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Les Sports Modernes. Two bound folio volumes of this monthly French society magazine for the years (January to December) 1906 and 1908, each illustrating many sports but significantly including general motoring, motor racing and social scenes. The large format lends itself to full-page motoring art, advertisements and racing scenes, some in colour by artists like Cecil Aldin and SEM (Georges Goursat) Also included is a single copy of the magazine for February 1907, with a pictorial article about coach-built cars. Quarter-bound in morocco with gilt titles on the spines, bound intact with colour covers and advertisements, cropped. (3)

The Automobile Engineer: A Technical Journal Devoted to the Theory and Practice of Automobile Construction. Four folio-size hardbound volumes (mixed bindings), containing the issues for Vol 1 (1910/11), Vol 2 (1912) Vol 6 (1916), 1914 (Vol IV), 1915 (Vol 5) and 1918 to 1920 inclusive (Vols VIII to X). All the bindings are a little rubbed and worn, especially the spines, those for 1918 and 1920 being in the original publisher's blue cloth with gilt lettering to the front covers and spines. The volumes for 1914 and 1920 have copy title pages and index pages loosely inserted. All are clean and sound internally, with numerous text figures, diagrams, tables, photographic illustrations and other folding illustrations. Also included in the lot is a 67-page article reprinted from a contemporary 1916(?) issue of The Automobile Engineer, hardbound in recent black cloth with gilt lettering to the spine, entitled: Enemy Aircraft Engines: Detailed Descriptions of Certain of the Engines in Use and The German Aeroplane Engine Trials. AF (9)

La France Automobile: Organe de L'Automobilisme et des Industries qui s'y Rattachent. Four hardbound folio-sized volumes (mixed bindings) holding four years' worth of issues of this Parisian weekly motoring journal. French text. Well-illustrated with text figures, cartoons, maps, and monochrome photographs. Bound without the magazine covers and advertisements. The collection comprises: 1899 (Fourth Year of Publication) in a modern brown cloth binding, with 'La France Automobile 1899' in gilt on the spine and index at the end of the volume; 1901 (6th Year), in contemporary panelled red buckram (rubbed) with gilt lettering, including title page and index; 1902 (7th Year), half-leather with marbled boards (rubbed), with issue No. 25 and the index pages present in bound-in photocopy, photocopies of pages 795/6 loosely inserted, and some neat marginal repairs to other pages; and 1907 (12th Year), in a half-leather binding with black boards (rubbed), the spine embossed and banded, with gilt lettering and decoration, and with title page and index. Also included with the lot are three loose issues from 1898, namely those for 7 Mai, 18 Juin, and 19 Novembre, including the advertisement pages, and each in a clear plastic sleeve (7)

The Car Illustrated - Volumes 1 to 5. Five folio hardbound volumes in publisher's dark green cloth bindings with gilt lettering and decoration to the front covers and spines holding the weekly issues of this well-illustrated journal, edited by The Hon. John Scott Montagu, M.P., bound without the covers/advertisement pages but with a frontispiece, title page and index pages at the front of each volume, from Vol. 1, No. 1, May 28, 1902 to Vol. 5, No. 65, August 19, 1903. The bindings are worn to varying degrees; for example, Volume 1 has only slightly rubbed covers, whilst Volume 5's covers are very worn and the front and rear hinges are badly cracked. All issues plus supplements appear to be present and the contents are generally clean and sound, with the exception of Volume 5, where there is some damp-staining to some issues. (5)

Grand Album Illustre de L'Industrie Automobile. Three folio (15 1/2 x 11 3/4-inches) hardback volumes containing modern copies of the three annual volumes issued by the Automobile Club de France for 1900, 1901 and 1902, and originally edited by Huguet & Minart, Paris. Each volume is recently half-bound in dark green cloth to the spine and cover corners, the covers being in maroon cloth with gilt lettering and embossed with the Automobile Club de France emblem in gilt. Each volume is very well-illustrated, with much of the printed text in tri-lingual French, English and German format. The 1900 volume has 128 pages, 1901 144 pages and 1902 116 pages. Also included with the lot is a dis-bound quantity of original pages from all three volumes, many in very poor, fragmentary and damp-stained condition, between the worn original front and back boards of the 1901 album. (4)

