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Walsingham (Sir Francis, principal secretary, c. 1532-90).- Supplicaton from ye officers of the Customes... [docket title] To the righte honorable Sr ffrances Walsyngham... pryncipall Secretarye to her Majestye... In abeyance of parte of suche covenante passed betweene her Majestye, and your honnor, that was the cheifest rrasyon that encouraged one Alexander Ged now absente to proceede in the ffarmynge of the portes of Lyme and Bostone, manuscript, in a fine Elizabethan hand, 2pp., a few small holes slightly affecting a few words of text, a few small stains, folds, folio, [c. 1570s]. ⁂ Provenance: From the archive of Nathaniel Bacon of Stiffkey, Norfolk, 1546-1622.

Elizabethan Courtier.- Spencer [married names Stanley, Egerton] (Alice, Countess of Derby, noblewoman, daughter of Sir John Spencer, d. 1586 of Althorp, Northamptonshire, 1559-1637).- Petition of Alexander Bannyon on behalf of his father John Bannyon, "whereas aboute a month past yt pleased the Ladie Stafford, and the Lady Digby to write their favorable lines unto ye La: in my fathers behalf, that in compassion of the poore of all of him, his wife and x children, most of them younge, yor honor would vouchsafe to extend yor goodness towards him in permitting him to enioy his his finale livinge of xxii s... whout paying... a lease graunted by the... late Earle of Derby...", manuscript on paper, 12 lines, 1p. with conjugate blank, folds, browned, folio, ?Dragon watermark, [c. 1595].⁂ Three prominent Elizabethan courtiers, including Maids of Honour and Gentlewomen of the Bedchamber."Alice [Spencer] married Ferdinando Stanley, Lord Strange, heir to the earldom of Derby, secretly in 1579/80. Since he and his mother, Margaret, countess of Derby, were potential successors to Elizabeth I, the marriage caused considerable suspicion, especially as it had been promoted by the earl of Leicester. A beautiful, well-educated, and cultured woman, Alice entered the queen's household and became prominent at court. Ferdinando, one of the richest noblemen in the country, sponsored actors and playwrights and wrote poetry. She encouraged the visitation of acting companies in the 1580s, when the Queen's Men, Earl of Leicester's Men, and Earl of Essex's Men appeared there many times. After Ferdinando's death in 1594, his own company, Lord Strange's Men, became the Countess of Derby's Men. This was the company that merged with the Lord Chamberlain's Men in 1594, with Shakespeare as chief playwright." - Oxford DNB.Bannyon had two powerful supporters in his petition, comprising, Dorothy Lady Stafford (1526-1604), daughter of Henry tenth Lord Stafford, by Ursula Pole; grand-daughter of George Duke of Clarence, brother of King Edward IV; married 154Os (second wife) Sir William Stafford (died 1556), his first wife Mary Boleyn was sister of Queen Anne Boleyn and Abigail Lady Digby (c.1552-1611), daughter of Sir Arthur Heveningham (d. 1557), by Mary Shelton (buried 1571), a first cousin of Queen Anne Boleyn, first cousin once removed of Queen Elizabeth I.

Botany.- Highgrove Florilegium (The), Watercolours depicting Plants grown in the Garden at Highgrove, vol. 1 only (of 2), number 148 of 175 copies signed in ink by Prince Charles on the preface leaf, 61 colour lithographed plates by various artists, each signed with limitation number in pencil, dark red half goatskin gilt by Stephen Conway, after a design by James Brockman, the sides marbled with large green morocco oval onlay, gilt-lettered around the Prince's emblem, spine with gilt floral device and morocco lettering labels in 7 compartments, preserved with white handling gloves in original wool chemise with ties, folio, 2008.

Cambridge University Rowing Records.- Volume of Records, manuscript, 12pp., some ephemera, including an original watercolour, relating to the University Boat Club, Trinity College Boat Club and Trinity College admissions, Peterhouse Music Society, Royal Visit to Cambridge, some laid down, most loose, original half morocco, morocco label on upper cover: "Cambridge Port Folio", 770 x 385mm., earliest date in text 1831; and 2 others related, v.s. (3)

Ferns.- Jaffray (Mrs P, compiler) Darjeeling Ferns, 52 full page fern specimens, printed labels with contemporary manuscript to each corner, one or two light stains or spots, a few specimens loose or becoming so, a few with minor loss but most in excellent and bright condition, original half straight-grain morocco album, extremities rubbed, folio, Darjeeling, c.1850.⁂ Provenance: Col. Ball-Acton, 1/KO It. Infantry, Woodlands Hotel pencil inscription to endpaper.

Bible, English.- The Bible. That is the Holy Scriptures conteined in the Olde and Newe Testament, titles with woodcut illustration, general title with first two words of title within woodcut entablature, woodcut initials and numerous illustrations in text, double page woodcut plan depicting the temple at Jerusalem, double-page woodcut map of the Holy Land, general title mounted on stub with some restoration to inner margin, [Herbert 144, STC 2118], Christopher Barker, 1576 bound with The Whole Booke of Psalmes, collected into englishe by Thomas Sternh, title within architectural woodcut border, musical notation, final f. creased, [STC 2446], John Day, 1576 together 2 works in 1 vol., double column, ruled in red, the odd chip or tear to margin, occasionally straying into text but without significant loss, occasional light foxing or soiling, ink family notes to endpapers dating from the early 18th century, later morocco, gilt, fillet and roll borders, central decoration with ornamental thistles, neatly and sympathetically rebacked, retaining original backstrip, some rubbing, g.e., folio.⁂ A very good, complete copy of an early folio edition of the Geneva Bible, either the first or second to be printed in England.

Livius (Titus) The Romane Historie, first edition in English, translated by Philemon Holland, large woodcut device on title, woodcut portrait of Queen Elizabeth on title verso and of Livy on verso of A4, lacking initial blank but with final blank, first few leaves with chipping to fore-edge, title with a few light creases, small holes to H2, 2S2 and 5M, each affecting a letter or two of text, light spotting at beginning and end, the odd spot or mark throughout, occasional slight browning, some damp-staining to lower margin, final blank creased with paper repair to inner margin on verso, generally a good, crisp copy, contemporary calf, rebacked preserving part of original spine, worn, [STC 16613; Pforzheimer 495], folio, Printed by Adam Islip, 1600.⁂ A very good copy of this important Shakespeare source book, used in particular for Coriolanus.

