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The Automobile Engineer. A Technical Journal Devoted to the Theory and Practice of Automobile Construction. An almost complete run of eleven folio-sized hardbound volumes (mixed bindings) from Volume 1, No. 1, June 1910 to Volume 15, No. 210, December 1925, lacking only Volumes 2 (1912), 3 (1913), and 5 (1915). The first three volumes are in blue cloth, Volumes 7 (1917) to 13 (1923) are quarter-bound in leather with marbled board covers, and the last two volumes are in green cloth, which is a little worn and marked (the rest of the bindings are very good). All of the volumes appear to be generally sound and clean internally, with just some inevitable page browning though age. Volume I, covering the period June 1910 to December 1911, has been bound with the advertisements, has supplements loosely inserted, and a copy title page and index bound in at the front of the volume. The rest of the volumes are bound without advertisements. Volume 6 (1916) also has a copy title page and index, but loosely inserted at the front of the volume. Volumes 4 (1914) and 9 (1919) to 13 (1923) all have their original title pages and indices bound in at the front of the volumes. Volumes 7 and 8 (1917 and 1918), which are bound in one, and Volumes 14 (1924) and 15 (1925) do not include title pages/indices. The content includes numerous text figures, diagrams, tables, photographic illustrations and other folding illustrations, including some of the folding supplementary pages being loosely inserted (11)

Morris Cars 1913 - 1930 compiled by Philip Garnons-Williams. A folio-size book printed in a limited edition of only 500, this example numbered 402. 412pp with paper cover, excellent images of most models, copies of rare catalogues & chassis drawings. An excellent DJ, which is unusual for the book, albeit with very minor creasing to one edge. Signed by the author (1)

The Automobile Engineer: A Technical Journal Devoted to Design, Manufacturing Methods, and Works Equipment, incorporating Motor Body Building (from 1930). Eleven folio-size hardbound volumes, uniformly bound in Iliffe the publisher's blue cloth with gilt lettering to the front cover and spines, and containing the issues from Vol. XIX, No. 250, January, 1929 to Volume XXIX, No. 392, December, 1939. Together with Volume XXXII, January-December, 1942, similarly bound, but in a slightly smaller format. Each volume has a title page and the year's index at the front. The contents appear to be generally clean and sound, with numerous text figures, diagrams, tables, plans and photographic illustrations. There are some annotations to a few volumes, mainly in pencil to the front paste-down end-papers. The bindings show slight signs of wear, some are somewhat dull/marked, and the bottom few inches of the front cover of Volume XXIX is damp-stained (12)

Revue Francaise de Construction Automobile, 1905-6. A delightful folio-size quarter-leather and marbled boards hardback volume, with marbled end-papers, containing twelve of the monthly issues of this prestigious journal (bound without the covers), 2e Serie, 2e Annee, Nos. 13, 5th July, 1905, to 2e Serie, 3e Annee, No.24, 5th June, 1906 inclusive, the last issue with an index of the articles included and the vehicles detailed, such as Richard-Brasier, Hurtu, Peugeot, De Dion-Bouton, Gladiator, Bayard-Clement, Renault, and Decauville. Each issue includes many text figures and ends with superb full-page plates of motor vehicles and full-page highly detailed plans of their chassis construction. Ex-Ecole Centrale Lyonnaise, with a few neat ink stamps, and the covers a little rubbed, but otherwise very good (1)

Histoire de la Locomotion Terrestre: Les Chemins de Fer, by Charles Dollfus & Edgar de Geoffroy. A folio-sized volume detailing the history of rail transport and published by L'Illustration, Editions Saint-Georges, Paris, 1935. With marbled board covers and a red cloth spine with silver title lettering (the cover edges a little rubbed), pictorial end-papers, a sumptuously-produced volume of 390 pages (including the preface), profusely illustrated throughout and including a colour frontispiece and other full-page colour plates, some being 'tipped-in'. An extremely comprehensive work, covering the period from the 1550s to the date of publication. French text (1)

Histoire de l'Aeronautique, by Charles Dollfus & Henri Bouche. A folio-sized volume detailing the history of air transport and published by L'Illustration, Paris, 1938. With marbled board covers and a red leather spine with gold title lettering (the cover edges a little rubbed and spine joints slightly worn), marbled end-papers, a sumptuously-produced volume of 646 pages (including the preface), profusely illustrated throughout and including a colour frontispiece and other full-page colour plates, some being 'tipped-in'. An extremely comprehensive work, covering the period from the Renaissance to the date of publication. French text (1)

Early Motor-Cars. Two folio sized books by G. Oliver, the 1959 first series, and the 1966 third series. Also, Early Commercial Vehicles by Trussler, 1967, together with four framed and glazed prints taken from similar books (7)

Barraclough (R.I. & Jennings, P.L.). Oxford to Abingdon, 1st edition, Myrtle Publishing, Radnorshire, 1998, numerous black & white illustrations, original cloth gilt in dust jacket, folio (1)

Twenty Silver Ghosts. A 1971 1st ed published in New York by McGraw Hill, oblong Elephant Folio, 139pp. 15 X 16 1/2 inches, the text by Phil May and colour illustrations by Melbourne Brindle. The book possesses its original delivery box and has not been removed, hence this book and its DJ remain in practically perfect condition. Together with seven other Rolls-Royce subject books, to include: The Rolls-Royce 40/50hp by Oldham; The American Rolls-Royce by Soutter; two copies of the facsimile of the Rolls-Royce Catalogue 1910/11; and other titles (8)

