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Dutton (T.G.) Yachting: A Series of Twelve Celebrated Yachts, half-title, 12 tinted lithographic plates, colour printed flags within text, publisher's advertisements leaf at rear, bookplate, scattered spotting, endpapers renewed, original blue cloth stamped in black and gilt, recased, wear to spine ends, [Bobins 639], folio, John B. Day, [1877].⁂ Rare series of yachting plates by one of the most celebrated Victorian marine artists; The National Maritime Museum (Greenwich), holds an almost complete collection of Dutton's published lithographs.

Roussel (P.M.) Album Russe, lithograph title and 21 hand-coloured lithograph plates by Lemercier after Roussel, all heightened with gum arabic, some foxed, water-stain to corner throughout, original cloth, gilt, rebacked and recornered in red morocco, [Bobins 1259], oblong folio, Moscow & St. Petersburg, G. Daziaro, [c.1844].⁂ "Daziaro's shops in Moscow and Saint Petersburg...sold every type of lithograph with a Russian subject, but they had been printed in Paris by Lemercier, who was perhaps the most important lithographer in the mid-nineteenth century." (Hams p.94).Provenance: "Dr. Thomas N. Evans St. Petersburg 1857" (ink inscription to front pastedown).

Schubauer (Friedrich Leopold) and J. Trentsensky. Darstellung der Königlich Sachsischen Armee nach ihren verschiedenen Waffengrattungen, 9 finely hand-coloured lithographed plates by Trentsensky after Schubauer, occasional spotting and some light toning, 1 or 2 plates with small chips to margins, loose as issued in original printed wrappers, splitting to spine, [Bobins 1160; Colas 2693], oblong folio, Leipzig [and Vienna], Pietro del Vecchio, 1833.⁂ Rare and fine series depicting the soldiers of the Saxon army, dedicated to Frederick Augustus II, Duke (later King) of Saxony.

Pyne (James Baker) The English Lake District, first edition, deluxe issue, lithograph pictorial title and 24 plates, all finely hand-coloured and mounted on thick card as issued, letterpress text with wood-engraved vignettes, occasional foxing, contemporary red half morocco, gilt, upper joint splitting, rubbed, [Abbey, Scenery 196 (for 1859 edition); Tooley 387; Bobins 1702], large folio, Manchester, Thomas Agnew & Sons, 1853.⁂ A monumental and magnificent production, with text by Charles Swain, a poet and engraver, to accompany the spectacular plates lithographed by William Gauci. The grandeur, beauty and romance of the English Lakes is perfectly captured by Pyne's illustrations.

Clayton (B.) Costumes of the First or Grenadier Regiment of Guards, from 1660, second edition, lithograph title and 12 hand-coloured plates, occasional foxing, contemporary red half morocco, gilt, [Colas 630; Bobins 1276], oblong folio, Ackermann & Co., 1854.⁂ The first 6 plates were originally issued in 1853; this expanded edition with 6 additional plates was issued the following year. Provenance: William Thomas Markham (bookplate).

Balathier-Bragelonne (Adolphe de) Train de plaisir dans les cinq parties du monde. Voyage pittoresque et fantastique, 12 hand-coloured lithographed plates by A. Lacauchie, heightened with gum arabic, plate-guards, browning to text and endpapers, original pictorial cloth with decoration in gilt, green, red and blue, sunning to spine and margins, spine ends repaired, g.e., [Bobins 1218; Gumuchian 900; Not in Colas], folio, Paris, Martinet, [c.1845].⁂ Showing the regional dress of various peoples including Native American, Chinese, Mexican, Russian, Turkish, Spanish and Scottish.

[Goddard (T.)] The Military Costume of Europe, 2 vol., first edition, 96 hand-coloured engraved plates, some light offsetting and foxing, handsome contemporary olive green straight-grain morocco, stamped in gilt and blind, g.e., a little rubbed, [Tooley 236; Bobins 353], folio, T. Goddard and J. Booth, 1812.⁂ A handsome set. The Bobins catalogue states that this copy has plate 9 in duplicate (making a total of 97 plates), but the duplicate has either been removed or the counting was erroneous.Provenance: Viscount Boyne (bookplate).

Smith (Charles Lorraine) [The Pychely Hunt], the complete set of 8 hand-coloured aquatints by Jukes after Smith, each trimmed and mounted, captions present (though occasionally just trimmed) but without imprints, some light spotting, later green straight-grain morocco, gilt, by Zaehnsdorf (1902), [Bobins 1401; Schwerdt III, p.89], oblong folio, [H. Humphrey, 1791].⁂ Very rare complete set of what Siltzer says are the only prints to depict the Pytchley Hunt. "Charles Lorraine Smith ... was himself a great hunter and a friend of the famous Hugo Meynell. He was also an amateur artist and his pictures show the result of the happy combination of his hunting experience and artistic temperament" (Schwerdt). "Dick Knight was huntsman to Lord Spencer, the Master of the Pytchely, during whose mastership there was great rivalry between the followers of the Pytchely and those of the Quorn hunts. Dick Knight's feat was the result of a wager that he would be beaten that day by one of the Quornites, and Plate 3 [here bound as plate 6] "Now Contract ..." shows how he got over an apparently unjumpable place, where the Quornites failed to follow him. To achieve his end he had to ride three different horses, the last one being the leader of a ploughing team"(Schwerdt).The last copy at auction was the Schwerdt-Duke of Gloucester copy in 2006 (£16,000).Provenance: Clarence S. Bement (bookplate); Joseph Widener (morocco bookplate)

