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Pugin (A. Welby) . Detaile of antient timber houses of the 15th & 16th century..., 1836, 21 black & white etchings, hand coloured title text , Gothic Furniture of the 15th century, 1935, numerous black & white plates, hand coloured title text, 2 volumes bound in 1, some minor spotting & marginal toning, later gilt decorated red half morocco, spine lightly rubbed to head & foot, 4to, The True Principles of Pointed or Christian Architecture: set forth in two lectures delivered at St. Maries, Oscott, 1841, 9 black & plates plus illustrations, hand coloured frontispiece text, bookplate to front paste down, minor marginal toning, original gilt decorated green cloth with green morocco spine, slightly rubbed with minor loss to head, 4to, together with Lloyd (Nathaniel) , A History of English Brickwork..., 1925, numerous black & white plates, some light spotting, original gilt decorated green cloth, remains of torn dust jacket to front endpaper, spine slightly rubbed to head & foot, large 4to, and Shakespeare Head Press [publisher] , Ernest Gimson His Life & Work, limited edition 328/550, 1924, Stratford-upon-Avon, black & white illustrations and 59 plates, original binding, cloth spine rubbed with minor loss, 4to, plus other 19th & early 20th century architecture & furniture reference, including In English Homes..., by Charles Latham, 1904, The Furniture Designs of Chippendale, Hepplewhite and Sheraton, by J.Munro Bell, 1910, some leather bindings, many original cloth, G/VG, 8vo/folio. (Qty: 39)

Tipping (H. Avray). English Homes, Period II-Vol. I, Early Tudor, 1485-1558, Period III-Vol. I, Late Tudor and Early Stuart, 1558-1649, Period IV-Vol. I, Late Stuart, 1649-1714, Period V-Vol. I, Early Georgian, 1714-1760 & Period VI-Vol. I, Late Georgian, 1760-1820, together 5 volumes, Country Life, 1920-26, numerous monochrome illustrations after photographs to each volume, top edge gilt, all original publisher's blue cloth gilt, rubbed and marked, some volumes with damp discolouration to covers, together with English Gardens, 1st edition, Country Life, 1925, numerous monochrome illustrations after photographs, bookplate of Samuel Gurney to front pastedown, original publisher's green cloth gilt, plus Jekyll (Gertrude and Hussey, Christopher). Garden Ornament, 2nd edition, Country Life, revised, 1927, numerous monochrome illustrations after photographs, bookplate of Samuel Gurney to front pastedown, original green cloth gilt in frayed dust wrapper, and Bolton (Arthur T., editor). The Gardens of Italy, with historical and descriptive notes by E. March Phillipps, 1st edition, Country Life, 1919, tipped-in colour frontispiece, numerous monochrome illustrations after photographs, bookplate of Samuel Gurney to front pastedown, top edge gilt, original maroon cloth gilt, lightly dampmarked to cover edges, in somewhat worn dust wrapper, all folio, plus other architecture and decoration reference, including Jourdain & Lenygon, The Library of Decorative Art, English Decoration and Furniture of the Early Renaissance, Decoration in England from 1640 to 1760, Furniture in England from 1660 to 1760 & English Decoration and Furniture of the Later XVIIIth Century, together 4 volumes, Batsford, 1922-24, all in original dust wrappers, Mark Girouard, The Victorian Country House, Oxford, 1971, Swarbrick, Robert Adam & His Brothers, Batsford, 1915, The Georgian Society, Records of Eighteenth-Century Domestic Architecture and Decoration in Dublin, 5 volumes, Dublin University Press, 1909-13, limited edition of between 300 and 600 copies, Sadleir, Georgian Mansions in Ireland, 1915, etc. (Qty: 23)

Walcot (William, 1874-1943). Architectural Water-colours & Etchings, with an Introduction by Sir Reginald Blomfield,1st edition, 1919, colour frontispiece and black & white plates, original etching with pencil signature of the artist bound into preliminary leaves, original brown cloth gilt, slightly rubbed and soiled and a little frayed at spine ends, folio (Qty: 1)Limited edition of 275 copies, this copy not numbered.

Waring (J.B.). Masterpieces of Industrial Art and Sculpture at the International Exhibition, 1862, 3 volumes, 1863, chromolithographed additional title to each, 301 chromolithographed plates, pages loose and Reading library stamps, occasional light spotting, all edges gilt, contemporary burgundy morocco gilt, generally poor condition, folio together with Anderson (William). The Pictorial Arts of Japan, Sampson Low, Marston, Searle, & Rivington 1886, green cloth with leather spine, folio; Westwood (J.O.). Palaeographia Sacra Pictoria: being a Series of Illustrations of the Ancient Versions of the Bible, Copied from Illuminated Manuscripts, executed between the Fourth and Sixteenth Centuries, William Smith, 1843-45, 50 chromolithograph plates, modern half calf on marbled boards, folio plus Tymms (William Robert; Wyatt, Matthew Digby). The Art of Illuminating as Practised in Europe from the Earliest Times. London: Day and Son, 1860, gold stamped cloth, 4to (Qty: 6)

Williams (William Meade) . Annals of the Worshipful Company, of the City of London, 1867, privately printed, illuminated title page plus 12 monochrome illustrations, split gutters, all edges gilt, publishers original gilt decorated black full morocco, spine lightly rubbed, 8vo, together with Crane (Walter) , Of The Decorative Illustration of Books Old and New, 1896, numerous black & white illustrations, later endpapers, some light spotting, contemporary gilt decorated grey half morocco, spine slightly faded, 4to, and Audubon (John James) , The Original Water-Colour Paintings by John James Audubon for The Birds of America, 2 volumes, 1966, numerous colour plates, uniform original brown cloth in slipcase, folio, plus other bibliography & book reference, some leather bindings, mostly original cloth, some in dust jackets, G/VG, 8vo/folio. (Qty: 56 )

Wilson (Charles William & Palmer, H.S .). Ordnance Survey of the Peninsula of Sinai ... under the Direction of Colonel Sir Henry James, Part 1 only ( of 3), Ordnance Survey Of fice, Southampton, 1869, mounted albumen print to title, 20 lithographic plates at rear including some tinted and hand coloured, some spotting, half calf two-tone cloth, some wear, folio (48.5 x 34cm) (Qty: 1)

