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Freedom of the Press.- Speeches (at length) of the Honourable T. Erskine, & S. Kyd esq (The) ... on the Trial of T. Williams for publishing Paine's Age of Reason ..., second edition, corrected, one or two faint spots, advertisements at end, disbound, [1797] § Erskine (Thomas) The Resolutions of the First Meeting of the Friends to the Liberty of Press ..., disbound, 1793 § Proceedings of the Friends to the Liberty of the Press, 1793 § Proceedings of the Friends to the Liberty of the Press ..., disbound, 1793 § Hobhouse (Benjamin) Three Letters, presentation copy from author with additional manuscript note to A8 verso, one or two spots, disbound, [?1792]; 8vo (4)

NO RESERVE Johnson (Samuel) The Works, 8 vol., contemporary ink signature to head of titles, very occasional light foxing, handsome contemporary diced calf, gilt, spines gilt with black roan labels (one or two slightly chipped), a little rubbed and marked, gouge to lower cover of vol.6, Dublin, J.Christie, 1816 § Churchill (Charles) Poems, 2 vol., first collected edition, half-titles, vol.2 with signature "J. Churchill" at end of 'The Journey', a few stains, B.W.Robinson's copy with his signed note of acquisition and bookplate to front endpapers, contemporary calf, rubbed, joints split, spine ends worn, [Rothschild 621], 1763-1765 § Life and Memoirs (The) of Mr.Ephraim Tristram Bates, commonly called Corporal Bates, a broken-hearted Soldier, first edition, advertisement leaf at end, woodcut ornaments, title browned, small stain to margin of G1, contemporary sheep, worn, spine defective at ends, upper cover detached, by Malachi ⁂*, for Edith Bates, 1756; and c.20 others, miscellaneous, v.s. (c.30)⁂ The third item is a scarce libertine novel and a model for Sterne's The Life and Opinions of Tristram Shandy, Gentleman of 1759.Basil William (B.W.) Robinson (1912-2005), art historian and expert on Islamic and Asian art, and Metalwork, Keeper for many years at the Victoria & Albert Museum.

NO RESERVE Bible, English.- The Holy Bible with a Complete Commentary, double column, engraved frontispiece, vignette title and 42 plates, occassional spotting and light browning, contemporary mottled calf, spine in compartments with a black morocco label, rubbed, Manchester, J. Gleave, 1818 § Bushe-Fox (J.P.) First, Second, Third, Fourth and Fifth Report on the Excavation of the Roman Fort at Richborough, Kent, 5 vol., first editions, plates and aplns, several folding, bookplates, first vol. in contemporary half calf, vol. 2 and 3 in contemporary cloth, vol. 4 and 5 in contemporary half morocco, slightly rubbing to extremities, heavier to calf, Oxford, 1926-68 § Stone (George Cameron) A Glossary of the Construction, Decoration and of Arms and Armor in all countries and in all times, new edition, one of 500 copies, illustrated throughoug, contemporary brown cloth, housed in a silver slipcase, bumped, New York, 1961, and c.20 other books, v.s. (c.25)⁂Provenance: The first three vol. are noted as Sir Arthur Evan's copies. Evans (1851-1941) was a British archaeologist and Honourable Vice President of the Society of Antiquaries.

Byroniana.- Bedford (John Harman) Wanderings of Childe Harolde. a romance of real life, 3 vol., first edition, vol. 2 & 3 with half-titles, each with early blank trimmed at head, scattered spotting, ex-Nottingham Public Libraries with blind-stamp to titles, contemporary drab boards, rebacked, blind-stamp to upper covers, titles in manuscript to spine, rubbed and worn, bumping to corners and spine extremities, 8vo, 1825.⁂ A biographical novel, based on the career of Byron.

NO RESERVE Carlyle (Thomas) Chartism, first edition, advertisement leaf at end, signature at head of title neatly erased, some light soiling, ink inscription to Ridley & Helen Herschell on front pastedown, original cloth, rubbed, spine worn and defective, 8vo, 1840.⁂ Ridley Haim Herschell (1807-64), Polish-born British minister who converted from Judaism to evangelical Christianity. He was a founder of the British Society for the Propagation of the Gospel Among the Jews (1842) and of the Evangelical Alliance (1845).

NO RESERVE Newman (Cardinal John Henry) Dissertatiunculae quaedam critico-theologicae, first edition, presentation copy from the author to "The Rt.Revd. Dr Hendren, Bishop of Martyropolis with the affectionate respects of the author. June 7. 1852" inscribed on front free endpaper, foxed, ex-theological library copy with ink stamps, contemporary calf, rubbed, spine defective, Rome, 1847; and vol.1-4 (of 6) of Watson's Collection of Theological Tracts of 1791, 8vo (5)⁂ Joseph William Hendren (1791-1866), Roman Catholic bishop.

Dickens (Charles) Bleak House, first edition in book form, frontispiece, additional pictorial title and 38 plates by Hablot K. Browne, lacking half-title, additional title and title starting to work loose at foot, foxing, some browning to plates, lower hinge broken with final gatherings working loose, later half morocco, rubbed with wear to extremities, a few short tears to spine ends, [Eckel pp.79-81; Smith I, 19], Bradbury & Evans, 1853; and 3 others by the same, including first editions of David Copperfield and Little Dorrit in book form, 8vo (4)

Dickens (Charles) Little Dorrit, first edition in book form, first issue, etched frontispiece, additional title and 38 plates by Hablot K. Browne, contemporary ink ownership inscription of E.H. Johns to front free endpaper and head of title, plates with foxing and browning to margins, occasional light foxing to text, later half calf, rubbed, Brabury and Evans, 1857; and others, 19th century literature, several Dickens, 8vo (c.40)

