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Newton (Helmut) Sumo, signed limited edition, copiously illustrated, original cloth, dust-jacket, additional dust-jacket rolled in a tube, metal book stand by Philippe Starck, housed in original polystyrene packaging, lacking original cardboard box, elephant folio, Taschen, 1999.

Scully (Sean).- Doyle (Roddy) and others. Fighting Words, one of 150 copies signed by the authors and artist on BFK Rives paper, colour etched frontispiece "Blue" by Sean Scully, original two-tone cloth, slip-case, folio, Dublin, Stoney Road Press, 2012.⁂ The foreword by Roddy Doyle (and signed by him) begins: "Fighting Words is a writing centre for children and young people. It was founded, here in Dublin, by myself and Sean Love." The 10 short stories are written by Russell Banks, John Banville, Richard Bausch, Anne Enright, David Mitchell, Joyce Carol Oates, Annie Proulx, Salman Rushdie, Sam Shepard and Colm Toibin.

Dubuffet (Jean).- Berne (Jacques) Il y a, one of 80 copies on velin d'Arches paper signed by the author and artist, from a total edition of 99, screenprint illustrations by Jean Dubuffet, loose as issued in original pictorial wrappers, cloth drop-back box with inlaid screenprint to upper cover, folio, Montpellier, Fata Morgana, 1979.

Rogerson (Ian) Agnes Miller Parker: Wood-Engraver and Book Illustrator, 1895-1980, one of 300 copies, Wakefield, Fleece Press, 1990 § Yorke (Malcolm) Today I worked well - the picture fell off the brush: The artistry of Leslie Cole, one of 500 copies, Upper Denby, Fleece Press, 2010 § Greenwood (Jeremy) The Wood-Engravings of John Nash: A Catalogue, one of 750 copies, Liverpool, The Wood Lea Press, 1987, illustrations, some colour, some tipped in, original cloth-backed boards, the first and last with slip-cases; and another, 4to & folio (4)

Beckett (Samuel) The North, number V of 15 copies signed by the author and with an additional suite of the etchings, 3 original etchings by Avigdor Arikha, all signed in pencil, tissue-guards, loose as issued in original blind-stamped paper folder, uncut, folio, printed by the Rampant Lions Press of Cambridge for the Enitharmon Press, 1972.⁂ One of only 15 copies specially printed for the publisher, Alan Clodd.

Crowder (Henry) Henry Music... Poems by Nancy Cunard, Richard Aldington, Walter Lowenfels, Samuel Beckett, Harold Acton, first and only edition, one of 100 copies signed by Crowder and additionally inscribed by him "For Mr. and Mrs. Otto Theis... if this little effort of mine brings you one moment of pleasure, I assure that I am amply repaid for whatever effort went into the making of it. You two people are realy [sic] nearer to my heart than you may suspect." to limitation p., musical notation, light foxing and browning, original pictorial boards with specially designed photomontage (incorporating a portrait of Crowder, African sculptures and Nancy Cunard's bangles) by Man Ray, light wear to spine, a little browned, extremities rubbed, folio, Paris, Hours Press, 1930.⁂ An excellent presentation copy of this rare work.

Allen Press Bibliography (The), one of 140 copies on hand-made paper, hand-coloured decorative title, printed in black and colours, specimens, some hand-coloured, illustrations, prospectus loosely inserted, original cloth-backed patterned cloth, uncut, slip-case, Greenbrae, Ca., Allen Press, 1981 § Walsdorf (Jack) The Yellow Barn Press: A History and Bibliography, number 169 of 175 copies, illustrations and specimens, some colour, some tipped in, original morocco-backed patterned-paper boards, uncut, morocco label, with prospectus in original cloth drop-back box, Council Bluffs, Iowa, Yellow Barn Press, 2001, folio & 4to (2)

Rothenstein (William) The French Set, one of 50 sets, 3 lithographed portraits of Rodin, Fantin-Latour and Alphonse Legros, some light browning, original printed wrappers, uncut, frayed at edges, 1898; Liber Juniorum, 6 lithographed portraits including Beardsley, Beerbohm and W.B.Yeats, 4 signed in pencil, the others in the plate, tipped to blank leaves (becoming loose), mounts foxed and soiled, frayed at edges, loose as issued in original cloth portfolio, lacking ties and most flaps, worn, 1899, both inscribed by the artist to John Fothergill, folio (2)⁂ John Fothergill (1876-1957), author of An Innkeeper's Diary, and owner of the Spread Eagle hotel in Thame, the famous haunt of many literary and artistic figures of his day, including George Bernard Shaw, H. G. Wells, Rebecca West, G. K. Chesterton and Evelyn Waugh. He was a contemporary of William Rothenstein's at the Slade School of Fine Art, along with Augustus John and Jacob Epstein.

Officina Bodoni.- Pound (Ezra) Cavalcanti Poems, number 123 of 200 copies signed by the author, original vellum-backed boards, gilt, t.e.g., others uncut, transparent wrapper, slip-case, Verona, Officina Bodoni, 1966 § [Grieve (Christopher Murray)], "Hugh MacDiarmid". Direadh I, II and III, number 92 of 200 copies signed by the author, bound in brown goatskin, upper cover moulded with figure of eagle with outstretched wings, suede flyleaves but lacking doublures, uncut, Frenich, Foss, printed at the Officina Bodoni, 1974, small folio (2)

Gregynog Press.- Lamentations of Jeremiah (The), number 94 of 250 copies on Japanese vellum, printed in blue and black, wood-engraved title, initials and illustrations by Blair Hughes-Stanton, 5 full-page, original blue Hermitage calf, title and device in black on upper cover, very slightly rubbed and scuffed, [Harrop 29], folio, Newtown, Gregynog Press, 1933.

