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Edward Seago, seven first editions in dust wrappers, comprising: 'Caravan', New York, Macmillan, 1937, original cloth in a UK Collins dust wrapper, Edward Seago typed letter signed on "The Dutch House, Ludham" headed paper, dated 1961, loosely inserted; the following all London, Collins, UK 1sts in dust wrappers: 'Peace In War', 1943; 'High Endeavour', 1944; 'With the Allied Armies in Italy', 1945; A Canvas to Cover', 1947; 'Tideline', 1948; 'With Capricorn to Paris', 1956; plus 'Sons of Sawdust', London, Putnam, 1934, 1st edition, original cloth gilt, and 'Circus Company', London, Putnam, 1933 reprint, original cloth (9)

Japanese art, three volumes comprising E. Strange: "The Colour Prints of Hiroshige", 1925, first edition, 16 coloured plates, 4to, original cloth, Basil Stewart: "Subjects Portrayed in Japanese Colour - Prints", London, Kegan Paul, 1922, 22 coloured plates, folio, original quarter cloth: Yu Fei-an: Bird and Flower Paintings", 1959, in Japanese numerous coloured and black and white plates, folio original cloth, dust wrapper (3)

Seven mainly art related volumes including a circa late 19th Century portfolio containing six original etchings by Oliver Hall, RA, RE, "Modern Woodcuts and Lithographs", eight special number of "The Studio" 1919, plates, 4to, original decorative cloth gilt "Architectural Drawing and Draughtsmen", 1912, first edition, "Allies in Art", 1917, first edition, plus three others similar (7)

(ILLUSTRATED BOOKS including Paul Nash, Robert Gibbings, Enid Marx signed, wood engraving etc) Sieveking: 'Dressing Gowns and Glue', illustrated John Nash, [1919], original pictorial boards, the first book illustrated by John Nash; Enid Marx & Margaret Lambert: 'English Popular and Traditional Art', Collins, 1946, 1st edition, signed Enid Marx, original boards, dust wrapper; Paul Nash: 'Letters to Oliver Simon of the Curwen Press 1924-45', Front Street, 2016, limited edition (24/100), numbered, original quarter cloth, decorative paper covered boards, slip case etc etc (18)

Madonna: 'Sex', London, Secker & Warburg, 1992, first edition, original spiral bound aluminium boards, lacks CD, original foil wrapper (worn), plus Schreiber: 'Madonna Nudes 1979', Taschen, 1992, black and white illustrations from photographs throughout, original pictorial wraps, plus 'Unseen Madonna Calendar 2004', original pictorial card covers (3)

Paul Eluard: 'Medieuses', illustrated Valentine Hugo, Paris, 1944, limited edition (199/950) 16 full page illustrations as called for, original card wraps, glassine dust wrapper, plus 'Paris des Reves' Lausanne, 1950, first ediiton, 75 photogravure plates of Parisian scenes by Izis Bidermanas as called for, each with accompanying text by Paul Eluard, Jean Cocteau, Henry Miller (his three contributions each with printed translation slip inserted) et al, large 4to, original stiff card wraps, dust wrapper, glassine dust wrapper (2)

Henry Miller and related, a collection of five titles including 'The Happy Rock, A Book About Henry Miller', Bern Porter, 1945, limited edition (496/3,000), contributions by Lawrence Durrell, Henry Miller etc, original quarter cloth, dust wrapper; 'Tropic of Capricorn', New York, Grove Press, 1961, stated first printing, original green cloth gilt, dust wrapper', 'Big Sur and the Oranges of Hieronymus Bosch', New York, New Directions, 1957, original cloth, dust wrapper; 'The Colossus of Maroussi', New Directions, 1941, original cloth gilt; 'Letters of Henry Miller and Wallace Fowlie (1943-1972)', Grove Press, 1975, original cloth, dust wrapper

Henry Miller: 'Quiet Days in Clichy', Paris, The Olympia Press, 1956, first edition, 29 photogravure illustrations by Brassai, of which two double page, as called for, original striking card wraps designed by T. Tajiri printed in black, grey and yellow

James Jones: 'The Thin Red Line', NY, Scribner's 1962, first edition, A-6.62H on copyright page, original cloth, dust wrapper (priced $5.95), classic American WWII novel

Jerome K Jerome, eight titles, mainly first editions, including: 'Sketches in Lavender Blue and Green', London, 1897, 1st edition; 'Idle Ideas i 1905', London, [1905], 1st edition; 'The Second thoughts of an Idle Fellow', London, 1898, 1st edition, etc etc, all original cloth (8)

