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Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets, Bloomsbury, 1998, by J.K. Rowling, uncorrected proof copy of the first edition book in original blue and white wrappers, numbered 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1. With the proof design dust jacket bearing alternative foot quote and a signed Bloomsbury card with a signature by J.K. Rowling (3). Condition Report: In very good condition. Small crease to inside page, tape residue on reverse. Colours very strong and pages complete. This book is fresh to the market and has been held in a private collection for 15 years.

Haskell (Arnold, translator) Dancing in Petersburg, first UK. edition, Inscribed by Mathilde Kschessinska, Princess Romanovsky-Krassinsky with an Autograph Letter Signed by Prince Vladimir Romanoff, half-title, photo illustrated, original publisher's blue cloth, gilt title to spine, dust-jacket unclipped, priced 30/-, further within clear wrapper, Inscribed in French, Signed and dated 1962 on front pastedown by prima ballerina of the Imperial Russian Ballet, Mathilde Kschessinska, Princess Romanovsky-Krassinsky, further Signed by Majorie Cunliffe-Owen on ff., with an Autograph Letter, Signed by the Princess's son, Prince Vladimir Romanoff, tipped-in, 1pp., 15 lines, dated March 21, 1962, written to an unknown recipient, 'Dear Madam, As my mother doesn't know English she asks me to write to you' the Prince forwards his mother's thanks for an interesting letter which touched her very deeply, 'She thanks you for your kind invitation in Birmingham but it is very difficult for her to go that far . . . Herewith you will find the autograph of my mother for her book . . .', with 12 portrait postcards and a few related press cuttings loosely inserted, 8vo, Victor Gollancz, 1960; together with 18 other ballet and theatrical volumes, including a few first editions, 8vo, 4to, (19)** Mathilde-Marie Feliksovna Kschessinska (1872-1971) was a Polish ballerina from the noble family Krzesinski. She was romantically involved with the future Nicholas II from 1890, when he was a grand duke and she was seventeen.Their relationship continued until Nicholas married Princess Alix of Hesse-Darmstadt, the future Empress Alexandra Fyodorovna in 1894. Prince Vladimir ('Vova') Romanoff (1902-1974)Provenance: Christopher Harding, Tour Manager with the English Royal Ballet and West End Theatres.Photographs.- a pair of scrap albums, the first album containing ballet related photographs and publicity postcards, mostly black and white, including Rudolf Nureyev, Margot Fonteyn, Karl Musil, Svetlana Beriosova and others, a few Signed by Annette Page, Lynn Seymour and Christopher Gable, various sizes, the largest 10 x 8 inches; the second album containing black and white photographs, press and magazine cuttings relating to Sadlers Wells Opera Company at the London Coliseum, 2 photographs Signed, the largest 15 x 12 inches, many annotated beneath in blue ink. (2)Condition Report: Dancing in Petersburg - boards marked, extremities bumped, light foxing to dust-jacket, further light foxing to preliminaries (not affecting the Princess's inscription) and edges; Autograph Letter Signed by Prince Vladirmir Romanoff - light marks at edges, text bright, bold and easy to read.

[Marilyn Munroe] Jane Russell That Girl Marilyn, Affiliated Magazines Inc, [n.d,. ca.1953] first edition, publisher's pictorial, stapled paper wrappers, black and white photo illustrations of Marilyn Munroe throughout, with additional text by Peter Sherwood, 12mo, 15 x 10.8cm.a scarce Hollywood publicity magazine attributed to Jane Russell who co-starred with Marilyn Munroe in the American musical comedy film, Gentlemen Prefer Blondes (1953)Condition Report: creasing and light foxing to wrappers, further light foxing internally, two pages detached and loosely inserted with light foxing and some staining to lower pages.

Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone, Bloomsbury, 1997, by J.K. Rowling, uncorrected proof copy of the first edition book in original white and yellow wrappers, one of approximately 200 copies produced, includes error to title page "J.A Rowling", 224pp, numbered 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1. Condition Report: In very fine condition, only very light handling and small crease down spine. All pages are clean and present. This book is fresh to the market and the fourth one we have offered at auction. It is owned by a private collector who has owned it for 15 years.

NO RESERVE Byron (George Gordon Noel, Lord).- Moore (Doris Langley) Two Typescript Letters signed to Miss Violet Walker, each 3pp. and 2pp., c. 255 x 205 mm., notepaper headed 'Museum of Costume, Eridge Castle, Tunbridge Wells', signed by Moore in blue biro, 10th & 28th December 1956, Doris Langley Moore is writing to Miss Violet Walker of the City of Nottingham Public Libraries about various books she plans on writing about Byron, "I found when I went to Eridge that I could never get down to any solid writing there, and when I am away during the winter, I can't trundle a huge collection of reference books with me, so I had to abandon temporarily my book After Byron, and I started instead to do this novel which (I tell you very confidentially) is about a man who forges Byron's burned Memoirs," folds, staple in corner, the first with library-stamp to top edge, housed in modern cloth chemise; and a first edition of Moore's "My Caravaggio Style", v.s. (3).