Augustine (Saint, Bishop of Hippo) St. Augustine, Of the citie of God: vvith the learned comments of Io. Lod. Viues, translated by John Healey, first edition in English, title with woodcut printer's device, woodcut head-pieces and historiated or decorative initials, lacking initial and final blanks, worming to varying degrees throughout, but with respite in text in places, some repaired, marginal repairs, water-stained, spotting, lightly browned, hinges cracked, early 20th century morocco, spine in compartments and with slightly earlier brown leather label, compartment at foot coming away, head of spine and corners worn, lower joint starting, but holding firm, rubbed and marked, [Pforzheimer 19; STC 916], folio, Printed by George Eld, 1610.⁂ First English edition of a translation of De civitate Dei, with the commentary of the great Spanish humanist scholar Juan Luis Vives. Aside from a second printing of this translation in 1620 this was the only English version published until the late 19th century. Provenance: James & Joseph Barker (17th century signatures to title); Shillabeer family (19th century ink signatures).

[Shakespeare (William)] The Taming of the Shrew, single leaf extracted from the first folio, pp.227/28, double column, a few small marginal chips, short tear to head, just touching pagination but with no loss, small portion torn away at foot and repaired with later paper, with loss to 3 words of text recto and 2 verso, affecting some other words with loss to a few letters, a few light spots, loose and unbound, folio (302 x 203mm), [1623].⁂ A fine leaf from one of Shakespeare's most popular comedies - here printed for the first time. The leaf falls at the end of Act 4 and the commencement of Act 5, featuring Petruchio's wager among the newlywed couples and his victory for the most obedient wife.

Shepherds Kalender (The)...Newly augmented and corrected, collation: A-Q⁶ R⁴, largely printed in black letter, numerous woodcut illustrations, diagrams and decorations, lower half of title cut away and replaced with later paper, affecting title-vignette, imprint and full-page woodcut to verso, A2-3 with loss to lower corner, affecting catchword of A2 and a few letters to verso, K2 with rust-hole affecting a couple letters of text, some damp-staining to first and last few leaves, occasional light spotting or marking, final few gatherings slightly browned, contemporary calf, rebacked, worn, [STC 22423], folio, [for John Wright], [1631].⁂ Profusely illustrated with curious cuts, this work seldom appears on the market. The 1631 edition has appeared at auction only 3 times, and no more recently than 1947.Provenance: Geo. Frere (early ink inscription to pastedown and head of A2).

[Shakespeare (William)] The Tempest [and] The two Gentlemen of Verona, from the Second Folio, pp.1-38, double-column, woodcut head-pieces and decorative initials, trimmed, occasionally affecting headline and page numbers, tiny hole to A4, affecting a letter or two of text, some light spotting and minor soiling, The two Gentlemen of Verona with very occasional early ink corrections, modern green morocco, gilt, folio (295 x 205mm.), [Printed by Thomas Cotes], [1632].⁂ Two of Shakespeare's great plays as they appeared consecutively to open the Second Folio, a juxtaposition between one of the Bard's earliest (The Two Gentlemen of Verona, c.1589-93) and what some believe to be the last play he wrote alone (The Tempest, c.1610-11).

Killigrew (Thomas) Comedies, and tragedies, first edition, second issue (with the final two sectional titles cancelled and replaced with those bearing Herringman's imprint), engraved portrait frontispiece by W. Faithorne after W. Sheppard, woodcut printer's device to title, woodcut head-pieces and decorative initials, 19th century ink ms. 'Memoir of Mr. Thomas Killigrew' to blank verso of title and lower margin of 'To the reader', portrait outer margin trimmed to within image and laid down, K2 hole within text, with loss of 2 words recto and a few letters verso, E4 small section from upper blank corner, stained, some spotting, lightly browned, antique style blind-stamped panelled calf, spine in compartments and with red morocco label, [Wing K450; Pforzheimer 571], folio, Printed [by John Macock] for Henry Herringman, at the sign of the Anchor in the lower walk of the New-Exchange, 1664.

Pett (Sir Peter) The Happy Future State of England, first edition, lacks second title and 2 blanks, errata leaf present at rear, upper hinge cracked, a few marginal paper flaws, damp-staining, contemporary calf, blind-stamped panelling, joints rubbed and cracking, corners bumped, lower cover a little marked but still an attractive and clean copy, [Kress 1678; Wing P1883], folio, n.p., 1688.

Herbal.- The grete herball whiche gyueth parfyt knowlege and vnderstandyng of all maner of herbes [and] theyr gracyous vertues whiche god hath ordeyned for our prosperous welfare and helth, second edition, double column, black letter, numerous woodcuts of plants, animals, minerals, and related subjects, final f. with large woodcut 'woodwose' device of Peter Treveris [McKerrow 60], otherwise blank, lacking all before B2 (including title), D3-6, E1-6, F1&6, G3, I3, and Ee5, B2v soiled, Dd3 upper corner torn and repaired with loss of text, repairs, mostly marginal, but occasionally within text (remaining legible), for the latter see F2-4 and Bb1 in particular, some staining or spotting, lightly browned, 19th century vellum, gilt, spine with double green morocco labels, upper joint very short split at foot, [Henrey 169; Hunt 25 (1526), Nissen BBI 2297; STC 13177], small folio, Imprynted at London in Southwarke by me Peter Treueris, 17th March, 1529. sold not subject to return. ⁂ Second edition of the first illustrated English herbal, which is much rarer at auction than Treveris' first edition of 1526 (we can trace only five copies since 1967, the majority of which were defective). Provenance: John Linford (early marginal ink inscription to Bb6v & Cc1r).

