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John le Carre, a collection of modern first editions etc, including 'The Mission Song', 2007, paperback, signed to title page, worn, 'Smiley's People', Hodder, 1980, 1st edition, original cloth, dust wrapper (some wear, creases/closed tears top edge), plus another copy of same title, 1980, 2nd impression in dust wrapper, 'A Perfect Spy', H & S, 1986, 1st in wrapper, 'The Tailor of Panama', H & S, 1996, 1st in wrapper, 'Absolute Friends', H & S, 2004, 1st in wrapper, 'The Mission Song', H & S, 2006, 1st in wrapper, 'A Most Wanted Man', H & S, 2008, 1st in wrapper, plus 3 others (12)

'Memoirs of My Youth', by Alexander Atkinson, 'One of the First Pupils of the Edinburgh Deaf and Dumb Institution', Newcastle, J.W. Swanston, 1865, 1st edition, frontis, xii,324pp, original blindstamped cloth gilt. An important work in the history of Deaf studies/culture, possibly the first in depth Deaf autobiography

C.A. Campling: 'The Log of "The Stranger." A Cruise on The Broads of Norfolk', Beccles, 1871, 1st edition, Author's signed and inscribed presentation copy, "Mr Robert Norman with C.A. Campling's Compliments May 31/1873", original blindstamped cloth gilt, the first book to deal solely with a cruise on The Broads, scarce, not on Copac; J.F. Mostyn Clarke: 'Three weeks in Norfolk : being a portion of the "Rover's" log', London, Wyman, 1887, 1st edition, 9 full page black and white plates as called for, original blind stamped cloth gilt. Attractively illustrated tale of a Broads boating trip by the writer and his artist friend starting from Yarmouth, on the yacht Rover, skippered by a local whose conduct left much to be desired, with several pages devoted to the altercations leading to the visitors' abandonment of him. Very scarce (2)

Eleven modern first editions, comprising Colin Thubron: 'Mirror to Damascus', London, Heinemann, 1967, 1st edition, original cloth gilt, dust wrapper; Rex Stout: 'The Broken Vase', Collins Crime Club, 1942, 1st edition, original cloth, dust wrapper (worn); Aldous Huxley: 'The Genius and the Goddess', London, Chatto & Windus, 1955, 1st edition, original cloth, dust wrapper, 'Ian Fleming Introduces Jamaica', New York, Hawthorn Books, 1965, 1st edition, original cloth gilt, dust wrapper (VGC/VGC); Philip Roth: 'Portnoy's Complaint', London, Jonathan Cape, 1969, 1st UK edition, original cloth gilt, dust wrapper, Roth's fourth and most controversial novel, plus 6 others (11)

A collection of nine titles by and relating to the English experimental novelist and poet B.S. Johnson, including 'Aren't You Rather Young to be Writing Your Memoirs?', Hutchinson, 1973, 1st edition, signed & inscribed to his close friend Barry Cole, Poet, "B.S. Johnson for Barry who might one day feign to fill his name in B.S. Johnson - 10/10/73", the date barely a month before Johnson took his own life, original card wraps, dust wrapper, 'Travelling People', Constable, 1963, 1st edition, stated as Barry Cole's copy to title page, original cloth gilt, dust wrapper (with part loss), 'You Always Remember the First Time', Quartet, 1975, 1st edition, ownership signature of Barry Cole to FFEP, plus his signed bookplate loosely inserted, original cloth, dust wrapper, plus Eva Figes, 2 titles: 'Konek Landing', Faber, 1969, 1st edition, ownership signature of B.S. Johnson to FFEP, original cloth, dust wrapper, 'B', Faber, 1972, 1st edition, signed in pencil by B.S. Johnson to FFEP and with his annotations in pencil, further signed in initials by Barry Cole and with note in his hand to FFEP, original cloth, dust wrapper, 'The Making of Verse', 1950, reprint, signed "Bryan Johnson 15/10/1953" to FFEP, 'An Anthology of Invective and Abuse', 1930, 2nd impression, Bryan Johnson ownership sig. in pencil to FFEP, 'B.S. Johnson Omnibus', 2004 paperback, signed and inscribed "For Barry & Rita [Cole] with love from Virginia [wife of B.S. Johnson] to FFEP, 1st collected edition, Jonathan Coe: 'Like a Fiery Elephant the Story of B.S. Johnson', 2004, 1st edition, signed and inscribed by author to Barry Cole (9)

Richard Bachman [i.e. Stephen King]: 'Roadwork', New York, Signet, 1981, 1st edition, stated "First Printing, March, 1981", with complete number line down to 1, original pictorial card wraps. King's third novel published under the pseudonym Richard Bachman, a psychological thriller, his ninth novel overall. Very scarce

