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[ART] Munnings, Sir Alfred. The Autobiography, three volumes (I: An Artist's Life, II: The Second Burst, III: The Finish), first editions, The Museum Press, London, 1950 / 1951 / 1952, scarlet cloth, dustjackets, plate and text illustrations, octavo; together with Munnings, Sir Alfred. Ballads and Poems, first edition, Museum Press, London, 1957, plate and text illustrations, octavo, (4). Condition Report : All dustjackets price-clipped; page edges foxed (pages internally clean). Condition reports are offered as a guide only and we highly recommend inspecting (where possible) any lot to satisfy yourself as to its condition.

[ART] Munnings, A.J. Pictures of Horses and English Life, first edition, Eyre & Spottiswoode, London, 1927, original bevelled pale fawn cloth, all edges gilt, twenty-eight paper-protected mounted colour plate illustrations (including frontispiece, as called for), further monochrome illustrations, SIGNED BY THE ARTIST to half title page, large quarto. Condition Report : Generally good condition; foxing to paper guards and, more lightly, to mounts. Condition reports are offered as a guide only and we highly recommend inspecting (where possible) any lot to satisfy yourself as to its condition.

[ART] Mackley, George. Confessions of a Woodpecker, limited edition 89/250, SIGNED BY THE ARTIST, Gresham Books Ltd, Old Woking, 1981, quarter leather, illustrations throughout, sixty-two loose illustrations in pocket at end, quarto; and George Mackley Wood Engraver, first edition, Gresham Books Ltd, Old Woking, 1981, quarter leather, illustrations, quarto; together with an autograph letter signed from George Mackley to Rachel Ann Le Bas. Provenance: Rachel Ann Le Bas, N.E.A.C., R.E. (1923-2020). Condition Report : Generally good condition; second named volume with external foxing to leather of upper cover; first named with very minor foxing in same area; both with fractionally faded spines but bright gilt blocking. Condition reports are offered as a guide only and we highly recommend inspecting (where possible) any lot to satisfy yourself as to its condition.

[ART]. PHOTOGRAPHY Bourdin, Guy. Exhibit A, first U.S. edition, Bullfinch Press, New York, 2001, black cloth, dustjacket, illustrations throughout, folio; together with Young, Richard. Shooting Stars, first edition, Metro Publishing, London, 2004, boards, dustjacket, illustrations throughout, SIGNED BY THE AUTHOR, quarto; Haskins, Sam. Photo Graphics, Roto Vision, Geneva, no date [1980], boards, dustjacket, illustrations throughout, quarto; Leibovitz, Annie. Pilgrimage, first edition, Cape, London, 2011, cream cloth, dustjacket, illustrations throughout, tall quarto; and eight other works, including three softbacks, (12). Condition Report : Most in generally good condition; Haskins: Lightly foxed at either end; Leibovitz: dustjacket rubbed at extremities. Condition reports are offered as a guide only and we highly recommend inspecting (where possible) any lot to satisfy yourself as to its condition.

[CHILDRENS] Johns, Capt. W.E. Biggles Sweeps the Desert, first edition, Hodder & Stoughton, London, 1942, blue cloth (lacking dustjacket), colour frontispiece, further black and white illustrations, octavo; together with Biggles in the Orient, first edition, Hodder & Stoughton, 1944, blue cloth, dustjacket (non price-clipped), colour frontispiece, further black and white illustrations, octavo; Biggles Hunts Big Game, first edition, Hodder & Stoughton, 1948, red cloth, dustjacket (non price-clipped), eleven double-spred and other illustrations (including frontispiece, as called for), octavo; Biggles Takes a Holiday, first edition, Hodder & Stoughton, 1949, blue boards, dustjacket (non price-clipped), eight plate illustrations (including frontispiece, as called for), octavo; Biggles Breaks the Silence, first edition, Hodder & Stoughton, 1949, black cloth, dustjacket (non price-clipped), eight plate illustrations (as called for), octavo; Biggles Gets his Men, first edition, Hodder & Stoughton, 1950, blue boards, dustjacket (non price-clipped), black and white illustrations, octavo; Biggles Delivers the Goods, second impression, Hodder & Stoughton, 1948, red cloth, dustjacket (non price-clipped), colour frontispiece, octavo; Sergeant Bigglesworth C.I.D., second impression, Hodder & Stoughton, 1949, blue cloth, dustjacket (non price-clipped), nine plate illustrations (including frontispiece, as called for), octavo; and Biggles' Second Case, second impression, Hodder & Stoughton, 1949, red cloth, dustjacket (non price-clipped), colour frontispiece, octavo, (9). Condition Report : Desert: Covers slightly damp-marked; spine browned; ink gift inscriptions to front free endpaper; Orient: ink ownership inscription to front free endpaper; all dustjackets with varying degrees of wear, particularly the Orient. Condition reports are offered as a guide only and we highly recommend inspecting (where possible) any lot to satisfy yourself as to its condition.

[CHILDRENS] Milne, A.A. The House at Pooh Corner, first edition, Methuen, London, 1928, pink cloth gilt, top edges gilt, silhouette endpapers, illustrations by Ernest Shepard, octavo; together with Milne, A.A. Now We Are Six, second edition, Methuen, London, 1927, maroon cloth gilt, top edges gilt, illustrations by Ernest Shepard, octavo; and Milne, A.A. When We Were Very Young, seventeenth edition, Methuen, London, 1928, dark blue cloth gilt, top edges gilt, illustrations by Ernest Shepard, octavo, (3). Condition Report : Pooh Corner: Covers slightly soiled; spine a little faded; some browning to endpapers; Now We Are Six: Spine ends worn; spine a little faded; corners bumped; ink gift inscription to front free endpaper; off-setting to half title page; When We Were Very Young: Ink ownership inscription to title page; final endpaper torn, with loss to upper corner, the previous page with associated browning in revealed area. Condition reports are offered as a guide only and we highly recommend inspecting (where possible) any lot to satisfy yourself as to its condition.

