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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)

Erasmus (Desiderius, ed.). Jerome, Saint, [General title:] Lucubrationes omnes [volume 1 title:] Opus epistolarum [volume 2:] Alter tomus epistolarum [volume 3:] Tomus ultimus epistolarum, 3 volumes (of 9) in 1, 2nd Froben edition, Basle, 1524, general title-page dated 1526 and 3 divisional title-pages, printer's engraved device to each and to final leaf of each volume, woodcut initial figures throughout, text occasionally in double column with parallel Greek and Latin text, occasional contemporary underlining and marginalia, pastedowns browned, a few early leaves strengthened in gutter, volume 1 p. 135 slightly marked obscuring a few letters, spill-burn to volume 3 bB7, affecting a number recto, a resulting hole to bB8 (blank but for the printer's device verso) repaired, otherwise the occasional light mark or stain, sprinkled edges, contemporary vellum over heavy reverse-bevelled boards, contemporary manuscript title to second compartment of spine, contemporary paper label to third, partially chipped, double blind frames to boards enclosing mandorla centrepieces with arabesque infill, brass clasps intact, vellum slightly soiled, short split to foot of front joint, tips worn, central oval within centrepiece of rear board partially split round its circumference, folio Adams J115. Second Froben edition, and the second overall, of the collected works of Saint Jerome, edited by Erasmus. This copy contains the first three volumes, which comprise Jerome's complete letters, and Erasmus's celebrated life of Jerome. Erasmus edited only the first four volumes; volumes five to nine were edited by Bruno and Basilius Amorbach. (1)

Ferguson (Adam). The History of the Progress and Termination of the Roman Republic, 3 volumes, 1783, engraved portrait frontispiece to volume 1, four folding engraved maps, bookplate of Rev. Henry Collet, contemporary marbled calf, gilt decorated spines lacking labels, joints cracked and some wear, 4to, together with Ludlow (Edmund), Memoirs of Edmund Ludlow. With a Collection of Original Papers, and the case of King Charles the First, 1771, engraved portrait frontispiece, renewed endpapers with cloth hinges, contemporary mottled calf, rebacked preserving original spine, replaced spine labels, corners repaired, 4to, with Cowley (Abraham), The Works... consisting of those were formerly Printed and those which he Design'd for the Press. Now Published out of the Author's Original Copies. With the Cutter of Coleman-Street, 9th edition, 1700, engraved portrait frontispiece, spotting mostly to last few leaves, bookplate of Hon. Valentine Browne, contemporary speckled calf, gilt decorated spine, red morocco title label, joints cracked, worn at head & foot of spine, folio, and another edition of the same work in comtemporary panelled calf, neatly rebacked and corners repaired, plus Camoens (Luis de), The Lusiad; or, the Discovery of India. An Epic Poem. Translated from the Original Portuguese [with an introduction and notes] ... by William Julius Mickle, 2nd edition, Oxford, 1778, etched frontispiece by J. Mortimer, folding engraved map, occasional spotting and offsetting, contemporary calf, rebacked and corners repaired, 4to, plus other 18th century antiquarian, mostly 4to (15)

Freemasonry. Rules, Orders, & By-Laws, of the most Ancient and Honourable Fraternity of Free and Accepted Masons of England, according to the old constitutions, His Grace the Duke of Atholl, Grand Master. To which are added the Laws and Regulations of the Holy Royal Arch, Published by Order of the Grand Lodge, London: Printed by Brother Thomas Harper, Jun., 1813, engraved frontispiece titled 'In the Year of Masonry, 5813' with last numeral entered in manuscript, two additional names of Archibald Herron S.G.W. & Jeremiah Cranfield J.G.W. also entered in manuscript, engraved 'Rules and Orders' leaf for Lodge no. 136 (with lodge number 136 entered in manuscript), three pages of manuscript lists of members of the Lodge, text printed to one side only, manuscript signature of Edw[ards] Harper G[rand] Scribe to lower margin of final leaf (leaf slightly loose), offsetting to frontispiece and leaf of engraved Rules, occasional spotting and marginal browning, contemporary half calf, gilt decorated spine with masonic emblems in gilt, extremities slightly rubbed, small slim folio The first page of Rules and Orders provides the address of the Lodge inserted in manuscript as 'the Queen's Head - Little Pulteney Street, Soho, Couty of Middlesex' which met on the first Monday of each month. (1)

Saint Jerome. Epistole Sancti Hieronymi, 2 parts in one, [Venice: Dominus Pincius, after 1500, probably between 1502 and 1515], inscription to caption title, double-column text with early marginalia & corrections, few foliation faults, colophon to last two lines of text on leaf 164v dated January 7, 1496, "Divi Hieronymi epistolarum partis primae uolumen feliciter finite, Die.vii.Lanuarii, M.cccc.xcvi", occasional stains, marks, light finger soiling to margins and some dampstaining, small area of fore-edge blank margins of leaves 2D2-2FF1 (14 leaves) with slight rodent gnawing, neat strengthening repairs to last few leaves, 18th century half vellum, printed paper sidings, folio Goff H177. This volume is a reprint of the largely text-identical, but single-column edition of the epistolary of Saint Jerome with contributions by Theodorus Lelius, which Johannes Rubeus printed in two parts in Venice and dated the colophons January 7 and July 12, 1496 (Hain C.8563, Goff H175). (1)

