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Folio Society. Hours In A Library, volumes 1-3, by Leslie Stephen, 1991, Selected Poems by John Betjeman, 2004, Dream Street, by Damon Runyon, 1989, The Spy's Bedside Book, by Graham & Hugh Green, 2006, together with 42 further volumes, all original cloth in slipcase, plus 11 volumes without slipcases, G/VG, 8vo (59)

Dropmore Press. The Holkham Bible Picture Book, Introduction and Commentary by W.O. Hassall, 1954, plates of facsimiles including 1 colour, partly uncut, marginal toning to endpapers at front and rear (from turn-ins), original red niger morocco gilt, a little rubbed and marked, folio (1)

The Apple (of Beauty and Discord), 5 original issues, volume 1, no. 1 - volume 2, no. 1, 1920-1921, numerous monochrome and tinted illustrations after Paul Nash, Robert Gibbings, Ethelbert White, McKnight Kauffer, Gwen Raverat, Ethel Gabain, J.D. Ferguson and many others, literary contributions by Sturge Moore, Ezra Pound, Robert Graves and others, all in original pictorial printed wrappers, first issue a little rubbed and slightly frayed to edges with minor loss to foot of spine, generally in very good condition, slim folio (5)

Plautus (Titus Maccius). Comoediae Accedit Commentarius Ex Variorum Notis & Observationibus, Ex reconsione, volumes 1 & 2, editio novissima, Amsterdam, 1684, black and white engraved titles, some light spotting, book plates to front endpapers, rebound in later uniform gilt decorated full morocco, all edges gilt, hinges slightly cracked, spines lightly faded and rubbed, 8vo, together with Stanhope (George), The Christian's pattern: or, A Treatise of The Imitation of Jesus Christ..., 6th edition, 1708, 5 black and white plates, bookplate to front pastedown, period inscription to front endpaper, contemporary gilt decorated red calf, spine rubbed with minor loss to head and foot, 8vo, and Florus (Lucius Annaeus), L.A. Florus cum notis integris C.L. Salmasii et Selectissimis Variorum..., Amstelodami, 1674, black and white engraved title, worming to bottom left corner from front endpaper to page 22, some light marks, contemporary full calf, boards to spine rubbed to head and foot, 8vo, plus other 17th & 18th century ecclesiastical and historical reference, all leather bindings, some amateur bindings, some odd volumes, condition is generally good/very good, 8vo/folio (3 shelves)

The Curwen Press. Scenery of Great Britain and Ireland in Aquatint and Lithography 1770-1860, from the library of J.R. Abbey, limited edition 177/500, 1952, Life in England..., limited edition 283/400, 1953, Travel..., volumes 1 & 2, limited edition 45/400, 1956, colour and black and white illustrations, all uniform original brown cloth in dust jackets (Life in England dust jacket price clipped), covers slightly marked and rubbed, large 8vo, together with Jones (Owen), The Grammar of Ornament, 1968, 112 colour plates, plus black and whtie illustrations, bookplate to front pastedown, some light spotting, all edges gilt, original gilt decorated plum cloth, boards rubbed with loss to edges, spine faded and rubbed, large 8vo, and Descharnes (Robert, & Néret, Gilles), Salvador Dali, The Paintings 1904-1946, 1997, numerous colour and black and white illustrations, original black boards in dust jacket, large 8vo, plus other late 19th century and modern art reference, mostly original cloth in dust jackets, G/VG, 8vo/folio (3 shelves)

Scrap books. A collection of five scrap albums, 19th century, containing lithographs and engravings of genre scenes, topography, portraits, natural history, field sports, fashion and costume, watercolours and caricatures, all albums partially excised, mixed bindings, some lacking spines with boards near detached, folio (5)

Bourdot de Richebourg (Charles Antoine). Nouveau Coutumier General, ou corps des Coutumes Generales et Particulieres de France, et des Provinces Connues sous le nom des Gaules..., 4 volumes, Paris: Theodore le Gras, 1724, half-titles present, general titles in red & black with oval ink library stamp, some occasional light toning & spotting, 72 leaves in volume 4 with peppered worming to fore-edges (with occasional slight text loss), marbled endpapers, contemporary mottled calf, gilt decorated spines, joints splitting and some wear, folio (4)

The Animal World, A Monthly Advocate of Humanity, issued by the Royal Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals, volumes XXX, XXXII-XXXIII & XXXV-XXXVI, 1899, 1901-1902 & 1904-1905, numerous photographic and wood engraved illustrations to each, advertisements at front and rear of each volume, all edges gilt, original uniform gilt-decorated blue cloth, a little rubbed, generally in good condition, except 1901 volume with several leaves loose, and contents near-detached from binding, dampstained and marked to covers, 1902 volume partially broken to upper inner hinge, folio Includes a half-page illustration by Louis Wain, entitled A Moonlight Sonata to the first volume (page 59), the 1901 volume contains a full-page illustration by Louis Wain entitled How the Pussykin Family Kept Christmas (page 13), another full-page illustration entitled A Few of Mr Louis Wain's Canine and Feline Celebrities (page 45), and another entitled A Lecture on Cat Cruelty (page 145). The 1902 volume contains Louis Wain's Fun for Christmastide for Lovers of Cats (page 13), and the 1905 volume contains the full-page Louis Wain illustration We Made An Apple-Pie Bed for Ma and Pa! (page 16), as well as other animal-related illustrations by Harrison Weir and others. (5)

