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NO RESERVE [Sayers (James)] The Foundling-Chapel Brawl, a Non-Heroic Ballad, first edition, signed presentation inscription from the author to head of title, folding engraved frontispiece, one engraved vignette, title chipped and silked at upper corner, just touching inscription, a few instances of ink correction or annotation, seemingly in a couple of hands, later ink note to verso of frontispiece, lightly browned, a few small stains to fore-margin, some light spotting, modern wrappers, housed in a modern card folder, C. Roworth, 1804; and 6 others similar, all but one by Sayers, including Hints to J. Nollekens, Esq. R. A. on his Modelling A Bust of Lord G⁂⁂le with etched satirical frontispiece, 8vo & 4to (7)⁂ Scarce. A second part, advertised on the verso of the final leaf, was published the following year.

Hertfordshire.- Grimston (Charlotte) The History of Gorhambury, first edition, etched frontispiece of Sir Nicholas Bacon, otherwise lithographed throughout with pictorial title, mounted portrait of the author on india paper, 90pp. text, 3 plans and 6 plates, text with coats-of-arms in margins, portraits foxed, title a little browned with offsetting from frontispiece, occasional light foxing to text, engraved bookplate of Leonard L.Hartley Esq., handsome contemporary diced russia with elaborate gilt border and fan corner-pieces, g.e., a little worn, rebacked in calf with ecclesiastical ornaments in gilt, corners repaired, 4to, [privately printed], [c.1821, water-marked 1820]⁂ "Probably the first [British] topographical book with its text lithographed...the most striking feature of the book is the discrepancy between the assurance of the writing of the main text and the naivety of the drawings...". Twyman, Early Lithographic Books, pp. 179-180 & 1.113.Charlotte Grimston was the wife of the first Earl of Verulam whose father commissioned Gorhambury House from Sir Robert Taylor. It replaced the ruined Old Grohambury House, home of the Bacon family including Sir Francis Bacon.

Gloucestershire.- Willyams (Rev. Cooper) The History of Sudeley Castle, in Gloucestershire, first edition, etched aquatint frontispiece by Willyams printed in sepia (light water-stain to upper inner margin), tissue guard, modern half red morocco over marbled boards, gilt, gilt-stamped morocco label to upper cover, uncut, [Millard, British 90], J.Robson, 1791 § Marklove (H.) Views of Berkeley Castle, first edition, lithographed frontispiece and 9 plates by Marklove, list of subscribers, plates browned and rather water-stained, one or two tears and repairs, frontispiece laid down, modern half blue morocco over marbled boards, gilt-stamped morocco label to upper cover, spine gilt, [Abbey, Scenery 409, coloured copy], printed by William Partridge of Nailsworth, 1840, folio (2)⁂ The first was written mainly to support the complicated claim of the author's genealogist friend Sir Samuel Egerton Brydges to the barony of Chandos of Sudeley. The plate depicts the castle in ruins before its partial restoration in 1837 by Sir George Gilbert Scott for the Dents.The second item is rare with only 2 copies recorded by Library Hub (BL & Oxford); WorldCat adds 3 in North America. The Abbey copy contains 11 plates but notes that the final plate is not by Marklove and is on thicker paper therefore probably an addition. Other copies all state 10 plates.

Wiltshire.- Witham (Rev. George, editor & printer) The History of Lacock Abbey or Locus Beatae Mariae, first edition, light staining to upper outer corner of title, cropped, modern half red morocco, spine gilt in compartments, Lacock, by the Rev. G.Witham, 1806; and another on Lacock Abbey by Bowles & J.G.Nichols, small 4to & 8vo (2)⁂ Rare privately-printed text taken mostly from Dugdale and Stevens with a few additions by the printer. In his dedication to the Countess Dowager of Shrewsbury he mentions, "the vacant Hours pleasingly employed in preparing and printing the Work, (my first Performance)". The additional item in the lot refers to this one in a footnote by J.G.Nichols on p.349: "a literary curiosity of great rarity".Library Hub records 6 copies and the collation calls for a final leaf but this is not present here nor in an online text.Listed by Harris in his Country House Index (second edition) but not by Holmes in The Country House Described: An Index to the Country Houses of Great Britain and Ireland, 1986.

Campbell (Colen), Woolfe (John) and James Gandon. Vitruvius Britannicus, or The British Architect..., 5 vol., later editions, engraved titles, engraved dedications in all but vol.2 , all titles and text in English & French, 491 engraved plates and plans on 390 sheets (complete, double-page plate of Umberslade sometimes found at end of vol.3 not called for), 101 double-page (one also folding in at edges), some foxing but many plates clean, a good wide-margined copy in handsome uniform contemporary polished calf, double gilt fillet and decorative roll-tool border in blind, a little rubbed, one or two small stains, corners slightly worn, rebacked in calf with gilt urns in compartments and tan labels, joints a little rubbed, [Harris 103 & 946; Millard, British 10 & cf.94, first edition; cf. Berlin Kat. 2329 & Fowler 76, vol.1-4 only, first editions], [vol.1-3 1751; vol.4 & 5 1819] with Richardson (George) The New Vitruvius Britannicus, 2 vol., vol.1 second edition, vol.2 first edition, titles and text in English & French, 142 fine aquatint plates and plans on 115 sheets, 27 double-page, list of contents from vol.2 bound in vol.1, washed with occasional restoration to margins, some traces of old damp-staining to margins, contemporary half red morocco, rubbed and scuffed, rebacked preserving old gilt spines, corners repaired (one renewed), [Abbey Life 60; Millard British 70, both first editions of 1802-08], T.Bensley for the Author, 1810-08, folio (7)⁂ Campbell's monumental work promoting the virtues of neo-Palladianism and featuring many of the great houses of England. Rare to find all 7 volumes together, the later Richardson volumes are particularly scarce.