Cyples (William) Satan Restored: a poem, first edition, ex-library with remnants of label to title verso and occasional ink-stamps, disbound, 1859 § Hess (George Furst) John Reaville and the Deserted Villages of Tangasootac, plate, ex-library with occasional ink-stamps, original paper wrappers, faint ink-stamp to upper cover, Philadelphia, 1914 § [Hepburn (Duncan D.)] "Emerald Isle" Stray Rhymes, ex-library with usual labels and ink-stamps throughout, original printed wrappers, small ink-stamp to upper cover, lacking backstrip, upper cover becoming detached, Nottingham, 1873 § Bailey (Philip James) Nottingham Castle. An Ode Historical and Traditionary ... on the Opening of the Castle as a Permanent Art Museum, ex-library with usual label and discreet blind-stamp, original paper wrappers, scattered spotting, chipping and slight creasing to edges, Nottingham, 1878; and 10 other literary pamphlets, including duplicates, 8vo & 12mo (14)⁂ The first is scarce with only 4 copies on World Cat, at the British Library; Universities of Cambridge and Oxford, and the National Library of Scotland.

[Evans (Marian)], "George Eliot". Silas Marner: The Weaver of Raveloe, first edition, lacking half-title, advertisements and publisher's catalogue, some light foxing, upper hinge cracked but holding, contemporary green half morocco, rubbed, upper joint starting, William Blackwood and Sons, 1861 § [Glasse (Hannah)] The Art of Cookery, Made Plain and Easy, sixth edition, title with a few small chips to head and repaired to verso, foxing and some light soiling, rear free endpaper repaired, modern calf-backed boards, spine gilt, for the Author, 1758 § Major (Thomas) Les Ruines de Paestum, facsimile reprint, engraved plates, the odd spot, original cloth, some light soiling, a few nicks and scratches to lower cover, 1969; and others, various subjects, v.s. (lge qty in 12 boxes)

Brontë (Charlotte), "Currer Bell". The Professor, to which are added the Poems of Currer, Ellis, and Acton Bell, Now First Collected, light spotting to first few pages, original cloth, rubbed, spine faded, corners and spine ends bumped and frayed, 1864 § Poe (Edgar Allen) The Poetical Works,"Complete Edition", frontispiece and illustrations, ownership inscription to front free endpapers, original pictorial cloth, lightly rubbed at extremities but still bright overall, [c.1852], 8vo (2)⁂ Second item is a rare binding variant in red cloth.

NO RESERVE William Barnes.- [Baxter (Lucy)] "Leader Scott", The Life of William Barnes Poet and Philologist, first edition, two photographic frontispieces, with letters from Barnes' daughters tipped-in, spotted, bookplate, title, first few pages and last few pages spotted, pages toned, original boards, bumped, 1887; and 11 others by or relating to William Barnes, v.s. (12)⁂ "The Life of William Barnes" containing several manuscript letters written by Barnes' daughters, from the library of Anne Powell, many volumes with her notes and insertions.

Brazil.- Madre de Deos (Gaspar) Memorias para a historia da Capitania de S. Vicente, hoje chamada de S. Paulo do estado do Brasil, first edition, half-title, title with woodcut device, final advertisement f., O3 paper flaw within opening line, with loss of part of a few letters, but no loss of sense of text, some spotting or staining, lightly browned, contemporary blue wrappers bound in, modern mottled calf, richly gilt spine in compartments and with double leather labels, [Azevedo-Samodães 1928; Borba de Moraes (1983) II, 507 'This classic work is becoming scarce'; Innocêncio III, 131; Período colonial p. 22; Rodrigues 1080; Sabin 43753; Sacramento Blake III, 172-4; Welsh 4439], small 4to, Lisbon, Printers of the Academy of Sciences, 1797.⁂ First edition of this history of the present-day state of São Paulo, based on a detailed study of contemporary archives. The author (1715-1800), whose secular name was Gaspar Teixeira de Azevedo, was Abbot of São Bento in Rio de Janeiro, and a corresponding member of the Lisbon Academy of Sciences.

Wells (H.G.) The Wonderful Visit, first edition, title in red and black, scattered spotting, cracked hinges, previous owner's ink inscription, original cloth, gilt, sunned spine, bumping to corners and extremities, a little rubbed, 1895; The Holy Terror, first edition, scattered spotting, original cloth, a little rubbed, bumping to corners and extremities, 1939; Mind at the End of its Tether, first edition, printed piece on author tipped to half-title verso, small loss to front free endpaper, final ff. strengthened at hinge with old tape, scattered spotting, original cloth, water-stain to upper cover, rubbed, bumping to corners and extremities, 1945; and others by the same, 8vo (28)

NO RESERVE First World War.- Sassoon (Siegfried) Memoirs of an Infantry Officer, first edition, some manuscript annotations, light spotting to edges, original blue cloth, dust-jacket, price-clipped, toned and rubbed with tape repairs, 1930 § Owen (Wilfred) Collected Letters, edited by Harold Owen and John Bell, photographic frontispiece and plates, library stamp to title and some pages, original cloth, slightly bumped, dust-jacket, rubbed, 1967; and c.420 others relating to the First World War, v.s. (c.425)⁂ From the library of Anne Powell, many volumes with her notes and insertions, and including a number of volumes relating to the First World War written by Powell.

Brazil.- Milliet de Saint-Adolphe (J.C.R.) Diccionario geographico historico e descriptivo do imperio do Brazil, 2 vol., first edition, half-titles, engraved dedication f., folding hand-coloured map of Brazil, and 5 folding plans, errata f. at end of each vol., title of vol.1 paper flaw / loss to lower margin, plans of Pernambuco and Rio with short repaired tear (the former with some marginal staining), offsetting, foxing and browning, contemporary dark green calf-backed marbled boards, richly gilt spines in compartments, spines with heads chipped and slightly faded, rubbed and scuffed, [Azevedo-Samodães 2100; Borba de Moraes (1983) II, 761; Gonçalves Rodrigues 6368; Innocêncio II, 12; Ramos 453; Sabin 49085; Sacramento Blake II, 11], Paris, J.P. Aillaud, 1845; and 5 others, Brazil, v.s. (7)⁂ The first mentioned is rare, especially with the map and plans.

