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David (Elizabeth) A Book of Mediterranean Food, first edition, illustrations by John Minton, section from dust-jacket mounted on rear endpapers, original cloth, lightly soiled and spotted, John Lehmann Ltd., 1950; An Omelette and a glass of wine, first edition, signed by the author, illustrations, original boards, dust-jacket, spine uniformly faded, Robert Hale, 1984; and 13 others, by or about the same, a few duplicates, 8vo (15)

David (Elizabeth) French Country Cooking, first edition, illustrations by John Minton, original cloth, dust-jacket, price-clipped, spine with light browning and small gouge, minor chipping to spine tips, corners and head of upper panel, slight rubbing to extremities, an excellent example, 8vo, 1951.

David (Elizabeth) The Baking of an English loaf, proof copy with extensive autograph additions and corrections, original artwork for the pictorial upper wrapper and an autograph note loosely inserted, contemporary plain wrappers, [1969]; and 5 others, proof material for ?another edition of the first mentioned, and for Cooking with Le Creuset, with some autograph notes or corrections, v.s. (6)⁂ The first mentioned was one of her publications for the Pimlico shop.

Bread.- Acton (Eliza) The English Bread-Book for Domestic Use, Adapted to Families of Every Grade, first edition, wood-engraved additional pictorial title, a few wood-engraved illustrations within text, 24pp. publisher's catalogue at end, occasional spotting or light staining, original terracotta endpapers, pastedowns with advertisements, original pictorial cloth, gilt, upper cover with some water-staining, corners bumped, rubbed, [Bitting p.3; Cagle 537; Simon BG 25], 8vo, Longman, Brown, Green, Longmans, & Roberts, 1857.⁂ First edition of Acton's influential work on bread-making. Provenance: 'Housekeeper's room Broomhall' (ink inscription to head of letterpress title); 'H.Helm, March 6th, 1858' (ink inscription to front free endpaper).

Dubois (Urbain François) Cuisine artistique. Études de l'École moderne, 2 vol., first edition, half-titles, titles in red and black, signatures of author to verso of titles for copyright, engraved additional pictorial title, 104 plates (of which 1 double-page), and 28 plates illustrating the 'du froid et de la pâtisserie' sections at end of vol.2, foxing to plates, particularly in vol.2, vol.2 some plates with browning to edges, and foxing to text ff., modern dark green morocco-backed marbled boards, gilt spines in compartments, [Cagle 165; Vicaire 290; cf. Bitting p.131; Oberlé 245], 4to, Paris, E. Dentu, 1872-1874.⁂ A solid set of this handsome production. The author was chef to Prince Alexey Orlov, ambassador for Nicholas I of Russia. Dubois is credited with introducing the now conventional service à la russe to Western Europe, in which dishes are served sequentially, instead of all at once.

Crahan copy.- Farley (John) The London art of cookery, and housekeeper's complete assistant. On a new plan. Made plain and easy to the Understanding of every Housekeeper, Cook, and Servant in the Kingdom, first edition, engraved portrait frontispiece of the author and 12 bills of fare, some spotting or mostly light staining, lightly browned, new endpapers, contemporary sheep, rebacked in modern pale calf in compartments with double red morocco labels, corners worn, covers rubbed and little marked, [Bitting pp.152-153; Cagle 675; Maclean p.50-52; Oxford p.114; cf. Simon BG 661 and Vicaire 355-356 (eighth edition)], 8vo, Printed for John Fielding, No. 23, Pater-Noster Row; and J. Scatcherd and J. Whitaker, No. 12, Ave Maria Lane, 1783.⁂ Farley was 'principal cook at the London Tavern' (title), which was renowned for its good food, and apparently generous portions. Provenance: 'Wm. Jordan Jun., High Street, Sandwich, 10th Nov.1783' (ink inscription to verso of portrait and head of A1&2); Marcus Crahan, sold Sotheby's 9 & 10th October, 1984, lot 310, and again as the Crahan-Keck Day copy, Sotheby's, 25th November, 1986, lot 192 (Crahan bookplate to front pastedown).

Confectionery.- Francatelli (Charles Elmé) The Royal English and Foreign Confectioner; a practical treatise on the art of confectionary in all its branches, first edition, half-title, chromolithographed frontispiece and 7 plates, 5 wood-engraved plates, full-page bills of fare within text, 18pp. illustrated advertisements at end, a few short tears from careless opening (a few sigs. still partially unopened), occasional spotting or light staining, original brown pictorial cloth, gilt, a few small ink spots, rubbed at extremities, housed in a modern buckram slip-case, [Bitting p.164; Cagle 688 (erroneously calling for 9 chromolithographed plates)], Chapman and Hall, 1862; Francatelli's Cookery Book for the working classes, second edition, wood-engraved frontispiece, advertisements at ends, lightly browned, original printed cloth, some staining, Bosworth and Harrison, [c.1860]; and 5 others, by the same, including a duplicate of first mentioned (not collated), v.s. (7)

Frazer (Mrs.) The Practice of cookery, pastry, confectionary, pickling, and preserving, third edition, 2 engraved plates at start (the first laid down), red ink staining to plates, title and H1&2, final f. upper corner repaired, some spotting or staining, lightly browned, modern calf-backed cloth, gilt spine in compartments, [Bitting pp.166-167 (note); Cagle 690; Maclean, p.55; Oxford, p.120 (note); cf. Simon BG 711 & 712], scarce edition, Edinburgh, Printed for Peter Hill, 1800 § Watson (John Edward) The Housewife's directory: being the most complete system of domestic economy ever submitted to public notice, engraved frontispiece, tables, ?lacking half-title, some spotting and staining, lightly browned, original printed cloth, stained, rubbed, [Bitting pp.486-487; Cagle 1050 (defective)], Printed for William Cole, [c.1825] § Dolby (Richard) The Cook's dictionary and house-keeper's directory: a new family manual of cookery and confectionery, first edition, double column, some foxing and staining, original cloth, red leather label to spine, faded, some staining, [Bitting p.126; Cagle 648; Oxford p.164; and Simon BG 517], Henry Colburn and Richard Bentley, 1830; and c.30 others, 19th century cookery, v.s. (c.33)

[Glasse (Hannah)], "A Lady". The Art of Cookery Made Plain and Easy, first edition, title with woodcut ornament, list of subscribers, title with outer margin neatly repaired and 3 small chips to inner margin, c2 short tear to lower blank corner, 2S1&2 repair to inner margin, with loss of a letter and a small part of another recto, and obscuring a few letters verso, but still legible, foxing and staining (includes a few small ink stains), including title, occasional minor marginal worm traces, lightly browned, antique style calf, spine in compartments and with double red leather labels, little rubbed, [Bitting pp.186-187; Cagle 695; Maclean pp.59-61; Oxford pp.76-77; Simon BG 761; Vicaire 48], folio, Printed for the author; and sold at Mrs. Ashburn's, a China-Shop, Corner of Fleet-Ditch, 1747.⁂ A cornerstone of any collection of English cookery books. Our copy conforms to Marcus Crahan's description of the first issue (16pp. preliminaries rather than 20, without notice of second place of sale, without O2 and with the 6 [pence] of price entered by hand on title). The work includes one of the first English recipes for 'Currey the India Way'.Provenance: Cooks Books, T&M McKirdy (book label to rear pastedown).

Confectionery.- Glasse (Hannah) The Compleat confectioner: or, the whole art of confectionary made plain and easy, first edition, first issue (with Mrs. Ashburner's in imprint), facsimiles of author's signature to end of dedication and at head of first f. of text, some water-staining, spotting or foxing, lightly browned, modern dark green half crushed morocco, gilt spine in compartments, [Bitting p.190 (note); Cagle 707; Maclean pp.61-62; Oxford p.90; Simon BG 774], 8vo, Printed: And Sold at Mrs. Ashburner's China Shop, the Corner of Fleet Ditch...By I. Pottinger, at the Royal Bible, in Pater-Noster Row; and by J. Williams, opposite St. Dunstan's Church, Fleet-Street, [c.1760].⁂ Rare at auction. Before the Crisford copy sold in these rooms in 2022 (23rd June, lot 54), we must go back to the Cetus copy at Bloomsbury Auctions, 22nd September, 2011, lot 148.Provenance: 'Will. Humphreys' (contemporary ink signature to head of spine).

