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Lot 349

Folio Society. Between The Woods And The Water..., by Patrick Leigh Fermor, 2006, Tarka The Otter, by Henry Williamson, illustrated by C. F. Tunnicliffe, 1995, The Iliad, by Homer, 8th printing, 2008, Rudyard Kipling, Selected Poems [The Folio Poets] 2004, original red quarter morocco, The Collected Stories, 3 volumes, by Leo Tolstoy, 2007, together with 54 further Folio Society publications, all original cloth, all but 2 volumes in slipcases, 8vo, and 21 similar Oxford publications, 8vo, G/VGQty: (82)

Lot 35

Leighton (Clare). The Farmer's Year. A Calendar of English Husbandry, 1st edition, 2nd impression, January 1934, 12 wood-engraved plates, wood-engraved vignettes, original green cloth gilt (spine ends and edges a little rubbed and faded), slight bowing to covers, dust jacket, a few chips and tears, clear tape repairs to verso, oblong folio, together with 3 others by Clare Leighton: Southern Harvest, 1943 (with torn dust jacket), Four Hedges, 1935 and Country Matters, 1937 (no jackets)Qty: (4)

Lot 350

Folio Society. David Copperfield..., by Charles Dickens, illustrated by "Phiz", 2nd printing, 2004, top edge gilt, original red quarter morocco, The Complete Plays, 8 volumes, by William Shakespeare, 1997, The Hunting of The Snark, by Lewis Carroll, 2010, Jeeves & Wooster, 6 volumes, 2nd printing, 1997, Best of Blandings, 6 volumes, 2004, by P. G. Wodehouse, Irish Short Stories, by Frank Delaney, 1999, together with 41 further volumes of Folio Society publications, all fiction, all original cloth in dust jackets, G/VG, 8voQty: (64)

Lot 351

Folio Society. Inferno, by Dante Alighieri, illustrated by William Blake, 2004, original brown quarter morocco in slipcase, large 8vo, Peter Pan in Kensington Gardens, by J. M. Barrie, illustrated by Arthur Rackham, 2004, large 8vo, The Folio Poets, 3 volumes [Samuel Taylor Coleridge, Selected Poems, 2nd printing, 2004, Rudyard Kipling, Selected Poems, 2004, Percy Bysshe Shelly, Collected Poems, 2008], all in original quarter morocco in slipcases, 8vo, Shakespeares Comedy of A Midsummer Night's Dream, illustrated by W. Heath Robinson, 2001, Hans Andersen's Fairy Tales, illustrated by W. Heath Robinson, 13th printing, 2004, The Fairy Tales of the Brothers Grimm, illustrated by Arthur Rackham, 17th printing, 2013, Troilus & Criseyde, by Geoffrey Chaucer, 1990, original dark green quarter morocco, all in slipcases, VG, 8voQty: (9)

Lot 376

Tattersall (C. E. C.). A History of British Carpets..., 1st edition, F. Lewis Limited, 1934, colour frontispiece with 116 monochrome plates, bookplate to front pastedown, some minor spotting, publishers original gilt decorated blue cloth, boards & spine slightly rubbed to head & foot, large 4to, together with; Price (Frederic Newlin), The Etchings & Lithographs of Arthur B. Davies, 1st edition, Mitchell Kennerley, New York, 1929, 205 monochrome plates plus portrait frontispiece, some minor toning & marks, publishers original green cloth, spine label slightly toned & rubbed, large 8vo, and Empson (Patience), The Wood Engravings of Robert Gibbings, 1st edition, J. M. Dent & Sons, 1959, numerous black & white illustrations, publishers original black cloth in glassine wrapper, spine lightly marked, large 4to, plus other art reference & related, some leather bindings, mostly original cloth, 8vo/folioQty: (3 cartons)

Lot 383

Morison (Stanley). The English Newspaper, some account of the physical development of journals printed in London between 1622 & the present day, 1st edition, Cambridge University Press, 1932, numerous monochrome facsimile, bookplate & period inscription to the front endpaper, some light toning & minor spotting, original cloth in dust jacket, covers toned & rubbed with some loss to head of the spine & front cover, folio, together with; Simon (Oliver & Julius Rodenberg), Printing of To-Day...with a general introduction by Aldous Huxley, 1st edition, Peter Davies Limited, 1928, numerous monochrome facsimile, some minor toning, original cloth in price-clipped dust jacket, covers toned & rubbed with some loss & repair to head & foot of the spine, large 8vo, and, Bitting (Katherine), Gastronomic Bibliography, limited edition, The Holland Press, 1981, black & white illustrations, original cloth in dust jacket, spine lightly faded, front cover rubbed to head, 8vo, 3/500, plus other modern bibliography reference & related, including British Botanical and Horticultural Literature before 1800, 3 volumes, by Blanche Henrey, 1st edition, Oxford University Press, 1975, mostly original cloth in dust jackets, G/VG, 8vo/folioQty: (3 shelves )

