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Ices.- Elizabeth David's copy.- Marshall (Mrs. A[gnes] B[ertha]) Fancy Ices. With 86 illustrations, first edition, second issue (with address in imprint corrected), Elizabeth David's copy, with her bookplate and name and address to half-title, half-title, wood-engraved illustrations, 30pp. advertisements at end, occasional spotting, lightly browned, original pictorial cloth, silver dulled, a few nicks / small splits, corners worn, rubbed and marked, [Driver 686.1], Marshall’s School of Cookery, 30 & 32 Mortimer Street, [1894]; and 3 others, by the same (two on ices), one from the library of Elizabeth David, v.s. (4) *** David was working on her history of ice and ices when she died in 1992. It was posthumously edited by Jill Norman and published in 1994 as Harvest of the Cold Months. The Social History of Ice and Ices. 

Famous Women.- Le Moyne (Pierre) The Gallery of Heroick Women, first edition in English, additional engraved title, letterpress title in red and black with woodcut printer's device, twenty engraved plates, some of which trimmed close to borders but no loss to images, tiny hole to blank portion of letterpress title, F1 duplicated, a few ff. with closed tears at foot, in some cases affecting text but no losses, otherwise light surface (?dust) or finger soiling and occasional spots, endpapers renewed, eighteenth century paneled calf, early reback, spine gilt, a little rubbed, [Wing L-1045], folio, R. Norton for Henry Seile, 1652.*** First edition in English of Moyne's work on famous women in history, covering Jewish or biblical, so-called barbarian, Roman, and Christian women, including Judith, Artemisia, Lucretia, Portia, Joan of Arc, Isabella of Castille and Mary Queen of Scots, among others whose portraits are not included. Translated into English from the French by John Paulet, Marquess of Winchester.  Rare at auction; we can trace only one other complete copy in over 30 years. 

Sandford (Francis) A Genealogical History of the Kings of England and Monarchs of Great Britain, first edition, title in red and black, 5 double-page engraved plates, prolific illustrations throughout, 57 full-page, 5N1 closed tear affecting text but no loss, some ff. uniformly browned, occasional damp-staining, final c.50ff. with more prominent instance to lower margin, linen repairs to hinges and endpapers renewed, contemporary mottled calf, early reback, spine gilt with morocco label, corners worn, [Wing S651], folio, by Thom. Newcomb, 1677.

Elizabeth David's copies.- Boulestin (Xavier Marcel) The Finer cooking or dishes for parties, first edition, Elizabeth David's copy (with bookplate) with a scathing short autograph note by her relating to crème brûlée loosely inserted, illustrations by J.E. Laboureur, some spotting or staining, lightly browned, original cloth, burgundy leather label to spine, spine browned, stained and rubbed, Cassell & Company Limited, 1937; Having Crossed the Channel, first edition, Elizabeth David's copy, with her bookplate, illustrations by J.E. Laboureur, errata-slip, original orange cloth, dust-jacket, price-clipped, spine browned and with ends chipped, upper joint split and upper panel accordingly detached, some staining, lightly browned, rubbed, William Heinemann Ltd., 1934; and 15 others, by or with contributions by Boulestin, of which three Elizabeth David's copies, with bookplate, v.s. (17)

Seafood.- Davidson (Alan) Seafish of Tunisia and the Central Mediterranean, first edition, second issue, illustrations, original pictorial wrappers, small piece torn from lower inner corner of upper wrapper, not affecting text, spine ends worn, some marking and light staining, Tunis, British Chamber of Commerce Tunisian Red Crescent, 1963; Fish and Fish Dishes of Laos, signed presentation copy from the author to Jill Norman, illustrations, original pictorial wrappers, National Printers of Vietnam, 1975; and 2 others on seafood by the same, v.s. (4)

Farley (John) The London art of cookery, and housekeeper's complete assistant, on a new plan, third edition, engraved portrait frontispiece of the author, 12 engraved bills of fare for the months of the year, 16pp. publisher's advertisements at end, repair to upper margin of title, spotting or foxing, lightly browned, contemporary calf, sympathetically rebacked in modern light brown calf, gilt, and with black morocco label, corners worn, rubbed and marked, [Bitting p.152-153 (note); Maclean pp.50-52; Oxford p.114 (note); cf. Cagle 675 (first edition of 1783)], Printed for J. Scatcherd and J. Whitaker, 1785; and a seventh edition of the same, 1792, 8vo (2) ***  Farley was 'principal cook at the London Tavern' (title), which was renowned for its good food, and apparently generous portions.

Heywood (Thomas) The Hierarchie of the blessed Angells, first edition, with initial licence leaf, engraved allegorical title, 9 engraved plates included in pagination, with final blank, ink ownership inscriptions to dedication leaf, licence leaf a little frayed at edges with small defect fore-edge blank margin, Aaa3-4 loose and slightly frayed at edges, a couple of other leaves with small closed tears, some minor soiling, some damp-staining to inner and top margins, but becoming more extensive towards end, contemporary calf, with leather repairs to spine and lower cover, a bit rubbed and worn, [STC 13327], folio, by Adam Islip, 1635.*** Heywood's long poem, containing a passage discussing early dramatists including Shakespeare.

Pied Piper of Hamlin.-. [Rowlands (Richard)] "Richard Verstegan". A Restitution of Decayed Intelligence: In antiquities, first edition, title in red and black with engraved vignette of the Tower of Babel, engraved illustrations including armorial plate to 2V2 (often lacking), title a little creased and soiled, [STC 21361], Antwerp, Robert Bruney, 1605, bound with [Camden (William)], Remaines of a Greater Worke... first edition, with initial blank, some early ink notes to rear pastedown, X2 small marginal defect, G1-8 mis-bound after D8 before E1, [STC 4522], by G. E. for Simon Waterson, 1605, together 2 in 1, a few instances of small worm-trails to blank inner margin, contemporary vellum, some marks, small 4to. *** Amongst many other anecdotes and curious tales, Rowlands' work includes the first printing in English of The Pied Piper of Hamelin (pp.85-87), dating the episode to 22nd July 1376.

