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Golden Cockerel Press. A Compendium of the East, being An Account of Voyages to the Grand Indies, made by the sieur Jean de Lacombe, of Quercy..., trans. Stephanie & Denis Clark, edited, with an Introduction and Notes, by Ashley Gibson, 1937, b & w double-page plts., map endpapers, untrimmed, orig. patterned cloth, folio. Limited edition, 145/300 copies. (1)

Golden Cockerel Press. Matthew Flinders' Narrative of His Voyage in the Schooner Francis: 1798, Preceded and Followed by Notes on Flinders, Bass, the Wreck of the Sidney Cove, &c., by Geoffrey Rawson, 1946, frontis. and letterpress engs. by John Buckland Wright, bookseller's small ticket to front pastedown, t.e.g., remainder untrimmed, orig. cloth gilt, one corner bumped, slim folio. Limited edition, 366/750 copies. (1)

Golden Cockerel Press. Twelfth Night or, What You Will by William Shakespeare, 1932, wood eng. illusts. and decorations by Eric Ravilious, t.e.g., remainder untrimmed, orig. half morocco by Sangorski & Sutcliffe, minor spotting to returns, dec. cloth covers, sl. dusty at edges, folio. Limited edition, 30/275 copies. (1)

Golden Cockerel Press. Mabinogion, A New Translation from the White Book of Rhydderch and the Red Book of Hergest by Gwyn Jones and Thomas Jones with illustrations by Dorothea Braby, 1948, fine full-page wood eng. illusts., t.e.g., remainder rough-trimmed, orig. half morocco gilt by Sangorsky & Sutcliffe in clean condition, folio. Limited edition 488/550. (1)

Gregynog Press. The Lamentations of Jeremiah, 1933, printed on heavy Japanese vellum, twenty-one wood engs. by Blair Hughes-Stanton, incl. five full-page, one or two faint finger-marks to blank fore-margins, orig. bevel-edged dark blue oasis, faintly rubbed in places, lettered in blind to spine and upper cover, with 4pp. prospectus for 'The Revelation of Saint John' loosely inserted, contained in orig. card slipcase (a little stained, and worn to extrems.), slim folio. With Prinknash Abbey Library bookplate and tipped-in ms. label below regarding the donor. (1)

Spencer (Gilbert). The Ten Commandments, Drawings by Gilbert Spencer, pub. Stanford Dingley, The Mill House Press, 1934, thirteen tipped-in b&w plates, untrimmed, orig. pubs. linen, lettered in black, some minor marks and light foxing, large folio. Limited edition of 75 copies printed and published by Kyrle Leng and Robert Gathorne Hardy at the Mill House Press.. (1)

Symons (A.J.A., Flower, Desmond and Meynell, Francis). The Nonesuch Century. An Appraisal, a Personal Note and a Bibliography of the First Hundred Books Issued by the Press, 1923-1934, pub. Nonesuch Press, 1936, numerous printed samples and title-pages tipped-in at rear, endpapers lightly foxed, untrimmed, orig. cloth, spine a little faded, in torn and repaired d.j., split in two by vertical tear in rear panel, folio (1)

Anderson (Anne, illust.). Lie-Down-Stories, by Natalie Joan, 1st ed., Blackie & Son, 1919, eight full-page col. illusts., b & w illusts. to text, orig. linen-backed boards with large pict. panel to upper cover, a little rubbed and marked, slim 8vo, together with Old French Nursery Songs. Music Arranged by Horace Mansion, [1917], col. plts. and b & w decs. by Anne Anderson, plus Little Dutchy. Nursery Songs from Holland. English Rhymes by Will Ransom, Musical Settings by Alex de Jong, 1925, col. frontis. by Anne Anderson, twelve mounted col. plts. by Rie Cramer, both orig. linen-backed pict. boards, sl. wear to extrems., slim 4to, and Fairy Tales from Grimm and Andersen, pub. Sunshine Press, Glasgow, c. 1920s, eight col. plts. and num. b & w illusts. by Anne Anderson, orig. pict. boards, sl. wear to head and foot of spine, folio, and three others by the same illustrator (7)

