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Late 19th Century School Girl Sample Folios, comprising a multi paged card folio by F Wagstaff, edged with silk, with hand painted sprig of flowers to the front, enclosing six pages of knitting, darning, sewing and embroidery samples; another by C Yapp embroidered to the front on punched card 'S Book, Standard 7', card is mounted with cotton, ribbon to the edges, two internal pages have a quilted ground enclosing embroidered in pink and blue silks, buttonholes, darning, invisible mends etc; another by E Yapp with a similar embroidery to the front, blue silk trimmed edges to the pages, lined with blue cotton inside, enclosing similar items to her sister including a darning sampler; another by Miss A Bannister, 1891 in a brown velvet bag, with quilted silk lining and embroidered with her initials, comprising seven card pages edged in gold ribbon, displaying a variety of sewing, darning and other skills, together with a letter from Stockwell Training College and a Teachers Certificate for the same year, together with a photograph of Miss Bannister (4)

THE DECAMERON OF GIOVANNI BOCCACCIO, translated by Richard Aldigton, with aquatints by Buckland-Wright, Limited Edition Folio Society edition, copy number 1739/1750, with The Happy Art of Narration: Readings of Baccaccio and the Decameron, contained in fitted case

Folio Society Books, 'Short Stories from the Stand', Humorous Verse, 'Humour', Goodman of Paris', Raconteurs' etc, Railway, Antique and other books:- Two Boxes.

Folio Society - Gilbert White, Christopher Lloyd, 'Magnetic Storm', 'Flight of Icarus', Mein Kampf, many other books:- Two Boxes

The Great Sheffield Flood 1898, reprint of the original edition from 1864. Folio Society 'Moll Flanders', 'The Pilgrims Progress', ' 'Maupassant', 'Charles Lamb Essays', 'Hartley's Yorkshire Ditties' Vinton's Anatomical model of The Bull etc:- One Box.

Two boxes of Folio Society volumes

A box of Folio Society books

Folio Society and other volumes

Bremer Press.- Homer. Poiesis: Ilias & Odysseia [graece], 2 vol., edited by Eduard Schwartz, each one of 615 copies on Zanders hand-made paper, titles by Anna Simons, text in Greek, notes in Latin, leather book-labels of Haven O'More, bound in vellum, gilt, by Frieda Thiersch at the Bremer Bindery, spines ruled and titled in gilt, t.e.g., others uncut, a fine copy in board slip-cases (a little rubbed and lacking top edges), folio, Munich, Bremer Press, 1923-24.⁂ A magnificent set, one of only a few copies bound in vellum. The Bremer Press was founded in 1911 inspired by the Doves Press, and apart from the lettering and titles by Anna Simons, a pupil of Edward Johnston, the books similarly rely on no ornamentation but elegant design and impeccable printing.

Blake (William) An Island in the Moon: A Facsimile of the Manuscript [edited] by Michael Phillips with a Preface by Haven O'More, number XI of 25 deluxe copies, from an edition limited to 775, illustrations, leather book-label of Haven O'More, original pigskin, t.e.g., with another copy of the facsimile in original wrappers in pocket in original pigskin folder, together in board slip-case, a fine copy, small folio, Cambridge, printed at the Stamperia Valdonega of Verona for the Institute of Traditional Science, 1987.⁂ Reproduced from Blake's manuscript at the Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge.

Gutenberg (Johannes).- Norman (Don Cleveland) The 500th Anniversary Pictorial Census of the Gutenberg Bible, number 69 of 985 copies signed by the author, plates and illustrations, some colour, original pictorial red cloth, gilt, slip-case, a fine copy, Chicago, The Coverdale Press, 1961 § Johnson (Henry Lewis) Gutenberg and the Book of Books with...a Listing of Known Copies, one of 750 copies, 3 colour facsimile leaves and a colour plate, tissue guards, original cloth, transparent wrapper torn, with folder containing another colour facsimile leaf for framing together in original cloth drop-back box, a little rubbed and stained, New York, William Edwin Rudge, 1932, both with leather book-label of Haven O'More, folio (2)

Scholderer (Victor) Greek Printing Types 1465-1927: Facsimiles...Illustrating the Development of Greek Printing..., plates, leather book-label of Haven O'More, original cloth-backed boards, uncut, corners bumped, otherwise a fine copy, folio, 1927.

Typography.- Neruda (Pablo) Ode to Typography, translated by Enrique Sacerio-Gari, number 85 of 100 copies, original wrappers sewn in Japanese style, original cloth folder with yapp edges and ties, leather book-label of Haven O'More inside front cover, a fine copy, Torrance, Ca., Labyrinth Editions, 1977 § Carter (Harry) Fournier of Typefounding, first edition in English, number 68 of 260 copies, portrait, double-page plates, leather book-label of Haven O'More, original buckram, spine faded, Soncino Press, 1930, narrow folio & 8vo (2)

Sirén (Osvald) Early Chinese Paintings from A.W.Bahr Collection, number 294 of 750 copies, signed presentation copy from A.W.Bahr to Marjorie Phelps Starr with long inscription on colophon, tipped-in plates, some colour, tissue guards, leather book-label of Haven O'More, original black buckram, gilt, t.e.g., others uncut, board slip-case (rubbed at edges, some splits repaired), otherwise a fine copy, folio, Chiswick Press, 1938.

