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Royal Jersey Militia interest - A framed limited edition 'Royal Jersey Militia Historical Badge Collection 1' issued by the Royal British Legion (Jersey) Poppy Appeal, limited edition 08/20, the well framed and mounted display showing historical badges, Royal Engineers (TA) 2008, Royal Militia of the Island of Jersey; First Pattern Shako (c.1860) 1st Royal Jersey Rifles; "Albert" Shako (1845-1855) Royal Jersey Militia, 15 5/8 x 20 5/8in. (39.8 x 52.5cm.), together with a framed list of Officers and other ranks of The Royal Militia Island of Jersey, 20th June 1940. (2)

Crispin, Edmund, 'Holy Disorders', London: Victor Gollancz, 1945 first edition

Rowling, JK, three first edition Harry Potter hardbacks; 'Order of the Phoenix', 'Deathly Hallows' and 'The Half Blood Prince', all published by Bloomsbury

MacFall, Haldane, 'Aubrey Beardsley: The Man and His Work', London: John Lane The Bodley Head Limited, 1928 first edition

Goldsmith, Oliver, 'The Poetical Works', 16mo, three quarter Morocco, illustrated by Thomas Bewick, first edition, Hereford 1794

A quantity of Beatrix Potter books, to include Ginger and Pickles, 1909 Warne & Co, Little Grey Rabbit's Christmas by Alison Uttley, Brer Rabbit Book, 1948 first edition, Latimer House Limited

Bell, Adrian, 'The Flower and the Wheel', London: Jarrold and Sons Ltd, 1949 first edition

Lewis, Wyndham, 'The Wild Body', London: Chatto & Windus, 1927 first edition

Eric Gill (1882-1940) Two nude figures from Eric Gill, Twenty-Five Nudes, London: J. M. Dent & Sons, for Hague & Gill, 1938, first edition wood engraving. Each frame measures approx; 36cm x 30cm.

Eric Gill (1882-1940) Three nude figures one from Eric Gill, Twenty-Five Nudes, London: J. M. Dent & Sons, for Hague & Gill, 1938, first edition wood engraving and the other two from First Nudes London Neville Spearman 1954. Each measures approx; 26cm x 35cm.

Eric Gill (1882-1940) Two nude female figures from Eric Gill, Twenty-Five Nudes, London: J. M. Dent & Sons, for Hague & Gill, 1938, first edition wood engraving. Each measures approx; frames 31cm x 35cm. COLLECTION; Anyone wishing to collect this item in-person, please note this lot is located offsite and collection will be required from a 'BA' (Bath) postcode, by appointment only. Exact location given after payment received. For anyone else, our usual courier service is available as usual, please find details on the shipping tab .

Rapper, Tupac Shakur signed CD collection for his Album- All Eyes On Me. This lot includes two signed discs and a signed album sleeve for Shakur's fourth album, All Eyez on Me which was released in 1996 as rap's first double album. All items are signed in silver marker pen and would make a great edition to a Tupac fans collection. Good condition. All autographs come with a Certificate of Authenticity. We combine postage on multiple winning lots and can ship worldwide. UK postage from £5.99, EU from £7.99, Rest of World from £9.99

Agriculture in Scotland.- Macintosh (William) A Treatise concerning the Manner of Fallowing of Ground... for the Increase and Improvement of the Linnen-Manufactories in Scotland, first edition, 7 engraved plates, some folding, contemporary ink ownership inscription to title, lacking front endpapers, light finger-soiling, some plate edges creased, rear endpapers torn with marginal loss, modern panelled calf, [Fussell I p.110], Edinburgh, by Robert Fleming, 1724 § Brown (Robert) Treatise on Rural Affairs, 2 vol., half-titles, marginal paper repairs to c.7ff., heavier to p.xix with some loss to text, some browning, contemporary half calf, extremities rubbed, Edinburgh, for Oliphant and Balfour, 1811 § Coventry (Andrew) Discourses...on Agriculture and Rural Economy, ex-library stamp to title, occasional light spots, original boards, lightly rubbed, [Fussell III p.13], Perkins p.410], Edinburgh, by H. Inglis, 1808; and 11 others on Agriculture in Scotland, v.s. (15)

Cattle.- Tindall (John) Observations on the Breeding and Management of Neat Cattle, first edition, 3 engraved plates, list of subscribers at end, bookplate of Sir Joseph Radcliffe (offset), occasional slight browning, small damp stain to head of final few leaves, joints starting, [Fussell III p.99], Leeds, 1811 § Sinclair (James) History of Shorthorn Cattle, subscriber's edition, signed by the author on additional title-page, numerous plates, 1 loose, endpapers toned, 1907 § Bates (Cadwallader John) Thomas Bates and the Kirklevington Shorthorns, engraved portrait frontispiece and 5 plates, illustrations, folding map at end, closed tear to head of p.225, hinges cracked, original pictorial cloth, gilt, rubbed with a few ink spots, Newcastle Upon Tyne, 1897, half-titles, occasional light spotting, all but last contemporary half calf, rubbed; and others cattle, v.s. (24)

