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Tillotson (John). The Works... , 2 vols., 1712, eng. port. frontis. to vol. 1, some spotting, modern quarter morocco with contrasting red leather labels to spines, together with Beveridge (William), The Works... , 2 vols., 1729, folding eng. port. frontis. to vol. 1, titles printed in red and black, modern quarter morocco gilt with contrasting leather labels to spines, plus Scott (John), The Works... , 2 vols., 1718, eng. port. frontis. to vol. 1, list of subscribers, browning throughout, lacks final two leaves including final leaf of index, recent quarter morocco, all folio (7).

Claude Le Lorrain, [i.e. Claude Gelee]. Liber Veritatis di Claudio Gellee Lorenese ovvero Raccolta di Duecento Stampe Tratte Dalli di lui Disegni Nella Collezione del duca di Devonshire incise in Londra da Riccardo Earlom ed ora da Ludovico Caracciolo Pittore Romano Ripetute..., vol. 1 only (of three), Rome: Francesco Bourlie, 1815, 136 sepia aquatint plts., faint and inoffensive water-stain to upper and fore-margins, t.e.g., remainder rough-trimmed, marbled endpapers, early 20th c. brown half morocco gilt, some rubbing and marks, folio. Brunet III, 1169. (1).

Dibdin (Thomas Frognall). A Bibliographical Antiquarian and Picturesque Tour in France and Germany, 3 vols., printed for the Author, 1821, numerous eng. plts. and illusts., occasional light spotting, t.e.g., library bookplate to upper pastedown, 20th c. half morocco gilt, large 8vo, together with Walters (Henry), Incunabula Typographia. A Descriptive Catalogue of the Books Printed in the Fifteenth Century (1460-1500) in the Library of Henry Walters, Baltimore, 1906, col. frontis., numerous illusts. to text, t.e.g., remainder untrimmed, orig. antigue style sheep, spine rubbed and some wear, 4to, with Willems (Alphonse), Les Elzevier Histoire et Annales Typographiques, pub. Brussels, Paris & The Hague, 1880, chromo frontis. and few plts. (one folding), library stamps to title and front-free endpaper, orig. cloth, 8vo, and Burke (Joseph & Caldwell, Colin),Hogarth, The Complete Engravings, New York: Harry N. Abrams, [1968], b & w plts., contemp. red qtr. morocco gilt, spine slightly faded, folio, plus other bibliography reference (20).

Flint (Sir William Russell). In Pursuit. An Autobiography, Medici Society, 1969, colour and b & w illustrations, a.e.g., original full blue morocco gilt, slipcase, folio, limited edition, 92/150 signed by Francis Russell Flint, together with Sir William Russell Flint R.A., 1880-1969, by Ralph Lewis and Keith S. Gardner, 1988, colour illustrations, original morocco-backed boards, slipcase, oblong 4to, limited edition, 273/500 signed by Susan Russell Flint (with a loose autograph letter from Francis Russell Flint, dated October 1968, discussing his father’s prints). (2).

Flint (William Russell). Drawings, 1950, colour and b & w illustrations, light spots front and rear, t.e.g., bookplate, original morocco-backed boards, slipcase (a little soiled), folio. Limited edition, 118/125 signed by the artist (lacking the original signed drawing).. (1).

Franklin (Alfred). Les Anciennes Bibliotheques de Paris, Eglises, Monasteres, Colleges, etc., 3 vols., Paris, 1867-73, twenty-one eng. plts. inc. five double-page, numerous b & w illusts. to text, partly unopened, orig. printed green boards, a little fraying to extrems, folio. The publishers advertise this work as having twenty-four plates, but it appears that only twenty-one were produced. The 1968 reprint by Dawsons likewise has only twenty-one plates. (3).

Gillray (James). The Works of James Gillray from the Original Plates with the Addition of Many Subjects not Before Collected, pub. Henry G. Bohn, c.1850, portrait frontis., dec. title page, 582 uncoloured engraved plts. printed back to back, occ. spotting and some water staining throughout, contemp. half morocco gilt, stained, rubbed and worn, large folio, together with [The Suppressed Plates], c.1850, forty-five uncoloured engraved plts., one page with closed tear affecting image, contemp. half morocco gilt, rubbed and worn, slim large folio (2).

Hermannsson (Halldor). Icelandic Illuminated Manuscripts of the Middle Ages, pub. Copenhagen, Levin & Munksgaard, 1935, num. col. and b&w illusts., presentation inscription to Henry Freedman from the secretary of the Association of Icelandic Manufacturers, dated 1948 to front endpaper, orig. half vellum, gilt armorial to upper left corner of front cover, folio (1).

Jones (David). The Engravings of David Jones. A Survey by Douglas Cleverdon, 1st ed., pub. Clover Hill Editions, 1981, mounted b&w frontis., ninety-six eng. plts., t.e.g., remainder untrimmed, orig. cloth gilt, folio. Limited edition 140/260. (1).

