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Lambarde (William). Eirenarcha, or of the Office of the Justices of Peace, in foure bookes, Revised, corrected, and enlarged, in the eighth yeere of the peaceable Raigne of our most gracious King James. First collected by William Lambard of Lincolnes Inne gent, London: Printed [by Adam Islip] for the Companie of Stationers, 1614, title within ornamental border, some early underscoring, bound with, Lambarde (William), The Duties of Constables, Borsholders, Tythingmen, and such other lowe and Lay Ministers of the Peace. Whereunto be adioyned, the severall offices of Church Ministers, and Churchwardens, and Overseers for the Poore, surveyours of the highwaies, and distributors of the prouision against noisome fowle and vermine. First collected by William Lambard of Lincolnes Inne gent. and enlarged in the yeare. 1610, London: Printed [by Adam Islip] for the Companie of Stationers, 1614, without final blank, few worm holes to last few leaves, some damp staining and scattered spotting throughout volume, later endpapers (lacking front free endpaper), contemporary calf, old reback with loss of lower spine panel, lower board detached, board edges and corners worn (board corners showing), 8vo, together with:London, The freemen of London’s necessary and useful companion: or, the citizens birth-right, With The Foreigners and Aliens best Instructor..., London: Printed by W. Pearson for J. Baker, 1707, light dust-soiling, damp staining and browning, contemporary half calf, joints and extremities worn, 12mo (ESTC T139506, A reissue of the 1706 London edition, with the title page partially reset),Marine Society, The Bye-Laws and Regulations of the Marine Society, incorporated in MDCCLXXII, with the several instructions, form of indentures, and other instruments used by it, 5th edition, London: Printed by Strahan & Preston, 1809, half-title and engraved frontispiece, contemporary marbled calf, gilt decorated spine, joints and extremities rubbed, 12mo,Court of Chancery, Observations upon the power exercised by the Court of Chancery, of depriving a father of the custody of his children, London: John Miller, 1828, half-title, contemporary half calf, spine rubbed, slim 8voQTY: (4)NOTE:Lambarde - STC (2nd ed.) 15173; ESTC S108212 and STC (2nd ed.) 15159; ESTC S108250.

Crooke (Helkiah). Mikrokosmographia. A Description of the Body of Man. Together with the controversies thereto belonging. Collected and translated out of all the best authors of anatomy, especially out of Gasper Bauhinus and Andreas Laurentius, 2 parts in one, 2nd edition, corrected and enlarged, Printed at London: by Thomas and Richard Cotes, and are to be sold by Michael Sparke, dwelling at the blue Bible in Greene Arbor, 1631, letterpress title with first word in Greek characters and with woodcut illustration (left blank margin torn & crudely repaired, with adhesive browning), numerous woodcut illustrations throughout volume, without additional engraved title and lacking leaves N5, V5, X2, X3 & a5, two leaves misbound at front of volume after letterpress title (leaves f2 contents and errata leaf, both leaves with repaired closed tears & tissue-lined to each side), e6 at rear of volume torn to lower half of leaf with loss, occasional repaired closed tears to margins, some margins discreetly repaired (mostly to initial leaves, modern dark brown calf, folio QTY: (1)NOTE:ESTC S107279; STC (2nd ed.), 6063; Russell, K.F. Brit. anatomy (2nd ed.), 223.ESTC S107279; STC (2nd ed.), 6063; Russell, K.F. Brit. anatomy (2nd ed.), 223. The chief sources are "De corporis humani fabrica" by Caspar Bauhin and "Historia anatomica humani corporis" by André Du Laurens. "An explanation of the fashion and vse of three and fifty instruments of chirurgery. Gathered out of Ambrosius Pareus .. and done into English .. by H.C. [i.e. Crooke]" has separate pagination, register, and title page with imprint "London printed for Michael Sparke. 1631.".

Ogilby (John). The Fables of Aesop, paraphras'd in verse, and adorn'd with sculpture, 1st edition thus, 4 parts in 1, London: Thomas Warren, 1651, engraved frontispiece and 80 plates by Hollar, Stoop and Barlow after Francis Cleyn (lacking portrait and plate 35), a few plates with touches of old colouring, frontispiece with a little fraying to edges, with small loss to upper outer corner, B3 facing fable 3, D2 facing fable 7, and B[b]3 facing fable 25 with loss of text at foot, a few minor closed tears and other marks, early armorial bookplate with motto 'Abi et Fac-Simile' to front pastedown, with old catalogue description below, 20th century owner's ticket of Miss Carys Roberts, Cambridge to front free endpaper, contemporary Cambridge gilt panelled calf cornered with foliate ciphers, 19th century reback with red morocco title label, somewhat worn, 4toQTY: (1)NOTE:Wing A689.First edition of Ogilby's translation. 'To call these versions paraphrases is misleading... they are original treatments of familiar themes. Ogilby gives free play to his imagination as he retells the fables with so many amplifications of homely detail and classical allusions that what would ordinarily have been eighty-one pages or a little more becomes two hundred and thirty-six' (Hodnett, Francis Barlow, First Master of English Book Illustration, p. 79).

Heylyn (Peter). Cosmographie, In Four Bookes. Containing the Chorographie and Historie of the Whole World, and all the principal Kingdomes, Provinces, Seas, and Isles thereof, 1st edition, 2 volumes, London: Henry Seile, 1652, additional engraved title to first volume (small hole to upper blank margin, dust-soiled, lined to verso), initial titles to both volumes with signature of "John Evelyn [Junior] Durate &c Virg: aen: 1.1", four double-page engraved maps (Europe, Asia, Africa, and Americas), each map cropped to edges with some loss, first volume with ink stain to fore-edge blank margins of leaves 2Q1 & 2Q2 and closed tear to 2Q6, lower outer blank corner of 2S4 torn away, front free endpapers with manuscript press mark D6:8, front pastedowns with armorial bookplate of Sir Frederick Evelyn Bart. and 20th century John Evelyn library 'J.E' bookplate, attractive contemporary speckled calf, with elaborate gilt decorated spines, upper joint of first volume cracked at head & foot, folioQTY: (2)NOTE:Provenance: John Evelyn, junior (1655-1699), son of John Evelyn, writer, diarist & gardener, 1620-1706; The Evelyn Library, Christie's December 1, 1977, lot 740, where purchased by Desmond Burgess for £200.Wing H1689; ESTC R5447.Books 1-3, the two parts of book 4, and the Appendix each have separate dated title page; register attempts to be continuous. Pagination is separate except for book 4, part 2, which is continuous with part 1.

