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Murray (T.L.). An Atlas of the English Counties Divided into Hundreds &c., Containing the Rivers, Roads, Parks, Parishes &c. in each, Exhibiting the whole of the Inland Navigation, Rail Roads &c. and Accompanied with Maps of England, Ireland, Scotland and Wales, Projected on the Basis of the Trigonometrical Survey, [1830], calligraphic title, uncol. eng. folding map of England & Wales, eng. folding maps with orig. hand col. of Ireland, Scotland and Wales and forty eng. county maps with orig. hand col. (Yorkshire double page), occ. off setting, contemp. half morocco with morocco gilt label to upper board, frayed at head and foot of spine, rubbed and bumped at extrems., folio Chubb CCCXIX. (1)

Rayner (S.). The History and Antiquities of Haddon Hall, bound in 2 vols., Derby & London, 1836, thirty-two uncol. litho. plts., mostly on india paper, some dampstaining, sewing weak & few leaves loose, pubs. eng. label to each front pastedown (R. Moseley, carver, gilder, jeweller & silversmith of Derby), orig. green cloth gilt, rubbed and marked, slim folio, together with Nelson (T. & Sons, publishers), Souvenir of Scotland. Its Cities, Lakes, and Mountains, 1894, numerous chromolithograph plts., a.e.g., orig. dec. cloth, 8vo, with National Series, Edinburgh, Twenty-Four Artistic Views..., c.1920s, b & w photographic plts., orig. boards, small oblong folio, plus one other related (5)

Smith (Charles). Smith`s New English Atlas being a complete set of County Maps, Divided into Hundreds on which are delineated all the Direct and Cross Roads....most considerable Villages, Parks, Gentlemen`s Seats, Rivers and Navigable Canals, 1827, calligraphic title and contents page, general map of England and Wales and forty-six eng. maps with orig. hand col. (complete as list), two maps split along central fold, occ. marginal strengthening, old folds, a few minor marks to margins, new end papers, modern cloth, contrasting morocco gilt label to spine, large folio. Although the title page is dated 1827, the maps carry a variety of "corrected to" dates which fluctuate between 1827 and 1830. The atlas appears to match Chubb CCCXV but this edition has the extra map of the whole of Yorkshire which is only called for in Chubb CCCXVI. (1)

Seligmann (Jean Michel). Recueil de Divers Oiseaux Etrangers et peu Communs qui se Trouvent dans les Ouvrages de Messieurs Edwards et Catesby, Nuremberg, 1755-72, two title pages printed in French and German, thirty-two eng. plts. (only), with orig. hand col., occ. soiling and staining, two plts. with closed tears affecting image, contents disbound, lacks prelims. and end papers, near contemp. half calf, spine partially lacking, rubbed, bumped and scuffed, folio. Sold as a collection of plates not subject to return. (1)

Sinai Peninsula. Wilson (Capt. C.W. & Palmer Capt. H.S.), Ordnance Survey of the Peninsula of Sinai, made under the Direction of Major-General Sir Henry James, 1868-69, two lg.folding linen backed map litho. map, each 1240 x 930 mm, one printed in outline, one showing mountains and hills in shaded relief, with eight regional folding linen backed litho. maps, including a geological map with orig. hand col., each approx. 900 x 500 mm, contained in modern half buckram wallet style portfolio, boards soiled, folio (1)

* Prints & engravings. A mixed collection of approx. three hundred engravings, lithographs and prints, mostly 19th century, including architectural engravings, topographical, genre and classical scenes after JMW Turner, and approx. 175 folio colour prints from The Graphic, The Illustrated London News and Paris Illustre, various sizes and condition (approx.300)

* [Arnolfini, Joseph]. "Summario Discurso s. las investiduras del Reyno de Napoli`, 17th c., 64pp. of neatly written manusript, at the end the copyist has signed the author`s name "Prelada D. Joseph Arnolfini de Illescas en Napoli, a 20 de ag.to del ano de 1660`, slight dampstaining and fraying to lower outer corners, recent paper wrappers, slim folio. Two other manuscripts of this work are known to survive in the Royal Library in Madrid. It is described in the "Enciclopedia Universal Ilustrada", vol.6 p.326, as being a work "sumamente instructivo`. (1)

* Defence of the Realm. Two scarce large and impressive folio printed orders, with ms insertions, by order of John Earl Poulett, Lord Lieutenant for the County of Somerset, detailing measures for the Defence and Security of the Realm during the present war [against Napoleon], detailing plans and proposals for rendering the Body of the people to the general Defence in case of Invasion and to assemble and lead the drivers of sheep to fixed routes, etc. according to the plans and arrangements which I may receive from His Majesty, given under my hand and seal this 24th day of November 1803, with attached seal and signature of John Earl Poulett, together with a similar document giving orders for driving cattle. These measures would have been adopted in the event of an invasion, with the need to supply fresh meat to the soldiers. (1)

