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Dart (John). Westmonasterium, or, The History and Antiquities of the Abbey Church of St. Peters Westminster. Containing an account of its ancient and modern building, 2 volumes, London: Printed and sold by James Cole, Joseph Smith, Tho. Bowles [& others], [between 1723 and 1727], engraved titles, 137 engraved plates (including our double-page and mezzotint portrait of the author), list of subscribers, some scattered spotting and light dust-soiling, final leaf in volume 2 browned to margins (from leather turn-ins), front free endpaper to volume 1 detached and torn, contemporary blind panelled calf, without title labels, boards to volume 1 detached, joints to volume 2 split, worn, large folioQTY: (2)NOTE:Upcott II, p. 851. The number of plates doesn't appear to be consistent and often varies; Upcott lists 69 in volume 1 and 76 in volume 2.

Dugdale (William). The History of Imbanking and Draining of Divers Fens and Marshes, Both in Foreign Parts and in this Kingdom, and of the Improvements thereby. Extracted from records, manuscripts, and other authentic testimonies, 2nd edition, revised & corrected by Charles Nalson Cole, London: Printed by W. Bowyer and J. Nichols, at the expence of Richard Geast, 1772, eleven engraved folding maps, occasional light spotting, mid 19th century dark green half morocco, joints and extremities slightly rubbed, folioQTY: (1)NOTE:Goldsmiths'-Kress no. 10849.

Dugdale (William, & Dodsworth, Roger). Monasticon Anglicanum, volumes 1 & 2 only (of 3), 1st editions, London: Richard Hodgkinson, 1655-61, engraved decorative title to volume 1, letterpress title-pages printed in red & black, 26 etched and engraved plates and plans only (many plates by Wenceslaus Hollar & Daniel King), lacking all double-page plates and many single-page), contemporary calf, old rebacks, text-block of volume 2 split in half, folioQTY: (2)NOTE:Volume 3 was published in 1673.

Hall (Mr. & Mrs. Samuel Carter). Ireland: its Scenery, Character, &c., 3 volumes, new edition, London: Hall, Virtue and Co., [1841-1843], engraved frontispiece and additional engraved title to each, letterpress titles with wood engraved decorative borders, 96 engraved plates and 18 hand-coloured engraved maps, wood engraved vignette illustrations, occasional scattered spotting, contemporary green half calf, blind decorated spines with morocco title labels, rubbed to spines and extremities, large 8vo, together with:Finden (William), The Ports, Harbours, Watering-Places, and Coast Scenery of Great Britain. Illustrated by views taken on the spot, by W. H. Bartlett; with descriptions by William Beattie, 2 volumes, London: George Virtue, 1842, engraved frontispiece and additional engraved title to each, 121 engraved plates, some damp staining and scattered spotting, all edges gilt, contemporary dark green straight-grain morocco, gilt and blind decorations, some wear to extremities, 4to,Habershon (William G.), Records of old London vanished and vanishing, London: J.S. Virtue & Co., Ltd., c.1890, additional chromolithograph title, 36 mounted chromolithograph plates (two without printed captions to mounts), some damp staining, armorial bookplate of Henry Richard Cooper Smith to upper pastedown, all edges gilt, contemporary gilt decorated maroon morocco, rebacked preserving original spine, slightly marked, folioQTY: (6)

Slater (Isaac, late Pigot & Slater, publisher). I. Slater's New British Atlas comprising the Counties of England..., circa 1850, decorative title, address and distance tables four large folding engraved maps with contemporary hand-colouring (London, England & Wales, Scotland & Ireland), London, England & Wales and Scotland laid on later linen, London torn with a short closed tear to the left-hand margin, slight staining and offsetting to the folding maps, 39 (complete as list) engraved county maps with contemporary hand-colouring including one folding (Yorkshire), some marginal dust and finger soiling throughout, marbled endpapers, contemporary half calf gilt, worn and rubbed, folioQTY: (1)NOTE:Chubb CCCCXXIX. The distance tables reference the population census of 1841, however, the maps of England & Wales, Scotland and Ireland are dated 1845.

British Sports and Sportsmen. Big Game Hunting and Angling, Racing and Coursing and Shooting and Deerstalking, 4 volumes, London: British Sports and Sportsmen, 1911-14, numerous illustrations, lightly spotted and toned, original red morocco gilt, broad gilt turn-ins, raised bands, rubbed, folio, together with:British Hunts and Huntsmen. England S.E.E. & East Midlands and England South West, 2 volumes, London: Biographical Press, 1908-09, frontispieces, numerous black and white plates after photographs, bookplates to front pastedowns, lightly spotted and toned, contemporary red half morocco gilt, worn to spine extremities, boards lightly marked, folioQTY: (6)

Grew (Nehemiah). The Anatomy of Plants, with an Idea of a Philosophical History of Plants, and several other lectures, read before the Royal Society, 1st edition, London: W. Rawlins, for the author, 1682, 80 engraved plates (of 83, lacking plates 14, 16 & 40), plate 2 with small loss to lower outer corner, slightly affecting image, plate 13 with minor loss to extreme lower outer corner, just touching image, plates 15 and 17 with some marginal soiling and slight fraying, some minor marks to margins of last few leaves, 18th century ownership signature of W. Lewis to front free endpaper, and additional 19th century signature of John Baker, Bath, contemporary brown mottled calf, gilt morocco title label to spine, joints cracked, some wear, folioQTY: (1)NOTE:Wing G1945; Henrey 162; Hunt 362; Nissen, BBI 758.

Millais (John Guille). A Breath from the Veldt, 1st edition, London: Henry Sotheran, 1895, etched frontispiece, 12 etched plates, illustrations, occasional spotting, contemporary previous owner inscription, bookplates of Alan Thornton, top edge gilt, spine a little toned with vertical crease, short tears at head, folio, together with British Deer and their Horns, 1st edition, London: Henry Sotheran, 1897, colour frontispiece, 10 plates, illustrations, library stamp to title verso, Wrea Head College bookplate, topedge gilt, original cloth, rebacked, a little toned, folio, plus Newfoundland and its Untrodden Ways, 1st edition, 1907QTY: (3)NOTE:First work Czech pp.114-115.

Williams (A.M.). Etchings of Celebrated Shorthorns, 1st edition, London: John Thornton, 1881, fifteen fine etched plates, with tissue guards (few guards frayed to lower edges), some light toning to initial leaves of text and plate margins and scattered spotting, lower outer right corners of final three plates a little damp mottled (small area of insect damage holes to lower blank margin of final plate), all edges gilt, original maroon boards, title in gilt to upper cover, covers worn with some loss to lower outer corners, oblong folioQTY: (1)NOTE:Scarce, with only one UK institutional location found (National Trust Libraries).According to the preface this was to be the first volume in a series. Accompanying text written by John Thornton.

Darton (William). 38 Maps. Union Atlas Containing New and Improved Maps of all the Empires, Kingdoms & States of the known World..., Feby. 25th 1820, decorative calligraphic title and table of contents, 38 (complete as list) engraved maps with contemporary hand-colouring, some staining, largely confined to the margins but affecting the title page and the first 8 maps, title page and contents list disbound, hinges broken and text block near detached, contemporary half morocco with publisher's printed label to the upper siding, rubbed, worn and frayed, folioQTY: (1)NOTE:Sold as a collection of maps, not subject to return.