La France Automobile (1896 to 1906): Organe de L'Automobilisme et des Industries qui s'y Rattachent. Eleven hardbound folio-sized volumes (mixed bindings) holding eleven years' worth of issues of this Parisian weekly motoring journal. French text. The collection comprises: 1896 (the First Year of Publication) through to 1906 (the Eleventh Year of Publication). Generally bound without the covers or advertisements and with the year's index at the back of the volume, the exceptions being the 1896 Volume, which includes the covers, and the 1897 Volume, which has the Index for 1896 (absent from the 1896 Volume) bound in at the back instead of the Index for 1897, and the 1904 Volume, which has a photocopied index loosely inserted at the back of the volume, together with a copy of the missing page 857. The 1899 Volume includes advertisements. A couple of pages in the first volume have had sections cut out, and there are neat marginal repairs to a few pages and foxing to the first few pages. There is no right-hand half to pages 719/720 of the 1901 Volume. Apart from the faults mentioned, the volumes appear to be complete and generally clean and sound. As the years pass, the issues become more substantial, from 8 pages per issue in 1896 to 16 per issue in 1906. The number of illustrations increase, becoming progressively more well-illustrated with text figures, cartoons, maps, and monochrome photographs. (11)

Internal Combustion Engineering. Volume II. January, 1912 - December, 1912. A single folio-size hardback volume (34 x 25cm), re-cased some years ago, using the rather shabby original covers and spine, the gilt lettering to the latter being faded. Some weakness to the front and rear hinges. Internally generally quite clean and sound, however, with the year's index following the title page. The work's sub-title is: Devoted to the Construction, Development, and Application of Modern Prime Movers, and Incorporating The Automobile Engineer. The issues from No. 20 to No. 35 are all present (516 pp), together with the four full-page supplementary plates, a double-page supplementary chart of Diameter Increments for Bevel Gears and a twelve-page photographic supplement at the back of the volume entitled 'Motor Ships of the Year'. The volume is profusely illustrated with black-and-white photographs, text figures and diagrams. (1)

Histoire de la Locomotion Terrestre. A folio-size (38.5 x 29cm) hardback volume, with marbled board covers and a red cloth spine with silver lettering (cover edges rubbed), sub-titled: La Locomotion Naturelle, L'Attelage - La Voiture, Le Cyclisme, La Locomotion Mecanique, L'Automobile, the text and documentation being by Baudry de Saunier, Charles Dollfus, and Edgar de Geoffroy. French text, profusely illustrated in black-and-white and colour, including photographs, art works, text figures, drawings and several tipped-in full-page colour plates. Mottled green-patterned end-papers, 464 pages in all, published by Editions Saint-Georges and L'Illustration, 1935, 1st ed. A sound and clean copy internally. (1)

Grand Prix Suisse, by A. Cimarosti. An excellent hardback copy in heavy-duty slipcase of the 1st ed of the mammoth work by Cimarosti, edited by Albert Obrist, with a dual German and French text, published by Hallwag Verlag, Bern & Stuttgart, 1992. A small folio-sized volume (34 x 25cm) with embossed black cloth covers and 'Grand Prix Suisse' in block capital silver lettering to the spine. 624 pages, profusely illustrated with black-and-white and colour photographs. (1)

The Car Illustrated. A Weekly Journal of Travel by Land, Sea & Air, edited by the Hon. John Scott Montagu, volumes 1-7 only, 1902-04, numerous illustrations from photographs, commercial adverts, etc., title-page and index bound in at front of each volume, original gilt-decorated green cloth, slightly rubbed and minor nicks to extremities, folio A nice run of this important and early motoring journal. (7) NB: Please note the estimate has been revised

Ferrari (Enzo, 1898-1988). Le briglie del successo, Bologna, [1970], photographically illustrated throughout, embossed library stamp of Bob Charlesworth to title upper outer corner, signed by Ferrari in purple ink to title and limitation stamp 3057 of an unspecified number to title verso, original cloth in dust jacket, a little rubbed and marked, spine faded, small folio (1)

