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Michener (James A.) The Modern Japanese Print: An Appreciation, number 173 of 510 copies signed by the author, with 10 original prints, most woodblocks, each numbered and signed in pencil by the artist and tipped into mount, original cloth, uncut, original wooden slip-case (a little rubbed), folio, Rutland, Vt. & Tokyo, 1962.⁂ The artists comprise: Hiratsuka Un'ichi, Maekawa Sempan, Mori Yoshitoshi, Watanabe Sadao, Kinoshita Tomio, Shima Tamami, Azechi Umetaro, Iwami Reika, Yoshida Masaji and Maki Haku.

Swift (Jonathan) The Voyages of Lemuel Gulliver to Lilliput & Brobdingnag, colour lithograph plates by Edward Bawden, signed by Bawden on front free endpaper, original cloth-backed boards, dust-jacket slightly soiled and creased, Folio Society, 1948 § O'Connor (John) Canals, Barges and People, wood-engravings by the author, some colour, original cloth-backed boards, 1950 § Bilbo (Owo & Jack) Laugh with the Piffles, inscribed by Jack Bilbo, original cloth-backed pictorial boards, dust-jacket, 1947 § Cranbrook (Earl of) Parnassian Molehill: An Anthology of Suffolk Verse, one of 500 copies, illustrations by John Nash, original cloth, slip-case, Ipswich, 1953 § Butterworth (A.M.) William Blake, Mystic..., one of 250 copies, original buckram, uncut, Liverpool & London, 1911, plates and illustrations, all rubbed; and c.40 others, illustrated, v.s. (c.45)

Elsken (Ed van der) Love on the Left Bank, [1956] § Kirstein (L.) & Beaumont Newhall. The Photographs of Henri Cartier-Bresson, New York, 1947 § Doisneau (Robert) Paris Parade, 1956; Photographs, 1980 § Frank (Robert) Paris, Göttingen, 2008 § Gibson (Ralph) L'Histoire de France, 1991 § Paris + Klein, New York, 2002, first editions or first editions in English, illustrations, original cloth or boards with dust-jackets, the first price-clipped, the first three a little rubbed, 4to & folio (7)

Fleece Press.- Selborne (Joanna) & Lindsay Norman. Gwen Raverat: Wood Engraver, one of 260 copies from an edition limited to 300, 1996 § Buckland Wright (Christopher, editor) Surreal Times: The Abstract Engravings and Wartime Letters of John Buckland Wright, one of 210 copies from an edition limited to 260, 2000, plates and illustrations, some colour, some tipped in, original cloth-backed marbled or patterned-paper boards, uncut, slip-cases, small folio, Denby Dale, Fleece Press (2)

Golden Cockerel Press.- Flinders (Matthew) Narrative of his Voyage in the Schooner Francis 1798..., number 216 of 750 copies, printed in green and black on pale grey paper, map, wood-engraved illustrations, original pictorial cloth, gilt, 1946 § Musaeus. Hero & Leander, translated by F.L.Lucas, one of 500 copies, 1949 § Swinburne (Algernon Charles) Pasiphaë, one of 500 copies, 1950, all illustrated by John Buckland Wright, the last two with engraved pictorial title & plates and bound in original two-tone buckram, frayed glacine wrappers, all t.e.g., others uncut, small folio & 8vo, Golden Cockerel Press (3)

Stanbrook Abbey Press.- Leslie (Shane) The Cuckoo Clock and other poems, one of 50 specially-bound hand-coloured copies, from an edition limited to 200, illustrations by Iris Leslie, all hand-coloured by the artist, David Rust, Margaret Adams and Jenny Hancox, prospectus loosely inserted, original morocco-backed pictorial gilt pale blue silk, by George Percival, uncut, slip-case with Japanese wood veneer, small folio, Worcester, Stanbrook Abbey Press, 1987.

Clarke (Graham) Balyn and Balan, number 8 of 100 copies signed by the artist on title, the other sheets initialled, 21 colour woodcuts by Graham Clarke, 8 full-page, 2 double-page, the remainder in text, the text and illustrations printed throughout from woodblocks, loose as issued in original calf-backed felt-lined yew boards, spine and felt a little worn, lacking slip-case, large folio, Boughton Monchelsea, The Ebenezer Press, [1971].

Freedman (Barnett) [Six rough proof lithographs for Shakespeare's Henry IV Part I], 6 colour lithographs, no text, bound in original cloth-backed boards, with manuscript paper label inscribed "...for Fred Phillips from Barnett Freedman 1939" on upper cover, patterned-paper endpapers, rubbed at edges, transparent wrapper torn, folio, Limited Editions Club, 1939.⁂ Fred Phillips was owner of the Baynard Press for which Barnett Freedman did a great deal of work, mostly lithographed titles and illustrations but he also designed 'Baynard Claudia', an alphabet of decorated initial letters. These lithographs were produced for the complete works of Shakespeare issued by the Limited Editions Club from 1939 to 1940 in 39 volumes, designed by Bruce Rogers with a different illustrator for each volume.

PEPYS'S DIARY. 3 volume set in slipcase. Folio Society.

Wedgewood, C.V. The King's War, The King's Peace and The Trial of Charles 1. 3 volumes in slipcase. Folio Society. 3

FOLIO SOCIETY: Selection of Biography & Autobiography. Including R.H. Bruce Lockhart, Lytton Strachey, Benvenuto Cellini, John Evelyn. All in slipcases. 4

FOLIO SOCIETY: Story of the Middle Ages 1998, 5 volumes in slipcase.