Tipping (H. Avray). English Homes, 6 vols., Periods I and II - Vol. II, Medieval and Early Tudor, 1066-1558, Period II - Vol. I, Early Tudor, 1485-1558, Period III, Vols. I-II, Late Tudor & Early Stuart, 1558-1649, & Period IV, Vols. I-II, Late Stuart, 1649-1714, & The Work of Sir John Vanbrugh and His School, 1699-1736, mixed eds., pub. Country Life, 1927-36, numerous b&w plts. and illusts. after photos, all orig. blue cloth gilt, sl. marked to extreme lower edges, all in d.j.s, rubbed and some fraying, together with English Gardens, 1st ed., pub. Country Life, 1925, numerous b&w plts. and illusts. after photos, orig. green cloth gilt, rubbed and some minor marks, all folio (7).

Ashendene Press. A Descriptive Bibliography of the Books Printed at The Ashendene Press MDCCCXCV-MCMXXXV, 1935, printed in red, blue and black, numerous illustrations, specimen pages, photogravures, collotypes etc, errata slip bound-in (without loose additional errata slip), t.e.g., original polished rust sheep, spine faded and a little rubbed, slipcase, folio. Limited edition, 58/390 signed by the printer C.H. St J. Hornby. (1).

Pinter (Harold). The Disappeared and Other Poems, pub. Enitharmon Editions, 2002, twelve tipped-in col. plts. by Tony Bevan, orig. cloth gilt with decorative label mounted to upper cover, folio (limited edition one of 100 copies from the regular edition, signed by Pinter & Bevan), together with Heaney (Seamus), Poems and a Memoir, Introduction by Thomas Flanagan, pub. Limited Editions Club, 1982, col. illusts. by Henry Pearson, orig. dec. blinstamped morocco gilt, in slipcase, folio (limited edition 39/2000, signed by Seamus Heaney, Henry Pearson & Thomas Flanagan), plus Firbank (Ronald), When Widows Love & a Tragedy in Green, pub. Enitharmon Press, 1980, orig. linen in d.j., small tear to upper margin of front cover, 8vo (3).

Whittington Press. Britten’s Aldeburgh, by John Craig, pub. Whittington Press, 1997, three folding colour linocuts, illustrations, original boards, slipcase, folio, limited edition, 183/440 signed by the artist, together with Four Wood-engravings for Virgil’s Georgies, Matrix, Whittington Press, 1994, four b & w illustrations, original boards (one or two small marks), 8vo, limited edition of 150. (2).

Auction Catalogues. A large collection of approx. 420 auctioneers past catalogues, c. 1970s-2000s, incl. Sothebys, Christies, Bonhams, Phillips, etc., mostly sales of art, antiques, ceramics, toys etc., all orig. col. pict wrappers/laminated boards etc., folio/4to (7 cartons).

Foster (Joseph). Some Feudal Coats of Arms and Others Illustrated with 2,000 Zinco Etchings from the Bayeux Tapestry, Greek Vases, Seales, Tiles, Effigies, Brasses and Heraldic Rolls, pub. James Parker & Co., 1902, num. col. and b&w illusts., orig. pict. cloth, spine torn and base wit some loss, rubbed and some marks, folio, together with Burke’s Peerage, Baronetage & Knightage, Clan Chiefs, Scotish Feudal Barons, 3 vols., 107th ed., 2003, all orig. cloth gilt in slipcase, folio, plus Christie-Murray (David), Armorial Bearings of British Schools, c. 1966, num. col. plts. by Dan Escott, orig. cloth gilt, 4to, plus other heraldry related (2 cartons).

Hogg (Robert). The Fruit Manual: Containing the Descriptions, Synonymes, and Classification of the Fruits and Fruit Trees of Great Britain, 4th ed., 1875, 100 uncol. outline engs. of the best varieties, orig. blind-stamped cloth gilt, rubbed and damp-speckled, 8vo, together with Smith (Muriel W.G.), National Apple Register of the United Kingdom, 1st ed., 1971, frontis., orig. cloth in d.j., thick folio, plus Hyams (Edward and Jackson, A.A.), The Orchard and Fruit Garden. A New Pomona of Hardy and Sub-Tropical Fruits, 1st ed., 1961, numerous col. illusts. from photos, t.e.g., orig. cloth gilt, a little faded on spine, with slipcase, folio, and others related (2 cartons).

