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Ivan Lendl signed limited edition print with signing photo Ivan was ranked No. 1 in the world for 270 weeks, including 157 straight from 1985 to 1988. He is the holder of 94 career singles titles, including his 1980 feat, winning three tournaments in successive weeks on three different surfaces. He captured 8 Grand Slam titles and reached an astounding 19 Slam singles finals. He relied on strength and heavy topspin from the baseline to reach 8 consecutive US Open finals (1982-89), winning three, 1985, '86, '87. He also won twice at the Australian Open, 1989 and 1990, and three times at the French Open, 1984, 1986 and 1987.This stunning print shows Ivan's delight at winning his first Australian Open in 1989. He has personally signed each print and you will receive a photo of the signing (as shown in inset image).Actual Size 560mm x 410mm - limited edition of 250 and part of the Sporting Masters editions - Photo printed on 250gsm, high quality art board - The accompanying photo of the personality signing this item will include a copyright over the image and the edition number may vary. Good Condition. All autographs come with a Certificate of Authenticity. We combine postage on multiple winning lots and can ship worldwide. UK postage from £5.99, EU from £7.99, Rest of World from £9.99

Steve Chalmers Celtic 16x12 Signed colourised, Autographed Editions, Limited Edition photo. Photo shows Chalmers heading Celtic's first goal against Dundee in the 1967 Scottish League Cup Final. Celtic scored 4 more goals in a 5-3 victory. Good Condition. All autographs come with a Certificate of Authenticity. We combine postage on multiple winning lots and can ship worldwide. UK postage from £5.99, EU from £7.99, Rest of World from £9.99

Saul Williams (b.1954) "Bleeding Loon", a bold, Native American style depiction of a wounded loon bleeding into a long boat full of figures with two stylized profile studies shouting above, serigraph, limited edition 53/58, signed and dated 1977, in card mount and metallic frame under glass, 99 cm x 75 cm overall [Williams is a First Nations Indigenous artist and has exhibited at The Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts.]

A Charlie and the Chocolate Factory by Roald Dahl book dated first edition dated 1964

Harry Potter, Harry Potter and the Deadly Hallows, First Edition, ISBN 9780747591054 and Order of the Phoenix, First Edition, ISBN 0747551006 (2) Note: This lot is being sold on behalf of the Charity Mind.

The Foulis Homer: Iliados. Odysseias. [in Greek]. Glasgow: Robert and Andreas Foulis, 1756-58, first edition, four volumes bound in two, text edited by Glasgow professors James Moor and George Muirhead, the book was printed in a new font of Greek type noted for its beauty and regularity, designed and cut by the Glasgow typefounder Alexander Wilson, marbled endpapers, binder's blanks of laid paper with Pro Patria watermark, later vellum, gilt, over thick boards, morocco labels titled in gilt on spines, raised bands, all edges gilt, folio (2). Professors James Moor (Robert Fouliss brother-in-law) and George Muirhead, from the University of Glasgow, proof-read the sheets multiple times and made the proofs available for public inspection at the University with a cash reward for anyone spotting a typo (purportedly never claimed). Thomas Jefferson, in a letter dated April 1, 1818, praises the perfection of the Foulis edition of Homer above all others. Described by Edward Harwood as "One of the most splendid editions of Homer ever delivered to the world. its accuracy is equal to its magnificence" (Harwood, 4-5). Condition Report: light marks to vellum boards, light foxing to preliminaries, tightly bound and overall good conditions.

First edition Childrens books: a group of three hardback books, two of which are Signed by the authors - PAOLINI (Christopher). Eragon: Book One, Inheritance, first edition, Signed by the author on title-page, pictorial endpapers, original bookmark, dust-jacket unclipped, publishers blue boards, gilt, the fantasy authors first book in the Inheritance Cycle featured on theNew York Times Childrens Books Best Seller list for 121 weeks, and was later released as a feature film of the same title in 2006, published Doubleday, 2004; COLFER (Eoin). Artemis Fowl: The Eternity Code, Signed by the author on title-page, original bookmark, dust-jacket unclipped, the third novel in the Artemis Fowl series, Puffin Books, 2003, together with, ROWLING (J.K.). Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix, [unsigned] dust-jacket unclipped, publishers pictorial boards, cover illustrations by Jason Cockcroft, the fifth novel in the Harry Potter series, London: Bloomsbury, 2003, 8vo (3) Condition Report: near fine conditions with strong signatures.

EOIN (Colfer). Signed first editions of the author's first three novels in the Artemis Fowl series. each volume Signed by the author on title-pages, includes, Artemis Fowl, paperback edition, with original bookmark, together with an Who is Artemis Fowl? metal badge; The Arctic Incident, dust-jacket unclipped, further within clear protective wrapper, publishers black cloth, lettered in silver on spine, with original bookmark; The Eternity Code, dust-jacket unclipped, publishers black cloth, lettered in red on spine; 8vo, published Viking: Puffin, 2001-2003 (4) The Irish author's series of eleven fantasy novels was selected by readers in 2101 as the favouritePuffin Book title of all time. Condition Report: near fine conditions with strong signatures.

