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Vol. 'Hounds' by T. Ivester-Lloyd, 1934, first edition, original dust cover

Vol. 'Full Cry' by J. Ivester-Lloyd, illustrated by the author, first edition 1939, early vol. 'Farming & Fox Hunting' by George E. Collins

Vol. 'Hunting, Racing, Coaching & Boxing Ballards' by G.A.E. Fothergill, 1926, first edition and a vol. 'Time I was Dead' autobiography by Cecil Aldin, 1934, first edition

Vol. 'Henry Chaplin, a Memoir' dated 1926, first edition, re-bound vol. 'Great Days' published by Baily's 1997, leather bound vol. 'The Life of a Great Sportsman, John Maunsel-Richardson' by his sister 1919, first edition

Vol. 'A History of The VWH Country' by Earl Bathurst c. 1939, vol. 'Fox Hunting from Shire to Shire' by Cuthbert Bradley (1912), first edition, vol. 'Good Sport with Famous Packs' 1885 to 1910 by the same author

14 historical vols. incl. 5 by Winston Churchill of the first and second World War, 2 vols. 'The Rulers of the South' by F. Marion Crawford, first edition 1900 etc.

2 vols. by J.K. Rowling 'Harry Potter and The Half Blood Prince' first edition 2005, 'Harry Potter & The Order of the Phoenix' first edition 2003

World War II hardback book titled The Tunnel first edition signed on the inside title page by the author Eric Williams. Good condition. All autographs come with a Certificate of Authenticity. We combine postage on multiple winning lots and can ship worldwide. UK postage from £4.99, EU from £6.99, Rest of World from £8.99

CHARLES DICKENS "The Life and Adventures of Martin Chuzzlewit", first edition in book form, published Chapman & Hall, London 1844, half title, etched frontispiece, additional title and 38 etched plates by H. K Browne (Phiz), the title vignette with £100 on signpost, six studs on the trunk and signed "Phiz" and fourteen line arrata "The usual second setting", the first setting thirteen lines, missing pages 39-42, together with CHARLES DICKENS "The Life and Adventures of Nicholas Nickleby", published Chapman & Hall, London 1833, etched plates by H. K Browne (Phiz), with error on page 160 "latter" instead of "letter"

STUART DEVLIN: 'The twelve days of Christmas', a set of twelve silver, silver-gilt and enamelled surprise boxesLondon 1971 - 1986, limited edition numbered of 100Various shaped boxes, one issued each year between 1970 and 1981, although the box for 'Five Gold Rings' is a later issue, London 1986;comprising:The First Day of Christmas - A Partridge in a Pear Tree The Second Day of Christmas - Two Calling BirdsThird Day of Christmas - Three French HensThe Fourth Day of Christmas - Four calling birdsThe Fifth Day of Christmas - Five Gold Rings (1986)The Sixth Day of Christmas - Six Geese a LayingThe Seventh Day of Christmas - Seven Swans a SwimmingThe Eighth Day of Christmas - Eight Maids a MilkingThe Ninth Day of Christmas - Nine Ladies DancingThe Tenth Day of Christmas - Ten Lords a LeapingThe Eleventh Day of Christmas - Eleven Pipers PipingThe Twelfth Day of Christmas - Twelve Drummers DrummingIndividually boxed, ten with numbered booklets (seven edition numbered 82). (12)For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com

Bible (English; Authorised). [The Holy Bible containing the Old Testament and the New: newly translated out of the Originall Tongues and with the Former Translations diligently compared and revised, by His Majesties Speciall Command. Appointed to be read in churches, Cambridge: Thomas and John Buck, printers to the University of Cambridge, 1629]. Folio in sixes (295 x 192 mm), near-contemporary olive-green morocco, each cover gilt with concentric dogtooth rolls enclosing large coat of arms with crest of a gryphon statant (slightly rubbed, ties gone, score-mark to rear cover), all edges gilt, signatures [par.]6 A-3I6 3K4 3L-4A6 4B4 (4B4=blank), ruled in red throughout, woodcut initials, 18th-century bookplate (William Greene Esqr), engraved general title-page lacking, moderate browning, signatures N6-O1 and 2Q4-5 with light circular stains toward gutter, stronger staining in gutter of quires 3U-3A, leaves R5, 3B4-5 and 3L4 with closed tears extending into text (repaired in 3B5 and 3L4), New Testament title-page (3L1) with long closed tear in gutter (affecting one letter), two other closed tears and 18th-century manuscript genealogy verso, a few marginal nicks and other marks elsewhere, Book of Common Prayer bound in at front and The Whole Book of Psalmes at rear (both defective) (qty: 1) Darlow & Moule (1903 edition) 324; ESTC S107038. First edition of the King James Bible to be printed at Cambridge, a 'beautiful' edition (Darlow & Moule).

Bible (English; Authorised). The Holy Bible. Containing the Bookes of the Old and New Testament, Cambridge: John Field, [1660]. 2 volumes, large folio (457 x 290 mm), contemporary red goatskin gilt by Samuel Mearne, spines richly gilt in compartments incorporating the royal cipher of Charles II, each cover gilt with 24 impressions of the royal cipher in two different sizes between concentric floral and fillet rolls, comb-marbled endpapers, all edges and turn-ins gilt, pp. [16] 680; [2] 681-1103 [1] 1-258 [2], [2] 1-338, signatures [par.]-2[par.]4 A-3K6 3L4; pi1 3M-4Y6 4Z8 a-x6 y4 (y4=blank), A-2D6 2E8, ruled in red throughout, engraved general title-page to volume 1 by Lombart after Diepenbeeck depicting Solomon enthroned (undated; counted in pagination by ESTC), volume 2 with letterpress general title-page ('The Second Part of the Holy Bible', dated 1660) and letterpress New Testament title-page (dated 1659), engraved arms of Charles II by Hollar to each volume, 118 engraved plates mainly by Visscher or Le Blond after Heemskerck, de Bruyn, de Vos, Coninxloo, Potter and others (mainly double-page, and including a folding panorama of Jerusalem on two sheets), engraved double-page map by Hollar (facing volume 1 p. 298). Bindings variably scuffed and rubbed, superficial score-marks, ties possibly renewed, occasional light browning to contents, volume 1 with closed tear in C2, plate at p. 12 with closed tear in gutter and fraying along top edge, plate at p. 468 with split to foot of central fold, volume 2 with short closed tears in a1, D4 and N6, closed transerve tear through P2 to no loss of text, marginal nicks or tears to a few plates (facing pp. 872, 1008 and 138), and a longer closed tear and marginal fraying to panorama of Jerusalem (qty: 2) Darlow & Moule (1903 edition) 525; ESTC R17044. A splendid copy of the illustrated reissue by John Ogilby of John Field's two-volume folio Bible of 1659, in contemporary red goatskin by Samuel Mearne (1624-1683), royal binder to the restored Charles II. According to Darlow and Moule the reissue had a new general title-page dated 1660 and reading 'illustrated with Chorographical Sculps by J. Ogilby'. Our copy appears to retain the original general title-page, as it is undated and does not contain the reference to Ogilby. The number of plates is known to vary; ESTC calls for a total of 102 only. Provenance: Sir Richard Fanshawe, 1st Baronet (1608-1666), diplomat, poet, translator and prominent royalist; given by him to Sir Edmund Turnor (1619-1707) of Stoke Rochford, Lincolshire, with Turnor's engraved bookplate (dated 1702) and 18th-century ink inscription 'A present to Sir Edm. Turnor from the Rt Hon. Sir Richd Fanshawe' to the initial blank of each volume (volume two with additional 20th-century annotation 'his brother-in-law, Ambassador at the Court of Spain').Without the dedication leaf to Charles II found in some other copies (see note). Volume 2 additionally with short closed tear to foot of first title-page (pi1) and spill-burn in 3X5 affecting one letter verso.