Lot 385

Travel. A collection of 20th-century travel narratives, including: 1) Loeb (Edwin M.). Sumatra, its History and People. The Archaeology and Art of Sumatra by Robert Heine Geldern, 1st edition, Vienna: Verlag des Institutes für Völkerkunde der Universität Wien, 1935, 20 plates (containing multiple images), folding map, original front wrapper (with library regulations mounted verso) bound in at rear, modern cloth, 8vo, 2) Rosedale (H. G.). Queen Elizabeth and the Levant Company. A Diplomatic and Literary Episode of the Establishment of our Trade with Turkey, 1st edition, London: Henry Frowde, 1904, all plates as called for, spotting to endpapers, occasional light spotting elsewhere, original japon-backed blue cloth stamped in gilt (backstrip spotted), with the rare dust jacket (repaired), folio, 3) Frazer (Sir James George). Anthologia Anthropologica. The Native Races of Africa Madagascar, 1st edition, London: Percy Lund Humphries & Co Ltd, 1938, plates, spotting to title-page, endpapers and edges, bookplate (H. E. Sumner, district commissioner, Rhodesia, fl. 1944-91), original blue cloth, dust jacket (repaired), 4to, 4) Crawford (Allan B.). I Went to Tristan, 1st edition, London: Hodder and Stoughton, 1941, plates, original cloth, dust jacket (repaired), 8vo, and numerous othersQty: (6 shelves )

Lot 387

Lünig (Joannes Christian). Codex Italiae Diplomaticus,..., 2 volumes, Haeredum Lanckisianorum, Frankfurt, 1725, black & white engraved frontispiece by Johannes Krügner, some minor worming to foot of the front endpaper to b3, some spotting & toning throughout, contemporary uniform gilt decorated mottled calf, boards & spines slightly rubbed, folio, together with; Bowyer (Robert), The Works of Raffaelle, Domenichino, Poussin, and Albano,... 5 volumes in 2, 1819, 455 black & white engraved plates, some light spotting & toning throughout, contemporary uniform half morocco, board & spines rubbed, hinges cracked with some minor loss, large 4to, and Beatson (Alexander), A View of the Origin and Conduct of the War with Tippoo Sultan;..., W. Bulmer and Co., 1800, black & white portrait frontispiece laid to cloth, 4 folding plates with 1 hand coloured map, lacking map folding plate to pp.123, lacking front & rear endpapers, toning, spotting & slight marks throughout, contemporary quarter calf, front board partially detached, boards & spine rubbed with loss, 4to, plus other 18th & 19th century literature & reference, some French & Italian language, overall condition is good/very good, 8vo/4toQty: (3 shelves )NOTES47 volumes

Lot 389

Flint (William Russell). Drawings, 1st edition, Collins, 1950, numerous colour & monochrome illustrations, period inscription to the front endpaper, some spotting & minor toning, original cloth in dust, covers rubbed with some loss to head & foot of the spine & front cover, folio, together with; Ahlberg (Hakon), Swedish Architecture of the Twentieth Century, 1st edition, Ernest Benn Ltd., 1925, numerous monochrome illustrations, some minor toning publishers original plum cloth, spine slightly faded & rubbed to head & foot, and Leach (Linda York). Mughal and Other Indian Paintings from the Chester Beatty Library, 2 volumes, 1st edition, Scorpion Cavendish, 1995, numerous colour & monochrome illustrations, uniform original cloth in dust jackets, large 8vo, plus other art reference & related, including English Illustration 'The Sixties'v 1855-70, by Gleeson White, 1st edition, Archibald Constable & Co., 1897, mostly original cloth, some in dust jackets, G/VG, 8vo/folioQty: (3 shelves )

Lot 390

Fejfer (Jane). The Ince Blundell Collection of Classical Sculpture, Part 1 volumes 1 & 2, 1st edition, H.M.S.O./Liverpool University Press, 1991-97, numerous black & white illustrations, original cloth in dust jackets, large 8vo, together with; Brown (Jonathan & John Elliott), The Sale of the Century, Artistic Relations between Spain and Great Britain, 1604-1655, 1st edition, Yale University Press, 2002, numerous colour illustrations, original cloth in dust jacket, large 4to, and Hackenbroch (Yvonne), Bronzes, other metalwork and sculptures in the Irwin Untermyer Collection, 1st edition, Thames and Hudson, 1962, numerous black & white illustrations, original cloth in dust jacket, covers lightly rubbed to head & foot, large 8vo, plus other European art reference, including The Print Collection of Ferdinand Columbus 1488-1539, 3 volumes, by Mark P. McDonald, 1st edition, The British Museum Press, 2004, mostly original cloth in dust jackets, G/VG, 8vo/folioQty: (3 shelves )