Barbara Cartland and other Female Authors: Eleven first edition books, Signed by the authors -CARTLAND (Barbara). Love at the Helm, authors Signed dedication in pink ink on front free endpaper, dust-jacket unclipped, illustrated by Francis Marshall, publishers light brown cloth, gilt, published Weidenfeld and Nicholson, 1980; A Song of Love, paperback edition, authors Signed dedication in pink ink on inside front cover, Pan Books, 1980; together with, COOPER (Jilly). Appassionata, dust-jacket unclipped, Bantam Press, 1996; TAYLOR BRADFORD (Barbara). Unexpected Blessings, dust-jacket unclipped, Harper Collins, 2004; JAMES (Erica). Precious Time, dust-jacket unclipped, Orion, 2001; ALI (Monica). Brick Lane, later printing, dust-jacket unclipped, further within clear protective wrapper, Doubleday, 2003; JAMES (P.D). The Murder Room, dust-jacket unclipped, Faber and Faber, 2003; KENT (HRH Princess Michael of). The Serpent Moon, Signed Marie Christine on title-page, dust-jacket unclipped, New York: Touchstone, 2004; CORNWALL (Patricia). Portrait of a Killer: Jack the Ripper Case Closed; and Blow Fly, both volumes Signed by the author on title-pages, dust-jackets unclipped, Little Brown, 2002-2003; FRANCIS (Clare). A Death Divided, dust-jacket unclipped, Macmillan, 2001. 8vo. (11) Condition Report: fine conditions with strong signatures. Barbara Cartland, A Song of Love, paperback edition, light marks to covers, toning to edges and internal pages.

LALIQUE (Marie-Claude). Lalique, first edition within slipcase, published Geneva: Edipop (1988) English and French text, the life and works of René Lalique profusely illustrated, dust-jacket unclipped, publishers grey cloth, lettered in silver on upper cover and spine, 4to. 24.5 x 31 cm. René Jules Lalique(1860-1945) was a French jeweller, medallist and glass designer, known for his designs and creations of vases, jewellery, perfume bottles, chandeliers, clocks and automobile bonnet mascots, His granddaughter, Marie-Claude Lalique (1935-2003) followed in her grandfathers footsteps as a glass maker and created her own jewellery in the late 1960s. In 1977 she took over the business, created her own perfumes, and ventured into the world of leather goods and textiles. Condition Report: near fine condition.

BABBIT (Edwin D.). The Principals of Light and Color: Including among Other Things the Harmonic Laws of the Universe, the Etherio-Atomic Philosophy of Force, Chromo Chemistry, Chromo Therapeutics, and the General Philosophy of the Fine Forces, Together with Numerous Discoveries and Practical Applications. New York: Science Hall, Babbit & Co., 1878. First edition, two hundred-and four photo-engravings and in-text illustrations, four full-page colour plates, ownership signatures to preliminaries, purple ink stamp on title-page reads, 'The New York College of Magnetics, E.G. Babbit, M.D., Dean, New York', the authors work makes large claims for his chromotherapy, in which baths of coloured light are said to have a broad range of application, original decorative brown cloth, gilt, 8vo. Edwin Dwight Babbit (1828-1905) was an American physician,spiritualist, and early promoter of Chromopathy. He was awarded a degree, Doctor of Magnetics, from his own New York College of Magnetics, a private correspondence school which closed when its charter was revoked in 1893. Babbit became a major influence upon Theosophy, and his theories of colour therapy and fine forces wove a web of science and occult speculation.Condition Report: rubbing and marks to boards, corners and spine ends rubbed and bumped with some loss to head and tail of spine, a few joints cracked, toning to edges affecting leaf edges, with occasional light foxing.

Childrens Illustrated and others: Twelve hardback books -BANNERMAN (Helen). The Story of Little Black Sambo. Grant Richards, 1900. The Dumpy Books for Children series No. 4, third edition, 27 full-page colour illustrations, original publishers green striped cloth, engraved and printed at the Racquet Court Press; Eliot (T.S.). Old Possums Book of Practical Cats first illustrated edition, eighth impression, Faber and Faber, 1957. full-page colour illustrations by Nicholas Bentley, dust-jacket unclipped, priced 12s 6d, original pictorial cream cloth, lettered in red on spine, 8vo; GRISET (Ernest). Aesops Fables. Cassell Petter & Galpin, (n.d. c. 1888). new and enlarged edition with text based chiefly upon Croxall, La Fontaine, and LEstrange, 162 wood-engraved illustrations after Ernest Griset, 54 being full-page, new endpapers, contemporary half leather, titled in gilt on spine; THOMPSON (Kay) and Georg Hallensleben. Eloise in Moscow, revised jacket edition, New York: Simon & Schuster, 2000; SCARRY (Richard). Busy, Busy World, first edition, second impression, Paul Hamlyn, 1967; Best Word Book Ever, first edition, second impression, Paul Hamlyn, 1965; Storybook Dictionary, eighth impression, 1975; GUTMAN (Anne). Lisa in New York, Knopf Books for Young Readers (2002); ALIGHERI (Dante). New Life (La Vita Nuova), translated by Dante Gabriel Rossetti, London: George Harrap (n.d. c. 1918). first Evelyn Paul edition, Deluxe issue, new endpapers with presentation prize bookplate, illuminated title-page and half-title, eight full-page colour plates, plus eight tipped-in colour illustrations and gothic style decoration in-text after Evelyn Paul, music by Alfred Mercer, original faux leather, gilt, 8vo; Redlich, Monica. (1909-1963). Return to London. Copenhagen: Carit Anderson, 1947. first edition, b/w. illustrations throughout by Ebbe Sadolin, original publishers marbled boards, lettered in red on labels to upper board and spine, limited edition of 1700 copies, tall 8vo; together with, IRELAND (John). Hogarth Illustrated. London: George Routledge and Sons, 1884; LEAR (Edward). Complete Book of Nonsense, illustrated by Quentin Blake, within slipcase, Folio Society, 1996. v.s. (12) Condition Report: The Story of Little Black Sambo - light marks and staining to boards, binding loose, boards cocked and almost detached, some rubbing to corners and spine ends, small tear to cloth tail of spine, occasional light marks internally, otherwise a clean copy.Old Possums Book of Practical Cats - light marks to boards, spine ends bumped, some signs of wear to dust-jacket with chips head of spine, internally clean and bright. Aesops Fables - rubbing to boards, some loss to leather on spine, corners and spine ends rubbed, foxing to title-page, further occasional foxing internally not affecting the plates.New Life (La Vita Nuova) - spine ends and corners rubbed, internally clean and bright. Return to London - light rubbing to boards, corners and spine ends rubbed, internally clean and bright.Hogarth Illustrated - boards rubbed, spine ends and corners rubbed, some loss to paper label on spine, edges untrimmed, a few joints cracked, occasional foxing. Storybook Dictionary - some signs of wear to boards and spine.Others - overall good conditions.