Bible (English; Authorised). The Holy Bible. Containing the Old Testament and the New. Newly translated out of the Original Tongues. And with the Former Translations diligently compared and revised by His Majesties Speciall Command. Appointed to be read in Churches, Cambridge: John Hayes, 1670. 4to, contemporary calf (worn in places, retaining brass catches, leather ties perished), signatures as in ESTC (containing Apocrypha), engraved general title-page by John Chantry, separate letterpress title-page to New Testament, manuscript genealogies to versos of Apocrypha final leaf and New Testament title-page (Hawsett family of Beverley and Hull, 17th century; Best family of South Dalton, 18th century), a few marks, early leaves of New Testament with a few marginal nicks including short closed tears in leaves A3 and B7 extending into text, Book of Common Prayer bound in at front and the Psalms at rear (both defective), together with: ibid. The Holy Bible. Containing the Old Testament and the New, Oxford: printed by the University-Printers, 1712. 4to (248 x 185 mm), contemporary sprinkled calf, rebacked, foliate border gilt to covers, signatures pi2 A-3A8 3B1 a-y4 z3 A-O8 P7 a8 b4 c3 (containing Apocrypha and index), engraved general title-page by M. Burghers, separate letterpress title-page to New Testament, manuscript genealogies to versos of New Testament title-page and final leaf (P7), browning, closely trimmed along top edge shaving a few headlines, Book of Common Prayer and the Psalms bound in at front and rear (defective) (qty: 2) Darlow & Moule (1903 edition) 553 & 718; ESTC R29513 (seven copies only in UK libraries) & T81349 (five copies world-wide). First item: first Hayes edition.

Cricket. 'Rules to be observed by the players at cricket' [2 pp., printed in:] The Sky-Lark: containing a New, Elegant, and much more Numerous Collection of well chosen English Songs than any Book hitherto published. Ranged in Alphabetical Order, to which are added, I. A Large Collection of Toasts, Sentiments, and Hob-Nobs. II. A New and Correct List of all the Free-Mason's Lodges in Europe; with the Time of their Institution, and Days of Meeting. III. The Art of Swimming, Diving, and Floating; by which any Person may learn to swim, without Further Instruction. IV. A Concise Account of all Sorts of River and Pond Fish, the Best Baits, and the Surest Method of taking them. V. Rules and Laws to be observed at the Game of Cricket, as settled at the most respectable Meetings, London: for T. Evans, 1772. Square 12mo in half-sheets (120 x 110 mm), late-19th or early-20th century quarter morocco (backstrip worn), [118] leaves only (of 135: lacking signatures C3-4, L3-4, N2-5, O6, Q2-5 and U2-5 or U3-6; ideal collation apparently A2 B-Y6 Z6+1), with all or nearly all the absent leaves pertaining to the 'English Songs' section which ends in quire U (the 'Rules' occupy Y3v.-Y4r.), spotting and browning, C2 and P6 torn with loss of text, blindstamp of the Georgia School of Technology to title-page and signature G4, related bequest plate to front pastedown, front free endpaper detached (qty: 1) ESTC T180508. An extremely rare early printing of the laws of cricket, three copies only traced by ESTC (two at the Bodleian, one at Harvard). The first separate edition of the laws of cricket appeared in 1755 as The Game at Cricket as settled by the several Cricket-Clubs, particularly that of the Star and Garter in Pall-Mall; one copy is known to have come to sale (Christie's, The Cricket Library of the Late E. D. R. Edgar, 21 April 2005, lot 42). The present edition predates the revised laws of 1774 (The Articles of the Game of Cricket), the founding of the MCC in 1787, and the publication of the first official code in 1788.

Dudgdale (William). [Origines] Juridiciale, or Historical Memorials of the English Laws, Courts of Justice, Forms of Tryal, Punishment in Cases Criminal [...], 2nd edition ('with additions'), London: by Tho. Newcomb, for Abel Roper, John Martin, and Henry Herringman, 1671. Folio (346 x 215 mm), contemporary speckled calf (joints cracked, corners worn), imprimatur leaf, title-page in red and black (with section excised from head to loss of first word, 'Origines'), errata leaf, 5 engraved portraits by Wenceslaus Hollar and others (of 6: lacking the portrait of Edward Coke), engraved arms throughout the text, together with: a manuscript antiphonary leaf on vellum, probably Italy, c.1500, with 4 puzzle initials in red and blue bodycolour; 3 manuscript documents relating to transactions in the parish of Ightenhill, Lancashire, 1733; a large manuscript indenture on vellum, 1779, involving one Thomas Smith of Leyland, Lancashire (with engraved royal arms); and a copy of The Manchester Courier and Lancashire General Advertiser, volume 1, number 1, 1 January 1825 (spotted) (qty: 7) ESTC R225633 (Dugdale). Dugdale's work was first printed in 1666.

Salmon (William). The Works of Aristotle, the Famous Philosopher ... Containing I. His Complete Masterpiece ... The Family Physician ... II. His Experienced Midwife ... III. His Book of Problems ... V [sic]. His Last Legacy ... the Best Edition, [London]: printed for the booksellers, 1793. 12mo (165 x 100 mm), contemporary sheep (rubbed and worn), 383 pp. woodcuts in the text, spotting and browning, G2 torn without loss (a section of text near detached), marginal chip in G5, signature K2-5 loose, chip in 2A2 to loss of a few words - Syme (James). Treatise on the Excision of Diseased Joints, 1st edition, Edinburgh: for Adam Black, 1831. 8vo (211 x 128 mm), cotemporary dark blue half calf for the Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland by Pettigrew and Oulton (rubbed; related ink-stamps throughout), 5 engraved plates (browned and each with closed tear in gutter) - Bell (Charles). A System of Operative Surgery, founded on the Basis of Anatomy, 1st edition, London: Longman [and others], 1807-9. 2 volumes, 8vo (228 x 140 mm), contemporary marbled calf (spines and extremities worn, covers detached), xxxii 448, xxiv 385 pp., 21 etched or engraved plates, etched illustrations throughout the text, half-title to volume 1, spotting and browning, ink-stamps of the Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland - and 15 others (not collated), science and natural history, leather-bound, including Phillips, Geology of Oxford, 1st edition, 1871 (crudely rebacked), Woodward, A Manual of the Mollusca, 1851, Boulger, Familiar Trees. First [-Second] Series, c.1880, Bonnycastle, An Introduction to Mensuration, 14th edition, 1827 (contemporary sheep), and similar (qty: 21) This edition of The Works of Aristotle (the infamous sex manual) not in ESTC.

Willis (Thomas). The London Practice of Physick, being the Practical Part of Physick, contain'd in the Works of the Famous Dr. Willis ... To which is now added, his Plain and Easie Method for Preventing and Curing of the plague, London: for T. Basset, T. Dring, C. Harper, and W. Crook, 1692. 8vo in half-sheets (182 x 105 mm), c.1900 half sheep, 2 parts in 1 volume, engraved portrait frontispiece to parts 1 and 2, part 1 retaining final advertisement/errata leaf, part 2 retaining errata leaf but bound without imprimatur, damp-staining to initial blank, first frontispiece and margins of a few quires towards front, a few other marks, later gift inscription to intial blank, effaced ownership inscription to head of title-page, binding rubbed, loss to spine-label - together with 2 other works (qty: 3) ESTC R220013 (part 1: four copies only in libraries world-wide; format erroneously given as quarto), R1814 (part 2). First edition of the second part, which is titled 'A Plain and Easie Method for Preserving [by God's Blessing] those that are well from the Infection of the Plague'. It was also issued separately to the main work and is known in two variants, with and without 'A Poem upon a Laurel-Leaf' (7 pp.) at the rear; it is present in this copy.