[Sandys, George]. Anglorum speculum, or The Worthies of England, in Church and State. Alphabetically digested into the several shires and counties therein contained; wherein are illustrated the lives and characters of the most eminent persons since the conquest to this present age. Also an account of the commodities and trade of each respective county, and the most flourishing cities and towns therein, London: John Wright and William Thackary, 1684, [8], 224, 369-596, 739-974, [20]p., light toning, armorial bookplate of Baron de Spon to front pastedown, contemporary calf, rebacked preserving gilt decorated spine, 8vo (Wing S22A; ESTC R7882), together with:Sacheverell (Henry), The Tryal of Doctor Henry Sacheverell, before the House of Peers, for High Crimes and Misdemeanors; upon an impeachment..., Dublin: Re-printed by A. Rhames and F. Dickson, for E. Dobson, P. Campbell, J. Gill, [& others], 1710, light toning and dust-soiling, endpapers renewed, contemporary calf, rebacked with gilt decorated spine and maroon morocco title label, board edges rubbed, folio,Clarendon (Edward Hyde, Earl of), The Life of Edward Earl of Clarendon, Lord High Chancellor of England, and Chancellor of the University of Oxford. Containing, I. An Account of the Chancellor’s Life from his Birth to the Restoration in 1660. II. A Continuation of the same, and of his History of the Grand Rebellion, from the Restoration to his Banishment in 1667..., 3 volumes, Oxford: Clarendon Printing House, 1759, front endpaper with Hobart crest bookplate and armorial bookplate of Baron de Spon, contemporary speckled calf, upper joint of first volume weak and few others cracked, 8vo,Bolingbroke (Henry St. John, Viscount), Letters on the study and use of history, 2 volumes, London: A. Millar, 1752, occasional spotting, armorial bookplate of Baron de Spon to upper pastedown, contemporary calf, joints split and board corners worn, 8vo,Lowhen (Baron von), The analysis of nobility, in its origin; as military, mercantile, and literary; proofs, privileges, duties, acquisition, and forfeiture thereof, interspersed with several curious Monuments of History, relating to Laws of Chivalry, Creations, Degradations, Justs, Tournaments, Combats, &c. Translated from the original German of Baron von Lowhen. With Notes collected from the best English Antiquarians, and other Authors, London: J. Robinson, 1754, some toning and spotting, endpapers renewed and with armorial bookplate of Baron de Spon to upper pastedown, contemporary calf, rebacked, maroon morocco title label, board edges worn, 8vo,[Leake, Stephen Martin], Nummi Britannici Historia: Or an Account of English Money, from the Conquest to the Uniting of the two Kingdoms by James I. and of Great Britain to the Present Time, 1st edition, 1626 [but 1726], four engraved plates, armorial bookplate of Sir John Rushout Bt. to upper pastedown and armorial bookplate of Baron de Spon to front free endpaper, contemporary panelled calf, rebacked, red morocco title label, 8vo, and seven other 18th & 19th century antiquarianQTY: (16)

[James, Prince of Wales, 1688-1766]. A Letter from a Gentleman at the Court of St. Germains, to one of his friends in England; containing a memorial about methods for setting the Pretender on the throne of Great Britain. Found at Doway, after the taking of that Town. Translated from the French copy, printed at Cologne by Peter Marteau, London: [s.n.], 1710, 47,[1]p., some water staining and browning, bound with: [Prussian officer], A remarkable dialogue, which lately happened in the gardens of Luxembourg at Paris, between an old impartial English Whig, and a nonjuror of the Church of England, concerning the Young Chevalier; ... By a Prussian officer, Edenburgh [sic, i.e. London]: printed in the year 1748. Sold in London, Dublin, Paris, and Holland, 1748, [4],103,[1]p., half-title in the form of a title page (repair to upper left blank corner), dust-soiled mostly to half-title and final leaf, bound with, [James, Prince of Wales, 1688-1766], Memoirs of the Chevalier de St. George: with some private passages of the life of ... King James II. Never before Publish’d., London: Printed in the year, 1712, 62 [i.e.78]p., half-title discarded, signature R. Watts at head of title, occasional underscoring, light water staining, bookplate of David Murray to upper pastedown, all edges gilt, 19th century dark green morocco with elaborate gilt decorations, covers incorporating repeating coronet motifs, 8voQTY: (1)NOTE:1. ESTC T66275; Moore 189. Variously attributed to Pierre Des Maiseaux, Daniel Defoe, and Arthur Maynwaring. For authorship controversy see Moore 189 and Snyder in Literatur als Kritik des Lebens (Heidelberg, 1975) p.123. Moore suggests that Des Maiseaux was only responsible for the French translation, but this undoubtedly appeared first - it is possible that he was the author. The Cologne imprint of that edition, however, is probably false.2. ESTC T71919. The imprint is false on the evidence of the ornaments, also found in a similarily made up pamphlet bearing a 1748 London imprint, and entitled ’A familiar instructive dialogue, which happened last week’.. The imprint is false on the evidence of the ornaments, also found in a similarily made up pamphlet bearing a 1748 London imprint, and entitled ’A familiar instructive dialogue, which happened last week’.3. ESTC N61382. Pp.27-34 are correctly numbered; the word "publish’d" in title is capitalized, and the rule on the title page is straight.

[Defoe, Daniel]. The History of the Wars, of his present Majesty Charles XII, King of Sweden, from his first landing in Denmark, to his return from Turkey to Pomerania, by a Scots gentleman in the Sweedish Service, 1st edition, London: A Bell, T. Varnam, J. Osborn, W. Taylor and J. Baker, 1715, title page with armorial bookplate of Robert Lowndes dated 1702 to verso, approximately 35 leaves with blue ink stain to tips of right blank corners, 20th century manuscript reference not to front free endpaper, contemporary blind panelled calf, morocco title label to spine, joints cracked, extremities rubbed, 8vo (Moore 322; ESTC T65952), together with:Erasmus (Desiderius), Moriæ Encomium; or, a Panegyrick upon Folly ... Done into English [by W. Kennet], and illustrated with above fifty curious cuts, designed and drawn by H. Holbeine. To which is prefix'd, Erasmus's Epistle to Sir Thomas More, and an account of H. Holbeine's pictures, etc. and where to be seen, London: J. Woodward, 1709, engraved portrait frontispiece, 46 engraved illustrations to 28 plates and four illustrations to text, title page with early signature Wm. Wyce(?), some light dust-soiling and occasional damp stains throughout, contemporary panelled calf, morocco reback with gilt and blind decoration, rubbed and scuffed, 8vo, Bailey (Nathan), An Universal Etymological English Dictionary, 2nd edition, with large additions, London: E. Bell, J. Darby, A. Bettesworth [& others], 1724, old ink spot to a4, contemporary blind panelled calf, upper board detached, lacking title label to spine and with wear at head & foot, board edges worn, 8vo,Shakespeare (William), The Works of Shakespear in Nine Volumes. With a Glossary. Carefully printed from the Oxford Edition in Quarto, 1744, 9 volumes, London: J. & P. Knapton, S. Birt, T. Longman [& others], 1751, engraved portrait frontispiece to first volume, imprint to volumes 2-8 dated 1750, ownership inscription to front free pastedowns 'Messrs. Brown & Stockhouse, Stainforth, 1796' and first volume with manuscript provenance note to front free endpaper 'these volumes were formerly in the possession of the Ingleby family at Lawkland Hall, William Addison 1931', contemporary calf, gilt decorated spines, rubbed with some title labels lacking, 12mo,Malden (Henry), An Account of King's College-Chapel, in Cambridge ..., including a Character of Henry VI and a Short History of the Foundation of his two Colleges, King's and Eton..., Cambridge: printed for the author, by Fletcher & Hodson, 1769, etched portrait frontispiece and single engraved plate, front free endpaper with ownership 'T. Kerrich M.C.C. 1800', contemporary dutch gilt floral wrappers, spine worn, 8vo, plus other 18th and early 19th century antiquarian, including a defective and worn copy of [Dodsley, Robert, compiler], The Preceptor: containing a general course of Education: Wherein the first principles of polite learning are laid down in a way most suitable for trying the genius, and advancing the instruction of youth, 2 volumes, London: R. Dodsley, 1748, 32 engraved plates and maps (of 33), many torn with loss, heavy dust-soiling and fraying particularly to plates, title with the ownership inscription of the literary critic and author Rose of Kilravock (1747-1815) and with her armorial bookplate to front pastedowns, contemporary calf, rubbed, 8vo (this work contained contributions by Samuel Johnson)QTY: (23)

Delany (Patrick). Observations upon Lord Orrery's Remarks on the Life and Writings of Dr. Jonathan Swift [by J. R., i.e. Patrick Delany], containing several singular anecdotes relating to the character and conduct of that great Genius, and the most deservedly celebrated Stella. In a series of letters to his Lordship. To which are added two original pieces of the same author (excellent in their kind) never before publish'd, 1st edition, London: Printed and sold by W. Reeve and A. Linde, 1754, [16], 310p., some light toning, front pastedown with contemporary ownership of John Denne dated 1754, hinges split, contemporary calf with morocco title label to spine, spine worn and joints split at head and foot, 8voQTY: (1)NOTE:Teerink 1343; Rothschild 789.This work contains the first publication of Swift's 'On Good Manners and Good Breeding', and 'To a Friend who had been much abused in many inveterate Libels'.John Denne D.D. (1693–1767) was born at Littlebourne, Kent, the eldest son of John Denne. He was educated at Sandwich grammar school, King's School, Canterbury, and Corpus Christi College, Cambridge, where he graduated B.A. 1712, M.A. 1716, D.D. 1728. He was tutor and fellow of his college. Denne was ordained in 1716, and presented to the perpetual curacy of St Benedict's Church, Cambridge. He became rector of Norton-by-Daventry, Northamptonshire, in 1721, exchanging the living in 1723 for the vicarage of St Leonard's, Shoreditch. From 1725-28 he delivered the Boyle lectures. In 1728 he became archdeacon and prebendary of Rochester and also held the vicarage of St Margaret's Church, Rochester. In 1731 Denne resigned his Rochester parish for the rectory of St. Mary's Church, Lambeth. He was for some time prolocutor of the lower house of convocation. From about 1759 he suffered from ill-health and died on 5 August 1767, and was buried in Rochester Cathedral.