England & Wales. Stockdale (John), Map of England & Wales from the latest Surveys, 14th June 1809, 20 large uncoloured engraved map sheets, slight creasing and occasional marginal closed tears to the title page (sheet 4), plate dimensions of each approximately 650 x 720 mm, old library label to the front endpaper, contemporary half morocco gilt, with morocco title label to the upper siding, rebacked, worn and rubbed, large oblong folio QTY: (1)

S.D.U.K. Maps of the Society for the Diffusion of Useful Knowledge, Volume I (only), Charles Knight, 1851, printed title, contents list and index, six maps of the stars and 149 engraved maps with contemporary outline colouring, the index calls for only 112, but some of these are lacking and it appears to have the maps from volume 2 bound in, lacking town and city plans, text block shaken and loose with a few maps disbound, some dust soiling and fraying to the foredge margins, paper size varies, index bound at rear, slight spotting, contemporary half morocco gilt, worn and frayed, folioQTY: (1)NOTE:Sold as a collection of maps, not subject to return.

Sydney Harbour Bridge. Sydney Harbour Bridge. Illustrated by photographs & line drawings, Dorman Long and Company, Middlesborough & London, 1932, half-tone illustrations and line illustrations, occasional light stains, original calf-backed boards, a little rubbed with stains, 4to, together with Sydney Harbour Bridge, Willoughby, N.S.W.: H. Phillips, [1931], photographic illustrations, occasional slight soiling and short marginal tears, original wrappers, a few marginal creases, oblong folio QTY: (2)NOTE:Scarce publications on the construction of the Sydney Harbour Bridge. The bridge was built by Middlesborough firm Dorman Long and Company, who had built the Tyne Bridge. The work commenced in 1928 and finished with the bridge opening on 19 March 1932.

Walker (J & C, publishers). Hobson's Fox-Hunting Atlas; containing separate Maps of every county in England and the three Ridings of Yorkshire..., circa 1870, printed title and table of reference to the hunts, 35 (only of 42) lithographic maps, with bright contemporary outline colouring, later pencil annotations to the verso of the front endpaper, contemporary half morocco gilt, with additional decorative gilt title to upper siding, worn and rubbed, rear board damp stained with deterioration to the cloth and board, folioQTY: (1)NOTE:Sold as a collection of maps, not subject to return.

Wiltshire. Andrews (John & Dury Andrew), A Topographical Map of the County of Wilts, Describing the Seats of the Nobility and Gentry, Turnpike and Cross Roads, Canals, &c., Surveyed Originally in 1773..., 2nd ed., revised and corrected, published W. Faden, 1810, calligraphic title page, table of the market towns and villages, double-page engraved general index map and eighteen (complete) double-page engraved map sheets, all with contemporary outline colouring, slight offsetting and slight staining to the margins, later endpapers, bookplates of A. D. Passmore and Rev. Edward Duke (1779-1852, of Lake House, Wilsford cum Lake, Salisbury, Wiltshire, antiquary, archaeologist and a colleague of Sir Richard Colt Hoare), modern half calf gilt over marbled boards, folioQTY: (1)NOTE:The second edition of this map complete with the index map is considered scarce, with only five institutional copies recorded by Copac.

Vivien de Saint Martin (Louis). Atlas Universal pour servir à L'Etude de la Géographie et de l'Histoire Anciennes et Modernes, Paris, 1834, calligraphic title, 47 uncoloured maps comprising 34 single-page, 12 double-page and a four sheet map of France, table of contents bound at the rear, occasional marginal closed tears, some water staining, later endpapers, near-contemporary half calf gilt over later marbled boards, folio QTY: (1)

Print Stands. Two stained Beech Print or Map folio stands, mid 20th century, two stained and hinged folio stands, central supporting 'seat' lined with green felt (worn) with later hinges, each with two brass carrying handles and restraining chains, slight wear to extremities, height 860 mm, width (when open) 530 mm, length 650 mmQTY: (2)

Scrap Album. Containing numerous prints & drawings, early-mid 19th century, partially excised album, but still retaining a large number of engravings, lithographs and pencil drawings, including portraits, caricatures, topographical views, genre mezzotints, classical and costume, a few leaves detached with some marginal fraying, with a male sillouette and pencil drawing to the verso of the front free endpaper, contemporary half calf, boards detached, heavily worn and frayed, oblong folio, overall size 260 x 400 mmQTY: (1)

Andrews (Lieut. Col. Mottram). A Series of Views in Turkey and the Crimea, from the Embarcation at Gallipoli to the Fall of Sebastopol, 1st edition, Thomas McLean, 1 September 1856, tinted lithographic title and 17 plates including 2 folding panoramic plates, some occasional marginal fraying and dust-soiling with neat repairs to versos, none affecting images or letterpress captions, contemporary morocco-backed original cloth gilt, heavily rubbed and some edge wear, large folio (54.5 x 35.5 cm)QTY: (1)NOTE:Abbey Travel 238.Lots 20-36, which mostly concern the Crimean War of 1853-56 and include direct reportage on the war, are being sold in aid of Ukrainian journalism in the current war in Ukraine, the funds donated to journalists located with the support of British-Ukrainian Aid (Charity Registered in England and Wales 1164472).

Hardinge (Charles). Sketches in the Camp before Sebastopol, 1st edition, Henry Graves, 1855, tinted lithographic title and 19 plates, complete as listed, a little spotting and damp-marking, mostly to margin extremities, contemporary red morocco-backed cloth, titled in gilt, rubbed and slightly soiled, some corner wear, large folio (54.5 x 37 cm)QTY: (1)NOTE:Not in Abbey or Blackmer.Lots 20-36, which mostly concern the Crimean War of 1853-56 and include direct reportage on the war, are being sold in aid of Ukrainian journalism in the current war in Ukraine, the funds donated to journalists located with the support of British-Ukrainian Aid (Charity Registered in England and Wales 1164472).

Victoria (1819-1901). Queen of Great Britain & Ireland, 1837-1901. A group of 4 tableaux vivants photograph albums taken at Balmoral Castle, 5 & 6 October 1888, 5 October 1889 and 8 & 10 October 1890, plus Osborne, Isle of Wight, 24-25 January 1890, the first album containing 28 window-mounted cabinet cards featuring Princesses Maud of Wales, Alice of Hesse, Margaret of Connaught, Beatrice, Louise of Wales, Princes Arthur of Connaught, Albert Victor of Wales, Henry of Battenberg, et al, and including 2 'India' cards featuring Mahomed Buksh, Hafiz Abdul Karim, Syed Ahmed Husain and Khairat Ali, neat four-page manuscript index of the first 18 cards at front, contemporary embossed padded morocco with clasp, upper cover titled 'Balmoral. Tableau-vivant. October 5 & 6 1888', rubbed and a little frayed at extremities, 4to; the second album containing 2 panel print photographs by G.W. Wilson & Co. of the performance of 'Used Up', including Princess Beatrice and Princess Henry of Battenberg in the cast, images 18 x 30 cm, hinged into an album with a printed programme similarly hinged at front, inscribed by Queen Victoria to front free endpaper, 'The Viscount Cross, G.C.B.' and signed 'The Queen' beneath lower left, inner hinges broken, contemporary gilt-titled and decorated red morocco gilt by Eyre & Spottiswoode, rubbed and a little frayed at head of spine, narrow oblong folio; the third album containing 7 cabinet cards, the first by W. Watson, Ballater, showing Queen Victoria signing while attended by 'Munshi' Abdul Karim, inscribed to lower mount, 3 others with inscriptions by Queen Victoria to lower part of image and mounts, and final image of ‘Oriental bazaar’ inscribed and dated by her to verso, four-page printed programme bound at front, presentation inscription to front free endpaper for Viscount Cross in the hand of Queen Victoria and signed 'The Queen', all edges gilt, contemporary gilt-decorated red morocco by Eyre & Spottiswoode, rubbed, 8vo; the fourth album of performances at Osborne containing 5 mounted photographs by Mullins, Ryde, Isle of Wight, of performances of Esther, (featuring Hafiz Abdul Karim, Saiyad Ahmad Husain and Mirza Yusuf Beg), Fotheringay, The Surrender of Calais (with Princesses Beatrice, Louise, Henry of Battenberg, et al.), and Little Toodlekins (2 photos), images 18 x 23 cm, original studio mounts with printed four-page programme bound at front (listing fourth and fifth A Bedouin Encampment and Twelfth Night for which there are no photographs present), a separate loose printed programme for the final tableau,  hinges broken and contents detached, contemporary red half morocco gilt by Eyre & Spottiswoode, rubbed and covers partly damp-stained, oblong small folioQTY: (4)NOTE:Richard Assheton Cross, 1st Viscount Cross (1823-1914), British statesman and Conservative politician who served as Home Secretary 1874-1880 & 1885-1886.Tableaux vivants were particularly popular during the Victorian era. They involved dressing up in costumes with plenty of props and creating a scene from a story before remaining completely still to hold the pose as a living picture for the photographer. Queen Victoria and Albert were fond of such activities with which they included their children, friends and members of the royal household.NB. An amendment regarding the contents of the fourth album has been made to this description.

