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J E Letchford, group of 3 watercolours, including Chelsea Embankment, framed, and a folio of watercolours and washes by the same artist

[Richards, W. History of Lynn, Plates], comprising 15 hand-coloured aquatint etchings and one engraved map, no title or publisher imprint, architectural & topographical views on heavy wove paper, very clean & bright, later colour or possibly restrikes, small folio, rebacked & relined in half-cloth

[Meall, Louis A.] Great Yarmouth Illustrated in a Series of Twenty-Four Engravings including the principal Objects of Interest in its Neighbourhood, with Letter-Press Descriptions illustrative of their History, Topography, & Antiquities, Great Yarmouth: Charles Barber, 1848. Small folio, 24 hand-coloured plates with corresponding descriptive text, half-calf, rebacked, later colour or possibly restrikes, internally good & bright with occasional pale spotting

Titanic. A collection of 24 albums containing modern newspaper articles, magazine excerpts, photos and facsimile tickets relating to the Titanic, small folio, all with decorative clear tape covers, compiled & arranged by Christopher Wardlow (24)

China. Photography. View and Custom of North China, published by S. Kojima, Yamamoto Photographic Studio, British Concession, Tien Tsin, China, Printed by the Tokyo Printing Co., Tokyo, Japan, 1909. Oblong folio, contemporary cloth lettered in gilt, gift inscription dated 1909 on front pastedown, pp. 102, photographic illustrations throughout, internally well-preserved, clean & bright, wear to grey endleaves with pale spotting to first page, binding tight & square with light bumping around top of spine

Sailing. Yacht Racing on the Clyde, Season 1899, Reproduced from Photographs Specially Taken by Maclure, Macdonald & Co., oblong folio, publisher's blue ribbed cloth lettered in gilt, illustrated with 50 captioned photographic plates, Glasgow: Maclure, Macdonald & Co., [c. 1899]. Internally good & bright with marks in places, gift inscription to a captain dated 1950, short tear/creasing to edge of one section affecting margins of 14 plates, a little shaken with wear to gutters, cloth worn

Derbyshire History & Topography. Three folio volumes, unique, consisting of 18th- & 19th-century etchings, engravings, mezzotints, and lithographs depicting portraits of notable Derbyshire figures (including Joseph Wright of Derby, Erasmus Darwin, Jedediah Buxton, John Flamsteed, and others), architectural & topographical views, plus various text pages from histories/antiquities, bound in half crushed morocco. The title pages and spines refer to History of Derbyshire, by Rev. Daniel Lysons, unnumbered, 1868, but the contents consist entirely of blank leaves with mounted prints & text from various sources, and this is therefore a distinct creation from that described on the titles. Includes a loosely inserted albumen print of Kenilworth Castle. Together with Hutchinson's Tour through the High Peak, 1809. Condition varied, sold with all faults (4)

Folio Society books including Comic Short Stories, Unnatural Death, Don't Look Now etc

A collection of Folio Society books to include Edmund Crispin 'The Moving Toyshop' circa 2014, 'The Silk Road', George Orwell 'A Life in Letters and Diaries, Betjeman - Selected Poems, Stephen King 'The Shining', and others Location: G

WW2 respirator by SG & Co Ltd 1939 with box, together with a folio of WW2 documents relating to Captain J C Gorton, Army Service Corps of Rations, Supplies, South Eastern Command, 61st Infantry Division etc

Drake (Edward Cavendish). A New Universal Collection of Authentic and Entertaining Voyages and Travels, from the earliest accounts to the present time... The whole forming a history of whatever is most worthy of notice in Europe, Asia, Africa and America, 1st edition, London: J. Cooke, 1768, imprimatur leaf signed by Shelburne at front, engraved frontispiece, title printed in red and black, 9 engraved maps, 54 engraved plates, subscribers list, World map with marginal repair Asia map with marginal loss from insect predation, small marginal wormtracks to first few leaves and at end, a few marginal wormholes, occasional light water stains, previous owner inscription, contemporary calf, joints cracking, some edge wear and stains, folio QTY: (1)NOTE:Cox I, 18; ESTC T124554; Hill 492; Sabin 20826 (citing editions of 1767, 1770, and 1771 only).'A collection of voyages and relations of experiences by travelers from the time of the Portuguese navigators to the middle of the eighteenth century, including those of Magellan Drake, Cavendish, Olivier van Noort, William Dampier, Woods Rogers, John Clipperton, George Anson, and Lionel Wafer' (Hill).

Boundary Commission Reports. Seven volumes of Boundary Commission Reports, 1832, 1837, 1868 & 1885, comprising Reports from Commissioners on Proposed Division of Counties and Boundaries of Boroughs, volume II - part I and volume III - parts I & II, 1832, 101 hand-coloured lithograph maps by Robert Dawson (14 folding count maps, 80 folding town/borough maps and 7 single-page), volume 2 in original boards, and Report of the Commissioners ... Boundaries and Wards of certain Boroughs and Corporate Towns, (England and Wales), Part II, 1837, 57 hand-coloured lithograph maps by Robert Dawson (19 folding town/borough maps and 38 single-page), some offsetting to text, original cloth-backed boards, plus Report of the Boundary Commissioners for England and Wales, 1868 and Parts I, II & Supplementary Report, 1885, together 4 volumes, numerous zincograph maps (few folding), hand-coloured in outline, original printed wrappers, covers to 1868 report cloth-backed, some wrappers worn, covers to Supplementary Report torn and detached, all folioQTY: (7)

Camden (William). Britain, or a Chorographicall Description of the Most Flourishing Kingdomes, England, Scotland, and Ireland, and the Islands adjoyning, out of the depth of Antiquitie: Beautified with Mappes of the Several Shires of England..., Joyce Norton and Richard Whitaker, 1637, frontispiece of a decorative map of the British Isles, letterpress title with near-contemporary ownership signatures and date (1638), 8 engraved plates of coins, 57 (complete) uncoloured folding engraved maps by G. Hole and W. Kip, the maps of Cornwall, Kent and Dorset with some marginal fraying and slight loss, slight worming to the margins, index bound at rear, 19th-century calf, heavily worn and rubbed, upper board detached, folioQTY: (1)NOTE:Chubb XX; ESTC S2550.Maps taken from Christopher Saxton, and engraved by William Hole, William Kip, and John Norden.

