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Soane (John, Architect). Plans, Elevations and Sections of Buildings, Executed in the Counties of Norfolk, Suffolk, Yorkshire, Staffordshire, Warwickshire, Hertfordshire etc., 1st ed., Architectural Library, 1788,. list of subscribers, forty-six (of forty-seven) eng. plts., occasional light spotting, untrimmed, modern red half morocco with gilt dec. spine by Middleton, large folio Harris & Savage 842. This copy lacking plate 24, Lodge at Langley Park, Norfolk.. (1)

Spence (Joseph). Polymetis: Or, An Enquiry concerning the Agreement between the works of the Roman Poets and the remains of the Antient Artists, being an attempt to illustrate them mutually from one another, 1st ed., 1747, eng. port. frontis. by George Vertue after Isaac Whood, list of subscribers, forty (of 41) copper eng. plts. by L.P. Boitard, inc. three double-page (lacking plate ix), several eng. illusts. to text, frontis., title and following few leaves with some embrowning, some browning and minor offsetting to plates, contemp. calf, worn with covers near-det. (restrengthened with cloth and endpapers renewed), folio Ex-libris John Spencer Colepeper, and John G. Tolhurst, with bookplates to front endpaper. (1)

Stuart (James, & Revett, Nicholas). The Antiquities of Athens, vols. I-III, 1st eds., 1762, 1787 & 1794,. 230 eng. plates, views, plans, etc. (complete), including one folding map of Greece, hand-coloured in outline, and three other uncoloured maps and plans to third vol., some marginal tears, occn. touching plate surface, without loss, one or two leaves of text torn across without loss, some marginal marks and minor soiling, second and third vols. untrimmed, first vol. bound in contemp. diced full calf, second and third vols. bound in contemp. calf-backed boards, generally worn with some covers det., folio Harris 857. Blackmer 1617. The first three (and most important) volumes of Stuart and Revetts pioneering work on classical Greek architecture, and the first accurate survey of the ancient buildings of Athens, described by John Summerson as one of the three most important architectural travel books of the century. The work was enlarged to 5 volumes during the early 19th century. (3)

Taylor (G.L., and Cresy, Edward). The Architectural Antiquities of Rome, 2 vols., 1821-22,. 130 engraved and litho. plts., one or two plates and preliminary leaves loose and sl. frayed to extrems., contemp. half calf, worn with covers det., folio (2)

Weale (John, ed.). Divers Works of Early Masters in Christian Decoration... with Examples of Ancient Painted and Stained Glass..., 2 vols., 1st ed., 1846,. tinted litho. titles, fifty mostly colour litho. plts., including two folding and ten double-page, some scattered foxing, contemp. half plum morocco with old reback, rubbed and scuffed, minor wear to extrems., large folio (2)

Conway (Stephen, bookbinder). Fifty Folio Epigrams, Folio Society, 1996,. wood engs. by Peter Forster, bound by Stephen Conway in full diced black calf, circular pale pink leather onlay at the centre of each cover, that on the upper cover containing the volume title, sprinkled edges, contained in a green marbled board slipcase, signed by the binder and dated 1998 on a blank rear flyleaf, 12mo (1)

Conway (Stephen, bookbinder). Marvell (Andrew). The Garden & other Poems, Folio Society, 1993,. wood engs. by Harry Brockway, bound by Stephen Conway in quarter brown buckram, unlettered, hand-col. patterned paper board sides, hand-painted endpapers, in a pink board slipcase, signed by the binder and dated 1998 on a blank rear flyleaf, 12mo (1)

Conway (Stephen, bookbinder). Ovid, Metamorphoses. Translated and introduced by Mary M. Innes, Folio Society, 1995,. illustrations by Richard Shirley Smith, bound by Stephen Conway in quarter tan goatskin, lettered in blind, stained calf sides with circular inlays of diced calf, with two large sections of black letter text inlaid on each side, marbled paper pastedowns, hand sewn silk headbands, sprinkled edges, in a cloth-covered solander box, large 8vo inscribed S.P. Conway, 1996. First competition entry, Designer Bookbinders 1996. Highly commended on a blank rear flyleaf. (1)

