baron, & hopes that the inclosed of the entry of Mr Lovell's Burial will answer the purpose.A fine copy of Keble's influential collection of devotional verses, published anonymously in an edition of 500 copies. The most significant proponent of the Oxford Movement, a combination of romantic sentiment and High Church ideals was the poetic blockbuster of the 19th century, going through 158 editions before its copyright expired in 1873.

Elzevir Press. De Imperio Magni Mogolis sive India vera commentarius, Leiden: Elzevir, 1631, engraved title, engraved illustration, a little minor spotting, bookplates and ink stamp at front, contemporary vellum, light soiling, 12mo, together with Somner (William). Julii Caesaris Portus Iccius Illustratus: sive 1. Gulielmi Somneri ad chiffletii librum de Porto Iccio, responsio; nunc primum ex MS. edita. 2. Carolo du Fresne dissertio de Porta Iccio. Tractatum utrumque Latine vertit, & nova dissertatione auxit Edmundis Gibson, 1st edition, Oxford: Theatro Sheldoniano, 1694, folding engraved map, a little marginal fraying and dust-soiling, manuscript initials to last leaf and bookplate of William Borlase (1696-1772, antiquary, naturalist and geologist), additional bookplate of Rev. Prebendary Hedgeland, later calf gilt, rebacked with original spine relaid, a little rubbed, 8vo, plus Menestrier (P. F. C.). La Nouvelle Methode Raisonee du Blason, pour l'apprendre d'une maniere aises, reduite en lecops, par demandes & par responses, Lyon: Jacques Lions, 1718, hand-coloured engraved frontispiece, 32 hand-coloured plates, illustrations, some coloured, ink annotations to table and final leaf verso, occasional water stains, previous owner signature of John Woodward, burgundy morocco gilt bookplate of W. A. Foyle, Beeleigh Abbey, modern calf, spine faded, 8vo, with Solitudo Norbertina, sive Exercitia Spiritualia, by Friedrich Herlet, 1694QTY: (4)NOTE:Provenance: W. A. Foyle, Beeleigh Abbey (bookplates for the two last titles); Willems 354 for first title; Wing S4666 for the second.

Goldsmith (Oliver). The Poems of Oliver Goldsmith, new edition, London: Printed by T. Bensley, for F. J. Du Roveray, 1800, 6 engraved plates, publisher's advert leaf at rear, upper pastedown with armorial bookplate of Lord Kinnaird and 20th-century bookplate of John Porter, all edges gilt, contemporary straight-grain green morocco gilt, 8vo (22.8 x 14 cm), together with:Thomson (James). The Works of Mr. James Thomson, with his last corrections and improvements, to which is prefixed, The Life of the Author, by Patrick Murdoch, 3 volumes, London: R. Baldwin, J. Nichols and Son [et al], 1803, 12 engraved plates including portrait frontispiece to volume 1, burgundy morocco gilt bookplate of W. A. Foyle, Beeleigh Abbey to upper pastedowns, 20th-century marbled half calf, gilt decorated spines to morocco labels, extremities slightly rubbed, 8vo,Hunt (Leigh). A Jar of Honey from Mount Hybla, London: Smith, Elder, and Co., 1848, wood engraved illustrations by Richard Doyle, London: Smith, Elder, and Co., 1848, occasional light spotting, autograph letter signed by Leigh Hunt tipped-in to front free endpaper, addressed to the publisher Henry Colburn referring to poems Hunt wanted published, armorial bookplate Horace Noble Pym to upper pastedown, contemporary calf, gilt decorated spine with black morocco title label, lightly rubbed to extremities, 8vo,Northcote (James). One Hundred Fables, Original and Selected, 1st and 2nd series, London: Geo. Lawford, and John Murray, 1828-33, engraved portrait frontispiece to first volume, numerous wood engraved illustrations, burgundy morocco gilt bookplate of W. A. Foyle, Beeleigh Abbey to upper pastedowns, all edges gilt, contemporary calf by Pickering & Co., gilt decorated spines with green morocco labels (gilt rubbed), extremities rubbed, 8vo,Le Sage (Alain René). The adventures of Gil Blas of Santillana, newly translated from the French of A.R. Lesage, by Martin Smart, 4 volumes, London: Richard Phillips, 1807, 100 hand-coloured engraved plates (including frontispieces), bookplate of William Brackenburn to upper pastedowns, all edges gilt, 20th-century mottled calf by Riviere & Son, gilt decorated spines with morocco labels, joints slightly rubbed, 12mo,Ossian. The Poems of Ossian, Translated by James Macpherson, 3 volumes, London: William Miller, John Murray and John Harding, 1805, 12 engraved plates (including portrait frontispiece to volume 1), occasional light spotting, bookplate of Alexander Stone to upper pastedowns and front blank flyleaves, all edges gilt, mid 19th-century maroon morocco by Carss & Co. of Glasgow, gilt decorated spines, 8vo, plus other 19th-century publications in full and half leather decorative bindingsQTY: (31)