NO RESERVE Glasse (Hannah) The Art of cookery, made plain and easy, facsimile of the first edition of 1747, number 2 of 12 copies specially bound by C.B. Lewis for Janet Clarke, modern blind-tooled calf by C.B. Lewis, spine in compartments and with double red leather labels, Prospect Books, 1983; and a copy in original cloth, small folio (2)

Gouffé (Jules) Le Livre de cuisine, first edition, half-title, title in red and black, chromolithographed frontispiece and 24 plates, tissue guards, numerous steel-engraved illustrations, foxed, original red morocco-backed blind-stamped cloth, gilt spine in compartments, corners worn, rubbed, [Bitting p.195; Cagle 218; Oberlé Fastes 226; Vicaire 417-418], Paris, Hachette, 1867; Le Livre des Conserves, ou Recettes Pour Preparer et Conserver, first edition, half-title, title in red and black, steel-engraved portrait frontispiece and numerous illustrations, foxed, early 20th century cloth-backed marbled boards (?from a notebook, or similar), spine ends little frayed, corners worn, rubbed, [Bitting p.196 (note); Cagle 220; Oberlé Fastes 229; Vicaire 418], Paris, Hachette, 1869; and 4 others, by the same, including a duplicate of first mentioned in original cloth, v.s. (6)

Gouffé (Jules) The Royal Cookery Book (Le Livre de Cuisine), first edition in English, half-title, title in red and black, 16 chromolithographed plates (including frontispiece), paper guards, numerous steel-engraved illustrations, plate at p.450 with sliver of paper guard adhered to it, occasional spotting, lightly browned, hinges cracking, but holding, original blue decorative cloth, richly gilt, corners little worn, some damp-staining to lower cover, rubbed, g.e., [Cagle 714; cf. Bitting p.195 & Vicaire 417-418], Sampson, Low, Son and Marston, 1868; The Royal Book of Pastry and Confectionery (Le Livre de Patisserie), first edition in English, half-title, title in red and black, chromolithographed frontispiece and 9 plates, steel-engraved plates and illustrations, final advertisement f., water-stained, occasional spotting, original pictorial cloth, gilt, rubbed and marked, [cf. Vicaire 417-418], Sampson, Low, Son and Marston, 1874; and 2 others, Gouffé in English, including a first edition of his Book of Preserves, 4to & 8vo (4)

Wine.- [Henderson (Alexander)] The History of Ancient and Modern Wines, first edition, half-title, mounted wood-engraved vignette to title, wood-engraved vignettes and historiated initials, half-title foxed, some spotting or mostly light foxing, occasional marginal water-staining, most noticeable in sigs. SS & TT, lightly browned, later half calf, spine in compartments and with red leather label, rubbed, [Bitting p.562; Gabler G23690; Simon BG 831 & Vinaria p.6], 4to, Baldwin, Craddock and Joy, 1824.⁂ Includes discussion of the practice of 'blind tasting'.

World cuisines.- [Hochheim (Amalia von)] A Handbook of foreign cookery, principally French, German and Danish, second edition, title printed in red and black, occasional spotting or light staining, original blind-stamped and gilt pictorial cloth, spine faded, spine and upper joint frayed, stained, Printed for Henry Washbourne, 1849 § Bregion (Joseph) and Anne Miller. The Practical cook, English and foreign; containing a great variety of old receipts...in English, French, German, Russian, Spanish, Polish, Dutch, American, Swiss, and Indian cookery, 12 engraved plates, advertisement f. at end, a few sigs. working loose, occasional spotting or light staining, lightly browned, original blind-stamped cloth, spine gilt, some staining, faded and rubbed, [Bitting p.58], Chapman and Hall, 1845; and 6 others, World cuisines, some in Swedish or Danish, v.s. (8) ⁂ The first mentioned is rare, with Library Hub and WorldCat recording a BL copy only. It is not found in the standard bibliographies.

Johnson (Mary) Madam Johnson's present: or, the best instructions for young women, in useful and universal knowledge, engraved portrait frontispiece of the author, title printed in red and black, woodcut head- and tail-pieces and decorative initials, final contents f., portrait working loose, edges of portrait and title browned, some spotting or light foxing, occasional staining, lightly browned, contemporary blind-stamped and blind-ruled sheep, spine in compartments, head of spine with short neat split, foot of spine with small chip, upper joint splitting, but holding firm, rubbed and little scuffed, [Maclean pp.75-77; cf. Bitting p.247, Cagle 782; Oxford p.83 & Vicaire 465], large 12mo, Printed for M. Cooper, Pater-noster-row; and C. Sympson, at the Bible, Chancery-Lane, 1754.⁂ Rare first edition under this title. It was originally published in 1753 as The Young Woman's Companion. ESTC records only four copies of this edition (all in America or Canada), and Library Hub adds a copy at Leeds University. Includes carving, pickling, and pastry & confectionery. As with another copy consulted the pagination of the preliminaries is as follows: [2], ii, [1], vi-xiii [i.e xiv, the recto of final f. thus numbered].Provenance: 'E. Guertz, 1754' (ink inscription to verso of portrait); loosely inserted letter from Sub-Librarian of Brotherton, Leeds to bookseller Mike McKirdy regarding their copy of the work. It is interesting to note that in the preliminaries of their copy the pagination also skips from ii to vi.

Crahan copy.- Kellet (Susanna, Elizabeth & Mary) A Complete collection of cookery receipts, (consisting of near four hundred,) which have been taught upwards of fifty years, with great reputation, first edition, dedication f. to the attendees of the Kellet's cookery school, list of subscribers, a few small marginal repairs, including to title, some water-staining, mostly at end, spotting and staining (including title), lightly browned, 6 later ink manuscript recipes loosely inserted, antique style pale calf, gilt, spine in compartments and with double red morocco labels, [Bitting p.256; Maclean p.79], 8vo, Newcastle Upon Tyne, Printed by T. Saint; and sold by W. Charnley, Whitfield and Co. and all the booksellers in town and country, 1780.⁂ Rare. Aside from this Crahan copy and that of Hroar Dege-Book for Cooks we can trace no others at auction. The authors, perhaps a mother and two daughters, or three sisters, ran a cookery school in the North of England. Provenance: Marcus Crahan, sold Sotheby's 9 & 10th October, 1984, lot 344 (bookplate), and again as the Crahan-Keck Day copy, Sotheby's, 25th November, 1986, lot 267, since which time the modern boards have been replaced by our binding; Mary Chadsey (bookplate).

[Kettilby (Mary, compiler) A Collection of above three hundred receipts in cookery, Physick and Surgery; for the use of all good wives, tender mothers, and careful nurses, first edition, woodcut head- and tail-pieces and decorative initials, lacking half-title, water-stained, some spotting, lightly browned, contemporary sheep, gilt, rebacked, spine in compartments and with burgundy leather label, corners worn, rubbed, [Cagle 789; Maclean pp.79-82; Oxford p.54; Simon BG 904 (note)], 8vo, Printed for Richard Wilkin, at the King's Head in St. Paul's Church-Yard, 1714. sold not subject to return. ⁂ Kettilby recommended her book to the clergy, especially those in remote parishes.

