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The Victoria History of the Counties of England. A History of Hampshire and the Isle of Wight, 6 vols. including Index, 1900-1914, A History of the County of Sussex, vols. 01-May [pt. 1-3], vols. 7, 9, index (duplicated), 11 vols. in total, 1973-1984, numerous b & w illusts., some light spotting, all uniform orig. gilt-dec. red cloth, Sussex vol. 5, parts 01-Mar and indexes in d.j.s, slight fading to spines, folio, together with Stone (Percy Goddard), The Architectural Antiquities of the Isle of Wight, From the XIth to the XVIIth Centuries Inclusive, Part II - The West Medine, 1891, numerous b & w illusts. incl. frontis., some light toning and spotting, frontis. part-detached, orig. gilt-dec. cloth, spine worn at head and foot with some loss, folio, plus approx. 25 other Sussex and Hampshire related, including The Church Plate of Hampshire, The History of Hampshire, divs. 1-7, some ex-libris, 8vo/folio (approx. 45)

Walker (J. & C., publisher). To Her most Excellent Majesty Queen Victoria and to Her Royal Highness the Duchess of Kent, This British Atlas Comprising Separate Maps of every County in England, each Riding in Yorkshire and North & South Wales, Showing the Roads, Railways, Canals, Parks, Boundaries of Boroughs &c......, pub. James Wyld, 1877, double page calligraphic title with slight offsetting, five double pages of statistical tables, forty-nine engraved maps with contemp. hand colouring, map of Ireland appears to have been excised and laid on contemp. paper before binding, book plate of Sir John Wolfe Barry, contemp. half sheep gilt, with morocco gilt title label to upper siding, rubbed and worn, folio. This edition not in Chubb. -1

Dixie (Ethel). Wild Flowers of the Cape of Good Hope, from the Original Water-Colours by Ethel Dixie, with full Descriptions by Professor R.H. Compton, and a Foreword by John Paris, Janda Press, Cape Town, 1953, four colour collotype plates, loose as issued in original cloth-backed portfolio, one or two stains, folio. Limited edition, 807/1000. -1

Bartholomew (John). The Imperial Map of England & Wales According to the Ordnance Survey, with the Latest Additions; Shewing Clearly every Feature of the Country, Railays and their Stations, Roads, Canals, Rivers, Gentlemen’s Seats &c. &c. on a Scale of 4 Miles to an Inch, c.1860, double page litho. title and seventeen double page col. litho. maps (complete), one sheet with slight creasing and repaired marginal closed tears, some toning to index sheets, later endpapers, modern cloth with contemp. morocco gilt label to upper siding, slim folio -1

Cassini de Thury (Cesar Francois ). Carte de France divisee en XXXI Gouvernements Militaires, et en ses Provinces..., Paris: R. J. Julien, 1751, engraved advertisment, general map of France, title and twenty-three engraved maps, all double-page, mostly hand-coloured in outline, plus three double-page engraved index leaves, plus engraved title ‘Plans et Descriptiones des Principales Places de Guerre’, engraved index entitled ‘Atlas Topographique’, incorporating general map, and sixteen engraved plates with plans and descriptions of all the town fortifications, all double-page, dampstained at front, particularly affecting first six plates (with some fraying to the advertisement, without loss), some marks and minor stains elswhere, modern antique-style mottled calf gilt, folio -1

Bible [English]. The Second Part of the Holy Bible, Containing these Books, Psalms, Proverbs, Ecclesiastes... With the Books of the Apocrypha. And the New Testament of our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ, 2 parts in one, John Field, Cambridge, 1659-60, first title with engraved armorial at foot, text in double column and ruled in red throughout, T3-4 in NT with burnhole affecting text, some light soiling, armorial bookplate, contemporary calf, joints splitting, a little rubbed and scuffed, folio. Herbert 668 -1

Civil War. His Majesties Answer to the XIX Propositions of Both Houses of Parliament, 1642, [1],30pp., light spotting, late 19th c. green half morocco, extremities rubbed, slim 4to, together with An Ordinance for Establishing an High Court of Justice, Tuesday June 13, 1654, Ordered by his Highness the Lord Protector, and His Council..., 1654, pp.385-389, bound with An Ordinance for the Better Regulating and limiting the Jurisdiction of the High Court of Chancery, Tuesday August 22, 1654, Ordered by his Highness the Lord Protector, and His Council..., 1654, pp.495-531, 20th c. quarter calf gilt, spine faded, small slim folio -2

