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Jarry (Alfred, 1873-1907). Les Minutes de Sable Memorial, 1st edition, Paris: Edition du Mercure de France, 1894, 236 pages, woodcut head-piece to preface, 9 original woodcuts by the author printed in blue-green, brown and black, final leaf with printer's woodcut device, original dark green printed wrappers bound in at rear, woodcut bookplate of Ernest [Ernst] Goldschmidt (printed in yellow) to front pastedown, untrimmed, near-contemporary dark green cloth, spine lettered in gilt, very minimal minor wear to extreme foot of spine and lower outer corners (generally in very good condition), 12mo (139 x 115 mm) (Qty: 1)NOTESProvenance: 1) Ernest [Ernst] Philip Goldschmidt (1887-1954), legendary antiquarian bookseller specialising in medieval manuscripts, incunabula and sixteenth century printed books, based at 45 Old Bond Street. 2) Eduard Rosenbaum (1887-1979), Anglo-German economist and librarian. With a handwritten letter from E.P. Goldschmidt to Eduard Rosenbaum dated June 15, 1944, presenting the work as a gift 'which however I hope you will accept en homage devoué et reconnaissant. You will at least gather from it that this great man was quite mad. Also, as I gather from re-reading the Preface, that he could explain what Joyce was trying to do thirty years later ... this volume carries my earliest bookplate in its first form, which is a great rarity ...' Andel, Avant-Garde Page Design 1900-1950, 46; Castleman, A Century of Artists Books, pp. 21-22 and 142. Printed in an edition of 216 copies: 197 on Arches paper, and 19 on green, red or yellow Ingres paper. Les Minutes de Sable Memorial is Jarry's first collection of poetry and prose, and thus his first public and radical challenge to the accepted norms of accepted literary style, soon to find its most famous incarnation in the grotesque figure of Ubu in Jarry's play Ubu Roi, first performed in Paris on 9th and 10th December 1896, when the audience rioted in reaction to the author's outrageous use of absurd and scatological language. Jarry himself designed the typography of the title page, which in its dislocation of letters and legibility anticipates the modernist typography of Apollinaire, the Italian futurists and Russian constructivists. The important preface, entitled Linteau (Lintel) presents Jarry's aesthetic theory centred on the deliberate subversion of poetic language and meaning.

Karberg (Bruno). 10 Kleine Negerlein, Hamburg, Hans Gotz, September 1924, colour woodcut title,10 woodcut leaves of text and 10 colour woodcut illustrations by Bruno Karberg, original cloth-backed boards with printed title label to upper cover, lightly rubbed and minimal fading to board edges, slim 4to (30.3 x 25.8 cm) (Qty: 1)NOTESProvenance: Eduard Rosenbaum (1887-1979), Anglo-German economist and librarian. Limited edition of 300 copies, signed by the artist. Bruno Karberg (1896-1967) studied at the Hamburg Kunstgewerbeschule under Georg Hulbe and Otto Czechka, worked as a freelance illustrator, taught for two years at the Kunstgewerblichen Werkstatten in Lubeck, and later as lecturer at the Hamburg Kunstgewerbeschule (School of Applied Design). The work was first published in an edition of only 50 copies by Johannes Gerbers in 1923.

Maeterlinck (Maurice). Der Schatz der Armen, in die Deutsche sprache ubertragen durch Friedrich von Oppeln-Bronikowski, 1st German edition, Leipzig: Verlag von Eugen Diederichs, 1898, decorative title printed in red, full page woodcut illustration, chapter headings printed in red, and large woodcut initials, all designed by Melchior Lechter, printed on japan paper, partly untrimmed, original publisher's linen, with upper cover titled and decorated in red, some minor marks and pale discolouration, 8vo (21.5 x 18 cm) (Qty: 1)NOTESProvenance: Eduard Rosenaum (1887-1979), Anglo-German economist and librarian. Raub A 20; Eyssen 11. First German edition, and the first book designed by Melchior Lechter. 'Mit diesem Buch beginnt die deutsche Buchkunst unseres Jahrhunderts' (Eyssen).

Vico (Giambattista). Grundzuge einer Neuen Wissenschaft uber die gemeinschaftliche Natur dr Volker. Aus dem Italienischen von Dr. Wilhelm Ernst Weber, 1st German edition, Leipzig, F.M. Brockhaus, 1822, folding printed table at end, some minor marginal marks and spotting, old half green stained calf gilt, a little rubbed and some light marks, 8vo, together with Husserl (Edmund). Meditations Cartesiennes, Introduction a la Phenomenologie, traduit de l'allemand par Mlle. Gabrielle Peiffer et M. Emmanuel Levinas, 1st edition, Paris, Librairie Armand Colin, 1931, [viii] + 136 pages, contemporary blue half calf, spine lettered in gilt, original printed wrappers bound in, large 8vo (Qty: 2)NOTESProvenance: Eduard Rosenbaum (1887-1979), Anglo-German economist and librarian. Cf. PMM 184 (first edition of Vico, 1725). First German edition of the main work of Italian historian and philosopher Giambattista Vico (1668-1744), whose work was rediscovered by Herder and then later recognised as the beginning of the philosophy of history. The second work, Husserl's Cartesian Meditations, based on two lectures given by the author at the Sorbonne in 1929, had a profound influence on European philosophy, especially Heidegger and Sartre.