Whittington Press.- McKitterick (David) Wallpapers by Edward Bawden printed at the Curwen Press, 2 vol. including folder, number 36 of 40 special copies signed by the author & artist and with sheets or parts of sheets of seven original wallpapers and whole sheets of the Riviera and Facade papers, from an edition limited to 120, printed in yellow and black, tipped-in folding plate, illustrations, original samples tipped in at end, most folding, prospectus loosely inserted, original morocco-backed patterned-paper boards (Bawden's Bird's Nest paper), uncut, 2 folding whole sheets loose in original cloth-backed board folder, together in slip-case (a little scuffed and faded), folio, Andoversford, Whittington Press, 1989.

Plath (Sylvia) Lyonnesse, number 2 of 10 copies in vellum, specimen leaf loosely inserted, original vellum, by Zaehnsdorf, lettered in gilt, t.e.g., others uncut, preserved in cloth drop-back box, folio, Rainbow Press, 1971.

Golden Cockerel Press.- Chair (Somerset de) Napoleon's Memoirs, 2 vol., number 192 of 500 copies, wood-engraved title-vignettes by John Buckland Wright, frontispieces, map endpapers, original cloth, gilt, v. slight bumping to spine extremities, sm. folio, Golden Cockerel Press, 1945.

Alexandre (Arsène) & Jean Cocteau. The Decorative Art of Leon Bakst, translated by Harry Melvill, first English edition, tipped-in portrait with facsimile signature and 77 tipped-in plates, many colour, a few folding, ex-library copy with label and stamps, mostly embossed, library cloth, 1913 § George W.Harris, number 241 of 425 copies, portrait and plates, some colour, captioned tissue guards, with woodcut by Harris initialled in pencil loosely inserted, original cloth, a little rubbed, 1930, folio & 4to (2)

Golden Cockerel Press.- Keats (John) Lamia, Isabella, The Eve of St.Agnes & other poems, number 178 of 500 copies, title in red and black with decorative wood-engraved border, initials in red and blue, wood-engraved illustrations by Robert Gibbings, original sharkskin-backed buckram, by Sangorski & Sutcliffe, t.e.g., others uncut, slight staining to head of spine, [Chanticleer 62], small folio, Waltham St.Lawrence, Golden Cockerel Press, 1928.

Verneuil (Maurice Pillard) L'Ornementation par le Pochoir, title printed in red and grey with vignette by Verneuil at head, 32 pochoir plates, many with several colours, all mounted on stubs, title and text leaf with short tear to outer margin repaired, some leaves very slightly soiled and frayed at edges, small unobtrusive embossed stamp to upper margin of plates, modern half red morocco, spine gilt, t.e.g., folio, Paris, 1899.⁂ Rare and important work on the new medium of pochoir or colouring through stencil. Plate 31 required as many as five pochoirs and plate 32 six. COPAC lists only 2 copies (BL and V & A).

Picasso (Pablo).- Cocteau (Jean) Picasso de 1916 a 1961, one of 199 copies signed by the author and artist (from a total edition of 254), lithograph frontispiece and 22 lithographs by Picasso (of which 6 full-page and 2 double-page), loose as issued in original pictorial wrappers, black roan-backed boards, spine lettered in gilt, matching board slip-case, folio, Monaco, Editions du Rocher, 1962.⁂ In celebration of Picasso's 80th year.

Golden Cockerel Press.- Flinders (Matthew) Narrative of his Voyage in the Schooner Francis: 1798..., number 93 of 100 specially-bound copies, from an edition limited to 750, printed in green and black on pale grey paper, wood-engraved illustrations by John Buckland Wright, map, presentation copy from Christopher Sandford with inscribed printed press compliments slip illustrated by Eric Gill loosely inserted, bookplate of Robert Cameron Corbett, original pictorial green morocco, gilt, by Sangorski & Sutcliffe, t.e.g., others uncut, slight browning to spine, cloth slip-case (a little soiled), [Cockalorum 170], small folio, Golden Cockerel Press, 1946.

Braque (Georges).- Reverdy (Pierre) La Liberté des Mers, number 79 of 250 copies signed by the author and artist, lithographed throughout with text and illustrations, 6 colour lithograph plates by Georges Braque only (of 7) , signed presentation copy from the publisher inscribed on half-title, loose as issued in original wrappers, uncut, cloth folder and slip-case, large folio, Paris, printed by Mourlot Frères for Maeght, 1959.⁂ The presentation reads, "Pour Madame Svetlana, Pour Monsieur Masud R Khan, Hommage de l'editeur a un collectionneur, un bibliophile de qualité, avec toute sa sympathié, Maeght, St. Paul le 12 Août 1965".

Golden Cockerel Press.- Homeric Hymn to Aphrodite (The), translated by F.L. Lucas, number 24 of 100 specially-bound copies signed by the translator, from an edition limited to 750, wood-engraved frontispiece, pictorial title and illustrations by Mark Severin, title in red and black, original pictorial red morocco, gilt, by Sangorski & Sutcliffe, t.e.g., others uncut, cloth slip-case, [Cockalorum 177], small folio, Golden Cockerel Press, 1948.

