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Travel. Livingstone (David), The Last Journals [...], two-volume set, first edition, London: John Murray, 1874, illustrated with fold-out maps and full-page plates, original publisher's pictorial cloth (split gutters, but holding together), 8vo, Stanley (Henry M.), Coomassie and Magdala: The Story of Two British Campaigns in Africa, first American edition, New York: Harper & Brothers, 1874, 2 fold-out maps (of which the largest is torn), illustrated with plates, original publisher's cloth, 8vo, (3).

Tyndale's Bible, English New Testament. [The newe Testament of our Sauiour Jesu Christe], the first edition of Tyndale's version with Jugge's revisions and the first of the three illustrated quarto editions of Tyndale's version, [London: Richard Jugge], [1552], black letter printing with italic type, 37 lines to a full page, 295ff. only of 340 ff., with 90 in-text woodcut illustrations, 1 map, foliate and historiated initials, a typically incomplete copy of this rarity, as well as later leaves, it also lacks the title-page with its portrait of Edward VI and imprint details, the dedication leaves, other prelims and almanacs, however still conforming to Herbert's criterion, i.e. 37 lines to to a full page, Q7 b 'Beynge accused by their ovvne consicence' (John VIII: 9) printed in roman type, with the marginal note 'This is read in the greke testamente of Stephanus prynte', divisional title composed of ornamental frames of four blocks, reading 'The epistles of Saint Paule [...] The Canonicall Epistles [...] The Reuelation of S. John', and the initials R.I. within a circle inscribed Omnia Desvper, present signatures collating: B8, C-D?, E1, E3, [?E5 or 6], [E8], F-S?, T?, U-Z?, &³, [?Aa1], Aa3-8, Bb-Mm?, Nn1, Nn3-8, Oo-Pp8, Qq2-[7], Rr2-[6], &2-7, of which signatures B8, C1-5, D1-2, F8, I2, I8, N4, S8, T1, T5, Z7, Hh3, Mm1, Mm7, Pp1, Pp8, Rr4, &6-7 are defective, sometimes but not always with loss of text, signatures C1-5, S1, T2, T7, Dd6 and Oo3-4 have been repaired to varying degrees, all of the contents have been cropped with the majority of the running titles, marginal notes and references affected, however in some places only touching with little or no loss, the cropping has left signatures D6, Qq3-4 and Qq6 askew, the contents toned and sometimes soiled, a few leaves with marginal creases, two or three gatherings stained, indistinct contemporaneous ink manuscript ownership inscriptions and some further readers' markings, the Tyndale prefixed by 7 leaves of a 1710 NT, rebacked and relayed early 17th century panelled calf, chipped and rubbed, later 19th century black endpapers contemporary to the aforementioned repairs, split at recto pastedown gutter but holding, 4to (19.5cm x 14cm), [Hebert 99; Fry 29; STC 2867].

Wales. Jones (Thomas), Geiriadur saesonaeg a chymraeg. An English and Welsh Dictionary [...], third edition, Clwydian Press: Denbigh, Printed and Sold by Thomas Gee, et al., 1826, later 19th century half-calf over marbled boards, 12mo in 6s, Hughes (Robert), Y Gell gymysg, sef Gwaith awenyddawl [...], Albion-wasg: Caernarfon, Argraffwyd gan P. Evans, dros yr Awdwr, n.d. [c. 1820], 172pp, [bound with] Jones (Parch. John Eiddon), Cyfrol goffadwriaethol o weithiau barddonol [...], Blaenau Ffestiniog: Argraffwyd yn Swyddfa'r "Cronicl" Gan Jones & Evans, 1874, mottled calf, enclosing the second title's wrappers, 8vo, three 19th century sammelbands of Welsh titles provincially printed in Wales, another volume similar, Prichard (T. Jeffrey Llewelyn), Welsh Minstrelsy [...], first edition, London: Messrs. John and H.L. Hunt, 1821, later buckram, 8vo, (7). 

Waugh (Evelyn), Brideshead Revisited, first edition, London: Chapman & Hall Ltd., 1945, original cloth, 8vo, the Chapman & Hall and The Book Society first edition, May 1945, fragmentary pictorial dustjacket over cloth, 8vo, the first Australian edition, 1946, pictorial dustjacket by Lex Marshall over black cloth, 8vo, (3).

Wells (H.G.), The Time Machine: An Invention, first edition, ?first/?second issue, London: William Heinemann, 1895, pp: [viii], 152pp; 32pp of publisher's advertisements including those for 'The Manxman' but not 'The Naulahka', original publisher's buckram, puce pictorial design and lettering, all edges uncut, 8vo. Provenance: Ex Libris M. Bernard Thorold (?1942-1979); his armorial bookplate to ffep.

Wells (H.G.), When the Sleeper Wakes, with Illustrations, first edition, London: Harper & Brothers Publishers, 1899, original publisher's red cloth gilt, 8vo, The War in the Air, first edition, first impression, London: George Bell and Sons, 1908, original publisher's blue cloth gilt, 8vo, The Way the World is Going, first edition, London: Ernest Benn Limited, 1928, pictorial dustjacket designed by Mabel Alleyne over brown cloth, 8vo, The Wonderful Visit, first edition, London: J.M. Dent & Co., 1895, original publisher's pictorial red cloth gilt, top-edge gilt, others uncut, 8vo, other first editions, including In the Days of the Comet, 1906, original cloth, 8vo, Mankind in the Making, 1903, original cloth, 8vo, others in pictorial dustjackets; Smith (David C., editor), The Correspondence of H.G. Wells, four-volume set, London: Pickering & Chatto, 1998, original cloth, 4to, etc., (40).

