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Anson (George).- Coyer (Abbé Gabriel François) A Supplement to Lord Anson's Voyage Round the World. Containing A Discovery and Description of the Island of Frivola, small red ink stamp to verso of final leaf, [Sabin 17318], Printed for A. Millar...J. Whiston and B. White, 1752, bound after Byron (John) The Narrative of the Honourable John Byron (Commodore in a Late Expedition round the World), second edition, half-title, engraved frontispiece, G3 with short tear to blank lower margin, [Sabin 9730], Printed for S. Baker and G. Leigh...and T. Davies, 1768, together 2 works in 1 vol., engraved armorial bookplate of Tho. Smyth, the odd spot or mark but overall clean copies, contemporary speckled calf, rebacked, with red morocco labels to spine, worn at corners, rubbed, 8vo. ⁂ The first is a satirical work on the French nation, based on the supposed discovery of the Utopian island "Frivola" by Admiral Anson during his circumnavigation.

Hemingway (Ernest) Fiesta, first English edition, first impression, original cloth, marginal browning to endpapers, original cloth, slight shelf-lean, light shadowing to spine, first impression dust-jacket, light browning to spine, minor chipping to spine tips and corners, pencil notes to rear flap, light creasing to head, some light marking or surface soiling to panels, but an excellent example overall, [Hanneman 33A], 8vo, 1927.⁂ The first English edition of The Sun Also Rises, one of Hemingway's best works and a cornerstone of modernist fiction. While copies in the second impression jacket have occasionally appeared on the market, copies in first impression jackets are exceptionally rare with only a handful of copies recorded.

Scotland.- B[lack] (W[illiam]) The Privileges of the Royal Burrows, first edition, 2pp. errata at end, some light soiling, engraved bookplate of Ad Rolland Advocate, contemporary sprinkled calf, rubbed, small stain to upper cover, rebacked, red morocco label, covers detached, [Goldsmiths' 4372; Hanson 740], Edinburgh, Andrew Anderson, 1707 § Bruce (Alexander) The Tutor's Guide; or the Principles of Civil and Municipal Laws and Customs, relating to Pupils and Minors, and their Tutors and Curators, first edition, title in red & black, engraved bookplate of Simon Mackenzie of Scotsburn, contemporary panelled calf, stains to upper cover, Edinburgh, Robert Freebair, 1714 § Letter (A) from a Blacksmith, to the Ministers and Elders of the Kirk of Scotland, first edition, cropped, modern cloth, Leith, by A.Robertson, 1766; and an Edinburgh Almanack for 1751, 8vo et infra (4)

Topolski (Feliks) Paris Lost. A Sketchbook of the Thirties, first edition, signed by the author on dedication p., 4 Autograph notes or cards signed by the author loosely inserted, plates, original cloth, dust-jacket, spine ends and corners a little chipped, otherwise excellent, 4to, 1973.

Williams (Helen Maria) Sketches of the State of Manners and Opinions in the French Republic towards the end of the Eighteenth Century, 2 vol., first edition, half-titles, browned, modern half green morocco, spines gilt, 8vo, 1801.⁂ "The late 1790s seemed a time of renewed hopes for political progress, as shown by Williams's Tour in Switzerland of 1798, which anticipated the revolutionary activity in the Swiss cantons. Like many of her books, it was translated immediately into French. Optimistically calling the new century the 'age of rights', Williams lauded the rise to power of Napoleon Bonaparte in her next book, Sketches of the French Republic (1801), a work that became known for its critique of Nelson's actions in Naples. The peace of Amiens allowed visitors once more into France, and many famous guests attended her salon or conversazione...Catherine Wilmot wrote that Williams's 'Hotel is in the midst of a delightful garden and we spend the evening in her Library, which was particularly corresponding with her style of society, the latter being compos'd of Senators, Members of the National Institute (in their blue embroider'd coats) and every one in the literary line.' Williams became disillusioned with Bonaparte's policies, and her salon was for a time placed under police surveillance." [Deborah F. Kennedy in ODNB].

Beechey (Capt. F.W.) Narrative of a Voyage to the Pacific and Beering's Strait, to co-operate with the Polar Expeditions, 2 vol., first edition, half-titles, 3 engraved maps (2 folding), 23 engraved and lithographed plates, most with tissue-guards, tipped-in errata slip and advertisement f., remains of original spines tipped-in at end (with ink title in manuscript), bookplate of Frederick E. Ellis, ink ownership inscription of Eliza Giffard to pastedowns, occasional light foxing, maps with light offsetting, a few plates toned, hinges repaired, original boards, neatly rebacked with spine labels renewed, upper covers with title in manuscript, a few small stains, rubbed, preserved in a morocco-backed drop-back box, [Sabin 4347; Hill 93], 4to, 1831.⁂ The so-called Admiralty edition, issued in quarto, with an octavo edition published the same year. The work includes much information on Alaska, the Californian coast and the Pacific islands, particularly details on the Bounty mutiny taken from the narrative of John Adams, the last surviving mutineer on Pitcairn Island.

Freemasonry.- Hutchinson (William) The Spirit of Masonry in Moral and Elucidatory Lectures, first edition, engraved frontispiece and title with masonic vignette, light spotting, later bookplate, later half roan, g.e., rubbed, rebacked, for J.Wilkie, 1775 § Smith (Capt. George) The Use and Abuse of Free-Masonry, first edition, half-title, engraved title-vignette, some foxing, [Vibert p.39], later half calf, for the Author, 1783 § Exposition (An) of the Causes which have produced the late Dissensions among the Freemasons of Scotland, first edition, half-title, light soiled, stab-holes, ex-library copy with blind-stamp to title and label, old cloth-backed boards, Edinburgh, 1808, 8vo (3)

Hanway (Jonas) Three Letters on the Subject of the Marine Society, fine engraved frontispiece by J.B.Cipriani, title in red & black, Letter I second edition, Letter III with engraved frontispiece by Hayman, illustration & tail-piece and interleaved, list of subscribers at end, 1758; Two Letters..., title in red & black, 1758, together 2 works in 1 vol., first collected editions, an excellent clean wide-margined copy on thick paper, the scholar Arnold Muirhead's copy with his book-label, contemporary calf, rubbed, corners bumped, rebacked preserving old roan label, [Goldsmiths' 9406 & 9408], 4to⁂ A scarce complete set of Hanway's five letters on his Marine Society, with separate title pages, pagination and register to each letter and a list of subscribers to the Marine Society. The first item is the ?first of three collected editions issued in the same year, the second was intended as a continuation of the first. Hanway established the Marine Society in 1756 to kit out destitute men and boys and send them to sea. In 1758 he also co-founded the Magdalen Hospital for penitent prostitutes, the subject of the final letter.