Book: To Kill A Mockingbird by Harper Lee, 1960 First Edition, printed by The Windmill Press

Diecast: A collection of four boxed diecast London Transport Museum sets to comprise: STL Bus Set 9, London Country GS & RF Bus Set 13, Bus Set 6 and Cobham Bus Museum London Bus Preservation Trust, Exclusive First Edition. (4)

Greene (Graham) The Man Within, first American edition, original cloth, spine ends and corners a little rubbed and bumped, dust-jacket, very slight toning to spine, spine ends and corners a little chipped, light creasing to head, a few surface chips to upper fore-edge and lower joint, but an excellent example overall, 8vo, Garden City, 1929.

Polar.- Shackleton (Ernest H.) The Heart of the Antarctic, 2 vol., first edition, half-titles, frontispieces,plates, 12 colour, illustrations, 3 folding maps and folding chart in pocket at end, previous owner's ink signature to half-titles, errata tipped-in (vol. 2), contemporary newspaper clipping loosely inserted, occasional faint spotting, original decorative cloth, lightly sunned and bumped spine ends, dust-jacket, areas of loss to spine extremities and flaps, all expertly restored and repaired, a little rubbed, 8vo, 1909.⁂ Scarce in dust-jackets.

[Boursault (Edmé)] Deceptio visus: or Seeing and believing are tvvo things. A pleasant Spanish history, faithfully translated, first edition in English, initial blank, woodcut head-pieces and decorative initials, 4 advertisement ff. at end, sig D minor worm trace to lower margins, some spotting, a few small ink stains to margins of advertisement ff., lightly browned, new endpapers, later tree calf, rebacked in similar, burgundy leather label to spine, [Wing B3859A], 8vo, Printed for Iohn Starkey at the Mitre in Fleet-street near Temple-Bar, 1671.⁂ Rare at auction, with the last copy we can trace being sold in 1977. A translation of Ne pas croire ce qu'on voit, 1670, based on 'Spanish plots', in this case deriving from the works of Pedro Calderón de la Barca.

(Kafka (Franz) Die Verwandlung [Metamorphosis], first edition in book form, staining to a few leaves, text block broken, original pictorial wrappers printed in red and black, uncut, a little rubbed and soiled, rebacked preserving most of slightly frayed spine, a few neat repairs to edges and split fold of rear wrapper, lower joint broken, new red endpapers, 8vo, Leipzig, Kurt Wolff, 1916 [but 1915].⁂ One of the most important and influential novellas of the 20th century, which first appeared in Die Weissen Blättern in 1915. Die Verwandlung was one of the few works by Kafka published within his own lifetime. Kafka took a close interest in Ottomar Starke's illustration for the cover, specifying that "The insect itself must not be illustrated by a drawing. It cannot be shown at all, not even from a distance."

Alfred the Great.- Spelman (Sir John) Aelfredi Magni Anglorum Regis invictissimi vita..., first edition, title with engraved vignette, 2 engraved portraits and 5 plates of coins, contemporary speckled calf, slightly rubbed, rebacked, spine rubbed, [Madan III, 3197; Wing S4394], folio, Oxford, Sheldonian Theatre, 1678.⁂ Title records the fiction that Alfred the Great founded Oxford University.

Maritime.- Naval Chronicle (The), 20 vol. only (of 40), mixed edition but a complete run, numerous engraved and aquatint plates, portraits, charts, plans etc., bookplates to pastedown, occasional browning or damp-staining, first 4 vol. uniform contemporary calf with red and black morocco spine labels (rubbed, some spine labels detached), vol.5-20 in original boards, worn, spines defective, many covers detached or working loose, [Sabin 52076], 8vo, 1799-1808; sold as periodical and not subject to return. ⁂ Vol.1-4 first edition, others early reprints. Provenance: Bookplates of J. W. Lavender, solicitor and owner of Dresden House, Evesham.

Rowling (J.K.) Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets, first edition, first printing, light marginal browning, ink gift inscription to endpaper, original pictorial boards, slight shelf-lean, light bumping to spine ends, dust-jacket, very slight fading to spine, rubbing to corner tips, light creasing to head and foot, but an excellent example overall, 8vo, 1998.

Dahl (Roald) The Wonderful Story of Henry Sugar, first edition, signed and inscribed by author, original cloth, fractional bumping to spine extremities, dust-jacket, slight creasing to extremities, else an excellent copy, 8vo, 1977.⁂ The inscription reads, "The owner of this book will have a lucky year. Love Roald Dahl."