Annuals. The Hotspur Book for Boys, 2 vols., pub. D.C. Thomson, c. 1930s, together with The Wizard Book for Boys, pub. D.C. Thomson, c. 1930s, col. frontis. to each, num. b & w and tinted illusts., all orig. pict. boards, minor wear to extrems., 4to, together with The Chicks' Own Annual, 1941, num. col. and b & w illusts. (some coloured by a juvenile hand), orig. linen-backed pict. boards, inner joints strained, folio, also The Greyfriars Holiday Annual, 1933, num. col. and b & w illusts., orig. linen-backed glazed pict. boards, thick 4to, and others similar (20)

Annuals. Mrs. Strang's Annual for Children, 3 vols., c. 1920s, num. col. and b & w illusts., all orig. pict. boards in frayed and chipped d.j.s, 4to, together with Selfridge's Schoolgirls' Storybook, Second Year, c. 1930s, sixteen col. plts., b & w illusts. to text, orig. glazed pict. boards in excellent condition, folio, plus other various annuals, mostly 1920s & 1930s, including Cassell's Children's Annual, Once Upon a Time, The Jolly Book, Our Darlings, Joy Street, nos. 5, 10, 11 & 14 (nos. 10 & 11 in frayed and torn d.j.), etc., mostly G/VG (approx. 50)

Collodi (Carlo). Le Avventure di Pinocchio, Italgeo Editrice Milano, 1944, twelve coloured plates and numerous coloured illustrations in the text by Vsevolod Nicouline, orig. quarter red cloth, faded, white cloth sides, slightly soiled, t.e.g., small folio. Limited editiion 651/999 copies, signed in pencil by Vsevolod Nicouline. (1)

Isserlis (H., and J. Auroy, translators). Contes de l'Isba, Paris, 1949, tipped-in coloured plates, and other illusts. by Ivan Bilibine, orig. coloured pictorial cloth, a bright copy, together with Lichtenberger (A.), Angomar et Priscilla, Paris, 1933, coloured illusts. by Mariette Lydis, orig. cloth-backed coloured pictorial boards, and Daudet (Alphonse), Lettres de mon Moulin: Contes du Lundi, Tours, 1937, coloured plates and other illusts. in the text by Albert Uriet, orig. cloth-backed coloured pictorial boards, rubbed at extrems., and six others, French illustrated, folio and 4to (9)

Outhwaite (Ida Rentoul, illust.). Fairyland of Ida Rentoul Outhwaite. Verses by Annie R. Rentoul. Stories by Grenbry Outhwaite and Annie R. Rentoul, 1931, sixteen coloured plates, thirty other full-page illusts., some of them now neatly hand-coloured, decorations in the text, pictorial endpapers, some light foxing, orig. blue cloth, slightly soiled and rubbed, folio (1)

Park (Carton Moore, illust.). Old Friends and New Fables, Told by Alice Talwin Morris, 1st ed., Blackie, 1916, twenty-three tipped-in col. plts., title-page lightly foxed, pictorial endpapers, free endpapers browned, orig. two-tone cloth, cocked, spine sl. rubbed, and frayed at ends, col. pictorial label mounted to upper cover, folio, together with Park (Carton Moore and Bull, Rene), La Fontaine's Fables, A Selection, trans. Edward Shirley, Thomas Nelson, 1905, col. and b & w illusts. and vigns. throughout, some finger-soiling, one leaf with short tear in blank fore-margin (neatly repaired), orig. pictorial cloth, oblong folio (2)

Peto (Gladys, illust.). '..A Fine Lady upon a White Horse'. Her Jurneyings Through the Realm of Fancy, by Enid Leigh Hunt, [1929], seven full-page col. plts., b & w illusts. to text, orig. yellow cloth, lettered and blocked in black, sl. rubbed and dust-soiled, 4to, together with Gladys Peto's Bedtime Stories, pub. John F. Shaw & Co. Ltd., [1936], col. plts. and num. b & w illusts. by Gladys Peto, orig. linen-backed glazed pict. boards, rubbed on spine, folio, plus Mercer (Joyce, illusts.), Grimm's Fairy Tales, n.d., pub. Hutchinson & Co., c. 1940, eight col. plts. and num. b & w illusts., orig. pict. boards in matching d.j. (price-clipped and sl. frayed at head and foot of spine), 4to, and six others, various (10)

