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Lot 305A

Books - Folio Society histories; heraldry, various; local history, including Ilkeston; etc., quantity

Lot 309

A set of Six British Jockeys, Bryan Organ, in a folio, published by Arthur Ackermann & Son Ltd. 3 Old Bond Street, 1974, limited editon lithographs, signed in pencil, Lester Piggott, Willie Carson, Geoff. Lewis, Jimmy Lindley, Tony Murray, Joe Mercer

Lot 776

HONG KONG seven coin proof set 1993 in issue case and an International Olympic Committee Official Medal Folio of the Summer Olympic Games 1908-1976 fifteen medal set in issue folder

Lot 353

Russell (P) England Displayed.... , 2 vols, engraved maps and plates, light worming to first few quires of vol 1, contemporary half calf over patterned boards, worn, boards detached, folio, Adlard & Browne, 1769

Lot 362

Arlott (John) ed. John Speed's England, facsimile map, part 4, coloured engraved plates, slip case folio.

Lot 363

[Dickinson (Rastall)] A History of The Antiquities of Town and Church of Southwell, list of subscribers, engraved plates throughout, contemporary diced calf, tooled in gilt, spine worn, boards detached, folio, for the author, 1787

Lot 364

Killpack (W.B) The History and Antiquities of The Collegiate Church at Southwell, engraved plates on India paper, tissue guards, folio, 1839.

Lot 384

Doray (Gustav) A small quantity of works illustrated by Gustav Dore, including works by Robert Burns, large 4to & folio.

Lot 779

Edward Gibbon: The History Of The Decline and Fall Of The Roman Empire, 8 vols in two slip cases, published by The Folio Society, London 1983-1990.

Lot 563

Brown, Sir Thomas - Works of the ... Doctor of Phyfick, Late of Norwich, London 1686, full calf folioDisbound front and otherwise worn

Lot 564

Report - Turnpike Roads and Highways of the Kingdom, House of Commons 10 July 1821; paper bound folio

Lot 580

Thorburn, Archibald - British Birds, 4 vols, London, Longman's, Green & Co 1915 gilt dec red cloth folio (worn)

Lot 584

Hayes, M Horace - Points of the Horse, 2nd ltd no 122/150 signed by the author, London; W Thacker & Co 1897, gilt dec red cloth folio; to/w Mr Sponge's Sporting Tour illustrated by John Leech 1853, half Morocco and oil board 8vo; 'Ask Mama' also with Leech illustrations, 1858 8vo half green Morocco; Bailey's Magazine vol 35 1880 half green calf and oil board to/w various other vintage volumes on horses, dogs and country sports (13)

Lot 591

Gibson, Charles Dana, two folio vols - Sketches and Cartoons 1898 and The Education of Mr Pipp 1899, New York R H Russell/London John Lane

Lot 723

The National Shakespeare, 3 vols, folio edition, half leather-bound, a facsimile of the first folio by J Noel Paton (3)

Lot 5363

Pforr, Franz - nach -- nach. Compositionen und Handzeichnungen aus dem Nachlasse von Franz Pforr, Herausgegeben durch den Kunstverein zu Frankfurt am Main. Erstes Heft 1832; Zweites Heft 1834. 11 Radierungen, Kupferstiche und Lithographien auch mit Tonplatte, teils auf gewalztem China (6 Blatt in Heft I, 5 Blatt in Heft 2) nach Handzeichnungen Pforrs (u.a. von Amsler, Dielemann, Hoff, Merz, Müller, Ruscheweyh, Scheffer) zzgl. den beiden Inhaltsverzeichnissen zum ersten und zweiten Heft. Folio. Sämtlich gebunden in einem petrolfarbenem Leinenband (Gebrauchsspuren, die Bindung teils etwas lose) mit goldgeprägtem Titel "Handzeichnungen von Franz Pforr". Nagler XII, S. 372; Norbert Suhr in: Unter Glas und Rahmen. Druckgraphik der Romantik aus den Beständen des Landesmuseums Mainz und aus Privatbesitz, Mainz 1993, S. 156-159, vgl. Nrn. 64 und 65."Der Frankfurter Kunstverein beschloß nach dem Tode Pforrs, eine Auswahl seiner Werke in Reproduktionen herauszugeben. Eine Reihe von Künstlern beteiligte sich an dem Vorhaben, das mit der Publikation zweier Hefte 1832 und 1834 zum Abschluß gebracht werden konnte. Die insgesamt elf Reproduktionsgraphiken bieten einen Überblick über Pforrs Schaffen und dokumentieren Zeichnungen, die heute verschollen sind" (Kat. C. G. Boerner, "Goethe, Boerner und Künstler ihrer Zeit", Düsseldorf 1999, Nr. 82). Sämtlich ganz ausgezeichnete bis prachtvolle Drucke mit schmalem bzw. teils mit breitem Rand. Nur vereinzelt leicht fleckig, schwache Gebrauchsspuren, die obere rechte Eckenspitze teils bestoßen, sonst sehr gut erhalten. Als komplette und einheitliche Folge in originaler Erhaltung von großer Seltenheit. - Wir bitten darum, Zustandsberichte zu den Losen zu erfragen, da der Erhaltungszustand nur in Ausnahmefällen im Katalog angegeben ist. - Please ask for condition reports for individual lots, as the condition is usually not mentioned in the catalogue.

