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[African-Americana]. An Authentic Account of the Conversion and Experience of a Negro [drop-head title], London: T. Wilkins, [c.1795], 4 pp., 8vo (20 x 12.2 cm), together with 4 other pamphlets, including: An Answer to a Paper, entituled, the Grievances of His Majesty's Subjects residing within the Principality of Wales, in Respect of the Court of the Council in the Marches of Wales. With the Particular Conveniences of that Court, 1st edition, [no place], 1689, [2] 10 pp., a few spots and marks, folio (31.5 x 19 cm), The Petition of the Catholics of Ireland to the King's Most Excellent Majesty: Presented at St. James's, on Wednesday Jan. 2, 1793, by Messrs. Edward Byrne, John Keogh, James Edward Devereux, Christopher Bellew, and Sir Thomas French, Bart., Dublin: printed by appointment by H. Fitzpatrick, 1793, 11 pp., title-page browned and marked, gift inscription verso, final leaf damp-stained, re-stitched, housed in a custom cloth-backed folding case, 8vo (19.4 x 12.6 cm), and 2 others (Qty: 5)NOTESESTC T224026 (nine copies), R29059 (five copies) T215328 (three copies). The first item describes an Englishman's encounter with a Christian slave in the state of New York. This is one of four separate editions traced by ESTC (including two printed in Vermont and Maine), all being uncommon.

Green (William). Seventy Eight Studies from Nature... from Drawings made by Himself, 1st edition, 1809, 78 soft ground etched plates on 53 sheets, each plate leaf recto with circular ink library stamp to blank upper outer corner, and also centrally on verso, title (soiled with edge tears and losses) laid down, circular ink library stamp centrally to title and at head of first two printed leaves, some light finger-soiling, mainly to fore-margins, front free endpaper with library slip and sticker, 20th century cloth, front cover and spine somewhat soiled and marked, oblong folio (Qty: 1)

Papageorgiou (Athanasius). Icons of Cyprus, 1st edition, deluxe issue, Arcadia Press, 1971, colour plates within broad gilt borders, all edges gilt, original red morocco by Zaehnsdorf, elaborate gilt decoration incorporating black morocco onlay to front board, fleece-lined gray cloth slipcase, folio, together with 2 copies of the trade issue, both in original boards, dust jackets, folio (Qty: 3)NOTESNumber 43 of 265 copies, signed by Archbishop Makarios III, first president of Cyprus, on the title-page.

Folio Society . The Mapp and Lucia novels, 6 volumes, by E.F. Benson, 1994, Vanity Fair, by William Makepeace Thackeray, 1996, Sword of Honour, 3 volumes, by Evelyn Waugh, 1990, The Enchanted April, by Elizabeth Von Arnim, 2002, The Franchise Affair, by Josephine Tey, 2001, together with 76 further volumes of Folio Society publications, all original cloth, all but 5 volumes in slipcases, plus 3 similar volumes G/VG, 8vo/4to (Qty: 91)

Bossert (H. TH.) . Peasant Art In Europe, 1926, Berlin, 132 colour and black & white plates, some light spotting, original gilt decorated red cloth in slipcase, boards lightly marked, folio, together with Bell (Keith) , Stanley Spencer, a complete catalogue of the paintings, 1992, numerous colour illustrations, original cloth in dust jacket, large 4to, and Griffin (John D.) , The Yorkshire Potteries, limited edition of 550 copies, 2012, Leeds Art Fund, numerous colour illustrations, original cloth in dust jacket, large 8vo, plus other art & Stanley Spencer reference, many original cloth, some paperbacks, G/VG, 8vo/folio (Qty: 5 shelves)

Suarez (Francisco). Opera Omnia, hactenus edita, 23 volumes, Venice, Typographia Balleoniana, 1740-51, half-titles, printed title to first volume in red and black, woodcut initials and decorations, marbled endpapers, with 19th century engraved bookplate Ex Libris St. Exupery to front pastedown, and later bookplate of St. John's Seminary, Wonersh, dated 1891, contemporary uniform green vellum, red-brown title and volume labels to spines, a little rubbed and some marks, one or two volumes slightly split to head and foot of joints (generally in good condition), folio (Qty: 23)NOTESBrunet V, 574. Complete set of the works of Suarez printed by the elegant Venetian printer Paolo Balleoni, in a distinctive contemporary green vellum binding.

Maitland (William). The History of London, from its Foundation by the Romans, to the Present Time. Containing a faithful relation of the Publick Transations of the Citizens... Parallels between London and other great cities; its Governments, Civil, Ecclesiastical and Military; Commerce, State of Learning... with the several accounts of Westminster, Middlesex, Southwark, and other parts within the Bill of Mortality, 1st edition, Printed by Samuel Richardson, 1739, folding engraved bird's-eye-view frontispiece, list of subscribers, full-page engraved views by W.H. Toms, including folding plates of St. Paul's Cathedral, St. Peter Westminster, and St. Martin in the Fields, some light offsetting from plates to adjacent leaf of text, c ontemporary calf, some wear with upper cover detached and rear joint cracked, large folio, together with Dart (John). West Monasterium. Or, The History and Antiquities of the Abbey Church of St. Peter's Westminster, 2 volumes, 1st edition, [1723/24], numerous engraved plates by J. Cole, including some double-page, list of subscribers to each volume, including two leaves of copper engraved coats of arms of the subscribers at front of second volume, the second plate with closed tear within the image, without loss, ex libris Nathaniel Oldham, circa 1700-1740, the son of a dissenting minister who inherited a large fortune and was a collector of curiosities, and friend of Sir Hans Sloane, founder of the British Museum, edges stained red, contemporary gilt-decorated blind-panelled full calf, with oval engraved armorial to covers, heavily rubbed and some moderate wear, folio, plus Snelling (Thomas). Thirty Three Plates, of English Medals, by the late Mr. Thomas Snelling, sold by Thomas Snelling, Print Seller in Fleet Street, 1776, 33 copper engraved plates of medals, light waterstain to lower margins throughout, contemporary marbled wrappers, large slim 4to, and other antiquarian interest, various, including The Cricket Field: or, The History and the Science of Cricket, 1st edition, 1851, Arthur Young, The Farmer's Calendar, New Edition, 1804, Thomas Girtin, Liber Naturae or A Collection of Prints from the Drawings of Thomas Girtin, Engraved by Saml. W. Reynolds, about 1823-34, published by Neill & Son, Haddington, N.B./The Fine Art Society, 1883, with 13 (of 17), mezzotint plates only, india paper proofs, loose in portfolio, several 19th century small-format sketch books, a large folio Victorian scrap album, etc (Qty: 2 cartons)

