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Maddox (Willes). Views of Lansdown Tower, Bath. The Favourite Edifice of the Late William Beckford Esq., 1844, chromolithographed title with hand-coloured lithographed vignette, six lithographed text illustrations, thirteen fine hand-coloured lithographed plates on twelve sheets, plates clean with marginal fraying and tears, some light spotting and dampstains to text, plates and leaves loose, original morocco-backed boards, wear to spine, folio, with a loose single page manuscript letter, dated January 1846, from Thomas Mclean to John Bruton on a publishing matter relating to the book. Abbey Scenery 420. (1)

North Eastern Coal & Iron District (so titled on spine). A bound volume containing six linen-backed eight-section maps of geological sections, by H.H. Howell, D. Burns, C. Fox-Strangways, G. Barrow and C. Reid, c. 1870s-80s, with manuscript index to front pastedown, `From Great Whittington, Tanfield Colliery, Springwell Colliery, Harton Colliery, Marsden to East Coast`, etc., recent blue half morocco gilt, folio, together with Rayner (D.H. and Hemingway, J.E., editors), The Geology and Mineral Resources of Yorkshire, pub. Yorkshire Geological Society, 1974, col. frontis., b & w illusts. and diags. to text, folding map at rear, orig. cloth in frayed d.j., 4to, plus other regional geology including a few maps (2 cartons)

Pryce (William, of Redruth). Mineralogia Cornubiensis; A Treatise on Minerals, Mines and Mining, printed for the Author, 1778, eng. port. frontis., seven eng. plts. (3 folding), two folding tables, list of subscribers, occ. minor spotting and one folding plt. with closed-tears & fraying to folds, modern antique style calf with red morocco title label to spine, scuffed, folio (1)

Smith (A.C.). Guide to the British and Roman Antiquities of the North Wiltshire Downs in a Hundred Square Miles Round Abury, 1st ed. pub. Marlborough College Natural History Society, 1884, b & w plts. and illusts., one double-page map and nineteen mounted sectional maps (inc. 15 double-page), sewing weak, hinges cracked, orig. gilt dec. green cloth, frayed at head & foot of spine and to board edges, folio, together with Map of One Hundred Square Miles Round Abury; Shewing the British and Roman Stone and Earthworks of the Downs of North Wilts, by the Revd. A.C. Smith, M.A. 1884, twenty mounted litho sectional maps (16 double-page, inc. title), orig. cloth gilt, worn at head & foot of spine, folio. Rev A C Smith Guide to the British and Roman Antiquities of the North Wiltshire Downs in a Hundred Square Miles round Abury was originally published in two volumes (as above) in 1884 by the Marlborough College Natural History Society, then reprinted and bound into a single volume and published in 1885 by the Wiltshire Archaeological and Natural History Society after half the original print run was destroyed in a fire. (2)

Watney (Vernon J.). Cornbury and the Forest of Wychwood, Privately Printed, Hatchards, 1910, two folding b & w plans, seventy-five photogravure plts., occ. minor spotting, free endpapers darkened to edges, ownership bookplate to front paste-down and ink ownership stamp to front endpaper, t.e.g., remainder untrimmed, orig. full morocco by Hatchards, upper joint slightly cracked, slightly rubbed to extrems., folio (1)

Yorkshire. The Earl of Rosse`s Heaton and Shipley Estates, Bradford, Yorkshire, Particulars of Sale, 1911 sixteen folding plans (some fraying to edges of first plan), seven b&w plts., title worn with some loss, binding broken with covers detached, orig. cloth backed printed boards, some wear, folio (1)

Belon du Mans (Pierre). L`Histoire de la nature des oyseaux, avec leurs descriptions, & naifs portraicts retirez du naturel, 1st ed., Paris, Gilles Corrozet, 1555, general title with hand-coloured printer`s woodcut device, and hand-coloured woodcut portrait of the author to verso, six sectional titles with small printer`s woodcut device to each, 160 woodcut illusts. to text, all with attractive early hand-colouring, woodcut initials, two leaves (b3-4) with extreme fore-margin restrengthened, minor foxing, contemp. mottled calf, rubbed and some surface wear to covers and joints, extreme lower outer of upper cover restored, folio. Nissen 86. Anker 9. Ronsil, p. 189, Zimmer, p. 52. One of the earliest books on ornithology, and the first based on the direct observation of nature. Belon`s comparison of human and avian skeletons became the foundation for the science of comparative anatomy. The second section of the work deals with falconry, and includes on page 106 a woodcut of a falconer luring a bird, as well as representations of owls, including the eagle owl, much used in hawking (see Schwerdt I, p. 59). Provenance: Abraham Viell (with ink inscription to title `Cette livre a portait a moy, Abraham Viell, 1621`); Daines Barrington (1727-1800), naturalist and author, and friend of Gilbert White (with his ink signature to head of title); Arthur Paget with his signature and inscription to front blank `Arthur Paget. October 1852. Coloured Plates, rare, sold at Col. Stanley`s sale for £8`, and with bookplate of John Moore Paget to front pastedown. (1)

