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*Irving (Henry, 1838-1905). Henry Irving and Ellen Terry as King Charles I and Queen Henrietta, Maria in Charles I, circa 1891, original watercolour and gouache by Howard Davie, signed lower right, neat ink details to mount, 27 x 18 cm, framed and glazed with Howard Davie's manuscript label to verso indicating that this was reproduced in the 'Lady's Pictorial', 14 March 1891, together with 22 other printed Henry Irving prints and broadsides, some coloured, mostly folio and larger sizes, various conditions, some mounted From the Brian Manvell collection. (23)

Facsimile Manuscript. Das Bestiarium aus Peterborough, The Peterborough Bestiary, Cambridge, Corpus Christi College, Parker Library, MS 53 (fol. 189-210), published 2003, colour facsimile manuscript, original calf with blind embossed decoration bound by Mayer of Stuttgart, slim folio Limited edition 292/1480. This volume does not have accompanying commentary volume or box. (1)

Folio Society. The Fitzwilliam Book of Hours, 2009, fine colour facsimile manuscript, all edges gilt, original full gilt decorated blue silk brocade by Smith Settle, with separate volume of commentary by Stella Panayotova bound in quarter cloth, 8vo, both volumes contained together in blue cloth solander box with gilt lettering to spine, lightly marked, (box measures 23 x 16.2 x 6.8 cm) Limited edition 646/1200. (1)

Folio society. The Pearl Manuscript. ['Pearl', 'Cleanness', 'Patience', 'Sir Gawain and the Green Knight']. British Library MS Cotton Nero A.x., published 2015, colour facsimile manuscript, original navy blue goat skin bound by Gorenjski tisk storitve, Kranj, Slovenia, gilt title to upper board & spine blocked from a design by Stephen Raw, 8vo, together with commentary volume edited by Malcolm Andrew & Ronald Waldron, original navy blue buckram gilt, 4to, contained together in original solander box Limited edition 425/1000. (1)

Folio Society. Virgil. The Aeneid, Translated by Robert Fagles, Introduction and Notes by Bernard Knox, 2010, colour frontispiece and plates, printed map endpapers, top edge gilt, original full terracotta goat, blocked with a design by Jeff Clements, large 8vo, contained in original solander box Limited edition 943/1750. (1)

Folio Society. The Winchester Psalter Miniature Cycle, 2015, colour facsimile of folios 1-39 of Cotton MS Nero C. IV at the British Library, top edge gilt, original red goat by Gorenjski tisk storitve, Kranj, Slovenia, blocked design by Joe McLaren to upper board, slim folio, together with Commentary by Kristine E. Haney, original buckram, 8vo, contained together in original solander box with inset colour picture to lid Limited edition 19/1000. (1)

Folio Society. Music for King Henry, [2009], colour facsimile of British Library manuscript Royal MS 11E XI, all edges gilt, original vegetable parchment covered boards and buckram spine strip by Smith Settle, blocked decoration, large slim folio, contained in original slipcase Limited edition 368/500. Without accompanying commentary volume or music CD. (1)

Folio Society. Spenser's Faerie Queene, A Poem in Six Books, with the Fragment Mutabilitie, Edited by Thomas J. Wise, Pictured by Walter Crane, Published by George Allen, 1897, facsimile edition, 6 volumes in three, Folio Society, 2011, black & white illustrations, top edges gilt, original white goat, gilt blocked decoration from a design based on Walter Crane's original, large 4to, together with commentary leaflet by Alan Stewart Limited edition 228/1000. Without slipcase. (3)

Folio Society. Bleak House, Pickwick Papers, Great Expectations, Christmas Books, David Copperfield, all by Charles Dickens, all re-issued 2011, The Raj, an eye-witness history of the British in India, 1999, In Search of England, by H.V. Morton, 2002, Master & Commander, by Patrick O'Brian, 2008, together with 42 further volumes, all original cloth, 35 in slipcases, G/VG, 8vo (50)

Folio Society. The Voyage of H.M.S. Beagle, by Charles Darwin, 2003, The Source of the Nile..., by Richard F. Burton, 1998, including folding map, The Fatal Shore..., by Robert Hughes, 1999, In Flanders Fields, The 1917 Campaign, by Leon Wolff, 2003, Ordeal by Fire, Witness to the Great War, by Lyn Macdonald, 2001, together with 31 further volumes, all original cloth, 28 in slipcases, G/VG, 8vo (36)

Folio Society. The Riddle of the Sands, by Eskine Childers, 1992, Travels in West Africa, by Mary H. Kingsley, 1976, The First Colonists, Hakluyt's Voyages to North America, by A.L. Rowse, 1986, Cold Comfort Farm, by Stella Gibbons, 1977, together with 88 further volumes, all original cloth in slipcases, G/VG, 8vo (92)