POTTER, Beatrix. (1866-1943). The Tale of Jemima Puddle-Duck, later edition, Inscribed and dated by the author on half-title, colour plates, plain title vignette and colour pictorial endpapers by the author, gift inscription from Eileen OBrien on front free endpaper, together with an autograph card from her in original envelope, original publishers green boards with inset colour illustration, lettered in white, further within clear protective wrappers, a very good copy, 16mo, Frederick Warne & Co., Ltd., [c.1940]. (2) The inscription from Beatrix Potter reads Beatrix Potter, Castle Cottage, Sawrey, Nov 22. 40; the gift inscription from Eileen OBrien is to Cynthia Mary Clark on her first birthday, and her note explains how Ms. OBrien had been enjoying an evening with Mrs. Heelis during which the author had been kind enough to autograph the book, and that she had selected Jemima Puddle-Duck for its little pictures of the district and of most interest to the Clark family the beehive shelf in the old garden wall. Provenance: Beatrix Potter: the Mark Ottignon Collection, Bloomsbury Auctions, 27/2/2013 Condition Report: clean bright boards, slight bump to tail of spine, tightly bound, marginal foxing to rear endpapers, light marks to edges, overall a clean bright copy.

Signed Modern first edition books: a group of eight books Signed by the authors on title-pages - SPILLANE (Mickey). The Killing Man, first trade edition, Signed dedication on front free, dust-jacket unclipped, published New York: E.P. Dutton, 1989; together with, CAREY (Peter). My Life As a Fake, dust-jacket unclipped, Faber and Faber, 2003; DEIGHTON (Len). Mamista, dust-jacket unclipped, Century, 1991; HIGGINS (Jack). Cold Harbour, dust-jacket clipped, William Heinemann, 1990; TOLKIEN (Simon). The Stepmother, paperback edition, Michael Joseph, 2003; CHILD (Lee). Without Fail: A Jack Reacher Novel, paperback edition, Bantam Press, 2003; DEAVER (Jeffery). The Stone Monkey, first reprint, BCA, 2002; and Louis de Bernières, Birds Without Wings, Secker & Warburg, 2004. (8) Condition Report: overall good conditions with strong signatures.

Assorted Books, including: Austen (Jane), Emma, 2 volumes, 1895, fifth edition, Sense and Sensibility, 2 volumes, 1895, fourth edition, Mansfield Park, volume 2 only, 1895, fifth edition, edited by Reginald Brimley Johnson, J. M. Dent, cloth, gilt; Thesiger (Wilfred), Arabian Sands, Longmans, 1959, first edition, dust jacket; Beaton (Cecil), Diaries, 3 volumes, dust jackets; and others including Beatrix Potter, Sacheverell Sitwell, etc. (8 boxes)

Etchings titled 347 Series Volumes 1 & 2.. Published by Randon House/Maecenas Press, New York. Picasso embarked on a series of etchings creating approximately one per day. First edition Volumes 1 & 2 of Picasso's masterful 347 series of etching and aquatints presented in the original clam shell case with purple velveteen lining, original exterior cream lined cloth, titles on spines and cover in gilt, top edge gilt and purple endpaper, as issued. Sight size 11.5" x 16.5" each volume.

Proust (Marcel) A La Recherche du Temps Perdu, 8 vol. in 12., vol. II-VII first editions, vol. I second edition, vol. VIII later edition with 2 parts in 1, vol. II with 30th November 1918 print stamp at end, vol. III with the errata leaves as called for, vol. III-VII one of 800 copies "réservés aux amis de l'édition originale", small ink inscriptions to front pastedowns, some spotting to fore-edge and initial leaves but text mostly clean, vol. I-VII contemporary burgundy half morocco, spines gilt, t.e.g. vol. VIII contemporary cloth, spines lightly sunned, 8vo, Paris, Éditions de la Nouvelle Revue Française, 1919-1927.*** An attractive set of Proust's masterpiece, a modernist classic and one of the greatest series in all of literature. Provenance: "The Library of Louis Thompson Rowe of XV Hammersmith Terrace, W." (book-labels to vol.I-VII)

[Pennant (Thomas)] A Tour in Wales, 2 vol., first edition, engraved title vignette and 62 engraved plates, some folding, light spotting to titles, contemporary calf, rebacked, covers worn, extremities rubbed, Printed by Henry Hughes, 1778 § Thackeray (William Makepeace) Vanity Fair. A Novel without a Hero, first edition, first issue with the suppressed woodcut of Marquis of Steyne on p. 336 and "Mr. Pitt" for "Sir Pitt" on p. 453, etched frontispiece, additional vignette title-page, and 38 plates, wood-engraved vignettes throughout, lacking initial advertisement leaf, bookplate, cracking in places, contemporary half calf, worn, 1848 § Walton (Izaak) & Charles Cotton. The Complete Angler, or the Contemplative Man's Recreation, edited by John Major, fourth edition [i.e. sixth edition], signed presentation inscription from the editor to a friend, later gift inscription and bookplate on endpapers, engraved frontispiece, title vignette and plates, contemporary boards, rubbed, 1844; and 15 others, mostly 17 & 18th century works, v.s. (19)

