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[Cobbold, Elizabeth]. Six Narrative Poems; by Eliza Knipe. The Vizir. The Village Wake. The Return from the Crusade. The Prussian Officer. Atomboka and Omaza. Humanity, 1st edition, London: for the author, 1787, pp. [iii]-x [2] 74, disbound, lacking half-title, first 3 leaves loose and slightly nicked, pp. vii-ix (list of subcribers) soiled, 4to (26 x 21.1 cm), together with: Seward (Anna), Ode on General Eliott's Return from Gibraltar, 1st edition, London: for T. Cadell, 1787, 11 [1] pp., contemporary ownership inscription to title-page, disbound with concomitant marginal nicks and tears, 4to (25.6 x 21 cm), More (Hannah), The Twelfth of August; or the Feast of Freedom, 1st edition, London: J. and T. Clarke, 1819, 8 pp. (single half-sheet, folded twice), 3 woodcut vignettes, unbound, 8vo (22.5 x 14 cm) (Qty: 3)NOTESESTC T96943 (Cobbold: seven copies in UK libraries), T95506 (Seward: five copies in UK libraries). Six Narrative Poems, Cobbold's second book, is dedicated to Sir Joshua Reynolds and noted for containing, 'Atomboka and Omaza', which has been described as a 'remarkably powerful example of anti-slavery verse' (Dellarosa, Talking Revolution: Edward Rushton's Rebellious Poetics, 1782-1814 , p. 29. n. 17). More's poem was written to commemorate the abolition of domestic slavery in Ceylon.

* Commonwealth of England. By the Protector. A Declaration of His Highnes with the Advice of the Council, in order to the Securing the Peace of this Commonwealth, London: Henry Hills and John Field, 1655, single broadside, woodcut arms and initial, black and roman letter, browned, creased from folding, a few chips and tears to extremities, framed and glazed (not inspected out of frame), 36.6 x 28.4 cm, [English School], [Portrait of a Royalist gentleman], 19th century, head-and-shoulders portrait facing left, probably depicting James Stanley, 7th Earl of Derby (1607-1651), dressed in plate armour with blue sash of the Order of the Garter, water- and bodycolour on card, 18 x 15 cm, Smith (John, mezzotinter), Carolus 1th, [London]: sold by J. Smith in Russel Street, [c.1700?], mezzotint after Philip Fruytiers on wove paper, trimmed shaving imprint, adhesive staining to corners, 32.8 x 23.4 cm, and a copy of John Selden, Titles of Honor, 2nd edition, 1631 (with spurious, probably 18th-century signature 'O Cromwell' to initial blank, contemporary calf, binding broken, covers detached, several leaves loose, folio, not collated) (Qty: 4)NOTESFirst item: ESTC R211676; Wing C7075. The First Protectorate Parliament orders royalists to surrender all arms and to cease to employ any 'sequestered or ejected ministers' for the education of their children; such ministers themselves are forbidden from 'keep[ing] any school, either publick or private', public preaching, and 'administer[ing] Baptism, or the Lords Supper, or marry[ing] any persons, or us[ing] the Book of Common-prayer'.

Curtius (Rochus). Tractatus de Jure Patronatus... cum vespertine juris canonici lecture prefectus esset, 1st edition, Paris: Francois Regnault, [1514], 88 ff., double-column, title with woodcut elephant device, occasional early underlining and marginalia (a few margins trimmed affecting notes), full page annotations to final leaf verso, occasional light water stains, manuscript date 1514 at foot of title, modern brown half morocco by Eleanor Lawson (pencil note at front), light stains to upper cover, 8vo (Qty: 1)NOTESAdams C3115. First published in 1506, this is the first edition with the commentary by Rochus Curtius on jus patronatus or the right of patronage by the Church in granting privileges and gift of lands to benefactors.

Galenus (Claudius). Terrapeutica. Claudii Geleni Pergameni methodus medendi, id est, de morbis curandis, libri quatuordecim, Venice: Aloysius de Tortis, 1538, occasional woodcut initials, few marks and minor stains, title and following few leaves with a little damp-fraying to fore-edges (generally not affecting text), later plain vellum, thick 16mo (Qty: 1)NOTESWellcome 2639. Norman 852. The seventh or eighth edition of Linacre's translation of Galen's Methodus Medendi, first published in 1519.

Grey (Elizabeth, Countess of Kent). A Choice Manual, or Rare and Select Secrets in Physick and Chirurgery: Collected, and practised by the Right Honourable the Countesse of Kent, late deceased. Whereto are added several experiments of the virtue of Gascon pouder, and Lapis contra Yaruam by a Professor of Phisick. As also most exquisite ways of Preserving, Conserving, Candying, &c., 2 parts in one, 16th edition, London: Printed by A.M. for Margaret Shears at the Sign of the Blew Bible in Bedford Street in Covent Garden, 1670, engraved portrait frontispiece (A1) with closed tear to gutter margin (image slightly cropped at fore-edge), the second part "A true gentlewomans delight" has separate title page dated 1671 and pagination, with continuous register throughout, sewing broken throughout and leaves detached, light dust-soiling, contemporary sheep, leather torn and with loss to upper quarter of spine, worn, 12mo (Qty: 1)NOTESWing K315B for the first part (gives the date of the sixteenth edition as 1671). Oxford p.22/23 for 1653 & some later editions. Wing K317C for the second part. The title to the second part: - A True Gentlewomans Delight. Wherein is contained all manner of Cookery: Together with Preserving, Conserving, Drying, and Candying. Very necessary for all Ladies and Gentlewomen. Published by W.G. Gent. London, Printed by A.M. for Margaret Shears at the Sign of the Blew Bible in Bedford Street in Covent Garden, 1671.