Fleece Press. Blythe (Ronald). First Friends. Paul and Bunty, John and Christine - and Carrington, Fleece Press, Huddersfield, [1997],. limited to 300 copies, reprods. of drawings, paintings, and woodcuts, some of them coloured, other illusts. from photos., orig. quarter cloth, Paul Nash pattern paper board sides, printed paper label on the spine, edges untrimmed, in the slipcase, folio, together with Lee (Brian North), Bookplates by Richard Shirley Smith, Fleece Press, Huddersfield, 2005, limited to 275 copies, reprods. of bookplates, some of them mounted, orig. quarter cloth, patterned paper board sides, printed paper label on the spine, edges untrimmed, in the slipcase, 8vo includes on ALS from Simon Lawrence, owner of the Fleece Press, about First Friends ... The poor binding was one of the most distressing things Ive ever had to put up with. (2)

Fleece Press. Knowles (Richard). Precious Caskets. The Friendship of T.E. Lawrence and William McCance, Fleece Press, Huddersfield, 2003,. limited to 240 copies, nineteen tipped-in photos. and a wood-engraving by Agnes Miller Parker, printed from the block, orig. quarter cloth, marbled paper board sides, printed paper label on the spine, in a solander box with matching paper label, folio, together with Smith (Clare Sydney), The Golden Reign. The Story of my Friendship with Lawrence of Arabia. With a Foreword by Mrs S. Lawrence, and new Introduction by Malcolm Brown, Fleece Press, Huddersfield, 2004, limited to 500 copies, num. illusts. from photos., most of them full-page, orig. blue cloth, printed paper label on the spine, in the slipcase, large oblong 8vo, and Knowles (Richard), Two Superiors. The Motor-Cycling Friendship of George Brough & T.E. Lawrence, Fleece Press, Huddersfield, 2005, limited to 300 copies, full-page and smaller illusts. from photos., orig. green cloth, printed paper label on the spine, square 8vo (3)

Old Stile Press. Hughes (Ted). Earth Dances. Poems by Ted Hughes. Chosen & Decorated by R.J. Lloyd, The Old Stile Press, Llandogo, 1994,. 78/250 copies, signed by the author and artist, eight full-page linocuts by R.J. Lloyd, these printed on different papers hand-made by Frances McDowall, other linocuts interwoven with the poems on the text pages and largely printed in sepia, orig. quarter cloth, hand-made onion paper board sides, in the cloth-covered slipcase blocked with two of R.J. Lloyds designs, all enclosed in a specially made solander box, folio (1)

Old Stile Press.. McDowall (Nicolas). The Paradise Driver, The Old Stile Press, Llandogo, 1999,. 46/150 copies, signed by Nicolas McDowall, full-page and smaller illusts. by Nicolas McDowall, printed from polymer plates, orig. tab and slot sewn blue wrappers by Nesta Rendall Davies, with a design by McDowall on the front and back wrapper, edges untrimmed, folio, together with Sidney (Sir Philip), The Lad Philisides: being a selection of Songs, Pastoral Eclogues & Elegies from the Countess of Pembrokes Arcadia, The Old Stile Press, Llandogo, 1988, 153/225 copies, signed in pencil by the artist, wood eng. illusts. and decs. by Harry Brockway, orig. quarter linen, red leather label, patterned board sides, t.e.g., others untrimmed, in the slipcase, 8vo (2)

Sellars (David, bookbinder). Poe (Edgar Allan). The Raven, Folio Society, 1995,. wood engs. by George Tute, bound by David Sellars in quarter grey goatskin, unlettered, sculptured hand-painted paper board sides with the design of a raven in high relief on the upper board, endpapers hand-painted to an abstract design, in a paper chemise with black lettering piece, in a black board slipcase with patterned paper on the sides, signed in pencil by the binder and dated 1998 on a blank rear flyleaf, 12mo david Sellars was born in Halifax in 1949. He was apprenticed to John Walsh, printers in that town, 1965-68, and later studied at the Camberwell School of Arts and Crafts, and at the Stanhope Institute under Sally Lou Smith. He worked at the Manor Bindery, Fawley, before establishing his own bindery in 1977. He has taught and lectured on bookbinding world-wide, and was elected Fellow of the Designer Bookbinders in 1976. His work is represented in institutional and private collections world-wide, including the British Library, and the University of North Carolina. (1)