Public Finance.- Vernon (Christopher) Considerations for regulating the exchequer, in the more timely answering, better husbanding, and more orderly and safe conduct of the revenues of the crown into his Majesties coffers, first edition, woodcut head- and tail-pieces and decorative initials, final errata f., minor marginal worming, some staining and spotting, lightly browned, contemporary sheep, spine ends and corners worn, rubbed and scuffed, [Wing V244], 12mo, Printed by Tho. Harper, and are to be sold by Matth. Walbanke, Lau. Chapman, Wil. Cooke, and Ric. Best, 1642. ⁂ Christopher Vernon (c. 1582-1652), first Secondary of the Office of the Pipe in the Public Exchequer of Hereford. The present work discusses the taxes generated by lands under the charge of the sheriffs; the so-called custody lands. The income from such lands were paid to the Clerk of the Pipe and never passed through the hands of the Exchequer's auditors of land revenue. Vernon pointed out that many of them were very difficult to levy and were likely to be lost.

Moulin (Peter du) Of Peace and Contentment of Minde, first edition, lacking initial blank, 16pp. publisher's catalogue bound in at end (lacking final 2 leaves), title within woodcut border, trimmed at head, removing ink inscription but not affecting text, very occasional early ink annotation, a few short marginal tears, each affecting a few words but with no loss, rust-hole to N3, affecting a few letters, some browning and light foxing, final leaf of catalogue and rear free endpaper working loose, lower hinge cracked, upper hinge broken, contemporary calf, rebacked, worn at corners, rubbed, [Wing D2560], 8vo, Printed for Humphrey Moseley, 1657.⁂ Scarce. With sections on governing the passions, showing "vertue" in prosperity and adversity, and creating peace in society.

Execution witnessed by Pepys.- Turner (James) The Speech and deportment of Col. Iames Turner at his execution in Leaden-Hall-street, January 21. 1663. Who was condemned for felony and burglary, in breaking up the house and robbing of Mr. Francis Tryon merchant, first edition, engraved frontispiece (not called for), trimmed at head, just touching first word of title and affecting a few page numbers, foxed and stained, frontispiece with small abrasion at foot, trimmed to border and laid down, 19th century red half roan, spine gilt, corners worn, some soiling, rubbed, [Wing T3293], small 4to, Printed by William Godbid for Nath. Brook at the Angel in Cornhill, and Henry Marsh at the Princes Arms in Chancery-lane, 1663.⁂ One of two printings of the first edition (the other with 14pp.) of this account of Turner's execution, which was witnessed by Samuel Pepys, who stood 'upon the wheel of a cart, in great pain, above an hour before the execution was done'. James Turner was Lieutenant-Colonel of the city militia during the Civil War.

NO RESERVE Busbequius (Augier Ghislaine de) The Four Epistles of A.G. Busbequius, Concerning his Embassy into Turkey, first English edition, dedication by Naham Tate, advertisements, browning and foxing, some worming, contemporary calf, rubbed, lacking upper board, extremities bumped, [Wing B6219 & Blackmer 253] printed for J. Taylor, 1694; and others, 8vo & 12mo, (5)

Bacon (Sir Francis) Opera Omnia, 4 vol., one of 50 large paper copies, half-title with engraved vignette to vol. 1, engraved frontispieces (some light offsetting), woodcut initials, head- and tail-pieces, vol. 1 front endpaper loose, some browning to endpapers, contemporary calf, rebacked with original back strips laid down, gilt with red morocco labels, [Gibson 248], folio,R. Gosling, 1730.⁂ First collected edition of Bacon's English and Latin works.

Cookery.- [King (William)] The Art of Cookery, in Imitation of Horace's Art of Poetry, first edition, half-title, browning to peripheral ff., contemporary panelled calf, upper cover detached (after title, text block broken), repair to spine head, for Bernard Lintott, 1708 § The Ladies' Assistant, for Regulating and Supplying the Table, being a Complete System of Cookery etc., sixth edition, half-title, some spotting, contemporary calf, spine with morocco label, extremities scuffed, [Bitting p.313; Oxford p.107], for J. Walter, 1787 § Raffald (Elizabeth) The Experienced English Housekeeper, for the use and ease of Ladies, Housekeepers, Cooks etc., a new edition, engraved portrait frontispiece, off-setting, 3 folding plates, some light damp-staining, occasional spotting, endpapers renewed, contemporary mottled calf, rebacked, upper cover lower fore-edge corner small tear and rubbed, for A. Millar et al., 1793 § Millswood (G.) The New Receipt Book [...] Brewing, Making and Preserving British Wines..., final 3 ff. lightly soiled, modern cloth-backed boards, Derby, by Wilkins and Son, [c.18.30]; and 9 others cookery, 19th century, 8vo (13)

Cookery & Household Medicine.- [Atkyns (Arabella, pseudonym)] The Family magazine...Part I. Containing useful directions in all the branches of house-keeping and cookery...Part II. Containing a compendious body of physick succinctly treating of all the diseases and accidents incident to men, women, and children, 2 parts in 1, first edition, double column, occasional spotting or mostly light staining, lightly browned, contemporary speckled calf, gilt, spine in compartments, lacking label, spine ends and corners worn, joints starting, but holding firm, rubbed, [Bitting p.550; Cagle 673; Maclean p.49; Oxford pp.71-72; Simon BG 658], 8vo, Printed for J. Osborn, at the Golden-Ball in Paternoster-Row, 1741.⁂ Simon suggests that the author's need for a pseudonym was because she was 'the first woman to dare deal in print with maladies which ladies were not supposed to know anything about'.