LETAROUILLY (PAUL) Edifices de Rome Moderne.., vols. I & II (of 3), Liege 1843-53, large folio, numerous architectural plates, some dust staining and occasional spotting, some corners with damp stain, repaired half calf; BELTRAMI (L) Roma, 1925, large 4to, numbered copy, numerous plates after G. Mentessi, cloth; PUGIN & HEATH, Paris and its Environs, 1829, 4to, numerous plates, tissue guards, occasional foxing, worn half calf (4)

A Survey With Maps Folio Volume John Trafford Esq, Surveyed By William Bennet 1782. Documentary Ledger dated For 1782, Title Page Reads "A Survey with maps of the townships of Barton, Stretford, Hough, Chorley, and Morley, in the counties of Lancaster and Chester, belonging to John Trafford, Esq Surveyed by Wm. Bennet, 1782" First 11 pages Contain "Abstract of the Book " arranged in columns, The rest of the book contains more detailed Lists with plans on parchment.

Three volumes - The National Shakespeare - facsimiles of the text of the first folio in 1623. Huge 16" by 11" books weighing almost 4 Kg each! First editions published by William Mackenzie of London and illustrated by Sir J Noel Paton, RSA. Marked NAT 1564 and Obit 1616 on the front board. The rough cut pages are in very good condition, but the spine and corners have been bumped.

The bible, designed to be read as literature. Edited and arranged by Ernest Sutherland Bates. A 1970 publication by the Folio Society with several illustrations. In slip case.

Folio Edition - 'Tam O'Shanter' by Robert Burns - 1804

A folio of Vanity Fair Spy prints and a St. Stephen's Review of Cartoons 1887.

A large folio of photographs taken during the filming of "The Battle of Britian" at Duxford and North Weald airfields.

Sir David Wilkie: pencil sketch, view of the fortifications of the Fort St Elmo Grand Harbour Valetta Malta, Folio Fine Art Ltd label verso, 6 3/4" x 11", in silvered strip frame

A selection of Folio Society and other books

William L.Shiver, The Rise and Fall of the Third Reich (London, Folio Society) black boards, silver banding to the spine, complete with slipcase, four volume set

Koff (T). Gambar-Gambar Akan Peladjaran Dan Kasoekan Anak-Anak dan iboe-bapanja nederlandsche-indcheprenten chromolithograph title, some damage to top left, repaired to verso, 24 chromolithograph plates, plate 15 with tear and repair to top edge, modern calf-backed boards, oblong folio, n.d. n.p.. [Linden]*(1879).

Talbot Kelly (R.B).The Way of Birds, INSCRIBED BY THE AUTHOR, publisher's cloth, light soiling, folio, 1937.

Nicoll (Michael) and Col. R. Meinertzhagen Birds of Egypt 2 vol., portrait frontispiece, illustrations, plates, many colour and folding colour maps, original cloth, uncut, folio, 1930.

Dugdale (William). The Antiquities of Warwickshire. Illustrated..., title in red and black, engraved portrait frontispiece, five folding maps and ten engraved plates, numerous illustrations throughout, contemporary ink ownership signatures on title, sellotape repairs to I3 3G4, 4N2 and E542N, closed unrepaired tear to MM2, contemporary calf, worn, spine split but holding by it's strings, boards loose, folio, T. Warren, 1656.

