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London Buses in the 1950s by Ken Glazier Hardback Book 1989 First Edition published by Capital Transport Publishing good condition. Sold on behalf of the Michael Sobell Cancer Charity. We combine shipping on all lots from 4.99 in UK, 6.99 Europe and 8.99 ROW. We can ship a 20kg box in UK for 12 pounds.

Encore Stories by W Somerset Maugham Hardback Book First Edition 1951 published by William Heinemann Ltd fading to outer dust cover good condition. Sold on behalf of the Michael Sobell Cancer Charity. We combine shipping on all lots from 4.99 in UK, 6.99 Europe and 8.99 ROW. We can ship a 20kg box in UK for 12 pounds.

Mark Twain by Stephen Leacock First Edition 1932 Hardback Book published by Peter Davies Ltd some slight foxing up to the Title page good condition. Sold on behalf of the Michael Sobell Cancer Charity. We combine shipping on all lots from 4.99 in UK, 6.99 Europe and 8.99 ROW. We can ship a 20kg box in UK for 12 pounds.

The Dogs of War by Frederick Forsyth First Edition 1974 Hardback Book published by Hutchinson & Co Ltd some small tears to outer dust cover good condition. Sold on behalf of the Michael Sobell Cancer Charity. We combine shipping on all lots from 4.99 in UK, 6.99 Europe and 8.99 ROW. We can ship a 20kg box in UK for 12 pounds.

Cooking with a French Touch by Gerald Maurois 1952 First Edition Hardback Book published by Hamish Hamilton Ltd good condition. Sold on behalf of the Michael Sobell Cancer Charity. We combine shipping on all lots from 4.99 in UK, 6.99 Europe and 8.99 ROW. We can ship a 20kg box in UK for 12 pounds.

One volume "Prints and Shipping " intended to portray the highest artistic achievement of the era consisting of thirty-four large plates illustrating people, animals, cities, landscapes, racehorses and the social life of the nobility together with naval battles etc. tooled and gilded calf bound approx. 74.5 cm x 52.5 cm x 5 cm deep - book 2 (from the collection of books given by George III as a gift to the Chinese Emperor Qianlong circa 1793 produced by the First Historical Archives of China, produced after the discovery in 2005 of the originals, produced in a limited edition of 500 issued under the title "The British Illustrations from the Imperial Archives")

A box containing a collection of LPs including LOVE "Da Capo", BEE GEES "First", LOVIN' POONFUL "Hums of the ...", "Daydream" and "Do you believe in magic?", JOHNNY CASH "The Fabulous ...", THE ASSOCIATION "Greatest Hits!", ROD STEWART "Every picture tells a story - classic edition", JUDY COLLINS "Whales & Nightingales", "Bread and roses" and "Amazing Grace", OLYMPIC RUNNERS "Don't let up", GILBERT O'SULLIVAN "Back to front", APRIL STEVENS "Teach me tiger!" and twelve others various

Clarice Cliff Wedgwood limited edition plate, Honolulu, 50 Firing Days, D: 20 cm. No cracks, chips or visible restoration. P&P Group 1 (£14+VAT for the first lot and £1+VAT for subsequent lots)

Boxed limited edition Clarice Cliff Centenary plate by Wedgwood in the Etna pattern, 1745/1999, D: 31 cm. No cracks, chips or visible restoration. P&P Group 2 (£18+VAT for the first lot and £3+VAT for subsequent lots)

Harry Potter and The Philosophers Stone by J.K. Rowling, first edition paperback published by Bloomsbury and two further Harry Potter first editions (3). P&P Group 1 (£14+VAT for the first lot and £1+VAT for subsequent lots)

Cobbold (Lady Evelyn). Pilgrimage to Mecca, 1st edition, London: John Murray, 1934, portrait frontispiece, half-tone illustrations, endpapers a little toned, original cloth (a few small wormholes to upper joint), 8vo, presentation copy, inscribed by the author, June 6th 1934, to front endpaper, together with 2 others: A History of New-York, from the beginning of the world to the end of the Dutch dynasty, by Diedrich Knickerbocker (i.e. Washington Irving), 185o (in publisher's binding), and George Finlay's History of the Byzantine and Greek Empires, 2 volumes, 1854 (in tree calf prize bindings), 8voQty: (4)Footnote: Lady Evelyn Cobbold (1867-1963) was the first British woman to perform the Hajj Pilgrimage to Mecca in 1933, aged 65.

Europe. Hadol (Paul), Nouvelle Carte D' Europe Dressée pour 1870, circa 1870, engraved allegorical map with contemporary hand-colouring, descriptive French text below the image, old folds, several marginal closed tears crudely repaired on the verso, some tape staining to the recto but not affecting the image, 335 x 445 mm, together with Excelsior (publication). La Révolution Chinoise Aggrave le Péril Jaune, 3rd November 1911, black and white printed allegorical map of Europe being the frontispiece of the Excelsior Magazine, 510 x 340 mm, with a music sheet cover of 'The Great Globe. Quadrilles by Stephen Glover', a colour printed circular lithographic map of the Eastern hemisphere, some dust soiling, slight staining, old music publisher's blind stamp to the upper left corner, 345 x 240 mm, plus a pen and watercolour manuscript map on card of ancient Troy, 185 x 140 mmQty: (4)Footnote: The first described item is a satirical and political map of Europe showing the various countries personified in caricature and alludes to the tensions that finally erupted as the Franco-Prussian War in July 1870. This appears to be a variant edition of Hadol's map - possibly a plagiarisation - as there are some slight alterations to the title cartouche and it lacks Hadol's name. The ensuing conflict resulted in France being humiliated, creating a powerful and unified Germany which laid the foundations of both the World Wars in the 20th century. There are later examples of this map with German, English and Dutch text. The second item is an unusual variation on the 'Octopus map' which shows Russia as an aggressive cephalopod whose tentacles reach across Europe. In this case, the danger is shown to be China and Japan and the 'tentacles' are replaced with the overgrown fingernails of Fu Manchu who reaches from over the horizon to engulf Europe.

Heylyn (Peter). Cosmography in Four Books. Containing the Chorography and History of the Whole World: and all the Principal Kingdoms, Provinces, Seas, and Isles thereof ... with an Accurate and an Approved Index ... Much wanted and desired in the former, and now annexed to this last Impression, Revised and Corrected by the Author himself immediately before his death, London: P.C.T. Passenger, B. Tooke, T. Sawbridge, 1682, imprimatur leaf, additional engraved title stating 6th edition, letterpress title in red & black with ownership inscriptions, four double-page engraved maps (Europe, Asia, Africa, with imprints 'Philipi Chetwind, 1666 and Americas with imprint 'Anae Seile, 1663'), letterpress title & following leaf of text with closed tear, maps close-trimmed to borders, 3T4 torn with slight text loss, some worming & trails mostly at gutter throughout much of volume, toning and scattered spotting, marginal fraying mostly to first & last few leaves, contemporary calf, old reback, maroon morocco title label to spine, upper board detached, spine & extremities worn, folioQty: (1)Footnote: Wing H1696.

