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FOLIO SOCIETY - GRAHAM GREENE, boxed set of six volumes together with 'Travels With My Aunt' and 'The End of the Affair' in slipcases (8)

FOLIO SOCIETY ILLUSTRATED BOOKS - Grimm's Fairy Tales, Hans Andersen's Fairy Tales illustrated by W. Heath Robinson, Perrault's Fairy Tales illustrated by Edmund Dulac, 'Tanglewood Tales' illustrated by Edmund Dulac, 'The Adventures of Robin Hood' and 'The Arabian Nights' illustrated by Detmold (6)

FOLIO SOCIETY - P. G. WODEHOUSE & E. F. BENSON - boxed set of six Jeeves books together with 'The Plums of P. G. Wodehouse' in a slipcase and a boxed set of six Mapp & Lucia books (13)

18th century paper.- 24 sheets of 18th century laid paper, each sheet c. 639 x 477mm., some spotting, occasional soiling, housed in a contemporary calf binding, with charming gilt centre-pieces, covers detached, rather worn, folio, 1750.

NO RESERVE Pedigree.- Généalogie Péronaises, manuscript in French, 66pp., 50pp. of genealogies with names in rondels, incomplete at beginning and end, first 3ff. torn with large loss, 9ff. torn at head and repaired with loss due to damp, others with traces of damp at head, browned, later endpapers, bookplate of Comte Charles de Beaumont on front pastedown, later vellum, folio, [France], [18th century].

Heraldry.- Seals.- Wree (Olivier de) De seghelen der graven van Vlaendren ende voor-schriften van hunne brieven, title with large engraved seal, 112 pp. of mostly illustrations of seals, and coats of arms and a full-page map of Flanders, some spotting, lightly browned, contemporary vellum, soiled and marked, folio, Bruges, Jan Baptiste & Lucas Vanden Kerchove, 1640.⁂ First edition of this important work on seals.

2 Victorian scrapbooks, together c. 300pp. excluding blanks, numerous manuscript poems and prose, engravings (some hand-coloured) and newspaper cuttings and illustrations, a few ff. torn and loose, 1 vol. original half calf, worn, covers detached, other vol. original half straight-grained morocco, worn, 4to & folio, [c. 1840s].

Bible, Greek.- He Kaine Diatheke [graece]. Novum Testamentum, edited by John Mill, half-title, engraved frontispiece, engraved title-vignette, head-pieces and initials, N & P signatures of Appendix misbound, occasional light browning, contemporary ink signature of G.W.A.Drummond and shelf-mark of Dupplin Castle near Perth on front free endpaper but bookplate removed, contemporary panelled calf, gilt, a little worn, spine repaired, [Darlow & Moule 4725], folio, Oxford, Sheldonian Theatre, 1707.⁂ First edition of Mill's Greek New Testament, probably the most significant of the eighteenth century and one of the most important books from the press.

Liverpool.- Enfield (William) An Essay towards the History of Leverpool...the second edition, with additions, list of subscribers, with additional Y* signature, 3 folding engraved maps, 9 engraved plates, light foxing and offsetting, a few leaves becoming loose, contemporary limp boards, spine titled in ink, a little rubbed and stained, folio, for Joseph Johnson, 1774.⁂ A re-issue of the first edition of 1773, with cancel title-page, new preface and additional Y* signature.

Taylor (Jeremy) Ductor Dubitantium, or the Rule of Conscience in all her generall measures; serving as a great instrument for the determination of cases of conscience, 2vol. in 1, first edition, engraved emblematic frontispiece, both titles ruled in red, the second with engraved vignette, engraved portrait, final errata / advertisement f., occasional spotting, contemporary calf, repaired, [Wing T234], a solid copy, folio, Printed by James Flesher, 1660.

Newspapers.- Cambridgeshire.- The Cambridge Chronicle and Journal, a good group of issues, folds, some spotting or staining, a few tears, folio, Cambridge, c.1769-1824 (Sm.Qty.)

Angling.- Walton (Isaac) and Charles Cotton, The Compleat Angler, Royal Quarto Edition De Luxe one of 250 signed by editor R. B. Marston, frontispieces, 52 photogravures, 1 loose, captioned tissue-guards, illustrations, 3 maps, occasional marginal spotting, original half morocco, chipping to spine extremities, spine head beginning to split (col. 2), folio, 1888.

NO RESERVE Holy Land.- Roberts (David), After. Ten plates from 'The Holy Land, Syria, Idumea, Arabia, Egypt & Nubia ...', full-page folio plates from the Royal Subscriber's edition, lithographs with fine original hand-colouring, mounted onto card as issued, each approx. 490 x 340 mm. (19 1/4 x 13 1/2 in), or the reverse, occasional acidic staining showing through particularly where sheets are lightly affixed to mounts, damp-stain damage visible but mainly affecting mounts although some going into images, loose, unframed, F.G. Moon, 1842-1849 (10).Literature:cf. Abbey Travel 385

Middle Hill Press.- Sir Thomas Phillipps.- A group of printed pedigrees and visitations from the Middle Hill Press, including Visitation of Gloucestershire, [1867], [Grolier 196]; Visitation of Westmorland 1615 [Grolier 246]; first part of the Visitation of Oxfordshire 1574 & 1634 [Grolier 230] and Visitation of London 1634 [Grolier 206]; and 4 others, plus related material and correspondence (Frederick Strutt to Lord Hawkesbury, discussing the bookseller Mr. Wake of Fritchley and books from Codnor Castle, Derbyshire, dated 1903 and from William Gouk to C.G.S. Foljambe, later Lord Hawkesbury, discussing book binding), some spotting or staining, bouind into a contemporary half calf album, rubbed, folio⁂ Provenance: C.G.S Foljambe (Lord Hawkesbury, 1st Earl of Liverpool); G.D. Squibb; John Holden (bookplates).