Private patronage. A ledger of private patronage, 1886-1892, a printed ruled ledger with double-page columns for name of applicant and date of application, office sought for, qualifications, recommended by and remarks, completed in manuscript chronologically in sections with thumb tabs identifying the categories as honorary cadetships, chaplains, Council, educational appointments, honours, legal appointments, messengers and miscellaneous, 133 folios including blanks, tabulated alphabetical thumb index at rear, Eccle Riggs library bookplate to front pastedown, contemporary roan, heavily scuffed, folio, together with a manuscript book of legal fees 1850-59 recording in columns fees charged at sessions in Preston, Salford, Manchester, Liverpool, etc., a few leaves loosely inserted at rear, ownership signature of Richard Assheton Cross, 2 Harcourt Buildings, Temple, [London], contemporary vellum with manuscript inscription 'R.A.C. Fee Book' to upper cover, rubbed and soiled, 4to, plus a related loose legal document for Lancaster, April 1868QTY: (3)NOTE:Richard Assheton Cross, 1st Viscount Cross (1823-1914), British statesman and Conservative politician who served as Home Secretary 1874-1880 & 1885-1886.Cross was called to the Bar by the Inner Temple in 1849, attaching himself to the Northern Circuit.

Simpson (William). The Seat of War in the East, first & second series bound as one, 1st edition, Paul & Dominic Colnaghi & Co., 1855, tinted lithographic title-page and 79 plates with tissue-guards, scattered spotting, all edges gilt, contemporary half morocco gilt, rubbed, large folio (56 x 37 cm)QTY: (1)NOTE:Abbey Travel 237: 'These plates are indeed an impressive piece of work, not only artistically and technically, but also as pictorial reporting. Simpson must in this way rank as an early war correspondent.'Lots 20-36, which mostly concern the Crimean War of 1853-56 and include direct reportage on the war, are being sold in aid of Ukrainian journalism in the current war in Ukraine, the funds donated to journalists located with the support of British-Ukrainian Aid (Charity Registered in England and Wales 1164472).

Elgar (Edward, 1857-1934). La Capricieuse. Morceau de genre pour le violon avec accompagnement de piano par Edward Elgar, Op.17, 1st edition, Breitkopf & Härtel, 1893, 12 pages, original light green printed wrappers, stapled as issued, some very light soiling and fraying to edges, composers presentation copy inscribed to head of front wrapper in ink 'Reginald Bailey from Edward Elgar. July 24 1893', slim folio (34 x 27cm)QTY: (1)NOTE:Reginald Hugh Bailey was one of Elgar's pupils in the 1890s and 1900s when the composer needed to earn a living as a violin teacher. A group of 12 autograph letters from Elgar to Bailey was sold at Bonhams, Knightsbridge, London, 18 June 2014, lot 256.

Hospital Accounts. A manuscript accounts book for St Bartholomew's Hospital, Newbury, Berkshire, 1624-1696, containing annual manuscript accounts provided by the proctor listing receipts (mostly rents) and disbursements with amounts in the right column, with signatures of the mayor and other officials at foot, written continuously in various neat secretarial hands, some deletions, several leaves darkened from iron ink gall burning, written to rectos and most versos of 85 leaves, blank leaves at rear, contemporary stitched limp vellum, worn and soiled, folio, together with 3 unrelated 18th-century vellum deedsQTY: (4)NOTE:St Bartholomew's Hospital is said to have been founded by King John, who granted a fair at the festival of St Bartholomew in 1215. The disbursements refer to faggots [bundles of wood], chimneys, almshouses, various fees, building materials including sand, nails, lime and hair, wood and timber, maintenance, etc.

House of Commons Journal. A contemporary manuscript copy of the Commons' Journal for 21 June to 15 August 1645, 466 pages plus tabulated thumb index, neatly written on pages with red rule borders, some slight dust-soiling and corner curling, all edges gilt, disbound with original gilt-decorated spine and title label still present, folioQTY: (1)NOTE:Subjects include Oliver Cromwell, Lord Digby, the Earl of Essex, Sir Thomas Fairfax, the army, the admiralty, the church, etc.

Royal Pardon. A group of 4 signed royal pardons, 1947-62, all pre-printed documents with typed insertions with the monarch's ink signature at head of first page adjacent to embossed stamp, the first a pardon for Clarice White in relation to the conviction for an offence against Article 14 of the Consumer Rationing (Consolidation) Order, 1944, signed 'George R.I.' at head, the second in respect of Samuel Clutterbuck who was convicted of unlawful wounding, the third in respect of Wilfred Edward Griffiths, convicted of failing to send his two children to school, and the last respecting Keith Harrison convicted of a vehicles 'excise' offence, all signed 'Elizabeth R' at head, the four pardons all relating to County Petty Sessions sitting at Stroud, a little minor creasing and soiling, each 2 pages, folioQTY: (4)