[CLASSIC LITERATURE] Carroll, Lewis [Dodgson, Charles Lutwidge]. Alice's Adventures Under Ground, being a facsimile of the original ms. book afterwards developed into 'Alice's Adventures in Wonderland', first edition, Macmillan, London, 1886, original crimson cloth gilt, all edges gilt, thirty-seven illustrations by the author, two-page publisher's list of works by the author, octavo. Condition Report : Some foxing and browning to pastedowns and blank endpapers, mainly at front; spine slightly faded; otherwise good, clean, bright and tight. Condition reports are offered as a guide only and we highly recommend inspecting (where possible) any lot to satisfy yourself as to its condition.

[CLASSIC LITERATURE] Dickens, Charles. Bleak House, first edition in book form, Bradbury & Evans, London, 1853, half green calf with crimson leather title label to spine, retailer's / binder's label for King, Brighton to front pastedown, frontispiece, vignette half title page and a further thirty-eight plate illustrations by H.K. Browne (as called for, including ten 'dark'), issue points including p.xvi with five Errata, p.19 line 6 'elgble', p.209 line 23 'chair' for 'hair', p.275 line 22 'counsinship', and p.529 line 32 'picter', octavo. Condition Report : Rubbed and scuffed; lower joint with 6.5cm split at head; spine slightly faded and browned; pp.29/30 with fore edge marginal repair; one plate with fore edge marginal reinforcement verso; plates toned, with marginal browning. Condition reports are offered as a guide only and we highly recommend inspecting (where possible) any lot to satisfy yourself as to its condition.

[CLASSIC LITERATURE] Dickens, Charles. Little Dorrit, first edition, bound from parts and retaining original pictorial blue paper front wrappers at end, Bradbury & Evans, London, 1857, half dark green leather, top edges gilt, frontispiece, vignette half title page and a further thirty-eight plate illustrations by Hablot K. Browne (as called for), first issue points including 'B2' instead of 'BB2' at foot of page 371, and 'Rigaud' for 'Blandois' in Chapter 17 as per errata on p.xiv and correction slip bound between pp.466/467, octavo. Condition Report : Plates toned, with marginal browning and light foxing. Condition reports are offered as a guide only and we highly recommend inspecting (where possible) any lot to satisfy yourself as to its condition.

[CLASSIC LITERATURE] Dickens, Charles. Dombey & Son, first edition, Bradbury & Evans, London, 1848, half brown leather with black leather title label to spine, retailer's / binder's label for King, Brighton to front pastedown, frontispiece, vignette half title page and a further thirty-eight plate illustrations by Hablot K. Browne (as called for), issue points including vignette title with Captain Cuttle's hook on his left arm; p.xv line 2 no quotation marks around 'the Party'; p.xvii eight-line Errata; p.14 ten lines from bottom 'aint' with no apostrophe; p.26 line 11 'fidgetty'; p.284 lines 5 and 6 from bottom 'Delight'; p.324 last line 'Capatin' for 'Captain'; and p.582 last line with no full-stop, octavo. Condition Report : Covers rubbed and scuffed; pp.109/110 lacking upper fore edge corner tip (not affecting text); pp.267/268 with 2cm fore edge tear; one plate with light vertical crease; plates toned, with marginal browning; final blank and rear pastedown stained. Condition reports are offered as a guide only and we highly recommend inspecting (where possible) any lot to satisfy yourself as to its condition.

[CLASSIC LITERATURE] Dickens, Charles. The Mystery of Edwin Drood, first edition, Chapman & Hall, London, 1870, half black leather, engraved portrait frontispiece, vignette half title page and a further twelve plate illustrations by S.L. Fildes (as called for), issue points including p.1 lines 1 and 2 'Tower' for 'town'; p.4 line 23 no punctuation after 'clergy'; p.10 line 5 no punctuation after 'it'; p.28 four lines from bottom 'it's' for 'its'; p.43 last line 'i' dropped slightly in intent; p.47 line 17 of Chapter 8 large full-stop after 'no'; p.74 line18 no initial single quotation mark before 'Past'; p.100 last line 'u' slightly high in 'used'; p.131 line 1 'sentiment' for 'sentence'; p.149 nine lines from bottom 'years' for 'yours'; p.168 line 26 'very' poorly printed, octavo. Condition Report : Some foxing, mainly to fore edge margins. Condition reports are offered as a guide only and we highly recommend inspecting (where possible) any lot to satisfy yourself as to its condition.

[CLASSIC LITERATURE] Dickens, Charles. Master Humphrey's Clock, first edition in book form, three volumes, Chapman & Hall, London, 1840 / 1841 / 1841, Volumes I & II in original blind-stamped brown cloth gilt, Volume III in near contemporary plain brown cloth, frontispieces and text illustrations by George Cattermole and Hablot K. Browne, large octavo. Condition Report : Vols 1 & 2: Spine ends nicked and torn, with small losses; Vol. 3: Spine with small loss at head; frontispiece creased; All volume covers with worn corners. Condition reports are offered as a guide only and we highly recommend inspecting (where possible) any lot to satisfy yourself as to its condition.

