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* Colbert (Jean Baptiste). Letter signed "Colbert", Paris, 27th February 1665, an interesting letter from Louis XIV`sfinance minister to the Comte de Comenge, the French ambassador to England, saying that although Charles II, following earlier complaints, had given instructions that any French ships captured by the English should be released, his instructions were not always being followed, Colbert asked Comenge to intervene again, though he accepts that the offenders could well be English ships which had not yet received the King`sinstructions, a little spotting and soiling, 2pp., folio, tipped on to a modern mount with protective wrapper and printed label of Documents and Autographs Ltd. to back of mount, typed English catalogue slip and invoice loosely inserted. The French were allies of the Dutch with whom, at this stage, the English were at war. (1)

* Film. An album of fifty corner-mounted b & w photos and real-photo postcards of actors and entertainers, c. 1940s, many with original signatures including Sydney Greenstreet, Edward G. Robinson, Laurence Olivier, Celia Johnson, Gene Kent, Anne Crawford, Phyllis Calvert, Robert Donat, Dottie Lamour, Michael Wilding, Edward Rigby, Flanagan & Allen, Eric Portman, John Mills, Stewart Granger, plus some with printed signatures in image, contemp. boards, oblong large 8vo, together with an album of twenty-two larger b & w photos of actors, corner-mounted, some with printed signatures, original signatures include Jimmy Durante, Charles Coburn, Barbara Stanwyck, Claudette Colbert, Raymond Massey, mostly approx. 13 x 18 cm, contemp. cloth, some soiling and browning, oblong folio (2)

Naval Log Book. Log of the Proceedings on Board of H.M.S. Hibernia 120 Guns, Captain Peter Richards C.B. bearing the flag of Vice Admiral Sir William Parker, Bart. G.C.B., kept by Gordon Carey Whitbread, Naval Cadet, Commencing 10th March 1847 and Ending..., 1847-48, manuscript log journal, with calligraphic title-page and approx. 100pp. (plus 30pp. blank), kept whilst visiting Lisbon, Malta, and Naples, orig. qtr. sheep, rubbed and soiled, folio. In February 1845 H.M.S. Hibernia was commissioned by Captain Peter Richards to serve as Vice Admiral Sir William Parker`sflagship in the Mediterranean. (1)

* WWI - Archive of Major L.H. Lloyd, Royal Army Service Corps. Two albums containing numerous original photographs, postcards, maps, war diary, poems, orders, etc. 1914-18, 62 thick card leaves, mounted on both sides with approx. 300 original photographs and real photo postcards and approx. 120 documents, passes, printed orders, maps, original poems, War Diary or Intelligence Summaries, stamps, German billeting notices, christmas cards, invitations to balls, two Mention in Despatch notices etc., all neatly captioned in ink, a few leaves loose, a few minor spots, one half red, one half blue morocco, one upper joint splitting, lightly rubbed, oblong folio. A comprehensive and valuable record of one man`swar. Captain, later Major Lloyd served in Northern France from 1914-1918, the archive going on to 1919 when the British army occupied Cologne. The photographs start with embarkation at Southampton in 1914, arrival in Laventie in France, supplying the front, topography, constructing trenches and barbed wire defences, bomb throwing, shelled buildings, billets, graves, a football match on Christmas Day, 1914, R.F.C. planes and hangars, officers, German prisoners etc. ending with Spa, Antwerp and Cologne in 1919. The documents include several Special Order of the Day`sfrom Field-Marshall Sir Douglas Haig, concert and sporting notices, translations of German orders, regulations, a certificate awarding an Iron Cross, 2nd class, German stamps in occupied Belgium, two manuscript poems, one titled "Our Little dug-out in the Trench" from 2nd Battn, West Yorkshire regiment, a manuscript war diary, from embarkation at Southampton 5 November 1914 to 19 Feb 1915 and two Mention in Despatch notices, 1919. (2)

Bible [Hebrew]. Vetus Testamentum Hebraicum, cum Variis lectionibus, ed. Benjamin Kennicott, 2 vols., Oxford, 1776-80, list of subscribers, partly ruled in red, occn. foxing to some leaves, later half calf, raised bands to spine of each vol., rubbed and scuffed, rear cover to first vol. det. and upper joints to second vol. partly cracked, large folio. Darlow & Moule 5160. The earliest attempt to provide a large scale critical edition of the Old Testament, from collations of all the known Hebrew manuscripts and printed editions of the Bible, which took Kennicott and other participating scholars ten years to complete. (2)

Bible [English]. The Royal Bible: Or, A Complete Body of Christian Divinity: containing the Holy Scriptures at large, and a full and clear explanation of all the difficult texts ... together with critical notes and observations on the whole, by Leonard Howard, 2nd ed., printed for I. Pottinger, 1761, eng. port. frontis., torn and frayed (relined with minor loss to extreme lower outer corner), title printed in red and black, numerous copper eng. plts. by R. Pranker, James Kirk, T. Sanders, Proud, Adam Smith, C. Bibb, and others, after Picart, Coypel, S. Wale, etc., postscript to final leaf dated Southwark, 24th December 1762, some minor marks and occn. sl. soiling, recent antique-style two-tone gilt-panelled full calf (by Paul Tronson of Period Fine Bindings, Wootton Wawen), spine elaborately gilt decorated with red morocco title label, thick folio (1)