Theophylactus (Archbishop of Ochrida, circa 1050-1108). In quatuor Evangelia enarrationes, denuo recognitae. Joanne Oecolampadio interprete, Basel, Andreas Cratander, March 1525, [8], 221 leaves, plus final blank, with woodcut device to verso (?8, a-z6, A-M6, N8), title within elaborate woodcut border, depicting God the Father, the Son and the Holy Spirit surrounded by a heavenly host, symbols of the four evangelists, and the thirteen apostles, contemporary ownership inscription in ink below the title date 'Mychaell Shirbroke booke', first page of main text with elaborate decorative woodcut border, with large woodcut initial to verso, numerous smaller woodcut initials throughout, several woodcut head- and tail-pieces, colophon to verso of N7, with contemporary manuscript inscription in brown ink below 'Ex libris Cuthberti Shirbroke de Thurveton infra decanatum de Broke Norwicens diocesis cl[er]ici', occasional contemporary manuscript annotations in brown ink to margins (presumably by Cuthbert Shirbroke or Sherbrooke), unobtrusive peppering of worm, mainly to front of volume, not affecting legibility, marginal waterstaining to the second half of the work, becoming somewhat heavier to the final 12 leaves, minor marginal fraying to first and last few leaves (not affecting text), contemporary blind-decorated full calf upper and lower covers only, over modern antique-style brown calf over wooden boards, with clasps (thongs renewed), folioQTY: (1)NOTE:Provenance: Cuthbert Sherbrooke of Norfolk, rector of Rockland and Thurton (Thurveton), active 1530-1537, with his inscription below the colophon on N7.A number of books bearing Sherbrooke's ownership inscription were discovered in 1912 in a locked cupboard at Oxton Hall in Nottinghamshire, and were sold at Sotheby's the same year (28 June, lots 439-465), amongst which the present work was presumably included. Four volumes belonging to Cuthbert Sherbrooke are identified by Margaret Lane Ford in Private Ownership of Printed Books, The Cambridge History of the Book in Britain (2014), pages 212-13. See Bernard Quaritch, Manuscript Waste, 2019, item 11.Adams T587; BM STC German, 113.Second edition of Theophylactus' commentary on the New Testament, translated by Johann Oecolampades.

Jewel (John). A Defence of the Apologie of the Churche of Englande, Conteininge an Answeare to a certaine Booke lately set foorth by M. Hardinge, and Entituled, A Confutation &c., Imprinted at London in Fleetestreate, at the signe of the Elephante, by Henry Wykes, 1st edition, London: Henry Wykes, 1567, [24];742;[18] pp., black and roman letter text, woodcut printer's device to title, woodcut decorative initials, early ownership inscription to front free endpaper 'Sum R. Pagetii' (other words partially rubbed out), additional early ownership annotations to title (including E. Langford, Dordrecht?), a few leaves towards end lightly waterstained to gutter, green stained outer edges, contemporary vellum with yapp fore-edges, title in early manuscript to spine, some light soiling and marks, folio (265 x 190 mm)QTY: (1)NOTE:ESTC 14600.Part of an ongoing theological debate with Thomas Harding, A Defence of the Apologie ensured that Jewel was recognised as "the champion of, and for a time the most famous bishop in, the English reformed church." (ODNB).

Tasso (Torquato). La Gierusalemme Liberata, Geneva, Girolamo Bartoli, 1590, engraved title, 20 full-page engraved illustrations by Giacomo Franco and Agostino Carracci after Bernardo Castello, woodcut cartouches and ornaments, a few burn marks, occasional light spotting and toning, bookplate of Sir William Burrell (1732-1796, 2nd baronet) pasted to title verso, hinges breaking, all edges green, early 18th century red morocco gilt, lower cover detached, joints cracked, spine and edges rubbed, small folioQTY: (3)NOTE:Adams T243; Cicognara 1112. First illustrated edition of Tasso's epic Siege of Jerusalem.

Crooke (Helkiah). Mikrokosmographia. A Description of the Body of Man. Together with the controversies thereto belonging. Collected and translated out of all the best authors of anatomy, especially out of Gasper Bauhinus and Andreas Laurentius, 2 parts in one, 2nd edition, corrected and enlarged, Printed at London: by Thomas and Richard Cotes, and are to be sold by Michael Sparke, dwelling at the blue Bible in Greene Arbor, 1631, letterpress title with first word in Greek characters and with woodcut illustration (left blank margin torn & crudely repaired, with adhesive browning), numerous woodcut illustrations throughout volume, without additional engraved title and lacking leaves N5, V5, X2, X3 & a5, two leaves misbound at front of volume after letterpress title (leaves f2 contents and errata leaf, both leaves with repaired closed tears & tissue-lined to each side), e6 at rear of volume torn to lower half of leaf with loss, occasional repaired closed tears to margins, some margins discreetly repaired (mostly to initial leaves, modern dark brown calf, folio QTY: (1)NOTE:ESTC S107279; STC (2nd ed.), 6063; Russell, K.F. Brit. anatomy (2nd ed.), 223.ESTC S107279; STC (2nd ed.), 6063; Russell, K.F. Brit. anatomy (2nd ed.), 223. The chief sources are "De corporis humani fabrica" by Caspar Bauhin and "Historia anatomica humani corporis" by André Du Laurens. "An explanation of the fashion and vse of three and fifty instruments of chirurgery. Gathered out of Ambrosius Pareus .. and done into English .. by H.C. [i.e. Crooke]" has separate pagination, register, and title page with imprint "London printed for Michael Sparke. 1631.".

[Walkely, Thomas]. A Catalogue of the Dukes, Marquesses, Earles, Viscounts, Bishops, Barons of the Kingdomes of England, Scotland and Ireland, with their names, sirnames, and titles of honour. Whereunto is added a perfect list of the Lords, and others of his Majesties most honourable Privy Counsell; Knights of the Garter, the names of the Judges, the Baronets of England and Scotland, with the dates of their patents, the Knights of the Bath from the first of King James. With an addition of the knights from the first of King Charles to this present. Collected by T.W., London: Thomas Walkely, 1635, [2],91,[1]p., front blank A1 present, A3 torn to lower outer blank corner, old ink scribbling to blank verso of final leaf, bound with at front [Heath, James], A Brief Chronicle of all the chief Actions so fatally falling out in these three kingdoms; viz. England, Scotland & Ireland, from the year, 1640. to this present twentieth of November, 1661. Containing the unhappy Breaches, sad Divisions, the great Battels fought, number of men, with the Eminent Persons of Honor and note slain, with several Debates and Treaties. Also, the happy Escape by a Wonderful delive-verance of His Majestie at Worcester, more fully expressed then hitherto: with His Majesties happy return, together with what passages of note hapned to this present November, 1661. The like exact account hath not as yet been printed, London: William Lee, 1662, [4], 64 [i.e. 68] p., Pages [65-68] misnumbered: 49, 56, 57, and 64, lacking portrait frontispiece, *B8 torn with text loss and loss to engraved illustration on verso, few other tears to margins etc., dust-soiled and few marks, lacking endpapers, contemporary sheep, boards detached and lacking spine, worn, 8vo (Walkely - STC 2nd ed. 24977; ESTC S112622. Heath - Wing H1318A; ESTC R19419), together with:Benefield (Sebastian), A commentary or exposition upon the first [-third] chapter of the prophecie of Amos. Delivered in XXI. [-XVII.] sermons in the parish church of Meysey-Hampton in the diocesse of Glocester, London: Printed by John Haviland, and are to be sold by Hugh Perry at the Harrow in Britaines Burse, 1629, title to first part torn to fore-edge with text loss and repaired, without initial blank(?), some browning and few marks including staining to fore-edge, disbound 4to,Sherlock (William), A Sermon preached before the Right Honourable the Lord Mayor and Aldermen of the City of London, at Guild-hall-Chappel, on Sunday, Nov. 4. 1688, London: William Rogers, 1689, [6], 29, [1] p., imprimatur on leaf [A]1 verso, margins frayed and some light dust-soiling, late 19th century marbled wrappers, spine worn, slim 4to (Wing S3348; ESTC R21594),[Scott, John], Certain Cases of Conscience Resolved, concerning the Lawfulness of Joyning with Forms of Prayer in Publick Worship, part I. only of 2, London: Printed by Henry Hills, Jun. for Fincham Gardiner, 1683, [2], 56p., lacking initial leaf (first leaf with advertisements to verso), some fraying to margins, dust-soiling mostly to first and last leaves, disbound 4to (Wing S2039; ESTC R30551),Ludlow (Edmund), Memoirs of E. Ludlow, Esq; Lieutenant General of the Horse, Commander in Chief of the Forces in Ireland, one of the Council of State, and a Member of the Parliament which began on November 3, 1640, 3 volumes, Switzerland: Printed at Vivay in the Canton of Bern, 1698-99, engraved portrait frontispiece to first volume, two leaves in final volume torn to lower outer blank corners, contemporary panelled calf, red morocco title label (loss to volume 2 label), some joints cracked and light wear to extremities, 8vo, plus three single-sheet issues of The Observator, vol. 3, issue numbers 10-12 only, Saturday, February 28, 1684/5, Wednesday, March 4, 1684/5 & Thursday, March 5, 1684/5, disbound folioQTY: (9)

