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John Minton (illustrated); Alan Ross: 'Time was away: A Notebook in Corsica', London, John Lehmann, 1948, 1st edition, 1st issue signed & inscribed by John Minton on FFEP "To Colonel Martin Lindsay and Mrs Lindsay. John Minton Nov. 1948", black & white map frontispiece + 8 colour lithographed plates + over 50 other full page and in text black & white illustrations by John Minton as called for, original yellow cloth, the first issue stamped in green and gilt on the spine (slightly worn/rubbed). A scarce signed first issue copy of Alan Ross and John Minton's classic artistic collaboration and ode to the island of Corsica; together with John Minton (ill.); Reginald Arkell: 'Old Herbaceous', London, Michael Joseph, 1950, 1st edition, full page and in text illustrations by John Minton throughout, original pictorial cloth & dust wrapper by Minton (2)

Charles Ricketts (illustrated): 'The Rubaiyat of Omar Khayyam', translated Edward Fitzgerald, London, Printed by the Ballantyne Press, 1901, 1st edition, one of 310 copies printed at the Ballantyne Press, sold by Hacon & Ricketts, art nouveau style wood engraved frontis + decorative borders and designs by Charles Ricketts as called for, original cloth backed paper covered boards, printed title label to front cover. Charles de Sousy Ricketts (2 October 1866 – 7 October 1931) was a British artist, illustrator, author and printer, known for his work as a book designer and typographer and for his costume and scenery designs for plays and operas. Ricketts first made his mark in book production, first as an illustrator, and then as the founder and driving force of the Vale Press (1896–1904), one of the leading private presses of the day, for which he designed the type and illustrations. A disastrous fire at the printers led to the closure of the press, and Ricketts turned increasingly to painting and sculpture over the following two decades. In 1906 he also began a career as a theatre designer, first for works by his friend Oscar Wilde and later for plays by writers including Aeschylus, Hugo von Hofmannsthal, William Shakespeare, Bernard Shaw, and W. B. Yeats. His most enduring theatre designs, which remained in use for more than 50 years, were for Gilbert and Sullivan's The Mikado.

(Classical Architecture, Greece, Egypt, Antiquity), three early to mid 20th Century manuscript books containing notes and well executed architectural drawings and sketches, maps etc, compiled by one Eric A. Deedman, each with his ownership signature to inside front cover, two of the books with continuous pagination, being 90pp in total 'Notes on Architectural History', with cover title and m/s title at front of first volume, includes well executed pencil and pen & ink sketches of Pyramids of Gizeh; Sphinx; map of Egypt; tomb at Abydos; Tomb of Khnemhotep at Beni-Hasan; Temple of Khons, Karnac; Egyptian columns and ornament; entrance to the rock temple at Ipsamboul; temple at Edfou; map of Babylonian and Persian empires; Sargons Palace at Khorsabad, Assyrian 2nd period; Ziggurat; Persian column at Susa; map of Greece and plan of the Acropolis; The Parthenon east facade and column/ornament; the Propylaea, Athens; Greek examples of the Doric and Ionic order; the temple of Nike; the Erechtheion; Greek and Roman mouldings; Greek and Roman comparitive theatres, etc, all with corresponding m/s notes, the other book with 50+ unnumbered pages of similar but more roughly sketched illustrations and notes in pencil, all in matching contemporary cloth backed exercise books (each approx 20 x 16.5cm); together with a 1928 edition of 'A History of Architecture on the Comparative Method, for Students, Craftsmen, & Amateurs', by Sir Banister Fletcher, profusely illustrated throughout, original pictorial cloth gilt (4)

Martin Rogers, Robert Girling, Louise Brown et al: 'The First Publication [Limited Ed. artists booklets & multiples by the group RGAP]', Derby, Research Group for Artists Publications, 1995, limited edition, box file containing the following: Rogers & Girling: 'Towards a Manual of Possible Production', RGAP, November 1994, unnumbered limited edition (200), orig. spiral bound wraps; Joan Ainley: "Guacca", a porcelain form fired to 1210-1240C, ltd edition, (200), housed with folding printed descriptive leaf in labelled card box; an uncut pamphlet by Colin Sackett; "Extending the Concept", 7 pieces of samples of wood, leather, plastic and etch with elastic band; "Distributed Jigsaw"; 2 pencils stamped "Choose one to Use"; "What the Cleaners Found" by Pavel Buchler; roll of tape with printed label around the circumference, by Didier Mathieu, Sixtus Editions, Limoges, France, (144); "Eat my sweet", all housed in original box file with printed explanation leaf, printed title label on side

Thomas Chippendale: 'The Gentleman and Cabinet Maker’s Director: being a large collection of the most elegant and useful designs of household furniture in the Gothic, Chinese and modern taste...and other ornaments', London, J. Haberkorn for the author and others, 1754, 1st edition, lacking leaves before pp. vii (i.e. half title, title page printed, and engraved dedication), but else complete, with [4]pp list of subscribers (pp. vii-x), 27pp letterpress (being a list of the plates with corresponding descriptions), plus 161 engraved plates as called for (two plates are numbered xxv), some plates with moderate foxing, slightly heavier and with some waterstaining to leaves at end, plate xxiv "Chinese Chairs" with area of surface wear (not affecting illustration itself), else leaves/plates complete and generally VGC commensurate with age, the plates dated 1753, and engraved by engraved by Tobias Müller (fl. 1754-90), Matthew Darly (fl. 1754-1778), Butler Clowes (d. 1782), Isaac I. Taylor (1730-1807), Edward Rooker (1711-1774), Johann Sebastian Müller (1715-1785), William Foster? (d. 1812), James Hulett (d. 1771) and Hemerick, Folio (45.5 x 28 cm), rebacked contemporary reverse calf very worn, part of original leather title label to spine, replenished end papers. Chippendale's breakthrough furniture design book. The Director was the most extensive pattern book to be created by a craftsperson and the first to have a wider audience outside tradesmen. The immense popularity of the 1754 first edition and subsequent reissues increased commissions for Chippendale's firm and cemented his position as one of the most premier 18th-century cabinetmakers. It was The Gentleman and Cabinet Maker’s Director, first published in 1754, that made his name and reputation. A talented draughtsman, Chippendale completed the drawings himself (many of them now in the Metropolitan Museum of Art) that were engraved for printing by Matthias Darly.While a handful of furniture designs had been printed before, The Director was the first publication on such a large scale. The 160 plates were either bound at £1.14 shillings or loose at £1.10 shillingsThe first edition of The Director attracted 308 subscribers, 49 of them members of the gentry, but the majority were fellow craftsmen (including the Affleck family in Philadelphia) who used it to inform their own work.The book was reprinted in two further editions with the third in 1762 including updates to the styles of furniture as neoclassicism became the fashion of the day. All of Chippendale’s known commissions (with the exception of one) date from after the appearance of The Director: clearly the catalogue had its intended effect on stimulating his career.