Ballooning. Turnor family ballooning archive, 18th-19th century, including: 1) Astra Castra. Experiments and Adventures in the Atmosphere. By Hatton Turnor, 1st edition, London: Chapman and Hall, 1865. 4to, contemporary vellum over bevelled boards, brushed overall in silver, gilt edges, 39 photozincographic plates as called for, albumen print photograph mounted to dedication page as issued, inscribed to 'Christopher H. Turnor from his friend Annie Dixon, September 1894' on the initial blank, above a lengthy manuscript quotation from Jesse Collings's Land Reform, 2 real-photo postcards laid in (captioned in the negative: 'Mr Hatten Turner [sic] preparing for flight with Mr Salmet, Nov 22 1913' and 'Mr Hatten Turner with Mr Salmet in flying machine, Nov 22 1913'), 2) Remarks on the Ellipsoidal Balloon, propelled by the Archimedean Screw, described as the New Aerial Machine, now Exhibiting at the Royal Adelaide Gallery, Lowther Arcade, Strand, 1st edition, London: Howlett and Son, c.1840. 8vo, 24 pp., stitched as issued, 3) Disclosures relating to the Loss of Mr. Hampton's Albion Balloon, together with the Particulars of a New and Splendid Baloon, which he has constructed for Future Experiments and Amusement, 1st edition, London: W. Snell, 1844. 8vo, 16 pp., stitched as issued, creased, 4) A group of 4 ballooning flyers, comprising: a) Royal Gardens, Vauxhall. For the Benefit of Mr. Green. Positively the Last Balloon Race this Season, Tuesday, August 30, 1836; b) Another Ascent of the Vauxhall Royal Baloon ... will take place next Thursday, October 6, 1836; c) [...] Mr. Gypson, will make his 26th Ascent, and first from Daventry, on Monday, August 31st, 1840; d) From James Appleton's Wholesale and Retail Tea & Coffee Warehouse, 174, Drury Lane, Holborn. Aerial Locomotive Machine, 5) A folder of approx. 35 ballooning prints, mainly 18th century (some 19th), French, English and German, mainly etchings or engravings (some hand-coloured), and including: a) The Montgolfier, a First Rate of the French Aerial Navy, London: E. Dachery, 1783; b) Montgolfier in the Clouds, Constructing of Air Balloons for the Grand Montarque. Fourth Sketch, London: S. Fores, 1784; c) Globe aerostatique, dédié à Monsieur Charles, Paris: Basset, c.1785; and others, also including a pen-and-ink sketch of an air balloon above a Parisian square, and a large watercolour on glazed linen of balloons over an unidentified coastline, variable condition, 6) 3 scrapbooks of newspaper cuttings and journal extracts on ballooning, compiled by Hatton Turnor (qty: -) Hatton Turnor (1840-1914) of Stoke Rochford was a prominent supporter of ballooning and was with Coxwell when he landed at Goodwood in 1863. Library Hub traces two copies only of item 2; item 3 is otherwise untraced.

Speed (John). Cambridgshire described with the devision of the hundreds, the Townes situation, with the Armes of the Colleges of that famous Universiti, [London]: Performed by John Speede, and are to be solde in Popes Head Alley, by John Sudbury and G. Humbell, [1611 or later], hand-coloured engraved map, with inset map of Cambridge, strapwork cartouche incorporating the royal arms, arms of the colleges along edges, toned, a few shallow chips along top edge, 25 mm closed tear extending into title of inset plan, small spill-burn between the two figures lower right, mounted, framed and glazed (not examined out of frame), mount aperture 410 x 535 mm (qty: 1) Cf. Chubb XII or XV; Humble's imprint appears in the maps of the first edition of 1611, the re-issue of 1627, and another issue published by John Dawson in 1646 (not in Chubb).

Speed (John). The Countie Pallatine of Lancaster described and divided into Hundreds, [London]: Performed by John Speed. And are to be solde in Popes head alley by G. Humbell, [1611 or later], hand-coloured engraved map (390 x 504 mm), with inset plan of Lancaster and 8 roundel portraits of English monarchs, English text verso, trimmed to neatline along left and right edges (margins consequently extended), a couple of very small chips to top edge not affecting image, central fold with repaired closed tear to foot, glazed both sides and framed (glass cracked on verso), together with: Ogilby (John). The Road from York to West-Chester ... from York to Tadcaster ...Thorner ... Leeds ... Burstall ... Ealand ... Rochdale ... Manchester ... Eccles ... Warrington ... with a Branch from Mancester to Derby, [London, 1675 or 1698], hand-coloured engraved strip road map (372 x 462 mm), framed and glazed, and another map of Lancashire (19th century, framed and glazed) (qty: 3) Cf. Chubb XII or XV for Speed; Humble's imprint appears in the maps of the first edition of 1611, the re-issue of 1627, and another issue published by John Dawson in 1646 (not in Chubb).

Lowry (L. S., 1887-1976). The Paintings of L. S. Lowry. Oils and Watercolours. With an Introduction and Notes by Mervyn Levy, London: Jupiter Books, 1975. 4to, original blue morocco, spine lettered in gilt, all edges gilt, 31 colour plates (qty: 1) First edition, deluxe issue, number 85 of 100 copies signed by Lowry on a limitation slip mounted to the front free endpaper.

Speed (John). The North and East Ridins of Yorkshire, [London]: Performed by John Speede, and are to be sold in Popes heade Alley ... by John Sudbury and George Humbell, 1610 [i.e. 1611 or later], hand-coloured engraved map, inset plans of Richmond and Hull, English text verso, evidence of wear to plate towards foot including to plan of Hull, mileage cartouche and decorative border, mounted, glazed both sides and framed (affixed to mount with clear-tape tabs verso), mount aperture 387 x 506 mm, together with - ibid. York Shire, [London]: Performed by John Speed and are to be solde in Popes head alley, against the Exchange by John Sudbury and G. Humble, 1610 [i.e. 1616], hand-coloured engraved map, Latin text verso, 80 mm closed tear extending into image from top margin, mounted, glazed both sides and framed (affixed to mount with clear-tape tabs verso, mount aperture 394 x 520 mm, not examined out of frames (qty: 2) Cf. Chubb XXII or XXV for The North and East Riding and XXIVa for York Shire. The second map, 'York Shire', is from the 1616 Latin edition of Speed's Theatre of the Empire of Great Britaine, which Chubb describes as 'extremely rare'. Concerning the first map ('The North and East Ridins'), Humble's imprint appears in the maps of the first edition of 1611, the re-issue of 1627, and another issue published by John Dawson in 1646 (which is not in Chubb).

Dulac (Edmond, illustrator). Rubaiyat of Omar Khayyam. Rendered into English Verse by Edward Fitzgerald, London: Hodder and Stoughton, [1909]. 4to, original vellum, spine and front cover lettered and decorated in gilt, top edge gilt, others untrimmed, 20 colour plates tipped to japon mounts within decorative borders, contemporary gift inscription ('Jack Badeley, from Lillie Singer, Christmas '09' to recto of limitation leaf), bookplate of Christopher Hatton Turnor (1873-1940), contemporary green morocco shelfmark label to foot of spine, ties detached and laid in, light soiling to spine and along top edge of front cover, a few scuffs and marks to rear cover (qty: 1) First edition thus, deluxe issue, number 549 of 750 copies signed by the illustrator.

Dulac (Edmond, illustrator). Stories from Hans Andersen, London: Hodder & Stoughton, 1911. 4to, original vellum, spine and front cover lettered and decorated in gilt, top edge gilt, others untrimmed, 28 tipped-in colour plates, bookplate of Christopher Hatton Turnor (1873-1940), contemporary green morocco shelfmark label to foot of spine, ties lacking, a little light soiling to binding, browning to endpapers (qty: 1) First edition thus, deluxe issue, number 688 of 750 copies signed by the illustrator.

