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La Fontaine (Jean de). Fables Choisies, mises en vers, 4 volumes, Desaint & Saillant and Durand, Paris, 1755-59, half titles, engraved portrait frontispiece of Jean-Baptiste Oudry, engraved portrait of La Fontaine with his creations, 275 engraved plates after Oudry (complete), plate CLXXII 'Le Singe et le Leopard' in 2nd (lettered) state, occasional light offsetting, toning and small damp stains (plates generally clean), one or two small burnholes, armorial bookplates of Edward Arnold and Thomas Westwood, all edges gilt, near contemporary cat's paw calf gilt, small discreet repairs to spines, joints and edges a little rubbed, 41.5 x 28 cm (16.25 x 11 ins), folio First edition of the Fables illustrated by Jean-Baptiste Oudry (1686-1755), the drawings produced from 1729-34, and later engraved for this edition. Ray French 5: 'This is one of the most ambitious and successful of all illustrated books'. Cohen de Ricci 548-550. (4)

Lizars (John). A System of Anatomical Plates of the Human Body... , Edinburgh, circa 1835, engraved vignette title, preliminary leaves and 101 engraved plates including a few hand-coloured, some spotting throughout, old marginal dampstaining, contemporary half morocco, heavily rubbed, folio An undated re-issue of the first edition, issued without the two double-page plates and letterpress text. (1)

Serlio (Sebastiano). Architettura... in sei libri divisia, ne' quali vengono dottamente, & con ogni chiarezza spiegate tutte le oscurita, & secreti dell'arte, Combi & La Nou, Venice, 1663, title within woodcut border, woodcut portrait to verso, woodcut and etched diagrams and illustrations, replacement woodcut illustrations on slips inserted at pages 245 & 333, parallel text in Italian and Latin, erratic pagination and signatures, N4 with tear and loss at foot just affecting image, one or two other closed marginal tears, a little light spotting and soiling, bookplates of the Sunderland Library, Blenheim Palace and G.A. Storey, later sprinkled calf gilt, neatly rebacked and repaired, folio (1)

Redout‚ (Pierre-Joseph). Les Roses..., d‚crites et class‚es selon leur ordre naturel, par C.A. Thory, 3 volumes, 3rd octavo edition, Paris: P. Dufart & St. Petersburg: J.F. Hauer, 1835, half-titles present, 2 lithograph portraits and 184 fine stipple-engraved plates printed in colours and finished by hand, occasional spotting (particularly to preliminary leaves of each volume), top edge gilt, early 20th century rose pink half morocco by Hatchards, gilt & onlay rose motif to spine compartments, joints of first volume slightly cracked and extremities slightly rubbed, 8vo Nissen BBI 1599. The last and most comprehensive edition of one of the greatest of all flower books, published under the direction of L.J. Pirolle, the collector of roses and tulips who had supplied Redoute with many of the specimens. It includes the famous frontispiece of a floral wreath, 23 new plates, portraits of Redoute and Thory, and a biographical note on Thory, none of which had appeared in either of the previous octavo editions, nor the first folio edition of 1790. Provenance: Henry W. Poor and Helen Janssen Wetzel (1895-1980), with gilt embossed leather book labels to upper pastedowns. Henry William Poor (1844-1915) was a prominent American banker, stockbroker, and author. He was a keen book collector and patron of the arts. In 1908 he had to liquidate his business following some major losses and his collection was dispersed by the New York based Anderson auction company in a series of sales from December 1908 - April 1909 and comprised some 5,427 items in total. Helen Janssen Wetzel (1895-1980) of Wyomissing, Pennsylvania was the daughter of textile industrialist Henry K. Janssen (1866-1948). She graduated at Smith College with a degree in botany, and was an authority on numerous species of flowers and plants. (3)

Pinter (Harold, 1930-2008). Monologue, photocopied typescript, [1973], six sheets stapled at upper corner, author's signed presentation inscription in blue ballpoint pen to upper margin of first page, 'To Alan & Victoria from Harold', a little creasing and dust-soiling, slim folio (1)

Balfour (Ronald, illustrator). Rubaiyat of Omar Khayyam, Constable, 1920, six tipped-in colour plates, 32 tipped-in black & white plates (many heightened with colour, some with gold), letterpress illustrations, endpapers toned and spotted, front pastedown with pictorial bookplate of Drusilla & Colin White, top edge gilt, remainder untrimmed, original green cloth, lightly dust-soiled, spine (toned) and upper cover gilt lettered, rear cover upper outer corner slightly bumped and marked, folio Limited edition, 25/100 copies, signed by Ronald Balfour. (1)

Bremer Press. Ilias/Odyssee, 2 volumes, edited by Eduard Schwartz, Bremer Press, Munich, 1923, titles designed by Anna Simons, printed in Greek type on Zanders handmade paper, original pale blue boards, paper label to spines (spines dulled), slipcases (a couple of folds splitting, abrasions), folio Limited edition of 615 copies, numbered 71 & 407 respectively. Provenance: Robert Elwell, his bookplates. These copies were displayed in the Pierpoint Morgan Library exhibition, The Art of the Printed Book, 1973. (2)