Horace. [Opa Q. Horatii Flacci poetae amnissimi cum quatuor commetariis Acronis. Porphryionis. Anto. Mancinelli. Iodoci Badii Ascensii accurate repositis. Cuq adnotationibus Matthaei Bonfinis: & Aldi Manutii Romani a philologo recognitis: suisq locis insertis & ad finem ex integrorestitutis. Preemisso aplissimo i uniuersum opus in dice, Paris: Venundantur Parrihisiis in via Jacobea ab ipso Ascensio, 1519], [5], 288 leaves, lacking title, numerous decorative initials, few worm holes throughout volume and some dampstaining to last few leaves, fraying mostly to margins at front & rear, contemporary sheep, upper joint cracked at foot, some wear, folio Adams H865. Final paragraph reads: "Annotationu Aldi in Horatiu. quas & a philologo quodam Florentino impressas offendimus. Anno. MD.XIX. ut supra." (1)

Johnson (Samuel). A Dictionary of the English Language: in which the Words are Deduced from their Originals..., To which are Prefixed, a History of the Language, and English Grammer, Harrison's Edition, with his life of the Author, London: Printed for Harrison & Co., 1786, title in red & black, with signature to upper blank margin, engraved portrait plate (neatly repaired horizontal closed tear), some scattered spotting & browning, modern cloth, folio (1)

Josephus (Flavius). Opera, in sermonem latinum iam olim conversa: nunc vero ad exemplaria Graeca denuo summa fide diligentiaque collata..., Basle, Froben, 1567, printer's woodcut device to title and verso of final leaf, numerous woodcut initials, some glue staining to endpapers, affecting final two leaves of text, and rear endpaper, contemporary owner's name in ink to title 'Sum Johannis Thomae Narisissensis', and with long manuscript note in ink (probably by the same hand) to verso of rear blank, contemporary blindstamped pigskin over wooden boards, decorated with heads of saints, etc., original brass clasps in working order, some marks and light discolouration to spine and edges, partly cracked along upper joint, folio Adams J366. Translated and edited by the Czech humanist and philoligist Sigmund Gelen (1497-1554). (1)

Plot (Robert). The Natural History of Oxford-shire, Being an Essay Toward the Natural History of England, 1st ed., Oxford, 1677, imprimatur leaf (near detached), title with engraved vignette (torn to lower right corner & repaired), folding engraved map by Michael Burghers (short closed tear to inner edge with old repair to verso), 16 engraved plates, final index leaf slightly loose, contemporary calf, boards detached, spine partially lacking, worn, folio Wing P2586. (1)

Puget De La Serre (Jean). Histoire de l'Entr‚e de la Reyne Mere du Roy Tres-Chrestien, dans la Grande-Bretaigne, A Londre, par Jean Raworth, pour George Thomason, & Octavian Pullen, 1639, additional engraved allegorical title (some marks and light soiling), 9 full-page engraved illustrations, and one folding engraved panorama entitled Entr‚e Royalle de la Reyne Mere... dans la Ville de Londres, (lacking the 2 portraits and one of the 10 full-page illustrations), leaves with some light damp marking to lower outer corners throughout, modern full calf gilt, folio (38 x 25 cm, 15 x 10 ins) STC 20489. (1)

Shakespeare (William). The Life and Death of King Richard the Second; The First Part of Henry the Fourth, with the Life and Death of Henry sirnamed Hot-Spurre; The Second Part of Henry the Fourth, Containing his Death: and the Coronation of King Henry the Fift, together three plays extracted from Shakespeare's Second Folio, [1632], leaves [B6] C1-I2, pages 49-50 & 91-92 mispaginated, drop titles with woodcut ornament, text in double column, leaves C2 & H2 with parts supplied in facsimile with archival tissue repair, occasional small closed tears and marginal losses, some soiling and light waterstains, occasional underlining and scoring in red, previous owner signature to front pastedown, modern calf-backed marbled boards, folio (315 x 210 mm) (1)

[Pope Sixtus V.] Memorie del pontificato di Papa Sisto Quinto, [Italy, before 1742], Italian manuscript in black ink on laid paper, 261 ff., approx. 25 lines to the page, incipit "non Š stato per mio credere", explicit "spesso contraria alle prime apparenze", occasional shoulder notes (apparently the copyist's), frequent contemporary underlining and marginalia, foxed and tanned, a few ink splashes and other stains, clean transverse tear to folio 50 affecting 1 line of text, 19th-century calf, rebacked, 8vo (198 x 130 mm) Anonymous manuscript account of the papacy of Sixtus V (1585-90), rare and apparently unpublished. The Vatican Library has a 17th-century copy (Cod. Barb. Lat. 351); there is another copy in the Fondazione Marazza library in Borgomanero, Italy, dated to the second half of the 19th century. Provenance: ownership inscription, "Libro di Gentile Gentili de Sign. Di Rovellone, anno 1742", to folio 1. (1)

Tacitus (Publius Cornelius). The Annales of Cornelius Tacitus. The Description of Germanie, translated by Richard Grenewey, 1st English edition, 1598, bound with The Ende of Nero and Beginning of Galba. Fower Bookes of the Histories of Cornelius Tacitus. The Life of Agricola, 2nd edition, 1598, woodcut decorative initial letters, single full-page letterpress engraving, occasional early ink underlining, a few minor marks, front hinge split after dedication, contemporary calf, rebacked, 3 corners showing, small surface loss to front joint, folio (1)