Flint (William Russell). In Pursuit: An Autobiography, Medici Society, 1970, illustrations to text, original red quarter morocco gilt in card slipcase, folio, (signed limited edition, 392/1050 copies), together with Morris (William) , A Book of Verse, Scolar Press, 1980, colour illustrated reproduction of a manuscript, original cloth gilt, 4to, with a prospectus and accompanying booklet in cloth book box with leather spine label, (limited edition 202/325 copies), plus Golden Cockerel Press . The Metamorphoses of Publius Ovidius Naso, with Drawings by J. Yunge Bateman, Golden Cockerel Press, 1958, engraved plates including frontispiece and title vignette, top edge gilt, remainder uncut, original orange cloth gilt in frayed glassine dust jacket, folio, (limited edition, 179/200 copies), plus other miscellaneous illustrated books, various subjects and sizes (Qty: 20)

Folio Society. [Works of the Bronte Sisters], 7 volumes, reprints, Folio Society, 1993, wood-engravings by various artists, original moiré cloth gilt in matching slipcase, together with Austen (Jane) , The Complete Novels, 7 volumes, reprint, Folio Society, 1997, wood-engravings by Joan Hassall, original quarter cloth over patterned boards in card gilt slipcase plus three further modern box sets of Tolkien, Lord of the Rings (3 volumes, Folio Society), George Bernard Shaw, Music in London (4 volumes, Vienna House) and A. Norman Jeffares, Restoration Comedy (4 volumes, Folio Press), all 8vo, VG (Qty: 25)

Folio Society . A Lady's Life in the Rocky Mountains, by Isabella L. Bird, 1988, The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire, 8 volumes, by Edward Gibbon, 1983, English Eccentrics, by Edith Sitwell, 1994, together with 84 further volumes of Folio Society publications, all original cloth in slipcases, G/VG, 8vo. (Qty: 93)

Folio Society . London Characters and Crooks, by Henry Mayhew, 1996, William Russell Special Correspondent of The Times, by Roger Hudson, 1995, Pepys's Diary, 3 volumes, edited by Robert Latham, 1996, together with 89 further volumes of Folio Society publications, all original cloth in slipcases, G/VG, 8vo. (Qty: 94)

Loutherbourg ( P.J . de). The Romantic and Picturesque Scenery of England and Wales, [1805], facsimile reprint, Ironbridge Gorge Museum Trust, 1979, colour plates, original green half rexine gilt in green cloth book box, folio (limited edition, 386/1000 copies), together with Campbell (Bruce) , The Bird Paintings of Henry Jones, Folio Fine Editions, 1976, colour plates, original green half calf gilt in cloth gilt slipcase, oblong folio, (limited edition, 159/500 copies) (Qty: 2)

Moss (Stirling; Porter, Philip). Stirling Moss Scrapbook 1929-1954, Porter Press International 2007, limited edition 338/1000, signed by the authors, hardbound black cloth folio edition with slipcase, together with further copies for 1955 and 1961, both limited editions and signed, plus Porter (Philip). Graham Hill Scrapbook 1929-1966, signed by the author and Graham Hill, all in generally excellent condition (Qty: 4)

Pogany (Willy, illustrator). The Rime of the Ancient Mariner in Seven Parts, by Samuel Taylor Coleridge, George G. Harrap, 1910, 20 tipped-in colour plates, one or two corner tips creased, letterpress illustrations and decorations throughout, occasional light spotting, top edges gilt, remainder untrimmed, decorated endpapers, original gilt-decorated light green cloth, some edge-rubbing and marks, folio, together with Smith (Jessie Willcox, illustrator). The Water-Babies, by Charles Kingsley, New York: Dodd, Mead & Company, 1916, 12 colour plates, letterpress illustrations, one or two short edge-tears, front free endpaper with faint vertical crease, original green cloth, with circular illustration inset to upper cover, extremities a trifle rubbed, 4to, plus six others with illustrations by Willy Pogany and Jessie Willcox Smith (including Good Housekeeping magazine for October 1925 with front cover illustration by Smith), and five Mickey Mouse books, including Scenic Silly Symphonies, and Movie Stories Book 2, plus seven books illustrated by Tasha Tudor (Qty: 20)

Robinson (William Heath). Absurdities, A Book of Collected Drawings, circa 1920, monochrome illustrations throughout, original pictorial boards, rubbed and some marks and discolouration, rebacked, large 4to, together with Melross (T.), The Nithsdale Argosy, illustrated by W. Heath Robinson, H.M. Bateman, and others, circa 1935, monochrome illustrations, including an etching by Frank H. Mason, inscribed by the author to front endpaper, to W.W. Ridout Esq., original boards, rubbed and some marks and minor wear to extremities, folio, plus Robinson (W. Heath, illustrator). Hans Andersen's Fairy Tales, Hodder & Stoughton, circa 1920, tipped in colour plates, monochrome illustrations, top edge gilt, original red cloth gilt, rubbed, small 4to and other various illustrated books and reference, including Simon Houfe, Dictionary of British Book Illustrators and Caricaturists, 1800-1914, Dawn & Peter Cope, Postcards from the Nursery, the illustrators of children's books and postcards 1900-1950, New Cavendish Books, 2000, E.M. Delafield, Diary of a Provincial Lady, 15th printing, 1931, signed by the author to front endpaper and front blank, original green cloth with paper label to spine, in frayed and slightly chipped dust wrapper, 8vo, illustrated works by Edward Gorey, including The Doubtful Guest, 1957 in dust wrapper, The Recently Deflowered Girl by Hyacinthe Phypps, 1965, illustrated works by Osbert Lancaster, some related printed ephemera, etc. (Qty: approx. 100)

