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Graf von Zeppelin (Ferdinand). Zeppelin-Weltfahrten. Vom ersten Luftschiff 1899 bis zu den Fahrten des LZ 127 ‘Graf Zeppelin’, 1932, pub. Bilderstelle Lohse, Dresden, 1933, port. of Count von Zeppelin, 265 mounted photo-cards (complete), diags., col. map, orig. pict. stiff card wrappers, a little marked and minor wear, oblong folio (1)

Gladwin (David). Coaching Cavalcade 1910-1970, 1st ed., Brewin Books, Studley, Warwickshire, 1991, b & w illusts. from photos, orig. boards in d.j., folio, together with Stevens-Stratten (S.W.)British Lorries 1900-1992, reprinted 1994, b & w illusts., orig. boards in d.j., 8vo, with Davies (Hunter), The Eddie Stobart Story, 2001, b & w plts., orig. boards in d.j., 8vo, and Heaton (Paul), The Wynns Fleet, 120 Years of Road Haulage, 2003, b & w illusts., orig. pict. boards, 4to, with Wynn (John), Wynns, The Last 20 Years, 1996, b & w illusts., orig. pict. boards, 4to, and Ingram (Arthur), Truck Nostalgia, 1985, b & w illusts., orig. boards in d.j., 4to, plus other similar transport related etc. (2 cartons)

Moss (Stirling). Ferrari, 250 GT Sperimentale “No 2643”, pub. La Mille Miglia Editrice, 1st ed., 1990, col. and b&w illusts from photos throughout, pict. endpapers, orig. red blindstamped calf, very slightly rubbed, in orig. pict. slipcase, folio. Signed Limited Edition 893/1500, signed by Stirling Moss. (1)

* Motor Racing. An album containing 112 corner-mounted vintage b&w photos, c. 1950-55, mostly single car action shots at Silverstone, Brands Hatch, Goodwood, each 8.5 x 11cm, mostly mounted four to a page with full details of driver, race and date beneath, contemp. plain brown boards with ink title and pencil drawing of a motor car to upper cover, a little rubbed and soiled, oblong folio (1)

Racing Programmes. A collection of approx. 320 racing progammes from numerious venues, incl. Silverstone, Brands Hatch, Donington, Oulton Park etc., 1965-90, col. and b&w illusts., orig. pict. wrappers, some with curling to edges, 8vo/small folio (2 cartons)

Thompson (Jonathan). The Ferrari Formula 1 Cars, 1948-1976, 1st ed., 1976, b & w illusts. from photos, orig. boards in sl. frayed d.j., together with Lyons (Pete), Ferrari. The Machines and the Man, 1989, num. col. illusts. from photos, orig. laminated boards in d.j., plus Rogliatti (Gianni), Ferrari & Pininfarina, n.d., c. 1990, text in Italian and English, num. b & w illusts. from photos, orig. cloth in d.j., all 4to, and Cancellieri (Gianni), Ferrari Glory. Monoposto/Single-Seaters/Monoplaces. Vittorie/Victories/Victoires 1948-2000, pub. 2001, num. col. and b & w illusts. from photos, pict. endpapers, orig. boards in d.j., oblong folio (limited edition 436/2200, and others of Ferrari interest including Ferrari annuals 1984/85, 1995, 1999 & 2002, etc. (approx. 50 items in all), VG (a carton)

Tractors - Ford and other Makers. A group of sales brochures and literature etc., 1930-1960, including Fordson Major Salesman’s Handbook, c1950s, together with Oliver No.7 Tractor plough c1930s, and with John Deere Model “R” Diesel Tractor large fold-out poster format c1950, Massey-Harris Full-range 32pp fully illustrated c1950, Fordson Tractors “Square-Deal Used Equipment Marketing Plan for dealers, large folio-format with sales sheet ‘flyers’ and promotional stickers & ephemera etc, also with “Major International Power” a rare and large factory folio salesman’s-pack including catalogues, full-range brochures, price-lists etc for sales to large commercial operators such as County Councils and contractors (-)

London & North Western Railway Company. Plan of the Birmingham, Wolverhampton, and Stour Valley Railway ..., Surveyed by Charles Hull, Euston Station, London, 1886, printed title with vign. hand-coloured reference key, nine hand-coloured litho. plans, scale 2 chains to an inch, all printed to rectos only with each sheet linen-backed, a little marginal dust soiling but otherwise contents in very good condition, orig. half morocco gilt, backstrip def. and covers det., some corner wear, large oblong folio (68 x 110cm) (1)

