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A quantity of books and ephemera, to include 1950s cricket annuals, photographs, Folio Society blue fairy book etc.

Books: Studer's Popular Ornithology, The Birds of North America by Theodore Jasper; and a folio of maps published by Baldwin & Cradock 1832

Folio Society 2 books of Fairy Tales, each in slipcase, illustrated by Edmund Dulac and W Heath Robinson; History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire, 8 volume set and 2 others (12)

Early 19th Century 3/4 leather bound folio size volume of bound copies of The Preston Chronicle and Lancashire Advertiser, dating to 1813/1814 (a.f.)

[Cataloghi di librai italiani. XIX secolo]. Lotto di 2 cataloghi. 1827-1837. Il lotto comprende:Tomassini. Catalogo generale della Libreria e Cartoleria di Giovanni Tomassini. Foligno: 1827. In-folio (mm 280x202). Pagine 28. Brossura editoriale. Lievi gore e fioriture.Nobili. Catalogo dei libri di assortimento e in numero esistenti nelle librerie di Annesio Nobili in Pesaro e Senigallia. Pesaro: tipografia Nobili, 1837. In-8° (mm 157x100). Pagine 255, [1], 56. Lievi fioriture. Brossura editoriale, mancanze alla brossura anteriore.[Italian Booksellers Catalogues. 19th century]. Lot of 2 catalogues. 1827-1837. The lot includes:Tomassini. Catalogo generale della Libreria e Cartoleria di Giovanni Tomassini. Foligno: 1827. Folio (280x202 mm). 28 pages. Publisher's wrappers. Pale waterstains and a few foxing.Nobili. Catalogo dei libri di assortimento e in numero esistenti nelle librerie di Annesio Nobili in Pesaro e Senigallia. Pesaro: tipografia Nobili, 1837. 8° (157x100 mm). 255, [1], 56 pages. Slightly foxed. Publisher's wrappers, some losses to the upper one.

Carbonelli Giovanni. Bibliographia medica typographica pedemontana saeculorum XV. et XVI... in qua non tantum auctorum nomina sed etiam fere omnium eorum operum inscriptiones eadem forma mensuraque relatae inveniuntur cum appendicibus et explanationibus atque indicibus copiosissimis. Romae: excudebat Fieramosca Centenari, 1914.In-folio (mm 351x252). Pagine [8], 434, [2]. La prima carta è bianca. Segue frontespizio xilografico in rosso e nero, titolo inquadrato in larga cornice, con cornucopie, elementi floreali e foliati. Frontespizio tipografico in rosso e nero, con stemma inciso su legno, anch'esso in rosso e nero, della casa Savoia. Colophon xilografico in rosso in elaborata cornice in nero. Numerose illustrazioni incise su legno, molte a piena pagina, alcune in rosso e nero. Iniziale xilografica in rosso, testatina e finalino xilografici alle carte preliminari. Esemplare in ottimo stato di conservazione, in barbe e impresso su carta forte. Qualche occasionale e minima fioritura, allentati gli ultimi due fascicoli. Brossura editoriale originale, con unghie e decorata in rosso 'all'antica'. Dorso liscio, decorato in rosso. Leggera usura dei labbri dei piatti, qualche piccolo strappo a quello inferiore. Elegante catalogo dedicato dal noto storico della tradizione medica italiana e collezionista Giovanni Carbonelli ai libri medici apparsi in Piemonte nel XV e XVI secolo, corredato di ampie e accurate notizie bibliografiche e copiosamente illustrato. Una repertorio che conserva anche oggi un grande interesse, ed è frequentemente citato. Carbonelli fu tra i promotori della Accademia di Storia dell'Arte Sanitaria, fondata a Roma nel 1920 nel complesso di San Pietro in Sassia.Folio (351x252 mm). [8], 434, [2] pages. The first leaf is blank. Woodcut title-page in red and black, title within a large and elaborate border. Typographic title-page in red and black, with woodcut coat of arms of Savoy House, likewise in red and black. Colophon printed in red, within black border. Numerous woodcut illustrations in the text, many are full-page, some in red and black. Woodcut initial in red, head-and tailpiece. An excellent copy, uncut and printed on strong paper. Minor foxing in places, the last two quires slightly loose. Publisher's wrappers, with yapp edges and decorated in red in antique style. Smooth spine, decorated in red. Board edges slightly worn, a few short tears to the lower one. Fine catalogue compiled by the renowned historian of Italian medical tradition and great collector Giovanni Carbonelli. The work list the 15th- and 16th-century libri medici issued in Piedmont region, and is supplemented with lenghty and detailed bibliographical notes, and lavish illustrations. The bibliography is still of the greatest import, and frequently quoted by scholars. Carbonelli was one of the co-founders of the Accademia di Storia dell'Arte Sanitaria, established in the Complex of Santo Spirito in Sassia in Rome in 1920.

