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Prout (Samuel). Prout's Microcosm, The Artist's Sketch-book of Groups of Figures, Shipping, and other Picturesque Objects, pub. David Bogue, c.1840s, twenty-four tinted litho. plts., scattered foxing, endpapers renewed, orig. blindstamped cloth gilt, rebacked and recornered with black morocco, spine gilt dec., slim folio, together with Harding (J.D.), The Principles and Practice of Art, edited by William Walker, 1st ed., 1876, twenty-four eng. plts., one with small stain, endpapers renewed, orig. cloth gilt, sl. rubbed, rebacked and recornered, spine gilt dec., folio, plus a copy of Modern Power Generators ed. James Weir French, 2 vols., 1908, orig. cloth, and History of Art in Primitive Greece, by Perrot and Chipiez, 2 vols., 1894, orig. cloth (6)

Catalogues. Collection Jacques Doucet, Catalogue des Dessins & Pastels du XVIIIe Sicle Dont la Vente Aura Lieu a Paris Galerie Georges Petit..., 3 vols., Paris, 1912, title-pages printed in black and red, numerous b & w and sepia plts., sprinkled edges, together with Catalogue des Tableaux Modernes... Objets d'Art & d'Ameublement, Appartenant ˆ Madame la Marquise Landolfo Carcano, Paris, 1912, printed in black and red throughout, numerous b & w and sepia plts., one detached, scattered light foxing, sprinkled edges, stitching partially broken, uniformly bound in contemp. qtr. speckled calf, gilt dec. spines with leather labels, extrems. sl. rubbed, first vol. damaged at foot of spine with loss, folio (4)

Trade Catalogue. Silversmiths, Electroplaters and Cutlery Manufacturers. Illustrated Pattern-Book of Silver Goods, Electro-Silver Plated Goods and Cutlery. Also of Japanned Goods, Bronze and Ormolu Goods, Ironmongery, Lamps etc, London, c. 1880, illustrated throughout in b & w, apart from British Oak Goods leaf which is in brown and silver and Fenders, Fire Irons and Fire Iron Rests leaf, part coloured, a few light spots, original cloth, upper cover with double ruled gilt border, slight wear to spine ends, covers a little dampstained, a.e.g., folio Interesting trade catalogue with illustrations of silver and plate goods, cutlery, scissors and miscellaneous goods including corkscrews, tin openers, clocks, lamps, optical goods, bird cages, baths etc. (1)

Armstrong (Elizabeth). Robert Estienne, Royal Printer. An Historical Study of the Elder Stephanus, 1st ed., Cambridge University Press, 1954, b & w illusts., orig. cloth in slightly soiled and frayed d.j., together with Hart (Horace), Notes on a Century of Typography at the University Press, Oxford, 1693-1794, 1st ed., Oxford, 1970, b & w illusts., orig. cloth in d.j., plus Barker (Nicholas), The Oxford University Press and the Spread of Learning, 1478-1978. An Illustrated History, 1st ed., Oxford, 1978, b & w illusts., orig. cloth in slightly soiled and frayed d.j., 4to & folio, with other bibliography and reference (3 shelves)

Bouchot (Henri). The Book: its Printers, Illustrators, and Binders, from Gutenberg to the Present Time, pub. Grevel & Co., 1890, b & w frontis. and numerous illusts., ink library stamps throughout, orig. gilt dec. vellum, slightly marked, folio, together with Nixon (Howard M.), Five Centuries of English Bookbinding, Scolar Press, 1978, b & w illusts. from photos, orig. cloth in d.j., 8vo, with Szirmai (J.A.), The Archaeology of Medieval Bookbinding, 1999, b & w illusts., orig. cloth gilt, 4to, plus other bookbinding reference, including a few pamphlets & booklets (17)

Hobson (Anthony). Renaissance Book Collecting. Jean Grolier and Diego Hurtado de Mendoza, their Books and Bindings, 1st ed., Cambridge University Press, 1999, b & willusts., orig. cloth in d.j., folio, together with Keynes (Geoffrey), A Bibliography of Sir Thomas Browne, 1st ed., Cambridge University Press, 1924, port. frontis., t.e.g., remainder untrimmed, orig. cloth gilt, upper joint torn, 4to, (limited ed. of 500 copies printed), with a 4th ed. of the same title pub. 1973, and with Oak Knoll Press & British Library, pub.), The Pleasures of Bibliophily, Fifty Years of The Book Collector, 1st ed., 2003, b & w illusts., orig. cloth in d.j., 8vo, plus other bibliogarphy and book collecting reference, plus a quantity of booksellers' catalogues (approx. 70)