Janet (Louis, publisher). Sagas, Légendes des bordes du Rhin, orné de 8 gravures sur acier, d'après les dessins des peintres de l'Ecole de Dusseldorf, 1st edition, Paris: Louis Janet, circa 1830, half-title, colour aquatint frontispiece, and 14 fine colour aquatint views, each heightened with gum arabic, and tipped-on to brown paper, all 14 plates with handwritten caption in ink, marbled endpapers with gilt-decorated red morocco bookplate of W. A. Foyle, Beeleigh Abbey to front pastedown, top edge gilt, later red half morocco gilt (by Sangorski & Sutcliffe), 8vo (an attractive copy), together with an album of Swiss Costumes, circa 1830, 33 hand-coloured aquatint plates of reginal costumes of Switzerland, including Zurich, Berne, Oberhasli, Lucerne, Enflibuch, Canton d'Ury, Unterwalden, Appenzell, Geneve, etc., bound without text, first and last plate with some light overall toning, marbled endpapers with gilt-decorated burgundy morocco bookplate of W. A. Foyle, Beeleigh Abbey to front pastedown, top edge gilt, later three-quarter red morocco gilt (by Bayntun Riviere), small 4to QTY: (2)

Bridges (S. E., and J. Hazlewood). England's Helicon. A Collection of Pastoral and Lyric Poems, first published at the close of the reign of Q. Elizabeth, third edition, to which is added a biographical and critical introduction, London: printed by T. Bensley for Robert Triphook, 1812, [xix], xl,248 pp., wide margins, top edge gilt, marbled endpapers, gilt-decorated red morocco label of W. A. Foyle Beeleigh Abbey to front pastedown, fine late 19th or early 20th century three-quarter crushed red morocco (by J. Lammins), spine richly gilt, large 8vo (Large Paper copy), together withKempe (Alfred John, editor). The Loseley Manuscripts. Manuscripts, and other rare documents, illustrative of some of the more minute particulars of English History, Biography, and Manners, from the reign of Henry VIII to that of James I preserved in the muniment room of James Moremolyneux esq. at Loseley House in Surrey, now first edited, with notes, by Alfred John Kempe, esq. F.S.A., folding wood-engraved frontispiece, three single-page facsimile plates, armorial bookplate of Frances Mary Richardson Currer, and gilt-decorated burgundy morocco bookplate of W. A. Foyle Beeleigh Abbey to front pastedown, contemporary full calf, gilt decorated spine, a little rubbed and scuffed to joints and extremities, 8vo, plusGoldsmid (Edmund, editor). Collectanea Adamantaea, II, VII, XVIII (2 volumes), XXI & XXII (Kempes Nine Daies Wonder, Lucina sine Concubitu, A History of Amulets by Martin Frederick Blumler, 2 volumes, Pathomachia: or, The Battell of Affections & A Charitable Remonstrance addressed to the Wives and Maidens of France, touching their Dissolute Adornments), six works bound in one, Edinburgh: privately printed, 1884-87, titles printed in red and black, top edge gilt, remainder untrimmed, armorial bookplate of Edward George Geoffrey Smith-Stanley (1799-1869), 14th Earl of Derby, Prime Minister to front pastedown, contemporary half vellum gilt, with maroon spine labels, 8vo, and five others related: Thomas Wright, The Political Songs of England, from the reign of John to that of Edward II (Bibliotheca Curiosa), revised by Edmund Goldsmid, four volumes bound in two, Edinburgh: privately printed, 1884, Robert Bell, Early Ballads illustrative of history, traditions, and customs; also Ballads and Songs of the Peasantry of England, London: George Bell & Sons, 1885, Joe Miller's Jests or The Wits Vade-mecum, 1739 [London: reprinted circa 1865], and John Addington Symonds, Shakespere's Predecessors in the English Drama, new edition, London: Smith, Elder & Co., 1900, (bookplate of Viscount Birkenhead), all bound in full or half morocco or calf, 8voQTY: (8)

