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Sir William Dugdale: 'Monasticon Anglicanum: or, the History of the Ancient Abbies, Monasteries, Hospitals, Cathedral and Collegiate Churches, With their Dependencies, in England and Wales: also of all such Scotch, Irish, and French monasteries as in any manner relate to those in England ... Illustrated with the original cuts of the cathedral and collegiate churches, and habits of the religious and military orders.', London, R. Harbin for D. Browne et al, 1718, additional engraved title page + 89 engraved plates, maps, portraits etc (of which 12 folding) by Danile King after Wenceslaus Hollar and others, printed title page in red & black, folio, contemporary calf gilt, later rebacked, replenished EP's/pastedowns, together with volume 1 of the 2 additional volumes by John Stevens 'The History of the Antient Abbeys, Monasteries, Hospitals, Cathedral and Collegiate Churches', London, Tho. Taylor et al, 1722, 20 engraved plates (of which 4 folding, including folding prospect of Winchester and folding prospect of the ruins of Glastonbury Abbey), folio, contemporary panelled calf, later rebacked retaining contemporary gilt leather title label on spine, replenished EP's/pastedowns, each with contemporary ownership signature of one William Sadler to title page (2)

(Whittington Press.) Nigel Hamway & Peter Lawrence: '2020 Vision: Nineteen Wood Engravers, One Collector, and the Artists Who Inspired Them.', Cheltenham, Nomad Letterpress & the Society of Wood Engravers, 2020, limited edition, number 152 of 340 copies, set in Perpetua and printed by Anna Parker and Pat Randle at the Whittington Press on Zerkall Paper, published to mark the Centenary of the Society of Wood Engravers, a year on press, this book links past with present. Nigel Hamway selected nineteen of his favourite contemporary wood engravers and asked them for work (many of whom produced a new engraving for the project), they in turn chose a significant artistic influence to be included alongside their work. Numerous full page illustrations throughout, several tipped in/folding, including illustrations by Neil Bousfield & Paul Nash, Anne Desmet & Edward Wadsworth, Hilary Payner & Henry Moore, Sarah Van Niekerk & Gertrude Hermes, Howard Phipps & Eric Ravilious, Andy English & Reynolds Stone, etc etc, folio (34 x 26cm), original quarter cloth, patterned paper covered boards, printed label to spine, original slipcase; Sandy Connors: 'Busy as a Bee. Recipes and Labels for the Kitchen Garden', Whittington Press, 2002, limited edition, number xlix of 55 special editions, signed by the author, 12 wood engraved illustrations (some coloured), 8vo (20 x 14cm), original half tan morocco gilt, patterned paper covered boards, with accompanying folder containing 12 proofs of the engravings and a decorated seed saving envelope, half cloth, paper covered boards, housed together in original slipcase; Rosalind Randle & Judith Verity: 'Rose's Aga Recipes', Whittington Press, 1995, limited edition, number 7 of 30 specials signed by the author and illustrator, 6 hand coloured linocut ills. by Judith Verity, bound in the style of the 30 specials of the first edition of 1984 by Brian Settle of his Ludlow Bookbinders, original floral decorated American cotton, oval blue leather gilt title label to front cover, original cloth solander box lined with floral cloth and backed with blue leather gilt; Hellmuth Weissenborn (ill.); Rupert Brooke: 'Country Scenes 1 & 2 : Wood-engravings by Hellmuth Weissenborn, with an Introduction by John Randle', Whittington Press, 2001, limited edition, one of 50 specials, two volumes, each of 12 wood engravings, each original pictorial printed wraps, accompanied by an additional small paper portfolio with a set of proofs of all the engravings, all housed together in original dark red paper-covered slip case; 'Matrix 36. A Review for Printers & Bibliophiles', Whittington Press, Summer 2020, limited to 660 copies, of which this copy is one of 600 regular copies bound in wrappers, the final full issue of the series which was first produced in 1981, tipped-in and bound-in inserts of wood engravings, type specimens, sample pages, photographs etc., content/contributors includes Miriam Macgregor, John Randle, Russell Maret, Paul W. Nash, Alan Powers, Jerry Kelly, Sebastian Carter etc, 4to (28 x 20cm) original pictorial card covers, dust wrapper; 'People & Places. Wood-Engravings by John O'Connor', Whittington Press, 1999, limited edition, number 92 of 375 copies, 36 wood engraved illustrations by John O'Connor, original quarter cloth, pictorial paper covered boards; John Randle: 'One Rainy Day', Whittington Press, 2000, limited edition, number 5 of 40 special copies with a signed engraving by Miriam Macgregor and an engraving by Edward Walters, [4],6,[4]pp, original sewn brown Japanese paper wrappers, wood engraved vignette to upper cover, housed in the original burgundy paper slipcase; plus an editioned hand coloured wood engraving by John Lawrence entitled 'All Afloat: Coat', printed from the original block by Simon Lawrence of the Fleece Press, pencil signed by John Lawrence and dated 1994, number 48/60, printed area approx. 12 x 15cm, and a signed and numbered engraving by Simon Brett (9)

