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MACARTNEY M. E. The Practical Exemplar of Architecture. 2 vols. Many plates in card folders. Folio. 1907 & n.d.; also 6 English Heritage publications, illus., quarto, d.w's.  (8).

Parliamentary Report.  Third Report of the Commissioners Appointed to Inquire into the Best Means of Preventing the Pollution of Rivers (Rivers Aire & Calder). 2 vols. bound together in modern wrappers. Fldg. maps & col. plans. Folio. 1867.

PHOTOGRAPHS. LAURENT J. Two 19th century Jean (Juan) Laurent (1816-1886) large folio photograph albums in black gilt morocco leather, Vols. I & II, depicting views & architecture of Spain, incl. Burgos, Madrid, Escorial, Toledo, Cordoba, Granada, Alhambra, Seville, Cadiz, Vejer, Jerez, Tarifa, Algeciras, Gibraltar, San Roque, La Ronda, Cordoba A Malaga, Malaga, Alicante, Valencia, Tarragona, Barcelona & Monserrat, as well as some famous artworks. Approx. 147 photographs, most titled & numbered in the print, with a few (La Ronda) titled in manuscript in margins. Each 25cm x 34cm (9¾" x 13½") or reversed, pasted down back to back, the album 37cm x 51cm (14½" x 20"). Vol. I inscribed with names in pencil to back endpaper "Maynard Sydney William Beavan Sept 18th 1922" & "Lionel Rodney Ward Beavan, Jan 1932".

MANUSCRIPT VOLUME - LOCAL & ANGLING INTEREST. A folio account book. Commences with 60 pages of legal client accounts, c.1800-1816, rents, disbursements & drafts, clients named incl. Sir Richard Hodgson, Sir John Brisco & Sir Thos. Musgrave. The following 50 plus pages contain detailed accounts & records re. 'Salmon Hall' & the Derwent Fishery, Cumbria, 1859 to 1861, with records of salmon & trout (weights & value) & their purchasers, interspersed with records of the fishermen ie "Mr John Wild commenced to fish down at the north side on the 1st of June 1860 at the rate of 15/- per week". Also a few loose accounts & notes re. Seaton Farm, 1867 & High Seaton, 1871. End paper inscriptions incl. John Irving Glover & Elizabeth Glover, Salmon Hall.

WEST MATTHEW.  Flores Historiarum ... Monasteriensem Collecti ... Folio, well worn calf, brds. det. but present, internal browning. Bookplate of Earl of Roden. Frankfurt, 1601.

HUTCHESON GILBERT. Treatise on the Offices of Justice of Peace ... In Scotland. 4 vols. Calf. Edinburgh, 1809; also Decisions of the Court of Session, folio, worn & mkd. calf, Edinburgh, 1795. (5).

PHOTOGRAPHS. 19th century large folio photograph album in black gilt morocco leather depicting views, architecture & artworks of Venice. Approx. 78 photographs, most titled in manuscript in margins with the remainder titled &/or numbered in the print. Each 27cm x 35cm (10½" x 14") or reversed, pasted down back to back, the album 40cm x 50cm (15¾" x 19¾"). Inscribed with names in pencil to front endpaper "Maynard Sydney William Bevan, Born Sept 18th 1915, Died Jan 4th 1932" & "Lionel Rodney Ward Beavan, Born Jan 25th 1922".

SHAKESPEARE WILLIAM.  Comedies, Histories & Tragedies. Norton Facsimile of the First Folio. Qtr. maroon morocco in slip case. 1996.

TIPPING H. A. English Gardens. Many illus. Folio. Orig. cloth, some mkg. 1925; also 3 other vols. (4).

Nonesuch Press. Nonesuch Dickens. Illus. Orig. blue cloth in card box. 1937; also 2 Nonesuch Press Week-end Books & Nonesuch Press, The Book of the Bear with col. illus., 1926 & 3 Folio Society vols. (7).

CHRISTIE, MANSON & WOODS. Catalogue of Seventeen Ancient & Modern Pictures ... Forming Part of the Celebrated Secrétan Collection. Auction July 13 1889. The catalogue together with a folio vol. in green cloth gilt illustrating the works in the sale with related tipped in ephemera incl. French sale catalogue of other pictures in the collection, priced.