Comyns (Sir John). A Digest of the Laws of England, 6 vols., Knapton, Longman and Horsfield 1762-1776, engraved portrait frontispiece, some toning and spotting, contemporary calf, joints cracked but firm, rubbed and a little fraying, morocco labels to spine, some lacking, folio -6

[Gand, Ludovici]. Parallelum Olivae, nec non Olivarii Serenissimi, Celsissimi, Potentissimique Angliae, Scotiae, Hyberniaeq dei Gratia Protectoris etc. Studio et Expensis D. Ludovici de Gand domini de Brachey, et de Romecour, London: ex Typographia, 1656, engraved title, engraved plate and two portraits to text by William Faithorne, worming to lower blank margins, occasional spotting, a.e.g., early 19th c. calf gilt, upper board near detached, small folio. Armorial bookplate of Baron Northwick. -1

Gibbon (Edward). Miscellaneous Works of Edward Gibbon, Esquire, with Memoirs of His Life and Writings, Composed by Himself, Illustrated from his Letters, with Occasional Notes and Narrative, by John Lord Sheffield, in two volumes, printed for Strahan, Cadell, and Davies, 1796, portrait frontispiece, some spotting throughout, near contemporary calf, gilt decorated spine with morocco labels, 4to, together with Herbert (H.), The Ecclesiastical History of M. L’Abbe Fleury, 5 vols., printed for James Crockatt, 1727, title pages and some initial leaves defective, contemporary calf, gilt, rubbed, joints cracked but sound, 4to, plus Dugdale (William), Origines Jurididciales or Historical Memorials of the English Laws..., 2nd ed., printed for Abel Roper, 1671, five engraved portraits, title in red and black (slightly chipped to edges), original speckled calf, worn, joints cracked, spine degraded, folio, plus other antiqurian, mostly folio, worn -18

Guillim (John). A Display of Heraldry, the Sixth Edition, Improv[e]d with Large Additions...To which is added A Treatise of Honour Military and Civil..., printed for Bonwicke, Wilkin and others, 1724, title in red and black, sixty-four engraved plates (including seventeen portraits), numerous woodblock illustrations of arms and printers’ devices, contemporary blind tooled calf, joints cracked, some wear and slight fraying, folio -1

Laborde (Jean Benjamin de). Description Generale et Particuliere de la France, 2 vols. only (of 12), Paris, 1781-84, half titles, titles printed in red and black with engraved vignettes, endpapers repaired, hinges reinforced, a little light toning, bookplates, contemporary mottled calf, edges rubbed, folio -2

May (Thomas). The History of the Parliament of England: which began November the third, MDCXL, with a Short and Necessary View of some Precedent Yeares, Written by Thomas May Esquire, Secretary for the Parliament, 3 parts in one, 1st ed., 1647, imprimatur leaf, title printed in red and black with engraved rose and crown device, later endpapers, contemporary calf, old reback strengthened to upper joint, some wear to extremities, folio, together with Charles I, A Large Declaration Concerning the Late Tumults in Scotland, from their First Originalls: Together with a Particular Deduction of the Seditious Practices of the prime Leaders of the Covenanters: Collected Out of Their Owne soule Acts and Writings..., 1639, lacking engraved portrait frontispiece, contemporary speckled calf, joints slightly cracked, frayed at head & foot of spine, small folio -2

North (Roger). Examen: or, An Enquiry into the Credit and Veracity of a Pretended Complete History; shewing the Perverse and Wicked Design of it, and the Many Falsities and Abuses of Truth contained in it...., 1st ed., printed for Fletcher Gyles, 1740, engraved portrait frontispiece of the author by Vertue after Lely (slightly toned and offset to title), endpapers foxed, armorial bookplate of Arthur Henry Davenport (mounted over earlier bookplate), with shelfmark in manuscript above, contemporary sprinkled calf, rubbed and marked, joints cracked and slight loss at head of spine, 4to, together with Boyer (A.), Le Dictionnaire Royal Francois-Anglois et Anglois-Francois..., Nouvelle Edition..., 1748, folding engraved portrait frontispiece (with short handling tear), title-page printed in red and black (browned), printed in triple column, floral endpapers, front hinge splitting in places, red edges, 19th century vellum, with earlier gilt lettered morocco label to spine, 4to, plus Aquinas (Thomas, Saint), Summa Theologica S. Thomae Aquinatis... in qua Ecclesiae Catholicae Doctrina Universa... in Tres Partes ab Auctore suo Distributa..., 2 parts in one, Lyon, 1740, half-title present, title-page printed in red and black and with woodcut publisher’s device, printed in double-column, foxed, some minor worming to fore-margins (sometimes clipping text), contemporary vellum with manuscript title on spine, soiled, spine darkened and frayed at ends, folio in 6s, plus eleven other 19th and early 20th century folio volumes -14

