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(1) Treffen im Gebirge. Isländische Besucher in Basel I und II. Zurich, Seedorn Verlag/Galerie Filiale, 1984. Artists' contributions by I. Arnarsson, M. Pálsson, H.P. Fridjonsson and others. Ed. 300. (2) Sondern Heft 5. Jahrbuch für Text und Bild. Zurich, Seedorn Verlag, 1981. Edited by Dieter Schwarz, ed. 600. With Jan Voss, Robert Filliou, Dieter Roth, Magnus Pálsson, John M. Armleder, Helgi T. Fridjónsson et al. (3) Hilmar Fredriksen, Ah-ha. Göteborg, Hong Kong Press, 1988. Flexidisc in decorated sleeve. Ed. of 750. (4) Dadi Gudbjörnsson, 3 artists' books published at Kunsthuis Fundatie Amsterdam, 1984. Includes The Book of Birds and Bees (15/25), Zelfportretten(12/125) and Dora (2/100) with H.P. Fridjonsson.(5) Dadi Gudbjörnsson and Tumi Magnusson, Hosylow Studio II. Self-published, 1982. 113/200. (6) Dorothea magazine issues 1 (1988), 2 (1992) and 3 (1997-1999). Edited by G.H. Ragnarsdottir. Assembling magazines printed by Voss Verlag/Boekie Woekie Amsterdam in an edition of ca. 200. Contributions by Ingolfur Arnarsson, Jan Voss, Runa Thorkelsdóttir, Helgi T. Fridjónsson, Magnus Pálsson, Pieter Holstein, Cornelia Hoedeman et al. (7) Magnus Pálsson, The skinned rabbit and other dreams. Amsterdam, Boekie Woekie, 2005. First ed. of 250 copies. Includes cd-rom. (total 11)

London, Institute of Contemporary Arts/Blackwell, 1986. Softcover, 22.5 x 27 cm, 188 pp.First edition of Burgin’s historic and groundbreaking book. Discolouration on front and back cover, interior very good. A reprint was published in 2020, this original edition is super scarce.

Nos. 1-3. (all issued, except no. 4) Blazer & Metz, Amersfoort. Diana Edition Amsterdam, 1946. Cloth-backed. (1) Tom Poes en de oude Ruïne. (2) Aan het Strand. (3) En de Begraven Schat. De Begraven Schat: Some minor touch-ups on cover; En de Oude Ruïne. First and last page strengthened on edges with acid-free tape. (total 3)

Includes (1) Museum: Der Adler vom Oligozän bis heute. Marcel Broodthaers zeigt eine experimentelle Ausstellung seines Musée d'art moderne, Département des aigles, Section des figures. Dusseldorf, Städtische Kunsthalle Düsseldorf, 1972. First edition. Two volumes, softcovers, 21 x 15 cm, each 64 pp. Exhibition catalogue/artists’ book, profusely ill. in b/w and colour, text in German.(2) Marcel Broodthaers: Eloge du Sujet . Basel, Kunstmuseum Basel, 1974. Softcover, 21 x 14.5 cm, 32 pp., text in German and French. (3) Marcel Broodthaers: Editionen (1964 - 1975). München, Galerie Heiner Friedrich, 1978. Softcover, 18 x 13 cm, 36 pp., edition of 1500. All books in very good condition. (total 4)

desselfs eerste oorspronk uyt den Huyse der Heeren van Aemstel en Aemstellant; met een verhaal van haar leven en dappere krijgsdaden; Amsterdams kleyne beginselen (...) tot in den jare 1691 toe is voorgevallen (...). Amst., Wolfgang, Waesberge, Boom, van Someren en Goethals, 1692, first edition, 2 vols., (20),528; (2),529-1223,(41) p., w. the following engravings: frontisp., 1 fold. panorama, 5 (fold./ double-p.) maps/ plans, 46 (double-p.) plates, num. ills. in the text (incl. a few woodcuts) and 3 letterpress double-p. plates, contemporary unif. blindstamped vellum, folio.Vol. 1, textpage 193 with the usual correction: a view of the Sint Anthonis Poort is pasted over a plan of fortifications. Many sm. marginal tears (mostly on the folds of plates) and some sm. holes have been clumsily closed with sellotape in both vols. Vol. 1 pastedowns stained from newly fixed, formerly warped turn-ins, and backstrip lacks lower compartment and some smaller outer defects. Vol. 2 upper joint split (large part of backstrip loosening. The best 17th cent. description of Amsterdam, in first edition (much less common and with sharper plates and ills. compared to later editions). Based on the earlier works of Dapper and Van Domselaar and on studies of the author's father Isaac Commelin, but more reliable as a historic source because of Casparus Commelin's free access to the archives of the city. Nijhoff/ Van Hattum 66/ 67; Haitsma Mulier/ Van der Lem 116.(total 2)

N.V. Standaard-Boekhandel Antwerpen, n.d. 1980. Facsimile (pirated?) edition of the two colour pr. Handwritten '1971 nr: 124' on first flyleaf. Hc. with mounted coverplate. 30.5 x 21.8 cm.