Folio of artwork, oils, watercolours, various eras and artists, to include screen print portrait and landscapes, (qty)

Ainslie (Sir Robert, and Mayer, Luigi). A Selection of the most Interesting of Sir Robert Ainslie's celebrated Collection of Views in Turkey in Europe and in Asia, Syria, Sicily, The Eolian Islands, Temple of Diana at Ephesus &c. &c. published R.Bowyer, 1812, printed title with slight spotting, list of contents and twenty-four (complete) aquatint plates with contemporary hand colouring, including one folding (Constantinople), short repaired closed tear to one plate, not affecting image, bookplate of James Hunter Esq., contemporary half calf, boards detached, lacking spine, heavily worn and rubbed, slim folio (1)

Bearn (Louis Hector de). [Quelques souvenirs d'une campagne en Turquie, published Paris, 1839], lacking title, dedication and introduction leaf, sixty-two (complete) lithographic plates each with a printed page of explanatory text, water stained throughout, contemporary half morocco, lacking spine, boards detached, heavily rubbed and worn, folio Attabey 77. (1)

Boys (Thomas Shotter). Picturesque Architecture in Paris, Ghent, Antwerp, Rouen, drawn from nature on stone, published Thomas Boys, 1839, decorative lithographic title, dedication, twenty-seven colour printed lithographic scenes on twenty-five sheets (complete), each with paper guard, some spotting throughout, ownership signature to front endpaper, contemporary morocco gilt with decorative device to upper board, rubbed, frayed and worn, folio Abbey Travel 33. (1)

Denon (Dominique Vivant, Baron). Planches du Voyage dans la Basse et la Haute Egypte, [1802], title page a little stained, engraved folding map with long closed tears, sixty-one uncoloured engraved plates (only of 110), some plates with closed tears, some water staining, contemporary half calf, boards deatched, heavily worn and frayed, upright folio Sold as a collection of plates, not subject to return. (1)

Francis (Charles Richard). Sketches of Native Life in India, with Views in Rajpootana, Simla, etc., 1st edition, 1848, 22 tinted lithographed plates, 4 pp. list of subscribers and printed slip (detached) at rear, closed tear and brown stain to blank upper outer corner of all 3 preliminary leaves, text leaves uniformly browned, some old damp staining to foremargins of plates touching some printed caption details, original cloth with printed paper label to upper cover, rubbed and slightly marked, small loss at head and foot of spine, folio Not in Abbey. (1)

Fraser (James Baillie). Views in the Himala Mountains, Rodwell & Martin, 1820, hand-coloured aquatint title and 20 fine hand-coloured aquatint plates by Robert Havell & Son after J.B. Fraser, versos with brushstroke marks from old adhesion, all plates reguarded at gutter margins, occasional small wormholes to margins, several plates with archival marginal repairs: plate VIII (Valley of Jumna) with longer closed tear repaired to right margin, plate XII (Assemblage of Hillmen) with small repaired tear to lower left corner, not affecting image, plate XV (Temple of Mangnee) with repaired long vertical crease to left side of the image, plate XVII (Junction of the Touse) with two small repaired patches to left hand blank margin, not affecting image, and plate XX (Jumnotree the Source of the River Jumna) with minor repairs to blank margins, plates interleaved with good quality thick wove paper, modern red half morocco gilt, upper cover with red morocco gilt label, sheet size 675 x 485 mm, elephant folio Provenance: Penelope Chetwode, Lady Betjeman (1910-1986), manuscript note at front presenting the book to her friend John Nankivell (b. 1941, architectural artist), in memory of their first Himalayan Temple trek, April-September 1971. Abbey Travel 498. "Among the finest aquatints of mountain scenery ever produced" (Godrej & Rohatgi). Rarely found complete. James Baillie Fraser (1783-1856) was a Scottish traveller and artist, who, following the end of the war with Nepal in 1815 travelled with his brother William to the Himalayas, spending two months exploring the region. They became the first Europeans to reach the sources of the Jumna and Ganges rivers. Tutored by the artist George Chinnery, Fraser was encouraged by William Havell to publish his sketches upon his return to Calcutta. Fraser's account of his travels was separately published as 'Journal of a Tour through Part of the Snowy Range of the Himala Mountains, and to the Sources of the Rivers Jumna and Ganges', with a map in the same year. "It is interesting, also, that Rodwell and Martin take the pains to say that the work is uniform with the Daniell (1795-1807) and the Salt (1809), neither of which folios was published by them." (Abbey). (1)