Swift (Jonathan). The History of the Four Last Years of the Queen, 1st edition, 1st issue, London: A. Millar, 1758, contemporary signature 'Leeds' to upper blank margin of title, leaf Z3 is signed Z2 and Aa3 is signed Aa4, light marginal browning to first and last leaves from turn-ins, contemporary calf, maroon morocco title label to spine, joints cracked and extremities rubbed, 8vo (Rothschild 2186; Teerink 809), together with:Swift (Deane), An Essay upon the Life, Writings, and Character, of Dr. Jonathan Swift..., to which is added, that sketch of Dr. Swift's Life, written by the Doctor himself, which was lately presented by the author of this essay to the University of Dublin, 1st edition, London: Charles Bathurst, 1755, half-title present, publisher's book list at rear, contemporary calf, maroon morocco title label to spine, joints cracked, rubbed, 8vo (Rothschild 1989; Teerink 1345),Johnson (Samuel), Prayers and Meditations, composed by Samuel Johnson, LL.D. and published from his manuscripts, by George Strahan, A.M. Vicar of Islington, Middlesex; and Rector of Little Thurrock, in Essex, 1st edition, London: T. Cadell, 1785, cropped signature at head of title page, armorial bookplate of Sir Robert Joshua Paul, 3rd Bt. (1848-1898) of Paulville, Tullow, County Carlow, Ireland to upper pastedown, 19th century mottled half sheep, green morocco title label to spine, light wear, 8vo,Swift (Jonathan), A Tale of a Tub..., 4th edition, corrected, London: John Nutt, 1705, some dust-soiling, spotting and marginal fraying, without free endpapers, ink marks to pastedowns, contemporary panelled calf, gilt decorated spine, joints cracked at head & foot, some wear, 8voQTY: (4)

Delille (Jacques). The Gardens, a poem. Translated from the French of the Abbé de Lille by Mrs. [Maria H.] Montolieu, 2nd edition, London: Printed by T. Bensley, 1805, half-title, two engraved plates and three vignettes by F. Bartolozzi, front blank with contemporary signature of Elizabeth Aston, front pastedown with armorial bookplate of Robert Burnard of Plymouth, dated 1891, all edges gilt, contemporary blind panelled and decorated black straight-grain morocco, 8vo (22.6 x 14 cm), together with:[Armstrong, John], The Oeconomy of Love. A poetical essay, new edition, London: M. Cooper, 1749, half-title discarded, light toning and spotting at front and dust-soiling to verso of final leaf, bound with Akenside (Mark), The Pleasures of Imagination. A poem. In three books, London: R. Dodsley, 1744, half-title, title page in red and black with engraved vignette, bound with Armstrong (John), The Art of Preserving Health: A poem. In four books, 3rd edition, London: A. Millar, 1748, spotting towards rear of volume, contemporary calf, morocco title label worn with loss, joints split, head & foot of spine worn, 8vo,Genlis (Ste?phanie Fe?licite?, comtesse de), The Tales of the Castle: or, Stories of instruction and delight. Translated ... by Thomas Holcroft, 4 volumes, new edition, London: Scatcherd & Letterman, 1819, stipple engraved frontispieces to each volume, title of first volume with contemporary signature of Elizabeth Brewster to upper blank margin, some damp staining mostly to frontispieces and titles, contemporary half calf, gilt decorated spines with maroon morocco labels, board edges slightly worn, 12mo,Bloomfield (Robert), The Farmer's Boy; A rural poem, 9th edition, London: Vennor, Hood, Sharpe [& others], 1806, half-title, wood engraved frontispiece, 11 plates and few vignettes to text, contemporary marbled calf, gilt decorated spine and borders to boards, joints cracked and light wear, small 8voQTY: (7)

Dickens (Charles). The Life and Adventures of Nicholas Nickleby, 1st edition, London: Chapman and Hall, 1839, engraved portrait frontispiece, 39 etched plates by Hablot K. Browne, some spotting, toning and offsetting, previous owner signature to title, contemporary green half calf, rubbed, 8vo, together with The Life and Adventures of Martin Chuzzlewit, 1st edition, London: Chapman and Hall, 1844, half title, etched frontispiece and additional title, 38 etched plates by H.K. Browne, one or two small marginal chips to plates, some browning and light spotting, contemporary half calf, upper cover detached, rubbed, 8vo, with three others: Bleak House, 1st edition, 1853, Our Mutual Friend, 2 volumes in one in original cloth, later edition (lacking volume II title and first plate), and David Copperfield, later Chapman & Hall issueQTY: (5)

Dickens (Charles). Bleak House, 20 original parts in 19, 1st edition, London: Bradbury and Evans, March 1852-September 1853, additional etched pictorial title and 39 plates by Hablot K. Browne ("Phiz"), with 'The Village Pastor' booklet in part 15, lacking advertisement leaf at end of part XVI?, usual browning to plates, occasional light toning and soiling, original publisher's blue pictorial wrappers after "Phiz", some losses to spines, a few chips, tears and creases, contemporary cloth portfolio, lacking some ties, 8vo, together with Eliot (George). The Mill on the Floss, 3 volumes, 1st edition, London: William Blackwood and Sons, 1860, 16 pp. advertisements at end of volume III, contemporary previous owner inscription to volume III, some light spotting and soiling, hinges tender, original blindstamped cloth, Mudie's Library label remnants to upper covers of volumes I-II (label intact to volume III), spines a little darkened with small chips and tears at ends, some wear to corners, 8vo QTY: (22)NOTE:First work Eckel pp. 79-85.

Browne (Alexander). Ars Pictoria; Or an Academy Treating of Drawing, Painting, Limning and Etching, 1st edition, London: J. Redmayne, 1669, engraved portrait frontispiece, 30 engraved plates (complete), mostly by Arnold de Jode, small library stamp to title and lower outer corner of each plate, verso of title with manuscript library number, light damp stain to gutter margin of title and lower margins of initial few leaves, some light spotting, minor marginal tears and dust-soiling, front free endpaper with early signature Wm. Beauchamp and later signature of William Goddaire dated 1827 (repair to upper outer corner), modern calf-backed cloth, library blind-stamp to upper board, joints rubbed and scuffed, folioQTY: (1)NOTE:Wing B5097.Alexander Browne (d. 1706) was a miniature painter and auctioneer and one of the first publishers of mezzotints. He was variously a 'practitioner of the art of limning' (although none of his paintings or miniatures survives or can be identified); a drawing master (to Mrs Pepys among others); a colourman; the author of drawing manuals (the first in 1660) and of a treatise on art (Ars Pictoria, 1669); an art auctioneer (conducting sales later at his own premises in Gerrard Street, Soho), and a print publisher and printseller. His shop at 'ye Blew Balcony' in Little Queen Street near Lincolns Inn Fields would have contained quantities of prints, books and artists' materials. After Browne died in 1706 his widow quickly sold his collections at auction.