Walton (Izaak) The Compleat Angler, colour frontispiece and 11 plates by Arthur Rackham, captioned tissue-guards, illustrations, half-title with later ink gift inscription, light spotting to peripheral ff., endpapers lightly toned, original green pictorial morocco, gilt, very light rubbing to spine ends and corners, t.e.g., 1931 § [Holland (John)] The History and Description of Fossil Fuel, the Collieries, and Coal Trade of Great Britain, first edition, wood-engraved illustrations, front endpaper with contemporary ink inscription "The Gift of the County of Lonsdale to John Peile", title with short tear to head, some light spotting to peripheral ff., occasional soiling, contemporary navy calf, gilt, neatly rebacked, old covers rubbed with wear to corners, g.e., London & Sheffield, 1835; and others, attractively bound in leather or half leather, v.s. (c.44)

NO RESERVE Aldington (Richard) Love and the Luxembourg, signed by the author and the designer, from an edition limited to 475, light scattered spotting, original cloth, very slightly bumped at corners, Covivi, Friede Inc., New York, 1930 § The Crystal World, pages toned, original boards, bumped, jacket toned and slightly rubbed, tape repairs to reverse, 1937 § Pinorman. Personal Recollections of Normal Douglas, Pino Orioli and Charles Prentice, photographic illustrations, original cloth, bumped, jacket rubbed, 1954, last two first editions with dust-jackets; and c.55 others by or relating to Richard Adlington, v.s. (c.60)From the library of Anne Powell, many volumes with her notes and insertions.

NO RESERVE Bussy (Dorothy) Olivia, first English edition, edges toned, original boards, pictorial dust jacket, back flap wrinkled, remnants of tape to front flap, spine sunned, edges toned and very slightly rubbed, 8vo, The Hogarth Press, 1949.

NO RESERVE Lovecraft (H. P.) The Haunter of the Dark and Other Tales of Horror, first English edition, 1951 § Blackwood (Algernon) Strange Stories, first collected edition, upper hinge weak, 1929, both with ink signature of B.W.Robinson to front free endpaper, original cloth, a little rubbed and soiled, spines faded, the second a little stained, 8vo (2)⁂ Basil William (B.W.) Robinson (1912-2005), art historian and expert on Islamic and Asian art, and Metalwork, Keeper for many years at the Victoria & Albert Museum.

NO RESERVE Randle (Michael) & Pat Pottle. The Blake Escape, first edition, 1989 § Jeffery (Keith) MI6: The History of the Secret Intelligence Service 1909-1949, 2012 § Bower (Tom) The Perfect English Spy, 1995 § Knightly (Philip) Philby: K.G.B. Masterspy, 1988, first editions, original boards, dust-jackets; and c.115 others, war history and some spy fiction, 8vo (c.120)

NO RESERVE Wells (H.G.) The First Men in the Moon, first edition, plates, original blue cloth lettered in black with ornament to upper cover (second state cloth), rubbed and marked, joints and spine ends a little worn, 1901 § Chesterton (G.K.) The Napoleon of Notting Hill, first edition, plates by William Robertson, advertisement leaf at end, light spotting, frontispiece loose, A.P.Wavell's copy with his ink signature and bookplate to front endpapers (small hole to free endpaper), original decorated cloth, spine a little faded, 1904 § Blunden (Edmund) The Poems...1914-30, signed by the author on front free endpaper, original cloth, 1930, 8vo (3)⁂ Field Marshal Archibald Percival Wavell, 1st Earl Wavell, GCB, GCSI, GCIE, CMG, MC, KStJ, PC (1883-1950), Commander-in-Chief, India 1941-43, Viceroy of India 1943-47.

Illustrated.- Trogan (E.) Les Mots Historiques du Pays de France, first edition, from a large-paper edition limited to 25, colour illustrations and plates by Job, some scratches to edges, bookplate, endpapers toned, original decorative cloth, Tours, 1896 § Les Contes de Perrault, numerous colour and plain illustrations and plates, pages toned at edges, Paris, n.d. § Cahu (Théodore) Richelieu, colour illustrations by Maurice Leloir, pages toned, ownership inscription in ink to front free endpaper, hinges weak, Paris, 1910, all with original decorative cloth, very slightly bumped, and 56 other French illustrated books, many illustrated by Job, v.s. (59)

Pogany (Willy).- Rolleston (T. W.) The Tale of Lohengrin, tipped-in plates and illustrations by Pogany, original blind-stamped rexine, a little rubbed, slight bumping to spine extremities, [1913] § Rubáiyát of Omar Khayyám, frontispiece, plates and illustrations by René Bull, ex-library with usual ink-stamps throughout, new endpapers, modern cloth, retaining original backstrip and upper cover, n.d. § The Uncollected Work of Aubrey Beardsley, first edition, plates, ex-library with discreet blind-stamps throughout, remnants of label to front free endpaper, modern half-morocco, a little rubbed, 1925 § Jerrold (Walter, editor) The Big Book of Fairy Tales, frontispiece, plates and illustrations by Charles Robinson, previous owner's ink inscription, original decorative cloth, slight bumping to corners and extremities, n.d.; and others illustrated, 4to (38)