Folio Society . Blake, by Peter Ackroyd, 2008, The Seeing Stone, by Kevin Crossley- Holland, 2009, Reflections of the Revolution of France, by Edmund Burke, 2010, Confucius, The Analects, by Lun Yu, 2009, The Somme, an eyewitness history, by Robert T. Foley & Helen McCartney, 2006, The Old Wives' Tale, by Arnold Bennett, 2004, together with 39 further volumes of Folio Society publications, all original cloth in slipcases, VG, 8vo (Qty: 45)

Rogers (Samuel). Italy, a poem, 1830, Poems, 1834, 2 volumes, black & white illustrations, period inscriptions to front endpapers, some light spotting, uniform contemporary gilt decorated green full morocco, boards & spines slightly faded & rubbed, 8vo, together with Trevelyan (George Macaulay ) . England Under Queen Anne, Blenheim, 3 volumes, 1932, black & white maps, some minor spotting & marginal toning, uniform gilt decorated red half morocco bound by Hatchards, spines lightly faded, 8vo, and Hall (S.C.) , The Book of Gems..., 3 volumes, 1836. black & white illustrations, some spotting throughout, uniform contemporary gilt decorated green full morocco, boards & spines slighty rubbed & faded, 8vo, plus mostly 18th & 19th century poetry, literature & reference, mostly leather bindings, some gilt decorated, some foreign language & odd volumes, condition is generally good/very good, 8vo/folio (Qty: 6 shelves)NOTESApproximately 135 volumes

Swanson (Vern G.). The Biography and Catalogue Raisonne of the Paintings of Sir Lawrence Alma-Tadema, Garton & Co., in association with Scolar Press, 1990, numerous colour and monochrome plates and illustrations, original red cloth in slipcase, folio, VG (2 copies) (Qty: 2)

Lear (Edward) . A Book Of Nonsense, 1st edition, circa 1880, numerous colour illustrations, minor spotting & toning, original gilt decorated blue cloth, boards & spine slightly rubbed with minor loss to head & foot, 4to, together with Dore (Gustave [illustrator]) , L'Enfer de Dante Alighieri, 1862, Paris, 75 black & white engraved plates, all edges gilt, some marginal spotting, minor loss to foot of front endpaper to pp.6, publisher's original gilt decorated red full morocco, boards & spine rubbed to head & foot, folio, The History of Don Quixote, by Cervantes, circa 1880, numerous black & white illustrations, split front gutters, some spotting throughout, contemporary gilt decorated half calf, boards & spine rubbed with minor loss, large 4to, and other mostly 19th century history & literature, mostly leather bindings, some French language, condition is generally good/very good, 8vo/folio (Qty: 3 shelves)NOTES97 volumes

[Aikin, John]. England Delineated, 2 volumes , 1st edition , London: Lackington , Allen & Co., 1804, engraved title to each volume, 147 engraved plates (of 148), each with tissue guards, plate of Powis Castle torn and repaired to lower margin (slightly affecting plate mark), bookplate of Thomas Hammond Foxcroft to upper pastedowns, contemporary half calf with vellum corners, spines slightly rubbed, 8vo, together with Warner (Richard) , A Tour through Cornwall, in the Autumn of 1808, Bath: Richard Cruttwell, 1809, sepia aquatint frontispiece, few wood engraved maps, light toning and spotting, bookplate of Thomas Hammond Foxcroft to upper pastedown, contemporary half calf with vellum corners, upper joint slightly rubbed, 8vo, with Gilpin (William) , Observations on the Western Parts of England, Relative Chiefly to Picturesque Beauty. To which are added, a few remarks on the Picturesque Beauties of the Isle of Wight, 1798, ink stamp to title M. Lukis at head of title with ink splash to fore-edge, 18 sepia aquatint plates, bookplate of F.C. Lukis to upper pastedown, recent cloth hinges, contemporary calf, rebacked retaining morocco title label, 8vo, with Pennant (Thomas) , The Journey from Chester to London, 1811, engraved frontispiece torn with loss and repaired, five engraved plates, some toning & spotting, modern calf, gilt decorated spine with red morocco title label, 8vo, and Skrine (Henry) , Three Successive Tours in the North of England, and Great Part of Scotland, 1795, near contemporary calf, rebacked, board edges worn, slim 4to, with Shaw (Stebbing) , A Tour to the West of England, in 1788, London: Robson & Clarke and J. Walker, 1789, light dust-soiling mostly to first & last leaves, scattered spotting, modern quarter calf, 8vo, plus the Yorkshire section of The Modern Universal British Traveller, 1779 and Yorkshire section of The Complete English Traveller, 1773, both in modern gilt panelled mottled calf, slim folio (Qty: 9)

