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TED HUGHES. 'Flowers and Insects.' First edition, unclipped dj, Faber & Faber, 1986; 'Wolfwatching,' First edition, unclipped dj, Faber & Faber, 1986; ' The Iron Woman,' US first edition, engravings by Barry Moser, unclipped dj, Dial Books, New York, 1995; 'Birthday Letters,' First edition, unclipped dj, Faber & Faber,1998. (4) Condition: please request a condition report if you require additional information regarding the condition of this lot Postage: £19.56 Please note that the postage quote is an estimate of the amount that we would charge to send the item to a buyer in the UK. If you are outside of the UK, or there is no estimate shown here, please contact postage@davidlay.co.uk for a bespoke quote.

AGNES ARBER. 'Herbals: Their Origin and Evolution: A Chapter In The Hiftory Of Botany 1470-1670.' First Edition, Original cloth, Illustrations complete, pastdown and end papers motted, Cambridge University Press, 1912, vg: With later reprint, chipped dj, 1938, vg. Dr Rob Senior arrived in West Cornwall from his native Yorkshire in the early 1960’s where he took up his vocation as a young GP and served the local community for 40 years. At the age of 12, Rob bought a book on Cacti. It was his first book, and established the twin passions of his life, books and plants. His library is a fabulous, eclectic collection of books, largely on plants and horticulture, but also nature and many other subjects, all brought together by a man with a curious and inquisitive mind. Condition: please request a condition report if you require additional information regarding the condition of this lot Postage: £19.56 Please note that the postage quote is an estimate of the amount that we would charge to send the item to a buyer in the UK. If you are outside of the UK, or there is no estimate shown here, please contact postage@davidlay.co.uk for a bespoke quote.

RUTH MANNING-SANDERS. 'A Book of Charms and Changelings.' First edition by Methuen, unclipped coloured dustjacket and frontispiece by Robin Jacques, black and white plates and illustrations by Robin Jacques complete, 1971, good condition. Condition: please request a condition report if you require additional information regarding the condition of this lot Postage: £19.56 Please note that the postage quote is an estimate of the amount that we would charge to send the item to a buyer in the UK. If you are outside of the UK, or there is no estimate shown here, please contact postage@davidlay.co.uk for a bespoke quote.

ENID BLYTON. 'The Island of Adventure.' first edition, with decorative original cloth, cloth soiled, foxing to edges of text block and end papers, MacMillan and Co Ltd, London, 1944, fair: With a reprint from 1966. (2) Dr Rob Senior arrived in West Cornwall from his native Yorkshire in the early 1960’s where he took up his vocation as a young GP and served the local community for 40 years. At the age of 12, Rob bought a book on Cacti. It was his first book, and established the twin passions of his life, books and plants. His library is a fabulous, eclectic collection of books, largely on plants and horticulture, but also nature and many other subjects, all brought together by a man with a curious and inquisitive mind. Condition: please request a condition report if you require additional information regarding the condition of this lot Postage: £19.56 Please note that the postage quote is an estimate of the amount that we would charge to send the item to a buyer in the UK. If you are outside of the UK, or there is no estimate shown here, please contact postage@davidlay.co.uk for a bespoke quote.

SUKI URQUHART. 'The Scottish Gardener.' First edition, original cloth, unclipped dj, colour photos throughout, Birlinn, Edinburgh, 2005,fine; With nine other hardback books and one other. (11) Dr Rob Senior arrived in West Cornwall from his native Yorkshire in the early 1960’s where he took up his vocation as a young GP and served the local community for 40 years. At the age of 12, Rob bought a book on Cacti. It was his first book, and established the twin passions of his life, books and plants. His library is a fabulous, eclectic collection of books, largely on plants and horticulture, but also nature and many other subjects, all brought together by a man with a curious and inquisitive mind. Condition: please request a condition report if you require additional information regarding the condition of this lot Postage: £45 Please note that the postage quote is an estimate of the amount that we would charge to send the item to a buyer in the UK. If you are outside of the UK, or there is no estimate shown here, please contact postage@davidlay.co.uk for a bespoke quote.

PETER REDGROVE. 'From the Virgil Caverns.' Signed and inscribed by author, Cape Poetry, 2002; 'The Working of Water,' signed and inscribed by author, Taxvs, 1984; 'The God of Glass: A Morality,' signed first edition, clipped dj, Routledge & Keegan Paul, 1979; PENELOPE SHUTTLE. 'A Leaf Out of His Book.' Signed and inscribed by the author to poet Les Morton,Carcanet Press, 1999; 'Taxing the Rain,' Signed and inscribed by the author to poet Les Morton, Oxford University Press, 1992; With three other Regrove's and a Shuttle. (9) Condition: please request a condition report if you require additional information regarding the condition of this lot Postage: £19.56 Please note that the postage quote is an estimate of the amount that we would charge to send the item to a buyer in the UK. If you are outside of the UK, or there is no estimate shown here, please contact postage@davidlay.co.uk for a bespoke quote.

CHARLES JOHNSON. 'The Ferns of Great Britain'. First edition, original brown cloth boards with gilt titles, 49 hand coloured illustrations by JOHN SOWERBY, some staining, rubbed and faded boards, John Sowerby, London, 1855, good. Dr Rob Senior arrived in West Cornwall from his native Yorkshire in the early 1960’s where he took up his vocation as a young GP and served the local community for 40 years. At the age of 12, Rob bought a book on Cacti. It was his first book, and established the twin passions of his life, books and plants. His library is a fabulous, eclectic collection of books, largely on plants and horticulture, but also nature and many other subjects, all brought together by a man with a curious and inquisitive mind. Condition: please request a condition report if you require additional information regarding the condition of this lot Postage: £19.56 Please note that the postage quote is an estimate of the amount that we would charge to send the item to a buyer in the UK. If you are outside of the UK, or there is no estimate shown here, please contact postage@davidlay.co.uk for a bespoke quote.

W. ROBINSON. 'The Parks, Promenades & Gardens of Paris.' Original decorative gilt boards, illustrations complete, chipped spine, fold out engravings foxed, John Murray, London, 1869, good: 'The English Flower Garden.' 7th edition, quarter leather, marbled boards, John Murray, London, 1899, good: with four other W. Robinson books. (6) Dr Rob Senior arrived in West Cornwall from his native Yorkshire in the early 1960’s where he took up his vocation as a young GP and served the local community for 40 years. At the age of 12, Rob bought a book on Cacti. It was his first book, and established the twin passions of his life, books and plants. His library is a fabulous, eclectic collection of books, largely on plants and horticulture, but also nature and many other subjects, all brought together by a man with a curious and inquisitive mind. Condition: please request a condition report if you require additional information regarding the condition of this lot Postage: £45 Please note that the postage quote is an estimate of the amount that we would charge to send the item to a buyer in the UK. If you are outside of the UK, or there is no estimate shown here, please contact postage@davidlay.co.uk for a bespoke quote.

