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Four Bachmann wagons including Charles Roberts 2005/6 club edition 20T brake van KMRS exclusive. P&P Group 1 (£14+VAT for the first lot and £1+VAT for subsequent lots)

The Talisman (revised fourth edition) and thirteen expansion packs, unchecked but believed complete. P&P Group 3 (£25+VAT for the first lot and £5+VAT for subsequent lots)

Tokaido Deluxe edition board game. Contents unchecked but appears completeP&P Group 3 (£25+VAT for the first lot and £5+VAT for subsequent lots)

Rugby League Programmes etc., selection, scarce booklet 'The Rugby Football League Jubilee Souvenir Booklet' first edition 1946, sold with 4 Rugby League Challenge Cup Final programmes 1962, 63, 66 & 67 (some with scores to face, fair to gd) (5)

Music autograph, Neil Young signed First Edition autobiography 'Waging Heavy Peace' (price clipped, dust wrapper bumped to edges but otherwise clean, tight copy)

An impressive Regency brass inlaid mahogany quarter chiming table clockViner, London, circa 1820The substantial six pillar triple chain fusee movement chiming the quarters on a graduated nest of eight bells and sounding the hour on a further larger bell, with half-deadbeat escapement regulated by lenticular bob pendulum and signed Viner, Regent Street, LONDON to the geometric border engraved backplate, the 9 inch silvered brass Roman numeral arched dial signed Viner, Regent Street, LONDON to centre and with blued steel hands beneath subsidiary STRIKE/SILENT selection dial to arch, the substantial ogee lancet-shaped case with large gilt brass pineapple finial to the stylised foliate motif inlaid pediment within double brass-line borders flanked by further smaller conforming finials set on obelisk-shaped plinths, over front door with silvered canted fillet set within the glazed dial aperture and rosette-interrupted line decoration to frame, flanked by canted angles applied with cast standing mummiform mounts over brass decorated plinths, the sides with generous brass ring carrying handles over rectangular brass fishscale sound frets, the rear with break-arch glazed door, on complex cavetto moulded skirt base incorporating brass scroll inlaid apron panel over lozenges set within line borders and brass ball feet, 88cm (34.75ins) high. Provenance: The beneficiaries of the estate of a private collector, Wiltshire. Charles Edward Viner is recorded in Baillie, G.H. Watchmakers & Clockmakers of the World as apprenticed to Thomas Savage in 1802 and gaining his freedom of the Clockmakers' Company in 1813. He was elevated to Liveryman in 1819. He was a fine maker who worked from Regent Street and is best known for producing fine complex giant carriage clocks and small mantel clocks. The firm of Viner and Company is further recorded in Loomes, Brian Clockmakers & Watchmakers of the World, complete 21st century edition as working from 233 Regent Street, London 1827-50.Condition Report: Movement is in fine clean condition and is fully operational. There are no obvious signs of significant alterations or replacements however there are two sets spare holes to the backplate. The first is just to the right of the fly and appears to be an alternative location for quarter bell-stand foot with its steady pin hole beneath at one time erroneously drilled with an oil sink. The present location of the quarter bell-stand foot is preferable as it is well clear of the fly and allows easier adjustment of the bells in relation to the hammers. The second set of holed are just below the pendulum suspension and appear to be for a screw (thread not completed) and steady pin perhaps intended for some form of component to be fitted to the inside the inside of the backplate which was not required. Both of these pairs of holes are not considered 'problematic' or indicative of the movement undergoing any notable alteration. Cosmetically the movement may probably benefit from them being filled when the mechanism is next apart for a service.The dial is in good original condition with some slight 'mellowing' to silvered finish only.The case is also in fine original condition with noticeable faults limited to some very slight lifting of the brass inlay to the corners of the lower door rail at the joints and a few very minor bumps, scuffs and shrinkage commensurate with age.Clock is generally in fine original condition throughout with the only (minor) noteworthy faults being a couple of spare holes in the backplate and slight lifting to the brass inlay to the lower rail of the front door; has pendulum, two case keys and a winder. Condition Report Disclaimer

A quantity of mainly mid 20th century books to include Champion the Wonder Horse and other annuals and a 1961 First Edition The Borrowers Aloft by Mary Norton and a 1964 First Edition The Silent Traveller in San Francisco by Chiang Yee

WAUGH (EVELYN), SCOOP, FIRST EDITION, CLOTH, SLIGHTLY WORN, SPINE FADED, 1938

[CAUSSIN (NICHOLAS)] - THE HOLY COURT TRANSLATED INTO ENGLISH BY S[I]R T.H., TWO VOLS IN ONE, BOUND WITH MAXIMES OF THE HOLY COURT AND THE WORKS OF ... DR WILLIAM BEVERIDGE LATE LORD BISHOP OF AT ASAPH, SECOND EDITION, FOLIO, VOLUME ONE (ONLY) OF TWO, FINE ENGRAVED FOLDING PORTRAIT, CONTEMPORARY PANELLED CALF, 1729 (2) First title defective, several early ownership signatures, losses and repairs, later black cloth

[Book-collecting]. Library and auction catalogues, 19th and 20th century, comprising: 1. Bibliotheca Chethamensis: sive Bibliocae publicae Mancuniensis ... edidit Joannes Radcliffe [-Gulielmus Parr Gresswell], volumes 1-3 (of 6), 1st editions, Manchester: J. Harrop [-Henry Smith], 1791-1791-1826, engraved portrait frontispiece, bookplates and labels of the viscounts Mountgarret of Nidd Hall, contemporary polished calf by J. Winstanley of Manchester (with his ticket), gilt rules, 8vo (21.2 x 12.8 cm), a good set, 2. A Catalogue of the Highly Valuable Collection of Prints, the Property of the Late Sir Mark Masterman Sykes, Bart. ... Which, by Order of the Executors, will be sold by Auction by Mr. Sotheby, at his House, No. 3, Wellington Street, Strand, on Monday the 7th Day of December, 1824, and seven following Days, 1st edition, [London]: J. Davy, 1824, [4] 58 [iv], 2 advertisement leaves to rear including 'The Entire Library of the late James Boswell' (not noted on Library Hub), contemporary allegorical engraving of tragedy and comedy tipped to title-page, annotated throughout with buyers and prices realised, spotting and browning, contemporary green half roan, loss to spine-ends, front joint partially cracked, tips worn, 4to (27.2 x 20.5 cm), 3. An Alphabetical Catalogue of an Extensive Collection of the Writings of Daniel De Foe, 1st edition, 2nd issue, London: for Whitmore and Fenn, 1830, extra-illustrated with a wood-engraved portrait frontispiece (mounted) and a leaf from an 18th-century bookseller's advertisement, annotated interleaves throughout, initial blank annotated 'The additions in MS to this catalogue are by the late F. R. Atkinson Esq., Jas. [?]Cropley', Atkinson's embossed bookplate re-imposed to front pastedowns, ownership inscription (dated 1973) and bibliographical annotations of Brent Gration-Maxfield to front pastedown and free endpaper, modern half sheep to style, 8vo (19.6 x 12 cm). 4. Catalogue Raisonné of Books Printed at the Curwen Press 1920-1912, London: The Medici Society Limited, 1924, with colour woodcut bookplate of Ifan Kyrle Fletcher (1905-1969) designed by E. McKnight Kauffer, original boards, dent to front, 8vo, 5. The Library of Mrs. Elizabeth Vesey 1715-1791. The First of the Blue-Stockings ... Purchased by Private Treaty and removed from the Family Mansion, Lucan House, near Dublin. With a Biographical Note by Ross Balfour, 1st edition, Newcastle-upon-Tyne: Wiliam H. Robinson, 1926, 92 pp., 2 halftone plates, original wrappers bound in, autograph signatures of Lionel Robinson, Philip Robinson and D. Ross Balfour dated March 1926 on binder's blank, bookplate of David Ross Balfour, contemporary orange half calf, gilt spine, joints and extremities rubbed, 8vo (21.2 x 13.2 cm), and 5 others (Qty: 13)NOTESThe Bibliotheca Chethamensis is often catalogued by libraries as complete with the first two volumes only, and the later volumes published between 1826 and 1883 considered to be continuations rather than integral to the original work.

