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Charles I.- Sanderson (Sir William) A Compleat History of the Life and Raigne of King Charles, first edition, engraved portrait of Charles I only (lacking the portrait of Sanderson), slightly foxed and browned, contemporary speckled calf gilt with gilt cipher of Charles II on each cover, cyphers and edges a little rubbed, corners bumped, rebacked in 19th century calf, gilt morocco label, head of spine chipped and working loose, [Wing S646], folio, Humphrey Moseley, Richard Tomlins, and George Sawbridge, 1658.

Hanway (Jonas) Reflections, essays and meditations on life and religion... The customs of foreign nations in regard to Harlots. The lawless commerce of the Sexes. The repentance of Prostitutes. And The great humanity and beneficence of the Madgalane Charity, 2 vol., first edition, engraved frontispieces, plate to vol. 2, occasional light spotting or soiling, pagination and collation somewhat erratic but seemingly complete, modern calf, for John Rivington, 1761 § Pugh (John) Remarkable Occurrences in the life of Jonas Hanway, first edition, engraved folding map, offsetting onto title, modern calf, J. Davies, 1787; and 5 others, naval, 8vo & folio (8)

Virgilius Maro (Publius) Opera, edited by John Ogilby, engraved frontispiece, title printed in red and black, engraved portrait of the editor by Faithorne after Lilly, engraved headpieces and initials, 100 full-page engraved plates and illustrations by Faithorne, Hollar, Lombart and others, P4 with repaired tear running into text, a few other short repaired tears to margins, marginal strengthening or repair to a few plates, occasional light foxing or toning, later russia, gilt, upper cover detached, spine chipped at foot, g.e., [Wing V601], folio, Thomas Roycroft, 1663.⁂ The first edition of the Ogilby edition. As often with Ogilby editions, the plate count appears to vary.

Ovid. Ovids Festivalls, or Romane Calendar, first English edition, translated into English verse equinumerally by John Gower, title in red and black with woodcut device, with the final imprimatur leaf, lacking initial blank, top margins trimmed with a few headline shaved, 2 tiny rust-holes affecting odd letter (C3 & H8), modern red morocco by J. & E. Bumpus, gilt, a.e.g., very slight rubbing to joints, [STC 18948.5; Pforzheimer 782], 8vo, [Cambridge], Roger Daniel, 1640.

Bible (Latin) Textus Biblie, collation: a-z8 A-C8 D4 E-L8, title in red and black within elaborate woodcut historiated border, 3ff. Canones evangeliorum also printed in red and black, half-page woodcut of King Solomon on r1 verso, full-page woodcut of the nativity and numerous other smaller woodcut illustrations and initials, lacking final blank, water-staining, quite heavy at beginning and end, some repairs, mostly marginal, but affecting some ruled borders, small holes to first c.20ff., slightly affecting text, later vellum, worn, rebacked and repaired, folio (341 x 239mm.), Lyons, Jean Crespin, 1527.⁂ First edition of this attractively illustrated Bible printed by Crespin.Literature: Not in Adams or Darlow & Moule.

Greene (Graham) The Confidential Agent, first American edition, light browning to endpapers, original cloth, light vertical crease to spine, slight darkening to head and foot, dust-jacket, light toning to spine, spine ends and corners a little chipped and creased, light surface soiling to panels, light rubbing to extremities, an excellent example overall, 8vo, New York, 1939.

Vico (Enea) Le imagini delle donne auguste intagliate in istampa di rame... libro primo, collation: a-c B-Z Aa-Dd4, first edition, second issue (with Roman numerals to illustrations), fine engraved pictorial title and full-page illustrations, woodcut historiated initials, final f. with woodcut printer's device verso, otherwise blank, some mostly marginal water-staining, occasional spotting or marking, lightly browned, later blind-stamped vellum, covers with arabesque centre-pieces within 2 sets of filet borders, spine in compartments and with later gilt and a black morocco label, little bowed, small 4to (220 x 162mm.), Venice, Enea Vico & Vincenzo Valgrisi, 1557.⁂ Provenance: J. Charisy (17th century ink signature to foot of title). Literature: Adams V633; Mortimer, Italian, 532; EDIT 16 CNCE 54071.

Greene (Graham) The Little Train, modern half calf, Max Parrish, 1957; The Little Train, first American edition, original cloth, dust-jacket, chips and tears to head and foot, tape repair to upper panel, New York, 1958; The Little Steamroller, first American edition, ink ownership inscription, original boards, rubbing to spine tips and corners, dust-jacket, price-clipped, a few neat repairs and restorations to head and foot, in effect and excellent example, New York, 1955; and 3 others, Arizzone editions of the same, v.s. (6)

Antiquities.- Rings.- Gorlaeus (Abraham) Dactyliotheca, seu annulorum sigillarium quorum apud priscos tam Graecos quam Romanos usus, first edition, engraved architectural title, portrait and 138 plates, water-stained, some spotting, lightly browned, contemporary vellum, spine with later gilt, stamped black floral motifs and a green morocco label, some staining, [Sinkankas 2740], small 4to, [?Delft, see end of dedication], no printer, [1601].⁂ The first edition is rare at auction. The author's own collection of Greek and Roman intaglio rings and gemstones, which was sold following his death to Henry, Prince of Wales in 1609.