(Landscape Gardening, Horticulture.) Ellen Willmott: 'Warley Garden in Spring and Summer', London, Bernard Quaritch, 1909, 1st edition, 40 tissue guarded photgravure plates as called for, folio, original quarter cloth gilt (slightly worn), bookplate to front pastedown of George Cresswell Turner (1858-1940), Managing Director of his prosperous family boot & shoe business, W and E Turner Ltd, Fellow of the Linnean Society and Chairman of the Flora Committee, Botanical Section of the Leicester Lit and Phil Society; together with Frances Evelyn Greville, Countess of Warwick: 'An Old English Garden', London, A.L. Humphreys, 1898, 1st edition, photogravure frontis + 21 tissue guarded photogravure plates by Payne Jennings as called for, folio, original decorative cloth gilt, top edge gilt, ownership signature "M. Kelway" at head of title page, presumably a member of the family of the long standing distinguished horticultural firm Kelway & Sons of Somerset (2)

David Gentleman; Fiona MaCarthy (introduction): 'The Wood Engravings of David Gentleman', David Esslemont, 2000, limited edition, number 280 of 350 copies signed by David Gentleman on limitation page, xviii,[2],131,[1]pp, over 300 wood engravings, some of which printed from the blocks, oblong folio (26 x 34cm), original black cloth, printed paper label on spine, orig. order form loosely inserted, original slipcase

Eight thick folio clothbound scrap albums and a ring bound folder compiled by, and containing large volume of mounted articles by the sporting and countryside author John Humphreys (1939-2012), predominantly for Shooting Times, for whom he wrote for over 40 years, as well as for for Sporting Gun and Countryside Monthly magazines, spanning the period from March 1971-2012, probably being all articles he ever wrote for the publications, each album with some manuscript notes, dates of articles by him to leaves of album etc., a number of Autograph Letters Signed and Typed Letters Signed from fellow countryside authors and countrymen, magazine editors, publishers etc, Typed Letter Signed from Francis Pym MP (1922-2008), dated 18 July 1978, plus another Typed Letter from his office, both on Parliament headed paper, plus some other relevant material loosely inserted (9).From the estate of John Humphreys (1939-2012), distinguished sporting and countryside author who wrote for Shooting Times for more than 40 years – for much of that time contributing the weekly ‘Country Gun’ column. He was a much loved character of the shooting community who dedicated his life to the promotion of shooting, fishing and the countryside.

(Barbarian Press, Crispin Elsted.) David Evans & Crispin Elsted: 'Hoi Barbaroi: a Quarter-century at Barbarian Press', Mission, B.C., Barbarian Press, 2004, limited edition, one of 120 copies from an edition limited to 180, photographic illustrations by David Evans, tipped-in samples etc, essays by Simon Brett, Robert Bringhurst, Jan Elsted & Sjak Hubregtse, foreword by Anthony Rota, on Heine mouldmade, Mohawk Superfine and Vintage Velvet paper, folio (32.5 x 24.5cm), original quarter scarlet cloth, printed paper covered boards, printed label to spine, by Rasmussen Bindery, matching original scarlet cloth and printed paper slipcase. Fine copy of this bibliography marking the silver anniversary of the Barbarian Press, listing all the books published by the Press, including those listed in the hard-to-find tenth anniversary edition; together with some other Barbarian Press and Crispin Elsted related ephemera, including 'Books in Hand: Barbarian Press 2006', 2006, [12]pp booklet, one of approx. 300 copies, orig. stitched patterned wraps, printed announcement for Arthur Hugh Clough's 'Amours de Voyage', Barbarian Press, 2007, loosely inserted, Barbarian Press catalogue 1998-99, November 1998, one of 400 copies, 16pp, tipped in illustrations, samples etc, orig. printed wraps, Crispin Elsted Typed Letter Signed and two announcments/prospectuses loosely inserted, Crispin & Jan elsted printed menu 'A Printerly Dinner to celebrate The Oxford Fine Press Book Fair, St. Cross College, Oxford, 5th November, 2011', standing borders from the Curwen Press, orig. wraps, plus 1 other Crispin Elsted related item

(Omega Workshops, Vanessa Bell, Roger Fry.) Jeremy Greenwood: 'Omega Cuts', Woodbridge, The Wood Lea Press, 1998, limited edition, number 1 of 105 copies of the special edition, 145,[2]pp, a collection of woodcuts and linocuts by artists associated with the Omega Workshops and the Hogarth Press forming a comprehensive study of the work of many important artists including Roger Fry, Vanessa Bell, Henri Gaudier-Brzeska, Duncan Grant, E. McKnight Kauffer, Dora Carrington, Edward Wadsworth and others, black and white illustrations and tipped-in colour plates throughout, folio (36 x 26cm), original quarter brown morocco, patterned paper covered boards (based on one of the Omega Workshops papers) with the accompanying separate portfolio of woodcuts 'Original Woodcuts by Three Artists', 10 full page woodcuts by Vanessa Bell, Dora Carrington and Roger Fry, printed from the original blocks owned by the Hogarth Press, also numbered 1 of 105, folio, original patterned wraps, housed together in original buckram solander box

