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Ireland.- Carleton (William) Traits and Stories of the Irish Peasantry, 5 vol., fourth edition, engraved frontispieces, title vignettes and plates by W. H. Brooke, some very light foxing to plates and endpapers, contemporary olive half calf, spines gilt with morocco labels, vol. 4 label worn with some loss, London & Dublin, 1836; The Squanders of Castlesquander, 2 vol., first edition, engraved frontispieces and 8 plates, contemporary ink ownership inscriptions to front free endpapers and vol. 1 pastedown, a few chips and small tears, affecting some plates, mostly marginal, some with repairs to verso, some browning and occasional light spotting or soiling, original pictorial cloth blocked in silver, rebacked, with original spine laid-down, spines with small loss to head and foot, together in a modern marbled slip-case, 1852, lightly rubbed, spines slightly sunned; and others by or relating to Carleton, v.s. (27)

[Dodgson (Charles Lutwidge)] "Lewis Carroll". Sylvie and Bruno, first edition, half-title, becoming detached, frontispiece, illustrations, occasional marginal finger-soiling, near contemporary half-calf, gilt, slight bumping to corners and extremities, 1889; The Hunting of the Snark an Agony in Eight fits, half-title, frontispiece and illustrations by Henry Holiday, cracked hinges, one or two ff. becoming loose, previous owner's ink signature, original decorative cloth, gilt, slight bumping to corners and extremities, 1900; The Hunting of the Snark an Agony in Eight fits, fourth impression, illustrated by Mervyn Peake, scattered spotting, previous owner's ink signature, original cloth, slight bumping to corners and extremities, dust-jacket, previous owner's biro signature to upper panel, sunned spine, small tear to bottom edge, slight chipping to corners and spine extremities, 1953; and 6 others on or by Carroll, 8vo (9)

Political and social reform.- [Wade (John)] The Black Book; Or, Corruption Unmasked!, first edition, some light foxing or soiling, contemporary calf, gilt, a little rubbed, [Kress C638; Goldsmiths' 23071; PMM 296 (1831 edition)], 8vo, John Fairburn, 1820.⁂ First edition of this influential pro-reforming text. "The growth of industry, vastly accelerated by the needs of the Napoleonic wars, had shaken the traditional agrarian communities, and with them the old structure of class dependence. When the war was over, the financial burden it left, coupled with the government's attempts to re-establish the old system by the introduction of restrictive measures designed to protect the agricultural classes by increasing the price of food, caused widespread unemployment.... The long struggle (to the passing of the Reform Bill in 1832) was conducted through a mass of printed matter, which the press, just beginning its own industrial revolution, strove to provide. The 'Bible of the Reformers' was the Black Book, a massive compendium of all the abuses, electoral, ecclesiastical, legal, which they sought to abolish..... For the Black Book was above all a practical document, and its emphasis on the need to have practical as well as equitable representation lies at the root of parliamentary democracy." - PMM.

Economics.- Britain.- Lowe (Joseph) The Present State of England in Regard to Agriculture, Trade, and Finance..., first edition, occasional light spotting to final few pages, otherwise internally clean, modern boards, endpapers renewed, 1822 § Leckie (Gould Francis) An Historical Survey of the Foreign Affairs of Great Britain, 2 parts in 1, advertisement f., folding table, damp-staining, fore-edges worn and chipped, modern calf-backed boards, spine lightly faded, 1808, § Tooke (Thomas) Thoughts and Details on the High and Low Prices of the Last Thirty Years from 1793 to 1822, 4 parts in 1, large folding table, modern calf-backed boards, spine lightly faded, 1824; and 7 others, similar, 8vo (10)

Bindings.- Paley (William) The Principles of Moral and Political Philosophy, first edition, faint spotting to first and last few leaves, contemporary calf, slight rubbing to joints and extremities, 1785 § Odes of Pindar ... to which is prefixed a Dissertation on the Olympick Games by Gilbert West, half-title, title in red and black, scattered spotting, contemporary calf, expert repairs to upper joints, a little rubbed, 1749 § [Thackeray (William Makepeace)] "M. A. Titmarsh" Mrs Perkins's Ball, hand-coloured frontispiece, title and 20 plates, scattered spotting, n.d.; Rebecca and Rowena, first edition, frontispiece, vignette title, plates and illustrations, 1850, uniform near contemporary half-morocco, gilt, sunned spines, a little rubbed; and others, most in leather or vellum bindings, v.s. (68)

Dickens (Charles) Dombey and Son, first edition, bound from the 20 original parts in 19, mixed but early or first issues with "Capatin" to p. 324 of part 11, engraved additional title, frontispiece and plates by Hablot K. Browne, original blue printed wrappers bound in at end (browned and stained, some with ink ownership inscriptions), bookplate to pastedown, spotting and browning to plates, occasional marginal paper repairs, contemporary morocco, inner gilt dentelles, spine faded, one or two marks or nicks but overall an attractive copy, [Hatton & Cleaver pp.227-250], 8vo, 1848.

NO RESERVE Machiavelli (Niccolò) Tutte le opere...divise in V. Parti., 5 parts in 1, collation: [*2] a-z aa-zz aaa-hhh4 : *4 a-r4 s2 : à4 è4 a-z aa-yy4 zz2 : a-z aa bb4 [cc2] : *2 a-z aa4, woodcut portraits to general and divisional titles, [cc2] a double-page battle plan, *4, è4, zz2 and aa4 at end blank, pencil underlining, occasional spotting and light staining, lightly browned, contemporary mottled calf, gilt spine in compartments and with green morocco label, backstrip all but detached and with small piece missing, rubbed, 4to, [?Geneva], no printer, 1550 [but c.1630].⁂ A 'Testina edition', which uses the woodcut portrait of Comin da Trino's 1541 edition of Il Principe. Dated 1550, but in fact published in the first half of the 17th century. Some of the later editions bear a Geneva imprint, hence the tentative attribution of this edition to Switzerland.Literature: Adams M9; EDIT 16 CNCE 64604.

Dickens (Charles) Bleak House, first edition in book form, half-title, engraved frontispiece, title and 38 plates by Hablot K. Browne, light offsetting, occasional foxing or marginal toning to plates, light damp-stain to frontispiece and title, original variant cloth, recased, fading to spine, repairs to spine ends, light mottling and fading to covers, [Eckel pp.79-81; Smith I, 19], 8vo, Bradbury and Evans, 1853.⁂ A rare cloth variant with "MDCCCLIII" in gilt to foot of spine. Smith states seeing only one copy with this lettering which was lacking the half-title.