Camden (William). Camden's Britannia, Newly Translated into English: with large Additions and Improvements. published by Edmund Gibson of Queens College in Oxford..., printed by F. Collins, A. Swale and A. & J. Churchill, 2 volumes, 1695, portrait frontispiece, printed title and additional half-title, nine plates of coins and one plate of antiquities, 50 (complete) uncoloured double-page maps, including two folding (Kent & Norfolk), very occasional slight offsetting and staining, Surrey toned overall, slight worming to the margins but not affecting the printed text or images, index bound at rear, later endpapers, remnants of old spine affixed to front pastedowns, modern blind-stamped calf, some mottling to the boards, folioQTY: (2)NOTE:Chubb CXIII. An example with unusually large margins to the maps.

Dalton (William, Hugh). The New and Complete English Traveller: Or, A New Historical Survey and Modern Description of England and Wales..., Alex Hogg, circa 1794, decorative allegorical frontispiece, title page, approximately 50 uncoloured engraved topographical plates and 18 plates of maps engraved by Thomas Conder with 1, 2, 3 & 4 maps on one sheet, one folding map of England & Wales, stained with closed handling tears, list of subscribers bound at rear, slight dust and finger soiling throughout, later endpapers, lower hinge and joint cracked and weak, contemporary calf, rebacked but retaining the contemporary spine, rubbed and worn, folioQTY: (1)

Doré (Gustave, Blanchard Jerrold). London. A Pilgrimage, London: Grant & Co, 1872, frontispiece, additional illustrated title, 52 plates, spotting, contemporary red half morocco gilt, all edges gilt, rubbed, folioQTY: (1)

Duncan (James). A Complete County Atlas of England & Wales containing Forty-Four Superior Maps, with all the Improvements - Projected or Completed. Divided into Hundreds, 1st edition [1833], printed title (detached), double-page geographical and statistical table, 44 (complete) uncoloured double-page engraved maps, slight dust soiling and offsetting, marbled endpapers, contemporary half morocco gilt with additional morocco title to the upper siding, worn and rubbed with partial splits to the joints, boards stained, folioQTY: (1)NOTE:Chubb CCCCLV.

Estate Plans. Fowler (William), Plans of the Estates in the Counties of Stafford and Worcester formerly belonging to John Gough Esqre. Made in the Year 1832 by William Fowler and now the Property of The Hon. Frederick Gough, including Lands Recently purchased, 1847, calligraphic manuscript title and arrangement of plans, 17 (only of 27 in index) single and double page manuscript plans, each with page(s) of reference notes, reference note 1 detached, slight dust soiling, occasional slight staining, a few plans toned overall, upper hinge weak, all edges gilt, armorial bookplate of Baron Gough Calthorpe, Elvetham, Winchfield, Hampshire, contemporary morocco with ornate gilt inlays and gilt title to the upper siding, worn and rubbed, folio QTY: (1)

Herdman (William Gawin). Pictorial Relics of Ancient Liverpool. Accompanied with descriptions of the antique buildings etc., subscriber's copy, published by the author, 1856, additional lithographic decorative title, dedication and preface, forty-eight tinted lithographic plates (including three folding panoramic views), complete as list, one folding plate with long closed tear, crudely repaired on verso, heavily spotted throughout, text block split with some leaves loose, contemporary half morocco, heavily worn and rubbed, folio, with another copy similar with the upper boards detached and spine partially lacking, with a small collection of reproduction plans of Liverpool, loosely inserted QTY: (2)

Thomson (John). The Atlas of Scotland, containing Maps of each County..., John Thomson & Co. Edinburgh, Baldwin & Craddock, London and John Cumming Dublin, 1st edition, 1832, title page with closed tear, dedication. index (s) and introduction, index map hand-coloured in outline and two double-page comparison sheets ('A Comparative View of the Heights of the Principal Mountains of Scotland' and 'A Comparative View of the Lengths of the Principal Rivers of Scotland'), 29 double-page and folding maps (on 59 sheets), all with contemporary outline colouring, a few with inset town plans, some offsetting and staining throughout, marbled endpapers, contemporary half calf, lacking spine and rear board, upper board detached, heavily worn and rubbed, folioQTY: (1)NOTE:Chubb Scotland XXXII.

Krefft (Gerard). The Mammals of Australia Illustrated by Miss Harriett Scott and Mrs Helena Forde for the Council of Education..., Sydney, Thomas Richards, 1871, title page with long repaired closed tear, heavily soiled and detached, preface and contents list, 14 (of fifteen) uncoloured lithographic plates, lacks the prints of the Tasmanian Wombat and the Tasmanian Tiger but appears to have an additional plate of Kangaroos, advertisement bound at rear, slight spotting and dust soiling throughout, publisher's boards with printed title to the upper cover, a little worn, slim folioQTY: (1)NOTE:Sold as a collection of plates, not subject to return.

Meyer (Henry Leonard). Illustrations of British Birds, 4 volumes, London: Longman and Co, c.1835-44, lithographic title pages (later state without diaeresises), 313 hand-coloured lithographic plates (many with eggs to lower corners), original salmon pink printed paper wrappers bound-in (with subscriber's lists to rear panels), very occasional light spotting & dust-soiling, occasional faint offsetting, a few plates with small closed marginal tears, modern blue buckram gilt, all edges gilt, folio, (36 x 26cm) together with 8 morocco boards and one backstrip contained in blue buckram boxQTY: (4)NOTE:Mullens & Swann pp. 401-3; Nissen IVB 627.'One of our most valuable illustrated works on ornithology, in fact before the publication of Lord Lilford's Birds of the British Islands it stood sui generis' (Mullens & Swann). The first edition was published between 1835 and 1841, with 313 plates. According to Mullens and Swann, the second issue (published in 1837-44) 'is identical in appearance but is printed on stouter paper, and has a number of plates containing figures of eggs in the lower corners which are not in the first issue'. However, the concurrence of the different issues and editions means that plates were often interchanged or duplicated, and Meyer often produced extra plates for friends and associates, meaning that 'hardly any two copies ... [are] alike' (ibid.).

