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Russia.- Macmichael (William) Journey from Moscow to Constantinople in the Years 1817, 1818, first edition, 6 aquatint plates, scattered spotting, 2B2 with short marginal tear, cracked upper hinge but holding firm, contemporary calf, slight bumping to spine extremities, [Blackmer 1054], 4to, 1819.

Searle (Ronald) Slightly Foxed - but still desirable, first edition, signed by the author, colour illustrations, original blue morocco, 4to, Souvenir Press, 1989.⁂ One of an unspecified number of copies bound in the publisher's deluxe blue leather and signed by Searle on title verso. Searle's delightful take on book cataloguing terminology.

Egan (Pierce) Life in London; or the Day and Night Scenes ..., first edition, half-title, additional engraved hand-coloured title and 35 hand-coloured plates by I.R. and George Cruikshank, 6pp. folding sheet music, bookplate, near contemporary crushed red morocco by Riviere & Son, gilt, g.e., 8vo, Sherwood, Neely and Jones, 1821.

NO RESERVE Hunt (Leigh) The Story of Rimini, A Poem, first edition, half-title, ink ownership inscription of Brodie House to front pastedown, some soiling or minor spotting, uncut in original boards, spine and corners worn, with partial loss to printed paper spine label, 1816; with others by the same, including a first edition Feast Of The Poets, and a rare Philadelphia imprint of The Descent of Liberty, 8vo (10)

[Higgins (John) and others.] A Mirour for Magistrates, 4 parts in 1, general title and 3 sectional titles, woodcut head-pieces and initials, a few woodcut illustrations of Kings, with the 2 verse dedications (2O4 and 3E3) present, but with 3E3 signed "Nicols" to recto and misbound after A4, 3 of 4 titles with date amended to "1616" in early ink manuscript, a few other ink notes or marginalia, including to head of general title, first few ff. with small hole to blank inner margin, minor worming to first few gatherings, a few times touching text but without loss of sense, the odd short tear or fraying to margins, affecting text to M4, O8 and 3B8 but without loss, 2Q8 with portion torn away at head with loss to headline, some light soiling and minor marginal water-staining, heavier to final few ff., later panelled calf, spine gilt with black morocco label, rubbed, [STC 13446; Pforzheimer 738], 4to, Felix Kyngston, 1610-09.⁂ Possibly the source for Shakespeare's King Lear and for the title for The Winter's Tale. This edition is edited and enlarged by Richard Nicols, with the addition of both "A Winter's Night Vision" and "England's Eliza", a description of the reign of Queen Elizabeth I.

Portugal.- Bradford (Rev. William) Sketches of the Country, Character and Costume, in Portugal and Spain, first edition, with engraved frontispiece (often lacking), 53 hand-coloured aquatint plates, without unlisted plate 'Toro from the River Douro' (as usual), bookplate and ink ownership inscription, one or two minor instances of soiling, occasional light spotting (mainly to plate borders), diced russia, gilt, rebacked with original backstrip laid down, corners scuffed, folio, for John Booth, 1809.⁂ First edition of this splendid work, being also the first English work on Portugal and Spain to be illustrated with aquatint plates. Bradford enjoyed considerable popularity in the aftermath of the Peninsular War, with further issues appearing in 1812, 1813 and 1823.

Architecture.- Wren (Christopher) Parentalia: or, memoirs of the family of the Wrens...chiefly of Sir Christopher Wren, ... Compiled, by his son Christopher, first edition, title printed in red and black, list of subscribers, mezzotint portrait frontispiece of Sir Christopher Wren by John Faber, engraved dedication f., 3 portraits, and 7 plates, offsetting, some mostly marginal water-staining to preliminaries (just encroaching within platemark of portrait), some spotting or mostly light foxing or staining, lightly browned in places, blind-stamped and gilt panelled russia by C. Kalthoeber, London, rebacked, preserving original little chipped backstrip in compartments, rubbed, g.e., [Harris 949], folio, Printed for T. Osborn; and R. Dodsley, 1750.⁂ One of the earliest biographies of architect, astronomer and inventor Sir Christopher Wren, to whom the work is chiefly devoted. The work list his many inventions before 1660: 'devices for surveying, musical and acoustical instruments, developments in fishing, underwater construction and submarine navigation, and experiments in printmaking; he experimented with, but did not invent, the mezzotint technique, which Prince Rupert demonstrated to the Royal Society in 1661.' (DNB).Provenance: Walter Charles, Lord Northbourne (armorial bookplate to front pastedown).