Lot with 56 volumes of the series, all except 3 vols. between no. 7 and 67. All in either first or early edition, mostly in fairly good/good condition. (total 56)

Edited by Josine van Droffelaar and Piotr Olszanski. Softcover, 30 x 21 cm, 92 pp., ills. bw, text in English. Catalogue published as a follow-up to the international art manifestation which featured work of over 80 artists from Czechoslovakia, Hungary, Poland, Yugoslavia and the Netherlands. Slight age-soiling on cover, else very good.Artists include Gábor Attalai, Michel Cardena, Nan Hoover, Sanja Ivekovic, Milan Knížák, Tomasz Konart, Zofia Kulik, Romuald Kutera, Pawel Kwiek, Natalia LL, Andrzej Lachowicz, Dalibor Martinis, Raùl Marroquin, Dóra Maurer, Reindeer Werk, Petr Štembera, Endre Tot, Ulay, Jiri Valoch and many others. Very rare first edition, a facsimile was produced in 2018 by Roma Publications.

Columbia Pictures 8mm Home Movie vol. 1-3 (The Electrical Brain; The Bat's Cave; The Living Corpse), ca. 1966. Excellent set. With: (4) Bat Mask. Funglasses by Foster Grant. 59 ct. Rare, with orig. cardboard holder. (5) Batman sliding game. Ca. 1989. (6) Combex Super-Heroes 'Paint your own super Hero'. Superman. Still sealed. DC Comics, 1977. (7) Batman. Boardgame Jumbo No. 483. 1967. (8) The Batman. Masterpiece edition, 2000. Box sl. dam. Incl. 9-inch action figure of 1939 Batman, reprint of first Batman Comic book and another book on Batman. -and 3 more Batman related items.(total 11)

11 BOTTLES WHISKYRoo Shine First Mate Blended; Label 5 Single Grain Bourbon Barrel; Stauning Smoke Single Malt Danish; Balblair Distillery Co Highland Single Malt; Filliers Single Malt Aged 10 Years; Macardo Swiss Premium Opening Edition 1904 Single Malt; Kamet Single Malt; The Devron Highland Single Malt Aged 10 Years and Aged 12 Years; The Balvenie Single Malt Aged 15 Years; Bonnie Prince Blended Scotch

11 BOTTLES GINMontado Alentejano Black Pig (50cl); McQueen Citron; Martin Miller's Moon Barrel Aged Solera Reserve (35cl); Solrod Gin (50cl); Sky Wave Limited Edition Cask Aged (50cl); Whitley Neill Raspberry; Linlithgow Distillery Lingin London Dry; The West Wind Sur Lie; Manley Spirits Lilly Pilly Pink; First Distilled; Eagle Park Distilling

John F. Campbell (1885-1966) - Illustrator - Campbell's original watercolour on card illustration from Commander Edward Hamilton Currey's book ' Ian Hardy - Fighting The Moors ', the piece titled 'The Death Of Salim.' The illustration can be viewed on page 318 of the book (an original first edition copy is included with the auction). Framed and glazed, total size 38cm x 30cm. Included alongside the painting is a folder of related ephemera regarding the publication, including letters from the Publisher to the Author, several handwritten letters from Currey (the author) to the publishers, letters from the Publisher to the illustrator and so forth. Interestingly the book appears to have been written during the First World War with many letters dated within the wartime period. Currey himself was a respected Royal Navy Commander and his history has been logged by the vendor within the folder. Also included is a draft copy of the illustration, with publisher's amendments noted in pencil. The folder of documents has been neatly presented and researched by the vendor. A late 19th / early 20th Century Middle-Eastern Jambiya ceremonial dagger is also included, and is presumed to have been the property of Currey - the scabbard and hilt profusely decorated in silver coloured white metal. Total length; 32cm. A unique collection.

Corgi, Oxford Die-cast - 27 x limited edition plastic-cased mostly factory sealed Oxford Die-cast vehicles, 2 x plastic-cased Corgi Original Omnibus vehicles, and an unboxed Corgi vehicle - Lot includes a 1:76 factory-sealed #43409 Corgi Original Omnibus 'Trent' coach, a 1:76 factory sealed #43413 Corgi Original Omnibus 'First Calderline' coach, an unboxed Corgi Ford Thames caravan, and similar. Plastic cases appear in good condition with mild scratches and dust. Die-cast models appear in mostly mint condition. (This does not constitute a guarantee)

Barbie - Elvis - Ken. A selection of 3 Barbie dolls. Elvis, first in a series Collector Edition #20544. Barbie loves Elvis #17450. Ken as The Nutcracker #50793. Items are boxed and appear in excellent condition. (This does not constitute a guarantee).

SIX BOXES AND LOOSE ASSORTED PICTURES AND PRINTS ETC, to include a Jenny Steward signed limited edition print 'The cricket festival at Cheltenham College', signed Gary Beningfield print of a Plover, signed Jeremy Paul print of a Barn Owl, signed John Instance print, oil painting of ducklings and a toad signed J? Grove 1901, Eve Spary mixed media sketch of a bear and a cat sleeping, photograph of Peter Beardsley with signature below, first day covers of butterflies signed by Peter Snow and Gary Beningfield, Christmas card presented by England Cricket team 1987 signed by the team - signatures faded, a large quantity of assorted other pictures and prints, Guinness, Southern Comfort, Newcastle Brown Ale and Michelob mirrors and a large drawing signed by Tony Hart

A Collection of Vintage books to include Dukery Records by R White Worksop, 10 vols of Rollins Ancient History and a signed first edition 'Wet Fishing' by Tod.

A Collection of Vintage books to include, a first edition copy of 'Bleak House' by Charles Dickens , London, Bradbury & Evans 1853.