Tucci (Giuseppe) Tibetan Painted Scrolls, 3 vol., number 62 of 750 copies, comprising 2 text vol. and portfolio with 256 plates, some in colour, loose as issued, prospectus loosely inserted in vol.1, bookplate of Philip M. Chancellor to pastedowns, leather book-label of Haven O'More, original cloth, gilt, t.e.g., others uncut, spines slightly faded, still a fine copy, folio, Rome, Libreria Dello Stato, 1949.⁂ An important monograph on Tibetan art and a lavish production, scarce.

Colonna (Francesco) Hypnerotomachia Poliphili, facsimile reprint, one of 315 copies, illustrations, leather book-label of Haven O'More, original gilt-stamped red morocco, with accompanying booklet in gilt-stamped black wrappers, together in cloth slip-case, a fine set, folio, Eugrammia Press, 1963.⁂ A fine facsimile of the most famous and beautiful illustrated book of the Renaissance.

Strabo. De situ orbis libri XVII, collation: α4 AA-BB a-z A-Z aA-vV6 xX4, complete with blank leaf α4 and final leaf blank except for printer's woodcut device on verso, woodcut initials, small map on vV1 verso, double column Greek and Latin text, some browning, mostly light, some early ink annotations, small leather book-label of Haven O'More, contemporary blind-stamped pigskin over wooden boards, metal clasps intact, folio (310 x 204mm.), Basel, Henricus Petrus, 1549.⁂ A very impressive copy in a stunning contemporary binding of Strabo's geography, the only extant work covering the whole world known at the beginning of the Common Era.Literature: Adams S1905Provenance: contemporary ink inscription dated 1566 smudged so largely illegible.

Virgilius Maro (Publius) Virgil's Aeneis, translated into Scottish Verse, translated by Gawin Douglas, second edition, lacking A1 (first leaf of text preface), first few leaves repaired at inner margin, some browning and staining, leather book-label of Haven O'More, modern calf, gilt, 'antique style', preserved in cloth drop-back box, folio, Edinburgh, Printed by Mr. Andrew Symson, and Mr. Robert Freebairn, 1710.Saleroom notice: The binding was executed by Bernard Middleton.The binding was executed by Bernard Middleton.⁂ Scottish lexicography, based on the 1553 edition, with a glossary by Thomas Ruddiman which was the cornerstone of Scottish lexicography and formed the basis of Jamieson's Scottish dictionary, published in 1808.

Hall (Manly P.) An Encyclopedic Outline of Masonic, Hermetic, Qabbalistic and Rosicrucian Symbolical Philosophy, number 312 of 550 copies of the Subscribers Edition signed by the author, this copy for Juliette M.Davidson, printed in orange, blue and black, list of subscribers, colour plates by J.Augustus Knapp, illustrations, leather book-label of Haven O'More, original half vellum, t.e.g., others uncut, roan spine label rubbed and chipped, otherwise a fine copy, slip-case, folio, San Francisco, printed by H.S.Crocker Inc. from plans by John Henry Nash, 1928.

Iamblichus. De Mysteriis liber, title with engraved vignette, Greek and Latin text, some light browning, near contemporary calf, gilt, rubbed, rebacked, [Wing I26], Oxford, Sheldonian Theatre, 1678; and Gale's Opuscula Mythologica Physica et Ethica, Amsterdam, 1688, both works with leather book-label of Haven O'More, folio and 8vo (2)⁂ Primary text by the great Neoplatonic philosopher on the theurgic magic of ancient Egypt.

Boscovich (Ruggiero Giuseppe) A Theory of Natural Philosophy, first edition in English, parallel text in Latin and English, frontispiece, illustrations, leather book-label of Haven O'More, original green cloth, a fine copy, folio, Chicago, 1922.

Copernicus (Nicolaus) De revolutionibus orbium coelestium , facsimile of the original manuscript, leather book-label of Haven O'More, original cloth, original card box with small colour portrait of Copernicus on one cover, folio, n.p., n.d. [? Krakow, 1976].⁂ A very good facsimile of arguably the most important scientific manuscript ever written. It includes a facsimile of the Nostitz family bookplate and the cloth binding reproduces the vellum binding of a re-used manuscript leaf.

Euclid.- Proclus (Diadochus) In Primum Euclidis Elementorum librum Commentariorum, first edition in Latin, translated by Francisco Barozzi, collation: *-**4 A-Z a-o4 complete with final colophon leaf, woodcut vignette of Hermes and Athena holding a phoenix on title with full-page woodcut portrait of the translator within historiated border on verso, woodcut initials and fine decorative woodcut chapter-headings, diagrams, woodcut printer's device on colophon, old blue ink stamps to title, generally a clean and crisp copy, small leather book-label of Haven O'More, modern boards, spine ends chipped, folio (296 x 198mm.), Padua, Gratiosi Perchacini, 1560.⁂ Rare and important commentary on the first book of Euclid: 'the earliest contribution to the history of mathematics' (DSB). It was translated into Latin by Francesco Barozzi, a humanist, mathematician and astronomer, whose translation provides a text substantially more complete and correct than the editio princeps, printed at Basel in 1533, since it is based on superior manuscripts. Barozzi finished the translation at the age of only 22, having already lectured on Sacrobosco's Sphaera at the University of Padua in 1559. Later he translated the work of Hero and Archimedes and wrote a Cosmographia, but was condemned for sorcery by the Inquisition in 1587 for having caused torrential rainstorms in his native Crete. Literature: Adams P2138; Mortimer, Italian 403; Riccardi I, 82; EDIT 16 CNCE 33726Provenance: "Del Colleg. de C.R.M. di S. Gio: di Duce d'Anagni" (ink inscription on title).