Shakespeare Head Press. The Loves of Clitophon and Leucippe. Translated from the Greek of Achilles Tatius by William Burton, Reprinted for the first time from a copy now unique printed by Thomas Creede in 1597, Oxford Basil Blackwell Publisher to The Shakespeare Head Press of Stratford Upon Avon, 1923, title in red & black, uncut & untrimmed, original cloth-backed boards, printed paper label to upper board and spine, small folio (limited edition 13/503), together with Cresset Press , The Heroycall Epistles of the Learned Poet Publius Ovidius Naso. Translated into English verse by George Turbervile, 1928, 10 black & white plates by Hester Sainsbury, top edge gilt, remainder untrimmed, original two-tone cloth, folio (limited edition 131/375), with Golden Cockerel Press , Jeremy Taylor: A Selection from his works made by Martin Armstrong, 1923, top edge trimmed, remainder untrimmed, original cloth-backed boards, 4to (limited edition of 320 copies), and Broadside Ballads of the Restoration Period from the Jersey Collection known as the Osterley Park Ballads, with an Introduction and Notes by F. Burlington Fawcett, London: John Lane, Bodley Head, 1930, top edge gilt, remainder untrimmed, original two-tone cloth, dust-jacket torn with loss, folio (limited edition 627/750), plus other private press volumes, including Nonesuch Press (Qty: 30)

Trade catalogue. Designs for Furniture and Decorations for Complete House Furnishing by Hampton & Sons, London, circa 1892, numerous colour and monochrome illustrations, one or two light stains, original embossed cloth gilt, covers a little bowed, oblong folio (Qty: 1)

Wagner (Richard). Richard Wagner's Parsifal, Illustrirt von C. Ritter, Bayreuth: Heinrich Heuschmann, [1888], title (spotted and browned) and letterpress leaf, plus nine mounted albumen prints of scenes from Parsifal after paintings by Ritter, photographed by Jos. Albert, images approximately 15 x 20cm, loosely contained as issued in original gilt-decorated cloth portfolio, a little rubbed and soiled, oblong folio, together with a modern facsimile of a similar portfolio-style work of Parsifal by Frans Stassen, plus three volumes from the series '100 Jahre Bayreuther Festspiele' by Gisela Zeh, Heinrich Habel and Dietrich Mack, illustrations from photographs, original cloth in dust jacket, 4to, plus two related (Qty: 7)

Aymonin (Gérard G.) . The Besler Florilegium, plants of the four seasons, 1989, New York, numerous colour and black & white illustrations, original cloth in dust jacket & slipcase, folio, together with, Sitwell (Sacheverell, et al) , Fine Bird Books 1700-1900, limited edition of 2000 copies, 1953, 38 colour and black & white plates, some minor marks, original red half cloth with marbled boards, spine lightly rubbed to head & foot, folio, and other nature print reference & related, including Birds of Europe,...Asia,...Australia,...New Guinea,...South America, 5 volumes, by John Gould, mostly original cloth, some in dust jackets , G/VG, 8vo/folio. (Qty: 3 cartons)

Owen (W.) , Owen's New Book of Roads or a Description of the Roads of Great-Britain being a Companion to Owen's Complete Book of Fairs, 5th edition, 1788, folding engraved map of England and Wales, frayed at margins with closed tears to old folds, last page torn with slight loss, disbound, plus Hunter (Joseph) . Hallamshire. The History and Topography of the Parish of Sheffield in the County of York..., 1st edition, 1819, engraved frontispiece and 8 engraved plates, armorial illustrations to text, list of subscribers, occasional foxing, mostly to tissue guards, original boards with printed paper spine label, slightly rubbed and soiled, loss to spine ends and lacking upper cover, folio, and other topography interest (Qty: A carton)

Pugin (Augustus Welby). Examples of Gothic Architecture, 1st edition, 3 volumes, 1831-38, numerous engraved plates, occasional library stamps, rebound in modern blue cloth, folio, together with Twopeny (William). Etchings of Ancient Capitals &c from Drawings by William Twopeny, 1837, etched plates, presentation copy from the author, inscribed to title 'For the Rev. Dampier Phelps, W.T.', large slim folio, plus The British Gallery of Contemporary Portraits , being a series of engravings of the most eminent persons now living or lately deceased, in Great Britain and Ireland: from drawings accurately made from life..., 2 volumes, printed for T. Cadell, bookseller to the Royal Academy, 1822, numerous soft ground etched plates, some light toning and occasional spotting, top edge gilt, contemporary dark olive green half morocco gilt, rubbed and some wear, large folio, plus other various antiquarian, mostly 18th and 19th century, including Franklin Hudson, Monumental Brasses of Northamptonshire, Richard Burn, The Justice of the Peace, and Parish Officer, 3rd edition, 1756, David Wilkins, Concilia Magnae Britanniae et Hiberniae, a Synodo Verulamiensi A.D. CCCCXLVI ad Londinensem A.D. MDCCXVII, 4 volumes, 1737, Report of the Boundary Commissioners of England and Wales, 2 volumes, 1888 (numerous folding maps), etc., mixed leather and cloth bindings, some wear, mainly folio (Qty: 4 cartons)

Warren (Captain Charles). Plans, Elevations, Sections, &c. shewing the results of the Excavations at Jerusalem, 1867-70: executed for the Committee of the Palestine Exploration Fund, [London], Palestine Exploration Fund, 1884, 50 lithographed plates, including title (complete), loose as issued in original publisher's portfolio, heavily worn, atlas folio, together with Facsimile of an Egyptian Hieratic Papyrus of the Reign of Ramses III, now in the British Museum, printed by order of the Trustees, 1876, colour lithographed plates, endpapers frayed and a little soiled, contemporary cloth-backed boards, worn, oblong atlas folio, plus other similar large folio volumes, including Miscellaneous Inscriptions of Assyria and Babylon, by H.C. Rawlinson, British Museum, 1884, Inscriptions in the Phoenician Character... discovered on the site of Carthage during researches by Nathan Davis... in the years 1856, 1857, and 1858, British Museum, 1863, The Book of the Dead, etc, all ex-library copies with the usual marks, rubbed and some wear, all folio (Qty: 25)Sold with all faults, not subject to return.