Dictionaries & Grammars.- Bayle (Pierre) An Historical and Critical Dictionary, 4 parts in 2 vol., first edition in English, half-titles, engraved title vignettes, woodcut initials, woodcut and engraved head- and tail-pieces, part 4 lacking title and half-title, vol. 2 with occasional light marginal damp-staining, contemporary calf, 19th century reback and recornering, [PMM 155b (French edition)], folio, for C. Harper et al., 1710.⁂ "For over half a century, until the publication of the Encyclopedie, Bayle's Dictionaire dominated enlightened thinking in every part of Europe" - PMM.

Mineralogy & Gemstones.- Boodt (Anselmus Boetius de) Gemmarum et Lapidum Historia, third edition, 2 folding letterpress tables, woodcut illustrations in text, final f. blank, A5-&7 neat short tear at foot, within text, but without loss, Leiden, Joannes Maire, 1647 bound with, as often Laet (Johannes de) De gemmis et lapidibus libri duo, woodcut illustrations in text, Leiden, Joannes Maire, 1647, together 2 works in 1 vol., titles with woodcut printers device, woodcut head-pieces and decorative initials, occasional spotting and light staining, new endpapers, contemporary calf, rebacked, gilt spine in compartments and with black leather label, 8vo⁂ De Boodt, a physician from Bruges, 'made the first attempt at a systematic description of minerals, dividing the minerals into great and small, rare and common, hard and soft, combustible and incombustible, transparent and opaque...There are also tables of values of diamonds according to their size and a short description of the polishing of precious stones.' (DSB).

Charity for the prostitutes of London.- Dodd (William) An Account of the Rise, Progress, and present State of the Magdalen Charity, first edition, engraved frontispiece of a penitent prostitute with crude contemporary hand-colouring, with the final f. of accounts, light offsetting, onto title, occasional light browning, early ink inscriptions to endpaper and title, Marine Society bookplate to endpaper, contemporary calf, gilt, rebacked, retaining original morocco label, [Kress 9705; Roscoe A125], 8vo, W. Faden, 1761.⁂ Scarce first edition of this account of the charity founded by Charles Dingley along with Jonas Hanway and 5 others dedicated to the redemption of the prostitutes of London.

Grahame (Kenneth) The Wind in the Willows, first edition, frontispiece by Graham Robertson, half-title, "presentation copy" ink stamp to title, endpapers lightly browned, original pictorial cloth, gilt, t.e.g., others uncut, corners very lightly bumped but in essence a remarkably bright and near-fine copy, custom-made morocco-backed slip-case, lightly marked, 8vo, 1908.⁂ Rare in this bright condition.

Astronomy.- Fromondus (Libertus) Meteorologicorum libri sex, first edition, title with large engraved printer's device, woodcut decorative initials and tail-pieces, colophon f. with woodcut printer's device verso, final f. blank, occasional spotting or light staining, lightly browned throughout, new endpapers, later calf, spine in compartments and with later gilt and a red leather label, rubbed, small 4to, Antwerp, Plantin, 1627.⁂ The first edition is rare at auction.

NO RESERVE Law.- Rymer (Thomas) Foedera... acta publica, inter reges angliae, 19 vol. only (of 20, lacking vol. 20), second edition, license leaf before first title, engraved plates, occasional light foxing or browning, contemporary reverse calf, splitting to joints, chipping and surface wear to spines, corners bumped, folio, J. Tonson, 1727-32; sold not subject to return.

Forster (E.M.) Howards End, first edition, Edith Nesbit's copy with her ink ownership inscription "E. Nesbit Bland, November 1 1910" to endpaper, presentation copy with ink stamp to title, 12pp. advertisements at rear, pencil correction and a few marks to margins, some light marginal soiling, browning to endpapers, original cloth, spine faded and with small internal tear, spine ends and corners bumped and frayed, splitting and old glue repair to lower joint, extremities rubbed, [Kirkpatrick A4a], 8vo, 1910.⁂ An excellent association copy. Forster first met Nesbit at her house in 1909. Nesbit had contacted the author after reading and admiring A Room with a View and wrote to invite him for lunch and to discuss his work. The two authors became friends and Forster would make regular appearances at Nesbit's gatherings of writers, artists and intellectuals. It seems likely that this copy was sent to Nesbit at Forster's request.