Cookery.- Simon-Lowenstein-Hodgkin copy.- Verral (William ) A Complete system of cookery. In which is set forth, A Variety of genuine receipts, collected from several Years Experience under the celebrated Mr. de St. Clouet, sometime since Cook to his Grace the Duke of Newcastle, first edition, title lightly soiled, with 3 small chips (not affecting text) and neatly mounted on stub, water-stained, some spotting, lightly browned, 19th century speckled calf, sympathetically rebacked, spine in compartments and with red morocco label, corners little worn, rubbed, [Bitting p.477; Cagle 1043; Maclean p.147; Oxford p.89; Simon BG 1553; Vicaire 859], 8vo, Printed for the author, and sold by him; as also by Edward Verral Bookseller, in Lewes: and by John Rivington in St. Paul's Church-Yard, 1759.⁂ Scarce first edition, with an excellent provenance. The author describes himself as 'Master of the White-Hart Inn in Lewes, Sussex'.Provenance: André L. Simon-Eleanor Lowenstein (joint engraved bookplate); John Hodgkin, bibliographer and collector of cookery books (bookplate).

Kent.- [Lewkenor (John)] Metellus his Dialogues. The First part containing a Relation of a Journey to Tunbridge Wells, first edition, lacking imprimatur leaf, some worming to lower margin (affecting some letters), occasional light damp-staining, contemporary calf, rebacked, [Wing L1852], Thomas Warren for N. Rolls, 1693.

Cookery.- Johnson (Mary) Madam Johnson's present: or, every young woman's companion, in useful and universal knowledge, fifth edition, final advertisement f., E8 short tear within text, without loss, some spotting and staining, lightly browned, contemporary sheep, small piece missing from foot of spine, joints splitting, but holding firm, corners little worn, rubbed and marked, [Maclean p.77; Oxford p.83; cf. Cagle 782 (1759)], large 12mo, Printed for W. Nicoll in St. Paul's Church-Yard, 1769.⁂ First published in 1753 as The Young Woman's Companion; or the Servant Maid's Assistant. Most editions are rare, with ESTC recording only 3 copies of ours (Cambridge, Oxford & NYPL).

Cookery.- Hazlemore (Maximilian, compiler) Domestic economy; or, a complete system of English housekeeping: containing the most approved receipts, confirmed by Observation and Practice, in every reputable English book of cookery now extant, first edition, D6 short tear at head, within text, but without loss, foxed, occasional staining, including a few small ink stains within text on Bb4-Cc1 at end, lightly browned, contemporary calf, spine gilt and with red morocco label, upper joint splitting, but holding firm, lower joint just starting, corners worn, rubbed and scuffed, [Cagle 734; Maclean p.68; Oxford p.122], 8vo, Printed for J. Creswick, and Co., 1794.⁂ Scarce at auction. A pirated version (practically word for word) of Mary Cole's The Lady's Complete Guide; Or Cookery In All Its Branches, 1788; thereby calling into question the supposed identity of the compiler.

Methodism.- [Gibson (Edmund, Bishop of London)] Observations upon the conduct and behaviour of a certain sect, usually distinguished by the name of Methodists, first edition, title in half-title form, woodcut head-piece and decorative initial, title stained and repaired, without loss of text, A4 inner gutter strengthened, a few marginal repairs, some spotting or staining, lightly browned, modern half brown morocco, spine gilt, 4to, [?London], no printer, [c.1740].⁂ Rare in commerce. Gibson was an active opponent of dissenters of any sort, and in the late 1730s turned his attention to what he saw as a new threats to the established church in the rise of Methodism and the Moravians.

Murder.- Matchless villany [sic]: or, a full and authentic narrative of the robbery and murder of John Penny, Esq; in a letter from a gentleman in London, to his friend in Hampshire, first edition, woodcut head- and tail-pieces and decorative initial, price at foot of title altered by hand from 6d. to 1s. 6d, some spotting and staining, lightly browned, modern half calf over 19th century marbled boards, red morocco label to spine, 8vo, Printed for J. Huggonson, 1741.⁂ Rare. John Penny had chambers in Clement's Inn, and was murdered by his servant John Hall, who lived with him there. Hall got himself into financial difficulties, and resolved to kill Penny in order to steal from him. Having removed his clothes in order to avoid detection Hall struck Penny with a stick and then cut his throat. He then hid the body in a cesspit. A few days later he went to Penny's nephew, Mr. Wooton, on pretence of enquiring after his master. So persistent was Hall with his enquiries, returning to Wooton's house several times, that Wooton became suspicious, and had Hall arrested. He was hanged in September 1741 and his body afterwards hung on chains on a highway in Shepherd's Bush. A print at the British Museum shows a naked Hall trying to drain Penny's blood into a chamber pot.