Italian Motor Racing. An excellent selection of eleven mainly large format hardback volumes in their DJs and with Italian text, 1st eds unless otherwise indicated, comprising: Monza Il Gran Premio d'Italia, Fotografie storiche dal 1921, by Adriano Cimarosti and Franco Zagari, signed by both on the half-title, Number 171 of a Limited Edition of 1,000 copies, in this black card slipcase, 1989; Polvere e Gloria: la Coppa d'Oro delle Dolomiti (1847-1956), by Gianni Cancellieri & Cesare De Agostini, 2000; La 'Sport' e I suoi artigiani 1937-1965, by Andrea Curami & Piero Vergnano, 2001; Circuito del Garda, Quindici volte via!, by Giancarlo Cavallini, dual Italian/English text, 2001; Circuito di Senigallia, by Benito Quadraroli, 1989; Cisitalia, by Nino Balestra & Cesare De Agostini, dual Italian/English text, 1980; La Scuderia Ferrari 1929-1939, by Luigi Orsini & Franco Zagari, 1979; 1931-1960 Varese - Campo dei Fiori, una Citta in corsa, by Carlo Eugenio Maganza & Guiseppe Colombo, paperback, 2008; Il mitico Giro di Siciliaa, by Pino Fondi, 1996; Gran Premio di Tripoli, by Alberto Redaelli, 1989; and Terra di Motori, facsimile volume of issues of il Resto del Carlino from 16/11/1983 to 24/2/1984, a small folio glossy hardback volume. All volumes in very good condition, many being 'as new' (11)

Jane's All the World's Aircraft. Eight small folio hardback volume in the Sampson Low publisher's navy blue embossed cloth bindings with gilt lettering/decoration. The volumes, all profusely illustrated and with many period advertisements, comprise those for 1924, 1927, 1930, 1939, 1942, 1945-6, 1949-50, and 1952-3. The spines of the first four volumes have been repaired and the covers have some edge-wear, but the bindings are otherwise quite presentable, and the content of all the volumes appear to be clean and sound (8)

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Books - military, including Oxford University Press and other academic presses; Children's Oxford Encyclopaedia; British, European and Russian royal histories and biographies; further history; Renaissance and other art history; New College, Oxford; Folio Society (5); British Museum Press; Schott's Almanac (5); languages, various; astronomy and physics; guide books; Agatha Christie; Dexter (Colin), Inspector Morse novels, boxed en suite; Rex Whistler; The MacLaren family history; literature; some travel; qty

Breval (John Durant ). Remarks on Several Parts of Europe, Relating Chiefly to their Antiquities and History. Collected Upon the Spot in Several Tours Since the Year 1723..., 2 volumes in 1, 1st edition, 1738, 41 (of 43) engraved plates including 21 folding or double-page, Addenda bound in at rear, old dampstain to lower outer corner of early leaves and inner margins of final leaves, scattered spotting or marginal browning, a few closed tears to text leaf margins and one plate, contemporary calf, worn, joints cracked, folio This is a continuation of a work with the same main title published in 1726. The work here confines itself to descriptions of the antiquities and monuments of Sicily, Italy and France. (1)

Golden Cockerel Press. A Voyage Round the World with Captain Cook in H.M.S. Resolution, by Anders Sparrman, Introduction & Notes by Owen Rutter, Golden Cockerel Press, 1944, wood-engravings by Peter Barker-Mill, folding map, slight toning to colophon, top edges gilt, original green buckram gilt, folio Limited edition 331/350. Cockalorum 162. (1)

McLean W. and E.H. Shackleton. O.H.M.S. An Illustrated Record of the Voyage of S.S. "Tintagel Castle" Conveying Twelve Hundred Soldiers from Southampton to Cape Town March 1900, 1900, 59 pp., half-tone illustrations, previous owner signature to title and frontispiece verso, text block detached, staple rust, original boards, spine and edges rubbed witn a few chips, small folio Early Shackleton publication. (1)

North-West Passage. An Act for giving a publick Reward to such Person or Persons, His Majesty's Subject or Subjects, as shall discover a North West Passage through Hudson's Streights, to the Western and Southern Ocean of America, Thomas Baskett, 1745, pp. 483-486, one or two light spots, disbound, folio (1)

Northwest Passage. Papers relative to the recent Arctic expeditions in search of Sir John Franklin and the crews of H.M.S. 'Erebus' and 'Terror', 1st edition, printed by George Edward Eyre and William Spottiswoode, 1854, title and 225 pages, 4 (of 5) folding lithographed maps and charts, lacking the second of three folding charts at rear of volume, wood engraved illustrations to text, contemporary half calf gilt, rubbed and scuffed, folio Arctic Bibliography 45241. Offical account of the search for Sir John Franklin after all 129 men on the expedition to complete the NW Passage died in 1846 and 1847, when their ships HMS Erebus and Terror were trapped by ice on 12 September 1846. (1)

Richards (R.W.). The Ross Sea Shore Party 1914-17 (Scott Polar Research Institute Special Publication No. 2), 1st edition, Cambridge, 1962, photographic frontispiece, original maroon cloth gilt in dust wrapper, slim 8vo, together with Price (A. Grenvelle), The Winning of Australian Antarctica, Mawson's B.A.N.Z.A.R.E. Voyages 1929-31, 1st edition, Angus & Robertson, 1963, folding charts, monochrome illustrations, original blue cloth gilt in dust wrapper, very slightly rubbed to extremities, large 8vo, plus Filchner (Wilhelm), To the Sixth Continent, The Second German South Polar Expedition, translated and edited by William Barr, Erskine Press, 1994, numerous monochrome illustrations, original blue cloth gilt, 4to, and other modern polar history and adventure, all modern scholarly publications, including Erich von Drygalski, The Southern Ice-Continent, The German South Polar Expedition aboard the Gauss 1901-1903, Erskine Press, 1989, folio, The Adelie Blizzard, Mawson's forgotten newspaper 1913, Adelaide, State Library of South Australia, 2010, folio, Robert Keith Headland, A Chronology of Antarctic Exploration, Quaritch, 2009, folio, signed copy, Arctic Press, Caedmon Press, Erskine Press, Arctic History Press, etc., mostly original cloth in dust wrappers, 4to/8vo, VG (40)