McKerrow (Ronald B.). Printers' & Publishers' Devices in England & Scotland 1485-1640, reprinted 1949, b & w illusts., orig. qtr. cloth, 4to, together withBarker (Nicolas), The Oxford University Press and the Spread of Learning 1478-1978, pub. Clarendon Press, Oxford, 1978, b & w illusts., orig. cloth in d.j., folio, with Oates (J.C.T., & Harmer, L.C.), Vocabulary in French and English. A Facsimile of Caxton's Edition c.1480, pub. Cambridge University Press, 1964, b & w facsimile leaves, embossed library stamp & ink stamp to title, contemp. qtr. morocco, slim folio, and Almack (Edward), A Bibliography of The King's Book or Eikon Basilike, 1896, b & w plts. and illusts., library bookplate, orig. cloth gilt, library paper labels to spine, 4to, plus fourteen other printing history reference etc. (18)

Morison (Stanley, with Carter, Harry). John Fell, the University Press and the 'Fell' Types, 1st ed., Oxford University Press, 1967, col. frontis., b & w plts. and illusts. to text, partly untrimmed, orig. cloth in d.j., folio One of 1000 copies. (1)

Zaehnsdorf (Joseph). The Art of Bookbinding. A Practical Treatise, 2nd ed., 1900, b & w frontis. and plts., signature to title, pubs. ads. at rear, orig. cloth, 8vo, together with Diehl (Edith), Bookbinding, its Background and Technique, 1st ed., New York, 1946, b & w plts., orig. cloth gilt, in slipcase, 8vo, with Hobson (Anthony), Humanists and Bookbinders. The Origins and Diffusion of the Humanistic Bookbinding 1459-1559..., 2nd ed., Cambridge University Press, 1992, col. frontis. and b & w illusts., orig. cloth in d.j., folio, plus other bookbinding reference (22)

Dayot (Armand). La Revolution Francaise, La Restauration, Le Second Empire & L'Invasion, Le Sige 1870 & La Commune 1871, d'apres des peintures, gravures, photographies, sculptures, dessins, medailles ..., together 4 vols., Paris, Ernest Flammarion, [1896-1904], numerous b&w illusts. to each, t.e.g., orig. gilt-dec. red half-morocco, a little rubbed and some marks, occn. minor wear to extreme corners, oblong folio (4)

Folio Society publications, 37 vols., 1950s-90s, including Works of Anthony Trollope, 9 vols., 1989-90, Restoration Comedy, ed. A. Norman Jeffares, 4 vols., 1974, orig. cloth gilt, all except 7 vols. in slipcases, 8vo, G/VG (37)

Legrand (Edy, illust.). Voyages & Glorieuses Decouvertes des Grands Navigateurs & Explorateurs Francais, Paris, Tolmer, [1921], colour pochoir plates and illusts., including two folding maps, pictorial endpapers, orig. cloth-backed pictorial boards rubbed and marked, with some light overall soiling, slim folio, together with Laborde (Charles, illust.), Montesquieu, Lettres Persanes, illustrees d'eaux-fortes de Chas Laborde, Paris, Editions Litteraires de France, n.d., c. 1940, 272 pp., numerous hand-coloured pochoir illusts. by Charles Laborde, orig. printed wrappers bound in, t.e.g., near-contemp. full morocco, gilt spine with raised bands, with morie silk-covered slipcase, large 8vo, limited edition 83/250 copies on chiffon lana (2)

Lindsay (Norman, illust.). The Antichrist of Nietzsche, A New Version in English by P. R. Stephensen, illust. Norman Lindsay, Fanfrolico Press, [1928], illustrated title, six full-page etched plates, titles and initials supplied in blue, t.e.g., remainder untrimmed, orig. half dark blue morocco, rubbed and scuffed and some minor marks, folio, together with Lysistrata by Aristophanes Done Into English by Jack Lindsay, illust. Norman Lindsay, Fanfrolico Press, 1926, four full-page plates, and illusts. to text, some minor marginal soiling due to handling, t.e.g., remainder untrimmed, orig. half dark blue morocco, rubbed and marked, some light soiling, folio Limited edition of 550 and 725 copies respectively, the latter signed by Jack Lindsay. (2)