Trade in Mediterranean.- Cowley (John Lodge) A View of the British trade to the Mediterranean: shewing, its importance to us, its precarious situation at present, and that a total loss of it must ensue, unless the views of France and Spain are vigorously opposed, first edition, folding engraved chart, woodcut head- and tail-pieces and historiated initials, chart with small paper flaw within printed area and split at fold in upper margin with loss, offsetting on to title, water-stained, modern cloth, spine gilt, [Hanson 5783] Taylor Mathematical practitioners of Hanoverian England p.226], small 4to, Printed for M. Cooper at the Globe in Pater-Noster-Row, 1744.⁂ Rare in commerce. Cowley was professor of mathematics at the Royal Military Academy at Woolwich between 1761 and 1773, and was appointed Cartographer Royal to George II. The chart of the Mediterranean here was available separately at the price of sixpence. The work was printed for the publisher and bookseller Mary Cooper.

Law.- Handwriting forensics.- [Le Vayer de Boutigny (Roland)] A Dissertation shewing the invalidity of all proof by similitude of hands, in criminal cases, first edition in English, woodcut head- and tail-pieces and decorative initials, occasional spotting, contemporary calf-backed marbled boards, spine in compartments, little worn, but solid, rare in commerce, 8vo, Printed for M. Cooper in Pater-noster-Row, 1744.⁂ Translated from the 1704 edition of Traité de la preuve par comparaison d'écritures, with a 20-page preface added by the translator. 'The French lawyer, to whom we owe the following treatise, wrote it to assert the natural rights of mankind, and to oppose some attempts made in favour of a practice, which if once established, would have afforded corrupt Ministers an handle to pervert justice, and oppress innocents at their pleasure.' (translator's preface).

NO RESERVE Leicestershire.- Burton (William) The Description of Leicester Shire. Containing Matters of Antiquitye, Historye, Armorye, and Genealogy, first edition, engraved portrait (bound at end) and pictorial title by Francis Delaram, engraved folding map by William Kip after Christopher Saxon (loose), later ink ms. index and notes to front free endpapers, some spotting or light foxing or staining, engraved armorial bookplate of Edward Conyers of Walthamstow, 20th century calf, gilt spine in compartments and with brown leather label, spine ends and corners worn, joints split, but holding firm, rubbed, [STC 4179], small folio, Printed [by William Jaggard] for Iohn White at the holy lambe in litle Brittaine neare vnto Aldersgate Street, [1622].

Jacobite author.- Russia.- Gordon (Alexander) The History of Peter the Great, Emperor of Russia. To which is prefixed, A short general history of the country, from the rise of that monarchy: and an account of the author's life, 2 vol., first edition, list of subscribers, 3 engraved portraits (2 as frontispieces), folding engraved map, final advertisement f., vol.1 2E4 short tear at foot, touching 3 letters, but without loss, occasional spotting or light staining, contemporary calf, gilt spines in compartments and with red and black morocco labels (the reds new but sympathetic), a few stains, rubbed and marked, a solid set, 8vo, Aberdeen, Printed by and for F. Douglass and W. Murray, 1755.⁂ Around 1692 Gordon travelled to Russia. He was introduced to the Czar, who was sufficiently impressed to make him a major in the Russian army. Within a few months he was promoted to lieutenant-colonel, rising later to major-general. He fought for the Jacobites in the 1715 rising.

Northern earthquake.- Porteus (Beilby, Bishop of Chester) A Letter to the inhabitants of Manchester, Macclesfield, and the adjacent parts, on occasion of the late earthquake in those places, first edition, foxed, lightly browned, contemporary wrappers, foxed, 12mo, Chester, Printed by J. Poole, Foregate-Street, [1777].⁂ A rare little work. The earthquake is estimated to have reached 4.4 on the Richter scale, and was widely felt in Manchester, Macclesfield, Preston, Wigan, and Stockport. There was no loss of life and only minor structural damage. Provenance: Hugh Selbourne, M.D. (couple of small marginal ink stamps).

Dictionaries.- Johnson (Samuel) A Dictionary of the English Language, 'Harrison's Edition, with his Life of the Author', engraved portrait frontispiece, title in red and black, both partially laid down, text-block cracked at 22O1, upper hinge cracked, both holding firm, contemporary reverse calf, spine with red morocco label, some staining, worn with a few tears and repairs, folio, for Harrison and Co., 1786 § Sheridan (Thomas) A Complete Dictionary of the English Language, second edition, half-title, book-label front pastedown, lacking portrait frontispiece, contemporary half calf, red morocco label to spine, upper joint cracked but firm, a little rubbed, for Charles Dilly, 1789 § Johnson (Samuel) A Dictionary of the English Language, 3 vol., second edition of the first revision with numerous corrections and additions by the Rev. H. J. Todd, engraved portrait frontispiece (off-setting), vol. 2 and 3 with half-titles, bookplates, contemporary diced calf, spine with black morocco labels, rubbed, vol. 3 lower joint torn (back-strip loosening), 1827, folio and 4to (5)

