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[Brontë (Anne)] "Acton Bell". The Tenant of Wildfell Hall, third edition, ink ownership inscription to title, lacking half-title and single page advertisement at rear, occasional light finger soiling, lower hinge starting, contemporary half calf, rubbed, 1854 § Melmoth (William) The Works of Homer, 40 plates, 1 folding map, light offsetting, occasional spotting, contemporary half calf, rebacked, corners worn, [1780] § Shaw (Bernard) The Intelligent Woman's Guide to Socialism and Capitalism, first edition, original pictorial cloth, joints and extremities lightly scuffed, t.e.g., 1928; and c.105 others, mainly C18th-20th, v.s. (c.110)

NO RESERVE Palmer (William), "The Rugeley Poisoner".- Illustrated Life, Career, and Trial of William Palmer of Rugeley, wood-engraved portrait, double-page facsimile of Palmer's diary entry featuring his victim Cook's death, illustrations, 1856 § Illustrated and Unabridged Edition of The Times Report of the Trial of William Palmer, for Poisoning John Parsons Cook, at Rugeley, large folding wood-engraved frontispiece of the courtroom (tear to inner edge), wood-engraved title-vignette and illustrations, 1856, together 2 works in 1 vol., title of the first browned, some soiling, original cloth, rubbed and marked § [Paltock (Robert)] The Life and Adventures of Peter Wilkins, a Cornish Man...By R.S. a Passenger in the Hector, 2 vol. in 1, 5 engraved plates, ink signature to title, plates browned, contemporary roan-backed boards, rubbed, 1816; and another, 8vo et infra (3)⁂ William Palmer (1824-56) or the "Rugeley Poisoner" was a doctor, racehorse owner and gambler who was convicted and hanged for poisoning his friend John Parsons Cook, after Cook's horse had won a race at Shrewsbury in 1856, rather than Palmer's. Some thirty thousand spectators watched him hang at Stafford Gaol at 8am on 14 June 1856. Charles Dickens called him, "The greatest villain that ever stood in the Old Bailey".The second item is a novel of 1750 inspired by both Robinson Crusoe and Gulliver's Travels concerning a man shipwrecked on an island who encounters a race of flying people.

Churchill (Winston S.) My African Journey, [2 copies] first edition, 61 black and white photographic illustrations, 3 maps, some foxing, including to title, original pictorial cloth, upper cover very lightly soiled, spine slight sunned, 1908; A History of the English-Speaking Peoples, "Chartwell edition", first printing, half-titles, black and white plates and illustrations, presentation inscriptions to front endpapers, foxing to endpapers and half-titles, original cloth, gilt spines with red morocco labels, lightly scuffed, 1956-58; and 2 others by or related to Churchill, 8vo (5)

NO RESERVE Lewis (Wyndham) Blasting and Bombardiering, frontispiece and plates, original cloth, light wear to corners, dust-jacket, darkened, spine ends and corners chipped and creased, rubbing to extremities, 1937 § Hersey (John) The Wall, original cloth, dust-jacket by Barnett Freedman, chipping and creasing to head and foot, extremities rubbed, 1950 § Moore (George) Aphrodite in Aulis, limited edition signed by the author, original boards, gilt, slip-case (rather marked and worn), 1930, first or first English editions; and a large quantity of others, modern literature, v.s. (12 boxes)

NO RESERVE Lang (Andrew, editor) The Orange Fairy Book, first edition, plates and illustrations by H.J.Ford, 8 colour, endpapers lightly spotted, ink inscription to front pastedown, original pictorial orange cloth, g.e., a little rubbed and soiled, slight cockling to upper cover, spine faded, 8vo, 1906.

NO RESERVE Milne (A. A.) Now We Are Six, first edition, half-title, illustrations by E. H. Shepard, pictorial endpapers spotted, half-title lightly browned, occasional spotting and finger-marking, original pictorial cloth, gilt, spine faded, lightly soiled, rubbed, 8vo, 1927.

Wild (Robert) Iter Boreale. With large Additions of several other Poems..., first complete edition, variant with 120pp. text and 4pp. Table, lacking initial and final blanks, text browned, ?title supplied from another copy, cropped affecting pagination, a few minor marginal tears, later half calf, worn, upper cover detached, [Wing W2136a], for the Booksellers in London, 1668 § Cowley (Abraham)The Works, first collected edition, engraved portrait by W.Faithorne trimmed close to plate-mark at fore-edge, woodcut device on title, contemporary panelled calf, a little worn, [Wing C6649], by J.M. for Henry Herringman, 1668; and 5 others, v.s. (7)⁂ The title poem of the first celebrates the Restoration. The work includes 'The recantation of a penitent Proteus' and 'The fair quarrel', each with separate dated title page.

