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Anderson & Garland Newcastle
Lot 2205

Coles (Charles) Game Birds, folio, cloth, d-j, slipcase, plates by Maurice Pledger, 1981; Barruel (P.) Birds of the World, 4to, cloth, d-j, plates, 1954; Southern (J.) Thorburn`s Landscape, oblong folio, cloth, d-j, plates, 1981; Lawick (H. van) Among Predators and Prey, 4to, cloth, d-j, illustrations, 1986; Hill (Martha) Bruno Liljefors, the Peerless Eye, oblong 4to, cloth, d-j, plates & illustrations, Kingston upon Hull, 1987; McKelvie (C.L.) The Book of Woodcock, folio, boards, d-j, illustrations, Shrewsbury, 1990, and 5 others (11).

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Anderson & Garland Newcastle
Lot 2347

A late Victorian mahogany roll top pedestal desk, the top with brass handles and escutcheon, revealing a leather inset slide, drawers and pigeon holes, each of the pedestals fitted with four drawers, with one longer drawer above recess, three folio cupboards to the back, raised on plinth base, 48 x 60 x 32in. (122 x 153 x 81cms).

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Mellors & Kirk
Lot 390

FOLIO SOCIETY. ONE SHELF OF BOOKS MAINLY SLIP CASED

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Woolley & Wallis
Lot 739

`Combinaisons Ornementales` a folio of designs by M P Verneuil, G Auriol and Alphonse Mucha, 26 x 22.5cm.

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Dix, Noonan, Webb
Lot 617

Jones, H.D., Journal of the Operations Conducted by the Corps of Royal Engineers, Part IIÉto the fall of Sebastopol, September 1855, London, 1859, 638pp, cancelled Wandsworth Public Library stamps; Leary, F., The Earl of Chester’s Regiment of Yeomanry CavalryÉ1797 to 1897, Edinburgh, 1899, viii + 312pp, 12 plates; Huyshe, W., The Graphic History of the South African War 1899-1900, London, 1900, large folio, 107pp, extensively illustrated, inside front cover signed by J.B. Purefoy, 1901; Barrett, C.R.B. (ed), The 85th King’s Light Infantry, London, 1913, xx + 551pp, 42 plates; French of Ypres, Viscount, 1914, London, 1919, xiii + 414pp. Publishers’ bindings; first with spine partly detached and third partly disbound, others in good condition (5) £50-70

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Penrith Farmers' & Kidd's PLC
Lot 506

AUDUBON’S BIRDS OF AMERICA by Roger Tory and Virginia Marie Peterson, The National Audubon Society Baby Elephant Folio, 1990 revised edition.

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Christie's South Kensington
Lot 30

BIBLE, in English. London: Robert Barker, 1613-1611. 2° (389 x 250mm). 59 lines, double column, New Testament title within a large woodcut border, woodcut headbands and initials. (Lacking a total of 18 leaves and the map, that is: the preliminaries lack the general title and leaves A4, B1-4, C1-6, A2-3 present but detached and worn; 'Genealogies' lacks the map and C1-5; 'New Testament' lacks the last leaf Aa6; faint dampstain throughout, G1 in O.T. and T1 in N.T. with long tears, some leaves detached and creased these with some tears and small losses.) Contemporary blind-tooled calf (worn, dampstained, somewhat defective). Provenance: Alkin family (front endpaper inscribed by various owners c.17-19th century) SECOND FOLIO EDITION OF THE KING JAMES'S BIBLE, also known as the 'Great She Bible' for the more correct reading 'She went into the citie' in Ruth iii 15; and with the misprint in Matt xxvi 36, reading 'Judas' (here corrected 'Jesus' in manuscript). This Authorised Version, the work of over 40 translators divided into five committees based at Oxford, Cambridge and London, undoubtedly has had a greater influence on written and spoken English than any other book. No new English translation was produced until the Revised Version of 1881. Herbert 319; STC 2224. View on Christie's.com

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Christie's South Kensington
Lot 143