Cavendish, William, 'Capriolles pour les Voltes Mains Gauches', from La Méthode et Invention Nouvelle de Dresser les Chevaux, 1737, Engraving transfer glass picture, hand coloured and heightened with gilt, 358 x 517 cm; with William Nutter after Henry Singleton, The Destruction of the Bastile, 1792, etching and stipple engraving, a good impression, published by Benjamin Beale Evans, London, 48.5 x 61.8 cm; with David Loggan, Portrait of Jacob Bobart, Keeper of the Oxford Physic Garden, engraving, a fine, clear impression, sheet 17.4 x 12 cm; with William Faithorne the Elder, Portrait of King Charles, engraving, circa 1658, a fine, rich impression, sheet size 25 x 16.4; with John Smith after Sir Anthony van Dyck, Portrait of James I, mezzotint, mount opening 40.5 x 27 cm, all framed, The Destruction of the Bastile with a couple of waterstains in the lower margin, otherwise all apparently generally in good condition, unexamined out of the frames; with six unframed prints; After John Constable by Frank Short, Flatford Lock, mezzotint, on wove paper, a fine, rich impression, signed in pencil; Three etchings with mezzotint printed in sepia from the Liber Studorium by printed in sepia, etched by Joseph Mallord William Turner, one further engraved by Robert Dunkarton,1807-1819, on laid paper, some waterstaining and discolouration; and Portrait of Oliver Cromwell, engraving after the portrait by Robert Walker, circa 1649, laid on thick card, some defects; and Portrait of King Charles Praying, engraving by Abraham Hertochs after P. Fruytiers after W. Marshall, 1662, some defects, 5 framed works and 6 unframedQty: (11)Footnote: This transfer print on glass shows a nobleman galloping past Bolsover Castle in Derbyshire. The print is from the 1737 English edition of Cavendish's exposition on the theory and practice of equestrian dressage. La Méthode et Invention Nouvelle de Dresser les Chevaux, was first published in 1657 in Antwerp. William Cavendish, The Duke of Newcastle, lost his fortune and title after the Battle of Marston Moor and went into exile on the continent. Whilst in Paris, he purchased eight Barbary horses, set up a manège and developed his own training methods.

Nayler (Sir G.). Five plates from 'The Coronation of His Most Sacred Majesty King George the Fourth solemnized in the Collegiate Church of Saint Peter Westminster upon the Nineteenth Day of July MDCCCXXI' [1823 - 37], five aquatints with contemporary hand-colouring by F. C. Lewis, M. Dubourg R. Havell and W. Bennett, each approximately 400 x 510 mm, uniformly framed and glazedQty: (5)Footnote: Abbey Scenery 260. Tooley 343. The plates consist of - The King seated in St. Edward's Chair Crowned by the Archbishop of Canterbury, Procession of the Dean and Prebendaries of Westminster with the Regalia, The Ceremony of the Homage, The Royal Banquet The Bringing of the First Course [and] The Royal Banquet First Course Continued. A composite publication. Two parts out of a proposed five were published by Sir George Nayler- a Garter Principal King at Arms - in 1823 & 1827; then Henry Bohn acquired the plates in 1837 and combined them with Whittaker's 'Ceremonial of the Coronation of George IV' to produce a completed work of 45 plates. There was an additional edition published in 1839.

Menpes (Mortimer & Dorothy). The Durbar, 1st edition, Adam & Charles Black, 1903, 100 colour plates, upper inner hinge slightly cracked with first gathering, slightly sprung, top edge gilt, remained untrimmed, original decorated cream cloth gilt, slightly rubbed and soiled, a little fraying to lower joint, 4voQty: (1)Footnote: Limited de luxe edition, 662/1000 copies signed by the artist.

Apuleius (Lucius). Metamorphoseos, sive lusus Asini libri XII [and other works]. [Venice]: Aldus [in the House of Aldus and Andrea Torresani, May 1521], italic type, Alcinous' commentary on Plato at end in Greek, woodcut Aldine device on title and final leaf verso, old crease mark to title and following leaf, occasional minor toning, previous owner signature erased from foot of title, owner signature of D.L. Cumming, nineteenth-century Italian half calf, spine darkened, joints and edges a little rubbed, 8voQty: (1)Footnote: Adams A1362; Cataldi Palau 67; Edit 16 2231; Renouard 91/8; UCLA 202. The first Aldine edition of Apuleius’s novel. Other philosophical works by Apuleius are printed alongside The Golden Ass, as well as the editio princeps of Alcinous’scommentary on Plato in Greek. This title has the corrected text “Episcopi Tropiensis”.

Cassius (Dio). Delle Guerre & Fatti de Romani Tradotto di Greco in lingua vulgare, per M. Nicolo Leoniceno, [Venice: Niccolò Zoppino, March] 1533,, title within woodcut border, woodcut illustrations, occasional light water stain, small contemporary previous owner signature and monogram to title, ownership signature of D.L. Cumming, later speckled calf, a little rubbed with some worming to covers, small 4toQty: (1)Footnote: Adams D511; Edit16 17205; Sander 2436. Provenance “Sunderland Copy”, note in pencil on inside front cover with Sunderland shelfmark A8.16, sale of the Sunderland Library removed from Blenheim Palace, Puttick & Simpson, April 1882, lot 3918, 8s, to Rush; Edward P. Jacobsen, bibliographical note on flyleaf dated 1890. First edition in Italian of the collected books of Cassius's Roman history. The first edition in the original Greek was published by Robert Estienne in 1548.

Clenard (Nicolas). Tabula in Grammaticen Hebraeam. Solingen: Johann Soter, 1540, woodcut device on title-page, woodcut initials, title and front endpaper detached, bound with Chevalier, (Antoine Rodolphe). Alphabetum Hebraicum in quo literae hebraicae describuntur. [Geneva]: Henri Estienne, 1566, woodcut Estienne device on title, bound with at front Martinez (Pierre). Grammaticae Hebraeae libri duo. Paris: Martin le Jeune, 1584, woodcut initials and headpiece, with blank leaves a5 and i8, interleaved throughout, 3 works bound in one volume, some overall light toning, some water stains at front, a few small wormholes, ownership signature of D.L. Cumming, later calf-backed boards, lower cover detached, 8voQty: (1)Footnote: VD16 C 4182; USTC 450548; UTSC 17017 respectively. Provenance: Georgius Attong, gift inscription from R[ichard?] Colfe, 1584 to title of Clenard and Swinburne, early signature to Clenard title. The Hebrew grammar by Clénard (or Cleynaerts), a Flemish humanist and grammarian, was first published in Louvain in 1529 and regularly reprinted; it was renowned for its simplicity of use for beginners. Rodolphe Chevalier was a Huguenot exile in England who returned to the Continent on the accession of Mary; he taught Hebrew at Cambridge, Geneva and Strasbourg. This is the first edition of his short work on the Hebrew alphabet, which includes the Ten Commandments with an nterlinear Latin translation.The third work, first published in 1560, was reprinted by Martin le Jeune, a prolific printer of Hebrew works for a Christian audience and a close associate of Plantin. Martinez was rector of the college in La Rochelle.