[Morel (Fédéric)] Plaidoyer d'un Mary despere pour l'estrange et admirable caquet de sa Femme, trimmed close at upper and fore-edge, with loss to title and some letters of text, some light spotting and soiling, later maroon boards, rubbed at corners and joints, Paris, Claude Percheron, 1617 § Marlborough (Sarah Churchill, Duchess of) Relation de la Conduite que la Duchesse Douairière de Marlborough...traduite de l'anglois, first French edition, the odd spot, contemporary vellum, spine with title in ink, slightly darkened and rubbed, A La Haye, P. Paupie & A. Johnson, 1742; and others 17th and 18th century French, v.s. (8)⁂ The first is a rare issue of the most famous of Libanius's declamations, with only one other copy cited at the Bibliothèque Nationale de France for this 1617 edition.

Gerdil (Giacinto Sigismondo) Introduzione allo Studio della Religione, vol. 1 [all published], title with paper repair to fore-edge, not affecting text, second A gathering bound in wrong order, 1755, bound with Dissertazioni Sopra l'origine del senso morale, 1755, together 2 works in 1 vol., first edition, contemporary calf, spine gilt, Torino, nella Stamperia Reale § Sabelli Cartari (Constanzo de) Le Interne Affezioni dell' Uomo, engraved title vignette, head-pieces and initials, occasional slight browning, light damp-stain to lower outer corner, heavier towards end, later paper-backed boards, Padova, Presso i Conzatti, 1774, half-titles, occasional light spotting, covers worn, spine ends chipped; and others 18th and 19th century Italian, v.s. (14)

Duclos (Charles) Réflexions sur la Corvée des Chemins, ou Supplement à l'Essai sur la Voierie, first edition, half-title, errata leaf at end, contemporary ink inscription of Gombert architecte to title, another to title verso, A La Haye, Nyon & Barrois, 1762 § [Garsault (François Alexandre Pierre de)] Faits des Causes Célebres et Interéssantes, half-title, Amsterdam, Chastelain, 1757 § [Balbany (André Christophe)] Tout se Dira, ou L'espirit des Magistrats destructeurs, analysé, Amsterdam, la Compagnie des libraires associés, 1763, the odd spot, occasional slight browning, contemporary mottled calf, spines gilt, rubbed, all but first with small loss to head of spine; and 6 others 18th century French, 8vo (9)

[Saint-Lambert (Jean-François de)] Essai sur le luxe, 1764, bound with [D'Epremesnil (J. D.)] Lettre à M.⁂ sur l'imputation faite à M. Colbert d'avoir interdit la liberté du commerce des grains, title with margins slightly browned, Paris, Panckoukcke, 1763, bound with Caradeuc de la Chalotais (Louis-René) Essai d'éducation nationale, ou plan d'étude pour la jeunesse, with errata leaf at end, 1763, bound with [Crevier (J. B. L.)] Difficultés poposées a monsieur de Caradeuc de la Chalotais, procureur-général au Parlement de Bretagne, later ink ownership inscription to verso of final leaf, Paris, 1763, together 4 works in 1 vol., first or first separate edition, pastedown with subtle repair, contemporary ink note to front free endpaper, very occasional spotting, contemporary marbled calf, spine gilt and with red morocco label, lightly rubbed, upper joint split at head, 8vo.

Robertson (William) L'Histoire de L'Amérique...Traduite de l'Anglois, 4 vol., second French edition, [translated by J.B.A. Suard and Hendrik Jansen], vol. 1 with half-title, 4 folding engraved maps and plate at end of vol. 1, vol. 4 with front free endpaper working loose, [Sabin 71991], Paris, Panckoucke, 1778 § [Hawksworth (John), editor] Contes Traduits de l'Anglois, 2 parts in 1 vol., first French edition, [translated by Jean-Louis Blavet], bookplates of M. de Fontaine de la Barberie and Vicomte de Noailles, A1 with small hole causing loss to a few words of preface, first few leaves with some light staining, Paris, Veuve Duchesne & others, 1774, very occasional spotting, contemporary sheep, spines gilt, rubbed; and others 18th century French, 8vo (7)⁂ The first with maps of Mexico and South America, as well as a plate depicting Aztec chronology.