C. LEWIS HIND. ' 'Turner's Golden Visions,' Original gilt embossed cloth, fifty colour illustrations, T.C & E. C. Jack, 1925; FREDERICK WEDMORE. 'Etchings,' first edition, original ruby gilt embossed cloth, Methuen & Co, 1911; EDMUND DULAC. 'Picture Book for the French Red Cross.' Original pictorial cloth, Hodder and Stoughton, London. (3) Condition: please request a condition report if you require additional information regarding the condition of this lot Postage: £40 Please note that the postage quote is an estimate of the amount that we would charge to send the item to a buyer in the UK. If you are outside of the UK, or there is no estimate shown here, please contact postage@davidlay.co.uk for a bespoke quote.

AMBROSE HEATH. 'Good Food from the Aga.' Cover and decorations by Edward Bawden, second impression of the first edition, good, 1934; AMBROSE HEATH. 'Good Savouries.' Seventh impression of the first edition, dj and title page decorated by Edward Bawden, unclipped dj, cloth, 1950; plus a copy of the sixth impression, Lacks dj, cloth, sun faded, good; AMBROSE HEATH. 'Good Food Again.' First edition, orig cloth, 1950, foxed and discoloured. (4) Condition: please request a condition report if you require additional information regarding the condition of this lot Postage: £35 Please note that the postage quote is an estimate of the amount that we would charge to send the item to a buyer in the UK. If you are outside of the UK, or there is no estimate shown here, please contact postage@davidlay.co.uk for a bespoke quote.

KAREL CAPEK. 'Krakatit.' First edition in English, original cloth, unclipped dj, slight tear and repair to top of dj on front board, soiled edges to head of text block, Geoffrey Bles, London, 1925, vg. Dr Rob Senior arrived in West Cornwall from his native Yorkshire in the early 1960’s where he took up his vocation as a young GP and served the local community for 40 years. At the age of 12, Rob bought a book on Cacti. It was his first book, and established the twin passions of his life, books and plants. His library is a fabulous, eclectic collection of books, largely on plants and horticulture, but also nature and many other subjects, all brought together by a man with a curious and inquisitive mind. Condition: As is the norm for this title, the ink on the spine of the dj has transferred through to the spine of the book itself. Postage: £19.56 Please note that the postage quote is an estimate of the amount that we would charge to send the item to a buyer in the UK. If you are outside of the UK, or there is no estimate shown here, please contact postage@davidlay.co.uk for a bespoke quote.

V. SACKVILLE-WEST. 'The Garden.' First edition, original cloth, unclipped dj, Micheal Joseph Ltd, 1946; 'In your Garden,' first edition, original cloth, unclipped dj, Micheal Joseph Ltd, 1951; 'In Your Garden Again,' first edition, original cloth, unclipped dj, Micheal Joseph Ltd, 1953; 'More For Your Garden,' first edition, original cloth, unclipped dj, Micheal Joseph Ltd, 1955; 'Even More For Your Garden,' first edition, original cloth, unclipped dj, Micheal Joseph Ltd, 1958. (5) Dr Rob Senior arrived in West Cornwall from his native Yorkshire in the early 1960’s where he took up his vocation as a young GP and served the local community for 40 years. At the age of 12, Rob bought a book on Cacti. It was his first book, and established the twin passions of his life, books and plants. His library is a fabulous, eclectic collection of books, largely on plants and horticulture, but also nature and many other subjects, all brought together by a man with a curious and inquisitive mind. Condition: please request a condition report if you require additional information regarding the condition of this lot. Condition Report:  Toning to leaves, slightly bumped ends to spine,  clipped dj to 'In your Garden', some inscribed end papers. All good to very good, tending towards the very good.  Some foxing to edge of text block. Postage: £35 Please note that the postage quote is an estimate of the amount that we would charge to send the item to a buyer in the UK. If you are outside of the UK, or there is no estimate shown here, please contact postage@davidlay.co.uk for a bespoke quote.

V. SACKVILLE-WEST. 'Orchard and Vineyard.' Signed and inscribed by author "This Book painted by Ms Tilton belongs to V. Sackville 1925,' ex libris lable (VS), further inscribed poem on endpaper by a L. S. Davies, first edition, orignal board with said painted front board, toning to endpaper and rear pastedown, John Lane The Bodley Head, 1921. Condition: please request a condition report if you require additional information regarding the condition of this lot Postage: £19.56 Please note that the postage quote is an estimate of the amount that we would charge to send the item to a buyer in the UK. If you are outside of the UK, or there is no estimate shown here, please contact postage@davidlay.co.uk for a bespoke quote.

JOHN PARKINSON. 'Theatrum Botanicum: The Theater of Plants. Or, An Herball of Large Extent.' First edition, Thomas Cotes, London, 1640. Title page remounted onto Japanese paper, one front endpaper, repaired hinges, sporadic price in graphite in margins of text block, sporadic tide-lines, tear to top corner of fore edge p53/4, tear 2cm top of p979/80, tear of 12cm bottom of fore edge p934/5 the text not effected to previous, 8.5cm tear through text of p1287/8. Hole to 37/7, 797/8, 645/6, 639/40, 947/8, 929/30. The text block is in a tight very good condition, with the rear appendix fair to good. Dr Rob Senior arrived in West Cornwall from his native Yorkshire in the early 1960’s where he took up his vocation as a young GP and served the local community for 40 years. At the age of 12, Rob bought a book on Cacti. It was his first book, and established the twin passions of his life, books and plants. His library is a fabulous, eclectic collection of books, largely on plants and horticulture, but also nature and many other subjects, all brought together by a man with a curious and inquisitive mind. Condition: please request a condition report if you require additional information regarding the condition of this lot. Condition Report:  This edition lacks the additional engraved title, dedication to his Majesty and the guidance to the reader.  The index is complete up to 'V', otherwise this remarkable book collates complete. The main text has been counted and is complete. Postage: £23.16 Please note that the postage quote is an estimate of the amount that we would charge to send the item to a buyer in the UK. If you are outside of the UK, or there is no estimate shown here, please contact postage@davidlay.co.uk for a bespoke quote.