NO RESERVE Brock (Charles E.).- Hood (Thomas) Humorous Poems, Macmillan & Co.,1893 § Farnol (Jeffery) The Amateur Gentleman, 1916 § Goldsmith (Oliver) The Vicar of Wakefield, 1904 § Mitford (Mary Russell) Our Village, 1904 § Manning (Anne) The Household of Sir Thomas More, 1906 § Chesterton (G.K.) The Coloured Lands, first edition, illustrations by the author, some colour, original cloth-backed boards, 1938, all but the last with plates or illustrations by Charles E.Brock, some colour, some foxing, original pictorial or decorated cloth, gilt, a little rubbed, the first with slight wear to spine ends, the fourth with faint staining to upper cover, the last three J.M.Dent & Co.; and c.15 others, mostly illustrated by C.E. or H.M.Brock, 8vo (c.20)

Meteorology.- Bohun (Ralph) A Discourse Concerning the Origine and Properties of Wind. With an Historicall Account of Hurricanes, and other Tempestuous Winds, first edition, with initial blank but for "A" within 2 rows of ornaments, blank [pi]2 (misbound before initial blank) and final leaf but lacking blank [pi]7 following Contents and also 4pp. Preface, 3 engraved illustrations in text including one full-page of tornado, modern calf ruled in blind, roan label, spine slightly faded, [Madan III 2881; Sabin 6146; Wing B3463], 8vo, by W. Hall for Tho. Bowman, 1671; sold not subject to return⁂ One of the earliest works on winds in English. In compiling the text, Bohun gathered information from sea-captains and other travellers; it Includes references to the West Indies, Virginia, Florida and Guiana.

Africa.- Livingstone (David) Missionary Travels and Researches in South Africa, first edition, folding wood engraved frontispiece (with light spotting) and 23 plates, 1 folding table, 1 folding map only (of two), black and white illustrations, occasional light spotting, upper hinge cracked, lower starting, staining from earlier tape restoration, original cloth, spine gilt, spine head defective, foot a little worn, 1857 § Park (Mungo) The Journal of a Mission to the Interior of Africa, folding map, bookplate to upper pastedown, spotting, paper restoration to front endpaper, upper hinge broken, lower weak, original half calf, book plate to upper cover, worn, uncut, 1815 § Burton (Isabel) The Life of Captain Sir Richard Burton, black and white plates, book label to front pastedown, occasional spotting, hinges cracked, original pictorial cloth, some staining, small tears to joints, spine head and foot rubbed, 1898; and 36 others travel and topography, v.s. (39)

Burnet (Gilbert) Some Passages of the Life and Death of...John, Earl of Rochester, first edition, third issue, engraved portrait, lacking initial and final blanks but with 4 advertisement leaves at end, a little browned, some pencil markings and annotations, old calf, rubbed, rebacked, [Wing B5922], for Richard Chiswell, 1680 § Brown (Thomas) The Works..., 4 vol., fourth edition, 1715; The Remains..., first edition, 1720, together 5 vol., titles in red & black, engraved frontispieces and plates, some browning, contemporary calf (vol.1-4 panelled), for Sam.Briscoe § [Dunton (John)] Athenian Sport: or, Two Thousand Paradoxes Merrily Argued, To Amuse and Divert the Age, first edition, lacking half-title, modern half calf, B. Bragg, 1707 § [Hill (Aaron) & Marshall Smith, editors.] The British Apollo, third edition, engraved frontispiece, modern calf-backed boards, for John Isted...and Richard King, 1718, rubbed; and c.30 others, literature etc., 8vo et infra; sold not subject to return (c.35)

NO RESERVE Middle East.- Marigny (François Augier, l'Abbé de) Histoire des Arabes sous le gouvernement des califes, 4 vol., first edition, titles with woodcut ornament, woodcut head- and tail-pieces and decorative initials, lacking half-titles, a few short marginal tears and a hole, occasional spotting and light staining, lightly browned, engraved armorial bookplates of Robert, Earl of Holderness, modern bookplates of J. Perdios, contemporary speckled calf, gilt spines in compartments and with red and black leather labels, joints starting, but holding firm, spine ends and corners worn, rubbed, Paris, Widow Estienne & Son [& others], 1750; and 2 others, Saladin, 1758 (lacking maps), 12mo (6)