[Evans (Mary Ann)] "George Eliot". Daniel Deronda, first edition in eight parts, half-titles and divisional fly-titles, all advertisements, slips and errata slips as called for (and part 2 with errata slip at p.1), occasional minor marginal spotting, original greenish-grey printed wrappers, spines toned and a little cracked, a few parts with chipping to spine ends, the odd closed tear at joints, part 1 upper cover lightly toned, part 3 small tear upper cover edge and lower hinge starting, part 7 with small booksellers label to front cover and back-strip coming loose at foot, a few instances of light creasing, overall a very good set, [Baker & Ross A11.1.a.1], 8vo, William Blackwood and Sons, 1876.Provenance: Sir Hugh Seymour Walpole (1884-1941), English novelist and book collector [Brackenburn bookplate to front pastedowns]

Briggs (Raymond) The Snowman, first edition, signed by the author "Best wishes Raymond Briggs 1978" on title, colour illustrations by the author, light spotting to title and final p., original pictorial boards, spine ends a little bumped, light toning to covers, a few small dents to covers but a good copy generally, 4to, 1978.⁂ The author's most popular work, scarce signed.

Cookery.- Complete Family-Piece (The): and, Country Gentleman and Farmer's Best Guide, second edition, slight worming at beginning but no loss to sense, a few stains, contemporary calf, gilt, rubbed, [Bitting p.534; Cagle 628; Maclean p.33; Oxford p.68], for A. Bettesworth [&c.], 1737 § Farley (John) The London Art of Cookery, and Housekeeper's Complete Assistant..., second edition, engraved portrait frontispiece of the author (lightly offset on title), 12 engraved bills of fare, some foxing, contemporary sheep, rubbed, rebacked preserving old red roan label, corners repaired, [Cagle 676; Maclean p.50; Oxford p.114n; this edition not in Vicaire or Bitting], for J.Scatcherd & J.Whitaker, 1784, 8vo et infra (2)⁂ The first covers cookery, wine and brewing; hunting, coursing and shooting; gardening and farming. The second work by Farley, the "principal cook at the London Tavern" (title) which was renowned for its good food, was actually written by a hack writer, Richard Johnson, mainly compiled from the works of Hannah Glasse and Elizabeth Raffald.

Botany.- Martyn (John) Historia Plantarum Rariorum, first edition, imprimatur f., title printed in red and black, engraved dedication leaf to the Royal Society, mezzotint and woodcut headpieces, engraved and woodcut initials, 50 fine mezzotint plates by Elisha Kirkall after paintings by Jacob van Huysum, R. Sartorius, and others, printed in colours and finished by hand, each plate with engrave subscriber's arms, occasional light damp-staining, occasional light finger-soiling to margins, contemporary calf, neatly rebacked and recornered, rubbed, [Great Flower Books, p.67; Henrey 3:1016; Hunt 476; Nissen BBI 1289], folio, Richard Reily, 1728 [-1787].⁂ The first botanical book to be illustrated with colour-printed plates and one of the earliest examples of colour-printing from a single plate. Martyn's work would pave the way for other great botanical works including Thornton's Temple of Flora as well as the colour-printing of Redouté and others.

Medicine.- Colbatch (John) A Relation of a very sudden and Extraordinary Cure of a Person Bitten by a Viper, by the Means of Acids, first edition, half-title, A1 with loss to bottom affecting text, neatly supplied in facsimile, scattered spotting, trimmed, modern boards, a little rubbed, [Wing C5007], 12mo, for Dan. Brown ..., 1698.

Pacific.- Patterson (Samuel) Narrative of the Adventures and Sufferings of Samuel Patterson, first edition, contemporary ink ownership inscription of Joshua Fiske of Sturbridge to front free endpaper, a couple very small holes affecting a letter of text (p.13, 17 and 35), lightly browned throughout (as usual) with some foxing, minor damp-stain to head of first few leaves, original calf, red morocco label to spine, tiny chip to spine head, corners worn, rubbed, [Sabin 59145; Hill 1315; Howes P-122], small 8vo, From the Press in Palmer [Mass.], May 1, 1817.⁂ A Pacific narrative including material on California and America's Northwest coast, Hawaii and Fiji, the latter where Patterson was marooned for six months following a shipwreck. Howes refers to this as the second issue, noting a Rhode Island issue published the same year as the first. The Rhode Island issue is unrecorded in the other references cited.

Economics.- Postlethwayt (Malachy) Great-Britain's True System..., first edition, contemporary ink signature of Lewis Johnson to head of title, title and final leaf browned at edges, contemporary speckled calf, rebacked preserving old label, [Goldsmiths' 9266; Kress 5639; Sabin 64565], A.Millar, 1757 § Sheffield (John Baker Holroyd, Lord) Observations on the Commerce of the American States, A New Edition, Much Enlarged, 10 folding tables, light water-staining at beginning and end, contemporary speckled calf, spine gilt, a few slightly worn or stained patches, spine repaired at head, [Goldsmiths' 12622; this edition not in Kress], J.Debrett, 1784 § Report of the Commissioners for Taking, Examining, and Stating, the Publick Accounts of the Kingdom, 1711; Report from the Commissioners appointed to Take, Examine and State the Publick Accounts of the Kingdom, 1712; A Report from the Commissioners appointed to Take, Examine and Determine the Debts of the Army, &c., [Goldsmiths 4755, 4906 & 5055], 1713, together 3 works bound in 1 vol., early 19th century calf with border in gilt and blind, g.e., rebacked preserving old gilt spine with roan labels, 8vo (3).⁂ The first was Postlethwayt's last published work; the second was Sheffield's attack upon Pitt's proposal to relax the navigation laws against the new United States of America; the third relates to charges against the Duke of Marlborough.