BUDGE, Sir E A Wallis, ed. & trans, The Book of the Dead, facsimile's of the Papyri of the Hunefer, Anhai, Kerasher and Netchemet, with coloured and monochrome plates, some double page, large folio (590 x 385mm), British Museum publication 1899, boards loose, spine defective

CRUIKSHANK, George, 'Illustrations of Time', London 1827/1828, landscape folio, gilt tooled leather, marbled end papers (260 x 360mm)

A FOLIO CONTAINING PP 453-485 EXTRACTED FROM JOHN CHURCHILL'S TRAVEL ACCOUNTS TO INCLUDE 'A Voyage to the Kingdom of Chili in America' by Henry Brewer and Elias Herckeman 1642/3 perhaps a later reprint in green boards, 410 x 260 plus a contemporary map of South America, 252 x 180 (2)

NICHOLAS, Sir Harris, History of the Orders of Knighthood, Hunter London. 3 Fo Vols. full leather, Works Joannis Launoll 1732. 9 Folio vols only full leather (12)

A 19TH CENTURY WATERCOLOUR of St Martin's Cove near Cape Horn, with a three-masted ship in the bay, and with natives and a hut on the shore, inscribed in ink verso, and with further pencil inscription M(?) Treasure, 11.7 x 20cm * This intriguing watercolour is the subject of extensive research by the current vendor's father, who believed it to be related to Charles Darwin and The Beagle, possibly the hand of Conrad Martens or another ship's artist. A folder of this research, along with a folio of maps and plans accompanies this lot, together with two books - Bernard Smith: Imagining the Pacific, In the Wake of the Cook Voyages; and Michael Jacobs: The Painted Voyage

CLARENDON, Edward Earl of, The History of the Rebellion and Civil War in England, begun in the year 1641, 3 vols Oxford: Printed at the Theatre 1707/8/9. Folio (39.5 x 24.5cm) 1/2 bds. Horatio Westmacott bookplate

A collection of Folio Society books including Wordsworth, Enigma, The Oregon Trail, The Siege and Fall of Troy, John Keats, Shelley, The Dead sea scrolls etc, together with other books

Erni (Hans).- Sophocles. Antigone, one of 230 copies signed by the editor and artist, this copy enhanced with two original pen and ink sketches, 14 etchings by Hans Erni, original pen and ink sketch to half-title (signed by Erni) and to colophon leaf, loose as issued in original pictorial wrappers, vellum-backed boards chemise, slip-case, folio, Lausanne, Andre Gonin, 1949.

Frink (Elisabeth).- Aesop. Fables, number 98 of 250 copies numbered and signed by the artist on half-title and with 4 original lithographs bound in at end, all printed at the Curwen Studio and signed in pencil, illustrations, some colour, original two-tone morocco in pale orange and tan, upper cover stamped in gilt with design and title, uncut, dust-jacket, original cloth slip-case, small nick to one edge, oblong folio, Curwen Press, 1968.

Phillips (Tom) Dante's Inferno, number 48 of 100 copies signed by the artist and with a signed ten-colour screenprint loosely inserted, plates, some colour, original cloth, dust-jacket, slip-case, 1985 § Lowell (Robert) The Voyage, number 177 of 200 copies signed by the author and artist, plates by Sidney Nolan, original cloth, slip-case, 1968 § Duncan (Robert) A Paris Visit: Five Poems, number 70 of 115 copies on hand-made Indian paper and signed by the author and artist, from an edition limited to 130, plates by R.B.Kitaj, original half morocco, uncut, a little rubbed, Grenfell Press, 1985, 4to & folio (3)

Whittington Press.- Llywelyn (Robin) Portmeirion, number LXX of 60 special copies with an additional suite of prints including one extra and a poster and signed by the author and artist, from an edition limited to 350, 7 double-page colour plates by Leslie Gerry, folding concertina style in original pictorial boards, 8 additional prints signed in pencil and loose in paper folder, together with large folded poster and prospectus in original decorative board drop-back box, oblong folio, Risbury, Whittington Press, 2008.

