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Coalport First Edition ' The Snowman Hand Painted Snow Globe ' Title ' Hold On Tight ' Date 2003. Height 5.75 Inches - 14.40 cms. 1st Quality and Mint Condition with Box.

Stamp Interest - Framed Historical Postmarks, limited edition from the Post Office. Mounted and framed behind glass, in a wide gilt frame, measures 20'' x 16''. Shows the world's first postmark in 1661, through the first Penny Post, right through to the Empire Exhibition postmark in 1925. Interesting lot, attractively presented. Please see images.

Coalport Collection of Hand Painted First Edition Bone China Snowman and James Figures ( 3 ) In Total. Comprises 1/ ' Adding a Smile ' Date 2001. Height 5.5 Inches - 13.75 cms. 2/ ' All My Own Work ' James and Snowman. 5 Inches - 15 cms High. 3/ ' Soft Landing ' Snowman and James ' With Balloons. 5 Inches - 12.5 cms High. All Figures are 1st Quality and Mint Condition.

Liam Neeson, Sigourney Weaver plus Cast Signed First Edition Quad A Monster Calls PosterThis item is very special indeed, and a must for any movie fan. It is a first edition quad poster A Monster Calls signed at the films London Premiere in 2016 by Liam Neeson, Sigourney Weaver, Felicity Jones, Lewis Macdougall, J A Bayona and Fernando Velazquez

Coalport Hand Painted Ltd Edition Trio Bone China Snowman Figures ( 3 ) All with Boxes and Certificates. 1/ First Edition - The Snowman and Christmas Friend, Date 2001. Number of Figure 989 of 2000. Height 5.75 Inches - 14,40 cms. 2/ First Edition ' Snowman Pulling a Cracker ' Date 2002. Height 5.5 Inches - 13.75 cms. 3/ First Edition '' Snowman and James ' The Adventure Begins. Date 2001, 5 Inches - 12.5 cms. All Figures are 1st Quality and Mint Condition.

Coalport Collection of Hand Painted First Edition Bone China Snowman Figures ( 3 ) In Total. Comprises 1/ ' Cowboy Jig ' Date 2003. Height 5.5 Inches - 13.75 cms. 2/ 'Dancing With Teddy' Date 2001. Height 5.5 Inches -13,75 cms. 3/ ' Snowman's Surprise ' Date 2003. Height 5.5 Inches - 13.75 cms. All Figures are In Mint / 1st Quality Condition.

Coalport First Edition - Hand Painted ' The Snowman Christmas Friends ' Glitter Globe. Date 2002. Height 5.75 Inches - 14.40 cms. 1st Quality and Mint Condition.

The Seven Seas by Rudyard Kipling, signed in ink by the author, published by D. Appleton and Co, New York, 1905, illustrated green cloth boards, 8vo, also two volumes of Sea and Sussex, three volumes of Rudyard Kipling's Verse, velum bound, first edition, 1919 and ten other various volumes by Kipling. (16)

Two later 20th Century Wedgwood blue jasperware plaques commemorating Queen Elizabeth II, the first an oval with a darker blue border made to commemorate the Silver Jubilee, numbered 320 from a limited edition of 500, 22.5cm 17.5cm, the second circular for her sixtieth birthday modelled by Raphael Maklouf, numbered 46 from a limited edition of 250, framed diameter 22.5cm, both with certificates (2)

John Cleese signed The Germans Don't Mention the War A2 Lithograph limited edition 948/950. In the mid-1970s, Cleese and his first wife, Connie Booth, cowrote the sitcom Fawlty Towers, and he starred in it as Basil Fawlty. The series resulted in Cleese receiving the 1980 BAFTA for Best Entertainment Performance and in 2000 the show topped the British Film Institute's list of the 100 Greatest British Television Programmes. In a 2001 Channel 4 poll, Basil was ranked second on their list of the 100 Greatest TV Characters. Good Condition. All autographs are genuine hand signed and 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.

Alan Bean signed FDC 40th Anniversary Man On the Moon , Alan Bean Lunar Module pilot Apollo 12 First Artist to Walk on Another World limited edition 456/750 full set of six stamps and triple PM 20th July 2009 Douglas Isle of Man. Alan LaVern Bean March 15, 1932 May 26, 2018, was an American naval officer and aviator, aeronautical engineer, test pilot, and NASA astronaut; he was the fourth person to walk on the Moon. He was selected to become an astronaut by NASA in 1963 as part of Astronaut Group 3. Good Condition. Good Condition. All autographs are genuine hand signed and 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.

Montague Dawson (British, 1890-1973)Smugglers' Baysigned 'MONTAGUE DAWSON' (lower left) oil on canvas 101.6 x 127cm (40 x 50in).painted in 1971.Footnotes:This work was published as a signed artist's limited edition print under the title of 'Pieces of Eight' (Venture Prints Ltd, 1971, edition of 500).ProvenanceWith Frost & Reed, London, no. 46509 (acquired directly from the artist 26 January 1971).Harry W Bass Jr, Texas (acquired from the above 21 July 1971).With W.J. Morpill Ltd., Dallas, Texas.This impressive work belongs to Dawson's much sought-after Caribbean and Pacific Island series of paintings, of which a small number have come to auction in recent years. These works are unique in that they run contrary to Dawson's primary reputation for depictions of the elegant commercial sailing ships of the 19th century, the high-octane world of yacht racing in the early/mid-20th century and the military craft of the war years, himself having served in the Royal Navy during the First World War. This series offer an insight into the excitement that the artist took from all aspects of the nautical world, not just the historical past and the present, but also folklore and the tales associated with the 17th century heyday of buccaneers patrolling Caribbean and Pacific waters. Stories of this nature would have been brought to the fore of one's imagination during Dawson's lifetime through the popularisation of the subject in cinema. The present work is the only moonlit example from this series, with others being in the intense glare of the midday sun. The moonlight provides the perfect setting for the pirates' clandestine activities; as we can see, their booty is being brought ashore, inspected, and prepared for stashing. Although we cannot be certain of the location, we do know that Dawson painted both the Cocos Island and Gorgona Island in this series and it therefore seems plausible that this treasure is being buried in one of these locations. The Cocos Island being the centre of the greatest deal of speculation and excitement during the period, with rumours of vast hoards of treasure having been buried here and never found.The present work was published as a signed limited-edition print under the title of 'Pieces of Eight' (Venture Prints Ltd, 1971, edition of 500). The title of the print conjures images of Robert Louis Stephenson's 'Treasure Island' and the main protagonist Long John Silver and his parrot, Captain Flint. Captain Flint being remembered for the repetition of the phrase 'Pieces of eight! Pieces of eight!' – this being a reference to the Spanish silver dollar which would often be cut into eight pieces in order that change could be provided.It is clear that this was a significant work to the artist. The scale is grand, and the level of finish is exceptionally high. The glow emulating from the party's lanterns, and reflection from those situated on their ship in the bay, have been expertly crafted to create an ambience of both serenity and excitement. We know that Dawson visited the Pacific and Caribbean on a number of occasions, and it is therefore very likely that the depiction of the topography and flora are based on first-hand accounts and sketches. Leonard Ramsey's acclaimed book on Dawson gives a description of the artist's handling of his subjects, a description that can certainly be applied to this work:'His brushwork, though free, is never careless and his colours are graded with discipline and restraint. This all contributes to the feeling of spaciousness and harmony which is the mark of a Montague Dawson'[1][1] L.G.G Ramsey, Montague Dawson R.S.M.A., F.R.S.A., Leigh-on-Sea, 1967, p. 16.This lot is subject to the following lot symbols: * AR* VAT on imported items at a preferential rate of 5% on Hammer Price and the prevailing rate on Buyer's Premium.AR Goods subject to Artists Resale Right Additional Premium.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com

1953 Royal Enfield MeteorFrame number T 1001Engine number T 71001Registration RUG 757 (transferrable)First edition of the Meteor Unrestored original bike in very good condition Fitted with LED rear light, Quartz front and electronic regulator on the dynamoThe seat has been changed but looks very period All other chassis components are original The 1953 model is very rare and difficult to find Is in good running order Desirable registration numberMotorcycle location: near BristolAll lots in this sale are sold as is and bidders must satisfy themselves as to the provenance, condition, age, completeness and originality prior to biddingPlease read our terms and conditions

3 boxed diecast vehicles to include Vanguards. Comprising: Vanguards Limited Edition 1:43 scale Hoover Service Morris Minor Van (#VAO1117), New-ray sealed blister pack Alfa Romeo Alfa Spider, 1989, scale 1:43 and an Exclusive First Editions Maidstone & District Harrington Grenadier (#12301).