ARABELLA B BUCKLEY. 'Through Magic Glasses and other Lectures: A Sequel to 'The Fairyland of Science'. First edition, original cloth gilt, illustrations, 1890, Edward Stanford, lacks ffep, backstrip faded. Condition: please request a condition report if you require additional information regarding the condition of this lot Postage: £19.56 Please note that the postage quote is an estimate of the amount that we would charge to send the item to a buyer in the UK. If you are outside of the UK, or there is no estimate shown here, please contact postage@davidlay.co.uk for a bespoke quote.

S. REYNOLDS HOLE. 'A Book About Roses.' Original decorative cloth, ex libris, snd edition, William Blackwood and Sons, 1870; 'A book about the Garden,' 1899; 'Our Gardens,' 1899; 'Beeton's IIlustrated Book of the Garden....' Original decorative cloth, many illustrations, Ward Lock and Co, London, 1889; With twenty-one other books mostly early 21st century. (25) Dr Rob Senior arrived in West Cornwall from his native Yorkshire in the early 1960’s where he took up his vocation as a young GP and served the local community for 40 years. At the age of 12, Rob bought a book on Cacti. It was his first book, and established the twin passions of his life, books and plants. His library is a fabulous, eclectic collection of books, largely on plants and horticulture, but also nature and many other subjects, all brought together by a man with a curious and inquisitive mind. Condition: please request a condition report if you require additional information regarding the condition of this lot Postage: £No estimate Please note that the postage quote is an estimate of the amount that we would charge to send the item to a buyer in the UK. If you are outside of the UK, or there is no estimate shown here, please contact postage@davidlay.co.uk for a bespoke quote.

PAUL GALLICO. 'The Snow Goose.' Signed and inscribed by author "To D. F. Doublet in appreciation of a charming evening in his company....", first edition, unclipped dj, toning to pages, with leaflet of guests from said evening, Alfred A. Knopf, New York, 1940. Condition: please request a condition report if you require additional information regarding the condition of this lot Postage: £19.56 Please note that the postage quote is an estimate of the amount that we would charge to send the item to a buyer in the UK. If you are outside of the UK, or there is no estimate shown here, please contact postage@davidlay.co.uk for a bespoke quote.

SEAMUS HEANEY. 'Human Chain.' First edition, unclipped dj, Faber & Faber, 2010; RICHARD MURPHY. 'The Battle of Aughrim and The God Who Eats Corn.' First edition, unclipped dj, Faber & Faber, 1968; 'The Price of Stone,' limpback, Faber & Faber, 1985; 'High Island,' first edition, limpback (never pub in hardback), Faber & Faber, 1974; PAUL MULDOON. 'Selected Poems 1968-83.' First edition, unclipped dj, Faber & Faber, 1986; With four otherMuldoon's, two Michael Longley's, and three other poetry books. (14) Condition: please request a condition report if you require additional information regarding the condition of this lot Postage: £35 Please note that the postage quote is an estimate of the amount that we would charge to send the item to a buyer in the UK. If you are outside of the UK, or there is no estimate shown here, please contact postage@davidlay.co.uk for a bespoke quote.

LEWIS CARRO. 'The Hunting of the Snark, an Agony, in Eight fits.' Illustrated by Henry Holiday, first edition, first impression,"Baker" instead of "Butcher" on p.83, original pictorial cloth, cloth loose to spine, "Baker" instead of "Butcher" on p.83, all edges gilt, pastedown tear to rear, Macmillan, 1876. Condition Report: The cloth is still attached to one side and the joints are not cracked or broken. Postage: £19.56 Please note that the postage quote is an estimate of the amount that we would charge to send the item to a buyer in the UK. If you are outside of the UK, or there is no estimate shown here, please contact postage@davidlay.co.uk for a bespoke quote.

THOMAS BEWICK. 'Bookplates by Beilby & Bewick,' Britiush Libray & Oak Knol Press, first edition, 1999; 'John Bewick: Engraver on Wood 1760-1795,' by Nigel Tattersfield, The British LIbrary & Oak Knoll Press, 2001; 'Bewick Studies: Essays in Celebration of the 250th Anniversary of the Birth of Thomas Bewick,' The British Library & Oak Knoll Press, 2003; With two other books. (5) Dr Rob Senior arrived in West Cornwall from his native Yorkshire in the early 1960’s where he took up his vocation as a young GP and served the local community for 40 years. At the age of 12, Rob bought a book on Cacti. It was his first book, and established the twin passions of his life, books and plants. His library is a fabulous, eclectic collection of books, largely on plants and horticulture, but also nature and many other subjects, all brought together by a man with a curious and inquisitive mind. Condition: please request a condition report if you require additional information regarding the condition of this lot Postage: £35 Please note that the postage quote is an estimate of the amount that we would charge to send the item to a buyer in the UK. If you are outside of the UK, or there is no estimate shown here, please contact postage@davidlay.co.uk for a bespoke quote.

FLORENCE and ELLA DU CANE. 'The Flowers and Gardens of Japan.' First edition, original decorative cloth with gilt titles, toning to spine, toning and foxing, colour illustrations, Adam & Charles Black, 1908; 'The Flowers and Gardens of Madeira,' original gilt boards, toned endpapers, spotting throughout, Adam & Charles Black, 1909; 'The Canay Islands,' original gilt boards, toning to edgs of leaves, Adam & Charles Black, 1911. (3) Dr Rob Senior arrived in West Cornwall from his native Yorkshire in the early 1960’s where he took up his vocation as a young GP and served the local community for 40 years. At the age of 12, Rob bought a book on Cacti. It was his first book, and established the twin passions of his life, books and plants. His library is a fabulous, eclectic collection of books, largely on plants and horticulture, but also nature and many other subjects, all brought together by a man with a curious and inquisitive mind. Condition: please request a condition report if you require additional information regarding the condition of this lot Postage: £19.56 Please note that the postage quote is an estimate of the amount that we would charge to send the item to a buyer in the UK. If you are outside of the UK, or there is no estimate shown here, please contact postage@davidlay.co.uk for a bespoke quote.

JOHN EVELYN. 'Silva: or, A Discourse of Forest-Trees and the Propagation of Timber in his Majesty's Dominions.' First edition, full calf skin binding, engraved portrait frontispiece by Bartolozzi, forty engraved plates one of which is folded including a folding table (slight tear), gilt edge of text block, book plate on pastedown for George Toapher, A Ward, York, 1776, vg. Dr Rob Senior arrived in West Cornwall from his native Yorkshire in the early 1960’s where he took up his vocation as a young GP and served the local community for 40 years. At the age of 12, Rob bought a book on Cacti. It was his first book, and established the twin passions of his life, books and plants. His library is a fabulous, eclectic collection of books, largely on plants and horticulture, but also nature and many other subjects, all brought together by a man with a curious and inquisitive mind. Condition: please request a condition report if you require additional information regarding the condition of this lot Postage: £35 Please note that the postage quote is an estimate of the amount that we would charge to send the item to a buyer in the UK. If you are outside of the UK, or there is no estimate shown here, please contact postage@davidlay.co.uk for a bespoke quote.

