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Pope (Alexander, translator). The Iliad of Homer, 6 volumes, 1st folio edition, London: Printed by W. Bowyer, for Bernard Lintott, 1715-20, engraved portrait frontispiece to first volume, list of subscribers, 5 engraved plates and maps (3 folding including folding map of Greece), without final blank in first volume, light worming to lower outer blank corners of initial half of leaves in volume 3, some toning and scattered spotting, armorial bookplate of Edward Francis Witts to upper pastedowns, contemporary mottled calf, each volume neatly rebacked preserving maroon morocco title labels, board corners worn, folioQTY: (6)NOTE:Rothschild 1573.

Walker (J. & C., publishers). Hobson's Fox-Hunting Atlas containing separate Maps of every County in England and the three Ridings of Yorkshire, J. and C. Walker, circa 1860, printed title with a near-contemporary dated ownership signature, 42 (complete) lithographic double-page maps with bright contemporary outline colouring, contemporary manuscript annotations to the verso of the 'Reference to the Hunts' and to the maps of Bedfordshire and Hertfordshire, map of Lincolnshire trimmed to the image and laid on later paper, map of Lancashire with some offsetting, slight spotting throughout, marbled endpapers, hinges and joints cracked and weak with the upper board near-detached, contemporary red half morocco gilt, spine worn, frayed and partially lacking, boards stained and faded, worn at extremities, folio, together with Church Commissioners (publishers). Third Report from His Majesty's Commissioners Appointed to Consider the State of the Established Church with Reference to Ecclesiastical Duties and Revenues, printed at The House of Commons, 20th May 1836, 25 (of 26, lacking Peterborough) double-page lithographic maps by S. Arrowsmith, contemporary wash colouring, slight worming, some water staining and offsetting throughout, publisher's printed wrappers, upright folio, with Early Days (publisher). January - December 1880, chromolithographic frontispiece, with four pictorial maps of Leicestershire, Lincolnshire, Derbyshire and Yorkshire, publisher's gilt cloth boards, 8vo, with another 33 folding maps, guide books and atlases, various sizes and conditionQTY: (36)NOTE:Sold as a collection of maps, not subject to return.

Literature. A collection of modern literature & fiction, including Zuleika Dobson or An Oxford Love Story, by Max Beerbohm, Oxford: The Shakespeare Head Press, 1975, illustrations by Osbert Lancaster, original quarter blue leatherette in slipcase, 8vo, & 16 volumes of Folio Society publications, all original cloth in slipcases, 8vo, some leather bindings, mostly original cloth, some in dust jackets, G/VG, 8voQTY: (2 cartons)

Jane (Fred T., editor). All the World's Air-Ships. (Flying Annual.) With a special chapter on "Ariel Engineering," by Charles de Grave Sells, 1st annual issue, London: Sampson, Low, Marston & Co., 1909, 374 pp., numerous illustrations, light spotting to half-title and final leaf, original blue cloth, lettered in silver, spine a little rubbed, two very small splits to upper joint, oblong folio QTY: (1)NOTE:A bright copy of the first annual issue of Jane's Airships.

Scripta Africana, publisher. With the Boer Forces, by Howard C. Hillegas, Johannesburg, 1987, signed by the director to the limitation page, monochrome illustrations & maps, all edges gilt, original full red leatherette in slipcase, 4to, limited edition 218/1000Boer War Operations in South Africa 1899-1901, 1987, signed by the director to the limitation page, monochrome illustrations & maps, all edges gilt, original full red cloth in slipcase, 4to, limited edition 583/1000, together with:T. Egerton, publisher, General Regulations and Orders, London, circa 1804, 3 folding plates to the rear, 1 slightly torn, some light spotting & toning, original boards, period inscription to the front board, slightly rubbed & marked, slim 8vo, plusWyrall (Everard), The History of the Duke of Cornwall's Light Infantry 1914-1919, 1st edition, London: Methuen & Co., 1932, 21 monochrome maps, front & rear gutters cracked, some light spotting & toning, original green cloth, boards & spine slightly rubbed & marked, 8vo, and other late 19th & early 20th century Boer War, WWI, & military reference, mostly original cloth, some leather bindings, G/VG, 8vo/folioQTY: (6 shelves & a carton)