Folio Society. The Fairy Tales of the Brothers Grimm, illustrated by Arthur Rackham, 1996, Hans Andersen's Fairy Tales, illustrated by W. Heath Robinson, 1995, The Fairy Tales of Charles Perrault, illustrated by Edmund Dulac, 1998, The Arabian Nights Tales from the Thousand and One Nights, illustrated by E.J. Detmold, 1999, East of the Sun and West of the Moon, Old Tales from the North, illustrated by Kay Nielsen, 2000, Tales of Mystery and Imagination, by Edgar Allan Poe, illustrated by Harry Clarke, 1999, together with 63 further volumes, all original cloth in slipcases, G/VG, 8vo (69)

Oz Magazine, nos. 3, 6, 7, 9 & 10, May, August & October 1967, February & March 1968, a group of 5 original issues, original pictorial wrappers, slim folio, generally VG (5)

Miscellaneous Literature. A large collection of modern miscellaneous literature, including historical and biographical refrence and related, mostly original cloth, some in dust jackets, G/VG, 8vo/folio (6 shelves)

Stanford (Edward, publisher). Stanford's London Atlas of Universal Geography exhibiting the Physical and Political divisions of the various countries of the World, folio edition, 3rd edition revised and enlarged, 1904, additional half title, half title creased and with short closed tear, 110 (complete) double page colour lithographic maps, all edges gilt, contemporary half morocco gilt, upper board detached, folio (1)

Walker (J. & C., publisher). Hobson's Fox-Hunting Atlas; Containing Separate Maps of Every County in England and the Three Ridings of Yorkshire..., c.1870, title page, 'reference to hunts' index with later pencil marginalia, forty-two (complete) double page lithographic maps with contemporary outline colouring, some maps with pencil and ink marginalia, book plate of Wadham Knatchbull Harepath, contemporary half morocco gilt with gilt design to upper board, worn at extremities, folio (1)

*School posters. A collection of sixteen posters, early - mid 20th century, sixteen chromolithographic German educational posters showing, mammals, fungi, botany, fish, reptiles and amphibians, some creasing and small closed tears, all large folio format but various sizes and condition, framed and glazed (16)

Photography. A large collection of modern photographic technicque and photography reference, many original cloth in dust jackets, G/VG, 8vo/folio (6 shelves)

Pistolesi (Erasmo). Il Vaticano Descritto ed Illustrato..., con Disegni dal Pittore Camillo Guerra, 8 volumes, Rome: Tipografia della Societa editrice, 1829-38, half-titles, engraved titles, numerous engraved plates (few folding), dampstain to lower outer blank corners of initial leaves in volume 1, armorial bookplate of Sir William Molesworth to upper pastedowns, edges untrimmed, contemporary red straight grain half morocco gilt, some light wear and occasional marks, folio (8)

Calvin (Jean). Sermons of Master John Calvin, upon the Booke of Job. Translated out of French by Arthur Golding, 1st English edition, [London]: Imprinted by [Henrie Binneman for] Lucas Harison and George Byshop, [1574], title within decorative woodcut border, printer's device to final leaf, tables bound-in at front between introduction and sermons, page 751 misnumbered 737, few worm holes at front & rear, numerous leaves mostly at rear of volume trimmed to fore-edge blank margins and repaired (with light cropping to few marginal notes), final leaf of text repaired to fore-margin and margins at head & foot, occasional marks and dampstaining (mostly light), 20th century black sheep, rubbed, folio STC 4444 & ESTC S126048. One of two editions published the same year of the translation by Arthur Golding, the first into English. (1)

Milne (A.A.). When We Were Very Young, 8th edition, 1925, black and white illustrations by Ernest H. Shepard, some minor toning, original gilt decorated blue cloth, boards lightly marked, spine slightly rubbed to head and foot, 8vo, together with Millais (John Guille), The Life and Letters of Sir John Everett Millais, volumes 1 & 2, 1899, black and white illustrations, period inscriptions to front endpapers, some light spotting, top edges gilt, original uniform gilt decorated blue cloth, boards and spines slightly rubbed to head and foot, 8vo, and Thompson (R. Wardlow), Griffith John, The Story of Fifty Years In China, 2nd edition, 1906, 18 black and white illustrations, including portrait frontispiece, plus map to the rear, original red cloth, minor water damage to foot, 8vo, plus other late 19th and early 20th century illustrated fiction and reference, The Holy Bible containing the Old and New Testament..., 1861, colour gilt decorated half title plus numerous black and white illustrations, orignal embossed black morocco with brass clasp, thick 8vo, mostly original cloth, some gilt decorated, condition is generally good/very good, 8vo/folio (6 shelves)

Meggendorfer (Lothar). Aus dem Leben, Lustiges Ziehbilderbuch, 5th edition,[cover-title], Munich: Verlag von Braun & Schneider, circa 1888, eight full-page hand-coloured moveable plates, each with tab mechanism, all in working order, generally marked and soiled, some handling tears and repairs, contemporary ownership name on front pastedown, original cloth-backed pictorial boards, rubbed and some soiling, light edge wear, spine renewed, folio Moveables: Vor der Schule (At School); Der Konditorjunge (The Young Confectioner); Marie (Marie); Der Sonntagsreiter (The Sunday Rider); An der Wiege (At the Cradle); Der Truthahn (The Turkey); Der Tanzbar (The Dancing Bear); and Der Affe (The Monkey). (1)

