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British Troops in Austria. Exercise Highball DS issue, (Restricted) Austria, 26th to 30th July 1948, approximately 160 leaves printed to rectos only, some folding plans, some forms with typed details and a few minor manuscript marks, contents printed to front pastedown and 5 thumb tabs for separate parts, original cloth, some soiling and slightly split along joints, folio (Qty: 1)NOTESThis is the Directing Staff edition with additional matter not in the general issue (differentiated by being printed on pink paper) of this comprehensive series of study notes and directives for a major exercise relating to recent and possible future events in Palestine and the Suez Canal. One particular objective was to enable officers to 'study the latest machinery and technique' of Air Support, notably air movement of troops, air supply and offensive air support.

* [ Charge of the Light Brigade]. Autograph letter from Godfrey C. Morgan, Captain 17th Lancers, Camp nr Balaclava, 7 December 1854, to Lieutenant General the Earl of Lucan, Commander Cavalry Division, 'In consequence of another Captain now present with Regiment I have the honor to request that you will forward this, the renewal of my application for leave of absence to return to England the nature of my affairs being such as to warrant an extension being made in my favour', one page, with ensuing notes written vertically to inner upper margin including one believed to be in the Earl of Cardigan's hand, 'Dec 11th Morgan 17th Lancers leave refused', the verso with Lucan's autograph letter signed, Cavalry Camp, HQ, 10 December 1854, to the Adjutant General, sending the application concerning Captain Morgan with a note that 'This officer's resignation of his commission is already in England' and wondering whether Morgan may be granted this favour under the circumstances, the full reply written in the second column by Brigadier J.B. Estcourt, 11 December 1854 reporting that the commander 'cannot sanction the application in favour of Captain Morgan', old adhesion remains to inner margin of verso, folio (32.5 x 20 cm), together with a Christmas and New Year card 1907/1908 from Lord Tredegar with photogravure portrait, dampstained and split and separated along spine, slim 4to (Qty: 2)NOTESGodfrey Charles Morgan, 1st Viscount Tredegar (1831-1913) was 22 when the Crimean War broke out. He held the rank of Captain in the 17th Lancers and accompanied his famous regiment. On 25 October 1854 he was in command of a section of the Light Brigade that rode into the 'Valley of Death' at the battle of Balaclava, which he survived. The Charge was led by Lord Cardigan (1797-1868), his characteristic arrogance seemingly reflected in this refusal to grant leave to Captain Morgan so soon after the battle.

Rolls (Captain Stanley Percy Ashby, DSO MC, Dorsetshire Regiment). A photograph album relating to the military career of Captain Rolls, including photographs at Sandhurst, in India 1905-06 including views at Dalhousie, Lucknow, Ferozepore, etc., plus some views of the Himalayas, a band of Ferozepore Sikhs, etc. and photographs in England at Bisley, Gosport, School of Musketry at Hythe, Portsmouth, group photographs of officers of the Monmouthshire Regiment in 1913 and finally various World War I souvenirs including divisional Christmas cards, etc., interspersed with souvenirs of service and social life at home and abroad arranged on rectos and versos of 30 stiff card leaves, mostly with ink or pencil captions, inner hinges broken, contemporary half calf, some wear, oblong folio (Qty: 1)

* Rolls-Royce. A Rolls-Royce sales brochure for the New Phantom, circa 1927, numerous illustrations, in clean and condition, original grey card covers, tied with cord at spine, slim folio (Qty: 1)NOTESThe Rolls-Royce Phantom was Rolls-Royce's replacement for the original Silver Ghost. Introduced as the 'New Phantom' in 1925, the Phantom had a larger engine than the Silver Ghost.

Tyneside Scottish Brigade. A group of approximately 850 brigade orders on approximately 350 sheets, nos. 95 (February 1915) to 981 (November 1915), a near-complete run, issues up until 31 July 1915 printed, the remainder issued in duplicated typescript, a little scattered browning, some marginal creasing and fraying, early issues with occasional hole hanging tears at upper margin, slim folio (Qty: approx. 350)NOTESA near-unbroken run, lacking approximately 30 issues from the run. The Tyneside Scottish Brigade (or 102nd Infantry Brigade, consisting of 20th, 21st, 22nd and 23rd [Service] Bns. Northumberland Fusiliers) was formed in the autumn of 1914 at Newcastle and subsequently trained at Alnwick and Salisbury Plain before embarking for France in January 1916. These orders demonstrate a wide range of administrative and training issues confronting the New Army, ranging from payment of men for the wearing of their own clothes, the employment of civilian police officers as drill instructors, strictures and regulations on the claiming of pay and allowances, behaviour in billets, the issue and availability of kit and equipment, etc., etc.

* Rolls-Royce. In America, advertising brochure, 1960, folding illustrated advertising brochure, stamped Jun 60 Rec'd to verso, slim 8vo, together with Rolls-Royce , Phantom VI Special Landaulette Specification sheets for ceremonial car to design No. 2052/3, [1972], two colour plates and one black & white diagram, six leaves of specification information, all loosely contained in original printed thin card folder, slim folio (Qty: 2)

Ames (Mrs Ernest). An ABC for Baby Patriots, Dean & Son, circa 1899, & The Tremendous Twins or How the Boers were Beaten, first edition, 1900 , colour plates to each volume, occasional marks, endpapers somewhat chipped, both red cloth-backed pictorial boards rubbed and marked with some wear to edges, oblong 4to, together with Raemaekers (Louis), The Great War, a Neutral's Indictment, one hundred cartoons, with an appreciation of H. Perry Robinson and descriptive notes by E. Garnett, Fine Art Society, 1916, 100 mounted colour plates, top edge gilt remainder untrimmed, original white cloth gilt with red morocco label to spine, large folio, limited edition of 1000 copies, plus other illustrated books mostly related to the Boer and First World War, including L. Raven-Hill, Our Battalion, being some slight impressions of His Majesty's auxiliary forces, Punch Office 1902, Collier's Photographic History of the European War, 1918, Muirhead Bone, The Western Front, 2 volumes, 1917, The Hun Hunters, Cautionary Tales from the Trenches, Grant Riches 1916, 10 original issues of La Guerre Documenteé 1914-1915, etc., all large format (Qty: 25)