Hulme (F. Edward). Suggestions in Floral Design, n.d., [1879], fifty-two chromo-illuminated plts., some heightened with gold, a.e.g., orig. gilt-dec. cloth, a little rubbed and minor wear to extremities, folio, together with The Universal Decorator. A Complete Guide to Ornamental Design including Designs for Cabinet Makers, Wood Carvers, Metal Workers, Birmingham, Sheffield, and the Potteries, Scrolls, Panels, and General Ornament, Alphabets, Initials, and Monograms, n.d., c. 1860s, col. and b & w illusts. by William Gibbs, contemp. half morocco gilt, rubbed, thick 4to, plus Flint (Sir William Russell), Drawings, 1st ed., 1950, 134 illusts. printed in monochrome and tint, recent navy morocco designer binding, folio, with other miscellaneous art and antiques reference (2 cartons).

Thomson (J., architect). Retreats: A Series of Designs, Consisting of Plans and Elevations for Cottages, Villas, and Ornamental Buildings, 1st ed., 1827, half-title present, thirty-one fine hand-col. aquas., ten uncol. ground plans, 16pp pubs. ads. at rear, contents dampstained and fore-edge of a few leaves frayed and mould damaged (mostly affecting text leaves), later cloth, dust & dampsoiled, 4to (Abbey, Life, 76), together with [House of Lords], Manuscript List of the Lords Temporal in the Fourth Session of the Forty-first Parliament of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, 28 October 1958,manuscript listing signed by G.R. Bellew, Garter, bound with lists for 1st and 2nd session of the 42nd Parliament, the first being signed by G.R. Bellew, Garter, and the second by Anthony R. Wagner, Garter, contemp. half sheep account book binding, rubbed, folio., with other miscellaneous books including art reference, literature, heraldry, gardening, motoring and bookbinding reference etc., including The Art of Bookbinding by Joseph W. Zaehnsdorf, 2nd ed., 1890, A Handy-Book about Books, by John Power, 1870 and Manual of Library Bookbinding by Henry T. Coutts, 1911 (4 cartons).

Scott (Walter). The Border Antiquities of England and Wales; Comprising Specimens of Architecture and Sculpture, and other Vestiges of Former Ages, 2 vols., 1814, numerous uncol. copperplate engs., some minor scattered spotting, contemp. diced calf gilt, some time rebacked, together with Bible [English], The Self Interpreting Bible, with an Evangelical Commentary, by the Late Rev. John Brown, Minister of the Gospel, at Haddington, 2 vols., 1814, eng. plts., lower corner of eng. title to vol. 1 torn with loss, several marginal tears, contemp. tree calf gilt, a little rubbed and minor wear to extremities, tall folio, plus Fleming (J.M.), The Practical Violin School for Home Students/Easy Legato Studies for the Violin, A Supplement to ‘The Practical Violin School for Home Students’, 1886 & 1887, both orig. cloth gilt, a little rubbed, 4to, and other miscellaneous antiquarian, etc. (3 shelves).

Manley (Michael). A History of West Indies Cricket, Introduction by Clive Lloyd, Guild Publishing, 1988, together with Bose (Mihir), A History of Indian Cricket, Foreword by Sunil Gavaskar, Andre Deutsch, 1990, and Harte (Chris), A History of Australian Cricket, Introduction by Richie Benaud, Andre Deutsch, 1993, b & w illusts. from photos, all orig. boards in d.j., thick 8vo, plus Frith (David), England versus Australia. A Pictorial History of the Test Matches Since 1877, Forewords by Alan McGilvray, Sir Donal Bradman and Sir Leonard Hutton, revised edition, 1981, numerous b & w illusts. from photos, orig. boards in d.j., folio, and others of cricket interest, mostly recent hardback publications, many in d.j., G/VG (3 shelves).

Forshaw (Joseph M. and Cooper, William T.). Parrots of the World, Lansdowne, 1973, numerous full-page col. illusts., b & w illusts. and distribution maps to margins, orig. cloth in d.j., thick folio, together with Haverschmidt (Francois and Mees, G.F.), Birds of Suriname, 1994, numerous col. and b & w illusts., orig. mock morocco in d.j., folio, plus Greenewalt (Crawford H.), Hummingbirds, pub. American Museum of Natural History, New York, 1960, sixty-eight tipped-in col. plts., b & w illusts. and diags. to text, orig. cloth in d.j., folio, and other ornithology, mostly recent hardback publications, many in d.j., G/VG (3 shelves).

Howell (James). A Discourse Concerning the Presidency of Kings: Wherein the Reasons and Arguments of the Three Greatest Monarks of Christendom who Claim a Several Right Thereunto, are Faithfully Collected, and Render’d... , London: Rowland Reynolds, [2nd ed., 1664], eng. frontis. and three ports., some marginal repairs, contemp. sheep, rebacked, folio, together with Falconer (William), The Shipwreck, A Poem, 1808, additional vign. title, double-page eng. map, eighteen full-page b & w stipple-engs. after Robert Dodd and four vigns. to text, all correct as list, contemp. half morocco, rebacked, preserving orig. spine, 4to, plus Howlett (Bartholomew), A Selection of Views in the County on Lincoln; Comprising the Principal Towns and Churches, the Remains of Castles and Religious Houses, and Seats of the Nobility and Gentry; With Topographical and Historical Accounts of Each View, pub. William Miller, 1805, hand-col. map frontis., numerous uncol. copperplate engs. and vigns., some minor scattered spotting, recent green quarter morocco gilt, 4to, plus other miscellaneous antiquarian and leather bindings, etc. (3 shelves).