[CLASSIC LITERATURE]. ILLUSTRATED Rackham, Arthur, illustrator, & Swift, Jonathan. Gulliver's Travels, Dent, London, 1909, pictorial dark blue cloth gilt, top edges gilt, twelve colour plate illustrations (including frontispiece, as called for), small quarto; together with Rackham, Arthur, illustrator & Fouque, De La Motte. Undine, adapted from the German by W.L. Courtney, first edition, Heinemann, London, 1909, pictorial blue cloth gilt, fifteen paper-protected tipped-in colour plate illustrations (including frontispiece, as called for), small quarto, (2). Condition Report : Gulliver: Spine ends slightly rubbed and frayed; upper hinge a little tender; Undine: Spine ends worn; joints partially split; one plate with small scratch (plates uncreased). Condition reports are offered as a guide only and we highly recommend inspecting (where possible) any lot to satisfy yourself as to its condition.

[CLASSIC LITERATURE]. ILLUSTRATED Rackham, Arthur, illustrator, & Ingoldsby, Thomas [Barham, Richard Harris]. The Ingoldsby Legends or Mirth & Marvels, Dent London, 1898, dark green cloth gilt, top edges gilt, twelve tissue-guarded colour plate illustrations (including frontispiece, as called for), further black and white illustrations, octavo; together with Rackham, Arthur, illustrator & Fouque, De La Motte. Undine, adapted from the German by W.L. Courtney, first edition, Heinemann, London, 1909, pictorial blue cloth gilt, fifteen paper-protected tipped-in colour plate illustrations (including frontispiece, as called for), small quarto; and Goethe, Johann Wolfgang von. Faust, translated by Abraham Hayward, Hutchinson, London, no date, original cloth, sixteen colour plate illustrations by Willy Pogany (including frontispiece, as called for), octavo, (3). Condition Report : Ingoldsby: Generally good condition; Undine: Upper joint partially split; spine slightly faded; foxed; plates good; Faust: Generally good condition; spine slightly browned; ink ownership inscription to front free endpaper. Condition reports are offered as a guide only and we highly recommend inspecting (where possible) any lot to satisfy yourself as to its condition.

[CLASSIC LITERATURE] Lee, Laurie. Cider with Rosie, reprint, The Hogarth Press, London, 1959, boards, dustjacket (non price-clipped), illustrations by John Ward, SIGNED BY THE AUTHOR, octavo; together with Lee, Laurie. The Bloom of Candles, first edition, Lehmann, London, 1947, yellow boards, octavo; Lee, Laurie. The Sun My Monument, first edition, The Hogarth Press (The New Hogarth Library Vol. XIII), London, 1944, buff boards, octavo; and nine other works by or about the same, (12). Condition Report : Cider: Dustjacket chipped and/or creased at spine ends and corners, with some losses, particularly around head of spine; Candles: Spine rubbed; some toning to edges of covers; extensive pencil verse to front pastedown and front free endpaper; Sun: Generally good condition. Condition reports are offered as a guide only and we highly recommend inspecting (where possible) any lot to satisfy yourself as to its condition.

[HOUSEHOLD MANAGEMENT] Atkyns, Arabella (pseudonym). The Family Magazine: in Two Parts. Part I. Containing Useful Directions in all the Branches of House-Keeping and Cookery. Particularly Shewing How to Buy-it the Best of all Sorts of Provisions; as Poultry-Ware, Butchers-Meat, Fish, Fruit, &c. With several Hundred Receipts in Cookery, Pastry, Pickling, Confectionary, Distilling, Brewing, Cosmeticks, &c. Together with the Art of making English Wines, &c. Part II. Being a Compendious Body of Physick; Succinctly Treating of all the Diseases and Accidents Incident to Men, Women, and Children: with Practical Rules and Directions for the Preserving and Restoring of Health, and Prolonging of Life, first edition, London, 1741, full leather, octavo. Condition Report : Covers scuffed; spine ends worn; upper joint partially split; lacking all before p.v, including Part I title page; some browning, soiling and graffiti; some additional recipes added by hand; ownership inscription to front free endpaper ('Robert Pitt his / Book Ano Domini / 1778'); Pitt family birth details 1783-1793 added to Part II title page verso; pp.27/28 torn, without loss. Condition reports are offered as a guide only and we highly recommend inspecting (where possible) any lot to satisfy yourself as to its condition.

[MODERN FIRST EDITIONS] Waugh, Evelyn. Black Mischief, first edition, Chapman & Hall, London, 1932, decorative cloth, map frontispiece, octavo; and Waugh, Evelyn. Scoop, first edition, Chapman & Hall, London, 1933, decorative cloth, octavo, (2). Condition Report : Mischief: joints rubbed, lightly foxed; Scoop: joints rubbed, ink ownership inscription to front pastedown, vertical crease to front free endpaper. Condition reports are offered as a guide only and we highly recommend inspecting (where possible) any lot to satisfy yourself as to its condition.

[MODERN FIRST EDITIONS] Wodehouse, P.G. Louder and Funnier, first edition, Faber & Faber, London, 1932, original yellow cloth with blue-green lettering to spine, dustjacket designed by Rex Whistler (non price-clipped), octavo. Condition Report : Covers and endpapers foxed; jacket chipped and torn around spine ends and at corners, with some loss around upper corner of lower cover; jacket browned along spine and with slight vertical crease to left of bust image. Condition reports are offered as a guide only and we highly recommend inspecting (where possible) any lot to satisfy yourself as to its condition.

[MODERN FIRST EDITIONS] Sholokhov, Mikhail. And Quiet Flows the Don, translated from the Russian by Stephen Garry, first English edition, Putnam, London, April 1934, original dark grey cloth, dustjacket (non price-clipped), octavo. Condition Report : Jacket rubbed, browned, chipped, torn and creased at peripheries, notably around spine head and at corners; jacket browned along spine; pp.299-318 with fore edge upper corner crease. Condition reports are offered as a guide only and we highly recommend inspecting (where possible) any lot to satisfy yourself as to its condition.

