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Kerouac (Jack, 1922-1969). American Novelist. Signed cheque 'Jack Kerouac, 8 September 1960', drawn on a Security National Bank, Northport, NY, printed form numbered '294', dated and made out for $350 to the Internal Revenue Service in Kerouac's hand, some ink stamps and perforation holes away from signature, together with: Kerouac (Jack). On The Road, The Folio Society, 2010, black and white illustrations from photographs, original cloth in card slipcase, slipcase a little faded and marked, 8voQty: (2)

Massenet (Jules, 1842-1912). French Composer. Hérodiade. Opera en 3 Actes & 5 Tableaux..., Musique de J Massenet, partition pour Chant & Piano, Paris: G. Hartmann, [1882], decorative title in green and gilt with publisher's stamp lower right, signed and dedicated autograph musical quotation signed to following half-title, written in purple ink with three hand-drawn staves and music from the part of Salomé ('charme des jours passés'), with Massenet's signed inscription for Madame Dumont dated at Paris, March 1882 neatly written beneath, title slightly browned, modern half morocco gilt over marbled boards, small folioQty: (1)

* Milstein (Nathan, 1903-1992). Russian-American violinist. An unpublished and undocumented autograph working sketch-leaf for two realisations of violin sonatas by Antonio Vivaldi, no place, no date, 40 bars in blue ballpoint pen and pencil, 1 page, folio (32 x 24 cm), mounted together with a head and shoulders publicity portrait of Milstein from a photograph, signed 'N Milstein' in blue ballpoint pen in blank white area beneath image, the 2 items attractively mounted together with a caption, framed and glazed, overall 48 x 53 cmQty: (1)NOTESThe 5 bars in pen relate to the fourth movement Giga (Allegro) of Vivaldi’s Sonata in D minor Op. 2 no. 3, whilst the 35 bars in pencil relate to another unidentified Sonata for Violin and Piano by Vivaldi (most likely a Grave movement or Sarabande). Although Nathan Milstein composed original works and arranged music by other composers, it is not documented that he ‘realised’ any sonatas by Antonio Vivaldi. A rare and important manuscript.

* Tolkien (John Ronald Reuel, 1892-1973). English Writer, Poet, Philologist, and Academic. Autograph Letter Signed, 'JRR Tolkien', 1 Alfred Street, St. Giles, Oxford, 17 March 1920, to Miss Duncan, enclosing a 'mixed bag' of 50 possible examination questions on the Old English period and lamenting his general lack of time for anything, 'They are not intended to be models of clear questioning, but to suggest enquiries. The easily available critical writings that might help are all too few. I hope some time to make out something like a select bibliography, but I am enormously pressed for time this vacation...', neatly written in blue ink, light horizontal fold crease, 2 pp., small 8vo (14.5 x 11 cm), together with the 3-page folio typescript referred to, entitled 'Old English Literature Questions (miscellaneous)', with many annotations by Tolkien in his holograph, upwards of 37 words together with numerous minor emendations correcting mistyping and adding accents to various old English words, one annotation in an unidentified hand, a little creasing and marks to upper left corners where previously stapled, 3 leaves, 4toQty: (2)NOTESThis early letter was written 3 months before Tolkien was interviewed and ultimately appointed as reader in English language at Leeds University; a post that was later converted into a professorship.

Wittgenstein (Paul, 1887-1961). One-armed pianist who commissioned works for the left hand and who was the only brother of the philosopher Ludwig Wittgenstein. Signed and inscribed printed score of Parergon zur Sinfonia Domestica Op. 73 [by] Richard Strauss, first piano reduction by Otto Singer, Vienna, 1926, 46 pp., original printed wrappers with some wear and loss to spine, signed and inscribed in blue ink to upper wrapper, 'To Mr Douglas Fox as a remembrance Mai 31 1927, Paul Wittgenstein', slim folio, together with a copy of the book Douglas Fox (D.G.A.F.), A Chronicle by Winifred Fox, privately printed, Bristol, 1976, Winifred Fox's copy with three annotations to the index and an autograph note written before the epilogue (dated 1979), regarding her brother's pianos and the person and establishment to whom they were left, original cloth, a little rubbed, 8voQty: (2)NOTESThe final form of the Perergon to the Sinfonia Domestica was written in 1925 for Paul Wittgenstein, for whom Strauss also wrote his Op. 74 Panathenäenzug. As one of the wealthiest musicians in Austria, Wittgenstein (who lost his right arm during the First World War) commissioned works for the left hand from composers that included Ravel, Prokofiev, Korngold, Franz Schmidt, Britten and Richard Strauss. The dedicatee of this particular score was the one-armed pianist Douglas Fox, (who also lost his right arm during the First World War) for whom Frank Bridge wrote his Three Improvisations for the Left Hand. According to his sister Winifred Fox, her brother and Wittgenstein met in Oxford and corresponded occasionally.

