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Seven collectors books including - The baptism of the Viking - Tattersall, Modes & Manners of the 19th century vols 1 - 4 first edition 1927, This Believing World - Browne & Great Russian short stories, Benn. (7)

Wade Ceramics Reference books to include Hardback The World of Wade (Warner & Posgay), The World of Wade Book 2 (Warner & Posgay), & Wade Price Trends First Edition (Warner & Posgay)

Royal Worcester for Compton Woodhouse Figure The First Quadrille , limited edition

ASSORTED ANTIQUARIAN BOOKS, including TYRRELL (HENRY) The History of the War with Russia, vols 1 & 2, London Printing & Publishing Co Ltd, gilt lettered spines, half morocco, 4to(spine and corners worn); ENCYCLOPAEDIA BRITANNICA, 3rd edn, vols XIV & XV (of 18), 1798, full mottled calf, 4to; FOY-VAILLANT (JOANNEM) Numismata Imperatorum RomanoruM, 1694, 1 volume only (boards loose) 8vo; MADDOX (JOHN) Excursioan in teh Holy Land, Egypt, Nubia, Syria, &c., vol1, 1834, Richard Bentley London, half morocca and marbled paper boards, 8vo; Relation de la Campagne de Flandre et du Siege de Namur, 1st editon, title page in red and black, floriated initials, marbled endpapers (some missing), four foldout maps, half calf, large 4to, (front cover papers missing, spine worn, pages and maps generally marks and stains) - contains the first account of the 1695 battle near Namur between England and France which was won by William III of Orange, husband of Queen Mary; The News, weekly newspapers dated from 7 July 1828 to 28 December 1829, including 4 January 1830 (loose) one volume, half calf with marbled boards, folio (8) FIRST EDITION. Folio. A-P2, Q1; (4), 61 pp., (3), plus 4 fold-out engraved double-page maps and battle plans by Nicolaes Visscher II after the drawings by Ottmar Elliger the Younger. T-page in red and black ink; floriated initials; in French. Marbled endpapers; bookplate of previous owner on top pastedown (SINCLAIR FIDE ET PUGNA). Slight browning and foxing throughout. Near contemporary mottled calf; modern spine, nicely rebacked, in seven compartments divided by raised bands with gilt decoration; red speckled edges; corners slightly bumped. A fine and very rare copy.

Russia.- Tourgueneff (Nikolai Ivanovitch) La Russie et les Russes, 3 vol., first edition in French, half titles, some light foxing, contemporary mottled calf, gilt, with armorial device to upper covers, spines with red and green morocco labels, Paris, Au Comptoir des Imprimeurs-Unis, 1847 § Ségur (Comte de) Histoire de Napoleon et de la grande armée pendant l'année 1812, 2 vol., third edition, half-titles, 6 lithograph plates, folding map (a few small tears at edges), off-setting, contemporary mottled calf, spines gilt with red and black morocco labels, Paris, Baudouin Frères, 1825; Histoire de Russie, light foxing, contemporary mottled calf, spines gilt with red and black morocco labels, Paris, Baudouin Frères, 1829; and another, 8vo (7)

NO RESERVE Eliot (T.S.) The Use of Poetry & the Use of Criticism, first edition, original cloth, dust-jacket, chipped and torn at edges, 1933; Four Quartets, early issue with code designations in bracket to copyright page, gift and ownership inscriptions to front free endpaper, original cloth, spine ends lightly faded, first state dust-jacket with $2.00 price and 9 titles to lower cover, jacket rubbed with portion missing to upper panel, chips and fraying to edges, soiling ink mark to lower panel, 1943; What is a Classic? An Address Delivered Before the Virgil Society on 16th October 1944, original wrappers, faded and soiled, 1945; and c.10 others, Modernist writers, including Eliot's Order of Service for his Remembrance at Westminster Abbey, v.s. (c.15)

Birds.- Meinertzhagen (Colonel R.) Nicoll's Birds of Egypt, 2 vol., first edition, half-titles, portrait frontispiece (lower margin frayed), plates and illustrations, some light foxing, bookplate of Duncan Robert Mackintosh to front pastedowns, later cloth, original covers and spines laid down, rubbed, 1930; and 16 others on birds, including a typescript of a seemingly unpublished work by Israel Aharoni titled Birds of Palestine, 4to & 8vo (18)

Atomic bomb.- Smyth (H. D.) Atomic Energy. A General Account of the Development of Methods of Using Atomic Energy for Military Purposes under the Auspices of the United States Government, first English edition, rusting to staples, original printed wrappers, rust staining to upper cover, light browning to spine and covers, splitting to joint ends, spine ends a little chipped, [PMM, p.253 no. 422e], 8vo, 1945.