[Kitchiner (William)] Apicius Redivivus; or, the Cook's Oracle...for the Purpose of Composing a Culinary Code for the Rational Epicure and Augmenting the Alimentary Enjoyments of Private Families, first edition, 2 engraved plates, each with engraved letterpress explanation f. opposite, 2 final contents ff. misbound at end, small single worm trace to lower margin of title and a2, diminishing to minute holes until around sig. C, K9v and K10r ink stain, just touching text, some spotting or mostly light foxing, occasional staining, lightly browned, new endpapers, contemporary half calf, sympathetically rebacked, spine gilt and with red morocco label, corners worn, covers rubbed and scuffed, [Cagle 797; Oxford pp.145-146; cf. Bitting p.262 (second edition, 1818)], 12mo, Printed for Samuel Bagster, No.15, Paternoster-Row, By J. Moyes, Greville Street, 1817.⁂ The rare first edition. The last copy at auction we can trace was in 2010. Kitchiner (1775-1827), optician, cook, and best-selling food writer. He travelled around with his 'portable cabinet of taste', which contained his mustards and sauces, and himself created 'Wow-Wow Sauce'. The present work contains one of the earliest recipes for what we now know as 'crisps' ('Potatoes fried in Slices or Shavings').

American.- Lincoln (Mrs. [Mary J.]) Frozen dainties. Fifty choice receipts for ice-creams, frozen puddings, frozen fruits, frozen beverages, sherbets, and water ices, original printed wrappers, stained, Nashua, N.H., The White Mountain Freezer Co., 1889 § [Lee (N.K.M.)] The Cook's Own Book, and Housekeeper's Register, 2 parts in 1, first edition, second issue (with 38pp. pastry, cakes and sweetmeats supplement), double column, blanks spaces for notes (a few with contemporary annotations), supplement C1 (p.25) repaired tear within text, with minor loss, but no loss of sense, some spotting or staining, lightly browned, contemporary calf, rebacked, preserving original chipped backstrip, gilt and with later red leather label, rubbed, [Bitting pp.536-537; Cagle American 448; Lowenstein 169], Boston, Munroe & Francis, 1833; and 16 others, American cookery, v.s. (18)

Brewing.- Loftus (William Robert) The Brewer : a familiar treatise on the art of brewing, with directions for the selection of malt and hops...instructions for making cider and British wines, 2 parts in 1, first edition, advertisement slip for thermometers tipped-in to front free endpaper, 2 initial advertisement ff., full-page wood-engraved illustration of 'New Improved Saccharometer', bifolium E3&4 (signed E2) loose, occasional spotting, lightly browned, original brown cloth, gilt, spine and edges faded, a few spots, rubbed, [Gabler G27890; cf. Simon BG 964], rare, William R. Loftus, 1856 § [Robinson (James)] The Art and Mystery of Making British Wines, Cider and Perry, Cordials and Liqueurs..., first edition, half-title, wood-engraved illustrations, contemporary ink recipes to endpapers, some spotting and staining, lightly browned, hinges weak, original green blind-stamped cloth, spine gilt, foot of spine little chipped, corners worn, stained, rubbed, [Gabler G34470], Chapman and Hall, 1865; and 2 others, Brewing, v.s. (4)

NO RESERVE Molluscs.- Lovell (M.S.) The Edible mollusks of Great Britain and Ireland; with recipes for cooking them, first edition, half-title, lithographed frontispiece and 11 plates by Sowerby, printed in colours, paper guards, 24 publisher's catalogue at end, original blue pictorial cloth, gilt, joints starting at ends, spine darkened, some fading, stained, rubbed, [Cagle 833], Reeve & Co., 1867; and a second edition of the same, in original cloth, 8vo (2)

Marshall (Agnes Bertha) Fancy Ices, first edition, ?first issue (address numbers transposed and later corrected), half-title, wood-engraved illustrations, 30pp. advertisements at end, occasional spotting, lightly browned, original pictorial cloth in silver and black, spine darkened and with gilt dulled, some staining, rubbed, [Driver 686.1], Marshall's School of Cookery, 32 & 30 [sic] Mortimer Street, [1894]; and 4 others, by the same, including a later issue of first mentioned with address corrected, v.s. (5)

[Menon.] The French family cook: being a complete system of French cookery. Adapted to the Tables not only of the Opulent, but of Persons of moderate Fortune and Condition, first edition in English, final advertisement f., water-stained, occasional spotting, lightly browned, new endpapers, contemporary sheep, rebacked in a lighter brown modern calf with burgundy label, corners worn, covers little rubbed and marked, [Bitting p. 554; Cagle 872; Maclean p.101; Oxford p.121-122; Simon BG 714], 8vo, Printed for J. Bell, No. 148, Oxford Street, nearly opposite New Bond Street, 1793.⁂ First edition in English of his La Cuisinière bourgeoise, Paris, 1746.

Beeton (Mrs. Isabella) The Book of Household Management, first edition in book form, first issue (with Bouverie St. address to additional title and p.57 as first line of errata), colour-printed wood-engraved frontispiece, additional pictorial title and 12 plates, numerous wood-engraved illustrations, occasional spotting or light staining, contemporary half calf, rebacked, preserving original gilt backstrip in compartments, this creased, rubbed and scuffed, preserved in a 20th century cloth drop-back box, large black morocco label to spine, some staining to spine, [Bitting p.32; Cagle 561; Simon BG 186], 8vo, [Cox and Wyman] for S.O. Beeton, 1861.⁂ 'This is one of the earliest cookery books using colored illustrations' (Bitting).

Fish & Fisheries.- Mitchell (John M.) The Herring its natural history and national importance, first edition, half-title, folding chromolithographed frontispiece, 5 tinted lithographed plates, original green cloth, spine gilt, damp-stained, but solid, Edinburgh & London, Edmonston and Douglas, 1864 § [Hughes (William)], "Piscator". A Practical Treatise on the Choice and Cookery of Fish, second edition, lightly browned, original green blind-stamped cloth, spine gilt, spine darkened and with head chipped, some staining to lower cover, [Bitting p.237; Cagle 765; Oxford p.173 (note); Simon BG 1183], Longman [& others], 1854; and 9 others, Fish & Fisheries, including 3 early 20th century billheads for a Norfolk fish company, v.s. (11)

Moffett (Thomas) Healths improvement: or, Rules comprizing and discovering the nature, method, and manner of preparing all sorts of food used in this nation, edited by Christopher Bennet, first edition, initial imprimatur f., woodcut head-pieces and decorative initials, imprimatur and title neatly mounted on stub, Z4 repaired marginal tear at head, not affecting text, 2C2 repair to outer margin, affecting part of printed side-note recto, minor marginal wormholes or traces, occasionally just touching part of a letter, some water-staining, mostly at foot, spotting, contemporary calf, rebacked in 20th century brown morocco in compartments and with double burgundy leather labels, corners repaired, some staining, rubbed, [Bitting p.327 (note); Cagle 879; Notaker 539; Oxford pp.27-28; Simon BG 1063; Vicaire 613; Krivatsy 8011; Wing M2382], small 4to, Printed by Tho: Newcomb for Samuel Thomson, at the sign of the white Horse in Pauls Churchyard, 1655.⁂ Includes bread, freshwater and sea fish, dairy products, fruits, and all types of meats. It is the first work to list British wild fowl and to comment on their migrations.Provenance: 'Wm. Lucas' (18th century ink signature to front free endpaper).

FOUNTAIN PEN MONTEGRAPPA COSMOPOLITAN "RUSSIA 1ST SPACE. ED. LIMITED".Embossed silver barrel.Limited edition. Exemplary 0202/1961.Nib in 18 kts. white gold. F point.Screw cap. Piston loading.No case.Measurements: 14 cm length, 14.94 mm diameter.Montegrappa has revived a much-loved collection from the 1990s: Cosmopolitan. A sterling silver pen with resin accents, with details formed in bas-relief, the Cosmopolitan will serve as a means of communicating the spirit of five different cultures. Each will be offered as a special edition of 500 silver rollerball pens and 500 silver fountain pens. Russia's first space flight. In 1957, Russia's Sputnik was the first man-made spacecraft to enter space; in 1961, cosmonaut Yuri Gagarin became the first human to travel into space. Cosmopolitan's pen will honour Soviet achievements in space exploration.