[?Hughson (David)] The Family receipt-book; or, Universal repository of useful knowledge and experience in all the various branches of domestic oeconomy, ?first edition, double column, 20pp. index bound at end, 6K1&2 trimmed (?from another copy), e1 of index upper corner torn, with loss of the odd letter recto, occasional mostly marginal biro markings, a few marginal tears with loss (not affecting text), occasional spotting or staining, contemporary tree calf, rebacked in modern lighter calf gilt in compartments and with black leather label, joints starting, but holding firm, corners repaired, some chipping to upper cover, rubbed and marked, [Bitting p.550; Cagle 674; cf. Cagle 766 & Oxford p.144-145], Printed for the Editors, and published by Oddy and Co. 27, Oxford Street, [c.1810] § Kitchiner (William) The Art of invigorating and prolonging life, by food, clothes, air, exercise, wine, sleep, etc., sixth edition, occasional spotting lightly browned, contemporary half calf, spine gilt and with black morocco label, corners worn, rubbed, [Simon BG 912], printed for Geo. B. Whittaker, 1828; and c.40 others, 19th century Cookery (some defective), including Acton, Francatelli, Rundell, Urbain-Dubois, and De Salis, v.s. (c.42) sold not subject to return.  *** The first mentioned includes an entry on Ortolans (pp.96-97), the French bird delicacy eaten with a towel over ones head so as to supposedly shield your God's eyes from such a decadent act. 

Jewish.- Elizabeth David's copies.- Atrutel (Mrs. J. [Estella]) An Easy and Economical Book of Jewish Cookery, upon Strictly Orthodox Principles, second edition, advertisements to endpapers and pastedowns, a few sigs. loose or working loose, some spotting, lightly browned, original terracotta blind-stamped and gilt cloth, upper cover detached, spine ends and corners little worn, lightly stained, rubbed and marked, P. Vallentine, 1880 § Pomiane (Édouard de) Cuisine Juive Ghettos modernes, first edition, half-title, printer's f. at end, a few instances of marginal tears from careless opening, occasional spotting or light staining, lightly browned, original printed wrappers, spine with small contemporary blank label, creased and with ends little worn, but holding firm, some light staining, lightly browned, [Bitting p.375; Oberlé Fastes 295], Paris, Albin Michel, [1929], Elizabeth David's copies, with her bookplate; and another, Jewish Cookery (not from the library of ED), v.s. (3) *** I: The second edition of Atrutel is rare in commerce. She was cook to Baroness Lionel de Rothschild, to whom she dedicates the book. There are over 500 recipes, which are drawn from all over Europe. II: Pomiane was a French scientist, radio broadcaster and food writer. 

Dickens (Charles) The Posthumous Papers of the Pickwick Club, first edition in book form, early issue, half-title, etched frontispiece, additional etched title and 41 plates by R. Seymour and H. K. Browne ("Phiz"), scattered spotting as usual, previous owner's ink inscription, contemporary calf, rebacked, slight bumping to corners,  [Smith I, pp.19-27], 8vo 1837.

Europe.- Richardson (Robert) Travels along the Mediterranean, and parts adjacent, 2 vol., first edition, 6 lithographs, of which one hand-coloured, 2 folding plans, scattered faint spotting, bound without half-titles, near contemporary red calf, g.e. , richly gilt spines, 1822 § Thicknesse (Philip) A Year's Journey through France and Part of Spain, 2 vol., 10 engraved plates, of which 2 folding, 3pp. engraved sheet music, list of subscribers, faint off-setting, near contemporary calf, richly gilt spines, slight rubbing to corners and extremities, 1778; and 2 others travel, 8vo & small 8vo (6).

David (Elizabeth) English Bread and Yeast Cookery, first edition, the author's copy with extensive autograph additions, notes, and corrections to text and loosely inserted, illustrations by Wendy Jones, top edge spotted and lightly browned, original brown boards, spine gilt, dust-jacket, spine faded, little marked and rubbed, 8vo, Allen Lane, 1977.  *** The work is dedicated to Jill Norman. 

David (Elizabeth) Italian Food, paperback edition, the author's copy with autograph additions, notes, and corrections to text and loosely inserted, illustrations by Renato Guttuso, first 3 ff. loose and creased, lightly browned throughout, original pictorial wrappers, spine creased, some marking and soiling, Penguin Books, 1977; and 9 others, similarly corrected by David, v.s. (10)

Le Grand (Antoine) An Entire Body of Philosophy, according to the Principles of the famous Renate Des Cartes, engraved frontispiece and 96 engraved plates and whole-page illustrations only (of 100) by Gucht, Lens and Freman among others, frontispiece and title defective at margins with paper restorations (touching image and small losses to imprint), multiple ff. thereafter and scattered elsewhere with similar marginal silked and paper repairs, 2ff. of arms illustrations with a portion excised and supplied in paper, some damp-staining towards rear but otherwise generally clean, modern calf in paneled antique style, [Wing L950A], folio, by Samuel Roycroft and sold by the Undertaker Richard Blome, 1694.*** Many of the plates are dedicated to noble personages which helped defray cost of publication. This copy a 1694 reissue of the first edition in English (published same year) with longer imprint, and thus title a cancel. 

Bewick (John, illustrator).- [Trusler (Rev. John)] The Honours of the table, or, rules for behaviour during meals; with the whole art of carving…Together with directions for going to market, and the Method of distinguishing good Provisions from bad, first edition, woodcuts within text by John Bewick of cuts of meat, fish, game and poultry, 10pp. advertisements at end for books published by Trusler dated 1790, final f. bearing 2pp. advertisement for ‘Pennant’s Parcel-Post’, title all but detached, spotted and stained, lightly browned, 19th century roan, spine gilt, rubbed and scuffed, [Bitting p.466 (note); Cagle 1025; Maclean, p.142; Oxford pp.116-117; Simon BG 1475; Tattersfield JB34; cf. Vicaire 446 (second edition, 1791)], 12mo, Printed for the author, at the Literary-Press, No. 14, Red-Lion-Street, Clerkenwell ; and may be had of H.D. Symmonds, Paternoster-Row, 1788.  *** Trusler's first collaboration with Bewick. 