Hunt (Leigh). The Indicator, and the Companion; a miscellany for the fields and the fireside, 2 volumes, 1st edition, London: published for Henry Colburn, 1834, half-titles (with advertisements to verso), portrait frontispiece to volume I, a little minor spotting, first few leaves in volume I toned, top edge gilt, later brown half morocco gilt by Zaehnsdorf, 8vo, together with Stories from the Italian Poets: with Lives of the Writers, 2 volumes, 1st edition, London: Chapman and Hall, 1946, half-titles, red ink shelf number stamp at front of volume I, bookplates of Horatio Pym (1844-1896, book collector), later tan half calf gilt by Mansell (gilt decoration to lower two compartments of volume II spine partially wormed), 8vo, plus three other 1st editions by the author: Captain Sword and Captain Pen. A Poem, 1835, Men, Women, and Books; A selection of sketches, essays, and critical mmemoirs from his uncollected prose writings, 2 volumes, 1847, and The Autobiography of Leigh Hunt; with reminiscences of friends and contemporaries, 3 volumes, 1850 QTY: (10)NOTE:Provenance: W. A. Foyle, Beeleigh Abbey; Horatio Noble Pym (bookplates).

Haldane (Richard Burdon). The Pathway to Reality, being the Gifford Lectures..., 1902-1903, 2 volumes, London: John Murray, 1903, autograph letter by the author addressed to 'My dear Mayne', tipped-in to front of first volume, contemporary half-calf, gilt decorated spines, one spine label to second label missing, 8vo, together with Woolnoth (Thomas). Facts & Faces, being an enquiry into the connection between linear and mental portraiture, with a dissertation on personal and relative beauty, 2nd edition, London: published by the author, 1854, engraved plates, some light scattered spotting, all edges gilt, near-contemporary half calf over marbled boards, large octavo, plusBabbitt (Edwin D.). The Principles of Light and Color, 2nd edition, New Jersey: published by the author at the College of Fine Forces, 1896, colour plates and monochrome illustrations to text, top edge gilt, near-contemporary full morocco, spines somewhat faded, and others various, including Percy Lubbock, The Origin of Civilisation and the Primitive Condition of Man, 2 volumes, 1865-70, Herbert Spencer, Works, 19 volumes, 1861-1907, Fischel & Von Boehn, Modes & Manners of the Nineteenth Century, 4 volumes, 1927, and Fairholt, Tobacco: its history & associations, 1876 QTY: (24)

Dépôt général de la guerre. Mémorial topographique et militaire, rédigé au dépôt général de la guerre; imprimé par ordre du ministre, 6 volumes, 1st [and only] edition, Paris: Imprimerie de la République, [1802-05], 26 folding engraved maps, plans, diagrams and tables, including one of the Battle of Leuthen in 1757, one of the Black Forest, and one of Swabia, title to each volume with wood-engraved vignette, and ink library number to head of each title, bookplate of the Bibliotheca Suchtelen to front pastedown of first volume, a few minor marks, contemporary uniform red half morocco gilt, one or two spines a little discoloured, lightly rubbed, 8vo QTY: (6)NOTE:Provenance: Count Piotr Sukhtelen (1751-1836), a military engineer who joined the Russian service in 1783, and served for Russia over more than half a century. He became a lieutenant-general in the Russian army, was a hero of the War of 1812 against Napoleon's invasion of Russia, and later Russian ambassador at Sweden. A true bibliomaniac, his enormous library was acquired by the Russian government in 1836, being delivered by warship to St. Petersburg.Rare. Divided into three topographical parts and three historical parts, this set of volumes provides detailed information on military topography and reconnaissance, including surveys of the Tyrol and Black Forest, as well as a history of the Dépôt Général de la Guerre, and a list of the best available published maps of the various parts of Europe.The Dépôt Général de la Guerre, which was in charge of military mapping for the French army, published this Mémorial around the same time as plans were afoot to create a training school for military engineers, dedicated to geodesic surveying, field surveys, and cartography, which became known as the Ecole des ingenieurs-geographes, created in 1809.“Que la terre soit, d’après Descartes et Leibnitz, un petit soleil encroûté, ou, selon Buffon, une éclaboussure de notre soleil, peu importe aux militaires. Lorsque, défenseurs ou conquérans, bravant les fatigues et les dangers, ils s’élèvent sur ces plateaux, ces cols, ces noeuds de monts agglomérés (...) peu leur importe de connaître les brillantes théories par lesquelles le génie borné de l’homme a voulu expliquer la formation de ces grandes masses qui participent à l’immensité.” (Introduction to volume V)