Dresser (Christopher). Principles of Decorative Design, 1st edition, London: Cassell, Petter & Galpin, [1873], two chromolithograph plates, illustrations, publisher's catalogue at end, small previous owner ink stamp to frontispiece verso, a few minor spots, hinges a little tender, original cloth gilt, joints splitting, 4to, together with Japan: Its Architecture, Art, and Art Manufactures, 1st edition, London: Longmans, Green, and Co., 1882, half-title, vignette title in red and black, monochrome plates and illustrations, light toning to endpapers, top edge gilt, original decorated cloth, top edge gilt, a little rubbed, spine slightly browned, 8voQTY: (2)NOTE:The second work is a comprehensive account by the first European designer to visit Japan after the opening of the country in 1854. Dresser was inspired by the Japanese section in the 1862 International Exhibition and visited the country in 1876-77, travelling nearly 2000 miles and visiting approximately 75 potteries and porcelain makers. He also examined the manufacture of bamboo, basketry, furniture, lacquer, textiles, embroideries, enamels, toys and paper, resulting in a simplicity of design in his own subsequent work. Cordier 653.

Paine (James). Plans, Elevations and Sections, of Noblemen and Gentlemen’s Houses, and also of stabling, bridges, public and private, temples and other garden buildings; executed In the counties of Derby, Durham, Middlesex, Northumberland, Nottingham, and York. By James Paine, Architect, One of the Directors of the Society of Artists of Great-Britain. Part the first. Illustrated by seventy-four large folio plates, London: Printed for the author, and sold by Mr. Davies, in Russel-Street, Covent-Garden; Mr. Dodsley, Pall-Mall; Mr. Brotherton, Cornhill; Mr. Webley, near Chancery-Lane, Holborn; and at the author’s house, Salisbury-Street, Strand, 1767, [4],iv,[6],11,[1],12-16[i.e.17],[5]pp., 55 engraved plates numbered I-LXXIV (complete, comprising 36 single-page and 19 double-page which are given 2 numbers each), title with letters of word 'of' worn through with loss, list of subscribers present, double-page plate (number 18/19 South Front of Gosforth in Northumberland) torn & damp frayed to fore-edges affecting image slightly, some light offsetting, marbled endpapers (front free endpaper detached), all edges gilt, contemporary calf, gilt decorated spine and board borders, joints split, binding rubbed and worn, folioQTY: (1)NOTE:ESTC T135969; Archer 243.1; Fowler 207; Harris 664.The first edition of architectural designs by James Paine (1717-1789), including Chatsworth, Sandbeck, and Axwell Park. Volume two appeared in 1783, accompanied by the second edition of volume one.

Solzhenitsyn (Alexander). One Day in the Life of Ivan Denisovich, translated by Ralph Parker, 1st UK edition, London: Victor Gollancz Ltd, 1963, original boards in price-clipped dust jacket, 8vo, together with:Jacob (Naomi), Young Emmanuel, 19th thousand, London: Hutchinson & Co. Ltd., [1932], front free endpaper inscribed by the author, original cloth, 8vo,Collier (John), The Devil and All, Nonesuch Press, 1934, wood engraved frontispiece, edges untrimmed, original green cloth, 8vo (limited edition 272/1000, signed by the author), plus other miscellaneous modern first editions etc., including works by Martin Amis, D.H. Lawrence, Thomas Hardy, Beryl Bainbridge, H.E. Bates, John Banville, Julian Barnes, Roddy Doyle, Alistair Maclean & Eric Linklater etc., in original cloth/boards and dust-jackets, with few biographies and early journals containing essays by Arnold Bennett and H.G. WellsQTY: (approx.. 100)

Darwin (Erasmus). The Botanic Garden. Part 1. Containing The Economy of Vegetation. A Poem. With Philosophical Notes, 2nd edition, The Botanic Garden. Part 2. Containing The Love Of the Plants. A Poem. With Philosophical Notes, 4th edition, London: printed for J. Johnson, 1791 & 1794 respectively, 19 engraved plates including frontispieces, some offsetting & light spotting, front gutter cracked at the title page, contemporary gilt decorated full tree calf, boards & spine rubbed with minor loss, hinges cracked, large 4to, together with;Mackenzie (George), Observations on the Acts of Parliament, made by King James the First, King James the Second..., Edinburgh: printed by the Heir of Andrew Anderson, 1687, lacks front & rear endpapers, some mostly marginal toning & spotting throughout, contemporary embossed full calf, boards & spines slightly rubbed, large 8vo, plus other 17th, 18th & 19th-century literature & reference books, including Spectacle de la Nature: or, Nature Display'd..., 4 volumes, by Mr. Humphreys, 6th edition, London: printed for R. Franklin, 1744, 8vo, A History of The Earth and Animated Nature, 4 volumes, by Oliver Goldsmith, new edition, London: printed for William Baynes and Son, 1822, 8vo, many leather bindings, some original cloth, some foreign language, overall condition is generally good, 8vo/4toApproximately 145 volumesQTY: (5 shelves )

Antiquarian Books - [Clarke (Francis)], The Life of the Most Noble Marquis of Wellington [...], volume I only, [London]: J. and J. Cundee, [1813], contemporary sheep gilt over marbled boards, 8vo, (1); The Lyceum Officer's Manual, third edition, 1926, 8vo, (1); Essex Ballads, Colchester: 1919, (1); country dances; Botany, Step's Wayside and Woodland Blossoms, First-Third Series, London: Frederick Warne, mixed dates, illustrated, (3); further natural history, including ornithology; Firth's Highways and Byways of Derbyshire; poetry; children's books, including Ladybird and Beatrix Potter (no early 20th century, all second-half and later); pictorial dustjackets and board; primers; qty

A set of seven maps of The Lakeland Fells, based on material contained in the Pictorial Guide to The Lakeland Fells by A Wainwright, titles "The Southern Fells", "The Western Fells", "The Eastern Fells", "Eastern Fells", "The Far Eastern Fells", "The Central Fells", "The Northern Fells", "The North Western Fells". Each map is an amalgamation of all his hand drawn pictorial maps for each of his geographical districts. All unframed, varying sizes. Provenance - These first edition maps were produced by Chop McKean Limited for Michael Joseph Limited throughout the mid to late 1990's. This collection then passed to Derek Walker a well known book wholesaler who was responsible for much of the success of the book sales for the Westmorland Gazette, this collection was then obtained by the present owner.

Elia: Essays Which Have Appeared Under That Signature in the London Magazine; [together with] The Last Essays of Elia (Two Volumes). Elia: Taylor & Hassey 1823: Last Essays of Elia: Edward Moxon 1833. First Edition. Two volumes. 8vo. In full dark green straight-grain morocco, with gilt decoration to spine, turn-ins, and margins of boards. Top edge gilt.  Minimal wear to joints. Slight foxing and toning to both volumes. 

A collection of books: (1). Games Played in the World's Championship Match between Alexander Alekhin and E D Bogoljubow. 48 pages with diagrams, tables and photographs. Octavo (8 1/2" x 5 3/4") bound in original publisher's quarter blue cloth in stiff boards. Annotations by F D Yates and W Winter. (Betts: 27-32) First edition. Owners inscription: "G E Anslow".  (2). The World's Chess Championship, 1937: Official Account of the Games. Alexander Alexandrovich Alekhine (1892-1946) edited by Harry Golombek. Published by Sir Isaac Pitman & Sons, London, 1938. ix+203+[40 ad] pages with plates, diagrams and index. Small octavo (7 1/2" x 5 1/4") bound in original publisher's yellow cloth with black lettering to spine and cover. Annotations by Alekhine and Max Euwe, edited by Harry Golombek. First edition. Owners inscription: "G E Anslow".  (4). New Traps In The Chess Opening.  Horowitz, I A.  Published by Faber And Faber London, 1966. 1st UK edition. Large 8vo. vii + (3) + 181 + (1)pp. Numerous bw diagrams & set pieces. Blue cloth covers with gilt lettering on spine. Blue pictorial dust jacket.  Covers very slight shelf knocks top/bottom spine + front corner, with faint rub top of spine. Contents clean, tight & unfoxed.  (5). Karpov's Collected Games. All 530 Available Encounters, David Levy.  1st edition, hardback, 8vo, 303pp, illustrated, slight browning, clean and tight.  