Myers (A.N., pub.). The Mineral Kingdom, or The Treasures of the Earth and their Uses, [1876], five colour lithographed plates, title-page spotted and with two short marginal tears repaired, original pictorial wrappers, soiled and worn, with upper cover irregularly detached, slim 4to, together with Neilson (Harry B., illustrator), Mr. Skiddleywinks, written by Edith E. Millard, W. & R. Chambers, [1927], illustrations throughout, some full-page, a few marks to title-page, early inscription on front free endpaper, original pictorial boards, toned and spotted, with some rubbing to extremities, rebacked, preserving most of original spine, large 4to, plus Moore Park (Carton), A Book of Birds, Blackie, 1900, full-page illustrations throughout, endpapers browned, original pictorial boards, toned and extremities rubbed, rebacked preserving most of original spine, folio, plus three others First item surprisingly scarce: only the British Library copy on COPAC. (6)

Clarendon (Edward Hyde, Earl of). The History of the Rebellion and Civil Wars in England, Begun in the Year 1641, 3 volumes, 1st edition, Oxford, 1702-04, black and white engraved portrait frontispiece and half titles, some light marks and spotting, uniform contemporary embossed calf, volume 1 front board detached, boards and spines rubbed with minor loss, folio, together with Burnet (Gilbert), Bishop Burnet's History Of His Own Time, volumes 1 & 2, 1724-34, bookplates to front endpapers, some slight spotting, uniform contemporary embossed calf, boards and spines rubbed with slight loss, folio, and Walpole (Horace), Memoirs of the Last Ten Years of the Reign of George The Second, volumes 1 & 2, 1822, 2 black and white engraved frontispieces, some light spotting and marks, uniform contemporary gilt decorated tree calf, boards and spines rubbed with loss, volume 1 front board detached, plus other 18th and 19th century historical reference and The History of England..., by David Hume, volumes 1-6, 1848, mostly leather bindings, condition is generally good/very good, 8vo/folio (2 cartons)

Dore (Gustave, illustrator). Atala, by Chateaubriand, translated by James Spence Harry, circa 1860, 30 black and white plates, split guttering, original gilt decorated red half morocco, minor loss to front boards, Idylls of the King, by Alfred Tennyson, 1868, 26 black and white plates, original gilt decorated and embossed full brown morocco, The History of Don Quixote, by Cervantes, circa 1870, numerous black and white illustrations, bookplate to front endpaper, contemporary gilt decorated green half morocco, all edges gilt, all with rubbed boards and spines, all folio, together with Roscoe (Henry), The Life of William Roscoe, volumes 1 & 2, 1833, 2 black and white frontispieces, period inscriptions to front endpapers, some light spotting, uniform contemporary gilt decorated half calf, spines slightly faded and rubbed to head and foot, 8vo, and other 18th and 19th century literature and historical reference, some odd volumes, mostly leather bindings, condition is generally good/very good, 8vo/folio, (approximately 40 volumes) (2 cartons)

Flaxman (John). Compositions from the Tragedies of Aeshylus Designed by John Flaxman, Engraved by Thomas Piroli, The Original Drawings in the Possession of the Countess Dowager Spencer, 1795, engraved title and 29 plates only (lacking plate 23), occasional dampstaining and fraying, original wrappers, side sewn as issued, some spotting, staining and wear, slim oblong folio, together with Francis (Grant R.), Old English Drinking Glasses their Chronology and Sequence, 1926, numerous black & white plates from photographs, top edge gilt, remainder untrimmed, original green cloth gilt, slightly marked, frayed at foot of spine, large 4to, with other antique reference including The Age of Oak [and Mahogany], by Percy Macquoid, 2 volumes, 1919, and Marks and Monograms on European and Oriental Pottery and Porcelain, by William Chaffers, revised, 1903 (a carton)

Moliere (Jean Baptiste Poquelin de). Works, 5 volumes, together with Baronial Halls by S.C. Hall, Memoirs of the Kit-Kat Club, History of the Deanery of Craven by Whitaker, etc., mostly leather bound, mainly folio (18)