Binding.- Garter Arms.- Book of Common Prayer (The), title printed in red and black, engraved frontispiece, light offsetting, occasional light toning to text, 3 or 4 ff. with tears to lower margins straying into text, ink inscription "Dr. Wilmot October 25th 1755" to endpaper followed by other 18th century gift inscriptions, contemporary blue morocco, roll borders to covers with crown corner pieces surrounding the arms of the Order of the Garter, spine gilt in compartments, neat repairs to spine ends and upper joints, rubbing to extremities, some light marking to covers, g.e., folio, Thomas Baskett, 1754.⁂ Dr. Wilmot is likely Dr Richard Wilmot (1703-1772), he studied at St. John's Cambridge, took his DD in 1744 and was appointed to the ninth stall in St. George's Chapel, Windsor in 1748. As a Cannon of the Garter chapel it seems probable that Wilmot was presented the present work as a gift.

Johnson (Samuel) A Dictionary of the English Language..., 2 vol., second edition, titles with a few marginal repairs, 19th century ink ownership inscription of Philip Bouton to head, vol. 2 title with repaired tear at inner margin, affecting a few letters but with no loss, vol. 2 18Y-19C with small chip to fore-edge, not affecting text, the odd other marginal chip or short tear, occasional light spotting or soiling, some slight browning, a few ff. creased, hinges cracked but covers holding firm, later calf-backed boards, preserving earlier back-strip with double red morocco labels, lightly rubbed, corners bumped, folio, W. Strahan, for J and P Knapton et al., 1755-6.

Bell (John, editor).- Bell's Edition. The Poets of Great Britain Complete from Chaucer to Churchill, 106 vol. only (of 109, lacking vol. 49 (Prior vol. 3), 52 (Swift vol. 1) and vol. 77 (Pope vol. 2), engraved titles and portraits, uniform contemporary polished calf, spines gilt in compartments with red and green morocco labels, some light rubbing to spines but a near-fine set generally, housed in two original travelling cases resembling tree calf folios volumes stacked dos-a-dos, interiors with marbled paper, felt and original printed labels, spines with lettered red morocco label and sliding compartments concealing hidden locking mechanism (one spine moving, the other fixed in place), one case lid chipped at lip, rubbing and surface wear to cases, folio, 1780-84.⁂ A remarkable set complete with the rare travelling cases that were offered for sale with the 1784 edition. We can trace only one other like example of these cases at auction.

Martyn (William Frederick) A New Dictionary of Natural History; or, Compleat Universal Display of Animated Nature, 2 vol. bound in 1, titles in red and black, 100 hand-coloured engraved plates, most with tissue-guards, 2H1 vol. 1 bound back-to-front, 2E1 vol. 2 with tear running into text, scattered spotting, contemporary diced calf, rebacked retaining original backstrip, a little rubbed, bumping to corners and extremities, [Nissen ZBI 2729], folio, 1785.

Dugdale (Sir William) Monasticon Anglicanum, A History of the Abbies and other Monasteries...in England and Wales, 6 vol. in 8, one of 50 large paper copies, half-titles, engraved additional pictorial titles, letterpress titles in red and black, list of subscribers in vol.1, 242 engraved plates (as often without the duplicate plate of the Benedictine nun at p.451 in vol.2), of which 51 double-page, plates with some spotting or foxing and occasional water-staining (mostly marginal and in vol.1), some light browning, elsewhere occasional spotting, marbled endpapers, inner gilt dentelles, handsome contemporary dark blue crushed morocco, richly gilt, spines in compartments and profusely decorated with floral and foliage tooling, covers with wide floral & foliage and filet borders, some corners worn, a few scuffs, rubbed, g.e., folio, 1817-1830.⁂ An attractive set of this greatly expanded edition by John Paley, Sir Henry Ellis and the Rev. Bulkeley Bandinel, which draws on records from the Cottonian Collection and the Tower of London.

Racing broadsides.- 17 broadsides advertising horse races, comprising Chesterfield Races, 1833-49 (12, including 2 duplicates, 1 with contemporary manuscript notes of the winners in each race, with additional notes on blank verso); Mansfield Races, 1837; Derby Races, 1845, 1846 and 1849; Rochester and Chatham Races, 1845 (loosely inserted, printed in red and black with image to head, neatly backed, lower portion separated along fold), chipped and tears to extremities, occasionally touching text, folding creases, all but the last tipped in, bookplate of Joel Spitz to front pastedown, 20th century morocco-backed cloth, light fading to spine, folio.⁂ An excellent group of rare broadsides. Includes the names of competitors in the races as well as the value of the plates and sweepstakes.

Brunschwig (Hieronymus) A most excellent and perfecte homish apothecarye or homely physick booke for all the grefes and diseases of the bodye, first edition in English, translated by John Hollybush, collation: a-g6 h4, lacking final blank leaf, printed in black letter with headlines and some headings in italics and side-notes in roman, large woodcut device on title, some worming throughout, getting heavier towards end, upper corner of g4 defective, affecting pagination, some light browning, light water-stain to upper corners, modern blind-stamped goatskin, [STC 13433], folio, Cologne, by Arnold Birckman, 1561.⁂ Often bound with part 2 of William Turner's A New Herbal [STC 24365]. Includes several very early suggestions for the use of medical cannabis ('hempsede') - "If a man haue a sounding or piping in his eares / the same cometh somtyme of a hote slymy fylthynesse / or of a hote slymy moystnesse. He that is so diseased / ought to take pilles de iera picra / & then put oyle of Hempsede warme into his eares / mixt wt a litle vinegre / after yt let him leape vpon hys one legge / vpon that syde / where the disease is / than let hym bowe doune ye eare of that syde / if happely any moysture or fylth would issue out."A pencil note on front pastedown reads "Bound in my own goat skin bred at Ivel House, Ilchester, Somerset, 1947."Provenance: "TBS" (old ink monogram at foot of title).