NO RESERVE Andersen (Hans Christian) Fairy Tales, with illustrations by W. Heath Robinson, 16 tipped-in colour plates, with captions tissue guards, black and white illustrations, light spotting to title, original decorative cloth, gilt, spine sunned, worn and ends and with tears at joints, 1913 § Salten (Felix) Bambi's Children, first edition, original cloth, dust-jacket, in two pieces (torn along joints), extremities with small chips and losses, New York, 1939 § Tassi (Robert) Grapham Sutherland Complete Graphic Work, colour illustrations, original pictorial cloth, minor instances of surface soiling, 1978; and 8 others children's and illustrated, v.s. (11)

Spain.- [Slidell-Mackenzie (Alexander)] A Year in Spain, 2 vol., first English edition, illustrations, vol. 2 with half-title, 6pp. advertisements at rear of vol. 1 and 3pp. at rear vol. 2, the odd spot, original boards, spines and extremities a little worn, John Murray, 1831 § Mas (Poco) Scenes and Adventures in Spain, 2 vol., frontispiece to both vol., original cloth, small tear to lower joint vol. 2, extremities a little bumped, Richard Bentley, 1845 § Dundas Murray (R.) The Cities and Wilds of Andalucia, second edition, vol. 2 with half-title, frontispiece to each vol., a couple of instances of minor soiling, original cloth, spines gilt, but sunned, Richard Bentley, ends and extremities a little bumped, 1850; and 22 others Spain, original cloth or boards, 8vo (28)

World.- Beaumont (John) The Present state of the universe, third edition, half-title, 70 wood-engraved ensigns on 30 sheets, 12 engraved portraits, final advertisement f., contemporary ink ownership inscription of a young John Randon to verso of title, some spotting or staining, lightly browned, contemporary calf, gilt spine in compartments and with red morocco label, very small worm trace to uppermost compartment, lightly stained, Printed by Benj. Motte, and are to be sold by John Nutt, 1701; and 6 others, 17th & 18th century Travel and similar, some with plates, most defective, v.s. (7) sold not subject to return.⁂ The first mentioned includes sections on Turkey and China.

Cider.- Knight (Thomas Andrew) A Treatise on the culture of the Apple and Pear, and on the Manufacture of Cider & Perry, first edition, printer's device to title, errata leaf at end, original boards, a little rubbed, uncut, 8vo, Ludlow, H. Procter, 1797.

Cowley (A[braham]) Poems: Viz. I. Miscellanies. II. The Mistress, or, Love Verses. III. Pindarique Odes. And IV. Davideis, Or, A Sacred Poem of the Troubles of David, first collected edition, lacking (a)1-4 and (b)1-3 (Preface) and leaf F2, but with errata at b(4), the odd small marginal repair, a couple tiny holes to text, repaired to 2D2, some light spotting and soiling, some minor water-staining, heavier to title and first few ff., contemporary mottled panelled calf, gilt, corners and head of spine neatly repaired, rubbed, wear to spine ends, joints split but holding, [Wing C6683; Pforzheimer 233], folio, Printed [by Thomas Newcombe] for Thomas Moseley, 1656; and 2 others by the same, a first edition Poemata Latina and a 1688 edition of the works, 8vo & folio (3)

[James (Edward)], "Edward Selsey". So Far So Glad, number 3 of 750 copies, signed and inscribed by the author as Selsey to Penelope "Lovejoy" with "kiss" of lips in red ink on front free endpaper, pictorial title and illustrations by Edward Carrick, original half black buckram, uncut, slightly rubbed, [1933] § James (Edward) The Gardener Who Saw God, book-label of C.J.Sturman, original cloth, pictorial dust-jacket by Paul Tchelitcheff, a little rubbed and soiled, small portion lacking from head at rear joint, 1937; The Bones of My Hand, frontispiece by Paul Tchelitcheff, very occasional spotting, modern morocco-backed patterned-paper boards, t.e.g., others uncut, slip-case, 1938; Reading into the Picture, out-of-series copy from an edition limited to 90 copies (unsigned), illustrations by Jörg v.Reppert-Bismarck, original cloth of different colour strips, a little rubbed, 1934, first editions, 4to & 8vo (4)

Sterne (Laurence) A Sentimental Journey through France and Italy, 2 vol., first edition, half-titles, list of subscribers, engraved coat-of-arms on vol. 2 D3 verso, ink ownership inscription to titles, bookplate to vol. 1 pastedown, vol. 1 G1-3 loose, occasional minor soiling or light foxing, modern drab wrappers, wrap-around slipcases within box with ornamental spines replicating morocco, 8vo, [Rothschild 1972, variant 1], for T. Becket and P.A. de Hondt, 1768.

[Sterne (Laurence)] The Sermons of Mr. Yorick, 2 vol., first edition, engraved portrait frontispiece, light offsetting, occasional scattered spots, contemporary boards, rebacked in calf, for J. Dodsley, [1760]; Letters of the late Rev. Mr. Laurence Sterne to his most intimate Friends..., 3 vol., first edition, half-title, engraved frontispiece, bookplates, contemporary calf, spines gilt with red and black morocco labels, [Rothschild 1974], for T. Becket, 1775; The Sermons of Mr. Yorick, 6 vol., vol. 1-2 twelfth edition, vol. 3-6 a new edition, engraved portrait frontispiece (off-setting), browning to titles, a couple laid down to paper or with paper repairs, contemporary calf, spines gilt with red morocco labels (vol. 2 lower missing, but present), some cracking to joints and light wear, for J. Dodsley [W. Strahan et al.], 1775-76, 8vo (11)

Architecture.- Pozzo (Andrea) Perspectiva pictorum et architectorum. Parte prima, Part 1 only (of 2), first edition, parallel text in Latin and Italian, engraved additional pictorial title, 2 letterpress titles with large woodcut ornaments, 102 full-page engraved illustrations (all but 2 numbered), final index f. trimmed and laid down (verso blank), occasional spotting or finger-marking, modern half calf, gilt spine in compartments and with red leather label, spine little faded in places, [Berlin Kat. 4725; Fowler 252], folio, Rome, Giovanni Giacomo Komarek, 1693.⁂ The second part was published in 1700.