Cox (Morris, 1903-1998). A bound folio album of 82 proof illustrations, printed layouts and title pages by Maurice Cox at the Gogmagog Press, circa 1958-1982, mostly colour printed in linocut, woodcut, lithography and screenprinting, on handmade and japanese paper, several prints signed in pencil, all mounted on large japanese paper album sheets, contemporary green crushed half morocco, folio (52 x 40.5 cm) A fine selection of the output of Morris Cox and his Gogmagog Press, including The Slumbering Virgin, 1958, A Bird's World, 1959, Poems from Nature, 1959, War in a Cock's Egg [1960], Conversation Pieces, 1962, A Mediaeval Dream Book, 1963, The Lost Fisherman, 1963, A Web of Nature, 1964, Mummer's Fool, 1965, An Impression of Summer [1966], 14 Triads, 1967, The Warrier & the Maiden, 1967, An Abstract of Nature, 1968, 40-5 Untitled Poems, 1969, Blind Drawings, 1973 and Studio Book, 1980. (1)

Map reference. Tooley (R.V.), The Mapping of America, 1980, numerous uncoloured plates, publisher's cloth gilt, dust jacket, 4to, together with Gent (Robert H. Van),Andreas Cellarius Harmonia Macrocosmica of 1660, The Finest Atlas of the Heavens, facsimile edition, published Taschen, 2012, numerous colour plates throughout, text in English, Dutch and French, quarter velvet gilt with printed colour boards, large folio, retaining original card box, with Shirley (Rodney W.),Early Printed Maps of the British Isles 1477 - 1650, Revised edition, 1980, additional half title, numerous uncoloured plates, publisher's cloth gilt, dust jacket, 4to, with Osley (A.S.), Mercator, published Faber & Faber, 1969, additional half title, numerous uncoloured plates, publisher's cloth gilt, dust jacket, 4to, and Darlington (Ida & Howgego James),Printed Maps of London, 1964, additional half title, numerous uncoloured plates, publisher's cloth gilt, dust jacket price clipped, 4to, with another forty-three map reference and facsimile atlas volumes similar, plus The Map Collector,A broken run, volumes 1 - 21, 1977 - 1982 & volumes 26 - 58 1984 - 1992, with two index volumes, numerous black & white and coloured plates, publisher's limp card, some covers a little dust soiled, 4to (approx.100)

Paris (Matthew). Matthaei Paris monachi Albanensis Angli, Historia Major. Juxta Exemplar Londinense 1640, verbatim recusa; et cum Rogeri Wendoveri, Willielmi Rishangeri, authorisque majori minorique historiis, chronicisque MSS, in Bibliotheca Regia, Collegii Corporis Christi Cantabrigiae, Cottoniaque, fideliter collata..., Editore Willielmo Wats..., London: A. Mearne, T. Dring, B. Tooke, T. Sawbridge, & G. Wells, 1684, engraved portrait frontispiece, title in red & black, hinges repaired, contemporary calf, rebacked and corners repaired, folio, together with Lyndwood (William), Provinciale, (seu Constitvtiones Angliae,) continens Constitutiones Provinciales quatordecim Archiepiscoporum Cantuarensium..., Oxford: Excudebat H. Hall Academiae Typographus, Impensis Ric. Davis., 1679, later endpapers, contemporary speckled calf, blind decorated spine, morocco title label, joints cracked and worn at head & foot, folio, with [Madox, Thomas], The History and Antiquities of the Exchequer of the Kings of England, in Two Periods: to wit, from the Norman Conquest, to the end of the reign of K. John; and from the end of the Reign of K. John, to the end of the Reign of K. Edward II..., London: Printed by John Matthews, 1711, some brown, spotting & few marks mostly to first & last few leaves, hinges cracked, contemporary panelled calf, rebacked, board edges worn, folio, plus A Compleat Index To Mr. Madox's History of the Exchequer, Serving as a Glossary to Explain Uncommon Words, to Illustrate the Original of Families and Customs, and the Antiquities of the Several Counties in England, London: Francis Gosling, 1741, light spotting and toning to first & last few leaves, edges untrimmed, hinges cracked, contemporary vellum, spine torn with loss, folio (4)

Rushworth (John). Historical Collection of Private Passages of State, Weighty Matters in Law, Remarkable Proceedings in Five Parliaments, Beginning the Sixteenth Year of King James, Anno 1618, and Ending the Fifth Year of King Charles, Anno 1629, Digested in Order of Time, 1659, engraved portrait frontispiece, folding engraved plate, lacks 2 leaves of dedication, contemporary ownership signature of Th. Tipping to front endpaper and armorial bookplate of Sir John Cope to front pastedown, contemporary calf, cracked on joints, some wear, folio (1)