J.K. Rowling, Harry Potter Novels, deluxe editions, comprising 'Philosopher's Stone; Chamber of Secrets; Prisoner of Azkaban; Goblet of Fire; Order of the Phoenix; Deathly Hallows', London, Bloomsbury, 1997-2007, deluxe editions, 6 volumes, 'Order of the Phoenix', 2003, 1st deluxe edition, 1st impression, 'Deathly Hallows', 2007, 1st deluxe edition, 2nd impression, others mixed impressions, all original cloth gilt with mounted colour illustrations to front covers, all edges gilt, ribbon page markers, first four books housed in original pictorial cloth gilt slipcase (slightly worn) (6)

Tove Jansson, 3 titles: 'Finn Family Moomintroll', translated Elizabeth Portch, London, Ernest Benn Ltd, 1950, 1st English language edition, folding black & white map (with closed tear and tape repairs), plus further b/w ills. by Tove Jansson throughout, original pictorial cloth (worn, lacks backstrip). The third children's novel in the author's Moomin series of books, the first Moomin book to be published in English. Very scarce; 'The Exploits of Moominpappa', translated Thomas Warburton, L, Ernest Benn Ltd, 1952, 1st English language edition, b/w ills. by Tove Jansson throughout, orig. pictorial cloth. The fourth children's novel in the author's Moomin series of books. Very scarce; 'Sculptor's Daughter', trans. Kingsley Hart, L, Ernest Benn Ltd, 1969, 1st English language edition, orig. two tone cloth gilt, dust wrapper (slightly worn, 30s net/£1.50 price intact). The author's haunting semi-autobiographical childhood memoir. Scarce (3)

Tove Jansson: 'Comet in Moominland', translated Elizabeth Portch, London, Ernest Benn Ltd, 1951, 1st English language edition, black & white illustrations by Tove Jansson throughout, original pictorial cloth, dust wrapper (edge worn, part loss at foot of spine, publisher's 8/6 net price sticker attched to inside front flap). The second novel in Finnish author and illustrator Tove Jansson's celebrated series of Moomin books, contains the first appearance of several main characters, such as Snufkin and the Snork Maiden. Very scarce

Barbara Euphan Todd: 'Worzel Gummidge', illustrated Elizabeth Alldridge, London, Burns Oates & Washbourne Ltd., 1936, 1st edition, 6 full page b/w line illustrations as called for, original cloth (VGC), dust wrapper (3/6 price intact). The first appearance of Worzel Gummidge, the talking scarecrow, made popular by the ITV series in the late 1970's starring Jon Pertwee. The first edition is rare in a dustwrapper

"E.V.B." [i.e. Eleanor Vere Boyle]: 'The Peacock's Pleasaunce', London, John Lane, The Bodley Head, 1908, 1st edition, signed in intitials & inscribed by Eleanor Vere Boyle to FFEP "Given to J. Foulk, with my best good wishes (by EVB). Hunter combe, May 10. 1908", black and white frontispiece and 7 further black and white plates by EVB as called for, original cloth gilt, top edge gilt, others uncut. A very good first edition copy of Eleanor Vere Boyle's last work

Hilary Mantel: 'Wolf Hall', London, Fourth Estate, 2009, 1st edition, 1st impression, publisher's bookplate signed by author affixed to title page, original black cloth lettered in gilt, pictorial dust wrapper by Andy Bridge (£18.99 price intact). A signed first edition copy of Mantel's 2009 Booker Prize winning novel, the first title of the author's acclaimed Thomas Cromwell historical novel trilogy; together with an RSC souvenir programme for the stage production of Hilary Mantel's Wolf Hall, Aldwych Theatre, 2014, signed by Hilary Mantel in black ink at head of title page, original pictorial wraps (2)

Hilary Mantel, The Thomas Cromwell trilogy, all signed UK first editions published London, Fourth Estate, all generally fine/fine in unclipped wrappers, comprising 'Wolf Hall', 2009, signed piece mounted to title page, 'Bring Up the Bodies', 2012, signed to title page, 'The Mirror & the Light', 2020, signed piece mounted to title page; together with 'The World of Wolf Hall', 4th Estate, 2019, 1st edition, original wraps. Signed first editions of Hilary Mantel's acclaimed trilogy of historical novels charting the rise and fall of Thomas Cromwell, the first two in the series having won the Booker Prize in their respective years. (4)

Laurie Lee, the autobiographical trilogy: 'Cider With Rosie', London, The Hogarth Press, 1959, 1st edition, original cloth gilt, dust wrapper (18s price intact), 'As I Walked Out One Midsummer Morning', London, Andre Deutsch, 1969, 1st edition, original cloth, dust wrapper (30s/£1.50 price intact), 'A Moment of War', London, Viking, 1991, 1st edition, original cloth, dust wrapper (spine slightly faded, £14.99 price intact). A first edition set of Laurie Lee's autobiographical trilogy, his most significant literary contribution (3)