Miller (Philip). The Gardeners Dictionary: Containing the Methods of Cultivating and Improving the Kitchen, Fruit and Flower Garden. As also, the physick garden, wilderness, conservatory, and vineyard, according to the practice of the most experienc'd gardeners of the present age, 1st edition, London: Printed for the author, and sold by C. Rivington, 1731, engraved frontispiece, 4 engraved plates, woodcut headpieces & initials, subscriber's list, early ownership inscription 'J A Grant' to front blank, occasional light dust-soiling to preliminary & rear leaves, contemporary calf gilt, marked and lightly rubbed, folioQTY: (1)NOTE:Henrey 1101. Miller's work proved immensely popular, going through eight editions in his lifetime.

[Parkinson, John]. [Paradisi in sole Paradisus Terrestris. Or a garden of all sorts of pleasant flowers which our English ayre will permitt to be noursed up: with a kitchen garden of all manner of herbes, rootes, & fruites, for meate or sause used with us, and an orchard of all sorte of fruitbearing trees and shrubbes fit for our land together with the right orderinge planting & preserving of them and their uses & vertues, collected by John Parkinson Apothecary of London, 1st edition, London: Humfrey Lownes and Robert Young, 1629], lacking woodcut title (photographic facsimile supplied), lacking 8 further text leaves (Hh3-4, Rr2-5, Vv3-4, including 3 botanical illustrations), woodcut portrait of Parkinson to **6 verso, full-page woodcut of garden design, 106 full-page botanical woodcuts, a few smaller woodcut illustrations to text, early ownership inscription 'J.t. Smyth' to A1, some spotting & old damp-staining (heaviest at front and rear), some damp-mottling and marginal damp-fraying to final leaves, some marginal paper loss to final leaf of text and index, repairs with loss to final 3 leaves, closed tear to 3A1 & 2Z6, contemporary calf, rebacked, corners restored, red morocco title label lettered in gilt, rubbed, folio (32 x 20 cm)QTY: (1)NOTE:Henrey 282; Hunt 215; Nissen 1489; STC 19300.First edition of "the earliest important treatise on horticulture published in England" (Henrey).Provenance: Ownership inscription possibly of Jaritt Smyth of Ashton Court, 1st Baronet and Tory Member of Parliament for Bristol (1756-68).

Jonsson (Lars). Birds and Light, The Art of Lars Jonsson, 1st U.K. edition, London: Christopher Helm, 2002, signed by Lars Jonsson to the half-title, numerous colour illustrations, original cloth in dust jacket, spine slightly faded, oblong 4toLars Jonsson's Birds, painting from a near horizon, 1st U.K. edition, 2008, numerous colour illustrations, original cloth in dust jacket, large 4to, together with:Russow (K. E.), Bruno Liljefors, an appreciation, Stockholm: C. E. Fritze, 1929, numerous colour & monochrome illustrations, some light toning, original cloth in dust jacket, covers lightly rubbed & toned with some minor loss to head & foot, large 8vo, plusLiljefors (Bruno), Det Vildas Rike, Stockholm: Albert Bonniers Förlag, 1941, colour & monochrome illustrations, some light toning throughout, original half cloth, boards & spine slightly rubbed with some minor loss, folio, and other Scandinavian wildlife artist referenceQTY: (13)

Loe (Ian D.). A Passion for Butterflies, the life and travels of a butterfly artist, luxury edition, Cambridge: The Papilio Press, 2016, signed by the author to the limitation page, numerous colour illustrations, original cloth in dust jacket & slipcase, folio, limited edition 43/255, together with:Schodde (Richard), The Fairy-Wrens, a monograph of the Maluridae, 1st edition, Melbourne: Lansdowne Editions, 1982, numerous colour & monochrome illustrations by Richard Weatherly, half-title inscribed plus a loose print & a two page handwritten letter all by Richard Weatherly, original cloth in dust jacket, folio, plusRipley (S. Dillon). Rails of The World, a monograph of he Family Rallidae, 1st edition, Boston: David R. Godine, 1977, 41 colour plates by J. Fenwick Lansdowne plus further monochrome illustrations, original cloth in dust jacket & slipcase, spine slightly rubbed to head & foot, folio, and 19further volumes of large format ornithology & natural history reference, mostly original cloth in dust jacketsQTY: (22)

Russow (K. E.). Bruno Liljefors, an appreciation, Stockholm: C. E. Fritze, 1929, colour & monochrome plates, top edge gilt, original gilt decorated red half morocco in book box, large 8vo, limited edition 119/1000, together with:Liljefors (Bruno), Ute I Markerna, rproducktioner efter taflor af Bruno Lilefors, Stockholm, 1912, numerous tipped-in colour plates, gutters cracked, some light toning, original tan half calf, boards & spine slightly rubbed, oblong 4to, limited edition 26/100Det Vildas Rike, Stockholm, Albert Bonniers Förlag, 1941, monochrome illustrations, some light toning throughout, original half cloth, boards & spine very lightly rubbed, folio, plus other works by Bruno Liljefors, including Fran Skog och Mark, Stockholm, circa 1920s, folio, plus five further related volumesQTY: (7)

Keulemans (Tony, and Jan Koldewey). Feathers to Brush, the Victorian bird artist John Gerrard Keulemans 1842-1912, The Netherlands: privately printed, 1982, numerous colour illustrations, original gilt decorated blue quarter morocco in slipcase, spine slightly faded, folio, limited edition un-numbered copy of 500, together with:Attenborough (David & Errol Fuller), Drawn from Paradise, the discovery, art and natural history of the birds of paradise, 1st edition, Collins, 2012, signed by the authors to the title page, numerous colour illustrations, original cloth in dust jacket, spine lightly faded, square 4to, plusJackson (Christine E.), Dictionary of Bird Artists of the World, 1st edition, Suffolk: Antique Collectors' Club, 1999, numerous colour & monochrome illustrations, original cloth in dust jacket, large 8vo, and other natural history art & artist reference, including Mark Catesby's Natural History of America, London: Merrell Holberton, 1997, original cloth in dust jacket, large 4to, Pearls to Painting - A Naturalist in Ceylon, the memoirs of George Morrison Reid Henry, edited by Christine Johnson, Great Malvern: St. Ann's Books, 2000, original cloth in dust jacket, large 8vo, includes 2 hand written letters to Robert Gillmor, 1 from G. M. Henry & 1 from Christine JohnsonQTY: (39)