Lot 5379

[^] Schinkel, Karl Friedrich - nach -- nach. Dekorationen zu Opern und Schauspielen. 10 Aquatintaradierungen in verschiedenen Farbnuancen, von Friedrich Jügel und Carl Friedrich Thiele. Kl. Folio - Gr. Folio. Börsch-Supan 212, 213, 216, 221-223, 225d, 226, 228.Es handelt sich um die Dekorationen zu: "Käthchen von Heilbronn", "König Yngurd" (I. Akt und Todespforte), "Axel und Walburg", "Die Braut von Messina" (I. Akt), "Armida" (V. Akt), "Ratibor und Wanda" (I. Akt), "Olimpia" (III. Akt), "Othello" (I. Akt), und "Nurmahal". Sämtlich ausgezeichnete Drucke mit Rand. Mit nur unbedeutenden Alters- und Gebrauchsspuren, vereinzelte Randläsuren, minimal angestaubt und altersspurig, sonst in guter Erhaltung. - Wir bitten darum, Zustandsberichte zu den Losen zu erfragen, da der Erhaltungszustand nur in Ausnahmefällen im Katalog angegeben ist. - Please ask for condition reports for individual lots, as the condition is usually not mentioned in the catalogue.

Lot 5398

Goldschmitt, Bruno -- Die Bibel: Lieferung 1-3. 21 Holzschnitte auf Japan, lose Blatt im Orig.-Passepartout je in OPapp-Umschlag mit Titel (bestoßen, kleine Läsuren, leicht fleckig, Bleistiftannotationen), Verlag von F. Bruckmann, München, Ausgabe II, Handdrucke auf kaiserlich Japan, um 1925. Folio. Sämtlich eigenhändig bez. "Handruck" und signiert "Bruno Goldschmitt". Ganz ausgezeichnete, kontrastreiche und leuchtende Drucke mit breitem Rand. Ganz schwach fleckig, die Eckspitzen montierungsbedingt teils gequetscht, vereinzelte kleine Randläsuren, sonst in sehr schöner und einheitlicher Erhaltung. - Wir bitten darum, Zustandsberichte zu den Losen zu erfragen, da der Erhaltungszustand nur in Ausnahmefällen im Katalog angegeben ist. - Please ask for condition reports for individual lots, as the condition is usually not mentioned in the catalogue.

Lot 5407

Klinger, Max -- Träume. Radierung. 30,8 x 17,8 cm. Unterhalb der Darstellung signiert, datiert und bez. "M. Klinger. 29./1. (18)83 2me etat". Singer 129 II (von VII). Aus Opus VIII, "Ein Leben", eines der bei Singer erwähnten Exemplare. Ganz ausgezeichneter Druck mit sehr breitem Rand, auf dem vollen Folio-Bogen. Insgesamt etwas stockfleckig im weißen Rand, einige unbedeutende Gebrauchsspuren, sonst vollkommen und tadellos erhalten. Sehr selten. - Wir bitten darum, Zustandsberichte zu den Losen zu erfragen, da der Erhaltungszustand nur in Ausnahmefällen im Katalog angegeben ist. - Please ask for condition reports for individual lots, as the condition is usually not mentioned in the catalogue.

