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GIDEON ALGERNON MANTELL. 'The Medals of Creation; or, First Lessons in Geology, and in the Study of Organic Remains,' two vols, original cloth with gilt spine decorations, rubbed to ends, slight cracking to joints, colour frontispieces, engravings throughout, loosening titlepage to vol I, notes in margins, Henry G. BOHN, London, 1844; 'Geological Excursions Round The Isle of Wight,' third edition, original cloth, rebacked with water damage, Henry G. BOHN, London, 1854; ALEXANDER VON HUMBOLDT. 'Views of Nature: Or Contemplations on The Sublime Phenomena of Creation,' original cloth, rubbed and bumped, colour frontis, library stamp to titlepage, Henry G. BOHN, London, 1850; ROBERT MUNDIE. 'The Feathered Tribes of the British Isles,' two vols, fourth edition, original cloth, rubbed and bumped, loss to vo I spine, twenty-eight plates, colour frontis, Henry G. BOHN, London, 1854. (6)

F. SCOTT FITZGERALD. 'The Great Gatsby,' UK first edition, original cloth, The Grey Wall Press, London, 1948

IAN FLEMING. 'Casino Royal,' reissued, original cloth, clipped dj, spotting to edge of textblock, Jonathan Cape, London, 1957; 'Live and Let Die,' first edition, original cloth, lacks dj, spotting to textblock, Jonathan Cape, 1954; 'Moonraker,' second impression, unclipped dj, original cloth, spotting to endpapers and edge of textblock, Jonathan Cape, 1955; 'From Russia, With Love,' first edition, original cloth, later 'The Book Club' dj, spotting to edge of textblock, Jonathan Cape, 1957; 'For Your Eyes Only,' first edition, original cloth, unclipped dj, soiling to bottom edge of dj, spotting to top of textblock, Jonathan Cape, 1960; 'Thunderball,' first edition, original cloth, unclipped dj, slight spotting to the top of textblock, vg, Jonathan Cape, 1961; 'The Spy Who Loved Me,' fifth impression, original cloth, unclipped dj, Jonathan Cape, 1963; 'On Her Majesty's Service,' first edition, unclipped dj, original cloth, spotting to dj and edge of textblock, Jonathan Cape, 1963; 'The Man With the Golden Gun,' first edition, original cloth, lacking dj, Jonathan Cape, 1965; 'Octopussy and The Living Daylights,' first edition, original cloth, clipped dj, ink inscription to flap of dj and endpaper, tting to top of textblock, Jonathan Cape, 1966; 'The Diamond Smugglers,' first edition, original cloth, unclipped dj, Jonathan Cape, 1957; With 'Licence Renewed,' by John Gardner. (12)

VLADIMIR NABOKOV. 'Lolita,' first English edition, original cloth, unclipped dj, nibbles to edge of dj, spotting to top of textblock, Weidenfield and Nicolson, London, 1959.

V. SACKVILLE-WEST. 'The Garden,' signed by the author, 92/750, first edition, original cloth, handmade paper, vg, Michael Joseph, London, 1946; 'Grand Canyon,' first edition, unclipped dj, original cloth, Michael Joseph, 1942; 'The Dark Island,' first edition, original cloth, unclipped dj, repair and nibbles to dj, spotting to endpapers and edge of textblock, The Hogarth Press, 1934; 'In Your Garden,' first edition, original cloth, unclipped dj, Michael Jospeh, 1953; 'Sissinghurst,' reprint, card wraps, The Hogarth Press, 1964; (5)

V. S. NAIPAUL. 'The Mystic Masseur,' second impression, original cloth, clipped dj, description to endpaper, label for 'Fogarty's' of Trinidad & Tobago, Andre Deutsch, London, 1960; 'The Suffrage of Elvira,' first edition, original cloth, unclipped dj, label for 'Muir Marshall Limited' of Trinidad & Tobago to pastedown, ex libris label to free endpaper, Andre Deutsch, 1958; 'Mr Stone and the Knights Companion,' first edition, original cloth, unclipped dj, ex libris stamp to free endpaper, Andre Deutsch, 1963; With two copies of 'The Enigma of Arrival,' both firsts, both clipped dj's. (5)

MAX BEERBOHM. 'Zuleika Dobson or an Oxford Love Story,' first edition, original cloth, William Heinemann, London, 1911.

T. H. WHITE. 'The Ill-Made Knight,' first edition, unclipped dj, original cloth, Collins, London, 1941; the Godstone and the Blackymor,' first edition, unclipped dj, Jonathan Cape, 1959; J. G. BALLARD. 'The Crystal World,' first edition, unclipped dj, original cloth, ex Libris ink stamps to loose endpaper, Jonathan Cape, 1966; IRIS MURDOCH. 'Under the Net,' first edition, original cloth, lacks dj, Chatto & Windus, 1954; 'The Bell,' first edition, unclipped dj, original cloth, sun staining to spine, Chatto & Windus, 1958; 'An Unofficial Rose,' first edition, unclipped dj, original cloth, Chatto & Windus, 1962; With nine other books including two more Murdoch's, a first 'Flashman,' by G. M. Fraser. (15)

BRUCE CHATWIN. 'In Patagonia,' first edition, original cloth, unclipped dj, Jonathan Cape, 1977

J. K. ROWLING. (b.1965 -). A Full Set of First Deluxe Edition Harry Potter Novels. Bloomsbury, 1999-2007.Seven volumes, four within original cellophane wrapping, first editions, 8vo, (242 x 160mm), comprising: Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone. SIGNED by author pasted to half-title. 1999. red cloth with colour illustration by Thomas Taylor, blue sewn bands and marker ribbon, some spotting to text block; Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets. 1999. blue cloth with colour illustration by Cliff Wright, green sewn bands and marker ribbon; Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban. 1999. green cloth with colour illustration by Cliff Wright, yellow sewn bands and marker ribbon, cellophane wrapping; Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire. 2000. purple cloth with colour illustration by Giles Greenfield, cellophaned; Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix. 2003. burgundy cloth with colour illustration by Jason Cockcroft, yellow sewn bands and marker ribbon; Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince. 2005. blue cloth with colour illustration by Jason Cockcroft, green sewn bands and marker ribbon, priced £30 and First Edition to white label on cellophane wrapper; Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows. 2007. black cloth with illustration by Jason Cockcroft, yellow sewn bands at head tail of spine to white label, purple sewn marker ribbon, priced £35 and First Edition to white label on cellophane wrapping. Generally Fine copies (7)

J. K. ROWLING. 'The Tales of Beedle the Bard', first edition, London: Children's High Level Group, December, 2008, full crushed morocco with metal clasps and decorations to upper board, protective red velvet bag bearing embroidered signature, ten prints in original envelope, everything housed within a solander box in the form of a leather-bound book lettered in gilt with raised bands. Complete with white card slipcase, 'This Side Up'.