Hunter (John) The Works..., edited by James F.Palmer, 5 vol. including Atlas, first collected edition, half-titles in vol.2-4, vol.1 with engraved portrait and folding facsimile letter, Atlas with engraved portrait after Reynolds and 61 engraved or lithographed plates, 7 folding, some foxing, text ex-library copies with stamps, modern calf-backed marbled boards, spines gilt and slightly faded, [Wellcome III.318], 1835-37; Observations on Certain Parts of the Animal Oeconomy, first edition,18 engraved plates, contemporary ink inscription "Edward Johnstone M.D. Birm.m" to title, foxed, ex-library copy with stamps to plates, later cloth, rebacked in calf, [Wellcome III.317], 1786, 8vo & 4to (6)

Harvey (William) Opera omnia: a collegio medicorum Londinensi edita, lacking engraved portrait but with engraved plate, errata leaf, some foxing and soiling, ex-Charing Cross Hospital library copy with ink presentation from Dr.B.Golding Director of the Hospital dated 1856 to verso of title, one or two faint stamps and marginal tears repaired, modern cloth, [Keynes 47; Wellcome II.220], [William Bowyer], 1766; Exercitationes de generatione animalium, engraved pictorial title, with final blank leaf, light browning, ex-library copy with traces of stamp to dedication, contemporary calf, rubbed, rebacked, new endpapers, [Keynes 42; Wellcome III.220], The Hague, Arnold Leers, 1680; La Circulation du Sang, translated by Charles Richet, first French edition, signed and inscribed by the translator to the German chemist Charles-Adolf Würtz on half-title, illustrations, foxing, book-label of Haskell F.Norman, contemporary morocco-backed boards, rubbed, [Keynes 28], Paris, 1879; and 3 others, Harvey, v.s. (6)⁂ The first is the most celebrated and accurate edition of the collected works in Latin, and the second overall, the first being published in Leiden in 1737. Harvey considered the second work, on embryology, first published in 1651, to be his greatest achievement and more significant than De motu cordis. Harvey argued that all animal life arose from eggs and that the foetus developed gradually. The chapter on gynaecology and obstetrics was the first work on the subject to be written by an Englishman.

NO RESERVE Phillips (G.F.) Principles of Effect and Colour as applicable to Landscape Painting, third edition, colour vignette title, hand-coloured plate of colour wheel and 8 aquatint plates, 6 hand-coloured, plate guards, some light marking and soiling, pencil note to foot of first aquatint plate "This picture in the colour of plate no. 3", ink ownership inscription to endpaper, original cloth, fading and toning, some fraying to extremities, [Abbey, Life 167], 4to, B. B. King, [1840].

NO RESERVE Elizabeth (Queen Consort of George VI, styled Queen Elizabeth, the Queen Mother).- Lacey (Robin) God Bless Her!, first edition, signed by the Queen Mother on Contents p., illustrations, letter of provenance to Fleur Cowles from Clarence House sending the signed book with not by Cowles to verso regarding the Queen Mother tipped onto front free endpaper, bookplate of Fleur Cowles to front pastedown, 4to, 1987.

Ardizzone (Edward).- Gorham (Maurice) The Local, first edition, illustrations by Ardizzone, light browning to endpapers, original pictorial boards, tissue repairs to spine, light toning and faint surface soiling to covers, for Cassell & Co., at the Curwen Press, 1939; and a signed copy of Back to the Local, 8vo (2)⁂ One of Ardizzone's scarcer publications following the bombing of Cassell's warehouses during the Blitz.

Barrough (Philip) The Method of Physick, containing the Causes, Signes and Cures of inward Diseases in Mans Body..., woodcut initials, one or two small spots or stains, occasional soiling but generally very clean, engraved bookplate with "Avancez" motto, contemporary calf, rubbed, new label, [Wellcome I.104; Wing B921], small 4to in 8s, by Abraham Miller...sold by John Blague and Samuel Howes, 1652.⁂ One of the first books on medicine in the English language which was first published in 1583. This is the ninth and final edition and is scarce, with only 7 UK copies listed by ESTC. Barrough or Barrow presents a thorough survey of contemporary Elizabethan medicine with particular chapters on diseases of the teeth, mouth and oropharynx.

Britain.- Gilpin (William) Observations, Relative Chiefly to Picturesque Beauty ... on Several Parts of Great Britain; Particularly the High-Lands of Scotland, 2 vol., first edition, 40 aquatint plates and maps, offsetting, occasional foxing, lacking half-titles, contemporary tree calf, spines gilt with red and green morocco labels, [Abbey Scenery 487], 1789; Remarks on Forest Scenery and other Woodland Views, Illustrated by the Scenes of New-Forest, 2 vol. first edition, folding map, partially hand-coloured, 31 plates, most tinted aquatints, lacking half-titles, some light offsetting, armorial bookplate of Sir John Eden to front pastedowns, contemporary speckled calf, rubbed, some loss to spine labels, [cf. Abbey Scenery 149], 1791; and 3 others, Gilpin, 8vo (7)

Russia.- [Weber (Friedrich Christian)] The Present State of Russia, 2 vol., first English edition, 2 folding engraved maps, both with closed tears and paper repairs to verso, ink ownership inscriptions to titles, bookplates, light browning, some spotting, contemporary panelled calf, spine with red morocco labels, joints cracked but firm, scuffed, 8vo, for W. Taylor, 1723-22 ⁂ Both maps were re-engraved for the English edition. Similarly, some material was redacted while some excerpts of Weber's original letters were added. Weber also included descriptions of Russia by Lange and Le Brun.