[MODERN FIRST EDITIONS] Wheatley, Dennis. The Second Seal, first edition, Hutchinson, London, 1950, black cloth, dustjacket (non price-clipped), octavo; together with Star of Ill-Omen, first edition, Hutchinson, 1952, black cloth, dustjacket (non price-clipped), octavo; To the Devil - a Daughter, first edition, Hutchinson, 1953, black cloth, dustjacket (non price-clipped), octavo; Curtain of Fear, first edition, Hutchinson, 1953, black cloth, dustjacket (non price-clipped), octavo; The Island where Time Stands Still, first edition, Hutchinson, 1954, blue cloth, dustjacket (non price-clipped), octavo; and The KA of Gifford Hillary, first edition, Hutchinson, 1956, black boards, dustjacket (non price-clipped), octavo, (6). Condition Report : Generally good condition; dustjackets with minor wear, that of the last named with more significant chipping at creasing around spine ends and one tape-repaired tear; all with neat ink ownership inscription to front free endpaper. Condition reports are offered as a guide only and we highly recommend inspecting (where possible) any lot to satisfy yourself as to its condition.

[MODERN FIRST EDITIONS] Wheatley, Dennis. The Prisoner in the Mask, first edition, Hutchinson, London, 1957, pictorial boards, dustjacket (non price-clipped), octavo; together with Traitor's Gate, first edition, Hutchinson, 1958, pictorial boards, dustjacket (non price-clipped), octavo; The Satanist, first edition, Hutchinson, 1960, pictorial boards, dustjacket (non price-clipped), octavo; Vendetta in Spain, first edition, Hutchinson, 1961, boards, dustjacket (non price-clipped), octavo; Bill for the Use of a Body, first edition, Hutchinson, 1964, boards, dustjacket (non price-clipped), octavo; They Used Dark Forces, first edition, Hutchinson, 1964, boards, dustjacket (non price-clipped), octavo; Dangerous Inheritance, first edition, Hutchinson, 1965, boards, dustjacket (non price-clipped), octavo; Unholy Crusade, first edition, Hutchinson, 1967, boards, dustjacket (non price-clipped), octavo; and The Irish Witch, first edition, Hutchinson, 1973, boards, dustjacket (non price-clipped), octavo, (9). Condition Report : Generally good condition; dustjackets with varying degrees of wear; six with neat ink ownership inscription to front free endpaper. Condition reports are offered as a guide only and we highly recommend inspecting (where possible) any lot to satisfy yourself as to its condition.

[MODERN FIRST EDITIONS] Stapledon, Olaf. Odd John, A Story Between Jest and Earnest, first edition, first issue (final page dated '535'), blue cloth, eight-page publisher's catalogue, octavo; together with Stapledon, Olaf. Odd John, A Story Between Jest and Earnest, first edition, second issue (final page dated '835'), blue cloth, dustjacket ('Recommended by the Book Society', with printed price label but clipped corner), octavo, (2). Condition Report : First: Spine slightly browned; spine ends and lower joint slightly rubbed; red pencil ownership inscription to front free endpaper; Second: Dustjacket with peripheral wear and small loss at head; foxed at either end. Condition reports are offered as a guide only and we highly recommend inspecting (where possible) any lot to satisfy yourself as to its condition.

[MODERN FIRST EDITIONS] Hamilton, Patrick. The Plains of Cement, first edition, Constable, London, 1934, blue cloth, dustjacket (price-clipped), two-page list of author's other works, octavo; together with Hamilton, Patrick. Hangover Square or The Man with Two Minds, A Story of Darkest Earl's Court in the Year 1939, first edition, Constable, London, 1941, fawn cloth, dustjacket (non price-clipped), two-page publisher's list, octavo, (2). Condition Report : Cement: Dustjacket torn and chipped, with some losses; page edges foxed; Hangover: Dustjacket chipped, torn, browned and foxed, with some losses, notably at lower spine; page edges foxed. Condition reports are offered as a guide only and we highly recommend inspecting (where possible) any lot to satisfy yourself as to its condition.

[SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY]. EVOLUTION Darwin, Charles. The Descent of Man, and Selection in Relation to Sex, first edition, second issue, two volumes, Murray, London, 1871, original green cloth, text illustrations, Volume I with list of nine other works by author and no errata to title page verso, Volume II with errata for both volumes to title page verso, both volumes with sixteen-page publisher's list dated January 1871, octavo. Condition Report : Vol.I: Spine ends worn, with loss at base of lower joint; hinges very weak; Vol.II: Spine ends nicked. Condition reports are offered as a guide only and we highly recommend inspecting (where possible) any lot to satisfy yourself as to its condition.

[SPORTING]. HUNTING & EQUESTRIAN 'Snaffles' [Payne, Charlie Johnson]. More Bandobast, first edition, Collins, London, 1936, original oatmeal cloth, twelve tipped-in colour plate illustrations (as called for), further monochrome illustrations, quarto; together with 'Osses and Obstacles, second impression, Collins, London, 1935, original pale fawn cloth, illustrations throughout, quarto; and Four-Legged Friends and Acquaintances, first edition, Collins, London, 1951, oatmeal cloth, dustjacket (non price-clipped), four colour plate illustrations (including frontispiece), further monochrome illustrations, quarto, (3). Condition Report : All with some foxing, particularly to upper margins in certain areas of Bandobast. Condition reports are offered as a guide only and we highly recommend inspecting (where possible) any lot to satisfy yourself as to its condition.