FOLIO SOCIETY: Edward Gibbon, Memoirs, & The Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire & History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire vols 5,6,7,&8. Together with Pliny, A Self Portrait. All in slipcases.

FOLIO SOCIETY: Jane Austen, Three Classic Novels. Pride & Predudice, Sense & Sensibility, Emma. In slipcase.

FOLIO SOCIETY: A selection of Literature. 6

FOLIO SOCIETY: A miscellany of Literature, including Conrad, Hardy, Fitzgerald. and Defoe 6

FOLIO SOCIETY: Essays of Francis Bacon, 2002, slipcase. Together with 2 others. 3

FOLIO SOCIETY: A collection of Travel titles. 5

FOLIO SOCIETY: A collection of books on the British Monarchy. 6

FOLIO SOCIETY: The Life of Muhammad. 2003. Together with 3 others. 4

KIPLING, Rudyard, Short Stories Folio Society. 5 volume set in slipcase.

Books - large quantity of hardbacks including fiction, religious, classics, Folio Society, etc

Books - large quantity of hardbacks including fiction, religious, classics, Folio Society, etc

Baldwyn (George Augustus). A New, Royal, Authentic, Complete, and Universal System of Geography 1st edition, London: sold by Alex Hogg, [1794], engraved frontispiece, 88 plates, including 17 maps of which 12 folding (complete), most signed Kitchin or Conder, list of subscribers to rear, near-contemporary ownership inscriptions to initial blank and rear free endpaper, light browning, occasional spotting or soiling, free endpapers and initial blank coming loose, the folding world map (facing p. cxii) torn in three parts and stained, the folding maps of Africa, Europe, France, Italy and South America with variable splitting or fraying but all intact, Africa rather rumpled, the remaining maps including the 2 of North America (facing pp. 708 & 778) in good condition, short fore-edge chips and tears to a few plates, contemporary mottled calf by Lambert of Chepstow (his ticket), rubbed, front joint partially split, headcap chipped, corners worn, folio The first part concerns the discoveries of Cook and includes the Death of Cook plate. Binder not in Ramsden, Outside London. (1)

Fumagalli (Paul). Pompeia. Traite pittoresque, historique et geometrique. Ouvrage dessine sur les lieux pendant les annees 1824 a 1830, Florence: Aux fraix de l'Auteur, [1830], two engraved title-pages (Italian & French) with uncoloured aquatint vignette to each, 80 plates & plans (mostly uncoloured aquatints & two hand-coloured, two double-page plans & one folding plate), parallel text in French and Italian, some spotting mostly to margins, light toning to upper margins of few plates, contemporary brown morocco-backed gilt panelled cloth boards, folio (1)

Heylyn (Peter). Cosmographie, 6 parts in 1 volume, 1st edition, London: Henry Seile, 1652, 6 parts in 1 volume, 4 folding maps, table, lacking the engraved title-page, the maps all trimmed, repaired verso and mounted on guards, small portions of Asia and Africa supplied in facsimile along bottom and fore-edges respectively, light browning, first few leaves somewhat chipped and stained, frequent learned marginalia in a contemporary hand, contemporary sheep, 3 superficial longitudinal cracks to spine, joints and inner hinges restored, sides scuffed, extremities worn, folio Sabin 31655; Wing H1689. (1)

Doyle (John, pseud. "H.B."). Political Sketches &c. by H. B., volume 2 (only), published Thos. McLean, circa 1832, title page and contents list, 110 uncoloured lithograph caricatures, all trimmed to neatline and laid on contemporary paper, slight spotting throughout, some images with 'HB subscribers copy' blindstamp in margins, bookplate of 'City of Leeds public library', near contemporary half morocco with gilt title and library number to spine, worn at extremities, folio (1)

Paper. A large folio bound volume of laid blank paper, circa 1750, containing approximately 200 leaves, most with Villedary watermark, some leaves at front of volume with marginal ink manuscript botanical annotations (presumably to accompany botanical specimens which are no longer present), the majority of the volume entirely blank, occasional marks and slight soiling, short closed tear to fore-margins, contemporary reversed full calf, rubbed and some wear, with joints partly cracked, and partial loss to head and foot of spine, folio (57 x 38 cm, 22.5 x 15 ins), together with 13 other albums and portfolios of blank paper, later 18th century & 19th century, various colours and conditions, (approximately 300 leaves in total), some bound and others loose, the albums mostly partly excised or disbound, various sizes, mostly large folio Sold as seen, not subject to return. (14)

Mayer (Luigi). Views in Egypt..., Thomas Bensley for R. Bowyer, 1804; Views in Palestine..., T. Bensley for R. Bowyer, 1804; Views in the Ottoman Empire, Chiefly in Caramania..., R. Bowyer, 1803, together three parts bound in 2 volumes, (plates watermarked 1801), 96 hand-coloured aquatint plates (48+24+24), half-title to first volume, English and French titles to third volume, list of plates leaf at rear of first and third works and printed to final text leaf verso of second work, some scattered minor spotting and dust-soiling, modern green half morocco over cloth, leather spine labels, slightly rubbed and spines somewhat faded, folio (465 x 330 mm) Abbey Travel 369; Atabey 787 & 788; Blackmer 1098 & 1099. (2)