Gray (Millicent Etheldreda, illustrator). Little Women. By Louisa M. Alcott, London: Hodder and Stoughton Ltd., c.1920. 4to, original white cloth gilt, oval pictorial onlay to front board, 12 tipped-in colour plates, front free endpaper removed (qty: 1) First edition thus, deluxe issue, number 72 of 100 copies signed by the illustrator.

Rackham (Arthur, illustrator). Aesop's Fables. A New Translation by V. S. Vernon Jones. With an Introduction by G. K. Chesterton, London: William Heinemann, 1912. 4to, original white cloth, spine and front board lettered and decorated in gilt, top edge gilt, others untrimmed, 13 tipped-in colour plates with tissue-guards, spine darkened, finger-soiling to covers, endpapers spotted, mounts offset onto adjacent text-leaves as often (qty: 1) First edition thus, number 743 of 1450 copies signed by the illustrator.

Rackham (Arthur, illustrator). English Fairy Tales. Retold by Flora Annie Steel, London: Macmillan & Co. Ltd, 1918. 4to, original vellum, top edge gilt, others untrimmed, 16 colour plates (mounted), captioned tissue-guards, bookplate of Christopher Hatton Turnor (1873-1940), green morocco shelfmark label to foot of spine (chipped), covers slightly marked, tissue-guards toned (qty: 1) First edition, deluxe issue, number 320 of 500 copies signed by the illustrator.

Rackham (Arthur, illustrator). Irish Fairy Tales. By James Stephens, London: Macmillan & Co. Ltd., 1920. 4to, original quarter vellum, spine and front cover lettered and decorated in gilt, top edge gilt, others untrimmed, 16 colour plates (mounted), bookplate of Christopher HattonTurnor (1873-1940), binding very slightly marked, green morocco shelfmark label to foot of spine, endpapers spotted (qty: 1) First edition, deluxe issue, one of 520 copies signed by the illustrator.

Rackham (Arthur, illustrator). Mother Goose. The Old Nursery Rhymes, London: William Heinemann, 1913. 4to, original white buckram lettered and decorated in gilt, top edge gilt, others untrimmed, 14 tipped-in plates (all but one in colour), captioned tissue-guards, partly unopened, bookplate of Christoher Hatton Turnor (1873-1940), spine toned, with green morocco shelfmark label to foot, and remnant of paper label further up, a few pale spots and finger-marks to covers, endpapers spotted, half-title and final text-leaf browned (qty: 1) First edition thus, number 699 of 1130 copies signed by the illustrator.

Rackham (Arthur, illustrator). Peter Pan in Kensington Gardens. From The Little White Bird by J. M. Barrie. A New Edition. Illustrated by Arthur Rackham, London: Hodder & Stoughton, [1912]. 4to, original vellum, spine and front cover lettered and decorated in gilt, top edge gilt, others untrimmed, 50 colour plates tipped to japon mounts, captioned tissue-guards, bookplate of Christopher Hatton Turnor (1873-1940) imposed over another bookplate (now obscured), green morocco shelfmark label to foot of spine, ties perished, free endpapers browned (qty: 1) First published in 1906; this new edition was also issued in a standard binding of green cloth.

Speed (John). York Shire, [London:] to be solde in Popes head alley, against the Exchange by John Sudbury and G. Humble, 1610 [i.e. 1611 or later], hand-coloured engraved map, mounted, framed and glazed, mount aperture 400 x 525 mm, evidence of repair to head of central fold, not examined out of frame (qty: 1) Cf. Chubb XXII or XXV. Humble's imprint appears in the maps of the first edition of 1611, the re-issue of 1627, and another issue published by John Dawson in 1646 (which is not in Chubb).

Rackham (Arthur, illustrator). Some British Ballads, London: Constable & Co. Ltd, [1919]. 4to, original quarter vellum, spine and covers lettered and decorated in gilt, top edge gilt, others untrimmed, 16 tipped-in colour plates, captioned tissue-guards, bookplate of Christopher Hatton Turnor (1873-1940), a little light finger-soiling to binding, pale spotting to spine, green morocco label to foot, light browning to free endpapers and to recto of limitation leaf (qty: 1) First edition, deluxe issue, number 111 of 550 copies signed by the illustrator.

Rackham (Arthur, illustrator). The Romance of King Arthur and his Knights of the Round Table. Abridged from Malory's Morte d'Arthur by Alfred W. Pollard, London: Macmillan and Co., Limited, 1917. 4to, original vellum, spine and front cover lettered and decorated in gilt, top edge gilt, others untrimmed, 16 colour plates (mounted), 7 woodcut plates, numerous woodcuts in the text, partly unopened, bookplate of Christopher Hatton Turnor (1873-1940), spine faintly spotted, green morocco shelfmark label to foot and small abrasion above, a little light soiling to covers (qty: 1) First edition thus, deluxe issue, number 23 of 500 copies signed by the illustrator.

Rackham (Arthur, illustrator). The Springtide of Life. Poems of Childhood by Algernon Charles Swinburne, London: William Heinemann, 1918. 4to, original quarter vellum, spine and front board lettered and decorated in gilt, top edge gilt, others untrimmed, 9 tipped-in colour plates, bookplate of Christopher Hatton Turnor (1873-1940), binding very slightly marked, green morocco shelfmark label to foot of spine, browning to free endpapers, Rackham's signature on limitation page showing through recto (qty: 1) First edition thus, deluxe issue, number 553 of 765 copies signed by the illustrator.

Rowling (J. K.). Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone, London: Bloomsbury, 1997. 8vo, original pictorial boards, 223 pp., text-block toned as usual, spine very slightly rolled. An exceptional copy (qty: 1) Errington A1(a). First edition, first impression, case-bound issue, one of 500 copies, with all the requisite points: the copyright page dated 1997, with the numberline down to 1 and with the author credited as 'Joanne Rowling'; page 53 with '1 wand' repeated; and the rear cover with misprints 'Wizardry and Witchcraft' (for 'Witchcraft and Wizardry') and ''Philospher's Stone'. Of the 500 copies of the preferred case-bound issue 300 were sent to libraries and experienced a high rate of attrition. Provenance: acquired new by the vendor in 1997 from Dillons, 25 Wheeler Gate, Nottingham (the premises are best remembered under their original trading name of Sisson and Parker).

Rowling (J. K.). Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets, London: Bloomsbury, 1998. 8vo, original pictorial boards, dust jacket (with minute nick to head of front panel) (qty: 1) Errington A2(a). First edition, first impression, with the number line from 10 down to 1 on the copyright page.

Rowling (J. K., 1965-). Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows, London: Bloomsbury, 2007. 8vo, original pictorial boards, dust jacket, spine rolled, a few marks to front free endpaper, a little spotting to fore margins of pp. 552-65 (also visible on fore edge), dust jacket slightly rumpled along top edge (qty: 1) 'The stairs opened on to a sitting room with a threadbare carpet and a small fireplace, above which hung a single large oil painting of a blonde girl who gazed out at the room with a kind of vacant sweetness ...' Errington A14(a). First edition, Ariana Dumbledore's copy, inscribed by the author 'To Hebe (also known as Ariana!), with lots of love, J K Rowling' on the title-page. The recipient was Hebe Beardsall (1993-), who played Ariana, the sister of Albus Dumbledore, in Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows (2010-11). Ariana Dumbledore was accidentally killed while trying to intervene in a three-way duel between Albus Dumbledore, their brother Aberforth, and Albus's friend, the future Dark Wizard revolutionary Gellert Grindelwald. Her existence is first revealed in an extract from Rita Skeeter's scurrilous biography of Albus published in the Daily Prophet, which alleges that she was a squib kept hidden by the Dumbledore family out of shame; in fact her magical powers were too powerful for her to control, and in a rage at the age of fourteen she caused an explosion in which the Dumbledores' mother Kendra was killed. Ariana's portrait above the fireplace in the Hog's Head Inn, Hogsmeade, conceals a secret passage back into the Room of Requirement, and it is Ariana who leads Harry, Ron and Hermione back into Hogwarts for the final battle against the forces of Lord Voldemort. Harry Potter was Hebe Beardsall's first screen role. She has recently been cast in the forthcoming instalment of a major space fantasy franchise, and her other roles have included Happy Valley (2016), Victoria (2017) and The Alienist (2020), and feature films How to Talk to Girls at Parties (2017) and Funny Cow (2017). 'Aberforth remained fixed in his chair, gazing at Harry with the eyes that were so extraordinarily like his brother's. At last he cleared his throat, got to his feet, walked around the little table and approached the portrait of Ariana. ''You know what to do,'' he said.'