Havers (Clopton). Novae quaedam observationes de ossibus ... versio nova, cui accessit Joannes Ch. Heyne, Leiden: Georg Wishoff, 1734, signatures *4 2*1 A-2E7, 4 folding engraved plates, G8 repaired in fore margin, without errata leaves noted in some copies, contemporary vellum, soiled, 8vo (15.2 x 9.6 cm), together with: Albinus (Bernhard Siegfried), De ossibus corporis humani, 2nd edition, Vienna: Johann Paul Kraus, 1746, signatures *6 A-T8 V2, spotting, c.1900 library cloth, 8vo (15.2 x 9 cm), Gaubius (Hieronymus David), Institutiones pathologiae medicinalis, 2nd edition, Edinburgh: A. Donaldson and John Reid, 1762, half-title, ownership inscriptions and presentation plate to initial blank, modern crushed quarter morocco, 12mo in 6s (16.8 x 9.5 cm), Lommius (Jodocus). The Medicinal Observations ... a most masterly Collection from Greek, Arabian, and Latin Physicians ... with a Letter and Preface by J. Wynter, 1st edition thus, London: W. Owen, 1747, A2 signed A3, slightly browned, c.1900 library cloth, 12mo in 6s (16.1 x 9.3 cm), and 10 others, medicine, 18th century, library cloth, various formats (Qty: 16)NOTESProvenance: Birmingham Medical Institute, with ink-stamps. ESTC T112463 (Gaubius: ten copies world-wide), T113980 (Lommius); cf. Garrison-Morton 387 and Norman 1024 for Clopton, first edition, 1691 ('The first complete and systematic study of the structure of the bones', Norman).

[Higden, Ranulphus]. [Polycronycon, imprented in Southwerke, by my Peter Treveris at ye expences of John Reynes, 1527], numerous decorative woodcut initials and few illustrations including one full-page (with closed tear & repair), lacking title (2a1, provided in manuscript facsimile with applied printed decorative border from another work), and lacking leaves 2h2-2h6, b1 & b8, L2, L4, L5, L7, M1, M8, N3, N6, O1, O8, P8, Q1, Q2, Q4, Q5, Q7, R2-8, S1-S8, T1-T6, U1-X8, with leaves q4 & q5 supplied from another copy (having cut-down margins, browned), leaves b1, b8 P8 & R8 provided in neat manuscript facsimile, 2a2 with excised text provided in manuscript facsimile and repaired, 2h1 with excised text and lined to verso, some dampstaining and marks, 18th-century panelled calf, gilt decorated spine with morocco title label, some pitting to leather surface, joints split, extremities worn, folio (29 x 19.7cm), together with an incomplete and defective [First tome or volume of the Paraphrases of Erasmus, London, circa 1551/52], lacking title and incomplete at rear, some leaves detached and torn, text block split in two, contemporary calf over wooden boards, lacking spine and boards detached, folio (Qty: 2)NOTESSTC 13440. The third and last early edition of Polychronicon, printed in 1527 by Peter Treveris. It succeeded the editions of William Caxton in 1482 and Wynkyn de Worde 1495. Sold with all faults, not subject to return.

Hobbes (Thomas). Leviathan, sive De materia, forma, et potestate civitatis ecclesiasticae et civilis, Amsterdam: Joannes Blaeu, 1670, signatures *2 A-3A4 3B2, title-page slightly marked, later sprinkled tan calf, rebacked and relined , dogtooth roll gilt to sides, 4to (19.4 x 14.4 cm) (Qty: 1)NOTESProvenance: 1) Jacob or James Church (contemporary ownership inscription 'E Libris Jacobi Church' to title-page; 2) William Adair (19th-century engraved bookplate to rear pastedown). Macdonald & Hargreaves 45; cf. PMM 138. First separate edition in Latin; a Latin translation had previously been included in the Opera philosophica quae Latine scripsit omnia (1668).

Holland (John). The Directors of the Bank of England, Enemies to the Great Interests of the Kingdom; and also, not just to the Trust reposed in them by the Adventurers, who chose them to do their best Endeavours, by all Honest Means, for the Advantage of the Joint Stock, 1st edition, London: for the author, [1715], 15 [1] pp., slightly browned, modern pencil annotations and contemporary ink annotations to title-page, 20th-century pink crushed morocco backing marbled boards (19.3 x 13.9 cm) (Qty: 1)NOTESProvenance: Sotheby's, 31 October 1979, lot 278 (lot ticket laid in). ESTC T139807 (seven copies in UK libraries); Goldsmiths' 5235; Hanson 2179. Holland (1658-1721) was principal founder of the Bank of Scotland and became its first governor on its establishment in 1696. He resigned the following year owing to his close association with the East India Company and the bank's need for overt political backing, but 'in his writings and background advice helped to steer the bank through the difficulties of the next twenty years' (ODNB). Rare in commerce: no other copy traced in auction records.