Desnos (Louis Charles). Atlas General M‚thodique et El‚mentaire pour l'‚tude de la Geographie et de l'Histoire moderne..., published Paris, 1770, decorative double page engraved title, seven double page engraved plates of globes, armillary spheres and celestial plans, forty-four double page maps and fifteen double page maps of regions of France (complete), all with contemporary outline colouring, bookplate of Mde. Casteele, President au Parlement de Flandres, contemporary half mottled calf with gilt decorated spine, some rubbing and wear, folio (1)

Tristan (Da Cunha). Log of the Proceedings of Her Majesties Ship Thalia, Charles Hope Esqr. Captain - Kept by Mr William Cockrane, autograph manuscript recording a voyage from Chatham to Tristan de Cunha in 1841, approximately 40 pages, pen and ink sketch of the Thalia's 'stowage of hold' loosely inserted, some fraying to old margins including inner margins, loose in marbled wrappers with old paper repair to spine, worn, slim folio Provenance: Dr B.E. Juel-Jensen. The 46-gun fifth rate frigate HMS Thalia was launched in 1830, and broken up in 1867. From the 28th August 1841 until 1845, the ship voyaged to the East Indies and the Pacific via Tristan de Cunha. (1)

Whitehead (P.J.P.). Forty Drawings of Fishes, made by the artists who accompanied Captain James Cook on his three voyages to the Pacific 1768-71, 1772-75, 1776-80, British Museum, 1968, colour and monochrome plates, original dark blue cloth gilt in bright condition, in dust wrapper, large folio, VG, together with Joppien (Rudiger & Smith, Bernard, editors), The Charts & Coastal Views of Captain Cook's Voyages, Volume Two, The Voyage of the Resolution and Adventure 1772-1775, 1st edition, Hakluyt Society, 1992, colour frontispiece, some colour and numerous monochrome illustrations, original dark blue cloth gilt in slightly frayed and marked dust wrapper, large folio, plus Rosenman (Helen, editor), An Account in Two Volumes of Two Voyages to the South Seas by Captain (later Rear-Admiral) Jules S-C Dumont d'Urville, 2 volumes, University of Hawaii Press, 1987, colour and monochrome illustrations, original cloth gilt, with slipcase, large 8vo, and other similar modern publications on early voyages, including A.M. Lysagt, Joseph Banks in Newfoundland and Labrador, 1766, 1971, J.C. Beaglehole, The Life of Captain James Cook, 1974, The Three Voyages of Martin Frobisher, facsimile edition, 1971, Hakluyt Society publications, 14 volumes, etc., many in dust wrappers, mostly 8vo (25)

Fisher (Son & Co. pub.). Fisher's County Atlas of England and Wales compiled from Authentic surveys and corrected to the present time..., [1842 - 1845], frontispiece of a folding map of England & Wlaes, title and preface, forty-seven (complete) engraved maps with contemporary outline colouring, including two double page, occasional spotting, title page and first and last few leaves detached, contemporary half calf, boards detached, lacking spine, heavily worn and frayed, folio Chubb DIV. Sold as a collection of maps, not subject to return. (1)

Harris (John). The History of Kent, one volume (all published), published and sold by D. Midwinter, 1719, lacking portrait frontispiece, printed title, large folding engraved map of Kent with near contemporary outline colouring, frayed and split along old folds, with two additional maps of Kent (not called for), one by Robert Morden with old folds and early outline colouring, frayed and worn and laid on stiff paper, and another by John Speed (Henry Overton edition), near contemporary outline colouring, inset map of Rochester, old folds, frayed with slight loss to one strapwork margin, with two (only of forty-two), prospects of manor houses, engraved by Johannes Kip, both with near contemporary hand colouring, contemporary half calf, boards detached, rubbed and worn, folio Sold as a collection of maps and prints, not subject to return. (1)

Harrison (Walter). A New and Universal History, Description and Survey of the Cities of London and Westminster, the Borough of Southwark, and their Adjacent Parts. Including not only all the Parishes within the Bills of Mortality, but the Towns, Villages, Palaces, Seats, and Country, to the extent of Twenty Miles round, Comprising a Circle of Near One Hundred and Fifty Miles, London: J. Cooke, 1775, engraved frontispiece, 101 engraved plates and maps (including two folding maps), list of subscribers, occasional scattered spotting, light offsetting and some dampstaining, contemporary calf backed marbled boards, red morocco title label, joints split and marbled sides torn with loss, worn, folio (1)

Jones (Inigo). [The Most Notable Antiquity of Great Britain, Vulgarly called Stone-Heng, on Salisbury Plain, Restored, by Inigo Jones ... To which are added, the Chorea Gigantum, or Stone-Heng Restored to the Danes, by Doctor Charleton; and Mr. Webbs Vindication of Stone-Heng Restored, in Answer to Dr. Charletons Reflections; with Observations upon the Orders and Rules of Architecture in use among the Ancient Romans. Before the Whole are Prefixed, Certain Memoirs Relating to the Life of Inigo Jones; with his Effigies..., as also Dr. Charleton's, by P. Lombart; and four new views of Stone-Heng, in its Present Situation: with above twenty other Copper-Plates, and a Compleat Index to the Entire Collection, 3 parts in one, London: D. Browne Junior, J. Woodman & D. Lyon, 1725], [10],72,[10],48,[6],228,[14]pp., lacking both frontispiece of Inigo Jones and general title, front free endpaper also lacking, each part with separate title page, pagination and register, fourteen engraved plates only of 15 (comprising 5 single-page, including portrait Walter Charleton by Pierre Lombart, 5 folding & 3 double-page), few engraved illustrations & diagrams to text, imprint at foot of final leaf of index with hole, sewing partly broken and few leaves loose & two creased at gutter, some spotting & toning to plates and also to text margins with some dust soiling, hinges crudely strengthened with bookcloth, near contemporary panelled calf, amateur bookcloth reback, torn with loss, covers loose, rubbed & worn, folio ESTC T41443, Fowler, 159. A collection, made up of the second edition of each work. Imprint of the Vindication .. reads: "printed for G. Conyers, J. and B. Sprint, B. Lintot, D. Browne junior, J. Woodman and D. Lyon .. ". (1)