Aquinas (Saint Thomas). Summe theologie, parts 2 & 3 only in one (of 3), Nuremberg: Anton Koberger, 15 January, 1496, first part with title leaf (a1) provided in facsimile, double-column text comprising 62 lines to a full column, initials and rubrication in red & blue, decorative brown ink initial to first leaf of part 3 and with final blank leaf present, occasional early underscoring and marginal notes, wide margins (leaf size 308 x 215mm), with 13th/14th century manuscript Bible leaf bound-in at rear, comprising double-column latin text in brown ink with decorative initials in red & blue, with extensive marginal notes surrounding the main text, a little cropped at head & foot (leaf size approximately 300 x 210mm), contemporary pigskin over wooden boards with blind embossed and rollwork decoration, lacking clasps, some wear at head & foot of spine and to board edges, folio Goff T196. (1)

Brue (Adrien Hubert). Atlas Universel de G‚ographie physique, politique ancienne et moderne..., nouvelle edition revue par E. Levasseur, published Charles Delagrave, Paris, 1876, additional half title with contents list on verso, publisher's advertisement and sixty-six double page maps on sixty-seven sheets (one folding) complete as list, some maps toned overall, quarter morocco gilt with contemporary green cloth boards with a crest to upper board, some mottling to boards, bumped, folio, together with Vuillemin (Alexandre), Atlas Universel de G‚ographie Ancienne et Moderne a l'usage des pensionnats, published Th‚odore LefŠvre, Paris, [1851], title page torn with slight loss and repaired, list of maps, fifty-two (complete as list) maps and plans, maps with contemporary wash colouring, plans uncoloured, near contemporary ownership signature to front endpaper, some staining to endpapers and pastedowns, contemporary marbled boards, rebacked, modern morocco gilt labels to upper board and spine, bumped with slight wear to extremities, oblong 4to (2)

Vega (Andreas de). De Justificatione Doctrina Universa, Libris xv. Absolute tradita, & contra omnes omnium errores, iuxta germanam sententiam Orthodoxae veritatis, & sacri Concilii Tridentini, praeclarŠ defensa, Cologne: Geruinum Calenium & haeredes Quentelios, 1572, woodcut portrait to title, later endpapers, contemporary limp vellum, marked, rebacked and ties replaced, folio (Adams V321), together with Concordance, Concordantiae Bibliorum utriusque Testamenti, Veteris et Novi, perfectae et integrae..., Antwerp: Christophori Plantini, 1585, printer's woodcut device to title, crossed through inscriptions to title and final leaf, some worm holes & worming, contemporary pigskin over wooden boards, blind rollwork decoration and gilt blocked medallion to centre of each board (upper medallion in gilt), brass clasps, spine and extremities worn, rubbed, 4to, plus one other early 16th century vellum bound folio volume (3)

Wilson (Arthur). The History of Great Britain, being the Life and Reign of King James the First..., Printed for Richard Lownds, 1653, engraved portrait frontispiece, early ink signature to blank recto, title with early ink signature to lower margin, Gg1 with small burnhole affecting a couple of letters, final leaf of table defective, front pastedown with armorial bookplate of Lewis Biddulph, contemporary mottled calf, lightly rubbed, spine with modern gilt-lettered label, small folio, together with Burnet (Gilbert), The Memoires of the Lives and Actions of James and William, Dukes of Hamilton and Castleherald... Together with Many Letters, Instructions, and Other Papers, Written by King Charles the I. Never Before Published..., 1st edition, 1677, engraved portrait frontispiece, with half-title on recto, one engraved plate and two full-page engraved illustrations, woodcut initials, half-title with early ink inscriptions and lower edge slightly chipped, a1 with small loss to upper corner, occasional minor marks and soiling, mostly to margins, front pastedown with armorial bookplate of Sir James Dalrymple Hay, Bart., hinges strengthened, 19th century half mottled calf, rubbed and rebacked, folio, plus three others similar: Historical Collections of Private Passages of State... Beginning the Sixteenth Year of King James, anno 1618, and Ending the Fifth Year of King Charls, anno 1629..., by John Rushworth, 1659; Memorials of the English Affairs, from the Suppos'd Expedition of Brute to this Island, to the End of the Reign of King James the First, by Sir Bulstrode Whitlocke..., 1709; State Tracts, Being a Collection of Several Treatises relating to the Government, privately printed in the Reign of K. Charles II, 1693, all folio (5)

Dodgson (Charles Lutwidge, 'Lewis Carroll' ). Alice Thro' the Looking-Glass and Other Fairy Plays for Children by Kate Freiligrath-Kroeker, 1st edition, London: W. Swan Sonnenschein, [1880], wood-engraved plates, frontispiece and several leaves sprung, inner hinges cracked, original decorative cloth gilt, rubbed, frayed at head and foot of spine, together with Twenty Children's Humorous Songs. The Words Selected from Alice in Wonderland, the Music Composed by Annie C. Armstrong, [1889], printed music, original printed wrappers with pictorial wood-engraved design to upper wrapper, dust-soiled and minor chipping to extremities, slim folio, plus Alice in Wonderland, A Dream Play for Children, Written by H. Saville Clarke, Music by Walter Slaughter, published Ascherberg, Hopwood & Crew, [1906], printed music, early ownership signature to title-page (some soiling), inner hinges broken, original printed wrappers with colour lithographic illustration to upper wrapper after W. George, some soiling and marginal fraying, old linen backstrip, 4to, plus Through the Looking Glass, for Piano Duet by E. Markham Lee, Anglo-French Series, Oxford University Press, [1932], original stitched pictorial wrappers, a little soiled, slim 4to, plus other related Alice music and theatre interest including programmes of theatre performances, various dates and sizes (23)

