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Goldsmith (Oliver) The Roman History, From the Foundation of the City of Rome, to the Destruction of the Western Empire, 2 vol., first edition, bookplates removed from front pastedown, contemporary red calf, spines darkened, for S. Baker & G. Leigh, 1769 § [Trussel (John)] A Continuation of the Collection, woodcut ornament on title, occasional light marking, ink ownership inscription to front pastedown, contemporary panelled sheep, rebacked, corners worn, [Wing T3145], by J. T., 1641 § Wright (Thomas) The Antiquities of the Town of Halifax in Yorkshire, light foxing, 19th century calf, rubbed, Leeds, James Lister, 1738; and 3 others, English history and topography, 8vo & folio (7)

Classics.- [Heber (Richard, editor)] Caji Silii Italici Punica, 2 vol., half-titles, errata, contemporary blue straight-grain morocco, spines darkened, joints a little rubbed, g.e., [Lowndes p.2398], R. Faulder, 1792 § Vincent of Lerins (Saint) Peregrini, id est, ut vvlgo perhibetur, first edition printed in England, title in red and black, with final errata f. and two initial blank ff., contemporary calf, neatly and sympathetically rebacked, [STC 24749], Oxford, William Webb, 1631 § Brown (Henry, translator) Tertullians Apology, Or Defence Of The Christians, Against The Accusations Of The Gentiles, final final errata and blank A2 ff., signatures Y and Z misbound but complete, light foxing, contemporary sheep, [Wing T785], by Tho. Harper, 1785; and 2 others, classics, v.s. (6)

Herbert (William) A Prophesie of Cadwallader, last King of the Britaines, first edition, typographic device to title and head and foot of most text ff. (a few trimmed), lacking A1 (as most copies) and gathering C1-4, modern half morocco, [STC 12752], 4to, Printed by Thomas Creede, for Roger Jackson, 1604.⁂ Extremely rare. This copy was seemingly the last to appear at auction when it made $84 (£35) in 1969, bought by Quaritch. The title continues: "Containing a Comparison of the English Kings, with many worthy Romanes, from William Rufus, till Henry the fift, Henry the sist, his life and death, Foure Battels betweene ther two Houses of Yorke and Lancanster, The Field of Banbery, The losse of Elizabeth, the praise of King James, and lastly a Poeme to the young Prince."

Foxe (John) A Sermon of Christ Crucified, preached at Paules Crosse the Friday before Easter, commonly called Good-Friday, first edition, title within woodcut border, largely printed in black letter, final blank leaf present, some water-staining to lower edge encroaching into text-block in places, modern calf, upper joint cracking, [STC 11246], 8vo, Printed for the Company of Stationers, 1609.⁂ Rare at auction with the last copy on RBH in 1963.Provenance: Chas. Garrard (ink name on title); William King (ink inscriptions on final blank, dated 1739); other Latin inscriptions to title.

Huarte (Juan) Examen de Ingenios. The Examination of mens Wits, translated into English by Richard Carew from the Italian translation of Camillo Camilli, woodcut device on title, woodcut initials, some soiling, light water-stain near beginning, slight worming towards end, just affecting a few letters of text, later half morocco over marbled boards, rubbed, [STC 13895; Krivatsy 6089], 4to, Printed by Adam Islip, for Thomas Adams, 1616.⁂ The first edition, published in 1575 in Spanish, was ''the first attempt to show the connection between psychology and physiology'' (Garrison-Morton). The first edition of this English translation appeared in 1594.Provenance: UCL (ink stamps to title verso).

Bacon (Sir Francis) The Historie of the Raigne of King Henry The Seventh, first edition, engraved portrait frontispiece by John Payne, woodcut title, a few marginal defects one small burn-hole very slightly affecting text, some foxing and marginal staining, contemporary calf, rebacked preserving some of original spine, corners repaired, rubbed, [STC 1160], folio, Printed by W. Stansby for Matthew Lownes, and William Barret, 1622.

[Burton (Robert)] "Democritus Junior". The Anatomy of Melancholy, first folio edition, woodcut device on title, woodcut initials and head-pieces, 3A2 and 3 misbound, small burn-holes to 3I1 and 3I3 slightly affecting text, a few other minor marginal tears and flaws, some light foxing and toning, later calf, rebacked, upper joint split, head of spine chipped, [Wellcome I, 1161; STC 4160], folio, Oxford, Printed by John Lichfield and James Short, for Henry Cripps, 1624.⁂ The second overall edition of "one of the most popular books of the seventeenth century. All the learning of the age as well as its humour - and its pedantry - are there... it exercised a considerable influence on the thought of the time." - PMM.Provenance: J. Etheredge (ink name on title); Thomas Clifford Allbutt (bookplate and ink note above, and letter from W. Aldis Wright of Trinity College, Cambridge re Burton tipped in); Colin Richardson (pencil inscription on front free endpaper)

Plague.- Wither (George) Britain's Remembrancer, containing a narration of the plague lately past; a declaration of the mischiefs present; and a prediction of iudgments to come, first edition, engraved additional pictorial title, with initial meaning of title f., G7 fore-margin repaired with slight loss of text, some worming in middle, affecting text on a number of leaves, some light staining and soiling, modern black morocco by Riviere, g.e., [STC 25899], Imprinted for Great Britaine and are to be sold by Iohn Grismond in Ivie-Lane, 1628; and another, 2 works in 1 by Wither, both defective, 8vo (2)