A Sketch Of The Life Of C. Eulenstein, The Celebrated Performer On The Jews' Harps. 1833 - John Sayer. Publisher: James J. Welsh, London. First Edition. Octavo (19.5cm.); blue cloth, printed cream paper cover label; [4],69,[3](ads)pp.; engraved portrait frontispiece. 

Observations on the Temple of Serapis at Pozzuoli near Naples : with an attempt to explain the causes of the frequent elevation and depression of large portions of the earth's surface in remote periods, and to prove that those causes continue in action at the present time : with a supplement, Conjectures on the physical condition of the surface of the moon - 1847 - Charles Babbage.  Privately Printed. First edition book, presentation copy inscribed by Babbage "to Mrs Strutt from the Author 19 Oct 1850", 8vo (222 x 135mm.), 2 double-page lithographed plates, one hand-coloured, 4pp. advertisements at end, original red cloth gilt. 

A vintage 20th century limited edition Wood & Sons Ralph Moses Toby Jug. A replica of one of the first models created by Ralph Wood. Limited edition 500 - no. 382. Accompanied by certificate of authenticity. Good condition - some crazing to glaze. Damage to pipe. Measures 25cm tall. 

THE STROKES - LP RARITIES. A superb pack of 4 LPs by New York indie darlings The Strokes. Titles include Angles (RTRADLP530, 2011 Limited Edition clear vinyl pressing on Rough Trade. Record is Ex+/ sleeve is Ex+), Is This It (07863680451, 2001 European pressing on RCA/ BMG. Matrix includes SNA Logo and SST. Record is Ex/ sleeve is Ex), Room On Fire (RTRADELP130, 2003 UK pressing on Rough Trade. A2/ B2 matrix. Includes printed inner sleeve. Record Ex, has a small pressing bump at the start of track A2/ sleeve Ex) & First Impressions Of Earth (RTRADLP330, 2006 UK/ European pressing on Rough Trade. Record is Ex+/ sleeve Ex, has a small price sticker on the cover).

The Jam: An Acetate Recording Of The Double-A Side Single David Watts/'A' Bomb In Wardour Street,1978,double-sided 7inch disc, Abbey Road Studios labels with recording details in ballpoint/felt-tip pen, together with a handwritten note on Super Mailing Jacks Service Polydor stationery, Dear Ravenscroft, Herewith the Jam single. The a side is David Watts which is actually a Ray Davis song...the release date is 28th July...They play Reading on the Friday 25th August, John Peel's track timings and band name handwritten on plain die-cut paper sleeveFootnotes:The present single was released on the 28th July 1978, with the first play of 'David Watts' on the John Peel Show airing the day before. 'A Bomb In Wardour Street' was played almost a month later on the 25th August, and while uncertain, it is possible that this is the acetate used to play both tracks. Per the letter's invitation, John Peel attended Reading Festival and watched The Jam perform - the 25th August edition of the show was pre-recorded so that John could attend the festival. The single peaked in the UK charts at number 25, before featuring in their third studio album 'All Mod Cons'.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com

Joy Division: A Limited Edition Single Licht Und Blindheit,1980,two-track first French pressing, black vinyl 7inch in plastic bag, Sordide Sentimental SS 33002, No. 001108 from an edition of 1578, in fold-out picture cover with two inserts, cover with John Peel's band name label to top cornerFor further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com

Nirvana: A Limited Edition U.S. Pressing Of The Single, Love Buzz/Big Cheese,1988,Sub Pop SP 23, 7inch, picture sleeve, 1200 pressed in total, this numbered 470 in red ink from the numbered edition of 1000, white inner with John Peel's handwritten track timings in blue inkFootnotes:'They've done a limited edition of a thousand on this, it's 7-inch single, mine is number 470 so there's still time for you to get in there'- John Peel, John Peel Show, 2 January 1989. The above introduction leads to John Peel featuring Nirvana on his show for the very first time - the B-side Big Cheese - using the present record. With his usual prescience he declares the record to be 'well worth tracking down', before playing a 1967 release, Pentecost Hotel, by a British rock band, also called Nirvana. Nirvana recorded three 'Peel Sessions' between 1989 and 1991, and all three were played on the John Peel Show on the 22nd April 1994, in tribute to Kurt Cobain.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com

John Peel: An H.P. Fay Home Recorder Microphone,English, 1930's,Regd No. 768435, the carbon-granule electric microphone on metal bracket and painted stand, the stand embossed AUXILIARY BAT. 4V, MICROPHONE, TO AMPLIFIER, PULL ON/PUSH OFF, without battery, 16in x 5 1/4in x 5 1/4in (40.5cm x 13cm x 13cm) overallFootnotes:This microphone was situated at John's home studio desk, and is visible in the lead image of the John Peel Archive website (www.johnpeelarchive.com). The electric version of the H.P. Fay microphone was first exhibited at the September 1931 edition of the Olympia Radio Exhibition. The deluxe version of the microphone (which included a three-stage amplifier) cost 12 guineas, making it a highly expensive product for the time.For a description and illustration of the original model, please see Wireless World, 23rd September 1931, p. 345.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com

John Lennon/Yoko Ono: A Signed Copy Of Yoko Ono's 'Grapefruit',First Sphere Books Edition, 1971,paperback, the front flyleaf signed and inscribed To John and Pig, Love and Peace Yoko and John with respective caricatures and dated 71 in a balloon motif, 5in x 5in (13cm x 13cm)Footnotes:A personalised, signed copy sent by John and Yoko to John Peel and wife Sheila (affectionately known as 'Pig').This lot is subject to the following lot symbols: •• Zero rated for VAT, no VAT will be added to the Hammer Price or the Buyer's Premium.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com

D H LAWRENCE, ETRUSCAN PLACES 1st edition, with Lawrence, Birds, Beasts and Flowers, 1st edition and Lawrence, Assorted Articles, 1st edition. First two inscribed by Rebecca West's daughter

BRIDE OF FRANKENSTEIN. A book, 'The Bride of Frankenstein', by Michael Egremont. Published by the Queensway Press, a 1935 First Edition. (Original cloth, spine worn, corners worn etc).  Please note that all items in this auction are previously owned & are offered on behalf of a private vendor. If detail on condition is required on any lot(s) PLEASE ASK FOR A CONDITION REPORT BEFORE BIDDING.  The absence of a condition report does not imply the lot is perfect.WE CAN SHIP THIS LOT, but NOT if part of a large, multiple lots purchase.

Bram Stoker's Dracula, American first edition, published 1897, Grosset & Dunlap, New York. CONDITION REPORT: Fundamentally in good condition although there is considerable foxing to the edge of the pages. Quite a few of the pages also have spots of foxing on the inside. The binding is stable although there is typical minor wear to the corners of the canvas cover, at the edges of the spine and at the front corners.

Sixteen 1st edition , including:M Amis - Money, J McGahern - The Leavetaking, I McEwan - First Love Last Rites, R B Parker - Mortal Stakes, A Morice - Death in the Grand Manor, H Collins - Cut met in, E Jepson - Lucy and the Dark Gods, S Aumonier - Little Windows, A Spencer Clarke - Seven Girls, A Conan Doyle - Our African Winter, H Robinson - Lets Laugh, L Turner White - Look Away, Look Away, G Bellairs - He'd rather be dead - A morbid taste for bonds, P D Wodehouse - If i were you.

