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Steam Engines.- Act of Parliament. An Act for vesting in James Watt, Engineer, his Executors, Administrators, and Assigns, the sole use and Property of certain Steam Engines, commonly called Fire Engines, of his Invention..., title and 8pp., extract pp.1587-1594, by Charles Eyre and William Strachan, 1775; An Act to enable Matthew Boulton, Engineer, to export the Machinery necessary for erecting a Mint in the Dominions of His Imperial Majesty, the Emperor of all the Russias, 3pp., extract pp.753-755, 1799, disbound, preserved together in modern cloth portfolio with morocco label § Partington (C.F.) An Historic and Descriptive Account of the Steam Engine, first edition, folding engraved frontispiece, advertisement leaf and 7 folding plates at end (foxed, some loose), trace of library stamp to title, original boards, uncut, rubbed, rebacked, 1822 § Young (C.F.T.) The Economy of Steam Power on common Roads, first edition, large folding plate of Boydell's Traction Engine, errata slip, plates and illustrations, original pictorial cloth, gilt, rubbed, spine faded, preserved in modern cloth drop-back box, [1860]; and another on steam engines, folio & 8vo (5)⁂ Watt took out his first patent on a steam engine in 1769; the first act here was an extension of that patent giving him and his partner Matthew Boulton the sole right to manufacture the engine until 1800. Boulton used Watt's invention to improve the minting of coinage, for which he took out a patent in 1790. He produced the machinery at his Soho Foundry in Birmingham, the second act enabling him to export it to Russia, which would otherwise have been illegal.

Technology.- Librairie Commerciale, publishers. Le Mécanicien Moderne, 2 vol., 10 chromolithographed plates, all but one with multiple flaps, endpapers a little nibbled by insects, [c.1905] § Desarces (Henri) Grande Encyclopédie de Mécanique et d'Électricité, Atlas vol. only, 20 chromolithographed plates with multiple flaps on thick card mounted on stubs, [1913] § Hettinger (P.) Travail et Progrè au XXème Siècle exposant les Inventions et Applications Industrielles, Atlas vol. only, 7 chromolithographed plates with multiple flaps on thick card, one flap detached, explanatory leaves rather brittle and slightly chipped at edges, 1907, occasional light spotting, all original pictorial cloth, a little rubbed, the first slightly faded, Paris; and 2 others, 4to & oblong folio; sold not subject to return (6)

A box of Folio Society books

Chinese Miniatures From the Life of a Chinese Lady, edited by Dr. Rudolf Payer Thurn, text in German, Folio, Illustrated in colour, original portfolio with heavy paper boards, not complete, 12 illustration plates and title page, the twelve colours prints approximately 22cm high x 28cm high  Condition Report: extensively losses and worn at spine and outside cornersthe prints with some light foxing stains and paper with creases mainly at the tops where stuck to mounting papercomprises twelve prints mounted on paper, depicting Chinese ladies in different daily activities. Those illustrations are said to have "come from the large collection of Chinese miniatures, which Emperor Franz acquired in 1826 from the English Consul General Watts for his private library''. Rudolf Payer-Thurn or Payer von Thurn, (1867-1932), German scholar, historian and librarian was director of the Vienna Trust Library, administrator of the Goethe Museum and vice-president of the Goethe Society of Vienna in the 1920s. Condition Report Disclaimer

A Safavid painting of a pair of Lovers, Safavid Iran, 17th century, gouache with gold on paper, laid on a marbled album page, with two panels of elegant nastaliq script, folio: 36cm x 26.5cm, image: 24.5cm x16cm  Condition Report: good other than minor stains to front and some staining to reverse please see additional images for visual reference to condition Condition Report Disclaimer

A mahogany folio stand attributed to Gillows of Lancaster c.1840 with adjustable pitch lattice supports for the display of open books, prints, charts, the bun feet concealing brass casters, 84cm wide, 105cm high at tallest point

A Victorian walnut metamorphic folio stand, the hinged rectangular cross framed top, on fluted and turned supports, the central support rising to form a flat surfaced stand, raised on chamfered legs terminating in brass castors, width 28ins

Hong Kong. Picturesque Hongkong [so titled on upper wrapper], c. 1925, Foreword with printed initials "Y.O.P." at end, 28 sepia photogravures on 26 leaves, mostly 10 x 15 cm, original wrappers with spine tie and mounted photographic illustration of Hong Kong Harbour to upper cover, slightly rubbed and soiled, together with Hong Kong: La Perla del Oriente [so titled on upper wrapper], printed in Brussels, c. 1930, 33 collotype images on rectos of 15 plates (21 x 27 cm), all captioned in English in the negatives, original printed wrappers with mounted photographic illustration to upper wrapper, slightly rubbed and soiled, both oblong folio (21 x 29 cm)QTY: (2)