[Dodgson, Charles Lutwidge, 'Lewis Carroll']. [The Songs from Alice's Adventures in Wonderland... Written by Lewis Carroll. Music Composed by William Boyd, (?)2nd issue, 1870], dedication leaf and 10 pp. printed music, some spotting and dust-soiling, sewn as issued, lacks printed covers, together with The Songs from Through the Looking Glass and What Alice Found There, Written by Lewis Carroll, the Music Composed by William Boyd, [1872], printed music, original printed wrappers with upper wrapper printed in gold, heavy spotting and closed tear to spine and lower wrapper, both small oblong folio, plus The Wonderland Quadrilles, Composed for the Piano-Forte, by C.H.R. Marriott, [1872], 11 pp. printed music, original printed wrappers, upper wrapper with five colour lithographic vignettes of Alice and other characters, somewhat soiled, upper wrapper detached and frayed with slight loss, folio Second item: Williams, Madan, Green & Crutch 690. (3)

Stow (John). The Survey of London: contayning the Orignall, Increase, Moderne Estate, and Government of that city, Methodically set downe..., London: Elizabeth Purslow for E. Bourne, 1633, title torn and repaired to verso (soiled), numerous woodcut armorials to text, lacking leaves A1, E1, E5 & E6, toned, some dampstaining, dust-soiling and fore-edge margins damp frayed, modern quarter morocco, folio, together with Prince (John), Danmonii Orientales Illustres: or, The Worthies of Devon...., Exeter, 1701, woodcut armorials to text, ink stamp to title, some light dampstaining, toning and spotting, endpapers renewed, contemporary calf (boards possibly cut down at foot), rebacked, preserving contrasting morocco labels, folio, with Madox (Thomas), Firma Burgi, or an Historical Essay concerning the Cities, Towns and Buroughs of England. Taken from Records, 1726, engraved vignette to title with large ink library stamp to lower blank margin, later endpapers preserving armorial bookplate of George Grenville, contemporary panelled calf, blind embossed Grenville armorial to centre of each board, rebacked and corners repaired, upper board detached, lower joint cracked, folio, and Grose (Francis), Military Antiquities repecting a History of the English Army, from the Conquest to the Present Time, 2 volumes, 1801, engraved frontispieces and titles, numerous engraved plates, occasional scattered spotting, contemporary calf, gilt decorated borders to boards, rebacked (faded to tan colour), morocco title labels, board edges worn, 4to, plus other 19th century British topography (13)

Dodgson (Charles Lutwidge, 'Lewis Carroll' ). The Hunting of the Snark, An Agony, in Eight Fits, eighteenth thousand, 1876, wood-engraved frontispiece, adverts to final leaf verso, a little spotting and some soiling towards rear, contemporary inscription to front pastedown, all edges gilt, original red cloth gilt, slightly rubbed and a little frayed at head and foot of spine, slightly stained on covers near foot of spine, 8vo, together with Collingwood (Stuart Dodgson), The Life and Letters of Lewis Carroll, 2nd edition, 1899, black & white plates and illustrations, presentation inscription from Dodgson's sister and mother of Collingwood at head of half-title, 'R. Fawcett, with M. Dodgson's love', Feb 1899', a little spotting, top edge gilt, original buckram gilt, rubbed and spine browned, 8vo, plus Carroll (Lewis), The Hunting of the Snark, Catalpa Press, 1974, black & white illustrations by Byron Sewell, original plain black cloth with gilt-titled spine, folio, (limited edition, 104/250 copies, signed by the illustrator), plus other Lewis Carroll books and interest including reprints, modern publications and paperbacks, plus a good collection of Lewis Carroll newsletters (3 shelves)

Venuti (Ridolfino, and Amaduzzi, Giovanni Cristoforo). Vetera Monumenta quae in Hortis Caelimontanis et in Aedibus Matthaeiorum adservantur nunc primum in unum collecta et adnotationibus illustrata, 3 volumes, Rome: Monaldini, 1776-1779, engraved title to each volume by Johann Cassini after Vincenzo Brenna, engraved dedication leaf to first volume, and 270 engraved plates of antiquities by Mazzoni, Morgagni, Baroni, Giardoni, Carloni, Gregori, Giordano, and others, numbered in roman numerals, some folding, and many with two or more images to each page, half-titles, engraved head- and tail-pieces, and initials, occasional light spotting and minor marks, a few plates loose, very light waterstain to gutters at head of volume 1, a few minor wormholes to extremities, contemporary vellum gilt, marked with some wear to extremities, volumes 2 & 3 with vellum repair to top portion of spines, large folio Cicognara 3898. Catalogue of the collection of classical antiquities formed by the Italian nobleman and senator Ciriaco Mattei (1545-1614), a close friend and patron of Caravaggio. (3)