Qu'ran.- [?Noorthouck (John)] The Morality of the East; extracted from the Koran of Mohammed, first edition, lacking final blank, spot to title, small hole to upper margin of I6 touching head-line, W.Nicoll, 1766 bound after Howard (Charles) Thoughts, Essays, and Maxims, chiefly Religious and Political, first edition, Advertisement leaf at beginning, title lightly browned, T.Lewis, 1768, together 2 works in 1 vol., engraved bookplate of Sir Edward Blackett, Bart., contemporary calf, spine gilt, a little rubbed, upper cover detached, lower joint split *** Scarce eighteenth century compilation including extracts from Sale’s edition of the Qur’an, particularly on divorce, marriage, and women.

Novels.- [?Moore (Frances)], "Madame Panache". A Year and a Day. A Novel, 2 vol., half-titles, 8pp. catalogue at end of vol.1, foxing, original boards, uncut, broken, lacking spines, covers detached, 1818 § [Blackwell (Anna)] Ernestine; or, the Child of Mystery, 3 vol., first edition, half-titles, advertisement leaf at end of vol.1, bookplate of Robert J.Bathurst, original boards, uncut, neatly rebacked in cloth, 1840 § [Ancram (Georgianna Mitford)] The East Indians at Selwood; or, the Orphans' Home, first edition, engraved frontispiece, 6pp. catalogue at end, contemporary roan-backed boards, spine ends repaired, new endpapers, Darton & Harvey, 1834 § Walworth (Jeanette H.) Without Blemish: To-day's Problem, browned, some stains, original decorated cloth, New York, Mershon Company, [c.1900], all rubbed; and c.25 others, novels, including a very poor and slightly defective copy of the first English edition of Wilkie Collins's Woman in White of 1860, v.s. (c.30)

Davy (Sir Humphry) I: "On the fire-damp of coal mines, and on methods of lighting the mines so as to prevent its explosion", pp.1-22; II: An account of an invention for giving light in explosive mixtures of fire-damp in coal mines, consuming the fire-damp, pp.23-24, together in Philosophical Transactions, no.105, 2 vol., folding engraved plate, very faint off-setting, other plates in rest of vol., modern drab wrappers, most leaves unopened along top edge, others uncut, housed within modern leather-backed drop-back box, 4to, 1815-16.*** First edition of Davy's treatise on his famous safety lamp which enabled miners to carry a light without the danger of igniting the methane gas found in coal mines; precedes the 1818 book Davy wrote on the subject

Defoe (Daniel) An Essay Upon Literature: Or, An Enquiry into the Antiquity and Original of Letters, first edition, title a little spotted and soiled, ink inscription to head dated "Nov. 7th 1828", a few small tears, repaired tear to E6, foxing, some water-staining, final leaf laid down with small ink inscription to foot and some show-through from ink inscription on verso, contemporary blind-stamped calf, rebacked and recornered, new endpapers, 8vo, for Thomas Bowles, John Clark, John Bowles, 1726.

Britain.- [Papworth (John Buonarotti) & others.] Poetical Sketches of Scarborough, second edition, hand-coloured aquatint frontispiece and 20 plates by T. Rowlandson after J. Green, plate at p.177 with imprint slightly trimmed, some spotting and soiling, modern blue morocco, gilt, spine sunned, g.e., [Abbey, Scenery 297; Tooley 423], for A. Ackermann, 1813 § Robertson (Archibald) A Topographical Survey of the Great Road from London to Bath and Bristol, 2 vol., first edition, 11 engraved maps (all but one folding), 64 uncoloured aquatint plates only (of 65, lacking plate 36 "View in Littlecot Park"), errata leaf present, without half-title in vol. 1, a few plates with imprints trimmed, a few with light and small damp-staining to fore-margin, a few to vol. 2 with very small puncture marks to fore-edge, occasional spotting but generally good, attractive contemporary speckled calf, gilt, spines with double red morocco labels, spine ends and corners rubbed, a few light scratches to vol. 2 lower cover, [Abbey, Scenery 24], Printed for the Author, 1792, offsetting; and an 1822 edition of Egan's Life in London, 8vo (4)

London.- [Egan (Pierce), imitation] Real Life in London; or, the Rambles and Adventures of Bob Tallyho, 2 vol., first edition, mixed issues, hand-coloured aquatint and etched frontispieces, additional titles and 30 plates after Thomas Rowlandson, Henry Alken, W. Heath & others including the 2 additional plates, frontispieces little trimmed, some very small marginal chips or short tears to text and a few plates, without loss and most repaired, a few plates with imprints trimmed, light offsetting, some light browning, some spotting and soiling, modern blue half morocco, spines a touch darkened, covers very slightly scuffed, [Tooley 198; Abbey, Life, 280], 1821-22; and Egan's Life in London, 8vo (3).

[Wilkins (John)] [The Discovery of a World in the Moone] Or, a Discourse tending to prove, that 'tis probable there may be another habitable World in that Planet, first edition, issue with third line from bottom on B1r ending "first", woodcut illustrations, one full-page, lacking A1 (first leaf of double-page title), 19th century ink inscriptions to endpapers, title little frayed at upper corner with short tear into woodcut border, B8 tiny rust-hole within text, ink correction to N7v, O2 very small marginal rust-hole, some foxing and browning, heavier to first and last few ff., various ink inscriptions to final f., some early, scribbled through to verso, lacking front free endpapers, 19th century vellum, morocco spine label, soiled, extremities little rubbed, [STC 25640.5], Printed by E. G. for Michael Sparke and Edward Forrest, 1638; and others, antiquarian, several defective, including a defective volume of 16th century German artist’s pattern books, v.s. (7); sold not subject to return. *** One of the earliest significant works on popular science.