Thorpe (James, illustrator). The Compleat Angler, or the Contemplative Man's Recreation ... by Izaak Walton, London: Hodder & Stoughton, 1911. 4to, original pictorial vellum gilt, top edge gilt, others untrimmed, 25 tipped-in colour plates with captioned tissue-guards, binding soiled, ties perished, small area of silverfish damage to front pastedown and free endpaper, shallow damp-stain to foot of title-page (qty: 1) First edition thus, deluxe issue, number 210 of 250 copies signed by the artist.

Braine (John, 1922-1986). Collection of first editions inscribed to the author's friends Royston and Ann Millmore, comprising: 1) Room at the Top, London: Eyre & Spottiswoode, 1957. Original boards, inscribed 'To my very good friends Royston and Ann Millmore, con amore - John Braine' on the front free endpaper, with Royston's Millmore pencilled ownership inscription above, spine sunned and rolled, early leaves spotted, 2) From the Hand of the Hunter [US title of The Vodi], 1st US edition, Boston: Houghton Mifflin Company, 1960. Original cloth-backed boards, inscribed 'To my dear friends Anne [sic] & Royston Millmore, John Braine, 1983' on the title-page, spine rolled, covers sunned, 3) Life at the Top, London: Eyre & Spottiswoode, 1962. Original boards, inscribed 'To Royston & Anne [sic] Millmore - my friends & fellow-writers, sincerely, John Braine' on the title-page, and signed by Donald Wolfitt, Ted Kotcheff, Margaret Johnson, Michael Craig, Laurence Harvey and Jean Symons [Simmons], cast members of the 1965 film version, on the half-title verso, spine rolled, sunned and marked, damp-staining to rear board with concomitant bleeding of blue dye into top edge and to top margins of final leaves and rear endpapers, 4) The Jealous God, London: Eyre & Spottiswoode, 1964. Original boards, dust jacket, inscribed 'To Ann & Royston, with love, John Braine, 1975' on the title-page, jacket chipped and with Ann Millmore's address label to front flap, 5) The Two of Us, London: Methuen, 1984. Original boards, dust jacket, inscribed 'To my good friends Ann & Royston Millmore - with love - John Braine, 1984' on the title-page, spine rolled, jacket spine sunned, 6) These Golden Days, London: Methuen, 1985. Original boards, dust jacket, inscribed 'To my good friends Royston & Ann Millmore - with love - John Braine, Sept. '85' on the title-page, together with 5 others including 2 paperback editions similarly inscribed (Finger of Fire, 1963, and Writing a Novel, 1974) (qty: 11) Royston Millmore (1910-1997) worked in the wool industry in Bradford and was editor of trade journal The Wool Record. He was the author of Heatwave in Berlin (Canongate, 1978), based on his experiences in 1930s Germany, and Brief Life of the Brontes (privately published, 1947). He and his wife Ann (1919-2019) were both stalwarts of the Swanwick Writers' Summer School, and together are the joint dedicatees of The Two of Us (item 5). Also sold with the lot are three autograph letters signed from John Braine to Royston and Ann Millmore, 1983-5, 8 pp. in total, concerning visits to the Millmores in Bradford ('I haven't enough words to tell you what the weekend meant to me ... I returned refreshed. And, what's more, with the sort of information which will make all the difference to my novel'), John Braine's health, and his personal life ('I am not given to envy, but if I were, I would envy both of you. My marriage has been disastrous - so has been Janet's'). There are also three autograph letters signed to the Millmore's from John Braine's partner Janet Barber, 1984-6, 4 pp. in total, concerning John Braine's death and memorial service ('He and I happened upon the most marvellous natural love and happiness together, and we had a brilliant time always in spite of all the difficulties').

Yorkshire. A group of 4 maps, 17th century, comprising: 1) Ogilby (John). The Road from Whitby in Com. Ebor. to Durham [and:] The Road from Ferrybridge to Boroughbridge, continued to Barnard Castle in Com. Ebor. [London, 1675 or 1698], 2 hand-coloured engraved strip road maps, separately mounted, gilt-framed and glazed, mount apertures 364 x 475 mm; 2) [Jansson, Jan]. Ducatus Eboracensis pars borealis. The North Ridinge of Yorkeshire, [Amsterdam, 1646 or later], hand-coloured engraved map with strapwork mileage cartouche and allegorical title cartouche, coats of arms top right, Latin text verso, central fold split at head (tape-repaired verso), mounted, glazed both sides and gilt-framed, mount aperture 430 x 547 mm; 3) [Drayton, Michael]. [Allegorical map of Yorkshire from Poly Olbion, 1622], hand-coloured engraved map, mounted, framed and glazed, mount aperture 263 x 325 mm, all items with labels of the Country Gallery, Great Ayton, not examined out of frames (qty: 4) The two Ogilby maps are numbers 99 and 95 from his work Britannia, first published in 1675; these examples are from either one of the other editions published in 1675 or the 1698 reprint, as the numbers do not correspond to those provided by Chubb for the maps in the first edition.

Lewis (C. S., 1898-1963). Group of presentation copies to Cecil Harwood, 1942-62, comprising: 1) A Preface to Paradise Lost, 1st edition, 1942, 2) Christian Behaviour, 1st edition, 1943, 3) Arthurian Torso, 1st edition, 1948, 4) The Four Loves, 1st edition, 1960, 5) They Asked for a Paper, 1st edition, 1962, each with the ownership inscription of Cecil Harwood ('A. C. Harwood') and his note recording the book's presentation to him by Lewis (variously 'Ex dono auctoris', 'Ex dono auctoris CSL', or 'from CSL'), the inscriptions in items 1-2 and 5 also dated, original cloth or boards, They Asked for a Paper with dust jacket, together with: 4 books not by Lewis but similarly inscribed by Cecil Harwood (T. H. Scott & W. J. Stokoe, Wild Flowers of the Wayside and Woodland, 1936, inscribed 'Laurence Harwood, from Mr Lewis, Christmas 1936'; Rudyard Kipling, Kim, 1935, inscribed 'Laurence Harwood, from his God father, Christmas 1937'; Owen Barfield, Saving the Appearances, 1957, inscribed 'A C Harwood, Ex libris', with an arrow pointing to the pencilled ownership inscription 'C. S. Lewis', apparently in Lewis's own hand; Hans Tietze, Masterpieces of European Painting in America, 1939, inscribed 'Laurence Harwood, from C. S. Lewis, Christmas 1940'), and Turgenev, First Love and Rudin. With an Introduction by Lord David Cecil, 1950, inscribed 'To Laurence, with love from his godfather, Christmas 1950' on a slip tipped to front free endpaper, possibly in Lewis's hand (qty: 10) (Albert) Cecil Harwood (1898-1975) met Lewis at Oxford in Hilary term of 1919. The two became lifelong friends, and while Cecil is not typically reckoned among the usual roll-call of Inklings members, he remained very much part of Lewis's circle, and is perhaps best remembered as a leading advocate of anthroposophy and the Steiner-Waldorf teaching method. Provenance: Laurence Harwood OBE (1933-2020), regional director, National Trust, son of Cecil Harwood, and godson of C. S. Lewis, noted as 'one of the few remaining people who really knew C. S. Lewis' (Deborah Higgens, 'A Personal Tribute to Laurence Harwood, OBE', C. S. Lewis Foundation official blog, 14 December 2020, accessed 24 May 2021). Further reading: Laurence Harwood, C. S. Lewis, My Godfather: Letters, Photos, and Recollections (Downers Grove, IL: IVP Books, 2007). Also sold with the lot is Laurence Harwood's George V silver christening-mug, according to family repute presented to him by C. S. Lewis (by William Neale and Son, Birmingham, 1930, slightly tapering cylindrical and with scroll handle, engraved 'Laurence Hardy Harwood, Oct 21 1933', 8.5cm high, 5oz 19dwt, 186gr), together with a similar mug in pewter.