India & London Zoo, etc. A photograph album containing approximately 45 mounted albumen print photographs, 1870s, the first 15 of India interest including a western man with a group of 6 local men and various skinned tigers, a man astride an elephant, camp at Bombasa, a photograph of Albert Edward, Prince of Wales with a group of men and a shot tiger, initialled and numbered for Bourne & Shepherd '50' in the negative, 95 x 135 mm, various group portraits including naval officers, etc., followed by a series of approximately 30 photographs of London Zoo enclosures plus a zebra, a lion enclosure (later gelatin silver print, Hamburg) and 3 loosely inserted albumen prints of scenes with an elephant at London Zoo photographed by the London Stereoscopic & Photographic Company, and 5 real photo postcards of Penang and Singapore loosely inserted with 3 other miscellaneous views, the photographs in the album of various sizes, 20 x 27 cm and smaller, mounted to rectos singly and as multiples without captions, inner hinges cracked, contemporary cloth, some soiling and wear, folioQTY: (1)

India & Nepal. An album containing approximately 95 mounted photographs of India & Nepal, c. 1880s/1890s, mostly albumen prints, including a series of 16 photographs of Nepal (possibly Bourne & Shepherd Studio) on rectos and versos of 5 leaves, titled on the mounts, Coolies carrying timber (29 x 23 cm), Group of Lama Priests (19 x 24 cm), the remaining Nepalese portrait photographs measuring 20 x 15 cm and titled Praying Wheel, Kashmiris, Family group of Nepalese, Nepalese, A Bhootea group, Nepalese, The Witch at Ghoom, A goorka, Nepalese tea garden coolies (working dress), Nepalese coolies (holiday attire), a porter, Bhootea woman, Bhootea lady and Coolie carrying tea chest, the series preceded by 48 albumen (and a few gelatin silver) print views and related of Darjeeling district including Himalayas, many possibly by Bourne & Shepherd Studio, 22 full-plate photographs 22.5 x 29 cm and similar, 6 with Himalayan mountain views and 7 of Darjeeling Himalayan Railway scenes, the remaining India photographs mostly 15 x 20 cm and smaller relating to Darjeeling district and including the Washing Festival, the Balarun Valley, Balasung, Kerseong, Turzun, Sonada, etc., mostly identified and a few dated on the mounts, plus a further 14 photographs of Suez & Port Said (3), Burma (4) and Malta (7), various sizes, mounted singly and as multiples on stiff card leaves, a few additional photographs torn or defective, some spotting and marginal damp-staining, 20th-century morocco-backed cloth, slightly rubbed and marked, oblong folio (40 x 30 cm)QTY: (1)

India. A Souvenir of the Visit to Jeypore Samasthanam of His Excellency the Right Hon'ble Viscount Goschen of Hawkhurst, Governor of Madras and The Viscountess Goschen, 14th December 1927, presentation album containing 89 photographs [by Calastry, Sons, Secunderabad & Madras] on 83 pages, mounted on rectos and versos of stiff card mounts, mostly mounted one to a page with printed captions beneath, the largest photographs 15 x 20 cm, many 12 x 15 cm, signed presentation inscription in purple ink to front free endpaper verso, from Ramchandra, the Maharajah of Jeypore to 'Captain Gerard Goschen, Aide-de-Camp to H. E. the Governor of Madras', photography studio's business card laid on front pastedown, original half morocco over cloth, gilt-titled upper cover, joints weak, some leather wear, oblong folio (22 x 29 cm)QTY: (1)

India. A souvenir photograph album associated with the Royal Tour of the Prince of Wales [later Edward VIII] to the princely state of Gwalior in central India, 1922, 70 mounted sepia photographs, some featuring the Prince of Wales, plus scenes of the procession, Palace, the march past, 2 photographs with shot tigers, horse racing, etc., other figures depicted include Maharaja Scindia, Prince George Jivaji Rao and Princess Mary Kamlaraja, a total of 70 photographs including a four-part panoramic view of the Gwalior Army (13 x 72 cm), photographs 20 x 15 cm and some smaller, mounted singly and as multiples on to rectos and versos of stiff card leaves with printed captions pasted beneath, original cloth with leather reback, embossed stamp to upper cover, 'HRH Prince of Wales, Gwalior, 1922', now somewhat indistinct, heavily rubbed and slightly soiled and damp-stained not affecting contents, oblong folio (27 x 37 cm)QTY: (1)

British China Station. A photograph album relating to British China Station, dated 1927, containing a total of 138 gelatin silver print photographs, featuring mostly Hong Kong, but also including Gibraltar, Malta, Manila, Shanghai, Siam, Wei Hai Wei, Borneo and Port Said, many images postcard-size and similar, corner-mounted as multiples to rectos and versos of paper leaves with white china ink caption to many mounts, some images now missing and some loose, contemporary limp reversed calf with cloth spine tie, rubbed, oblong folioQTY: (1)

Japan. A Pictorial Record by Mrs Lasenby Liberty, Edited and Supplemented with Descriptive Text by Mr Lasenby Liberty, Adam & Charles Black, [1911], 50 photogravures, 16 x 21 cm, a little spotting, Lady Liberty's signed presentation inscription to Miss Lockwood at head of title, dated February 1914, original cloth gilt, some soiling and wear, oblong folioQTY: (1)NOTE:Limited edition, 102/200 copies.