Jane’s Fighting Ships, 1953-54, & 1957-2001, an unbroken run of forty vols., plus one duplicate, four facsimiles of older editions (1898-1905-06, 1906-07 & 1919), plus Jane’s Armour and Artillery, 10 vols., 1981-92, lacking the vol. for 1990-91, all ex-lib. with ink stamps to titles and occ. other marks, orig. cloth, some in d.j.s, library sticky labels to foot of spines of cloth and d.j.s, folio (56)

Dredge (James). Modern French Artillery (the St. Chamond, De Bange, Canet, & Hotchkiss Systems), with illustrations of French Warships, 1892, half-title, numerous b & w plates and illusts., many full-page and double-page, first and final leaves foxed, endpapers renewed, near contemp. red half morocco gilt, sl. rubbed and marked in places, folio. A scarce volume, containing amazingly detailed illustrations and diagrams. (1)

Esposito (Col. Vincent J., edit.). The West Point Atlas of American Wars, 1689-1953, 2 vols., New York, 1959, numerous full-page maps and plans, orig. cloth, oblong folio, together with Pallud (Jean Paul), Blitzkrieg in the West Then and Now, 1st ed., 1991, b & w illusts. from photos, orig. mock leather in d.j., folio, with Le Tissier (Tony), The Third Reich Then and Now, 1st ed., 2005, b & w illusts. from photos, orig. printed boards in d.j., folio, plus other military related (2 cartons)

The New Pioneer. vol. 1, nos. 1-11, December 1938 to October 1939, 276 pp., continuously paginated, adverts cut from final leaf, some spotting and soiling, stapled as issued and loosely contained in contemp. cloth journal binder, damp stained and soiled, folio. The New Pioneer was a far-right monthly magazine founded by Lord Lymington (Gerard Wallop) and John Beckett. It followed the pro-German line until it ceased publication in January 1940. (1)

* Sudan - Gordon Relief Expedition. A photograph album containing fifty-six mounted albumen prints, 1880s, including nineteen relating to Suakin, images with captions in the negative include town and harbour of Suakin, HMS Dolphin, Officers - Grenadier Guards, Brig-General Hudson CB & Staff Indian Contingent, Handub - Camp of 24th Company, R.E., Otao, from Signallers’ Hill with Terminus S & B Railway, others identified on mounts include Michali’s Store, Suakin from the land side, 28 Bombay N.I., 15th Sikhs, Suakin from the Harbour, Ladies of Suakin, Sir G. Greaves, Lord Wolseley [and others on horseback], MacNeil’s Zeriba from a drawing by Lt. F. Erskine, Scots Guards, and two back to back images with vertical splits of Sepoys for 15th Sikhs and 9th Bengal Cavalry, many approx. 16 x 20cm, plus four copy (?) albumen print photos possibly relating to the holding of Otao by the Scots Guards and the 5th Lancers in April 1885, twenty-one smaller snapshots of an expedition to Lagos in May on board the riverboat Margaret, plus two albumen prints of Port Said, three of Tenerife, four of Maderia, and seven of England and Ireland, various sizes, mounts somewhat brittled and broken, and a few images det., contents somewhat loose in contemp. half morocco with gilt title to upper cover ‘Suakin 1885’, worn, oblong folio (1)

WWII - Second Army. A short account of the operations of the Second British Army, prepared by G. (Ops) Second Army, 2 vols., [1945], bound photocopies of typed sheets, plus a few photographs, folding coloured maps, sketches and plans, etc., orig. printed boards with spine ties, a little soiled, folio, together with an original copy of the secret photocopied pamphlet by the Second Army titled ‘Eclipse ABC’, Germany, March 1945, folio sheets with cloth spine tie, orig. printed wrappers, slightly chipped and soiled, oblong folio. Operation Eclipse was defined as the plans and preparations for the operation of occupying Germany. The Eclipse ABC lists alphabetically all major subjects that were likely to be met by Commanders and Staff in the execution of their duties and giving them a reference to the subjects contained in other pamphlets. (3)