Pilkington (Matthew). The Gentleman's and Connoisseur's Dictionary of Painters, 1st edition, 1770, bound without errata leaf, slight marginal toning, presentation inscription to front pastedown, 1856, contemporary half calf, joints cracking, some wear at spine ends and edges, 4to, together with Fuseli (Henry). A Dictionary of Painters from the revival of the art to the present period... new edition with considerable additions..., 1810, some light spotting, endpapers renewed, armorial bookplate with Order of the Garter motto, contemporary calf, edges rubbed, a few stains, 4to, plus others, including J. Hassell, Memoirs of the Life of the late George Morland, 1806, Vignola, Traite Elementaire Pratique d'Architecture, Etude des Cinq Ordres, Paris, circa 1850, both bound in contemporary vellum, folio, Lord Lindsay, Sketches of the History of Christian Art, 3 volumes, 1st edition, John Murray, 1847, with bookplate of A.N.L. Munby to front endpaper of each volume, original blindstamped cloth gilt, a little faded to spines and edges, and some fraying to head and foot of spines and extremities, 8vo, etc (Qty: 9)NOTESProvenance: Michael Jaffé CBE (1923-1997), English art historian and director of the Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge.

Schinas (G C., & E. L. Galizia). Island of Cyprus. Report to H.E. the Governor of Malta, 1st edition, Malta: Government Printing Office, 1879, [2], 48 pp., folding chromolithographic map of Cyprus (opening to 38.6 x 56.5 cm), 3 lithographic plans, map slightly spotted, 3 cm closed tear affecting frame only, plans more heavily spotted, nicked along fore edges, modern black half leatherette, folio (34.5 x 21 cm) (Qty: 1)NOTESCobham-Jeffery p. 56. Rare official report on the agriculture, natural resources, geography, population, infrastructure, industry and major settlements of Cyprus, published the year after the Cyprus Convention of 1878, which transferred the island from Ottoman to British control. The authors conclude that Cyprus is 'fit for all branches of rural economy' and recommend a programme of repopulation by Maltese immigrants to restore its former productivity (p. 45). Three copies traced in libraries (Cambridge, King's College London, and Oxford).

Maclure (A.). Some Brief Particulars regarding the arrival of the Marquis of Douglas and his illustrious bride, Her Highness the Princess Marie of Baden, at Hamilton Palace, on Thursday, September 14, 1843, Glasgow, James McNab, 1844, five uncoloured lithographic plates, some heavy spotting, all edges gilt, contemporary maroon straight-grained half morocco gilt, heavily rubbed, large slim folio, together with a large oblong folio Victorian scrap album, circa 1850-80, containing numerous printed illustrations, engravings, cut-out figures of animals, etc., including views in England and Europe, some hand-coloured, contemporary gilt-decorated full calf, heavily worn with covers detached, large oblong folio, and other mostly 19th century folio publications, including William Rimer, Illustrations of Thomson's Castle of Indolence, Art-Union of London, 1845, in original green cloth gilt, Elaine, by Alfred Tennyson, illustrated by Gustav Dore, 1867 in original blue cloth gilt,Thomas Varty, publisher, Preceptive Illustrations of The Bible; a new series of fifty-two coloured prints..., circa 1860, 52 hand-coloured lithographs of biblical stories, tissue-guard to each (some torn or partially missing), contemporary half calf, worn, Dalziels' Bible Gallery, 1881, limited edition 268/1000, Walter Severn, The Golden Calendar, with a perpetual almanac, Day & Son, circa 1865 (with chromolithograh plates), The Graphic, volumes 38 and 41, July-December 1888 and January-June 1890 and Othello, The Moor of Venice, with 12 illustrations by F. Dicksee, 1890, various cloth and leather bindings, all folio (Qty: 2 cartons)

The Bookman Christmas . 1907, 1910-27, 1929-30 (a broken run), 22 volumes, numerous colour and black & white illustrations and advertisements, all in original wrappers, covers rubbed with some loss to head & foot, large 8vo, together with Harvard University Press , The Houghton Library 1942-1967, a selection of books and manuscripts in Harvard collections, 1967, U.S.A., numerous colour & monochrome plates & illustrations, original embossed black cloth, folio, and other illustrated & juvenile literature, including a Mickey Mouse quoits game (board only, lacking hooks) circa 1930s, Ronald Searle, Folio Society, Clare Leighton, some foreign language, many original cloth, some in dust jackets, G/VG, 8vo/folio (Qty: 6 shelves)

Yahagi (Kijuro) . Visions Of Japan, 3 volumes, 1991, numerous colour illustrations, original binding in slip case, large 8vo, together with Szeto (Naomi Yin Yin et al) , The Extraordinary in the Ordinary: Chairs for Viewing the World through Time, 2014, Hong Kong, numerous colour and black & white illustrations, original boards, as new in original plastic wrapper, folio, and Amirsadeghi (Hossein) , Britain's Artists and their Studios, 2012, numerous colour illustrations, original red cloth in slipcase, folio, plus other Oriental & modern art reference, including Nirvana, Beyond Dark III, by Wi, Wan-Gyo, many original cloth in dust jackets, some paperback editions, G/VG, 8vo/folio (Qty: 6 shelves)

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, 1st edition, R. Bowyer, 1803, [4] 38 [2] pp., title-pages and text in English and French, 24 hand-coloured aquatint plates (all with laid-paper tissue-guards), directions to the binder leaf present, plates 1 and 9 transposed, spotting to tissue-guards, tissue-guard of plate 17 partly torn, plates clean, all edges gilt, 20th-century green quarter calf, marbled sides, spine sunned, folio (46.6 x 32.9 cm) (Qty: 1)NOTESAbbey Travel 369 (with Views in Egypt and Views in Palestine , 'originally published separately'); Atabey 787; Blackmer 1098; Cobham-Jeffery p. 39; Colas 2021; Lipperheide 1425. A very good copy. 'The plates in Mayer's Caramania were not reprinted in any other of his works, including Watts's edition' (Blackmer).