Sussex.- Dallaway (James) & Edmund Cartwright. A History of the Western Division of the County of Sussex, including the Rapes of Chichester, Arundel, and Bramber..., 2 vol. in 3, mixed set, first edition, titles in red and black, 75 engraved portraits and plates (5 double-page, 4 hand-coloured), 8 engraved maps and plans (5 double-page or folding, 6 hand-coloured), 3 folding pedigrees, illustrations, some engraved, all volumes with numerous coats-of-arms with fine hand-colouring (including dedications), those in the first two vol. contemporary and in the last executed by Alastair Campbell of Airds (at one time Unicorn Pursuivant of Arms in Scotland) in 1990, vol.1 Lord Leconfield of Petworth's copy with his ink signature to head of title, vol.2 Part I with 2 original pen & ink drawings of Tortington Church, an additional portrait of the Duke of Norfolk trimmed & mounted on blank leaf with his cut signature and 21pp. manuscript index at end with 4 additional mounted engraved plates, vol.2 Part II with tipped-in A.L.s. from the author (Cartwright) to T.C.Medwin of Horsham requesting his help in compiling the work, some light foxing, vol.1 contemporary diced calf, gilt, rubbed and marked, rebacked, corners repaired, vol.2 Part I modern half straight-grain morocco over marbled boards, uncut, vol.2 Part II contemporary calf, rubbed, rebacked preserving old spine, corners repaired, 4to, 1815-30.⁂ Vol. 2 Part I is scarce as much of the stock was destroyed by fire.

NO RESERVE Lang (Andrew) The Brown Fairy Book, first edition, plates and illustrations by H.J. Ford, occasional light corner creasing, bookplate to front pastedown, original pictorial cloth, slight bumping to spine tips and corners, light rubbing, an excellent copy overall, g.e., 8vo, 1904.

Lutyens (Sir Edwin).- Weaver (Lawrence) Houses & Gardens by Sir Edwin Lutyens, R.A., third impression, 1925 § Jekyll (Gertrude) and Christopher Hussey. Garden Ornament, second (and best) edition, 1927 § Stamp (Gavin) Edwin Lutyens Country Houses from the Archives of Country Life, original boards, dust-jacket, spine faded, 2001, illustrations, the first two original buckram-backed cloth, spines a little faded, the second slightly damp-stained at edge of boards, folio & 4to (3)

Birds.- Brown (Leslie H.), Emil J. Urban, Kenneth Newman & others, editors. The Birds of Africa, vol.1-7 only (of 8), first edition, colour plates by Martin Woodcock and others, illustrations, original boards, dust-jackets, an excellent set, 1982-2004 § Cramp (Stanley) & others, editors. Handbook of the Birds of Europe, the Middle East and North Africa: The Birds of the Western Palearctic, 9 vol., vol.1 reprint, illustrations, some colour, original cloth, dust-jackets, vol.1 & 2 a little foxed at beginning, vol.2 lacking front free endpaper, Oxford, 1977-94, 4to (16)⁂ The final volume of the first series, vol. VIII: Malagasy Region, was published later, in 2013, and is often missing from the set.

Rocketry & pyrotechnics.- Simienowicz (Casimir) The Great art of artillery, translated by George Shelvocke, first edition in English, title printed in red and black, engraved frontispiece and 22 plates, all but one folding, woodcut head- and tail-pieces and decorative initials, title soiled, Yy2 large hole in text with loss, with some resulting loss of text to Xx2v opposite, short tear(s) to frontispiece and the odd other plate, without loss, lower margins water-stained, spotting or staining (including ink), lightly browned, contemporary half calf over marbled boards, spine in compartments, boards soiled, rubbed and scuffed, folio, Printed for J. Tonson, 1729.⁂ Scarce first English edition of this Polish-Lithuanian general's treatise on rocketry and pyrotechnics, first published in Latin in 1650. It remained the standard work for at least two centuries. The translator Shelvocke was a naval officer and privateer. Provenance: 'John Parker his book, October 23 1790'; 'R.Gibbins, Esq., Ashby-de-la-Zouch, Leicestershire, Artillery thou noble Art!' (ink inscriptions to front free endpaper).

NO RESERVE Dickens (Charles) Nicholas Nickleby, first edition in original parts, parts 1-3 only, 40 etched plates by Hablot K. Browne, most advertisements present except part 1 lacking 2pp. from The Nickleby Advertiser, part 2 lacking "Mechi's catalogue from rear advertisements, part 3 lacking 'Joseph Amesbury's Patent supports large folding sheet from rear advertisements, plates browned, margins toned, some spotting, original pictorial wrappers, rubbed and creased, browned, joints cracked, [Hatton & Cleaver, 131- 160], 8vo, 1838.

NO RESERVE Supernatural.- Crowe (Catherine) The Night Side of Nature; or, Ghosts and Ghost Seers, 2 vol., second edition, ex-library with ink-stamp removed to rear pastedowns (faintly visible to vol. 2 front pastedown), titles with pencil ownership inscription 'Mary L. Leslie 1943' to head, vol. 2 title and following f. spotted and browned, occasional spotting or light marginal soiling elsewhere, vol. 2 title with rather crude paper repair to gutter, front free endpapers renewed, vol. 1 rear hinge cracked, original blind-stamped cloth, spines lettered in gilt (rather faded to vol. 2), spine ends and corners bumped and a little frayed, rubbed, shelf-lean, [cf. Sadleir 666; Summers p.33 (first edition)], 8vo, 1849.⁂ Scarce. First published the preceding year.

Agriculture.- Author's first book.- [Young (Arthur)] The Farmer's letters to the people of England: Containing the sentiments of a practical husbandman, on various subjects...particularly the exportation of corn...The present state of the poor..., first edition, title and verso of final f. browned at edges, occasional spotting, some light browning, contemporary speckled calf, gilt, spine in compartments and with brown leather label, joints just starting, but holding firm, lower corners worn, rubbed, [Fussell I, pp.70-78; Kress 6511; Goldsmiths' 10293], a good copy, 8vo, Printed for W. Nicoll, at the Paper Mill, No. 51, in St. Paul's Church-yard, 1767.⁂ First book of this English agriculturist and social and political observer.