Lot 5409

Klinger, Max -- Vom Tode, II. Teil. 12 Radierungen auf chamoisfarbenem Japan. Lose Blatt, unter Passepartouts aufgelegt. Folio. 1898/1900. Singer 231, 232, 235 mit dem Trockenstempel der ersten Auflage ("11" von 100 Ex.), Singer 230 IV, 233 VII, 234 V, 236 VI, 237 VI, 238 VI, 239 VI, 240 V und 241 IV, je wohl zweite Ausgabe.Die vollständige Folge in prachtvollen, satten Drucken mit sehr breitem bzw. dem vollen Rand. Meist im Passepartoutausschnitt leicht lichtrandig, vereinzelt leicht gebräunt, und minimal fleckig, sonst jedoch vorzüglich erhalten. "Diese Folge ist dem inneren und äußeren Leben nach die reichste, die Klinger geschaffen hat. Sie ist zugleich jene, die ihn am längsten beschäftigt hat [...] Ein Gesang auf die unvernichtbare Hoffnungsfreude des Menschen, auf seine unbesiegbare Spannkraft auch angesichts des Unabweisbaren [...]" (Singer S. 88). - Wir bitten darum, Zustandsberichte zu den Losen zu erfragen, da der Erhaltungszustand nur in Ausnahmefällen im Katalog angegeben ist. - Please ask for condition reports for individual lots, as the condition is usually not mentioned in the catalogue.

Lot 5613

Piranesi, Giovanni Battista -- Diverse maniere d'adornare i cammini ed ogni altra parte degli edifizi [...]. 12 Radierungen. Quer-Folio - Gr.Folio. (1769). Focillon 857, 892, 897, 904, 915, 916, 918, 922-926, Wilton-Ely 818, 847, 854, 872, 876, 877, 879, 883-887.Feine Auswahl mit Schwerpunkt auf die fantasievollen Möbelentwürfe in ausgezeichneten bis prachtvollen Drucken mit breitem Rand, teils dem Schöpfrand. Minimal vergilbt und stockfleckig, die Außenränder leicht gebräunt und mit vereinzelten Läsuren, teils mit Spuren alter Fadenheftung, dort stellenweise kleine Papierverluste, F. 904 mit winzigem Löchlein und Quetschfältchen im Unterrand, weitere unbedeutende Alters- und Handhabungsspuren, sonst in sehr guter und einheitlicher Erhaltung. - Wir bitten darum, Zustandsberichte zu den Losen zu erfragen, da der Erhaltungszustand nur in Ausnahmefällen im Katalog angegeben ist. - Please ask for condition reports for individual lots, as the condition is usually not mentioned in the catalogue.

Lot 5684

Weirotter, Franz Edmund -- Ca. 122 Radierungen auf 94 Blättern. 16mo-Folio.Interessanter Querschnitt durch das radierte Å’uvre des österreichischen Kupferstechers, der sich vorwiegend der Darstellung der Landschaft hingab. Die nachstehend genannten Folgen liegen vollständig vor: "Paysages" (W. 1-6), "XII Vues de Divers Endroits 1760" (W. 13-24), "Six différentes Vues daprès Nature" (W. 41-46), "Suite de Paysages. Vues des Environs des Andelis" (W. 84-89), "Erste Folge von Gegenden und Bruchstücken Alter Gebaeude" (W. 120-131), "Dritte Folge von Gegenden und Bruchstücken. Alter Gebaeude" (W. 144-161). Beigegeben 8 Blatt von Anton Marcell Scotti nach Weirotter. - Wir bitten darum, Zustandsberichte zu den Losen zu erfragen, da der Erhaltungszustand nur in Ausnahmefällen im Katalog angegeben ist. - Please ask for condition reports for individual lots, as the condition is usually not mentioned in the catalogue.

Lot 841

A late 18th Century/early 19th Century oak estate cabinet, the projecting dentil moulded cornice above an arrangement of two short over three long drawers, with fluted chamfered edges, raised on a base of two panelled cupboard doors, enclosing folio slides, raised on shaped bracket feet, 185.5 x 168 x 56cms.