D'Afflitto ( Matteo ) . Decisionum Sacri Regii Neapolitani Consilii..., 1616, Frankfurt, black & white engraved title page, worming to front endpapers to pp.20, some water damage to front endpapers & throughout, water damage & loss to rear endpapers, original full vellum, boards rubbed & marked, folio, together with Alberti (Joannes) , Hesychii Lexicon cum notis doctorum virorum integris,..., 2 volumes, 1746, Holland, black & white engraved portrait of the author to t2, later inscriptions & ex-library stamps to the front endpapers, some toning & light marks throughout, uniform original embossed full vellum, boards & spines marked, folio, and Sponde (Henry) , Annalium Eminmi Cardinalis Caes. Baronii Continvatio,..., 3 volumes, 1641, Paris, 3 black & white engraved title pages, engraved portrait of the author to volume 1 aiij, some spotting, toning, light marks and repairs, uniform contemporary half vellum, boards & spines rubbed with minor loss, folio, plus 14 further volumes of 17th & 18th annales ecclesiastici, all in contemporary leather & vellum, 4 volumes with loss to spines, folio (Qty: 20 )NOTESSold as seen, not subject to return

Thylman (Karl) . Gülistan , 1912, privately printed by Joanna Thylman, Darmstadt, 14 monochrome tipped in plates, loose sheets in original wrapper, covers toned & rubbed with minor tears & loss to edges, folio, together with Kirchbach (Frank) , Goethes Gedichte, 1897, Leipzig, 5 monochrome full page & 178 text illustrations, minor marginal toning, original decorated cloth, boards & spine lightly rubbed & marked, folio, and other late 19th & early 20th century illustrated & juvenile literature, including approximately 30 volumes of picture cloth fiction, all in very bright condition, 3 carte de visite albums, annuals & periodicals, including Sunday, Budget for Children, Chatterbox, some leather bindings, mostly original cloth, G/VG, 8vo/folio (Qty: 6 shelves)

Bordone ( Benedetto ). Isolario, nel qual si ragiona di tutte l'isole del mondo, 2nd edition, Venice: for Nicolo d'Aristotile Zoppino, 1534, title-page printed in black with woodcut border, full-page diagram, 3 double-page maps (Europe and North Africa, the Aegean, and world), double-page plan of Venice, 4 smaller double-page maps (Crete, Euboea, Cyprus and Sicily), plan of 'Temistitan' (Mexico City), and approximately 100 further maps, all woodcut and in the letterpress, signature G4 slightly marked verso, a few trivial marks to margins, old ink inscriptions in Italian to foot of title-page and margin of final leaf, title-page with ink-stamp not affecting text, 2 printed catalogue descriptions mounted to front pastedown, 19th-century Italian half vellum, folio (29.7 x 20.2 cm) (Qty: 1)NOTESAdams B2482; BM STC Italian p. 120; Harrisse 187; Sabin 6419; cf. Borba de Moraes I p. 98, Mortimer Italian 82, Shirley British Isles 19 & World 59. A clean and fresh copy of Bordone's celebrated atlas of the world's islands, first published in 1528, and the second work of its kind, after Sonetti's Isolario of 1485. The double-page world map is one of the earliest known on oval projection. The work also contains 'the first printed map specifically of North America' (Suarez, Shedding the Veil: Mapping the European Discovery of America , p. 66), 'the earliest known printed map of Japan' (Stjorms et al., eds., Mapping Asia , p. 137), a plan of 'Temistitan' (Mexico City) before its destruction by Cortes, and numerous maps of the Caribbean islands in addition to those of the Mediterranean. This second edition 'contains the notice of the conquest of Peru and the victory of Pizarro on March 5th, 1533, one year prior to the publication of the book' (Borba de Moraes).

Petzinger (Renate) . Eva Hesse: Catalogue Raisonné , 2 volumes, 2006, Yale University Press, U.S.A., numerous colour illustrations, publishers uniform cloth in slipcase, as new in original cardboard, folio, together with Theis (Marc) , Lost in Time, 2011, Germany, numerous colour illustrations, original boards, large 8vo, and Staeck (Klaus) , Frohe Zunkunft, 2004, Germany, numerous colour illustrations, original cloth in dust jacket, as new in original plastic wrap, large 8vo, plus Sies (Ruud) , Building The Rotterdam, 2013, Netherlands, numerous colour and black & white illustrations, original boards, large 8vo, and approximately 210 further volumes of modern photography reference, many original cloth in dust jackets, many paperbacks editions, VG, 8vo/folio (Qty: Approximately 215)

Harding (James Duffield). Picturesque Selections: Drawn on Stone by J.D. Harding, 1st edition, W. Kent & Co., [1861], printed title (loose and frayed to edges with a little loss) and single-leaf Notice by the Artist, and 30 fine lithographed plates mounted on card, tissue-guard to each, some light marginal spotting, small contemporary oval bookseller's blindstamp to front endpaper of Stone and Hartley, Booksellers, Banbury, contemporary maroon half morocco, lettered in gilt, rubbed and marked and covers somewhat faded, contents partly detached from binding, large folio (56 x 44.5 cm, 22 x 17.5 ins) (Qty: 1)NOTESPicturesque Selections was J.D. Harding's last and finest achievement in lithography. The subjects include Switzerland, North Wales, and southern England. Purchased by the current owner from these rooms in May 2003 (lot 31).