[SPORTING]. HUNTING & EQUESTRIAN Dawson, Captain Lionel, and Edwards, Lionel, illustrator. Sport in War, first edition, Collins, London, 1936, green buckram, six colour plate illustrations (including frontispiece, as called for), further monochrome illustrations, quarto; together with Edwards, Lionel. Seen from the Saddle, first edition, Eyre & Spottiswoode, London, 1937, green cloth, monochrome illustrations throughout, quarto; Edwards, Lionel. Sketches in Stable and Kennel, reprint, Putnam, London, 1936, tan cloth, twelve colour plate illustrations (including frontispiece, as called for), further monochrome illustrations, quarto; and three other works illustrated by Lionel Edwards, (6). Condition Report : Sport in War: spine faded; edges foxed; ink gift inscription to front free endpaper; Seen from Saddle: foxed; Sketches: spine faded; foxed; one plate with lower margin stains; ink gift inscription to front free endpaper. Condition reports are offered as a guide only and we highly recommend inspecting (where possible) any lot to satisfy yourself as to its condition.

[SPORTING]. CRICKET Christian, E.B.V. The Epic of the Oval, privately printed, 1930, original green cloth, octavo; together with 'An Old Cricketer'. A Cricketer's Notebook containing Original Anecdotes, Remarks, Notes, Reminiscences, and Other Gossip, first edition, Bogue, London, 1881, original green cloth gilt, octavo, (2). Condition Report : Former with minor, steaky fading to upper cover; lightly foxed. Latter with one partially detached gathering (pp.19-30) and neat ink ownership inscription to half title page. Condition reports are offered as a guide only and we highly recommend inspecting (where possible) any lot to satisfy yourself as to its condition.

[SPORTING] Nicholson, William, & Kipling, Rudyard. An Almanac of Twelve Sports, first edition, Heinemann, London, 1898, cloth-backed pictorial boards, twelve coloured woodblock illustrations, one page of publisher's advertisements, quarto. Condition Report : Generally good condition; covers, pastedowns and blanks foxed; usual off-setting. Condition reports are offered as a guide only and we highly recommend inspecting (where possible) any lot to satisfy yourself as to its condition.

[SPORTING]. HUNTING Evered, Philip. Stag-Hunting with the 'Devon and Somerset' 1887-1901. An Account of the Chase of the Wild Red Deer on Exmoor, first edition, Chatto & Windus / Commin, London / Exeter, 1902, original crimson cloth with gilt stag's head motif, top edges gilt, black and white plate and text illustrations from photographs, quarto; Fortescue, John. Records of Stag-Hunting on Exmoor, first edition, Chapman & Hall, London, 1887, pictorial green cloth gilt, fourteen plate illustrations (including frontispiece, as called for), folding map, octavo; Grimble, Augustus. Deer-Stalking, first edition, Chapman & Hall, London, 1886, scarlet cloth gilt, six plate illustrations (including frontispiece, as called for), period advertisements, octavo; and seven other works of related interest, (10). Condition Report : Evered: spine fadeed and corners bumped; Fortescue: generally good condition; spine ends slightly rubbed; Grimble: spine faded and with hole in cloth; one plate detached, but present. Condition reports are offered as a guide only and we highly recommend inspecting (where possible) any lot to satisfy yourself as to its condition.

[SPORTING]. CRICKET Wisden's Cricketers' Almanack for 1927, sixty-fourth edition, rebound in brown buckram (not retaining original covers); together with Wisden's Cricketers' Almanack for 1933, seventieth edition, original paper covers; Wisden's Cricketers' Almanack for 1947, eighty-fourth edition, original limp cloth; Wisden's Cricketers' Almanack for 1948, eighty-fifth edition, original limp cloth; and Wisden's Cricketers' Almanack for 1904, forty-first edition, modern facsimile [Willows] reprint, limited edition 388/500, brown cloth, (5). Note: This lot is sold with all faults, not subject to return. Condition Report : 1927: Spine faded; 1933: Covers heavily worn; lower cover torn and taped; binding weak; 1947: Generally good condition; 1948: Generally fair condition; 1904: Good condition. Condition reports are offered as a guide only and we highly recommend inspecting (where possible) any lot to satisfy yourself as to its condition.

[SPORTING]. FISHING Fifteen works, comprising Mulloch, P.D. Life History and Habits of the Salmon, Sea-Trout and other Freshwater Fish, first edition, Black, London, 1910, grey cloth with pictorial onlay, illustrations throughout, quarto; Cholmondeley-Pennell, H. The Angler-Naturalist: A Popular History of British Fresh-Water Fish, Routledge, London, no date [circa 1870], dark green cloth, text illustrations, two pages of advertisements, octavo; and thirteen assorted others. Condition Report : Mulloch: Generally good condition; spine slightly soiled and dulled; Cholmondeley-Pennell: generally good condition, bookplate to front pastedown; ownership inscription to front free endpaper; 4cm tear to inner edge of front free endpaper. Condition reports are offered as a guide only and we highly recommend inspecting (where possible) any lot to satisfy yourself as to its condition.

[SPORTING] Ward, Rowland. The Sportsman's Handbook to Collecting, Preserving and Setting-Up Trophies & Specimens, tenth (enlarged) edition, Ward, London, 1911, full embossed leather gilt, illustrations, eight pages of publisher's advertisements, octavo; together with St. John, Charles. Wild Sports & Natural History of the Highlands, first edition, Foulis, London, 1919, fawn cloth, thirty-nine tipped-in colour plate and black and white plate illustrations by G. Denholm Armour and Edwin Alexander, four-page publisher's list dated Autumn 1919, quarto; and five other works, (7). Condition Report : Ward: Spine slightly faded and with tear to head; ink ownership inscription to front free endpaper; Wild Sports: Generally good condition; edges and endpapers foxed. Condition reports are offered as a guide only and we highly recommend inspecting (where possible) any lot to satisfy yourself as to its condition.