Hubert (Sir Francis) The Deplorable Life and Death of Edward the Second, surreptitious first edition, lacks frontispiece and initial and final blank leaves, some foxing and staining, later panelled sheep, worn, [STC 13900], Printed for Roger Michell, 1628 § [May (Thomas)] The Reigne of King Henry the Second, first edition, engraved portrait frontispiece, worming throughout, sometimes single hole sometimes small track, later calf, gilt, by Bedford, upper joint repaired, lower cover detached, [STC 17715], Printed by A. M. for Benjamin Fisher, 1633; and 4 others, v.s. (6)

F[letcher] (P[hineas]) The Purple Island, or the Isle of Man: Together with Piscatorie Eclogs and other Poeticall Miscellanies, 3 parts in 1 vol., first edition, title printed in red and black within typographic border with woodcut device, woodcut initials, head- and tail-pieces, lacking the three blanks but with the often-lacking final leaf of verse by Quarles (creased with repairs to verso), title neatly laid down with lower fore-margin restored, closely shaved, occasionally touching ruled borders, bookplate of John Kermack and George Herbert Palmer to pastedown with the latter's pencil inscription to endpaper, 20th century red morocco, darkened, extremities rubbed, [Pforzheimer 376; STC 11082; Westwood and Satchell p.95], small 4to, Cambridge, 1633.⁂ First edition of Fletcher's chief work, a poetic allegory that attempts to describe the physiological structure of the human body and the mind of man.

Ariosto (Lodovico) Orlando Furioso in English Heroical Verse, 2 parts in 1, translated by Sir John Harington, engraved title incorporating portraits of Ariosto and Harington, 46 full-page engraved illustrations, typographical border to the argument for each chapter, woodcut initials, a few sidenotes trimmed with slight loss, some other repairs occasionally slightly affecting text, some soiling, foxing and light staining, contemporary calf, gilt, rebacked preserving original spine, corners repaired, metal clasps repaired, rather worn, [STC 748], folio, Printed by G. Miller for J. Parker, 1634.⁂ Third edition of Harington's 1591 translation. The engraved title also includes a portrait of Harington's dog Bungy in the lower left corner - referred to in the note at the end of Canto XLIII: "Marrie for the shaghaird dog, that could dance to please Ladies so well, and had such pretie qualities, I dare undertake my servant Bungy (whose picture you may see in the first page of the booke, and is knowne to the best Ladies of England) may compare with any Pilgrims dog that served such a saint this seven year..."Provenance: Captain Anderson H.M. 19th Regt. (bookplate); Bedford College for Women, Tate Library (small ink stamp to title).

Austin (William) Devotionis Augustiniae Flamma, or, Certaine Devout, Godly, and Learned Meditations, first edition, additional engraved title trimmed at foot with loss of imprint, printed title with woodcut device, repeated on divisional titles, some marginal worming, contemporary calf, extremities worn, [STC 972], folio, Printed by I. L. and Ralph Mab., 1635.⁂ Provenance: Right Hon. Lady Mary Fenwick (ink inscription to front free endpaper).

D'Avenant (Sir William) The Platonick Lovers. A Tragaecomedy, first edition, J. P. Kemble's copy, each leaf window-mounted, title trimmed with loss of first letter and two other repairs with slight loss of text, final leaf similarly repaired with some loss of text but a duplicate leaf tipped in opposite, some headlines trimmed and a couple of other leaves with minor repairs, modern green morocco, gilt, g.e., [STC 6305], 4to, Printed for Richard Meighen, 1636.⁂ First edition of one of Davenant's most successful plays, the first recorded instance of the phrase 'Platonic love'. The Platonick Lovers can be argued to be one of the most successful satires in the English language: commissioned by the queen consort Henrietta Maria to write a play in praise of the tradition of courtly love (then very much in vogue with the court and especially the queen), Davenant instead subtly mocked the tradition and exposed its inherent snobbery. Whether the queen had a great capacity for self-mockery or whether she never picked up on the subtler meanings, the play remained a favourite of hers and was frequently performed at court.Provenance: John Philip Kemble (1757-1823) , great Shakespearean actor (his characteristic inlaying of leaves; inscription on title margin: "Collated & Perfect J.P.K. 1798") .

Donne (John) Poems, by J.D. with Elegies on the Authors Death, third collected edition, lacks engraved portrait frontispiece, title possibly from another copy, hole to F4 with slight loss of text to verso, some foxing and toning, modern calf-backed cloth preserving older spine, [Keynes 80; STC 7047; Pforzheimer 297], 8vo, Printed by M.F. for John Marriot, 1639.⁂ First published in 1633, this is a reissue of the second edition with the errata corrected and some minor additions.Provenance: Hieronymus ?Hainhofer (ink inscription to title dated 1655); Lois Milbourne (ink name to A5); Gilbert Coleridge (author 1859-1953, ink name on A7 dated 1898).