Heylyn (Peter). Cosmographie, In Four Bookes. Containing the Chorographie and Historie of the Whole World, and all the principal Kingdomes, Provinces, Seas, and Isles thereof, 1st edition, 2 volumes, London: Henry Seile, 1652, additional engraved title to first volume (small hole to upper blank margin, dust-soiled, lined to verso), initial titles to both volumes with signature of "John Evelyn [Junior] Durate &c Virg: aen: 1.1", four double-page engraved maps (Europe, Asia, Africa, and Americas), each map cropped to edges with some loss, first volume with ink stain to fore-edge blank margins of leaves 2Q1 & 2Q2 and closed tear to 2Q6, lower outer blank corner of 2S4 torn away, front free endpapers with manuscript press mark D6:8, front pastedowns with armorial bookplate of Sir Frederick Evelyn Bart. and 20th century John Evelyn library 'J.E' bookplate, attractive contemporary speckled calf, with elaborate gilt decorated spines, upper joint of first volume cracked at head & foot, folioQTY: (2)NOTE:Provenance: John Evelyn, junior (1655-1699), son of John Evelyn, writer, diarist & gardener, 1620-1706; The Evelyn Library, Christie's December 1, 1977, lot 740, where purchased by Desmond Burgess for £200.Wing H1689; ESTC R5447.Books 1-3, the two parts of book 4, and the Appendix each have separate dated title page; register attempts to be continuous. Pagination is separate except for book 4, part 2, which is continuous with part 1.

[Sandys, George]. Anglorum speculum, or The Worthies of England, in Church and State. Alphabetically digested into the several shires and counties therein contained; wherein are illustrated the lives and characters of the most eminent persons since the conquest to this present age. Also an account of the commodities and trade of each respective county, and the most flourishing cities and towns therein, London: John Wright and William Thackary, 1684, [8], 224, 369-596, 739-974, [20]p., light toning, armorial bookplate of Baron de Spon to front pastedown, contemporary calf, rebacked preserving gilt decorated spine, 8vo (Wing S22A; ESTC R7882), together with:Sacheverell (Henry), The Tryal of Doctor Henry Sacheverell, before the House of Peers, for High Crimes and Misdemeanors; upon an impeachment..., Dublin: Re-printed by A. Rhames and F. Dickson, for E. Dobson, P. Campbell, J. Gill, [& others], 1710, light toning and dust-soiling, endpapers renewed, contemporary calf, rebacked with gilt decorated spine and maroon morocco title label, board edges rubbed, folio,Clarendon (Edward Hyde, Earl of), The Life of Edward Earl of Clarendon, Lord High Chancellor of England, and Chancellor of the University of Oxford. Containing, I. An Account of the Chancellor’s Life from his Birth to the Restoration in 1660. II. A Continuation of the same, and of his History of the Grand Rebellion, from the Restoration to his Banishment in 1667..., 3 volumes, Oxford: Clarendon Printing House, 1759, front endpaper with Hobart crest bookplate and armorial bookplate of Baron de Spon, contemporary speckled calf, upper joint of first volume weak and few others cracked, 8vo,Bolingbroke (Henry St. John, Viscount), Letters on the study and use of history, 2 volumes, London: A. Millar, 1752, occasional spotting, armorial bookplate of Baron de Spon to upper pastedown, contemporary calf, joints split and board corners worn, 8vo,Lowhen (Baron von), The analysis of nobility, in its origin; as military, mercantile, and literary; proofs, privileges, duties, acquisition, and forfeiture thereof, interspersed with several curious Monuments of History, relating to Laws of Chivalry, Creations, Degradations, Justs, Tournaments, Combats, &c. Translated from the original German of Baron von Lowhen. With Notes collected from the best English Antiquarians, and other Authors, London: J. Robinson, 1754, some toning and spotting, endpapers renewed and with armorial bookplate of Baron de Spon to upper pastedown, contemporary calf, rebacked, maroon morocco title label, board edges worn, 8vo,[Leake, Stephen Martin], Nummi Britannici Historia: Or an Account of English Money, from the Conquest to the Uniting of the two Kingdoms by James I. and of Great Britain to the Present Time, 1st edition, 1626 [but 1726], four engraved plates, armorial bookplate of Sir John Rushout Bt. to upper pastedown and armorial bookplate of Baron de Spon to front free endpaper, contemporary panelled calf, rebacked, red morocco title label, 8vo, and seven other 18th & 19th century antiquarianQTY: (16)

Helwig (Christoph). The Historical and Chronological Theatre of Christopher Helvicus, Distributed into equal Intervals of Tens, Fifties and Hundreds: with an Assignation of Empires, Kingdoms... Kings... Princes, Roman Popes, Turkish Emperours, and other Famous and Illustrious Men... Faithfully done into English according to the two best Editions, viz. that of Francofurt, and that of Oxford..., 1687, title in red & black, with early ink inscription, modern quarter calf, folio, together with..... endpapers renewed, contemporary calf, modern reback and corner repairs, 4to, plusQTY: (3)

Locke (John). An Essay Concerning Humane Understanding, third edition, London: Printed for Awnshaw and John Churchil[sic], and Samuel Manship, 1695, engraved portrait frontispiece with vertical closed tear to upper margin (just encroaching into printed background), short closed tear at head of title and following leaf, without front pastedown and rear endpaper, rear board with ownership inscription 'E Libris Iohannis Isaac E Coll: Mag. Oxon: A.M.', contemporary blind panelled calf, rebacked preserving original spine & worn morocco title label, lower outer board corners worn and showing, folioQTY: (1)NOTE:Wing L2741.