J. K ROWLING. The Casual Vacancy, first edition, second impression, London: Little, Brown, 2012, hardback, complete with dust-jacket and paper ribbon, signed by the author in blue ink on title page, hologram sticker on facing page.

MARCEL PROUST. 'The Guermantes Way,' C.K. Scott Moncrieff, two vols, first English edition, original cloth, slight spotting to fore edge of textblock, Chatto & Windus, 1925; 'Cities of The Plain,' two vols, first English edition, 559/2230, original cloth, Alfred A. Knopf, 1929; 'Time Regained,' translated by Stephen Hudson, 347/1300, original cloth, Chatto & Windus, 1931; 'The Captive,' C.K. Scott Moncrieff, first English edition, original cloth, spotting to first seven leaves, Alfred A. Knopff, 1929; 'The Sweet Cheat Gone,' two vols, first English edition, original cloth, Alfred. A. Knopf, 1930; 'Within a Budding Grove,' second impression, original cloth, Chatto & Windus, 1924; 'Swann's Way,' two vols, fifth impression, original cloth, Chatto & Windus, 1928; plus two others. (13)

DANIEL DEFOE. 'A System of Magick; Or, A History of the Black Art,' first edition, rebacked spine with original leather boards, engraved frontispiece, red and black title, soiling to title page, clean and tight textblock, Abracadabra triangle to p154, 8vo, J. Roberts, London, 1727.

GEOFFREY T. MAYSON. 'Mechanical Singing-bird Tabatieres,' first edition, unclipped dj, illustrated, Robert Hale, London, 2000; SHARON & CHRISTIAN BAILLY. 'Flights of Fancy: Mechanical Singing Birds,' folio, unclipped dj, coloured illustrations, Antiquorum Editions, 2001. (2)

ARAVIND ADIGA. 'The White Tiger,' first UK edition, original cloth, unclipped, slight spotting to top edge of textblock, Atlantic Books, 2008; 'Between the Assassinations,' first UK edition, original cloth, unclipped, slight spotting to top edge of textblock, Atlantic Books, 2008. (2)

FOLIO SOCIETY LIMITED EDITION. 'Monograph of the Paradiseidoe or Birds of Paradise and Ptilonorhynchidoe, Or Bower-Birds,' by R. Bowdler Sharpe, forward by David Attenborough, 315/100, elephant folio, Nigerian goatskin leather and canvas sides blocked with a design by Neil Gower, buckrum slip, 79 colour plates, some light spotting to first eight leaves, The Folio Society, 2011.

Collenius (Hermannus, 1649/1650-1723 Groningen). Allegory of the Transience of Wordly Affairs, oil on canvas, relined on a modern stretcher, 120 x 98 cm (47 1/4 x 38 1/2 ins), antique-style painted black wood frame, with decorative gilt inner slipQTY: (1)NOTE:Provenance: Baumcotter Gallery, Kensington Church Street, London, 1970's; Kunsthandel Schlichte Bergen, Amsterdam,1985; Private Collection, Shropshire.Literature: Freerk Veldman, Hermannus Collenius 1650-1723 (Zwolle, 1997), p. 98.The present work has been accepted as authentic by Eddy Schavemaker of the RKD (Rijksbureau voor Kunsthistorische Documentatie), in The Hague (email correspondence).Another variant of this composition (signed and measuring 100 x 88 cm) is in the Mesdag Collection, The Hague (catalogue number 59A).Collenius spent most of his career in Groningen, and specialised in portraits, allegorical and mythological subjects. For the City Hall in Groningen the artist was commissioned to paint The Allegory of Good Governance in 1685 (now in the Groninger Museum), and for the Statenzaal in the Raadhuis,The Allegory of Freedom and Religion.In the present work, the young woman in her opulent white silk dress with exposed breast is seen seated holding a casket of jewels while a child holds up a convex mirror to her, and an old man shows her a skull and hourglass; to the left putti play with soap bubbles in front of a group of musical instruments, including a lute, violin, and cello. If the overt symbolism on display regarding the transience of life was not already clear enough, a large folio edition of a Dutch bible also features, open on the first page of Ecclesiastes (the Old Testament book in which the well-known phrases 'eat, drink, and be merry', and 'vanity of vanities; all is vanity', first appear).Of significant interest in this work is the presence of a black maid, or female servant, seen on the right braiding the young woman's hair with pearls, the latter being a traditional attribute of the courtesan. Much has been written in recent decades regarding the significance and interpretation of works of art featuring people of colour in Dutch 17th-century painting. Such figures are most often portrayed as servants, thus enhancing the status of the main figure.

Blake (William, 1757-1827). The Eagle (A Series of Ballads [by William Hayley], Number 2), 1st edition, Chichester: Printed by Seagrave... for W. Blake, Felpham, 1802, 9 leaves: full-page engraved frontispiece printed by Blake, with imprint 'Published July 1 1802 by W Blake Felpham' ,and 16 pages of text (signatures D-E4) on pale cream thick wove paper (watermarked 1802), including two further plates engraved and printed by Blake: a head-piece and tail-piece at the beginning and end of the printed text, original tissue-guard to each plate, light paper toning, untrimmed, stitched as issued in pale blue paper wrappers, with printed title to upper cover, some minor fraying to edges of covers and extreme sheet edges, light spotting and marks to covers, slim 4to (29.5 x 23.5 cm)QTY: (1)NOTE:Bentley 466.6; Easson & Essick, William Blake: Book Illustrator VI, 6; Bindman, The Complete Graphic Works of William Blake, 391.Frontispiece and two illustrations to the second in a series of animal ballads written by Blake's patron William Hayley and published in parts by Blake in 1802. The letterpress was printed by Seagrave, printer in Chichester, with the engravings printed by Blake and his wife Catherine on their own roller press at the cottage in Felpham, Sussex where the Blakes had moved in 1800. Hayley wrote the ballads in an attempt to help Blake make money through the sale of the illustrated work, but the scheme seems to have been a financial failure for which Blake bore most of the costs. This first quarto edition of the animal ballads was followed in 1805 by an octavo edition (in an attempt to recover costs).

