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Yeats (William Butler and Wellesley, Dorothy). Broadsides, A Collection of New Irish and English Songs, 1st edition, Dublin, Cuala Press, 1937, 12 broadsides dated January-December 1937, with 25 hand coloured illustrations (two to each broadside, except no. 7 with three), with the loose errata leaf present, tissue guard to each page, original quarter cream white cloth, with printed label to upper cover, with worn glassine dust wrapper, frayed and with loss, folio Miller, Cuala Press 58. Wade 254. One of 150 copies, signed by W.B. Yeats and Dorothy Wellesley. With additional hand-coloured printed Christmas card by the Cuala Press (number 15) inscribed to the pastor of St. Philip Neri Church, Liverpool, from Helen M. Brogan, loosely inserted. The volume contains poems by W.B. Yeats, Edith Sitwell, Walter de la Mare, James Stephens, Gogarty, Belloc and others, and illustrations by Jack B. Yeats, Harry Kernoff, Victor Brown and Maurice McGonigal. (1)

[Lysons, Samuel]. Etchings of Views and Antiquities in the County of Gloucester, hitherto imperfectly, or never engraved, 12 original parts, being numbers 1, 4, 13-15, 17-22 & 25, sold by T. Cadell, B. White and Son..., [1791-1803], 65 engraved and aquatint plates, all loosely contained in original printed part-wrappers, the first six wrappers with contemporary manuscript inscription to Her Grace the Duchess Dowager of Beaufort, to top margin, some marks and light soiling, slim folio (sheet sizse 46 x 29 cm, 18 x 11.5 ins) Sold as a collection of plates, not subject to return. (12)

Pettigrew (Thomas Joseph). Biographical Memoirs of the most Celebrated Physicians, Surgeons, etc. etc., who have Contributed to the Advancement of Medical Science, 1839, 25 engraved portraits and 3 leaves of facsimiles, some spotting and corner dampstains, contemporary half calf, some wear, rebacked with original spine relaid, small folio (Garrison & Morton 6711), together with Helmholtz (Hermann L.F.), On the Sensations of Tone as a Physiological Basis for the Theory of Music, translated by Alexander J. Ellis, 1875, engraved illustrations to text, publisher's catalogue at rear, some spotting, title-page lightly browned, contemporary half calf, cloth reback, thick 8vo, plus Sydenham (Thomas), Opera Omnia, edited William Alexander Greenhill, Sydenham Society, 1844, original cloth gilt, a little frayed on joints, 8vo, plus other mostly 20th-century medical history interest, but also including New Sydenham Society publications, etc. (6 shelves)

The Japan Punch, 24 issues, Yokohama, 1867, 1869 (x 2 different issues), December 1874, November 1875, February & April 1876, January, May, July-December 1883, January-June & December 1884, June & December 1885, woodblock printed, and including comic illustrations by Charles Wirgman throughout, many full page, printed on Japanese soft paper, original stitched wrappers, a little minor dust-soiling and creasing, slim folio A rare group of 24 issues of this early and influential English-language Japanese periodical, founded and produced entirely by the English artist and cartoonist Charles Wirgman (1832-1891) '[who] introduced to Japan the European notion of nineteenth-century visual satire' (ODNB). The magazine ran from 1862 until Spring 1887 and was the first magazine printed in Japan. It was published irregularly up to 1874 and then monthly thereafter. (24)

Folio Society. The Kelmscott Chaucer, 2002, numerous black and white facsimiles, publisher's original gilt decorated white morocco in blue cloth book box, includes The Kelmscott Chaucer, An Essay by William S. Peterson, 2002, and the original envelope and literature, folio Limited edition 481/1010. (1)

Ballets Russes. Collection des plus beaux numeros de Comoedia Illustré et des programmes consacrés aux Ballet et Galas Russes depuis le debut a Paris 1909-1921, Paris, M. de Brunoff editeur, [1922], numerous colour plates and illustrations, including programme covers, full-page colour plates after Bakst, Picasso (including 2 colour pochoir illustrations), Coctaeu, Matisse, Derain, Benois and others, one or two minor marks (generally in very good condition internally), colour stencilled endpapers, original green silk over boards, with large inset colour panel after Goncharova to upper cover, spine faded (including small semi circle to spine margin of each cover), and a few other marks (generally a very good copy), with slipcase, rubbed, folio (34 x 27 cm, 13.5 x 10.5 ins) Niles & Leslie, Dance Collection (1966): 'A very fine selection of material from the Comoedia Illustré and Diaghilev souvenir programmes, with the distinctive feature of Valerien Svetlov's articles preceding each season... In content and manner of presentation this is one of the most beautiful of 20th century publications' (Volume 1, page 124). (1)

Futagawa (Ukio, editor). Global Architecture Book 1-13, 13 volumes, Tokyo, 1981, colour and black and white plates and illustrations, original cloth in dust jackets and slipcases, volume 9 lacks slipcase, folio, together with G.A. Houses, 1-10, 1982, plus G.A. Houses Special Issue, 2 volumes (Houses by Frank Lloyd Wright), 1982, black and white and some colour illustrations, original cloth in dust jackets, 4to, plus large-format paperback editions of G.A. Houses, 12-14, 16-26 & 28, plus G.A. 1-4, 6, 8, 10, 12, 15, 16, 33, 37, 45, 59, 61, 64, 65 & 67, plus other related publications including 22 issues of G.A. Document, the majority with library number adhesive label strips at foot of spines (88)