Adrian Bell - Men And The Fields, illustrations by John Nash, first edition 1939 with dust jacketSome small losses to outer edges of dust jacket - see images, contents basically good, no musty smell

Ward [Mary Augusta] The Writings of Mrs Humphrey Ward, 1911-2, 16 vols., Westmoreland edition numbered 24 from an edition of 250, vol 1 signed by the author, illustrated, original cloth. NB Mary Ward (nee Arnold), the first president of the Anti-Suffrage league, was the first woman journalist to visit the Western Front

Ernest Hemingway - Death in the Afternoon, first UK edition, original orange cloth, frontispiece by Juan Gris intact, Jonathan Cape, 1932

Vicar of Wakefield, illustrated by Arthur Rackham, 1929 first edition, tooled cloth binding, plates all present

William Withering: 'A Botanical Arrangement of all the Vegetables Naturally growing in Great Britain', London, T. Cadel et al, 1776, 1st edition, 2 volumes, 12 engraved plates (of which 2 folding) as called for, illustrated by the author's wife, Helena Withering, the first published work in English based on the then new Linnaean taxonomy, arranged alphabetically, each species of plant identified is accompanied be their uses as medicines, poisons or foods, along with a method of drying and preserving specimens. Contemporary calf gilt (worn), armorial bookplates of the agriculturist Arthur Young (1741-1820) to front pastedowns (2)

René Hague: 'The Death of Hector', Wellingborough, Christopher Skelton, 1973, limited edition (146/200), frontis + 3 full page illustrations by Peter Campbell as called for, original cloth backed paper covered boards; Patience Empson (edited): 'The Wood Engravings of Robert Gibbings', London, Dent, 1959, 1st edition, profusely illustrated throughout, original cloth gilt, orig. printed acetate wrapper; Godfrey Turton: 'The Moon Dies', Leopard's Head Press, 1982, first edition, limited edition (200), with certificate stating this copy number 19, loosely inserted, wood engravings by Shirley Mungapen, original half green cloth gilt, orig. slipcase; Michael Ayrton: 'Archilochos', Secker & Warburg, 1977, 1st edition, original cloth gilt; plus 1 other (5)

Plutarch: 'The Lives of the Noble Grecians and Romaines, Compared together by that Grave Learned Philosopher and Historiographer Plutarke of Chaeronea...', London, Richard Field, 1612[-1610], 2 parts in 1 volume, 1244,[31]pp, wood engraved headpiece portraits within ornamental borders throughout, title page close trimmed and laid down on a later blank leaf, 2 preliminary leaves and first leaf of text provided in facsimile (A3,A4 & pp1/2), final leaf of table [pp31] with wood engraved colophon and laid down on blue paper (not recent), separate printed title page for 'The lives of Epaminondas, of Philip of Macedon, of Dionysius the elder, and of Octauius Cæsar Augustus', with imprint Richard Field, 1610, continuous pagination, pp1244 with wood engraved colophon and manuscript inscription beneath "Henry Marsham Serjeant in the Western Battalion of the Norfolk Militia Inlisted in the year 1759", folio, full calf (circa 18th/19th Century). A scarce edition of Plutarch's important work, probably written at the beginning of the second century AD, a biography of famous Greeks and Romans

(The Philosophical Transactions [of The Royal Society]), Henry Jones, 2 titles: 'The Philosophical Transactions. Vol IV. Containing Part I. The Mathematical Papers. Part II. The Physiological Papers', London, J. & J. Knapton et al, 1731, 2nd edition, 2 parts in 1 vol, [23],476,326,[8]pp, part I fourteen engraved folding plates as called for, part II five engraved folding plates as called for; '...Vol V. Containing Part I. The Anatomical and Medical Papers. Part II. The Philological and Miscellaneous Papers.', L, J & J Knapton et al, 1731, 2nd edition, 2 parts in 1 volume, [8],435,268,[24]pp, part I seventeen engraved folding plates as called for, elephant, opossum and others animal anatomy. part II twelve engraved folding plates, maps, tables as called for, including an early copy of Eusebio Francisco Kino's famous map of California, first published in 1702. Kino's map was the first to show California as a peninsula and not an island, as had previously been suspected; John Martin: '...Vol VIII. Part II. Containing the Physiological Papers', London, W. Innys et al, 1747, part II only, [3],378-847pp, 12 engraved folding plates + large folding table as called for; uniform contemporary calf gilt worn; plus an a/f very worn and soiled copy of 1732 4th edition by John Lowthorp & Henry Jones, vol I containing all the Mathematical Papers, separate title page dated 1731, 620pp, 7 engraved folding plates/maps, many leaves and plates a/f very worn and soiled, some plates ok including folding map/chart of France showing meridian and parallel of Paris, etc, old calf gilt very worn and soiled, lacks backstrip (4)

Adam Smith: 'An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations', Edinburgh, Silvester Doig & Andrew Stirling, 1811, 5th edition, 3 volumes, contemporary calf gilt (very worn), gilt arms of Trinity College, Dublin, on covers, and Trinity College Dublin engraved prize bookplates to front pastedowns, these with manuscript pen & ink details of the recipient and m/s dated 1814, marbled end papers and page edges. A fifth edition set of Adam Smith's magnum opus, first published in 1776, is the foundation of modern economic thought and remains the single most important account of the rise of, and the principles behind, modern capitalism (3)

(Economics), John Maynard Keynes (1883-1946): 'The General Theory of Employment, Interest and Money', London, Macmillan, 1936, 1st edition, [4],xii,403pp, original cloth gilt (slightly bumped head of spine, couple of small marks to cloth rear cover, else a bright, excellent example). First edition of the one of the most influential economic treatises of the twentieth century, 'the chief of his major theoretical works... a new and radical analysis of economic instability' (ODNB). Keynesian economics had a major impact on modern economic and political theory as well as on many governments' fiscal policies. Economists consider him one of the main founders of modern theoretical macroeconomics, and his popular expression "In the very long run, we are all dead" is still quoted.

Jeremy Taylor: 'The Rule and Exercises of Holy Living...; The Rule and Exercises of Holy Dying...', London, Richard Royston, 1654, 4th edition corrected; L, Richard Royston, 1652, 2nd edition, two volumes in one, each with added engraved and printed title pages, first work [22],439,[4]pp, lacks leaf H6/H7; second work [38],339pp, defective, lacks pages 264-338, 12mo, contemporary calf worn

A collection of antiquarian philosophy, literature, satirical biography etc, including [Jean Paul Marat]: 'A Philosophical Essay on Man: Being an attempt to investigate the principles and laws of the reciprocal influence of the soul and body', London, J. Ridley & T. Payne, 1773, 1st edition, 2 volumes, 2 engraved plates as called for, contemporary calf (worn). First edition of the first substantial work by the radical French political theorist, physician, and scientist, Jean Paul Marat (1743-1793). He was a journalist and politician during the French Revolution, a vigorous defender of the sans-culottes, and his periodical L'Ami du peuple (Friend of the People) made him an unofficial link with the radical Jacobin group that came to power after June 1793. Scarce; 'Memoirs of the Celbrated Miss Fanny M----.', London, J. Scott & M. Thrush, 1758, 1st edition, xiv,200,[1]pp, 12mo, contemporary calf. A satirical biography of Fanny Murray (1729-1778), née Fanny Rudman and later Fanny Ross, prominent courtesan, celebrity and fashion leader, mistress to a string of leading British politicians, and prostitute. One of the first examples of the "whore's memoir" genres of writing. Scarce; 'The Manners of the Israelites, in three parts', London, William Freeman, 1683, 12mo, contemporary calf worn, top board detached but present; Samuel Johnson: 'A Journey to the Western Islands of Scotland', L, J. Pope, 1775, 268pp, contemporary calf worn; [G. Canning, J.H. Frere, G. Ellis and others]: 'Poetry of the Anti-Jacobin', L, J. Wright, 1800, 2nd edition, 240pp, contemporary calf very worn; John Locke: 'An Essay Concerning Human Understanding', L, 1731, 10th edition, 2 volumes, contemporary panelled calf worn; plus 13 others (21)