MANUSCRIPT COLLECTION -- OXFORDSHIRE. A memoranda book, possibly of deputy Rodolph Warcuppe, c.1580, containing transcripts (or possibly drafts) of approximately ten texts on the BREEDING AND KEEPING OF HORSES in Oxfordshire, including a commission of Elizabeth I, [1580] appointing commissioners to enquire into the breeding and keeping of horses for the defence of the realm, and affording them powers to appoint deputies; a letter to the deputies in the county of Oxon with itemised instructions on the same subject; 'A newe rate for the keping of horses in the County of Oxon' with names of those owning 'dimilaunces' and 'Light horses'; 'A new Improvement for the keping of horses in the County of Oxon' and 'a certificate of the parks, pastures and commons', with numerous entries listing the names of those owning horses, including Thomas Knollys and Elizabeth I's favourite Sir Henry Lee, and the places where horses are kept, arranged by Hundreds ('Woodstocke parke contayninge in circuit vii myles dothe appertayne to the Quenes ma[jes]tie Sr Henrye Lee Knight is lieutenant thereof, who kepethe a stallion, and xiiii mares of xv and xvi handfulls highe'), together 32½ pages, folio (some spotting, browning or wear to edges, inner edges laid down onto paper hinges); with two other contemporary manuscripts relating to the provisioning of the Queen's household from Oxfordshire, and a printed pamphlet, The Unfortunate Family, or, The Oxfordshire Wonder, London: J. Bradford, 1710. 8 pages, octavo (title frayed at margins, browned at edges). Modern wrappers. NOT IN ESTC. Provenance: the memoranda book ex-lot 241 in a catalogue of P.M. Barnard, bookseller. (4) View on Christie's.com

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Christie's South Kensington
Lot 144

AUTOGRAPH COLLECTION. Seven letters and documents, temp. Elizabeth I, comprising: William Cecil, 1st Baron BURGHLEY. Autograph note signed ('W. Burghley') to Mr Petre (a treasury official), n.d. [?1581], directing him to pay £104 to SIR WALTER RALEGH out of 'the warrant for Irland wh[ich] you shall have to morrow', three lines on a fragment, approx 160 x 160mm (torn at left margin); Robert Dudley, Earl of LEICESTER. Letter signed ('R. Leycester') to Hugh Fortescu and Antony Monck, Camp before Doesburg, 2 September 1586, concerning the 'benefitt and welldooing' of his young kinsman Robert Bassett, and referring to the 'incredible charge and expenses' of his command in the Netherlands (written on the day that Doesburg surrendered), one page, folio; with documents signed by Leicester's widow Lettice, Countess of Leicester (two receipts, 1605 and 1617), Thomas Howard, 1st Earl of Suffolk (a payment order, 8 December 1812, on a fragment) and Sir John Fortescue (1599) and letter by one John Bradshaw, 24 February 1600/01, mentioning the recent treason trial of the Earls of Essex and Southampton and giving a list of the jury. (7) View on Christie's.com

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Christie's South Kensington
Lot 155

GALLIPOLI CAMPAIGN. Autograph manuscript journal of Midshipman T.M. Taylor, H.M.S. Minerva, 3 January - 16 June 1915, describing the Eclipse class cruiser's operations on the Suez Canal Front, with the fleet operating off the Dardanelles, the 'Attack on the Narrows' (18 March), the blockade in the Gulf of Smyrna (April), the trapping of the torpedo boat Demir Hissar following its attack on the troop ship Manitou (16 April) and actions on attachment to the First Battle Squadron of the Gallipoli Fleet, supporting the attack on the southern end of the peninsula, 13 nautical charts and maps in pen and coloured inks tipped in or loosely inserted, including Dahab, the Gulf of Akaba (2), Tor, the Suez Canal (showing the position of allied warships and enemy troops, 4 February), Lemnos Island (Port Mudros), the Gallipoli Pensinsula, 'The Defence of the Dardanelles', 'Chase and Destruction of Turkish Torpedo-Boat "Timur Hissar" [sic] April 16th 1915 after her escape from Smyrna', the Gallipoli Peninsula (Southern Portion), the 'Daily Position of Southern Allied Line', and a drawing of a Sopwith Hydro-Biplane (occasional light spotting), 125 pages, folio, Stationer's Office Journal in regulation cloth, lettering piece 'S. 519 Journal For Use of Junior Officers Afloat' (slight wear). View on Christie's.com