London.- Bridewell Hospital.- List of the Governors of the hospitals of Bridewell and Bethlem, and of their benefactions, spotted, lightly browned, modern drab wrappers, rare, Printed by Thomas Parker, No. 71, Wood-Street, Cheapside, 1792 § Waddington (William) Considerations on the original and proper objects of the Royal Hospital of Bridewell. Addressed to the governors, first edition, half-title (bound after title), occasional spotting, lightly browned, modern blue wrappers, Printed at the Philanthropic Reform, St. George's Fields, for R. Bickerstaff, 1798; and 3 others, 18th & early 19th century works on the same, 8vo (5)⁂ A very good group of works on this former residence of Henry VIII, which later became a hospital, prison and workhouse. It stood in Bridge Street on the banks of the River Fleet in the City of London. In 1700 it became the first prison to appoint a doctor. The name Bridewell was adopted by other prisons, and often refers to a city's main prison, usually close to a court.

Northumberland. Mining.- Hair (T. H.) A Series of Views of the Collieries in the Counties of Northumberland and Durham, first edition, additional etched vignette title marked "Proofs", 42 etched plates, all on india paper, some scattered spotting, occasional splitting at gutter but plates holding, upper hinge broken, lower hinge weak, contemporary half calf over marbled boards, spine gilt, worn at extremities, rubbed, joints splitting at head, folio, 1844.

White (Rev. Gilbert) The Natural History and Antiquities of Selborne, second quarto edition, additional engraved title, folding engraved frontispiece and 8 engraved plates (one hand-coloured), frontispiece and front free endpaper working loose, 3D2 small horizontal tear in margin, additional title slightly offset, bookplate on front pastedown, upper hinges weak, contemporary calf, slightly rubbed, rebacked with the original spine laid down, gilt spine with morocco label, extensively rubbed, g.e., 1813; A Naturalist's Calendar, first edition, hand-coloured frontispiece, title slightly offset, slightly browned, later half morocco, gilt spine, faded, 1795, 4to & 8vo (2).

Boswell.- Martin (Rev. Samuel) An epistle, in verse, occasioned by the death of James Boswell, Esquire, of Auchinleck, first edition, wormholes to last couple of ff., affecting a few letters, but without loss of sense, outer ff. with some tearing / fraying to outer margin and lightly soiled, some spotting or staining, lightly browned, stitched, as issued (stitching renewed), Edinburgh & London, Printed by Mundell and Son, R. Bank Close, 1795; and 2 others, by Boswell, 8vo (3)⁂ Martin was a fellow classmate of Boswell at Edinburgh University under Robert Hunter and John Stevenson.

Southey (Robert) Joan of Arc, an epic poem, first edition, errata f. at end, lacking half-title, some spotting, lightly browned, contemporary half calf, spine gilt, corners worn, rubbed, Bristol, Printed by Bulgin and Rosser, for Joseph Cottle, Bristol, 1796; and a 2 vol. first edition of his Life of Nelson, 4to & 12mo (3)⁂ The first mentioned is his first wholly own book, which was preceded by two others written with Coleridge and Robert Lovell.

Lamb (Charles) A Tale of Rosamund Gray and Old blind Margaret, first edition, second issue, title lightly browned and with upper blank corner restored, D1 repaired tear at foot, with loss of a word recto and verso, some staining, lightly browned, 20th century speckled calf, gilt, spine in compartments richly so and with green morocco label, rubbed, g.e., [Raven and Forster 1798:38], 8vo, Printed for Lee and Hurst, No. 32, Pater-Noster Row, 1796.⁂ Written during Lamb's temporary estrangement from Coleridge and his association with Charles Lloyd. The novel was published simultaneously in Birmingham and London; copies with the Birmingham imprint being extremely rare.

Costume.- Strutt (Joseph) A Complete View of the Dress and Habits of the People of England, 2 vol., first edition, engraved frontispieces and 151 plates, occasional faint offsetting or scattered spotting, modern half morocco, spines gilt in compartments, t.e.g., others uncut, light soiling to vol.2 upper cover, spines lightly faded, otherwise an excellent and attractive set, large 4to, J. Nichols, for J. Edwards, 1796-99.

Physical Education.- Salzmann (Christian Gotthilf) Gymnastics for youth: or A practical guide to healthful and amusing exercises for the use of schools. An essay toward the necessary improvement of education, first edition in English, engraved folding frontispiece and 9 plates, offsetting, including title, some spotting, lightly browned, contemporary tree calf, spine richly gilt and with red morocco label, head of spine chipped, upper joint split, but holding, corners worn, rubbed, [McNab E248; Thomas Swimming, p. 219; Osborne, p. 853], 8vo, Printed for J. Johnson, St. Paul's Church-Yard, by Bye and Law, St. John's Square, Clerkenwell, 1800.⁂ Salzmann was founder and master of the progressive academy at Schnepfenthal (still in existence), assisted by his Principal Gutsmuth, under whose name the original edition of this work is published. Mary Wollstonecraft was an enthusiastic supporter of Salzmann's ideas, and translated his Elements of morality; for the use of young persons, 1790. Provenance: Benjamin Dickinson, Tiverton (engraved armorial bookplate and signatures).

