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Pare (Ambroise) The Workes of that famous Chirurgion Ambrose Parey, first edition in English, translated by Thomas Johnson, engraved title (browned and laid down, with small loss to fore-margin), woodcut illustrations throughout, title verso & first f. with small tape-residue to corners, single wormhole to fore-edge near start (within a few woodcuts or printed side-notes), occasional very small marginal worming elsewhere, faint damp-staining to first few Sig., 2D2 small rust-hole within text, a few ff. with restoration to margins or tears into text or woodcut neatly repaired, occasional light browning or soiling, but overall a very good and crisp copy, attractive 20th century antique style half calf, with earlier gilt backstrip laid down, corners bumped, little rubbed, [STC 19189], folio, Th: Cotes and R. Young, 1634. *** This copy with the preliminary "To the Reader" leaf, often lacking. Provenance: Le Roy Crummer (bookplate); Howard Updegraff (leather book-label); Brian Davies (embossed stamp to front free endpaper); Los Angeles County Medical Association (ink-stamp to lower margin of title & K6).

[Balcanquhall (Walter)] A Large Declaration concerning the Late Tumults in Scotland, first edition, engraved portrait frontispiece, occasional marginal notes in an early hand, occasional faint marginal staining, near contemporary calf, slight bumping to corners and spine extremities, folio, by Robert Young, 1639. ***  Purportedly by Charles I, but in fact written for him by Scottish clergyman Walter Balcanquhall, Dean of Rochester and later of Durham.

Ɵ&nbspSaxton (Christopher) An Atlas of England and Wales, maps, contemporary black half morocco, joints slightly rubbed, 1936; and another, modern reprint of Blaeu's Atlas of GB, folio (2)  

Exotic luggage, comprising a crocodile skin suitcase, monogrammed "M.R." and measuring approx. 52cm x 32cm x 15cm, patchwork snakeskin folio etc. (3) Condition Report:Available upon request

Breviary. An impressive large folio manuscript Breviary, Italian, mid 17th-century, comprising 187 leaves in total (173 on vellum and final 14 leaves on paper), large scale Latin text written in black script, Psalm One with large illuminated initial 'B' with cherub and flowers, numerous other capital initials in red or blue ink, with few other black initial letters with additional decoration also in black ink, 51 pages with Gregorian Chants; Psalter, folios I to CXVI, Propers thereafter, later index of Psalms and Propers to final leaf, with an additional Salve Regina in chant form written in a different hand before index, partial Breviary after Psalms including some but not all Proper of the Season (includes segments of Christmastide, Lent, Ascentiontide, Whitsuntide, Corpus Christi), some but not all Proper of the Saints and Common of the Saints (including St Peter, Conversion of St Paul, All Saints, Common of the Blessed Virgin Mary, Common of One Martyr, Common of Confessors, Common of the Dedication of a Church), occasional near-contemporary and later corrections to text, sewing to initial gathering a little weak and few leaves sprung, dust-soiling and few marks mostly to margins, light wear to some leaves and few repairs, contemporary sheep over wooden boards with brass bosses, decorations and corner-pieces, lacking leather straps to board edges, rebacked preserving original spine, rubbed and some wear, large folio (60 x 41 cm)Sold not subject to return.QTY: (1)

Book of Common Prayer. The Book of Common Prayer, and Administration of the Sacraments, and other Rites and Ceremonies of the Church, According to the use of the Church of England: Together with the Psalter, or Psalms of David, Pointed as they are to be sung or said in Churches..., London: Printed by Thomas Baskett, Printer to the King's most Excellent Majesty; and by the Assigns of Robert Baskett, 1751, engraved frontispiece, title in red and black, few woodcut head and tailpieces, red-ruled borders throughout, occasional light toning and scattered spotting, verso of front free endpaper with 19th-century inscription 'This book which belonged originally to the Princess of Wales, and was used by the Members of the Royal Family in the Chapel of St. James', was bought of Mr. Bohn at Canterbury in June 1874, by Robert Jenkins, M. A. Rector and Vicar of Lyminge and Honorary Canon of Canturbury - June, 1874, and given by him to Helen Constable Jenkins Easter-Monday (March 29th) 1880', book label of Church of St. Mary and St. Eadburg, Lyminge, with manuscript annotation at head and foot of label 'Robert Charles Jenkins Rector and Vicar of the ... and Hon. Canon of Canterbury', front free blank bearing the ownership signature of Lilian G. Henshaw, February 16th 1926, and tipped-in card inscribed 'This Bible belongs to Lilian Henshaw, sale of H. Rigden 1928', all edges gilt, contemporary dark brown/black morocco, gilt decorated spine and roll border to boards, spine compartments with gilt monogram of George II (1683-1760), with his royal armorial bearings to centre of each board, 'St. James's Chapel 1752' in gilt to upper board, upper joint lightly rubbed, folioQTY: (1)

Spanish Illuminated Manuscript Certificate of Nobility. A Spanish Carta Executoria de Hidalguia for Capitan Christoval Monte Bernardo of Seville, dated 7th August 1618, manuscript on vellum, 112 leaves, with two full-page illuminations in gold and colours, the first being an elaborate decorative coat of arms bearing the motto Por la Gracia de Dios, and a second full-page illumination in gold colours depicting the Annunciation, with a scene of Christian soldiers on horseback defeating the infidel, with decorative outer border and four oval portraits of Saints to outer corners (Saint Christopher, Saint Francis, Saint Anna, and Saint Blaise), ten large illuminated initials in gold and colours (one with portrait of a gentleman), the main text written in brown ink, 34 lines to each page, entirely red-ruled throughout, red silk tissue-guard to each of the full-page illuminations at front of volume, gilt-decorated red morocco bookplate of W. A. Foyle, Beeleigh Abbey to front pastedown, original red velvet over wooden boards, and old printed auction catalogue description pasted above, thick folio (31 x 21 cm), contained in early 20th-century red calf-backed drop-over book boxQTY: (1)NOTE:A handsome illuminated manuscript certificate of nobility issued at the Royal Chancellery at Granada on behalf of the Monte Bernardo family of Seville, on behalf of 'Gonzalo Monte Bernardo e y Christoval Monte Bernardo e el Capitan Martin Monte Bernardo hermanos vecinos de la... cuidad de Sevilla e y Andres...'.

Holbein (Hans, the Younger). Portraits of Illustrious Personages of the Court of Henry VIII. Engraved in Imitation of the Original Drawings of Hans Holbein, in the Collection of His Majesty. With biographical and historical memoirs by Edmund Lodge, London: William Bulmer & Co., Shakespeare Printing-Office for John Chamberlaine, 1828, 84 hand-coloured stipple-engraved portraits on pink and white paper, occasional light spotting, all edges gilt, later crimson half morocco, spine with green label and richly gilt in compartments, slightly rubbed, folio, together with Lawrence (H. W. & B. L. Dighton). French Line Engravings of the Late XVIII Century, London: Lawrence and Jellicoe Ltd., 1910, 82 engraved plates, some light offsetting to opposing leaves, crimson morocco gilt bookplate of W. A. Foyle, Beeleigh Abbey, all edges gilt, contemporary blue full morocco gilt by Sangorski & Sutcliffe, edges slightly rubbed, 4to, plus Dilke (Lady). French Engravers and Draughtsmen of the XVIIIth Century, London: George Bell and Sons, 1902, monochrome and sepia plates, slight marginal toning and light spotting to endpapers, burgundy morocco gilt bookplate of W. A. Foyle, all edges gilt, lavish blue morocco gilt by Riviere & Son, small folio, together with two others leatherbound: William Hogarth, by Austin Dobson, 1902, and Sir Joshua Reynolds, by Sir Walter Armstrong, 1900 QTY: (5)NOTE:Provenance: W. A. Foyle, Beeleigh Abbey (bookplates).

[Pepys, Samuel]. Braybrooke (Richard Griffin, Baron). The History of Audley End. To which are appended Notices of the Town and Parish of Saffron Walden in the County of Essex, 1st edition, London: Samuel Bentley, 1836, engraved frontispiece, portrait of Braybrooke, 2 maps, and 16 plates, with other illustrations, extra-illustrated with an additional 45 portraits and engravings, some early, some coloured and many folding, plus two manuscript documents, the first signed by both Charles II and Samuel Pepys, the second an autograph letter signed by Samuel Pepys, window-mounted opposite pages 87 & 104, autograph presentation note from the author to Reverend Joseph Hunter FSA, 24 April 1847, tipped on to front flyleaf, with a later note at foot indicating it was then purchased at the sale of Hunter’s books in December 1861, additionally signed above the note (?John Doller, 1861), burgundy morocco gilt bookplate of W. A. Foyle, Beeleigh Abbey to front pastedown, all edges gilt, 20th-century red polished calf by Bayntun Rivière, large paper copy, 4to (310 x 245 mm)QTY: (1)NOTE:Provenance: Rev. Joseph Hunter, 1783-1861, (presentation note from the author); ?John Doller (inscription); W. A. Foyle, Beeleigh Abbey (bookplate).The two Pepys letters included are:Pepys (Samuel, 1633-1703), English diarist and naval administrator. Autograph Letter Signed, ‘S. Pepys’, Derby House, 18 February 1673/4, to Mr Brereton, concerning the Navy’s ships and the numbers of men, borne and mustered, taking issue with his weekly accounts, ‘… I have hitherto observed such an irregularity in one of your weekly accounts as I never met withal from any other hand…’, with a postscript to add new observations about the numbers of men borne and mustered on board the St David and the Dunkirk, giving details of the discrepancies, 2 pages, folioWilliam Brereton, 3rd Baron Brereton FRS (1631-1680) was an English mathematician and politician who sat in the House of Commons in 1659 and became Baron Brereton in the Irish peerage in 1664. He was chairman of the Committee of Accounts, better known as the Brooke House Committee, in 1667-1670. In that capacity he clashed repeatedly with Samuel Pepys, whose description of Brereton in his Second Diary, or Brooke House Journal, although no doubt biased, is the best portrait we have of the man.Charles II (1630-1685), King of Great Britain & Ireland, 1660-1685 and Pepys (Samuel, 1633-1703), English diarist and naval administrator. Document Signed, ‘Charles R’ and ‘S. Pepys’, Whitehall, 10 January 1673/4, a manuscript warrant in a secretarial hand, addressed to the Principal Officers and Commissioners of the Navy, appointing George Bowen, late boatswain of the ship Anne, to be boatswain of the ship Rupert, repairs to blank left margin, 1 page, folioSamuel Pepys visited the 17th-century country house Audley End and described it his diary entry for 8 October 1667: ‘At last, rose, and up, and broke our fast, and then took coach, and away, and at Newport did call on Mr. Lowther, and he and his friend, and the master of the house, their friend, where they were, a gentleman, did presently get a-horseback and overtook us, and went with us to Audley-End, and did go along with us all over the house and garden: and mighty merry we were. The house indeed do appear very fine, but not so fine as it hath heretofore to me; particularly the ceilings are not so good as I always took them to be, being nothing so well wrought as my Lord Chancellor’s are; and though the figure of the house without be very extraordinary good, yet the stayre-case is exceeding poor; and a great many pictures, and not one good one in the house but one of Harry the Eighth, done by Holben; and not one good suit of hangings in all the house, but all most ancient things, such as I would not give the hanging-up of in my house; and the other furniture, beds and other things, accordingly.’