Stowe - Buckinghamshire. Nineteen Days' Sale at Stowe..., The Ducal Estate of Stowe Near Buckingham..., Messrs. Jackson Stops will sell by Auction, at Stowe House, on Monday, July 4th, 1921, at 1 o'clock the Freehold of the Historic Mansion & Estate Extending to about 1,400 Acres..., on the Eighteen Days following (from July 5th to July 28th Excluding Saturdays, at 11 o'clock Precisely each day) will be Sold the Contents of the Mansion..., 1921, colour lithograph plans (some folding), black & white plates, light spotting to endpapers and hinges cracked, original cloth-backed boards, printed upper board with inset pictorial panel and stamped catalogue number 1380, short tear to upper joint, light fraying to extremities, folio (1)

Wood (Anthony). Athenae Oxonienses. An Exact History of all the Writers and Bishops who have had their Education in the most Ancient and Famous University of Oxford ..., 2 volumes, 2nd edition, very much Corrected and Enlarged; with the Addition of above 500 New Lives from the Author's Original Manuscript, 1721, title to each volume in red and black, some spotting and browning, armorial bookplate of Thomas Henry Graham to upper pastedowns, cloth hinge repairs, 20th century half calf retaining 19th century paste-paper boards, folio (2)

Dietrich (David). [Flora Universalis], volume 2 only, [1832 - 1848], 333 engraved plates with contemporary hand colouring, all plates with near contemporary ink manuscript numbers above the image but inside the plate mark, lacking all preliminaries and titles, later endpapers, later quarter morocco with gilt decorated spine, folio Sold as a collection of plates, not subject to return. (1)

La Motraye (Aubry de). Travels through Europe, Asia, and into Part of Africa; Containing a Great Variety of Geographical, Topographical, and Political Observations on those Parts of the World..., 3 volumes in 2, volumes 1 & 2 3rd edition, volume 3 1st edition, 1732, volume 1 with 2 folding maps and 20 (of 28) engraved plates including 12 folding, volume 2 with 2 folding maps and 8 (of 16) engraved plates, including 4 folding, volume 3 with folding map and 10 engraved plates including frontispiece (complete), some old dampstaining and occasional browning, volume 1 with one tiny hole to text leaf not affecting legibility, one map and two plates with marginal repairs, one just affecting image, volume 2 with one leaf torn with some loss to outer corner not affecting text and one map with marginal repair, repaired fold split and small loss to upper margin, volume 3 with a little worming to upper margin of last plate and end matter, armorial bookplate of Balantyre to second volume (removed from pastedown to volume 1), contemporary mottled calf gilt, some wear and joints cracked, folio Though lacking sixteen plates, the rarer volume 3 is complete. (2)

Lattre (Jean). Atlas Moderne ou Collection de Cartes sur toutes les Parties du Globe Terrestre par Plusiers Auteurs, 2 volumes, published Paris, 1762 - 1771, decorative title to each volume, advertisment and list of contents, one plate of Ptolemaic spheres and seventy-six (complete as lists) double page engraved maps by Bonne, Janvier and Rizzi-Zannoni, all with contemporary outline colouring, hinges and joints weak, contemporary boards, spines partially lacking, worn and stained, folio (2)

Madagascar. Remarques sur l'Estat de L'Isle Dauphine au commencem[ent] de l'ann‚e 1668, contemporary manuscript account in French on the situation and prospects of the Island of Madagascar, written by an unnamed officer or similar figure in the second fleet sent to the island by the French Compagnie des Indes Orientales, 36 pages written in a neat italic hand on laid paper, with Jesuit watermark of a circle with the letters IHS surmounted by a cross, and another watermark of a shield enclosing 3 small double-ruled circles, with the letters LL above, sheet size 270 x 195 mm (10.6 x 7.7 ins), bound in Middle Hill light brown plain boards (by Bretherton, with his printed ticket to front pastedown, dated 1850), slim folio Philipps Manuscript 3542. An early and highly important manuscript description of the state of the French Colony in Madagascar, which attempts to put the record straight in relation to the true prevailing conditions on the island, including the climate, coastal topography, water supply, availability of food and prevalance of tropical disease. The second fleet consisted of 10 ships which set sail from La Rochelle on March 14th 1666, under the command of the Marquis de Mondevergue, and included a total of 1589 people, including 421 officers and crew, 212 soldiers, and 956 merchants, settlers and craftsmen. After a long and hazardous voyage via Brazil and Table Bay, 9 of the 10 ships arrived in early March 1667. The manuscript describes the gradually worsening conditions for the colonists, bordering on starvation, and describes in detail the uncertainty regarding the arrival of ships of the fleet with provisions for the colonists at Fort Dauphin. The French King was to abandon the colony just two years later, by a decree of the 12th November 1670. The manuscript would appear to have been written around March 1668, as towards the end of the text, there is reference to the hoped-for return of the convoy that had been sent to Surat in October 1667, consisting of the Couronne, the Saint-Jean, and the Saint-Louis, which did not return to Fort Dauphin until June of 1668. (1)

Mendes Pinto (Fernando). The Voyages and Adventures...during his Travels ...in...Ethiopia, China, Tartaria, Cauchinchina, Calaminham, Siam, Pegu, Japan..., 1st English edition, 1653, title in red and black, lacking the final (?blank) leaf, occasional browning and ink library stamps, repairs to many inner margins and some worming and repairs to final third of work, some running heads slightly trimmed, ownership of Robert Storie, dated 1679, at end, recent quarter morocco gilt, small folio Wing M1706. Sold not subject to return. (1)

*George Washington. Six engravings relating to George Washington, 19th century, uncoloured engravings of portraits, genre and military scenes, mostly large folio, various condition (6)

