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Incline Press. Derek Deadman and Rigby Graham, A Paper Snowstorm, Toni Savage and the Leicester Broadsheets, Olham, Incline Press, 2005, tipped-in plates and broadsheets, original cloth-backed boards, together with separate portfolio of original broadsheets, with slipcase, folio, limited edition 134/200, together with three other Incline Press publications: Urban Birds, 1999, rebound in contemporary decorative morocco, Edward Lear, The Owl and the Pussy-cat, 2009 & Robin Flower's translation of Pangur Ban, with Lino-cuts by Philippa Threlfall, 2010, limited editions of 180, 180 and less than 200 copies respectively (4)

Libanus Press. Daylight Jobbery: Ephemera to 1985, Libanus Press, 1986, 26 sheets of mounted specimens from the press, together with one additional sheet not listed, single index leaf, all loosely contained in original Solander box (by Smith Settle of Otley), with mounted paper label to upper cover, folio, printed in an edition of 75 copies, together with The Wood Engravings of Mary Skempton, Libanus Press, Marlborough, 1989, monochrome illustrations, original quarter cloth, with gilt spine label, folio, limited edition 28/150, plus Portable Pleasures, Picnics for All Seasons, by Margot Coatts, Drawings by Ian Beck, Libanus Press, 1992, colour illustrations, original green quarter cloth over patterned boards, with paper label to upper cover, small folio, limited edition of 250 copies, this copy unnumbered, and Samuel Taylor Coleridge, The Ryme of the Ancient Mariner, illustrated by Mervyn Peake, Libanus Press, 2003, monochrome illustrations, original red cloth gilt, folio, limited edition of 190 copies, this being one of 80 copies bound in cloth, plus The Boke of Iford compiled by Harold A. Peto, Libanus Press, 1993, original printed wrappers, folio (5)

Nonesuch Press. The Writings of William Blake, edited by Geoffrey Keynes, 3 volumes, Nonesuch Press, 1925, monochrome plates after William Blake, original vellum-backed marbled boards, limited edition 253/1500, together with The Life of William Blake by Mona Wilson, Nonesuch Press, 1927, monochrome plates, partly untrimmed, original vellum-backed marbled boards, limited edition 931/1480, all four volumes with early bookplate of Herbert H. Marks to front pastedown, uniform folio, plus John Milton, Poems in English with illustrations by William Blake, 2 volumes, Nonesuch Press, 1926, monochrome plates after Blake, partly untrimmed, original vellum-backed patterned boards, limited edition 55/1450, large 8vo, and other Nonesuch Press publications: Winter Harvest by Andrew Young, 1933, The Week-end Book, 4 editions, Nonesuch Compendious Series, Whitman Swift & Blake, all 8vo (14)

O'Connor (John). Knipton, a Leicestershire Village, with thirty-five wood-engravings by the artist, Whittington Press, 1996, tinted wood engravings, original quarter cloth over pictorial boards, in matching slipcase, folio, limited edition 11/200, signed by the artist, together with The English Scene, Whittington Press, 2004, several colour and monochrome wood engravings by John O'Connor, original red half calf over pictorial boards, in matching slipcase, large 4to, limited edition 34/200, initialled by the artist, plus People & Places, wood-engravings by John O'Connor, Whittington Press, 1999, 36 wood engravings, original blue cloth-backed pictorial boards, with handwritten note from the printer John Randle loosely inserted, 8vo, limited edition 26/375, and two others similar: The Yorkshire Dales, a further selection, wood engravings by Marie Hartley, Fleece Press, 1991, wood engraved illustrations, original green quarter cloth over patterned boards, with matching slipcase, limited signed edition 181/250 and John Clare, The Shepherd's Calendar illustrated by John Lawrence, Paradine, 1978, tipped-in wood-engraved illustrations, original quarter green cloth gilt with matching slipcase, limited edition 267/500, signed by John Lawrence and John Randle, both small folio (5)

Old School Press. Twelve Poems, by David Burnett, Old School Press, 1994, wood-engravings by Sister Margaret Tournour, original cloth, 4to, limited edition 20/135, signed by author and artist, together with Venice Approached. An extract from John Ruskin's 'The Stones of Venice', Old School Press, 1991, original wrappers, oblong folio, limited edition 40/50, plus Chesil Beach. A Poem by David Burnett, Old School Press, 1997, wood-engraving by Christopher Wormwell, original cloth-backed boards, small 4to, limited edition 69/225, signed by author and artist, with nine others including Antigone, by Desmond Post, Old School Press, 1996 (limited signed edition 24/112), A Long Story, by Andrew Motion, Old School Press, 2001 (limited signed edition 76/230), Yellow Fox Press limited editions etc (12)