Incisioni/Engravings. Marsand Antonio. Il fiore dell'arte dell'intaglio nelle stampe con singolare studio raccolte dal signor Luigi Gaudio. In Padova: dalla Tipografia della Minerva, 1823.In-folio (mm 312x230). Pagine [8], XIII, [3], 102, [2]. Vignetta incisa al frontespizio. Esemplare in barbe, privo delle 10 tavole incise da Luigi Rados. Qualche leggera fioritura, tracce d'uso, piccole macchie ai margini bianchi. Legatura ottocentesca in mezzo cartonato blu con angoli. Dorso liscio. Macchie, aloni e gore ai piatti; angoli e labbri dei piatti abrasi, con alcune mancanze. Mende al dorso, in corrispondenza di entrambe le cuffie. Fessurata la cerniera posteriore. Prima e rara edizione di questo catalogo basato sulla ricca raccolta di incisioni in possesso del nobile padovano Luigi Gaudio, finemente impressa dalla Tipografia della Minerva in una tiratura di soli 120 esemplari. Il nome dell'autore, Antonio Marsand (1765-1842), è impresso in calce alla lettera dedicatoria allo stesso Gaudio. Ogni incisione presentata, e scelta a rappresentare le diverse scuole, è illustrata da Marsand con erudite note, che gli valsero l'ammissione nella prestigiosa Accademia romana di San Luca. Folio (312x230 mm). [8], XIII, [3], 102, [2] pages. Engraved vignette to the title-page. Uncut copy, lacking the 10 plates engraved by Luigi Rados. A few foxing, some fingermarks, small stains to the blank margins. 19-century half-cardboards. Smooth spine. Stains, spots, and waterstains to the covers; board edges and corners worn. Extremities of spine slightly damaged; the rear joint cracked. First and rare edition of this treatise, mainly based on the rich collection of engravings assembled by the Paduan nobleman Luigi Gaudio, and finely printed by the printed press La Minerva in a limited edition of only 120 copy. The author, Antonio Marsand (1765-1842), signed the preliminary address to Gaudio. Each engraving included as representative of an artistic schools carefully described, and supplemente with Marsand's lenghty and learned notes.

Incunaboli/Incunables. Boni Mauro. Lettere sui primi libri a stampa di alcune città e terre dell'Italia superiore parte sinora sconosciuti parte nuovamente illustrati. Venezia: nella stamperia di Carlo Palese, 1794.Tre parti in un volume, in-folio piccolo (mm 240x192). Ogni parte con frontespizio proprio, ma paginazione continua. Pagine CXXXII. Vignette calcografiche, firmate da Francesco Novelli, al primo e al terzo frontespizio; al secondo frontespizio stemma inciso su rame del conte G. Durazzo. Esemplare in barbe, tracce di polvere al frontespizio e alcune carte; qualche leggera fioritura e traccia d'uso. Brossura coeva in carta marmorizzata, al dorso titolo in inchiostro bruno su tassello cartaceo; piccolissime mancanze al dorso e agli angoli. Una mano del tempo ha annotato in inchiostro bruno il nome dell'autore al contropiatto anteriore.Il volume comprende due dissertazioni in forma di lettera dello storico e numismatico, nonché studioso della prima tipografia Mauro Boni (1746-1817), la Lettera prima. Monumenti della tipografia genovese nel secolo XV, e la Lettera seconda. Primi monumenti della pavese e bresciana tipografia nuovamente scoperti.Three parts in one volume, small folio (240x192 mm). CXXXII pages. Each part with its own title-page, running pagination. Engraved vignettes, signed by Francesco Novelli, on the first and third title-page; engraved coat of arms of Conte G. Durazzo on the second one. Uncut copy, title-page and some leaves somewhat dusted; light foxing in plaecs, a few fingermarks. Contemporary marbled wrappers, spine with title in brown ink on paper label. Minor losses to the spine and corners. A contemporary hand had writen the author's namen in brown ink on thefront pastedown.The volume contains two essays, in epistolary form, by the historian and bibliographer Mauro Boni (1746-1817), the Lettera prima. Monumenti della tipografia genovese nel secolo XV, and the Lettera seconda. Primi monumenti della pavese e bresciana tipografia nuovamente scoperti.