[SPORTING]. HUNTING Scrope, William. The Art of Deer-Stalking; illustrated by A Narrative of a Few Days' Sport in the Forest of Atholl, with some Account of the Nature and Habits of Red Deer, and a Short Description of the Scottish Forests, new [second] edition, Murray, London, 1839, modern half green leather, thirteen plate illustrations (including frontispiece and vignette half title page, as called for), quarto; together with Evered, Philip. Stag-Hunting with the 'Devon and Somerset' 1887-1901. An Account of the Chase of the Wild Red Deer on Exmoor, first edition, Chatto & Windus / Commin, London / Exeter, 1902, original crimson cloth with gilt stag's head motif, top edges gilt, black and white plate and text illustrations from photographs, quarto, (2). Condition Report : Scrope: Generally good condition; ex library, with stamps to plates; Evered: Generally good condition; ink ownership inscription to front free endpaper verso. Condition reports are offered as a guide only and we highly recommend inspecting (where possible) any lot to satisfy yourself as to its condition.

[TOPOGRAPHY]. SOMERSET Savage, James. History of the Hundred of Carhampton, first edition, Strong / Longman et al., Bristol / London, 1830, half dark green leather by Bayntun, Bath, top edges gilt, frontispiece, vignette title page, hand-coloured map, list of subscribers, octavo; together with Lyte, Sir. H.C. Maxwell. A History of Dunster and of the Families of Mohun & Luttrell, two volumes, St. Catherine Press, London, 1909, black cloth gilt, top edges gilt, tissue-guarded frontispiece and a further fifty-two plate illustrations (as called for), octavo, (3). Condition Report : Carhampton: map torn with significant loss, ink ownership inscription with front free endpaper; Dunster: spine ends rubbed and nicked, ink ownership inscriptions to front free endpaper. Condition reports are offered as a guide only and we highly recommend inspecting (where possible) any lot to satisfy yourself as to its condition.

Eugene Henderson - 'Box On' published 1957, first edition, signed by the author, 'Wisden Cricketers Almanack' 1956, hardback, Denis Compton - 'End of an Innings, first edition published 1958 and other books on cricketClick here to view further images, condition reports, sale times & delivery costs for this lot.

Suckling (Sir John) Fragmenta Aurea. A Collection of all the Incomparable Peeces, first edition, engraved portrait by William Marshall, title in first state with first line in upper case and imprint with full stop after "Churchyard" and date underlined, cropped with slight loss to head-lines or catchwords of a few leaves at end, B7 of 'Goblins' torn at fore-margin (repaired), later panelled calf, a little rubbed, short split to lower joint, [Wing S6126], 8vo, for Humphrey Moseley, 1646.

[Butler (Samuel)] Hudibras. The First Part. Written in the time of the late Wars, second authorized edition, title with woodcut wreath ornament and imprimatur on verso, contemporary ink signatures to title, some light soiling, contemporary calf, rather worn, rebacked, [Wing B6301], small 8vo, by J.G. for Richard Marriot, 1663.⁂ Written with the intention of ridiculing the presbyterians, dissenters and others who had fought against the crown in the Civil War; several of its phrases passed into common usage.

NO RESERVE Jesuits & the Great Fire of London.- Pyrotechnica Loyolana, Ignatian Fire-works. or, the Fiery Jesuits Temper and Behaviour...exposed to Publick view for the sake of London, first edition, lacking F4, G1 & S4 (the latter being the final leaf), with folding engraved frontispiece (browned, torn, defective and laid down), title with woodcut typographical border, with contemporary ink calculations to fore-margin (reinforced at edge), browned and stained in parts, final leaf lacking upper outer corner affecting pagination, later bookplate of John Alfred Codrington, old calf, rubbed, rebacked preserving old spine, new label, [Wing P4318], for G.E.C.T., 1667; sold not subject to return⁂ Attack on the Jesuits blaming them for the Great Fire of London and other acts of arson. The frontispiece depicts the Pope fanning the London flames with bellows and Guy Fawkes "G.Faux" inspecting barrels of gunpowder.

NO RESERVE Lloyd (William) A Letter to Dr. Sherlock, in Vindication of that Part of Jesephu's History..., first edition, title spotted and a little browned, some ff. frayed with marginal loss, later wrappers, for Thomas Jones, 1691 § Pujati (Guiseppe Antonio) Saciliensis Olim In Patavino Gymnasio Praxeos Medicae Ordinariae..., wood-cut vignette to title, light foxing, later wrappers, nearly detached, worn, 1771 § Burke (Edmund) Articles of Charge of High Crimes...against Warren Hastings, Late Governor of Bengal, light spotting, contemporary half calf, rather rubbed, upper cover detached, for John Stockdale, 1786; and c.135 others, antiquarian, including a defective copy of Joseph Glanvill's Saducismus Triumpatus: or, Full and plain evidence concerning witches and apparitions, 1682, v.s. (c.140)

Baskerville.- Virgilius Maro (Publius) Bucolica, Georgica et Aeneis, first Baskerville edition, list of subscribers, lacking initial blank, stained, 19th century blind-stamped calf, rebacked, preserving original backstrip in compartments, joints chipped, corners worn, rubbed, [Gaskell 1], John Baskerville, 1757; and a Foulis press Cornelius Nepos, 1777, 4to & 8vo (2)

Walton (Izaak) The Compleat Angler: Or, Contemplative Man's Recreation, engraved frontispiece stuck to paste-down, 9 engraved plates, illustrations, some offsetting, contemporary calf, spine worn, 1759 § Chalmers (Alex.) A History of the Colleges, Halls and Public Buildings attached to the University of Oxford, first edition, half-title, additional pictorial title, 31 engraved plates, presentation inscription to front endpaper 'From William Allnutt of the Bodleian Library' dated 17th September 1877, some foxing and spotting, later half morocco, spine faded, rubbed, Oxford, 1810 § Hill (John, Sir) The Family Herbal, 54 hand-coloured engraved plates, front free endpaper defective, contemporary half calf, rubbed, Bungay, [1812]; and 22 others, 18th and 19th century, v.s. (25)