ÉLYSÉE FOUNTAIN PEN.Gold-plated steel barrel and blue lacquer.Limited edition.Two-tone 18 K gold nib. 18 K gold nib.Screw cap. Piston loading.No box.Dimensions: 14.02 cm length; 10.2 mm diameter.This Elysee Parthenon fountain pen in blue lacquer. It belongs to the Parthenon series, in which the brand produced fountain pens in different colours and motifs. The barrel is made of gold-plated steel with blue lacquer and gold details. Élysée's Chinese lacquer process has several steps, the first of which is to engrave the body of the pen with impressions that are then filled with lacquer up to the surface of the pen. The lacquer is then inlaid into these impressions and the surface is polished to make it smooth and flush. Once completely smooth, the exposed metal is plated. Two-tone 18 Kts. gold nib, F-point.

First Edition, second printing The Jungle Book and The Second Jungle Book, by Rudyard Kipling. From Macmillan & Co, June 1894 & December 1895. Blue cloth bound copies with gilt detail to spines and book fronts, some discolouration to spines.

Six books about high end fashion. ORIOLE CULLEN and CONNIE KAROL BURKS. 'Christian Dior,' special photography by Laziz Hamani, first edition, photographic illustrations throughout very good to fine condition, V & A Publishing, 2019; CLAIR WILCOX (ed). 'The Golden Age of Couture. Paris and London 1947-57,' first edition, photographic illustrations throughout, V & A Publishing, 2007; DIANA VREELAND. 'Allure,' with Christopher Hemphill, forward by Marc Jacobs, photographic illustrations throughout, Chronnicle Books, 2010; 'Schiaparelli & Prada: Impossible Conversations,' photographic illustrations throughout, Metropolitan Museum of New York, 2012; With three other books. (6)

J K ROWLING "Harry Potter and The Philosopher's Stone", first edition, paperback, published 1997 by Bloomsbury, bearing spelling error to back cover "Acclaim for Harry Potter and The Philospher's Stone...." and additional line "one wand" on Page 53 CONDITION REPORTS Book is "well loved and read", significant creases, dog eared to the covers, as well as some peeling/missing parts to the laminate colour. There is a spilt running up the lower left hand edge of the front binding and there is another on the very edge of the spine on the bottom back corner. Spine is very faded. No inscriptions, stickers or such like. There is a small tear to page 8. Some discolouration to the edges of the pages and a couple of small dog ears (not through deliberate folding). Wear and tear conducive to being read a number of times by child/ren. See images for more details.

Boxed Bachmann OO gauge 30-325 First World War Ambulance Train No 40 Special Commemorative Edition train pack, complete with City of Birmingham locomotive, rolling stock and carded figure set

4 vintage Number 1 first issue/Special Collectors edition adult erotic magazine. Screw, 8 Ball, Pornostars and Inside Marilyn.

The finest known Madras 2 Dubs, 1807 East India Company, Madras Presidency, Northern Circars: Dub coinages, Madras, First issue, copper 2 Dubs, 1807, do fulus hanarabal kampani isavi 1807 [Two fulus of the honourable company christian year 1807], rev. kumpini yarapotta irantu dabbu [Honourable company, two dubs] around kampini varuvesana renddu dabbulu [Honourable company, two dubs], 22.13g/6h (Prid. 327, this coin illustrated [Sale, lot 435]; Stevens 3.358; KM. 334, this coin illustrated). Minor peripheral weakness, otherwise extremely fine and the best of the few known specimens of this substantial coin, extremely rare [certified and graded NGC MS 60 BN] £10,000-£15,000 --- Provenance: F. Pridmore Collection, Part II, Glendining Auction (London), 18-19 October 1982, lot 435, ticket Sir John Wheeler Collection, Baldwin Auction 22 (London), 2 May 2000, lot 65. Owner’s ticket and envelope. Literature: Illustrated in Fred Pridmore, The Coins of the British Commonwealth of Nations...Part 4, India, Volume I, p.63. Illustrated in George Cuhaj et al, South Asian Coins and Paper Money, Indian Edition, p.444. Following a report dated 12 March 1807, which highlighted the scarcity of copper coin in circulation, Benjamin Roebuck, the mint master at Madras, designed a new dub coinage, striking of which commenced in August 1807. Unusually, the series featured a regulating dub, necessary to facilitate a payment expressed in fanams but paid in copper dubs

3 x First Edition Harry Potter hardback books. Half Blood Prince with page 99 misprint, Order of the Pheonix & Deathly Hallows together with other editions.

Ashenden Press. Hornby, (C.H. St John). A Descriptive Bibliography of the Books printed at the Ashendene Press 1895-1935. Shelley House, Chelsea 1935. First Edition 250/390 signed by C.H. Hornby with initial letters by Graily Hewitt. Finely illustrated throughout with tipped in letter addressed to 'Dear Heal' dated 15th Jan 1936. This indicates that this book was once the property of Sir Ambrose Heal with later letter from C.H.H from 'Chantmarle' Dorchester 18/10/1943. Correspondent unknown. Original brown leather with gilt ornament. Small Fo. (325 x 230mm) Binding bumped. Some discolouration and fading, slip cases

A first edition hardbound copy of Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix, by JK Rowling, 2003: Bloomsbury. In clear protective dust jacket sleeve

A Limited Edition Pink Floyd - Atom Heart Mother print, taken and signed in pencil by world-renowned photographer, graphic designer and video editor, Storm Thorgerson (1944 - 2013) - 295 made worldwide.Framed and glazed, a fine 21 colour hand silkscreen on Somerset UK White textured 300gsm stock.Framed size approximately: 60x60cmImage size approximately: 54x54cmSigned: PP3 - STORM THORGERSONStorm Thorgerson took the picture using only two rolls of 120 film in the first field he came to driving north out of London. No graphics, no retouching. 'I wanted to design a non-cover, something that was not like other covers, particularly not like other rock or psychedelic covers something that one would simply not expect. Not shocking, not mind altering, just unexpected. The cow was, in fact, more eye-catching than I had ever dared imagine; it was so different because it was so normal: so ordinary it stood out a mile. The cow was your regular cow, your standard cow, what every cow should look like'

British Union of Fascists (B.U.F) Action Newspaper Signed by Members of the Organisation, the printed paper is the first edition from 21st February 1936. The paper has signatures of various members of the organisation along the top section of the paper. The paper has been mounted into a glazed frame which measures 35 ½ x 50 cms. Believed to have the signature of William Joyce known as Lord Haw-Haw to the edge. Late Richard Archer collection

Richard Avedon (1923-2004) for the Daily Express'The Beatles: Psychedelic', a set of four lithograph prints, each from the first edition published by Cowels Education Corporation/Richard Avedon LTD, printed by Waterlow and Sons, Ltd., England, copyright by Nems Enterprises Ltd, together with another by the same hand 'The Beatles (Mount Rushmore)' (5)Each individual portait 685 x 475mm, Mount Rushmore 367 x 1011mm, Condition:

Salame (Abraham). A Narrative of the Expedition to Algiers in the Year 1816, under the Command of The Right Hon. Admiral ExmouthLondon, 1819 1st edition, b&w frontis three folding plates (one hand coloured), 12mo, full contemporary calf, tooled spine, pp. cxli +230Condition: Water/damp marks to frontis and first few pages fading to spine, joints with cracking some scuffing

Childrens Illustrated. Hoffmann Heinrich, The Egyptian Struwwelpeter being the The Struwwelpeter Papyrus and the English Struwwelpetern.d c.1896, H Grevel & Co. London, paper covered boards with red cloth spine, together with the English Struwwelpeter, copyright edition and forty sixth editions, (3)Condition: First Fair conditon corners bumped with wear endpapers lightly spotted. contents clean. copyright edtionworn board edges marks cracked spine pencil drawings to inside of boards. 46th edtion with chipped spine cracking