Aldin (Cecil). An Artist's Model, London: H.F. & G. Witherby, New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, [1930], 20 colour plates, a little minor spotting, top edge gilt, original vellum gilt, a few light marks, folio, limited signed edition 128/350, together with US, London: Humphrey Milford, [1922], 6 colour illustrations, lacking front endpaper, original pencil and ink sketch titled 'Cabaret Follies' & 'Us', signed by Cecil Aldin at front, front hinge tender, original cloth-backed boards, small tears to spine, some soiling and edge wear, 4to, with 4 others illustrated by Aldin: Ten Little Puppy Dogs, [1902}, The Snob, 1904 (last plate repaired, new endpapers and modern cloth reback), Sleeping Partners, 2nd impression, 1930 and A Dog Day, new and cheap edition, 1904Qty: (6)

Wain (Louis). Big Dogs Little Dogs Cats and Kittens, London-Paris-New York: Raphael Tuck & Sons Ltd., [1903], 10 full-page and 1 double-page chromolithographed illustrations, numerous black & white illustrations, generally browned with some light spotting in places, occasional finger-soiling, stitching strained, front hinge cracked, original cloth-backed pictorial boards, rubbed and somewhat soiled, corners showing, slim folioQty: (1)

Cameron (John Jackson, 1872-1951). A pair of albums, filled with approximately 180 humorous scenes, drawings, and illustrated letters with vignettes in pen & ink (some with wash), circa 1925-50, comprising approximately 125 original watercolour or gouache, and 55 pen & ink, a few loosely inserted, mostly of a humorous nature, including golfing subjects (approx. 13) and other sports, parties, holiday scenes (mainly in Scotland) and other outdoor activities, home life (including card playing etc.), shopping, pictorial maps, some World War II related, etc., most inscribed and dated, some signed, occasional spotting (mainly affecting support leaves in 2nd volume), 2nd volume with a few oversize items with edge-chipping and fraying, and approx. 3 items with some insect damage to surface (mostly towards edges), approx. 32 x 26cm and smaller, 1st volume containing a photograph of the artist at work (some surface damage), also a loosely inserted envelope containing correspondence and notes by a person researching the artist and his work, modern brown half morocco, gilt spines with green morocco labels to each, folioQty: (2)NOTESThese two albums comprise letters and correspondence sent by John Jackson Cameron (who often describes himself as 'Uncle John') to his close friends Lucy Oppenheimer and Nora Robbins between the years 1925-1948. The illustrations feature the two women, their husbands, and family pets in many of the scenes, which were often sent to celebrate birthdays, Christmas or New Year, or to recall other incidents in their lives, usually portrayed in an amusing manner. Cameron studied at the Académie Julian in Paris and worked as an illustrator before joining the army in 1914. Awarded the Distinguished Service Order in 1918, he retired from the army in 1920 with the rank of Lieutenant Colonel. After Lucy died in 1935, Cameron lived with her surviving husband Albert 'Bertie' Oppenheimer in London.

Basilisk Press. The Works of Geoffrey Chaucer [with] A Companion Volume to the Kelmscott Chaucer by Duncan Robinson, 2 volumes, London: Basilisk Press, 1974-75, the first volume a facsimile reprint of the Kelmscott Chaucer, printed in red and black, the second volume with illustrations including many tipped-in, first volume uncut, original patterned cloth from a design by William Morris, folio, housed together in original stout slipcaseQty: (2)NOTESLimited edition of 343/1515.

Camberwell Press. Eric Ravilious. Submarine Dream, Lithographs and Letters edited by Brian Webb with an introduction by Peyton Skipworth, The Camberwell Press, 1996, colour illustrations, original morocco-backed boards, 4to, limited edition 7/225, signed by Professor Eileen Hogan, together with Wood Lea Press. Ravilious Engravings, by Jeremy Greenwood, with an introduction by John Craig, The Wood Lea Press, 2008, numerous colour and monochrome illustrations, original cloth, slipcase, folio, limited edition of 800Qty: (2)

Golden Cockerel Press. Lucretia Borgia. The Chronicle of Tebaldeo Tebaldei - Renaissance Period - by Algernon Charles Swinburne, Commentary and Notes by Randolph Hughes, Golden Cockerel Press, 1942, wood-engravings by Reynolds Stone, presentation inscription from Randolph Hughes to Terence East, 1943 at front, top edge gilt, original cream buckram gilt by Sangorski & Sutcliffe, spine a little darkened, some light dust-soiling, folioQty: (1)NOTESLimited edition 90/350.