John Le Carre: "A Most Wanted Man", Hodder and Stoughton, 2008, first edition, (231 / 1000), signed and numbered, original cloth silvered, slip case, plus Jeffery Deaver: "Carte Blanche", 2011, first UK edition, signed and numbered (1,193 / 1,500) to half title, original cloth, dust wrapper, plus Sebastian Faulks: "Devil May Care", 2008, first UK edition, original cloth, dust wrapper (3)

Len Deighton, 11 titles of which several signed & inscribed, comprising UK first editions of the Samson Trilogy: 'Berlin Game - Mexico Set - London Match', Hutchinson, 1983, 1984, 1985, all original cloth, all in dust wrappers, 'Berlin Game' signed and inscribed to title page, 'Mexico Set' with author's/publisher's printed compliment slip inserted; 'Spy Hook - Spy Line - Spy Sinker' trilogy, each Hutchinson, 1988, 1989, 1990, each signed and inscribed to title page, each original cloth gilt, dust wrappers; 'Winter A Berlin Family 1899-1945', Century Hutchinson (South Africa), 1987, signed and inscribed, original cloth, dust wrapper; 'Len Deighton an annotated Bibliography 1954-1985', 1985, 1st edition, signed and inscribed FFEP with other signatures of former R.C.A. students (including Peter Blake, Bruce Lacey and Ray Hawkey) and inscription re a meeting between them (including Deighton) 15th August 1985, original cloth, dust wrapper, plus 1965 1st editions of 'Ou Est le Garlic Len Deighton's French Cook Book' & 'Action Cook Book', and 'Mamista', 1991, 1st edition, original cloth, dust wrapper (11)

Paul Scott, 2 titles: 'Johnnie Sahib', London, 1952, 1st edition, original cloth, dust wrapper, the author's first novel; 'Raj Quartet', London, 1976, collected edition, original cloth, dust wrapper (2)

Bernard Cornwell, nine "Sharpe" series UK first editions, all signed to title pages, all published Collins, all original cloth gilt in dust wrappers, comprising "Sharpe's Battle", 1995, "Sharpe's Tiger", 1997, "Sharpe's Triumph", 1998, "Sharpe's Fortress", 1999, Sharpe's Trafalgar", 2000, "Sharpe's Prey", 2001, "Sharpe's Havoc", 2003,"Sharpe's Escape", 2004, "Sharpe's Fury", 2006, plus "Sharpe's Story", 2006, first UK edition, original pictorial wraps (10)

George Macdonald Fraser, seven "Flashman" series novels, all UK first editions in dust wrappers, "Flashman's" Lady", 1977, Flashman and the Redskins", 1982, "Flashman and the Dragon", 1985, "Flashman and the Mountain of Light", 1990, "Flashman and the Angel of the Lord", 1994, "Flashman and the Tiger", 1999, signed, "Flashman on the March", 2005, signed, plus first edition copy of "Flashman of the Charge", 1973, in original cloth with B.C.A. dust wrapper, and "A quick Flashman" paperback (11)

A quantity of modern first editions etc., including JRR Tolkien: "The Children of Hurin", de luxe edition in slip case, etc. etc.

John William Polidori: 'The Vampyre; A Tale', London, Sherwood, Neely and Jones, 1819, 1st edition, 2nd state, half title, title page reset removing Byron's name, later state of p.36 with "a" in "almost" aligned, without 12pp adverts at end, first edition of the first vampire story in English, seminal work of gothic horror by Polidori, Byron's physician until 1817, the work was attributed to Byron stimulated by the introductory 'Extract of a Letter from Geneva' and the concluding account of Lord Byron's residence at the island of Mytilene, Byron quickly disavowed himself from the whole tale in a famous letter to Galignani, pp178-79 with tears to inner margin repaired, this copy with the black book label of famous book collector and bibiographer Michael Sadleir to inside top wrap, together with a loosely inserted entry for this copy from a 1932 Pickering catalogue with Sadleir's brief annotation, together with a photocopy of an entry for this copy from a 1991 Jarndyce catalogue, original brown paper wrappers slightly worn, contemporary ownership signature to top wrap 'Jane Blackburn, Knowlsley [?] 1819', green fold over cloth wrapper, slip case

Nathaniel Hawthorne, 10 works including first editions, comprising: 'The Scarlet Letter', London, 1851, 1st UK edition, rebound (not recent) cloth gilt; 'The House of The Seven Gables', Boston, Ticknor et al, 1851, 1st edition, ads at front dated November 1850, original cloth gilt; 'The Blithedale Romance', Boston, Ticknor et al, 1852, 1st edition, original cloth gilt; 'Transformation: or, the Romance of Monte Beni', London, 1860, 3rd edition, 3 volumes, association copy with circa 80 mounted albumen print photographs including portrait of Hawthorne (frontis volume I) and views of Rome etc, plus 2 mounted pen, ink and watercolour illustrations, plus manuscript note from the sculptor John Gibson R.A. who died in Rome January 1866 (volume I), and a note from a Cardinal (volume III) etc, uniform crimson morocco gilt; 'Snow Image', 1851, 1st UK edition, original cloth gilt; 'Mosses From an Old Manse', 1846, 1st UK edition, 2 volumes, original cloth gilt, etc etc (13)