Margaret Thatcher, 4 titles, all signed first UK editions, first impressions, all published London, Harper Collins, all original cloth gilt, all in unclipped dust wrappers: 'The Downing Street Years', 1993, signed in blue ink to blank leaf between half title and title page, 'The Path to Power', 1995, signed in blue ink to blank leaf between half title and title page, 'The Collected Speeches of Margaret Thatcher', edited Robin Harris, 1997, signed in blue ink to title page, 'Statecraft. Strategies for a Changing World', 2002, signed in blue ink to title page. All in collectable condition (near fine to fine), internally no previous ownership names/inscriptions, wrappers all with prices intact, the UK first edition of 'Collected Speeches' being a particularly scarce title to find signed (4)

John Le Carré: '[The Karla Trilogy]: Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy; The Honourable Schoolboy; Smiley's People', New York, Alfred A. Knopf, 1974, 1977, 1980, 1st US editions, signed, 3 volumes, Tinker Tailor signed to first blank leaf following FFEP, The Honourable Schoolboy signed to title page, Smiley's People signed to first blank leaf following FFEP and with 'The First Edition Circle' original bookmark loosely inserted, all original cloth gilt, all in dust wrappers with prices intact, all in collectable condition. An excellent signed set of le Carre's classic spy trilogy (3)

Maggie O'Farrell, 2 titles: 'The Distance Between Us', London, Review, 2004, 1st edition, original cloth, dust wrapper, 'The Hand that First Held Mine', L, Headline, 2010, 1st edition, orig. cloth, d/w; Kazuo Ishiguro: 'The Unconsoled', L, Faber, 1995, 1st edition; Ruth L. Ozeki: 'All Over Creation', L, Picador, 2003, 1st edition (4)

Lance Thirkell: 'A Garden Full of Weeds', London, Hamish Hamilton, 1962, 1st edition, signed & inscribed presentation copy "Violet from Lance as an apology for not being able to come to champagne and a memento of the most charming Jurywoman I have ever met. Lance Jan 64." on FFEP, original cloth gilt, dust wrapper (by Quentin Blake). The first novel by Lance Thirkell (the youngest of the novelist Angela Thirkell's three sons)

Vita Sackville-West: 'Heritage', London, Collins, 1919, 1st edition, 250pp, original red cloth, spine and edge of upper board slightly faded, black lettering to spine. First edition of the author's scarce first novel.

Virginia Woolf: 'Jacob's Room', London, Hogarth Press, 1922, first edition, half title, 290pp + 14pp catalogue of adverts at end, Ex Boots circulating library, label to rear paste-down; some light foxing; inner joints weak. Original yellow cloth, somewhat grubby, Boots label removed from upper board, spine worn, printed paper title label to spine (rubbed/worn). First edition of Woolf's third novel. Protagonist Jacob Flanders' story is told through the narrative of the women who interact with him throughout his life. One of 1,200 copies of the first of Virginia Woolf's novels to be published by the Hogarth Press.

Aldous Huxley: 'Brave New World', London, Chatto & Windus, 1932, 1st edition, original publisher's blue cloth. A first edition of Huxley's dystopian classic

John Bratby, 3 titles, all published London, Hutchinson, all with full page and in text black & white illustrations by Bratby throughout, all original cloth, all in dust wrappers: 'Breakdown', March 1960, 2nd impression, 'Breakfast and Elevenses', 1961, 1st edition, 'Brake-Down Pedal', 1962, 1st edition. The first 3 (of 4) luridly autobiographical novels by John Bratby RA (1928 - 1992), English painter, teacher and writer, associated with the Kitchen Sink School (3)

Haruki Murakami, 2 titles: 'First Person Singular', London, Harvill Secker, 2021, 1st UK edition, 'What I Talk About When I Talk About Running', L, Harvill Secker, 2008, 7th impression, each original paper covered boards, dust wrappers (2)

Bruce Chatwin: 'In Patagonia', London, Jonathan Cape, 1977, 1st edition, original cloth gilt, map end papers, dust wrapper. Bruce Chatwin's first book, the most important literary travelogue of its time

Karl Popper: 'Unended Quest. An Intellectual Autobiography', Fontana/Collins, 1976, first separate edition, presentation copy, signed & inscribed by the author on title page "To Lord Zuckerman from Karl Popper June 1976". The recipient being Solomon "Solly" Zuckerman, Baron Zuckerman of Burnham Thorpe, Norfolk (1904 – 1993), British public servant, zoologist and operational research pioneer. He is best remembered as a scientific advisor to the Allies on bombing strategy in the Second World War, for his work to advance the cause of nuclear non-proliferation, and for his role in bringing attention to global economic issues. A scientific visionary, he offered theories about birth-control pills long before they were invented and predicted human organ transplants, which he called "spare-part surgery." A tirelessly inquiring mind and influential figure of the 20th Century Western establishment, Zuckerman was a champion of Popper's philosophies. In 1971 Sir Peter Medawar launched a campaign for the election of Sir Karl Popper to Fellowship of the Royal Society, which was supported by Solly Zuckerman, Francis Crick and others. This campaign for Popper's candidature provided an embattled science community with a philosophical basis for defending pure research and the unity of basic and applied science. Popper's autobiography was first published in hardback in 1974 in the Library of Living Philosophers Series, as part of the two-volume The Philosophy of Karl Popper. Popper revised the text for this edition, marking its first separate appearance, the first under this title, and the first in paperback. 8vo, original pictorial wraps

Iris Murdoch, 2 titles, both first editions published London, Chatto & Windus, both original cloth gilt, both in dust wrappers (VGC, prices intact): 'An Unofficial Rose', 1962, 'The Italian Girl', 1964, dust wrapper by Reynolds Stone; together with Evelyn Waugh: 'Unconditional Surrender', London, Chapman & Hall, 1961, 1st edition, original cloth gilt, dust wrapper (3)