Tidcombe (Marianne). The Doves Bindery, pub. British Library/Oak Knoll Books, 1991, numerous col. and b & w illusts., orig. cloth in torn glassine d.j., 4to, together with The Paintings of D.H. Lawrence, printed for subscribers only, Mandrake Press, [1929], twenty-six col. plts., t.e.g., remainder untrimmed, orig. half morocco gilt, rubbed on spine, folio (limited edition 296/510), plus RCHM, City of Cambridge, Parts I & II, 1959, b & w illusts. from photos, folding diags. and plans, orig. cloth in d.j., 4to, and other miscellaneous books including art reference, illustrated works, history and literature, etc. (3 shelves).

Engers (Joe). The Book of Wildfowl Decoys, 2000, col. illusts. throughout, orig. cloth gilt in d.j., folio, together with St Aubyn (Fiona), Ivory. A History and Collector’s Guide, 1987, col. and b&w illusts. throughout, orig. cloth gilt in d.j., large 4to, plus Bennion (Elisabeth), Antique Medical Instruments, 1980, b&w illusts. throughout, orig. cloth gilt in d.j., 4to, plus other antique reference related (6 shelves).

Calmet (Augustine). The Phantom World: Or, the Philosophy of the Spirits, Apparitions, etc., edited, with an Introduction and Notes, by the Rev. Henry Christmas, 2 vols., 1850, some minor scattered spotting, orig. blind-stamped cloth gilt, a little rubbed, 8vo, together with Ballantyne (R.M.), Photographs of Edinburgh, with Descriptive Letterpress, n.d., pub. Glasgow, London & Dublin, [1868], thirteen mounted albumen photos by A. Burns (correct as list), single-page publisher’s ad at rear, a.e.g., orig. gilt-dec. cloth, a little rubbed and dust soiled, slim 4to, plus Wey (Francis), Rome, with an Introduction by W.W. Storey, new edition, revised and abridged, n.d., c. 1870s, numerous wood-engs., some minor scattered spotting, a.e.g., orig. gilt-dec. cloth, rubbed, folio, with other Victorian and early 20th-c. children’s and illustrated books, many in orig. dec. or pict. cloth (3 shelves).

Dunthorne (Gordon). Flower and Fruit Prints of the 18th and Early 19th Centuries. Their History, Makers and Uses, with a Catalogue Raisonne of the Works in Which they are Found, 1st ed., 1938, col. and b & w illusts., t.e.g., orig. cloth gilt, folio, together with Ayrton (Maxwell and Silcock, Arnold), Wrought Iron and its Decorative Use, 1st ed., Country Life, 1929, numerous b & w illusts. from photos, orig. cloth gilt, rubbed and a little dust-soiled, together with Hitchcock (Henry-Russell), Early Victorian Architecture in Britain, 2 vols. (Text/Plates), Architetural Press/Yale University Press, 1954, numerous b & w illusts. from photos, orig. cloth in sl. frayed and chipped d.j.s, 4to, with other miscellaneous art and antiques reference, including Japanese flower arranging, etc. (3 shelves).

Ashton (John). Real Sailor-Songs, Leadenhall Press, 1891, numerous woodblock illusts. to text, orig. printed boards, a little soiled and worn, with new spine and endpapers (to match original), folio, together with Rubaiyat of Omar Khayyam, Rendered into English Verse by Edward Fitzgerald, 1913, col. frontis. and numerous b & w illusts. from drawings by Edmund J. Sullivan, t.e.g., orig. gilt-dec. cloth, rebacked, preserving orig. spine, 4to, plus Tyndale-Biscoe (E.D.), Fifty Years Against the Stream. The Story of the School in Kashmir 1880-1930, with a Foreword by Lord Baden Powell, pub. Mysore, 1930, b & w illusts. from photos, errata slip present, some spotting, orig. pict. cloth, a little rubbed and faded on spine, 4to, and other miscellaneous books, mostly late 19th-c. juvenile and illustrated works, plus a few antiquarian juvenile, etc. (3 shelves).