Elgar (Edward, 1857-1934). The Black Knight (Der Schwarze Ritter), Cantata for Chorus and Orchestra, the Poem by Uhland (translated by Longfellow), the Music Composed by Edward Elgar, (Op. 25), Novello's original octavo edition, [1893], signed presentation inscription from the composer to title, 'To the Rev. E. Capel Cure, with kindest regards from Edward Elgar, Dec. 28 1895', original printed wrappers, remains of old sellotape repairs to spine and inner margin of title-page (not affecting inscription), ballpoint pen ownership signature to upper wrapper, some fraying and soiling, wrappers detached and paper loss to spine, small folio Reverend Edward Capel-Cure had played chamber music with Elgar while he was curate of Holy Trinity in Worcester. He suggested Lux Christi (also known as "The Light of Life") as a subject to the composer and developed the libretto for the work which was first performed on 8 September 1896 in Worcester Cathedral. (1)

Elgar (Edward, 1857-1934). Sursum Corda (Elevation), Adagio Solenne for Strings, Brass & Organ, Composed by Edward Elgar, Op. 11, Mainz: B. Schott's Sohne, [1901], title-page printed in blue, minor finger soiling, original printed wrappers, inscribed by the composer to upper wrapper, 'To Hugh Blair: with kindest regards from Edward Elgar, 1901', slightly rubbed and dust-soiled, slim folio Hugh Blair (1864-1932) was an English musician, composer and organist. He was Organist of Worcester Cathedral from 1895 to 1897, having been Acting Organist before that time. Edward Elgar dedicated his cantata The Black Knight to Blair, who was conductor of the Worcester Festival Choral Society, which gave the first performance on 18 April 1893, at a time when Elgar was little known outside Worcestershire. Blair also asked Elgar to write an organ voluntary for the visit of some American organists to Worcester, and received Elgar's first Organ Sonata as a result (with the opening theme being reminiscent of a theme from The Black Knight). See also lot 229. (1)

Elgar (Edward, 1857-1934). Five Part-Songs (T.T.B.B.), the Words from the Greek Anthology in English..., the Music Composed by Edward Elgar, (Op. 45), German translation by Julius Buths, Novello & Co., circa 1903, original printed wrappers, dust-soiled and frayed on spine with a little loss, signed by the composer to upper cover, 'To Professor Lewis Campbell, with kind regards Edward Elgar', slim folio Lewis Campbell (1830-1908) was a Scottish classical scholar and professor of Greek at the University of St Andrews (1863-1894). In 1894, he was elected an honorary fellow of Balliol College, Oxford. (1)

Elgar (Edward, 1857-1934). The Kingdom, an Oratorio by Edward Elgar, (Op. 51), 1st edition, Novello & Co., [1907], full conducting score with traditional blue pencil markings [presumed by Walter K. Stanton], long closed tear to pp. 75/76 with old sellotape repairs and now somewhat embrowned, signed ink presentation inscription from the composer at head of first page of music, 'Edward Elgar, Leeds 1907, to W.S. Hannam', bookplate of Walter K[endall] Stanton (1891-1978, English organist and composer) to front pastedown with his blue pencil initials to following blank (heavy spotting), original printed boards, soiling and edge wear, modern cloth reback, ink inscription to upper cover, 'W.J. Hannam, Esqre. with the publisher's comp[limen]ts on the day of publication, July 3rd 1907', folio (46 x 33cm) William S. Hannam was a Leeds solicitor and a long-standing member of the Leeds Music Festival executive committee. It would seem likely that Hannam gave this copy to Stanton who may have marked it up for a performance at Derby, the upper margin of the first page being neatly inscribed in pencil 'Derby 5.4.1939'. (1)

Elgar (Edward, 1857-1934). Offertorium, "O Hearken Thou", Ps. V, 2, for Chorus & Orchestra, Op. 64, autograph manuscript score, written in blue ink with circled letters A, B, C, and D in red ink, 7 numbered pages including title (signed and with return address for the manuscript), additionally signed and dated to lower blank half of page 6, 'Plas Gwyn, [Hereford], March 16: 1911, Edward Elgar', pencil copyright note for Novello & Co in 1911 at foot of page 2, some light dust-soiling, first and final page (8, blank) partly browned, folio (32 x 21.5 cm) An important original 'clean copy' (prepared for the publisher) manuscript of the Coronation Offertorium for the Coronation of King George V and Queen Mary at Westminster Abbey on 22 June 1911. Such manuscripts are very scarce, Elgar carefully guarding all of them and rarely parting with any. In the event, Elgar did not attend the Coronation having (it is thought) taken offence at some perceived slight in the seating arrangements to his status as Knight and Order of Merit - and he refused his wife permission to attend, to her great disappointment. (1)NB: This item is not subject to VAT

Elgar (Edward, 1857-1934). Sonata for Violin and Pianoforte, composed by Edward Elgar, Op. 82, Novello & Co., circa 1919, separately stitched violin part loosely inserted, signed presentation inscription from the composer at head of first page of music, 'To Mrs Hunter, with kind regards from Edward Elgar, 1920', original printed wrappers, a little dust-soiled, small loss at head of spine and split along lower joint, slim folio Mrs Isabella Hunter was the wife of the Anglo-German music publisher August Johannes Jaeger, whose close friendship with Elgar was immortalised in the famous ninth variation "Nimrod" from the Enigma Variations. Mrs Hunter had changed her name because of anti-German feeling in the United Kingdom; Jaeger being the German word for Hunter. (1)

Robock (Ludwig). Das Berner Oberland, Aquarelle, mit Schilderungen und Sagen von Eduard Osenbrggen. 1st edition, Darmstadt, circa 1870, mounted chromolithographic frontispiece, 19 similar plates, variably offset but bright and clean, original red cloth, elaborately decorated in black, gilt and blind, spine sunned, slightly defective at foot, tips bumped, oblong folio (1)