Mylius Johann Christoph. Bibliotheca anonymorum et pseudonymorum detectorum, vltra 4000 scriptores; quorum nomina vera latebant antea, omnium facultatum scientiarum, et linguarum complectens, ad supplendum continuandum Vincentii Placcii Theatrum anonymorum et pseudonymorum, et Christoph. August. Heumanni Schediasma de anonymis et pseudonymis... cum praefatione M. Gottlieb Stollii... Hamburgi: sumptibus Christian Wilhelm Brandt, 1740.Due parti in un volume in-folio (mm 351x209). Pagine [2], 336; [8], 50, [38]. Esemplare discreto, uniforme e marcata brunitura dovuta alla qualità della carta e dell'inchiostro. Diffusi aloni e fioriture, grande gora che interessa la porzione inferiore di tutte le carte del volume. Legatura coeva in mezza pergamena su piatti in cartone. Dorso a cinque nervi, con titolo in oro su tassello nocciola chiaro. Tagli screziati in rosso. Qualche macchia e traccia di polvere ai piatti, più evidenti a quello posteriore. Prima edizione della Bibliotheca di Johann Christoph Mylius (1710-1757), bibliotecario a Jena e dal 1740, anno della pubblicazione di questa opera, professore di filosofia presso la locale università. Mylius presenta la sua opera come un supplemento a due notissimi repertori dedicati agli anonimi e pseudonimi, il Theatrum anonymorum et pseudonymorum dell'amburghese Vincent Placcius (1642-1699) e lo Schediasma de anonymis et pseudonymis di Christoph August Heumann (1681-1763), dati rispettivamente alle stampe nel 1708 (in edizione notevolmente accresciuta) e nel 1711. La seconda parte del volume comprende gli Addenda di Mylius.Two parts in one volume, folio (351x209 mm). [2], 336; [8], 50, [38] pages. A fair copy, uniformly browned as expected. Spotted and foxed throughout, large waterstain to the lower margin of the volume. Contemporary half-vellum over pasteboards. Spine with five raised bands, title in gold on light hazel lettering-piece. Edges speckled red. A few stains and traces of dust to the covers, especially to the lower one. First edition of the Bibliotheca by Johann Christoph Mylius (1710-1757), librarian and since 1740 professor of philosophy at the University of Jena. Mylius presents his publication as a supplement to two previous and well-known works devoted to anonymous and pseudonymous writers, the Theatrum anonymorum et pseudonymorum by Vincent Placcius (1642-1699), and the Schediasma de anonymis et pseudonymis by Christoph August Heumann (1681-1763), issued in 1708 and 1711 respectively. The second part of the volume contains the Addenda.