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Christie's South Kensington
Lot 160

SPENDER, Stephen (1909-1995). Collection of one autograph manuscript and six typescripts with autograph signatures or emendations, of poems, [c.1929], comprising 'MARSTON, dropping it in the grate, broke his pipe' (title 'For J.M.F.' in autograph, signed), 'Elegy Lying awake at night' (signed), 'Hearing from its cage' (signed), 'ACTS thrust beyond the boundary of mere wishing' (emendations, signed), 'You that were constant April' (autograph), 'That girl who laughed and had black eyes' (inscribed 'For Douglas Jay from Stephen'), 'Saying "Good morning" becomes painful' (noted 'June 12. W.L.'), together 7 pages, 4to; with 10 further poems in unamended carbon copies, 9 on uniform folio leaves with title page 'Poems Stephen Spender', including one apparently unpublished poem, 'They went off six in the car and two on the running board' (minor wear and soiling at margins). The first four poems comprised Spender's contribution to Oxford Poetry, 1929 (under his own editorship); all, with the stated exception, were included in the privately-printed Twenty Poems (1930). The present texts show a number of variants from the published versions. View on Christie's.com

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Christie's South Kensington
Lot 235

TAGLIACOZZI, Gaspare (1545-1599). Cheirurgia nova...de narium, aurium, labiorumque defectu. Frankfurt: J. Saur for P. Kopff, 1598. 8° (157 x 92mm). Title printed in red and black, printer's woodcut device on title, 22 full-page woodcuts. (Browned throughout with light dampstaining at beginning and to plates at end, some marginalia slightly trimmed.) 18th-century paper covered boards, clasps, red speckled edges, ?later prelims. Provenance: early ink inscription to title 'Christians Buech'. Third edition (and first octavo edition), following the two folio Venice editions, both printed in 1597. RARE. NLM/Durling 4312; Waller 9451; Wellcome 6211. View on Christie's.com

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Christie's South Kensington
Lot 331

PORET, A. (illustrator) and PAPERNA, E. and KARNAUKOVA, I. (authors). Ch'i eto igrushki?. St. Petersburg: Gosudarstvennoe Isdatel'stvo, 1930. Small folio (220 x 195mm). Colour illustrations throughout. Original colour printed wrappers (light soiling). FIRST EDITION. WorldCat locates just 4 copies: Amsterdam University Library, Princeton, Harvard and University of Pennsylvania. Copac adds one at the Victoria & Albert Museum. View on Christie's.com

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Gilding's Auctioneers
Lot 170

Thornton`s Temple of Flora, 1951, John Cadfryn-Roberts, "British Sporting Prints", published for the Aerial Press and other folio format books, (5).

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Bloomsbury Auctions (London)
Lot 142

Maugham (William Somerset) Looking Back appearing in 3 issues of Show magazine original wrappers [Stott D186] folio June-August 1962. *** The complete serialisation of Somerset Maugham`s last autobiography notorious for the attacks made by the author on Syrie Maugham. (3)

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Bloomsbury Auctions (London)
Lot 173

press book for the UK campaign of the 1932 film st press book for the UK campaign of the 1932 film starring Joan Crawford 16pp. ring-binder holes folio [1932].