Picturesque Europe. Five volumes, published Cassell, Petter & Galpin, circa 1880, numerous steel and wood engravings throughout, slight spotting, contemporary half calf gilt, worn and rubbed, folio, together with Duncumb (John),Collections towards the History and Antiquities of the County of Hereford, 3 volumes, published E.G.Wright, Hereford, 1804 - 1882, title and dedication, engraved county map and five additional maps, numerous engraved plates, contemporary half calf with gilt decorated spines, upper board detached from volume 1, both boards detached from volume 2, rubbed and worn, folio, with Tombleson (William),Tombleson's Views of the Rhine edited by W.G.Fearnside, 1852, decorative title, numerous engraved plates, upper board detached, lacking spine, contemporary half calf, heavily rubbed and worn, 8vo, plus, Fullarton (A. & Co., publishers), The Topographical Statistical and Historical Gazetteer of Scotland, 2 volumes, 1842, folding map of Scotland, several engraved plates, contemporary half calf, worn and rubbed, 8vo (1 carton)

Reinheckel (Gunter). Masterpieces of Western and Near Eastern Ceramics, Volume VIII, German and Austrian Ceramics, Kodansha, 1978, numerous colour plates, mixed English & Japanese language, original grey cloth in orange book box, book box slightly faded to the spine and upper edges, folio, together with Rackham (Bernard), Catalogue of the Glaisher Collection of Pottery and Porcelain in the Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge, volumes 1 & 2, Antique Collectors' Club, 1987, limited edition 226/1000, numerous colour and black and white illustrations, original blue cloth in dust jackets, spines slightly faded and rubbed to head and foot, large 8vo, and other modern porcelain and ceramic reference, all original cloth, mostly in dust jackets, G/VG, 8vo/folio (a carton)

Colvin (H.M, editor). The History of The King's Works, volumes 1-6, plus 'Plans', mixed impressions, HMSO, 1973-82, numerous colour and black and white illustrations, uniform original red cloth in dust jackets, volumes 1, 2 & 'Plans' spines discoloured, 4to, together with Hamilton (W.H.), The Ancient Sepulchural Effigies and Monumental and Memorial Sculpture of Devon, Exeter, 1877, 86 black and white plates, plus numerous black and white illustrations, some minor toning, later black cloth, boards and spine slightly rubbed, large 8vo, and Blew (William C.A.), Brighton and its Coaches, A History of the London and Brighton Road, 1894, 20 hand coloured illustrations, some light spotting, bookplate to front pastedown, original gilt decorated blue cloth, spine slightly faded and rubbed, 8vo, plus other late 19th century and modern UK topographical and historical reference, mostly original cloth, many in dust jackets, G/VG, 8vo/folio (6 shelves)

Antiquarian. A large collection of miscellaneous 18th and 19th century historical reference, literature and theology, mostly leather bindings, some original cloth, some foreign language and odd volumes, condition is generally fair/good, 8vo/folio (6 shelves)

Ripley (S. Dillon). Rails of the World, A Monograph of the Family Rallidae, 1st edition, Canada, 1997, 41 colour plates by J. Fenwick Lansdowne, plus black and white maps, original cloth in price clipped dust jacket, and slipcase, spine lightly spotted and rubbed, folio, together with Triggs (H. Inigo), Formal Gardens in England and Scotland..., 1902, numerous black and white plates by Charles Latham, previous owner marks to front endpapers, some light spotting, orignal gilt decorated green half morocco, boards and spine slightly faded and rubbed, large 4to, and Stubbs (George), The Anatomy of the Horse, the original 1766 edition with a modern veterinary paraphrase, 1965, 24 black and white folding plates, original red cloth in dust jacket, minor spotting to covers, spine slightly toned, folio, plus other modern natural history and horticultural reference, including New Naturalist series, volumes 5-67, a broken run of 21 volumes, all original cloth in dust jackets, mostly original cloth in dust jackets, G/VG, 8vo/folio (6 shelves)

Hayward (Helena & Kirkham, Pat). William and John Linnell, Eighteenth Century London Furniture Makers, Studio Vista, 1980, limited edition 13/100, signed by the authors to limitation page, colour and black and white illustrations, original gilt decorated blue morocco in slipcase, 4to, together with Bain (Iain), The Watercolours and Drawings of Thomas Bewick and His Workshop Apprentices, volumes 1 & 2, 1981, numerous black and white illustrations, uniform original grey cloth in slipcase, oblong 4to, and Wilson (Richard), An Italian Sketchbook, drawings made by the artist in Rome and its environs in the year 1754, volumes 1 & 2, 1968, numerous full page black and white facsimiles, uniform original blue cloth in slipcase, spines slightly faded, 4to, plus other modern art reference, including publications by Antique Collectors' Club, Penguin, mostly original cloth in dust jackets, paperback editions, G/VG, 4to/folio (3 shelves & a carton)

Art. A large collection of modern art reference, including publications by Yale, Studio Vista, Thames & Hudson, mostly original cloth in dust jackets, G/VG, 8vo/folio (3 shelves)