Statius (Publius Papinius) Sylvarum libri V Achilleidos libri XII Thebaidos libri II, italic type, title and verso of otherwise blank final f. with woodcut printer's device, initial spaces with guide-letters, first k2 blank apart from signature, 2nd k2 blank apart from foliation and signature, penultimate f. colophon recto otherwise blank, title with upper and lower margins trimmed away and laid down, without loss of text, f. with printer's device at end all but detached, stained, some spotting, 17th century calf, rebacked, corners worn, rubbed, [Adams S1672; Ahmanson-Murphy 175; Renouard 88:12; EDIT 16 CNCE 53846], 8vo, [Venice], [House of Aldus & Andrea Torresani], [January, 1519].⁂ Second Aldine edition.

NO RESERVE Empson (Patience) The Wood Engravings of Robert Gibbings, first edition, illustrations, bookplate, memorial exhibition pamphlet loosely inserted, original cloth, slight bumping to corners and extremities, clear plastic dust-jacket, small tears to spine extremities, 1959 § Whistler (Laurence) Scenes and Signs on Glass, frontispiece, plates, Whistler's obituary in 'The Times' pasted to blanks, previous owner's ink inscription, original cloth, gilt, dust-jacket, small tear to spine head, slight creasing to extremities, The Cupid Press, 1985 § Leighton (Clare) Wood Engraving of the 1930's, illustrations, many full-page, scattered spotting, original paper wrappers, rubbed and worn, small tears and loss to spine extremities, 1936 § The Penrose Annual, a review of the Graphic Arts, frontispiece, plates and illustrations, faint spotting to endpapers, original cloth, dust-jacket, short tear to flap, chipping and creasing to extremities, [1952]; and others similar, v.s. (c.35)

Field Sports.- Croxton Smith (A. editor) Hounds & Dogs; their care, training & working, frontispiece, plates, bookplates, contemporary morocco, gilt, 1932 § Sparrow (Geoffrey) Foxes and Physic, first edition, signed inscription with original watercolour by author to front free endpaper, half-title, illustrations, scattered spotting, original cloth, spotting, slight bumping to corners and extremities, 1962 § Hansard (George Agar) The Book of Archery, engraved frontispiece, additional engraved title, plates, scattered spotting, later half-morocco, gilt, 1841 § Maxwell (Marius) Stalking Big Game with a Camera, folding frontispiece, plates, scattered faint spotting, original cloth, bumping and chipping to corners and extremities, rubbed and worn, 1925; and others sporting, most field sports, v.s. (c.75)

*** Please note the description of this lot has changed ***Young (La Monte) & Jackson Mac Low, editors. [Fluxus] An Anthology of Chance Operations..., second edition, printed on different coloured papers, with 2 loose sheets (musical notation and perforated sheet) and 2 mounted envelopes with contents, original wrappers, a little creased, spine faded, New York, 1970 § Ledeur (Jean-Paul) Yves Klein: Catalogue of Editions and Sculptures Edited, printed in blue, text in English and French, original boards, Knokke, Guy Pieters Gallery, 2000 § Lebel (Robert) Marcel Duchamp, first edition in English, original cloth, dust-jacket, very slightly rubbed and creased at edges but a very good copy, New York, 1959 § Broodthaers (Marcel) Museum: Der Adler vom Oligozän bis heute, 2 vol., first edition, original pictorial wrappers, small abrasion to foot of one upper and one lower wrapper, Dusseldorf, 1972 § Broodthaers (Marcel) Museum: Der Adler vom Oligozän bis heute, 2 vol., first edition, original pictorial wrappers, small abrasion to foot of one upper and one lower wrapper, Dusseldorf, 1972; and others, v.s. (sm. qty).

Martin (Thomas Commerford) The Inventions, Researches and Writings of Nikola Tesla, with Special Reference to his Work in Polyphase Currents and High Potential Lighting, second edition, half-title, portrait frontispiece, illustrations, ink stamps of The English Electric Co. to front free endpapers and fore-edge, a few spots of light soiling to first few leaves, endpapers toned, hinges weak, original orange cloth, quite rubbed and soiled, spine with ink library marking, rubbed causing loss to some text, spine ends chipped, lower joint with small split at head, 8vo, New York, The Electrical Engineer, 1894.⁂ A landmark text in the field of electrical engineering, comprehensively detailing Tesla's early research and inventions. The first edition sold out within a month, the second printed within the same year.

Crane (Walter) Of the Decorative Illustration of Books Old and New, first edition, William Russell Flint's prize copy, plates and illustrations, occasional foxing, handsomely bound in blue morocco, gilt, by Sangorski & Sutcliffe for Flint, t.e.g., 8vo, London & New York, 1896.⁂ Pencil inscription in William Russell Flint's hand on front pastedown reads: "Board of Education South Kensington. National Book Prize awarded to William Russell Flint of Edinburgh Royal Institution School of Art for success in subject 9A at the National Art Competition 1900 - What was subject 9A? Anatomy: Bones (Rebound 1969)". The present binding with the distinctive key motif was commissioned by Flint and matches other books offered from his library.

Trollope (Anthony) Phineas Finn. The Irish Member, 2 vol., first edition in book form, 20 wood-engraved plates after J. E. Millais, 2 bound as frontispieces, some with tissue guards, last in vol.1 with tear and vol. 2 one loose, spotting and finger soiling, endpapers renewed, original green cloth, lettered in gilt, vol. 1 small tears at joint ends, spines a little toned, surface wear and bumping, [Sadleir 30], 8vo, Virtue & Co., 1869.⁂ The second title in the Palliser series. Virtue ceased operating shortly after publication, consequently Phineas Finn is rare in the original cloth in good condition.

Laplace (Pierre-Simon, Marquis de) Traité de mécanique céleste, vol. 1 & 2 only (of 5), first edition, half-titles, contemporary ink ownership inscription and library ink stamp to titles, the odd spot, endpapers lightly toned, later half calf over blue marbled boards, spines gilt with orange morocco labels, lightly rubbed, [Horblit-Grolier 63; Norman 1277; PMM 252], Paris, chez J.B.M. Duprat, [1798]; and 2 others, an incomplete copy of vol. 4 and vol. 3 from the second edition, 4to (4)⁂ A monumental and highly important work on astronomy. Laplace (1749-1827), rightly called the "Newton of France", significantly develops the theories elaborated by Newton, Euler and other astronomers. The title-pages of both volumes are in their first state, with the imprint of Crapelet and Duprat and "An VII".