Lot 891

A 19th Century mahogany bookcase, the projecting moulded cornice above a pair of astragal glazed doors, enclosing four shelves, raised on a base section with fluted edge and two fielded panel doors, enclosing folio slides, raised on a plinth base, 228 x 124 x 47cms.

Lot 1221

Folio Society - one shelf of books

Lot 1214

'Illustrations pour la Bible par Marc Chagall'. Text by M. Schapiro and J. Wahl, Paris, Verve, 1956, 1st edition 17. col. lithogr. plates (incl. title page), 12 monochrome lithogr. plates, 105 full-p. plates and orig. col. lithogr. boards, all by M. Chagall, folio. Verve 33/34. Sorlier 61, Mourlot 117-146. French text, with overprint A.W. Bruna & son. Ex libris by ir. C.J. Asselbergs, Willem Rozendaal, 1935. H. 36.5 cm. W. 27 cm.Condition report available onrequest.

Lot 459

A collection of watercolours by Sam Williams, in folio, predominately landscapes, predominantly mounted and un-framed

Lot 1003

Folio containing a quantity of various well executed ink drawings, buildings and scenes in Kent, Sussex etc. and Continental townscapes

Lot 1048

Folio containing a large quantity of 18th and 19th Century unframed maps, mainly relating to AfricaThere are approximately 40 maps in this lot

Lot 1049

Folio containing a large quantity of 19th and 20th Century maps, mainly relating to Europe and AmericaOver one hundred maps in this lot.Also some of India and a few in book/pamphlet form

Lot 163

Charles Louis, Elector Palatine, son of Elizabeth, Queen of Bohemia, a letter signed ' Charles ' in English to the Lord Keeper, Thomas Lord Coventry, acknowledging his good offices via the bearer, Sir Richard Cave, together with a one page folio with armorial seal ' Baburgh ', 13th September 1638 and two other letters, one stained and frayed

Lot 178

Folio size edition of The Illustrated London News celebrating Queen Victoria's Diamond Jubilee, 1897 together with a quantity of other ephemera and cigarette cards etc.

Lot 319

Large quantity of Folio Society books, mostly with slip covers

Lot 320

Folio Society six volume set works of Thomas Hardy and six various Greyfriars bookclub collectors books with slip cases

Lot 380

One volume ' Journal Researches ' by Charles Darwin with illustrations by Robert Gibbings in slip case, printed for the Limited Editions Club in a signed Limited Edition of fifteen hundred copies, together with ' The Natural History of Selbourne ' by Gilbert White, published by the Folio Society in slip case, folio size bookThis is not signed by Darwin

Lot 386

Quantity of Folio Society books with slip covers

Lot 157

Charles Dickens, The Works Folio Society edition, 1984, slip cases, together with other Folio Society Publications, and other books.

Lot 163

William Russell Flint, Drawings by Sir William Russell Flint, London, Collins, 1950, signed, from a numbered edition of 500, lacking facsimile drawing, cloth backed boards, folio, in slip case.

Lot 160

A collection of modern editions of illustrated children's books, to include the three-part set of Lord of the Rings by J R R Tolkien, 'The Maps of Middle Earth, a Folio Society, Arabian Nights' illustrated by Detmold and Beatrix Potter, etcCondition report: All books used and read, some spines heavily creased and weak, fading to some coversAll books are shown in the image with spines clearly readable – there are no other books not pictured