Byron. Bull (John) [pseud. Lockhart (J.G.)], Letter to the Right Hon. Lord Byron, first edition, London: Printed by and for William Wright, 1821, 64pp, later green cloth, ex-lib, with their labels and markings, 8vo, [Brougham (Henry)], Critique, from the Edinburgh Review, Lord Byron's Poems [...], first edition, London: Printed by W.T. Sherwin, 1820, 8vo, [?Riddell (Henry)], To the Departed./Stanzas to the Memory of Lord Byron, first edition, London: J. Hatchard and Son, 1825, 8vo, wrappers defective, ex-lib, with their plates and stamps, 8vo, Medwin (Thomas), Journal of the Conversations of Lord Byron [...], ?first American edition, Baltimore: Etting Mickle, 1825, 20th century institutional buckram, ex-lib stamps and labels, 8vo, Anon, A Spiritual Interview with Lord Byron [...], By Quevedo Redivivus, sole edition, London: Samuel Palmer and Sons, [?1876 or ?1880], institutional boards, ex-lib markings, pamphlet, The Stowe-Byron Controversy, various, further Byron interest, Richardson (G.F.), Sketches in Prose and Verse, first edition, London: James Cochrane, 1835, later institutional morocco gilt over cloth, ex-lib, 8vo, The Reasoner, 1813-1814, multiple parts bound as one, cloth over marbled boards, ex-lib, with plates and their stamps, 8vo, other periodicals/annuals, Fermor (Patrick Leigh), Roumeli: Travels in Northern Greece, first edition, London: John Murray, 1966, pictorial dustjacket designed by John Craxton, ex-lib, with their institutional plate and stamp, otherwise a crisp copy, 8vo, further travel, Brydges (Sir Egerton, Bart), Recollections of Foreign Travel [...], two-volume set, first edition, London: Longman, et al., 1825, original publisher's boards (faults), ex-lib, their labels and/or stamps, 8vo, Christie's catalogue, The Burdett-Coutts Collection of Pictures & Drawings, May, 1922, illustrated, original boards, 8vo, (25).

Sir David Attenborough, OM, GCMG, CH, CVO, CBE, FRS, FSA, FRSA, FLS, FZS, FRSGS, FRSB (b. 1926), two ALS on 5, Park Road, TW10, writing-paper, another typed and then autographed, [&] Natural History, The Zoo Quest Expeditions, first edition, 1980, dj, hb, 8vo, (4).

The Panorama: or, Traveller’s Instructive Guide; through England and Wales; Exhibiting All the Direct and Principal Cross Roads, Cities, Towns, Villages, Parks, Canals, &c. Accompanied by a Description of Each County, with the Cities and Principal Towns […], ?first edition, London: Printed by J. Wallis, and Published by W.H. Reid, n.d., [?1820], engraved frontispiece and contents, 1 general map of England & Wales and 52 county maps as called for, hand-coloured engravings, contemporary sheep boards (chipped), later repaired back now split, 12mo.

[Brydges (Sir Samuel Egerton, Bt)], Censura Literaria. Containing Titles, Abstracts, and Opinions of Old English Books [...], ten-volume set, first edition, London: T. Bensley, et al., 1805-09, volume I extra-illustrated with a portrait engraving of the author, repaired original publisher's boards, rebacked to style in 20th century calf gilt-lettered, 8vo, (10).  Provenance: B.*.Beard, contemporary ink MS. ownership inscription to each title-page.

[Digby (Sir Kenelm)], Two Treatises. In the one of which, The Nature of Bodies; In the other, The Nature of Man’s Soule (sic), is Looked into: In Way of Discovery of the Immortality of Reasonable Soules (sic), second edition, but first edition printed in England, London: Printed for John Williams, and are to be sold at the Crowne in S. Pauls Church-yard, 1645, first treatise: title-page and the next four leaves repaired, ditto signature Ee, lacking portrait frontispiece and final leaf of text, signature K-K2 supplied in facsimile; second treatise: repaired divisional title and A2, unevenly cropped in places throughout with no discernible loss of text, but in places close to the running title, some toning, browning, stains, etc., very occasional and infrequent marginalia, contemporary calf boards, rebacked, 19th century endpapers, 4to, [&]  Smith (John, M.D.), The Pourtract of Old Age. Wherein is contained a Sacred Anatomy Both of Soul, and Body, and A Perfect Account of the Infirmities of Age Incident to them Both […], second edition, London: Printed for J. Macock, et al., 1676, title-page lower-margin cropped, A7 supplied in loosely-inserted ink manuscript, folding table detached and now loosely-inserted, contemporary blind-ruled sheep (cracked, split, chipped and rubbed; spine perished, yet holding), marbled edges, 8vo, (2).

[Lance (Edward Jarman)], The Golden Farmer [...], first edition, London: James Ridgway, 1831, 84pp only (of 86), lacking frontispiece, four plates, extra-illustrated with another, later Rothamsted Laboratory Lawes Trust cloth binding, 8vo, Passy (H.), On Large and Small Farms, and their Influence on the Social Economy [...], first edition, London: Arthur Hall & Co., 1848, original publisher's cloth, 8vo, 12mo, Gisborne (Thomas), Essays on Agriculture, first edition thus, London: John Murray, 1854, original wrappers, 8vo, Pusey (Philip), The Improvement of Farming. What ought landlords and farmers to do?, first edition, London: John Murray, 1851, original wrappers, 8vo, The Labourers' Friend, first edition, 1835, original cloth, 8vo, Memoirs of John Grey of Dilston, 1869, 8vo, Lord Stanley of Alderley's Copy, Verney (Lady), How the Peasant Owner Lives [...], first edition, London: Macmillan, 1888, original cloth, 8vo, Large's Secrets of Farming, second edition, 1863, cloth, 8vo, etc., (13).