Ramazzini (Bernardino) Essai sur les Maladies des Artisans, translated by Fourcroy, first edition in French, marginal stain to A1, contemporary calf, spine gouged and chipped at ends, [PMM 170; Wellcome IV.467], Paris, Moutard, 1777 § P[ortal (Antoine)] Précis de Chirurgie Pratique, 2 vol., first edition, 16 engraved plates on 15 sheets, contemporary label of "Monsieur Fournier, maître en chirurgie & demonstrateur des Accouchemens, a Gisors" to pastedowns, contemporary sheep, spines gilt, [Wellcome IV.418], Paris, Théophile Barrois le jeune (slip pasted over original publisher), 1768 § Pardoux (B.) Universa medicina...De morbis anima, edited by Savvageon, 2 parts in 1, main title in red & black, modern bookplate of J.van der Hoeven, contemporary calf ruled and stamped in blind, [Wellcome IV.335], Lyons, J.Carteron, 1649 § Rivière (Lazare) Opera medica universa, engraved portrait, title in red & black with woodcut device, light foxing, old ink library stamp to title, modern calf-backed boards, spine gilt, Lyons, A.Cellier, 1672, all but the last rubbed; and 14 others, medicine, French, v.s. (19)⁂ The first mentioned is the first comprehensive and systematic treatise on occupational diseases, first published in Modena in 1700. The work examines the health hazards encountered in nearly sixty trades and professions and includes mining, masonry, ceramics, smithing, farming, brewing, weaving, and doctors.

[Coventry (Henry)] Philemon to Hydaspes; relating a Conversation with Hortensius upon the Subject of False Religion, first edition, authors copy inscribed HCoventry 1735 at head B1, engraved title vignette, engraved head-piece, previous owner's ink signature to endpapers, ink annotations to early blanks, scattered spotting, contemporary calf, upper cover detached, rubbed and worn, 8vo, 1736.Provenance: Inscribed 'H Coventry 1735' at head B1. Signed 'Tho. Coventry 1735' to front free endpaper. Henry Coventry was a cousin of the writer Francis Coventry. Thomas Coventry was the son of Francis Coventry and Anna Maria Brown.

Britain.- Smith (John) Galic Antiquities: consisting of a History of the Druids, particularly of those of Caledonia, first edition, spotting to first and last few leaves, bookplates, contemporary half-calf, cracked upper hinges, slight rubbing to corners and extremities, Edinburgh, 1780 § Wilson (Daniel) The Archæology and Prehistoric Annals of Scotland, lithographed frontispiece, 5 plates, 1 double-page, illustrations, previous owner's ink inscription, near contemporary calf, gilt, g.e., Edinburgh, 1851 § Evans (John) The Ancient Bronze Implements, Weapons, and Ornaments of Great Britain and Ireland, first edition, half-title, illustrations, advertisements at end, bookplate, previous owner's ink name-stamp to half-title, slight abrasion mark to front free endpaper, original decorative cloth, gilt, fractional bumping to corners and spine extremities, 1881; The Ancient Stone Implements, Weapons and Ornaments of Great Britain, second edition, half-title, 2 folding plates, illustrations, cracked hinges, bookplate, previous owner's ink signature, original decorative cloth, gilt, slight bumping to corners and spine extremities, 1897, 4to & 8vo (4).⁂ Provenance: The first with the bookplate of author Jon Manchip White (1924-2013).

Japan.- Osaka Shosen Kaisha (The) Official Guide for Shippers and Travellers to the Orient, first edition, first issue, edited by M. Franklin Kline, plates and illustrations, in colour and black and white, cracking to gutter in a few places, original cloth, spine and corners rubbed, g.e., 4to, Osaka, Japan, 1914.⁂ Rare first edition, first issue of 1914 of the series that grew to be the 'Official Guide for Shippers and Travellers to the Principal Ports of the World'. This first issue featured only Asian ports, and the foreword lists those regions covered; Japan, Korea, Manchuria, Formosa, China, The Philippines, Straits Settlements and Ceylon. The guide includes photographic illustrations, period advertisements, as well as features on commercially orientated travel and transport facilities. The Osaka Shosen Kaisha, also known as the Osaka Mercantile Steamship Company Limited.

[Digby (Sir Kenelm)] Theatrum sympatheticum..., second (?pirated) edition, old ink inscription to foot of title, light water-staining towards end, contemporary calf, rebacked preserving old gilt spine, [Ferguson II. 440], Amsterdam, T.Fontani, 1661 § Geuder (M.) Diatriba de fermentis..., first edition, title lightly browned, contemporary panelled calf, spine gilt, Amsterdam, J.Wolters, 1689 § Malpighi (M.) Opera posthuma..., engraved frontispiece, title in red & black, 19 folding engraved plates, marginal staining to first few leaves, ex-library copy with stamps, modern calf-backed cloth, [Wellcome IV.38], Amsterdam, 1700, rubbed; and 5 others, medicine, Amsterdam printings, v.s. (8)⁂ The first is one of the best collections of tracts on the powder of sympathy and the weapon salve; the last contains Malpighi's classic account of the glands.

NO RESERVE Young (Edward) Noites d'Young..., translated by Vicente Carlos d' Oliveira, 2 vol., second Portuguese edition, half-titles, engraved frontispieces, frontispieces shaved at head, first 3ff. of each vol. loose, vol. 2 with damp-staining to head, ink monogram inscription to titles, later half morocco, small 8vo, Lisbon, Typorgrafia Rollandiana, 1791.⁂ Scarce early Portuguese edition of Young's influential poem.

Britain.- Stukeley (William) Stonehenge a Temple Restor'd to the British Druids, first edition, engraved portrait frontispiece, 34 engraved plates, 9 folding, of which 1 torn, trimmed and laid down in old repair, K1 with small loss to lower corner, not affecting text, bookplate, for W. Innes and R. Manby, 1740; Abury, a Temple of the British Druids ..., first edition, double page folding engraved frontispiece, 38 engraved plates, 2 folding, 1 table, K1 with small paper defect to lower margin, P1 with early marginal ink note, faint marginal staining to gutter towards end, not affecting text or images, bookplate, for the Author, 1743, uniformly bound in contemporary diced calf, the first rebacked retaining original backstrip, floral gilt borders, the second with small loss to spine extremities, folio (2).