Meagher (Andrew). The Popish Mass Celebrated by Heathen Priests, for the Living and the Dead, for several Ageas before the Birth of Christ: or a Sermon, Preached at Thurles, on Sunday the 2d of August, 1767. To which is annexed, a Dissertation on the Conformity of Popery with Paganism, Proved, in every Point, from Popish and Pagan Authors, with an Appendix..., By the Reverend Andrew Meagher, Formerly a Priest of the Church of Rome, and Doctor of the Sorbonne; but now of the established Church of Ireland, Limerick: Printed by T. Welsh, 1771, [12], xxxviii, [2], 330, [2] pp., with list of subscribers and final errata leaf, tiny hole to 2A1 affecting couple of letters, contents leaf pinned in place, some dust-soiling and light dampstaining, bookplate and ink stamps to front pastedown, contemporary sheep, some wear to extremities, rubbed, 8vo, together with: Edwards (Jonathan) , A History of the Work of Redemption..., 4th edition, Edinburgh: M. Gray & T. Vernor, 1793, ink stamp to front endpaper, contemporary marbled calf, red morocco title label to spine, upper joint split, 8vo, and 2 others, A Letter from Rome, shewing an exact conformity between Popery and Paganism, by Conyers Middleton, 4th edition, 1741, contemporary calf, joints cracked, rubbed, 8vo, and The Conformity between Modern and Ancient Ceremonies, [by Pierre Mussard], 1745, ink stamp to title, contemporary calf, boards detached, worn, 8vo (Qty: 4)NOTESFirst item rare.

Plinius Secundus (Gaius). [The Historie of the World ... Translated into English by Philemon Holland], 2 volumes in one, 2nd edition in English, London: by Adam Islip, 1634, lacking volume 1 initial blank, title-page and one other preliminary leaf, and volume 2 text-leaves Y3-4 and final blank 3P8,, contents toned, variable damp-staining, scattered marks and stains, a few side-notes shaved, volume 1 leaves pi2-4 creased and frayed with loss to margins, burn-hole in [par.]3 affecting a word either side, 3H1 (part of index) torn with loss of one word verso, volume 2 Z3-2A2 nicked and frayed along fore edges with loss to side-notes, Z3-4 working loose (held by one cord), worming in gutter from quire 3K to final quire 3P, 3P7 ('An Advertisement') with substantial marginal loss, loose endpapers with early ownership inscriptions 'Lewis Reford' (and Latinised variants) and ink-stamps 'Step. Melvin, Coleraine', old panelled calf, covers with crown device and caption 'Londonderry' in blind, front cover with date '1726' in blind, rubbed and worn, folio in 6s (30.5 x 22.2 cm), together with: Church of England, Certain Sermons or Homilies appointed to be read in Churches in the Time of Queen Elizabeth, Oxford: printed at the Theatre, and are to be sold by Peter Parker, 1683, lacking M2 and N3-4, title-page (pi1) trimmed and mounted, A1 extended and repaired in margins with remaining closed tear into text, loss to lower margin of A2, outer leaves (quires B-D and 3C-3D) frayed with some loss of text (mainly side-notes), E1 strengthened in lower margin and with loss of text, R2 with holes, 2H1 extended in margin, a few other holes and marks, marbled endpapers with ownership inscription dated 1690 contemporary calf, worn, folio (31 x 19.2 cm) (Qty: 2)NOTESESTC S121936 (Pliny), R233857 (Church of England: five copies world-wide); STC 20030 (Pliny); Wing C4091HB (Church of England); cf. Pforzheimer 496 (Pliny, first edition in English, 1601).

* Shakespeare (William). A single leaf from Shakespeare Works 2nd folio edition, 1632, double-column letterpress text comprising lines 480-742 of Henry V, Act 2 scenes 1 & 2 (pages 73 & 74), with ruled line border, light toning and spotting, sheet size 31.4 x 21.6 cm, window-mounted with title blocked in gilt at foot of mount, Folio Fine Art Ltd. paper label to verso of backing board, framed & glazed, with Reading Fine Art Gallery Ltd. paper label to backboard, together with Shakespeare (William) , Henry V. A Facsimile of the First Folio Text, with an Introduction by J. Dover Wilson, London: Printed at The Chiswick Press for Faber & Faber, circa 1930, small area of paper thining to verso of title where label removed, ownership ink stamp and signature to front free endpaper, original cloth-backed boards, few marks, slim folio (Qty: 2)

Sympson (Samuel). [A New Book of Cyphers, more Compleat and Regular than any yet extant. Wherein the Whole Alphabet (twice over,) Consisting of Six Hundred Cyphers, is variously changed, interwoven and reversed. Being A Work very Entertaining to such as are Curious, and Useful to all sorts of Artificers in general], 1st edition, [London: for Samuel Sympson], 1726, engraved additional title-page, 102 engraved plates, lacking letterpress title-page, engraved title-page repaired, occasional spotting, 20th-century half pigskin rubbed, 8vo (18.3 x 12.8 cm), together with: Butler (Samuel), Hudibras. The First and Second Parts ... Corrected and Amended, with Several Additions and Annotations, London: for John Martyn and Henry Herringman, 1674, spotting and browning, marginal loss to title-leaf and final leaf, E1 with marginal hole and loss, headline shaved verso, spill-burn in M8, engraved bookplate (Leonard Charles Price), 19th-century diced calf, front cover near-detached (held by lower cord), 8vo (17 x 10.2 cm), White (John), A Speech of Mr John White, Counsellor at Law, made in the Commons House of Parliament concerning Episcopacy. Printed by his owne Copie, London: for Thomas Nicholes, 1641, [2] 14 pp., 20th-century sheep, 4to (18.2 x 13.7 cm), Patarol (Lorenzo), Series Augustorum, Augustarum, Caesarum, et Tyrannorum Omnium, tam in Oriente, quam in Occidente, a C. J. Caesare ad Leopoldum, 2nd edition, Venice: Aloysio Pavino, 1708, engraved frontispiece, engraved portraits throughout the letterpress, bookplate and ownership inscription of Revd George Proctor (possibly the propietor of the Academy for Young Gentleman at Chichester House, Brighton, the model for Blimber's in Charles Dickens, Dombey and Son), contemporary calf, covers detached, worn, 8vo (20.6 x 13.4 cm), and 4 others, antiquarian (Qty: 9)NOTESESTC T145073 (Sympson; ESTC traces four copies in UK libraries); Wing W1773A (White), B6311 (Butler).