Avity (Pierre d'). Wereld Spiegel waer in vertoontword de beschrÿvinge der kÿken staten ... uyt den francoÿse verduÿtst, ende met jaer teÿkeningen verriickt door Mr. Govert vander Eembd, 1st edition in Dutch, Amsterdam: Jan Evertsen Cloppenburch, 1621, text mainly in black letter, half-title, engraved title-page, 82 portraits of rulers (mainly 18 x 12.5 cm) and 39 maps (9.5 x 13.5 cm) in the text (all engraved), toning, marginal damp-staining to outer leaves, leaf a6 torn at upper outer corner, repaired closed tear in 2B8, 2F6 with small hole affecting portrait recto and text verso, lacking final leaf 2X8 (part of index), later vellum, endpapers possibly renewed, folio in 8s (32.3 x 20.5 cm) (Qty: 1)NOTESAlden/Landis 621.5; Koeman II p. 253 refers; cf. Sabin 2498 & 18911-13 (other editions). First edition in Dutch, and the first illustrated with maps, of Les empires, royaumes, estats ... et principautez du monde , an influential compendium of geographical knowledge by French soldier and author Pierre d'Avity (1573-1635); the first edition of 1613, other preceding French editions, and the English translation of 1615 all had an engraved title-page only. The 39 maps were originally published in the Caert -Thresoor , a sought-after miniature atlas first printed at Middleburg by Barent Langenes in 1598. According to Koeman, 'the Caert Thresoor ... [set] a new standard for minor atlases. The small maps are extremely well-engraved: neat and clear, elegantly composed'. Koeman implies that Cloppenburg, printer of the Wereld Spiegel , used the original plates of the 1598 edition, but he appears in fact to have used the re-engraved versions of Tabularum Geographicarum , a revision of the Carte-Thresoor by Petrus Bertius first published in 1600. The resulting maps cover most of the known world except for the Americas, and notably include Poland, Russia, Central Asia ('Tartary'), China, Japan, Burma, Persia, the Congo, and Mediterranean islands including Cyprus, Malta, Rhodes, Mallorca and Menorca, Sardinia, and the Canaries. There are also three separate maps of India, depicting the Bay of Bengal, southern India, and the Malabar Coast. A full list is available on request.

Shipley (Conway). Sketches in the Pacific. The South Sea Islands. Drawn from Nature and on Stone by Conway Shipley Esqr. Lieut. R.N., London, T. McLean, 1851, tinted lithographed title with vignette, lithographed dedication leaf with Description of Sketches to verso, lithographed leaf of facsimiles of signatures, and 25 tinted lithographed plates, each with tissue-guard, some light scattered spotting (mainly to margins), contents loose (gutta percha perished), presentation inscription to front endpaper in ink 'Arthur Foster September 1894 from his affecte. Grandmother ELPM. This book was given to me by Allen Bathurst Lieut. RN', original publisher's blue and red cloth, with large gilt title cartouche to upper cover, some marks, spine missing (covers detached), folio (42.5 x 33.25 cm, 16.75 x 13 ins) (Qty: 1)NOTESProvenance: Allen Bathurst, 6th Earl Bathurst (1832-1892); Arthur Foster, son of William Orme Foster, heir and nephew of James Foster (a wealthy ironmaster who employed seven thousand men to make nails in Stourbridge), who acquired Apley Park in 1867; Lord Hamilton of Dalzell (removed from Stockton House, Apley, Shropshire). Apley Park is believed to be the inspiration for P.G. Wodehouse’s Blandings Castle. Abbey, Travel 601; Ferguson 15656a; Hill (2004) 1564; Kroepelien, Bibliotheca Polynesiana 1189. Rare. Only three copies traced at auction in the last 35 years. One of the most important illustrated books of the South Pacific containing fine lithographed views after watercolours by Lieutenant Shipley depicting scenes of Pitcairn Island, Tahiti, Samoa and Fiji. Conway Mordant Shipley (born in 1824) served onboard HMS Calypso on a cruise to the missionary stations in the South Sea Islands in 1848, having departed Valparaiso in February of that year. The work is dedicated to Vice Admiral Sir George F. Seymour, late Commander-in-Chief in the Pacific. The text contains a detailed description of the voyage, including the arrival at Pitcairn Island on the 9th of March, when a whale-boat was launched from the shore 'John Quintal was steersman and there were also Edward Quintal, Matthew Quintal, Fletcher Christian, John Adams, and many others with familiar names, in all twelve persons. Their forms were very robust, much sunburnt; dress, a shirt and trousers, though some few had coats; gentle-mannered and speaking English with great correctness, but with a Yankee accent.'. The author adds further chapters on the Society Islands, Samoa, or the Navigator Islands, and the Feejee or Viti Islands. A review of the work in The Spectator for 1st March 1851 states ' Lieutenant Shipley's sketches... present us with many picturesque combinations... the letterpress, narrative and descriptive... may be consulted with profit and amusement; especially the account of the small colony on Pitcairn's Island, descended from the mutineers of the Bounty '.

Schedel (Hartmann) . Chronicle of the World, the complete and annotated Nuremberg Chronicle of 1493, 2001, numerous colour facsimiles & illustrations, publishers original brown faux reverse calf, folio , together with Boehm (Barbara Drake & Fajt, Ji?í [editor]) , Prague, the crown of Bohemia 1347-1437, 2005, Yale University Press, U.S.A., numerous colour & black illustrations, original cloth in dust jacket, large 4to, and Duplessis D'Argentre (Charles) , Collectio judiciorum de novis erroribus qui ab initio duodecimi seculi..., 3 volumes, reprint edition, 1963, Brussels, publishers uniform red cloth, 8vo, plus other modern history & philosophy reference & related, mostly original cloth, many in dust jackets, G/VG, 8vo/4to (Qty: 6 shelves)