Fleece Press. Tom Chadwick and the Grosvenor School of Modern Art, by Julian Francis, Fleece Press, 2012, colour and monochrome plates and illustrations, including 16 original woodblock prints tipped-in, original cloth-backed patterned boards, slipcase, 4to, limited edition of 210 special copies from a total edition of 360, together with Tirzah Garwood. Long Live Great Bardfield & love to you all, her Autobiography, 1908-43. Edited, and with biographical notes on the period 1943-51, by Anne Ullmann, Fleece Press, 2012, numerous colour and monochrome illustrations, original cloth-backed patterned boards, 4to, limited edition of 550, plus The Artistry of Leslie Cole... told for the first time by Malcolm Yorke with a note on the interesting life of Brenda Cole, Fleece Press, 2010, colour illustrations, original cloth-backed boards, oblong 4to, limited edition of 500 (Qty: 3)

Blixen (Karen). Out of Africa, 1st UK edition, 1937, original red cloth, some fading to spine, price-clipped dust jacket (the jacket is not a first issue jacket), a few chips and tears, repairs to verso, clear tape marks at head of rear panel and flaps, 8vo (Qty: 1)

Eliot (T.S.). The Cocktail Party, 1st US edition, Harcourt Brace, New York, 1950, first state printing with pp. 35/36 not cancelled, p. 94 'successful' ink corrected in column with 'husband' and signed in initials by the author, previous owner inscription of Faith Brook, Henry Miller's Theatre to front pastedown, original cloth, dust jacket, a few chips, tears and losses at spine ends and front flap, 8vo (Qty: 1)NOTESPresentation copy, inscribed to title 'Inscribed for Faith Brook, with the author's gratitude, T.S. Eliot, New York, 6. xii.50'. Faith Brook (1922-2012) was an actress, who played the character Celia Coplestone in the play, in the Broadway production at the Henry Miller's Theatre in 1950.

Fleming (Ian). A complete facsimile set of all 14 James Bond titles, First Edition Library, Shelton, Connecticut, 1981-1993, previous owner label to all front pastedowns except Casino Royale (removed) and The Spy Who Loved Me, original cloth, dust jackets, slipcases, 8vo (Qty: 14)

Hemingway (Ernest). For Whom the Bell Tolls, 1st edition, Charles Scribner, New York, 1940, first issue with letter 'A' to copyright page, minor spotting to fore edges, original cloth (a couple of light stains), price-clipped dust jacket, a few tears and losses, old tape repairs, 8vo (Qty: 1)

Hughes (Ted). Earth Dances, Old Stile Press, 1994, linocut illustrations by R.J. Lloyd, unbound proof copy with a loose photocopy of the poem 'Epigraph' with corrections by Ted Hughes, additionally inscribed by R.J. Lloyd, limited edition 120/250, signed by artist and author, 4to, together with The Cat and the Cuckoo, Sunstone Press, 1987, colour illustrations by R.J. Lloyd, original cloth, dust jacket, slipcase, 12mo, limited edition 40/250, signed by artist and author (Qty: 2) Note: The first named item is a disbound copy, rather than a proof copy as stated

James (Henry) . The Real Thing and Other Tales, 1st edition, 1st issue, Macmillan, 1893, 47 pp. publisher's catalogue at end, one or two light spots, previous owner signature to front endpaper, original blue cloth gilt, spine faded to green, gilt lettering dulled, 8vo (Qty: 1)NOTESEdel & Laurence A37. Rare first issue copy with the copyright date of 1892 to title verso. The second issue with cancel title the copyright date is 1893. "With a single exception all copies examined contain a cancel title-leaf. An apparently unique copy, discovered by I.R. Brussel and recently added to the Collamore Collection at Colby contains a first-state title-leaf..." (Edel & Laurence).

Joyce (James). Ulysses, 1st UK edition, London: published for the Egoist Press by John Rodker, Paris, 1922, contents slightly toned, text-block bumped with concomitant faint creasing to outer corners, very light occasional finger-soiling to lower outer corners, half- title slightly frayed, closed marginal tear to pp. 579/80, red crayon marking to final page and colophon leaf, original blue paper wrappers, recased, covers laid down with loss, housed in a custom green cloth chemise, 4to (Qty: 1)NOTESSlocum & Cahoon 18. Number 530 of 2,000 copies, printed from the plates of the first edition, which appeared earlier the same year. A total of 500 copies 'were reported seized and burned by United States government authorities' (Slocum & Cahoon).

King (Stephen). Carrie, 1st edition, Doubleday, New York, 1974, code 'P6' at gutter of p .199, previous owner signature to half title, publisher's compliments ink stamp to front pastedown, original maroon cloth, a few light mottled stains to covers, covers a little bowed, dust jacket, 8vo (Qty: 1)NOTESThe author's first book.

* Kipling (Rudyard). The Irish Guards in the Great War, 2 volumes, 1st edition, 1923, maps, endpapers a little toned, top edge gilt, original red cloth gilt, spines slightly faded and rubbed at ends, 8vo, presentation copy, inscribed to volume I title, 'Rudyard Kipling, signed for W. Mumford', together with three autograph letters (dated February - August 1919) and two typescript letters, from Kipling to Walter Mumford (dated June - September 1927), two letters discussing Oliver Baldwin, 'For once in his young life Oliver has shown moderate sense and I'm grateful to you for your letter. The idea of him Captain Kettleing about on a Rhine tourist-steamer's quarterdeck, with a loaded automatic and a stern (eyebrow) is a very pleasing one. I hope to Heaven he doesn't take a hand in the navigation...' , others discussing his new pipe, farm livestock and agriculture (Qty: 7)NOTESCaptain Walter Clarkson Mumford MC (1886-1959) was a friend of Kipling, Oliver Baldwin (1899-1958) was the son of Prime Minister Stanley Baldwin and a cousin of Kipling and both served in the Irish Guards (and listed in the book's index), during the First World War along with John Kipling, Rudyard's son, who was recorded missing in action during the Battle of Loos in 1915.

Le Carre (John). Call for the Dead, 1st edition, 2nd impression, 1961, a little minor spotting, original red cloth, dust jacket, slight fading to spine, 8vo (Qty: 1)NOTESA good 2nd impression copy of the author's first book, published in August 1961, the first issue published in May of that year.