Ptolomaeus (Claudius) Geography . . . translated into English and edited by Edward Luther Stevenson, number 1 of 250 copies, this with 5 plates specially coloured by hand and heightened in gold, engraved title vignette, facsimile plates of maps and text from the Ebner manuscript, leather book-label of Haven O'More, contemporary half calf, extremities a little rubbed, slip-case, folio, New York, 1932.⁂ A seemingly unique copy of this facsimile. A loosely inserted pencil note indicates that this copy was given to George F. Baker Jr. (to whom along with Grenville Kane this work is dedicated) by way of thanks for his donation to the library.

Vesalius (Andreas) De humani corporis fabrica libri septem, facsimile of the 1543 edition, discreet library markings (bookplate and withdrawn ink stamp to pastedown), leather book-label of Haven O'More, original cloth, a fine copy, folio, Brussels, 1964.

[Vesling (Johann)] The Anatomy of the Body of Man: Wherein is exactly described every Part thereof, in the same Manner as it is Commonly shewed in Publick Anatomies, translated by Nicholas Culpeper, Second English Edition, 24 full-page engraved plates, each plate with a leaf "An Explanation of the Table" opposite, slight worming in upper corner to A4 and in lower margins to L4, slightly browned, a few 19th century manuscript medical words on verso of one of the leaves of Explanation, engraved bookplate of Nathan C[ooper] partly torn away on front pastedown, contemporary calf, rubbed, corners and edges worn, joints splitting, [ESTC R23770; Wing V287; Russell 835], sm. folio, London, for George Sawbridge, 1677.

Enitharmon Press.- Beckett (Samuel) The North, number 107 of 134 copies signed by the author, 3 original etchings by Avigdor Arikha, signed in pencil by the artist, tissue-guards, loose as issued in folding cloth portfolio and slip-case, folio, Enitharmon Press, 1972.

Grabhorn Press.- Churchill (Sir Winston Spencer) Broadcast Addresses to the People of Great Britain, Italy, Poland, Russia and the United States...MCMXL - MCMXLI, one of 250 copies, printed in blue, black & gold, bound in dark blue morocco, spine titled in gilt, uncut, slight fading to lower cover, [Woods D(a)8], folio, San Francisco, printed by the Grabhorn Press, 1941.

Doves Press.- Pollard (Alfred W.) Cobden-Sanderson and the Doves Press, number 2 of 27 copies with a specimen leaf on vellum, from an edition limited to 339, printed in red and black in cloister Lightface, specimen leaf from the Doves Press 'Hamlet' (printed in red and black with a large initial "W" in green supplied by hand by Edward Johnston) tipped in at beginning, leather book-label of Haven O'More, original vellum, ruled in gilt, by Hübel & Denck of Leipzig, t.e.g., others uncut, spine very slightly soiled, with 11pp. prospectus in original blue printed wrappers preserved in later Japanese paper-covered drop-back box, folio, San Francisco, John Henry Nash, 1929.⁂ An excellent copy with one of the choicest specimens on vellum, in this case the first page of Hamlet featuring the entry of the ghost of Hamlet's father. Very rare in deluxe format.

Early printed leaves.- Bible, German. Single f., double column, hand-coloured woodcut, initials and paragraph-marks in red, trimmed at head, just touching headlines and foliation, little spotting, lightly browned, Nuremberg, Anton Koberger, 1483; and 3 other early printed continental ff., including Antoine Vérard, folio (4)

Doves Press.- Strouse (Norman H.) and John Dreyfus. C-S: The Master Craftsman. An account of the work of T.J.Cobden-Sanderson, letter G of 12 special copies with 2 original leaves from the Doves Press on vellum and signed by the printer Leonard F.Bahr, from an edition limited to 329, printed in red, blue and black, with loosely-inserted T.L.s. from the author to Duncan Andrews concerning the 12 copies on vellum, also prospectus and reproduction of a photograph of Emery Walker and Cobden-Sanderson outside the Doves Press, leather book-label of Haven O'More, original vellum-backed marbled boards, uncut, original cloth slip-case, a fine copy, folio, Harper Woods, Mich., Adagio Press, 1969.⁂ A very desirable special copy, containing two specimen leaves on vellum, one from Iphigenie auf Tauris with an initial in gold (4to), and an exceptionally rare leaf from the Bible, Isaiah 38, with an initial in red on recto and two on verso (folio).

Wimborne, Dorset.- [Wimborne late deanerie manor court book], manuscript, in several hands, c. 245pp., a few ff. torn with loss, browned, some edges creased, bound in contemporary vellum from a legal document relating to Sir John Dackombe (1570-1618), MP and Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster, upper cover mostly cut away, rubbed and soiled, folio, 1625-84; sold subject to the Manorial Documents Rules, this manuscript may not be removed from England and Wales.Saleroom notice: It has been noted that the above lot contains manorial documents which are subject to the Manorial Documents Rules 1959, 1963 and 1967, administered by The Historical Manuscripts Commission at The National Archives on behalf of the Master of the Rolls.Please be aware that the purchasers of the documents lie under an obligation to notify the Secretary of the Commission of their acquisition and to provide details of where they will be kept. The Secretary of the Commission can be contacted by post as Head of Archive Sector Development at the address below or by e-mail at mdr@nationalarchives.gov.uk 