Campbell (Thomas). Gertrude of Wyoming; A Pennsylvanian Tale. And Other Poems, 1809, some light spotting and offsetting to endpapers, contemporary boards, worn and lacking spine, large 4to, together with Knight (William), The Poetical Works of William Wordsworth, volumes 1-8, 1883-86, 8 black and white frontispieces, The Life of William Wordsworth, volumes 1-3, 1889, black and white portrait frontispiece to volume 1, all published by William Paterson, Edinburgh, some minor spotting, all top edge gilt, uniform gilt decorated maroon half morocco, spines lightly faded, boards slighty rubbed, 8vo, and Trevelyan (George Otto), The Life and Letters of Lord Macaulay, volumes 1 & 2, 1876, black and white portrait frontispiece to volume 1, period inscriptions to front endpapers, some light spotting, uniform gilt decorated full calf, bound by J.B. Hawes, boards and spines slightly rubbed, 8vo, plus other 18th and 19th century literature and historical reference, including The Pictorial History of England..., 8 volumes, 1838-44, uniform gilt decorated blue half calf, all leather bindings, many gilt decorated, condition is generally good/very good, 8vo/folio (approximately 85 volumes in total) (3 shelves)

Mirsky (Jeannette). To The Arctic! The Story of Northern Exploration from Earliest Times to the Present, 1949, 39 black and white illustrations and maps, including folding map to rear, contemporary gilt decorated black quarter morocco, 8vo, together with Oliphant (Margaret), The Makers of Venice, Doges, Conquerors, Painters and Men of Letters, 1887, 48 black and white illustrations including portrait frontispiece with tissue guard, some minor spotting, top edges gilt, decorated green cloth, boards and spine slightly rubbed, 8vo, and other early 20th century and modern travel and polar reference, including Freya Stark, Hakluyt Society, mostly original cloth in dust jackets, G/VG, 8vo/folio (3 shelves)

*Wetzel (Johann Jakob). Voyage Pittoresque au Lac de Geneve ou Leman, Zurich, Orell, Fussli et Compagnie, 1820, 10 highly-finished hand-coloured aquatints on wove paper, heightened with gum arabic, watermarked J Whatman Turkey Mill (2 sheets dated 1825 and 1829), five of the plates engraved by F. Hegi, and five by Hurlimann after Wetzel, plate size 25 x 32.5 cm (9.75 x 12.75 ins), sheet size 29.5 x 43.5 cm (11.6 x 17.1 ins), except Chateau de Chillon trimmed to plate margins, the sheet now measuring 24.8 x 32.5 cm (9.75 x 12.75 ins), generally in very good condition, loose, without letterpress (except for the half-title and title page only), together with 9 (of 15) similar hand-coloured aquatint views from Wetzel's Voyage Pittoresque aux Lacs Majeur et de Lugano, [Zurich, Orell, Fussli, 1813], by C. Rordorf after Wetzel on wove paper, several watermarked J Whatman Turkey Mill, and dated 1825 or 1829, plate size 25.5 x 33 cm (10 x 13 ins), sheet size 29.8 x 44 cm (11.75 x 17.25 ins), plus 5 similar fine hand-coloured aquatints by Rordorf and Hegi after Wetzel from Voyage Pittoresque aux Lacs de Thoune, Brienz, Luzern et Sarnen, Zurich, Orell Fussli, 1827, similar sizes, except view of Tracht trimmed to plate margins, and view of Brienz with closed tear to lower margin (not touching image), all loosely contained together in one original publisher's portfolio boards with printed paper label to upper cover, rubbed, soiled and some wear, folio The titles of the first set of views are: Genˆve, Nyon, Morges, Lausanne, Vue de Glerole et de St. Saphorin, Vevey, Montreux, Chateau de Chillon, St. Gingoulph and Thonon. The views of Lake Maggiore and Lugano present are: Locarno, Luvino, Laveno, Les Isles Borrom‚es, Isola Bella, La Statue de St. Charles Borrom‚e, Lugano dessin‚ au pied du St. Salvadore, Bissone and Maroggio. The views from the third series present are: Unterseen, Vue du Lac de Brienz, Brienz, Tracht, and Kayserstuhl, with an additional colour aquantint view of Stresa on Lake Maggiore. A collection of 25 fine coloured aquatint views of Switzerland, after Johann Jakob Wetzel (1781-1834), generally considered amongst the finest aquatint views of Switzerland published in the 19th century, all of which are relatively rare. (25)