Gale (Roger, editor). Registrum Honoris de Richmond Exhibens Terrarum & Villarum quae quondam suerunt Edwini Comitis infra Richmundshire Descriptionem..., London: R. Gosling, 1722, title in red and black with engraved illustration, folding engraved map, 14 engraved plates (including 6 double-page, 5 of which are pedigrees), double-page letterpress pedigree, light browning and occasional spotting, contemporary speckled blind panelled calf, neatly rebacked preserving morocco title label, folio, (Boyne p.173; Upcott pp.1417-1419), together with:Dallaway (James). Inquiries into the Origin and Progress of the Science of Heraldry in England. With Explanatory Observations on Armorial Ensigns, Gloucester: Printed by R. Raikes for T. Cadell, 1793, engraved title with uncoloured aquatint illustration (some loss to fore-margin), dedication with engraved armorial, etched vignette illustration, 27 engraved plates (including 8 hand-coloured), few engraved vignettes, top edge gilt, remainder untrimmed, contemporary red half morocco, rubbed, 4to,Warner (Richard). An History of the Abbey of Glaston; and of the Town of Glastonbury, Bath: Printed by Richard Cruttwell, 1876, 20 engraved plates (including 1 hand-coloured), repaired closed tears to dedication and subscriber's list, burgundy morocco gilt bookplate of W. A. Foyle, Beeleigh Abbey to upper pastedown, all edge gilt, contemporary plum coloured morocco, decorative gilt roll border to boards, neatly rebacked with elaborate gilt decorated spine, 4to (one of 250 copies printed)QTY: (3)

Wren (Christopher). Parentalia, or Memoirs of the Family of the Wrens, viz. of Matthew, Bishop of Ely, Christopher, Dean of Windsor, etc. but chiefly of Sir Christopher Wren... compiled by his son Christopher Wren, late Surveyor-General of the Royal Buildings, President of the Royal Society, &c. &c. in which is contained, besides his works, a great number of original papers and records; on religion, politicks, anatomy, mathematicks, architecture, antiquities; and most branches of polite literature; Compiled, by his son Christopher; now published by his grandson, Stephen Wren, Esq; with the care of Joseph Ames, F.R.S...., 1st edition, London: Printed for T. Osborn, and R. Dodsley, 1750, mezzotint portrait frontispiece of Christopher Wren by John Faber (trimmed to plate mark and relined on contemporary laid paper), title page printed in red and black, dedication with large armorial crest, list of subscribers, 14 engraved plates (including 3 portraits) and 7 folding engraved plans (including a map of London and its environs) with two additional tipped-in engravings by Samuel Ward: Magnetica Magnalia (frontispiece to The Wonders of the Load-Stone, or, the load-stone newly reduc’t into a divine and morall use, London: 1640) at page 227, and The Monument, The figure of y Columne Erected for ye Perpetual Memory of ye most famous City of London that was almost wast by fire in ye Prodigious year 1666 at page 322, plus an annotated contemporary pen and brown ink drawing of Roman urns at page 267, the other additional plates include prospects and interiors of St Pauls, a view of St Peter's Cathedral Westminster (trimmed and laid on contemporary paper),some closed tears to folds, occasional light spotting to plates, appendix, index and bookbinder instructions bound at rear, rough-trimmed edges, burgundy morocco gilt bookplate of W. A. Foyle, Beeleigh Abbey to front pastedown, modern sprinkled half calf over marbled boards, lower outer corners showing, folioQTY: (1)NOTE:Provenance: W. A. Foyle, Beeleigh Abbey (bookplate).Harris, British Architectural Books 949; Mark J. Millard Architectural Collection II, 97; ESTC T145737.The rare first edition of one of the earliest biographies of the celebrated English architect Sir Christopher Wren, compiled by his son and grandson. This copy extra-illustrated with 11 additional engravings and an annotated original drawing illustrating two Roman urns discovered when the foundations of St. Pauls were being laid.

Ellis (Henry). The History and Antiquities of the Parish of Saint Leonard, Shoreditch, and Liberty of Norton Folgate, in the Suburbs of London, London: J. Nichols, 1798, extra-illustrated and expanded into three volumes, including autograph items of Lord Burleigh, John Wilkes, David Garrick, Horace Walpole and the author Henry Ellis (2) including one about the book’s scarcity, autograph signatures of Robert Vyner, Robert Aske, Thomas Bloodworth and John Hobby together on a slip of paper, plus approximately 330 engravings, comprising portraits, views, and antiquities, etc., plus 2 original drawings, printed items and extracts including a scare David Garrick playbill, etc., some occasional spotting or browning, red morocco bookplates of W. A. Foyle, top edges gilt, late 19th-century red half morocco gilt by Sangorski & Sutcliffe, some edge and corner wear, 4to (280 x 210 mm)QTY: (3)NOTE:Provenance: John Bullock (author’s autograph letter signed to Mr Bullock, Guildford, 29 September 1859: ‘… You quite astonish me to find a copy of the History of Shoreditch (illustrated too) at Guildford. There were but two hundred and fifty copies printed: and I believe the largest portion of them were lost in Mr [John] Nichols’s Fire [February 1808]; W. A. Foyle, Beeleigh Abbey (bookplates).The autograph items include:Cecil (William, 1520-1598), 1st Baron Burghley, English statesman, the chief adviser of Queen Elizabeth I for most of her reign, twice Secretary of State (1550-1553 and 1558-1572) and Lord High Treasurer from 1572. Document Signed, ‘W. Burghley’, 8 May 1594, being a warrant, in a clerk’s hand but signed by William [Cecil], Lord Burghley, instructing his former secretary Vincent Skinner, now Auditor of the Receipt of the Exchequer, to issue £100 to Sir Roger Williams for his ambassadorial mission to Henri IV of France, as the queen’s warrant has not yet been signed, dated 8 May 1594; annotated by Skinner with instructions to Mr Taylor, one of the tellers, to pay the amount, and that that this warrant would be replaced with a further order, whereupon this warrant is to be cancelled, dated 13 May 1594, a little spotting, old bookseller’s brief printed catalogue entry pasted to lower left blank margin, one page, folio [tipped in opposite p. 23]For William Cecil (1520-1597), Lord Burghley, Lord Treasurer, see ODNB.Sir Roger Williams (1539/40-1595), soldier and author, was a flamboyant Welshman who fought on the continent from 1557, between 1574 and 1577 in the Spanish army of Flanders (where he may have served as an intelligence agent on behalf of Sir Francis Walsingham). Williams spent the Armada year, 1588, in England. He helped to prepare the English militia to do battle with the Spanish (whose military methods he knew so well) and was second in command, to Essex, of the cavalry of the army gathered at Tilbury. Elizabeth had always tolerated rather than liked Williams, but in 1594 he was finally granted a life pension of £300 a year. In that year and in 1595 he was sent as special ambassador to Henri IV. These appointments reflect his special expertise in French affairs and friendship with the French king, but also perhaps a growing acceptance of him by Elizabeth—and probably most of all the influence at court of his patron, Essex. Williams died of fever on 12 December 1595 after a four-day illness, with Essex at his side. His extensive ODNB entry endorses the speculation that he might have served as the model for Fluellen, the fiery yet witty, consummate Welsh professional soldier in Shakespeare’s Henry V.Vincent Skinner (c. 1540-1616) entered Trinity College in Cambridge in 1557 and Lincoln’s Inn in 1565, occupied administrative positions in Lincolnshire between 1575 and 1583. He may already have been in Burghley’s service in 1571, when he was elected MP for Truro, the first of his eight parliamentary seats. A puritan, he was serving as Burghley’s secretary by at least 1578. Skinner left Burghley’s personal service in 1593, when he became auditor of the receipt, by that time the principal office in the lower Exchequer. His career after this date was an unhappy one, and he died intestate at a debtor’s prison on 28 February 1616 (History of Parliament).Burghley’s inability to obtain proper authorisation for this payment can be explained by the queen’s itinerary: on 7 May 1594 Elizabeth arrived at Lambeth Palace, where she remained until departing for Wimbledon, the house of Burghley’s son Sir Thomas Cecil, on 11 May. (Folger Shakespeare Library, Washington: The Elizabethan court day by day – 1594.Wilkes (John, 1725-1797), English radical journalist and politician, magistrate, essayist and soldier, Lord Mayor of London 1774-75. Document Signed, ‘John Wilkes’, 12 July 1775, concerning blood money in settlement of £40 for the assault and robbery by Charles Whittle of William Watlington in the Parish of St Leonard’s Shoreditch, 6 May 1774, on vellum, countersigned by Sergeant Glynn (recorder), some soiling, one page, docketed, 230 x 310 mm [window-mounted as a double-page between pages 4 & 5]Garrick (David, 1717-1779), English actor, playwright, theatre manager and producer. Autograph Letter Signed, ‘D.G.’, no place, no date, c. 1770s, to the actors [at the Theatre Royal, Drury Lane], in full: ’Gentlemen, I have long seen and felt the great evil you complained of – it came with double weight upon me this season but as I resolv’d to quit the direction of your theatre I gave up all thoughts of finding out a remedy for it. - As I most sincerely wish you well, if you can point out to me any justifiable method of serving you, I will do that for you, which I have hitherto delay’d to do for the proprietors’, several deletions and corrections, endorsed in Garrick’s hand, ‘My letter to your performers’, 1 page, 4to [opposite page 141]Walpole (Horatio, 1717-1797), 4th Earl of Orford, better known as Horace Walpole, English writer, art historian, man of letters, antiquarian, and Whig politician. Unsigned autograph manuscript note, no date, ‘I cannot call on your Ladyship this evening, nor go to the Duchess of Montrose, as I have just now been sent for to the Pavilions; but I shall be very glad of the honour of seeing your Ladyship tomorrow morning.’ [window-mounted beneath an engraved portrait opposite p. 11]The two drawings are: ‘View taken in the fields between Shoreditch and Hackney’ by O. N., no date, late 18th century, monochrome watercolour en grisaille, titled and initialled to lower margin, 205 x 300 mm [opposite p. 100]; ‘Balme House, Finsbury Fields’, by C. H. M., no date, early 19th century, pen and ink and sepia watercolour wash, titled and initialled to lower margin, 150 x 180 mm, [opposite p. 124].Portraits include: The Author (a private plate lithographed by H. Corbould), 9 plates of Jane Shore (including one by Bartolozzi), Charles I, and St. Agnes (mezzotints by J. Smith); Garrick as Romeo, etched by T. Paurland, 1851 (only 20 copies executed); The Rev. Arthur Biford (Jeremy Collier's coadjutor in his work on the Immorality of the English Stage); Richard Gough, FSA (private plate); Foster Powell, the Pedestrian, etc.Engravings include: Both Views of Lunardi's Balloon Ascent from the Artillery Ground (with his Autograph); Original print of the performance of Topham, the Strong Man, 1757; and several others.