A hardback copy of "Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire" by J.K. Rowling, printed by Omnia Books. Edition has original mistakes on page 503, 579 and 594. Copy is in used condition with small rips to edges of dust cover. ISBN 0 7475 4624 X Typeset by Dorchester Typesetting 10 9 8 7 6 4, first published in 2000. Together with a First Edition of "Harry Potter And The Deathly Hallows" 2007.

A first edition hardback copy of Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix by J.K. Rowling. Without dust cover. Together with a hardback copy of Harry Potter And The Cursed Child Special rehearsal Edition by J.K. Rowling, John Tiffany & Jack Thorne and a paper back copy of Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets.

A first edition of Harry Potter And The Deathly Hallows with pendant dust cover. Together with a first edition of Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince. Both by J.K.Rowling.

A first edition of Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix. Together with a first edition of Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows. Both by J.K. Rowling.

A first edition of Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire with sun faded dust cover. Together with a first edition of Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince. Both by J.K. Rowling.

A first edition of Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows without dust cover, damage to one corner. Together with a first edition of harry Potter and the Half-Blood prince (without dust cover), a first edition of Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix (without dust cover, damage to spine) and 1965 Walt Disney America story book.

Movado sports edition The Museum watch boxed with instructions. P&P Group 1 (£14+VAT for the first lot and £1+VAT for subsequent lots)

John Lennon, A Spaniard in The Works, first edition 1965, Jonathan Cape, London.

AN ASSORTMENT OF CERAMIC COLLECTABLE PLATES TO INCLUDE A LIMITED EDITION 'TEDDYS FIRST BIRTHDAY' ETC

HOTPOINT FIRST EDITION 800 WASHING MACHINE BELIEVED IN WORKING ORDER BUT NO WARRANTY

A FIRST EDITION COPY OF J K ROWLING'S 'HARRY POTTER AND THE GOBLET OF FIRE' AND 'THE ORDER OF THE PHOENIX

A FIRST EDITION PAPERBACK COPY OF 'HARRY POTTER AND THE PHILOSOPHER'S STONE'

Headrick (James). View of the Mineralogy, Agriculture, Manufactures and Fisheries of the Island of Arran, 1st edition, Edinburgh: Archibald Constable and Co., 1807, xv 396 pp., engraved folding map (slightly spotted and offset), bookplate removed from front pastedown, contemporary tan calf, gilt arms of George Granville Leveson-Gower, 1st Duke of Sutherland (1758-1833) to sides, joints cracked at ends, chip to headcaps, 8vo (21.3 x 12.7 cm), together with: Bryce (James). Geology of Clydesdale and Arran; embracing also the Marine Zoology and the Flora of Arran, 1st edition, London: Richard Griffin and Company, 1859, vii 199 pp., hand-coloured lithographic map, no half-title (if issued), modern red half morocco, 8vo (22.3 x 13.6 cm), Necker de Saussure (Louis Albert). A Voyage to the Hebrides, or Western Isles of Scotland; with Observations on the Manners and Customs of the Highlanders, 1st edition in English, London: for Sir Richard Phillips & Co., 1822, [4] 116 pp., 5 aquatint plates, title-page repaired at foot, plates offset, modern half calf, 8vo (22.6 x 13 cm), ibid. Travels in Scotland; Descriptive of the State of Manners, Literature, and Science, 1st edition in English: London: for Sir Richard Phillips and Co., 1821, viii 112 pp., largely unopened, modern quarter leather, 8vo (22.5 x 13 cm), Fraser (Hugh C.). The Land Statistics of the Shires of Inverness, Ross, and Cromarty, in the Year 1871, 1st edition, Inverness: printed at the Advertiser Office, 1872, viii 94 pp., initial blank excised, gilt bookplate of Dudley Coutts Marjoribanks, 1st Baron Tweedmouth (1820-1894), contemporary tan calf gilt, joints slightly cracked at ends, 8vo (21.2 x 13.2 cm), and 9 others, Scottish interest, 19th century, leather-boundQty: (14)NOTESTHE DAVID WILSON LIBRARY PART III: SCOTLAND, HIGHLANDS & ISLANDS Freeman 549 (Bryce); Ward & Carozzi 1031 (Headrick). Bryce's Geology of Clydesdale and Arran is often described as a second edition, the 'first' edition appearing as Geological Notices of the Environs of Glasgow in 1855, but that iteration was only a preliminary sketch of 24 pages submitted to the British Association for the Advancement of Science.

Spenser (Edmund). The Faerie Queen: The Shepheards Calendar: Together with the Other Works of England's Arch-Poet, Edm. Spenser: Collected into one Volume, and carefully corrected, [London]: Printed by H.L. for Mathew Lownes, 1611-12 [actually 1615?], [4], 363, [1], [2 blank]; [10], 56, [2 blank]; 16, [136], [14] pp., decorative woodcut border to general title (cancel, part excised and lined to verso, signature Geo. Frere to upper margin), woodcut head & tailpieces and part titles etc., second part title and final leaf of Faerie Queen dated 1612, occasional early marginal notes, woodcut illustrations to Shepheards Calendar, title to Prospopoia or Mother Hubberds Tale with imprint dated 1613, O2 of Faerie Queen with few ink marks mostly to margins and inner blank margin of M6 torn, Z6 with part of text excised and with infill manuscript text repair, some browning, occasional spotting, light damp stains and ink splashes to last few leaves at rear of volume, front free blank with 18th century gift inscription dated 29th January 1789 'G.W. & B. Frere, E dono Johannis Frere vicesimo & nono die Januarii ad 1789', late 19th century half sheep, board corners worn with leather loss, upper joint split and board near detached, damp stain to lower quarter of spine, folioQty: (1)NOTES(Faerie Queen) STC 23084; Pforzheimer 973. (Mother Hubberds Tale) STC23087. (Shepheards Calender) STC23093.5. A third 'reissue' of the 1609 edition of The Faerie Queen (1st collected edition), though both parts are now actually in later settings. Part 1 still has the 1611 cancel title page and conjugate dedication of the first reissue (STC 23083.3). The text of part 1 has now been reset (the 1615 date conjectured by STC); B3r stanza 1 begins "Young Knight". Part 2 still has separate title page dated 1612 or 1613 (stop-press variants, 1612 in this example) and R3r catchword reads "And".

Monro (Donald, & others). Description of the Western Isles of Scotland, called Hybrides; by Mr Donald Monro ... who travelled through most of them in the year 1549 ... Now first published from the Manuscript. To which is added, I. An Account of Hirta and Rona; by the Lord Register Sir George Mckenzie of Tarbat, never before published. II. Description of Saint Kilda, by Mr Alexander Buchan ... III. A Voyage to Saint Kilda in 1697, by M. Martin, 1st edition, Edinburgh: William Auld, 1774, occasional soiling, c.1900 dark green morocco gilt, 8vo (16.2 x 10 cm), together with: Martin (Martin). A Description of the Western Islands of Scotland, 1st edition, London: for Andrew Bell, 1703, engraved folding map (with repaired closed tear), folding plate, text browned, contemporary panelled calf, rebacked, 8vo (19.2 x 11 cm), ibid. A Description of the Western Islands of Scotland, 2nd edition ('very much corrected'), London: for A. Bell [and others], 1716, engraved folding map, folding plate, map and plate each with repaired closed tear, bookplate of Victor Albert George Child Villers, 7th Earl of Jersey (1845-1915), contemporary mottled calf, rebacked retaining most of original spine, 8vo (19.2 x 11.5 cm) Anderson (James). An Account of the Present State of the Hebrides and Western Coasts of Scotland, 1st edition, Edinburgh: for G. Robinson and C. Elliot, 1785, engraved plan, folding table, engraved folding map loose (browned, laid down, with crude tape-repairs and concomitant stains), occasional spotting, 20th-century pigskin backing early marbled boards, 8vo (21.1 x 12.6 cm), and another copy of Monro, Description of the Western Isles, 1774 (title-page damp-stained, some other spotting and soiling, edges untrimmed, 20th-century half calf)Qty: (5)NOTESTHE DAVID WILSON LIBRARY PART III: SCOTLAND, HIGHLANDS & ISLANDS ESTC T90619 (Monro & others), T94240 (Martin, first edition), T31703 (Martin, second edition), T141551 (Anderson); Hanson 263 (Martin).