NO RESERVE Plautus (Titus Maccius) Ex fide, atque auctoritate complurium librorum manuscriptorum opera D. Lambini emendatus: ab eodemque commentariis explicatus, & nunc primum in lucem editus, title with woodcut printer's device, charming large woodcut historiated initials, woodcut head-pieces, narrow band of water-staining at head, occasional staining and some spotting elsewhere, contemporary calf over boards, joint ends and corners worn, rubbed, [Adams P1501], a handsomely printed edition, folio, Paris, Jean Macé, 1577.

Xanten, ?Monastery of St. Victor. [Leaf from a Service Book], double-column, initials in red and green, musical notation in diastematic neums, some minor worming, used as pastedown on upper cover of 16th century calf over boards (blind-stamped and with about a quarter of the leather torn away), folio, (285 x 195mm.), [early thirteenth century].

NO RESERVE Bible, Dutch.- Biblia, Dat is: De gantsche H. Schrifture, vervattende alle de Canonijcke Boecken des Ouden en des Nieuwen Testaments, double column, Gothic letter, engraved architectural title, woodcut decorative initials, lacking all maps and plans, some staining and spotting, contemporary panelled calf over wooden boards, metal centre-pieces, remains of metal clasps, corners repaired, spine ends worn, rubbed and creased, [D&M 3307], Leiden, P.A. van Ravensteyn, 1645; and a copy of Bowman & Crowther on medieval churches, folio (2)

Notorious adultress.- Campbell (Archibald, 3rd Duke of Argyll) A Pastoral Elegy on the Death of the Lady Hilaretta, first edition, 6pp., slightly foxed and soiled, later dark blue morocco-backed cloth, slightly rubbed, [Foxon C10; ESTC locates copies at Worcester College, Oxford and at Harvard only], folio, Printed for A. More, [1730].⁂ Rare poem on the scandalous life of Lady Abergavenny, nee Katharine Tatton. Her first husband, the 13th Lord Abergavenny died of smallpox some 5 months after their marriage; she subsequently married his cousin and heir to the title but had several love affairs, most scandalous of which was with Richard Lyddel who was tried in 1730 a few months after her death "for carrying on a criminal conversation with the late Lady Abergavenny". This copy was formerly in the Brett-Smith collection.

Collection of unframed 19th-century watercolours, including several nautical/marine/maritime scenes with ships, landscapes/woodland scenes, still life fruit studies, portraits, some indistinctly signed, condition varied, housed in a half-morocco folder/folio with gilt name, 'W. Pickering Lowe, Esq.'

Macquoid, Percy. A History of English Furniture, two folio volumes, London: Lawrence & Bullen Limnited, The Age of Oak (1904) and The Age of Walnut (1905), illustrated with photographic and chromolithographic plates (2)

Hermann-Paul (Rene Georges (1864-1940)). Les Voeux Perpetuels, 1906, 15 original pencil and ink drawings on india paper, one with collage, each signed by the artist and mounted on deckle card, each with manuscript caption in ink to tissue guards, the largest 31.5 x 49 cm (12.25 x 19.25 ins), one leaf with two pages of manuscript notes relating to the drawings, front endpapers (one with manuscript title) detached and a little toned, contemporary tan full calf, spine titles in gilt, spine and edges rubbed and scuffed, large folio (the series of original illustrations for the pictorial story published in L'Assiette au Beurre, number 268, in 1906), together with Gerlach (Martin). Festons und Decorative Gruppen nebst einem Zieralphabete aus Pflanzen und Thieren Jagd-Touristen und anderen Gerathen. Vienna: Gerlach & Schenk, [circa 1890], 146 photographic plates, title & plates etc with ink stamp to margins, occasional minor spotting, contents loose (as issued) in original half morocco portfolio, folio, and Flaxman (John). Compositions of the "Acts of Mercy", Miss Flaxman & Miss Maria Denman, Jany. 1st. 1831, title page with near contemporary ink manuscript presentation from the publisher Miss Maria Denman, dated January 1st 1856, eight aquatints by F.C.Lewis, printed in sepia, some spotting and water staining throughout, upper hinge broken, contemporary cloth gilt with contrasting gilt morocco label to upper board, crudely rebacked, worn and frayed at extremities, slim oblong 4to, plus other large format illustrated antiquarian reference, some leather bindings, some original cloth, G/VG, 8vo/folio (2 cartons)

Vertot (Rene Aubert, Abbe de). The History of the Knights of Malta, 2 volumes, 1st English edition, 1728, titles printed in red and black, five folding engraved maps and plans by Delisle and De Berey, mostly folding, 71 engraved portraits, one or two toned, occasional minor spotting and soiling, contemporary panelled calf, rebacked with original spines relaid, a little rubbed, folio (2)