Woman printer.- P[ick] (S[amuel]) Festum Voluptatis, or the Banquet of Pleasure...containing divers choyce Love-Posies, Songs, Sonnets, Odes, Madrigals, Satyrs, Epigrams, Epitaphs and Elegies, first and only edition, four leaves (G1-4) in facsimile, lacks final blank leaf H4, a couple of ink corrections, possibly authorial, some toning and soiling, modern morocco-backed cloth, [STC 19897], 4to, E[lizabeth] P[urslowe] for Bernard Langford, 1639.⁂ Rare. RBH cites only a copy in a Scribner's catalogue in 1943. ESTC locates copies at BL, Bodley, Folger, Huntington and Harvard. Elizabeth Purslowe continued the business for 14 years after the death of her husband, printing over 160 books including John Donne's Juvenalia. She was also part of the printers' syndicate Eliot's Court Press.

Donne (John) LXXX sermons preached by that learned and reverend divine, John Donne, additional engraved title page by Merian, woodcut device to title, with initial blank but lacking final blank, bookplate and ink ownership inscription to pastedown, foxing and damp-staining towards end, 4A6 with very small hole to text (no loss) and small marginal tear, 4B1 with small holes silked (loss of a few letters), final 11ff. with some soiling and paper repairs to edges (4B1-4C7), endpapers renewed, contemporary calf, leather repair to upper joint foot, [STC 7038], folio, [Miles Flesher] for Richard Royston and Richard Marriot, 1640.⁂ Some of Donne's more significant sermons were printed at the time of delivery, but this is the first collected edition, issued by Donne's son John; further volumes were published in 1649 and 1661.

Vicars (John) A Looking-Glasse for Malignants: or, God's Hand against God-haters, first edition, title within typographic border, woodcut initials and headpieces, title with upper corner restored, spotting, lacking initial blank, Fairfax of Cameron armorial bookplate to front pastedown, 20th century morocco gilt, light rubbing to extremities, small 4to, for John Rothwell, 1643.⁂ Scarce account of alleged examples of God's wrath against those who have taken the side of the King in the Civil War. Including "A monstrous and prodigious child borne in Lancashire of most malignant parents", "God's judgement on a wicked fellow at Oxford in setting up a Maypole with a Roundhead on it, and shooting at it" and "A Captaine in Price Rupert's Army at Eaton... fearfully slaine as he was furiously cursing".

Vicars (John) Babylons Beautie: or the Romish-Catholicks sweetheart, first edition, title within typographic border, woodcut initials and headpieces, ink mark to title, light browning, later half roan, darkened, some surface wear, [Wing V293], small 4to, G.M.for Ralph Rounthwait, 1644.⁂ Rare, we can trace no copy at auction since 1968.

Quarles (Francis) Solomons Recantation, entituled Ecclesiastes Paraphrased, first edition, engraved portrait frontispiece, worming to inner margin, ink marks or corrections in an early hand, ink ownership inscription of Edmund Harrington dated 1666 along with later inscriptions to endpaper, modern antique-style calf, light fading to spine, [Wing Q116], small 4to, by M. F. for Richard Royston, 1645.⁂ Scarce, we can trace only 3 copies of the first edition at auction in the last 70 years.

The Great Book Of Corgi 1956-1983 - by Marcel Van Cleemput - 1989 First Edition - a large coffee table reference book detailing the history of Corgi and their respective diecast models. Illustrated with photographs and artwork. With dust cover. Along with the accompanying Pocket Book.

Three publications. Ben Nicholson: A Continous Line. Published 2008 by Tate Publishing. Softcover.Barbara Hepworth: A Pictorial Autobiography. Tate Publishing. Softcover.Barbara Hepworth: A Life of Forms. Sally Festing. Published 1995 by Penguin Group. First edition. Hardback.

'Barbara Hepworth - A Pictorial Autobiography' Hardback, first edition, published by Adams & Dart London 1970, signed and inscribed by Barbara Hepworth together with a compliments card also signed and inscribed by Barbara Hepworth and various St Ives art-related newspaper clippings.The Estate of Robert and Shirley Robins - Robert Robins was an esteemed hand surgeon and friend of Barbara Hepworth's

Barbara Hepworth - Two publications 'Barbara Hepworth - Carvings and Drawings' with an introduction by Herbert Read. Published 1952 by Lund Humphries & Co Ltd. Hardback, first edition. Signed by Barbara Hepworth.Barbara Hepworth. A.M. Hammacher. Published 1968 by Thames and Hudson Limited London. Softcover. The John and Gunni Crowther Estate

Two publications. Amergin: An Enigma of the Forest. Sven Berlin. Published 1978 by David & Charles Limited. Hardback.Jonah's Dream: A Meditation on Fishing. Sven Berlin. Published 1964 by Phoenix House London. First edition. Hardback.