House of Lords. Case of James Earl of Balcarras, &c. Claiming the Titles, Honours, and Dignities of the Earldom of Crawford, and Older Barony of Lindsay, 1845, 239pp., four folding pedigrees, front free endpaper inscribed "Robert Robertson Glasgow Esq. with Lord Lindsay`s Compliments", contemp. red qtr. morocco, paper title to upper board, folio, together with Montrose Peerage. Case for James Earl of Crawford and Balcarres, &c. Claiming the Honour and Dignity of Duke of Montrose, with Reference to the Petition and Alleged Right of James Duke of Montrose..., 1851, one folding pedigree, front free endpaper inscribed by Lord Lindsay, some dampstaining throughout, contemp. half morocco, leather title label to upper board, large slim folio, plus two others related (4)

* [Laud William, Archbishop of Canterbury, 1573-1645]. Articles Exhibited in the Parliament against the Lord Archbishopp of Canterbury 15 Decemb. 1640, contemporary manuscript on 54pp., signed "Blair" to final leaf, some light dust soiling, modern boards, slim folio (1)

* Postcard album. An album of approx. 290 corner-mounted postcards, early 20th c., mostly British topographical views and including a few real photo postcards, postally used, some creasing and wear, mounts worn, contemp. cloth, worn, folio (1)

* Saavedra (Fajardo, Diego de, 1584-1648). Discurso por D. Diego de Savedra Faxardo. Locuras de Europa, Dialogo entre Mercurio & Luciano..., mid 17th c., 36pp. of neatly written manuscript, slightly dampstained to lower outer corners with some fraying, modern qtr. calf, slim folio. A pre-publication manuscript of the Follies of Europe, which was not printed until 1748, in Madrid. The Follies of Europe, written just before the author`s death, is a dialogue on the style of Lucian; in it Saavedra defends the House of Austria, Spain and Roman Catholicism, against the intrigues of those nations that oppose them for political or religious reasons. Saavedra was a diplomet and political writer, best known for his "Idea de un principe politico christiano", which went through many editions, and was translated into many editions. (1)

Ammianus (Marcellinus). [Rerum gestarum libri] a Mariangelo Accursio Mendis quinque millibus purgatus, & Libris quinque auctus ultimis, nunc primum ab eodem inventis, Augsburg Silvani Otmar, May 1533, large woodcut initials, some light browning to margins of first and last few leaves, modern quarter crushed black morocco, folio (1)

Athenaeus (of Naucratis). Deipnosophistarum Libri XV. Isaacus Casaubonus recensuit, & ex antiquis membranis suppleuit, auxitque..., [Heidelberg]: Apud Hieronumum Commelinum, 1597, printer`s woodcut device to title, bound with Casaubon (Isaac), Isaaci Casauboni Animaduersionum in Athenaei Dipnosophistas Libri XV. Opus nunc Primum in Lucem Editum..., Lyon: Apud Antonium de Harsy, 1600, printer`s woodcut device to title, woodcut dec. initials, some dampstaining throughout volume, contemp. calf, gilt foliate oval wreath to centre of both boards, old repairs at head & foot of spine, corners repaired, joints cracked and some wear, folio (1)

Bentivoglio (Cardinal Guido). Opere del Cardinal Bentivoglio, cio e`, Le Relationi di Fiandra, e di Francia, l"Historia della Guerra di Fiandra, e Le lettere scritte nel tempo delle sue Nuntiature, pub. Nicolo Redelichuysen, Paris, 1645, title printed in red & black and with woodcut device (torn & worn to inner margin), woodcut head & tail pieces throughout, dampstaining to upper margins (worsening at rear of volume), lacks free endpapers, contemp. calf, joints cracked at head & foot, leather torn to upper panel of spine, folio, together with Josephus (Flavius), Flavii Josephi Hierosolymitani Sacerdotis Opera quae exstant, nempe..., Geneva, apud Petrum Aubertum, 1634, printer`s woodcut device to title, lacks endpapers, contemp. calf, spine with loss of leather to upper and lower panels, some wear to covers and corners, folio (2)

Browne (Thomas). Pseudodoxia Epidemica: or, Enquiries into Very many Received Tenents, and Commonly Presumed Truths, 1st ed., printed by T. H., for Edward Dod, 1646 license leaf before title, some marginal marks and light browning, waterstaining to outer margins towards rear of vol., 20th c. antique-style blind-ruled full calf, very sl. rubbed, folio. Wing B5159. Keynes 73. (1)

Chaucer (Geoffrey). The Works, Compared with the Former Editions, and Many Valuable MSS. Out of which, Three Tales are added which were never before Printed; by John Urry, Student of Christ-Church, Oxon. Deceased: Together with a Glossary, by a Student of the Same College. To the Whole is prefixed the Author`s Life, newly written, and a Preface, giving an Account of this Edition, 1st ed., printed for Bernard Lintot, 1721, eng. port. frontis. of Urry, vign. title, eng. port. of Chaucer by Vertue, half-page engs. to illustrate each of the Canterbury Tales, woodcut head and tail-pieces and initial letters, printed in double column, a clean copy, front free endpaper detached, contemp. marbled calf, rubbed and worn, with joints cracked (covers holding on the cords) and corners showing, gilt dec. spine, new label, folio (1)