Rigby Graham: 'Kippers & Sawdust', Llandogo, The Old Stile Press, 1992, limited edition, number 95 of 150 copies only, numbered and signed by the author/artist Rigby Graham, four double-page woodcuts in four to six colours, five single-page woodcuts in three colours, almost three dozen line illustrations printed in green throughout and endpapers with four-colour double page woodcut illustrations, all by the master printmaker Rigby Graham (1931-2015), 58pp, large folio (39 x 29cm), original buckram, mounted black & white illustration by Graham to front cover, spine gilt lettered, original green paper covered slipcase with large wraparound woodcut illustration by Graham

(China, Hong Kong, Asia, British Royal Navy, British Forces Overseas Hong Kong.) An early 20th Century photograph album c.1901-1905, containing 365+ mounted photographs, mainly of China and Hong Kong, a few of Macau, the album with "H.J.A. McCaffery Views of China. Etc." in gilt to front cover, images depicting architectural, street amd topographical scenes, images of local populace/inhabitants, members of British colonial administration and navy/army at leisure, British Navy and other warships, various other ships and boats, etc, all images with contemporary manuscript pen & ink captions to card leaves of album, images include H.J.A McCaffery, The Peak tramway Hong Kong, Hong Kong Harbour from Bowen Road, Foochow and Harbour from Pagoda, Arrival of Prince Chun at Hong Kong, Guard of Honour to Prince Chun, Kowloon, Star Ferry Hong Kong, Dragon boat Canton, Des Voeux Road Hong Kong, Bowen Road Hospital under construction, Chinese flats Des Voeux Road, "Coolies lightening themselves", "Card Room: R.E. N.C.O.'s Mess Hong Kong, 5 story Pagoda Canton, City wall of Canton, Canton harbour, Macau, Peak Hotel Hong Kong, "Chung Yung Festival 28.10.03", "Chinese woman and child at Tsun-Wan", street in Tsun-Wan, Chinese boat woman, Hong Kong harbour from Kennedy road, "on board S.S. Solent", "No. 9a Praya East", Gleneally Hong Kong, panoramic photos of Shanghai Harbour and Bund, "The H.K. Regts. Mosque Kowloon", "on the Pearl River", various images "Our Picnic at Tsun-Wan Good Friday '03", several Macau including gardens, Praia Grande, harbour, Whampoa, Tai Hung gap, Tai Hung Joss House, , Tiger Island Pearl River, Pagoda near Whampoa, "A Chinese funeral", "Field workers near Chin-San", prisoner in stocks, "Licensed Pig Sty No. 201", Cap-si-Mun village, "Dhobies at work Tai Hung", Bay View Hotel Hong Kong, Lai-chi-kok, street in Shanghai, Wanchai gap HK, Happy Valley HK, pottery funerary urns caption "Potted ancestors", junks HK, view from Causeway Bay HK, large portrait "His Excellency Major General Sir William Julius Gascoigne KCMG General Officer Commanding South China 1898-1905", Mandarin's Palace Chin-san, Polo ground HK, several old Kowloon city, "A Shrimp paste maker Cap-si-mun", "The Piggeries: Kennedy Town", Canton, Coronation Arch HK (Wellington Barracks), off Sumatra, Sampans and Junks, Praya West HK, Nanking Road Shanghai, "A Fortune teller", "On the Hollywood Rd", several photos "The R.G.A. Sports at Hong Kong held at the Happey Valley ground", arrival of Sir Henry Blake in HK 1902, Ng Fook Sam, presentation of D.C. medals, HM naval yard HK, "The British (China) Squadron entering Lyemun Pass (500 yards wide) in "Line Thread" formation..", depicting British battleships, a few photos Ti-mo-shan mountain South China, Bowen Road including peak tramway, village of Stanley HK, "Natives collecting Butterfish", etc. etc., photos various sizes, average approx 8 x 10cm, but ranging from approx 4 x 8cm to approx 22 x 27cm, oblong folio album (boards approx. 26 x 33cm), rebacked contemporary half calf gilt