Wraxall (Sir Nathaniel William) The History of France Under the Kings of the Race of Valois From the Accession of Charles the Fifth, in 1364, to the Death of Charles the Ninth, in 1574, 2 vol., second edition, contemporary ink ownership name to pastedown, C. Dilly, 1785 § De Moleville (A. F. Bertrand) Annals of the French Revolution, 4 vol., first edition, translated by R. C. Dallas, light scattered spotting, 1800; Private Memoirs Relative To The Last Year Of The Reign Of Lewis The Sixteenth, 3 vol., first English edition, 5 engraved portraits by Agar, some spotting, for A. Strahan and T. Cadell, 1797, bookplates; and 10 others, French history, v.s. (19)

La Vauguion (M. de) A Compleat Body of Chirurgical Operations..., second English edition, 12 engraved plates of bandaging techniques, suturing etc., ex-library copy with stamp to front free endpaper, engraved Burroughs bookplate, contemporary panelled calf, rebacked preserving old spine, [cf.Wellcome III.459, 1699 edition], for R.Bonwick [&c.], 1707 § Boerhaave (H.) Medical Correspondence, only edition, ink ownership stamps, contemporary calf, rebacked preserving old spine, [Wellcome II.191], John Nourse, 1745 § Chelius (J.M.) A System of Surgery, translated by John F.South, 2 vol., first edition in English, ink inscriptions to half-titles (including Wm.Knight Treves, elder brother of Sir Frederick Treves), contemporary half morocco, spines gilt, [Wellcome II.334], 1847, all rubbed; and 2 others, 8vo (6)⁂ The last contains much information on 19th century surgery, particularly on the nose.

Dorset.- Natural History.- Pulteney (Richard) Catalogues of the Birds, Shells, and some of the More Rare Plants of Dorsetshire ..., first edition, scattered spotting, previous owner's ink inscription to front free endpaper, faint abrasion mark to front pastedown where label removed, contemporary marbled boards, rebacked in modern cloth, printed label to upper cover, rubbed, bumping to corners, [Nissen ZBI 3250], folio, J. Nichols, 1799.⁂ Scarce, with only 5 copies listed on ESTC, at: British Library; National Library of Scotland; Natural History Museum; Oxford University Zoological Library, and; the Royal Society Library. The greatly expanded first illustrated edition of 1813 is more widely available.

Opie (Amelia) Madeline: A Tale, 2 vol., 1822; New Tales, 4 vol., 1818; Tales of the Heart, 4 vol., 1820; Simple Tales, fourth edition, 1815, all but the last first edition, lacking half-titles, some light foxing, bookplates, original near-uniform calf, spine gilt with morocco spine labels, light rubbing to joints and extremities; and 4 others by Opie, 8vo (18)

NO RESERVE Dodge (David) Death and Taxes, first edition, signed presentation inscription from the author "To Mrs Morris - From Mr Elva Keith, who writes under the pseudonym of David Dodge" to front free endpaper, loss to jacket spine head and tail, 1941 § Van Dine (S.S.) The Dragon Murder Case, 1933 § Derleth (August) The Seven Who Waited, 1943 § Fairlie (Gerard) Captain Bulldog Drummond, 1945, first editions, original cloth, dust-jackets, extremities torn and frayed, lightly rubbed but all still in tact, all but the last New York; and c.55 others, crime and thrillers, 8vo (c.60)

NO RESERVE Painting manual.- [Chaperon (Paul-Romain)] Traité de la Peinture au Pastel, first and only edition, title laid down with lower half excised, ink stamp to title, occasional light toning, contemporary vellum with label to spine, 8vo, [Paris], [1788].⁂ Scarce manual, allegedly the first dedicated to working with pastels.

Britain.- Lyell (Charles) The Geological Evidences of the Antiquity of Man, first edition, half-title, wood-engraved frontispiece, illustrations, publisher's advertisements dated 'January 1863' at end, scattered spotting, ex-library with label to front pastedown, original pictorial cloth, gilt, bumping to corners and extremities, 1863 § Stevens (Edward T.) Flint Chips. A Guide to Pre-historic Archæology, first English edition, half-title, lithographed frontispiece, illustrations, bookplate, newspaper clipping loosely inserted, scattered faint spotting, previous owner's ink signature to half-title, original cloth, mottled spine, slight bumping to corners and extremities, 1870 § Dawkins (W. Boyd) Early Man in Britain, first edition, half-title, previous owner's ink signature to title and ink-stamp to half-title, publisher's advertisement at end, scattered spotting, bookplate, original decorative cloth, gilt, slight bumping to corners and extremities, 1880, 8vo (4).