Drelincourt (Charles). The Christian's Consolations Against the Fears of Death; with Seasonable Directions How to Prepare Ourselves to Die Well, volumes 1 & 2 (bound in one), printed for T. Luckman, Coventry, 1766, later inscription to front pastedown, plus 4 later hand written letters, some toning and light marks, contemporary full calf, boards and spine rubbed with some loss to hinges and foot of spine, 8vo, together with a large collection of 18th and 19th century ecclesiastical and historical reference, including Book of Common Prayer, mostly leather bindings, some odd volumes, condition is generally good, 8vo/folio, approximately 150 volumes (7 shelves)

Tanner (Heather, and Robin). A Country Alphabet, The Old Stile Press, 1984, limited edition 154/160, signed by the authors to half title, 26 black and white illustrations, ex BBC library copy with associated stamps, original brown quarter morocco in slipcase, 8vo, together with Tunnicliffe (Charles, illustrator), Both Sides of the Road, A Book About Farming, by Sidney Rogerson, Country Book Club, 1951, numerous colour plates and black and white illustrations, some light spotting to endpapers, original green cloth in price clipped dust jacket, covers toned, lightly spotted and slight loss to head and foot of spine, 4to, plus other mostly modern topographical art and miscellaneous reference, mostly original cloth in dust jackets, some leather bindings, G/VG, 8vo/folio (6 shelves + a carton)

Thuani (Jac. Augusti). Historiarum Sui Temporis, volumes 1-7, 1733, black and white engraved portrait frontispiece to volume 1, some light spotting, modern endpapers, uniform modern calf, spines retaining contemporary mottled calf boards, slightly rubbed to head and foot, folio, together with other 18th-early 20th century antiquarian historical reference and miscellaneous literature, including The History of The Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire, by Edward Gibbon, volumes 1-8, 1827, mostly leather bindings, some gilt decorated, condition is generally good/very good, 8vo/folio (6 shelves)

Military. A large collection of modern military reference, including publications by Ian Allan, Jane's, Arms & Armour, Leo Cooper, Airlife, mostly original cloth in dust jackets, G/VG, 8vo/folio (6 shelves)

Peters (Harry T.). Currier & Ives, Printmakers to the American People, volumes 1 & 2, reprint edition, 1976, numerous black and white illustrations, uniform orignial cream cloth, boards and spines slightly marked, large 8vo, together with Hulten (Pontus & Celant, Jermano), Arte Italiana Presenze 1900-1945, Italy, 1989, numerous colour and black and white illustrations, original black cloth in dust jacket, covers slightly marked and rubbed to head, large 8vo, and Crane (Walter), The Bases of Design, 1998, numerous black and white illustrations, bookplate to front pastedown, some minor spotting, original gilt decorated blue cloth, spine slightly faded and rubbed to head and foot, 8vo, plus other late 19th century and modern art, antique and photography reference, mostly original cloth, many in dust jackets, G/VG, 8vo/folio (6 shelves)

New Naturalist Series, a broken run, 20 volumes, 2-106, 1946-2008, some duplicates, all original cloth in dust jackets, some spines rubbed to head and foot, 8vo, together with T. & A.D. Poyser, publisher, Birds in Ireland, by Clive D. Hutchinson, 1989, Scotland's Native In Trust, by J. Laughton Johnston, 2000, Flight Identification of European Raptors, by R. F. Porter et al, 1974, Breeding Birds of Britain and Ireland, by John Porslow, 1973, Bird Observatories in Britain and Ireland, 1976, all 1st editions, all original cloth in dust jackets, some price clipped, covers slightly rubbed, 8vo/4to, plus other modern natural history and avian reference, mostly original cloth in dust jackets, G/VG, 8vo/folio (3 shelves)

Eliot (T.S.). The Waste Land, a facsimile and transcript of the original drafts, inculding the annotations of Ezra Pound, 1971, limited edition 129/500, black and white facsimile plates, original red cloth in slipcase, 4to, together with Joyce (James), Ulysses, a facsimile of the manuscript, volumes 1-3, 1975, numerous black and white facsimiles, uniform original blue cloth, spines slightly rubbed to head and foot, 4to, and Darlington (Beth, editor), My Dearest Love, Letters of William and Mary Wordsorth 1810, The Trustees of Dove Cottage, 1981, limited edition 161/300, monochrome facsimiles, original blue quarter morocco in slipcase, large 8vo, plus other early 20th century and modern facsimile manuscripts, autographs and reference, mostly original cloth, some paperback editions, G/VG, 8vo/folio, (48 volumes) (3 shelves)