Emile Zola, 5 tiles including first English editions comprising: 'Nana: a realistic novel. Translated without abridgment from the 127th French edition. Illustrated with 16 page engravings, from designs by Bellenger, Clairin, and André Gill.', Vizetelly, 1884, first English Edition, 2 plates supplied in facsimile, 20pp adverts at end dated December 1884, original pictorial cloth gilt, (worn, restored in places; 'Nana', Vizetelly, 1884, 2nd edition, original pictorial cloth gilt (gilt titling to spine restored in places); 'The “Assomoir” (The prelude to “Nana”) A realistic novel. Translated without abridgment from the 97th French edition', Vizetelly, 1884, 1st English Edition, 20pp adverts dated September 1884, original pictorial cloth gilt (restored in places); 'Piping Hot! (Pot-Bouille.) A realistic novel. Translated from the 63rd French edition. Illustrated with 16 page engravings from designs by George Bellenger.', Vizetelly, 1885, 1st English Edition, 20pp adverst at end dated December 1885, original pictorial cloth gilt (restored in places); 'The Soil. (La Terre.) A realistic novel. With a frontispiece designed by H. Gray.', Vizetelly, 1888, 1st English Edition, frontis, original cloth gilt (5)

David Hume, Essays, three volumes comprising 'Essays, Moral and Political', London & Edinburgh, A Miller and A. Kincaid, the third edition, corrected, with adiitons, printers engraved device to title page, 'Philosophical Essays Concerning Human Understand', London, A.Millar, 1750, the second edition with additions and corrections, printers, engraved device to title page, 'Polictal Discourses', Edinburgh, A.Kincaid and A.donaldson, 1752, second edition, advert and contents leaf after title, stated 'second edition' though actually a reimpression of the first edition in small duodecimo format, all duodecimo, contemporary calf gilt, provencace: Baggrave Hall Library printed book plates to front paste downs (3)

[Caroline Norton]: 'The Sorrows of Rosalie', London, John Ebers, 1829, 1st edition, contemporary half calf, lacks lower piece of backstrip, the authors first work

Thomas Hardy: 'Wessex Tales', London, Osgood Mcilvaine & Co, 1896, first "Wessex" edition, 1st edition for the first uniform edition of Hardy's works, original decorative cloth gilt; Alan Hurst: 'Hardy: An illustrated Dictionary', original cloth, dust wrapper (2)

W. Heath Robinson (illustrated): 'The Incredible Adventures of Professor Branestawm', London, 1933, first edition, coloured frontis and numerous full page and in text illustrations as called for, 4to, original cloth

Alexander Sturm: 'From Ambush to Zig-Zag', New York, 1942, first edition, coloured illustrations throughout, 4to, original pictorial buckram, plus Kay Thompson: 'Eloise in Moscow', New York, 1959, first edition, 4to, original cloth, dust wrapper (2)

Kathleen Ainslie: 'Votes for Catharine Susan and me', London, Castell Brothers, [1910], first edition, eleven chromolitho plates (of which one double page) as called for, a/f, lacks wraps, title page and first illustration creased/closed tear/spotting, some spotting/toning throughout, anti womens suffrage children's book referencing hunger strikes in prison, Airship leaflet drop over London 1909 etc, and seven others Kathleen Ainslie, all a/f, sold not subject to return (8)

J.R.R. Tolkien: 'The Lord of the Rings - The Fellowship of the Ring - The Two Towers - The Return of the King', London, 1966, second edition, three volumes, three folding maps as called for, uniform original cloth gilt, 'Two Towers' and 'Return of the King' in dust wrappers, plus "The Hobbit", London 1978, fourth edition, original cloth gilt, dust wrapper, plus 'Unfinished Tales of Numenor and Middle-earth', London, 1980, first edition, folding map as called for, plus 'The Lord of the Rings 1977 Calendar' & 'The Silmarillion Calendar 1978', each spiral bound, original wraps (VGC), housed together in original Silmarillion envelope (7)