Cotman (John Sell). Etchings, 1st edition, London: for the author by Boydell & Co., 1811, etched title-page, 21 etched plates (of 24), all on wove paper, 4 pp. list of subscribers (for 'The third part of John Sell Cotman's Architectural Etchings'), lacking etched dedication leaf and 2 text leaves (index and prospectus), variable spotting, contemporary half cloth, rebacked, marbled sides, gilt leather label to front board, folio (41 x 31.4 cm) (Qty: 1)NOTESThe artist's scarce first book, sometimes referred to as Miscellaneous Etchings . The plates comprise mainly views in Yorkshire, but also Wales and East Anglia.

Hooker (William Jackson). Exotic Flora, Containing Figures and Descriptions of New, Rare or otherwise interesting Exotic Plants, especially of such as are deserving of being cultivated in our gardens, 3 volumes, 1st edition, Edinburgh: William Blackwood, 1823-27, half title for volume II only, 228 hand-coloured engraved plates only (of 233, lacking 4 plates, i.e. numbers 178-181, 2 plates numbered 163), occasional light offsetting and minor spotting, bookplates of Robert Harry Inglis Palgrave (1827-1919, economist and grandson of Dawson Turner), contemporary boards, modern green morocco rebacks, some light edge wear, 8vo (Qty: 3)NOTESDunthorne 140; Great Flower Books p. 103; Nissen BBI 920; Stafleu & Cowan 2993. Author's presentation copy, inscribed at head of volume I title 'Elizabeth Palgrave, from her affectionate brother the author'. William Jackson Hooker (1785-1865), botanist and editor of Curtis's Botanical Magazine became the first full-time director of Kew Gardens in 1841 married Maria Dawson Turner (1797-1872), eldest daughter of Dawson Turner in 1815; Lady Elizabeth Palgrave (1799-1852) was the second eldest daughter of Dawson Turner and married Sir Francis Palgrave in 1823.

Tichy (Gyula, illustrator). Egy Tusos Uveg Mesei, edited by Simon Pollack, Budapest, 1909, frontispiece , 35 plates, 3 vignettes, staple rust, original wrappers with illustration to upper wrapper, green ribbon at head and foot of spine (lower ribbon broken, small tears and splits to spine), 4to, limited edition 4/25, together with: Koussikoff (Alexandre). Le Sablier. Poeme en trois nuits traduction de Y. Sidersky, Paris, 1924, 8 illustrations by Victor Barthe, light offsetting to tow text leaves, a few light spots, contemporary presentation inscription and loose letter, original wrappers, small splits to spine, 4to, limited edition of 500 (Qty: 2)NOTESFirst item a rare Art Nouveau erotic work by Hungarian artist Gyula Tichy (1879-1920).

[Griffith, Acton Frederick]. Bibliotheca Anglo-Poetica: or, A descriptive catalogue of a rare and rich collection of early English poetry, in the possession of Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme, and Brown. Illustrated by occasional extracts and remarks, critical and biographical, printed by Thomas Davison, for the proprietors of the collection, 1815, title printed in red and black, wood engraved illustrations, occasional minor spotting, 19th century half brown calf, gilt decorated spine, a little rubbed and scuffed, bookplate of the Duke of Bedford and H.W. Edwards to front pastedown, 8vo, together with Corser (Rev. Thomas). Collectanea Anglo-Poetica: or, A Bibliographical and Descriptive Catalogue of a portion of a collection of early English poetry, with occasional extracts and remarks biographical and critical, 11 volumes (parts 1-11), Chetham Society, 1860-83, original near-uniform blindstamped cloth, spines gilt, very slightly rubbed to extremities, first 2 volumes somewhat sunned to spines, 8vo, plus Maskell (William). A History of the Martin Marprelate Controversy in the reign of Queen Elizabeth, 1st edition, William Pickering, 1845, author's faint ink signature dated 1845 to half-title, some marginal annotations in ink (by the author?), 20th century signature of Geoffrey Bullough to front pastedown, original blue cloth, with remains of paper label to spine, rubbed and lightly faded to spine, 8vo, and [Yeats, G.D.]. A Biographical Sketch of the Life and Writings of Patrick Colquhoun, printed by G. Smeeton, 1818, engraved portrait frontispiece, 64 pp., light waterstain to lower outer corner of frontispiece, inscribed in ink to front blank 'To James Ewing Esq. with Mr. J. Colquhoun's best regards. 17 July 1824', contemporary half black morocco, heavily rubbed, slim 8vo, plus other 19th century interest, mostly cloth-bound (Qty: 30)

Busby (Thomas Lord). Costume of the Lower Orders of London, 1st edition, London: for T. L. Busby by Baldwin and Co., [1820], iv + [24] pp., 24 hand-coloured etched plates, spotting and staining, Mechanical Figure/Owen Clancy description leaf with repaired closed tear, repaired closed tear to Shoe-Black plate not touching image, modern red half morocco to style, gilt morocco label to front board, 4to (29.4 x 21.5 cm), and one other item (24 of 32 hand-coloured etched plates from Real Life in London, London: Jones & Co., 1821, all loose) (Qty: 2)NOTESAbbey Life 423; Tooley 123. WIth watermarks dated 1817 to text and 1819 to plates as noted by Abbey. The 'Fortune Teller' plate is unsigned, which according to Abbey and Tooley indicates a first issue, but the imprint of Baldwin and Co., is said to indicate a later issue, with first-issue copies containing the imprint 'Baldwin, Cradock and Joy'. In this copy the caption on the 'Mat Man' plate has been corrected from 'Mattman', which might suggest a later issue, but the correction has been made by abrading the paper, not the plate itself.