Rosetta Stone.- Silvestre de Sacy (Antoine Isaac, Baron de) Lettre au Citoyen Chaptal, Ministre de l'Interieur . . . au sujet de l'inscription Égyptienne du monument trouvé a Rosette, first edition, 2 engraved plates, of which 1 folding, Paris, Printers of the Republic, 1802 bound with Akerblad (Johan David) Lettre sur l'inscription egyptienne de Rosette, adressee au citoyen Silvestre de Sacy, professeur de langue arabe a l'ecole speciale des langues orientales vivantes, first edition, half-title, 2 folding engraved plates, Paris, Printers of the Republic, 1802, together 2 works in 1 vol., occasional spotting, lightly browned, contemporary mottled calf, gilt, spine ends chipped, lower joint splitting, but holding firm, corners worn, rubbed, 8vo⁂ One of the first attempts to decipher the hieroglyphics on the Rosetta Stone after its discovery in 1799. The author identified a few proper names, 'Alexandria' and 'Arsinoe', but had largely to admit failure. His work was taken up by his student Akerblad, who managed to identify all proper names in the demotic text within two months. He could also make out words like 'Greek', 'temple' and 'Egyptian'. However, he wrongly believed the demotic hieroglyphs to be entirely alphabetic. Both works are rare in commerce.

Derby.- Hutton (William) The History of Derby, first edition, folding engraved frontispiece 'East Prospect of Derby', folding engraved plan and 17 plates, errata/advertisement leaf, extra-illustrated with c.60 additional prints and drawings, mostly engraved but including a few watercolours, one or two folding, some portraits, some bound in, others trimmed and mounted on blank leaves, occasional spotting, contemporary sheep-backed boards, worn, broken and loose, 8vo, J.Nichols, 1791.⁂ The additional items include a folding engraved pictorial perspective map of Derbyshire north from London by G.Bickham, 1753, 3 watercolour views of a man and a donkey sliding down a rope from a church tower as described in the text (pp.245-250), an etching and a watercolour version of Patrick O'Brien the Irish Giant, and an engraving and a watercolour of Thomas Topham the Strong Man.

England.- Fuller (Thomas) The History of the Worthies of England, first edition, engraved portrait frontispiece, lacking A1, E4 & K4 (blanks), rust stain in shape of key (v3), one or two tiny rust holes affecting odd letter, occasional faint spotting, bookplates, later morocco, gilt, g.e., slight rubbing to spine extremities, [Wing F2440], folio, by J.G.W.L. and W.G., 1662.⁂ Without the 18th century index, which is frequently found bound at the end of this work.

England.- Stockdale (John) Annales Caermoelenses: or Annales of Cartmel, first edition, engraved frontispiece, half-title, previous owner's ink inscription, scattered spotting, original cloth,. gilt, sunned spine, chipping to corners and spine extremities, Ulverston, William Kitchin, 1872 § Garnett (Frank W.) Westmorland Agriculture 1800-1900, pencil inscription and signature by author, frontispiece, plates and illustrations, maps, scattered spotting, previous owner's signature to front pastedown, original boards, a little rubbed, slight bumping to spine extremities, Kendal, Titus Wilson, 1912 § Atkinson (George) The Worthies of Westmorland, 2 vol., frontispiece, scattered spotting, near contemporary calf by Riviere, gilt, slight bumping to spine extremities, 1851 § Pearsall (W. H.) & W. Pennington, The New Naturalist. The Lake District, first edition, plates, occasional marginal pencil marks, original cloth, dust-jacket, 1973; and others similar, v.s. (22)

Aesop & others. Fables...with Morals and Reflexions. Part I, edited by Sir Roger L'Estrange, fourth edition, lacking engraved portrait but with plate of Aesop surrounded by animals (torn & trimmed, mounted on blank leaf and loosely inserted), for R.Sare [& others], 1704; Fables and Storyes Moralized. Being a Second Part of the Fables of Aesop, edited by Sir Roger L'Estrange, first edition, with the final advertisement leaf, browned, [Wing L1247], for R.Sare, 1699, together 2 works in 1 vol., contemporary panelled calf, worn, upper cover detached, folio

Kent.- Harris (John) The History of Kent. In five Parts ..., first edition, engraved portrait frontispiece, trimmed and laid down, 41 engraved plates, all but 3 double-page, 3 with tears and neat repairs, several trimmed to plate mark, 3 double-page maps and 1 large folding double-page map, title trimmed with loss to one rule border, list of subscribers, previous owner's ink signature to title, occasional water-staining and spotting, occasional marginal notes and underlining, front free endpaper detached, contemporary calf, neat repair to spine foot, a little rubbed. folio, D. Midwinter, 1719.

Kent.- Philipott (Thomas) Villare Cantianum: or Kent Surveyed and Illustrated, first edition, large folding double-page map hand-coloured in outline, engraved illustrations, corrections inserted by hand, one or two ink annotations in various hands, bookplate, manuscript notes loosely inserted, Z1 with small hole affecting odd letter, contemporary calf, gilt, a little rubbed, [Wing P1989], small folio, by William Godbid, 1659.