Lindsay (Norman, illust.). Women in Parliament by Aristophanes, done into English by Jack Lindsay, The Franfrolico Press, [1929], illustrated title, four full-page engraved plates, illustrations, original half calf gilt, spine faded, t.e.g., folio, together with. The Antichrist of Nietzsche, a new version in English by P. R. Stephensen, The Franfrolico Press, [1928], illustrated title, titles and initials printed in blue, six engraved plates after Norman Lindsay, original half calf gilt, spine faded, light scuff marks, t.e.g., folio. Limited editions, 316/500 and 86/550 copies respectively, the former signed by the translator. (2)

Pogany (Willy, illust.). Tannhauser. A Dramatic Poem, by Richard Wagner, [1911], tipped-in col. plts., b & w illusts. and decorations by Willy Pogany, t.e.g., remainder untrimmed, orig. blind-stamped morocco, joints cracked, small folio, (limited edition 184/525, signed by the artist), together with Bull (Rene, illust.), Rubaiyat of Omar Khayyam, Rendered into English Verse by Edward Fitzgerald, pub. H. & S., [1913], tipped-in col. plts. and num. decs. to text, orig. dec. cloth, rubbed on spine, 4to, plus Harrison (Florence, illust.), Guinevere and Other Poems, by Alfred Lord Tennyson, 1912, tipped-in col. plts. and decs. to text, some minor spotting of prelims., t.e.g., orig. gilt dec. cloth, rubbed on spine, 4to, plus other misc. illustrated books, incl. art and design (approx. 55)

* Abbey (J.R.). Scenery of Great Britain and Ireland in Aquatint and Lithography 1770-1860, Dawsons, 1972, orig. cloth in frayed d.j., folio, together with a carton of map reference including books in d.j's, mapsellers catalogues, etc., plus a collection of facsimiles of illuminated titlepages and a 1960s Peter Rabbits Book Shelf full with editions of Beatrix Potter books (a carton & bookshelf)

Crane (Walter). Queen Summer: Or the Tourney of the Lilly & the Rose, 1891, num. col. illusts., pubs. ads. at rear, orig. linen-backed dec. boards, a little worn, slim folio, together with Beauty and the Beast Picture Book/Goody Two Shoes Picture Book, 1900 & 1901, [later issues?], num. full-page col. plts., orig. gilt dec. cloth, a little rubbed, slim 4to, with other juvenile and illustrated books, etc., incl. 7 x A & C Black Colour Guides (2 cartons)

Derriere le Miroir. Derriere Le Miroir, six issues, 1965-68, no's 150, 153-54, 160, 163 and 171, coloured lithographed plates, b & w illustrations, original pictorial wrappers, spines slightly rubbed, folio, together with Drawings by William Westall (1962) and a quantity of other art reference (4 cartons)

Evelyn (John). Memoirs, Illustrative of the Life and Writings of John Evelyn... Comprising his Diary, from the Year 1641 to 1705-6... Edited William Bray, 2 vols., 2nd ed., 1819, port. frontis. to vol. 1, eng. plts., some spotting, contemp. half morocco, gilt dec. spines, worn, upper cover of vol. 1 detached, 4to, together with Pryor (Matthew), Poems of Several Occasions, 1st ed., 1718, eng. frontis., vign. title, margins of final three leaves repaired, with some minor loss of text, later gilt panelled morocco, folio, plus Lucas (Henry), Poems to Her Majesty: To which is added a New Tragedy, Entitled The Earl of Somerset; Literally Founded on History: With a Prefatory Address, London, Printed for the Author, 1779, half-title, eng. frontis., printed in bistre, one uncol. eng. plt., list of subscribers (100 names, incl. Sir Joshua Reynolds), untrimmed orig. marbled boards, worn on spine, 4to, and other misc. antiquarian, mostly Sir Walter Scott 1st eds. (a carton)