[Macintosh (William)], A Treatise Concerning the Manner of Fallowing Ground, Raising of Grass-Seeds, and Training of Lint and Hemp, for the Increase and Improvement of the Linnen (sic, i.e. Linen) Manufactories in Scotland [...], first edition, Edinburgh: Printed by Robert Fleming and Company, 1724, pp: [ii], 3-173, 7 plates, ffep and title-page with inner-gutter crease, contemporary calf, split and chipped, but holding, 8vo. Provenance: 1) Mr Geo: Buchan, contemporary Jacobean armorial bookplate to verso of title-page. 2) Sir George Buchan-Hepburn, 1st Baronert FRSE, FSA (1739-1819), Scottish landowner, judge, and agricultural author, his armorial bookplate to recto pastedown.

[Shaw (Simeon)], History of the Staffordshire Potteries; and the Rise and Progress of the Manufacture of Pottery and Porcelain; with References to Genuine Specimens, and Notices of Eminent Potters, first edition, Hanley: Printed for the Author, By G. Jackson, 1829, 20th century quarter-calf over marbled boards, uncut edges, 12mo, Meteyard (Eliza), The Wedgwood Handbook [...], London: George Bell and Sons, 1875, first edition, original publisher's cloth, 8vo, & Meteryard (Eliza), The Life of Josiah Wedgwood [....], two-volume set, first edition, London: Hurst and Blackett, 1865, rebacked original publisher's cloth, preserving original spine, refreshed endpapers, 8vo, (4).

[Young (Arthur)] & [Hirzel (Hans Caspar, attrib)], Rural Economy, or Essays on the Practical Parts of Husbandry [...], To which is added, The Rural Socrates [...], third edition, Burlington: Printed by Isaac Neale, 1792, browned and in places foxed, original publisher's boards, rebacked to style, uncut edges, 8vo, [&] A Course of Experimental Agriculture, four-volume set, first Irish edition, Dublin: Printed for J. Exsha, et al., 1771, contemporary mottled calf, a trifle tired, some splits and chips, 8vo, (5). Provenance: 1st: John Christian Curwen (1756-1828), of Workington Hall, Whig MP, High Sheriff, provincial agriculturist and president of the Workington Agricultural Society, title-page with ink MS presentation inscription.

17th & 18th Century Literature. Seven volumes, comprising Cotton (Charles, Esquire), The Wonders of the Peake (sic, i.e. Peak District Derbyshire), second edition, London:  Printed by J. Wallis, for Joanna Brome, 1683, repaired title and dedication leaves, each affected by ink blemish, though not affecting legibility of text, contemporary blind-ruled calf, rebacked in gilt-lettered brown morocco, refreshed endpapers, 8vo, Mottoes of The Spectators, Tatlers, and Guardians. Translated into English, London: Printed for Richard Wellington; et al., 1735, contemporary panelled calf, split and chipped, 12mo, [&] Vaughan (Henry), Silex scintillans/Sacred Poems and Private Ejaculations, first Pickering edition, London: Pickering, 1847, architectural title-page, contemporary Renaissance Revival brown morocco over bevelled boards by Macmillan of Cambridge, signed, blocked and tooled in blind, gilt-lettered recto and verso, all edges gilt, marbled endpapers, 8vo, Butler's Hudibras, 1750, contemporary calf, 12mo in 6s, etc, (7). Provenance: 1st: Thomas Pudsey/His Book/1714; ink manuscript ownership inscription. 2nd: Sir Charles Buck, 4th Baronet (1722-1782), of Hamby Grange Lincolnshire, book label to pastedown.

Africa, The Kingdom of Benin. Egharevba (Jacob U.), The Murder of Imaguero and Tragedy of the Idah War, first edition, Benin City: Printed By Two Brothers' Press, Lagos Street, January 1948, 35pp, original wrappers, 8vo. A rare and early Nigerian Printing.

Agricultural Chemistry. Davy (Sir Humphrey), Elements of Agricultural Chemistry, in a Course of Lectures for the Board of Agriculture, first edition, London: W. Bulmer and Co., 1813, nine engraved plates, of which eight are full-page and one folding, some off-setting and foxing, original publisher's boards, repaired, uncut, contemporary bookseller's ticket: Sold by Black, Parry & Co., [London], 20th century MS ownership inscription, 4to, two copies of the second edition, London: Longman, et al., 1814, one uncut in original publisher's boards, the other in 20th century quarter-calf over marbled boards, 8vo, Parkes (Samuel), Chemical Essays, volume I only, London: Printed for the Author: and Published by Baldwin, Cradock, and Joy, 1815, rebacked contemporary calf gilt, 12mo, two copies of Nesbit's Agricultural Chemistry, fourth & fifth editions, London: Longman and Co., n.d., original cloth, 8vo, etc., (13).  Provenance: 1st: Sir Brent Gration-Maxfield (1916-1983), MS ownership inscription to pastedown dated 1964.

Agriculture & Husbandry. [Young (Arthur)], The Farmer's Guide [...], two-volume set, first edition, London: Printed for W. Strahan, et al., 1770, 10 plates, Board of Agriculture gilt calf binding, dated 1802, rebacked, 8vo, [&] Dickson (Adam), A Treatise of Agriculture [...], two-volume set, mixed editions, volume I second edition, volume II first edition, Edinburgh: Printed for A. Kincaid and J. Bell, 1765 & 1769, contemporary calf, 8vo, (4).