Rowling (J.K.) The Harry Potter Gift Set, 2 vol., comprising Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone, fourth printing, 1997; Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets, seventh printing, 1998, first editions, both signed by the author on dedication and title respectively, original pictorial boards, slight shelf lean, light bumping to spine ends and corners, dust-jackets, very slight fading to spines, light creasing to head and foot, otherwise near-fine, in original pictorial card slip-case (some slight rubbing and bumping to extremities), 8vo.⁂ The first collected edition of these two works, released just prior to the publication of The Prisoner of Azkaban. Scarce signed.

Libraries for all.- Gilles-Gibert (Judge) Projet d'éducation et d'instruction sociales, first edition, foxed, original yellow printed wrappers (the upper wrapper forming the title), green silk ties, lightly stained and creased, 4to, Soissons, Gilles-Gibert printers, 1843.⁂ Rare, with WorldCat recording only one copy (BnF). The author proposes a scheme to establish libraries in all schools, villages, military barracks and prisons. He notes that a committee has been formed to consider the means of achieving these aims. A number of letters of support from politicians and officials from many parts of France are printed at the end. Loosely inserted are a 2pp. A.L.s. from the author presenting the work to the politician, diplomat and historian Baron Amable Guillaume Barante, in which he asks for his support, and a printed broadside in French, dated 1844 announcing the establishment of a similar scheme in Bavaria.

Dictionary.- [Davies (John)] Antiquae linguae Britannicae... dictionarium duplex, first edition, device on title, royal coat of arms on verso, as usual without the leaf of commendatory verses at end of preliminary leaves, title soiled, 2P2 small piece of corner torn away, 2V4 to end small wormhole in margins, slightly browned, contemporary calf, slightly rubbed, corners bumped, rebacked in later calf, gilt, extensively rubbed, [STC 6347], folio, Joan Davies, 1632.⁂ "Davies's Welsh grammar in Latin, Antiquae linguae Britannicae ... rudimenta appeared in 1621. In 1632 he published a Welsh-Latin dictionary, Antiquae linguae Britannicae ... dictionarium duplex. Davies wrote the Welsh-Latin section of the dictionary himself, and used Thomas Wiliems's work for the Latin-Welsh sections, abridged and revised. His dictionary was subsequently used and cited as an authority in the English dictionaries of Thomas Blount (1656) and Edward Philips (1658), and Dr Johnson had a copy of the Dictionarium duplex in his library." - Oxford DNB.

Greene (Graham) Our Man in Havana, uncorrected proof copy, "Laurence Pollinger Ltd." ink stamp to head of half-title, light creasing to a few pp, original printed wrappers, spine a little creased and toned, ink inscription and light soiling to covers, creasing and chipping to extremities, 1958; Our Man in Havana, first edition, light marginal browning, original cloth, light fading to spine, dust-jacket, spine a little darkened, spine ends and corners rubbed and creased, otherwise excellent, 1958; and the first American edition of the same, 8vo (3)⁂ Both versions of the text of Greene's blackly comic espionage novel. The proof is rare and contains notable differences to the text as well as the setting.

Brady (Robert) A Complete History of England, from the first Entrance of the Romans..., first edition, initial imprimatur f., engraved portrait frontispiece, [Wing B4186], Tho. Newcomb for Samuel Lowndes, 1685; A Continuation of the Complete History of England, additional engraved title, [Wing B4187A], by Edward Jones for Samuel Lowndes, 1700, titles in black & red, occasional light foxing or finger-soiling, uniform contemporary mottled calf, rebacked and recornered; and 4 others, comprising the first 3 volumes of the Universal History, 1736, folio (6)

Greene (Graham) The Heart of the Matter, first edition, light browning to spine, original cloth spine ends and corners a little bumped, dust-jacket, very slight fading to spine, spine ends and corners chipped and creased, rubbing to extremities, tape-staining to verso at head, a very good, bright copy generally, 1948; The Heart of the Matter, first American edition, one of 750 copies bound for distribution to friends of the Viking Press, original cloth, near-fine, New York, 1948; and the standard first American edition of the same, 8vo (3)⁂ Greene's celebrated novel, set in Sierra Leone, winner of the 1948 James Tait Black Memorial Prize. The spine is often faded but is unusually bright in the present example.