Steadman (Ralph, illustrator). Lewis Carroll's Through the Looking-glass, illustrated by Ralph Steadman, 1st edition, 1972, monochrome illustrations, original cloth in dust wrapper, folio, together with Alice's Adventures in Wonderland, illustrated by Michael Forman, 2004, Alice's Adventures in Wonderland, illustrated by Alison Jay, 2006, The Hunting of the Snark, illustrated by Mervyn Peake, 1948, and other Lewis Carroll titles, all 20th century illustrated editions, many in foreign language, some with dust wrappers, mostly 8vo/4to (3 shelves)

Heaney (Seamus). Stations, Ulsterman Publications, Belfast, 1975, original wrappers, some fading to spine, light corner crease, 8vo, signed by the author, together with Articulations: poetry, philosophy and the shaping of culture, Royal Irish Academy, Cunningham Medal, 28th January 2008, illustrations, original wrappers, slim folio, limited edition, 362/450 signed by the President of the Royal Irish Academy, plus Dylan the Durable? On Dylan Thomas, Bennington College, 1992, illustrations, original wrappers, slight marginal fading, 8vo, limited edition, 685/1000, additionally signed by the author to the Selected Works page, with other pamphlets and publications by or on Seamus Heaney, including Outposts, edited by Howard Sergeant, numners 62, 65 & 68, 1964-66, An Open Letter, Field Day Pamphlet Number 2, 1983, Place and Displacement. Recent Poetry of Northern Ireland, 1984, From the Republic of Conscience, Amnesty International, 1985, Crediting Poetry. The Nobel Lecture, 1995, and some Poetry Review and Everyman issues (40)

Foulis Press - Virgilius Maro (Publius). Bucolica, Georgica, et Aeneis, ex Editione Petri Burmanni, 2 volumes in one, Glasgow: Andreas Foulis, 1778, half-titles present, near contemporary signature Tho. Spranger to upper blank margin of first title, marbled endpapers with repaired hinges, armorial bookplate "Ex Libris Coll. Quat. Episcoporum Apud Cheshunt, London, St. Alban`s, Southwarck, Chelmsford" to upper pastedown, contemporary diced calf, rebacked preserving remnants of original spine, corners repaired, folio Gaskell 639. (1)

Scrap album. A 19th century scrap album, containing engravings, mezzotints and lithographs, many with contemporary hand colouring, including fashion & costume, topographical views, sporting and natural history, genre and cartoons, partially excised, contemporary half morocco gilt, lacking spine, boards near detached, folio (1)

Robinson (W. Heath, illustrator). The Works of Mr. Francis Rabelais, volumes 1 & 2, Navarre Society, limited edition, 1921, volume 1 front endpaper heavily inscribed, black and white illustrations, original uniform gilt decorated white cloth, boards slightly marked, 8vo, together with Foster (Birket, illustrator), Poems by Thomas Hood, 1872, 22 black and white illustrations with tissue gurads, all edges gilt, original gilt decorated red cloth, boards and spine slightly rubbed to head and foot, 4to, and Reynolds (Victor), Stories of the Flemish & Dutch Artists..., 1908, 13 coloured and 23 black and white plates, some light spotting, orignial gilt decorated vellum boards, slightly marked, 8vo, plus other late 19th century and early 20th century illustrated literature and fiction, including Charles Dickens, Thomas Hardy, Cevantes, some leather bindings, some original cloth, some odd volumes, condition is generally good/very good, 8vo/folio (3 shelves)

Gregynog Press. Wood Engravings by Gertrude Hermes, being Illustrations to Selborne, with Extracts from Gilbert White, Introduced by William Condry with a postscript by James Hamilton, published by Gwasg Gregynog, Newtown, Powys, 1988, six wood engraved plates, fore-edge & lower edge untrimmed, original quarter cloth, slim folio Limited edition 54/240. (1)

Gregynog Press. Princes and Castles, The Legacy of Thirteenth-Century Wales, An essay by J. Beverley Smith, published by Gwasg Gregynog, Newtown, Powys, 2010, wood engraved illustrations by Hilary Paynter, original green quarter morocco, with printed cloth-backed boards, oblong 4to, contained in original slipcase, (limited edition 15/200), together with Giraldus Cambrensis Itinerary through Wales, Edited by Brynley F. Roberts, published by Gwasg Gregynog, Newtown, Powys, 1989, title in red & black, wood engraved illustrations by Colin Paynton, top edge gilt, remainder untrimmed, original red quarter morocco gilt, spine slighlty faded, slim folio, contained in original slipcase, (limited edition 129/300, signed in pencil by Colin Paynton), plus Four Great Castles, Caernarfon, Conway, Harlech, Beaumaris, An essay by Arnold Taylor, published by Gwasg Gregynog, Newtown, Powys, 1983, colour armorial to title, eight etched plates by David Woodford, original boards bound by Desmond Shaw, 8vo, contained in original slipcase, (limited edition 33/165) (3)

Forbes (Alexander Penrose). Kalendars of Scottish Saints, Edinburgh, 1872, bookplates to front pastedown, some minor spotting, top edges contemporary gilt decorated half morocco, boards and spine slightly rubbed, folio, together with Skene (William F.), Celtic Scotland: A History of Ancient Alban, volumes 1-3, 2nd edition, Edinburgh, 1886-90, 10 coloured maps, bookplates to front pastedowns, some minor spotting, original uniform green cloth, boards and spine slightly rubbed, 8vo, and Mackenzie (Donald A.), Teutonic Myth and Legend, circat 900, 5 colour and 31 black and white plates, bookplate to front pastedown, some minor spotting, original gilt decorated green cloth, spine slightly faded and rubbed to head and foot, 8vo, plus other late 19th century and modern UK historical and topographical and ecclesiastical reference and related, mostly original cloth, some in dust jackets, G/VG, 8vo/folio (6 shelves)