[Chaucer, Geoffrey, The Workes of Geffrey Chaucer, newlie printed, with diuers addicions, whiche were neuer in print before... , compiled by Jhon Lidgate, 5th ed., edited by John Stowe, 1561], black letter double-column text with woodcut initials throughout, lacks all prelims. (fourteen or ten leaves depending on issue which is otherwise not determinable), final leaf of text with colophon supplied as modern facsimile, old neat manuscript copy of the final leaf signed by Thomas Cox bound in at end (dampstained), some old soiling and dampstaining and scattered contemp. marginal inscriptions, two closed tear repairs to first leaf including one archival tissue repair touching running head and woodcut of the knight on his horse, the woodcut with neat old ink addition to right border of the image and a few doodles to the left, a few marginal tears, four defective and repaired prelims. [from the 1598 edition] inserted at front, recent calf by Period Bookbinders, folio. STC 5075. (1)

Chaucer (Geoffrey). The Workes of our Antient and Learned English Poet, Geffrey Chaucer, newly printed... , ed. Thomas Speight, 1598, title within dec. woodcut border (somewhat soiled and frayed with old ink inscriptions), repairs to lower corners and centre of title verso not affecting text, double-column black letter text with three sectional titles and woodcut initials, lacks initial blank and sixth prelim. plus following port. frontis. (photocopies loosely inserted), some light browning and old waterstaining throughout, damp fraying to lower outer corners of final two gathers with some repairs and loss of text, two shorter leaves I2/7 supplied from another copy, ink lib. stamps to endpapers and pastedowns, later plain boards, worn and covers detached, folio. STC 5078. (1)

Conybeare (W.J. and Howson, J.S.). The Life and Epistles of St. Paul, 2 vols., 1869, b&w steel eng. plts., including views of the Holy Land by W. H. Bartlett, and others, some foxing to title and front endpaper, recent antique-style two-tone blind-panelled calf (by Paul Tronson of Period Fine Bindings, Wootton Wawen), spines elaborately gilt decorated, with morocco label to each, 4to, together with Dore (Gustave, illust.), The Vision of Hell by Dante Alighieri, trans. Henry Francis Carey, pub. Cassell, 1903, b&w plts., modern antique-style dark brown calf, covers blind decorated to margins, spine elaborately gilt decorated with red morocco title label, folio, plus The Imperial Illustrated Bible; containing the Old and New Testaments according to the authorised version, ed. John Brown, pub. A. Fullarton & Co., n.d., c. 1870, numerous b&w steel eng. plates, including views of the Holy Land after Turner, Clarkson Stanfield, A. W. Callcott, J. D. Harding, David Roberts, and others, a.e.g., contemp. blind and gilt dec. full diced black morocco, with bevelled edges, some minor wear to extrems. with upper joint partly cracked at head and foot, thick folio (4)

Dore (Gustave, illust.). The Holy Bible, containing the Old and the New Testaments, pub. Cassell, Petter, and Gilpin, c.1870s, over 200 b & w wood-eng. plts., contemp. ms. inscription on Family Register leaf, marbled endpapers, a.e.g., contemp. bevel-edged black morocco, gilt rule decorated raised bands between dot roll and triple rules, gilt lettered direct in second and fourth compartments, remainder with elaborate gilt volute and palmette frame, covers with border of gilt triple fillets, wide gilt rose roll, and blind volute roll, a little rubbed and scuffed in places and some minor marks, but generally in good condition, thick folio (2)

Foxe (John). Actes and monuments of matters most speciall and memorable, happening in the Church, with an universall history of the same. Wherein is set forth at large the whole race and course of the Church, from the primitive age to these latter times of ours, with the bloudy times, horrible troubles and great persecutions against the true Martyrs of Christ, sought and wrought as well by Heathen Emperours, as now lately practised by Romish Prelates, especially in this Realme of England and Scotland. Now againe, as it was recognised, perused, and recommended to the studious reader by the Author Maister John Foxe, the fift time newly imprinted, 2 vols., printed by Peter Short, 1596-97, woodcut title to each vol., the first trimmed to woodcut border, and relaid, second title relined, black letter text, numerous woodcut illusts., occn. minor archival repairs, final leaf of index to second vol. with lower outer corner repaired and replaced in facsimile, additional large folding engraving entitled A Most Exact and Accurat Table of the First Ten Persecutions of the Primitive Church under the Heathen Tirants of Rome ..., sould by William Riddiard, n.d., c. 1625, (STC 11227.5), bound in at front of second vol., some repaired tears and marks, minor loss to extreme margins, relined, modern antique-style two-tone blind-panelled and decorated "Cambridge style" full calf (by Paul Tronson, Period Fine Bindings, Wottoon Wawen), marbled end papers, elaborately gilt dec. spines with morocco title label to each, folio. STC 11226 (and 11226a for the second volume). A handsome copy of the 1596-97 edition of Foxe`sBook of Martyrs, the first produced following his death in 1583, and containing the six-verse encomium in memory of the author by John Hopkins, included at the end of the preliminary leaves to volume 1. The woodcut table of persecutions missing from the early part of volume one is here supplied in the 1625 remodelled engraving bound at the front of volume two. (2)