Gregynog Press. The Celebrated Romance of the Stealing of the Mare. Translated from the Original Arabic by Lady Anne Blunt, and done into Verse by Wilfrid Scawen Blunt, Newtown: Gregynog Press, 1930, printed on japon, gilt vignette to title-page, one full-page woodcut illustration and woodcut initials throughout, all hand-coloured and some heightened in gilt, original cream quarter calf, patterned boards, spine slightly darkened, a few spots to backstrip on front board, folioQty: (1)NOTESProvenance: David Talbot Rice (1903-1972), English archaeologist and historian; thence by descent. Number 224 of 275 copies only.

McCall (Taylor, illustrator). Behind Us, Stockbridge, Hampshire: Bocaccio Books [sic], 1970, 104 pp., printed on rag paper, hand-painted illustrations throughout, fore and bottom edges untrimmed, original blue half morocco, spine sunned, slipcase, folio (29.7 x 20 cm)Qty: (1)NOTESNumber 36 of 300 copies only, signed by the illustrator on the limitation leaf. The work consists of eclectic literary quotations (including Donovan lyrics) accompanied by Taylor McCall's vivid hand-coloured illustrations, many in an Art Nouveau style. Only half the edition was bound up at time of publication; the remaining sheets were placed in storage and most were lost or damaged, except for 20 sets which were rediscovered much later and published by the Strawberry Press in Witney, founded in 1989.

Peacock Press. An Animal Anthology. Poems chosen and illustrated by Pamela Scott, Peacock Press, 1981, hand-printed colour illustrations, original cloth, slipcase, 4to, limited edition of 100, together with Libanus Press. Messer Pietro Mio. Letters between Lucrezia Borgia & Pietro Bembo, Libanus Press, 1985, wood-engravings by Richard Shirley-Smith, original morocco-backed boards, slipcase, small folio, limited signed edition 111/150, plus Tern Press. The Three Wayfarers, by Thomas Hardy. Dramatized from his story 'The Three Strangers', Tern Press, 1991, illustrations by Mary Parry, original decorative cloth, small 4to, limited signed edition 25/125, with others private press etc including Images from the Progress of the Seasons, by Edward Shanks, illustrated by Charles Berry, Dropmore Press, 1947, limited edition 85/450, with a presentation inscription from the illustrator, Mr Cobden-Sanderson's Two-Handed Engine, by John R. Nash, Nine Elms Press, limited signed edition of 350, The Lover's Song-Book, by W.H. Davies, Gregynog Press,1993, limited edition 61/350 and Hellenism, by Oscar Wilde, Tragara Press, 1979, limited edition 47/95Qty: (50)

Wood Lea Press. The Wood-Engravings of John Nash, compiled by Jeremy Greenwood, The Wood Lea Press, Liverpool, 1987, portrait frontispiece, colour and monochrome illustrations, original cloth-backed boards, slipcase, folio, limited edition of 750, together with The Wood-Engravings of Paul Nash, compiled by Jeremy Greenwood, Wood Lea Press, 1997, colour and monochrome illustrations, original cloth-backed boards, slipcase, folio, limited edition of 490Qty: (2)

Tolkien (J.R.R.) The History of Middle-Earth, 12 volumes, edited by Christopher Tolkien, 1984-1996, volumes 7, 9 & 12 1st editions, the others all later impressions or reprints, volume 4 a Book Club Associates edition, volumes 10 & 11 US later impressions, illustrations, volume 12 textblock a little toned, original cloth, dust jackets, some without printed price to flaps (i.e. for export), a few tears and some fading, 8vo, together with others by Tolkien including The Adventures of Tom Bombadil, 2nd impression, 1962 (with clear tape marks to endpapers), The Silmarillion, 1977, Unfinished Tales, 1st edition, 1980, David Day's A Tolkien Bestiary, 1979 and The Lord of the Rings, 3 volumes, Folio Society, 9th printing, 2002Qty: (26)

A folio of 18th century and later engravings and clippings including 'William Beckford Esquire, Twice Lord Mayor, His Speech to His Majesty King George the III on the 23rd May 1770', 'The Lord Lovat as he Appear'd at the Time he was Taken [...]', etc (several af), the folio with gilt tooled spine and marbled card boards.Additional InformationSeveral of the images with tears, creasing, foxing, discolouration. Folio heavily worn.