Lake District.- Green (William) Forty Etchings from Nature, Old Buildings situate in the Mountainous District of the North of England, first edition, 40 etched plates, proof impressions, some minor foxing and soiling, original paper title label from wrapper pasted to front free endpaper, later green half morocco, gilt, small paint mark to lower cover, oblong folio, n.p., [c.1820].⁂ Rare suite of plates, mostly of cottages and houses in the Lake District. Only one copy traced at auction, which mentioned an advertisement leaf, not present here.

Lake District.- Walker (Adam) Remarks made in a Tour from London to the Lakes of Westmoreland and Cumberland, first edition, lacking half-title, contemporary calf, gilt, a little rubbed, upper joint cracking, 1792 § Briggs (John) Poems, on various subjects, first edition, half-title, list of subscribers at end, 2ff. working loose, contemporary half calf, spine a little rubbed and faded, Ulverston, Printed for the author by J. Soulby, 1818; and 4 others related, 8vo and 12mo (6)

Lake District.- Wordsworth (William) A Description of the Scenery of the Lakes in the North of England, fourth edition, folding engraved map frontispiece (foxed), contemporary half calf, joints cracked, extremities worn, 1823 § Leigh (Samuel) Leigh's Guide to the Lakes, Mountains, and Waterfalls of Cumberland, Westmorland & Lancashire, fourth edition, folding engraved map with outline hand-colouring, a little browned at some folds and with one tear, 4 hand-coloured engraved maps, original cloth, soiled, 1843 § Green (William) A Description of Sixty Studies from Nature, text guide only, foxed, contemporary half calf, foot of spine worn, rubbed, Printed for the author, 1810 § Briggs (John) The Remains of..., first edition, half-title, list of subscribers at end (including Wordsworth and Southey, contemporary half calf, rubbed, Kirkby Lonsdale, 1825; Letters from the Lakes, first separate edition, half-title, later buckram, sunned and spine faded, Kirkby Lonsdale, 1825, 8vo and 12mo (5)

Browne (Sir Thomas) Posthumous Works, engraved portrait, 22 engraved plates, some folding, with an additional later engraved view of Norwich bound as frontispiece, lightly browned, later bookplate of John M.Cameron, contemporary calf, rebacked with gilt spine, for E. Curll, 1712 § Asser (John) Annales rerum gestarum Aelfredi magni..., edited by Francis Wise, first edition, engraved portrait, title-vignette, head-pieces and folding plate, presentation copy from Nathaniel Bliss (later Astronomer Royal) to Martin Ffolkes (astronomer and President of the Royal Society) inscribed on front pastedown and with Bliss's signature to title, with later note of acquisition (Sotheby's Sale of the Wyndham library 1872 lot 67) and notes on front free endpaper, contemporary panelled calf, worn and slightly wormed, Oxford, 1722 § Brand (John) Observations on Popular Antiquities, first edition, engraved title-vignette, errata leaf at end, foxed, contemporary half calf, Newcastle upon Tyne, 1777 § Hindmarsh (Robert) A Key to the Spiritual Signification of Numbers in the Holy Word..., first edition, contemporary half russia, spine gilt, Manchester, 1820, all rubbed; and 8 others, v.s. (12)

Lake District.- [West (Thomas)] A Guide to the Lakes, in Cumberland, Westmorland, and Lancashire, third edition, half-title, engraved frontispiece, folding map and 4 additional folding maps bound in, head of title and margin of maps inscribed "Lord Borwick", advertisement leaf at end, contemporary tree calf, spine gilt, 1784; another edition, fifth edition. engraved frontispiece, folding map and one plate, uncut in original boards, printed spine a little rubbed and cracked, 1793; another edition, sixth edition, half-title, folding engraved map, 2 engraved plates and 16 aquatint plates, some light offsetting, contemporary tree calf, gilt, head of spine nicked, 1796 § Hutchinson (W.) An Excursion to the Lakes, first edition, 19 folding engraved plates, a few with tears at folds, some foxing and soiling, contemporary calf, rebacked, corners repaired, 1776; and 3 others similar, 8vo (7)

London.- Ackermann (Rudolph) The History of the Abbey Church of St. Peter's Westminster, 2 vol., first edition, half-titles, 81 hand-coloured aquatint plates including additional vignette title, engraved plan and portrait, list of subscribers, occasional spotting and faint off-setting, later straight-grain morocco by Roger de Coverly, neat ?repair to lower joint (vol. 2 only), gilt, a.e.g., small stain to lower boards, folio, for R. Ackermann, 1812.