Edinburgh Review (The), or Critical Journal, 209 vol. (only, of 216), including some indexes, vol.1-6 later editions, others mostly first editions, bookplates, occasional spotting to first few vol., contemporary half calf, some rebacked, others bumped at spine ends and rubbed at joints, extremities slightly rubbed, 1806-1912 § Hallam (Henry) View of the State of Europe During the Middle Ages, 2 vol., ninth edition, bookplates, contemporary calf, spines richly gilt, slightly rubbed, 1846; The Constitutional History of England, 2 vol., fifth edition, 1846, last two uniformly bound, bookplates, morocco spine labels; and 29 others, leatherbound volumes, mostly history, 8vo (c.240)*** A sizeable near-continuous run of almost every volume of The Edinburgh Review from the first in 1802 up to 1912, complemented by two finely bound sets by the associated Henry Hallam (1777-1859) whose first literary work was published in The Edinburgh Review in Oct. 1808. 

Kipling (Rudyard) Thy Servant a Dog, told by Boots, first edition, deluxe binding, illustrations by G.L.Stampa, original pictorial mottled turquoise roan, gilt, with original box & lid (rubbed & faded, some split to joints), 1930 § Ricketts (Charles) Unrecorded Histories, one of 950 copies, full-page illustrations by the author printed in terracotta, original decorated cloth, t.e.g., others uncut, spine a little browned, 1933 § Hamilton (Count Anthony) The Four Facardins, a Fairy Tale, one of 680 copies, colour frontispiece by Hugh Graham, later morocco-backed cloth, uncut, spine faded, Lutetian Society, 1899 § Boccaccio (Giovanni) Amorous Fiammetta, one of 550 copies, colour plates by M.Leone, ex-library copy with a few stamps, original pictorial green-stained vellum, gilt, yapp edges, spine faded, Mandrake Press, 1929; and another, illustrated, v.s. (5)

America.- Crockett (David) An Account of Col. Crockett's Tour to the North and Down East, first edition, engraved portrait frontispiece, previous owner's ink signature to title, spotting and staining, small hole to front free endpaper, later endpapers, later cloth, small gouge to upper cover, small loss to spine extremities, rubbed and worn, [Sabin 17565], 8vo, Philadelphia, E. L. Carey and A. Hart, 1835.

Cruikshank (Robert).- [Westmacott (Charles Molloy)] "Bernard Blackmantle". The English Spy, 2 vol., first edition, first issue with plate 28 dated "1284", hand-coloured engraved frontispiece and 70 hand-coloured aquatint plates after Robert Cruikshank, Thomas Rowlandson and others, one wood-engraved plate after Cruikshank, wood-engraved vignettes, tissue-guards, armorial bookplate of Joseph Leycester, some light offsetting, endpapers foxed, occasional spotting elsewhere but generally very good, 19th century half calf over marbled boards, red morocco spine labels, vol. 1 small paper label to spine foot, vol. 1 with two faint abrasion marks to upper cover ?where tape removed, lightly rubbed, [Abbey Life 325; Bobins 738; Tooley 504], 8vo, 1825-26. 

Erasmus (Desiderius) Adagiorum omnium, quae a Junio, caeterisque, post Erasmi Chiliadas, in lucem prodierunt, epitome, part 2 (only, of 2), publisher's woodcut device to title, light foxing, a couple of illegible ink markings, later cloth, morocco spine label with first edition title, manuscript spine label inscribed 'Date 1583' and 'Date 1582' crossed out below, both laid down, some splitting to joints, slightly rubbed and soiled, Paris, Gilles Beys, 1583 § Cardinal Louis Antoine de Noailles Binding, handsome 17th century red morocco empty binding, decorated in gilt with the arms of Cardinal Louis Antoine de Noailles, gilt fleuron and fillet borders, spine gilt in 6 compartments, 5 with floral motifs, the other with the title 'Brev Paris', inner gilt dentelles, slightly rubbed, a few patches of discolouration, slight shelf-lean § another Cardinal Binding, handsome 18th century red morocco empty binding, decorated in gilt with Cardinal arms, shield finely painted with eagle, pear and lion charges, gilt-ruled borders, rebacked, spine gilt in 5 compartments, 5 with floral motifs, the other with the title 'Marchal, Vie de l’abbé Moyë', new endpapers, slightly rubbed, a couple of patches of discolourations, 8vo (3) *** Provenance of the first: Mr Edward Smirke (label to front pastedown).

Britain.- Johnson (Samuel) A Journey to the Western Islands of Scotland, first edition, first state with errata leaf of 11 items on 12 lines with cancels D8 and *U4, the latter in second state with correct page number, contemporary and 19th century provenance notes in manuscript to endpapers, lengthy quote inscription on front free endpaper verso, very light patches of foxing to title, bookplate of James Henry Crofts, contemporary calf, rebacked, covers a little scuffed and extremities bumped, 1775; The History and Description of the Town and Borough of Ipswich..., engraved frontispiece, title and plates, some damp-staining or browning, modern calf-backed boards, uncut, [c.1830]; and another on the agriculture in Suffolk, 8vo (3)

Edgeworth (Maria) Moral Tales For Young People, 5 vol., first edition, half-titles to vol.1, 2 & 5 as called for, engraved frontispieces in each vol. (vol.2 working loose), tear to title in vol.1, occasional scattered spots, contemporary calf, rather rubbed, splitting at joints with some covers working loose, 8vo, for J. Johnson by G. Woodall, 1801.