Du Bartas (Guillaume de Salluste). Du Bartas his Diuine Weekes, and Workes with a Compleate Collectio[n] of all the other most delight-full Workes Translated and written by yt famous philomusus, Josuah Sylvester Gent, London: Printed by Humphrey Lownes, [1621], engraved title with closed tear (lined to verso), lacking portrait and folding leaf of woodcuts, rear blank laid down to verso of final leaf of text, occasional dust-soiling and minor marks, 20th century calf, slight wear at head of spine, folio, (STC 21653), together with Cowley (Abraham), Poems: viz. I. Miscellanies. II. The Mistress, or, Love Verses. III. Pindarique Odes, dnd IV. Davideis, or, a Sacred Poem of the Troubles of David, London: Humphrey Moseley, 1656, errata leaf b4 present, lower half of final leaf torn away and repaired, few leaves dampstained and some light dust-soiling, endpapers renewed (upper portion of front free endpaper torn), contemporary sheep, rebacked and board edges repaired, folio, with Cavendish (Margaret, Duchess of Newcastle), The Worlds Olio, London: J. Martin and J. Allestrye, 1655, portrait frontispiece deficient, some spotting, early 19th century half calf, folio, plus eight others similar, mostly 17th century, some defective (11)

Herodotus. Herodoti Halicarnassei Historia, siue, Historiarum libri IX, qui inscribuntur Musae. Ex vetustis exemplaribus recogniti. Ctesiae quaedam, [Geneva]: Excudebat Henricus Stephanus, 1570, 24,362,20pp., title in red & black, and with printer's woodcut device, some worm holes to uper outer blank corners throughout volume, 18th century reversed calf, upper board near detached, worn, folio, (Adams H397), together with Marchantii (Jacobi), Flandria Commentariorum lib. IIII. Descripta. In quibus de Flandriae Origine, Commoditatibus, Oppidis, Castellaniis, Ordinibus, Magistratibus Indigenisque, tam a doctrina quam Nobilitate claris, tum etiam de Principum Flandrie stemmatibus, civili armataque vita, aliisque memorabilibus breviter dilucideque tractatur, Antwerp: Ex Officina Plantiniana, Apud Viduam, & Joannem Moretum, 1596, printer's woodcut device to title, with signature 'Simon Abbes Gabbema, MDCLVIII' to lower blank margin, some light browning, 18th century speckled calf, rebacked preserving original spine, later morocco title label, 8vo, with Bede (The Venerable), Bedae Presbyteri et Fredegarii Scholastici Concordia..., Accessit Appendix de S. Dionysio Areopagita, & de S. Genovesa..., Auctore Petro Francisco Chieffletio, Paris: Gabrielem Martinum, 1681, printer's woodcut device to title, endpapers renewed, near contemporary blind panelled calf, rebacked and corners repaired, 4to, and Elzevir Press - Buchanan (George), Geor: Buchanani Scoti, Poemata quae extant, Editio Postrema, Leiden: Ex officina Elzeviriana, 1628, engraved title incorporating portrait, all edges gilt, contemporary dark brown morocco, gilt decorated spine and border decoration to boards, 24mo, plus four other 17th century antiquarian (8)

Jewel (John). The Workes of the Very Learned and Reverend Father in God John Jewell, not long since Bishop of Sarisburie. Newly set forth with some amendment of divers quotations: and a briefe discourse of his life, London: printed by John Norton, 1611, general and five works titles within decorative woodcut borders, few woodcut initials, head & tailpieces, occasional ink underscoring, long closed tear to one leaf of text, 20th century quarter sheep over contemporary boards, folio STC 14580.5; ESTC S112179. (1)

Contet (F., pub.). Les Vieux Hotels de Paris, Series 1-12, 14-16, 18-22, mixed editions, Paris, 1920-1937, numerous photogravure plates, loosely contained in original portfolios, some worn, folio, plus duplicates of Series 2 & 7 (22)

*Insurance Ephemera. A group of insurance ephemera items, including a rare marine policy, 16 December 1780, printed document completed in manuscript, insurers Messrs. Langston & Dixon, insuring Captain T. Hill onboard the ship Hero and sailing between Charles Town, South Carolina to London, insuring each pound of indico for 3 shillings and sixpence, bifolium split in two and docket heavily soiled, folio, plus issues of the London Gazette, 8 March 1687, The Times, 2 April 1813, a folder of 114 insurance bookmarks, plus 2 folders including approximately 20 insurance policies and 20 receipts, mostly 19th century, various sizes, plus 4 calendars/blotters (approx. 160)

Gregynog Press. Deaths and Entrances, by Dylan Thomas, Illustrated by John Piper, Edited and with an introduction by Walford Davies, published by Gwasg Gregynog, Newtown, Powys, 1983, offset lithograph colour frontispiece and seven double-page colour plates (reproduced by Adrian Lack at the Senecio Press), publisher's morocco backed cloth, folio, contained in original slipcase Limited edition 35/268, and bound under the direction of James Brockman. (1)