Cotgrave (Randle). A Dictionarie of the French and English Tongues..., Whereunto is also annexed a most copious Dictionarie, of the English set before the French. By R.S.L., 2 parts in one, printed by Adam Islip, 1632, general title within woodcut border (upper margin with early ownership signature "Eliza Wentworth" and with ink library stamp to upper & lower margins), second leaf of text with ink library stamp to upper margin, leaves of gathering 3E misbound, title to second part within woodcut border, ownership inscription to front blank "Revelshee Peke His Book, Anno Domini 1688. Givened to him by his mother, October ye 1th, 1688", recent half calf gilt, red morocco title label to spine, folio. STC 5831; McKerrow and Ferguson 223 & 147. (1)

Crantz (Albert). Rerum Germanicarum historici clariss. Regnorum Aquilonarium, Daniae, Sueciae, Norvagiae, Chronica..., Frankfurt: Andreae Wecheli, 1583, bound withWandalia. De Wandalorum vera origine, veriis gentibus, crebris a patria migrationibus..., Frankfurt: Andreae Wecheli, 1580, bound with, Rerum Geranicorum historici clarissimi, Ecclesiastica Historia, sive Metropolis..., Frankfurt: Andreae Wecheli, 1590, bound with Rerum Germanicorum historici clariss. Saxonia..., Frankfurt: Andreae, 1580, printer`s woodcut device to title and last leaf of each, title of first work slightly frayed to margins and some slight worming to lower margins of initial leaves, some light dampstaining, recent endpapers, modern half calf with morocco title label to spine, folio. Adams C2883, C2891, C2878 and C2887. (1)

Cyril (Saint, Patriarch of Alexandria). Divi Cyrilli Archiepiscopi Alexandrini Operum omnium, quibus nunc praeter alia complura nouva, recens accessere undecim Libri in Genesim, nunquam antea in lucem aediti, 2 vols. in one, ex officina Melchioris Nouesiani, Cologne, 1546, woodcut device to title, dec. woodcut initials, some slight dampstaining and few marks, few marginal notes, contemp. blind stamped pigskin over bevelled wooden boards, lacks clasps, extrems. slightly marked, folio (1)

Diodorus Siculus. Bibloithecae Historicae libri quindecim de quadraginta, pub. H. Estienne: [Geneva], 1559, title and text in Greek and latin, woodcut printer`s device on title, woodcut initials in Greek, a littel spotting throughout, later calf with marbled endpapers and early 19th c. gilt-dec. calf reback, rubbed and corners bruised, folio. Adams D472. First edition of Books 1-5 and 11-15 of the Great History of the World; Books 16-20 having been published by Oporinus in 1539. (1)

Gray (Thomas). Designs by Mr. Bentley, For Six Poems, 1st ed., later issue, 1753, Six engraved plates, one loose and frayed at margins, title vignette, engraved head-and-tail pieces, light dampstain and spots, bookplate, contemporary calf, lower cover detached, upper joint splitting, rubbed and scuffed, folio (1)

Jacob (Giles). A New Law-Dictionary: containing the interpretation and definition of words and terms used in the law, ..., 9th ed., with great additions and improvements from the latest reports and statutes to this time ... now corrected and greatly enlarged by Owen Ruffhead and J. Morgan, 1772, contemp. owner`s signature in ink to head of title of Mrs Ainsworth, a little soiling to title, contemp. reversed calf, worn with covers det., folio, together with Lilly (John), The Practical Conveyancor, 3rd ed. corrected, and continued down to this present time, printed by Henry Lintot for Thomas Osborne and Edward Wicksteed, 1742, ownership inscription of Mrs Ainsworth to head of title, text partly in black letter, addn. owner`s signature to front endpaper of Simon Adams, dated July 25, 1743, contemp. manuscript index to five addn. leaves at rear of vol. (loose), contemp. calf, worn with covers det., folio, plus Modern Reports, or, Select Cases Adjudged in the Courts of King`s-Bench, Chancery, Common-Pleas, and Exchequer, since the Restauration of His Majesty King Charles II, 2nd ed., with references never before printed, 1700, text mostly in black letter, contemp. calf, worn with upper cover det., spine def., folio (3)

Josephus (Flavius). Flavii Josephi Opera, quae Reperiri Potuerunt, Omnia... & Notis illustravit Joannes Hudsonus..., 2 vols., Oxford, 1720, general title to vol. 1 with eng. illust., continuous pagination throughout both volumes, inner hinges repaired, contemp. calf, both volumes neatly rebacked retaining orig. gilt dec. spines with recent morocco title labels, corners repaired, folio (2)