Foxe (John). The Book of Martyrs: Containing an Account of the Sufferings & Death of the Protestants in the Reign of Queen Mary the First, pub. H. Trapp, 1776, two engraved frontispieces, engraved title, thirty-six copper-engraved plates, one or two leaves with marginal repairs, insect damage to half title lower nargin, occasional light spotting and offsetting, contemporary calf, rebacked, rubbed and stained, folio (1)

Frederick II (King of Prussia). Oeuvres de Frederic le Grand, 20 vols. only, Berlin, 1846-56, ink library stamp to verso of titles, library label and ink stamps to front endpapers, qtr. vellum with vellum tipped board corners, slightly marked, folio. Comprises volumes 1-9, 12-15, 18, 20, 22, 26, 27 pts.1-3, 28 and table volume. (20)

Josephus (Flavius). Flavii Josephi Antiquitatum Judaicarum libri XX, ad uettera exemplaria diligenter recogniti. De bello Judaico libri VII., ex collatione Graecorum codicum... Contra Apionem libri II..., De imperio rationis sive de Machabaeis liber unus a Des. Erasmo Roterodamo recognitus, Basel: In Officina Frobeniana, 1534, printer`swoodcut device to title and verso of final leaf, inner margin of title and final leaf repaired, initial leaves loose and with slight worming to lower margins, few minor marks, lacks free endpapers, contemp. blind panelled calf, gilt crest to centre of both boards, rebacked and corners repaired, slight wear at head & foot of spine and to board corners, folio. Adams J360. (1)

Milton (John). The Poetical Works of Mr. John Milton. Containing Paradise Lost, Paradise Regain"d, Sampson Agonistes, and his Poems on Several Occasions. Together with Explanatory Notes on each Book of the Paradise Lost, and a Table Never Before Printed, 1695, engraved portrait frontispiece (small hole in image), twelve engraved plates, first few leaves detached, occasional dampstaining and soiling, some marginal wormtracks and minor tears, contemporary calf, upper cover detached, some wear, folio (1)

Plinius Secundus (Gaius). Naturalis historiae libri XXXVII ..., Paris: Nicolaum de Pratis, 1516, wood eng. title with decorative border, woodcut initials throughout, occn. old ink underscoring and marginalia, some spotting and dampstaining throughout, some browning of leaves towards rear, single worm hole running through first half of volume and touching letterpress, fore margins of title and prelims. somewhat soiled, dampstained and restored without loss of text, title with browning, soiling and old ink annotations, modern vellum, folio. Adams P1555. (1)

Plinius Secundus (Gaius). Historia mundi ..., Basel, 1535, printer`swoodcut device to title and final leaf verso (Froben), some woodcut initials, old ink inscription to title upper margin partially erased, horizontal paper crease to title with small resultant paper flaw to margin, not affecting text, scattered minor spotting or soiling, old ink drawing of a labrynth with four lines of latin text on a folio sheet pasted to rear pastedown, somewhat spotted, hand-coloured large bookplate with name partially erased to front pastedown, contemp. blindstamped pig skin over wood boards with two clasps in working order, some rubbing and soiling, small splits at head of upper joints, stained red library mark to lower compartment, slight corner wear with wood showing through upper corners, folio. This is the first printing with notes by Sigmund Galen and contains a preface of Erasmus, reprinted from his edition of 1525. (1)

Riccioli (Giovanni Battista). Geographiae et Hydrographiae Reformatae Libri Duodecim, Bologna, 1651, engraved frontispiece plate (repaired), wood-engraved illustrations, occasional light dampstains and soiling, later half vellum, manuscript title to spine, slightly rubbed, folio (1)

Strype (John). Memorials of the Most Reverend Father in God, Thomas Cranmer, sometime Lord Archbishop of Canterbury..., 1694, eng. port. frontis., title printed in red & black, two eng. port. plts., contemp. calf, rebacked and corners repaired, folio, together with Manton (Thomas), One Hundred and Ninety Sermons on the Hundred and Nineteenth Psalm, Preached by the LAte Reverend and Learned Thomas Manton..., to which are prefix"d Memoirs of the Life and Character of the Author, by William Harris, 2nd ed., 1725, eng. port. frontis., contemp. calf, joints cracked and some wear, folio, with Mason (Francis), Of the Consecration of Bishops in the Church of England, with their Succession, Jurisdiction, and other things Incident to their Calling..., 1st ed., 1613, lacks title and all before p.5 (A3), contemp. limp vellum, small folio, plus three other 17th/18th c. antiquarian (6)