Davis (William C.A. Wiley, Bell I, editors). Photographic History of The Civil War, Fort Sumter to Gettysburg, Vicksburg to Appomattox, 2 volumes, New York, 1994, numerous black and white illustrations, both original blue boards in dust jackets, large 8vo, together with other modern historical reference and related, including America, Venice, military, mostly original cloth in dust jackets, some leather bindings, some paperback editions, G/VG, 8vo/folio (6 shelves)

Gruterus (Janus). Inscriptiones Antiquae Totius Orbis Romani, in Corpus Absolutissimum redactae..., Auspiciis Josephi Scaligeri, ac Marci Welseri. Accedunt Notae Tyronis Ciceronis L. Ac Senecae, 2 volumes in one, [Heidelberg]: ex officina Commeliniana, [1602-1603], woodcut device to general title, woodcut illustrations, probably lacking 6 or 12 leaves of preface after general title, without volume 2 title, some heavy browning and spotting, contemporary mottled calf gilt, French armorial in gilt to centre of each board, and monograms in gilt to spine compartments and board corners, worn at head & foot of spine, area of leather surface to lower board torn and scuffed, folio (1)

Nonesuch Press. Homer. The Iliad [and] The Odyssey, translated by Alexander Pope, 2 volumes, 1931, parallel text in English and Greek, wood-engraved head-pieces, top edges gilt, remainder uncut, original tan morocco gilt, a little rubbed and slight fading to spines, small folio Limited editions 97/1450 & 526/1400 copies respectively. (2)

Jones (Paul). Flora Magnifica, published The Tryon Gallery, 1976, additional half title, sixteen colour plates, each with tissue guard, top edge gilt, publisher's half vellum gilt, limited edition 364/500, signed by the artist, slim tall folio, contained in cloth slipcase, together with Thompson (Ralph), An Artist's Safari, published William Collins & Co. Ltd in collaboration with The Tryon Gallery, 1970, additional half title, numerous colour and black & white images throughout, limited edition 249/250, signed by the artist, decorative endpapers, top edge gilt, publisher's half vellum, oblong folio, contained in cloth slipcase (2)

Barrett (C.R.B.). A History of the Society of Apothecaries of London, 1st edition, 1905, black and white plates and illustrations, a little spotted, half-title slightly browned, original cloth gilt, rubbed and partly faded, 4to, together with Adelmann (Howard B., editor), The Embryological Treatises of Hieronymous Fabricius of Aquapendente..., New York, 1942, black and white illustrations, original two-tone cloth gilt, slightly rubbed, small folio, plus The Female Instructor; Or, Young Woman's Companion..., to which are added Useful Medicinal Receipts and a Concise System of Cookery, Liverpool, [1817?], engraved frontispiece and 8 plates, some spotting, browned throughout, one plate repaired at lower margin, frontispiece and title dampstained, later half roan, rubbed and spine faded, 8vo, plus other mostly 20th-century cloth-bound medical history interest (6 shelves)

Miscellaneous Literature. A large collection of modern miscellaneous historical and literary reference, biography, including publications by Oxford, Routledge, Gollancz, all original cloth, many in dust jackets, G/VG, 8vo/folio (6 shelves)

Daniel (Samuel). The Collection of the History of England, 2nd edition, 1621, decorative woodcut title, close-trimmed at fore-edge, decorative woodcut initials, head- and tail-pieces, occasional spots and marks, A2 with two small tears at foot (no loss of text), C5 with small burn hole, modern half calf, extremities rubbed, slim folio Second complete edition of Samuel Daniel's historical work, the first part appearing in 1612, and the complete text in 1618. (1)

Wiseman (Richard). Several Chirurgical Treatises, 2nd edition, 1686, some old damp staining, front free endpapers and half-title upper margin inscribed in an early hand with old medical receipts and 'Dr Laurence Heislers Book of Surgery' inscribed to front pastedown, contemporary calf, rebacked with remains of original spine relaid and corners restored, folio Garrison & Morton 5573; Norman 2252; both citing the first edition of 1672. (1)

Dodoens (Rembert). A Nieue Herball, or Historie of Plantes: Wherin is Containyd the whole Discourse and perfect Description of all Sortes of Herbes and Plantes: their divers & sundry kindes..., nowe first translated out of French into English, by Henry Lyte, London [Antwerp, printed] by me Gerard Dewes, dwelling in Pawles Churchyarde at the Signe of the Swanne, 1578, title within allegorical woodcut border, soiled and repaired at fore-margin, woodcut portrait, armorial and over 600 woodcuts of plants, black letter, lacks pp. 577-736 and final 16 leaves, some light browning, soiling and marginal damp staining throughout, a few early ink inscriptions and ownership names, some marginal tears and repairs to early and final leaves occasionally touching text, later calf, rebacked with remains of earlier spine relaid, folio Sold with all faults, not subject to return. (1)