Egypt.- Clifford (M.M.) Egypt; a poem, descriptive of that country and its inhabitants, first edition, presentation copy from the author, half-title, occasional spotting, lightly browned, contemporary dark blue straight-grain morocco, gilt, spine in compartments, little rubbed, g.e., 12mo, Printed by W. Bulmer and Co. for R.H. Evans, 1802.⁂ An attractive copy of a scarce work. Clifford is described on title as being 'of the Twelfth or Prince of Wales's Light Dragoons.'. Provenance: 'Col. ?Richdale with the Author's best compts.' (ink inscription to front free endpaper).

Oxford.- Ackermann (Rudolph) A History of the University of Oxford, 2 vol., first edition, list of subscribers, engraved portrait of the Chancellor Lord Grenville, 81 hand-coloured plates comprising 64 aquatint views by Buck, Stadler, Hill & others after Pugin, Mackenzie, Westall & others and 17 stipple-engraved plates of academic costumes, without the 33 portraits of the Founders as often, lacking half-titles, bookplate of Michael Matantos, plates bright and clean but offset, occasional light spotting or finger-soiling, vol. 2 upper hinge tender, contemporary straight-grain crimson morocco, gilt-ruled border, spine gilt but sunned, rubbed with a few marks to covers, vol. 2 with upper joint split at foot, g.e., [Abbey Scenery 280; Tooley 5], lge 4to, 1814.

NO RESERVE Bookseller.- Prince (John Henry) The Life, Pedestrian Excursions and singular opinions of J.H. Prince, bookseller, first edition, stipple engraved portrait frontispiece, offsetting on to title, some foxing and staining, lightly browned, antique style boards, rare in commerce, large 12mo, Printed for J.H. Prince, 1806.

Hunt (Leigh) Classic tales, serious and lively. With critical essays on the merits and reputation of the authors, 5 vol., Vol. 1 second edition, Vol.II-V first editions, engraved architectural title to each vol., 15 engraved plates, 3 advertisement ff. at end of vol.V, ink name torn from upper corner of first title, just touching engraved area, some foxing (including plates) or spotting, lightly browned, contemporary red half morocco, spines richly gilt, some corners worn, rubbed, [Brewer My Leigh Hunt Library, p.20], 12mo, Printed and published by and for John Hunt & Carew Reynell, 1807.⁂ An attractive set of this scarce second book proper of Hunt. Includes Voltaire, Johnson and Goldsmith. Each selection is preceded by a critical essay on the writer's life and writings, written by Hunt or Thomas Reynell.

William Pitt.- Armstrong (Francis) The Triumph of Pitt, An Irregular Ode; Respectfully dedicated to the Friends of his Immortal Memory, The Members of the Pitt Club, first edition, bifolium, drophead title, 4pp., a few autograph corrections and insertions by the author, folds, some foxing and staining, with 3 additional manuscript stanzas in Armstrong's hand on another sheet, C. Collins, [c.1811]; and an autograph manuscript poem by Armstrong, Iberia War Song, 3pp., July 1808, both manuscripts laid down, folds, slightly browned, folio (3 pieces). ⁂ The first mentioned is rare, with only a Chapel Hill, NC, copy recorded by WorldCat. A poem on the virtues and achievements of William Pitt who died in 1806. At the end of this poem is a prospectus for an engraving made from a painting by Armstrong 'in commemoration of the Jubilee, Oct. 25, 1809.'. A note to say that the print will be published on the 25th October, 1811 has been crossed though, and amended with the manuscript note 'as soon as possible' in Armstrong's hand.

Butchery.- [Plumptre (James) and Thomas Lantaffe]. The Experienced Butcher, shewing the Respectability and Usefulness of his Calling..., first edition, stipple-engraved frontispiece and 6 plates of animals by Howitt, majority of sig. B detached, plate 1 and D11&12 upper marginal corner torn and repaired, just touching part of a page number on D11, plates foxed, some spotting and staining, lightly browned, antique style boards, printed label to spine, [Kress S.6198], large 12mo, Printed for Darton, Harvey & Darton, 1816.⁂ Rare. On all aspects of the butcher's trade, from the best breeds, through choosing and purchasing animals at meat markets, driving and slaughtering cattle, the preservation of meat, and the medical aspects of meat-eating.

NO RESERVE Cornish poisoning trial.- Frazer (Alexander) The Trial of Robert Sawle Donnall, surgeon and apothecary, late of Falmouth, in the county of Cornwall, for the wilful murder, by poison of Mrs. Elizabeth Downing, widow, his mother-in-law, first edition, wood-engraved plan, occasional spotting or light staining, some pencil markings, bookplate of John Davies Enys and ink stamp of Cornwall Record Office, later stiff drab wrappers, white numbering to spine, spine little worn, but holding firm, Falmouth, Printed by and for James Lake, 1817; and another 19th century murder trial, 8vo (2)

Byroniana.- Turnour (Edward John) The Warning Voice, a sacred poem, in two cantos; addressed to infidel writers of poetry, first edition, half-title, Printed for the author, and sold by Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme and Brown, 1818 bound after Turnour (Edward John) The Protestant Church alone faithful in reading the word of God, half-title, Printed for the author, and sold by Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme and Brown, 1818, together 2 works in 1 vol., ink inscription to half-title of second mentioned, occasional spotting, contemporary purple calf, gilt, spine in compartments and with black leather label, foot of spine chipped, corners worn, rubbed and scuffed; and another, Byron, 4to & 8vo (2)⁂ A moralising poem, addressed in particular to Lord Byron, 'Thou, noble scribe! of atheistic mind / Pride more than human, and perverted sense!'. Provenance: John Scott, 1st Earl Eldon (1751-1838), Lord Chancellor, 1801-1827 (ink signature to front free endpaper and engraved circular armorial bookplate).