India.- Edwards (William) Personal Adventures during the Indian Rebellion in Rohilcund, Futtehghur, and Oude, second edition, light spotting at beginning and end, small ink marks to front free endpaper, spine ends and corners bumped and very slightly rubbed, a couple small marks, 1858 § Domenech (Abbé Emmanuel) Missionary Adventures in Texas and Mexico, first English edition, half-title, folding hand-coloured map frontispiece, map with a couple tiny tears at folds without loss, occasional very light spotting, one or two light marginal stains, small staining to spine, spine ends and corners bumped and a little rubbed, [Sabin 20559], 1858, publisher's advertisements at end, pencil ownership inscription of D. De la Cherois to head of titles, original blind-stamped cloth, spines gilt but slightly sunned; and others, travel related, some India, 8vo (12)

Shropshire.- Joffroy (L.) Views of Porkington, lithographed pictorial title & 3 views only of the house at different periods, all on india paper and mounted, lithographed coat-of-arms (duplicated), no text, title and views lightly foxed (marginal on two), modern half morocco, gilt-stamped morocco label to upper cover and spine, with original printed wrappers bound in, n.p., 1835 § Companion (A) to the Leasowes, Hagley, and Enville; with a Sketch of Fisherwick, 3 engraved plates, one aquatint, advertisement leaf at end, final two leaves lacking lower outer corner not affecting text, book-label of Percy J.Pond and bookplate of John Harris (by Reynolds Stone), modern half calf over marbled boards, [Abbey, Scenery 421], Birmingham, [1800] § [Hill (Jane)] Some Account of the Antiquities of Hawkstone, only edition, 5 lithographed views on 4 plates, wood-engraved illustrations, original cloth, paper label (chipped), rubbed, preserved in modern morocco-backed cloth slip-case, spine gilt, Shrewsbury, printed by W. & J.Eddowes, [c.1830]; and 8 others on Shropshire, v.s. (11)⁂ The first is a very rare but incomplete suite of plates depicting Porkington Hall (now called Brogyntyn), near Oswestry, once home of the Ormsby-Gore family but sold by Lord Harlech in 2001. Not recorded by Library Hub or WorldCat a copy sold at Sotheby's in 1979 for £160 but contained a title and 8 plates.

Neale (John Preston) Views of the Seats of Noblemen and Gentlemen, in England, Wales, Scotland, and Ireland, First & Second Series, together 11 vol., first edition, additional engraved pictorial titles and 720 plates only (of 722), wood-engraved vignettes, subscriber's copy with contemporary ink inscription "N.Micklethwait Beeston 1819" to head of first title and with his engraved bookplate and ink correction to list of subscribers, plates all numbered in ink in top right-hand corner, some light foxing (mostly to tissue guards), water-staining to vol.1 of Second Series affecting a few plates, contemporary tan straight-grain morocco, gilt, spines gilt, rubbed, splits to joints, some repairs, [Millard, British 45], 8vo, 1818-29.⁂ Including details of architects, owners, and art collections. "The whole comprises the single most important early-nineteenth-century source of country-house architecture". (Millard) Rev. John Nathaniel Micklethwait (?son of the subscriber) inherited the Taverham estate in Norfolk in 1850 through his mother. He demolished the existing house and built a neo-Jacobean mansion; in 1920 it became a preparatory school.

Polar.- Phipps (Constantine John) A Voyage Towards the North Pole: Undertaken by His Majesty's Command, 1773, first Dublin edition, half-title, folding engraved chart, 2 folding engraved plates and 11 folding tables, ink ownership inscription "Delacherois" to endpaper, contemporary polished calf, morocco spine label, chip to lower joint but a very good, clean copy, 8vo, 1775.

NO RESERVE Southey (Robert) The Life of Nelson, 2 vol., first edition, second impression, half-titles, engraved portrait frontispiece and engraved facsimile frontispiece, with p.258 (vol. 2) numbered correctly, scattered spotting, previous owner's ink inscription to vol. 1, later half-morocco, gilt spine, rubbed joints but holding frim, slight bumping to corners and extremities, 8vo, 1813.

Extensively annotated.- Coke (Sir Edward) The First Part of the Institutes of the Lawes of England, third edition, engraved frontispiece laid down on verso of title, woodcut title and ?part only of folding plate, title torn with loss to one corner, lacks preliminary ff. and ff. at end (index), some ff. loose others working loose, browned throughout, many margins chipped, extensive 18th century annotions in margins and underlined (?by a student of Law), numerous ink marks, several signatures including Charles Scolefield (the probable author of the notes dated 1771), G. Wolloway and Richard Roe on front and lower pastedowns, lacks free endpapers, 18th century calf, extensively rubbed, covers detached, spine worn, [STC 15786], by M.F.I.H. and R.T. Assignes of I. More, 1633; sold not subject to return.⁂ "...a disorderly, pedantic, masterful work... the basis of the constitution of the realm" (PMM) by the prosecutor of Sir Walter Raleigh and the Gunpowder Plot conspirators.

Ireland.- Antient and Present State (The) of the County of Down, first edition, folding engraved county map, bookplate of Daniel De La Cherois and his ink ownership inscription to head of title, dated Dec. 1859, map creased and a little frayed at edges, with short tear into image without loss, a few side-notes shaved, a few marginal notes in pencil and red ink, tipped-in piece of De la Cherois related printed ephemera to Q6v (obscuring small portion of text), some other ephemera loosely inserted, light browning, some spotting, a few small stains, contemporary marbled calf, red morocco label to spine, very small hole to foot of lower joint, rubbed, Dublin, A. Reilly, 1744; and others, Ireland related, including another copy of the same, 8vo & 4to (8)

Tipping (H.Avray) & Christopher Hussey. English Homes, 9 vol. [a complete set], first editions, numerous photographic illustrations, original blue buckram-backed cloth, most g.e., rubbed, some spines faded and lightly stained, folio, Country Life, 1921-37. ⁂ Monumental record of English domestic architecture from the Norman invasion to the end of the Regency period. Rare to find a complete set all in first edition.