Brunhoff (Jean de). Histoire de Babar le petit ‚l‚phant, [Paris]: Hachette, 1939, colour illustrations throughout, inscription to title, some slight toning and occasional marks, pictorial endpapers, original cloth-backed pictorial boards in bright condition, slim folio, together with Le Voyage de Babar, Paris, 1932, colour illustrations, few marks, pictorial endpapers, original cloth-backed pictorial boards, covers rubbed and marked, slim folio, plus other Babar titles including Les Vacances de Z‚phir, [Paris]: Hachette, 1936; Babar's Friend Zephir, 1st English edition, Methuen, 1937; Babar's Travels, 2nd English edition, Methuen, 1936; Babar the King, 2nd English edition, Methuen, 1937; Babar at Home, 2nd English edition, Methuen, 1939; The Story of Babar the Little Elephant, 3rd English edition, Methuen, 1937, plus six other Babar early editions, some with wear and juvenile marks and colouring etc. (14)

Folio Society. Into the Dark Continent, the Travels of Henry Morton Stanley, by Frank McLynn, 2002, The Raj, an eye-witness history of the British in India, by Roger Hudson, 1999, London Characters and Crooks, by Henry Mayhew, 1996, The Fatal Shore, a history of the transportation of convicts to Australia 1787-1868, by Robert Hughes, 1998, Melmoth the Wanderer, by Charles Maturin, 1993, together with 101 further volumes of non-fiction Folio Society publications, all original cloth in slipcases, G/VG, 8vo (106)

Folio Society. Gormenghast, Titus Groan, Titus Alone, 3 volumes, by Mervin Peake, 1992, The Icelandic Sagas, 2 volumes, by Magnus Magnusson, 1999, Sagittarius Rising, by Cecil Lewis, 1998, The Works of Anthony Trollope, 31 volumes, circa 1990s, together with 49 further volumes of fiction Folio Society publications, all original cloth in slipcases, G/VG, 8vo (86)

Golden Cockerel Press. Fourteen wood-engravings by Robert Gibbings, from Drawings made on Orient Line Cruises, Golden Cockerel Press, [1932], 14 full-page wood-engravings to rectos only (versos blank), plus head and tail-pieces, publisher's compliments slip loosely inserted, uncut, original stitched yellow wrappers, a little soiled and marked, slim folio, together with Stanbrook Abbey Press. Something About Myself, by Siegfried Sassoon, Aged Eleven, Stanbrook Abbey Press, Worcester, 1966, printed in blue, brown and black with vignettes, original cream card wrappers, slim 4to, plus Davies (J. Michael), The Private Press at Gregynog, Illustrations by Rigby Graham, Leicester College of Art, 1959, original stiff wrappers, 8vo, plus other private press and related ephemera, mostly Golden Cockerel Press lists and prospectuses, 1930s/1950s (approx. 40)

Gregynog Press. The Story of Heledd, by Glyn Jones & T.J. Morgan, edited by Jenny Rowland, with a Modernized Welsh Version of the Original Text, Engravings by Harry Brockway, 1994, tinted plates and illustrations, endpapers with some minor marks to head of gutter, black quarter morocco, decorative boards, spine with gilt-lettered title, slipcase (a little dampstained and rubbed), slim folio Limited edition, 358/400 total copies (one of 30 copies, numbered 331-360, originally supplied as folded sheets for binding). (1)

Hind (Lewis, illustrator). Twelve Parables of Our Lord, illustrated and illuminated, Macmillan & Co., 1870, 12 chromolithograph illustrations to the parables after H.R. McEniry, illuminated texts and title-page designed by Lewis Hind, colour printed by Cooper, Clay & Co., all edges gilt, bookplate of R.H.L.-C. de Beaumont to front pastedown, original elaborately gilt decorated brown cloth, very slightly rubbed to extremities (generally in bright condition), 4to, together with Pelekanidis (S.M., and others), The Treasures of Mount Athos, illuminated manuscripts, 2 volumes, Athens, 1974-75, numerous colour illustrations, original decorated mock leather, in matching dust wrappers and slipcases, folio, plus McLean (Ruari), Victorian Book Design and Colour Printing, 2nd edition, 1972, Victorian Publishers' Book-Bindings, in Cloth and Leather, 1974 & Victorian Publishers' Book-Bindings in Paper, 1983, colour and monochrome illustrations to each, original cloth in dust wrappers (except the second title, which also has a perforated library stamp to title), 4to, and others on illuminated manuscripts, bookbindings, and similar, including John Lowden, The Octateuchs, A Study in Byzantine Manuscript Illustration, 1992, Eberhard Konig, The Bedford Hours, the making of a medieval masterpiece, British Library, 2007, Duncan Haldane, Islamic Bookbindings in the Victoria and Albert Museum, 1983, etc., original cloth and printed wrappers, various sizes (many 4to), generally VG (approximately 60)

Willmott (Ellen). The Genus Rosa, drawings by Alfred Parsons, 2 volumes in 25 original parts, John Murray, 1910-1914, 132 chromolithograph plates (complete), tissue guards, numerous uncoloured plates and illustrations to text, edges untrimmed, in original printed wrappers (with small Henry Sotheran & Co. paper label to lower left corner of upper covers), some toning to upper wrapper of part 15, all contained together in two original publisher's green portfolios, with ties, folio Nissen 2166. (2)