Mayr (Heinrich von). Malerische Ansichten aus dem Orient gesammelt auf der Reise Sr. Hoheit des Herrn Herzogs Maximilian in Bayern nach Nubien, Aegypten, Palaestina, Syrien und Malta, Munich, Paris & Leipzig, [1839-40], twenty-six (only of sixty) lithographs with contemporary hand colouring, lacking title, explanatory text leaves in German and French, some marginal tears, repairs and fraying, occasional light spotting and toning, loose as issued, publisher's decorative printed wrappers, water stained and with closed tears, oblong folio Lipperheide 1589. Sold as a collection of plates not subject to return. (1)

Latham (Robert & Matthews, William, editors). The Diary of Samuel Pepys, volumes 1-11 (complete), 1970-83, black and white illustrations, original uniform green cloth in dust jackets, some covers slightly rubbed to head and foot, together with Thompson (Francis), The Collected Poetry Of..., limited edition 249/500, black and white portrait frontispiece with tissue guard, some light spotting, publisher's original gilt decorated vellum, lacks cloth ties, boards and spine lightly marked, 4to, and Parrish (Stephen & Reed, Mark L., editors), The Cornell Wordsworth, Home at Grasmere, The Salisbury Plain Poems of William Wordsworth, The Ruined Cottage and The Pedlar, The Prelude 1798-1799, 4 volumes, 1975-79, uniform original cloth in dust jackets, covers lightly rubbed to head and foot, 8vo, plus other mostly modern literature, including esoteric, theological and art reference, mostly original cloth, many in dust jackets, G/VG, 8vo/folio (5 shelves)

Ardizzone (Edward). Nicholas and the Fast Moving Diesel, 1st edition, [1947], colour illustrations, light partial toning to title and endpapers, original pictorial boards, small closed tear to spine, light edge wear and soiling, folio Signed by the author. (1)

Map Reference. A List of Maps of America in The Library of Congress, by P. Lee Philips, reprint edition, 1967, The A.E. Nordenskiöld Collection in the Helsinki University Library, Annotated Catalogue of Maps made up to 1800, volumes 1-3, by Ann-Mari Mickwitz & Leena Miekkavaara, Finland, 1979, Maps and Charts of North America and the West Indies 1750-1789, by John R. Sellers and Patricia Molen van Ee, Washington, 1981, together with 16 further volumes of map reference, mostly original cloth, some in dust jackets, G/VG, 8vo/folio (a carton)

Heylyn (Peter). Cosmography in Four Books. Containing the Chorography and History of the Whole World: And all the Principal Kingdoms, Provinces, Seas, and the Isles thereof..., Revised, Corrected, and Inlarged by the Author himself immediately before his Death, London: Philip Chetwind, 1670, additional engraved title, letterpress title printed in red and black, four folding engraved maps only (of 5, includes map of Europe, Asia, Africa and America, with California shown as an Island), lacking double-hemisphere map, contemporary calf, rebacked, preserving original spine, folio (1)

Dugdale (Sir William & Stevens, John). Monasticon Anglicanum: or, the History of the Ancient Abbies, Monasteries, Hospitals, Cathedral and Collegiate Churches, with their Dependencies, in England and Wales: also of all such Scotch, Irish, and French Monasteries, as did in any manner relate to those in England..., 4 parts in 3 volumes, including supplement by John Stevens & Appendix, London: printed by R. Harbin, for D. Browne, J. Smith and others, 1718, 1722 & 1723, titles in red & black, additional engraved title to volume 1, 146 engraved plates (including 21 double-page), including some plates after Hollar, occasional spotting & dampstaining to few leaves, uniform contemporary diced calf, neatly rebacked, with green morocco labels to spines, folio ESTC T149944 & T147338. (3)

Ronner (Heinz & Jhaveri, Sharad). Louis I. Kahn Complete Work 1935-1974, 2nd revised edition, Birkhauser, 1987, numerous monochrome illustrations, original cloth, very slightly rubbed, oblong folio, together with Heyer (Paul), Architects on Architecture, New Directions in America, 1st edition, Penguin, 1967, numerous monochrome illustrations, original black cloth, very slightly rubbed, folio, together with Lynch (Kevin), City Sense and City Design, Writings and Projects of Kevin Lynch, edited by Tridib Banerjee and Michael Southworth, MIT Press, 1990, monochrome illustrations, original cloth in dust wrapper, large 8vo, and others on modern American architecture, including Minoru Yamasaki, A Life in Architecture, 1st edition, Weatherhill, 1979, Tod A. Marder, The Critical Edge, Controversy in Recent American Architecture, MIT Press, 1985, Philip Johnson/John Burgee, Architecture 1979-1985, Rizzoli, 1985, Ante Glibota & Frederic Edelmann, Chicago 150 Years of Architecture 1833-1983, Paris Art Center, 1985, etc., mainly original cloth in dust wrappers, mostly 4to/folio, generally VG, the majority with library number paper labels at foot of spine (55)

Itoh (Teiji & Futagawa, Yukio). The Elegant Japanese House, Traditional Sukiya Architecture, 4th printing, New York & Tokyo, 1989, together with Jiajin (Zhu), Treasures of the Forbidden City, 1st English edition, Viking, 1986, plus Zhuoyun (Yu), Palaces of the Forbidden City, 1st English edition, New York & London, 1984, plus Kurokawa (Kisho), From Metabolism to Symbiosis, 1st edition, 1982, all with colour and black and white illustrations, mostly from photographs, original cloth in dust jackets, folio, plus other mostly modern publications on Japanese and Chinese architecture and related, the majority with library number paper labels at foot of spines (40)