Dorchester, Dorset.- [Manor court documents], manuscripts, c. 40pp., in several hands, folds, slightly browned, folio et infra, 1752-54; sold subject to the Manorial Documents Rules, these documents may not be removed from England and Wales. ⁂ "The Presentm.t of the Parish of the Holy Trinity at the Court Leet and Law Day... ."Saleroom notice: It has been noted that the above lot contains manorial documents which are subject to the Manorial Documents Rules 1959, 1963 and 1967, administered by The Historical Manuscripts Commission at The National Archives on behalf of the Master of the Rolls.Please be aware that the purchasers of the documents lie under an obligation to notify the Secretary of the Commission of their acquisition and to provide details of where they will be kept. The Secretary of the Commission can be contacted by post as Head of Archive Sector Development at the address below or by e-mail at mdr@nationalarchives.gov.uk 

Harrison (John, horologist, bap. 1693, d. 1776).- Maskelyne (Sir Nevil, astronomer and mathematician, 1732-1811) Autograph Letter signed to John Nourse, bookseller, 1p., 200 x 162mm., Greenwich, 17th March 1767, relating to the publication of Maskelyne's book, An Account of the going of Mr. John Harrison's Watch, at the Royal Observatory, from May 6th, 1766, to March 4th, 1767, "I find by the Act of Parliament concerning stamps & pamphlets that the plates of Harrison's watch being under 12 sheets in quarto & 20 in folio that must be paid 2s for each... sheet at the Stamp Office", asking him to pay the Stamp Office and arranging for the plates to be entered at Stationers Hall, "The No. of presents ordered by the board together with these for the members should be sent to the secretary Mr Ibbetson", small tears where opened, small hole in text, folds, browned.⁂ Nevil Maskelyne and John Harrison were rivals for determining longitude. Maskelyne's way was to produce tables from a series of lunar-distance observations and Harrison's was by engineering an accurate time piece that could be carried at sea. Maskelyne had been tasked with assessing the true worth of Harrison's time pieces and produced a negative report that doomed Harrison to years of frustration at not being awarded the full reward from the Board of Longitude. The years 1765-67 were especially acrimonious between Maskelyne and John Harrison and his son, William.

Heraldry.- Bigland (Ralph, herald and cheesemonger, 1712-84) Autograph Letter signed to Thomas Gorges Dobyns Yate, 1p. with address panel, folio, College of Arms, 1st January 1780, asking him to supply details of his family genealogy for his projected reissue of Robert Atkyns Gloucestershire, cut where opened, folds § [Coat of arms of the Dobyns family], hand-coloured coat of arms in gold, blue, red and other colours, on vellum, slightly soiled and creased, small holes in corners, 320 x 180mm., n.d. [18th century]; and a small quantity of others relating to the Dobyns Yates family, v.s., v.d. (sm. qty).

Bristol School.- Women artists.- Carpenter (Mary, English educational, penal and social reformer, 1807-1877) An album of twenty watercolours, ten by Carpenter herself from the years 1832 to 1838, and others by Bristol School artists, including a landscape by George Arthur Fripp (1813-1896), a view of the Acropolis by James Johnson (1803-1834), a view of Odsey House, Hertfordshire, by A. Needham, a "composition" landscape watercolour by Anna Russell [née Worsley] (1807-1876) the noted Bristol botanist, a monochrome study of a valley by Samuel Jackson (1794-1869), a maritime view, possibly in [?]South America, with a sailing ship at anchor and a second boat with slaves rowing, by Nathaniel Neal Solly (1811-1895), the biographer of Bristol-based artist William James Müller, and four others unattributed but probably by a slightly later hand, 20 watercolours, pen and black ink title page that reads 'Mary Carpenter/ Early Sketches taken chiefly from the years 1832 to 1838', watercolours with pen and ink attributions and dates, all but five of the works are neatly tipped onto album leaves, some minor spotting and surface dirt, occasional light browning, original burgundy straight-grain morocco, gilt, rubbed and worn, small folio, circa 1832-1838.⁂ Rare. Fine early watercolours by the leading female advocate of deprived and delinquent children in mid-nineteenth-century England, and one of the first philanthropists to see the need to provide special facilities for their care. Carpenter was based in Bristol from 1829, and the present watercolours by her and various associates are from the ensuing decade. We have traced only four watercolours by Carpenter herself, all of which are held in the Bristol Museum & Art Gallery collection."Mary developed a compulsion to set the world to rights. Apart from watercolour painting, which expressed a sensitivity to the beauty of her surroundings, she had little interest in female accomplishments" [Frank Prochaska, Oxford DnB, 23 September 2004] List of works with attributions inscribed (four further works included, but not listed below, are without an attribution):1. George Arthur Fripp (1813-1896) - Valley landscape with farmhouse and cattle2. Mary Carpenter (1807-1877) - Lake Marathon, Greece3. James Johnson (1803-1834) - The Acropolis 4. Mary Carpenter (1807-1877) - Composition from the Hemlock Stone, Nottingham5. A. [?] Needham - Odsey House near Royston, Herts.6. Mary Carpenter (1807-1877) - Swansea Works7. Anna Russell [née Worsley] (1807-1876) - Composition8. Mary Carpenter (1807-1877) - Bolton Abbey9. Mary Carpenter (1807-1877) - Snuff Mills near Stapleton10. Mary Carpenter (1807-1877) - Composition 11. Mary Carpenter (1807-1877) - Lynmouth12. Mary Carpenter (1807-1877) - Study from Claude13. Samuel Jackson (1794-1869) - Lynmouth 14. Nathaniel Neal Solly (1811-1895) - Maritime scene with sailing ship at anchor, and a second boat with slaves rowing15. Mary Carpenter (1807-1877) - Cheddar Gorge16. Mary Carpenter (1807-1877) - The Dart near Ashburton