Large collection of Folio society books to include: Shakespeare's Sonnets, Yeats, Cold Comfort Farm etc

(Book) Nuova Raccolta Delle Piu Belle Vedute di Roma ..., obl, folio, half calf, 39 monochrome engraved plates, printed in Rome 1758, with hand written spine ''By Lord Townshend- paid M Lees paid 68 - By Government's fund ...''

Simon Combes (1940-2004) 'Great Cats Adventure' folio, in original box with booklet

Foster (J.J.) FRENCH ART FROM WATTEAU TO PRUD'HON... 3 col., edition de luxe, number 16 of 125, signed by the author, half-titles, lithographs and chromolithographs throughout, captioned tissue-guards, half-bellum over cloth, morocco spine label, folio, 1905.

Folio Society.- c.20 vols.

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

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

Sanderson (Robert, Bishop of Lincoln) SERMONS title in red and black laid down on later paper, contemporary calf, worn, lacking spine, folio, E. Cotes, 1664.

Tertullian.- [Qunitus Septimus Florentis].- OPERA title in red and black, woodcut title vignette, contemporary calf, folio, Paris, P. le Petit et al, 1675.

Historic houses of the United Kingdom, 1892 § Lloyd (Nathaniel) A history of the English House, 1931, plates, publisher's cloth, folio. (2)

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.

Ogilby (John). THE WORKS OF PUBLIYS VIRGILIUS MARO..., second edition, title in red and black laid down on later paper, engraved portrait frontispiece, engraved plates throughout, woodcut vignettes and historiated initials, slight damp-staining to extremities, endpapers replaced, 18th century calf over patterned boards, heavily worn, boards detached, folio, T. Roycroft, 1668.

Lloyd (W.W.). P & O PENCILLINGS, 24 chromolithographed plates, map, publisher's cloth, oblong folio, n.d., [1891].

Folio Society, Literature and poetry to include Thomas (Dylan) Under Milk Wood, Fielding (Henry) Tom Jones, Twain (Mark) Huckleberry Finn, etc. (14)

Folio Society, Literature to include Carr (J.L.), A Month in the Country, Woolf (Virginia) Between the Cracks and A Room of One's Own, etc. (15)

Folio Society, Works of Jane Austen. (set of 7)

Folio Society, Historical subjects, White (TH) The Once and Future King, Clark (Kenneth) Leonardo Da Vinci, etc. (12)

Folio Society, historical literature subjects, Ladurie (Emmanuel Leroy) Montaillon, Shakespeare (William) Life and World. (14)

Folio Society, Tolkien (JRR) The Lord of The Rings trilogy and The Hobbit. (4)

Folio Society, 19thC and later literature, Gaskell (Elizabeth) North and South and Wives and Daughters, Dickens (Charles) A Christmas Carol, Eliot (George) Adam Bede. (17)

Gotch (J.A.) Architecture of the Renaissance in England 2 vol., 1894; Belcher (John) Later Renaissance Architecture in England, 2 vol., 1901, list of subscribers, plates throughout, gutta perch perished, large folio (4)

The Manchester Guardian History of the War, folio, 9 vol

A folio of various artworks including Jane Barry, 2004, 'Blue Sky Thinking', textile art, signed lower right 'Jane Barry 2004', 49.5 x 43cm with another by Jane Barry, '...And They All Turned into Birds', signed lower right 'Jane Barry 2004', 100 x 55cm; A View of a bridge with boats, oil on linen attached to board, 18.5 x 29cm; Irene Zurkinden, 'Vieux murs de Paris', a collection of prints of views in Paris, 24 x 31cm

Books. General literature including Gill (Eric) Clothes, 1931, 8vo; Nabokov (V) Lolita, 1st edition 1959, wrapper torn; Rousseau (J J) Confessions,. 2 vols., Library edition, privately printed 1904, cloth; others - Collins Britain in Pictures series, Churchill's Histories, works of R L Stevenson and Dickens in uniform cloth; World's Classics series; Folio Society and others