Cordelois. Leçons d'Armes ... Du duel et de l'assaut. Théorie complète sur l'art de l'escrime, 2nd edition, Paris: Librairie Militaire de J. Dumaine, 1872, author's signature of authority to verso of title, engraved portrait of author and 28 plates of fencing positions, ink mark to upper margin of title and few other initial leaves, title also with rubbed through ink stamp & price with consequent paper thinning, occasional short closed tears to margins, 20th century brown half sheep, large 8vo, together with: Bazancourt (César Lecat baron de) , Les Secrets de l'épée, Paris: Amyot, 1862, half-title, original printed wrapper bound-in at front, both with ink stamp, light scattered spotting, bookplate of Bibliotheque du Chateau de Salency M. Albert de Devise to upper pastedown, near contemporary sheep backed marbled boards, maroon roan title label to spine, extremities rubbed, 8vo, Prevost (Camille) , Théorie Pratique de l'Escrime ... Avec préface et notice par Ernest Legouvé, et la biographie de Prévost père par Adolphe Tavernier, Paris: M. de Brunhoff, 1886, half-title, tite in red & black, photogravure plates and vignettes, top edge gilt, modern dark blue buckram, black morocco title label to spine, 8vo, Bazancourt (César Lecat baron de) , Secrets of the Sword, Translated from the original French of Baron de Bazancourt by C.F.Clay, London: George Bell & Sons, 1900, monochrome illustrations, modern brown half sheep, 8vo, Grisier (Augustin). Les Armes et le Duel ... Ouvrage agréé par S.M. l'empereur de Russie. Préface anecdotique par Alexandre Dumas. Notice sur l'auteur par Roger de Beauvoir. Dessins par E. de Beaumont, 1st edition, Paris: Garnier Freres, 1847, half-title, engraved portrait and 10 lithograph plates, some scattered spotting, contemporary morocco-backed marbled boards, gilt decorated spine, board corners worn and showing, 8vo (Qty: 5)NOTESProvenance: The Leon Paul Library of Fencing. Thimm p.66, p.26 & p.231 (first three titles respectively) and Grisier - Thimm p.122; Gelli p.372. Augustin Grisier (1791-1865) was a highly regarded fencing master who established a school of swordsmanship in Paris. He taught sabre fencing, with pupils including the son of the Russian Tsar in St. Petersburg. He was a friend and acquaintance of Alexander Dumas.

Dickens (Charles). The Life and Adventures of Nicholas Nickleby, with Illustrations by Phiz, 1 volume bound in 3, 1st edition, early issue, Chapman and Hall, 1839, bound from the parts, engraved portrait frontispiece, 39 etched plates by Hablot K. Browne, scarce spotting or toning, 1 plate a trifle edge-frayed, half-title, contemporary textured cloth, gilt lettering (title & chapters) to spines, a few minor marks, volume 1 some bubbling to cloth, volume 3 spine ends lightly frayed, 8vo, together with: ibid., Sketches by Boz, new edition, complete, London: Chapman and Hall, 1839, additional engraved title and numerous plates, variable spotting and occasional marks to plates, 2 plates with repair to verso, 1 with fore-edge tear, frontispiece dampstained and with old tear (repaired), ink library stamp to half-title and title, front free endpaper lacking, front hinge cracked, contemporary green half calf, rubbed with some wear, 8vo, plus: Trollope (Anthony) , Orley Farm, 2 volumes, 1st edition, London: Chapman and Hall, 1862, bound from the parts, numerous plates, half-titles present, each volume with a front wrapper from an original part bound in at rear, some light spotting, 1st volume front hinge cracked after endpapers, contemporary red half morocco, rubbed with some wear, 8vo, and 3 others (George W. M. Reynolds, Pickwick Abroad, 1839; W. M. Thackeray, The Adventures of Philip, 3 volumes, 1862; Anthony Trollope, The Last Chronicle of Barset, 2 volumes, 1867, binding defective) (Qty: 12)NOTESNicholas Nickleby: Eckel pp. 64-6; Smith 5. This copy of Nicholas Nickleby has the publisher's imprint at the foot of the frontispiece and the first three plates (and possibly trimmed from the fourth plate), representing the first state. The caption of the cut 'Nicholas ... Mr. Bray' is the longer version compared to the shorter caption in the list of plates. However, the caption 'Nicholas instructs Smike .... does agree with the list of plates. Page 123 has the corrected 'sister' for 'visitor', however page 160 still has 'latter' for 'letter'. The page-number is printed correctly on page 'x'. This 3 volume set has been bound from the parts, probably as the parts were published as the final volume is in a slightly different coloured bookcloth.

Dyke (Jeremiah). The Righteous Mans Tower. Or, the Way to be Safe in a Case of Danger, 1st edition, 2nd issue, London: by E. G. for J. Rothwell, 1639, bound after: ibid., Two Treatises: the one of Good Conscience; shewing the Nature, Meanes, Markes, Benefits, and Necessities thereof. The Other the Mischiefe and Misery of Scandalls, both taken and given. The Sixth Edition corrected, London: by A. M. for Robert Milbourne, 1635, 2 works in 1 volume, toning, a few marks, contemporary marginal annotations and asterisks throughout in brown ink, ownership inscription 'Edmond Jones 1754' and 6 pp. annotations dated 1701 (containing reflections on the text) to rear binder's blanks, T he Righteous Mans Tower with cancel title-leaf (A2, tipped to A3), initial and terminal blanks possibly not original, spill-burn in R6, light damp-staining to final few leaves, Two Treatises first part (Good Conscience) with damp-staining in gutter of quires B-D, signature L1 with old paper restoration to fore margin, second part (The Mischiefe ...) signature A1 probably blank (not stated thus in ESTC), woodcut architectonic border to title-page, contemporary calf, rubbed, joints partially cracked, wear to spine-ends, 8vo (16.6 x 10.8 cm) (Qty: 1)NOTESESTC S126210 (eight copies world-wide), S100168 (six copies world-wide); STC 7422, 7428. Dyke's long ministerial career at Epping 'was accompanied by a number of successful publications which had their origins in his preaching there' (ODNB).

Attributed to Thomas Gaspey, or Thomas Skinner Surr. Richmond; or, Scenes in the Life of a Bow Street Officer, drawn up from his private memoranda, 3 volumes, 1st edition, London: Henry Colburn, 1827, without half-titles, some marks and soiling throughout, light browning, second volume with blank portion to lower outer corner of the first leaf of contents missing, and pages 215-218 supplied in facsimile, contemporary half calf over marbled boards, with remains of printed paper label to upper cover of each volume, modern blind-lettered brown calf rebacks, rubbed and a little wear to edges and outer corners, 8vo (Qty: 3)NOTESQueen, The Detective Short Story: A Bibliography , p. 46; Carter, Collecting Detective Fiction , p. 51. According to Queen, 'one of the earliest books of true real-life reminiscences', and a work which fore-shadowed the birth of the detective story in English.

Gregory the Great (Saint, 540-604). Moralia, omni eruditione sacrarum scripturarum refertissima: cum gemina tabula quarum una alphabetica serie materias singulas conplectitur: altera passus sacre scripture extra Job allegatos declaratorsque continet, Paris: Ulrich Gering and Berthold Rembolt, 31 October 1495, 381 leaves (of 382: final blank 2b6 discarded, but retaining medial blank T10), 51 lines and headline, double column, gothic type, printed manicules in margins, decorated throughout with initials in red around printed guide letters, paragraph markings in red, and capital strokes in yellow, lacking front free endpaper, occasional light staining to margins from bleeding of dye used on edges, tiny worm-track to lower margin of first few leaves, title-leaf (a1) tipped to front pastedown, slightly soiled and with two tears of which one crudely repaired recto, leaves C3-4 transposed, a2 with light soiling to fore margin, small marginal stain to S7, final quire (2b) browned, final extant leaf (2b5) slightly spotted, with light worming to margins and short closed tear to fore margin, concomitant worming to rear free endpaper and pastedown, early ink annotations to a1 recto (title-page), a2 recto and T9 verso (last page of main text), printer's device on 2b5 verso embellished with 4 pen-and-ink sketches of winged angel's heads. Later binding (late 16th/early 17th century) of mottled sheep over wooden boards, heavily rubbed, wear and cracking to joint-ends, a few superficial worm-tracks to covers, corners showing through, folio in 8s (28.2 x 20 cm) (Qty: 1)NOTESGoff G-431; GW 11433; Hain-Copinger 7932*; ISTC ig00431000. First Paris edition, and the sixth overall, of one of the most important texts in western medieval Christianity; the first edition is probably that printed in Nuremberg in 1471. The Moralia was unprecedented in its scope and remained the dominant commentary on the Book of Job until the thirteenth century. 'Gregory began writing the commentary around 583, before he became pope in 590, and he completed it within the first year of his papacy. It was a tumultuous time in Rome. Italy was reeling from the wars of Justinian, the Lombards had occupied northern Italy, and floods, plagues, and famines had devastated the country … Clearly the sufferings of that period prompted a desperate need for the exposition of Job by those charged with teaching the Christian faith in such difficult times' (Seow, Job 1-21: Interpretation and Commentary (2013), p. 193).