Clemens (Samuel Langhorne) "Mark Twain". Adventures of Huckleberry Finn, first American edition, first state, half-title with illustration to verso and other illustrations in text by E.W. Kemble, portrait frontispiece of the author after the bust by sculptor Karl Gerhardt in second state with tablecloth not visible and with "Heliotype Printing Co" imprint below, staining to lower margin of last few leaves, original green pictorial cloth, gilt, spine ends and corners bumped with some chipping to spine ends, rubbed, [BAL 3415], 8vo, New York, Charles L. Webster and Company, 1885.*** A good copy of one of the cornerstones of American fiction. With the following first state points: p.9, "Huck Decided" (later corrected to "decides"); p.13, "Him and another man" listed as p. 88; p.57, 11 lines up, says "with the was" (later corrected to "with the saw"); p.143, line 7 part of "b" in body broken; p.155, final 5 in a different font. The title is a cancel with copyright notice dated 1884 (second state but first state only present in the prospectus and advance sheets).

Medals.- Evelyn (John) Numismata. A Discourse of Medals, Antient and Modern, first edition, title in red and black, engraved illustrations throughout, tape repair at title gutter, damp-staining to lower margin, eighteenth century calf, upper cover virtually detached, spine gilt but lacking morocco label, [Wing E3505], small folio, for Benj. Tooke, 1697.

Howell (James) Dendrologia [graece]. Dodona's Grove, or, the Vocall Forrest, first edition, engraved frontispiece, title with large engraved vignette of gardeners and typographical border, 2 engraved plates, all by M. Merian, woodcut head-pieces and initials, a few ink notes to margins in later hand and single leaf manuscript list in later hand mounted on stub to endpaper, frontispiece with closed tear or incision to gutter margin, contemporary calf, upper cover detached, spine ends chipped and upper cover corners repaired, rubbed, [STC 13872; Pforzheimer 512], folio, by T[homas] B[adger] for H. Moseley, 1640.*** A clean first edition copy of Howell's elaborate arboreal allegory. A second part was published in 1650 encompassing up to date events, in 8vo, as were all subsequent editions.

London.- Malcolm (James Peller) Anecdotes of the Manners and Customs of London, 50 engraved plates, of which 12 hand-coloured, tissue-guards, some foxing, heavier to plates, later half calf, slightly rubbed, uncut, 1808 § Cole (Nathan) The Royal Parks and Gardens of London, first edition, plates and illustrations, light scattered foxing, W. Bone & Son binder's label to rear pastedown, original pictorial cloth, g.e., 1877 § Jourdain (M.) English Interiors in Smaller Houses: 1660-1830, plates and illustrations, light scattered spotting, original cloth, gilt, dustjacket, slight chipping to spine, 1923; and 21 others, London, 4to & 8vo, (24)

Provincial imprints.- The Domestic cookery; a practical guide for housekeepers...By an experienced Cook and Confectioner, engraved frontispiece of the author in her kitchen and additional vignette title of a farming scene, occasional spotting or staining, mostly lightly browned, yellow endpapers, original blind-stamped decorative cloth, faded gilt title to spine, head of spine neatly worn, rubbed, Derby, Thomas Richardson & Son, 1847 § Eaton (Mrs. Mary) The Cook and Housekeeper's Complete and Universal Dictionary; Including a System of Modern Cookery in all its Various Branches...Also a Variety of Original and Valuable Information Relative to Baking, Brewing, Carving..., first edition, half-title (misbound after title), engraved portrait frontispiece, additional letterpress title and 4 plates of carving and brewing apparatus, 1 plate of carving with short tear at head, without loss, some spotting or foxing and staining, lightly browned, contemporary blind-stamped half morocco, spine gilt, lacking piece from foot of spine, rubbed and scuffed, [Bitting p.139; Cagle 661; Oxford pp.152-153; Simon BG 542], Bungay, Printed and Published by J. and R. Childs, 1823; and 3 others, provincial imprints, including a handsomely bound limited edition facsimile of a Manchester edition of Culpeper, v.s. (5) *** The first mentioned is a rare little work, seemingly not found in the standard gastronomic bibliographies. WorldCat records BL and Indiana copies only. 

Britain and Ireland.- Trench (W. Steuart) Realities of Irish Life, first edition, frontispiece, plates, large folding map, short tear at gutter, original pictorial cloth, slight bumping to corners and extremities, 1868 § D'Alton (John) The History of the County of Dublin, scattered spotting, bookplate, modern half morocco, Dublin, 1838; and 2 others on England, 8vo (4). 

Fortification.- [Stone (Nicholas)] Enchiridion of Fortification, or A handfull of knowledge in Martiall Affaires, first edition, additional etched pictorial title, 17 double-page etched plates only (of 20, lacking plates 8, 11 & 16) mounted on stubs, with blank E8 at end of text (not called for in ESTC), water-stained, worming to first few leaves and plates causing slight loss, contemporary sheep, worn and stained, rebacked preserving most of old spine, paper spine label, [Wing S5732], 8vo, M.F. for Richard Royston, [1645].*** Scarce; often missing some plates. The etchings are early examples of the technique in England, likely by one of Stone the Elder's (1586-1647, architect) three sons who spent time abroad training. 

Scudery (Georges de) Curia Politiæ: or, the Apologies of Severall Princes, first English edition, engraved frontispiece, 11 engraved portraits, woodcut head-pieces and initials, thin damp-stain to initial leaves margin, contemporary calf, rebacked (later but not modern), upper cover virtually detached, abrasions to upper cover, a little worn, [Wing S2140], folio, for Humphrey Moseley, 1654

Bread.- Accum (Fredrick) A Treatise on the Art of Making Good and Wholesome Bread of Wheat, Oats, Rye, Barley, and Other Farinaceous Grain, 2 parts in 1, first edition, title with hand-coloured engraved vignette of a bread oven, the second part (N1-12) consists of promotional material for a new edition of Accum's Treatise on Adulterations of food, foxing and some staining, lightly browned, contemporary half calf, gilt, spine in compartments, spine faded, corners little worn, rubbed, [Bitting p.2; Cagle 535], large 12mo, Printed for Thomas Boys, &, Ludgate Hill, 1821. *** Rare at auction. Accum (1769-1838) was a German chemist who used science to benefit the general public, including a drive to keep foodstuffs free from adulteration, and gas-lighting. Provenance: Baron Belper (engraved armorial bookplate to front pastedown). 