MIDDLE EASTERN MANUSCRIPT FOLIO, a collection of calligraphic works, in th style of the Ottoman Empire, purchased Istanbul, the folio 31.5cm x 22.5cm

Clüver (Philipp). Germaniae antiquae libri tres ... Adjecta sunt Vindelicia et Noricum ejusdem auctoris, 1st edition, Leiden: Louis Elzevier, 1616, signatures *4 (.)4 (.)(.)6 *8 A-2I6 2K6, A-R6, A-S6 T8 (T8=blank), a-d6 e4 (-e4: blank), pp. [44] 400, 203 [1], 230 [2], 36 [18], engraved allegorical title-page, 26 engraved plates (of which 4 double-page) depicting ancient scenes, warriors and costume, 11 double-page engraved maps, light to moderate browning to text, occasional light spotting, signature *1 (half-title) misbound after *3, first few leaves (including engraved title) softening along edges, shallow tide-mark to lower margins of a few leaves, contemporary limp vellum, spine with manuscript title and later label, tear to head of spine, ties perished, folio (31 x 20 cm)Qty: (1)NOTESProvenance: Thomas Mansel, 1st Baron Mansel (1667-1723), politician and 'leader of the tory interest throughout south Wales' (ODNB), with his bookplate. Willems 108.

Houghton (William). British Fresh-Water Fishes, 2 volumes, 1st edition, London: William Mackenzie, [1879], half-titles, 41 hand-finished chromoxylographic plates, scattered spotting, all edges gilt, original pictorial cloth gilt in bright condition, folioQty: (2)

Linden (Jean-Jules). Pescatorea. Iconographie des orchides de la collection de M. Pescatore, au château de la Celle-St.-Cloud, 10 original livraisons (of 12), 1st edition, Brussels: Charles Muquardt, 1854-5, 40 hand-coloured lithographic plates by François Detollenaere, each with leaf of descriptive text, tissue-guards laid in throughout, without the final 8 plates or any preliminary text (issued with livraisons 11-12), a few text-leaves nicked (the plates smaller and never thus affected), Cycnoches Pescatorei plate (livraison 6) dust-soiled and nicked along right-hand margin, Vanda Coerulea and Coryanthes Macrantha (livraison 8) plates spotted, occasional light toning, all loose in original printed wrappers (wrappers all split along spines, spotted, nicked), folio (51.5 x 33 cm)Qty: (10)NOTESNissen BBI 1196; Stafleu & Cowan 4622.

Peregrine Books. The Meyers' Illustrations of British Birds. By W. G. Hale, 1st edition, [London & Leeds]: Maggs Bros. and Peregrine Books, 2007, 44 plates (comprising 2 tipped-in lithographs from Meyer's original folio edition of the Illustrations, 2 uncoloured plates, and 40 tipped-in colour facsimiles of Meyer's original plates), original maroon half morocco, slipcase, folio, number 28 of 40 deluxe copies signed by the author (there were also 80 standard copies), together with: ibid. The Falkland Islands. An Artist's Portfolio. Mandy Shepherd. Written and Illustrated by the Author. With a Foreword by Lord Inge, 1st edition, Leeds: Peregrine Books, 1998, tipped-in colour plates, original blue half morocco, slipcase, folio, number 69 of 350 de luxe copies signed by the artist, from the total edition of 368, Thornton (R. J.). Thornton's Temple of Flora, with Plates faithfully reproduced from the Original Engravings, and the Work described by Geoffrey Grigson, with Bibliographical Notes by Handasyde Buchanan, London: Collins, 1951, facsimile plates (some in colour), tissue-guards, original half cloth, two dust jackets (inner and outer; outer jacket unevenly sunned and with repairs), folio, Ariel Press. British Sporting Prints. Edited by John Cadfryn-Roberts, 1st edition, London: The Ariel Press, 1955, colour illustrations, original half cloth, dust jacket (nicked, soiled and repaired), slipcase (rubbed and marked, staples rusted), folio, and 10 similar natural history reference books, folioQty: (14)