NO RESERVE Cookery.- Walsh (J. H.) A Manuel of Domestic Economy..., frontispiece and engraved plates, lightly foxing, contemporary calf-backed cloth, rubbed, 1856 § Fink (Henry T.) Food and Flavour: A Gastronomic Guide to Health and Good Living, illustrations, endpapers toned, original purple cloth, soiled and faded, rubbed, 1914 § [Anon.] American Dishes and How to Cook them, first edition, endpapers toned, original decorative cloth, spine ends worn, extremities bumped and rubbed, 1883; and 4 others, cooking, v.s. (7)

Essex.- Majendie (Lewis) An Account of Hedingham Castle, first edition, half-title, 5 engraved plates by Basire, light foxing, engraved bookplate of A.R.M., modern half red morocco over marbled boards, gilt-stamped morocco label to upper cover, spine gilt, folio, John Nichols, printer to the Society of Antiquaries, 1796.⁂ Scarce work on probably the best preserved Norman keep in England, built by the De Vere family in c.1140. We have been unable to trace a copy at auction.

NO RESERVE Eliot (T.S.) The Cocktail Party, first edition with misprint on p.29, original cloth, dust-jacket, extremities a little rubbed, 1950 § Yeats (W.B.) Last Plays and Poems, first US edition, ink ownership inscription to front endpaper, original blind stamped cloth, dust-jacket, toned and soiled in places, small nicks to top edge, price-clipped, New York, 1940 § Churchill (Randolph S.) What I Said About The Press, signed presentation inscription from the author to front endpaper, with a signed A.L.s from Somerset Maugham referring to Churchill loosely inserted, last few ff. water stained, original printed paper-covered boards, lower cover with upper portion torn away, and water-stained, joints and extremities a little rubbed, 1957; and c.85 others, plays, poetry and literature, v.s. (90)

NO RESERVE Whistler (Rex) The Königsmark Drawings, number 708 of 1000 copies, 10 tipped-in colour plates by Rex Whistler, original red cloth, gilt, spine faded, Richards Press, 1952 § Robinson (W.Heath) Some Frightful War Pictures, first edition, 24 full-page illustrations, broken and loose with some plates a little soiled and frayed at edges, one creased at corner, lacking front free endpaper, original cloth-backed pictorial boards, a little rubbed and damp-stained, 1915; and 18 others, modern illustrated, mostly Osbert Lancaster, v.s. (20)

Suffolk.- Davy (Henry) Views of the Seats of Noblemen and Gentlemen in Suffolk, Part I [all published], first edition, one of 65 large paper copies, 20 engraved plates by Lambert after Davy, each with descriptive leaf of text, without list of subscribers, light water-staining to upper inner margin of some plates, occasional marginal spotting, text foxed and with offsetting from plates, neat contemporary ink ownership stamp with crest of F.W.Campbell of Birkfield, Ipswich to front free endpaper (repeated on upper cover with signature), later bookplate of James Mason Martin, original boards, uncut, with original printed wrappers bound in, rubbed, rebacked and recornered in crimson morocco, spine gilt, 4to, Southwold, by the Author, 1827.

NO RESERVE Medicine.- Freind (John) The History of Physick..., Part I, first edition, water- & damp-stained causing fraying at beginning and end with some loss (repaired), contemporary panelled calf, rubbed, rebacked preserving old spine, [GM 6378], for J.Walthoe, 1725 § Miller (Philip) The Gardeners Kalendar...with a List of the Medicinal Plants..., fourteenth edition, engraved frontispiece, 5 folding engraved plates, contemporary ink inscription to verso of frontispiece at head slightly showing through, light marginal water-stain to fore-edge of first few leaves, contemporary calf, rubbed, red morocco label, for the Author, 1765; and another, medicine, 8vo (3)⁂ The first is the first history of medicine written by an Englishman; the second part was published the following year."Freind was the first Engish historian of medicine. [he] planned the above work while committed to the Tower of London on a charge of high treason...Sir Robert Walpole, Prime Minister at the time, suffered much from renal calculi and called in Mead, a great friend of Freind. Mead refused to treat Walpole until Freind was released...". (GM).

Gloucestershire & Herefordshire.- Rushout (John, 2nd Baron Northwick) [Sale Catalogue] Catalogue of the late Lord Northwick's Extensive and Magnificent Collection of Ancient and Modern Pictures...at Thirlestane House, Cheltenham, tinted lithographed frontispiece (lightly foxed), some prices in pencil manuscript by Rev.H.Cottingham of Hathersage Vicarage, Sheffield with ink notes of his purchases and 3pp. A.L.s. to him from the art dealer P.D.Colnaghi loosely inserted, engraved bookplate of William Wynne Jeudwine, original cloth, rebacked preserving original spine, Phillips, 1859 § Moffatt (Rev. J.M.) The History of the Town of Malmesbury, only edition, list of subscribers, 3 engraved plates and plan, folding letterpress table, contemporary half calf, Tetbury, 1805 § Storer (J. & H.S.) Delineations of Gloucestershire, engraved additional vignette title and plates, ink inscription of Maria & Emma Codrington to head of title and their bookplate, some spotting, original cloth, uncut, recased, spine faded, [1825] § Britton (John) Graphic Illustrations...of Toddington...the seat of Lord Sudeley, tinted lithographed frontispiece, plates, original cloth, faded, 1840 § Robinson (Rev. Charles J.) A History of the Mansions and Manors of Herefordshire, lithographed title and plates, tables, Francis Capper Brooke of Ufford's copy with printed note on subscription and 2 A.Ls.s. to him from the author tipped in at beginning, bookplate of John Harris, later half red morocco, spine gilt, t.e.g., others uncut, London & Hereford, 1873 § Kingsley (Nicholas) & Michael Hill. The Country Houses of Gloucestershire, 3 vol., illustrations, original cloth with dust-jackets, Cheltenham & Chichester, 1989-2001, all but the last a little rubbed; and 8 others on Gloucestershire & Herefordshire, 4to & 8vo (16)⁂ Lord Northwick (1770-1859) was one of the greatest collectors of the first half of the nineteenth century. He acquired so many paintings he had to buy a second mansion, Thirlestane House in Cheltenham, to display them and when he died intestate in 1859 the contents were sold over 22 days.

NO RESERVE Brangwyn (Frank).- Shaw-Sparrow (Walter) Frank Brangwyn and his Work, first trade edition, signed presentation inscription from Brangwyn to endpaper, plates and illustrations, original cloth, light rubbing and some surface soiling, 4to, 1910.⁂ Rare signed by the artist.