Pogany (Willy, illust.). The Rime of the Ancient Mariner, 1st ed., 1910, tipped-in col. plts., num. illusts. and decs. to text, dec. endpapers, t.e.g., remainder rough-trimmed, orig. gilt dec. cloth, a trifle rubbed on spine, otherwise in bright condition, folio, together with The Rubaiyat of Omar Khayyam, 1909, tipped-in col. plts. by Pogany, num. decs. to text, t.e.g., remainder rough-trimmed, orig. linen-backed dec. boards (upper cover with circular gilt stamp for Westbourne School, Sheffield), small folio, with two other editions of the Rubaiyat with illusts. by Pogany, one bound in orig. green limp suede, the other bound in orig. blind-stamped and gilt dec. morocco, a little rubbed at extrems., and two others by the same illustrator (6)

Pogany (Willy, illust.). Faust, by Goethe, translated by Abraham Hayward, [1908], thirty col. plts. with captioned tissue guards, t.e.g., orig. cloth gilt, slightly faded on spine, otherwise in bright condition, 4to, together with The Tale of Lohengrin, 1st ed., [1911], and Tannhauser, a Dramatic Poem, 1st ed., 1911, printed on grey paper, tipped-in col. plts., num. illusts. and decs. to text, both orig. dec. cloth, a trifle rubbed, small folio (3)

Shaw (John Byam, illust.). Selected Tales of Mystery by Edgar Allan Poe, Philadelphia & London, 1909, half-title present, sixteen tipped-in col. plts., t.e.g., remainder untrimmed, orig. dark blue cloth, blocked in red and gilt, a little rubbed, thick 8vo, together with India's Love Lyrics, including the Garden of Kama, Arranged in Verse by Lawrence Hope, [1914], twenty-four col. plts., t.e.g., remainder rough-trimmed, orig. dec. cloth, a trifle rubbed, folio, with five others by the same illustrator (7)

Tagore (Rabindranath). The Golden Book of Tagore. A Homage to Rabindranath Tagore from India and the World in Celebration of his Seventieth Birthday. Edited by Ramananda Chatterjee, Calcuta, 1931, 750/1500 copies, thirty plates, some of them coloured, orig. yellow cloth, paper labels, slightly soiled, in the chipped d.j., folio, together with Penzer (Norman M.), Nala & Damayanti, 1926, limited to 1000 copies, this copy un-numbered, ten coloured plates by P. Zenker, orig. cloth-backed boards, 8vo, and O'Connor (V. C. Scott), The Charm of Kashmir, 1920, sixteen tipped-in coloured plates, twenty-four plates from photographs, some foxing, orig. white cloth, gilt, spine soiled, 4to, and five others, Indian tales and art (8)

Briggs (Raymond). Fungus the Bogeyman Plop-Up Book, Hamish Hamilton, [1982], six double-page col. pop-up illusts., one with washing line detached at one end, orig. glazed pictorial boards, 4to, together with The Snowman Pop-Up, A Pop-Up Book with Music, 1986, (2 copies), six double-page col. pop-up illusts. by Ron van der Meer, both copies with pop-ups intact but no music, orig. glazed pictorial boards, 4to, plus The Snowman, 1st ed., 1978, col. illusts. throughout, orig. glazed pictorial boards, slim folio, plus nine others by Raymond Briggs (13)

Brunhoff (Jean de). The Story of Babar the Little Elephant, with a Preface by A.A. Milne, 1934; Babar's Travels, 1935; Babar the King, 1936; Babar's Friend Zephir, 1937; Babar at Home, 1938; Picnic at Babar's, 1950, all 1st UK eds., all with col. illusts. throughout, 'The King' with a few biro scribbles to title-page, all in orig. cloth-backed glazed pictorial boards, some general rubbing, 'Zephir' with small tear to spine, slim folio (6)