Boswell (Henry). Historical Descriptions of New and Elegant Picturesque Views of the Antiquities of England and Wales..., Alex Hogg [1786], engraved allegorical frontispiece, title and preface, 191 engraved plates (majority with two views to each plate) and forty-six (only) uncoloured engraved maps, the majority by Thomas Kitchin and a few maps (of Wales, Scotland and Ireland) by Thomas Conder, later endpapers, early 20th century cloth with old morocco gilt label to spine, slight wear to extremities, folio (Qty: 1)

Cotton (Charles) . The History of the Life of the Duke of Espernon, The Great Favourite of France, 1670, 3 parts in 1, printed by E. Cotes and A. Clark, black & white engraved portrait frontispieces, book plate to front paste down, some minor marginal toning & marks, slight loss to foot of the 1st frontispiece, contemporary gilt decorated full calf, boards rubbed & partially detached, spine rubbed with loss to hinges and head & foot, folio, together with Shakespeare (William) , The Works of Shakespeare:..., by Mr.Theobald, 1762, printed for C. Hitch, book plates to front paste downs, some minor spotting, rebound uniform original gilt decorated full calf, spines slightly rubbed with minor loss, 8vo, and McIntosh (Charles) , The Practical Gardener, and Modern Horticultural, 1828, 8 hand coloured plates plus black & white illustrations, later endpapers, some marginal toning & spotting, rebound retaining contemporary gilt decorated spine & full calf boards, thick 8vo, plus other mostly 18th & 19th century reference & literature, including, A Guide To The Lakes, 2nd edition, by Thomas West, 1780, mostly leather bindings, some cloth, condition is generally good/very good, 8vo/folio. (Qty: 3 shelves)62 volumes.

Camden (William). Britannia: or a Chorographical Description of Great Britain and Ireland, together with the Adjacent islands..., 2 volumes, second edition, revised, digested and published with large additions by Edmund Gibson, printed for Mary Matthews and sold by William Taylor, 1722, portrait frontispiece, titles printed in red & black, fifty-one uncoloured engraved double page maps by Robert Morden (including five folding) and ten plates of coins and antiquities, index bound at rear, later endpapers, contemporary panelled calf with 19th century reback, upper board on volume 2 detached, rear board near detached, worn and frayed, folio (Qty: 2)The maps are clean and bright impressions.

Constable (John). English Landscape Scenery, A Series of Forty Mezzotinto Engravings on Steel by Davis Lucas, From Pictures Painted by John Constable, R.A., 1st edition, Henry G. Bohn 1855, 39 mezzotints (of 40) on thick wove paper, title page piece inscribed in ink Chas. H. Miller, contemporary half red morocco, gilt decorated spine, folio, 43 x 29cm, pages detached and loose, some spotting and damp stains (Qty: 1)

Scott (Walter) . The Border Antiquities of England and Scotland;..., 2 volumes, 1814, approximately 96 black & white engraved plates, some light spotting, all edges gilt, uniform contemporary gilt decorated blue morroco, boards & spines slightly rubbed to head & foot, 4to, together with Rauthemel (Richard) , Antiquitates Bremetonacenses: or, the Roman antiquities of Overborough., 1746, printed for Henry Woodfall, 4 black & white folding plates, period inscriptions to front endpaper & head of the title page, water damage to pp 105 - rear endpapers, split guttering, some spotting, contemporary full calf, boards marked, hinges cracked, spine slightly rubbed, 4to, and Kaempfer (Engelbert) , The History of Japan, together with a description of the Kingdom of Siam 1690-92, 3 volumes, 1907, Glasgow, black & white folding plates & maps, top edges gilt, some minor spotting, volume 1 in original gilt decorated red cloth, volumes 2& 3 in original gilt decorated quarter vellum, boards & spines lightly marked & rubbed to head & foot, 8vo, plus other 19th & 20th century history, reference and modern literature, including Catalogue of The Etched Work of Frank Brangwyn, published by The Fine Art Society, 1912, The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire, 12 volumes, by Edward Gibbon, new edition, 1802, some leather bindings, many original cloth in dust jackets, G/VG, 8vo/folio. (Qty: 6 shelves)

Jekyll (Gertrude) . Home and Garden..., 1st edition, 1900, 53 black & white illustrations, Wood and Garden, eighth impression, 1900, 71 black & white illustrations, Wall and Water Gardens, 2nd edition, 1901, The "Country Life" Library, 134 black & white illustrations, Roses for English Gardens, 1st edition, 1902, The "Country LIfe" Library, 148 black & white illustrations, period inscription to front endpaper, Children and Gardens, 1st edition, 1902, 106 black & white illustrations, period inscription to half-title, some light spotting to all volumes, all in original gilt decorated cloth, covers & spines lightly rubbed & faded, 8vo, together with Loudon (J.C.) , The Suburban Gardener, and Villa Companion:...1838, numerous black & white illustrations, endpapers heavily spotted with minor spotting throughout, contemporary gilt decorated full calf, lacking spine label, boards & spine slightly marked & rubbed, 8vo, and Robinson(W.) , Alpine Flowers for English Gardens, 1870, numerous black & white illustrations, period inscription to front endpaper & head of the title page, some minor toning, lacking rear endpapers, split gutters, original gilt decorated blue cloth, boards & spine slightly rubbed, 8vo, plus other 19th and 20th gardening, botanical & horticultural reference, including Plant Hunter's Paradise, by F. Kingdon Ward, second impression, 1938, some leather bindings, mostly original cloth, some in dust jackets, G/VG, 8vo/folio. (Qty: 6 shelves)

Miscellaneous Literature . A large collection of modern miscellaneous literature, including U.K. topography, natural history & motoring reference, including Britain in Pictures, 27 volumes, Observer books, 14 volumes, & publications by Batsford , A.&C. Black, Foulis , mostly original cloth in dust jackets, G/VG, 8vo/folio. (Qty: 6 shelves)

Martin (Montgomery) . The Indian Empire,..., 3 volumes, circa 1860, colour map to volume 1, black & white engraved plates, some minor toning, uniform gilt decorated red half morocco, boards rubbed & partially detached, spines worn with loss, 8vo, together with Stone (Percy Goddard) , The Architectural Antiquities of The Isle of Wight,...,2 volumes, 1891, 146 black & white plates plus illustrations, some minor spotting, all edges gilt, uniform original gilt decorated half morocco, damp damage to foot of boards, spines lightly rubbed, folio, and other 19th century reference & literature, all leather bindings, some gilt decorated, condition is generally fair/good, 8vo/folio. (Qty: 3 shelves)Approximately 80 volumes.