Heaney (Seamus) and others. The Four Elements, Series 1-4 [a complete set], each series with 4 broadside poems limited to 125 copies signed by the contributors, wood-engraved illustration printed in a different colour above a poem on each of the four elements, each numbered and signed by the poet, loose as issued in original wrappers, [Brandes & Durkan AA23b, AA26b, AA28b & AA34b], folio, Whittington Press, for the Friends of the Cheltenham Festival of Literature, 1989-92.⁂ Produced each year for the Cheltenham Festival of Literature, the contributors are Seamus Heaney, Laurie Lee, Lawrence Sail and Jenny Joseph. The poets took it in turns to write on each element while a different illustrator was used each year, namely Hellmuth Weissenborn, John O'Connor, Gwenda Morgan and Miriam Macgregor.

Golden Cockerel Press.- Song of Songs (The), edited by W.O.E.Oesterley, number 45 of 64 specially-bound copies with an additional suite of 6 plates (2 not used), from an edition limited to 204, printed in red and black, engraved plates by Lettice Sandford, additional plates all signed in pencil and loose in envelope (spotted and frayed at edges), with 5 further duplicate plates all signed in pencil and inserted in envelope (one on slightly larger paper and creased at edge), original half green morocco with pictorial cloth gilt panels, by Sangorski & Sutcliffe, t.e.g., others uncut, a little spotted, [Chanticleer 110], folio, Golden Cockerel Press, 1936.

Whittington Press.- Weissenborn (Hellmuth) Flora, number 17 of 50 copies, 1973; Small Beasts, number 20 of 50 copies, 1973; Conflict & Harmony, number 5 of 25 copies, 1983; Ruins, number 57 of 60 copies signed by the artist, original boards sewn in Japanese style, slip-case (rubbed & stained), 1977, linocut plates by Weissenborn, some colour or hand-coloured, those in the first two all signed in pencil, all but the last loose as issued in original cloth folder and slip-case with paper label, 4to & oblong folio, printed by the Whittington Press for the Acorn Press (4)

Chimot (Edouard).- Magre (Maurice) La Montée aux Enfers, one of 500 copies on Arches, 12 colour etched plates and other illustrations by Edouard Chimot, captioned tissue guards, with 4-line manuscript poem initialled by the author on front free endpaper, bookplate of Marie-Louise and Samuel Rosenthal, bound in russet morocco, by Charles de Samblanx, covers with two horizontal bands of gilt rules interspersed with two blank squares, spine gilt, turn-ins ruled in gilt and signed at foot at front, t.e.g., others uncut, original printed wrappers bound in, slip-case (rubbed), small folio, Paris, 1920.

Wood Lea Press.- Greenwood (Jeremy) Ravilious: Engravings, one of 800 copies, illustrations, original cloth, slip-case, Woodbridge, Wood Lea Press, 2008; The Wood-Engavings of John Nash, one of 750 copies, mounted photographic frontispiece, illustrations, original cloth-backed decorative boards, slip-case, Liverpool, 1987; The Wood-Engravings of Paul Nash, one of 490 copies from a total edition of 550, illustrations, original cloth-backed decorative boards, slip-case, Woodbridge, 1997; Margaret Bruce Wells, the complete wood-engravings and linocuts, one of 300 copies, illustrations, original cloth-backed decorative boards, slip-case, Woodbridge, 2000, folio (4)

Rolling Stones.- Tarlé (Dominique) Exile: the Making of Exile on Main St., deluxe edition, limited edition numbered 5 of 260 copies signed by Tarlé and Mick Taylor, copiously illustrated, original photograph of Keith Richard signed by Tarlé loosely inserted, original morocco, slipcase, sm. folio, Genesis, 2001.

Cresset Press.- Bunyan (John) The Pilgrim's Progress, 2 vol., number 37 of 195 copies on paper, wood-engraved plates by Blair Hughes-Stanton and Gertrude Hermes, small ink inscription on front free endpapers, original vellum stained black, gilt, t.e.g., others uncut, rather rubbed (as often), scuffs to upper cover and spine of vol.1, spines a little faded, folio, printed by the Shakespeare Head Press of Stratford-upon-Avon for the Cresset Press, 1928.

Brunskill (Ann).- Chaucer (Geoffrey) & Guillaume de Lorris. The Romaunt of the Rose, number 15 of 25 copies on mould-made paper with 7 original etchings and signed by the artist, from an edition limited to 75, 7 double-page etchings by Ann Brunskill printed in colours, each titled and signed in pencil, original vellum, by Bert Seth, uncut, slip-case, 1974 § Aesop: Four Fables, number 47 of 50 copies signed by the artist, etched plates by Ann Brunskill printed in colours, each titled and signed in pencil, light spotting to half-title, loose as issued in original wrapper, uncut, batik cloth portfolio, slightly rubbed, 1972, folio, [Ashford], World's End Press (2)

Previous Parrot Press.- Martin (Frank) Newhaven Dieppe: Recollections and some history of the Town of Dieppe, one of 18 "Exemplary Edition" specially-bound copies with an additional suite of engravings and signed by the author/artist, from an edition limited to 320, wood-engraved illustrations by Martin, original blue morocco-backed turquoise morocco, by the Gwasg Gregynog Bindery, gilt arms of Dieppe on upper cover, uncut, additional suite of wood-engravings each titled, lettered & signed in pencil and tipped into mount, together with prospectus in original cloth drop-back box, wood-engraved pictorial title mounted on lid, folio, Church Hanborough, Previous Parrot Press, printed by David Esslemont at Gwasg Gregynog, 1996.

Golden Cockerel Press.- Chaucer (Geoffrey) The Canterbury Tales, 4 vol., number 450 of 485 copies on paper, wood-engraved decorative borders, illustrations and initials by Eric Gill, initials printed in red, blue and black, original morocco-backed patterned-paper boards, by Sangorski & Sutcliffe, t.e.g., others uncut, very slight wear to one or two tips of corners and spine ends (as usual) but a very good copy, [Chanticleer 63], small folio, Waltham St.Lawrence, Golden Cockerel Press, 1929-31.