Heylyn (Peter). Cosmography in Four Books. Containing the Chorography and History of the Whole World, and all the Principal Kingdoms, Provinces, Seas, and Isles thereof, 1674, letterpress title printed in red and black (laid down with tear and loss, detaching), four folding engraved maps of Europe, Asia, Africa and America (showing California as an island), trimmed with some loss, Europe with small repair to verso, bound without the additional engraved title and imprimatur leaf, some occasional soiling, York Public Library bookplates, contemporary half calf, upper cover detached, rubbed, folio Sold with all faults not subject to return. (1)

Paper. A large bound ledger of blank paper, circa 1795, approximately eight-five sheets of lined laid paper, slight dust soiling, marbled endpapers, contemporary diced gilt calf with armorial device of Charle Stanhope, 3rd Earl of Harrington (1753 - 1829) to upper siding, two brass clasps, rubbed and worn, large folio, binding measures 765 x 665 mm Paper watermarked 'James Whatman, Turkey Mill, Kent, 1794'. (1)

Oliver (Vere Langford). The History of the Island of Antigua, one of the Leeward Caribbees in the West Indies, from the Earliest Settlement in 1635 to the Present Time, 3 volumes, 1894, maps and illustrations, hinges cracking in volumes I & II, top edges gilt, original cloth gilt, joints and edges a little rubbed, a few stains, folio Limited edition, 31/150 signed by the publisher. (3)

Prout (Samuel & Harding, J. D.). One hundred and four Views of Switzerland and Italy adapted to Illustrate Byron, Rogers, Eustace and other works on Italy, 2 volumes, published Jennings and Chaplin, 1833, decorative frontispiece and title to each volume, contents list to volume one only, 104 (complete) uncoloured engraved views by Allen, Brandard, Fisher, Goodall and others, after Prout and Harding, each with tissue guard, some spotting and water staining throughout, yellow chalk-glazed endpapers, some damp staining to front pastedowns and endpapers, upper hinge in volume 1 cracked, upper hinge in volume 2 broken, all edges gilt, contemporary half morocco gilt, rubbed and worn, folio The large paper edition of the Landscape Annuals for 1830, 1831, 1832 and 1833. (2)

Verner (Captain Willoughby). Sketches in the Soudan, 2nd edition, 1886, 37 colour lithographed plates, colour map, subscribers list at front, publisher's list at end (with some waterstains), recent cloth, original front panel relaid to upper cover, oblong folio (1)

Catlin (George). Drawings of The North American Indians, 1st Edition, New York, 1984, numerous monochrome illustrations, original gilt decorated brown half morocco to grey cloth in slipcase, large 8vo, together with Curtis (Edward), In a Sacred Manner We Live, 1st edition, USA, 1972, numerous monochrome plates, original blue cloth in price clipped dust jacket, covers slightly marked, and rubbed to head and foot, large 8vo, and Truettner (William H.), The Natural Man Observed: A Study of Catlin's Indian Gallery, 1st edition, Washington D.C., 1979, numerous colour and monochrome illusrtations, original brown cloth in dust jacket, covers slightly toned and marked, 4to, plus 36 further volumes of modern Native American art reference and related, mostly original cloth in dust jackets, G/VG, 8vo/folio (39)

Feder (Norman). American Indian Art, 1971, numerous colour and monochrome illustrations, original gilt decorated red cloth in dust jacket, covers rubbed with minor loss to head and foot, oblong 4to, together with Dyck (Paul), Brule', The Sioux People of the Rosebud, 1st edition, Arizona, 1971, numerous monochrome illustrations, plus colour frontispiece, original black cloth in dust jacket, covers slightly rubbed and chipped to head and foot, 4to, and Cordy (Donald, Dorothy & David), Mexican Indian Costumes, 1st edition, 1968, numerous monochrome illustrations, original red cloth in dust jacket, minor tears to head and foot, large 8vo, plus 32 further volumes of modern Native American art reference and related, mostly original cloth in dust jackets, G/VG, 8vo/folio (35)