Lediard (Thomas). The Naval History of England, 2 volumes, 1st edition, John Wilcox and Olive Payne, 1735, engraved portrait frontispiece, some worm-tracing and repairs to lower blank margins of volume 2, light dampstaining to lower outer corners of final leaves, armorial bookplates of William Morton Pleydell, contemporary calf, some old corner restoration and modern antique-style calf gilt rebacks with leather spine labels, folioQTY: (2)

Castiglione (Baldassarre, conte). Il Cortegiano, or The courtier: written by the learned Conte Baldassar Castiglione, and a new version of the same into English. Together with his other celebrated pieces ... To which is prefix'd, The life of the author. By A. P. Castiglione, London: H. Slater, F. Noble, W. and T. Payne, T. Wright and J. Duncan, 1742, engraved portrait frontispiece, occasional light dust-soiling, front pastedown with armorial bookplate of Baron de Spon, contemporary speckled calf, neat modern reback with red morocco title label, corner and board edge repairs, 4to, together with:Langhorne (John & Langhorne, William), Plutarch's Lives, translated from the original Greek, with notes critical and historical, and a new life of Plutarch, 6 volumes, London: Edward and Charles Dilly, 1770, half-titles, engraved frontispiece to each (offset to titles), front endpapers with armorial bookplates of John Bowdler and Baron de Spon, contemporary calf-backed marbled boards, gilt decorated spines with contrasting morocco labels (some labels recent), few joints cracked, 8vo,Junius, Stat nominis umbra, 2 volumes, London: Henry Sampson Woodfall, 1772, engraved titles (closed tear to vol. 2 repaired to verso), armorial bookplate of Baron de Spon to upper pastedowns, contemporary mottled calf, rebacked, 8voSheridan (Thomas), A Course of Lectures on Elocution, 1st edition, London: W. Strahan for A. Millar [&c.], 1762, title with early 19th century ownership signature, armorial bookplate of Baron de Spon to upper pastedown, contemporary marbled sheep, rebacked, 4to,[Smith, James & Horatio], Rejected Addresses: Or the New Theatrum Poetarum, 1st ed., 1812, half-title, advert leaf at rear, contemporary marbled calf, gilt decorated spine, joints split, 12mo, and others including Dr. Webster's Complete Dictionary of the English Language, thoroughly revised and improved, by Chauncey A. Goodrich & Noah Parter, London: Bell & Daldy, c.1864, and also A Dictionary of the English Language by Samuel Johnson, 2 volumes, facsimile of 1755 edition, London: Longman, [1990], with information booklet, contained together in original slipcase, folioQTY: (15)

Browne (Alexander). Ars Pictoria; Or an Academy Treating of Drawing, Painting, Limning and Etching, 1st edition, London: J. Redmayne, 1669, engraved portrait frontispiece, 30 engraved plates (complete), mostly by Arnold de Jode, small library stamp to title and lower outer corner of each plate, verso of title with manuscript library number, light damp stain to gutter margin of title and lower margins of initial few leaves, some light spotting, minor marginal tears and dust-soiling, front free endpaper with early signature Wm. Beauchamp and later signature of William Goddaire dated 1827 (repair to upper outer corner), modern calf-backed cloth, library blind-stamp to upper board, joints rubbed and scuffed, folioQTY: (1)NOTE:Wing B5097.Alexander Browne (d. 1706) was a miniature painter and auctioneer and one of the first publishers of mezzotints. He was variously a 'practitioner of the art of limning' (although none of his paintings or miniatures survives or can be identified); a drawing master (to Mrs Pepys among others); a colourman; the author of drawing manuals (the first in 1660) and of a treatise on art (Ars Pictoria, 1669); an art auctioneer (conducting sales later at his own premises in Gerrard Street, Soho), and a print publisher and printseller. His shop at 'ye Blew Balcony' in Little Queen Street near Lincolns Inn Fields would have contained quantities of prints, books and artists' materials. After Browne died in 1706 his widow quickly sold his collections at auction.

Massé (H. J. L. J.). The Art-Workers' Guild 1884-1934, Oxford: Shakespeare Head Press, 1935, black & white frontispiece, portrait illusttrations, original publisher's blue cloth, boards lightly water damaged, spine slightly faded & rubbed to foot, 4to, together with Dowling (Henry G.). A Survey of British Industial Arts, 1st edition, Benfleet: F. Lewis, 1935, 100 monochrome plates, some minor spotting & toning, original publisher's red cloth, large 4to, plus Greenwood (Martin). The Designs of William de Morgan (A Catalogue), 1st edition, Ilminster: Richard Dennis and Wiliam E Wiltshire III, 1989, numerous colour & black & white illustrations, original cloth in dustwrapper, folio, VG, and other interior design & decoration reference, including William Morris, edited by Linda Parry, London: Philip Wilson, 1996, original cloth in dust jacket, large 4to, Christopher Dresser, The People's Designer 1834-1904, by Harry Lyons, 2005, Lewis Foreman Day (1845-1910), Unity in Design and Industry, by Joan Maria Hansen, 2007, W. A. S. Benson, Arts and Crafts Luminary of Modern Design, edited by Ian Hamerton, 2005, all Antique Collectors' Club publications, original cloth in dust jackets, 4to, VG, and others similarQTY: (approximately 80 )

Flint (Sir William Russell). Sir William Russell Flint 1880-1969, A Comparative Review of the Artist's Signed Limited Edition Prints, by Keith S Gardner and Nigel D Clarke, De Luxe Edition, Bristol, 1986, numerous colour and black & white reproductions, all edges gilt, original blue morocco gilt, in original slipcase, folio together with Volume II De Luxe Edition, A Catalogue Raisonne of the Unsigned Edition Works of Sir William Russell Flint ... Limited numbered 48/250 in original slipcase QTY: (2)

Dardanello (Giuseppe et al). Guarino Guarini [Centro Internazionale di Studi di Architettura Andrea Palladio], 1st edition, Torino: Umberto Allemandi & Co., 2006, numerous colour & monochrome illustrations, original cloth in dust jacket, 4to, together with Haiko (Peter et al), Joseph Maria Olbrich Architecture, Complete reprint of the original plates of 1901-1914, London: Butterworth Architecture, 1988, numerous monochrome illustrations, bookplate to the front pastedown, original cloth in dust jacket, covers lightly faded & rubbed, folio, plus Macaulay (James). The Gothic Revival, 1745-1845, 1st edition, London: Blackie, 1975, black & white illustrations, original cloth in dust jacket, large 4to, and other architecture reference & related, including Anglo-Saxon Architecture, by H. M. & Joan Taylor, volumes 1 & 2 (of 3), 1st edition, Cambridge University Press, 1965, 4to, Basil Oliver, Old Houses and Village Buildings in East Anglia, Batsford [1912], Eric Mercer, English Vernacular Houses, A study of traditional farmhouses and cottages, H.M.S.O., 1975, Simon Thurley, Hampton Court, A Social and Architectural History, Yale University Press, 2003, Christopher Wren, Parentalia: or Memoirs of the Family of the Wrens, 1750, facsimile reprint, Gregg Press, 1965, many original cloth in dust jackets, some paperbacks, 4to/folioQTY: (approximately 50)

Rhys (Ernest). Sir Frederic Leighton Bart., P.R.A., An Illustrated Chronicle, with prefatory Essay by F. G. Stephens, 1st edition, London: George Bell and Sons, 1895, photogravure and monochrome plates and illustrations, top edge gilt, remainder rough-trimmed, original white cloth gilt, some soiling and light discolouration, 4to, together with Baldry (Alfred Lys). Albert Moore, His Life and Works, 1st edition, London: George Bell & Sons, 1894, monochrome photogravure plates, several lithographic reproductions, and other illustrations, upper inner hinge cracked, original straw yellow cloth gilt, very lightly rubbed in original publishers cloth-backed book box (somewhat worn), large 4to, plus Bemrose (William). The Life and Works of Joseph Wright, A.R.A., commonly called 'Wright of Derby', 1st edition, London: Bemrose & Sons, 1885, two etchings by Seymour Hayden after Joseph Wright, monochrome plates and illustrations, original pale red cloth gilt, rubbed and marked with some fraying to head of upper joint, folio, limited signed edition, no. 149 from an unspecified total, signed by the publishers, folio, plus others similar including A. L. Baldry, Hubert von Herkomer, 1901, A. G. Temple, The Art of Painting in the Queen's Reign, 1897, Wilfrid Meynell, editor, Some Modern Artists and their Work, 1883, etc., mostly original cloth, 4toQTY: (15)