Skelton (Joseph). Engraved Illustrations of the Principal Antiquities of Oxfordshire, from Original Drawings by F. Mackenzie ..., published Oxford, 1823, decorative engraved frontispiece, calligraphic title with inset vignette, dedication and list of subscribers, small near contemporary ownership sinature to front free endpaper, uncoloured engraved map of Oxfordshire, forty-nine engraved plates on india wove and numerous engraved vignettes to text throughout, index, addenda et corrigenda bound at rear, slight spotting, upper hinge cracked, all edges gilt, contemporary half morocco on marbled boards, ornate gilt decorated spine, bumped and a little worn at extremities, folio Large paper copy. (1)

Gibbings (Robert). Fourteen Wood Engravings by Robert Gibbings from Drawings made on Orient Line Cruises, Golden Cockerel Press, [1932], fourteen wood engravings, some spotting to extreme fore-margins, rebound in later black cloth-backed grey boards with large printed label to upper cover, slim folio, together with Empson (Patience), The Wood Engravings of Robert Gibbings with some recollections by the artist, 1st edition, 1959, numerous monochrome illustrations throughout, publisher's printed prospectus loosely inserted, original black cloth gilt with original glassine dust wrapper, 4to, with an original signed letter by Robert Gibbings, circa 1945, to Mr. Thomas 'Owing to the outbreak of peace I haven't been able to come in again before leaving, so this is to say goodbye... with many thanks for your welcome & hoping that in about 2 years time you will have a fine tropical display in your windows', single-sided letter, in blue ink, signed at foot (2)

Prout (J.S.). Antiquities of Chester, published Ackermann & Co. in London and Boult & Catherall in Chester, circa 1840, decorative lithographic title and twenty lithographic plates, each with tissue guard, occasional marginal repaired closed tears, slight spotting throughout, yellow chalk endpapers, contemporary quarter morocco gilt with gilt title to upper board, tall slim folio Large paper copy. (1)

Spelman (Henry). Concilia, Decreta, Leges, Constitutiones, in re Ecclesiarum Orbis Britannici. Viz. Pambritannica, Pananglica, Scotica, Hibernica, Cambrica, Mannica, Provincialia, Dioecesana. Ab initio Christianae ibidem Religionis, ad nostram usque aetatem..., London, 1639, text partly in Anglo Saxon, two full-page engraved illustrations of text, decorative woodcut initial and headpiece, without front blank, occasional spotting, early 19th century free endpapers, contemporary calf, old reback, joints split and worn, folio, (STC 23066, volume 2 did not appear until 1664), together with [Wharton, Henry], Anglia Sacra, sive Collectio Historiarum, Partim antiquitus, partim recenter scriptarum, de Archiepiscopis & Episcopis Angliae, a prima fidei Christianae susceptione ad Annum MDXL..., 2 volumes, London: Richard Chiswel, 1691, half-titles present (volume 1 half-title with engraved armorial to verso), titles in red & black and with engraved device, volume 2 lacking final advertisement leaf at rear, occasional spotting and light toning, later endpapers, contemporary calf, both rebacked, corners repaired to volume 1, upper board of volume 2 detached, folio, (Wing W1560), plus Ecton (John), Thesaurus Rerum Ecclesiasticarum. Being an Account of the Valuations of all the Ecclesiastical Benefices in the Several Dioceses in England and Wales..., 3rd edition, 1763, some spotting, bookplate of Lord Battersea to upper pastedown, contemporary calf, upper board near detached and lower joint cracked, rubbed and some wear, 4to (4)

Selden (John). Titles of Honor, 2nd edition, London: Printed by William Stansby for Richard Whitakers, 1631, title in red & black, few engraved & woodcut illustrations, final blank leaf present, erratic pagination, some browning and fraying to margins of first & last few leaves, some light toning and dust-soiling, 19th century armorial bookplate of Barlborough Hall to upper pastedown, hinges split, contemporary calf, joints cracked, wear at head & foot of spine, folio STC 22178. This setting of the title page has "Whitakers". Another setting has "Whittakers". (1)

Military. A collection of early 20th century and modern military and sporting reference and related, including publications by Blandford, The Lonsdale Library, The Badminton Library, O.P.C., mostly original cloth, many in dust jackets, G/VG, 8vo/folio (6 shelves)

Travel. A large collection of late 19th century and modern travel literature and related, including The Principal Navigations Voyages Traffiques and Discoveries of The English Nation, volumes 1-10, by Richard Hakluyt, 1927-28, mostly original cloth, some in dust jackets, G/VG, 8vo/folio (6 shelves)

Aviation. A large collection of modern aviation history and reference, including publications by Putnam, Airlife, Arms & Armour Press, Pen & Sword, P.S.L., Ian Allan, mostly original cloth, many in dust jackets, G/VG, 8vo/folio (6 shelves)

Oz Magazine, nos. 12-19, May 1968-March 1969, a group of 8 original issues, original pictorial wrappers, slim folio, generally VG (8)