John Gage: 'The History and Antiquities of Suffolk. Thingoe Hundred', Bury St. Edmund's, John Deck; London, Samuel Bentley, 1838, first edition, large paper copy, engraved map with outline hand-colouring, engraved plates and illustrations, occasional light offsetting, errata slip tipped in, The History and Antiquities of Suffolk. Thingoe Hundred, first edition, large paper copy, engraved map with outline hand-colouring, engraved plates and illustrations, occasional light offsetting, errata slip tipped in, The History and Antiquities of Suffolk. Thingoe Hundred, first edition, large paper copy, engraved map with outline hand-colouring, engraved plates and illustrations, occasional light offsetting, errata slip tipped in, handsome full calf gilt, armorial crests in gilt to top boards, top edges gilt, decorative blocked inner dentelles

'The Daily Telegraph Crossword Puzzle Book', London, [1930], 66,[2]pp, 50 crosswords (all blank/not filled in), followed by 13 pages of solutions at end, 4to (25 x 19cm), original pictorial cloth. Scarce first edition of the first Daily Telegraph Crossword Puzzle Book. The first Daily Telegraph crossword was published July 30 1925, with the first Saturday prize crossword appearing in March 1928, and this first Telegraph Crossword puzzle compilation in book form being published in June 1930. Many military intelligence heroes of the second World War, the men and women of Bletchley Park who broke the apparently unbreakable Enigma code, were crossword fanatics. Following criticism from Daily Telegraph readers that the paper's puzzle was becoming too easy, a challenge was issued, and on January 10 1942, 25 contestants met at The Telegraph building to attempt to solve a previously unseen crossword within this time limit. Five contestants succeeded and, such was the achievement, the War Office contacted the fastest competitors 'on a matter of national importance', with many of those interviewed going on to work at Bletchley and in other intelligence roles.

(Turkey.) Lord Warkworth [Henry Percy, Earl Percy]: 'Notes from a Diary in Asiatic Turkey', London, Edward Arnold, 1898, 1st edition, photogravure frontispiece depicting Mosul bazaar + 30 photogravure plates + b/w plate (Church at Kars) + folding map complete, original pictorial cloth gilt, top edge gilt. Earl Percy (1871-1909) or, until 1899, Lord Warkworth, was a British Conservative politician who served as Under-Secretary of State for India and Under-Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs before his early death in 1909. Percy first visited parts of Anatolia, or Asia Minor, shortly after his election to Parliament in 1895, he returned in 1897 and wrote the present book on his return to England. A well produced work with excellent illustrations and content on the places visited by the author including Constantinople, Ankara, Sungurlu, Amasia, Van, Diyarbakir, Mosul, Aleppo etc. Warkworth was one of a team of Lords who went to Anatolia to investigate the Armenian question, and took the pro-Turkish side, convinced that Armenia would be worse served by the Russians than the Ottomans. An important work both for these comments on the Armenian question, and the astute observations on a lesser visited part of Anatolia

U.H.R. Broughton: 'The Dress of the First Regiment of Life Guards in Three Centuries', London, Halton & Truscott Smith, 1925, limited edition (187/300), 80 plates complete (40 colour & 40 monochrome), large 4to, full morocco gilt, top edge gilt; plus 'Index to Military Costume Prints 1500-1914', Army Museums Ogilby Trust, 1972, colour frontis + 50 half tone illustrations, original cloth, dust wrapper; together with R.S. Lanier et al: 'The Photographic History of the Civil War', The Blue & Grey Press, 1987, 5 volumes, profusely illustrated from photographs, original two tone boards gilt, dust wrappers, original slipcase (7)

Frederick Forsyth, 3 titles, all signed first editions, all in dust wrappers with prices intact: 'The Day of the Jackal', London, Hutchinson, 1971, 1st edition, signed piece mounted to title page, original cloth gilt, dust wrapper, 'The Odessa File', L, Hutchinson, 1972, 1st edition, signed piece mounted to half title, original cloth lettered in silver, dust wrapper, 'The Dogs of War', L, Hutchinson, 1974, 1st edition, signed piece mounted to title page, original cloth gilt, dust wrapper (3)

A collection of titles by or relating to William Morris, including William Morris designed Kelmscott Press [4]pp booklet loosely inserted titled 'When Adam Delved and Eve Span...', Kelmscott Press, 1894, one of 250 copies, wood engraved frontis by Burne-Jones, and extracts from Tennyson and Ruskin, wood-engraved initials, borders & press device designed by William Morris, plus 3 titles printed at The Chiswick Press for Longmans & Co, all first editions, all original cloth backed printed paper covered boards: 'Some Hints on Pattern Designing', 1899, with publisher's printed slip loosely inserted, 'Art and the Beauty of the Earth', 1898, 'An Address Delivered at the Distribution of Prizes to Students of the Birmingham Municipal School of Art on Feb 21, 1894', 1898, plus William Morris: 'The Defence of Guenevere', Shakespeare Head Press for Basil Blackwell, 1925, original patterned paper wraps, 'Poems by the Way', London, Reeves & Turner, 1891, 1st edition, orig. cloth gilt, Duncan Robinson: 'William Morris, Edward Burne-Jones and the Kelmscott Chaucer', L, Gordon Fraser, 1982, 1st edition, b/w ills. throughout, folio, original quarter cloth, glassine dust wrapper, 'The Typographical Adventure of William Morris', Printed at the Chiswick Press, 1957, foreword by Sydney Cockerell, oblong 4to, original wraps, plus 2 others (10)

Oscar Wilde; Walter Crane & Jacomb Hood (illustrated): 'The Happy Prince and Other Tales.', London, David Nutt, 1888, 1st edition, one of 1,000 copies published in May of 1888, 3 full page black & white plates by Walter Crane and 12 head and tailpieces by Jacomb Hood complete (Crane plate 'The Happy Prince' bound between title and dedication page and without tissue guard), small 4to, original cream paper covered boards (slightly worn/rubbed), rebacked retaining the lower half of the original backstrip, front cover lettered in red with vignette design in black and publisher's device in red, internally leaves/plates generally clean/VGC. Scarce first edition of this fragile production, Wilde's collection of stories for children established his reputation as an author, with the Athenaeum comparing him to Hans Christian Andersen. In addition to the title story, this collection includes "The Nightingale and the Rose," "The Selfish Giant," "The Devoted Friend," and "The Remarkable Rocket." Wilde commented that he intended these stories "partly for children, and partly for those who have kept the child-like faculties of wonder and joy, and who find in simplicity a subtle strangeness" (Hart-Davis, Letters of Oscar Wilde, 219)