Ward (James, 1769-1859). A Cossack Horse [from A Series of Lithographed Drawings of Celebrated Horses from Pictures painted by James Ward, R. Ackermann, 1823-24], lithograph on chine appliqué, printed by C. Hullmandel, a rare proof impression from the first edition, signed and annotated by the artist 'Selected and retouched by J. W.' in pencil, with the printed script title and publication line: James Ward R.A. Pinxit et Delt / London Pubd. May 1st 1824 / R Ackermann Strand, printed by C. Hullmandel, London, with margins, the support sheet laid to board, image 33.5 x 45.5 cm., sheet size 51.2 x 53 cm, framed 55 x 66 cm QTY: (1)NOTE:Literature: Siltzer 285.Rare in 1794 Ward was appointed Painter and Engraver in Mezzotint to the Prince of Wales, the future King George IV, who commissioned, in the early 1820's, a series of fourteen lithographs from the artist of celebrated horses of the day, including Adonis, the prince's late father’s favourite charger.

Haden (Francis Seymour, 1818-1910). Early Morning, Richmond Park, 1859, etching and drypoint on thin Van Gelder laid paper, with watermark, the third state (of 3), as issued in Etudes a l'Eau-Forte in 1865, in an edition of approximately 180, signed in pencil lower right, plate size 114 x 278 mm (4.5 x 11 ins), sheet size 145 x 310 mm (5.75 x 12.25 ins), window-mounted, together with three other etchings by Seymour Haden: Newcastle in Emlyn (1864), etching on thin laid paper, with the artist's collector's mark in black to lower-left corner (Lugt 1048), a very good clean impression, light mount stain, sheet size 180 x 220mm, window-mounted, Egham (1859), etching with drypoint on laid paper, with watermark, signed in pencil to lower right, with loss to left margin affecting a small portion of the image, sheet size 147 x 242 mm, and Sunset on the Thames (1865), etching with drypoint on wove paper, with margins, sheet size 155 x 233 mmQTY: (4)NOTE:Provenance: Private Collection, Nottinghamshire, England.Schneiderman 25, iii/iii, 57, 21, and 83 respectively, Haden dedicated the first work, Early Morning, Richmond Park to his wife Dasha (her name etched at the base of the large tree trunk to the right). The plate is further inscribed 'The Lark at Heaven's Gate Sings' towards the lower left margin.

A first edition copy of Web Terror Stories, August 1962, first edition of the pulp fiction series after it was retitled, with uncredited cover art and stories by Marion Zimmer Bradley and John Jakes.

International Society of Postmasters commemorative album, 1975-1977, thirty six First Day Covers each with a limited edition Franklin Mint "Sterling Silver" medallion with a certificate of authenticity, held in a ring binder.Sold on behalf of the R.N.L.I.

A first edition of Canary in a Cat House by Kurt Vonnegut, published by Gold Medal Books, 1961.

A collection of seven 20th century Harry Potter novel books - to include hard and soft back examples. Editions include Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone Paperback 0 7475 3274 5 50 49 48 47 46 45 Bloomsbury, Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets Paperback 0 7475 3848 4 30 29 28 27 26 25 24 23 22 Bloomsbury, Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban, Paperback 0 7475 4629 0 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 Bloomsbury, Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire Hardback 0 7475 4624 X 20 19 Bloomsbury, Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix Hardback 0 7475 5100 6 First Edition Bloomsbury, Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince Hardback 0 7475 8108 8 First Edition Bloomsbury, Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Hardback 978 0 7475 9105 4 First Edition Bloomsbury

Valley of the Cliffhangers - Jack Mathis - First Edition - Hardcover binding with gilt detailing. Black and white photographs with some color illustrations. Measures 46cm high.

Sex - Madonna, 1992 first edition erotic steel bound book with comic 'Dita in the Chelsea girl'. Photographed by Steven Meisel, art directed by Fabien Baron, edited by Glenn O'Brien, produced by Callaway, published by Martin Secker & Warburg. Measures 35cm tall. Condition; some minor scratches to the metal, little worn around the edges, but no tears or damage.

Camberwick Green – Robert Harrop – a collection of x5 statues / figurines. To include; CGS06 Miss Lovelace & Mrs Cobbit in the Hat Shop. Limited Edition 1000 First Edition, The Clown CGYP08, Mickey Murphy CGMC04, Dr Mopp Limited Edition CGMC06 & The Bugler CG60. Note; from a large collection of Robert Harrop & other statues / figurines. Condition is stated within each description, however buyers are reminded that such statements are not forensic reports and all items will remain sold 'as is'. As a rule, statues do appear mint and undamaged, but this is not guaranteed. Boxes range in condition, and some have wear from storage. In all instances buyers are required to satisfy themselves. Certificates / paperwork are present if photographed, if there are no photographs of certificates then one isn't present.

Camberwick Green – Robert Harrop – a collection of x3 statues / figurines. To include; CGS02 Windy Miller & Mr Carraway  Fishing in the Sun Limited Edition, Cgs05 Peter Hazel & Mrs Dingle  Sorting out the Letters, CGCS04 The Mayor & Miss Lovelace Trumpton Cheer Limited Edition First Edition.  Note; from a large collection of Robert Harrop & other statues / figurines. Condition is stated within each description, however buyers are reminded that such statements are not forensic reports and all items will remain sold 'as is'. As a rule, statues do appear mint and undamaged, but this is not guaranteed. Boxes range in condition, and some have wear from storage. In all instances buyers are required to satisfy themselves. Certificates / paperwork are present if photographed, if there are no photographs of certificates then one isn't present.

Camberwick Green – Robert Harrop – a collection of x4 figurines / statues to include CGS04 Captain Snort with the Cannon, CGCS04 The Mayor & Miss Lovelace Trumpton Cheer, Windy Miller & Mrs Carraway Fishing in the Sun CGS02, CGFS03 Colley Mill Facade Limited Edition First Edition Note; from a large collection of Robert Harrop & other statues / figurines. Condition is stated within each description, however buyers are reminded that such statements are not forensic reports and all items will remain sold 'as is'. As a rule, statues do appear mint and undamaged, but this is not guaranteed. Boxes range in condition, and some have wear from storage. In all instances buyers are required to satisfy themselves. Certificates / paperwork are present if photographed, if there are no photographs of certificates then one isn't present.