Hughes (Griffith). The Natural History of Barbados, 1st ed., 1750, subscriber list, double-page eng. map by Thomas Jefferys (plate impression 43 x 36cm), thirty eng. plts., five text illustrations, many initial letter and head and tail-pieces, scattered heavy spotting, bookplate of Kirkleatham Library to front pastedown, contemp. calf with gilt-dec. spine, covers near-detached and spine partly broken, boards rubbed with a little wear to corners, folio (420 x 360mm), preserved in purpose-made modern cloth book box. Large paper copy. Nissen 950; Sabin 33582; Hunt 536; Great Flower Books p. 60. (1)

Humphreys (H. Noel). The Genera and Species of British Butterflies, n.d., c. 1860, additional hand-coloured litho. title and thirty-two plts., some minor spotting and soiling, a.e.g., orig. gilt-dec. cloth, rubbed and faded on spine, neatly rebacked with orig. spine relaid, small folio (1)

Morandi (Giambattista). Historia Botanico-Practica, seu Plantarum, quae ad usum medicinae pertinent, nomenclatura, descriptio, et virtutes, cum ab antiquis, tum a recentibus celebrium auctorum scriptis desumptae, ac aeneis tabulis delineatae, atque ad vivum ex prototypo expressae ..., 1st ed., Milan, Pietro Francisco Malatesta, 1744, hand-coloured additional title (some marks and marginal soiling, two small holes towards top margin, sl. affecting image), title printed in red and black with engraved vign., sixty-eight single-page eng. plts. with contemp. hand-colouring, a few minor marks and small marginal stains to text leaves at front of vol., small dampstain to lower margin of approx. twenty plates at rear of vol., not affecting engraved surface, old inkstamp to engraved and printed titles erased, modern half calf, sl. rubbed, folio. Nissen BBI, 1406. Hunt 522. Stafleu and Cowan 6290. Johnston 404. First edition of Morandi`s herbal, for which the author drew and engraved all the plates, here with contemporary hand-colouring. Morandi worked for Victor Emanuel II of Savoy, as a botanical artist at the Gardens of the Castello Valentino in Turin. (1)

Robinson (B. Fletcher). Sporting Pictures, ed. Savory E. W. pub. Cassell and Company, 1902, title page printed in red and black, photographic col. frontis. and forty-eight col. printed tipped in plates (correct as list), one plate detached, near contemp. faux crocodile cloth, slightly rubbed and worn, folio. Using images by artists such as Archibald Thorburn, George Wright, Maud Earl, Ernest Prate, Thomas Blinks and Lancelot Speed, sports as varied as shooting, fox hunting, sailing, rowing, rugby, fishing, ladies hockey, curling and cricket are depicted. (1)

Somerset - Enclosure Document. Large manuscript copy on vellum of an enclosure award for the parishes of Martock and Muchelney, dated 1826, 123 pp., ink on vellum, inc. 5 large folding maps to rear, some ink signatures, minor sust soiling, contemp. reverse calf with red leather label to upper cover, fraying and wear to spine, large folio (56 x 39cm) The maps include: 1) Map of Common Arable Lands in the Parish of Martock 88 x 74cm. 2) Newmead and Southhay 40.5 x 36cm. 3) Map of Coat Mead / Map of Heaton Mead [on one sheet] 68 x 43cm. 4) Thorney Moor and Common Arable Fields Situate in the Parish of Mulchelney 53 x 43cm. 5) Map of Whetmoor, Lawsham & Case 79 x 90cm. (1)

Thomas (John J.). Farm Implements, and the Principles of their Construction and Use; an Elementary and Familiar Treatise on Mechanics, pub. New York, 1854, wood engraved illusts., orig. blindstamped cloth gilt, a little rubbed and faded, 8vo, together with Illustrated Catalogue of American Machinery, Agricultural Implements, Pumps, Hydraulic Machines, Tools, Hardware and Produce. Imported by John G. Rollins & Co. American Merchants and Factors, Old Swan Wharf, Upper Thames Street, London Bridge E.C., 1873, photo. frontis. relaid onto modern paper, numerous wood engraved illustrations, contained with orig. printed wrappers in modern cloth binding, wrappers chipped and creased, small folio, plus Bath and West of England Society.A Catalogue of the Implements & Machines for Farm Purposes, 1866, 1868 & 1870, together three separate catalogues, trade adverts to front and rear, all orig. printed wrappers, 1866 missing half of lower cover, 8vo, plus others including trade catalogues, books and pamphlets about farm machinery, etc. (approx. 35)