Loudon (John Claudius). Cottage, Farm, and Villa Architecture and Furniture. With analytical and critical remarks and the designs, new edition, edited by Mrs Loudon, London: Frederick Warne and Co., [1846], wood engraved illustrations throughout, contemporary burgundy red half sheep, joints cracked and extremities worn, thick 8vo, together with:Audsley (William), Cottage, Lodge, and Villa Architecture, London; Glasgow; Edinburgh: W. Mackenzie, [1868], title in red & black, numerous engraved plates and plans, light toning and scattered spotting, contemporary cloth with recent calf spine and corners, gilt decorated spine, 4to,Kerr (Robert), The Gentleman's House; or, how to plan English residences, from the parsonage to the palace; with tables of accommodation and cost, and a series of selected plans, 2nd edition, revised, London: John Murray, 1865, wood engraved vignette to title, numerous folding lithograph plans, original cloth, chipped at head & foot of spine, 8vo,Fagan (Louis), The Reform Club: its founders and architect, 1836-1886, London: Bernard Quaritch, 1887, photogravure frontispiece and two portrait plates, illustrations to text, top edge gilt, original cloth gilt, scuffed and marked, slim folio, plus three others including The Builder's Practical Director or buildings for all classes..., Leipzig & Dresden: A. H. Payne; London: J. Hagger, [1855-57]; The New Guide to Carpentry, General Framing, and Joinery..., edited Robert Scott Burn, [1868-72]; and Decoration & Furniture of Town House, by Robert W. Edis, 2nd edition, 1881QTY: (7)

Michel (Walter). Wyndham Lewis, Paintings and Drawings, 1st edition, Berkeley: University of California Press, 1971, numerous colour & monochrome illustrations, some light marginal toning, original coth in dust jacket, large 4to, together with;Thames and Hudson, Victor Pasmore, with a catalogue raisonné of the paintings, constructions and graphics 1926-1979, 1st edition, London, 1980, numerous colour & monochrome illstrations, original cloth in dust jackets, covers lightly rubbed, folio, plus,Cory, Adams & Mackay, Gaudier-Brzeska, Drawings and Sculpture, 1st edition, London, 1965, numerous monochrome illustrations, some minor marginal toning, original cloth in dust jacket, covers lightly marked, large 4to, andIngleby (Richard et al), C. R. W. Nevinson, The Twentieth Century, 1st edition, London: Merrell Holberton, 1999, numerous colour & monochrome illustrations, original cloth in dust jacket, large 4to, plus other modern British & European art reference books, some original cloth in dust jackets, some paperback editions, 8vo/folioQTY: (Approximately 85 )

Paine (James). Plans, Elevations and Sections, of Noblemen and Gentlemen’s Houses, and also of stabling, bridges, public and private, temples and other garden buildings; executed In the counties of Derby, Durham, Middlesex, Northumberland, Nottingham, and York. By James Paine, Architect, One of the Directors of the Society of Artists of Great-Britain. Part the first. Illustrated by seventy-four large folio plates, London: Printed for the author, and sold by Mr. Davies, in Russel-Street, Covent-Garden; Mr. Dodsley, Pall-Mall; Mr. Brotherton, Cornhill; Mr. Webley, near Chancery-Lane, Holborn; and at the author’s house, Salisbury-Street, Strand, 1767, [4],iv,[6],11,[1],12-16[i.e.17],[5]pp., 55 engraved plates numbered I-LXXIV (complete, comprising 36 single-page and 19 double-page which are given 2 numbers each), title with letters of word 'of' worn through with loss, list of subscribers present, double-page plate (number 18/19 South Front of Gosforth in Northumberland) torn & damp frayed to fore-edges affecting image slightly, some light offsetting, marbled endpapers (front free endpaper detached), all edges gilt, contemporary calf, gilt decorated spine and board borders, joints split, binding rubbed and worn, folioQTY: (1)NOTE:ESTC T135969; Archer 243.1; Fowler 207; Harris 664.The first edition of architectural designs by James Paine (1717-1789), including Chatsworth, Sandbeck, and Axwell Park. Volume two appeared in 1783, accompanied by the second edition of volume one.

Périer-D'Ieteren (Catheline). Dieric Bouts, The Complete Works, 1st edition, Brussels, Mercatorfonds, 2006, numerous colour & monochrome illustrations, original cloth in dust jacket, folio, together with;Ekserdjian (David), Correggio, 1st edition, New Haven: Yale University Press, 1997, numerous colour & monochrome illustrations, original cloth in dust jacket, large 4to, plusLightbown (Ronald), Carlo Crivelli, 1st edition, New Haven: Yale University Press, 2004, numerous colour & black & white illustrations, original cloth in dust jacket, large 4to, andKlessmann (Rüdiger), Adam Elsheimer 1578-1610, 1st edition, London: Paul Holberton, 2006, numerous colour & monochrome illustrations, original cloth in dust jacket, large 4to, plus 56 further volumes of Renaissance & Old Master art reference & related, some original cloth in dust jackets, some paperback editions, 4to/folioQTY: (60)

Cornford (Frances). Poems, 1st edition, Hampstead: The Priory Press; Cambridge: Bowes & Bowes, [1910], 34p., edges untrimmed, later inscription to front free endpaper, original cloth-backed boards, some browning and few marks, slim 4to, together with:Bridges (Robert), An Address to the Swindon Branch of the Workers' Educational Assn. given on October 28, 1916, by Robert Bridges Poet Laureate, Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1916, 37p., edges untrimmed, original printed wrappers, slim 8vo,Gray (Nicholas), Poems, 1st edition, Leicester: Printed by Sceptre Litho Ltd., 1977, half-tone illustrations by Jessica Gwynne, original printed wrappers, large slim folio (limited edition 83/300), plus other poetry and related including works by George Mackay Brown, Hugh MacDiarmid and Ted Hughes etc., mostly original cloth/boards in dust jacketsQTY: (approx. 35)

Curtis (Tony, editor). Following Petra, A Celebration of Seventy Years of the Contemporary Art Society for Wales, Gregynog Press for the Contemporary Art Society for Wales, 2008, colour and monochrome illustrations, original quarter red morocco gilt in matching slipcase, 4to vg, limited edition of 200 copies, this being number XXII of 60 copies in quarter leather, together with Cawley (A. C. [editor]). Sir Gawain and The Green Knight, New York: Limited Editions Club, 1971, monochrome illustrations by Cyril Satorsky. publishers original cloth in slipcase, folio, limited edition 1079/1500, plus Hughes (Richard). The Innocent Voyage, New York: Heritage Press, 1944, colour lithographs by Lynd Ward, publishers original boards in slipcase, boards slightly marked, 8vo, and other modern illustrated & private press literature, including Fernand Severin, Poemes, Paris: Pierre Bricage, 1951, Primer Viaje de Cristóbal Colón segun su diario de a bordo..., Barcelona: Amigos del Libro, 1944, illustrations by Antonio Ollé Y Pinell, and others similar QTY: (Approximately 30)

Fitzgerald (Arthur). Thoroughbreds of the Crown. The History and Worldwide Influence of the Royal Studs, Guilford: Genesis Publications Ltd., 1999, numerous colour and monochrome illustrations, all edges gilt, original purple morocco gilt, slipcase, folioQTY: (1)NOTE:Limited edition 47/50 in a luxury binding, signed by Arthur Fitzgerald and Sir Michael Oswald from a total edition of 950.