Marrow controversy.- Fisher (Edward) The Marrow of Modern Divinity, first edition, initial leaf of preface by Joseph Caryl, woodcut initials and headpieces, contemporary sheep, some chipped and wear to extremities, [Wing F996], by R. W. for G. Calvert, 1645.⁂ The rare first edition of a work that caused a storm of controversy when it was republished by Thomas Boston in 1718. The Marrow was accused of promoting the doctrine of universal salvation and it was condemned by the General Assembly. Nevertheless debate continued around the work and it has proved to be widely influential. ESTC lists only a handful of copies and we can trace no examples at auction.

Greene (Graham) The Third Man and the Fallen Idol, first edition, usual light browning to half-title and endpapers, original cloth, light marking to covers and spine, dust-jacket, price-clipped, spine ends and corners chipped and creased, a few short closed tears with some creasing to head and foot, 1950; The Third Man, first American edition, original cloth-backed boards, rubbing to tips of spine and corners, dust-jacket, sunning to spine, spine ends and corners chipped, a few closed tears with tape repairs to verso, extremities rubbed, New York, 1950; and 2 others, scripts of the same, 8vo (4)

Milton (John) Poems of Mr. John Milton, Both English and Latin, Compos'd at several times, first edition, state with "S" in "S. Pauls" in imprint, engraved frontispiece portrait by William Marshall neatly window-mounted, woodcut initials, woodcut and typographic decorations, lacking a1 blank (as often), G7 with small rust-hole touching text, occasional scattered spotting, but a very good copy generally, the Cortlandt F. Bishop copy with his morocco book-label to pastedown, handsome crushed blue morocco, gilt, by Bedford, spine gilt in compartments, g.e., [Pforzheimer 722; Wing M 2160], 8vo, Printed by Ruth Raworth for Humphrey Mosely, and are to be sold at the Signe of the Princes Arms in S. Pauls Church-yard, 1645.⁂ The first collected edition of Milton's poems and the first to bear Milton's name on the title. The frontispiece was the first portrait Milton had published of himself, however he was so unimpressed with the likeness that he insisted on the inclusion of the Greek inscription below that openly mocked the image ("my friends, looking at my countenance, know not whom it represents, but laugh at the awkward imitation of the stupid artist"). The present collection includes all bar two of Milton's poems written up to this point and other than 'Comus', 'Lycidas' and a few minor works is the first appearance in print for the majority of his poetic works.

Greene (Graham) Stamboul Train, first edition, second issue with "Quin Savory", original cloth, small dent to foot of lower cover, near-fine otherwise, dust-jacket, price removed by hand, spine ends and corners chipped affecting title at head of spine, short closed tears with creasing to head and foot, vertical crease to upper panel, chipping to head of lower panel, 1932; and the first American edition of the same, 8vo (2)

Dictionaries & Grammars.- Skinner (Stephen) Etymologicon Linguae Anglicanae, Seu Explicatio vocum Anglicarum Etymologica ex propriis fontibus, first edition, initial imprimatur f. (soiled on recto), light damp-staining to head of first few ff., 4U1 with tear to foot just running into text, but a good, wide-margined copy generally, contemporary calf, rebacked in 19th century morocco, [Wing S3947], folio, T. Roycroft, 1671.⁂ First edition of this etymological dictionary, cited by Johnson as an influence on his own dictionary.

Insurance.- Magens (Nicholas) An Essay on Insurances, explaining the Nature of the various Kinds of Insurance practised by the different Commercial States of Europe, 2 vol., first edition in English, ?lacks initial and final blanks, later endpapers, contemporary calf, corners bumped, some repaired, rebacked in later morocco, [Goldsmiths' 9045; Higgs 975; Kress 5453], 4to, Printed by J. Haberkorn: and sold by W. Baker, 1755.⁂ Magens settled in London in the early 1700s, where he became an insurance trader and director of the London Assurance Company. His Essay on Insurances is a much amended and expanded translation of his Versuch uber Assecuranzen, Hamburg, 1753.

Greene (Graham) Brighton Rock, first Australian edition, light toning to pages, original printed stiff stapled wrappers with 1/6 sticker to upper cover, publisher's book list advertisement to lower cover, light creasing to corners, extremities a little rubbed, 8vo, Sydney, Invincible Press, 1945.⁂ A scarce edition, the text much truncated from that in the standard first edition.

Dickens (Charles) [The Christmas Books], 5 vol., 1843-46, comprising, A Christmas Carol, second edition, red and blue title, upper joint beginning to split but holding firm, 1843; The Chimes: A Goblin Story, second state vignette title, creasing and short tear (p.32 only), 1845 [1844]; The Cricket on the Hearth, 1846 [1845]; The Battle of Life, 1846; The Haunted Man and the Ghost's Bargain, 1848; all but the first, first editions, frontispieces, all but the first with vignette titles, illustrations, scattered very faint spotting, original cloth bound at end, uniform later decorative red morocco by Sangorski & Sutcliffe, gilt, g.e., housed in a modern slipcase, rubbed and worn, [Smith II: 4, 5, 6, 8, 9], 8vo., (5).