[Clive, Robert, Baron Clive of Plessey, 1725-1774). A True Narrative and Discovery of several very remarkable passages relating to the Horrid Popish Plot: as they fell within the knowledge of Mr. Miles Prance of Covent-Garden, Goldsmith..., 1st edition, London: Printed for Dorman Newman, 1679, licence leaf, engraved portrait frontispiece of Miles Prance by R. White, 4-page Epistle Dedicatory, and 40pp. of main text, engraved bookplate of Robert Lord Clive to verso of front board, contemporary mottled full calf, spine gilt, some light wear to lower joint and outer corners, with small loss to head and foot of spine, folioQTY: (1)NOTE:Provenance: Robert Clive, 1st Baron Clive, KB, FRS (1725 - 1774), also known as Clive of India (bookplate).Wing P3177.A courageous, resourceful but ruthless military commander, Major-General Robert Clive became the first British Governor of the Bengal Presidency, using his political and military influence to amass a personal fortune. Clive's uncertain reputation was neatly encapsulated in Thomas Macaulay's famous description of him: “Clive, like most men who are born with strong passions and tried by strong temptations, committed great faults, but every person who takes a fair and enlightened view of his whole career must admit that our island, so fertile in heroes and statesmen, has scarcely ever produced a man more truly great either in arms or in council.”Given Clive of India's inclination for political machination, his ownership of this first-hand account by the Catholic perjuror Miles Prance, who became embroiled in the infamous but fictitious Popish Plot conspiracy to assassinate King Charles II, is unsurprising. On the news of the death of Sir Edmund Berry Godfrey in 1678, Miles Prance became an object of suspicion. Imprisoned in Newgate, Prance confessed and recanted several times, resulting in the execution of Henry Berry, Robert Green, and Lawrence Hill for the murder. It is likely the three men executed were innocent.

Gall & Inglis (Publishers). The Edinburgh Imperial Atlas, Ancient and Modern, Revised and corrected to the Present time, from the best authorities, Edinburgh: Gall & Inglis, [1864], lithograph title, contents list, 47 (complete as list) double and single-page lithographic maps with contemporary wash colouring, map of England & Wales torn, soiled and creased, some staining, slight marginal dust and finger soiling, lacking boards and spine, folio, together with Stanford (Edward, publisher). The Family Atlas Containing Eighty Maps, Constructed by Eminent Geographers and engraved on Steel under the Superintendence of the Society for the Diffusion of Useful Knowledge..., 1863, title page and contents list (both detached and frayed along the margins), 70 single and double page maps including one folding (Australia), six celestial maps 'The Stars in Six Maps on the Gnomonic projection', and double page maps of Paris & London, index bound at rear, Additional map 'The Route Explored by Captns. Speke and Grant from Zanzibar to Gondorko..,' laid on to the front pastedown, contemporary half morocco with gilt title to the upper siding, hinges and joints weak and cracked, worn and rubbed at the extremities and at the head and foot of the spine, folioQTY: (2)NOTE:Sold as a collection of maps, not subject to return.

* Prints & Engravings. A collection of 12 prints, 18th & 19th century, uncoloured stipple, line and mezzotint engravings, including portraits, genre and classical scenes, with examples by or after Campion, Gaugain, Reynolds, Goss, J. R. Smith, Bartolozzi, Meyer, Say, Morhen and Alleson, together with Swarbreck (Samuel D.). Sketches in Scotland, 1839, decorative lithographic title, dedication, list and explanation, 20 (of 24) lithographic plates, some spotting and staining throughout, text block broken, contents shaken and loose, contemporary quarter morocco gilt, lacking spine, boards detached, heavily rubbed and worn. folioQTY: (32)

Paper - Handmade. A folio volume of blank handmade laid paper, early 18th-century, volume containing 178 blank leaves including free endpapers (with Strasburg lily - fleur de lis watermark with initials LVG and IV, similar to Churchill 406 and Heawood 1817), bound with initial 6 leaves and final 2 leaves with manuscript accounts titled "Ambrose Nickson. To the Estate of Mrs Isabella Drake in Cheshire Rentts due £'l day 1735" and "An account of moneys received by George Dickinson for the Rents and Profitts of the Estate of Mrs Isabella Drake lying in Croft Marsh in the County of Lincoln for one year ending at Lady day 1735", short worm trail to fore-margin of final 4 blank leaves and 2 manuscript leaves at rear of volume, contemporary vellum with manuscript to upper cover "Book of my Joynture in Cheshire & Lincolnshire 1735", folio (leaf size 35.7 x 23.2 cm), together with:Paper - Handmade, A folio volume of handmade laid paper, early 19th-century, volume containing 142 leaves with red-ruled column lines to left and right sides of each page (bearing watermark W. Elgar 1805), evidence of removal of few leaves at front of volume, marbled endpapers, contemporary blind-decorated reversed calf, light wear, folio (leaf size 37.2 x 24 cm)QTY: (2)

* Marbled Paper. An assortment of salvaged marbled endpapers, 18th & 19th-century, various sizes including large folio, plus a few offcutsQTY: (a folder)

* Solander Box. Two large Solander Boxes, circa 1840, two Elephant Folio Solander Boxes in contemporary green morocco gilt, slight wear to extremities, each approximately 730 x 545 x 70 mmQTY: (2)NOTE:Each box has a morocco gilt label to the spine "Francis Bauer. Drawing of Kew Garden Plants."