NO RESERVE Turner (J. A.) The Cotton Planter's Manual: being a Compilation of Facts, first edition, marginal staining to fore-edges, mostly faint, modern calf-backed boards, fractional bumping to corners and extremities, 8vo, 1857.

Cheshire.- Buckler (John & John Chessell) Views of Eaton Hall in Cheshire, the Seat of the Right Honourable Earl Grosvenor, first edition, lithographed plan and 18 plates by W.Westall and J.C.Harding after the Bucklers and printed by C.Hullmandel, all proofs on india paper and mounted, some foxing to plates, mostly marginal but affecting some images, original boards, uncut, rubbed and slightly marked, rebacked in crimson straight-grain morocco, some knocks to spine, [Not in Abbey], large folio, 1826.⁂ The principal source of information on the magnificent mansion rebuilt "in the florid Gothic order" for Earl Grosvenor by William Porden between 1804 and 1812, and before alterations by William Burn in 1846-51 and its substantial remodelling by Alfred Waterhouse in 1870.

Theatre.- Betterton (Thomas) The History of the English stage, from the Restauration to the Present Time. Including the Lives, Characters and Amours, Of the most Eminent Actors and Actresses, 2 parts in 1, first edition, engraved portrait frontispiece by Van der Gucht after Kneller, a few engraved portraits in text and one to title of second part, woodcut head- and tail-pieces and decorative initials, 2 catalogues for books published by Curll at end (8 & 24pp.), occasional spotting or light staining, lightly browned, contemporary calf, gilt, rebacked, preserving original backstrip in compartments (with little loss at ends), corners worn, rubbed and scuffed, Printed for E. Curll, at Pope's-Head in Rose-Street, Covent-Garden, 1741; and The Life of Mr. Thomas Betterton...Tragedian, Robert Gosling, 1710, 8vo (2)⁂ The second part is Memoirs of Mrs. Anne Oldfield, 1741 by William Oldys, which is often found bound with the first work.

Howitt (William & Mary) Howitt's Journal of Literature and Popular Progress, 3 vol., vol. 1 lacking title and contents, illustrations, scattered spotting, previous owner's ink inscription, ex-library with usual labels and occasional discreet blind-stamps, contemporary half-calf, a little rubbed, slight bumping to corners and extremities, 1847-48 § Bremer (Frederika) The President's Daughters; including Nina, 3 vol., first English edition, translated by Mary Howitt, half-titles read 'Life in Sweden', previous owner's ink signature, ex-library with occasional ink-stamps, faint abrasion mark to front endpapers where labels removed, later calf-backed boards, sunned spines, library blind-stamp to upper covers, bumping to corners and extremities, 1843 § Howitt (William) The Hall and the Hamlet, 2 vol., first edition, ex-library with usual labels and ink-stamps, bookplate, contemporary half-calf, rebacked, rubbed, faint library blind-stamps to upper covers, bumping to corners and spine extremities, 1848; and others by William or Mary Howitt, 8vo (13)

NO RESERVE [Girard (Guillaume)] The History of the Life of the Duke of Espernon: the Great Favourite of France, first English edition, translated by Charles Cotton, title in red and black, 2 engraved portraits, engraved initials and head-pieces, short marginal tear to foot A1 & A2, tiny marginal hole to T3, occasional marginal spotting and staining, near contemporary calf, upper joint beginning to crack but holding firm, a little rubbed, folio, by E. Cotes, and A. Clark, for Henry Brome, 1670.

NO RESERVE Brown (Dan) The Da Vinci Code, signed presentation inscription from Tom Hanks "To Sheila, As mysterious as the Mona Lisa herself! Tom Hanks" on half-title, New York, 2003; The Da Vinci Code, "special illustrated collector's edition", signed presentation inscription from the author "to Billy T. - Thanks for getting Landan to work safely every day! Dan Brown" on half-title, New York, 2004, original boards, dust-jackets; together with a framed engraved photograph of Michael Douglas and Melanie Griffith, and a first edition copy of Earth in the Balance, signed and inscribed by Al Gore, preserved in morocco-backed box, v.s. (4)⁂ The dedicatee of the engraved frame and a copy of the Da Vinci code is Billy T., the on-set driver of the film production.

Thompson (Stephen) Old English Homes, first edition, 23 mounted actual photographs of interiors and exteriors, upper hinge split, contemporary half morocco, g.e., rubbed, 1876 § English Country Houses: One Hundred Plates, no text as issued, contemporary half morocco, upper joint repaired, rubbed, Boston, Mass., Bates & Guild Company, 1901 § Weaver (Sir Lawrence) Small Country Houses of To-day, 3 vol., vol.1 third edition, vol.2 second edition, vol.3 first edition, 1922-25 § Richardson (C.J.) Picturesque Designs for Mansions, Villas, Lodges, &c. &c., first edition, ink stamp to title, 1870 § Eastlake (Charles L.) A History of the Gothic Revival, first edition, upper hinge split, half-title loose, lacking front free endpaper, 1872, plates and illustrations, the last three original cloth, the last two rubbed and recased; and c.35 others on houses, 4to & 8vo (c.40)

NO RESERVE Serfdom & Agriculture.- [Lehman (Adde Johann)] Ueber die bessere Einrichtung der Leibeigenschaft und der Oekonomie in Niedersachsen, an den Herrn Grafen Cajus von Reventlau..., first edition, title with woodcut ornament with cherubs, woodcut initial and head- and tail-pieces, ink onwership inscription dated 1792 to title, some water-staining, occasional spotting, lightly browned, contemporary drab wrappers, water-stained, 8vo, Offenbach, Ulrich Weiß, 1779.⁂ Rare, with only three copies recorded by WorldCat (Leipzig and two Danish libraries). On improvements to the system of serfdom in Lower Saxony, including some observations on slavery. The second half proposes improvements to agriculture and animal husbandry.