Vale Press. Mary Schweidler, The Amber Witch, The Most Interesting Trial for Witchcraft Ever Known, Printed for Man in Perfect Manuscript by Her Father, Abraham Schweidler, the Pastor of Coserow in the Island of Eusedom, edited by William Meinhold, Doctor of Theology, Translated from the German by Lady Duff Gordon, printed at the Ballantyne Press, Sold by Acon & Ricketts, the Vale Press, 1903, decs. by C.S. Ricketts, orig. holland-backed boards, a little rubbed and darkened, folio (300 copies printed), together with Hill (Vernon), Ballads Weird and Wonderful, John Lane, London & New York, 1912, twenty-five full-page b & w illusts. with tissue guards, some minor scattered spotting, orig. cloth in sl. soiled d.j., 4to (500 copies printed), with other miscellaneous books, mostly children’s and illustrated works, including a few leather bindings, pictorial cloth bindings, Folio Society publications, etc. (6 shelves).

Latham (Robert and Matthews, William). The Diary of Samuel Pepys, 11 vols. (complete), mixed eds., 1971-83, b & w illusts., orig. cloth in d.j., 8vo, together with Tractatus de Herbis (British Library Egerton Ms747), facsimile edition, pub. Folio Society, 2002, high quality facsimile edition with col. illusts., a.e.g., orig. green goatskin with embossed and onlaid decoration, with separate printed commentary, the whole contained in fitted green cloth fold-over book box, folio (limited edition 718/1000), with other miscellaneous books including Conrad (Joseph), Works, 18 vols., Uniform Edition, 1923-4 (6 shelves).

Jane (Fred T.). Fighting Ships, 1908 (11th year of issue), numerous b & w illusts. from photos, silhouettes, commercial ads at front, orig. cloth gilt, a little rubbed and marked, oblong folio, together with Bacon (Admiral Sir R.H.), The Concise Story of the Dover Patrol, 1st ed., 1932, The Life of John Rushworth Earl Jellicoe, 1st ed., 1936, b & w illusts. and folding maps, both orig. blue cloth gilt, a little rubbed, 8vo, and others of naval interest (3 shelves).

Sloane (William Milligan). Life of Napoleon Bonaparte, 4 vols., New York, 1906, numerous col. and b & w illusts., some underscoring and marginal notes in pencil, map at p. 192 in vol. 4 trimmed and relaid, orig. red half morocco gilt, rubbed and some minor wear to extremities, folio, with other miscellaneous military interest (3 shelves).

Balston (J. N.). The Elder James Whatman, England’s Greatest Paper Maker (1702-1759). A Study of Eighteenth Century Paper Making Technology and its Effects on a Critical Phase in the History of English White Paper Manufacture, 2 vols., pub. St. Edmundsbury Press, 1992, num. b&w illusts., orig. cloth gilt in d.j.s, small folio, together with Oddy (Andrew, ed.), The Art of the Conservator, pub. British Museum Press, 1992, col. and b&w illusts. throughout, orig. cloth gilt in d.j., 4to, plus. approx. forty others, mostly conservation related (43).

Oldham (J. Basil). English Blind-Stamped Binding, pub. Cambridge University Press, 1952, b&w illusts. throughout, orig. cloth gilt, in d.j., some tears and loss to extrems., folio, together with Tidcombe (Marianne), The Bookbinding of T. J. Cobden-Sanderson, pub. British Library, 1984, col. frontis., b&w illusts. throughout, orig. cloth gilt, contained in slipcase, 4to, plus twenty-seven other bookbinding related, incl. an album of pencil rubbings of various bindings (29).

Pearson (David, ed.). ‘For the Love of the Binding’, Studies in bookbinding history presented to Mirjam Foot, pub. British Library and Oak Knoll Press, 2000, b&w illusts., orig. qtr. cloth gilt, 4to, together with Nixon (Howard M., and Foot, Mirjam M.), The History of Decorated Bookbinding in England, Oxford, 1992, colour and b&w plts., orig. cloth gilt in glassine d.j., 8vo, plus Middleton (Bernard C.), A History of English Craft Bookbinding Technique, 4th revised ed., pub. Oak Knoll Press & The British Library, 2008, b&w illusts., orig. cloth in d.j., 8vo, and other bookbinding reference, various, all 20th century publications, including Colin Myers, The Book Decorations of Thomas Lowinsky, Oldham, Incline Press, 2001, numerous tipped-in plates, orig. patterned cloth gilt in slipcase, folio, limited edition of 250 numbered copies, Marie-Pierre Laffitte & Fabienne Le Bars, Reliures royales de la Renaissance, La Librairie de Fontainebleau 1544-1570, pub. Bibliotheque nationale de France, 1999, David Pearson, English Bookbinding Styles 1450-1800, pub. 2005, F. E. Pardoe, John Baskerville of Birmingham, Letter-founder and Printer, 1975, etc., many in d.j.s, 4to/8vo (approx. 60).