Cranmer (Thomas, Archbishop of Canterbury). An Aunswere by the Reverend Father in God Thomas Archbyshop of Canterbury, Primate of all England and Metropolitane, unto a craftie and sophisticall cavillation, devised by Stephen Gardiner Doctour of Law, late Byshop of Winchester agaynst the true and godly doctrine of the most holy Sacrament, of the body and bloud of our Saviour Jesu Christ. Wherein it was also, as occasion serveth, aunswered such places of the booke of Doct. Richard Smith, as may seeme anythyng worthy the aunsweryng..., Reuised, and corrected by the sayd archbyshop at Oxford before his martyrdom..., 2nd edition, London: printed by John Daye, 1580, title with early gift inscription to lower blank margin 'Liber Caroli Pratti ex dono amicissimi sui Johannis Nurse generosi 20 Juni 1610' and with ownership signature 'Ann Hill Mackey' to upper blank margin (small hole to title, detached & frayed to edges), black and roman letter type throughout, woodcut initials, head- and tail-pieces, without the two woodcut illustrations, upper half of final leaf (2P6) cut out with loss of John Daye's woodcut device, sewing weak at front with initial leaves detached, leaf F5 trimmed to fore-margin, lower blank margin of Q5 excised, single worm hole & short trail to inner blank margin at foot (& head) throughout much of text-block, occasional damp stains mostly at head & foot, few marks (including occasional ink smudges), some marginal fraying, without front free endpaper, contemporary calf, blind arabesque to centre of each board, spine largely lacking, leather torn to lower board, board attachment weak, worn, folio (28.5 x 19.8 cm)Qty: (1)Footnote: STC 5992. Stephen Gardiner (1483-1555) was the Bishop of Winchester, and Mary Tudor's chancellor during the persecution of the Protestants, who died before Cranmer was executed on 21st March 1556. Cranmer's Aunswere, part of a controversy between Cranmer and Gardiner on the sacrament of communion, was first published by Wolfe in 1551. A reply to "An explication and assertion of the true catholique fayth, touchyng the moost blessed sacrament of the aulter" by Stephen Gardiner and "A confutation of a certen booke, called a defence of the true, and catholike doctrine of the sacrament, &c. sette fourth of late in the name of Thomas Archebysshoppe of Canterburye" by Richard Smith. The text includes a reprint of Gardiner's work and portions of Cranmer's "A defence of the true and catholike doctrine of the sacrament of the body and bloud of our saviour Christ". The woodcuts on the two plates (not present in this copy) were from blocks used in Foxe's "Book of martyrs", and Cranmer's life is in part compiled from the same. The plates were sometimes bound folded. This edition (or parts of it, at least) were printed on the sheets of an earlier work printed by Daye, John Foxe's "Pandectae" (1572; ESTC S113167), a largely-blank commonplace-book ("The Latin headlines in rules appearing upside down at the foot of several versos in some copies (as in this copy) indicate unused sheets of [STC] 11239 were employed in the printing"--STC).

Flaccus Valerius (Gaius). [Argonautica], [Florence: Filippo Giunta, February 1517], woodcut printer’s device on final leaf verso, light water staining towards end, a little minor spotting, ownership signature of D.L. Cumming, contemporary limp vellum, manuscript label to spine, 3 leather ties only, some soiling, 8voQty: (1)Footnote: Adams V75; Renouard, Filippo Junta 101. Provenance: V. di Ravelli, London, July 1913, inscription on inside front cover. The second Guinta edition, first published in 1503.

French (John). The Art of Distillation: or, a Treatise of the Choicest Spagiricall Preparations Performed by way of Distillation... to which is added, The London-Distiller, 2 parts in 1 vol., 2nd edition, London: E. Cotes, 1653, lacking one text leaf, numerous woodcut illustrations to text including 2 full-page and leaves lightly spotted & toned, contemporary ownership inscription to title, endpapers replaced, annotations to verso of title & first text leaf, final text lead trimmed slightly (lacking portion of 'finis'), 8voQty: (1)Footnote: Wing F2170. Contains much on the principles of distillation as well as recipes for flavoured wines. The first edition was published in 1651.

Gellius (Aulus). Noctium Atticarum libri undeviginti, [Venice: in the house of Aldus and Andrea Torresani, September 1515], woodcut Aldine device to title and final verso, without blank leaf DD8, title washed with resultant staining and manuscript inscription at foot stating the book was bought in Bologna in 1762, occasional annotations, a few leaves close-trimmed, a few light stains, ownership signature of D.L. Cumming, nineteenth-century smooth calf gilt, marbled edges, covers detached, a little rubbed, 8voQty: (1)Footnote: Adams G343; Cataldi Palau 9; Edit 16 20605; Renouard 73/9. First Aldine edition, first issue, with the incorrect spelling of“duerniorum” in the register and quire S missigned. After the death of Aldus in February 1515, the editorial work of the press was managed in the first instance by GianBattista Egnazio, who dedicates this edition to his lawyer.

Glareanus (Henricus Loriti). Ad divum Max. Aemilianum Romanorum imperatorem... panegyricon. Eiusdem de situ Helvetiae & vicinis gentibus... [Basel: Adam Petri, 1515], title within woodcut border by Urs Graf dated 1514, woodcut of the imperial arms by Urs Graf on title verso, other smaller woodcut armorials of the Swiss Cantons, woodcut initials, without final blank leaf, Royal Society sold ink stamp to final leaf, small light water stain and a little soiling, ownership signature of D.L. Cumming, modern cloth-backed boards, small 4toQty: (1)Footnote: VD16 L2639. Rare. Glarean’s panegyric to the Emperor Maximilian had been published previously in 1512; as a reward he was made a poet laureate by Maximilian. This second printing additionally contains the first edition of his tract on the geography of Switzerland.

Godwin (Francis). A Catalogue of the Bishops of England since the first planting of the Christian Religion in this Island, together with a briefe history of their lives and Memorable Actions, so neere as can be Gathered out of Antiquity, Whereunto is prefixed a discourse concerning the first conversion of our Britaine unto Christian Religion, London: printed for Thomas Adams, 1615, woodcut initials, head-pieces, Ll4 with loss to lower outer blank corner, not affecting text, small rust hole to Yy1, not affecting text, light waterstain to lower margins of final few leaves, some minor marks elsewhere, ownership signature of D.L. Cumming, contemporary calf, some wear with joints cracked and upper cover detached, 4to, together with Ussher (James). Gravissimae Quaestionis, de Christianarum Ecclesiarum, in occidentis praesertim partibus, ab apostolicis temporibus ad nostram usq; aetatem, continua successione & statis, historica explicatio, 1st edition, London: Bonham Norton, 1613, woodcut initials, lacks frontispiece, wormtrack in text from Q3-2I4 affecting some lettering, a little minor spotting, bookplate of Henry Edward Bunbury (7th Baronet, 1778-1860, soldier and historian), ownership signature of D.L. Cumming, 18th century calf gilt, a little rubbed, small 4toQty: (2)Footnote: STC 11938 & STC (2nd edition) 24551.

Butler (Alban). Lives of the Fathers, Martyrs, and other Principal Saints... , 12 volumes, 2nd edition, Dublin, John Morris, 1779-80, portrait frontispiece to volume 1, together with The Moveable Feasts, Fasts, and other Annual Observances of the Catholic Church: A Posthumous Work of the Late Rev. Mr Alban Butler, 1st editions, 1774, some spotting and browning to all volumes, uniformly bound as a 13 volume set in contemporary tree calf with contrasting leather spine labels (lacks lower label to volume 11), heavily rubbed and slight edge wear, together with: [D'Angerville, Mouffle], The Private Life of Lewis XV, in which are Contained the Principal Events, Remarkable Occurrences, and Anecdotes of his Reign, translated by J.O. Justamond, 4 volumes, Charles Dilly, 1781, portrait frontispiece to volume 1, some spotting, contemporary half calf, some wear and upper cover to volume 2 detached, 8vo, plus: [Grattan, Thomas Colley], High-Ways and By-Ways; or Tales of the Roadside: Picked up in French Provinces, by a Walking Gentleman, 5 volumes, [first & second series], 4th & new editions, 1824-25, some spotting, uniform contemporary half calf gilt, heavily rubbed and upper spine label deficient from all volumes, 8vo, plus other mostly 19th-century leather-bound literature and history including odd volumes and broken sets, general wear, mostly 8vo and smaller formatsQty: (approx. 180)Footnote: Provenance: From the Library at Spetchley Park, Worcester, home of the Berkeley family.