Rothstein (Natalie). Silk Designs of the Eighteenth Century..., 1st US edition, 1990, numerous colour and black and white illustrations, original cloth in dust jackets, large 8vo, together with Delmarcel (Guy), Flemish Tapestry, New York, 2000, numerous colour and black and white illustrations, original cloth in dust jacket, large 8vo, and Tezcan (Hlye), The Topkapi Saray Museum, Carpets, 1st US edition, Boston, 1987, numerous colour plates, original cloth in dust jacket, large 8vo, plus Cootner (Cathryn M.), Anatolian Kilims, 1990, numerous colour and black and white illustrations, minor spotting to endpapers, original cloth in dust jacket, large 8vo, and other modern textile, tapestry and carpet reference and related, mostly original cloth in dust jackets, G/VG, 8vo/folio, Plaish Hall bookplates to front pastedowns (3 shelves)

Amuch stegui (Axel). Some Birds and Mammals of South America, signed limited edition, Tryon Gallery, 1966, colour plates, original blue quarter morocco, slipcase, large folio (52.8 x 34.2 cm), number 139 of 305 copies signed by the artist, together with: ibid., Some Birds and Mammals of North America, signed limited edition, Tryon Gallery, 1971, colour plates, original blue quarter morocco, slipcase, large folio, number 238 of 505 copies signed by the artist, ibid., Some Birds and Mammals of Africa, signed limited edition, Tryon Gallery, 1979, colour plates, original blue quarter morocco, slipcase, large folio, number 13 of 505 copies signed by the artist, Ching (Raymond), Studies and Sketches of a Bird Painter, signed limited edition, Melbourne: Lansdowne Editions, 1981, original blue leatherette, solander box with pictorial onlay, large folio, number 412 of 500 copies signed by the artist, Sitwell (Sacheverell, & others), Fine Bird Books 1700-1900, 1st edition, Collins & Van Nostrand, 1953, endpapers browned, original half cloth, dust jacket (nicked, toned and repaired), large folio, one of 2,000 copies, and 4 similar, folio (9)

Knapp (Andrew & Baldwin, William). The Newgate Calendar..., 5 volumes, printed for J. and J. Cundee, circa 1810-12, black and white plates, some spotting and toning, uniform gilt decorated contemporary tree calf, modern calf spines to volumes 1 & 4, lightly rubbed to head and foot, 8vo, together with Cope (William H.), The History of the Rifle Brigade (the Prince Consort's own) formerly the 95th, 1877, 21 colour plates and maps, some light spotting, original gilt decorated embossed green cloth, spine rubbed, 8vo, and McNab (James, publisher), Glasgow, Past and Present..., 3 volumes, privately printed, 1851, bookplates to front endpapers, minor toning, uniform contemporary half calf board by J. Smith & Son, boards lightly rubbed, 8vo, plus Bless Our Ship, by Eric Bush, 2nd impression, 1958, inscribed by the author to front endpaper, original cloth in dust jacket and other miscellaneous history and illustrated reference, mostly original cloth, some leather bindings, condition is generally good/very good, 8vo/folio (approximately 85 volumes) (3 shelves + a carton)

Berry (William). Encyclopaedia Heraldica, or Complete Dictionary of Heraldry, 3 volumes, Sherwood, Gilbert and Piper, circa 1828, black and white engraved titles, some spotting, modern endpapers, ex-library copies with associated marks and stamps, uniform modern half morocco, large 4to, together with Bradley (A.G.), In the March and Borderland of Wales, 1905, black and white illustrations, folding map to rear, minor tear with sellotape repair, minor toning, later endpapers, later green cloth, spine retaining original gilt decorated boards, lightly rubbed, 8vo, and Smith (Lucy Toulmin, editor), The Itinerary of John Leland in or about the years 1535-1543, 5 volumes, reprint edition, 1964, uniform orignal blue cloth, 8vo, plus other late 19th and 20th century UK topography, heraldry and genealogy reference and related, mostly original cloth, some in dust jackets, some leather bindings, G/VG, 8vo/folio, Plaish Hall bookplate to front pastedowns (6 shelves)

Dubon (David & Dell, Theodore). Furniture in the Frick Collection, 2 volumes, 1992, numerous colour and monochrome illustrations, uniform original cloth in dust jackets, 4to, together with Loomers (Brian), Painted Dial Clocks, reprint edition, Antique Collectors' Club, 1997, numerous colour and black and white illustrations, original cloth in dust jacket, 4to, and Hitchcock (Henry-Russell), Rococo Architecture in Southern Germany, 1968, numerous black and white illustrations, original cloth in dust jackets, large 4to, plus Schneider (Jenny), Glasgem„lde..., 4 volumes, Germany, circa 1980, numerous colour and black and white illustrations, uniform original cloth in dust jackets, 4to, and other furniture, architecture, stained glass and interior decor reference and related, mostly original cloth in dust jackets, G/VG, 8vo/folio, some volumes with Plaish Hall bookplates (6 shelves)

Leymarie (Jean). Corot, 1985, numerous colour and black and white illustrations, original cloth in dust jacket, large 4to, together with Oberhuber (Konrad), Poussin, The Early Years In Rome..., 1988, numerous colour and black and white illustrations, original cloth in dust jacket, large 8vo, and Vad (Poul), Vilhelm Hammershoi and Danish Art at the Turn of the Century, 1992, numerous colour and black and white illustrations, large 8vo, plus Schade (Werner), Cranach, A Family of Master Painters, 1st US edition, USA, 1980, numerous colour and black and white illustrations, original cloth in price clipped dust jacket, large 4to, and other European art reference, mostly original cloth in dust jackets, 8vo/folio (6 shelves)