Milton (John). The Works of Mr. John Milton, [London]: 1697, title a little soiled and with some marginal water stains (continuing to the next few leaves), title with restrengthening to margins of verso Cccc4 (blank) present at end, 20th century white cloth-backed boards,a little rubbed and marked, folio, together with Ovidius Naso (Publius). Ovid's Metamorphosis Englished, Mythologiz'd and Represented in Figures. An Essay to the Translation of Virgil's Aeneis, by G.S. [George Sandys], Oxford: John Lichfield, 1632, additional engraved title by Salomon Savery after Francis Clein (one plate placed at the beginning of each book of the Metamorphosis), plate to the first book with paper repair to verso (without loss), C2 and C3 transposed (pages 19/20 and 21/22, trimmed to image and laid down on 20th-century paper), full-page engraved portrait of Ovid, and 15 full-page engraved plates by Savery after Clein, title with some losses, and somewhat crudely restored with blank paper to margins recto and further portions verso, occasional marks and minor soiling, final two leaves soiled and lightly spotted, final leaf with several creases, modern white cloth-backed patterned boards (endpapers renewed), rubbed and some marks, folio QTY: (2)NOTE:Provenance: From the library Alan Clutton-Brock (1904-1976), thence by descent.STC18966; Sabin 76458 (Ovid).The 2nd edition of Sandys' translation, but the first to include the engravings, as well as the translation of Virgil at the end. George Sandys (1578-1644) published his translation of the first five books of Ovid's Metamorphoses in 1621, without illustrations, shortly after which he left for Virginia, having been appointed treasurer for the English colonists recently established in Virginia, by his brother Sir Edwin Sandys and the Earl of Southampton. Sandys sailed in July 1621, reaching Jamestown in October. The Virginia Company was dissolved in 1624, and Sandys returned to England the following year. Sandy's full translation of all 15 books first appeared in 1626. The present work is the author's heavily revised edition, with numerous added notes, the elegant full-page copper engraved plates, as well as his translation of the first book of Virgil's Aeneis.

Illustrated London News. A broken run of 40 volumes, 1843/1965, numerous black & white illustrations throughout, including some double-page and folding, partially excised and appears to lack all panoramas, some volumes lacking boards, mixed bindings, heavily worn, folio, together with two volumes of The Sphere, 1906-07, and two Coronation souvenir issues published by the Illustrated London NewsQTY: (44)NOTE:Sold as a periodical, not subject to return.

Stobaeus (Johannes). Eclogarum libri duo, quorum prior physicas, posterior ethicas complectitur nunc primum Graece editi. Una & G. Gemisti Plethonis de rebus Peloponnes. Orationes duae, eodem Gulielmo Cantero interprete, Antwerp Christopher Plantin, 1575, woodcut Plantin device on title-pages, parallel text in Greek and Latin, woodcut initials, final blank present, two closed tears to title repaired to verso with tape, a further large closed tear to front free endpaper verso with tape repair to verso, final few gatherings damp-stained (affecting text), wormhole at foot of gutter and in outer margin towards end, near-contemporary vellum, manuscript title to spine (with date added later), lower cover marked, folio (33 x 22 cm) QTY: (1)NOTE:Voet 2263; USTC 403291. Editio princeps of Stobaeus's fifth-century compilation of extracts from Greek authors, edited by the Dutch professor of Greek, Willem Canter (1542-1575), from manuscripts in the library of Joannes Sambucus. Only books 1 and 2 are present here, 3 and 4 were considered a separate work and were published in 1536.

Stanford (Edward). Stanford's London Atlas of Universal Geography exhibiting the Physical and Political Divisions of the Various Countries of the World, folio edition, 2nd issue, revised & enlarged, London: Edward Stanford, 1896, half-title, dedication to Queen Victoria, title in red & black, preface and contents list, 100 colour lithograph maps (86 double-page, 14 single-page), all edges gilt, publisher's dark brown half morocco gilt, cloth sides with gilt-blocked title to upper cover, bumped with slight wear to extremities, rear siding scuffed and marked, large folioQTY: (1)

[Whitelocke, Bulstrode]. Memorials of the English Affairs: or, an Historical Account of what passed from the beginning of the Reign of King Charles the First, to King Charles the Second His Happy Restauration. Containing the Publick Transactions, Civil and Military. Together with the Private Consultations and Secrets of the Cabinet, London: Nathaniel Ponder, 1682, damp-stain to title, some toning, 19th-century half calf, maroon morocco title label to spine, split at foot of upper joint, extremities rubbed, folio, together with:Taylor (Jeremy). Eniautos. A course of Sermons for all the Sundays of the year ... With a supplement of ten Sermons preached since His Majesties Restauration..., 3rd edition, London: Printed by E. Tyler for R. Royston, 1668, engraved portrait frontispiece inscribed to verso 'James Luccock, Diss, Norfolk, 1819', general title in red and black, manuscript annotation to final dedication leaf, occasional toning and few marks, 19th-century blind panelled calf, joints cracked and covers rubbed, folioQTY: (2)NOTE:Wing W1986 and T331.