Universal language.- Wilkins (John) An Essay Towards a Real Character, and a Philosophical Language, 2 parts in 1 vol., first edition, imprimatur f., title within double-rule border and with engraved arms of the Royal Society, woodcut initials, head- and tail-pieces, 2 engraved plates (1 folding), 2 folding letterpress tables, 2 full-page engraved illustrations, with 3M4 but lacking final blank f., occasional light foxing or light marginal damp-staining, contemporary calf, rebacked in 19th century morocco, recornered, [Alston VII 290; Wing W2196], folio, for Sa: Gellibrand, and for John Martyn printer to the Royal Society, 1668.⁂ The first full exposition of a universal language in English, contains sections on the origin of languages and letters, the theory of grammar and phonetics and their relation to universal language, and the proposed alphabet for Wilkins's devised universal language.

Fine Arts.- Baglione (Giovanni) Le Vite de' Pittori Scultori et Architetti, dal Pontificato di Gregorio XIII del 1572. In sino a'tempi di Papa Urbano Ottavo nel 1642, first edition, engraved additional pictorial title and a portrait of the author (often missing, including Macclesfield copy sold in 2004), woodcut head-pieces and decorative initials, stained (including additional title and portrait), occasional spotting, new endpapers, contemporary limp vellum, later gilt and morocco label to spine, lightly stained, [Cicognara 2190], small 4to, Rome, Andrea Fei, 1642.⁂ Scarce first edition of this important work on the lives of Baroque artists, mostly Roman, including the Caraccis, Caravaggio, Bernini and also Rubens and Goltzius.

Turkish Grammar.- Davids (Arthur Lumley) A Grammar of the Turkish Language, first edition, 5 lithographed plates, some foxing, slightly browned, contemporary cloth, browned and faded, spine faded and splitting, edges uncut, 4to, 1832.

London (Jack) The Call of the Wild, first English edition, illustrations by Philip R. Goodwin & Charles Livingston Bull, light browning to endpapers, original pictorial cloth, gilt, spine ends and corners lightly scuffed but overall a bright and crisp example overall, 8vo, 1903.

Greece & Turkey.- [Guillet de Saint-George (Georges)] Lettres écrites sur une dissertation d'un Voyage en Grèce, publié par Mr. Spon, médecin antiquaire. Avec des remarques sur les médailles, les inscriptions, l'histoire ancienne & la moderne, la géographie, la chronologie, & une carte des détroits de Constantinople, first and only edition, title with small woodcut ornament, engraved map, woodcut head-pieces and decorative initials, à6 blank, later pencil underlining, occasional spotting and light staining, lightly browned, new endpapers, covers of contemporary calf binding laid on to 20th century tan morocco, [Blackmer 768], 12mo, Paris, Estienne Michallet, 1679.⁂ Rare. A rebuttal to Spon's ruthless attack on his Athènes ancienne et nouvelle, 1675.

Nabokov (Vladimir) Lolita, first American edition, fourth impression, signed by the author with small butterfly sketch to half-title, original cloth-backed boards, faint crease to spine, spine ends a little bumped, preserved in custom drop-back box, 8vo, New York, 1955.⁂ Nabokov's most famous and celebrated work, signed copies are rare.

China.- Semedo (Alvaro) The History of that Great and Renowned Monarchy of China, 2 parts in 1 vol., first edition in English, 2 engraved plates, folding map (with short tear running from inner margin), 2 engraved full-page illustrations, woodcut initials and headpieces, some light soiling to title but very clean generally, contemporary calf, rebacked and recornered, new endpapers, [Wing S2490], folio, by E. Tyler for John Crook, 1655.⁂ A good copy of this important account of China. Alvaro Semedo served as Portuguese Procurado General for China.

America & The North Pole.- Barrington (Hon. Daines) Miscellanies, first edition, 2 engraved maps (1 folding), 2 engraved portraits (one of the young Mozart, see below), 5 genealogical tables (1 folding), with a preface paginated *471-*477 and signed *0004-7 inserted between pp.470-471, water-staining to inner gutters of first few ff., spotting or light foxing, lightly browned, contemporary mottled calf, gilt, rebacked, preserving original backstrip in compartments and with black leather label, corners and lower edges worn, rubbed, [Hill 56; Sabin 3628], 4to, Printed by J. Nichols, 1781.⁂ Includes 'Tracts on the Possibility of reaching the North Pole'; 'Whether the Turkey was known before the Discovery of America', 'Account of Mozart, a very remarkable young Musician' with portrait of the young composer (the first published portrait, reprinted from Philosophical Transactions of 1770); 'Journal of a Spanish Voyage in 1775, to explore the Western Coast of N. America' (with map). The latter is the first and only contemporary account in English of the first Spanish voyage into Alaskan waters. There is also much relating to Thomas Pennant.Provenance: Lord Lloyd Kenyon (bookplate).