[Keith, Robert]. The History of the Affairs of Church and State in Scotland, from the Beginning of the Reformation in the Reign of King James V, to the Retreat of Queen Mary, into England, Anno 1568, taken from the publick Records, and other authentick Vouchers, vol. 1 [all-published], 1st ed., Edinburgh, printed by Thomas and Walter Ruddimans, 1734, vign. title-page, eng. head-piece, lacking eng. plt. and map, Appendix with separate titlepage, pagination, and register, endpapers sometime renewed, bookplate of Thomas Conolly, hinges splitting, contemp. calf, sometime rebacked, rubbed and some minor wear to extrems., folio (1)

Martin (John, illust.). The Paradise Lost of Milton, 1858, twenty-three mezzotint plts., occ. spotting, some insect damage to page edges, numerous repairs to text and few plt. margins, a.e.g., contemp. morocco, crude replacement spine and corner repairs, marked and some wear, folio, together with Butler (Rev. Alban), The Lives of the Fathers, Martyrs and other Principal Saints, illuminated ed., J.S. Virtue, c.1850s, chromo frontis. to each and numerous chromo plts., occ. scattered spotting, contemp. half calf, worn to joints and extrems., 4to (3)

Matthew of Westminster. Flores Historiarum per Matthaeum Westmonasteriensem collecti: Praecipue de Rebus Britannicis....et Chronicon ex Chronicis..auctore Florentio Wigorniensi.. Francofurti, Typis Wechelianis apud Claudium, 2 parts in 1, 1601, publisher`s woodcut device to title and verso of final leaf, some minor dampstaining, contemp. calf, slight wear at head & foot of spine and to extrems., folio (1)

Milton (John). Pro Populo Anglicano Defensio Contra Claudii Anonymi, alias Salmasii Defensionem Regiam, 2nd ed., 1651, eng. Commonwealth armorial to title, errata leaf present facing title, slight dampstaining to fore-edge margins of first and last few leaves, contemp. sheep, rebacked preserving orig. spine, board edges repaired, folio in 4s. Wing M2167. (1)

Missal. Missale ad usum Insignis ecclesiae Sarisburiensis, 3 parts bound in one, pub. Guillelmum Merlin, Paris 1555, title page printed in red and black with woodcut devices of St. George and the Dragon and heraldic crests (title page and first two pages of the almanac trimmed and inset), half page woodcut with dec. borders on A1, two full page woodcuts printed on vellum on t4 & 5, signed GM, printed in red and black throughout, numerous woodcut illusts. and chapter headings to text, leaves * iii & * iiii torn with loss and repaired, occ. worming throughout, new endpapers, later vellum binding (possibly 18th century) contrasting morocco gilt label to spine, folio (1)

Rupertus (Abbot of the Monastery of Saint Heribert at Deutz). Ruperti Abbatis Monasterii Tuitiensis, Ordinis Sancti Benedicti, Theologi anttiqui ac plane clarissimi, in Cantica Canticorum de incarnatione domini, Commentariorum, libri VII a multis seculis..., Pub. Francisci Birckman, Coloniam, 1526, printer`s woodcut device to title and with early ink inscription to lower margin (creased and leaf loose), some worming and marginal fraying mostly to initial leaves, bound with Ruperti Abbatis Monasterii Tuitiensis... in XII. Prophetas Minores, Commentariorum libri XXXII..., Impensis F. Byrckman, [Cologne], 1527, printer`s woodcut devices to title, bound with, Ruperti Abbatis Tuitiensis de Victoria Verbi dei Libri Tredecim, Impensis Francisci Birckman, [Cologne], 1529, printer`s woodcut devices to title, early ink annotations to verso of title, some light dampstaining throughout volume, contemp. bevelled wooden boards (lacks leather), with remains of clasps, folio. Adams R932, R935 and R925. (1)

Salvage (Jean-Galbert). Anatomie du Gladiateur Combattant Applicable aux Beaux Arts, Paris, 1812, eng. b & w frontis. with closed marginal tear, twenty-one eng. plts. many printed in black and sanguine, occ, marginal soiling and spotting, untrimmed, contemp. qtr. morocco, rubbed bumped and frayed, folio (1)

Spanish Navy. Sobre la presa de la fragata nombrada san Juan Baptista, Capitan, y Maestre Francisco Tranchant, y mercaderias que en ellas se hallaron, n.d., c. 1690, six folio leaves, A-C2, without title or imprint, 20th century dark green half morocco, t.e.g., slim folio, together with Assensio de Vicuna (Diego). Copia de Carta del Almirante Don Diego Assencio de Vicuna, Cabo de los Galeones que salieron de los Passages con la noticia de su Navegacion, [1704],7pp. of text, A1-4, drop-title, t.e.g., 20th century half calf, gilt dec. spine with morocco label, sm. slim 4to (2)