Weski (Ellen & Frosien-Leinz, Heike). Das Antiquarium Der Mncher Residenz, Katalog der Skulpturen, volumes 1 & 2, Germany, 1987, numerous black and white illustrations, uniform original cloth in slipcase, spines slightly rubbed to head and foot, large 8vo, together with Frink (Elisabeth), Sculpture, Catalogue Raisonn‚, Salisbury, 1984, signed by the author to the title page, numerous colour and black and white illustrations, original cloth in dust jacket and slipcase, large 4to, and Love (Richard H.), Carl W. Peters, American Scene Painter from Rochester to Rockport, University of Rochester Press, USA, 1999, numerous colour and black and white illustrations, original blue cloth in dust jacket, covers slightly rubbed to head and foot, oblong 4to, plus other mostly modern art and sculpture reference, mostly original cloth in dust jackets, G/VG, 8vo/folio (6 shelves)

Bernt (Walter). Die Niederl„ndeschen Maler des 17 Jahrhunderts, volumes 1-3, Germany, 1969, numerous black and white illustrations, uniform original blue cloth, large 4to, together with Peters (Harry T.), America On Stone, The Other Printmakers To The American People, 1976, 18 colour and 136 black and white plates, plus numerous illustrations, original cream cloth, boards and spine slightly marked, large 4to, and other modern art and print reference and related, mostly original cloth in dust jackets, G/VG, 8vo/folio (6 shelves)

Aviation. A large collection of modern aviation reference and related, including publications by Putnam, Sutton, David & Charles, Arno, Airlife, mostly original cloth, many in dust jackets, G/VG, 8vo/folio (6 shelves)

Aviation. A large collection of modern aviation and military reference, including publications by Cross & Cockade International Journal, Grub Street, Greenhill Books, Sutton, Airlife, P.S.L. Schiffer Military History, mostly original cloth in dust jackets, G/VG, 8vo/folio (6 shelves + a carton)

Literature. A large collection of miscellaneous modern literature, including topography and travel, military, history and biography, fiction and publications by Folio Society, Cambridge, HMSO, Oxford, Pen & Sword, Batsford, mostly original cloth, many in dust jackets, some paperbacks, G/VG, 8vo/4to (6 shelves + 2 cartons)

Ashburton (Charles Alfred). A New and Complete History of England, from the first settlement of Brutus, upwards of one thousand years before Julius Caesar, to the year 1793, circa 1793, engraved frontispiece, 81 engraved plates, including three folding maps of Great Britain, Ireland and France, text in double column, occasional light offsetting, bookplate of Sir Thomas Hesketh, contemporary calf gilt, old reback, covers rubbed with some edge wear, folio (1)

Pevsner (Nicolaus). The Buildings of England Series, 46 volumes, circa 1960s-2000s, including London, volumes 1-6, mixed editions, 1999-2003, mostly original cloth, 8 volumes in dust jackets, 14 paperback editions, 8vo, together with Folio Society, Aristocrats, Caroline, Emily, Louisa and Sarah Lennox 1740-1832, by Stella Tillyard, 2007, The Wind in the Willows, by Kenneth Grahame, 2005, Selected Poems, by W.B. Yeats, 1998, The Eagle of the Ninth, by Rosemary Sutcliff, 2005, and 13 further volumes, all original cloth in slipcases, 8vo, plus other modern topography reference and miscellaneous literature, including travel guides, mostly original cloth, some in dust jackets, G/VG, 9vo/4to (3 shelves + a carton)

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,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)

Aviation. A large collection of early 20th century and modern aviation reference, including publications by Ian Allan, Airlife, H.M.S.O., Arms & Armour Press, David & Charles, all original cloth, many in dust jackets, G/VG, 8vo/folio (6 shelves)

Chancellor (E. Beresford). The History of The Squares of London, Topographical & Historical, 1907, 36 monochrome plates, top edge gilt, original gilt decorated brown cloth, boards and spine slightly rubbed, Lost London, 1926, colour and black and white plates by J. Crowther, original brown cloth in dust jacket, covers slightly rubbed to foot, both 1st editions, both 4to, together with Walford (Eric), Village London, The Story of Greater London, volumes 1 & 2, 2nd reprint, The Alderman Press, 1984, black and white illustrations, uniform original green cloth in dust jackets, 8vo, and Thomson (James), The Seasons, 1793, 4 black and white engraved plates, period inscription to front endpaper, some minor toning and spotting, contemporary gilt decorated calf, boards and spine slightly rubbed, 8vo, plus other 19th century and modern London & travel reference, including Post Office London Directory 1940, volume 2, 1945, Kelly's Directory of Kent, Surrey and Sussex, 1934, mostly original cloth, some in dust jackets, some leather bindings, 8vo/folio (3 shelves)

Auction Particulars. Anderton Park Estate, Moseley near Birmingham, to be sold by auction by Messrs. Grimley and Son, 9th August 1877, frontispiece of an oval lithograph of the house, with another similar, seven pages of details of sale, contents and conditions of sale and three folding colour lithographic maps, publishers limp green card with calligraphic title to upper cover, lacking spine, some dust soiling, slim folio (1)