John Dos Passos, 2 titles: 'Adventures of a Young Man;, London, Constable, 1939, 1st UK edition, original cloth gilt, 'Number One', L, Constable, 1944, 1st UK edition, orig. cloth, d/w; Robert Graves: 'Antigua, Penny, Puce', L, Constable & Deya (Mallorca), The Seizin Press, 1936, 1st edition, 1st issue, with misprints on p.100, 103 & 293, orig. cloth; Charles R. Benstead: 'Retreat', L, Methuen, 1930, 1st edition, orig. cloth gilt; Richard Aldington: 'Roads to Glory', L, Chatto, 1930, 1st edition, orig. cloth gilt; B. Traven: 'The Rebellion of the Hanged', L, Hale, [1952], 1st edition, orig. cloth gilt; Angus Wilson: 'The Wrong Set', L, Secker & Warburg, 1949, 1st edition, orig. cloth, d/w, author's first novel; Nigel Balchin: 'The Small Back Room', L, Collins and the Book Society, 1943, 1st edition, orig. cloth, d/w; Norman Mailer: 'The Naked and the Dead', L, Allan Wingate, 1949, 1st edition, orig. cloth, later dust wrapper; Alexander Solzhenitsyn: 'One Day in the Life of Ivan Denisovich', L, Gollancz, 1963, 1st UK edition, orig. cloth, d/w (10)

Eleven first edition Booker prize winning novels, all in original cloth, all in dust wrappers, comprising Michael Ondaatje: 'The English Patient', London, Bloomsbury, 1992, 1st edition; Yann Martel: 'Life of Pi', L, Canongate, 2002, 1st edition; A.S. Byatt: 'Possession: A Romance', L, Chatto & Windus, 1990, 1st edition; Richard Flanagan: 'The Narrow Road to the Deep North', L, C & W, 2014, 1st edition; Arundhati Roy: 'The God of Small Things', L, Flamingo, 1997, 1st edition; Damon Galgut: 'The Promise', L, C & W, 2021, 1st edition; Anne Enright: 'The Gathering', L, Jonathan Cape, 2007, 1st edition; Aravind Adiga: 'The White Tiger', L, Atlantic Books, 2008, 1st edition; Ruth Prawer Jhabvala: 'Heat and Dust', L, John Murray, 1975, 1st edition; William Golding: 'Rites of Passage', L, Faber & Faber, 1980, 1st edition; Pat Barker: 'The Ghost Road', L, Viking, 1995, 1st edition (11)

George Washington Cable: 'Dr. Sevier. A novel.', Edinburgh, David Douglas, 1884, 1st UK edition, 2 volumes, half titles with 1p. adverts preceding in both volumes. Vol. I [ii],vi,272pp. Vol. II [ii],vi,256pp. Not in Sadleir or Wolff. Cable, 1844-1925, American author from Louisiana, an early advocate of racial equality. This novel first published in the USA in 1882, is set during the American Civil War, and in New Orleans. Scarce (2)

Charles Dickens, 9 first edition works, comprising: 'Oliver Twist', illustrated George Cruikshank, London, Richard Bentley, 1838, 1st edition, 3rd issue (author stated as Chalres Dickens, as opposed to "Boz", plate titled "Rose Maylie and Oliver" at end of volume 3 in church, as opposed to fireside plate), 3 volumes, 24 engraved plates as called for, 'The Life and Adventures of Nicholas Nickleby', illustrated by "Phiz" [i.e. Hablot Knight Browne], London, Chapman & Hall, 1839, 1st edition in book form, engraved portrait frontis + 39 engraved plates as called for (plates very toned/foxed, several with repairs verso), 'Master Humphrey's Clock', illustrated George Cattermole and Hablot Browne, London, Chapman & Hall, 1840-41, 1st edition in book form, 3 volumes in 2, engraved frontises + engraved ills. in text as called for, 'The Life and Adventures of Martin Chuzzlewit', illustrated "Phiz" [i.e. Hablot Knight Browne,] London, Chapman & Hall, 1844, 1st edition in book form, engraved frontis, added engraved vignette title + 36 engraved plates (of 38, lacks plates "Martin Chuzzlewit suspects the landlady without any reason" and "Mr. Pinch and Ruth unconscious of a visitor"), 'Dombey and Son', illustrated Hablot Knight Browne L, Bradbury & Evans, 1848, 1st edition in book form, engraved frontis, added engraved vignette title + 42 engraved plates (collation calls for 40 plates in total including frontis & vignette title, this copy with 44 plates in total/4 additional plates), 'The Personal History of David Copperfield', illustrated Hablot Knight Browne, London, Bradbury & Evans, 1850, 1st edition in book form, engraved frontis, added engraved vignette title page + 38 plates as called for, 'Bleak House', illustrated Hablot Knight Browne, L, Bradbury & Evans, 1853, 1st edition in book form, engraved frontis, added engraved vignette title page + 38 engraved plates as called for, 'Little Dorrit', illustrated Hablot Knight Browne, L, Bradbury & Evans, 1857, 1st edition in book form, engraved frontis, added engraved vignette title + 38 engraved plates as called for, 'Our Mutual Friend', illustrated Marcus Stone, L, Chapman & Hall, 1865, 1st edition in book form, 2 volumes in 1, 40 engraved plates as called for, uniform rebound half calf gilt, marbled paper covered boards (12)

Eric Simms: 'British Warblers', London, Collins, 1985, 1st edition, 2nd state, New Naturalist 71, original cloth gilt, dust wrapper (by Robert Gillmor, £20.00 price intact), together with a 1985 first softcover edition of the same title, original pictorial wraps (2)

Eugen Sandow: 'Strength and How to Obtain It', London & Aldershot, Gale & Polden, 1897, 1st edition, 19 monochrome plates including portrait frontis of the author, as often lacking the folding Anatomical Chart illustrating the Exercises for Physical Development, otherwise complete, original publisher's pictorial cloth. Eugen Sandow (1867-1925) was a German bodybuilder and showman born in Königsberg, Prussia, who in 1901 organised the first major bodybuilding competition set in London's Royal Albert Hall. He judged the event alongside author Arthur Conan Doyle and athlete Charles Lawes-Wittewronge. The uncommon first edition of this early work on fitness and bodybuilding with illustrations.