Marbling, Decorated Paper & Bookbinding.- Middleton (Bernard C., editor) The Whole Art of Bookbinding/The Whole Process of Marbling Paper, one of 35 specially-bound copies, from an edition limited to 500, 12 tipped-in original samples by Richard J.Wolfe, original half roan over marbled boards, by Jensen Bindery, very slightly rubbed at edges, loose in original cloth-backed board folder (binding of ordinary copies), Austin, 1987 § Easton (Phoebe Jane) Marbling: a History and a Bibliography, one of 850 copies, original cloth with mounted marbled sample mounted on upper cover, a little spotted, Los Angeles, 1983 § Bolton (Claire) Maziarczyk Paste Papers, one of 175 copies, original cloth-backed paste-paper boards, uncut, Oxford, Alembic Press, 1991 § Weimann (Christopher) Marbling in Miniature, one of 350 copies signed by the author, original marbled boards, uncut, board drop-back box, spine slightly faded, Los Angeles, 1980 § Halfer (Josef) The Process of the Marbling Art, one of 500 facsimile reprints, original boards, spine faded, Taos, NM, 1989 § Wolfe (Richard J.) Marbled Paper: Its History, Techniques, and Patterns..., Philadelphia, 1990 § Doizy (Marie-Ange) De la Dominoterie à la Marbrure..., Paris, 1996 § Smith (Philip) New Directions in Bookbinding, signed by the author with his note in pencil "This copy has some hand written corrections by the author" to verso of title and corrections to text, 1974, the first three with original marbling samples tipped in, plates and illustrations, some colour, the last three original cloth or boards with dust-jackets, v.s. (8)⁂ The first comprises reprints of the first English bookbinding and marbling manuals, the first originally published in Oswestry in 1811, the second in Glasgow c.1815. Both original texts are rare.

NO RESERVE Weiss (Jeffrey) Mark Rothko, 1998 § Naifeh (Steven) & Greory White Smith. Van Gogh: The Life, first edition, 2011 § Sweetman (David) Paul Gauguin: A Complete Life, 1995 § Danchev (Alex) Cézanne: A Life, 2012, illustrations, original boards, dust-jackets; and 26 others, art reference works, v.s. (c.30)

Alembert (Jean le Rond d') Traité de l'Équilibre et du Mouvement des Fluides, pour servir de suite au Traité de Dynamique, first edition, engraved title-vignette, 10 folding engraved plates, with corrected leaf pp.47-48 (second paragraph on p.48 amended) bound at end with blank leaf and errata leaf, slight wear to title where stamp removed, some foxing, first plate lightly stained, modern roan-backed marbled boards, rubbed, upper joint split, [Bibliotheca Mechanica pp.7], Paris, David, l'aîné, 1744 § [Renau d'Elicagaray (Bernard)] De la Theorie de la Manoeuvre des Vaisseaux, first edition, engraved additional pictorial title and 24 folding plates only (of 25, missing plate supplied in loose facsimile), without E1 as usual, some light staining, one or two tears and repairs to plates, old marbled boards, rubbed, Paris, Estienne Michalet, 1689, 4to & 8vo (2)

NO RESERVE Faraday (Michael) Experimental Researches in Electricity, 3 vol., first editions in book form, mixed set, vol.1 with advertisement leaf and 8pp. catalogue date May 13 1839 at end, vol.2 & 3 with half-titles but no advertisements at end, 17 plates, most folding, some foxing, vol.1 a little water-stained (mainly plates), ex-library copies with a variety of stamps and labels including perforated stamp to title of vol.1, vol.1 & 2 library half roan, vol.3 original cloth, sticker to foot of spine, all rubbed, [PMM 308], 1839-44-55; Experimental Researches in Chemistry and Physics, first edition in book form, half-title, lacking the 3 plates, original cloth, rubbed, joints split, 1859 § Priestley (Joseph) The History and Present State of Electricity, 2 vol., third edition, 8 folding engraved plates, 4pp. publisher's catalogue at end of vol.2, 2 Contents leaves in vol.1 misbound after dedication, a few later pencil annotations and markings, water-staining, light offsetting to plates, later cloth, 1775 § Darwin (Charles) On the Origin of Species by means of Natural Selection, or the Preservation of Favoured Races in the Struggle for Life, contained in 'The Edinburgh Review...' vol.CXI pp.487-532, contemporary half morocco, rubbed, London & Edinburgh, 1860; and c.20 others, mostly odd volumes of periodicals containing scientific papers including 2 vol. of Journal of the Royal Agricultural Society of England inscribed to John Dalton, 8vo; sold not subject to return (c.25)

Medicine.- Piquer (Andrés) Medicina Vetus, et Nova, third edition, some light browning and scattered spotting, Y4 with small contemporary ink marginalia, upper hinge breaking but just holding, Madrid, Joaquín Ibarra, 1758; Archiatri Praxis Medica, vol. 1 only (of 2), first edition, woodcut head- & tail-pieces and initials, front pastedown and endpaper with ink inscriptions and a few abrasion marks, occasional light damp-staining, mostly marginal, some cracking at gutter, hinges weak, upper cover with vertical tear to head, Madrid, Joaquín Ibarra, 1764, titles with woodcut device, contemporary vellum, ink manuscript titles to spines, rubbed and soiled, ties later and 1 lacking; and others, antiquarian, including a 1767 edition of Manilius' Astronomicon, and a defective 1651 Historia Judaica, 8vo & 4to (c.27)⁂ Andrés Piquer (1711-1772) Spanish physician and philosopher who served as doctor to Kings Ferdinand VI and Charles III of Spain. The second mentioned consists of 2 parts in 1 volume; a second volume containing a final part was published in 1766.

Nursing.- Nightingale (Florence) Notes on Nursing: What it is, and what it is not, first edition, second issue, with "[The right of Translation is reserved]" at title foot, title strengthened at edges with tissue, original advertisement for "Notes on Nursing" tipped-in at end, ex-library with occasional usual label and ink-stamps, modern cloth, library blind-stamp to upper cover, slight bumping to corners and extremities, [1860] § Dennys (Joyce), Hampden Gordon & M. C. Tindall. Our Hospital ABC, full-page illustrations, previous owner's ink inscription, title and several ff. torn with old tape repairs, some strengthened at gutter with brown tape, original pictorial boards, rubbed and worn, bumping to corners and spine extremities, [1917]; 8vo & 4to (2).