Camden (William). Britain, or a Chorographicall Description of the Most Flourishing Kingdomes, England, Scotland, and Ireland, and the Ilands Adioyning, out of the Depth of Antiquitie: Beautified with Mappes of the Severall Shires of England..., Translated Newly into English by Philemon Holland..., 1st English edition, 1st state, George Bishop & John Norton, 1610, letterpress title, eight engraved plates of coins, 56 engraved maps only (of 57, lacking Ireland), mostly folding or double-page, some with a marginal tear, Surrey with small hole at foot, Cambridgeshire with 5.5cm closed tear, Lincolnshire with long closed tear at gutter (repaired to verso), woodcut head- and tail-pieces and initials, numerous woodcut illustrations to text, without additional title and dedication leaf, early ink annotations, few repairs mostly to first and last few leaves, head and fore-edge close-trimmed in places (affecting some maps, headlines and annotations), one leaf with 8cm closed tear, one leaf lacking outer tail corner (torn away, slightly affecting text), occasional light dampstains, verso of front free endpaper with early ink ownership names dated 1653, 20th century tree calf, rubbed in places, rear cover with minor insect damage to surface, folio Chubb XIX; Skelton 6. (1)

Dor‚ (Gustave). Milton's Paradise Lost, circa 1905, 50 black and white plates, all edges gilt, some minor marks and spotting, contemporary gilt decorated blue half morocco, boards and spine rubbed and marked, folio, together with Conybeare (W.J. & Howson, J.S.), The Life and Epistles of St. Paul, 2 volumes, 1872, black and white illustrations, and plates, all edges gilt, bookplates to front pastedown, minor spotting, publisher's uniform original gilt decorated full morocco, boards and spines lightly faded and rubbed, large 4to, and Carlyle (Thomas), The French Revolution: A History, 3 volumes, 1870, some minor spotting, uniform contemporary gilt decorated half calf, boards and spines slightly rubbed, 8vo, plus other mostly 19th and early 20th century history, poetry, and miscellaneous reference, many leather bindings, some original cloth, condition is generally good, 8vo/folio (5 shelves)

Reid (James W.). Edward Seago, The Landscape Art, 1st edition, Sotheby's Publications, 1991, numerous colour and monochrome plates and illustrations, original green cloth gilt in dust wrapper, square 4to, together with Wesson (Edward), 'My Corner of the Field', The Autobiography of Edward Wesson, Bristol, Alexander Gallery, 1982, colour and monochrome plates and illustrations, original two-tone cloth gilt, with slipcase, oblong folio, plus Terrasse (Antoine), Pierre Bonnard Illustrator, A Catalogue Raisonn‚, 1st English edition, Thames and Hudson, 1989, colour and monochrome illustrations, original cloth in dust wrapper, 4to, and other various art reference, including Henri Focillon, Giovanni Battista Piranesi, Bologna, 1963, Pieter A. Scheen, Lexicon Nederlandse Beeldende Kunstenaars 1750-1880, 's-Gravenhage, 1981, Benezit, Dictionnaire critique et documentaire des Peintres, Sculpteurs, Dessinateurs et Graveurs, nouvelle edition, 8 volumes, Librairie Grund, 1966, 3 volumes of The Studio, volumes 27, 34, & 49, 1903, 1905, & 1910, all in original publisher's green cloth gilt, Harold Day, Constable Drawings, 1975, etc. (25)

Grotius (Hugo). His Three Books treating of the Rights of War & Peace ... translated into English by William Evats, 1st edition, by M[argaret] W[hite] for Thomas Basset and Ralph Smith, 1682, disbound, engraved title lacking, letterpress title page printed in red and black, title page and quires A-c and 4K-L loose, fraying to outer leaves, letterpress title soiled and with contemporary ownership inscription partly excised, occasional damp-staining, a few other marks, folio (32 x 20.5 cm) Wing G2126, Kress 1556; PMM 125 for the first edition. Sold not subject to return. (1)

Guillim (John). A Display of Heraldry... 6th edition, 1724, title printed in red and black, 64 engraved portraits and coats-of-arms (complete), woodcut armorials in text, some coloured, a few laid down, one or two small repairs, occasional light soiling and toning, front endpaper detached, contemporary calf, joints splitting, rubbed, folio, together with Fleming (Philippe). Oostende, Vermaerde gheweldighe lanckduyrighe ende bloedighe belegeringhe bestorminghe ende stoute aenvallen, The Hague: A. Meuris, 1621, engraved vignette to title, black letter text, engraved portrait and three folding engraved plates only, small worm track to lower margin of first few leaves, occasional minor mark, contemporary vellum, dust soiled, manuscript title in ink to spine, 4to, plus [Gillies, Robert Pearse]. Tales of a Voyager to the Arctic Ocean, 3 volumes, 1st edition, Henry Colburn, 1826, a little dust-soiling and occasional minor mark, contemporary calf, gilt arms of Signet Library to upper and lower boards, joints cracked, a little rubbed at extremities with slight loss to head and foot of spine, spine labels lacking, 8vo, and other miscellaneous antiquarian interest (14)