Agnew ( A. D. Q.). Upland Kenya Wild Flowers, a flora of the ferns and herbaceous flowering plants of Upland Kenya, 1st edition, Oxford: University Press, 1974, numerous monochrome illustrations, ex-libris stamp to the front endpaper, some minor marginal toning, original cloth in dust jacket, covers lightly rubbed with some minor tears to the head & foot, 8vo, together with:Ohwi (Jisaburo), Flora of Japan, Washington D.C.: Smithsonian Institution, 1965, monochrome illustrations, some minor marginal toning, original green cloth, spine lightly faded, 4to, plusWagner (Warren L. et al), Manual of the Flowering Plants of Hawai'i, 2 volumes, revised edition, Honolulu: University of Hawai'i Press, 1999, colour & monochrome illustrations, original cloth in dust jackets, covers very lightly rubbed to head & foot, 8vo, and other modern botanical & horticultural reference & related, mostly original cloth in dust jackets, some paperback editions, G/VG, 8vo/folioQTY: (5 shelves)

Niccolini (Fausto & Felice). [Le case ed i monumenti di Pompeii disegnati e Descritti, one volume only, Naples: A. Niccolini], circa 1854-1896, 100 chromolithographs only (each with tissue-guard), light scattered spotting, light contemporary full vellum gilt, lightly marked with a few scuffs, folio (46 x 36 cm)QTY: (1)NOTE:A landmark work on Pompeii and of lithography, one Fausto & Felice Niccolini never lived to see the completion of. It fell to a grandson, Antonio, to see out the mammoth publication.Sold as a collection of plates.

Strang (William). A Series of Thirty Etchings, illustrating subjects from the writings of Rudyard Kipling, London: Macmillan, 1901, 30 etched plates (including portrait frontispiece, each with tissue-guards), light scattered spotting, original green cloth-backed boards, spine lettered in gilt, lightly rubbed and marked, folio QTY: (1)

Pocock (Mrs. Rose R.). The Longleat Views, published Bristol, circa 1840, title lacking, dedication leaf (browned, torn to fore-edge, large newspaper cutting to verso) and six tinted lithograph plates by A. Pocock with four accompanying description leaves, some browning, spotting and soiling throughout, Bath Municipal Library bookplate to front free endpaper, modern cloth, library number at foot of spine, slim oblong folioQTY: (1)NOTE:Abbey Scenery 422.

Seale (Robert F.) The Geognosy of the Island St. Helena, Illustrated in a Series of Views, Plans and Sections; Accompanied with explanatory remarks and observations, 1st edition, London: Ackermann and Co., 1834, 11 hand-coloured lithograph plates, 8 lithograph mounted vignettes, most hand-coloured, contents detached, some offsetting, waterstain and light spotting to first plate and to a few other plates and leaves, light dust-soiling and small marginal tears to dedication, original half morocco over boards, lacking spine, covers detached, some wear, oblong folio, 36.5 x 53.5 cm QTY: (1)NOTE:Provenance: From the library of Alan Clutton-Brock (1904-1976), thence by descent.Presentation copy, inscribed to head of title: 'Capt. Brandreth, with the author's complts. 25 Decr. 1834'. Provenance: from the library of Alan Clutton-Brock (1904-1976), Times art critic and essayist.Abbey Travel 317: 'One hundred and four copies were subscribed, including forty to the East India Company'.'Seale appears to have been a scientific geologist, and in a set of engravings published in 1834 he provides a scholarly essay on the geology of St. Helena as well as drawings detailing its relief and geological structures. These include annotated, schematic illustrations of geological strata. There are also striking drawings of the huge trachyte columns (the Asses Ears, Lot and Lot's Wife) which are the erosion resistant remains of old volcanoes. While these works provide considerable technical detail they also seem strongly influenced by romanticism - awe-inspiring structures in almost alien landscapes.' (The National Archives).

London Gazette. Bulletins of State Intelligence, &c., a broken run of 45 volumes, 1827-1877, all with modern endpapers, some minor toning, all bound with modern calf spines retaining contemporary half calf marbled boards, boards slightly rubbed, 8vo, together with:Wurtzburg (C. E.), The History of the 2/6th (Rifle) Battalion "The King's" (Liverpool Regiment) 1914-1919, 1st edition, Aldershot: Gale & Polden, 1920, monochrome illustrations & maps including rear pocket map, heavy oil damage to the front & rear pages, some toning throughout, original green cloth boards & spine slightly marked & rubbed, 8vo, plusMorse (Jedidiah), A Sermon, preached at Charlestown, November 29, 1798, on the anniversary thanksgiving in Massachusetts, facsimile edition, 1912, monochrome facsimile frontispiece, some minor spotting, original cloth spine to marbled boards, 8vo, and other military & miscellaneous reference, some leather bindings, some original cloth & some odd volumes, overall condition is generally fair/good, 8vo/folioQTY: (6 shelves)

Luttrell Psalter. The Luttrell Psalter, Folio Society facsimile edition, 2006, reproduced from British Library Additional MS 42130, with a smaller cloth-backed commentary volume by Michelle P. Brown, the Psalter bound in blue full morocco by Smith Settle of Otley, upper cover with a design blocked in gilt, silver and orange by David Eccles, both contained in original cloth solander box, 4toQTY: (1)NOTE:Limited edition 1209/1480, from a total edition of 1500.