Children's Books to include Milne A.A. The Hums of Pooh first, 1929, first edition, illustrated by E.H.Shepherd, d.w., together with Japanese Fairy Tale Series - Princess Splendor The Wood-cutters Daughter, translated by E.Thhesay Miller. 1889, Tokyo T Hasegawa and Mae Stjohn Bramhall, Japanese Jingles, Tokyo Japan, 1891,Ewing, Juliana Horatia, Lob Lie-By-The-Fire: or The Luck of Lingborough illustrated by Randolph Caldecott, n.d c.1890, Lear, Edward, Facsimile of a Nonsense Alphabet, limited edition 893/1000, 1926 Frederick Warne, etc., (qty).Condition: Hums of Pooh dust wraper light soiled with wear and chipping ro edge and corners, offesetting to end papers, contents clean with occasional marks. Soling, spotting and wear to covers of both Japanese volumes. Other volumes

The Bayonet Book by John Watts and Peter White, first edition 1975

Royal Air Force WW2 Robert Taylor limited edition print number 719/990 'First Combat' from the Battle of Britain Aces Collection, signed by Don Kingsby, with certificate of authenticity, 66 x 55cm including frame

Hume, David [Baron Hume of Ninewells (1757–1838)] Commentaries on the Law of Scotland, respecting the Description and Punishment of Crimes Edinburgh: printed for Bell and Bradfute, booksellers to the Faculty of Advocates; and for E. Balfour, 1797. First edition, 2 volumes, 4to, contemporary tan calf, red morocco labels, half-titles, bindings slightly rubbed and marked [ESTC T98602]Note: Note: Surprisingly uncommon in libraries and in commerce, the Commentaries of Hume, nephew of the philosopher, were the 'foundational statement' (ODNB) of Scots criminal law.Provenance: Dictionaries of the Scots Language (with associated bookplates).

Scottish history and law 16th-18th century works Boethius, Hector. [Scotorum historiae]. [Paris: Jodocus Badius], 1527. First edition, folio (32 x 21.5cm), later calf, signatures āēīō8 (-ā1) u10 a-z8 A-Z8 AA-BB8 2C6, main title-page (ā1) lacking, large woodcut criblé initials throughout, woodcut arms to ā2, second part with title-page incorporating elaborate woodcut border and central vignette of a printing shop, binding rubbed, joints cracked, rear board near detached, a few light damp-stains, wide margins [Adams B2308];Idem. Scotorum historiae prima gentis origine. Paris: Jacques du Puys, 1575 [colophon: Lausanne, François Le Preux at the expense of Jacques du Puys]. Folio (30.5 x 19cm), contemporary sprinkled calf, rebacked and relined, woodcut initials, bookplates, extra-illustrated with an engraved portrait of Henricus Florent Laurin by Petrus de Jode after Abraham van Diepenbeeck (c.1662), contemporary marginalia, detailed contemporary annotations to two rear blanks, repaired losses to title-page, ink-stamp of the University of Edinburgh to foot of title, very occasional light damp-staining [Adams B2310];Scott, George (editor). The Memoires of Sir James Melvil of Hal-Hill: containing an Impartial Account of the most Remarkable Affairs of State ... relating to the Kingdoms of England of Scotland, under the Reigns of Queen Elizabeth, Mary Queen of Scots, and King James. London: by E. H. for Robert Boulter, 1683. Folio, contemporary mottled calf, covers detached, two holes in 2P2 [ESTC R201];Lindsay, Robert. The History of Scotland; from 21 February, 1436 to March, 1565 ... To which is added, a Continuation, by Another Hand, till August 1604. Edinburgh: printed by Mr Baskett and Company, 1728. 2 copies, both first editions, folio, one in contemporary panelled calf, rubbed, joints cracked, spotting and browning, marginal tear to d1, 2Y2 closed marginal tear extending into text, the other in 19th-century half russia, covers detached, upper margin of title-page excised, spotting and browning, short closed tears in 2G1 and 2P2 [ESTC T87021];Skene, Sir John. Regiam Majestatem. The Auld Lawes and Constitutions of Scotland. Edinburgh: Thomas Finlason, 1609. First edition in Scots (and any vernacular; first published in Latin the same year), 2 copies, folio, first in copy 20th-century blue cloth, woodcut head- and tailpieces and initials throughout, title-page dust-soiled and with small marginal hole, part 2 ff. A3-4 with partial loss of text from ink corrosion, X6 with short closed tear, repairs to final extant leaf 2H3 (2H4, blank, discarded), second copy in 20th-century black cloth, initial two quires with smaller margins and possibly supplied from another copy, title-page spotted and soiled, lacking index (3 leaves, H2-4) at end, damp-staining towards rear [ESTC S117424];Idem. Regiam Maiestatem Scotiae. London: John Bill, 1613. Folio, contemporary mottled calf, woodcut head- and tailpieces and initials throughout, title-page with early inscriptions including 'Bibliotheca Colbertina' (i.e. the library of Jean-Baptiste Colbert, 1619-1683, French statesman), manuscript catch-title to bottom edge, spine very worn, title-page with shallow chips along fore edge, stitching strained between part 2 quires F-G, leaves G2-5 loose, final 2 leaves working loose [ESTC S117425: 'A reissue, with cancel title, of the 1609 [Latin] edition'];Parliament of Scotland. The Lawes and Actes of Parliament, maid be King James the First, and his Succesours Kinges of Scotland. Edinburgh: Robert Walde-grave, 1597. First edition, 2 copies, folio, 20th-century blue and brown cloth respectively, both with letterpress title-page only (an engraved title-page was also issued but 'one of the title-pages is generally missing', ESTC), retaining all medial blanks (e1, h4, n2, 2D4, E6) and folding genealogical table (repaired in one copy, torn in the other), woodcut head- and tailpieces and initials throughout, first copy (blue cloth) with contemporary signature 'Jo. Skene' to end of Table (part 3 sig. E5), possibly the autograph of the compiler Sir John Skene, first leaf (pi1) containing explanatory verses laid down and remargined, second copy (brown cloth) 2G6 with ownership inscription 'George Wichtane notarie burges of Dondie is owner of this book the first of February anno Dom 1626', lacking pi1, part 2 sigs. T3-4, and all of De verborum significatione (sigs. H-T), title-page (pi2) soiled and with woodcut headpiece trimmed, pi4 torn with loss of woodcut headpiece [ESTC S116931];Spottiswoode, Sir Robert. Practicks of the Laws of Scotland. Edinburgh: printed by James Watson, 1706. First edition, folio, contemporary mottled calf, from the library of David Erskine of Dun (1670-1758), Scottish advocate, with ownership inscription 'Ex libris Davidis Erskine' and engraved bookplate, front board detached, toning, spotting to outer leaves [ESTC T101198];and 2 others (a fragment of The Lawes of Actes of Parliament, containing De verborum significatione only, 1599, worming; Thomas Thomson, editor, A Collection of Inventories and Other Records of the Royal Wardrobe and Jewlhouse; and of the Artillery and Munitioun [sic] in Some of the Royal Castles, Edinburgh: [privately printed], 1815, 4to, contemporary red quarter morocco, not collated)Note: Provenance: Dictionaries of the Scots Language (with associated bookplates).