Butler (A.S.G.). The Lutyens Memorial. The Architecture of Sir Edwin Lutyens, 3 volumes, Antique Collectors' Club, reprint, 1984, black and white illustrations including some from photographs, original cloth, volumes 2 and 3 in dust jackets, slightly rubbed and soiled, all volumes and dust jackets with library number paper labels at foot of spines, folio Limited edition, 220/1500 copies. (3)

Futagawa (Ukio, editor). Frank Lloyd Wright Monograph, Photographed by Ukio Futagawa, Text by Bruce Brooks Pfeiffer, volumes 3-12 (of 12), reprint, Tokyo, 1989, profusely illustrated with black and white and some colour illustrations from photographs, original cloth in dust jackets, 4to, together with Kaufmann (Edgar), Fallingwater, A Frank Lloyd Wright Country House, Introduction by Mark Girouard, 1st edition, Architectural Press, 1986, colour and black and white illustrations including many from photographs, original cloth in dust jacket, small tear to upper outer corner of front panel, folio, plus Pfeiffer (Bruce Brooks), Frank Lloyd Wright, Treasures of Taliesin, Seventy-Six Unbuilt Designs, 1st edition, 1985, colour illustrations, original cloth in dust jacket, slightly rubbed and faded on spine, oblong folio, plus other Frank Lloyd Wright interest including some smaller format and paperbacks, the majority with library number paper labels at foot of spines (26)

Antiquarian. A large collection of 17th-19th century ecclesiastical and miscellaneous antiquarian reference, including The History of the Old and New Testament..., 2nd edition, 1701, numerous black and white plates and maps, The Works of Peter Pinder, Esq., volumes 1-4, 1809, some odd volumes, some ex library copies with associated stamps and marks, all leather bindings, condition is generally good, 8vo/folio (6 shelves)

Butcher (David). The Whittington Press: A Bibliography, 1982-93, with an introduction and notes by John Randle, 1st edition, Whittington Press, 1996, numerous tipped-in colour and monochrome plates and specimen pages, including some folding, original quarter vellum gilt over marbled boards, with slipcase, folio, VG Limited edition of 380 copies, this being number 35 of 80 copies quarter-bound in vellum. (1)

Plautus (Titus Maccius). Comoediae Viginti..., Venice: M. Sessa & P. de Ravani, 21 August 1518, title printed in red and black with printer's woodcut device at foot, woodcut initials and some illustrations a little minor soiling at front and 19th-century ownership inscription to title, lacks final blank, 19th-century calf with old reback, rubbed and some edge wear, folio Adams P1485. (1)

Prout (Samuel). Sketches at Home and Abroad. Hints on the Acquirement of Freedom of Execution and Breadth of Effect in Landscape Painting, published M. A. Nattali, 1844, additional decorative title, forty-eight (complete) uncoloured lithographs on india paper, correct as list, some minor scattered spotting, mainly to margins, all edges gilt, contemporary half morocoo gilt, rubbed and worn at extremities, folio (1)

Deighton (Len). Only When I Larf, privately printed for the author, 1967, dedication leaf with some light scoring in red ink, original comb-bound foolscap, slightly rubbed with one or two light crease marks and light soiling, folio Limited edition 36/150. Privately printed for the author to establish copyright while negotiating the motion piecture deal with Paramount Pictures. The trade edition was published a year later in 1968. (1)

Jones (Paul). Flora Magnifica, Selected and Painted by the Artist, Text by Wilfred Blunt, Foreword by Professor E.G.Waterhouse, published The Tryon Gallery 1976, additional half title, sixteen colour plates, each with tissue guard, top edge gilt, publisher's half vellum gilt, limited edition 221/500 signed by the artist, slim tall folio, contained in cloth slipcase, together with, Flora Superba, published The Tryon Gallery, 1971, additional half title, some dust soiling to title, sixteen colour plates, each with tissue guard, publisher's half vellum gilt, boards a little stained and soiled, contained in cloth slipcase which is frayed and worn, slim tall folio (2)

Tipping (H. Avray). English Homes Periods I and II-Vol. II, Mediaeval and Early Tudor, 1066-1558, 1st edition, 1937, black and white illustrations, mostly from photographs, original cloth in torn and soiled dust jacket, folio, together with Nelson (John), The History of Islington, A Facsimile of the First Edition (1811), 1980, black and white illustrations, original cloth in dust jacket, a little rubbed and faded, 4to, (limited edition, 152/1000 copies), plus Platt (Colin), The Architecture of Medieval Britain, A Social History, Photographs by Anthony Kersting, 1st edition, Yale University Press, 1990, colour and black and white illustrations from photographs, original cloth in dust jacket, 4to, plus Sandon (Eric), Suffolk Houses, A Study of Domestic Architecture, 1st edition, Woodbridge, 1977, colour frontispiece and black and white illustrations, original cloth in dust jacket, small folio, plus other mostly dust-jacketed London and British architectural interest including some HMSO publications, the majority with library number paper labels at foot of spines (50)