Golden Cockerel Press.- Omar Khayyám. Rubáiyát, translated by Edward Fitzgerald, number 82 of 300 copies, 8 copper-engraved plates by John Buckland Wright, light spotting at beginning and end, engraved bookplate of Sir Lionel Lawson Faudel-Phillips., Bt., original morocco-backed pictorial buckram, gilt, by Sangorski & Sutcliffe, t.e.g., others uncut, a little rubbed and soiled, slight scuffing to spine, small folio, Golden Cockerel Press, 1938.

Hermes (Gertrude) Wood Engravings...being illustrations to Selborne..., number 76 of 240 copies, wood-engraved plates, original cloth-backed patterned-paper boards, uncut, Newtown, Gwasg Gregynog, 1988 § Society of Wood Engravers. The Great Storm of October 1987...Five Wood Engravings, number 241 of 250 copies, each engraving numbered, signed & dated in pencil and tipped into mount, loose in original cloth-backed box, printed by the Fleece Press, 1989 § Milton (John) & Henry Lawes. The Mask of Comus, one of 950 copies, colour linocuts by M.R.H.Farrar, original boards, uncut, slip-case (faded), Nonesuch Press, 1937, folio (3)

Ashendene Press.- Hornby (C.H.St.John) A Descriptive Bibliography of the Books printed at the Ashendene Press MDCCCXCV-MCMXXXV, number 179 of 390 copies signed by the author/printer, printed in red and black in Ptolemy type, plates, illustrations and specimen leaves, some folding, a few with initials supplied by hand by Graily Hewitt, 2 errata leaves tipped in at end, pictorial gilt leather book-plate of C.S.Barlow (lightly offset onto facing endpaper) original russet calf, press device in gilt on upper cover, t.e.g., others uncut, a little rubbed, particularly spine, marbled board slip-case (slightly rubbed), [Hornby XL], folio, Ashendene Press, 1935.

Golden Cockerel Press.- Keats (John) Endymion: A Poetic Romance, number 69 of 100 specially-bound copies signed by the artist, from an edition limited to 500, wood-engraved illustrations by John Buckland Wright, some full-page, foxing to a few leaves (as usual), bookplate of Margaret & John Streeter, original pictorial vellum, gilt, by Sangorski & Sutcliffe, with Cynthia Goddess of the Moon by Buckland Wright in gilt on upper cover, t.e.g., others uncut, cloth slip-case, [Cockalorum 175; Reid A47a], small folio, Golden Cockerel Press, 1947.⁂ Buckland Wright took over four years to produce this work and considered it to be his greatest achievement. "In his 58 illustrations Buckland Wright is both as classical and as romantic as the poet could have desired. His vision, it seems to me, approaches that of Keats as closely as is possible for any artist working in our generation. While there is more than a hint of classicism in his admirable figures, their groupings and settings are romantic." Christopher Sandford in Cockalorum.

Palmer (Samuel) An English Version of the Eclogues of Virgil, title in red & black, 14 plates including 5 original etchings, endpapers spotted, original pictorial cloth, gilt, uncut, rubbed, small folio, 1883.

Flint (Sir William Russell) Drawings, number 116 of 125 copies signed by the artist and with an original signed drawing, colour illustrations, original morocco-backed cloth, t.e.g., spine faded, original pencil drawing 'Consuelo with Castanettes' titled and initialled in pencil, tipped into card mount and loosely inserted in envelope (browned and spotted), together in original board slip-case, rubbed and spotted, folio, 1950.

Schwimmer (Max).- Goethe (Johann Wolfgang von) Dreizehn Liebesgedichte, out-of-series copy from an edition limited to only 13, printed on japon, lithographed illustrations by Max Schwimmer (but not hand-coloured as indicated in colophon), with small signed hand-coloured etching by the printer loosely inserted, bound in Japanese style in original pictorial silk wrappers printed in red, slightly soiled, Leipzig, Hellmuth Weissenborn, 1932; and a small quantity of proofs & unbound sheets for the production including one sheet with original watercolour drawing, 2 with hand-coloured illustrations and other pasted-up sheets, folio (a bundle)

A vintage Ashtead Potters pot with lid, mixed china to include Johnson & Bros Indian Tree plates, mixed pottery, cutlery, Oriental rice bowls, Carnival ware, mixed vintage glass and a folio depicting the study of actors and art

Maitland (William). The History of London, from its Foundation by the Romans, to the Present Time..., with the several accounts of Westminster, Middlesex, Southwark, and other parts within the Bill of Mortality, 1st edition, London: Printed by Samuel Richardson, 1739, folding engraved frontispiece, 24 engraved plates (including 3 folding), occasional offsetting, toning and scattered spotting, contemporary calf, rebacked, preserving original morocco title label, board corners worn and showing, folio From the library of the Earl of Dartmouth with the signature of 1st Earl (1672-1750) to verso of title. (1)

Pignatti (Terisio). Le acqueforti dei Tiepolo, Italy, 1965, 72 monochrome plates, ex library copy with associated stamps, minor toning, original blue cloth, boards and spine slightly faded and marked, folio, together with Hornung (Clarence P.), Treasury of American Design, 2 volumes, New York, circa 1970, numerous colour and monochrome illustrations, uniform original gilt decorated blue cloth in box, large 4to, and Inumaru (Tadashi et al), The Traditional Arts of Japan, 8 volumes, Tokyo, 1992, numerous colour and monochrome illustrations, uniform original cloth in slipcases, folio, plus other modern art, craft and history reference, mostly original cloth, many in dust jackets, G/VG, 8vo/folio (6 shelves + a carton)