Paris (Matthew). Flores Historiarum per Matthaeum Westmonasteriensem collecti..., Frankfurt, 1601, woodcut device to title and last leaf verso, woodcut headpiece and initial, some light soiling and spotting, previous owner signatures to title, contemporary vellum over boards, manuscript title to spine, a little soiled and bowed, folio -1

Raleigh (Sir Walter). The History of the World, 4th ed., H. Lownes, G. Lathum & R. Young, 1628, additional engraved title, dated 1614, ‘The Minde of the Front’ present, engraved portrait to title, six double-page engraved maps, two double-page engraved battle plans, title page torn without loss repaired to verso, title and some plates close-trimmed without loss, endpapers renewed, 18th century marbled calf, recently rebacked with gilt decorated spine, corners replaced and board edges repaired, folio -1

Raleigh (Sir Walter). The History of the World, in Five Books, 1687, additional engraved title, engraved portrait, six engraved maps and plans only (of eight), a few tears, repairs and frayed foredges, some light soiling and waterstains, later half calf, a little rubbed and scuffed, folio -1

Maclise (Joseph). Surgical Anatomy, 2nd ed., 1856, 52 lithographed plates, most with hand-colouring, a few detaching with closed tears and light waterstains, some light spotting and soiling, hinges reinforced, contemporary half morocco, St. George’s Hospital prize label to upper cover, some edge wear and stains, folio -1

Arne (Thomas Augustine 1710-78). Songs in the Masque of Alfred, printed for J. Walsh, [1751], engraved plates, some dust-staining to initial and final leaves, 20th century marbled paper covered boards, folio. First performed on 1 August 1740 at the Prince of Wales’ country home, with libretto by D. Mallet and J. Thomson, and featuring “Rule Britania”. -1

Arne (Thomas Augustine 1710-78). Love in a Village, a Comic Opera as it is Perform’d at the Theatre Royal in Covent-Garden, first edition, printed for I. Walsh, [1763], engraved title page, 62pp engraved score with text, textblock only, a little dust-staining throughout, oblong folio. First performed at Covent Garden in December 1762 with the theatre’s manager Mr Beard as Hawthorne. -1

Britten (Benjamin, 1913-1976). Gloriana, an Opera in Three Acts, by William Plomer, music by Benjamin Britten (Opus 53), vocal score by Imogen Holst, Boosey & Hawkes, 1953, signed to limitation at rear by Benjamin Britten in blue ink and William Plomer in purple ink, correspondence from Anthony Gasson to HM The Queen with secretarial reply on Balmoral Castle headed paper loosely inserted, top edge gilt, original vellum gilt with publishers slipcase, folio. Limited signed edition, 44/100 -1

Britten (Benjamin, 1913-1976). Death in Venice, an Opera in Two Acts, Op. 88, Faber Music, 1979, bilingual full score in English and German, signed by the composer ‘with best wishes, Benjamin Britten’ on Red House, Aldeburgh letterhead, tipped on to front free endpaper, original cloth, folio -1

Arruga (Lorenzo). La Scala, Milan: Electa Editrice, [1975], numerous illustrations throughout, some colour, original cloth, 4to, together with Kralik (Heinrich), The Vienna Opera, Methuen, 1963, numerous illustrations throughout, some colour, original cloth gilt, folio, plus Dupecatz (Charles), Histoire de la Opera du Paris 1875-1980, Paris: L.A.P., 1984, original simulated leather in d.j., 8vo, plus other reference works on European opera especially La Scala, mostly 20th century, mainly 4to (2 shelves)

(First 2 volumes described withdrawn from this lot) Christiansen (Rupert). The Grand Obsession, an Anthology of Opera, Collins, 1988, original cloth in d.j., 8vo, together with Sutcliffe (Tom), The Faber Book of Opera, Faber and Faber, 2000, presentation inscription from the author to Anthony and Susan Gasson on dedication page, original cloth in d.j., 8vo, plus Bourne (Joyce), Who?s Who in Opera, a guide to opera characters, Oxford University Press, 1998, original cloth in d.j., 8vo, plus Csampai (Attila), Callas: Images of a Legend, New York: Stewart Tabori and Chang, numerous illustrations taken from photographs, original cloth in d.j., folio, plus other titles relating to general opera reference including opera houses, famous singers, especially Pavarotti, Maria Callas, etc., mainly 20th century original cloth in d.j.s (3 shelves)