Parenthesis. The Journal of the Fine Press Book Association, 11 volumes, a run, numbers 24-34, Spring 2013-Spring 2018, colour and monochrome illustrations, some issued with dust wrapper, each with separate portfolio of letterpress, illustration and book production, each number in its own slipcase, folio, VG Limited editions of between 80 and 95 de luxe copies. (11)

Selborne (Joanna & Newman, Lindsay). Gwen Raverat Wood Engraver, Denby Dale, The Fleece Press, 1996, tipped-in plates, monochrome illustrations, original quarter cloth with marbled boards, paper label to spine, with matching slipcase, folio, VG Limited edition of 300 copies, this being one of 260 copies bound in quarter cloth. (1)

Smith (Edwin). A View of the Cotswolds, photographs by Edwin Smith, Whittington Press, 2005, monochrome photographic illustrations, original quarter black crushed half morocco with patterned boards and slipcase, folio Limited edition of 350 copies, this being copy LXVIII of 70 copies with two photographic prints from the original negatives in a separate portfolio. (1)

Smith (Richard Shirley). Wood Engravings, A Selection, 1960 to 1977, with a foreword by Laurence Whistler, Cuckoo Hill Press, 1983, wood engraved illustrations, original black quarter morocco gilt with slipcase, 8vo, limited signed edition 48/180, together with Bishop (Hal), The Wood Engravings of Frank Martin, with a foreword by Victor Arwas and an afterword by the artist, Previous Parrot Press, 1998, numerous woodcut plates and illustrations, original black cloth-backed patterned boards, folio, limited edition 206/280, from a total edition of 360 copies, signed by artist and author, plus Grice (Elizabeth), Norman Janes, Wood Engravings & The Man, with a foreword by Simon Brett, Gloucestershire, Evergreen Press, 2014, numerous wood engraved illustrations, including many mounted, original quarter turquoise crushed morocco, folio, limited edition 48/150, VG (3)

Butcher (David). The Whittington Press. A Bibliography 1971-1981, compiled by David Butcher with an introduction and notes by John Randle, Whittington Press, 1982, tipped-in specimen pages, top edge gilt, original vellum-backed boards, slipcase, folio Limited edition 5/95, bound in quarter vellum, with a set of tipped-in specimen pages, from the total edition of 320. (1)

Whittington Press. A Miscellany of Type, Compiled at Whittington, Whittington Press, 1990, colour and monochrome illustrations, specimen pages, etc., original cloth-backed patterned boards, with slipcase, folio, limited edition 172/530, together with Butcher (David), British Private Press Prospectuses 1891-2001, Whittington Press, 2001, colour and monochrome illustrations, including many tipped-in, three printed brochures in pocket at rear, original quarter cloth gilt in matching slipcase, 4to, limited edition 214/350, plus McKitterick (David), A New Specimen Book of Curwen Pattern Papers, Whittington Press, 1987, tipped-in colour plates, monochrome illustrations, original quarter black cloth gilt over patterned boards, with slipcase, 4to, limited edition 222/335, and Portraits of Presses, Photographs by Ski Harrison of Fleece, Gregynog, I.M. Imprimit, Old Stile, Rampant Lions, Rocket, Tern, Whittington & CTD, with commentaries by the printers, Whittington Press, 1997, numerous monochrome plates after photographs and illustrations, original quarter black cloth gilt, spine lightly faded, in matching slipcase, square 4to, limited edition 69/500 (4)

Frohawk (F.W.). The Natural History of British Butterflies..., 1st edition, Hutchinson, [1914], 60 colour and 5 plain plates, modern half morocco gilt, folio (2)

Ashendene Press. Thucydides, [History of the Peloponnesian War], translated into English by Benjamin Jowett, limited edition, Ashendene Press, 1930, main text printed in Ptolemy type, decorative initials designed by Graily Hewitt and Blado Italic side notes printed in red, edges untrimmed, original pigskin by W. H. Smith, spine lettered in gilt, a few faint spots and marks to boards, small scuff to rear board, cardboard slipcase (worn and marked), folio (40 x 26.5 cm) One of 260 copies on paper. Provenance: Robert ('Robin') Charles Meadows White (1904-1939), Lieutenant-Commander, Royal Navy (pencilled ownership inscription 'Robin White, April 1931' to front free endpaper); thence by descent. White died in one of the first British naval disasters of the Second World War when his destroyer HMS Duchess was accidentally rammed by HMS Barham off the Mull of Kintyre. (1)