Scottish history, theology and law Collection of works, 17th-18th century Leslie, John. De origine moribus et rebus gestis Scotorum libri decem ... Nunc denuo recus. [Amsterdam?: no printer], 1675. 4to, contemporary calf, 11 full-page engraved genealogies in text, each with portrait roundel, binding rubbed, small paper flaw in 3Z1;[Scottish martyrs]. A Cloud of Witnesses, for the Royal Prerogatives of Jesus Christ; or, the Last Speeches ... of those who have suffered for the Truth, in Scotland, since the Year 1680. [Edinburgh?: no printer], 1714. First edition, 4to, 19th-century marbled boards, rebacked, title-page in red and black, tape-repairs in H2 and 2I4, rear inner hinge split between final two signatures [ESTC T167253, tracing five copies only worldwide, and five copies for another edition published the same year, slightly different pagination, priority not established];Forrester, Thomas. The Hierarchical Bishops Claim to a Divine Right. Edinburgh: James Watson, 1699. First edition, 4to, contemporary panelled sheep, rebacked, front board near detached errata slip pasted onto final blank (loose) [ESTC R4954];[Gordon, James]. The Reformed Bishop: or, XIX Articles, tenderd by ... a Well-Wiher of the Present Government of the Church of Scotland. [No place]: for the author, 1679. 8vo, contemporary mottled sheep ruled in blind, errata leaf, terminal blank, rubbed, front joint split at head, worming in gutter, Gordon Castle label to front free endpaper [ESTC R10195: 9 UK copies, of which 4 in the NLS];Forbes, William. A Treatise of Church-lands and Tithes. Edinburgh: heirs and successors of Andrew Anderson, 1705. 8vo, contemporary sprinkled calf, engraved bookplate of the Earls of Lauderdale, book-label of one J. R. P. Forrest, contemporary ownership inscription ('Lauderdale') and shelfmark to title-page, binding slightly worn [ESTC T130854];Buchanan, George. De jure regni apud Scotos. [No place: no printer], 1680. 12mo, contemporary sheep, spine slightly defective, closely trimmed at foot [R19572];[Stewart, Sir James]. Naphtali, or the Wrestlings of the Church of Scotland for the Kingdom of Christ. [No place: no printer], 1693. 12mo, contemporary sheep, retaining final blank [ESTC R33803];[Skene, Alexander]. Memorialls for the Government of the Royall-Burghs in Scotland. Aberdeen: John Forbes, 1685. First edition, 8vo, contemporary sheep [ESTC R38926];[Clark, James]. A Sermon preached at the Kirk of Auldhamstocks. Edinburgh: John Reid, 1690. 4to, 12 pp., disbound, stained [ESTC R36023: 10 copies worldwide];Spalding, John. A Sermon before His Grace John Earl of Tullibardine. Edinburgh: George Mosman, 1696. 4to, disbound, 19 pp., [ESTC R34583: 9 copies worldwide];Ferguson, Robert. The Late Proceedings and Votes of the Parliament of Scotland, contained in an Address delivered to the King. Glasgow: Andrew Hepburn, 1689. 4to, 39 [1] pp., disbound, shaved [ESTC R224225];[Ridpath, George]. The Scots Episcopal Innocence. London: [no printer], 1694. First edition, 4to, stitched as issued, untrimmed, title-page stained, closed tear in penultimate leaf [ESTC R28104];and approx. 18 others (these not collated), including: Samuel Rutherford, A Sermon preached before the Right Honourable House of Lords, 1645 (disbound, tear to corner of title-page); James Durham, The Unsearchable Riches of Christ, Glasgow, 1709; Lockhart, Memoirs concerning the Affairs of Scotland from Queen Anne's Accession ... to the Commencement of the Union, 1714 (contemporary panelled calf, rebacked, bookplate of the Viscounts Melville); and similarNote: Note: Leslie's work was first published in Rome in 1578.Provenance: Dictionaries of the Scottish Language (with markings including ink-stamps to endpapers and remnants of labels to spines).

Wishart, George 5 works Wishart, George. I.G. [i.e. James Graham, Marquess of Montrose] De rebus auspiciis serenissimi, et potentissimi Caroli ... sub imperio illustrissimi Iacobi Montisrosarum Marchionis, Comitis de Kincardin &c. ... commentarius, interprete A. S. [i.e. Agricola Sophocardio pseud. of George Wishart]. [Amsterdam], 1647. First edition, small 8vo, [xii], 248, contemporary olive-green morocco, gilt, double panel with a fleur-de-lis at the inner corners of the inner panel, and a gilt lozenge-shaped floral centrepiece, g.e., bookplate of Thomas Maitland of Dundrennan and John Whitefoord Mackenzie, pencil note to endpaper 'Sotheby 10/11/1916, lot 1362 ("Wotton binding"), £3/7/6 to Maggs', spine slightly faded, joints slightly rubbed [not traced on ESTC];Wishart, George. I.G. [i.e. James Graham, Marquess of Montrose] De rebus auspiciis serenissimi, et potentissimi Caroli ... sub imperio illustrissimi Iacobi Montisrosarum Marchionis, Comitis de Kincardin &c. ... commentarius, interprete A. S. [i.e. Agricola Sophocardio pseud. of George Wishart] . Amsterdam: Iohannis Crosse, 1648. 12mo, [xxviii], 221, contemporary vellum, armorial bookplate of James Smith, early inscription 'E.H.' and 'ex dono P.M.S.D.M' on title;Wishart, George. The Compleat History of the Warrs in Scotland, under the Conduct of the Illustrious and truly-valiant James Marquesse of Montrose. [?Holland] Printed in the year 1660, small 8vo, [viii], 231, [1], engraved portrait frontispiece, title printed in red and black, 19th century brown morocco, g.e., bookplate of James Gerard Graham, title repaired with some letters supplied in ink facsimile, 5 leaves cut close with loss of a few letters, [ESTC R204133];Wishart, George. Memoirs of the most renowned James Graham, Marquis of Montrose, translated from the Latin of the Rev. Dr George Wishart. Edinburgh, 1819. 8vo, engraved portrait, contemporary half calf, neatly rebacked;Wishart, William Thomas. Six Disquisitions on Doctrinal and Practical Theology. St John, N.B.: J & A. McMillan, 1853, 8vo, contemporary half calf

English Civil War Collection of works Walker, Clement. Relations and Observations, Historical and Politick, upon the Parliament begun Anno Dom. 1640. [Bound with:] Anarchia Anglicana, or, the History of Independency. The Second Part. [And:] The High Court of Justice or Cromwells New Slaughter House in England. [London: no printer], 1648-49-51. 3 works in 1 volume, 4to, early-19th-century olive-green sheep by Hering, arms of the Lumley-Savile family (earls of Scarborough) gilt to sides within dogtooth frames, Greek-key roll gilt to turn-ins, Rufford Abbey bookplate, a few side-notes shaved, second work without plate cited in ESTC [ESTC R186160, R27579, R207365];Vicars, John. Jehovah-Jireh.God in the Mount. Or, Englands Parliamentarie Chronicle. London: by T. Paine and M. Simmons, for J. Rothwell and T. Underhill, 1644. First edition, 4to, contemporary vellum, later labels and endpapers, bookplate (Fairfax of Cameron, dated 1910), short closed tear in D3 [ESTC R1844];Scotland; Convention of Estates. The Acts made in the Second Parliament of our most High and Dread Soveraigne Charles ... holden at Edinburgh. [Bound with:] The Acts done and past in the First Session of the Third Parliament of our most High and Dread Soveraigne Charles ... holden at Edinburgh. [And:] The Acts done and past in the Second, Third, Fourth and Fifth Sessions of the First Triennall Parliament of ... Charles ... holden at Edinburrgh, Stirling, Pearth, and S. Andrews respective. Edinburgh: Evan Tyler, 1641-44-46. 3 works in 1 volume, folio, modern half calf, first work title-page repaired and with small hole touching type-ornament border, contemporary marginalia, second work browned and with contemporary underlining [ESTC R33336, R12952, R211320];Blount, Thomas. Boscobel: or, the history of His Sacred Majesties most Miraculous Preservation after the Battle of Worcester. London: for Henry Seile, 1660. First edition, presumed second issue (epistle signed 'Blount'), 8vo, contemporary sheep, rebacked and relined, 3 engraved plates (portrait frontispiece, arms, and folding view), all crudely hand-coloured, frontispiece trimmed along fore-edge, title-page with top margin excised, folding viewed backed on linen and inserted into end-pocket, contemporary ownership inscription 'Elizabeth Amherst August 15th 1660' to binder's blank [ESTC R6431];Holles, Denzil Holles, Baron. Memoirs of Denzil Lord Holles, Baron of Ifield in Sussex, from the Year 1641 to 1648. London: for Tim. Goodwin, 1699. First edition, 8vo, contemporary panelled calf, rebacked, engraved portrait frontispiece with half-title recto, contemporary ownership inscription to title-page, spill-burn in C3 [ESTC R3286];Clarendon, Edward Hyde, Earl of. The History of the Rebellion and Civil Wars in Ireland. London: for J. Wilford; and T. Jauncy, 1720. 8vo, contemporary panelled calf, engraved portrait frontispiece [ESTC T53951];and 3 others (these not collated): Spalding, The History of the Troubles ... in Scotland, 1792 (2 volumes); Warner, The History of the Rebellion and Civil-War in Ireland, 1768 (2 volumes); Ricraft, A Survey of Englands Champions, 1647 [i.e.1818]Note: Provenance: The Millmore English Civil War Collection.