J.R.R. Tolkien: 'The Lord of the Rings', 1966, 1st India paper de luxe edition, 1st impression, 3 maps (2 folding) as called for, original gilt and silvered decorative cloth, slip case; 'The Hobbit', 1976, 1st de luxe edition, original decorative cloth gilt (very fine), wrapped in original tissue paper, housed in original box, printed label to front; 'Poems & Stories', 1980, 1st de luxe edition, original decorative cloth gilt (very fine), wrapped in original tissue paper (unopened), housed in original box, printed label to front; 'The Silmarillion', London, George Allen & Unwin, 1977, 1st edition, "Collector's Edition", number 79 of the first 1000 copies off the press of the first edition, "First Edition Plate" to front end paper, original full crimson morocco gilt, top edge gilt, slip case, plus 1st edition copy 'Smith of Wootton Major' (5)

Arthur Ransome, 11 titles (2 first editions, 9 later impressions/reprints), all London, Jonathan Cape, all in original cloth gilt, all in dust wrappers, comprising 'Missee Lee', 1941, 1st edition, dust wrapper slightly worn but generally VGC, unclipped; 'The Picts and the Martyrs', 1943, 1st edition, dust wrapper ditto previous title; 'Swallows & Amazons', 1940, dust wrapper worn; 'Secret Water' & 'Winter Holiday', both 1941, both dust wrappers slightly worn but generally VGC; 'We Didn't Mean to go to Sea', 'Pigeon Post' and 'Swallowdale', all 1942; 'Peter Duck' & 'Coot Club' both 1943; 'The Big Six', 1944, dust wrappers varying condition (13)

Beatrix Potter: 'Ginger and Pickles', London, Frederick Warne, 1909, first edition, half-title, 10 coloured illustrations as called for, pictorial endpapers, contemporary ownership signature at head of front free endpaper, small 4to, original tan boards, upper cover with inset coloured illustration; 'The Pie and the Patty-Pan', London, Frederick Warne, circa 1905/1906, earlier printing, half title, 10 coloured illustrations as called for, decorative lavendar endpapers with pie and patty pan illustrations, small 4to, original blue-grey boards, upper cover with inset coloured illustration (2)

Beatrix Potter: 'The Tale of Pigling Bland', London, Frederick Warne, 1913, first edition, half title, 15 coloured illustrations as called for, pictorial endpapers, contemporary ownership signature at head of front free endpaper, 16mo, original maroon boards, upper cover with inset coloured illustration

Beatrix Potter: 'The Tale of Mr Tod', London, Frederick Warne, 1912, first edition, half title, 15 coloured plates as called for, contemporary ownership signature verso of frontispiece at head, pictorial endpapers, 16mo, original grey boards, upper cover with inset coloured illustration, spine slightly cocked

Lewis Carroll [i.e. Charles Lutwidge Dodgson]: 'Alice's Adventures in Wonderland; Through the Looking Glass, and What Alice Found There', illustrated John Tenniel, London, Macmillan, "Children's Edition", 1937 reprint; 1927 1st "Children's Edition", each with 16 coloured plates as called for, first title with colour illustrated endpapers, each small 4to, original green pictorial cloth (2)

Lewis Carroll [i.e. Charles Lutwidge Dodgson]: 'Alice's Adventures in Wonderland - Through The Looking-Glass, and What Alice Found There', 2 volumes, 1867, 3rd edition & 1872, 1st edition copies of Dodgson's famous novel and its sequel, together with rare Lewis Carroll photograph of Ella Monier Williams and other associated ephemera. 'Alice in Wonderland', London, Macmillan, 1867, 6th thousand [3rd edition], 42 illustrations by John Tenniel as called for. 'Through the Looking-Glass', London, Macmillan, 1872, 1st edition, 50 illustrations by John Tenniel as called for, half title with closed tear repaired. Uniformly finely rebound in full vellum, each gilt ruled and titled and each with pictorial gilt illustration of Alice to upper board, each all edges gilt. Together with Photograph of Ella Monier-Williams as a child, seated on chaise longue, facing to the right, her left elbow resting upon a cushion, inscribed by her in an adult hand on the back "Ella Monier-Williams/photograph taken by/Lewis Carroll", albumen print taken by Carroll circa 1866, mounted on card as a carte-de-visite, slightly marked, approx size of image 10x6.5cm. Ella was the only daughter of Monier Monier-Williams, a professor of Sanskrit at the University of Oxford, where Dodgson taught mathematics. The author first mentions her in a diary entry of 1 May 1866: 'Dined at Prof. Monier Williams'. We had each called on the other twice, but never met before. I thought him pleasant, and Mrs. Williams particularly so. Also I saw the little Ella, whom I had noticed before, and wished to photograph' (Wakeling, Diaries, vol.5, p.146). It is known that between May and July 1866, Dodgson took at least fourteen photographs of the young Ella, including several of her wearing articles of New Zealand dress borrowed from the Ashmolean Museum. With entry for this photograph from Phillips catalogue 10/11/94 and printed provenance re Bickersteth family mounted on card leaf included. Together with Harry Furniss autograph signed clipped piece "Sincerely yours Harry Furniss" and Jack Tenniel [brother in law John Tenniel?] similar "Yours my dear Bill always sincerely Jack Tenniel" both tipped onto single card leaf, all housed together in custom made grey cloth solander box, gilt ruled and with gilt illustrations of Alice to front and spine. Written under the pseudonym Lewis Carroll, considered one of the best examples of the literary nonsense genre and one of the most popular and influential works of English language fiction ever written.