Art Reference.- Parmelin (Hélène) Picasso: The Artist and His Model and other recent works, first edition, 118 hand-tipped plates in full colour, plus two lithographic plates are special inserts, edges lightly toned, some marking to front free endpaper, original cloth, very lightly marked, dust-jacket, toned and marked at extremities, New York § Hillier (Bevis) 100 Years of Posters, 96 full-page illustrations, stain to upper left corner, affecting every page and upper cover, edges toned, original pictorial wrappers, lightly rubbed at extremities, 1972 § Henry Moore Bibliography, vol. 1-5, some illustrations, original cloth with silver lettering, corners lightly bumped, some light dust-staining, 1992-1994; with c.75 others relating to art reference, v.s. (c.80)

Dulac (Edmund).- Quiller-Couch (Sir Arthur) The Sleeping Beauty and other fairy tales, first trade edition, half-title, 30 colour plates by Dulac, tipped-in with paper guards, a few instances of light finger soiling, splitting to gutter at p. 40 and p.72, upper hinge starting, original cloth, decoratively gilt, extremities rubbed, large 4to, [1910].

Spain.- [Crull (Jodocus)] The Compleat History of the Affairs of Spain..., first edition, engraved frontispiece, pp. 147-162 browned, contemporary panelled calf, sympathetically rebacked, Jos. Barns et al., 1707.⁂ Scarce.

*** Please note, the description of this lot has changed ***Asia.- Official Guide to Eastern Asia (An), 5 vol., first edition, maps, most folding, photographic plates, illustrations, map of Shanghai detached from vol.4, map of Singapore in vol. 5 with large tear from gutter into the sea, light marginal toning but a very crisp set overall, original cloth, gilt, t.e.g., light rubbing and fraying to spine ends, 8vo, Tokyo, 1913-17.⁂ Scarce to find in a complete set. A series of thorough guide books in English printed at the Tokyo Tsukiji Type Foundry for travellers from Europe and America, tourists as well as "business men and capitalists" (Preface).

Women poets.- Finch (Anne, Countess of Winchelsea) Poems on Several Occasions, U6 lower corner torn and repaired, with lost text neatly supplied in facsimile, a few short tears without loss of text, see in particular U1, title foxed, some spotting or staining, lightly browned, later speckled calf, gilt, rebacked, rubbed, [Foxon pp.274-5], Printed by J. B. and sold by W. Taylor, 1714; and 2 others, women poets, including a defective Katherine Philips, 1678, owned by a 17th century woman, v.s. (3) ⁂ Scarce reissue of the first edition of 1713 with a cancel title. The author was a lady of the bedchamber to the Duchess of York, and included Pope and Rowe in her literary circle. Wordsworth regarded her as the greatest published English female poet prior to the 19th century.

Polar.- Priestley (Raymond E.) Antarctic Adventure: Scott's Northern Party, first edition, 3 folding maps, plates, bookplate, contemporary gift inscription to front free endpaper, foxing, original pictorial cloth, gilt, t.e.g., spine faded as usual, spine ends creased and lightly frayed, top corner to lower cover cracked, 8vo, 1914.

NO RESERVE [Penny (Anne)] Poems, with a Dramatic Entertainment, first edition, title with engraved vignette and 4 others, list of subscribers (including Dr. Samuel Johnson), manuscript ink inscription front endpaper, contemporary calf, upper cover detached, rubbed, for the author, 1771 § Scott (Sir Walter) Woodstock; or, The Cavalier, 3 vol., first edition, half-titles, spotting throughout, original boards with paper labels to spines, covers mostly detached, uncut, each within cloth wrap-around, together housed in leather-backed slipcase, Edinburgh, for Archibald Constable, 1826 § M'Diarmid (Hugh) To Circumjack Cencrastus or the Curly Snake, first edition, signed presentation inscription from the author to front endpaper, original cloth, dust-jacket, browned, chips to extremities, 1930 § Henty (G.A.) A Jacobite Exile, plates, publisher's advertisements at rear, original pictorial cloth, dust-jacket, torn and chipped (losses to spine affecting text), [?1894]; and c.70 others others literature and bibliography, v.s. (c.75)

NO RESERVE Marx (Karl) Pääoma. [Das Kapital], first Finnish edition, contemporary ink ownership inscription to front free endpaper, hinges cracked but holding firm, original cloth, gilt, spine sunned, rubbed with gilt faded in places, 8vo, Helsinki, Sanomalehti-Osakeyhtiö, 1918.