Terentius Afer (Publius). Il Terentio Latino, comentato in Lingua Toscana, e ridotto a la sua vera latinita, a i generosi, e magnanimi Signori Don Francesco, e Don Giovanni Medici, da Giovanni Fabrini da Fighine Fiorentino, Venice, Giovambattista Marchio Sessa, 1556, title with woodcut printer`sdevice, text in double column, title relined, one or two small wormholes to outer margin of prelims., dampstain to top margins towards rear of vol. with some fraying to final few leaves and loss of some letters, contemp. calf, rubbed and some wear, joints cracked, 4to, together with Valsecchi (Antonino), Dei Fondanenti della Religione e dei fonti dell"empieta, 2 vols., Padua, 1767, oval library stamp to title of each vol., light waterstain to margins throughout both vols., contemp. vellum, some marks and soiling, 4to, plus Hilarius (St. Hilary, Bishop of Poitiers), Opera, Paris, Francois Muguet, 1693, text in double column, waterstain to lower portion of fore-margin throughout, contemp. speckled calf, gilt dec. spine with raised bands, rubbed and some wear to extrems., upper joint partly cracked at head and foot, folio, and four other 18th c. continental theology, incomplete, 4to (8)

Vade (Jean Joseph). Oeuvres Poissardes... Paris, 1796, four hand-coloured engraved plates, occasional light spotting, bookplate, contemporary, possibly Scottish straight-grained blue morocco, cover with gilt panel design with canted corners within foliate border enclosed by key and rule border, spine with trophy decorations, lightly rubbed, a.e.g., folio. One of 100 Large Paper Copies. (1)

Vergilius Maro (Publius). L"Eneide di Virgilio Mantuano Commentata in Lingua Volgare Toscana da Giouanni Fabrini da Fighine, & Filippo Venuti da Cortona, Venice, 1576, bound with Sopra L"Ottavo Libro Del L"Eneide di Virgilio, Venice, 1575, title with woodcut device, woodcut initials, wormtrack affecting lettering in first few leaves, previous owner signature to title, occasional light spotting and soiling, later calf, spine with raised bands and gilt decoration, joints splitting, rubbed, folio (1)

Whitelock (Sir Bulstrode). Memorials of the English Affairs: or, an Historical Account of what passed from the Beginning of the Reign of King Charles the First, to King Charles the Second His Happy Restauration..., new ed., 1732, inner hinges neatly repaired, contemp. half sheep, recent calf spine, folio, together with Swift (Dr. Jonathan), The Works of Dr Jonathan Swift, Dean of St Patrick`s, Dublin, 8 vols., pub. A. Donaldson, Edinburgh, 1761, contemp. speckled calf gilt, joints cracked and some wear, 12mo, with Pope (Alexander), The Works of Alexander Pope, 20 vols., 1760, few eng. plts., contemp. speckled calf gilt, later spine labels, joints cracked and few boards detached, slightly worn, binding & sewing to vol. 7 broken and with loss to spine, 8vo, and Gray (Thomas), The Poems of Mr. Gray. To which are Prefixed Memoirs of His Life and Writings by W. Mason, 2nd ed., 1775, eng. port. frontis., contemp. calf, gilt dec. spine, blind embossed amorial to both boards, upper board detached (with frontis. & title-page attached), lower joint cracked, binding slightly dampstained and worn, 4to, plus thirteen other antiquarian volumes (43)

Wood (Anthony). Athenae Oxonienses. An Exact History of all the Writers and Bishops who have had their Education in the most Ancient and Famous University of Oxford..., 2 vols., 1691-92, titles printed in red & black, occ. minor dampstaining, contemp. blind panelled calf, joints crcaked, corners worn and leather torn, folio. Wing 3382 & 3383A. (2)

Bacon (Sir Francis, Baron Verulam). Of the Advancement and Proficience of Learning or the Partitions of Sciences IX Bookes...., 1st ed., (1st issue?), Oxford, 1640, eng. title, colophon dated 1639 (as 1st issue, but some text corresponding to later issues), lacks port. frontis., some light dampstaining, contemp. calf, upper board detached and lower joint weak, few old repairs, worn, folio. STC 1167. Refer to Gibson 141a & 141b. (1)

Burnet (Thomas). The Theory of the Earth, containing an account of the original of the earth, and all the general changes which it hath already undergone, or is to undergo, til the consumation of all things, 2 vols. in one, 1st English eds., 1684-90, eng. frontis. and printed title to each, two double page plates, eng. illust. to text, a little spotting, prelims. a little browned and dampstained, with paper repairs to upper margins of first six leaves just touching one letter of running head to fourth leaf verso, ownership inscription of Robert Allen dated 1750 to frontis. recto and title verso, contemp. calf, some wear and joints weak, folio. Wing B5950. (1)

Hawkins (Thomas). The Book of the Great Sea-Dragons, Ichthyosauri and Plesiosauri ..., Extinct Monsters of the Ancient Earth, with Thirty Plates, copied from skeletons in the author`scollection of fossil organic remains, (deposited in the British Museum), 1st ed., 1840, mezzotint frontis. by John Martin, 29 litho. plts., including one triple-folding, spotting to plates throughout, frontis. a little frayed at fore-margin with small repairs and slight loss to upper outer corner, title browned, recent morocco gilt, large folio (1)