Agriculture & Husbandry. Lisle (Edward), Observations in Husbandry, two-volume set, second edition, London: Printed by J. Hughes, 1757, folding engraved portrait frontispiece, contemporary calf gilt, Chippendale armorial bookplates: H & Mn. Berners, 8vo, Mortimer (J.), The Whole Art of Husbandry [...], two-volume set, London: Printed for D. Browne, et al., 1761, contemporary speckled calf gilt, Chippendale armorial bookplate: W. Thompson, later 19th century book label: W.E. Sawyer, 8vo, [Weston (Richard)], Tracts on Practical Agriculture and Gardening [...], London: Printed for S. Hooper, 1769, defective contents leaf, contemporary calf, worn, 8vo, [Vansittart (Robert, editor)], Certain Ancient Tracts concerning the Management of Landed Property, first edition thus, London: Printed for C. Bathurst, et al., 1767, contemporary speckled calf, upper-cover almost detached, further wear, 8vo, (6).

Agriculture & Husbandry. Lloyd Price (R.J.), Rabbits for Profit and Rabbits for Power [...], first edition, London: Horace Cox, 1884, original cloth, 8vo, Ingham (Hastings), Agriculture [...], London: George Routledge and Sons, 1887, original wrappers, 8vo, Mechi (John Joseph), A Series of Letters on Agricultural Improvement, London: Longman, et al., 1845, illustrated, original cloth, 8vo, Anon, The Country House, London: Charles Knight, n.d. [c. 1850], cloth, worn, 8vo, Rham's Farming Dictionary, 1858, rebacked, 8vo, Scrivener, Our Fields and Cities, 1891, cloth, 8vo, farm building, builders' catalogues and price books, etc., (22).

Agriculture & Husbandry. Tibbs (Thomas), The Experimental Farmer [...], first edition, London: Printed for Sherwood, Neely, and Jones, n.d. [1804], trifle tatty, repaired publisher's boards, worn, uncut, contemporary and later ink MS ownership inscriptions, 8vo, Harrison (Gustavus), Agriculture Delineated [...], London: Printed for the Author, and Sold by J. Wilkie, 1775, marginal worm trails, occasionally touching letters, rebacked contemporary calf, refreshed endpapers, 8vo, [&] Anderson's Essays Relating to Agriculture and Rural Affairs, volume II only, first edition, Edinburgh: Printed for William Creech, 1777, contemporary marbled boards, rebacked in calf gilt, 8vo, (3).

Agriculture & Husbandry. Trusler (Dr John), Practical Husbandry [...], second edition, London: Printed for the Author; and Sold by R. Baldwin, 1785, 20th century papered boards, 8vo, [Young (Arthur)], Rural Oeconomy [...], first edition, London: T. Becket, 1770, contemporary calf, upper-cover split, Chippendale armorial bookplate: Lauder of Fountain Hall, 8vo, Ellis (William), The Modern Husbandsman, January-March only, London: Printed, and Sold by T. Osborne, 1744, contemporary sheep, worn, 8vo, Mortimer's Husbandry, volume II only, 1761, calf, 8vo, [&] Dossie's Memoirs of Agriculture, volume I only, second edition, 1769, contemporary quarter-calf over marbled boards, 8vo, (5).

Agriculture & Husbandry. Duhamel du Monceau (Henri Louis) & [Mills (John, translator & editor), A Practical Treatise of Husbandry, first edition in English, London: Printed for J. Whiston and B. White, 1759, six engraved plates, most folding, light offsetting to plates, contemporary calf, 4to, [&] Dickson's Practical Agriculture, volume II only, London: Sherwood, Neely, and Jones, 1814, stained, contemporary quarter-calf, 4to, (2).

Agriculture. Chaptal (Jean-Antoine), Chimie appliquée à l'agriculture, two-volume set, first edition, Paris: Madame Huzard, 1823, lacks a preliminary leaf, 20th century quarter-calf over marbled boards, 8vo, Maurice (F.G.), Traité des engrais [...], Genève: J.J. Paschoud, 1806, contemporary calf gilt, rubbed, 8vo, Anon, Société d'Agriculture, Sciences et Arts de Meaux, Rapport de la commission du voyage agronomique en Angleterre et en Écosse Juin 1851, Meaux: A. Dubois, 1852, contemporary presentation binding to Lord Claude Hamilton MP, of crimson calf gilt over boards, 8vo, Asparagus, Analyse succincte des divers mémoires, [?Paris]: De Bachelier, n.d., 20th century papered boards, 4to, [&] Agricultural Articles: Revue des deux mondes, 1870, contemporary cloth, Hastings Russell bookplate, 8vo, (6).

Agriculture. Roland (Arthur) & Ablett (William H., editor), The Drainage of Lands, Irrigation, and Manures, second edition, London: Chapman and Hall, Limited, 1887, original publisher's pictorial blue cloth, 8vo, Vaux (Thomas), Outlines of a New Plan for Tilling & Fertilizing Land, sole edition, London: Longman, et al., 1840, lacking plates, tipped-in MS 3pp ALS, original publisher's green cloth pictorial gilt, 8vo, Denton (John Bailey), The Drainage of Lands, Combined with the Sewerage of Towns [...], [Reprinted from the 'Westminster Review'], ?first edition thus, s.l., s.n., February, 1843, 40pp, later papered boards, 8vo, Newman (Charles), Practical Hints on Land Draining [...], London: James Ridgway, 1845, 2 wood-engraved frontispieces, original cloth, 8vo, etc., (5).