'Terry Frost' Published by Scolar Press 1994, first edition, hardback, with ink drawing and inscription from Terry Frost, further signed by Linda Saunders and David Lewis.Together with Terry Frost ephemera.The Estate of Robert and Shirley Robins

'Barbara Hepworth - Drawings From A Sculptor's Landscape' Hardback, a first edition published by Cory Adams & Mackay Ltd 1966, London, with an introduction by Alan Bowness, signed and inscribed by Barbara Hepworth.Together with various newspaper clippings and articles relating to Barbara Hepworth and other artists.The Estate of Robert and Shirley Robins - Robert Robins was an esteemed hand surgeon and friend of Barbara Hepworth's

'The complete sculpture of Barbara Hepworth 1960-69' Edited by Alan Bowness, published Lund Humphried London 1971, first edition, hardback, signed and inscribed by Barbara Hepworth.The Estate of Robert and Shirley Robins - Robert Robins was an esteemed hand surgeon and friend of Barbara Hepworth's

Kerry Goodwin (British, fl.2000) for Moorcroft, The First Collectors, a limited edition vase, figures in an industrial landscape, edition 2/30, impressed and painted signatures to base, dated 2012, 37cm highCondition Report: Some minor paint spotting to the shoulders, which appear to be removable.Good condition

K-Guy, Gold Metallica, 2015.- Limited edition, Signed, five colour hand-pulled screen print on 300gsm art paper, with 2 layers of varnish from the Gold metallic edition, Signed in pencil lower right, numbered 43/44 in pencil and stamped lower left, rolled, 69 x 69cm.*** Kevin Guy, is a London artist whose works are incisive observations and visual comments about life in the twenty-first century. Guy is best known for his memorial shrine installation In Loving Memory of The Boom Economy which was strategically created outside London's Bank of England, as a commentary on the global downturn.Condition Report: mint condition.

[Addison, Steele et al.]The Lucubrations of Isaac Bickerstaff, Esq. [The Tatler], Volumes I - IV.Charles Lillie. 1713-1711, four volumes, large octavo, uncut, contemporary half vellum bindings with worn marbled boards, spine lettering faded [not collated].[Johnson (Samuel)], The Idler,J. Newbery, 1761, first collected edition, duodecimo, two volumes, [8], 294, [6], 285, [3] pages, volume I G6 bound before G5, G8 before G7, calf (non-uniform), re-backed with uniform spines. ESTC T153829. (6)

James I (King of England)The Workes of the Most High and Mightie Prince, James, By the Grace of God, King of Great Britaine, France and Ireland, Defender of the Faith, &c., Printed by Robert Barker and John Bill, 1616 [1620 from colophon], first edition, second issue, folio in sixes, [42], 621 [1] pages, including engraved portrait and additional engraved title, 3F2-3 bound 3F3-2, lacking the blank leaf at 3B4, occasional staining and spotting, some corners creased, a little light underlining in pencil, re-backed calf. ESTC S112082.

Johnson [Captain Charles]A General History of the Pyrates, from Their first Rise and Settlement in the Island of Providence, to the present Time. With the remarkable Actions and Adventures of the two Female Pyrates Mary Read and Anne Bonny .....T. Woodward, 1726-[1728], fourth edition, two volumes, Vol I: [20], 17-443 [i.e. 447] [1] pages, 2 plates (of 4), Vol II, [14], 144, 161-272, 257-413, [3] pages, folding map of America (including Caribbean), name on reverse of map, tanning and staining to pages. In vol II, page number removed from E1 and lower corner of J4 torn (with loss of last letter of catchword), contemporary panelled calf gilt (re-jointed with repairs to heads and tails). ESTC T71966

Lilburn (John)The Legal Fundamentall Liberties of the People of England, Revived, Asserted and Vindicated ....London, 'Printed in the grand yeer of hypocriticall and abominable dissimulation', 1649, first edition, quarto, [4], 75, [1], pages some mispagination but text continuous, age tanning and some staining, (the first edition not found in ESTC, the second edition was supplied with a portrait [see also Thomason E560(14)]). [bound with]Prynne (William), A true and perfect Narrative of What was done, spoken by and between Mr Prynne, the old and newly Forcibly late secluded Members, the Army Officers, and those sitting ...1659, quarto, [2], 94, 85-99, [1] pages, frayed and soiled title mounted at gutter, C3 fore-edge cropped into edge of side notes, some staining, repair to final leaf, [ESTC R937], full calf binding.

More (Sir Thomas, Saint)The Workes of Sir Thomas More, Knyght, sometyme Lorde Chauncellour of England, wrytten by him in the English Tongue.John Cawood, John Waly and Richard Tottell, 1557, first edition, folio in eights, the Roper family copy with manuscript ownership inscriptions on title page 'William Rooper, the only true (?) owner of' and 'Antony Rooper liber ex dono fratris (or patris)', [34], 88, 89-104 columns, 105-1138, [2], 1139-1458 pages, text and register continuous despite pagination. Title with repaired tear, laid down and silked with pencil drawn border, blank leaves [par.]10 and 2Z6 supplied with later paper, repaired closed tear to e7, abrasion to X2 with some loss of text, repairs to last two leaves, hinge gaping between fly-leaf and title page, binding rubbed with bumped top corner, armorial bookplate, all edges gilt, blindstamped morocco binding by Ramage. Gibson 73, ESTC S115047.[William Rooper or Roper (1496-1578) was Thomas More's son-in-law and had lived in his household for 16 years. When this copy was sold in 2006 at a London auction, the description described William and Antony as brothers. Subsequent research by David Stather suggests that the book passed from William to his son Antony (ex dono patris rather than fratris) and then to William Roper (later Sir William), grandson of the first William].