NO RESERVE Parody.- Liverpool Squib Book (The)..., first edition, 64pp., wood-engraved illustrations, one full-page, occasional spotting, later red morocco-backed marbled boards, a little rubbed and spine ends chipped, Liverpool, W. Bethell, 1820; and another, 8vo (2)

NO RESERVE Wales.- Gastineau (Henry) Wales Illustrated in a Series of Views, first edition, engraved title vignette and plates, some lightly offset, bookplate removed from pastedown, contemporary half calf, spine gilt in compartments with red morocco spine label, corners and extremities rubbed, 4to, 1830.

Bookseller's catalogue.- Spanish & Portuguese books.- Salvá (Vincent) A Catalogue of Spanish and Portuguese books, with occasional literary and bibliographical remarks, 2 parts in 2 vol., some spotting, part 1 original drab boards, original printed label to spine, a few small stains, part 2 modern similar drab boards, both rubbed and little marked, 8vo, M. Calero, Spanish printer, 1826 & 1829.⁂ Rare in commerce. 'probably the first catalogue of a copious and select Spanish library ever published in England.' (Salvá's preface). Complaining of the lack of Spanish bibliography, he says that rather than confine himself to observations on the rarity of the books, or 'the peculiarities of the edition', he has endeavoured to 'discover and correct' errors of previous Spanish historians of the book.

NO RESERVE Methodists.- Wesley (John) The Works, 14 vol., third edition, first and last few leaves browned, occasional light spotting, a few stains to covers, spine ends bumped, [c.1830] § Curnock (Nehemiah) The Journal of the Rev. John Wesley, A.M., 8 vol., half-titles, illustrations, occasional splitting at gutter, a few hinges cracked, vol. 8 with hinges weak but holding, 1938, original cloth, lightly rubbed; and a large quantity of others on Methodism, v.s. (c.110)

Music.- Sketch of the Life (A) of C. Eulenstein, the celebrated performer on the Jew's Harps, first edition, engraved portrait frontispiece, errata slip at end, foxing and marginal staining, modern cloth with old paper label stuck to front cover, 8vo, James J. Welsh, 1833.⁂ A former pastry chef, Eulenstein was the most celebrated performer of the Jew's Harp of his time, although it had a severely detrimental affect on his teeth and forced him to give up the instrument and teach guitar instead. The Jew's Harp - neither Jewish in origin, nor a harp - is the ancestor of the mouth organ and is one of the oldest instruments in the world. It is believed the instrument derived it's name from 'Jaw's harp' or perhaps the French 'jeu-troupe' meaning toy trumpet.

Self-defence.- Walker (Donald) Defensive exercises; comprising wrestling, as in Cumberland, Westmoreland, Cornwall, and Devonshire; Boxing,...defence against brute force...Fencing and Broad Sword, first edition, half-title, 5 wood-engraved plates, of which 1 folding, numerous wood-engraved illustrations in text, 4pp. advertisements at end, occasional spotting or light staining, 19th century bookplate and ink signatures of John Heron, original blind-stamped and gilt pictorial cloth, spine faded, head of spine and corners very slightly frayed, rubbed, [Magriel 41; Hartley 1904], scarce, Thomas Hurst, 1840; and another, Self-defence, 12mo & 8vo (2)

NO RESERVE Calico printing copyright.- Thomson (James) A Letter to the Right Honourable Sir Robert Peel, Bart. on copyright in original designs and patterns for printing, 2 parts in 1, including appendix, first edition, lightly browned, modern dark brown morocco-backed cloth, gilt spine in compartments, scarce, Clitheroe, H. Whalley, 1840; and another, Printing, 8vo (2)⁂ Thomson was the leading calico printer in Europe of his day. His skill as an industrial chemist and his success in improving the quality of design led to him being called the 'Duke of Wellington of calico printing'. In order to enhance standards in the trade he supported schools of design, and successfully campaigned for the act of 1842, which extended the copyright on dress patterns to nine months and on those for furnishings to three years.

NO RESERVE Disraeli (Benjamin) Coningsby, 3 parts in 1 vol., first Hungarian edition, title browned and with ink ownership inscription, contemporary cloth-backed boards, a little rubbed, 8vo, Budapest, Gustav Kiadasa, 1862.

NO RESERVE Balkans.- Knight (E. F.) Albania: a Narrative of Recent Travel, first edition, half-title, frontispiece, plates, publishers advertisements at end, previous owner's ink signature to title, cracked hinges, original cloth, rubbed, bumping to corners and extremities, 8vo, 1880.