Nash (Paul). Urne Buriall and The Garden of Cyrus by Sir Thomas Browne with thirty drawings by Paul Nash, edited with an introduction by John Carter, Curwen Press for Cassell and Co. Ltd., La Belle Sauvage, London, 1932, 32 colour pochoir plates and illustrations to text, typography by Oliver Simon, with text printed in Monotype Bembo, burgundy morocco gilt bookplate of W. A. Foyle, Beeleigh Abbey to front pastedown (loose), signed in pencil by Christopher Sandford to front free endpaper, all edges gilt, original decorated vellum gilt with brown morocco onlay, by Sangorski & Sutcliffe after a design by Paul Nash (with the motif of the quincunx in cream and gold on a brown ground to upper cover which is reversed on the rear cover, with the design in brown and gold on a cream ground), vellum browned, 4to, without slipcase, number 22 of 215 copiesQTY: (1)NOTE:Provenance: Christopher Sandford (1902-83), proprietor of the Golden Cockerel Press and founding Director of The Folio Society. W. A. Foyle, Beeleigh Abbey (bookplate).Limited edition of 215 copies printed on J. Barcham Green's hand-made paper. This work was published during the height of the depression, when the market for deluxe books was in decline. As a result, only some eighty copies were sold at the time of publication.

Newcourt (Richard). Repertorium Ecclesiasticum Parochiale Londinense: An Ecclesiastical Parochial History of the Diocese of London, 2 volumes, London: Benj. Motte, 1708-10, half-title discarded, 3 engraved plates (of 4, includes 2 double-page plates) and folding engraved map, without portrait frontispiece, browning and some spotting mostly to text leaves, two additional leaves of manuscript index at rear of volume 2, red morocco gilt bookplate of W. A. Foyle, Beeleigh Abbey to upper pastedowns, top edge gilt, 20th-century red half morocco gilt by Sangorski & Sutcliffe, folio, together with:Ogborne (Elizabeth). The History of Essex, from the earliest period to the present time..., London: Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme & Browne, 1814, engraved title, 11 engraved plates and numerous vignette illustrations, one folding plan, some browning, occasional damp-stains, burgundy morocco gilt bookplate of W. A. Foyle, Beeleigh Abbey to upper pastedown, top edge gilt, 20th-century red half morocco gilt by Sangorski & Sutcliffe, 4to, plus another copy of the same edition bound in modern full red morocco,Cromwell (Thomas). History and Description of the Ancient Town and Borough of Colchester, in Essex, 2 volumes, London: Robert Jennings & Swinborne and Walter, Colchester, 1825, 25 engraved plates including frontispieces, 2 maps (including 1 double-page and 1 folding), 1 folding plate of facsimile manuscript, burgundy morocco gilt bookplate of W. A. Foyle, Beeleigh Abbey to upper pastedowns, 20th-century dark blue half morocco gilt, spines faded, 8vo, Bonney (Henry Kaye). Historic Notices in reference to Fotheringhay, Oundle: Printed by and for T. Bell; and for Messrs. Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme, and Brown, Paternoster-Row, London; and Archibald Constable, and Co, Edinburgh, 1821, engraved frontispiece, 8 engraved plates, occasional light offsetting and minor spotting, burgundy morocco gilt bookplate of W. A. Foyle, Beeleigh Abbey to upper pastedown, top edge gilt, 20th-century calf, 8vo,Chancellor (Frederic). The Ancient Sepulchral Monuments of Essex..., London: Printed for the Author, 1890, numerous lithograph plates, burgundy morocco gilt bookplate of W. A. Foyle, Beeleigh Abbey to upper pastedown, top edge gilt, near contemporary terracotta brown morocco by Zaehnsdorf, extremities slightly rubbed and scuffed, large 4to, Tanner (Thomas and Nasmith, James). Notitia Monastica; or, an Account of all the Abbies, Priories, and Houses of Friers, formerly in England and Wales..., now reprinted with many additions, Cambridge: Printed at the University Press, by Joan Archdeacon, for John Nichols, 1787, engraved portrait frontispiece, 3 engraved plates or armorials, small library ink stamp of Leeds Reference Library to title, some offsetting, occasional spotting, bookplates to pastedowns, modern brown half morocco, folio,Carr (John). Caledonian Sketches, or a Tour through Scotland in 1807..., London: Mathews and Leigh, 1809, uncoloured folding aquatint frontispiece and 11 uncoloured aquatint plates, edges untrimmed, original boards, joints split and some wear, 4to (Abbey, Scenery 488), plus other British topography related (mostly Essex related), including Lewis (Samuel). A Topographical Dictionary of England..., volume 5 only (of 5), 3rd edition, London: S. Lewis and Co., 1835, 116 engraved maps hand-coloured in outline, modern cloth, 4to, Wright (Thomas). Virtue's picturesque Beauties of Great Britain..., 1831; Barrett (C. R. B.). Essex: Highways, Byways, and Waterways, 2 volumes, London: Lawrence & Bullen, 1892; Victoria County Histories of Essex and Sussex, etc.QTY: (56)

Lewis (Frederick Christian). Scenery of the River Dart being a series of thirty-five views representing the most interesting features in its course from its source in the wildest & most uncultivated parts of Dartmoor to its mouth in the English Channel..., London: F. C. Lewis, J. & A. Arch, Cornhill and R. Triphook, 1821, calligraphic title with etched vignette, dedication, half-title with vignette, third vignette with an etched acknowledgement, list of subscribers, 36 aquatint plates (including one unnumbered), the vignettes and plates all with bright contemporary hand colouring, very slight spotting and dust soiling, unbound presentation copy, modern red cloth portfolio, the whole contained within a quarter morocco gilt slipcase, bound by Heritage Bindery, folio.QTY: (1)NOTE:Abbey, Scenery 118. Rare in unbound state, coloured.

Heraldry Manuscript. A bound collection of heraldic tracts including pedigrees showing the relationship between the Earl of Essex, Queen Elizabeth and other Knights of the Garter, late 16th Century, 250 leaves manuscript on paper, with 17th-century additions, folio 244r (p. 603 of original pagination) inscribed with the name or signature of ‘Edward Dyer’ in a 17th-century hand, some pages blank, early pagination with pages numbered 109-616, some other foliation and partial renumbering in modern pencil, some dust-soiling, late 18th-century armorial bookplate of (?)’T.S.M.’ by J[ames] Kirk to front pastedown, burgundy morocco gilt bookplate of W. A. Foyle, Beeleigh Abbey, beneath and William H. Robinson’s Bibliotheca Phillippica bookseller’s ticket below that, old pencil inscription at head of pastedown indicating the volume was ex Bibliotheca Heberiana and Phillippica, uncut, 18th-century vellum-backed marbled boards, gilt-titled leather spine label, ‘MS. Heraldic Pedigrees of Earl of Essex & C.’, inscribed beneath in old ink, ‘olim Ld Somers nup Sir Jos. Jekyll’, small paper shelf-mark numbers at foot, [Phillipps MS] ‘8196’ and ‘228’, slightly soiled, some edge wear to boards, folio (305 x 210 mm)QTY: (1)NOTE:Provenance: ?Edward Dyer (1543-1607) and family (signature/inscription); John Somers (1651-1716); Joseph Jekyll (1663-1738); (?)T.S.M. (bookplate); Richard Heber (1773-1833); Thomas Phillipps (1792-1872), (Phillipps MS 8196 spine label); William H. Robinson, booksellers; W. A. Foyle, Beeleigh Abbey (bookplate).An old brief 4-page manuscript index is loosely inserted, evidently written before pp. 1-108 were separated and ‘lost’. These missing leaves are identified as ‘Calendar of the Dorse of the Close Rolls 1 H. A.; Fines 1 H. A.; Table to these after many blank leaves’.There can be little doubt that this set of pedigrees was executed for the Earl of Essex for some special purpose. Folio 244r (p. 603 of original pagination) bears the signature of ‘Edward Dyer’ in a 17th-century hand. Sir Edward Dyer (1543-1607), the poet, had as a patron Walter Devereux, first Earl of Essex, father of Robert, the second Earl. Thus Robert and Dyer must have been on intimate terms, which would account for the manuscript being in the possession of the Dyer family in the seventeenth century.