Foster (Birket). Brittany, A Series of Thirty-Five Sketches, 1st ed., published by the artist, The Hill, Witley, Surrey, 1878, thirty five tinted plts. (one plt. frayed to margins), some scattered foxing, a.e.g., orig. cloth gilt with bevelled edges, rebacked and corners repaired, some marks and slight wear, folio, together with Church (Alfred J.), The Laureate's Country. A Description of Places connected with the Life of Alfred Lord Tennyson..., with many Illustrations from Drawings by Edward Hull, 1891, numerous plts. and illusts., occ. spotting, edges rough trimmed, orig. vellum gilt, some wear at foot of spine, folio, (Large paper copy, 42/160 copies printed), together with miscelleneous childrens books, mostlky illustrated late 19th/early 20th c. (2 cartons)

Tunnicliffe (C.F.). Mereside Chronicle, with a Short Interlude of Lochs and Lochans, 1st ed., Country Life, 1948, num. b & w illusts., orig. cloth in torn and tatty d.j., 4to, together with Seely (General Jack, Lord Mottistone), My Horse Warrior, 1st ed., 1934, b & w illusts. by A.J. Munnings, orig. cloth in frayed and chipped d.j., small 4to, plus Shepherd (David), An Artist in Africa, 1st ed., Collins/Tryon Gallery, 1969, signed by the artist on title, num col. illusts., orig. cloth in d.j., oblong folio, and others of natural history and country life, many in d.j.s. (3 cartons)

Wilson (Charles W.). Picturesque Palestine, vols. 1-3 (of 4), n.d., c. 1880, addn. eng. titles, steel eng. views, double page map, numerous wood engs., some damp soiling (mostly to vol. 2), a.e.g., contemp. half morocco, spines & corners worn, 4to, together with Old England: A Pictorial Museum of Regal, Ecclesiastical, Municipal, Baronial, and Popular Antiquities, 2 vols., 1854, col. plts. and numerous wood eng. illusts., contemp. half calf gilt, folio, plus other misc. books, including Cassell's Old and New Edinburgh, vols. 3-6 only (a carton)

Trials. A Complete Collection of State-Trials, and Proceedings for High-Treason, and other Crimes and Misdemeanours; from the Reign of King Richard II... to the Present Time, vols. 1-10, mixed eds., 1730-66, titles in red and black, contemp. non-matching calf, some a little worn on spines, folio, together with other misc. antiquarian law, incl. Poor Law, some odd vols. (3 shelves)

Ireland. The Statutes at Large, Passed to the Parliaments held in Ireland, vols. 1, 3, 15, 19 & 20 only, Dublin, 1786-1801, contemp. calf gilt, some wear, folio, with other misc. antiquarian law, incl. many odd vols. of Blackstone's Commentaries (3 shelves)

Scotland. The Laws and Acts of Parliament made by King James the First, Second, Third, Fourth, Fifth, Queen Mary, King James the Sixth, King Charles the First, King Charles the Second, who now Presently Reigns... , Edinburgh, 1681, eng. armorial frontis., addn. eng. title, both somewhat soiled, contemp. calf, rubbed and scuffed, covers detached, folio, with other misc. antiquarian law, including Reports, Statutes at Large, etc., inc. odd vols. (3 shelves)

Bailey (Bruce A., editor). Northamptonshire in the Early Eighteenth Century. The Drawings of Peter Tillemans and Others, pub. Northampton, 1996, num. b & w illusts., orig. cloth in d.j., oblong folio, together with Hughes (Pennethorne), A Shell Guide - Kent, 1st ed., Faber, 1969, col. frontis., b & w illusts. from photos., maps, pict. endpapers, orig. cloth in d.j., slim 4to, plus Clouston (R.S.), English Furniture and Furniture Makers of the 18th Century, 1st ed., 1906, b & w illusts. from photos., orig. cloth gilt, slightly rubbed, 8vo, and other misc. books, incl. topography, art ref., medicine and paperbacks, etc. (3 shelves)