Ward (John). The Lives of the Professors of Greshem College: To which is prefixed the life of the founder, Sir Thomas Gresham..., 1st ed., 1740, eng. port. frontis. (lower margin close-trimmed to imprint), four eng. plts. (inc. 2 folding), ink code written to upper margin of title, occ. scattered spotting, modern speckled half calf, red morocco title label to spine, folio (1)

Xenophon. Omnia quae extant opera, ed. H. Stephanus, 1st Estienne ed., two parts in one vol., [Geneva], 1561, woodcut printer`s device to title, a little spotting and dust-soiling, contemp. blindstamped vellum, soiled, upper cover rejointed with orig. spine relaid, folio. Adams X10. (1)

Berge (Pierre). Bernard Buffet, pub. Cailler, Geneva, 1958, coloured plates, original boards, pictorial wrapper, slight wear to spine, folio, presentation copy, inscribed and dated 1958 by the artist to half title, together with Entartete "Kunst` (Degenerate "Art`), translated by William Bunce, Silver Fox Press, Connecticut, 1972, exhibition guide and facsimile of the illustrated catalogue of the original exhibition held in Munich by the Nazis in 1937, original wrapper, 8vo, plus F. Perilla`s Mistra, 1929 and Joseph Bedier`s La Chanson de Roland, Paris, 1922, one of 750 copies (4)

Flaxman (John, illust.). Sujets de L"Odissee D"Homere Graves D"Apres les Dessins et Compositions de John Flaxman Sculpt., Anglais., Paris, [1803], dec. title page, two leaves of explanatory notes describing the plts. and twenty-eight (complete as list) b & w engs., occ. spotting mainly confined to margins, contemp. boards with contrasting morocco label to spine, rubbed, bumped and frayed, with slight loss to spine, oblong 4to, together with Newcastle (William Cavendish, Duke of),Methode et Invention Nouvelle de Dresser Les Chevaux, Antwerp, 1658,one double page b & w eng. plt. only, with another five double page plts. from other copies loosely inserted, some browning and spotting throughout, new end papers, later half speckled calf gilt, rebacked, rubbed and frayed, folio. Sold as a collection of plates not subject to return. (2)

Kraus (H. P.). Sir Francis Drake. A Pictorial Biography, Amsterdam, 1970, b&w illusts. throughout, orig. cloth gilt, folio, together with Catalogue 200, the Printed Book. A Choice Selection of Two Hundred Early Books Including over One Hundred and Fifty Incunabula, Marking the Completion of Fifty Years in our Present Location, pub. New York, n.d., c. 1990s, b&w illusts., orig. boards, small folio, plus One Hundred Distinguished Manuscripts and Printed Books, New York, n.d., c. 1990s, num. col. and b&w illusts., orig. linen gilt, small folio, and sixty other, incl. H. P. Kraus catalogues, c. 1970s/80s, Momumenta Codicum Manu Scriptorum..., 1974, Cimelia..., 1983 (63)

Landseer (Sir Edwin). Works, 2 vols., pub. Virtue, c. 1870`s, 44 steel-engraved plates, woodcut illustrations, light marginal dampstain, a few spots, contemporary morocco gilt, upper covers detached, rubbed and scuffed, a.e.g., folio (2)

Olschki (Leo S.). Choix de Livres Anciens, Rares et Curieux, 13 vols., Florence, 1907-66, facsimile ed., pub. Martino, c. 1990s, b&w illusts., all orig.wrappers, 8vo, together with Kristeller (Dr. Paul), Die Italienischen Buchdrucker- und Verlegerzeichen, bis 1525, 1893, facsimile ed., Strassburg, Heitz & Mndel, 1999, b&w illusts. throughout, orig. cloth gilt, folio, plus The Aldine Press, Catalogue of the Ahmanson-Murphy Collection of Books by or Relating to the Press in the Library of the University of California, Los Angeles, Incorporating Works Recorded Elsewhere, 1997, orig linen, in slipcase, large 4to, plus nine other bibliographies of early printed books (24)

Sanuto (Livio). Geografia Dell" Africa, Venice 1588, facsimile ed., Ohio, 1965, orig. cloth gilt, in d.j., contained in orig. carboard box, folio, plus two others similar facsimile eds., comprising De Jode, Speculum Orbis Terrarum, Antwerp 1578 & Bouguereau, Le Theatre Francois, Tours, 1594, together with Brockedon (William), Egypt & Nubia, From the Drawings Made on the Spot by David Roberts, 3 vols., n.d., c.1990s, col. illusts. throughout, orig. cloth gilt, in slipcase, folio, plus Fitzpatrick (Gary L.), The Early Mapping of Hawai"i, 1987, orig. linen, in d.j., folio (7)

Wilkie (David). The Wilkie Gallery: A Selection of the best Pictures, c.1845, engraved title & port., sixty-five engraved plates, a.e.g., contemp. red morocco, gilt dec. spine, rubbed and wear to extrems., folio (1)