Hazlitt (William) Lectures Chiefly on the Dramatic Literature of the Age of Elizabeth, first edition, half-title, 2 advertisement f. at end, half-title lightly browned with a few small chips to edges, some other leaves toned, the odd spot or patch of soiling, handsome half calf over marbled boards, by Blair Jeary of Stamford, spine richly gilt, uncut, 1820; with 4 others by the same, including a first edition of The Round Table bound by Bayntun, 8vo (5)

Symmons (Edward) A Vindication of King Charles: Or, a Loyal Subjects Duty, first edition, engraved portrait frontispiece, woodcut initials and head-pieces, bookplates of Robert Allan, Sir John Packington Bart. and Wm. Hardcastle to front pastedown and endpapers, frontispiece with short tear to blank fore-margin and light horizontal crease, a few leaves with faint marginal water-staining, the odd spot or patch of soiling, final blank with catalogue description pasted to verso, contemporary calf, rebacked in later cloth, corners repaired, old covers rubbed and scratched, endpapers renewed, [Wing S6350], 4to, n.p., 1648 [but 1647].⁂ Symmons was chaplain to Charles I.

Poetry.- [Gildon (Charles, editor)] A new miscellany of original poems, on several occasions, first edition, title printed in red and black, final advertisement f., B5-7 loose, spotted, lightly browned, contemporary panelled calf, upper cover detaching, corners little worn, rubbed and little scuffed, [Case 223(b); Macdonald, Dryden, 58], Printed for Peter Buck, at the Sign of the Temple in Fleet-Street; and George Strahan, at the Golden-Ball, 1701 § Duck (Stephen) Poems on several occasions...With a life of the author, by the Rev. Joseph Spence, late Professor of Poetry in the University of Oxford, fourth edition, engraved portrait frontispiece, woodcut head- and tail-pieces, A10 repaired tear within text, without loss, stained / water-stained, some spotting, lightly browned, contemporary calf, gilt, rebacked, rubbed, printed for John Rivington; T. Longman [& others], 1764; and 25 others, 18th century English poetry, v.s. (27) ⁂ The first mentioned includes the first printing of Dryden's 'The Fair Stranger', and the first appearance in print of Anne Finch, Countess of Winchilsea, including 'The Spleen'.

Domestic economy in town & country.- Gacon-Dufour (Marie Armande Jeanne) Manuel de la ménagère, a la ville et a la campagne, et de la femme de basse-cour, 2 vol., first edition, stipple-engraved portrait frontispiece of the author, folding engraved plate of a stove and hob at end of vol.2, half-title to vol.2, some mostly light foxing or staining, lightly browned, contemporary polished calf, gilt, vol.2 lower cover stained, both vol. joints starting, but holding firm, rubbed, [Vicaire 379], 8vo, Paris, Buisson, 1805.⁂ A very good copy of this rare work; recorded only by Vicaire out of all the standard bibliographers. With much on food & drink, agriculture, animal husbandry and veterinary matters. Gacon-Dufour (1753-1835) was a French novelist, economist, and women's rights campaigner. She lived most of her life in the countryside, where she developed a keen interest in agronomy.

[Hayley (William)] A Philosophical, Historical, and Moral Essay on Old Maids, 3 vol., first edition, lacking half-titles, armorial bookplate of Stephen Tempest, contemporary ink ownership inscription of S.T. Broughton to head of titles, the odd spot or patch of light soiling, hinges repaired, near contemporary polished calf, gilt, rebacked, with original spines laid down, rubbed, Printed for T. Cadell, 1785; with a 3 vol. set of Madan's Treatise on Female Ruin, first edition of volume 3, others second edition, 8vo (6)⁂ The first mentioned is conjectured to have influenced the novels of Jane Austen, who was familiar with Hayley's other writings, owning six volumes of his Poems and Plays (Devoney Looser, Women Writers and Old Age in Great Britain, 1750-1850, 2008). The second is a scandalous work by a Methodist preacher in which he advocates polygamy.

Pacific Islands.- Mutiny on the Bounty.- Codrington (Robert) The Melanesian Languages, first edition, folding map frontispiece, ex-library copy with stamps and markings, original cloth, a little scuffed and frayed at spine ends, Oxford, Clarendon Press, 1885 § Anthony (Irvin) The Saga of the Bounty, third impression, map endpapers, original cloth, dust-jacket, corner to upper flap torn away, some nicks and tears to upper edge and spine, joints a little rubbed, New York, 1936 § Rutter (Owen) The Court-Martial of the "Bounty" Mutineers, original morocco-backed cloth, privately printed for members of The Notable Trials Library, Alabama, 1989; and 11 others, similar, v.s. (14)

Byron (George Gordon Noel) Mazeppa, A Poem, first edition, first issue, with imprint on p.70 and verso of p.71 blank, half-title, additional 8pp. publisher's advertisements at end (not called for by Wise), dated July 1819, some light water-staining or soiling, uncut in original drab paper wrappers, rebacked, quite worn, lower cover with small label to head of spine, [Wise I.131], 1819; Letter to ⁂* ⁂⁂, on the Rev. W. L. Bowles' Strictures on the Late Writings of Pope, second edition, without half-title (as called for), the odd spot, handsomely bound in polished calf by Riviere & Son, gilt, inner gilt dentelles, very lightly rubbed, t.e.g., [Wise II.36], 1821; and others Byron, including a first edition of Marino Faliero, Doge of Venice, 8vo (7)

Clare (John) The Village Minstrel, and Other Poems, 2 vol., first edition, engraved portrait frontispiece to vol. 1, without half-titles or publisher's advertisements, ink ownership inscriptions of Brent Gration Maxfield to pastedown and E. Digby to front endpaper, some light spotting or soiling, minor damp-staining to margins of peripheral ff., contemporary polished calf, rebacked, spines richly gilt and with red morocco labels, old covers rubbed and scratched, 1821; with others by or about John Clare, including a second edition of The Village Minstrel, v.s. (15)

NO RESERVE Elkin (R. H., translator) Old Dutch Nursery Rhymes, first English edition, illustrations by H. Willebeek Le Mair, modern red morocco, mixed colour inlays and onlays of traditional dutch nursery scene to upper cover, oblong 8vo, 1917.