Lot 395

Hardy (Thomas). Wessex Novels, 6 volumes, Folio Society, reprinted 1993, wood engravings by Peter Reddick, original cloth gilt, with card slipcase, 8vo, together with: Moser (Barry, illustrator). Louis Carroll's Alice's Adventures in Wonderland, University of California Press, 1982, monochrome wood engraved illustrations, original quarter red cloth, with dust wrapper, folio, VG, plus: Duggan (G.C.). The Watchers on Gallipoli, A Poem, 1st edition, Dublin, Hodges, Figgis, & Co., 1921, contemporary ownership inscription to front endpaper 'To Bea in memory of many happy days together between 1914 & 1918, October 25th 1922', original boards with printed paper label to upper cover, a little rubbed and light soiling to boards, slim 8vo, and other literature and children's books, including Alison Uttley, Muriel Levy (Adventures of Wonk series), Cicely Mary Barker (Flower Fairies series), Kate Greenaway, Mother Goose, George Routledge and Sons, [1881], in original printed wrappers, some discolouration and fraying to spine, Ruth Krauss, A Hole Is To Dig, A First Book of First Definitions, pictures by Maurice Sendak, 1963, etc.Qty: (6 shelves)

Lot 399

Marshall (William). Planting and Ornamental Gardening; A Practical Treatise, London: printed for J. Dudley, 1785, modern endpapers, some minor toning, modern quarter calf, 8vo, together with; Morris (F. O.), A Natural History of British Moths, 4 volumes, London: Longman..., 1861, numerous hand-coloured plates, some spotting throughout, gutters cracked, all edges gilt, uniform contemporary gilt decorated red half calf, hinges cracked, boards & spines rubbed with some minor loss, 8vo, plus: Jekyll (Gertrude), Wood And Garden..., London: new edition, Longmans, Green, and Co., 1901, 71 black & white illustrations, bookplate to front pastedown, some light spotting throughout, publishers original gilt decorated blue cloth, spine faded & rubbed to head & foot, 8vo, Some English Gardens, London: reissue, Longmans, Green and Co., 1933, 49 colour plates by George S. Elgood, some light spotting & toning, publishers original gilt decorated blue cloth, boards & spine slightly marked & rubbed, folio, plus other 18th, 19th & early 20th-century horticulture reference & related, including The Gardener's and Botanist's Dictionary;..., by Philip Miller, 4 volumes, London: printed for F. C. & J. Rivington et al, 1807, some leather bindings, mostly original cloth, some gilt decorated, G/VG, 8vo/folioQty: (6 shelves )

Lot 4

Calmet (Augustin). Dictionarium historicum, criticum, chronologicum, geographicum, et literale sacrae scripturae ... editio novissima, 2 volumes, Augsburg: Ignaz Adam & Franz Anton Veith, 1759, incomplete, lacking at least the title-page to volume 1 and the engraved portrait frontispiece, but retaining the 4 folding maps and 26 plates (of which 3 folding), edges dyed red, contemporary marbled calf, gilt spines, folio (38.2 x 24 cm), together with: Lamy (Bernard). Apparatus biblicus sive manuductio ad sacram scripturam ... nova editio, Lyon: Jean Certe, 1696, incomplete, lacking at least one preliminary text leaf, but retaining the 11 folding engraved plates, browning, occasional marginal worming, contemporary calf, worn, 8vo (18.9 x 12 cm)Qty: (3)

Lot 401

Architecture. A large collection of architecture reference & related, including Studies in Building History..., edited by E. M. Hope, London: 1st edition, Odhams Press, 1961, many original cloth in dust jackets, some paperback editions, G/VG, 8vo/folioQty: (6 shelves)

Lot 404

St. John Hope (W. H.). Windsor Castle, An Architectural History, 3 volumes, Country Life, 1913, numerous black & white illustrations with colour frontispieces, some light marginal toning, top edges gilt, publishers original half vellum, boards & spines slightly toned & rubbed, folio, limited edition 130/1050, together with; Hill (G. F.), A Corpus of Italian Medals of the Renaissance before Cellini, 2 volumes, British Museum, 1930, 201 black & white plates, publishers original brown cloth, spines lightly rubbed to head & foot, folio, and Benson (Robert), The Holford Collection, Dorchester House, 2 volumes, limited edition, Oxford University Press, 1927, signed by the editor to the limitation page, 200 black & white illustrations, bookplates to front pastedowns, minor marginal toning, top edges gilt, publishers uniform original half vellum, boards & spines slight toned, large 4to, 139/400, plus other European art reference & related, some leather bindings, mostly original cloth, G/VG, 8vo/folioQty: (3 shelves )

Lot 405

Railway. A large collection of modern railway & locomotive reference, including publications by OPC, Ian Allan, PSL, Sutton, David & Charles, mostly original cloth in dust jackets, G/VG, 8vo/folioQty: (6 shelves)