Lindsay (David). A Voyage to Arcturus, 1st edition, 1st issue, Methuen & Co. Ltd., 1920, [8], 304,[8]pp., initial blank present, 8 advert pages at rear, light pencil markings against few lines of text, front free endpaper with pencil initials "JRA. Euston. Sept. 24 1920", occasional light spotting to margins, original red cloth, spine faded, 8vo (Qty: 1)NOTESFrom the Library of Alan and Joan Tucker, Stroud, Gloucestershire. It is likely this volume belonged to the writer and editor of the Listener magazine Joe Randolph Ackerley (1896-1967). This title by David Lindsay is considered a seminal work of science fiction. The author's first book printed in an issue of 1500 copies, was not originally a great success, with only 596 of the issue being sold on publication.

Malamud (Bernard). The Natural, 1st edition, Harcourt, Brace, New York, 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.

Sassoon (Siegfried). Memoirs of an Infantry Officer, 1st edition, London: Faber & Faber, 1930, top edge gilt, remainder untrimmed, original blue cloth gilt, spine slightly faded, 8vo (limited signed edition, 591/750. Keynes A33b), together with Sassoon (Siegried) , Selected Poems, 1st edition, London: William Heinemann, 1925, original blue cloth, spine slightly faded, small slim 8vo, plus Satirical Poems, 1st edition, London: William Heinemann, 1926, occasional pencil annotations and light underscoring, armorial bookplate of Samuel Augustine Courtauld to upper pastedown, original blue cloth, spine slightly faded, small slim 8vo, and The Heart's Journey, 1st edition, London: William Heinemann, 1928, original blue cloth, small slim 8vo, and Vigils, first edition, London: William Heinemann, 1935, original blue cloth, spine slightly faded, slim 8vo (Qty: 5)

Sitwell (Osbert). The Man Who Lost Himself, 1st edition, 1929, partly unopened, original cloth-backed decorative boards, dust jacket, spine a little rubbed and faded, 8vo, presentation copy, inscribed to front endpaper 'For Vladimir, Dmitri, Iigzil and Boris, alias Cyril Beaumont, from the author Osbert Sitwell, 1924', together with The Collected Satires and Poems of Osbert Sitwell, Duckworth, 1931, portrait frontispiece, original cloth, dust jacket, spine slightly toned, 8vo, limited signed edition 68/110, plus Dumb-Animal and Other Stories, 1930, portrait frontispiece , top edge gilt, original red buckram, spine darkened, 8vo, limited signed edition 94/110, with others by Osbert, Sacheverell and Edith Sitwell, including Far From My Home. Stories: Long & Short, by Sacheverell Sitwell, 1931 (limited signed edition 70/110), and Osbert Sitwell's Miracle on Sinai. A Satirical Novel, The Albatross, Hamburg, Paris & Bologna, [1934], special limited edition of 12 copies (Qty: approximately 65)NOTESThe first work's dedicatee Cyril Beaumont (1891-1976) was a dance historian, publisher and bookseller.

Stevenson (Robert Louis). Strange Case of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde, 1st edition, 1st issue, London: Longmans, Green, and Co., 1886, half title (with titles listed to verso), single leaf at end advertising A Child's Garden of Verses, inside front wrapper with tipped-in pictorial bookplate 'Munson Aldrich Havens, Hetty Ganson Havens', original wrappers (soiled), printed in red and blue, front cover detached, with short closed tear to lower right corner and a couple of small pale stains, spine worn with losses at head and foot, with associated manuscript letter on printed notepaper, from James F. Drake of the Association Book Company of New York, dated 1910, to Munson A. Havens, contained together in portfolio wrapper, with label 'The Library of the University of Texas, Rare Book Collections' inside front flap, and pictorial bookplate (as above) on outside of front flap, within matching slipcase, 8vo (Qty: 1)NOTESPrideaux 17; Swearingen pp.98-102. Scarce first issue, with the date hand-corrected in ink to the upper wrapper. Originally scheduled to be published in December 1885, the publisher, concerned that "the bookstalls were already full of Christmas numbers", postponed its release to the following January. The wrapper was already printed, therefore the printed date was changed by hand from 1885 to 1886.

Tolkien (J.R.R.). The Hobbit or There and Back Again, 2nd impression, George Allen & Unwin, 1937, 1 black & white and 4 colour plates from illustrations by the author, plate at p. 192 detached, some scattered spotting, finger soiling and minor marks, small split at foot of first text leaf, later three-line ink inscription about Lord of the Rings written in black ink to title verso, map endpapers printed in red and black, ink ownership name overwriting a contemporary ownership inscription to upper margin of front free endpaper and some pencil transcriptions written on the map beneath, upper inner hinges split, original decorative light green cloth, some fraying with loss of cloth exposing boards beneath at head and lower half of spine and board edges, 8vo (Qty: 1)NOTESA binding copy of this second impression, published in the same year as the first and the first edition to include colour plates.

Travers (P. L.). Mary Poppins, illustrated by Mary Shepard, 1st edition, London: Gerald Howe, 1934, front free endpaper with authorial presentation inscription 'Ramona Heidman with love from Pamela Travers Christmas 1934', generally toned, frontispiece cracking at gutter, title and dedication leaf dampstained (title with minor loss at fore edge and a couple of repairs), pictorial endpapers (repaired at gutters), later green calf gilt, by Grace Bindings, front cover (some fading) with pictorial title block in gilt, rear cover with some light scratches, in custom drop-back box, central portion of original pictorial cloth front cover mounted inside lid, 8vo (Qty: 1)NOTESAn extremely scarce copy of the first edition of Mary Poppins signed by the author.