Britain.- Camden (William) Britain, Or a Chorographical Description of the Most flourishing Kingdomes, England, Scotland and Ireland..., first English edition, translated by Philemon Holland, engraved additional title, lacking all maps and last leaf of index, contemporary ink description of book to front free endpaper, first few leaves laid down, some corners and edges neatly repaired, some water-staining and light spotting, endpapers renewed, later calf expertly laid down preserving backstrip and covers, decorated in gilt, rubbed, spine gilding faded, [USTC 3004367], folio, George Bishop and John Norton, 1610; sold not subject to return.

Thomas (Randolph) [Poems with the Muses Looking-Glasse: and Amyntas], first edition, 3 parts in 1 with separate titles, lacking title and ?first 2 preliminary leaves, first 2 ff. detached and chipped at edges, final f. repaired at hinge, browned, contemporary diced calf, rebacked preserving original spine strip, renewed morocco spine labels, light rubbing and scuffing, corners bumped, [Oxford, Printed by Leonard Lichfield, Printer to the University, for Francis Bowman], [STC 20694; Greg 548], 4to, 1638. *** Lacking first few leaves as usual as like the copy in the British Library. 

Hardy (Thomas) The Return of the Native, one of 1500 copies signed by the illustrator, 12 tipped-in wood-engraved plates by Clare Leighton, illustrations, title in red and black, some light offsetting, original vellum-backed printed boards, t.e.g., others uncut, some fading to spine and covers, small tear to foot of spine, extremities a little bumped, 1929; Desperate Remedies, first American edition, state with advertisements on endpapers, a few preliminary leaves working loose, very light browning, second state original pictorial cloth, extremities bumped, spine lightly toned, New York, Henry Holt & Company, 1874; and 6 others by Hardy, 12mo and 8vo (8)

Crocker (Abraham) The Timber-Dealer's Guide, in Measuring and Valuing Trees of any Dimensions or Qualities, first edition, a few diagrams, printed Tables, errata f., 1f. publisher's advertisements at end, presentation inscription "To J. Eason Esq. from the Author" to head of title, ink inscriptions "J.W. Peters Yeabridge 14th June 1849" and "Affects removed from Bridge to Yeabridge 14th day of June 1848" to front free endpaper, lightly browned, some spotting, a few light stains, contemporary sheep, spine ends and corners worn, joints cracked, covers working loose but holding, tall 8vo, 1813. *** Rare, we cannot trace a copy at auction. 

Geology.- Leonhard (Karl Cäsar von) Agenda geognostica. Hülfsbuch für reisende Gebirgsforscher..., first edition, half-title, 4 lithographed plates of instruments and symbols, faint damp-stain to head of front free endpaper, foxed, original printed boards, spotted and browned, joints and spine ends quite worn, Heidelberg, J.C.B. Mohr, 1829; and a 1780 biography of theologian and geologist Johann Ernst Immanuel Walch, small 8vo & 8vo (2) *** An introduction to the study of geology, including details of equipment needed and guidance as to how to collect and arrange specimens. Leonhard (1779-1862) was professor of mineralogy at the University of Heidelberg. 

Fleming (Ian) Thunderball, first edition, ink ownership inscription and light strip of fading on front free endpaper, original boards with skeletal hand in blind to upper cover, spine lettered in gilt, dust-jacket, short 1" tear along upper flap joint, nicks, tears and creases along edges, horizontal crease down spine, a little faded, 8vo, 1961.

Greenaway (Kate).- Browning (Robert) The Pied Piper of Hamelin, trial issue of the first edition, presentation inscription from the printer Edmund Evans “Ada Mary Evans Christmas 1888, Bound Proofs. E.E.” on front free endpaper, colour illustrations by Kate Greenaway, some foxing, bookplate of Alain de Suzannet, original cloth-backed glazed pictorial boards, some wear to corners, extremities little rubbed, else excellent, 4to, London, Glasgow & New York, [1888]. *** Differs from the first published edition in containing only 63 printed pages instead of 64. The three lower figures on p.52 were later placed separately on p.53, with pp.53-63 in this trial issue becoming pp.54-64 in the published version. The text on other pages is also differently set. 

Australia.- Ogle (Nathaniel) The Colony of Western Australia, first edition, 4 plates (2 folding), 4 folding letterpress tables, 1 or 2 leaves strengthened at gutter, ex-library with occasional discreet ink-stamps, antique style modern calf-backed boards, 8vo, 1859. *** This work was printed in two states, one with a folding map and one without. This is the state published without the map. 

Falconer (William) The Shipwreck, additional engraved vignette title, engraved vignette dedication leaf, folding map, 18 superb aquatint plates and 3 vignettes as canto headings by Robert Dodd, one plate with repaired tears, some offsetting and light foxing, contemporary red morocco, stamped in gilt and blind, g.e., joints neatly repaired, preserved in modern calf-edged marbled board slip-case, 4to, Printed for John White, 1808.*** The first edition with Dodd's wonderful and evocative illustrations.

Ophthalmology.- Adams (George) An Essay on Vision, first edition, folding engraved plate as frontispiece, bookseller's label to pastedown, later morocco, spine gilt with red morocco labels, joints rubbed, 8vo, for the author by R. Hindmarsh, 1789.*** Written as a general guide for the public on the anatomy of the eye and nature of vision, it was the first book to provide general information on the correct and incorrect use of spectacles, and includes a guide on the selection of eyeglasses.