Dawe (George). The LIfe of George Morland..., Notes by J.J. Foster, 1904, deluxe limited edition 124/175, signed by J.J. Foster to the limitation page, numerous colour and black and white plates with tissue guards, some light spotting, top edge gilt, original gilt decorated half vellum, boards and spine lightly marked, folio, together with other early 20th century and modern historical reference and biography, including Winston Churchill, Arthur Bryant, Richard Jeffries, and publications by Batsford, Country Life, Oxford, Putnam, all original cloth, mostly in dust jackets, G/VG, 8vo/folio (6 shelves)

Overley (Isaac). The Young Gauger's Best Instructor: Being a New and Complete System of Gauging in all its Varieties, both Theory and Practice, printed by B. Law, 1761, some minor toning, modern endpapers, modern calf spine retaining contemporary gilt decorated calf boards, slightly rubbed, 8vo, together with Percy (Thomas), The Regulations and Establishment of The Household of Henry Algernon Percy, The Fifth Earl of Northumberland, at his castles of Wresill and Lekinfield in Yorkshire, 1770, period inscription to front endpaper, some light toning, split guttering, bookplate to front pastedown, modern calf spine retaining contemporary gilt decorated calf boards, slightly rubbed to head and foot, 8vo, and other 19th and 20th century historical reference, including publications by Oxford, Cambridge, mostly original cloth, some in dust jackets, some leather bindings, G/VG, 8vo/folio (6 shelves)

Alexander (William). Recreations with the Muses, by William Earle of Stirline, 3 parts in 1 volume, 1st edition, 1637, title within ornamental woodcut border (foremargin closely trimmed and a little shaved at top), first and final blanks present, small excision to one blank foremargin, a few minor spots, bookplates of Sir Robert Preston and Robert S. Pirie to front pastedown and contemporary ownership signature of Mary Starkey to initial blank, contemporary calf rebacked with original spine relaid, rubbed and slight corner wear, folio A small number of copies have a portrait, but this may have been added only to presentation copies. Pforzheimer 5. (1)

Athanasius (Saint). Opera Omnia quae extant [Greek and Latin text], 3 volumes bound in 4, Passau, 1777, titles with engraved vignettes, 1 map and 5 engraved plates including frontispiece to volume 1, some spotting, a few leaves browned or marked, accession labels from Rev. Franke Parker to Bishoprick of Cornwall dated 1883, later quarter calf gilt over marbled boards with leather corner tips, red and green spine labels, minor adhesion marks and paper library labels at foot of spines, folio (4)

Aubry (Charles). Histoire Pittoresque de l'Equitation Ancienne & Moderne, Paris, [1833/1834], title printed in red and black, 24 lithographed plates, all within wood-engraved borders incorporating vignettes, final text leaf with vignettes, lacks dedication leaf, spotting throughout and old waterstain to inner margins, several leaves detached, contemporary cloth boards (detached), soiling and some wear, large folio An old pencil note on the front endpaper states: 'This book was the property of the late Daniel Maclise RA. Sold at Christie & Manson's, June 24th 1870'. Not in Schwerdt or Podeschi. (1)

Bacon (Francis, Viscount Verulam). Resuscitatio or, bringing into Publick Light Several Pieces of the Works Civil, Historical, Philosophical, and Theological, Hitherto Sleeping..., In Two Parts, 3rd edition, 1671, engraved portrait frontispiece and engraved plate by Hollar, light toning & scattered spotting, one or two small worm holes, contemporary calf, rebacked, corners repaired, insect trail to leather at upper outer corner of front board, folio Wing B326, Gibson 229. (1)

Baxter (Thomas). Six Views, Taken in and Near Swansea, Drawn, Engraved, and Published by Thomas Baxter, 1818, six engraved plates, occasional spotting, original printed wrappers, frayed to edges and few closed tears, oblong folio, (30 x 45cm) Abbey Scenery 540. Only one UK institutional location found (British Library). (1)

Barbosa (Augustino). Iuris Ecclesiastici Universi Libri Tres., volumes 1 & 2 (bound in 1), Lugduni, 1660, black and white engraved title page, ex libris bookplates and stamps to front pastedown, plus half title and title page, some minor marks, contemporary gilt decorated vellum with the arms of Christian Lorentz von Aldersheim (dated 1667) to the front board, remains of cloth ties to front edges of the boards, boards and spine slightly rubbed, folio (1)