Lieder (Friedrich) Darstellung der Koniglich Preussischen Cavallerie in 41 Figuren, 37 fine hand-coloured aquatint plates by Juegel after Lieder and Krueger, some light marginal foxing or finger-soiling but very clean generally, modern half morocco, spine gilt, slip-case, [Bobins 367; Colas 1866], folio, Berlin, L. W. Wittich, 1821.⁂ Handsome series depicting the Prussian Cavalry following its famed victories in the Napoleonic Wars.

Bowyer (Robert) A Selection of Fac-Similes of Water-Colour Drawings, from the Works of the Most Distinguished British Artists, first edition, first issue without titles below image, 12 fine hand-coloured aquatint plates, 20th century blue half morocco, covers a little rubbed, [Abbey, Life 197; Bobins 618; Tooley 100], folio, Bensley for R. Bowyer, 1825.

Williamson (Capt. Thomas) Foreign Field Sports, Fisheries, Sporting Anecdotes, second edition, half-title, 110 hand-coloured plates, all but 3 aquatints (2 coloured line and 1 coloured line and stipple), one with marginal tear, one at end working loose, some light offsetting, contemporary diced russia, stamped in gilt and blind, rebacked, rubbed, [Abbey, Travel 3; Tooley 275; Schwerdt I, p.179; Bobins 337], small folio, H.R. Young, 1819.⁂ Includes hunting of crocodile, buffalo, boa, tiger, elephant, wild boar, elk, fishing in Lapland, a series on bull-fighting and the last 10 plates depicting aboriginal hunting activities in Australia.

Hogarth (William) and others. An Account of what seemed most remarkable in the Five Days Peregrination..., first edition, 9 hand-coloured aquatint plates after Hogarth and others, title a little browned, plates with light marginal staining to fore-edge just affecting border of final plate, modern half tan morocco with gilt-stamped calf label on upper cover, [Abbey, Life 307; Bobins 863], oblong folio, Printed for Livesay, 1782.⁂ The rare coloured version of the account of Hogarth's jaunt with his friends from the Bedford Arms Tavern in Covent Garden to the Isle of Sheppey.

Perkois (J.), J.H.Prins & Mattheus Sallieth. Verzameling van Verschillende Gekleede Mans- en Vrouwen-Standen..., first collected edition, engraved title-vignette by H.Kobell and 33 finely hand-coloured plates by Sallieth after Jakob Perkois and Johannes Huibert Prins, most stipple-engraved, one or two with aquatint, contemporary ink manuscript note of acquisition "acheté 20fr. le 28 Juillet [?]1825" to rear pastedown, a superb clean copy in contemporary glazed blue boards with decorative gilt roll border, slightly rubbed and marked, rebacked, small tear to spine, preserved in modern cloth drop-back box, morocco label to spine, [Bobins 429; Colas 2311; Landwehr, Dutch Books with Coloured Plates 389], folio, Rotterdam, J.Immerzeel, Jr., 1818.⁂ Rare coloured first edition of this artist's manual depicting street vendors and other workers, by Perkois (1756-1804), a teacher from the Drawing Academy in Middleburg, and Prins (1757-1806), secretary of the art society Pictura in The Hague. The engraver, Sallieth (1749-91), from Rotterdam, is known mostly for his maritime views. A few copies have appeared at auction but mostly of the later 1833 edition and all uncoloured, as is the only copy listed on Library Hub (V & A).

Alken (Henry) The Qualification; A Series of Six Subjects...dedicated...to all Fox-Hunters, first edition, 6 fine hand-coloured aquatint plates, modern green morocco by The Lakeside Press, Chicago, lettered in gilt on upper cover, cloth slip-case, [Mellon/Snelgrove 32; Schwerdt I, p.16 & plate 10; Siltzer, p.72 (dating set 1828); Tooley 33; Bobins 1379], oblong folio, R. Ackermann, Jun., [1829].⁂ A fine copy of what Schwerdt calls "one of Alken's most charming sets of its kind. The style of drawing is very minute and the colouring exquisite."Provenance: Joel Spitz (bookplate, this no.458 in his collection).

Greeven (Hendrik) Collection des Costumes des Provinces Septentrionales du Royaume des Pays-Bas, lithograph title and list of plates in French and Dutch, 20 hand-coloured lithograph plates by Vallen de Villeneuve after Greeven, heightened with gum arabic, accompanying text leaves in French and English, tissue guards, some foxing, contemporary half morocco over marbled boards, rebacked preserving parts of original spine, red morocco label to upper cover, rubbed, [Colas 1311; Lipperheide 960; Bobins 419], folio, Amsterdam & Paris, Frans Buffa & Engelmann & Co., [1829].⁂ Attractive set of costume plates with the figures placed against a variety of interesting backdrops.