Bohn (Henry G. pub.). The Works of James Gillray, from the original Plates with the Addition of many Subjects not before Collected, n.d., c.1848, mezzotint portrait frontis., dec. title page, 588 b & w etchings printed back to back, very occ. spotting, hinges and joints weak, a.e.g., contemp. half morocco gilt with contrasting label to spine, rubbed and worn at extrems., elephant folio, together with Wright (Thomas and Evans R. H.),Historical and descriptive Account of the Caricatures of James Gillray, pub. Henry. G. Bohn, 1851,title page with two library stamps, library labels to front and rear paste downs, a.e.g., contemp. half morocco, gilt dec. spine, rubbed at extrems. 8vo (2)

Bohn (Henry G. pub.). The Works of James Gillray, from the Original Plates, with the Addition of Many Subjects not before Collected, n.d., c.1848, mezzotint portrait frontis., dec. title page, 587 b & w etchings printed back to back, occ. spotting and off-setting, a.e.g., new end papers, modern cloth with contrasting morocco gilt label to spine, elephant folio (1)

* Chinese Rice Paper drawings. A set of twelve original Chinese watercolour drawings on rice paper, `Sien Woh Pao. Punishment of Wicked, and Reward of Virtuous`, sold by Wing Tai Hing Shop, Canton, late 19th/early 20th c., each folio sheet of rice paper containing three separate scenes from the story, with printed text in English mounted on the opposing page, original self-patterned crimson silk with ties, slim folio (36 x 25cm) ÒThe Chinese believe that a soul must pass through three worlds, namely: (1) This world, where we are now living, (2) Next world (i.e. Hades) where the soul of a person goes to, when he dies, to receive punishment, or reward, and (3) This world again where soul is to be borne or make his re-appearance either in the shape of a human being or beastÓ. (1)

* London. Hollar (Wenceslaus & Martin Robert), London, 1832, uncoloured lithographic folding panorama, three conjoined sheets bound `concertina` style, occ. splits to old folds, contemp. half calf, upper board detached, rubbed and worn, slim upright folio, togther with The Graphic, pubs.) Bird`s-Eye view of London as seen from a Balloon, May 31st 1884,large uncoloured wood engraved panorama, some staining, old folds, several closed tears affecting image, 870 x 1110mm (2)

* Prout (Samuel). Picturesque Europe, Sketches by Samuel Prout, pub. Sprague & Co. n.d., c.1880, sixty-nine b & w photo-litho. prints including views in Venice, Dresden, Rome, Geneva and Ghent, each image approx. 270 x 380mm, contained in orig. envelope style portfolio, brown cloth gilt boards, lacking one flap, rubbed and worn, folio, together with a small collection of approx. fifty topographical views, costume and military engravings relating to Russia, various sizes and condition, (approx.50)

Illustrated London News, vols. 35. (July-Dec 1859), 96. (Jan-June 1890), 97 (July-Dec 1890), and 7, (July-Dec 1845, part volume only), with approx. thirty unbound 19th century weekly parts, together three vols., numerous wood engraved illusts., volumes shaken with contents loose, mixed bindings, worn and broken, folio. Sold as a collection of plates not subject to return. (a carton)

The Norfolk Chronicle and Norwich Gazette, approx. 350 issues, 11 January 1812 - 26 December 1818, each issue 4 pp., bound together into one volume, first and last few leaves creased, covers detached (and missing), folio (approx. 54.5 x 40 x 9cm) Covers the period of the Battle of Waterloo. (1)

Bible [Latin]. Biblia Sacra Vulgatae Editionis, Sixti V. & Clementis VIII. Pontif. Max. Auctoritate recognita, Versiculis Distincta..., Auctore Jo: Baptista du Hamel..., 2 vols., Venice, 1748, eng. frontis. to vol. 1, eng. illust. to title of each, few woodcut illusts. to text, contemp. sheep, gilt dec. spines, repaired at head & foot of spines, folio (2)

Bible [English]. The Bible, That is, The holy Scriptures contained in the Old and New Testament..., Imprinted at London by Robert Barker, 1602, General and New Testament titles present, both with dec. woodcut borders, full-page woodcut illust. of Adam & Eve in the Garden of Eden, few woodcut illusts. and dec. initials etc., double column black letter text throughout (Apocrypha present), initial leaves slightly frayed to fore-edge margins, bound with The Whole Book of Psalmes, Collected into English Meeter by Thomas Sternhold, John Hopkins and Others..., printed for the Companie of the Stationers, 1604, title within dec. woodcut border, final leaf frayed to edges and with few minor holes, some minor dampstaining throughout, contemp. calf, gilt device & ownership initials to centre of each board, loss of leather to spine and board edges, boards detached and lack clasps, worn, folio. Geneva version with Tomson`s New Testament. Herbert 268. (1)