Military.- Foster (Henry) A true and exact Relation of the Marchings of the Two Regiments of the Trained Band of the City of London, being the Red & blew Regiments..., 16pp., soiled, cropped, old half calf, rebacked preserving old spine, [Wing F1625], for Benjamin Allen, 1643 § [Stevenson (Roger)] Military Instructions for Officers Detached in the Field, first edition, 11 folding engraved plates only (of 12, lacking plate X), damp-stained, contemporary calf, rubbed, spine ends worn, D.Wilson [& others], 1770 § General Regulations and Orders, 3 folding tables at end (one with split to fold), contemporary ink inscription to head of title, spotting, ex-United Service Institution library copy with small embossed stamp to title and cancelled label, contemporary half calf, rebacked, T.Egerton, [c.1804] § Rules and Regulations for the Manual and Platoon Exercises, Formations, Field-Exercise, and Movements of His Majesty's Forces, folding engraved plate, foxing, original boards, uncut, "Capt.Gregory" in manuscript to upper cover, rebacked in calf, spine faded, 1807, all rubbed; and 9 others, military, v.s. (13)

NO RESERVE McArthur (John) The Army and Navy Gentleman's Companion; or, A New and Complete Treatise on the Theory and Practice of Fencing, new edition, engraved frontispiece, title and 19 plates, most folding, first few ff. loose (including title), first plate creased, chipped at edges and loosely inserted, P2 tear to fore-edge without loss, some very light offsetting, occasional light spotting or soiling, uncut in original boards, remains of label to upper cover, soiled and worn, upper cover detached, spine defective, for J. Murray, 1784; and 4 others, 18th century, various subjects, 4to & 8vo (5)⁂ The first edition published in 1780.

Repton (Humphry) The Landscape Gardening and Landscape Architecture..., edited by J.C.Loudon, first collected edition, engraved portrait frontispiece (foxed), wood-engraved illustrations, some full-page, one with overslip, ink inscription to head of title partly erased, stain to lower margin of a few leaves, modern half calf, spine gilt with morocco label, [Henrey 1265], 1840 § Gerardin (René, Vicomte d'Ermenonville) An Essay on Landscape; or, On the Means of Improving and Embellishing the Country round our Habitations, first edition in English, contemporary calf, rubbed and scuffed, rebacked preserving old label, corners worn, J.Dodsley, 1783 § Burke (Edmund) A Philosophical Enquiry into the Origin of Our Ideas of the Sublime and Beautiful, half-title, title ruled in red, attractive contemporary diced calf, gilt, spine gilt, rubbed, Glasgow, 1818, 8vo et infra (3)

NO RESERVE Sporting.- [Bunbury (Henry William)], "Geoffrey Gambado". An Academy for Grown Horsemen [&] Annals of Horsemanship, 2 parts in 1 vol., third edition, stipple-engraved sepia frontispieces and 27 plates after the author, a few with ink manuscript notes at foot, foxed, a couple of plates torn at lower margin, some repairs, contemporary half calf, rebacked preserving old spine, rubbed, corners worn, 1808 § [Surtees (Robert Smith)] "Ask Mamma", first edition in book form, 13 hand-coloured plates by John Leech, illustrations, some spotting and soiling, contemporary red morocco, gilt, spine gilt, g.e., rubbed, 1858 § Paget (Maj. Guy) The Melton Mowbray of John Ferneley (1782-1860), colour frontispiece, plates, original cloth, gilt, dust-jacket, rubbed and frayed, Leicester, 1931; and 15 others, field sports and some railway guides, 4to & 8vo (18)

Theatre.- Shakespeare forgeries.- Malone (Edmond) An Inquiry into the Authenticity of Certain Miscellaneous Papers and Legal Instruments, Published Dec. 24, MDCCXCV. And Attributed to Shakspeare, Queen Elizabeth and Henry, Earl of Southampton, first edition, half-title, 3 folding engraved plates, 2 ff. 'Prospectus' at end, little offsetting from plates, occasional spotting, lightly browned, light brown crushed morocco, gilt, by Rivière & Son, some light fading, 8vo, Printed by H. Baldwin for T. Cadell, Jun. and W. Davies (successors to Mr. Cadell,) in the Strand, 1796.⁂ In 1794 William Henry Ireland claimed to have unearthed a quantity of Shakespearean manuscripts, which were pronounced as genuine by a number of scholars. However, here the great Shakespeare authority Malone conclusively proves that the documents in question were forgeries.

NO RESERVE Dryden (John) Fables Ancient and Modern...from Homer, Ovid, Boccace, and Chaucer...with Original Poems, first collected edition, engraved frontispiece (trimmed and laid down), contemporary ink inscription to title, contemporary panelled calf, spine ends worn, for Jacob Tonson, 1713 § Aesop. Fables..., edited by Sir Roger L'Estrange, engraved portrait and frontispiece (stained, portrait laid down), later half calf, spine gilt, for R.Sare [& others], 1708 § Moreton (Andrew) The Secrets of the Invisible World Disclos'd: or, an Universal History of Apparitions..., fourth edition, engraved frontispiece and plates, contemporary ink inscription to title, contemporary calf, for J.Cecil [& others], 1740 § [Grove (Robert, Bishop of Chichester)] The Protestant and Popish Way of Interpreting Scripture...in Answer to Pax Vobis, &c., 2 pp. advertisements at end, old ink stamp to title, modern half red morocco, spine gilt, for Walter Kettilby, 1689, all but the last rubbed; and c.35 others including vol.1 only of The Female Spectator (second edition) 1748 and vol.1 & 2 only of The Ladies Library (fifth edition) 1739, some other odd vol., v.s. (c.40)

NO RESERVE Aristotle. Opera, post omnes quae in hunc usque diem prodierunt editiones..., vol. 1 only, title with woodcut printer's device, and early manuscript monastic inscription in ink, bookplate to pastedown, some faint damp-staining to top edge and gutter, early calf, rebacked, [Adams A 1744], Lyon, Jean Frellon, 1549 § James I and VI (King of England and Scotland) The Workes, first edition, half-title with fine engraved portrait of James I verso, woodcut arms to a2, small engraved portrait of Prince Charles to head of dedication, woodcut initials, head- & tail-pieces, lacking engraved architectural title, letterpress title and several other ff. with paper repairs, a little browning and finger soiling, repairs to hinges, contemporary calf, with the arms of James VI and I to covers, and corner pieces, in gilt, re-backed, leather repairs to edges and corners, by Robert Barker and John Bill, 1616; and a quantity of others, C17th-C19th, leather bound, v.s. (qty)