Twelve assorted wildfowling, shooting, sporting and countryside titles etc., many signed & inscribed by author to John Humphreys (1939-2012), including G.A. Chattaway: 'By The Water's Edge: An Autobiography of a Professional's Life with Gun, Rod and Net', Meriden, 2000, 1st edition, signed by the author on FFEP, Typed Letter Signed from the author to John Humphreys loosely inserted, folio, original cloth gilt; Simon Gudgeon: 'A Passion for Grouse', 2001, 1st edition, signed, colour ills. throughout, large 4to, orig. cloth gilt, dust wrapper; Sam Grice: 'Ahead of the Game', 2003, 1st edition, signed & inscribed to John Humphreys, orig. pictorial boards, d/w; Mike Swan: 'Fowling for Duck', Crowood, 1988, 1st edition, signed & inscribed to John Humphreys, orig. cloth gilt, d/w; James Williams: 'The Otter Among Us', Tiercel, 2000, 1st edition, TLS from the author to John Humphreys loosely inserted, orig. cloth gilt, dust wrapper; Edward Miller: 'Geese! Memoirs of a Wildfowler', Merlin Unwin, 2007, 1st edition, signed on title page, signed & inscribed to John Humphreys on half title and two Autograph Letters Signed to him loosely inserted, orig. cloth gilt, dust wrapper; Jonathan Young: 'A Pattern of Wings & other wildfowling tales', ill. John Paley, Unwin Hyman, 1989, 1st edition, signed by the illustrator on title page, orig. cloth gilt, d/w; Will Garfit: 'Will's Shoot', foreword by John Humphreys, signed by author on title page, further signed & inscribed by author to John Humphreys on half title, orig. cloth, d/w; Alan Credland: 'When the Cuckoo Called. Bird Memories and a Chronicle of Change', 2006, limited edition, No. 76 of 400, signed & inscribed to John Humphreys with further ALS to him loosely inserted, oblong 4to, original pictorial wraps; plus 3 others Will Garfit, Ian Valentine and Chris Knights, all signed & inscribed (12)

Claude Garamond; Edward F. O'Day, Christopher Wakeling (Introduction) and others: 'Claude Garamond and his place in the Renaissance, an essay by Edward F. O'Day. A Note on Claude Garamond from the Le Bé Memorandum translated by Harry Carter. Stanley Morison, Foreword to the Le Bé Memorandum, and A Note on the Garamond Type', Durham, Corvus Works, 2022, limited edition, number 23 of 105 copies, tipped in linocut portrait frontis of Claude Garamond by John Watson + 3 tipped in plates showing types cut by Le Bé I and II, printed on Arches Vélin Blanc and Zerkall Ingres, folio (34 x 24cm), original quarter cloth, printed paper covered boards

(Fleece Press.) Richard Knowles: 'Precious Caskets. The Friendship of T.E. Lawrence and William McCance', Upper Denby, The Fleece Press, 2003, limited edition, one of 240 copies only, 16 tipped in plates from photographs as called for, 8 page facsimile booklet Notes made by William McCance after visiting bookbinding firms for T.E.Lawrence in 1926 and an accompanying reproduction cheque signed J. H. Ross housed in rear pocket, folio, original quarter cloth, marbled paper covered boards by Enrico Ricciardi, printed paper label to spine. The story of the friendship between the wood-engraver, painter and typographer William McCance and the celebrated T. E. Lawrence, detailing the involvement of McCance in the choice of binders for the subscribers' edition of Seven Pillars of Wisdom

Harold Pinter. 'The Homecoming', Images by Harold Cohen. Curwen Press, 1968. Large folio (45 x 35cm). 9 single and double-page lithographs as called for. Original green cloth, with a design by Cohen. Slip-case. No. 82 of 200 copies signed in pencil by Harold Pinter and Harold Cohen.

(Fleece Press.) Barnett Freedman; Ian Rogerson & Michael Twyman: 'Barnett Freedman, The Graphic Art', Upper Denby, The Fleece Press, 2006, limited edition, one of 500 copies, 252 plates and illustrations, several tipped in/folding, the great majority in colour, DVD in pocket at end containing the 1935 film, 'The King's Stamp', made by William Coldstream for the GPO on the commissioning, design & execution of the Silver Jubilee stamp to Freedman's design, with music by Benjamin Britten, 253,[3]pp, folio, original brick coloured cloth, printed paper label to spine, some relevant items loosely inserted comprising the original prospectus (1450), original stitched printed wraps, autograph note signed from the printer Simon Lawrence loosely inserted, together with an original Barnett Freedman folding colour lithograph card for Jack Beddington, [nd], c.1930's, Curwen Press, all housed together in the original optional grey cloth slipcase (uncommon, not present with the majority of copies)