Bentham (Jeremy) Tactica de las Asambleas Lejislativas, first Spanish edition, second issue, contemporary Spanish sheep, red morocco spine label, joints a little rubbed but near fine overall, 8vo, Madrid, Don Tomas Jordan, 1835.⁂ A superb copy of the first translation, second issue, of Bentham's Tactique des Assemblées Legislatives to have been published in Spain.First published in French in 1816, and translated into Spanish in 1824, the Tactique provides an extensive analysis of parliamentary procedures and practice. Previous Spanish editions of the work had all been printed in Paris and Bordeaux.OCLC records just one copy of this issue, at Minnesota.

NO RESERVE Austrian Civil Code.- Sveobshtii Gradjanskii Zakonik Za Sve Niematske Nasledne Zemle Austriiske Monarkhie, first Serbian edition, 3 parts in 1, contemporary ink ownership name to front free endpaper, occasional very light foxing or staining, late 19th century cloth-backed boards, spine lettered in German, Vienna, Pismeny ts. k. Dvorne i Drzhavne Pechatne [Court and State Printers], 1849.⁂ Rare first, and according to the catalogue of the Austrian National Library, only edition in Serbian of the codified Austrian Civil Law which was published first in 1811 (reprinted up to 1909 with that date). In the year 1849, after the defeat of the revolution, which saw Croats and Serbs (who lived on both sides of the Austro-Turkish border) uniting and rising up against their Hungarian and Austrian masters, the Austrian code was extended to regulate the societies of Hungary, Serbia and Croatia, leading to the present translation. The code was largely the work of Karl Anton Freiherr von Martini and Franz von Zeiller, and draws heavily on the ideals of equality before the law to be found in the Napoleonic code. Heavily revised during the First World War, it remains the basis for Austrian civil law to this day. The Serbs, however, already had a civil code, the work of Jovan Hadzic in 1844, which remains largely in place, explaining the lack of further Serbian editions of the present code.

Hauptmann (Gerhart) Elga, De luxe edition, signed presentation inscription from the author to title, one of 25 copies, this one unnumbered, original vellum, Berlin, for Samuel Fischer, 1905 § Authentische Geschichte Des Französischen Revolutionskrieges In Italien, 2 vol., first edition, lightly foxed, modern boards, Leipzig, Friedrich Gottlob Jacobäer, 1798-1800; and and c.55 others, 18th-20th century works in German, Spanish, Portuguese, v.s. (c.55)

NO RESERVE Wickedness.- Knight (William) A Concordance Axiomaticall, Containing a survey of theologicall propositions: With their reasons and uses in holie Scripture.., first and only edition, text in 3 columns, woodcut initials and head- and tail-pieces, title and endpaper lightly browned, contemporary speckled calf, joints and extremities rubbed and worn, small folio, for John Bill, 1610.⁂ Only edition of this rare theological treatise in alphabetical order on hundreds of core beliefs and fundamental statements of the Christian faith related to passages of the Bible by their Reason and Use, as the middle columns of each page read. The entries on Jews (over 6pp.) and the Wicked (32pp.) reveal the author's sympathies for the Puritans. Women hardly cover two pages but tend to be of a reproving character. This concordance of axioms was of course intended to be used by ministers in preparing their sermons, and gives the axioms, or doctrines, in plain vernacular phrases.

Huguenot Refugee.- Serres (Etienne) Popish Cruelty Exemplified, in the Various Sufferings of Mr. Serres, and Several Other French Gentlemen, for the Sake of Conscience, translated by Claude d'Assas, first edition in English, slightly browned, front free endpaper and fly-leaf loose, bookplate of Sir John Dashwood King overlaying another bookplate probably of Sir Francis Dashwood, founder of the Hell Fire Club on front pastedown, contemporary calf, upper hinges weak, gilt panelled spine, rubbed, 8vo, J. Peele, 1723.⁂ Scarce. Originally published in Amsterdam in 1688 as Quatre relations veritables, this is the story of the Huguenot refugee Etienne Serres, from Montpellier, who had to leave France after the Revocation of the Edict of Nantes in 1685. Provenance: Bookplate of Sir Francis Dashwood, but as he died in 1724, it is perhaps unlikely that he ever owned this book.

Davies (John, Sir) The Original, Nature, and Immortality of the Soul. A Poem, first Foulis edition, half-title with contemporary ink ownership inscription of David Blare, also doodling in a contemporary hand, some light spotting and soiling, B1 with closed tear to inner margin, affecting a few words, [Gaskell 128], Glasgow, R. & A. Foulis, 1749 § Jurieu (Pierre) Seasonable Advice to all Protestants in Europe of what persuasion soever. For Uniting and Defending themselves against Popish Tryranny...Done out of French, the odd spot, [Wing J1213], for R. Baldwin, 1679 § Whitehead (William) Ann Boleyn to Henry the Eighth. An Epistle, title with woodcut vignette, slight browning, the odd spot or patch of soiling, disbound and loose, [Foxon W434], for R. Dodsley, 1743, all but last with later marbled boards, very lightly rubbed; with 3 others, 17th century Latin, v.s. (6)

NO RESERVE America.- Annual Register (The), or a View of the History, Politics and Literature, c.100 vol., a good but broken run, various editions, occasional spotting, ex-library copies with stamps and labels, a mix of library binding and contemporary cloth, rubbed and worn, 8vo, 1758-1918; sold as a collection of periodicals, not subject to return.⁂ Including a first edition of the Annual Register for 1776, with an early printing of The Declaration of Independence.