Annan (Thomas). The Old Closes & Streets of Glasgow, Engraved by Annan from Photographs taken for the City of Glasgow Improvement Trust, with an Introduction by William Young, R.S.W., Glasgow: James MacLehose and Sons, 1900, fifty photogravure plts., half-title present, title-page printed in red and black, endpapers lightly browned, t.e.g., remainder untrimmed, orig. bevel-edged rose buckram, with gilt armorials in centre of each side, somewhat rubbed and marked, spine sl. frayed at ends, spine and upper cover faded, folio. First expanded edition of Annan’s photographic masterpiece, one of 100 copies especially printed for the Corporation of Glasgow with the arms of the city stamped in gilt on the binding. (1).

*Argentina. An album containing over 200 gelatin silver print photos, c. 1920s, mostly postcard size and relating to farming and agriculture, the majority of images arranged as multiples to stiff card leaves, rectos and versos, the majority with ink annotations in English to the negative, areas include Santa Martica, El Palomar, The Potreros and cattle of Don Jose Mia Jimenez, Bejucal, Malabet, San Marcos, packing house Covenas, Venezuala (Guatabaro), San Sebastian, etc., contemp. half morocco, worn and upper cover det., oblong folio (1).

*Burma. A private photograph album, 1920s, containing over 400 mounted gelatin silver prints of various sizes, mounted as multiples with white china ink captions, and containing over 100 photographs taken in Burma, including images of locomotives, boats, people and wildlife, Rangoon racecourse, etc., a total of forty leaves with photos front and back, contemp. cloth (lettered Volume 2: Burma), rubbed, oblong folio (1).

Germany. Deutsche Gaue von Alfons von Czibulka, Munich, 1938, 200 silver print stereocards of German views (complete), some mounted as issued within book, the remainder loosely inserted into front and rear pastedowns with accompanying stereo viewer, front endpaper detached, orig. cloth-backed boards, rubbed and soiled, folio (1).

*Greece & Turkey. An album containing thirty-eight mounted albumen prints, c. 1880, including ten albumen print views of Greece, thirteen photos of Greek sculptures, friezes, etc., plus fifty mounted albumen prints of the Aga Sophia and artworks, mostly approx. 25 x 20cm and mounted to rectos only, scattered captions and the Turkish photos captioned in the negative, all somewhat faded, partly broken in contemp. half morocco, soiled and worn, folio, together with three further photograph albums, c. 1880s, one containing approx. fifty albumen print views of Italy, the remaining two albums containing views of UK and Europe, all contemp. half morocco, some wear, oblong folio (4).

*Greece, Turkey, etc. An album of approx. fifty mounted albumen prints, c. 1900, including coastal Greek hamlets, Athens, mostly amateur prints, approx. 10 x 15cm and mounted one or two-to-a-page, plus a few photographs of Istanbul and Beirut at rear, uncaptioned throughout, contemp. half morocco, rubbed, oblong folio, together with a group of twenty-four loose albumen prints of Gibraltar and Spain, including views and buildings, 15 x 20.5cm and larger, plus a book on Barcelona with half-tone plates, c. 1900, and a contemporary col. litho. bullfighting poster (Arenas de Barcelona 1900) (27).

HMS Indomitable. Mediterranean photographic album, diary of events and important places visited during the commission 1914-1916 [so titled on upper cover], 192 silver prints, mostly tipped into mounts at multiples of four to a page with numbered and printed captions beneath, images 10 x 15cm, including views of Rome, Malta, Corfu, Marmaris, Beirut, Gibraltar, Egypt, plus some of the ship and crew, a few from artworks, etc., orig. cloth, upper cover titled and gilt with name of compiler T. B. Fox lettered beneath, frayed at edges, oblong folio (1).

HMS London. World Cruise, 1929-1931, an album containing approx. 250 mostly real photo postcard views relating to a Mediterranean tour, all corner-mounted and mostly four to a page, some captioned in the negative, orig. embossed cloth with pictorial upper cover, sl. wear, oblong folio (1).

*Iceland. A photograph album titled Iceland 1890, containing thirty-eight platinum prints, a mixture of landscapes, camps, groups and geysers, all 11 x 15cm, mounted on to tinted mounts of album leaf rectos only, some spotting throughout, contemp. half morocco, rubbed, oblong folio (1).

*India and Burma. An early photograph album containing twenty-eight views of India and Burma, c. 1860s, mostly temples, buildings, and rural scenes, approx. 23 x 29cm and mostly much smaller, mostly mounted to album leaf rectos only, some other contemporary albumen print views of Europe, etc, scattered throughout, a few leaves detached, contemp. half morocco, rubbed and some wear, folio (1).

*India Durbar 1911. An album containing over 200 mounted gelatin silver prints, mounted back to back as multiples on thirty stiff card leaves, captioned throughout in white china ink, images 18 x 26cm and smaller, including views, Northern Army and other Camps, plus a section of photographs relating to the Delhi Durbar in December 1911, followed by the Wilson-Franks wedding in the same month, contemp. cloth, soiled and frayed, oblong folio (1).