(Whittington Press.) Nigel Hamway & Peter Lawrence: '2020 Vision: Nineteen Wood Engravers, One Collector, and the Artists Who Inspired Them.', Cheltenham, Nomad Letterpress & the Society of Wood Engravers, 2020, limited edition, number 153 of 340 copies, set in Perpetua and printed by Anna Parker and Pat Randle at the Whittington Press on Zerkall Paper, published to mark the Centenary of the Society of Wood Engravers, a year on press, this book links past with present. Nigel Hamway selected nineteen of his favourite contemporary wood engravers and asked them for work (many of whom produced a new engraving for the project), they in turn chose a significant artistic influence to be included alongside their work. Numerous full page illustrations throughout, several tipped in/folding, comprising juxtapositions of illustrations by the following artists: Ian Stephens & Thomas Bewick -- Neil Bousfield & Paul Nash -- Anne Desmet & Edward Wadsworth -- Hilary Payner & Henry Moore -- George Tute & John Farleigh -- Sarah Van Niekerk & Gertrude Hermes -- John Lawrence & Gertrude Hermes -- Howard Phipps & Eric Ravilious -- Andy English & Reynolds Stone -- Peter Lawrence & Geoffrey Wales -- Tichard Wagener & Robert Motehrwell -- Simon Brett & Derrick Harris -- Geri Waddington & Monica Poole -- Chris Daunt & Monica Poole -- Abigail Rorer & Leonard Baskin -- Sue Scullard & Yvonne Skargon -- Miriam MacGregor & John Lawrence -- Harry Brockway & Sarah Van Niekerk -- Paul L. Kershaw & Simon Lawrence -- Nigel Hamway on Peter Holland & John Nash. Folio (34 x 26cm), original quarter cloth, patterned paper covered boards, printed label to spine, original slipcase, together with the original specimen for 2020 Vision, folio, [8]pp, with Autograph Letter Signed from Pat Randle of Nomad Letterpress, Whittington Press, 14.3.2000, on headed paper, housed in original envelope together with a limited edition wood engraving by Simon Brett, 19 x 13cm, pencil signed and numbered 15/50

Vance Gerry (illustrated); Lawrence Clark Powell: 'Madeleine', Pasadena, The Weatherbird Press, 1990, number 113 of 125 copies, numbered and signed by the author Lawrence Clark Powell, [6],32,[3]pp, stencil colour illustrations by Vance Gerry, original pictorial printed wraps; Robert M. Jones: 'Wood Engravings Being Impressions From The Original Blocks In The Collection At The Glad Hand Press', Stamford, Connecticut, Robert M. Jones, 1975, one of 100 copies, of which only 45 for sale, 254 illustrations from wood engraved blocks in the possession of Robert M. Jones, dating from the late 17th Century to 1940, loose leaves as issued in original blue card wraps, original prospectus, orig. blue card slipcase, printed paper label to spine; Russell Maret: 'Æthelwold Etc. Twenty-Six Letters Inspired by Other Letters and Non-Letters and Little Bits of Poetry. Rendered with Accompanying Notes by Russell Maret', New York: Editions Schlechter, [2013], limited edition, "750 copies of this facsimile edition of 'Aethelwold Etc' have been printed in ?Canada by Friesens. The original book was photographed by 42-Line in Oakland, California...", comprising the complete standard edition of the original as well as the diary of ink colors that accompanied the deluxe edition, folio (37 x 25cm), original wraps, spine gilt lettered (3)

Eric Gill: 'The Engravings of Eric Gill', Wellingborough, Christopher Skelton, 1983, limited edition, one of 1350 copies, profusely illustrated throughout with Gill wood engravings, typefaces etc, xxiv,545,[2]pp., folio (35 x 28cm), original blindstamped pictorial cloth, gilt lettered to spine, original slipcase.

Brexit interest commemorative coins, to include: EU exit silver commemorative coin cover by Westminster with 2020 1oz Brittania Limited Edition 366/995, in presentation folio; silver 1oz commemorative coin and gold painted commemorative coin with certificates and boxes. (3)

A selection of commemorative coins, to include: in memoriam His Royal Highness The Duke Of Edinburgh, Guernsey 2021 £5 coin, with certificate and box; Platinum Wedding Anniversary Jersey 2017 £5 coin, with certificate and box; a 300th anniversary of Robert Warpole Jersey 2021 £5 coin with certificate and box; a Westminster 150th anniversary of the Royal Albert Hall coin cover Limited Edition 076/250; a Westminster 100 years of The Discovery of Insulin Limited Edition 433/495; a Westminster The Queen’s Beasts double coin cover Limited Edition 277/495, in presentation folio; and a Crowns & Regalia miniature crown collection.

Great Britain Queen Victoria 1840 1d. black, on cover with black Maltese Cross cancel, the stamp with four margins GC, postmark dated 16 May 1841 (town illegible) and another for Chipping Sodbury, in Westminster folio.

A folio of Danish antiquarian lithographs

William Lionel Wyllie RA (1851-1931) Six Original Drypoint-Etchings of the River Tyne and Coast, viz: "The Quayside", Newcastle-on-Tyne, "North Shields", "Tynemouth", "High and Low Lights" Shields, "Cullercoats" and "St. Mary's Island and Lighthouse", drypoint etchings, 22 x 38cm and smaller, uniformly framed and signed in pencil, accompanied by their original folio, number 39 of the original 160 copies printed at the Charles Welch Studios and published by W Howell & Co.