NO RESERVE London.- Shepherd (Thomas Hosmer) London and its Environs in the Nineteenth Century, first edition, engraved title and 80 plates, lacking text pp.71-116, 1829; Metropolitan Improvements; or London in the Nineteenth Century, additional engraved title and 80 plates, title, plate and engraved title detached and loosely inserted, lacking majority of text, faint water-staining, 1829, previous owner's ink inscriptions, original labels pasted to front pastedowns, occasional spotting, later cloth, rubbed, chipping and small loss to spines, 4to; sold not subject to return (2)

Rutland.- Wright (James) The History and Antiquities of the County of Rutland, first edition, engraved double-page map, engraved and woodcut illustrations, title in red and black, odd word scored out by a previous owner, O4 with small rust hole affecting odd letter, P3 with short tear at inner margin not affecting text, scattered finger soiling, new endpapers, contemporary calf, spine ends and upper joints neatly repaired, a little rubbed, [Wing W3696], folio, for Bennet Griffin, 1684.

Walpole (Robert, 1st Earl of Orford) A Report from the Committee of Secrecy...relating to the late Negotiations of Peace and Commerce, initial imprimatur leaf, contemporary ink inscription "Francis Boycott of Drs. Commons London 1715" to title, modern half calf, slightly rubbed, Jacob Tonson [& others], 1715 § Macky (Spring) Memoirs of the Secret Services of John Macky Esq, first edition, with final blank, bookplate of Edward Montagu Stuart Granville, Earl of Wharncliffe, contemporary calf with gilt arms to upper cover, rubbed and scuffed, rebacked with gilt spine, 1733; and 5 pamphlets, v.s. (7)⁂ The first item concerns the Treaty of Utrecht of 1713 which ended the War of the Spanish Succession and Walpole, a Whig, was appointed chairman of a secret committee to investigate the Tory negotiations leading to the treaty. John Macky of the second item was a Scottish spy who informed British authorities of the intended invasion of James II in 1692.

Fishing.- Walton (Izaak) The Compleat Angler, 'out of series' copy from an edition of 350, portrait frontispiece and additional title, engraved illustrations, previous owner's inscription, near contemporary morocco-backed boards, Chiswick, The Caradoc Press, 1905 § Ronalds (Alfred) The Fly-Fisher's Entomology, hand-coloured frontispiece and 19 hand-coloured plates, scattered very faint spotting, previous owner's ink signature to half-title, bookplates, original cloth, rebacked, rubbed, slight bumping to corners and extremities, 1868 § Grey (Zane) Tales of the Angler's Eldorado New Zealand, first English edition, frontispiece, plates and illustrations, scattered faint spotting, pictorial endpapers, original blue cloth, gilt, slight bumping to corners and spine extremities, dust-jacket, chipping to corners and extremities, a little rubbed, 1926; and others, all on angling, 8vo (6)

Millais (John Guille) British Deer and their Horns, first edition, frontispiece, 10 plates, tissue-guards, illustrations, many full-page, scattered faint spotting, bookplate, later half-morocco retaining original pictorial upper cover, folio, 1897.

Salzmann (C. G.) Gymnastics for Youth: or a Practical Guide to Healthful and Amusing Exercises, first English edition, folding engraved frontispiece and 9 engraved plates, scattered spotting, previous owner's ink signature to title, contemporary calf, slight rubbing to spine extremities, 8vo, 1800.

Wine.- Sellers (Charles) Oporto, Old and New, photogravure portrait frontispiece, illustrations, bookplate of Simon Richard Smallwood to pastedown, endpapers browned, original cloth, spine ends and corners a little bumped, a little rubbed, 4to, 1899.⁂ A rare first edition of Sellers' historical record of the port wine trade, reflecting upon British commercial enterprise in the north of Portugal. From the collection of Simon Richard Smallwood. Smallwood became a Master of Wine in 1970, the self-proclaimed first to hold an Australian passport. He served as wine adviser for Woolley & Wallis, auctioneers in Salisbury, and lectured on the history of wine shipping.

Wine.- Simon (André L.) The History of the Wine Trade in England, vol. 1 only (of 3), signed presentation inscription from the author to front free endpaper, endpapers and title a little browned, some cracking to gutter, spine ends and corners bumped, 1906; The Noble Grapes and the Great Wines of France, plates, dust-jacket, price clipped, 1957 § González Gordon (Manuel) Jerez-Xerez Scheris, limited edition signed by the author, illustrations, light spotting to endpapers, the odd short tear to margin, 1948, all with bookplate of Simon Richard Smallwood to pastedowns, original cloth or boards, lightly rubbed; and c.40 others, wine related, v.s. (c.40)⁂ Simon Richard Smallwood became a Master of Wine in 1970, the self-proclaimed first to hold an Australian passport. He served as wine adviser for Woolley & Wallis, auctioneers in Salisbury, and lectured on the history of wine shipping.