Wilson (Jacqueline) The Story of Tracy Beaker, first edition, signed by the author with 2 annotations, additionally signed by the illustrator with 2 original illustrations and numerous annotations throughout, illustrations by Nick Sharratt, original boards, slight bumping to spine ends and corners, some light marking to covers, dust-jacket, light sunning to spine, spine ends and corners chipped, a few short tears to head and foot, 8vo, 1991.⁂ A charming copy with extensive annotations and comments by Sharratt who prior to this commission had never previously illustrated a children's book. His expressive style and in particular the vibrant dust-jackets would become an integral part of the hugely successful Tracy Beaker series, both in books and on television. Provenance: House of Illustration, First Editions: Redrawn sale, Sotheby's, 8th December 2014, lot 34.

Welbeck Academy.- Collection (A) of Letters and Poems: Written by several Persons of Honour and Learning, Upon divers Important Subjects, to the late Duke and Dutchess of Newcastle, first edition, title within double-rule border with woodcut device, woodcut initial and headpiece, some occasional light marginal foxing, contemporary calf, some rubbing to extremities, [Wing C5146], folio, for Langly Curtis, 1678.⁂ Scarce. With contributions by the writers and poets associated with William Cavendish, 1st Duke of Newcastle-upon-Tyne's circle at Welbeck Abbey. Including letters by Thomas Hobbes and Sir Kenelm Digby and poems by George Etherege, Thomas Shadwell and others.

Mathematics.- Keill (John) Introductio ad veram physicam seu lectiones physicae, quibus accedunt Chr. Hugenii theoremata de vi centrifuga et motu circulari demonstrata, first edition, numerous diagrams, slightly browned, contemporary calf-backed boards, 8vo, Oxford, Sheldonian Theatre, 1702.⁂ Teaching Newton's principles. "Judging from the published version of his [Keill's] lectures (Introductio ad veram physicam, Oxford, 1701), many of his demonstrations were mathematical rather than experimental, being based on 'thought experiments' (imagined experiments) rather than real manipulations." - Oxford DNB.

Law.- Higden (William) A View of the English Constitution, third edition, lacking final errata f., contemporary panelled calf, upper cover detached, first few ff. loose, for S. Keble, 1710 § The Dying Speeches and Behaviour of the several state prisoners..., 1p. advertisement, contemporary panelled calf, rebacked and recornered in 19th century morocco, later endpapers, [Goldsmiths' 5916], for J. Brotherton, 1720; and 17 others, law, 8vo (19)

Greene (Graham) The Name of Action, first edition, some light spotting to endpapers, original cloth, light creasing to spine ends, first issue dust-jacket with 7/6 to spine and review of The Man Within to lower panel, light browning to spine, neat repairs and restorations to head and foot, some internal splitting to upper fore-edge, but in effect an excellent example preserved in custom drop-back box, 8vo, 1930.⁂ Greene's second novel, the first of two works the author later repudiated and was therefore never republished. Scarce in the dust-jacket.

Greene (Graham) Ways of Escape, first edition, number 18 of 20 specially-bound copies signed by the author from an edition limited to 150, tissue-guard, first issue brown morocco, gilt, slip-case, 8vo, [Toronto], Lester & Orpen Dennys, 1980.⁂ The rare first issue of the second volume of Greene's autobiography, the Canadian edition preceded both the English and American editions. Originally envisaged as having all 150 in the same brown binding, the production was undertaken in a somewhat haphazard manner and only 20 copies were ultimately bound as intended before the sheets were passed on to a bookseller for selling (see next lot).

Gibbon (Edward) Mémoires de Gibbon, suivis de quelques ouvrages posthumes et de quelques lettres du même auteur, [translated by J. E. T. Marignié], 2 vol., first edition in French, half-titles, charming silhouette portrait frontispiece of Gibbon taking snuff, advertisement f. at end of vol.2, portrait offsetting on to title, vol.1 short marginal tear to A4, vol.2 Dd1 piece missing from lower blank corner, offsetting from 2 silk markers, occasional spotting or mostly light foxing, lightly browned in places, contemporary calf-backed blue decorative boards, spines gilt, labels removed from foot of spines, corners little worn, rubbed, [Rochedieu p.123], 8vo, Paris, Chez le Directeur de la Décade philosophique, An Ve [1797].⁂ Rare first edition in French of the Miscellaneous Works of Edward Gibbon, 1796. With much on the French Revolution, along with remarks on the war in America, and figures including Voltaire, Necker, Hume, Swift, Locke, Diderot and d'Alembert.