Pasteur (Louis) Études sur le Vinaigre, sa fabrication, ses maladies, moyens de les prévenir, first edition, half-title, illustrations, a few pencil annotations and markings, light staining at beginning and end, contemporary cloth, rubbed, Paris, 1868 § Wöhler (F.), J.Liebig & Hermann Kopp, editors. Annalen der Chemie und Pharmacie, Band CXXXVII-CXL in 1 vol., plates, some folding, ex-research library copy with stamps, contemporary half calf, rubbed, spine worn, Leipzig & Heidelberg, 1866, 8vo (2)⁂ The second includes 'Untersuchungen über aromatische Verbindungen' by August Kekulé, his important work on the structure of benzene.

NO RESERVE Botany.- [Coles (William)] [Adam in Eden: or, Natures Paradise. The History of Plants, Fruits, Herbs and Flowers...], [first edition], lacking title, lacking final blank, many ff. loose, browned, some damp-staining, edges frayed, nineteenth century half calf, upper joint split, rubbed, [Hunt 269; Wing C5087], folio, [by J. Streater], [1657].

Botany.- Lowe (E. J.) Fern Growing: Fifty Years' Experience in Crossing and Cultivation, first edition, ALs by author loosely inserted, engraved portrait frontispiece, 2 plates, one colour, illustrations, newspaper clipping on the author pasted to front free endpaper verso, bookplate, original pictorial cloth, slight bumping to corners and extremities, 1895; A Natural History of New and Rare Ferns, colour frontispiece, colour plates, one detached and loosely inserted, tissue-guards, original pictorial cloth, gilt, a little rubbed, bumping to corners and extremities, 1871 § Pratt (Anne) The Ferns of Great Britain and their Allies, colour plates, tissue guards, scattered spotting, original cloth, sunned, slight bumping to corners and extremities, n.d.; and others similar, 4to & 8vo (8)

White (Rev. Gilbert) A Naturalist's Calendar, first edition, hand-coloured plate, some scattered foxing and minor soiling, handsome contemporary marbled calf, neatly rebacked and recornered, spine gilt and with red and green morocco labels, old covers rubbed at extremities, endpapers renewed, 8vo, 1795.

NO RESERVE America.- Birkbeck (Morris) Letters from Illinois, ?first edition, without advertisement leaf, with 2 folding engraved maps by John Melish, the first with route supplied in red and some tears (repaired), the second lacking bottom half of map, text browned, a few stains, modern morocco-backed marbled boards, [Sabin 5567], Philadelphia, M.Carey & Son, 1818; and an imperfect copy of Bruce's Travels of 1790, 12mo & 4to; sold not subject to return (6)

America.- Wilkes (Charles) Narrative of the United States Exploring Expedition, 2 vol., frontispieces, additional vignette titles, plates and illustrations, publisher's advertisements at end, scattered faint spotting, original cloth, decorated in blind, gilt spine, bumping to corners and extremities, 1852 § Hole (Rev. S Reynolds) A Little Tour in America, first edition, half-title, photogravure frontispiece, illustrations, some full-page, front free endpaper detached, ex-library with occasional ink-stamps, remnants of label and ink-stamp to half-title, original cloth, mottling to upper cover where label removed, slight bumping and chipping to corners and extremities, 1895 § Churchill (Charles) Memorials of Missionary Life in Nova Scotia, 1845 § Bell (Rev. Fred) Midnight Scenes in the Slums of New York, portrait frontispiece, scattered spotting, ex-Nottingham Mechanic's Institute with bookplate, cracked hinges, original decorative cloth, light vertical mottled line to spine, London & Nottingham, [1881]; and others, North or South America, 8vo (7)

Children's pasteboard modelling.- [Blasche (Bernhard Heinrich)] Arte de trabajar en carton toda clase de obras de utitidad y recreo, first edition in Spanish, 8 folding engraved plates, some water-staining and spotting, original light green printed wrappers, foxed and stained, but solid, [Garcia Rico 1615; Palau 17767], Barcelona, José Torner, 1829 § Postal system.- Begas (José Antonio D. y) Nuevo estilo y formulario de escribir cartas misivas, y responder á ellas en todos géneros de correspondencia, occasional spotting, contemporary vellum, original printed label to spine, lightly marked, Barcelona, Juan Francisco Piferrer, 1835; and 15 others, 19th century Spanish, v.s. (17)⁂ The first mentioned is rare in commerce.

Europe.- Jones (Capt. E. D. Wynne) General Description of My Late Tour through France, Switzerland, and Germany, first edition, silver gelatin photographic portrait print frontispiece, 16 plates, pp31-32 with small hole affecting odd letter, scattered spotting, original decorative cloth, gilt, slight bumping to corners and extremities, 8vo, Rhyl, for private circulation, [1882].

Middle East.- Nyrop (Richard F.) et. al., Area Handbook for the Person Gulf States, first edition, first printing, tables and illustrations, plates, some folding, edges toned, some staining to lower edge, not affecting leaves, original green cloth, slightly rubbed, Washington, D.C., Library of Congress, 1977 § Gulf diary, calendar, map of the Gulf, photographic illustrations by Cecilia Green, some toning to end leaves, original pictorial wrappers, ring bound, 1976 § Gulf Mirror, no.406 1978 and no. 407 1978, some annotations, slightly rubbed; and one other relating to the Persian Gulf, v.s. (5)

Polar.- M'Clintock (Francis) A Narrative of the Discovery of the fate of Sir John Franklin, first edition, 2 folding maps, plates and illustrations, some faint foxing to title and preliminaries, elsewhere a few faint spots, modern calf-backed boards, spine gilt with black morocco label, g.e., housed in marbled slip case, 8vo, 1859.