Glyndebourne Festival Opera. A collection of festival programmes, many covers specially commissioned by leading artists, 1952-2003, some duplicates, mostly uniformly bound into modern green albums, folio (a carton) (2)

Art. The Art-Journal, 5 vols., 1850-70 (broken run), issues 1850 1863, 1865, 1867, 1870, numerous b & w illustrations throughout, occasional spotting, 1850 half calf, very worn, other four half morocco, some shelf wear, folio -5

Campbell (Lorne). The Fifteenth Century Netherlandish Schools, reprinted ed., pub. National Gallery Publications, London, 1999, numerous col. and b & w illusts., orig. cloth in d.j., 4to, together with Wedmore (Frederick), Turner & Ruskin. An Exposition of the Work of Turner from the Writings of Ruskin, 2 vols., pub. George Allen, London, 1900, ninety-one plts., orig. cloth gilt, folio, plus Shaw (Thurstan), Igbo-Ukwu. An Account of Archaeological Discoveries in Eastern Nigeria, 2 vols., pub. Northwestern University Press, Evanston, 1970, numerous col. and b & w illusts., orig. cloth in d.j.s, 4to, plus other Old Master art reference, mostly hardback publications in orig. cloth and d.j., 4to/folio, G/VG -54

Graevius (Johann Georg). Thesaurus Antiquitatum Romanarum, vols. I-IV only (of 12), 1st ed., Leiden, 1694-97, additional engraved title, to each, titles printed in red and black with engraved vignettes, 11 engraved maps, some folding, 89 engraved plates and plans, some double-page, occasional light spotting and browning, library inkstamps to foot of titles (two removed with small holes), contemporary calf, spines with raised bands and gilt decoration, rubbed with some wear at ends, joints splitting, folio. Brunet II, 1689 -4

Jacob (S. S.). Jeypore Portfolio of Architectural Details, 4 parts bound in 2 vols., Quaritch, 1890, part one lacking title page, numerous b&w plates throughout, a.e.g., later purple sheep gilt, folio -2

Sieff (Jeanloup). 40 Years of Photography, pub. Evergreen, 1996, numerous b & w photographs, orig. cloth in d.j., folio, together with Bourely (France), Hidden Beauty, Microworlds Revealed, pub. Abrams, 2002, 137 photographs, orig. cloth in d.j., 4to, plus Carver (Antonia, ed., ), Blink. 100 Photographers, 10 Curators, 10 Writers, 1st ed., pub. Phaidon Press London, 2002, numerous colour and b & w photographs, orig. cloth in d.j., oblong 4to, plus other photography reference, mostly hardback in orig. cloth & d.j., 4to/8vo, G/VG (approx. 60)

[Taylor, John]. The British Gallery of Contemporary Portraits, being a Series of Engravings of the most Eminent Persons now Living or Lately Deceased, in Great Britain and Ireland, from Drawings Accurately made from Life, or from the most Approved Original Pictures, Accompanied by Short Biographical Notices, 2 vols., 1822, 150 engraved portrait plates, occasional spotting (mostly light), a.e.g., contemporary red half morocco, elaborate gilt decorated spine, extremities slightly worn, folio. Large Paper Copy. Armorial bookplate of Lord Northwick. -2