Vitruvius Pollio (Marcus). I Dieci Libri della'Architettura di M. Vitruvio tradutti et commentati da Monsignor Barbaro, Venice, Francesco Marcolini, 1556, 40, 39-124, CXXV-CXXVIII, 125-133, 132-274, [18], elaborate architectural woodcut title, woodcut illustrations, including many full page and some folding (woodcut overslip to C6, woodcut extensions to E8, F3 verso, I5 recto and I6 recto, the latter two leaves misnumbered with signatures Iiiii and Iv), replacement woodcut illustrations to E8 verso and F7 recto (E8 misbound between pages 58 and 59), volvelle to Q2 verso (page 228), volvelles to V2 verso and V3 recto not present, A2 verso (somewhat cropped) with full-page woodcut illustration (repeated to V4 recto, with large printer's woodcut device to verso), some marks and scattered spotting and marginal water staining, some leaves browned, minor worm damage to extreme foot of inner margins towards centre of volume (not affecting text), old vellum-backed boards with vellum outer tips, some wear with associated staining and discolouration, folio (385 x 270 mm, 15.2 x 10.5 ins) Fowler 407. Mortimer, Italian Books 547. Cicognara 713. Millard, Italian Books 160. Printing and the Mind of Man 26: 'The classical tradition of building, with its regular proportions and symmetry and the three orders - Doric, Ionic and Corinthian - derives from this work'. The famous folio edition of Vitruvius' Ten Books of Architecture, translated by Daniele Barbaro with his commentary. The woodcut illustrations are thought to have been engraved by Salviati after designs by the great renaissance architect Andrea Palladio. (1)

Vitruvius Pollio (Marcus). Les dix livres d'architecture, coriggez et traduits nouvellement en fran‡ois, avec des notes et des figures, seconde edition, reveue [sic], corrig‚e et augment‚e, par M. Perrault, Paris, Jean Baptiste Coignard, 1684, engraved additional title (with effaced contemporary ownership inscription), LXV (i.e. 68) plates, of which 8 double-page, engraved head- and tailpieces and figurative initial, woodcuts to the text, occasional light spotting or soiling, a handful of quires browned, pale intermittent tide-mark to lower outer corners, sig. V1 transposed with V2, and slightly abraded verso obscuring a few words, contemporary calf, spine richly gilt with quatrefoils enclosing olive branches, concentric gilt and blind panelling to boards, gilt central panels with centre- and cornerpieces composed of vegetal scrolls, spine-ends repaired, joints cracked but holding, boards scuffed, some stripping, extremities rubbed and worn, folio (430 x 280 mm) Provenance: bookplate of C. W. H. Sotheby of Ecton Hall (d. 1887). Fowler 418 refers; cf. Millard, French Books, 168. (1)

Vogue (Melchior, Marquis de). Byzantine Architecture and Ornament, 1st edition, Boston and New York, 1890, 52 wood-engraved or photographic plates, discreet contemporary ownership ink-stamps, mild toning, original cloth-backed boards, slightly marked, extremities rubbed, folio, together with Mecquenem (Roland de, and others), Mission en Susiane, M‚moires de la Mission arch‚ologique de Perse, Mission en Susiane, Tome XX, Numismatique, Epigraphie grecque, C‚ramique Elamite, [and] Tome XV, Arch‚ologie, m‚trologie et numismatique susiennes, 2 volumes, 1st editions, Paris, 1928-34, 18 plates in total, numerous text illustrations, mild toning, both volumes in later black cloth, the sides of XX elaborately hand-painted, folio, and 26 others, mainly 19th-century architectural works, including pamphlets and offprints (32)

[Domesday]. Great Domesday Book, Penny Edition, published at the invitation of the Public Record Office (in the 900th anniversary year) by Alecto Historical Editions, 1986-92, comprising Facsimile, 2 volumes, bound in polished oak boards (fashioned from floor-boards originally installed in Tattingstone Hall, Suffolk, built circa 1500), with Alum tawed goatskin spines, an authentic William The Conqueror silver penny and a 1986 bronze penny inset into the inside of the front cover of volume 1, both volumes contained in slipcases, together with Translations, 2 volumes, quarter brown leather, plus Maps & Indices contained in separate quarter morocco book-boxes, (all binding by A.W. Lumsden, Edinburgh), plus Domesday Book Studies volume in original quarter cloth, folio Limited edition 166/250, signed by Baron Hailsham, Lord High Chancellor of Great Britain, and G.H. Martin, Keeper of Public Records. (11)

Folio Society. India, A History, volumes 1 & 2, by John Keay, 2003, I Shall Bear Witness, To The Bitter End, The Diaries of Victor Klemperer, 1933-1945, 2 volumes, 2006, Notable Historial Trials, edited by Justin Lovill, volumes 1-4, 1999, The Works of Oscar Wilde, edited by Merlin Holland, 3 volumes, 1993, together with 77 further volumes, all original cloth in slipcase, plus 30 volumes without slipcases, G/VG, 8vo/4to (118)

Golden Cockerel Press. Mademoiselle de Maupin. A Romance by Theophile Gautier, translated by R. & E. Powys Mathers, Golden Cockerel Press, 1938, eight engraved plates by John Buckland Wright (light offsetting), top edge gilt, original vellum-backed buckram by Sangorski & Sutcliffe, 4to, limited edition 165/500, together with Endymion. A Poetic Romance by John Keats, Golden Cockerel Press, 1947, wood-engravings by John Buckland Wright, a few light spots, top edge gilt, original vellum-backed buckram by Sangorski & Sutcliffe, folio, limited edition 296/500, plus Hymn to Proserpine, by Algernon Charles Swinburne, 1944, limited edition 299/350 signed by John Buckland Wright (3)