Gilbert (William) De Magnete, first edition, woodcut device on title and coat-of-arms to verso, woodcut illustrations, folding woodcut plate torn and stained, woodcut initials and decorations, head of title with corner torn away, title and verso of final leaf a little dust-soiled, ink correction to one word on D6 recto, lacking free endpapers, contemporary limp vellum, soiled, lacking ties, bottom corner of lower cover torn away, [PMM 107; Dibner, Heralds of Science 54; STC 11883; Horblit 41; Tomash & Williams G43], folio, Peter Short, 1600.⁂ A very good, complete copy in original condition of the first really modern scientific book published in England. In this work on electricity Gilbert established that the earth itself was one great magnet. He worked out the variation and declination of the compass and he distinguished magnetic mass from weight. He first used the terms 'electricity', 'electric force' and 'electric attraction', invented the first electric measuring instrument the 'electro-meter', and considered the static quality of amber as an electric force. His book influenced Kepler, Galileo and Newton and became one of the foundation works of modern physics.

Battle of Britain.- Pierce (Michael) and others. ...so few: a folio dedicated to all who fought and won the Battle of Britain 10th July - 31st October 1940, number 119 of 401 copies signed by the creative team, with 25 tipped-in silhouette portraits of surviving pilots by Michael Pierce, all signed in pencil by the artist and subjects, and with photographic plates of them & their related memorabilia and facsimile accounts, a few spots to final leaves, original RAF blue morocco, upper cover inlaid with pilot's wings and blocked in gilt, g.e., with accompanying leaflet in original cloth drop-back box, 4to, Royal Air Force Benevolent Fund, 1990.

Rock & pop.- Bowie (David) Moonage Daydream. The Life and Times of Ziggy Stardust, number 683 of 2,500 copies signed by David Bowie and Mick Rock, photographic illustrations by Mick Rock, original morocco-backed boards, silver edges, original decorative lidded box, preserved in original cardboard box along with prospectus for another Genesis Publications Bowie work, folio, Genesis Publications, 2002.

Annotated.- Bullein (William) Bulleins bulwarke of defe[n]ce againste all sicknes, sornes, and woundes, that dooe daily assaulte mankinde, whiche bulwarke is kepte with Hillarius the gardiner, Health the phisician, with their chyrurgian, to helpe the wounded soldiors, 4 parts in 1, first edition, black letter, woodcut illustrations and decorative initials, contemporary ink annotations throughout (some cropped by binder), part 1 lacking general title, list of authors f. and q1, p6 and q2 torn and repaired with loss to text and illustrations, part 2 title and final f. (with woodcut of skeleton) torn and repaired with loss to text and illustrations, part 4 sig. O at end repaired tears affecting text, all parts with some repairs, mostly marginal, affecting printed side-notes and /or annotations, and occasionally a little of main text, some water-staining, other staining and spotting, lightly browned, modern half calf, gilt spine in compartments and with brown leather label, little rubbed, [Durling 778; Wellcome I, 1149; STC 4033], folio, By Ihon Kyngston, 1562. sold not subject to return. ⁂ The first edition is rare at auction in any condition, and is found here with often extensive contemporary annotations.

Repton (Humphry) Designs for the Pavillon at Brighton, first edition, allegorical aquatint frontispiece misbound after d1, hand-coloured plan, 18 aquatint plates and vignettes (9 hand-coloured, 6 with overslips, one with overpage, one double-page, one folding, one plate and one vignette tinted), small tear to folding plate, slight creasing to edges of some overslips, light water-stain to one leaf, other minor, mostly marginal soiling, modern green half morocco over boards retaining part of original printed paper label on upper cover, preserved in modern green morocco-backed cloth slip-case, [Abbey, Scenery 57; Tooley 397], folio, Printed for J.C. Stadler...the letter press by T. Bensley, 1808.⁂ Repton's proposal for the pavilion in the Indian style of architecture, originally published in 1808, was not built due to the Prince Regent's financial difficulties at the time, but his ideas were taken up by John Nash who designed the building we know today in 1815.Provenance: E.P. John Westby (bookplate).

Photography.- Emerson (Peter Henry) Marsh Leaves, first edition, [one of 200 copies from an edition limited to 300 copies], 16 fine photogravure plates, tissue-guards (1 or 2 with short tears, 1 detached), a very good, clean copy internally, original parchment-backed cloth, neatly rebacked, retaining majority of original backstrip, some light toning to spine, light soiling to covers, t.e.g., preserved in custom drop-back box, folio, David Nutt, 1895.⁂ A clean, attractive copy of one of the key photobooks of the period. "Certainly, the 16 photo-etchings take his art to where it could probably go no further, and as a fusion of text and imagery the book is entirely successful... It is one of the most beautiful books about isolation and solitude, perhaps death, ever made, and Emerson's spare, evocative pictures were seldom equalled by the later Pictorialists." - Grolier, The Photobook.

Sporting.- Crealock (Col. Henry Hope) Among the Red Deer, Sketches from Nature in the Forest, 80 plates on 28 sheets (67 numbered), [1870]; The Happy Hunting Grounds of Loch Luichart, 55 plates on 21 sheets (26 numbered, 14 titled by hand), [1871]; In the Forest of Balmacaan, First Series, 27 plates on 15 sheets (22 numbered), [1872]; In the Forest of Balmacaan, Second Series, 77 plates on 29 sheets, some numbered by hand, some titled, [1874], together 4 works in 1 vol., illustrated titles, occasional faint spotting, contemporary half morocco, morocco gilt label to upper cover, rubbed, slight bumping to corners and extremities, folio, George Hogarth Turner. ⁂ Colonel Henry Hope Crealock was a soldier, artist and author, who served in the Crimea, India, China and Zululand. This, his first published work, appeared as 4 portfolios of prints, mainly showing his experiences in Luichart and Balmaccan during the early 1870's. This is scarce.

Arcadia Press.- Coleridge (Samuel Taylor) The Rime of the Ancient Mariner, number 9 of 110 copies signed by the artist, calligrapher and paper-maker, calligraphic text by David Howells printed in green and black on hand-made 'Seaweed' paper by Philip Rowson, 10 tipped-in colour plates by Errol Le Cain, prospectus loosely inserted, original full vellum by Zaehnsdorf, slight fading to spine, t.e.g., others uncut, slip-case, Arcadia Press, 1972; and the suite of 10 plates in larger format, signed and numbered by the artist, mounted and housed in cloth portfolio, folio (2)⁂ An excellent copy, including the rare portfolio of this lavish, modernist interpretation of Coleridge's poem.