* Wren (Sir Christopher). Synopsis Aedificiorum Publicorum Dni. Christophori Wren Equitis Aur. Architecti Regii: A Catalogue of the Churches of the City of London; Royal Palaces; Hospitals; and Publick Edifices; Built by Sr. Christopher Wren Kt. Surveyor General of the Royal-Works, during Fifty Years: viz. from 1668, to 1718, Printed for Sam. Harding in St. Martin?s Lane, Dan. Browne near Temple-Bar, & Wm. Bathoe in Church Lane near St. Martin?s Church in the Strand. [1749?], fourteen engraved plates & plans of 15 (numbered Jan-14 and dated 1723-1726, including title, elevations & plans of St. Paul?s Cathedral, The Monument, Whitehall Palace and St. Mary le Bow Steeple), bound with fourteen additional engraved plates and plans, comprising four double-page plates of Inigo Jones? Whitehall Palace by D.M. Muller, pub. 1748-1749, two single-page plates of Horse & Foot Guards at Whitehall by William Kent, engraved by J. Vardy, pub. 1752, single-page plan & three plates of St. Pauls pub. 1746-1747 (including one double-page), single-page plates of St. Stephen?s Church Walbrook & Temple Church engraved by Thomas Boydell, pub. 1750, elevation and ground plan plates of St. Giles by the architect Henry Flitcroft engraved by P. Fourdrinier with the architect?s signature ?H. Flitcroft? to verso of each, title and free endpaper detached, occasional light dust-soiling and scattered spotting, late 19th century half morocco gilt, boards detached, loss at head of spine, worn, large folio (67 x 53cm) Harris (Eileen), British Architectural Books and Writers, 1556-1765, pub. 1991, page.503. On the death of Sir Christopher Wren in 1723, his son Christopher began preparing for publication a commemorative volume entitled ?A Specimen of the Works in Architecture of Sir Christopher Wren?. By 1729 at the latest, fifteen large copper plates had been engraved, nine of which were by Henry Hulsbergh (d.1729), of which three were from drawings by Hawksmoor, the remainder by B. Cole, Simon Gribelin, Jacob Schijnvoet and Johann Vanderbank. Proposals for publishing by subscription were drawn up at a price of one guinea. However publication did not come about until after the death of Christopher , jun., in 1747 The large copper plates that were in his possession passed with the rest of his property to his younger son, Stephen, by whom they were sold. The plates were acquired by the booksellers Samuel Harding, Daniel Browne and William Bathoe, who added their imprint and printed the plates, not as originally intended as a book with a loose title-page, but as a collection of engravings, numbered Tab. 1 to 15 They were frequently split up and as a consequence complete volumes are very uncommon. The architect Henry Flitcroft (1697-1769) is credited for a number of major commissions which include St. Giles in the Fields London, Wentworth Woodhouse, Yorkshire, Wimpole Hall, Cambridgeshire, Woburn Abbey, Bedfordshire and garden temples at Stourhead, Wiltshire. He is also attributed for the design of the State gallery at Stowe, Buckinghamshire. Only one UK institutional location found of the complete suite of engravings numbered 1 to 15 (Royal Academy of Arts). This volume therefore forms an unusually near complete collection of early engravings from this work. -1 VAT is not applicable (no *)

Dore (Gustave, illust.). The Vision of Hell, by Dante Alighieri, and Paradise Lost, by John Milton, Cassell Petterr & Galpin, numerous b&w plates throughout, original cloth, worn with some fading, folio -2

Folio Society publications, 79 vols., including Doctor Thorne by Anthony Trollope, 1996, plus 20 others by Anthony Trollope including Phineas Finn, The Golden Lion of Granpere, The Eustace Diamonds, plus On the Origin of Species by Charles Darwin, 2006, plus others similar, all orig. cloth in orig. slipcases, 4to/8vo, VG -79

Folio Society publications, 80 vols., including The Blue Fairy Book, edited by Andrew Lang, 2003, The Fairy Tales of The Brothers Grimm, illustrated by Arthur Rackham, 1996, The Essential Darwin by Charles Darwin, 4 vols., 1990, plus others similar, all orig. cloth in orig. slipcases, 4to/8vo, VG -80

Folio Society publications, 171 vols., c. 1950-2000, mostly history, literature and biography, including Anthony Trollope, all orig. cloth, mostly in slipcases, some duplicates, 4to/8vo, G/VG -171

Folio Society. 100 volumes, 1960s-2000s, including The Arabian Nights by E. J. Detmold, 1999, together with Catch 22 by Joseph Heller, 2004, and The Grapes of Wrath by John Steinbeck, 1998, plus others by Anthony Trollope, George Orwell, etc., all orig. cloth contained in slipcases, G/VG (100 vols)

Jane’s Fighting Ships, 25 vols., a broken run, all 1st eds., 1939-51, 1955-57, 1970-72, 1987-93, 1997-98, b&w illusts. and adverts throughout, all in orig. blue cloth, some in d.j.s, some wear and fading to spines of earlier vols., oblong folio/folio, together with six other modern Jane’s vols., including Merchant Ships and All The World’s Aircraft, folio -31

Nicholson (William). An Almanac of Twelve Sports, with words by Rudyard Kipling twelve full-colour woodblock illustrations, original cloth-backed pictoral boards, some wear to binding, hinges broken, folio ()

The Art Journal. Catalogue of the Great Exhibition, London: Published for the Proprietors, by George Virtue [Bradbury & Evans Printers], numerous black and white illustrations, half morocco binding with gilt, 4to, together with Encyclopedie du Meuble, 2 vols., ed. Bajot, pub. C. Schmid, Paris, c. 1900, numerous black and white plates, original cloth, folio, plus other mixed antiquarian folios, many defective (6 cartons)