Fuller (Thomas). The Historie of the Holy Warre, 2nd edition, Cambridge: by R. Daniel for Thomas Buck, 1640, additional engraved title page, 'A declaration of the Frontispiece' leaf (contemporary annotations recto), lacking folding map, front free endpaper loose, first few quires starting, damp-staining towards rear, contemporary calf, marked and worn, folio, together with: Perkins (William), [Workes], Cambridge: John Legate, 1608, volume 1 only (of 3), folding typographical table (repaired and damp-stained), one similar table tipped in between pp. 74-5, lacking first quire (including general title page), first section title trimmed and mounted on an imprimatur leaf from a copy of William Cave's Apostolici (1677), 18th-century half sheep, rubbed, folio, Clarke (Samuel), [The Marrow of Ecclesiastical History, 3rd edition, for William Birch, 1675], 2 volumes in 1, numerous engraved portraits in the text, lacking several to front including frontispiece and title page, first present leaf (c4) substantially torn away, crude marginal repairs towards rear, contemporary panelled calf, rebacked and recornered, folio STC11465 (Fuller) and 19649 (Perkins); Wing C4545 (Clarke). Sold not subject to return. (3)

[Perfumes Industry]. The Factories of Schimmel & Co., Leipzig-Prag and Fritzsche Brothers, New-York-Garfield, text by Professor Doctor F.A. Fluckiger-Bern, Leipzig & New York, 1893, lithographed title in red and green, 15 pages text (with one illustration) and 31 (of 32) photogravure plates on india, lacks plate no. II, the numbered plates showing the factories and buildings, production machinery and equipment, etc., printed captions in German, thick card mounts (somewhat browned and damp-stained), tissue-guards present but heavily browned and some torn with loss, all edges gilt, original half-morocco gilt (dated 1894), rubbed and soiled, oblong folio A rare work on the essences and essential oils industry. WorldCat locates nine copies, two in Switzerland and seven in North America. (1)

Abbey (J.R.). Travel in Aquatint and Lithography 1770-1860 from the Library of J.R. Abbey, a bibliographical catalogue, 2 volumes, privately printed at the Curwen Press, 1956-57, colour frontispiece to first volume, numerous monochrome plates, most with tissue-guards, top edge gilt, original grey cloth with gilt red morocco spine label to each volume, 4to, limited edition 394/400, together with Scenery of Great Britain and Ireland in Aquatint and Lithography 1770-1860, from the Library of J.R. Abbey, a bibliographical catalogue, privately printed at the Curwen Press, 1952, colour frontispiece, numerous monochrome plates, top edge gilt, original brown-grey cloth with gilt red morocco label to spine, rubbed and some minor marks, 4to, plus Loutherbourg (P.J. de), The Romantic and Picturesque Scenery of England and Wales 1805, facsimile edition, Scholar Press for the Ironbridge Gorge Museum Trust, 1979, colour plates, all edges gilt, original publisher's green half mock morocco gilt in drop-over bookbox, large folio, limited edition 25/1000, and four others (Upcott, A Bibliographical Account of the Principal Works relating to English Topography, 3 volumes, reprinted, Burt Franklin, 1968, & John Ford, Ackermann 1783-1983, The Business of Art, 1983) (8)

Montacchini (France & Forneris, Giuliana). Flora Ornamentale, dall'Iconographia Taurinensis, Italy, 1982, 282 colour plates, original cloth in dust jacket, spine and rear cover slightly faded, folio, together with Gould (John), Hummingbirds, 1990, Birds of Great Britain, 1986, both with numerous colour illustrations, both original cloth in dust jackets, folio, and Redout‚ (P.J.), Lilies and Related Flowers, 1982, 238 colour plates, original cloth in dust jacket, large 8vo, plus other modern botanical, horticultural and natural history reference and related, including Dictionary of Gardening, 4 volumes, 2nd edition, edited by Fred J. Chittenden, 1956, mostly original cloth, many in dust jackets, G/VG, 8vo/folio Many volumes with Pla[i]sh Hall bookplate. (5 shelves)

Leonardo de Argensola (Lupercio). Rimas de Lupercio, i del dotor Bartolome Leonardo de Argensola, Zaragoza: En el Hospital Real, i General de nuestra Senora de Gracia, 1634, engraved dedication cropped at fore-edge, some fraying to margins, contemporary limp vellum, spine torn with loss at head, some wear, without ties, 4to, together with Robles (Isidro de), Varios prodigios de amor, en once novelas exemplares, nuevas, nunca vistas, ni impressas..., 3rd edition, Madrid: Agustin Fernandez, 1709, some spotting and toning, contemporary limp vellum, 4to, with Antonio (Nicol s), Censura de historias fabulosas / obra posthuma de don Nicolas Antonio, cavallero de la orden de Santiago..., Valencia: Antonio Bordaz…r de Art…zu, 1742, half-title present, 19th century bookplate of William Stirling, contemporary limp vellum, gilt armorial of William Stirling to upper board, 19th century sheep spine overlaid original, without ties, folio, and [Freire, Francisco Jos‚], Vida do infante d. Henrique..., por Candido Lusitano, Lisbon: Francisco Luiz Ameno, 1758, half-title present, title in red & black with engraved armorial vignette and early manuscript monogram, contemporary mottled sheep, gilt armorial to centre of each board, gilt decorated spine, head of spine frayed & torn, 4to, plus other similar continental histories etc., mostly 18th century publications, some defective (34)

Hoare (Sir Richard Colt). The History of Modern Wiltshire, Hundred of Chalk, by Charles Bowles, 1833, Hundred of South Damerham, by William Henry Black & Sir Richard Colt Hoare, 1835; Hundred of Downton, by George Matcham, 1834; & Hundred of Cawden, by Sir Richard Colt Hoare, 1835, together 4 parts in one, hand-colour engraved maps, numerous engraved plates, occasional scattered spotting and dampstains, bookplate of Coker Court, top edge gilt, near contemporary red half morocco gilt, extremities slightly rubbed, folio, together with Cotelerius (Johannes Baptista, editor), Ss Patrum, qui Temporibus Apostolicis Floruerunt; Barnabae, Clementis, Hermae, Ignatii, Polycarpi; Opera Edita et Inedita, volume 2 only (of 2), Paris, 1672, Greek and Latin texts in double column, contemporary calf, rebacked, folio (2)