A large collection of Rupert Annuals, published Daily Express, near consecutive run, comprising annuals 1941,1942,1944-1979, (38), plus duplicates 1951,1953,1955,1959 & 1973; consecutive run of facsimile Rupert annuals 1936-1945, and facs annuals 1951 & 1952 (12); facsimile edition of the first four Rupert books by Mary Tourtel, reprinted from the Daily Express by Pedigree, 4 vols in slipcase; The Monster Rupert 1948 by Mary Tourtel; 'Rupert and the Ruined Garden' pop up book published Purnell, 1975; Ian Robertson: 'The Rupert Companion', 2010, 1st edition, signed, large 4to, original quarter cloth; 'Rupert A Collection of Favourite Stories', 2007, 1st edition, original cloth gilt, slipcase; John Harrold, six signed limited edition Rupert the Bear coloured prints, published Hawk Books, 1997-98, housed loose in original portfolio with limitation 71/75F to cover. Rupert Annual 1941, original pictorial paper covered boards slightly worn, "this book belongs to" filled in; 1942 annual original pictorial card wraps slightly worn, 3/6 price intact, "this book belongs to" filled in; 1944 annual original pictorial card wraps v slightly worn, "this book belongs to" filled in, 3/6 price intact; 1945 annual original pictorial card wraps worn, lacks part of backstrip, "this book belongs to" filled in, 3/6 price intact; 1946 annual original pictorial card wraps slightly worn, "this book belongs to" filled in, 3/6 price intact; 1947 annual original pictorial card wraps slightly worn, "this book belongs to" filled in, 3/6 price intact; 1948 annual original pictorial card wraps worn, "this book belongs to" filled in, 3/6 price intact; 1948 annual original pictorial card wraps slightly worn, "this book belongs to" filled in, 3/6 price intact.

Alison Uttley, 'Little Grey Rabbit', complete set of the eponymous series of children's books, all 1st editions, all published London, William Heinemann/Collins, all with colour illustrations as called for, majority illustrated by Margaret Tempest (the final five in the series illustrated by Katherine Wigglesworth), in collectable condition, several in dust wrappers, some in very scarce original glassine wrappers, comprising 'The Squirrel, The Hare and the Little Grey Rabbit', Heinemann, 1929, 1st edition, original paper covered boards (slightly worn at corners), rebacked, mounted colour illustration to front cover. The author's first book, plus a December 1943 reprint of the same title, signed by Alison Uttley to half title, original cloth backed pictorial boards, 'How Little Grey Rabbit Got Back Her Tail', Heinemann, 1930, 1st edition, original paper covered boards, mounted colour illustration to front cover (a VGC or better copy), 'The Great Adventure of Hare', Heinemann, 1931, 1st edition, original paper covered boards, rebacked retaining majority of original backstrip, mounted colour illustration to front cover, plus a November 1936 reprint copy of the same title (the 2nd printing overall), original paper covered boards, mounted colour illustration to front cover, dust wrapper (spine slightly browned, else generally VGC, 2/6 price intact), 'The Story of Fuzzypeg the Hedgehog', Heinemann, 1932, 1st edition, original paper covered boards, mounted colour illustration to front cover (a VGC or better copy), 'Squirrel Goes Skating', Collins, 1934, 1st edition, original paper covered boards (worn at spine edges, part loss of backstrip at head of spine), mounted colour illustration to front cover (slightly rubbed and worn), together with another 1934 1st edition copy of the same title, original paper covered boards, mounted colour illustration to front cover, rebacked, front cover with some light foxing, else generally VGC, 'Wise Owl's Story', Collins, 1935, 1st edition, original paper covered boards (VGC), mounted colour illustration to front cover, original glassine wrapper (with large part loss to lower wrap, but rare in the extremely fragile original glassine wrapper), 'Little Grey Rabbit's Party', Collins, 1936, 1st edition, original paper covered boards (VGC), mounted colour illustration to front cover, 'The Knot Squirrel Tied', Collins, 1937, 1st edition, original paper covered boards (VGC), mounted colour illustration to front cover, original glassine wrapper (with part losses, but rare in the extremely fragile original glassine wrapper), 'Fuzzypeg Goes to School', Collins, 1938, 1st edition, original paper covered boards (VGC), mounted colour illustration to front cover, original glassine wrapper (with small part losses, but rare in the extremely fragile original glassine wrapper), 'Little Grey Rabbit's Christmas', Collins, 1939, 1st edition, original paper covered boards (VGC), mounted colour illustration to front cover, 'Moldy Warp the Mole', Collins, 1940, 1st edition, original paper covered boards (VGC), mounted colour illustration to front cover, 'Hare Joins the Home Guard', Collins, 1942, 1st edition, original paper covered boards (VGC), mounted colour illustration to front cover, 'Little Grey Rabbit's Washing Day', Collins, 1942, 1st edition, original paper covered boards (some small part losses of paper to backstrip, else generally VGC), mounted colour illustration to front cover, 'Water Rat's Picnic', Collins, 1943, 1st edition, original paper covered boards (VGC), mounted colour illustration to front cover, 'Little Grey Rabbit's Birthday', Collins, 1944, 1st edition, original paper covered boards (VGC), mounted colour illustration to front cover, 'The Speckledy Hen', Collins, 1945, 1st edition, original paper covered boards (VGC), mounted colour illustration to front cover, 'Little Grey Rabbit to the Rescue', Collins, 1945, 1st edition, original paper covered boards, rebacked, mounted colour illustration to front cover, 'Little Grey Rabbit and the Weasels', Collins, 1947, 1st edition, original paper covered boards (VGC), mounted colour illustration to front cover, 'Grey Rabbit and the Wandering Hedgehog', Collins, 1948, 1st edition, original paper covered boards (VGC), mounted colour illustration to front cover, 'Little Grey Rabbit Makes Lace', Collins, 1950, 1st edition, original paper covered boards (VGC), mounted colour illustration to front cover, original glassine/acetate dust wrapper (rare), 'Hare and the Easter Eggs', Collins, 1952, 1st edition, original pictorial paper covered boards (VGC), dust wrapper (VGC, 4/- price intact), 'Little Grey Rabbit's Valentine', Collins, 1953, 1st edition, original pictorial paper covered boards (VGC), dust wrapper (VGC, 3/6 price intact), 'Little Grey Rabbit Goes to the Sea', Collins, 1954, 1st edition, original pictorial paper covered boards (VGC), dust wrapper (VGC, 3/6 price intact), 'Hare and Guy Fawkes', Collins, 1956, 1st edition, original pictorial paper covered boards (VGC), dust wrapper (VGC, 3/6 price intact), 'Little Grey Rabbit's Paint-Box', Collins, 1958, 1st edition, original pictorial paper covered boards (VGC), dust wrapper (VGC, 4/- price intact), 'Grey Rabbit Finds a Shoe', Collins, 1960, 1st edition, original pictorial paper covered boards (VGC), dust wrapper (VGC, 4/- price intact), 'Grey Rabbit and the Circus', Collins, 1961, 1st edition, original pictorial paper covered boards (VGC), dust wrapper (VGC, 4/- price intact), 'Grey Rabbit's May Day', Collins, 1963, 1st edition, original pictorial paper covered boards (VGC), dust wrapper (VGC, 4/- price intact), 'Hare Goes Shopping', Collins, 1965, 1st edition, original pictorial paper covered boards (VGC), dust wrapper (VGC, 4s price intact), 'Little Grey Rabbit's Pancake Day', Collins, 1967, 1st edition, original pictorial paper covered boards (VGC), dust wrapper (VGC, 5s price intact), 'Little Grey Rabbit Goes to the North Pole', Collins, 1970, 1st edition, original pictorial paper covered boards (VGC), dust wrapper (spine faded, else generally VGC, 35p/7s price intact), 'Fuzzypeg's Brother', Collins, 1971, 1st edition, original pictorial paper covered boards (VGC), dust wrapper (spine slightly faded, else generally VGC, 35p price intact), 'Little Grey Rabbit's Spring Cleaning Party', Collins, 1972, 1st edition, original pictorial paper covered boards (VGC), dust wrapper (VGC, 35p price intact), 'Little Grey Rabbit and the Snow-Baby', Collins, 1973, 1st edition, original pictorial paper covered boards (VGC), dust wrapper (VGC, 45p price intact), 'Hare and the Rainbow', Collins, 1975, 1st edition, original pictorial boards (VGC). All in collectable condition, 1943 reprint of 'The Squirrel, The Hare and the Little Grey Rabbit', signed by author to half title, has previous owner gift inscription to first blank, and the 1934 1st edition copy of 'Squirrel Goes Skating', that has the original backstrip (not the rebacked copy), with gift inscription and previous owner name to half title, else all other books internally leaves clean/VGC, no others with previous ownership names, inscriptions etc, all copies in dust wrappers with prices intact to inside front flaps. An excellent first edition set of the author's much loved and brilliantly imagined children's books that wonderfully capture the essence of the traditional English countryside and its flora and fauna, as well as the seasons, the stars, the moon and the sun. Scarce to find together in collectable condition (38)