Warner (Robert). Select Orchidaceous Plants. The Notes on Culture by B. S. Williams ... assisted by some of the Best Growers [First Series], 10 original parts, 1st edition, London: Lovell, Reeve, & Co., 1862-5, 40 hand-coloured lithographic plates by W. H. Fitch or James Andrews, each plate with 2 pp. text, part 1 with additional iv pp. (temporary title-page and introduction) and laid-in publisher's prospectus, part 10 with additional x pp. (half-title, title-page, introduction, contents, dedication leaf), plate 36 toned, browned along edges and with old adhesive-marks verso, plates otherwise in excellent condition, each part loose in original printed wrappers (torn and finger-marked but largely intact), folio (47 x 33.5 cm), together with a partial set of the second series (1865-76), with plates 1-12 of 39 (hand-coloured lithographs) and relevant text-leaves, loose in 4 sets of original wrappers apparently supplied from other parts (the dates incorrect), plate 10 toned and with browning and adhesive-staining along edges, plates otherwise excellentQty: (14)NOTESNissen BBI 2108; Stafleu & Cowan VII p. 82. This work contains some of the finest examples of Fitch's 'superb botanical lithographs' (ODNB). The second series appeared in 1865-76, and a third in 1877-91.

Atkyns (Robert). The Ancient and Present State of Glocestershire, 2nd edition, London: Reprinted by T. Spilsbury for W. Herbert, 1768, eight single-page engraved armorial plates, 65 folding engraved plates including county map, birds-eye plan of Gloucester, view of the West Prospect of Gloucester, Gloucester Cathedral and 60 birds-eye views of country seats by Kip (complete), later endpapers, contemporary speckled calf, morocco reback with gilt decorated spine, board corners repaired, board edges lightly rubbed, folioQty: (1)NOTESUpcott p.246-249.

Bristol - Bird (Charles). Picturesque Old Bristol. A Series of Fifty-Two Etchings by Charles Bird, with Letterpress by John Taylor, 2 volumes, Bristol: Frost & Reed, December 1885, 53 sepia etched plates (including frontispiece), original pictorial front wrapper bound-in, occasional spotting throughout, edges untrimmed, contemporary half calf gilt, red morocco title labels to spines, spines torn at head & foot, some wear, folio (unlettered proof limited edition 121/125), together with: Dallaway (James), Antiquities of Bristow [sic] in the Middle Centuries; including the Topography by William Wyrcestre, and the Life of William Canynges, Bristol: Mirror Office, 1834, half-title, title in red & black, few engraved plates, wood engraved armorials & illustrations, edges untrimmed, modern quarter calf, folio, Skelton (Joseph), Skelton's Etchings of the Antiquities of Bristol from original sketches by the late Hugh O'Neill, [Bristol & London, 1825], engraved title and 55 plates on India paper, scattered spotting, all edges gilt, contemporary brown half morocco, gilt decorated spine, joints & extremities rubbed & worn, folio, Ellison (Fred E.), Etchings of Bath, with Descriptive Letterpress, London: Printed at the Chiswick Press by Charles Whittingham & Co. Bristol: William George's Sons, 1888, half-title, title in red & black, 24 sepia etched plates, scattered spotting, top edge gilt, remainder untrimmed, original calf-backed cloth, gilt blocked decorative title and city armorial to upper cover, spine rubbed, folio (limited edition 178/250, with sets 51-250 on Whatman's Antique paper)Qty: (5)

Camden (William). Britannia: or a Chorographical Description of Great Britain and Ireland, together with the Adjacent islands..., 2 volumes, second edition, revised, digested and published with large additions by Edmund Gibson, London: Printed for Mary Matthews, for Awnsham Churchill, and sold by William Taylor, 1722, engraved portrait frontispiece to volume 1, titles printed in red & black, 51 uncoloured engraved double page maps by Robert Morden (including two folding, Herefordshire map bound upside down) and 10 plates of coins and antiquities, few ink spots to leaf U2 and horizontal tear to leaf 3Q2 in volume 1, occasional light dust-soiling and spotting, light dampstaining at foot of initial leaves in volume 1 and to contents leaves at rear of volume 2, edges untrimmed with some fraying, short closed tears to margins at mostly at rear of volume 1, modern half calf, marbled sides, folioQty: (2)

Rudder (Samuel). A New History of Gloucestershire, 1st edition, Cirencester: Printed by Samuel Rudder, 1779, 26 engraved plates (comprising 4 double-page, 9 folding, 3 single-page including 2 single-page plans), without county map, extra-illustrated containing a conjoined folding engraved plan 'A Plan of the Thames and Seven Canal Navigation by Robert Whitworth 1783' cropped and joined to 'A Plan and Profile of the proposed Navigable Canal from the Line of the Thames and Severn Canal ... surveyed in 1784 by Robt. Whitworth' (engraved by William Faden), some spotting and toning, 19th century half morocco, rebacked preserving original spine, slightly rubbed, folioQty: (1)