Pigna (Giovanni Battista). Historia de Principi di Este..., primo volume [all published] nel quale si contengono congiuntamente le cose principali dalla rivolutione del Romano Imp. in fino al M. CCCC. LXXVI, 1st edition, Ferrara, Francesco Rossi, 1570, [maltese cross]? A-4I? K? a-p?, title with large hand-coloured woodcut device of the arms of the Este family within a figurative frame with the names and arms of individual family members, contemporary ink ownership inscription to title: 'Ex bibli.ca Altempsna', woodcut historiated initials, errata leaf and register leaf at end (p3-4), wide margins, occasional light foxing (generally in very good, clean condition), contemporary Italian full vellum, gilt-decoated spine with red morocco gilt title label, folio (34.5 x 24 cm)QTY: (1)NOTE:Provenance: Bibliotheca Altempsiana, Rome (inscription to title). The Bibliotheca Altempsiana was formed by the Austrian cardinal Marco Sittico Altemps (Mark Sittich von Hohenems Altemps, 1533–1595), son of the sister of Pope Pius IV, and housed in the Palazzo Altemps in Campo Marzio, Rome, a few steps from Piazza Navona and close to the left bank of the River Tiber, which he purchased in 1568. See A. Serrai, La Biblioteca Altempsiana, ovvero le raccolte librarie di Marco Sittico III e del nipote Giovanni Angelo Altemps, Rome (2008).STC Italian Books 1465-1600, page 519; Adams P1204; EDIT 16 CNCE 38347; Gamba 1580; Lozzi 1716.Fine large-paper copy with contemporary provenance of the first edition of Pigna's history of the Este family. A second volume was to be written by Pigna's successor, the poet Torquato Tasso, but never came to fruition.

Guicciardini (Francesco). The Historie of Guicciardin: containing the Warres of Italie and other partes, continued for manie yeares under sundrie Kings and Princes, together with the variations and accidents of the same..., reduced into English by Geffray Fenton, 2nd edition, London: Richard Field, 1599, title with printer's woodcut device and early manuscript signatures of T. Fletcher and inscription "William Walter bought at Plymouth 17 June 1704", without first and last blank leaves (A1 & 4H6), some damp stains, browning and scattered spotting, armorial bookplate of Robert Parker to upper pastedown, 18th-century half calf (possibly utilizing original boards), leather to spine scorched and split with loss, folio (17.5 x 26.7 cm)QTY: (1)NOTE:ESTC S120758; Pforzheimer 442; PMM 85; STC 12459.Described in PMM as "The First History of Europe", Guicciardini's work was originally published posthumously by his nephew, Agnolo Guicciardini, with abridged versions appearing from 1544 and the complete text was not published until the Venice edition of 1567. By the end of the 16th century there had been at least ten editions in Italian and it had been translated into Latin, English, French, Spanish, German and Dutch. Geoffrey Fenton's English translation was first published in 1579.

Chaucer (Geoffrey). The Workes of Our Ancient and Learned English Poet, Geffrey Chaucer, Newly Printed, London: Adam Islip, 1602, black letter, text in double column, title with architectural woodcut border, early ownership inscription 'Tho: Edwards' to title near imprint, woodcut initials, head and tailpieces, large woodcut armorial to divisional title, woodcut of Knight to B1, errata leaf at rear, lacking copperplate portrait, Oo1 (folio 209) & A1 (blank), title rehinged, errata leaf with staining and inner marginal tears with text loss (archival repairs to verso), occasional damp-staining throughout, near-contemporary calf gilt, rebacked with original spine relaid (endpapers & blanks renewed), edges stained red, gilt arabesque oval devices to each cover, corners restored, some wear, folio (33 x 21 cm)QTY: (1)NOTE:ESTC S107210; Pforzheimer 178.The seventh edition 'was considerably revised mainly with the aid of Francis Thynne. It is the earliest in which thorough punctuation was attempted, and in many other ways it is a distinct improvement upon Speght's first edition. Two hiterto unprinted pieces are inserted, one non-Chaucerian' (Pforzheimer).

Bible [English]. The Holy Bible, containing the Old Testament, and the New: Newly Translated out of the Original Tongues: and with the former Translations diligently compared and revised, By his Maiesties special commandement, Imprinted at London by Robert Barker, Printer to the Kings most Excellent Maiestie, 1613, general and New Testament titles within decorative woodcut borders, Apocrypha present, black letter text, verso of general title with manuscript genealogical entry for the baptism of Timothy Spencer of "Bridsto in the county of Hereford" dated 3rd December 1675, two strips of old paper applied to recto of leaf A3 of the Epistle Dedicatorie and single strip of paper to verso of A8 in same gathering (obscuring inscriptions), verso of leaf A8 also with inscription "Robert Spencer His Book the Gift of His Dear Mother Mary Spencer 1746", Q4 torn to lower half of leaf with text loss, 2T6 torn to lower outer corner with loss, fore-margin of M7 torn with slight loss of marginal note, 3Q4 torn to upper margin, long repaired closed tear to 2F7, bound with at front The Genealogies Recorded in the Sacred Scriptures... by J[ohn]. S[peed]., [1613?], without map, and bound with at front an incomplete Common Prayer lacking title (verso of final leaf with other mid-18th-century genealogical entries for members of the Spencer family), and bound with an incomplete 1613 edition of the Book of Psalms at rear, some dust-soiling, occasional damp staining and few marks throughout volume, later free endpapers, contemporary calf, rebacked, boards rubbed, 4to (21.6 x 15.8 cm)QTY: (1)NOTE:Herbert 323; Darlow & Moule 250; STC 2227. The first black-letter quarto edition of King James' version. This and many subsequent issues were produced in close imitation of those black-letter quarto editions of the Geneva Bible which proved so popular. Apparently a close reprint of the folio of 1611. Gen. x. 16, Emorite, Ruth iii. 15 he, etc. Both titles omit the words Appointed... (Herbert).

Charles I [Balcanquhall (Walter)]. A Large Declaration concerning the late Tumults in Scotland, from their first originalls: together with a particular deduction of the seditious practices of the prime leaders of the Covenanters: collected out of their owne foule acts and writings: by which it doth plainly appeare, that religion was onely pretended by those leaders, but nothing lesse intended by them. By the King, London: printed by Robert Young, His Majesties printer for Scotland, 1639, [2], 430, [2] pp., engraved portrait frontispiece (lined to verso), toning to frontispiece, title and few other leaves, occasional light spotting, late 19th century marbled endpapers with armorial bookplate of Alexander Meyrick Broadley of The Knapp, Bradpole, dated 1895 to upper pastedown, near contemporary calf with later blind decoration to covers, upper board detached, folio (28.5 x 17.5 cm), together with:Nalson (John), A True Copy of the Journal of the High Court of Justice, for the Tryal of K. Charles I. As it was read in the House of Commons, and attested under the hand of Phelps, clerk to that infamous court. Taken by J. Nalson, LL D. Jan. 4. 1683, London: Printed by H[enry]. C[larke]. for Thomas Dring, 1684, engraved frontispiece with "Explanation of the Frontespiece" present, title page excised to upper blank margin and with early 19th-century signature of Tho. Selby, engraved plate with facing letterpress explanation leaf, engraved portrait plate, gutter margins of first and last few leaves strengthened with calico tape, endpapers renewed preserving 19th-century bookplate of Walter Selby and 20th-century bookplate of Colin Cope, upper pastedown with manuscript note "Ex libris Biddlestone Hall, 1949", contemporary mottled calf, rebacked, some wear to spine and board edges, folio (31.5 x 20 cm)QTY: (2)NOTE:1. ESTC S116832; STC 21906.2. Wing N116.