Gardner (Christopher & Basak). Flora of The Silk Road, 1st edition, 2014, numerous colour illustrations, original cloth in dust jacket, large 4to, together with Lancaster (Roy), Plantsman's Paradise, Travels in China, 2nd edition, 2008, numerous colour illustrations, original cloth in dust jacket, large 4to, and Leith-Ross (Prudence), The Florilegium of Alexander Marshall at Windsor Castle, 1st edition, 2000, numerous colour illustrations, original cloth in dust jacket, large 4to, plus Besler (Basilius), The Garden at Eichst„tt, The Book of Plants, Germany, 2000, numerous colour illustrations and plates, original cloth in dust jacket, spine lightly rubbed to head and foot, folio, and other modern botanical and horticultural reference and related, mostly original cloth, many in dust jackets, G/VG, 8vo/folio (6 shelves)

Architecture. A large collection of modern architecture and related art reference, mostly original cloth in dust jackets, some paperbacks, G/VG, 8vo/folio (6 shelves)

Turnbull (William, illustrator). Basho. The Records of a Weather-Exposed Skeleton, 1st edition, R. Alistair Macalpine, 1969, interleaved with acetate sheets, original card with acetate wrapper and cream cloth chemise and slipcase, spine slightly browned, folio, (one of 200 signed copies), together with Fenton (James), Manila Envelope, 1st edition, Quezon City, 1989, original wrappers, enclosed with two integral items, a poetry broadside on pink paper and 'Manila Manifesto' on manila paper, in original printed manila envelope, short marginal splits, folio, (signed limited edition, 661/1000 copies), plus MacDiarmid (Hugh), On a Raised Beach, a Poem, 1st edition, Preston: Harris Press, 1967, two colour lithographs, original printed black wrappers in acetate jackets, slim 4to, (limited edition 198/200 copies), plus Browning (Robert), Rabbi Ben Ezra, A Dramatic Monologue, Hingham, Massachusetts: Village Press, 1904, woodcut frontispiece, printed in red and black, original paper-backed boards, 8vo, (limited edition, 121/173 copies), plus other miscellaneous 20th-century poetry and related, mostly paperbacks and printed wrappers (3 shelves)

Architecture. A large collection of modern architecture and art reference, including Details of Scottish Domestic Architecture..., by James Gillespie, Heritage Press, Scotland, 1980, limited edition 628/1000, many original cloth in dust jackets, some paperbacks, G/VG, 8vo/folio (6 shelves)

Thomas Aquinas (Saint). Opera, editio altera Veneta, 28 volumes in 23, Venice: Giuseppe Betinelli [and others], 1745-60, engraved portrait frontispiece, contemporary mottled sheep, richly gilt spines, twin morocco labels, gilt device of the Hulme bequest to front boards, 4to, together with: P‚tau (Denis), Opus de theologicis dogmatibus ... nova editione, 5 volumes in 6, Antwerp: G. Gallet, 1700, engraved portrait frontispiece, 19th-century sheep-backed marbled boards, folio, Thomas of Villanova (Saint), Opera omnia, editio prima Veneta, Venice: Pegori, 1740, engraved portrait frontispiece and title device, contemporary vellum, folio, and approximately 20 others, several in multiple volumes, Counter-Reformation and Jesuit texts, 17th-19th century, contemporary calf, wear, some covers detached, folio Provenance: Ex libris St John's Seminary, Wonersh. (4 shelves)

Eusebius of Caesarea & others. Historiae ecclesiasticae scriptores graeci ... graece et latine, ex interpetatione Henrici Valesii, 2 volumes, Amsterdam: Henrik Wetstein, 1695-1700, contemporary vellum, blind floral lozenges to sides, slightly soiled, folio, together with: Cassius Dio, [Greek title] Historiae romanae quae supersunt, 2 volumes, Hamburg: Christian Herold, 1750-2, engraved portrait frontispieces, contemporary blind-stamped vellum, spines slightly defective, folio, Thomas Aquinas (Saint), Summa theologica ... cum commentariis Thomae de Vio cardinalis Cajetani, 5 volumes, Padua: ex typographia seminarii, 1698, contemporary vellum, volume 1 spine chipped, folio, and 15 others, several in multiple volumes, classical, Counter-Reformation and Jesuit texts, contemporary vellum, generally dust-soiled, some minor wear, folio Provenance: Ex libris St John's Seminary, Wonersh. (4 shelves)

Josephus (Flavius). Opera, Quae reperin potuerunt, Omnia, 2 volumes, Oxford, 1720, black and white engraved title to volume 1, bookplates to front pastedowns, some minor toning, all edges gilt, uniform contemporary gilt decorated full calf, boards and spines rubbed with minor loss, hinges cracked, folio, together with Gronovio (Jacobo), Ammiani Morcellini rerum gestarum..., Lugduni Batavorum, 1693, black and white engraved plates, including half-titel and 3 folding plates, bookplates to front pastedown, red pen to head of the front endpapers and title page, some toning, and light spotting, original embossed vellum, boards marked and rubbed, 4to, and Fuller (Thomas), The History of the Worthies of England, printed by J.G.W.L. & W.G., 1662, black and white engraved portrait frontispiece with ex lib stamp to verso, modern endpapers, pages trimmed, some toning and minor spotting, modern half morocco library bindings, spine rubbed, large 8vo, plus other mostly 18th and 19th century classical Greek and Latin reference and history, mostly leather bindings, condition is generally good/very good, 8vo/folio (approximately 85 volumes) (3 shelves)