Library of Laurence Olivier.- Niven (David) Bring on the Empty Horses, first edition, 12 leaves of photographic illustrations, signed presentation inscription from the author to Laurence Olivier to front free endpaper, original cloth, spine very lightly sunned with ends bumped, small patch of soiling to upper cover, 1975 § Tennyson (Alfred, Lord) Dramas, ink ownership inscription of Laurence Olivier to front free endpaper dated 1928, text of Harold with some underlining in pencil, original green sheep, gilt, sunned and rubbed at extremities, upper cover and front free endpapers detached, lower cover working loose, 1906; and others from Olivier's personal library, some with his ownership inscription and many with presentation inscriptions from friends, colleagues and admirers, v.s. (c.150, i.e. 5 boxes)⁂ The inscription in the first reads: 'Beloved Larry-Boy and darling Joannie. Another 'loo' book. Just leave it there and someone will read it! Devoted love, 'Niv''. David Niven, an Oscar-winning actor and novelist, was a friend of Olivier's for much of his life. Olivier features within the book, described as 'blessed with a massive talent and a highly justified faith in himself' (p.166). The second was used by Olivier for learning and rehearsing the role of Tennyson's Harold, which he played at The Royal Court Theatre in April 1928, as one of his first lead roles. He has underlined every line spoken directly before Harold speaks, presumably to help him memorise his cue.

NO RESERVE Dickens (Charles) Little Dorrit, 2 vol., first edition bound from the original 19/20 parts, first issue with 'Rigaud' for Blandois in part 15 and errata slip in part 16, etched frontispiece, additional title and plates by H. K. Browne, original printed wrappers and adverts bound in at rear of each vol., part 6 lacking all advertisements and lower wrapper, all others present, some light foxing, contemporary half morocco, spine gilt, t.e.g., others uncut, joints and spine ends lightly rubbed, [Hatton & Cleaver pp.307-330], 8vo, 1857.

Dickens (Charles) The Life and Adventures of Martin Chuzzlewit, first edition in book form, second issue with the signpost reading '£100' and the 14-line errata, engraved frontispiece, vignette title and 38 engraved plates by Hablot K. Browne, light browning to plate margins, hinges neatly repaired, original blue blind-stamped cloth, neatly recased, spine ends repaired, corners a little bumped, some light discolouration but in effect and excellent copy, [Eckel, pp. 71-73; Smith I, 7], 8vo, Chapman and Hall, 1844.

NO RESERVE Pets.- Kipling (Rudyard) Thy Servant a Dog, told by Boots, first edition, illustrations by G. L. Stampa, some full-page, faint spotting to first and last few leaves, original cloth, slight bumping to corners and extremities, 1930 § Chalmers (Patrick R.) Dogs of Every Day, plates and illustrations by Cecil Aldin, faint spotting to first few leaves, original cloth, slight bumping to corners and extremities, dust-jacket, lacking most of spine, small chipping and tears to edges, rubbed, 1933 § Lucas (Captain Jocelyn) Pedigree Dog Breeding, second edition, frontispiece, plates, advertisements at end, previous owner's ink inscription, original cloth, slight bumping to corners and extremities, c.1926 § Croxton Smith (A.) About Our Dogs: The Breeds and their Management, frontispiece, plates, scattered faint spotting, previous owner's ink signature, original cloth, slight bumping to spine extremities, dust-jacket, loss to spine extremities, chipping and short tears to top edge, n.d.; and others pets, mostly dogs, 8vo (33).

NO RESERVE Entomology.- Scorer (Alfred George) The Entomologist's Log-Book, first edition, scattered faint spotting, advertisements at end, previous owner's partially removed inscription to title, original cloth, slight bumping to corners and extremities, 1913 § Robinson (Sir Roy L.) Insects of the British Woodlands, plates, original cloth, slight bumping to spine extremities, dust-jacket, slight creasing to edges, n.d. § Skaife (S. H.) Dwellers in Darkness, plates and illustrations, previous owner's ink signature, original cloth, slight bumping to corners, price-clipped dust-jacket, loss to edges, a little rubbed, 1956 § Meyrick (Edward) A Handbook of British Lepidoptera, illustrations, scattered spotting, previous owner's ink signature, cracked hinges, original cloth, rubbed and worn, 1895 § Hopkins (G. H. E.) Mosquitoes of the Ethiopian Region, part 1 only, illustrations, previous owner's ink signature, cracked hinges, original cloth, bumping to corners and extremities, 1952; and others on insects, v.s. (29)

NO RESERVE Middle East.- Lawrence (T.E.) Revolt in the Desert, fifth impression, frontispiece, folding map, original buckram, slight bumping to corners and extremities, 1927; The Mint, first trade edition, scattered spotting, original cloth, bumping to spine extremities, dust-jacket, rubbed and worn, tear to spine, loss to spine extremities, 1955; and others Lawrence, 8vo & 4to (8).

NO RESERVE Johnson (Samuel) A Dictionary of the English Language..., 2 vol. in 1, second edition, bookplate to pastedown, endpapers brittle and chipped, title trimmed at head, occasional light even spotting, contemporary calf, rebacked with red morocco spine label, worn, 1760 § Edwards (Thomas) The Canons of Criticism, and glossary, being a supplement to Mr. Warburton's edition of Shakespear..., sixth edition, bookplate to pastedown, first few pages with light marginal browning, contemporary calf, rebacked, C. Bathurst, 1758, 8vo (2)

Cookery.- Beeton (Mrs. Isabella) Mrs. Beeton's Book of Household Management, new edition, frontispiece, plates, new endpapers, original morocco-backed boards, rebacked retaining original backstrip, faded, bumping to corners, 1915 § Smith (John) Vegetable Cookery, scattered spotting, original printed boards, rebacked, rubbed, 1876 § Lambeth (Joseph A.) Lambeth Method of Cake Decoration and Practical Pastries, first edition, colour plates, illustrations, original decorative cloth, slight bumping to corners and extremities, 1936; and others cookery, v.s. (18)

Utopia.- Imaginary voyage.- [Tyssot de Patot (Simon)] Voyages et Avantures de Jacques Massé, first edition, title with woodcut device of armillary sphere, spotting and staining, lightly browned, modern half calf, spine in compartments and with red leather label, [Rosenberg Edition 'A'], large 12mo, Bordeaux [i.e The Hague], 'Chez Jaques l'Aveugle', 1710 [but c.1714-1717].⁂ The true first edition of this Utopian novel. Four editions were issued falsely dated 1710, but this is recognised as the actual first due to the reduced typeface on the final leaf and the reference to a non-existent engraving on p.77; both errors being subsequently corrected.