Baynes (Thomas Mann) Adventures of a Fox by Moonlight, six hand-coloured lithographs, heightened with gum arabic, five by Baynes and one after, bookplate, some light spotting, faint spotting, 20th century half calf with red morroco label to spine, upper joint cracked and weak, extremities rubbed, original printed wrappers bound in at rear, upper with single crease, a few small nicks, [Baynes I; Bobins III, 1177], oblong folio, R. Ackermann, 1836.⁂ A delightful series, scarce and rarely seen at auction.

Stackelberg (Otto Magnus von) Costumes et Usages des Peuples de la Grece Moderne, first edition, engraved title and 30 hand-coloured engraved plates, occasional spotting, original red cloth, stamped in blind and lettered in gilt, rebacked in red morocco, corners worn, covers a little stained, [see Blackmer 1591 note; Bobins 164 (erroneously calling for 40 plates)], small folio, Rome, 1825.⁂ The rare first edition with engraved plates rather than the lithographed versions which appeared in contemporaneous pirated copies. "The plates of costumes constitute Stackelberg's first published work on Greece, where he travelled from 1810-14. He was in Athens with Byron and travelled and worked with Cockerell, Haller von Hallerstein, Gropius, Linckh...and Foster in excavating various archaeological sites, particularly Bassae." (Bobins).Provenance: P.G. Skinos (bookplate).

Alken (Henry) Series of Very Spirited Etchings of Gigs and Their Drivers, 6 hand-coloured etched plates by Alken, with captions by no imprint, some light marginal soiling and toning, first plate spotted, original red wrappers with printed label to upper cover (covers neatly backed), neatly rebacked in red cloth, preserved in folding chemise and custom morocco-backed slip-case, [Bobins 1380; Siltzer p. 61.], oblong small folio, [1830].⁂ A rare, fine set that attempts to capture the mannerisms of the horses and drivers. Provenance: Marshall Field's, Chicago (pencil inscription dated 10/1/30); Maxine and Joel Spitz (bookplate and ink stamp, sold their sale, Christie's, 27th May, 2015, lot 85).

[Verdy (Freiherr von)] Das Preussische Heer unter Friedrich Wilhelm IV, 36 hand-coloured lithographed plates, some heightened with gum arabic, some light spotting, 1 plate with crease to upper corner another with short repaired tear to margin just touching image, bound with original upper printed wrapper for 5 of 6 parts each with ink ownership stamp, later half roan, spine chipped at foot, extremities a little rubbed, folio, [Bobins 393; Colas 2420; Hiler 722], folio, Berlin, L. Sachse & Co., 1843-45.⁂ Rare first and only edition of this attractive series of plates depicting the uniforms and arms of the Prussian army.

Delamotte (William Alfred) Original Views of Oxford, its Colleges, Chapels and Gardens... with Historical and Descriptive Notices by Charles Ollier, lithographed title with hand-coloured coats of arms and 25 hand-coloured lithographed plates, all mounted on card, occasional spotting, loose as issued with title and text (a little foxed) supplied in cloth-backed wrappers (some splitting to spine), housed together in contemporary cloth portfolio, antique-style calf spine and corners, moroocco label to upper cover, later cloth ties, [Abbey, Scenery 282 Bobins 1685], folio, Thomas Boys, 1843.⁂ The deluxe issue of Delamotte's views of Oxford, we can only trace a handful of complete hand-coloured sets at auction.

Eibner (Friedrich) [Prince A. Mestchersky's Vues d'Espagne], list of plates in Russian, French and English, 35 fine chromolithographed plates, each c. 480 x 350mm., all mounted on heavy paper, modern morocco-backed boards, spine gilt, [Bobins 1687], large folio, Moscow [but Berlin], Storch & Kramer, [1867].⁂ A superb series of views taken from a tour around Spain taken by Eibner and Mestchersky in 1860-61, generally regarded as Eibner's finest work. Rare, we can trace no other complete series at auction.

Thomas (Jean Baptiste) Un an à Rome et dans ses environs, first edition, half-title and lithographed vignette title, 72 hand-coloured lithographed plates by Villain after Thomas, occasional light toning, 2 plates with tide-mark to corner just straying into image, some scattered spotting to text, later red morocco, covers with fillet borders in gilt and blind, g.e., [Bobins 602; Colas 2872], folio, Paris, 1823.⁂ An excellent copy of this superb series of views of Rome and Roman life. a second edition followed in 1830 although Colas notes that the colouring for the later edition is, in his opinion, inferior.