Palermo Giuseppe. Isografia ovvero raccolta di 2000 firme e monogrammi degli uomini piu celebri e rinomati che vissero nel corso di undici secoli, dal 742 al 1870, con cenni biografici sulla loro vita e sulle loro opere; delle firme 1760 sono italiane e 240 straniere, tratte dagli originali esistenti ne' regi archivi di Stato, governativi, di banchi e musicali, nelle regie, nazionali, comunali e private biblioteche, chiese, certose, pinacoteche, carteggi e collezioni particolari di tutt'Italia...Napoli: Stab. tip. del commendatore Gaetano Nobile, 1870.In formato atlantico (mm 520x345). Pagine 78, [2], 12, [2]. 45 tavole calcografiche con riproduzioni di monogrammi e firme autografe, incise e firmate da diversi artisti, tra cui Giovanni Fusaro. Buon esemplare, qualche alone e fioritura ai margini delle carte e delle tavole. Legatura editoriale originale in percallina blu, piatti decorati da rotella a secco e cornice di filetti in oro; ferri dorati agli angoli. Al piatto anteriore il titolo 'ISOGRAFIA', in oro. Dorso a cinque nervi, decorato da ferri floreali dorati. Contropiatti e sguardie in carta goffrata bianca. Abrasioni e mancanze ai piatti e agli angoli. Cerniere usurate, danni al dorso in corrispondenza di entrambe le cuffie. Repertorio in grande formato, corredato di tavole calcografiche comprendenti le firme e monogrammi dei personaggi selezionati da Giuseppe Palermo, e suddivisi in base a diverse categorie.Bonacini 1349.Large folio (520x345 mm). 78, [2], 12, [2] pages. 45 engraved plates, displaying monograms or autograph, engraved and signed by various artists, among others Giovanni Fusaro. A good copy, a few spots and marginal foxing to leaves and plates. Publisher's blue cloth, covers and corners tooled in gilt. The gilt inscription 'ISOGRAFIA' on the upper cover. Spine with five raised bands, decorated with gilt tools. Silked-paper pastedowns and flyleaves. Wear and losses to covers and corners. Joints rather cracked, the extremities of spine worm. A fine reference book in large format, illustrated with numerous engraved plates showing a great number of autograph signatures or monograms relating to leading figures, divided into different categories.Bonacini 1349.

TWO BOXES OF BOOKS, to include folio examples such as Sagittarius, Rising and Goodbye to all That, Millers Collectables price guides, etc

A cased Philips stereo track reel to reel together with a Decca 78 folio prelude to Pearl Harbour and a tray of Havana cigar box, Rolls razor, pouch of Navy Cut tobacco, two coins, stamps etc

A folio of unframed maps

Camden, William & Holland, Phileman (trans.) 'Britain or Chorographical Description of the most Flourishing Kingdomes' London, George Latham 1637, full calf folioNote - NO maps in this edition, otherwise appears complete

Holy Bible, Oxford University 1696, gilt tooled full calf (lacks original steel hasps) 16mo, to/w Book of Common Prayer, Oxford Clarendon Press 1797 16mo, Bolland, William, An Essay on the Christian Sabbath, Cambridge 1809, full calf 8vo, Henry, Matthew, The Communicant's Companion, London: Daniel Midwinter & others 1731 and Fox, Rev. John, The Book of Martyrs, London: Thomas Kelly 1811, folio full calf (5)

Cust, Lionel, Eton College Portraits London, Spottiswoode & Co. Ltd., 1910, folio, to/w The Eton School Magazine 1847-48 dec gilt and green cloth 8vo and The House of Lords a Thousand Years of Tradition ltd. edition 319/500, London 1994 dec gilt red leather (3)

Illustrated London News: two vols, January-June 1856 and 1863-76, half morocco and blue cloth folio

A folio including wash sketch by David Cox to/w various etchings and engravings including Nostyn Craig Town Hall Manchester and Freda Marsten pastoral scene

A folio of Japanese pictures, including: a Kabuki picture depicting two Samurai swordsman (possibly from a Meiji Jidei Kabuki za); two fan-shaped pictures of theatrical players; a fan-shaped picture of an insect; a sumi-e sketch album; a sumi and colour picture of an Oni carrying a Bijin; and a number of sketches or preparatory drawings (lot)

A large folio of Japanese pictures, including: two Kisokaido Road facsimile (Miyanokoshi/Nojiri Inakawa Hashi Enkei); three Tokaido Road facsimile (Hamamatsu/Akasaka/Miya); a facsimile of Hokusai's Bee and Chrysathemums; and a textile picture of Fujiyama (lot)Please note that this is a large folio of images where condition varies from image to image. Some considerable areas of damage, wear or soiling extant.