Jekyll (Gertrude and Hussey, Christopher). Garden Ornament, 2nd edition, 1927, numerous black and white illustrations, previous owner's inscription to front endpaper, contemporary green cloth, boards slightly rubbed and marked, folio, together with Country Life Library, publisher, Gardens Old & New, The Country House & Its Garden Environment, volumes 1-3, 3rd edition, 1905, numerous black and white illustrations, all edges gilt, uniform original gilt decorated blue cloth, boards slightly rubbed, folio, and Latham (Charles), In English Homes..., volumes 1-3, mixed editions, 1904-09, numerous black and white illustrations, all edges gilt, uniform original gilt decorated blue cloth, boards and spines slightly rubbed, folio, plus one further volume of garden craft reference (8)

Longstaffe (W. Hylton Dyer). The History and Antiquities of The Parish of Darlington, in The Bishoprick, 1854, 11 black and white illustrations including frontispiece, period inscription to front endpaper, some light spotting, contemporary gilt decorated full calf, boards and spine slightly rubbed, 8vo, together with Prickett (Marmaduke), An Historical and Architectural Description of the Priory Church of Bridlington, in the East Riding of the County of York, 1831, 17 black and white plates, bookplate to front pastedown, some minor spotting, contemporary gilt decorated full vellum, boards slightly marked, 8vo, and Orton (John), Turf Annals of York and Doncaster..., 1844, some light marks, contemporary gilt decorated red half morocco bound by Oloach Co., spine and hinges slightly rubbed, 8vo, plus other mostly 19th century Yorkshire reference and related, including A New and Complete History of the County of York, volumes 1-6, by Thomas Allen, 1828, mostly leather bindings, condition is generally good/very good, 8vo/folio (3 shelves)

Vanity Fair Album. The Vanity Fair Album: A show of Sovereigns, Statesmen, Judges and Men of the Day, volume XII, 1880, additional half title, fifty-two (complete) colour lithographic caricatures, each with a page of descriptive text, end papers a little spotted, all edges gilt, publisher's green cloth gilt, bumped at extremities, a little worn at head and foot of spine, folio (1)

Antiquarian. A collection of mostly 18th century and 19th century literature, periodicals and reference, including The History of England, 4 volumes, by N. Tindal, 3rd edition, 1743, The Portfolio, An Artistic Periodical, 3 edition, 1743, The Portfolio, An Artisic Periodical, 3 volumes, 1888-1890, edited by Philip Gilbert Hamerton, numerous black and white illustrations, mostly contemporary leather bindings, some original cloth, some odd volumes, condition is generally fair/good, 8vo/folio Sold with all faults. (4 shelves)

Theatrical costume. An album of eighty lithographs, circa 1860, eighty lithographs, seventy-eight with hand colouring, titles in German, some plates with additional manuscript titles, a few images with additional titles in English and Dutch, some damp staining, some fraying and marginal closed tears with slight loss, some dust soiling, each plate laid on later paper, modern morocco with morocco gilt label to upper siding, slight wear at extremities, oblong folio (1)

Arnell (Peter & Bickford, Ted, editors). James Stirling, Building and Projects, introduction by Colin Rowe, 1st edition, Architectural Press, 1984, profusely illustrated including some in colour, original cloth in dust jacket, together with Gosling (David), Gordon Cullen, Visions of Urban Design, foreword by Sir Norman Foster, 1st edition, 1996, colour and black and white illustrations, original cloth in dust jacket, both 4to, plus Farrell (Terry), Urban Design, 1st edition, 1993, colour and black and white illustrations, original cloth in dust jacket, folio, plus Lambot (Ian, editor), Norman Foster, Foster Associates, Buildings and Projects, volumes 2 & 3, 1971-78 & 1978-1985, both 1st editions, 1989, colour and black and white illustrations throughout, original cloth in dust jackets, 4to, plus other modern British architectural interest including some paperbacks, the majority with library number paper labels at foot of spines (36)

Edwards (Ralph). Dictionary of English Furniture, 3 volumes, Antique Collectors' Club, 1983, photographic illustrations including some in colour, original cloth in dust jackets, small folio, (limited edition 601/1000 copies), together with Beard (Geoffrey), Craftsmen and Interior Decoration in England 1660-1820, 1st edition, Edinburgh, 1981, colour and black and white photographic illustrations, original cloth in slipcase, 4to, plus Oman (Charles C. & Hamilton, Jean), Wallpapers, A History and Illustrated Catalogue of the Collection of The Victoria and Albert Museum, a Bibliography by E.A. Entwisle, Sotheby Publications, 1982, colour and black and white illustrations, original cloth in dust jacket, 4to, plus Fuhring (Peter), Design into Art, Drawings for Architecture and Ornament: The Lodewijk Hauthakker Collection, 2 volumes, 1989, colour and black and white illustrations, original cloth in dust jackets, a little rubbed, 4to, plus others on furniture, design and decoration, mostly original cloth in dust jackets, the majority with library number paper labels at foot of spines (48)