[Fiennes, Nathaniel]. Vindiciae Veritatis. Or an Answer to a Discourse intituled, Truth it's Manifest; discovering the manifest falshoods, malicious slanders, & seditious practices, which therein are masked under this specious name of truth: and shewing how this discourse was printed and spread abroad by the author thereof, to uphold and maintain the credit of the Scots his Countrey-men..., [London], 1654, [4], 164, 82, [2] pp., some frying to corners, light dust-soiling, damp staining to margins of first and last few leaves, sewing broken, contemporary limp vellum, covers loosening, 4to (Wing F884), together with:Prynne (William), Canterburies doome. Or the first part of a compleat history of the commitment, charge, tryall, condemnation, execution of William Laud late Arch-Bishop of Canterbury, London: Printed by John Macock for Michael Spark senior, 1646, engraved frontispiece by Hollar, full-page engraved plan, Z2 torn to lower outer corner with loss of marginal note, sewing partly broken and few leaves loose, some fraying to margins, contemporary boards (without leather covering), worn, folio (Wing P3904), plus five other antiquarian volumes including An Answer to Mr Benjamin Bennet's Irenicum, by John Atkinson, 1724, The Tryal of the Witnesses of the resurrection of Jesus, [by Thomas Sherlock], 1729, The Catechism for the Curats, Compos'd by the Decree of the Council of Trent, 1687, Free and Candid Disquisitions relating to the Church of England, 3rd edition, Dublin, 1750, The New Testament in Greek and English, volume 2 only, 1729, mostly worn, 8voQTY: (7)

Patin (Charles). Familiae Romanae in antiquis numismatibus, ab urbe condita, ad tempora divi Augusti. Ex bibliotheca Fulvii Ursini. Cum adiunctis Antonij Augustini, episc. Ilerdensis. Carolus Patin, doctor medicus Parisiensis, restituit, recognovit, auxit., Paris: Joannem du Bray, via Jacobaea, sub Spicis maturis, & Rosario. Petrum Variquet, via Jacobaea ... et Robertum de Ninville, 1663, engraved frontispiece, title in red and black with engraved vignette, engraved illustrations of coins, light damp staining at head, occasional marks, endpapers renewed retaining two armorial bookplates of Lieutenant General Sir James Adolphus Oughton KB (1720 - 1780), contemporary calf, rebacked and board edges repaired, contrasting morocco title labels to spine, folio, together with:Beger (Lorenz), Observationes et conjecturae in Numismata quaedam antiqua, Coloniae Brandenburgicae [Berlin]: Typis Ulrici Liebperti, Electoral. Brandenb. typogr., 1691, title page with engraved vignette, engraved illustrations of coins, few engraved head and tailpieces, some toning and spotting, armorial bookplate of the Rt. Hon. William Ld. Viscount Bateman to upper pastedown, contemporary panelled calf, neatly rebacked, preserving original gilt decorated spine with morocco title label, 4to,Victor (Sextus Aurelius), Historia Romana, cum notis integris Dominici Machanei, Eliae Vineti, Andreae Schotti, Jani Gruteri, nec non excerptis Frid. Sylburgii & Annae Fabri filiae. Curante Joanne Arntzenio, Amsterdam: Janssonio-Waesbergios; Utrecht (Netherlands): Jacobum a? Poolsum, 1733, engraved frontispiece, title in red and black with engraved vignette and with early ownership signature of Richard Pooler of Holmesdale, engraved illustrations of coins, contemporary gilt decorated vellum, embossed armorial to centre of each board (with gilt largely lacking), morocco title label to spine, without ties, 4toQTY: (3)

Josephus (Flavius). Des vortrefflichen Jüdischen Geschicht-Schreibers Flavii Josephi Sämtliche Wercke, Nemlich: Zwantzig Bücher von den Jüdischen Altersthümern, zwey von dem alten Herkommen der Juden wider Apion, Eins von dem Martyrthum der machabeer, samt seiner von ihm selbst verfassten Lebens-Beschreibung, Zurich: Gessner Gebru?der, Conrad Orell & Co., 1736, engraved frontispiece, letterpress title in red and black, 16 woodcut plates (one folding, & one with juvenile ink drawing to lower margin), three engraved plates, double-page table, contemporary sheep, gilt decorated spine torn to upper panel with loss, rubbed and some wear, folioQTY: (1)

Matisse (Henri). The Last Works of Henri Matisse, Texts by Pierre Reverdy and Georges Duthuit, Verve, Volume IX, No. 35/36, Paris: Verve/London: A. Zwemmer, 1958, 40 original lithographs in colour (complete), with text in English, printed in Paris by Mourlot and Draeger, original colour lithograph boards with design by Matisse, small tear without loss to foot of spine, and foot of upper joint with neat split, with clear plastic overwrapper (some loss), generally in very good condition, folio (365 x 267mm, 14 1/4 x 10 1/2 ins)QTY: (1)NOTE:Ex libris Sir Lawrence Gowing (1918-1991).