Scott (Walter). The Border Antiquities of England and Scotland; comprising Specimens of Architecture and Sculpture, and other Vestiges of Former Ages, Accompanied by Descriptions..., 2 volumes, London: Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme, et al., 1814-17, half-title to volume 2, additional engraved titles and 93 engraved plates on India paper, armorial bookplate of Sir William Augustus Fraser, Ledeclune & Morar, Baronet, to upper pastedowns, all edges gilt, together with: ibid., Provincial Antiquities and Picturesque Scenery of Scotland, with descriptive illustrations, 2 volumes, London: John & Arthur Arch, Edinburgh: William Blackwood, 1826, engraved titles to each and 49 engraved plates, some offsetting to text, occasional spotting, all edges gilt, uniform late 19th century mottled calf by Riviere & Son, gilt rollwork border decoration to boards, each volume neatly rebacked with matching elaborate gilt decoration, contrasting morocco spine labels preserved, folioQty: (4)

Thompson (Pishey). The History and Antiquities of Boston, and the Villages of Skirbeck, Fishtoft, Freiston, Butterwick, Benington, Leverton, Leake, and Wrangle; Comprising The Hundred of Skirbeck, in the County of Lincoln, Boston: John Noble, Jun., 1856, wood engraved frontispiece and six plates and numerous vignette illustrations, folding pedigree, Surveyors Institution bookplate to upper pastedown, all edges gilt, contemporary brown morocco by Bedford, gilt panelled boards, rebacked preserving original gilt decorated spine, light scuffing, folio, together with: [Kilner, Joseph], The Account of Pythagoras's School in Cambridge; as in Mr Grose's Antiquities of England and Wales, and other Notices, [Cambridge?], [1790?], title, pp. iii-v, 5-56, 2ff., 59-158, nine engraved plates (2 folding), bound with: Cooper (C.H.), Borough of Cambridge. Report of Borough-Rate Committee, 3 Oct. 1850, Cambridge: Printed by Metcalfe & Palmer, [1850], 58pp., single-page engraved map, original blue front wrapper with title inscribed by the author, bound with folding leaf Supplement to the Cambridge Chronicle, Cambridge, March 2, 1861, contemporary brown half morocco, neatly rebacked, folioQty: (2)

Darjou (Alfred, illustrator). Le Caire et la haute Egypte. Texte par Florian Pharaon, 1st edition, Paris: E Dentu, 1872, half-title, 30 tinted lithographic plates (mounted), captioned tissue-guards, spotting to outer leaves, original red quarter morocco, red pictorial cloth sides gilt, rubbed and worn, lower fore corner of front board crudely refurbished, large folio (50.8 x 35 cm)Qty: (1)NOTESBlackmer 1302. Number 71 of 300 copies only. 'Pharaon and Darjou were present at the opening of the Suez canal in 1869 and took part in the official tour' (Blackmer).

Thoresby (Ralph). Ducatus Leodiensis: Or, the Topography of the Ancient and Populous Town and Parish of Leedes, and Parts Adjacent in the West-Riding of the County of York, 2 parts in one, 1st edition, London: Maurice Atkins, 1715, engraved portrait frontispiece, folding engraved map with outline hand-colouring & light red paint smudge (early manuscript notes to verso), 11 engraved plates (7 folding, south view of St. John's Church Leeds cropped to caption at foot), numerous engraved armorials to text, small rust hole to 2H2, short closed tears to final leaf, two leaves of early manuscript notes at front of volume, later endpapers, contemporary blind panelled calf, rebacked, upper board detached, folioQty: (1)

Walker (J & C, publishers). Hobson's Fox-Hunting Atlas; containing separate Maps of every county in England and the three Ridings of Yorkshire..., circa 1870, printed title with two small holes to lower margin but not affecting text, 42 (complete as list) lithographic maps with contemporary outline colouring, map of Lancashire with some offsetting, slight spotting throughout, marbled endpapers, bookplate of Charles Stewart Hardy, contemporary half morocco gilt, with additional decorative gilt title to upper siding, worn and rubbed, rear board damp stained with deterioration to the cloth and board, folioQty: (1)