Brunel (Isambard Kingdom, civil engineer, 1806-59) Mr Brunel's Reports on Col Serrell's plan & Estimate [Report on Clifton Suspension Bridge], manuscript signed "I B Brunel" in the form of a letter, 13pp. & 1 blank f., later manuscript note attached to blank f. "... original Report (only one in existence) by Sir Isambard Brunel", folds, stained, folio, Westminster, 24th November 1857 § Agreement between John Miles and Edward Wellman Serrell to complete Clifton Suspension Bridge, manuscript signed "Edward W Serrell", 3pp., folds, browned, folio, 1857 (2 pieces).⁂ Brunel submitted plans twice over to build the Clifton Suspension Bridge, the second time successfully. "Thus he came to design the elegant suspension bridge which still provides one of the finest sights in Bristol. But he did not build it, because even though construction began with high hopes in 1836 the funds ran out when only the two towers had been completed; the project was abandoned during the remainder of Brunel's lifetime and was revived only after his death as a memorial to him, and completed in 1864." (Oxford DNB). In between the project being abandoned and restarted, proposals were made to erect a cheaper lightweight suspension span to the design of American engineer Lieutenant Colonel Edward Wellman Serrell (1826-1906).

Shakespeare (William) The Merchant of Venice, from the third folio, comprising pp.163-184 (O2-Q2), woodcut head-piece and initial, a little browned at edges causing some brittleness and fraying (trimmed slightly affecting ruled border, mounted on stubs), modern cloth, [S2913 or 2914], folio, [Printed for Philip Chetwinde], [1663 or 1664].

Golden Cockerel Press.- Chaucer (Geoffrey) Troilus and Criseyde, edited by Arundell del Re, number 66 of 225 copies, wood-engraved pictorial title, decorative borders, illustrations and initials by Eric Gill, initials printed in red, blue and black, leather book-label of Haven O'More, original morocco-backed patterned-paper boards, by Sangorski & Sutcliffe, t.e.g., others uncut, spine very lightly faded, slight wear to corners (as usual), [Chanticleer 50], small folio, Waltham St.Lawrence, Golden Cockerel Press, 1927.⁂ One of the major books from the Golden Cockerel Press, and one of Eric Gill's finest works, printed in a small number and thus always rare.

Married Man's Answer (The) to the Batchelor's Estimate of the Expences of a Married Life, first edition, 10pp., slight soiling, disbound, folio, Printed for T. Payne, 1729.⁂ Extremely rare. ESTC locates the Boston Public Library copy only; WorldCat locates UCLA copy only. A second edition of the same year seems almost as rare. The Batchelor's Estimate was written by Edward Ward.

Golden Cockerel Press.- Chaucer (Geoffrey) The Canterbury Tales, 4 vol., number 276 of 485 copies on paper, wood-engraved decorative borders, illustrations and initials by Eric Gill, initials printed in red, blue and black, leather book-label of Haven O'More, original russet morocco-backed patterned-paper boards, by Sangorski & Sutcliffe, t.e.g., others uncut, spines of vol.2 & 3 a little darker and with small stains to that of vol.4, very slight wear to one or two tips of corners and spine ends (as usual) but otherwise a very fine copy, [Chanticleer 63], small folio, Waltham St.Lawrence, Golden Cockerel Press, 1929-31.⁂ One of the masterworks of Eric Gill and the Golden Cockerel Press.

Golden Cockerel Press.- Song of Songs (The), edited by W.O.E.Oesterley, number 114 of 204 copies, printed in red and black, engraved plates and head-piece by Lettice Sandford, leather book-label of Haven O'More, with loosely-inserted A.L.s. dated 1948 from the printer Christopher Sandford to a Mr Love thanking him for his suggestion of a production of Job and commenting on the printing situation, also an envelope addressed to Sir Michael Sadler containing 3 GCP prospectuses and a flyer for Christmas cards, original pictorial cream buckram, gilt, by Sangorski & Sutcliffe, t.e.g., others uncut, spine very slightly soiled, a fine copy in board slip-case (rubbed), [Chanticleer 110], folio, Golden Cockerel Press, 1936.⁂ An infrequently seen book of the Golden Cockerel Press. Sandford's letter indicates the difficulties faced by fine press printers at the time: "...At the moment producers are wondering how long they can carry on. In my own case leather & fabrics for binding are almost unobtainable at any price, &, when stocks accumulated in the country run out, it may be well to close down for a period, till better times...we cannot persuade Whitehall to import the materials necessary to keep industry going. It all seems very blind!...".

Birds.- Brookshaw (George) Six Birds, accurately drawn and coloured after nature, with full instructions for the young artist, first edition, 6 charming stipple-engraved plates, each in two states (hand-coloured and uncoloured), some light spotting or soiling, original boards with engraved label to upper cover, uncut, rubbed, rebacked preserving part of original spine, [Fine Bird Books p.82; Nissen IVB 150], folio, 1817.