Waterhouse (Keith). Billy Liar, 1st edition, 1959, original cloth, dust jacket, spine very slightly toned, 8vo, together with Billy Liar. A Play in Three Acts, by Keith Waterhouse and Willis Hall, 1960 (Qty: 1)NOTESFirst book inscribed by the author to Kaye Webb (1914-1996), editor of Puffin Books from 1961-1979 and former wife of artist Ronald Searle.

Doug Nye. BRM - The Sage of British Racing Motors, Vols 1 to 3, hardback, first edition, published by Motor Racing Publications Ltd,

Stirling Moss. Stirling Moss' Book of Motor Sport, signed by author, first edition, hardback, published by Cassell & Co Ltd, London 1955.

Graham Gauld. Jim Clark Portrait Of A Great Driver, first edition, hardback, published by The Hamlyn Publishing Group Ltd 1968.; Jackie Stewart & Eric Dymock. Jackie Stewart World Champion, first edition, hardback, published by Pelham Books 1970.; and Graham Hill. Live At The Limit, third impression, hardback, published by William Kimber & Co Ltd, London 1970. (3)

Cecil Clutton. Cyril Posthumous., Dennis Jenkinson. The Racing Car Development & Design, first edition, hardback, published by B T Batsford Ltd, London 1956.; Louis Klemantaski & Michael Frostick. Racing Sports Cars, first edition, hardback, published by Hamish Hamilton Ltd, London 1956.; and The Motor Year Book 1954. (3)

Richard Hough. Book Of The Racing Camels, first edition, hardback, published by Stanley Paul & Company Ltd, 1960., and Arthur Owen The Racing Coopers, first edition, hardback, published by Cassell & Company Ltd, London 1959. (2)

A Formula Tyco Monte Carlo Worlds Number One Racing System, scale 1:87, boxed, Nikko battery operated Subaru Rally Car, another smaller, and a Prodrive Limited Edition Subaru, World Rally Team 2002, to celebrate Tommi Makinen's first win at Monte Carlo 2002, boxed. (4)

"Personal Memoirs of U S Grant", 2 vols, FIRST EDITION signed by President Grant,, vol 1 1885 and vol 2 1886 [USA, American interest]

Francisco José de Goya y Lucientes (1746-1828)Qual la Descañonan!, from Los Caprichos (Harris 56 II.1) Etching and burnished aquatint, 1797-98, on laid paper, a superb, rare trial proof, before the addition of the tilde on the first 'n', printed in warm sepia with rich contrasts and retaining the burnished highlights, before the First edition of 1799, with full margins, a repaired tear in the upper margin at left, otherwise in very good conditionPlate 218 x 150mm. (8 5/8 x 5 7/8in.); Sheet 292 x 205mm. (11 1/2 x 8 1/8in.)

Francisco José de Goya y Lucientes (1746-1828)A caza de dientes; Bellos Consejos, from Los Caprichos (Harris 47, 50) Two etchings with burnished aquatint, 1799, on laid paper, very good impressions, from the First edition, printed by the artist, Madrid, the full sheets, the first with mount-staining, otherwise in good conditionPlate 215 x 150mm. (8 1/2 x 5 7/8in.); Sheet 320 x 220mm. (12 5/8 x 8 5/8in.)(1 framed)(2)

Francisco José de Goya y Lucientes (1746-1828)De quel mal morira?; Hasta la muerte, from Los Caprichos (Harris 75, 90) Two etchings with burnished aquatint, 1799, on laid paper, very good impressions, from the First edition, printed by the artist, Madrid, the full sheets, the second with mount-staining, otherwise in good conditionPlate 215 x 150mm. (8 1/2 x 5 7/8in.); Sheet 320 x 218mm. (12 5/8 x 8 5/8in.)(1 framed)(2)

δ David Hockney (b.1937)Celia Looks (Tokyo 247)The scarce lithograph, 1980, signed, dated, inscribed 'A.P.' and numbered in numerals from the edition of XIV in pencil, an artist's proof aside from the edition of 54, on tan HMP koller paper, printed and published by Gemini G.E.L., Los Angeles, with full margins, sheet 267 x 273mm (10 5/8 x 10 ¾in) (unframed)Celia Birtwell first met David Hockney in Los Angeles in 1964, she has since then been a muse for the painter appearing in hundreds of images by the artist. The tender non sexualised depictions of her often feature her dressed in clothes designed by her former husband Ossie Clark made of fabrics with patterns designed by her. Hockney said of her "she's a very feminine woman, not a masculine woman, and a very sweet-natured, gentle person"δ This lot is sold subject to Artists Resale Rights, details of which can be found in our Terms and Conditions.

JAMES BOND - THE MAN WITH THE GOLDEN GUN FIRST EDITION. A 1965 Jonathan Cape/Glidrose Productions first edition copy of 'The Man With The Golden Gun', very good/fine condition, unclipped dust jacket showing some wear to edges, clean pages, bindings intact.

JAMES BOND - OHMSS FIRST EDITION. A 1963 Jonathan Cape/Glidrose Productions first edition copy of 'On Her Majesty's Secret Service', very good condition, unclipped dust jacket showing some signs of wear to edges and darkening to the verso, clean pages, binding intact.

JAMES BOND - THE SPY WHO LOVED ME. A 1962 Jonathan Cape/Glidrose Productions first edition copy of 'The Spy Who Loved Me', very good condition, unclipped dust jacket showing light age wear and some darkening to the verso, clean pages, binding intact.

Enid Blyton signed copy Dog Stories First printed in this edition 1959, hardback, published by Collins, signed Love From Enid BlytonLocation 5.2

TODD WHITE (AMERICAN 1969), 'Her First Screen Test', a limited edition hand embellished print on board, signed lower right, with certificate, framed, approximately 44cm x 74cm (condition: small marks to the frame)

DICKENS, CHARLES, The Old Curiosity Shop: A Tale: complete in one volume, The First 'Separate' edition as originally this title formed parts of 'Master Humphrey's Clock', this accounts for the page numbering irregularities (e.g p 2-38, A7-49, etc) original olive-green boards faded to a brownish hue

Basnage, Henry Traite des Hypotheques Divise en Duex Parties, pub. Jean Lucas, Rouen 1681, contemp. full speckled calf with gilt spine in compartments with morocco label and floral decoration, first edition, title with woodcut vignette, woodcut head-pieces, 8vo.