Dickens (Charles) The Posthumous Papers of the Pickwick Club, first edition in book form later issue with letterpress title dated 1838, half-title, frontispiece, additional title and 41 engraved plates by R. Seymour, R.W. Buss, and Hablot K. Browne, some light offsetting, occasional foxing, original light brown cloth, light sunning and spotting to spine, corners a little bumped, some fraying to joint ends, rubbing and some light staining to covers, later endpapers, [Eckel pp.17-58; Hatton and Cleaver pp.1-88; Smith pp.19-27 (this issue see n.1)], Chapman and Hall, 1838 § [Onwhyn (Thomas)] [Thirty-Two Illustrations to the Posthumous Papers of the Pickwick Club by Mr Samuel Weller], 32 engraved plates by Onwhyn, occasional light foxing, heavier to first 2 plates, later polished calf, gilt, spine gilt with red morocco label, [1837], 8vo.⁂ Second is the first edition of Onwhyn's pirate illustrations for Pickwick. Dickens loathed the illustrations and wrote of their "singular vileness" in a letter of 1838.

[Evans (Mary Ann)], "George Eliot". Middlemarch, A Study of Provincial Life, 4 vol., first edition, half-titles, lacking errata as often, bound without advertisements, occasional foxing, contemporary half-morocco, g.e., rubbing to corners, extremities and joints, 8vo, 1871-72.

NO RESERVE Sport.- Peters (Martin) Mexico 70, first edition, signed by the author to front free endpaper, illustrations, original boards, dust-jacket, lightly rubbed and toned to extremities, 1970 § Grace (W.G.) The History of a Hundred Centuries, original wrappers, lightly toned and chipped, 1895; and another, sports, 8vo (3)

Pictorial cloth.- Henty (G. A.) At the Point of the Bayonet, first edition, half-title, frontispiece, plates, scattered spotting, previous owner's ink signature and ink name-stamp to half-title, cracked upper hinge, original pictorial cloth, small stain to upper cover, slight bumping to corners and extremities, 1902 § Ingoldsby (Thomas) The Ingoldsby Legends, frontispiece, plates and illustrations by Arthur Rackham, original pictorial cloth, slight bumping to corners and extremities, 1930 § Kipling (Rudyard) Animal Stories, colour frontispiece, plates and illustrations, one or two illustrations crudely coloured with crayon, scattered spotting, previous owner's ink inscription, original pictorial cloth, slight bumping to corners and extremities, 1932 § Grew (Edwin S.) The Romance of Modern Geology, frontispiece, plates, scattered spotting, original pictorial cloth, slight bumping to spine extremities, 1926 § Lofting (Hugh) Doctor Dolittle's Post Office, colour frontispiece, full-page illustrations, scattered faint spotting, original cloth, slight bumping to spine extremities, 1935; and others, most pictorial cloth, 8vo (c.95)

Trollope (Anthony) The Way We Live Now, 2 vol., first edition in book form, 40 wood-engraved plates by Luke Fildes, half-titles, contemporary ink ownership inscriptions front endpapers, vol.1 illustrations list loose, some spotting, mainly marginal, including to plates, vol. 1 gutter cracked after half-title, hinges reinforced with cloth, original green cloth blocked in black and gilt, extremities rubbed, some bumping, [Sadleir 44], 8vo, Chapham and Hall, 1875.

Mardersteig (Giovanni) The Officina Bodoni: An Account of the Work of a Hand Press 1923-1977, limited edition, plates and illustrations, original cloth, slipcase, rubbed, large tear, Verona, 1980 § Yeats (W. B.) Autobiographies, first edition, portrait frontispiece, occasional faint marginal spotting, original cloth, slight bumping to spine extremities, 1955 § Cameron (Kenneth Neill, editor) Shelley and his Circle 1773-1822, 2 vol., plates, original cloth, fractional bumping to spine extremities, dust-jacket, faint creasing to extremities, 1961 § Bell (Quentin) Virginia Woolf, 2 vol., vol. 2 first edition, portrait frontispieces, plates, original cloth, fractional bumping to spine extremities, dust-jackets, vol. 2 with short tear and old tape repair to top edge, a little rubbed, 1973-72; and others biography and bibliography, v.s. (c.80)

World.- Cave (Henry W.) Golden Tips: a Description of Ceylon and its great Tea Industry, portrait frontispiece, folding map, plates and illustrations, advertisements at end, bookplate, original pictorial cloth, gilt, rubbed, bumping to corners and extremities, 1900 § Hunt (John) The Ascent of Everest, first edition, frontispiece, plates and illustrations, previous owner's ink inscription, original cloth, slight bumping to spine extremities, price-clipped dust-jacket, small tears and chipping to corners and spine extremities, 1953 § [Aitkin (Edward Hamilton)] The Tribes on my Frontier, frontispiece, vignette title, plates and illustrations, cracked hinges, original pictorial cloth, a little rubbed, bumping to corners and extremities, 1884 § [Vincent (J.)] An Atlas of Ancient Geography, 22 hand-coloured engraved double-page maps, scattered spotting, contemporary half-calf, printed paper label to upper cover, rubbed and worn, bumping and small loss to corners and spine extremities, 1829; and others World, v.s. (c.70)

Dickens (Charles) The Mystery of Edwin Drood, first edition in 6 original monthly parts, engraved portrait, additional pictorial title and 12 wood-engraved plates after Luke Fildes, lacking some rear advertisements, though with the fragile "Cork Hat" slip to part 2 present, publisher's blue-green pictorial wrappers after C.A. Collins, earliest issue of part 6 with the "eighteenpence" slip over the one shilling price on the upper wrapper, pencil ownership inscriptions to upper covers, wrappers faded and chipped with some loss, part 6 upper wrapper detached, housed in custom-made drop-back box (a little marked), [Eckel pp.96-98; Hatton & Cleaver pp.373-384], 8vo, 1870.