Calliope Of The Musical Miscellany A Select Collection Of The Most Approved English and Scots and Irish Songs 1758, signature of Alex Robson Belford 1791 on page 100. First Edition

Manner of Leon Underwood (1890-1975) - Carved walnut sculpture of a female nude torso, 8.5ins high, on plastic base, 10.5ins high overall, and Christopher Neve - "Leon Underwood", published by Thames & Hudson, London, signed and dated by the artist 1974, first edition

3 X DINOSAUR JR RECORDS: GREEN MIND LP, BLANCO Y NEGRO BYN24 BUG LP, BLAST FIRST BFFP31 AND FEEL THE PAIN 10" EP LTD EDITION NUMBERED (04487) ETCHED, BLANCO U NEGRO NEG 74TE ALL VINYL EX-NM

One box of mixed toys to include TV interest, inc. a Star Wars wall clock, Star Trek first edition trading cards set,e tc

Erwin Wurm, Breathe In, Breathe OutNFT (Ethereum) Video Loop 00:15 min 1920 x 1080 px Open EditionThis is the first NFT by Erwin Wurm. And the first NFT sold on misa.art I own the first edition of 461 Originally sold on misa.art on FLOW You're buying one of 461 copies of my (1 of 461) Erwin Wurm NFTs.About the Work Erwin Wurm has been exploring the expressive possibilities of sculpture for over 35 years. As profound as it is ironic, his multifaceted body of work encompasses nearly all genres and extends the concept of sculpture via its interactive, social and temporal aspects.With his FAT SCULPTURES – "fatty" middle-class status symbols like cars or single-family homes – Erwin Wurm delivers snappy and striking commentary on today’s consumer society. (Quelle: OpenSea)

Only Fools & Horses - Royal Mail - a limited edition commemorative gold plated stamp featuring Del Boy along with a quote from the series. Limited to just 1,981 issues (1981 the year the series was first shown). Housed in its original presentation box, complete with certificate signed in black ink by Sir David Jason (Del). Supplied with a COA from the Only Fools and Horses Appreciation Society.

Only Fools & Horses - Royal Mail - an official Royal Mail issued 40th Anniversary ' Scripts Souvenir Folder ', featuring a First Day Cover, Smiler set of unused stamps, and a special edition brochure featuring pages of John Sullivan's personal scripts. The presentation wallet has been autographed by Sir David Jason to the cover in black ink. Supplied with a COA from the Only Fools and Horses Appreciation Society. Brand new.

SIX 18TH-19TH CENTURY PRINTED AND COLOURED MAPS OF CHINA. Comprising four coloured copperplate maps by J. N. Bellin, circa 1764, CARTE, DE L'ISLE DE CHEU CHAN OU ISLE DE CHUSAN De la Province de Che-kiang Avec les Costes et Isles voisines, 220 by 320mm (8.75 by 12.5 inches), ISLE DE CHEU CHAN OU ISLE CHUSAN avec les Costes et Isles voisines, 220 by 170mm (8.75 by 6.75 inches), CARTE DES ISLES QUI SONT A L'ENTREE DE LA RIVIERE DE CANTON, 220 by 175mm (8.75 by 7 inches) and CARTE DE LA BAYE D'HOCSIEU et des Entrees de la Riviere de Chang, Dans la Province de Fokyen, en Chine, 220 by 170mm (8.75 by 6.75 inches); a map of CHINA by W. Lizars, Edinburgh 1842, 450 by 370mm (17.75 by 14.5 inches) and another map of CHINA by George Phillp & Sons, London, circa 1859, coloured lithograph, 595 by 520mm (23.5 by 20.5 inches) (6)The first (Bellin, Isle de Chusan…) This detailed chart is orientated with north to the right, and shows Ning-po (Ningbo) at top with area east below it, in the province of Chekiang, across the bay from Shanghai. From an edition of Prevost's 'Histoire des Voyages'. Good Condition. The second (Bellin, Isle de Cheu Chan ou Isle Chusan…) Detailed chart of the area east of Ningpo (Ningbo) in the Chinese province of Chekiang, located across the bay from Shanghai. This chart is from the original edition appearing in 'Le Petit Atlas Maritime' and has attractive original hand wash colour. The third (Bellin, CARTE DES ISLES QUI SONT A L'ENTREE DE LA RIVIERE DE CANTON) An attractive and detailed chart, orientated with north to the left, showing the islands at the mouth of the Canton River and Latao and extending past Macao to 'Chang-chuen-chan ou isle de Sancian'. This small chart appeared in the five volume 'Petit Atlas Maritime' of the renowned French hydrographer, Jacques Nicolas Bellin. The fourth (Bellin, Carte de la Baye d’Hocsieu) This chart for the original edition of "Le Petit Atlas Maritime" shows the mouth of the Chiang River in the Fujian Province of modern day China. It covers part of the modern-day city of Fuzhou on the south eastern coast of China just west of Taiwan or Formosa. Very detailed, it also features towns, fortifications, islands, bridges, rivers and mountains. Depth soundings around the coastline are also marked.The fifth (Lazars 'CHINA') With attractive outline colour. This detailed map of China includes text giving measurements of 'The Great Chinese Wall' amongst other notations. Korea and Formosa or 'Taiouan' are shown in some detail. the map appeared in 'Lizars' Edinburgh Geographical General Atlas: Containing Maps of Every Empire, State, and Kingdom;...' The sixth (G Phillips & Sons, ‘CHINA’), This interesting map of China was published in "The Philips New General Atlas". In the bottom left corner is a list of useful Chinese terms, translated into English. Postage stamp-size insets show outline detail of the important ports of Chusan, Amoy and Hong Kong. The map is surrounded by a distinctive and decorative piano-key border.