Golden Cockerel Press. The Canterbury Tales by Geoffrey Chaucer, with Wood Engravings by Eric Gill, 4 volumes, 1st edition, Waltham Saint Lawrence, Berkshire: Golden Cockerel Press, 1929-31, woodcut decorative borders, full- and half-page illustrations, line-fillings, and tailpieces, all by Eric Gill, woodcut initials by Gill printed in red, blue or black, top edges gilt, others untrimmed, original orange quarter niger by Sangorski and Sutcliffe, patterned paper boards, spines sunned, a few small abrasions to spine of volume 2, volume 4 spine slightly mottled and with small chip on front joint, folio Chanticleer 63, Gill 281. Number 132 of 485 copies on paper. Provenance: Robert ('Robin') Charles Meadows White (1904-1939), Lieutenant-Commander, Royal Navy (pencilled ownership inscriptions 'Robin White, April 1929 [-March 1931' to front free endpaper); thence by descent. White died in one of the first British naval disasters of the Second World War when his destroyer HMS Duchess was accidentally rammed by HMS Barham off the Mull of Kintyre. (4)

Golden Cockerel Press. Twelfth Night, or What You Will, by William Shakespeare, with engravings by Eric Ravilious, Waltham St Lawrence, Berkshire: Golden Cockerel Press, 1932, pictorial woodcut borders and vignettes printed in colours, top edge gilt, others untrimmed, original orange half morocco by Sangorski and Sutcliffe, pictorial cloth sides, cloth very slightly rubbed and with a few areas of faint discolouration, very small section of fraying to top edge of front board, folio Chanticleer 82. Limited edition, number 265 of 275 copies. (1)

Golden Cockerel Press. The Voyage of the Challenger. A Personal Narrative of the Historic Circumnavigation of the Globe in the Years 1872-1876 by Navigating Sub-Lieutenant Herbert Swire, 2 volumes, limited edition, Waltham St Lawrence: Golden Cockerel Press, 1938, printed in Perpetua type on Van Gelder paper, colour frontispieces and plates, fore and bottom edges untrimmed, original two-tone cloth, original blue cloth slipcase (slightly rubbed), folio, number 10 of 300 copies, together with: A Voyage round the World with Captain James Cook in H.M.S. Resolution, by Anders Sparrman, limited edition, Waltham St Lawrence: Golden Cockerel Press, 1944, printed in Perpetua type on Arnold's mould-made paper, woodcut frontispiece and vignettes by Peter Barker-Mill, top edge gilt, others untrimmed, original cloth, folio, number 334 of 350 copies; Shelley at Oxford. The Early Correspondence of P. B. Shelley with his Friend T. J. Hogg, limited edition, Waltham St Lawrence: Golden Cockerel Press, 1944, printed in Perpetua type on Arnold's mould-made paper, 4 portrait plates, top edge gilt, others untrimmed, original orange quarter niger, backstrip slightly mottled, 4to, number 223 of 500 copies (3)

Golden Cockerel Press. Julius Caesar's Commentaries, A Modern Rendering by Somerset de Chair, Engravings by Clifford Webb, Golden Cockerel Press, 1951, wood engraved illustrations, partly untrimmed, original two-tone cloth gilt, folio, limited edition 293/320, together with One Hundred and Eleven Poems by Robert Herrick, selected, arranged & illustrated by Sir William Russell Flint, Golden Cockerel Press, 1955, colour and tinted illustrations, top edge gilt, original vellum-backed blue cloth gilt, small folio, limited edition 360/550, plus Nonesuch Press. The Complete Works of George Farquhar, edited by Charles Stonehill, 2 volumes, 1930, partly untrimmed, original quarter vellum gilt, 4to, limited edition 21/100 copies on hand-made paper (from the total edition of 1000 copies), and five other private press editions: Henry Fielding, The Adventures of Joseph Andrews, Scholartis Press, 1929, bound in vellum, John Donne, X Sermons, Nonesuch Press, 1923, limited edition 345/725, Ambrose Bierce, Battle Sketches, with 8 engravings on wood by Thomas Derrick, Shakespeare Head Press, 1930, bound in full vellum, Malleus Maleficarum translated by Montague Summers, John Rodker, 1928, limited edition 10075/1275, London, A Poem by Samuel Johnson, Central School of Arts and Crafts, 1946, and John Evelyn, Memoires, Nonesuch Press, 1926 (10)

Hardy (Thomas). Tess of the d'Urbevilles, Macmillan and Co., Limited, 1926, woodcut frontispiece, plates and headpieces by Vivien Gribble, folding map of Wessex to rear, contents entirely unopened, original quarter vellum, lower outer corners of boards minutely rubbed and bumped, folio Purdy p. 77. First edition illustrated by Vivien Gribble, large-paper issue, one of 325 copies signed by Thomas Hardy. There were also 1500 unsigned copies in octavo. Provenance: Robert ('Robin') Charles Meadows White (1904-1939), Lieutenant-Commander, Royal Navy (pencilled ownership inscription 'Robin White, January 1938' to front free endpaper); thence by descent. White died in one of the first British naval disasters of the Second World War when his destroyer HMS Duchess was accidentally rammed by HMS Barham off the Mull of Kintyre. (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)