NO RESERVE [Spazier (J. G. Karl)] Anti-Phadon, oder Prüfung einiger Hauptbeweise für die Einfachheit und Unsterblichkeit der menschlichen Seele, first edition, some spotting and small paper repairs to first few leaves, modern boards, Leipzig, Crusius, 1785 § La Mettrie (Julien Offray de) La Recherche de la Religion, first edition, some even browning with a few spots, contemporary speckled calf, joints rubbed, Paris, Claude Herissant, 1760 § Ulloa (Juan de) De Anima Disputationes Quatuor, first edition, Rome, Francisci Chracas, 1715; bound with Physica Speculativa, few notes in contemporary hand and small hole to title, woodcut vignette to title, 1713, contemporary vellum, some soiling § Dorat (Claude Joseph) Ma Philosophie...a La Haye, first edition, engraved plate and two head- and tail-pieces, half-title, light dust-soiling, modern wrappers, Paris, chez Delalain, 1771; and 25 others, philosophy and religion, some in German, Italian etc., v.s. (29)

Poetry.- Shillito (Charles) The Country Book-Club . A Poem..., first Dublin edition, 1790 bound with [Hurdis (James)] The Village Curate, a poem..., The Third edition, 1790 bound with [Williams (John)] A Postscript to the New Bath Guide. A Poem, 1790, together 3 works in 1 vol., contemporary calf, small piece of surface wear on upper cover, joints splitting, gilt spine, red morocco label, 8vo, Dublin, Richard White, 1790; and 4 others, 18th and 19th century poetry, v.s., v.d. (5).

Hume (David).- Hume (David) Smarre Afhandlingar I Allmanna Hushallningen, first edition in Swedish, neat contemporary ownership signature to title, some light staining or spotting, modern boards, endpapers renewed, Johan A. Carlbohm, 1791; and 14 others on or by Hume, v.s. (15)⁂ Very rare first Swedish translation of Hume's Political Discourses containing nine of the original twelve discourses. OCLC records four copies, at McGill, Harvard, National Library of Scotland and the National Library of Sweden; not recorded in Jessop or Chuo.

Shelley (Percy Bysshe) The Cenci. A tragedy, in five acts, first edition, one of 250 copies, very slightly foxed, new endpapers, bound in modern crushed and polished morocco, gilt spine, g.e., by Sangorski & Sutcliffe, [Ashley V 69], 8vo, Italy [Leghorn], Printed for C. and J. Ollier Vere Street Bond Street, London, 1819.⁂ First edition of the only work by Shelley in Leghorn (Livorno), in an edition of only 250 copies, in the summer of 1819; it does not seem to have been published until the following year.

NO RESERVE Bailey (Philip James) Festus, first edition, advertisements at beginning, ex-library with remnants of label and neat blind-stamp to title, lightly browned, original cloth, rebacked retaining original backstrip, rubbed, bumping to corners and extremities, 1839; Festus, tenth edition, presentation copy from author, inscribed on title, advertisements at end, ex-library with neat blind-stamp to title, original cloth, ex-library blind-stamp to title, rubbed, slight bumping to corners and extremities, 1877; The Angel World, and other poems, presentation copy from author inscribed on front free endpaper, frontispiece, broken upper hinge, ex-library with occasional ink-stamps, original cloth, gilt, rubbed and worn, 1850; and others by the same, some signed 8vo (16)

NO RESERVE Howitt (Richard) The Gipsy King, inscribed by author to his daughter Anna Mary Howitt, ex-library with label and stamps, cracked hinges, original cloth, small paper label to upper cover, loss to the spine, rubbed and faded, bumping to corners and extremities, 1840 § Howitt (Mary) Our Cousins in Ohio, first edition, frontispiece, plates, scattered spotting, ex-library with label and ink-stamps, original cloth, rebacked retaining original backstrip, paper labels to upper cover, rubbed, bumping to corners and extremities, 1849; and others by Richard, William or Mary Howitt, 8vo & 12mo (12)