Berry (William). County Genealogies. Pedigrees of the Families of the County of Hants; collected from the Heraldic Visitations and other authentic manuscripts in the British Museum, and in the possession of Private individuals, and from the information of the present resident families, London: Sherwood, Gilbert, and Piper, 1833, half-title, wood engraved armorials to genealogies, bookplate of Sir Thomas Baring, Bt., and burgundy morocco gilt bookplate of W. A. Foyle, Beeleigh Abbey to upper pastedown, contemporary red half morocco gilt, rubbed and some wear, folio, together with:Bysshe (Edward). A Visitation of the County of Essex. Begun A.D. MDCLXIIII., Finished A.D. MDCLXVIII, edited by J. J. Howard, London: Mitchell and Hughes, 1888, half-title, wood engraved armorial frontispiece and one plate, with 'List of Disclaimers and Pedigrees' not present in ordinary copies, interleaved with blank leaves throughout, ink stamp to upper outer corner of half-title and page 63, advertisement leaf regarding this work tipped-in to front free endpaper and with related manuscript note signed by R[obert]. Hovenden dated November 10 1888, upper pastedown with armorial bookplates of Robert Hovenden, W. Harry Rylands and cancelled bookplate of Essex Archaeological Society, all edge gilt, contemporary red morocco gilt, extremities rubbed, large 8vo, (one of six copies printed), Burke (John Bernard). A Visitation of the Seats and Arms of the Noblemen and Gentlemen of Great Britain, 4 volumes, 1st & 2nd series, London: Colburn and Co., 1852-55, 96 tinted lithograph plates (including frontispieces), 69 engraved plates of armorials, bookplate of the Constitutional Club Library to upper pastedowns, some hinges cracked, top edge gilt, contemporary red half morocco by J. Larkins, gilt emblem of the Constitutional Club at foot of spines, some wear to joints and extremities, 8vo, plus Sloane-Evans (William Sloane). A Grammar of British Heraldry, consisting of Blazon and Marshalling; with an introduction of the Rise and Progress of Symbols and Ensigns, 2nd edition, London: John Russell Smith, 1854, hand-coloured lithograph portrait frontispiece, additional lithograph title printed in red and black (bound facing page 25), and 23 lithograph armorial plates, occasional light spotting, burgundy morocco gilt bookplate of W. A. Foyle, Beeleigh Abbey to upper pastedown, modern calf, 8voQTY: (7)

* Bookform boxes. A collection of six bookform boxes, 20th-century, including a green morocco-covered bookform box with hinged lid containing a glass hipflask with white metal screw lid (glass cracked), box with gilt decorated spine and titled 'Pleasures of Life', together with a bookform box resembling a stack of four leather-bound volumes, constructed from 18th/19th-century 8vo size volumes, hinging open to reveal a small decanter and three (of 4) small drinking glasses, some wear, plus a folio bookform box comprising two late 17th-century folio vellum covered volumes with recess for glasses and bottle, plus a bookform box constructed from a 19th-century brown morocco covered volume with brass covered upper board with inset enamelled panel depicting a loving couple in a garden setting, large 4to, plus two other smaller empty bookform boxesQTY: (6)

Detaille (Edouard). Types et Uniformes l'Armée Française, texte par Jules Richard, 16 original parts contained in 2 portfolios, Paris: Boussod, Valadon et Cie, 1885-89, 60 colour lithograph plates, 283 illustrations, all contained in original wrappers loose as issued, (marginal folds and short closed tears to blue wrappers, contained in original half cloth portfolios, marginal fraying and toning to flaps, volume I lacking ties, folio, 48.5 x 36.5 cmQTY: (2)NOTE:Provenance: W. A. Foyle, Beeleigh Abbey, Colas 849; Lipperheide 76.

Fitzgerald (Edward, translator). Rubáiyat of Omar Khayyám, rendered into English verse by Edward Fitzgerald, circa 1930, title and 110 leaves in pen and ink manuscript on handmade paper, title in red and black ink, incorporated within broad illuminated border heightened in gold with foliate devices intertwined, each leaf in black ink with illuminated initial heightened with gold and extending into margins, each leaf with tissue-guard and paginated at foot, burgundy morocco gilt bookplate of W. A. Foyle, Beeleigh Abbey to front pastedown, contemporary vellum gilt, upper cover with large gilt strapwork monogram, folio (38 x 26.5 cm)QTY: (1)NOTE:Provenance: W. A. Foyle, Beeleigh Abbey (bookplate), to which it was sold by Fred A. Jordan of Brighton in 1958 (loosely inserted typed letter).A sumptuous manuscript copy of the Rubáiyat, written in manuscript by an unknown artist. Within the letter from Fred A. Jordan to William Foyle, the artist is described as 'a crippled man who was an expert on illumination of documents... The work took several weeks and I then had it bound in vellum. I was so pleased with the work that he did another work for me of my favourite quotations which I am retaining'.

* James VI and I, King of Scotland (1567-1625) and of England (1603-1625). Document Signed, ‘James R.’, as King of Scotland, ), Linlithgow, 27 October 1595, granting a safe-conduct for William Chisholm (Bishop of Vaison), visiting Scotland for the sake of his health, 28 lines on one page, seal, silked, split along left side of centrefold, contemporary endorsement on verso, folio (390 x 280 mm), together with:Henry IV, King of France (1589-1610). Letter Signed with autograph subscription, 'Votre bon frere cousyn et ancyen allye Henry', Paris, 8 February 1603, to James VI, 7 lines on one page, addressed on verso, papered seal, silked, scorch mark from seal, repaired in right outer margin, large 4to (345 x 430 mm), plusChisholm (William, d. 1629). Autograph Document Signed, Vaison, 24 February 1623, one page with integral blank leaf and endorsement, 'Ane declaration of my L[or]d of Vaison', papered seal, silked, some browning and patches of discolouration on both leaves, folioGuise (Charles de, 1524-1574), Cardinal of Lorraine. Letter Signed, Reims, 23 June 1566, to the Treasurer of [Mary] Queen of Scots, half page with integral blank leaf, some spotting, silked, folioQTY: (4)NOTE:Provenance: Item 905 in an unidentified old (Maggs?) bookseller’s catalogue (printed description); Christie’s London, The Library of William Foyle, 13 July 2000, lot 316. James VI authorises 'William Chisholme, brother germane to oure Lieut. Sir James Chisholme of Cromlix to return and remain in Scotland for one year after his arrivall within oure said realme without any pane trouble molestation or danger', and Henry IV asks that the Bishop of Vaison may be favourably received in Scotland. William Chisholm's declaration refers to the settlement of a financial matter with his nephew, James Chisholm, and the Cardinal of Lorraine orders a payment to be made to the Bishop of Dunblane [i.e. William Chisholm II, uncle of William Chisholm III, Bishop of Vaison]. William Chisholm III (d. 1629), the subject of the first letter, belonged to a distinguished family of Scottish ecclesiastics. He succeeded his uncle by special papal licence as Bishop of Vaison in 1584, and an influential group of catholics in Scotland schemed to have him made a cardinal in order to represent James VI's interests at Rome. James however repudiated their efforts, and Chisholm remained at Vaison. His uncle, William Chisholm II, was, as Bishop of Dunblane, used by Mary, Queen of Scots as her envoy to the Pope to obtain leave for her marriage with Darnley in 1565, and to France in 1567 to inform the court of her marriage to Bothwell. Exiled from Scotland on her abdication, he was appointed Bishop of Vaison in 1570.

Nonesuch Press. The New Testament reprinted according to the Authorized Version 1611, London: Nonesuch Press; New York: The Dial Press, 1927, engraved title and head and-tail piece by Stephen Gooden, printed on Japanese vellum, some light toning, spotting to endpapers, top edge gilt, contemporary vellum gilt, upper cover with metal cross decorated with faceted amber glass and small pearls, some dust soiling and stains, folio QTY: (1)NOTE:Provenance: W. A. Foyle, Beeleigh Abbey; 'Hugh Walpole, Brackenburn, 1941' (ink inscription at front).Limited edition of 1000 copies.

Tipping (H. Avray). English Homes, 9 volumes, London: Country Life, 1921-37, Early Tudor volume one and Late Stuart volume one reprints, remainder first editions, frontispiece to each volume, illustrations after photographs throughout, burgundy morocco gilt bookplate of W. A. Foyle, Beeleigh Abbey to front pastedown, original blue cloth gilt, folio QTY: (9)NOTE:Provenance: W. A. Foyle, Beeleigh Abbey (bookplate).

Lysons (Daniel). The Environs of London: Being an Historical Account of the Towns, Villages, and Hamlets, within Twelve Miles of the Capitol..., 6 volumes (including supplement), London: Printed by A. Strahan, for T. Cadell, 1792-1811, engraved titles to volumes 1-5, engraved dedication leaf, 4 engraved maps (1 folding), 74 engraved and etched plates and plans (including some uncoloured aquatint plates, 6 folding and 3 hand-coloured), few folding pedigrees, occasional damp-stains, some spotting occasional light browning and offsetting, recent endpapers, contemporary diced calf, each volume neatly rebacked with gilt decorated spines and maroon morocco title labels, 4to, together with:Dale (Samuel). The History and Antiquities of Harwich and Dovercourt, Topographical, Dynastical and Political. First Collected by Silas Taylor alias Domville, Gent. Keeper of the King's Stores there; and now much Enlarged in all its Parts with Notes and Observations Relating to Natural History, London: C. Davis and T. Green, 1730, additional mounted engraved portrait frontispiece by Virtue dated 1737, 14 engraved plates (including 3 double-page), some spotting and browning, red morocco gilt bookplate of W. A. Foyle, Beeleigh Abbey to upper pastedown, top edge gilt, modern brown half morocco, 4to,Newcourt (Richard). Repertorium Ecclesiasticum Parochiale Londinense: An Ecclesiastical Parochial History of the Diocese of London, 2 volumes, London: Benj. Motte, 1708-10, half-title to volume 2 only, 4 engraved plates (3 double-page), folding engraved map, without portrait frontispiece, old 'FH Museum Britannicum' and 'Duplicate B. M. 1818' ink stamps to verso of titles and leaf at rear, occasional spotting and browning, bookplate, contemporary calf, rebacked with gilt decoration, joints splitting and some wear, folioQTY: (9)

Tipping (H. Avray). English Gardens, 1st edition, London: Country Life Ltd, 1925, half-tone illustrations, crimson morocco gilt bookplate of W. A. Foyle, Beeleigh Abbey, top edge gilt, original cloth, spine slightly faded, folio, together with Cescinsky (Herbert & Ernest R. Gribble). Early English Furniture & Woodwork, 2 volumes, 1st edition, London: Waverley Book Co., 1922, colour frontispieces, half-tone illustrations, top edge gilt, original cloth gilt, folio, plus Bauer (Max). Precious Stones. A popular account of their characters, occurrence and applications, with an introduction to their determination, for mineralogists lapidaries, Jewellers etc. With an appendix on pearls and coral, translated from the German with additions, by L. J. Spencer, 1st UK edition, London: Charles Driffin and Co., 1904, colour and monochrome plates and illustrations, small marginal water stain towards end, morocco gilt bookplate of W. A. Foyle, contemporary maroon half morocco gilt, edges rubbed, small 4to, with others including Ancient Armour and Weapons in Europe, 3 volumes, 1st edition, 1855-60, Fine Carpets in the Victoria & Albert Museum, by A. F. Kendrick & C. E. C. Tattersall, 1924, limited edition 64/450, The Dictionary of English Furniture, by Ralph Edwards, 3 volumes, 2nd revised edition, 1954, and The Art & Craft of Garden Making, by Thomas Mawson, 5th edition, 1926 QTY: (18)NOTE:Provenance: W. A. Foyle, Beeleigh Abbey (bookplates).