Hogg (James). Scottish Pastorals, Poems, Songs, &c. Mostly written in the Dialect of the South, 1st edition, Edinburgh: printed by John Taylor, Grassmarket, 1801, additional engraved portrait 'The Ettrick Shepherd' bound at front, small later additional portrait by W. Nicholson pasted at front, some light spotting, bookplate of H.D. Colvill-Scott, top edge gilt, later crimson half morocco by Grieve, Edinburgh, edges slightly rubbed, 8vo, together with The Mountain Bard; Consisting of Ballads and Songs, Founded on Facts and Legendary Tales, by James Hogg, the Ettrick Shepherd, 1st edition, Edinburgh: J. Ballantyne for Archibald Constable & London: John Murray, 1807, short closed marginal tears to pp. xvii-xx, some light spotting, title a little toned, contemporary half calf gilt, joints and edges rubbed, 8vo, plus The Queen's Wake: A Legendary Poem, 5th edition, Edinburgh: William Blackwood & London: John Murray, 1819, etched frontispiece, 2 etched plates (one double-page), some offsetting and spotting, top edge gilt, near-contemporary green half morocco, joints and edges a little rubbed, 8vo, with a printed receipt, numbered in manuscript No. 161, signed by James Hogg and dated 1st June 1819, 'Received from John Miller Esq., Alloa, One Guinea, being his subscription for the Queen's Wake', loosely inserted, plus John Milton's Paradise Lost, a Poem, R. & A. Foulis, Glasgow, 1770Qty: (4)Footnote: First work rare, only 6 institutional locations recorded. James Hogg (1770-1835) was a self-taught Scottish poet and novelist, widely known as the "Ettrick Shepherd", and some later publications were published under that nickname. Scottish Pastorals, Hogg's first collection of pastoral ballads was produced entirely from memory after he was delivering sheep to market in Edinburgh, without access to his manuscripts, and printed by stationer John Taylor whose premises were opposite the sheep market. His poems contained much energy and were inspired by the pastoral tradition of Allan Ramsay and Robert Burns. He met Sir Walter Scott in 1802 and the two became life-long friends.

Huckell (John). Avon: A Poem in Three Parts, 1st edition, Birmingham: John Baskerville, 1758, contemporary manuscript poem and annotations to endpapers, hinges cracked, staining to title page, spotting (heavier to prelims), contemporary calf, rubbed, 8voQty: (1)Footnote: The 'O' is inverted on the title-page as usual. However, 'K2' is labelled as such and not inverted as in other copies. The first blank is also present.

Marshall (John). The Life of George Washington, Commander in Chief of the American Forces, During the War which Established the Independence of his Country, and First President of the United States, 5 volumes, 1st edition, London: Richard Phillips, 1804-07, 16 maps, plans and engraved plates including many folding, correct as listed, some spotting and occasional browning, contemporary ownership signature of Jos. Leycester to upper margins of titles and armorial bookplate to pastedowns, contemporary tree calf with contrasting leather spine labels, some patches of surface leather loss to several boards, 8voQty: (5)Footnote: A handsome set.

[Notitia Dignitatum]. Notitia utraque cum Orientis tum Occidentis ultra Arcadii Honoriique Caesarum tempora... cui succedit descriptio urbis Romae... [edited by Sigmund Gelen]. Basel: Hieronymus Froben and Nicolaus Episcopius, 1552, woodcut Froben device to title and verso of final leaf, woodcut initials and numerous illustrations, title with small marginal losses laid down, occasional light water stains, hinges reinforced, bookplates of Sir John Hynde Cotton (4th baronet, 1717-1795) of Madingley Hall, Cambridgeshire (to title verso) and James Elwin Millard (1823-1894) to front pastedown, bookseller descriptions pasted at front, ownership signature of D.L. Cumming, all edges yellow, nineteenth-century calf, rebacked, a few small stains, folioQty: (1)Footnote: Adams N354; VD 16N 1884. First illustrated edition of the Notitia Dignitatum, listing the offices of the later Roman Empire. This volume also includes Alciati’s treatise on Roman magistrates and Philo of Alexandria’s debate between Hadrian and Epictetus, along with a description of the city of Rome ascribed to the spurious Publius Victor. The numerous illustrations include depictions of books in codex form as well as coins, armour, regalia and representations of forts. On the woodcut of the forts of the Saxon Shore, the names of the forts in English have been added in manuscript.

Sparrman (Anders). A Voyage to the Cape of Good Hope, towards the Antarctic Polar Circle, and Round the World, but chiefly into the Country of the Hottentots and Caffres, from the year 1772 to 1776, 1st edition in English, London: Printed for G.G.J. and J. Robinson, 1785, frontispiece, 9 engraved plates, folding map, small library stamp & notations to titles, folding map torn, occasional spotting, hinges cracked, contemporary calf, front board of volume 2 detached, both volumes lacking head & tailcaps, joints cracked, boards marked, extremities worn, 4toQty: (2)Footnote: Mendelssohn IV p. 362. Translated from the Swedish edition. The first edition in English contains an additional plate, 'Dwarf-Mice'.

Qur?an [English]. The Alcoran of Mahomet, translated out of Arabique into French; by the Sieur du Ryer, Lord of Malezair, and resident for the King of France, at Alexandria. And newly Englished, for the satisfaction of all that desire to look into the Turkish vanities, London: [s.n.], printed, Anno Dom. 1649, [20], 408, [12] p., worm trail and worm holes at front and rear of volume (mostly affecting letter of text to initial 7 and final 13 leaves), occasional damp stains, worming to front & rear endpapers, contemporary panelled calf, joints splitting and some wear to spine, 8voQty: (1)Footnote: Wing K747A; R200452. The first octavo edition of the first English language version of the Qur'an, also first published the same year in quarto. "A needful caveat or admonition" (caption title on p. 406) is by Alexander Ross. Alexander Ross (1590–1654) was a Scottish christian cleric, orientalist and a chaplain to King Charles I, known for making the first complete English translation of the Quran on May 7, 1649. The translation named “The Alcoran of Mahomet” was translated from a French translation by André du Ryer published in 1647, and not from original Arabic (Ross did not read Arabic). Some have stated that the original author of this translation is anonymous, but it is attributed to Ross due to his writing a caveat to it. The translation is at times widely different from the original but is important for being the first English translation of the Quran.

[Rutledge, Jean Jaques]. The Englishman's Fortnight in Paris; or the art of ruining himself there in a few days, translated from the French, 1st English edition, London: T. Durham and G. Kearsley, 1777, advertisement leaf at end, occasional light toning and a few stains, obscured previous owner name at head of title, signature of D.L. Cumming, contemporary sprinkled calf, red label to spine, joints partly cracked, 8voQty: (1)Footnote: ESTC N31079. First English translation by the author of his 'La quinzaine angloise à Paris', published in France the previous year and suppressed according to the statement at the foot of the title-page. Novelised account of an English lord's decadent visit to pre-revolutionary Paris with tales of prostitution, gambling, drinking, ending in a debtor's prison.