Merian (Matthaeus & Martin Zeiler). Topographia Italiae, das ist: Warhaffte und Curiose Beschreibung von gantz Italien, 2 parts in one, Frankfurt, Matthaei Merians Seel. Erben, 1688 [but circa 1700], additional engraved title, engraved title with woodcut vignette (both leaves slightly trimmed to blank fore-margin), fifty-one of 53 fine double-page & folding engraved views, maps and plans only (folding panoramas of Rome & Venice present), small paper flaw with slight skinning to text leaf facing Rome plate, Vesuvius plate with repaired closed tear to upper right corner touching image, folding plate of Rome cut along top edge of image and neatly repaired, modern light brown morocco faded to spine, remnants of contemporary gilt decorated spine panels relaid, folio (1)

Weinmann (Jean Guillaume). Phytanthoza Iconographia sive Conspectus aliquot Millium..., volume 2 (only), published Regensberg, 1739, titles in Latin & German and printed in red & black, contents partially excised with forty-eight (only) mixed method engravings with contemporary hand colouring, including one double-page, occasional spotting and staining, cancelled library stamp to first title, all edges gilt, near contemporary panelled calf, frayed and worn, folio Sold as a collection of plates, not subject to return. (1)

Farmer's Ledger. A manuscript ledger of a farmer, John Borham Jr., 1740-51, 169 ruled leaves, mainly concerning arable farming (wheat, flour and bran), plus the sale of seeds, turnips, coal and 'to a years Bread Baked for ye Poor due at Christmas... .4.0d', engraved stationer's label of John Pickard to front pastedown, some spotting throughout, contemporary vellum with gilt clasps, rubbed and soiled, narrow folio (1)

Manuscript Receipt Book. A manuscript recipe book belonging to Mall Crossman, 1683-1686, 86pp., laid paper, written in brown ink to rectos and versos, in several different hands, first leaf with inscription with flourishes on recto 'Mall: Crossman :- Her Booke :- 1686', and further inscriptions 'Gualterus Clopton' and 'Maria Crossman', and on verso 'Ffor Mrs. Eliz. Smith att Mr Doman house at Kennett near Newmarkett' and 'To Mr. Robert Brereton att Clement Inn beyond Temple bear', approximately 200 culinary recipes and medical receipts, many leaves with initials 'SCB', large brown stain throughout, one leaf almost entirely torn away (with small remains at gutter), sheet size 25.5 x 17.5cm (10 x 7ins), original limp vellum binding bound in (creased and stained), modern panelled cream cloth, with gilt lettered spine label, 4to, together with a bound typescript of the manuscript, containing an introduction by Peter Edden, small folio A remarkable early cookery book, compiled by a Suffolk family. Much of the copperplate is probably that of Mrs. Crossman's husband, who refers to her as "honeykin" or "wiffo". We have been unable to establish the identity of Mall (presumably Maria) Crossman, but according to a marginal note she was "bloodily akin" to John Brundish, Rector of Whelnetham (1652-1724), whose recipe 'To Roast a Shoulder of Mutton in Blood' appears near the front of the volume. A note beneath the Rector's recipe reads "I beg good Cos Crosse feed not me nor my Honeykin with such damn'd French dishes". It follows a recipe 'To make a Ragoon of Veal', which ends "then dish it Garnish it & it will be a Dish to poyson the Devill". The variety of recipes and their ingredients indicate a certain sophistication in late Stuart cooking. Claret, white wine, and cider was used, and there was clearly an abundance of fresh fruit and vegetables, as well as a wide variety of spices and herbs. Oranges and lemons were plentiful (one recipe calls for forty oranges), as were salmon and oysters, and of course all kinds of game. The Crossman's kitchen was clearly not ill-equipped, with "tinn panns" for baking, tea cups for measuring, a chocolate mill for whisking ingredients, and presumably some kind of clock or hourglass, as cooking times are often given. Superstitions jostle amongst the practical details; a recipe 'To make a very good Cake' for a wedding advises "dispose of the Rest to ye young Ladys that are unmarried, to lay under their pillows, that they may dream of their bridegroom." Even more nonsensical is 'A precious Receit as good as how to make the countess of Kent's Powder' which calls for the flowers of salt petre, the juice of the powder of grind-stone and the yolks of several eggs to be "larded with the bacon that grew of the ear of a black she hog" before boiling the concoction in best saw dust "about twice as long as the old woman was kissing the further end of her Cowe". On the same page is a marginal note "when you are in Gloucestershire drink mine & my Honykins health... & my little Boyes, who is in a close plott but not a dissenters plott". Written in 1683, this certainly refers to William Russell's execution in July that year for his part in the Rye House Plot, an attempt to murder Charles II as he travelled from Newmarket to London. "A receipt for any Infections of Plague or Spotted Feavour" is a reminder that the Great Plague of London, which began in 1665, was not solely confined to the capital. The epidemic spread to other towns and cities, including Norwich, Colchester and Ipswich, and its effects would have been fresh in the memories of Mall and her family. On the final page is a curious poem in rhyme on the subject of unrequited love entitled 'Ah Cruel beauty now', followed by the rather charming epilogue "Madame your Humble Servant most Entirely wishes more joys to you than In the Sea are fishes or In the Ayre are fowls; or on the Earth are flowers or drops of Rain in a Hundred Thousand Showers." (1)

Scrap album. An album of cuttings and autographs compiled by Sir Algernon Edward West (1832-1921), late 19th and early 20th century, mostly press cuttings relating to West, mostly after his time as Private Secretary to Gladstone, but including autograph letters and related, mostly to West, including from Lord Battersea, Lord Kilbracken, C.H. Whitbread, Sir Henry Lucy and others, a total of approximately 40 leaves, contemporary calf gilt, worn with leather loss, folio (1)