Purchas (Samuel). Purchas, His Pilgrimage. Or, Relations of the World and the Religions observed in all ages and places discovered, from the Creation unto this present. In foure Partes. This first containeth a theologicall and geographicall historie of Asia, Africa, and America, with the Islands adjacent, printed by William Stansby for Henrie Fetherstone, 1613, [xxviii] + 752 pages (lacking the 22 pages of index at end), title with plain double-rule outer border (some marks and soiling, and small hole towards centre of leaf, with minor loss), woodcut initials, head- and tail-pieces, occasional marks to text (generally in clean condition, with good margins), contemporary calf, somewhat worn with joints cracked, and some loss to spine, folio STC 20505. Sabin 66678. First edition of the first book of this classic early travel account, divided into nine books, of which the eighth book covers North America and the ninth book South America and the West Indies (pages 601 to 752). (1)

Wodenote (Theophilus). Hermes Theologus: or, A Divine Mercurie Dispatcht with a grave Message of New Descants Upon Old Records. No lesse delightfull in the best sense, then truly usefull for these times, 1st edition, London: R. Royston, 1649, additional engraved title with early signature 'Mary Stone' to verso, some light dampstaining, 20th marbled boards, 12mo, together with Herbert (George), A Priest to the Temple. Or the Country Parson His Character, and Rule of Holy Life, the second edition, with a new Praeface by B.O., Printed by T. Roycroft for Benj. Tooke, 1671, imprimatur leaf present, lacking final blank and rear free endpaper, contemporary calf, rebacked, 8vo, with [Anderton, Lawrence], The Progenie of Catholicks and Protestants..., 1st edition, Rouen: By the Widow of Nicolas Covrant, 1633, title torn to upper blank margin and also with blind embossed library stamp, light dust-soiling and few marks, library bookplate, 20th century half morocco, small folio (STC 579), plus [Janson, Henry], Philanax Anglicus: or a Christian Caveat for all Kings, Princes & Prelates, How they entrust a sort of Pretended Protestants of Integrity, or suffer them to commix with their respective Governments..., 1st edition, Theo: Sadler, 1663, light dust-soiling, 19th century half cloth, faded & extremities a little rubbed, small 8vo (Wing J482. Written in a light bantering style, with what be a very early use of the word 'fag-end' - "and at last arrived upon the fag-end of our Island, called Scotland" p.2) (4)

Eusebius Caesariensis (Bishop of Caesarea, circa 260-circa 340). [Historia Ecclesiastica, Mantua, Johannes Schallus, not before 15 July 1479], 172 folio leaves (complete), including final blank, printed in single column, 34 lines per page, wide blank margins, occasional early ink marginal annotations and many figures of a pointing finger, first leaf with lower outer blank corner torn away, fourth leaf with a little loss to lower outer corner also, contents generally in clean condition, old (probably 17th century) gilt-decorated full vellum, slightly rubbed and some minor marks (generally a very good copy), folio (sheet size 310 x 200 mm, 12.25 x 7.8 ins) Hain Copinger 6711. Gesant Katalog der Wiegendrucke 9437. Goff E-127. Proctor 6908. Excellent copy of the latin translation by Rufinus Tyrannius from the Greek of Eusebius, without rubrication, printed by the important early Mantuan printer Johann Schall (active 1475-1479). (1)

Doyle (Richard). In Fairyland, A Series of Pictures from the Elf-World. With a Poem, by William Allingham, 1st edition, Longmans et al, 1870, sixteen full-page colour illustrations, engraved and printed by Edmund Evans, some spotting, endpapers renewed, book ticket of E.H. Austin on front pastedown, all edges gilt, original gilt decorated green cloth, marked, some minor fraying and wear to spine extremities and board edges, folio (1)

Ardizzone (Edward). Little Tim and the Brave Sea Captain, 1st edition, [1936], colour illustrations, original pictorial boards, light edge wear, folio, together with Tim and Lucy Go to Sea, 1st edition, [1938], colour illustrations, partial toning to endpapers (front endpaper partially excised), original boards (light edge wear), dust jacket, a few tears and losses, folio, plus Tim to the Rescue, 1st edition, 1949, colour illustrations, original boards (split along lower joint), dust jacket, a few chips and tears, 4to, with six others in the 'Tim' series: Tim All Alone, 1956, Tim's Friend Towser, 1962, Tim and Ginger, 1961, Tim to the Lighthouse, 1968, Tim's Last Voyage, 1972 and Ship's Cook Ginger. Another Tim Story, 1977 (9)

Tickell (John). History of the Town and County of Kingston upon Hull, From Its Foundation in the Reign of Edward The First to the Present Time, printed by Thomas Lee, 1798, black and white engraved folding frontispiece plus numerous black and white plates, some with repairs, some facsimile replacements, light spotting throughout, some pages repaired, contemporary half calf with red spine label, boards and spine rubbed with some loss, thick 4to, together with Crabtree (John), A Concise History of the Paris and Vicarage of Halifax, in the County of York, Halifax, 1836, 16 black and white plates including frontispiece, some minor spotting, top edge gilt, contemporary gilt decorated tree calf, boards and spine slightly rubbed, 8vo, and Baldwin, Cradock and Joy, publisher, The Northern Star, or Yorkshire Magazine..., circa 1850, black and white illustrations, some minor marks, bookplates to front pastedowns, period inscription to volume 1 front endpaper, uniform half calf, boards and spines rubbed with loss, plus other 18th and 19th century Yorkshire reference, including Masonic, mostly contemporary leather, some original cloth, condition is generally good/very good, 8vo/folio (3 shelves)