Hardy (Thomas). The Dynasts, 3 volumes, Macmillan and Co., Limited, 1927, etched portrait frontispiece by Francis Dodd, signed by the artist in pencil, title pages printed in red and black, headings and shoulder-notes printed in red, fore and bottom edges untrimmed, original vellum-backed patterned paper boards, folio Purdy pp. 134-5. Deluxe edition on large paper, limited to 525 copies signed by Hardy. (3)

La Fontaine (Jean de). The Fables of Jean de La Fontaine, translated into English Verse by Edward Marsh, limited edition, William Heinemann Ltd, 1931, engraved title page to each volume and 24 plates by Stephen Gooden, edges untrimmed, original vellum, some discolouration and surface-wear, 8vo, number 193 of 525 copies signed by Marsh and Gooden, together with: James (Henry), The Turn of the Screw. Illustrated by Mariette Lydis, limited edition, Aldington, Kent: Hand and Flower Press, 1940, frontispiece and plates, edges untrimmed, original quarter cloth, spine slightly faded and marked, folio, number 54 of 200 copies; Kempis (Thomas à), The Imitation of Christ, limited edition, Philip Allan and Company, 1923, pictorial borders, initials printed in blue, original cloth-backed boards, upper outer corners bumped, folio, number 95 of 100 copies on hand-made paper (4)

Lion and Unicorn Press. The Wood-Engravings of Eric Ravilious, Lion and Unicorn Press, 1972, numerous illustrations, a few biro annotations to introduction leaves, original cloth, illustration in black to upper cover, some slight fading, folio Limited edition, number 56 from an unspecified edition. (1)

Hale (Thomas). A Compleat Body of Husbandry... , 1st edition, T. Osborne [and others], 1756, engraved frontispiece and 12 plates including one folding, occasional spotting or light browning, ownership signature of John Ridley, Park End, 1810, contemporary calf, worn with some leather loss and cracked on joints, folio (1)

Baden-Powell (Robert, 1857-1941). A group of three scrap albums compiled by Leila Evelyn Landon, relating to the events of the Second Boer War, with some references to her husband Major Kenneth McLaren's involvement in the War, and a revealing telegram from Baden-Powell, 1899-1901, largely comprising hundreds of cuttings from newspapers and magazines of the day, one cutting [Daily Mail, 17 April 1900] giving the first news of McLaren's capture, 'he was now lying dangerously wounded in a laager two miles from the town. Owing to this officer being a Freemason, and to his meeting brother masons among the Boers, he is receiving every attention, and their anxiety on his account is quite remarkable. They send daily bulletins, and the last accounts were favourable. Sarah Wilson'; plus occasional further pencil corrections and notes to cuttings; a few scattered related ink signatures of officers involved including R.S.S. Baden-Powell, H. Plumer, W.P. Symons, Fred. Hammersley, A. Wormald, D.E. Wood, E.D. Miller; a pencil sketch map of Camp Junction, Limpopo; two menu invitations to Private W.H.F. Landon (Leila's brother); plus various telegrams sent to Mrs McLaren, mostly by her husband, messages reading: 'Buller has relieved Ladysmith', 1 March 1900; 'Cronje has surrendered', 27 February 1900; handwritten copy of a telegram sent by Lord Roberts to Colonel Plumer after the Relief of Mafeking; 'Roberts has taken Pretoria after twelve hours fighting' (date stamp indistinct); 'Splendid victory by Hunter 500 Boers captured' (30 July 1900); plus an interesting telegram sent by Baden-Powell to McLaren, received by the Eastern Telegraph Company from Funchal via Eastern, 23 July 1901, to McLaren, S.A. Constabulary, Colonial Office, London, 'Could you put me up Friday night incognito Bloater'; plus a few items loosely inserted including a short autograph note initialled in Kenneth McLaren's hand, Shashi Patrol, December 1899, concerning reconnaissance, a total of approximately 110 stiff card leaves, some leaves detached, contemporary red half roan, worn, covers detached and backstrips deficient, folio Kenneth McLaren was a Major in the 13th Hussars Regiment of the British army. After his military service he assisted with the growth of the Scouting movement, founded by his friend Robert Baden-Powell. In 1898 McLaren married Leila Evelyn Landon, who died in 1904. During the Second Boer War in South Africa McLaren was gravely wounded at the siege of Mafeking in March 1900, falling prisoner to the Boers. McLaren first met Baden-Powell (also a 13th Hussars officer) in 1881. Although McLaren was 20 at the time, Baden-Powell nicknamed him 'The Boy', on account of his young appearance. In turn, McLaren's nickname for Baden-Powell was 'Bloater'. The two became good friends, their relationship being one of the most important friendships in Baden-Powell's life. McLaren was one of the staff at Baden-Powell's Brownsea Island Scout Camp in 1907 and Baden-Powell convinced McLaren to be his first manager at the C. Arthur Pearson Ltd office of The Scout magazine but McLaren resigned that position in March 1908. Relations between the two ceased upon McLaren's second marriage in 1910 to Ethyl Mary Wilson (his nurse). Baden-Powell considered Ethyl below McLaren's station and advised against the marriage. There has been much speculation about Baden-Powell's sexuality, much of this attention following in the decades since Tim Jeal's exhaustive biography Baden-Powell (Hutchinson, 1989), wherein he closely scrutinised the relationship between 'Bloater' and 'Boy'. Jeal stopped short of concluding that the relationship was in any sense sexual or romantic, but reveals a very close bond which, had it been made public, would have scandalised Edwardian social attitudes. Tim Jeal wrote that 'The available evidence points inexorably to the conclusion that Baden-Powell was a repressed homosexual'; but the telegram from Bloater to McLaren included in these albums hints that the relationship may have been more than just platonic. Certainly, the fact that McLaren's wife Leila, who compiled these albums, saw fit to include this telegram, the meaning of which must have been clear to her, suggests that she privately accepted the relationship or affair, whatever her true feelings about it were. (3)