Bridge (Admiral Sir Cyprian). W.L. Wyllie, R.A., Art Journal Christmas Number, 1907, six full-page col. plts., b & w illusts. from photos., orig. cloth gilt, a little rubbed and marked, slim folio, together with Hussey (Christopher), Tait McKenzie. A Sculptor of Youth, 1st ed., Country Life, 1929, num. b & w illusts. from photos., orig. cloth in worn d.j., 4to, plus Spender (Michael), Visions of Venice, pub. David & Charles, 1990, num. col. and b & w illusts., a.e.g., orig. navy blue morocco gilt, with slipcase, oblong 4to, (limited leather bound edition 15/250, signed by the artist), and other misc. books, mostly art ref., incl. The Old Water-Colour Society's Club Annual, vols. 41-63, 1966-94 (3 shelves)

Boswell (James). The Life of Samuel Johnson, including a Journal of a Tour to the Hebrides, New Edition with Numerous Additions and Notes, by John Wilson Croker, 5 vols., 1831, port. frontis. to vol. 1, contemp. diced calf, crudely rebacked, 8vo, together with The Royal Gallery of Pictures, Being a Selection of the Cabinet Paintings in Her Majesty's Private Collection at Buckingham Palace, Published under the Superintendence of John Linnell, 1840, thirty-two eng. plts., a.e.g., orig. quarter morocco, gilt dec. spine, scuffed, folio, with other misc. books incl. antiquarian, a Victorian scrap album, and The Strand magazine, vols. 1-13, 1891-97, orig. cloth, soiled and worn (3 shelves)

Picasso (Pablo). Toros Y Dore Ros. Texte de Luis Miguel Dorninguin, pub. Thames & Hudson, 1961, num. col. and b & w illusts., orig. dec. cloth, sl. soiled on spine, with orig. slipcase (damaged), folio, with other misc. art and architecture, etc. (3 shelves)

Folio Society, approx. 75 vols., mostly 1990s, inc. Thomas Hardy, Anthony Trollope, Lewis Carroll, Arthur Conan Doyle, Ernest Hemingway and many others, all orig. bindings, most with slipcases (3 shelves)

Pugh (P.D. Gordon). Staffordshire Portrait Figures and Allied Subjects of the Victorian Era, Including the Definitive Catalogue, reprinted, Antique Collectors' Club, 1995, num. col. and b & w illusts., orig. cloth in d.j., folio, together with Henrywood (R.K.), An Illustrated Guide to British Jugs from Mediaeval Times to the Twentieth Century, 1st ed., 1997, num. col. and b & w illusts., orig. cloth in d.j., folio, plus Lanbrou (Andreas), Fountain Pens, Vintage and Modern, 3rd imp., 1993, num. col. and b & w illusts., orig. cloth in d.j., 4to, with other antiques reference, many in d.j.s, G/VG (3 shelves)

Hyman (Susan). Edward Lear's Birds, 1980, 2 copies, fine col. illusts., orig. cloth in d.j., slim folio, together with Vesey-Fitzgerald (Brian), The Book of the Dog, 1st ed., 1948, num. col. and b & w illusts., some minor marginal waterstains, orig. cloth gilt, rubbed on spine, thick 8vo, with other misc. books, incl. paperbacks and four Dennis Wheatley 'Crime-Pack' productions, etc. (6 shelves)

Murphy (Richard). The Woman of the House, Dolman Press, 1959, orig. printed wrappers, slim 8vo, (250 copies), together with Nonesuch Press. The History of Herodotus of Halicarnassus, trans. G. Rawlinson, revised and annotated by A.W. Lawrence, 1935, nine wood engs. by Le Campion, and a series of maps at the rear, by T. Poulton, t.e.g., remainder rough-trimmed, orig. gilt dec. blue qtr. morocco, thick folio, (limited edition 405/675), plus Rabelais (Francois), All the Extant Works of Francois Rabelais. An American Translation with a Critical Text ... by Samuel Putman, 3 vols., privately printed for subscribers only, New York, 1929, col. and b & w illusts. by Jean de Bosschere, t.e.g., remainder rough-trimmed, orig. canvas-backed boards, rubbed and a little soiled, large 4to, (limited edition 623/1300), with other misc. books, mostly illustrated works and literature, incl. modern first eds. (3 shelves)