Army Accounts and Papers. Report of the Committee Appointed by the Secretary of State for War to Enquire into Certain Questions that have Arisen with Respect to the Militia and the Present Brigade Depot System... , [C-1654], HMSO, 1877, institutional embossed stamp to title and bookplate front pastedown, contemporary half roan, soiled and worn, together with Report of the Royal Commission on the Militia and Volunteers, bound with Minutes of Evidence taken before the Royal Commission on the Militia and Volunteers, 2 volumes, all HMSO, 1904, some spotting, old library buckram, rubbed and soiled and a little frayed on joints, plus Imperial Yeomanry. Organization and Equipment, 1902, bound with numerous other contemporary short HMSO military reports, oval ink library stamps to upper margin of each title or drop-title, library buckram, rubbed and soiled, slightly frayed on joints, plus 8 further reports, all but one disbound, all folio (Qty: 11)

Berne-Bellecour (Jean). Dans Les Lignes Anglaises, Texte par Madame de pratz, Paris Editions d'Art Guerrier, 1917, tipped-in mono chromed portrait of the Prince of Wales, 24 tipped-in reproductions, printed in colour or tint, many heightened with colour by hand, 1 plate loose, bound in original half cloth portfolio, some marks and minor wear to extremities, large folio (Qty: 1)NOTESLimited edition of 325 copies, this being one of 25 deluxe copies on Japan with original watercolour by the artist to front wrapper, signed with initials, and inscribed "A Monsieur Riviere - J Berne Bellacour, 1917".

China - Boxer Rebellion. Reports from Her Majesty's Minister in China respecting events at Peking. China. No. 4 (1900). Presented to both Houses of Parliament by command of Her Majesty, 1900 [Cd. 364], first edition, HMSO [1900] 61pp, bound with Further Correspondence Respecting Events at Peking, (In continuation of 'China No.4 (1900)'). China. No.3 (1901), [Cd. 442], first edition, HMSO, [1901], 32pp plus separate printed docket sheet for folding, a little browning at front and rear, contemporary half morocco, rubbed and slightly split on lower joint, slim folio (Qty: 1)

Coulthard (Ross). The Lost Tommies, 1st edition, Collins, 2016, monochrome illustrations, mostly from photographs, original cloth with window cut-out to upper board, 4to, together with Knight (David J.) , The Undress and Mess Dress Uniforms of the Yeomanry Cavalry, 1837-1914, 1st edition, Doncaster, 2014, colour and monochrome illustrations, original boards, small folio, plus Ward (Laurence) , The London County Council. Bomb Damage Maps 1939-1945, reprint, 2015, colour-illustrated throughout, original cloth in dust jacket, folio, plus other mostly large-format modern military interest (Qty: approx. 50)

Crimean War. A composite atlas containing twenty maps, circa 1860, untitled atlas containing maps of regions, towns and battle plans, including maps of the Black Sea, maps of the seat of the war in Crimea, Central Europe and the Crimean peninsula, with plans of the the Battle of Alma, Defences and Battle of Sebastopol, Balaklava, Inkerman and Tchernaya, together with maps of towns, encampments and barracks, including Skutari, with examples by Wyld, Collins, W. & A. K. Johnston and the War Department surveyed by W. A. Ripley, Colonel F. W. Hamilton and Lieut. A. G. Glascott R. N., together with a double page plate of weapons and uniforms, each plate laid on linen backed paper, plus eleven lithographs from Simpson's 'Seat of the War in the East' loosely inserted, contemporary quarter morocco, worn, bumped and frayed, re-backed, slim upright folio (Qty: 1)

Crimean War. Further correspondence relative to the military expedition to the East, parts 5 & 7-9 only, February 14 - June 30 1855 & October 1855 - August 1856, p rinted solely for the use of the Cabinet August 1855 - August 1856, printed on blue paper, 1 hand-coloured lithographic plate to volume 8 and 9 folding plates to volume 9, discreet embossed library stamp at foot of all plates, volumes 7-9 with armorial bookplate of the War Office Secretary of State's library, contemporary calf, white china ink manuscript markings and 'War Department' gilt titles at foot of spines, somewhere, upper cover to volume 9 detached, folio (Qty: 4)NOTESRare. Part of 5 - 8 are held by the University of London, Institute of Historical Research. A part (covering 1854 only) is in The National Archives.

* Rolls-Royce. The 25-30 H.P. Rolls-Royce The "Wraith" brochure, circa 1939, 4 tipped-in and mounted colour plates, some spotting but generally in very clean condition, original spiral bound with cream card covers, front cover inscribed in ink '1939', oblong folio (Qty: 1)

Duke of Wellington. A composite album of caricatures, 1801 - 1842, an album of original and reproduction caricatures of the Duke of Wellington and his associates, interspersed with typed descriptions and provenance, including original caricatures - both with contemporary hand colouring and uncoloured - by William Heath, Thomas Jones, John Doyle, Charles Williams, Thomas Rowlandson, Henry Heath, Robert Seymour, R. Roberts, C. J. Grant and John Phillips (Sharpshooter), various sizes and condition, all bound in a mid twentieth century album with a manuscript title to upper board, worn and stained, folio (Qty: 1)NOTESThe album contains forty-two contemporary caricatures.

Jardine-Blake (W.V.). General Headquarters, Far East Command. Operations of the Allied Geographical Section GHQ, SWPA, volume 6, Intelligence Series (restricted), 3 volumes including Appendices, [Tokyo, 1948], numerous monochrome plates, illustrations and maps, some folding and coloured, compiler's printed note pasted to front free endpaper of each volume and signed by Major General C.A. Willoughby, original printed boards, some browning, corners bruised, folio (Qty: 3)NOTESRare; probably 75-100 copies published.

Second Boer War. Report of His Majesty's Commissioners Appointed to Inquire into the Military Preparations and other Matters Connected with the War in South Africa [together with] Minutes of Evidence taken before the Royal Commission on the War in South Africa, 2 volumes plus Appendices, 4 volumes in all, HMSO, 1903, original printed wrappers, small ink library stamps, some wear and fraying with loss, folio (Qty: 4)NOTESWitnesses include Baden-Powell, Arthur Conan-Doyle, Redvers Buller, Sir John French, Douglas Haig, et al.