Wood Lea Press. Greenwood (Jeremy). Omega Cuts. Woodcuts and Linocuts by Artists Associated with the Omega Workshops and the Hogarth Press. With an Introduction by Judith Collins, Wood Lea Press, Woodbridge, 1998,. limited to 450 copies, reprods. of woodcuts and linocuts, fourteen of them mounted, and in colour, other illusts. of wood blocks, orig. art linen, blocked in red, patterned paper endpapers, in the slipcase, folio a catalogue of all 165 woodcuts and linocuts, produced by Vanessa Bell, Roger Fry, Henri Gaudier-Brzeska, Duncan Grant, Edward Wadsworth, and others at the Oemga Workshops. A special edition of 100 copies, with pulls from ten original blocks, was also issued. (1)

Detmold (Edward J.). Twenty-Four Nature Pictures, [1919], twenty-three (of 24) mounted col. plts., loosely contained in orig. half cloth portfolio, some soiling and staining, frayed to extrems., large folio Limited edition of 500 proof sets, this being number 456, signed the artist to title label. (1)

Dropmore Press. The Holkham Bible Picture Book, introduction and commentary by W. O. Hassell, 1954,. forty-two colotype plates, orig. three-quarter red niger morocco with embossed parchment sides, folio, together with Shadow of Eros, A Biographical and Critical Study of the Life and Works of Sir Alfred Gilbert, by Adrian Bury, Dropmore Press, 1952, b&w plts., partly untrimmed, orig. three-quarter black brown crushed morocco gilt, in sl. soiled d.j., small 4to, limited ed. of 300 copies, this copy unnumbered, plus Wolfe (Humbert), Pierre de Ronsard: Sonnets pour Helene, with English renderings, 1st ed., 1934, t.e.g., remainder rough-trimmed, orig. qtr. vellum gilt, with slipcase (rubbed and minor wear to extrems.), 8vo, limited signed ed. 92/150, and two others (Shakespeare Sonnets, facsimile ed., pub. Noel Douglas, 1926, limited ed. 103/250 & Life and Adventures of Peter Porcupine, by William Cobbett, Nonesuch Press, 1927, limited ed. 412/1800), both 8vo (5)

Guinness. A group of nine Guinness Christmas Booklets, 1939-60,. col. and b & w illusts. by Edward Ardizzone, John Nash, Antony Groves-Raines, and others, orig. col. pictorial wrappers, some sl. rubbing to extrems., slim 8vo titles are: Prodigies and Prodigals, 1939; A Guinness Sport Folio, 1950; Alice, Where Art Thou?, 1952; Untopical Songs, 1953; Game Pie, 1955; Can This Be Beeton?, 1956; Happy New Lear, 1957; Hobby Horses, 1958; Reigning Cats & Dogs, 1960. (9)

Studdy (G.E.). The Studdy Dogs Portfolio, 1st & 4th series, published by The Sketch, c.1922, plt. list and fifteen col. plts. to each, some creasing and fraying to blank margins, orig. printed wrappers with pictorial panels, frayed to edges, first vol. lacking spine and silk tie, folio (2)

Duplessis DArgentre (Charles, Bishop of Tulle). Collectio Judiciorum de novis Erroribus, qui ab initio Duodecimi Seculi, 3 vols., Paris, 1728-36, facsimile ed., Brussells, 1963, orig. mock leather, small folio, together with Sermons, Certain Sermons or Homilies, Appointed to be Read in Churches in the Time of Queen Elizabeth of Famous Memory. Together with the Thirty-nine Articles of Religion, 1766, some fraying to first & last leaves, contemp. reversed calf, joints cracked and some wear, folio, together with Rothstein (Natalie), Silk Designs of the Eighteenth Century in the Collection of the Victoria and Albert Museum, London, pub. Bulfinch Press, 1990, col. plts. and b & w illusts., orig. cloth in d.j., contained in orig. slipcase, folio, plus other misc. books including art reference (a carton)