Bumgardner (Georgia B.). American Broadsides, Imprint Society, USA, 1971, limited edition 428/1950, signed by the author to the limitation page, 60 monochrome facsimile plates, original cloth in slipcase, folio, together with Hobson (G.D.), English Binding Before 1500, Cambridge, 1929, limited edition of 500 copies, 55 monochrome plates, some minor spotting, original cloth in price-clipped dust jacket, cover spotted with tears and loss to front and rear, folio, and Wroth (Lawrence C.), A History of Printing in Colonial Maryland 1686-1776, Baltimore, 1922, 11 monochrome plates, some minor spotting, original green cloth, 8vo, plus other modern bibliographical reference and related, including Dictionary of Scientific Biography, 16 volumes in 8, by Charles Coulston Gillespie, circa 1975, mostly original cloth, some in dust jackets, G/VG, 8vo/folio (6 shelves + a carton)

Bindings. Faerie Queene, 2 volumes, by Edmund Spencer, 1897, black and white illustrations by Louis Fairfax-Muckley, original blue wrappers, minor toning and offsetting, uniform contemporary gilt decorated red three-quarter calf bound by Morrell, spines slightly faded and rubbed, 4to, together with London. A Pilgrimage, by Gustave Dor‚ & Blanchard Jerrold, 1872, numerous black and white illustrations, minor spotting, contemporary gilt decorated black full morocco, boards and spine slightly rubbed, folio, and History of England..., 12 volumes, by James Anthony Froude, 1870, some minor spotting, later uniform gilt decorated red three-quarter morocco, 8vo, plus 54 further volumes of late 19th century history and literature, including The Mermaid Series, The Best Plays of the Old Dramatists, 15 volumes, circa 1900, uniform gilt decorated green half calf, bound by Henry Sotheran, all gilt decorated leather bindings, condition is generally very good, 8vo/folio (69 volumes) (3 shelves)

Batty (Robert). Scenery of the Rhine, Belgium and Holland, 1826, 60 black and white plates, some light toning and offsetting, bookplate to front pastedown, all edges gilt, boards detached, original gilt decorated full calf, boards and spine slightly rubbed to head and foot with minor loss, large 4to, together with Richer (M.), Th‚atre Du Monde..., 4 volumes, Paris, 1788, black and white illustrations, cracked guttering, uniform contemporary gilt decorated tree calf, boards and spine lightly rubbed to head and foot, 8vo, plus other 18th and 19th century history, literature and reference, including The New Royal Encyclopaedia Londinensis..., 3 volumes, published by George Selby Howard, circa 1780, mostly leather bindings, condition is generally good/very god, 8vo/folio, (approximately 100 volumes) (6 shelves) NB: Thomas Pennant, A Tour in Wales, 2 volumes - is now WITHDRAWN

Lacroix (Paul). Moeurs, Usages et Costumes au mogen age et a l'epoque de la renaissance, 2nd edition, Paris, 1872, numerous colour and monochrome illustrations, some minor spotting and toning, contemporary gilt decorated red half morocco, boards and spine rubbed, large 8vo, together with Ser‚ (Ferdinand), Les Arts Somptuaires du ve au XVIIe si‚cle, Histoire du costume et de l'ameublement, 3 volumes, Paris, 1853, colour lithographic plates, some spotting and minor toning, some plates missing, uniform contemporary gilt decorated green half morocco, boards and spines lightly rubbed to head and foot, 4to, and Estienne (Henri), Ciceronianum Lexicon Graeco-Latinum..., Augustae Taurinorum, 1743, modern inscription to front endpaper, some marginal toning, contemporary full vellum, boards slightly toned, 8vo, plus other 18th and 19th century French language history and art history, mostly contemporary leather bindings, condition is generally good/very good, 8vo/folio, (94 volumes) (5 shelves)

[Wilkes, John]. The North Briton, from No. I [-C] ... with Several useful and Explanatory Notes... Corrected and Revised by a Friend to Civil and Religious Liberty, 2 volumes, W. Bingley, 1769, comprising volumes 1 parts 1 & 2, includes appendix for nos. 1-46 at end of first volume, occasional toning, modern maroon buckram, folio, together with A Complete Collection of the Genuine Papers, Letters, &c. in the case of John Wilkes, Esq. Elected Knight of the Shire for the County of Middlesex March XXVIII, MDCCLXVIII, Berlin, [n.p.], 1769, engraved portrait frontispiece (offset to title), includes supplement to the North Briton no. 45, occasional spotting, armorial bookplate of John Shaw Leigh, contemporary calf, gilt decorated soine with red morocco title label, slight wear to extremities, 8vo (Kress 6622) (3)

Hoyle (Edmond). Hoyle's Games Improved, Being Practical Treatises on the Following Fashionable Games, Whist, Quadrille, Piquet, Chess, Back-gammon, Draughts, Cricket, Tennis, Quinze, Hazard, Lansquenet, and Billiards..., revised and corrected by Charles Jones, new enlarged edition, 1786, a little spotting and soiling, title dust-soiled and with a little wear to outer corners, endpapers frayed with loss, modern imitation leather, 12mo, together with [Payne, William], Maxim[s] for Playing the Game of Whist; with all Necessary Calculations, and Laws for the Game, T. Payne, 1783, title and final leaf verso (blank) slightly browned and dust-soiled, some spotting throughout, title with old ownership inscription, a few marginal splits including loss to upper outer corner and small hole with loss of final letter of first word, old ink calculations to final blank page, old marbled wrappers, small 8vo, plus Cavendish, Patience Games with Examples Played through Illustrated Numerous Diagrams, Thomas De La Rue, 1890, printed in red and black with diagrams throughout, top edge gilt, original cloth gilt, slightly rubbed and soiled, oblong small folio, plus other mostly 20th-century cloth-bound publications on chess, bridge, etc. (6 shelves)