Lot 409

Beresford (Richard). Dulwich Picture Gallery, Complete Illustrated Catalogue, 1st edition, Unicorn Press, 1998, numerous colour and monochrome illustrations, original black cloth gilt in dust wrapper, outer edge of upper wrapper sunned, 4to, together with: Melot (Michel). L'Oeuvre Gravé de Boudin, Corot, Daubigny, Dupré, Jongkind, Millet, Theodore Rousseau, Paris, Arts et Metiers Graphiques, 1978, numerous monochrome illustrations, original black cloth gilt in dust wrapper, large 4to, plus: Mende (Matthias). Hans Baldung Grien, Das Graphische Werk, Unterschneidheim, 1978, several colour and numerous monochrome illustrations, original green cloth gilt in dust wrapper, folio, and others on Renaissance and European art, including Helen Rosslyn & Angelo Maggi, Rosslyn, Country of Painter and Poet, Edinburgh, National Gallery of Scotland, 2002, Campbell Dodgson, Albrecht Durer, Engravings and Etchings, New York, Da Capo, 1967, Erwin Panofsky, Renaissance and Renascences in Western Art, 2nd edition, Stockholm, 1965, Albrecht Durer, Master Printmaker, Department of Prints & Drawings, Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, Massachusettes, Hacker Art Books, 1988, Catalog of the Venice Biennale, 1895, 1899, 1901, 1903, 1905, 1907, 1909, 1910, 1912, 1914 & 1920, 12 volumes, New York, Arno Press, 1971, etc., original cloth or printed wrappers, some in dust wrappers, 4to/8vo (approximately 200)Qty: (6 shelves)

Lot 410

Millais (John Guille). The Life and Letters of Sir John Everett Millais, 2 volumes, 1st edition, London: Methuen & Co., 1899, monochrome illustrations, some light spotting throughout, cracked front & rear gutter to volume 2, top edge gilt, publishers uniform original gilt decorated blue cloth, spines slightly rubbed with minor tears to head & foot, 8vo, together with; Leipnik (F. L.), A History of French Etching from the Sixteenth Century to the Present Day, 1st edition, London: The Bodley Head, 1924, monochrome frontispiece & 106 black & white illustrations, some light spotting to the text block, publishers original quarter cloth, spine label toned & lightly rubbed, large 4to, and other art reference & related, mostly original cloth, many in dust jackets, some paperback editions, G/VG, 8vo/folioQty: (6 shelves)

Lot 412

Art. A large collection of art reference & related, including Italian Pictures of the Renaissance, Venetian School, 2 volumes, by Bernard Berenson, London: 1st edition, The Phaidon Press, 1957, mostly original cloth, many in dust jackets, some paperback editions, G/VG, 8vo/folioQty: (6 shelves)

Lot 413

Ilyin (M). Moscow, Monuments of Architecture., 2 volumes, 1st edition, Moscow: Iskusstvo, 1975, numerous colour & black & white illustrations, publishers original uniform brown cloth in slipcase, spines lightly faded, slipcase rubbed with some loss to edges, large 4to, together with; Zachwatowicz (Jan), Architektura Polska, Do Polowy XIX Wieku, Warsaw: Budownictwo i Architekture, 1956, numerous monochrome illustrations, period Polish language inscription on card tipped in to the half-title, some light toning, publishers original gilt-decorated white cloth, front board bent to the upper right corner, large 8vo, and: Antonowa (Irina & Jörn Merket), Berlin Moskau 1900-1950, 1st edition, München: Prestel, 1995, numerous colour & monochrome illustrations, publishers original boards, minor rubbing to boards & spine, large 4to, plus other architecture reference from the library of Gavin Stamp, many with ex-libris bookplates to the front pastedowns, mostly original cloth, some in dust jackets, some paperback editions, G/VG, 8vo/folioQty: (6 shelves)

Lot 416

Lewis (John). A Complete History of the Several Translations of the Holy Bible, and New Testament into English, both in ms. and in print: and of the most remarkable editions of them since the invention of printing, 3rd edition, to which is now added, a list of various editions of the bible, and parts thereof in English, printed for W. Baynes, 1818, half-title, folding engraved frontispiece, untrimmed, final leaf torn with loss to lower outer corner, contemporary boards, with later cloth spine, retaining printed spine label, rubbed and marked, 8vo, together with: Ainsworth (Robert). Thesaurus Linguae Latinae compendiarius: or, A Compendious Dictionary of the Latin Tongue, 2nd edition, with additions and improvements, 1746, licence leaf facing title, text in triple column, contemporary full calf, rubbed and some wear, with upper joint partly cracked, thick 4to, plus An Historical and Descriptive Account of Old and New Sarum, or Salisbury, Salisbury, Clapperton, 1834, contemporary presentation inscription to head of title 'from Dr. Fowler of Salisbury to Lady Holland, March 1835', all edges gilt, engraved bookplate of Holland House to front pastedown, contemporary diced full calf, later cloth reback, retaining original spine, large 8vo (Large Paper copy), with printed notice pasted to verso of preface leaf 'There are Twelve Copies only of this size printed. K. Clapperton', and other various antiquarian interest, mostly 18th and 19th century, but including some 17th-century titles, some with defects, mainly leather-bound, generally with some wear, many 8vo, but including some folio and 4toQty: (6 shelves)