Folio Society - The Kelmscott Chaucer Facsimile edition of The Works of Geoffrey Chaucer edited by F. S. Ellis ornamented with pictures designed by Sir Edward Burne-Jones, printed by Cambridge University Press for The Folio Society, presented in slip case

Folio Society - The Four Gospels illustrated by Eric Gill Facscimile edition printed in 2007 by Memminger MedienCentrum, 'The Four Gospels of the Lord Jesus Christ according to the authorized version of King James I with decorations by Eric Gill printed and published at the Golden Cockerel press 1931', printed on Favini feltmarked laid paper and bound by G. Lachenmaier in full goatskin leather with Fabriano Tiziano endleaves, limited edition for sale to members of The Folio Society, numbered 96/2750, presented in slip case with The Four Gospels Essays by John Dreyfuss and Robert Gibbings

Folio Society - Tractatus de Herbis Facsimile edition of Tractatus de Herbis [British Library Egerton MS 747] printed at the Bath Press on Phoenix Motion Xenon paper, numbered 134 of 1000 copies bound for Members of The Folio Society by Smith Settle of Otley in full goatskin leather, with leather onlays, over bevelled boards, blocked with a design by David Eccles, with handmade laid paper endleaves from the Fabriano Mill, presented in slip case with commentary by Minta Collins and List of Plants by Sandra Raphael, Folio Society, 2002

Folio Society novels in slipcases - Anthony Trollope - The Warden, Barchester Towers, Doctor Thorne, (1990s); Kipling - Twenty one tales, 1972; Elizabeth Gaskell - North and South, 2003; and Frances Hodgson Burnett - The Secret Garden, 1986

Seven Thomas Hardy books published by The Folio Society, in slipcases - The Woodlanders, The Wessex Tales, Jude the Obscure, Tess of the D'Urbervilles, The Mayor of Casterbridge, The Return of the Native, Far from the Madding Crowd

Great Expectations, Charles Dickens, Folio Society, 2004, slip case; Pickwick Papers, Charles Dickens, Folio Society, 2004, slip case; and Bleak House, Nonesuch Press Gerald Duckworth, 2005

Folio Society - seven history books in slip cases - The Folio Book of Historical Mysteries, ed. Ian Pinder, 2008; The Time Traveller's Guide to Medieval England, Ian Mortimer, 2013; Notes from a small island, Bill Bryson, 2011, 3rd printing; Robin Hood, J.C. Holt, 2010, 2nd edition; King Arthur history and legend, John and Caitlin Matthews, 2008; England Their England, A.G. Macdonell, 1986, 3rd printing; Trafalgar an eyewitness history, ed. Tom Pocock, 2005

Nine Folio Society non fiction books in slip cases - Richard Fortey The Earth an Intimate History and Life, John Keegan The face of battle, Mass observation: Britiain in the second world war, Hiram Bingham Lost cities of the Incas, William of Malmesbury The Deeds of the English Kings, Wonders of the World, Kenneth Clark The Nude, Cities and Civilisations

Folio Society - King Henry's Map of the British Isles reproduced from Cotton MS Augustus I i 9, printed on Neobond by Beacon Press, Ucfield, for The Folio Society, limited edition of 2750 copies, in case; together with King Henry's Map of the British Isles commentary by Peter Barber, 2009 in slip case

Folio volume ' The Book of the Dead ', facsimiles of the papyri of Hunefer Anhi Kerasher and Metchemet, sold at the British Museum, dated 1899

Judith Cain, folio containing various etchings (some in her maiden name), all unframed

Portrait Cartes de Visite, embossed morocco album, including ladies, gentlemen, children, dogs, cats, pugs, Highlander in kilt, 1860s (50), family folding folio album, 1870s (22), with cartes with cameras illustrated on back (27), F-VG (

Jean (Juan) Laurent (1816-1886), gilt red leather folio album, topography and people of Spain, including Toledo, Granada, Escorial, Cordoba, Zaragoza, Madrid and Burgos, and paintings, most titled and numbered in negative, most apx. 250mm x 340mm or reversed, G some fading (88)