CHARLES FRAZIER. 'Cold Mountain.' First edition, unclipped dj, first state with "man-woman" instead of "mad-woman" on p25, Atlantic Monthly Press, New York, 1997, fine. Condition: please request a condition report if you require additional information regarding the condition of this lot Postage: £19.56 Please note that the postage quote is an estimate of the amount that we would charge to send the item to a buyer in the UK. If you are outside of the UK, or there is no estimate shown here, please contact postage@davidlay.co.uk for a bespoke quote.

HORTICULTURE INTEREST. 'Magnolias In Cornish Gardens.' First edition, 174/500, signed by painter Valentine S Paton and writer Jean A Paton, Alexander Associates, Cornwall, 2001, fine. Dr Rob Senior arrived in West Cornwall from his native Yorkshire in the early 1960’s where he took up his vocation as a young GP and served the local community for 40 years. At the age of 12, Rob bought a book on Cacti. It was his first book, and established the twin passions of his life, books and plants. His library is a fabulous, eclectic collection of books, largely on plants and horticulture, but also nature and many other subjects, all brought together by a man with a curious and inquisitive mind. Condition: please request a condition report if you require additional information regarding the condition of this lot. Condition Report:  Some light spotting to pastedown/endpapers and fore edge to text block. This book is in very good condition. Postage: £19.56 Please note that the postage quote is an estimate of the amount that we would charge to send the item to a buyer in the UK. If you are outside of the UK, or there is no estimate shown here, please contact postage@davidlay.co.uk for a bespoke quote.

TONY BIRKS AND CORNELIA WINGFIELD DIGBY BERNARD LEACH. 'Hamada and their Circle from the Wingfield Digby Collection.' First Edition, orig cloth, dj, Phaidon/Christie's. 1990. vg. RICHARD L WILSON. 'Inside Japanese Ceramics: A Primer of Materials, Techniques. and Tradions.' Card covers, 1999, Weatherhill, vg. GORO AKABASHI AND HEIICHIRO NAKAMARU. 'Five Centuries of Korean Ceramics: Pottery and Porcelain of the Yi Dynasty.' Orig cloth, dj, Weatherhill/Tankoshi, Ex-Library with attendant faults, 1976. Condition: please request a condition report if you require additional information regarding the condition of this lot Postage: £19.56 Please note that the postage quote is an estimate of the amount that we would charge to send the item to a buyer in the UK. If you are outside of the UK, or there is no estimate shown here, please contact postage@davidlay.co.uk for a bespoke quote.

CHRISTOPHER REID. 'In the Echoey Tunnel.' Signed, Faber & Faber, 1991; 'A Scattering.' Arete Books, 2009; ELEZABETH JENNINGS. 'Songs for a Birth or a Death.' First edition, Andre Deutsch, 1961; JEREMY REED. 'Inhabiting Shadows.' Signed and inscribed by the author, Peter Owen, 1990; 'Red Eclipse.' Signed and inscribed by author, Jonathan Cape, 1986; 'red-haired android.' Signed and inscribed by the author, Grsafton, 1992; MICK IMLAH. 'Selected Prose.' Peter Lang, Oxford, 2015; Plus two other Imlah's and seven books of poetry. (16) Condition: please request a condition report if you require additional information regarding the condition of this lot Postage: £35 Please note that the postage quote is an estimate of the amount that we would charge to send the item to a buyer in the UK. If you are outside of the UK, or there is no estimate shown here, please contact postage@davidlay.co.uk for a bespoke quote.

BINDINGS. 'The Book of Old Sundials & Their Mottoes.' Second edition, original decorative boards, rubbed to top of spine, owner enscribed endpaper, Illustrated Alfred Rawlins and Warrington Hogg complete, T. N. Foulis, London, 1917, vg. Dr Rob Senior arrived in West Cornwall from his native Yorkshire in the early 1960’s where he took up his vocation as a young GP and served the local community for 40 years. At the age of 12, Rob bought a book on Cacti. It was his first book, and established the twin passions of his life, books and plants. His library is a fabulous, eclectic collection of books, largely on plants and horticulture, but also nature and many other subjects, all brought together by a man with a curious and inquisitive mind. Condition: please request a condition report if you require additional information regarding the condition of this lot Postage: £19.56 Please note that the postage quote is an estimate of the amount that we would charge to send the item to a buyer in the UK. If you are outside of the UK, or there is no estimate shown here, please contact postage@davidlay.co.uk for a bespoke quote.

DOREEN TOVEY. 'Raining Cats and Donkeys.' Illustrated by Maurice Wilson, six line dedication to the Tangyes on ffep signed 1972 - pub 1967, first edition; 'Life with Grandma,' Illustrated by Folkes, three line signed dedication to Jeannie and Derek Tangye 1976. - pub 1964; 'The New Boy,' illustrated by Maurice Wilson dedication to Derek and Jeannie Tangye. 1970; 'Waiting in the Wings,' illust., three line dedication to Derek Tangye dated 1986 with 15 line letter to Derek Tangye dated July 1986, good condition with foxing and darkening to covers. (from the Estate of Derek Tangye). (6) Condition: please request a condition report if you require additional information regarding the condition of this lot Postage: £35 Please note that the postage quote is an estimate of the amount that we would charge to send the item to a buyer in the UK. If you are outside of the UK, or there is no estimate shown here, please contact postage@davidlay.co.uk for a bespoke quote.

MARY RENAULT. 'The Bull from the Sea.' First UK edition, original cloth, unclipped dj, oxing to edge of text block, spine dj faded, Northumberland Press, Gateshead on Tyne, 1962, g; 'Fire From Heaven,' 'The Persian Bot,' 'Funeral Games.' all first editions, with 'The Mask of Apollo' being and second. (5) Dr Rob Senior arrived in West Cornwall from his native Yorkshire in the early 1960’s where he took up his vocation as a young GP and served the local community for 40 years. At the age of 12, Rob bought a book on Cacti. It was his first book, and established the twin passions of his life, books and plants. His library is a fabulous, eclectic collection of books, largely on plants and horticulture, but also nature and many other subjects, all brought together by a man with a curious and inquisitive mind. Condition: please request a condition report if you require additional information regarding the condition of this lot Postage: £35 Please note that the postage quote is an estimate of the amount that we would charge to send the item to a buyer in the UK. If you are outside of the UK, or there is no estimate shown here, please contact postage@davidlay.co.uk for a bespoke quote.