Agriculture. Scoffern (J.), The Young Farmer's Guide, sole edition, London: Bell and Daldy, n.d. [?1870], original cloth, 8vo, Caird (James), English Agriculture in 1850-51, first edition, London: Longman, et al., 1852, original publisher's cloth, 8vo, two copies of Stephens's Catechism of Practical Agriculture, 1856 & 1895, original wrappers, 8vo, Grieve's Farmer's Assistant, first edition, Edinburgh: Printed for the Author by Johnstone and Hunter, 1852, original red cloth gilt, rebacked, 8vo, The Farmer's Almanac, 1860, partially-inscribed in ink MS, original cloth, 8vo, Liebig (Baron), Letters on Modern Agriculture, London: Wolton and Maderly, 1859, original cloth, 8vo, The Agriculturalist's Calculator, etc., (20).

Agriculture. Stephens (George, Drainer), Essay on the Utility Formation & Management of Irrigated Meadows; with an Account of the Success of Irrigation in Scotland, with plates, one of 160 copies for subscribers, first edition, Edinburgh: Charles Guthrie, et al., 1826, illustrated with 2 folding lithographed plates, contemporaneous vellum over original wrappers, 8vo, [Boswell (George)], A Treatise on Watering Meadows [...], third edition, London: Printed for J. Debrett, 1792, 6 plates over 5 folding sheets, toned, some slight staining, later marbled boards, uncut, 8vo, [&] Tatham (William), National Irrigation, or the Various Methods of Watering Meadows [...], first edition, London: J. and T. Carpenter, 1801, half-title, plates, later cloth over original publisher's boards, 8vo, (3).

Antique Ceramic Reference. Griffin (John D.), The Leeds Pottery, 1770-1881, two-volume set, first and only edition, The Leeds Art Collections Fund, 2005, illustrated, h/b, d/j, folios, Phillips, The Watney Collection of Fine Early English Porcelain, Parts I & II only, 1999 & 2000, dj, hb, 4to, further 20th century and later British porcelain and pottery reference, including Spode, Liverpool, transfer-printing, Mortlake, further earthenware and stoneware, etc., various sizes and bindings, etc., (approx. 40).

Art History. Da Vinci (Leonardo), A Treatise of Painting, Translated from The Original Italian, And adorn'd with a great Number of Cuts. To which is prefix'd, The Author's Life; Done from The Last Edition of the French, first English edition, London: Printed for J. Senex, at the Globe in Salisbury Court; et al., 1721, complete: A-O?, 35 engraved plates, of which 4 are folding; 1 full-page plate with a central hole, contemporary speckled calf gilt, joints cracked but holding, chipped spine and corners, but generally good, 8vo.

Bibliography. [Bower (Archibald)], Historia Litteraria [...], volume II only, sole edition, London: N. Prevost, et al., 1731, 20th century half-calf over marbled boards, 8vo, Lowndes (William), The Bibliographer's Manual, four-volume set, bound as two, first edition, London: William Pickering, 1834, contemporary calf gilt, 8vo, [Walpole (Horace)], A Catalogue of the Royal and Noble Authors of England, with Lists of their Works, Edinburgh: Printed for W.H. Lunn, 1796, 20th century quarter-calf over marbled boards, 8vo, Lemon (Robert), Catalogue of a a Collection of Printed Broadsides in The Society of Antiquaries, 1866, later buckram, 4to, Daniel, Rural Sports, supplement volume only, 1813, lacking prelims and all plates, half-calf over marbled boards, 4to, Harleian Miscellany, volume II only, 1809, ex-lib, rebacked calf over moiré boards, 4to, Catalogue of the Scientific Books in the Library of the Royal Society, London, London: Printed and Sold by Richard and John E. Taylor, 1839, original publisher's cloth over boards, 8vo, etc., (24).

Bibliography. Agricultural and botanical library catalogues, comprising Royal Agricultural Society of England first edition, London, 1918, original blue cloth gilt, 8vo, others including the Rothamsted Experimental Station Library first and second editions, Royal Highland and Agricultural Society of Scotland 1953, University of Reading Historical Farm Records 1973, Walter Perkins Agricultural Library 1961, The Lindley Library 1927, etc., cloth bindings or original wrappers, some institutional ex-lib but clean, 4to and 8vo, (13).

Botany. Withering (William), A Botanical Arrangement of all the Vegetables Naturally Growing in Great Britain [...], two-volume set, first edition, Birmingham: M. Swinney, 1776, 12 folding and full-page engraved plates, reinforced recto and verso gutters, rebacked calf over contemporaneous marbled boards, 8vo, (2).  Provenance: Marmaduke John Teesdale, 19th century armorial bookplates.

Botany. Sowerby (John E., illustrator) & Johnson (Charles), The Ferns of Great Britain: Illustrated, London: John E. Sowerby, 1855, 49 lithographed plates, partially hand-coloured, repaired original cloth, 4to, Hibberd's Fern Garden, seventh edition, London: Groombridge and Sons, 1877, hand-coloured plates and in-text illustrations, original publisher's pictorial green cloth gilt, all edges gilt, 12mo, Newman (Edward), A History of British Ferns, and Allied Plants, first edition, London: John Van Voorst, 1884, in-text illustrations, original cloth, 8vo, (3).

Browne (Sir Thomas), Certain Miscellany Tracts. Written by Thomas Brown, Kt, and Doctour (sic) of Physick; late of Norwich, first edition, second impression, London: Charles Mearne, and are to be sold by Henry Bonwick, at the Red Lyon, in St. Paul’s Church-Yard, 1684, black-ruled title-page, portrait frontispiece engraved by Peter Vanderbank, pp: [vi], 215, [6] (index), contemporary speckled calf, blind-ruled boards, speckled edges, 8vo, Browne (Sir Tho, Knt., M.D.) & Digby (Sir Kenelm), Religio Medici […], [with] Sir Kenelm Digby’s Observations, London: J. Torbuck, et al., 1736, engraved frontispiece, contemporary calf (tired, upper-cover coming loose), 12mo, (2).  Provenance: 1st: Mary Robinson, of Hendon, Barnet, North-West London; her 19th century book label to recto pastedown. 2nd: The Rev. John Riddell, Moffat United Presbyterian Manse, Dumfriesshire, Scotland; his book label to pastedown, title-page with earlier manuscript inscription: John Riddell, Liverpool/1842.