Chagall (Marc).- [Derriere le Miroir no.182] Chagall, number 24 of 150 copies on vélin de Rives with 2 original colour lithographs by Chagall, one double-page, loose as issued without text in original printed wrappers, uncut, Paris, Maeght, 1969; with a copy of the ordinary issue with text, together in board folder and slip-case, paper label on upper cover, folio

Ayrton (Michael).- Verlaine (Paul) Femmes/Hombres, number 2 of 85 copies signed by the artist, from an edition limited to 100,15 etched plates by Michael Ayrton, with printer's 'Apology' (revised prospectus) loosely inserted, original green morocco-backed marbled boards, by Sangorski & Sutcliffe, t.e.g., others uncut, spine slightly browned, oblong folio, printed by the Circle Press for Douglas Cleverdon, 1972.

Golden Cockerel Press.- Swinburne (Algernon Charles) Pasiphaë: a Poem, unique publisher's file of material for the book comprising various sets of corrected and uncorrected proofs, proofs of the copper-engraved illustrations by Buckland Wright including the one used in the special copy (most titled in pencil, some a little soiled), letters from the printer and binder with samples of binding materials etc., together in marbled cloth drop-back box, morocco label, very slightly rubbed, [c.1950]; and a copy of the book, number 376 of 500 copies, original pictorial two-tone buckram, gilt, uncut, glacine wrapper, [Cock-a-Hoop 185; Reid A57], Golden Cockerel Press, 1950, folio & 8vo (2)

Craig (Edward Gordon) A Production, being Thirty-Two Collotype Plates of Designs Projected or Realised for The Pretenders of Henrik Ibsen and Produced at the Royal Theatre Copenhagen 1926, number 66 of 105 copies on hand-made paper and signed by the author/artist, from an edition limited to 605, 32 plates, some colour, captioned guards, original parchment-backed red cloth, gilt, t.e.g., others uncut, very slightly soiled, original board slip-case (a little rubbed and soiled), folio, 1930.⁂ In 1926 Craig was asked to design a production of Ibsen's The Pretenders for the Royal Theatre in Copenhagen and by abandoning traditional scenery on the huge stage he achieved extraordinary effects with lighting. It became one of his most memorable and praised productions.

Miller (Henry) Insomnia or the Devil at Large, one of 20 special copies with autograph note from the co-publisher and portrait of Miller, from Edition G limited to 385, signed and dated by the author, with portrait by Paul Giovanopoulos signed and numbered 7/30 in pencil and 12 colour plates reproducing watercolours by Miller, text with illustrations, original spiral-bound limp boards with foil dust-jacket, together with loose plates, autograph note and prospectus in original orange cloth drop-back box, large folio, Albuquerque, N.M., Loujon Press, 1970.⁂ One of 20 deluxe copies set aside for the publisher John Edgar Webb and his wife Louise "Gypsy Lou". A photocopy of Webb's obituary is loosely inserted in a pocket inside the lid with Gypsy Lou's manuscript note, "Because of the enclosed writings, I need money for a memorial full-page ad to run in the Village Voice for Jon, and this set is one of the 20 copies of 'Insomnia' we set aside for ourselves. Mrs. Jon Edgar Webb".The last significant book production from the famous New Orleans (later Albuquerque) publisher.

Wadsworth (Edward).- Windeler (Bernard) Sailing-Ships and Barges of the Western Mediterranean and Adriatic Seas, marked proof copy with annotations in pencil, for an edition limited to 450, copper-engraved additional title (crossed through), 17 plates, map and several vignettes by Edward Wadsworth, most hand-coloured as in published version, original buckram-backed pictorial orange cloth, gilt, uncut, rather soiled and mottled, small folio, Etchells & Macdonald, 1926.⁂ With a few minor differences to the published version including plate 2 being upside down, and pencil comments re inking etc.

Whittington Press.- Butcher (David) Pages from Presses: Kelmscott, Ashendene, Doves, Vale, Eragny & Essex House, number VI of L specially-bound copies with a Doves Press leaf on vellum, 13 original paper leaves and an additional portfolio of 6 original leaves, from an edition limited to 185 and signed by the author, printed in red and black, folding frontispiece, original leaves mounted on stubs, original scarlet morocco, uncut, additional original leaves (paper leaf from Doves Bible with annotations in coloured inks) loose in pocket in original cloth-backed board folder, together in original cloth drop-back box, morocco spine label, folio, Risbury, Whittington Press, 2006.⁂ Including original leaves from the Kelmscott, Ashendene, Doves, Vale, Eragny and Whittington presses.