Skelton (Joseph). Pietas Oxoniensis, or Records of Oxford Founders, Oxford: J. Skelton, 1828, engraved plates & portraits, some toning & spotting throughout, contemporary gilt decorated half calf, boards & spine rubbed with some minor loss to the head, folio, together with:Gwynne (John). Military Memoirs of the Great Civil War. Being the military memoirs of John Gwynne; and an account of the Earl of Glencairn's Expedition,..., Edinburgh: printed for Hurst, Robinson, and Co., 1822, bookplate to the front pastedown, front gutter cracked, some light spotting, contemporary half calf, boards & spine rubbed, 4to, plusWilson (John M., editor), The Rural Cyclopedia, or a general dictionary of agriculture,..., 4 volumes, Edinburgh: A. Fullarton and Co., 1849, numerous monochrome plates, some cracked gutters, some marginal toning & spotting, contemporary uniform gilt decorated & embossed full calf, 8vo, and other mostly 18th & 19th century miscellaneous literature, mostly contemporary leather bindings, some original cloth, overall condition is generally fair/good, 8vo/folioQTY: (6 shelves )NOTE:Provenance: From the library of Alan Clutton-Brock (1904-1976), thence by descent.

Caesar (Aquilius Julius). Caii Julii Casaris et A. Hirtii de rebus a Caesare gestis Commentarii cum Fragmentis. Accesserunt indices locorum rerumque et verborum. Omnia, ex recensione Samuelis Clarke, fideliter expressa, Glasgow: Aedibus Academicis excudebant Robertus et Andreas Foulis Academiae Typographi, 1750, half-title present, modern endpapers, contemporary calf, rebacked, folio (32 x 20 cm)QTY: (1)NOTE:Large paper copy with wide margins.

Gould (John). The Birds of Europe, Volume 2, Incessores, 1st edition, London: Printed by Richard and John E. Taylor, 1837, title page detached, index and 99 lithographs (complete as list), all with contemporary hand-colouring, each plate with a leaf of descriptive text, a few text pages creased, very occasional spotting, bookplate of Helen Elizabeth Pease (1914-1987), contemporary half morocco with gilt decorated spine, some wear to extremities, folio, binding size 575 x 415 mm, together with the boards, spines and descriptive text only from volumes 1, 3, 4 & 5QTY: (5)NOTE:Ayer/Zimmer 251; Jackson, Bird Illustrators, pages 32-58; Nissen, IVB 371.

Zonca (Vittorio). Novo Teatro di Machine et Edificii per varie et sicure operationi, 2nd edition, Padua: Francesco Bertelli, 1621, engraved title with architectural border with early inscription, 42 full-page engraved illustrations, occasional early ink marginalia and light underscoring to few leaves, recto of upper outer blank corner of B1 repaired, some light spotting and damp-staining mostly at rear of volume, Bibliotheca Mechanica book label to upper pastedown, modern green morocco-backed paste paper boards, spine faded to brown, slip-case, folioQTY: (1)NOTE:Berlin Katalog 1775; Norman 2281 (first edition 1607); Riccardi I, 669.The second edition of Zonca's work first published in 1607 by Francesco Bertelli's father Pietro. Both were active as publishers and engravers, and Pietro may have engraved these plates which were derived from the unpublished Trattato di architectura of the Sienese architect-engineer Francesco di Giorgio Martini (1439-1501). The present work is noted for containing the first illustration of a gig-mill for raising nap on cloth, and for spreading knowledge of the mangle (Norman).

Sangorski & Sutcliffe Binding. Rubaiyat of Omar Khayyam translated into English verse by Edward Fitzgerald with an introduction by A.C. Benson, reproduced from a manuscript written and illuminated by F. Sangorski & G. Sutcliffe, London: Siegle, Hill & Co, [1911], signed by Francis Sangorski and George Sutcliffe to limitation leaf, plates, illustrations and initials printed in gold and colours, on cream Japan vellum paper, text printed in red and black, red silk endpapers, top edge gilt, original full vellum, neat vellum reback with original spine relaid, turn-ins with gilt foliate roll, upper cover with elaborate gilt peacock finished in green and blue, accompanied by gilt foliation with petals finished in pink, incorporated by a broad foliate gilt roll, small serial number stamped in gilt to lower left corner, lower cover with large gilt foliate devices to corners within triple-ruled border, black morocco title label to spine (faded to brown), original fretwork clasps (lacking lower portion), inner margin of covers stained, folio (binding 35 x 26.5 cm)QTY: (1)

[Foxe, John]. [Actes and monuments of matters most speciall and memorable, happening in the Church..., At London: Printed by Peter Short, 1596], title lacking, several woodcut illustrations and some folding plates (some torn with loss and repaired), lacking few leaves at rear, some leaves torn with loss, torn and frayed to fore-edges with loss, some spotting and few marks, later endpapers, contemporary calf, rebacked, lacking clasps, folio, together with:Stow (John). The Survey of London: contayning the Originall, Increase, Moderne Estate, and Government of that City, London: Printed by Elizabeth Purslow, and are to be sold by Nicholas Bourne, 1633, frontispiece lacking, title torn to corner, lined and repaired, final leaf provided in manuscript facsimile, few leaves repaired, some browning and spotting, modern brown half morocco, folio, together with:QTY: (2)NOTE:Sold with all faults, not subject to return.