[Alken (Henry)] "Ben Tally-Ho". Qualified Horses and Unqualified Riders, or The Reverse of Sporting Phrases, first edition, engraved title with a few short marginal tears, 7 hand-coloured engraved plates, original printed upper wrapper with advertisements to verso bound in (several repairs to verso), modern red half morocco over marbled boards with red morocco label to upper cover, [Schwerdt I, p.20; Siltzer p.69; Tooley 44; Bobins 747], oblong folio, S. and J. Fuller, [1815].⁂ Alken's first satirical hunting colour-plate work. "Alken's colouring is seen at its best in books of this class." (Schwerdt).

Harold Riley (1934 - 2023): a set of four artist signed limited edition colour prints, The Deansgate Folio, c.1984, each signed and numbered within folder (also signed), together with a set of four greetings cards using the same images. each print, 21 x 29 cm. UK P&P Group 1 (£16+VAT for the first lot and £2+VAT for subsequent lots

Folio society  Paradise Lost, folio, with slip case, 6 vols, two box sets Shakespeare - Works Raymond Chandler The Complete Novels, boxed set Steven, Leslie "Hours in the Library", 3 vols, boxed set  Daniel Defoe  "A Tour Through the Island of Great Britain", 3 vols, boxed set 

Equestrian and equestrian sporting interest, to include:-  Rutherfurd, James H  "The History of the Linlithgo and Sterlingshire Hunt", William Blackwood & Sons, 1911, frontis portrait, plates, red cloth, insignia of the hunt on front board, gilt titles Sabretache [Albert Stewart Barrow]  'Stand to your Horses' Ocean Publishing 1932, ills Lawrence Richard  The Complete Farrier and British Sportsman...' Thos. Kelly n.d. engraved vignette on titlepage, engraved plates, dedication to " The Noblemen and Gentlemen of the Quorn Hunt", some water damage, binding loose, marbled boards but with loss Reese, M M  "The Royal Office of Master of the Horse", Threshold Books Ltd, 1976, numerous colour and other ills and plates, maroon cloth, dj not price clipped, small folio Fergusson, Gordon "The Green Collars, the Tarpauley Hunt Club and Cheshire Hunting History ...", Quiller Press, illustrated throughout, orange cloth, dj not price clipped, ' The Hunting Diary and Guide' illustrated 1932 to 33 and 1936 to 37, Walter Goldsmith & Co Sparrow, Walter Shaw "Henry Alken ...", Williams & Norgate, 1927, numerous plates throughout, red cloth, gilt titles, dust wrapper with pictorial pastedown to front cover Board John "A Year with Horses", Hodder & Stoughton (1953), numerous ills throughout Galtrey, Captain Sidney "The Horse and the War", Country Life, 1928, illustrated from drawings by Captain Lionel Edwards and from photographs, pictorial pastedown to front board Polo interest to include:- "Marco, an Introduction to Polo", Country Life, 3 copies Miller, Lt Col E D  "Modern Polo", Hurst & Blackett, n.d., photographic ills of the Prince of Wales on aluette, numerous photographs throughout Deutche Polo Verband, E V, 1983 and 84, 85 and 86, 86 and 87, Quantum Library Riding and Polo Stanford, J K  "The Last Chukker", Faber & Faber, 1951, ills, orange cloth, dust wrapper price clipped, inscription dated 1951 on ffep (3 boxes)   

Racing interest, to include:- Sherwood, Simon  "Nine Out of Ten", Lambourne Press Champion, Bob and Powell, Jonathan "Champion's Story, a Great Human Triumph" Welcome, John "The Cheltenham Gold Cup" Smith, Doug "Five Times Champion" Rimell, Mercy "Reflections on Racing" Seth-Smith, Michael  "Night of the Turf, the Life and Times of Sir Gordon Richards" "The History of Steeplechasing" Welcome, John "Fred Archer" Curling, Bill "The Queen's Horses", Sheikh Rashid Bin Mohammed Al-Khalifa 'The Quest', J A  Allen, London, Fortune Promo 7 Bahrain, numerous colour and black and white illustrations, cloth, small folio  Wortley Axe, Professor J  "The Horse ...", 8 vols, no.2 is missing and possibly 10, The Gresham Publishing Company (3 boxes) 

The Building News, 28 vols from 1876, 1875, 1871, 1880, 1881, 1883, 1878, various bindings and condition, Building News Plates 1880-81, oblong folio 

Folio Society Daphne Du Maurier box set to include 'Frenchman's Creek', 'My Cousin Rachel', 'Rebecca' and 'Jamaica Inn' Anne Radcliffe box set to include 'The Italian', 'The Mysteries of Udolpho', 'Gaston de Blonde Ville', 'The Romance of the Forest a Sicilian Romance'  Great Stories of Crime and Detection box set, 4 vols Charlotte, Emily and Anne Bronte box set, the complete novels, illustrated with wood engravings and other various folio society volumes, all with slip cases (2 boxes)