NO RESERVE Jeaffreson (John Cody) Brides and Bridals, 2 vol., first edition, half-titles, advertisements at end vol. 2., ex-library with occasional ink-stamps, faint abrasion marks to front free endpapers, modern cloth, 1872 § Percival (MacIver) The Fan Book, first edition, half-title, frontispiece, 31 plates, ex-library with ink-stamps, scattered faint spotting, abrasion mark to front free endpaper where label removed, modern cloth, 1920, 8vo (3)

NO RESERVE Hardy (Thomas) Tess Of The D'Urbervilles, first American edition, frontispiece and 10 plates, hinges cracked and repaired, contents shaken, original cloth, cracking and fraying to joints, bumping and chipping to spine ends and corners, rubbed, New York, 1892 § The Arabian Nights' Entertainments; or, the Thousand and One Nights, translated by E. W. Lane, illustrations, bookplate to front pastedown, original cloth-backed pictorial boards, spines darkened, covers rubbed and marked, g.e., 1850; and 19 others, similar, 19th century literature, 8vo (23)

Economics.- Keynes (John Maynard) The General Theory Employment Interest and Money, first edition, light spotting to endpapers, neat contemporary ink ownership inscription to endpaper, original cloth, light marking and sunning to spine, extremities a little rubbed, light bumping to spine ends, 8vo, 1936.

NO RESERVE Roskill (S. W., Captain) The War at Sea 1939-1945, 3 vol. in 4, first edition, half-titles, illustrations, folding maps, dust-jackets bound in, vol. 1 with bookplate of Michael Matantos, vol. 3 & 4 with tipped-in errata slip, modern blue half morocco, gilt, very lightly rubbed, spines sunned, t.e.g., 8vo, 1954-61.

Mackenzie (Compton) My Life and Times, 10 vol., illustrations, a few vol. with publisher's review slip tipped-in, 1963-71; The Windsor Tapestry, 1938, first edition, half-titles, bookplate of Michael Matantos, dust-jackets bound in (some trimmed at head or repaired at extremities), uniformly bound in modern half red morocco, gilt, marbled endpapers, t.e.g., 8vo (11)

Ash (Fenton) A Trip to Mars, first edition, 5 plates only (of 6), light foxing, hinge cracked to p. 289, corner torn away p.215/216, original pictorial cloth, gilt, light mark to upper cover, spine faded, extremities bumped and frayed but still a bright crisp copy overall, 8vo, 1909.⁂ Scarce first edition of this early popular science fiction story, an adventure following two young boys as they travel to Mars and face warring kings and giant eagles.

Agriculture.- The Complete Grazier: or, gentleman and farmer's directory. Containing the best instructions for buying, breeding and feeding cattle, sheep and hogs, and for suckling lambs...Written by a country gentleman, first edition, woodcut illustration and head-pieces, lacking initial advertisement f., occasional spotting, contemporary calf, gilt, spine in compartments, rather worn, but holding firm, [Not in Fussell; Dingley 197], Printed for J. Almon opposite Burlington House, in Piccadilly, 1767; and another, Livestock, 12mo & 8vo (2)

Crompton (Richmal) Just-William, first edition, half-title, frontispiece, some light spotting, original cloth, light toning to spine, slight bumping and fraying to spine tips and corners, [1922]; and 30 others, Just William, Biggles and Billy Bunter, 8vo (31)

NO RESERVE Kazantzakis (Nikos) Freedom & Death, English uncorrected proof copy, original printed wrappers with typed label to upper cover, creasing, light surface soiling, Oxford, 1956 § Bartolini (Luigi) Bicycle Thieves, first English edition, browning to endpapers, original boards, dust-jacket, light toning to spine, light surface soiling, 1952; and c.75 others, modern literature, 8vo (c.80)

Agriculture.- Hale (Thomas) A Compleat Body of Husbandry, first edition, engraved frontispiece, mis-bound at p.3, 12 engraved plates, of which one folding, a few small worm holes at blank lower margin inner corner c.90ff. (not affecting text), a couple of instances of minor spotting, overall very clean, front endpaper renewed, hinge cracked at title (firm, but with small tear to title inner gutter), contemporary panelled calf, small repair to lower joint head, joints and spine foot a little rubbed, [Fussell I pp.37-38; Goldsmiths' 9099; Kress 5528; Perkins 737], folio, for T. Osborne and J. Shipton, 1756.

Leighton (Clare) Country Matters, first edition, 1937; Wood-Engraving and Woodcuts, first edition, original cloth-backed patterned-paper boards, 1932; Growing New Roots: An Essay with Fourteen Wood Engravings, number 410 of 500 copies signed by the author/artist, San Francisco, Book Club of California, 1976 § Hardy (Thomas) Under the Greenwood Tree, 1940 § Wilder (Thornton) The Bridge of San Luis Rey, 1929 § Tomlinson (H.M.) the Sea & the Jungle, 1930, all with wood-engravings by Clare Leighton, some with bookplate of Thalia Stone, all but the second original cloth, the first and last three with dust-jackets, a little rubbed and frayed; and 8 others by or illustrated by the same, 4to & 8vo (14)