Roberts (Frederick Sleigh). Forty-One Years in India, from Subaltern to Commander-in-Chief, volumes 1 & 2, 6th edition, 1897, black and white illustrations and maps, some light spotting, internal guttering slightly loose, uniform original gilt-decorated blue cloth, boards and spines slightly rubbed, 8vo, together with Maxwell (Herbert), The Lowland Scots Regiments..., 1918, 14 tipped-in colour plates, some minor spotting, original red cloth, boards and spine slightly rubbed to head and foot, 4to, plus Thompson (R.R.), The Fifty-Second (Lowland) Division 1914-1918, 1st edition, 1923, numerous black and white illustrations, maps plus colour frontispiece, some light spotting, original gilt-decorated blue cloth, spine slightly faded and cracked with minor loss to head and foot, 8vo, plus other late 19th century and modern military history, including The British Campaign in France and Flanders 1914-1918, volumes 1-6, 1926, by Arthur Conan Doyle, G/VG, 8vo/folio (2 cartons)

Bindings. The Book of Common Prayer, and Administration of the Sacraments..., Together with The Psalter or Psalms of David..., London: Printed by the Assigns of Thomas Newcomb, and Henry Hills, deceas'd, 1710, additional engraved title deficient, bound with The Whole Book of Psalms, Collected into English Metre, by Thomas Sternhold, John Hopkins, adn Others..., London: Printed by Thomas Hodgkin, for the Company of Stationers, 1710, red ruled borders throughout volume, occasional manuscript annotations, some dampstaining, toning and few marks, all edges gilt, contemporary gilt panelled and decorated black morocco, light wear to extremities, ties deficient, folio, together with Missale Romanum, ex Decreto Sacrosancti Concilii Tridentini restitutum..., Venice: Ex Typographia Balleoniana, 1765, title and text in red & black, few worm holes to initial 35 leaves, all edges gilt and with gauffered decoration, contemporary gilt decorated & panelled mottled calf, clasps present, worn at foot of spine, 8vo, plus Bible [English], The Holy Bible, containing the Old Testament, and the New..., London: George Eyre & Andrew Strahan, 1816, all edges gilt, contemporary red straight grain morocco with elaborate gilt decoration, white metal clasp, 12mo, contained in original leather covered case with hinged lid, rubbed & worn (3)

Bourne (John C. and Britton, John). Drawings of the London and Birmingham Railway, parts 3 & 4 only, 1839, lithograph title and twenty plates only (plus 3 half page plates), some plates frayed to margins, toning & spotting, loosely contained in original cloth-backed printed boards, spine torn with loss, covers marked and worn, folio Sold as a collection of plates, not subject to return. (1)

Voronova (Tamara & Sterligov, Andrei). Western European Illuminated Manuscripts of the 8th to the 16th Centuries in the National Library of Russia, St. Petersburg, Russia, 1996, numerous colour illustrations, original boards in dust jacket, large 8vo, together with Mortimer (Martin), The English Glass Chandelier, 2000, numerous black and white illustrations, original blue cloth in dust jacket, 8vo, and Fahr-Becker (Gabriele, editor), The Art of East Asia, 1999, numerous colour illustrations, original red cloth in dust jacket, large 4to, plus other modern art reference books including publications by The Antique Collectors' Club, mostly original cloth in dust jackets, G/VG, 8vo/folio (5 shelves)

Milne (Samuel Milne). The Standards and Colours of The Army..., 1893, numerous colour and black and white illustrations, some light toning and spotting, front board and spine partially detached, original gilt decorated blue cloth, boards and spine slightly rubbed to head and foot, 8vo, together with Berry (Robert Potter), A History of the Formation and Development of The Volunteer Infantry..., 1903, 12 colour plates, later inscription to front endpaper, some minor spotting, original blocked in silver blue cloth, boards and spine slightly rubbed to head and foot, 8vo, and Geddes (James D.), Colours of British Regiments, volumes 1 & 2, 4&5, 2000-07, includes a letter from and signed by the author, numerous colour illustrations, original uniform blue cloth, large 8vo, plus other later 19th and early 20th century military reference, including The Army List, 15 volumes, 1848-1962, mostly original cloth, G/VG, 8vo/folio (6 shelves)

[Dugdale, Sir William]. A Short View of the Late Troubles in England; Briefly setting forth, their Rise, Growth, and Tragical Conclusion..., to which is added, a Perfect Narrative of the Treaty at Uxbridge in an. 1644, Oxford, Printed at the Theater for Moses Pitt, 1681, engraved portrait frontispiece, & illustration of Sheldonian Theatre to title, some toning and few marks, armorial bookplate of Edward Herbert, Viscount Clive to upper pastedown, contemporary mottled calf, gilt decorated spine, joints cracked and weak, soem wear, folio, (Wing D2492), together with The Baronage of England, or an Historical Account of the Lives and most Memorable Actions of Our English Nobility..., 3 volumes in two, London: Printed by Tho. Newcomb, for Abel Roper, John Martin, and Henry Herringman, 1675-1676, general titles in red & black, title to 'Tome the Third' printed in black on leaf 2C1r of second volume, errata leaf at rear of volume 1 torn to lower outer blank corner, some browning and occasional spotting, hinges repaired, contemporary calf, both volumes rebacked retaining earlier morocco title labels, board corners worn, folio, (Wing D2480) (3)