* WWII - Operation Overlord. An original typed copy of top secret document M-559, being 21 Army Group Orders for the Battle of the Rhine, issued by Field Marshal Montgomery, 9th March 1945, 6 pp., typed to rectos only, some spotting and sl. soiling, together with orig. copies of two signal messages from 2nd Army Main relating to the unconditional surrender of German forces (7th May 1945) and the earlier partial surrender of German forces in Holland (4th May), plus a copy outline map showing towns in northern France, all sl. soiled and frayed, folio (4)

Atlases. A collection of ten atlases, late 19th & early 20th century, ten atlases with examples by Harmsworth, Blackie, Malte-Brun and Stieler, all incomplete, mostly disbound, mixed bindings, folio. Sold as seen, not subject to return. (10)

Bernard (J. F. pub.). Les Frontieres de France et des Pais Bas ou se trouvent le Comte de Flandre et la plus grande Partie de ceux D’Artois de Hainaut et de Namur, Le Duche de Brabant & Le Pais Reconquis et le Boulonois, pub. J.F.Bernard & N. De Fer, Paris, 1743, title page with elaborate eng. margins, key map and table and a further twenty-four engraved maps (complete as list), some water staining throughout, some dust soiling and marginal finger marking throughout, occ. spotting, later end papers, hinges repaired, later cloth boards, bumped at extrems. oblong folio. Uncommon. (1)

Carey (Henry Charles & Lea, Isaac). A Complete Historical, Chronological and Geographical American Atlas, Being a Guide to the History of North and South America and the West Indies, Exhibiting an Accurate Account of the Discovery, Settlement and Progress of their Various Kingdoms, States, Provinces &c. 3rd ed., Philadelphia, 1827, title page, advertisement and contents leaves, forty-six double page engraved maps with original hand colouring and five engraved charts, three with original hand colouring, three maps separated along central fold, one map torn in margin with slight loss, very occ. spotting and slight off setting, hinges and joints weak or broken, upper board detached, lacking spine, contemp. half morocco, rubbed, frayed and worn, folio. Sold as seen, not subject to return. (1)

Dore (Gustave, illust.). Spain, by the Baron C. H. d’Avillier, trans. J. Thomson, 1st English ed., pub. Bickers & Son, 1881, numerous wood eng. plts. and illusts., a.e.g., orig. gilt dec. brown cloth, very sl. rubbed, with minor fraying to joints (generally in good condition), folio (1)

East India Company. First [Second & Third] Report from the Committee appointed to enquire into the nature, state, and condition, of the East India Company, and of the British Affairs in the East Indies, 1772, 564 pages numbered [135]-564, edges untrimmed, contemp. boards, soiled and somewhat worn, joints cracked and upper cover det., folio (1)

Entick (John). A New Naval History: or, Compleat View of the British Marine. In which the Royal Navy and the Merchant’s Service are Traced through all their Periods and different Branches..., 1757, eng. frontis., folding eng. map and four eng. plts., Extra-Illustrated with eleven folding eng. plts. of naval battles printed for William Rayner, few plts. with closed-tears and strengthening repairs, some minor browning to few leaves, first & last leaves detached and frayed to edges (final leaves creased), contemp. half calf boards detached and very worn, lacks spine, folio. Extra plates include “The Spanish Invincible Armada, intended to invade England Defeated...”, “A Fight for three Days between two English East-India Ships & four Portugueze Gallions & 24 Frigats in the Mouth of the River leading to Surat, in which the Portuguezes were beaten...”, “A Prospect of the Town and harbour of Carthagena, taken by the English under ye Brave Adml. Vernon” etc. (1)

Gaultier (Loisius Edouard Camille). A Complete Course of Geography, by Means of Instructive Games, Invented by the Abbe Gaultier..., new ed., pub. John Harris, 1817, fourteen double-page hand col. maps, some offsetting and a few with tape repairs to verso, one plt., some staining to lower margin of first few leaves, contemp. red half morocco with oval printed label to upper cover, paper covering to rear cover loose with some loss, some wear and dampstaining, slim folio (1)