Erni (Hans).- Homer. Odyssée, translated by Victor Bérard, 3 vol., number 126 of 170 copies on Rives pur chiffon, from an edition limited to 186, signed by the artist and publisher, colour lithograph illustrations and initials by Hans Erni, some full-page, loose as issued in original patterned-paper wrappers, uncut, original vellum-backed patterned-paper boards, board slip-cases (a little rubbed), folio, Lausanne, André Gonin, 1957-58.

Whittington Press.- Bidwell (John) Fine Papers at the Oxford University Press, number iii of 65 special copies with an additional portfolio of papers, from an edition limited to 300, tipped-in samples, illustrations, original half pale turquoise morocco, uncut, 25 additional whole sheets of paper loose in original cloth-backed board folder, together in cloth drop-back box, morocco label on spine (slightly faded), folio, Risbury, Whittington Press, 1999.

Fleece Press.- Margaret Wells: A Selection of her Wood Engravings, one of 30 special copies from a total edition of 200, illustrations, signed wood-engraved plate in pocket at end, original blue morocco-backed cloth with illustration inlaid to upper cover, Wakefield, Fleece Press, 1985 § Selborne (Joanna) and Lindsay Newman. Gwen Raverat, wood engraver, one of 260 copies, tipped-in plates, illustrations, original cloth-backed pictorial boards, slip-case a little stained, Denby Dale, 1996; and another, Fleece Press, folio and 4to (3)

Gill (Joanna, 1910-80) 8 Designs for a Sacred Calendar, comprising: Janurary, February, March, May, June, July, August and November, watercolour over pencil, on wove paper, c.160 x 115mm., [Ditchling], [1919]; with 3 other similar watercolours by her (title-page design for The Roses of Mary, 1918; interior of a barn with figures working; coronation of the Virgin), all tipped into card mounts, together in cloth drop-back box, folio (11)⁂ Joanna Gill was Eric Gill's youngest daughter and spent her childhood as part of the religious community at Ditchling, reflected in these drawings done at the age of 9. At this time Eric was working on his Stations of the Cross for Westminster Cathedral. Joanna later married René Hague with whom her father established a press, Hague and Gill, at the their home Pigotts in Buckinghamshire. Gill named his typeface Joanna after her, first used for An Essay on Typography published in 1931.

Golden Cockerel Press.- Chaucer (Geoffrey) Troilus & Criseyde, 8 specimen leaves on vellum (pp.5/6, 11/12, 131/132, 141/142, 147/148, 157/158, 197/198 & 203/204), 2 initials in blue and 3 in red, wood-engraved borders by Eric Gill, Merle Armitage's copy with specially-printed title for him and his bookplate by Rockwell Kent, with bifolium on vellum of pp.85/86 & 91/92 from Golden Cockerel Press 'Lamia' loosely inserted, original vellum-backed boards, uncut, slight wear to corners, [Chanticleer 50 & 62], folio, Golden Cockerel Press, 1927.⁂ The Golden Cockerel Troilus & Criseyde was issued in 1927, with 6 copies on vellum and 225 on paper; Lamia was issued the following year (15 on vellum, 485 on paper).Merle Armitage (1893-1975), American book- and graphic designer.

Bacon (Francis), Peter Blake and others.- Cooper (Michael) Blinds & Shutters, number 3,504 of 5,000 copies signed by 11 contributors, photographic and other illustrations throughout, filmstrip bookmark, original black morocco & yellow buckram by Hunter & Foulis, original silk-screened box with moveable shutter (extremities a little rubbed), folio, Genesis, 1990.⁂ Signed by Francis Bacon, Peter Blake, Billy Al Bengston, Jo Bergman, Adam Cooper, Terry Doran, Gerard Malanga, Earl McGrath, Colin Self, Dean Stockwell and Bill Wyman.

Gwasg Gregynog.- See-Paynton (Colin) Of A Feather: Avian Collective Nouns & Terms of Assembly, one of 135 copies from a total edition of 150, title in green and black with feather vignette in gold, wood-engraved illustrations by the author, original dark blue morocco-backed cloth by John Sewell with illustration mounted to upper cover, uncut, cloth slip-case, folio, Newtown, Gwasg Gregynog, 2008.