Gomez (Luis). Commentaria R. P. D. Ludovici Gomes..., in Regulas Cancellariae Judiciales, quae usu quotidiano in Curia, & foro saepe uersantur..., ac Quingentas fere nouissimas Rotae Decisiones sub hoc signo continent..., Quarum omnium Regularum, ac Tractatuum serie versa Pagina indicabit, 1st edition, [Venice]: impressa impensis... Michaelis Tramezini..., 1540, woodcut to title with early signatures to lower blank margin, few decorative woodcut initials, lacking last leaf TT6 (with printer's device only), lower blank margins of title (a1)-a5 torn and repaired, occasional scattered spotting, modern bookplate to upper pastedown, late 18th/19th century vellum, rebacked, folio Palau 103.614. (1)

Bartholomaeus (Rinonichi de', de Pisa). Liber Aureus, Inscriptus Liber Conformitatum vitae Beati, ac Seraphici patris Francisci ad vitam Jesu Christi..., 1st edition, Bologna: Alexandrum Benatium, 1590, title with woodcut illustration and decorative border, full-page woodcut genealogical tree and one small illustration, decorative initials and printer's woodcut device to final page, early inscriptions to title, a2 and verso of final leaf, 18th/19th century quarter sheep, marbled paper covered boards, joints slightly cracked, worn at head & foot of spine, covers rubbed, folio Adams B274. (1)

Folio Society. The Desert War Trilogy, by Alan Moorehead, 2010, The Oregon Trail, by Francis Parkman, 2008, The Rise and Fall of the British Empire, by Lawrence James, 2005, History of the Conquest of Mexico, by William H. Prescott, 1994, Captain Cook's Voyages, 1768-1779, by Glyndwr Williams, 1997, together with 23 further volumes, all original cloth in slipcases, some as new in original plastic wrappers, VG, 8vo (30)

Aubrey (John, & Phillipps, Sir Thomas). Aubrey's Collections for Wilts, (Edited by Sir T. Phillipps), part 1 [& 2], London: Printed by J. Davy, 1821, closed tear to O1, bound with the second part entitled An Essay Towards the Description of the North Division of Wiltshire..., Typis Medio-Montanis [Middle Hill], 1838, both parts bound without plates (as often), late 19th century half calf gilt, 4to, (Fenwick 47), together with Aubrey (John & Jackson, John Edward), Wiltshire. The Topographical Collections of John Aubrey..., Corrected and Enlarged, Devizes: Wiltshire Archaeological and Natural History Society, 1862, engraved frontispiece, numerous lithograph plates at rear, folding pedigrees, some browning and spotting, bookplate of W. Heward Bell, Cleeve House, Seend, Wilts to upper pastedown, hinges crudely strengthened, edges rough trimmed, original cloth gilt, spine strengthened and slightly rubbed to extremities, large 4to, with Phillipps (Sir Thomas, Middle Hill Press), North Wiltshire Musters, Anno 30 Henry VIII, from the Original in the Chapter House, Westminster, London: Printed by T. Gardiner & Son [for Sir Thomas Phillipps], 1834, [2],33,[1]pp., bookplates of Leonard L. Hartley and Alfred Trego Butler, Portcullis, original boards, spine worn with loss, slim folio, (Fenwick 42), with [Wilts Subsidy Roll 7 Edw. III. 1334, Part 1, Middle Hill Pess, circa 1858], 45pp. lithograph facsimile of Phillipps' manuscript on blue paper, caption title, original boards, spine worn, slim folio, (this work was issued without a title-page, Fenwick 36), plus Cartularium Saxonicum Malmsburiense in Com. Wilts, Typis Medio-Montanis 18.., [Middle Hill: Edwyn Offer, 1829], title-page (printed later) and 25pp., sewing weak, original boards, spine deficient, slim folio, (one of 50 copies, Fenwick 37) (5)

Cicero (Marcus Tullius). M.T. Ciceronis Opera. Ex Petri Victorii codicibus maxima ex parte descripta..., 5 volumes in two, Paris: Ex officina Roberti Stephani, 1539-[38], woodcut illustration to titles, few decorative criblé initials, borders red ruled throughout, p.531/532 with long closed tear (no loss), and pp.625-636 lower blank corner with burn damage, later endpapers, contemporary gilt panelled calf, gilt armorial of the de Pincé family of Angers, France at head of front boards, central decorative gilt device to each board, both volumes rebacked preserving original spines, patch repairs to lower board of first volume, board corners & edges repaired, folio Adams C1640. Generally a very good clean copy. (2)

Pollard (A. F.). Henry VIII, published by Goupil & Co., 1902, hand-coloured photogravure portrait frontispiece, numerous photogravure plates and vignette illustrations, scattered spotting, Ex libris W.A. Foyle of Beeleigh Abbey with gilt leather label to upper pastedown, top edge gilt, remainder untrimmed, contemporary red half morocco gilt by Riviere & Son, vellum sidings with gilt armorial to centre, folio (limited edition 852/1150 on fine paper), together with Creighton (Mandell), Queen Elizabeth, published Boussod, Valadon & Co., 1896, hand-coloured photogravure portrait frontispiece, numerous photogravure plates, scattered spotting, top edge gilt, remainder untrimmed, contemporary dark green half morocco gilt by Zaehnsdorf, folio (2)