Very important compendium of 140 engravings by the Wieirx brothers, XVI - XVII centuries. Measurements: 31 x 22 cm, with leather cover. Hyeronymus Wierix He began as an engraver early, reproducing prints by Albrecht Dürer; one of Saint Sebastian tied to the tree is usually dated to around 1565, when Wierix was just 12 years old. Later he would copy with excellent quality other engravings by Dürer such as Saint Jerome in the cell, Nemesis, Melancholy and The Fall of Man (Adam and Eve). In 1570 he began to work for Cristóbal Plantino, taking charge of opening part of the intaglio plates that illustrate the Humanae salutis monumenta by Benito Arias Montano, with whom he also collaborated on the Biblia Regia and on some other minor work, despite the bad reputation of the Wierix brothers, especially Hieronymus, accused of leading a disorderly life, with frequent labor breaches and delivered to alcohol. In 1573 he was admitted as a teacher in the guild of San Lucas in his native city. Later, in 1579-1580, he spent a few months in prison for an incident in a tavern in which a woman was killed. It is possible that for this reason he broke up with Plantino, at least temporarily, after the publisher was forced to pay his bail, since in a famous letter he complained bitterly that Wierix worked only the time he needed to earn some money and then spend it. in the taverns, so that later you had to go looking for him, pay his bill and rescue his pawned work tools. Despite this fame, he made a large number of prints, some edited by himself, estimating his work at about 650 prints of his, executed with excellent technique and love for detail, but mostly on other people's compositions. His subjects, although portraits, allegories and some rare mythological motif are not lacking, are mainly devotional. In this regard, his relationship with the Jesuits was especially close and could help straighten out the artist's life. His association with them began with the series of illustrations for the work of Father Jerónimo Nadal, Adnotationes et meditationes in Evangelia, an ambitious project already conceived by Ignatius of Loyola and postponed several times. In it they collaborated with Bernardino Passeri, author of a good part of the drawings, the three Wierix brothers with Adriaen Collaert and other engravers and painters, although Hieronymus was the one who corresponded the greatest number, signing 65 of the 154 prints of which the construction site, finally published in Antwerp in 1593, without Nadal's text and without the printer's name, under the title Evangelicae historiae imagines. Johan Wieirix, older brother of fellow engravers Hieronymus and Antonius, his father Anton could have been a painter, although he is occasionally recorded as a cabinetmaker. He began as an engraver early on, reproducing prints by Albrecht Dürer. The large horse, an inverted reproduction of the Durerian model, dated 1564, bears the inscription "AE[tas] 15" on the top. From 1570 he began to work for the printer Cristóbal Plantino, sharing with Abraham de Bruyn and his brother Hieronymus the making of the intaglio engravings that illustrate the Humanae salutis monumenta by Benito Arias Montano, with whom he also collaborated on the Bible. Royal. because he had abandoned the job so it would be necessary to "compel him even by justice to either finish it or return it as it is." He worked at the same time as Plantino for other publishers and printers. Most of the engravings of the first edition of the portraits of Dutch and Flemish artists with epigrams by Dominicus Lampsonius, collected under the title Pictorum aliquot Germaniae Inferioris Effigies, a work printed by the widow of Hieronymus Cock in Antwerp, 1572. In the same year he was admitted as a member of the guild of St. Luke in his native city, where he is registered until 1594, with some interruption from 1575 to 1579 in which he resided for some time in Delft alternating, perhaps, with stays in Antwerp. With his brothers Hieronymus and Antonius, 1 It is probable that he trained as an engraver with his brother Hieronymus, who signed some of Antonius' prints as publisher. Active from at least 1579, he was registered with the Antwerp Guild of Saint Luke in 1590-1591. His son, Antonius Wierix III (1596-1624), was also an engraver, making it difficult to distinguish his works. Adrian Collaert (Antwerp, ca. 1560-1618). Son of the engraver Hans Collaert and Anna van der Heijden, and older brother of Jan Collaert, he was born in Antwerp. In 1580 he was admitted as a teacher in the guild of San Lucas. From 1581 is his first known work: the engravings of the series Septem planetae / Septem hominis aetatibus responders, allegories of the planets and the corresponding ages on drawings by Marten de Vos edited by Gerard deJode. His production, of correct although somewhat dry drawing, covers religious and allegorical themes, but also animals and some landscape, both on his own drawings and on other people's drawings, among others by Joos de Momper and Hendrick Goltzius. He died in Antwerp on June 29, 1618.

Rankin (Ian), The Flood, Edinburgh: Polygon, 1986, First edition

Buckland (Rev. William) Geology and Mineralogy, 2 vols., first edition, large folding hand coloured lithographed cross section, 86 plates, some double-pate and/or folding, 1836, rebound

Essex. Chapman (John, and André, Peter). A Map of the County of Essex from an actual survey taken in MDCCLXXII: LXXIII & MDCCLXXIV by John Chapman and Peter André, October 1st, 1777, large-scale engraved map of 25 sheets (complete, including the list of subscribers), plus the double-page key map, large compass rose, inset plan of Harwich Harbour and map of Colchester, slight spotting and offsetting, each sheet approximately 470 x 600 mm, 19th century half morocco gilt, with a heraldic motto and crest to the upper siding, worn and rubbed, folioQTY: (1)NOTE:Chapman and André's meticulously detailed and accurate survey of Essex resulted in the finest large-scale map of the county. It was the first to depict minor roads and included every country house and cottage, milestone, bridge, turnpike, creek, ferry, cliff and even a duck decoy. It is unlikely that more than 300 copies of the first edition were sold, though there was a second smaller edition issued in 1785.The crest on the front cover is that of Joseph Cockfield Dimsdale, 1st Baronet (1849 - 1912), a resident of Essex, knighted in 1894 and was Lord Mayor of London on the occasion of the coronation of Edward VII in 1902. He was created a Baronet and a Knight Commander of the Victorian order and was a Member of parliament from 1900 - 1906. His library was sold by Christie's in April 1913.

Indian Tea Plantations. Maps of the Following Tea Districts: Darjeeling and Terai, Jalpaiguri and Duars, Darrang (Comprising Mangalda-Tezpur-Bishnath), Nowgong, Golaghat, Jorhat, Sibsagar, Lakhimpur, Dibrugarh, Cachar and Sylhet, with Complete Index to Tea Gardens, Calcutta: Indian Tea Association, 1930, [24] pages, 11 lithographed maps (4 part-folding) with outlines in black, red and blue, contemporary cloth with gilt title to upper cover, some edge wear and torn at foot of spine without loss, oblong folio (37 x 50 cm), together with:List of Tea Estates in North East India. Registered with the Tea Board (Licensing Committee), Corrected up to 31st December 1954, Acreage figures area as of 31st March 1954, Compiled by the Indian Tea Association, Calcutta, [1955?], [2], 42 pages, stapled as issued, original printed wrappers, a little spotting and dust-soiling and slightly split at head and foot of spine, slim folioQTY: (2)NOTE:The first work is possibly a revised edition of Taylor's Maps… for the 1910 edition published by Thacker, Spink & Co., Calcutta. One copy of the first work (Linnean Society of London) and no copies of the second work have been located.