Pierce (Michael, et al). ...So Few, A Folio Dedicated to all who Fought and Won the Battle of Britain 10th July - 31st October 1940, The Royal Air Force Benevolent Fund, 1990, 25 profile portraits of R.A.F. pilots in silhouette, signed in pencil by each of the 25 Battle of Britain fighter pilots, with photographs and biographies of each, all edges gilt, original blue goatskin (by Hartnoll Bookbinders of Bodmin), upper cover with onlaid embroidered RAF insignia, lettered in gold to upper cover and spine, preserved in original silk-lined solander box, with prospectus loosely inserted, folioQTY: (1)NOTE:339 of 401 copies, signed by six authors and artists.The fighter pilots commemorated in this volume are: Wing Commander P.P.C Barthropp; Wing Commander R.P. Beaumont; Squadron Leader G.H. Bennions; Air Vice-Marshal H.A.C. Bird-Wilson; Air Commodore P.M. Brothers; Air Marshal Sir Denis Crowley-Milling; Group Captain W.D. David; Air Commodore A.C. Deere; Squadron Leader B.H. Drobinski; Flight Lieutenant J.H. Duart; Air Chief Marshal Sir Christopher Foxley-Norris; Group Captain T.P. Gleave; Wing Commander N.P.W. Hancock; Squadron Leader C. Haw; Commander R.C. Hay; Group Captain C.B.F. Kingcome; Colonel Henry Gaston Lafont; Air Commodore A.R.D. MacDonell; Squadron Leader M.J. Mansfeld; Wing Commander A.G. Page; Wing Commander P.L. Parrott; Group Captain D.F.B. Sheen; Wing Commander F.M. Smith; Wing Commander J.E. Storrar; Wing Commander G.C. Unwin.

Essex. Robert Rich, 3rd Baron Rich, 1st Earl of Warwick (1559-1619). Manuscript survey of estates in Essex, no date [c. 1610 and later], [7], [485] pages (numbered 1-480), index and blanks at front, further blanks at rear, the majority in three or more neat secretary hands, three later continuations, one of them signed in five places by William Wyseman, annotations in a number of contemporary hands, armorial bookplate of Charles Montagu, 1st Duke of Manchester and Kimbolton Castle shelfmark ticket, burgundy morocco gilt bookplate of W. A. Foyle, all to front pastedown, contemporary calf, one metal clasp (lacks three), some rubbing and edge wear, neatly rebacked with two title labels in compartments, some professional edge and corner restoration, folio (440 x 290 mm)QTY: (1)NOTE:Provenance: Robert Rich, 3rd Baron Rich, 1st Earl of Warwick; Charles Montagu, 1st Duke of Manchester (bookplate and Kimbolton Castle shelfmark label); W. A. Foyle, Beeleigh Abbey (bookplate); The Library of William Foyle (Christie’s London, 13 July 2000, lot 318). The survey provides rentals, court rolls, tenures, liberties and other details of Rich's property in Braintree, Rochford, Rayleigh, Great Waltham, Hatfield Broad Oak, South Shoebury and other parishes in Essex, as well as documents relating to titles and 'offices after the death' of members of the Rich family and others. The latest documents transcribed are dated 1610.Robert Rich is best known as husband to Penelope Rich, Sir Philip Sidney's 'Stella' (who in the sonnet sequence Astrophel and Stella had 'no misfortune but that rich she is'); the two divorced in 1605. Rich was one of the wealthiest men in the kingdom, and, apparently for that reason, was created Earl of Warwick on 6 August 1618, and died on 24 March following. The manuscript is likely to have passed to the Earls (later Dukes) of Manchester through Anne, daughter of Robert Rich, 2nd Earl of Warwick, who married Edward Montagu, 2nd Earl of Manchester, in 1626.

[Tomkins, Charles]. Six Views in the West of England [so titled to upper cover], London: R. Ackermann, 1802, five fine hand-coloured aquatint views (of 6), plates numbered 1,2, 3, 4, and 5, closed tear repaired to upper margin of plate 1, touching image, stitched as issued in original pale blue paper wrappers, with printed publisher's label to upper cover, rubbed and some marks, and minor wear to extremities, contained in 20th-century red quarter morocco slipcase, with gilt lettering to spine, oblong folio (27 x 38 cm)QTY: (1)NOTE:Ford, Ackermann, 1783-1983, p.229; not listed in Tooley, Abbey or Prideaux. Rare set.

Somner (William & Battely, Nicolas). The Antiquities of Canterbury, 2 parts in one, 2nd edition, revised and enlarged, London: R. Knaplock, 1703, engraved frontispiece by Kip, 13 engraved plates, 6 maps, city and ground plans by Kip, Hollar, Hill etc., errata leaf present at rear, minor toning and occasional light spotting mostly to margins, top edge gilt, remainder untrimmed, late 19th/early 20th-century maroon morocco by F. Bedford, elaborate gilt decorated spine and gilt panelled boards, folio QTY: (1)NOTE:Cox III p. 187; Upcott pp. 388-390; Lowndes V 2442. Handsome copy.

Donovan (Edward). Descriptive Excursions through South Wales and Monmouthshire, in the Year 1804, and the four preceding Summers, 2 volumes, 1st edition, London: Printed for the Author, 1805, 31 hand-coloured aquatint plates (complete as list), occasional light offsetting and minor scattered spotting, burgundy morocco gilt bookplate of W. A. Foyle, Beeleigh Abbey to upper pastedowns, top edge gilt, remainder untrimmed, 20th-century light brown calf by Root & Son, gilt decorated spines with contrasting morocco labels, spines and extremities lightly rubbed, 8vo, together with:[Muilman, Peter]. A New and Complete History of Essex, from a late Survey; Compared with the most celebrated Historians..., By a Gentleman, 6 volumes, Chelmsford: Printed and sold by Lionel Hassall, 1769-72, 52 engraved plates (including 23 folding) and 3 folding engraved maps, early inscription to fore-margin of leaf 2S1 in final volume '10th May 1773, Reced. of Mrs Mary Hasell five shillings dury for the 69th no. of the History of Essex containing two sheets and an half ... Thos. Daniel Distribr. of stamps for county of Essex', some light offsetting and minor spotting, armorial bookplate of William Harrison and red morocco gilt bookplate of W. A. Foyle, Beeleigh Abbey to front endpapers, all edges gilt, contemporary faintly diced calf gilt, gilt armorial and monogram of Theodore Williams (1785-1875) to centre of boards, volume 1 rebacked preserving original spine, head of spine to volume 4 torn with loss at head, joints split at head of joints to volume 6, 8vo,Coker (John). A Survey of Dorsetshire. Containing the Antiquities and Natural History of that County. With a Particular Description of all the Places of Note, and Antient Seats..., London: J. Wilcox, S. Palmer and J. Huggonson, 1732, folding engraved map frontispiece, six engraved plates of armorials bearings, browning and spotting throughout (mostly to leaves of text), three leaves of late 19th-century manuscript pedigree notes tipped-in at front, bookplate of John Benett of Norton Bavant & Pythouse dated 1937 to upper pastedown, edges untrimmed, early 20th-century dark green half sheep, red morocco title label to spine and simple gilt motif to each compartment, light wear mostly to joints, folio,Willis (Browne). A Survey of the Cathedral of St. David's..., London: R. Gosling, 1717, 2 folding engraved plates, plus A Survey of the Cathedral of Landaff..., London: R. Gosling, 1719, 3 folding engraved plates, plus A Survey of the Cathedral of St. Asaph..., London: R. Gosling, 1720, 2 folding engraved plates, plus A Survey of the Cathedral of Bangor..., London: R. Gosling, 1721, 3 folding engraved plates, occasional spotting, each volume with bookplate to front pastedown of Charles W. G. Howard, the gift of the Rt. Hon. Sir David Dundas Knt. of Ochtertyre 1877 and to front free endpaper the red morocco gilt bookplate of W. A. Foyle, Beeleigh Abbey, each in contemporary calf, neatly rebacked, morocco title label to spine of each, 8vo, plus other 18th and 19th-century topographyQTY: (15)

Hutchins (John). The History and Antiquities of The County of Dorset, the third edition, corrected, augmented, and improved by William Shipp and James Whitworth Hodson, 4 volumes, 3rd edition, Westminster: John Bowyer Nichols and Sons, 1861-73, volume two with 1873 date to title, titles printed in red and black, full-page engraved plates throughout (some folding), red morocco gilt bookplate of W. A. Foyle, Beeleigh Abbey to front pastedowns, instructions to binder leaves bound-in to preliminaries, scattered spotting, early 20th-century red half morocco gilt, black morocco spine labels, rubbed, folioQTY: (4)NOTE:Provenance: W. A. Foyle, Beeleigh Abbey (bookplate).