Artists folio case

David Hockney RA (English, b. 1937). Untitled, No. 346, from A Bigger Book: Art Edition B, iPad drawing in colours, 2010/2016, signed & dated in pencil by the artist at lower-right margin, numbered by the artist at lower-left margin (130/250), printed on archival paper bearing "DH" blind-stamp, 43.9 x 33cm (image), 56 x 43.3cm (sheet), housed in protective paper wrappers within the original quarter-cloth portfolio in yellow & blue. Together with the publication itself, A Bigger Book [SUMO monograph], limited edition numbered 0380 of 1000 [Nos. 1001-10,000 were released as a Collector's Edition], Elephant folio (70 x 50cm), Taschen, 2016, plus a companion chronology book, and an adjustable bookstand designed by Marc Newson from Apple, the whole housed in the original packing box with labels and locks. This has been kept by one private owner from new with the original packaging, and is therefore well-preserved and vibrant; the signed print appears pristine recto (front), but the verso (back) has light toning to margins and tape residue at top edge; the dust-jacket of A Bigger Book has some wear to corners; the dust-jacket of chronology book has slight bumping to edges; the protective packaging has some trivial marks & wear NB. This lot is subject to Artist's Resale Right (ARR)

[GLASSE, Hannah. The Art of Cookery Made Plain and Easy, London: Printed for the Author, 1747]. FIRST EDITION. Folio (30 x 18cm). Lacking the title only, otherwise textually complete and conforming to the collation of a first edition: pp. [14] (i.e. the presence of a title would've made this 16), iii, 4-65, 68-135, 138-166, all signatures following on correctly and without any loss of text. The book begins with subscribers & contents, A1 commencing at 'To the Reader'. Without O2, as per a true first issue. Interestingly, this copy has been bound with additional blank leaves throughout, 54 sides of which have been utilised for manuscript recipes in various early hands. This, therefore, is not only a first issue of one of the most important early cookery books in English, but also a unique collection of early handwritten recipes for dishes such as 'Vermicelly Soop', 'Oyster Pye', 'Turbot in Jelly', 'Patigonian Cucumber', and 'Green Grape Wine', as well as how to pot & pickle birds including curlews, wheatears and sparrows. The laid paper of these additional leaves includes watermarks depicting both a Royal Coat of Arms and a 'GR' cypher [George II or George III]. All pages (published & otherwise) are numbered in an early hand, amounting to 336. Contents generally well-preserved with occasional creasing & marks, a few marginal tears, a few leaves with foxing, the contemporary binding worn & lacking calf, the upper board detached. A unique copy of the most renowned English cookery book of the eighteenth century

TWO PERSIAN PAINTINGS ON PAPER AND FABRIC, the first depicts a Dancing Dervish against a blue background with Arabic text to the margins, watercolour / gouache on paper, approximate size 28cmcm x 18cm including margins, together with a painting after the seven Thrones folio, watercolour on fabric, approximate size 28cm x 21cm, Condition Report: some age related dirty marks to the margins of the first picture, frames marked

ONE BOX OF FOLIO BOOKS, to include Captain Cook's Voyages 1768-1779, The Conquest Of Mexico, The Source Of The Nile by Richard Burton, William Russell Special Correspondent of The Times (missing sleeve), two boxed sets of four volumes by Edward Gibbon 'The History Of The Decline And Fall Of The Roman Empire', together with a boxed set of three volumes The Oxford Library of English Poetry, chosen and edited by John Wain, cases have some scuffs and a few scratches (1 box)

A folio of 18th and 19th century colour lithographs and prints including after Thomas Rowlandson, ‘Dr. Syntax in the Glasshouse’, published March 1820 and after Godfrey Kneller, Thomas Holles Pelham, Duke of Newcastle and Henry Clinton, all unframed, largest 46 x 55cm

"The Queen's Gift Book", Hodder & Stoughton, colour plates tipped in by various artists to include Arthur Rackham, William Russell Flint, A S Cope, W Heath-Robinson, etc, blue titles on pale blue cloth  "Princess Mary's Gift Book", Hodder & Stoughton, colour plates tipped in by various artists to include Arthur Rackham, Charles Napier Henry, William Russell Flint, Claude A Shepperson, etc, cream cloth  Randolph Caldicott's Graphic Pictures - Complete Edition, 1898, oblong folio, blue cloth with gilt and coloured titles  "Little Folks", pictorial boards  King Penguin "Book Illustration"  Maurois, Andre "Ariel", Penguin, The Bodley Head 1935, no.1 and two other Penguin paperbacks  Pickles, Sheila (ed)  "Christmas" 1979, 16mo and other volumes and Hartley Dorothy -" Food in England " MacDonald  154, plates, ills throughout, orange cloth, backstrip faded, Simon Andre L. " Guide to Good Food and Wines" Collins 1956 ( 1 box)