Charles Robinson (illustrated): 'Alice's Adventures in Wonderland', London, Cassell, 1907, 8 coloured plates, plus numerous full page and in text black and white illustrations as called for, 4to, original gilt decorated blue cloth, inner joints reinforced, pictorial end papers, small closed tear to cloth at head of spine, corners slightly bumped, top edge gilt. A nice copy of this scarce first Charles Robinson edition Alice, which was subsequently reprinted in a smaller format from 1913 onwards

George Christopher Davies, 3 titles: 'Mountain, Meadow & Mere', 1874, 2nd edition, original pictorial cloth, authors first book, some content related to Norfolk and The Broads; 'The Swan and Her Crew', circa 1880, 5th edition, frontis + illustrations throughout, original pictorial cloth gilt; 'The Handbook to the Rivers and Broads of Norfolk & Suffolk', 1890, 15th edition revised and enlarged, folding map in rear pocket, original cloth gilt, plus P. Fisher [i.e. William Andrew Chatto]: 'The Angler's Souvenir', edited George Christopher Davies, circa 1877, new edition, engraved frontispiece, added engraved title page + numerous engraved illustrations throughout, original pictorial cloth gilt (4)

George Christopher Davies, 3 titles: 'The Swan and Her Crew', [1876], 1st edition, frontis + 6 full page and numerous in text illustrations as called for, 32pp adverts at end, original pictorial cloth gilt, (rebacked, original backstrip retained), authors first book specifically based on The Broads; 'Norfolk Broads & Rivers', 1884, new edition, 7 plates as called for, original pictorial cloth; 'The Handbook to the Rivers and Broads of Norfolk & Suffolk', 1887, 9th edition revised and enlarged, folding map in rear pocket, original cloth gilt (3)

George Christopher Davies: 'The Scenery of the Broads and Rivers of Norfolk & Suffolk', Jarrold & Sons, [1883], first and second series, 1st edition, 33 (of 48) photogravure plates by Annan taken from Davies' photographs, various images including Beccles, Lowestoft, Norwich, Coltishall, Horning, Waveney, Bure, Ant, Wensum etc etc, plus one duplicate (Burgh Castle), the two original quarter cloth portfolio bindings and the folio leaves of plates all housed loose in two modern folders, the leaves of plates each with loose modern card mounts included, together with Jamie Campbell & Cliff Middleton: 'The Man who found The Broads, A biography of George Christopher Davies', 1999, 1st edition, original pictorial wraps, large part of book devoted to reproducing all 48 plates from the aformentioned work with their number, title and a short description beneath (3)

Arthur Henry Patterson: 'Sea-side Scribblings for visitors; or, how to make the most of a holiday jaunt', London, Jarrold and Sons, [1887], first edition, 139pp + [5]pp adverts at end, rebound modern cloth gilt, original pictorial paper covered card wraps bound in. Published by Jarrold & Sons, the authors first proper book. Scarce

Arthur Henry Patterson and related, ten titles, all first editions, comprising 'Notes of an East Coast Naturalist', 1904, Frank Southgate coloured plates as caled for, original cloth gilt; 'Nature in Eastern Norfolk', 1905, Frank Southgate coloured plates as caled for, original cloth gilt; 'Wild Life on a Norfolk Estuary', 1907, black and white plates as called for, original cloth gilt; 'Through Broadland in a Breydon Punt', [1920], signed "John Knowlittle", original cloth gilt; 'Wild-Fowlers and Poachers Fifty Years on the East Coast', 1929, illustrations as called for, original cloth gilt; 'A Norfolk Naturalist Observations on Birds, Mammals and Fishes', 1930, illustrations as called for, original cloth gilt, dust wrapper; 'Through Broadland by Sail and Motor', Blake's Ltd, 1930, illustrations as called for, original cloth gilt, dust wrapper Manning: 'Broadland Naturalist the Life of Arthur H Patterson', 1948, original cloth, dust wrapper; 'Rough Sketches of Bird Life', [Great Yarmouth], [1985], limited edition (226/250) numbered, oblong 4to, original half calf gilt; Tooley: 'Scribblings of a Yarmouth Naturalist', 2004, original pictorial wraps (10)