Surrey. Rocque (John), A Topographical Map of the County of Surrey in which is expressed all the Roads, Lanes, Churches, Noblemen and Gentlemen's seats &c. &c. The Principal Observations, by the late John Rocque Topographer to his Majesty, Compleated and Engrav'd by Peter Andrews, 2nd edition, circa 1787, large-scale engraved map with contemporary wash colouring, on nine sheets, highly ornate allegorical dedication cartouche to William Henry, Duke of Gloucester, very slight offsetting, each sheet approximately 550 x 690 mm, later endpapers, early 20th-century cloth with gilt title to the spine, slim folioQTY: (1)NOTE:Printed after John Rocque's death and published by his widow Mary-Ann, this is the first map of Surrey produced on a scale of two inches to one mile. The second edition is identifiable by the addition of Battersea and Richmond Bridges. It is oddly orientated to Magnetic North instead of True North. A scarce and remarkable large scale map.

Sussex. Gardner (W. & Yeakell T & Gream T.), A Topographical Map of the County of Sussex divided into Rapes, Deanries and Hundreds, Planned from an Actual Survey by a Scale of one Inch to a Statute Mile, begun by W. Gardner and the late T. Yeakell, completed by Thos. Gream, Land Surveyor..., 1st. edition, W. Faden, 1795, large scale map with bright contemporary hand-colouring, engraved by Thomas Foot, sectionalised and laid on linen on four sheets, calligraphic cartouche and dedication and compass rose, slight offsetting and dust soiling, edged in green silk, overall size 785 x 1960 mmQTY: (1)NOTE:D. Kingsley. The Printed Maps of Sussex no. 57, One of the most important maps of Sussex and the first to be based upon a trigonometrical survey.

Williamson (Captain Thomas, & Samuel Howitt). Hunters Going Out in the Morning, London: by T. McClean, for Edward Orme, January 1st 1819, hand-coloured stipple engraving with aquatint, by H. Merke, somewhat spotted, mount aperture 35.7 x 47 cm (14 x 18 1/2 ins), framed and glazed (58 x 67.5 ins), together with: Salt (Henry), View Near the Village of Asceriah, in Abyssinia, London: William Miller, May 1st 1809, colour aquatint with hand-colouring, engraved by Daniel Havell, lightly toned, a little rubbed in places, few minor creases or closed tears, small dampstain towards right edge, mount aperture 36.5 x 54.2 cm (14 3/8 x 21 3/8 ins), framed and glazed (61 x 75.5 ins), (neither examined out of frames)QTY: (2)NOTE:First item: this is plate 1 from the second edition of Oriental Field Sports, published in 1819 by Edward Orme. The plates were produced from watercolours completed by Howitt and based on original sketches made by Williamson during his time serving in the British Army in India. Second item: this is plate 17 from Twenty Four Views in St. Helena, the Cape, India, Ceylon, the Red Sea, Abyssinia and Egypt, published by William Miller in 1809.

[Purchas, Samuel]. [Purchas His Pilgrimage or Relations of the World and the Religions Obserued in al Ages and Places, 3rd edition, London: William Stansby for Henry Fetherstone, 1617], [38], 1051, 1058-1102 [40], woodcut headpieces and initials, lacking title, final leaf detached, first few leaves with some marginal insect predation, occasional light water stains and ink stains (obscuring a few words), a few marginal tears affecting a few shoulder notes, previous owner inscription at head of Contents leaf "Tho. Howard Late Mr. Bartlett's 1718" and earlier signature of Jos. Bartlett at end, bookplate of W.A. Basham, hinges breaking, later half calf, joints cracked, spine and edges rubbed, a few stains, small folio QTY: (1)NOTE:ESTC S121769; Sabin 66681: "The eighth and ninth books, pp. 893-1102, relate to America".

Justinianus (Petrus). Rerum Venetarum an Urbe Condita ad annum MDLXXV historia, Venice: Ludouicum Auantium, 1576, woodcut printer's device to title and final leaf verso, occasional small marginal wormtrack, one or two closed tears and light stains, previous owner signature of 'Fletcher' at head of title, hinges broken, contemporary limp vellum, closed tears to spine, some soiling and a few stains, folio (Adams J712), together with Boiardo (Matteo Maria). Orlando Innamorato... Insieme co i tre libri di M. Nicolo de gli Agostini. Nonamente stampato, e ricorretto, con nuoni argomenti, allegorie, & figure ad ogni canto, Venice: Fabio & Agostin Zoppini, 1584, title with woodcut device, woodcut illustrations at beginning of each canto, text in double column, a few small damp stains, some small worming to title, endpapers and margins of a few leaves, previous owner of Fletcher at head of title, contemporary limp vellum, spine torn, covers detached, some stains and old repairs, small 4to, plus Tacitus Opera, Plantin Antwerp edition, 1607 QTY: (3)NOTE:Provenance: Andrew Fletcher (of Saltoun, 1655-1716), Scottish bibliophile, author of political works and member of parliament, his ownership signature to first two works.

Robertson (William). The History of America, 2 volumes, 1st edition, London: W. Strahan & T. Cadell, 1777, half titles, folding engraved plate of hieroglyphics, lacking the 4 engraved maps by Thomas Kitchin, volume I front endpaper detached, occasional light spotting, neat previous owner signature of Martha Susanna Mainwaring at head of titles, contemporary calf gilt, joints cracked, a little rubbed, 4to, together with Stuart (Gilbert). A View of Society in Europe, in its Progress from Rudeness to Refinement: or inquiries concerning the history of law, government and manners, 1st edition, Edinburgh: printed for John Bell and J. Murray, 1778, half title, errata leaf at end, occasional slight marginal soiling, near-contemporary calf-backed boards, joints cracked, a little rubbed, 4toQTY: (3)NOTE:First work Howes R358; Sabin 27097.

Wooton (William). Reflections upon Ancient and Modern Learning... With a Dissertation upon the Epistles of Phalaris, Themistocles, Socrates, Euripides and Aesop's Fables by Dr. Bentley, 2 parts in one, 2nd edition, London: J. Leake for Peter Buck, 1697, some toning to a few leaves at end, bookplate of Bishop James York dated 1808 to first title verso, modern previous owner signature to replacement endpapers, eighteenth-century panelled calf, modern cloth reback, some edge wear, 8voQTY: (1)NOTE:Wing W3659; B3659. The first part is Wooton's summary of important medical and scientific discoveries, including Michael Servetus's lesser circulation of the blood, the second part contains the first printing of Richard Bentley's important revaluation of the Phalaris Letters, "Bentley (1662-1742) was and remains the greatest of English classical scholars. His reputation was made by his Dissertation on Phalaris, the final crushing blow in the 'Battle of the Books'." (PMM 178).