Inglis, Henry D. - The Channel Islands; Jersey, Guernsey, Alderney &c. (The result of a two year`s residence), first edition, published 1834 in two volumes, bound as one, later red quarter leather with gilt lettering, two engraved maps, 8vo.

Tupper, Ferdinand Brock The History of Guernsey and its Bailiwick; With Occasional Notices of Jersey, Second Edition, printed 1876 by Simkin, Marshall & Co. London, sold by Le Lievre, Bordage Street, Guernsey. *Condition: Leather with fading and wear/scuffing to spine, first few pages slightly loose, small amount of spotting, pencil signature to inner.

Doughty (Charles Montagu). On the Jöstedal Brae Glaciers in Norway, with some General Remarks, 1st edition, Edward Stanford, 1866, [2], 14 pp., tinted lithographic frontispiece, printed upper wrapper with author's ink inscription for H.W. Bristow to upper margin (slightly trimmed at foremargin with loss of some ink lettering), a little spotting and soiling, light vertical crease, extracted from a volume of pamphlets with remains of stab stitching to inner margins, slim 8vo (Qty: 1)NOTESDoughty's first published work, the information gathered 'during 1863-4 when he spent nine months lodging with farmers and gamekeepers while conducting the first investigation of two remote Norwegian glaciers', ( ODNB ).

Latif (Syad Muhammad). Lahore: Its History, Architectural Remains and Antiquities, with an Account of its Modern Institutions, Inhabitants, their Trade, Customs &c, one volume bound as two, 1st edition, Lahore: New Imperial Press, 1892, folding map frontispiece, numerous lithographic plates as listed, some light toning throughout, interleaved with blanks, inner upper hinge of first volume cracked, later cloth gilt, slightly rubbed, 8vo (Qty: 2)NOTESUncommon first edition containing some material in Persian.

Churchill (Winston Spencer). The Story of the Malakand Field Force, an episode of frontier war, 1st edition, 1st issue, Longmans, Green, & Co., 1898, half-tone frontispiece, 2 folding maps, 4 sketch maps, 32pp publisher's catalogue dated 12/97 at rear, no errata slip tipped in (so indicating first issue), scattered minor spotting, pages uncut and largely unopened, contemporary ink inscription to front free endpaper verso, 'E.R. Kersley from Jack Churchill', partly offset into marginal browning of half-title facing, armorial bookplate of Trevor Rostron to front pastedown, original green cloth gilt, a little rubbed and minor soiling, 8vo (Qty: 1)NOTESWoods A1a. Provenance: Given to Captain Edward Reginald Kersley DSO (1883-1976) of the Royal Welsh Fusiliers by the younger brother of Winston Churchill, Major John Strange 'Jack' Spencer Churchill (1880-1947). The inscription is not in Jack's hand and would appear to be in the hand of Kersley who along with his own brother and the Churchill brothers attended Harrow School. In the Harrovian War Supplement (September 1918) it is noted that Kersley received his Bar to DSO for when 'he took command of his battalion at short notice, and organised and launched an attack which was completely successful, capturing the final objective. He showed great initiative and skill throughout'. Jack Churchill, who had served in the South African Light Horse alongside his war correspondent brother in the second Boer war in 1899-1900, also fought in World War I, where he was again mentioned in Dispatches. He served on the staff of Field Marshal Lord French, General Sir Ian Hamilton and Field Marshal Lord Birdwood, being awarded the DSO in 1918.

Churchill (Winston Spencer). Lord Randolph Churchill, 2 volumes, 1st edition, Macmillan & Co., 1906, photogravure frontispieces, plates including one folding, and a facsimile letter, partly uncut, together with Liberalism and the Social Problem, 1st edition, Hodder & Stoughton, 1909, upper outer corner tips of half-title, title and dedication leaves torn with minor loss, a few finger marks to first few leaves, all original burgundy cloth gilt, a little rubbed, 8vo, plus Rosebery (Lord) , Lord Randolph Churchill, 1st edition, Arthur L. Humphreys, 1906, half-title, slightly browned, light dampstaining to foremargin of title, top edge gilt, remainder uncut, original green cloth gilt, plus Thompson (W.H.) , Sixty Minutes with Winston Churchill, 1st edition, Christopher Johnson, 1953, title-page slightly toned and signed by the author in blue ballpoint pen, dated 18 July 1956, original printed blue boards, some spotting and browning, both 8vo (Qty: 5)NOTESFirst two items: Woods A15 & A8a respectively.

Compton (Thomas). The Cambrian Mountains; or, a Tour through Wales: Describing the Scenery and General Characters of that Romantic Country, London: Published for the Proprietors, 1851, 49 aquatint plates (of 51) printed in various shades of blue & sepia (lacking plates of Denbigh Castle & Britton Ferry, with replacement hand-coloured aquatint of Britton Ferry with smaller margins loosely inserted), title with perforated library stamp to fore-edge blank margins, red oval ink stamps to verso of title, verso of plates and first & last leaves of text, some leaves of text watermarked J. Whatman bearing various dates of 1819, 1820, 1827 & 1833, all edges gilt (fore-edge with faint library ink stamp to gilt), modern half calf, 4to (Qty: 1)NOTESAbbey, Scenery 528. The Aquatints were printed for colouring in various shades of blue and sepia. The volume was compiled from surplus sheets of various editions of Compton's Northern Mountains . The first half of the book is erratically numbered with the plates and text of the 1818 edition. The latter part contains material dated as late as 1836, but it will be noted that old sheets and plates were employed; watermarks range from between 1819 to 1933. Probably compiled by Messrs. Bohn, to be sold cheaply for clearance (Abbey).