Constable (John). English Landscape Scenery, Henry G. Bohn, 1855, 40 mezzotint plates by David Lucas after Constable,plate 26 with small repair to verso, some light spotting and water stains, contemporary half calf, repaired by Sangorski & Sutcliffe in 1981 (pencil note at front), a few stains to covers, folio (Qty: 1)

Lessius (Leonard). De Justitia et Jure caeterisque Virtutibus Cardinalibus libri IV, 1st edition, Louvain, Ex officina Joannis Masii, 1605, engraved title (margins very slightly trimmed, and torn with slight loss to top margin, just touching engraved surface), text in double column, some light toning throughout, 18th century gilt-decorated calf, rubbed and some wear, folio, together with Suarez (Francisco) , Operum Omnium, 4 volumes, Venice, Typographia Balleoniana, 1740, 19th-century vellum with brown morocco spine labels, plus Benedict XIV (Pope). De Synodo Dioecesana libri tredecim, Rome, Joannes Generosus Salomoni, 1755, and other 17th, 18th and 19th century theology, including many folios, mainly vellum or calf bound, but including some 19th century works bound in cloth, all ex libris Wonersh Seminary, with occasional stamps, some wear, folio, 4to & 8vo (approximately 100 volumes) (Qty: 5 shelves)Lessius's De Justitia is his most important work, notable for its anaylsis of contemporary commercial practice. According to the Oxford Dictionary of the Christian Church, it is 'one of the earliest treatises to investigate the epics of economics'.

Philo (Judeaus). Opera Exegetica in libros Mosis, De Mundi opificio, historicos, & legales quae partim ab Adriano Turnebo... partim a Davide Hoeschelio... edita & illustrata sunt, Cologne, Petrus de la Roviere, 1613, woodcut decorative title, double column text in Greek and Latin, contemporary sprinkled calf, rubbed and some wear to joints and corners, folio, together with Lightfoot (John). Opera Omnia: hac nova editione operibus ejusd. posthumis, nunquam hactenus editis, locupletata; quorum syllabus, pagina post Vitam Auctoris ultima, exhibetur. Johannes Leusden Textum Hebraicum recensuit & emendavit, 2 volumes, 2nd edition, Franeker, Leonard Strick, 1699, additional engraved title to first volume, titles printed in red and black, contemporary blind decorated vellum, soiled, folio, plus other antiquarian theology, including a few 17th century, mostly 18th and 19th century works, bound in vellum, calf and cloth, all ex-libris Wonersh Seminary, occasional inkstamps, folio, 4to and 8vo (approximately 100 volumes) (Qty: 5 shelves)Hoffmann II, 67. First complete collected edition in the original Greek of Philo's Opera Exegetica.

Ugolino (Bartholomaeo). De Censuris Ecclesiasticis: idest de excommunicatione, suspensione, interdicto tractatus, Bologna, Giovanni de Rossi, 1594, title with printer's woodcut device, woodcut initials, contemporary limp vellum, worn on spine, folio, together with Venerable Bede. Historiae Ecclesiasticae Gentis Anglorum libri quinque, cura et studio Johannis Smith, Cambridge, 1722, engraved frontispiece by Van der Gucht, folding engraved map, several engraved plates, light waterstain to lower portion of text throughout, contemporary blind-panelled full calf, rubbed and some wear with upper cover detached and rear joint cracked, folio, plus other theology, some 17th century, mostly 18th and 19th century works bound in vellum, calf and cloth, all ex-libris Wonersh Seminary, with occasional inkstamps, etc., folio, 4to and 8vo (approximately 100 volumes) (Qty: 5 shelves)

St. Teresa of Avila. Opera S. Matris Teresae de Jesu Carmelitarum Discalceatorum et Discalceatarum Fundatricis in duas partes distincta, Studio et opera Mathiae Martinez Middelburgii ex Hispanico sermone in latinum conversa, Cologne, Joannem Kinckium, 1626, half-title, engraved title, with early ink inscription along fore-edge 'Ex dona de Conventus Coloniensis FF. Carmelitarum Discalceatorum Liber Cartusiensium in Ruramunda', [Roermond in the south east Netherlands], some browning and occasional discolouration, later vellum, rubbed and minor wear, with upper joint cracked, small 4to, together with Puente ( Luis de la). De Christiani hominis perfectione: in quolibat eius vitae genere, translated by Melchiore Trevinnio, 4 volumes, Cologne, Johann Kinckius, 1615-29, engraved pictorial title to first volume, some scattered spotting, contemporary uniform sprinkled calf, gilt decorated spines, rubbed and some wear, small 4to, plus Petra (Vincentius). Commentaria ad Constitutiones Apostolicas, seu Bullas Singulas Summorum Pontificum, 4 volumes, Rome, Josephi Nicolai de Martiis, 1725-26, engraved vignette to each title, text in double column, contemporary vellum, some wear and marks to covers, folio, and other theology, some 17th century, mostly 18th and 19th century, bound in vellum, calf and cloth, all ex-libris Wonersh Seminary, with occasional inkstamps, etc, folio, 4to, and 8vo (approximately 100 volumes) (Qty: 5 shelves)

Seacome (John). Memoirs, containing a geneaological and historical account of the antient and honorable House of Stanley, from the Conquest, to the Death of James, Late Earl of Derby, in the year 1735; as also a full description of the Isle of Man, Manchester, Joseph Harrop, 1767, 31 woodcut illustrations of coats-of-arms to text, with old hand colouring, some spotting and toning, early ink ownership inscriptions of Thomas Cowley and Thomas Richardson of Widness House to front endpaper, contemporary reversed calf, rubbed and some wear with joints cracked (upper cover detached), 4to, together with Edgeworth (R.L.). Essays on Professional Education, 1st edition, printed for J. Johnson, 1809, rough-trimmed, 20th century half calf, 4to, plus Grose (Francis). The Antiquities of Ireland, 2 volumes, printed for S. Hooper, 1791 & 1795, numerous copper engraved plates, some scattered spotting, contemporary diced calf gilt, heavily rubbed and some wear, crudely rebacked, large 4to, and Thoroton (Robert). Thoroton's History of Nottinghamshire: republished, with large additions, by John Throsby, and embellished with picturesque and select views of seats of the nobility and gentry, towns, village churches, and ruins, 3 volumes, published by J. Throsby, 1790-97, copper engraved plates, occasional light spotting, contemporary uniform calf, worn with covers detached, 4to, plus other antiquarian and later works, various, mainly English topography, plate books, etc., many large format, including Lipscombe's History of the County of Buckingham, 4 volumes, 1847, Browne's History of St. Peter's Church York, 2 volumes, 1847, Macquoid & Edwards, The Dictionary of English Furniture, 3 volumes, Country Life, Macquoid History of English Furniture, 4 volumes, Medici Society, Finden's Ports, Harbours of Great Britain, Nash's Mansions of England, 4 Divisions, etc., mostly bound in leather or cloth or boards, some wear, folio, 4to and 8vo (approximately 100 volumes) (Qty: 5 shelves)