China.- Gonzalez de Mendoza (Juan) Nova et succincta, vera tamen historia de amplissimo, potentissimoque, nostro quidem orbi hactenus incognito, sed perpaucis abhinc annis explorato Regno China, translated from the German by Marc Henning, first edition in Latin, title in red and black, woodcut head-piece and decorative initials, woodcut Chinese characters, final 2 ff. blank, title soiled, water-stained, some other staining, lightly browned throughout, 20th century vellum, [Adams G-870; Cordier Sinica I, 14-15; Lust 27; Palau 105516; Sabin 27781], 8vo, Frankfurt, [?S. Feyerabend], [1589, the date at end of Praefatio reads M.D.XIC.].⁂ First Latin edition of one of the earliest works on China, and one of the earliest European books to contain Chinese characters. It also contains an itinerary of the New World and the discovery of Mexico, translated by Luc de la Porte from the writings of Father Margin Ignacio, which details his travels to Mexico, the Canaries, Santa Domingo, Jamaica, Cuba, and Puerto Rico.

Greene (Graham) Rumour at Nightfall, first American edition, upper hinge cracked, original cloth, spine slightly dulled, dust-jacket priced at $2.50, light sunning to spine, spine ends and corners chipped, minor chipping and light creasing to head and foot, rubbing to extremities, a very good copy overall, preserved in custom lidded box, 8vo, Garden City, NY, 1932.⁂ Rare in the dust-jacket, we can trace no other like example at auction.

Greene (Graham) Ways of Escape, first edition, number 103 of 150 copies signed by the author, second issue green cloth, slip-case, 1980; and 4 other editions of the same including the first English in both binding states, 8vo (5)

Beckford (William) An Arabian Tale, From an Unpublished Manuscript: With Notes Critical and Explanatory, first edition, errata f., lacking final blank f., occasional foxing, attractive modern antique-style calf, spine gilt with black morocco label, [Rothschild 352], 8vo, for J. Johnson, 1786.⁂ Rare first edition of Beckford's influential gothic tale. This translation into English was prepared by Samuel Henley and published against Beckford's expressed wishes.

Greene (Graham) The Ministry of Fear, first American edition, original cloth, dust-jacket, spine slightly dulled, spine ends and corners a little chipped and creased, small central hole to spine, some creasing and light fraying to foot of panels, extremities rubbed, light marking and surface soiling to lower panel, 8vo, New York, 1943.

Charles I.- Balcanquhall (Walter) A Large Declaration concerning the late Tumults in Scotland, from the first Originals... by the King, first edition, engraved frontispiece portrait, some occasional light marginal soiling, but a very good, clean copy generally, contemporary calf, joints rubbed, [STC 21906], folio, Robert Young, 1639.⁂ Purportedly by Charles I, in fact written for him by Walter Balcanquhall, Dean of Rochester and later of Durham

[Ussher (James, Bishop of Armagh)] The Judgement of the Late Arch-Bishop of Armagh, engraved frontispiece, contemporary calf-backed boards, some light manuscript annotations to first few ff., for John Crook, 1657 § Toland (John) Christianity Not Mysterious: or, a Treatise Shewing there is nothing the Gospel Contrary to Reason, second edition, title in red & black, later calf, rebacked, g.e., 1696 § Tillotson (John) The Rule of Faith, contemporary morocco, spine gilt, joints rubbed, A. Maxwell for Sa, Gellibrand, 1666; and 13 others, similar, v.s. (16)

Forester (C.S.) The African Queen, first American edition, original patterned cloth, slight bumping to spine extremities, dust-jacket, small loss to spine extremities and one or two short tears to folds, all expertly restored and repaired, else an excellent copy, 8vo, Boston, 1935.

Gauden (John) Hiera dakrya [graece], Ecclesiae anglicanae suspiria. The tears, sighs, complaints, and prayers of the Church of England, engraved additional title, letterpress title with engraved device, lacking folding "Tree of the Church" plate, later panelled calf, rebacked in 19th century morocco, by J. G., 1659 § Leti (Gregorio) Il Cardinalismo di Santa Chiesa; or the History of the Cardinals of the Roman Church, first English edition, engraved portrait frontispiece, B3 lower margin strengthened, woodcut headpieces, contemporary calf, cracking to foot of upper joint, 1 corner repaired, [Wing L1330], for J. S., 1670; and 16 others, religion, folio (18)

Planets.- Huygens (Christiaan) Kosmotheoros, sive de terris coelestibus, first edition, title with woodcut printer's device, 5 folding engraved plates (some copies have plate 4 in two states), woodcut head-piece and decorative initials, plates closely trimmed at outer margin, occasional spotting, some light staining or browning, particularly to some upper margins, contemporary mottled calf, richly gilt spine in compartments and with red leather label, joints splitting, but holding firm, corners worn, rubbed, small 4to, The Hague, Adrian Moetjens, 1698.⁂ First edition of Huygen's work on celestial worlds, in which he discusses the possibility of life on other planets, and how the movements of the heavenly bodies must appear to those living there. In the second book he is critical of Descartes.