Baptistae (Jo). De Luca Venusini, S.R.E. Presbyteri Card. Theatrum Veritatis, et justitiae, ..., 15 volumes (in 8) plus Index, Venice, 1759, black & white engraved frontispiece to volume 1, bookplates to front pastedowns, some spotting, uniform contemporary full vellum with manuscript spine titles, slightly rubbed to head and foot, folio, together with Pope Benedict XIV, Sanctissimi Dominic Nostri Benedicti Papae XIV, Bullarium, 4 volumes, Rome, 1746-57, black & white engraved frontispiece to volume 1, some period inscriptions, bookplates to front pastedowns, some minor toning, uniform contemporary full vellum, boards and spines slightly marked and rubbed, folio, and other 18th and 19th-century theology works and reference, including Benedicti XIV, pont, opt, max..., 15 volumes (in 13), 1766-68, all vellum bindings, condition generally good, folio [63 volumes] Provenance: Ex libris St John's Seminary, Wonersh. (4 shelves)

Seneca (Lucius Annaeus). Opera, quae exstant omnia..., Ex Officina Plantiniana, Antwerp, 1615, black and white engraved frontispiece and title page, bookplates to front pastedown, some minor spotting and toning, later endpapers, later gilt decorated full calf, front board detached, boards and spine rubbed with minor loss, folio, together with Nicolaum Dezzana (printer), Praelectionum Theologicarum..., 9 volumes, Venice, 1746, period inscriptions to front endpapers and title pages, some minor spotting, uniform contemporary gilt decorated full calf, boards and spines rubbed with minor loss, 4to, and Labbei (Philip & Cossartii, Gabriel), Sacrosancta Concilia ad regiam editionem..., 17 volumes, 1671-72, bookplates to front endpapers, minor toning and spotting, later end papers, uniform later gilt decorated mottled calf, boards and spines rubbed with some loss, some boards detached, folio, plus other 17th-19th century theology reference, mostly leather bindings, condition generally good, 4to/folio (52 volumes) Provenance: Ex libris St John's Seminary, Wonersh. (4 shelves)

Dennistoun (James). Memoirs of the Dukes of Urbino..., 3 volumes, 1851, 46 black and white illustrations including folding map in volume 1, some spotting and light marks, uniform original gilt decorated blue cloth, boards and spine slightly rubbed, 8vo, together with Jameson (Anna), Sacred and Legendary Art, 2 volumes, 1848, Legends of the Monastic Orders, 2nd edition, 1852, & Legends of the Madonna, 4th edition, 1867, all with black and white illustrations, some spotting and minor toning, all in original gilt decorated cloth, spines faded and rubbed to head and foot, all 8vo, and other mostly 19th century history, literature and reference all in original cloth, some gilt decorated, G/VG, 8vo/folio (6 shelves)

Booth (Edward Thomas). Rough Notes on the Birds Observed during Twenty-Five Years' Shooting and Collecting in the British Islands, 3 volumes, 1st edition, R. H. Porter, 1881-7, 114 hand-coloured lithographic plates after Neale (several heightened in gum arabic), 2 colour maps, original title-pages for parts 1-15 (with publisher's advertisement slips) bound in, errata leaf and 'Temporary introduction' to volume 1, occasional spotting to text, a few plates in volume 1 spotted (Male Kite and both Sparrow plates), light marginal spotting to a few plates in volumes 2 and 3 (slightly stronger in volume 3), 20th-century half calf, red cloth sides, large folio (42 x 32.5 cm) Anker 51 ('beautiful plates'); Freeman 399; Mullens & Swann p. 84; Nissen IVB 121; Sitwell p. 79; Wood p. 249; Zimmer pp. 79-81. 'A series of well-written field notes accompanied by good plates' (Zimmer), focusing on specimens collected in Scotland and the Norfolk Broads. (3)

Forshaw (Joseph M.). Australian Parrots, illustrated by William T. Cooper, signed limited edition, Melbourne: Lansdowne Editions, 1980, colour illustrations, original green leatherette, printed paper onlays to front boards, plain manila-paper dust jackets, both volumes in single red cloth solander box as issued, large folio (50.5 x 34.5 cm), together with 2 others (the 1973 first edition of Forshaw's work, and a 1969 edition of Buller's Birds of New Zealand with tipped-in colour plates, both original cloth or boards, dust jacket, second work with slipcase, folio) Number 483 of 1000 copies signed by the author and illustrator. The work was first published in 1973; this iteration is specified as the 'second (revised) edition, collector's issue' on the copyright page. (3)