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Bloomsbury Auctions (London)
Lot 217

Maugham (William Somerset) and Lamar Trotti. The R duplicated typescript screen adaptation for the 1946 movie Tyrone Power & Gene Tierney “7th revised Shooting Final March 22 1946” original wrappers with 20th Century Fox logo n.d.; and a revised final script of the same July 1945 housed in green morocco-backed cloth drop back box with gilt Moorish device folio (2) *** The first is the only script known to have been co-produced for this film version with Somerset Maugham subsequent versions preferring Lamar Trotti`s treatment.(2)

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Bloomsbury Auctions (London)
Lot 338

Maugham (Robin) Notes Dictated by Mrs Barbara Back duplicated typescript [one of 3 copies only] 17 ff bound with additional blank leaves in later red morocco-backed cloth folio [1966]; plus a small group of further file copies of letters from Barbara Back (12) *** Barbara Back was a friend of William Somerset Maugham and Gerald Haxton and was often a guest at the Villa Mauresque where she came to know Robin Maugham proving a uniquely well-placed person to describe in particular the strained relationship between Somerset Maugham & Syrie Maugham. Some of the material in these notes appears in Robin Maugham`s Conversations with Willie.(sm.qty)

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Bloomsbury Auctions (London)
Lot 339

Maugham (Robin) Willie (The Somerset Maugham Story duplicated typescript screenplay this lettered `D` [one of purportedly 6 copies only] with pen scorings and corrections by Robin Maugham original card wrappers with printed title and inscribed “Robin`s Copy” preserved in later red morocco-backed cloth slip-case [1968]; and another early “first draft” for the same preserved in uniform red morocco-backed cloth slip-case folio & 4to (2) *** Both first drafts for a screenplay of the life of Somerset Maugham never yet produced.(2)

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Bloomsbury Auctions (London)
Lot 341

Maugham (Robin) Cakes and Ale 2 duplicated typescripts for outline and rough film treatments based on the novel by Somerset Maugham first with several corrections and alterations by the author the second more polished and lettered `D` [purportedly one of 6 copies] uniformly bound in later red morocco-backed cloth folio n.d. [c.1970]; with Robin Maugham`s copy of paperback edition of Cakes and Ale with his notes and highlighting and a further partial draft typescript with his corrections preserved together in red morocco-backed cloth drop-back box (3)(3)

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Bloomsbury Auctions (London)
Lot 342

Maugham (Robin) The Narrow Corner duplicated typescript outline for a film version of the novel by Somerset Maugham [purportedly one of 6 copies] original printed wrappers additional blank leaves bound in later red morocco-backed cloth folio n.d.

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Bloomsbury Auctions (London)
Lot 344

Maugham (Robin) Conversations with Willie 2 vol. autograph manuscript drafts in lined ledgers original boards preserved in later red morocco-backed cloth slip-case [1977]; and a typescript précis for the same work with autograph corrections similarly bound plus a small group of file copy letters relating to the book folio (sm.qty) *** Robin Maugham`s own notes and drafts written in green & blue for the book Conversations with Willie with two working titles given: Behind the Mask: Conversations with Willie and Willie: Conversations with Somerset Maugham. These came from Peter Burton to whom the published version was dedicated.(sm.qty)

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Bloomsbury Auctions (London)
Lot 345

Maugham (Robin) Willie. A Play [one of 22 copies] duplicated typescript 113 ff with Maugham`s literary agent`s name and address in ms. on title original wrappers preserved in later red morocco-backed cloth slip-case folio [1979]. *** Apparently the play covering Somerset Maugham`s whole life was performed at Brighton`s Gardner Centre in November 1981.

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Bloomsbury Auctions (London)
Lot 346

Maugham (Robin) William Somerset Maugham three essays duplicated typescripts first & third essay with author`s autograph corrections and revisions bound together in later red morocco-backed cloth folio n.d. [c.1980].

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Mellors & Kirk
Lot 134

† WALLIS (HENRY) THE GODMAN COLLECTION [OF] PERSIAN CERAMIC ART...WITH EXAMPLES FROM OTHER COLLECTIONS THE THIRTEENTH CENTURY LUSTRED WALL-TILES folio, chromolithographed illustrations, gutta percha perished, plates detached, boards, London 1894 and Otto von Falke - Das Rheinische Steinzeug, two volumes, illustrated, Berlin 1908 (3) ++++

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Mellors & Kirk
Lot 135

† EGUY (E-A) BOUQUETS ET FRONDAISONS folio of twenty loose pochoir-coloured lithographs, decorated boards with ties [c1925] ++++