NO RESERVE American printings.- Watson (Richard, Bishop of Landaff) An Apology for the Bible, in a series of letters, addressed to Thomas Paine, without the list of subscribers issued with some copies at end, lightly browned, a few spots or stains, with contemporary American lending library label for "Farmer's Library" mounted on front pastedown, contemporary sheep, worn, New Brunswick [NJ], Abraham Blauvelt, 1796 § [Judah (Samuel)] The Buccaneers..., ?first edition, signature of Henry Faraday to head of title, heavily foxed, original cloth-backed boards, uncut, worn and stained, joints split, New York, 1827, 12mo (2)⁂ Watson was Bishop of Llandaff from 1782-1816 and in the first work he attacks Thomas Paine's The Age of Reason. One of several editions issued in the same year.

Gambling.- Clubs.- Persius (Charles) Rouge et Noir. The Academicians of 1823; or the Greeks of the Palais Royal, and the Clubs of St.James's, first edition, half-title, engraved hand-coloured frontispiece, full-page wood-engraved illustration of a roulette wheel to p.171, offsetting to title, occasional spotting, a few small stains, original boards, remains of original printed label to spine, text block split, foot of spine and edges worn, 8vo, Lawler & Quick, 1823.

NO RESERVE Balkans.- Swinburne (Algernon Charles) Note of an English Republican on the Muscovite Crusade, first edition, original printed wrappers, spine and edges lightly browned, [Wise 63], a good copy, Chatto & Windus, 1876 § [Barneville (Marie-Catherine Le Jumel de, Baroness d'Aulnoy)] The Yellow Dwarf, wood-engraved illustrations, folding concertina style, colour-printed upper wrapper, rare, London & Otley, Wm. Walker and Sons, [c.1880]; and 10 others, 19th & early 20th century Children's & Pamphlets (11)

Johnston (Sir Harry H.) The History of the Slave, first edition, frontispiece and 46 plates, very light spotting to endpapers, original pictorial cloth, extremities rubbed, spine faded, spine ends bumped and frayed, light marks to lower cover, 1899; and another, similar, 4to & 8vo (2)

Barrington (Emilie) The Life, Letters and Work of Frederic Leighton, 2 vol., first edition, number 4 of 60 copies printed on hand-made paper, presentation inscription to Marie Corelli from the author, mounted plates, some in colour, very occasional light spotting, endpapers lightly soiled, original vellum-backed cloth, lightly rubbed, corners worn, lower joint splitting to vol.1, uncut, 4to, 1906 § Meynell (Wilfrid, editor) The Modern School of Art, 2 vol., 36 engraved plates, illustrations, title very lightly spotted, original morocco-backed cloth, lightly rubbed, spine to vol.1 with small scuff marks, spine ends bumped, [1887]; and 100 others, Victorian art, literature, culture etc., v.s. (104)⁂ The first is inscribed to Marie Corelli (1855-1924), an Edwardian novelist known for her occult romances, popular amongst Oscar Wilde, Queen Victoria, and the general public.

[Egan (Pierce, imitation)] Real Life in London; or, the Rambles and Adventures of Bob Tallyho , 2 vol., first edition, hand-coloured etched aquatint frontispieces, additional titles and 30 plates after Thomas Rowlandson, Henry Alken and W. Heath including the 2 additional plates, plates a little soiled, several trimmed with a few shaving image but mostly imprint, some small tears to edges occasionally extending into image (repaired), modern red morocco, gilt, by Rivière & Son, spines gilt, g.e., slightly rubbed at joints and edges, a few scuffs to upper cover of vol.1, [cf. Abbey, Life, 280; Tooley 198], 8vo, 1821[-22].

NO RESERVE *** Please note, the description of this lot has changed ***Potter (Beatrix) The Tailor of Gloucester, first edition, third printing without date on title, deluxe issue, colour frontispiece and 26 colour plates, some soiling and creasing, mainly marginal, text block and hinges broken, lacking front free endpaper, original green cloth with mounted colour illustration, gilt lettering and decorations, single stain to upper cover, extremities and spine worn, 16mo, [1904].⁂ This edition with the endpaper design introduced in 1904.

Bewick (Thomas) History of British Birds, 2 vol., vol.1 'Land Birds' second edition, vol.2 'Water Birds' first edition, title of vol.1 with contemporary ink inscription at head cut away leaving date of 1797, some spotting and soiling, particularly to vol.1, 1797-04; A General History of Quadrupeds, fifth edition, foxing, faint ink inscription "Samuel ?Eaton 1808" to front free endpaper, 1807, all with wood-engraved title-vignettes, illustrations and vignettes by Bewick, uniform modern half calf over marbled boards, spines gilt with bird or stag's head motifs and red roan labels, [Tattersfield TB 1.14, 1.16 & 1.5], 8vo, Newcastle upon Tyne (3)⁂ Despite the printed date on the title Land Birds is supposed to have been published in 1798 but the inscription clearly states 1797.

NO RESERVE Birds.- Middle East.- Hardy (Capt. Eric) A Handlist of the Birds of Palestine, first and only edition, typescript, line map of North and Central Palestine, original drab printed wrappers, lacking staples, so loose, folio, G. H. Q., Middle East Forces, [1946].⁂ A rare survival of the sole edition of British Army officer Eric Hardy's comprehensive list of the 364 bird species and 64 sub-species native to Palestine. He was secretary to the Jerusalem Naturalists Club, an organisation founded for the troops of Middle East Command to encourage interest in natural history. The work is summarised by Hardy as a 'privately printed list which, it is hoped, will be the forerunner of an authoritative and comprehensive handbook of Palestinian ornithology'; a project which seemingly did not come to fruition.