American Revolution - (Hartley, David). [Letters on the American War. Addressed to the Right Worshipful the Mayor and Corporation, to the Worshipful the Wardens and Corporation of the Trinity-House, and to the Worthy Burgesses of the Town of Kingston upon Hull, by David Hartley, Esq; Member of Parliament for the Town of Kingston upon Hull, 6th edition(?), London: Printed for Almon, Piccadilly; Kearsly, Fleet Street; Dilly, Poultry; Cruttwell, Bath; and Becket, Bristol, 1779], ii, 126, [2] pp., lacking title, extensively annotated to margins throughout in manuscript by an authoritative hand which largely disagrees with Hartley's writings, particularly over the disputes over taxation (comprising approximately 1450 words relating to 27 passages in the text), some underlinings and sentences marked for attention, many margins folded, contemporary half calf upper board and part spine attached (lacking rear board. This work appears to have formed the first part of a volume containing various works bound together), armorial bookplate of 'Kinnaird' of the Carnegie family of Kinnaird Castle, near Brechin, Scotland, 8vo, together with a complete 6th edition duplicate of the same work, title with signature of Thomas Shute to upper margin, disbound 8voQty: (2)NOTESSabin 30689; Adams 78-41f. This annotated copy of 'Letters on the American War' contains information regarding the history of the United States in its infancy. The annotator appears to be well informed in the unfolding events in America both prior to and during the growing revolt against the taxes imposed by Britain. His writings are critical of some of Hartley's observations, presenting in many cases a legal challenge. He notes Hartley is conciliatory towards the Americans, and regularly picks him up on points of legality. He progresses through the letters becoming increasingly vexed by what he reads, particularly so on page 58 in Letter 11. The passage in question is "to return to the state of 1763, which therefore implies the taking this thorn out of his side, viz. the Tea Tax" to which he comments "not this Tea Tax alone but the repealing the whole system of American Laws of Taxation. I am convinced the principle of the Act was not the establishing a mere crown revenue as it was done in consequence of repeated complaint from the Govt. & Judges of the uneasiness of the situation respecting salaries", continuing on page 60 with a response to "On the Tea Act" which accuses Hartley of misrepresenting the intention and purpose of the Tea Act. It is possible the annotator is Andrew Elliot (1728-1797), Governor of New York (1779-1783). The provenance of Kinnaird may be of significance as the wife of the 7th Baron Carnegie of Kinnaird, Sir David Carnegie (1753-1805) was Agnes Murray Elliot, the daughter of Andrew Elliot. Born in Edinburgh, Andrew Elliot moved to Philadelphia in 1747, where he entered a mercantile career. In 1763 he was appointed Receiver General in New York. During the revolution, his loyalty was to his country and he was one of the Commissioners for restoring peace to the Colonies. He was also one of the three persons sent by Sir Henry Clinton to intercede with Washington on behalf of Major Andre. On May 1st 1777 he was appointed head of the Military Court of Police and on 17th July the Superintendent of all imports and exports. In 1780 he appointed Lieut. Governor of the Province of New York, and in 1783 was part of a delegation that met with George Washington. In April 1783 his daughter married David Carnegie in Edinburgh and by the end of the year, Andrew Elliot left America, returning to Scotland where he lived the remainder of his life without obtaining any further public office. In 1790 he declined the offer of the post of British Minister (Ambassador) to the United States.

Churchill (Winston S.). The Second World War, 6 volumes, 1st edition, 1948-54, maps and illustrations, original black cloth gilt, first 3 volumes in facsimile dust wrappers, 8vo, together with: My Early Life, A Roving Commission, 5th impression, September 1931, monochrome illustrations, original plum cloth gilt, spine lightly dulled, 8vo, plus: India, Speeches and an Introduction, 2nd impression, Thornton Butterworth, May 1931, original green printed wrappers, 8vo, and others by and about Churchill, including The World Crisis, 6 volumes, mixed editions, 1923-31, The Second World War, 6 volumes, Folio Society, 2000 (with slipcases), mostly original cloth, many in dust wrappers, mainly 8vo (approximately 175 volumes)Qty: (6 shelves)

Reid (John Eaton). History of the County of Bute, and Families connected therewith, 1st edition, Glasgow: Thomas Murray and Son, 1864, 8 albumen print photographs by Thomas Annan each on separate card mount with printed caption, folding lithographic plate, map, occasional light spotting to text, a little mild fading to albumen prints, modern quarter calf, 4to (28.2 x 20.6 cm), together with: Heron (Robert). General View of the Natural Circumstances of those Isles, Adjacent to the North-West Coast of Scotland, which are distinguished by the Common Name of Hebudae or Hebrides, 1st edition, Edinburgh: John Paterson, 1794, half-title discarded, upper fore corner of first 3 leaves consolidated, modern half calf, 4to (27 x 21 cm), [Browne, James]. A Critical Examination of Dr. MacCulloch's Work on the Highlands and Western Isles of Scotland, 1st edition, Edinburgh: Daniel Lizars, 1825, half-title discarded, spotting, edges untrimmed, modern half calf 8vo (20 x 11.5 cm), [Burt, Edward]. Letters from a Gentleman in the North of Scotland to his Friend in London, 2 volumes, 5th edition, London: for Ogle, Duncan, and Co., 1822, engraved frontispieces (offset), no half-titles, edges untrimmed, 20th-century red half calf by Maltby of Oxford, 8vo (22.6 x 13.2 cm), and 3 others, Highlands-related, including MacCulloch, A Description of the Western Islands of Scotland, 1st edition, 1819 (text volumes only; not collated)Qty: (9)NOTESTHE DAVID WILSON LIBRARY PART III: SCOTLAND, HIGHLANDS & ISLANDS ESTC T40705 (Heron); Gernsheim 227 (Reid: erroneously described as containing nine photographs); Kress B2758 (Heron).

Pozzo (Andrea). Rules and Examples of Perspective proper for Painters and Architects, etc. In English and Latin: Containing a most easie and expeditious method to Delineate in Perspective all Designs relating to Architecture, after a new manner ... by that great master thereof, Andrea Pozzo ... Engraven in 105 ample folio plates, and adorn'd with 200 initial letters to the explanatory discourses: printed from copper-plates ... by John Sturt. Done into English from the original printed at Rome 1693 in Lat. and Ital. by Mr. John James of Greenwich, London: Printed for J. Senex and R. Gosling, W. Innys, J. Osborn and T. Longman , circa 1725, engraved frontispiece & engraved general title (both neatly repaired to blank margins, general title with contemporary signature Geo. Pepys to upper blank margin), with additional engraved title 'Perspectiva Pictorum et Architectorum' present, 102 engraved plates (including two plates numbered 53, A & B, plus a duplicate of plate 100 bound at rear), engraved ornamental initials to leaves of text, short closed tear to lower blank margin of plate 39, occasional minor dampstains to lower corners, light toning and spotting, modern professional half calf, marbled sides, folio (39.1 x 25 cm)Qty: (1)NOTESHarris 704; Fowler 252 note. The second English Edition of the most important book on perspective of the late baroque period. It is a translation by John James of the 1693 Roman edition, Part I, but without the folding plate of the ceiling of St. Ignatius Church, which first appeared in the 1702 Roman edition of Part I. The descriptive text, printed on both sides of the leaves is in Latin and English, in italic and roman type respectively. The plates are reversed from those of the Italian edition and pl. LIIIA is the "Figura Ultima" and LIIIB is pl. LIII of the 1702 edition. This edition is ornamented with 200 initials engraved by John Sturt.

Cicero (Marcus Tullius). The Familiar Epistles of M. T. Cicero. Englished and Conferred with the French, Italian and other translations, London: printed by Edward Griffin, [1620], engraved title page, woodcut headpieces and initials throughout, complete with leaves A1-2 (each blank except for signature-mark within rows of type-ornaments), light browning, A1-2 stained and with slightly brittle edges, engraved title-page closely trimmed at foot, a few other leaves closely trimmed only ever touching box-rules, 2E1 torn at upper inner corner to partial loss of headline on both sides (the missing fragment present: tipped in between 2E11-12), spill-burn in 2L4 to partial loss of a few letters recto, final two signatures (2R3-4) transposed, c.1900 black morocco, 12mo (13.2 x 7.7 cm), together with another copy (lacking signature A2, with old intermittent ink-stain in top margins briefly extending in quires S-T, K8 torn with loss of headline, 2M2 torn at lower corner touching a few letters, 2R1 with section re-attached retaining text, modern marbled boards)Qty: (2)NOTESESTC S107976; STC 5305. First complete edition in English of the Epistolae ad familiares, rare at auction. The translator Joseph Webbe made important contributions to 'the development of language teaching and of linguistic thought generally' (ODNB).

Torfaeus (Thormodus). Orcades seu Rerum Orcadensium Historiae libri tres, 1st edition, Copenhagen: Justin Hög, 1697, [16],228,[10]pp., title-page in red and black with engraved printer's device of lion, engraved tailpiece to final leaf of text, some browning and spotting, armorial bookplates of Charles Areskine of Alva and Clan Cheyne of Esselmont(?) to front pastedown, contemporary mottled calf, rebacked, light craquelure and a few scuffs to sides, folio in 4s (33.5 x 20 cm)Qty: (1)NOTESTHE DAVID WILSON LIBRARY PART III: SCOTLAND, HIGHLANDS & ISLANDS First edition of this early dedicated history of Orkney, rare at auction. Thormodus Torfaeus (1636-1716) was an Icelandic historian who spent his career at the Danish royal court.