Cattle. Coleman (J., editor) & Weir (Harrison, illustrator), The Cattle of Great Britain, London: The "Field Office", 1875, plates, original pictorial cloth, worn and chipped, some movement within the boards, former RASE copy with their bookplates, 4to, Quincy (Josiah), Essays on the Soiling of Cattle [...], Boston: John Wilson and Son, 1859, original cloth, rebacked, 8vo, Knowlson (John C.), The Yorkshire Cattle-Doctor & Farrier, London and Otley: William Walker and Sons, 1864, frontispiece, original cloth, repaired, 8vo, Roland (Arthur), Farming for Pleasure and Profit: Dairy-Farming, Management of Cows, etc., first edition, London: Chapman and Hall, 1877, original cloth, 8vo, [&] Youatt (William), Cattle, London: Simpkin, Marshall, and Co., 1878, original green cloth, 8vo, (5).

Cattle. Unrecorded Edition, Beamont (T.), The Complete Cow Doctor [...], York: Printed by J. Kendrew, n.d. [c. 1825], soiled, original printed wrappers, worn, loose, dog-eared, 12mo in 6s, idem., a later Halifax imprint, 1863, original cloth, split at recto gutter, 8vo, Barlow (Henry), The Cattle-Keeper's Guide [...], London: William Darton, Jun., 1819, soiled, original wrappers, worn with losses, 12mo in 6s, Greg (I.M.) & Towers (S.H.), Cattle Ships, And Our Meat Supply. The Humanitarian League's Publications No. 15, first edition, London: William Reeves, 1894, original wrappers, 8vo, [&] Anon, Cattle: Practical Hints on Selection, Feeding & Management, Londond: Joseph Thorley, Ltd, n.d. [c. 1900], original wrappers, split, 8vo, (5).

Cattle. Journal of the British Dairy Farmers' Association, 1885, original cloth, 8vo, Eckles (Clarence Henry), Dairy Cattle and Milk Production, London: Macmillan and Company, 1914, dj over cloth, 8vo, Valentine (Charles R.), Butter-Making, London: Vinton & Co., 1889, in-text illustrations, original green cloth gilt, 8vo, Roland (Arthur), Farming for Pleasure and Profit: Dairy-Farming, Management of Cows, etc., first edition, London: Chapman and Hall, 1877, original cloth, 8vo, Youatt's Complete Grazier, fourteenth edition, 1900, original calf over cloth, worn with faults, 4to, six Blackbrook Gallery catalogues, etc., (approx. 35)

Classics. Ovid's Art of Love [...], second edition thus, London: Printed for J.T. [Jacob Tonson] and Sold by William Taylor, 1716, engraved plates and in-text vignettes, early 18th century style red panelled calf, but 20th century, 8vo, another copy, later, 1782, sheep, 12mo in 6s, [Homer] & [Perkins (George)], Clavis Homerica, sive Lexicon [...], Roterodami [i.e. Rotterdam]: Arnoldi Leers, 1673, red and black title-page, woodcut vignette, contemporaneous English calf, 8vo, [Lucretius], Titi Lucretii Cari/Der rerum natura/Libri sex, Londini: In ædibus Ricardi Taylor, 1824, rebacked contemporary calf gilt, preserving some of the original spine, marbled edges and endpapers, 4to, Creech (Thomas, translator), T. Lucretius Carus, Of the Nature of Things, two-volume set, London: Printed by J. Matthews for G. Sawbridge, 1715, engraved frontispiece, contemporary panelled calf (some chips and splits, but respectable), 8vo in 4s, Wordsworth (Christopher), Athens and Attica [...], first edition, London: John Murray, 1836, folding plate, plans, and maps, further full-page plates (some stained), contemporary diced calf (tired), marbled edges and endpapers, 8vo, [Virgil], Martyn (John, F.R.S, translator and editor), P. Virgilii Maronis/Georgicorum/Libri quator./The Georgicks of Virgil,/with/an English translation/and/Notes, fifth edition, Oxford: W. Baxter, 1827, frontispiece and 9 plates, each contemporaneously and cleanly hand-coloured by an amateur, 20th/21st century calf over marbled boards by the Meckling Bookbindery, their ticket, contemporary speckled edges, 8vo, History of Greece, contemporary calf gilt plus, 8vo, etc., (10).  Provenance: 1st: Richard Warner (c. 1711-1775), of Woodford Row, Essex, botanist and literary scholar; his Jacobean armorial bookplate and tipped-in ink MS. ownership inscription preserved on recto pastedown. 3rd: Tyttenhanger Library, near St. Albans, Hertfordshire, ancestral home of the Blount and Hardwicke families; ink MS. inscription to recto pastedown. 4th: John Thomas Mott (1809-1884), of Barningham Hall, Norfolk; 'J.T. Mott/given to him by the Rev:end Dr J[ohn] Keate [head master]/on his leaving Eton-Dec:r-9th-1829 ', ink MS. inscription to verso of ffep, and Mott's later armorial bookplate to recto pastedown.

Cock-Fighting and Game Fowl from the Note-books of Herbert Atkinson [...], first edition, Liss, Hampshire: The Spur Publishing Company, 1977, pictorial dj, hb, 4to, Atkinson (Herbert), The Old English Game Fowl, 1981, 4to, Bayon, Diseases of Poultry [...], 1934, blue cloth, 8vo, etc., (6).