Arcadia Press.- Rohan Book of Hours (The), number 9 of 55 copies signed by the Duke of Rohan, colour illustrations, heightened in gilt, watered silk endpapers, original decorative vellum by Zaehsdorf, gilt, some slight bowing to covers, g.e., preserved in original drop-back box, folio, Arcadia Press, 1974.

Bonfils (Robert) Vues de Paris, number 42 of 300 copies, 16 fine colour linocut plates printed on Alfa tipped onto Arches paper with window mounts, with contents (browned, extremities chipped) and limitation ff., loose as issued within original folding cloth-backed portfolio, with ties (some light fraying to extremities), folio, Paris, L. Rouart et J. Watelin, [1920].⁂ A charming set of Paris views in Bonfils' typical art deco style.

[Gorsat (Georges)], 'SEM'. Les Acacias, portfolio with six folding sheets with caricature portraits of riders in the Bois de Boulogne, among whom include Gabrielle Réjane, Prince Ivan Troubetskoy, Alberto Santos-Dumont, Leopold II of the Belgians, Caran d'Ache, Count Boni de Castellane, Louise Balthy, chromolithographs on wove paper, each sheet approx. 350 x 1030 mm (13 3/4 x 40 1/2 in), central vertical folds to each, some browning and surface dirt, presented loose in original portfolio, spine split, cover illustration faded, rubbed and scuffed, folio, [circa 1906]

Ashendene Press.- Cervantès Saavedra (Miguel de) The First [-Second] Part of the History of the Valorous and Wittie Knight-Errant Don Quixote of the Mancha, 2 vol., translated by Thomas Shelton, one of 225 copies on paper, printed in red and black with woodcut initials and borders by W.M. Quick and George H. Ford after designs by Louise Powell, original white pigskin, spines lettered in gilt and with raised bands, slight finger-soiling, uncut, folio, Ashendene Press, 1927-28.⁂ An elegant production, the first to be printed with the Ptolemy type, in imitation of the 1482 Geographia. Provenance: Don Cameron Allen (bookplate).

Swan Press.- Gosse (Irene) A Florilege chosen from Old Herbals, number 43 of 150 copies, 20 wood-engraved plates by Gertrude Hermes, tissue guards, endpapers lightly browned, with presentation label "In Memory of Michael Heriot Huth Walters for his friend..." inscribed to Gerald Thompson on front pastedown, original half cloth over green roan boards, uncut, lightly soiled, small folio, Chelsea, Swan Press, 1931.⁂ Michael Walters was co-founder of the press with his mother L.D'O.Walters (see following lot).

[Barleti (Marin)] The Historie of George Castriot, surnamed Scanderbeg, King of Albanie, first and only edition in English, translated by Zachary Jones, engraved portrait frontispiece inserted from another work, previous owner's ink signature to title, lacking initial blank and free endpapers, trimmed, occasionally affecting head-lines, K6 with small marginal paper defect not affecting text, 2RG with marginal paper defect affecting odd letter, S1 with small marginal hole affecting odd letter, small marginal loss to last few leaves, one or two marginal notes in varying hands, scattered spotting and staining, near contemporary calf, crudely rebacked, slight bumping to corners and extremities, [STC 15318], folio, for William Ponsonby, 1596.⁂ Although not called for, other copies at auction have also had engraved portraits inserted as frontispieces. The work includes a prefatory sonnet by Edmund Spenser ('Upon the historie of George Castriot.')

Horology.- Trade Catalogue.- Album d'Échantillons de la Fabrique de C. A. Bourgeois & Clement Fils, a Morez Departement du Jura, 15 fine lithographed plates (? only, with several stubs present), all heightened in gilt, some with hand-colouring, 2 with closed tears to fore-margin, some light marginal finger-soiling, some light spotting, original morocco-backed boards, rubbed, some wear to spine ends and corners, oblong folio, Lons-le-Saunier, [c.1850].⁂ Superb trade catalogue from the Jura-based clock maker. We can trace no example at auction or in WorldCat.

South America.- Conquest of Peru.- Cieza De León (Pedro de) Parte primera de la chronica del Peru. Que tracta la demarcacion de sus provincias: la descripcion dellas. Las fundaciones de las nuevas ciudades. Los ritos y costumbres de los indios, y otras cosas estrañas dignas de ser sabidas, first edition, collation: ✠6 2✠4 a-q8 r6, largely double-column, title with large woodcut royal arms within woodcut border, 42 woodcuts in the text (some repetitions), and woodcut initials, author's signature to r6 verso, the odd ink note to margin in an early hand, title upper and inner margins restored and repaired tear to foot, title and first 2 gathering with repair and restorations to fore-margins and upper corner, a few other small marginal repairs and 1 or 2 neat repairs to text, light foxing and marginal damp-staining towards end, the odd patch of light staining and some light soiling or browning, but a crisp copy generally, contemporary vellum with manuscript lettering to spine, remains of ink inscriptions to lower cover, endpapers renewed, folio (292 x 200mm.), Seville, Martín de Montesdoca, 1553.⁂ The first edition of this excessively rare chronicle. We can trace only three copies offered either at auction or in dealer's catalogues, and no copy other than this since 1951."One of the most remarkable literary productions of the age of the Spanish Conquest in America. It is, in fact, the only book which exhibits the 'physical aspect of the country as it existed under the elaborate culture of the Incas'." - Sabin.The author of this history was one of the greatest authorities on Peru, where he spent 16 years. He started the work at Popayan in 1541 and finished it in Lima in 1550; the full chronicle consisted of four volumes, of which only the first was published, and deals with the geography, history and ethnology of Peru. Apart from the famous woodcut and description of the silver mines of Potosi, engraved after an original drawing made by the author, the woodcuts depict the everyday life of the conquistadors with the Indians, boats on Lake Titicaca, the building of a city, Quechua Indians dealing with the devil, a human sacrifice, a Spanish and an Indian in front of the city of Cuzco etc... It also contains the first extended description of the Peruvian guanaco, or llama, and of the pepper-tree, or mollé, and the commercial and medicinal uses of its fruits.Literature: Sabin, 13044; Medina (BHA), 157; Escudero (Séville), 555; Streit, II, 644; JCB (3) I:175; Field, 314;Johnson, The Book in the Americas, 32; Delgado-Gomez, Spanish Historical Writing about the New World, 26;Alden, 553/20; Maggs, Bibliotheca Americana (1926), p. 59, n° 3967; Quoted by Salvá, n° 3293, but never seen by him.