The Important Photographic Archive of John Montgomery Sleater (1826-1902) Railway Engineer in India 1857-1892 and family, Sleater worked on several railways in and around Bombay over many years; collection comprising seven albums of albumen prints, seven carte de viste/cabinet albums, all apparently compiled and images titled by John Sleater or his wife Jane, with one later album and one earlier incomplete journal; seven albums, mostly 1870s/1880s: gilt morocco folio, views of Scowen & Co, Ceylon and newly-built Colombo-Kandy railway, including train at Sensation Rock, Kandy terminus, landscapes, elephants and one escapee, with Royal Bombay Yacht Club as built 1880-1883, interior and exterior, Charni Road Station, bridges under construction, panorama of new Nerbudda (river) bridge (2), Engineer's Bungalow at Pali, North Purna river bridge collapsed, new bridge,taken by Shivashanker Narayan, Broach Station 10th June 1883, rail diversions and collapsed permanent way, up to 300mm x 240mm; gilt black leather album, including Jumna Bridge at Kalpi construction, Ganges Bridge, Benares, deck with steam plant, portrait of John Sleater, 0-6-0 locomotive and crew; gilt morocco album, Ahmedabad railway station, Elphinstone Circle, Bombay; other albums include family bungalow and servants, cartes de visite of John and Jane Sleater, many images by Bourne & Shepherd and other British Indian photographers, studies of many people and characters and Govt. Salt Dept.; and later silver print album of fakir and other tourist sights; most images G, various sizes, albums in varying condition; with loose portrait groups and others (qty)

GEORGE IV: (1762-1830) King of the United Kingdom 1820-30. D.S., George P.R., as Prince Regent, at the head, five pages, folio, Carlton House, London, 26th October 1811. The neatly penned manuscript document being a Warrant authorising that, 'You forthwith cause the Great Seal of Great Britain to be affixed to an instrument bearing date with these presents… containing a commission constituting and appointing our trusty and well beloved Anthony St. John Baker Esquire, to be Secretary of His Majesty's Legation to His Majesty's Good Friends the United States of America…' Further incorporating a copy, in Latin, of the commission document itself. Countersigned to the centre by Richard Colley (1760-1842), 1st Marquess Wellesley, British Politician, Governor-General of India 1798-1805. With a blind embossed seal at the head. Neatly bound with brown ribbon. VG

A folio of World 1950's Geography Set I including Australia. Size approx 54x43cm

Fritz Eichenberg (German/American, 1901-1990), "Rainbows are Made by Carl Sandberg", 1982, proof set of 7 wood engravings, each pencil-signed, titled and numbered "AP 10/10", 12 in. x 11 in., cloth covered folio

Collection of 19th century and later mounted watercolours including Loch Scenes, signed & dated 1894 W. A Beech, Staithes, unsigned, East Coast View, signed & dated 2005 verso by Jackie Price, John Sibson watercolour & collection of Still Life's unframed max 37cm x 30cm (qty) in folio Condition Report Click here for further images, condition, auction times & delivery costs

HUTCHINS (Rev. J.) The History and Antiquities of the County of Dorset . . . First Edition, 2 vols. folded map, 59 other plates & plans, 10 folded tables & some text engravings; rebound 20th cent. blind-tooled calf, panelled spines gilt-lettered direct, folio. 1774. * old Sparks family ownership names on titles; assidously prepared from local & other records - including those in Oxford, London & the diocesan registry in Salisbury. Providentially, prior to publication the author's uncompleted ms. & notes were saved from a disastrous fire at his Wareham rectory.

JOHNSON (S.) A Dictionary of the English Language . . . Abstracted from the Folio Edition . . . 2 vols, old calf, panelled spines with red labels, cr. 8vo. 1756. * published just after his great 2 volume folio edition of 1755, & with the author's new 2pp. preface - 'a small dictionary appeared yet to be wanting to common readers . . . I therefore offer to the public an abstract . . . of my former work'

ROWLING (J.K.) The Tales of Beedle the Bard . . . Amazon Edition. text decorations & other illus.; imitation morocco with metal embellishments, marbled effect e/ps., sm. 8vo., contained in a large box with fitted interior, folio. 2008; sold with The Harry Potter boxed set (in paperback, of the first 3 titles), pictorial card slipcase, (ca. 2000)

The HARMSWORTH UNIVERSAL ATLAS & GAZETTEER. very many d-page colour- printed maps, coloured diagrams & maps (world's commerce section), 'gazetteer index of 105,000 names'; half leather & cloth, folio. (ca. 1906)

SCRIBNER'S STATISTICAL ATLAS of the UNITED STATES . . . by Fletcher W. Hewes and Henry Gannett. very many maps & diagrams (mostly coloured & num. d-page); gilt-lettered half leather & cloth, thick folio. New York, (? ca. 1886). * a hugely detailed 'across the board' survey; covering population, education, mortality, manufactures, finance & commerce, etc., etc.