Willis (Thomas). Dr Willis`sPractice of Physick, Being the Whole Works of That Renowned and Famous Physician, 1684, engraved portrait frontispiece, 37 engraved plates on 36 sheets, folding plates torn without loss, lacking sectional title of Convulsive Diseases and text leaves M1 & M4 from the Second Part of Pharmaceutice Rationalis, two leaves with marginal annotation, a few tears with one or two marginal losses, a few leaves with frayed foredges, occasional light spotting and soiling, previous owner signatures, new endpapers, recent calf, spine with raised bands, a little rubbed, folio. Garrison & Morton 1311; Wing W2854. (1)

Bauwens (M., et al.). Les Affiches Etrangeres Illustrees, 1st ed., Paris, 1897, sixty-two colour litho. plts. and 150 other illustrations reproducing designs by Toulouse-Lautrec, Steinlan, Bradley, Beardsley and others, scattered spotting, t.e.g., contemp. crushed red half morocco gilt by Truelove & Hanson, orig. colour pictorial yellow wrappers preserved as a folding frontispiece, a little rubbed and some wear to upper joint, three small tears to spine, folio. Limited edition of 1050 copies, this being number 10 of 25 copies on Manufactures Imperiales du Japon. (1)

Berling (Karl). Festive Publication to Commemorate the 200th Jubilee of the Oldest European China Factory Meissen, [Leipzig], 1910, port. frontis., eleven col. and thirty-two b & w plts., b & w illusts. from photos to text, some minor soiling and contents somewhat shaken, oval ink Meissen stamp to title, orig. cloth gilt, rubbed and soiled, rebacked with orig. spine relaid, folio (1)

Bonaparte (Charles Lucien Jules Laurent, Prince). Choix de Gravures a L"Eau Forte, D"Apres les Peintures Originales et les Marbres de la Galerie de Lucien Bonaparte, 1812, 142 line-engraved plates, scattered light spotting, contemporary diced calf, rubbed and scuffed, folio (1)

Campbell (Colin, et al). Vitruvius Britannicus or the Great British Architect, Containing the Plans, Elevations and Sections of the Regular Buildings both Publick and Private in Great Britain, 2 vols., new issue, 1717, titles in English and French, 200 numbered engraved plates on 161 sheets, many folding, including titles and dedication (complete), vol. I title with marginal repair, a few short marginal tears, some spotting and browning, erasure of "II" to become "I" in vol. I title, endpapers renewed, 20th c. half calf, recornered, rubbed, folio. Archer 33.4: "A new issue of Volume I appeared in 1717. The title page was printed from the same plate as the title page to Volume II: each "II" was altered by erasure to become a "I" ". (2)

Harte (Glynn Boyd). Temples of Power, Lithographs by Glynn Boyd Harte, with an Introduction and Architectural Notes by Gavin Stamp and a Foreword by Sir John Betjeman, Burford, The Cygnet Press, 1979, sixteen col. litho. plts., letterpress illusts., orig. qtr. cloth, contained in orig. cardboard box, oblong folio. Limited edition of 250 copies, signed by Harte and Stamp, this copy unnumbered. (1)

Hirst (Damien). I Want to Spend the Rest of My Life Everywhere, With Everyone, One to One, Always, Forever, Now, pub. Booth-Clibborn, 1997, coloured illustrations, pop-ups, pull-outs, transparancies, moveables etc., original mock leather gilt, d.j., unopened in sealed shrinkwrapped cellophane, 4to, together with Warhol (Andy), A Coloring Book, pub, Simon & Schuster, New York, 1990, illustrations, original wrappers in envelope slipcase, folio, with three others: Andy Warhol. A Retrospective, 1989, The Contemporary Lithographic Workshop Around the World, 1974 and David Hockney`sThe Artist`sEye, 1981 (5)

Ravilious (Eric). The Wood Engravings of Eric Ravilious, pub. Lion and Unicorn Press, 1972, with introduction by J. M. Richards, numerous b&w woodcut illusts., patterned endpapers, orig. grey cloth with design to upper cover, with slipcase, large folio. Numbered II 169 from an unspecified limited edition. (1)

Shannon (C.H. & Ricketts, C., ed.). The Dial, 2 vols., 1889 & 1897, lithos. and woodcuts by C.H. Shannon, C. Ricketts, Lucian Pizzarro, T. Sturge Moore, etc. (as list), rough-trimmed, orig. cloth/orig. printed wrappers, rubbed, folio (First and last in the series.), together with The Apple (of Beauty and Discord), 3 orig. issues (vol. 1 no. 2, two copies & no. 3), 1920, illusts. throughout, orig. col. printed wrappers, rubbed, folio, plus Spare (A. O. & Davies, W. H., ed.), , Form, A Monthly Magazine, vol. 1, nos. 1-3, 1921-22, num. b&w illusts., orig. printed wrappers, 4to, plus six other related, comprising The Golden Hind, Quarterly Magazine, 1922, Hyperborea, by Norman Lindsay, [1928], The Neolith, no.1, 1907, The London Aphrodite, nos. 2-4, 1928-29 (14)