McKitterick (David, editor). Catalogue of the Pepys Library at Magdalene College, Cambridge, volume VII, Parts 1 & 2 (facsimile of Pepys's Catalogue), Cambridge, D.S. Brewer, 1991, original black cloth gilt in glassine overwrappers, folio, together with Ro yal Society . The Signatures in the First Journal-Book and the Charter-Book of The Royal Society, 4th edition, 1980, photographic illustrations, top edge gilt, original maroon cloth gilt, large folio, plus other various bibliographical and reference interest (Qty: 2 shelves)

Gibson (R.W.). Francis Bacon, A Bibliography of His Works and of Baconiana to the year 1750, 1st edition, Oxford University Press, 1950, monochrome illustrations, original quarter cloth, lightly rubbed, 4to, together with Smith (Walter E.). Charles Dickens in the Original Cloth, A Bibliographical Catalogue of the First Appearance of His Writings, 2 volumes, Los Angeles, 1982-83, monochrome illustrations, original green cloth in dust wrappers, 4to, plus Jackson (William A.). An Annotated List of the Publications of the Reverend Thomas Frognall Dibdin, Cambridge Massachusetts, Houghton Library, 1965, monochrome illustrations, original grey cloth with glassine overwrapper, folio, and other bibliographies of English authors, various, mainly 20th century publications, mostly original cloth, 8vo/4to (Qty: 3 shelves)

Drake (Edward Cavendish) . A New Universal Collection of Authentic and Entertaining Voyages and Travels from the Earliest Accounts to the Present Time [2 copies], 1768, printed by J. Cooke, black & white plates & maps, period inscriptions to front endpapers, some toning, marks & light wear, contemporary full calf, boards & spines rubbed with loss, folio, sold as seen, together with: Snelling (Thomas) , A View of the Silver Coin and Coinage of England, from the Norman Conquest to the present time,, 1762, printed for T. Snelling, 7 black & white engraved plates, bound with A View of the Origins, Nature, and Use of Jettons or Counters. Especially those commonly known by the Name of Black Money and Abbey Pieces, 1769, 7 black & white engraved plates, and A View of the Silver Coin and Coinage of Scotland, from Alexander the First to the Union of the Two Kingdoms, 1774, 10 black & white engraved plates, front board & endpaper partially detached, some spotting & toning throughout, lacks rear endpapers, contemporary half calf, boards & spine rubbed with loss, large 4to, and Marks (J. [publisher]) , Scultpura Historico-Technica: Or, The History and Art of Engraving..., 3rd edition, 1766, 10 back & white engraved plates, previous owner mark to head of the title page, minor loss to the front endpaper, some light toning & offsetting, contemporary gilt decorated full calf, board & spine rubbed with minor loss to foot, 8vo, plus other 18th, 19th & 20th century illustrated literature, topography, history & miscellaneous reference, some leather bindings, many original cloth, some gilt decorated, some odd volumes, overall condition is fair/good, 8vo/folio, plus a carton of miscellaneous prints & engravings including 2 19th century scrap albums (Qty: 6 shelves & a carton)

Carter (Howard & Mace, A.C .). The Tomb of Tut-Ankh-Amen Discovered by the Late Earl of Carnarvon and Howard Carter, 2 volumes , 1st edition , 3rd impression, Cassell & Co., 1927, numerous monochrome plates, inscriptions to half-titles, printed endpapers, original cloth gilt, large 8vo, together with: Breasted (James Henry) , A History of Egypt from the Earliest Times to the Persian Conquest, bound in 3 volumes, 2nd edition, reprinted, New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1926, colour frontispiece, numerous monochrome plates and illustrations, all edges gilt, contemporary red half morocco gilt, extremities slightly rubbed, 4to in 8s, Petrie (Flinders) , Seventy Years in Archaeology, London: Sampson Low, Marston & Co., [1931], monochrome portrait frontispiece and plates, slight spotting, near-contemporary brown half morocco, 8vo, and other Egyptology related, mostly 20th century publications, including Ancient Egyptian Materials and Technology, edited by Paul T. Nicholson & Ian Shaw, 1st edition, Cambridge University Press, 2000; Egypt of the Pharaohs an Introduction, by Sir Alan Gardiner, 1st edition, Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1962; First Steps in Egyptian, a book for beginners, by E.A. Wallis Budge, London, 1895; The Great Pyramid, its Spiritual Symbolism, by Morton Edgar, 1st edition, Glasgow, 1924 (Qty: 30)

Costa (Emanuel Mendes da). A Natural History of Fossils, 1st edition, 2nd issue, London: L. Davis & C. Reymers, 1757, engraved plate as frontispiece, cancel title, list of subscribers, some spotting to first & last leaves, contemporary speckled calf, red morocco title label, light cracking at head & foot of spine, joints and extremities a little rubbed, 4to (Qty: 1)NOTESThe single plate is often bound as a frontispiece. Mendes da Costa based this book on his extensive fossil and mineral collection, and the book established him as a respected member of the scientific community. The first-issue title referred to 'Volume 1, Part 1', and although a second volume was suggested, it never appeared.