Drayton (Michael). The Battaile of Agincourt. Fought by Henry the fift of that Name, King of England Against the Whole Power of the French: under the Raigne of there Charles sixt, Anno dom.1415. The Miseries of Queene Margarite, the infortunate wife, of that most unfortunate King Henry the sixt. Nimphidia, the Court of Fayrie. The Quest of Cinthia. The Shepheards Sirena. The Moone-Calfe. Elegies upon sundry occasions, 1st edition, London: printed for William Lee at the Turkes Head in Fleete-Streete, next to the Miter and Phaenix, 1627, lacking engraved portrait frontispiece, occasional light soiling and light water stains, later front blank with ownership signature of John Inglis, 1833 to recto and bibliographical note, presumably by the same owner, regarding the publication to verso, endpapers renewed, with gilt-decorated burgundy morocco bookplate of W. A. Foyle of Beeleigh Abbey to front pastedown, early 20th century brown polished full calf, small folioQTY: (1)NOTE:Provenance: John Bellingham Inglis (1780-1870) of St. John’s Wood, and later, Hampstead Heath. He began collecting books at an early age and by the prime of his life he had amassed an important collection of incunabula and early printed works. Included among these were fine copies of works from the presses of Caxton, Machlinia, Wynkyn de Worde, Pynson, Julyan Notary and Verard.STC 7190; Grolier, Langland to Wither 85; Pforzheimer 301.

Forbes-Leith (William, editor). The Life of Saint Cuthbert, Written Anonymously About the Year A.D. 700, With Forty-Five Full-Page Illuminations from the Lawson MS. End of Twelfth Century, Edinburgh: Printed for private circulation, 1888, title printed in red and black, plates printed in gold and colours, contemporary ink presentation inscription to front free endpaper, 'Presented to St Michael's Priory - Belmont, by The Right Reverend Bishop Hedley, 1888', old circular bookshelf ticket to decorative free endpaper, burgundy morocco gilt bookplate of W. A. Foyle, Beeleigh Abbey to front pastedown, top edge gilt, original half vellum gilt over blue boards, contained in a bespoke red velvet cover, the upper side with a large cross embroidered in gold thread, somewhat rubbed and a little frayed with velvet loss and split along upper edge of cover, small folio (275 x 185 mm)QTY: (1)NOTE:Provenance: Belmont Abbey, Herefordshire (gift inscription); John Cuthbert Hedley (1837-1915) was a British Benedictine, appointed the Bishop of the Diocese of Newport and Menevia in 1881; W. A. Foyle, Beeleigh Abbey (bookplate).Printed for private circulation and limited to 105 copies.

Blake (William). Jerusalem. A Facsimile of the Illuminated Book, London: The Trianon Press for the William Blake Trust, [1974], 100 collotype plates, burgundy morocco gilt bookplate of W. A. Foyle, Beeleigh Abbey, all edges gilt, finely bound in royal blue full morocco by Sangorski and Sutcliffe, covers with 'flame' ornaments in gilt and red onlays to the centre and corners within gilt-ruled borders, the spine lettered in gilt and ruled at ends, contained in morocco-backed slipcase, folio QTY: (1)NOTE:Provenance: W. A. Foyle, Beeleigh Abbey (bookplate).Limited edition 236/250, from a total edition of 516.

Queen Anne. An album of 26 engraved portraits of Queen Anne, circa 1710-1750, twenty-five 18th and 19th century line and mezzotint portraits, including examples by or after Smith, Kneller, Philips, Houbraken, Gucht, Hargrave, Hulsbergh, Goldar, Chapman, Cochran, Dubose, Nagle and Thornhill, together with one printed broadside (dated 1710), all neatly trimmed to the plate mark and inlaid to size, blue-green chalk glaze endpapers, gilt-decorated morocco bookplate of W. A. Foyle, Beeleigh Abbey to front pastedown, all edges gilt, fine early 20th century red crushed full morocco (by Wallis), with elaborate gilt-decorated spine and double-ruled gilt border to boards, inside gilt dentelles, minimal marks to extremities (a handsome copy), large folio (45 x 32.5 cm)QTY: (1)NOTE:Provenance: W. A. Foyle, Beeleigh Abbey (bookplate).A handsomely-presented collection of engraved portraits of Queen Anne, including John Smith (1652-1743), Her Royal Highness Princess Ann of Denmark after Kneller, 1692, Jan Caspar Philips (circa 1700-1773), Anna van Bronswyk Luneburg, after Hans Hysling, 1733, Jacob Houbraken (1698-1780), Portrait of Princess Anne, after Henrik Pothoven, 1750, Jacob Houbraken (1698-1780), Portrait Queen Anne, after Kneller, 1744 (proof before letters), Fourdrinier (?), The Glory of old England, 1738 (depicting the statue of Queen Anne by Rysbrack before Blenheim, with printed description of her character by Sarah, Duchess of Marlborough), and an engraved folio broardside with large coat-of-arms entitled Her Maiesties Most Gracious Speech April V.MDCCX, [London]: Printed for R. Witledge [i.e. Whitledge] & sold by Bernard Lintott between the two most Temple Gates, [1710].

Sidney (Philip). The Countess of Pembroke's Arcadia, 13th edition, London: Printed for George Calvert, at the Golden-Ball in Little-Britain, 1674, engraved portrait frontispiece, numerous errors in pagination, 'A sixth book to the Countess of Pembroke's Arcadia' by Richard Bellings, has separate dated title page, without 3K2 (final blank), browning and spotting, front pastedown with armorial bookplate of Bertrum Savile Ogle dated 1896, all edges gilt, 20th-century blind panelled and decorated light brown pigskin, folio (29 x 18.9 cm)QTY: (1)NOTE:Provenance: Bertram Cavile Ogle (1846-1930) of Hill House, Steeple Aston, Oxfordshire, J. P. (bookplate).Wing S3770.

Skelton (Joseph). Engraved Illustrations of the Principal Antiquities of Oxfordshire, from Original Drawings by F. Mackenzie, Oxford: J. Skelton, 1823, engraved title, 50 engraved plates (including frontispiece), text with engraved maps, plans and vignette illustrations, tissue guards, subscriber's list present, all edge gilt, contemporary gilt and blind decorated black straight-grain morocco, rubbed to joints and extremities, large 4to, together with:Lower (Mark Anthony). The Worthies of Sussex, Lewes: Printed for Subscribers only, by Geo. P. Bacon, Sussex Advertiser and Steam Printing Offices, 1865, extra-illustrated containing a total of 32 engraved, etched and lithograph plates (many mounted), one hand-coloured engraved plan, wood engraved vignette illustrations, occasional spotting, burgundy morocco gilt bookplate of W. A. Foyle, Beeleigh Abbey to upper pastedown, top edge gilt, 20th-century red half morocco gilt by Sangorski & Sutcliffe, light fading to spine and head of upper board, 4to,Bentham (James). The History and Antiquities of the Conventual and Cathedral Church of Ely..., Cambridge: University Press, 1771, folding engraved frontispiece, 45 plates (including 5 folding, final three plates printed on one folding sheet), two folding plans, contemporary diced calf, modern reback with gilt decorated spine, original morocco title label preserved, 4to,Suckling (Alfred). Memorials of the Antiquities and Architecture, Family History and Heraldry of the County of Essex, London: John Weale, 1845, 34 lithograph plates including frontispiece (some tinted and coloured), hand-coloured woodcut armorial to title and numerous uncoloured woodcut illustrations, occasional spotting, red morocco gilt bookplate of W. A. Foyle, Beeleigh Abbey to upper pastedown, top edge gilt, 20th-century red half morocco, folio,Dodsworth (William). An Historical Account of the Episcopal See, and Cathedral Church, of Sarum, or Salisbury..., Salisbury: Printed by Brodie and Dowding, for the Author, 1814, additional engraved title, 19 engraved plates (18 of which are proof impressions) and one plan (misbound upside-down), occasional spotting, few plates damp-stained to margins, edges untrimmed, modern half calf, gilt decorated spine with morocco title label, folio,Smith (William). The Particular Description of England. 1588. With views of some of the Chief Towns and Armorial Bearings of Nobles and Bishops, by William Smith, Rouge Dragon. Edited, from the original MS. in the British Library, London: Printed for Subscribers only, 1879, 30 colour lithograph plates and plans (including 3 folding maps), Extra-Illustrated containing 49 18th/early 19th-century engraved plates (including full-page, some plates mounted two to a leaf and few pasted to verso of original plates), bookplate of William Brackenburn to upper pastedown, top edge gilt, modern brown morocco by Bayntun Riviere of Bath, gilt decorated spine, gilt roll border and turn-ins to boards, 4to, (one of 250 copies printed for subscribers only), plus Stone (E. Herbert). The Stones of Stonehenge, London: Robert Scott, 1924, monochrome frontispiece, plates and plans including some folding, burgundy morocco gilt bookplate of W. A. Foyle, Beeleigh Abbey to upper pastedown, top edge gilt, modern red half morocco gilt by Riviere & Son, 4toQTY: (7)

Baker (George). The History and Antiquities of the County of Northampton, 2 volumes, London: John Bowyer Nichols and Son, and John Rodwell, 1822-41, 39 engraved plates (including portrait frontispiece to first volume), some offsetting, browning and scattered spotting, all edges gilt, contemporary calf, gilt borders to boards and with gilt armorial of John Frederick Campbell, 1st Earl Cawdor (1790-1860) of Stackpole Court, Pembrokeshire to centre of each, rebacked preserving original gilt decorated spines, some fading to boards, folioQTY: (2)