DYLAN THOMAS. 'Under Milk Wood.' First edition, vg condition with slightly worn dj, 1954; 'Collected Poems. 1934-1952.' Top edge red, some foxing to leading edges "Last Reprinted 1952". Condition: please request a condition report if you require additional information regarding the condition of this lot Postage: £19.56 Please note that the postage quote is an estimate of the amount that we would charge to send the item to a buyer in the UK. If you are outside of the UK, or there is no estimate shown here, please contact postage@davidlay.co.uk for a bespoke quote.

MARY KETTILBY. 'A Collection of Above Three Hundred Receipts in Cookery, Physick and Surgery; for the use of all Good Wives, Tender Mothers, and Careful Nurses by Several Hands, The Second Edition, To Which is Added, A Second Part, Containing a Great Number of Excellent Receipts, for Preserving and Conserving of Sweet-Meats, &c.,' Additional half title and and seperate title to second part, diced calf bind of which front board is loose, occasional toning and spotting throughout, tight crisp text block, printed for Mary Kettilby, 1719. Dr Rob Senior arrived in West Cornwall from his native Yorkshire in the early 1960’s where he took up his vocation as a young GP and served the local community for 40 years. At the age of 12, Rob bought a book on Cacti. It was his first book, and established the twin passions of his life, books and plants. His library is a fabulous, eclectic collection of books, largely on plants and horticulture, but also nature and many other subjects, all brought together by a man with a curious and inquisitive mind. Condition: please request a condition report if you require additional information regarding the condition of this lot Postage: £19.56 Please note that the postage quote is an estimate of the amount that we would charge to send the item to a buyer in the UK. If you are outside of the UK, or there is no estimate shown here, please contact postage@davidlay.co.uk for a bespoke quote.

HORTICULTURAL AND BOTANY INTEREST: 'Furor Hortensis, Essays On The History of the English Landscape Garden - in memory of H. F. Clark', edited by Peter Willis, first edition of 1000 copies, 1974, and six other books (7). Dr Rob Senior arrived in West Cornwall from his native Yorkshire in the early 1960’s where he took up his vocation as a young GP and served the local community for 40 years. At the age of 12, Rob bought a book on Cacti. It was his first book, and established the twin passions of his life, books and plants. His library is a fabulous, eclectic collection of books, largely on plants and horticulture, but also nature and many other subjects, all brought together by a man with a curious and inquisitive mind. Condition: please request a condition report if you require additional information regarding the condition of this lot Postage: £35 Please note that the postage quote is an estimate of the amount that we would charge to send the item to a buyer in the UK. If you are outside of the UK, or there is no estimate shown here, please contact postage@davidlay.co.uk for a bespoke quote.

V. SACKVILLE-WEST. 'The Dark Island.' First edition, original cloth, unclipped dj, tears to dj, sporadic foxing to textblock edge and leaves, pen and pencil enscription to front endpaper, g. Dr Rob Senior arrived in West Cornwall from his native Yorkshire in the early 1960’s where he took up his vocation as a young GP and served the local community for 40 years. At the age of 12, Rob bought a book on Cacti. It was his first book, and established the twin passions of his life, books and plants. His library is a fabulous, eclectic collection of books, largely on plants and horticulture, but also nature and many other subjects, all brought together by a man with a curious and inquisitive mind. Condition: please request a condition report if you require additional information regarding the condition of this lot Postage: £19.56 Please note that the postage quote is an estimate of the amount that we would charge to send the item to a buyer in the UK. If you are outside of the UK, or there is no estimate shown here, please contact postage@davidlay.co.uk for a bespoke quote.

HAROLD N. MOLDENKE. 'Plants of the Bible.' Original cloth, illustrated frontispiece, sporadic foxing to fore edge, owners pencil signature to endpaper, Chronica Botanica Company, Massachusetts, 1952, vg; GEORGE E. POST. 'Flora of Syria, Palestine and Sinai.' Second Edition, two volumes, original cloth, American Press, Beirut, 1932, g. Dr Rob Senior arrived in West Cornwall from his native Yorkshire in the early 1960’s where he took up his vocation as a young GP and served the local community for 40 years. At the age of 12, Rob bought a book on Cacti. It was his first book, and established the twin passions of his life, books and plants. His library is a fabulous, eclectic collection of books, largely on plants and horticulture, but also nature and many other subjects, all brought together by a man with a curious and inquisitive mind. Condition: please request a condition report if you require additional information regarding the condition of this lot Postage: £19.56 Please note that the postage quote is an estimate of the amount that we would charge to send the item to a buyer in the UK. If you are outside of the UK, or there is no estimate shown here, please contact postage@davidlay.co.uk for a bespoke quote.

A. WAINWRIGHT. 'A Pictorial Guide to the Lakeland Fells.' 50th anniversary edition, seven vols, original cloth, unclipped dj, protective cardboard slip case, slight fading to spine of vol six, Frances Lincoln, 2003, vg. Dr Rob Senior arrived in West Cornwall from his native Yorkshire in the early 1960’s where he took up his vocation as a young GP and served the local community for 40 years. At the age of 12, Rob bought a book on Cacti. It was his first book, and established the twin passions of his life, books and plants. His library is a fabulous, eclectic collection of books, largely on plants and horticulture, but also nature and many other subjects, all brought together by a man with a curious and inquisitive mind. Condition: please request a condition report if you require additional information regarding the condition of this lot Postage: £35 Please note that the postage quote is an estimate of the amount that we would charge to send the item to a buyer in the UK. If you are outside of the UK, or there is no estimate shown here, please contact postage@davidlay.co.uk for a bespoke quote.

VICTORIAN TWO-DECKER NOVEL. 'Richard Dare by Mrs Alfred Baldwin.' First Edition, two vols complete, partially unopened, adverts complete, original cloth, Vol II slightly defective binding, Smith Elder & Co, 1894. Condition: please request a condition report if you require additional information regarding the condition of this lot Postage: £19.56 Please note that the postage quote is an estimate of the amount that we would charge to send the item to a buyer in the UK. If you are outside of the UK, or there is no estimate shown here, please contact postage@davidlay.co.uk for a bespoke quote.