Atlases.- Lizars (Daniel) Lizars' Edinburgh Geographical General Atlas, 68 double-page engraved maps, hand-coloured in outline, with 1 double-page 'Tables of Mountain Chains' map, all mounted on stubs, many with small tears at central fold, some with paper repairs (of which 1 affecting map), c.15 with staining at fold head (a few affecting map), gutter reinforced with tape at title, some light off-setting and spotting, contemporary cloth, rebacked in rexine, soiled and rubbed, folio, 1842.⁂ Including the two rare maps depicting the Republic of Texas between its secession from Mexico in 1836 and its annexation in 1845.

Audubon (John James) The Birds of America, 8 vol., half-titles, 500 hand-coloured lithograph plates, very occasional trimming to caption or imprint, without the biography of Audubon in vol.1, vol.1 half-title and front free endpapers detached, contemporary red half morocco over marbled boards, gilt, g.e., occasional rubbing to joints and extremities, [Nissen IVB 52 for earlier Lockwood editions; Anker 19 for similar]; Ayer/Zimmer 25-26], 8vo, New York, George R. Lockwood, [c.1889].⁂ After Audubon's death his sons, Victor and John, issued several editions of the Birds of America. In these editions the background of the plates is coloured. The text, with a few alterations, is the same as in Ornithological Biography, 1831-39. The plates of the original 8vo edition, with the exception of 17, were the same as those in the folio edition whose figures were reduced by means of a camera lucida by John W. Audubon. In the present edition some of the plates are stated to have been redrawn.

Egypt.- Hieroglyphs.- Champollion (Jean Francois) Grammaire Égyptienne, first edition, lithographed hieroglyphs throughout, some printed in red, a few in colours, occasional offsetting, original printed wrappers, upper and lower covers backed with a few repairs and some restoration to extremities, rebacked, some marking and toning to covers, folio, Paris, Firmin Didot Fréres, 1836[-1841].⁂ This monumental work of Champollion (1790-1832), known above all as the decipherer of the Rosetta stone, is the grand summation of his work in cracking Egyptian hieroglyphs and laid the foundations for all subsequent discoveries in Egyptology. It contains the first printed list of hieroglyphs; 260 in all. The printing, from Champollion's meticulous manuscript, was a complex process. It required a special combination of all the standard alphabetic languages (French, Latin, Greek, Coptic, etc.) to be set in the usual way in type, leaving blank spaces for the hieroglyphs. The typesetting was then transferred to lithographic plates where the hieroglyphs were engraved and then each page, including type and hieroglyphs, was reprinted lithographically. This was the first time such a technique was used in France. Rare in the original printed wrappers.

India.- Indore.- Deen Dayal (Lala) An Album of 45 views and portraits, 'A Souvenir of Indore', c.272 x 209mm., 45 albumen prints mounted on 22ff. stiff card, with printed captions beneath, label 'Lala Deen Dayal, State Photographer' to final leaf, some light browning and damp-staining to mounts, a couple with small tears to mount edges, original cloth, rebacked in calf, upper hinge broken, some soiling to covers, oblong folio, [c.1880]⁂ An extensive collection of images of the city of Indore, its palaces and surroundings, including: two portraits of H. H. The Maharaja Holkar (one ?studio, one in carriage); his new palace, Inderbhawan; the Lalbaag Palace and environs; the Sookh-vilas Palace gardens; views of Indore city (e.g. Sharafa Street, Tazia procession and Fort Gate); the 'Great Elephant' belonging to the Maharaja, as well as the Shikaree Elephants at the Andheri Bagh River; landscape scenery (e.g. waterfalls at Patalpani and Mehdikund, railways and viaducts) and the Sheoratri fair on the holy ghats of Mahandata, as well as views of the Nebudda River. Lala Deen Dayal, the most celebrated nineteenth century Indian-born photographer, rose to prominence when, shortly after he was encouraged by the Maharaja of Indore to open a studio in the city, he was granted permission to photograph H.R.H. the Prince of Wales during his royal visit in 1875.

Gould (John) The Birds of Great Britain, 3 vol. (of 5), first edition, 191 hand-coloured lithograph plates, most heightened with gum arabic, by Gould, H. C. Richter, Joseph Wolf and William Hart, bookplates to vol.2 & 3 pastedowns, Goshawk text page with portion of loss to lower margin (not affecting text), few tears to text leaves or very occasionally to plate margins (though not affecting text or image, of which some repaired neatly with tape verso), vol.3 hinge broken to final plate but contents holding firm, even foxing and browning to some endpapers or preliminary pages, occasional scattered spots to plates, but in general clean and bright copies, vol.1 contemporary dark green morocco, ornate gilt border panelling with inner gilt dentelles, upper cover joint cracking but holding firm, extremities rather rubbed, vol.2 & 3 uniformly bound in dark brown morocco, covers lightly marked, extremities rubbed, spines faded, [Ayer & Zimmer p.261; Fine Bird Books, p.78; Wood p.365; Nissen 372], folio, [1862-] 1873.