Turner (J.M.W., et al.). The Gallery of Modern British Artists, 1834, eng. frontis. and addn. eng. title, numerous eng. plts., occasional scattered spotting, contemp. half calf, gilt-dec. spine, boards detached, worn, 4to, together with Flint (Sir William Russell), Drawings, 1st ed., 1950, orig. gilt-dec. blue cloth, numerous monochrome plts., wear to top and bottom of the spine, rubbed boards, large 8vo, and Poole (Monica), The Wood Engravings of John Farleigh, Gresham Books, 1985, frontis. in red and black, b & w illusts., orig. cloth in d.j., folio, plus other art reference (3 cartons)

Hayter (Sir George). Original Etchings by Sir George Hayter, printed for James Rimell & Son, 1879, forty-six b&w etchings, incl. title page and frontis., light spotting to prelims., boards rubbed and marked, contemp. green half morocco gilt, large 4to, together with Herdman (William Gawin), Pictorial Relics of Ancient Liverpool, accompanied with descriptions of the antique buildings, etc., [Second Series], Subscriber’s Copy, published by the author, 1857, forty-eight b&w plts., some light scattered spotting, a.e.g., contemporary green half morocco gilt, gilt decorated spine, rubbed, folio, plus The Cabinet of Genius, containing Frontispieces and Characters Adapted to the Most Popular Poems, &c, 1787, numerous uncoloured stippled engravings, mostly printed in sepia, some light spotting and soiling, mainly to margins, modern half calf gilt, small 4to, plus other similar antiquarian, mostly late 18th and 19th century, including Naval Chronicle, 1808, 1810 & 1811, The National Shakespeare, illustrated by Sir J. Noel Paton, 3 vols., pub. William Mackenzie, c. 1870s, all leather-bound, various sizes (3 shelves)

India. The Law Relating to India, and The Far East India Company, with Notes on an Appendix, 5th ed., pub. Wm. H. Allen & Co., 1855, recent quarter calf, 4to, together with Rathby (John), The Statutes Relating to the Admiralty, Navy, Shipping, and Navigation of the United Kingdom, from 9 Hn. III to 3 Geo. IV, inclusive, pub. George Eyre and Andrew Strahan, 1823, contemp. reversed calf with brass clasp, upper hinge weak, some foxing, 4to, plus Hume (David), Decisions of the Court of Session 1781-1822 in the Form of a Dictionary, Collected by David Hume, pub. William Blackwood & Sons, 1839, recent cloth, margins a little dust soiled and discoloured, 4to, plus other law, politics and economic reference, leather or cloth bound, folio, 4to & 8vo (6 shelves)

Beurdeley (Michel). Chinese Trade Porcelain, 1st ed., pub. Charles E. Tuttle, 1962, numerous colour and b&w illusts. and plates, orig. cloth in d.j., and slipcase, 4to, together with Baroni (Constantino, & Others), Leonardo Da Vinci, 2 vols., 1st ed., pub. Leisure Arts, 1964, numerous colour and b&w plts. and illusts., orig. cloth in d.j.s, with slipcase, folio, plus Parker (K. T.), The Drawings of Antonio Canaletto in the Collection of His Majesty The King at Windsor Castle, pub. Phaidon Press, 1948, numerous b&w plts., orig. cloth in slightly torn d.j., 4to, plus other art, literature and history reference, all orig. cloth, mostly in d.js., 4to/8vo, G/VG (6 shelves)

Salmi (Mario & Tolnay, Charles & others). The Complete Work of Michelangelo, pub. Reynal and Company, n.d., c. 1979, 1040 illusts., with thirty-two plates in full colour, orig. cloth in d.j., large folio, together with Baroni (Constantino & Calvi, Ignazio & Others), Leonardo da Vinci, 2 vols., pub. Leisure Arts, 1964, numerous colour and b&w illusts., orig. cloth in d.j.s, and slipcase, large folio, plus Strieder (Peter), Durer, 1st ed., pub. Mercatorfonds, 1982, numerous colour and b&w illusts., orig. cloth in d.j., and slipcase, folio, and other art reference, including Cecil Gould, Leonardo, The Artist and the Non-Artist, 1975, Lawrence and Dighton, French Line Engravings of the Late Eighteenth Century, 1910, etc., folio/4to/8vo, G/VG (3 shelves)