Darwin (Charles) O Vzniku Druhů, first Czech edition of 'On the Origin of Species', folding plate, previous owner's neat ink signature to title, original upper cover bound-in at end, modern half-morocco, slight rubbing to corners and spine extremities, 8vo, Prague, 1914.⁂ The first Czech translation of Darwin's landmark, 'On the Origin of Species' which predates the Latvian, Armenia, Ukrainian, Bulgarian, Romanian and Slovenian translations by several years.

Doyle (Sir Arthur Conan) The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes, first edition, black and white illustrations, some light spotting to peripheral ff. and the odd instance of finger soiling, hinges starting, original cloth, small amounts of damp-staining to covers, spine and extremities a little rubbed, spine ends bumped, 4to, 1894.

London.- [Ward (Edward)] A Compleat and Humorous Account of all the Remarkable Clubs and Societies in the Cities of London and Westminster, engraved frontispiece, title printed in red, contemporary ink signature to title, lightly soiled and stained, modern half calf, spine faded, for the author, 1745 § Mumford (Erasmus) A Letter to the Club at White's, first edition, modern marbled boards, [ Kress 5059; Not in Goldsmiths'], for W.Owen, 1750; and 2 others on London clubs and societies, 8vo et infra (4)⁂ The first is a satire on London social life through descriptions of actual and fictitious clubs, including the No-Nose Club, the Farting Club, the Club of Ugly-Faces and of Broken Shopkeepers. It was first published in 1709 as The Secret History of Clubs: particularly the Kit-Cat, Beef-Stake, Vertuosos, Quacks, Knights of the Golden-Fleece, Florists, Beaus, &c. The second item is a self-indulgent satire ostensibly on gambling but in fact largely political with references to Swift and Fielding.

Computing.- Boole (George) The Mathematical Analysis of Logic, first edition, 6-line errata slip tipped in after preface, some minor spotting, some pencil annotations, original printed yellow wrappers, spine ends chipped, upper corner torn, [Tomash & Williams B199; Origins of Cyberspace 223], 8vo, Cambridge & London, 1847.⁂ Rare and important work. We have been unable to trace any copy at auction in the original wrappers."This was Boole's first work of logic, in the introduction to which he first refuted W. Hamilton's claim that logic was a part of philosophy and that no mathematician could possibly contribute anything to this field. It was this volume that began the revolution that led to the development of mathematical logic. In recent times, Boolean logic has found widespread use in the design of digital computers and communications systems" (Tomash & Williams).

Card-Playing.- [?Hawkins (William)], "Gyles Smith". Serious Reflections on the Dangerous Tendency Of the Common Practice of Card-Playing; Especially of the Game of All-Fours, as it hath been Publickly play'd at Oxford..., 24pp., first edition with "price fourpence" at foot of title, title browned, modern boards, W.Owen, [1755] § [Bolton (Robert)] A Letter to a Lady, on Card-Playing on the Lord's Day, first edition, half-title, modern wrappers, for J.Leake at Bath [&] M. Cooper & R. Dodsley, 1748 § Beaufort (James) Hoyle's Games Improved, being practical treatises on...Whist, Quadrille, Piquet, Back-gammon, Chess, Billiard and Tennis, first edition, contemporary sheep, a little worn, S.Bladon, 1775, 8vo & 12mo (3)⁂ The first was written as a response to the increasing popularity of card games, brought about by the numerous publications of Edmond Hoyle. Hawkins was a clergyman, poet, dramatist and the Professor of Poetry at Oxford. Unsurprisingly there are many copies in various Oxford colleges but it is rare in commerce. The last is a reworking and simplification of Hoyle's guides to games with billiards and tennis (i.e. real tennis) added and which Hoyle had "never touched upon".

Africa.- [Burton (Sir Richard Francis)] "F. R. G. S." Wanderings in West Africa from Liverpool to Fernando Po, 2 vol., first edition, half-titles, portrait frontispiece, lightly spotted, folding engraved map, new endpapers, original cloth, rebacked retaining original backstrips, scarce early variant with "F. R. G. S." to spine in gilt, [Penzer pp.71-72], 8vo, 1863.⁂ "It apparently was Burton's original idea to entirely suppress his name from the above work and in his own copy ... there is no clue given to the author, for "By a F. R. G. S.", appears in the back of the book. In all other copies which I have seen, with the exception of that in the British Museum, Burton's name is given in full on the cover ..." (Penzer)In 1861 Burton took up the post of British consul on the Spanish island of Fernando Po (Bioko, off Cameroon in West Africa) . The work includes descriptions of the gold-mining prospects in both Sierra Leone and Nigeria. Burton was in dispute with Speke over the source of the Nile and was infuriated by the Royal Geographical Society for choosing Speke to lead a second expedition to establish his claim. It was this dispute that lead Burton to issuing this work anonymously.

Wilde (Oscar) The Picture of Dorian Gray, first edition in book form, first issue with misprint "nd" for "and" line 23 p.208, half-title (lightly spotted), 8pp. publisher's catalogue at end (unopened), original parchment-backed boards with cover design in gilt by Charles Ricketts, uncut, rubbed, spine browned and torn, also worn and chipped at head, upper joint worn, lower partly split, [Mason 328], [1891]; Lord Arthur Savile's Crime & other stories, first edition, original salmon boards printed in brown, rather rubbed and soiled, [Mason 345], 1891; Intentions, second edition, original green cloth lettered and decorated in gilt, uncut, very slightly rubbed at edges, [Mason 342], 1894; A Woman of No Importance, one of 1000 copies on handmade paper, endpapers foxed, original decorated cream buckram, gilt, uncut, a little soiled, 1908, all with bindings designed by Charles Ricketts, 8vo & small 4to (4)⁂ The first is the first trade edition of Wilde's classic novel, published three months prior to the signed limited edition and seemingly much scarcer.