Japan. An album containing 60 mounted photographs of scenes in Japan, c. 1880, albumen prints, mostly of western groups, scenery, some temples, etc., images 15 x 20 cm, mounted one to a page on rectos and versos of stiff card leaves without any captions, contemporary moire silk cloth over boards with remains of embroidered monogram (RKR?) to upper cover, worn with cloth loss to edges and spine, oblong folioQTY: (1)

Oxford. A group of approximately 40 mounted photographs of Oxford interest, c. 1860s, albumen prints, including views, architecture, people and scenes, images 20 x 26 cm and smaller, mounted on rectos and versos of 8 oblong folio sheets with 3 further composite arrangements of carte-de-visite portraits, sheet sizes 38 x 59 cmQTY: (approx. 40)

South Africa. A photograph album containing approximately 125 mounted photographs, compiled by Reverend Alexander Neill Somerville, c. 1880s/1890s, albumen prints, including views of Madeira, St Helena, Cape Town, local types, Lovedale Institute and Gordon Memorial mission, Natal, views and some wildlife, images 19.5 x 24 cm and smaller including 4 unmounted cartes de visite, mounted singly and as multiples on rectos and versos of stiff card leaves with neat ink captions to mounts throughout, contemporary padded green morocco, gilt-titled 'South Africa 1884' to upper cover, a little rubbed, folio (37 x 27 cm)QTY: (1)NOTE:Apparently compiled by Alexander Neill Somerville (1813-1889), a Scottish minister and evangelist, who served as Moderator of the General Assembly for the Free Church of Scotland 1886/87.

Spain. An album containing 56 mounted photographs of Spain, c. 1880, including several of bullfighting, portraits of bullfighters and Spanish people, and a further 55 albumen prints of Great Britain and Europe, images 19 x 26 cm and smaller, mounted singly and as multiples to rectos and versos of stiff card leaves with a scattering of pencil inscriptions to mounts, contemporary cloth gilt, slightly rubbed, folioQTY: (1)

The Treasure of Petrossa: and other Goldsmith's Work from Roumania. A Series of Twenty Photographs [attributed to Stephen Thompson]... , published by The Arundel Society for Promoting the Knowledge of Art, 1869, 15 mounted albumen prints, lacks nos. 1, 2, 17, 18 & 19, 25 x 35 cm and mostly similar large sizes, mounted one to a leaf (no. 6 mounted on a smaller paper leaf), all with numbered printed caption pasted beneath, some fraying at edges, contents loose in original morocco-backed printed boards, rubbed and soiled, folio QTY: (1)

United States, Burma & Japan. An album containing 90 albumen print views, c. 1880s, including 25 views of Yosemite with Taber credits to lower margins (14 photographs 24 x 19 cm; 11 photographs 19.5 x 12.5 cm), 26 views of Japan (21 x 27 cm) including scenes in Kyoto, Mara, Hodsugawa, Kinkakugi, Rasiyama, etc., mostly temples and rural views, 5 photographs of Burma including a three-part panorama of Mandalay from Mandalay Hill (18.5 x 76 cm) and other views including Shwedagon Pagoda, each 18 x 24 cm; plus 19 further photographs of USA and Canada etc., including Lake Tahoe, Pike's Peak, 3 scenes of Quebec, Montreal and Montmerency by Parks and 6 with initials W.H.J[ackson], 16 x 22 cm and smaller; and 14 amateur photographs of boats and scenes in the Far East, 10 x 12.5 cm, the collection mounted on rectos and versos of stiff card leaves, contemporary boards, both detached and lacking leather coverings (one piece loose with gilt title 'H.J.R. No. 3', spine defective, oblong folio, together with an unrelated contemporary photograph album containing approximately 85 mounted albumen print views of Great Britain, Malta, Paris, Lisbon, Switzerland, Italy, etc., various sizes, many identified in the negative and some with ink captions to mounts, mounted to rectos and versos of stiff card leaves, contemporary morocco, covers detached and backstrip deficient, oblong folioQTY: (2)NOTE:Many of the Taber photographs were probably taken by Carleton Eugene Watkins (1829-1916). The larger ones are identified as A1 The Mariposa Trail; A7 Up the Valley; A26 The Three Brothers; A137 El Capitan; A41 Glacier Point; A24 The Sentinel; A33 Yosemite Falls; A32 Yosemite Falls; A34 Lower Yosemite Falls; A292 Lower Yosemite Falls & Mt Starr King; A62 Grizzly Giant; B1056 Yosemite Valley - Artist Point; B1002 Yosemite Valley - The Domes; B952 Prof. Gray & Dr. Torrey. The smaller Taber albumen prints are: B370 Vernal Falls; B1042 Nevada Falls; B1059 Bridal Veil Falls; B961 Bridal Veil Falls; B968 Upper Yosemite Falls; B387 Mirror Lake Yosemite Valley; B807 Cathedral Rocks; B815 Capitan Reflected; B130 Wawona; B797 Burnt section Mariposa Grove; B831 Grizzly Giant.