Squire (Francis). A Brief Justification of the Principles of a Reputed Whigg. Together with some Few Remarks on Dr. Sach---l's late Sermon on the 29th May, in an Epistle to the Tories of the West, 1st edition, Exon: printed by Sam. Farley, for John March, 1713, 24 pp., bound with Universal Benevolence: all, Charity in its Full Extent. Recommended in a Sermon. Together with a Preface, Wherein is a Farther Justification of the Principles of the Whiggs. Humbly dedicated to Richard Steele, 1st edition, Exon: printed by Sam. Farley, for John March, 1714, [4],xviii,33,[1]pp., bound with A Treatise Concerning the Supremacy of the Civil Magistrate, 1st edition, Exon: printed by George Bishop, for John March, 1717, [2],vii,[1],37,[1]pp., bound with Impartial thoughts on the Supremacy of the Civil Magistrate, and the Obligation of Publick Oathes and Subscriptions...., 1st edition, J. Roberts, 1737, [4],75,[1]pp., bound with A Faithful Report of a Genuine Debate Concerning the Liberty of the Press addressed to a Candidate at the Ensuing Election, 1st edition, J. Roberts, 1740, [4],58pp. plus final blank, bound with A Pastoral Epistle on Occasion of the Present Unnatural Rebellion..., 1st edition, John Whiston, 1746, [4],36pp., bound with The West Country-Farmer, or A Fair Representation of the Decay of Trade and Badness of the Times: in a letter of complaint from a tenant in the country, to his Landlord in London, 1st edition, Taunton, printed by William Norris, for the author, [1732?], 50 pp., lacks half-title, uncut, 12mo, bound with The West Country Farmer, (Number 2,) consisting of Three Parts..., 1st edition, Taunton: printed and sold by W. Norris, for the author, [1732?], 51,[1]pp., some spotting and browning, heaviest to first and last tracts, armorial bookplate of William Gilstrap, contemporary half calf, some wear, lower joints weak and upper cover detached, 8voQty: (1)Footnote: The rarest pamphlets appear to be the final two items, ESTC locating one copy only of The West-Country Farmer, number 1 (Bodleian Library), and two copies of number 2 (British Library & Bodleian).

Tacitus (Publius Cornelius). Historiarum et Annalium Libri qui extant, Iusti Lipsii studio emendati & illustrati, Antwerp: Chrisopher Plantin, 1574, title with woodcut Plantin device, woodcut initials, rear blank Bb8 and final gathering *8 present, 2 colophons at end, one dated 1574, the other 1575, occasional light toning, lacking front endpaper printed booklabel of William Reynolds of Streatham, ownership signature of D.L. Cumming to front pastedown, later calf-backed boards, upper cover detached, small wormholes to spine and soiling to covers, 8voQty: (1)Footnote: Adams T31; BM STC Dutch Books S. 195; PMM 93; Voet 2276. "Tacitus is the outstanding historian and the principal prose writer of the Silver Age of Latin letters... Relatively unknown during the Middle Ages, Tacitus, whose works were first printed in Venice about 1473 and several times reprinted before the end of the century, exercised great influence on Renaissance historians. Justus Lipsius (1547-1606), the Netherlands scholar, knew the whole of Tacitus by heart, and his great edition (here cited), nineteen times reprinted, is one of the monuments of sixteenth-century scholarship. In a life much vexed by the violence of governments, he found much, as his notes declare, in common with Tacitus's ironic and cynical records of first-century Rome." (PMM).

Titus Lucretius Carus. In Carum Lucretium poetam commentarii a Joanne Baptista Pio editi: codice Lucretiano diligeter emendato, [Paris]: Venundatur ab Ascensio & Joanne Parvo, [1514], fine decorative woodcut title printed in red and black with large woodcut device of Jehan Petit, bound with Caius Valerius Flaccus. Argonauticon libri octo cum eruditissimis Aegidii Maserii Parrhisien. Commentariis, Joannis Parvi & Jodoci Badii, 1519, fine decorative woodcut title with printer's woodcut device of Jodocus Badius, several woodcut illustrations, final few leaves with light water stain to extreme fore-margins (both texts with clean wide margins), old vellum with red morocco title label to spine, rubbed and some marks, folio (32.5 x 22cm)Qty: (1)Footnote: Adams L1650; Renouard II, 122, 250 & Adams V76; Renouard III, 316 respectively. First work, Carus is the first Paris edition, first published in Bologna in 1511. The second work, Argonauticon by Valerius, first published in Venice in 1501 in quarto format, this 1519 folio edition contains the much expanded commentary by Gilles de Maizières (originally produced in the 1517 edition) and eight fine woodcuts illustrating the adventures of Jason and his 50 companions in his quest to obtain the Golden Fleece from Colchis.

Vergil (Polydore). Adagiorum liber. Eiusdem de inventoribus rerum libri octo, [Basel: Johann Froben, July 1521], title within a woodcut border by Urs Graf, additional letterpress errata leaf headed “Castigationis mendorum index” inserted at end of preliminaries, first leaf of text within a woodcut border, woodcut initials and headpieces (some historiated), woodcut printer’s device on final verso, erratic pagination and register (pagination corrected in manuscript) occasional early marginalia, occasional light marginal water stains, a few small marginal wormholes, printed booklabel of William Reynolds of Streatham and bookseller catalogue description at front, all edges gilt, nineteenth century calf over heavy boards tooled in period style, upper cover detached, folioQty: (1)Footnote: Adams V442; VD16 V772. There was a mild dispute between Vergil and Erasmus over whose Adagia had been published first; this edition includes a preface addressed to Richard Pace asserting Vergil’s priority. Erasmus and Vergil were well acquainted, particularly through their English humanist friends. The title border also appears in the 1513 Froben edition of Erasmus' Adagia.

Warner (William). Albions England, A Continued Historie of the fame Kingdome, 1st edition, London: Edm. Bollifant for George Patter, 1602 bound with A Continuance of Albions England, 1st edition, London: Felix Kyngston for George Potter, 1606, sporadic spotting, hinges cracked, ownership inscriptions to front pastedown, front free endpaper & title page with marginal repairs (not affecting text), A2 with large repair (not affecting text), preliminaries with corner repairs, some leaves with marginal damp-staining, some wear, bound with A Continuance of Albions England, 1st edition, London: Felix Kyngston for George Potter, 1606, sporadic spotting, title page & first text leaves with faint washed-out contemporary notations final leaf with closed tear repair & slight marginal loss, many leaves with faint marginal damp-staining, later red half morocco over marbled boards,8voQty: (1)

Wilson (Thomas). [The Art of Rhetorique, for the use of all suche as are studious of eloquence, sette forth in English...,], [London: Richard Grafton], 1553, folios 17-119 (final 3 leaves misnumbered), lacking the first 22 leaves, with 'faultes escaped in thenprintyng' to verso of leaf 119, 5 leaves of index, black letter text throughout, some light marginal soiling, vellum, with small gilt morocco title label to spine, rubbed and light soiling, small 4toQty: (1)Footnote: STC 25799. Folio 21 verso includes a text by Erasmus titled An Epistle to perswade a young gentleman to mariage (Hazlitt III, 268). First edition of the book considered to be the earliest systematic work of literary criticism in the English language, in which the author castigates the use of pedantic language based on classical models, which he calls "strange inkhorn terms", as well as the use of 'French and Italianated' idioms, which 'counterfited the kinges Englishe'. According to Hardin Craig, Shakespeare and Wilson's Arte of Rhetorique, Studies in Philology, volume 28, number 4, October 1931, pages 618-630, borrowings from Wilson's Arte of Rhetorique are found in Timon of Athens, Much Ado About Nothing and elsewhere.