"With the Flag to Pretoria", 2 vols, Harmsworth Bros Ltd, illustrations throughout, red cloth with black titles and gilt decorations "After Pretoria, The Gorilla War", 2 vols, Amalgamated Press Ltd, London   "The Queen's Empire ...", illustrated from photographs, 2 vols, oblong folio, numerous illustrations throughout, no.2063

The Waverley Novels folio collection, a Punch library collection, the novels of Charles Dickens collection, a selection of The Trollope Society books (5 boxes) 

Various Ordnance Survey maps and antiquarian books  "A New General Atlas of the World Compiled from the Latest Authorities both English and Foreign containing separate maps of its various Countries and States ... Chains of Mountains, Rivers and Lakes ... from drawings made expressly for this work by John Dower(?)", published by Henry Teesdale & Co 1840, frontis double-paged with the contents page also double-paged, then a series of coloured maps double-paged all the way through, small folio, marbled boards and half leather with loss to the upper covers  Senex, John  "The Roads through England Delineated or Ogleby's ...", printed for John Bowles at The Black Horse in Cornhill, London 1762, limp strip maps throughout, index, limp marbled paper covers  Dower, John "A Short Atlas of Modern Geography for the Use of Schools ...", William S Orr & Co 1849, with folding maps throughout, marbled boards but all rather bumped and rubbed (2 boxes) 

Viola Paterson, The collected Poems & Prints. A limited edition of 150, number 32, private press 1983, in folio case, including assorted engravings of dancers, shipping and nature

The set of 15 official posters feature promotional artwork for every James Bond film from Dr. No to The Living Daylights.To commemorate James Bond's 25th Anniversary, EON Productions issued a limited run of smaller matte-finished posters measuring 11" x 17". Promotional artwork for every film from Dr. No to The Living Daylights is included for a total of 15 as one lot in a protective plastic folio, ready to be framed as desired.Click here for more details and images

A folio of assorted prints and pictures

A small quantity of books to include The Royal Family, Atlas of Royal Britain, two Folio Society Volumes of Don Quixote, etc.

FAKSIMILE "Andeutungen über Landschaftsgärtnerei", Pückler-Muskau, Hermann von, Harri, Günther (Hgg.), "Andeutungen über Landschaftsgärtnerei. Verbunden mit der Beschreibung ihrer praktischen Anwendung in Muskau", Leipzig 1986.Bestehend aus: Nachdruck der Pückler-Muskau'schen Schrift aus dem Jahr sowie begleitendem Kommentarband mit Kommentaren von Anne Schäfer und Steffi Wendel, 45 lose, teils doppelseitige Folio-Farbtafeln, 4 Faltpläne. In originaler Leinenkassette mit Deckelschild (HxB: 35,5 x 52 cm). Alters- und Gebrauchsspuren, Einschlagmappe der Farbdrucke mit kurzen Einrissen an den Falzen, Kopfeinschlag mit Knicken. | FAKSIMILE "Notes on landscape gardening", Pückler-Muskau, Hermann von, Harri, Günther (eds.), "Andeutungen über Landschaftsgärtnerei. Verbunden mit der Beschreibung ihrer praktischen Anwendung in Muskau", Leipzig 1986. Consisting of: Reprint of Pückler-Muskau's writing from the year as well as accompanying commentary volume with comments by Anne Schäfer and Steffi Wendel, 45 loose, partly double-page folio colour plates, 4 folding plans. In original linen box with cover label (HxW: 35.5 x 52 cm). Signs of age and use, wrapper of the colour prints with short tears at the folds, head wrapper with creases.

Edward Lear - A selection of six 20th century framed and glazed coloured book plates from a folio of Ornithology. The collection comprising examples of Solan Gannet, Capercailzie Or Cock Of The Wood, Black Stork, Eagle Owl, Pelican and a Ramphastos Erythr Orhynchus. Each set within a faux bamboo frame. Average size measures approx. 68cm x 48cm. 

Folio Society. A History of England 12 volumes, all in slip cases) together with 8 other Folio books in slip cases to include Richard III by Paul Murray Kendall, Rob Roy by Walter Scott, Secret Garden by Frances Hodgson Burnett etc.

Folio Society - Churchill (Winston S.) The Second World War Volumes 1-6 volumes, in 2 slip-cases.

The Works of Charles Dickens. Folio Society. Reissue 1994 - 1995. 15 vols. Slipcases.

Folio Society. Churchill, Winston S. The Second World War. Reprint Society. 1950. 6 vols. WithDebo. A History of the Indians of the United States. Folio Society 2003 plus other Folio Society books, mainly history, most with slip cases. (43 approx)

Folio Society. Jane Austen boxed set of 7 novels, with H. G. Wells Classics of Science Fiction 3vols, slip case with a further 20 Folio Society works of fiction, most with slip cases. (30)

Folio Society. Sayers, Dorothy L. Crime Collection. 5 vols in slipcase. Folio Society 1998;Nesbit, E. Adventures of Five Children. Folio Society 1994. 3 vols. Slipcase. Plus a further 25 FolioSociety Fiction books, all with slipcase. (Approx 35).