Johnston (Alexander Keith). The Royal Atlas of Modern Geography, 1865, title page and dedication, forty-eight engraved maps with orig. outline colouring (complete as list), one leaf with closed tear, occ. spotting throughout, a.e.g., orig. half morocco gilt, frayed, rubbed and worn, folio, together with Black (Adam & Charles, pubs.), Black’s General Atlas, 1846, end papers, title page and first few leaves of text creased and with occ. closed tears, thirty-eight engraved maps with orig. outline colouring only (of sixty-one), toned and dust soiled throughout, hinges and joints weak, contemp. half morocco, spine partially lacking, rubbed, frayed and worn, folio, together with another copy similar, plus S.D.U.K. (pubs.), A collection of maps, c.1835, forty engraved maps (only), some spotting and soiling throught, text block detached, hinges and joints broken, contemp. half morocco, rubbed, frayed and worn, folio. Sold as a collection of maps, not subject to return. (4)

Johnston (Alexander Keith). The Royal Atlas of Modern Geography, pub. William Blackwood & Sons, 1866, forty-eight engraved maps with original outline colouring (complete as list), front end papers, title page, contents list and first four maps with small library stamps, occ. finger soiling and slight spotting throughout, a.e.g., contemp. morocco gilt, rubbed and stained, folio (1)

Johnston (Alexander Keith). Handy royal Atlas of Modern Geography, New edition, 1873, title page, dedication and preface, frontis. of folding map of the North Pole and forty-five engraved maps with original outline colour (complete as list), a.e.g, contemp. red morocco gilt, rubbed and worn at extrems., folio, together with Sampson Low Son & co. (pubs.), Bacon’s Guide to American Politics; or a Complete View of the Fundamental Principles of the National and State Governments with the Respective Powers of each, 1863, occ. marginal finger soiling, hinges weak, contemp. cloth gilt, stained & rubbed, frayed at extrems. 8vo (2)

Mortimer (Thomas). A New History of England from the earliest Accounts of Britain to the Ratification of the Peace of Versailles, 1763, Humbly Inscribed to the Queen, 3 vols., 1764 - 76, eng. allegorical frontis., title page, dedication and list of subscribers, sixty-six b & w engraved plates and twenty-five b & w engraved maps including one folding (complete as list), occ. slight spotting throughout, occ. marginal water staining, hinges weak, contemp. speckled calf with contrasting morocco labels to spine, rubbed and worn, folio (3)

Naville (Edouard). The Temple of Deir el Bahari, parts 1-5 only (of 8), pub. Egypt Exploration Fund, 1895-1906, 150 b&w and col. plts. (some folding), orig. cloth-backed printed boards, lib. marks to base of spines, wear to extrems., large folio, together with Evans (Sir Arthur), The Palace of Minos. A Comparative Account of the Successive Stages of the Early Cretan Civilisation as Illustrated by the Discoveries at Knossos, vol. 1 only (The Neolithic and Early and Middle Minoan Ages), 1921, num. col. and b & w illusts., folding plans, etc., ex-lib. copy with a few unobtrusive marks, t.e.g., orig. gilt-dec. cloth in bright condition, 4to, (the complete set comprises 5 volumes bound in 7) (5)

Nieuhof (Johannes). An Embassy from the East-India Company of the United Provinces, to the Grand Tartar Cham, Emperor of China, Deliver’d by Their Excellencies Peter de Goyer and Jacob de Keyzer, at his Imperial City of Peking. Wherein the Cities, Towns, Villages, Ports, Rivers, &c. in their Passages from Canton to Peking, and ingeniously describ’d... also an Epistle of Father John Adams their Antagonist, concerning the Whole Negotiation. With an Appendix of several Remarks taken out of Father Athanasius Kircher. English’d... by John Ogilby... 2nd ed., 1673, double-page map (re-guarded), double-page eng. plan of Canton, and eight eng. plts. only (of 17), numerous letterpress engs., lacking addn. eng. title, letterpress title printed in red and black (dusty and torn with minor loss, laid down), some soiling and staining, Ttt1 and Ttt2 with closed tears, one or two minor repairs, hinges split, ms. ownership signature on front free endpaper, 18th c. polished marbled calf gilt, rubbed in places, joints partially split, folio. Sold as a collection of plates, not subject to return. (1)

Ortelius (Abraham). Theatrum Orbis Terrarum, London 1606, facsimile ed. pub. Theatrum orbis terrarum Ltd., Amsterdam, 1969, numerous b & w folding maps, orig. cloth gilt, d.j. with slight fraying at extrems., large folio (1)