NO RESERVE Sassoon (Siegfried) Memoirs of a Fox-Hunting Man, second illustrated edition, illustrations by William Nicholson, previous owner's ink signature, light spotting to endpapers, original cloth, slight bumping to corners and spine extremities, 1939; Memoirs of an Infantry Man, first edition, faint old tape marks to free endpapers, original cloth, lightly sunned spine, slight bumping to corners and spine extremities, 1930; The Old Century, first edition, previous owner's ink signature, light spotting to endpapers, original cloth, slight bumping to corners and spine extremities, 1947; Siegfried's Journey, first edition, half-title, portrait frontispiece, original cloth, slight bumping to spine extremities, price-clipped dust-jacket, slight creasing and chipping to edges, 1945; and others by the same, 8vo (10).

Cambridge Platonist.- Norris (John) A Collection of miscellanies: consisting of poems, essays, discourses & letters, occasionally written, second edition, first f. blank, initial imprimatur f., 2 advertisement ff. at end, some spotting or foxing, mostly lightly browned, contemporary calf, sympathetically rebacked, spine in compartments and with double (not so sympathetic) leather labels, rubbed and scuffed, [Wing N1249], Printed for J. Crosley, and Samuel Manship, at the Black Bull in Cornhil, 1692; and 2 others, by the same, 8vo (3)⁂ John Norris (1657-1711) was the last of the Cambridge Platonists and friend, and later critic, of John Locke. Provenance: 'The gift of Henry Milbourne, Esq., to his Executor George Bonnett' (contemporary ink inscription to front free endpaper).

Agriculture & wine.- Costa de Beauregard (Joseph-Alexis) Essai sur l'amelioration de l'agriculture dans les pays Montueux, et en particulier dans la ci-devant Savoie, new enlarged edition, half-title, initial f. praising the first edition of the work, 3 engraved plates (1 a table), of which 2 folding, 3 ff. publisher's advertisements at end, L8 small piece of lower blank corner torn away, some spotting or foxing, occasional staining, contemporary half speckled sheep, spine gilt and with orange leather label, small remains of paper label to sides of foot of spine, [Musset-Pathay 599], a solid copy, 8vo, Paris, Marchant, 1802. ⁂ On agriculture in mountainous regions. With chapters on wine, forestry, suitable animals for the terrain, and crop rotation.

Cosmology.- [Beaumont (John)] Considerations on a book, entituled The theory of the earth. Publisht some years since by the learned Dr. Burnet, title with woodcut device, a few woodcut illustrations, lacking C2&3, title with marginal repairs, with loss of a letter, B4 small section torn from text and loosely inserted, outer margins trimmed, affecting some pagination and printed side-notes, a few repaired tears, stained, mostly lightly browned, 18th century ink ownership inscription of Jeremiah Percy to lower margin of final f., contemporary sheep, rebacked, corners repaired, rubbed and scuffed [Wing B1621], Printed for the author, and are to be sold by Randal Taylor near Stationers-Hall, 1693 § Italy.- Morland (Sir Samuel) The History of the evangelical churches of the valleys of Piemont· Containing a most exact geographical description of the place, and a faithfull account of the doctrine, life, and persecutions of the ancient inhabitants, first edition, title printed in red and black, folding engraved map, engraved illustrations, h4 advertisement f., lacking portrait, spotting and staining, including some water-staining mostly towards end, lightly browned, modern half calf, spine in compartments and with double burgundy leather labels, [Wing M2779], Printed by Henry Hills, one of His Highness's printers, for Adoniram Byfield, 1658; and 8 others, 17th century Religion, v.s. (10) sold not subject to return.

Burns (Robert).- Cunningham (Allan) The Works of Robert Burns; With His Life, 8 vol. including 2 supplementary vol., first edition, half-title to vol. 1, engraved frontispieces and additional titles, engraved plate and folding facsimile of a song by Burns, vol. 1 with signed presentation inscription from the author to "Geo: Cruikshank", vol. 2 & 5 with frontispiece working loose, scattered foxing and light browning, mostly to peripheral ff., vol. 1 hinges repaired, original cloth, rubbed, some sunning and wear to spines, vol. 1 with small loss to spine and rebacked, vol. 8 with tear to spine head, 1834; and others by Burns, including a 4 vol. set of "The Centenary Burns" and the Bewick illustrated Works, 8vo & 4to (15)

Dahl (Roald) Matilda, first edition, third printing, signed presentation inscription from the author to endpaper, illustrations by Quentin Blake, ink gift inscription to the same recipient to endpaper, original boards, slight bumping to spine tips and corners, dust-jacket, very light sunning to spine, slight creasing to spine tips and corners, 8vo, 1988.