*Charles (Prince of Wales, born 1948). Typed letter signed, 'Charles', Highgrove House, 6 August 1990, to Mrs Williams, 'Just a short line to say how sad I am to learn you are retiring on 17th August and to send you endless good wishes for all your future activities - especially with the racing! I shall miss your presence on future visits to Wales. It was one of the chief attractions of South Glamorgan, as far as I was concerned!', with apologies for his awful writing, 'but I am trying to learn to write with my left hand, since breaking my arm, and not being very successful!', salutation and sentiment in the Prince's holograph in brown ink, one page, 4to, together with a second typed letter signed from Prince Charles, Balmoral Castle, 19 April 1993, to Susan, on hearing that she has 'recently given up being Chairman of PYBT [Princes Youth Business Trust] in South Wales, so I wanted to thank you most warmly for all the work that you've done for my Trust over many years' and saying that he is told that under her leadership the Trust 'has helped 1,000 businesses with total funds of #2 million in bursaries and loans. This is a wonderful achievement and a reflection of your dedication and commitment to helping disadvantaged young people who set themselves up in business', and wishing her well for the future, salutation and sentiment in the Prince's holograph in black ink, small split to upper margin, one page, folio A nice pairing of autograph examples by Prince Charles, using both left and right hands. (2)

*Victor Emmanuel III (1900-1946, King of Italy). Document signed 'Vittorio Emanuele' as King of Italy, Rome, 18 November 1929, a manuscript passport for Edoardo Cherubino Aznavour, ink stamps at head, signed on second page and countersigned by Mussolini, a little spotting, folio (1)

Cook (James, & James King). A Voyage to the Pacific Ocean. Undertaken, by the Command of His Majesty, for making Discoveries in the Northern Hemisphere, 3 volumes, 2nd edition, for G. Nicol and T. Cadell, 1785, engraved title vignettes, 24 engraved plates and charts, many folding, folding letterpress table, water-damage to rear of volume 2 to substantial loss of text in final 14 leaves and partial loss of image in one plate, leaves 3O2-3 loose, engraved armorial bookplate to volume 1, contemporary tan quarter calf, twin morocco labels, vellum tips, rubbed and worn, volume 2 labels perished and rear board detached, 4to (29.8 x 21.7 cm) Beddie 1552, Hill 361, Sabin 16250. Second and best edition; the folio atlas was issued separately. (3)