Elgar (Edward, 1857-1934). The Spirit of England, no. 2. To Women, a Poem by Laurence Binyon, Set to Music for Tenor or Soprano Solo, Chorus, and Orchestra, by Edward Elgar, Op. 80, no. 2, Novello's original octavo edition, [1916], signed presentation inscription from the composer to title, 'Mrs Hunter, with kindest regards from Edward Elgar, Dec 26 1916', original printed wrappers, partly soiled and covers detached and separated, together with a second copy, ownership signature of Cyril E. Leonard of Bristol to upper wrapper, both slim small folio Mrs Hunter was the altered name of the wife of his famous friend A.J. "Nimrod" Jaeger. See preceding lot. (2)

Elgar (Edward, 1857-1934). Sammlung vorzglicher Gesangstcke der anerkannt-gr”ssten Geschichte der Tonkunst..., von F[riedrich] Rochlitz, 4 parts in 1 volume, Mainz: B. Schott's Sohne, [1838-40], lithographed titles, engraved music, a few scattered pencil marks and annotations in Elgar's childlike hand, occasional spotting, first title browned, bold pencil inscription from Elgar to front free endpaper, 'For R.R. Terry, from Edward Elgar, Jan 1919', modern blue half morocco retaining original cloth boards, a little rubbed, folio Sir Richard Runciman Terry (1865-1938) was an English organist, choir director and musicologist, noted as a revivalist of Tudor liturgical music. This copy was used by Elgar to learn about music. Terry wrote about Elgar's scholarship in an article for The Radio Times: 'On the question of polyphony he used to embarrass me by his persistent attitude of a listener and a learner. I found out the depth of his knowledge (which I had long suspected) by the merest accident. Hearing that I had lost my volume of Rochlitz, he asked me to accept a copy which he had bought in early youth "to try and get the hang of those old fellows" (as he put it). His notes in the book and across the music showed me that his had been no superficial study. He had noted all that was worth noting about the characteristics (contrapuntal and harmonic) of the Polyphonists from Dufay and Josquin to Goudimel, Lasso, Palestrina and his school'. Some of the pencil marks are now more faded and indistinct than when Elgar presented this volume to Terry one hundred years ago. (1)

*Elgar (Edward, 1857-1934). Autograph letter signed, 'Edward Elgar', Worcester, 21 April 1930, on memorandum notepaper as Master of the King's Musick, to [William] Herbert-Scott, returning the items, one page, 4to, together with the original envelope addressed in Elgar's holograph, postmarked 22 April 1930 and with large black wax seal and Elgar's monogram to verso, plus two sheets of typescript extracts from a proposed biography of Edward German by Herbert-Scott, versos blank, blue pencil marks and grey pencil corrections, two ink notes in Elgar's hand, the second adding the comment about German, 'He paid a warm tribute to his friends' achievements in serious orchestral compositions', 2 pp., versos blank, folio (4)

Elgar (Edward). May-Song, Orchestral Parts, 1st edition, Elkin & Co., [1901], a rare set of orchestral parts (lacking cello and clarinet parts), original fascicules loose in original printed wrappers (a little frayed and detached), small folio, together with Elgar Memorial Concert programme for the Royal Albert Hall, 24 March 1934, portrait frontispiece, ornamental sepia borders, original decorative wrappers with paper title oval label to upper cover, a little nicked at head and foot of spine, slim 4to Rare items, the first from the collection of lutenist Robert Spencer and given to the current owner by him. (2)

*Bonds & Share Certificates. A group of approximately 1200 certificates, cica 1910-1970, including pre-printed decorative certificates from America, France & Greece, several hundred for General Foods Corporation, One Hundred Pounds, circa 1960-70s, National Tea Co, circa 1920s, etc, with many attractive vignettes, various sizes, folio and smaller (approx. 1200)

Britten (Benjamin, 1913-1976). A Boy Was Born, Choral Variations for Mens, Womens, and Boys' Voices (Unaccompanied), Oxford University Press, no date, circa 1934, signed presentation inscription from the composer in dark blue ink to upper margin of title, 'For our Maestro - Frank Bridge / everlastingly gratefully & admirefully - Benjamin B', original wrappers printed in red, manuscript title in ballpoint pen in an unidentified hand inscribed to spine, spine slightly browned and lightly damp-stained, minor spotting and soiling, small folio A fine association item. Benjamin Britten first met the composer Frank Bridge (1879-1941) in 1925, the teenager going on to learn composition from Bridge and study piano with his colleague, Harold Samuel. Even before composing A Boy Was Born, Op. 3, in 1933 Britten had started a set of variations for string orchestra which he was later to complete as the Variations on a Theme of Frank Bridge. As Britten's teacher at the time Bridge would have been involved in some 'odd alterations' to the piece as noted in his diary entry for 11 May 1933. (1)

Templeman (Thomas). A New Survey of the Globe: or, an Accurate Mensuration of all the Empires, Kingdoms, Countries, States, Principal Provinces, Counties, & Islands in the World..., A Collection of all the Noted Sea Ports in the World..., also the Settlements & Factories, Belonging to the English, Dutch, French, Portuguese, Spaniards, &c. in the East and West Indies, Africa, and other parts..., Engrav'd by J. Cole in Great Kirby Street, Hatton Garden, [1729], engraved title page, printed dedication leaf to the Honorable James Reynolds, four pages of introduction, five pages of subscriber's list with table of the geographical plates to verso of the last leaf, and thirty-five single-page engraved tables, engraved by I. Mynde, waterstained throughout, contemporary ownership signature of Amb: Kedington, dated 1729 to front endpaper, contemporary vellum, stained and discoloured with some marks and wear, oblong folio Apparently the earlier of the two editions in ESTC, both undated (the other 'printed for John Bowles'). The engraved geographical tables reveal, amongst other things, that London contains 210,000 fighting men, Ithaca is not one tenth part so big as the Isle of Wight, Croatians are fierce and ungovernable but are indulged in their liberty as they are a good barrier against the Turks, the land of the Amazons covers 993,600 square miles, the Persian empire under Darius covered over a twentieth of the habitable area of the globe, and Brindisi is a contemptible place. (1)