Xenophon. Opera [translated by Francesco Filelfo], [Lyon: Barthélemy Trot, 2 September 1511], title printed in red and black with Trot’s woodcut fleur-de-lys device in red, title trimmed and laid down, first few leaves water stained with some small marginal worming, occasional underlining and a few early annotations, ownership signature of D.L. Cumming, later half calf, upper cover detached, joints and edges rubbed, 8voQty: (1)Footnote: USTC 155119. David J. Shaw, "The Lyons Counterfeit of Aldus's Italic Type: A New Chronology", The Italian Book 1485-1800 (1993) pp.117-133, no. 49. This is the second edition of Xenophon printed in Lyon by Trot; it was previously issued in an undated edition around 1504. The texts of Xenophon included are: Cyropaedia, Devenatione, De republica et de legibus Lacedaemoniorum, Agesilaus, Apologia pro Socrate and De tyrannide. While it has the appearance of an Aldine counterfeit (because of its format and typeface), Aldus only printed Xenophon in the original Greek in folio format, and the text of this edition is actually taken from the 1502 Bologna edition of Benedictus Hectoris, complete with Filippo Beroaldo’s preface to Gregorius Fliscus.

Browne (Thomas). Certain Miscellany Tracts, 1st edition, 2nd issue, Charles Mearne, 1684, engraved portrait frontispiece, ownership signature of William Lukie dated 1752 to title, lacks final blank, ink institutional library stamps to title verso and front pastedown, a little spotting and soiling, contemporary calf, rubbed and joints cracked, spine and upper cover leather lifting, together with: Browne (Thomas). Posthumous Works of the Learned Sir Thomas Browne, Kt. M.D. late of Norwich…, 1st edition, E. Curll & R. Gosling, 1712, engraved portrait frontispiece and 22 plates including some folding, scattered light browning, contemporary panelled calf with neat calf gilt reback, 8vo, plus Browne (Thomas). Christian Morals, Second [3rd] Edition, with a Life of the Author, by Samuel Johnson, J. Payne, 1756, half-title and medial blank leaf [d8], marginal browning at front and rear from turn-ins, contemporary calf, rubbed, neat modern calf gilt reback, small 8voQty: (3)Footnote: 1) Keynes 128; Wing B5152. 2) Keynes 156. 3) Keynes 165; Courtney-Nichol Smith, page 73. Third edition of a work originally published in 1716, and the first edition to include the life of Browne by Samuel Johnson.

Davies (John). The Innkeeper and Butler’s Guide, or a Directory in the Making and Managing of British Wines; together with Directions for the Managing, Colouring and Flavouring of Foreign Wines and Spirits, and for making British Compounds, Peppermint, Anniseed, Shrub etc., 10th edition, Leeds: printed by George Wilson, 1808, untrimmed, later full calf gilt, small 8voQty: (1)Footnote: First published in Liverpool in 1805 this work went through many editions and, strangely, the sixth to the eleventh editions all appear to have printed in 1808.

Goodall (Charles). The Royal College of Physicians of London Founded and Established by Law; as Appears by Letters, Patents, Acts of Parliament, Adjudged Cases, & c., and An Historical Account of the College's Proceedings Against Empiricks and Unlicensed Practisers in Every Princes Reign from the First Incorporation to the Murther of the Royal Martyr, King Charles the First, 2 parts in one, 1st edition, Walter Kettilby, 1684, imprimatur leaf before title, partly black letter, separate title to part two but with continuous register, contemporary calf, cracked on joints and slight wear to spine ends and corners, old manuscript paper spine label, 4toQty: (1)Footnote: Wing G1091. The first published history of the Royal College of Physicians.

Harris (Joseph). The Description and Use of the Globes, and the Orrery... , 8th edition, B. Cole & E. Cushee, 1757, 5 folding engraved plates, advert leaf at rear, old ink ownership inscription and stamped initials of John Ussher to title, modern red calf gilt, 8vo, together with: Keith (Thomas), A New treatise on the Use of the Globes, or A Philosophical View of the Earth and Heavens... , 2nd edition, corrected and improved, printed for the Author, Longmans et al, 1808, 5 folding plates, leading margins of title browned, otherwise a good copy in contemporary tree calf, front hinge cracked, lacking a half inch of leather at head of spine, corners bumped, 8vo, plus: Watts (Isaac), The Knowledge of the Heavens and the Earth Made Easy: or, the First Principles of Astronomy and Geography Explain'd by the Use of Globes and Maps... , 2nd edition corrected, J. Clark and R. Hett, 1728, title in red and black (dust-soiled), 6 folding plates at rear, contemporary calf, some edge wear, neat calf gilt reback with spine label, 8voQty: (3)

Harte (Walter). Essays on Husbandry, 2 parts in 1 volume, 1st edition, Printed for W. Frederick in Bath, 1764, 5 engraved plates, woodcut illustrations, lacks errata leat at rear, contemporary ownership inscription (slightly shaved) at head of title, ‘W. Jerningham, one of the greatest farmers if you will take his own word for [it]’, some spotting and browning to plates, recent antique-style half calf and gilt-titled spine label, 8vo, together with: Kirkland (Thomas), An Essay Towards an Improvement in the Cure of those Diseases which are the Cause of Fevers, 1st edition, J. Dodsley, 1767, recent quarter calf over marbled boards with gilt-titled leather label to upper cover, plus: Colbatch (John), A Dissertation Concerning Mistletoe: A most wonderful Specifick Remedy for the Cure of Convulsive Distempers... , 6th edition corrected, to which is added a second part, containing farther Remarks and Observations, Dan. Browne, [1730?], half-title, disbound, plus: Page (John), Receipts for Preparing and Compounding the Principal Medicines made use of by the late Mr Ward, together with an Introduction, &c., 1st edition, Henry Whitridge, 1763, [2],33,[1] pages, old ink pen trials across imprint and small ink stain to final blank page, disbound, plus 3 other contemporary medical works, all slim 8voQty: (7)Footnote: First work: British Bee Books 114; Fussell pp. 45-46; Goldsmiths’ 9959; Hunt 608 (second edition); Kress 6188; Perkins 758 (later edition).

Ketham (Johannes D.). The Fasciculus Medicinae... Facsimile of the First (Venetian) edition of 1491 with Introduction by Karl Sudhoff, Translated and adapted by Charles Singer, Milan: R.Lier & Co., 1924, 6 full-page illustrations in text (including one colour) and 14 plates of which 10 are hand-coloured and folding, publisher’s half-calf, green paper-covered boards, some wear to head and tail of spine and a very little wear to corners, large folioQty: (1)Footnote: This impressive facsimile was the first volume of the ‘Monumenta Medica’ series edited by Henry Sigerist. This is a de-luxe copy with hand-coloured plates and includes a tipped-in original prospectus for the intended series.