Torfaeus (Thormodus). Orcades seu Rerum Orcadensium Historiae libri tres, 2nd edition, Copenhagen: apud Hieron. Christ. Paulli Universit. Bibliopolam, 1715, [16],228,[10]pp., title with engraved printer's device, engraved tailpiece to final leaf of text, title-page strengthened in gutter, slight ink mark to first leaf of index, some toning, modern half calf, red morocco title label to spine, slim folio in 4s (31.2 x 20.3 cm)Qty: (1)NOTESTHE DAVID WILSON LIBRARY PART III: SCOTLAND, HIGHLANDS & ISLANDS Second edition of this early dedicated history of Orkney, first published in 1697. Thormodus Torfaeus (1636-1716) was an Icelandic historian who spent his career at the Danish royal court.

Murray (Sir John, & Laurence Pullar). Bathymetrical Survey of the Scottish Fresh-Water Lochs, 5 volumes, 1st edition, Edinburgh: Challenger Office, 1910, 17 plates and maps in volume 1, volumes 2-6 containing 239 colour lithographic maps (numbered 1-105 and 1-234), all backed on linen, nearly all folding, original half pigskin gilt, 8vo, together with: [Botfield, Beriah]. Journal of a Tour through the Highlands of Scotland during the Summer of MDCCCXXIX, 1st edition, Norton Hall, [Northamptonshire]: [for the author], 1830, engraved frontispiece and additional title-page, 2 apparently autograph clipped signatures of Botfield laid in, gilt edges, near-contemporary green morocco, 12mo (17.2 x 10 cm), Mackay (William). Urquhart and Glenmoriston. Olden Times in a Highland Parish, 1st edition, Inverness: The Northern Counties Newspaper and Printing and Pubilshing Company, Limited, 1893, half-title, 6 plates including frontispiece, colophon leaf, inscribed 'To Donald Mackay, Esq, from the author, 1894' on the initial blank, gilt edges, contemporary calf, 8vo (20.8 x 13.8 cm), [Scotland]. The Gazetteer of Scotland, Dundee: by F. Ray, for W. Chalmers, 1803, engraved folding map hand-coloured in outline, spotting, contemporary red half morocco, 8vo (20.8 x 12.5 cm), and 7 others, Scottish interest, mainly 19th century, all leather-boundQty: (16)NOTESTHE DAVID WILSON LIBRARY PART III: SCOTLAND, HIGHLANDS & ISLANDS The Journal of a Tour through the Highlands of Scotland appears to be the first published work by noted antiquarian and book collector Beriah Botfield (1807-1863).

Adamson (Charles Murray). Some More Scraps about Birds, Newcastle-upon-Tyne: J. Bell & Co., 1880-81, vignette title, 4 autotype engravings, numerous lithograph illustrations from sketches by the author, some spotting, mainly at front and rear and to fore-edges, hinges cracked after endpapers, contemporary green half calf, rubbed, spine darkened, corners showing, 8vo, (limited edition, one of 120 copies), together with: Some More Illustrations of Wild Birds, London: Gurney & Jackson, and Newcastle-upon-Tyne: Mawson, Swan, & Morgan, 1887, vignette title, 24 photo-lithograph illustrations from pen and ink sketches by the author, small wormtrail to gutter of front endpapers, with single wormhole to gutter throughout, contemporary cream half sheep, somewhat soiled and rubbed, with some scuffing to edges, printed paper label to front cover, oblong 8vo, (limited edition, one of 200 copies), plus: Berners (Dame Juliana), A Treatyse of Fysshynge wyth an Angle: being a facsimile reproduction of the first book on the subject of fishing printed in England by Wynkyn de Worde at Westminster in 1496, with an introduction by Rev. M. G. Watkins, London: Elliot Stock, 1880, half-title, woodcut illustration of fisherman as headpiece, woodcut illustrations of fishing hooks and other implements in text, title lightly spotted, some spotting and toning to endpapers, contemporary blind-stamped vellum, soiled, darkened spine with small loss to front joint centrally, slim 4to, with: Phillips (Henry), The True Enjoyment of Angling, subscriber's copy, London: William Stevens, 1843, engraved portrait frontispiece (spotted), title with ink monogramme stamp, subscribers list, pictorial bookplate 'Arvid Eriksson', front hinge cracked, contemporary cloth, rebacked, gilt-lettering to front cover, a little fading and marks, somewear to extremities, 8vo, (limited edition, one of 100 copies), and 14 others travel and natural history, including: Journal of Travels, Twenty Thousand Miles, by sea and land, over Europe, Asia and Africa, by G. E. Winants, 1872; Journal of Travels Around the World, by the same author, 1877; Another Book of Scraps, by Charles Murray Adamson, 1882Qty: (18)

Mercator (Gerard) - Ptolemaeus (Claudius). Geographiae libri octo Graeco-Latini, Amsterdam: Cornelis Nicolai (i.e. Claesz) & Jodocus Hondius, 1605, engraved title, engraved half-page portrait of Gerard Mercator, 28 engraved maps by Mercator, all but one double-page, illustrations, Great Britain map with lower corner torn away, occasional small pale marginal water stain, 18th century calf, spine with raised bands, morocco label and gilt decoration, upper cover detached, small wormtrack, edges a little rubbed, folio, 41.5 x 28 cmQty: (1)NOTESKoeman II Me 3 (variant c). The first edition of Ptolemy's Geographia with parallel Latin and Greek text. 'The Ptolemy edition of 1605 is the first work printed in Greek in Amsterdam and a typographic masterpiece.' (Koeman). Gerard Mercator had first engraved the maps for the 1578 edition, adding the single-page map of the Nile delta. Following his death his stock of maps was acquired by Jodocus Hondius in 1604 and together with Cornelis Claesz produced this atlas in 1605.

* Dorset. Speed (John), Dorsetshyre with the Shyre Towne Dorchester described, as also the Armes of such noble families as have bene honored with the titles thereof since the Normans Conquest to this present, circa 1608, uncoloured engraved map, inset town plan of Dorchester, some spotting and staining, central fold partially split and creased, some marginal creasing, 390 x 515 mm, framed and glazedQty: (1)NOTESA rare early pre-publication state with the date shown as 1608 (as opposed to 1610 on the first edition) and lacking the engravers name and privilege (Jodocus Hondius).

* Basire (James). Messrs England's Light Locomotive Engine. Which will take a train with 100 passengers at 45 miles per hour, the consumption of coke not exceeding 7lbs per mile, London: J. Basire, circa 1851, lithograph on wove after E.E. Barnard, depicting the 2-2-2 locomotive 'Little England' built by the Hatcham Iron Works, upper right and left corners torn with loss and repaired, some repaired tears to verso of whole print, lined to verso with archival tissue, 425 x 665 mm, mountedQty: (1)NOTESThe Hatcham Iron Works was founded by George England (1811-78) of Newcastle upon Tyne, with records showing that he first paid rates on the property in July 1840, but it was not until the 1846 edition of the Post Office Directories that the firm was listed as ‘England, George & Co. Engineers and patent screw jack manufacturers. During the Great Exhibition of 1851 he had two items on display. Exhibit No 484 was a Patent Traversing Screw Jack ‘for raising and moving heavy bodies, both vertically and laterally’. Exhibit No 509 was one of George’s standard 2-2-2 tank locomotives, also named Little England, ‘intended to reduce locomotive expenses in proportion to the amount of traffic. It has been proved that this engine is capable of working express trains of six first class carriages at a speed of 60 miles per hour consuming only 8lbs of coke per mile’. A blue flag bearing the legend ‘Speed, Safety and Economy’ in gilt letters was suspended over the engine. The jury were impressed, and awarded a Gold Medal, praising the engine’s ‘ingenious arrangement and good workmanship’. The firm also exhibited in Paris in 1855 and at the second International Exhibition in London in 1862. During the 1860's George England's firm built a number of locomotives for the famous Festiniog Railway.

Hazlitt (William). Characters of Shakespear's Plays, 1st edition, London: R. Hunter and C. and J. Ollier, 1817, scattered spotting, occasional pencilled marginalia, free endpapers browned, front free endpaper inscribed 'Langdon Keynes, M.D. from his obliged humble Servant A.T. Batholomew. Cambridge Feb. 1918', early 20th century boards, preserving original paper spine label, 8vo, together with 5 other antiquarian volumes, mostly early 19th centuryQty: (6)NOTESSir Geoffrey Langdon Keynes (1887-1982), polymath and brother of John Maynard Keynes, collaborated with Augustus Theodore Bartholomew (1882-1933) on the first John Evelyn checklist in 1916.