Davis (John Scarlett). Fourteen Views in Lithography, of Bolton Abbey, Wharfedale, Yorkshire, From Drawings of this Beautiful Ruin, and the Adjoining Scenery, 2nd ed., 1829, fourteen uncoloured lithographed plates, some light spotting and frayed foredges, original wrapper, some tears and losses, oblong, folio, together with Theatre playbills. The Yeomen of the Guard, or the Merryman and His Maid, written by W. S. Gilbert, Composed by Arthur Sullivan, Barnsley Amateur Operatic Society, Public Hall, Barnsley, Thursday Feb 14th, 1901, advertising playbill printed in orange and green, some minor marks and short closed tears to margins, 885 x 290 mm (two copies), plus thirteen other playbills, printed in colours, for the Barnsley Public Hall (Harvey Institute, c. 1901-07), including J. W. Turner's World-Renowned English Opera Company, Farewell Tour of Miss Edith Cole, Edmund Tearle, Horace Lingard & Van Bieme's London Company, etc., including one for military concerts by the Royal Scots Guards, at Gainsborough Public Hall, and five copies of a printed advertisement for a lecture on the War in Egypt and the Sudan, illustrated by Photogenic Lantern, by Mr. Hoyle, occasional fraying and marginal closed tears, generally without loss, mostly 885 x 285 mm (and slightly smaller), plus a collection of scrap books, circa 1860-1900, original artwork and maps and estate plans, relating to Yorkshire and its environs Abbey Scenery 372 for the first work. (2 cartons)

Davis (Sir Colin, 1927-2013 ). An archive of approximately 50 printed full scores and study scores of 20th century orchestral works by various composers, including Arnold Schoenberg, Von Heute auf Morgen, 1929 (rebound retaining original upper wrapper), Roberto Gerhard, Concerto for Orchestra (with extensive annotations in pencil by Colin Davis throughout), Harrison Birtwistle, Verses for Ensembles, 1969 (extensive annotations by Colin Davis in pencil throughout), Oliver Knussen, Symphony No. 1, 1967, John Lambert, Formations and Transformations (annotated by Colin Davis), and similar large format scores by Peter Schat, Tristan Keuris, Graham Whettam, R.W. Wood, Malcolm Williamson, Thea Musgrave, William Walton, etc., some with pencil annotations or signed by Colin Davis, study scores by Peter Maxwell Davies (Farewell to Stromness, inscribed by the composer to title), Luciano Berio, Maurice Ohana, Anthony Milner, Gordon Jacob, etc., a typed letter signed to Lady Davis from Peter Shellard of the Royal Academy of Music, 6th October 1992, etc., mostly paper-bound, folio and smaller (2 cartons)