Furetiere (Antoine). Dictionnaire Universel, contenant generalement tous les mots francois, tant vieux que modernes, et les termes des sciences et des arts..., corrig‚ and augment‚ par M. Basnage de Beauval: et en cette nouvelle edition, revu, corrig‚, & considerablment augment‚ par M. Brutel de la Riviere, 4 volumes, The Hague, 1727, half-title to each volume, titles printed in red and black, mottled edges, contemporary uniform mottled full calf, gilt decorated spines, rubbed and some wear, with one or two joints slightly cracked, folio, together with Bacon (Francis), Works, 3 volumes, to which is prefixed, A Life of the Author, by Mr. Mallet, printed for A. Millar, 1753, engraved frontispiece to each volume, including portrait of the author to first volume, titles printed in red and black, contemporary full calf, spines gilt, somewhat worn with several covers detached, plus Gibson (Edmund), A Preservative Against Popery, in several selected discourses upon the principal heads of controversy between Protestants and Papists, written and published by the most eminent divines of the Church of England, chiefly in the reign of King James II, 3 volumes, 1738, later half vellum gilt, gilt stamp of the Athenaeum Library to foot of spine of each volume, a little rubbed and joints partly split at extremities, all folio (10)

Sketchbook. A sketchbook of English and Continental landscapes and figures, circa 1838, approximately 30 pencil drawings on album leaves or loosely inserted, including landscapes, buildings, and figures, a few captioned, e.g. 'Swiss Cottage', 'Cottage at Montigny Savoy 1838', 'Brough Castle, Westmorland', and three loosely inserted watercolour landscapes, one mounted on card and titled 'Biarritz', original red half morocco, soiled and worn (with loss to spine), oblong folio, together with Sketches, A collection of Welsh topographical drawings, early 19th century, together 22 drawings, pencil on wove paper (watermarked J. Whatman 1826), all showing various well-known buildings, ruins, and landmarks, e.g. 'Tintern Abbey', 'Cardiff Castle', 'Court of Carew Castle', 'St. David's Palace', 'Cardiff Castle', 'Devil's Bridge', 'St Winifrid's Well', 'Interior View of Llandaff Cathedral', 'Valle Crucis Abby', some showing figures, each numbered in pencil to upper margin (variously 1 to 40), each captioned in ink or pencil to lower margin and verso, dusty and some stains, generally creased and some edge-tears, most with tissue guards, sheet size 23 x 31.5cm (9 x 12.5ins) and slightly smaller, plus another sketchbook, with approximately 30 pencil and pen & ink sketches, some with touches of watercolour, mostly landscapes and seascapes, some variously dated between 1901 and 1911, and a few captioned, e.g. 'Port Said', 'Mt. Bakewell', 'York Hospital', a number of blank leaves (and some with adhesive tape stains), original cloth, worn, with spine missing, folio (3)

Dower (John). A New General Atlas of the World, compiled from the Latest Authorities both English & Foreign, containing Separate Maps of the Various Countries & States, and exhibiting their Boundaries & Divisions, also the Chains of Mountains, Rivers, Lakes and Other Geographical Features, Henry Teesdale & Co., March 1840, double page decorative calligraphic title, contents list, 46 double page engraved maps (as per list), all with bright contemporary outline colouring, including one folding (India), and one comparison plate, marbled endpapers, contemporary blind stamped morocco gilt, upper joint partially cracked, worn at extremities, folio (1)

Parfionovitch (Yuri, et al, editors ). Tibetan Medical Paintings, illustrations to the Blue Beryl Treatise of Sangye Gyamtso (1653-1705), 2 volumes, 1992, numerous colour and black and white illustrations, uniform original red cloth in slipcase, folio, together with Zimmer (Heinrich), The Art of Indian Asia, its mythology and transformations, 2 volumes, 2nd edition reprint, 1964, numerous black and white illustrations, uniform original blue cloth, large 8vo and Nou (Jean-Louis & Fr‚d‚ric, Louis), Borobuder, Paris, 1994, numerous colour illustrations, original cloth, large 4to, plus other modern Oriental art reference and related, including Eskenazi exhibition catalogues, 20 volumes, circa 1981-2002, mostly original cloth, many in dust jackets, G/VG, 8vo/folio (68)

Keynes Kt. (Geoffrey). The Complete Portraiture of William and Catherine Blake, Trianon Press, 1977, limited 562/326, numerous monochrome illustrations, publisher's original quarter brown morocco in slipcase, spine lightly faded, large 8vo, together with Lemoisne (P.A.), Gothic Painting in France Fourteenth and Fifteenth Centuries, Florence, 1931, 88 monochrome illustrations, bookplates to front pastedown, spotting to text block and margins, original gilt decorated red half morocco, boards lightly rubbed to foot, spine lightly faded, large 8vo, and Covarrubias (Miguel), Indian Art of Mexico and Central America, 1st edition, New York, 1957, 12 colour and numerous monochrome plates, original cloth in dust jacket, cover rubbed with some tears and loss, 4to, plus other modern art reference, mostly original cloth, many in dust jackets, G/VG, 8vo/folio (6 shelves)