Alken (Henry). Qualified Horses and Unqualified Riders, or the Reverse of Sporting Phrases Taken from the Work Entitled Indispensible Accomplishments, S & J Fuller 1st September 1815, [slightly later edition], seven (complete) engravings with bright contemporary hand colouring, some marginal dust soiling, slight spotting, title page placed on verso of upper cover, stitch binding with old silk hinges, contemporary paper wrappers with the title 'Ben Tally Ho' on upper cover, oblong 4toQty: (1)NOTESR. V. Tooley. English Books with Coloured Plates, no. 44. Schwerdt 1, p. 20. This is the first of Henry Alken's coloured books. The paper wrappers have an 1826 watermark.

[Shetland; Fisheries]. A True Description of the Island of Shetland, containing an Account of its Situation, Trade, Produce, and Inhabitants. Together with an Account of the Great White Herring Fishery of that Place, 2nd edition, London: T. James [and others], 1753, toning, some spotting, title-page nicked and marked, top edge gilt, 19th-century half calf, 8vo (18.9 x 12 cm), together with: Hibbert (Samuel). A Description of the Shetland Islands, comprising an Account of their Geology, Scenery, Antiquities, and Supersitions, 1st edition, Edinburgh: Archibald Constable and Co., 1822, 6 engraved plates including frontispiece (2 folding), additional vignette section-title, folding map, engraved vignettes throughout the text (including a 'Plate 2' apparently counted in pagination and register), occasional light browning, plates and map spotted and offset, bookplate (George Seton Veitch), contemporary tan calf, rebacked, craquelure, discolouration and marks to sides, 4to (26.8 x 21.2 cm), ibid. A Description of the Shetland Islands, 2nd edition, Lerwick: T. & J. Manson, 1892, half-title, frontispiece, gilt edges, contemporary half calf, rebacked, 4to (24.6 x 17.5 cm), Edmonston (Arthur). A View of the Ancient and Present State of the Zetland Islands, 2 volumes, 1st edition, Edinburgh: for Longman, Hurst, Rees, and Orme, 1809, half-titles, folding map (browned and offset), 20th-century green quarter morocco, 8vo (21.1 x 13 cm), Manson (Thomas, editor). Shetland's Roll of Honour and Roll of Service, 1st edition, Lerwick: T. & J. Manson, 1920, half-title, 70 plates (paginated 1-140) containing 560 halftone portrait photographs, contemporary half calf, 4to (27.9 x 21 cm), Grant (Francis J.). The County Families of the Zetland Islands, 1st edition, Lerwick: T. & J. Manson, 1893, half-title, frontispiece, fore and bottom edges untrimmed, contemporary quarter calf, 4to (25.1 x 18.5 cm), and 11 others (not collated), all Shetland-related, 19th and early-20th century, including Catton, History and Description of the Shetland Islands, 1st edition, 1838, Saxby, The Birds of Shetland, 1st edition, 1874, and Holbourn, The Isle of Foula, 1st edition, Lerwick, 1938, 3 other copies of Hibbert (2 copies of the 1st edition, 1822, and a 2nd edition, 1892), and another copy of Edmonston, 1st edition, leather bindings, various formatsQty: (19)NOTESTHE DAVID WILSON LIBRARY PART III: SCOTLAND, HIGHLANDS & ISLANDS ESTC T94721 (A True Description: six copies in UK libraries); Ward & Carozzi 1062 (Hibbert, first edition).

Carr (Sir John). Caledonian Sketches, or a Tour through Scotland in 1807, 1st edition, London: for Mathews and Leigh, 1809, 12 aquatint plates including folding frontispiece, all with later hand-colouring, blind stamp of Maidstone Museum and Public Libraries to title-page, spotting and offsetting to text-leaves adjacent to plates, final page (p. 542, with advertisement) overlaid with translucent paper, contemporary green morocco gilt, rebacked to style, 4to (26.4 x 19.5 cm), together with: Reid (John T.). Art Rambles in the Highlands and Islands of Scotland, 1st edition, London: George Routledge and Sons, 1878, 40 wood-engraved plates and numerous vignettes by Dalziel Brothers, inscribed 'Mrs Dodd, with kind regards from Dalziel Brothers, Christmas 1877' on initial blank, bookplate of Charles Robert Bignold (1892-1970), gilt edges, near-contemporary dark green crushed morocco gilt by Ramage, 4to (24.2 x 17.2 cm), Graham (Robert C.). The Carved Stones of Islay, 1st edition, Glasgow: James Maclehose and Sons, 1895, half-title, etched additional title, map, 32 plates with captioned tissue-guards (nearly all photogravures), top edges gilt, others untrimmed, original quarter cloth, a little pale mottling to sides, 4to, [Mudie, Robert]. A Historical Account of His Majesty's Visit to Scotland, 4th edition, Edinburgh: Oliver & Boyd, 1822, 4 engraved folding plates backed on linen, one other folding plate, plates variably toned and spotted, first plate unevenly folded, gilt gauffered edges, contemporary maroon morocco gilt, arms of the city of Edinburgh to sides, 8vo (21.4 x 12.5 cm), and 7 similar, Scottish history and related, 19th and early-20th century, all finely bound, including Marjory Kennedy-Fraser and Kenneth Cloud, Songs of the Hebrides, volumes 1-2, 1909-17 (half-title, 3 halftone plates, collation unknown, contemporary dark blue morocco gilt for Maclehose, 4to)Qty: (12)NOTESTHE DAVID WILSON LIBRARY PART III: SCOTLAND, HIGHLANDS & ISLANDS Abbey Scenery 488 (Carr).

Nelson (Horatio). The Dispatches and Letters of Vice Admiral Lord Viscount Nelson, with notes by Sir Nicolas Harris, G.C.M.G., 7 volumes, 1st edition, Henry Colburn, 1844-46, engraved portrait frontispiece to first volume, 3 plans, including 2 folding, 4 printed facsimile letters, pale spotting to frontispiece to first volume (contents generally in clean condition), printed bookplate of the Young Memorial Library, Kingham Hill to front pastedown of each volume, contemporary uniform dark blue half calf gilt, with contrasting morocco labels to spines, unobtrusive classification number in white ink to foot of spine of each volume, a little rubbed and scuffed, 8voQty: (7)

[Stafford, William]. A Compendious or Briefe Examination of Certayne ordinary Complaints of divers of our Countrymen in these our dayes ... By way of dialogue debated and discussed by William Shakespeare, Gentleman, [London]: Imprinted at London, in Fleetstreate, by Thomas Marshe, 1581. Reprinted by Charles Marsh, in the Strand; and A. Jackson, near Clare-market 1751, [2],120pp., some browning, modern marbled boards, 8vo, together with: Dodd (William), The Trial of the Rev. Dr. William Dodd, who was Convicted, at the Sessions-House, in the Old Bailey, on Saturday the 22d of February, 1777, for forging, ... the name of ... Philip Earl of Chersterfield, in the signature of a Bond four four thousand two hundred pounds..., [London?], 1777, bound with An Account of the Life, Death, and Writings, of the Rev. Dr. Dodd, who was Executed at Tyburn, on Friday the 27th of June, 1777, 2nd edition, [London?], 1777, bound with A relation of Dr. Dodd's behaviour in Newgate : according to the Rev. Mr. Villette the ordinary's account, with reflexions thereon; and the Doctor's last solemn declaration, [London?], 1777, lacking title, bookplate of George T. Clark to upper pastedown, contemporary marbled boards with modern calf spine and maroon morocco title label, 12mo, Rowland (Daniel), Eight Sermons, upon Practical Subjects; preached at the new church in Langeitho, South Wales; by the Rev. Mr. Daniel Rowland: and now attempted to be translated from the original British, London: printed for the editor; (Thomas Davies, near Haverfordwest, South Wales) by Thomas Parker, [1774], browning and some dust-soiling to first & last leaves, modern boards, 12mo, Fauquier (Francis), An Essay on Ways and Means for Raising Money for the Support of the Present War, without increasing the Public Debts. Inscribed to the Right Honourable George Lord Anson, First Lord Commissioner of the Admiralty, 2nd edition, London: M. Cooper, 1756, half-title present, bound with Decker (Matthew), Serious considerations on the several high duties which the nation in general : (as well as it's trade in particular) labours under: with a proposal for preventing the running of goods, discharging the trader from any search, and raising all the publick supplies, by one single tax, 6th edition, London: S.Birt, 1748, modern calf-backed marbled boards, 8vo, and others similarQty: (22)