Gaming.- Hey (Richard) A Dissertation on the pernicious effects of Gaming, ink signature torn away from head of title not affecting text, 1783; A Dissertation on Suicide, half-title, 1785, together 2 works in 1 vol., a few leaves lightly soiled, contemporary tree calf, gilt, rubbed, Cambridge, J.Archdeacon for J. & J.Merrill...& T.Cadell; A Dissertation on Duelling, second edition, modern cloth, 1801, first editions, 8vo (2) ⁂ Three related dissertations by Richard Hey (1745-1835), the essayist and mathematician, for which he won prizes at the University of Cambridge,Hey's dissertation on gaming was the author's major work and seems to be a remarkably insightful inspection of gambling in England in the latter part of the 18th century.

Verne (Jules) Mathias Sandorf, first English edition, plates, scattered foxing to text, contemporary ink inscription to endpaper, original pictorial cloth, gilt, short nick to foot of spine, light rubbing to extremities, but a remarkably bright, near-fine example overall, g.e., 8vo, Sampson Low, Marston, Searle, and Rivington, 1886.⁂ A superb copy of Verne's Mediterranean epic. Due to it's substantial size, copies usually appear with the text block separating are rarely, if ever, found in such attractive condition.

Astronomy.- Galaisière (Guillaume Le Gentil de la) Voyage dans les Mers de L'Inde, 2 vol., first edition, 27 folding engraved plates and maps, woodcut head- & tail-pieces, bookplate of Chateau de Rochetaillee, occasional very slight browning or foxing, vol. 2 with infrequent minor damp-staining to lower blank margin, contemporary mottled calf, spines richly gilt, expert repairs to spine ends and corners, lightly rubbed, a crisp and handsome set, 4to, [Brunet III, 940] Paris, L'Imprimerie Royale, 1779-81.⁂ An important astronomical expedition to the southern hemisphere, in which la Galaisière was appointed to observe the transit of the planet Venus from Pondicherry. He spent eight years exploring and charting the area, including excursions to Madagascar and the Philippines, with observations on Indian astronomy, local customs and wildlife.

Kotzebue (Otto von) A Voyage of Discovery, Into the South Sea and the Beerings Straits, 3 vol., first edition in English, 9 plates, 8 of which hand-coloured aquatints, 7 engraved maps and charts, 4 folding, lacking half-titles, front free endpapers with book-label of Carl Wendell Carlsmith, vol. 2 with frontispiece working loose, 2 folding maps with short tears (1 with neat repairs) but no loss, some offsetting, mostly from text to plates, occasional light foxing, vol. 2 with minor damp-staining to fore-margin towards end, later half calf, spines gilt with ship motif and double morocco label, rubbed, still an attractive set, [Sabin 38291; Hill 944; Abbey, Travel 596], 8vo, 1821.

Waugh (Evelyn) Brideshead Revisited, first edition, minor foxing to endpapers, small patches of tape-marking to front free endpaper, original cloth, fine, dust-jacket, slight toning to spine, short nicks to head and foot of lower joint, light creasing to spine ends, a near-fine copy, 8vo, 1945.⁂ Waugh's most popular novel, his exploration of the demise of the English country house and Catholic identity.

Fire.- Godfrey (Ambrose) An Account of the New Method of Extinguishing Fires by Explosion and Suffocation, first edition, woodcut ornaments, engraved head-piece depicting a house on fire with Godfrey's extinguishing "machines" alongside, small nick to upper edge of title with loss to double-ruled border (repaired), lightly browned, a few spots and small stains, modern calf-backed marbled boards, [Hanson 3411], 8vo, 1724.⁂ Ambrose Godfrey the elder (1660-1741), a naturalized German emigré chemist, was employed for many years in the laboratory of Robert Boyle. He published papers in Philosophical Transactions and, in 1730, was elected F.R.S. The present little book describes his newly invented and patented "fire annihilator" (patent no.458, 12th Nov. 1723) for "extinguishing fires in houses and ships by means of casks and other vessels and materials". It was essentially a wooden barrel full of aqueous solution surrounding a pewter container of gunpowder fitted with a pipe and fuse; when detonated in a burning building, the device extinguished the fire by the explosion and the dispersed water. Godfrey describes a successful demonstration carried out on a specially built house in Marylebone Fields on 30 May 1723.

Prison.- [Craig (James)] Plan for a General Bridewell, only edition, interleaved (as issued), 2 folding engraved plans (offsetting), light water-staining to upper margin of text, modern cloth, 4to, [?Edinburgh], [1780].⁂ This was in effect the fund-raising prospectus for a brand new prison or bridewell in Edinburgh, the blank interleaves intended to be used by recipients for comments to be sent to the council. The proposed Bridewell would comprise three courts with cells eight feet square so that every prisoner would be locked up at night in a separate cell. The architect was the local James Craig (1739-1795) who is probably best known to history for his layout of the first Edinburgh New Town. Craig's plans were abandoned and instead Robert Adam designed a Panopticon which was built on Carlton Hill between 1791 and 1796 but demolished in the late 19th century.Very rare and not in the British Library; only one UK copy cited by ESTC (National Library of Scotland), and 3 others in America.

Agriculture.- M[ortimer] (J[ohn]) The Whole Art of Husbandry, Or, The Way of Managing and Improving of Land, first edition, woodcut illustrations, some light browning, engraved armorial bookplate of Ambrose Holbech of Mollington to verso of title and his signature to front free endpaper, Rosebery copy with bookplate, contemporary panelled calf, rubbed, spine ends worn, upper joint split, [Fussell I pp.96; Perkins 1231; Not in Goldsmiths' or Henrey], by J.H. for H. Mortlock...and J. Robinson, 1707 § Kent (Nathaniel) Hints to Gentlemen of Landed Property, first edition, 10 folding engraved plates, contemporary ink inscription to front pastedown, contemporary calf, red morocco label, a little rubbed, short splits to joints, [Goldsmiths' 11247; Kress 7125; Perkins 927], J.Dodsley, 1775 § [Trowell (Samuel)] The Best Mine above Ground; or, the most laudable and most certain means of Enriching this Nation, by improving our Agriculture..., 16pp., second edition, advertisement leaf at end, stitched in modern marbled wrappers, Olive Payne, 1739, 8vo (3)⁂ Mortimer's comprehensive treatise, which went through several later editions, is a detailed account of early 18th century English farming and horticulture, particularly reliable on farming in Essex where the author himself had an estate (Topping Hall). In the second item Kent considers drainage, culture of turnips and hops, the distress of the rural poor and labourers' cottages, and advocates small holdings. The third concerns manure, the author proposing the use of Thomas Living's patent salt compound; first published in 1737 this is a rare printing by Olive Payne with only 2 copies located by ESTC (National Library of Scotland and Bodleian).