Heylyn (Peter). The Historie of that most Famous Saint and Souldier of Christ Jesus; St. George of Cappadocia, 1st edition, London: printed for Henry Seyle, and are to be sold at his shop, 1631, engraved additional title-page by William Marshall, damp-staining to fore margins, concomitant fraying to quires A-E and X-2A (more extensive to outer leaves and affecting image of engraved title) and slight softening with occasional nicks to remainder of volume, leaves A3-B2 trimmed to text along fore edges, early ownership inscription to front free endpaper ('John Raymond Junr'), bookplate of Robert J. Hayhurst, contemporary limp vellum, slightly marked, modern manuscript spine-title, spine rolled, 4to (17.8 x 13.8 cm), together with: Pine (John), Quinti Horatii Flacci Opera, 2 volumes, 1st edition, London: John Pine, 1737-7, pp., [32] 176 [2] 177-264 [2], [24] 48 [2] 49-94 [2] 95-152 [2] 153-172 [2] 173-192 [14], signatures [pi]2 a1 b-g2 [chi]1 A-2Z2 [chi]1 3A-3Z2 4Z1, [pi]2 a-d2 e1 f1 A-N2 [chi]1 O-2B1 [chi]1 2B-2R2 [chi]1 2S-3D2 3E1 3F-3H2 3I1, engraved throughout including frontispieces, title-pages, lists of subscribers, head- and tailpieces, initials, and full-page vignette illustrations, light spotting and soiling, each volume with ink-stamps of the Devon & Exeter Institution to recto of frontispiece and versos of title-page and final leaf (blank in each case), and library plate to front pastedown, contemporary calf, gilt spines, volume 1 binding split between quires Y and Z, volume 2 front board detached, 8vo (22 x 13.5 cm), [Scupoli, Lorenzo], The Spiritual Combat. Done into English by J. T., 1st edition in English, London: F. Needham, 1742, title-page slightly chipped and creased, a few other marks, bookplate of the Virtue and Cahill library to front pastedown, 19th-century calf, 18mo (13 x 7.8 cm), and 5 others, antiquarian, not collated: Jean-Bernard Le Blanc, Letters on the English and French Nations, 2 volumes, 1st edition in English, 1747; Edward Jerningham, Poems, 1st edition, 1727, front board detached; William Alexander, Esperienze mediche, Naples, 1783; Elizabeth Montagu, Letters, 2 volumes, 1st edition, 1809, volume 2 front board near-detached; The Laws and Acts made in the First Parliament of ... James VII, Edinburgh, 1731, bookplate of Cuninghame of Lainshaw (Qty: 11)NOTESCohen-de Ricci 497-8 (Pine, 'ouvrage très recherché); ESTC S104019 (Heylyn), T46226 (Pine), T103931 (Scupoli: eight copies world-wide); Rothschild 1546-8 (Pine, large-paper issue); STC 13272 (Heylyn). Pine's work is a first issue, with 'post est' round the Caesar medal on page 108 of volume two; this copy lacks the folding letterpress leaf 'List of the antiques in the first volume of Horace', but this is found only in a 'small number of copies' (ESTC).

[Hobbes, Thomas]. The History of the Civil Wars of England. From the Year 1640, to 1660. By T. H., [London: no printer], 1679, initial blank possibly discarded, faint damp-stain to lower half of text throughout, small worm track to first 10 leaves touching text in leaves B1-2, title-page with residue from facing initial blank or endpaper to foot and short closed tear at fore edge just touching one letter , author's name added in brown ink by a contemporary hand, contemporary ownership inscription 'D. Martyne' to title-page and p. 1, final page with residue from rear free endpaper obscuring a few letters, contemporary calf, worn, joints cracked, front board bowed, small 8vo (15.6 x 9.6 cm) (Qty: 1)NOTESESTC R35438; Macdonald & Hargreaves 86; Wing H2239. True first edition, scarce in commerce. The work was originally written in the late 1660s and an authorized edition did not appear until 1682. Two other editions printed in 1679 and not explicitly identified as a second edition on the title-page are recorded: a duodecimo edition with the same title but the author named as T. Hobbs (ESTC R235168), and an edition with the title Behemoth: Or an Epitome of the Civil Wars of England ... (ESTC R9336; Wing H2213). ESTC implies that the work was first published with the title B ehemoth , but Macdonald and Hargreaves's assignation of priority to the present edition is confirmed by the Oxford Handbook of Hobbes (eds. Martinich & Hoekstra, Oxford, 2016, p. 575).

Jonson (Ben). The Works. Which were formerly printed in two volumes, are now reprinted in one. To which is added a Comedy, called the New Inn. With Additions never before published, London: printed by Thomas Hodgkin, for H. Herringman, E. Brewster, T. Bassett, R. Chiswell, M. Wotton, G. Conyers, 1692, portrait frontispiece lacking (A1), damp-staining in fore margins, concomitant variable softening to fore edges, A2-6 and final 3 leaves (5B4 and chi1-2) consequently strengthened or extended along fore margins and outer corners, quires B-D and 4Y-5B slightly frayed along fore edges, H1 with marginal loss, small worm-track in fore margins from quire 3A onward and light worming to lower outer corners from quire 4M onward, gradually ramifying in both cases, in the latter occasionally touching text or catchword but never affecting legibility, early ownership inscriptions to title-page and p. 1, contemporary calf, rebacked, worn, folio (36 x 22.2 cm) (Qty: 1)NOTESESTC R15282; Pforzheimer 561; Wing J1006. First complete collected edition, the first one-volume edition, and the final folio edition.

Lanteri (Giacomo). Duo libri del modo di fare le fortificationi di terra intorno alle città ed alle castella per fortificarle, Venice: Francesco Marcolinii, 1559, signatures Aa-Cc4 Dd2 A-M4 N-P2 Q4, signatures B2-3 and O1-2 each forming a folding woodcut plate, double-page woodcut diagram across P1 recto and P2 verso, woodcut initial figures , further woodcut diagrams and vignettes in text, variable damp-staining to head and foot of gutter, becoming more extensive in quires M-P, pin-hole in gutter of quires Aa-D, title- page (Aa1) stained in lower margin, B2-3 (plate) browned, with small hole at intersection of folds and closely trimmed along fore edges, marginal paper disruption to B4 touching side-note, similar hole to intersection of folds in O1-2 (plate), contemporary limp vellum, manuscript spine-title, soiled, ties perished, 4to (20.6 x 15.4 cm) (Qty: 1)NOTESProvenance: Manuscript purchase note in Italian dated 1746 to rear free endpaper. Adams L167 (citing one copy only); Cockle 770; STC Italian p. 369. First edition, Library Hub traces three copies in UK libraries: British Library, Oxford and Cambridge. Lanteri was a military engineer who served at the papal court and under Philip II of Spain. This is a different work from his Due dialoghi ... Del modo di disegnare le piante delle fortezze secondo Euclide; et del modo di comporre i modelli e torri in disegno le piante della città (1557).

Latham (Ebenezer). Preparation for Death, and Fitness for Heaven. A Sermon Preached at Uttoxeter, May 26, 1745. On Occasion of the Death of the Reverend Mr. Daniel Madock. To which will be annexed, for the sake of the curious, a short appendix, containing a Latin letter of Sir Isaac Newton; and a catalogue of the students educated under Mr. Frankland, referred to in the discourse, only edition, London, printed for J. Waugh and J. Roe in Derby, 1745, 46 pp., previous owner inscription of William Haslam, Derby, 1814-1864 & July 12, 1864-1874 to title verso, a few small stains, disbound, 8vo (Qty: 1)NOTESESTC T140156. This sermon by Ebenezer Latham, non-conformist minister at Uttoxeter for the funeral of the Reverend Daniel Madock in 1745 is notable for the letter in the appendix, dated 1678-79, from Sir Isaac Newton to Madock's father, Joshua Madock (died 1682). Latham states 'The following Letter, which has several Years lain with me, under Sir Isaac Newton's own Hand, at the same Time that it justifies the account of Dr. Madock, gives us a great Idea of Sir Isaac Newton for we learn from it, that no Bias from Friendship, or the Beauty of Theorems, drawn up in his own Way by an excellent Mathematician, could induce him to admit and Thing into his Doctrines of Light and, which was not supported by Experiments'. Madock (or Maddock) was a country doctor in Whitchurch, Shropshire and a friend of Newton and had sent him some essays on the topic of the existence of 'dark rays', and suggesting they might conform to the same law of refraction as rays of light. Newton responds in the letter that he thought it was an interesting question whether dark rays exist and if so be governed by the same law of refraction or some other. He acknowledges Madock's skilful and subtle arguments and would advance the science of optics if proved. The Newton letter is first published here and reprinted in the Gentleman's Magazine in August 1782.