Selden (John). Opera Omnia, Tam Edita quam Inedita..., 3 volumes in six, 1726, engraved portrait frontispiece to volume 1, occasional spotting and light dust-soiling mostly to margins, some free endpapers loosening, bookplates of Robert Fellowes and Cantley Library, contemporary calf joints cracked, two title labels deficient, light wear, folio (6)

Crane (Walter). Walter Crane's Picture Book, Frederick Warne, 1900, numerous colour illustrations, scattered light spotting, top edge gilt, original vellum-backed boards, slight soiling, oblong folio, together with The Art of Walter Crane, by P.G. Konody, George Bell, 1902, numerous photogravure, colour and monochrome illustrations, a little light spotting, Easton Neston Library shelf number label at front, top edge gilt, original blue cloth gilt, spine slightly darkened, folio (2)

La Quintinye (Jean de). The Compleat Gard'ner; Or, Directions for Cultivating and Right Ordering of Fruit-Gardens and Kitchen-Gardens; With divers Reflections on several parts of Husbandry. In six books... To which is Added his Treatise of Orange-Trees, with the Raising of Melons, omitted in the French Editions, Made English by John Evelyn, 1st ed., 1693, lacking engraved portrait frontispiece, title printed in red and black, eleven engraved plates, including two double-page, engraved illustrations to text, erratic pagination, light waterstain to upper inner margins at front of volume, some light soiling and stains to leaves at front and rear, near contemporary panelled calf, rubbed and some wear, modern reback retaining portion of original spine, edges and corners repaired, folio Henrey I, 218; Wing L431. (1)

Gregynog Press. Two Old Men, by Kate Roberts, published by Gwasg Gregynog, Newtown, Powys, 1981, linocut frontispiece, six plates and several illustrations by Kyffin Williams, fore-edge & lower edge untrimmed, pictorial endpapers, original quarter morocco, pictorial panel to upper cover, glassine dust jacket, torn, 8vo, (limited edition 115/265), together with Pryderi, published by Gwasg Gregynog, Newtown, Powys, 1998, eight full-page linocut illustrations by Kyffin Williams, fore-edge & lower edge untrimmed, original cloth, pictorial panel to upper cover, slim folio, (limited edition 107/350, signed in pencil by Kyffin Williams) (2)

[Vickers, Vincent Cartwright]. The Google Book, written and illustrated by V.C.V., 1st edition, J. & E. Bumpus, [1913], thirty-four mounted colour plates (including Finis tailpiece), first third of volume with worming to upper and lower margins, on one occasion just touching a platemark, half-title inscribed in pencil by the author 'By V.C.V. 1913' and title-page with his name inked in, all edges gilt, contemporary citron crushed morocco by Bumpus, signed on front turn-in, slightly damp-stained at foot of spine and adjacent return, raised bands, gilt lettered direct in second and third compartments, remainder gilt panelled, covers panelled with onlays, gilt fillets, and dotted rolls, single fillets on edges and turn-ins, folio, contained in original half morocco solander box, worn, with upper side etached Provenance: The current owner is the great grandson of the artist. Limited edition of 100 copies, this unnumbered and annotated both in ink and pencil by Vickers 'Specially bound Volume for "The Author" V.C. Vickers', with the author's monogram and date 1913 also in ink, and pencilled address 'Newsells Park, Royston, Herts' in the author's hand. Vickers, an accomplished artist and noted humourist, who had a particular penchant for drawing birds, apparently pioneered the use of the word 'Google' decades before it became the name of a well-known search engine. In his book the Google monster sleeps in a pool in a beautiful garden by day, and preys on the various fantastical birds of Google land by night. His ingenious illustrations, with their accompanying witty verses, have titles such as: Great Skull-Headed Ston Trot, The Gogo (or Camel Bird), The Whatnot, The Little Gadwot, The Great McDoo or Dewar Bird, The Shivver-Doodle, The Flabbytoes, The Lemonsqueezer and The Soft-Nosed Wollop. (1)

Nonesuch Press. The Works of Shakespeare. The Text of the First Folio with Quarto Variants and Selection of Modern Readings, edited by Herbert Farjeon, 7 volumes, New York, 1929-33, top edge gilt, remainder uncut, original niger morocco gilt, a little rubbed, 8vo Limited edition, 1305/1600 copies. (7)

Gregynog Press. The Revelation of Saint John the Divine, published by Gregynog Press, Tregynon, Newtown, Powys, 1932, wood engraved illustrations by Blair Hughes-Stanton, including several full-page, text in red & black, original red calf, title and device in blind to upper cover, spine slightly faded and corners lightly rubbed, folio Limited edition 75/250 on Japanese vellum. (1)

Churchill (Sir Winston). Divi Britannici: Being a Remark Upon the Lives of all the Kings of this Isle, from the Year of the World 2855 unto the Year of Grace 1660, London: Printed by Tho. Roycroft, 1675, title in red & black & with engraved vignette (small archival tissue repair to lower blank margin), numerous engraved armorials to text, repaired closed tear & loss to fore-edge of leaf Dd, repaired closed tears to Dd4 & Ee4, dust-soiling and occasional marks, front blank lined to verso and with contemporary signature N. Roger 1674, endpapers renewed, contemporary calf, rebacked and corners repaired, folio Wing C4275. (1)