Lot 417

Clutton (Cecil and Daniels, George). Watches, a complete history of the technical and decorative development of the watch, 3rd edition, Sotheby Parke Bernet, 1979, numerous colour and monochrome plates, original black cloth gilt in dust wrapper, folio, together with: Perkins (Roger). Military and Naval Silver, Treasures of the Mess and Wardroom, Newton Abbot, 1999, monochrome illustrations, original dark blue cloth gilt in dust wrapper, 4to, plus: Mortensen (Otto). Jens Olsen's Clock, A Technical Description, Copenhagen, 1957, monochrome illustrations, original cloth-backed patterned boards, with dust wrapper, 4to, and: Koldeweij (Eloy). The English Candlestick, 500 years in the development of base-metal candlesticks 1425-1925, 1st edition, Christie's, 2001, numerous illustrations, mostly in colour, original black cloth gilt in dust wrapper, large 4to, and other antiques reference, including pottery and porcelain, furniture, clocks and watches, including Clive L. Lloyd, The Arts and Crafts of Napoleonic and American Prisoners of War 1756-1816, Antique Collectors' Club, 2007, H. Rissik Marshall, Coloured Worcester Porcelain of the First Period, Ceramic Book Company, 1977, L.M. Bickerton, 18th Century Drinking Glasses, an illustrated guide, Antique Collectors' Club, 1986, Owen Evan-Thomas, Domestic Utensils of Wood, 1932, Ena L. Yonge, A Catalogue of Early Globes, American Geographical Society, 1968, etc., mostly original cloth, many in dust wrappers, 4to/8voQty: (6 shelves)

Lot 419

Stanyan (Temple). The Grecian History. From the Original of Greece, to the Death of Philip of Macedon, 2 volumes, 1st edition, London: printed for W. Strahan et al, 1774, black & white engraved folding map plus frontispiece & 10 plates to volume 1, front & rear gutters cracked, some light toning & marks throughout, contemporary gilt decorated full calf, boards & spine rubbed with some loss, 8vo, together with; Percy (Thomas), Reliques of Ancient English Poetry;..., 3 volumes, Edinburgh: William P. Nimmo, circa 1869, 3 black & white portrait frontispieces, some light toning & marks, water stain to foot of volume 1 frontispiece, contemporary uniform gilt decorated tree calf bound by Bickers & Son, volume 3 rebound retaining original boards & spine, spines slightly rubbed to head & foot, 8vo, and Ormerod (George), The History of the County Palatine and City of Chester;..., 3 volumes, 2nd edition, London: George Routledge and Sons, 1882, black & white plates plus a colour map to volume 1, some toning & light marks throughout, publishers uniform quarter cloth, boards & spines rubbed to head & foot with minor loss, spine labels toned, folio, plus other 18th & 19th-century literature & reference, some gilt decorated leather bindings, some original cloth, some odd volumes, overall condition is good/very good, 8vo/folioQty: (5 shelves )

Lot 420

Ripley (S. Dillon). Rails Of The World, a monograph of the Family Rallidae, 1st edition, Toronto: M. F. Feheley Publishers, 1977, 41 colour plates by J. Fenwick Lansdowne, original cloth in price-clipped dust jacket and slipcase, covers lightly rubbed to head & foot, minor spotting & rubbing to head & foot of the spine, folio, together with; Alder (James), Birds and Flowers of the Castle of Mey and Balmoral, 1st edition, Newcastle upon Tyne: Northumbria University Press, 2003, previous owner inscription to the front endpaper, numerous colour & monochrome illustrations, original clothing dust jacket, covers lightly rubbed to head & foot, folio, and other late 19th century & modern natural history reference & related, including Cassell's Natural History, 6 volumes, edited by P. Martin Duncan, London: Cassell & Company, circa 1883, some leather bindings, mostly original cloth, many in dust jackets, G/VG, 8vo/folioQty: (6 shelves)

Lot 422

Williamson (George C.). Andrew & Nathaniel Plimer, Miniature Painters, Their Lives and Their Works, 1st edition, George Bell & Sons, 1903, monochrome plates, top edge gilt, remainder untrimmed, original cloth gilt, rubbed and some marks and minor stains, 4to, together with: Medallic Illustrations of the History of Great Britain and Ireland, The British Museum, Department of Coins and Medals, reprinted, Seaby Publications Limited, 1979, numerous monochrome illustrations, original dark blue cloth, in dust wrapper, a little frayed, and minor abrasion to upper right corner of upper cover, large folio, plus: Tanner (Robin), The Etcher's Craft, Friends of Bristol Art Gallery, 1980, monochrome illustrations, original quarter black cloth gilt, small 4to, and other art reference, various, including Nikolaus Pevsner, Some Architectural Writers of the 19th Century, Oxford University Press, 1972, Julia Margaret Cameron, Victorian Photographs of Famous Men & Fair Women, with introductions by Virginia Woolf & Roger Fry, expanded and revised edition, edited by Tristram Powell, Hogarth Press, 1973, Sir Alfred East, Brush and Pencil Notes in Landscape, 1914, Sidney David Markman, Colonial Architecture of Antigua Guatemala, American Philosophical Society, 1980, etc., mainly 20th century publications, mainly 4to/folioQty: (5 shelves)