* Pepys (Samuel, 1633-1703) and the Navy Board. A series of 27 documents signed by Pepys as Clerk of the Acts of the Navy, together with documents signed by William, 2nd Viscount Brouncker (38), Admiral Sir John Mennes (48), Sir Jeremy Smith (16) and other members of the Navy Board, Navy Office, 29 January 1668/9 to 18 December 1669, 126 documents in total, the majority with several signatures, addressed to Edward Gregory, Clerk of the Cheque and Storekeeper, and other officers at the Yards in Chatham, the majority endorsed on verso by recipient, together approximately 85 pages, folio, skilfully tipped into boards (some cropped, occasional wear to margins, holing and discolouration), arranged chronologically in three folio volumes, early 20th-century crushed blue morocco gilt by Sangorski & Sutcliffe, the upper and lower covers stamped with Pepys' emblem of 'S.P.' around two crossed anchors intertwined with rope, surmounted by his motto, border gilt fillets, the spines gilt in six compartments, lettered in three, gilt ruled turn-ins, gilt edges, folio (352 x 270 mm)QTY: (3)NOTE:Provenance: W. A. Foyle, Beeleigh Abbey (Christie’s London, 13 July 2000, lot 330).A series of administrative documents giving a picture of the workings of the Navy Board in 1669 under Samuel Pepys' control. Pepys was made Clerk of the Acts of the Navy on 23 June 1660 at the age of 27. He filled the role with considerable distinction at a time when the administration of the Navy was being modernised; a contemporary account declares him the most useful minister ever to have occupied his position. The period 1668-70 was an important one for the Navy Board and Pepys with the disasters of the Second Dutch War leaving the Board open to Parliamentary investigation of its numerous abuses; Pepys became the Board's chief defender, in particular in a magnificent performance before the House of Commons on 5 March 1669. From 1669 he was to be effectively in charge of the Navy.The other signatories of the documents in this collection naturally feature prominently in Pepys' diaries: William, 2nd Viscount Brouncker (1620?-1684) was a friend of both Pepys and John Evelyn; a mathematician and translator of Descartes, he was the first President of the Royal Society. Admiral Sir John Mennes (1599-1671) was Comptroller of the Navy and a minor poet; Pepys' diaries describe him as excellent company, but are scathing about his failing abilities in his post, describing him as one of those who 'sit and do nothing'. Admiral Sir Jeremy Smith (d. 1675) was a commissioner of the Navy from 1669 as Comptroller of Victualling.Pepys' failing eyesight caused him to give up his diaries during the course of the year covered by these documents, on 31 May 1669.

* Essex Deeds. A group of approximately 40 mostly vellum deeds relating to Essex, 17th century, including a declaration by John, Earl Rivers, at the appointment of certain messuages and lands in Great Clacton, Litlle Clacton and Little Holland, signed by Earl Rivers, with seals; a bargain and sale of a messuage, premises and land in Wansted, 1674, from Sir William Bloys to John Price, with 5 wax seals including 3 armorial; an exemplification of a recovery, 1691, relating to Great Bardfield with portraits of William and Mary, seal not present; an exemplification of the verdict in Upper Bench, Trinity Term, 1652, William Holmsted, administrator of the goods of Mary Holmsted wife, versus William Garrett, citing that Thomas Holmsted was seisen of 17 customary lands in the manor of Felsted and leased them to Thomas Garrett, seal not present; plus other land deeds including some with seals, varied condition and many damp stained, plus 2 paper documents including a covenant between Edward, Earl of Warwick & Holland and Lady Eleanor and Elizabeth Rich, to sell to Christopher Batt of London, merchant, a messuage called Brick Hills, etc., signed and sealed by the Earl and his sisters, 2 pp. with integral blank leaf, endorsed, folio, the collection contained in a full morocco book box, 48 x 33 cmQTY: (approx. 40)

Bacon (Francis). The Essayes or Counsels Civil & Morall of Francis Bacon, New York: Limited Editions Club, 1944, partly unopened, top edge gilt, contemporary green full morocco gilt by Sangorski & Sutcliffe, folio, limited signed edition 331/1100, together with Thoreau (Henry David). Walden or Life in the Woods, London: Chapman & Hall, 1927, 16 woodcuts by Eric Fitch Daglish, light spotting and toning to endpapers, crimson morocco gilt bookplates of W. A. Foyle, Beeleigh Abbey, top edge gilt, original vellum-backed boards, a few small stains, 8vo, limited edition 86/100, signed by the artist, plus Haberly (Loyd). Mediaeval English Pavingtiles, Oxford: Basil Blackwell for the Shakespeare Head Press, 1937, numerous illustrations of tiles in red by the author, morocco gilt bookplate of W. A. Foyle, top edge gilt, original half morocco gilt, some dust-soiling to covers, 4to, limited edition of 425, together with 20 others including 5 novels by Henry Williamson, 1945 illustrated editions by C. F. Tunnicliffe, uniformly bound in green half morocco gilt by Sangorski & Sutcliffe, Lives of Fair and Gallant Ladies by the Seigneur de Brantome, 2 volumes, Paris, 1901-02, limited edition 28/750, The Golden Ass of Apuleius, with etchings by Martin van Maele, Imperial Press, 1905, limited edition 1/650, The Collected Poetry of Francis Thomson, 1913, limited signed edition 116/500, Collected Works of John Wilmot Earl of Rochester, Nonesuch Press, 1926, limited edition 543/975, Essays of Elia, by Charles Lamb, 1885 (upper cover with multi-coloured onlay of a standing gentleman reading) and others illustrated QTY: (24)NOTE:Provenance: W. A. Foyle, Beeleigh Abbey (bookplates).

Hayden (Arthur). Old English Porcelain. The Lady Ludlow Collection, London: John Murray, 1932, mounted colour plates and photogravures, crimson morocco gilt bookplate of W. A. Foyle, Beeleigh Abbey, top edge gilt, contemporary maroon morocco, upper cover with monogram stamped in gilt, spine a little faded and rubbed in places, folio, limited signed edition 10/100, together with Hobson (R. L.) Worcester Porcelain. A description of the ware from the wall period to the present day, London: Bernard Quaritch, 1910, 17 chromolithograph plates, 92 collotypes, a few light spots, bookplate of W. A. Foyle, top edge gilt, original cloth gilt, some fading to spine and lower cover, 4to, plus Symonds (R. W.) Thomas Tompion. His Life & Work, London: B. T. Batsford, 1951, colour frontispiece, half-tone illustrations, two folding facsimiles, bookplate of W. A. Foyle, top edge gilt, original crimson half morocco gilt, edges slightly rubbed, 4to, limited signed edition 151/350, with 10 others including Antonio Stradivari. His Life and Work (1644-1737), by W. Henry, Arthur F. & Alfred F. Hill, 1902, The Book of Decorative Furniture, its form, colour & history, by Edwin Foley, 2 volumes, 1910-11, A Cyclopaedia of Costume or Dictionary of Dress, by James Robinson Planche, 2 volumes,1876-79, English Domestic Clocks, by Herbert Cescinsky & Malcolm Webster, 2nd edition, 1914, The Story of Snuff and Snuff Boxes, by Mattoon M. Curtis, 1935, A Dictionary of Arts, Manufactures, and Mines, by Andrew Ure, 3rd edition, 1846, The Toilet and Cosmetic Arts, by Arthur J. Cooley, 1866, and A History of Gold Snuff Boxes, by Richard and Martin Norton, 1938 QTY: (15)NOTE:Provenance: W. A. Foyle, Beeleigh Abbey (bookplates).

Essex Acts of Parliament. A bound volume of six acts of Parliament relating to the county of Essex, 1719-1743, comprising: An Act for Enlarging the Time Granted... for Cleansing and making Navigable the Chanel from the Hythe at Colchester to Wivenhoe, 1719, 11pp., An Act for repairing and amending the Highways from the North Part of Harlow-bush Common, in the Parish of Harlow to Woodford in the county of Essex, 1723, 15pp., An Act for granting and continuing the Duties upon Salt, and upon Bread and White Herrings... and for licensing the erecting new Refineries of Rock Salt in the Counties of Essex and Suffolk, 1734, 18pp., An Act for making Navigable the River Rodon, from a little below a Mill called Barking Mill in the County of Essex, to Illford Bridge in the said County, 1737, 18pp., An Act for...cleansing and making Navigable the Chanel from the Hithe at Colchester to Wivenhoe..., 1740, 10pp., and An Act for repairing and widening the Road leading from a Place called Harlow Bush Common, in the parish of Harlow in the county of Essex, to Stump Cross, in the Parish of Great Chesterford, 1743, 27pp., black letter text to each Act, marbled endpapers, gilt-decorated red morocco label of W. A. Foyle, Beeleigh Abbey to front pastedown, top edge gilt, early 20th century red crushed half morocco (by Sangorski & Sutcliffe), spine and rear cover with some fading, slim folioQTY: (1)