West Indies. S.S. Homeric West Indies Cruise, January 27th - March 8th, 1934, a large photograph album containing 112 mounted photographs depicting life on board the SS Homeric (together with several printed entertainment programmes and menus), views of Tenerife, Nassau in the Bahamas (including sponge market, street scenes, harbour scenes, shark fishing, native boy singing 'Bahama Mama'), Jamaica, including Spanish town, Newcastle, etc., Panama and the Panama Canal, including 'Street scene in Panama City', the Gatun Locks on the Panama Canal, Cartagena (including natives), Trinidad, Barbados, and Madeira,(including views of Funchal), etc., all mounted on album leaves, original dark green half morocco gilt, rubbed and marked, oblong folio, together with another similar album documenting a voyage on the S.S. Chitral, January 11th-24th 1935, and the S.S. Viceroy, 23rd March 1935, including photographic views of New Delhi, the Northwestern Command Review, the Old Fort, Delhi, Agra including the Taj Mahal, Agra Fort, Gualior, Jaipur, Meerut, and Cairo, including many shots of family and friends, original green cloth, rubbed, plus one other album containing photographs of a skiing holiday at Pontresina, 1925, photographs of various aircraft and other transport at Henlow in 1925 and 1926 (including Hawker Cygnet, Sopwith Swallow, Supermarine Seagull, Dick Hawey at Brooklands in 1926, an aereal display at Hendon in 1925 etc., original snakeskin leather binding, rubbed and marked, oblong folioQTY: (3)NOTE:Provenance: Compiled by Mary Angela Ramsden Jodrell, later Lady Feilden, the wife of Air Vice Marshal, Sir Edward Hedley ('Mouse') Fielden (1903-1976), personal pilot to HRH Prince of Wales (Kind Edward VIII), and later Captain of the King's and Queen's Flight 1936-1962.

World Cruise. A photograph album containing tipped-in photographic views from a world cruise onboard RMS Laconia, c. 1920s, a total of approximately 230 gelatin silver prints of Havana (10), Panama (32), Hawaii (22), Japan (36), Korea (13), Hong Kong (20), Philippines (6), North Borneo (8), Indonesia (12), Singapore (7), Burma (19), Ceylon (10) and India (14), images 8 x 13.5 cm and printed on Velox paper, largely arranged two to a page on rectos and versos of paper mounts throughout, neat captions in white china ink to mounts, some occasional corner creasing and chips to lower corners of photographs, 2 larger photographs of the Taj Mahal loosely inserted, contemporary limp morocco with cloth spine tie, some wear, oblong folioQTY: (1)

Cameron Family Archive. A group of 8 photograph and scrap albums from the family of Major Sir Morris Alexander Cameron (1855-1936), mostly early 20th century, including 4 photograph albums with gelatin silver prints, one with small snapshots in France and Scotland, c. 1911-12, a second with photographs of Regent's Park Hospital and nursing interest, c. 1915-18, an album with good quality photographs recording trips to Corsica, Switzerland and the Pyrenees in the early 1920s, plus a small album with snapshots of a trip to Italy and Greece, c. 1930s, plus 4 assorted scrap albums including some photographic interest and a collection of ephemera including some prints, drawings and a folio of fortification plates made by A.R. Ancrum at the Royal Military AcademyQTY: (a carton)

Cameron Family Photo Albums. A group of 7 photograph albums partly relating to Major Sir Morris Alexander Cameron (1855-1936), late 19th century, mostly albumen prints, one album including 8 photographs from Cameron's time in Trincomalee and 24 photographs from his time in Penang, 1880s, images 16 x 20 cm, mounted on rectos and versos of stiff card leaves with other photographs of England and Wales, etc., captioned on the mounts, contemporary half morocco, some wear, 4to; a second album containing approx. 100 mounted photographs mostly relating to HMS Dreadnought, c. 1888, the first group portrait featuring HRH Prince George of Wales [later King George V], plus numerous other group portraits of naval officers and crew, views of HMS Dreadnought and other ships, naval reviews, plus some views, etc., images 20 x 25 cm and smaller, some neat ink captions to mounts, contemporary half morocco, soiled and worn, covers detached and backstrip deficient, folio, plus a complete cabinet card and carte-de-visite family portrait album, uncaptioned throughout, plus 4 albums of commercial topographical views of Great Britain, various sizes and a group of 12 loose mounted photographs, mostly group portraits including naval interest, various datesQTY: (a carton)

China & Egypt. A photograph album containing mounted albumen and gelatin silver prints, c. 1900, comprising 10 leaves with 25 China photographs including 7 portrait studies pasted to rectos, 11 x 16 cm and smaller, a few of Hakodaté thermal baths, plus 1 cyanotype of Tasse-jen-Pei, 23 x 19 cm, plus 9 mostly albumen prints of the Suez Canal, Port Said, Alexandria, Cairo, pasted to versos, 19 x 28 cm and similar sizes, all neatly captioned in French in neat red ink in a large florid hand, contemporary wrappers with cloth spine tie (spine slightly split and covers detached), oblong slim folioQTY: (1)