[Bligh (William)]A Voyage to the South Sea, undertaken by command of his Majesty, for the Purpose of Conveying the Bread-Fruit Tree to the West Indies, in His Majesty's Ship The Bounty, commanded by Lieutenant William Bligh. Including an account of the Mutiny ....George Nichol, 1792, first edition, quarto, [2], 264 pages, seven (of eight) plates, lacking preliminaries, one chart repaired with significant loss, another chart trimmed to border, portrait laid down, dust marking and staining, title page worn and torn without loss, marginal tears, bookplate (Charles Robinson) and several ownership inscriptions (John William Hudson and Sir Titus Salt) to front endpapers, minor annotation to title page and lower margin of p.208, full calf binding (re-backed retaining backstrip, bumped). ESTC T52638

North Briton[Wilkes (John)] et al., The North Briton. Numbers I - CXIII, CXV - CXXX, June 5th, 1762 to December 29, 1764, G. Kearsly then E. Sumpter, first editions except number CXXX which is a second edition, 702, 709-812 pages, folio, bookplate of the Earl of Chichester, contemporary calf, re-backed retaining original gilt-tooled backstrip. Bound periodical, lacking number CXIV, leaves 255/6 and 261/2 bound 256/5 and 262/1, small stab hole in some fore-edges, some of the issues have evidence of folding before binding, foxing in places, cracking to original backstrip (now secure). ESTC P3072 and P5961

Boccaccio (Giovanni)The Novels and Tales of the Renowned John Boccacio, The first Refiner of Italian Prose: containing A Hundred curious Novels. By Seven Honourable Ladies and Three Noble Gentlemen, Framed in Ten Days. Printed for Awnsham Churchill, at the Black Swan at Amen Corner. 1684, fifth edition, much corrected and amended, folio in fours, portrait frontis, [16], 208, 221-483, [1] pages, irregular pagination but text continuous, title page laid down and restored, tears to H4, K2, N4, O4, R2, Z5 and 2Q4 without loss of text, tear to lower part of L1 with some loss of text, pages age toned with some spotting and marginal worming, top edge of binding a little sun shaded. all edges gilt, modern half calf. ESTC R2136.A second copy, with trimmed margins and several leaves replaced by facsimiles. (2)

[Saint Jerome] [Erasmus]Tomus Nonus Operum Divi Hieronymi Eusebii Stridonensis complectens commentarios in Matthaeum & Marcum ..., Basle: Joannem Frobenium, 1526, the ninth volume of Erasmus' first edition, folio in sixes, 126, 131-246, 245-257, [1] folios, 59, [1] pages latin text, irregular foliation but text and registers continuous, early annotation, hinge gaping before title page, foxing and tanning, worming to pastedowns and adjacent leaves, contemporary panelled binding with gilt device to boards (re-backed retaining majority of back-strip) and stamp of F. Fasting of Rio de Janeiro to pastedown.[see also lot 107]

Sidney (Sir Philip)The Countesse of Pembrokes Arcadia. Written by Sir Philip Sidney Knight. Now the eighth time published, with some new Additions. With the supplement of a Defect in the third part of this history, by Sir W.A. Knight. Whereunto is now added a sixth Booke, by R.B. of Lincolnes Inne.Simon Waterson and R. Young, 1633, eighth edition, folio in sixes, [6], 624 pages, lacking first blank leaf, sixth book with separate title page (within pagination), title page worn and cropped at head with name in manuscript, E6 torn without loss, tear to gutter margin of O3-4 with slight loss of text, a few marginal tears, occasional spotting, damp staining to leaves at rear of book with wear to edges of last few leaves, significant loss to head margin of final leaf including loss of upper border line, re-backed calf binding. ESTC S117293;With one other (2)

Voyages - South SeaCooke (Edward, Capt.), A Voyage to the South Sea, and Round the World. Perform'd in the Years 1708, 1709, 1710 and 1711 ...Printed by H.M. for B. Lintot et al., 1712, first edition, [24], 456, [12] pages, twenty plates comprising folding map frontis (with glue stained reinforced edge), a folding plan of Cusco (partially reinforced) a facsimile folding map of northern South America and seventeen single page plates (repaired tear to plate at page 323), staining to pages, early annotation to title and page one, pannelled calf (re-backed and re-cornered). ESTC T145982;Rogers (Woodes, Capt.), A Cruising Voyage Round the World: First to the South-Sea, thence to the East Indies, and homewards by the Cape of Good Hope. Begun in 1708 and finish'd in 1711 ....Printed for Andrew Bell and Bernard Lintot, 1718, second edition corrected, xix, [1], 428, 57, [7] pages, four folding maps of the Pacific Coast but lacking the world map frontis, pages a little age tanned with staining in several places, modern calf binding with gilt panels and raised bands. ESTC T131767[The two earliest accounts of the rescue of Alexander Selkirk, believed to be the inspiration for Daniel Defoe's Robinson Crusoe]

[Ward (Edward)]The London-Spy. Compleat in Eighteen-Parts, by the Author of the Trip to Jamaica. J. How, 1703, first edition in book form, [4], 240, 247-437, [1] pages, irregular pagination but register and text continuous, tear to fore edge of F6 without loss of text, age tanning to a few pages but generally VG, modern full calf binding by Maclehose. (spine a little dry). ESTC T119938 (first volume).