Parliamentary Papers (Transportation). Report from the Select Committee on Transportation Ordered by the House of Commons, to be printed, 10 July 1812, ex libris Birmingham Law Society with stamp to title page, repeated elsewhere, worming to outer margin of first fifteen pages, not affecting text, recent cloth, folio, together with Eighth Report by the Commissioners of Religious Instruction, Scotland, Edinburgh, 1838, orig. blue wrapper, 4to, and Report from the Select Committee on Public Monies, 21st July 1856, orig. blue wrapper, 4to, plus other similar law related, statutes, etc., mostly 18th and 19th century, mainly leather-bound, folio, 4to & 8vo (3 shelves & a carton)

Stillman (Damie). Decorative Work of Robert Adam, 1st ed., 1973, numerous b & w photo illusts., orig. cloth in d.j., spine and top edges faded, 8vo, together with Corredor-Matheos (Jose), Subirachs, 1st ed., 1975, numerous b & w and col. photo plts., orig. cloth in d.j., rubbing to edges and slight tear to upper cover, 8vo, and Day (Lewis F.), Ornament and its Application, 1st ed., 1904, numerous b & w plts. and illusts., orig. gilt-dec. blue cloth, slight wear to edges, 8vo, plus other 20th-c. art and sculpture reference, many in d.j.s, 8vo/folio, G/VG (6 shelves & a carton)

Hake (A. Egmont). The Story of Chinese Garden, 2 vols., 1st eds., 1884-85, numerous b & w and col. plts. and folding maps, orig. gilt-dec. cloth, slight wear to edges, spine faded with slight wear to head and foot, vol. 2 includes inscription by the author to title page, 8vo, together with Hozier (H.M.), The Franco-Prussian War: Its Causes, Incidents and Consequences, 2 vols., later ed., numerous b & w steel plt. portraits, spotting throughout, contemp. gilt-dec. calf, some rubbing to edges and spine, large 4to, and other 20th-c. military and related, many in d.j.s, 4to/folio, G/VG (6 shelves)

Johnsen (Bent). Skandinaviens Orkideer, Orchids of Schandinavia, 1st ed., 1997, numerous b & w and col. plts. and illusts., orig. cloth in d.j., folio, together with Burleigh (Thomas D.), Birds of Idaho, 1st ed., U.S., 1971, numerous b & w and col. photo plts., orig. cloth in d.j., 8vo, and Mason (Hilda), Western Cape Sandveld Flowers, 1st ed., Cape Town, 1971, numerous b & w and col. plts. and illusts., orig. cloth in d.j., large 8vo, plus other horticultural and natural history reference, many in d.j.s, 8vo/folio, G/VG (6 shelves)

Hakluyt Society, 27 vols., incl. The English New England Voyages, 1602-1608, The Purchas Handbook, vols. 1-11, Missions to the Niger, vols. I-IV, The Iceland Journal of Henry Holland, 1810, The Journal of Rochfort Maguire, 1852-4, vols. 1-11, all 1st eds., 1960s-90s, all orig. cloth in d.j.s, some rubbed to edges and some slight loss to spines, all 8vo, together with Jane’s Fighting Ships, 8 vols., a broken run, 1944-1971, folio, and other naval/nautical reference, many in d.j.s, 8vo/folio, G/VG (6 shelves)

Van Gogh (Vincent). The Complete Letters, 3 vols., reprinted 1988, numerous b&w illusts., all orig. dark blue cloth in slipcase, 8vo, together with Ruskin (John), Lectures on Art, delivered before the University of Oxford in Hilary Term, 1870, 2nd ed., 1875, orig. gilt dec. purple cloth, 8vo, and Poesch (Jessie), The Art of the Old South, Painting, Sculpture, Architecture & The Products of Craftsmen 1560-1860, reprinted., 1989, 392 colour and b&w plts., orig. cloth in d.j., spine slightly rubbed and faded, large 4to, plus other Old Master and pre-20th century art reference and related, many in d.j.s, 4to/folio, G/VG (6 shelves & a carton)