Voyages.- Morisot (Claude Barthélemy de) Orbis maritimi sive Rerum in mari et littoribus gestarum generalis historia, first edition, additional engraved title, title printed in red and black, additional printed dedication to Pierre Séguier (leaf â) inserted at end of preliminaries, folding engraved plate, 44 engraved illustrations, 23 of which maps, additional title with small marginal loss to fore-edge (repaired), folding plate lightly creased, some subtle damp-staining to lower margin, the odd spot or patch of soiling but an excellent clean copy overall, near contemporary vellum, yapp edges, spine with title in ink, rubbed and lightly soiled, [Borba de Moraes II, pp.597-8; Sabin 50723], folio, Dijon, Pierre Palliot, 1643.⁂ One of the first comprehensive books on naval history. The work is dedicated to Louis XIII, with the preface dated January 1643. This copy also has a printed dedication to Chancelier Séguier, dated April 1643, inserted before the start of the text (and interrupting the catchwords), indicating that this is the second issue. The folding plate depicts a staged naval battle in a Roman arena, with illustrations of coins, types of native vessel, and maps of Europe, Africa, and the Americas.

World.- Middleton (C. T. ) A New and Complete System of Geography, 2 vol., engraved frontispiece, titles in red and black, 100 engraved plates, 21 engraved maps, some folding, ink ownership inscriptions to front endpapers, several pages including vol. 2 title and endpaper with silked repairs, also 8 maps with silked repairs to edges or folds, some off-setting, browning and spotting, including to plates and maps, hinges reinforced with paper, contemporary calf, rebacked with red and green morocco labels, corners worn, folio, J. Cooke, 1777-8.

Seven Folio Society books in fine condition in slip cases

A Soundcraft RW1455 Spirit Folio mixing desk and a wireless microphone system. The 12/2 analog mixing desk, includes the power supply and comes in a Gorilla hard case, the wireless microphone system consists of a pair of dynamic microphones, the wireless receiver, and a jack cable to connect to audio output. (2)

A RARE KRIEGSMARINE SIGNAL BOOK, GERMAN, 1940-1944,Signalbuch der Kriegsmarine, Berlin: Oberkommando der Kriegsmarine, 1940, Third Reich Naval High Command bound with Marineliste 1944 (Kriegsliste) zum Signalbuch, Aufgestellt im Juli, 1944. Folio (315 x 240 pp); 117 pp; containing hundreds of hand-coloured signals and flags in text, numerous annotations in red ink, manuscript and paper corrections throughout. Laminated tabs in first work; Some soiling to tabs of second work, commensurate with use. Original black leather over thick boards with metal studs and corners on both covers, spine titled Signalbuch 1940 (number obscured), 13in x 10in x 2 1/2in (33cm x 25.5cm x 6.5cm) Footnotes:Used widely within the German Kriegsmarine and during WWII, these Codebooks were used aboard submersible boats to communicate with surface vessels and their shore bases. Common phrases can be substituted by a series of number or letter codes which were then transmitted via Morse Code. The Allies were eventually able to locate E-boats by triangulating their signals, aided by numerous captured codebooks of this kind that would have been studied and used at Bletchley Park.This lot is subject to the following lot symbols: •• Zero rated for VAT, no VAT will be added to the Hammer Price or the Buyer's Premium.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com

Edward Lear (1812-1888) Sicilian Temple (?) Pencil on paper Signed lower right, inscribed indistinctly lower left: May 1847 Further indistinct annotations can be found throughout. The folio society invoice dated 1962 verso. Property of a Gentleman Dimensions: (Frame) 9.5 (H) x 18.5 in. (W) (Paper) 4.75 (H) x 14 in. (W)

W.Monk-An antiquarian print of a post tudor building, signed in the lower right margin, limited edition animal prints by Gary Hodges and a map of Derbyshire, mixed prints, a Folio Society book 'The Sun King and his Loves' by Lucy Norton 1982 and an 1893 2nd Dragoons- The Royal Scots Greys 1678-1893 illustrated book

Bill Church-Cartoonist, illustrator-a folio of his work, to include original cartoons, pen and ink, prints, photographs and oil on canvas. Location:LWM

Gill, Eric (1882-1940) Album of erotic prints and sketches, 1928 Folio (28.5 x 19cm), marbled paper wrappers, containing: 3 original sketches, i.e. [Two lovers], mixed media, 10.5 x 19cm, 'First love', pencil and watercolour, titled and dated (15th November 1928) in pencil at foot, 18.5 x 13.2cm, [Priapic Hermes], black and red ink, signed in pencil 'EG', 21.7 x 18.5cm; 6 wood-engravings, one inscribed in pencil 'D A from E G', various dimensions; and a photograph (gelatin silver print) of an erotic relief sculpture by Gill; all tipped inNote: Note: According to an accompanying typescript catalogue note by bookseller G. F. Sims the recipient of this album was Donald Attwater, Catholic writer and the author of Eric Gill: Workman (1945), the first work in a series of books titled Modern Christian Revolutionaries.Provenance: Property of an English collector.

Golden Cockerel Press The Canterbury Tales by Geoffrey Chaucer With Wood Engravings by Eric Gill. Waltham Saint Lawrence: Golden Cockerel Press, 1929-31. First edition, one of 485 copies on hand-made paper, 4 volumes, folio, original orange quarter niger by Sangorski & Sutcliffe, patterned paper sides, top edges gilt, others untrimmed, decorative borders throughout comprising figures entwined in leaf sprays, occasionally extending into line-fillings, 21 half-page vignettes, one full-page illustration, tailpieces, initials printed in red, black and blue, bookplates (T. Birkett), corners bumped and worn [Evan Gill 281]Note: Note: This copy with an original pen-and-ink sketch of the Golden Cockerel Press emblem, marked up for printing in pencil and signed by Eric Gill lower right ('E G, 6:7:28'), on laid paper (mounted on tissue paper, spotted and browned).Provenance: Property of an English collector.

Golden Cockerel Press A Lovers Progress Seventeenth Century Lyrics: selected by Nancy Quennell. London: privately printed for subscribers at the Golden Cockerel Press. First edition, one of 25 specially bound copies, folio, original white full morocco gilt by Sangorski & Sutcliffe, top edge gilt, title-page partly printed in gilt, wood-engraved initials printed in red, housed in original fleece-lined slipcase, a few slight marks to binding, spotting to endpapers, together with a copy of the standard issue, one of 190 copies in white quarter morocco (slightly marked, tips bumped) [Pertelote 135]Note: Provenance: Property of an English collector.