Wylie (William Michael). Fairford Graves. A Record of Researches in an Anglo-Saxon Burial Place in Gloucestershire, pub. John Parker, Oxford, 1852, 13 lithographed plates, two coloured, a few light spots, original boards, spine defective, rubbed, 4to, inscribed by the author, together with Bernard Leach, Hamada & their Circle. From the Wingfield Digby Collection, pub, Phaidon, Oxford, 1990, coloured and b & w plates, original cloth, slight waterstain, d.j., folio, plus Watson (Oliver), British Studio Pottery. The Victoria and Albert Museum Collection, 1990, coloued and b & w illustrations, original cloth, d.j., 4to, with other books, mainly on Bernard Leach and studio potttery (20)

Trent (Paul and Lawton, Richard). The Image Makers. Sixty Years of Hollywood Glamour, 1972, num. col. and b & w illusts. from photos, orig. cloth in d.j., 4to, together with Wilson (Sandy), Ivor, 1975, num. b & w illusts. from photos, orig. boards in d.j., folio, plus Evans (Harold), Snowdon Stills, 1984-1987, pub. 1987, num. col. and b & w illusts. from photos, t.e.g., orig. navy mock morocco gilt with slipcase, 4to (limited edition 62/250, signed by Snowdon), with others of theatre and dance interest, including biographies (3 shelves)

Bible [Hebrew]. Jerusalem Crown. The Bible of the Hebrew University of Jerusalem, pub. N. Ben-Zvi, Jerusalem & The Karger Family Fund, Basel, 2000, orig. red cloth, folio, contained in orig. slipcase, together with Rabbinic Bible, 5 vols., 1937-46, contemp. cloth, 4to, with Gershom Scholem`s Annotated Zohar, 6 vols., Hebrew University, Jerusalem, 1992, orig. mock leather, 4to, contained together in orig. slipcase, plus five others (17)

Gilbert (Martin). Winston S. Churchill, 1874-1965, 8 vols., 1st eds., Heinemann, 1966-88, col. and b&w illusts. from photos, orig. cloth in d.j., slight fading to spines, some rubbing to extrems. thick 8vo, together with Churchill (Winston S.), Marlborough, his Life and Times, 4 vols., mixed eds., 1933-38, b&w plts. and illusts. (some folding), t.e.g., orig. gilt dec. cloth, spine faded to first 3 vols., thick 8vo, plus another set of the same work, 4 vols., Folio Society Edition, 1991, b&w illusts., orig. gilt dec. cloth, in slipcase, 8vo, plus The Great War, 4 vols., 1933, b&w illusts. throughout, t.e.g., orig. cloth gilt, 8vo (20)

Nijinsky. Seven Wood-Cuts of Nijinsky, the Russian Danseur, by Dorothy Mullock, n.d., c. 1920s, seven col. woodcuts, heightened with white, each mounted on coloured paper, orig. printed wrappers, soiled and frayed at edges, slim folio, together with Beaumont (Cyril W.), The Art of Stanislas Idzikowski, 1926, b & w port. by Glyn Philpot, uncol. litho. by Randolph Schwabe, four mounted col. plts. by Vera Willoughby and twelve mounted b & w camera ports., orig. marbled wrappers, tied on the spine as issued, a little dustsoiled, slim 4to (limited edition 344/350), plus Levinson (Andre), La Argentina. A Study in Spanish Dancing, pub. Paris, 1928, 22 b & w illusts. from photos, orig. plain paper wrappers with glassine d.j. and card folder with ties, 4to, and three others of dance interest (6)

Spare (Austin Osman). The Book of Pleasure (Self-Love), the Psychology of Ecstasy, 1st ed., 1913, b&w illusts. throughout (some full-page), orig. cloth, rubbing to extrems., folio (1)

Cassell & Co. (publishers). Cities of the World: Their Origin, Progress and Present Aspect, 4 vols., c.1890, numerous wood engs. to text, occ. spotting, contemp. half calf, gilt dec. spines with contrasting morocco labels, rubbed and frayed, 4to, together with Taylor (James),The Victorian Empire; A Brilliant Epoch in our National History, 5 vols., pub. William Mackenzie, c.1900,steel eng. topographical frontis. title page printed in red & black, steel eng. portraits, maps and wood engs. a.e.g., pubs. orig. dec. cloth, 4to, with Knight (Charles, ed.),Virtues Imperial Shakspere, 8 orig. parts, c.1875,steel eng. plts to each vol., orig. dec. printed wrappers, some covers detached with contents shaken and loose, folio, with three 20th century photograph albums and other miscellaneous books including travel, history and literature (3 cartons)