Wrestling.- Litt (W.) Wrestliana; or, An Historical Account of Ancient and Modern Wrestling, first edition, lightly browned, modern mottled half calf over marbled boards, t.e.g., others uncut, 12mo, Whitehaven, 1823.

Birds.- Alpheraky (Sergius) The Geese of Europe and Asia, first edition, half-title, chromolithographed frontispiece and 24 plates, occasional spotting, bookplate, original cloth, slight bumping to corners and extremities, 1905 § Baker (E. C. Stuart) The Indian Ducks and their allies, first edition, additional illustrated title, 30 colour plates, scattered faint spotting, previous owner's ink inscription, contemporary half-morocco, gilt, lightly sunned spine, slight bumping to corners and spine extremities, 1908; and another, on ducks, 4to & 8vo (3)

NO RESERVE Birds.- Meinertzhagen (Colonel R.) Nicoll's Birds of Egypt, 2 vol., first edition, portrait frontispiece, 3 folding colour maps, 31 colour plates, 6 photogravures, illustrations, one or two marginal notes, scattered faint spotting, strengthened joints, original cloth, gilt, slight bumping to corners and spine extremities, 4to, 1930.

[Swift (Jonathan)], "Simon Wagstaff". A Complete Collection of Genteel and Ingenious Conversation, According to the Most Polite Mode and Method Now Used at Court, and in the Best Companies of England. In Three Dialogues..., first edition, first issue with Neptune head-piece and catchword "of" on p.i, lacking initial advertisement leaf, woodcut head- & tail-pieces and initials, lightly browned, contemporary calf, gilt, rubbed, corners worn, rebacked with gilt spine, new endpapers, [Teerink 761], 8vo, [Samuel Richardson] for B.Motte and C.Bathurst, 1738.⁂ A satire on conventional conversation.

Birds.- Morris (Beverley R.) British Game Birds and Wildfowl, first edition, 60 hand-coloured plates, 1 becoming loose, tissue-guards, scattered faint spotting, contemporary half-morocco, a little rubbed, 4to, 1855.

Birds.- Thorburn (Archibald) Game Birds and Wild-Fowl of Great Britain and Ireland, first edition, 30 colour plates, tissue-guards, spotting, bookplate, later half-morocco, folio, 1923.

Botany.- Burbidge (F. W.) The Narcissus: its History and Culture, first edition, 48 hand-coloured lithographs, tissue-guards, scattered faint spotting, original pictorial cloth, sunned spine, chipping to spine extremities, small split to upper joint but holding firm, a little rubbed, [Nissen 297], 8vo, 1875.

Botany.- Dykes (William Rickatson) The Genus Iris, first edition, half-title, 48 colour plates, illustrations, spotting, previous owner's ink inscription to title, bookplate, original morocco-backed boards, a little rubbed, slight bumping to corners and spine extremities, folio, Cambridge, 1913.⁂ Provenance: bookplate of Vincent Cartwright Vickers, Governor of the Bank of England between 1910 and 1919.

Botany.- Sweet (Robert) Cistineæ. The Natural Order of Cistus, or Rock-Rose, first edition, 112 hand-coloured plates, tissue-guards, scattered faint spotting, original cloth, gilt, fractional bumping to corners and spine extremities, [Nissen 1922], 8vo, 1825-30.

Fielding (Henry) Amelia, 4 vol., first edition, with final blank in vol.1 and the 'Universal-Register Office' leaf at end of vol. 2 (both often lacking), occasional light browning or water-staining, a few leaves in vol.2 becoming loose, contemporary calf, gilt, a little rubbed and marked, corners and spine ends worn, some joints split, [Rothschild 853], 12mo, for A. Millar, 1752.⁂ The author's final novel. It is regarded as the first novel of social protest, concerning issues such as poverty and prisons, and was an influence on Dickens.

Gardens.- Amherst (Hon. Alicia) A History of Gardening in England, second edition, 1896 § Jekyll (Gertrude) Children and Gardens, 1908 § Maxwell (Sir Herbert) Scottish Gardens..., 1908 § Blunt (Wilfrid) In for a Penny: A Prospect of Kew Gardens..., 1978 § Le Rougetel (Hazel) The Chelsea Gardener: Philip Miller 1691-1771, 1990 § Thompson (Ian) The Sun King's Garden, 2006, plates and illustrations, some colour, original cloth or boards, the first pictorial gilt, the first three rubbed, the last three with dust-jackets, the last nicked at lower outer corner; and 3 others on garden history and design, 8vo & 4to (9)⁂ The first is the first scholarly account of the history of gardening and contains an extensive bibliography.