Lot 107

"The Club of Nobody's Friends", biographical list of the members since its foundation 21st June 1800 to 30th September 1885, printed for private circulation 1920"The Club of Nobody's Friends" since its foundation from 21st June 1800 to 29th April 1902, vol 2, printed for private circulation 1902, frontis to vol 2, uncut pages to both vols, marbled boards with vellum backstrip and red titles, vol 1 backstrip  sunned"The Society of Nobody's Friends - Synopsis of Rules, etc", 16mo, red cloth and gilt titles Eton interest:Allington, C A (headmaster of Eton) "Eton Lyrics", London, Clement Ingleby, marbled boards with blue cloth backstrip and gilt title"The Eton Chronicle" bound copies, dating from Tuesday June 23rd 1891 to July 21st 1894 (cannot guarantee a through run), small folio, cloth with gilt titles 'The Eton College Chronical' to front board Low, David "Low Again, A Passion for Politics with Colonel Blimp, Hit and Muss and Muzzler", The Cresset Press (1938), pictorial boards, dj chipped with lossLancaster, Osbert"Signs of the Times", John Murray 1961, inscription on ffep, yellow cloth, pictorial with red titles BOOKS NOT COLLATED UNLESS OTHERWISE STATED, PLEASE ENSURE YOU ARE SATISFIED BEFORE YOU BID

Lot 108

"Cassell's Dore Gallery ... with a memoire of Dore ... by Edmund Ollier" by Cassell & Company, numerous plates, half-leather, rather worn, raised bands to the backstrip, folio Ainsworth, W F (ed)"All Around the World ...", 2nd series, William Collins, Sons & Company, illustrations by Dore, Berard, Lancelot, Jules Noel, etc, folding maps, engraved plates, front board detached, full leather with gilt decorations, folioHodder, Edwin"Here is Britain in Peace and War", illustrated, Cassell, Petter & Galpin, half-leather, raised bands, pastedown to backstrip"The Art-Journal", 1862, new series vol 1, James S Virtue, engraved plates, some foxing throughout, front hinge cracked, half-leather, backstrip missing and bound copies of Punch for 1925 (5) BOOKS NOT COLLATED UNLESS OTHERWISE STATED, PLEASE ENSURE YOU ARE SATISFIED BEFORE YOU BID

Lot 110

"Griffith's New Historical Description of Cheltenham and its Vicinity ..., maps of the town and county from the latest surveys and a plan of Pittville", Longman Rees Orme Brown & Green, London 1826, engraved plates with tissue guards, map frontis, advertisements at the back, index, maps - not complete, small folio, rebound full calf with gilt rules and decorations, raised bands, gilt titles to backstrip and date, marbled ep, sold as seen BOOKS NOT COLLATED UNLESS OTHERWISE STATED, PLEASE ENSURE YOU ARE SATISFIED BEFORE YOU BID

Lot 116

Archer, John Wykeham "Vestiges of Old London, a series of etchings from original drawings ...", David Bogue 1851, plates with tissue guards of which there are 37, text accompanying each tissue guarded etching, marbled ep, half leather with marbled boards, rebacked, half leather with raised bands and re-cornered, repair to final page of text, folio, a.e.g. BOOKS NOT COLLATED UNLESS OTHERWISE STATED, PLEASE ENSURE YOU ARE SATISFIED BEFORE YOU BID

Lot 117

Wyld, James (1790-1836)"A General Atlas containing maps, illustrating some important periods in ancient history and distinct maps of the several empires, kingdom and states in the world ...", engraved N R Hewitt, Edinburgh, printed for John Thompson & Co, [circa 1820], copper engraved, hand-coloured maps, two double page, two engraved hand-coloured tables, offsetting from tp vignette to frontis piece, the front hinge is splitting, contemporary marbled boards, half leather but rather worn and a title pastedown to front board, folio BOOKS NOT COLLATED UNLESS OTHERWISE STATED, PLEASE ENSURE YOU ARE SATISFIED BEFORE YOU BIDCondition ReportAll maps present to include  XLVII van Diemans LandXVII New south Wales, XL Arctiv and Americas

Lot 127

Fleming, Ian "You Only Live Twice", Jonathan Cape 1964, gilt Chinese characters to front board, silver titles to backstrip, dj not price clipped"On Her Majesty's Secret Service", Jonathan Cape 1963, bottom of the initial pages are creased, the front board has had a corner cut off it, dj not price clippedPan Books "Dr No", "Goldfinger", "Diamonds are Forever", "The Man with the Golden Gun" x 2, "For You Eyes Only", "Moonraker, "On Her Majesty's Secret Service"Folio society "Live and Let Die", sealed within slip case and a boxed set of James Bond - 100 PostcardsBOOKS NOT COLLATED UNLESS OTHERWISE STATED, PLEASE ENSURE YOU ARE SATISFIED BEFORE YOU BID