NO RESERVE Fuchs (Daniel) Summer in Williamsburg, rather foxed, jacket price-clipped, portion lacking from spine head and lower panel, soiling to lower panel, 1935 § MacInnes (Colin) To The Victors the Spoils, 1950 § Mackensie (Compton) The Stolen Soprano, 1965 § Manning (Olivia) A Different Face, 1953 § Mann (Thomas) The Young Joseph, first English edition, 1935, first or first English editions, original cloth, some light fading, dust-jackets, light chipping to extremities, some with small nicks and tears; and c.70 others, 20th century literature, v.s. (c.75)

NO RESERVE Sava. Twenty-Five Caricatures, first edition, plates, tissue-guards, original cloth-backed boards, light rubbing to extremities, lightly faded, 1926 § Westwood (H.R.) Modern Caricaturists, first edition, light spotting to endpapers, original cloth, dust-jacket, lightly chipped and creased to extremities, 1932 § Brangwyn (Frank) & Hayter Preston. Windmills, colour plates, lightly spotted, original cloth, dust-jacket, t.e.g., others uncut, light chipping and short tears to edges, small portion lacking to spine head, 1923 § Collins Baker (C.H.) Catalogue of the Principal Pictures in the Royal Collection at Windsor Castle, collotype plates, original pig skin-backed cloth, t.e.g., spine ends lightly rubbed and faded, slip-case, 1937 § Gassier (Pierre) The Drawings of Goya: The Sketches, Studies and Individual Drawings [&] The Complete Albums, 2 vol., illustrations, original cloth, dust-jackets, light creasing to spine ends, slip-cases, 1975; and c.100 others, art and art reference, v.s. (c.110)

Tate (Nahum, editor) Poems by Several Hands and on Several Occasions, first edition, ink ownership inscription 'Kathe: [?]Agard' to upper margin B1, some faint damp-stains to initial ff., contemporary calf, rebacked, [Wing T210], 8vo, J. Hindmarsh, 1685.

NO RESERVE Masefield (John) The Country Scene, first edition, illustrations by Edward Seago, tipped-in colour plates, original cloth (fine), dust-jacket, spine with small central closed tear, title lightly rubbed away with small soiling mark, slip-case, spine faded, otherwise a fresh and crisp copy, 4to, 1937.

Britain.- Roy (William) The Military Antiquities of the Romans in Britain, first edition, 51 engraved maps, plans and plates, of which 7 double-page or folding, list of members of the Society of Antiquaries at end, previous owner's ink signature to title, scattered very faint spotting, bookplate, contemporary half-calf, rebacked retaining original backstrip, a little rubbed, folio, 1793.

Haller (Albrecht von) Opuscula pathologica..., first edition, title printed in red & black with engraved vignette, 3 folding engraved plates, contemporary boards, uncut, rubbed, rebacked, [Wellcome III.199], Lausanne, M.-M. Bousquet, 1755 § Bartholin (Thomas) De medicina Danorum domestica dissertationes X, only edition, title in red & black with woodcut device, with old ink signature and ink stamp, browned, contemporary vellum, new label, slightly stained, Copenhagen, M.Godiccheni for P.Haubold, 1666; and 4 others, medicine, 8vo (6)⁂ The first includes Haller's post-mortem examinations of the heart, eye, reproductive organs, lungs, etc.

Yorkshire.- Thoresby (Ralph) Ducatus Leodiensis: or, the Topography of the Ancient and Populous Town and Parish of Leedes ..., first edition, engraved portrait frontispiece, 11 engraved plates, 8 folding, 1 folding map, illustrations, list of subscribers, early ownership inscription of J. Godfrey of Norton Court with his marginal annotations throughout, 7D2 with short tear to top edge not affecting text, occasional spotting, contemporary panelled calf, red morocco spine label, richly gilt spine, folio, for Maurice Atkins, and sold by Edward Nutt, 1715.

Veterinary.- Boardman (Thomas) A Dictionary of the Veterinary Art, 40 engraved plates, damp-staining, light spotting, Birmingham Medical Institute library label to front pastedown, modern brown buckram, 1805 § Gibson (William) The Farrier's New Guide, 2 parts in 1, first edition, 8 engraved plates (1 folding with loss to fore-edge), light soiling and browning, modern calf with contemporary calf panels laid onto covers, for William Taylor, 1820 § Schmid (H.) Lymphfollikel der Bindehaut des Auges, 3 double-page plates, light damp-staining to head, original printed wrappers, Wein, 1871; and 12 others, similar, v.s. (15)

Purmann (Mattäus Gottfried) Chirurgia curiosa: or...Observations and Operations in the Whole Art of Chirurgery... [and] Natura morborum medicatrix...by Conrade Joachim Sprengell, only English edition, with imprimatur leaf at beginning (stained, supplied from another copy), errata leaf, 5 folding engraved plates of instruments and operations, some with a few small stains, another torn and repaired, text browned, ex-library copy with small ink stamp at foot of title, contemporary panelled calf, rubbed, rebacked, red morocco label, corners repaired, new endpapers, [Wellcome IV.449], folio, for D.Browne..., 1706.⁂ Purmann was the most accomplished German surgeon after Scultetus and the first to perform blood transfusion in Germany, when he used a lamb's blood for a leper, as described in Book III. Sprengell's Natura morborum medicatrix also appears here in English for the first time, with its own title-page dated 1705.