Milles (Thomas) Gideon Giles the Roper, first edition, vignette title, plates and illustrations, loss to edges of title, neat repairs, previous owner's ink signature to title, spotting, new endpapers, ex-library with ink-stamp to title verso, contemporary half-calf, rubbed, 1841; Goody Platts and Her Two Cats, frontispiece, scattered faint staining, cracked hinges, ex-library with label, original cloth, gilt, paper labels to upper cover, rubbed and worn, 1864; Dorothy Dovedale's Trials, 2 vol., half-titles, ex-library with labels and ink-stamps, advertisements at end vol. 2, cracked hinges, original cloth, paper labels to upper covers, backstrip beginning to split at joints, but holding firm, rubbed, 1864; Fortune and Fortitude, frontispiece, vignette title, illustrations, cracked hinges, ex-library with labels and ink-stamps, original pictorial boards, rebacked, title in manuscript to spine, paper label to upper cover, rubbed and worn, chipping to edges, [1848]; and others by the same, 8vo (c.50)

NO RESERVE Dickens (Charles) Pictures From Italy, first edition, bound without half-title or advertisements, 1846; The Haunted Man and the Ghost's Bargain, frontispiece and additional engraved title, 1848, illustrations, uniform half-calf, gilt, g.e., 8vo (2)

Gaskell (Elizabeth C.) The Life of Charlotte Bronte, 2 vol., first edition, half titles, engraved frontispieces, tissue guard lacking in vol.1, occasional light marks, marbled e/ps. with bookplates of F. Reddaway, lacking advertisements in vol. 2, each with original brown cloth covers and gilt titled spines laid down and bound in at end, later full tree calf, gilt, lightly marked, decorative spines gilt stamped within compartments, inner dentelles, gilt, t.e.g., 8vo, 1857.

Nightingale (Florence) Notes on Nursing: What it Is, and What it is Not, first edition, first or early issue with notice 'The right of Translation is reserved' at foot of title and endpapers of printed adverts, including 'Sir Bernard Burke's ...Peerage...for 1860' to front endpaper, ex-library copy with small label to pastedown and light abrasion mark, faded stamp to title, title browned, original pebbled cloth, gilt-lettered to upper cover, rebacked, lightly marked, corners bumped, 8vo, [1860].

Dossie (Robert) Memoirs of Agriculture and other Oeconomical Arts, 3 vol., first edition, 3 folding engraved plates, wood-engraved illustrations, half-titles spotted, some offsetting or staining, modern half morocco, faded, [Fussell pp.53-55], 8vo, Printed for J. Nourse, bookseller to His Majesty, 1768-1782

NO RESERVE Dickens (Charles) Our Mutual Friend, 2 vol., first edition in book form, half-titles, wood-engraved frontispieces and 38 plates by Marcus Stone, without advertisements, occasional light foxing, pencil ownership inscriptions to endpapers, original cloth, spines slightly darkened, spine ends and corners bumped with some chipping to spine ends, vol. 1 with short split to head of lower joint, extremities rubbed, but a good example overall, [Eckel pp. 94-5; Smith I, 15], 8vo, Chapman and Hall, 1865; American Notes for General Circulation, 2 vol., second edition, half-titles, ink ownership inscriptions to head of titles, original blind-stamped cloth, slight shelf-lean, light sunning to spines, spine ends and corners a little bumped, light spotting to covers, [cf. Eckel pp.108-9], Chapman and Hall, 1842 § [Wood (Henry)] Change for the American Notes: in letters from London to New York. By an American Lady, first edition, lower hinge weak, original blind-stamped cloth, slight shelf-lean, spine darkened, extremities bumped, rubbed, Wiley & Putnam, 1843; and the special issue of Brother Jonathan containing the first American edition of American Notes, 8vo & 4to (6)⁂ A good group relating to Dickens' travelogue and critique of American society including a scarce riposte by the Yorkshire journalist Henry Wood.

Trollope (Anthony) The Eustace Diamonds, 3 vol., first edition in book form, half-titles, bookplates and labels, very occasional spotting or marginal soiling, vol. 1 endpapers renewed and hinges cracking, original cloth but mixed, vol.1 spine sunned, vol.2 lower joint torn, some wear and bumping to extremities, [Sadleir 39], 8vo, Chapman and Hall, 1873.⁂ Vol. 1 in the original cloth as described by Sadleir. Vol. 2 and 3 in variant binding, not that described by Sadleir; although darker brown in colour, lettering on spine in black and gold as called for in original cloth.