Craddock (Thomas). Peterborough Cathedral; a General, Architectural, and Monastic History, pub. Peterborough, 1864, orig. printed boards, slightly rubbed and spine browned, folio, together with Sweeting (Rev. W.D.), Historiacl and Architectural Notes on the Parish Churches in and around Peterborough, 1868, mounted albumen photo plts., modern cloth, 8vo, with Storer (J., illust.), History and Antiquities of the Cathedral Church of Peterburgh, n.d., c.1812-13, eight eng. plts. and one eng. plan, lacks title and all before B1, slight browning to text margins, early 20th c. qtr. calf gilt, spine slightly rubbed, slim 8vo, plus other topography reference including Northamptonshire & Lincolnshire related etc., mostly 20th c. pubs., plus British Record Soc. Pubs. (3 shelves)

Bemrose (William). Longton Hall Porcelain. Being Further Information Relating to this Interesting Fabrique, London & Derby, 1906, forty-two col. and b & w plts. with tissue guards, t.e.g., orig. gilt dec. cloth, slight wear to head and foot of spine, folio, together with Meyer (Anthony J.P.), Oceanic Art, pub. Konemann, 1995, num. col. illusts., text in English, German and French, orig. boards in d.j., large 4to, with other misc. books, mostly art and antiques ref., etc. (3 shelves)

Literature and fiction, mostly late 19th & 20th c., incl. Good-bye To All That, an autobiography by Robert Graves, 5th imp., 1929, some Folio Society publications, etc. (3 shelves)

Nolan (E.H.). The Illustrated History of the War Against Russia, 8 orig. divs., n.d., c. 1870, num. steel eng. plts., some spotting, orig. blind-stamped gilt dec. cloth, soiled and some wear, small folio, together with Murphy (William S.), The Textile Industries. A Practical Guide to Fibres, Yarns & Fabrics in Every Branch of Textile Manufacture, 8 vols., pub. Gresham, 1910, num. b & w illusts., a few col. plts., sectional model of a loom at rear of vol. 1, orig. dec. cloth [by Talwyn Morris], a little rubbed on spines, small 4to, plus other misc. books (3 shelves)

McIntyre (Peter). Peter McIntyre's Pacific, pub. A.H. & A.W. Reed, New Zealand, 1966, fifty-six tipped-in col. plts., num. b & w illusts., orig. plum half morocco gilt with slipcase, folio, (limited presentation edition, 490/750, signed by the artist), together with Blixen (Karen), Out of Africa, 2nd imp., May, 1938, orig. cloth in price-clipped d.j., 8vo, plus other misc. books inc. art ref. and illustrated books, children's literature, etc. (3 shelves)

Audubon (John James). The Birds of America, New York, 1937, port. frontis., num. col. plts., orig. cloth gilt, rubbed, thick folio, together with other misc. books incl. art, archaeology, film, recent fiction, incl. Dick Francis, John Grisham, P.D. James, Colin Dexter, Lynda La Plante, and others, all orig. cloth in d.j.s, mostly G/VG (6 shelves)

Howard (Michael). Lowry. A Visionary Artist, 1st ed., 2000, num. col. illusts., orig. cloth in d.j., square 4to, together with Renaissance Venice and the North. Crosscurrents in the Time of Durer, Bellini and Titian, ed. Bernard Aikema and Beverly Louis Brown, pub. Thames & Hudson, 1999, num. col. and b & w illusts., orig. cloth in d.j., thick folio, and other misc. art ref., mostly G/VG (6 shelves)

Sansom (George S.). Climbing at Wasdale Before the First World War, 1st ed., 1982, b & w illusts. and a map by A. Wainwright and twelve b & w illusts. from photos., orig. cloth in d.j., slim folio, together with Rhodes (Daniel P.), A Pleasure-Book of Grindelwald, 1st ed., New York, 1903, b & w illusts. from photos., folding map at rear, t.e.g., orig. cloth gilt, a little worn at head and foot of spine, 8vo, plus Turner (Samuel), My Climbing Adventures in Four Continents, 2nd imp., 1913, b & w illusts. from photos., orig. cloth gilt, faded on spine, 8vo, and others of mountaineering interest (3 shelves)

Batty (Captain Robert). Scenery of the Rhine, Belgium and Holland, 1826, eng. vign. title (water-stained at margins), sixty eng. plts., plus eng. vign. at rear, all on india paper, hinges split, a.e.g., contemp. gilt dec. morocco, extrems. rubbed, folio (1)