Hanway (Jonas) A Journal of Eight Days Journey from Portsmouth to Kingston Upon Thames..., To which is added an Essay on Tea, 2 parts in 1 vol., first edition, 2 engraved frontispieces, occasional foxing, first 2 gatherings with some staining to upper margins, bookplate to endpaper "Presented by Mrs. K. M. Pinsent, great, great niece of Jonas Hanway", bookplate of Haldane Macfall to pastedown, contemporary calf, sympathetically rebacked, corners neatly repaired, H. Woodfall, 1756; Virtue in humble life: containing reflections on relative duties..., particularly those of masters and servants, 2 vol., second edition, engraved frontispieces, occasional light foxing or marginal staining, modern calf, Dodsley in Pall Mall, 1777; and Three Letters on the Marine Society, lacking the frontispiece, 4to (4)

Greene (Graham) The Basement Room and other stories, first edition, some light foxing, original first state green cloth, light toning to spine and margins, very good otherwise, 8vo, 1935.⁂ The rare first issue of Greene's first collection of short stories including the title story The Basement Room, written by Greene on board shop while returning from Liberia and later adapted into the into the film The Fallen Idol.

Sidney (Algernon) Discourses concerning Government, first edition, B1-3 only but catchwords and pagination correct, 3F3 to end wormholes in lower margins, slightly browned, contemporary panelled calf, edges rubbed, corners worn, joints splitting, gilt spine, gilt morocco label, [Wing S3761], folio, Printed are to be and sold by the booksellers of London and Westminster, 1698.

Low Countries.- Meteren (Emanuel van ) Historia Belgica nostri potissimum temporis Belgii sub quatuor Burgundis et todidem Austriacis principibus conjunctionem et gubernationem breviter, collation: (?)4 A-Z Aa-Zz6 Aaa-Eee6 Fff4 Ggg Hhh6, title within engraved historiated border, engraved folding map and circular portraits within text, small marginal worm trace at head at start, some spotting and water-staining, 19th century dark green morocco-backed limp marbled boards, vellum corners, gilt spine in compartments, rubbed, [Adams M1366], scarce, [?Antwerp], no printer, [1598, preface dated 1597] § Grotius (Hugo) Annales et historiæ de rebus Belgicis, first edition, title with woodcut printer's device, fine engraved full-page portrait of the artist, woodcut decorative initials and tail-pieces, pencil underlining and marginal markings, tear to final f. within text, but with minor loss, occasional spotting, contemporary speckled calf, sympathetically rebacked, corners repaired, Amsterdam, Johann Blaeu, 1657; and a defective copy (with the majority of portraits and plates) of Grotius' Jaerboeken, 1681, folio (3)

Newton (Sir Isaac).- Royal Society.- Philosophical Transactions: giving some Accompt of the Present Undertakings, Studies, and Labours of the Ingenious in many considerable parts of the World, vol. 1-11 in 6 vol., folding engraved plates, slightly foxed and browned, no. 75 ink blot at tail, last 2 vol. new endpapers, contemporary panelled calf, some wear, last 2 vol. rebacked in later morocco, red and gilt morocco labels on spines, sm. 4to, [1667-76]; sold as a periodical not subject to return.⁂ The "oldest continuous scientific journal and single most important record of the first announcement and communication of scientific discoveries and inventions." - PMM.Includes Vol. VI. For the Year 1671 [No.69-80], containing: A Letter of Mr. Isaac Newton...containing his New Theory about Light and Colors..., No.80, pp.3075-3087, first edition, February 19 1671-2. First printing of Newton's first scientific publication, describing his observations of light using prisms, where he shows that white light is composed of rays of different colours, which can be separated with a prism. The paper is the foundation for most of the subsequent work in optics. Newton sent his ideas in a letter dated February 6th to the secretary of the Royal Society, just in time for it to be published in the next issue of Philosophical Transactions, on February 19th, establishing his reputation.