Du Maurier (George) The Martian, first edition, frontispiece, plates, unopened, original pictorial cloth, gilt, slight bumping to spine extremities, 1898 § James (G. P. R.) Forest Days. A Romance of Old Times, 3 vol., half-titles, scattered spotting, ex-library with label and blind-stamps to titles, contemporary cloth-backed drab boards, blind-stamp to upper covers, rubbed, bumping to corners and extremities, 1843 § Outlines of a Plan of Instructions, adapted to the varied Purposes of Active Life ..., engraved frontispiece, ex-library with label and ink-stamps, several leaves loose, contemporary drab boards, rebacked, upper cover and first few leaves detached, becoming disbound, loss to upper cover, paper label to upper cover, rubbed and worn 1798; and others, v.s. (30)

[Kravchinskii (Mikhailovich)], "Sergius Stepniak". Podpolnaia Rossiia [Underground Russia], first illustrated edition, plates, contemporary green cloth, Saint Petersburg, for V. Vrublevski, 1906 § O'Hanlon (Alice) Dorogoe Nasledstvo, first edition in Russian, half-title torn and repaired, pp.277/8 torn away upper corner though not affecting text, original boards, rebacked, rather rubbed, Saint Petersburg, A. A. Kravskii, 1883; and 4 others, Russian works, v.s. (6)

NO RESERVE Kipling (Rudyard) The Works: Bombay Edition. 25 volumes only (of 31), limited to 1050 copies, volume one signed by the author on half title, a few volumes with staining and marks to boards and spines, foxing to a few untrimmed edges and first and last leaves, otherwise mostly clean text; (lacks vol. 2, Soldiers Three: The Story of The Gadsbys: In Black and White), publisher's quarter oatmeal buckram backed paper boards, printed labels to spines, gilt tops, others untrimmed, a few blue ribbon book marks present, printed R.& R. Clark from the Florence Press on hand-made paper. large 8vo, (250 x 174mm), 1913-1927. ⁂ The series was initially published in 20 volumes and eventually extended to 31 volumes, however the final 6 volumes were released over an extended period and are often lacking.

Lawrence (D.H.) The Captain's Doll, first American edition, Harry Truman's copy with his pencil signature, cracked hinges, ex-library with ink-stamp to title verso, Harry Truman pamphlet loosely inserted, original cloth, rubbed and worn, bumping and chipping to corners and extremities, New York, 1923; The Ship of Death and Other Poems, title vignette and illustrations by Blair Hughes-Stanton, scattered spotting, occasional neat strengthening at gutter, contemporary morocco-backed boards, 1933; The White Peacock, first edition, second impression, cracked hinges, ex-library with labels and ink-stamps, original cloth, bumping to corners and extremities, 1911; and others by the same, 8vo & folio (c.115)

Lawrence (D. H.).- Nin (Anais) D. H. Lawrence: An unprofessional Study, number 56 of 550 copies, ex-library with label and ink-stamps to title and title verso, cracked hinges, original cloth, lightly sunned spine, slight bumping to corners and extremities, Paris, 1932 § Merrild (Knud) A Poet and Two Painters: A Memoir of D. H. Lawrence, first edition, portrait frontispiece, plates, ex-library with labels and stamps, original cloth, library blind-stamp to upper cover, slight bumping to corners and extremities, dust-jacket, slight creasing and chipping to edges, a little rubbed, 1938 § Lowenfels (Walter) Elegy in the Manner of a Requiem in Memory of D. H. Lawrence, one of 135 copies, ex-library with labels and ink-stamp to title verso, cracked hinges, original vellum, backstrip beginning to split at joints, slightly splayed as usual, rubbed, Carrefour, 1932; and others on Lawrence, v.s. (c.110)

Orioli (G.) Adventures of a Bookseller, one of 300 copies signed by author, lightly browned, ex-library with labels and ink-stamp to title verso, original paper wrappers, a little rubbed, slight chipping to corners and edges, Florence, [1937] § Dostoevsky (F. M.) The Grand Inquisitor, number 28 of 300 copies, previous owner's ink inscriptions, ex-library with label and ink-stamp, original decorative vellum, a little rubbed, slight splaying, 1930 § Moore (Olive) Further Reflection on the Death of a Porcupine, one of 99 copies signed by author, tipped-in frontispiece, original boards, slight bumping to spine extremities, 1932 § Winter (Keith) Impassioned Pygmies, first edition, ex-library with label and ink-stamp, original cloth, slight bumping to corners and extremities, dust-jacket, slight creasing to edges, a little rubbed, 1936 § Brown (Ivor) I Commit to the Flames, first edition, ex-library with label and ink-stamp, original cloth, library blind-stamp to upper cover, slight bumping to corners and extremities, price-clipped dust-jacket, slight creasing and small tears to edges, 1934; and others similar, v.s. (c.55)