Grabhorn Press.- Whitman (Walt) Leaves of Grass..., number 140 of 400 copies, printed in red and black by Edwin and Robert Grabhorn, woodcut illustrations by Valenti Angelo, leather book-label of Haven O'More, original morocco-backed wooden boards, by Hazel Dreis, publisher's device cut into lower outer corner of upper cover, uncut, spine slightly rubbed and marked but a very handsome copy, [Heller & Magee 138], folio, New York, printed by the Grabhorn Press of San Francisco for Random House, 1930.⁂ The greatest work produced by the press. "One of the Fifty Books of the Year. The largest undertaking of the Grabhorn Press to date. It took over a year to print...the tremendous impression necessary to print this book so strained the press that the printers suggested the colophon should read: '400 copies printed and the press destroyed'.".

Grabhorn Press.- Heller (Elinor Raas) & David Magee. Bibliography of the Grabhorn Press 1915-1940, one of 210 copies, printed in red and black, specimen leaves, illustrations, some printed in colours, light spotting, leather book-label of Haven O'More, original calf-backed linen, uncut, spine somewhat rubbed, folio, San Francisco, Grabhorn Press, 1940.

Calligraphic manuscript.- [Bible, New Testament]. Parables, calligraphic manuscript on vellum, 10pp., 2 large initials and 6 words in gold, 2 large initials in silver colour, double column, in black ink, ruled in green, side notes in green, vellum endpapers, original vellum, lettered direct on upper cover in gold "Parables", in a modern cloth chemise with leather book-label of Haven O'More and slip-case, very finely calligraphed, folio, n.d. [second half of 20th century].

Asia.- Pinto (Fernão Mendes) The Voyages and Adventures...during his Travels...in...Ethiopia, China, Tartaria...Japan, and...the East Indies, translated by Henry Cogan, second edition in English, browned, some spotting and staining including a few ink stains, tear to outer margin of 3D1, engraved bookplate of J.Calthrop of Clare College Cambridge, contemporary mottled calf, rather rubbed, upper joint split, spine ends and corners repaired, [Wing P1706], folio, by J.Macock, and are to be sold by Henry Herringman, 1663.⁂ Important record of the Portuguese adventurer's extensive travels in Ethiopia, India and the East, including tales of pirates, shipwrecks and slavery. It was originally published in Lisbon in 1614, and first in England in 1653.

Japan.- Takashima (Suteta) and Kazumasa Ogawa. Illustrations of Japanese Life, 100 collotype plates, all but one heightened with colour by hand or through stencil and with printed captions, one with small stain to fore-edge, otherwise a fine copy internally, original patterned silk with lilac cords framing inlaid coloured illustrated silk panels, gilt-flecked endpapers, g.e., a little rubbed and spotted, folio, Yokohama [&c.], Kelly and Walsh Ltd., 1896.⁂ A good example of the popular photographically illustrated books depicting Japanese costume and culture. The publisher states at the beginning "I send it out to the public feeling confident that no such gallery of photographs, giving the exact picture of every day life of the Japanese, has ever been presented before in one volume". Subjects include geisha girls, Buddhist & Shinto priests, Ainu, sumo wrestlers, fencers, acrobats, musicians, the tea drinking ceremony, silk production, agricultural workers, transport, shops and street traders.

World.- Purchas (Samuel) Purchas his Pilgrimes. In Five Books..., 5 vol. including vol.5: Purchas His Pilgrimage, first edition of vol.1-4, vol.5 fourth edition, second issue, lacking additional engraved title (as often, supplied in old photographic facsimile), with 7 folding and/or double-page engraved maps of the Mogul Empire, China (duplicated in vol.5), Greenland (Spitsbergen), North America, New England and Virginia (the latter in Verner's state 7 of 12) , 81 half-page engraved maps after Hondius (58 in vol.1-4 and 23 in vol.5, the latter duplications of maps in vol.1-4), a few other engraved or woodcut illustrations including Aztec pictograms from the Codex Mendoza in vol.3, vol.1 with Hondius's 'Map of the Christian World' appearing twice at pp. 65 and 115 i.e. lacking 'Map of the Whole World', and with G3-4 uncancelled as usual, also 4M4-5 uncancelled and second state of 4M2, severe paper flaw to 3M6 in vol.1 with loss to 5 lines of text and side-notes, vol.4 with map of Virginia torn and creased (repaired) and final 2 leaves slightly defective at fore-edge with loss to edge of 'Map of Great Brittaine and Ireland', occasional soiling or browning, a few stains, some other minor tears and defects, some repaired, near uniform contemporary calf ruled in blind, rubbed, vol.1-4 lacking ties and with holes from ties and hasps for chains, rebacked, new pink morocco labels, endpapers replaced, [Hill 1402-3; Sabin 66682 & 66686; STC 20508-9], folio, by William Stansby for Henrie Fetherstone, 1625-26. ⁂ An excellent tall set of this important collection of voyages, a continuation of Hakluyt's Principal Navigations, with fine impressions of the maps and in a contemporary (once chained) binding with a distinguished provenance. The map of the Mogul Empire by William Baffin is the earliest English map of the Mogul territories; the map of China is based on a Chinese original and one of the earliest such to be published in Europe; the map of Greenland (actually Spitsbergen) incorporates scenes of whaling and bear-hunting; the map of North America, by Elstracke after Henry Biggs, is the first to show California as an island; the map of New England was first published in 1624; the map of Virginia by William Hole after Capt. John Smith is one of the most important early maps of America and includes a large Indian figure and a vignette depicting the interior of Powhatan's hut.Provenance: vol.1-4 from the ancient chained library of Queen's College, Oxford, presented by Anthony Hawles. With contemporary ink manuscript presentation label pasted to head of titles of vol.2-4: "Ex dono Anthony Hawles in Artib. Com.m / Christophero Potter S.S Theol. D. Praeposito. 1629" (partly removed from vol.2 & 3), and engraved Queen's College bookplates to verso of titles of vol.1-4. The library contains a second set, the present set was probably sold as a duplicate with other works in 1938.A detailed collation and list of faults is available on request.Anthony Hawles (1609-1663), was chaplain to Charles II while in exile, Archdeacon of Salisbury 1657-63 and a canon of Windsor from 1660 until his death. Christopher Potter (1591-1646) was elected Provost of Queen's College in 1626. He was a chaplain to Charles I, a canon of Windsor and appointed Dean of Worcester in 1635, before being arrested in 1642 and having his Worcestershire properties sequestered.