NO RESERVE Gardens.- Plant-Hunting.- Cox (E.H.M.) Plant-Hunting in China, 1945 § Goodspeed (T.Harper) Plant Hunters in the Andes, [c.1940] § Coats (Alice M.) The Quest for Plants: A History of the Horticultural Explorers, 1969 § Fisher (John) The Origins of Garden Plants, 1982 § Veitchii (James H.) Hortus Veitchii: A History, limited edition facsimile reprint, Exeter, 2006, all but the last first editions, illustrations, original cloth or boards, the second pictorial gilt (a little rubbed), the rest with dust-jackets (the first with faded spine), 8vo (5)

Gardens.- Paul (William) The Rose Garden. in two divisions, 15 hand-coloured lithograph plates, tissue-guards, illustrations, list of subscribers, occasional spotting, previous owner's ink signature, original cloth, gilt, sunned spine, bumping to corners and extremities, 1848 § Latham (Charles) The Gardens of Italy, first edition, 2 vol., frontispieces and plates, original pictorial cloth, gilt, slight bumping to spine extremities, 1905; and 3 others similar, 8vo & folio (5)

Gardens.- Wilson (Ernest H.) China: Mother of Gardens, 1929; America's Greatest Garden: The Arnold Arboretum, 1925; If I Were to Make a Garden, 1931; Aristocrats of the Garden, third edition, 1926; More Aristocrats of the Garden, 1928; The Lilies of Eastern Asia, 1925, all but the fourth first editions, plates, original cloth, the first with dust-jacket (a little frayed at edges), slightly rubbed, all but the last Boston; and a poor mixed set of A Naturalist in Western China, 2 vol., 8vo (8)

NO RESERVE Gilpin (William) Remarks on Forest Scenery, and other Woodland Views, 2 vol., first edition, 31 plates and 1 double-page map, occasional faint off-setting, bookplates, contemporary half-morocco, a little rubbed, lightly sunned spine, slight bumping to spine extremities, 8vo, 1791.

NO RESERVE Herbal.- Salmon (William) Botanologia. The English herbal: or, History of plants, first edition, engraved additional pictorial title by K.Cyrus after K.Solomon, printed title in red and black, numerous woodcut illustrations, 28 pp. only (of 44) of indices (as often without the 'Index morborum'), stained, heavily so at start (?oil), some spotting, lightly browned, 19th century half morocco, rebacked, preserving original backstrip in compartments, corners worn, rubbed, [Henrey 1308; Hunt 426], folio, Printed by I. Dawks, for H. Rhodes, 1710. sold not subject to return.

Lake Disctrict.- Robinson (Thomas) An Essay towards a Natural History of Westmorland and Cumberland, 2 parts in 1, first edition, advertisement leaf at end, some light browning and marginal water-staining, ink inscription of Edward Conduitt at head of title, contemporary panelled calf, rebacked, corners repaired, 8vo, Printed by J. L. for W. Freeman, 1709.⁂ Part 1 largely covers minerals, rocks, metals and mines.⁂

Agriculture.- [Young (Arthur)] A Six Weeks Tour, through the Southern Counties of England and Wales, first edition, half-title, woodcut illustrations, contemporary ink inscription "Jo Woodgate's Library" to front pastedown and later inscription to front free endpaper, contemporary calf, a little worn, [PMM 214], 1768 § Barral (J.-A.) Manuel du Drainage des Terres Arables, first edition, plates and illustrations, some folding, some foxing, contemporary morocco-backed cloth, spine faded, upper joint cracked, Paris, [1854], 8vo & 12mo (2)⁂ The first is Young's account of the first of several tours observing agriculture and rural social conditions.

Wade (Walter) Salices or an Essay towards a General history of Sallows, Willows, & Osiers, first edition, colour folding frontispieces, scattered faint spotting, unopened, original boards, a little rubbed, bumping to corners and spine extremities, Dublin, 1811 § Heath (Francis George) The Fern Portfolio, plates, scattered faint spotting, previous owner's ink signature to title, original decorative cloth, gilt, slight bumping to corners and extremities, 1885 § Lowe (J. R.) A Natural History of British Grasses, colour frontispiece, plates, scattered spotting, modern green morocco, gilt, original cloth to front pastedown, original spine loosely inserted, lightly sunned spine, 1891, 8vo & folio (3)

NO RESERVE Food.- Fordyce (George) A treatise on the digestion of food, second edition, errata f., upper blank corner of title and small piece if a1 torn away, D3 short tear at head, just within text, without loss, Printed for J. Johnson, 1791 bound with Fordyce (George) Elements of agriculture and vegetation, 2 parts in 1, including appendix, second edition, 3 engraved plates, lacking first f. of appendix and final advertisement f., title repaired, final f. frayed and torn without loss of text, Printed for J. Johnson, 1771, together 2 works in 1 vol., Aberdeen Medical School ink stamps and inscriptions, some spotting and staining, a few short tears, bookplate of John Yudkin, modern calf, gilt spine in compartments and with red leather label, spine faded; and a defective Parmentier, 8vo (2) sold not subject to return.