[Pape, Libertus de]. Summaria Cronologia Insignis Ecclesiae Parchensis Ordinis Praemonstratensis sitae prope muros oppidi Lovaniensis ex archivo dictae Ecclesiae in ordinem redacta per F. L. D. P. S. T. L. ejustdem Ecclesiae Canoneum professum, 1st and only edition, Leuven: Petri Sasseni, 1662, title with woodcut device, title repaired, some browning and spotting throughout, later annotations to front endpaper verso, burgundy morocco gilt bookplate of W. A. Foyle, Beeleigh Abbey, contemporary vellum, manuscript title to spine, upper cover warped, some soiling, contained in a later half maroon morocco slipcase, 8vo QTY: (1)NOTE:Provenance: W. A. Foyle (bookplate).First and only edition of the history of the Premonstratensian Park Abbey at Heverlee, near Leuven in Belgium.

[Barham, Richard Harris, 'Thomas Ingoldsby']. The Ingoldsby Legends or Mirth and Marvels, series 1-3, 1st edition (volumes 1 & 2, 2nd edition for volume 3), London: Richard Bentley, 1840-47, half-titles for volumes 2 & 3, engraved titles, 19 plates mostly by John Leech and George Cruikshank, p. 96 in volume 1 with small marginal repair, some light toning to first two volumes, crimson morocco gilt bookplates of W A. Foyle, Beeleigh Abbey, top edge gilt, later blue half morocco gilt by Bayntun Riviere, Bath, 8vo, together with Sue (Eugene). The Wandering Jew, 3 volumes, 1st edition in English, London: Chapman and Hall, 1844-45, frontispiece to each, numerous wood-engraved plates, occasional light offsetting, bookplates of Alexander Stone (1907-1998, Scottish bibliophile), top edge gilt, later maroon half morocco by The Times Book Club, plus Smith (Albert). The Wassail-Bowl, 2 volumes, 1st edition, London: Richard Bentley, 1843, half-titles, plates and illustrations by John Leech, original cloth covers and spines bound-in at rear, a few light spots, burgundy morocco bookplates of W. A. Foyle, top edge gilt, later maroon full morocco gilt by Bayntun Riviere, spines slightly faded, 8vo, together with others leatherbound including Richard Savage. A Romance of Real Life, by Charles Whitehead, 3 volumes, 1844, Saint James's: or the Court of Queen Anne, by William Harrison Ainsworth, 3 volumes, 1st edition, 1844 (extra-illustrated), plus others by Frank Smedley, George Reynolds, Ann Rolfe et alQTY: (31)NOTE:Provenance: W. A. Foyle, Beeleigh Abbey (bookplates).

* Seward (William). Anecdotes of Distinguished Persons, chiefly of the present and two preceding centuries. Illustrated by Engravings, 4 volumes, Fourth edition: considerably enlarged, and newly arranged and digested, London: printed for D. Cadell Jun. and W. Davies, in the Strand, 1798, numerous engraved plates, extra-illustrated with 130 17th and 18th century additional engraved portraits (including several views) by George Vertue, Van der Gucht, and others, including a fine coloured mezzotint portrait of Stanislaus Augustus Kind of Poland, 1792, Schenk's James II, early portraits of John Huss, Melanchthon, Calvin, and other Reformers, the Chevalier Bayard, William Harvey, Descartes, Rousseau, etc., inlaid to uniform size, early ownership signature of C. A. S. Wetenhall to front pastedown of each volume, and bookplates of F. E. Dinshaw, and W. A. Foyle, Beeleigh Abbey to front pastedowns, all edges gilt, some inner hinges a little tender, contemporary plum straight grained full morocco (by C. Smith, Soho, with his ticket to verso of front endpaper of the first volume), gilt decorated spines, boards with triple gilt outer border and gilt thistle motif to corners, rubbed and somewhat scuffed to joints and edges, 8voQTY: (4)NOTE:William Seward (1747-1799) was a close friend of the Thrales and of Doctor Johnson. His entertaining collection of literary and historical anecdotes was first published in 1795.