Australia 3 works Terry, Frederick C. Landscape Scenery, Illustrating Sydney, Paramatta, Richmond, Maitland, Windsor and Port Jackson, New South Wales. Sydney & Melbourne: Sands and Kenny, 1855. Oblong 4to, engraved title, 38 engraved plates, original orange-pink cloth gilt lettered in gilt 'Australian Keepsake 1855' on upper cover, contents loose, outer margin of a few plates slightly dust-soiled, spine faded, binding slightly soiled and slightly rubbed, small stain to lower margin of first half; Lang, John Dunmore. An Historical and Statistical Account of New South Wales. London: Cochrane & M'Crone, 1834. First edition, 2 volumes, 8vo, original cloth, lacks map, strip excised at head of volume 1 title, rubbed; Michie, Sir Archibald. Readings in Melbourne, with an Essay on the Resources and Prospects of Victoria. London: Sampson Low, 1879. First edition, 8vo, folding map, presentation copy from the author, original cloth, binding somewhat discoloured/stainedNote: Provenance:William Macpherson, the son of Colonel Allan Macpherson who bought the Blairgowrie Estate which included Newton Castle. He was born in India in 1784 and came to Scotland at the age of three with his parents. He emigrated to Australia in 1829, having spent a decade growing cotton in Berbice in the West Indies. He was Collector of Internal Revenue in New South Wales and later served (for 24 years) as Clerk of the Councils in New South Wales. He left agents and members of the family in charge of Blairgowrie Estate. He died in 1866 having lived in New South Wales for more than thirty-six years. By descent to the vendor.

English Civil War; Levellers The Banished Mans Suit for Protection to his Excellency the Lord Generall Cromwell being the Humble Address of Lieutenant Colonel John Lilburn. London: Tho. Newcomb, 14 June 1653. Broadside (38.5 x 30cm), printed on recto only, woodcut initial, repaired and laid down on Japanese tissue, disruption to text in places with minimal effect on legibility [ESTC R211530]. Together with 6 similar items:An Act for Preserving the Frequent Abuses in Printing Seditious, Treasonable, and Unlicences Books and Pamphlets; and for Regulating of Printing and Printing Presses [caption-title]. London: John Bill and Christopher Barker, 1662. Folio, disbound, pp. [2] 425-444, lacking final black, small marginal worm-track, final 2 leaves repaired [ESTC R504464: 4 copies in libraries worldwide];A Declaration concerning the Generall Accompts of the Kingdome ... since the first Sitting of this Parliament unto the First of June, 1642. London: Richard Bishop for Laurence Blaiklock, 1642. Folio, modern card wrappers, strip of browning to gutter of title-page [ESTC R6764];The Address of the Lords Spiritual and Temporal, and Commons, to the King's Most Excellent Majesty, for Maintaining the Church of England, 16 April, 1689. Half-sheet printed on both sides, repaired [ESTC R13269];An Act for Paving, and otherwise Improving the City and Township of Peterborough [caption-title], 1790, 31 [1] pp. Loose in bifolia, stab-holes to inner margins [this edition not in ESTC];An Act for Indempnifying of such Persons as have acted for the Service of the Publique. London: Hen: Hills and John Field, 1657. Modern boards, browning [ESTC R27220];An Act for the taking away of Purveyance, and Compositions for Purveyance. London: Hen: Hills and John Field, 1657. Modern boards, browning [ESTC R27004]Note: Note: Very rare broadside appeal from the leading light of the Leveller movement, asking permission from Cromwell to return from continental exile. The request was not granted, but Lilburne decided nevertheless to return in June 1653, following the dissolution of the Rump Parliament, and was promptly taken to the Tower. He died on parole at Eltham in 1657. ESTC traces nine copies in libraries worldwide.Provenance: The Millmore English Civil War Collection.

17th-century English history Collection of works Clarendon, Edward Hyde, Earl of. The History of the Rebellion and Civil Wars in England, begun in the Year 1641. Oxford: printed at the Theater, 1707. 3 volumes, large folio, contemporary mottled calf, rebacked, half-titles, engraved portrait frontispiece to each volume, engraved vignette of the Sheldonian Theatre to title-pages, engraved head- and tail-pieces and initials, bookplates, scuffs to sides, spotting to latter half of volume 3 [ESTC N5833];Sanderson, William. A Compleat History of the Life and Raigne of King Charles from his Cradle to his Grave. London: for Humphrey Moseley, Richard Tomlins, and George Sawbridge, 1658. First edition, folio, contemporary calf, rebacked and relined, royal crest of Charles I (cipher CAR REX surmounted by crown and with motto 'Dieu et mon droit' on banner below) gilt to covers, 2 engraved portraits, spotting and browning, small hole in 4H4 [ESTC R5305; Wing S646];May, Thomas. The History of the Parliament of England: which began November the third, M. DC. XL. London: Moses Bell, for George Thomason, 1647. First edition, folio, 19th-century half calf, rebacked, imprimatur leaf, title-page printed in red and black with engraved vignette, bookplate (Thomas Graham Dundas), marginal tear in sig. B costing a few words, closed tears in D1 and M2, Q4 torn in margin just touching text, repairs in quires 2F, 2O and 2P, [ESTC R8147; Wing M1410];and 3 others (these not collated): John Rushworth, Historical Collections of Private Passages of State, Weight Matters in Law, Remarkable Proceedings in Five Parliaments, 1721 (8 volumes, folio, recent quarter morocco); Henry Scobell, A Collection of Acts and Ordinances of General Use, made in the Parliament begun at Westminster the third day of November, anno 1640, 1658 (folio, contemporary calf, bookplate of Charles Yorke, 1722-1770, Lord High Chancellor, spine split (just held by one cord); Reports and Cases taken in the third [...] and seventh years of the late King Charles, 1657 (extensively repaired)Note: Provenance: The Millmore English Civil War Collection.