* Rolls-Royce. Silver Wraith sales brochure, circa 1952, full-page colour illustrations, gilt initials and emblems to text, five colour plates contained in rear pocket, original embossed thin card covers stitched with cord at spine, with attached glassine wrapper, slim folio, with two loosely inserted price sheets (one published January 1952) and a Guarantee card for a Silver Wraith chassis number SR-48682 dated 19th September 1954 belonging to a Herbert Lozier, together with Rolls-Royce , Phantom III Abridged Catalogue, circa 1936-1939, original printed wrappers, slim 8vo (Qty: 2)

Vickers Ltd. A group of 4 confidential albums printed by Vickers Ltd., circa 1922, including 'Vickers Anti-Aircraft Artillery', 'Vickers Field and Anti-Aircraft Artillery', 'Artillerie' and 'Vickers 40 m/m Automatic Gun on High Angle Mounting', the first two bilingual, the third in French only and the last in English, black & white plates including illustrations from photographs, the final item comprising 'Title' and 3 plates only and possibly incomplete, original cloth portfolios, gilt-stamped 'Vickers Ltd.' to upper covers lower right, contents of final album detached, a little rubbed and soiled, oblong folio (Qty: 4)NOTESRare.

Military Photograph Albums. A group of 4 assorted military photograph albums, late 19th and early 20th century, one album with large mounted albumen prints of groups of soldiers at Aldershot and other camps, a total of approximately 50 photographs, 22 x 28 cm and similar sizes, mounted back to back with ink captions, disbound, the three remaining albums largely family snapshots but one album including 10 photographs relating to Ladysmith and Natal, one album with snapshots and real photo postcards pasted in of 'A' Company XIX London Regiment and one album with small snapshots of British soldiers during 1915 and 1916, various bindings, some wear, all oblong folio/4to (Qty: 4)

Douglas (Colonel Sir Howard). A Treatise on Naval Gunnery, first edition, John Murray, 1820, 5 folding engraved plates at rear, a few marginal annotations, damp stained to top margin, early bookplate of Samuel Thornton, and inscribed in ink with presentation inscription in brown ink to front head of pastedown S. Thornton from R Melville Feb 1st 1822, contemporary calf, rubbed and some wear, recased with original spine laid down, 8vo, plus Bacon ( Admiral Sir R.H.), The Life of Lord Fisher of Kilverstone, Admiral of the Fleet, 2 volumes, first edition, 1929 , monochromed plates, original black cloth gilt in dust jackets, large 8vo, VG, together with Douglas (General Sir Howard), A Treatise on Naval Gunnery, fourth edition, revised, John Murray, 1855, wood-engraved plates, including some folding at rear, original blind-stamped dark blue cloth gilt, little rubbed, and other naval history, including Naval Memoirs of Admiral of the Fleet Sir Roger Keys, 2 volumes, 1934 (with autographed letter signed by the author loosely inserted to first volume), Lord Fisher, records/memories, 2 volumes, 1919, 13 bound volumes of the naval review, a run from 1913-1927, bound in contemporary cloth, spines darkened, some soiling, large 8vo, the illustrated Naval and Military magazine, 9 bound volumes 1884-1888, uniformly bound in contemporary black half calf gilt, rubbed and scuffed, folio, etc. (50 volumes) (Qty: 3 shelves)

Durnford (E.). A Soldier's Life and Work in South Africa, 1872 to 1879, A Memoir of the Late Colonel A.W. Durnford, by his Brother, 1st edition, 1882, mounted Woodburytype portrait frontispiece, folding map, tipped-in errata slips at front, some spotting, original cloth gilt, rubbed and faded on spine, together with Cox (George W.) , The Life of John William Colenso, DD, Bishop of Natal, 2 volumes, 1st edition, 1888, portrait frontispiece to each volume, name and address stamps to titles, plus old inscription and Alexandra College bookplates to pastedowns, some spotting, original cloth gilt, rubbed, remains of label marks to foot of spines, 8vo, plus Seago (Edward, introduction) , The Paintings of Field Marshal Earl Alexander of Tunis, 1st edition, Collins, 1973, colour and monochrome plates, all edges gilt, original quarter morocco in cloth slipcase, oblong folio (limited edition, 12/150 copies), plus other miscellaneous military interest, etc. (Qty: 3 shelves)

The Outpost. Magazine of the 17th Service (Glasgow Chamber of Commerce) Battalion Highland Light Infantry, volumes 1-5 & 7 (of 7), Regimental Magazine Committee, 1919, black & white illustrations including some from photographs, volumes 1-5 all edges gilt, modern burgundy morocco gilt in damp-stained and soiled cloth book box, volume 7 original cloth, a few minor marks, all 8vo, together with The Fifth Gloucester Gazette, A Chronicle, Serious and Humorous, of the Battalion while serving with the British Expeditionary Force, printed by John Jennings, Gloucester, no date, illustrations to text, original decorative cloth, slightly rubbed, folio, plus an assortment of odd volumes and broken runs of regimental journals and chronicles, including Royal Artillery Journal, St. George's Gazette, The Die-hards, Black Watch Chronicle, The Bugle, etc., various bindings including wrappers, generally worn, 4to/8vo (Qty: 3 shelves)

Douglas Aircraft. An original publicity brochure, circa 1935, featuring the DC3 and DS2 Sky Sweeper, illustrated throughout, original spiral-bound pictorial card covers, a little rubbed and soiled and slight corner bruising, oblong folio (Qty: 1)

Handley-Page. A publicity brochure for military and civil aviation post World War I, circa 1919, 3 pp., text in English and French, original pictorial wrappers with cord-bound spine, oblong slim folio, together with a related Handley-Page publication, The Evolution of the Aeroplane, circa 1928, plus a presentation photograph album of HMAL Great Britain and other similar post-First World War Handley-Page aircraft, gelatin silver prints mounted to album leaf rectos, 15 x 19 cm and similar sizes, contemporary ink inscriptions to some lower mounts, original wrappers with embossed Handley-Page motifs to upper cover and cloth spine tie, slightly soiled and frayed, oblong small folio (Qty: 3)

A Ltd Edition and Numbered Fishing Book Titled ' The Diary and Observations of a Tench Fisher ' by D.R ( Bob ) Wakefield. Published by Chevington Press 1981, Signed by the Authors, The Book In No 6 of Only 50 Issued Worldwide. Description - Tall Folio Quarter Leather Ltd and Numbered Edition, No 6 of 50. Signed by Wakefield Below The Colophon, 6 Full Page Signed Etchings, Along with 8 Smaller Etched Head and Tall Pieces, Excellent Work, Backed In Tan Calf Leather with Marbled Paper over Boards and on Engraved Titled Paste down with Etching on The Upper Cover, This Book Is a Recollection of the Artists, Fishing Trips In The Years Preceding Publication. Condition of Book In All Aspects Is Excellent, This Includes Interior, Exterior, Binding and Comes with Outer Cover.