Music.- Opera.- Gay (John) The Beggar's opera. As it is acted at the Theatre-Royal in Lincolns-Inn Fields, first quarto edition, third edition overall, title printed in red and black, 46pp. engraved music at end, woodcut head- and tail-pieces and decorative initials, B1 small hole to lower margin, a few small wormholes, occasional spotting, lightly browned, contemporary ink inscription to front free endpaper 'Peregrine Greatheeds Book', contemporary half calf over marbled boards, sympathetically rebacked, spine gilt and with morocco label, Printed for John Watts, at the Printing-Office in Wildcourt, near Lincoln's-Inn Fields, 1729; and 12 others, Beggar's Opera, 18th to 20th centuries, v.s. (13)

NO RESERVE Munnings (Sir Alfred) [The Autobiography:] An Artist's Life; The Second Burst; The Finish, 3 vol., first edition, plates and illustrations, contemporary ink ownership name to endpapers of vol.3, occasional light spot, original cloth, spine ends creased, dust-jackets, extremities creased and rubbed, light fraying to spine ends, light spotting to covers, still a very good set overall, 8vo, 1950-52.

Steiner (Rudolf) Initiation and its Results, first edition in English, translated by Clifford Bax, portrait frontispiece, 4pp. advertisements at end, occasional pencil marginalia in German, some light foxing, mostly to fore-edge, endpapers toned, original decorative cloth, gilt, very lightly rubbed, mostly at spine ends and corners, an excellent copy, 8vo, Theosophical Printing Society, 1909.⁂ A rare work by the Austrian occultist. We can trace no copy of this edition at auction.

[Llanos Y Gutierrez (Valentin Maria)] Sandoval; or, The Freemason. A Spanish Tale, 3 vol.,vol. 3 with half-title, 1826; Don Esteban; or, Memoirs of a Spaniard, 3 vol., half-titles, 2ff. advertisements rear of vol. 3, original boards with paper labels to spines, lower joint foot cracked vol. 1, Henry Colburn, 1825; Memoirs of Don Juan van Halen, 2 vol., second edition, portrait frontispiece (light off-setting) and 2 folding plates, 1830, the first two first editions, in original boards with paper labels to spines, uncut, the final in green morocco with very light scuffing to extremities, g.e., all Henry Colburn, 8vo (8) ⁂ Llanos Gutierrez (1795-1885), in exile from Spain, was in Rome during John Keat's convalescence there becoming a friend of the poet, and later when resident in England, eventually marrying Keat's sister, Fanny. An anglophile, Llanos began a career writing novels in the English style, publishing the two first mentioned here in quick succession. In 1833 the couple returned to Spain, where they remained.

Sterne (Laurence) The Life and Opinions of Tristram Shandy, 9 vol., vol. 1 & 2 fifth edition, vol. 3 second edition engraved frontispiece and colour marbled plate, vol. 4-9 first editions, vol. 7 first state with errata on title verso, signed by the author vol. 5, 7 and 9 at head of first chapter as usual, vol. 1 with engraved frontispiece and black leaf, vol. 3 with engraved frontispiece and marbled leaf, half-titles to vol. 4-6 and 9, ?vol. 5 with initial blank, bookplates to pastedowns and vol. 1 with ink ownership inscription to front endpaper, the odd light spot, contemporary mottled calf, rebacked, spines gilt with morocco labels, vol. 9 lacking number label, small 8vo, [Rothschild 1970], R. & J. Dodsley [- for T. Becket and P.A. Dehondt], 1761-7

NO RESERVE Louÿs (Pierre) & Franz Felix, The Songs of Bilitis, one of 933 copies, half title, limitation, frontispiece illustration, decorations and plates by Felix, text leaves slightly toned, a few pages loose, original gilt cloth, very slightly rubbed at extremities, edges uncut, Paris, The Pierre Louÿs Society, 1928 § Lang (Andrew) ed., The Lilac Fairy Book, first edition, half title, pictorial frontispiece, plates and illustrations throughout, pencil ownership inscriptions to pastedown and front free endpaper, some light spotting, heavier to prelims, original lilac decorative cloth gilt, slightly faded, spine sunned, lower cover stained, edges gilt, 1910 § Wagner (Richard), T.W. Rolleston (trans.) and Willy Pogány (illus.), Tannhäuser, decorated and illustrated throughout, with tipped-in plates, first few pages loose, original reversed decorative calf gilt, upper cover loose, spine wearing loose, rubbed at extremities, [1911]; and 28 other children's or illustrated books, including many inscribed copies, v.s. (31)

Wotton (Sir Henry) Reliquiae Wottoninae. Or, A Collection of Lives, Letters, Poems..., first edition, engraved portrait frontispiece and 3 portraits, front pastedown and endpaper with various ink inscriptions and stamps, frontispiece with closed tear but no loss, title trimmed at head, ?family copy with ink ownership inscription of J. Wotton to title,1 portrait trimmed close at foot affecting imprint, occasional light foxing or soiling, lacking rear free endpaper, contemporary calf, rubbed and scratched, wear to spine ends, upper joint cracked but holding, ink inscription to fore-edge, Printed by Thomas Maxey, 1651; with an incomplete first edition of Abel Redevivus, H.J. Masingham's copy, 12mo & 4to (2)

NO RESERVE Clark (D. Kinnear) Railway Machinery: a treatise on the Mechanical Engineering of Railways, 2 vol., first edition, 70 double-page plates, most double-page, occasional tears, most with tape repairs verso, wood-engraved illustrations, vol. 1 with front free endpaper and title detached and loosely inserted, scattered faint spotting, previous owner's ink signature, previous owner's discreet blind-stamp at end, contemporary half-calf, cracked joints, vol. 2 with defective backstrip but holding firm, rubbed and worn, folio, 1855.⁂ Clark was an engineering consultant having worked on lines throughout Scotland and this work was considered the authoritative text of its day.