Wilson (James). A Missionary Voyage to the Southern Pacific Ocean, performed in the Years 1796, 1797, 1798, in the Ship Duff, commander by Captain James Wilson ... icnlduing Details never before published, of the Natural and Civil State of Otaheite, 1st edition, London: by S. Gosnell, for T. Chapman, 1799, 13 engraved maps and plates (a few folding), light offsetting, General Map spotted, a few spots to other plates or maps, General Map and Feejee Islands map each with retrievable paper-disruption to central intersection of folds, engraved bookplate (Arthur Kelly, Kelly), contemporary marbled calf, rebacked with original spine laid down, 4to (28.9 x 22.2 cm)Qty: (1)Footnote: Borba de Moraes II pp. 378-9; ESTC T87461; Ferguson 301; cf. Sabin 49490 (for the 'ordinary' edition). The preferred Gosnell edition: there was also an 'ordinary' edition (Ferguson) with the imprint 'for T. Chapman ... by T. Gillet', in a completely different setting and on smaller paper; Gosnell's edition is thought to have priority. Borba de Moraes is mistaken in citing a second edition 'similar in all details [to Gosnell's edition] except for the signature of the plates', that is, with 'J. Landseer direxit' rather than 'for Missionary Voyage': it is in fact Gosnell's edition in which the plates have 'J. Landseer direxit'. 'The Duff was the first missionary vessel to sail the little-known waters of the Pacific Ocean. After 208 days the vessel reached Tahiti, landing seventeen missionaries there, a further twelve at Tonga, and one on the Marquesas ... Several of the missionaries settled in Australia and founded families important in Australian history. The Duff proceeded from Tonga through the Fiji and Caroline Groups to Canton. In the course of this voyage the Duff Group was discovered and named and the knowledge of Pacific geography considerably extended' (Ferguson).

Medicina Flagellata: or, the Doctor Scarify'd, 1st edition, J. Bateman & J. Nicks, 1721, additional title with engraved vignette, old ownership names to both titles, some spotting, first 3 leaves and front free endpaper detached, further ownership inscriptions and bookplate, contemporary panelled calf, worn, covers detached, together with: Armstrong (John), Miscellanies, 2 volumes, 1st edition, T. Cadell, 1770, contemporary tree calf gilt with gilt-decorated spines and contrasting labels minor rubbing and a little cracked at head of joints to volume 2, 8vo, plus: Fuller (Francis), Medicina Gymnastica: or, a Treatise Concerning the Power of Exercise, with Respect to the Animal Oeconomy, and the Great Necessity of it in the Cure of Several Distempers, 2nd edition, with additions, Robert Knaplock, 1705, imprimatur leaf before title, some spotting, early ink ownership inscription and later embossed library stamp to title with a few pen and pencil numbers to margins of following leaf, bookplate, contemporary panelled calf, covers detached and spine defective, plus other 18th-century medical including some with defects, various bindings and sizesQty: (9)

Napier (John). The Construction of the Wonderful Canon of Logarithms... translated from Latin into English with notes and a Catalogue of the various editions of Napier’s works, by William Rae Macdonald, F.F.A., 1st edition, Edinburgh: William Blackwood, 1889, publisher’s calf, heavily decorated in blind, edges untrimmed, remains of library number on base of spine, together with: Knott (Cargill Gilston), Napier Tercentenary Memorial Volume, 1st edition, 1915, coloured frontispiece and 15 plates, small embossed library stamp to lower outer corners of frontispiece and title and ink library stamp to title verso, a little spotting and dust-soiling, partly uncut, original cream cloth gilt, rubbed and slightly soiled, spine toned with ink classification number near foot of spine, both 4toQty: (2)Footnote: The first work contains an excellent catalogue of all the editions of Napier’s works and their translation into French, Dutch, Italian and German’ (DSB). This is now a very scarce work and a Gryphon reprint appeared in 1995. This copy has the bookplate of Hay Fleming Reference Library, St. Andrews, and a note on the free endpaper in ink reading ‘D.Hay Fleming. Bought at the sale of McRae McDonald’s Library, 27th. Jan. 1925, lot. 437’.

Ozanam (Jacques). Recreations Mathematical and Physical; Laying Down, and Solving many Profitable and Delightful Problems of Arithmetick, Geometry, Opticks, Economicks, Cosmography, Mechanics, Physicks, and Pyrotechny, 1st edition in English, R. Bonwick et al., 1708, [36], 129, 192-530pp., 28 engraved plates and numerous woodcuts, without publisher's adverts at rear, a little spotting, two old ink name inscriptions to title messily deleted in ink with resultant iron gall ink burning and splitting to upper margin above border rule, repeated ink name inscriptions and deletions to front pastedown, contemporary panelled calf, cracked on joints and some wear to extremities, 8voQty: (1)Footnote: Scarce first English edition of this much reprinted work first published in Paris in 1694. The work also covers card games, conjuring, sundials, water clocks, rocket making, etc.

Quesnay (Francois). Introductory Discourse to the First Volume of the Memoirs of the Royal Academy of Surgery at Paris, concerning the Vices of the Humours, 1st edition, D. Wilson & T. Durham, 1760, 19th-century hospital library stamp to blank margin of half-title, recent grey-paper boards with contrasting spine, 8vo, together with: Ewart (John), The History of Two Cases of Ulcerated Cancer of the Mamma, One of Which has been Cured, the Other much Relieved, by a New Method of Applying Carbonic Acid Air, 1st edition, London (Bath printed), Sold by C. Dilly, 1794, recent grey-paper boards with contrasting spine, 8vo, plus: Berkeley (George), Siris: a Chain of Philosophical Reflexions and Inquiries concerning the Virtues of Tar Water, and divers other Subjects connected together and arising one from another, 2nd edition, ‘Improved and Corrected by the Author’, Dublin, London re-printed, for W.Innys et al, 1744, signature of John Freer to title, recent grey-paper boards with contrasting spine, 8vo, and one other relatedQty: (4)

Rutherford (Ernest). Radio-Activity, 1st edition, Cambridge University Press, 1904, plates and illustrations, some light marginal toning, original cloth gilt, slightly rubbed and marked, together with Radioactive Substances and their Radiations, 1st edition, Cambridge University Press, 1913, plates and illustrations, a little spotting and light marginal toning, ownership name inscription erased from front free endpaper, original cloth gilt, rubbed, a little corner wear and some fraying to spine ends, both 8vo, plus Curie (Pierre), Oeuvres, publiées par les soins de la Société Française de Physique, Paris, 1908, portrait frontispiece, illustrations to text, title-page detached, modern half calf gilt, a little rubbed, 8vo, plus others relatedQty: (12)Footnote: The first two titles represent Rutherford's ground-breaking works on radioactivity. The first work is the first textbook on radioactivity, the second is summary of the advances made since the publication of the second edition of the first work in 1905.

Cox (David). A Treatise on Landscape Painting and Effect in Water Colours: from the first rudiments to the finished picture: with examples in outline, effect, and colouring, London: printed by J. Tyler, for S. and J. Fuller, 1814, 35 etchings on 21 plates only (of 56, includes 12 hand-coloured), title creased and lined to verso, closed tear to fore-margin of one leaf (pages 29/30), final colour plate with long closed tear and lined to verso, some dust-soiling and marks, original cloth-backed boards, printed paper label to upper board, oblong folio (Abbey Life 115), together with: Ibid., A Series of Progressive Lessons, intented to elucidate the Art of Landscape Painting in Watercolours, 2nd edition, London: P. Clay, 1812, 12 of 13 etched plates (6 hand-coloured), some marks and soiling, sewing weak, few tears to gutter margins, contemporary red half morocco, title label to upper board, worn, slim oblong 4to, together with: Ibid., A Series of Progressive Lessons... Art of Landscape Painting in Watercolours, 3rd edition, London: P. Clay, 1816, 12 etched plates including 6 hand-coloured (complete as list), some browning to text, occasional marks, contemporary red half morocco, title label to upper board, some wear and upper board detached, slim oblong 4toQty: (3)Footnote: Sold with all faults, not subject to return.