Geology.- Glocker (Ernst Friedrich) Grundriss der Mineralogie, mit Einschluss der Geognosie und Petrefactenkunde, first edition, 8 engraved plates at end, occasional spotting and staining (title included), contemporary calf-backed marbled boards, spine gilt, joints splitting, but holding firm, head of spine bumped, corners worn, rubbed, Nuremberg, Johann Leonhard Schrag, 1839; and a first edition of Frankenheim on Crystallography, 1835, 8vo (2)

Medicine.- Dionis (Pierre) A General Treatise of Midwifery, first English edition, 3 engraved plates, previous owner's ink signature to title, scattered spotting, occasional marginal soiling, contemporary calf, a little rubbed, slight bumping to corners and extremities, 8vo, 1719.

Medicine.- Surgery.- Bell (Benjamin) Cours complet de Chirurgie théorique et pratique, 6 vol., first edition in French, half-title to vol.1 and 5 only, 99 engraved plates, spotted, some offsetting and staining, lightly browned, 19th century roan-backed marbled boards, spines gilt, including name 'A. Verneuil', spine ends chipped, rubbed, [G&M 5579 (first edition) 'his best work'; Heirs of Hippocrates 672; Wellcome II, 135], Paris, Théophile Barrois the younger, 1796; and a second edition of Samuel Sharp on surgery, 1750, 8vo (7)⁂ 'The clarity and precision with which it was written provided a model for later nineteenth century surgical works' (Heirs of Hippocrates).

Midwifery.- Mauquest de La Motte (Guillaume) A general treatise of midwifry: illustrated with upwards of four hundred curious observations and reflexions concerning that art, translated by Thomas Tomkyns, first edition in English, some spotting or mostly light foxing, occasional staining, contemporary calf, gilt, rebacked, preserving original backstrip in compartments, corners restored, rubbed and scuffed, [G&M 6150; Wellcome III, p.439], Printed for James Waugh, at the Turk's Head, in Gracechurch-Street, 1746; and another 18th century French Midwifery, 8vo (2)⁂ 'an important treatise in its time: it shows that Mauquest de la Motte applied podalic version to head preservation' (G&M). This English translation was prepared at the suggestion of William Smellie.

Architecture.- [Briseux (Charles-Etienne)] Architecture moderne ou L'art de bien batir pour toutes sortes de personnes tant pour les maisons des particuliers que pour les palais, 2 vol., first edition, engraved frontispiece to vol.1, additional double-page decorative title to vol.2 and 150 plates, of which 144 in vol.2, sometimes 2 or 3 to a single sheet, woodcut head-pieces and decorative initials, approbation f., p.38 short tear at head, without loss, water-staining at head, mostly marginal, spotting or mostly light foxing, occasional staining, lightly browned, bookplates of Bibliothèque Demondesir, contemporary mottled calf, gilt spines in compartments and with double leather labels, some gilt restored, rubbed, [Fowler 67; Millard French Books, 40], 4to, Paris, Claude Jombert, 1728 [additional title of vol.2 dated 1729]. ⁂ 'In contrast to earlier works on the architectural theory, which were mainly concerned with theoretical discussions of the orders and related problems of proportioning or ornamentation, this treatise is concerned only with material related to practical problems of planning and construction' (Millard).

Architecture.- Bullet (Pierre) L'Architecture pratique qui comprend le detail du toise & des devis des ouvrages de massonerie, charpenterie, new edition, engraved frontispiece and 13 plates, of which 4 folding, 2 folding tables, woodcut diagrams, approbation f. at end, occasional spotting and light staining, contemporary mottled calf, richly gilt spine in compartments, 1 upper corner bumped, [Berlin Kat. 2542; cf. Fowler 72 and Cicognara 456 (first edition)], a good copy, 8vo, Paris, Jean-Thomas Hérissant, 1762.

Architecture.- Derand (François) L'Architecture des Voutes ou L'Art des Traits et Coupe des Voutes, first edition, title in red and black and with engraved vignette, full-page diagramatic illustrations, that opposite p.126 the cancel, privilege f. at end, lacking p.425/426, supplied in neat early ink ms., a few marginal repairs, that to lower corner of 3D2 with loss of a word, supplied in ink ms., marginal worming at head to pp. in region of 340-360, spotting and staining (including occasional ink), lightly browned, 19th century half dark green half calf over marbled boards, spine gilt, upper cover with triangular leather label 'Teyssonnieres Salvi', lower corners and edges worn, rubbed, [Berlin Kat 2539; Cicognara 490; Fowler 101], folio, Paris, Sébastien Cramoisy, 1643. sold not subject to return.