CHARLES DARWIN. 'The Formation of Vegetable Mould Through the Action of Worms with Observations on Their Habits.' Original cloth, bumped to ends of cloth, Ex Libris label, inscribed to endpaper, toning to pastedown and endpaper, bottom of title page torn, John Murray, London, 1904, g; 'The Journal of a Voyage Round the World,' original clth with gilt embossed title and spine,rubbed to spine, text block clean and tight, T. Nelson and Sons, London, 1890, g; 'Fertilisation of Orchids,' Second edition revised, original cloth with Edinbrugh Unversity gilt title, hinge slightly loose, John Murray, London, 1890,g; With three other works by Charles Darwin. (6) Dr Rob Senior arrived in West Cornwall from his native Yorkshire in the early 1960’s where he took up his vocation as a young GP and served the local community for 40 years. At the age of 12, Rob bought a book on Cacti. It was his first book, and established the twin passions of his life, books and plants. His library is a fabulous, eclectic collection of books, largely on plants and horticulture, but also nature and many other subjects, all brought together by a man with a curious and inquisitive mind. Condition: please request a condition report if you require additional information regarding the condition of this lot Postage: £19.56 Please note that the postage quote is an estimate of the amount that we would charge to send the item to a buyer in the UK. If you are outside of the UK, or there is no estimate shown here, please contact postage@davidlay.co.uk for a bespoke quote.

E. H. M. COX. 'Plant-Hunting in China: A History of Botanical Exploration in China and the Tibetan Marches.' First edition, original cloth, unclipped dj, dj rubbed on spine, toning to leaves, Collins, London, 1945, g; LOUIS LORETTE. 'The Lorette System of Pruning.' Revised edition, John Lane and the Bodley Head, London, 1946, vg; With thirty-eight good books, mostly on the subject of horiculture. (40) Dr Rob Senior arrived in West Cornwall from his native Yorkshire in the early 1960’s where he took up his vocation as a young GP and served the local community for 40 years. At the age of 12, Rob bought a book on Cacti. It was his first book, and established the twin passions of his life, books and plants. His library is a fabulous, eclectic collection of books, largely on plants and horticulture, but also nature and many other subjects, all brought together by a man with a curious and inquisitive mind. Condition: please request a condition report if you require additional information regarding the condition of this lot Postage: £45 Please note that the postage quote is an estimate of the amount that we would charge to send the item to a buyer in the UK. If you are outside of the UK, or there is no estimate shown here, please contact postage@davidlay.co.uk for a bespoke quote.

FLORENCE K. UPTON. 'The Adventures of Two Dutch Dolls,' First edition, original pictorial boards, binding loose, some wear to boards, Longmans Green & Co, London, 1899(?); 'The Golliwogg's Polar Adventure,' 'The Adventures of Two Dutch Dolls,' First edition, original pictorial boards, binding loose, some wear to boards, Longmans Green & Co, London, 1900. 'The Goliwogg's Bicycle Club.' First edition, original pictorial boards, binding loose, some wear to boards, Longmans Green & Co, London, 1901; 'The Golliwogg's Auto-Go-Cart,' First edition, original pictorial boards, binding loose, some wear to boards, Longmans Green & Co, London, 1901; 'The Golliwogg's Air-Ship,' first edition, original pictorial boards, binding loose, some wear to boards, Longmans Green & Co, London, 1902; (5) Condition: please request a condition report if you require additional information regarding the condition of this lot Postage: £19.56 Please note that the postage quote is an estimate of the amount that we would charge to send the item to a buyer in the UK. If you are outside of the UK, or there is no estimate shown here, please contact postage@davidlay.co.uk for a bespoke quote.

J. G. FRAZER 'The Golden Bough.' First three volumes, second edition, original blue cloth with gilt embossed mistletoe, spotting to endpapers and pastedown, MacMillan & Co, London, 1900. (3) Condition: please request a condition report if you require additional information regarding the condition of this lot Postage: £19.56 Please note that the postage quote is an estimate of the amount that we would charge to send the item to a buyer in the UK. If you are outside of the UK, or there is no estimate shown here, please contact postage@davidlay.co.uk for a bespoke quote.

JACK CLEMO. 'Broad Autumn.' Signed, first edition, original cloth, unclipped dj, Eyre Methuen, London, 1975; 'The Bouncing Hills: Dialect Tales and Light Verse.' Original cloth, unclipped dj, Dyllansow Truran, Redruth; With four other Clemo's. (6) Condition: please request a condition report if you require additional information regarding the condition of this lot Postage: £19.56 Please note that the postage quote is an estimate of the amount that we would charge to send the item to a buyer in the UK. If you are outside of the UK, or there is no estimate shown here, please contact postage@davidlay.co.uk for a bespoke quote.

PIERRE-JOSEPH BUC'HOZ. 'The Toilet of Flora; or, a Collection of...Methods of Preparing Baths, Essences, Pomatums, Powders, Perfumes...' New edition improved, engraved frontispiece, half modern morocco-backed boards, gilt embossed spine, toning to title page, J. Murray and W. Nicoll, London, 1775. Dr Rob Senior arrived in West Cornwall from his native Yorkshire in the early 1960’s where he took up his vocation as a young GP and served the local community for 40 years. At the age of 12, Rob bought a book on Cacti. It was his first book, and established the twin passions of his life, books and plants. His library is a fabulous, eclectic collection of books, largely on plants and horticulture, but also nature and many other subjects, all brought together by a man with a curious and inquisitive mind. Condition: please request a condition report if you require additional information regarding the condition of this lot Postage: £19.56 Please note that the postage quote is an estimate of the amount that we would charge to send the item to a buyer in the UK. If you are outside of the UK, or there is no estimate shown here, please contact postage@davidlay.co.uk for a bespoke quote.

RUTH MANNING-SANDERS. 'Jonnikins and the Flying Basket.' First edition, colour and other illustrations by Victor Ambrus. Unclipped dustjacket, 1969; 'The Glass Man and the Golden Bird.' Colour and other illustrations by Victor Ambrus, unclipped dustjacket, 1968; plus seven other titles published in the US by Dutton, and seven other smaller format books by the author. Condition: please request a condition report if you require additional information regarding the condition of this lot Postage: £35 Please note that the postage quote is an estimate of the amount that we would charge to send the item to a buyer in the UK. If you are outside of the UK, or there is no estimate shown here, please contact postage@davidlay.co.uk for a bespoke quote.

SVEN BERLIN. 'I AM LAZARUS.' Signed, first edition, original cloth, unclipped dj, The Gallery Press, 1961; 'Pride of the Peacock,' first edition, unclipped dj, Collins, 1972; (2) Condition: please request a condition report if you require additional information regarding the condition of this lot Postage: £19.56 Please note that the postage quote is an estimate of the amount that we would charge to send the item to a buyer in the UK. If you are outside of the UK, or there is no estimate shown here, please contact postage@davidlay.co.uk for a bespoke quote.