Anatomy.- Winslow (Jacques-Benigne) Exposition Anatomique de la Structure du Corps Humain, first edition, 4 folding engraved plates, title with ink library stamp and ownership inscription to head, light spotting, book labels of J. L Harrison and I. L. Johnson (both of Penrith) to front pastedown, contemporary mottled calf, neatly and sympathetically rebacked covers rubbed, Paris, Guillaume Desprez, 1732 § Cheselden (W.) The Anatomy of the Human Body, eighth edition, engraved frontispiece, vignette title and 40 plates by Vandergucht, some light foxing and toning, ink ownership inscription to title and endpaper, book label to front pastedown, contemporary speckled calf, joints cracked but firm, chip to foot of upper cover, rubbed, [Wellcome II, 335], H. Woodfall & c., 1763; and another, anatomy, 4to & 8vo (3)

Oxfordshire.- [Plot (Robert)] The Natural History of Oxford-shire, being an Essay toward the Natural History of England, first edition, imprimatur ff., engraved title vignette, 16 engraved plates, 2 with short marginal tears and old repairs, engraved folding map at end, large tear repaired and laid down, engraved head-piece and initial to dedication, imprimatur and title strengthened at gutter, one or two marginal pencil notes, plate list in manuscript to errata verso, 2M2 with short marginal tear, modern panelled calf, red morocco spine label, richly gilt spine, [Wing P2585], folio, Oxford, at the Theater ..., 1677.

Anatomy.- [Cowper (William)] [The Anatomy of Humane Bodies], first edition, lacking engraved portrait and 2 titles, with 111 engraved plates only (of 114, lacking plates 2, 3 & 12), 2 folding, many with key numbers printed in red, some spotting and soiling, one or two tears, mostly to text leaves, first few leaves loose, ex-library copy with stamps to verso of plates, contemporary calf, worn, lacking spine, covers detached, [Wing C6698], large folio, [Oxford, printed at the Theater for Sam.Smith and Benj.Walford], [1698]; sold not subject to return

Kent.- Philipott (Thomas) Villare Cantianum: or Kent Surveyed and Illustrated, first edition, large engraved folding map detached and linen backed with a few repaired tears, engraved illustrations, occasional light damp-staining or browning, the odd short marginal tear, contemporary calf, rebacked, rubbed, some wear to extremities, new endpapers, [Wing P1989], small folio, by William Godbid, 1659.

Robin (C.) & F.Verdel. Traité de Chimie Anatomique et Physiologique Normale et Pathologique..., 4 vol. including Atlas, first edition, 45 engraved plates, some with partial hand-colouring, one or two with slight adhesions, original cloth-backed boards, spines faded, Paris, 1853 § [Guyot (E.-G.)] Nouveau Sisteme du Microcosme..., only edition, title in red & black, large folding engraved plate, light water-staining at end, ex-library copy with stamps, contemporary morocco, gilt, morocco doublures with gilt dentelles, The Hague, M.G. de Merville, 1727 § Orfila (M.J.B.) Traité de Médecine Légale, 4 vol., fourth edition, 4 hand-coloured lithographed plates of exhumed bodies, browned, contemporary half vellum, new endpapers, [Wellcome IV.268], Paris, 1848, rubbed; and 10 others, medicine, 8vo & 4to (19)⁂ The last concerns forensic medicine and is a study of the changes in dead bodies caused by earth, water, air etc. Orfila is considered by many to be the founder of modern medico-legal toxicology.

Alchemy.- Ulstadt (Philipp) Coelum philosphorum, seu liber de secretis naturae, second Lyons edition, title with woodcut printer's device, woodcut illustrations of furnaces, distillation apparatus etc., some full-page, with the final blank, old ink signature to head of title, some ink underlinings, occasional spotting or browning, a few small stains, cropped with slight loss to a few side-notes, ink presentation "S.M.C. from H.P.B. 1900" to front pastedown, contemporary blind-stamped calf, rubbed, rebacked preserving old red morocco label, new endpapers, [cf.Adams U54; Ferguson II.482], 12mo in 8s, Lyons, Guillaume Rouille, 1557.⁂ Second Lyons printing of this popular work on distillation by a Nuremberg physician, first published in 1525. It contains detailed descriptions of the preparation and use of distillates, for apothecaries, surgeons and doctors, as well as recipes for wines and spirits.

NO RESERVE World.- Barber (Thomas) Barber's Picturesque Illustrations, of the Isle of Wight, engraved title vignette and plates, some foxing, original decorative cloth, gilt, spine faded, [1834] § Chapman (F. Spencer) Watkins' Last Expedition, plates and map, original cloth, lightly faded, spine ends a little frayed, 1934 § Smythe (F.S.) The Kangchenjunga Adventure, first edition, plates, light marginal foxing or yellowing, original cloth, spine lightly faded, 1930 § Collyer (Rev. Robert) and J. H. Turner. Ilkley: Ancient and Modern, plates, light foxing, ownership inscription and stamp to endpapers, original decorative cloth, 1885; and c.45 others, travel and topography, v.s. (c.50)

NO RESERVE Theatre & film.- Adams (Francis) Tiberius: A Drama, number 12 of 250 copies, edited by W.M. Rossetti, ink ownership name to pastedown, 1894 § Lancaster (William) Eclogues and Monodramas, London and Cambridge, 1864 § Nicoll (Allardyce) Masks, Mimes, and Miracles: Studies in the Popular Theatre, illustrations, endpapers browned, 1931 § Sieveking (Albert Forbes, editor) Worke for Cutlers: or A Merry Dialogue Betweene Sword, Rapier and Dagger, boards lightly discoloured to foot, 1904 § Eyre (Richard) National Service: A Diary of a Decade, first edition, signed presentation inscription from the author to title, 2003, original boards or cloth, some lightly soiled or spine ends frayed, last with dust-jacket; and c.35 others, theatre, film, etc., v.s. (c.40)