Bible, Greek.- He Kaine Diatheke, 'Mazarin edition', half-title, fine engraved title by Claude Mellan depicting an angel writing on an obelisk and with title itself inscribed on a scroll carried by three cherubs, imprint in Greek at foot, large engraved cul-de-lampe on verso of penultimate f. with the arms of the King Louis XIII, final f. blank, ruled throughout in red, worm trace and a few small holes to margins in places (including preliminaries), marginal water-staining, mostly to lower corners, occasional spotting, 19th century green half morocco, gilt, spine in compartments richly so, rubbed, [D&M 4687], folio (440 x 300mm.), Paris, Royal Printers, [1642].⁂ A wide-margined copy of the magnificent edition 'known as the 'Mazarin edition', since it appeared under the auspices of the great Cardinal' (D&M). It is the first edition of the Greek New Testament from the Imprimerie Royale, founded by Louis XIII in 1640. It is a substantial reprint, with a few alterations, of the New Testament printed by the Elzeviers in 1624, adding a 30-page appendix of Variae Lectiones. The text was set in Garamond's Greek types, used by the Estienne dynasty of printers, and which subsequently became part of the type holdings of the Imprimerie Royale

Greene (Graham) May We Borrow You Husband? And Other Comedies of the Sexual Life, one of 500 copies signed by the author, original cloth-backed boards, 1967; May We Borrow Your Husband?, first American edition, publisher's printed "Greetings of the Season" slip loosely inserted, publisher's presentation green half morocco, gilt, spine lightly sunned, New York, 1967; Nineteen Stories, original cloth, dust-jacket, light toning and soiling, spine ends and corners a little chipped, 1947; and 4 other editions of the same, 8vo (7)⁂ The second one of an unknown number that were specially-bound by the publisher for Christmas gifts.

Digges (Sir Dudley) The Compleat Ambassador: or Two Treaties of the Intended Marriage of Qu: Elizabeth of Glorious Memory, first edition, engraved additional title depicting Elizabeth flanked by Burleigh and Walsingham (with small hole to upper margin), title printed in red and black, with final blank f., internal tear without loss to B4, occasional damp-staining or light soiling, [WIng D1453], Tho. Newcomb, 1655 bound with Cabala, Sive Scrinia Sacra, Mysteries of State and Government, initial imprimatur f., title printed in red and black, some occasional light soiling, 1 or 2 margins chipped without loss to text, [Wing C185], for G. Bedell and T. Collins, 1663, together 2 works in 1 vol., woodcut initials and head-pieces, contemporary speckled calf, some splitting to spine ends, 1 corner repaired, folio.

Oracles.- Sibyllina Oracula, 3 parts in 1, collation: a8, A-Oo8, Pp4, aa6, bb-ii8, a2, e8, a-g8, h4, text in Greek and Latin, engraved general pictorial title, others parts title with large woodcut printer's device, 12 engraved illustrations in text, woodcut head-pieces and decorative initials, duplicates of 2 earlier ff. bound after title of third part, Pp4 section of outer margin trimmed away, Ff3 small burnhole in text, affecting the odd letter, ii8 small burnhole to upper margin, occasional spotting or light staining, new endpapers, contemporary calf, rebacked, [Adams O208 & O209], Paris, no printer, 1599; and Fontenelle on Oracles, 1686, large 8vo & 12mo (2) ⁂ The first complete edition of this collection of the oracles traditionally attributed to the Sibyls. This bilingual edition was edited by the Heidelberg physician Johannes Obsopaeus (1556-1596), supplementing it with his extensive commentaries.

Greene (Graham) A Gun for Sale, first English edition, occasional spotting, pp.7-10 with lower corner torn away (not affecting text), original cloth, light toning to spine, spine ends and corners a little bumped and frayed, faint rubbing or marking to covers, but very good generally, 8vo, 1936.⁂ One of Greene's scarcest novels. The action of A Gun for Sale in part anticipates that of Brighton Rock as Raven's killing of Kite in the former allows Pinkie to take over the gang at the start of the latter.

Eliot (T.S.) Triumphal March, one of 300 copies, 1931 § Yeats (W. B.) Three Things, 1929 § de la Mare (Walter) News, 1930, limited large-paper editions signed by the authors to limitation page, illustrations, original boards, lightly toned, spines and extremities chipped; and 3 others from the Faber Ariel Poems series signed by the authors, 8vo (5)⁂ A very attractive group of poems, all signed. The first is from an edition of 300, others from an edition of 500.