*Bernard (A.E., early 20th century). Tribulations of Mr. Tumble, For Children: from Ten to Sixty, twenty-eight large pen, ink, and watercolour illustrations on thick paper, including title-page and colophon, depicting humourous hunting scenes and mishaps, each signed (except final leaf), image size 25 x 38cm (10 x 15ins), sheet size 38 x 51cm (15 x 20ins), tissue guards, loosely contained in original cardboard folder with floral fabric spine, lettered on front cover 'Mr. Tumble. 26 Planches', marked and some wear, oblong folio, together with a photocopy of a 28pp. typescript entitled 'Tribulations of Mr. Tumble', plus fourteen other pen & ink and pencil sketches on thick paper of horses, including polo, racing, hunting, street scenes, chariot racing, one signed, most with pencil captions in French to lower margin below image, occasional light spotting and one or two closed tears to blank margins, image size 16 x 26cm (6.25 x 10.25ins), sheet size 25.5 x 35cm (10 x 13.75ins), plus a 10pp. typescript in English by A.E. Bernard entitled 'White Cap. Souvenirs d'un Pony' An explanatory card text leaf, in both French and English, precedes the illustrations: 'Mr. Tumble, still one of the "Old Stock" who does not get discouraged to follow during the various hunting-days the pack, even, as it is shown in this book, he has had more than 20 falls in one hunting season alone. Fine Fellow, that Mr. Tumble!'. The humourous tale is written as if by Mr. Tumble's horse, Dick, and the comical watercolours are skilfully executed. (a folder)

Pound (Ezra). Cavalcanti Poems, Officiana Bodoni for Faber and Faber, 1966 [but 1967], title printed in red and black, top edge gilt, original vellum-backed boards, slipcase, small folio Limited edition 153/200, signed by the poet. (1)

Koehn (Alfred). Royal Favourites, At the Lotus Court, Peiping, China, 1948, seventeen hand-coloured illustrations of dogs, including frontispiece, original cloth-backed boards, spotted, with hand-coloured illustration mounted on front cover, small folio The verso of the title-page reads: 'The hand-painted reproductions of old Chinese paintings of Pekingese Dogs are by Chou Ch'i-liang of Peiping'. Although other publications by Alfred Koehn appear on the market, they are mostly botanical in subject. This particular title is rare. (1)

Raphael (Sanzio ). Loggie di Rafaele nel Vaticano, [Rome, circa 1770-1776,], fine double-page engraved view of the corridor and entrance to the loggia in the Vatican, by Giovanni Volpato after Pietro Camporese, and 13 fine engraved plates on heavy laid paper depicting the decorated bays of the Vatican loggias designed by Raphael, by Giovanni Ottaviani after Savorelli & Camporese, numbered I-XIII, with wide margins, some minor spotting, plate size 63 x 56.5 cm (24.75 x 22.25 ins), sheet size 83 x 68 cm (33 x 27 ins), all bound in 19th century red half sheep gilt, rubbed and scuffed, large folio (1)

Bourgeois (Charles). [Recueil de vues et fabriques pittoresques d'Italie], circa 1810, lacking title and preliminaries, 175 uncoloured engraved views on ninety-six sheets, each with tissue guard, slight worming to first few leaves, spotted and stained throughout, last few pages with erratic pagination, later endpapers, later quarter calf with modern gilt decorated spine, rubbed and worn, edges repaired with sellotape, folio Sold as a collection of plates, not subject to return. (1)

Woolf (Virginia). To the Lighthouse, 1st edition, 1927, some spotting, original cloth, slightly rubbed and darkened on spine, a few minor nicks at head and foot, together with Between the Acts, 1st edition, 1941, original cloth in dust jacket, dust-soiled and chipped at edges, plus The Captain's Death Bed and Other Essays, 1st edition, 1950, original cloth in dust jacket, spotted and slightly browned on spine with a few small corner nicks, all 8vo, together with other Virginia Woolf including reprints, biographies and related, plus other literary biography and Folio Society publications including box sets of Charles Dickens, Jane Austen and Thomas Hardy (approx. 90)

Edwards (Lionel). The Passing Seasons, Depicted by Lionel Edwards, and Some Fleeting Thoughts of Crascredo, Country Life, [1927], additional half title, eighteen (complete) mounted coloured plates, each signed by the artist in pencil to lower margin, black & white illustrations throughout, uncut, publisher's cloth gilt, boards a little faded and stained, spine frayed at head and foot and faded, bumped at extremities, folio Limited edition, 59/150. (1)

Lee (Jim). Arrested, 1st edition, 2012, numerous colour and black and white illustrations, black boards with inlaid black and white illustration, boards slightly rubbed with minor tear to foot, folio, together with Freedman (Denis, editor), Michael Thompson, Images, slipcased edition, 2005, numerous colour and black and white illustrations, original cream cloth with inlaid colour illustrations, and glassine wrapper in slipcase, folio, and Wesleyan University Press, publishers, A Descriptive Catalogue of The Marine Collection to be found at India House, 2nd edition, USA, 1973, 12 colour and 39 monochrome plates, original gilt decorated plum cloth in slipcase, large 4to, plus other modern art reference and related, G/VG, 8vo/folio (5 shelves & a carton)