Puente (Luis de la). Expositio moralis et mystica in Canticum Canticorum: exhortationes continens de omnibus Christianae religionis mysteriis atque virtutibus, 2 volumes, Paris, Dionysius de la Noue, 1622, half-title and engraved title to first volume, printed title in red and black to second volume, text in double column, occasional light browning, contemporary blind-decorated full calf, gilt spines, rubbed and some wear, folio, together with other antiquarian theology, mostly 17th and 18th century, bound in vellum, and calf, all ex-libris Wonersh Seminary, with occasional inkstamps, etc., folio, and 4to (approximately 70 volumes) (Qty: 4 shelves)

Baronius (Caesar) . The Life or The Ecclesiasticall Histoire of S.Thomas Archbishope of Canterbury, Colloniae, 1639, some light toning, bookplate to front paste down, later endpapers, later gilt decorated full calf, spine slightly rubbed to head & foot, 8vo, and Bolingbroke (Henry St. John) , A Letter to Sir William Windham...., 1753, printed for the editor, black & white engraved portrait frontispiece, period inscription to front endpaper, some minor toning, contemporary gilt decorated tree calf, spine lightly rubbed, 8vo, and Voltaire , La Pucelle D'Oreleans. Poëme,..., 1764, 20 black & white engraved plates, ex libris stamp to front endpaper, some light toning & offsetting, contemporary gilt decorated mottled calf, spine lightly rubbed, hinges cracked, 8vo, plus other 18th & 19th century literature & reference, including La Divina Commedia Di Dante Alighieri..., 4 volumes, 1815, Rome, all leather bindings, some foreign language, some odd volumes, condition is generally good/very good, 8vo/folio. (Qty: 3 shelves)Approximately 100 volumes.

Morse (Douglass H.) . American Warblers, an ecological and behavioural perspective, 1st edition, 1989, Harvard University Press, U.S.A., black & white illustrations, original cloth in dust jacket, spine lightly faded, 8vo, together with Wauer (Roland H.) , Naturalist's Mexico, 1st edition, 1992, Texas A&M University Press, U.S.A., numerous black & white illustrations, original cloth in dust jacket, 8vo, and Saunders (Audrey) , Algonquin Story, reprint edition, 1963, Canada, 4 black & white maps plus illustrations, original cloth in dust jacket and slipcase, 8vo, plus other North & South American ornithology & natural history reference, mostly original cloth in dust jackets, some paperbacks, G/VG, 8vo/folio. (Qty: 6 shelves)

Gilpin (William). Six Landscapes, R. Blamire, 1794, six hand-coloured engraved plates by Samuel Alken after William Gilpin, last plate repaired to verso, occasional marginal spotting and closed tears, original printed wrappers, rear wrapper repaired, some fraying and stains, oblong folio, together with Harbours of England... with Illustrative Text by J. Ruskin, Day & Son, circa 1856, 12 engraved plates by Thomas Lupton after J.M.W. Turner, some light spotting, all edges gilt, original red cloth gilt, wear at spine ends, a little rubbed with stains, 4to (Qty: 2)

Williams (Edward Preston) . Some of the Old Halls and Manor Houses in the County of Norfolk, 1890, 50 black & white plates, book plate to front paste down, some light spotting, original gilt decorated half morocco, boards lightly rubbed, folio, together with Lysons (Daniel & Samuel) , Magna Britannia; being a concise topographical account of the several counties of Great Britain., volume 1, 1806, printed for T.Cadell, numerous black & white engraved plates, bookplate to front paste down, some offsetting, contemporary gilt decorated maroon half morocco, boards & spine rubbed, large 8vo, and Oliphant (Margaret) , The Makers of Venice, doges, conquerors, painters and men of letters, 1898, 48 black & white illustrations, some light spotting, contemporary gilt decorated green half morocco bound by Truslove & Hanson, spine lightly rubbed to head, 8vo, plus other mostly 19th century literature, including A Series of Views of Seats of the Noble Gentlemen of Great Britain and Ireland, 4 volumes, by F.O.Morris, circa 1890, mostly leather bindings, condition is good/very good, 8vo/4to. (Qty: 6 shelves)Approximately 150 volumes.

Herdman (William Gawin). Pictorial Relics of Ancient Liverpool. Accompanied with descriptions of the antique buildings etc., subscriber's copy, published by the author, 1857, additional lithographic decorative title, dedication and index, forty-eight tinted lithographic plates (including three folding panoramic views), complete as list, some spotting throughout, contemporary half calf gilt, upper board detached, spine partially lacking, folio (Qty: 1)

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 1870, title page near detached, table of reference to the hunts, 42 lithographic double page maps with contemporary outline colouring, some marginal dust soiling and spotting, bookplate of J. R. Inigo Jones, contemporary half morocco with gilt title to upper board, heavily worn and frayed, folio (Qty: 1)

Stone (Francis, 1775-1835). [Picturesque Views of all the Bridges belonging to the County of Norfolk: in a series of eighty-four prints in lithography, Engelmann Graf, Coindet & Co., views of bridges in Norfolk, by David Hodgson (1798-1864) after drawings by Francis Stone, architect, without title or letterpress, tissue-guard to many plates, stitch marks visible, 19th half calf, worn with backstrip deficient, oblong folio, together with Marcenay d e Ghuy (Antoine de). Oeuvre de Mr. De Marcenay De Ghuy, Ecuyer, Peintre, et Graveur: Cet oeuvre, consiste en differens morceaux d'histoires, portraits, paisages, batailles, &c., d'apres le Poussin, Vandick, Rembrandt, Le Brun, & autres maitres, Paris, L'auter, circa 1780, etched title, dedication leaf and single-page list of plates, and 53 etchings on 39 leaves, including 2 double-page (the plates dated 1754 to 1778), some light scattered spotting, contemporary quarter black morocco, soiled and a little wear, folio (Qty: 2)