Crime Fiction, 19 titles, all first editions, all original cloth, all in dust wrappers, including Rex Stout: 'Three for the Chair', London, Collins Crime Club, 1958, (d/w some internal repairs); Edmund Crispin: 'Fen Country', L, Gollancz, 1979; Alfred Tack: 'Murder Takes Over', L, John Long, 1966; Lee Johnson: 'Murder Began Yesterday', L, John Gifford, 1966; Elmore Leonard, 6 titles: 'Rum Punch', NY, Delacorte, 1992, 1st US edition, 5 others all UK first editions pub. London, Viking: 'Touch', 1988, 'Mr. Paradise', 2004, 'Tishomingo Blues', 2002, 'Be Cool', 1999, 'Cuba Libre', 1998; Deryn Lake, 4 titles, all UK first editions pub. Allison & Busby or Hodder & Stoughton: 'Death at the Devil's Tavern', 1996, 'Death at the Apothecaries' Hall', 2000, 'Death at St. James's Palace', 2002, 'Death in the Valley of Shadows', 2003; David Pirie, 2 titles, both UK 1sts pub. Century: 'The Dark Water', 2004, 'The Night Calls', 2002; plus Anthony Horowitz: 'Forever and a Day', L, Cape, 2018, Peter Heller: 'The Guide', L, W & N, 2021, Michael Connelly: 'Desert Star', L, Orion, 2022 (19)

Nancy Mitford: 'Christmas Pudding', London, Thornton Butterworth, 1932, 1st edition, frontis + b/w line illustrations by Mark Ogilvie-Grant, original cloth (spine browned). First edition of the author's second book

Heinrich Hoffman: 'The English Struwwelpeter, or Pretty Stories and Funny Pictures for Little Children', Leipsig, Friedrich Volckmar, and London, at the Agency of the German Literary Society, [nd], c.1856, 11th English edition, "After the 23rd edition of the Celebrated German Work", 24 pages with hand-coloured illustrations by the author, 4to (24 x 19cm), rebound cloth retaining large part of original printed linen[?] covers. A scarce early English edition of these cautionary rhymes, first published in 1845

Major H.G. C. Swayne: 'Through the Highlands of Siberia', London, Rowland Ward, 1904, 1st edition, folding map + folding plan + 61 b/w plates complete, zebra pattern end papers/pastedowns, original cloth gilt (spine rubbed/browned). Swayne was one of the first Europeans to hunt in the area - hunting Siberian Ibex Capra sibirica, mountain sheep (Siberian Argali Ovis ammon), Siberian Wapiti, and Siberian Roe Capreolus pygargus near the Siberian-Mongolian border in the Kurai Mountains just north of Kosh-Agatch on the Chuisaya Steppe (part of the greater Altai Mountain Range). Scarce

A collection of 30+ assorted poetry titles, including W.B. Yeats: 'The Hour Glass: a Morality', London, Bullen, 1907, 1st edition thus, the first separate English edition after the copyright edition of 1903 which was twelve copies only, 16pp, original printed wraps; Myra Schneider: 'Becoming', L, Second Light, 2007, 1st edition, signed & inscribed, orig. pictorial wraps; Wes Magee: 'No Man's Land', Blackstaff Press, 1978, signed & inscribed, orig. pictorial wraps; James Schevill: 'The Invisible Volcano', Copper Beech Press, 1985, 1st edition, signed & inscribed, orig. wraps; plus others Ted Hughes, Gerda Mayer, Geoffrey Vickers, Peter Abbs, Patrick Gale, Gamel Woolsey, Colm Quinn, Tess Gallagher, Dorothy Roberts, Eloise Klein Healy, Trevor Blakemore etc (30+)

Anna Sewell: 'Black Beauty. His Grooms and Companions. The autobiography of a Horse. Translated from the original Equine by Anna Sewell.', London, Paradine, 1977, centenary facsimile limited edition, one of 100 copies only (unnumbered/out of series), signed by champion British equestrian Lucinda Prior-Palmer, to mark the centenary of the book's first publication, original full tan morocco gilt, spine gilt with raised bands, black horse motif embossed to front cover, all edges gilt, original slipcase

Five assorted science fiction and fantasy titles, including E.C. Tubb, 2 titles: 'Death God's Doom', Cosmos Books, 1999, 1st edition, (200 copies only), signed on title page, 'The Sleeping City', Cosmos Books, 1999, 1st edition, (200 copies only) signed on title page, both with signatures of Science Fiction researcher and critic Phil Harbottle and inscription by him stating "these are the last copies of the first printing of 200 copies" at front, both original pictorial wraps, Hermann Lang: 'The Air Battle', London, Cornmarket Reprints, 1972, 1st thus, facsimile of the original 1859 edition, orig. cloth gilt, Fred Hoyle: 'Comet Halley', [1984], first proof copy, orig. pictorial wraps, formerly the copy of George Locke, late book dealer, author, publisher and authority on Fantasy and Science Fiction, with his old pencil price at front, plus one other Fred & Geoffrey Hoyle (5)

Evelyn Waugh, 2 titles, both first editions published London, Chapman & Hall, both original cloth gilt, dust wrappers: 'Men at Arms', 1952, 'Unconditional Surrender', 1961, wrappers generally VGC, prices intact, both by Val Biro, Graham Greene, 3 titles, all published London, Heinemann, all orig. cloth, all in dust wrappers: 'The End of the Affair', 1951, 1st edition, 'The Quiet American', 1955, 1st edition, ''Our Man in Havana', 1958, reprint, C.S. Forester, 3 titles, all published London, Michael Joseph, all orig. cloth, all in dust wrappers: 'Hornblower in the West Indies', 1958, 1st edition, 'Hornblower and the Hotspur', 1962, 1st edition, 'Lieutenant Hornblower', 1952, 2nd impression (8)