Doyle (Richard, illust.). In Fairyland. A Series of Pictures from the Elf-World ... With a Poem by William Allingham, 1st ed., 1870, sixteen plates by Doyle, engraved on wood and printed in colours by Edmund Evans, the text, including the half-title, all present, a little soiled and frayed at some extreme margins where the contents were once loose in case, recased into orig. green cloth, spine and upper cover gilt, slightly marked, rubbed at extrems., folio. Osborne Vol. 2 p. 619. "... a folio which is also Richard Doyle's masterpiece: it contains some of the most entrancing children's book illustrations ever made": McLean, Victorian Book Design, p. 184. A book notoriously difficult to find in good condition, due to the decay of its original gutta-percha binding.. (1)

Hale (Kathleen). Henrietta, The Faithful Hen, 1st ed., pub. Transatlantic Arts Ltd., 1943, colour litho. illusts. throughout, patterned endpapers, orig. cloth backed col. litho. boards, some minor discol. to lower margins, in frayed d.j., torn to edges, with a little loss, some spotting to edges, slim oblong folio. Author's presentation copy, inscribed to front endpaper 'To Eric with awe & admiration, from Kathleen Hale'. (1)

Hale (Kathleen). Orlando Keeps a Dog, [1949]; Orlando, A Seaside Holiday, 1952, both 1st eds., col. illusts. throughout, patterned endpapers, both orig. cloth-backed col. pictorial boards in d.j., 'Seaside Holiday' price-clipped, slim folio (2)

Hockney (David and Spender, Stephen). Hockney's Alphabet, Drawings by David Hockney, written contributions edited by Stephen Spender, pub. Faber, for the AIDS Crisis Trust, 1991, twenty-six col. illusts., orig. cloth with slipcase, folio. Special edition (unspecified limitation), signed by Hockney and Spender. Written contributors include Ian McEwan, Ted Hughes, Seamus Heaney, William Golding and Iris Murdoch etc. (1)

[Kubasta, Voitech, illust.], Father Christmas, [drop-title], pub. Bancroft, c.1960, 8pp. of text, with large col. pop-up at rear, depicting Father Christmas delivering toys to a snowy cottage, with his sleigh in the foreground, and carol singers in the background, orig. cloth-backed col. pictorial card wrappers, depicting a smiling Father Christmas, that to upper cover with moveable tab which operates Santa's eyes and mouth, folio (1)

Pogany (Willy, illust.). The Tale of Lohengrin, 1st ed., 1911, Tannhauser, A Dramatic Poem, 1st ed., 1911, and Parsifal, or The Legend of the Holy Grail, 1st ed., 1912, each printed on grey paper, tipped-in col. plts., numerous illusts. to text, orig. gilt-dec. cloth, very sl. rubbed to extrems. (generally in bright condition), third vol. with repaired cloth tear near centre of spine, folio (3)

Preston (Chloe, illust.). The Peek-A-Boo Farmers, told by May Byron, pub. Humphrey Milford, [1918], six col. plts., letterpress vigns., scattered foxing, pictorial endpapers, browned, orig. printed boards, with embossed circular illust. to upper cover, extrems. rubbed, spine and lower return faded, 4to, together with Five Bad Chunkies, told by May Byron, pub. Humphrey Milford, [1921], eight col. plts., letterpress vigns., scattered foxing, pictorial endpapers, free endpapers partially browned, front hinge split between front free endpaper and half-title, orig. boards, with large col. illust. mounted to upper cover, 4to, plus The Busy Bo-Peeps, told by Grace Graydon, pub. Sandle Brothers, c.1920, twelve full-page col. illusts., letterpress illusts., some browning and finger-soiling, pictorial endpapers, upper hinge splitting, orig. cloth-backed glazed pictorial boards, rubbed and soiled, spine faded, sm. folio (3)

Thomson (John & Co., pub.). A New General Atlas, consisting of a Series of Geographical Designs, on Various Projections..., Edinburgh, 1821, two uncoloured diagrams, 50 engraved maps only (of 74), mostly double-page and all hand coloured in outline, brown damp stain to lower part of volume throughout, contemp. boards, together with the remains of an A.K. Thomson World Atlas and other plate books including a broken volume of an 18th century encyclopedia with numerous folio engraved plates, architectural designs, broken volumes of The Vernon Gallery of British Art, State of War in the East, etc. (17 volumes)

The Graphic - Zulu War issues, 2 vols., Jan-Dec 1879, all plates present, contemp. sheep, scuffed with some cracking to joints, folio (2)