Barnes & Noble volumes to include:-  "Grimms Complete Fairytales", Barnes & Noble 2015, full leather, gilt decorations with pictorial pastedown, a.e.g.  "Aesops Illustrated Fables", 2013, full leather, pictorial boards, decorated ep, a.e.g., silk ribbon marker "The Complete Cthulhu Mythos Tales", 2015, full leather, pictorial decorations, gilt, a.e.g., silk ribbon marker  Dulac, Edmond (ills)  Hodder & Stoughton 1981, limited edition, full leather with gilt decorations and titles, silk ribbon marker, colour plates tipped in, tissue guards, watered silk ep, small folio  Hodgson, Burnett Francis  "The Secret Garden", Harper Design an imprint of Harper Collins Publishers 2018, illustrations by Minalima, with 'Interactive Elements', pictorial cloth, gilt titles (5) 

Folio society,  Roald Dahl Box set 'The Best of Roald Dahl', illustrated by Quentin Blake, London, The Folio Society, 2002, cloth boards with gilt titles and black decorations, in fitted case which has some damage Dahl, Roald  "Matilda", illustrated by Quentin Blake, Jonathan Cape, reprint 1988, red cloth, gilt titles to backstrip, some bruising to the corners, dust wrapper not price clipped  "Roald Dahl's Guide to Railway Safety", illustrated by Quentin Blake, published by The British Railways Board, 1991, ills, limp covers "The Milden Hall Treasure", illustrated by Ralph Stead, 1999, small folio, colour illustrations, some double page, pictorial limp covers "The Vicar of Nibbleswicke", illustrated by Quentin Blake, Century, 1991, colour and other ills, blue cloth, blue ep, dust wrapper, pictorial front cover  "Esiotrot", illustrated by Quentin Blake, Jonathan Cape, 1990, cloth, dust wrapper not price clipped  "Charlie and the Chocolate Factory", illustrated by Quentin Blake, 40th anniversary publication, pictorial ep, dust wrapper not price clipped  "Charlie and the Chocolate Factory", illustrated by Faith Jaques, George Allen & Unwin, 4th impression, 1972, pictorial laminated boards

Lee Harper  "To Kill a Mockingbird", Harper Collins Publishers, 40th anniversary edition 1999, signed on half title by the author, deckle edges, rust-coloured ep, grey cloth with white titles to backstrip, blindstamped tree on front board, dust wrapper not price clipped, jacket designed by Suzanne Noli, Folio Society, 2 vols 'To Kill a Mockingbird', orange pictorial cloth, orange slip cases, both published Folio Society 1996 "Go Set a Watchman", William Heineman 2015, pictorial ep, blue grey cloth with blue titles to the backstrip, dust wrapper not price clipped  Le Carre, John "The Spy Who Came in From the Cold", Victor Gollancz 1963, 3rd impression before publication, blue cloth with some staining to the front board edge, dust wrapper but with loss to the front cover and soiled backstrip  Lee Harper  "To Kill a Mockingbird", Penguin 1963, limp orange covers  Le Carre, John  "Single & Single", Hodder & Stoughton 1999, signed on tp by Le Carre, maroon cloth, ribbon marker, dust wrapper not price clipped (7) 

Astronomy Lowell, Percival "Mars", Longmans Green & Co 1896, 2nd edition, ink name top of tp, frontis with tissue guard, plate 24 is a double page map of Mars from the Lowell Observatory Flagstaff 1895, red cloth which has got stains and damp, gilt pictorial front board, gilt titles "Mars and its Canals", the Macmillan Company 1907, photographic frontis of Mars hill, double page plan of Mars, numerous plates and illustrations, hinges cracked, inked name inside front board, green cloth, gilt titles, some staining Pickering, William H. "Mars", the Harvard Astronomical Station, Jamaica, published Richard G Badger, Gorham Press, Boston, 1921, photographic frontis, photographic plates and other plates, some light foxing throughout, names and inscriptions inside front board and ffep, blue cloth blindstamped  Flammarion, Camille "La Planete Mars ...", 2 vols, Paris, Gauthier-Villars 1892, vol 2 dated 1909, numerous illustrations throughout, small folio, blue cloth, inked name inside front board of both volumes, blue cloth with black titles, vol 2 backstrip beginning to split from the top  Antoniadi, E M "La Planete Mars ...", L'Observatoire du Meudon, Paris, 1930, some water stains to the edges of initial pages, illustrations throughout, blue cloth, ink name inside front board, front board water damaged, backstrip faded De Vaucouleurs, Gerard de "The Planet Mars", translated from the French by Patrick A Moore, Faber & Faber Ltd, 1950, bearing a compliment slip for Messrs Faber and Faber with compliments of the author, not signed, orange cloth, dj has seen water damage (7) 

17th century Antiphonal, three-mounted sheets of plain chant in red and black, elephant folio, 67cm x 49cm (3)  

"Holy Bible containing the Old Testament and the New..." by His Majesty's Special Command, appointed to be read in churches, printed by Charles Bill and the Executrix of Thomas Newcomb deceased, printers to the Kings Most Excellent Majesty, 1701(?), engraved tp, marbled ep, contemporary leather with one remaining clasp, the boards are blindstamped but have seen damage and the front board is detached, elephant folio 