[Manley, Delarivier]. Secret Memoirs and Manners of Several Persons of Quality, of Both Sexes. From the New Atalantis, an Island in the Mediterranean. Written Originally in Italian [volume 2: and Translated from the Third Edition of the French], 2 volumes, London: for John Morphew and J. Woodward, 1709, engraved allegorical frontispiece to volume 2, volume 1 final leaf browned, volume 2 browned throughout and with with errata supplied in contemporary manuscript, contemporary panelled sheep, spines rubbed, headcaps, perished, joints slightly cracked at ends, volume 2 front board worn, 8vo (19 x 11.5 cm), together with: [ibid.], Memoirs of Europe, towards the Close of the Eighth Century. Written by Eginardus, Secretary and Favourite to Charlemagne; and done into English by the Translator of the New Atalantis, London: for John Morphew, 1710, moderately spotted and browned, contemporary panelled calf uniform with the Secret Memoirs, light wear, 8vo (19 x 12 cm) (Qty: 3)NOTESProvenance: Barnard family (18th-century engraved bookplates, names blacked out, but see Fairbairn (1993), volume 1, p. 35). ESTC N47962 (eight copies world-wide, all in the USA), N47966 (five UK copies), T106837. An attractive mixed set of one of the great succès de scandale of the eighteenth century , together with the first volume (of two) of its continuation, the Memoirs of Europe . Secret Memoirs volume one is stated second edition on the title; volume two has no edition statement but this setting is listed by ESTC as one of several belonging to the 'second' edition rather than the first, though without any clear reason: the relevant part of their note may have been erroneously incorporated from the record of one of the various other settings of the first or the second volumes. A notice on page xiv does announce the publication of 'the third edition corrected ... of the first volume of these Memoirs ', but this is also found in other settings which ESTC does not describe as belonging to the 'second' edition (e.g. T141387). Volumes one and two each contain the relevant 'Key to Atalantis' leaf not called for in ESTC and listed separately as T155162 and T155163. ESTC calls for a frontispiece in this version of volume one, but sets traced in commerce typically have one frontispiece only.

[Poetry]. Sammelband of poetry pamphlets, 18th century, comprising: 1. [Pratt, Samuel]. The Shadows of Shakespeare: a Monody, occasioned by the Death of Mr. Garrick. Being a Prize Poem, written for the Vase at Bath-Easton. By Courtney Melmoth, 3rd edition, Bath: R. Cruttwell, c.1780, pp. [2] 24, spotting, 3 holes in gutter of title-page, 2. Goldsmith (Oliver). The Deserted Village, a Poem, 8th edition, London: for W. Griffin, at Garrick's Head, 1775, pp. iii-vii [1] 23 [1], engraved title-page vignette by Isaac Taylor, half-title discarded, title marked, 3. Jenner (Charles). Town Eclogues, 2nd edition, London: for T. Cadell, 1773, pp. [4] 40, light spotting, contemporary ownership inscription 'Joseph Rye' to p. 1, 4. [Whitehead, William]. Variety. A Tale for Married People, 5th edition, London: for J. Dodsley, 1777, pp. 24, spotting, 5. Dodd (William). Thoughts on the Glorious Epiphany, of the Lord Jesus Christ. A Political Essay, written in the Year MDCCLVII. Sacred to Friendship, 3rd edition ('corrected'), London: for G. Kearsly, 1777, pp. viii [2] 54, spotting at end, 6. [Tickell, Richard]. The Project. A Poem. Dedicated to Dean Tucker, 2nd edition, London: for T. Becket, 1778, pp. [4] 12., spotting, 7. Jerningham (Edward). The Ancient English Wake. A Poem, 1st edition, London: by William Richardson for James Robson, 1779, pp. [5] 6-21 [1], title-page toned and slightly spotted, 8. Sheridan (Richard Brinsley). Verses to the Memory of Garrick. Spoken as a Monody at the Theatre-Royal in Drury-Lane, 2nd edition, London: T. Evans [and others], 1779, pp. 3-15 [1], engraved frontispiece, half-title discarded, frontispiece offset and with marginal spot, contemporary half calf, rubbed, loss to foot of spine, 4to (24 x 19 cm) (Qty: 1)NOTESESTC T146051 (Goldsmith), T51493 (Jenner: five copies in UK libraries), T131153 (Whitehead: five copies in UK libraries), N14395 (Dodd: six copies world-wide), T2401 (Tickell), T4590 (Jerningham: eight copies in UK libraries). This edition of Pratt's work not in ESTC; ESTC traces a handful of copies for the first two editions (c.1779 and c.1780).

Quin (Frederic Hervey Foster, 1799-1879). Pharmacopoeia Homoeopathica, 1st edition, London: S. Highley, 1834, xx 165 pp., interleaved throughout, inscribed 'To D. J. Calthrop Williams from his friend the author' on the initial blank, inscribed by the recipient 'J. C. Williams, given by the author, translated by his pupil & friend J. C. W.' on the title-page, manuscript English translation of the Latin text to interleaves, contemporary cloth, printed paper spine-label, spine superficially cracked but firm and with loss to headcaps, remnants of paper labels on front cover, corners bumped, 8vo (22 x 13.6 cm) (Qty: 1)NOTESPresentation copy of the first systematic work on homeopathy published in England, inscribed to Nottingham physician John Calthrop Williams (1801-1856). Quin introduced homeopathy to England after settling in London in 1832 following a tour of Europe, and founded the British Homeopathic Society in 1844.

Roland (George). A Treatise on the Theory and Practice of the Art of Fencing ... and Continued by Easy and Progressive Lessons, from the Simplest Position to the most Complicated Movements, 1st edition , Edinburgh: Archd. Constable & Co., 1823, half-title, 12 lithograph plates with some offsetting from text, extensive manuscript notes in pencil throughout and to three plates and also blank flyleaves at front & rear, light toning, occasional spotting, slight dampstaining at rear, edges untrimmed, hinges repaired, original boards, reback cloth spine with printed paper title label, boards marked and slightly worn to edges, 8vo, together with: Ibid. , An Introductory Course of Fencing, 2nd edition, Edinburgh: Published by the Author, [1830?], 5 lithograph plates, light toning and scattered spotting, bookplate to upper pastedown, scuffing to endpapers, original cloth gilt, rebacked, slim 8vo (Qty: 2)NOTESProvenance: The Leon Paul Library of Fencing. Thimm p.243; Pardoel 2217. The first edition of this treatise by George Roland (fl.1809-1862), fencing master at the Royal Academy of Edinburgh and son of Joseph Roland, fencing master at the Royal Military Academy of Woolwich. A reissue, printed from the same setting of type, was published in 1824.

Roland (George). A Treatise on the Theory and Practice of the Art of Fencing ... and Continued by Easy and Progressive Lessons, from the Simplest Position to the most Complicated Movements, [2nd edition] , London: William Sams & Edinburgh: Archibald Constable & Co., 1824, 12 lithograph plates, lacking half-title, title loose, occasional spotting, original cloth, spine worn with loss, joints cracked, 8vo, together with: Ibid. , An Introductory Course of Fencing, Edinburgh: Published by the Author, 1837, 5 lithograph plates, title & front free endpaper detached, some light dampstaining and spotting, original printed stiff wrappers (browned and stained), lacking spine, covers detached, worn, slim 8vo, with loosely inserted 4 page advertisement 'Fencing and Single-Stick. Terms of Mr. Roland, (Late of the Royal Military Academy, Woolwich) One Guinea for Six Lessons of Fencing', small 8vo (Qty: 3)NOTESProvenance: The Leon Paul Library of Fencing. Thimm p.243. George Roland (fl.1809-1862), fencing master at the Royal Academy of Edinburgh was the son of Joseph Roland, fencing master at the Royal Military Academy of Woolwich. The first edition of the A Treatise on the Theory and Practice of the Art of Fencing was published in 1823 (Refer Thimm p.243; Pardoel 2217).

Boyle (Robert). New Experiments Physico-Mechanical, touching the Spring of the Air, and its Effects, (Made, for the most part, in a New Pneumatical Engine). Written by way of Letter to the Right Honorable Charles Lord Viscount of Dungarven, 2nd edition, Oxford: by H. Hall for Tho. Robinson, 1662, 3 parts in 1 volume, extremely defective, lacking half-title (A1) and quires N-2A in part 1, and medial and final blanks m4 and o4 in part 3, retaining the 2 engraved plates (the folding plate torn and backed on linen, the other with chip in margin), damp-staining, concomitant marginal repairs to outer leaves, part 2 medial blank 2q4 loose, part 3 with worming to lower margin, early ownership inscription 'John Blakey' to title-page, occasional marginalia in a similar hand, contemporary sprinkled calf, rebacked and relined, tips restored, 4to (20 x 14.8 cm), together with: A Continuation of New Experiments Physico-Mechanical, Touching the Spring and Weight of the Air, and their Effects. The I Part, 1st edition, Oxford: by Henry Hall for Richard Davis, 1669, 7 engraved folding plates (of 8: lacking plate 8), damp-staining, variable spotting and browning, plates shaved along bottom edges, a few nicked and rumpled along fore edges, disbound, 4to (20 x 15.7 cm) (Qty: 2)NOTESFulton 14 & 16; PMM 143 for the New Experiments . This second edition of the New Experiments Physico-Mechanical contains the first appearance in print of Boyle's Law, not found in the first edition of 1660.