Kelmscott Press.- Morris (William) The Story of Cupid and Psyche, with illustrations designed by Edward Burne-Jones, mostly engraved on the wood by William Morris, 3 vol. including portfolio of proofs of the 44 wood-engravings, mixed set, 2 vol. text number 174 of 270 copies, illustrations, original cloth-backed patterned-paper boards, morocco gilt labels to spines, slip-case, portfolio number lviii of 100 copies, plates, loose as issued in original paper folder, original cloth drop-back box (slightly rubbed and marked), small folio, London & Cambridge, Clover Hill Editions, printed at the Rampant Lions Press, 1974.⁂ Originally intended to illustrateThe Earthly Paradise but never completed.

Papermaking.- Siegenthaler (Fred) Strange Papers: A Collection of the World's Rarest Handmade Papers, number 194 of 200 copies signed by the author, illustrations, original boards, with 101 original samples, each loose in original wrappers, together with pair of white cotton gloves in original cloth-backed board box, Muttenz, 1987 § Thomas (Peter & Donna) Paper from Plants, number 94 of 150 copies, printed in green and black, original samples, original morocco-backed painted boards, uncut, original card folder with ties (faded), Santa Cruz, 1999, folio & 4to (2)

Gwasg Gregynog.- Walters (Gwyn, editor) Pennant and his Welsh landscapes: Selected readings from A Tour in Wales (1778-1784), number IV of XX specially-bound copies with an additional suite of prints, from an edition limited to 170, colour woodcut plates by Rigby Graham, some double-page, original dark turquoise goatskin, each cover inlaid with individual design in vellum stained in several colours and edged in gilt, by James Brockman designed by Rigby Graham, spine titled in gilt, g.e., pictorial endpapers by Graham, additional suite of woodcuts each numbered and signed in pencil, loose as issued in original cloth portfolio, with double-page prints rolled in tube, together in original goatskin-backed pictorial orange cloth drop-back box (upper cover with images from binding), spine with inlaid red goatskin label titled in gilt, folio, Newtown, Gwasg Gregynog, 2006.

Golden Cockerel Press.- Chair (Somerset de) The Story of a Lifetime, number 78 of 110 copies signed by the author, wood-engraved full-page illustrations by Clifford Webb, original pictorial alum-tawed sheepskin, gilt, spine slightly yellowed (as usual), glacine wrapper (frayed), cloth slip-case, 1954; Napoleon's Memoirs, 2 vol., number 101 of 500 copies, portrait frontispieces, wood-engraved title vignettes by John Buckland Wright, map endpapers, original decorated cloth, gilt, 1945; The Golden Carpet, number 63 of 500 copies, portrait, map endpapers, prospectus loosely inserted, original morocco-backed cloth, spine faded, 1943 § Jonson (Ben) A Croppe of Kisses, number 29 of 50 specially-bound copies, from an edition limited to 250, printed in black & colours, Somerset de Chair's copy with his bookplate and visiting card of Mrs. Somerset de Chair with valentine note on verso loosely inserted, original pictorial russet morocco, gilt, light staining to upper cover, 1937, all t.e.g., others uncut, [Cock-a-Hoop 195, Cockalorum 167, Pertelot 155 & 121], small folio & 4to, Golden Cockerel Press (5)

Red Hen Press.- Jones (Shirley) Nocturne for Wales, number 34 of only 20 copies with an original set of etchings, from an edition limited to 50 signed by the author/artist, 5 etched plates printed in black and colours, each numbered (34/70), titled, signed and dated in pencil, loose as issued with accompanying text volume in original cloth with circular tan morocco label on upper cover in original cloth portfolio with ties, A.L.s. from the author/artist to Marie Louise Rosenthal loosely inserted, South Croydon, Red Hen Press, 1987; Falls the Shadow, number 26 of 40 copies signed by the author/artist, printed in brown, 6 blind-stamped plates, each with "shadow" etched plate with aquatint and mezzotint, Japanese tissue guards, prospectus loosely inserted, original brown morocco-backed cloth with brown morocco wings onlaid on upper cover, by Gwasg Gregynog, uncut, original cloth drop-back box, morocco label, 1995, folio, South Croydon, Red Hen Press (2)