Churchill (Sir Winston Spencer) The End of the Beginning, first edition, signed by the author on endpaper, plates, silk endpapers, original dark blue morocco, light sunning to spine, rubbing and scuffing to spine and corner tips, [Woods A94], 8vo, 1943.⁂ A signed copy of Churchill's speeches in the publisher's presentation binding. See previous lot.

Trade.- Merchants Adventurers of England. Veneris.14. Feb. 14. Car. At the Grand Committee of Trade, Mr. Knight in the Chair. Ordered, that on Monday next the Merchants Adventurers of England, do deliver ... all their papers relating to the Conveniences and Inconveniencies arising to this Kingdome, as to the Liberty or Restraint of Trade, within the limits of the said Merchants Adventurers Patent..., 45pp., first edition, drop-head title, woodcut head-pieces and initials, double-column, hole in final leaf with loss of a few letters, [Kress, S.549; Not in Wing], [1674] bound with Advantages of the Kingdome of England (The)...by Manageing and Issuing the Drapery, and Woollen Manufactures of this Kingdom, under the Ancient Government of the Fellowship of Merchants-Adventurers of England, 7pp., first edition, drop-head title, woodcut head-piece and initial, [Wing A600D], [1662] both bound after Prynne (William) A Breviate of the Life of William Laud, second edition, engraved frontispiece by Hollar, worming to lower margin affecting caption to frontispiece and typographical border of title, [Wing P3904A], by F.L. for Michaell Sparke Senior, 1644; Hidden Workes of Darkenes brought to Publike Light, first edition, engraved frontispiece by Hollar (as in previous work), [Wing P3973], by Thomas Brudenell for Michaell Sparke Senior, 1645 and Cromwell (Oliver) A Declaration of His Highness...setting forth on the Behalf of this Commonwealth, the Justice of their Cause against Spain, first edition, black letter, with the final blank, browned, [Wing C.7081], by Henry Hills & John Field, 1655 and Feversham (George Sondes, Earl of) His Plaine Narrative to the World, of all Passages upon the Death of his two Sonnes, first edition, 1655, engraved armorial frontispiece, with blank K2 bound at end, [Wing F832B], 1655, together 6 works in 1 vol., the first two items bound at end, with contemporary ink manuscript index at beginning, the Evelyn family copy with modern JE book-label and engraved bookplate of Sir Fredk. Evelyn Bart., contemporary calf, rubbed and a little marked, head of spine and corners a little worn, folio⁂ The first two mentioned items are both very rare: ESTC records only the Harvard Business School copy of the first, and 5 of the second (British Library and Senate House Library in UK plus 3 in America).

Asquith (Lady Cynthia) The Black Cap, first edition, spotting, light browning to endpapers, original pictorial cloth, spotting, dust-jacket priced at 7/6, short closed tear to head of lower panel, upper panel with longer closed tears to head and foot with small patch of surface abrasion, light creasing to spine ends, a very good example, 8vo, [1928].⁂ Cynthia Asquith's first and only anthology of crime fiction, scarce in the jacket. Including stories by Edgar Wallace, Elizabeth Bowen, Arthur Machen, Somerset Maugham and D. H. Lawrence.

Hockney (David) & Stephen Spender. Hockney's Alphabet, first edition, signed by artist and author, colour plates, original cloth, slipcase, slight bumping to corners, 4to, 1991.

Slavery.- Walker (James) Letters on the West Indies, first edition, lacking half-title, a few spots at beginning and end, contemporary half green morocco, spine gilt, a little rubbed, [Sabin 101052], 8vo, 1818.⁂ The author, himself a West Indian proprietor, was one of the Berbice Commissioners along with William Wilberforce and others. In 1838 the Dutch colony of Berbice, a county in Guiana, became the property of the British crown and the commission was set up to run the sugar estates which were in a poor state. Letter VIII 'On the African character' is particularly interesting, showing the author to be both insightful and steeped in a sympathetic view of the colonial slaves he must have seen every day.

Orwell (George) Animal Farm. A Fairy Story, first edition, ownership blind-stamp to front free endpaper, original cloth, very light fading to spine light sunning to spine tips, dust-jacket, Searchlight advertisement printed in red on verso, spine slightly darkened, spine ends and corners a little chipped, 2 closed tears with creasing to head of lower panel, joints rubbed, a very good, sharp copy, [Fenwick A10a], 8vo, 1945.⁂ An attractive copy of Orwell's classic satirical allegory. Increasingly scarce in good condition. Orwell struggled to find a willing publisher, eventually Secker and Warburg obliged after it was rejected by Gollancz (Orwell's usual publisher) as well as Faber and Faber and Jonathan Cape.

Gardening.- Rutter (John) & Daniel Carter. Modern Eden: or, the Gardener's Universal Guide, first edition, a little browned, small portion lacking from fore-margin of title not affecting text, later ink signature of Thos. Croucher to front free endpaper, contemporary calf, a little worn, rebacked, [Henrey II, pp.360-361], for J.Cooke, 1767 § Nicol (Walter) The Villa Garden Directory, second edition, half-title, final advertisement leaf, contemporary half calf, [Henrey 1185], Edinburgh, 1810 § Salisbury (William) The Cottager's Companion, first edition, foxed, modern half calf, [Henrey 1302], 1817 § [Neill (Patrick)] Journal of a Horticultural Tour through some parts of Flanders, Holland, and the north of France..., first edition, errata leaf at end, 7 engraved plates, 2 folding, some foxing to plates, contemporary tree calf, gilt, rubbed, rebacked with gilt spine, Edinburgh, 1823, 8vo et infra (4)

Milne (A. A.) Toad of Toad Hall, first edition, signed by the author to front endpaper, half-title, very light foxing to preliminaries, original cloth, dust-jacket, some light surface soiling to panels, spine toned with minor chipping to tips, slight rubbing to extremities, publisher's advertisement slip loosely inserted, 8vo, 1929.