*Scrap Album. An early 19th century folio scrap album containing engravings, illustrations, portraits, some caricatures and a few drawings and watercolours, mostly 18th and early 19th century, over 1000 prints and engravings, some hand-coloured, all mounted on original blue backing paper, contemporary half calf, heavily worn with covers detached, large thick folio (40.5 x 26 cm, 16 x 10.25 ins) Contents include illustrations to Cook's Voyages, French illustrated literature, British topographical views, natural history, Thomas Bewick, military campaigns and history, armorials and bookplates, fashion plates, etc. (1)

Scrap albums. Five scrap albums, 19th century, including one album containing engravings and aquatints of French historical interest, classical and historical scenes and portraits, partially excised, later half morocco , worn and frayed, folio, with a disbound album of Oxford views, many from the 'Oxford Almanac', partially excised, lacking boards, folio, with three others similar, containing scraps, engravings and lithographs, including British and foreign topographical views, portraits and natural history, all disbound and partially excised, various bindings, folio (5)

Ashmole (Elias). The Institution, Laws & Ceremonies of the most Noble Order of the Garter, 1st edition, printed by J. Macock, Nathanel Brooke, 1672, [12], 130, 135-136, 149-720, [105]pp., preliminary license-to-print leaf present, title in red and black, engraved portrait of Charles II by William Sherwin (not present in all copies), and thirty-six engraved plates (including 16 double page & 5 single-page with armorials printed to both sides), many by Wenceslaus Hollar, engraved illustrations to text, final errata leaf present, blind stamp to title, ink stamp to upper margin of license leaf, verso of title and plates and one or two other leaves of text (mostly faint), few short closed tears mostly to margins, occasional dampstains, contemporary signature of Robert Clayton to front free endpaper and armorial bookplate of 'Sir Robert Clayton of the City of London Knight Alderman & Mayor thereof Ano. 1679', and with partially removed 20th century bookplate, hinges repaired, contemporary calf, neatly rebacked preserving original spine and morocco title label to spine, corners repaired, folio Wing A3983, ESTC R225555 (calls for 34 leaves of plates). This volume appears to be the reissue, with pp.717-719 reset and various mispaginations corrected, of the 719p. edition. Includes the double-page fireworks plate. (1)

Clarendon (Edward Hyde, Earl of). The History of the Rebellion and Civil Wars in England begun in the year 1641, 3 volumes, mixed editions, Oxford, 1707 (vol. 1), 1704 (vols. 2 & 3), half-title and engraved portrait frontispiece to each, engraved vignette to title-page of each, decorative head & tailpieces, marbled endpapers with later maroon bookcloth hinges, contemporary calf, rebacked preserving original gilt decorated spines, boards with blind & double gilt line decoration to borders, gilt embossed armorial of Newstead Abbey to centre of each board, some darkening to spines and boards, folio The gilt armorial incorporates the monogram of Thomas Wildman (1787-1859) who had been a schoolfellow at Harrow with Lord Byron, the owner of Newstead Abbey. Due to financial difficulties Byron had endeavoured to sell his family home. Wildman purchased the property in 1818. He also amassed a large collection of Byron memorabilia, including many of his books. In 1857 Wildman published Newstead Abbey: its present owner [Col. Thomas Wildman] with reminiscences of Lord Byron. (3)

Commines (Philippe de). Les Memoires de Messire Ph. de Commines, Chevalier Seigneur d'Argenton, sur les principaux faicts & gestes de Louys XI. & de Charles VIII. son fils, rois de France. En ceste derniere edition ont est‚ corrigees plusieurs fautes notables, & queleques obmissions..., Paris, Pierre Le-Mur, 1615, title with engraved coat-of-arms, woodcut initials, etc., light waterstain towards front of volume, contemporary full vellum, worn with a little loss, mainly to spine and upper cover, folio (1)

Froissart (Sir John). Chronicles of England, France, Spain, and the Adjoining Countries, from the latter part of the reign of Edward II. To the Coronation of Henry IV. Translated from the French edition... by Thomas Johnes, 2 volumes, Routledge, 1868, chromolithograph frontispieces, additional titles and plates, all edges gilt, contemporary red half morocco, gilt decorated spines, 4to, together with Darwin (Erasmus), The Botanic Garden; a Poem in Two Parts. Part I Containing the Economy of Vegetation, Part II the Loves of the Plants, with Philosophical Notes, 2nd & 3rd editions, 1791, engraved frontispiece to each part and 18 plates (including 'Fertilisation of Egypt' by William Blake), occasional spotting, offsetting and staining, modern dark brown morocco, 4to, with [Huddesford, George], Salmagundi; a Miscellaneous Combination of Original Poetry: Consisting of Illustions of Fancy..., 1791, additional engraved title with ink monogram & crest at foot, scattered spotting,near contemporary half calf, spine faded, slim 4to, plus Cowley (Abraham), The Works of Abraham Cawley, 4th edition, 1674, engraved portrait frontispiece, smudged armorial ink stamp to page 1 (D1), contemporary ownership inscriptions to front blank of Rachel Bradshaigh 1679 & 1700 (paper repairs to fore-margin), recent endpapers, contemporary blind panelled calf, modern reback and corner repairs, folio (5)

[Glover, Robert]. Nobilitas Politica vel Civilis. Personas scilicet Distinguendi, et ae origine inter Gentes, ex Principum gratia nobilitandi Forma...., Quo tandem & apud Anglos, qui sint Nobilium Gradus, & quae ad Nobilitatis Fastigia euehendi Ratio, oftenditur, 1st edition, London: William Jaggard, 1608, [8],110,[2],111-190pp., initial blank present, printer's woodcut device to title, nine engraved illustrations (some full-page, including one folding), decorative woodcut initials, bound without final leaf S1 "Nobilitatis politicae origo" and final blank S2, ink stamp Bibliotheca Hereiana to front free endpaper, bookplate removed from upper pastedown, contemporary vellum, slim folio STC 11922, S111376. (1)