Senex (John). An Actual Survey of all the Principal Roads of England and Wales described by One Hundred Maps from copper plates..., first perform'd and publish'd by John Ogilby Esq. and now improved, very much corrected and made portable by John Senex, In 2 Vol. 1st edition, published J.Senex, [1719], double page printed title with some creasing, the second title page printed in red & black and dated 1719, after the second title is another advertisement and another table of cities and towns, with dedication, catalogue and explanation, four pages of a list of cities and towns and an advertisement for Globes, 100 (complete) uncoloured engraved double page strip road maps, slight offsetting, contemporary speckled calf with 19th century re-back, some wear, 8vo (Qty: 1)NOTESChubb CXXXVIII

Geological Survey. Memoirs of the Geological Survey of Great Britain and of the Museum of Practical Geology..., 11 volumes, 1866-1924, a broken run, numerous plates and plans (some hand-coloured & folding), diagrams and tables, original cloth, some joints split and some spines faded & torn, 8vo, together with Flett (John Smith) , The First Hundred Years of the Geological Survey of Great Britain, 1st edition, 1937, few monochrome plates, occasional underscoring, original cloth, 8vo, plus Woodward (Horace B.) , The History of the Geological Society of London, 1st edition, 1907, colour frontispiece and monochrome plates, original cloth, 8vo, and Geology in the Field: The Jubilee Volume of the Geologists' Association (1858-1908), edited by H.W. Monckton & R.S. Herries, 1910, numerous black & white plans and diagrams (some folding), contemporary half calf, spine rubbed and title label defective, thick 8vo (Qty: 14)

Scilla (Agostino). De corporibus marinis lapidescentibus quae defossa reperiuntur. Addita dissertatione fabii columnae de glossopetris. 1st Latin edition, Rome: Antonii de Rubeis, 1747, engraved frontispiece, half-title (with signature J.W. Wilton to upper margin), 30 engraved plates (of 31, appears to be bound without additional plate 23), some spotting and browning, sewing weak and initial leaves loose, contemporary mottled calf, gilt decorated spine, lacking title label, upper board detached and lower joint cracked, spine and extremities worn, 4to (Qty: 1)NOTESNissen, ZBI 3780 (calling for frontispiece & 31 plates). An important work on marine fossils, originally published by the author in Italian in 1670 and first translated as here into Latin in 1747. The plates show a variety of partially fossilized animal bones, teeth, shells, corals, snails, a hammer head shark and white shark.

Bree (Charles Robert). A History of the Birds of Europe, not observed in the British Isles, 4 volumes, 2nd edition, 1863, 238 hand-coloured wood-engarved plates, occasional light spotting, bookplates of Charles J.H. Wheatley, original red cloth gilt, spines faded, small wormhole and tiny tear at head of volume IV spine, 8vo, together with Lowe (E.J.) Beautiful Leaved Plants, 1866, 60 hand-coloured lithographed plates, a few loosening, some light spotting, bookplate, original cloth gilt, spine faded, 8vo (Qty: 5)NOTESFirst work Nissen IVB 136.

Foà (Edouard). After Big Game in Central Africa..., translated from the French, with an Introduction by Frederic Lees, 1st edition, Adam & Charles Black, 1899, additional half title, portrait frontispiece, numerous black and white illustrations throughout, single page map of Africa and half-tone illustrations and advertisement at rear, one plate detached and crudely taped in, slight spotting to title, manuscript presentation inscription to verso of front endpaper, top edge gilt, publisher's blue cloth with gilt elephant motif to upper siding, spine a little faded, worn and rubbed at extremities, 8vo, together with Macintyre (Major-General Donald, V.C.), Hindu-Koh: Wanderings and Wild Sport on and beyond the Himalayas, new edition 1891, additional half title, frontispiece of a collection of big game trophies with key plate, numerous illustrations throughout, two manuscript ownership inscriptions to first front blank, publisher's blue cloth gilt, a little worn at extremities, 8vo, with Arbuthnot (Thomas S.). Grand Safari, William Kimber, 1854, additional half title, numerous illustrations throughout, publisher's cloth gilt, dust jacket worn and frayed, torn with some loss and stained with old sellotape marks, 8vo, plus Manners (Harry). Kambaku!, 1st English edition, Frederick Muller, 1981, additional half title, numerous illustrations throughout, map of Mozambique endpapers, publisher's cloth gilt, dust jacket price clipped, 8vo, and Sanches-Ariño (Tony). On the Trail of the African Elephant, 1st edition, Rowland Ward, 1988, additional half title, colour portrait frontispiece, title signed by author numerous colour and black & white illustrations, 'zebra-pattern' endpapers, publisher's cloth gilt, dust jacket, 8vo with ' Doctari'. Nyati a guide to Hunting Zimbabwe's most dangerous big game, The Southern Buffalo, Mag-set publications 1996, additional half title, numerous colour illustrations throughout, publisher's leatherette gilt, dust jacket, slim 8vo (Qty: 6)

Moffett (Thomas). Insectorum sive minimorum animalium theatrum: olim ab Edoardo Wottono, Conrado Gesnero, Thomaque Pennio inchoatum, 1st edition, London: ex Officina typographica Thom. Cotes. Et venales extant apud Benjam. Allen, 1634, numerous woodcuts throughout the text, light browning, damp-staining to initial quire A, title-page slightly marked, reinforced in gutter, a few shallow chips along fore and bottom edges, interlinear spill-burn to T5, repaired closed tear in Y1 extending into bottom 4 lines of text, marginal tear to 2B1, 2D6 creased at lower outer corner, small marginal chip to 2E3, final page with early ink annotation 'Finis' and related staining to lower inner corner, a few other marks, contemporary mottled calf, rebacked, folio (29.9 x 19 cm) (Qty: 1)NOTESBritish Bee Books 25; ESTC S102912; Freeman 2624; Lisney 3; Nissen ZBI 2852; STC 17993. 'The first book about insects published in Britain' (Salmon et al., The Aurelian Legacy , p. 95), one of three variant imprints; Lisney identifies the present variant, with 'apud Benjam. Allen', as the first issue. 'Among those who sent [Moffet] specimens or illustrations was John White , the Virginian pioneer' (ODNB).