[Greene (Graham) and Ronald Matthews], "Sheila Cousins". To Beg I am Ashamed, first edition, light browning to endpapers, original cloth, light discolouration and vertical creasing to spine, spine ends and corners a little bumped, light rubbing to extremities, preserved in custom slip-case, 8vo, 1938.⁂ Rare, ostensibly an autobiography of a London prostitute but in fact written by Ronald Matthews with the assistance of Greene. Routledge were pressured to withdraw the book from sale by the Home Secretary (who in turn had been alerted by The Public Morality Council) and only a handful of copies from this edition reached the market. The book was subsequently published the same year in Paris and New York (see next lot), but the true first edition remains an elusive book

Iceland.- First Scandinavian grammar.- Jonsson (Runolfur) Recentissima antiquissimae linguae septentrionalis incunabula id est grammaticae Islandicae rudimenta, first edition, title in red and black, woodcut head- and tail-pieces and decorative initials, preliminaries a4 and b4 torn and repaired with considerable loss of text, large worm trace to most ff. to circa D1, thereafter diminishing to one or two small holes within text, title stained and spotted, occasional spotting and staining, lightly browned, new endpapers, later vellum, later gilt and black morocco label to spine, covers little bowed, small 4to, Copenhagen, Petrus Hakius, 1651. sold not subject to return. ⁂ Rare. The first grammar of the Icelandic language, and indeed the first complete grammar of any Scandinavian language.

Collins (Wilkie) The Woman in White: a Novel, first edition, first state, woodcut illustrations, advertisement leaf at beginning dated August 1860, advertisements at end headed 'Miss Murloch's Novels', previous owner's contemporary inscription to preliminary blank, scattered faint spotting, original blind-stamped cloth with silver lady to spine foot, gilt, neat and expert repairs to spine ends and upper joint, a little rubbed, slight bumping to corners and spine extremities, [Sadleir 605], 8vo, New York, Harper & Brothers, 1860.⁂ The scarce first edition, first state with the first issue binding, which can be distinguished from later bindings by the silver lady on the spine, and by the misspelling of 'Muloch' in the heading of the advertisements at the end.

Rowling (J.K.) Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows, first edition, signed by the author "To Marie" with holographic sticker on title, occasional very faint spotting, Moonlight Signing ticket and bag loosely inserted, original pictorial boards, slight bumping to spine ends, dust-jacket, very slight creasing to spine ends, otherwise fine, 8vo, 2007.

Ross (Tony).- Simon (Francesca) Horrid Henry's Nightmare, first edition, signed by the illustrator with three original illustrations, one coloured by hand, illustrations by Tony Ross, original pictorial wrappers, 8vo, 2013.⁂ The 22nd book in the hugely successful children's books series.Provenance: House of Illustration, First Editions: Redrawn sale, Sotheby's, 8th December 2014, lot 30.

[Greene (Graham)] The Little Train, first edition, colour illustrations by Dorothy Craigie, pictorial endpapers, some light scattered foxing, rust marking from staples to gutter of endpapers, original pictorial cloth, light rubbing and toning to tips of spine and corners, second issue dust-jacket with reviews to front flap, some light marking to spine, some light creasing to head and foot, short split to foot of fore-edges, light abrasion to front flap but an excellent example overall, oblong 8vo, [1946].⁂ Greene's first children's book, published anonymously and illustrated by his then-lover Dorothy Glover.

Law.- Coke (Sir Edward) The First [- second - third - fourth] Part of the Institutes of the Lawes of England, together 4 works in 3 vol., first part third edition, the rest first editions, titles within woodcut architectural borders, engraved portrait frontispieces, part 1 with additional engraved portrait and folding table, part 1 with occasional ink annotations in an early hand (extensive to rear endpaper), occasional light damp-staining and some soiling, contemporary calf, old reback, vol. 2 upper cover detached, [STC 15786 (first part); Wing C4948A, C4960 & C4929 (parts two - four)], folio, M. Flesher, 1633-44.⁂ "...a disorderly, pedantic, masterful work...the basis of the constitution of the realm" (PMM) by the prosecutor of Sir Walter Raleigh and the Gunpowder Plot conspirators.

Political theory.- Harrington (James) Aphorisms political, first edition, woodcut ornament to title and a head-piece, later lengthy ink note on Harrington to verso of title, later numerous pencil practice letters and the odd note to margins, lightly stained and browned, stitched, disbound, [Wing H804], small 4to, printed by J.C. for Henry Fletcher, at the signe of the three Gilt Cups in St. Pauls Church-yard, [1659].⁂ Rare at auction. Dated 25th August, 1659 at end. Harrington (1611-1677) was a political theorist and author of the utopian The Commonwealth of Oceana, 1656.

Physiology.- Bernard (Claude) Nouvelle fonction du foie, considerée comme organe producteur de matière sucrée chez l'homme et les animaux, first edition, presentation inscription from the author to original upper wrapper, illustrations, original wrappers bound in (lightly stained), later half morocco, spine gilt, 4to, [Norman 200; Horblit, One Hundred Books Famous in Science, 11A], Paris, J.-B. Baillière, 1853.⁂ A monograph issue of Bernard's doctoral thesis, a "remarkable exposition of the glycogenic function of the liver" (Horblit). This is an outstanding presentation copy, inscribed by Bernard to the anatomist Marie Philibert Constant Sappey: "Monsieur Sappey hommage affectueux de l'auteur Cl. Bernard." As much through concrete discoveries as in the creation of new concepts, the work of Claude Bernard constitutes the founding of modern experimental physiology. His scientific career started with two series of precise and well delimited researches: on the one hand, the chemical and physiological study of gastric digestion, and on the other, experimental sections of nerves.