Eluard (Paul) Le Bestiaire, number 147 of 148 copies on vélin de Lana, from an edition limited to 196, 86 etched plates, illustrations and initials in colour by Roger Chastel, loose as issued in original etched wrappers in black and white on papier d'Auvergne, uncut, Margaret Winkelman's copy with her book-label, original board folder, spine with title in inset panel, slip-case a little rubbed, folio, Paris, Maeght, 1948.⁂ "...the matching of colours for both sides of the 42 double pages, and the 10,000 separate inkings made the task a Herculean one, not only of illustration, but of book architecture. The result is a masterpiece." Strachan, The Artist and the Book in France, p.110.

Howet (Marie) A la Source d'Ara: Épopée accompagnée de Vingt-Cinq Aquarelles d'Irlande, number 85 of 125 copies signed by the artist, printed in black and green, 25 pochoir plates by Jean Saudé after Marie Howet, tissue guards, illustrations, original printed wrappers, uncut, glacine wrapper, original board folder with abstract pochoir design on upper cover, board slip-case (a little rubbed), oblong folio, [Paris], 1934.

Whittington Press.- Phipps (Howard) Ebble Valley, one of 45 copies from a total edition of 300, signed by the author/artist, accompanying portfolio of proof sheets, wood-engravings and coloured linocuts by the author, some folding, original green half morocco over pictorial boards, portfolio in cloth-backed boards, together in slip-case, Risbury, Whittington Press, 2007; Further Interiors, one of 300 copies signed by the artist on Zerkall paper, wood-engraved illustrations, original wrappers, sewn as issued, slip-case, 1992 § Randle (John, introduction) The wood engravings of Gwenda Morgan, one of 35 special copies signed by the artist but this copy without the accompanying suite of 15 prints, illustrations, original morocco-backed decorative boards, 1985 § Butcher (David) The Whittington Press: A Bibliography 1982-93, one of 380 copies, this one of 244, illustrations, original cloth-backed decorative boards, slip-case, 1996 § Lawrence (Simon) 45 wood-engravers, one of 350 copies signed by Lawrence, illustrations, original cloth-backed decorative boards, slip-case, 1982 § S.T.E. Lawrence, Boxwood blockmaker: Wood engravings collected in honour of his eightieth birthday, one of 250 copies, illustrations, original cloth-backed decorative boards, slip-case, 1980; and 5 others Whittington Press, folio and 4to (11)

Porter (Robert L., binder).- Omar Khayyám. Rubaiyat, translated by Edward Fitzgerald, [one of 310 copies on paper], printed in red and black, wood-engraved frontispiece, decorative borders and initials, by Charles Ricketts, bound in tan goatskin with semé of small gilt-stamped onlaid morocco flower heads in various colours within network of ruled lines, spine titled in gilt, uncut, [Watry B32], [Vale Press], 1901 § Binyon (Laurence) The Poems of Nizami, colour plates, bound in half red goatskin over marbled boards, t.e.g., spine a little faded, The Studio, 1928, according to a loosely-inserted T.L.s. to Anthony Dowd both bound by Robert L.Porter in c.1992, 8vo & folio (2)

Whittington Press.- Butcher (David) The Whittington Press: A Bibliography 1971-1981, with an introduction and notes by John Randle, number 35 of 95 specially-bound copies with additional specimens, from an edition limited to 320, illustrations, folding type specimen, 50 tipped-in specimen pages, original vellum-backed marbled boards, t.e.g., slip-case, folio, Andoversford, Whittington Press, 1982.

Whittington Press.- Book of Posters (A), printed at Whittington, with an Introduction by John Randle, number 4 of 50 special copies with an additional portfolio of posters (Edition A), from an edition limited to 125, wood-engravings by Hellmuth Weissenborn, 35 tipped-in posters, many printed in colours, some folding, original cloth-backed boards, uncut, portfolio with 10 assorted posters loosely inserted (some folded) in original cloth-backed board folder, together in cloth drop-back box, morocco label on spine, Lower Marston, 1996 § Anderson (Andrew) A Vision of Order: Linocuts..., number 26 of 185 copies signed by the artist, printed in black and colours, tipped-in plates, some folding, illustrations, original half cloth, uncut, with prospectus in original cloth & board folder with ties, Risbury, 2011, folio, Whittington Press (2)

Gogmagog Press.- Cox (Morris) A Mystique of Mummers, number 3 of 12 copies, linocut title and 20 elimination linocut plates printed in colours, all plates numbered, titled, signed and dated by the artist, lists of plates and notes mounted inside box, loose as issued in original cloth-backed drop-back board box (not cork-lined as stated in Chambers), paper label on spine, lists of plates and notes mounted inside box, [Chambers 35], folio, Gogmagog Press, 1983.