Edwards (George). A Natural History of Uncommon Birds, and of some other Rare and Undescribed Animals, Quadrupeds, Reptiles, Fishes, Insects, etc., 4 volumes, London: for the author, 1743-51 [i.e. 1776], 208 hand-coloured etched plates (of 211: lacking frontispiece, unnumbered, and plates 130-1), engraved uncoloured portrait plate (‘Un Samojeed’) to volume 2 (unnumbered), engraved vignette to general title-page in volume 1, lacking text-leaf H1 in volume 3 and D1-2 in volume 4, but volume 1 with list of subscribers (A1-2) not called for in this issue, plates offset, general title-page and volume-titles in volumes 2-4 spotted and browned, discreet contemporary manuscript numbering to foot of a few unnumbered plates, closed transverse tear through plate 21, a few other minor spots and marks, each volume with French translation (Histoire naturelle de divers oiseaux) bound in at rear, volume one including Robson (publisher), Some Memoirs of the Life and Works of George Edwards (1776) and Linnaeus, A Catalogue of the Birds … in Edwards’s Natural History (1776) as issued, Some Memoirs containing 4 uncoloured engraved plates extra to the above count (of which 3 folding), contemporary mottled calf, gilt spines, joints splitting, spine worn with loss of labels, 4to (28 x 22.8 cm), together with: ibid., Gleanings of Natural History, exhibiting Figures of Quadrupeds, Birds, Insects, Plants, etc., volumes 1-2 (of 3), London: for the author, 1758-60, 100 hand-coloured etched plates numbered 211-310, engraved vignette to volume 1 title-page, lacking portrait frontispiece in volume 1 and text-leaves *a1-2 (dedication) in volume 2, offsetting, variable generally light spotting and browning mainly to volume 1, contemporary mottled calf uniform with the Natural History, joints partially split, volume 1 lacking one label, 4to (28.2 x 22.2 cm) (Qty: 6)NOTESProvenance: 1) Nathaniel Nicholls of Odiham, Hampshire (ownership inscriptions to Natural History part two initial blank and Gleanings general title, the latter dated 1823); 2) Frederick Baring (engraved bookplates with motto 'probitate et labore'). Anker 124 ( Natural History ), 126 ( Gleanings ), 127 (Robson, Memoirs ), 311 (Linnaeus, Catalogue ); Fine Bird Books p. 93; Lisney 190, 195, 198, 201 ( Natural History ), 192, 197, 200, 203 (French translation: Histoire naturelle ), 282 (Robson, Memoirs ), 288 (Linnaeus, Catalogue ), 205 ( Gleanings volume 1), 208 ( Gleanings volume 2); Nissen IVB 286 ( Natural History ) & 288 ( Gleanings ); Sitwell Zimmer pp. 194-6 ( Natural History ), 198-9 ( Gleanings ), 401-2 (Linnaeus, Catalogue ), 529 (Robson, M emoirs ) pp. 197-8 (French translation). First editions. A Natural History volumes one and two are Lisney’s third issue, published in 1776 by James Robson who in 1769 had acquired from Edwards all the remaining copies of the work, together with the plates and letterpress; Robson presumably reissued volumes three and four at the same time, though these copies are indistinguishable from those originally published in 1750-1. His reissue of 1776 is notable for the inclusion of two supplementary texts, Some Memoirs of the Life and Works of George Edwards , and Linnaeus’s Catalogue . Both volumes of Gleanings in this set are first issues. Lisney provides the most detailed and convincing account of the publication of this splendid work, identifying second and third issues of the first two volumes of A Natural History and a second issue of the first two volumes of Gleanings which Zimmer in each case erroneously subsumes under a misidentified ‘second’ edition (pp. 194-6 and 199-200): the true second edition is that of 1802-6, which was printed in a larger format with the text entirely reset and almost all the plates reversed.

Hill (Thomas). [The Profitable Arte of Gardening: to which is added much necessarie matter, and a number of secrets, with the phisicke helps belonging to each hearbe, and that easily prepared. To this is annexed two proper treatises, the one entituled, The meruailous gouernment, propertie, and benefite of bees, with the rare secretes of the honnie and waxe. And the other, The yerely coniectures meete for husbandmen. To these is likewise added a treatise of the arte of graffing and planting of trees. Gathered by Thomas Hyll, citizen of London, 2 parts in one, London: Imprinted by Edward Allde, 1593], general title (A1) lacking, second part with separate title-page and pagination, but collation continuous, partly black letter text, letterpress diagrams, woodcut initials and head and tail-pieces, some early marginalia and annotations, initial 7 leaves (A2-B4) with rodent damage to lower blank margins, some leaves torn (with loss), all outer corners throughout volume dog-eared and torn (some with loss, particularly towards rear including lower margins), dust-soiling, few stains and marks, contemporary limp vellum, torn & worn with loss, 8vo in 4s (Qty: 1)NOTESBritish Bee Books 7; Henrey 200. Rare early edition of the first popular gardening book in English (first published in 1568). Hill's work is based on a Latin work by German physician G. Pictorius entitled 'Pantoplion' and published in 1563. This volume collates A2-Y4 2A-2M4. Sold with all faults not subject to return.