Corn Laws. [Fisher (John)], The Political Plough that Jack Built. With Ten Cuts, third edition, London: Printed for W. Wright, et al., 1821, 20pp, Rothamsted Laboratory's institutional blue cloth gilt, some numberings to pastedown, 8vo, Hope (George), Morse (Arthur), & Greg (W.R.), The Three Prize Essays on Agriculture and The Corn Law. Published by the National Anti-Corn Law League, three parts in one, first edition, Manchester: J. Gadsby, et al., 1842, general and divisional titles, original wrappers, 8vo, Cobbett (William), A Treatise on Cobbett's Corn [...], first edition, London: Published by William Cobbett, 1828, original cloth over publisher's boards, 12mo, [Scheer (Frederick)], The Letters of Diogenes, to Sir Robert Peel, Bart., presentation copy inscribed by the author, sole edition, London: Ridgway, et al., 1841, original cloth over boards, worn, 8vo, Spencer (The Rev. Thomas), The Prayer Book Opposed to The Corn Laws [...], London: John Green, 1840, [bound with] [Mounsey (Thomas)], A Brief Account of Thomas Fell, of Swarthmore Hall, sole edition, Manchester: Wm. Irwin, et al., 1846, later papered boards, 8vo, etc., (6).

Cottage Gardening. Cobbett (William), The English Gardener [...], first edition, London: Published at 11, Bolt-Court, 1833, original publisher's boards, 8vo, Mawe's Gardener, London: Longman, et al., 1848, frontispiece, original cloth, 12mo, The Gardener's Magazine, volume XVII only, 1841, contemporary quarter-calf over marbled boards, 8vo, etc., (7).  Provenance: 1st: John Allan Rolls, 1st Baron Llangattock, DL (1837-1912), of The Hendre, Rockfield, Monmouthsire, Wales.

Country Houses. [Marytn (Thomas)], The English Connoisseur: Containing an Account of Whatever is Curious in Painting, Sculpture, &c. In the Palaces and Seats of the Nobility and Principal Gentry of England, both in Town and Country, two-volume set, first edition, London: L. Davis and C. Reymers, et al., 1766, contemporary sheep, worn with losses and starting to give, 8vo, (2). Provenance: G. Wilson/1796, ink manuscript inscriptions to each recto pastedown.

Curwen (J.C., Esq., M.P., of Workington Hall, Cumbria), Hints on Agricultural Subjects, and on the Best Means of Improving the Condition of the Labouring Classes, second edition, London: J. Johnson, et al., 1809, sepia aquatint frontispiece, original publisher's boards, 8vo, Davies (David, Rector of Barkham, Berks), The Case of Labourers in Husbandry Stated and Considered [...], first edition, Dublin: P. Byrne, 1796, slightly later quarter-calf over marbled boards, 8vo, Green (William), Plans of Economy [...], fifth edition, London: J. Hatchard, 1803, contemporary marbled boards, later rebacked, 8vo, & Anon, A Plan Suggested for Superseding the Necessity of The Poor Rates, by means of Cottage Acres, and Farms, Termed Leaven Farms [...], London: s.n., 1817, later marbled boards, 8vo, (4).  Provenance: 1st: 1) Sir Thomas Hesketh Bart, Rufford Hall, Lancashire, 19th century armorial bookplate to recto pastedown, and by descent to 2) Easton Neston, near Towcester, Northamptonshire, the Fermor-Hesketh's library label ditto.

Curwen (John Christian, Esq., MP), Hints on the Economy of Feeding Stock, and Bettering the Condition of the Poor, first edition, London: Printed for B. Crosby and Co., et al., 1808, half-title, five engraved plates as called for, original publisher's blue paper over boards, labels to spine, 8vo. Provenance: Easton Neston, near Towcester, Northamptonshire, the Fermor-Hesketh's library label to recto pastedown.

Dyer (John, LL.B.), The Fleece: A Poem. In Four Books, first edition, London: Printed for R. and J. Dodsley, 1757, half-title, engraved title-page vignette of sheep, repaired contemporary quarter-calf over marbled boards, loosely-inserted mixed media prints, 4to. Provenance: the Dukes of Buccleuch at Ditton Park, near Slough, Berkshire; armorial bookplate to recto pastedown: Montagu impaling Douglas.

East Anglia. Blaikie (Francis), On the Conversion of Arable Land into Pasture, and on other Rural Subjects, first edition, Burnham: Printed and sold by J. Dawson, 1817, 47pp, later Lawes Trust green cloth gilt, 12mo, Leamon (Robert), The Leicester Monument, Printed for Distribution among the Subscribers, Norwich: Bacon and Co., 1850, fronsitpiece, original boards, rebacked, 8vo, Stirling's Coke of Norfolk, two-volume set, 1908, original cloth, worn, 8vo, Raynbird (William & Hugh), On the Agriculture of Suffolk, first edition, London: Longman and Co., 1849, folding map frontispiece, Royal Agricultural College bookplate, 8vo, Brayley (E.W.), Views in Suffolk, Norfolk, and Northamptonshire; Illustrive of The Works of Robert Bloomfield [...], London: Vernor, Hood, and Sharpe, et al., 1818, named-view topographical plates, mid-19th century quarter-calf over marbled boards by Fletcher of Norwich, their ticket, splitting, armorial bookplate to pastedown: Henry Thomas Griffith, B.A., Smallburgh Rectory, Norwich, 8vo, other works, including Essex, pamphlets, etc., (13).