Casson (Hugh) and others. Bombed Churches as War Memorials, first edition, illustrations, some printed in colour, original wrappers, 1945 § Smiles (Samuel) Thrift, light foxing to first few pages, original cloth, extremities a little rubbed and bumped, 1875 § Wilson (John Cook) Statement and Inference, 2 vol., portrait frontispiece to vol.1, original cloth, vol.2 covers a little stained, extremities bumped and rubbed, Oxford, 1926; and 41 others, miscellaneous, including many works by and about Bertrand Russell, v.s. (45) 

Darwin (Charles) The Expression of the Emotions in Man and Animals, first edition, second issue without initial blank leaf and with 'htat' misprint on first line of p.208, 7 heliotype plates, three folding, in earlier state with Arabic numbering, wood-engraved illustrations, 4 pp. advertisements at end, some light offsetting, plate 6 mounted on stubs and slightly frayed at edges, pp.131-142 working loose, original green cloth, corners and spine ends bumped with some loss to head, cockled, spine darkened, shelf-lean, [Freeman 1142], 8vo, John Murray, 1872. *** "This is an important member of the evolutionary set, and it was written, in part at least, as a confutation of the idea that the facial muscles of expression in man were a special endowment" (Freeman).

Mineralogy & Geology.- Agricola (Georgius) De Re Metallica, translated by Herbert Clark Hoover and Lou Henry Hoover, first edition in English, woodcut illustrations, endpapers foxed, original vellum, small split upper joint foot, unopened along top edge, others uncut, folio, The Mining Magazine, 1912.*** First edition in English of this classic of mining technology, translated from the Latin first edition of 1556.

Newton (Sir Isaac).- Maclaurin (Colin) An Account of Sir Isaac Newton's Philosophical Discoveries, first edition, half title, 6 folding engraved plates, ink ownership inscription title head, modern calf-backed marbled boards,  4to, for the author's children, 1748*** First edition of this successful popularisation of the Principia.Provenance: Royal Astronomical Society [ink stamps to title].

Dickens (Charles) Oliver Twist, 3 vol., first edition, vol.2 second issue with original title but with 'Vol. II' to title page, vol.1 & 3 third issue with shortened title, 21 plates by Cruikshank (only, of 24), lacking half-titles and advertisements at end, light spotting and foxing, dog-eared, some leaves with tears or portions of loss affecting plates, others repaired, later blue cloth, slightly rubbed and soiled, spines lightly sunned, Richard Bentley, 1838; and 6 others, 8vo (9)

Scandinavia.- Lloyd (L.) Scandinavian Adventures, during a Residence of Upwards of Twenty Years, 2 vol., vol.2 first edition, vol.1 second edition, 12 tinted lithographed plates, 1 map, illustrations, small ownership labels to front and rear pastedowns, lacking half-titles, first plate in each vol. mounted on stubs, light water-staining to margins of plates, later green half morocco, spines gilt in six compartments, extremities slightly rubbed, some small patches of fading and wear, spines sunned, 8vo, Richard Bentley, 1854.

South America.- Byron (John) The Narrative of the Honourable John Byron ... on the Coast of Patagonia ... with a Description of St. Jago de Chili ... also a Relation of the Loss of the Wager Man of War, first edition, engraved frontispiece, lacking half-title, scattered spotting and staining, bookplate, contemporary boards, sympathetically rebacked in calf, a little rubbed, slight bumping to corners, [Sabin 9730], 8vo, for S. Baker, and G. Leigh, 1768.

Glass.- Hellner (Jan) A Love of Glass: Agnes Hellner's Collection of Orrefors Glass, limited edition, ?Stockholm, 1998 § Baldwin (Philip) & Monica Guggisberg. In Search of Clear Lines, Berne, 1998 § Vigier (L.) & Leslie Piña. Scandinavian Glass 1930-2000, 2 vol. (Smoke & Ice; Fire & Sea), Atglen, Pa., 2002-06 § Ricke (H.) & Lars Thor, editors. Swedish Glass Factories: Production Catalogues 1915-1960, Munich, 1987, the first and last with text in English & Swedish, illustrations, many colour, original cloth or boards with dust-jackets, the last torn; and c.20 others on Scandinavian glass, a few signed, 4to & 8vo,  (c.25)

London.- Judge (Fred) Camera Pictures of London at Night, first edition, 24 fine photogravure plates and 2ff. introductory text, original cloth, slightly soiled, oblong 4to, London & Hastings, Judges' Ltd., Sun Engraving Co. Ltd, 1924.*** A very good copy of a surprisingly rare book, with no auction records. The "great charm of these photographs lies in their pictorial rendering of the gradations of light. Mr Judge is at all times a stickler for nuance, but here he has been fortified with abundance of silhouette and contrast." (from a review in The British Journal of Photography, March 1924).

Southern (Terry) & Mason Hoffenberg. Candy, first American edition, original cloth, dust-jacket, spine lightly toned, ends very lightly nicked, otherwise excellent, New York, 1964 § Hudson (W.H.) Green Mansions, illustrations by E. McKnight Kauffer, bookplate, original decorative boards, spine faded, New York, 1944; and another by Nelson Algren, 8vo (3)

Ibsen (Henrik) Hedda Gabler. Skuespil I Fire Akter, first edition, ink monogram stamp to head of title, contemporary half calf, rubbed, [PMM 375], Copenhagen, 1890 § [Gripenberg (Alexandra)] Biografiskt Album med 13 Porträtter i Ljustryck utgifvet af Finsk Qvinnoförening, first edition, signed presentation copy from the author to one of the subjects Isabelle Bogelot inscribed on front free endpaper, 4 photographic plates, contemporary morocco-backed boards, original printed upper wrapper bound in, rubbed, joints worn, Helsinki, 1890; and another in Swedish, 8vo (3) *** The first edition of Ibsen's revolutionary and influential play, preceded only by 12 copies issued in England in Norwegian under the impression that it was necessary to secure copyright. The second item, with portraits of pioneers of Western feminism, was published by the Union of Finnish Women.