Lewis (C. S., 1898-1963). Miracles. A Preliminary Study, London: Geoffrey Bles, 1947. 8vo, original cloth, dust jacket (marked, head of spine-panel nicked and frayed), pencilled marginalia throughout, section of flocking to p. 127 (text affected but remaining legible) (qty: 1) First edition, the dedication copy, inscribed by Lewis 'with all love from C. S. L.' on the dedication page, and with the ownership inscription of the recipient and co-dedicatee Cecil Harwood, 'Harwood (Ex dono auctoris)', to the front free endpaper, the other dedicatee being Harwood's wife, Daphne. (Albert) Cecil Harwood (1898-1975) met Lewis at Oxford in Hilary term of 1919. The two became lifelong friends, and while Cecil is not typically reckoned among the usual roll-call of Inklings members, he remained very much part of Lewis's circle, and is perhaps best remembered as a leading advocate of anthroposophy and the Steiner-Waldorf teaching method. Provenance: Laurence Harwood OBE (1933-2020), regional director, National Trust, son of Cecil Harwood, and godson of C. S. Lewis, noted as 'one of the few remaining people who really knew C. S. Lewis' (Deborah Higgens, 'A Personal Tribute to Laurence Harwood, OBE', C. S. Lewis Foundation official blog, 14 December 2020, accessed 24 May 2021). Further reading: Laurence Harwood, C. S. Lewis, My Godfather: Letters, Photos, and Recollections (Downers Grove, IL: IVP Books, 2007).

Lewis (C. S., 1898-1963). The Pilgrim's Regress. An Allegorical Apology for Christianity, Reason and Romanticism, London: J. M. Dent and Sons Ltd, 1933. 8vo, original orange cloth (slightly rubbed and dust-soiled), map endpapers, spotting to half-title, title-page and final text-leaf (qty: 1) First edition, presentation copy, inscribed by Lewis to 'Daphne Harwood, with the author's compliments, May 1933' on the title-page. Daphne Harwood (née Olivier, 1889-1950) was the wife of Lewis's Oxford friend (Albert) Cecil Harwood (1898-1975), and a friend of Lewis's in her own right. While Cecil is not typically reckoned among the usual roll-call of Inklings members, he remained very much part of Lewis's circle, and is perhaps best remembered as a leading advocate of anthroposophy and the Steiner-Waldorf teaching method, to which he was introduced by Daphne. Provenance: Laurence Harwood OBE (1933-2020), regional director, National Trust, son of Cecil and Daphne Harwood, and godson of C. S. Lewis, noted as 'one of the few remaining people who really knew C. S. Lewis' (Deborah Higgens, 'A Personal Tribute to Laurence Harwood, OBE', C. S. Lewis Foundation official blog, 14 December 2020, accessed 24 May 2021). Further reading: Laurence Harwood, C. S. Lewis, My Godfather: Letters, Photos, and Recollections (Downers Grove, IL: IVP Books, 2007).

Crull (Jodocus, editor). The Present Condition of the Muscovite Empire till the Year 1699. In Two Letters: the First from a Gentleman, who was Conversant with the Muscovite Ambassadour in Holland: the Second from a Person of Quality at Vienna, concerning the late Muscovite Embassy, his present Czarish Majesty; the Russian Empire; and Great-Tartary. With the Life of the Present Emperour of China. By Father J. Bouvet, London: printed for F. Coggan, 1699. 8vo (168 x 100 mm), 19th-century marbled half calf (surface-loss to rear joint and board-edges), initial and medial blanks pi1 and F5 both present (the latter not mentioned in ESTC), quire [superscript 2]A ('Advertisement to the Reader' misbound after quire A, faint shallow tide-mark to lower margins, spotting to outer leaves including title-page, contemporary ink inscriptions to head of title-page and following leaf (possibly acquisition notes; cropped in the former), a few other marks (qty: 1) ESTC R19507 (ten copies in UK libraries). First edition in English of these three texts. 'A Letter from a Person of Quality, residing at the Imperial Court of Vienna [...]' and 'The History of Cang-Hy, the Present Emperour of China' each have a separate dated title-page; the latter is a translation of Bouvet's Portrait historique de l'empereur de la Chine (1697), better known under its later title Histoire de l'empereur de la Chine. Provenance: George Wilbraham (1779-1852), Whig politician, of Delamere House, Northwich, Cheshire (bookplate).

Portal (Gerald H.). An Account of the English Mission to King Johannis of Abyssinia. Privately Printed, Winchester, Warren and Son, [1888]. 8vo, original green cloth ruled and lettered in black, [6] 123 pp., occasional light spotting, ownership inscription 'Sybil Willoughby 1932' to initial blank, extremities slightly rubbed (qty: 1) First edition, presentation copy, inscribed 'Anne F. W. Murray, from the author, 1888' on the initial blank. This work predates the author's full published account, My Mission to Abyssinia, which appeared in 1892.

Stocqueler (J. H.). India: its History, Climate, Productions; with a Full Account of the Origin, Progress, and Development of the Bengal Mutiny, and Suggestions as to the Future Government of India, 2nd edition, London: George Routledge and Co., 1857. Small 8vo (160 x 97 mm), contemporary calf, viii 219 pp., 7 wood-engraved plates including frontispiece, wood-engraved additional vignette title-page, contemporary prize-plate to front pastesown, extremities rubbed, small tear to head of spine, short crack to foot of front joint, caption of plate facing p. 24 shaved (qty: 1) First published in 1853, here expanded to included an account of the Mutiny. No copies in auction records, five copies on Library Hub, of which one (in the British Library) is described as 'another edition'. The vignette title-page bears what is possibly a projected series title, 'The Conquerors of British India', though no other volumes appear to have been published.

Davis (J. Scarlett). Twelve Views in Lithography, of Bolton Abbey,. Wharfedale, Yorkshire, 1st edition, London: Charles Frederick Cock, 1829. Oblong folio (293 x 455 mm), contemporary cloth-backed marbled paper wrappers, 5 pp., 12 lithographic plates (mounted as issued), title-leaf and final 2 plates remaining attached to binding, all other text and plates detached but remaining integral, variable dust-soiling and spotting, marginal nicks and repairs to text-leaves and mounts, together with: [Holderness]. A Series of Seventeen Views of Churches, Monuments, and Other Antiquities, originally engraved for ''Dade's History of Holderness.'' Now first published, Hull: J. Greenwood, 1835. Folio (450 x 280 mm), original printed wrappers (rear wrapper perished, front wrapper nicked), letterpress title-page, 15 engraved plates (containing 17 images), toning, damp-staining to first few plates (qty: 2) Library Hub traces five copies for Davis's work and none for the second.