The Graphic, 15 vols., 1870(vol. 2 x2 copies), 1872(1), 1873(1), 1874(1), 1875(1), 1877(2 x2), 1880(2), 1882(2), 1883(1), 1885(1 & 2), 1887 (2), all plates present, mixed contemp. bindings, some wear, folio (13)

The Graphic - Second Boer War, 2 vols., 7 Oct 1899-28 April 1900, plates complete, many folding, contemp. cloth-backed binding, fraying to extrems., folio (2)

The Illustrated London News, vol. 4, January-June 1844, vol. 16-17, January-December 1850, vol. 72, January-June 1878 & vol. 87, July-December 1885, together five vols. bound in 4, numerous b&w wood eng. illusts., including many full-page, some minor defects, mixed leather/cloth bindings, together with The Engineer, vols. 20, 21, 24, 29 & 32 (2 copies), January-June 1866, July-December 1867, January-June 1870 & July-December 1871, numerous wood eng. illusts., all orig. cloth, somewhat worn (except one vol. for 1871 in contemp. half calf, with covers det.), all folio. Volume 72 of the Illustrated London News contains extensive coverage of the Kaffir Wars together with material on Stanley in Africa. (9)

Illustrated London News, 12 vols., 1843 (vol. 2), 1850 (1), 1856 (2), 1858 (1 & 2), 1859 (1), 1862 (1), 1870 (1 & 2), 1873 (1), 1885 (1), 1898 (1), incomplete volumes, mixed bindings, worn, folio. Sold as viewed. Not subject to return. (12)

Illustrated London News/The Graphic, approx. 100 separate issues, c.1850s-1900, all complete, folio, together with five early 19th century issues of The News including articles relating to the Peninsula Wars, plus Britain in Pictures, 120 vols., mostly 1st eds., a few duplicates, many in d.js, some fraying to spines, 8vo, and a carton of separate issues of The War Illustrated (3 cartons)

Illustrated London News, vols. 8-29 bound in 11, plus vol. 31, 1846-57, num. wood engs., some double-page or folding (some torn), mixed bindings, some wear, folio. Sold as a periodical, not subject to return. (12)

*Danby (Thomas Osborne, 1st Earl of, 1631-1712). Document signed, Treasury Chamber, Whitehall, 16th April 1678, concerning the raising of money by a poll tax and recommending that you will particularly take care to tax all servants for such wages as they really receive or have contracted for ..., signed Danby, 1 p., folio, laid down, together with an old biographical manuscript note about Danby, laid down, 1 p., 4to, plus a related pamphlet by Edward Christian (Wing C3937) (3)

*George I (King of England, 1660-1727). Document signed, George R., Pyrmont, 11th June 1719, warrant to pay Major Finbow the sum of 22, the £300 to be a free gift, and the £22 to satisfye the fees and charges attending the receipt of the said £300, signed by King at head and countersigned at foot by J. Aislabie, J. Wallop, Geo. Baillie and Wm. Clayton, a few spots and small marginal closed tears and a little loss, not affecting text to lower right corner, one page, folio, tipped onto white card at left margin (1)

*George II (King of England, 1683-1760). Document signed George R., St. Jamess, 27th May 1728, manuscript warrant on paper for deducting subsisdences, signed by King at head of document, neatly written in a copper plate hand but with left margin trimmed affecting shoulder title and end text to left of countersignatures, countersignatures of Geo. Dodington, Geo. Oxenden and Wm. Clayton, a few spots, one page, tall folio (1)

*George V (King of England, 1865-1936). Document signed, 3rd March 1910, a printed commission with manuscript insertions appointing Edwin Poulden Fenton Stamper to the rank of 2nd Lieutenant in the Special Reserve of Officers, signed at head above wafer seal George R. I., vertical folds, oblong folio. A curiosity as it is a printed form detailing King Edward VIIs details but clearly signed by George V. King Edward VII had been staying at Biarritz in March 1910 when he collapsed. He remained there to convalesce and his continued ill health was unreported. He returned to Buckingham Palace on 27th April and died on 6th May 1910. It would seem that the then Prince of Wales signed as though he were already King. (1)