Bickham (George). The Universal Penman, 1733, 108 folios (incomplete), engraved to rectos only, some soiling and a few corner repairs, etc., later half morocco, rubbed and scuffed, folio. Sold as a collection of plts., not subject to return. (1)

Bochart (Samuel). Geographiae Sacrae Pars Prior Phaleg sev de Dispersione Gentium et Terrarum Divisione Facta in aedificatione turris Babel..., 2 parts in one, Caen: Petri Cardonelli, 1651-46, four double-page eng. maps, ink signature ÒBalcarres 1691Ó to title, initial four leaves detached, later endpapers, contemp. calf, gilt armorial of Alexander Balcarres to centre of each board, upper board detached and lacking large portion of spine, some wear, folio (1)

Browne (Thomas). Pseudodoxia Epidemica: or, Enquiries into Very many received Tenents, and Commonly presumed Truths, 1st ed., 1646, pp.[xx],386, inner margin of leaf A1 with small repair, short closed-tear to lower margin of title, early ink scribble to verso of leaf 2N2, upper outer corner of leaf 3B5 torn, recent endpapers, contemp. calf, rebacked and corners repaired, folio. Ownership label of Bent Juel-Jensen. Wing B5159. (1)

Clark (Richard). Practical and Ornamental Penmanship, A New Copy Book, by Richard Clark, Writing Master to the Royal Academy, at Portsmouth, [London], 1758, eng. title, 5 pp. introduction, 2 pp. list of subscribers, and twenty-nine (of 30) eng. plts. mostly by Edward Thorowgood and J. Howard, a few plates close-trimmed to fore- or lower edge, including title (numbered 1-30, lacking plate 13), later half calf with marbled boards, spine and outer corners renewed, oblong folio. The second edition of a work first published in 1742. Richard Clark, son of the Writing Master John Clark (author of the popular Writing Improv`d), ran a school in Little Flower Street, Portsmouth, in partnership with William Kippax. (1)

Dante Alighieri. Dante con L`Espositioni di Christoforo Landino, et D`Alessandro Vellutello..., Con Tauole, Argomenti, & Allegorie; & riformato, riueduto, & ridotto alla sua vera Lettura, per Francesco Sansovino Fiorentino, Venice: Appresso Gio. Battista, & Gio. Bernardo Sessa, fratelli, 1596, woodcut portrait to title and printer`s device to final leaf, woodcut illusts. and initials, some light dampstaining mostly to initial leaves, some general toning, modern calf gilt, folio. Adams D111. (1)

Handel (George Frederic). The Beauties of Handel ... consisting of upwards of One Hundred of his most favorite Songs, Duetts & Trios ... arranged with a separate Accompaniment for the Piano Forte, and figured from the M.S. Scores of the Author by Jos. Corfe, 3 vols., printed & sold by Preston, no. 71, Dean Street, Soho, c. 1825, port. frontis. to first vol., eng. title and single text leaf to each vol., first vol. with additional engraved dedication leaf, some light offsetting throughout, some foxing to front of each vol. and first vol. with waterstain to lower outer corners of first few leaves, contemp. half dark green morocco gilt, rubbed and some wear to edges, with spines chipped with loss to lower portion of each vol., and to upper portion of third vol., oblong folio (3)

Hemm (J.P.). J.P.Hemm`s Portraits in Penmanship of the Royal Family, Nottingham, 1831, title page with list of subscribers, six uncoloured engraved whimsical portraits of royalty with the main image made up of various calligraphic designs, each with tissue guard, orig. blue paper wrappers with printed label to upper cover, large folio (1)

Montaigne (Michel de). Les Essais de Michel, Seigneur de Montaigne, new ed., Paris, 1657, printer`s woodcut decive to title, eng. port., occ. scattered spotting, later endpapers, contemp. diced calf, rebacked with recent gilt dec. spine, boards slightly worn, folio (1)

Pausanias. Pavsaniae Graeciae Descriptio Accvrata, qua Lector ceu manu per eam regionem circumducitur..., Leipzig: Thomas Fritsch, 1696, half-title, eng. illust. to title, some damp mottling and fraying to fore-edge margins, contemp. vellum, gilt armorial to upper and lower boards, lacks ties, upper joint cracked and some wear, folio, together with Silius (Italicus)., Caji Silii Italici Punicorum Libri Septemdecim..., Trajecti ad Rhenum: Apud Guilielmum Vande Water, 1717, eng. frontis., four eng. plts. and few illusts. to text, some dampstaining, contemp. vellum, wear and slight loss of vellum to fore-edge of upper board, 4to, plus Turlot (Nicolas), Il Tesoro della Dottrina Cristiana Opera Esimia Latina di Monsignor Niccolo Turlot..., Ottava Edizione Veneta, 2 vols. in one, Venice, 1738, woodcut illust. to each title, vol. 1 title with ink library stamp, some minor dampstaining to initial leaves, contemp. vellum, worn at head & foot of spine, 4to (3)