Nister (Ernest, publisher). A Midsummer Night's Dream, by William Shakespeare, Ernest Nister, printed at Nuremberg, circa 1890, six chromolithograph plates by Julius Hoppner (frontispiece detached), one or two spots, closed tear to endpaper, all edges gilt, original cream cloth gilt, upper cover with colour inset illustration, spine ends torn, some light soiling, folio, together with Idylls of the King, by Alfred Lord Tennyson, [1911], 21 tipped-in colour plates by Eleanor Fortescue-Brickdale, a few minor spots, original decorative cloth, spine ends a trifle rubbed, 4to, with two others illustrated by Fortescue-Brickdale: The Book of Old English Songs and Ballads, circa 1915 and Golden Book of Famous Women, circa 1920 (4)

Pogany (Willy, illustrator). Forty-Four Turkish Fairy Tales, [1913], 17 mounted colour plates (including one extra mounted to frontispiece verso), occasional light spotting to text, top edge gilt, original decorative cloth, dust jacket, small tears at head of spine, a couple of small stains, 4to, together with The Rubaiyat of Omar Khayyam, [1909], 24 tipped-in colour plates (oexne with closed tear, a few with light crease marks), some light spots, front hinge tender, small booklabel, original cloth-backed boards, some edge wear, small folio, with four others illustrated by Pogany including Parsifal, 1912 and The Rubaiyat of Omar Khayyam [1930] (6)

Tolkien (J.R.R.). The Adventures of Tom Bombadil, 1st edition, 1962, colour and monochrome illustrations by Pauline Baynes, original pictorial boards (foot of spine bumped), dust jacket, small closed tear to rear panel, 8vo, together with The Lord of the Rings, 1st India paper edition, 1969, folding maps, previous owner signature, original decorative buckram, slipcase (a little rubbed), 8vo, plus Poems and Stories, deluxe edition, 1980, illustrations by Pauline Baynes, original boards, tissue wrapper (clear tape repair), original box, 8vo, with others by Tolkien and related including The Silmarillion, 1st edition, 1977, The Lord of the Rings, 3 volumes, Folio Society, 1977, Pictures by J.R.R. Tolkien, 1979 and The Letters of J.R.R. Tolkien, edited by Humphrey Carpenter, 1981 (23)

Art Reference. A collection of mostly early 20th century and modern art reference and related, including The Picture Printer of The Nineteenth Century, George Baxter 1804-1867, by C.T. Courtney Lewis, 1911, plus pop-ups, mostly original cloth in dust jackets, G/VG, 8vo/folio (3 cartons)

Buxtorf (Joannes). Lexicon Chaldaicum et Syriacum, Basle: Ludovici Regis, 1622, scattered spotting and browning, ink stamp to final leaf, contemporary calf, lacking spine, worn, 4to, together with Dieu (Ludovicus), Animadversiones sive Commentarius in quatuor Evangelia..., Lyon: Ex officina Bonaventurae & Abrahami Elzevir, 1631, dust-soiling and few marks, lacking front free endpaper, contemporary calf, upper joint split at head & foot, some wear mostly to extremities, 4to, with Grotius (Hugo), Hugo Grotius, His Discourses, 1. of God, anf His Providence, II. of Christ, His Miracles and Doctrine..., 2 parts in one, 2nd edition, 1653, engraved Portrait frontispiece, fore-edge margin of title torn, 20th century calf backed marbled boards, 12mo, plus other miscellaneous 17th-19th century antiquarian, including The Compleat Practice of Physick, in Eighteen Several Books..., [by Lazare RiviŠre], 1655, lacking half-title, some leaves detached, frayed & creased, few minor worm trails to inner margins, contemporary calf, worn and leather torn, small folio (2 cartons)

Cheselden (William). Osteographia, or the anatomy of the bones, 1733, facsimile edition, Scolar Press for Editions Medicina Rara, [1979], monochrome plates, publisher's quarter calf, with slip-case, large folio, (limited edition 43/500 from a total edition of 2800), together with Browne (John), Myographia Nova, 1697, facsimile edition, Editions Medicina Rara, [1970], monochrome illustrations, top edge gilt, publisher's full brown morocco gilt, folio with slip-case, (limited edition 43/500 from a total edition of 2800), plus other medical interest including Presidents of the Royal Society of Medicine, Illustrated Profiles 1805-1996, limited signed edition 30/500, Francis Darwin, Charles Darwin His Life, 1892, and approximately 200 of medical pamphlets and offprints, mainly 19th & 20th century (3 cartons)

Dore (Gustave, illustrator). The Holy Bible, containing The Old and New Testaments, volumes 1 & 2, circa 1870, numerous black and white illustrations, period inscriptions to 'The Family Register', 'Marriages' & 'Births', some light spotting and toning, all edges gilt, uniform contemporary embossed full morocco, boards and spines slightly rubbed with minor loss to head of foot, folio, together with Milton's Paradise Lost, edited by Robert Vaughan, circa 1900, numerous black and white illustrations, some repairs to front endpapers and title page, some light spotting, contemporary gilt decorated half morocco, boards and spine slightly rubbed, hinges cracked, folio, plus Spain, by The Baron Ch. D'Avillier, 1881, numerous black and white illustrations, some light spotting and toning, publisher's original gilt decorated red cloth, boards and spine rubbed, folio, together with 25 further illustrated large format fiction and reference, mostly original cloth, many gilt decorated, condition is generally good, 4to/folio (3 cartons)