[Voltaire]. Sermon du rabin Akib, prononcé à Smyrne le 20 Novembre 1761. Traduit de l'Hébreu [caption-title], [London?: no publisher, 1761?], 22 pp., a few spots and marks, bound after: [Maty, Matthew], Epitre au chevalier d'Oliveyra sur le dernier acte de foi le Lisbonne. Par Mr. de ***, Geneva [i.e. London?]: [no publisher], 1762, 24 pp., engraved title device, a few marks, 2 works in 1 volume, contemporary marbled boards, rebacked, corners worn, 8vo (18 x 11.4 cm) (Qty: 1)NOTESESTC N48650 & N48153; Bengesco IV 2333 for Maty’s work (with apparently misprinted date of 1772); this edition of Voltaire’s work not in Bengesco, but cf. II 1667 for two other editions each with 15 pp., and supplied imprints of Geneva, 1761 and Paris, 1762. See further J. Patrick Lee, ‘The Apocryphal Voltaire: Problems in the Voltairean Canon’, in The Enterprise of Enlightenment (2004) , eds. Pratt & McCallam, pp. 270-2. Very rare early edition, and possible first edition printed in England, of Voltaire’s important philosemitic critique of religious fanaticism, written in response to the execution of Jesuit priest Gabriel Malgarida at Lisbon (1689-1761). It was his first philosophical sermon to be published, and ESTC notes that the ‘presence of press figures [in this edition] suggests an English origin’. The first-bound item is a very rare Voltairean pastiche on the same subject, once attributed to Voltaire but now thought to be by Dutch Huguenot refugee Matthew Maty (1718-1776), who was first principal librarian at the British Museum from 1772 until his death, and a practising physician and author. According to Lee (see above) only 20 copies were printed. ESTC traces one copy only of each work, both at the University of Texas, WorldCat adding copies of Maty's work at the British Library and the Bibliothèque nationale de France; for Voltaire’s work WorldCat identifies seven copies apparently with the same extent (22 pp.) as our copy, but on inspection only that in the National Library of Israel has 22 pages, the others all comprising 15 pages only, and presumably representing one of the editions cited by Bengesco.

Ward (Samuel). The Happinesse of Practice, printed for John Marriot, and John Grismand, 1622, 4 unnumbered preliminary leaves, including integral blank before title, 48 pages of text (mis-numbered 1-24, 27-42, 41-46), with final leaf (Postcript) unnumbered, disbound without covers, small slim 8vo, together with Williams (John). A Sermon of perservering in Patience, Repentance, and Humiliation, in time of Afflications, preached before the Lords of the Parliament, at the last generall Fast, upon Ash-wednesday the 18. day of February 1628. At the Collegiat Church of S. Peter in Westminster, 1st edition, printed by John Bill, printer to the King's most excellent Maiestie, 1628, printed title, blank leaf, A-G4, H1, extensive early annotations to title verso and blank leaf in brown ink, both with some soiling and marks, text leaves occasionally cropped at head, with partial loss of page numbers (one or two with page number no longer visible), disbound without covers, small slim 4to, plus [Ward, Edward]. The Secret History of the Calves-Head Club: or, The Republican Unmasqu'd. Wherein is fully shewn the religion of the Calves-Head Heroes in their Anniversary Thanksgiving Songs on the Thirtieth of January, by them called Anthems; For the Years 1693, 1694, 1695, 1696, 1697. Now published, to demonstrate the restless, implacable spirit of a certain party still among us..., 2nd edition, printed, and sold by the Booksellers of London and Westminster, 1703, A-D4 (including integral blank at end), 22 pp., plus blank leaf at end, untrimmed, stitched as issued, light soiling to first and last leaf, slim 4to, and two other early 18th century pamphlets: Legion's Humble Address to the Lords, Answer'd Paragraph by Paragraph, [London, 1704], 8 pp., some fraying to margins, trimmed to lower margin with loss of some words (a reply to Daniel Defoe's Humble Address, Moore 74), and The Visions of Sir Heister Ryley: with other entertainments, volume I, number 80, Wednesday February 21, 1710, 4 pp., pages numbered 317-320, both disbound without covers, slim 4to (Qty: 5)NOTESSTC 25045 for the first work. STC 25727 for the second work. ESTC T105975 (a pamphlet exposing the blasphemous Calves'-Head Club, consisting of 'Independants and Anabaptists' which met on the anniversary of the death of King Charles I in order to ridicule his memory, and drink a health to Oliver Cromwell).

Fox-hunting. 'Ledbury Hunt - Major W. P. Thackwell's Testimonial - 1901' [cover-title], calligraphic manuscript in black and red ink on rectos only of 4 leaves of thick card stock, text within decorative blue frames, first leaf with illuminated decoration, tissue-guards, various autograph letters signed and newspaper clippings tipped in, all edges gilt, contemporary gilt red morocco album by Tilley of Ledbury, bevelled edges, rounded corners, slightly rubbed, 4to (25.8 x 19.5 cm), together with: 10 other journals, albums and similar, mainly 19th century, comprising: 1) [Mount-Temple, Georgina Cowper-Temple, Baroness], Memorials [of William Francis Cowper-Temple, 1st Baron, 1811-1888], 1st edition, [London:] printed for private circulation, 1890, 198 pp., related newspaper clippings, photographs and letters (autograph and typed) mounted to endpapers and interleaves, original cloth, manuscript spine-title, marked, 4to, 2) Clergyman's manuscript journal, 1857-1901, recording clerical engagements and bird and insect sightings, approx. 150 pp., contemporary vellum, 4to, 3) Friendship album of Caroline Elizabeth Larking, 1821-2, approx. 76 pp. + blanks, a few pencil sketches, contemporary red half roan, 4to, 4) Arithmetic exercise book of Harry Green of Parsonage House Academy, 1866, approx. 80 pp., contemporary red half roan, 4to, 5) Two manuscript hymnals, 1820 and c.1820, approx. 100 and 180 pp., oblong narrow 8vo and oblong 8vo, the first with leaves working loose, 6) Two photograph albums, one with gelatin silver prints of Venice and Bolzano, the other with platinum prints of English villages, binding split, 7) Two minute books of Gorsley & District Horticultural Society, Herefordshire, 1925-66 (Qty: 11)NOTESProvenance: Professor Cecil H. Clough (1930-2017), Reader in Medieval History, University of Liverpool.

Trade catalogues. A collection of advertising and trade catalogues & brochures, early-mid 20th century, comprising approximately 30 catalogues, brochures & advertising, including: 1. John Buckingham, Ltd. Carriage & Motor Body Builders, Makers of Wind Screens, Cape Hoods, Canopies, and all Accessories Supplies, 82 & 84 Sherlock Street, Birmingham, circa 1920, monochrome illustrations, original printed wrappers, side sewn as issued, oblong 8vo, 2. Maidsaver Kitchen Cabinets & Fitments, a 'Lusty' product of W. Lusty & Sons Ltd., 1938, photolithograph illustrations, pictorial wrappers, oblong 4to, with updated price list for March 1940 loosely inserted, 3. Thomas Goode & Co. (London) Ltd., catalogue of fine bone china and other chinaware, mid 1950s, numerous chromolithograph plates, original mock reptile skin covered boards, slim 4to, 4. Supplementary Catalogue of "Biclam" Cast-Iron Tables, (Round and Oblong) Show Stands, Tile Hearth Curb Fenders, Ventilating Gratings, Window Mullions, Over Doors, Umbrella Stands, &c., 1901, wood engraved illustrations, original printed wrappers, toned to margins, slim 8vo, 5. Catalogue of Seats and Seat Standards for Picture, Music and Mission Halls; Parks, Gardens, Schools; Post Offices, Shops, &c., &c. Show Stands for Shop Windows &c., circa 1905, first leaf dated 1905 in pencil to upper margin, wood engraved illustrations, original printed wrappers, slim 8vo, 6. Business Stationery ... Tillotsons (Bolton), Ltd., circa 1920s, containing examples of letterheaded paper, compliment slips and business cards printed by offset lithography and die-stamped relief, original printed stiff wrappers, side sewn, oblong 4to, and several other brochures containing samples of letterheaded paper etc., 7. Important Facts Concerning Oriental Rugs, Oriental Rug Works Chutjian Bros., 35 Court Square, Boston, Mass., 1926, photogravure illustrations, few ink annotations, original printed wrappers, slim 8vo, 8. The Abingdon Carpet Manufacturing Co., Handbook of Carpet Squares & Rugs, 4th edition, [1903], photogravure & wood engraved illustrations, original printed wrappers, detached and slightly torn at head, slim 8vo, plus other advertising and trade catalogues & brochures etc. (Qty: a small carton)

Leighton (Clare). Woodcuts. Examples of the Work of Clare Leighton. With an Introduction by Hilaire Belloc, London: Longmans, Green and Co., 1930, 41 woodcuts on india paper (listed as 36), all tipped in as issued, captioned tissue-guards, spotting to endpapers, original cloth, spine lettered in gilt, woodcut view onlaid to front board, a very good copy in the chipped, spotted and soiled dust jacket, 4to (Qty: 1)NOTESFirst edition, number 319 of 450 copies signed by the artist, this copy additionally with Leighton's clipped autograph signature mounted to the front free endpaper, and an envelope addressed in her hand to Miss Kathleen Robertson, of St. Monica's, Burgh Heath, Tadworth, Surrey and postmarked Hampstead, 4 December 1928, laid in.