Houghton (William). British Fresh-Water Fishes, 1st edition, London: William Mackenzie, [1879], half-title, title in red & black (with signature to upper outer blank corner), 41 colour plates, with tissue guards, wood engraved vignette illustrations, occasional scattered spotting and few marks, all edges gilt, contemporary dark green morocco, gilt and blind decoration, gilt-blocked vignette of fishes and title to centre of each board, some wear to extremities particularly to board corners, folioQTY: (1)NOTE:Nissen ZBI 2009.

Cooper (Douglas). Picasso Theatre, 1st English edition, London: Weidenfeld & Nicolson, 1968, tipped-in colour plates, monochrome illustrations, origianl pictorial cloth in glassine dustwrapper, torn and restrengthened with clear adhesive tape to edges, thicj square 4to, together withRamié (Suzanne and Georges). Céramiques de Picasso, Geneva: Albert Skira, 1948, tipped-in colour plates, original colour lithograph wrappers (designed by Picasso, with thin glassine overwrapper, torn along spine, folio, plus others on Picasso and modern art, including John Elderfield, Kurt Schwitters, 1985, Albert E. Elsen, The Sculpture of Henri Matisse, Abrams, 1972, Arne Eggum, Edvard Munch, Paintings, Sketches and Studies, 1st English editon, Thames 7 Hudson, 1984, Alexander Romm, Henri Matisse, translated by Chen. I-Wan, Ogiz-Izogiz, 1937, etc., all 20th-century publications, many original cloth in dustwrappers, some paper-bound editions, 4to/8voQTY: (6 shelves)

Willmott (Ellen). The Genus Rosa, 25 parts bound in 2 volumes, London: John Murray, 1910-1914, title page to each volume, 132 chromolithograph plates after watercolours by Alfred Parsons, 87 black and white plates and numerous illustrations to text, additional engravings majority of plates with tissue guards, instructions to binder bound to rear of volume 1, original printed wrappers bound in at rear of each volume, edges untrimmed, contemporary green quarter morocco, folioQTY: (2)NOTE:Nissen 2166.Ellen Willmott (1858–1934) was a celebrated English horticulturist, prominent member of the Royal Horticultural Society and one of the first recipients of the Victoria Medal of Honour in 1897. She is best known for her contributions to the world of botany including the financing of worldwide plant-hunting expeditions. Her work in hybridization and cultivation led to the introduction of several plant species into cultivation in England. Willmott's garden on her family estate at Warley Place, Essex, became the object of national admiration after a visit from Queen Mary, Queen Alexandra and Princess Victoria who praised Willmott's skilled work and horticultural experimentation. Given its historical importance and relevance to horticulture, "The Genus Rosa" is still a highly valuable reference and Willmotts' impact on the field of gardening remains notable.

Powys (Llewelyn, 1884-1939). Glory of Life, with Wood Engravings by Robert Gibbings, Waltham St. Lawrence, Golden Cockerel Press, 1934, wood-engraved frontispiece and illustrations to text, title-page in red and black, large initials in red, ownership inscription of Llewelyn's sister Getrudge M. Powys to front flyleaf with a note in her hand, 'Gertrude from Lulu [Llewelyn]', a small photograph of Llewelyn as an infant tipped on to following flyleaf recto and identified on page beneath, with a signed presentation note from the author and initialled poem on colophon leaf at rear, 'Given to Gertrude by Lulu with his love on a day between old and new Michaelmas and most precious! Oct. 6th 1935', the poem beneath beginning, 'In proud mood Gertrude, you have stood from your maidenhood, the fair warden of sunny Life's garden...', original 4-page prospectus loosely inserted, top edge gilt, remainder uncut, original vellum-backed cloth, gilt-titled spine, rubbed and soiled, folio, (limited edition, 223/277 copies including 2 on vellum)QTY: (1)NOTE:Provenance: The Powys Collection at Mappowder, Dorset.

Hutchins (John). The History and Antiquities of the County of Dorset, 4 volumes, 3rd edition, corrected, augmented and improved, London: Printed by John Bowyer Nichols and Sons, 1861-70, numerous engraved plates (few double-page and folding), occasional spotting, contemporary half calf gilt, burgundy morocco labels to spines, extremities lightly rubbed and few marks, folioQTY: (4)NOTE:Provenance: From the collection of the late Prof. Malcolm Deas (1941-2023).