Jane Austen interest to include:- Folio Society full set 1975, but all in individual slip cases Chapman, R W (ed)  "Jane Austen's Letters to Her Sister Cassandra and Others", The Clarendon Press 1932, 2 vols, inked inscription dated 1936 on ffep, marbled boards within slip case which has been repaired  "Pride and Prejudice", The Heritage Press, New York, marbled boards with marbled slip case Cecil, David "A Portrait of Jane Austen" Lane, Maggie "Jane Austen's Family" Southem, Brian "Jane Austen and the Navy" Mullen, John "What Matters in Jane Austen?", Bloomsbury, 2012, signed and dated by the author on the tp, October 2012 Byrne, Paula  "The Real Jane Austen, a Life in Small Things" and assorted memorabilia to include a bone china cup and saucer, boxed, a framed print, Jane Austen card games boxed and sealed and a box containing sundry items to include a scarf, a notebook, cassette, etc (2 boxes) 

Large quantity of Ordnance Survey maps to include "Bacon's Large Print Motor Map - showing Golf Links", Bartholomew Ordnance Survey map backed onto linen, Ripon and Northallerton, GW Bacon & Co, two large printed maps of England and Wales, linen backed within a red cloth small folio, the maps marked North Sheet and South Sheet and gilt titles to the cloth binding, map of England and Wales, W H Smith & Sons Railway Map of Great Britain showing construction, canals, steamer tracks, etc, linen backed map of Carte de France eta des Frontieres, this is number 35 'Vesole' and sundry others (1 box) 

Dale, John (ed)  "Oxfordshire and Berkshire, Historical, Descriptive and Biographical in the Reign of King Edward VII", JG Hammond & Company (n.d.), photographic ills and portraits, ills to include Burford Vicarage, The Friends School, Sibford, Banbury, Interior of St Johns Roman Catholic Church, Banbury, Bodicote Church, Aynhoe Park, Aynhoe Church, folio, full leather with elaborate gilt decorations and titles, a.e.g.  Lysons, Rev Daniel and Lysons, Samuel  "Magna Britannia being a concise topographical account of the several counties of Britain - volume third containing Cornwall ", (only) printed for T Caddell 1814, folding map, frontis, engraved plates, some foxing and offsetting, binding tight, half title, blindstamp on half title Public Library and Museum, library stamps on verso to plates, bookbinders stamp 'J Bland & Co, Bolton' ffep, blue cloth, backstrip beginning to detach, not collated."Lord Anson's Voyage Round the World ..., a series of the most entertaining and surprising adventures ...", 2nd edition, R. Whitworth 1760, not complete, one very torn folding plate, front ep and half titles missing, contemporary ink names inside front board, contemporary leather separating "A Memorial of Anson's Voyage ...", printed for the company of Roche Products Ltd., limp cover, facsimile map  Methven, Cathcart W  "Sketches of Greenock and its Harbours", Greenock James McElvie & Sons 1886, plates, full brown leather with gilt titles and decorations, gilt dentelles, raised bands, a.e.g. (5)

Nichols, John and Steevens, George (the late) "The Genuine Works of William Hogarth; illustrated with biographical anecdotes ...", 2 vols, printed for Longman Hurst Rees & Orme 1808 (vol 1), 1810 (vol 2), the engraved half-title in both vols has been repaired and is separating and unbound, numerous engraved plates throughout both vols, rebound, half-morocco over marbled boards, gilt rules, gilt decorations to backstrip and red and black pastedown titles, small folio (2) 

Folio society  Arthur Rackham (ills)  "Peter Pan in Kensington Gardens", JM Barry, folio society 2004, decorated ep, colour plates, illustrations, colour plates are tipped in, large folio, green cloth, gilt decorations and titles, green slip case which has some shelfware Barry, J M  "Peter Pan in Kensington Gardens", with drawings by Arthur Rackham, Hodder & Stoughton (n.d.), colour frontis with tissue guard, foxing on the tp, colour plates, green pictorial ep, name written on lower part of ffep, green cloth with pictorial gilt decoration to front board and gilt titles to backstrip, glassine cover  "Fables de la Fontaine", Paris, Librairie Garnier Freres, the series 'Albums Illustres Pour Enfants', colour plates and other ills, pictorial boards "Vieilles Chansons et Rondes Pour les Petits Enfants", 2 vols  "Mon Village ...", Par L'Oncle Hansi, all three oblong folio (8) 

Johnson Samuel " A Dictionary of the English Language; in which the words are deduced from their origins...." printed W & A Strahan 1784, 5th edition, advertisement for 4th edition after the preface , there are two volumes , the first elephant folio, rebacked, contemporary leather laid down, vol II 5th edition 1773 , 8vo, full contemporary calf with Clarke, Francis L  "The Life of the Most Notable Arthur Marquis and Earl of Wellington ..., copious details and delineations, historical political and military ...", printed by and for J & J Cundee (1812, 1813), folding map to vol 1 and 2, engraved frontis and half-title to vols 1 and 3, frontis missing from vol 2, plates, headers, vol 1 has had repairs with sellotape to frontis and half-title, sellotape has since been removed, all three copies rebound and rebacked, contemporary boards and half leather, pastedown with gilt titles to the three backstrips, all speckled edges (3) 