Polar.- Mountaineering.- Fuchs (Sir Vivian) & Sir Edmund Hillary. The Crossing of Antarctica, first edition, plates, maps in the text, faint spotting to fore-edges, original cloth, price-clipped dust-jacket, slight chipping to spine head, fractional creasing to edges, 1958 § Hunt (John) The Ascent of Everest, first edition, frontispiece, plates and illustrations, previous owner's ink inscription, original cloth, fractional bumping to spine extremities, dust-jacket, chipping to corners and spine extremities, 1953; 8vo (2).

Sri Lanka.- Cave (Henry W.) The Ruined Cities of Ceylon, first edition, photographic frontispiece and 46 plates, without half-title, ink inscription "With the Author's best wishes" to verso of frontispiece, some scattered spotting and light finger-soiling, contemporary tan morocco ruled in blind, rubbed with a few scratches, light spotting to covers, 1897 § Roscoe (Thomas) Jennings' Landscape Annual for 1838. Spain and Morocco, engraved frontispiece, additional vignette title and 19 plates by David Roberts, tissue-guards, bookplate to front pastedown partially removed, foxing to plates, upper hinge weak but holding, original cloth, spine gilt but a little faded, rubbed, 1838, g.e.; and others, travel, 8vo & 4to (12)

Controversial ancient history.- Andrada (Diogo de Paiva de) Exame d'antiguidades...Repartida em doze tratados, onde se apurão historias, opiniões, & curiosidades pertencentes ao reyno de Portugal, & a outras partes, desd'a criação do mundo atè o anno 3403, first edition, title and woodcut royal arms within woodcut typographic and double filet border, woodcut head-pieces and decorative initials, occasional later ink marginalia, B1 repaired tear within text, without loss, some spotting or staining, lightly browned, contemporary mottled calf, spine in compartments and with later gilt red leather label (to style), a few small wormholes / traces (mostly to spine ends), piece of leather missing from bottom corner of lower cover, rubbed, small 4to, Lisbon, Jorse [sic] Rodriguez, 1616.⁂ On the relation of Greek and Roman history and culture to ancient Spain and Portugal. The work sparked a quarrel, as Andrada disproved certain arguments presented by Bernardo de Brito in his Monarchia Lusitana, 1597. Provenance: Bernardino Ribeiro de Carvalho (bookplate to front free endpaper).

World.- Lawrence (T.E.) Seven Pillars of Wisdom, first trade edition, frontispiece, plates and illustrations, 4 folding maps, scattered marginal very faint spotting, original cloth, fractional bumping to corners and extremities, 1935 § Hewlett (Sir Meyrick) Forty Years in China, folding map at end, scattered spotting, previous owner's ink signature, original cloth, a little rubbed, slight bumping to corners and extremities, 1943 § Nordenskiöld (A. E.) The Voyage of the Vega round Asia and Europe, translated by Alexander Leslie, portrait frontispiece, one plate, illustrations, 2 colour maps, one folding, publisher's advertisements at end, original decorative cloth, a little rubbed, slight bumping to corners and extremities, 1883; and 10 others, v.s. (13)

World.- [Meriton (George)] A Geographical Description of the World, first edition, additional engraved title, lacking 3 advertisement f. at end, 18th century ink ownership inscriptions to front pastedown, endpapers and title, a few instances of ink marginalia, a few marginal chips or short tears, including to additional title and title (touching woodcut border), A5 with short tear into text but no loss, light damp-staining near start, foxing and some light soiling, small worming to lower margin from G1 onwards, gutter split at points with a few gatherings loose or nearly so, rear free endpaper detached, contemporary calf, worn with loss spine head and foot, joints split with covers just holding, [Wing M1790], 12mo, for William Leake, 1671.⁂ Rare, we can trace only later editions at auction. Chapters include Turkey Palestine, America, Mexicana, Peruana, as well as Oriental, African and American Islands.

World.- Wakefield (Priscilla) Excursions in North America, second edition, folding map supplied in modern facsimile, damp-staining to first few ff., contents f. with short tear but no loss, lightly browned with occasional spotting, later half calf, gilt, 1810 § Huc (M.) The Chinese Empire, 2 vol., second edition, folding map frontispiece, bookplate of Jervis R. Wardley, vol. 1 with spine label affixed to front pastedown, ex-library with usual stamps and markings, including embossed stamp to map and bookplate to rear pastedown, frontispiece with a couple short tears but no loss, the odd spot, rear hinge broken, later half calf, subtle library blind-stamp to upper covers, worn, lacking spine labels, vol. 1 upper cover detached, 1855 § Oliphant (Mrs. [Margaret]) Jerusalem. Its History and Hope, wood-engraved frontispiece, plates and illustrations, some light foxing, a few abrasion marks to endpapers, hinges tender, original cloth, gilt, rubbed with a few stains, spine ends chipped, 1891; and others, travel and topography, v.s. (c.220)

Britain.- Horsley (John) Britannia Romana: or The Roman Antiquities of Britain, first edition, 1 vol. in 3, half-title, 105 engraved maps and plates, 5 of which double-page, interleaved throughout with watermarked blank paper, 1 map trimmed at fore-edge affecting image, vol. 1 with horizontal crease in text towards start, vol. 2 with small worming to upper margin towards end, occasional spotting or finger-soiling, but generally a bright set, modern morocco-backed cloth, preserving old spine labels (a little chipped at edges), a couple small marks to covers, folio, for John Osborn and Thomas Longman, 1732.

Canterbury.- Somner (William) The Antiquities of Canterbury, first edition, large woodcut coat of arms to verso of title, folding engraved map and 2 folding plates, early ink inscriptions to pastedowns, endpapers and head of title, 1 plate with 2 tears repaired with paper to verso (not affecting image), a few instances of early ink underlining, 3S4-3T4 with very small hole at inner margin, affecting a few letters, some scattered foxing or light browning, first few ff. with minor damp stain to lower margin, contemporary calf with blind-ruled border, neatly rebacked, preserving old spine and morocco label, old covers rubbed with a few worm holes, 4to, I.L. for Richard Thrale, 1640.