*India, etc. A photograph album containing albumen and gelatin silver prints of India, Gold Coast, etc., c. 1890s/1900s, approx. fifty photographs of various sizes (29 x 25cm and smaller), including views, street scenes, groups, etc., mounted as singles and multiples to rectos and versos of twelve stiff card leaves, occ. captions, spotting throughout, contemp. half morocco, soiled and worn, oblong folio, together with an unrelated album of gelatin silver prints and postcards, early 1900s, mostly postcard size and smaller, scattered India and Russia interest, ink captions, broken and disbound, oblong folio (2).

*India. Southern Provinces Mounted Rifles, Bangalore, 1909, printed souvenir album containing forty-one b&w photos, mounted on rectos and versos of ten leaves, brief printed caption, one leaf of letterpress at front, containing a roll of members present in the camp (six troops), a little spotting, orig. cloth with spine tie, lettered in black to upper cover, sl. rubbed and damp marked, oblong folio (1).

*Italy. A handsome photograph album containing fifty-nine mounted albumen prints, 1880s, including sixteen views of Rome, three interiors, thirty-two sculptures and eight paintings, each approx. 20 x 26cm, captioned in the negative and mounted to rectos only, light spotting, modern richly gilt dec. brown morocco by Harding of Piccadilly, gilt-titled ‘Italy, January & February 1886’ to upper cover with Latin epigram beneath, oblong folio (38 x 48cm), VG (1).

*Japan. A Japanese photo album, late 19th century, containing fifty mounted albumen print photos, all coloured in the negative, and most with English captions, including views of Nagasaki, Kobe, Nara, Kyoto, Fujiyama, Tokyo, etc, 19 x 25cm, mounted back to back on stiff card leaves, a.e.g., contemp. morocco backed laquer boards with gilt decoration, the upper cover with two stalks in mother of pearl (one leg and one stalk deficient), slightly rubbed, oblong folio (1).

*Kent - Hop picking. An album containing thirty mounted albumen prints, c. 1890, the photos showing groups of people in a marquee, in the fields with hops, one with closed tears showing a group outside a shepherd neame pub ‘Bull Inn’, 14 x 19cm, window mounted on fifteen card leaves, one larger photo of a couple in a drawing room pasted at rear, some spotting and soiling throughout, two further photos loosely inserted, contemp. half morocco, badly stained and worn, gilt clasp deficient, oblong folio (1).

*Middle East. An album containing over fifty mounted albumen prints of Middle East views, c. 1870s, including seven large photographs by Henri Bechard, each numbered, captioned and signed in the negative, approx. 29 x 37cm or the reverse (plus five similar size photos of Spain by J. Laurent), plus smaller format photos (approx. 16 x 21cm and sl. smaller) of Egypt, etc, including 32 x Frith series, and 6 x F. U. Good, plus ten unidentified including a small group portrait of Tuaregs, mounted on stiff card album leaves and back to back throughout, interspersed with some European buildings, artworks, etc., contemp. half morocco gilt, rubbed, folio (1).

*Military. A group of three photograph albums, c. 1890/1910, the first album containing eighteen leaves of mounted albumen prints, including group portraits of the First Battalion Welsh Regiment in Malta, India, etc., two photographs of tennis in India, interiors of Richard Toke’s residences, a few small format British views, a panorama of Ballary, Madras residency, views of Alexandria, Ismailia, Suez Canal, and Ratnapura River, various sizes, contemp. half morocco, covers det., oblong folio, the second a related album containing mounted albumen and gelatin silver prints on eighteen stiff card leaves relating to South Africa and the Boer War, military groups and parades, regimental goats, Aldershot, etc., some pencil captions, contemp. diced calf, some wear and covers near det., folio, the third album containing albumen and gelatin silver prints relating to the Regiment, views in India, snap shots in Greece and Egypt, and Omdurman plus some postcard size photos of Japan, Corfu and India, approx. 200 images on twenty-eight stiff card leaves, some captions, contemp. half morocco, covers near det., oblong folio (3).

*Royalty. A photograph album containing forty corner mounted gelatin silver prints relating to the spring crews of the HMS Eagle in the Mediterranean, 1954, mostly postcard size and similar, showing ships and crew, plus some of HM Yacht Britannia, and sixteen photos showing the children Prince Charles and/or Princess Anne, or The Queen, captioned in white china ink to mounts, two related photos loosely inserted, contemp. cloth with Maltese coat-of-arms embossed to upper cover, a little rubbed, oblong folio (1).