Folio Society - large quantity, to include:- Waugh, Evelyn  "The Loved One", illustrated by Beryl Cook, within original slip case Hardy, Thomas "The Woodlanders" "Jude the Obscure" Hans Andersen's Fairytales illustrated by W Heath Robinson Alice's Adventures in Wonderland and Through the Looking Glass within one slip case Nancy Mitford "The Pursuit of Love" Trollope, A  5 vols, The Barchester Towers Alice B Top Class Cookbook Stella Gibbon "Cold Comfort Farm" and other volumes 

Spirit Folio F1 Faders, two Soundcraft Two Spirit Folio F1 Fader 100s with power units, appear unused, Excellent condition untested

Photographic folio, A A Bronson's Gay House, numbered in pencil 029/200, and other books including David Leddick, George Platt Lynes, Caterpillar 2, etc.Qty: 12

George Augustus Walpoole, The New British Traveller, or a complete modern universal display of Great-Britain and Ireland..., London circa 1780, containing engraved frontispiece, 4 folding maps, 42 maps on 19 sheets, 151 views on 87 sheets, folio, 40x26cm.

William Camden, Camden's Britannia, Newly translated into English with large additions and improvements, published by Edmund Gibson of Queens College in Oxford, London, 1695, portrait frontispiece, 48 folding maps, eight pages of coins, two of stone circles, one page of curiosities, numerous other in text engravings, folio, quarter calf with marbled boards, 40x25cm, modern slip case.Condition report:Boards very worn and bumped, has previously had some work on the spine/board joints, front portrait very creased, some browning and foxing inside but pages and maps generally good with minor creases and no real tears.Additional images have been uploaded to the lot page on our website for you to view.

A re-print of an 18th century mezzotint “Teeth Drawn With a Touch” after Wilson, 46cm x 37cm; and a folio containing various modern loose prints & coloured lithographs, some views of Bath by Dennis G Leach, etc.

MANUSCRITO.- PONTE DE LIMA.- [Traslado do foral manuelino de Terra de S. Martinho e Burral do Lima].- Século XVII (1624).- [26] f.; 28 cm., Authentic copy of the Manueline charter of Terra de S. Martinho and Burral de Lima (today Beiral do Lima), originally granted on May 1, 1515. The two settlements, located on the left bank of the river Lima, are today part, respectively, of the municipalities of Viana do Castelo and Ponte de Lima. On the front of the first folio, the first three lines bear the following title: «Treslado do foral da Villa de ponte de Lima e seu termo E primeiramente se segue a tauoada delle Tauoada da terra de são martinho e Regemguos dela». This title was added by the notary responsible for the copy and does not appear in the original manuscript of the charter, which is today in the Municipal Archive of Ponte de Lima. At the end of the transfer (fol. 27v), it includes a registration certificate with an autograph signature by the notary Francisco Rebelo de Sá and the signature of a second notary who verified the fidelity of the copy with the original. Paper section, sewn to the thread, with 34 sheets (eight blank); some moisture (tidal) stains and deep wormholes confined to outer margin. Transcription (of the charter) apparently in one hand, in linked cursive Gothic handwriting, fully legible. Certificate dated June 30, 1624., Dim. - 28 cm

TWO FOLIO VOLUME SETS - CHURCHILL A LIFE & A HISTORY OF THE ENGLISH SPEAKING PEOPLE REASONABLE USED CONDITION

FOLIO VOLUME SET OF FIVE - THE STORY OF THE RENAISSANCE REASONABLE USED CONDITION

FOLIO VOLUME SET OF THREE - THE AGE OF ILLUMINATION REASONABLE USED CONDITION

CHARLES KINGSLEY (1819-1875) A FOLIO OF CARIACTURE DRAWINGS, along with an envelope addressed to Mr Kingsley in Biarritz from Spain, two botanical pressings of seaweed, masonic interest rules, receipt, church letters and more.The caricatures have strong social-political symbolism. Charles Kingsley was anti-slavery, and wrote at lengths on the subject. One of the caricatures in this lot perhaps depicts an African American man, with the caption below 'the gentleman who has been discovered to be as good as a yankee'.