Pindar. Olympia, Nemea, Pythia, Isthmia. Una cum Latina Omnium Versione Carmine Lyrico per Nicolaum Sudorium, Oxford, 1697, engraved frontispiece, title with engraved illustration, a few minor spots, bookplates, a.e.g., 18th c. red calf, spine with raised bands and gilt rules, a little rubbed, folio. A good large paper copy. Wing 2245. (1)

Plutarch. The Lives of the Noble Grecians and Romains..., Translated out of Greeke into French by James Amiot..., 1631, printers woodcut device to title and with early ink ownership annotations, woodcut illust. decorations throughout, incomplete lacking numerous leaves including front blank (A1), pp.3-18 (B2-C3), pp.197-242 (S3-Y1), pp.709-744 (3P1-3R6), pp.985-1014 (4P1-4R3) and pp.1153-1184 (5F1-5H4), repaired closed tear to leaf H3, repaired small hole to leaves 5P4-5P8 (final 5 leaves of table at rear), some minor dampstaining mostly to upper margins at rear of volume, endpapers replaced, early 18th c. speckled calf, 20th c. reback, board edges rubbed, folio. STC 20070. Sold with all faults, not subject to return. (1)

Smith (Albert). The Social Parliament. At the First ... an Act to Amend the Laws relating to the giving of dinner and evening parties, 1st ed., 1848, humorous printed Act with drop-head title (below the words `Second Edition`, wood eng. thumbnail vigns., 8 pp., uncut and partly unopened, a little soiled and frayed at margins, disbound as issued, slim folio. Albert Richard Smith (1816-60), was an English author, entertainer, and mountaineer. He was an early contributor to Punch and wrote satires on the pretentions and snobbery of social climbers. He published a second similar humorous act in the same year: An Act for Promoting the Public Health in Towns and Elsewhere. (1)

Tacitus (Publius Cornelius). Opera Quae Exstant, Ex Officina Plantiniana, Antwerp, 1627, title and final leaf verso with printer`s device, woodcut initials, small ink stamp and annotation to title (small marginal tear), occasional spotting and browning, occasional annotation, 18th c. red calf, a little rubbed and stained, folio (1)

Trials. A Full and Impartial Account of the Tryal of the Reverend Mr. Francis Higgins, Prebendary of Christ-Church in Dublin; Before His Grace the Lord Lieutenant and Council of Ireland, Occasion`d by a Presentment of the Grand-Jury of the County of Dublin, 1712, bound with 13 other trials and reports, including A Report From the Committee of Secrecy, Appointed by Order of the House of Commons to Examine Several Books and Papers Laid Before the House, Relating to the Late Negotiations of Peace and Commerce, Reported on the Ninth of June, 1715, by the Right Honourable Robert Walpole, With an Appendix, 1715,92pp only (lacking last leaf); The Whole Proceeding to Judgment Upon the Articles of Impeachment of High Treason Exhibited by the Knights, Citizens and Burgesses in Parliament Assembled, in the Name of Themselves and all the Commons of Great Britain, Against James Earl of Derwentwater, William Lord Widdrington, William Earl of Nithisdale, Robert Earl of Carmwath, William Viscount Kenmure, and William Lord Nairn, in Westminster-Hall, on Thursday the Ninth Day of February, 1715, 1716, 20pp; Severall Speeches Against the Bill for Repealing the Triennial Act: As they were Spoken in the House of Commons, the 24th Day of April, 1716, 16pp; The Several Papers Which were Laid Before the Right Honourable the Lords Spiritualand Temporal in Parliament Assembled, Relating to the Riots at Oxford, on His Royal Highness the Prince`s Birth-Day, 1717, 36pp; The Tryal of Francis Francia, for High Treason, at the Sessions-House in the Old-Baily; On Tuesday Jan. 22, 1716, 1717, 68pp; The Tryal of Robert Earl of Oxford and Earl Mortimer, Upon the Impeachment of the House of Commons, Exhibited Against him for High Treason, and Other High Crimes and Misdeameanours, 1717, 69pp; The Defence of Francis, Late Lord Bishop of Rochester, at the Bar of the House of Lords, on Thursday the 9th and Saturday the 11th of May, 1723. Against the Bill then Depending for Inflicting Pains and Penalties on him, 1723, 20pp, some tears, marginal loss to one title, some spotting and soiling, bookplate, contemporary panelled calf, small sticker to upper cover, rubbed, folio (1)