Greene (Graham) The Comedians, first American edition, author's own copy, specially-bound and presented to him by his American publishers, signed card of Jean-Claude 'Baby Doc' Duvalier loosely inserted, contemporary half morocco, gilt, a little rubbed at spine, 8vo, New York, 1966.⁂ Greene's American publisher presented him with a specially bound copy of each title they published for him. Along with a card signed by the notorious Duvalier whose bloody regime is depicted in the novel and who denounced Greene in a brochure titled "Graham Greene Demasqué".

Greene (Graham) Rumour at Nightfall, first edition, some cracking to gutter but holding firm, original cloth, very light fading to spine, some light marking or soiling, light rubbing to extremities, a bright and excellent copy generally, 1931; and the first American edition of the same, 8vo (2)

Insects.- Moffet (Thomas) Insectorum sive Minimorum Animalium Theatrum, first edition, title with superb woodcut of a skep bee-hive surrounded by other insects, woodcut of skep repeated at end of preliminaries, numerous woodcut illustrations in text, interleaved copy, L5 with short tear to upper margin just touching text, worm hold to last 3 gatherings, more noticeable to final 2 ff., occasional browning, armorial ink stamps to title, contemporary reverse calf with arms in blind to covers, spine chipped at head, folio, [British Bee Books 25; Nissen ZBI 2852; STC 17993], folio, Thomas Cotes...[and] Benjamin Allen, 1634.⁂ Moffet's was "the best work of its kind...it set a new standard of accuracy in the study of the invertebrates" (Garrison-Morton). He was educated at Cambridge and Basel, where he obtained a degree in medicine, travelled widely in Europe before establishing a practice in Ipswich and London and serving as physician to Queen Elizabeth's forces in Normandy in 1591. The first edition has three variant imprints.Provenance: Arms to title and covers speculated by University of Toronto to be those of Thomas Hussey (d.1641), M.P for Grantham or to John More (d.1641), doctor and Fellow of the Royal College of Physicians.

First Protestant Bible in Italian.- Diodati (Giovanni, translator) La Bibbia. Cioè, I Libri Del Vecchio, E Del Nvovo Testamento, first edition, double column, title with large woodcut printer's device, woodcut head- and tail-pieces, cartouches and initials, f. before NT blank, water-stained, causing some damp-spotting in places (occasionally with a light purple hue), some foxing, lightly browned, 20th century half morocco, gilt spine in compartments, [D&M 5598; Lüthi, Bibel in der Schweiz, 58-9; Cartier, de Tournes 731], 4to, [Geneva], [Jean de Tournes], 1607. sold not subject to return. ⁂ Diodati moved from Lucca to Geneva to avoid religious persecution, and succeeded Théodore de Bèze as professor of theology.

Bible commentaries.- Heinsius (Daniel) Sacrarum exercitationum ad Novum Testamentum libri XX, first edition, half-title, title in red and black and with woodcut printer's device, woodcut head- and tail-pieces and decorative initials, final f. blank, occasional spotting or light staining, lightly browned, contemporary calf, spine in compartments and with later gilt and red leather label, head of spine little worn, rubbed, especially at joints, [Willems 481], Leiden, House of Elzevier, 1639 § Le Clerc (Jean) Pentateuchus, sive Mosis prophetae libri quinque, 2 parts in 1, general and sectional titles in red and black and with woodcut ornament, 3 folding engraved maps, short neat tear to first map, occasional spotting and light staining, contemporary panelled calf, richly gilt spine in compartments and with later black leather label, spine ends and corners worn, joints splitting, but holding firm, rubbed, Amsterdam, Henrick Wetsten, 1696; and 5 others, including 3 Grotius NT commentaries, folio (7)

Dictionaries.- Ménage (Gilles) Dictionnaire étymologique ou origines de la langue française, 2 parts in 1, first folio edition, double column, half-titles, engraved head-piece and initial to dedication, woodcut head- and tail-pieces, some foxing and spotting, the former mostly marginal, lightly browned, contemporary speckled calf, richly gilt spine in compartments, joints starting, but holding firm, rubbed, Paris, Jean Anisson, Director of the Royal Printers, 1694 § Nouveau dictionaire du voyageur, 2 parts in 1, double column, engraved frontispiece, some foxing and staining, contemporary speckled calf, spine in compartments and with later gilt and red morocco label, Frankfurt, Widow of Renard Eustache Moeller, 1757; and 6 others, Dictionaries, v.s. (8)

Church of England.- A Week's Preparation Toward a Worthy Receiving of the Lord's Supper..., The forty first edition, engraved frontispiece, leaf of Contents at end, slightly browned, contemporary gilt panelled calf, rebacked in later morocco, gilt, g.e., [this edition not listed in ESTC], 12mo, by Sam Keble, for J. Knapton, R. Knaplock and others, 1724.