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Mellors & Kirk
Lot 136

† THE ARCHITECTURAL PRESS, PUBLISHER MODERN FRENCH DECORATIVE ART folio, illustrated Art Deco cloth covered boards, London 1926 ++++

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Mellors & Kirk
Lot 138

† TRADE CATALOGUES. PILKINGTON`S TILES... PATTERN BOOK FOR THE USE OF ARCHITECTS folio, chromolitho or other illustrations, cloth backed boards with monogrammed endpapers [c1900], G Woolliscroft & Son Ltd, Tiles Faience Terra Cotta Sanitary Red and Blue Staffs Goods, folio, chromolitho illustrations, 1903, - Wolliscroft Tiles Faience Mosaic Terra Cotta, similar to the preceding, November 1909 and Leopoldo Mora, Manises Fabrica de Azulejos, colour illustrations [c1900] (w.a.f.) (4) ++++

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Mellors & Kirk
Lot 450

THUCYDIDES. THE EIGHT BOOKES OF THE PELOPONNESIAN WARRE... INTERPRETED WITH FAITH AND DILIGENCE IMMEDIATELY OUT OF THE GREEKE BY THOMAS HOBBES SECRETARY TO YE LATE EARLE OF DEVONSHIRE first edition, second issue, folio, engraved title, three folding maps and two other engraved plts, contemporary panelled calf, bookplate of George Aitchison, A.R.A. and with his signature (dated 7 June 1887), London: Richard Mynne, 1634, and Polydore Vergil, Anglicae historiae libri vigintisex Ab ipso autore postremum iam recogniti adque amussim salua tamen historiae verstate expoliti, second (?) edition, Basilae 1546 (2) ++++

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Mellors & Kirk
Lot 461

EMPIRE (STYLE). MEUBLES ET OBJETS DE GOUT 1796-1830 ...PREFACE ET NOTICE PAR M. PAUL CORNU folio, 112 `engraved` plates, 18 hand coloured, on stout linen-hinged leaves, vellum gilt, slightly stained, Paris: Librairie des Arts Décoratifs [c1910]

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Mellors & Kirk
Lot 462

TRADE CATALOGUE. APPARECCHI PER LUCE ELETTRICA folio, photolithographed illustrations of early electric light fittings, quarter vellum gilt, the upper board numbered 3528, (?) Milan: [c1910] ++++

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Keys - Aylsham Salerooms
Lot 94

J L K AND W K GRIMM: THE FAIRY TALES, ill A Rackham, Folio Society 2000, orig pict cl gt, s-c + CHARLES PERRAULT: THE FAIRY TALES, ill E Dulac, Folio Society 2000, orig pict cl gt, s-c + HANS CHRISTIAN ANDERSEN: FAIRY TALES, ill William Heath Robinson, Folio Society 2000, orig decor cl gt, s-c + THE ARABIAN NIGHTS, ill E J Detmold, Folio Society 2000, orig pict cl gt, s-c (4)

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Keys - Aylsham Salerooms
Lot 242

PICKFORD WALLER, (ILLUSTRATOR AND DECORATOR – 1873-1927), INITIALLED AND DATED 1917 TO ONE VOLUME, TWO VELLUM COVERED ALBUMS CONTAINING IN TOTAL 134 PEN, INK AND WATERCOLOUR DESIGNS FOR ORNAMENTAL PANELS AND DECORATIONS, SOME HIGHLIGHTED WITH GOLD, MAINLY SINGLE SHEETS, FOR GOLDONI BOOKS, (PRODUCED BY EDWARD GORDON CRAIG), EACH BOOK WITH PICKFORDS BOOK PLATE TO THE FRONTIS, (DESIGNED BY AUSTIN OSMAN SPARE), SMALL FOLIO SIZE, HALF VELLUM AND FULL VELLUM COVERS, (2)

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Keys - Aylsham Salerooms
Lot 1028

One Box: Folio Society

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Keys - Aylsham Salerooms
Lot 1084