Wesley (Samuel). The Life of our Blessed Lord & Saviour Jesus Christ. An Heroic Poem: Dedicated to Her Most Sacred Majesty..., 2nd ed., 1697, sixty eng. plts. (complete, including eng. port. frontis. & addn. eng. title), two folding eng. maps, repaired closed tear to letterpress title, approx. twenty leaves at front with some worming to inner margins and approx. forty leaves at rear with some minor worming to lower margins, recent endpapers with cloth hinges, contemp. panelled calf, rebacked and board edges repaired, folio. Wing 1373A. (1)

Shakespeare (William). The National Shakespeare, a fac-simile of the text of the first folio of 1623, illustrated by Sir J. Noel Paton, 3 vols., pub. William Mackenzie, [1888-89], b&w photogravure plates, t.e.g., remainder untrimmed, marbled endpapers, orig. uniform blind and gilt dec. dark green full morocco, very sl. rubbed to extrems., folio (3)

Mansfield (Edgar (1907-96)). Ghost Stories by Walter de la Mare, with Lithographs by Barnett Freedman, pub. Folio Society, 1956, litho title and seven litho plts., t.e.g., near contemp. full beige morocco with onlays and inlays of biomorphic forms to both boards, title in blind to spine, slightly faded to spine, 8vo. James Frank Edgar Mansfield (1907-96) was a pioneer of modern British bookbinding. Mansfield was raised and educated in New Zealand. He came to London in 1934 to study bookbinding at the Central School of Arts and Crafts and design at the German Reimann School. After the war he taught colour and design at the London School of Printing until he retired in 1964. His students included Don Etherington, Faith Shannon, and Anthony Cains. In 1955 Mansfield joined Bernard Middleton, Trevor Jones, and Arthur Johnson to form the Guild of Contemporary Bookworkers, serving as its president until 1968. He was elected Fellow of the Royal Society of Arts in 1934 and Member of the German Bookbinders Guild (MDE) in 1950, made an Honorary Fellow of Designer Bookbinders in 1968, received the Order of the British Empire in the 1979 Birthday Honors, and elected Fellow of the Royal Society of British Sculptors in 1980. (1)

Zaehnsdorf. An Artist`s Safari by Ralph Thompson, 1979, col. and b & w illusts., t.e.g., unnumbered copy bound in quarter morocco gilt by Zaehnsdorf, contained in purpose-made cloth slipcase, small folio, together with Leonardo by Ritchie Calder, Arcadia Press, 1971, col. and b & w illusts., a.e.g., orig. morocco gilt with green and black geometric onlays by Zaehnsdorf, 4to, preserved in orig. cloth book box, (signed limited edition 222/265) (2)

Catalogues. A Collection of French XVIIIth Century Illustrated Books..., in Superb Contemporary Bindings..., Issued in Commemoration of the Seventieth Birthday of Maggs Bros. Booksellers, [1930], b & w and col. plts., orig. printed wrappers, folio, together with Historic and Artistic Bookbindings from the XIVth Century to the Present Time, Selected from the Stock of Maggs Bros., 1914, b & w plts., orig. printed wrappers, slim 4to, with Choix de Beaux Livres du XVe au XIXe Siecle, Autographes, catalogue no.12, pub. Maggs Bros., [1938], col. frontis., b & w plts., orig. wrappers, slim 4to, with Bookbinding in Great Britain Sixteenth to the Twentieth Century, catalogue 966, pub. Maggs Bros., 1975, b & w frontis. and plts., modern brown morocco gilt, 4to, plus four other book catalogues (8)

Hobson (G.D.). English Binding Before 1500. The Sandars Lectures, 1927, pub. Cambridge University Press, 1929, fifty-five collotype plts., t.e.g., orig. cloth gilt, tall folio. Limited edition of 500 copies printed. (1)

Oldham (J. Basil). English Blind-stamped Bindings, 1st ed., pub. Cambridge University Press, 1952, b & w plts., orig. cloth gilt, in frayed price-clipped d.j., folio, (One of 750 copies), together with Blind Panels of English Binders, 1st ed., pub. Cambridge University Press, 1958, b & w plts., orig. cloth gilt, in frayed & slightly torn price-clipped d.j., folio (2)

Tidcombe (Marianne). The Bookbindings of T.J. Cobden-Sanderson, 1st ed., British Library, 1984, col. frontis., b & w plts. and illusts., orig. cloth gilt in orig. slipcase, 4to (limited ed. 1000 copies), together with Welsh (Doris Varner), A Bibliography of Miniature Books (1470-1965), New York, 1989, orig. mock leather in d.j., folio (500 copies printed), with Librairie Sourget, Livres Precieux, catalogues 18-20, Chartres, 1998-99, col. and b & w illusts., orig. cloth in d.j., 4to, and Exhibition catalogue, The History of Bookbinding 525-1950 A.D., An Exhibition held at the Baltimore Museum of Art November 12, 1957 to January 12, 1958, pub. Trustees of the Walters Art Gallery, Baltimore, Maryland, 1957, b & w plts., orig. pict. cloth, contained in orig. cloth folder and slipcase, 4to, plus other bibliography and related (2 shelves)