Pixies. Minotaur, limited deluxe edition, Artist in Residence (record label), 2009, a box set compilation that includes CD & vinyl versions of the albums Come On Pilgrim, Surfer Rosa, Doolittle, Bossanova, Trompe Le Monde, DVD & Blu ray, books of artwork, 1 giclée print, a bookmark signed by the band, in the publishers original green faux fur box with embossed 'Pixies' logo on the front, folioQTY: (1)NOTE:Limited edition, 744/3,000 copies.

Sendak (Maurice). Pictures by Maurice Sendak, London: Bodley Head [cover-title], 1971, 19 colour and black & white illustrations on single sheets, reproduced from books illustrated by Sendak, with four-leaf artist's explanatiory text (with colour illustration at head), loose as issued in original drop-spine box, upper cover with decorative floral print paper from a design by Sendak, edges somewhat faded, corners lightly rubbed, some wear to upper left corner, printed paper label to upper cover, folio, (limited edition, 992/1000 copies)QTY: (1)NOTE:Included are illustrations from Where the Wild Things Are, Lullabies and Night Songs, In the Night Kitchen, Mr. Rabbit and the Lovely Present, and others.

Goltzius (Hubert). Sicilia et Magna Graecia dive Historiae Urbium et Populorum Graeciae Ex Antiquis Nomismatibus, Liber Primus, Antwerp: Jacobi Biaei, 1618, engraved title page, 2 black & white engraved maps of Sicily & Southern Italy, 32 black & white engraved plates of coins, some creases to the front & rear endpapers, half-title, & last 2 index leaves, some minor toning, later bookplates to the verso of the front board, contemporary full calf, boards & spine slightly rubbed with some liss to the rear board, folio, together with;Huddesford (George), Salmagundi; a miscellaneous combination of Original Poetry: consisting of Illusions of Fancy; amatory, elegiac, lyrical, epigrammatical and other Palatable Ingredients, 1st edition, London: printed by T. Bensley et al, 1791, engraved half-title, period inscriptions to the front endpaper, some light toning, later mottled full calf with red calf spine label, slightly rubbed, 4to, plusMitchell (William Andrew), On The Pleasure and Utility of Angling;..., Newcastle on Tyne: printed for the Waltonian Club, 1824, 32 pages, bound with the Fisher' s Garland, 24 volumes, 1821-45, Newcastle: printed for William Garrett, The Fisher's Farewell to his Favourite Stream on the approach of Winter, Newcastle, printed for Emerson Charnley, 1824, engraved vignettes, some light spotting, bookplate to front pastedown, contemporary brown half morocco, spine lightly rubbed, 8vo, and other 18th & 19th-century literature & reference books, including The Jacobite Relics of Scotland;..., 2 volumes, by James Hogg, 1819-21, ex-library copies with associated stamps, 8vo, The Works of Allan Ramsay, 6 volumes, Glasgow: John Crum, 1871-77, uniform gilt decorated full green morocco, 8vo, The Diabo-Lady: or, A Match in Hell. A Poem dedicated to the Worst Woman in Her Majesty's Dominions, London: printed for Fielding and Walker, 1777, 4to, mostly leather bindings, some in original paper wrappers, overall condition is generally good/very good, 8vo/folioApproximately 135 volumesQTY: (6 shelves )

Military. A large collection of modern World War 2 military & aviation reference books, including publications by PRC, Airlife, Greenhill Books, Leo Cooper, mostly original cloth in dust jackets, G/VG, 8vo/folioQTY: (6 shelves )

Norden (Hermann). White and Black in East Africa..., 1st edition, London: H. F. & G. Witherby, 1924, 34 black & white illustrations plus 2 maps, some minor toning, original red cloth, spine slightly faded & rubbed, 8vo, together with;Weeks (John H.), Congo Life and Folklore..., London: The Religious Tract Society, 1911, 28 black & white illustrations, period inscription to the front endpaper, front endpaper trimmed to the top right corner, some light offsetting & spotting, original gilt decorated green cloth, minor rubbing to the spine, 8vo, plusKegan Paul, Trench, Trübner & Co., British Africa [The British Empire Series Vol. II], London, 1899, 4 monochrome folding maps to the rear, Dollar Institution bookplate to front pastedown, some light toning & spotting, publishers original gilt decorated red cloth, spine faded & lightly rubbed to head & foot, 8vo, and other late 19th-century & modern African travel, history & related reference books, mostly original cloth, many in dust jackets, G/VG, 8vo/folioQTY: (6 shelves )

Bacon (John M.). By Land And Sky, 1st edition, London: Isbister and Company, 1900, 4 monochrome illustrations, some light toning & spotting, front gutter cracked, original red cloth, spine lightly faded & rubbed to head & foot, 8vo, together with;De Fonvielle (Wilfrid), Adventures In The Air. Being Memorable Experiences of Great Aeronauts, London: Edward Stanford, 1877, numerous monochrome illustrations front gutter cracked, some toning throughout, original gilt decorated green cloth, boards & spine slightly rubbed, 8vo, plus other late 19th-century & modern ballooning reference books & ephemera, including a folder of 19th-century newspapers & prints, collectables & badges, mostly original cloth, many in dustjackets, G/VG, 8vo/folioQTY: (3 shelves & a folder)

Zöllner (Frank). Leonardo da Vinci 1452-1519, The Complete Paintings and Drawings, Köln: Taschen, 2003, numerous colour &monochrome illustrations, previous owner inscription to the front endpaper, original cloth in dust jacket & cardboard book box, folio, together with other art reference books, some original cloth in dust jackets, some paperback editions, G/VG, 8vo/folio QTY: (3 shelves )

Architecture. A large collection of modern architecture & related reference books, including publications by Routledge, Antique Collectors' Club, Yale, Architectural Press, many original cloth in dust jackets, some paperbacks, G/VG, 8vo/folioQTY: (6 shelves )

Art. A large collection of miscellaneous art & related reference books, including publications by Antique Collectors' Club, David & Charles, Cambridge, Oxford, Royal Academy, many original cloth in dust jackets, some paperback editions, G/VG, 8vo/folioQTY: (6 shelves & a carton)

Dennis (George). The Cities and Cemeteries of Etruria, 2 volumes, 1st edition, London: John Murray, 1848, black & white illustrations, bookplates to the front pastedowns, some light spotting, volume 1 gutter cracked, contemporary uniform gilt decorated full calf, boards & spines slightly rubbed with some minor loss, 8vo, plus a further copy, 2 volumes, 3rd edition, 1883, uniform original gilt decorated green cloth, 8vo, together with;Cave (Henry W.), The Ruined Cities of Ceylon, 1st edition, London: Sampson, Low, Marston and Company, 1897, 48 monochrome full page plates plus 16 in-text illustrations, some light toning throughout, original gilt decorated green half morocco, boards & spine slightly rubbed, large 4to, plusBayles (W. Harrison), Old Taverns of New York, 1st edition, New York: Frank Allaben Genealogical Company, bookplate to the front pastedown, front & rear gutters cracked, some light toning & offsetting, original red cloth, spine lightly rubbed to head & foot, 8vo, and other 19th & early 20th-century literature & reference books, including Rome, Venice & wider Italy, some leather bindings, mostly original cloth, some odd volumes, some foreign language, overall condition is generally good/very good, 8vo/folioApproximately 145 volumes QTY: (5 shelves )