Rune stones.- Denmark & Norway.- Worm (Ole) Danicorum Monumentorum libri sex: e spissis antiquitatum tenebris et in Dania ac Norvegia extantibus ruderibus eruti, first edition, engraved pictorial title, large folding woodcut plate of a horn, woodcut illustrations, final f. blank, folding plate with repair at fold verso, showing through, Qqq2 with large vertical tear, without loss, Vuu3 hole within text with loss of several letters, occasional staining, including title, a couple of short tears, Copenhagen, Joachim Moltke, 1643 bound with Worm (Ole) Regum Daniæ series duplex, some printing in red and black, woodcut royal arms to title, E2 short tear at head, without loss, occasional staining, including title, Copenhagen, Joachim Moltke, 1642, together 2 works in 1 vol., occasional spotting, lightly browned, later endpapers, contemporary calf, spine in compartments and with later gilt and red leather label, some staining, rubbed, especially joints, 4to ⁂ The first printed account of rune stones in Denmark and Norway, and one of only a few surviving sources for many runic inscriptions, otherwise now lost.

Agricola (Johann) Drey hundert Gemeyner Sprichworter, der wir Deutschen uns gebrauchen, und doch nicht wissen woher sie kommen...Das Ander teyl..., 2 parts in 1, collation: a8 b4 A-Z8; a-b8 A-HH8, complete with blank leaves b4 and b8, Gothic letter, woodcut architectural borders, heavily annotated throughout in at least 2 contemporary hands, predominantly in red ink but also in black ink, part 1 corner of b2 defective, some light soiling and foxing, but generally an excellent copy in handsome contemporary blind-stamped calf, rebacked, corners worn, leather ties sometime renewed, 8vo (152 x 100mm.), Hagenau, Johann Setzer, 1529.⁂ Scarce early edition of the first collection of German proverbs, printed in the same year as Nuremberg, Augsburg, Zwickau and Eisleben editions. The first volume contained 300 sayings with a further 450 added in the second volume. All 1529 editions are rare, especially so if complete and in a contemporary binding, as here; this copy is also enhanced by the contemporary annotations with variations, explanations, examples and queries all noted. Agricola (1494-1566) was a Lutheran reformer, initially a friend and follower of Martin Luther, until they famously fell out over the obligations of Christians under law. His collection of German proverbs was originally intended for use in schools and was based on the Adagia of Erasmus.Literature: Adams A353 (incomplete); VD 16 A 956.

Nichols (John) The Progresses, Processions, and Magnificent Festivities of King James the First, 4 vol., first edition, half-titles, 4 engraved frontispieces, the 33 separately issued engraved plates bound-in, some offsetting, armorial bookplate and book label to pastedowns, contemporary calf, gilt, spines gilt, vol. 1 neatly rebacked, retaining original backstrip, some cracking to joints, light rubbing to extremities, J. B. Nichols, 1828; and 9 others, the Progresses of Queen Elizabeth and an 1807 Holinshed, 4to (13)⁂ Provenance: Mainsforth Library (book label); H. Conyers Surtees (bookplate).

Snakes.- Severinus (Marcus Aurelius) Vipera pythia, id est, de viperae natura, first edition, engraved additional pictorial title and illustrations, many full-page, printed title with woodcut printer's device, woodcut decorative initials and tail-pieces, a couple of very small holes near head of additional title, occasional mostly light water-staining, including titles, a few small stains, lightly browned, contemporary limp vellum, spine with later gilt, black stamped floral motifs and a dark green morocco label, small piece out of upper cover, some staining, [Nissen ZBI 3829; Krivatsy 11061; Osler 3961; Waller 8893], small 4to, Padua, Paulus Frambotti, 1650.⁂ First edition of this work on snakes, including folklore, venoms and antidotes.

Early computing.- Faster Than Thought. The Ferranti Nimrod Digital Computer, first edition, original stiff printed stapled wrappers, very light toning to spine, else fine, 8vo, Hollinwood, Ferranti Ltd., 1951.⁂ First edition of possibly the first known video game manual.The Nimrod computer was built by Ferranti for the 1951 Festival of Great Britain. It was designed to play Nim, an ancient mathematical logic game, and as such was one of the video game machines constructed and certainly the first developed in the UK. Nimrod was tremendously popular and drew in a number of famous challengers including Alan Turing who beat the computer, allegedly causing a malfunction in the process.