Art in Seventeenth Century Holland - The National Gallery 1976 First Edition Softback Book / Catalogue with 144 pages published by National Gallery Publications good condition. Sold on behalf of Michael Sobell Cancer Charity. We combine shipping on all lots. Single book £5.99 UK, £7.99 Europe, £9.99 ROW. We can ship a parcel up to 20kg which will take approx. 40 books in UK £12, EUROPE £39.99, ROW, £59.99

Joanna Lumley Signed Book - Stare Back and Smile - Memoirs by Joanna Lumley 1989 First Edition hardback Book with 217 pages Signed by Joanna Lumley on the Title page published by Viking (Penguin Group) good condition. Sold on behalf of Michael Sobell Cancer Charity. We combine shipping on all lots. Single book £5.99 UK, £7.99 Europe, £9.99 ROW. We can ship a parcel up to 20kg which will take approx. 40 books in UK £12, EUROPE £39.99, ROW, £59.99

Gyles Brandreth Signed Book - Dancing by the Light of The Moon by Gyles Brandreth 2019 First Edition Hardback Book with 453 pages Signed by Gyles Brandreth on the Title page published by Michael Joseph (Penguin Books) good condition. Sold on behalf of Michael Sobell Cancer Charity. We combine shipping on all lots. Single book £5.99 UK, £7.99 Europe, £9.99 ROW. We can ship a parcel up to 20kg which will take approx. 40 books in UK £12, EUROPE £39.99, ROW, £59.99

Star Trek Memories - The Inside Story of The Classic TV Series by William Shatner 1993 First Edition Softback Book with 306 pages published by Harper Collins Publishers good condition. Sold on behalf of Michael Sobell Cancer Charity. We combine shipping on all lots. Single book £5.99 UK, £7.99 Europe, £9.99 ROW. We can ship a parcel up to 20kg which will take approx. 40 books in UK £12, EUROPE £39.99, ROW, £59.99

Sophia - Living and Loving - Her Own Story by A E Hotchner 1979 First Edition Hardback Book with 216 pages published by Michael Joseph Ltd good condition. Sold on behalf of Michael Sobell Cancer Charity. We combine shipping on all lots. Single book £5.99 UK, £7.99 Europe, £9.99 ROW. We can ship a parcel up to 20kg which will take approx. 40 books in UK £12, EUROPE £39.99, ROW, £59.99

The Three Richards - Richard I, Richard II and Richard III by Nigel Saul 2005 First Edition Hardback Book with 287 pages published by Hambledon and London good condition. Sold on behalf of Michael Sobell Cancer Charity. We combine shipping on all lots. Single book £5.99 UK, £7.99 Europe, £9.99 ROW. We can ship a parcel up to 20kg which will take approx. 40 books in UK £12, EUROPE £39.99, ROW, £59.99

The Third Book of Blue Peter 1966 First Edition Hardback Book / Annual with 77 pages published by The BBC good condition. Sold on behalf of Michael Sobell Cancer Charity. We combine shipping on all lots. Single book £5.99 UK, £7.99 Europe, £9.99 ROW. We can ship a parcel up to 20kg which will take approx. 40 books in UK £12, EUROPE £39.99, ROW, £59.99

The Art Of Alfred Hitchcock - Fifty Years of His Films by Donald Spoto 1992 First UK Edition Softback Book with 471 pages published by Fourth Estate Ltd good condition. Sold on behalf of Michael Sobell Cancer Charity. We combine shipping on all lots. Single book £5.99 UK, £7.99 Europe, £9.99 ROW. We can ship a parcel up to 20kg which will take approx. 40 books in UK £12, EUROPE £39.99, ROW, £59.99

Literary Upshots or Split Reading by Richard Mallett 1951 First Edition Hardback Book with 158 pages published by Jonathan Cape Ltd good condition. Sold on behalf of Michael Sobell Cancer Charity. We combine shipping on all lots. Single book £5.99 UK, £7.99 Europe, £9.99 ROW. We can ship a parcel up to 20kg which will take approx. 40 books in UK £12, EUROPE £39.99, ROW, £59.99

Van Dyck in England by Oliver Millar 1982 First Edition Softback Book / Catalogue with 120 pages published by National Portrait Gallery London good condition. Sold on behalf of Michael Sobell Cancer Charity. We combine shipping on all lots. Single book £5.99 UK, £7.99 Europe, £9.99 ROW. We can ship a parcel up to 20kg which will take approx. 40 books in UK £12, EUROPE £39.99, ROW, £59.99

The Seventh Gate - A Death Gate Novel by Margaret Weis & Tracy Hickman 1995 First Edition Hardback Book with 320 pages published by Book Club Associates good condition. Sold on behalf of Michael Sobell Cancer Charity. We combine shipping on all lots. Single book £5.99 UK, £7.99 Europe, £9.99 ROW. We can ship a parcel up to 20kg which will take approx. 40 books in UK £12, EUROPE £39.99, ROW, £59.99

Even Coarser Rugby or What Did You Do To Ronald? By Michael Green 1963 First Edition Hardback Book with 119 pages published by Hutchinson & Co (Publishers) Ltd good condition. Sold on behalf of Michael Sobell Cancer Charity. We combine shipping on all lots. Single book £5.99 UK, £7.99 Europe, £9.99 ROW. We can ship a parcel up to 20kg which will take approx. 40 books in UK £12, EUROPE £39.99, ROW, £59.99

English Town Crafts by Norman Wymer 1949 First Edition Hardback Book with 128 pages published by B T Batsford Ltd good condition. Sold on behalf of Michael Sobell Cancer Charity. We combine shipping on all lots. Single book £5.99 UK, £7.99 Europe, £9.99 ROW. We can ship a parcel up to 20kg which will take approx. 40 books in UK £12, EUROPE £39.99, ROW, £59.99