ESKENAZI, GIUSSEPPE. ESKENAZI: TWENTY FIVE YEARS ANCIENT CHINESE BRONZES, GILT BRONZES, INLAID BRONZES, SILVER, JADES, CERAMICS (1960-1985). London: Eskenazi, 1985. First Edition. Introductory Note on Archaic Bronzes, by William Watson. 4to (30.5cm). Buff boards, gilt titles to spine, embossed gilt dragon design to cover. pp. 76. Profusely illustrated in colour with some b&w. Bar some light edge wear to jacket around upper tips and spine ends, a bright, well-kept copy. In good overall condition dust-jacket.

IRVINE, GREGORY. JAPANESE CLOISONNE ENAMELS THE SEVEN TREASURES. London: V & A Publishing Victoria and Albert Museum, 2011. First Edition. ISBN: 9781851776573. 8vo. (24cm). pp. 96. Profusely illustrated in colour. With bibliography and illustrations of signatures. "From its renaissance in the 1840s Japanese cloisonné enamel manufacture rapidly reached a peak of artistic and technological sophistication between 1880 and 1910, a period referred to as the 'Golden Age' of this exquisite craft. Cloisonné enamels rapidly became one of Japan's most successful exports in the late nineteenth-century...this book explores these exquisite objects, from the elegant inlaid metalwork of the late seventeenth-century, through the Golden Age and into the twentieth-century." Hard to obtain now. Fine god condition.

BOOKS ON CHINESE JADE INCLUDING AUCTION CATALOGUES. GOETTE, Jon. Jade Lore. New York: John Day with Reynal & Hitchcock , ND [1936]. First Edition. Tall 8vo. (27cm x 20cm). xi, 321, including bibliography to rear. Covers slightly marked, wear to tips, spine ends, intermittent foxing to pages. Rear hinge weak, with developing crack to gutter. Otherwise a clean copy, no marks or scribbles, pages secure, of a desired title. Good. NOTT, Stanley Charles. Chinese Jade Throughout the Ages A Review of its Characteristics, Decoration, Folklore, and Symbolism. Tokyo and Vermont: Charles E. Tuttle, 1970. Seventh printing. ISBN: 0804801002. Sm 4to. Jade green pictorial endpapers. Previous owner's name to verso of flyleaf. xx, 193. 39 colour plates, 110 b&w plates and 73 line drawings. A classic account of jade, first issued by Batsford in 1932, and still authoritative. A very sound copy, bright and clean, in like, well-kept dust jacket housed in transparent protective sleeve. Near fine in very good dust-jacket. LIN, Shwu-shin. The Jade-Carving Art in The Ch'ing Dynasty. Taipei: Kuang-nan Huang National Museum of History, 1996. Third Edition. ISBN: 9789570078008. 4to. (30cm). Pictorial boards, in the slipcase. pp. 191. Features the acclaimed jade collection of Taiwanese connoisseur, Yeh Bor-wen, all fully illustrated in colour. Exhibited at the Bowers Museum of Cultural Art. Text in English and Chinese. Fine in fine slipcase. Bonhams, Hong Kong. Strength and Diligence: A Magnificent Large Green Jade Water Buffalo Lot No. 16, 27 November 2014. Hong Kong: Bonhams, 2014. 4to. pp. Blind embossed pale green linen over boards, blocked black titles. pp. 21 + terms and conditions. Colour illustrations. A separately produced catalogue for this lot of a monumental seated jade water buffalo, at the 27 Nov, 2014 sale. As new. CHRISTIE'S. A Private English Collection of White Jade Carvings 12 May, 2009 London London: Christie's, 2009. 4to. pp. 59. 18 Lots. Prices realised enclosed. Most with provenance of William Clayton invoice slips. Including a pair of finely carved white jade quail boxes and covers; a well carved white jade buffalo and boy group, and a mughal-style jewel-encrusted white jade scent bottle. Fine. SOTHEBY'S. Fine Chinese Jade Carvings and Jade Jewellery Tues, 19 November, 1985 Hong Kong: Sotheby's, 1985. First Edition. (27cm). 182 lots. With original price list laid down. Creased, bumped to front lower corner of covers and pages. An otherwise clean, firm copy. Very good. (6)

BRINKER, HELMUT; LUTZ, ALBERT. CHINESE CLOISONNE: THE PIERRE ULDRY COLLECTION. New York & London: The Asia Society Galleries, distrib. by Bamboo Publishing, London, 1989. First Edition in English. ISBN: 1870076125. Translated from the German by Susanna Swoboda. Square 4to (25.5cm). Cream linen over boards, gilt titles to spine, embossed gilt lotus flower motif to cover. Illustrated unclipped dust wrapper. pp. 381 + Glossary [13] and Bibliography [4]. Profusely illustrated in colour and b&w. Scarce in the hardback.A fine copy in a jacket with some minor edgewear.

A Birthday Book designed by the Princess Beatrice containing numerous signatures dating from 1881 into the first half of the 20th century. London: Smith, Elder & Co., 1881. single volume, first edition.