Hodgson (John). A History of Northumberland, two parts in five volumes (of six), Newcastle: for the Author, 1820-1840, lacking Part II volume I, engraved portrait frontispiece, approximately 58 engraved plates (one in part 3 volume 1 with closed tear to fore-margin), numerous engraved vignettes and decorated initials to text, variable spotting, part 3 volume 2 page 321 with 6.5cm closed tear, recent uniform half calf gilt, 4to, together with Raine (James) , The History and Antiquities of North Durham , as Subdivided into the Shires of Norham, Island, and Bedlington, which, from the Saxon period until the year 1844, constituted parcels of the County Palatine of Durham , but are now united to the County of North umberland, 1st edition, 1852, portrait frontispiece (spotted, mainly to margins), single page map, ten engraved plates (some spotted), and two pedigrees (one folding), all correct as list, all plate leaves with worm damage to blank margins near foot of gutter (some repaired), and each with dampstaining to fore-margins and head (slightly affecting some plates), text with scarce marginal dampstaining, recent speckled half calf, blind-tooled spine with gilt-lettered label, tall folio (Qty: 6)First item: parts II and III, each in 3 volumes, form the original work by Hodgson. Part I (missing here, as often) was subsequently written by J.H. Hinde to complete the work, being published in 1858.

Moses (Henry). Visit of William the Fourth when Duke of Clarence, as Lord High Admiral, to Portsmouth, in the year 1827, with views of the Russian Squadron, [1831], engraved title with vignette, engraved dedication to Queen Adelaide, 17 engraved plates, a few marginal water stains, some light spotting and soiling, contemporary boards with original label laid down to upper cover, rubbed and soiled, green morocco reback, folio (Qty: 1)

Nash (John). The Mansions of England in the Olden Time, 4 volumes, 1839, 1840, 1841, 1842, each series containing 25 tinted lithographs, some pencil annotations and spotting, pages detached, half calf folio, 53.5 x 36cm (Qty: 4)

Nash (Treadway Russell). Collections for the History of Worcestershire, 2 volumes, 1st edition, 1781-1782, engraved vignette title to each volume (volume 1 title lined to verso), folding engraved county map (fold strengthened to verso), numerous engraved plates and plans, 13 leaves of Domesday Book printed in red & black, engraved illustrations to text, and 19 folding pedigrees (one with closed tears and lined to verso), some offsetting to text from plates, occasional spotting, armorial bookplate of Howard Douglas Leonard Calton to upper pastedowns, contemporary calf, gilt decorated spines and borders to boards, joints split and some detached, lower portion of volume 2 spine torn away and loosely inserted in volume, worn, folio (Qty: 2)Upcott p.1330.

Bligh (William). The Log of H.M.S. Bounty 1787-1789, Genesis Publications, 1975, limited edition 378/500, folding facsimile chart, text and illustrations, original half calf, slightly rubbed, thick folio, original publishers cloth slip case, some marks (Qty: 1)

Ogilby (John). Britannia: or the Kingdom of England and Dominion of Wales actually Survey'd with a Geographical and Historical Description of the Principal Roads explain'd by One Hundred Maps, printed for Abel Swall and Robert Morden, 1698, title page creased, explanation and index, 100 (complete) uncoloured engraved strip road maps, occasional marginal fraying, sheet 2 with repaired marginal closed tear, some water staining, contemporary panelled calf, boards detached, worn and frayed, folio (Qty: 1)Chubb CIIa.

Ormerod (George). The History of the County Palatine and City of Chester, Compiled from Original Evidences in Public Offices, Harleian and Cottonian MSS., Parochial Registers, Private Muniments, Unpublished MS. Collections of Successive Cheshire Antiquaries, and a Personal Survey of Every Township in the Country, George Routledge and Sons 1882, 3 volumes, 2nd edition, revised and enlarged by Thomas Hardy, 1882, numerous engraved plates, armorials to the text, some spotting and library stamps, modern half cloth, folio (Qty: 3)

Philipott (Thomas). Villare Cantianum: or, Kent, Surveyed and Illustrated. Being an exact description of all the Parishes, Burroughs, Villages, and other respective mannors including in the county of Kent..., printed by William Godbid, 1659, title trimmed to borderline and relaid, folding engraved map of Kent by Kipp, pages 43-46 supplied in 19th century manuscript copy, final leaf of text with near-contemporary manuscript acount of marital difficulties in ink (but the text not complete), 19th century manuscript index at end, early 20th century bookplate of H. Martyn Mowll to front pastedown, 19th century black half calf gilt, rubbed and a little scuffed, minor fraying to head of spine, folio, together with a 1664 edition of the same work, without the folding map, engraved armorial bookplate of Francis Fulford of Fulford in the County of Devon, Esq., dated 1699, contemporary mottled calf, rubbed and heavily marked to covers, spine gilt decorated, folio, plus Kilburne (Richard). A topographie, or Survey of the County of Kent, 1st edition, printed by Thomas Mabb for Henry Atkinson, 1659, lacking engraved portrait, title with some marks and staining, (relined), some minor marks elsewhere, modern antique-style sprinkled full calf gilt, small 4to and other British topographical interest, including Robert Plot, The Natural History of Oxford-shire, being an essay toward the Natural History of England, Oxford, 1677, folding map not present, several engraved plates, contemporary mottled calf, modern reback, a little rubbed and marked, folio, Samuel Henshall, Specimens and Parts; containing a history of the County of Kent, and a dissertation on the Laws, from the Reign of Edward the Confessour, to Edward I; of a topographical, commercial, civil and nautical history of South Britain, with its gradual and comparative progress, in trade, arts, polity, population and shipping, printed for the author 1798, folding map frontispiece (waterstained), all edges gilt, 19th century maroon half morocco gilt, rubbed, 4to, Charles Mackay, The Thames and Its Tributaries; or Rambles Among the Rivers, 2 volumes, 1840 (attractive contemporary gilt decorated binding), The Beauties of England and Wales, volumes VII & VIII (Kent only), by Edward Wedlake Brayley, 1807-08, and others similar, all leather bound, 4to, 8vo (Qty: 13)

Plot (Roberts). The Natural History of Stafford-shire..., printed at the Theatre, Oxford, 1686, decorative title, dedication and preface, thirty-eight engraved plates (including twenty-six double page), lacking folding map, index bound at rear, occasional staining, hinges strengthened, bookplate of Wadham Wyndham Esq., contemporary panelled calf, 19th century re-back, worn and frayed, folio, together with Philipott (Thomas). Villare Cantianum; or, Kent surveyed and Illustrated..., 2nd edition, 1776, two engraved plates (including one folding), lacking folding map, index bound at rear, later endpapers, 19th century half calf gilt, worn at extremities, folio (Qty: 2)Sold as a collection of plates, not subject to return.