Guillim (John). A Display of Heraldry ... to which is added, a Treatise of Honour, Military and Civil ..., 6th ed., with large additions, 1724, frontispiece lacking, title printed in red & black with signature 'T. Wemyss, 1792' (lined to verso), 17 engraved portrait plates and 47 engraved armorial plates, numerous woodcut armorial shields to text (one or two neatly hand-coloured), occasional dust & finger soiling, few marks & marginal dampstaining, some repairs to margins, first & last few leaves detached, armorial bookplate of Edward Swynfen Jervis (1815-1896) of Aston Hall, Staffordshire contemporary calf, boards detached, worn, folio (Moule CCCCLXXV), together with Strutt (Joseph), Horda Angel-cynnan: or, a Compleat View of the Manners, Customs, Arms, Habits, &c. of the Inhabitants of England, from the Arrival of the Saxons, till the Reign of Henry the Eighth. With a Short Account of the Britons, during the Government of the Romans, volumes 1 & 2 (of 3), London: Sold by Benjamin White, 1775, 128 engraved sepia plates, errata slip present in volume 2, contemporary calf, contrasting morocco labels to spines, joints slightly cracked, 4to, contained together in slipcase (3)

Guillim (John). A Display of Heraldry ... to which is added, a Treatise of Honour, Military and Civil ..., 6th edition, with large additions, 1724, title printed in red & black, 17 engraved portrait plates and 48 engraved armorial plates (including frontispiece of the Royal Arms installed at front of chapter on the King), numerous woodcut armorial shields to text (one or two neatly hand-coloured), occasional spotting, browning & dust-soiling, later endpapers, hinges split, contemporary calf, rebacked, board edges and corners worn & showing, rubbed, folio Moule CCCCLXXV, ESTC T140947. (1)

Herodotus. Historiarum libri IX, edited by Henri II Estienne, Frankfurt: Marnius & Aubrius, 1608, woodcut device on title and on final blank recto, Greek and Latin double-column text, title-page slightly browned, a little browning and old damp stain to lower outer corner of early leaves, upper hinges cracked, contemporary vellum with blind-stamped arabesque to covers and leather label to spine, slightly rubbed and soiled, wear to head of spine and upper joint cracked, lacks ties, folio (1)

[Hicks, George]. Grammatica Anglo-Saxonica ex Hickesiano Linguarum Septentrionalium Thesauro Excerpta, Oxford: E Theatro Sheldoniano, 1711, additional engraved title, letterpress title in red & black with engraved illustration, errata slip pasted to rear free endpaper, contemporary decorative paper covered boards, upper joint split and spine a little torn, worn, slim 8vo (ESTC T109106), together with [Cottonian Library], A Report from the Committee Appointed to View the Cottonian Library, and such of the Publick Records of this Kingdom, as they think proper, and to Report to the House the Condition thereof..., [1732], drop title, edges untrimmed, 20th century quarter reversed calf, marbled boards with vellum tipped corners, red morocco title label, folio, with Henshall (Samuel), The Saxon and English Languages Reciprocally Illustrative of each other; the Impracticability of Aquiring an Accurate Knowledge of Saxon Literature, though the Medium of Latin Phraseology, Exemplified in the Errors of Hickes, Wilkins, Gibson, and other Scholars, and a New Mode Suggested of Radically Studying the Saxon and English Languages, London: Printed for the Author, 1798, advertisement leaf before title, some dust-soiling and spotting, edges untrimmed, original wrappers (detached), stitched as issued, slim 4to, plus one other early 20th century related pamphlet (4)

[Law, John & others]. Het Groote Tafereel der Dwaasheid, Vertoonende de Opkomst, Voortgang en Ondergang der Actie, Bubbel en Windnegotie, in Vrankryk, Engeland, en de Nederlanden, Gepleegt in den Jaare MDCCXX. Zynde een Verzameling van alle de Conditien en Projecten van de Opgeregte Compagnien... in Nederland... Als meede Konst-plaaten, Comedien en Gedigten..., [Amsterdam], 1720, folding engraved frontispiece, (torn along gutter margin and closed tear), title printed in red & black, seventy-one engraved plates, maps & plans only of 74? (including some folding & double-page, some with letterpress), some remounted and lined to verso, one double-page plate detached & torn with major loss, few other leaves & plates with closed tears etc., occasional spotting and some marginal dust-soiling, contemporary gilt panelled and decorated mottled calf, joints cracked and torn at head & foot of spine, board corners worn & showing, folio Contains various pieces in prose and verse on the financial transactions of John Law and others, brought together under a general title page. Sabin 28932; Kress 3217. Sabin states that the complement of plates ranges from 60 to 74. (1)

Machiavelli (Niccolo). The Works of the Famous Nicholas Machiavel, Citizen and Secretary of Florence. Written originally in Italian, and from thence newly and faithfully Translated into English, London: John Starkey, Charles Harper, and John Amery, 1680, erratic pagination, light dust-soiling & few marks, contemporary calf, remnants of paper label to spine, joints cracked, rubbed & worn, folio Wing M129, ESTC R13145. (1)

Mackenzie (George). Observations Upon the Laws and Customs of Nations, as to Precedency, Edinburgh: Printed by the Heir of Andrew Anderson, 1680, [18], 92, 89-92pp., upper margin of title with early 18th century signature of Peter Le Neve (1661-1729) as Norroy King of Arms, errata leaf & 'Advertisement from the author, to be subjoyned to the third chapter of the precedency' present, lacking portrait frontispiece, bound with The Science of Herauldry, Treated as a part of the Civil Law, and Law of Nations: Wherein Reasons are given for its Principles, and Etymologies for its harder Terms, Edinburgh: Printed by the Heir of Andrew Anderson, 1680, additional engraved title (slightly cropped), twenty-four engraved plates only (of 30), two plates trimmed to image and laid down, M2 torn with loss and closed tear to Z1, copious manuscript annotations throughout both works in Peter Le Neve's hand, some soiling, browning, dampstaining and marks, occasional fraying & wear to margins, 19th century bookplate of Augustus Frederick, Duke of Sussex (1773-1843, 6th son of George III), 20th century half morocco, faded, small folio Wing M186 & M204. (1)