[Sterne (Laurence)] The Life and Opinions of Tristram Shandy, Gentleman, 9 vol., first edition, signed by the author vol. 5, 7 and 9 at head of first chapter as usual, vol. 4, 5, 6, and 9 half-titles as called for, vol. 3 engraved plate as frontispiece (labelled "vol. 4 page 112") and unsigned marbled leaf inserted between L4 and L5 as called for, vol. 7 first state with errata on title verso, vol. 1-4 with small ink ownership inscription title upper for-edge corner, vol. 1 ink ownership inscription front endpaper, all vol. (except 6) with small paper book-label to front endpaper or pastedown, vol. 1 spine broken at A2 (with front endpaper, title ([-]1) and A1 attached to upper cover, and with modern tape repairs at gutter of title and front endpaper), vol. 3 single leaf (A8) coming loose, vol. 4 margins trimmed (affecting scattered ff. throughout with loss of some letters at outer or inner margins and multiple other ff. trimmed close to text but no loss), vol. 5 lacking [A]1 blank (as in Rothchild's copy), otherwise spotting and browning throughout, contemporary calf with gilt and red morocco labels to spines, vol. 1 upper cover detached (as described above), vol. 2-8 expertly rebacked with original backstrips laid down, vol. 9 rebacked, some light wear to spines and covers, all housed within drop-back cloth box with ornamental cover replicating calf spines, paper library label to inner side and 1 torn hinge, [Rothschild 1970], 8vo, for R. & J. Dodsley [-for T. Becket and P. A. Dehondt], 1760-67

Montagu (Richard) Diatribae upon the First Part of the late History of Tithes, first edition, with initial blank, light foxing at beginning and end, slight worming to upper margins occasionally touching a letter, John Sparrow's copy with his book-label, contemporary calf, covers ruled in gilt and blind with fleurs-de-lys in gilt at corners and traces of original blue silk ties, g.e., rubbed and slightly stained, wormhole to head of spine, [Goldsmiths' 504; Kress 381; STC 18037], 4to, Felix Kyngston for Matthew Lownes, 1621.⁂ Richard Montagu (1577-1641) is well known to historians for his scurrilous and indiscreet letters to John Cosin, describing the ecclesiastical faction-fighting of the 1620s in rich detail. Montagu had a nice line in personal invective, well brought out in the present work, written in response to John Selden's Historie of Tithes of 1618.

[Locke (John)].- Histoire de la Navigation, son Commencement, son Progrès & ses Découverts jusqu'à présent, 2 vol., first French edition, woodcut head- & tail-pieces and initials, the odd spot or patch of light soiling, but overall crisp copies, contemporary sprinkled calf, spines richly gilt in compartments, lightly rubbed, [cf.Sabin 13018], 12mo, Paris, Etienne Ganeau, 1722.⁂ A translation, with some augmentations, of the introduction to Churchill's Collection of Voyages. Churchill's work was written under the advice and encouragement of John Locke, who is believed to have authored the introduction. Sabin contrastingly attributes this edition to Churchill.

Pacific.- [Behrens (Carl Friedrich)] "Monsieur de B⁂.". Histoire de l'Expedition de Trois Vaisseaux...aux Terres Australes, 2 vol. in 1, first French edition, half-title to each vol., titles in red and black, vol. 1 title with small abrasion mark to inner margin, affecting a letter of text, some light foxing, contemporary half calf, double morocco labels to spine, rubbed, [Sabin 4379; Hill 99], small 8vo, The Hague, Aux dépens de la Compagnie, 1739.⁂ The first French account of Jakob Roggeveen's landmark voyage of Dutch discovery in the Pacific, in which Behrens served as a commander. Intended to reach the great Southern continent, the voyage became the first European expedition to land on Easter Island. This edition, likely translated by Behrens himself, was published two years after the German original.

Rowling (J.K.) Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone, first paperback edition with "Joanne Rowling", no space between "Taylor" and "1997" and full 10 to 1 number line on title verso, "wand" listed twice on p. 53, some corner creasing, usual light marginal toning, original pictorial wrappers with misprint "Philospher's" to lower cover, sunning and light creasing to spine, light creasing to covers, some minor wear to corners, still an excellent copy overall, 8vo, 1998.

Cook (Capt. James).- [Baston (Guillaume André René)] Narrations d'Omaï, Insulaire de la Mer du Sud, Ami et Compagnon de Voyage du Captaine Cook, 4 vol., first edition, engraved portrait frontispiece, woodcut head- & tail-pieces, some light foxing, vol. 4 with later ink inscription to inside lower wrapper, uncut in original pale blue wrappers, paper labels to spines, worn and frayed at edges, spines a little sunned, vol. 4 with upper joint split at foot, [Sabin 57263], 8vo, Rouen, Le Boucher & Paris, Buisson, 1790.⁂ Fictional autobiography of Omaï, a Tahitian man taken to Europe by Captain Cook on return from his voyage around the world.

Wodehouse (P.G.) William Tell Told Again, first edition, first impression, 16 colour plates by Philip Dadd, captioned tissue-guards, scattered foxing to text, browning to endpapers, original stone-coloured pictorial cloth blocked in green, black and brown with gilt lettering, spine slightly darkened, light bumping to spine tips and corners, light rubbing, dust-jacket, light sunning to spine, spine ends and corners chipped with loss to head of spine affecting title, chips to lower joint, a few closed tears and some chipping to head and foot of panels with creasing, rubbing and light surface soiling, [Mcllvaine A5a], 4to, 1904.⁂ Rare in the dust-jacket, we can only trace a handful of like examples at auction.