Fitzgerald (Edward, translator). Rubaiyat of Omar Khayyam... with an Introduction by A.C. Benson, Reproduced from a Manuscript Written and Illuminated by F. Sangorski & G. Sutcliffe, Siegle, Hill & Co., [1911], colour illustrations, initial letters, and decorative borders, lightly toned, and some marginal spotting towards rear, patterned endpapers, top edges gilt, remainder rough trimmed, original gilt decorated beige cloth, darkened spine with gilt dulled and slight loss at ends, folio, together with Hanscom (Adelaide, illustrator), The Rubaiyat of Omar Khayyam, as Translated into English Verse by Edward Fitzgerald, New York: Dodge Publishing Company, 1905, 28 photogravures on tissue, rough trimmed, original cream cloth, a few very light marks, 4to, plus Carr (Hamzeh), The Rubaiyat of 'Umar Khaiyam, translated from the French of J.B. Nicolas by Frederic Baron Corvo... edited with notes... and an Introduction by Edward Heron-Allen, John Lane, The Bodley Head, 1924, 16 colour plates, top edges blue, remainder untrimmed, original pictorial cloth, spine faded, small mark on lower cover, large 8vo, plus nine other illustrated editions of the Rubaiyat similar, including Willy Pogany and Charles Robinson (12)

Sutherland (William). Britain's Glory: or, Ship-building Unvail'd. Being a General Director for Building and Compleating the said Machines, two parts in one, 2nd edition, 1729, folding engraved portrait of George I surrounded by the fleet (with letterpress title at head and key at foot), slightly edge-frayed with repairs to verso, six copper engraved plates, numerous wood engraved illustrations to text, some full-page, title printed in red & black, scarce light spotting, front hinge cracked, contemporary panelled calf, rebacked and recornered, folio (1)

Rubens (Peter Paul). La Gallerie du Palais Peinte par Rubens dessin‚e par les S.rs Nattier, et grav‚e par les plus illustres graveurs du temps, Duchange, Paris, 1710, engraved title, engraved advertisement leaf, 25 engraved plates, including three double page, some light spotting and water stains, later half morocco, joints and edges rubbed, sheet size 63 x 59 cm (24.75 x 23.25 ins), large folio The 24 paintings known as the 'Marie de' Medici Cycle' by Rubens were commissioned in 1622 for the Luxembourg Palace in Paris, and are now kept in the Louvre. (1)

Minsheu (John). Emendatio... The Guide into the Tongues. With their agreement and consent one with another, as also their etymologies, that is, the reasons and derivations of all or the most part of words, in these nine languages, viz. 1. English. 2. Low Dutch. 3. High Dutch. 4. French. 5. Italian. 6. Spanish. 7. Latine. 8. Greeke. 9. Hebrew..., 2nd edition, John Haviland, 1627, title within typographical border (with frayed fore margin and repairs to verso), text printed in double column, dedication leaf with marginal repairs, some doodles and annotations to title, some spotting, soiling and marginal tears, bookplate of John L. Nevinson, contemporary panelled calf, covers stamped in gilt with the royal arms of King Charles I, large manuscript shelf number to upper cover, rebacked and repaired, folio STC 17947. (1)

Heylyn (Peter). Cosmographie in Four Books, Containing the Chorographie and Historie of the Whole World, and all the Principal Kingdoms, Provinces, Seas, and Isles thereof, 3rd edition, printed for Philipp Chetwind, 1665, 4 parts in one volume, additional engraved title, soiled with marginal chips and losses, repaired to verso, general title with early ink ownership names, and two small excised areas (repaired to verso), separate printed title to each part, 4 folding engraved maps of Europe, Asia, Africa and America, each lightly trimmed and laid down, that of Africa with some losses to lower edge, woodcut head- and tail-pieces and initials, occasional minor spots or marks, one leaf repaired at gutter, final leaf with loss to lower blank area (repaired to verso), stitching strained in one place, hinges cracked, contemporary panelled calf, extremities worn, joints cracked at tail, folio Wing H1690A. (1)

Studio Special Numbers, 30 volumes, circa 1899-1915, including Art in Photography, The Art-Revival in Austria, Peasant Art in Italy, Modern Etching and Engraving, Colour Photography, A Record of Art in 1898, Modern Book Illustrators and Their Work, Year-Book of Decorative Art (1906), etc., some colour and numerous monochrome illustrations to each volume, several auto-lithographs by Brangwyn, Clausen, Fantin-Latour, all top-edge gilt, contemporary uniform green half-morocco gilt (by Henderson & Bisset), with gilt coat of arms of the Society of Writers to the Signet to covers of each volume, a little rubbed and scuffed to joints and extremities, folio (30)

Hartshorne (Albert). Old English Glasses..., 1897, numerous colour and monochrome illustrations, minor spotting and toning, original half vellum, spine lightly rubbed, together with Nicholson (Ben), Paintings Reliefs Drawings, 2 volumes, volume 1 reprint edition, 1955, volume 2 1st edition, 1956, colour and black and white illustrations, original cloth in dust jackets, and boards, covers lightly marked, 4to, and The Phaidon Atlas of Contemporary Word Architecture, 1st edition, 2004, numerous colour and black and white illustrations, original cloth in dust jacket, and plastic book box/carry case, folio, plus 5 further volumes of art reference, 8vo/folio (a carton)