Higgins (Godfrey). The Celtic Druids; or, An Attempt to Shew, that the Druids were the Priest of Oriental Colonies who Emigrated from India, and were the introducers of the first or Cadmean system of letters, and the builders of Stone Henge, of Carnac, and of other cyclopean works in Asia and Europe, 1st edition, London: Roland Hunter, and Ridgway and Sons, 1829, additional lithographed vignette title, single-page map and 46 plates and plans (including 4 double-page), 7 lithographic illustrations to text, all on India paper, several woodcut vignettes to text, additional title with upper outer corner repaired, wide margins, top edge gilt, remainder untrimmed, red morocco gilt bookplate of W. A. Foyle, Beeleigh Abbey to front pastedown, early 20th-century brown crushed half morocco gilt, some minor marks to extremities, large 4to, together withDavies (Edward). Celtic Researches, on the origin, traditions & language of the Ancient Britons; with some introductory sketches, on Primitive Society. By Edward Davies, Curate of Olveston, Gloucestershire, 1st edition, London: printed for the author, 1804, list of subscribers, two engraved illustrations, wide margins, marbled endpapers, contemporary polished full calf gilt, rubbed and upper board with some surface scrapes, 8vo, plusCampbell (J. F.). The Celtic Dragon Myth, with the Jest of Fraoch and the Dragon translated with an introduction by George Henderson, illustrations in colour by Rachel Ainlie Grant Duff, five colour plates including frontispiece, gilt-decorated red morocco bookplate of W. A. Foyle, Beeleigh Abbey to front pastedown, marbled endpapers, top edge gilt, attractive contemporary polished green full calf, gilt decorated spine, a few minor marks, 8voQTY: (3)NOTE:Cox III p.462; Lowndes II, p.596 (Davies).

Hunt (Leigh). Imagination and Fancy; or Selections from the English Poets, illustrative of those first requisites of the art; with markings of the best passages, critical notices of the writers, and an essay in answer to the question "What is Poetry?", 1st edition, London: Smith, Elder and Co., 1844, engraved portrait frontispiece, extra-illustrated with some 30 plates, printed list of plates, dated 1898 inserted after contents leaves, some offsetting from plates, crimson morocco gilt bookplate of W. A. Foyle, Beeleigh Abbey (two small abrasions from previous bookplate), top edge gilt, later green morocco gilt by Riviere & Son, spine faded to brown, 8vo, together with Wit and Humour, selected from the English Poets; with an illustrative essay and critical comments, 1st edition, London: Smith, Elder and Co., 1846, half-title, engraved portrait frontispiece, extra-illustrated with 37 plates, 32 pp. publisher's catalogue bound at rear, some light offsetting, burgundy morocco gilt bookplate of W. A. Foyle, and William Edward Hollis, top edge gilt, uniformly bound by Riviere, spine faded, 8vo, together with 3 other 1st editions by the author: The Town; its Memorable Characters and Events, 2 volumes, 1848, Men, Women, and Books; 2 volumes, 1847, and The Old Court Suburb; or, Memorials of Kensington, Regal, Critical and Anecdotal, 2 volumes, 1855, all extra-illustrrated and uniformly bound by Riviere and Son QTY: (8)NOTE:Provenance: W. A. Foyle, Beeleigh Abbey (bookplate).

Doctor Who - Tom Baker (Fourth Doctor) - collection of 'Tom Baker' related merchandise, each item signed by Baker. Includes: Who On Earth Is Tom Baker? An Autobiography (first edition, signed to the title page), The Tom Baker 2011 Calendar signed in black ink to the front, Tom Baker At 80 signed CD (sealed) and a 2016 calendar signed to the front in silver ink (sealed). All obtained from Baker's website in the 2000s. 

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TWO HARRY POTTER FIRST EDITION HARDBACK BOOKS TO INCLUDE, 'HARRY POTTER AND THE ORDER OF THE PHOENIX' AND 'HARRY POTTER AND THE DEATHLY HALLOWS'