George Christopher Davies, 3 adventure stories: 'The Swan and Her Crew, or the Adventures of three young Naturalists and Sportsmen on the Broads and Rivers of Norfolk', c.1890, new edition, illustrations throughout, classic early Broadland Novel, first published in 1876 and preceded only by Wilkie Collins Armadale in the genre; plus 19th Century editions of 'Wildcat Tower' and 'Peter Penniless', all in original pictorial cloth gilt (3)

A collection of novels set in the Norfolk Broads & East Anglia, including an early 20th Century Jarrolds edition of Wilkie Collins' 'Armadale' (the first Broads based novel, 1866); three earlier 20th Century editions of G.C. Davies' 'The Swan and Her Crew', two pub. Jarrolds in pictorial cloth; C.F. Marsh: 'Shelter', New York, 1925, 1st US edition, original cloth; Lacy Hillier: 'The Potterers' Club. A Cycling Novel...', [1900], 1st edition, Yarmouth and Broads content, original cloth; plus Jarrolds reprint of Fritz Zorn's 'Bunce the Bobby and the Broads - A Holiday Yarn', 20th thou, original cloth (worn) (7)

Walter Rye. 2 titles: 'Songs, Stories, and Sayings of Norfolk', Norwich, Agas H. Goose, 1897, 160pp, content includes the pleasure wherry "Zoe" and the first printed bibliography of Broads books, rebound quarter cloth; 'Tourist's Guide to the County of Norfolk', 1892, 5th edition, folding map, 128pp + 36pp adverts at end, original cloth gilt (2)

W.R. Supple: 'A History of Thorpe-next-Norwich', [1918], 1st edition, original cloth gilt; E. Callard: 'The Manor of Freckenham', 1924, 1st edition, original cloth gilt, ex library; Millican: 'A History of Horstead and Stanninghall', 1937, first edition, original cloth gilt; Carrodus: 'A Norfolk Village in War Time', [1946], 1st edition, signed and inscribed, relates to Horning, original boards gilt; plus first editions in dust wrappers of Parsons: 'Salle'; Sapwell: 'Aylsham', Ketton-Cremer: 'Felbrigg', plus 3 others (10)

Natural History, 6 volumes, comprising Montagu: 'The Ornithological Dictionary; or, Alphabetical Synopsis of British Birds', 1802, 1st edition, 2 volumes in 1, hand coloured engraved frontis, with the 1813 1st edition supplement volume, 24 engraved plates as called for, uniform contemporary calf (worn, rebacked, top board first volume loose); Baron Cuvier: 'The Animal Kingdom', Orr, [nd, circa 1850], engraved title + 33 engraved plates (of which 30 hand coloured), rebound half morocco, 19th Century leather title and compartmental labels laid onto backstrip; Heron: 'Elegant Extracts of Natural History', Edinburgh, 1792, 1st edition, 2 volumes, uniform rebound morocco gilt, plus a 1902 White's 'Natural History of Selborne', prize leather binding, gilt (6)

Gilbert White: 'The Natural History of Selborne', London, T. Bensley for B. White, 1789, first edition, 9 engraved plates complete as list including folding panoramic frontispiece of Selborne, half title, list of plates and errata leaf all present, 4to, contemporary half calf, marbled paper covered boards, joints neatly repaired and neatly rebacked, oxblood morocco title label to spine, armorial bookplate of Edmund Rolfe Finch (1789-1831), brewer and sometime president of the Norfolk & Norwich Literary Institution

Gilbert White: 'The Natural History of Selborne', Chiswick Press for J. & A. Arch et al, 1837, new edition, association copy with Gilbert White five line autograph note signed, a manuscript pen and ink copy of receipt for a half years rent due, dated April 12 1746 and signed "By me Gil. White", this loosely inserted along with several early 20th Century autograph letters signed and other correspondence from Rashleigh Holt-White, (Great Grand Nephew of Gilbert White, author of 'The Life and Letters of Gilbert White', 1901), to an S. Cartmell of Carlisle, with a manuscript inscription to first blank leaf at end by Cartmell stating "This book was given to me (along with the autograph at the back...) by Rashleigh Holt-White...in exchange for a copy of the same edition...which belonged to his father Algernon Holt-White containing numerous pencilled notes and family details. S Cartmell 1 Oct 1902. Contemporary half black morocco gilt, spine gilt in compartments, top edge gilt

Paul Lacroix, three titles '..au Moyen Age et a L'Epoque de la Renaissance' series comprising 'Moeurs, usages et Costumes...' 1871, first edition, 'Vie Militaire et Religieuse...' 1873, second edition, 'Les Arts...' 1873, fourth edition, plus 'XVIIIe Siecle Institutions, usages et Costumes France 1700-1789', 1875, first edition, all with chromolithograph plates collated complete, all original decorative quarter crimson morocco gilt, all edges gilt (4)