*Military documents. A group of 29 Letters etc., 19th & 20th century, including Field Marshal Montgomery (ALS, 16 December 1960, referring to an article in the 'Observer' which had amused him); Sir John Moore (signed receipt for #59 pay for his aides de camp, February 1807), 1 page folio; Sir Hugh Gough: ALS to Lieutenant Colonel Lloyd conveying the congratulations of parliament to him and his men on their gallantry in China, 1 page folio, Macau, 9 May 1843; Sir John, 1st Earl of Ypres: ALS of congratulations to Archer-Shee, Junior United Service Club, 7 November 1902, with another brief autograph note; Admiral Cunninghame of Hyndhope: group of nine ALsS to his bookseller; and several others including Viscount Combermere, 1838; General de Lacy Evans (6), etc., mostly 8vo (29)

Arrowsmith (John). Untitled atlas, titled on spine 'Arrowsmith's Colonial Atlas' but is a part copy of the 'London Atlas of Universal Geography, exhibiting the physical & political divisions of the various countries of the world, constructed from original materials' circa 1845, lacking title and endpapers, contents list in manuscript and tipped in, 44 engraved and lithographic maps, mostly double page, including 19 of Australia and New Zealand and 16 of North America, Canada and the West Indies, including the double page map of Texas (2nd state, dated 8th June 1843), additional manuscript list of titles tipped in at rear, near contemporary half morocco gilt, worn and rubbed, folio Sold as a collection of maps as the complete atlas should contain sixty-five maps, but retaining the rare map of the newly recognised map of the Republic of Texas. Arrowsmith's map of Texas was probably the first to show the full extent of Texas's claim to the region of the upper Rio Grande, an area included within Texas's boundaries until the Compromise of 1850. It was also issued with William Kennedy's 1841 work Texas: the Rise, Progress, and Prospects of the Republic of Texas, for which see lot 21. (1)

Calvin (John). The Institution of Christian Religion..., translated into English according to the authors last edition; with sundry tables to finde the principall matters intreated of in this booke, and also the declaration of places of Scripture therein expounded: by Thomas Norton. Whereunto there are newly added in the margin of the booke, notes conteining in briefe the substance of the matter handled in e[a]ch section, London: John Norton, 1611, title within decorative woodcut title, torn to fore-edge, upper & lower outer corners and repaired, first and last few leaves torn and frayed to outer margins and repaired, final leaf of tables provided in facsimile, 20th century half morocco, maroon morocco title, upper board slightly faded at head, folio (STC 4424), together with Wotton (Henry), The State of Christendom: or, a most Exact and Curious Discovery of many Secret Passages, and Hidden Mysteries of the Times, 1657, engraved portrait frontispiece, contemporary sheep, joints split at head & foot and some wear, slim folio, with Foulis (Henry), The History of Romish Treasons and Usurpations..., 2nd edition, 1681, half-title, contemporary calf, upper joint split, worn at head & foot of spine, folio, with Sleidan (John), The General History of the Reformation of the Church, from the Errors and Corruptions of the Church of Rome: begun in Germany by Martin Luther, with the Progress thereof in all Parts of Christendom, from the Year 1517, to the Year 1556..., to which is added, a continuation to the end of the Council of Trent, in the Year 1562 by Edmund Bohun, 1689, engraved portrait frontispiece, title in red & black, 5 engraved portrait plates, light dampstaining, large bookplate of William Stirling Maxwell, 19th century calf, blind decoration to spine, ruled line borders to covers with embossed monogram & armorial to centre of each, folio, and Lhuyd (Edward), Archaeologia Britannica... volume 1: Glossography [all published], Oxford: M. Bateman, 1707, engraved illustration to title, imprint close trimmed at foot and ownership inscription to gutter margin, some soiling and marks throughout, near contemporary diced calf, rebacked, folio, plus one other (6)

Davies (Hugh Wm.). Catalogue of a Collection of Early German Books in the Library of C. Fairfax Murray, 2 volumes, Holland Press, 1962, numerous monochrome illustrations, uniform original cloth, spines lightly marked, large 4to, together with Rinder (Frank), D.Y. Cameron's Etchings, Edinburgh, 1908, de luxe limited edition 130/150, signed by the author to the limitation page, 60 tipped-in monochrome illustrations, all edges gilt, some minor toning, original gilt decorated vellum, spotting to boards and spine, large 8vo, and Salaman (Malcolm C.), The Etchings of Sir Francis Seymour Haden, 1923, 96 monochrome plates, some minor marks, original gilt decorated black cloth, spine lightly rubbed to head and foot, large 4to, plus other modern book, art and bibliography reference and related, mostly original cloth, many in dust jackets, G/VG, 8vo/folio (3 shelves + a carton)

Kelly (Thomas, publisher). The Trial at Large of Her Majesty Caroline Amelia Elizabeth, Queen of Great Britain..., 2 volumes, 1821, 2 black and white engraved frontispieces, and half titles, period inscriptions to front endpapers of both volumes, plus other illustrations, some minor spotting and marks, uniform contemporary gilt decorated half calf, boards and spines slightly rubbed with minor loss to head and foot, 8vo, together with Griffith (Elizabeth), The Morality of Shakespeare's Drama Illustrated, printed by T. Caddell, 1775, black and white engraved frontispiece front board and endpapers partially detached, some minor toning, contemporary gilt decorated full calf, boards and spine rubbed, 8vo, and Moore (Thomas), Lalla Rookh, An Oriental Romance, 3rd edition, 1817, some slight spotting, contemporary gilt decorated green half morocco, spine slightly toned and rubbed, 8vo, plus other 18th and 19th century literature and reference, all leather bindings, condition is generally good, 8vo/folio (approximately 110 volumes) (6 shelves)