Art Journal. Together seventeen vols., a broken run, 1851, 1865, 1867-68, 1870-72, 1874-78, 1880-81, 1883-84, numerous engraved plates, mixed bindings, various condition, folio (17)

Atkins (Guy). Asger Jorn, The Crucial Years 1954-1964, A study of Asger Jorn`s artistic development from 1954 to 1964 and a catalogue of his oil paintings from that period, 1st ed., Lund Humphries, 1977, b & w and tipped-in col. plts., orig. cloth, folio, together with Asger Jorn, Supplement to the oeuvre catalogue of his paintings from 1930 to 1973, 1st ed., Asger Jorn Foundation & Lund Humphries, 1986, b & w plts. and illusts., orig. cloth in d.j., folio (2)

Audsley (George Ashdown). Gems of Japanese Art and Handicraft, 1st ed., 1913, sixty-six chromo. and seven b&w plts., a few slightly toned to extreme margins, with text bound separately in orig. printed wrappers, spine ends split, loosely contained in orig. portfolio bookbox, upper hinge broken, rubbed and frayed, folio (1)

Bates (Keith). The Clockmakers of Northumberland and Durham, 1st ed., 1980, col. frontis., num. b & w illusts. from photos, orig. cloth in d.j., folio (limited edition 471/1000, signed by the author), together with Pryce (W.T.R. and Davies, T. Alun), Samuel Roberts Clock Maker. An Eighteenth-Century Craftsman in a Welsh Rural Community, 1st ed., 1985, col. frontis., num. b & w illusts. from photos, orig. mock morocco boards in d.j., 8vo, plus Dowler (Graham), Gloucestershire Clock and Watch Makers, 1st ed., 1984, num. b & w illusts. from photos, map endpapers, orig. cloth in d.j., 4to, and other clock reference including regional makers, mostly G/VG (approx. 40)

Butlin (Martin and Joll, Evelyn). The Paintings of J.M.W. Turner, 2 vols. (Text/Plates), revised edition, Yale University Press, 1984, num. col. and b & w illusts., orig. cloth in d.j., folio, together with Praz (Mario), An Illustrated History of Interior Decoration from Pompeii to Art Nouveau, reprinted, Thames & Hudson, 1982, num. col. and b & w illusts., orig. cloth in d.j., 4to, plus Ayers (John, Impey, Oliver and Mallet, J.V.G.), Porcelain for Palaces. The Fashion for Japan in Europe 1650-1750, pub. Oriental Ceramic Society, 1990, num. col. illusts. from photos, orig. cloth in d.j., 4to, and other art and antiques reference, mostly G/VG (approx. 55)

Cooper (Thomas Sidney). Groups of Cattle Drawn From Nature, pub. Ackermann, 1839, lithographed title, twenty-five lithographed plates (complete), most tinted, occasional mainly marginal spotting, a.e.g., contemporary green half morocco, spine gilt with raised bands, a little rubbed and scuffed, folio (1)

Hobson (R.L.). Worcester Porcelain. A Description of the Ware from the Wall Period to the Present Day, pub. Quaritch, 1910, seventeen mounted chromos., ninety-two collotype plts., some minor spotting of prelims., t.e.g., remainder rough-trimmed, orig. gilt-dec. cloth, faded and marked, some wear to extremities, folio, together with Binns (R.W.), A Century of Potting in the City of Worcester, Being the History of the Royal Porcelain Works, from 1751 to 1851, pub. London & Worcester, 1865, wood-engs. to text, large folding col. litho. view of the ÒNew Royal Porcelain Works, Worcester, as proposed, July, 1875Ó, t.e.g., orig. blind-stamped cloth gilt, worn at head and foot of spine, and Worcester China. A Record of the Work of Forty-Five Years, 1852-1897, by R.W. Binns, edited Charles F. Binns, pub. Quaritch, 1897, b & w illusts. from photos, t.e.g., orig. gilt-dec. vellum, rubbed and soiled, 8vo, and Cook (Cyril), The Life and Work of Robert Hancock. An Account of the Life of the 18th-Century Engraver and of his Designs on Battersea and Staffordshire Enamels and Bow and Worcester Porcelain, 1st ed., 1948, and Supplement, 1955, b & w illusts. from photos, both orig. cloth gilt, (Supplement in frayed and torn d.j.), 8vo, and others on Worcester porcelain, all ex-lib. copies with usual marks (many with f.e.p. excised) (14)