Burrell (Mary). Richard Wagner, His Life & Works from 1813 to 1834, Compiled from Original Letters, Manuscripts & Other Documents, and Illustrated with Portraits & Facsimiles, 1898, half-title, port. frontis., eng. title-page with foliate rococo border, numerous maps, ports., facsmiles, etc., moire endpapers and untrimmed edges foxed, orig. half vellum by Birdsall, raised bands between wide gilt rules, gilt lettered direct in second compartment, remainder gilt panelled, lower return partially faded, linen covers foxed, upper cover gilt lettered, gilt rubbed in places, gilt dec. turn-ins, elephant folio (715 x 570 mm (28 x 22 ins) Limited edition 40/100 copies. (1)

Coward (Noel). The Noel Coward Song Book, 1st ed. 1953, col. portrait frontis. title page signed by the author in biro, four col. plts. by Gladys Calthorp and numerous b & w vignette illusts. throughout, orig. cloth gilt, dj a little frayed and soiled, 4to, together with a card with an ink manuscript note to Miss Lloyd Davies thanking her for her present to the Actor`sorphanages, signed by Coward, together with, Hartshorne (Albert), Old English Glasses. An Account of Glass Drinking Vessels in England from Early Times to the end of the Eighteenth Century With Introductory Notices, Original Documents etc., 1897,chromolitho. frontis. sixty-six litho. plts. (correct as list), numerous b & w illusts. to text throughout, occ. spotting, hinges weak, t.e.g., orig. dec. half vellum, spine split along rear joints and repaired, folio, together with Defoe (Daniel), The Life and Strange Suprising Adventures of Robinson Crusoe, pub. Cassell and Company, 1896,numerous b & w wood engs. marbled end papers and paste downs, contemp. half vellum gilt with contrasting labels to spine, 4to, with Monsarrat (Nicholas), HMS Marlborough will Enter Harbour, 1952,dec. title page with library stamp, numerous illusts. throughout by James Holland, book mark and ex libris label of the British India Company, contemp. dec. cloth, 8vo (4)

Rabier (Benjamin). Fables de La Fontaine, 310 Compositions dont 85 en Couleurs, Paris, Jules Tallandier, c.1906, title-page printed in red and black, col. and monochrome illusts. throughout, short tear in lower margin of front free endpaper, t.e.g., orig. bevel-edged pictorial red cloth gilt, occn. minor rubbing and marks, but generally in bright condition, folio (1)

Wain (Louis, and others, illust.). The Big ABC Book, pub. Blackie & Son, c.1910, col. illusts. throughout, orig. linen-backed pict. boards, rubbed to extrems., slim folio. Has an A-Z by Louis Wain at the front. (1)

Axe (Prof. J. Wortley, ed.). The Horse. Its Treatment in Health and Disease, With a Complete Guide to Breeding, Training and Management, 9 vols., 1905, numerous coloured and b & w plates and illustrations, occasional light spotting, original decorative cloth, short tear to upper joint of vol. IX, lightly rubbed, 4to, together with Knight (Charles, pub.), Old England: A Pictorial Museum of Regal, Ecclesiastical, Baronial, Municipal, and Popular Antiquities, 2 vols., 1845, twenty-four coloured lithographed plates, b & w illustrations, a few short marginal tears, occasional light spotting, contemporary half calf, spines worn, rubbed and scuffed, folio, plus Knight`sPictorial Museum of Animated Nature and Companion for the Zoological Gardens, 2 vols. in one, c. 1870, numerous b & w illustrations, occasional spotting, contemporary owner inscription, contemporary half morocco, rubbed and stained, folio, with The Works of Robert Burns; With a Complete Life of the Poet, and an Essay on his Genius and Character, by Professor Wilson, 2 vols, 1855-56 and five others (a carton)

Grillo (Luigi). Favole, Esopiane in Versi, 1795, ms. ownership signatures on prelim. blanks, marbled endpapers, a.e.g., contemp. straight-grained red morocco gilt, rubbed and scuffed, 12mo in 6s, together with Prescott (William H.), History of the Conquest of Mexico, with a Preliminary View of the Ancient Mexican Civilisation, and the Life of the Conqueror, Hernando Cortes, 3 vols., 8th ed., 1860, half-titles, eng. port. frontis. to each vol., vols. 1 and 2 with folding map, vol. 3 with facsimile plt., uniformly bound with History of the Conquest of Peru, with a Preliminary View of the Civilisation of the Incas, 3 vols., new ed., 1862, half-titles, eng. frontis. to each vol., vol. 1 with folding map, marbled endpapers and edges, contemp. calf, gilt dec. spines, extrems. rubbed, some spine labels chipped or lacking, 8vo, plus The Works of Daniel Defoe, 15 (of 16 vols.), Boston, 1903, orig. red cloth gilt, extrems. rubbed, occn. wear and marks, and The Magazine of Art, 10 vols., 1880s, all but one vol. orig. cloth, rubbed, folio/4to (2 cartons)

Sloane (William Milligan). Life of Napoleon Bonaparte, 4 vols., New York, 1906, col. frontis. to each, num. col. and b & w illusts., t.e.g., remainder rough-trimmed, orig. crimson half morocco, gilt-dec. spines with raised bands, folio, together with Gibbon (Edward), The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire, 12 vols., new ed., 1821, port. frontis. to vol. 1, two large folding eng. maps, contemp. calf with old rebacks, some a little worn and chipped at extremities, 8vo, with other miscellaneous antiquarian and bindings, etc. (3 shelves)