Graham (Rigby). John Mason & George Percival, A Reminiscence, 1st edition, Dartington Hall, 2005, wood-engraved frontispiece, uncut, original cream wrappers, lettered in gilt, slim 4to, (limited edition, 10/42 copies), together with Van Eijk (Hans) Rigby Graham in Print, A Comprehensive Bibliography, 1st edition, Amsterdam/Maastricht, 2012, colour frontispiece and illustrations to text, plus Brooks (Colin & Deadman, Derek & Graham, Rigby), The Christmas Cards of Rigby Graham, 1st edition, Leicester, 2011, colour illustrations, both original cloth in dust jackets, small folio, plus Graham (Rigby), The Pickworth Fragment, Wymondham: Brewhouse Press, 1966, colour lithographic plates and black & white illustrations, bound concertina-style in original suede-backed pictorial boards, lettered in gilt, small 8vo (limited edition 30/75 copies, signed by Rigby Graham and Trevor Hickman), plus others including duplicates illustrated and relating to Rigby Graham, including small-format small press items and ephemera From the library of Alan and Joan Tucker. (1 shelf)

Edwards (Lionel). A Sportsman's Bag, Country Life, [1926], 18 mounted colour plates, each signed in pencil to lower mount, contemporary red half morocco gilt, small water stain and one label rubbed to spine, folio Limited edition 35/100 autographed copies, from a total edition of 650. (1)

Raemaekers (Louis). The Great War, a Neutral's Indictment, 1916, limited deluxe edition of 1050 copies, 100 colour and monochrome plates, publisher's original gilt decorated cloth, boards and spine slightly marked, folio, together with Ross (John), The Coldstream Guards 1914-1918, 2 volumes, 1928, black and white portrait frontispiece to volume 1, some minor toning and spotting, uniform original gilt decorated blue cloth, spines lightly rubbed to head and foot, 8vo, and other military, natural history and miscellaneous reference, mostly original cloth, some in dust jackets, G/VG, 8vo/folio (6 shelves + a carton)

Motherby (George). A New Medical Dictionary; or, General Repository of Physic ..., 3rd edition, Revised and Corrected, with Considerable Additions by George Wallis, 1791, 30 engraved plates bound at rear, final few plates with dampstain at gutter, hinges cracked after endpapers, contemporary sprinkled calf (rubbed), rebacked with original spine relaid, 3 corners renewed, folio (1)

Gerard (John). [The Herball or Generall Historie of Plantes, very much enlarged and amended by Thomas Johnson, citizen and apothecarie of London, London: Printed by Adam Islip, Joice Norton, and Richard Whitakers, 1636], without title, first and last blank leaves also lacking, numerous botanical woodcut illustrations throughout, dedication leaf lined to verso, final leaf of table creased and with repairs to fore-edge, occasional spotting and few marks (slight ink stain to final leaves of tables), dust-soiling mostly to first & last few leaves, 19th century blind panelled calf, joints partly split, extremities worn, folio Henrey 156; STC 11752. The third edition, in which D1r last line begins "of"; 7B5v has editor's "An Aduertisement to the Readers". (1)

Pontoppidan (Erich). The Natural History of Norway, 2 parts in one, 1755, large folding engraved map, hand-coloured in outline, 28 engraved plates, some lightly offset to text, title with ink stamp to upper margin, some spotting and dust-soiling, mainly to blank margins and first & last leaves, hinges cracked, contemporary calf (rubbed), rebacked and recornered, folio (1)

Stow (John). The Annales, or Generall Chronicle of England... and after him continued and augmented with matters forreyne and domestique, auncient and moderne unto the ende of this present yeere 1614, by Edmond Howes, 1615, title within elaborate woodcut border (laid down with repairs), woodcut initials and head-pieces, main text in black letter in double column, lacking colophon leaf 4Q6 at end, a few leaves front and rear with frayed fore margins, a few tears, some light soiling and water stains, one or two small burnholes and inksplashes, front endpapers repaired, hinges reinforced, near contemporary mottled calf, repaired, spine label renewed, folio STC 23338. (1)

Matrix. A Review for Printers & Bibliophiles, nos. 27, 29, 30 & 31, Whittington Press, 2007/12, tipped in illustrations and specimens, etc., original stiff card wrappers in dust jackets, small folio, VG, (limited editions of between 660 & 750 copies), together with Fleece Press. Moods and Tenses, The Portraits and Characters of Peter Reddick, [by] Ian Rogerson, 1999, wood-engraved illustrations including some folding sheets, original cloth-backed boards in slipcase with printed spine label, small 4to, (one of 220 copies), plus Nash (Paul W., editor), Folio Fifty, A Bibliography of the Folio Society 1947-1996, 1st edition, Folio Press, 1997, colour plates and black & white illustrations, original cloth in slipcase, small folio, plus other bibliography, printing, typography, private press and publishing interest including pamphlets and ephemera (2 shelves)

Morgan (William). Ogilby's and Morgan's Pocket-Book of the Roads, with their Computed and Measured Distances and the Distinction of Market and Post-Towns, 7th edition, 1732, folding engraved map of England and Wales, 94 pages of distances and lists, contemporary calf, rubbed and frayed, 12mo, together with 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, 212 pages, 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 (a carton)