Willis (Thomas) Opera Omnia, engraved additional pictorial title and 37 plates, some folding, lacking portrait, some spotting, engraved title lacking upper outer corner just touching border (repaired), one or two plates torn and repaired, modern morocco-backed marbled boards, Amsterdam, H.Wetsten, 1682 § Motherby (George) A New Medical Dictionary, third edition, 30 engraved plates at end (misbound), a little light spotting or staining, modern morocco-backed cloth, [Wellcome IV.188], J.Johnson, 1791 § Freind (John) Opera omnia medica, first collected edition, initial imprimatur leaf, half-title, engraved portrait and title-vignette, title lightly soiled and with stain to lower outer margin, modern calf-backed marbled boards, spine gilt, [Wellcome III.66], John Wright, 1733, all ex-library copies with traces of stamps to tiles and some plates; and another, 4to & folio (4) ⁂ The first is the third and best edition of the collected works of Willis, a founding member of the Royal Society and a pioneer in research into the anatomy of the brain, nervous system and muscles. The work includes his Cerebri anatome in which he coined the term "neurology". He also discovered the "Circle of Willis", a circle of arteries on the base of the brain.

Dieffenbach (Johann Friedrich) Die Operative Chirurgie, 2 vol., first edition, half-titles, browned, contemporary half roan, rubbed, rebacked preserving old spines, corners renewed, [Wellcome II.466], Leipzig, 1845-48 § Tilanus (C.B.) Schets der Heelkunde tot leiddraad voor zijne lessen, first edition, presentation copy from the author to his medical teacher B.T.Suerman inscribed on front free endpaper, with other ink signatures and J.van der Hoeven bookplate, portion cut away from final imprint leaf, original cloth-backed boards, rubbed, Amsterdam, 1835; and 5 others, medicine, 8vo (8)⁂ Dieffenbach is important for his work in reconstructive surgery, making significant advances in the procedures and techniques of plastic surgery.

NO RESERVE Farrell (James T.) Studs Lonigan, first edition in book form, jacket with tape repairs verso, 1936 § Moravia (Alberto) L'Imbroglio e Altri Racconti, signed by the author to title, original wrappers, 1952 § Williamson (Henry) The Pathway, first edition, 1928 § Needham (Violet) The Bell of the Four Evangelists, first edition, 1947 § Romains (Jules) The Body's Rapture, one of 1000 copies, 1933 § Toosé (Alfred) Madame Iago, 1928, all but the second original cloth, some light fading or creasing to spine ends, dust-jackets, spines faded or browned, light creasing and fraying to extremities, else in very good condition; and c.100 others, mostly 20th century literature, v.s. (c.105)

Lancisi (Giovanni Maria) Opera varia..., 2 vol. in 1, first edition, half-titles, titles with woodcut device (first in red & black), printed in double column, 2 folding engraved maps, 10 engraved plates, contemporary ink inscription "Ex Bibliotheca Mauritii Scrimeri" to title, an excellent clean and crisp copy in contemporary vellum, rubbed and stained, Venice, Sanctes Pecori, 1739 § Pascoli (Alessandro) Il Corpo-Umano..., first edition, half-title, engraved frontispiece, portrait and 20 plates, with blank H4 & K4 as issued, woodcut initials & ornaments, light marginal water-staining towards end, engraved armorial bookplate of Joseph Goretti, contemporary limp vellum, spine torn, [Wellcome IV 312], Perugia, 1700; and 9 others including a 4 vol. Rome 1745 edition of the first, v.s. (11)⁂ The first includes works on public health and epidemiology, particularly concerning Rome's water-supply and the nearby malarial Pontine marshes, and on cardiac diseases.

Anatomy.- Tortebat (François) Abregé d'Anatomie, accomodé aux Arts de Peinture et de Sculpture, second edition, engraved pictorial title, 10 engraved full-page illustrations after Vesalius, some spotting and light marginal staining, old marbled wrappers, a little rubbed and stained, spine repaired, preserved in modern cloth folder and slip-case, Paris, J.B.Crepy, 1760; and an Atlas of 13 engraved plates illustrating Scarpa's anatomy (4 with partial hand-colouring), folio (2)⁂ The second most important work on anatomy for the use of artists, first published in 1667 and preceded only by van der Gracht's Anatomie... of 1634. The plates are taken from Vesalius, re-engraved and reversed, and feature male figures as skeletons or displaying their muscles, tendons, etc.

NO RESERVE Anatomy.- Spieghel (Adriaan van den) Opera quae extant omnia, edited by J.A. vander Linden, 2 parts in 1, first collected edition, with engraved architectural title by Francesco Valesio after Viallet, engraved portrait by Falck and c.110 engraved full-page illustrations only (of 117), also lacking half-title, title to vol.1, Ii3-4, 2 K3, and R4 from vol.2, woodcut initials and ornaments, a few leaves loosely inserted, water- and damp-staining, mostly at beginning and end or marginal, images generally clean, slight worming towards end, contemporary calf, worn, Amsterdam, Johannes Blaeu, 1645; and another defective disbound copy of the same but with some of the leaves missing from the first, folio; sold not subject to return (2)