Forster (Edward, translator). The Arabian Nights, 5 volumes, London: printed for William Miller, 1802, engraved illustrations, some light spotting & toning, all edges gilt, original uniform gilt decorated plum calf, spines lightly faded & rubbed with some minor loss, some hinges partially split, large 4to, together with:Wentworth (Lady), Thoroughbred Racing Stock and its ancestors..., 1st edition, London: George Allen & Unwin, 1938, The Authentic Arabian Horse and his descendants, 1st edition, 1945, both with numerous colour & monochrome plates & illustrations, some minor marginal toning, both original cloth in price-clipped dust jackets, covers rubbed with some loss to head & foot, 4to, plusSchomberg (Isaac), Naval Chronology; or, an historical summary of naval & maritime events..., 5 volumes, London: printed for T. Egerton, 1802, gutters re-enforced with white tape, some light marginal toning & spotting, period inscriptions to some title pages, modern uniform calf spines retaining contemporary full calf boards, 8vo, and other 19th century & modern miscellaneous literature, including works by Laurent de Brunhoff, Beatrix Potter, Rudyard Kipling, Terry Pratchett, Dr. Seuss, some leather bindings, mostly original cloth/boards, G/VG, 8vo/folioQTY: (3 shelves )

Hughes (Griffith). The Natural History of Barbados. In Ten Books. By the Reverend Mr. Griffith Hughes, A. M. Rector of St. Lucy's Parish in the said Island, and F.R.S., 1st edition, London: Printed for the Author, 1750, title, dedication leaf, list of subscribers, folding engraved Map of the Island of Barbados, by Thomas Jefferys (plate size 43 x 36 cm), short closed tear without loss to right margin, 30 full-page engraved plates of mostly botanical and natural history subjects by James Mynde and George Bickham after Georg Dionysius Ehret and others, woodcut head- and tail-pieces, some spotting, mainly at front of volume and to margins, bookplate to front pastedown removed, contemporary calf-backed marbled boards, rubbed and joints partly cracked, folio (text block 36 x 23 cm) QTY: (1)NOTE:Nissen 950; Sabin 33582; Hunt 536; Great Flower Books p. 60.According to Hunt, this work 'is one to place beside Catesby's Natural History'. Hughes's Natural History of Barbados is the first book to describe a grapefruit calling it the Forbidden-Fruit-Tree.

Mount (W. & J., T. Page and Son). The English Pilot for the Southern Navigation: Describing the Sea Coasts, Capes, Headlands, Bays, Roads, Harbours, Rivers and Ports; Together with the Soundings, Sands, Rocks and Dangers on the Coast of of England, Scotland, Ireland, Holland, Flanders, Spain, Portugal, to the Streight's-Mouth; with the Coasts of Barbary, and off to the Canary, Madeira, Cape de Verde, and Western Islands..., London: 1758, letterpress calligraphic title, 24 engraved charts, 17 double-page, 5 folding and two inset in the text, numerous horizon profiles throughout, a few maps with the compass rose coloured, a few maps with slight toning, but largely a clean unmarked copy, mid-20th-century bookplate and manuscript ownership signature of Colonel M. Browne, The Middlesex Regiment, and a manuscript index list, all to the front pastedown, 20th century 'antique style' speckled sheep with raised bands and a contrasting morocco gilt label to spine, slight wear to extremities, folioQTY: (1)NOTE:An unusual late printing of the 'English Pilot' covering the coasts of Ireland, England & Wales and Scotland, together with the Atlantic coasts of France and Spain, including the Straits of Gibraltar, together with the Cape Verde, Azores and Canary Islands. The 'English Pilot' was the principal chart book used for navigation during this period. The publication of this edition coincides with the Seven Years' War and covers those areas considered most likely to be the scene of any potential French invasion or landings. An unusually clean example with the contents in good condition.

Folio Society. Four Mysteries, by Wilkie Collins, 4 volumes, 1992, Ulysses, by James Joyce, 1998, The Complete Novels, by Raymond Chandler, 7 volumes, 1989, Four Cornish Novels, by Daphne du Maurier, 4 volumes, 1991, Sword of Honour, by Evelyn Waugh, 3 volumes, 1990, together with 108 further Folio Society publications, all original cloth in slipcases, 8voQTY: (127)

Salmon (Thomas). A New Geographical and Historical Grammar; Wherein the Geographical Part is truly Modern and the Present State of the several Kingdoms of the World..., William Johnson, 1754, additional half-title, dedication to George II, title printed in red and black, preface and 20 (only, lacking the map of the world and the Sphere) engraved folding maps by Thomas Jeffreys, two maps (Europe & Spain & Portugal) with naive later colouring, map of North America torn with slight loss to the upper right corner, skillfully repaired, hinges and joints cracked, upper board near detached, contemporary calf, rubbed and worn, 8vo, together with Heywood (John). John Heywood's County Atlas of England and Wales..., circa 1880, printed title, folding map of England and Wales and 42 uncoloured lithographic county maps, printed back-to-back, modern boards with old publisher's printed title and advertisement pasted to the front and rear boards, slim 8vo, with Law (James Thos. & Francis William F.). A New Set of Diocesan Maps. published by Lichfield Theological College, 1864, printed title and 27 double-page lithographic maps by W. J. Sackwell, each with explanatory text, slight offsetting and toning, later endpapers, publisher's boards with printed title to the upper siding, re-backed, folio, plus, George Philip & Son Ltd (publishers). Philips' Atlas of the British Isles..., circa 1920, 61 double-page colour lithographic maps, endpapers a little toned, publisher's cloth, faded and worn at extremities, folio, and, Philips' Introductory School Atlas, Philips' Elementary Atlas of Comparative Geography, Philips' Standard School Atlas [and] Philips' Progressive Atlas of Comparative Geography, all early 20th century, together four atlases containing numerous colour printed maps, mixed bindings, 4to, together with The Literary Press Ltd. (publishers). The Wonder Atlas, circa 1950, 24 colour printed maps, publisher's limp card pictorial boards, 4to, with a 'Barclays Dictionary' and a 'Guthrie's Geographical Historical and Commercial Grammar', but excised of all maps, plus, Dugdale (Thomas). Curiosities of England & Wales Delineated, 3 volumes, circa 1850, 9 (only double-page engraved maps and numerous engraved topographical views, manuscript presentation inscription to the front pastedown, contemporary calf gilt, worn and rubbed, 8voQTY: (14)NOTE:Sold as a collection of maps, not subject to return.