China & Indonesia. A photograph album compiled by a western man in China, Indonesia, etc., c. 1910, gelatin silver prints, mostly personal snapshots of recreational activities, boats, views, etc., mostly 9 x 13.5 cm and similar, a total of approximately 120 photos mostly mounted as multiples to rectos and versos of stiff card leaves with very few captions, some album leaves detached, contemporary cloth-backed boards, some wear, oblong folioQTY: (1)

China, Hong Kong & Middle East. A photograph album relating to China and the Middle East, c. 1895-1910, 30 mounted gelatin silver prints, including views of Shanghai (8), Hong Kong (8), Penang (2), Chinese junks and vessels (5), plus 6 views of Aden and 1 of Port Said, various sizes but many images 10 x 14.5 cm, a few brief pencil captions, many leaves blank, contemporary canvas boards with spine tie, oblong folioQTY: (1)

China. A Chinese family photograph album, c. 1910s/1960s, a total of 142 gelatin silver print photographs pasted or corner-mounted to rectos and versos of album leaves throughout, uncaptioned, but showing images of the same family from the late Qing Dynasty to the Cultural Revolution period, mostly postcard-size and smaller, contemporary boards with cloth spine tie, slightly rubbed, oblong small folioQTY: (1)

China. A collection of 68 photographs from a Chinese middle class family photograph album, probably Shanghai area, 1930s, gelatin silver prints, images 8 x 10 cm, window-mounted 4 to a page, disbound leaves, oblong small folioQTY: (68)

China. A photograph album containing over 400 photographs of China, Japan, Korea, etc., 1920s, including approximately 370 images of China including Peking, Tan Shang, Chang Ping Hsien, Yuan Ming Yuam, Ching Lien Dun, Lao Yeh Miao, Nan Chuang, Hei Lung T'an, Tientsin, plus further images of Japan, Korea, Chinese junks and other boating vessels, images mostly 8 x 10 cm and mounted as multiples to rectos and versos of paper leaves with white china ink captions to most mounts, contemporary cloth, slightly rubbed and marked, oblong folio QTY: (1)

China. A series of 250 photographs from a wealthy Chinese family in Shanghai, 1930s, gelatin silver prints, mostly small-format snapshots (5 x 5 cm), corner mounted as multiples on oblong folio album sheets without captions, the family seen wearing a mixture of western clothes and traditional Chinese dressQTY: (250)

China. View and Custom of North China, published by S. Kojima, Yamamoto Photographic Studio, British Concession, Tien Tsin, China, 1909, 100 collotypes with captions in Japanese and English, showing scenes in Tien Tsin and Peking, images 16 x 22.5 cm and smaller, old sellotape repairs to front inner hinges affecting margin of half-title, rear hinges broken, original cloth, gilt-titled in Japanese and English, rubbed, oblong folio (22 x 29 cm)QTY: (1)

Coronation of HM Queen Elizabeth II. A Record by BBC Photographers, 2 June 1953, souvenir photograph album containing 64 mounted gelatin silver print photographs, mostly mounted as pairs to rectos and versos of stiff card leaves with printed caption pasted below, images mostly 13.5 x 18 cm, plus a further 24 small photographic portraits of the BBC television and radio commentators arranged on two facing leaves following the first photograph of Broadcasting House, original red morocco with BBC's gilt crest and motto to upper cover, slightly rubbed, oblong narrow folio (23 x 43 cm)QTY: (1)NOTE:Images of the event show broadcasters, commentators and producers working before the coronation, behind the scenes showing maps and charts, the sound control rooms, assembling of television equipment, testing of cameras, etc., before the day itself. The album then continues with the procession, more behind the scenes images, etc. Included with the album is a typed letter from Ian Jacob of Broadcasting House, 28 January 1954, to C.F.G. Max-Muller, Head of Outside Broadcasts (Sound): 'I have had this album made for you to keep as a reminder of the great part your played in the broadcasting of the Coronation of Queen Elizabeth II. It gives me much pleasure to send it to you'.

Far East. A photograph album relating to a tour of Japan, China, Singapore, Hong Kong, Philippines, Borneo, etc., 1930s, a total of 260 corner-mounted gelatin silver prints, postcard-size and mostly smaller, the smallest images 5 x 8 cm, mounted to album leaf rectos and versos without captions, contemporary padded morocco with pictorial design to upper cover, worn, oblong folioQTY: (1)

Great Britain. A group of 8 photograph albums containing assorted photographs of British scenes, late 19th century, mostly albumen prints, including views, architecture, portraits and family scenes, various bindings, mostly worn, 4to/folioQTY: (8)

Folio of various loose watercolours, prints and maps, also including Chinese silk watercolour and various framed prints, seven pictures and one folio album