Rapin de Thoyras (Paul de). [The History of England....., Translated into English with Additional notes by N.Tindal, 1 vol. (only), n.d., c.1790], portrait frontis., lacking title page, numerous engraved plts. throughout, twenty-six b & w folding engraved British county maps by J.Harrison and thirty-one b & w folding engraved foriegn maps by Harrison, Kitchin and D’Anville, occ. spotting throughout, some maps and plts. detached, some maps trimmed to margins, text block partially disbound, hinges and joints weak, boards near detached, contemp. reverse calf, rubbed frayed and worn, folio. Sold as a collection of maps, not subject to return. (1)

Sanson (Nicolas). L’Europe Dediee a Monseigneur le Tellier Secret d’Estat, Paris, [1648], highly decorative engraved title and dedication pages with original hand colouring, eleven engraved maps with original hand colouring (of twelve), slight dust soiling largely confined to margins, text excised and window mounted on to near contemp. paper, occ. rust marks and slight staining to paste downs, near contemp. calf, rubbed, worn and frayed, 4to. The text appears to have been cut down, possibly from folio sheets, to conform to the quarto format of the maps. This appears to have been done at the time of binding. (1)

[Siborne, William]. History of the War in France and Belgium, Atlas vol. only, c. 1844, eleven double-page engraved maps of Belgium, Quatre-Bras, Ligny, Waterloo and Wavre, partly hand-coloured, a few spots and marginal dampstains, bookplate, contemporary half calf, a little rubbed, folio (1)

Stanford (Edward, publisher). Stanford’s London Atlas of Universal Geography, Exhibiting the Physical and Political Divisions of the Various Countries of the World, 3rd. edition, 1904, title page printed in red & black, seventy four colour printed maps only (of 110), a.e.g., orig. half morocco gilt, boards stained, rubbed and frayed at extrems., folio, together with, The Times (pubs.), The Times Survey Atlas of the World, 1922, title page printed in red & black, 112 colour printed maps (complete as list), a.e.g, contemp. half morocco gilt, folio, with, Volter (Daniel), Atlas in 36 Karten zum Hand -und Schulgebrauch, 1850, twenty-seven engraved map with orig. outline col. only (of 36), some pencil marginalia, some maps with closed tears, some staining and finger soiling throughout, orig. qtr. sheep, 4to, with two other similar (5)

Starr (Frederick). Indians of Southern Mexico, 1st ed., Chicago, 1899, 141 numbered photogravure plates, hinges near broken, orig. cloth gilt, rubbed and sl. frayed, oblong folio. Signed limited edition 296/560. (1)

Wilkinson (Robert, publisher). Atlas Classica, Being A Collection of Maps of the Countries Mentioned by the Ancient Authors, Both Sacred and Profane. With their Various Subdivisions at Different Periods, 1808, engraved title, 46 hand coloured engraved maps, some folding or double-page, seven engraved tables, all plates complete as list, one map with 7cm tear, contemp. half calf, worn, folio (1)

Zulu war. The South Wales Borderers, 24th Foot, 1689-1937, by C.T. Atkinson, pub. CUP, 1937, coloured and b & w plates and maps, t.e.g., original green morocco gilt, a little rubbed, 4to, edition de luxe, together with Further Correspondence Respecting the Affairs of South Africa, 12 vols., pub. HMSO, 1879-1890, folding maps and diagrams, a few spots, library stamps, original wrappers, some chips and losses, folio (includes accounts of Islandlwana and Rorke’s Drift), plus The London Gazette for the Year 1879, 4 vols., 1879, original cloth, a little rubbed and soiled, large 8vo, with others including Lieut.-Col. Charles Warren’s Paper VI. Boundary Line Between the Orange Free State & Griqua-Land West, c. 1878, The Story of the Zulus, by J.Y. Gibson, new ed., 1911 and Aubrey Elliott’s Sons of Zulu, 1978 (one of 100 copies) (40)

Bartholomew (John). The Imperial Map of England & Wales According to the Ordnance Survey, with the Latest Additions Shewing clearly every Feature of the Country, Railways and their Stations, Roads, Canals, Rivers, Gentlemen’s Seats &c. &c., pub. A. Fullerton & Co., [c.1866], seventeen lithographic maps inc. calligraphic title page, index bound in at rear, very lightly toned, new end papers, a.e.g., modern qtr. morocco gilt, large folio (1)