Beaton (Cecil) Cecil Beaton's New York, first English edition, plates and illustrations, scattered faint spotting, original cloth, slight bumping to corners and extremities, dust-jacket, slight chipping and small tears to edges, neat tape repairs to verso, a little rubbed, faint spotting, 1938 § Holloway (Laura C.) Biographical Sketch of Charles Storrs, of Brooklyn, N.Y. ..., Philadelphia, presentation copy inscribed to Rev. Charles Voysey by Storrs, portrait frontispiece, newspaper cuttings pasted to blanks at end, one folded and torn, ex-library with usual labels and ink-stamps, modern cloth, lightly sunned spine, 1884 § Andersen (Hans Christian) The True Story of My Life, first English edition, translated by Mary Howitt, half-title, advertisements at end, occasional faint marginal staining, original cloth, rebacked retaining original backstrip, rubbed, bumping to corners and extremities, ex-library with blind-stamp to upper cover, 1847 § Nicoll (Charles Vere) From a Doctor's Diary, signed and inscribed by author with A.L.s from author loosely inserted, plates and illustrations, ex-library with usual labels, original cloth, fractional bumping to spine extremities, dust-jacket, small loss to spine head, a little rubbed, Shrewsbury, 1956; and others, most biography, 8vo & 12mo (c.60)

Deane (Samuel) The New England Farmer; or Georgical Dictionary, second edition, contemporary ink ownership name to title and front free endpaper, latter with newspaper cutting tipped in, title very browned, scattered spotting to first few pp., light foxing throughout, modern half calf, lightly marked, Worcester, MA., Isaiah Thomas, 1797 § Sanders (J. H.) The Breeds of Live Stock, and the principles of Heredity, plates, bookplate to pastedown, ink ownership name to title, modern blue half morocco, spine lightly sunned, Chicago, 1887; and 12 others, American agriculture, and 2 Australian-printed works, v.s. (14)

Ellis (William) The Modern Husbandman, or, the Practice of Farming, 4 vol., contemporary ink note to front free endpaper, contemporary half calf, rubbed, T. Osborne, [Fussell II p.7], 1744; A Compleat System of Experienced Improvements, made on Sheep, Grass-Lambs, and House-Lambs..., engraved frontispiece, very faint spotting, frontispiece lightly water-stained, contemporary calf, crudely rebacked, extremities rubbed, [Fussell p.11], for T. Astley, 1749; The Practical Farmer; or, the Hertfordshire Husbandman, second edition, 5pp. advertisements at end, contemporary calf, rebacked, bumped, for Weaver Bickerton, 1732, 8vo (5)⁂ Considered alongside Tull to be an agricultural luminary of his time, Ellis's first book brought him into early marked repute.

NO RESERVE Hughes (Langston) The Sweet Flypaper of Life, first edition, illustrations by Roy Decarava, original cloth-backed boards, slight bumping to corners and extremities, remnants of dust-jacket back panel, New York, 1955 § Nelson (Truman) The Torture of Mothers, illustrations, original pictorial wrappers, slight rubbing to corners and edges, Newburyport, Mass., 1965 § Broomfield (Gerald Webb) Colour Conflict: Race Relations in Africa, ex-library with occasional ink-stamps, original pictorial boards, small paper label to spine foot, a little rubbed, 1944, 8vo (3).

Amis (Kingsley) Lucky Jim, first edition, scattered spotting, most to first and last few leaves, previous owner's ink signature to front free endpaper, original cloth, lightly sunned spine, minor staining, slight bumping to corners and extremities, 1953 § Fleming (Ian) Octopussy and The Living Daylights, first edition, scattered faint spotting, original cloth, slight bumping to spine extremities, dust-jacket, faint spotting, slight creasing to edges, a little rubbed, 1966 § Brú (Heðin) The Old Man and His Sons, first edition, illustrations, ex-library with remnants of label to front free endpaper, slight bumping to spine extremities, dust-jacket, slight creasing to edges, a little rubbed, New York, 1970 § Roberts (Cecil) Vitória Quatro e Meia, signed and dated by author on half-title, lightly browned throughout, one or two marginal pencil marks, original pictorial paper wrappers, chipping and creasing to edges, rubbed and worn, Lisboa, [1943]; and others, modern first editions, 8vo (c.90)

Estienne (Charles) and Jean Liébault. Maison Rustique, or the Countrie Farme... also a short collection of the hunting of the Hart, wilde Bore, Hare, Foxe, Gray, Conie; of Birds and Faulconrie..., translated by Richard Surflet, first edition in English, woodcut device on title, ornaments, initials and illustrations, some full-page including 20 of knot gardens, lacking A1 (blank but for signature "A1") and 3N8 (final leaf of index), title trimmed and window-mounted, slightly faded at head, chipped with loss to a few letters of text, 2A⁴-⁶with tears to foot, paper repairs, affecting text with loss to a couple of words, occasional light soiling, some damp-staining, mostly at beginning and end, later calf, rubbed, rebacked, [STC 10547; Fussell I p.13], 4to, by Edm. Bollifant for Bonham Norton, 1600.