Crawford (George). The Peerage of Scotland: containing an historical and genealogical account of the nobility of that Kingdom, sold by George Stuart, Edinburgh, 1716, period inscription to foot of the title page, some spotting, modern calf spine retaining contemporary full calf boards, rubbed, large 8vo, together with Sherlock (William), A Discourse concerning the Object of Religious Worship..., Part 1, 1686, A Discourse Against Transsubstantiation, by John Tillotson, 1885, A Discourse concerning the Adoration of the Host..., by William Payne, 1685, A Discourse concerning the Invocation of Saints, 1684, A Discourse concerning the Devotions of the Church of Rome..., by William Stanley, 1865, A Discourse concerning the Celebration of Divine Service..., by John Williams, 1685, A Discourse concerning Auricular Confession..., by John Goodman, 1685, A Discourse concerning the Worship of the Blessed Virgin..., by William Clagett, 1686, 8 works bound in 1, period inscription to front endpapers, some worming and minor toning, split front guttering, contemporary full calf, boards and spine rubbed, 4to, and Caryl (Joseph), An Exposition with Practical Observations..., 1658, modern endpapers, loss to title page, top half of final leaf missing, some toning and minor marks, modern embossed plum full calf, spine slightly faded, 4to, plus other 17th-19th century theology and history reference and related, mostly leather bindings, some foreign language, condition is generally good, 8vo/folio, (approximately 160 volumes) (6 shelves)

Alken (Henry). Symptoms of Being Amused, volume 1 [all published], Thomas McLean, 1822, 38 hand-coloured etched plates of 42 (including title), few minor closed-tears to margins, some dust-soiling and few marks, contemporary half morocco, title label to upper board, rubbed and some wear, oblong folio (1)

*Scrap Albums. A mid to late 19th century scrap album relating to the Hawkshaw family of Weston-under-Penyard, Herefordshire, compiled by G.C. Hawkshaw, Major in the Royal Artillery in September and October 1917, containing a printed broadside of procession of the late Duke of Wellington's funeral, Saturday November 6, 1852, numerous printed programmes for local musical concerts in the school-room, Weston-under-Penyard, 1860s, newscuttings from the Hereford Journal and elsewhere, amateur drawings of family members, photographs of tableaux vivants at Hereford, August 1896, etc., all mounted in early 20th century album, worn and joints broken, backstrip partly deficient, large folio, together with another smaller album of related concert programmes for Weston-under-Penyard compiled by Edith Fanny Blake, nee Hawkshaw, circa 1860s-90s, three other 19th century scrap albums containing colour illustrations of animals, landscapes, humorous subjects, etc., two neat handwritten account books for the 'Star of the East' Fisherrow Boat Disaster Fund 1891-1902, a neat manuscript copy record book of minutes taken from various railway company meetings, including Great Western Railway, Gloucester Railway, Vale of Neath Railway, South Devon Railway, Briton Ferry, Cornwall Railway, etc., circa 1830s-50s, etc, a folio album containing approximately 35 mounted photographic postcard portraits of German opera singers, together with printed advertisements for related performances at the Dresden Opera House, dated 1907, including six signed postcards (by Marie Wittich, J. Wehnert, Carl Scheidemantel, Alfred von Bary, Burrian-Rudolf and Grosch), plus some related postcard views and photographs, album now without covers, oblong folio (15)

Szabo (George). Masterpieces of Italian Drawing in the Robert Lehman Collection, 1st US edition, New York, 1983, 80 colour plates and 82 black and white illustrations, original cloth in dust jacket, covers lightly rubbed to head and foot, spine lightly faded, large 4to, together with Kok (J.P. Filedt), The Master of the Amsterdam Cabinet, or The Housebook Master, ca. 1470-1500, Amsterdam, 1985, numerous black and white illustrations, original cloth in dust jacket, covers lightly rubbed, large 8vo, and Bromberg (Ruth), Canaletto's Etchings..., 1974, numerous black and white illustrations, original cloth in price clipped dust jacket, covers slightly rubbed to head, minor tear to spine, large 8vo, plus Kahng (Eik & Michel, Marianne Roland), Anne Vallayer-Coster, Painter to the Earl of Marie-Antoinette, USA, 2002, numerous colour and black and white illustrations, original cloth in dust jacket, large 4to, and other European art reference and related, many original cloth in dust jackets, G/VG, 8vo/folio Many with Pla[i]sh Hall bookpate. (3 shelves)

Legrand (Edy, illustrator). Voyages & Glorieuses Decouvertes des Grands Navigateurs & Explorateurs Francais, 1st edition, Paris: Tolmer, [1921], colour pochoir illustrations throughout including double-page centre spread and two folding coloured maps, original cloth-backed pictorial boards, some soiling and edge wear, paper surface loss to lower board, folio, together with Father Christmas. The Children's Annual, 1884, bound with three others for the years 1885 and ?1882-83, each annual 32 pp. including titles to 1884 and 1885 but without titles to other two volumes, colour and black & white engraved illustrations, including some by George Cruikshank, one double-page, some spotting throughout and heavy browning at front and rear, contemporary cloth gilt, rubbed and slightly soiled, folio, plus Tempest-Radford (Hugh, designer), How a Picture Book is Made, Printed by W.S. Carroll, Ipswich, 1967, publisher's folding educational poster showing the production of The Silver Wood by Douglas J. Kirby, Pictures by Jenny Williams, 28 x 90cm, VG in original publisher's envelope with pictorial design to upper cover printed in red, plus other miscellaneous illustrated books of various sizes, including 6 x Guinness Christmas booklets, etc. From the library of Alan and Joan Tucker. (1 shelf)