Blair (John). The Chronology and History of the World, from the Creation to the Year of Christ, 1790, 56 black and white tables and 14 colour folding maps, including folding 'Map of the World' frontispiece, with approximately 1 inch marginal tear to foot, armorial 'Sir Thomas Hesketh Bart' bookplate to front pastedown, some minor spotting and marks, later gilt decorated calf spine, retaining contemporary diced calf boards, slightly rubbed to head and foot, folio (1)

Boyle (Roger, Earl of Orrery). Parthenissa, that most Fam'd Romance..., 1st edition, Henry Herringman, 1676, title printed in red and black, corner tear to blank margin of Dd2, final blank present, a few scattered minor marks, recent antique-style calf, folio Wing O490 (variant without the raised dot in the imprint date). (1)

Browne (Thomas). Pseudodoxia Epidemica: Or, Enquiries into very many received Tenets. And commonly presumed Truths, 1st edition, 1646, licence leaf before title, woodcut initials and ornaments, 2K3 with part of margin torn away, a few light spots, previous owner signature crossed-through to licence leaf verso, later sprinkled calf, a little rubbed, small folio Keynes 73; Wing B5159. (1)

Charles II. The Rates of Merchandise, That is to say, the Subsidy of Tonnage, Subsidy of Poundage, and the Subsidy of Woollen Clothes or Old-Drapery, as they are Rated and Agreed on by the Commons House of Parliament..., 1st edition, Edward Husbands & Thomas Newcomb, 1660, [2],58,[2]pp., disbound slim folio, (Wing E922 where it is confusingly & incorrectly described as 'another edition' of the 1642 rates), together with [Glanvill, Joseph], An Account of Mr. Ferguson his Common-Place-Book, in Two Letters, 1st edition, Andrew Clark for Walter Kettilby, 1675, [2],35,[1]pp., lacking A1 blank, light dust-soiling mostly to first & last leaves, disbound 4to, (Wing G798), with Trap ad Crucem; or, the Papists Watch-word. Being an Impartial Account of some late Informations taken before several of his MAjesties Justices of the Peace in and about the City of London. Also a Relation of the several Fires that of late have hapened in and about the said City. Published for Publick good, and particularly for Caution to the said City, 1st edition, Printed in the Year, 1670, 24pp., some dust-soiling, disbound 4to, (Wing T2029), plus four others similar (7)

Cluver (Philipp). Philippi Cluveri Germaniae antiquae libri tres. Opus post omnium curas elaboratissimum tabulis geographicis, et imaginibus, priscum Germanorum cultum moresque referentibus, exornatum. Adjectae sunt Vindelicia et Noricum, ejusdem auctoris, 2nd edition, Leiden: Ex officina Elzeviriana, 1631, engraved portrait frontispiece and decorative title, eleven double-page engraved maps, twenty-five engraved plates (3 double-page), scattered spotting, some marginal fraying with short closed tears, contemporary vellum, blind embossed arabesque to centre of each board, joints split and spine torn with loss, folio (1)

Croker (Rev. Temple Henry & Williams, Thomas & Clark, Samuel). The Complete Dictionary of Arts and Sciences, in which the Whole Circle of Human Learning is Explained..., 3 volumes, Printed for the Authors, 1766, 147 engraved plates, 4 maps including 1 folding, a few tears and repairs without loss, marginal worm track affecting plate CXIII and leaves Aa2/Bb1 in volume 3, old half calf, some rubbing and wear, folio (3)

Drayton (Michael). The Works of Michael Drayton, Esq; A Celebrated Poet in the Reigns of Queen Elizabeth, King James I. and Charles I., 1st collected edition, 1748, title with engraved vignette, engraved headpieces, text in double column, a little light spotting, previous owner signature partly erased from title, later half calf, upper joint faded at head, folio (1)

Guillim (John). A Display of Heraldrie: Manifesting a more easie accesse to the knowledge thereof then hath beene hitherto published by any, through the benefit of method, whereinto it is now reduced by the industry of Joh. Guillim Purseuant of Armes, 1st edition, 2nd issue, London: Printed by William Hall for Raphe Mab, 1611, title within architectural woodcut border (repaired to margins), numerous woodcut armorials some full-page (mostly with early hand-colouring), colophon dated 1610, D2-D4 with repaired horizontal closed cut at foot, final three leaves repaired to upper outer corners, front free blank with manuscript shield and ownership signature of Robert Pilts (leaf torn with loss and repaired), bound with at rear twenty-seven leaves of manuscript index (some leaves blank), some dampstaining at head, dust-soiling and occasional marks, late 19th/early 20th century half morocco gilt, joints & extremities rubbed, folio STC 12501, ESTC S120346. Second issue of the first edition dated 1611 on title. (1)