Black (Adam & Charles, publishers). Black's General Atlas, Edinburgh, 1844, sixty steel-eng. map sheets by Sydney Hall, Hughes and others, correct as list, England & Wales (North & South) and United States all split along centrefold, Egypt a little stained, some minor scattered spotting, orig. half morocco gilt, worn, folio, together with Blackie (W.G.), The Comprehensive Atlas & Geography of the World, 1882, twelve (of 13) col. plts. of national costume, sixty-five (of 67) double-page col. map sheets, (lacks Belgium & the Netherlands, and Denmark), both maps of England and Wales split along centre-fold, a few minor marginal defects, contents somewhat loose in orig. half morocco gilt, worn, large 4to Sold as seen, not subject to return. (2)

Bohun (Edmund). A Geographical Dictionary, Representing the Present and Ancient Names and States of all the Countries, Kingdoms, Provinces, Remarkable Cities... of the Whole World... With a Short Historical Account of the Same, and a General Index of the Antient and Latin Names..., Continued, Corrected, and Enlarged with great Additions throughout..., 1693, eng. double-hemisphere world map illust. to title, old limp wrappers with cloth spine, some wear and soiling to covers, folio (1)

Hughes (William). The New Comprehensive Atlas of Modern Geography, William Mackenzie, [1865], 67 maps and geographical plates incl. some double-page, many plates hand coloured, contemp. decorative plum calf, fraying to extrems. with some cracking to joints, folio (1)

Johnston (Alexander Keith). The Royal Atlas of Modern Geography, pub. William Blackwood, 1865, forty-six maps, coloured in outline, lacking maps 2 and 35, a few leaves torn or frayed, hinges broken, occasional light spotting, original morocco-backed boards, somewhat worn, folio (1)

Johnston (Alexander Keith). The Physical Atlas of Natural Phenomena, Edinburgh & London, 1850, 24 engraved maps and geographical plates, a.e.g., orig. plum half morocco gilt, rubbed with some scuffing to corners, folio (1)

Letts (Thomas, pub.). Letts's Popular Atlas, being a Series of Maps Delineating The Whole Surface of the Globe, complete edition, 1883, thirty-three col. litho. maps, mostly with hand colouring, some double-page, all laid onto linen, later cloth of orig. binding, folio, together with Black (Adam & Charles, pub.), Black's General Atlas of the World, Edinburgh, 1890, numerous col. maps (inc. some double-page), slight fraying to margins of initial leaves, a.e.g., endpapers detached, contemp. half morocco, lacks spine, boards soiled, detached and worn, folio, plus four other atlases (6)

Marcoy (Paul). Travels in South America from the Pacific Ocean to the Atlantic Ocean, 2 vols., pub. Blackie & Son, 1875, ten maps, plates and illustrations, occasional light spotting, hinges weakening, original pictorial cloth gilt, a.e.g., small folio, together with erstacker (Frederick), Western Lands and Western Waters, 1st ed., 1864, illustrations, occasional light spotting, prizegiving presentation inscription on ffep, original blindstamped cloth, joints splitting, rubbed, 8vo, plus seven other books on American or South American interest, including Herndon and Gibbon's Exploration of the Valley of the Amazon, 1854, (vols. 1 and two copies of vol. 2, plus folding map, torn), House and Home or, The Carolina Housewife, 3rd ed., 1855 and Samuel Humphrey's Peruvian Tales, related in one thousand and one hours, by one of the select virgins of Cusco, to the Ynca of Peru, (vol. XXI of the Novelist's Magazine, 1786, 8vo) (10)

Maxwell (Sir William Stirling). The Entry of the Emperor Charles V into the City of Bologna on the Fifth of November 1529, Reproduced from a Series of Engravings on Wood Printed at Venice in 1530, privately printed at Florence, London & Edinburgh, 1875, title-page printed in black and red, with elaborate border, sixteen double-page plts., initial letters and head and tail-pieces printed in black and red, orig. roan-backed dec. boards, bevel-edged, torn plain d.j. partially adhered to spine, folio. Limited edition of 100 copies. (1)