Herefordshire Elections. A good collection of printed broadsides and tracks issued during a number of Parliamentary and City elections between 1817 and 1835, a total of fifty-nine separate items, mostly in excellent order, a few short tears repaired, some items washed and a few mounted, sizes ranging from small 8vo to large folio, all arranged roughly chronologically and separately attached to album guards and modern buckram, sl. rubbed, folio. A complete list of this important collection is available on request. Six of the items bear the signature of John Gwilliam Jnr. The first item in this collection is addressed to Thomas Andrew Knight, the Horticulturalist, then living in Downton Castle, by a Freeman of Hereford. Twenty-four items are in verse, including three pamphlets or tracts: Selections from the Comedy of the Election and Performing at Different Theatres in the City; Speeches on Non Voters ... at a Private Meeting; and The Observer, No. 2, July 22, 1837. (1)

*Hitler (Adolf, 1889-1945). A German Army Officers Photograph Album, c. 1936-43, approx. 250 small black-and-white snapshots including one SIGNED in ink by Hitler, captioned BŸckeberg 1937, showing Hitler at a rally, in full Nazi uniform, shaking the hand of a young boy, image size approx. 6 x 8.5cm, other images show Nazi soldiers on training exercises and in camp, a crashed plane, an armoured tank and other equipment, plus numerous views of towns and villages, incl. the local inhabitants and a few civilians carrying rifles, etc., orig. cloth boards with leather clasp, sl. frayed, oblong folio (1)

*Lord Justices. Manuscript warrant signed by the Lords Justices, Whitehall, 7th July 1696, to the Commissioners of the Treasury, Order for Payment Unto Paul Foley, Speaker of the House of Commons, the sum of four hundred and fifty-five pounds for 91 days on the usual allowance of five pounds per diem as Speaker, signed by Charles Sackville, sixth Earl of Dorset (Poet and Dramatist), Thomas Tenison, Archbishop of Canterbury, John Lord Somers, Lord Chancellor, the Earl of Pembroke, the Duke of Shrewsbury, Sir Stephen Fox, and others, minor fraying and browning, integral blank with contemporary docket, old tape repairs to folds along inner blanks and final page, one page, folio, taped guard to paper folder. Enys Collection, lot 124. (1)

*Manor of Kingswinford. Two manuscript volumes containing the Court records for the Court Baron of the Manor of Kingswinford of the Right Honourable William Viscount Dudley and Ward, held between 26th October 1811 to 3rd April 1816, and from October 1816 to February 1821, containing over 350 manuscript pages, contemp. limp vellum, sm. folio (2)

*Montagu (George Brudenell). Letter of attorney from George Brudenell Montagu, Duke of Montagu, 1766, appointing the bankers at Richard Hoare and Henry Hoare Jr. of Fleet Street, London, to receive monies from the tellers of the Exchequer for the use of Prince William Henry and Prince Edward, 9th July 1776, signed Montagu with a fine clear impression of armorial seal in black wax, folio, pasted at margins to a later leaf, together with four other roaylty related items, incl. a letter from Nathaniel Wraxall to King George III concerning his labours on behalf of the Kings ounger sister, Carolina Matilda of Denmark, 1780, a letter of attorney re moneys for the Princes William Henry and Edward, sons of George III, 1776, and letters signed from Princess Helena Victoria and Princess Louise (?daughter of King Edward VII) (5)

*Sackville (Richard, died 1566). Manuscript document signed Ryc Sakevyle, 1560, authorising payment to Richard Mynsterley, Queens Messenger, for expenses incurred in delivering some letters to Sir William Cecil at Colchester, endorsed on the reverse by Richard Minsterley, one page, folio, together with a 19th c. transcription and transliteration of the old English. Sir Richard Sackville was first cousin to Anne Boleyn, Treasurer of the Queens Exchequor and Elizabeth I, and father of Sir Thomas Sackville. (1)

*Shrewsbury (Charles Talbot, 1st Duke, 1660-1718). Document signed Shrewsbury, 6th October 1714, John Thorrowkettle, Messenger of His Majestys Chamber, Craves an allowance for his attendance upon the Lord High Treasurer about such business as he hath been employed in for a quarter of a year, for the sum of 3s 4d per diem, the sum of 6 3s 4d, countersigned by Denbigh, sl. rubbed and soiled and few marginal splits, one page with integral blank and contemporary docket, folio (1)