(Agriculture), [John Worlidge]: 'Systema Agriculturae; The Mystery of Husbandry Discovered', London, T. Dring et al, 1675, 2nd edition, engraved frontispiece and printed "Explanation of the Frontispiece" preceding printed general title page, woodcut illustrations, additional printed title pages for 'Kalendarium Rusticum' & 'Dictionarum Rusticum', [36],324,[4]pp, folio, handsomely rebound panelled calf, armorial bookplates of George Paterson of Castle Huntly (1734–1813), and William Allen Potter to front pastedown, ownership signature of Sir Bulstrode Whitelocke (1605-1675), English lawyer, writer, parliamentarian and Lord Keeper of the Great Seal of England, to verso of title page. The first book published by Worlidge, one of the first British Agriculturists to discuss the importance of farming as an industry, this being one of the earliest works to consider the crop of turnips

(Agriculture)Charles Varlo: 'A New System Of Husbandry From Many Years Experience', Philadelphia, for the author, 1785, 1st US edition, 2 volumes, folding table before title page to volume 1, old calf gilt, later black leather gilt title labels to spines. First American edition of the most substantial agricultural text yet published in the United States; it was published during Varlo's unsuccessful sojourn in America (see below). Varlo (ca. 1725-ca. 1795), was an agriculturist and inventor of a number of agricultural machines. The present book was first published in York in 1770. "In 1784, while he was living in Sloane Square, in London, Varlo became involved in a somewhat ludicrous episode. He had bought papers and charters supposedly granted by Charles I to Sir Edward Plowden, entitling him to colonize New Albion (later New Jersey) in America. This attempt at colonization had failed and in Charles II's reign the charter was superseded by a new grant to the duke of York. Armed with his papers (which were probably forgeries), Varlo went out to the American colonies in 1784 hoping to be recognized as governor of the province of New Jersey and to take over one-third of the territory. The case was tried before the colonial courts, but Varlo's claim was dismissed?Before returning to England he travelled for a year through New England, Maryland, and Virginia (where he met George Washington)."-ODNB (2)

(Agriculture, Farming, Veterinary), Gervase Markham: 'Cheape and good husbandry for the well-ordering of all beasts and fowles, and for the generall cure of their diseases', [1648], 7th edition, a/f defective, lacks title page and some preliminiary leaves at front, first few leaves comprising table of contents before main body of text loose and very worn, main body of text p1-188 complete, leaves toned and with stab holes to margins, binding a/f leaves/gatherings loose, but else main body of text complete, contemporary calf very worn, lacks backstrip; Thomas Gisborne: 'Essays on Agriculture', L, Murray, 1854, inscribed by the editor on half title, xiv,[2],255pp, rebacked original printed wraps worn; S.G. Finney: 'Hints to Landlords, Tenants, and Labourers...with the Agriculutural Balance Sheet', L, James Ridgway, 1860, 4 plates (1 folding), original cloth gilt; Great Britain. Parliament (pub.): 'Reports of special assistant to the Poor Law Commissioners on the employment of women and children in agriculture.', L, HMSO, 1843, a/f, ends abruptly at p.360 (of 378pp), contemporary cloth gilt; Dr. John Trusler: 'Practical husbandry, or, The art of farming with a certainty of gain : as practised by judicious farmers in this country : the result of experience and long observation', L, J. Brockwell, 1799, 4th edition, 123pp, 4 leaves misbound at end, ex library, old paper wraps (worn); C. Hillyard: 'Practical Farming and Grazing', Northampton, T.E. Dicey, 1840, 3rd edition, engraved frontis, 8pp ads at end, original cloth gilt; Thomas Tusser; William Mavor: 'Five Hundred Points of Good Husbandry', L, Lackington, 1812, new edition, 338pp, rebound quarter calf gilt; 'Cullyer's Tables, for the use of Gentlemen, Farmers, Corn Merchants, Millers, Thatchers, and others', 1809, 6th edition, 150pp + [4]pp ads at end, contemp. calf worn, boards detached bu present; 'The Cow Doctor...', L, Richardson, c.1844, added engraved title, 16mo, contemporary cloth gilt (9)

(Mathematics), William Allen Whitworth: 'Choice and Chance', Cambridge, Deighton, Bell & Co, 1870, 2nd edition, enlarged, [2],viii,254pp + later 24pp, ex Repton School library, original cloth gilt, scarce, further booklet by Whitworth stitched in at end: 'The Expectation of Parts Into which a Magnitude is Divided at Random Investigated Mainly by Algebraical Methods', Cambridge, Deighton Bell & Co, 1898, half title, printed author compliments slip; [J.M. Williams]: 'The Elements of Euclid containing The First, Sixth and The Eleventh and Twelfth Books, chiefly from the text of Dr. Simson, adapted to Elementary Instructions by the Introduction of Symbols', London & Cambridge, Charles Tilt et al, 1827, 1st edition, x,[2],382pp + [2]pp ads at end, ex Repton School library, some waterstaining to leaves, title page reinforced at inner margin, part excised at top corner (not affecting text), engraved diagrams in text throughout, old paper covered boards worn, crudely rebacked; Robert Blakey: 'An Essay on Logic', L, Trelawney WM. Saunders, 1848, 2nd edition enlarged, 4,xii,216pp, ex library, original blindstamped cloth, lacks backstrip; Augustus de Morgan: 'An Essay on Probabilities, and on their application to Life Contingencies and Insurance Offices', London, Longman et al, [1838], Cabinet Cyclopaedia v.107, engraved vignette title page, xviii,306,xl p.p., ex Repton School library, original blindstamped cloth gilt; plus 1 other (5)

John Stuart Mill: 'On Liberty', London, J.S. Parker, 1859, 2nd edition, 207,[1]pp, lacks blank leaf following FFEP & preceding title page, contemporary half morocco gilt, bookplate of Sir George Buckston Browne FRCS (1850 –1945), British surgeon and pioneer urologist. The second edition (published in the same year as the first) of John Stuart Mill's incredibly important and lasting treatise on human liberty, one of the most fundamental works on liberal thought and politics.