Lot 132

Macleod, Rev Donald (ed)"The Holy Bible", 3 vols, J S Virtue & Co, numerous engraved plates, illustrations throughout, marbled ep, hinge reinforced, full leather, backstrip showing signs where front boards had separated, a.e.g., elephant folio"The Life and Explorations of Doctor Livingstone LLD", J G Murdoch, n.d., sepia plates, colour tp, full morocco, with blindstamped , gilt decorations and titles, front board detached, backstrip detaching and has loss (4) BOOKS NOT COLLATED UNLESS OTHERWISE STATED, PLEASE ENSURE YOU ARE SATISFIED BEFORE YOU BID

Lot 141

The Bookman Special Christmas Number 1929 with a portfolio of pictures by Edmund Dulac, illustrating poems by Edgar Allen Poe, Hodder & Stoughton, limp covers, advertisements, folio The Bookman Christmas 1933 with a portfolio of paintings and drawings by J Morton-Sale, illustrations, advertisements, the front limp cover separating, folio The Bookman Christmas 1931 with a portfolio 'The Old Wives Tale' by Arnold Bennett, pictured by John Morton-Sale, numerous other illustrations, advertisements, etc, limp pictorial cover BOOKS NOT COLLATED UNLESS OTHERWISE STATED, PLEASE ENSURE YOU ARE SATISFIED BEFORE YOU BID

Lot 155

Atkyns Sir Robert Knt. " The Ancient and Present State of Glocestershire" second edition. London reprinted by T. Spilsbury for W. Herbert etc. 1768, plates, many folding, folio, full contemp leather .Bought as Seen   All plates present and correctBOOKS NOT COLLATED UNLESS OTHERWISE STATED, PLEASE ENSURE YOU ARE SATISFIED BEFORE YOU BID

Lot 161

Earlam Richard (engraver) " A Collection of Prints after the Sketches and Drawings of the late Celebrated Giovanni Battista Cipriani Esq. R.A.  published March 25th 1789 - by Jn. & Josiah Boydell, No 90 Cheapside London "-  Letterpress title  - issue published 1st September 1789 at the Shakespeare Gallery, Pall Mall, 50 plates of engravings, ten coloured and the  frontis portrait, some minor foxing  in margins, plates clean, contemp marbled boards, half leather but worn, boards detached, grey endpapers, folio 48 x 34       BOOKS NOT COLLATED UNLESS OTHERWISE STATED, PLEASE ENSURE YOU ARE SATISFIED BEFORE YOU BID

Lot 21

Stothard, Thomas  " Shakespeare's Seven Ages of Man" 1799, engraved title page , seven engraved col plates, ( slight tear to the edge of 'The Soldier' not affecting image) bound by Sangorski and Sutcliffe early 20th C. (binder's label on ffep) , raised bands and gilt titles ( faded) folio, 44 x 28 cmsBOOKS NOT COLLATED UNLESS OTHERWISE STATED, PLEASE ENSURE YOU ARE SATISFIED BEFORE YOU BIDCondition Reportslight tear to plate 'The soldier' , not affecting image, on the outside lower left, plates clean, tissue guard to frontis creased, rebound

Lot 28

Hughes, John and Kennett, White (ed) " A Complete History of England...." in three vols, London Brab Aylmer, Reb Bonwick etc. 1706, the first history  by John Milton, title pages red and black, engraved frontis portraits, front hinges cracked, stitching visible, contemp panelled full leather with the backstrips and corners bumped, folio - all 30 engraved plates presentBOOKS NOT COLLATED UNLESS OTHERWISE STATED, PLEASE ENSURE YOU ARE SATISFIED BEFORE YOU BID

Lot 62

Folio Society - Elizabeth David  " Summer Cooking " " French Provincial Cooking" " Italian Food"  " A Book of Mediterranean Food"  all within original slip cases, Elizabeth David " Classics"  Book Club Associates  1980, dust jacket, chipped,  Folio Society Brillat-Savarin " The Physiology of Taste"  and Victoria Finlay " Colour" . both in slip cases ( 1 box)BOOKS NOT COLLATED UNLESS OTHERWISE STATED, PLEASE ENSURE YOU ARE SATISFIED BEFORE YOU BID