ATLAS SELECTION - ELIOT (Sir J.) Climatological Map of India . . . 1906. very many coloured maps (some d-page), gilt-cloth, rebacked, folio. Indian Meteorological Department, 1906. * especially detailed, with group maps covering pressure / air movement, temperature, humididty, etc.; LOGNON (A.) Atlas Historique de la France . . . premiere partie . . . 15 coloured d-page maps; old boards, folio. Paris, 1912; BIBLICAL ATLAS and Scripture Gazetteer . . . coloured maps (by Henry Courtier), publisher's cloth (1890)

D'ANVILLE (M.) A Complete Body of Ancient Geography . . . title & 13 d-page engraved maps, coloured in outline; old boards (defective), folio. Robert Laurie and James Whittle, 1802.

'CANARY WHARF' oblong folio of 24 (mostly) coloured plans & artist's impressions of completed buildings & areas, also 4 coloured photos. of construction in progress; decorated cloth. Olympia & York Canary Wharf Limited, (1990)

The Mansions of England on the olden time, large Folio by Joseph Nash 1839, published by TM Lean 26 Haymarket - First series all prints are loose, some spotting and staining

Jazz Interest, to include Kenton 'Album 5' 12" album acetate 'Sfax Series' (Cannonball Addeley and Clifton Brown popular jazz series, Brian Auger, Gene Norman, Roland Kirk, Oscar Peterson, Dizzy Gillespie, Woody Herman etc, together with a six disc folio by 'The Ted Needham Quintet' recorded at Curtis Recording Studios March 19th 1952 'Talent Label'

The Folio Society, The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire, eight volumes in slipcase; The Folio History of Ancient Greece; other historical reference books:- One Box

Turning.- Plumier (Charles) L'Art de Tourner..., first edition, engraved additional title, title in red and black with engraved vignette, Privilege leaf misbound after Preface, engraved head-pieces and 71 plates, one folding, plate 65 shorter and loose (supplied from another copy), one with marginal tear, title lightly soiled, some browning and marginal water-staining, staining to a few plates, contemporary sprinkled calf, gilt, spine gilt with red morocco label, rubbed, joints split, spine a little worn at head, [Berlin Kat. 1246], folio, Lyons, Jean Certe, 1701.⁂ The first book on turning.

Milton (John) The Poetical Works, 3 vol. including a Life of the author by William Hayley, half-titles, 32 engraved plates, including 4 portraits of Milton at various stages in his life, some foxing, bookplate of Lady Charlotte Crofton to each vol., contemporary half russia, rubbed, corners, joints and spine ends repaired, folio, by W. Bulmer and Co., for John and Josiah Boydell, 1794-95-97.⁂ "Boydell's magnificent edition...By many thought to be the finest production of Bulmer's press." (Lowndes).

Gill (Eric) The Four Gospels of the Lord Jesus Christ, number 2487 of 2740 numbered copies, facsimile of the Robert Gibbings Golden Cockerel edition, illustrations by Eric Gill, original pictorial black morocco, gilt, by G.Lachenmaier, g.e., original cloth drop-back box, spine titled in gilt, small folio, Folio Society, 2007.

Chaucer (Geoffrey) The Canterbury Tales, 2 vol. including introductory essay by Peter Holliday, facsimile of the Golden Cockerel edition, number 26 of 1980 copies, illustrations by Eric Gill, original pictorial black morocco, gilt, by G.Lachenmaier, g.e., introduction with frontispiece and illustrations, original cloth-backed boards, together in original cloth drop-back box, spine titled in gilt, small folio, Folio Society, 2010.

Aldrovandi (Ulisse) De animalibus insectis libri septem, first edition, engraved title, woodcuts within text, lacking engraved portrait of author, water-stained, later binding using an early ms. leaf over limp boards, remains of silk ties, short split to head of spine, some light staining, [Nissen ZBI 66], folio, Bologna, J.B. Bellagamba, 1602.

Miller (Philip) Figures of Beautiful, Useful, and Uncommon Plants described in the Gardeners' Dictionary, 2 vol., 300 fine hand-coloured engraved plates, 2 folding, occasional light spotting and soiling, generally clean and crisp, modern black half morocco over marbled boards, uncut, [Great Flower Books p.121; Henrey 1387; Nissen BBI 1378], folio, 1809.⁂ A lovely clean copy of this reissue of Miller's acclaimed work, first published in 1760.