[Evans (Mary Ann)], "George Eliot". [The Novels], 7 vol., new edition, half-titles, light foxing to first few pages, bookplates, occasional faint spotting, contemporary crimson half morocco, spines gilt with decorative art nouveau-style floral motifs, in 2 compartments, light scuffs, mainly to joints, overall a very attractive set, 8vo, [c.1880]

Essex.- Braybooke (Richard, Lord) The History of Audley End, first edition, engraved additional pictorial title (lightly spotted), portraits and plates, bookplate of G.E.Layton and book-label of Prince Frederick Duleep Singh, handsome nineteenth century red morocco with gilt Greek key border, by Leighton, spine gilt in compartments, g.e., joints slightly rubbed, slight scuff to lower cover, 1836 § Fowler (R.C.) & A.W.Clapham. Beeleigh Abbey Essex, second edition, plates and folding plans, original cloth, t.e.g., others uncut, 1924; and 4 others on Essex including a bound volume of magazine articles on the London & Essex homes of Henry "Chips" Channon inscribed by Channon, 4to & 8vo (6)⁂ Prince Frederick Victor Duleep Singh (1868-1926), second surviving son of Maharaja Sir Duleep Singh and grandson of Maharaja Ranjit Singh the "Lion of the Punjab". "Prince Freddy" was born and educated in England, his father being exiled to Britain at the age of 15. He lived in Norfolk, became a Fellow of the Society of Antiquaries and was East Anglian representative for the Society for the Protection of Ancient Buildings.

Food & drink.- d'Aussy (Pierre Jean Baptiste Legrand) Histoire de la Vie Privée des Français, 3 vol., first edition, half-titles, titles with woodcut vignette, woodcut head- & tail-pieces, bookplate of Rev. F. Hutcheson with his ink ownership name to titles, vol. 1 E4-5 loose, vol. 1 a few instances of ink correction or contemporary marginal notes, occasional light soiling, vol. 1 faint water stain to upper corner near start, contemporary calf, spines gilt and with morocco labels, rubbed and worn in places, particularly vol. 1 upper joint, some other joints starting, 8vo, Paris, Ph.-D. Pierres, 1782.⁂ A history of the gastronomic habits of the French.

NO RESERVE Bradbury (Ray) Something Wicked This Way Comes, first edition, original boards, dust-jacket, spine ends and extremities creased and nicked, 1963; The Silver Locusts, second impression, original boards, dust-jacket, price-clipped, spine ends and extremities creased and nicked, 1961 § Williams (Nigel) The Wimbledon Poisoner, proof copy, original wrappers, 1990 § Rendell (Ruth) Kissing the Gunner's Daughter, proof copy, one of 600 copies, original wrappers, creased and soiled, 1992 § Davis (Lindsey) Shadows in Bronze, first American edition, signed by the author on title, original boards, dust-jacket, extremities creased, 1990; and c.40 others, mixed literature, v.s. (c.45)

Slavery.- [Newton (John)] An Authentic Narrative of some Remarkable and Interesting Particulars in the Life of ⁂⁂**...in a Series of Letters to the Reverend Mr.Thomas Haweis, ?first edition, engraved frontispiece, folding engraved map of the coast of Guinea, 4pp. advertisements at end, light staining to title, contemporary ink signature of Mary Ann Johnson to front free endpaper, contemporary sheep with double gilt fillet border, rubbed, splits to joints, 8vo, R.Hett, for J.Johnson, 1764.⁂ Very rare. John Newton (1725-1807) was a captain of slave ships, who himself spent some time as a slave in Sierra Leone, but later repented of his deeds and became an Evangelical preacher and prominent abolitionist. With the support of Thomas Haweis he was appointed curate at Olney in Buckinghamshire and later rector of St.Mary Woolnoth in London where he associated with Hannah More and William Wilberforce. He is best known today for writing the hymn 'Amazing Grace'.Library Hub records several editions but most appear to be second editions or later, with only one printed copy (National Library of Scotland) of the first edition. WorldCat adds a copy in the British Library and one in the State Library of New South Wales. We have been unable to trace any copy of a 1764 edition at auction.

Theatre.- Monck Mason (John) Comments on the plays of Beaumont and Fletcher, with an appendix, containing some further observations on Shakespeare, extended to the late editions of Malone and Steevens, 2 parts in 1, first edition, half-title to second part, some spotting, lightly browned, contemporary mottled calf, gilt spine in compartments and with slightly chipped red morocco label, upper joint split and lower joint starting, but both holding firm, corners worn, rubbed, 8vo, Printed by V. Griffiths, for E. Harding, No. 98, Pall-Mall, 1798.⁂ Rare in commerce. John Monck Mason (1726-1809), Irish politician and literary scholar.

NO RESERVE Finch-Davies (Claude Gibney) & A. C. Kemp. The Bird Paintings of C. G. Finch-Davies, illustrations, original cloth with pictorial onlay, slip-case, 1984 § Maclean (Gordon Lindsay) & Gail Darroll. Ducks of Sub-Saharan Africa, first edition, illustrations, original boards, dust-jacket, lightly creased, 1986, folio (2)

Leicestershire.- Throsby (John) Select Views in Leicestershire...containing Seats of the Nobility and Gentry, Town Views and Ruins..., 2 vol. including supplement, first edition, list of subscribers, engraved portrait, vignette title, folding map, 78 plates and 7 illustrations in text, folding letterpress pedigree, occasional foxing, contemporary sprinkled calf, rubbed, rebacked with gilt spines, Leicester and London, for the Author, 1789-90 § Eller (Rev. Irvin) The History of Belvoir Castle, engraved frontispiece and additional vignette title, plates, folding pedigree, original cloth, gilt, spine slightly faded, corner bumped, 1841; and 3 others on Leicestershire, 4to & 8vo (6)

Children's Education.- [Grave (Jean de)] [The Path-Way to the Gate of Tongues: Being, the First Introduction for Little Children. With A short manner to conjugue the French Verbes], only edition, A4-A8, B1-8 & C1-6, 38pp. only of 48pp., lacks A1-3 (title and introduction) and all after C6, text in parallel columns of French, English and Latin, first 3ff. heavily soiled and creased, browned throughout, last f. with a few small holes, partly loose, some ink names etc. in a few margins, disbound, edges chipped with small loss, [Madan, I, p. 168; STC 12198], [Oxford], [Printed by William Turner], [1633]; sold not subject to return.⁂ Rare. Identified B1r begins discas oportet.