NO RESERVE Dickens (Charles) Master Humphrey's Clock, 3 vol., first edition in book form, some light spotting and staining, heavier to first few pp. of each vol., hinges cracked or starting to vol.1 & 3, original pictorial cloth, gilt, some marking, extremities bumped, spine ends frayed and chipped, spines faded, 1840-1; and another copy of the same bound from the original parts in 2 vol., 8vo (5)

Ardizzone (Edward).- Gorham (Maurice) The Local, first edition, 14 colour lithograph plates by Ardizzone, one double-page, original pictorial boards, spine a little browned and slightly bumped at head, 1939 § Freeman (C. Denis) and Douglas Cooper. The Road to Bordeaux, first edition, illustrations by Ardizzone, map endpapers, original cloth, dust-jacket worn and repaired to verso, Cresset Press, 1940 § Bloomfield (Paul) The Mediterranean, An Anthology, first edition, illustrations by Ardizzone, original cloth, dust-jacket, 1935; and a large quantity of others by and/or illustrated by and/or with dust-jackets designed by Ardizzone, v.s. (c.170, 3 boxes)

NO RESERVE Dickens (Charles), "Boz". The Strange Gentleman; A Comic Burletta, facsimile of first edition, hand-coloured frontispiece and plain plate, frontispiece detached with small tear to margin, bookseller description laid down to pastedown, contemporary half morocco, rubbed, [1871]; The Tuggs's at Ramsgate, and Other Sketches, rather browned and foxed, damp-stained, contemporary cloth-backed boards, rubbed, Philadelphia, 1837; and 9 others, mostly Dickens, including a numbers 123-5 of The Atlantic Monthly in original wrappers, v.s. (11)⁂ Though not the very scarce first 1837 edition, The Strange Gentleman copy contains the rare frontispiece and another plate.

Marx (Karl) Capital: a Critical Analysis of Capitalist Production, edited by Frederick Engels, translated from the third German edition by Moore and Aveling, first American edition, without publishers advertisements at end, contemporary half morocco, spine head chipped, lightly rubbed and marked, 8vo, New York, Humboldt Publishing Co., [1889].

NO RESERVE Eliot (George) Impressions of Theophrastus Such, 1879 § Conan Doyle (Arthur) Sir Nigel, first edition, contemporary ink presentation inscription to endpapers, very lightly spotted, 1906 § Ainsworth (William Harrison) The Spendthrift: A Tale, plates, bookplate of Pickford Waller to pastedown, light spotting, 1857, first editions, light spots to endpapers, original decorative cloth, gilt, spine rubbed and faded, spine ends creased and frayed; and 3 others, 19th century English literature, 8vo (6)

Davenant (Charles) Essays upon Peace at Home, and War Abroad, part 1 [all published], first edition, half-title, 7pp. advertisements at end, small contemporary ink ownership name to title, some light damp-staining, contemporary panelled calf, rebacked, 1704; Discourses on the Publick Revenues, and on the Trade of England, 2 vol., first edition, vol.1 with half-title, advertisement printed verso to half-title, 2pp. advertisement at end, 4 folding tables, contemporary ink ownership signature to half-title, first few pp. trimmed, fore-edges browned and brittle, light even spotting, [Goldsmiths 3523], 1698; An Essay Upon the Probably Methods of Making a People Gainers in the Balance of Trade, second edition, lacking all folding tables, 1700, last two ex-library copies with occasional stamp, last two cloth library binding, worn, for James Knapton, 8vo (4)

Slessor (Kenneth) Earth-Visitors, out of series copy from and edition of 425, plates, unopened, scattered faint spotting, original boards, gilt, slight bumping to spine extremities, Fanfrolico Press, 1926 § Sotheby (William) Saul; a Poem in two parts, first edition, scattered faint spotting, modern boards, a little rubbed, 1807 § Auden (W. H.) & Christopher Isherwood. A Tragedy in Two Acts The Ascent of F6, first edition, original cloth, rubbed and worn, small loos to spine extremities, cloth beginning to split at joints, 1936 § Spender (Stephen) Trial of a Judge, first edition, second impression, some marginal tears where opened by original owner, original cloth, small loss to spine head, dust-jacket, small tears to top edge, small loss to spine extremities, a little rubbed, 1938 § Gray (Thomas) Poems, Eton College presentation leaf bound-in, original vellum, slight spotting, a little rubbed, privately printed for Eton College in the Riccardi Press, 1937; and others poetry and plays, v.s. (c.70)

Potter (Beatrix) The Tale of Benjamin Bunny, first edition, first or second printing with "we" in roman and "muffatees" to p.15, colour frontispiece, plain title vignette and 26 plates, pictorial endpapers, bookplate of Eileen Crawford Scott, contemporary ink gift inscription to front free endpaper, some light marginal finger-soiling, occasional splitting at gutter, original grey boards with mounted colour illustration, light rubbing and surface soiling, spine a little darkened, still a very good copy, [Linder p.424; Quinby 6], 16mo, 1904.

Trollope (Anthony) Orley Farm, 2 vol., first edition bound from the 20 original parts, 40 wood-engraved illustrations, a few with stab-holes, joints and spines lightly scuffed, t.e.g, original wrappers bound at rear (lacking issue no.2), some toning, Chapman and Hall, 1862; The Warden, lacking 24pp. of publishers' advertisements at rear, some light browning, Longman et al., 1855; John Caldigate, 3 vol., half-titles, 1879, first editions, occasional spotting or finger soiling, the first two contemporary half morocco and calf, gilt spines, the last later half calf, [Sadleir 13, 4 & 55]; and 6 others bound in leather, 8vo (14)

Dickens (Charles) Little Dorrit, first edition in the original 19/20 parts, first issue with 'Rigaud' for Blandois in part 15 and errata slip in part 16, 40 etched plates by H.K.Browne ("Phiz"), some adverts lacking to parts 1, 10, and 11, all rear advertisements lacking to part 13, some foxing to plates, original printed blue wrappers, rather worn and faded, some with ink ownership name to upper wrapper, spines defective with portions of loss, part 6 upper wrapper detached, preserved in cloth custom-made drop-back box, [Hatton & Cleaver pp.307-330], 8vo, 1855-57.

Dickens (Charles) Sketches by Boz Illustrative of Every-day Life, and Every-day People, New Edition, Complete, first one volume edition, first issue with "reeledbefore" on p.526 and all plates before "Greenwich Fair" (at p.120) without the Chapman and Hall imprint, half-title, frontispiece, pictorial title and 38 etched plates by George Cruikshank, advertisement leaf dated May 15 1839, repaired tear to frontispiece (affecting image but without loss), a few plates with marginal browning, occasional spotting, original blind-stamped brown cloth, recased, a few small chips or tears along joints and spine ends, corners a little rubbed, [Eckel pp.14-15; Smith p.16 n.4], 8vo, Chapman and Hall, 1839.⁂ "When Chapman and Hall obtained the copyright of Sketches in 1837, they published all of them in twenty monthly parts from November 1837 through June 1839... In May, 1839, Chapman and Hall published these parts complete in one volume with all 40 of Cruikshank's illustrations."