John Bird (1709-1776): 'The method of dividing astronomical instruments : By Mr. John Bird, mathematical instrument-maker, in the Strand. Published by order of the Commissioners of Longitude', London, John Nourse, 1767, first edition, 1 engraved folding plate (numbered 'Plate IV') as called for, vi, 14pp, quarto, 20th Century rebound plain cloth (worn), printed label to top board, waterstaining to title page and first few leaves. John Bird was an eminent maker of mathematical instruments. Born in Bishop Auckland, he came to London in 1740, working for Jonathan Sisson and George Graham, before setting up his own business in the Strand in 1745. Bird's instruments were of such quality that the Commissioners of Longitude paid him £500 (a huge sum) on condition that he take on an apprentice for 7 years and produce in writing upon oath, a full account of his working methods. This was the origin of Bird's two treatises, this work, and 'The Method of Constructing Mural Quadrants' (1768). A scarce and important work, The English Short Title Catalogue states the printer, William Bowyer and John Nichols, printed 500 copies only

[Graffigny (Françoise d'Isembourg de'Happancourt de)] Lettres d'une Peruvienne, with final blank, Peine, n.p., [1747]; Suite des Lettres d'une Peruvienne, first edition, lacking initial blank/half-title, cropped affecting one letter of title and signature of final leaf, n.p., [1748], together 2 works in 1 vol., the first lightly browned, slightly later sheep-backed mottled boards, spine gilt, rubbed, spine a little faded, 12mo⁂ Epistolary satirical novel consisting of letters written by a young Incan princess abducted by Spanish sailors and introduced to French society, inspired by Voltaire's Alzire. Not in the Meulenbacker collection of editions of Graffigny's work.

Petrarca (Francesco) Phisicke against fortune, aswell prosperous, as aduerse, conteyned in two bookes, translated by Thomas Twyne, black letter, title within woodcut decorative border, woodcut decorative initials, lacking sig.B and final blank, lower corner of title torn and repaired with loss supplied, first gathering lower corners repaired, water-stained, some spotting or damp-staining, 19th century calf, gilt, panels from early English blind-stamped binding laid down on covers, corners worn, rubbed, [STC 19809], small 4to, Printed by [Thomas Dawson for] Richard Watkyns, 1579.⁂ First edition in English of Petrarch's De remediis utriusque fortunae, which is the most substantial English translation of Petrarch in the sixteenth century. It touches on a number of diverse subjects, including dancing, ball games, gambling, wrestling, hunting and hawking, alchemy, libraries, schoolmasters, spectacles, toothache, lechery, gout, blindness, and deafness.

Law.- Magna Carta.- Magna Carta, cu[m] alijs antiquis statutis, q[u]orum catalogum in fine operis reperies, part 2 only (of 2) [Secunda pars veterum statutorum], first edition, black letter, title within woodcut architectural border, woodcut historiated initials, final 4 ff. loose, some foxing to lower margins, occasional spotting or staining elsewhere, loose in an early printed psalm f. printed in red and black and in turn loose in a piece of folded early vellum, [STC 9271], 8vo, [in edibus Thome Bertheleti regii impressoris], 1532.

[Brontë (Charlotte)], "Currer Bell". The Professor, a Tale, 2 vol. in 1, first edition, half-titles, advertisement leaf at end of vol.1, imprint leaf, 8pp. advertisements and 24pp. publishers' catalogue at end of vol.2, original blind-stamped dark green cloth (remainder binding), spine titled in gilt, pale yellow endpapers, covers a little damp-stained, otherwise a good copy, [Smith p.162], 8vo, Smith, Elder & Co., 1857.⁂ Smith notes that 719 copies of the unsold first edition sheets were bound as 2 volumes in 1.

Richardson (George) A Book of Ceilings, composed in the style of the Antique Grotesque, first edition, title and text in English and French, engraved dedication, list of subscribers, 48 engraved plates, one double-page, most with small areas or details picked out in watercolour or coloured pencil, the latter very faint, a few with Richardson's name and dimensions supplied in ink within plate-mark, spotting to text, light marginal soiling to plates, small portion cut away from title (repaired), stamp removed from edge of first few plates, contemporary boards, rubbed, rebacked and recornered in calf, spine a little faded, [Harris 735], folio, for the Author, 1776.⁂ Richardson was employed by the Adam Brothers for eighteen years and this work was his unsuccessful attempt to launch his own architectural practice. The list of subscribers includes Joseph Banks, William Chambers, John Carr of York, George Dance, Joseph Pickford at Derby, Thomas Sandby and many country house owners such as the Marquis of Rockingham.