(Theology, Bible), Robert Leighton: 'A practical commentary, upon the two first chapters of the first epistle general of St. Peter. By the most reverend Dr. Robert Leighton, some-time arch-bishop of Glasgow. Published after his death, at the request of his friends', York, Printed by J. White, Their Majesties printer, for the City of York, and the five northerne counties, 1693, 1st edition, [6],486,[2]pp, contemporary calf gilt

Winston Spencer Churchill: 'Ian Hamilton's March', London, Longmans & Co., November 1900, 2nd edition, (one month after the first), portrait frontis, folding map at end + 9 b/w maps in text, xii,[2],409pp + [6],32pp publisher's adverts at end, original cloth gilt

Princess Hélène d'Orléans, Duchess of Aosta (1871-1951), a collection of signed books, Autograph Letters Signed, signed portrait photographs etc, comprising 'Voyages en Afrique', Milan, Fratelli Treves; Paris, Librairie Nilsson, [1913], 1st edition, signed & inscribed by Princess Hélène to leaf preceding half title page "To William Eagle-Bott Esq. France - Savoia - Aosta. Pennang 8-VI-1923", portrait frontispiece of the author, folding colour map showing her travel route around Africa + 487 illustrations from photographs on 253 full page plates as called for, 368,[1]pp, 4to, contemporary three quarter morocco gilt by Hatchards, top edge gilt, others uncut, original pictorial printed wraps bound in; 'Vers le soleil qui se lève.', Ivrea, Francesco Viassone, 1918, 2nd edition, signed & inscribed to William Eagle-Bott and dated Penang, 8th June 1923, to leaf preceding frontis, numbered 48 of an unspecified limitation, mounted photographic portrait frontispiece of the author, folding colour map at end showing the route of her journey around the world + 16 tipped in colour plates & 522 illustrations from photographs throughout (many full page) as called for, 456,[1]pp, large 4to, contemporary three quarter morocco gilt by Hatchards, top edge gilt, others uncut, original pictorial printed wraps bound in; together with 14 Autograph Letters Signed from Princess Hélène of Orléans, all to one William Eagle-Bott Esquire, c.1920's-1930's, many of the letters several pages each, mainly in their original postally used envelopes and addressed by Princess Hélène of Orléans, various addresses including Selangor, Malaysia, and Lower Kingston, Ringwood, England, majority of the letters on "Reggia di Capodimonte, Napoli", headed paper; together with a portrait photograph of Princess Hélène d'Orléans, Duchess of Aosta, by Eva Barrett (1879-1950), the leading society photographer in Rome in the 1920s and early 1930s, signed in pencil by the photographer and dated Roma/27 to lower margin, signed below by Princess Hélène "France - Savoia - Aosta. 1927", framed and glazed, approx size 33 x 24cm, together with a group photograph depicting the King and Queen of Spain with Princess Hélène, her son and others, captioned below by Princess Hélène and dated at top Capo di Monte, 26-XI-1923, framed and glazed, approx 24 x 18cm; together with a silver teaspoon engraved "Hellena", and a travelling teapot and sugar bowl, with later m/s note stating they were given as a wedding present by the Duchess of Aosta to Pete & Sue Eagle-Bott, October 1931. Princess Hélène of Orléans (French: Princesse Hélène Louise Henriette d'Orléans; 13 June 1871 – 21 January 1951) was a member of the deposed Orléans royal family of France and, by marriage to the head of a cadet branch of the Italian royal family, the Duchess of Aosta. Although her hand in marriage was sought at various times for the heirs to the thrones of the United Kingdom, Austria and the Russian Empire, no such marriage or alliance materialized. In 1892 Hélène travelled with her brother Philippe to Egypt and Palestine, the first of many trips outside of Europe. After the breakdown of both her health and her marriage, Hélène began frequent trips to Africa which lasted up to ten months at a time. She travelled down the Nile, into the Congo, and through much of East Africa, as well as crossing the Sahara. During these trips she became known as a big-game hunter, a reputation bolstered by articles she wrote for Harper's Weekly and later full-length travel books which were illustrated with photographs she had taken, including 'Voyages en Afrique'. In 1913-1914 Hélène undertook a round-the-world trip which she recorded in her travel book 'Vers le soleil qui se lève.'

John Hunt: 'The Ascent of Everest', London, Hodder & Stoughton, 1953, 1st edition, signed by the author and leader of the successful 1953 British expedition to Mount Everest, John Hunt (1910-1998) to title page in blue ink, 8 colour plates from photographs plus 48 full page b/w ills. from photographs and maps/ills. in text as called for, original cloth gilt, pictorial dust wrapper by William Heaton Cooper (a superb example of the dust wrapper which is often toned/worn, 25/- price intact); together with a copy of the official lecture booklet/programme produced for the subsequent Lecture Tour by members of the team which made the succesful first ascent of Everest 1953, printed by Vail & Co. Ltd, London, [20]pp, ills. from b/w photos throughout, orig. pictorial wraps; plus a copy of The Times The First Ascent of Mount Everest Supplement, July 1953, 32pp, illustrations from photos throughout, and a Tuesday, June 2, 1953 copy of the Daily Mail, with Everest ascent headline and ill. from photograph of Edmund Hillary to front page; plus a 2003 50th anniversary of the first ascent of Everest The Times/Royal Geographical Society special supplement, 47pp, and John Hunt: 'Our Everest Adventure', Brockhampton Press, 1954, 1st edition, 127,[1]pp, b/w ills. from photos throughout, original pictorial cloth, dust wrapper