Australia manuscript - New South Wales - Tasmania Wentworth, William Charles 'A Statistical, Historical and Political Description of the Colony of New South Wales and its dependent Settlements in Van Dieman's Land. With a particular enumeration of the advantages which these Colonies offer for emigration, and their superiority in many respects over those possessed by the United States of America. By W.C. Wentworth Esq., a native of the Colony. Printed for Whittaker, Ave. Maria Lane, London, 1819', 4to (21.5 x 18cm), manuscript copy (not autograph), manuscript throughout in a neat copperplate hand, pp. 449, [7 (index)], inscription on front endpaper 'Copied at Sea, W. Eldridge, 1819', these words scored through, and 'J.S. ?Min, Hooghly 1830', pp.1-414 on laid paper watermarked 'G. Pike 1814', 'G. Pike 1815', 'G. Pike 1817', 'C. Wilmott', and '1806', and pp. 415 to end on wove paper; a couple of tiny wormholes up to p.72, contemporary calf, slight worming to binding, head and base of spine worn, internally very cleanNote: Note: The present manuscript is a contemporary copy of Wentworth's work, not autograph.William Charles Wentworth (1790-1872), explorer, author, barrister, landowner, and statesman, was the first to cross the Blue Mountains of Eastern Australia with Gregory Blaxland, founded the newspaper, The Australian, and campaigned for a free press, trial by jury and self-government. He played an important role in the Legislative Council, lent his support to squatters' demands for new land regulations, helped to establish state primary education in New South Wales, and played a major role in the establishment of the University of Sydney.The text of this manuscript up to p.448 appears to be identical to the printed edition up to p. 450 (and also p. 466 of the printed edition) published in 1819. After p. 449 the present manuscript is followed by, the Index (2pp.) and 'Observations' (5pp.). The paper is watermarked 'G. Pike 1814' and 'G. Pike 1815' and 'G. Pike 1817', 'C. Wilmott', '1806', these dates all preceding the publication date of the first edition (1819).Page 297 has a contemporary pencilled note initialled W.E. "June 1819 - a Bill is now in progress thro' parliament..." and there is a pencilled note at the very end 'Endeavour to procure a correct list of [--- ] to add to this with other observations. Also add on List of those in van Diemen's Land.'The stylistic similarities of the autograph between the present manuscript and the manuscript of Jeffreys's Geographical and Descriptive Delineations of Tasmania, commonly called Van Dieman's Land, one of the Southern Islands of Australia principally compiled from a Manuscript in the possession of Leiut. Jefferyes, Commander of H.N. Brig Kangaroo, [also in this booksale] imply that they were both written out by the same person.For a biography of William Charles Wentworth, see Australian Dictionary of Biography, William Charles Wentworth.For a biography of George William Evans, see Australian Dictionary of Biography, George William Evans.Provenance: William Macpherson, the son of Colonel Allan Macpherson who bought the Blairgowrie Estate which included Newton Castle. He was born in India in 1784 and came to Scotland at the age of three with his parents. He emigrated to Australia in 1829, having spent a decade growing cotton in Berbice in the West Indies. He was Collector of Internal Revenue in New South Wales and later served (for 24 years) as Clerk of the Councils in New South Wales. He left agents and members of the family in charge of Blairgowrie Estate. He died in 1866 having lived in New South Wales for more than thirty-six years. By descent to the vendor.

Qur'an Manuscript Qur'an, Ottoman Empire, 19th century Arabic manuscript in black ink on polished laid paper, approx. 283 ff., 17 x 11.8cm, naskh script, 15 lines to the page, illuminated opening spread incorporating floral headpieces, text within gold borders throughout, surah-headings in white thulth script on gold ground, roundel ayah-markers in gold, rubricated recitation markings, polychromatic floral juz' markers with penwork extensions to margins, contemporary dark red morocco filigree binding, waqf inscriptions, front board and first 8 leaves detached, opening spread smudged and soiled, f.8 torn at corner not affecting text, occasional smudging and soiling elsewhere. Together with 10 printed English-language books on religious topics, 18th century: Book of Common Prayer, Oxford, 1775, 4to, contemporary green morocco, covers gilt with Greek-key and urn rolls, front cover lettered 'Wycomb church', spine worn; John Stalham, The River Rebuker: or, a Re-inforcement of the Charge against the Quakers, 1657; George Berkeley, Three Dialogues between Hylas and Philonous. In Opposition to Sceptics and Atheists, 1776; Emanuel Swedenborg, A General Explication of the Ten Precepts of the Decalogue, 1794, front cover detached; The Passion Personify'd in Familar Fables, [no date], front cover detached; Wellins Calcott, Thoughts Moral and Divine, Coventry, 1759, third edition; John Jortin, Remarks on Ecclesiastical History, 1751; and 3 others

[May, Thomas?] The Life of a Satyrical Puppy, called Nim Who worrieth all those Satyrists he knowes, and Barkes at the Rest. By T. M. London: for Humphrey Moseley, 1657. First and only edition, 8vo (16.6 x 10cm), early-19th-century green calf by Hering (ink-stamp to front free endpaper), gilt arms of the Lumley-Savile family (earls of Scarborough) to covers, edges sprinkled red, Rufford Park library plate to front pastedown, binder's blank with contemporary ownership inscription 'Sr George Savile', possibly the Marquess of Halifax (1633-1695), English statesman, small chip to spine-label, frontispiece absent, somewhat tightly bound, spotting, staining to pp. 64-5 [ESTC R38869; Wing M82A]. Very rare.Note: Note: Only nine copies traced by ESTC in libraries world-wide. Written possibly in the 1620s but published under the Commonwealth, the work is a salacious first-person account of a rake's progress through London society, with a cast of characters including an 'innkeepers daughter, who was thirty years old, and a mayde: her chastitie being starv'd for want of naturall consideration: and her fort vanquisht, by an unboned member (the Tongue)' (p. 32), and 'A certain young gentlewoman [who] grew carnally acquainted with a wealthy ward: one that did not long enjoy her to himself, because he was not alwaies sufficiently provided to please her insatiable appetite' (p. 72).

Aesop Fables, of Aesop and Other Eminent Mythologists With Morals and Reflections. By Sir Roger L'Estrange. The Fourth Edition Corrected and Amended. London: for R. Sare [and others], 1704. [Bound with:] Fables and Storyes moralized. Being a Second Part of the Fables of Aesop. London: for R. Sare, 1699. 2 parts in 1 volume, folio (31.2 x 19.5cm), contemporary panelled calf, [10] 28 [8] 476, [16] 238 [2], engraved portrait frontispiece after Kneller, engraved additional title-page, advertisement leaf to rear, front joint split at foot, frontispiece shaved along fore edge, first part with marginal damp-staining to quires 2A-2D, second part browned [ESTC N8014 & R202378, 8 copies in UK libraries for the first part]Note: Provenance: Sir William Gordon of Invergordon, Baronet (d.1742), Scottish politician and landowner (bookplate to verso of title-page).

Lockman, John The Shetland Herring, and Peruvian Gold-Mine: a Fable most humbly inscribed to His Royal Highness Frederick Prince of Wales: on his graciously condescending to be Governor of the Society of the Free British Fishery. The Second Edition, Corrected. London: for W. Owen, and sold at the pamphlet-shops, 1751. Folio, 7 [1] pp., disbound, damp-stained [ESTC T48054]Note: Note: Presentation copy, inscribed 'To the much esteem'd James Harris Esq from his most humble servt the author ... 23 Feb 1750/1'. The recipient is believed to be the noted philosopher and patron of Handel (1709-1780). Very rare: ESTC traces three copies in libraries world-wide, and two copies for the first edition of the same year.Provenance: Maggs Bros, English Literature 1500-1800 (catalogue 858), 1958.

[Austen, Jane] Sense and Sensibility A Novel. In Three Volumes. By the Author of "Pride and Prejudice". London: printed for the author, and published by T. Egerton, 1813. 3 volumes, 12mo (17.5 x 10cm), mid-late 19th century tan half calf, green morocco title labels to second compartments, volume numbers gilt to fourth compartments direct, comb-marbled sides, edges sprinkled red, with the half-titles, without the final blanks (O10, N8, O4), moderate spotting to outer leaves, occasional lighter spotting elsewhere, bindings rubbed, [Gilson A2; Keynes 2]Note: Note: Second edition of Austen's first-published novel and the work she chose over Pride and Prejudice 'to launch her career as a published writer' (ODNB). The first edition appeared in 1811, attributed on the title-pages to a 'Lady'. Austen 'introduced several alterations into the text' of the second edition (Keynes).