Bible [Hebrew]. Biblia Hebraica, ex Aliquot Manuscriptis et Compluribus Impressis Codicibus, Item Masora Tam Edita, Quam Manuscripta..., Selectae Variantes Lectiones Subiiciuntur: Cura ac Studio D.Io. Heinr. Michaelis, 2 vols., Halae Magdeburgicae, 1720, vol. 1 with eng. frontis. and title printed in red & black, contemp. gilt dec. panelled vellum, gilt arabesque to each board, slightly marked, 4to. The first attempt at a critical edition, issued in 4to, 8vo & folio. Darlow and Moule 5144. (2)

Bible. Italian. La Sacra Bibbia, tradotta in lingua Italiana, e commentata da Giovanni Diodati. Seconda Editione, migliorata, ed accresciuta. Con laggiunta deSacri Salmi, messi in rime per lo medesimo, Stampata in Geneva per Pietro Chou‘t, 1641, additional engraved title-page dated 1640, woodcut device on the printed title-page, integral blank Aaaab present, some light soiling and staining, but generally in good state, in an early 19th century English full calf binding, spine gilt, a little rubbed, joints cracked, a.e.g., folio. The second edition of Diodatis Bible, revised, and with the commentary enlarged. First published in 1607, Diodatis version, in its modern form, remains the official Bible of Italian Protestants. D. and M. 5600. (1)

Bible-New Testament. [Greek & Latin]. Joannes Frobenius Candido Lectori s.d. en Novum Testamentum, ex Erasmi Roterodami Recognitione..., [Johann Froben], Basel, 1527, title with wood eng. printers device (paper repairs to title and some marks), woodcut initials, nineteen leaves provided in manuscript facsimile, later endpapers, contemp. calf with blind dec. to boards & spine, upper joint cracked, folio. Darlow and Moule 4603. Sold with all faults, not subject to return. (1)

Binding. Cicero (Marcus Tullius), Opera qu¾ Extant Omnia: Exsola fere Codd. Mss. Fide Emendata..., J. Dunmore, 4 parts in one, 1681, addn. eng. title-page, first printed title strengthened to fore-margin, third and fourth parts continuously paginated and with no title to latter, a few leaves with extensive later marginalia, a.e.g., with gauffered borders, contemp. full red morocco, sl. rubbed, volute roll decorated raised bands, gilt lettered direct in second compartment, remainder gilt panelled with volute cornerpieces and central lozenge, covers with gilt border composed of volute roll between dotted rolls, central triple fillet panel, with fleuron cornerpieces, large foliate wreath in centre, gilt roll to board edges, leather straps lacking metal fixings, thick folio (1)

Chemnitz (Martin). Harmonia Quatuor Evangelistarum, a Theologis Celeberrimis, D. Martino Chemnitio Primum Inchoata..., Quae nunc Perfecta, Justo Commentario Illustrata, Duobus Tomis Comprehensa..., 2 vols., Frankfurt, 1652, eng. frontis. to each and addn. eng. title to vol. 1, peppered worm holes to both vols., contemp. blind stamped pigskin over wooden boards, with blind roll work dec., brass clasps intact, some worm holes to bindings, folio (2)

Davenant (William). The Works of William Davenant..., Now Published Out of the Authors Originall Copies, pub. Henry Herringham, 1673, eng. port. frontis., lacks all after 4N4, initial pages detached, two small holes to final leaf affecting a few letters of text, contemp. calf, old reback, boards detached, some wear, folio, together with [Lily, William], A Short Introduction of Grammar. Compiled and set forth for the bringing up of all those that intend to attain to the knowledge of the Latin tongue, printed by Roger Norton, 1677, title within dec. woodcut border, lacks all after O6, leaf A1 slightly frayed and with some early ink annotations, underscoring and old marginal notes throughout, sewing weak, contemp. calf, slight wear, 8vo, with Sarpi (Paolo), Histoire du Concile de Trente, Ecrite en Italien par Fra-Paolo Sarpi... et Traduite de Nouveau en Francois..., 2 vols., 1736, eng. port. frontis. to vol. 1, recent endpapers, contemp. calf, modern rebacks, board edges & corners repaired, folio, with Hogarth (William), Hogarth Illustrated. By John Ireland, 2 vols., (without Supplement), 1791, eng. titles, numerous eng. plts., contemp. calf, gilt dec. spines, joints cracked, 8vo, plus three others (9)