Sheppard (Thomas). William Smith: His Maps and Memoirs, Hull: A. Brown & Sons, 1920, monochrome plates, diagrams & tables (some folding), original green cloth, slightly mottled, 8vo, together with: Phillips (John), The Rivers, Mountains, and Sea-Coast of Yorkshire. With essays on the climate, scenery, and ancient inhabitants of the county, Subscribers' edition, London: John Murray, 1853, 36 lithograph plates (including 1 hand-coloured map), 16 page publisher's catalogue list at rear, light toning and occasional minor spotting to few leaves, modern pale terracotta morocco gilt, black morocco title label to spine, 8vo, Dufrénoy (Pierre Armand, Élie de Beaumont, & Jean Baptiste Armand Louis Le?once), Voyage Me?tallurgique en Angleterre, ou re?cueil de me?moires sur le gisement, l'exploitation et le traitement des minerais d'e?tain, du cuivre, de plomb, de zinc et de fer dans la Grande Bretagne, Paris: Bachelier, 1827, half-title, spotting throughout, toning and browning to first & last few leaves, contemporary quarter marbled sheep, gilt decorated spine with morocco title label, vellum tipped board corners, 8vo (Qty: 3)

[Eden, William]. The History of New Holland, from its First Discovery in 1616, to the Present Time. With a particular account of its produce and inhabitants; and a description of Botany Bay, 1st edition, London: John Stockdale, 1787, folding engraved map of New Holland with outline colour, folding 'General Chart of the Passage from England to Botany Bay' supplied in facsimile, advertisement leaf, previous owner signature at head of title, a couple of closed marginal tears, occasional light offsetting and spotting, contemporary sprinkled calf, spine and edges rubbed, one or two light stains, 8vo (Qty: 1)NOTESFerguson 24. Erroneously attributed to William Eden as it includes Eden's fourth chapter of his Principals of Penal Law , the work was written before the sailing of the First Fleet and largely consists of information from previous sources, mainly Cook.

Egypt Exploration Society. The Mural Painting of El-'Amarneh. Edited by H. Frankfort, 1st edition, London: Egypt Exploration Society, 1929, mounted photographic frontispiece, 20 plates, tissue-guards, errata slips, original half cloth, spine defective, folio, together with: The Rock Tombs of El Amarna. Part I [-VI]. By N. de G. Davies, 6 volumes, 1st editions, London: Offices of the Egypt Exploration Fund, 1903-8, 42, 47, 40, 45, 45, 44 plates, volumes 1 and 2 covers water-damaged, commensurate damp-staining to outer leaves of volume 2, original cloth-backed boards, 4to, The City of Akhenaten, 3 parts in 4 volumes, 1st editions, London: Offices of the Egypt Exploration Society, 1923-51, 64, 58, 112 plates, original cloth-backed boards, spines worn, markings to sides, abrasion to part 2 front board touching imprint, 4to, The Temple of Deir El Bahari: its Plan, its Founders, and its First Explorers. Introductory Memoir by Edouard Naville, 1st edition, London: Offices of the Egypt Exploration Fund, 1894, 15 plates, contemporary two-tone cloth, 4to (Qty: 12)

Gillray (James). A New Map of England & France. The French Invasion; - or - John Bull bombarding the Bum-Boats, H. Humphrey Nov 5th 1793 [but H. G. Bohn edition, circa 1851], hand coloured etched allegorical map, 350 x 250 mm, together with Fighting for the Dunghill; - or - Jack Tar settling Buonaparte, H. Humphrey Nov. 20th. 1798 [but H. G. Bohn edition, circa 1851], hand coloured engraved caricature showing Jack Tar/John Bull giving a bare-chested Napoleon a bloody nose as they straddle the northern hemisphere of a globe showing Europe, re-margined along upper border, uncoloured caricature on verso, 280 x 365 mm (Qty: 2)NOTESThe first item described is a gloriously rude caricature which shows a stylised map of England and Wales with the county of Durham turned into the face of King George III. The king is shown defecating on France; his faeces gradually evolving into warships which threaten the coast of northern France. One of Gillray's most vulgar cartoons which captures the belligerent spirit of 'John Bull' in the face of the tyranny of France and Napoleon.

QEII 2015 fifth head proof gold full sovereign, Royal Mint first edition, in deluxe case with certificate 6009

A Moorcroft 'First Fleet - HMS Sirius' vase late 20th century designed by Sally Tuffin, a limited edition numbered 14/150, impressed marks and painted monogram, 37cm high

‘U.S. Military Knives” Book III by Cole.Scarce 1979 First Edition (hardback) being a good source of information with numerous detailed illustrations and authoritative text of Special Forces examples etc. GC

A quantity of books to include 1872 bound weekly 'Vanity Fair' magazines including many political caricatures, John Milton; 'Paradise Lost', possibly first edition (some pages missing), 'Myths and Legends of the Celtic Race' by T W Rolleston, two illustrated guides, one for Chester, Birkenhead and Wallasey and sixteen Dickens books.

Reeves [Vic], Me: Moir, signed first edition

Stalker [John], Stalker, signed first edition

Rankin [Ian], Resurrection Man, signed first edition

Dettori [Frankie], A Year In The Life, signed first edition

Parkinson [Michael], On Cricket, signed first edition

One box of mixed books including Wilson [K], The Witch and The Wood, First Edition 1974

W Earl Hodgson, Trout Fishing, first edition, published by Adam & Charles Black of London

HARRY POTTER & THE DEATHLY HALLOWS - first edition in its original unbroken sealed pack

A Collection of Six Bound Volumes to Include Francis Pitt, Michael Blackmore and Richard Mabee to Include Three First Edition

Bond Michael, Paddington Takes the Test, Collins, 1979, signed first edition, with dust jacket.