One volume Peter Pan In Kensington Gardens by J.M. Barrie, illustrated by Arthur Rackham, first Edition, bound by Zaehnsdorf, published by Hodder and Stroughton London 1906

TWO STEIFF COLLECTOR'S TEDDY BEARS comprising 'Bertie, The First Steiff Real Silk Bear' (EAN 663697), ecru, limited edition no.535, with certificate of authenticity, 26cm high; and 'Appolonia Margarete' (EAN 038129), blonde, limited edition no.5505, lacking certificate of authenticity, 28cm high, both unboxed.

BREWERIANA - A RARE WADE STAFF-ISSUE TAUNTON CIDER MUG 'presented in recognition of outstanding devotion to duty at Taunton Cider's first OPEN DAY 5th May 1986', limited edition of 160, 11cm high.

Whittington Press.- Taylor (Michael) & Brocard Sewell. Saint Dominic's Press: A Bibliography 1916-1937, number 90 of 100 specially-bound copies with portfolio of additional material and signed by the authors, from an edition limited to 400, original morocco-backed pictorial boards, portfolio and facsimile in original cloth-backed boards, together in slip-case, 1995 § Cave (Roderick) Chinese Ceremonial Papers: An Illustrated Bibliography, number XXIX of 50 specially-bound copies with an additional 20 samples, from an edition limited to 200, tipped-in samples, many colour, some heightened with gold, one folding sheet in pocket at end, original half morocco, uncut, spine slightly faded, additional samples tipped into original half cloth volume and another loose in card folder, together in slip-case, 2002, 4to & folio, Risbury, Whittington Press (2)⁂ The first contains a specimen page from Horae Beatae Virginis featuring a wood-engraving by Eric Gill and a facsimile copy of Daisy and Marguerite illustrated by David Jones.

Whittington Press.- Craig (John) Britten's Aldeburgh, number IV of 28 deluxe specially-bound copies with an additional suite of engravings and signed by the author/artist, from an edition limited to 440, printed in ochre and black, wood-engraved illustrations and 3 tipped-in folding colour linocuts by Craig, bound in half pale turquoise morocco with transparent vellum over seascape-printed boards and thin vertical onlaid red morocco lines and lettering in silver, by James and Stuart Brockman to a design by John Craig and James Brockman, yapp edges, concave spine lettered in silver, silver edges, vellum slightly marked and yellowed, spine a little faded, 11 additional wood-engravings all signed and dated in pencil, one hand-coloured, loose as issued in printed wrappers, together with binder's printed note on binding in cloth drop-back box with wooden edges, 4to, Risbury, Whittington Press, 1997.⁂ James Brockman's note describes the binding design, "...The red onlaid leather lines and endbands are similar in colour to the boat marker buoys found at Aldeburgh. The colour and use of materials is intended to suggest the atmosphere of the East Coast...I invented the rigid concave spine in 1994 and this is the first time it has been used on an edition of special bindings".

Whittington Press.- Craig (John) Venice, number XIX of 60 specially-bound copies with an additional portfolio of prints (Edition B) signed by the author/artist with small sketch, from an edition limited to 285, wood-engravings and colour lino-cuts by Craig, some folding, original half morocco over pictorial boards, uncut, additional prints loose in wrappers in cloth-backed board folder, together in slip-case, 2015 § Macgregor (Miriam) Midwinter, number VIII of 55 specially-bound copies with an additional set of proofs and signed by the author/artist (Edition B), from an edition limited to 265, wood-engravings by Macgregor, original morocco-backed pictorial boards, uncut, spine faded, additional prints with prospectus in original cloth-backed board folder, together in slip-case, 2012 § Phipps (Howard) Interiors, number 7 of 35 copies with an additional suite of prints and signed by the author/artist, from an edition limited to 175, wood-engraved illustrations by Phipps, a few printed in colours, original silk sewn in Japanese style, additional engravings all signed in pencil by the artist and loose in original cloth folder, small stain to spine of the first, together in slip-case, 1985, 4to, Risbury, Whittington Press (3)

Martin (John) Paradise Lost: By John Milton, first edition in the original 12 parts, Imperial Quarto issue containing the larger set of mezzotint plates, with the complete set of 24 plates (2 to each part) as issued, platemarks each c. 355 x 255 mm (14 x 10 in), sheets c. 385 x 276 mm (15 1/4 x 10 7/8 in), tissue-guards, some scattered marginal foxing, 2 small puncture marks to both plates of part 11, not affecting image but within platemark, original roan-backed grey-blue wrappers, part 1 sympathetically rebacked, upper wrapper chipped at upper corner, part 3 spine faded with wear to foot, part 11 upper wrapper torn at head with very small loss, some light general soiling or faint spotting to covers, occasional rubbing to spine ends, untrimmed and partially unopened, the 12 parts preserved in a custom drop-back box, folio, Septimus Prowett, 1825-26.⁂ Very rare in the original parts. The mezzotint process entails a considerable application of ink on the page, often resulting in heavy foxing; but the mezzotints in this copy are remarkably clean. Publication took nearly two years, the parts issued as Martin's mezzotints were completed, the order of images not necessarily correlating with the text. The engravings were greeted with outstanding critical acclaim, prompting the release of 4 further editions by the end of 1827. The critic for The Literary Gazette proclaimed: "we know no artist, whose genius so perfectly fitted him being the illustrator of the mighty Milton; and in what we have seen of his conceptions he has more than realised the highest of our hopes. There is a wildness, a grandeur, and a mystery about his designs which are indescribably fine:- the painter is also a poet." [The Literary Gazette, April 2nd 1825].Provenance: Robert H. & Donna L. Jackson (book-label to inside of drop-back box).Literature: Campbell & Wees, 1992, nos. 26-49.