Greene (Graham, editor) The Old School, first edition, signed presentation inscription from the author to "For Anthony [Hobson] from Graham, this over-serious squib" to endpaper, some very occasional spotting, original cloth, spine ends and corners a little bumped, dust-jacket, price-clipped, spine browned, spine ends and corners creased and chipped, marking and surface soiling to panels, extremities rubbed, short closed tear to foot of rear panel, some creasing to head and foot, 8vo, 1934.⁂ Rare in the dust-jacket and especially-so signed, we can trace only one other example at auction. Comprising a collection of schoolday reminiscences with contributions from Greene, W. H. Auden, Anthony Powell, Elizabeth Bowen, Stephen Spender and others.

Bible, English.- The Old Testament [&] New Testament, 7 vol., list of subscribers, 70 engraved plates after Fuseli, Reynolds, West, and others, numerous engraved illustrations, engraved dedication, offsetting, some foxing to plates, heavier in places but largely restricted to margins, contemporary blue straight-grain morocco, gilt, by C. Meyer, covers with decorative fillet and roll borders, spines gilt in compartments, light fading and some rubbing to spines, vol. 7 spine scuffed, some scuffing to joints and extremities, vol. 1 with some splitting to joints but holding firm, g.e., [Herbert 1442], folio, Printed for Thomas Macklin by Thomas Bensley, 1800.⁂ A good copy of this remarkable edition, "the most ambitious edition produced in Britain, often pirated but never rivalled." - DNB.Macklin first announced his plan to publish this lavishly illustrated work in 1789 and devoted the next 11 years of his life to bringing his plans to fruition. He sadly died 5 days after the completion of the final engraving so never lived to see the completed work.

Greene (Graham) The End of the Affair, first edition, original cloth, light rubbing to tips of spine and corners, dust-jacket, light toning to spine, light scattered foxing to panels, else near-fine, with original "Daily Mail Book of the Month" wraparound band (very lightly toned at spine), 1951; and the first American edition of the same, 8vo (2)⁂ A superb example of Greene's classic novel of frustrated romance, a cornerstone of English Catholic fiction.

Einstein (Albert) Investigations On The Theory Of The Brownian Movement, edited by R. Fürth, translated by A. D. Cowper, first edition in English, 8pp. publisher's catalogue at end, fine original green cloth, spine gilt, upper edge little dust-soiled and with a few spots, dust-jacket, tiny nick to foot of spine, spine and edges of flaps faded, 8vo, Methuen & Co. Ltd., 1926.⁂ Rare in dust-jacket.

Ancient Greece.- Lauremberg (Johann Wilhelm) Græcia antiqua, edited by Samuel Puffendorf, first edition, text double column, title with woodcut printer's device, 31 engraved maps, engraved illustrations, woodcut decorative initials and tail-pieces, contents f. at end, title with tear in blank area, creased and detaching, occasional spotting and light staining, contemporary speckled calf, spine with later gilt and black morocco label, upper cover detached, taking with it front free endpaper, some staining and marking, [cf. Blackmer 958 (second edition)], rare at auction, small oblong 4to, Amsterdam, Joannes Jansson, 1660.

Aeschylus. Tragoediae Septem, Latin translation and commentary by Thomas Stanley, text in Latin and Greek, half-title, title in red and black, lacking plate (as often), occasional light soiling, the odd spot or small rust-hole but very good generally, contemporary calf, rebacked and recornered in 19th century morocco, [Wing A684], James Flesher for Cornelius Bee, 1663; and the 1694 edition of Euripides, lacking one of the portraits, folio (2)⁂ The first Stanley edition and the first of Aeschylus printed in England.

Le Carré (John) Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy, first edition, signed by the author on title, original boards, dust-jacket, usual sunning to spine, rubbing to spine tips and corners, tear with creasing to foot of upper panel, but otherwise a bright and excellent copy, 8vo, 1974.⁂ The first title in the Karla trilogy and one of Le Carré's most acclaimed works.

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

Sorbière (Samuel) Relations, lettres et discours...sur diverses matieres curieuses, first edition, title with woodcut printer's device, woodcut head-pieces and decorative initials, some later pencil underlining, occasional spotting and staining, lightly browned, later vellum, yapp edges, later gilt and olive morocco label to spine, little spotted and marked, 8vo, Paris, Robert de Nivelle, 1660.⁂ Rare first edition of these diverse works by the French physician, philosopher and translator. He was an advocate of the works of Thomas Hobbes and Pierre Gassendi, and in 1643 published a French translation of Thomas More's Utopia.

Greene (Graham) The Power and the Glory, first edition, cut signature of the author loosely inserted, spotting to sides and occasionally to margins, upper hinge starting, original cloth, spine a little darkened, light rubbing to head and foot, second impression jacket with "Second large printing" to front flap, spine slightly browned, light soiling and toning to panels, spine ends and corners with minor creasing and chipping, but an excellent example overall, slip-case, 8vo, 1940.