Two Boxes: Folio Society

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Keys - Aylsham Salerooms
Lot 1124

One Box: Folio Society

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Keys - Aylsham Salerooms
Lot 1129

One Box: Folio Society

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Keys - Aylsham Salerooms
Lot 1133

One Box: Folio Society

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Keys - Aylsham Salerooms
Lot 1144

Two Boxes: Folio Society

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Bloomsbury Auctions (London)
Lot 110

(Sir William) The History of St. Paul`s Cathedral (Sir William) The History of St. Paul`s Cathedral in London second edition engraved frontispiece 11 engraved plates (10 folding) 30 full-page engraved illustrations by Wenceslaus Hollar woodcut head- and tail-pieces browning contemporary panelled calf rubbed folio by George James for Jonah Bowyer 1716. *** “Not only did this book print the surviving documentary records of the cathedral it also preserved the appearance of the building. Its Norman and Gothic details and the alterations made by Inigo Jones in the 1630s were recorded in extensive plates...With the destruction of the cathedral in the great fire of 1666 Dugdale`s book became the lasting memorial of old St. Paul`s.” (ODNB). Provenance: Earl of Macclesfield (bookplate).

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Bloomsbury Auctions (London)
Lot 111

Falda (Giovanni Battista) Li Giardini di Roma engraved throughout title and 19 plates lacking engraved dedication title and last plate reinforced at edges some marginal browning and edges frayed a few tears but images generally clean and intact later stitching unbound oblong folio Rome [c.1683].

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Bloomsbury Auctions (London)
Lot 113

Letarouilly (Paul) Edifices de Rome Moderne 4 vol. (including scarce text vol.) Atlases with engraved portrait frontispiece folding plan and 354 plates some foxing contemporary cloth-backed marbled boards rubbed spines a little faded 4to and folio 1856-60.

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Bloomsbury Auctions (London)
Lot 117

(Sir John) Plans Elevations and Sections of Build (Sir John) Plans Elevations and Sections of Buildings executed in the counties of Norfolk Suffolk Yorkshire Staffordshire Warwickshire Hertfordshire et caetera first edition list of subscribers 47 engraved plates plate 44 misnumbered as 43 title and text lightly foxed occasional spotting to plates mostly marginal plate 21 torn at fore-edge into plate but not affecting image old ink inscriptions of “Mr Gosset Twickenham” and R.Hesketh on front paste-down contemporary half calf boards rather worn and patched rebacked preserving old spine (ruled in gilt and with new morocco label) and recornered [Berlin Kat. 2341a; Harris 842] folio Messrs.Taylor 1788. *** Illustrating eighteen buildings designed by Soane of which fifteen were actually built.

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Bloomsbury Auctions (London)
Lot 119

Jeudwine (Wynne) Art and style in printed books. Volume I [all published]: The fifteenth and sixteenth centuries original cloth by Gray of Cambridge a bit spotted and rubbed errata sheet inserted folio London for the author 1979. *** “Of the edition of twenty-eight copies eighteen have been distributed to public libraries...Six copies are offered for sale a a price porportionate to the cost of the whole edition and therefore excessively high.” - foreword.

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Bloomsbury Auctions (London)
Lot 121

Ranson (Pierre) Oeuvres contenant un Recueil de Trophées Attributs Cartouches Vases Fleurs Ornemens et plusieurs Desseins agréables pour broder des Fauteuils 6 vol. comprising: vol. i. engraved title twenty-one parts each containing 6 engraved plates original watercolour of first plate mounted as frontispiece mainly ornaments and botanicals; some on blue paper vol. ii. fifteen parts each containing 6 engraved plates ornamentals and botanicals with one part of monogram designs; vol. iii. six parts each with 6 engraved plates all ornamental; vol. iv. four parts each with 6 engraved plates interior designs; vol. v. 52 engraved plates (2 coloured) of furniture (beds chairs etc.) interspersed with blank leaves; vol. vi. title-page 2 additional title-pages 57 engraved plates (3 coloured) later full red straight-grain morocco gilt spines defective joints worn folio (not uniform size) Paris Esnaults et Rapilly 1778.