Dalton (Michael). The Country Justice: Containing the Practice, Duty and Power of the Justices of the Peace, as well in as out of their Sessions, 1742, lacking front endpaper, a few light spots, previous owner signatures to title and front pastedown, contemporary calf, joints splitting, some wear, folio, together with Jacob (Giles), A New Law Dictionary, 1739, a few light spots, dampstain, contemporary calf, wear at spine ends, rubbed with stains, folio, plus other antiquarian, including J.O. Halliwell`s Complete Works of Shakespere, 3 vols., c. 1880 (a carton)

Duke & Duchess of Windsor. Property from the Collection of the Duke & Duchess of Windsor (The Private Collections/The Public Collections), 2 vols., Sotheby`s, 1997, num. col. and b & w illusts. from photos, orig. pict. stiff wrappers with slipcase, 4to, with related information booklet and other paperwork, contained in Sotheby`s carrier bag, together with Curtis (Samuel), A Monograph on the Genus Camellia, 1819, republished by Charles W. Traylen, n.d., c. 1970s, five fine collotype plts., orig. printed wrappers, elephant folio, and other miscellaneous books, mostly interior decoration, etc. (2 cartons)

Hall (S.C. & Hervey, T.K.). The Sculpture Gallery. A Series of Eighty-One Engravings. Accompanied with Descriptive Prose and Illustrative Poetry..., Virtue & Co., c.1850, addn. eng. title, frontis. and eng. plts., t.e.g., contemp. dark green half morocco gilt, rebacked retaining orig. spine, recent red morocco title label, corners worn, large 4to, together with Edgeworth (Maria), Angelina or L"Amie Inconnue, Chelsea, Swan Press, 1933, wood eng. illusts. by Helen Binyon, edges untrimmed, orig. qtr. cloth, slim 4to, (limited ed. 77/100), with Maupassant (Guy de), The Tellier House, Translated by Desmond Flower and Illustrated by Charles Mozley, Cassell & Co., 1964, b & w illusts., orig. ink drawing by Charles Moxley to title and front free endpaper, orig. qtr. cloth with pictorial boards, slim folio in worn slipcase, and [Wilson, Thomas], Nozrani in Egypt and Syria, 3rd ed., 1848, library ink stamp to verso of title and library labels to endpapers, orig. cloth, slightly frayed to extrems., 8vo, plus other related travel etc. (a carton)

Henisch (Heinz K. & Bridget A.). The Painted Photograph, 1839-1914. Origins, Techniques, Aspirations, pub. Pennsylvania, 1996, num. col. and b & w illusts., orig. cloth in d.j., together with Gosling (Nigel), Nadar, num. b & w illusts., orig. cloth in d.j., 4to & folio, with other photography reference and related, and a group of small-format Lilliput and Men Only magazines, c. 1940s & 1950s (3 cartons)

Skilleter (Paul). Jaguar Sports Cars, reprinted, Foulis/Haynes, 1982, b & w illusts. from photos, orig. mock morocco in d.j., square 4to, together with Garnier (Peter and Allport, Warren), Rolls-Royce. Compiled from the Archives of Autocar, 2nd ed., 2nd imp., 1984, num. b & w illusts. from photos, orig. boards in d.j., folio, plus Dammann (George H.), Sixty Years of Chevrolet, revised ed., pub. Crestline Publishing, 1972, num. b & w illusts. from photos, with four others from the same series (Buick, Chrysler, Oldsmobile and Cadillac), all orig. dec. simulated leather bindings, 4to, and others including marque histories, race history, motoring magazines and auction catalogues, etc. (2 cartons)

Theatrical Portraits. A bound volume of portraits of Parisian actors and actresses, by Alexandre-Marie Colin and Lavigne Marin, Paris, F. Noel, c. 1825, seventy fine litho. chine appliqui plts., occ. minor spotting mostly to margins, armorial bookplate of Baron Northwick to front pastedown, contemp. half-calf, gilt-dec. spine, upper board near detached, frayed at head and foot of spine, sl. rubbed to extremities, folio, together with Gavarni (Paul), Masques et Visages, Notice par C.A. Sainte-Beuve, Paris, c. 1860s, num. litho. plts., orig. quarter cloth with dec. boards, folio plus Laking (Guy Francis), A Record of European Armour and Arms Through Seven Centuries, With an Introduction by the Baron De Cosson, 5 vols., 1920, b&w illusts. from photos throughout, ex-lib. copies with occ. unobtrusive blindstamp to text, third vol. with p. 241/242 lacking, p. 237/238 & 239/240 scored without loss, a few leaves crudely repaired with tape, and Cripps-Day (Francis Henry), A Record of Armour Sales 1881-1924, 1925, b&w illusts. throughout, all orig. cloth, label to head and lib. number to base of spines, spines darkened with some fraying to ends, rubbed, 4to, plus Jackson (Herbert J.), European Hand Firearms of the Sixteenth, Seventeenth & Eighteenth Centuries, With a Treatise on Scottish Hand Firearms by Charles E. Whitelaw, 1923, sixty-three b&w plts. (as list), t.e.g., remainder untrimmed, orig. two-tone cloth gilt, some rubbing, 4to, plus The Dresden Gallery. Fifty of the Finest Examples of the Old Masters of this Famous Gallery, Reproduced in Permanent Photography with Descriptive Letterpress, pub. Bickers & Son, 1875, b&w frontis. and plts., occ. scattered spotting, a.e.g., gilt dec. dentelles, contemp. maroon morocco over bevelled edged boards by Ramage, gilt dec. with onlays, slightly rubbed to extrems., folio (8)