Gerard (John). The Herball or Generall Historie of Plantes. Gathered by John Gerard ..., [1597?], lacks title and final leaf of index, A1 torn with loss, D1 torn with loss, marginal repairs to several leaves, later half calf, upper cover def., thick folio, together with other misc. antiquarian, mostly imperfect sold with all faults, not subject to return. (a carton)

Prisse dAvennes (Achille Constant Theodore Emile). The Decorative Art of Arabia, text by Julien Baurgoin, foreword by Charles Newton, pub. Portland House, 1989,. col. plts., orig. cloth in d.j., folio, together with other misc. books, incl. art and architecture, recent fiction and a set of Kings & Queens of England, etc., mostly G/VG (4 cartons)

Strawberry Hill. A Catalogue of the Classic Contents of Strawberry Hill, Collected by Horace Walpole, to be sold by Public Auction by Mr George Robins, Monday 25 April, 1842, and Twenty-Three Following Days (Sundays excepted),. port. frontis., orig. linen-backed stiff wrappers, soiled and broken, 4to, together with Kennard (Mrs Edward), Wedded to Sport. A Novel, 3 vols., 1st ed., 1892, half-titles present, orig. green cloth, spines lettered and blocked in gilt, upper cover lettered in black, a little rubbed, 8vo, plus The Illustrated London News, vol. 77, July-December, 1880, num. wood-engs., contemp. half calf gilt, a little worn on head of spine, folio, and other misc. books (a carton)

Vertue (George). The Heads of the Kings of England, Proper for Mr. Rapins History, Translated by N. Tindal... also Twenty-two Plates of the Monuments of the Kings of England with their Epitaphs, and Inscriptions, and a Brief Historical Account of Them, 1736, 108 eng. port. plts., browned, some heavily, most cut down and mounted, text stained, and with some marginal tears resulting in sl. loss to upper margin (just clipping text), 19th c. half calf, rubbed, and worn at foot of spine, folio, together with copies of Union Jack, Art Journal and Gems of European Art sold with all faults, not subject to return. (carton)

Briggs (Raymond). Father Christmas, 1973, Gentleman Jim, 1980, When the Wind Blows, 1982, The Snowman Tell-the-Time Book, 1991, all 1st eds.,. orig. laminated pict. boards (1st vol. with d.j.), 4to & folio, with other recent childrens and illustrated books, etc., including Rupert (3 shelves)

Baker (Oliver). Blackjacks and Leather Bottells. Being some Account of Leather Drinking Vessels in England and incidentally of other Ancient Vessels, privately printed, Stratford-on-Avon & Cheltenham Spa, 1921,. col. frontis., b & w illusts., orig. cloth gilt, a little rubbed, folio, with other antiques ref., including ceramics, clocks, carpets, furniture, etc., mostly recent hardback publications, many in d.j.s (3 shelves)

Bindings, all French literature, history and related, 19th century and early 20th century,. all leather-bound, printed in French, approx. 55 vols., mainly 8vo (some folio) (3 shelves)

Bindings, all French literature, history and related, 19th century and early 20th century,. all leather-bound, printed in French, approx. 50 vols., mainly 8vo (some folio) (3 shelves)

Jackson (Sir Charles James).. English Goldsmiths and their Marks. A History of the Goldsmiths and Plate Workers of England, Scotland and Ireland, reprinted, Batsford, 1949,. b & w frontis., orig. cloth gilt in slightly frayed d.j., thick folio, with other misc. art ref., gardening, etc., mostly G/VG (3 shelves)

Sato (Shozo).. The Art of Arranging Flowers. A Complete Guide to Japanese Ikebana, pub. Abrams, New York, [1965],. fine tipped-in col. plts. and num. b & w illusts., orig. green silk binding with gilt lettering, pict. panel to upper cover, thick 4to, together with The Orbis Encyclopaedia of Birds of Britain and Europe, edited John Gooders, vols. 1-5, 1978-79, num. col. illusts., orig. boards in d.j.s., folio, with others of gardening, ornithology and natural history interest, mostly G/VG (3 shelves)