Essex (Robert, third Earl of, 1591-1646). Broadsides on the Death of Robert 3rd Earl of Essex. 1646 [so titled on spine], London: various printers, 1646, a bound volume of five broadside elegies, comprising: 1) A Funerall Elegy upon the most Honored upon Earth ... of Essex and Ewe ..., Written by him who doth with much grief here Speak of brave Essex, Englands Phenix Peere, Josiah Ricraft of London Merchant, illustrated with engraved portrait; 2) An Elligie upon the death of the Right Honourable Robert Devereux, late Earle of Essex, Lord Generall of the Parliaments Forces ..., illustrated with engraved skeletal effigy on tomb; 3) A Funerall Elegy upon the most Honored upon Earth .. of Essex and Ewe ..., by Henry Mill; 4) The Life and Death of the right Honourable, Robert, Earl of Essex ..., illustrated with woodcut tomb bearing armorials; 5) A Funerall Monument: or the manner of the Herse of the most Renowned Robert Devereux, Earl of Essex and Ewe ..., illustrated with engraving of the imagined funeral hearse, plus a woodcut of the horse-drawn catafalque (taken from another title), and one other partial broadside (upper portion only): An Elegie Offered Up to the Memory of his Excellencie Robert Earle of Essex and Ewe (with engraved portrait), the first five listed each with black mourning border, all laid or tipped onto 19th century backing paper and bound together, some wear to each broadside (no.s 4 & 5 previously repaired), 3 blanks leaves at front, and 8 at rear (including flyleaves), woodcut bookplate of Evelyn Philip Shirley and burgundy morocco gilt bookplate of W. A. Foyle, Beeleigh Abbey to front pastedown, early 19th century red half morocco, rubbed, some skinning to lower rear corner, gilt-lettered spine, slim folio, (binding size 45 31 cm)QTY: (1)NOTE:Provenance: Evelyn Philip Shirley (1812-1882) was a British politician, antiquary and genealogist and a descendant of Robert Shirley, 14th Baron Ferrers of Chartley, a title previously held by Robert Devereux until his death in 1646 (bookplate); W.A. Foyle, Beeleigh Abbey (bookplate). The full titles (and their imprints) included are: 1) A Funerall Elegy upon the most Honored upon Earth, and now glorious in Heaven, His Excellency Robert Devereux Earl of Essex and Ewe, Viscount Hereford, Lord Ferrers of Chartly Bourchier and Lovaine, late Generall of England / London Printed in the year one thousand six hundred forty and six In which, Septembers fourteenth day deceased noble Essex. Are to be sold by John Hancock, in Popes head Ally neer the Royall Exchange. 2) An Elligie upon the death of the Right Honourable Robert Devereux, late Earle of Essex, Lord Generall of the Parliaments Forces, who deceased the thirteene day of Sept. 1646 / London, Printed by John Hammond. 3) A Funerall Elegy upon the most Honored upon Earth, and now glorious in Heaven, His Excellency Robert Devereux Earl of Essex and Ewe, Viscount Hereford, Lord Ferrers of Chartly Bourchier and Lovaine, late Generall of England / London Printed by John Macock for William Ley, and are to be sold at his shop at Pauls Chaine. 1646. 4) The Life and Death of the right Honourable, Robert, Earl of Essex, the Noble Branch of his thrice Noble Father / London, Printed for J. Pots in the great Old-Baily, neer the Sessions-House. 1646. 5) A Funerall Monument: or the manner of the Herse of the most Renowned Robert Devereux, Earl of Essex and Ewe, Viscount Hereford, l. Ferrers of Chartley, Bourchier and Lovaine, Englands late Lord Generall, who deceased Septemb.14.1646. With a briefe Recitement of his valour and fidelity in the Kingdomes just Cause against the Enemies of Religion, Parliament and Kingdome, whose Funerall is to be solemnized on Tuesday the 13. of October, 1646 / Printed for J. Hancock in Popes-head Alley, 1646. Woodcut taken from: The True Mannor and Forme of the Proceeding to the Funerall of the Right Honourable Robert Earle of Essex and Ewe, London: printed for Henry Seale, 1646. Part broadside: An Elegie Offered Up to the Memory of his Excellencie Robert Earle of Essex and Ewe, Viscount Hereford, Lord Ferrers of Chartley, Bourchier and Lovaine, late Generall of the Parliaments Forces. Thomason Tracts: 1] 669:f.10.(81.), 2] 669:f.10.(83.), 3] 669:f.10.(95.) (but 'His Excellency" missing from their title), 4] probably 669:f.10.(93.), 5] 669:f.10.(89.), plus: 6] taken from E:360.(1.), 7] possibly 669:f.10.(82.) by Thomas Philipot.Wing: 1] R1429, 2] E475, 3] M2056, 4] L2018, 5] F2537, plus: 6] T2758A, 7] P1995?

Boccaccio (Giovanni). The Decameron of Giovanni Boccaccio, translated by John Payne, 2 volumes, London: Lawrence and Bullen, 1893, half-titles, titles printed in red and black, 24 etched plates by Louis Chalon, burgundy morocco gilt bookplates of W. A. Foyle, Beeleigh Abbey, of top edge gilt, contemporary burgundy full morocco by Zaehnsdorf, covers with oval arabesque in gilt, volute corner pieces and triple fillet border, spines with raised bands, lettered in gilt with volute pieces in compartments, some fading to spines, a little rubbed at ends and corners, folio QTY: (2)NOTE:Provenance: W. A. Foyle, Beeleigh Abbey (bookplates).Limited edition of 174, this copy unnumbered.

Tymms, W. R. (William Robert). The Art of Illuminating as Practised in Europe from the Earliest Times. Illustrated by Borders, Initial Letters, and Alphabets, London: Day and Son, 1860, chromolithograph title, numerous plates, decorative borders to text throughout, burgundy morocco gilt bookplate of W. A. Foyle, Beeleigh Abbey to front pastedown, top edge gilt, 20th-century green half morocco by Zaehnsdorf, elaborate gilt decorated spine, small folio, together with:Allingham (Helen, illustrator). The Cottage Homes of England, Drawn by Helen Allingham and Described by Stewart Dick, London: Edward Arnold, 1909, mounted colour frontispiece and plates with captioned tissue guards, red morocco gilt bookplate of W. A. Foyle, Beeleigh Abbey to front pastedown, top edge gilt, remainder untrimmed, contemporary navy morocco, gilt decorated spine faded to brown, 4to (limited edition 155/500, signed by Allingham,Cuming (Edward). British Sport, Past and Present, London: Hodder and Stoughton, 1909, mounted colour frontispiece and plates with captioned tissue guards, top edge gilt, bookplate of Alexander Stone to upper pastedown, near contemporary red half morocco by Zaehnsdorf, gilt decorated spine, 4to, Abbey (John Roland). Scenery of Great Britain and Ireland in Aquatint and Lithography, 1770-1860, from the library of J. R. Abbey. A Bibliographical Catalogue, London: Privately Printed at the Curwen Press, 1952, colour and monochrome plates, burgundy morocco gilt bookplate of W. A. Foyle, Beeleigh Abbey to front pastedown, top edge gilt, near contemporary terracotta brown morocco, adhesive tape to boards towards fore-edge, large 4to (limited edition 104/500), plus four others, Dodgson (Campbell). The Etchings of James McNeill Whistler, edited by Geoffrey Holme, London: The Studio, 1922, red morocco gilt bookplate of W. A. Foyle, Beeleigh Abbey to front pastedown, top edge gilt, near contemporary burgundy half morocco by Bayntun Riviere of Bath, gilt decorated spine, 4to, Pearson (Hesketh). The Man Whistler, London: Methuen & Co. Ltd., 1952, burgundy morocco gilt bookplate of W. A. Foyle, Beeleigh Abbey to front pastedown, all edges gilt, later red morocco, gilt decorated spine, double gilt rule border to boards, 8vo, [Whistler, James McNeill]. The Gentle Art of Making Enemies, London: William Heinemann, 1890, some toning and spotting, red morocco gilt bookplate of W. A. Foyle, Beeleigh Abbey to front pastedown, 20th-century half calf, gilt decorated spine, 8vo, and Rothenstein (John). The Life and Death of Conder, London: Dent, 1938, burgundy morocco gilt bookplate of W. A. Foyle, Beeleigh Abbey to front pastedown, top edge gilt, later red half sheep, extremities worn and marked, 8voQTY: (8)

Two boxes of Folio Society books.

A quantity of Folio Society books.

A World folio album with a collection of World and GB stamps. Postage category C

A collection of oddments a Yashica camera and lens a Vintage Monopoly game a collection of cigarette cards and Folio Society books (a lot)

Folio containing a large quantity of miscellaneous unframed antique and later prints

Quantity of unframed aviation prints, some signed including Thomas Gower, Roy Cross, Robert Taylor ' Company of Heroes 'These are all in a folio, slight damage to edges of Robert Taylor print

Folio case containing a large collection of miscellaneous antique, later and facsimile prints, unframed

Large folio containing a quantity of miscellaneous antique and later prints, unframed

Folio containing various signed 20th and 21st Century abstract prints

To Be Sold With No ReserveA group of 9 Qur'an folios in bihari script, India, 15th and 17th century,one folio from a Sultanate Qur'an, 15ll. of black bihari script, gold verse markers, corrections in red, diagonal script to margins, mounted, folio 53.4 x 29.5; a further 8 folios from a later Qur'an, with 11ll. of black bihari script, gold verse markers, corrections in red, folio 34 x 24.4cm. (9)

A Qur'an Juz',China, 19th century,Ḥā’ Mīm (حم), Arabic manuscript on paper, 54pp., 4fl., 5ll. of black sini script to the page, the opening bi-folio with 3ll. of similar script to each text panel, the polychrome illumination consisting of interlocked semi-circle on a ground of peonies and quatrefoils within lozenges, headings in red ink within double red rules, black quartered gold lobed roundel verse markers, text block separated, stamped brown morocco binding, possibly married,25.5 x 20.5cm. Condition Report: The text bloc is loose. The folios are scuffed with lacking or damaged corners. The lower corners are overall very tarnished and stained. The last folios show some tears to their edges. The folios stained and pitted overall. Some smudging and superficial tear do affect the text in scattered occasions. The cover is warped and shows fold marks. It is also repaired from tears.This lot would benefit from further attention to improve its condition.

Property from a Private London Collection,A diwan, Mughal India, late 18th century, by different authors, Persian manuscript on paper, 36ff., 4fl, 16ll. or over of black nasta’liq text or 6ll. arranged in four columns, with verse divisions in red, the opening bi-folio with illuminated frames of blue and gold repeating lobed medallions, the reverse with seal impression in black ink, the other folios with gilt latticed margins, some worming, in a modern black binding, folio 25.6 x 16.4cm.

A detached Qur'an folio,India, 16th century or later,Arabic manuscript on paper, 11ll. of Bihari script in black ink to the page, the word "Allah" highlighted in gold, added blue, orange, green and gold marginal marker, catchword in black ink to bottom left,  in red and blue rules, trimmed, water stained, mountedthe folio 33 x 25.5cm., with mount 45.7 x 35.8cm.Condition Report: Trimmed. Right corners scuffed or lacking. Pitted overall. Folio extensively water stained to its edges and marginal areas. Text panel relatively clean showing some smudging. The marker a later addition.

To Be Sold With No ReserveA Quran,Central Asia, 19th century or later,Arabic manuscript on paper, 487 leaves, 13 lines to the page written in black naskh, ruled back, surahs title written in red, verses marked by red dots and verse markers in the margins in various colour, the end of surah al-Kahf (XVIII) with a polychrome decoration, an unfinished polychrome bifolio with only the right-hand side remaining, marking the middle of the volume, the beginning missing, the text starting at surah al-Baqarah (II), v.10, in a yellow textile binding , folio 35 x 22cm.Provenance: Private UK collection formed in the 1960s and 1970s Condition Report: Condition report: In fair condition, incomplete, the beginning of the text is missing, various stains throughout and traces of mould, occasional tears, the leather binding with a later glued cover, various smudges and minor later annotations, the illumination unfinished, a Russian stamp impression possibly reading фагаровской (?).