Violet Olivia Cressy-Marcks (née Rutley, later Fisher, 1895–1970), British explorer, member of the Royal Geographical Society, credited with travelling in every country of the world, fellow of the Royal Asiatic and Zoological Societies, a collection of her books, photographs and related ephemera, including 'Up the Amazon and Over the Andes', London, Hodder & Stoughton, 1932, 1st edition, deluxe presentation edition, signed & inscribed on FFEP "To Reg, With love from your loving sister. Vil, Xmas 1932. Violet Cressy-Marcks.", portrait frontis + 35 ills. + 3 maps as called for, contemporary full brown morocco gilt, top edge gilt, with Typed Letter Signed from Violet Cressy-Marcks to her brother Reginald Rutley dated 3rd January 1933, Hazelwood, King's Langley headed paper, plus envelope containing 12 monochrome photographs circa 1920's depicting Violet Cressy-Marcks on her travels, all with pencil captions verso, images include motorcar stuck in mud, captioned verso "First stop. Nr. Aleppo, bogged after 2 hrs.. Time required for "imediate action" 3hrs. Language used Billingsgate more mood of Arctic. Viz "Baksheesh"!"; Cressy-Marcks seated on terrace of rustic dwelling, captioned verso "at Der-el-Zor (Syria, French Euphrates Region), Our bedroom. Al fresco luncheon, eggs, coffee + Bedouin bread, being all attainable. The bread...& tastes of sand..."; view of trees in snow, snowy mountainous backdrop, captioned verso "The Lebanon, near Rayak"; plus others River Jordan; Jerusalem Church of the Holy Sepulchre; Cress-Marcks posing in front of heavily laden motorcar "On our more respectable return journey Baghdad - Damascus; "Coffee in mid Anatolia between Konia and Yenidje"; "Shepheard's Hotel, Cairo. Vil on balcony"; "Vil at Karnak"; "Vil a Chameau, Pyramids, Gizeh"; "Vil at Luxor, nile in rear"; "Babylon. Nebuchadnezzar's Palace Walls. Taken by Vil", envelope postally used, addressed in the hand of Violet Cressy-Marcks to Lieut. R.I. Rutley, RNR (her brother Reginald Rutley), postmarked 1924; plus packet containing 16 postcards c.1920's of Athens, Thessalonika, Sofia, Warsaw etc, some postally used and with hand written messages from Cressy-Marcks to her first son William, some captioned by Cressy-Marcks; two [8]pp printed and illustrated catalogues "Catalogue for Mrs. Violet Olivia Cressy-Marcks' Collection...Kindly lent in aid of the Conservative Bazaar", [nd], c.1920's, one signed & inscribed to front cover "To my Darling son Bill. October 13th 1928 Violet O.C. Marcks"; three 4pp printed leaflets for lectures given by Violet Cressy-Marcks "Across Lapland into Russia, with Reindeers", two at Opera House, Buxton, one at Garden Club, Chesterfield Gardens, London, circa late 1920's, and another similar for a lecture by Cressy-Marcks entitled "Up the Amazon-Over the Andes to Inca Ruins", plus some other press cuttings, photos, letters housed in packet; plus another deluxe specially bound copy of 'Up the Amazon and Over the Andes', L, H & S, 1932, 1st edition, plates + maps as called for, some relevant items loosely inserted incl. photographic postcard of Cressy-Marcks signed & inscribed by her "Your Loving Sister Violet", plus two Christmas Cards from Violet & Francis Fisher (Mrs. Cressy-Marcks), one with photogravure ill. of their house, Hazelwood, King's Langley, the other with mounted photograph of Tibetans posing by lake "The Shore of Frozen Koko Nor - Palm sunday, 1938. Tibet", the photograph presumably by Violet Cressy-Marcks taken during her travels; another 1932 1st edition copy of the same book in original cloth gilt, dust wrapper (d/w worn), portrait photo of Cressy-Marcks loosely inserted; plus three copies of Cressy-Marcks book 'Journey Into China', all London, H & S, 1940, 1st editions, one with her ownership inscription to front pastedown, mixed condition, plus another packet containing 5 further photographically illustrated Christmas Cards from Mr & Mrs Francis Fisher (Violet Cressy-Marcks) circa 1930's, images include Chinese village, market in Ethiopia, Tibet (2), frontier of India, plus small qty. other related ephemera; plus Harrow School 1939 fencing photograph, seated in photograph Violet Cressy Marck's son William Cressy-Marcks (1921-1945), who served with the "Chindits" in Burma, WW2, buried Taukyyan War Cemetery, Myanmar, framed and glazed. Cressy-Marcks was elected to the Royal Geographical Society (RGS) in 1922, described by her proposer as of independent means, already having "travelled extensively" from Alaska to Java and having made private "explorations in Tibet, Kashmiri etc."[3] Violet Cressy-Marcks' journeys took her round the world many times. Though twice married, she principally travelled alone. Her extensive interests encompassed archaeology, zoology, ethnology and geography. Eventually credited with travelling in every country of the world, she was keen to have a scientific grounding to her travels, and was a fellow of the Royal Asiatic and Zoological Societies.[2][3] She was also a capable cinematographer and photographer, bringing films and photographs from many of her travels including politically sensitive areas. She studied in Arabia and undertook widespread archaeological studies including Egypt, Syria, Palestine, Persia, Java, China, Ethiopia, Afghanistan, and the Khmer, Inca, Aztec, and Mesopotamian peoples. Although she was regarded primarily as an archaeologist,[9] part of her remit was to collect contemporary ethnological data on ethnic groups little known in the West.[3] In her will she requested that a copy of her biography be shown to the chief of MI5 "for his appreciation", as well as entrusting that biography to (the then deceased) Bernard Rickatson-Hatt, who had spent three years in intelligence in Constantinople (as well as editor-in-chief for Reuters), suggesting sponsorship from the secret service for some of her many travels. These coincided with periods of international political sensitivity on a number of occasions. She often achieved largely unfettered travel, as in the case of Russia where she availed herself of permission to travel wherever she wanted and visited most of the Foreign Office officials (as she reported to Mao).