[Whitelocke (Sir Bulstrode)] or [Fiennes (Nathaniel)]Monarchy Asserted, To be the best, most Ancient and legall form of Government, in a conference had at Whitehall, with Oliver late Lord Protector & a Committee of Parliament .... Printed by John Redmayne for Philip Chetwind, 1660, first edition (Chetwind var.), small octavo, [8], 112 pages (first leaf a blank), narrow margins, particularly gutter margin, foxing to prelims., modern antique style sprinkled calf. ESTC R222574;Howell (James), Proedria Basilike: A Discourse Concerning the Precedency of Kings: Wherin the Reasons and Arguments of the Three Greatest Monarks of Christendom .....Printed by Ja. Cottrel for Sam Speed and Chr. Eccleston, 1664, folio, [14], 219, [1] pages, three portrait plates of Monarchy and fourth plate of the author (with small hole), one plate believed to be part of the preliminary collation as ESTC gives [16] pages and calls for three plates ex pagination but names four portraits, repaired tear and name to title, some soiling and wear, closed tear to head of 3D2 and 3J1, smudged annotation to margin of M2 and 2A1, gutter gaping at end of book with loosening and gutter tearing of 3L1-2, bookplate of Fairfax of Cameron, heavily restored worn calf. ESTC R21017. (2)

WitchcraftA Tryal of Witches, at the Assizes held at Bury St. Edmonds for the County of Suffolk; on the Tenth day of March, 1664. Before Sir Matthew Hale Kt. then Lord Chief Baron of His Majesties Court of Exchequer. Printed for William Shrewsbury, 1682, first edition, small octavo, [4], 59, [1] pages, repaired title page, some light waterstaining, modern sprinkled calf. ESTC R37899[Provenance: Sotheby's Robert Lenkiewicz sale, Nov 2003]

WitchcraftGlanvill (Joseph), Saducismus Triumphatus: or, Full and Plain Evidence concerning Witches and Apparitions. In two parts. The First treating of their Possibility; the Second of their Real Existence. By Joseph Glanvil .... With two Authentick, but wonderful Stories of certain Swedish Witches; done into English by A. Horneck, D.D. Printed for S.L. ... sold by Anth. Baskervile, 1689, third edition, 597, [1] pages, text illustrations with full page illustration within pagination, may lack a plate or frontis, (see ESTC and description of third edition issued by others), ink splashes on four pages, tear to lower margin of 2H1 (not affecting text), small hole in 2L8, full calf, recently re-backed, modern endpapers. ESTC R234101Aubrey (John), Miscellanies upon the Following Subjects, I. Day-Fatality, II. Local-Fatality, III. Ostenta. IV. Omens, V. Dreams, VI. Apparitions ........ XXII. The Discovery of Two Murders by an Apparition.A. Bettesworth et al., 1721, second edition with large additions, [2], x, [4], 236 pages plus engraved frontis (located at end of preliminaries in other copies), preliminary gather (A) detached from binding, age tanning and staining, some marginal tears, one word corrected, bookplate, half calf. ESTC T89806Law (Rev. Robert), Memorialls; or, The Memorable Things that fell out Within this Island of Brittain from 1628 to 1684. Edited from the MS by Charles Kirkpatrick Sharpe.Edinburgh: Archibal Constable, 1818, quarto, frontis, (iii) - cxiv, 277, [1] pages, bookplate of Aberdeen Soc. of Advocates with their stamp to title verso, offsetting from frontis to title, staining to edges of endpapers (from binding), half calf; Anon., From Authentic Documents. A History of the Witches of Renfrewshire, who were burned at the Gallowgreen of Paisley. Paisley, John Millar, 1809, duodecimo in sixes, 200 pages, armorial bookplate, re-backed sheep binding;with one other. (5)

WitchcraftGlanvill (Joseph), Saducismus Triumphatus: or, Full and Plain Evidence concerning Witches and Apparitions. In two parts. The First treating of their Possiblity. The Second of their Real Existence. By Joseph Glanvil ....Printed by Thomas Newcomb for S. Lownds at his shop by the Savoy Gate, 1682, second edition, seven parts, each with separate title page but with continuous register A-U8, X4, 2A-3D8, 3E4, engraved frontis and engraved title, full page illustration on 3E3r, X4 is a blank, 3E4r an errata, lower corner of S3 torn with loss of catchword, a few headlines partially cropped, staining within gathering 2E, minor marginal tears to K3, P3, X2, 2B8, re-backed contemporary calf. ESTC R233939

WitchcraftHutchinson (Francis), An Historical Essay Concerning Witchcraft. With Observations upon Matters of Fact ..... R. Knaplock and D. Midwinter, 1718, first edition, [iii-xv], [5], 270, [2] pages, including final advert leaf, lacks half title, some worming in text; single hole from I2 to M7, two holes from M8 to O4, extending on to 1cm track then back to single hole at Q7, more significant tracking from S3 (p. 261) to end, tanning/staining to margins, corner creasing to some leaves, modern quarter calf binding. ESTC T99484

WitchcraftScot (Reginald), The Discoverie of Witchcraft, Wherein the lewde dealing of witches and witchmongers is notablie detected .... Imprinted by William Brome, 1584, first edition, small quarto in eights, [26], 560, [16] pages, two double sided plates between pages 352 and 353, folding engraved plate (lined) at p.401. Lacking a8. Good quality facsimile replacement of title, B6, L2-6, R1, R4-5, R8, T1, T8, V1-4, V6-7 and S6-8, (the final facsimile page with a British Museum stamp), manuscript title before facsimile printed title and before Book XIII. Stain to upper gutter margin at centre of book, pencil marking, modern calf binding. ESTC S116888