Wallace (James). An Account of the Islands of Orkney. To which is added, an Essay concerning the Thule of the Ancients, 2nd edition, London: for Jacob Tonson, 1700, engraved folding map and plate, light uniform browning, contemporary panelled calf, rebacked, 8vo (19.1 x 11.5 cm), together with: [Groat, Alexander G.]. Thoughts on Orkney and Zetland, their Antiquities and Capabilities of Improvement ... Not printed for sale, 1st edition, Edinburgh: Neill & Co., 1831, half-title (marked), title-page with contemporary ownership inscription (Sir Howard Elphinstone, Bart) and shallow marginal chip, later cloth, 8vo (21.2 x 13.4 cm), Neill (Patrick). A Tour through some of the Islands of Orkney and Shetland, 1st edition, Edinburgh: for A. Constable and Company, 1806, half-title and advertisements discarded, deleted ownership inscription on title-page, near-contemporary half morocco, 8vo (21.5 x 12.8 cm), Peterkin (Alexander). Notes on Orkney and Zetland: illustrative of the History, Antiquities, Scenery, and Customs of those Islands. Vol. I [all published], 1st edition, Edinburgh: by John Moir, for Macredie, Skelly, and Company, 1822, 2 engraved plates, half-title discarded, plates browned and damp-stained, repaired closed tear in title-page, spotting, edges untrimmed, modern half calf, 8vo (22 x 13.5 cm), and 5 others, including 2 other copies of Wallace, An Account of the Islands of Orkney, 1st edition, 1700 (one in contemporary sheep, with map and plate both closely trimmed cropping part of image in plate, map with closed tear repaired verso; the other in contemporary panelled sheep, with map and plate in facsimile, and 16 pp. advertisements not mentioned in ESTC), Peterkin, Rentals of the Ancient Earldom and Bishopric of Orkney, 1st edition, 1820, a sammelband of 19th-century guides to the Orkneys and Shetland with maps, and Odal Rights and Feudal Wrongs: A Memorial for Orkney, Edinburgh, 1860, these last 3 not collatedQty: (9)NOTESTHE DAVID WILSON LIBRARY PART III: SCOTLAND, HIGHLANDS & ISLANDS ESTC R34706 (Wallace); Mullens & Swann pp. 609 (Wallace), 431 (Neill); Wing W491 (Wallace). Wallace's work was first printed in Edinburgh in 1693.

Macdonald (James). General View of the Agriculture of the Hebrides, or Western Isles of Scotland, 1st edition, Edinburgh: Sir Richard Phillips, 1811, engraved plate and 5 folding maps, browning and some spotting, edges untrimmed, modern half calf, morocco title label, 8vo, together with: Robertson (James), General View of the Agriculture in the County of Perth: with Observations on the Means of its Improvement, 2nd edition, Perth: Printed by R. Morison, under the Patronage of the Board of Agriculture, 1813, folding engraved hand-coloured map frontispiece, 5 engraved plates, 2 folding tables, some spotting and toning, contemporary quarter calf, rebacked, vellum tips, 8vo, Shirreff (John), General View of the Agriculture of the Orkney Islands, 1st edition, Edinburgh: Printed by Stevenson & Company, for Archibald Constable & Co., 1814, small ink stain to title, numerous folding tables, some spotting and light toning, modern half calf, 8vo, Robertson (George), General View of Agriculture of Kincardineshire, or the Mearns, 1st edition, London: Sherwood, Neely, & Jones, 1813, folding hand-coloured engraved map, engraved plate, folding plan and tables, light toning, contemporary calf with Limerick Institution embossed emblem to boards, contrasting skiver labels, boards rubbed, 8vo, Henderson (John), General View of the Agriculture of the County of Caithness, 1st edition, London: Printed by B. McMillan, 1812, 12 folding engraved plates and plans, without folding map frontispiece, light skinning to title, some spotting, later half calf, 8vo, and one other relatedQty: (6)NOTESTHE DAVID WILSON LIBRARY PART III: SCOTLAND, HIGHLANDS & ISLANDS Kress B.5867, B.2821 (for the first edition of 1794), N/A, B.6215, B.5996.

Bacci (Andrea). De thermis libri septem, 3rd edition, Rome: Jacopo Mascardi, 1622, signatures [pi]2 +2 A-F6 H8 +H6 I-2O6, title-page in red and black with engraved solar vignette, woodcut initials, type-ornament tailpieces, toning, occasional spotting and browning, paper-restoration to upper inner corner of title-page and following leaf, old stain to lower margins of a few quires, contemporary mottled calf, neatly rebacked to style, restoration to tips, folio (28.8 x 19.2 cm)Qty: (1)NOTESProvenance: Kimbolton Castle, seat of the Dukes of Manchester (bookplate to front pastedown). Cf. Ward & Carozzi 93 for the first edition. Bacci's foundational treatise on balneology was first published in 1571. Peru is mentioned at pages 222-3 and 273, under the headings 'Terrarum, et aquarum natura in terris novi orbis, et in Peru sub zona torrida', 'In Peru qualitates terrarum, coil et aquarum', and 'Incendia antiquissimae famae in Peru novi orbis'.

Horne (Henry). Essays concerning Iron and Steel: The First, containing Observations on American Stand-Iron: The Second, Observations, founded on Experiments, on Common Iron-Ore, with the Method of reducing it first into Pig or Sow-Metal, and then into Bar-Iron; on the sort of iron proper to be converted into good steel ..., 1st edition, London: T.C. Cadell, 1773, [2],223pp., lacking A2, title with short closed tear to inner margin and leaf reattached, staining to inner blank margin of B1, short closed tear also to inner margin of gathering B, contemporary marbled sheep, blind decoration to spine, joints cracked, light wear to extremities, 12mo, together with: Cobbett (William), Cottage Economy: containing information relative to the brewing of Beer, making of Bread, keeping of Cows, Pigs, Bees, Ewes, Goats, Poultry and Rabbits, and relative to other matters deemed useful in the conducting of the Affairs of a Labourer's Family, Stereotype edition, London: C. Clement, 1822, contemporary signature 'Wm. Postlethwaite' at head of title, edges untrimmed, original boards, rebacked, 12mo, Rennie (Robert), Essays on the Natural History and Origin of Peat Moss, Edinburgh: printed by George Ramsay & Co. for the author, 1810, edges untrimmed, ink stamp to both pastedowns, original boards, joints split, 8vo, Candolle (Augustin Pyramus de & Sprengel, K.), Elements of the Philosophy of Plants: containing the Principles of Scientific Botany ... translated from the German, Edinburgh: William Blackwood; London: T. Cadell, 1821, eight engraved plates, some dampstaining and spotting, edges untrimmed, original cloth, rebacked, 8vo, plus three others including The Book of Household Management, by Isabella Beeton, New edition, London: Ward, Lock & Tyler, 1869(?), lacking frontispiece, contemporary half morocco, extremities worn, 8voQty: (7)NOTES(Horne) - Sabin 33031; Goldsmiths'-Kress no. 10981; Higgs, Bibliography of Economics 1751-1775, 5669. An important work on the development of metallurgy in England, and the origins of the refining of iron into steel, or crucible steel, with an account of the author's experiments with iron ore from America, generally known as Virginia black sand.

[Morgan, Thomas, attrib.]. Leycesters Common-Wealth: Conceived, spoken and published with most earnest protestation of all dutifull good will and affection towards this Realm ..., 1641, bound with Leycesters Ghost, 1641, blank facing title with tipped-in engraved portrait of Robert Dudley, Earl of Leicester by W. Marshall, a few minor spots, preliminary blank with ink manuscript notes and extract from a sale catalogue with 'Maggs 1958' added in pencil, armorial bookplate 'Kennet of the Dene' with ink manuscript 'Wayland emit MCMXLIV' to top margin, 19th century calf, elaborately gilt-decorated spine, decorative gilt roll to turn-ins, somewhat rubbed, front joint cracked, small 4to, together with: Jefferies (Richard), Bevis, the Story of a Boy, 3 volumes, 1st edition, London: Sampson Low, Marston, Searle, & Rivington, 1882, half-title to volume 1 (as issued), some toning, scarce light spotting, each volume with armorial bookplate 'Kennet of the Dene', front free endpapers repaired with chips, that to volume 1 with embossed W.H. Smith library stamp, volume 1 rear free endpaper detached, hinges cracked, original green pictorial cloth, extremities a trifle worn, spines darkened, some marks and stains, 8vo, plus: Trollope (Anthony), He Knew He Was Right, 2 volumes, 1st edition, London: Strahan and Company, 1869, black & white plates and illustrations by Marcus Stone, half-titles, some minor spotting (mainly at front and rear), stitching strained, hinges cracked, original blind-stamped green cloth, worn, 8vo, with: Carroll (Lewis), Sylvie and Bruno [and Sylvie and Bruno Concluded], 2 volumes, 1st editions, London: Macmillan and Co., 1889 [1893], black & white frontispieces and illustrations, all edges gilt, original red cloth gilt, a trifle rubbed with some minor marks, darkened spines with some fraying to ends (Concluded chipped at head), 8voQty: (8)NOTESFirst item: ESTC R200977. Second item: Sadleir 1305. Third item: Wolff 6780. Sylvie and Bruno Concluded: first edition first issue, with error in table of contents (chapter 8 incorrectly listed at page 110).