Captain William Gill: 'The River of Golden Sand : Being the narrative of a journey through China and eastern Tibet to Burmah', London, John Murray, 1883, [2nd edition], engraved portrait frontispiece of the author, 2 plates (of which 1 folding), 30 woodcut illustrations and diagrams in the text, and folding coloured map at end as called for, portrait photograph of the author loosely inserted, 332pp + [6]pp adverts at end, original pictorial blue cloth gilt. In July 1876, Gill visited Berlin to consult with von Richthofen about preparations for the journey and then set sail for Asia. After several months spent visiting Peking, Shanghai, Chengde (Jehol) and the sea terminus of the Great Wall, he began his expedition in 1877, following the Yangtze to the city of Chongqing in the company of Evelyn Colborne Baber. In Sichuan province, he ventured into the remote Min mountains - becoming the first European to explore the region - and then undertook a four-month journey westwards with William Mesny to Yunnan and Tibet, following the course of the Jinsha ("Golden Sand") river, the name given to the upper stretches of the Yangtze. "From Tachienlu (Dajianlu) (8340 feet) he ascended to the summit level of the great Tibetan plateau, continuing his journey by Litang (18,280 feet) to Batang (8546 feet) in a tributary valley of the Kinsha; and then, crossing that river, he turned south, travelling parallel to the river to Talifu (Dalifu), the western capital of Yunnan" (ODNB)

John Betjeman first edition Summoned By Bells 1960 published by John Murray

4 Edna O'Brien first edition books: August is a Wicked Month 1965, Casualties of Peace 1966, Night 1972, Lantern Slides 1990

3 first edition novels: V. Sackville-West The Garden (1946) & No Signposts In The Sea (1961), Virginia Woolfe The Wave (1931)

4 Margaret Drabble first edition books: The Millstone (1965), Jerusalem The Golden (1967), The Needle's Eye (1972), The Realms Of Gold (1975) all published by Weidenfeld and Nicolson

Rudyard Kipling Just So Stories (October 1902 reprint) & Limits and Renewals first edition 1932 both published by MacMillan & Co.

The Mary Frances Sewing Book first edition 1914 by Jane Eayre Fryer, Hans Andersen's Fairy Tales & Christmas Garland (in box) both Margaret Tarrant first editions

8 first edition books: Come Reading by Edward Blishen (1967), Silver Circus by A E Coppard (1928), Miryam's Guest House by Ernest Raymond (1973), Girl 20 by Kingsley Amis (1971), No Highway by Nevil Shute (1948), Memoirs Of An Infantry Officer by Siegfried Sassoon (1930), 1066 And All That (1930) & Horse Nonsense (1933) both by Sellar & Yeatman plus The Picture Of Dorian Gray (December 1946 reprint)

8 Enid Blyton Adventure series hard back books including first edition The River Adventure & The Circus Adventure 

Alan Garner, The Weird Stone of Brisingman, A Tale of Oldeny, First Edition (ex library copy); the Moon Gomratjh, Collins 1963; and other works.

Roy Lichtenstein,American 1923-1997,Paper Plates, 1969;three screenprints in colours on paper plates,each stamped Roy Lichtenstein © On 1st Inc 1969 in ink verso,from the limited edition of an unknown size,published by On First Inc., New York,each 26 cm diameter,(framed)

Banksy, British b. 1974- Laugh Now, 2003;  screenprint in colours on wove, numbered 302/600 DN* in pencil,  published by Pictures on Walls, London, image: 65.8 x 42.0 cm, sheet: 69.3 x 49.3 cm, (framed) (ARR)Note: this work has recently been examined at first hand by Pest Control and the DN next to the edition number denotes 'duplicate number.' When the original numbering was done at Pictures on walls occasionally numbering errors occurred. The work has been declared authentic and is awaiting a Pest Control certificate. Note: together with a receipt and letter of provenance stating purchase from Cassius Colman selling through The Nelly Duff Gallery, Columbia Road.

Banksy, British b.1974-NTH NHX!;official limited edition postcard and stamp in frame PTN PNH with First Day Cancellation issued by Ukrposhta Ukraine 2023. This framed work is an edition of 1000 and issued by the National post office of Ukraine, 22 x 24 cm, (framed) (ARR)  

Banksy,British b.1974-Walled Off Box Set, 2017; giclée print with concrete piece of wall,from the open edition, in the artist's designated Ikea frame,dimensions: 25.2 x 25.2 cm,(framed)(ARR)Note: this work is accompanied by the original receipt from the Walled Off Hotel. Banksy's Walled Off Hotel in the Palestinian territories is a continuation of the artists interest in the region, first ignited when he graffitied the West Bank barrier in 2004. Banksy opened a gift shop to sell customised souvenirs relating to the locale amid the tense political situation.

KAWS,American b.1974-Bendy (Red), 2003; painted vinyl multiple, artist's name, date and publisher impressed to reverse, from an open edition fabricated by Medicom Toy, China, contained within original clear acrylic box, 33 x 7 x 3 cm,(multiple)(VAT charged on Hammer Price)Provenance: From the property of a private UK KAWS collectorNote: The authenticity of this lot has been corroborated on first hand inspection by a seasoned dealer in KAWS pieces 

1934 FIFA World Cup official report, very scarce original first edition hardback version of the official report, titled ''COPPA DEL MONDO CRONISTA DEL II CAMPIONATO DI CALCIO'' published by the Italian FA (FIGC). From the Library archive and former property of the Italian Football Federation (F.I.G.C.) Pages one and three inside are stamped ''FEDERAZIONE ITALIANA GIUCO CALCIO - BILBLIOTECA - ROMA'' and page four is printed with the Italian FA Crest and states ''PROPRIETA RISERVETA DELLA FEDERAZIONE ITALIANA GIOCO DEL CALCIO'' Includes original pictorial cotton material hardback outer covers (General reports were published on paperback type covers) 232-Pages with frontispiece portrait of Mussolini, extensive World Cup coverage and numerous illustrations Provenance: Formerly the property of Italian FA (FIGC) 

Jules Rimet's book Histoire Merveilleuse De La Coupe du Monde,paper wrappers, first edition, published in the ‘Father of FIFA’s’ retirement year in 1954, by Union Europeenne D'Editions, Monaco, and Rene Kister and Godefroy Schmid in Geneva & Zurich, colour wrappers  Condition some minor paper loss to front wrapper and top of spine, the spine also with sellotaped support in three places, exposed paper edges browned, overall reasonable

1956 European Cup Borussia Dortmund v Manchester United 1st round programme, played on 21st November 1956,4-page edition with extra supplement page, extremely rare, this was Manchester United's first season in Europe and their second match, good condition 

Bannerman (David Armitage), The Birds of the British Isles, vols. two to twelve only. 4to, illus. by George Lodge, first edition, 1953-1963, with dws.