Gill (Sir David). A History and Description of the Royal Observatory, Cape of Good Hope, pub. HMSO, 1913,. num. b & w illusts. from photos, diags. to text, three folding charts contained in rear pocket (incl. two supplied in facsimile), orig. cloth gilt, a little worn on spine, folio, together with Carpenter (William B.), The Microscope and its Revelations, 8th ed., enlarged and revised by W.H. Dallinger, 1901, eng. plts., num. wood-engs. to text, some minor scattered spotting, orig. cloth gilt, minor wear to extrems., thick 8vo, plus Phillips (John), Manual of Geology: Practical and Theoretical, 1st ed., 1855, map frontis., b & w illusts. to text, recent half calf gilt, thick 8vo, with other science and technology, including bridge building, coal mining, textile industry, etc. (6 shelves)

* America. An album of albumen print photos, c. 1892-94,. showing views of Hambro House and family in Florida, plus snaps of the family enjoying a trip to St. Petersburg on the Gulf of Mexico, plus further amateur photos of North Carolina, the famous bear-hunter Big Tom Wilson, etc., ten album leaves with approx. seventy images in total, captioned in ink on mounts, plus a group of five unrelated album leaves with approx. sixty mounted gelatin silver snapshots of South American settlers life near Tucson, etc., plus a related book on Phoenix, Arizona, all oblong folio (3)

* Burma, Siam and Laos. An album of ninety-two b & w photos, c. 1915,. mounted back-to-back in an album and depicting the work of a tree felling company in Burma and surrounding area, each with printed caption beneath and featuring Laos elephant riders from Chingmei, Shan Chinese contractors, Myook of Mg Hang, the head sinoke of the district responsible for three murders by his own hand, views on the river Nam Hang, images approx. 15 x 20 cm and similar, some dampstaining to margins of first and last leaves, lacks covers and spine, oblong folio Possibly produced as a commemorative album but without any letterpress present excepting the printed captions.. (1)

* Cartes-de-visite albums. A group of eight empty cartes-de-visite and cabinet card albums, 19th-century,. leather-bound and in very good condition, and including two Japanese-style albums with hand-coloured decorative leaves and upper covers depicting exotic birds using mother of pearl, both upper covers in very good order though one spine deficient and one crudely rebacked, both oblong folio (8)

Chambers Edinburgh Journal, Vol. 8, Nos. 365 to 416, [actually containing 362 to 416], January 5, 1839-January 18, 1840,. some slight spotting, contemp. half calf, marbled board sides, rubbed, recently rebacked, unlettered, folio Contains three important essays on photography: Painting by the Action of Light, March 30, pp. 77/78; The Daguerrotype, August 24, pp. 243/244; and The Daguerrotype, November 2, pp. 327/328. Gernsheim, Incunabula, 1054. (1)

* China, Japan, Hong Kong and Ceylon. An album of fifty albumen prints, compiled by Frances Jane Pearson in 1897,. including views and people in Ceylon (seven), Singapore (one), Hong Kong (eight), and Japan, many identified in the negative, many Japanese photos colour-tinted, all approx. 20 x 25 cm, mounted back-to-back with ink captions and dates on mounts beneath, contemp. half morocco, soiled and spine damaged, oblong folio (1)

* Fenton (Roger). A group of eight salt prints after drawings in the British Museum, 1856/58,. images approx. 20 x 30 cm and smaller, mounted on thick paper with printed details beneath, mounts somewhat spotted and soiled, chipped at edges, large folio, together with three other unrelated photographic items (11)

* France. Vues de Hombourg Les Bains et de ses environs, n.d., c. 1870,. twelve mounted albumen prints by Ph. Muller, images approx. 15 x 18 cm, a little spotting, orig. printed boards, rubbed and soiled, oblong slim folio (1)