Rackham (Arthur, illust.). Aesop`sFables. A New Translation by V.S. Vernon-Jones, with an Introduction by G.K. Chesterton, pub. Heinemann, November, 1920, frontis. and twelve col. plts., num. b & w illusts. to text, t.e.g., orig. gilt-dec. tan morocco, a little rubbed on spine, small 4to, together with Bemrose (William), Longton Hall Porcelain. Being Further Information relating to this Interesting Fabrique, London & Derby, 1906, forty-seven col. and b & w plts. with captioned tissue guards, t.e.g., orig. gilt-dec. cloth, a little rubbed on spine, small folio, plus other miscellaneous books including porcelain reference, history, literature and two copies of Madonna Sex, pub Secker & Warburg, London, 1992, in original silver packaging, unopened (3 shelves)

Holme (Charles, editor). Art in Photography, with Selection Examples of European and American Work, pub. The Studio, 1905, 112 tipped in illusts. including seventeen photogravures (final plt. creased), t.e.g., orig. cloth, soiled and worn on spine, folio, together with Gernsheim (Helmut & Alison), Alvin Langdon Coburn, Photographer. An Autobiography, 1st ed., Faber, 1966, b & w illusts., orig. cloth in sl. soiled d.j., 4to, plus other photography reference and a few miscellaneous books (3 shelves)

Bazin (Germain). The History of World Sculpture, pub. Chartwell Books Inc., 1976, num. col. illusts. from photos, orig. boards in d.j., folio, together with Goldman (Judith), Windows at Tiffany`s. The Art of Gene Moore, with a Commentary by Gene Moore, pub. Abrams, New York, 1980, num. col. and b & w illusts. from photos, orig. cloth in d.j., 4to, plus Beaton (Cecil and Tynan, Kenneth), Persona Grata, 1st ed., [1953], b & w illusts. from photos, orig. boards in sl. frayed d.j.s, 4to, with other art, architecture and related, mostly G/VG (3 shelves)

Brownell (Morris R.). Alexander Pope & The Arts of Georgian England, 1st ed., OUP, 1978, b & w illusts. from photos, orig. cloth in d.j., 4to, together with Turnor (Reginald), The Smaller English House, 1500-1939, 1st ed., Batsford, 1952, col. frontis., num. b & w illusts. from photos, orig. cloth in sl. frayed d.j., 4to, plus Cornforth (John), English Interiors, 1790-1848. The Quest for Comfort, 1st ed., 1978, col. and b & w illusts., orig. cloth in d.j., slim folio, with other art, architecture and design, etc., mostly G/VG (3 shelves)

Bugler (Arthur). H.M.S. Victory. Building, Restoration & Repair, 2 vols. (Text/Drawings), HMSO, 1966, col. frontis., b & w illusts. from photos, seventeen folding drawings/plans (complete), orig. cloth in sl. frayed d.j.s, 4to, together with May (Commander W.E. and Annis, P.G.W.), Swords for Sea Service. National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, 2 vols., pub. HMSO, 1970, col. frontis. to each, b & w illusts. from photos, orig. cloth in sl. frayed d.j.s, folio, with others of naval interest, mostly G/VG (3 shelves)

Harris (John). Sir William Chambers. Knight of the Polar Star, 1st ed., Zwemmer, 1970, port. frontis., b & w illusts. from photos, orig. cloth in d.j., 4to, together with Hill (Oliver and Cornforth, John), English Country Houses. Caroline, 1625-1685, 1st ed., Country Life, 1966, and Lees-Milne (James), English Country Houses, Baroque, 1685-1715, 1st ed., Country Life, 1970, and Downes (Kerry), English Baroque Architecture, 1st ed., Zwemmer, 1966, num. b & w illusts. from photos, all orig. cloth in sl. frayed d.j.s, folio, and other architecture and related, mostly G/VG (3 shelves)

Stroud (Dorothy). George Dance, Architect, 1741-1825, 1st ed., Faber, 1971, together with Watkin (David), The English Vision. The Picturesque in Architecture, Landscape and Garden Design, 1st ed., 1982, plus Leach (Peter), James Paine, 1st ed., pub. Zwemmer, 1988, and Watkin (David), The Life and Work of C.R. Cockerell, 1st ed., Zwemmer, 1974, each with num. b & w illusts. from photos, orig. cloth in d.j., 4to and folio, and others of architectural interest, mostly G/VG (3 shelves)

Black (Adam & Charles, publishers). Black`sGeneral Atlas of the World, Edinburgh, 1890, eng. col. frontis. of the "Flags of all Nations", fifty-seven col. printed maps, several double page, occ. pencil and biro annotations to a few maps, a.e.g., contemp. half morocco, gilt dec. upper board and spine, rubbed, frayed and bumped, folio, together with Bacon (G.W.), Commercial and Library Atlas of the World, 1894,title page printed in red & black, 100 col. printed maps (correct as list), lacking index pages after pp. 72, pp. 71/72 torn with loss, a.e.g., comtemp. cloth gilt, joints split, rubbed and frayed, 4to, together with another similar (3)