Yorkshire. A collection of modern miscellaneous Yorkshire history and topographical reference and related, including pamphlets and brochures, some original cloth in dust jackets, G/VG, 8vo/folio (4 cartons)

Fox (John). The New and Complete Book of Martyrs, Or, An Universal History of Martyrdom: Being Fox's Book of Martyrs..., printed for Alex Hogg, circa 1784, numerous full page black and white copper plate engravings including frontispiece, bookplate and period inscriptions to front endpapers, some light spotting, some minor worming to lower corners of page 768 through to rear endpapers, contemporary gilt decorated calf, spine rubbed with some loss to head and foot, hinges cracked, folio, together with Hodgson (Christopher), An Account of the Augmentation of Small Livings..., printed by Nicholls and Son, 1826, some minor spotting, later quarter calf to marbled boards retaining contemporary spine label, spine lightly rubbed, 8vo, and Butler (Alban), The Moveable Feasts, Fasts and Other Annual Observances of the Catholic Church, printed by C. Kiernan, 1774, rebound in later gilt decorated full calf, front board detached, spine rubbed and cracked, 8vo, plus other 18th and 19th century history and theological literature, all leather bindings, some ex-lib with associated stamps, condition is generally good, 8vo/folio, (57 volumes) (3 shelves)

The Nonesuch Press (publisher). The Complete Works of Thomas Otway, edited by Montague Summers, volumes 1-3, 1926, limited edition 590/1250, minor toning to endpapers, uniform original brown cloth spine to boards, spines lightly rubbed, 4to, together with Horati Flacci (Quinti), Opera Omnia, Cura E.C. Wickham..., 1910, limited edition number 622, some minor spotting to endpapers, publisher's original gilt decorated full vellum with green ties, boards and spine lightly rubbed and marked, 8vo, and Brangwyn (Frank, illustrator), E”then: Or, Traces of Travel Brought Home from The East, by A.W. Kinglake, 1913, limited edition 14/100, signed by the illustrator to the limitation page, 12 colour tipped in plates plus black and white illustrations, some light offsetting, publisher's original quarter vellum to green cloth boards, lightly rubbed to head and foot, large 4to, plus other late 19th and early 20th century literature and history reference, including Letters of Philip Dormer Fourth Earl of Chesterfield to his Godson and Successor, edited by The Earl of Carnarvon, The Clarendon Press, 1890, limited edition 65/525, some leather and vellum bindings, mostly original cloth, condition is generally good/very good, 8vo/folio (6 shelves)

Military. A large collection of modern military and aviation reference and related, including publications by Airlife, Pen & Sword, Grub Street, Ian Allan, P.S.L., Sutton, mostly original cloth in dust jackets, G/VG, 8vo/folio (6 shelves + a carton)

Coxe (William). Travels to Switzerland, and in The Country of the Grisons: In a Series of Letters to William Melmoth, volumes 1-3, 2nd edition, printed for T. Cadell, 1791, period inscription to head of title pages, volume 1 lacking 'General Map of Switzerland', 6 black and white illustrations including folding map of Mont Blanc, some light spotting, uniform modern gilt decorated calf retaining contemporary tree calf, slightly rubbed to head and foot, 8vo, together with Rogers (G. Albert), A Winter in Algeria 1863-4, 1865, 6 black and white illustrations including frontispiece, some light spotting and toning, spine partially detached, original gilt decorated plum cloth, boards marked and rubbed, 8vo, and Jekyll (Walter), Jamaican Song and Story: Annancy Stories, Digging Sings, Ring Tunes, and Dancing Tunes, 1907, ex-lib stamp to foot of title page, some light spotting, original gilt decorated red cloth, spine slightly rubbed, 8vo, plus other India, Africa, and Australia travel reference and related literature, including Station Hunting on the Warrego: Australia: At the Valley of the Popran: and Other Poems, by Philip J. Holdsworth, 1885, some leather bindings, mostly original cloth, condition is generally good/very good, 8vo/folio (3 shelves)

Gesner (Johann Matthias). Scriptores Rei Rusticae, veteres latini Ex Recensione volumes 1-4, Venice, 1783, black and white engraved frontispiece to volume 1, bookplates to front pastedowns, some minor toning and spotting, uniform contemporary full vellum, boards slightly marked, spines lightly rubbed to head and foot with minor worming, 8vo, together with De Lambertinis (Prospero Cardinali), De Servorum Dei Beatificatione Et Beatorum Canonizatione, volumes 1-4, 2nd edition, Padova, 1743, black and white full page engraving of Benedictus XIV, plus other black and white illustrations, bookplates to front pastedowns, some period inscriptions, some minor toning, uniform contemporary gilt decorated full vellum with red and green morocco spine labels, boards and spines slightly rubbed and toned, folio, and Alethini (Theophili), Dionysii Petavii Aurelianensis, E Societate Jesu Opus De Theologics Dogmatibus, Auctius In Hac, volumes 1-6, new edition, Antwerp, 1700, black and white engraved title page to volume 1, bookplates to front pastedowns, some light toning and spotting, uniform contemporary embossed full vellum, boards and spines toned, folio, plus other 18th and 19th century theology and related literature, mostly latin language, all vellum bindings, condition is generally good/very good, 8vo/folio, (52 volumes) (3 shelves)