Sauer (Martin) An Account of a Geographical and Astronomical Expedition to the Northern Parts of Russia...By Commodore Joseph Billings, first edition, 14 engraved plates and folding map, some scattered foxing, p.145 with short marginal tear neatly repaired, later half calf, rubbed, [Sabin 77152; Hill 1528], 4to, 1802.⁂ The first account of the Billings expedition, sent out from Siberia to the north Pacific on the appointment of Catherine the Great. Sauer travelled as voyage secretary and historian.

Civil War.- Good Newes from South-Hampton, and Basingstoke, in Hampshire, 8pp., only edition, typographical ornaments, woodcut initials, browned, first leaf of text with section of text at foot faint but legible, trimmed, 19th century half calf, rubbed, [Wing G1068], small 4to, for Tho.Bates, 1642.⁂ In 1642, during the English Civil War, a Parliamentary garrison moved into Southampton, initially to defend against seaborne attack by Royalist ships.Rare; ESTC records only 3 UK copies (BL, Queens' and Worcester Colleges in Oxford) and 5 in America. Library Hub adds a copy at Strathclyde University. We can trace only 2 copies sold at auction, the most recent in 1981.

Howard (John) An Account of the Principal Lazarettos in Europe...relative to the Plague..., first edition, presentation copy from the author with manuscript note to front free endpaper and with 1p. A.L.s. from him concerning the plague bound in, with price below imprint on title, lacking half-title but with final Directions to Binder leaf, 22 engraved plates, 20 folding, & large folding table, title torn and laid down, some foxing, bookplate of Robert Fellowes, contemporary diced russia, gilt, rubbed, rebacked in calf, [Goldsmiths' 13969], 4to, Warrington, William Eyres, 1789.⁂ This was a sequel to Howard's iconic work on prisons, published in Warrington in 1777. Howard spent 15 months from 1785 travelling throughout western and southern Europe inspecting lazarettos (quarantine stations) for the treatment of plague victims.Howard's letter remarks, "...I read little on the subject of the Plague, as I wish to draw my inferences from close observation on the disorder itself, and those not from the Theories of Persons who have never visited Patients in that (?)distress, and indeed my present Opinion of it is different from any I have yet found in books...May 20.1789 J.Howard.".

Futuristic fiction.- Reign of George VI (The), first edition, with initial blank, half-title, later ink inscription of Job Lousley 1847 to title and again at end, faint ink signature of John Beckett to half-title, a few small stains, particularly to C12 & D1, contemporary sheep, rubbed, spine ends and corners worn, small wormed patch to lower cover, 12mo, W.Nicoll, 1763.⁂ Scarce political novel imagining the history of England during the period 1900 to 1925. "An enlightened monarch encourages art and literature and builds a city for the nobility and rich commoners to support the arts". (Sargent. British and American Utopian Literature, p.12). It also describes a war between Britain and a Russo-French occupation of Europe. The work is sometimes incorrectly listed as a later edition of Samuel Madden's Memoirs of the Twentieth Century, being original letters of state under George the Sixth. ESTC cites only 5 UK copies. We have been unable to trace any copy at auction for over 40 years.The inscription to title reads, "A curious fictitious work interesting being a sort of prophecy of what is to come. Very scarce. I never saw another copy. Job Lousley's book Hampstead Norris Berks 1847". Job Lousley (1790-1855), book-collector.

Straits of Magellan.- [Vargas y Ponce (José de)] Relacion del Último Viage al Estrecho de Magallanes de la Fragata de S.M. Santa María de la Cabeza, engraved portrait frontispiece, 4 folding engraved maps and 4 folding tables, number in ink manuscript to foot of title, epigraph leaf with later ink note and bookplate of Maria Zoila Godoy de Cobo, frontispiece and title with small worm hole to upper blank margin, Madrid, Widow, Heirs and Company of Ibarra, 1788, bound with Apéndice a la Relacion del Viage al Magallanes, folding table and folding map, Madrid, Widow of D. Joaquin Ibarra, 1793, first edition, a few folding maps with very short tears to inner margin skilfully repaired, 1 with longer tear but no loss, occasional light spotting or soiling, small worming to endpapers, contemporary crimson morocco with central Spanish royal arms in gilt, lightly rubbed with a few small stains to covers, blue silk endpapers, g.e., a handsome copy, [Sabin 16765 & 1729; Hill 1756], 4to. ⁂ The official account of the expeditions under Antonio de Córdoba to ascertain the advisability of the continued use of Magellan's Strait in voyages to the Pacific.

Orwell (George) Nineteen Eighty-Four, first edition, original cloth, very slight shelf-lean, light sunning to spine tips, green dust-jacket designed by Michael Kennard, spine tips and corners a little chipped, very light fading and light rubbing to spine, a near-fine example otherwise with the Evening Standard Book of the Month s wraparound band, [Fenwick A12a], 8vo, 1949.⁂ A superb copy, rare in such condition and with the wraparound band.

Milne (A. A.) The House at Pooh Corner, first edition, half-title, illustrations by Ernest Shepard, ink gift inscription to frontispiece recto, pictorial endpapers, light browning to endpapers, original pictorial pink cloth, gilt, very slight sunning to spine, dust-jacket, light creasing to spine tips and corners, a near-fine copy, 8vo, 1928.

Poor.- [Charles I.] Orders and Directions, Together with a Commission for the better Administration of Justice...the reliefe of the Poore, the well ordering and training up of youth in Trades..., first edition, variant with "Commaund" in line 1 of D3r, preliminary leaf blank but for signature 'A' within mortised ornament, large woodcut coat-of-arms to verso of title, woodcut initials and ornaments, with final colophon leaf, A1 a little stained and with hole to fore-edge, modern half brown morocco, by the National Library of Wales bindery, t.e.g., [Goldsmiths' 613; STC 9252.2], small 4to, Robert Barker and the Assignes of John Bill, 1630..⁂ A good wide-margined copy of this basis of Poor Law administration, one of three variants issued in the same year. ESTC cites only 4 UK copies of this variant (not in the British Library) and 3 more in America. A special body of 'Commissioners for the Poor' was set up in June 1630, consisting of ten of the Council. These were the first recorded Poor Law Commissioners and they appear to have been of exceptional activity and importance. This "Book of Orders" was the medium for the promulgation of elaborate rules and procedures for the regulation of the Poor.