Thucydides. The hystory, writtone by Thucidides the Athenyan, of the warre, whiche was betwene the Peloponesians and the Athenyans, translated oute of Frenche into the Englysh language by Thomas Nicolls, first edition in English, black letter, title within elaborate historiated woodcut border, woodcut initials, without errata f. (as often), occasional light marginal browning or finger-soiling, ink markings to title in an early hand, title strengthened at inner margins, bookplate and ink stamp to title verso, handsome 19th century hard vellum, spine darkened, minor wear, an attractive copy, [STC 24056], folio, [William Tylle], 1550.⁂ One of the earliest translations of Greek literature. Thucydides recounts the 5th-century B.C. war between Athens and Sparta and analyses the political and moral policies that fueled the combat.

[Bond (William)] The History of the Life and Adventures of Mr. Duncan Campbell, first edition, engraved portrait and 3 plates including one of signing alphabet, 8pp. advertisements at end, a few stains, book-label of James Stevens Cox, contemporary calf, a little rubbed, corners bumped, 8vo, for E.Curll, 1720. ⁂ Account of the deaf and mute Scotsman with second-sight, and including passages on the occult; originally attributed to Daniel Defoe.

Fitzgerald (F. Scott) The Great Gatsby, first edition, first issue with 'northern' to p.119, 'it's' to p.165, 'chatter' to p.60, 'sick in tired' to p.205, and 'Union Street station' to p.211, original cloth, spine ends and corners a little bumped, otherwise near-fine, first state dust-jacket with capital 'J' printed over small 'j', repairs and restorations to spine ends, joints, hinges and corners, including 1" piece to the foot of spine, affecting publisher's imprint, lightly rubbed, still in effect a very good copy, preserved in custom drop-back box, 8vo, New York, 1925.⁂ A very good copy of Fitzgerald's masterpiece in the rare dust-jacket.'I think my novel is about the best American novel ever written.' F.Scott FitzgeraldThe rare dust-jacket, designed by Francis Cugat, played an important part in the composition of the novel itself; Fitzgerald wrote to his publisher 'For Christ's sake don't give anyone that jacket you're saving for me. I've written it into the book.' This is most evident in his description of Daisy Buchanan as the 'girl whose disembodied face floated along the dark cornices and blinding signs'.

Wilde (Oscar) The Sphinx, first edition, one of 200 copies, half-title, pictorial title, illustrations and decorations by Charles Ricketts, printed in red, green and black, occasional browning, original pictorial vellum, gilt, designed by Ricketts and Henry Leighton, uncut, covers a little bowed, some light surface soiling, [Mason 361], small 4to, 1894.⁂ One of Ricketts's most important early book designs, The Sphinx was delayed in its publication on account of the Beardsley-illustrated Salome appearing in 1893. Eventually the book came out in 1894 in an edition of 200 copies; press hostility to Wilde ensured its failure. The book became a rarity almost immediately owing to a fire at the Ballantyne Press destroying many of the unsold copies.

Brooke (Ralph) A Catalogue and Succession of the Kings, Princes, Dukes, Marquesses, Earles, and Viscounts of this Realme of England, since the Norman Conquest, first edition, title within elaborated woodcut border (closely shaved at outer margin), woodcut initials, head-pieces and numerous coats of arms, all coloured in a contemporary hand, occasional ink notes and annotations in a contemporary hand with a few additional coats of arms added by hand, 10ff. with repaired tears, not affecting text, 4¶3 with tear running into text, pagination and collation erratic but seemingly all present, occasional light browning or soiling, bookplate of Thomas Weld of Lulworth Castle to pastedown, 18th century mottled calf, gilt, spine gilt in compartments, spine rubbed, [STC 3832], folio, by William Jaggard, and sold at his house in Barbican, 1619.

Tossanus (Daniel) The exercise of the faithfull soule: that is to say, prayers and meditations for one to comfort himselfe in all maner of afflictions, and specially to strengthen himselfe in faith: set in order according to the articles of our faith, first edition, issue with line 6 of title reading 'manner', with final blank Z2, small worm trace to lower gutter of sigs. G&H, very small single worm hole to lower margin of all to sig.R., water-stained, contemporary calf, covers with blind-stamped arabesque centre-pieces, sympathetically rebacked, edges worn, rubbed, [STC 24144.5], 8vo, by Henrie Middleton for Henrie Denham, 1583.⁂ ESTC records two issues of the first edition, both rare, with this issue the rarest (BL and Bodleian only). Includes an account of the St. Bartholomew's Day Massacre.

Amis (Kingsley) Lucky Jim, first edition, ink gift inscription to endpaper, original boards, dust-jacket, light tape repairs to foot of spine and lower corner verso with some light show-through to recto, minor chipping to spine ends and corners but a sharp and excellent example overall, 8vo, 1953.⁂ A crisp, attractive example of Amis' first novel.