* H.M.S. Alexandria - Malta. An album of approx. fifty albumen prints, c. 1880,. showing the ship H.M.S. Alexandria group portraits of passengers and crew on board and on land, a few other shipping scenes, mostly uncaptioned and pasted to rectos of album leaves only, approx. 20 x 25 cm and smaller, plus one menu, one telegram, one programme, and three orig. pencil sketches pasted in, ownership name of F. G. Campbell to front pastedown, contemp. half morocco, broken and worn, folio One image is identified as showing the ship off the coast of Malta, but there are no other views of Malta itself.. (1)

* India. A large photo album, early 20th century,. comprising over 400 mounted mostly small-format photos, including many of India and the Toda tribe, images of the Durbar of King George VI and Queen Mary in 1911, images of polo games, military images including the second battalion Royal Fusiliers, images of Penang, etc., largely uncaptioned and only a few titled in the negative, contemp. half morocco, rubbed and marked and slight wear to extremities, oblong folio (1)

Iraq. Camera Studies in Iraq, by A. Kerim, Baghdad, n.d., c. 1930,. seventy-five photogravures on fifty-two leaves with printed captions in English beneath, images approx. 15 x 21 cm and smaller, orig. decorative card covers with spine tie, some edge-wear, oblong folio, together with its original stamped card postage case, addressed from Corporal Trevett at Station Headquarters in Basra for [his mother?] Mrs C.R. Trevett in Inverness, soiled and worn (1)

* Italy. An album of approx. seventy albumen print views, late 19th c.,. all mounted back to back with printed caption pasted beneath, approx. 20 x 25 cm, contemp. cloth, rubbed, oblong folio, together with two further folio albums with European photographic interest (3)

* Italy. A disbound album containing fifteen large albumen print views of Venice by Naya and Ponti, c. 1870,. image sizes approx. 32 x 25 cm and similar, mounted, some with printed captions in French to versos, orig. cloth covers, disbound and spine deficient, folio (15)

Japan. The Great Earthquake in Japan, 1891, by John Milne and W. K. Burton, 2nd ed., Yokohama, n.d.,. thirty b&w plts. from photos by K. Ogawa, outline map at rear, a little dampstaining throughout affecting upper right page area, modern half morocco, oblong folio (1)

* Japan. An album of eighty-five colour tinted albumen prints, c. 1890,. including views, temples and people, numbered and identified in English in the negative, mounted back to back, mostly approx. 20 x 26 cm, contemp. half calf, broken and worn, oblong folio, together with a contemporary album of twenty albumen prints by James Valentine of Cornish and Hampshire views, each approx. 13 x 20 cm, mounted back to back, contemp. half morocco, some wear to spine, oblong small folio (2)

* Japan, Hong Kong and Canada. An album of mounted albumen print and gelatin silver photos, late 19th century,. comprising people and views in Hong Kong (eight), Japan (twenty-three), Vancouver (twenty-five), some titled in the negative and many Japanese photos hand-tinted and somewhat faded, approx. 20 x 25 cm and smaller, mounted back-to-back on album leaves, contemp. half morocco, worn, oblong folio (1)

Le Nail (Ernest). Les Chateaux Historiques. Fontainebleau, 1st ed., Paris, 1875,. thirty mounted albumen print views by Mieusement, images approx. 25 x 34 cm, printed captions, some spotting and dampstaining to mounts, contemp. red half morocco gilt, rubbed and some wear to extrems., large folio (1)

* Madeira, etc. An album of mounted albumen prints, 1890s,. including twenty-three medium size prints of Madeira views, plus some circular vign. snapshots of Madeira interest pasted to the same leaves, many mounted back-to-back, contemp. half morocco, worn and upper cover detached, folio, together with three further Victorian albums with albumen prints of European and Middle East interest, various bindings (4)

* Netherlands. An album of fifty-five mounted albumen prints, late 19th c.,. including views of Amsterdam and other towns, costume, six reproductions of paintings, mounted one, two or three to rectos only with printed borders and captions beneath, approx. 20 x 25 cm and smaller, a.e.g., contemp. morocco with damaged clasp, titled on upper cover Souvenir aan Holland, very rubbed, oblong folio (1)