Nesfield (William Eden). Specimens of mediaeval architecture: chiefly selected from examples of the 12th and 13th centuries in France and Italy, [London]: Day and Son, 1862, decorative lithograph frontispiece and 100 lithograph plates, occasional spotting, all edges gilt, vellum pastedowns with gilt-ruled morocco turn-ins (offset to free endpapers), late 19th/early 20th-century elaborately gilt decorated navy blue morocco by J. R. Gray & Son of Cambridge, folioQTY: (1)

Picasso (Pablo). Suite de 180 Dessins de Picasso, Verve, volume VIII, no. 29/30, Paris: Verve/London: A. Zwemmer, 1954, 16 colour lithographs printed by Mourlot, 164 monochrome heliogravure plates printed by Draeger, English text, original colour lithograph pictorial boards with design by Picasso, a few minor marks (generally in good condition), lower outer corner of upper cover bumped, folio, 27 x 36 cm (10 5/8 x 14 1/8 ins), together with Braque (Georges). The Intimate Sketchbooks of G. Braque Verve, volume VIII, no. 31/32, Paris: Verve/London: A. Zwemmer, 1955, 20 colour lithographs printed by Mourlot, including original title page design by Braque, numerous monochrome plates and illustrations, English text, original colour lithograph pictorial boards, one or two marks (small chip to centre of upper joint), folio QTY: (2)

Tatham (Charles Heathcote). Etchings, Representing the Best Examples of Ancient Ornamental Architecture; Drawn from the Originals in Rome, and other parts of Italy, during the Years 1794, 1795, and 1796, 3rd edition, London: Thomas Gardiner, 1810, 102 etched plates as called for (there is no plate 101, but 47 and 47*), 20th-century half calf, gilt decorated spine, folioQTY: (1)

Telford (Thomas). Atlas to the Life of Thomas Telford, Civil Engineer, containing eighty-three copper plates, Illustrative of his Professional Labours, 1st edition, Payne and Foss, 1838, double-page uncoloured engraved map of Great Britain and eighty-one (plate 28 unissued) uncoloured engraved double and single page maps, plans and elevations, including some folding, some leaves stained and spotted, two engraved portraits of Telford by W. Raddon loosely inserted, one with long closed tear affecting the printed image, one mounted. contemporary half morocco, boards detached, spine partially lacking, heavily worn and rubbed, folioQTY: (1)

Verve. An Artistic and Literary Quarterly, numbers 1, 2, 3, 4 & 5/6, Paris, December 1937, March-June 1938, October-December 1938, January-March 1939 & July-October 1939, original colour lithographs (in order of publication) by Leger, Miro, Rattner, Bores, Kandinsky (2), Masson (2), Chagall, Miro, Rattner, Klee, Matisse, Derain, Braque, Rouault, Derain, Leger, Bonnard (2), Matisse (2), and Klee, all original colour printed wrappers, with designs to covers by Matisse, Braque, Bonnard, Rouault, and Maillol, generally in very good condition, folio, together with two original issues of Cahiers d'Art (Picasso 1930-1935, & Dessins de Matisse), 1936, both original printed wrappers, a little rubbed and some marks, folio QTY: (7)

Wood (John George). The Principles and Practice of Sketching Landscape Scenery from Nature, Systematically arranged, and illustrated by numerous examples, from simple and easy subjects, to the more difficult combinations of objects, 4 parts, 2nd edition, London: Printed for the Author, by Bensley and Son, 1816-19, 64 soft-ground etchings (one of the overlays on plate 2 part 4 is supplied in facsimile), inscription to upper margin of title in first part "Priscilla Feilden, The gift of her dear aunt, June 1818", occasional light soiling, first leaf of part 2 torn to upper blank corner and slight loss to upper outer corner of first leaf in part 3, original printed wrappers, upper wrapper of part 2 torn to upper outer corner with loss, ink stain to upper wrapper of part 3, insect and rodent damage to wrapper margins with consequent wear and loss, spine strips lacking, oblong folio, contained together in book boxQTY: (4)NOTE:Abbey Life 194 (third edition). Uncommon.

Folio Society. Peter Pan and Wendy, by J. M. Barrie, 2nd printing, 2007, illustrations by Debra McFarlane, folio, Sir Gawain and the Green Knight, 2008, illustrations by Diana Sudyka, folio, The Arabian Nights, tales from the Thousand and One Nights, 1999, illustrations by E. J. Detmold, The Fables of Aesop, 2nd printing, 1999, illustrations by E. J. Detmold, Cyrano de Bergerac's Voyages to the Moon and the Sun, 1991, illustrations by Quentin Blake, large 8vo, The Good Soldier, a tale of passion, 2008, together with 35 further volumes of Folio Society publications, all fiction, all original cloth in slipcases, 8voQTY: (41)

Folio Society. All Quiet on the Western Front, by Erich Maria Remarque, 2010, The Origins of the Second World War, by A. J. P. Taylor, re-issue, 2008, The Art of War, by Sun-Tzu, 2007, Redcoats and Rebels, the War for America 1770-1781, by Christopher Hibbert, 2006, The Siege and Fall of Troy, by Robert Graves, 2005, London Characters and Crooks, by Henry Mayhew, 2nd printing, 1998, togther with 40 further volumes of Folio Society publications, all non-fiction, all original cloth in slipcases, 8voQTY: (46)

Folio Society. The Works of Joseph Conrad, 17 volumes, 2005, The Works of Jane Austen, 7 volumes, 10th printing, 1991, William Shakespeare the Complete Plays, 8 volumes, 2nd printing 1998, The Works of Charles Dickens, 17 volumes, reissue, 1995, plus 24 further volumes of Folio Society publications, all original cloth in slipcases, 8voQTY: (73)

Folio Society. An Embassy to China, being the journal kept by Lord Macartney during his Embassy to the Emperor Ch'ien-lung 1793-1794, 2004, The Fatal Shore, a history of the transportation of convicts to Australia 1787-1868, by Robert Hughes, 1998, The Gunpowder Plot, the narrative of Oswold Tesimond alias Greenway, 2nd printing, 2005, The Rosetta Stone, the decipherment of the hieroglyphs, by Robert Solé et al, 2006, The Trial of the Templars, by Malcom Barber, 4th printing, 2007, Catherine the Great, life and legend, by John T. Alexander, 1999, together with 67 further volumes of Folio Society publications, all non-fiction, all original cloth in slipcases, 8voQTY: (73)

Folio Society. The Novels of Anthony Trollope, 48 volumes, London: Folio Society, circa 1981-99, all original cloth in slipcases, VG, 8voQTY: (48)