WitchcraftScot (Reginald), The Discovery of Witchcraft: Proving That the Compacts and Contracts of Witches with Devils and all Infernal Spirits or Familiars, are but Erroneous Novelties and Imaginary Conceptions ...., In Sixteen Books, .... Whereunto is added An excellent Discourse of the Nature and Substance of Devils of Spirits ......in Two Books: the First by the Aforesaid author: The Second now added in this third edition, as Succedaneous to the former, and conducing to the compleating of the Whole Work ...:Printed for A. Clark, to be sold by Dixy Page, 1665, third edition, small folio in eights, [18], 292, [12], [2], 72 pages, lacking final contents leaf, no half title called for in ESTC (or present here) but descriptions of other copies have described lack of half title?, 3F3 cropped into titles, names to title leaf, 'read this' in early hand to page 240, a few sporadic foxing spots, some with small holes, modern full panelled calf binding. ESTC R39108

WomanVives [Juan Luis], A Very Fruteful and Pleasant Booke called the Instruction of a Christen Woman, made first in latyne .....Henry Wykes, 1557 [1567 conjectured by STC], small quarto, collates A6, B - 2N4, A1 to B4 and 2N3 supplied in good facsimile, early marginal annotation in places throughout, several marginal repairs (more extensive to final leaf with loss to recto catchword), pages age tanned with occasional staining, contemporary calf (rebacked). ESTC S125566;[Brathwaite] Brathwait (Richard), The English Gentleman and English Gentlewoman ... with A Ladies Love Lecture and a Supplement ... entitled The Turtles Triumph. Printed by John Dawson, 1641, third edition, folio in fours, engraved general title, folding plate before supplement (repaired tears), lacks explanation of frontis, library blindstamp to engraved title and next three leaves, worming within text area in places, B4 torn without loss of text, repairs to engraved title page and following four leaves, re-backed calf. ESTC R10286;Dyke's [Oswald], The Royal Marriage. King Lemuel's Lesson of 1. Chastity, 2. Temperence, 3. Charity, ..... 9. Marriage ......Printed for the author .., 1722, engraved frontis, xxiii, [1], 368 pages, some annotation and lines in margins, age tanning, small hole in L8, contemporary panelled calf (worn). ESTC T124597;With four others. (7)

York Justice[Montgomery (James)], Prison Amusements and Other Trifles: Principally written during Nine Months of Confinement in the Castle of York. By Paul Positive.J. Johnson, 1797, first edition, viii, 200 pages of verse, a couple of page numbers punctured, completion of footnote in ?contemporary ink, a few pencil marks, light age tanning, bookplates of Simon and Judith Nowell-Smith, cloth-backed marbled boards. ESTC T106186;York Assizes, Reports and Pleas of Assises at Yorke. Held before severall Judges in that Circuit ... Printed by Ja. Flesher for W. Lee, D. Pakeman and G. Bedell, 1651, small octavo, [24], 158 pages, Law library stamp to title pages, age tanning throughout, a few spots, several marginal tears, modern leather binding;[Knipe (William)], Criminal Chronology of York Castle; with a Register of the Criminals Capitally Convicted and Executed at the County Assizes ....York: Burdekin, 1867, viii, 254, [6], 255-260 pages, some fore-edge staining, occasional foxing, edges dust marked, original cloth;With two others. (5)

Cavendish (George)]The Negotiations of Thomas Woolsey, The Great Cardinall of England, Containing his Life and Death ...William Sheares, 1641, first edition, small quarto, [12], 60, 57-118 pages, portrait frontis, text continuous despite pagination, three pages of manuscript notes to blank leaves before frontis (late 17th/early 18th cent.), stitch holes in gutter margin, minor age tanning, ink mark to lower part of title page and frontis, couple of foxing spots to title page, modern full calf binding. ESTC R223198

Church of EnglandConstitutions and Canons Ecclesiasticall, Treated upon by the Bishop of London, President of the Convocation for the Province of Canterbury, and the rest of the Bishops and Clergie of the said Province ....Robert Barker, 1604, small quarto, A-Y4, first and last leaves are blank, the last blank supplied, top edge of headlines cropped in places, notes in early hand to both sides of first blank A1, some minor early underlining of text, armorial bookplate, all edges gilt, full calf with blind-stamped borders. ESTC S101546Church of England, Articles Agreed Upon by the Arch-Bishops and Bishops of both Provinces, and the Whole Clergie, In the Convocation holden in London in the yeer 1562 ......Robert Barker, 1638, small quarto, [2], 6, [22] pages, lacking the first blank leaf, head margin clopped to headline in places, a few stains to title and final page, title reinforced at head, signed manuscript declaration to title verso by John Rogers, parson of Croghlin (Cumberland) who confirms that on Sunday 24th March, 1660 [?1661] at afternoon prayer, he read all of the Articles in 'this booke' and declared his assent to the Articles. The memorandum is also signed by three witnesses 25th March 1661, quarter vellum. ESTC S125374;L'Estrange (Hamon), The Alliance of Divine Offices Exhibiting all the Liturgies of the Church of England since the Reformation ..., Charles Brome, 1690, second edition, folio in fours, [16], 264, 275-313, [1], 325-348, 337-339, [1] pages, text continuous despite pagination, general age tanning, occasional spot stains, small hole in 2H2, several marginal tears, worn sprinkled calf. With one other (4)