Warwickshire.- Dugdale (Sir William) The Antiquities of Warwickshire, 2 vol., second edition, engraved plates and maps, some folding or double-page, extra-illustrated with a few engraved plates from other works, all plates with small square of paper on verso obscuring removal of library stamp (seemingly quite old), similar treatment to a few text leaves, contemporary calf, rebacked and recornered, worn, 1730; The Antiquities of Coventre, engraved frontispiece (folding at edge), map and 6 plates, some after W. Hollar, illustrations, some light offsetting, contemporary red half morocco over marbled boards, Coventry, Printed by J. Jones, 1765 § Knowles (Rev. E.H.) The Castle of Kenilworth, first edition, 4 plans, 24 mounted photographic plates, some foxing and marginal browning, modern calf-backed cloth, Warwick, 1872; and 17 others, Warwickshire, including vol.1-8 of the Victoria County History (ie without the Index vol.), folio and 4to (21)

NO RESERVE Horology.- Lee (Ronald A.) The Knibb Family, Clockmakers, first edition, one of 1000 copies, colour frontispiece, illustrations, ex-library copy with embossed stamps and other markings, original cloth, dust-jacket, 4to, Byfleet, Manor House Press, 1964.

Potter (Beatrix) The Tailor of Gloucester, first trade edition, second printing with date on title and double-page endpaper recurring twice, colour frontispiece and 26 colour plates, some light finger-soiling, occasional splitting at gutter, original dark green boards with mounted colour illustration, very lightly rubbed, minor bumping to spine ends and corners, an excellent example, [Linder p.423; Quinby 4], 16mo, 1903.

India.- Bernier (Francois) The History of the Late Revolution of the Empire of the Great Mogol: together with the Most Considerable Passages for 5 Years Following in that Empire, translated by Henry Oldenburg, 2 parts in 1 vol., first edition in English, folding engraved map at end, title within double-rule border, woodcut initials, title browned at head, but a good, clean copy otherwise, bookplate to pastedown, detached contemporary sheep, upper cover detached from spine and lower cover, some light wear to extremities, [Wing B2043], small 8vo, sold by Moses Pitt at the White Hart in Little Brittain, 1671.⁂ Scarce, with a section on Kashmir and map at the end covering the Indian peninsula as far south as Golconda.Provenance: Fintray House Library (bookplate).

Bindings.- Grahame (Kenneth) The Wind in the Willows, first edition illustrated by E.H. Shepard, modern green crushed morocco, gilt, by Bayntun-Riviere, g.e., 1931; and 5 others, handsomely bound, 8vo (6)

Caldecott (Randolph) "Graphic" Pictures complete edition, one of 1250 copies, plates and illustrations, cracked upper hinge, original decorative cloth, rubbed and worn, 1891 § Cervantes. The History of Don Quixote, frontispiece, plates and illustrations by Gustave Doré, cracked hinges, previous owner's pencil inscription, original decorative cloth, gilt, rubbed and worn, c.1866 § Clerihew (E., editor) Biography for Beginners, illustrations by G. K. Chesterton, original cloth-backed decorative boards, rubbed, bumping to corners and extremities, n.d. § Urquhart (Fred) W. S. C. A Cartoon Biography, first edition, illustrations, spotting to endpapers, 'Collectors Corner' ink-stamp to title, original cloth, fractional bumping to spine extremities, price-clipped dust-jacket, chipping to edges, small tears to spine head, 1955; and others illustrated, v.s. (c.40)

Dickens (Charles) Sketches by Boz, Illustrative of Every-day Life, and Every-day People, 2 vol., third edition, frontispieces and 14 plates by George Cruikshank, foxing and offsetting to plates, vol.2 title torn with tape repair to margin of title and frontispiece, ink name to endpapers, original cloth, spine ends and corners bumped, vol. 2 with two cloth repairs, light toning to spines, new endpapers, 1837; Sketches by Boz: The Second Series, first edition, first issue without list of plates at foot of Contents, half-title, etched frontispiece, additional pictorial title and 8 plates by George Cruikshank, tissue-guards, browning to plates margins, faint contemporary ink ownership inscription to head of title, label to pastedown covering bookplate, polished calf, gilt by Hatchards, spine gilt in compartments, light rubbing to joints, 1837, [Eckel pp. 11-13; Hatton and Cleaver pp.89-128; Smith I, pp.1-16], John Macrone; "Boz". The Posthumous Papers of the Pickwick Club, 5 vol., vol. 1 second edition, vol.2-5 first American editions, advertisements, foxing, vol. 1 hinges weak, contents shaken and title working loose, original cloth-backed boards, paper labels to spines (rubbed and chipped), shelf-lean, fraying to spines, rubbed, wear to extremities, 8vo, Philadelphia, Carey, Lea & Blanchard, 1837, 8vo (8) ⁂ Sketches was Dickens' first published book. Though sales were brisk, Dickens' share of the profits was only a tenth of that earned by the publisher. With publications of Pickwick and Oliver Twist doing well, he gained backing from Chapman and Hall to purchase the rights to Sketches from Macrone, leading to its publication in parts from November 1837 and an appearance in a one-volume edition in 1839. Meanwhile, the first American editions of "Boz", parts 1-4, preceded the English first book edition, and were published without Dickens' consent. These infringements on his intellectual property were a constant source of annoyance for Dickens. Carey would offer the author £25 for the parts they had already printed but Dickens declined the money on point of principle.

NO RESERVE Dahl (Roald) Boy: Tales of Childhood, uncorrected proof, original wrappers, fine copy, 1984 § Sharp (Margery) The Rescuers, first edition, very light browning to endpapers, original cloth, lightly faded, dust-jacket, light chipping and creasing to endpapers, spine a little faded, 1959 § Hale (Kathllen) Orlando The Marmalade Cat, first edition, original boards, light scuffing to spine and joints, 1956, and 14 others, children's, v.s. (17)

MILNE A.A.  Winnie-the-Pooh. Illus. by E. H. Shepard. Orig. green cloth gilt. First Edition, 1926.Condition report:Ownership inscription to front map endpaper.Glue mark to front board above figures. Folding to top and bottom of spine and along edges. Pages misaligned across fore-edge. Owner's name in pencil above front map. Pages generally clean with some light yellowing throughout. Ingrained dirt on pages 80-81. Pages separating from spine towards end of book. 