*** Please note, the description of this lot has changed ***Rembrandt van Rijn.- Hamerton (Philip Gilbert) Etching & Etchers, first edition, half-title, title in red & black with vignette copy of Rembrandt's "Self-portrait in flat cap", 35 etchings or drypoints, including an impression of Rembrandt's "Three Oriental Figures (Jacob and Laban?)", and others, 6 double-page or folding, occasional light foxing, hinges weak, original roan-backed cloth, rubbed, small loss to spine head, joints split at head and foot, g.e., 4to, 1868.

δ Fleece Press.- Miniature Binding.- James (Angela) The Art of Binding Books, one of 10 specially-bound copies, from an edition limited to 300, wood-engraved illustrations by Anthony Christmas, bound in grey goatskin over speckled boards edged in blue, citron, green and pink goatskin, spine with raised bands of green and blue, by Angela James, speckled doublures & endpapers, preserved in felt-lined grey goatskin tray and slip-case, slip-case edged in citron and with onlaid citron and blue goatskin label, c.50 x 70mm., Wakefield, Fleece Press, 1991.⁂ Angela James (b.1948) is a Fellow and past President of Designer Bookbinders. She trained at the Glasgow School of Art and was then apprenticed to Sydney Cockerell in 1970 where she worked with James Brockman. She won the Thomas Harrison Memorial Award with her first binding in 1974 and continues to exhibit regularly. Her work is held by many private and public collections.This lot is sold subject to Artists Resale Rights, details of which can be found in our Terms and Conditions.δ This lot is sold subject to Artists Resale Rights, details of which can be found in our Terms and Conditions.

Africa.- Brooks (Francis) Barbarian Cruelty. Being a True History of the Distressed Condition of the Christian Captives under the Tyranny of Mully Ishmael Emperor of Morocco ..., first edition, preliminary imprimatur ff., early owner's ink signature to early blank, publisher's advertisements at end, scattered spotting, new endpapers, contemporary calf, expertly rebacked, [Wing B4973], 12mo, for J. Salusbury and H. Newman, 1693.⁂ Rare in retail, we can find no examples of this being sold at auction. Only 4 copies in the UK, at the British Library, Cambridge University Trinity College, Oxford University Bodleian Library and Sion College Library. Only 4 copies in North America at California State Library, Harvard University, New York Public Library and the University of California. Brooks is writing from experience, having been captured in August 1681, by Algiers corsairs, who took him and his fellow captives to Salé and sold them into slavery there. English shipping was meant to be protected by a treaty at this time, however unscrupulous corsair Captains easily avoided the treaty by taking their captives elsewhere to be sold into slavery.

Africa.- Bruce (James) Travels to discover the Source of the Nile, 5 vol., first edition, half-titles, titles with engraved vignette, 58 engraved plates and 3 folding maps, 4 letterpress leaves of Ethiopian dialects in vol.1, vol.1 damp-stained to upper edge throughout, some offsetting, later half calf over marbled boards, [Blackmer 221; Nissen ZBI 671], 4to, Edinburgh & London, 1790.

Freedman (Barnett).- Sassoon (Siegfried) Memoirs of an Infantry Officer, first illustrated edition, number 57 of 320 copies signed by the author and artist, illustrations, colour plates and pictorial endpapers by Barnett Freedman, original pictorial vellum, t.e.g., others uncut, dust-jacket, spine very slightly faded, but still an excellent copy in original pictorial board slip-case (slightly rubbed), 8vo, 1931.

America.- Hooton (Charles) St. Louis' Isle, or Texiana; with additional observations made in the United States and in Canada, first edition, half-title, lithographed portrait frontispiece and 5 plates, scattered spotting, new endpapers, [Sabin 32892], 8vo, 1847.⁂ Hooton spent 9 months in Texas, where he lived an almost savage life, before attempting newspaper work in New Orleans, New York and Montreal, and returned to England broken in mind and body.

America.- Native Americans.- A Narrative of Occurrencies in the Indian Countries of North America, first edition, engraved folding hand-coloured map (with small closed tear at edge, paper repair to verso, light off-setting), p.iii small manuscript ink inscription, title with light finger-soiling, original printed wrappers, rebacked with cloth, some soiling, [Sabin 20699, ascribed to T. Douglas], 8vo, B. McMillan, 1817.⁂ Rare with map. Full title continues, "since the connexion of the Right Hon. the Earl of Selkirk with the Hudson's Bay Company, and his attempt to establish a colony on the Red River; with a detailed account of His Lordship's military expedition to, and subsequent proceedings at Fort William, in Upper Canada". This work bears testimony to the feud between the Hudson Bay Company and the North West Company of Montreal, which was brought to a close by their unification in 1821. It is also important for the development of Manitoba province. Authorship attributed to several individuals: Thomas Douglas; E. Ellice (as per ink inscription in this copy); Simon McGillivray and Samuel Hull Wilcocke.