*Brooke (Rupert, 1887-1915). Autograph letter signed, 'Rupert Brooke', School Field, Rugby, Monday 25 March [1907], to his friend and fellow Cambridge student [Ernst] Goldschmidt, in full, 'I fear your letter has gone unanswered even longer than my languid wont. Will it solace you to know that two even more remote letters have not achieved reply, - and one from a lady! My few waking intervals at Cambridge were occupied in writing a paper I had promised for a society of youths of this school. That labour ended yesterday. But when, after a few days in London, I arrived here I found my father very ill. He is getting better now - He is (you may know) a housemaster at this delectable school. I have had to do all his term's marks (now falling due) and some of his work: all of which has left me little leisure. The weather is light blue and white: like London milk. Are you interested in the weather? I was once: now no longer. It is what one would have called Spring in other years, crocuses birds, sunshine, and little winds. But of course there is no Spring this year. There is not that wild laughter of lips immortally young in the air. It only tastes like flat wine, and passion dwelt upon too long. In Rugby everybody pleases and only the prospect is vile. The architecture recalls infamous London suburbs. But among it all pass glorious laughing people careless in the high divinity of youth. They have had a very bad term for illness. In a fortnight two poor lads have died from pneumonia. To die at 15 with all the best of their life unlived! Is there a greater tragedy than for a boy to die, except for him to grow old, to live? I am sorry you have "built an altar in my heart", and placed me on a pedestal. It is a mistake I made myself, once. Life is one of those ridiculous jest of which one never sees the point, - until it is too late, & one does not appreciate the humour', 4 pages on black-edged printed letterhead, neat ink manuscript initialled addition in Goldschmidt's holograph below day and month, 'prob. 1907 E.Ph.G.', a little dust-soiled along horizontal fold of final page, 8vo, together with two (presumably unsent) drafts of autograph letters of affection from Goldschmidt, intended for Brooke, in which he tries to summon the courage to write to him and find the right words to say, the more finished letter written at Hotel Gallia, Cannes, France, 24 February, 1907, 'For such a long time I have been endeavouring not to write to you but I can no longer keep myself back and so I suppose you will have to read a tiresome letter from me I am so constituted that I put all the beauty and goodness and all desirable things I can imagine into some unfortunate person's body and mind and then proceed to worry that person so long till I find out that all those treasure never belonged to him. Just now it is you who are so unlucky', continuing in similar vein, 4 pages, unsigned, 8vo, the second rough draft containing similarly lovelorn phrases, written in two columns vertically on a torn sheet of paper, split along folds without loss of manuscript, oblong folio An apparently unpublished letter, though one line is quoted in Keith Hale (editor): Friends and Apostles: The Correspondence of Rupert Brooke and James Strachey, 1905-1914 (Yale University Press, 1998) p. 25: 'Brooke's desire never to grow up is well chronicled. He once wrote to his friend Ernest Goldschmidt, "Is there a greater tragedy than for a boy to die, except for him to grow old, to live!"'. Two postcards from Brooke to Goldschmidt are transcribed in Geoffrey Keynes (editor), The Letters of Rupert Brooke (Faber, 1968), both sent from Munich to Goldschmidt in Vienna concerning Brooke's upcoming visit to him there in April 1911. In another letter, to E.J. Dent, sent while staying with Goldschmidt in Vienna, 13 April 1911, Brooke refers to Goldschmidt as having 'decayed dreadfully in mind, through living in Vienna' and 'is very sad because he thinks he offended you very much a year ago', while making additional anti-semitic remarks. (1)

Sendak (Maurice). Posters by Maurice Sendak, 1st UK edition, Bodley Head, 1986, twenty-four colour posters and illustrations, original pictorial wrappers, in original shrink-wrap, folio, together with Let's be Enemies, by Janice May Udry, Pictures by Maurice Sendak, 1st edition, later issue, New York and Evanston: Harper & Row, 1961, colour illustrations, original pictorial boards, extremities very slightly rubbed, price-clipped dust jacket, one tear to front panel bottom edge (previously repaired), small 4to, plus The Juniper Tree and Other Tales from Grimm, Translated by Lore Segal..., Pictures by Maurice Sendak, 2 volumes, 1st edition, New York: Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 1973, black & white illustrations, volume one with small stain to fore edge (slightly affecting dust jacket folds), original cloth gilt, volume two with minor scuff to front cover, dust jackets, volume two with small graze to front panel, original slipcase, with mounted illustration, 8vo, and approximately 66 others Maurice Sendak related, including many 1st UK editions, several sent to Aidan Chambers as review copies, some with ink signature of Aidan & Nancy Chambers (approx. 69)

Deighton (Len). Oh! What a Lovely War, Accord Productions Ltd., 1968, screenplay from the original stageplay, typescript foolscap, original wrappers, a little rubbed with creases, two old staple marks, folio, with three typescript letters, one to restaurant owner Enzo Apicella, 1982, two to Derek Jewell (1927-1985, writer and broadcaster), 1980-82, plus an autograph letter to Jewell regarding an American Express advertisement, loosely inserted Very scarce Deighton item. Due to differences with director Richard Attenborough, Deighton had his name removed from the final screen credits, a decision he later regretted. (1)