Arbus (Diane) . Revelations, 2003, New York, numerous black & white illustrations, original cloth in dust jacket, large 8vo, together with diCorcia (Philip-Lorca) , A Storybook Life, 2003, U.S.A., signed by the author, numerous colour illustrations, original cloth in dust jacket, covers lightly marked, oblong 4to, and Wanaverbecq (Annie-Laure & van Esterik , Chris) , Willem Diepraam, 2001, Amsterdam, numerous colour and black & white illustrations, original cloth in dust jacket, folio, plus Carreras (Claudi [editor]) , Labyrinth Of Views, 2010, Spain, numerous colour and black & white illustrations, original wrappers in plastic dust jacket, large 8vo, plus approximately 200 further volumes of modern photography reference, some duplication, VG, 8vo/folio (Qty: Approximately 205)

Brookshaw (George). Six Birds, accurately drawn and coloured after nature, with full instructions for the young artist; intended as a companion to the treatise on flower painting, 1817, six engraved plates in two states, (hand-coloured and uncoloured), some soiling and marginal repairs, manuscript annotation slip pasted to rear pastedown, endpapers renewed, original boards with chipped label to upper cover, rebacked and recornered, covers rubbed with stains, folio (Qty: 1)NOTESNissen IVB 150.

Hooker (Joseph Dalton). The Rhododendrons of Sikkim-Himalaya; being an Account, Botanical and Geographical, of the Rhododendrons recently discovered in the Mountains of Eastern Himalaya, from Drawings and Descriptions made on the Spot, during a Government Botanical Mission to that Country. Edited by Sir W. J. Hooker, 3 parts in 1 volume, 1st edition, Reeve, Benham, and Reeve, 1849-51, tinted lithographic vignette to part 1 title-page, 30 hand-coloured lithographic plates after Hooker by W. H. Fitch, heightened in gum arabic, all with tissue-guards, all text leaves present, including dedication leaf, list of subscribers, and description leaf for each plate, small superficial abrasion to fore margin of plate 10, corresponding section of tissue-guard and description repaired, variable spotting to binder's blanks and to description leaves of plates 8, 20 and 30, description leaf of plate 30 also cockled, top edge gilt, contemporary maroon half morocco gilt, a few small scuffs to joints, corners very slightly rubbed, large folio (49.5 x 36.2 cm) (Qty: 1)NOTESNissen BBI 911; Stafleu & Cowan II 2969. An excellent copy with bright plates. Hooker travelled though central and eastern Himalaya from 1847 to 1849, in the company of British government agent Archibald Campbell. The pair were briefly imprisoned by the raja of Sikkim for encroaching on Tibetan territory but managed to collect some 7,000 botanical specimens. ' Hooker's and Campbell's travels added twenty-five new rhododendrons to the fifty already known and the spectacular new species they introduced into Britain helped create a rhododendron craze among British gardeners' (ODNB). The lithographer Walter Hood Fitch was a long-standing collaborator of the Hookers and The Rhododendrons of Sikkim-Himalaya is considered among the finest examples of his work.

Fenaille (Maurice). Etat General des Tapisseries de la manufacture des Gobelins depuis son origine jusqu'a nos jours 1600-1900, 5 volumes, Paris, 1903-1923, decorative titles printed in red and black, numerous photogravure plates and illustrations, a few light spots, bookplates removed from front pastedowns, all edges gilt, fine contemporary terracotta brown morocco (volume published 1912 sold/bound by Hatchards) , covers with central gilt ruled panel containing decorative motifs and title, spines with raised bands and gilt panelled compartments, occasional light scratches and scuffs, occasional light damp stains, folio (Qty: 5)NOTESLimited edition 144/235.

* India. Five illuminated official letters, 19th century, in Persian or Hindustani, all in black ink on laid or wove paper, nasta'liq script, illuminated borders and headpieces, Persian ink-stamps, a few docketed in English verso, some insect-damage, a few chips and splits to folds, written on rectos only, good condition overall, comprising: 1) letter to 'General Stewart', i.e. General Sir Donald Stewart, 1st Baronet (1824-1900) as commander-in-chief, India, dated 1884, retaining original envelope with remains of wax seals; 2) letter to or from Ghulam Hasan Khan Bahadur Sahib, dated 1876, polychromatic headpiece composed of two fish; 3) letter from Ghulam Qadir Khan, gold-sprinkled paper, arabesque border and arch-form headpiece in gold; 4) large letter on gold-sprinkled paper with similar arabesque border and elaborate headpiece in gold, insect-damage to folds, dated 1868; 5) elaborate letter on 3 sheets, text within gold cloudhands, floral headpieces and arabesque borders, one sheet with English docket verso, dated 'Simla 17 Sept 73' and apparently attributing the letter to the Nawab of Dera Ismail Khan, all folio or foolscap sheets, various dimensions (Qty: 7)

* Clock Designs. A collection of fifteen prints of clocks, circa 1850, uncoloured French lithographs of clocks, clock patterns, candelabra and light fittings, each with a contemporary manuscript number (possibly a stock number), mostly folio but various sizes and condition (Qty: 15)