Aluminium.- Sainte-Claire Deville (Henri Étienne) De L'Aluminium. Ses propriétés, sa fabrication et ses applications, first edition, half-title, folding engraved plate, 2 advertisement ff. at end, foxing, original printed wrappers, lower wrapper detached, spine worn with loss of a few letters, a few short tears and chips, lightly stained, [Duveen 524; En Français dans le texte 279], 8vo, Paris, Mallet-Bachelier, 1859.⁂ 'An important book' (Duveen). The author was the first to develop a method of manufacturing aluminium at his foundry near Paris.

Astronomy.- Lalande (Joseph de) Exposition du Calcul Astronomique, first edition, title and woodcut ornament within woodcut greek key and foliage border, 3 folding engraved plates, some spotting, lightly browned, antique style calf-backed marbled boards, gilt spine in compartments and with red leather label, [Houzeau & Lancaster 11802.2], large 12mo, Paris, Royal Printers, 1762.⁂ The author's second book.

NO RESERVE Aviation.- Simões (Augusto Filippe) A invencao dos aerostatos reivindicada. Exame critico das noticias e documentos concementes as tentativas aeronauticas de Bartholomeu Lourenco de Gusmao, first edition, half-title, 2 wood-engraved plates of airships, errata f., later cloth-backed boards, spine gilt, [Maggs Cat. 387, 16 'Contains an interesting bibliography'], Evora, 1868 § Taunay (Affonso de E.) A vida gloriosa e tragica de Bartholomeu de Gusmao, first edition, 8 plates, lightly browned, original printed wrappers bound in, modern morocco-backed marbled boards, spine gilt, Sao Paulo, 1934; and 5 others, most on Gusmao, v.s. (7)⁂ Gusmao (1685-1724) was a Brazilian priest, naturalist and pioneer of the design of balloons and airships, sadly none of which were constructed.

NO RESERVE De Morgan (Augustus) A Budget of Paradoxes, first edition in book form, contemporary half morocco, spine gilt, a little rubbed, spine faded, 8vo, 1872.⁂ Including De Morgan's reply to Sir William Hamilton concerning the idea of a qualified predicate in logic, an argument which involved Georg Boole and eventually resulted in the creation of Boolean algebra.

Effects of alcohol on animals.- Forster (Thomas) Physiological reflections on the destructive operation of spiritous and fermented liquors on the animal system, first edition, title detached and lightly soiled, disbound, scarce, 8vo, J. Moyes for Thomas Underwood, 1812

Hydropathy.- [Short (Thomas)] A General Treatise on various Cold Mineral Waters in England, first edition, half-title, with additional 8pp. section including pasted-in errata slip at end, contemporary ink inscription "John ?Hatfeild of Doncaster" to head of half-title, marginal browning at beginning and end, engraved bookplate of Wm.Marshall, contemporary calf, spine gilt with red roan label (chipped), rubbed, joints cracked, remains of old shelf-label to spine, [Wellcome 8vo, for the Author...by A.Millar [& others], 1765.⁂ Rare work on the waters and their medicinal benefits at Harrogate, Thorp-Arch, Dorsthill, Wigglesworth, Nevillholt and others. The additional T signature of 8pp. at end has a drop-head title of 'Of Cerated Glass of Antimony'. It is not called for in the collation on ESTC despite following signature S, but it is included in another issue of the work of 1766 which also contains a third part 'A Discourse of Milk'. ESTC lists only 2 UK copies of our work (BL & Wellcome) with a further 5 copies in America.

Olympics.- Riefenstahl (Leni) Schönheit im Olympischen Kampf, first edition, illustrations, original cloth, dust-jacket, a little rubbed and soiled, tear to upper panel an frayed at lower edge (laid down), 4to, Berlin, 1937.⁂ Photographic record of the Berlin Olympics of 1936. The games also provided the subject for Reifenstahl's highly acclaimed documentary film Olympia .

Africa.- Barth (Heinrich) Travels and Discoveries in North and Central Africa, 5 vol., first edition, half-titles in vol.1, 4 & 5 (not called for in vol.2 & 3), 60 tinted lithographed plates by Bernatz after Barth, 14 folding hand-coloured maps only (of 15, lacking map XV in vol.5), folding plan, numerous illustrations, with advertisement leaf and 24pp. publisher's catalogue at end of vol.1 & 4 and errata leaf at end of vol.5, small Arabic ownership stamp to half-title of vol.5, maps with some offsetting and a few short tears and repairs, tissue guards to plates browned, some spotting or light browning to text, hinges repaired, original blind-stamped green cloth, printed terracotta endpapers, rubbed and slightly stained, [Abbey, Travel 274], 8vo, 1857-58.⁂ Barth's five-year expedition with the British explorer James Richardson covered large parts of North and sub-Saharan Africa. He also produced an account of his travels in German but this work is not a direct translation.

America.- Carver (Jonathan) Voyage dans les Parties Intérieures de l'Amérique Septentrionale, Pendant les annees 1766, 1767 & 1768, first edition in French, half-title, engraved folding map of the region around Lakes Michigan and Superior, a few small areas of foxing to map, some water-staining to lower margins towards end, occasional spotting, 19th century mottled boards, orange paper label to spine, 8vo, Paris, Pissot, 1784.

NO RESERVE America.- Mormonism.- Musser (Elder A.Milton, editor) The Fruits of "Mormonism". By Non-"Mormon" Witnesses, first edition, 35pp., small ink stain to final couple of leaves, disbound, 8vo, Salt Lake City, Deseret News Steam Printing Establishment, 1878.⁂ Pro-Mormon pamphlet by an Irish-born pioneer of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints who served as missionary, bishop and administrator in the church.