London.- Lysons (Rev. Daniel) The Environs of London, 4 vol., first edition, engraved dedication, 3 engraved maps, 60 plates, some folding, a few with hand-colouring, 2 folding pedigrees, 1792-96; An Historical Account of those Parishes in the County of Middlesex, Which are Not Described in The Environs of London, 16 plates, some folding, 1800, engraved vignette titles, offsetting, scattered foxing, particularly to plates, occasional light browning, vol. 1 hinges strengthened, handsomely bound in uniform contemporary marbled calf, spines richly gilt and with red and black morocco labels, vol. 1 neatly rebacked preserving original spine, some rubbing, scuffing to spines, several joints cracked but holding, 4to (5)⁂ This set without the 1811 Supplement to the first edition.

Nottingham.- Hutchinson (Lucy) Memoirs of the Life of Colonel Hutchinson, Governor of Nottingham Castle and Town, second edition, engraved frontispiece, 2 plates, 1 facsimile, 1 engraved plan, 1 folding genealogical table, scattered spotting, occasional water-staining, ex-library with usual labels and ink-stamps, twentieth-century cloth, library label to upper cover and spine foot, a little rubbed, bumping to corners and extremities, 1808 § Mellors (Robert) Letters from the United States to the Nottingham Pleasant Sunday Afternoon Class, one or two spots, ex-library with usual ink-stamps, modern cloth, Nottingham, 1890 § Wallis (G. H.) City of Nottingham Art Museum, Nottingham Castle. Illustrated Catalogue ... of the Permanent Collection, plates, chipping and browning to first and last few ff., tissue-repairs to edges, original printed wrappers bound-in, tears and loss to edges, tissue-repairs, ex-library with usual labels and stamps, twentieth-century cloth, Nottingham, 1913 § Marshall (George W.) The Register of Perlethorpe in the County of Nottingham, bookplate, original vellum-backed boards, rubbed, bumping to corners and extremities, Worksop, 1887 § Stapleton (Alfred) The Churches and Monasteries of Old and New Nottingham, frontispiece, plates, illustrations, scattered faint spotting, ex-library with remnants of labels, ink-stamps, contemporary cloth-backed boards, a little rubbed, Nottingham, 1903; and others on Nottingham, v.s. (c.75)

Economics.- Borges (José Ferreira) Instituiçoens de direito cambial Portuguez, com referencias as Leis, Ordenaçoens, e Costumes das principaes praças da Europa acerca de letras de Cambio, first edition, errata f., ink presentation inscription to title, occasional spotting, lightly browned, contemporary mottled calf, gilt, spine richly so and with light orange morocco label, foot of spine little chipped, corners little worn, rubbed and little marked, [Innocêncio IV, 328], London, M. Calero, 1825; and 7 others, by the same, 8vo & 12mo (8) ⁂ Borges (1786-1838) was a Portuguese economist, jurist and politician. He was a councillor of state under D. Pedro IV, but when an absolute monarchy was declared he was forced to flee to London, where he lived from 1823-1827. During this time he was an active member of Freemasonry.

Economics.- Luxury spending.- Sempere y Guarinos (Juan) Historia del luxo, y de las leyes suntuarias de España, 2 vol., first edition, small woodcut ornament to titles, later small ink ownership stamp to titles, vol.1 A8v & B1r 7 lines in total with ink scoring, but perfectly legible, B6 upper blank corner neatly trimmed away, the odd small marginal tear with loss, occasional spotting, lightly browned, 19th century calf-backed marbled boards, gilt spine in compartments, some staining to spines, rubbed, [Aguilar Piñal VII, 4611; Colmeiro, Bibliografía de los economistas españoles 360; Goldsmiths' 12676; Kress B.1489; Palau 307412], a good set, 8vo, Madrid, Royal Printers, 1788.⁂ Rare copy at auction of the first edition of this work on Spanish sumptuary laws. The author (1754-1830) was a Spanish politician, jurist, economist, and bibliographer. He condemns lavish spending as a vice, but acknowledges its necessity to keep industry and the state thriving.

Engineering.- Canals.- Fulton (Robert) Tratado do melhoramento da navegaçao por canaes, translated by Antonio Carlos Ribeiro de Andrade Machado da Silva, first edition in Portuguese, title with woodcut royal arms, 18 folding engraved plates, contemporary ink writing trials to front free endpaper, lacking rear endpaper, title spotted and with lower corner little chipped, plate 14 trimmed within image at outer border and less so within inner border, a few plates lightly browned, occasional mostly minor worming, some spotting or staining, lightly browned, contemporary mottled calf, flat spine in compartments and with blind-stamped decoration, stained, rubbed, [A Casa Literária do Arco do Cego 35; Borba de Moraes (1983) II, 798; Gonçalves Rodrigues I, 2229; Innocêncio I, 104; Período colonial p. 28; Sacramento Blake I, 128-9; cf. Sabin 26201], 4to, Lisbon, Arco do Cego, 1800.⁂ Rare first Portuguese edition of this important treatise on canals by the American engineer, inventor, and pioneer of steam navigation.

Fantastical history of Evora.- [Azevedo (Martim Cardosa de)] Historia das antiguidades de Evora, first edition, woodcut illustrations, woodcut head- and tail-pieces and decorative initials, f.[8], A2, and C6 small piece torn from upper corner, affecting a few letters of one word in case of first f. and marginal in others, some staining, lightly browned, lacking free endpapers, contemporary calf, gilt spine in compartments and with red morocco label, spine ends and corners worn, some staining, [Azevedo-Samodães 596; Innocêncio VI, 152; Palha 3877; Pinto de Mattos 126; Welsh 2977], 8vo, Evora, University Printers, 1739.⁂ A largely fictitious history of Evora to the end of the Moorish era, and its restoration by Gerald the Fearless to christian hands in 1166. We can trace no copy at auction. Provenance: Luciano Augusto Mareimo (ink inscription to foot of title).