Turnor (Hatton). Astra Castra, Experiments and Adventures in the Atmosphere, London: Chapman and Hall, 1865, monochrome plates & vignettes, front & rear gutters cracked, some light toning & spotting throughout, original embossed red cloth, tear to the head of the front hinge, boards & spine slightly faded & rubbed to head & foot, folio, together with:De Brunoff (Maurice, editor), L'Aéronautique pendant la Guerre Mondiale, 1914-1918, Paris, circa 1918, colour title page, numerous monochrome illustrations, some water staining to the bottom right corner of the text-block, light marginal toning, original embossed white cloth, boards & spine slightly marked & rubbed to head & foot, red stain to the bottom right corner of the front board, large 4to, plusDollfus (Charles & Henri Bouché), Histoire de L'Aéronautique, Paris: L'Illustration, 1942, numerous colour & monochrome illustrations & plates, front board plus endpapers & spine partially detached, some minor marginal toning throughout, contemporary gilt decorated blue half morocco, boards & spine slightly rubbed to head & foot, folio, and other aviation reference, including The Aero, 1911, Jan-Dec 1912 [2 volume]QTY: (9)

Kennan (George). Tent Life in Siberia and Adventures among the Koraks and other tribes in Kamtchatka and Northern Asia, New York and London: G. P. Putnam's Sons, 1886, lacking folding map, toning throughout, original pictorial blue cloth gilt, extremities rubbed, 8vo, together with Holman (James), Travels through Russia, Siberia, Poland, Austria, Saxony, Prussia, Hanover... during the years 1822, 1823, and 1824, while suffering from total blindness, 2 volumes, 2nd edition, London: W. Simpkin and R. Marshall, 1826, lacking all plates, toning and scattered spotting, later 19th-century black half morocco, extremities rubbed, 8vo, and Illustrated London News, volume 56, January to June, 1870, wood engraved illustrations, original cloth gilt, folio, plus other miscellaneous travel etc., all 20th-century publications QTY: (a carton)

Tillotson (John). The Works..., 4th edition, 1704, engraved frontispiece trimmed and re-laid, title and following leaf frayed, contemporary panelled calf, folio, together with Hogarth (William), [Works], c.1809, plates only, contemporary calf, boards detached, worn, 4to, with Douglas (Robert), General View of the Agriculture in the Counties of Roxburgh and Selkirk, Edinburgh, 1798, two folding engraved maps and one folding engraved plate, library stamp to maps, plate, title verso and final leaf, library bookplates to endpapers, modern red quarter morocco, 8vo, and Chalkley (Thomas), A Collection of the Works...., 5th edition, 1791, ink stamp to verso of title with show-through, library bookplates to endpapers, contemporary calf, joints cracked, 8vo, plus other miscellaneous 18th and 19th-century antiquarian, including odd volumesQTY: (2 cartons)

Hodgson (J. E.). The History of Aeronautics in Great Britain, from the earliest times to the latter half of the nineteenth century, 1st edition, Oxford: University Press, 1924, colour frontispiece, monochrome illustrations, some minor toning, top edge gilt, original gilt decorated blue cloth, spine & boards lightly faded & rubbed to head & foot, large 8vo, together with:Ross (J. M. S.), Royal New Zealand Air Force [Official History of New Zealand in the Second World War 1939-45], 1st edition, Wellington: War History Branch, 1955, monochrome illustrations & folding maps, some light toning & spotting, original cloth in dust jacket, spine faded, covers rubbed with some loss, 8vo, plusHagedorn (Dan & Leif Hellström), Foreign Invaders, the Douglas Invader in foreign military and US clandestine service, 1st edition, Leicester: Midland Publishing, 1994, monochrome illustrations, some minor marginal toning, original cloth in dust jacket, covers very lightly rubbed to head & foot, large 4to, and Mikesh (Robert C. & Shorzoe Abe), Japanese Aircraft 1910-1941, 1st edition, London: Putnam, 1990, numerous monochrome illustrations, original cloth in price-clipped dust jacket, covers very lightly rubbed to head & foot, some minor fading to the spine, large 8vo, plus other modern aviation reference & related, many original cloth in dust jackets, G/VG, 8vo/folioQTY: (6 shelves)

Le Corbusier, The City of Tomorrow and its planning, translated from the 8th French edition of Urbanisme with an introduction by Frederick Etchells, London: John Rodker, 1929, numerous monochrome illustrations plus a folding plate to pp.178, some minor marginal toning, original cloth in dust jacket, covers slightly faded & rubbed with some loss, 4to, together with:Moore (Jerrold Northrop), The Green Fuse, pastoral vision in English art 1820-2000, 1st edition, Suffolk: Antique Collectors' Club, 2007, numerous colour & monochrome illustrations, original cloth in dust jacket, large 4to, plusSotheby, Wilkinson & Hodge, publisher, Catalogue of The Fine Collection of Engravings , formed buy Rev. J. Burleigh James, late of Knowbury, Salop, 1877, 13 monochrome plates, contemporary hand written prices to the margins, some wear to the original title page, some light spotting & toning, front endpaper, board & spine partially detached, bound in contemporary blue cloth, boards & spine rubbed, 8vo, and other art reference & related, mostly orginal cloth, many in dust jackets, G/VG, 8vo/folioQTY: (3 shelves)

Gorcock (Jeffrey). Grouse Shooting made Quite Easy to every capacity exemplified in a series of practical illustrations, Cumbria: Killhope Cross, 1827,  is not original and is instead it is a facsimile oddity, some light toning throughout, 26 blank leaves to the rear, brown cloth spine rebound retaining original gilt decorated full morocco, boards rubbed with loss, large 4to, together with:Gurney (J. J.), Extracts from the Journal and Correspondence of J. J. Gurney [as per the spine label], proof copy[?], circa 1850, period inscription to the front endpaper, frontispiece portrait mezzotint pasted down, pp.1-2, then 19-719, landscape pasted down opposite pp.610, narrow text with pencil & ink annotations/corrections to the margins, some minor spotting, modern brown cloth, folio, plusBenson (Arthur Christopher & Viscount Esher, editors), The Letters of Queen Victoria..., 3 volumes, 1st edition, London: John Murray, 1907, monochrome frontispieces, some minor toning, original cloth in dust jackets, spines lightly faded, 8vo, and other late 19th-century & modern miscellaneous literature, many original cloth, some in dust jackets, G, 8vo/folioQTY: (6 shelves)