Scarrone (Giovanni Francesco) Riflessioni Imparziali e Memorie sopra la Vita e le Opere dell'Abate Carlo Denina Piemontese, occasional light foxing, contemporary boards, uncut, spine torn and defective, Parma, Bodoni, 1798 § Gravina (Vincenzo) Della Ragon Poetica Libri Due, first edition, some spotting, contemporary wrappers, uncut, stained, Rome, F.Gonzaga, 1708 § Lettere d'un Veneziano ad un Prelato di Roma, first edition, contemporary carta rustica, Venice, P.Colombani, 1766, rubbed; and 2 others, Italian, 8vo & 4to (5)

[Hamburg.] Der Stadt Hamburgk Gerichtsordnung und Statuta, second edition, fine engraved title with Baroque architectural border, Gothic letter, woodcut ornaments and printer's device to colophon, contemporary marbled boards, Hamburg, M.Froben, 1605 § Brun (Friederike) Sitten- und Landschaftsstudien von Neapel und seinem Umgebungen..., first edition, lacking half-title, with folding aquatint frontispiece and engraved plate, contemporary half calf, old paper manuscript labels, Leipzig, 1818 § Triangi (Franz Wilhelm) Concinnatio historico-politica, de & pro arcanis imperantium, first edition, half-title, lacking front free endpaper, extensive old ink annotations to rear endpapers, contemporary sprinkled calf, wormed patch to rear cover and foot of spine, Vienna, J.J.Kürner, 1700, rubbed; and 9 others, mostly German, including a stamped passport of 1813 issued by the Swiss canton of Aargau, v.s. (12)

Ophthalmology.- Plempius (Vopiscus Fortunatus) Ophthalmographia, sive Tractatio de oculi fabricâ, first edition, title with woodcut printer's device, woodcut head- and tail-pieces and decorative initials, errata f. at end, final f. blank, lacking final 2 index ff. (***1&2), water-stained at head and occasionally elsewhere to a lesser extent (mostly marginally at end), occasional spotting or light staining, contemporary limp vellum stained black, flat gilt spine in compartments, small modern printed paper label to spine, upper edge of upper cover little nibbled, rubbed and scuffed, [Krivatsy 9099; Wellcome I, 5103], small 4to, Amsterdam, Hendrick Laurensz, 1632. 

Darwin (Charles) The Descent of Man, and Selection in Relation to Sex, 2 vol., first edition, second issue, wood-engraved illustrations, 16 pp. publisher's advertisements dated 'January 1871' at end, a few small marginal tears, light spotting to first and last couple of leaves, vol.1 with loosely inserted printed ephemera causing browning to 2C5 & 6, vol.1 with some cracking to gutter and gathering M working loose, original green cloth, slightly rubbed, spines slightly darkened and ends a little bumped, [Freeman 937], 8vo, John Murray, 1871. *** The first appearance of the word "evolution" in any of Darwin's works. In The Descent of Man Darwin "compared man's physical and psychological characteristics to similar traits in apes and other animals, showing how even man's mind and moral sense could have developed through evolutionary processes" (Norman).This set bears the following issue points, as called for by Freeman. Vol.2: verso of title with list of works by the author; half-title with verso blank. Vol.1: first word on p.297 is 'When.'

Covell (William) A iust and temperate defence of the fiue books of ecclesiastical policie: written by M. Richard Hooker: against an vncharitable letter of certain English Protestants...crauing resolution, first edition, title with woodcut ornament, woodcut head- and tail-pieces and decorative initials, lacking initial f. blank but for signature-mark 'A', trimmed, affecting some headlines, signature-marks and catchwords (mostly at start) and the odd printed side-note, outer margins with small wormhole(s) turning into small trace as work proceeds, affecting the occasional printed side-note, occasional spotting, lightly browned, 20th century blind-stamped light green straight-grain morocco over limp boards, rebacked in modern tan crushed morocco, gilt, covers little chipped and faded, [STC 5881], small 4to, Peter Short for Clement Knight, 1603.  *** Rare at auction. An anti-puritan work reflecting the prevalent tension in the Church of England between tradition and puritanism.Provenance: Frederic Markham (20th century ink inscription to front pastedown); Rev. Frederick Rench ( large armorial ink stamp to front pastedown). 

Provincial printing.- Spencer (John) Hermas, or, the Acarian Shepherds: A Poem. In Sixteen Books, 2 vol., first edition, foxed, contemporary half calf over marbled boards, corners worn, rebacked, [Not in Jackson or Johnson],  Newcastle upon Tyne, printed by T. Saint, 1772 § Tales written during a Wet Summer, first edition, engraved frontispiece (?from another work), 4pp. publisher's catalogue at end, water-staining at beginning and end, inscription erased from front pastedown, contemporary roan-backed boards, Swaffham, F.Skill, 1831, rubbed; and 3 others, provincial printing, 8vo et infra (6)

Huxley (Aldous) Ends and Means, limited edition signed by the author, lightly spotted,1937; The Olive Tree, first edition, 1936, original cloth or buckram-backed boards, a little discoloured, spine ends a little frayed; and 13 others by David Garnett, including Tom Rosenthal's copy of a work edited by Garnett, 8vo (16) *** Tom Rosenthal (1935-2014) was a notable publisher who headed up Secker & Warburg from 1971 to 1984.