Bernard Cornwell, Sharpe Novels, a near complete set of Cornwell's Sharpe Novels, 22 (of 23 volumes), all first edition, first impressions, all published London, Collins/Harper Collins, all original cloth, all in dust wrappers, comprising 'Sharpe's Eagle', 1981; 'Sharpe's Gold', 1981; 'Sharpe's Company', 1982; 'Sharpe's Enemy', 1984; Sharpe's Honour', 1985; 'Sharpe's Regiment', 1986; 'Sharpe's Siege', 1987; Sharpe's Rifles', 1988; Sharpe's Revenge', 1989; 'Sharpe's Waterloo', 1990; 'Sharpe's Devil', 1992; 'Sharpe's Battle', 1995; 'Sharpe's Tiger', 1997; Sharpe's Triumph', 1998; 'Sharpe's Fortress', 1999; 'Sharpe's Trfalgar', 2000; 'Sharpe's Prey', 2001; 'Sharpe's Havoc', 2003'Sharpe's Escape', 2004; 'Sharpe's Fury', 2006; 'Sharpe's Fury', 2006; 'Sharpe's Assassin', 2021; 'Sharpe's Command', 2023, Limited Edition Signed, a near complete set of Sharpe Novels in first edition, lacking only 'Sharpe's Sword', 1983, the fourth novel in the series; together with 'Sharpe's Christmas', 2003 revised edition, original wraps, 'Sharpe's Skirmish', 2002, revised and extended edition, orig. wraps, 'Sharpe's Story', Harper Collins, 2006, orig. wraps, and Mark Adkin: 'The Sharpe Companion', L, Harper Collins, 1998, 1st edition/1st impression, original cloth, dust wrapper (26)

James Lees-Milne: 'Diaries [A Complete First Edition Set of Published Diaries Covering The Years 1942-1997 in 12 volumes]', 1975-2005, all UK first editions, first impressions, published Chatto & Windus/Faber & Faber/John Murray, all original cloth, all in dust wrappers, comprising 1. Ancestral Voices; 2. Prophesying Peace; 3. Caves of Ice; 4. Midway on the Waves; 5. A Mingled Measure; 6. Ancient as the Hills; 7. Through Wood and Dale; 8. Deep Romantic Chasm; 9. Holy Dread; 10. Beneath a Waning Moon; 11. Ceaseless Turmoil; 12. The Milk of Paradise. 'A Mingled Measure' contains a photocopy letter by the author to Barbara Coombs dated 2/7/1992 (the letter was written shortly after the death of JLM's old friend and colleague in the National Trust, Eardley Knollys); plus two other volumes by Less-Milne, both UK 1st/1st in original cloth, dust wrappers: 'People and Places', John Murray, 1992, 'Another Self', Hamish Hamilton, 1970; plus Michael Bloch: 'James Lees-Milne: The Life', 2009, 3rd impression, orig. cloth, dust wrapper (15)

George Orwell: 'Down and Out in Paris and London.', London, Victor Gollancz, 1933, 1st edition, 3rd impression, original black cloth (slightly bumped/worn), yellow lettering to spine, neat contemporary ownership signature on front end paper dated 1933, some light, sporadic foxing to leaves, else leaves clean/VGC. Orwell's first full length book, a vivid memoir of his time living among the desperately poor and destitute, Down and Out in Paris and London is a moving tour of the underworld of society. Having been refused by Jonathan Cape and Faber and Faber it was finally published by the fledgling house of Gollancz. After rejection by Cape and Faber & Faber, Orwell discarded the typescript, but it was subsequently taken by a family friend of the Blairs to the literary agent Leonard Moore, who "recognised it as a 'natural' for the new house of Gollancz". Victor Gollancz was prepared to publish the work, subject to the removal of bad language and some identifiable names, and offered an advance of £40. After several months of wrangling over the title of the book, at the last minute, Gollancz shortened the title to 'Down and Out in Paris and London'. Orwell did not wish to publish under his own name Eric Blair, and after possibilities including "X," "P.S. Burton" (an alias Orwell had used on tramping expeditions), "Kenneth Miles" and "H. Lewis Allways" had been considered, was renamed "George Orwell", thus becoming his nom de guerre from then on for all his main works. Scarce in any of the first three impressions issued in January 1933, the original impression was issued in early January 1933 and consisted of 1,500 copies, many of which sold to the circulating libraries. A second impression of 500 further copies was issued shortly thereafter, followed by a final third impression consisting of a further 1,000 copies also in January 1933, after which the type was dispersed and the book was not published again in the UK until the Penguin paperback edition of 1940. Written when Orwell was a struggling writer in his twenties, it documents his 'first contact with poverty'. Here, he painstakingly documents a world of unrelenting drudgery and squalor - sleeping in bug-infested hostels and doss houses of last resort, working as a dishwasher in Paris's vile 'Hôtel X', surviving on scraps and cigarette butts, living alongside tramps, a star-gazing pavement artist and a starving Russian ex-army captain. Exposing a shocking, previously-hidden world to his readers, Orwell gave a human face to the statistics of poverty for the first time - and in doing so, found his voice as a writer.

(Ballooning, Aviation, Montgolfier Brothers.) Barthelemy Faujas de Saint-Fond: 'Description des Expériences de la Machine Aérostatique de MM. de Montgolfier: et de celles auxquelles cette découverte a donné lieu: suivie de recherches sur la hauteur à laquelle est parvenu le ballon du Champ-de-Mars . ouvrage orné de neuf planches en taille douce, représentant les diverses machines qui ont été construites jusqu'a ce jour.', Paris, Cuchet, 1783, 1st edition, 9 engraved plates complete, but this copy without the folding table (plate IX professionally reinforced at outer margin to verso), xl,299,[3]pp + [4]pp supplement and errata at end, fine rebound half calf gilt, marbled paper covered boards, top edge gilt. The first full-length account of the historic experiments with balloon flight conducted by the Montgolfier brothers in 1783, and "the first serious treatise on aerostation as a practical possibility" (PMM). The Montgolfier brothers, Joseph (1740-1810) and Étienne (1745-99), had been intrigued by the experiments of Cavendish and Priestly with 'inflammable air' (hydrogen). "After some unsatisfactory experiments with hydrogen gas (which dissipated too quickly from their trial models), the Montgolfiers discovered that air heated to 100 degrees Celsius became sufficiently rarefied to lift a balloon and did not diffuse. On 5 June 1783 the brothers released their first full-sized balloon, a paper and linen globe thirty-five feet in diameter, which rose 6,000 feet and travelled a horizontal distance of 7,668 feet from the starting point. On 19 September, before Louis XVI and the French court, they launched the first flight with living beings aboard (a sheep, a cock and a duck); and on 20 November the first manned flight took place. Barthélemy Faujas de Saint-Fond was a successful lawyer and geologist, and one of the most ardent supporters of ballooning. He sponsored the first hydrogen balloon of the physicist J. A. C. Charles, who demonstrated balloon flight before the Montgolfiers, and invented the hydrogen balloon. Scarce