World War I; Mesopotamian Campaign. Summary of Papers dealing with Military Policy in Mesopotamia during the Period between the Battle of Ctesiphon (22nd November 1915) and the end of July 1916, 1st edition, Simla: Government Central Press, 1916, 97 pp. 3 folding tables to rear, original printed blue boards, cloth backstrip, front board slightly spotted and cockled, upper outer corner bumped, small portion of loss to paper at lower outer corner, 3 foolscap carbon typescript leaves laid in (transcribing a telegram from General Officer Commanding, Force D, to Chief of General Staff, dated 13 March 1916, blind stamp of India Office, secured with drawing pin), folio (33.1 x 20.6 cm), together with: An Account of the Operations of the 18th (Indian) Division in Mesopotamia December, 19178, to December, 1918, with ... an introductory note by Major-General Sir H. D. Fanshawe, 1st edition, St Martin's Press, [1919], 74 pp., mounted halftone portrait frontispiece, 7 folding battle plans, folding map, extra-illustrated with 2 gelatin silver print photographs (military group portraits), without the endpocket containing 20 photographs noted in some institutional copies, bookplate and ink-stamps of Frank Palmer-Stone, top edge gilt, others untrimmed, original blue quarter morocco, 4to (25.5 x 19.2 cm) , and 'Evidence before Mesopotamia Committee' [cover-title], approx 40 pp., excised from a single publication and containing legal depositions from Lieutenant-General Sir Percy Lake, later cloth, folio (31.6 x 20.6 cm) (Qty: 3)NOTESFirst item: very rare official report, marked 'secret' on the front cover; the imprint slug on the final leaf suggests that 100 copies only were printed, of which this is number 17; no copies traced in libraries world-wide or in auction records. OCLC traces seven copies world-wide for the second item, of which the author is identified in the introduction as Lieutenant-General W. E. Wilson-Johnston.

Boydell (John & Josiah, publishers). A Collection of Prints from Pictures Painted for the Purpose of Illustrating the Dramatic Works of Shakespeare, by the Artists of Great Britain, John & Josiah Boydell, volume I only, 1803, engraved portrait frontispiece of George III, title engraved vignette, 28 engraved plates only (of 48?) after Reynolds, Fuseli , Porter, Opie and others, some light spotting and soiling, occasional small marginal insect damage, contemporary half morocco, some wear to spine and edges, folio (Qty: 1)NOTESThe full work was published in two volumes from 1803-05 with 96 plates. Sold as a collection of plates not subject to return.

South America. 'Souvenir pour Mr. Pico, officier de la Marine Nle. Alger, Almeria, Gibralta, Ténériffe, Saint-Louis, Gorée, Dackar, Grande-terre, Rio-Janeiro, Montevideo, Colonia, Buenos-ayres', c.1845-50, watercolour, pencil and pen-and-ink on laid paper (watermarks D & G Blauw, B F K Rives), title-page, 12 leaves each containing 2 discrete watercolours captioned in manuscript, variable spotting and finger-soiling, front inner hinge tender, large-scale pencilled ownership inscription 'L Nauoin' to front pastedown, contemporary green half cloth album, marbled sides, oblong folio (21 x 32.5 cm) (Qty: 1)NOTESAlbum of watercolours apparently produced by a French sailor involved in the Anglo-French blockade of the Rio de la Plata (1845-50), containing twelve leaves each with a watercolour view drawn from life, adjacent to a discrete portrait of an ethnographic 'type' particular to the depicted locale. The view of Buenos Aires depicts the 'Maison de l'amiral Brown sur le bord de la Plata'. After service in the Royal Navy, Irish-born officer William Brown (1777-1857) joined the Argentinian rebel republican government in 1814, and as a result of his heroic actions in the ensuing war of independence and subsequent conflicts with Brazil and Uruguay is considered the founder of the Argentine navy. The Anglo-French force dispossessed him of ships shortly after the establishment of the blockade in 1845, reducing him to 'compulsory inactivity' (ODNB) on his Buenos Aires estate.

A small group of Black Forest bottle stoppers in carved and painted wood, as various figures, a mechanical sea captain example, a gentleman in a fez example, a wooden bound Bermuda folio, Third Reich stamps etc.

A good collection of late 20th century maritime charts, some commissioned by Kelvin Hughes and comprising charts of the UK, including the Firth of Clyde and Loch Fyne, Dover and Folkestone to Calais and Boulogne, Stern Approaches to Singapore,the North Sea etc, all presented in scratch-built wooden folio, 76 x 115cm. CONDITION REPORT Thirty two charts, one of Singapore (af), various conditions, all with faults.

A folio of charts for Guadalupe to Trinidad, Venezuela and Guyana, containing forty-eight maps and charts from the fifty-five listed on the table of contents, in linen backed cardboard folio, size of charts approx 71 x 104cm (48). CONDITION REPORT Cica 1970.

A folio of charts of the 'Eastern Shores of the North Sea', approximately forty out of the fifty-four listed on the contents sheet, contained in a linen backed cardboard folder.

A folio of Naval charts from around the East Coast of Africa, chart folio number 36 from Delagoa Bay to Rashafun, including the Comoro and Seychelles Islands, approximately sixty-three of the sixty-five mentioned on the contents sheet, each approx 71.5 x 104cm, presented in linen backed cardboard folder.

David Shepherd (1931-2017) - The Big Five, set of five colour prints from the Folio set, each signed in pencil (5).

A quantity of Folio Society books in slip cases; various novels, genres and volume sets. (approx 25).

China, Memories. Frans Masereel. a series of 18 framed prints and a folio cover.

Folio of 18th century and other prints, to include Hogarth,.

A quantity of Folio Society books in slip cases; various novels, genres and volume sets. (approx 25).