Locke (John). The Works, 3rd edition, 3 volumes, London: Arthur Bettesworth, 1727, engraved portrait frontispiece and additional engraved plate to adjacent leaf, small contemporary ownership inscription to volumes 1 & 2 title upper margins 'H S Innersely?', additionally to first half-title of volume 3, contemporary notations to blank verso of engraved plate and frontispiece signed 'Thos Lynch' to volume 1 & to front blank verso of volume 2, early 19th-century prize bookplates to front pastedowns, volumes 2 and 3 damp-stained to some quires (a few leaves heavily so, including titles), spotting, volume 3 preliminary leaves repaired to lower right-hand corner, contemporary calf gilt, gilt armorials to boards, heavily worn, folio, together with:Bayle (Peter). The Dictionary Historical and Critical of Mr. Peter Bayle, Carefully collated with the several editions of the original; in which many passages are restored, and the whole greatly augmented ... To which is prefixed, the Life of the Author ... by Mr Des Maizeaux, Fellow of the Royal Society, 5 volumes, 2nd edition, London: for J. J. and P. Knapton et al, 1734-38, portrait frontispiece to 1st volume, half-titles, titles printed in red & black, woodcut vignettes to titles, woodcut head and tailpieces, occasional light marginal dust-soiling, endpapers renewed to volume 5, contemporary calf gilt, marbled edges, joints weak, worn and marked, folioQTY: (8)

Bougainville (Louis Antoine de). A Voyage Round the World, performed by order of his most Christian Majesty, in the years 1766, 1767, 1768, and 1769, 1st edition in English, London: J. Nourse & T. Davies, 1772, xxviii, 476pp., 6 folding plates, Tahitian vocabulary to rear, bookplates of Adrian Bullock to pastedowns, small ink stamps to front pastedown and front free endpaper, endpapers renewed, lightly spotted, folding plates with a few small closed tears, contemporary sprinkled calf gilt, rebacked with original spine laid on, ships blocked in gilt to 4 spine compartments, boards with blindstamped foliate borders, rubbed, corners worn and showing, 4toQTY: (1)NOTE:ESTC T82890; Hill 165; Sabin 6869.The first edition in English of Bougainville's circumnavigation, published in French in 1771. His most famous passenger was undoubtedly Jeanne Baret, recognized as the first woman to circumnavigate the globe. She travelled in disguise as valet to Philibert Commerçon, the expedition's naturalist.

[Rochefort, Charles de]. Histoire Naturelle et Morale des Iles Antilles de l'Amerique... avec un Vocabulaire Caraibe, 2nd edition, Rotterdam: Arnout Leers, 1665, additional engraved title, 3 folding engraved plates, engraved arms and 44 copper-engraved illustrations in text, a few leaves towards end with small marginal insect predation, some early marginalia, occasional light toning and a few stains, contemporary vellum, a little worming to spine, some soiling, small 4toQTY: (1)NOTE:Nissen ZBI 3448; Sabin 72316. "The work is an important and valuable contribution to our knowledge of the Antilles and their inhabitants. The first part of the book relates principally to the natural history of the islands, and the second part to the manners, customs, religion and arts of the Caribs." (Sabin 72314, for the first edition of 1658).The author, a French Huguenot minister and missionary spent some ten years in the Caribbean from 1636, on Tobago and St. Kitts. The well-executed engravings depict illustrations of tropical flora including cashew, cassava, passionflower and passion fruit, pineapple and banana.

Gray (Thomas). Designs by Mr. R. Bentley, for Six Poems by Mr. T. Gray, 1st edition, London: for R. Dodsley, 1753, [2] 36 [2] leaves (all printed on rectos only), half-title, engraved title-vignette, 6 plates, 6 head- and tailpieces and 6 initial figures, all by J. S. Müller or C. Grignion after Bentley, some light toning throughout, folio 3 with short closed tear repaired to fore-margin, (generally in good condition), pencil inscription of J. W. Lyonwinder to verso of front endpaper, marbled endpapers, contemporary cat's-paw full calf, with monochrome title label to spine title, rubbed and a few marks, joints with some wear, imperial 4to in half-sheets (37.5 x 26.5 cm)QTY: (1)NOTE:ESTC T122525; Hazen, A Bibliography of Horace Walpole 42; Rothschild 1061-2.First edition, with the half-title reading 'Drawings, &c'; there were two further editions in 1753, with identical title-pages to the first. 'The book is properly regarded as a landmark in the history of English book-illustration' (Hazen). 'A Long Story' is printed here for the first time, and the 'Explanation of the Prints' is by Horace Walpole. Although there were no special copies on thick paper, this copy may be one of those identified by Hazen which, being unpressed, might give a similar appearance.

Guest (Lady Charlotte). The Mabinogion from the Llyfr Coch o Hergest, and other ancient Welsh manuscripts, with an English Translation and Notes, 3 volumes, 1st edition thus, London: Longman, Brown, Green, and Longmans; Llandovery, W. Rees, 1849, half-title to each volume, facsimile plates, including one folding frontispiece to first volume, some light spotting to endpapers, top edge gilt, marbled endpapers, contemporary red-brown half morocco, gilt decorated spines, a little rubbed and minor scuffing to head and foot of spines, spines lightly faded (generally in good condition), large 8voQTY: (3)NOTE:Provenance: According to information supplied by the current owner, this set was gifted by Charlotte Guest to John Evans, Great great grandfather of the current owner, then to Clara Maria Evans, his daughter, and by descent to the owner's father Evelyn John Simons, and has been in the collection of the current owners since 1978, Lady Guest was Godmother to the owners great Grandmother Clara Maria Evans, daughter of John Evans (of Dowlais Ironworks), who married into the Simons family.