*De Winton (Francis). [Set of family albums], 1853-90, 4 volumes, [approximately 230, 500, 300, and 300 pages], containing some 800 autograph letters nearly all to or from De Winton or his wife Evelyn, in envelopes docketed with details of senders and contents and mounted rectos and versos to plain leaves, volume 4 page 103 with autograph letter signed from Henry M. Stanley dated Victoria Nyanza, 2 September 1889, granting de Winton power of attorney to arrange his affairs in London pending his return from Africa, volume 2 page 256 with autograph letter from Ottoman statesman Ahmet Vefik Pasha, and pages 406-9 with one autograph letter signed from each of Redvers Buller and Baden Powell, 2 from George V as the duke of York (and 3 clippings of his signature, 1 erroneously docketed as George Washington's), 2 from his wife Mary of Teck, and the clipped signatures of Queen Victoria, Henry Layard, Lord Palmerston and Lord Clarendon, together with numerous further letters from various figures spread throughout all the 4 volumes, including many from Fenwick Williams, and from Marquess Lorne and Princess Louise, the duke and duchess of Argyll (for de Winton's connection to these 3 figures see below), with 1000s of additional documents pasted in, including newspaper clippings, topical engravings from the Graphic and the Illustrated London News, albumen prints (mainly studio portraits of family members), invitations to state and other occasions, banquet menus, theatre programmes, telegrams, memoranda and more, with 2 published works pasted in to the rear of volume 3: Correspondence respecting the Recent Expedition against the Yonnie Tribe adjacent to Sierra Leone, London, Her Majesty's Stationery Office, 1888, folding map, OCLC traces Northwestern, McGill, Deutsche Nationalbibliothek, Erfurt Gotha, no copies in UK libraries, and Yonnie Expedition, Staff Diary, Intelligence Report and Medical Report, London: Her Majesty's Stationery Office, [no date], number 33 of an unknown number of copies, marked "strictly confidential", no other copy traced, 10 plates including folding maps and colour lithographs, contents of all 4 volumes with occasional soiling and staining, some material loose, but generally well-preserved, volumes 1 and 4 with water-damage front and back but contents generally spared, all bound in red half roan, marbled sides, gilt titles ("Family Records, F. W. de W vol. 1 [-Evy de Winton vol. 1, 2 and 3]") volume 1 binding very worn, rear board detached, volumes 2 and 3 worn but intact, volume 4 very worn, covers detached and spine defective, folio, together with an extensive archive of correspondence and documents, including: 11 additional autograph letters from Princess Louise (including her letter of condolence to Evelyn on de Winton's death) and 3 from Marquess Lorne; 17 further signed letters of condolence to Evelyn from various figures including George V as the duke of York and Clements Markham; de Winton's masonic pouch, containing 2 masonic certificates on vellum (dated 1858 and 1870), with leather and silk masonic apron; manuscript journal titled "Turkey, Journey to Sofia, Day & Memorandum Book", sheep, oblong 8vo; additional journal apparently relating to his time in North America and discussing Native American chieftains, green quarter cloth, 8vo; manuscript fair copy of de Winton's report, "Sketch of the Swaziland Question", with sketch map, and collection of related documents; manuscript fair copy of de Winton's "Itinerary of the Journey of His Excellency the Governor General in the North West, 1881"; 8 offprints and galley proofs of various papers on Africa and North America; 15 maps, all folding, some linen-backed, mainly depicting Sierra Leone, South Africa, and Canada; 4 mounted and annotated albumen prints of Sierra Leone and collection of 15 original snapshots of Khartoum, and more; with a further carton of miscellaneous correspondence and ephemera Sir Francis Walter de Winton (1835-1901) was a British soldier and courtier. After distinguished service in the Crimea, he served as aide-de camp to Sir William Fenwick Williams, hero of Kars as commander in British North America, and was subsequently on his staff when lieutenant-governor of Nova Scotia (1864-7) and governor of Gibraltar (1870-5). De Winton married Evelyn in 1864. He was later military attach‚ at Constantinople (1877-8) and secretary to the marquess of Lorne, husband of Princess Louise, when governor-general of Canada (1878-83), and eventually administrator-general of the Congo (1885-6). In 1887 he was secretary to the Emin Pasha relief expedition and commanded the punitive Yoni expedition in Sierra Leone. He was sent as commissioner to Swaziland in 1889 before retiring the following year with the honorary rank of major-general. In 1892 he became controller and treasurer of the household of the duke of York, later George V, and he died in 1901. The albums appear to have been compiled by one of Francis and Evelyn de Winton's children or another close family member after his death; together with the voluminous archive of additional letters and documents they provide a comprehensive, chronological account of his career. Provenance: from the family by direct descent. (4 cartons)

Thomas (Antoine Jean-Baptiste). Un an … Rome et dans ses environs. Recueil de dessins lithographi‚s, Paris: A. Firmin Didot, 1830, lithograph vignette to title and 72 hand-coloured & tinted lithograph plates after Villain, preceded by 44 pages of text, scattered spotting, some water staining, toning and few marks, all edges gilt, contemporary dark green quarter morocco, gilt decorated spine, cloth covered boards with gilt title to upper board, upper joint splitting at head & foot, folio (1)

Aretaeus of Cappadocia. De causis et signis acutorum, et diuturnorum morborum libri quatuor de Curatione acutorum et diuturnorum morborum libri quatuor... edited by John Wigan and Herman Boerhaave, Leiden, Petri Van Der Aa, 1731, title printed in red and black, Greek and Latin text, some spotting and occasional browning, light water stain, contemporary calf gilt, rubbed with small splits and wear at spine ends and corners, folio The second eighteenth century edition, edited by Herman Boerhaave, after John Wigan's Clarendon Press edition of 1723, first published in Paris in 1554. Aretaeus' work on the causes, symptoms and cures of acute and chronic diseases. (1)

Bede (The Venerable). Opera quotquot reperiri potuerunt omnia, volumes 1-3 only (bound in 2), Cologne, Anton. Hieratius et Joan. Gymnicius, 1612, additional engraved title to first volume by B. Isselb (laid down, with a few marks and small repair to foot of inner margin), similar small repairs to inner margins of first few leaves, later vellum-backed boards, rubbed and scuffed, folio, together with Basilius (Saint), Opera Omnia quae exstant, vel quae ejus nomine circumferuntur, ad MSS. codices Gallicanos, Vaticanos, Florentinos & Anglicos... Opera & Studio Domini Juliani Garnier, 3 volumes, Paris, J.B. Coignard, 1721-30, title to each volume printed in red and black, with large engraved vignette, woodcut head-pieces, initials, etc., marbled endpapers, contemporary calf, modern gilt-decorated reback with maroon and black spine labels, large folio, ex libris Edward King, Bishop of Lincoln, with gilt morocco presentation label to front pastedown of first volume, dated 1873, plus Origen. Origenis in Sacras Scripturas Commentaria, quaecunque Graece reperiri potuerunt, Petrus Daniel Huetrus... edidit, 2 volumes, Rothomagi, Joannis Berthelini, 1668, titles printed in red and black, with woodcut printer's device, text printed in double column in Greek and Latin, modern half calf gilt, retaining old marble boards, folio, and Du Hamel (Jean Baptiste), Theologia Speculatrix et Practica juxta sanctorum patrum dogmata pertractata, 2 volumes, Venice, Niccolo Pezzana, 1734, title to first volume printed in red and black, contemporary calf gilt, rubbed and scuffed, folio, plus other 18th century theological folios, including R.P. Aloysii Novarini Schediasmata Sacro-Prophana, Lyon, 1635, Edmond Simonnet, Institutiones Theologicae ad usum seminariorum, 3 volumes, Venice, 1731, Edmund Gibson, Codex Juris Ecclesiastici Anglicani, 2 volumes, Oxford, 1761, Johann Cocceius, Opera, 2 volumes, Amsterdam, 1673, Johann Caspar Suicerus, Thesaurus Ecclesiasticus, 2nd edition, 2 volumes, Amsterdam, 1728 & Paolo Sarpi, Histoire du Concile de Trente, 2 volumes, London, Samuel Idle, 1736, all bound in contemporary calf or half calf, rubbed and some wear to joints and edges, folio (21)