Loudon (John Claudius). Observations on Laying Out Farms, in the Scotch Style, Adapted to England. Comprising an Account of the Introduction of the Berwickshire Husbandry into Middlesex and Oxfordshire, with Remarks on the Importance of the System to the General Improvement of Landed Property, 1st edition, John Harding, 1812, complete with half-title and 38 erratically numbered engraved plates and plans (10 hand-coloured including large plate with panoramas and 2 maps, mostly aquatints), some folding or double-page, some browning (affecting most uncoloured plates and vertical lines to folding plates), a few neat closed tear and marginal repairs, contemporary half calf, rebacked with remains of original spine relaid, folio (36.5 x 26cm) Though the title-page calls for 40 plates, the work is complete with 38 as explained on page 12. Some pages are misnumbered (7/8 and 17/18 skipped, 59/60 doubled). Not in Abbey. (1)

Victorian GWR Cardiff Railway Plans and Others, a bound folio linen backed of plans and sections for the Cardiff Railway stamped GWR Engineer's Office Paddington No 53999, together with a plan for the reconstruction of Banbury road bridge, 1907, and another for the reconstruction of a bridge near Claverdon, 1894, both GWR, F-G, (3)

The Elements and Practice of Naval Architecture; Or, A Treatise on Ship-Building, by John Knowles / David Steel, London: W. Simpkin, 1822, engraved frontispiece illustrating the timber frame of a Hundred Gun Ship, plus further plates at rear (some folding). Quarto, half-calf with marbled boards, black morocco title label with gilt lettering, armorial bookplate. Together with a French edition of the plates in a large grey cloth folio, published by Le Chasse Marée (2)

The Pictorial Times, A Record of News, Literature, Fine Arts and the Drama, Vol. VI, July 5 to December 27 1845, folio, half-calf with marbled boards. Together with The Graphic, An Illustrated Weekly Newspaper, July to December 1883, folio, half-calf. Bindings as found (2)

Navy & Army Illustrated, two bound volumes covering the period December 20 1895 to January 22 1897, folio, half-leather bindings with oxblood morocco title labels and marbled endpapers (2)

The Illustrated London News, Vol. LXIV, January to June 1874, London: George C. Leighton, Strand, folio, half-calf with marbled boards and morocco title labels. This edition documents, amongst other topics, the Third Anglo-Ashanti War

Mulberry black shiny leather handbag, with two stiff black leather straps, opening to reveal folio compartment, pockets, pen holders and card slots, 40 x 30cms; with a maroon cloth protective bag.

Bisang (Bruno) Exposure, limited edition with signed and numbered photoprint loosely inserted, illustrated, original boards, dust-jacket, slipcase, small mark to slipcase, 2004 § Ritts (Herb) Men/Women, 2 vol., limited edition, illustrated, original cloth, slipcase, 1989 § D'Orazio (Sante) Pam: American Icon, plates and illustrations, original cloth, New York, 2005 § Donovan (Terence) Glances, first edition, plates, original cloth, dust-jacket, small tear to spine head, 1983; and 6 others, similar, 4to & folio (11)

Rolling Stones.- Sykes (Christopher Simon) T.O.T.A. '75: The Rolling Stones Tour of the Americas 1975, collector's edition, limited edition signed by Sykes and Peter Rudge (Tour Manager), copiously illustrated, original calf backed boards, housed in a dropback box with recesses containing 2 hotel room keys in velvet pouch and a collection of backstage passes, all housed in a drawstring bag, folio, Genesis, 2005.

Von Unwerth (Ellen) The Story of Olga, signed limited edition, copiously illustrated, original decorative velvet boards, housed in a velvet clamshell box, folio, Taschen, 2012.⁂ This lot is sold subject to Artists Resale Rights, details of which can be found in our Terms and Conditions.

Japan.- , Japan Weekly Mail (The): a Political, Commercial, and Literary Journal, 23 vol., reprint series I: 1870-1899, Parts 1 & 2: 1870-1879, original cloth, one or two a little rubbed, Tokyo, Edition Synapse, 2005-06 § The Japan Punch, 10 vol., illustrations, some folding, original decorative cloth, slipcases, a little rubbed, Yushodo, n.d.; and others including 9 vol. encyclopaedia set, and 45 vol. set, folio & 4to (qty)

Bible, Dutch.- Biblia, dat is De gantsche H. Schrifture, vervattende alle de Canonijcke Boecken des Ouden en des Nieuwen Testaments, 4 parts in 3 vol., engraved architectural title, a double-page world map, showing California as an island and 5 double-page maps and plans of The Holy Land, extra-illustrated with 2 engraved pictorial titles and 209 (of 212) plates from Figure de la Bible, The Hague, Pierre de Hondt, 1628, some water-staining at head and foot, with a little fraying to corners, occasional spotting, a few tears, contemporary panelled calf, gilt, worn at extremities, folio, Dordrecht & Amsterdam, Hendrick & Jacob Keur and Marcus Doornick, 1682. Sold not subject to return.