A selection of Folio Society books to include Alexandre Dumas; 'The Three Musketeers', 'The Man in The Iron Mask', 'Twenty Years After', 'The Count of Monte Cristo', 'Ordeal by Fire Witnesses to the Great War' by Lyn Macdonald, and 'The War In the Peninsula' by William Napier. 

A selection of four Folio Society hardback editions, Edward Lear's 'Complete Nonsense', Ernest Hemmingway, 'Short Stories', 'A Treasury of Mark Twain' and Kenneth Grahame's 'The Wind in the Willows' (4)

A selection of Folio Society books, to include Robert Graves 'The Greek Myths, 'The Plums of P.G Wodehouse', 'The Pick of Punch', Leon Wolff 'In Flanders Fields' and 'Shakespeare's Life and World' (5)

Persian manuscript on paper, 253 leaves (as numbered in pencil) plus 1 fly-leaf, each leaf with fourteen lines of black naskh script, with a dedication to Prince Muhammad Wali Mirza inscribed in gold on the second page, text within black-ruled gold frame, catchwords, with black and gold line around the margins, red thuluth script marginal marker at top, opening folio with gold floral illuminated margins and illuminated head piece preceded by an index, colophon elegantly signed, in stamped black morocco binding (Dimensions: Folio: 23.8cm x 14.7cm)(Folio: 23.8cm x 14.7cm)

An oak mantel clock; a small folio of monochrome engravings; a mahogany cake stand (3)

Edwards, Lionel : (illustrator) More Shires & Provinces By ' Sabretache' 16 mounted colour plates, org. green cloth, folio, Eyre & Spottiswoode, first ed, 1928. With others inc. five illustrated by Lionel Edwards.

Edwards, Lionel : The Passing Seasons - 18 mounted colour plates, org. decorative boards ribbon ties, oblong folio, Country Life, 1927 * unusually good condition

East India Company. Artillery Orders, numbered and otherwise, from 1816 to 1831, [Madras]: published at the lithographic press at the artillery depôt, [c.1831], title-page and 103 pp. lithographic text , approx. 300 pp. manuscript continuation up to the year 1844 (pagination erratic: 87-123 [2] 123-339 338-341 [2] 342-361 [7] 369 [34] pp.), [4] pp. blank, 15 pp. lithographic index completed in manuscript, worming to outer leaves, contemporary half calf, rebacked with original spine laid down, folio (33 x 20 cm) (Qty: 1)NOTESThe printed portion of this Madras Army order book is untraced in libraries, and it is likely that copies experienced a high attrition rate as working documents in subcontinental conditions. The orders, which include memoranda, minutes, circulars, despatches and templates for official forms and certificates, cover all conceivable aspects of regimental affairs. Pages 291-9 contain reports and despatches from the regiment's involvement in the First Opium War, in particular the capture of Zhoushan: 'Brigadier James Ketchen has again the pleasure to congratulate Captain and Brevet Major Philip Anstruther and the officers, non-c[ommission]d officers and men of every rank of the regiment now employed in the China expedition upon the handsome and complimentary manner, in which their services have been recorded in the despatches of His Excellency the Commander-in-Chief Lieutenant General Sir Hugh Gough [...]'.

East India Company. 'Copies of some Orders of Courts of the Old East India Company relateing to the Trustees of the said Company', c.1708, manuscript on paper, [10] 26 [56] pp., feint-ruled in red, a few pages left blank, several leaves apparently excised after p. 26, moderate spotting and browning, final leaf partly slit and near-detached, 20th-century ownership inscription and book-tickets to front pastedown, old limp blue paper boards, rebacked, worn and marked, folio (38.6 x 24.8 cm) (Qty: 1)NOTESProvenance: Clive Milnes-Coates, 2nd Baronet (1879-1971), of Helperby Hall (ownership inscription dated 1948). All the documents (where dated) are dated 1708 and appear to relate to the merger of the old and new East India Companies to form the United East India Company, which was finalised in 1709. The title (provided on the first page of text following the index) appears to refer only to the first 24 pages; the documents transcribed on the following pages include 'The Award of the Lord High Treasurer concerning both Company's [sic]', 'The Agreement between the Company's about Salt Petre', tables of stock-holders, and other items.

Goddard (T., & J. Booth, publishers). The Military Costume of Europe; exhibited in a Series of Highly-Finished Military Figures, 2 volumes, 1st edition, London: T. Goddard and J. Booth, 1812-[22], 96 hand-coloured engraved plates (of 97), without the contents leaf in each volume (noted by Tooley but not Colas or Lipperheide), each plate with leaf of descriptive text, volume 1 plate 16 (Tooley's numbering) possibly with unrelated descriptive leaf, mild toning and offsetting, intermittent light spotting, all edges gilt, near-contemporary straight-grain red morocco gilt, folio (35.6 x 25.2 cm) (Qty: 2)NOTESColas 2058; Lipperheide 2115; Tooley 236. Large-paper copy. Without Tooley's plate number 24 as often. Tooley calls for 97 plates, with number 9 in the first volume used twice. Colas calls for 96 plates only, and Lipperheide cites a copy with 93 plates.

Hastings (Warren, 1732-1818). [A Narrative of the Insurrection which happened in the Zemeedary of Banaris in the Month of August 1781, and of the Transactions of the Governor-General in that District], [Calcutta, 1782], secretarial manuscript copy, 688 pp., occasional manuscript rules in red ink, gilt edges, original marbled wrappers, manuscript paper label ('Copy, Governor General's Narrative of the Transactions at Benares') mounted to front cover, spine reinforced, rubbed overall, some wear and fraying to extremities, housed in custom half morocco solander box, folio (38 x 24.5 cm), together with: 1) contemporary manuscript folding map of Benares and environs (opening to 42 x 65 cm, split along transverse fold, old partial repairs verso), 2) letter signed from Henry Fletcher and Nathaniel Smith, dated 1782 (see note) (Qty: 1)NOTESProvenance: With letter signed from Henry Fletcher (1727-1807) and Nathaniel Smith (1730-1794) of the East India Company to Thomas Townshend (1733-1800, later 1st Viscount Sydney) as secretary of state, Home Office, sent care of Evan Nepean (1752-1822) as under-secretary of state (addressed 'Evan Nepean Esq.' at foot) and dated 21 August 1782: 'Sir, we have the honor to transmit for the information of Mr. Secretary Townshend, Copy of the Governor General's Narrative of the Transactions at Benares'. Fletcher was chairman of the East India Company in 1782-3, and Smith was his immediate successor. Nepean later served as governor of Bombay (1812-19). Hasting's work was published at Calcutta the same year, and was one of the first books to be printed in the city. The final twelve pages (pp. 677-88) of this manuscript copy comprise a 'Minute of the Board' not apparently included in the printed edition.