* Norfolk. A family photo album and visitors book, c. 1910,. eleven leaves only completed with photos, illustrations and autographs, places mentioned including Grimston, Breccles, Raveningham, Honingham, Worlingham, etc., num. signatures including that of Ernest H. Shackleton pasted onto page title Thick Thorn, a few news cuttings and details of hunting bags included, remaining fifteen leaves blank, a.e.g., contemp. morocco, rubbed, oblong folio (1)

* North-East England. An album of approx. 450 b & w photos compiled by Eveleigh Leith, sister of Lord Burgh, late 1920s,. featuring good quality snapshots of the Leith family and Sir Leonard Ropner, Conservative MP for Sedgefield (1923) and founder of Thorpe Perrow Arboretum, all carefully arranged and with some small neat annotations, along with other pasted-in ephemera relating to election campaigns, speed road racing, etc., contemp. half morocco, covers detached and backstrip deficient, oblong folio (1)

Plymouth. A collection of over 850 modern b & w photos of Plymouth taken from old photographs,. neatly pasted into twelve modern albums with handwritten captions to mounts, the albums themed by people, buildings, harbour, streets, shipping, transport, interiors and views and large photos, various sizes, paper covers with handwritten labels to upper covers, all slim folio, very good condition (12)

Scotland - Fenwick. An album of twenty-eight albumen print views of Fenwick, East Ayrshire, late 19th c.,. including street scenes, rural cottages and views, most photos without figures, images approx. 7.5 x 15 cm, mounted to rectos only, orig. full morocco, gilt lettered on upper cover Views of Fenwick by H. S. P. Taylor, rubbed, oblong, small folio (1)

South Africa. Photographs of South Africa, comprising representative views... , Cape Town, 1894,. 199 (complete) full-page b & w plts. from photos, accompanying letterpress, a.e.g., orig. gilt dec. morocco, rubbed and a little wear to extrems., oblong folio (1)

* Sun Artists. A group of nineteen photogravures, [1889-91],. including three images from photos by Julia Margaret Cameron, (The Kiss of Peace, Lord Tennyson and Sir Joh Herschel), three by Frank Meadow Sutcliffe (Water-Rats, Sunshine and Shower, Dinner time), two of these dampstained in the border and one cut down outside of plt. impression, plus one by Henry Peach Robinson, (Carolling), the others by J. Gale, J.B.B. Wellington, Lydell Sawyer, Gay Wilkinson and F.W.H. Myers, images approx. 12 x 18 cm and similar, printed captions beneath, some spotting and soiling, loosely contained in orig. printed wrappers for the first number of the periodical, soiled and worn, slim folio Sun Artists, was edited by W. Arthur Boord and appeared with descriptive text in eight issues. (19)

Hay (W.T.). Through my Telescope. Astronomy for all, with an Introduction by Sir Richard Gregory, 1st ed., 1935,. b & w illust. and diags. from drawings by the author, single ad. leaf at rear, orig. cloth, rubbed and faded on spine, slim 8vo, together with Seaton (Ray, and Martin, Roy), Good Morning Boys. Will Hay, Master of Comedy, 1st ed., 1978, num. b & w illusts. from photos, orig. cloth in slightly soiled d.j., 4to, plus The Goose Steps Out, Dialogue sheets, Reels 1-9 (complete), 1942, thirty-six orig. duplicated sheets, first and last sheet somewhat frayed and chipped at edges, folio, and one other Off-screen Hay was a solitary man... He preferred to live apart from showbusiness, and to concentrate on his interest on scientific subjects, particularly astronomy - a field in which he made a significant discovery (given a front-page treatment at the time) of a white spot on Saturn. (4)