NO RESERVE Eliot (T.S.) Murder in the Cathedral, first trade edition, BBC copy with ownership stamp to front free endpaper and extensive production annotations throughout in pen and pencil, some markings, bookplate removed from endpaper leaving paper remains, promoting leaflet for the live play at the Mercury Theatre loosely inserted, original cloth, worn and frayed, small chips to spine ends and extremities, 8vo, 1935.⁂ Interesting and quirky copy of Eliot's verse drama, first performed in 1935. This copy was presumably used by the BBC production team for the radio broadcast on 5th January 1936. Annotations include cuts to the text, 'cut to last chorus of Speaight's 30" speech', 'fade slowly out on speech', and 'mix to - '. Other annotations in a later hand are also present.

NO RESERVE Gordimer (Nadine) Face to Face, first edition, original cloth, spine ends bumped and creased, dust-jacket, price-clipped, loss to spine ends and lower panel with extensive paper restorations verso, splitting along joints, rather rubbed, 8vo, Johannesburg, 1949.

NO RESERVE Hall (Radclyffe) The Master of the House, first edition, number 92 of 172 copies signed by the author to limitation page, very light even spotting, original vellum-backed cloth, lightly scuffed but a crisp copy overall, original publisher's slip-case (worn and repaired with tape), tall 8vo, 1932.

Hemingway (Ernest) A Moveable Feast, first English edition, original cloth, dust-jacket clipped, light creasing and marks, small clean edge tear to corner of upper panel, within clear wrappers, 1964; and c.50 others, including works by Julian Barnes, Virkam Seth, Margaret Attwood and J.G. Ballard, 8vo (c.50)

NO RESERVE Huxley (Aldous) Point Counter Point, first edition, previous owner's ink inscription, 1928; The Olive Tree and other essays, first edition, 1936, cracked hinges, ex-library with labels and ink-stamps, original cloth, rubbed, bumping to corners and extremities, § Bedford (Sybille) Aldous Huxley A Biography, 2 vol., frontispieces, ex-library with labels and ink-stamps, original cloth, slight bumping to corners and extremities, dust-jackets, slight cockling to vol. 1, slight creasing to edges, 1973-74; and 7 others on or by Huxley, 8vo (11)

Ishiguro (Kazuo) An Artist of the Floating World, first edition, signed by the author and dated (4th Oct' 86) on title, toning, original cloth, dust-jacket unclipped, within clear wrappers, a near-fine copy, 1986; and c. 55 others including first editions by Salman Rushdie, Martin Amis and Ian Rankin, 8vo (c.55)

NO RESERVE Kipling (Rudyard) Collected Verse, first edition, contemporary ink inscriptions to endpapers, endpapers browned, original cloth-backed boards, stained, browned, and frayed, 1912, § Wythen Baxter (George Robert) The Book of the Bastiles; or the History of the Working of the New Poor-Law, first edition, portrait frontispiece, light damp-staining, original cloth, rebacked preserving original spine strip, endpapers renewed, lightly rubbed, 1841; and c.100 others, 19th and 20th century literature and history, v.s. (c.100)

Kipling (Rudyard) Songs of the Sea From Rudyard Kipling's Verse, first edition, one of 500 large paper copies signed by the author, mounted colour plates by Donald Maxwell tipped in, printed on handmade paper, half-title, armorial bookplate of Frank Reddaway, light foxing and browning to preliminaries, original publisher's quarter vellum blue boards, gilt, foxed and marked, spine ends a little bumped, edges uncut, 1927; The Seven Seas, first edition, vignette title, armorial bookplate of Frank Reddaway, later half morocco marbled boards, spine decorated in gilt within compartments, light rubbing to lower board, t.e.g., others uncut with foxing, 1896, 4to, 8vo (2)

Foulis.- [Varlo (Charles)], "A real farmer". The Modern Farmers Guide. In Two Volumes. A New System of Husbandry: To Which Is Prefixed a Short Abstract of the Author's Life and Travels, 2 vol., first edition, 4pp. list of subscribers (a variant exists with 14pp.), 4 folding woodcut plates, 3 folding letterpress tables, ink inscription John Rippon to head of titles, 1 plate with short tear at fold (no loss), vol.1 L2 with closed tear to head, affecting a few letters, some foxing, occasional light damp-staining, lightly browned throughout, little heavier in the odd place, later calf-backed marbled boards, ink inscription A M Pemberton to upper covers, lightly rubbed with corners bumped, vol.2 lower cover worn, [Fussell II pp.90-91; Gaskell 480; cf. Perkins 1215], 8vo, Glasgow, for the Author, by Robert and Andrew Foulis, 1768.⁂ Rare at auction, there being only one other set we can trace. 'Almost all the "rustick authors" of the eighteenth century proclaimed loudly that their writings were the results of their own practical experience on the land. Their statements were emphatic, but they did not as a rule support them with the story of their lives. No rule is without its exception, and one of them, not content with signing himself "A Real Farmer" [now identified as Varlo], prefaced his book... with an autobiography...' (Fussell).