Boethius (Anicius Manlius Torquatus Severinus) De consolatione philosophiae, commentary ascribed to Thomas Aquinas, but by Thomas Waleys, collation: [a6 b8 c10 d e8]; [f-l10 m6 n o10 p8 q6], 137 ff. (of 140, lacking blanks 41, 106 and 140) 34 and 47 lines, Gothic type, the 2 large initials at the beginning of each part in red, blues and green, the first with a miniature of the author in prison (rubbed), both with full-length marginal flourishes, other initials (some with marginal flourishes), paragraph-marks and initial-strokes in red or blue, first three and a half pp. with early ink inter-linear glosses, first f. lightly soiled and with some staining, elsewhere occasional staining or spotting, 18th century red morocco, richly gilt, joints splitting, but holding firm, spine faded, spine ends, joints and corners worn, rubbed, folio (386 x 266mm.), Nuremberg, Anton Koberger, 12 November, 1476.⁂ First edition to include this commentary. Boethius wrote the work while in prison at Pavia, which accounts for our first initial showing the incarcerated author. It was first published by Koberger in 1473. Provenance: Gifted to the present owner by Hugh Trevor-Roper, Baron Dacre of Glanton (1914-2003), British historian. Literature: BMC II, 413 (IC.7134-5); HC *3370; Goff B-771; GW 4526; Bod-Inc: B-392; BSB B-596.

Jerusalem.- Prado (Jeronimo de) and Juan Bautista Villapando. In Ezechielem Explanationes et Apparatus Urbis, ac Templi Hierosolymitani Commentariis et Imaginibus Illustratus, 3 vol., first edition, 3 engraved titles, portrait and 31 plates/vignettes only (of 32, lacking folding plate in vol.1 between pp.13 and 17), most folding or double-page, 8 folding tables (one printed in red and black), woodcut map and other small woodcut illustrations and diagrams in text, a few plates with repairs, some foxing and light staining but generally a sound copy, later vellum, red and green morocco spine labels lettered in gilt, extremities a little worn, folio, Rome, 1596-1605.⁂ A very good copy of this monumental work on the Temple of Solomon in Jerusalem.Provenance: St. Hugh's Parkminster (small ink stamp to titles).

Kelmscott Press.- Morris (William) The Story of Cupid and Psyche, with illustrations designed by Edward Burne-Jones, mostly engraved on the wood by William Morris, 3 vol., number XXV of 130 special copies with a portfolio of proofs of the 44 wood-engravings and collotype plates of the original drawings, from an edition limited to 400, illustrations, leather book-label of Haven O'More, original dark blue morocco, tan morocco labels, t.e.g., others uncut, portfolio with plates loose as issued in wrapper, morocco-backed patterned-paper board drop-back box, tan gilt label, spine very slightly faded, board slip-case, a fine copy, small folio, printed at the Rampant Lions Press of Cambridge for Clover Hill Editions, 1974.⁂ Originally intended to illustrate The Earthly Paradise but never completed.

Kelmscott Press.- Chaucer (Geoffrey) The Works [with] A Companion Volume to the Kelmscott Chaucer by Duncan Robinson, 2 vol., number 469 of 515 copies, the first a facsimile reprint of the Kelmscott Chaucer illustrated by Edward Burne-Jones, printed in red and black, illustrations, many tipped in, leather book-label of Haven O'More, original floral patterned cloth designed by William Morris, the first uncut, together in board slip-case, folio, Basilisk Press, 1974-75.

Book catalogue.- Farrington (James) Library catalogue, manuscript, 5pp. only of 6, browned edges chipped and torn with small loss, bound in a defective copy of Sir Richard Baker's A Chronicle of the Kings of England, 1684 (listed in the catalogue of books), contemporary calf, worn, head and tail of spine torn and creased (head of spine with loss), folio, 1755; sold not subject to return.

Merrymount Press.- Book of Common Prayer (The) and Administration of the Sacraments..., one of 500 copies, printed in red and black, printed note concerning the binding loosely inserted, leather book-label of Haven O'More, original oxblood pigskin, ruled and stamped in blind, t.e.g., others uncut, a little rubbed (mostly upper joint and corners, small splits to joints), folio, Boston, printed by Daniel Berkeley Updike of the Merrymount Press, 1928 [1930].⁂ A good copy of Updike's magnum opus and one of the most beautifully-designed American books of the twentieth century. It was printed for the Joint Commission on the Revision and Enrichment of the Book of Common Prayer and financed by the banker J.P.Morgan. Updike was well-suited to printing the work being a staunch Episcopalian and familiar with the text; it took two years to produce. The binding is difficult to find in good condition, the upper joint is notoriously weak.