Hodgson (J.E.). The History of Aeronautics in Great Britain from the Earliest Times to the Latter Half of the Nineteenth Century, first edition, Oxford University Press, 1924, colour and black & white plates, top edge gilt, original cloth gilt, rubbed, small folio, (one of 1,000 copies), together with Langley, Samuel Pierpont & Manly, Charles M. Langley Memoir on Mechanical Flight, 2 parts in 1, publication, The Smithsonian Institution, Washington, 1911 , folio and various aviation books mostly early 20th century including Alan J. Cobham, My Flight to the Cape & Back 1926, David Masters, "So Few" 1943, Captain Amundsen, My Polar Flight circa 1927 and others (Qty: 8) This lot is not subject to VAT.

Sloane (William Milligan) . Life Of Napoleon Bonaparte, 4 volumes, New York, 1906, numerous colour & monochrome plates, bookplates to front pastedowns, ex-library copies with associated marks, some minor toning, top edge gilt, publishers uniform original red cloth, spines slightly faded & rubbed to head & foot, large 8vo, together with; Crockett (S. R.) , The Stickit Minister and some Common Men, 2nd edition, 1894, signed by the author to the limitation page, 55 monochrome illustrations, front gutters cracked, period inscription to front endpaper, some minor spotting & toning, top edge gilt, publishers original gilt decorated brown cloth, lightly rubbed to head & foot, 8vo, limited edition of 350 copies, and Reiss (R.A). The Kingdom of Serbia. Report upon the atrocities committed by the Austro-Hungarian Army during the First Invasion of Serbia, submitted to the Serbian Government, English translation by F.S. Copeland, 1st edition, 1916, monochrome plates after photographs, etc., original red cloth, a little rubbed and some minor marks, 8vo, and Hicks (Francis) , Lucian's True History, A. H. Bullen, 1902, 17 monochrome illustrations, some minor toning, publishers original white cloth spine to boards, spine slightly toned & rubbed to head & foot, 4to, limited edition 1/500, plus other 19th & early 20th century history reference & biography, including the Illustrated Works of Sir Walter Scott, 9 volumes, circa 1893, mostly in original cloth, G/VG, 8vo (Qty: 6 shelves)

Kelly (Andrew & Melanie) . Take Flight, Celebrating Aviation in the West of England Since 1910, 1st edition Bristol Cultural Development Partnership (BCDP), Bristol, 2010, numerous colour & monochrome illustrations, original cloth in dust jacket, large 4to, together with: Hutton (John) , Kitchener's Men, The King's Own Royal Lancasters on the Western Front 1915-1918, 1st edition, Pen & Sword, Barnsley, 2008, numerous black & white illustrations, original cloth in dust jacket, 8vo, and Caygill (Peter) , Jet Jockeys, Flying the RAF's First Jet Fighters, 1st edition, Airlife, Shrewsbury, 2002, black & white illustrations, original cloth in dust jacket, covers very lightly rubbed to head, 8vo, plus other modern military & aviation reference & related, including publications by Arms & Armour, Greenhill Books, Osprey, PSL, Sutton, Ian Allan, mostly original cloth in dust jackets, some paperbacks, G/VG, 8vo/4to (Qty: 6 shelves)

Cherry-Garrard (Apsley, 1886-1959). The Worst Journey in the World: Antarctic 1910-1913, One Volume Edition [Library Edition], London: published by the author and distributed for him by Chatto & Windus, 1951, coloured frontispiece, 8 plain plates and 4 maps including 2 folding, signed ink presentation inscription from the author to front free endpaper, 'To Mrs Reynell in gratitude, 1947 to 1951, from Apsley Cherry-Garrard, October 25th 1951, partly uncut, original blue cloth gilt in dust jacket, slightly dust-soiled and chipped at edges, with a little loss to upper margins, large 8vo (Qty: 1)NOTESSpence 286. The first edition of Cherry-Garrard's Antarctic Classic to contain the author's Postscript written in 1948. A nice copy of an important association item. The recipient of this copy was Una Mary, the widow of the psychiatrist Walter Rupert Reynell (1885-1948). Cherry-Garrard had been deeply affected by the deaths, particularly those of Wilson and Bowers, with whom he had made the journey to Cape Crozier on Robert Falcon Scott's Terranova Expedition. He suffered from depression and what is now called post-traumatic stress disorder for the rest of his life. Cherry continually revisited the question of what alternative choices and actions might have saved the South Pole team, notably in this classic book, The Worst Journey in the World , first published in 1922. Rupert Reynell was one of the psychiatrists who looked after him from 1947 and got him on his feet again after a cataleptic stroke in the summer of 1946, which had left him bedridden for nearly a year. Sadly, Cherry's good friend Reynell died suddenly in 1948, but for some six years Cherry was mentally happy and became interested in, among other things, book-collecting and cruising in the Mediterranean. However, with inexplicable suddenness Cherry broke down again in the Autumn of 1953, being thereafter cared for by Dr. Gordon Mathias until his death in 1959.

Seago (Edward). With the Allied Armies in Italy, 1st edition, Collins, 1945, colour and monochrome illustrations after Seago, original red cloth, spine lettered in gilt, some light scattered spotting, mainly to upper cover, in dust wrapper, large 8vo, together with: Topolski (Feliks). Britain in Peace and War, Russia in War, & Three Continents 1944-45, all 1st editions, Methuen & Co. Ltd., 1941, 1942, and 1946 respectively, monochrome illustrations to each, third title with colour frontispiece, all original cloth, the first two titles in dust wrappers, third title with some marks to spine, 4to, plus: Horner (Gordon). For You The War Is Over, privately published, 1948, mounted colour plates, monochrome illustrations, preface by the former prisoner of war Bill Bowes, signed by Bowes in blue ink, original green calf-backed cloth, spine lettered in gilt, upper joint with hairline cracks at head and foot, in dust wrapper, oblong 8vo, and others on the Second World War and war artists, including The Rescue by Edward Sackville-West, illustrated by Henry Moore, 1945, limited edition 357/850, British Artists and The War, by John Rothenstein, 1st edition, 1931, Men of the R.A.F. by Sir William Rothenstein and Lord David Cecil, 1942, The Women of England, by Margaret Biddle, 1941, Painters' Journal by Donald Friend, Sydney, 1946, Tanks and How to Draw Them, by Terence Cuneo, 1943, Britain's Home Guard, a character study by John Brophy, portrayed in colour by Eric Kennington, 1945 (with presentation inscription by John Brophy to front endpaper), The Tiger Strikes, The Tiger Kills & The Tiger Triumphs, 3 volumes, published for the Government of India, 2nd edition/1st editions, 1943, 1944 & 1946 respectively, Sven Berlin, I Am Lazarus, 1st edition, 1961 (with presentation inscription by the author to Bob Swire dated March 1961), etc., mostly original cloth, many in dust wrappers, generally in good condition, mostly 8vo, but including several larger format (Qty: 45)