Burgess (Anthony) A Clockwork Orange, first edition, ink stamp of Rice's Bookshop, Newcastle, Australia to front free endpaper, original boards, very slight shelf-lean, light spotting to top edge, first issue dust-jacket with wide flaps, price-clipped, light toning to spine, minor chipping and light rubbing to spine tips and corners, light surface soiling to lower panel, an excellent example overall, 8vo, 1962.

Coinage.- [Lowndes (William)] A Report Containing an Essay for the Amendment of the Silver Coins, only edition, title soiled, later mottled calf, gilt, joints rubbed, [Goldsmiths' 3131; Kress 1908; Wing L3323], by Charles Bill, and the Executrix of Thomas Newcomb, 1695 § [Pratt (Samuel)] The Regulating Silver Coin, made Practicable and Easie, to the Government and Subject, first edition, [Goldsmiths' 3331; Kress 1990; Wing P3184], for Henry Bonwick, 1696 bound with [J. (R.)] A Letter of Advice to a Friend about the Currency of Clipt-Money, second edition, browned, stain to lower margin, [Goldsmiths' 3297; Kress 1973; Wing J29A], for Edw. Castle, 1696, together 2 works in 1 vol., with folding manuscript sheet titled 'A List of the Company of Monyers 11 June 1727 with the Time of their Decease' tipped in at beginning, contemporary calf, rubbed, rebacked, corners repaired § Comparative View (A) of the Nominal Value of the Silver Coin in England and France, first edition, modern cloth, [Goldsmiths' 9612; Kress 5840], J.Burd, 1760, the first two ex-Birmingham Assay Office library copies with small ink stamp to front free endpaper, 8vo (3) ⁂ By the end of the 17th century English coinage was in a poor state, with many clipped or forged coins in circulation. William Lowndes (1652-1724) was appointed Secretary to the Treasury in 1695 and his commissioned report proposed devaluation. This provoked a debate with the philosopher John Locke who advocated a full recoinage without devaluation. Samuel Pratt, an Anglican cleric, supported Lowndes's case for devaluation.

Cary (John) An Essay on the State of England, in relation to its Trade, its Poor, and its Taxes, for carrying on the present War against France, first edition, half-title, lacking final blank, old ink signature of Richd. Widmer (and another later) to verso of half-title, half-title soiled, one or two minor marginal defects, 18th century cats paw calf, rubbed, rebacked, new red morocco label, corners repaired, [Goldsmiths' 3074; Kress 1870; Sabin 11200; Wing C730], 8vo, Bristol, by W.Bonny, for the author, 1695.⁂ This popular work was reissued several times, with amendments, under different titles and was later published in both French (1755) and Italian (1764) translations. The author was a Bristol merchant who advocated excise reform to promote trade.

Africa.- Burton (Sir Richard F.) & Verney Lovett Cameron. To the Gold Coast for Gold, 2 vol., first edition, half-titles, 2 colour folding maps, 1 with short marginal tear and tape repair verso, colour plate, publisher's advertisements dated 'October 1882' at end vol. 1, new endpapers, original decorative cloth, recased, vol. 1 with faint abrasion mark to upper cover where label removed, lightly sunned spines, lightly rubbed, [Penzer pp.106-107; Hosken p.34], 8vo, 1883.⁂ Burton defied an order by the Foreign Office not to travel for commercial purposes and set out to explore and survey the Gold Coast with Cameron in search for gold, on behalf of the Guinea Gold Coast Mining Co. They found evidence of gold and other minerals but were forced to return to England by the Foreign Office and to forfeit all rights to the deposits.

Liquor.- Sedgwick (James) A New Treatise on Liquors: wherein the Use and Abuse of Wine, Malt-Drinks, Water, &c., first edition, light foxing, contemporary panelled calf, rubbed and stained, spine repaired, [Maclean p.128; Simon BG 1370; Wellcome V p.80], for Charles Rivington, 1725 § [Davies (John)] The British Guide; or, a Directory to Housekeepers & Innkeepers..., lightly browned, original boards with printed paper label to upper cover, uncut, rubbed and stained, rebacked in cloth, Newcastle, 1813 § Considerations occasion'd by an Act..to prevent the Excessive use of Spirituous Liquors..., first edition, presentation copy from the author inscribed on verso of final leaf, modern marbled boards, [Goldsmiths' 9583; Kress 5843], 1760 § Burnaby (A.) Two Proposals, humbly offer'd to the Honourable House of Commons...I. That a Duty be laid on Malt..., first edition, trimmed, stitched in later wrappers, [Goldsmiths' 3258; Kress 1940; Wing B5742], 1696; and 3 others on liquor and brewing, 8vo & small 4to (7)

Education.- Bevan (Rev. G.I.) Manual of Directions for Forming and Conducting a School, according to the National or Madras System, first edition, errata slip, 8pp. publisher's catalogue tipped in at end, light browning, John Lawson's copy with his book-label and old bookseller's ticket of Deck of Bury to front pastedown, original boards, uncut, rebacked, Bath, Richard Cruttwell, 1819 § Chapman (George) A Treatise on Education, first edition, lacking front free endpaper, contemporary calf, a little rubbed and marked, Edinburgh, A.Kincaid & W.Creech, 1773 § Pole (Thomas) A History of the Origin and Progress of Adult Schools, first American edition, contemporary ink signature to head of title, large folding table (torn with slight loss, repaired), foxed, modern calf-backed marbled boards, spine gilt & faded, New York, Samuel Wood, 1815, 8vo (3)⁂ The first is a rare instruction book for those planning to establish a school based on the Madras or monitorial system of Andrew Bell. Library Hub lists only 2 copies (BL & UCL). The last was first published in Bristol in 1814 and describes the establishment and success of schools set up there to instruct adults to read the Bible. Library Hub records only one copy of this edition (Cambridge).

Čapek (Karel) R. U. R. Rossum's Universal Robots, first edition, faint marginal stain to last few leaves, modern crushed morocco, 8vo, Prague, 1920.⁂ The word "Robot" was invented by the author's brother, and was first used in literature by Karel. See lot 496 for a later edition of the above, signed by both brothers.