Henricy (Casimir). Album pittoresque d'un voyage autour du monde, exécuté par ordre du gouvernement français, Paris, [c.1880], [2] 8 pp., 25 engraved plates (most signed Edmond Paris), tissue-guards, damp-staining to top margin (stronger to title-page), a little spotting, front free endpaper creased, original cloth, recased retaining part of original spine, slightly marked, corners worn, oblong folio (Qty: 1)NOTESForbes 3535. Large-format re-issue of a selection of the plates from Cyrille Laplace's Campagne de circumnavigation de la frégate l'Artémise, pendant les années 1837, 1838, 1839 et 1840 (1841-54). In addition to southern African and Indian scenes there are views of Muscat, Mocha, Manila, Macao, Port Arthur, Tahiti, Lima, Honolulu and Rio de Janeiro. Four copies on OCLC.

Howell (James). S.P.Q.V. A Survay of the Signorie of Venice, of her Admired Policy, and Method of Goverment, etc. With a Cohortation to all Christian Princes to resent her Dangerous Condition at Present, 1st edition, London: for Richard Lowndes, 1651, engraved allegorical frontispiece including a view of Venice, engraved plate, title-page in red and black, lacking 2 index leaves (2F4 and 2G1), spotting and browning, small hole in M1 affecting a few words, contemporary sheep, scuffed and front, front joint cracked (held by middle corn), folio in 4s (27 x 17 cm), together with: Sandys (George), A Relation of a Journey begun An. Dom. 1610. Foure Bookes. Containing a Description of the Turkish Empire, of Aegypt, of the Holy Land, of the Remote Parts of Italy, and Islands adjoyning. 4th edition, London: for Andrew Crooke, 1637, double-page engraved map, engraved title-page, engraved folding view of the Seraglio at p. 13, numerous vignettes in text, map defective, title-page laid down, repaired loss to upper outer corner just touching frame, ink-stamp 'UCL library duplicate' verso, similar repair to upper outer corner of A2, 2D5 fore edge strengthened verso, final blank (2D6) discarded, contemporary speckled calf, rebacked, folio in 6s (29.7 x 18.6 cm) (Qty: 2)NOTESProvenance (Sandys): Thomas Barrett Lennard (engraved armorial bookplate). Atabey 596, Wing H3112, Pforzheimer 517 (Howell); STC 21730 (Sandys). Sandys's work describes Cyprus at pages 218-22 and Malta at pages 226-34, and includes an engraved plan of Valetta and environs. The engraved title-page appears to account for signature A1 in the register.

Johnston (Alexander Keith). The Royal Atlas of Modern Geography, Edinburgh & London: William Blackwood & Sons, 1861, 48 double-page engraved maps, hand-coloured in outline, dampstaining to lower margins mostly affecting first & last few leaves, bookplate of William Orme Foster to upper pastedown, without front free endpaper, all edges gilt, contemporary half morocco, covers detached, joints split, worn & marked, folio, together with Bredow (G.G.) , Compendious View of Universal History and Literature, in a Series of Tables, 2nd edition, enlarged and greatly improved, London: Baldwin, Cradock & Joy, 1824, folding table, scattered spotting, bookplate of William Orme Foster to upper pastedown, contemporary half calf, rubbed, slim folio (Qty: 2)NOTESProvenance: William Orme Foster (1814-1899) was an iron & coalmaster and the owner of the industrial firm John Bradley & Co. He served as a Liberal MP for South Staffordshire from 1857 until 1868.

Knolles (Richard, & Paul Rycaut). The Turkish History, from the Original of that Nation, to the Growth of the Ottoman Empire: with the Lives and Conquests of their Princes and Emperors, by Richard Knolles. With a Continuation to this Present Year. MDCLXXXVII. Whereunto is added the Present State of the Ottoman Empire, by Sir Paul Rycaut, 2 volumes, London: for Thomas Bassett, 1687, signatures pi1 *2 B-4I4 4K2 5A-5Z4 6A1, pi2 6A2-4 6B-6B4 chi2 B-2K4 2L2 2N-2V4 [par.]-3[par.]4 4[par.]2 [dagger]-2[dagger]2 3[dagger]1 A4-O4 (-A4, apparently not called for), half-title to volume 1, title-pages in red and black, 20 engraved plates (of 21: lacking the folding plate of a Turkish pageant), a few spill-burns or other small holes in text, a very small number of leaves with a corner torn away, volume 2 frontispiece and title-page slightly frayed along fore edges, closed tear in volume 2 signature Z4 extending into text, modern calf, folio (37.8 x 23 cm) (Qty: 2)NOTESProvenance: 'E libris Jo Smyth' (contemporary inscription to volume two initial blank); 'Elizabeth Ketchersyde' (inscriptions to volume one half-title and volume two initial blank); 'Anna Maria Gambier' (later inscriptions to title-pages). Atabey 1076; Blackmer 1466 (with the supplementary volume, printed in 1700); Wing K702, R2407, R2414A. First collected edition. 'This complex publication is the result of a major subscription venture which involved over eighty London booksellers as subscribers' (Atabey). The sixth edition of Knolles's text (first edition 1603) is followed by the revised second edition of Rycaut's History of the Turkish Empire (first edition 1680), and another edition of Rycaut's Present State of the Ottoman Empire (first edition 1666/7). This copy matches Atabey's collation but with a few gatherings (containing indexes) bound in a different order.