* Folkard (Charles, 1878-1963). The Pirate Ship, pen, ink, and watercolour, depicting a crowded sailing ship flying a Jolly Roger flag, filled with ten cavorting pirate mice and imps accompanied by a frog, the vessel with newspaper hull, a tiller of spent matches, a mast of pencils and wooden cotton reel with a patched sail, and with a parrot perched on the mast, foreground with a large fish in the sea cocking a snook with his tail, signed lower left, some light spotting to sky and clouds, 23 x 18 cm (9 x 7.25 ins), mounted, together with: "Faithful John", pencil on paper, depicting a galleon with various figures on board, one playing a flute, with 3 ravens in the air above, titled in pencil to lower margin below image, 26.5 x 16.5 cm (10.5 x 6.5 ins), mounted Owl and Crescent Moon, pen, ink, and watercolour, on translucent paper mounted on card, depicting a long-eared owl perched on a branch of oak leaves and acorns, against a crescent moon, verso with the artist's name and address in pencil, 16.5 x 11.5 cm (6.5 x 4.5 ins), mounted The Folkard Font, pen & ink on paper in the artist's hand, showcasing a calligraphic font, with upper and lower case letters and Arabic numerals, horizontal fold, 21.5 x 16.5 cm (8.5 x 6.5 ins), mounted A Sussex Cottage, pencil and gouache on paper, depicting a clapperboard house with tall chimneys and a picket fence, 11.5 x 9 cm (4.5 x 3.5 ins), verso with mirror image of cottage blocked in colour, 13.5 x 11 cm (5.25 x 4.25 ins), and another version of the cottage in pencil, spotted, 18.5 x 13 cm (7.5 x 5 ins), mounted, plus a caricature head & shoulders self-portrait, pencil on paper, with flap to fold down revealing a cavernous mouth, signed and dated 1945, 11 x 11.5 cm (4.5 x 4 ins), and a pen & ink sketch of a seated monkey painting onto a hand mirror, captioned "I'm painting my own portrait" within frame to upper margin, irregularly trimmed, laid down on card, 9 x 6 cm (3.5 x 2.5 ins), mounted, plus a small quantity of children's books illustrated by Charles Folkard, including: Tales Old and New, 6 volumes, original cloth (one crudely rebacked); How Lotys Had Tea with a Lion; The Jackdaw of Rheims; 8 Teddy Tail series (generally in poor condition); and a small scrapbook of Teddy Tail cartoon cuttings (Qty: 27)NOTESProvenance: From the artist's studio and thence by descent. The entertaining picture of the pirate ship appears not to have been published. The second item is a preparatory drawing for 'Faithful John', one of the tales contained in the first Folkard edition of Grimm's Fairy Tales , which was published by A. & C. Black in 1911. The Folkard Font was designed by the artist and used extensively both by him and others, its popularity resulting in a version which is still in use today. The Folkard Font has swashed capital letters and variant forms of a number of the letters and has become popular as a font for book covers and merchandising, particularly in association with fairy and fantasy subject matter. Charles Folkard owned a seaside cottage, which he and his son built, at Winchelsea in Sussex, and the clapperboard house drawings in this lot were almost certainly executed there.

Trimmer (Sarah). A Description of a Set of Prints of English History, 2 volumes, London: John Marshall, [between 1808-1828], plus [A Series of Prints of English History], [after 1792], together 3 volumes, the 3rd volume with 64 engraved plates but lacking title, some plates dated 1792, 1st two volumes generally toned with occasional minor spotting, all endpapers renewed, uniform contemporary sprinkled calf, rebacked (beige calf), corners recovered, 12mo, together with: Goldsmith (Rev. J.) , A Grammar of General Geography, for the use of Schools and Young Persons, new edition, [1834], engraved frontispiece with volvelle, engraved title toned and nearly detached), 7 folding engraved maps (including double-hemisphere map), some with short closed handling tear, 2 partly detached, 11 engraved plates (most spotted), 4pp. publisher's advertisements at rear (dated 1834), front hinge cracked after title, contemporary reddish-orange morocco, rubbed and marked, spine faded, front cover stamped in gilt, 12mo, plus: Norton (Caroline Sheridan) , Mrs Norton's Story Book: compiled for the amusement of her children, new edition, London: John Harris, 1830, engraved frontispiece and plate, with some spotting and dust-soiling, dampstaining to lower right corners, title dust-soiled, stitching strained, original morocco-backed printed stiff wrappers, spine faded & worn, rear cover somewhat dampstained to lower left corner, slim 8vo, and 15 others antiquarian children's, including a chapbook: The History of Tommy and Harry, York: J. Kendrew, circa 1820 (Qty: 20)NOTESFirst item: Gumuchian 5634 for A Series of Prints of English History, circa 1815 edition ; Osborne pp.174-175 for earlier (?) editions of both titles.

Potter (Beatrix). The Tale of Johnny Town-Mouse, 1st edition, London and New York: Warne, [1918], with 'London' printed correctly on the title-page, but also p.39 with quotes before first line and p.51 without quotes before first line, half-title, colour illustrations throughout, scarce minor finger-soiling, pictorial endpapers (dust-soiled), original grey-green boards, with inset colour pictorial panel to front cover, extremities somewhat rubbed, darkened spine very slightly cocked, rear joint mostly cracked, 16mo, together with: The Tale of Timmy Tiptoes, 1st edition, London and New York: Warne, 1911, half-title, colour illustrations throughout, some finger-soiling and minor marks, p.21 with small surface loss (affecting few letters), frontispiece blank reverse with contemporary ink ownership inscription, stitching strained, front hinge cracked, original dark green boards, with inset colour pictorial panel to front cover, extremities a trifle worn, small surface loss at foot of rear cover, both joints partly cracked, 16mo, plus: The Tailor of Gloucester, 1st de-luxe edition, London and New York: Warne, 1903, 1st issue with single-page endpaper occurring 4 times half-title, 26 (of 27) colour illustrations (lacking p.67/68), soiled throughout, some creasing and fraying, 1 illustration repaired, front free endpaper replaced with facsimile, front pastedown with some surface loss at foot, original flower patterned art fabric boards, front cover with inset gilt-lettered panels, extremities worn, rebacked and somewhat soiled, 16mo, with 5 other Beatrix Potter later editions (Qty: 8)NOTESFirst three items: Linder, p.430 & 429 & 423 respectively; Quinby 25 & 20 & 4 respectively.

Blake (William). Illustrations of the Book of Job, being all the Water-Colour Designs, Pencil Drawings and Engravings Reproduced in Facsimile, with an Introduction by Laurence Binyon and Geoffrey Keynes, New York: Pierpont Morgan Library, 1935, colour and black and white facsimile reproductions throughout, original linen-backed stiff wrappers in 6 parts with printed paper labels to front wrappers, housed as issued in original cloth book-box with printed paper label to spine and bookplate of Mary S. Collins to inside lid, book box soiled and slightly frayed along joints, 4to (Qty: 1)NOTESBentley, Blake Books , 374. Signed by Geoffrey Keynes on the title-page of the first part. This edition reproduces in colour a set not reproduced in colour in the Trianon Press edition of 1957.

Cox (Morris). Red Papillon Season, Gogmagog Photocopy Library, 1987, illustrations, original decorative boards, small folio, signed by the artist, together with: Creative Form, Gogmagog Photocopy Library, 1988, three colour linocuts tipped-in (two numbered, titled, signed and dated 1936), illustrations, original decorative boards, small folio, signed limited edition 3/26, An Artist on the Arts, Gogmagog Photocopy Library, 1990, monochrome frontispiece, original decorative boards, small folio, limited signed edition trial copy 1/7, and 2 others: Lil Lilla Beloved, Gogmagog Photocopy Library, 1985 and Olio, Gogmagog Photocopy Library, 1985 (Qty: 5)NOTESProvenance: Alan Tucker (1933-2017), Stroud bookseller and poet, and co-author of Morris Cox and the Gogmagog Press (1991). Chambers, Franklin & Tucker 68 & 72 for first two titles.

Cox (Morris). The Curtain. An Allegory of Inspiration, Gogmagog Press, 1960, 10 double-page reverse-offset prints from netting leaves, feathers, gloves, a bird's skull and other material, buff wrapper, paper label to front wrapper, 8vo, limited edition of 26, this copy inscribed to half title 'Proofs only, Morris Cox', together with: Gogmagog. The Private Press of Morris Cox, Gogmagog Press, 1975, two linocut press marks in brown, two photographs by Violet Philpott, original wrappers, small 8vo, limited edition of circa 50 copies, My Mysterious Father, Gogmagog Press, 1978, 11 late Victorian wood-engravings, original wrappers, 12mo, limited edition of 70, and other illustrations, broadsheets and publications relating to Morris Cox including four loose proof prints from Poems 1970-1971, 1972, each signed in pencil by the artist, Alan Tucker's The Narrow Boat, Stilt Press, 1969, Kalyb the Witch and other plays, Puppet Plays for Schools, 1958 reprint, several Phoenix Broadsheets,1970's-90's, 6 issues of World Review, 1951-53 (with Morris Cox contributions) and David Chambers, Colin Franklin and Alan Tucker's Morris Cox & the Gogmagog Press, 1991 (Qty: approximately 35)NOTESProvenance: Alan Tucker (1933-2017), Stroud bookseller and poet, and co-author of Morris Cox and the Gogmagog Press (1991). First three items: Chambers, Franklin & Tucker 5, 24 & 31 respectively.

Bowles (Paul). The Sheltering Sky, 1st edition, London: John Lehman, 1949, a little light spotting, original grey cloth, spine with blue label (some fading and spotting to spine), dust jacket by Fred Uhlman, spine slightly faded with small nicks at ends, a few spots to rear flap, very rare Evening Standard Book of the Month wraparound band (now in three pieces with spine portion toned) 8vo (Qty: 1)NOTESThe author's influential first novel.