ELLIOT; Daniel Giraud, A Monograph Of The Paradisaeidae or Birds of Paradise 1873, this Facsimile reprint is a limited edition no. 358/251-500, elephant folio, printed 1977 in original slipcase (1)

NAUMANN; J, Naturgeschichte der Vogel Mitteluropas, Band V (Raubvogel) 1898-99 Folio, i-iv, 334pp, 71 fine chromolithograph plates by J G Keulemans, E de Maes and others, 4 black and white plates of talons, original simulated leather backed boards, little wear to edges, generally good condition (1)

ONE BOX OF FOLIO BOOKS comprising twelve titles, three volumes of Legends of King Arthur, Henry VIII by J.J. Scarisbrick, Scott's Last Expedition The Journals of Captain R.F. Scott (no slip case) The Life of Thomas More by Peter Ackroyd, The Adventures of Robin Hood by Roger Lancelyn Green, On The Origin Of Species by Charles Dawin, The Rise and Fall of the British Empire by Lawrence James, The Wars of the Roses by Desmond Seward, Richard III by the same author, Memoirs of a Fighting Captain by Admiral Lord Cochrane and one none Folio Society title, Tiffany Timepieces by John Loring all books in original slipcases except where stated (13) (1 box)

FIVE BOXES OF ASSORTED BOOKS, to include Folio Society titles, authors include Primo Levi, Pliny, Marcus Aurelius, Sebastian Faulks, Anton Chekhov, Leon Wolff, etc, other titles include Venice Art & Architecture published by Konemann, Portrait of Vincent by Lawrence & Elizabeth Hanson, The GCHQ puzzle Book, Cry Havoc by Simon Mann, How to Stay Alive by Bear Grylls, Botanica's Roses, Birds by Katrina Cook, Jungle Jungle Little Chindit by Hollis and Carter - first edition etc (5 boxes)

3 Bücher: "Captain Cook's Voyages 1768-1779", Hardcover mit Original-Schuber. Verlag Folio Society, 4. Ausgabe 1999; Antoine Roux: "Segelschiffe im Zeitalter der Romantik", Verlag Delius, Klasing & Co., Bielefeld 1969; "Kaptain Scott. Letzte Fahrt". Band 1 und 2. Leinen mit Schutzumschlag. Verlag F.A. Brockhaus, Leipzig 1913. Alters- und Gebrauchsspuren.

Die Hohenzollern und das Deutsche Vaterland, Band I - Bis zum Tode Friedrichs desGroßen, Stillfried-Alcantara u. Kugler (Hrsg.), Friedrich Bruckmanns Verlag, München 1881, Folio, 415 S., zahlreiche ganzseitige Illustrationen u. Abbildungen im Text, inkl. Stammtafel der Hohenzollern, 3-seitiger Goldschnitt.

Biblia, das ist, die gantze Heilige Schrifft Alten und Neuen Testaments, verteutscht durch D. Martin Luther ... 4 Tle. in 1 Bd. Frankfurt a. M.: Andreä für Matth. Merians Erben 1704. 37 x 22,5 cm. Mit 3 illustr. Kupfertiteln. 23 Bll., 675, SS. 3-246, 182, SS. 3-328. Blindgepr. Schweinsldr. über Hz.-deckeln mit Rollenstempeln, ornamentalen Messingbeschlägen in allen 8 Ecken sowie Mittelstücken auf beiden Deckeln. (Schließbänder fehlen, sowie ein Schließbeschlag auf dem Vorderdeckel. Vereinzelt etwas alters- und gebrauchsfleckig. Hier ohne Widmungsblatt zu Beginn, jedoch mit dem Vortitel.) Wüthrich III, S. 18 f. Schmidt 26. VD18 11096268. - Die zweite Folio-Ausgabe der zuerst 1630 erschienenen Merianbibel, insgesamt die 5. Ausgabe. - "Die Merianbibel bedarf kaum weiterer Erläuterungen. Sie ist in Süddeutschland, Basel und dem Elsaß wohl die verbreitetste deutsche illustrierte Bibel gewesen, vorab in vermöglicheren Familien ...sie leitet sehr früh das Zeitalter des Kupferstichs in der Bibelillustration ein, die immer weiter weg vom reformatorischen Zweck der Bibelbilder zum rein Darstellerisch-Künstlerischen führte" (Schmidt). - Gutes Exemplar.

Folio Society: English literature titles, The Folio Society, 1957- 1980 nineteen volumes, first editions, each volume within a slipcase. Comprises: AUSTEN (Jane). seven volume collection of the authors novels, Pride and Prejudice,1957; Sense and Sensibility, 1958; Mansfield Park,1959; Northanger Abbey,1960; Persuasion,1961; Emma,1962; and Shorter Works,1963; Introductions by Richard Church, full-page wood-cut frontispieces and illustrations by Joan Hassall, pictorial endpapers, uniform quarter cloth and patterned boards; together with, and others by The Bronte Sisters, Elizabeth Gaskell, Evelyn Waugh and Scott Fitzgerald. 8vo. (19) Condition Report: slipcases marked in places, Jane Austens novels with some fading to gilt lettering on spines, boards clean and bright, The Bronte Sister novels with rubbing to spines, boards clean and bright, overall internally clean bright copies.others include - The Bronte Sisters -The Tenant of Wildfell Hall, 1966; Agnes Grey, 1969; The Professor, 1970; Villette, 1967; Jane Eyre, 1965; Five Novelettes,1971; Wuthering Heights, 1964; GASKELL (Elizabeth). The Life of Charlotte Bronte, 1971; JOYCE (James). A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man, 1965; WAUGH (Evelyn). Scoop, 1982; Black Mischief, 1980; and FITZGERALD (Scott). The Great Gatsby, 1968.