Blaeu (Johannes). Blaeu’s Atlas of England, Scotland, Wales and Ireland with an Introduction by R.V. Tooley, pub. Thames and Hudson/Theatrum Orbis Terrarum, 1970, 110 folding b & w maps and five folding coloured maps and title pages, limited edition 54/500, hinges weak, orig. pubs. half morocco gilt, large folio (1)

Dart (John). Westmonasterium, Or The History and Antiquities of the Abbey Church of St. Peters Westminster, containing an Account of its Ancient and Modern Building ... and also, a Survey of the Church and Cloysters, taken in the Year 1723..., 2 vols., [c.1723], eng. title to each vol., list of subscribers to each vol., 135 full-page copper eng. plts. of monuments, antiquities, views, coats-of-arms, etc. (inc. a few double-page & full-page mezzotint port. of the author), eng. head & tailpieces, vol. 1 with closed-tear to leaf a1, few plts. with closed-tears to margins, sewing in vol. 2 slightly weak, some toning, minor spotting and browning mostly to margins, contemp. calf gilt, lacks title labels to spines, large dent to spine of vol. 2, boards detached, some general wear, folio. Upcott 851-859. (2)

Fosbrooke (Rev. Thomas Dudley). An Original History of the City of Gloucester, Almost Wholly Compiled from New Materials; Supplying the Numerous Deficiencies, and Correcting the Errors, of Preceding Account..., 1819, vign. title and addn. eng. title, both with tape repair to verso, thirty-five eng. plts. (on twenty-two leaves), all correct as list, occ. spotting, t.e.g., remainder untrimmed, contemp. morocco gilt, wear to extrems., folio, together with Rowe (George, pub.), Rowe’s Illustrated Cheltenham Guide, n.d., c. 1844, wood eng. illusts., text printed in blue, 48 pp. of ads, an eng. advert for W. Percival and one further advert leaf printed on blue paper to rear of vol., ownership markings to front endpapers, orig. blindstamped cloth gilt, rubbed, 8vo (2)

Harrison (Walter). A New and Universal History, Description and Survey of the Cities of London and Westminster, The Borough of Southwark and their Adjacent parts, pub. J.Cooke, 1776, engraved frontispiece, 101 engraved plts. and maps, lacking last index leaf, first few leaves loosening, occ. slight offsetting and spotting, two book plates to front paste down, contemp. calf with contrasting morocco label to spine, hinges and joints weak, rubbed and scuffed, folio (1)

Langley (Batty). The Plan of Windsor Castle, 1743, one b & w folding engraved plan with history and explanation and four b & w engraved folding views (complete), occ. marginal closed tears, slight dust soiling, slight marginal finger staining, orig. limp card wrappers, near contemp. manuscript ‘1’ to centre of upper board, worn and frayed, slim folio. Scarce. Held by only two British institutions. (1)

Philip (George & Son, pub.). Philips’ Atlas of the Counties of England, Including Maps of North & South Wales, The Channel Islands and the Isle of Man, New and Revised edition, n.d., c.1900, title page printed in red & black, forty-eight colour printed maps (complete as list), gutta percha partially perished with some maps loose or detached, contemp. half morocco gilt, rubbed and frayed at extrems., folio (1)

Plot (Robert). The Natural History of Stafford-Shire by Robert Plot, LLD., Keeper of the Ashmolean Museum and Professor of Chymistry in the University of Oxford, 1st ed., Printed at the Theatre, Oxford, 1686, title page with engraved vignette of Pallas Athena in front of the Sheldonian, lacking map, thirty-seven b & w eng. plts. including twenty-six double page or folding, list of subscribers to rear, final plt. of Cavers Wall Castle possibly taken from another copy, heraldic armes plate replaced in old facsimile, front end paper with ink manuscript ownership signature to verso, contemp. mottled calf with gilt label to spine, joints partially cracked, rubbed and worn at extrems., folio (1)