Maxwell (Sir William Stirling). Solyman the Magnificent Going to Mosque from a Series of Engravings on Wood published by Domenico de'Franceschi at Venice in 1663, privately printed at Florence & Edinburgh, 1877, title-page with port. and text within red-ruled border, nine double-page plts. and one single-page eng., initial letters and head and tail-pieces printed in red, orig. roan-backed pictorial boards, bevel-edged, extrems. rubbed, folio. Limited edition of 100 copies. (1)

Pettersson (Carl Anton). Lappland, Dess Natur Och Folk, Stockholm, 1866, twenty one mounted chromolithographed plates, folding map, wood-engraved illustrations, original cloth, upper cover with gilt vignette, some wear to edges, spine faded, oblong folio (1)

Sandys (George). A relation of a Journey begun An: Dom: 1610. Four Bookes Containing a description of the Turkish Empire of Aegypt, of the Holy Land, of the Remote parts of Italy, and Islands adioyning, 2nd ed., printed for W. barrett, 1621, engraved title (trimmed and relaid), hand coloured double-page engraved map, engraved plates to text, contemp. ink marginalia throughout, some leaves with worm trail to inner margin and final leaf creased and torn with a little loss, 18th century calf-backed marbled boards, worn, folio (1)

Stieler (Karl). Italia, Viaggio Pittoresco dall'Alpi all'Etna, 3rd ed., Milan, 1885, numerous b&w wood eng. illusts., including many full-page, contemp. qtr. vellum gilt, a little rubbed and some minor marks, upper joint partly split at head and foot, folio (1)

Dugdale (William). The Antiquities of Warwickshire..., Coventry, 1765, title printed in red & black, facsimile folding county map, eng. illusts. and armorials to text, eng. plts. and plans, 19th c. boards with cloth spine & corners, worn & covers loose, folio, together with a very defective copy of the same work, lacking all plts. Upcott III, 1263. Sold with all faults, not subject to return. (2)

Grose (Francis). The Antiquities of England and Wales, 5 vols., 1773-77, together with Cox (Thomas), Magna Britannia et Hibernia, Antique & Nova, 1720-30, BOTH SETS LACKING ALL MAPS, the Grose contains all the engraved views, contemp. calf, Cox set ex-library with markings, folio & 4to (11)

Lewis (Samuel). A Topographical Dictionary of England, 4 vols., 1831, contains 20 maps only (of 43), contemp. calf gilt, later spine labels, folio, together with 10 volumes of Dugdale's England & Wales Delineated containing 28 county maps and 160 engraved views, plus a copy of Camden's britannia without any maps and a modern reproduction set of Morden playing cards (15 vols. plus cards)

Victoria County Histories. Worcestershire, vols. 1-4, 1901-24, b & w plts. and plans (some folding), t.e.g., orig. cloth gilt, spines faded and slightly frayed at head & foot, folio, together with A History of the County of Gloucester, vol. 10 only, 1972, b & w plts. and illusts., orig. cloth in slightly marked d.j., folio, with Essex House Press, The Last Records of a Cotswold Community: being the Weston Subedge Field Account Book for the Final Twenty-Six Years of the Famous Cotswold Games..., by C.R. Ashbee, 1904, b & w illusts., edges untrimmed, orig. cloth, slightly dust soiled, 4to in 8s, (limited ed. 50/75), plus other related topography (15)

Victoria County Histories. Northamptonshire, edited by William Page, vol. 3, 1930, b & w plts. from photos, orig. cloth gilt, folio, together with Cambridge and the Isle of Ely, edited by R.B. Pugh, vol. 4, 1967, b & w plts. and illusts., orig. cloth gilt, folio, with Royal Commission on Historical Monuments, An Inventory of the Historical Monument's in Huntingdonshire, 1926; An Inventory of the Historical Monuments in the County of Northampton, 3 vols., 1975-81, col. frontis. and b & w plts. and illusts., orig. cloth in d.js., 4to, plus two other RCHM publications (8)

Amuchastegui (Axel). Some Birds and Mammals of Africa, with Descriptive Text by Hilary Hook, pub. Tryon Gallery, 1979, fourteen superb col. plts. reproduced in multi-lithography at the Curwen Press Ltd., t.e.g., orig. quarter morocco gilt by Zaehnsdorf, in orig. cloth slipcase, slim folio. Limited edition 383/500, signed by the artist. (1)