Strutt (Joseph). A Supplement to the Regal and Ecclesiastical Antiquities, Manners, Customs, Arms, Habits, &c. of the English, London: Printed for the Author, 1792, 12 sepia etched plates, original brown paper wrappers, frayed and torn, slim 4to, together with Gray (Thomas), Designs by Mr R. Bentley, for Six Poems by Mr T. Gray, London: J. Dodsley, 1775, half-title with ownership signature to verso, engraved vignette to title, five engraved plates only (of 6) and few engraved illustrations, sewing broken and contents loose, dust-soiling, few marks and some fraying to margins, untrimmed, cloth strip crudely adhered to spine of text block with cloth partially adhered to gutter margin of half-title and final leaf, original boards crudely held to text block with frayed thread, lacking spine, worn, slim folio (2)

Patterson (Lawrence A.). Rubaiyat of Omar Khayyam, Translated by Edward Fitzgerald... with a Critical Analysis by David Anderson, San Francisco: Johnck, Kibbee & Company, 1926, eight black and white illustrations, intermittent light spotting (heavier to endpapers and rough-trimmed edges), original green quarter morocco, some edge-rubbing (especially to spine ends), small folio, together with Fitzgerald (Edward), Letters and Literary Remains of Edward Fitzgerald, edited by William Aldis Wright, 3 volumes, Macmillan, 1889, half-title and frontispiece to each, marbled edges, recent scarlet half morocco, gilt decorated spines with raised bands, 8vo, plus Hanscom (Adelaide, illustrator), The Rubaiyat of Omar Khayyam, as Translated into English Verse by Edward Fitzgerald, New York: Dodge Publishing Company, 1905, 28 photogravures on tissue, marbled endpapers, top edges gilt, rough trimmed, original gilt lettered brown morocco, edges rubbed, spine lightly faded, 4to, plus others related (editions of the Rubiayat, works of Fitzgerald, etc.), most leatherbound, some defective (26)

Levasseur (Victor). Atlas national illustr‚ des 86 d‚partements et des possessions de la France, Paris: A. Combette, 1852, engraved title, 47 engraved maps with outline colour (of 100: lacking several d‚partements and all the additional maps), Tableau statistique leaf also lacking, approximately 50 duplicate maps of various d‚partements laid in (mostly from other editions), original red morocco backing embossed cloth sides gilt, worn, folio (53.5 x 36.5 cm), together with a copy of the 1854 edition of the same work, engraved title, Tableau statistique leaf, 59 engraved maps with outline colour (of 100: lacking several d‚partements and all the additional maps), all folded, original red half morocco gilt, rubbed, minor wear, large 4to (36.5 x 27 cm) Sold as a collection of maps, not subject to return. (2)

Armour (G.D.). A Hunting Alphabet, 1929. 26 colour plates, original buckram-backed boards, covers a little bowed, 4to, together with Hunting Scenes... Selected and Arranged by Cecil Aldin, 1936, colour illustrations, small stains to endpapers, original cloth, a few light marks, 4to, plus Hunting Countries, by F.A. Stewart, 1935, illustrations, original cloth gilt, oblong folio, with other sporting books and related including Cecil Aldin's Forty Fine Ladies, 1929, An Artist's Models, 1930, Game Birds, Illustrated by Maurice Pledger, 1981 (55)

Dulac (Edmund, illustrator). Rubaiyat of Omar Khayyam, rendered into English verse by Edward Fitzgerald, 1st edition, trade issue, Hodder and Stoughton, [1909], 20 tipped-in colour plates including frontispiece, original cream pictorial cloth gilt, spine slightly darkened, finger-marks to rear board, 4to, together with: Grimble (Augustus), The Deer Forests of Scotland, 1st edition, Kegan Paul, Trench, Trbner & Co., 1896, 8 photogravure plates from paintings by Archibald Thorburn, endpapers browned, fore and bottom edges untrimmed, original quarter japon, slightly marked, corners worn, 4to, West (Rebecca), The Modern "Rake's Progress", 1st edition, trade issue, Hutchinson & Co., 1934, double-page colour plates by David Low, light spotting, original blue cloth-backed gilt-patterned boards, dust jacket rubbed, torn and repaired, 4to, Pyrcroft (J. W.), Arena Cornubiae: or, the Claims of the Commissioners of Woods and Fprests to the Sea Coast and Banks of Tidal Rivers in Cornwall and Devon, 3rd edition, W. G. Benning, light spotting, inscribed on the title page 'With the Authors compliments', original printed paper boards, 4to, and 3 others, all illustrated, 4to or folio Five hundred copies of Grimble's work were printed. (6)

Lante (Louis Marie & Gatine, Georges Jacques). Costumes des femmes du Pays de Caux et de plusieurs autres parties de l'ancienne province de Normandie..., A. Eudes, circa 1925-26, [iv] 10, 106 fine hand-coloured plates (complete), including additional hand-coloured plate, original calf backed printed boards, spine lacking, boards detached, folio Other copies contain forty-four text leaves and a stated limitation of 275 copies. (1)