Robson & Co. (William, publisher). Robson’s Alphabetical List of all the Boroughs, Cities & Market Towns of England and Wales, Shewing the Distances of each from London, and the Population Thereof in 1831, printed title with old folds, backed with archival tissue, seven eng. maps with orig. outline col., old folds strengthened on verso, map of Kent split with crude repair on verso, new end papers, modern qtr. cloth and marbled boards, gilt spine, oblong folio. William Robson and his maps are very obscure. He does not even appear in Tooley’s Dictionary of map makers. The maps are a re-issue of T.L.Murrays county maps with a new imprint. Robson is known to have issued these maps and one complete collection of this state exists in a private English Collection. The counties present are Essex, Hampshire, Hertfordshire, Kent, Middlesex, Surrey and Sussex. Beresiner, British County Maps, Reference and Price Guide, pp.164-65. (1)

Sumner (Heywood). The Avon, From Naseby to Tewkesbury, 1882, twenty-one etchings, hinges strengthened, orig. blindstamped cloth gilt, rebacked and recornered, folio, together with Wild (Charles), An Illustration of the Architecture and Sculpture of the Cathedral Church of Worcester, 1823, twelve eng. plts., some spotting to margins, contemp. boards, 20th. c. cloth reback, some wear, folio, plus Burrow (Edward J.), Gloucester and Tewkesbury Sketches, n.d., c. 1895, num. eng. and b&w plts., orig. japanese vellum-backed printed cloth, folio, Limited ed. no. 12 of an unspecified number, plus [Englefield, Henry Charles], Some Account of the Cathedral Church of Gloucester, 1809, seventeen eng. plts. (some double-page), a couple with wear and spotting, loss to base of title, crudely repaired with card, vertical fold running throughout vol., disbound, contained in recent book box, folio, plus four maps of Worcester (8)

Parker (Thomas Netherson). Leaves Out of the Book of a Country Gentleman, printed and sold by W. Price, Oswestry ..., 1847, fourteen double-page b&w wood eng. plts., and eight half-page eng. plts. on four leaves at rear, some light spotting to prelims., contemp. morocco-backed marbled boards, inscribed in ink to upper cover ‘The Earl of Powis from the Author’, rubbed and some light wear to spine and extrems., tall folio, printed in an addition of 100 copies only. Contains designs and diagrams for a wine cellar, potato house, glass wasp traps, various field and turnpike gates, ice houses, etc. (1)

Rymsdyk (Jan van & Andreas van). Museum Britannicum, Being an Exhibition of a Great Variety of Antiquities and Natural Curiosities, Belonging to that Noble and Magnificent Cabinet, the British Museum, 1st ed., 1778, 30 engraved plates, two text leaves repaired (one with loss of text), some light spotting, endpapers renewed, contemporary green half morocco, a little rubbed and scuffed, folio (1)

Vogt (Carl and Specht, Friedrich). The Natural History of Animals (Class Mammalia), 2 vols., Subscribers ed., 1889, forty b&w plts. (as list), b&w illusts. throughout, a.e.g., orig. blue gilt dec. cloth, some rubbing, folio, together with Sinclair (George), Hortus Gramineus Woburnensis: or, an Account of the Results of Experiments on the Produce and Nutritive Qualities of Different Grasses and Other Plants Used as the Food of the More Valuable Domestic Animals: Instituted by John, Duke of Bedford..., 3rd ed., 1826, fifty-nine (of 62) hand-col. plts., occ. spotting, contemp. cloth gilt, slightly rubbed, 8vo, plus Step (Edward), Wild Flowers, Month by Month in Their Natural Haunts, 2 vols., 1906, col. frontis. to each, b&w plts. and illusts. throughout, contemp. half calf gilt, spines darkened, rubbed, 8vo, plus Robertson (John), The Elements of Navigation; Containing the Theory and Practice..., 7th ed., 1805, thirteen (of 16) folding eng. plts., new endpapers, contemp. calf gilt, rebacked, rubbed, 8vo (7)

Bacon (Francis, Viscount Verulam). Sylva Sylvarum: Or, a Natural Historie in Ten Centuries, 2 parts in one, pub. W. Lee, 1635, engraved portrait (trimmed & laid down), engraved additional title dated 1631 (repaired), D4 with repaired tear, Y5 with burn hole affecting text, dampstains, near contemporary calf, joints splitting, chipped at spine ends, folio (1)

Gerard (John). The Herball or Generall Historie of Plantes, 1st ed., 1597, lacking all before B2 and final leaf, engraved portrait, numerous hand-coloured woodcut illustrations, last two leaves detached, one or two tears and repairs, occasional light soiling, later calf, covers detached, some wear, folio. Henrey 154. (1)