Leeder (Ehrenfried & Schade Theodor). Illustrirter Handatlas zur Lander und Volkerkunde im verein mit Henrich Leutemann, Leipzig, 1866, additional half title, twenty-two (complete as list), engraved maps with contemporary outline colouring, each surrounded by decorative vignettes, world map with juvenile scribbling and repaired closed tear, some spotting and staining throughout, later endpapers, modern half morocco with gilt morocco title label to upper board, folio, together with Cortambert (E.). Nouvel Atlas fr Géographie Moderne, Paris and Algiers, 1847, additional half title, forty (complete as list) lithographic maps and plans with contemporary hand colouring, later half calf but retaining original boards, near contemporary morocco gilt title label to upper siding, slim oblong 4to, with Houze (Antoine Philippe). Atlas Universel Historique et Géographique..., Paris, circa 1870, additional half title, 101 lithographic maps with contemporary hand colouring, each map with a near contemporary ink manuscript number to upper right, contents list with near contemporary red ink numbering and underlining, later endpapers, modern half calf gilt over marbled boards, 4to, plus Tunison (H. C. publisher). Tunisons Peerless Universal Atlas of the World, Jacksonville, New York, San Francisco, Chicago &c., circa 1890, allegorical title page ten plates and seventy wood engraved maps with contemporary hand colouring, publisher's blind-stamped cloth boards, later re-back in calf gilt, folio, and Cram (George Franklin). Cram's Unrivaled Family Atlas of the World, Chicago, 1883, decorative title, ninety-four colour printed photo-lithographic maps, with additional diagrams and illustrations, later endpapers, later half morocco over publisher's blind-stamped cloth boards with gilt title to upper siding, folio (Qty: 5)

Mayer (Luigi). Views in the Ottoman Empire, chiefly in Caramania, a Part of Asia Minor hitherto unexplored; with some Curious Selections from the Islands of Rhodes and Cyprus, and the Celebrated Cities of Corinth, Carthage, and Tripoli [bound after:] Views in Palestine, from Original Drawings, 2 works in one volume, 1st editions, London: R. Bowyer, 1803-4, Ottoman Empire with all text as called for, 24 hand-coloured aquatint plates, plate 9 slightly shorter at foot, Palestine with all text as called for, 24 hand-coloured aquatint plates, title-page cropped along fore edge, repaired marginal nicks to plates 1 and 13, plate 22 slightly dust-soiled in margins, and with short closed tear in top margin and short nicks in fore edge (repairs verso), contemporary red cloth, modern red morocco backstrip matching early cornerpieces, sides rubbed and marked, cornerpieces worn, folio (47 x 32 cm) (Qty: 1)NOTESAbbey Travel 369 (bound with Views in Egypt , all three works 'originally published separately'); Atabey 787-8; Blackmer 1098-9; Cobham-Jeffery p. 39 (Ottoman Empire); Colas 2021 & 2020; Lipperheide 1425 & 1461. Very good copies of both works. 'The plates in Mayer's Caramania were not reprinted in any other of his works, including Watts's edition' (Blackmer). The watermarks to the plates in Views in Palestine are 'J Whatman 1801' as in Abbey; those in Views in the Ottoman Empire are dated 1801 and 1805.

Mecham (Clifford Henry). Sketches & Incidents of the Siege of Lucknow . From Drawings made during the Siege by Clifford Henry Mecham, Lieutenant, Madras Army, with descriptive notices by George Couper, 1st edition, Day & Son, 1858, tinted lithographed title with vignette view of the Baillie Guard Gateway, printed dedication leaf, preface leaf, and 4 leaves of plate descriptions, and 26 tinted lithographed views on 17 sheets, some mostly light scattered spotting and minor marginal marks, one plate with small closed tear repair to blank fore-edge, 19th-century maroon cloth, lettered in gilt, rubbed and some soiling and damp marking, mainly to upper portion of rear cover, folio (50.5 x 35.5 cm, 20 x 14 ins), together with another copy of the same work, lacks title-page, printed dedication leaf, preface leaf, and 4 leaves of descriptive text present, and 26 tinted lithographed views on 17 sheets, some ilght scattered spotting, shield-shaped library stamp of the Free Public Library, Richmond, Surrey, to each leaf (just touching the corner of each image), two preliminary leaves restrengthened to lower edge, endpapers renewed, original cloth lettered in gilt to upper cover, with modern calf reback, boards somewhat faded to edges, folio (56 x 37 cm, 22 x 14.5 ins) (Qty: 2)

Moreno (José). Viage á Constantinopla, en el año de 1784, Madrid: [colophon: Imprenta real], 1790, double-page engraved map, 24 engraved plates, title-page marked, marginal finger-soiling and variable spotting and browning to plates, repaired closed tears in map and plate 17, closed tear in plate 13 just touching frame, endpapers renewed, contemporary sheep, spine rolled, repaired at foot, rubbed, worn in places, folio (29.8 x 20 cm) (Qty: 1)NOTESAtabey 835; Blackmer 1152. A scarce account of the Spanish naval mission to Turkey in 1784-5, which also discusses the military state of Turkey and Turkish customs. 'The plates are engraved after drawings by A. Guadro and J. Velasquez. They illustrated mostly detailed plans and views of fortresses along the Bosphorus and the Dardanelles, and inlcude eight plates of ships' (Blackmer).

Raleigh (Sir Walter). [The Historie of the World, in Five Bookes..., ], 1614 or later, lacking title and portrait, containing eight uncoloured folding engraved maps, all maps disbound, some maps with marginal fraying and closed tears, occasional marginal worming, some staining to index, pastedowns torn and frayed, 19th century morocco spine on old boards, worn and frayed, folio (Qty: 1)NOTESSold with all faults, not subject to return.

[Schröter, Johann Friedrich]. Allgemeine Geschichte der Länder und Völker von America. volume 1 [only: of 2], 1st edition, Halle: Johann Justinus Gebauer, 1752, engraved frontispiece, 41 engraved plates, contemporary vellum, 4to (23.8 x 19 cm), together with: Bartholomew (John), The Library Reference Atlas of the World, 1st edition, London: Macmillan and Co., 1890, 84 double-page colour maps, all edges gilt, contemporary half morocco, rubbed, partial cracking to joints, folio (34.5 x 24.8 cm), Lawrence (T. E.), Seven Pillars of Wisdom, 1st edition, 8th impression, London: Jonathan Cape, 1936, prize plate, top edge gilt, others untrimmed, contemporary half leather, 4to, Lallemand (Charles), Tunis et ses environs, 1st edition, Paris: Maison Quantin, 1890, chromolithographic frontispiece and numerous plates (counted in pagination), all edges gilt, original pictorial cloth gilt, shaken, wear to extremities, 4to, and 13 others, 19th-century travel, pictorial cloth or leather-bound, including a copy of Wilde's Narrative of a Voyage to Madeira (lacking the 2 plans) (Qty: 18)NOTESSabin 77989 for Schröter's work, which is mainly a translation of Lafiteau's Moeurs des sauvages ameriquains .