Lot 424

Binding. [The Works of Joseph Hall B[ishop] of Norwich], volumes 2-3 only (of 3) bound in 1, London: printed by James Flesher, 1661, engraved portrait frontispiece (bound in volume 1 in Pforzheimer's collation), 2 title-pages each with woodcut borders, volume 2 bound without quires 2Y-3A, contemporary English calf, brass bosses mounted to corners and centre of each board, front board with brass plaque dated 1666, retaining one clasp of two, and both catches, loss to leather on front board, rear board detached, folioQty: (1)NOTESPforzheimer 445. An interesting example of a dated English binding, produced in an inauspicious year for bibliophilia in England, when the Great Fire laid waste the libraries of Restoration London. Sold as a binding, not subject to return.

Lot 46

British Hunts and Huntsmen. British Hunts and Huntsmen, 3 volumes (South-West of England; The North-East..., England (North), Scotland and Ireland) only (of 4), 1908-11, numerous photogravure plates and half-tone illustrations, all edges gilt, contemporary red half morocco, edges a little rubbed and scuffed, 4to, together with Massey (Frank E.) Portrait Sketches of Cheshire Hunting Men from 1850 to 1890, Manchester: George Falkner, 1903, 41 colour plates, a little minor spotting to text, all edges gilt, original contrasting cloth gilt, spine ends slightly rubbed, oblong folioQty: (4)

Lot 6

China. [Ten plates from A Collection of the Dresses of Different Nations, Antient and Modern, London: Thomas Jefferys, 1757-72], 10 hand-coloured engravings on laid paper in 5 card mounts, all depicting Chinese costume, light toning, 'A Chinese Mandarin in a Winter Dress' and 'Summer Habit of a Chinese Mandarin in 1700' spotted, a few other marks, mount apertures 24.5 x 18.6 cm, and 1 other (Rudolf Payer-Thurn, Chinesische Miniaturen. Erste Folge [only], Leipzig: Thyrsos, 1924, title-leaf, leaf of text, 12 chromolithographic plates, each separately mounted and loose in portfolio, ex library with related markings to portfolio and title-leaf, folio)Qty: (6)

Lot 7

Cook (James). A New, Authentic, and Complete Collection of Voyages Round the World, Undertaken and Performed by Royal Authority. Containing a New, Authentic, Entertaining, Instructive, Full, and Complete Historical Account of Captain Cook's First, Second, Third and Last Voyages, undertaken by Order of his present Majesty, for making New Discoveries in Geography, Navigation, Astronomy, &c. in the Southern and Northern Hemispheres &c. &c. &c. ... The Whole of these Voyages of Capt. James Cook, &c. being newly written by the Editors from the Authentic Journals... and now publishing under the immediate Direction of George William Anderson, London: Alex Hogg, [1784?], 148 engraved plates, plans & maps only, title and initial leaves detached and torn with some loss, few other leaves & plates of text torn, frayed and some detached, text incomplete at rear (lacking all after 7Z1 (page 642), disbound, folioQty: (1)NOTESSold with all faults, not subject to return.

Lot 327

Chambers (E.) CYCLOPAEDIA: OR AN UNIVERSAL DICTIONARY OF ARTS AND SCIENCES..., 4 col., engraved plates throughout, contemporary calf, boards, detached, some light soiling to extreme page edges, folio, J.F. & C. Rivington et al, 1786.

Lot 338

Braunhoff (Jean de) LE ROI BABAR, 1933 : HISTOIRE DE BABAR…, 1931, publisher's boards, large folio. (2)

Lot 362

Fleetwood (J., Rev.) THE LIFE OF OUR LORD AND SAVIOUR JESUS CHRIST, engraved frontispiece and plates, contemporary diced morocco, folio, 1851.

Lot 32

A calf leather bound '1710' folio edition of the Book of Common Prayer and Sacriments, 40cm x 25cm x 4cm.

Lot 222

BOX OF MIXED BOOKS INCLUDING FOLIO SOCIETY, J M COOK "THE PERSIANS" IN SLIP-CASE ETC

Lot 226

BOX OF MIXED BOOKS INCLUDING HISTORY INTEREST, FOLIO SOCIETY, ROBERT GRAVES "THE GREEK MYTHS", MEDIEVAL PEOPLE BY EILEEN POWER ETC

Lot 200

Peter Collins (1923-2001) unframed female nude studies, one folio under the theme of ‘Chelsea Birds’ containing approximately 50 works and the other folio containing approximately 26

Lot 704

A collection of maps of the West Indies, including Jamaica from Stanford's London Folio Atlas

Lot 711

A collection of maps of North America from Stanford's London Folio Atlas

Lot 1138

A LATE VICTORIAN MAHOGANY FOLIO / MAP / CHART CABINET. W 130 X D 50 X H 134cms.