Gidal (Tim). 'In the Thirties', 1st edition, Jerusalem: Jerusalem Post Press, no date, c. 1975, black & white illustrations from photographs, signed presentation inscription from the photographer in pencil to title, 'To Richard Sadler, with the pleasure of having cropped one of his five photos = images', dated October 1976, original printed wrappers, 8vo, together with:Gidal (Tim), In the Forties, 1st edition, London: Photographers' Gallery, no date, c. 1981, black & white illustrations from photographs, signed presentation inscription from the photographer for Richard Sadler dated 1982, written vertically upwards to inner margin of first page in green ink, original pictorial wrappers with initialled dotted line in green ink by Gidal running humorously from his camera lens on the front cover to a toe on the rear cover, plus a real photo postcard of 'Siena, 1934', by Gidal, signed by the photographer to lower margin and with long signed message to Richard Sadler to verso, dated 1980, '... your Nude is one of the finest photographs in my fine collection!', in original postmarked Air Mail envelope, plus 3 others by Gidal with signed inscriptions for Sadler, plus one other unsigned duplicate, all original printed wrappers, 4toQTY: (7)NOTE:Provenance: From the collection of Dr Richard Sadler FRPS (1927-2020).

Semedo (Alvarez). The History of that Great and Renowned Monarchy in China. Wherein all the particular provinces are accurately described: as also the dispositions, manners, learning, lawes, militia, government, and religion of the people. Together with the traffick and commodoties of that country, 2 parts in one, 1st edition in English, London: E. Tyler for John Crook, 1655, engraved portrait frontispiece of the author (adhered to front pastedown), engraved costume plate, engraved plate of a Tartar, etched map in text, lacking most of the folding engraved map, title and following leaf repaired with small loss of text, advertisement leaf at end torn (with lower portion of text adhered to rear pastedown), some water stains and soiling, some marginal worming to a few leaves, a few small tears, bookplate of Thomas Weld (1750-1810), Lulworth Castle at end, contemporary sheep, upper cover detaching, some losses to spine, some edge wear and worming to covers, small folio QTY: (1)NOTE:ESTC R22006; Wing S2490. Alvaro de Semedo (1585 or 1586-1658) was a Portuguese Jesuit priest and served as Portugal's Procurado General for China. The first part includes much valuable information from his first-hand observations, the second part is based on Martino Martini's De Bello Tartarico historia, 1654, until then considered the best source of information on China.

Parr (Martin). Calderdale Photographs, Leeds: Calderdale Museums Service, 1984, 16 pages, signed and dated by the photographer in black ink to inside front cover, 'To Richard [Sadler], Martin Parr 85',13 black & white illustrations from photographs, stapled as issued, slim 4to, together with:Parr (Martin), Bad Weather. Photographs by Martin Parr, Texts by Michael Fish and Peter Turner, 1st edition, London: Hay Zwemmer, 1982, black & white illustrations from photographs, signed and dated (1985) by Parr for Richard Sadler to title upper margin, original pictorial wrappers, a little rubbed and soiled, upper outer corner lightly creased, oblong folio, plusParr (Martin), Common Sense, 1st edition, Stockport: Dewi Lewis, 1999, full-bleed colour illustrations from photographs throughout, signed in blue ballpoint pen by the photographer by first page, original pictorial boards, oblong folio, plus 3 other hardbacks and 2 paperback editions of Martin Parr works, all unsigned except a hardback reprint copy of Small World in mint as new condition with publisher's 'Signed copy' sticker on protective taped clear cellophane coverQTY: (8)NOTE:Provenance: From the collection of Dr Richard Sadler FRPS (1927-2020).

Churchill (Winston Spencer). Mr. Brodrick's Army, London: Arthur L. Humphreys, 1903, 102 pp., a little light spotting and toning to title, original dark red printed wrappers, two closed tears to spine (small losses at spine ends), small tears and loss to corners of upper wrapper, slight dust-soiling, 8vo, 225 x 163 mm, together with a copy of A Bill to make further Provision for Defraying the Expenses of certain Military Works and other Military Services. (Prepared and brought in by Mr. Secretary Brodrick, Mr. Chancellor of the Exchequer, and Lord Stanley), 22 July 1903QTY: (1)Woods A6(b). RARE. "Churchill's first great oration" (Bloomsbury Publishing). According to Woods A6(a), this is the second English edition, the first edition, priced at twopence and 44 pp. but containing the same text, and "There is no clear evidence that this version was ever released, and I would therefore regard it as most likely that Churchill, displeased with its appearance, demanded a better production and got it.""Mr Broderick's Army consists of six speeches given by Churchill to parliament, in which he opposes his own party's military reforms, as proposed by the Secretary of State for War, St. John Broderick. The plans to expand the permanent peacetime Army from two to three divisions ran counter to Churchill's economical instincts and parallels have been made with his father, Lord Randolph Churchill's 1886 parliamentary conflict over Army Estimates. These speeches demonstrate Churchill's developing oratorical skill and the growing divisions between himself and his party. Indeed he would not long remain a member of the Conservatives. Often seen as Churchill's first great oration, Mr Broderick's Army marks the beginning of his long and illustrious political career." (Bloomsbury Publishing).The last copy at auction, bound in library cloth and lacking the final blank was sold at Christie's in 2010, the same copy previously sold in 1980, and only two copies since 1975.

Dostoevsky (Fyodor). The Possessed. A Novel in Three Parts, from the Russian by Constance Garnett, 1st edition in English, London: William Heinemann, 1913, half-title, minor scattered spotting, inner hinges slightly cracked, original red cloth with decorative spine, rubbed and slightly soiled, spine evenly faded with minor nicks at head and foot, covers partially faded, upper corners bruised, 8vo QTY: (1)NOTE:First published in Russky Viestnik (The Russian Messenger) in Moscow in 1871-72, this was the work's first appearance in English. It was the third volume of Dostoevsky's works translated by Garnett between 1912 and 1920.

Fleming (Ian). Thunderball, 1st edition, 1st impression, London: Jonathan Cape, 1961, small portions of spotting to front and rear endpapers, original cloth gilt, dust jacket, slightly rubbed to extremities, 8vo, together with:The Spy Who Loved Me, 1st edition, 1st impression, London: Jonathan Cape, 1962, original pictorial cloth, dust jacket, slightly rubbed to extremities, some faint dust-soiling to rear panel, 8vo, withOn Her Majesty's Secret Service, 1st edition, 1st impression, London: Jonathan Cape, 1963, original cloth, rear panel lightly spotted and toned, extremities slightly rubbed, 8vo, with 2 other Fleming first editionsQTY: (5)

Folio Society. Tractatus de Herbis, [&] Commentary, facsimile edition, British Library, 2002, colour plates, all edges gilt, first mentioned in original dark green morocco for The Folio Society by Smith Settle of Otley, blocked design by David Eccles with leather onlays, second mentioned in original quarter buckram, contained together in original book box, folio & 8vo QTY: (2)