Newmarket.- Cole (John) A Full and more Particular Account of the Late Fire With the several losses at Newmarket, broadside, 2pp., ex-library copy with ink stamps, browned, edges chipped, tipped-in on card, [ESTC records 5 copies], sm. folio, for John Smith, 1683.

India.- Palmer (C.) Cpt. W. G. Murray and V. Ball. Report on the Hill of Mahendragiri and the Native Port of Barwah in the Ganjam District of the Madras Presidency, ink inscription "With Complts." to title, 8 albumen print photographs (faded), mounted with printed captions, 2 folding maps, 5 additional photographs loosely inserted, upper hinge weak, original cloth, fading, Calcutta, 1870; and a survey map of the Daphla Hills, folio (2)⁂ Rare, no copies listed on COPAC or WorldCat.

Gandhi (Mohandas Karamchand [known as Mahatma Gandhi], political leader and religious and social reformer, 1869-1948) Supplement to the Leader, printed newspaper, small tear, extensively browned, folio, Allahabad, 1921.⁂ Gandhi's anguish at the violent demonstrations against the visit of the Prince of Wales in 1921.

Egypt.- Smith (H. C.) The Fortress of Buhen: the Inscriptions, 1976; The Fortress of Buhen: the Archaeological Report, 1979, plates, several double-page, illustrations, original cloth, dust-jackets, slight creasing to top edge § Petrie (W. M. Flinders) The Royal Tombs of the First Dynasty 1900, 2 vol., plates, original paper backed boards, 1975 § Gillispie (Charles Coulston) and Michel Dewachter, Monuments of Egypt: The Napoleonic Edition, frontispiece, plates, many double-page or folding, loosely inserted folding map, original cloth, dust-jacket, Princeton, Princeton Architectural Press, 1987; and 13 others, similar, 4to & folio (18)

JOHN RAPHAEL SMITH: A late 19th Century folio of engravings, another similar and a folio of prints of The Rothschild Collection (3)

Wood, George Wood - The Principles and Practice of Sketching Landscape Scenery from Nature,Systematically Arranged and Illustrated by Numerous Examples, from Simple and Easy Subjects, to the Most Complicated and Difficult Combinations of Objects, in four parts bound in one volume, printed for the author by T. Bensley, London, 1813, with separate volume of plates, 64 soft etchings bound in one volume, both half calf with gilt title and spine, oblong folio. (2)

The Folio Society 'Grimm's Fairy Tales' together with 'British Myths & Legends' and 'The Greek Myths' (3)

The Garden, vol XXIV - Christmas 1883 half-calf and oilboard 4to, to/w Knight, Charles (edit.) Old England 2 vols, with numerous engravings c.1880, gilt and embossed cloth folio (3)

Books: The Game Birds of the British Isles, large folio volume with sleeve

A set of six 19th century hand coloured prints of German armourials, together with Military uniforms, The Imperial Guard of Napoleon Bonaparte(Folio) and various unframed French prints

Early 20th century Chinese School A folio of eight watercolour studies of tradesmen and other figures at their craft with wares 36 x 32cm together with a folio of twelve ornithological studies and four others framed

Victorian papier mache jewellery box, the shaped domed mother of pearl inlaid top opening to reveal a fitted shelf and storage space, 22cm wide, together with a Victorian papier mache folio with painted and mother of pearl inlaid decoration, (2)

David Roberts, Egypt & Nubia and The Holy Land, pictorial cloth board covers, 2 vol in cloth slipcases, Folio Society 2010.

Maitland, William - The History of London, from its Foundation by the Romans to the Present Time ... with several accounts of Westminster, Middlesex, Southwark ... First edition, folded frontis and 24 other plates (some d page), text illus and decorations, subscribers list; contemporary mottled calf, gilt decorated and panelled spine, folio, 1739 Very good binding, internally good with only a few slight marks, one plate cut close at fore-margin; VIII (7), 800, (14)pp, armorial backplate 'Jolliffe'  

Mania Row. A folio of assorted artwork produced by the artist when a student largest 78 x 58cm.

Wolf, Joseph - Elliot, Daniel Giraud - The Life and Habits of Wild Animals, folio, original green cloth, with 20 plates. London 1874

Yosl Bergner; Walls folio, 52/100

Brunhoff, Jean de - Babor The King, folio, pictorial boards, London 1936, together with 5 Orlando The Marmalade Cat works by Hale, Kathleen, all folio, including - Keeps a dog, His Silver Wedding, 1949, A Camping Holiday, 1948, A Trip Aboard, 1949, Becomes A Doctor, 1949 (6)