Brown (Revd John). The Self Interpreting Bible, with an evangelical commentary, tooled blue Morocco, folio, published by R Edmunds, London 1814.

Allan D'Arcangelo (American, 1930-1998)Nicolas Calas, From Speed to Tension, Edition Domberger, Stuttgart, 1969 The complete set of seven screenprints in colours, one with a collaged postcard (as issued), hors-texte, on wove paper, with title, text in English and justification, each signed, dated and numbered 61/120 in pencil (there were also fifteen artist's proofs), further numbered on the justification, the full sheets, loose (as issued), with the paper covers, housed within the original Perspex boxSheets 648 x 648mm (25 1/2 x 25 1/2in)(and smaller)(7)Folio 658 x 665mm x 23mm (26 x 26 1/4 x 1in)For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com

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Faulkner (William) The Sound and the Fury, 2 vol., one of 1480 copies, 2 bookmarks loosely inserted as issued, text vol. original red morocco-backed boards, accompanying glossary & commentary volume original cloth, slip-case, tall 8vo, Folio Society, 2012.

NO RESERVE Garland (Alex) The Coma, number 42 of 50 copies signed by the author and artist, with an original signed woodcut by Nicholas Garland (loose in portfolio), woodcut illustrations, original cloth-backed boards, housed together in original cloth drop-back box, some light surface soiling, folio, 2004.

de Brunhoff (Jean) Babar the King, 1936; Babar's Travels, 1935; Babar's Friend Zephir, 1937; Babar and Father Christmas, 1940; Babar at Home, 1938, first English editions, illustrations, original cloth-backed boards, fine copies; and another in the series, a second English edition, small folio (6)⁂ Remarkably fresh and crisp copies of the beloved Babar books.

Crane (Walter) Echoes of Hellas, The Tale of Troy and The Story of Orestes from Homer & Aeschylus, with Introductory Essay... Presented with 82 Designs. Folio Lond. (Marcus Ward & Co.) n.d. [1887]. Hf. title, red & bl. title & designs, attractive pict. gilt and red decor. cloth, rebacked (1)

de Gavarni: Oeuvres Choisies de Gavarni, Special Edition, lg. folio Paris (Aux Bureaux du Figaro) 1857. Hf. title. Illustrations thro-out (520), cloth backed boards, mor. label. (1)

Gardens:  Lutyens (E.L.) Houses and Gardens, described by L. Weaver. Folio Lond. (Country Life) 1914. Second Edn., illus. thro.-out, Includes Chapter on Lambay, Ireland, 1908-1912; Tipping (H. Avray) English Gardens, lg. folio Lond. (Country Life) 1925. First Edn.,;  Elgood (Geo. S.) Italian Gardens, folio Lond. 1907. Signed Presentation Copy, cold. illus., & 1 other. All cloth. (4)

House of Lords The Wicklow Peerage - Minutes of Evidence taken before The Committee for Privileges on The Earl of Wicklow's Claim to Vote for Representative Peers for Ireland, 2 vols. folio, plus Speeches of Counsel, together 3 vols. folio 1869 - 1870 Session. Each volume interleaved, and with manuscript indexes, uniform limp crimson mor. Octavius O'Brien's Copy, a witness, with his name in gilt lettering on spines, worn.(3)

Goodwin Smith (R.) English Domestic Metalwork, folio Lond. 1937. First Edn., Orig. full page photographic plts. & text illus. etc. orig. cream buckram. V. good. (1)

Ussher (James) Britannicarum Ecclesiarum Antiquitates:... Historia, Folio Lond. (Benj. Tooke) 1687. Imprim. leaf at front, cont. panel calf, professional reback, raised bands, orig. mor. label. Good copy. Emf. (1)

American Senate Proceedings Southwick (S.) printed for, Journal of the Senate, [-Assembly] of the State of New York, Thirty-Sixth Session, 2 vols. in one folio Albany 1813., wd. cut device on titles, 8 fold. tables or lists, rebacked hf. calf, orig. label & marble sides. Scarce. (1)