A Victorian canterbury whatnot with spindle supports and three tiers above folio section on turned supports. H.117 W.50 D.32 cm

A folio entitled A Widow and her Friends by C.D Gibson together with a 19th century oil painting, interior scene with figuresLocation:

A collection of eight Thomas Hodgkin the Folio Society booksLocation:

[Wood, Robert]. The Ruins of Palmyra, otherwise Tedmor in the Desart, 1st edition, London: [no publisher], 1753. Large folio (520 x 360 mm), 20th-century quarter cloth, [6] 50 pp. (pp. 25, 27 and 29 engraved), 57 engraved plates after Giovanni Battista Borra, leaf T damp-stained and with marginal tape-repair, folding panorama (plate 1) with one section large torn away and various tape-repairs, plate 3 crudely tape-repaired along fore edge, 23 with extensive closed tear (tape-repaired verso), 43, 46 and 53 with damp-staining to fore corners not encroaching on plate-marks, 47, 54 and 55 with crude pencil-markings verso, 57 with similar markings recto (within plate-mark), together with:Chambers (Sir William). A Treatise on the Decorative Part of Civil Architecture, 3rd edition ('considerably augmented'), London: printed by Joseph Meeton, sold by T. Cadell [and others], 1791. Large folio (565 x 375 mm), 20th-century cloth, all edges untrimmed, pp. [4] vi 7-137 [1], 52 engraved plates only (of 53), spotting throughout, shallow tide-mark to top edges of plates, small tear in penultimate plate, final plate frayed and damp-stained, pp. 39/40 duplicated, 47/8 and 119/20 with marginal repairs, 111/12 with repair through text (qty: 2)ESTC T137526 (Wood) & T174022 (Chambers).Wood's Ruins of Palmyra and its companion work The Ruins of Balbec (1757) 'stand at the beginning of a tradition to which other writers on archaeology in the second half of the eighteenth century would aspire ... The works brought previously unknown remains to public attention and had a profound effect on classical taste in England' (ODNB).

The National Museum of Ethnology, LeidenPhilipp Franz Von Siebold's Ukiyo-E Collection, Tokyo: Kodansha, 1978, three folio volumes, colour illustrations throughout, original cloth, each in original solander box, preserved in original printed cardboard shipping boxes;Sotheby's, Catalogue of Highly Important Japanese Prints, Illustrated Books, Drawings and Paintings from the Henri Vever Collection, Parts I-III, 1974-77, three quarto volumes, dust wrappers;Sotheby's, Catalogue of Fine Japanese Prints, Drawings and Paintings, The Property of a Gentleman, 1978, boards. (7)

Mynors (R.A.B.)Durham Cathedral Manuscripts, to the End of the Twelfth Century, Durham Cathedral, 1939, folio, numbered limited edition of 250 (225 for sale), colour frontis, 56 monochrome and colour plates, original cloth (faded)

Caesar (Julius). The Commentaries of C. Julius Caesar, of his Wars in Gallia; and the Civil Wars betwixt him and Pompey. Translated into English ... by Clement Edmonds, London: Tho. Newcomb, for Jonathan Edwin, 1677. Folio, contemporary calf, 15 engraved plates including portrait (a few double-page), incomplete, lacking at least the final 8 pp. (list of contents and advertisement leaf), occasional soiling, title-page laid down, portrait frontispiece of Caesar (pi1) repaired and misbound before 'The Life of C. Julius Caesar', plate between pp. 46-7 laid down, marginal worming towards front and rear, a few other marks.Provenance: from the library of John Jackson, Academy Place, Warrington, then presented to the Warrington Museum & Library by John Gordon McMinnies, October 1875 (presentation plate to front pastedown; white ink shelfmark to spine).ESTC R16632.Edmonds's translation was first published in 1604.

[Foxe] Fox (John)[Book of Martyrs] Acts and Monuments of Matters Most Special and Memorable, Happening in the Church with an Universal History of the Same ... with the Bloody Times, Horrible Troubles, and Great Persecutions against the true Martyrs of Christ. Company of Stationers, 1684, ninth edition, three volumes, large folio in sixes, believed to be a large paper copy (pages 428mm x 275mm), portrait frontis, four plates (including two double page), engraved illustrations in text, extremely worn calf bindings with boards detached or held by cords. [The best edition according to Lowndes p.829]Contents with a few marks but generally reasonably clean. Bindings distressed, some dampness to prelims. (See images)

Industrial HistoryThe Iron and Coal Trades Review, with which is Incorporated the Bulletin of the British Iron Trade Association, Volumes 57, 59, 60, 62, 63, 64, 66 & 79, July 1898 - Dec 1909, a broken run of half-yearly volumes, large folio, up to 1600 pages per volume, giving a detailed account of the Coal and Iron industries at that time, with news, price lists, available contacts, collieries for sale, numerous interesting adverts, cloth bound (ex-reference library) (8)

Kohn (Ferdinand)Iron and Steel Manufacture. A Series of Papers on the Manufacture and Properties of Iron and Steel ...., William Mackenzie, 1873, folio, xii, 270 pages, frontis, sixty-four plates (some double page), original cloth (spine worn);Truran (W.), The Iron Manufacture of Great Britain, Theoretically and Practically Considered ....., Second edition revised by J. Arthur Phillips and William H. Dorman, E. and F.N. Spon, 1862, large quarto, 83 (of 84) plates (lacking plate 56), new endpapers, original cloth (re-backed retaining original backstrip) (2)Kohn - Foxing to preliminary and final leaves, closed edges tanned, name to front endpaper, cloth worn (particularly the tail of spine) with repaired tears to spine and joints.