China.- Edkins (Joseph) A Grammar of the Chinese Colloquial Language, commonly called the Mandarin Dialect, first edition, ink stamp to title and 2 other ff., a few ff. with light damp-stain at lower edge, front endpaper torn away from gutter foot, contemporary morocco-backed boards, Shanghai, London Mission Press, 1857.⁂ First edition of a handbook that was essential for English speakers aiming to obtain competence in Mandarin Chinese, with the required knowledge of vocabulary, functional grammar and an awareness of the main types of verbal interaction. Edkins was a prominent English sinologue who lived in China for 57 years, publishing fourteen books on the Chinese language and culture, including a catalogue of the Chinese collection of the Bodleian Library (1876).

NO RESERVE Levant.- Belon (Pierre) Plurimarum singularium & memorabilium rerum in Graecia, Asia, Aegypto, Judaea, Arabia..., first edition in Latin, collation: *8, A-Z8, a-h8, numerous woodcut illustrations, extra-illustrated with contemporary pen-and-ink drawing captioned in French of 2-horned animal resembling an oryx ("envoye d'Etiopie au Roy") and 2 folding engraved views of Mt. Sinai and Jerusalem, Antwerp, Christopher Plantin, 1599; bound with De neglecta Stirpium Cultura, first edition in Latin, collation: A-E8 F4, Antwerp, Christopher Plantin, 1589, each work with printer's device to title, ink annotations and corrections, some light foxing and soiling, contemporary blind-stamped vellum, soiled, later paper spine label, lacking ties, 8vo⁂ Belon (1517-64) was one of the first explorer-naturalists and these two works, which originally appeared in French in 1553 and 1558 respectively, give an account of his travels in the Levant, with illustrations of the peoples and fauna and flora observed, plus his treatise on the cultivation of exotic plants and trees.Provenance: Bibliotheca Hamburgensi Wolfiana (book label)Literature: Adams B566 & 556; cf. Blackmer 115, French edition; Nissen ZBI 305, first title only.

NO RESERVE Levant.- Le Hay (Jacques) and Charles de Ferriol, Recueil de Cent Estampes representant differentes nations du Levant, 2 parts in 1, first edition, engraved title, 103 plates, including 3 double-page and one of music, some browning and water-staining, mostly marginal, a couple of short tears, contemporary mottled sheep, gilt, rubbed, extremities worn, [Atabey 429; Blackmer 591; Colas 1819-1820; Lipperheide 413, 414], folio, Paris, Jacques Collombat, 1714-15.⁂ "The plates are after drawings by J. B. Van Mour who was established in Constantinople for many years during the first half of the 18th c. It has been suggested that he came to Constantinople in 1699, possibly as part of Ferriol's entourage. He is known to have died there in 1737 at the age of 66. Much of his work was done for Cornelius Calkoen, who was Dutch ambassador to the Porte, and some of these paintings are now to be found in the Amsterdam Rijkmuseum. This publication certainly contained the most popular and influential illustrations of Turkish dress to date. Its use as a source book was wide-spread." (Blackmer).

Freedman (Barnett) Real Farmhouse Cheese, first edition, 16pp., 8 full-page colour lithographs by Freedman, stitched in original limp pictorial cloth wrappers by Freedman, small scuff to upper cover, 4to, [Milk Marketing Board], [1949].⁂ Commissioned in 1939 and written and illustrated by Barnett Freedman, it was finally published in 1949 by the Milk Marketing Board. It portrays cheese production from the cow to the dining table.

Polar.- Benham (Daniel) Sketch of the Life of Jan August Miertsching, Interpreter of the Esquimaux Language to the Arctic Expedition on Board H.M.S. "Investigator", Captain M'Clure, first edition, portrait frontispiece on India paper, scattered spotting to frontispiece and title, light offsetting onto title, yellow endpapers, original dark blue cloth, bumping and fraying to spine ends and corners, short split to head of upper joint, darkening to spine and covers, 4to, William Mallalieu and Co., 1854.⁂ A rare polar title, we can trace only 4 copies at auction in the last 50 years. Miertsching (1817-75) learnt the language of the Inuit whilst teaching as a missionary in the settlement of Okak in North Labrador. He was contacted by the British Admiralty who asked him to accompany their enterprise to fine the survivors of the Franklin Expedition. Mierstching would keep a diary of his experiences on the expedition, published in Gnadau in 1855.

South East Asia.- St. John (James Augustus) Views in the Eastern Archipelago, Borneo, Sarawak, Labuan, first edition in book form, tinted lithographed pictorial title, 24 tinted lithographed plates, of which 3 folding, paper guards, some spotting and foxing, including to plates, cracking to gutter with a few plates and text ff. towards the beginning loose, original green cloth, blind-stamped and gilt, a few minor instances of soiling to covers, spine lightly sunned, bumping to spine ends and small tear towards head, [c.f. Abbey, Travel 548 (in parts)], folio, Thomas McLean, 1847.⁂ Scarce. Originally published in parts (see Abbey), the work lauds British influence and expansion within the Eastern Archipelago, in particular the activities of Sir James Brooke in Singapore (which is depicted in one of the plates), Borneo, Labuan and Sarawak, where he became the first governor in 1841. The tinted lithograph views are by J.W. Giles, after drawings made from life by Captain Drinkwater Bethune, Commander L.G. Heath and others.