Bracton (Henry de). De legibus et consuetudinibus Angliae libri quin[que], 1st edition, London: Richard Tottell, 1569, roman type, woodcut initials (several on criblé ground), shallow tide-mark to head of gutter in first 10 or so quires, closed tear in leaf 3G4 extending into bottom 10 lines of text, light marginal worming from leaf 5K1 to end, contemporary ink annotations to initial blank and head of title-page, near-contemporary blind-ruled calf, manuscript spine-title, worm-tracks to foot of spine, wear to foot of front joint, a little surface-wear to covers, folio (28.9 x 18.5 cm) (Qty: 1)NOTESProvenance: 1) Sir Daniel Dun (or Donne, c.1545-1617), ecclesiastical lawyer, with his ownership inscription 'Daniel Dun, prec [i.e. price] xi[?]6' (scored through) to the head of the title-page. 2) Private Collection, Shropshire. Dun was admitted a fellow of All Souls, Oxford, in 1567 and became principal of New Inn Hall in 1580. He rose rapidly through the ecclesiastical courts and from 1598 began also to receive instruction to 'inquire into delicate and complicated maritime matters' (ODNB), travelling to Bremen in 1602 to treat with Danish sailors on the Muscovy trade and other matters. He was later a justice of assize in north Wales. 'Historians habitually assess the importance of members of learned professions by what they wrote ... A moment's reflection, however, shows how inadequate a test of a lawyer's importance it is. Most lawyers do not write treatises: they act ... Dun never published a treatise, yet he was responsible for real accomplishments at a critical moment in the history of ecclesiastical law in England. He rose to high office, and he influenced the course of affairs in Church and state' (Helmholz, 'Sir Daniel Dun ( c 1545-1617)', Ecclesiastical Law Journal (2014), 16(2), p. 205). For another example of Dun's signature see Lambeth Palace Library MS 1748 ('Statutes of the Court of the Arches'), folio i recto. Beale T323; ESTC S122159; PMM 89; STC 3475; Sweet & Maxwell I p. 51.6. The foundational work of English common law and 'the most ambitious English legal work of the middle ages, apparently conceived on a grand scale as an overall survey and discussion of the whole of the common law as it was being applied in the king's courts in England, with supporting citations of actual decided cases, and the reproduction of writ and enrolment formulas currently in use' (ODNB).

Charleton (Walter). Two Discourses. I. Concerning the Different Wits of Men. II. Of the Mysterie of Vintners. The Second Edition enlarged, London: by F. L. for William Whitwood, 1675, damp-staining to lower margins of A7-8 and fore margins of final quire Q, contemporary sheep, rebacked, 8vo (17.1 x 10.9 cm) (Qty: 1)NOTESProvenance: Private Collection, Shropshire. ESTC R7350; Gabler G15600; Wing C695. 'Contains wine recipes, and advice on how to "help wine with an ill flavour," and other wine related advice ... all sorts of concoctions are suggested to revive sour and ill tasting wines' (Gabler). The first edition was printed in 1669.

Edgar (Thomas, editor). The Lawes Resolutions of Womens Rights: or, the Lawes Provision for Woemen. A Methodicall Collection of such Statutes and Customes, with the Cases, Opinoins, Arguments and Points of Learning in the Law, as doe properly concerne Women, 1st edition, London: printed by the assignes of John More, and are to be sold by John Grove, 1632, text mainly in black letter, initial blank (A1) present), worm-track to first 10 leaves, touching text in signature a3, reducing thereafter to a variable stipple in lower outer corners, the text never affected, early ink-stain to p. 379 partially obscuring one word recto, contemporary sprinkled sheep, rubbed and scuffed, a few sections of wear, 4to (18.8 x 13.6 cm) (Qty: 1)NOTESProvenance: Private Collection, Shropshire. ESTC S100217; STC 7437; Sweet & Maxwell I p. 500.24. Thought to have been written in the late 16th century, the work is habitually described as the first book in English exclusively on the legal rights of women. ‘[B]y the standards of the day, and within the deeply male world of the common law, the author was surprisingly moderate and open-minded in his vision of women and their entitlements’ (Stretton, Women Waging Law in Elizabethan England, p. 47). 'T. E., who signs the epistle to the reader and may be T. Edgar, is only the editor and does not know who the author is. The preface is signed by I. L. and indicates that the work "was long since collected" and the author is dead' (STC); it has been plausibly attributed to Sir John Dodderidge (1555-1628).