Title: Two books on the Joyous Entries of the Counts of Flanders in Ghent, Southern Netherlands, 18th C. Description: Description: (1) Relation de l'inauguration solemnelle de sa sacrŽe majestŽ [...] Charles VI. [...] comme comte de Flandres, cŽlŽbrŽe ˆ Gand [...], le XVIII. Octobre 1717, Ghent, Augustin Graet, 1719. Folio: front. - 32 pp., 7 pl. (incl. front.). Contemp. calft, gilt arms on covers, gilt spine with 7 raised bands. Memorial fête book illustrating the inauguration in Ghent of Charles VI as Count of Flanders in 1717. The plates nicely illustrate the festivities, culminating in the firworks in the surroundings of the Ghent town hall. (2) Relation de l'inauguration solemnelle de sa sacrŽe majestŽ Marie ThŽrse [...] comme comtesse de Flandres, cŽlŽbrŽe ˆ Gand, [...], le XXVII. Avril 1744, Ghent, Widow P. de Goesin, 1744. Folio: front. - 43 pp.; 2 pl. (incl. front.). Contemp. calf, gilt arms on covers, gilt spine with 6 raised bands. Report of the inauguration of Maria Theresia as countess of Flanders in Ghent. Illustrated with an engraved frontispice depicting Maria Theresia by the Ghent artist Frans Pilsen after the painting of Philips Charles Marissal, the later founder of the Ghent art academy and with an impressive folding plate by the same Pilsen showing a general view of the ceremony conducted on an elaborate stage built at the Vrijdagmarkt by the Ghent architect David 't Kindt. Provenance:Ex-libris "Boekenrik Vangassen". Literature: Klaas Van Gelder & Bert Van Cauter, "Een publieke ceremonie in een turbulent tijdvak: de inauguratie van Maria Theresia als gravin van Vlaanderen (1744)", in: HMGOG, LXVII, 2013, pp. 101-130 (link).

Title: Two works on Ghent's history, 19th/20th C. Description: Description: (1) P. Bergmans & A. Heins, "Album du Vieux Gand. Vues monumentales et pittoresques de la Ville de Gand ˆ travers les ages accompagnŽes de notices historiques", Brussels and Paris, G. Van Oest & Cie, 1913. Folio: 32 pp., 56 pl. (2) A. Van Lokeren, "Histoire de l'abbaye de Saint-Bavon et de la crypte de Saint-Jean, ˆ Gand", Ghent, L. Hebbelynck, 1855. Quarto: 2 vols. in 1, [4]-xvi-[2]-257-[2]-ii-173-[1] pp., 30 pl.

Title: L. Hymans (1829-1884): 'Le Rhin monumental et pittoresque (Cologne ˆ Mayence)', Brussels, [1854] Description: Description: Louis Hymans, "Le Rhin monumental et pittoresque. Aquarelles d'aprs nature, lithographŽes en plusieurs teintes par MM. Fourmois, Lauters et Stroobant". Second edition, Brussels - Ghent - Leipzig, Charles Muquardt, [1854]. Folio: [6]-26-[1] pp.; 30 pl. Contemp. richly decorated shagreen, gilt spine with 4 raised bands, gilt edges. Richly illustrated book dedicated to princess Marie-Louise-Auguste-Catherine of Saxony-Weimar-Eisenach with 30 lithographs showing important monuments from the area of Cologne and Mayance.

Four folio editions of The Greatest Drawings of All Time

David Hockney (British b.1937), 'A Bigger Splash 1967, Red Pots In The Garden 2000 & Gardens 2015', a collection of three folio giclee prints on Somerset Enhanced cotton rag paper, published by The Tate; sheet: 45 x 35cm each (3) ARR

Miscellaneous Books - Erotica & Art History - Sex/Madonna, Martin Secker & Warburg Limited, illustrated, 1991, aluminium covers, small folio; Petersen (James R.), Playboy, 50 Years: The Photographs, 2003, h/b, d/j; The Playmate Book: Five Decades of Centerfolds, 1996, h/b, d/j; others, including nudes; Art: Clark (Kenneth), Leonardo da Vinci, Folio Society, slipcased; earlier Gothic Art, Renaissance, Rembrandt, Renoir, Picasso, etc, [23]

Rare Original Hand-Coloured CopyCo. Tipperary: "Ordnance Survey of the North Riding of the County of Tipperary," lg. atlas folio Dublin 1843. First Edn., 52 lg. double page hand coloured maps, (Nos. 43 & 49 never issued), in orig. full calf, with attractive blind tooled borders, and with gilt coat of arms, in v. good condition. (1)Provenance: Earl of Orkney, stamped in gilt on front cover.

Irish Books etc: A Century of Golf in Thurles, 1909 - 2009, folio; Thurles Musical Society Presents from Stage to Page, roy 8vo c. 2013; Stephens (James) Irish Fairy Tales, 4to L. 1920 cold. illustrations by Arthur Rackham; & three shelves of varied Books, many Irish history etc. A lot. (1)

Atlas: Hughes (Wm.)ed. Philips, Imperial Library Atlas, lg. atlas folio Lond. 1883. 51 lg. double page cold. map, lg. hf. mor.; & 2 other atlases. As a lot, w.a.f. (3)

Stafford (Thos.) Pacata Hibernia; or A History of the Wars in Ireland, during Reign of Queen Elizabeth. 2 vols. sm. folio D. (Hibernia Press) 1820, 2 engd. ports., lg. fold. map of Munster & 17 engd. maps plans & plts. mostly fold. cont. full calf, clean copy. (2)

Venice Folio 1893five watercolours and two autographsSix pages from a visitor's book with watercolours by Henry Woods, Valentine Prinsep and Clara Montalba and the autographs of John Singer Sargent and Sir E.J.Poynter see online listingLargest 7.25 x 4.75in.

Esso Pictorial Plan of the North, unframed, The Penny Magazine featuring York, 1833, Yorkshire Gazette 1854, The York Herald 1863 & 1835, Yorkshire Gazette 1835, Daily Mail Air- View Map of the Western Front, Flamborough, folio of prints pub. H.S. Webb, 1950s merchant receipts all Hull area, postcards and other ephemera in one box

Miro - Seat Edizioni (Jean Miro, French 1893 - 1983) a red cloth folio box containing a set of fifty prints, 55 x 40cm

A leather bound folio containing various ephemera to include The Royal Visit to Port Elizabeth, February 1947 souvenir programme, greetings cards, etc together with an early 20th century scrap album (2)

Two boxes of Folio Society books, to include The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire, A History of England etc