Elton (Richard). The Compleat Body of the Art Military ... Divided into Three Books. The First, containing the Postures of the Pike and Musket ... The Second, comprehending twelve Exercises ... The Third, setting forth the drawing up and exercising of Regiments after the manner of Private Companies ... Illustrated with Varitiet of Fugres of Battail, very Profitable and Delightfull for all Noble and Heroick Spirits, in a fuller manner then hath been heretofore published, London: Robert Leybourn, 1650, signatures pi2 §4 +6 A-2B4 2D2, pp. [24] 192 [4], initial licence leaf (pi1), engraved portrait frontispiece by John Droeshout, 5 plates (including double-page woodcut diagram, double-page typographic plate, and 3 folding typographic plates with woodcut embellishments, of which one made up of 3 sheets and opening to 70 cm), woodcut headpieces and initials, typographic and woodcut diagrams throughout the text, moderate browning, damp-stain to foot of licence leaf and frontispiece and to lower outer corner of title-page and subsequent text-leaf, title-page also with small red pencil-mark, E2-3 more heavily browned, faint shallow tide-mark to head of gutter in second half of volume, side-note on p. 141 shaved, U4 trimmed closely to diagram recto (p. 151), Y1 with section reattached (text disrupted but remaining legible), old ink-stain to p. 165, a few other marks, top edge gilt, early-20th-century red-brown half calf for Hatchards, slightly rubbed and marked, front joint cracking at head and foot, folio in 4s (27.2 x 17 cm), together with 1 similar work (Sir James Turner, Pallas Armata: Military Essayes of the Ancient Grecian, Roman, and Modern Art of War, 1st edition, 1683, damp-staining, without advertisement leaf, last 2 leaves and binding defective)Qty: (2)NOTESProvenance (Elton): Cavalry Club (bookplate; ink-stamp to front free endpaper). Elton: ESTC R24314; Wing E653. First edition, rare: ESTC traces four copies in UK libraries, and eight copies in the USA. The initial licence leaf is also catalogued separately by ESTC under the number R227338 (one copy traced). Elton's work superseded William Barriffe's Militarie Discipline (1635) as the most popular military training manual in English, and it was an important reference work for English colonists in North America (see Hope, A Scientific Way of War: Antebellum Military Science, West Point, and the Origins of American Military Thought, chapter 1).

Wilkins (John). Mathematical Magick: or, The Wonders that may be performed by Mechanichal [sic] Geometry. In two books. Concerning Mechanical Powers. Motions. Being one of the most easie, pleasant, useful (and yet most neglected) part of Mathematicks. Not before treated of in this Language, London: Edw. Gellibrand, 1680, [14], 295, [1] pp., engraved portrait frontispiece a little frayed to margins and repair to verso, engraved illustrations and woodcut diagrams, title and following three leaves with tear hole to gutter margin (leaves A2-A5), cancel leaves E1 and K8, early manuscript and over-drawing to verso of E6 with some show through, dust-soiling and spotting, few leaves sprung and frayed to edges, later front endpaper, contemporary mottled sheep, joints cracking, spine and board corners worn, 8vo (Wing W2200, the first edition was published in 1648), together with: Potter (John), A System of Practical Mathematics: Containing Vulgar and Decimal Fractions; the Extraction of the Square and Cube Roots; Multiplication of Feet, Inches, and Parts; the Mensuration of Superficies and Solids, and all Sorts of Artificers Work..., London: printed for the author and sold by E. Comyns, Mess. Heath & Wing, and S. Parvish, 1753, [10], viii, 395, [137] pp., with an initial advertisement leaf for Elements of Algebra by Nathaniel Hammond (torn to upper outer blank corner), endpapers renewed, contemporary calf, rebacked, 8vo (ESTC T95991), Euclid, The Elements of Euclid: with select theorems out of Archimedes. By the Learned Andrew Tacquet. To which are added, Practical Corollaries, shewing the Uses of many of the Propositions. By William Whiston, M. A. Mr. Lucas’s Professor of the Mathematicks in the University of Cambridge. In this Eighth Edition is added an Appendix of Practical Geometry, with Forty New Figures, and a Brief and Independent Demonstration of certain Select and most useful Propositions. By S. F. [Samuel Fuller, schoolmaster and printer to the Society of Friends in Dublin], Dublin: I. Jackson, 1753, 288 pp., engraved portrait frontispiece (the first of the preliminary leaf is the frontispiece which forms part of the first gathering), title & 2nd part title with engraved illustration, six folding engraved diagrams, some spotting, toning & dust-soiling, modern half calf, 8vo (ESTC N31622), Euclid, Elementa Euclidea Geometriae Planae ac Solidae; et selecta ex Archimede Theoremata, quibus accedit Trigonometria, auctore Andrea Tacquet. Novissimam hanc editionem adornavit... & addidit Gulielmus Whiston, Amsterdam: apud Petrum de Coup 1725, title in red & black and with engraved illustration (with few scattered green paint/ink splashes), seven folding engraved diagrammatic plates, early manuscript note to upper pastedown, contemporary vellum, manuscript title to spine, 8vo, and other 18th & 19th century mathematics relatedQty: (24)

[Glencoe massacre]. An Impartial Account of some of the Transactions in Scotland, concerning the Earl of Broadalban, Viscount and Master of Stair, Glenco-Men, Bishop of Galloway, and Mr. Duncan Robertson. In a Letter from a Friend, 1st edition, London: printed, and sold by the booksellers of London and Westminster, 1695, [2] 30 pp., errata slip pasted to title-page verso, browning and damp-staining, modern bookplate (David Murray), untrimmed, 19th-century red half morocco, title ('Massacre of Glencoe Etc. - 1695') gilt to spine, 4to (21 x 16.5 cm), together with: [Jacobite rebellion]. A Compleat History of the Rebellion, from its first Rise in 1745, to its total Suppression at the Glorious Battle of Culloden, in April 1746. By Mr. James Ray, of Whitehaven, Volunteer under his Royal Highness the Duke of Cumberland, 1st edition, Mancester: for the author by R. Whitworth, [1747?], pp. 408, a few light damp-stains, stab-holes visible in gutter, contemporary ownership inscriptions (Richard Widdowson of Thrumpton), contemporary panelled calf, rebacked, 12mo (16 x 9.5 cm), ibid. A Journey through Part of England and Scotland along with the Army under the Command of His Royal Highness the Duke of Cumberland ... By a Volunteer, 2nd edition, London: T. Osborne, 1747, worming, contemporary sheep, rebacked, 8vo (15.4 x 8.5 cm), Buchanan (George). Rerum Scoticarum historia. Ad optimam et castigatissimam Roberti Fribarnii editionem expressa, Edinburgh: Jo. Patoni, 1727, engraved portrait frontispiece, folding map, duplicate of leaf 2D3 bound in after 3G5, bookplate (Maitland), contemporary mottled calf, spine rubbed, 12mo (17.2 x 10 cm), [Lord's Prayer; polyglot]. Oratio dominica ... Nimirum, plus centum linguis, versionibus, aut characteribus reddita et expressa. Editio novissima, London: Dan. Brown & W. Keblewhite, 1700, half-title, engraved title-vignette, the text containing the Lord's Prayer printed in some 100 languages (including Arabic, Chinese, Orcadian, etc., mainly using proper types, a few specimens engraved, e.g. Georgian), book-label of abolitionist Mary Anne Rawson of Wincobank Hall, Sheffield (1801-1887), contemporary polished calf, gilt spine, front joint cracked, 4to (19.9 x 14.7 cm), Lambarde (William). The Duties of Constables, Borsholders, Tythingmen, and such other low and Lay Ministers of the peace ... now carefully corrected and profitably augmented, London: Miles Flesher, and Robert Young, the assigned of John More, 1640, damp-staining towards rear, initial binder's blank torn, contemporary mottled sheep, small 8vo (14.4 x 9 cm), and 2 others, including Bacon, Sylva Sylvarum, 3rd edition, 1631 (lacking engraved portrait; engraved title trimmed and mounted to front pastedown, contemporary manuscript genealogies in text, binding worn), and A Compleat History of the Proceedings of the Parliament of Great Britain against Dr. Henry Sacheverell, 1710 (lacking portrait; bookplate of Alexander Murray of Broughtoun)Qty: (8)NOTESTHE DAVID WILSON LIBRARY PART III: SCOTLAND, HIGHLANDS & ISLANDS ESTC R15762 (Glencoe massacre: nine UK copies), T118420 (Jacobite rebellion, first work), N6803 (Jacobite rebellion, second work: six UK copies), N13053 (Buchanan), R15295 (Lord's Prayer), S3976 (Lambarde: three copies); Wing I65 (Glencoe massacre), M2944 (Lord's Prayer); Sabin 57434 (Lord's Prayer).