Lot 1221

AFTER CECIL ALDIN "THE COTTESBROOK HUNT" VINTAGE COLOUR PRINT 52 X 82cms. TOGETHER WITH A PENCIL SIGNED FOLIO PRINT BY ALFRED STRUTT AND TWO OTHER PRINTS BY DIFFERENT HANDS.

Lot 1249A

A folio of seven works on paper to include prints and drawings, a centurion and country landscapes

Lot 155

MACALLAN THE ARCHIVAL SERIES FOLIO 2 Single Malt Scotch Whisky. 700ml, 43% volume, in presentation box with book.

Lot 216

MACALLAN THE ARCHIVAL SERIES FOLIO 5 Single Malt Scotch Whisky. 700ml, 43% volume, in presentation box with book.

Lot 217

MACALLAN THE ARCHIVAL SERIES FOLIO 6 Single Malt Scotch Whisky. 700ml, 43% volume, in presentation box with book.

Lot 8042

Norfolk interest ephemera, a snapshot photograph album 1929-1931, 75 topographical and architectural views including Shimpling, Mildenhall, Fersfield, Mettingham, Baconsthorpe, Langley Staithe, Colegate, Eaton Grove, Opie Street, Houghton Hall, Brisley, Walsingham, Deopham, many country houses and some churches, some other parts of UK, images 7 X 10cm, oblong, original cloth gilt ; South Norfolk Women's Unionist Association, Eastern Branch Earsham, book of manuscript notes/minutes from meetings 1929-1967 good quality manuscript and some typed notes at end, notes signed by A. Howe & Grace D Meade and dated throughout, old quarter cloth; an old ledger containing local interest news cuttings mainly, circa 1940's/1950's, large folio, full calf gilt (worn) (3)

Lot 8073

John Sell Cotman: 'Engravings of sepulchral brasses in Norfolk and Suffolk : tending to illustrate the ecclesiastical, military, and civil costume as well as to preserve memorials of ancient families in that county', London, Henry G. Bohn, 1839, 2nd edition, 2 volumes, 171 plates comprising 2 coloured frontispieces + 169 mainly hand tinted plates, many folding, folio, contemporary half calf gilt (very worn), all edges gilt (2)

Lot 8074

John Sell Cotman & Thomas Rickman: 'Etchings-Specimens of Castellated & Ecclesiastical Remains in the County of Norfolk, A Third Series of Etchings....- Specimens of Architectural Remains in the Counties of York, Cambridge, Suffolk, Lincoln, Essex, and North Wales, A Fourth Series of Etchings...', London, Henry G Bohn, 1818, volumes 3 & 4 (of 5) bound in 1, 80 plates as list (Volume three 50 plates, Volume four 30 plates) plus added engraved title page for Volume 2, large folio, old half morocco gilt worn, top edge gilt. Scarce

Lot 8075

John Sell Cotman; Dawson Turner & Thomas Rickman: 'Architectural Antiquities of Norfolk, a Series of Etchings, of the Most Remarkable Remains in the County - Specimens of Norman and Gothic Remains in the County of Norfolk, a Second Series of Etchings - Specimens of Castellated and Ecclesiastical Remains in the County of Norfolk, a Third Series of Etchings', London, Henry G. Bohn, 1838, 3 volumes (of 5) bound in 1, added engraved title page, engraved dedication plate and 140 (of 160) plates, vol one 50 (of 60) plates, vol two 43 (of 50) plates, vol three 47 (of 50) plates, ex library, plates with inkstamp verso and unobtrusive blind stamp recto, elephant folio, rebound half cloth gilt, top edge gilt, plates and leaves generally clean, minimal foxing

Lot 8095

A collection of Norfolk interest volumes, including Stone: 'Picturesque Views of all the Bridges Belonging to the County of Norfolk', [1830], 52 (of 84) plates only, a/f, oblong folio, old half calf very worn, lacks top board, no title page, plates only; volume 7 of Armstrong's History of Norfolk, 1781, 5 engraved plates of Bixley Hall, Venta Icenorum, Kirby Bedon, Melton constable, Ditchingham Hall, rebound cloth gilt, with another composite volume containing Hundreds of Blofield, Greenhoe, Henstead & Humbleyard, extra illustrated from Bryant's Churches, rebound cloth gilt; Woodward: 'The Norfolk Topographer's Manual', 1842, old half calf worn; Messent: 'The old Cottages and Farm-Houses of Norfolk', 1928, and 'The Ruined Churches of Norfolk', 1931, (inner joints split), each original cloth; Willins 'Quaint Old Norwich', 1884, (324/500), a/f very worn; Rock & Co 'Recollections of Norwich' circa 1864 view album, 24 views; Grose 'Antiquities of England & Wales', 1784, Norfolk Extract from Vol IV, engraved map and 13 prints; Kitson Cromwell: 'History of Norfolk', Witham & Maldon, 1825, 2 vols, engravings after Cotman etc, contemporary calf, rebacked; Farrier 'Norfolk Monumental Brasses', 1890, signed, etc etc (18)