A. L. ROWSE 'A Cornishman at Oxford: The Education of a Cornishman.' Signed and inscribed by the author '....with all encourgment for the good work..' Johanthan Cape, London, 1965; 'West-Country Stories.' First edition, unclipped dj, MacMillan & Co, 1945; 'Brown Buck: A Californian Fantasy,' unclipped dj, Micheal Joseph, London, 1976; With four other books by or about Rowse. (7) Condition: please request a condition report if you require additional information regarding the condition of this lot Postage: £35 Please note that the postage quote is an estimate of the amount that we would charge to send the item to a buyer in the UK. If you are outside of the UK, or there is no estimate shown here, please contact postage@davidlay.co.uk for a bespoke quote.

GRAHAME GREENE. 'Loser Takes All.' Firts edition, unclipped dj, original cloth, cloth chipped, William Heinemann Ltd, London, 1955, vg: 'Travels With my Aunt.', First edition, unclipped, original cloth, dj slightly faded amd chipped, The Bodley Head, London, 1969, vg; 'Our Man in Havana'. First edition, original cloth, unclipped dj, slightly chipped dj, tonning to leaves, Heineman, London, 1958, vg; Plus seven firsts and one reprint. (11) Dr Rob Senior arrived in West Cornwall from his native Yorkshire in the early 1960’s where he took up his vocation as a young GP and served the local community for 40 years. At the age of 12, Rob bought a book on Cacti. It was his first book, and established the twin passions of his life, books and plants. His library is a fabulous, eclectic collection of books, largely on plants and horticulture, but also nature and many other subjects, all brought together by a man with a curious and inquisitive mind. Condition: please request a condition report if you require additional information regarding the condition of this lot Postage: £35 Please note that the postage quote is an estimate of the amount that we would charge to send the item to a buyer in the UK. If you are outside of the UK, or there is no estimate shown here, please contact postage@davidlay.co.uk for a bespoke quote.

GREAT DOMEDAY BOOK. The 'Penny Edition,' facsimilie in six volumes, wooden boards with quarter leather spine, Norman coin displayed in boards of first volume, carboard slips and cases, seperate indices and maps, Alecto Historical Society, London, 1986. (8) Condition: please request a condition report if you require additional information regarding the condition of this lot Postage: £No estimate Please note that the postage quote is an estimate of the amount that we would charge to send the item to a buyer in the UK. If you are outside of the UK, or there is no estimate shown here, please contact postage@davidlay.co.uk for a bespoke quote.

PAUL BROADHURST. 'Secret Shrines: In Search of the Old Wells of Cornwall.' Signed first edition, 412/500, original clooth, coloure illustrations, Paul Broadhurst, Launceston, 1988, g. Dr Rob Senior arrived in West Cornwall from his native Yorkshire in the early 1960’s where he took up his vocation as a young GP and served the local community for 40 years. At the age of 12, Rob bought a book on Cacti. It was his first book, and established the twin passions of his life, books and plants. His library is a fabulous, eclectic collection of books, largely on plants and horticulture, but also nature and many other subjects, all brought together by a man with a curious and inquisitive mind. Condition: please request a condition report if you require additional information regarding the condition of this lot Postage: £19.56 Please note that the postage quote is an estimate of the amount that we would charge to send the item to a buyer in the UK. If you are outside of the UK, or there is no estimate shown here, please contact postage@davidlay.co.uk for a bespoke quote.

G. MUIR MCKENZIE & A. P. IRBY. 'Travels in the Slavonic Provinces of Turkey-in-Europe.' With nineteen sketches by F. Kanitz, first edition, maps and illustrations complete, original cloth, gilt. Front endpaper sprung and repaired else good. Condition: please request a condition report if you require additional information regarding the condition of this lot. Condition Report:  Published by Alexander Strahan, London & New York, 1866. Postage: £19.56 Please note that the postage quote is an estimate of the amount that we would charge to send the item to a buyer in the UK. If you are outside of the UK, or there is no estimate shown here, please contact postage@davidlay.co.uk for a bespoke quote.

COLM TOIBIN. 'The Master.' Signed, first edition, unclipped dj, Picador, 2004; SIMON SCHAMA. 'Landscape& Memory.' Signed, first edition, unclipped dj, HarperCollins, 1995; COLIN THUBRON. 'To a Mountain in Tibet.' Signed, first edition, unclipped dj, Chatto & Windus, 2011; ALI SMITH. 'The Accidental.' Signed, first edition, unclipped dj, Hamish Hamilton, 2005; With nineteen other signed, first editions, all unclipped. (23) Condition: please request a condition report if you require additional information regarding the condition of this lot Postage: £0 Please note that the postage quote is an estimate of the amount that we would charge to send the item to a buyer in the UK. If you are outside of the UK, or there is no estimate shown here, please contact postage@davidlay.co.uk for a bespoke quote.

WILLIAM BORLASE. 'The Natural History of Cornwall.' New edition, facsimilie, inclipped dj, carboard slip, E & W Books, London, 1970. Dr Rob Senior arrived in West Cornwall from his native Yorkshire in the early 1960’s where he took up his vocation as a young GP and served the local community for 40 years. At the age of 12, Rob bought a book on Cacti. It was his first book, and established the twin passions of his life, books and plants. His library is a fabulous, eclectic collection of books, largely on plants and horticulture, but also nature and many other subjects, all brought together by a man with a curious and inquisitive mind. Condition: please request a condition report if you require additional information regarding the condition of this lot Postage: £19.56 Please note that the postage quote is an estimate of the amount that we would charge to send the item to a buyer in the UK. If you are outside of the UK, or there is no estimate shown here, please contact postage@davidlay.co.uk for a bespoke quote.

RUTH MANNING SANDERS. 'A Book of Wizards.' First edition by Methuen, unclipped coloured dustjacket and frontispiece by Robin Jacques, black and white plates and illustrations by Robin Jacques complete, 1966, good condition. Condition: please request a condition report if you require additional information regarding the condition of this lot Postage: £19.56 Please note that the postage quote is an estimate of the amount that we would charge to send the item to a buyer in the UK. If you are outside of the UK, or there is no estimate shown here, please contact postage@davidlay.co.uk for a bespoke quote.

JOHN SQUIRE. 'A Book of English Cheeses.' Signed by editor and illustrater, first edition, 158/220, original cloth, soiled spine, enscribed pastedown, foxed end leaves, Collins Clear-Type Press, 1937, vg. Dr Rob Senior arrived in West Cornwall from his native Yorkshire in the early 1960’s where he took up his vocation as a young GP and served the local community for 40 years. At the age of 12, Rob bought a book on Cacti. It was his first book, and established the twin passions of his life, books and plants. His library is a fabulous, eclectic collection of books, largely on plants and horticulture, but also nature and many other subjects, all brought together by a man with a curious and inquisitive mind. Condition: please request a condition report if you require additional information regarding the condition of this lot Postage: £19.56 Please note that the postage quote is an estimate of the amount that we would charge to send the item to a buyer in the UK. If you are outside of the UK, or there is no estimate shown here, please contact postage@davidlay.co.uk for a bespoke quote.