Coke (Edwardo) [Sir Edward]The First Part of the Institutes of the Laws of England. Or, A Commentary upon Littleton ..., William Rawlins et al, 1684, ninth corrected edition, folio in fours, portrait frontis, engraved plate, folding table (tear to fold), previous owner's inscription to head of title page (partially excised and repaired), with two red wax seals, contemporary calf (wear to joints, some restoration). ESTC R473;idem, The Second Part of the Institutes of the Laws of England ..., Thomas Basset, 1681, sixth edition, folio in fours, portrait frontis, two armorial bookplates, contemporary calf (some restoration). ESTC R24771;idem, The Third Part of the Institutes of the Laws of England ..., A. Crooke, W. Leake et al., 1669, fourth edition, folio in fours, portrait frontis. ESTC R26617 [bound with]idem, The Fourth Part of the Institutes of the Laws of England ..., A. Crooke, W. Leake et al., 1669, fourth edition, folio in fours, portrait frontis, contemporary calf (re-backed retaining most of original backstrip, modern spine label) ESTC R35651;With one other (4)[Sold not collated]

Crime and PovertyHunt (Henry), Investigation at Ilchester Gaol, in the County of Somerset, into the Conduct of William Bridle, the Gaoler ....Thomas Dolby, 1821, first edition, viii, 7, [1], 8, 271, [5] pages, frontis and five plates, some worm tracks to early part of book, a small number of ink corrections, lightly worn half calf;With twenty-nine others on crime, prisons, the Police, Poor Laws and London's 'Street-Folk'. (30)

[Defoe (Daniel)]The History of the Devil, as well Ancient as Modern: in Two Parts ....T. Warner, 1727, second edition, [8], 408 pages, frontis, small hole in Z2 affecting text, small annotations to front endpaper and title page, light staining in places, re-backed calf. ESTC T70348, Moore 480;With three others by the author. (4) [Defoe (Daniel)], A True Collection of the Writings of the Author of the True Born English-man, 1703, [and] A Second Volume of the Writings of the Author of the True-Born Englishman, 1705, two volumes, first editions, [24], 479, [1]; LACKING PORTRAITStaining, title dust marked, a few marginal tears without loss of text.The Farther Adventures of Robinson Crusoe, 1722. [not collated]

Dugdale (William)The Baronage of England, or An Historical Account of the Lives and Most Memorable Actions of Our English Nobility ....Printed by Tho. Newcomb for Abel Roper, John Martin and Henry Herringman, 1675-6, first edition, three volumes in two, folio in fours, [12], 476, 497-790, [2]; [8], 312, 361-488, [4] pages, five folding pedigrees in volume I (one bound upside down with tear to fold), Vol. I - small hole in 2P1 and 4F4. Tear without loss to 2Z4. Vol II - small hole in B4, 3B3 and 3F2, tear without loss to D3, 2Q3, 2R4, 3R2 and 3S1, final leaf (3S2) is laid down with some ink marks and some loss to lower margin, a little light staining (Q2, 2J2 etc.), marbled endpapers with armorial bookplate, early mottled calf gilt (re-backed retaining majority of the backstrips which are now splitting and chipping, lacking top compartment labels). [ESTC R16723 and ESTC R225614];With eleven eighteenth century volumes on Baronage and Peerage, leather bound. (13)The Peerage of England ... 1712-11, two vols in three.The Peerage of England ... 1714, two volumes, with 1711 volume II part II.The English Baronetage ..., 1741, four volumes in five.

Holinshed (Raphael)The Laste volume of the Chronicles of England, Scotlande, and Irelande, with their descriptions. Conteyning The Chronicles of England, from William Conquerour to this present tyme. Imprinted for John Harrison (from facsimile title), 1577, folio in eights, the second volume of the illustrated first edition with woodcuts throughout, modern full calf binding. A recently restored copy with facsimile replacement of the title page and preliminary leaf (on three leaves), t2, t8, R8, S1-3 and last three leaves of index, significant repairs to t3-7 and N1 of index with loss of text, wear to upper corners in places. ESTC S121346

WW2 9 Signed Escape to Danger Hardback book by Flt Lt Paul Brickhill and Conrad Norton. Signed on title page by Ken Rees, Jimmy James, Jack Lyon, Walter Morison, Neil Stebbings, Frank Stone, Alan E Bryett, Leonard Hall and one other. First Edition, Fifth Impression. 341 Pages. Book is Wrapped in Black Cloth. Good condition EstAll 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

Guy Gibson's 627 Squadron Ground Crew Member Signed Alan B Webb 1st Edition Hardback Book Titled at First Sight. Published in 1991. 244 Pages. Spine and Dust-jacket showing signs of ageAll 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

Wing Commander C N CARPENTER (29236) RAF Signed Book Flying Years by C H Keith Special Edition Hardback Book 1937 Signed by Wing Cmdr Carpenter RAF on the first page and dated 1938 published by John Hamilton Ltd (The Aviation Book Club) some ageingAll 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