Linley (Thomas). The Camp, an Entertainment as Performed at the Theatre Royal in Drury Lane, [1778], eng. throughout, with title-page and musical notation, bound with Dibdin (Charles), The Overture, Songs, Airs, and Choruses, in the Jubilee or Shakespears Garland as Performed at Stratford upon Avon, and the Theatre Royal, Drury Lane, to which is added a Cantata called Queen Mab or the Fairies Jubilee, c.1770, eng. title-page with elaborate border, and eng. musical notation throughout, and Storace (Stephen), The Siege of Belgrade, and Opera in Three Acts, as Performed at the Theatre Royal Drury Lane, [1791], eng. title-page with elaborate border (rubbed and dust-soiled), eng. musical notation throughout, final leaf with a few worm holes (affecting text), final page dusty, free endpapers creased, upper hinge split, contemp. sprinkled half calf, rubbed, extrems. worn, sm. oblong folio (1)

Marcello (Benedetto). Estro Poetico-Armonico, Parafrasi Sopra Li Primi Venticinque Salmi Poesia di Girolamo Ascanio Giustiniani, 8 vols., Sebastiano Valle, Venice, 1703, half-titles present, eng. port. frontis. to first vol., musical notation throughout, vols. 1 and 8 with some minor worming to blank margins of first and final leaves, untrimmed, contemp. vellum-backed boards, some minor rubbing to extrems., folio born in Venice, Benedetto Marcello was a member of a noble family and his compositions are frequently referred to as Patrizio Veneto. Although he was a music student of Lotti and Francesco Gasparini, his father wanted Benedetto to devote himself to law. Indeed, Benedetto combined a life in law and public service with one in music. In 1711 he was appointed member of the Council of Forty (in Venices central government), and in 1730 he went to Pola as Provveditore (district governor). Due to his health having been impaired by the climate of Istria, Marcello retired after eight years to Brescia in the capacity of Camerlengo and there he died. Benedetto Marcello was the brother of Alessandro Marcello (1669-1747), also a composer of some note. (8)

Mozart (Wolfgang Amadeus). Quintetti pour Deux Violins, Deux Violes & Violincelle, 4 vols. only (of 5), pub. Jean Andre, Offenbach, Germany, c.1825, parts for 1st and 2nd violin, cello, and 2nd viola, lacking part for 1st viola, all eng. throughout, with musical notation, contemp. paste-paper card covers, rubbed, with some wear to extrems., upper covers with ms. label, slim folio, together with other various eng. music similar, mostly odd parts, continental, incl. Haydn, Mendelssohn, Pieltain (carton)

Pleyel (Ignace Joseph). Three Trios for Two Violins and a Violincello, 3 vols., printed by Longman and Broderip, c.1790, eng. musical notation throughout, a few repaired tears to fore-margins, contemp. reversed calf, worn, with spines torn and frayed, and bindings detached or becoming detached, upper covers with gilt lettered leather label, 4to, together with Handel (George Frideric), Parthenope an Opera as it was Performd at the Kings Theatre for the Royal Accademy, printed for J. Walsh and Joseph Hare, [1730], eng. title, contents leaf, and musical notation, lacking final leaf, contemp. blind-panelled reversed calf, extrems. rubbed, lettered in ms. to darkened spine and covers, slim folio, plus Corelli (Arcangelo), Concerti Grossi con duoi Violini e Violoncello di Concerto Obligati e duoi altra Violini e Basso di Concerto Grosso ad Arbitrio che si Potranno Radoppiare, 3 parts only (of 7), printed for John Johnson, c.1760, 2nd violin, alto viola, and bass parts only, all with eng. musical notation throughout, disbound, slim folio, plus another two (of 7) Corelli parts similar (for 1st and 2nd violin), and other various eng. music, mostly odd parts, 18th c., incl. Handel, Pellegrino, Sardi, Haydn, Beethoven, Cramer (carton)

Purcell (Henry). Orpheus Britannicus. A Collection of all the Choicest Songs, for One, Two, and Three Voices, composd by Mr. Henry Purcell. Together, with such Symphonies for Violins or Flutes, as were by him designd for any of them: and a Through-Bass to each Song. Figurd for the Organ, Harpsichord, or Theorbo-Lute, 2 vols., 1st ed., 1698-1702,. title-pages printed in red and black, eng. port. frontisispieces, vol. 1 with dusty and foxed title and frontis. both trimmed and laid down, woodcut initials, contents browned, upper hinges split, 19th c. half calf gilt, rubbed, and labels to spines chipped, folio (2)