Whittington Press.- Omar Khayyám. The Mirror & the Eye, translated by Iftikhar Azmi, number 1 of 126 copies, original vellum-backed marbled boards, 1984 § Azmi (Iftikhar, translator) The Garden of the Night, number 50 of 240 copies, original cloth-backed boards, 1979 § Song of Songs (The), translated by Keith Bosley, number 50 of 206 copies, original pictorial cloth, gilt, spine spotted and browned, 1976, all signed by the translator and artist, illustrations by Richard Kennedy, uncut, slip-cases, Andoversford, Whittington Press; and 4 others, illustrated by Kennedy for the Press, folio & 4to (7)

Gwasg Gregynog.- Roberts (Kate) Two Old Men and other stories, number 113 of 265 copies, linocut plates and illustrations by Kyffin Williams printed in black and grey direct from the blocks, original black morocco-backed grey cloth, pictorial panel after a Williams linocut mounted on upper cover, uncut, 1981 § Parry (Robert Williams) Cerddi, number 152 of 215 copies, wood-engraved plates by Peter Reddick, original morocco-backed cloth, title in blind on upper cover, uncut, 1980 § Whitman (Walt) Wrenching Times: Poems from Drum-Taps..., number 286 of 450 copies, wood-engraved plates by Gaylord Schanilec printed in colours, original morocco-backed boards, a little faded, lower cover stained and scuffed, 1991, all uncut, Newtown, Gwasg Gregynog; and another from the press, 8vo & folio (4)

Gregynog Press.- Giraldus Cambrensis. Itinerary through Wales..., edited by Brynley F. Roberts, number 76 of 280 copies signed by the artist, printed in red & black, wood-engraved illustrations by Colin Paynton, with an additional wood-engraving 'The Journey' by Paynton (numbered 78/150 and signed in pencil) loosely inserted with an accompanying T.L.s. from the printer David Esselemont apologising for delay, bookplate of B.M.Cooke, original morocco-backed boards, t.e.g., others uncut, slip-case, folio, Newtown, Gwasg Gregynog, 1989.

Vale Press.- Milton (John) Early Poems, one of 310 copies, original cream buckram, spotted, 1896 § Symonds (J.Addington, translator) The Life of Benvenuto Cellini, 2 vol., [one of 300 copies on paper], later half blue morocco, by Bayntun Rivière, spines gilt and a little faded, t.e.g., 1900 § Apuleius (Lucius) De Cupidinis et Psyches, [one of 310 copies on paper], light spotting and browning to endpapers, bookplate of E.Crawshaw, 1901 § Meinhold (William) Mary Schweidler, the Amber Witch, translated by Lady Duff Gordon, [one of 300 copies on paper], light foxing to endpapers, 1903, wood-engraved decorative borders, initials and illustrations by Charles Ricketts, the last two original cloth-backed boards, a little rubbed, paper spine label of the last chipped, all uncut, [Watry B1, B30, B33 & B39], 4to & folio, [Vale Press] (5)

Officina Bodoni.- Eliot (T.S.) Four Quartets, number 195 of 290 copies signed by the author, original vellum-backed marbled boards, t.e.g., others uncut, spine very slightly soiled, marbled board slip-case (rubbed), small folio, Verona, Officina Bodoni, 1960.

Uecker (Gunther).- Zum Schweigen der Schrift oder die Sprachlosigkeit, 23 loose sheets (each 460 x 460mm.) comprising: an original print by Uecker, signed by the artists and numbered one of 100, 3 sheets with facsimile of manuscript text, sheet of text by Eugen Gomringer, 17 offset lithographs after photographs by L. Wolleh of which 15 have been hand-embellished with white paint by screenprint, all signed by Uecker in pencil on verso and numbered one of 920, except for colophon sheet which is signed in pencil by Uecker and Gomringer on recto, housed in original plywood slip-case with a wooden drawer, folio, Lage/Lippe, Haberbeck and St.Gallen, Erker-Verlag, 1979.