The Society of Dilettanti. Ionian Antiquities, volume 1 only, 1st edition, 1769, 28 full-page engraved plates after N. Revett and W. Pars, numerous etched and engraved head- and tailpieces, some spotting and light browning throughout, old light damp staining to marginal extremities and repair to upper outer corner of title, contemporary calf, rebacked and edges partly restored, large folio (555 x 410 mm) The first sponsored publication of the Society of Dilettanti, the work eventually reaching 5 volumes published over a 136-year period. Blackmer 1566; Harris 849. (1)

Meyrick (Samuel Rush). A Critical Inquiry into Antient Armour, as it Existed in Europe..., 3 volumes, 1824, half-titles, additional engraved titles, 80 engraved plates (70 hand-coloured), (occasional offsetting), 19 hand-coloured initials, some spotting throughout, top edge gilt, remainder uncut, contemporary red half calf gilt over cloth, all heavily rubbed with some slight wear, rebacked with original spines relaid, folio (3)

More (Henry). A Modest Enquiry into the Mystery of Iniquity, the First Part Containing a Careful and Impartial Delineation of the True Idea of Antichristianism in the Real and Genuine Members thereof, such as are Indeed Opposite to the Indispensable Purposes of the Gospel of Christ, and to the Interest of his Kingdome, 3 parts in one, 1st edition, printed by J. Flesher for W. Morden, 1664, imprimatur leaf repaired to upper outer corner, title printed in red and black, scattered light spotting and some toning, occasional browning and marginal fraying at head, contemporary calf, rebacked & corners repaired, joints slightly cracked and board edges rubbed, folio Wing M2666. (1)

Tierra del Fuego. A few particulars relating to a proposed Mission to the Indians in the Straits of Magelhaen, signed by Captain Allen F. Gardiner, Rio de Janeiro, 16 February 1844, 7 pp. manuscript in a neat clerical hand, signed and dated by Captain Gardiner above caption title at head and at end, slight dust soiling, original stitching, split on spine, album adhesion remains along spine of final page (blank), laid paper with watermark dated 1844, folio An interesting and important document which begins: 'My attention for some years has been turned towards the aborigines of the Southern Section of South America, more particularly to the Tribes on the borders of Chile, commonly known by the name of Aracecarcians. To collect information and prepare the way for the ultimate establishment of a Mission among them, under the superintendence of the Church Missionary Society, for the sole object of several journeys undertaken at different periods and at considerable intervals between the years 1838 and 1842. In the course of these journeys, commenced from Valparaiso, Coneipeion and Valdivia, communications with the Indians were opened and access was obtained to some of their frontier locations'. Gardiner continues to give an account of various journeys from Valparaiso etc.; opposition of friars and their influence on chiefs; embittered feeling of the Indians against all foreigners; approach from the south by way of Falkland Islands; suggests Gregory Bay and Oazy Harbour as first missionary stations; presence of families from Tierra del Fuego; language difficulties; antipathy of Fugians; inability for Church Missionary Society to raise funds, etc. Allen Francis Gardiner (1794-1851) was a British Royal Navy officer and missionary to Patagonia. After his brief naval career he began missionary work in Africa in 1834. His first visit to Tierra del Fuego took place in 1842. In 1844 a special society was formed for South America, which took the name of the Patagonian Missionary Society. Unable to establish a mission Gardiner returned to England in June 1845. On a later mission to Picton Island in 1850 Gardiner and his small team all gradually died of starvation. Gardiner published several works including 'A Visit to the Indians on the Frontiers of Chili', 1840; 'A Voice from South America', 1847. (1)

Sandford (Francis). A Genealogical History of the Kings of England, and Monarchs of Great Britain, &c., from the Conquest, Anno 1066, to the Year 1677, 1st edition, printed by Tho. Newcomb, for the Author, 1677, title printed in red and black, six engraved plates (5 double-page) and numerous illustrations (including many full-page), including some by Wenceslaus Hollar & Richard Gaywood, woodcut initials, errata leaf at end, bound with folding single-sheet broadside before title 'In Reges Angliae a Gulielmo Primo usque ad Carolum Secundum Britanniarum Monarcham Distica, London: apud Radulphum Needham, 1671', occasional spotting mostly to first & last few leaves, manuscript inscriptions to verso of front free endpaper 'bought for 6L (lot 1670) at the sale of the Stourhead Library at Sotheby's - Aug 7th 1883', armorial bookplate of John Byram to upper pastedown, hinges repaired, early 19th century gilt decorated diced calf, neatly rebacked preserving original spine, crest & armorial of the Hoare family to upper & lower spine compartments, folio Wing S651 (Genealogical History) & Wing I121, ESTC R221133 (In Reges Angliae). (1)

Sandford (Francis). The History of the Coronation of the Most High, Most Mighty, and Most Excellent Monarch, James II... and His Royal Consort Queen Mary: Solemnized in the Collegiate Church of St. Peter in the City of Westminster, Thursday the 23 of April, Being the Festival of St. George, in the Year of Our Lord 1685, 1st edition, [London], In the Savoy: Printed by Thomas Newcomb, 1687, imprimatur leaf present (detached), title printed in red and black with armorial vignette, twenty-one double-page engraved plates and plans only (of 30, includes banquet table plan, but lacking fireworks & banquet plates etc.) and one single-page plate, some plates & leaves with tears & repairs, occasional marks, dampstains, browning & spotting etc., front free endpaper with signatures of three Garter King of Arms, Sir Alfred Scott-Gatty dated Feb 1911, Gerald W. Wollaston and G.R. Bellew, also with armorial bookplate of Sir Alfred Scott-Gatty to upper pastedown, early 19th century half calf, 20th century paper label to upper board, lower joint cracked & upper board detached, worn, folio Wing S652. (1)