First edition fiction, a collection of 24 assorted titles, all first editions, including John Updike, 6 titles, all UK 1sts pub. Andre Deutsch or Hamish Hamilton, all original cloth, all in dust wrappers: 'Bech: A Book', 1970, 'Bech is Back', 1983, 'Bech at Bay', 1998, 'A Month of Sundays', 1975, 'Self Consciousness', 1989, 'S', 1988; Howard Jacobson, 2 titles: 'Redback', 1986, orig. cloth, d/w, 'Kalooki Nights', 2006, orig. cloth, d/w; plus following 11 titles all in dust wrappers, Malcolm Bradbury: 'The History Man', 1975, J.G. Ballard: 'Cocaine Nights', 1996, Haruki Murakami: '1Q84 Book One and Two', 2011, Joseph Heller & Speed Vogel: 'No Laughing Matter', 1986, Aldous Huxley: 'Brave New World Revisited', 1958, Helen Dunmore: 'A Spell of Winter', 1995, Bernard Cornwell: 'Sharpe's Regiment', 1986, Kingsley Amis: 'The Anti-Death League', 1966, 'Edith Sitwell: 'The Outcasts', 1962, Walter De La Mare: 'Memory', 1938, Simone Weil: 'The Need for Roots', 1952; plus Dean Koontz: 'The Face', 2003, 1st edition, advanced reading copy, orig. wraps, slipcase; plus 4 others original cloth comprising Hermann Sudermann: 'Dame Care', 1891, Noel Coward: 'Private Lives', 1930, Arnold Zweig: 'The Case of Sergeant Grischa', 1928, G.K. Chesterton: 'The Return of Don Quixote', 1927 (24)

W.B. Yeats: 'Stories of Red Hanrahan and The Secret Rose', London, Macmillan, 1927, 1st edition, 2 colour plates + b/w illustrations and decorations by Norah McGuinness complete, original pictorial blue cloth gilt. From an un-numbered limited edtion of 1885 copies, includes the first trade publication of one of Yeats's best-known poems "Sailing to Byzantium"; John Butler Yeats: 'Early Memories: Some Chapters of Autobiography by John Butler Yeats.', Churchtown, Dundrum, The Cuala Press, 1923, limited edition, one of 500 copies only, original quarter linen, paper covered boards lettered in black, orig. Cuala Press 6pp list of books published 1903-1926 loosely inserted; plus W.B. Yeats: 'Poems: Second Series', L, Bullen, 1909, portrait frontis, orig. quarter cloth worn, and 'Poems', L, T. Fisher Unwin, [nd], port. frontis, orig. cloth gilt (4)

Aubrey Beardsley, a collection of 19 titles illustrated by or relating to him, including Arthur Symons: 'Aubrey Beardsley', London, J.M. Dent, 1905, new edition revised and enlarged, portrait frontis + tailpiece illustration + 29 full page b/w plates as called for, small 4to, original quarter cloth, top edge gilt; A.W. King: 'An Aubrey Beardsley Lecture', London, R.A. Walker, 1924, 1st edition, limited edition, one of 500 copies, unnumbered/out of series, full page ills. and plates as called for, small 4to, original cloth gilt, top edge gilt; Oscar Wilde: 'Salome', L, Heinemann, 1957, 1st edition thus, the first published edition of Salome to contain unexpurgated plate of Enter Herodias, 18 full page b/w illustrations by Aubrey Beardsley as called for, orig. cloth lettered in silver and blocked in silver with Beardsley illustrations to front and rear covers, pictorial dust wrapper; R.A. Walker: 'A Beardsley Miscellany', L, Bodley Head, 1949, limited edition (62/500), b/w plates & ills. as called for, original pictorial cloth gilt, dust wrapper; 'Letters from Aubrey Beardsley to Leonard Smithers', ed. R.A. Walker, L, The First Edition Club, 1937, Beardsley designed title page + 2 portrait plates as called for, original decorative cloth gilt; Chris Snodgrass: 'Aubrey Beardsley, Dandy of the Grotesque', O.U.P., 1995, 1st edition, orig. cloth, d/w; Katherine Lyon Mix: 'A Study in Yellow', University of Kansas Press/Constable, 1960, orig. cloth, d/w; Malcolm Easton: 'Aubrey and the Dying Lady: A Beardsley Riddle', L, Secker, 1972, 1st edition, orig. cloth, d/w; M.S. Lasner: 'A Selective Checklist opf the Published Work of Aubrey Beardsley', Boston, Thomas G. Boss, 1995, orig. cloth gilt, d/w; Brian Reade: 'Beardsley', Studio Vista, 1971, profusely illustrated throughout, folio, orig. cloth gilt, d/w; B. Reade: 'Beardsley Re-mounted', L, 1989, 1st edition, large 4to, orig. pictorial cloth gilt, d/w; S. Wilson: 'Beardsley', Oxford, 1983, revised and enlarged, large 4to, orig. cloth gilt, plus 7 others Beardsley (19)

John Buchan, 4 titles: 'Sir Quixote of the Moors', London, T. Fisher Unwin, 1895, 1st edition, 188pp + [4]pp adverts at end, original pictorial cloth. Buchan's first novel, written when he was only 19. Surrounding the misadventures of a French soldier in Seventeenth century Scotland, 'Grey Weather: Moorland Tales of My Own People', L, John Lane the Bodley Head, 1899, 1st edition, original decorative cloth (sunned), 'Musa Piscatrix', L, John Lane, [1896], 1st edition, orig. pictorial cloth gilt, 'Scholar Gipsies', L, John Lane, 1896, 2nd edition, orig. quarter cloth gilt (4)

Hannah Glasse: 'The Art of Cookery Made Plain and Easy.', Probably fifth edition [1757] or earlier (from pagination). Lacks title leaf and first leaf of prelims. Signed by Glasse on page one. 334pp, contents a little used. Contemporary half calf/marbled boards. Spine with raised bands and one label.