Stuart (James & Revett, Nicholas). The Antiquities of Athens, Measured and Delineated, 4 volumes, 1st editions, London: John Haberkora,1762; J. Nichols, 1787, 1794; T. Bensley for J. Taylor, 1816, engraved title-page vignettes, engraved head- and tail-pieces, 319 engraved plates (71+74+86+88) including 2 portrait frontispieces and a folding hand-coloured map of Greece, errata leaf at end of volume 1 (not called for?), 4-page publisher's catalogue tipped in at the end of volumes 2 & 3 and 8-page catalogue at end of volume 4, some spotting and browning throughout, one double-page plate in volume 3 detached, pages uncut, a little worming to lower blank margins of final leaves (Chapter X to end) of volume 3 and worm-tracing to top blank inner margin of portrait frontispiece to volume 4, bookplates and ownership signatures to each volume, contemporary quarter sheep over marbled boards, rubbed, spines worn, folio (550 x 390mm)Qty: (4)Footnote: Blackmer 1617; Cicognara 2713; Fowler 340; Harris 857. Provenance: Denham James Joseph Cookes (1777-1829), rector of Stanford and vicar of Clifton-on-Terne, Worcestershire (bookplates); Margaret Graves (signatures, 1806); Donald Struan Robertson FBA (1885-1961), classical scholar and Regius Professor of Greek at the University of Cambridge (inscriptions by Giles Robertson); Professor Giles Henry Robertson FRSE RSA (Hon) (1913-1987), art historian and expert on the Italian Renaissance (bookplates); Caroline Robertson and Jeremy Gould (gift inscriptions by Giles Robertson). An uncut, first edition of the first accurate survey of the classical buildings of Athens and one of the most important architectural books of the century. Stuart was responsible for the measured drawings and Revett for the topographical views. A fifth supplementary volume was published in 1840.

Cary (John). Cary's Traveller's Companion, or a Delineation of the Turnpike Roads of England and Wales..., 3rd edition, 1st. Jany. 1791, calligraphic title, advertisement and contents list, 44 engraved maps with contemporary outline colouring, including one folding (Yorkshire), maps printed back-to-back, index and publisher's advertisement bound at rear, later endpapers, near-contemporary ownership signature to the front pastedown, later bookplate of Thomas Hitchcock, contemporary calf with a gilt-decorated spine, re-backed but retaining original spine, bumped with slight wear to extremities, 8vo, together with Leigh (Samuel). Leigh's New Atlas of England & Wales [1820], decorative title, 55 uncoloured engraved maps by Sidney Hall, each with an ink library stamp to the verso, bound with the 'New Pocket Road Book' with a folding map of England & Wales with contemporary outline colouring bound at rear, modern endpapers, with usual library stamps and annotations, foredge with additional ink library stamp, modern cloth 'library binding', 12mo, with Philip (George & Son). Philip's New Plan of London, 1889, colour printed lithographic folding map, laid on linen, 505 x 755 mm, bound with 14 pages of descriptive text, publisher's cloth boards with decorative printed label to the upper cover, slight wear, binding size 170 x 115 mmQty: (3)Footnote: The first described item, Chubb CCLXXV. The second item is Chubb CCCLXXIV.

Craddock (Harry). The Savoy Cocktail Book, 1st edition, Constable & Co., 1930, colour illustrations by Gilbert Rumbold throughout, the Barcardi cocktail recipe tipped in opposite page 24, authors signed presentation copy with inscription for Arthur Strange dated December 1930 to dedication leaf recto and signed to verso below, "Here's how", a little marginal spotting and browning especially to first and last leaves, original cloth-backed pictorial boards in silver, green, grey and black, heavily rubbed, a little frayed at spine ends, 8voQty: (1)

Clarke (Charles). Architectura Ecclesiastica Londini; or Graphical Survey of the Cathedral, Collegiate and Parochial Churches, in London, Southwark, and Westminster, with the adjoining Parishes, 1st edition, second issue, 1820, large paper copy, 123 engraved plates after John Coney and others, some light toning and spotting mostly to initial leaves, armorial bookplate of Charles E.H. Chadwyck Healey of Lincoln's Inn to upper pastedown, top edge gilt, contemporary half morocco, extremities rubbed, large folio, (53.7 x 37cm), together with 2 others, Archer (John Wykeham), Vestiges of Old London, 1851 and Remembrances of the Great Exhibition, in a series of views..., London: Read & Co., [1851?]Qty: (3)Footnote: The first edition of Clarke's Architectura was published in 1819.

Toklas (Alice B.). The Alice B. Toklas Cook Book, 1st edition, Michael Joseph, 1954, black & white illustrations after Francis Rose, half-title browned, foremargins of pages 15-18 a little chipped, contemporary cream buckram with gilt-titled leather label to spine, a few minor marks, 8voQty: (1)Footnote: Provenance: From the library of John Arlott (1914-1991), English journalist, author, cricket commentator, poet and wine connoisseur. Alice Babette Toklas (1877-1967) was the life partner of the American writer Gertrude Stein. Including anecdotes about their numerous well-known friends the recipes celebrate their time in Paris. This English first edition includes the infamous recipe for 'Hashish Fudge' (from the Surrealist artist Brian Gysin) and which Toklas suggests 'anyone could whip up on a rainy day ... it might provide entertaining refreshment for a Ladies' Bridge Club' (p. 259). The recipe was removed from the American and later editions.

Dryden (John). Plutarch's Lives, in six volumes: translated from the Greek, 6 volumes, Dublin: printed J. Williams, 1769, black & white engraved frontispiece to volume 1, bookplates to all front endpapers, gutters cracked, some light marginal toning, contemporary uniform gilt decorated full calf, boards & spines slightly rubbed with minor loss to head & foot, 8vo, together with; Falconar (Magnus), A Synopsis of A Course of Lectures on Anatomy and Surgery, London: 1777, ex-library copy, bookplates to the front pastedown, later endpapers, loss to the margin of the title page with additional blind & ink stamps, some light marks & toning throughout, later plum half morocco, boards & spine rubbed, 8vo, plus Johnstone (James), Lodbrokar-Quida; or The Death-Song of Lodbroc; now first correctly printed from various manuscripts,..., printed for the author, 1782, later endpapers, title page heavily toned, water marked throughout to the spine margins, later endpapers, later green quarter morocco to marbled boards, spine faded, small 8vo, and other 18th & 19th-century literature, including A General History of Quadrupeds, by Thomas Bewick, 3rd edition, Newcastle Upon Tyne: printed by S. Hodgson, R. Beilby, & T. Bewick, 1792, 8vo, all in leather bindings, some French language, overall condition is generally good/very good, 8vo/4to Approximately 125 volumesQty: (5 shelves )

Borchgrevink (Carsten). First on the Antarctic Continent, 1st edition, London: George Newnes, 1901, frontispiece, 16 plates, many illustrations in text, 3 folding maps to rear, 32pp. publisher's catalogue, ownership inscription to half-title & title, some spotting to preliminaries, original publisher's cloth, top edge gilt, spine extremities bumped, boards faintly marked, 8voQty: (1)Footnote: Rosove 45.A1a; Spence 152; Taurus 24 Using dogs for the first time on the Antarctic continent, Borchgrevink achieved the furthest south record.