Thorpe (John). Custumale Rossence from the Original Manuscript in the Archives of the Dean and Chapter of Rochester to which are added, Memorials of that Cathedral Church; and some Account of the Remains of Churches, Chapels ..., John Nichols 1788, engraved portrait of the author, 55 fine engraved plates, some spotting, later half calf on marble boards, folio (Qty: 1)

Baedeker (Friedrich Wilhelm Justus). Die Eier der Europäischen Vögel nach der Natur gemalt, 1st edition, Leipzig & Iserloun: J. Baedeker, 1855-63, dedication leaf, additional lithographic title-page in French, letterpress general title-page and 4 part-titles in German, 80 chromolithographic plates, tissue-guards, variable spotting and browning, modern maroon crushed half morocco, gilt spine, large folio (40.8 x 29.4 cm) (Qty: 1)Anker 21; Nissen IVB 54; Wood p. 215 (one part only); Zimmer p. 29. 'The text is not confined to a description of the eggs but also gives information as to the distribution of the birds and describes, as far as possible, the history of reproduction by means of an account of the nests and the relation of the parent birds to eggs and young. In addition to the eggs of European birds the work mentions several fairly rare eggs of birds from regions outside Europe' (Anker).

Howard (H. Eliot). The British Warblers. A History, with Problems of their Lives, 9 original parts, 1st edition, R. H. Porter, 1907-[15], including the remaining bifolium (comprising title-page and contents list) of the supplementary part 9* , the 2 cancel text-leaves and 2 plates it contained bound in as instructed, 86 chromolithographic or photogravure plates after Grönvold, 12 colour maps, free endpapers browned, one plate in volume 1 spotted, a few chromolithographic plates offset, original grey cloth-backed printed boards, covers slightly toned or marked, a few light scuffs, part 9 slightly shaken, housed in 2 custom red morocco-backed solander boxes (spines sunned), folio (29 x 20 cm) (Qty: 2)Anker p. 231; Mullens & Swann pp. 298-9; Nissen IVB 454; Wood p. 392; Zimmer pp. 308-9. 'An elaborate and costly [work], of which only a limited number of copies have been printed' (Mullens & Swann). 'The coloured plates ... are excellent, and the same applies to the photogravures' (Anker).

Keulemans (John Gerrard). A Natural History of Cage Birds, 1st edition, John Van Voorst, [1871], 4 parts (all published) in 1 volume, title-page, 113 pp., 24 hand-coloured lithographic plates, spotting and browning, top edge gilt, bookplate of C. J. Coldewey, contemporary tan half morocco, folio (27.9 x 18.8 cm) (Qty: 1)Mullens & Swann p. 327 ('exceptionally fine plates'); Nissen IVB 492; Sitwell (1990) p. 111. Only four parts of a projected twenty were issued. Mullens and Swann believed the fourth part to be rare, and no title-page to have been issued.

Mathews (Gregory M.) The Birds of Norfolk and Lord Howe Islands and the Australasian South Polar Quadrant, with Additions to "The Birds of Australia", 1st edition, H. F. & G. Witherby, 1928, half-title, errata slip, 38 hand-coloured lithographic plates after Grönvold and others, 7 halftone plates, original front wrapper bound in, edges untrimmed, original cloth, folio (35.5 x 25 cm) (Qty: 1)Anker 328 refers; Nissen IVB 606. Number 8 of 225 copies only. A supplement was published in 1936.

Meyer (Henry Leonard). Coloured Illustrations of British Birds, and their Eggs, 7 volumes, 1st octavo edition, G. W. Nickisson [volumes 3-7: Simpkin, Marshall, & Co.,], 1842-50, 424 hand-coloured lithographic plates, 8 uncoloured lithographic plates, errata leaf to volume 7, inner hinges superficially split but firm, spotting to endpapers and preliminaries, intermittent generally light spotting to text and plates, occasional tissue-guards, contemporary maroon half morocco, slightly rubbed, 8vo (21.6 x 13 cm) (Qty: 7)Freeman 2563; Nissen IVB 628 (erroneously counting 432 coloured plates); Sitwell p. 123; Wood p. 462; Zimmer p. 433 (mixed editions); cf. Mullens & Swann pp. 403-4. Meyer's celebrated work was first published between 1835 and 1841 as Illustrations of British Birds , in folio format.

Missal.- Missale as sacrosancte Romane ecclesie usum / adiectis aliquot missarij offici[i]s...printed in black letter in red and black throughout, woodcut title, vignettes, borders, historiated initials and in-text plates, many hand coloured, ranging from skilful contemporary and later ink ownership inscriptions to prelims and top of title, sporadic marginalia throughout, collation: [8], [Pt 1] cxxxij, [Pt 2] xlviij, [Pt 3] lxxxvj, [1], lacks [Pt 2.] Fo.cxvii-cxx and Fo.cxxii-cxxx where binding is split with Fos. cxxi and cxxxi detached, worming affecting most of [Pt 3], increasing in intensity towards rear, contemporary calf over boards ornately tooled in blind, heavily worn and wormed, metal escutcheon's and corner pieces, one corner piece missing from top board lacking ties, spine split and lacking leather, boards wormed, folio, Paris, Yolande Bonhomme, 1551.

Psalms Psalters, Latin Versions.- Psalterium Romanum dispositum per hebdomadam, printed in red and black throughout, large woodcut vignette to title page, title soiled, partially detached but holding firm and laid down on later paper to repair damage to one corner, paper flaw to final page, later half calf over boards, rubbed, large folio Venice, Apud Balleonina, 1756.