[Martyn (Thomas)] The English Connoisseur: containing an Account of whatever is curious in Painting, Sculpture, &c. in the Palaces and Seats of the Nobility...of England..., 2 vol., first edition, one or two small marginal stains, modern half calf over marbled boards, spines gilt with red labels, uncut, L.Davis & C.Reymers, 1766 § Waagen (Dr.Gustav F.) Treasures of Art in Great Britain, 3 vol. (without the supplement), contemporary tan calf gilt, spines gilt with red & green roan labels, very slightly rubbed at edges, a handsome set, 1854-57; and 2 others, 8vo et infra (7)⁂ The first item is "the first general review in book form of collections of pictures in England" (Frank Herrmann. The English as Collectors, p.422) although much of the material was taken from earlier publications. The work covers Blenheim, Chatsworth, Devonshire House, Hampton Court, Kensington Palace, Stowe, Wilton and Windsor amongst others.The second is a pioneering and invaluable record of the wealth and provenance of art treasures in public and private collections in England in the early nineteenth century. Waagen (1794-1868) was the Director of the Berlin Royal Museum and a respected art historian and connoisseur. "Dr Waagen's encyclopaedic survey of art in England is the most important single work available to us in the history of collecting". (Herrmann, p.425).

Jenkinson (Charles, Earl of Liverpool) A Treatise on the Coins of the Realm..., first edition, half-title, pencil notes to title, contemporary tan calf, gilt, spine gilt, Oxford, 1805 § Collection (A) of the most Remarkable and Interesting Trials..., 2 vol., engraved frontispiece, a little browned, contemporary calf, rubbed, rebacked, R.Snagg, 1775-76 § Gibbon (Edward) The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire, 8 vol., contemporary half red calf, spines gilt, a little rubbed, upper joint of vol.1 split, 1862 § Ralegh (Sir Walter) The Works, 8 vol., handsome later tree calf, gilt, rebacked preserving old gilt spines with green and red labels, Oxford, 1829 § Hume (David) & Tobias Smollett. The History of England, 16 vol., Regent's Edition, engraved portrait, contemporary red straight-grain morocco with gilt Prince of Wales feathers to covers, g.e., rather rubbed, some spines worn at head, 1819; and c.30 others, bound history, 4to & 8vo (c.50)

Churchill (Sir Winston Spencer) The World Crisis, 5 vol. only (of 6; lacking vol. 4), first edition, plates and maps, some folding, modern blue half rexine, spines gilt, 8vo, 1923-31

Theatre.- Blount (Thomas) De Re Poetica: or, Remarks upon Poetry. With Characters and Censures of the most Considerable Poets, 2 parts in 1 vol., first edition, some spotting or mostly light foxing, lightly browned, occasional light staining, modern calf-backed boards, green leather label to spine, a few spots, [Wing B3347], small 4to, Printed by Ric. Everingham, for R. Bently, 1694.⁂ A study of 67 ancient and contemporary poets, with biographical sketches and critical opinions by contemporary critics. Includes Shakespeare, Beaumont & Fletcher, Spenser, Donne, Sidney, Milton, and Katherine Philips.

NO RESERVE Kipling (Rudyard) The Second Jungle Book, first edition, illustrations by J. Lockwood Kipling, 2pp. advertisements, ink ownership inscription to endpaper, scattered spotting, hinges weak, endpaper detached or becoming so, original pictorial cloth, toning to spine, wear to spine ends and corners, some splitting to joints, rubbed, 8vo, 1895.

Early religion.- Cyrillus, Alexandrinus. Opera, edited by Jean Aubert, 6 vol. in 7 (vol.5 in 2 parts), first collected edition, titles printed in red and black and with engraved or woodcut galleon device, woodcut head- and tail-pieces and decorative initials, staining and foxing, mostly lightly browned, modern morocco-backed buckram, spines in compartments and with red and green leather labels and small gilt arms of Lincoln's Inn Library at foot, [Hoffmann I, p.530], folio, Paris, King's Printer, 1638.⁂ A rare set at auction of the first collected edition of the works of Cyril of Alexandria (c.376 - 444), who was the Patriarch of Alexandria from 412 to 444. This Doctor of the Church was a central figure in the Christological controversies of the late 4th and 5th centuries, and in the Council of Ephesus in 431.

Kent.- Martin (Charles Wykeham) The History and Description of Leeds Castle, Kent, first edition, 8 mounted albumen prints by J.Cruttenden, plan, pedigree and facsimile letter, original cloth, rubbed and marked, recased preserving original spine, [Gernsheim 458], 1869 § Amsinck (Paul) Tunbridge Wells, and its Neighbourhood, engraved frontispiece,30 plates and illustrations, list of subscribers, light foxing to plates,bookplate of John Hutton of Marske and morocco label of Eric Sexton, handsome contemporary calf, gilt, g.e., a little rubbed, rebacked preserving old gilt spine, 1810 § [Willis (H.Norton)] Biographical Sketches of Eminent Persons, whose Portraits form part of the ...Collection at Knole, first edition, 2 engraved plates, 4pp. advertisements at end, later half morocco, spine gilt, John Stockdale, 1795 § Bridgman (John) An Historical and Topographical Sketch of Knole, first edition, half-title, engraved plates, errata leaf at end, foxing, contemporary half calf, rebacked, spine gilt, 1817 § Darell (Rev. W.) The History of Dover Castle, engraved title and plates, foxed, modern half calf, 1797; and 8 others on Kent including some late guides to Knole, and a group of 13 double-page engraved plates (views of houses by Kip & Harris after Badeslade) and 2 maps from Harris's History of Kent, 1750, 4to & 8vo (c.30)