Economics.- Petty (Sir William) [Several essays in political arithmetick], first edition of this collection, divisional letterpress titles, lacking A1&2 (including general title) and E8, small wormholes or occasionally a trace to lower margins, spotted, lightly browned, later endpapers (the front with pencil name 'John Murray'), contemporary calf, rebacked, corners worn, rubbed and marked, [Goldsmiths 3571; Kress 2127; Wing P1937], 8vo, Printed for Robert Clavel at the Peacock, and Henry Mortlock at the Phoenix in St. Paul's Church-Yard, 1699. sold not subject to return.⁂ Rare at auction. Comprising the important 'Political Arithmetick' and other essays on social conditions and demography. Petty's works were key in the development of applied statistics.

Hazlitt (William) The Round Table: a Collection of Essays, 2 vol., first edition, vol. 1 with half-title (lacking to vol. 2), library book-label to pastedowns, some light soiling, the odd spot or small stain, contemporary half calf, gilt arms of The Society of Writers to the Signet to covers, rubbed with gilt faded, wear to spine ends and corners, joints cracked but holding, Edinburgh, 1817; with 5 others by the same, including first editions of Table-Talk and Lectures on the English Poets, 8vo (7)

Hobbes (Thomas).- Homer. Homer's Iliads in English. By Tho. Hobbes of Malmsbury. To which may be added Homer's Odysses Englished by the same author, first edition of Hobbes' translation, woodcut head-pieces, A4-6 catalogue of 'Books printed for William Crook at the Green Dragon without Temple-bar', H5 partially repaired short tear within text, repair overlaying very small part of a few letters, 2B2 small part torn from lower blank corner, closely trimmed at head, just touching the odd headline, some spotting, lightly browned, later endpapers, later calf, blind-stamped triangular centre-pieces with a heart at each point, outer gilt floral and foliage border, rebacked in 20th century calf in compartments with red leather label, corners repaired, rubbed and scuffed, [Macdonald & Hargreaves 79; Wing H2550], Printed by J[ames]. C[ottrell]. for William Crook, at the Green Dragon without Temple-Bar, 1676; and a defective work on Leviathan, 12mo & small 4to (2)⁂ The rare first edition of Hobbes' translation of the Iliad. His version of the Odyssey was published in 1675. His translations from Homer were completed at the end of his life, when censorship meant he no longer had other means of expressing his views in print. It is believed that his Homer continued with the arguments of Leviathan. For example, on the rightful place of kings, with Hobbes depicting Agamemnon as a more worthy king than in Homer.

Maimbourg (Louis) The History of the League, first edition in English, translated by John Dryden, engraved frontispiece, title lightly soiled and with short tear to foot of inner margin, the odd other short tear to head but no loss, ink stamp to foot of A2, small hole to 2B2, affecting a letter of text, some marginal damp-staining, frontispiece and final f. strengthened at inner margins verso, contemporary calf, rebacked and recornered, covers rubbed and scratched, library ink stamp to fore-edge, new endpapers, Printed by M. Flesher, for Jacob Tonson, 1684; and 3 others, 17th century, including an incomplete copy of Godwyn's Annales of England, v.s. (4)

NO RESERVE [Brome (Richard)] The City Wit, Or, The Woman wears the Breeches. A Comedy, woodcut head-pieces and decorative initial, the odd patch of light soiling, else a crisp copy, modern half calf over marbled boards, [Wing B4866; cf. Pforzheimer 107], Printed by T.R. for Richard Marriot, and Thomas Dring, 1653; and another 18th century Comedy, 8vo (2)⁂ Seemingly extracted from the first edition of Brome's Five new playes of 1653, although with separate register and dated title page. While this play and "The damoiselle" are sometimes found separate to the collection, there is no indication that they were ever issued separately (Greg III, pp.1021-22).