Allen (Charles). The Polite Lady: or a course of Female Education. In a series of letters, from a mother to her daughter, second edition corrected, London: Printed for Newbery and Carnan, 1769, previous owner inscription to free front endpaper: 'Hannah Gibbards Book of Chalcomb Hill House Northampton Shire February the 22 - 1784. When this you see remember me don't forget me quite when I am out of sight', contemporary sheepskin gilt, joints cracked and some wear, 12moQTY: (1)NOTE:Block p. 195; ESTC T95314; Roscoe J8; Osborne p. 693. This anonymously-published courtesy book was reprinted several times. The first edition is very rare, ESTC tracing five copies world-wide, of which two in the UK. 'The copperplate frontispiece is engraved by Le Pautré. The letters "upon female education" are dedicated in this edition to the governesses of ladies' boarding schools in Great Britain and Ireland'. (Osborne).

Bennett (Charles H.). Old Nurse’s Book of Rhymes, Jingles and Ditties, edited and illustrated by Charles H. Bennett, 1st edition, London: Griffith and Farran, 1858, wood-engraved frontispiece, illustrations and corner-pieces, all with contemporary hand-colouring, generally toned with some spotting, marks and finger-soiling, several leaves with few pinholes or spots of abrasion, 2 leaves with edge tear (one repaired with old adhesive tape stain to verso), p.23 with previously repaired long tear towards gutter (affecting 2 words), rear free endpaper removed, hinges cracked, contemporary cloth, extremities somewhat worn, few minor marks, gilt-lettered faded, small 4to, together with: The Illustrated London News. The Illustrated London Spelling Book, 1st edition, London: at the Office …, 1849, wood-engraved frontispiece and numerous illustrations, all with contemporary hand-colouring, occasional edge-fraying, few closed tears at gutters, some minor finger-soiling and marks, first few leaves lightly spotted, several edges strengthened, front hinge cracked (some clear adhesive residue), recased in original gilt-stamped cloth, rear cover dampstained, spine repaired, 8vo, plus: Pletsch (Oscar, illustrator), The Three Little Friends, twenty pictures … with descriptions by L.V., London: Frederick Warne & Co., [1868], hand-coloured engraved illustrations, printed on one side only, 3 leaves with old repairs to blank versos (1 leaf a trifle edge-worn), original front free endpaper with contemporary ink manuscript inscription, endpapers renewed, all edges gilt, original cloth, rebacked, rubbed and lightly soiled, 8vo QTY: (3)NOTE:First and second items: both are the scarce hand-coloured versions of the uncommon first editions. The third item appears to be rare in any form.

Great Exhibition. An Overland Journey to the Great Exhibition showing a few extra articles & visitors, by Richard Doyle, London: Chapman and Hall, [1851], hand-coloured wood-engraving in 4 sections, joined and folded concertina style to form a continuous panoramic strip, depicting humerous scenes relating to the Great Exhibition, dusty with spotting and toning, 2 short splits to folds, one section join with adhesive starting to fail at head, left end of panorama with ink ownership signature to lower left corner, height 12.2cm, length 277cm, front pastedown with calligraphic ink ownership signature and adhered book catalogue clipping, original printed boards, dust-soiled with some spotting, rear cover with brown mark, spine worn with losses, front cover nearly detached, oblong 8vo, together with: The Great Exhibition "Wot is to be" or probable results of the industry of all nations in the year '51, ...by George Augustus Sala, London: pubished by the committee of the society for keeping things in their places, 1850, uncoloured engraved panorama, the first panel acting as front pastedown, a few closed edge tears of splits to folds, one almost full height tear with previous repairs on verso, somewhat dust-soiled, some spotting and light offsetting, final panel browned and rubbed, original boards (rubbed with some wear), front cover with full-size printed decorative title label (browned and dusty), lacking rear cover, oblong 8vo, plus 5 others related including The Great Exhibition Pictorial Alphabet, London: H. Beal & G. Casmore, and Official Catalogue of the Great Exhibition ..., corrected edition, London: Spicer Brothers (2 copies)QTY: (7)NOTE:First item: Abbey, Life, 590.

Lea (Mrs. Thomas). A Family Record in prose, and verses by Mrs. Thomas Lea, of Kidderminster, Tottenham: privately printed, 1848, additional title page (A Family Festival held at Blakebrook, December 26th, in the years, 1844/45/46), Tottenham: printed at a private press, 1848, 16pp. of text, bound with Verses of Mrs. Thomas Lea, of Kidderminster, 1848, Narrative of the First Sunday School at Kidderminster, established by Mr. Thomas Lea of that place, Tottenham, 1848, manuscript presentation inscription to front endpaper, 'Presented to Miss Sarah Lea by her affectionate Uncle J. W. Hill at whose press the book was put in type in the 86th year of his age', all edges gilt, original blind-stamped red cloth, some marks, boards detached with back strip deficient, slim 8vo, together with Lays of Ancient Babyland to which are added divers small histories not known to the ancients, dedicated with much respect, but without permission, to the babies of England, London; William Pickering, 1849, title printed in red and black, all edges gilt, original blind-stamped red cloth, lettered in gilt to upper cover, backstrip deficient, some light soiling and marks, small 8vo, plus [Ward, Mary]. A World of Wonders revealed by the Microscope. A book for Young Students, with coloured illustrations, London: Groombridge & Sons., 1858, 14 hand-colour printed plates, all edges gilt, original yellow chalk-glaze endpapers, original gilt decorated red cloth, a little frayed to upper joint, and to head and foot of spine, 8vo, and other 19th-century juvenile interests, including Jestiana, or Joke upon Joke: comprising of rich gems of humour, and smart bonmots extracted from the records of Momus interspersed with original and eccentric anecdotes, London: O. Hodgeson, circa 1830, hand-coloured frontispiece, all edges gilt, original cloth, 12mo, Etiquette for Ladies and Gentlemen; or the Principles of True Politeness: to which is added the Ballroom Room Manual, Halifax: Milner & Salby, 1861, hand-coloured frontispiece, all edges gilt, original blind-stamped light green cloth gilt, lightly rubbed and marked, 12mo, French Rhymes for the Nursery... by Mrs. Packer, London: David Mutt, 1869, A Manchester Book; The Cat in Chancery; or The Sum of the Cat,' A legend of Law; not contained in any of the records: in three bits, edited by a Master out of Chancery, London: Simpkin, Marshal & Co., Manchester J. Haywood, circa [1858], The Child's First Step to English History, by Anne Rodwell, London: Harvey & Darton [1844], Mrs. Gatty's Parables from Nature, 1st, 2nd & 3rd series, mixed editons, 1857-68, The Parents Cabinet of Amusement and Instruction, new edition, 1838, James Gall, An Easy Guide to the Constalations with a minature Atlas of the Stars and key maps, circa 1850s (attractively gilt-decorated upper cover), mostly original gilt-decorated publishers cloth, small 8vo and 12moQTY: (40)