Lot 62

THE ESSAYES OR COUNSELS CIVILL AND MORALL OF LORD VERULAM VISCOUNT ST ALBANFrancis BaconLondon: Cresset Press, 1928LIMITED 14 of 250, iv + 198pp, folio, full vellum lettered with gilt, top edge gilt, untrimmed watermarked handmade paper, brown discolouration on boards from handling, slip case with one section absent and another detached, a few foxing spots on pages 112 - 118, the final page and back eps

Lot 63

THE GENUINE WORKS OF FLAVIUS JOSEPHUS, THE JEWISH HISTORIANWilliam Whiston London: William Whiston, MDCCXXXVII [1737]Folio, [i] - cvi + *cv-cviii + cvii - clii + 1021 + [1] + [72] index + [4] errata pp, one folding map, one folding plan, rebound in red morocco with new eps, gilt text and tooling, previous owner's name on eps, first few pages with damp marks to top margin, other damp marks intermittently throughout, map foxed and tanned with 38cm closed tear from hinge and some paperloss on edge of map, plan torn in half along folds with tanning and foxing, textblock edge tanned, some pages cockled

Lot 64

ILIAS AMBROSIANA (HELLENISTIC-BYZANTINE MINIATURES OF THE ILIAD), 2 VOLSCommentary by Ranuccio Bianchi Bandinelli Switzerland, Berna et Oltun: Urs Graf-Verlag, MCMLIII 1953 & 1955Ilias Ambrosiana: number 120 of 800, Latin and English text, folio, LVII pp + 58 laid in colour prints + 52 B&W prints, simulated vellum with gilt, light wear on boards, front board with one spot of soiling and back with 4cm scarHellenistic-Byzantine Miniatures Of The Iliad: Folio, 182 pp + 4 colour illus + 50 pages of B&W illus + numerous in text, quarter bound with gilt decoration, foxing along top and fore edge of text block(2)

Lot 65

CORREGGIOAdolpho VenturiRome: Alberto Stock, MDMXXVI [1926]LIMITED, number 145 of 200, folio, 586pp with 194 plates and lettered tissue guards, original full morocco with title and decoration in gilt, top edge gilt and other edges uncut, heavy laid paper with watermark

Lot 68

SOME BIRDS AND MAMMALS OF AFRICAA Amuchástegui & H Hook London: The Tryon Gallery, 1979SIGNED, LIMITED 116 of 505, folio, 14 lithographs with unpaginated text pages, slipcase with light wear, two small marks on eps

Lot 454

THE FOLIO SOCIETY, four volumes of The Book of the Thousand Nights and One Night, rendered into English from the Literal and Complete French Translation of DR J.C. Mardus by Powys Mathers with illustrations by Eric Fraser and engravings by Frank Martin 1958, Short Stories by Guy de Maupassant, translated by Gerard Hopkins with drawings by Nigel Lambourne 1959, O.Henry short stories with drawings by Paul Hogarth 1960, John Donne Poems of Love 1958 and the Third Crusade, 1958 (second impression 1960) (Condition Report:- condition of all titles poor)

Lot 737

THE FOLIO SOCIETY, twenty five titles comprising The Bayeux Tapestry and the Norman Invasion, The Diary of a Nobody, The Shadow of Vesuvius Pompeii AD79, The Fine Art of Food by Reay Tannahill 1968, Under the Greenwood Tree or Melstock Quire, The Gunpowder Plot The Narrative of Oswald Tesimond alias Greenway, The Jubilee Years 1887 - 1897 (2), The Decameron of Giovanno Boccaccio, The Last Five Days, Twelfth Night, The Rare Adventures and Painful Peregrinations of William Lithgow, The Life and Letters of John Keats, The Reign of Henry the VII, Mansfield Park, Richard III The Great Debate, My Life Thomas Bewick, Venice The Most Triumphant City, The Great Enterprise The History of the Spanish Armada, The Sun King and His Loves, The Third Crusade, A Clergyman's Daughter, The Goodman of Paris, The History of Rasselas, Moll Flanders and O.Henry Short Stories, authors of specific titles available upon request

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