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Bloomsbury Auctions (London)
Lot 122

Waring (J.B.) Masterpieces of Industrial Art 3 vol. text in English & French chromolithographed additional decorative titles and 301 plates by W.R. Tymms Albert Warren and G. Macculloch printed by Day & Son plate guards some foxing contemporary red half morocco gilt gilt decorated spines a little rubbed folio by Cox & Wyman for Day & Son 1863. *** A superb compendium of over 1000 objects that were presented at the International Exhibition 1862.

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Bloomsbury Auctions (London)
Lot 123

Winckelmann (Johann Joachim) Monumenti Antichi Ine 3 vol. including supplement half-title engraved title vignettes 208 plates on c.120 sheets (in vol.1 and 2) and 17 plates in the supplement some spotting mostly marginal last few plates in supplement water-stained mostly marginal contemporary half vellum upper joint split split to foot of spine corners worn rubbed folio Rome 1821.

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Bloomsbury Auctions (London)
Lot 126

Loutherbourg (Philippe Jacques de) The Romantic an text in English and French hand-coloured aquatint frontispiece and 18 hand-coloured aquatint plates one with short tear just into platemark some light offsetting later brown half morocco gilt rubbed upper joint cracked extremities worn [Abbey Scenery 10] folio 1805 [but c.1824]. *** This edition reset from the 1805 edition with numerous text variations the frontispiece (not present in earlier editions) and plates with no signature or imprint. Provenance: bookplates of G.R.Nicolaus and Boies Penrose II.

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Bloomsbury Auctions (London)
Lot 127

Meyrick (Samuel Rush) and C.H.Smith. The Costume o half-title additional aquatint title and 24 plates all hand-coloured some marginal soiling some offsetting onto text modern green half straight-grain morocco over marbled boards spine gilt with raised bands [Abbey Life 427; Colas 2051] folio 1821.

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Bloomsbury Auctions (London)
Lot 128

Sandby (Thomas) [Engraved Views of Windsor Great P 6 engravings only by Vivares Austin Canot Rooker and Paul Sandby each c.345 x 585mm. some marginal repairs occasionally into the image one frayed in the left margin affecting platemark but well outside image occasional slight browning loose in modern cloth portfolio with ties upper cover gilt-lettered folio John Boydell 1772.

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Bloomsbury Auctions (London)
Lot 130

Smith (Charles Hamilton) Selections of the Ancient first edition large paper copy additional pictorial title and 60 plates all hand-coloured aquatints plates 6 30 & 49 in first state engraved dedication list of subscribers one plate lightly water-stained and a little short at lower margin another slightly foxed some light marginal soiling but generally a clean copy later russet straight-grain morocco covers ruled in gilt spine gilt in compartments with five raised bands t.e.g. others uncut slightly rubbed a few marks and scratches [Abbey Life 431; Colas 2755; Tooley 457] folio 1814 [watermarked 1808-11].

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Bloomsbury Auctions (London)
Lot 131

Ziegler (H.B.) Six Views of Ludlow first edition 6 superb steel-plate mixed method engravings partly printed in colour and finished by hand contemporary red morocco-backed cloth oblong folio Ludlow Printed by Procter and Jones 1827. *** Very rare. No copy at auction in over 30 years. An early example of mixed method steel-plate engraving enhanced by partial colour printing. This copy with bookplate of Boies Penrose Boies Penrose II and red leather label of Alfred Barmore Maclay (sale New York April 10 1945 lot 650).

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Bloomsbury Auctions (London)
Lot 132

Abyssinia.- Parliamentary Paper.- [Cooke (Lt.-Col. A.C.)] Routes in Abyssinia 2 large folding maps hand-coloured in outline (with minor tears) preface leaf partly detached at foot modern morocco-backed boards folio 1867. *** A paper presented to the House of Lords in preparation for the entry into Abyssinia including a general description of the country and notes on the govenment etc. but primarily concerned with different routes into the country.