Eric Ambler: 'Cause for Alarm', London, Hodder & Stoughton, 1938, 1st edition, signed & inscribed by the author in black ink on title page "To Bob Gorham with all the best, Eric Ambler", 320pp, original blue cloth lettered in black. A very scarce signed & inscribed first edition copy of Ambler's classic spy thriller set in fascist Italy. Many authors of international thrillers have acknowledged a debt to Ambler, including Graham Greene, Ian Fleming, John le Carré and others - John le Carré called him “the source on which we all draw,” and Len Deighton, “the man who lit the way for us all.”

Feodor Gladkov: 'Cement', London, Martin Lawrence Ltd, 1929, 1st UK edition, original pictorial paper covered boards by E. Verney. A classic of socialist realism, arguably the first in Soviet socialist realist literature to depict the struggles of post-Revolutionary reconstruction.

Modern fiction, modern first editions etc, 9 titles, including Iris Murdoch: 'The Unicorn', London, Chatto & Windus, 1963, 1st edition, original cloth gilt, dust wrapper, John Betjeman: 'Summoned by Bells', L, John Murray, 1960, 1st edition, orig. cloth, d/w, Lawrence Durrell: 'Collected Poems', L, Faber, 1960, 1st edition, orig. cloth, d/w, Ernest Hemingway: 'The Old Man and the Sea', L, Cape, 1952, 3rd impression, orig. cloth, d/w, Laurie Lee: 'Cider With Rosie', L, Hogarth Press, 1960 reprint, orig. cloth, d/w, James Joyce, 2 titles: 'Ulysses', L, Bodley Head, 1958 reprint, orig. cloth gilt, d/w, 'Finnegans Wake', L, Faber, 1960 reprint, orig. cloth, d/w, plus 2 others (9)

J.R.R. Tolkien: 'The Adventures of Tom Bombadil', London, George Allen & Unwin, 1962, 1st edition, illustrations by Pauline Baynes, internally leaves with no previous owner names or inscriptions, clean/VGC, original pictorial paper covered boards (very slightly worn at top edge, else near fine), dust wrapper (neatly price clipped, some very light spotting/foxing, else near fine). An excellent first edition copy of this collection of poetry by J.R.R. Tolkien, very difficult to find in such condition which. Like the first edition of The Fellowship of the Ring, it is presented as if it is an actual translation from the Red Book of Westmarch, and contains some background information on the world of Middle-earth that is not found elsewhere

(Suffolk.) John Kirby: 'The Suffolk Traveller, First Published by Mr. John Kirby, of Wickham-Market, Who took an actual survey of the whole County, in the Years 1732, 1733 & 1734', London & Ipswich, 1764, 2nd edition, large engraved hand coloured folding map of Suffolk + 4 engraved folding road maps of Suffolk complete, contemporary calf, later rebacked; together with a later edition of the same work, published Woodbridge, Smith & Jarrold, [nd], c.1801, engraved folding County map frontis, added engraved title page, iv,399pp + 72pp appendix, contemporary calf gilt, top board detached (but present); plus G.R. Clarke: 'The History and Description of the Town and Borough of Ipswich', Ipswich, S. Piper, [1830], 1st edition, engraved title page, engraved frontis + 19 engraved ills. of which 14 full page plates complete, contemporary calf gilt, bookplate of R.W. Lamb of Lowestoft (3)

Harry St John Bridger Philby: 'The Background of Islam; Being A Sketch of Arabian History In Pre-Islamic Times', Alexandria, Egypt, Whitehead Morris, 1947, limited edition, number 281 of 500 copies, signed by the author on limitation page, 152pp, original green cloth backed printed paper covered boards. Scarce signed title by St John Philby (1885-1960), legendary British explorer and Arabist, the first European to cross the Rub al-Khali, or Empty Quarter, of Arabia from east to west.

Francis Galton, 3 titles, all first editions, all published London, Macmillan, comprising: 'Finger Prints', 1892, 16 plates (of which 1 double page, some colour) complete, ex library, original cloth gilt. First edition of Galton's work designed to assist with classifying and indexing large numbers of fingerprints. "The use of fingerprints for the identification of criminals had been advocated in 'Nature' in 1880 by both Henry Faulds and Sir William Herschel, but was put on a scientific basis only in Galton's book on Finger Prints, published in 1892" (Bulmer, p. 35); 'Hereditary Genius: An Inquiry Into Its Laws and Consequences', 1869, ex library, some leaves at beginning with ink staining/water staining at head, original cloth gilt, rebacked; 'Natural Inheritance', 1889, ex library, orig. cloth gilt (3)

J.G. Ballard: 'Concrete Island', London, Jonathan Cape, 1974, 1st edition, original cloth gilt, dust wrapper, together with another first edition copy, ex library, original cloth gilt (2)

Thomas H. Mawson (Assisted by E. Prentice Mawson): 'The Art and Craft of Garden Making', London, B.T. Batsford, 1926, 5th edition (final and best edition, with additional material), xii,440pp, 5 colour plates (including frontis) plus over 500 b/w illustrations from photographs (some full page plates), diagrams, ills. in text etc, folio, original blindstamped pictorial cloth, spine lettered in gilt. Mawson was a prolific & influential designer who became the first president of the Institute of Landscape Architects (now Landscape Institute) in 1929. His design practice based in Windermere, in the Lake District, prospered owing both to a wealthy clientele - brought to the area by the railway network - and to his obvious talent for design which blended architecture and horticulture. Thomas's prolific and successful career included commissions on Graythwaite Hall, Langdale Chase, Holehird, Brockhole, Holker Hall and at Rydal Hall in 1909. Thomas's reputation grew with numerous commissions throughout Britain, although he still found time for local work. He had a considerable number of projects in mainland Europe and America, including the 'Palace of Peace' gardens at the Hague in 1908 and was also involved in the development of the Smokey Mountains National Park, America. 'The Art and Craft of Garden Making' is now regarded as the foundation of modern landscape architecture, and gave a name to the style of work achieved by Edwin Lutyens & Gertrude Jeykll.

Collection of Die Cast Models, Corgi and Gilbow, all boxed, to include mostly limited edition buses, exclusive first editions, etc. Approx. 43.

Nirvana/Stone Roses - To Include Nirvana Nevermind, Geffen, GEF 24425, original first EU pressing, 1991, embossed bass clef to side 2, original upside down monkey inner, together with Stone Roses - Self Titled, limited edition 1991 two LP, ORE ZLP 502, number 06430. (2)