Murchison (Roderick Impey). Siluria. The History of the Oldest Fossiliferous Rocks and Their Foundations, with a brief sketch of the distributions of gold over the Earth, 3rd ed., 1859, col. frontis., numerous b&w illusts. and plts., light spotting throughout, orig. gilt dec. cloth, spine faded and rubbed, 8vo, together with De La Beche (Henry T.), Report on the Geology of Cornwall, Devon and West Somerset, pub. H.M.S.O., 1839, col. folding map frontis., numerous b&w illusts., ex-libris stamp to title page and front endpaper ‘Office of Commissioners of Railways’, some light spotting, orig. cloth binding, spine faded and rubbed, 8vo, and Rutter (John), Delineations of the North Western Division of the County of Somerset and of its Antediluvian Bone Caverns, 1st ed., 1829, numerous b&w illusts. and plts., ex-libris stamps to front endpaper and half title, ‘Incorporated Law Society’, contemp. green half morocco, rubbed spine, large 8vo, plus other 19th c./20th c. geology reference, some in d.j.s, 8vo/folio (6 shelves & 2 cartons)

Aviation. A collection of modern aviation books, including Putnam, Jane’s, Airlife, American Armour Press, Ian Allen publications, mostly hardback, many in d.j.s, 8vo/folio, together with a large collection of modern model aviation magazines (3 shelves & 4 cartons)

Rackham (Arthur). The Rhinegold & The Valkyrie, Doubleday Page & Co., 1910, numerous colour plates, orig. cloth, 8vo, together with Folio Society publications, 29 vols., 1960s-1990s, including Thomas Hardy, Jane Austen, mostly in orig. cloth with slipcases, plus other literature reference, hardback and paperback, some in d.j.s, 4to/8vo, G/VG (6 shelves)

British Hunts and Huntsmen, 3 vols. (of 4), 1st ed., pub. The Biographical Press, 1908, numerous b&w illusts. and engravings, half red morocco, rubbed and slightly torn spines, folio, together with Jones (Thomas Rymer), Book of Birds, from the text of Dr. Brehm, 4 vols., pub. Cassell, numerous b&w engravings and coloured plates, half calf, all 8vo, plus other leather bindings including many odd volumes, 8vo/4to (6 shelves)

Millais (J. G.). The Natural History of British Game Birds, Longmans, Green & Co., 1909, numerous b&w plates and illustrations, orig. cloth, folio, together with Hughes-Parry (J.), A Salmon Fisherman’s Notebook, A Fishing Fantasy, 2nd ed., Eyre & Spottiswoode, 1955, orig. cloth in d.j., 8vo, plus Daglish (Eric Fitch), Fly Fishing, pub. J. M. Dent & Sons, 1931, numerous wood engravings, orig. cloth in d.j., 8vo, and other fishing reference, orig. cloth, mostly in d.j.s, G/VG, 8vo/4to (6 shelves)

Hakluyt Society. The History of the Great and Mighty Kingdom of China and The Situations Thereof, 2 vols., 1853-54, Notes Upon Russia: Being a Translation of the Earliest Account of that Country, entitled Rerum Moscoviticarum Commentarii, 2 vols., 1815-52, uniform contemp. calf, some wear and loss to spine and boards, 8vo, together with Portrait Gallery of Distinguished Poets, Philosophers, Statesmen, Divines, Painters, Architects, Physicians, and Lawyers, Since the Revival of Art, with their Biographies, 3 vols., 1853, 168 eng. portraits, minor marginal spotting throughout, uniform contemp. red half morocco, rubbed, 4to, and Cowley (Abraham), Works, 3 vols., 11th ed., 1710-11, numerous b & w eng. plts. including frontis., light spotting throughout, later calf binding, 8vo, plus other 18th/19th-c. literature and related, 8vo/folio (3 shelves)

Foxe (John). The New and Complete Book of Martyrs; or, an Universal History of Martyrdom... ed. Paul Wright, Alex Hogg. c. 1780, 58 engraved plates, a few hand-coloured, a few marginal repairs, occasional spotting and soiling, contemporary calf, rebacked and repaired, folio, together with Brown’s Self-Interpreting Family Bible, by Rev. John Brown, c. 1860, numerous colour plates, a few spots, hinges reinforced, a.e.g., original full black morocco, brass clasps, 4to, plus Poems and Letters by Thomas Gray, Chiswick Press, 1874, oval albumen print mounted illustrations, a few spots, prize presentation inscription, a.e.g., contemporary calf, a little rubbed and scuffed, 4to, plus others leatherbound etc. including Thomas Moore’s Life of Lord Byron, 1851, James Grant’s British Battles, 4 vols., c. 1880 and The Works of Alfred Lord Tennyson, 1892 (3 shelves)

A quantity of artist material to include canvas light weight paper, a Crimson & Blake Tubular Folio, etc.

MORRIS F. O, History of British Butterflies, London 1870, 3rd edition, 72 colour plates, 4to worn cloth; MILNER H. E, Landscape Gardening, London 1890, folio with plans and etchings (2)