[Egypt]. Description de l'Egypte, ou recueil des observations et des recherches qui ont étét faite en Egypte pendant expédition de l'armée française. Antiquités, tome troisième [-quatrième], i.e. 2 volumes only, 2nd edition, Paris: C. K. F. Panckoucke, 1822, printed title-page to each volume, 133 engraved plates (of 141: lacking plates, 3, 6, 7, 10, 13, 14, 29 and 42 in volume 4), many plates double-page, a few also folding, publisher's blind stamps to corners of plates, variable spotting, volume 3 plate 51 with repaired closed tears, volume 4 plates 9 and 31 with paper restoration to blank areas of plate-marks, contemporary red half morocco, green morocco labels gilt to front boards, large folio (67 x 51.5 cm)Qty: (2)NOTESAtabey 343 & Blackmer 476 refer. Two of five plate volumes of Antiquités from the second edition of the monumental encyclopaedia of Egypt, published while the first edition (1809-28) was still in progress. The second edition appears to have contained in total 11 plate volumes in large folio and 24 volumes of text in octavo.

Ewing (Thomas). Ewing's New General Atlas; containing Distinct Maps of all the Principal States and Kingdoms throughout the World; A New edition including the most recent Geographical Discoveries.., Oliver & Boyd, Edinburgh, circa 1840, calligraphic title page, advertisement and 16 pages of descriptive text, one double-page hemispheral map of the world and 26 single-page maps (complete as list), all with contemporary outline colouring, marginal dust and finger soiling throughout, hinges broken, near-contemporary ownership signature to front endpaper, contemporary half morocco with gilt design to upper cover, spine crudely repaired with sellotape, heavily rubbed and worn, 4to, together with Gaultier (Abbé). A Complete Course of Geography, by means of Instructive Games..., Collated with the Author's last Paris Edition and Digested for Europe Conformably to the Territorial Arrangements at the pacification in 1815 by Jehosaphat Aspin..., John Harris, 1825, title page, dedication, rules and descriptive text, a table of general questions, 7 pairs (only) of engraved maps (one labelled and one blank) but including the hemispheral world map, some dust soiling throughout, text block broken and detached, contemporary half morocco, boards detached, lacking spine, heavily worn and frayed, slim upright folioQty: (2)NOTESSold as a collection of maps, not subject to return.

Heylyn (Peter). Cosmographie, in Four Books. Containing the Chorographie and Historie of the Whole World, and all the Principal Kingdoms, Provinces, Seas, and Isles thereof, London: Anne Seile, 1669, additional engraved title stating 3rd edition and imprint dated 1667 (short closed tear to upper blank margin), letterpress title in red & black, four folding engraved maps (Europe, Asia, Africa, and Americas), map of Europe with closed tears at foot, some toning and spotting mostly to text, endpapers renewed, contemporary calf, rebacked preserving morocco title label, corners repaired, folioQty: (1)NOTESWing H1692A.

[Mayer, Luigi]. A Selection of the Most Interesting of Sir Robert Ainslie's Celebrated Collection of Views in Turkey in Europe, and in Asia; Syria, Sicily, The Eolian Islands; Temple of Diana, at Ephesus; Jupiter Ammon, in Libya, London: for R. Bowyer by T. Bensley, 1811, title-page, list of plates, 24 hand-colour aquatint plates (dated 1809-10, watermarked J. Whatman 1809), one double-page ('View of Constantinople), bound with: ibid. A Selection of the Most Interesting of Robert Ainslie's Celebrated Collection of Views in Egypt, Asia Minor, etc. etc., London: for R. Bowyer, by T. Bensley, 1812, title-page, list of plates, 24 hand-coloured aquatint plates (dated 1802; watermarked J Whatman 1809), ibid. Views in Palestine, from Drawings in the Possession of Sir Robert Ainslie, Bart., London: by T. Bensley, for the proprietor, R. Bowyer, 1812, title-page, 8 hand-coloured aquatint plates (2 dated 1803, the rest undated; all watermarked J Whatman 1809), 3 works in 1 volume, modern half calf, gilt morocco label to front board, large folio (47 x 31.5 cm)Qty: (1)NOTESAtabey 790 (first two items); cf. Blackmer 1099n (Views in Palestine). A sammelband of three separately-published selections from Mayer's Views in Egypt, Palestine and Other Parts of the Ottoman Empire (1801-4; see Abbey Travel 369), with bright plates. This is the first issue of A Selection ... of Views in Turkey; A Selection ... of Views in Egypt first appeared in 1811. 'The plates in these selections are not re-engravings, but plates available from the stock originally printed for Bowyer, with new title-pages. These appear to be the earliest selections of Mayer's plates from the Ottoman dominions' (Atabey).