Francis (Sam).- Guyotat (Pierre) Wanted Female, one of 45 copies signed by the author and artist, 7 coloured etchings by Sam Francis, original full red morocco by Ulli Rotzscher, decorative cloth slip-case, folio, Los Angeles, The Lapis Press, 1993.⁂ One of Sam Francis' last body of work before he died in 1994.

Gregynog Press.- Joinville (Jean, Sieur de, Seneschal de Champagne) The History of Saint Louis, translated by Joan Evans, number 51 of 200 copies on hand-made paper, initials designed by Alfred Fairbank and printed in red and blue, 17 hand-coloured wood-engraved coats-of-arms by Reynolds Stone, 2 maps, genealogical tables, original brown morocco with arms of St.Louis in gilt on upper cover, by the Gregynog Press Bindery, t.e.g., others uncut, very slight rubbing at edges, [Harrop 37], folio, Newtown, Gregynog Press, 1937.⁂ One of the most handsome books produced by the press.

Officina Bodoni.- Holy Gospel (The) according to Matthew, Mark, Luke and John, number XC of 155 copies for Britain, from an edition limited to 320, fine wood-engraved title-page by Reynolds Stone, woodcut illustrations by Bruno Bramanti after Bartolomeo di Giovanni's originals for the 1495 edition, original crimson morocco, gilt, t.e.g., others uncut, transparent wrapper, original decorated cloth slip-case, small folio, Verona, Officina Bodoni, 1962.

Cranach Press.- Shakespeare (William) The Tragedie of Hamlet Prince of Denmarke, edited by J.Dover Wilson, number 207 of 300 copies on Maillol hand-made paper, from an edition limited to 322, type designed by Edward Johnston after the Mainz Psalter of 1457, title cut by Eric Gill, printed in red and black, wood-engraved illustrations designed and cut by Edward Gordon Craig, 'Notes on The Tragedie of Hamlet...' by J.Dover Wilson in original wrappers in pocket at end, Janet Leeper's copy signed by Edward Gordon Craig in 1948 on front free endpaper and with additional signed print of Hamlet descending stairs reading loosely inserted at beginning (on Japon, initialled 'EGC', dated 1930 and with note "Only 13 copies printed, Copy 6" in pencil at foot), front free endpaper lightly browned, original linen-backed boards, paper label on spine, uncut, corners slightly bumped and worn as usual but a very good clean copy, preserved in modern cloth-backed drop-back box, folio, Weimar, Cranach Press, 1930.⁂ One of the outstanding pieces of book art of the 20th century, with an excellent association.Janet Leeper was an author on English ballet and wrote Edward Gordon Craig: Designs for the Theatre, published as a King Penguin in 1948.

Whittington Press.- Butcher (David) The Whittington Press: A Bibliography 1982-93, with an introduction and notes by John Randle, number ix of 28 deluxe specially-bound copies with a set of tipped-in specimen pages and an additional portfolio of ephemera, from an edition limited to 380, specimens, plates and illustrations, some folding, a few printed with colours, original dark green morocco with willow frond in light green and blue morocco inlaid across boards and spine, by the Fine Bindery after Miriam Macgregor, natural reversed calf doublures, t.e.g., uncut, ephemera loose in original half cloth folder, together in original cloth drop-back box, morocco label on spine (slightly faded and with small stain), folio, Risbury, Whittington Press, 1996.

Officina Bodoni.- Gogol (Nicolas) The Overcoat, from the Tales of Petersburg, number 115 of 160 copies signed by the artist, 1975 § Joyce (James) The Dead, from Dubliners, number 141 of 170 copies signed by the artist, 1982 § Mansfield (Katherine) The Garden Party, limited edition, colour lithograph illustrations by Marie Laurencin, original patterned cloth, uncut, slight rubbed at edges, Verona Press, 1939, the first two with etched plates by Pietro Annigoni, original vellum- or morocco-backed boards, gilt, t.e.g., others uncut, transparent wrapper, slip-cases, small folio & 4to, Verona, Officina Bodoni (3)