Folio Society, Churchill, "The Second World War", six volumes in slip cases; together with ibid, "The World Crisis" [a history of the Great War], five volumes in slip case

Folio Society, 8 various books largely on military and other history

A 1980-1990 Lancia Martini folio containing eight good quality prints on fine paper accompanied by details for each print plus six car posters.

Hal, Empson. Mapping Hong Kong: A Historical Atlas. Hong Kong: Government Information Services, 1992. First Edition. Folio (42.5cm x 31cm). Brown cloth, gilt lettered titles to cover along with The Good Child's Coloured Picture Book, George Routledge & Sons, with numerous plates throughout combining numerous publications, inscription dates the book to 1868.

1813 - Description De L'Egypte Histoire Naturelle Volume 1 - Geoffory St Hilaire. An early 19th century second edition anatomical description of the mammals of Egypt. Including engraved plates of bats, birds, crocodiles, reptiles and fish. Elephant folio, half straight grain morocco, half paper board, gilt tooling to spine and borders. Heraldic book plate of Louis De Givenchy. Lacking title page, blind stamp to upper right hand corner, each plate complete with tissue guard. Containing 62 engraved anatomical plates; collated 7, 1, 14, 8, 5, 27 and appearing complete. Measures approx. 56cm x 72cm.

Five mid 19th century circa 1842 French loose engraved plates, each being a close up study of hands or feet. Each printed by Le Mercier, Benard et Cie from the Library of Le Societe D'encouragement pour L'industrie Nationale. Each study by Julien after Perignon and Rudder, each hand signed with dedications by the publisher, each dated 1842. Folio size print approx. 35cm x 51cm.

Hardy, Thomas - Folio Society set of six books with slipcase, nine works from The Greenwood Edition, four in dust wrappers, and six other modern works, in dust wrappers, by and about the English novelist and poet

Thomas Bewick(1753-1828)A number of prints pulled from Bewick's printing blocks, and three volumes pertaining to the artist; comprising; Julia Boyd, "Bewick Gleanings", Frank Graham, 1973; Thomas Bewick, "My Life", Folio Society, 1981, and Jack Armstrong, "Bewick of Cherryburn", Frank Graham, 1970.

§ Dame Elisabeth Frink CH, RA (1930-1993) The Odyssey and The Iliadtwo bound volumes housed within original blue slipcasespublished by The Folio Society, 1974, designed by Sally Lou Smith (1925-2007)each 26 x 16.5 x 4cm

A folio of botanical specimens "Ecole Des Garcons Petit Saint Jean Amiens Herbier"

Two Folio size John sell Cotman ESQ Liber studiorum sketches and studies, including Norfolk, published 1838. Condition is poor

Large Folio, John Adey Repton Norwich cathedral, at the end of the 18th Century with descriptive notes by William Wilkins introduced and edited by S.Rowland Pierce Gregg Press

The Lovat Claim of Peerage 1826: Thomas Alexander Lovat of Lovat Esq claims the Barony of Lovat - report taken before the Judges in Scotland 1826, ordered to be printed 12th April 1827 - 18pp folio disbound; and Minutes of Evidence before the Committee for Privileges 1826, ordered to be printed 21st June 1827, 91pp folio, both disbound otherwise in very good condition

Advertising Broadsides - Early 19th c group of five printed broadsides advertising newly published prints and engravings of various subjects including an extensive, 4pp large folio example promoting the engraving of a perspective view of Thornton College in Lincolnshire by the renowned engrave William Fowler; the group also includes three other broadsides promoting Fowler's engravings - of Roman Tesselated Pavements. 1803-1805. Together with a later 4pp promotion for engravings of Romano-British tessellated pavements by H Ecroyd Smith, dated 1850. Unusual

Anti-Popery 1680 - His Majesties Message to the Commons in Parliament relating to Tangier and the Humble Address of the Commons to His Majesty in Answer to that Message, 16pp folio, Order to print, London, 1680, the House of Commons take issue with King Charles II over the appointment of Roman Catholics to high positions of influence. This was the time of various Popish scares including the Popish Plot of 1678, the Meal-Tub Plot of 1679 etc, only 2 copies recorded in the UK

Collection of State Tryals for High Treason, Murder, Piracy etc: Comprising the 2nd, 4th, 5th, and 6th vols printed in 1719 and 1730. Over 3000pp, accounts of many famous Trials, Sentences and Executions inc James, Earl of Bothwell for the Murder of Henry, Lord Darnley; Proceedings against Mary Queen of Scots for conspiring the death of Queen Elizabeth; Tryal of the Conspirators in the Gunpowder Plot; Tryal of King Charles I, including details of his Execution; Trials of Major Stede Bonner and 33 others in South Carolina for Piracy. Folio