Vaillant (Jean). Historia Ptolemaeorum Aegypti regum, ad fidem numismatum accommodata, 1st edition, Amsterdam: G. Gallet, 1701, half-title, title-page in red and black with engraved vignette, engraved arms to dedication leaf, engraved numismatic vignettes throughout the text, spotting and browning, contemporary vellum, folio (30.4 x 19.8 cm), together with: Della Chiesa (Francesco Agostino), Corona reale di Savoia, o sia relatione delle provincie, e titoli ad essa appartenenti, 2 volumes, 2nd edition, Turin: Onorato Derossi, 1777, half-titles (woodcut portrait verso to that of volume 1), woodcut armorial devices throughout, errata leaf to volume 1, moderate browning, contemporary marbled sheep, gilt spines, 4to (25.5 x 19.5 cm), Paruta (Paolo), [Discorsi politici], 1st edition, Venice: Domenico Nicolini, 1599, damp-staining, loss to head of title-page, without *4 (blank), worming to quires A-F and final few leaves, light marginal worming to other quires, tape-repair and staining to 4G4, modern calf, 4to (22 x 16 cm), and Sansovino (Francesco), Historia universale dell'origine, guerre, et imperio de Turche. Accresciuta in questa ultima impressione di varie materie notabili, con le viti di tutti gl'imperatori Ottomani sino alli nostri tempi, dal conte Maiolino Bisaccioni, part 1 only [of 2], Venice: Sebastiano Combi and Giovanni La Nou, 1654, signatures pi4 a4 b8 A-3N8 (-pi1, half-title, and 3N8, blank), lacking the second part 'Viti di tutti gl'imperatori Ottomani ...', 19th-century paper boards, 4to (24.2 x 16.5 cm) (Qty: 5)NOTESAdams P363 (Paruta); Blackmer 1487 (Sansovino). Della Chiesa's extensive history of the House of Savoy and its associated territories was first printed at Cuneo in 1655-7. The author was Jesuit bishop of Saluzzo and 'one of the major Piedmontese historians of the seventeenth century' (Osborne, Dynasty and Diplomacy in the Court of Savoy, p. 76). Chapter 21 of the second volume (pp. 260-94) is dedicated to Cyprus.

Camden (William). Britannia: or a Chorographical Description of the flourishing Kingdoms of England, Scotland and Ireland and the Islands adjacent..., enlarged by the latest discoveries by Richard Gough, 3 volumes, London: John Nichols for T. Payne and Son, G. G. J. and J. Robinson, 1789, engraved portrait frontispiece to volume 1, 57 uncoloured engraved maps by John Cary (including 52 double-page or folding), and 96 uncoloured engraved plates (including 8 double-page), some maps trimmed with slight loss to printed margins, map of Lincolnshire trimmed along part of fold with slight loss, one double page table, occasional spotting, offsetting & toning, two leaves of text in volume 3 torn to lower outer blank corners, last few leaves in volume 3 lightly damp mottled, bookplate to each volume with motto Deo Ducente, contemporary diced calf gilt, upper boards of volume 1 & 2 and both boards of volume 3 detached, other joints cracked and weak, rubbed and worn to spines & extremities (particularly volume 1 spine), folio (Qty: 3)

Dugdale (William). The Antiquities of Warwickshire, Illustrated from Records, Leiger-Books, Manuscripts, Charters, Evidences, Tombes and Armes: Beautified with Maps, Prospects and Portraictures, 2 volumes, 2nd edition, 1730, Large Paper copy, titles printed in red & black, 5 double page engraved maps (including county map and 4 maps of the county hundreds), 20 engraved plates (including 14 double page & portrait frontispiece to volume 1), numerous engravings to text, with many by Hollar, few minor marks, later endpapers, bookplates of Thomas Barrett of Lee and Herbert Louis Wade of Honiley to upper pastedowns, contemporary mottled calf, both volumes neatly rebacked with contrasting red & green morocco labels, corners repaired, folio (leaf size 46.5 x 27 cm) (Qty: 2)NOTESUpcott p.1259-1262. Large Paper copy.

Duncan (James). A New Atlas of England and Wales; Consisting of a set of large County Travelling Maps..., and containing also the new District Divisions, Polling Places, Disfranchised and Enfranchised Boroughs &c. Agreeably to the Provisions of the Reform Bill, 1833, calligraphic title page with some creasing, double page table, index appears to be lacking and replaced with a near contemporary manuscript list, forty-four (complete as list) double page engraved maps with bright contemporary hand colouring, some off-setting, a few maps with later pencil annotations, contents disbound and loose, lacking spine, boards detached, contemporary half calf, worn and frayed, folio (Qty: 1)NOTESSold as a collection of maps, not subject to return.

Nattes (John Claude). Scotia Depicta; or, the Antiquities, Castles, Public Buildings, Noblemen and Gentlemen's Seats, Cities, Towns, and Picturesque Scenery, of Scotland, London: Printed by T. Bensley for W. Miller, J.C. Nattes, J. Fittler, Longman & Rees, Manners & Miller, & Hill, 1804, additional engraved title (stain to lower blank margin & repaired closed tear at head) and 48 plates, offset to tissue guards (plates 12 Glasgow Infirmary torn to lower outer blank corner), engraved vignette illustration to final leaf (creased), occasional light dust-soiling and minor spotting, endpapers renewed, original boards with printed title label to upper board, cloth spine, rubbed and some wear to board edges, oblong folio, together with Lawson (John Parker) , Scotland Delineated. A Series of Views of the Principle Cities and Towns, particularly of Edinburgh and its Environs; of the Cathedrals, Abbeys, and other Monastic Remains; the Castles and Baronial Mansions; the Mountains and Rivers Sea-Coast, and other grand and picturesque scenery, London: Day & Son, [1858], 72 tinted lithograph plates (including additional title) after David Roberts, J.M.W. Turner, Clarkson Stanfield etc., some scattered spotting, hinges repaired, all edge gilt, original blue cloth gilt in bright condition, rebacked with original spine relaid, spine frayed at head & foot, extremities rubbed, folio (Qty: 2)

Ormerod (George). The History of the County Palatine and City of Chester, 3 volumes, 1819, engraved portrait frontispiece to volume 1 and few engraved plates, wood engraved vignettes and armorials, occasional spotting and toning, 20th century quarter diced calf, folio, together with Earwaker (J.P.) , East Cheshire: Past and Present; or a History of the Hundred of Macclesfield, in the County Palatine of Chester, 2 volumes, 1877, 2 albumen photograph plates and few lithograph plates, sewing to volume 1 broken at front of volume, original gilt blocked green cloth, frayed at head & foot of spines and some joints torn, large 4to, plus Baines (Thomas & Fairbairn, William) , Lancashire and Cheshire Past & Present, 4 volumes, London: William Mackenzie, [1868-1869], engraved plates, some spotting, all edges gilt, original cloth with gilt blocked decoration, slightly frayed to extremities, 4to (Qty: 9)