Millar (George Henry). A New, Complete, and Universal Body or System of Natural History ..., printed for Alex Hogg, [1785], eighty-six eng. plts. incl. frontis., occn. marks and one or two marginal tears, some light embrowning, frontis. very slightly frayed to fore-edge, and offset to title, modern half calf, retaining orig. morocco label to spine, endpapers renewed, folio (1)

Parkinson (John). Paradisi in Sole Paradisus Terrestris, Faithfully Reprinted from the Edition of 1629, pub. Methuen, 1904, facsimile title and plates, endpapers lightly browned, previous owner signature to title, bookplate, original cloth-backed boards, light discolouration, folio (1)

Plinius (Gauis Secundus, The Elder). The Historie of the World: Commonly Called the Naturall Historie of C. Plinius Secundus, Translated into English by Philemon Holland, 2 vols. in one, 2nd ed., 1634, titles with woodcut device, first title laid down with loss, lacking dedication and preface, b4, L6, N6 foredge margins trimmed, affecting some text, sections of pp.17-19 overlaid with manuscript annotation, some marginal repairs, occasional dampstains and marginal worming, bookplate, contemporary calf, old repairs, rubbed, folio. STC 20030. (1)

Rea (John). Flora: Seu de Florum Cultura. Or a Complete Florilege, Furnished with all Requisites Belonging to a Florist, 2nd impression, 1676, hand-coloured engraved vignettes, lacking additional engraved title and plates, R2 corner torn away, some dampstains, bookplate, later half calf, rubbed, folio. Henrey 326. (1)

Salmon (William). Botanologia. The English Herbal: Or, History of Plants, 1st ed., 1710, additional engraved title (trimmed and strengthened to verso), numerous woodcut illustrations, lacking two index leaves, some repairs and losses, a couple of leaves with clean tears, some soiling and library stamps, bookplate, contemporary panelled calf, rebacked, rubbed, folio. Henrey 1308. (1)

Society of Gentlemen. The Complete Farmer: Or, a General Dictionary of Husbandry in all its Branches; Containing the Various Methods of Cultivating and Improving every Species of Land, According to the Precepts of Both the Old and New Husbandry, 4th ed., Considerably Improved and Greatly Enlarged, [1793], engraved frontispiece, 34 engraved plates, lacking edition statement at front?, some manuscript notes loosely bound in, a few light spots, bookplate, contemporary calf, rebacked retaining original spine, folio (1)

[Worlidge, John]. Systema Agriculturae, the Mystery of Husbandry Discovered; Wherein is Treated of the Several New and Most Adventagious Ways of Tilling, Planting, Sowing, Manuring... and of all sorts of Fruits, Corn, Grain... Cattel, Fowl, Beasts, Bees, Silk-Worms, With an Account of the Several Instruments and Engines useful in this Profession, 1st ed., printed for Samuel Speed, 1669, engraved frontispiece and Explanation leaf (repaired), woodcut illustrations, some waterstaining, front blank renewed, bookplate, 18th c. calf, rebacked, some stains, folio. Wing W3598; Kress 1251. (1)

Hale (Thomas). A Compleat Body of Husbandry. Containing Rules for Performing, in the Most Profitable Manner, the Whole Business of the Farmer, and Country Gentleman, in Cultivating, Planting, and Stocking of Land, 1st ed., 1756, engraved frontispiece, twelve engraved plates, occasional spotting and frayed foredges, contemporary calf, rebacked, rubbed, some wear to edges, folio (1)

Miller (Philip). The Gardener’s Dictionary: Containing the Methods of Cultivating and Improving the Kitchen, Fruit and Flower Garden, as Also, the Physick Garden, Wilderness, Conservatory, and Vineyard; According to the Practice of the Most Experienc’d Gardeners of the Present Age, 2nd ed., 1733, engraved frontispiece, four copper-engraved plates, illustrations, scattered light spots, endpapers renewed, contemporary panelled calf, rebacked, a little rubbed, folio, together with Evelyn, Sylva, or a Discourse of Forest-Trees, and the Propogation of Timber in His Majesties Dominions..., 3rd ed., 1679, title printed in red and black, illustrations, three other titles, dedication leaf with marginal repair, a few spots, ink stamp and owner signature to front pastedown, 18th c. half calf, upper cover detached, lightly rubbed, filo (2)