Gallagher (Michael, & Martin W. Woodcock). The Birds of Oman, 1st edition, Quartet Books, 1980, 121 tipped-in colour plates, numbered print signed by Martin Woodcock laid in, original green leatherette gilt, large folio (43 x 29.5 cm), number 81 of 500 copies signed by author and artist, together with: Ripley (S. Dillon), Rails of the World, a Monograph of the Family Rallidae, with Forty-one Paintings by J. Fenwick Lansdowne, limited edition, Toronto: M. F. Feheley Publishers Limited, 1977, original red half morocco, original cloth slipcase, folio, number 78 of 400 copies signed by author and artist and with a signed lithograph by Lansdowne laid in, Lewin (John William), A Nautral History of the Birds of New South Wales ... Introduction and Bibliographical Descriptions by Allan McEvey, facsimile edition, Melbourne: Queensberry Hill Press, 1978, original leatherette, 2 proof plates laid in as issued (both creased), original cloth solander box, large folio, number 266 of 500 copies, Bunyard (Edna), Eggs of Rarer Limicolae and Variations, Herbert Massey Collection, limited edition, Leeds: Peregrine Books, 1993, original green half morocco, original slipcase, 4to, number 43 of 50 copies signed by the artist, Hancock (James, & Hugh Elliott), The Herons of the World, with Paintings by Robert Gillmor and Peter Hayman and Drawings by Robert Gillmor, limited edition, London Editions, 1978, original half morocco, original slipcase, folio, number 66 of 150 copies signed by the authors and artists, and 2 similar (7)

Kobayashi (Keisuke, & Takeo Ishizawa). The Eggs of Japanese Birds, 3 volumes, 1st edition, Kobe: Keisuke Kobayashi, 1932-40, 67 colour and 38 photographic plates, map, original wrappers for each part bound in to rear of each volume, 'Direction of a Binding' leaf (named on the rear wrapper of the final part) apparently discarded, photographic plate 35 slightly abraded in margin, all edges untrimmed, later-20th-century green half morocco, folio (36 x 27.5 cm) Anker p. 86; Nissen IVB 516; Rogala 562. Scarce: Copac traces five copies only; a handful of copies traced in auction records. Anker, writing while publication was still ongoing, stated that the work was issued in an unspecified 'limited edition'; some records indicate 300 copies printed. (3)

Krause (Georg). Oologia universalis palaearctica, 3 volumes, 1st edition, Stuttgart: Fritz Lehmann, 1906-[13], 158 chromolithographic plates, all text and plates printed on thick card, occasional spotting, all edges untrimmed, modern green full morocco gilt, folio (29.8 x 22.6 cm) Nissen IVB 527; Wood p. 422 (with 157 plates only); Zimmer pp. 360-1 ('A series of large, beautifully drawn and colored plates'; also with 157 plates only). 'A beauitful series of colored plates ... each plate representing from three to five or more clutches of eggs showing the range in variation. The text is in German and English. The work, interrupted in 1913, has never been resumed' (Wood). (3)

Kuroda (Nagamichi). A Contribution to the Knowledge of the Avifauna of the Riu Kiu Islands and the Vicinity, 1st edition, Tokyo: by the author, 1925, 8 colour plates, folding map, spotting to edges of text-block, bookplate of Peter Tate and pencil inscription '14. VI. 28, from Dr N. Kuroda' to front pastedown, original half cloth, dust jacket with printed paper label (slightly creased, tape-repaired verso along top and bottom edges), folio (38 x 25.5 cm) Anker p. 86; Nissen IVB 529; Wood p. 423 ('An important work ... Fine colored drawings from the paintings of Juzo Kobayashi accompany the text'). Scarce: Copac traces four copies only in UK libraries. Provenance: Bloomsbury Auctions, Natural History and Science, 7 October 2008. (1)

Lee (Oswin A. J.). Among British Birds in their Nesting Haunts, 4 volumes, 1st edition, Edinburgh: David Douglas, [1896]-1899, half-titles, wood-engraved title-pages, 160 photographic plates, tissue-guards, late-20th-century maroon quarter morocco, scuff to morocco on volume 3 front board, folio (38 x 27 cm) Freeman 2199; Mullens & Swann p. 345; Wood p. 429; Zimmer p. 381. 'A series of splendid, full-page photogravures showing the nests and nesting sites of some 122 species of British birds ... The author's ill health prevented the completion of the work' (Zimmer). (4)

Millais (John Guille). British Diving Ducks, 2 volumes, 1st edition, Longmans, Green and Co., 1913, half-titles, 74 colour, photogravure or collotype plates after Archibald Thorburn, Henrik Gr”nvold and others, tissue guards, light spotting to a handful of plates and facing text-leaves, volume 1 initial blank inscribed 'To Archibald Thorburn, from his friend the Author, March 28th 1913', later ownership inscriptions to binder's blanks, publisher's prospectus laid in, all edges gilt, 20th-century orange crushed morocco for Asprey, section of faint discolouration along top edge of volume 2 front board, folio (39 x 28.5 cm) Anker 342; Mullens & Swann p. 406; Nissen IVB 633; Wood p. 464 ('This beautiful book'); Zimmer p. 436 ('a detailed monograph, beautifully illustrated'). Number 6 of 450 copies only, presentation copy from Millais to his principal illustrator Archibald Thorburn. (2)