Walker (J. & C., publisher). Hobson's Fox-Hunting Atlas; Containing Separate Maps of Every County in England and the Three Ridings of Yorkshire..., circa.1870, title page, 'reference to hunts' index, forty-two (complete) double page lithographic maps with contemporary outline colouring, Lancashire with some off-setting, Shropshire heavily frayed with several marginal closed tears, Wiltshire trimmed to neatline and laid on near contemporary paper, four amateur pencil drawings and a late 19th century engraving (all showing sporting scenes) loosely inserted, contemporary half morocco gilt with gilt design to upper board, slight wear to extremities, folio (Qty: 1)

Aldrovandi (Ulisse). Serpentum et Draconum Historiae libri duo, 1st edition, Bologna: Clementem Ferronium, 1640, half title, engraved title by Baptista Coriolanus, full-page woodcut illustrations of snakes, dragons and other fantastical creatures, errata leaf at end with colophon and printer's device verso, lacking front endpaper, small ink stamps to half title recto and verso, title verso and at foot of first dedication leaf, some mainly light spotting and toning, a few small marginal water stains, small bookplate, contemporary vellum, spine repaired with vellum overlay with manuscript title, lower joint splitting, further repair at head, some soiling and edge wear, folio (Qty: 1)NOTESNissen ZBI 78; Wood pp. 184-85: "This celebrated naturalist was born at Bologna of a noble family and devoted his life to lecturing, collecting specimens and in writing and illustrating numerous treatises on biological subjects." He founded the botanical garden in Bologna, one of the first in Europe.

Bacon (Francis). Sylva Sylvarum : or a Naturall Historie. In Ten Centuries..., Published after the Authors death, by William Rawley Doctor of Divinity, his Maiesties Chaplaine , 2 parts in one, 3rd edition, London: Printed by J.H. for William Lee, 1631, title with ownership signature 'Will. Pratt A.M. 1670' to upper margin, early annotation at end of A3, without portrait frontispiece, small ink stain to fore-edge margin of 5 leaves (Y3-Z1), small worm hole to final leaf, front free endpaper with early ownership inscription 'The Booke of Mrs Margaret Pratt', upper pastedown with bookplates of Sir George Strickland Bart. and Henry Eustatius Strickland, contemporary speckled calf, spine torn at head, slight wear, small folio (Qty: 1)NOTESThe title to the second part: New Atlantis a Worke unfinished.

Gerard (John). [The H erball or Generall H istorie of P lantes . Gathered by John Gerarde of London master in Chirurgerie, 1st edition, London: John Norton, 1597], general title lacking, engraved portrait (dated 1598) to verso of B6 with knife cuts to image, numerous woodcut botanical illustrations throughout, long closed tear to A2 & 4O3, holes to 2T4 & 2T5, leaves of initial half of volume with worm hole to lower blank margins, many leaves mostly at front and rear of volume frayed and some torn, index incomplete lacking 5D1, 5E2, 5G4, 5I3 & 5I4, with interleaved blanks bound-in at rear, occasional stains, dust-soiling and few marks, armorial bookplate of George Becher Blomfield (1801-1885) to upper pastedown, contemporary mottled calf, later title label to spine and date at foot of spine, joints split at head & foot, light wear, folio (Qty: 1)NOTESSTC 11750; ESTC S122353.

Gould (John). A Monograph of the Trochilidae, or Family of Humming-Birds, 25 original parts, 1st edition, London: published by the author, [1849]-61, 360 hand-coloured lithographic plates, all text-leaves as called for, faint spotting to initial plate in parts 1-3, shallow tide-mark to bottom edge of final 4 plates in part 3, scattered black specks in plates of parts 7-8, Hypuroptila buffoni plate in part 7 soiled, paint-splashing to Hylocharis lactea plate in part 18 (colourist's error), a handful of plates partially offset, endpapers spotted, a few pastedowns cockled, otherwise only a few trivial spots and marks, contents clean and fresh overall, each part in original pale green printed paper boards with green cloth backstrip, covers slightly marked or dust-soiled, wear to board-edges, tips bumped, large folio (56 x 38 cm) (Qty: 25)NOTESAnker 177; Fine Bird Books pp. 35-40 & 102; Mullens & Swann p. 240; Nissen IVB 380; Wood p. 365; Zimmer pp. 263-4. An extremely rare complete set preserved in the original parts. '[T]he most stupendous of tropical publications ... the Trochilidae of Gould is his masterpiece, and must ever remain a feast of beauty and a source of wonder' (Fine Bird Books). 'The humming-birds of the Americas intrigued Gould and he became an authority on them. He displayed them in a special building he was allowed to build in the zoological gardens at the time of the 1851 Great Exhibition at the Crystal Palace. More than 80,000 people visited his display, including Queen Victoria . The following year Gould obtained permission to continue the exhibit. His Introduction to the Trochilidae or Humming-Birds was published in five volumes from 1849 to 1861, with 360 plates, in which the brilliant natural iridescence of the humming-birds was portrayed by the application of gold leaf' (ODNB). Only two other sets in the original parts traced in auction records (Christie's London, 21 November 1981, the bindings compromised; Swann, 9 October 1980, lacking four plates).

Low (David). The Breeds of the Domestic Animals of the British Islands ... Part II [only]. The Ox, 1st edition, London: Longman, Brown, Green, and Longmans, 1842, vi + xxii + 55 pp., half-title, 22 hand-coloured lithographic plates (numbered 1-20 with 2 'supplementary' plates), tissue-guards, a little light spotting, all edges gilt, contemporary green half morocco, wear to joints and extremities, folio (42.8 x 32.2 cm) (Qty: 1)NOTESNissen ZBI 2564; Tooley 307.

Sawada (Ken). The Art of the Classic Salmon Fly, Kodansha, 1st edition, 1989, additional half title and with over 500 full colour photographs with forewords by James Hardy & Alan Bramley, a presentation copy to Alan Bramley signed and dated by the author, bird feather endpapers, bound in black velvet with gilt title inlay to upper board and colour printed paper label to spine in Japanese and English, contained in publisher's colour printed slipcase, case a a little worn, folio (Qty: 1)NOTESAlan Bramley purchased the venerable fishing tackle company Partridge of Redditch in 1970 and he eventually sold it to Mustard in 1996. Mustard failed to develop the company and in 2009 Mustard sold the company again to the British company Fishing Matters. It still continues today. Ken Sawada's name is synonymous with fly tackle and particularly fishing flies.