NO RESERVE Hoyle (Edmund) Breve tratado do jogo do whist, second edition, occasional spotting, water-stained, lightly browned throughout, modern calf-backed claret cloth, gilt, red leather label to spine (1 other removed leaving mark), [Gonçalves Rodrigues 3484; Innocêncio V, 334], Lisbon, Rollandiana, 1818; and c.12 others, most 19th century Portuguese, v.s. (c.13)⁂ The first mentioned is rare, with WorldCat recording a Yale copy only.

Japanning.- Stooter (João) Arte de brilhantes vernizes, & das tinturas, first edition, title with woodcut floral ornament, woodcut decorative initials and tail-pieces, occasional contemporary ink marginalia, lacking initial f. containing a sonnet in praise of the author (supplied in facsimile), water-stained, occasional spotting, lightly browned, later binding using old vellum over boards, stained, [Innocêncio IV, 45 & 437 & X, 363], 8vo, Antwerp, Widow of Henrik Verdussen, 1729.⁂ Rare work on lacquerwork or japanning. We can trace no copy at auction. The author states that he is a native of Antwerp and expert diamond cutter, who wants to improve the standard of cabinet-making in Portugal. The work includes making varnishes, the art of varnishing and gilding furniture and sculptures, and the preparation of gilt inks for manuscripts.

Jesuits.- Philip V, King of Spain. Decreto di sua maestà il re cattolico Filippo V sopra varie accuse portate al suo real Consiglio delle Indie contro i gesuiti del Paraguay, 2 parts in 1, marginal worming, some spotting or mostly light staining, later vellum, a few small wormholes, spotted, [Palau 87397; Quaritch, The Society of Jesus 165; Sabin 19208-19209; cf. Sommervogel XI, 1351], Naples, no printer, 1744 § Barros (André de) Vida do apostolico padre Antonio Vieyra da Companhia de Jesus, first edition, title printed in red and black, engraved portrait of Vieira, vignettes and historiated initials, final f. of index from another shorter copy, some marginal worming, staining, occasional spotting, antique style speckled calf-backed marbled boards, [Azevedo-Samodães 329; Borba de Moraes (1983) I, 83; De Backer-Sommervogel I, 927, no.7; Innocêncio I, 59; Palha 2643; Rodrigues 348; Sabin 3645; Soares 521 & 522], Lisbon, House of Sylvian, 1746; and 17 others, Jesuits, v.s. (19) ⁂ The first mentioned is an important decree, which resulted in the expulsion of the Jesuits from the Americas. There had been great resentment caused by the Jesuits' appropriation of the best lands, their exemption from paying taxes, and their exploitation of the indigenous population.

Language.- Basque.- Astarloa (Pablo Pedro de) Apología de la lengua bascongada, ó Ensayo crítico filosófico de su perfección y antigüedad sobre todas las que se conocen, half-title, some spotting and staining, lightly browned, bound in upside down to contemporary mottled calf, spine gilt and with red morocco label, lower joint split, but holding, upper joint starting, spine ends and corners worn, rubbed, [Palau 18774; Salvá 2200], Madrid, Geronimo Ortega, 1803 § [Rolland (Francisco)], "F.R.I.L.E.L.". Adagios, proverbios, rifãos e anexins da lingua portugueza, tirados dos melhores authores nacionaes, first edition, title with woodcut ornament, 3pp. publisher's catalogue at end, contemporary ink signature of 'Henrique Edolo' to head of title, occasional marginal worming, some spotting and staining, lightly browned throughout, contemporary mottled calf, gilt spine in compartments, head of spine little chipped, rubbed, [Azevedo-Samodães 2887; Fonseca 116; Innocêncio I,5 & III, 50], Lisbon, Rollandiana, 1780; and 10 others, Language, v.s. (12)

Lisbon.- Description de la ville de Lisbonne, half-title, title with woodcut floral ornament, 8pp. catalogue of books at end, occasional spotting, lightly browned, 19th century calf-backed marbled boards, spine in compartments, lacking label, calf rubbed and scuffed, but solid, [Rodrigues 1467], scarce, Paris, Pierre Prault, 1730 § [Dumouriez (Charles-François du Périer)] État présent du Royaume de Portugal, en l'année MDCCLXVI, first edition, half-title, woodcut floral ornament to title, woodcut head- and tail-pieces, some spotting or foxing, lightly browned, contemporary vellum, orange leather label to spine, spine soiled, a few small stains, [Welsh 1224], Lausanne, François Grasset & Company, 1775; and 8 others, miscellaneous French, v.s. (10) ⁂ I: 'One of the best brief descriptions of Portugal in the reign of Dom João V' (Boxer, The Golden Age of Brazil 1695-1750).

Logic & mathematics.- Azevedo Fortes (Manoel de) Logica Racional, Geometrica, e Analitica, first edition, half-title, engraved portrait frontispiece of the dedicatee the Infante António of Portugal by Olivarius Cor after Vieira Lusitano, title printed in red and black and with small woodcut ornament, engraved head-piece and historiated initial to dedication, numerous woodcut diagrams, woodcut head- and tail-pieces and decorative initials, title with repaired tear in lower margin, occasional spotting or mostly light staining, lightly browned, decorative endpapers printed in blue, contemporary mottled calf, upper cover with empty gilt circular frame for arms or similar, richly gilt spine in compartments and with red morocco label, head of spine and corners worn, rubbed, [Azevedo-Samodães 258; Innocêncio V, 369-370; Soares 517], small folio, Lisbon, Jozé Antonio Plates, 1744.⁂ The author was Chief Engineer of Portugal from 1719 until his death in 1749.