Agrippa (Henricus Cornelius) book 1 of Occult Philosophy. First edition in English c.1651. Along with a Victorian scrapbook, South of England interest. Cover lacking. Begins at page 69.

After Sidney Robert Nolan (1917-1992) framed lithograph print limited edition. 'First Class Marksman' from the Ned Kelly series, 31/60, signed in pencil, 47cm x 63cm. Good condition.

Corgi, The great book of Corgi 1956 - 1983, first edition published 1989, with dust jacket

A group of 6 first edition tinted lithograph plates, hand colored, after David Roberts by Louis Haghe. The title for the image and the signature of Louis Haghe, the lithographer ("L. Haghe, lith.") also appear in the lower area. Images include, "Interview with Mehemet Ali in his Palace in Alexandria March 12th 1839" [with portfolio page] "Entrance of the Temple of Amun" "View on the Nile Looking Toward the Pyramids of Dashour and Taccara" "Alexandria" (view of the British Fleet) "Hagar Setselis" (Dhows on the Nile at Sunset) "Pyramids of Geezeh" [with portfolio page] Provenance: Lawrence Ison Estate. Approx Sight Sizes: 13 x 19 in. Overall Sizes: 20.25 x 26 in. Framed behind glass. For additional images of each lithograph please contact us directly at HelmuthStone@gmail.com and we can email all the originals.

Marvel First Issues (1972-1990). Alpha Flight, Hawkeye, Human Torch, King Conan, Marvel and DC Present: X-Men and New Teen Titans, Micronauts, Moon Knight, New Mutants, Solo Avengers, Special Edition X-Men, Spider-Man (Silver Bagged Edition), Spider-Man (Regular Bagged Edition), Vision and Scarlet Witch (1982), Vision and Scarlet Witch (1985), X-Factor, X-Men Chronicles. All No 1s [fn+/nm-] (16). No Reserve

First issue Mix (1966-2008). Animal Man, Batgirl Special, Batman and the Outsiders, DC Comics Presents, DC Super Stars, Fighting American, Gasp!, Dark Horse 100 edition of Hellboy: The Wild Hunt, New Teen Titans, Omega Man, Rima the Jungle Girl, The Shadow, Spawn, Super-Teen Family, Wonder Woman (1987). All No 1s [vg+/fn/vfn+] (15). No Reserve

Twenty three first edition Dick Francis novels, all but one with dust covers with two Patrick O'Brian first editions novels. (25)

1908 London Underground POCKET MAP showing the exhibition venues at Shepherd's Bush & Earl's Court. 1908 saw the first use of the UndergrounD logo as a header on these maps. This is a special edition produced for the Midland Railway whose information appears on 2 panels on the reverse. In used condition with some short partings at the folds but presents very well overall. [1]

1933 first edition of the H.C. Beck London Underground diagrammatic card POCKET MAP with the famous cover slogan "A new design for an old map." A lightly-used example with a little wear but generally in good to very good, unmarked condition. [1]

1915 Railway Clearing House 'OFFICIAL RAILWAY JUNCTION DIAGRAMS', 158 coloured diagrams + index & supplements, inside hard covers, plus 1921 edition of RCH Official RAILWAY MAP of London & Environs, fold-out, linen-backed, inside hard covers, plus 1900 issue of Met & G C Joint Committee Cartage Area MAP for Gt Missenden, fold out, linen-backed, inside hard covers. All are in good to very good, used condition, the first has some cover wear. [3]

1933 London Underground H C Beck diagrammatic, card POCKET MAP from the first-year series titled 'Underground Railways of London'. This is the edition with no print-code, issued c. August 1933 and has 'LPTB' inside the bullseye logos. Refers to re-naming of Dover St station to Green Park and the merger of Holborn and British Museum stations, all in September that year. In very good condition, an excellent example. [1]

Kikusaburu Fukui (Japanese) Signed Copy of Japanese Ceramic Art and National Characteristics, signed by the author to Mr H. W. Robertson, Tokyo 1928, with outer sleeve, also with a first edition of My Uncle George, signed by the author Alastair Phillips, signed novel of Highland Vet, signed by the author Robert Stevenson, and a first edition of The Adventures of Endill Swift, (4)

Book - Eileen K Wade ' Olave Baden-Powell, the authorised biography of the World Chief Guide ' first edition with dust jacket, signed to inside pages by Olave Baden- Powell and the author Eileen Wade

James Bond - First edition hard back book 'Thunderball' published 1961, with d/j, together with two annuals, 007 postcards and 'You Only Live Twice' Pan paperback

Book - Henry Wynmalen ' The Horse in Action ' with numerous coloured illustrations by Michael Lyne, published by Burke, London, first edition

Three James Bond Books including Ian Fleming ' You only live twice ' first edition with dust jacket published by Jonathan Cape, Ian Fleming ' From Russia with love ' first edition published by Jonathan Cape and Robert Markham ' Colonel Sun ' first edition with dust jacket published by Jonathan Cape

The Spectator, eight volumes, published 1712 to 1715, numbers 1 to 556, leather bound (first collected edition of Vol 1 and Vols 4-8, second edition of volumes 2 (1714) and 3 (1713)