De Wit (Frederick). Atlas, Tot Amsterdam Bij Frederick de Wit in de Calverstraet bij den Dam inde Witte Paskaert, [1688 or later], dec. hand col. allegorical frontis. of Atlas standing on the earth holding up the sky, near contemp. ink annotation in lower margin, 105 highly decorative eng. maps with orig. hand col. (complete as list), by De Wit, Visscher, Sanson, Dankerts and others, near contemp. ink number on verso of each map, one map with marginal repaired tears, occ. adhesion along central fold, some marginal water staining and light spotting to last few maps, index bound in at rear, upper hinge broken, 19th century qtr. morocco gilt, bumped and frayed at extrems., folio. Koeman III, Wit 11, p.199. (1)

Duclos (Antoine Jean). An Abridged Description of Fifteen Engravings on the Principal Events of the Revolution, Executed by Helman, from Monnet`sDrawings, Paris, c.1805, two folding title pages in English and French, fifteen uncoloured copper engs. (complete as list), with another six uncoloured aqua. engs. and two copper engs. bound in at rear (one copper eng. with repaired margin), occ. staining and spotting throughout, later end papers, near contemp. half morocco gilt, worn and stained, slim upright folio (1)

Egypt. Description De L"Egypte, ou Recueil des Observations et des Recherches qui ont ete faites en Egypte pendant L"Expedition de L"Armee Francaise, 5 vols. only, Paris, 1802-30, five broken vols. with approx. 220 eng. plts. of antiquities, maps and natural history, several double page with occ. examples of orig. hand col., some closed marginal tears, spotting and soiling, some plates with library stamp, near contemp. qtr. morocco gilt, rebacked, hinges broken, rubbed, bumped and frayed, lg. folio. The collection contains examples of the first and second editions. Sold as a collection of plates not subject to return. (5)

Johnston (W. & A. K. Ltd., publishers). Johnston`sRoyal Atlas of Modern Geography, Edinburgh & London, 1918, first prelim with biro inscription and library stamp, sixty col. printed maps (correct as list), occ. closed tears, one map with ink staning, library stamps to verso of some maps, marbled end papers, upper hinge broken, a.e.g., contemp. half morocco, gilt dec. upper board and spine, remains of label on upper board, rubbed and frayed, folio, together with Bartholomew (J.G.), The Survey Atlas of Scotland, Edinburgh, 1912,title page printed in red & black, eight uncoloured historical maps and sixty col. printed regional maps and town plans (complete as list), manuscript inscription to front paste down, hinges repaired, contemp. qtr. morocco, gilt heraldic device to upper board, joints weak, rubbed and frayed, folio, with another eleven similar, various sizes and condition (13)

Knapp (Samuel L.). The Picturesque Beauties of the Hudson River and its Vicinty, pub. Disturnell, New York, 1835, engraved vignette frontispiece, six steel-engraved plates, occasional light spotting and offsetting, later half blue calf, slightly rubbed, folio. "Of this fine work Parts I & II only were issued" (Sabin 33520). (1)

Le Sage (A. (Pseud. Comte de Las Cases, Emanuel)). Atlas Historique Cronologique Geographique et Genealogique, Florence, 1807, title page, thirty-five folding eng. tables including nineteen with eng. maps, all with orig. hand col., occ. marginal finger soiling throughout, front paste down with staining and slight wear, orig. marbled boards but re-spined and cornered with waxed linen, upright folio (1)

Williamson (Captain Thomas). The Costume and Customs of Modern India, from a collection of drawings by Charles Doyley, engraved by J. H. Clark and C. Dubourg, 1823 [paper watermarked James Whatman, Turkey Mill, 1823], twenty hand-coloured aquatint plates, occn. light offsetting to text, scattered minor spotting and soiling, ? lacks half title, contemp. half morocco over marbled boards with leather label to upper cover, rubbed, folio. Abbey, Travel, 440. (1)

Wyld (James, publisher). A New General Atlas of Modern Geography, Consisting of a Complete Collection of Maps of the Four Quarters of the Globe, delineating their Physical Features and Coloured to show their Respective States, c. 1845, lacking prelims.(?), title page and table of contents printed in black & green, both with light soiling and marginal fraying, fifty-nine maps (with an additional map of China not called for on contents list), all with orig. outline col., occ. splitting along central folds, one map with closed tear, with three comparative tables bound at rear, occ. off-setting throughout, contemp. half calf, with gilt label to upper board, boards detached, lacking spine, rubbed, frayed and bumped, folio (1)

Burlington (Charles, and others). The Modern Universal British Traveller; or a New, Complete and Accurate Tour through England, Wales, Scotland and the Neighbouring Islands. Comprising all that is Worthy of Observation in Great Britain, pub. J.Cooke, 1779, eng. frontis., two eng. folding maps (repaired and one lined to verso), 100 eng. plts. only of topographical views and historical scenes, some plts. and leaves of text detached and torn with loss, dust soiling and fraying throughout, index incomplete at rear, sewing broken, contemp. boards, upper board detached and lacks spine, binding very worn, folio. Sold with all faults, not subject to return. (1)