Miscellaneous Literature. A large collectin of mostly 20th century miscellaneous literature, including natural history, illustrated childrens books, history, biography, some leather bindings, mostly original cloth, G/VG, 8vo/folio (6 shelves)

Baker (Richard). A Chronicle of the Kings of England, From the Time of the Romans Government Unto the Death of King James... where unto it is added, The Reign of King Charles the First..., 5th impression, printed for George Sawbridge & Thomas Williams, 1670, additional black and white engraved title page, letterpress title page and final index page extensively repaired, some light toning and marks, modern endpapers, rebound in modern gilt decorated full calf, folio, together with Hoole (John), Jerusalem Delivered; An Heroic Poem, 10th edition, 1811, 14 black and white engraved plates, some minor spotting, contemporary gilt decorated full calf, boards and spine slightly rubbed, hinges cracked, 8vo, and Addison (Joseph), The Miscellaneous Works, In Verse and Prose, volumes 1-4, printed for J. and R. Tonson, 1765, black and white engraved frontispiece to volumes 1 & 2, bookplates to front pastedowns, some light spotting, uniform contemporary gilt decorated full calf, boards and spines rubbed, hinges cracked, 8vo, plus other mostly 18th and 19th century literature, poetry and historical reference, all leather bindings, condition is generally good/very good, 8vo/folio, (64 volumes) (3 shelves)

Radford (George). Yorkshire By The Sea, Notes Historical, Topographical and Descriptive, Leeds, 1891, limited edition 15/150, 12 black and white etchings plus 26 illustrations by J.A. Symington, some spotting, original gilt decorated blue quarter morocco, boards and spine lightly marked, large 8vo, together with Ross (Frederick), Legendary Yorkshire, Hull, 1892, limited edition 59/500, period inscription to front endpaper, some light spotting, original gilt decorated blue cloth, spine lightly rubbed to head and foot, 8vo, and Home (Gordon), Yorkshire, A. & C. Black, 1908, 71 colour illustrations plus sketch map to rear, period inscription to front endpaper, original decorative cloth, spine slightly rubbed to head and foot, plus other mostly 19th and early 20th century Yorkshire history and topographical reference and related, including Bacon's Excelsior Map of Yorkshire, circa 1900, mostly original cloth, some odd volumes, G/VG, 8vo/folio (6 shelves)

Railway. A large collection of modern railway and transport reference, including publications by Wild Swan, Locomotive, Ian Allan, OPC, David & Charles, mostly original cloth in dust jackets, some paperback editions, G/VG, 8vo/folio (6 shelves)

Czech Modernism. A collection of approximately 1250 volumes, all printed in Czech, circa 1900-2000, with particular emphasis on Czech literature, poetry, art and design in the 1920s and 1930s, including fiction in hardback and paperback editions, magazines and journals, etc., many with illustrated wrappers or dust jackets in modernist typography, 8vo/4to and folio The collection includes first editions by Vitezslav Nezval, Jaroslav Scifert, Kormendi Feranc, Vitezslav Novak, Frantisek Halas, Konstantin Biebl, E.F. Burian, etc., magazines include Disk, Internacionalni Revue, No. 1, 1923, Pasmo, Issues 1, 3, 4, 5, & 9, 1925-27, TRN, Index, Nove Ceske Divadlo, 6 volumes, Cesky Bibliofil, 8 volumes, 1931-38, etc. (approx. 1250)

*Transport & Military. A large collection of mostly modern transport, military and naval reference and related, including The Royal Navy, A History from the Earliest Times to the Present, volumes 1-6, by Laird Clowes, 1867 and publications by Ian Allan, Grub Street, David & Charles, mostly original cloth in dust jackets, G/VG, 8vo/folio (6 shelves + a carton)

Speechly (William). A Treatise on The Culture of the Vine..., York, 1790, 4 black and white plates (of 5, lacking plate 1), some toning, marks, and light wear, contemporary blue half morocco, boards and spine rubbed with minor loss, 4to, together with Nesbit (A.), A Complete Treatise on Practical Land-Surveying.., 5th edition, York, 1833, 12 black and white plates plus illustrations, some spotting, and toning, contemporary maroon cloth, plus Field-Book for Nesbit's Land Surveying, 5th edition, some marks, original wrappers, both 8vo, and Crowther (Mrs), Moral Tales and Poetic Essays, Huddersfield, printed by Brook and Lancashire, 1802, black and white engraved title, later endpapers, some spotting, later blue half morocco, boards and spine slightly rubbed, 8vo, plus other miscellaneous 19th and 20th century literature, including history, biography, fiction, mostly original cloth, some in dust jackets, G/VG, 8vo/folio (6 shelves + a carton)

Fleming (Ian). Thunderball, 1st edition, 1961, original black cloth, Thunderball, 2nd impression, 1964, ex library copy with associated marks, The Spy Who Loved Me, 1st edition, 1962, On Her Majesty's Secret Service, 6th impression, 1964, The Man With The Golden Gun, 1st edition, 1965, Octopussy and The Living Daylights, 1st edition, 1966, all original cloth in dust jackets, some covers slightly rubbed to head and foot, 8vo, together with Anderson (Emily), The Letters of Beethoven, volumes 1-3, 1st edition, 1961, black and white illustrations, uniform original cloth in dust jackets in slipcase, 8vo and mostly other modern fiction, biography and literary reference, including The Heritage Press, Folio Society, Penguin, mostly original cloth, many in dust jackets, G/VG, 8vo/folio (6 shelves)