Golden Cockerel Press Ecclesiastes or the Preacher [London]: Golden Cockerel Press, 1934. First edition, one of 247 copies, folio, original quarter vellum, orange cloth sides, wood-engravings by Blair Hughes-Stanton, headings and initials printed in orange [Chanticleer 97];Idem. The First Crusade. The Deeds of the Franks and Other Jerusalemites, translated into English for the first time by Somerset de Chair. [London]: Golden Cockerel Press, 1945. First edition, one of 500 copies, original half vellum, original cloth sides, wood-engravings by Clifford WebbNote: Note: According to the colophon, Ecclesiastes was the hundredth book printed at the Golden Cockerel Press. It receives an approving write-up in the press's bibliography: 'Our press-work in this book is judged to be almost perfect. The engravings, which have their finest white line (which must not be lost) in the midst of full-blacks (which require heavy inking) are the hardest in the world to print. They were, however, printed at one impression with the type'.Provenance: Property of an English collector.

Byron, George Gordon Noel, Lord Collection of works Letters and Journal... with notices of his life by Thomas Moore. London, 1830. First edition, 2 volumes, 4to, engraved frontispiece in volume 1, errata leaf in vol. 2, contemporary green half morocco, sides lightly rubbed;Child Harold's Pilgrimage. London, 1812. Second edition, 8vo, folding frontispiece, bound with. The Giaour. London, 1813. 8vo, contemporary calf, rather spotted, rebacked retaining original spine;Lara... fifth edition. 1817; Hebrew Melodies. 1815; The Siege of Corinth... third edition. 1816; Ode to Napoleon Bonaparte. 1816, 4 works in one volume, contemporary diced calf, worn, covers detached;Childe Harold's Pilgrimage. London, 1814. Cantos 1-2 seventh edition, 8vo, bound with Canto the Third. 1816, and Canto the Fourth. 1818, Cantos 3 and 4 first editions, contemporary half calf, slightly rubbed;The Bride of Abydos... third edition. London, 1813, 8vo, wrappers;Hebrew Melodies. London, 1815. 8vo, later wrappers;Locke, Captain. Illustrations of the Works of Lord Byron from designs by Captain Locke. London, 1831. Folio, engraved portrait and 14 plates on india paper, original cloth-backed printed wrappers, wrappers somewhat worn and soiled; Galt, John. The Life of Lord Byron. London, 1830. 12mo, additional engraved title, frontispiece, contemporary half calf, worn, one cover detached;Milbanke, Ralph, Earl of Lovelace. Astarte, a fragment of Truth. London: Chiswick Press, 1905. 4to, original quarter cloth, wornNote: Provenance: From the library of the late William St Clair, FBA, FRSL.

Chaucer, Geoffrey The Workes our Ancient and learned English Poet, Geffrey Chaucer newly Printed. London: Adam Islip, 1602. Folio, [46], 376, [27], title within woodcut border, double column, black letter, contemporary calf, late 17th or early 18th century inscription of H. Wiglesworth on title, very slight loss to blank fore-margin of title, lacks leaf "The progenie of Geffrey Chaucer" and blank first leaf, upper joint slightly split at baseNote: Note: An attractive copy of Adam Islip's edition of Chaucer's workes. At the head of the title is the price 1: 1: 0, which is probably the price of the work prior to the binding.Provenance: From the library of the late William St Clair, FBA, FRSL.

Miscellaneous books 5 volumes Jonson, Ben. The Works, which were formerly printed in Two volumes. London: Thomas Hodgkin, H. Herringman, E. Brewster [&c.], 1692. Folio, lacks engraved portrait, lacking pp. 341-344, and pp. 383-392, 18th century calf, worn, covers detached, some dampstaining; [Milles, Thomas] The Treasurie of Auncient and Moderne Times. London: W. Iaggard, 1613. Folio, lacks engraved title-page, lower corner of title and following leaf cut away without loss of text, old calf, very worn, covers detached; Moses, Henry. Retsch's Series of Twenty-Six Outlines, illustrative of Goethe's Tragedy of Faust. London, 1820. 4to, engraved plates, maroon half morocco gilt, some spotting; Falke, Jacopo di. Eliade e Roma. Quadro storico e artistico dell' antichita Classica. Milana, 1882. Folio, plates, illustrations, original green quarter morocco, slightly rubbed; and a defective copy of Henry Bunting's Itinerarium Totius Sacrae Scripturae, 1636

Shelley, Mary Wollstonecraft Frankenstein The 1818 text in three volumes illustrated by Barry Moser, and with essays by Ruther Mortimer, Emily Sunstein, Joyce Carol Oates and William St. Clair. West Hatfield [MA]: Pennyroyal, 1983. Folio, inscribed to William St. Clair from Barry Moser, limited to 350 copies, this is copy number 'Staff - 9', signed by Moser, binding by Sam Ellenport of Harcourt Bindery Boston, with extra suite of wood-engravings, all initialled in pencil by Moser, extra suite in original cloth folder, volume in brown morocco-backed red cloth, both within original brown morocco-backed cloth slipcase with metal medallion countersunk in spineNote: Provenance: From the library of the late William St Clair, FBA, FRSL.

Athens Sculpture Vauthier and Lacour Monuments de Sculpture antiques et modernes, publiés par Vauthier et Lacour. Édition augmentée de 16 planches et textes supplémentaires, comprenant entre autres les Caryatides du temple de Pandrose et plusieurs fragments de la frise du monument de Lysicarte à Athènes, les frontons du Panthéon français... Paris: Librairie d'Architecture de Bance ainé, 1839. Folio (54 x 33cm), [2], 20; 88 engraved plates, contemporary green half morocco, marbled sides, head and base of spine rubbed, joints slightly rubbed [not in Blackmer; rare]Note: Provenance: From the library of the late William St Clair, FBA, FRSL.

Broendsted, Peter Oluf Reisen und Untersuchungen in Griechenland Paris: Firmin Didot, 1826. 2 volumes, folio, 26 plates, engraved vignettes, some engraved vignettes in text hand-coloured, original printed boards, uncut, slightly spotted, bindings slightly spottedNote: Provenance: From the library of the late William St Clair, FBA, FRSL.