Hogg (Alexander, publisher). The New and Complete English Traveller ... written and compiled from the Best Authorities by a Society of Gentlemen ... revised, corrected, and improved by William Hugh Dalton, London: for Alex. Hogg, [1794]. Folio (394 x 228 mm), modern quarter leather, pp. vi 7-520 [8], 74 engraved plates including frontispiece, 17 maps (of which 2 folding), marginal repair to frontispiece, light worming to margins of pp. i-vi and folding general map, small tear to head of pp. 239/40, hole in pp. 473/4,Nicolson (Joseph, & Richard Burn). The History and Antiquities of the Counties of Westmorland and Cumberland, London: W. Strahan; and T. Cadell, 1777. 2 volumes, 4to (282 x 215 mm), 20th-century red-brown sheep, 2 engraved folding maps (that in volume 2 with short closed handling tear), volume 1 foot of front joint cracked,West (Thomas). The Antiquities of Furness, 1st edition, London: for the author, 1774. 4to (266 x 200 mm), contemporary calf, rebacked, engraved frontispiece, map and plan (all folding; various repairs), engraved seal plate, binding worn (4) ESTC T110453 (Hogg), T56128 (Nicolson & Burn), T144672 (West).For the English Traveller ESTC calls for a total of 70 plates and maps only, and the list of plates names just 60 plates and the folding general map. This copy lacks several plates listed but contains many which are not; auction records indicate that 18 maps are often present.

Dugdale (Sir William)The History of Imbanking and Drayning of Divers Fenns and Marshes, both in Forein Parts, and in this Kingdom, London: Alice Warren, 1662. Folio (338 x 210 mm), contemporary panelled sheep (rebacked and restored), pp. [8] 424 [2] (ESTC collation incorrect), 11 engraved folding maps, modern bookplate (Margaret Joan Price), purchase note dated 1823 to front pastedown, worming to fore margins towards front (touching shoulder-notes and a few letters in main text; disappearing by quire K), a few marginal damp-stains to maps, a few maps (e.g. facing pp. 16, 218, 374) trimmed to edge of plate-mark along top or bottom edges, map facing p. 418 slightly soiled, closed tear in sig. Z1, final text-leaf (3I1) repaired. Together with a copy of Aylett Sammes, Britannia Antiqua Illustrata: or, the Antiquities of Ancient Britain, derived from the Phoenicians ... The First Volume [all published], 1st edition, London: Tho. Roycroft, for the author, 1676 (folio, old sheep, rebacked, lacking map, a few tears and losses, stitching loosening towards rear) (qty: 2)ESTC R975.First edition, scarce in commerce. 'An account of the great drainage schemes that had been carried out in the fens, mainly during the Commonwealth years, by the initiative of Lord Gorges and John Thurloe, secretary to the council of state. This book was effectively commissioned by Gorges to advertise the success of the project' (ODNB).

Pann (Abel)The Creation, Genesis from the Creation Until the Deluge, Palestine Art Publishing, no date, folio, twenty-five colour litho plates, each signed by the artist in pencil, two variants of Garden of Eden plate, English and Hebrew text, original leather binding (worn).[Pann was born in Lithuania and studied art in Odessa and Paris] Binding weak, gutter gaping throughout (see images), some staining to gutter margin in places (see images).

O'Connor (John)The Wood Engravings of John O'Connor, with a commentary by Jeannie O'Connor, The Whittington Press, 1989, folio, numbered limited edition of 350, signed by John and Jeannie O'Connor, buckram-backed boards, slipcaseBook Fine. Minor mark to spine of slipcase.

Lang (Andrew)The Rainbow Fairy Books, The Folio Society, 2008-13, twelve volumes, four later printings, illustrated by various artists, original decorative cloth, lacking slipcases.Blue 2010 8th printing; Red 2010 2nd printing; Pink 2011 3rd printing; Green 2010 2nd printing.Crimson - rear top corner slightly bumped, top edge colour has very slightly bled onto rear flyleaf, top edge a little dusty, otherwise near Fine.Green - textblock slightly rippled as though exposed to high humidity, bubbling and slight colour change to pastedowns top corners of cloth bubbling. Orange - textblock slightly warped as though exposed to high humidity, small stain to front pastedown, cloth bubbling at bottom corner of rear board, corners of front corners slightly bumped. Brown - textblock slightly rippled as though exposed to high humidity, final leaves and rear endpaper damp stained, rear cloth slightly stained, fore-edge of rear board slightly bumped.Violet - Fine.Pink - Fine.Grey - Fine.Blue - The slightest of fingermarking to fore-edge, otherwise Fine.Red - Headband very slightly lifting, otherwise Fine.Lilac - Fine.Yellow - Fine.Olive - Fine.