Card (Orson Scott). Ender's Game, 1st UK edition, 1985, textbloack toned, some staining to endpapers, original cloth, dust jacket, 8vo, together with 16 issues of Analog. Science Fact-Science Fiction magazine, containing the first printing of Frank Herbert's Dune World (complete in 3 issues, December 1963-February 1964) and The Prophet of Dune (parts I-III only of 5, January 1965-March 1965) (Qty: 17)

Christie (Agatha). The Murder at the Vicarage, 1st US edition, New York: Dodd, Mead & Company, 1930, village map endpapers, original cloth lettered in green, slight fading at spine ends, dust jacket, unpriced, chips and tears at spine ends and folds, a little toned, lower flap with some marginal fading, 8vo (Qty: 1)NOTESThe first appearance of elderly spinster sleuth Miss Jane Marple.

Conrad (Joseph). The Secret Agent. A Simple Tale, 1st edition, Methuen, 1907, 40 pp. advertisements at end dated September 1907, a little minor spo1tting, front endpaper toned with small hole and offsetting from covered over bookplate opposite, hinges cracking but holding, original red cloth, spine lettered and decorated in gilt, spine ends and joints a little rubbed, light edge wear, small ink spot to upper cover, 8vo (Qty: 1)NOTESThe author's acclaimed political masterpiece and first modern novel on terrorism and counter-espionage.

Cornwell (Bernard). Sharpe's Eagle, 1st edition, 1981, original cloth, dust jacket, 8vo (Qty: 1)NOTESThe author's first book and the debut of Richard Sharpe.

Cronin (Justin). The Passage, Baltimore: Cemetery Dance Publications, 2010, illustrrations, original cloth, dust jacket, 8vo, first limited signed edition 835/948, together with: Conlon (Christopher, editor). He Is Legend. An anthology celebrating Richard Matheson, Gauntlet Publications, Colorado, 2009, monochrome illustrations,original black morocco, dust jacket, slipcase, 8vo, limited edition 388/750, signed by all 18 contributors including Stephen King (Qty: 2)

Dostoevsky (Fyodor). The Novels, translated by Constance Garnett, volumes 1-10 (of 12), 1st editions, London: William Heinemann, 1913-18, scattered spotting but mostly confined to endpapers and text block edges, original blind-stamped red cloth, rubbed and faded on spines, 8vo (Qty: 10)NOTESThis important near-complete set lacking only volumes 11, An Honest Thief (1919) & 12, The Friend of the Family (1920), is notable for having as volume 1 the first edition in English of The Brothers Karamazov. The copy here is presumed to be an early issue with the author's full name on spine, half-title with 'Volume 1' and adverts to verso. Copies of this edition of Dostoevsky's final novel are rare in any condition, with only a handful of copies appearing at auction in recent decades. The set comprises volume 1: The Brothers Karamazov , 1912; volume 2: The Idiot , 1913; volume 3: The Possessed , 1913; volume 4: Crime and Punishment , 1914; volume 5: The House of the Dead , 1915; volume 6: The Insulted and Injured , 1915; volume 7: A Raw Youth , 1916; volume 8: The Eternal Husband , 1917; volume 9: The Gambler and Other Stories , 1917; volume 10: White Nights and Other Stories , 1918.

* Du Maurier (Daphne, 1907-1989). Typed letter signed, September 17th, 1966, 2 pp., to an Ian Pepper of Stoke-on-Trent, on Menabilly, Par, Cornwall headed paper discussing her novel Rebecca, '...the story of Rebecca is not a romantic novel as such, but a study in jealousy. It is a story both complicated and simple and it was hoped that it would be appreciated by the more thoughtful reader and as you are obviously a thoughtful young man then this author's wish has been fulfilled. Mrs de Winter was indeed a good sort but in life circumstances change and she could well be as jealous and possessive as the next person or as unprincipled and envious as this uncertain world might make her. First names. I am afraid that I have been asked this question many times and although I did not give her a first name in the book, it was my first thought to call her Gabrielle - her husband, if you remember, made a reference to a lovely and unusual name and she herself remarked that it was 'unusual to have it spelled correctly'...No Ian, I shall not write another book about the future of the personages of 'Rebecca'. I shall let them all rest in the minds of my readers, consigned to a world without end. As for advice, I shall say only this, Be Yourself. Try to be happy and cheerful and always be faithful to those that you love.", signed 'Best wishes, Daphne Du Maurier', horizontal fold, original envelope, together with a 1978 edition of Rebecca (Qty: 2)

Fowles (John). The Collector, 1st edition, London: Cape, 1963, top edge red, original russet cloth, spine lettered in gilt, dust jacket, spine very slightly faded, 8vo (Qty: 1)NOTESInscribed by the author to title 'John Fowles, 27. viii. 1985'. The author's first novel.

Graves (Robert). Over the Brazier, 1st edition, The Poetry Workshop, 1916, some scattered spotting, original wrappers, upper wrapper with woodcut by Claud Lovat Fraser, a few light water stains and small tears and creases to margins, 8vo (Qty: 1)NOTESThe author's first work.

Lawrence (D.H.) Lady Chatterley's Lover, 2nd edition, privately printed, Florence: Tipografia Giuntina, 1928, marginal toning to textblock, some leaves detaching, original wrappers, upper wrapper detached, some fraying and chips to spine and wrappers, 8vo, limited edition of 200, together with Lady Chatterley's Lover including My Skirmish with Jolly Roger. The Author's Unabridged Popular Edition, privately printed, 1929 (Qty: 2)NOTESFirst copy first cheap paper issue. Roberts A42b.

Malamud (Bernard). The Natural, 1st edition, New York: Harcourt, Brace, 1952, original grey cloth (spine and extremities a little faded), dust jacket, small tears and nicks at spine ends and folds, 8vo (Qty: 1)NOTESThe author's first book.

Mapplethorpe (Robert). Mapplethorpe. Prepared in Collaboration with the Robert Mapplethorpe Foundation. Essay by Arthur C. Danto, New York: Random House, 1992, photographic illustrations throughout, all edges gilt, original red morocco, spine lettered in black, original black moiré cloth slipcase (slightly marked), large 4to (Qty: 1)NOTESFirst edition, deluxe issue, number 192 of 250 specially-bound copies; the trade issue was cloth-bound with a dust jacket. No other copies traced in auction records.

McEwan (Ian). First Love, Last Rites, 1st edition, London: Jonathan Cape, 1975, inscribed by the author to title-page 'Aye Rite! Ian McEwan (Scottish novelist?)', original black boards, dust jacket, a trifle rubbed to top edge in places, 8vo (Qty: 1)NOTESThe author's first book, inscribed by him at the Aye Write Scottish book festival.

McMurtry (Larry). The Last Picture Show, advance reading copy, New York: Dial Press, 1966, one or two minor spots, original plastic comb bound olive stiff wrappers, lacking dust jacket, 8vo (Qty: 1)NOTESAdvance reading copy, bound up from sheets from the first edition, not a proof copy.

Orwell (George). Coming Up for Air, 1st edition, 2nd impression, Victor Gollancz, 1939, a few scattered spots, contemporary ink ownership inscription to front free endpaper, 'M.E. November 1939', some soiling and old damp stains to text block edges, original blue cloth lettered in blue, rubbed and light browning to extremities, spine faded and some shelf lean, original dust jacket in largely complete but dust-soiled, chipped, frayed and distressed condition, spine browned and with centre portion ('RWELL') loose but present, 8vo (Qty: 1)NOTESFenwick A7a. The first edition was published on 12 June in a run of 2000 copies, with a further 1000 issued later in June 'with slight, unintentional differences of slipped type' (Fenwick). The publisher Gollancz had hesitated to publish the book, but Orwell was adamant he would make no alterations to his manuscript, writing to his friend Jack Common on 9 April 1939 that if Gollancz 'tries to bugger me abt I think I shall leave him...'. In the event the Gollancz accepted the work and, as indicated by the almost immediate need for a reprint, it sold well.

Reeman (Douglas). A Prayer for the Ship, 1st edition, Jarrolds, 1958, original cloth (one or two faint marks), dust jacket, one or two small chips and closed tears at head of spine, small abrasion to front panel, a few light spots to rear panel, 8vo (Qty: 1)NOTESThe author's first book.

Waugh (Evelyn). Scoop. A Novel About Journalists, 1st edition, London: Chapman & Hall, 1938, 1st issue with the '8' in the publication date indistinct, and 'as' to last line of p.88, faint offsetting to endpapers, original snakeskin patterned cloth, 1st issue dust jacket with 'Daily Beast' masthead, spine faded and chipped at ends, a couple of short tears and a few nicks, small stains to rear panel, 8vo (Qty: 1)NOTESFirst issue of Waugh's satire on Fleet Street journalism, with the 'Daily Beast' masthead, a pastiche which was removed from the secon- issue jacket after Lord Beaverbrook, proprietor of the Daily Express. threatened to sue owing to the similarity with the Daily Express masthead.