Morris (Frank T.). Birds of Prey of Australia, signed limited edition, Melbourne: Lansdowne Press, 1973, colour plates, original leatherette, scattered pale mottling to boards, large folio, number 295 of 500 copies signed by the artist, together with 5 similar works by Morris, all signed limited editions, Lansdowne Press, comprising: Finches of Australia (1976, number 151 of 350 copies), Pigeons and Doves of Australia (1976, number 151 of 500 copies), Birds of the Australian Swamp (2 volumes, 1978-81, number 475 of 500 copies), Pencil Drawings 1969-78 (1978, number 438 of 500 copies), Robins & Wrens of Australia (1979, number 186 of 500 copies), all large folio (7)

Naumann (Johann Andreas). Naturgeschichte der V”gel Mitteleuropas, neu bearbeitet ... herausegegeben von Carl R. Hennicke, 12 volumes, Gera: Franz Eugen K”hler, [1895]-1905, 439 chromolithographic plates after Geisler, Keulemans and others, 10 monochrome plates, engraved portrait bookplates of Eduard Lorenz Lorenz-Meyer (1856-1926), top edges gilt, contemporary green crushed half morocco by Larink of Hamburg, gilt spines sunned to tan, large folio (39.7 x 27.3 cm) Anker 356; Nissen IVB 667. Revised and enlarged edition of Naumann's classic work (first published 1795-1817), produced by some forty contributors and with all the plates re-drawn to show the birds in their natural surroundings. (12)

Schlegel (Hermann, & A. H. Verster de Wulverhorst). Trait‚ de fauconnerie, fascimile edition, Pion Limited, 1979, original dark red half morocco, front board very slightly marked, elephant folio (67.5 x 49.5 cm), number 69 of 270 copies, together with: Harrison (John Cyril, 'Jack'), The Birds of Prey of the British Islands, limited edition, Kingston Deverill: Fine Bird Books, 1980, 20 mounted colour plates, presentation inscription from author David Evans to initial blank, original maroon half morocco, slipcase, large folio (50.6 x 39.8 cm), number 15 of 275 copies signed by the artist, Lear (Edward), Illustrations of the Family of Psittacidae, or Parrots, facsimile edition, Pion Limited, 1978, original dark red half morocco, large folio (53.2 x 34.5 cm), number 197 of 500 copies, and Gould (John), The Birds of Australia, and the Adjacent Islands, facsimile edition, [Melbourne: Lansdowne Editions, 1979], original cloth, front board slightly marked, large folio (54 x 36 cm), number 122 of 500 copies signed by the editor (4)

Schodde (Richard). The Fairy-Wrens. A Monograph of the Maluridae, illustrated by Richard Weatherly, limited edition, Melbourne: Lansdowne Press, 1982, tipped-in colour frontispiece, colour plates, original blue leatherette, gilt vignette to front board, folio, number 243 of 500 copies signed by author and artist, together with: Schodde (Richard, & Ian J. Mason), Noctural Birds of Australia, illustrated by Jeremy Boot, signed limited edition, Melbourne: Lansdowne Editions, 1980, signed and numbered print laid in, original leatherette, folio, number 225 of 750 copies signed by the authors and artist, Brown (Leslie), Birds of the African Bush, Paintings by Rena Fennessy, signed limited edition, Tryon Gallery, 1975, colour plates, original green leatherette, gilt vignette to front board, slipcase, folio, out-of-series copy from the limited edition of 275, signed by author and artist, Hale (W. G.), The Meyers' Illustrations of British Birds, signed limited edition, deluxe issue, Maggs Bros & Peregrine Books, 2007, 2 tipped-in original lithographs, other plates, original maroon half leatherette, slipcase, folio, number 6 of 40 deluxe copies signed by the author, ibid., The Meyers' Coloured Illustrations of British Birds and their Eggs and the Finishing of the Folio 1842-1857, signed limited edition, Peregrine Books, 2012, 2 tipped-in original lithographs, original maroon half leatherette, slipcase, number 11 of 30 copies signed by the author, Broinowski (Gracius J.), The Cockatoos and Nestors of Australia and New Zealand, facsimile edition, Melbourne: Lansdowne Editions, 1981, colour plates, original leatherette gilt, folio, number 67 of 500 copies signed by the artist's great-grandson, and Sauer (Gordon C.), John Gould the Bird Man, a Chronology and Bibliography, signed limited edition, Melbourne: Lansdowne Editions, 1982, original half leatherette, number 37 of 250 copies signed by the author, large 8vo (7)

A folio of unframed Antique engravings, including "Temple Du Jerusalem", "Temple de Salomon" and others, with elevations and plans, and French and Dutch ceremonial engravings etc.

A folio of amateur watercolours, mostly by John Best to include 'Horse-Drawn Barge Down the Cut Bank' etc.

A collection of Folio Society and Franklin Library leather and cloth-bound editions to include 'A Tale of Two Cities' by Charles Dickens, 'Anna Karenina' by Leo Tolstoy, 'Barchester Towers' by Anthony Trollope, 'Jane Eyre' by Charlotte Brontë, 'Pride and Prejudice' by Jane Austen etc.

A collection of Folio Society and Franklin Library leather and cloth-bound publications to include 'The Tales of Edgar Allen Poe', 'The Red Book of Animal Stories' by Andrew Lang, 'The Rubaiyat of Omar Khayyam', 'Under Milk Wood' by Dylan Thomas, 'Brave New World' by Aldous Huxley' etc.