[Defoe, Daniel, attrib.]. The Loyal Protestants Vindication, Fairly Offered to all those Sober Minds who have the Art of using Reason, and the Power of Suppressing Passion. By a Queen Elizabeth Protestant, 1680, [2],6pp., modern marbled marbled boards, slim folio (1)

Dugdale (Sir William). A Short View of the late Troubles in England, 1st ed., Oxford, 1681, [10],136,185-294,361-439,449-488,553-650,733-959,[12]pp., eng. port. frontis., eng. vignette to title page, one eng. plt., erratic pagination (as usual), closed-tear to last leaf, 20th c. half morocco gilt, folio (Wing D2492). (1)

Fontana (Carlo). Templum Vaticanum et ipsius origo, cum aedificiis maxime conspicuis antiquitus, & recens ibidem, constitutis, Rome, Ex Typographia Jo: Francisci Buagni, 1694, printed titles in Latin and Italian, each with printers woodcut vign., text in Latin and Italian, seventy-nine eng. plts., plans, elevations, etc., including some folding (complete), occ. minor marks, and light marginal discoloration, a few paper creases, etc., old vellum, somewhat soiled and discol., thick folio. Brunet II, 1329. Ouvrage le plus beau et le plus complet quon ait eu pendant longtemps sur ce grand edifice. (1)

Foxe (John). [Actes and monuments of matters most special and memorable, happenying in the Church. Newly revised and recognised, partly also augmented, and now the fourth time agayne published, at London, Printed by Iohn Daye, 1583], an incomplete copy, comprising part of the colophon, 28 pp. of A diligent Table, and text pp. 397-790, 217-396, 855-1483, and 1790-2154 (which is actually the final leaf of text proper), with num. woodcuts of burnings and tortures in the text, but without the two folding leaves of plts., the map, title-pages etc., text generally soiled and stained, some leaves defective, in the remains of an early calf binding, disbound to all intents and purposes, but sewing intact, folio. The fourth printing of Foxes Book of Martyrs. See S.T.C. 11225. Sold not subject to return. (1)

[Hamelmann, Hermann]. [Oldenburgisch Chronicon], [col:] Gedruckt zu Oldenburg Durch Warner Berendts Erben, 1599, with num. eng. illusts., mainly ports. incorporating armorials, some of them full-page, and num. woodcut illusts., some of them half-page, three folding letterpress tables, but an incomplete copy, lacking the title-page, port., the double-page plt. of Oldenburg, all of the prelims. (a-g6), N2, and Tt4 and Uu8 (?blanks), text soiled and stained, some old ink scoring, some engs. trimmed at the fore-edge, later vellum, soiled and worn, small folio. Adams H30. RŸthning: Oldenburgische Geschichte, Vol. 1 pp. 447-452. Sold not subject to return. (1)

Handel (George Frederic). Messiah, an Oratorio in Score as it was Originally Performd. To which are added his additional alterations, printed & sold by H. Wright, successor to the late Mr. J. Walsh, n.d., c. 1785, engraved frontis. port. of Handel by Houbraken, engraved title, 2 pp. list of subscribers, separate engraved leaf of Index, 188 eng. pp. plus 35 eng. pp. of Appendix, contents generally clean, contemp. calf-backed boards, worn with joints cracked, upper cover detached, split down centre of spine, folio, together with nine 20th c. musical facsimiles of works by Bach, Handel, Mozart and Beethoven, mostly cloth-backed boards, slim folio/oblong folio (10)

Howell (James). Therologia : The Parly of the Beasts; or, Morphandra Queen of the Inchanted Iland..., vol. 1 [all published], 1660, lacks frontis., contemp. inscription at head of title, ink library stamps to few pages, recent endpapers, 20th c. qtr. morocco, library number to spine and blind stamp to upper board, small folio (1)