[Semple, Elizabeth]. Whim and Contradiction; or, The Party of Pleasure, a tale for young persons, bound with: Arthur and Alice; or, The Little Wanderers, bound with: Walter and Herbert; or, Precipitation and Slowness Equally Subversive of Good Intention, all 1st editions, London: for J. Harris, 1815, each with 6 hand-coloured stipple engraved plates, some light dust- and finger-soiling, few minor spots or marks, 3 plates in Whim and Contradiction previously reattached by stitching: 2 now partly detached, 1 of these a trifle edge-frayed with minor loss to image at fore-edge, Whim and Contradiction gathering C sometime stitched through gathering B, Arthur and Alice with half-title and vignette title, Walter and Herbert with half-title, 6pp.publisher's advertisements at rear, without free endpapers, pastedowns with ink ownership signatures, rear hinge partly cracked, contemporary red quarter sheep, rubbed and faded spine with gilt title 'Stories', boards worn, 12mo, together with: Taylor (Isaac), Scenes in America, for the amusement and instruction of little tarry-at-home travellers, 1st edition, London: for Harris and Son, 1821, half-title, folding hand-coloured engraved frontispiece map, vignette title, 78 (of 84) hand-coloured numbered engravings on 26 (of 28) plates, without pp.52-56 (including engravings 31-36), 2pp. publisher's advertisements at rear, generally toned, some spotting (mainly at fore-edge), occasional marks or stains, 4 plates with short closed tear to blank margin, original quarter red sheep gilt, spine rubbed and darkened, both covers (worn) with printed title 'American Scenes', imprint and vignette, 8vo, plus: Newbery (Elizabeth, publisher), The Aviary, or Grand Assemblage of the Feathered Tribes, London, 1800, half-title, 38 hand-coloured plates, printed back-to-back, dusty with some light finger-soiling, few spots or minor marks, half-title and p.5 with faint pencil scribbling, one plate leaf with previous stitched repair to 4cm tear, one plate leaf a trifle soiled with fore-edge somewhat frayed and chipped, rear hinge cracked before endpapers, near contemporary dark green morocco, rubbed and lightly marked, some wear to extremities, 12mo, and: [Grant and Griffith (publishers), Marmaduke Multiply's Merry Method of Making Minor Mathematicians, London], circa 1851, 68 (of 69) hand-coloured stipple engraved plates, 18pp. publisher's advertisements at rear, lacking all before first plate, spotted and soiled with some marks, plates 1-4 detached, few short closed edge tears, final plate with 3cm tear from foot (affecting caption and just into image) stitching visible but firm, late 19th century cloth, rubbed, spine somewhat cocked, 12mo, with 16 others, including: a small (10.5 x 7cm) bound volume of 10 chapbooks, Birmingham: John Groom, 1840s, titles include Zante the Little Negro; Rural Scenes or a peep into the country, London: Darton, Harvey & Darton, [1818]; The Young Botanists, in thirteen dialogues, London: Richard Phillips, 1810QTY: (20)NOTE:First item: Moon 739, 753, 754; Osborne II, pp.929-930. These three stories are often found bound together, however this copy is more unusual than most in having all three present as first editions.Second item: Moon 865; Osborne I, p.190 & II, p.813. Rare with contemporary hand-colouring.Third item: Roscoe J18. Scarce: No copies listed on Jisc Library Hub, worldcat lists only 2 copies in the USA.

Harris (John & Wallis, John, publishers). Historical Pastime or a New Game of the History of England from the Conquest to the Accession of George the Third, London: J. Harris & J. Wallis, December 1st, 1803, hand-coloured engraved game, with 157 numbered pictorial circles, arranged in a spiral, terminating in a central oval portrait of King George III, sectionalised and mounted on linen, dust- and finger-soiled, some marks, several light pinpricks (mainly to blank areas), upper left blank corner with ink manuscript ownership inscription, a little wear to some linen folds, 55.7 x 53.5cm, together with 48pp. booklet ‘Rules and Directions for Playing the Historical Pastime …', 1810, half-title, first few leaves somewhat spotted and worn, original buff wrappers (strengthened inside and loosely resewn), housed together in original card slipcase (worn), engraved pictorial label to front panel (rubbed and soiled), also with a 19th century ink manuscript instruction booklet, part copied from the original, together with: Harris (John, publisher), The Jubilee, an Interesting Game, London, January 1st 1810, hand-coloured engraved game, with 149 numbered pictorial divisions, arranged in a spiral, leading to a central portrait of King George III enthroned, sectionalised and mounted on linen, dusty with a few marks, some staining to folds, 55.5 x 52.5cm QTY: (2)NOTE:Whitehouse pp. 27-28. The Historical Pastime game first appeared in 1802 and was regularly updated with the changing monarchs until the reign of Queen Victoria.First item: This historical race game, devised specifically for the education of young children, has 158 playing spaces numbered in a clockwise direction. They represent events and characters in English history from William I to George III. The Rules booklet here present is dated 1810. It clearly a reprint of the booklet that was first issued with this game edition (as indicated by the title and by the phrase on page [7] ‘... ending with the Accession of George the Third’). However, the final paragraph on page 47, which originally simply read ‘Son of Frederick, Prince of Wales, and grandson of George the Second, ascended to the throne in 1760’ has been updated by the addition of a description of George III’s reign. In 1810, John Harris published ‘The Jubilee’, a new game which focused on the years of George the Third’s reign, therefore this updated Rules booklet must have had a very short lifespan, as it was almost immediately superseded by the new game (see below). Second item: This variation on Harris’s Historical Pastime games was designed as a sequel to their first game of that name, picking-up where that game ended at the ascension of George III and continuing through the 50 years of his reign until the date of publication.

Geisel (Theodor Seuss, 'Dr. Seuss', 1904-1991). Sneetches, pen and ink and crayon, depicting one large yellow bird like creature with a white ruff walking to the left with eyes closed, holding the hand of a similar but smaller creature, version of front cover by Random House design which matches the first edition of 'The Sneetches and Other Stories' published in 1961, signed in black ink to lower edge, 15.8 x 11.5 cm (6 1/4 x 4 1/2 ins) mount aperture, framed and glazed (37.5 x 32.5 cm)QTY: (1)