A vintage brown leather vanity case by Finnegan of Manchester fitted with ivory-backed brushes and silver-topped jars dated London 1903, also a brown Moroccan leather manicure set, shaving or vanity mirror and correspondence folio.

Box of 40 Athena folio prints

Glogau, Charles - Le Modele Feminin : 101 Etudes en Phototypie - photographic nude studies, faux leather boards, folio, a good example, c1880s.

Ingrid Rosell, folio of lithographs from Richard Wagners Das Rheingold, published by Mourlot Paris 1978, no. 9/100, sheet size 23.5" x 18.5"

Books and Ephemera - Art, 100 Famous Paintings, complete set in 25 parts, each folio illustrated with tipped-in colour plates after Old Masters, pictorial floppy covers, crown folios, early 20th century, (25); art periodicals and catalogues, various; 20th century sketchbook; etc

NO RESERVE δ David Hockney (b.1937)Two plates, from Illustrations for Fourteen Poems from C.P. Cavafy Two etchings, 1966, each stamped 'Edition B' verso, each on wove paper, together with the title and justification pages and some loose text pages, signed and numbered from the edition of 500 in pencil on the justification page, published by Editions Alecto, London, all housed within the purple cloth covered book and black slipcase, each plate 345 x 223mm (13 3/4 x 8 3/4in) (folio)δ This lot is sold subject to Artists Resale Rights, details of which can be found in our Terms and Conditions.

δ Patrick Caulfield (1936-2005)Three plates, from Somes Poems of Jules Laforgue (Cristea 38j, r, r)Three screenprints in colours, 1973, one signed and numbered from the edition of 200 in pencil, each on Neobond synthetic wove, together with the title and justification pages and some loose text pages in French, signed, inscribed 'Edition B', and numbered from the edition of 200 in pencil on the justification page, published by Petersburg Press in association with Waddington Galleries, London, all housed within the original grey leatherette covered box and slipcases, each 405 x 355mm (16 x 14in) (folio) (3)δ This lot is sold subject to Artists Resale Rights, details of which can be found in our Terms and Conditions.

δ Paul Insect (b.1971) Unclear Residences (box set)The complete portfolio, 2010, comprising four screenprints in colours, each signed, dated and numbered from the edition of 80 in pencil, each with the artist's and publisher's blindstamps, each on wove paper, the 'Beat the Devils' artist's book, this copy signed and dated in pencil on the justification, the 'I'm Revolting' artist's book, this copy signed, dated and numbered from the edition of 80 in pencil and with further annotations on the title page in pencil, and nineteen artist's stickers, all housed within the screenprinted handmade box, published by Pictures on Walls, London, overall 450 x 330 x 30mm (17 3/4 x 13 x 1 1/4in) (folio)δ This lot is sold subject to Artists Resale Rights, details of which can be found in our Terms and Conditions.

Various Artists 2012 Olympic Games Limited Edition Box SetThe complete deluxe set of twelve digital prints in colours, 2012, each on wove paper, all housed within the original clamshell box, the box numbered from the edition of 2012, published by Olympics, London, each sheet 400 x 300mm ( 15 3/4 x 11 7/8in) (folio)Artists include: Rachel Whiteread, Chris Ofili, Howard Hodgkin, Anthea Hamilton, Bridget Riley, Martin Creed, Tracey Emin, Michael Craig-Martin, Sarah Morris, Fiona Banner, Bob and Roberta Smith, and Gary Hume.

NO RESERVE δ Various Artists10 Supastore SupaStarsThe portfolio, 1999, comprising eight lithographs, each signed and numbered from the edition of 50 in pencil or white crayon, each on wove paper, lacking the prints by Gary Hume and Tracey Emin, printed by Paupers Press, published by Supastore Productions, London, all housed within the original burlap slipcase, overall 430 x 600mm (17 x 23 1/2in) (folio) (8) Artists Include: Simon Bill, Ellen Cantor, Anya Gallaccio, Georgie Hopton, Simon Periton, Sarah Staton, and Tim Noble & Sue Webster. δ This lot is sold subject to Artists Resale Rights, details of which can be found in our Terms and Conditions.

Jan van der Straet (known as Stradanus), [Venationes, Ferarum, Auium, Piscium ...], 23 engraved plates [from a set of 43], oblong folio, [Antwerp], P Galle, 1578, sheets loose, substantial damage.

Cecil Aldin, The Romance of the Road, illustrated by the author, London, Eyre & Spottiswood, folio, black cloth with fragments of wrapper; and John Cadfryn-Roberts, The Four Seasons of Sport, London, Ariel Press, 1960, from a numbered edition of 500, with wrapper, (2).

Co,'s Tipperary, Limerick, Offaly etc. Collection of topographical items including, Gleeson (Rev. J.) History of the Ely O'Carroll Territory or Ancient Ormond, 2 vols. Kilkenny 1982. Special Limited Reprint Edn., No. 11 of 1000 Copies, illus., & fine hf. mor., in slipcase; Weir (H.) Houses of Clare, folio Whitegate 1986. First Edn., Signed by Author; & others approx. 17 items, a lot, w.a.f. (1)

Irish Country Houses, Architecture, etc. some on garden buildings, period decorations etc., approx. 18 items, roy 8vo & folio. As a lot. (18)