Middleton (Conyers). The History of the Life of Marcus Tullius Cicero, 2 vols., 1741, some minor spotting and marginal soiling, contemp. calf, rubbed and scuffed, thick 4to, together with Stackhouse (Rev. Thomas), A New History of the Holy Bible, from the Beginnning of the World, to the Establishment of Christianity, 2 vols., 2nd ed., 1742, num. full-page eng. plts., contemp. calf gilt, rubbed and some wear to extremities, folio, plus The Proceedings of a General Court Marshal, Held at Chelsea Hospital, on Thursday, January 28, 1808... for the Trial of Lieut. Gen. Whitelocke, Late Commander-in-Chief of the Forces in South America, taken in Short-hand by Mr. Gurney, 2 vols., 1808, two folding maps, vol. 2 lacks final leaf(?), some spotting and marginal soiling, contemp. half calf, gilt-dec. spines, worn, 8vo, and other miscellaneous antiquarian, including The Annual Register, or a View of the History, Politicks, and Literature, vols. 1-14, mixed eds., 1768-1771, contemp. calf (3 shelves)

Blavatsky (H.P.). The Secret Doctrine: The Synthesis of Science, Religion, and Philosophy, 4 vols. (inc. index), reprinted 1921, orig. cloth, 8vo, together with Clark (Kenneth), The Drawings of Leonardo da Vinci in the Collection of Her Majesty the Queen at Windsor Castle, 3 vols., 2nd ed., Phaidon, 1968-69, b & w plts., orig. cloth in d.j.s., folio, with MacCurdy (Edward), The Notebooks of Leonardo da Vinci, 2 vols., New York, 1938, b & w illusts., orig. cloth in torn d.j.s. (with loss to spines), 4to, contained together in slipcase, plus other misc. books (3 shelves)

Snaffles (really Charles Johnson Payne ). My Sketchbook in the Shiny, 2nd ed., [1930], num. illusts. printed in tint and b & w, some minor scattered spotting, orig. cloth in soiled and torn d.j., 4to, together with Shepherd (J.A. and Cuming, E.D.), The Three Jovial Puppies, pub. Blackie & Son Ltd., [1908], num. col. illusts., some minor scattered spotting, orig. linen-backed pict. cloth, soiled and some minor wear to extremities (staples rusted), slim folio, with other miscellaneous books, including Victorian literature, pictorial cloth bindings, cookery, antiques reference, etc. (3 shelves)

De Vries (Leonard). A Treasury of Illustrated Children`s Books. Early Nineteenth-Century Classics from the Osborne Collection, Abbeville Press, New York, 1989, num. col. illusts., orig. cloth in d.j., 4to, together with Burgess (Anthony), Coaching Days of England, Containing an Account of Whatever was most Remarkable for Grandeur, Elegance and Curiousity in the Time of The Coaches of England, Comprehending the Years 1750 until 1850, pub. Paul Elek, 1966, num. col. and b & w illusts., orig. cloth in d.j. and cardstock packaging, large oblong folio, and other miscellaneous books, including film and Hollywood interest, biographies, etc., mostly recent hardback publications, many in d.j., G/VG (6 shelves)

Johnston (Alex. Keith). Handy Royal Atlas of Modern Geography, new ed., 1877, forty-five double-page map sheets, col. in outline, orig. half morocco, broken on spine, folio, together with Stirling-Maxwell (Sir William), Don John of Austria, or Passages from the History of the Sixteenth Century 1547-1578, 2 vols., 1883, port. frontis., b & w illusts., dec. initials in red, orig. dec. cloth, rubbed and faded on spines with minor wear to head and foot, 8vo, with other miscellaneous books, including military interest (3 shelves)

Bowlt (John E. and Misler, Nicoletta). Twentieth-century Russian and East European Painting (The Thyssen-Bornemisza Collection), pub. Zwemmer, 1993, num. col. and b & w illusts., orig. cloth in d.j., 4to, together with Hunter (Sam), American Art of the 20th Century, pub. Thames & Hudson, 1973, num. col. and b & w illusts., orig. dark green canvas in d.j., large 8vo, plus Wheelock (Arthur K., editor), Aelbert Cuyp, National Gallery of Art Collection, Washington, pub. Thames & Hudson, 2001, num. col. and b & w illusts., orig. cloth in d.j., oblong folio, and other art reference, mostly VG (3 shelves)