E. H. M. COX. 'The Plant Introductions of Reginald Farrer'. First Edition, signed letter of gratitude by author, original cloth, worn and bleached board, New Flora and Silva Ltd, London, 1930, good. Dr Rob Senior arrived in West Cornwall from his native Yorkshire in the early 1960’s where he took up his vocation as a young GP and served the local community for 40 years. At the age of 12, Rob bought a book on Cacti. It was his first book, and established the twin passions of his life, books and plants. His library is a fabulous, eclectic collection of books, largely on plants and horticulture, but also nature and many other subjects, all brought together by a man with a curious and inquisitive mind. Condition: please request a condition report if you require additional information regarding the condition of this lot Postage: £19.56 Please note that the postage quote is an estimate of the amount that we would charge to send the item to a buyer in the UK. If you are outside of the UK, or there is no estimate shown here, please contact postage@davidlay.co.uk for a bespoke quote.

D. M THOMAS. 'In The Field.' Signed by author, 120 copies hand printed, Five Seasons Press, Hereford press, 1978; 'Dear Shadows,' signed, first edition, Fal Publications, 2004; 'The Puberty Tree,' signed, Bloodaxe Books, 1992; 'News From The Front,' clipped dj, 1 of 600, Arc Publications, 1983; plus two others. (6) Condition: please request a condition report if you require additional information regarding the condition of this lot Postage: £19.56 Please note that the postage quote is an estimate of the amount that we would charge to send the item to a buyer in the UK. If you are outside of the UK, or there is no estimate shown here, please contact postage@davidlay.co.uk for a bespoke quote.

BOTANY INTEREST. 'Wild Flowers of Cyprus.' Paintings by Elektra Megaw, Text by Desmond Meikle, Portfolio edition, full green leather boards, Phillimore & Co Ltd, London, 1973, fine. Dr Rob Senior arrived in West Cornwall from his native Yorkshire in the early 1960’s where he took up his vocation as a young GP and served the local community for 40 years. At the age of 12, Rob bought a book on Cacti. It was his first book, and established the twin passions of his life, books and plants. His library is a fabulous, eclectic collection of books, largely on plants and horticulture, but also nature and many other subjects, all brought together by a man with a curious and inquisitive mind. Condition: please request a condition report if you require additional information regarding the condition of this lot Postage: £19.56 Please note that the postage quote is an estimate of the amount that we would charge to send the item to a buyer in the UK. If you are outside of the UK, or there is no estimate shown here, please contact postage@davidlay.co.uk for a bespoke quote.

PIERRE-JOSEPH REDOUTE. 'Roses 2.' First edition, original card boards with dj, dj chipped, cut title page, large colour plates by K. G. Lohse, The Ariel Press, 1956, g. Dr Rob Senior arrived in West Cornwall from his native Yorkshire in the early 1960’s where he took up his vocation as a young GP and served the local community for 40 years. At the age of 12, Rob bought a book on Cacti. It was his first book, and established the twin passions of his life, books and plants. His library is a fabulous, eclectic collection of books, largely on plants and horticulture, but also nature and many other subjects, all brought together by a man with a curious and inquisitive mind. Condition: please request a condition report if you require additional information regarding the condition of this lot. Condition Report: The dust jacket is frayed around the edges and has been repaired down each fold. The title page has inexplicably been clipped to the top fore edge corner. Foxing and toning to endpapers. the textblock is tight and clean and the illustrations are still vibrant. Postage: £19.56 Please note that the postage quote is an estimate of the amount that we would charge to send the item to a buyer in the UK. If you are outside of the UK, or there is no estimate shown here, please contact postage@davidlay.co.uk for a bespoke quote.

RICHARD FORD. 'A Piece of My Heart.' Signed, first UK edition, unclipped dj, Collins Harvill, 1987; 'Rock Springs,' signed, first UK edition, unclipped dj, Collins Harvill, 1988; 'Independence Day,' signed, first UK edition, unclipped dj, Collins Harvill, 1995; 'Wildlife,' first UK edition, unclipped dj, Collins Harvill, 1990. (4) Condition: please request a condition report if you require additional information regarding the condition of this lot Postage: £19.56 Please note that the postage quote is an estimate of the amount that we would charge to send the item to a buyer in the UK. If you are outside of the UK, or there is no estimate shown here, please contact postage@davidlay.co.uk for a bespoke quote.

F. .E HALLIDAY. 'Richard Carew of Anthony.' First edition, original cloth, back board sun bleached to fore edge, Andrew Melrose Ltd, London, 1953, vg; With'The Survey of Cornwall,' by Richard Carew, 2004 facsimile, fine. Dr Rob Senior arrived in West Cornwall from his native Yorkshire in the early 1960’s where he took up his vocation as a young GP and served the local community for 40 years. At the age of 12, Rob bought a book on Cacti. It was his first book, and established the twin passions of his life, books and plants. His library is a fabulous, eclectic collection of books, largely on plants and horticulture, but also nature and many other subjects, all brought together by a man with a curious and inquisitive mind. Condition: please request a condition report if you require additional information regarding the condition of this lot Postage: £19.56 Please note that the postage quote is an estimate of the amount that we would charge to send the item to a buyer in the UK. If you are outside of the UK, or there is no estimate shown here, please contact postage@davidlay.co.uk for a bespoke quote.

PHILIP MILLER. 'The Gardeners Dictionary: Containg the Method of Cultivating and Improving thenKitchen, Fruit and Flower Gardener.....' First edition, large engraved frontispiece, later cloth binding, very clean text block with occasional toning, four copper engravings, printed for the author, 1731. Dr Rob Senior arrived in West Cornwall from his native Yorkshire in the early 1960’s where he took up his vocation as a young GP and served the local community for 40 years. At the age of 12, Rob bought a book on Cacti. It was his first book, and established the twin passions of his life, books and plants. His library is a fabulous, eclectic collection of books, largely on plants and horticulture, but also nature and many other subjects, all brought together by a man with a curious and inquisitive mind. Condition: please request a condition report if you require additional information regarding the condition of this lot Postage: £19.56 Please note that the postage quote is an estimate of the amount that we would charge to send the item to a buyer in the UK. If you are outside of the UK, or there is no estimate shown here, please contact postage@davidlay.co.uk for a bespoke quote.