Ali (Shahamat). The Sikhs and Afghans, in Connexion with India and Persia, immediately before and after the Death of Ranjeet Singh: from the Journal of an Expedition to Kabul, through the Panjab and the Khaibar Pass, London: John Murray, 1847, xxii 550 pp., half-title, 12 pp. advertisements to rear, binder's ticket (Edmond & Remnants) to rear pastedown, 24 pp. W. H. Allen and Co. catalogue ('Elementary Works in the Oriental Languages') tipped to front free endpaper, bookplate of the Cavalry Club to front pastedown, front inner hinge cracked and slightly tender, damp-stain to head of rear inner hinge not affecting text-block, original vertical-ribbed green cloth, spine lettered in gilt, spine and covers panelled in blind, spine slightly sunned and rolled, front joint worn at head and with 1cm tear to foot, a few pale marks to sides, corners a little bumped and worn (upper fore corner of front board slightly more so), large 12mo, together with: Andrew (Sir William Patrick). Memoir on the Euphrates Valley Route to India; with Official Correspondence and Maps, 1st edition, London: Wm. H. Allen & Co., 1857, pp. xvi 267 [1] 7, 3 pp. advertisements to front, half-title, 2 large folding colour maps, each map closed tear to stub (just touching image in first instance), bookplate of the Cavalry Club, original green cloth gilt, spine slightly darkened, tips bumped, a bright copy, 8vo, [India]. Recollections of the Deccan, with Miscellaneous Sketches and Letters. By an Officer of Cavalry, 1st edition, Calcutta: G. H. Huttmann, Bengal Military Orphan Press, 1838, pp. [8] 1-119, lithographic plan (slightly damp-stained), light variable damp-staining to margins, inscribed 'Mrs Crawford, with the author's very kindest regards' on the initial blank, bookplate of the Cavalry Club, contemporary calf by Martin of Calcutta, loss to head of spine and spine-label, front board damp-stained and near-detached, 8vo in 4s (24.8 x 15.2 cm), Bellew (Henry Walter). The Races of Afghanistan, being a Brief Account of the Principal Nations inhabitating that Country, 1st edition, Calcutta: Thacker, Spink, and Co., 1880, pp. [3]-124, 2+38 pp. advertisements to rear, no half-title (unknown if called for), edges brittle with resulting loss to upper fore corners of first 10 leaves not affecting text, a few other nicks, bookplate removed from front pastedown, rear free endpaper pasted to pastedown, original pictorial cloth, wear to extremities, head of spine torn, rear board mottled, 8voQty: (4)NOTESShahamat Ali's work is notably uncommon. It was first published in 1846; it is unknown whether copies dated 1847 represent a second issue or a second edition, but as copies dated 1846 are paginated xviii 550 it appears likely that only the preliminaries were reset. Library Hub cites two locations for the third work (Recollections of the Deccan: British Library and Oxford).

Lothian (John). Lothian's County Atlas of Scotland, 2 parts in 1 volume, 2nd edition, Edinburgh: J. Lothian, 1826 [i.e. 1830], 4;2;[2] pp., engraved frontispiece (dated 1829), 2 engraved title-pages (dated 1826 and 1829), 41 hand-coloured engraved maps on 39 sheets (all dated 1830 except the final map, 'Modern Scotland', dated 1827; 2 of the maps double-page: 'Scotland under the Romans' and 'Scotland in the Fifteenth Century'), toned throughout, light offsetting, small perforation from map 27 to end, contemporary half calf, rebacked with original spine laid down, original green paper label to front cover, rubbed overall, 4to (29.2 x 23 cm)Qty: (1)NOTESTHE DAVID WILSON LIBRARY PART III: SCOTLAND, HIGHLANDS & ISLANDS Chubb Scotland XXVIIIa (p. 386). Chubb records this rare work under the title Atlas of Modern Scotland, and may not have seen a copy of either the first edition (1826) or the present edition, as he describes only the the third edition of 1838, in his view 'a neatly prepared and clearly printed atlas'. The second part contains seven historical maps and a 'Map of Modern Scotland'; the part-title indicates that the work was issued coloured, as here, and uncoloured.

[Moll, Herman]. Geographia Classica: The Geography of the Ancients so far describ'd as it is contain'd in the Greek and Latin Classicks, in Twenty-nine Maps of the Old World ... a collection long wanted, and now publish'd for the use of schools, 2nd edition, London: printed for C. Browne, 1717, 29 double-page engraved maps (one folding), 4 with near contemporary hand-colouring, title printed in red & black, some dampstaining at head and fore-edges, map 15 with tear to lower margin (just affecting map border), map 16 close-trimmed at foot and fore-edges (affecting border & 1 place name), final map with 2 tiny losses, front free endpaper deficient, contemporary red quarter morocco, worn, small 4to, together with: Butler (Samuel), An Atlas of Ancient Geography, London: Longman & Co., circa 1839, 22 double-page engraved maps (complete), all but one hand-coloured in outline, engraved calligraphic title, 16pp. publisher's catalogue at rear dated August 1839, a few minor spots or marks, 4 maps with some pale brown staining, 1 map with closed tear to lower corner (affecting map border), front free endpaper with ink manuscript ownership name, dated 1840, contemporary red half morocco, worn, front cover with original engraved paper label, small 4to, with 7 others similar (some defective), including Walker's Universal Atlas for the use of schools, 1823, and Maps and Plans Illustrative of Livy, published J. Vincent, Oxford, circa 1850?Qty: (9)NOTESFirst item: ESTC T222277.

Marshall (William). The Rural Economy of the West of England: including Devonshire; and parts of Somersetshire, Dorsetshire, and Cornwall. Together with Minutes in Practice, 2 volumes, London: G. Nicol, G.G. and J. Robinson, and J. Debrett, 1796, folding engraved map frontispiece to volume 1 with offsetting and spotting to title. contemporary calf, gilt decorated spines, light cracking to joints, 8vo, together with: Nott (John), Of the Hotwell Waters, near Bristol, 3rd edition, Bristol: printed by Emery and Adams, [1793], ink stamp to title and first leaf of text, final leaf torn to upper and lower blank corners and repaired, light dust-soiling and occasional spotting, ink stamp to front free blank, early 19th century calf, title in gilt to spine and upper board, slight wear to extremities, slim 8vo, [Incledon, Henry], Donations of Peter Blundell, [Founder] and other Benefactors to the Free Grammar School at Tiverton, Exeter: E. Grigg, [1792], two engraved plates, one folding pedigree, numerous annotations, tipped in letter to front pastedown from Benjamin Incledon dated 25 Oct 1793 and inscriptions to front free endpaper including that of Benjamin Incledon to John Rolle 1793, contemporary panelled calf with blind rollwork decoration, rebacked, recent red morocco title label to spine, 8vo, Roper (Ida M.), The Monumental Effigies of Gloucestershire and Bristol, Privately printed for the Author, Gloucester: Henry Osborne, 1931, monochrome frontispiece and plates, top edge gilt, contemporary dark blue half morocco, thick 8vo (limited edition 9/100, signed by the author)Qty: (5)

Wylly (Colonel H.C.). XVth (The King's) Hussars, 1759 to 1913, 1st edition, London: Caxton Publishing Company, 1914, 31 colour and black & white plates, 3 maps (one folding with short split to fold), some spotting to text, top edge gilt, original black morocco gilt, a trifle rubbed with some wear to extremities, joints strengthened, spine somewhat faded and marked, large 8vo, (limited edition, one of 250 copies), together with: Barrett (C. R. B., editor), The 85th King's Light Infantry ..., by "One of Them", 1st edition, London: Spottiswoode & Co., 1913, colour frontispiece and 41 colour and black & white plates, numerous monochrome letterpress illustrations and maps, some spotting (mainly to edges and at rear), original black half morocco gilt, rubbed with a little wear to extremities, spine somewhat faded, 4to, plus: Wheater (W., compiler), Historial Record of the Seventh or Royal Regiment of Fusiliers, Leeds: Printed for Private Circulation, 1875, title with ink manuscript presentation inscription (to 'Kildare Street CLub') at head, 2 leaves at front with blind embossed stamp 'Kildare Street Club' to upper corner, first few leaves spotted, original embossed blue cloth gilt, rubbed and worn with some stains, folio, and a defective copy of The Historical Records of the Fifth (Royal Irish) Lancers... by Walter Temple Willcox, 1908Qty: (4)