Salmon (Nathaniel). The History of Hertfordshire; describing the County, and its Antient Monuments, particularly the Roman, 1st edition, 1728, engraved folding map, occasional browning, short closed tear in leaf 3Z2, contemporary manuscript index to tipped-in bifolium at rear, contemporary engraved bookplate of James Taylor of Clare Hall, Cambridge, contemporary mottled calf, rebacked, worn, folio (39 x 24 cm), together with: Newcome (Peter), The History of the Ancient and Royal Foundation, called the Abbey of St. Alban, 2 volumes in 1, 1st edition, for the author, 1793-5, engraved frontispiece, folding map coloured in outline, 2 folding plans, errata leaf, one plan spotted and offset, bookplate of English politician William Lee Antonie (1764-1815) and descendant and a related inscription to front pastedown, 19th-century tan half calf, rubbed, 4to, Brayley (Edward Wedlake), A Topographical History of Surrey, revised and edited by Edward Walford, 4 volumes, J. S. Virtue & Co. Limited, [circa 1880], engraved frontispiece and vignette title to each volume, 3 colour maps, numerous plates (all present), occasional spotting and offsetting, contemporary purple half calf, spines sunned, extremities rubbed, 4to, and approximately 20 others, 19th-century British topography, mainly southern England, including Ireland's History of Kent (4 volumes, 1828-30), Fosbrooke's History of Gloucester (1819), Hall's Picturesque Memorials of Winchester (Winchester, 1830), Boutell's Monumental Brasses of England (1849), and similar, contemporary leather bindings, various formats Upcott pp. 338-9 (Salmon) and 339-40 (Newcome). (approx. 30)

Fishing tackle. Drewett (John), Hardy Brothers. The Masters the Men and their Reels. 1873 - 1939, published by the author 1998, additional half title, numerous colour and black & white illustrations throughout, tipped in blind stamped limitation slip, 80/125, signed by the author, folding poster tipped in at rear, tipped in facsimile Hardy Brothers share certificate to verso of front endpaper, bookmark of a facsimile Hardy Brothers reel label on a silk ribbon, marbled endpapers, all edges gilt, publisher's morocco gilt with Hardy Brothers logo in blindstamp to upper siding, contained in cloth slipcase, large 4to, together with Turner (Graham), Fishing Tackle. The Ultimate Collector's Guide, published M. Press Media Ltd., 2009, additional half title, signed by the author, numerous colour and black & white illustrations throughout, publisher's cloth gilt, dust jacket, folio, with Calabi (Silvio), The Collector's Guide to Antique Fishing Tackle..., The Wellfleet Press, 1989, additional half title, numerous colour illustrations throughout, publisher's cloth gilt, dust jacket with slight creasing, spine slightly faded and with two biro marks, plus Annesley (Patrick), Hardy's Book of Fishing, The Fishing Book Club, 1971, additional half title, numerous brown & white illustrations throughout, decorative endpapers, publisher's cloth gilt, price clipped dust jacket, 4to, and Jardine (Charles),The Sotheby's Guide to Fly Fishing for Trout, Dorling Kindersley, 1991, additional half title, numerous colour illustrations throughout, publisher's pictorial boards, dust jacket, 4to, with another 30 volumes and auction catalogues all relating to fishing tackle and fishing ephemera, various sizes and condition (37)

Kendrick (A.F. & Tattersall, C.E.C.). Hand-Woven Carpets, Oriental and European, 2 volumes [text and plates], 1922, limited edition 707/1000, numerous colour and black and white illustrations, cracked front gutter to volume 1, some minor toning, uniform original gilt decorated cloth, spines lightly marked and rubbed to head and foot, large 4to, together with Parker (John Henry, publisher), A Glossary of Terms used in Grecian, Roman, Italian and Gothic Architecture, 3 volumes, 3rd edition, 1840, 700 black and white woodcuts, volume 1 frontispiece detached, some minor spotting, uniform contemporary gilt decorated red half morocco, guards and spines slightly rubbed to head and foot, 8vo, and Jourdain (M.), The Library of Decorative Art, English Decoration and Furniture of the Early Renaissance (1500-1650)..., 1st edition, 1924, numerous colour and black and white illustrations, some slight spotting, original gilt decorated red cloth, spine lightly rubbed to head and foot, folio, plus other modern antique, architecture and decorative arts reference and related, mostly original cloth, many in dust jackets, G/VG, 8vo/folio (6 shelves)

Worlidge (John). Systema Agriculturae; The Mystery of Husbandry Discovered... To which is added Kalendarium Rusticum, or the Husbandman's monthly directions... and Dictionarium Rusticum: or the interpretation of Rustick Terms, 3rd edition, 1681, explanation of the frontispiece leaf, engraved frontispiece, engraved plate, occasional light soiling, previous owner signature and bookplate of T.B. Grierson (possibly Thomas Boyle Grierson, Dumfries doctor and antiquarian), contemporary calf, rubbed and scuffed, folio, together with The Gardener's Dictionary: Containing the Methods of Cultivating and Improving the Kitchen, Fruit and Flower Garden, as also the Physick Garden, Wilderness, Conservatory, and Vineyard, by Philip Miller, 3rd edition, 1737, engraved frontispiece, 4 engraved plates, Appendix at end dated 1735, occasional light water stains, contemporary panelled calf, rebacked and recornered, folio First work Goldsmiths' 1898; Kress 1251; Wing W3598. (2)