Rutherfurd (Lewis Morris, 1816-1892). The Moon, by L.M. Rutherfurd & R.A. Proctor, Printed & Published by A. Brothers, Manchester, c. 1865-70, a portfolio containing three fine albumen prints of the moon by L.M. Rutherfurd enlarged by A. Brothers (so blind-stamped to photograph lower margins), each 13.5 x 10.5 ins (345 x 268mm) and mounted on card, showing the full moon, about half, illuminated on its left, and about half, illuminated on its right, the other contents of the portfolio being five printed maps and illustrations of the moon, ‘General-Karte der sichtbaren Seite der Mondoberflaeche ...’ based on Beer and Mädler, by J. H. Mädler, Berlin, 1837; ‘Chart of The Moon on the Stereographic Projection’, plate XVIII, by R. A. Proctor; ‘Map of the Moon, from the Mappa Selenographica of Beer and Maedler’, plate XVII, by T.W. Webb; ‘Bullialdus and the surrounding region. By Schmidt, of Athens’; ‘Lunar Landscapes - “Full” Earth’ and ‘Lunar Landscapes - “New” Earth’, plates XXI and XXII, white on black, views of earth as from the moon, both illustrations on one sheet, various sizes, all loosely contained as issued in orig. red cloth portfolio, gilt-titled upper cover, dampstained and worn, slim folio. Lewis Morris Rutherfurd, an American astronomer and pioneering astrophotographer, was regarded by his English colleague and admirer Richard Proctor as ‘the greatest lunar photographer of the age’. For these large photographs which surpassed any photographs of the moon up to that time and for twenty years or so afterwards, Rutherfurd used a new 11.5-inch objective lens. Museum of the History of Science, Oxford, item 12962, has identical contents to this portfolio except that their copy includes a duplicate of the last-named print. (1).

*Taunt (Henry W.) Oxford, Past and Present - Illustrations for Godstow Abbey, c. 1910, an album containing approx. 50 photographic prints, mounted and captioned beneath in pencil, along with some loose 18th c. views of Godstow Nunnery and surrounding area, some tears and spotting, original cloth-backed boards, some wear, folio, together with Henry Taunt of Oxford. A Victorian Photographer, by Malcolm Graham, 1973. Possibly a preparatory work by Henry Taunt for Godstow Abbey/Nunnery, 2.5 miles northwest of Oxford.. (1).

Bacon (Francis, Viscount Verulam). Sylva Sylvarum: Or, a Naturall History... Published after the Author’s Death by William Rawley, 6th ed., 1651, three parts in one, engraved portrait frontispiece, engraved additional title, occasional water stain, endpapers excised, later calf-backed boards, some insect damage and wear, folio. (1).

Curtis (William). Flora Londinensis: Or Plates and Descriptions of such Plants as Grow Wild in the Environs of London: With their Places of Growth, and Times of Flowering; their Several Names According to Linnaeus and Other Authors, 3 vols., 1777-[98], title with engraved vignette, 216 (of 432) hand-coloured copper-engraved plates after James Sowerby, Sydenham Edwards and William Kilburn, occasional light offsetting to text, a few light spots and marginal tears, contemporary half calf, lightly rubbed, folio. Henrey 595; Hunt 650; Nissen 439.. (3).

Dykes (W.R.). Notes on Tulip Species, edited and illustrated by E. Katherine Dykes, 1st ed., 1930, fifty-four fine colour plates, t.e.g., remainder untrimmed, orig. green cloth, lightly damp marked to covers, in printed d.j., a little soiled and with minor fraying to extrems., folio, together with Millais (J. G.), Rhododendrons and the Various Hybrids, Second Series, 1924, numerous colour and b&w plts., one or two prelims. with some minor insect-damage to fore edges, orig. maroon cloth gilt, rubbed and some marks, folio, plus Stern (F. C.), A Study of the Genus Paeonia, 1st ed., pub. Royal Horticultural Society, 1946, colour plates, b&w illusts., t.e.g., orig. blue cloth gilt, rubbed and some light damp-marking and discolouration, folio (3).

Gerarde (John). The Herball or Generall Historie of Plantes, 1st ed., printed by John Norton, 1597, numerous woodcut illusts. to text and one full-page port., dec. woodcut title heavily cleaned, expertly re-margined and re-hinged, a few other early leaves with minor marginal archival repairs, minor worming to upper outer corners of signatures to M & to O not affecting text, old panelled calf, neatly rebacked with remains of orig. spine and leather label relaid, corners restored, folio. STC 11750; Nissen 698; Henrey 154; Hunt 174.. (1).

Grove (Arthur & Arthur Disbrowe Cotton). A Supplement to Elwes’ Monograph of the Genus Lilium, parts 1-7, 1933-40, 30 colour lithograph plates and one uncoloured, by Lillian Snelling, upper wrappers bound-in at end, plate 26 (Lilium Bakerianum) with marginal insect damage, a few spots to text, t.e.g., contemporary green half morocco, some dampstains, folio. Great Flower Books p.56; Nissen 594. Parts 8-9 of the Supplement were published by W.B. Turrill in 1960-62.. (1).