Kokoschka (Oskar, 1886-1980). Shakespeare, King Lear, with lithographs by Oskar Kokoschka, pub. Ganymed Original Editions, 1963, orig. full vellum, gilt-lettered to spine, some light soiling, large folio. Limited edition 39/275, signed by the artist. (1)

Lacroux (J.). Constructions en Briques, La Brique Ordinaire au Pont de Vue Decoratif, Seconde Partie, pub. Andre Daly Fils & Cie., Paris, c.1878, title page, eighty-four loose colour printed lithographs (including two folding), with fourteen orig. paper printed wrappers, orig. cloth portfolio with linen ties, gilt title to upper board, slight wear at extrems., folio, together with Brandon (Raoul),Architecture Nouvelle, 3me. Serie, Constructions Diverses et de Style ÒArt NouveauÓ, Paris, c.1900,twenty-nine loose (only) colour printed lithographs, orig. portfolio with linen ties, printed titles to boards, some staining, rubbed and worn at extrems., 4to. Sold as a collection of prints not subject to return. (113)

Oppe (A.P.). Thomas Rowlandson, His drawings and Watercolours, pub. The Studio, 1923, numerous colour and b & w photographic plates, tissue guards with printed titles, t.e.g., orig. pubs. vellum gilt with contrasting morocco label to spine, stained, folio, limited edition of 35/200, together with Grego (Joseph), Rowlandson the Caricaturist. A Selection from his Works, with Anecdotal Descriptions of his Famous Caricatures and a Sketch of his Life, Times and Contemporaries, 2 vols., 1880, facsimile ed., pub. New York, c.1970,portrait frontis. to both vols., half title and dec. title page, numerous b & w illusts throughout, orig. pubs. red cloth gilt, 4to (3)

Rackham (Arthur). Catalogue of the Glaisher Collection of Pottery & Porcelain in the Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge, 2 vols., CUP, 1935, num. col. and collotype plts., t.e.g., orig. cloth gilt, rubbed and some wear to spines, folio, together with John (W.D.), Swansea Porcelain, pub. Ceramic Book Co., Newport, 1958, col. and b & w illusts., t.e.g., remainder untrimmed, orig. cloth gilt, rubbed and faded on spine, 4to, with other ceramics reference, all ex-lib. copies with usual marks (many f.e.p.s removed) (approx. 70)

Raemaekers (Louis). The War Cartoons of Louis Raemaekers, 1st series, George Pulman & Sons, 1916, fifty mounted col. plts., title page signed in pencil by Louis Raemaekers, loosely contained in orig. portfolio with printed title label (stating second series), folio (1)

The Studio, Year-Book of Decorative Art, vols. 1-50, 1906-1961, num. col. and b & w illusts., ads. both front and rear, mostly ex-lib. copies with unobtrusive blind stamp to upper margin, mostly orig. cloth, except 1929 bound in orig. printed wrappers and 1938 bound in stout quarter morocco gilt (a poor copy), 7 vols. in d.j. (1921, 1942, 1953-4, 1957-8, 1958-9, 1959-60 & 1960-61), together with vol. 54, 1964, folio & 4to. The Year-Book ceased publication after volume 37 due to wartime restrictions and volume 38 did not appear until 1948. (51)

Waring (J.B. and Robinson, J.C.). Examples of Pottery and Porcelain Selected from the Royal and Other Collections, [1857], seventeen chromos. by F. Bedford, wood-engs. to text by R. Dudley, damp stains to lower margins, a.e.g., orig. gilt-dec. cloth, some time rebacked, slim folio, together with Waring (J.B.), Ceramic Art in Remote Ages: With Essays on the Symbols of the Circle, the Cross and Circle, the Circle and Ray Ornament, the Fylfot and the Serpent, Showing their Relation to the Primitive Forms of Solar and Nature Worship, 1874, addn. chromo. title, fifty-five uncol. litho. plts., some spotting, a.e.g., contemp. crimson half morocco gilt, rubbed, folio, with other miscellaneous pottery and porcelain interest, all ex-lib. copies with usual marks (many with f.e.p. removed) (approx. 55)

Folio Society, approx. 200 vols., c. 1950s-1990s, including Dickens, Trollope, Shakespeare, History of the Crusades, James Morris, Folio 50 Bibliography, Edward Gibson, Clarendon et al, mostly orig. cloth in slipcase, G/VG (approx. 200)

Folio Society, approx. 80 vols., mostly c. 1980s-2000, including History of England, 12 vols., Domesday Book, 3 vols., Anthony Trollope, classical history and literature, etc., all orig. cloth, mostly in slipcases, G/VG (approx. 80)