Jones (David [pseud. Dai Greatcoat], painter and poet, 1895-1974) 14 Autograph Letters signed (13 to Morag and 1 to Richard), annotated in several colours, together 37pp., folio & 4to, Harrow, 19th September 1952 - 6th January 1968, on a variety of subjects, including: the BBC broadcast of Jones' epic poem, The Anathemata, "Yes, all the music is settled for the B.B.C. version of Ana as they are doing it at 9 P.M. on Tuesday May 5th with a repeat on... May 7th * The cast... is in this weeks Radio Times [produced by Douglas Cleverdon and with Dylan Thomas in the cast as a Welsh speaker]... I've no idea what it will sound like... But they've taken a lot of trouble over it", academia, "Do you know that jolly nice joke about the text in one of Paul's epistles reading 'Know ye not that they which men in a race run all, but one receiveth the prize?' The suggested alternative is 'they which run in a race run, all but one receiveth the prize.' Typical childish don's jest, but it never ceases to amuse me", his artwork, "I'm trying to do a watercolour drawing of daffadills & other stuff in... inevitable glass goblet - very complicated drawing & it has not come to life yet", detailed expositions on Celtic and Anglo-Saxon history, "... touching Urien Rheged & his son Owein & Coel Hên... . So when some Saxon chap heard... that such a... wooded place was called by the Romano-Britons Ced, he took it for a place-name & called it Ced-wudu and this became Chetwood", and his knowledge of Welsh, "I don't really know any more Welsh than as you say of yourself. I wish I did, but I'm too old now to master it, however hard I try", with 2 painted inscriptions and a pencil drawing of a young woman in profile, folds, some small tears along folds at edges, slightly creased edges; and a small quantity of ephemera by or relating to David Jones, including: 2 Autograph notes signed to Morag from Jones on verso of photographs of Jones works, 4th January 1960 & 22nd December 1961, "The Latin bit of the main inscription is what the priest says when he's censing the altar at the Offertory at Mass: 'May the Lord kindle in us the fire of his love and the flame of eternal charity'"; 1 painted inscription and 1 pen and ink inscription; and 3 cards signed (2 photographs of painted inscriptions), v.s., v.d. (sm. qty).⁂ Provenance: By descent in the family.

Sleidanus (Johannes) A Famouse Cronicle of oure time, called Sleidanes Commentaries, concerning the state of Religion and common wealth, during the raigne of the Emperour Charles the fift, first edition in English, black letter, woodcut coat of arms on title, woodcut initials, lacking blanks A6 and 3Q4, light marginal browning, occasional minor marking or soiling, occasional small marginal worming, but a clean, crisp copy generally, first 4ff. detached, engraved portrait of the author to pastedown, contemporary calf, rebacked, upper cover detached, extremities repaired, [STC 19848], folio, [by Ihon Daye, for Abraham Veale, and Nicholas England], [1560].⁂ An important record of The Reformation from one of the foremost printers of the period. It chronicles the reign of the Holy Roman Emperor Charles V and records the spread of Luther's ideology and other key events, including Henry VIII's break with Rome and the great conflict with the Turks.

Nonesuch Press.- Dante Alighieri. La Divina Commedia or the Divine Vision of Dante Alighieri in Italian & English, translated by H.F.Cary, number 886 of 1475 copies, printed in Monotype Blado, text in Italian and English, double-page plates from drawings by Sandro Botticelli, leather book-label of Haven O'More, handsomely-bound in russet morocco tooled in gilt and blind, by Frank Garrett, upper cover with title in gilt at head and author at foot within elaborate border of interlacing ropes of small gilt circles between double lines in blind forming Celtic-style knots, lower cover with same border, spine titled in gilt and tooled with similar decoration in compartments and five raised bands, vellum doublures and flyleaves, turn-ins with gilt circles and lines in blind, signed at foot of rear doublure, t.e..g, others uncut, lightly rubbed at edges, slight mark to lower cover, folio, Nonesuch Press, 1928.⁂ A splendid binding. A loosely-inserted note reads, "This book 'La Divina Commedia' was bound by Mr Frank Garrett teacher of book-binding at the B[irmingha]m School of Art. It was exhibited in the Arts & Crafts section of the Bm. Soc. of Artists' Autumn Exhibition 1928 & priced at £20 which I paid for it....".

Nonesuch Press.- Dante Alighieri. La Divina Commedia or the Divine Vision of Dante Alighieri in Italian & English, translated by H.F.Cary, number 39 of 1475 copies, printed in Monotype Blado, text in Italian and English, double-page plates from drawings by Sandro Botticelli, bookplate of Frank C.Reilly and leather book-label of Haven O'More, original vellum stained orange, gilt, t.e.g., others uncut, an excellent copy without the usual fading to spine or splaying to covers, preserved in cloth folder and morocco-backed cloth slip-case (a little rubbed and soiled), folio, Nonesuch Press, 1928.

Meggendorfer (Lothar) Internationaler Circus, chromolithographed cloth-backed panorama of 6 interlocking three-dimensional fold-down circus scenes, the first with 3 neat repairs to horse, occasional creasing to the remainder, original concertina style cloth-hinged boards with colour pictorial upper cover, extremities rubbed, but a very good example overall, folio, Eslingen, J. F. Schreiber, [1887].⁂ Arguably the most important Meggendorfer, rare in full working order. 'It staggers the imagination, when it is all assembled, it is ravishing. The color, excitement and delirium of the circus are all there and the three-dimensional effect is breathtaking.... Circus is one of my finest treasures." - Maurice Sendak.