Enid Blyton, 'The Adventure Series', complete set of the eight children's mystery novels, all 1st editions, 1st impressions, all published London, Macmillan, all in original pictorial cloth, all with line illustrations and in dust wrappers by Stuart Tresilian, and all in collectable condition, comprising 'The Island of Adventure', 1944, 'The Castle of Adventure', 1946, 'The Valley of Adventure', 1947, 'The Sea of Adventure', 1948, 'The Mountain of Adventure', 1949, 'The Ship of Adventure', 1950, 'The Circus of Adventure', 1952, 'The River of Adventure', 1955. All in collectable condition, all dust wrappers with prices intact, all books internally leaves clean/VGC, none with previous ownership names, inscriptions etc. An excellent first edition set of the 8 Adventure Series novels, scarce to find together in such collectable condition (8)

Alan Garner. Red Shift. 1973. Original cloth. Dust jacket (two small tears repaired). First edition. Signed presentation copy from the author: 'Alan Garner. For Graeme & Anna, nearly thirteen years late. From Alan.'

Steve Augarde, Touchstone Trilogy, 2003-2008, 1st edition, all signed, all published London, David Fickling, all original paper covered boards, all in dust wrappers, comprising: 'The Various', 2003, signed & dated October 2003 verso half title, 'Celandine', 2005, signed verso half title, 'Winter Wood', 2008, signed and dated January 31st 2008 with small pen & ink sketch of inkwell at foor of 'Part One' page, together with another signed first edition copy of 'The Various', 2003, signed to title page, orig. cloth, dust wrapper, all in collectable condition in unclipped dust wrappers, an excellent set of the author's famed Touchstone Trilogy subtle fantasy novels about reclusive tribes of fairy folk, all nominated for a Carnegie medal (4)

J.K. Rowling: '[The Harry Potter Novels]', London, Bloomsbury, 1999-2007, 1st deluxe editions, 1st impressions, comprising 'Philosopher's Stone; Chamber of Secrets; Prisoner of Azkaban; Goblet of Fire; Order of the Phoenix; Half-Blood Prince; Deathly Hallows', all original cloth gilt with mounted colour illustrations to front covers, all edges gilt, ribbon page markers, final three titles in original shrink wrap with first edition stickers to lower covers, internally no names/inscriptions, 'Chamber of Secrets' very small brown spot to half title and very slight mark to cloth where spine meets front cover, else a generally VGC or better set of Rowling's epic fantasy saga (7)

Eoin Colfer, The Fowl Adventures series, the first 6 novels of the Irish author's fantasy series, all 1st UK editions, books 1-4 signed, all original cloth, all in unclipped dust wrappers: 'Artemis Fowl', London, Viking, 2001, signed to title page, 'The Arctic Incident', London, Puffin, 2002, signed to title page, 'The Eternity Code', London, Puffin, 2003, signed to title page, 'The Opal Deception', London, Puffin, 2005, signed to title page, 'Artemis Fowl and the Lost Colony', London, Puffin, 2006, 'Artemis Fowl and the Time Paradox', London, Puffin, 2008, together with several publisher's promotional bookmarks, booklet 'Eoin Colfer's Artemis Fowl File', original wraps, issued with The Arctic Incident, plus 'Artemis Fowl the Seventh Dwarf', L, Puffin, 2004, 1st edition, signed to title page, original card wraps (7)

Cornelia Funke, five children's fantasy titles, all UK 1st editions, all bar one signed, all published Frome, The Chicken House, comprising: 'The Thief Lord', 2002, signed to FFEP, original paper covered boards gilt, dust wrapper, two promotional bookmarks loosely inserted, the author's first book to be translated into English, which won widespread acclaim and reached several best-seller lists, later adapted into a film of the same name in 2006; Inkheart series of novels trilogy, comprising: 'Inkheart', 2003, signed to title page, original cloth gilt, dust wrapper, 'Inkspell', 2005, signed to half title, original cloth gilt, dust wrapper, 'Inkdeath', 2008, original pictorial boards, author's best known works, all subsequently adapted into feature films and spent numerous weeks on The New York Times Best Seller list, first 2 titles Book Sense award winners; 'Dragon rider', 2004, signed to title page, original cloth silvered, dust wrapper, promotional bookmark loosely inserted; plus a 2004 1st edition signed and numbered limited edition of the same title (68/500), signed to title page, original cloth silvered, dust wrapper, original slip case (6)

Douglas Adams: 'The Hitch Hiker's Guide to the Galaxy', London, Pan Books Ltd, 1979, 1st edition, signed by author to inside front cover, original wraps (near fine). The author's eponymous comedy science fiction novel, stemming from its roots as a radio comedy, now an international multi media phenomenon. Scarce to find a true first edition Pan paperback of the novel signed by the author

(Charles Dickens) Thomas Archer. Charles Dickens. A Gossip about his Life, Works, and Characters. With Eighteen Full-Page Character Sketches ... by Frederick Barnard. Cassell, c. 1894. Large folio. Photogravure plates, text illustrations. Original half morocco; spine rubbed and snagged; (with) Charles Dickens. The Posthumous Papers of the Pickwick Club. With Forty-Three Illustrations by R. Seymour and Phiz. 1837. Plates complete, with usual discolouration. Original cloth worn; spine defective. Contents shaken. First edition in book form.(with); ditto. Bleak House. 1853. & Little Dorrit. 1857. Both firsts in book form, in contemporary calf. Both lacking one plate (4)

Graham Greene, three UK 1st editions, all original cloth, all in dust wrappers: 'Our Man in Havana', Heinemann, 1958, 'A Burnt-Out Case', Heinemann, 1961, 'The Comedians', Bodley Head, 1966, 'The Honorary Consul', plus 'The Honorary Consul', 1974, reprint, original cloth, dust wrapper, and 'The Comedians', New York, Viking, [1965], 1st edition, one of 500 first edition copies specially bound for presentation to friends of the author and the publishers in advance of publication for Christmas 1965, original cloth gilt. (5)

Laura Riding: 'The Close Chaplet', London, Leonard & Virginia Woolf at the Hogarth Press, 1926, 1st edition, 76,[1]pp, original pale blue paper covered boards (two small areas of fading to spine, else generally VGC), cream printed title label to front cover. The first published work by Riding, the important international avant garde figure, a collection of poetry published in the name Laura Riding Gottschalk, the surname of her by then already divorced husband Louis Gottschalk. Scarce

Saul Bellow: 'Dangling Man', London, John Lehmann, 1946, 1st UK edition, original cloth, dust wrapper (by Robert Medley, 8s6d price intact). A UK 1st of the author's first published work

Truman Capote: 'Other Voices, Other Rooms', London, William Heinemann, 1948, 1st edition, original cloth, dust wrapper. First UK edition of the author's semi-autobiographical first published novel