Bible [English]. [The Holy Bible, Containing the Old Testament, and the New: Newly Translated out of the Originall Tongues: and with the former Translations diligently compared and revised, by his Maiesties speciall Commandement. Appointed to be read in Churches. fourth folio edition, Imprinted at London by Robert Barker..., and by the Assignes of John Bill, 1634], General title & genealogies lacking, New Testament title present printed within decorative woodcut border, Kalendar in red & black, Apocrypha present (with final leaf torn to lower outer corner), black letter text in double-column, initial six leaves of dedication & preface with some worm holes, leaves A2, A3 and final leaf of Revelation frayed, and with few tears and repairs, occasional dampstaining (mostly light), near contemporary blind panelled reversed calf, torn at head & foot of spine, board corners worn & showing, rubbed, folio Herbert 487, Darlow & Moule 376, STC 2312. The fourth distinct folio edition, printed in large black-letter, of King James' version. The volume follows very closely in all particulars with the folio of 1617. (1)

Brisson (Barnab‚). Regii in Gallia consistorii consiliarii, amplisimique senatus Parisiensis, praesidis, lexicon iuris: sive De Verborum quae ad ius pertinent significatione libri XIX 3 parts in one, novissima editone, Frankfurt: Johann Wechel, 1587, title-page printed in red and black with woodcut vignette, 3 parts in 1 volume, separate pagination to each part but with continuous register, text in double colum, woodcut head- and tailpieces and figurative initials, browning, light staining and Russian library stamp to title, contemporary vellum, recased and relined, spine strengthened, slightly soiled overall, folio First published in 1559. (1)

Buxtorf (Joannes). Lexicon Chaldaicum, Talmudicum et Rabbinicum..., Opus xxx. annorum, nunc demum, post patris obitum, ex ipsius autographo ... in lucem editum, Basel: Ludovici K”nig, 1640, engraved portrait frontispiece and additional engraved title, some worm holes & worming, contemporary pigskin over wooden boards, blind rollwork & embossed decoration, lacking clasps, worm holes to lower board, folio, together with Socrates, Socratis Scholastici et Hermiae Sozomeni Historia Ecclesiastica. Henricus Valesius graecum textum collatis MSS. codicibus emendavit, LatinŠ vertit, & annotationibus illustravit...., Mainz: Christian Gerlach & Simon Beckenstein, 1677, half-title, title and text in greek & latin, contemporary vellum, folio, plus Suarez (Francisco), Commentariorum, ac disputationum, in primam partem Divi Thomae..., Mainz: Hermanni Mylii Birckmanni, 1621, title in red & black and with woodcut device, some worm holes, contemporary pigskin, blind rollwork & embossed decoration, brass clasps, some worm holes, folio (3)

Camden (William). The History of the most Renowned and Victorious Princess Elizabeth, Late Queen of England; Containing All the most Important and Remarkable Passages of State, both at Home, and Abroad..., 3rd edition, printed for Charles Harper, 1675, title printed in red and black, portrait frontispiece, title dust-soiled with early ink name at head, frontispiece and title both guarded-in, occasional minor marks or spots, final blank with early manuscript notes dated 1676/7, modern calf by Maltbys of Oxford, faded spine with gilt lettering-piece, lightly soiled, folio, together with Herbert of Cherbury (Edward, Lord), The Life and Reign of King Henry the Eighth, printed by Andr. Clark, for J. Martyn..., 1672, title printed in red and black, portrait frontispiece, title with small loss to fore-margin, frontispiece faintly spotted, a few minor marks or spots, front pastedown with armorial bookplate of Sir John Leveson Gower of Trentham in Stafford Shire Baronet, modern calf, faded spine with gilt lettering-piece and blind-tooled decoration, folio, plus Bacon (Francis and Godwin, Francis), The History of the Reigns of Henry the Seventh, Henry the Eighth, Edward the Sixth, and Queen Mary, 1st collected edition, printed by W.G., 1676, portrait frontispiece, blank recto to frontispiece with early ink manuscript notes, in places faintly striking-through to verso, a few minor marks, final third with intermittent worming at tail of gutter, also affecting final few lower corners, armorial bookplate of C.W.H. Sotheby loosely inserted, front free endpaper with ink ownership inscription, contemporary calf, rubbed and rebacked, spine with gilt lettering-piece, folio, and one other similar: Annales Rerum Anglicarum, et Hibernicarum, Regnante Elizabetha, ad annum salutis M.D.LXXXIX, by William Camden, 2 parts in one volume, 1st edition, 1615-1627 (4)

Catholic Church. Concilia Generalia, et Provincialia, Graeca et Latina quotquot reperiri potuerunt, item epistolae decretales, et Romanor. Pontific. vitae, omnia studio, et industria R.D. Severini Binii..., Coloniae Agrippinae: Sumptibus Antonii Hierati, 9 volumes, 1618 engraved general title page to volume 1, other volumes with engraved vignette titles, each title (except volume 1) with early ink manuscript inscription to gutter margin (with burn-through), the same to general title but along upper margin, browned and spotted throughout, contemporary vellum, marked and soiled, some spine ends worn, folio (9)