Holinshed (Raphael). The Firste volume of the Chronicles of England, Scotlande, and Irelande, 3 parts in 1 volume [of 2], 1st edition, London: for John Hunne, 1577, general title-page and 2 section-titles each with woodcut border, woodcuts throughout the text, text mainly in black letter and in double column, worming to first title-page and first few quires, reducing to a couple of small holes by quire E, and one by quire N, a few holes reappearing in part 3, very occasional sliver of damp-staining in margins, general title-page with repaired closed tears and marginal restoration, next 2 leaves (Epistle Dedicatory) with fraying and closed tears at fore edges, spill-burns in k6 affecting woodcut verso and l7 affecting a word either side, early annotations to r5 recto, part 2 with loss to section-title, retaining blank *b*6, B6 torn at upper outer corner to loss of pagination, closed tear in O7 extending into text, spill-burns in S5 and x6 affecting a word either side, part 3 with signatures [fleuron]1-2 (section-title and dedication leaf) misbound after quire D, leaves E6-8 cancelled as usual, marginal damp-staining to quire H, 15 pp. of manuscript continuation in a contemporary hand bound in at rear (final leaf laid down), modern calf over wooden boards, folio in 8s (29.2 x 19 cm) (Qty: 1)NOTESProvenance: 1) Bound with an extensive manuscript continuation written in a contemporary hand and chronicling events in Ireland during the reigns of Edward VI, Mary and Elizabeth from 1546 to the time of Sir Henry Sydney (1529-1586), lord deputy in 1565-71 and later in 1575-8; this appears to be at least in part a transcription from the second volume of Holinshed's work. 2) Private Collection, Shropshire. ESTC S3985; Pforzheimer 494; STC 13568b. First edition of the first volume of Holinshed's great narrative history of the British Isles. The work was conceived as part of a 'deliberate movement to elevate the status of England, English letters, and English language through writing and publishing maps, histories, national epics, and theoretical works on English poetry' (ODNB). It is the single most important chronicle written in English in the 16th century — a secular counterpart to Foxe's Actes and Monuments (1563) — and the principal source for all of Shakespeare's conventional English history plays as well as King Lear, Macbeth and Cymbeline.

[Law]. Registrum omnium brevium tam originalium quam judicialium, noviter impressum et quam exacte correctum et emendatum, 2 parts in 1 volume, London: Richard Tottel, 1553, title-page with woodcut border (McKerrow 40), woodcut initials, italic type, second part lacking leaves M3-4 (replaced by duplicates of leaves M1 and M6) and final colophon leaf P4, water-staining to initial quires 1-2 with shallow marginal loss to title-page and more substantial loss to 4 other leaves (1[superscript 6]-2 [superscript 3]), 2 [superscript 3] laid down, variable generally light damp-staining thereafter, small hole in 2d4 affecting a few letters, small worm-track through text in final 40 or so leaves (quires I-P), inner hinges guarded with a leaf of contemporary vellum manuscript, 17th-century blind-ruled calf, folio in 6s (26.1 x 17 cm) (Qty: 1)NOTESProvenance: 1) 'Joh[ann]es Lock me possidet' (contemporary ownership inscription to title-page). 2) 'Thomas Mytton, 15 May 1692' (ownership inscription to vellum manuscript guarding inner hinges). 3) Private Collection, Shropshire. Beale T310; ESTC S116150; STC 20837. A compilation of writs edited by William Rastell, nephew of Sir Thomas More, and sometimes attributed to Ralph de Hengham (c.1235-1311). This second edition is largely a re-issue of the 1531 first edition, with a new title-page and the tables reprinted; the main text, which ends at folio 321 verso, retains the date 1531. Six copies traced in UK libraries.

[Law]. Sammelband of English legal tracts, [c.1590]-1610, comprising: 1. Salter[e]n (George), Of the Antient Lawes of Great Britaine, 1st edition, London: for John Jaggard, 1605, retaining initial blank [A1] with manuscript list of contents in a contemporary hand recto, 2. Smith (Sir Thomas), The Common-Wealth of England, and the Maner of Governement thereof ... Newly corrected and amended, London: for John Smethwicke, 1609, with final blank, 3. Clerke (William), The Triall of Bastardie: that Part of the Second Part of Policie, or maner of Governement of the Realme of England: so termed, Spirituall, or Ecclesiasticall. Annexed at the end of this Treatise, touching the Prohibition of Marriage, a Table of the Levitical, English, and Positive Canon Catalogues, their Concordance and Difference, 1st edition, London: Adam Islip, 1594, woodcut tables, small spill-burn in H1 affecting a letter either side, 4. [Egerton, Thomas, 1st Baron Ellesmere], The Speech of the Lord Chancellor of England, in the Eschequer Chamber, touching the Post-nati, 2nd edition, London: for the Societie of Stationers, 1609, with the initial and final leaves (blank but for box-rules) 5. [Selden, John], The Duello or Single Combat: from Antiquitie derived into this Kingdome of England, with severall kindes, and ceremonious formes thereof from good authority described, 1st edition, London: by G. E. for J. Helme, 1610, title-page with early ink annotations verso (including date 1683), 6. [Morice, James], A Brief Treatise of Oathes exacted by Ordinaries and Ecclesiasticall Judges, to answere generallie to all such Articles or Interrogatories, as pleaseth them to propound. And of their forced and constrained Oathes ex officio, wherein is proved that the same are Unlawfull, 1st edition, [Middleburg: Richard Schilders, c.1590], with final blank, manuscript list of contents in contemporary hand to initial blank of first work, with ownership inscriptions 'Jackson' and 'Mr Jumper', 17th-century blind-ruled calf, small section of wear on front joint, 4to (19.2 x 13.5 cm) (Qty: 1)NOTESProvenance: Private Collection, Shropshire. Beale T327 (Clerke), T261 (Morice); ESTC S116514 (Salteren), S117647 (Smith), S108078 (Clerke), S100270 (Egerton), S117105 (Selden), S112894 (Morice); Pforzheimer 951 (Smith); STC 21635 (Salteren), 22862 (Smith), 5411 (Clerke), 7540.5 (Egerton), 22171 (Selden), 18106 (Morice); Sweet & Maxwell I pp. 41.29 (Salteren), 475.8 (Clerke), 156.19 (Egerton, erroneously calling for a portrait), 44.14 (Selden), 568.4 (Morice). These are the only editions of the works by Salteren, Clerke and Morice. Sir Thomas Smith's Common-wealth of England was first printed in 1583 as De republica Anglorum .