Forrest (A. S. & S. L. Bensusan). Morocco, 1st edition, London: Adam and Charles Black, 1904, 74 colour illustrations, some light spotting & toning, ink mark to the fore-edge, top edge gilt, original decorative cloth, boards & spine llightly rubbed, 8vo, together with:Jane (Cecil), The Voyages of Christopher Columbus, Being The Journals Of His First And Third, And The Letters Concerning his First And Last Voyages, limited edition, London: Empire House, The Argonaut Press, 1930, 5 monochrome maps, some light spotting & toning throughout, original quarter vellum, boards & spine slightly rubbed & marked, 4to, un-numbered copy of 1050, plusGolding (Wiliam), The Spire, 1st edition, London: Faber and Faber, 1964, some minor marginal toning, original cloth in dust jacket, spine lightly rubbed to head & foot, 8vo, and other late 19th & early 20th-century picture cloth literature & related, including Illustrated British Ballads, Old And New, 2 volumes, edited by George Barnett Smith, London: Cassell, Petter, Galpin & Co., 1881, original uniform gilt decorated green cloth, 4to, all original cloth, some in dust jackets, G/VG, 8vo/4toQTY: (3 shelves)

Blaeu (Johannes & Guillaume). Theatrum Orbis Terrarum sive Atlas Novus pars Quarta [England & Wales] Amsterdam, apud Johannem Blaeu,1646, engraved architectonic title page and 58 engraved maps (counted in pagination and register, all folding except for the Isle of Man; Bedfordshire and Buckinghamshire both on the one sheet), all with contemporary hand colouring, 4 engraved vignettes in the text (also hand-coloured and depicting henges, burial chambers and mausolea), mounted on guards throughout (evidence of skilful removal and replacement), heavily waterstained throughout causing some 'bleeding' of old watercolour, some maps heavily toned, contemporary Dutch full vellum gilt, retaining the remnants of green linen ties, yapp edges, a few minor scuffs and marks, near-contemporary faint manuscript title to the spine, folio (520 x 330 mm)QTY: (1)NOTE:Koeman Bl 44 (volume 1 pp. 178-80); Skelton 42; cf. Chubb LIX-LX.Second edition in Latin of this 'very fine atlas of the English counties compiled, mainly from the maps of John Speed' (Chubb). A total of six volumes were published. The present volume, depicting England and Wales, first appeared in 1645 and was reissued in 1646.

Clerk (John). Etchings, Chiefly of Views in Scotland. MDCCLXXIII-MDCCLXXIX, mixed edition, Edinburgh, 1828, portrait frontispiece on india paper, 41 etched and lithographed views, a few tinted, on 38 sheets, occasional light spotting, front endpaper detaching, bookplate, hinges tender, contemporary cloth-backed boards, some edge wear and stains, folio 460 x 280 mm QTY: (1)NOTE:Mixed edition. The 1825 first edition contained 28 plates, the second expanded edition of 1855 contained 57 plates, the present volume contains a mixture from both editions, including the 1855 portrait. A pencil note at front states 'the 29th plate is not in either edition... some of the 1855 plates have been included but not all, they have in some cases been bound in the wrong way'. "Clerk was an exceptional amateur artist. His wealthy background afforded him the luxury of entertaining numerous careers, including medicine and business, and he also showed a considerable interest in geology. In the 1740s he began sketching alongside his brother-in-law, Robert Adam, and the artist Paul Sandby. Clerk travelled extensively throughout Scotland, recording a wide range of landscapes and ancient buildings. His sketches of Edinburgh and the surrounding areas are highly personal representations of his native countryside. Clerk's youthful fascination with the sea and the navy resulted in his famous study 'An Essay on Naval Tactics' (1790), which he developed throughout the 1790s." (National Galleries Scotland).

Pigot (J.). Pigot & Co.s. British Atlas of the Counties of England, with a Map of England and Wales and a Circular one of the Country Round London..., 1833, decorative title page, address and double-page triangular Distance table, folding engraved map of England & Wales with bright contemporary outline colouring, 39 (complete as list) engraved county maps with contemporary outline colouring, including 1 folding (Yorkshire), circular map of London bound at rear, map of London with some offsetting, front endpapers, title and address with repaired closed tears, gathering attachment and sewing is weak with partial cracking, contemporary half calf, lacking spine, joints weak with upper board and preliminaries near detached, boards worn and frayed with old lot labels stuck to the recto and verso, folioQTY: (1)NOTE:Chubb. This edition is not recorded but matches the description of the first edition of 1831. CCCCXXV. Despite the deterioration of the text block and binding, the contents are clean and bright.

Bewick & Ruskin. Bewick Gleanings: Being Impressions from Copperplates and Wood Blocks, Engraved in the Bewick Workshop... , Edited, with Notes, by Julia Boyd, to which are added, Lives of Thos. Bewick and his Pupils, Newcastle-upon-Tyne: Andrew Reid, 1886, etched frontispiece and 53 plates, wood-engraved illustrations to text, together with an autograph letter signed from John Ruskin (1819-1900) to the editor tipped in at front, Brantwood, Coniston, Lancashire, 10 December 1886, apparently thanking Miss Boyd for the loan of 'your beautiful book' and saying 'It ought to be called Late Harvest - instead of Gleanings, containing many cuts of the most curious interest - and the text is the most valuable contribution to our knowledge of him I have yet read... ', 2 pages on the first and third page of a bifolium, heavy spotting and browning, 8vo, tipped on to front free endpaper with small gummed paper strips at head and foot of second leaf, top edge gilt, original full morocco gilt, heavily rubbed and partly faded on spine, 4toQTY: (2)NOTE:Limited edition large paper copy, 44 [of 200], signed by the editor, Julia Boyd. A nice association item with Ruskin who though a fan of Bewick's craft looked down on him because of his class and lack of education.

Dodens (Rembert). Mechliniensis Medici Caesari Stirpium Historiae Pemptades Sex Sive Libri XXX, Antwerp: Balthasarem et Ioannem Moretos 1616, [8], 872pp, [34]., engraved allegorical title, botanical woodcuts after Pieter van der Borcht throughout, engraved initials, engraved printer's device to final leaf verso, bookseller's ticket to upper right corner of front free endpaper verso, final blank frayed and separating at gutter, front endpaper renewed, small hole to title touching final word, many leaves browned, spotting, contemporary calf gilt, worn, joints weak, folio (345 x 215mm)QTY: (1)NOTE:Nissen BBI 517. (1583 edition). The present work is the Latin translation of his 'Cruydeboeck' (1554), which was first published in 1583. An eminently influential work, 'instead of arranging plants in alphabetical order, Dodoens grouped plants according to their properties and reciprocal affinities'. (Encyclopedia Britannica). John Gerard used the work as a source for his herbal.