NO RESERVE Plante (David) Relatives, first edition, signed presentation inscription from the author to front free endpaper, 1972 § [Barnes (Julian)], "Dan Kavanagh". Duffy, first edition, 1980 § Bram (Christopher) Father of Frankenstein, first edition, signed by Ian McKellen to front free endpaper, some pencil underlining to text, 1995 § McCarthy (Cormac) The Crossing, uncorrected proof copy, soiling mark to upper wrapper, New York, 1994 § Trevor (William) The Old Boys, uncorrected proof copy, faded stamp and number marking to upper wrapper, 1964, first three original boards, dust-jackets, last two original wrappers, lightly creased to spines; and c.140 others, modern literature, v.s. (c.145)

NO RESERVE Photography.- Lyon (Marcus) Somos Brasil, first edition, signed presentation inscription from the artist to endpaper, colour photographic portraits, with several colour reproductions from the artist's Timeout exhibition loosely inserted, original cloth, light marking and staining to covers, Sao Paulo, 2015; and 2 others, photography (3)

Richter (August Gottlieb) Chirurgische Bibliothek, vol.1-8 only (of 15), first edition, 15 folding engraved plates of surgical instruments and procedures, some foxing, signature cut away from some front free endpapers, most contemporary boards, vol.8 contemporary vellum, Gottingen & Gotha, J.C.Dieterich, 1771-85 § Bohn (Johann) Circulis anatomico-physiologicus seu oeconomia corporis animalis..., second edition, light browning, old library stamp to title, contemporary vellum, morocco label, [Wellcome II.193], Leipzig, T.Fritsch, 1697 § Heister (Lorenz) Chirurgie, in welcher alles, was zur Wund-Artzney gehört..., fourth edition, engraved portrait, title in red & black with old ink signature cut away from foot, 38 folding engraved plates, a few small spots or stains, contemporary half calf, rebacked, [Wellcome II.236], Nuremberg, J.Stein, 1743, all a little rubbed; and 10 others, medicine, German, v.s. (20)⁂ The first is one of the earliest journals devoted to surgery and central to the development of surgery in Germany during the eighteenth century. It includes many contributions from abroad including Percival Pott on palsy, fractures & head wounds, Guerin on eyes, Hunter on teeth, Gesscher on amputation, Juville on hernia, amongst others. The last item is the fourth and much enlarged edition of the one of the most popular surgical texts of the 18th century, which went through many editions. Heister coined the term "tracheotomy" and designed a spinal brace.

Diemerbroeck (Isbrand de) Opera omnia, anatomica et medica, 4 parts in 1, first edition, additional engraved pictorial title (with letterpress privilege to verso), large fine folding engraved portrait by Romeyn de Hooghe, 16 folding engraved anatomical plates, old ink signature to verso of title and another of J.Gibson Glasgow 1742 to front free endpaper, most plates torn and/or creased, ex-library copy with small ink stamp to engravings, occasional soiling, contemporary calf, rubbed, rebacked preserving most of old spine, corners repaired, [Wellcome II.467], folio, Utrecht, M. à Dreunen & G. à Walcheren, 1685.⁂ First edition of the collected works, compiled posthumously by his son Tieman, and including Diemerbroeck's Anatome corporis humani and his important tract on the plague De peste libri quatuor...

Forbes (William) An Account of the Life and Writings of James Beattie, LL.D...., 3 vol., second edition, Edinburgh, for Arch Constable et al, 1807 § Moore (Thomas) Memoirs of the Life of The Right Honourable Richard Brinsley Sheridan, 2 vol., second edition, light foxing to endpapers, 1825 § Gleig (Rev. G.R.) Memoirs of the Life of the Right Hon. Warren Hastings, First Governor-General of Bengal, 3 vol., 1841 § Tallentyre (S.G.) The Life of Voltaire, 2 vol., second edition, 1904, engraved portrait frontispieces, offset, bookplates, contemporary calf or half calf, morocco spine labels, second last soiled, others lightly rubbed; and 13 others, biographies etc., 8vo (23)

Britain.- Parkin (Charles) An Answer to, or Remarks upon Dr. Stukeley's, Origines Roystonianæ ..., first edition, 3 engraved plates, 2 folding, for the Author, by J. Hoyles, 1744, bound before, A Reply to the Peevish, Weak, and Malevolent Objections brought by Dr. Stukeley, in his Origines Roystonianæ ..., Norwich, for the Author, by Robert Davy., 1748, engraved frontispieces, scattered faint spotting, near contemporary half-calf, loss to spine head but holding firm, a little rubbed, § The Family Memoirs of the Rev. William Stukeley, M.D. ..., 3 vol., presentation copies from the editor inscribed to Henry ?Coore, portrait frontispiece, plates, scattered spotting, bookplate, original cloth, slight bumping to corners and extremities, vol. 1 neatly recased, 1882-87; 4to & 8vo (4)

NO RESERVE Dodge (David) Bullets for the Bridegroom, jacket with portions lacking from spine ends and corners, rather creased and rubbed to joints, New York, 1944; Hooligan, signed presentation inscription from the author to half-title, New York, 1969 § Ellroy (James) Blood on the Moon, New York, 1984 § Hillerman (Tony) The Blessing Way, 1970 § Peters (Ellis) The Will and the Deed, 1960 § Walters (Minette) The Scold's Bridle, signed by the author to title, 1994 § Rendell (Ruth) The Keys to the Street, signed presentation inscription from the author to title, 1996 § Deighton (Len) Horse under Water, 1963 § Mankell (Henning) The Dogs of Riga, first English edition, 2001, first or first English editions, original boards or cloth, dust-jackets, all but the first with light creasing to ends but overall sharp copies; and c.95 others, crime, thrillers, and mystery novels, v.s. (c.100)