Camden (William). Britannia: or a Chorographical Description of the flourishing Kingdoms of England, Scotland and Ireland and the Islands adjacent..., enlarged by the latest discoveries by Richard Gough, 3 volumes, printed for John Nichols for T. Payne and Son and G. G. J. and J. Robinson, 1789, engraved portrait frontispiece, additional half title, fifty-eight uncoloured engraved maps by John Cary (including fifty-six folding), and ninety-eight uncoloured engraved plates (including nine double-page), some maps trimmed with slight loss to printed margins, map of North Wales with small hole affecting image, one double page table, occasional spotting, bookplate of Lord Carrington to each volume, near contemporary tree calf with gilt decorated spines, rubbed and worn at extremities, folio (3)

Cicero (Marcus Tullius). M.T. Ciceronis Opera. Ex Petri Victorii codicibus maxima ex parte descripta..., 5 volumes in one, Paris: Ex officina Roberti Stephani, 1539-[38], woodcut illustration to titles, few decorative cribl‚ initials, general title with faint early ink inscription by illustration, and 19th century ink presentation inscription to upper margin, volume 1 title with light dampstaining, some early ink marginalia (slightly trimmed) pointers and underlining (mainly to volume 4), volume 5 kiii-v with pale dampstaining, early mottled calf, rubbed and worn in places, both joints split but secure, spine leather deficient, folio in 8s Adams C1640. (1)

Coke (Edward). The First Part of the Institutes of the Laws of England. Or, A Commentary upon Littleton, not the Name of the Author only, but of the Law itself..., 9th edition, corrected, 1684, engraved portrait frontispiece and one other engraved plate, early signatures to title including an Edward Price and Lewis Hughes, heavily annotated to margins throughout volume in various early hands, frontispiece, plate and eight initial leaves of text torn to upper outer corners & neatly repaired (fore-margins also repaired), initial two front blanks and final leaf also torn to outer corners and repaired, modern calf, morocco labels to spine, folio, together with Spelman (Sir Henry), The English Works... Publish'd in his Life-time; Together with his Posthumous Works, Relating to the Laws and Antiquities of England..., Together with the LIfe of the Author, revised, 1723, title in red & black, two folding tables, some toning and scattered spotting, 19th century half calf, upper board detached, worn with loss of some leather to spine, folio (2)

Constantine (Robert). Lexicon Graecolatinum, secunda hac editione, partim ipsius authoris, partim Francisci Porti... auctum, Geneva, Haeredes Eustathii Vignon & Jacobus Stoer, 1592, title printed in red and black, with printer's woodcut device, text printed in double column, woodcut head-pieces, initials, etc., occasional light marginal waterstains and spotting, modern antique-style mottled full calf, thick folio, together with Castell (Edmund), Lexicon Heptaglotton, Hebraicum, Chaldaicum, Syriacum, Samaratinum, Aethiopicum, Arabicum, et Persicum..., bound in 2 volumes, Thomas Roycroft, 1669, single title printed in red and black, text in triple column, light waterstain at front of second volume, all edges gilt, near-contemporary blind-panelled full calf, old reback, rubbed and some marks and edges darkened, large folio, plus Dufresne (Charles), Glossarium ad Scriptores Mediae et Infimae Latinitatis, 6 volumes, Paris, Charles Osmont, 1733, half-title to each volume, engraved portrait of the author, and additional engraved title to first volume (by P. Giffart and S. Le Clerc respectively), titles printed in red and black with engraved vignette by De Poilly, text printed in double column, each volume inscribed in ink to head of half title in a contemporary hand 'Liber Coll. Di: Jo: Bapt. Oxon. Ex Dono', and with contemporary engraved bookplate of St. John's College, Oxford, to front pastedown of each volume (with Council inkstamp), contemporary mottled full calf, a little wear to extremities, some joints partly cracked, darkened to spine and edges, folio, and Gesner (Johann Matthias), Novus Linguae et Eruditionis Romanae Thesaurus post Ro. Stephani et aliorum, 2 volumes, Leipzig, 1749, engraved portrait of the author, titles printed in red and black, text in double column, 18th century bookplate of Plummer of Middlestead to front pastedown of each volume and 19th century printed library ticket of Sunderland Hall to upper outer corner, contemporary full calf, joints cracked, and minor wear to extremities, folio (11)

Cowper (William). The Workes of Mr Willia[m] Cowper late Bishop of Galloway: Now newly Collected into one Volume. Whereunto is added a Comentary on the Reuelation neuer before Published..., 1st collected edition, Imprinted for Iohn Budge, 1623, engraved illustrated title (slightly creased), occasional minor marks, some sections starting but secure, final few leaves with minor worming, front pastedown with book ticket of Shadwell Park dated 1842, front hinge cracked after endpaper, rear pastedown lacking, contemporary calf, rubbed and extremities worn, spine ends lacking, folio in 6s (1)

[Diderot Denis, & Jean d'Alembert]. Recueil de Planches, sur les Sciences, les Arts Liberaux, et les Arts Mechaniques, avec leur Explication, septieme volume only, Paris, 1769, half-title, 243 copper-engraved plates, several folding and double page, minor marginal spotting and soiling, front endpaper detached, contemporary calf, joints cracking, slightly rubbed, folio Volume 7 of the 11 plate volumes from a total of 35 volumes from Diderot and d'Alembert's monumental Enclopedie, published from 1751 to 1780. The present volume covers typesetting and printing, equestrian, shipbuilding, tanning, carpentry and building, furniture making and music theory among other crafts and industries. (1)