Drake (Francis). Eboracum: or the History and Antiquities of the City of York, London: William Bowyer, 1736. Folio (442 x 268 mm), 19th-century half calf, rebacked, 60 engraved maps and plates, many double-page (including 2 maps, hand-coloured, and a pictorial title-page to part 2), numerous engravings in the text (many full-page), very occasional light spotting, old marginal repairs to plates facing pp. 524 and 527, the 2 coloured maps (at pp. 36 and 380), and text-leaves 4E1 and 7Y1 (qty: 1) ESTC T65433. First edition, large-paper issue, one of 100 copies; there were also 700 copies printed on crown paper. Provenance: James Worsley Pennyman (1856-1924), of Ormesby Hall, Middlesbrough (bookplate).

Blome (Richard). The Gentleman's Recreations: in Three Parts. The First Part contains a Short and Easie Introduction to all the Liberal Arts and Sciences, etc. The Second treats of Horsemanship, Hawking, Hunting, Fowling, Fishing, Agriculture, etc. ... The Third is a Compleat Body of all our Forest, Chace, and Game-Laws, as they are at this Time ... The Second Edition Corrected, with near One Half of Additions, London: for R. Bonwicke [and others], 1710. 3 parts in 1 volume, folio (390 x 245 mm), 19th-century red half morocco, engraved additional title-page, 73 engraved plates after Francis Barlow and others, of which 2 folding and 3 printed on both sides (requisite number unknown), bookplate of Christopher Turnor (1873-1940), incomplete (with text ending abruptly at part 3 p. 66, signature R1), part 1 signature 3Y1 with repaired closed tear, hole in part 3 signature A2 to loss of text, part 1 signatures H1-2 and plate facing p. 29 extended in fore margins, a few other plates with repaired closed tears to lower margins, 3 plates with repaired holes in images (facing part 1 p. 285 and part 2 pp. 90 and 151) (qty: 1) ESTC T135908. Sold as a collection of plates, not subject to return. The first edition was published in 1686. The majority of the plates (45 in total) are found in the second part and consequently relate to horsemanship, hawking, hunting, etc.

Brookes (Richard). The Art of Angling, Rock and Sea-Fishing: With the Natural History of River, Pond, and Sea-Fish. Illustrated with 133 Cutts, 2nd edition, London: for J. Watts, 1743. 12mo (157 x 90 mm), early-20th-century sheep, title-page in red and black with woodcut vignette, woodcuts of fish throughout the text, spine rubbed, inner hinges reinforced with linen tape, contents toned, closely trimmed along top edge shaving a few headlines, signatures E11-12 with marginal loss to lower fore corners not affecting text - Theakston (Michael). A List of Natural Flies that are taken by Trout, Grayling, and Smelt, in the Streams of Ripon, 1st edition, Ripon: W. Harrison, 1853. 8vo, original cloth, 5 lithographic plates (of which the first 4 numbered 1-8), spine sunned, rolled and a little frayed, marginal loss to first leaf of text, small tide-mark to upper inner corner of plates - Mosely (Martin E.). The Dry-Fly Fisherman's Entomology. Being a Supplement to Frederic M. Halford's The Dry-Fly Man's Handbook, 1st edition, London: George Routledge and Sons, Limited, 1921. 8vo, original green cloth wallet binding with envelope flap, photogravure portrait frontispiece, 16 colour plates, spine slightly rubbed (qty: 3) ESTC T125461 (Brookes: five copies only in libraries world-wide).

Chapman (Abel). First Lessons in the Art of Wildfowling, 1st edition, London: Horace Cox, ''The Field'' Office, 1896. 8vo, original cloth, all plates as called for, advertisements to front and rear - ibid. The Borders and Beyond. Arctic ... Cheviot ... Tropic, 1st edition, London: Gurney and Jackson, 1924. 8vo, original cloth, all plates as called for, 2 folding maps, covers marked, extremities bumped - ibid. Memories of Fourscore Years Less Two, 1851-1929, 1st edition, London; Gurney and Jackson, 1930. 8vo, original cloth, all plates as called for - and approximately 40 others, all field sports, 19th and early-20th century, all in original cloth, including other Chapman titles, 12 titles in the Fur, Feather and Fin series, and similar (qty: 44) Mullens & Swann p. 124 (Chapman, First Lessons).

Landseer (Edwin). Engravings of Lions, Tigers, Panthers, Leopards, Dogs, etc., chiefly after the Designs of Sir Edwin Landseer, by his Brother, Thomas, London: Henry G. Bohn, 1853. 4to, original cloth gilt (sunned and marked, light wear to spine-ends), [4] 28 pp., 39 engraved plates including pictorial additional title-page, a little light finger-soiling to margins, a few other marks (qty: 1) Second edition, greatly expanded from the first of 1823, which had 20 plates only.

Millais (John Guille). The Wildfowler in Scotland, 1st edition, London: Longmans, Green, and Co., 1901. 4to, original half vallum, plain dust jacket with printed spine-label (the jacket probably original; spine-panel largely restored, a few nicks and tears), 21 photogravure and other plates, a bright copy - Tegetmeier (William Bernhard). Pheasants, 4th edition ('enlarged'), London: Horace Cox, 1904. 8vo, original cloth (loss to head of spine), 24 plates (6 in colour), bookplate of J. E. Harting (1841-1928, British ornithologist) - Cank (Thomas). Forty Years Mingled in Game (Fur and Feathers), 1st edition, Leyland: published and copyrighted by T. Cank, ''The Lancashire Pheasantries'', 1891. 8vo, original cloth, 133 pp. - St John (Charles). Natural History and Sport in Moray, 2nd edition, Edinburgh: David Douglas, 1882. Large 8vo, original cloth (spine sunned and frayed), all heliogravure plates as called for - and 28 others (not collated), natural history and field sports, 19th and early-20th century, mainly in original cloth, including Oates, Wild Ducks, 1st edition, 1905 (plates by Lodge), Burke, The Indian Shikar Field Book, 4th edition, Calcutta, 1908 (pre-printed game register in rear pocket), Aflalo, The Sportsman's Book for India, 1st edition, 1904 (withdrawn from the General Assembly Library, New Zealand), and similar (qty: 32) Mullens & Swann pp. 502 (St John). Library Hub traces two copies only of Thomas Cank's privately published Forty Years Mingled in Game. St John's work first appeared in 1863, without plates.

Moll (Herman). A Set of Fifty New and Correct Maps of England and Wales, etc. With the Great Roads and Principal Cross-Roads, etc. Shewing the Computed Miles from Town to Town, London: sold by H. Moll; Tho. Bowles, J. Bowles, 1724. Folio (357 x 230 mm), contemporary panelled calf, letterpress title-page, 50 engraved maps (including 2 general maps, both folding), all hand-coloured in outline, the county maps including engraved vignettes of local antiquities in margins, contemporary ownership inscription (Eliz[abe]th Wallace) and later bookplate (Christopher Coleman Gill) to front pastedown, binding worn, front board detached (together with front free endpaper and initial blank), rear joint cracked, browning to letterpress title-page and the 2 general maps, map of Cornwall slightly toned and mottled along edges (qty: 1) Chubb CLXI. First separate edition of the maps from Herman Moll's A New Description of England and Wales, published the same year; the only change is that the maps are now numbered between brackets in the top-left corner. According to Chubb the maps were uncoloured.

Nelson (Thomas H.). The Birds of Yorkshire, 1st edition, London: A. Brown & Sons, Limited, 1907. 2 volumes, 8vo, original green cloth, colour frontispieces and titles-page, half-tone photographic plates, errata slip to volume 1, occasional spotting to text-blocks - [Grouse]. The Grouse in Health and Disease. Being the Final Report of the Committee of Inquiry on Grouse Disease, 1st edition, London: Smith, Elder & Co., 1911. 2 volumes, 4to, original cloth, volume 1 with 59 plates numbered 1-58, volume 2 with colour map (and maps in text), volume 1 with light mottling to covers and fraying to headcaps, volume 2 text-block spotted - Burrard (Gerald). The Modern Shotgun, 1st edition, London: Herbert Jenkins Limited, 1931-2. 3 volumes, 8vo, original blue cloth, all halftone photographic plates as called for, text-blocks toned and occasionally spotted - and 14 others (not collated), field sports, early 20th-century, original cloth, including another copy of The Grouse in Health and Disease, Pollard, A History of Firearms, 1930 (first edition 1926), Duncan & Thorne, The Complete Wildfowler, 1911 (with dust jacket), and similar (qty: 25) Mullens & Swann p. 432 (Nelson).