Greene (Graham) The Little Horse Bus, first edition, illustrations by Dorothy Craigie, original boards, light bumping to spine ends and corners, dust-jacket, spine ends and corners chipped with neat repairs and restoration, lower panel neatly repaired at head and foot, some neat retouching but in effect and excellent example, 4to, 1952

Gassendi (Pierre) De vita et moribus Epicuri libri octo, first edition, title with woodcut printer's device, engraved portrait of Epicurus, woodcut head- and tail-pieces and decorative initials, water-staining to upper margins, occasional spotting and staining, lightly browned, new endpapers, contemporary speckled calf, rebacked, small 4to, Lyon, Guillaume Barbier, 1647.⁂ One of the most influential works by this French philosopher, astronomer, mathematician and priest. It lays the foundations of his Epicurean atomism.

Thomas Henshaw's copy.- Copenhagen.- Resen (Peder Hansen) Inscriptiones haffnienses, first edition, 5 metal- or wood-engraved folding plates, woodcut illustrations in text, head- and tail-pieces and decorative initials, O1 tear within text, but without loss, X3 lower corner torn with loss of part of catchword, Hhh2 ?printer's ink smudging, occasional spotting and light staining, lightly browned, later vellum, flat gilt spine in compartments and with black stamped lyre motifs, spine creased and little worn at foot, lacking label, lightly soiled and marked, small 4to, Copenhagen, Henrik Gode & Daniel Paulli, 1668.⁂ A collection of inscriptions from Copenhagen's official palaces and buildings, with much on the astronomer Tycho Brahe and his island observatory, including a plate depicting his 'Great Globe'. Provenance: 'Ex libris Tho. Henshaw, Empt. Hafniae Junii 3d, 1672' (ink inscription to front free endpaper). In 1672 Henshaw travelled to Copenhagen with Charles Stewart, 3rd Duke of Richmond and ambassador extraordinary to the Danish court, during which stay he purchased the present volume.

Spanish plays.- Teatro poético : repartido en veinte y un entremeses nuevos, first edition, water-stained, spotting, lightly browned, contemporary limp vellum, lacking ties, 8vo, Zaragoza, For Juan de Ibar, 1658.⁂ A rare compendium of plays from the Spanish Golden Age, which we are told on the title were selected from the best of Spain. WorldCat records only four copies, none of which in the UK.

Lamb (Charles & Mary).- [Thelwell (John)] The poetical recreations of the Champion, and his literary correspondents : with a selection of essays, literary & critical, which have appeared in the Champion Newspaper, first edition, with 5pp. of autograph notes by the author (2 ff. bound in at start and 1p. to verso of title), lacking half-title, 2 ms. ff. frayed at lower corners with some loss and repairs, stained, printed text with some spotting and light staining, later half calf over contemporary marbled boards, boards scuffed, 8vo, Printed at the Champion Press ... by and for J. Thelwall, 1822.⁂ The notes concern the structure of language and oration. The work contains 12 pieces by Charles Lamb and one by Mary. Provenance: Denis Florence McCarthy (1817-1882) Irish poet, translator and biographer (his note to front free endpaper regarding the volume).

[Comines (Philippe de)] An Epitome of all the Lives of the Kings of France, translated out of the French Copy by R. B., first edition in English, engraved additional title, woodcut portrait, some occasional light browning, contemporary limp vellum, spine gilt, some light soiling, [STC 11273], 8vo, by I. Okes, 1639.⁂ A scarce work, possibly translated by Richard Brathwait.

Icelandic sagas.- Resen (Peder Hansen) Edda Islandorum an. Chr. M.CC.XV Islandice conscripta per Snorronem Sturlae, 3 parts in 1, first edition, woodcut initials and tail-pieces, 2 errata ff. at end for all parts, occasional spotting, lightly browned, contemporary vellum, spine with later gilt, black stamped floral motifs and a black morocco label, lightly soiled, small 4to, Copenhagen, Henrik Göde, 1665.⁂ Rare editio princeps of the great Icelandic sagas of Edda (Snorre-Edda), Volupsa and Havamal. Volupsa tells the story of the visit of Odin to the oracle and her account of the origins of the world and Ragnarok, or Twilight of the Gods. Havamal again concerns Odin and is largely social and didactic in content. Snorri's Edda includes the rules of poetry and quotes from the Skaldic poems. Provenance: 'Emptus Hafnia 3 dios Aug: 1672. pret 1 Talleri Imp:' (ink inscription to front free endpaper).