Lot 8097

Charles Parkin: 'The Topography of Freebridge hundred and half, in the county of Norfolk', Lyn, 1762, 1st edition, folding engraved plan of Lynn by Henrico Bell 1725 loosely inserted, folding pedigrees etc as called for, folio, contemporary calf worn (top board near detached), bookplates of Bryan Hall of Old Rectory, Banningham, and Francis J Cresswell

Lot 8103

Philip Rickman: 'A Selection of Bird Paintings and Sketches', London, Curpotten Ltd, 1979, limited edition (450/500), numbered and signed by Rickman, 32 mounted coloured plates as called for, large folio, original three quarter green Morocco gilt by Morrell, all edges gilt, original slip case

Lot 8117

Bernard D'Abrera: 'Birdwing Butterflies of the World', Melbourne, Lansdowne Press, 1975, 1st edition, profusely illustrated in colour throughout, folding distribution map loosely inserted, folio, original cloth, dust wrapper, original slip case

Lot 8118

Frederick William Frohawk: 'Natural History of British Butterflies', London, Hutchinson, [1926], 1st edition, two volumes, 60 coloured plates and four black and white plates, as called for, folio, original cloth gilt, dust wrappers (with some closed tears and small part losses but else generally very good), scarce (2)

Lot 8139

J. Stephen Hicks: 'The Encyclopaedia of Poultry', London, Waverley, [nd], circa 1928, 2 volumes, 3 coloured plates + numerous black and white plates + ills in text as called for, publisher's printed slip "This Edition is specially prepared for Subscribers" bound in at half title, original cloth gilt, dust wrappers (cloth and wrappers VGC having been well preserved in previous owners protective brown paper covers); Walter Hogan: 'The Call of the Hen', Kansas City, American Poultry School, [nd], circa 1920's, 115,[1]pp, ills. throughout, original cloth; Atkinson: 'The Old English Game Fowl', Saiga, 1981 facsimile reprint, folio, original cloth gilt, dust wrapper; plus a 1960 5th edition of the same work, original wraps (worn) & 4 other similar booklets (9)

Lot 8140

'British Sports and Sportsmen. Racing Coursing and Steeplechasing. Two Volumes', London, 1911, limited edition, (600/1,000), numbered, profusely illustrated throughout including tissue guarded photogravures, large folio, original full deep red morocco gilt, inner dentelles gilt, all edges gilt (2)

Lot 8141

Nicholas Cox: 'The Gentleman's Recreation: In Three Parts. The First Part contains...Liberal Arts and Sciences, &c. The Second treats of Horsemanship, Hawking, Hunting, Fowling, Fishing, Agriculture, &c...The Third is...Forest, Chace, and Game-Laws...', London, R. Bonwicke, 1710, 2nd edition corrected, a/f, sold as seen with all faults and not subject to return, added engraved title page by Richard Blome + 78 full page engraved illustrations (of which 2 folding), definitely lacking a plate, and a few leaves with closed tears, marginal losses, worm damage, plates depicting horse racing, falconry, partridge, pheasant and brook hawking, stag and fox hunting, coursing, various stalking, shooting, fowling, fishing etc, folio, contemporary quarter calf very worn, inner joints split, top board detached (but present)

Lot 8148

Thomas Stackhouse: 'A New History of the Holy Bible, from the beginning of the World, to the Establishment of Christianity', London, John Hinton, 1752, two volumes, 104 full page engraved plates and maps, some folding, some after Peter Paul Rubens and others, as called for, plus some engraved vignettes and head and tail pieces, folio, contemporary calf, rebacked (not recent) (2)

Lot 8151

John Speed: 'The Historie of Great Britaine under the Conquests of the Romans, Saxons, Danes, and Normans, their originals, manners, habits, warres, coins and seales', London, John Dawson for George Humble, 1632, engraved portrait frontis (trimmed, part loss top left corner, laid down), woodcut illustrations, head and tail pieces and decorative initials, last three leaves of index repaired with small part losses, 3rd edition revised, enlarged and newly corrected, folio, old half calf gilt over marbled paper covered boards, rebacked retaining backstrip, later morocco gilt title label

Lot 8152

'The Illustrated London News', volume XL, January-June 1862, numerous articles and illustrations including the Great International Exhibition, American Civil War, Australia, Japan, Vancouver Island expedition etc, lacks coloured plates and a map of London (as usual) but with many full page and some double page engravings, folio, original pictorial blind stamped cloth gilt, small loss of back strip at foot, else generally very good condition

Lot 8153

'The Illustrated London News' volume XLI, July-December 1862, numerous articles and illustrations including Great International Exhibition, American Civil War, Industry, Shipping, Disasters, Ascent of Mont Blanc, view of Auckland and Tuapeka Goldfields New Zealand etc, lacks coloured plates, many full page and some double page engravings, folio, original pictorial blind stamped cloth gilt (very good condition)

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