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Bloomsbury Auctions (London)
Lot 135

Bartoli (Daniello) Dell` Historia della Compagnia 3 vol. additional engraved title by C.Bloemaert after J.Miele some foxing and browning throughout ink stamps to title of vol.1 contemporary vellum rebacked [Cordier Bibliotheca Sinica 785-786; Bibliotheca Japonica 373-374] folio Rome 1653-63. *** Rare complete set of Bartoli`s important work on the Jesuit missionaries activities in Asia. Volume 2 deals with Japan and volume 3 China.

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Bloomsbury Auctions (London)
Lot 136

East India Company.- Parliamentary Paper.- Bengal relative to the Marhatta War in 1803 first edition hand-coloured engraved map of India by Arrowsmith 6 hand-coloured folding engraved battle plans later half morocco spine gilt t.e.g. others uncut rubbed spine a little faded folio 5th and 22d June 1804. *** Account of the inquiry in the House of Commons faced by Lord Wellesley for his role in the Maratha wars. The Marathas of Western India were some of the last to hold out against the British in their attempt to control India. Lord Wellesley was Governor-General of Fort William (Calcutta) at the time and was held accountable for the failure to hold Delhi.

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Bloomsbury Auctions (London)
Lot 140

Valentijn (Francois) Oud en nieuw Oost-Indien 5 vol. first edition engraved frontispiece and 266 plates and maps only (of 268 lacking one plate in vol.1 part 2 and the map of Bengal from vol.5 part 1) most double-page or folding some with several views a few conjoined engraved illustrations in text by F.Ottens J.C.Philips J.Goeree G.Schoute O.Eliger D. and W.Jongman L.Lamsvelt N.F.Diamaer and J.Ledeboer mostly after M.Balen a few closed tears generally clean and crisp contemporary half calf over boards a little worn but sound folio Amsterdam 1724-26. *** “The first book to give a comprehensive account in text and illustration of the peoples places and natural history of Indonesia.” (Bestin & Brommer). “The most comprehensive work on Asia published in Europe during the early colonial period.” (Landwehr). The famous map Tabulae Insulae Orientalis which includes an early depiction of Australia is misbound at the beginning of vol.3.

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Bloomsbury Auctions (London)
Lot 147

Palmieri (Andre) and Emile Bechard. L`Egypte et la descriptive letterpress 150 photographic reproduction plates loose as issued some fraying and edge wear modern cloth portfolio folio Paris 1887.

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Bloomsbury Auctions (London)
Lot 148

Drummond (Alexander) Travels through different cit first edition letterpress Greek alphabet engraved folding frontispiece 34 plates maps and charts 15 folding short tear within image to `City and Castle of Aleppo` folding plate lightly browned some offsetting occasional spotting contemporary panelled calf rather worn but holding firm [Atabey 363; Blackmer 497] folio W. Strahan for the author 1754. *** Drummond was British Consul at Aleppo between 1754 and 1756. The present work takes the form of a series of letters written during his travels in the Levant from 1744 until 1750 to his brother George who engaged Tobias Smollett to edit the letters for publication. The work includes a detailed description of Cyprus including a large folding map.

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Bloomsbury Auctions (London)
Lot 153

Navari (Leonora) Greece and the Levant. The catalogue of the Henry Myron Blackmer collection of books and manuscripts limited to 300 copies plates original boards faded and title inked on spine folio Maggs 1989

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Bloomsbury Auctions (London)
Lot 155

Allan (Capt. A.) Views in the Mysore Country engr Allan (Capt. A.) Views in the Mysore Country engraved title bearing dedication to Charles Marquis Cornwallis K.G. Governor General of Bengal 12pp descriptive text at end and 20 plates complete aquatints by J. Wells each c.390 x 520mm. some spotting and occasional creasing marginal browning and damp-staining some fore edges frayed or unevenly cut but all well outside the plate title and last text leaf browned a few marginal tears stitched into contemporary cloth-backed plain boards soiled edges worn oblong folio [Abbey Travel 418] for the artist 1794.

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