New Naturalists. The Natural History of Orkney [and:] British Warblers. London: Collins, 1985. 2 volumes, 8vo, original green cloth, dust jackets each with Duraseal protector, Orkney with contemporary ownership inscription ('M. Mitchell, February 1986') to front free endpaper, Warblers jacket spine slightly faded and Duraseal protector a little cockled on front cover (qty: 2) Bernhard & Loe NN70A & 71A. First edition, first state of each work, numbers 70 and 71 and the two rarest titles in the New Naturalist series; 725 copies of each were printed.

New Naturalists. Heathlands; The New Forest; Ferns; Freshwater Fishes, Collins [-HarperCollinsPublishers], 1986-92. 4 volumes, 8vo, original green cloth, dust jackets, Heathlands foot of spine bumped and pencilled ownership inscription 'Leachman' to front free endpaper, Freshwater Fishes with spotting to top edge of text-block, and slight fading to foot of spine (visible only in the elliptical ground of the 'NN' monogram) (qty: 4) Bernhard & Loe NN72A, 73A, 74A, 75A. First editions of numbers 72-75 in the New Naturalist series, of which 880, 1850, 1500 and 1470 copies were printed; Heathlands and The New Forest are each in the first-edition dust jacket with 'Collins' to foot of spine and prices £20.00 and £22.50 to front flap (there was no such issue-point for Ferns or Freshwater Fishes). A bright group: the spines of Ferns and Freshwater Fishes are especially prone to fading.

White (Gilbert). The Natural History and Antiquities of Selborne ... to which are added, the Naturalist's Calendar ... a New Edition, with Engravings, London: White, Cochrane, and Co., 1813. Large-paper copy, 1 volume bound in 2, 4to (289 x 226 mm), contemporary calf, rebacked, iii-x [2] 1-301, [302]-587 [1] pp., 9 engraved plates ('Copy of a Picture in Selborne Church' and 'A Hybrid Pheasant' both hand-coloured; frontispiece 'North-east View of Selborne' folding), 2 section-titles each with engraved vignette, engraved tailpiece, bookplates of Sir John Cam Hobhouse, 1st Baronet (1786-1869), politician and diarist, modern bookplates of Robin T. Comley (dated 1986), half-title discarded, plates somewhat spotted, signature 3O repaired in gutter - ibid. The Natural History and Antiquities of Selborne ... a New Edition, with Engravings, London: White, Cochrane, and Co., 1813. 4to (265 x 200 mm), contemporary half calf, rebacked and recornered with most of original spine laid down, fore and bottom edges untrimmed, collation as the preceding item but retaining half-title and with 'Copy of a Picture in Selborne Church' uncoloured, offsetting, light browning, closed tear in Y2, final leaf repaired - ibid. The Natural History and Antiquities of Selborne ... edited by Thomas Bell, London: John van Voorst, 1872. 2 volumes, 8vo (218 x 136 mm), 20th-century orange half calf by Bumpus, vignette half-titles, all plates as called for, bookplates of Sir Hector Livingston Duff (1872-1954), colonial administrator, joints and extremities rubbed - and 4 other editions of The Natural History of Selborne (not collated), all leather-bound, and comprising: New Edition, 1813 (2 volumes, octavo issue); New Edition, 1822 (2 volumes); The Works in Natural History, 1802 (2 copies: one in 2 volumes, the other 2 volumes bound in 1) (qty: 12) Martin pp. 106-8 (1813 edition). The first item is one of 50 large-paper copies (watermarks J Whatman 1810), with the plate of the Hybrid Bird and the plate of the painting presented to the church both hand-coloured; the second item is the quarto or royal octavo edition. It was also published in octavo (a copy of which issue is included in the lot).

White (Gilbert; subject). Gilbert White and Sussex. By W. H. Mullens ... reprinted from the Transactions of the Union [of Scientific Societies], 1909. 4to, contemporary cloth, 23 pp., 7 halftone photographic plates, original wrappers bound in, W. H. Mullens's own copy, with his bookplate to front pastedown, 3 ff. autograph notes on his personal Westfield Place stationery tipped in at rear, and a 3 pp. autograph letter signed to him from one C. Fairbrother of Oliver Whitby's School, Chichester, also tipped in, together with - Mullens (W. H.). A List of Books relating to British Birds, published before the Year 1815. From the Library of W. H. Mullens ... exhibited at the Corporationg Museum, Hastings, during June, 1906, Hastings: F. J. Parsons, 1908. 8vo, original wrappers, [2] 34 pp. 7 plates (facsimile title-pages), inscribed 'With W. H. Mullens' compliments' on front wrapper recto, autograph note by W. H. Mullens on his Westfield Place stationery mounted verso, spine chipped, front wrapper torn to loss of text, front wrapper and first 2 text-leaves working loose (held by top cord only) - and 2 others by Mullens (The Introduction to Fauna Calpensis ... By John White, edited by W. H. Mullens, 1st edition, London: The Selborne Society, 1913, original printed boards; Gilbert White of Selborne. A Lecture delivered before the Hastings and St. Leonard's Natural History Society, 1st edition, London: Witherby & Co., 1907, original cloth) (qty: 4)

Bagshawe (Edward). Two Arguments in Parliament, the first concerning the Cannons, the Second concerning the Premunire upon those Cannons, 1st edition, London: George Miller, 1641. 4to (182 x 140 mm), 19th-century calf-backed marbled boards, vellum tips, bookplate of William Allen Potter, woodcut initials and headpieces, spine worn, front free endpaper loose, final blank discarded - Maurice (Thomas). An Elegiac and Historical Poem, Sacred to the Memory and Virtues of the Honourable Sir William Jones. Containing a Retrospective Survey of the Progress of Science, and the Mohammedan Conquests in Asia, 2nd edition, London: for the author, 1795. 4to (278 x 212 mm), modern half cloth - Whitaker (Edward William). A Dissertation on the Prophecies relating the Final Restoration of the Jews, 1st edition, Canterbury: Simmons and Kirkby, 1784. 8vo (198 x 124 mm), stitched in modern wrappers, half-title - Pack (Richardson). Religion and Philosophy: A Tale. With Five Other Pieces, 1st edition, London: E. Curll, 1720. 8vo (196 x 125 mm), stitched in modern marbled wrappers, 8 pp. publisher's catalogue to rear (not mentioned in ESTC), woodcut head- and tailpieces, title-page soiled and with chip to lower fore corner - Michell (Abraham Louis). Exposition of the Motives, founded upon the universally received Laws of Nations, which have determined the King (of Prussia) upon the Repeated Instances of his Subjects trading by Sea, to lay an Attachment upon the Capital Funds which his Majesty had promised to reimburse to the Subjects of Great-Britain, in Virtue of the Peace-Treaties of Breslau and Dresden, London: J. Raymond, 1752. 8vo (202 x 120 mm), modern wrappers - [Bethune, Mary Drinkwater, & William Cotton]. The River Mole, or Emlyn Stream. A Poem, with Notes and Illustrations, [Leatherhead?]: privately printed, in aid of the fund for building national schools at Lethrede, 1839. 4to (266 x 175 mm), later morocco, [4] 35 pp., 8 etched plates including frontispiece and additional title-page (qty: 6) ESTC R16597 (Bagshaw), T85985 (Maurice), N6475 (Whitaker: ten copies world-wide), T92758 (Pack), T114997 (Michell).