Keynes (Geoffrey)Bibliotheca Bibliographica, A Catalogue of the Library formed by Geoffrey Keynes, Trianon Press, 1964, quarto, quarter style cloth;Foxon (D.F.), English Verse 1701-1750, Cambridge University Press, 1975, quarto, two volumes, dust wrappers, slipcase;Carter (John) & Muir (Percy H.), Printing and the Mind of Man, Pressler, 1983, folio, cloth;with a quantity of mixed bibliographies (qty)

Folio SocietyA collection of books published by the Folio Society including Churchill's History of the English Speaking People's (six volumes) and Second World War (six volumes), Dickens' Novels (ten volumes) and Leonardo da Vinci's Notebooks (three volumes), 78 volumes in total, 75 in slipcases (78)

Folio SocietyA collection of books published by the Folio Society including Raymond Chandler's Complete Novels (seven volumes), The Chronicles of Narnia by C.S. Lewis (seven volumes) and Graham Greene's The Complete Entertainment (six volumes), 122 volumes in total, 119 in slipcases (122)

Sitwell (Sacheverell), Buchanan (Handasyde), and Fisher (James)Fine Bird Books 1700-1900, Collins & Van Nostrand, 1953, first edition, folio, half cloth;Sitwell (Sacheverell) & Blunt (Wilfrid), Great Flower Books 1700-1900, A Bibliographical Record ..., Collins, 1956, folio, first edition, half leatherette;Thorburn (Archibald), Birds of Prey, Norwich: Greyfriars, 1990, facsimile limited edition, text and twelve colour plates, loose leaf in folder (3)

Thornton (Robert John)The Temple of Flora - The Complete Plates, Taschen, 2008, large folio, comprising Essay and Descriptions of Plates in printed wraps and a folio with title page and thirty loose colour plates of botanical specimens, both housed in decorative solander box. Complete with original printed cardboard outer packaging. Contents as new.

Rickman (Philip)A Selection of Bird Paintings and Sketches, Curpotten for Fine Sporting Interests, 1979, numbered limited edition of 500 copies, signed by the author, folio, mounted colour frontis, mounted photograph of the artist, thirty-one mounted colour plates, all edges gilt, half morocco binding, original cloth slipcase.

Millais (John Guille)British Deer and their Horns, Henry Sotheran, 1897, large quarto, colour frontis, ten electro-etched plates, numerous other full page and text illustrations, original cloth;'Sabretache', Shires and Provinces, Eyre & Spottiswoode, 1926, folio, sixteen mounted colour plates by Lionel Edwards, top edge gilt, original cloth;'Sabretache', More Shires and Provinces, Eyre & Spottiswoode, 1928, folio, sixteen mounted colour plates by Lionel Edwards, top edge gilt, original cloth;Edwards (Lionel), A Sportsman's Bag, Country Life, 1937, quarto, eighteen mounted colour plates, original cloth (4)Millais - Some foxing to plates, endpapers and edges. Pages clean, closed tear repair to lower margin of plate opposite p. 78, cloth a little soiled and marked, slight bump to top front corner.Sabretache - Gift inscription to front fly leaf, some taning to page edges but generally VG.Sabretache (More ..) - Attractive bookplate to front pastedown, near Fine copy.Edwards - Cheaper bookplate to front pastedown, tanning to plate mounts, paticularly edges of plates, some tanning to free endpapers, would otherwise be VG.

Lloyd (I.)The Game Birds and Wild Fowl at Sweden and Norway ..., Warne, 1867, forty-eight chromo-lithos, lacking map, original cloth gilt;Whitehead (G.Kenneth), The Whitehead Encyclopedia of Deer, Swan Hill, 1993, folio, dust wrapper;McConnochie (Alexander Inkson) The Deer and Deer Forests of Scotland ..., Witherby, 1923, frontis, thirteen plates as called for, original cloth;with a large quantity of others on Natural History, Field Sports, etc. (qty)

Ferguson (John Alexander)|Bibliography of Australia, 1784- 1900, National Library of Australia, 1965-86, eight volumes, dust wrappers;Wantrup (Jonathan), Australian Rare Books 1788-1900, Hordern House, 1987, dust wrapper;Davidson (Rodney), A Book Collector's Notes ... relating to the Discovery of Australia ...., Cassell, 1970, dust wrapper; Mackenzie (Julian) edit., The Taurus Collection, 150 Collectable Books on the Antarctic, A Bibliography, Travellers' Books, 2001, folio, dust wrapper;Maggs Bros., Bibliotheca Nautica, 1928-1933, four parts bound as one, all edges gilt, half morroco binding with original wraps bound in;with twenty-six others on travel and exploration, predominantly relating to the southern hemisphere. (38)