Music.- Brown (John) A Dissertation on the rise, union, and power, the progressions, separations, and corruptions, of poetry and music, first edition, title printed in red and black, final advertisement f., some foxing or staining, lightly browned, contemporary calf, sympathetically rebacked, spine in compartments and preserving original red morocco label, Printed for L. Davis and C. Reymers against Gray's-Inn, Holbourn, 1763 § Burney (Charles) The Present state of music in Germany, the Netherlands, and United Provinces, 2 vol., first edition, woodcut music in text, errata and 'Proposals for printing by subscription' ff. at end of vol.2, some spotting, lightly browned, contemporary calf, spines in compartments and with red morocco label, spine ends little worn, corners worn, joints splitting, but holding firm, some staining, rubbed, Printed for T. Becket and Co. Strand; J. Robson, New-Bond-Street, and G. Robinson, Paternoster-Row, 1773; and 16 others, 18th & 19th century Music, v.s. (19)

Photography.- Langdon Coburn (Alvin) More Men of Mark, first edition, half title, preface by the artist, 33 photographic plates tipped in as called for, depicting figures including Thomas Hardy, Ezra Pound, and David Lloyd-George, photographs slightly faded, light foxing, original half cloth, lightly rubbed at extremities [1922] § Brandt (Bill) The English at Home, first edition, introduction by Raymond Mortimer, 63 photographic illustrations, pictorial endpapers, original boards, lightly scratched, with some loss to foot of spine, 1963 § Troilet (Elsa) and Robert Doisneau, Pour que Paris soit, photographic illustrations, ink ownership inscription to front free endpaper, original boards, lightly spotted, original dust-jacket, lightly rubbed at extremities, Paris, [1956]; and 26 others relating to photography, including 4 photographs v.s. (29)

Architecture.- Vitruvius Pollio (Marcus) An Abridgment of the architecture of Vitruvius, engraved frontispiece and 10 (of 11) engraved plates (only a fraction of folding plate remains, although not affecting plate XI verso), lacking all after O6 at end (?conclusion of explication of terms), title stained, first 2 plates trimmed just within image at outer margin, some spotting and staining, contemporary sheep, rebacked, edges worn, rubbed and little scuffed, Printed for Abel Swall and T. Child, at the Unicorn in St. Paul's Church-yard, 1692 § Venice.- Albrizzi (Giovanni Battista) Forestiero Illuminato...della Citta' de Venezia, second edition, engraved armorial frontispiece, 43 sheets of engraved views etc. only (some double-page) by Giuseppe Filosi and Francesco Zucchi, panorama of Venice defective, water-stained, some spotting and finger-marking, modern calf-backed marbled boards, spine in compartments and with leather label, spine faded, [Cicognara 4479; Schlosser-Magnino 459; Berlin Kat. 2696; Robison, The Glory of Venice (1994), p. 516 (1765 edition)], Venice, Giambattista Albrizzi, 1765; and 6 others, Architecture & London, including Vol.3, Part 1 of Vasari's 'Lives', Bologna, 1647 (not collated), v.s. (8) sold not subject to return.

NO RESERVE Drinkwater (John) Abraham Lincoln, first edition, scattered faint spotting, original cloth-backed boards, slight bumping to corners and spine extremities, 8vo, Boston and New York, 1919.

NO RESERVE Byron (George Gordon Noel, Lord) Marino Faliero, Doge of Venice, first edition, second issue, with 25 lines on p.154, lacking half-title and final advertisement f., title lightly browned and with partially erased contemporary ink ownership inscription to head, foxing, some light soiling to pp.vi-vii, contemporary half calf, rubbed with wear to extremities, backstrip working loose at head and foot, joints split but holding, [Wise II, 29], 1821; with others by or relating to Lord Byron, including a 3 vol. 1819 set of The Works, v.s. (c.29)

Music.- Greene (Maurice) Forty select anthems in score, composed for 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, and 8 voices, 2 vol. in 1, engraved throughout, apart from letterpress titles to each part and list of subscribers (2 ff.), single f. dedication to the King, contents f. at start of each vol. advertisement f. at end of vol.1, occasional later pencil annotations or markings, occasional spotting or light staining, lightly browned, 19th century ink ownership inscription of Sir A.C. Molesworth, antique style calf over contemporary marbled boards, spine in compartments and with red leather label, boards lightly stained and marked, a good copy, [cf. Smith & Humphries 729-731], Printed for, and sold by J. Walsh, [c.1745]; and 8 others, all but 1 English music, v.s. (9) ⁂ Greene was organist and composer to the Chapels Royal, and a sometime friend of Handel (they fell out after the latter's quarrel with Buononcini). The present work is a re-issue of the first edition of 1743 without privilege f., but retaining the original list of subscribers and advertisement.

NO RESERVE World.- Maxwell (Gavin) Harpoon at a Venture, first edition, signed presentation inscription from the author to half-title, dust-jacket, light rubbing to extremities, paper reinforcement to verso at top and bottom, 1952 § Foskett (Reginald) The Zambesi Journal and Letters of Dr John Krirk, 2 vol., first edition, dust-jackets, light surface soiling and rubbing, light wear to extremities with creasing and a couple of small nicks, 1965 § Fricker (Karl) The Antarctic Regions, folding map in colour, ink ownership inscription front pastedown, 1904, all with black and white plates or photographs, original cloth, slight bumping to spine ends; and 21 others travel and Britain, v.s. (24)

NO RESERVE Leopardi (Giacomo) L'Infinito.In tutte le lingue che l'hanno saputo pronunciare, first edition, number 47 of of 1300 copies, contemporary white morocco with Greek 'A' in brown morocco onlay and 'Ω' in marbled paper onlays to covers, corners bumped, light mark to upper cover, folio, Urbino, Edizioni I.S.A., 1997.⁂ One of a number of copies specially bound for an international exhibition of bindings, all by different binders in 1998.