Middle East.- Shaw (Thomas) Travels, or Observations relating to Several Parts of Barbary and the Levant, 2 vol. in 1 including Supplement, first edition, half-title, title printed in red & black with engraved vignette of Sheldonian theatre, 32 engraved maps and plates on 29 leaves (3 printed on both sides), several folding or double-page, engraved head- & tail-pieces, initials and decorations, woodcut diagrams, tear to lower margin of O2 of Supplement, occasional light browning or soiling but generally a very good clean copy, contemporary calf, rubbed and scuffed, rebacked and repaired, [Blackmer 1533], folio, Oxford, at the Theatre, 1738-46.⁂ "Shaw was chaplain to the English factory at Algiers from 1720 to 1733. During this period he visited Egypt, Sinai, Palestine, Cyprus and most of North Africa...[The work] is especially esteemed for its botanical and zoological plates, in addition to the information Shaw imparts on the antiquities, geology and geography of the areas he visited." (Blackmer). The supplement was issued in response to Richard Pococke's attack in his Description of the East, published 1743-45.

Egyptology.- Mariette-Bey (Auguste) Album du Musée de Boulaq, first edition, 40 albumen prints by Emile Béchard and Hippolyte Délié mounted on thick card leaves (photographs c. 250 x 190mm.), some light spotting to mounts and text, title creased and reinforced at upper and lower edges, a few other leaves repaired at edges, original morocco-backed blind-stamped cloth, spine gilt, g.e., rubbed, folio, Cairo, Mourès & Cie., 1871.⁂ Important photographic record of the first Egyptian public museum, founded by Auguste Mariette in 1858 in a former warehouse on the banks of the Nile. Unfortunately the river flooded in 1878 damaging the museum and the contents were moved in 1892 to a palace in Giza and then again in 1902, to the current museum in Tahrir Square in central Cairo. The magnificent photographs by Béchard and Délié of Egyptian statuary, funerary artefacts, sarcophagi etc. won a Gold Medal at the International Exhibition in Paris in 1878.

Thames.- Cooke (W.B. and George) Views on the Thames, plate vol. only, large paper copy, 75 fine engraved plates, foxing, mostly marginal, tissue guards, bookplate of Frederick Adolphus Philbrick, contemporary green straight-grain morocco, gilt, spine gilt, g.e., rubbed and slightly faded, folio, 1822.

Mexia (Pedro), Francesco Sansovino & others. The Treasurie of Aucient and Moderne Times [&] Archaio-Ploutos [graece]..., [translated by Thomas Milles], together 2 vol., first editions, vol.1 lacking initial blank, vol.2 lacking additional engraved title (as often), blank A2, A8 (Contents) and final blank 4O8, vol.2 with contemporary signature of Henry Shirley at head of title and Epistle Dedicatory in second state (unsigned), woodcut device on titles and initials, vol.2 with woodcut coats-of-arms and engraved illustrations, 3 full-page including enthroned James I and the King with Parliament, titles a little soiled, L10 of vol.1 (final leaf) with small tear, some spots and stains and minor marginal defects but generally clean, especially vol.2 (apart from light water-staining to a few leaves), modern calf ruled and stamped in blind, roan labels, red edges, a few scuffs, [STC 17936& 17936.5], folio, William Iaggard, 1613-19.⁂ ?Henry Shirley (d.1627), playwright.

Blue paper copy.- Euclid. De gli elementi di Euclide libri quindici, collation: *2, **4, ⁂2, A-Z4, AA-ZZ4, AAa-ZZz4, AAAa2 woodcut initials, diagrams throughout, occasional ink notes to margin, erased ink ownership inscription to title, occasional light foxing, but generally a clean and excellent copy, bookplate to pastedown, 17th century calf, gilt, spine ends and corners neatly and sympathetically repaired and restored, rubbed, [Adams E-995], folio (304 x 205mm.), Urbino, Domenico Frisolino, 1575.⁂ Rare deluxe copy on blue paper of the first edition of the Italian translation of Euclids' Elements. Copies of sixteenth-century scientific works on blue paper are unusual and most likely intended for presentation.Provenance: erased ink ownership inscription to title; Costa della Trinità family (bookplate).