Voyages.- Burney (Capt. James) A Chronological History of North-Eastern Voyages of Discovery, first edition, 2 engraved folding maps (1 with very small tear at inner edge), final blank leaf, title with small hole (paper repair to verso) and toning to edges, occasional minor scattered spotting, modern cloth, [Sabin 9386], 8vo, 1819.⁂ First edition of Burney's explorations, including voyages in search of the North-East Passage to Japan and China, Russian explorations in Kamchatka, Siberia, and the Kuril Islands, and important accounts of Cook's voyages along the coast of North-West America and through the Bering Straits, including material not found elsewhere.

Voyages.- Cook (James) A Voyage to the Pacific Ocean, 3 text vol. only, first edition, 24 engraved plates and maps, some folding, double-page table, some offsetting, vol.1 marginal repair to one leaf, contemporary mottled calf, gilt, rebacked, worn, vol.3 with upper different (blind-stamped calf) cover, 4to, Printed by W. and A. Strahan, 1784.⁂ First edition of the official account of Cook's third and final voyage. The third volume was written by Capt. James King. Without the accompanying folio atlas.

Ashendene Press.- Berners (Dame Juliana) A Treatyse of Fysshynge with an Angle, one of 150 copies on paper, woodcut frontispiece and illustrations copied from the original edition printed by Wynkyn de Worde in 1496, first initial printed in red, contemporary ink ownership name to front free endpaper, original limp vellum, yapp edges, spine titled in gilt, uncut, spine very slightly soiled, [Hornby XVI], 8vo, Ashendene Press, 1903.⁂ Beautifully-printed facsimile of the first English book on angling. This a presentation copy from C.H. St. John Hornby to T. Palmer, dated Christmas 1908 on the front free endpaper.

West Indies.- Poyntz (Captain John) The present prospect of the famous and fertile island of Tobago to the southward of Barbadoes. With a description of the scituation, growth, fertility and manufacture of the said island, second edition, title within double filet border, trimmed, affecting part of border on title, signature-marks and catchwords, and just touching the odd headline or page number, title and final f. browned and soiled, occasional spotting, lightly browned, 18th century marbled boards, rebacked in modern calf, gilt, [Sabin 64857; Wing P3131], small 4to, Printed by John Attwood for the author, and sold by William Staresmore, 1695.⁂ A 'very well informed survey' (Oxford DNB). In 1681 four ships commanded by Poyntz captured a Dutch settlement on Tobago, and thereafter he obtained 120,000 acres on behalf of a group of merchants. Two years later he published the first edition of this pamphlet promoting the benefits of the island as a place to settle. The work describes the climate, flora (including bananas, pomegranates and pineapples), fauna, and timber of the island, and outlines prospects for growing cocoa, sugar-cane, and tobacco. Poyntz granted 1000 acres to the antiquary John Aubrey as a reward for services rendered.

Blount (Thomas) A Natural History: Containing Many not Common Observations, first edition, publisher's advertisements at end, spotting, contemporary calf, sympathetically rebacked, [British Bee Books 66; Wing B3351], 8vo, for R. Bentley, 1693.⁂ Including sections on spices, chocolate, tobacco, bees, gemstones and minerals.

Shells.- Perry (George) Conchology, or the Natural History of Shells, first edition, 61 hand-coloured engraved plates, half-title paper repairs to verso, some light foxing and off-setting to text pages (including to half-title and title), later half calf, some staining to lower portion of spine, [Nissen ZBI 3134], folio, 1811.⁂ First edition of Perryman's work, which while at times has been criticised for a certain exaggeration of form and color, is now accepted as among the most attractive and colourful in the field. Similarly, despite use of derided unscientific nomenclature, many of the names utilised by Perryman here are now accepted. The study was compiled from specimens in private collections, including those of Elizabeth Bligh, the wife of Captain William Bligh of the infamous HMS Bounty.

Darwin (Charles) The Variation of Animals and Plants under Domestication, 2 vol., first edition, first issue, illustrations, light foxing to front free endpapers and title, original green cloth, spines gilt, extremities bumped, [Freeman p.122-123], 8vo, 1868.

Darwin (Charles) [On the Origin of Species], first translation into Bulgarian, Vidin, Lozanov and Dukemedjiev Printing House, 1905; bound with [The Descent of Man], 2 vol. in 1, Vidin, 1906, portrait to first work, illustrations to second, broken with a few leaves working loose, ink inscriptions to first title, later leather-backed cloth, rubbed, 8vo⁂ Rare first translation of Origin of Species into Bulgarian, from the sixth London edition, by M. Fiampova and I.H.A. Timiryazova. Freeman [632] cites the earliest Bulgarian edition as 1946; and the earliest of Descent of Man [1047] as 1927.

Dawkins (Richard) The Selfish Gene, first edition, signed by the author on title, original boards, light bumping to spine tips, dust-jacket, very light sunning to spine, light creasing to head, near-fine otherwise, 8vo, 1976.⁂ Dawkins' first book one of the most influential science books of all time, rare signed.

Hawking (Stephen) The Universe in a Nutshell, first edition, signed by the author with thumb-print, additionally inscribed and signed by Karen Sime (Hawking's Personal Assistant) "Forward to the brave new world!" and with ink stamp "Right thumb-print of S W Hawking witnessed by Karen Sime" above her signature and date "7.12.01", illustrations, original boards, dust-jacket, 4to, Bantam Press, 2001.⁂ A letter of provenance accompanies the lot.