Foulis Press:  Pope (Alexander) Poetical Works, 3vols. folio Glasgow (Andrew Foulis) 1785. Engd. port. frontis after Houbracken, marble ends, cont. full mottled calf, lg. gilt tooled floral roll, with gilt tooled red & green mor. labels. Bookplate of Sir Samuel Hannay, Bart. V. good binding. (3)

Privately Printed Beard (Chas. R.) A Catalogue of the Collection of Martinware Formed by Mr. Frederick John Nettleforld..., Folio Lond. (Waterlow & Sons) 1936. Privately Printed, port. frontis & full page plts., uncut, cloth. Good. (1)

Photographs: Co. Clare, An oblong folio Album with 18 Photographs of Antiquities, and Ancient Buildings in Co. Clare, mostly c. 1880 by Lawrence, also some Continental photos, Italy, some of India, and a good Military Group, with names of Officers. As an Album, w.a.f. (1)

Petrie (George) The Ecclesiastical Architectural of Ireland,... comprising An Essay on The Origin and Uses of The Round Towers of Ireland. Sm. folio Dublin 1845. Second - Best Edition, hf. title, illus. thro.-out, in cont. hf. mor. marbled sides. V. good copy. (1)

Fine Presentation Item Le Brocquy (Louis) The Irish Landscape.  Gandon Editions, Dublin 1992.  Oblong folio grey cloth, titled in silver, black morocco spine, slipcase. With an interview in several languages and 36 full colour reproductions (two folding) of original watercolours by Le Brocquy. (1) Limited edition, numbered and signed by the artist, no. 56 of 250 copies specially bound by Kenny’s of Galway. A superb production, one of the finest Irish books of the period.   Fine copy, rare. (1)

Hennessy (Wm. M.) Annals of Ulster, 4 vols. sm. folio Dublin (H.M.S.O.) 1887-1901. First Edn., some fold. tables, orig. mor. & cloth backed boards. Good. Emf. (4)

Audubon (J.J.) Audubon's Birds of America, by R.T. Peterson & Virginia M. Peterson - Baby Elephant Folio N. York (Abbeville Press) 1990. Fine Coloured Plates, cloth, pict. d.w. & slipcase. Mint copy. (1)

Jekyll (Gertrude) & Hussey (Christ.) Garden Ornament, lg. folio Lond. (Country Life) 1927. Second Edn. profusely illustrated; & Elgood (G.S.) Jekyll (G.) Some English Gardens, folio Lond.1910. New Edn., attractive cold. plts., buckram. V. good. (2)

With Folding Maps & Plates Adrichomio - Theatrum Terrae Sanctae et Biblicarum Historiarum cum tabulis geographicis cere experessis, Authore, Christiano Adrichomio, Delpho. Folio Coloniae Agrippinae (In Officiana Birchmanni sumptibus Arnoldi Mylii) 1590. Full engd. title, & 10 fold. or dble - page maps (ex 12, appears to lack 'Jerusalem') 286pp plus Index etc., text browned in part, orig. limp vellum. Good. (1)

A Scarce Work With Illustrations from Japan's First Collotype Press Ogawa (K.)Tokio, Panoramic Japan, Folio Tokio n.d. [c.1902] 57 chromo collotype full page illustrations, a.e.g., in fine floal decorated silk binding with large orig. coloured inset paintings. Good. (1)

Irish Bindings: McDonnell (Joseph) & Healy (Patrick) Gold Tooled Book Bindings Commissioned by Trinity College Dublin in the Eighteenth Century, Folio Dublin (Irish Georgian Society) 1987. First Edn., fine cold. & bl. & white plts.; also McDonnell (Joe) Five Hundred Years of the Art of the Book, lg. 4to Dublin (Nat. Library of Ireland) 1997. First Edn., cold. & bl. & white plts. thro.-out, both cloth & pict. d.w.'s V. good. (2)

Topsell (Edward) The History of Four-Footed Beasts and Serpents:... collected out of the Writings of Conradus Gessner and other Authors,... whereunto is now added the Theatre of Insects.. by T. Muffet. Folio London. (E. Cos, for G. Sawbridge,... T. Williams .. and T. Johsnon) 1658. First Edn. Half-title. Three parts in one volume, some with separate titles, wd.-cut vignettes, numerous woodcut illustrations, some full page, cont. full calf, upr. cover loose, raised bands & orig. mor. label. Good copy. (1)

Royal Canal:  The Second Report of the Commissioners appointed to inquire into and examine, the Claims of the Creditors of the Royal Canal Company, Folio Lond. (House of Commons) 1815. Recent hf. calf, v. good clean copy. (1)

The River Shannon Maps etc:  River Shannon Navigation, Copies of a Letter from the Chief Secretary of Ireland, Respecting the River Shannon, and of Answers to Same, Lg. folio London (House of Commons) 11th August 1832. Bound with Report from Select Committee on Shannon Navigation, folio Lond. 1834. First Edns., 42 (44, Plts. 8 & 10 in two parts) lg. fold. hand - coloured maps & plans, recent buckram, mor. label. As maps, w.a.f. Very clean set. (1)