Herrera (Antonio de). Historia General de las Indias Ocidentales, & de los Hechos de los Castellanos en las Islas y Tierra Firme del Mar Oceano, volumes I, II & IV only (of 4), Antwerp, 1728, four engraved titles (one repaired), 26 engraved plates and portraits, one double-page engraved map, volume I lacking some text leaves at end, several portraits detached (two with tears and small loss), some light water stains and soiling, contemporary calf, one cover detached, rubbed, folio, together with Historia General de los Hechos de los Castellanos en las Islas y Tierra Firme del Mar Oceano, volumes 2-5 only (of 8) in 2 volumes, Madrid, 1726, four engraved titles, engraved headpieces, several leaves detached, occasional light water stains, contemporary half calf, lacking spines, covers rubbed and detached, folio Sabin 31545 & 31546 respectively. Sold with all faults not subject to return. (5)

Indiana Historical Society. Walam Olum, or Red Score, The Migration Legend of The Lenni Lenape or Delaware Indians, Indianopolis, 1954, monochrome illustrations, original red cloth to black cloth spine, 8vo, together with Damas (David, editor), Handbook of North American Indians, volume 5, Arctic, Smithsonian Institute, USA, 1984, numerous monochrome illustrations, original grey cloth, 8vo, and Dillon (Richard H.), North American Indian Wars, 1st edition, 1983, numerous colour and monochrome illustrations, original red cloth in dust jacket, covers slightly marked, large 8vo, plus other modern Native & North American historical reference and related, including broken runs of Wisconsin Historical Review, Kansas Historical Review, Mississippi Valley Historical Review, mostly orignal cloth, many in dust jackets, G/VG, 8vo/folio (6 shelves + a carton)

Nelson (John Louw). Rhythm for Rain, 1st edition, Riverside Press, Boston, 1937, 54 monochrome illustrations, original black cloth in dust jacket, covers rubbed with minor loss, 8vo, together with MacCreagh (Gordon), White Waters and Black, 1st edition, USA, 1926, 13 monochrome illustrations, original green cloth, spine slightly rubbed, 8vo, and Winter (George), The Journals and Indian Paintings Of, 1st edition, USA, 1948, 30 colour and monochrome plates, original gilt decorated blue cloth to cream spine, plus approximately 130 further volumes of Native & North American history and literature, mostly original cloth, some in dust jackets, G/VG, 8vo/folio (approx. 135)

Blaeu (Johannes). Geographiae Blavianae volumen quintum quo Anglia quae est Europae liber undecimus continetur, published Amsterdam, 1662, additional decorative title page, fifty-eight (complete as list) uncoloured engraved maps, all double page except the Isle of Man which is single page, Latin text on verso of maps and throughout, index bound at rear, 394 pps., appears to lack preface and list of Kings and queens, slight spotting throughout, later endpapers, nineteenth century quarter sheep with vellum tipped corners, marbled paper sidings, rubbed and worn at extremities, folio Chubb LXIII. (1)

Blome (Richard). Britannia: or a Geographical Description of the Kingdoms of England, Scotland and Ireland with the Isles and Territories thereto belonging....., 2 parts in one volume, 1st edition, published Thomas Roycroft for the Undertaker, Richard Blome, 1673, title page with near contemporary ownership signature, front endpaper near detached, dedication to Charles II, preface and list of subcribers, 806 engraved coats of arms, folding engraved map of the British Isles, the British Isles, forty-eight uncoloured double page engraved maps including five folding (North Wales, South Wales, Scotland, Ireland and British Islands) and one single page map of London (complete as list), occasioanl slight creasing, book plate of Gloddaeth Library to front paste down, upper hinge cracked. near contemporary mottled calf with an elaborate gilt decorated spine with contrasting red gilt morocco label, a little worn at head and foot of spine, bumped and a little rubbed, folio William Nicholson, the Bishop of Carlise condemned Blome's Britannia 'as a most entire theft out of Camden and Speed'. As most cartographers borrowed from the works of earlier atlases this is somewhat harsh and certainly overlooks the fact that Blome's maps have a charming naivety which has never been replicated. Chubb XCIX, Skelton 90. (1)

Buck (Samuel & Nathaniel). An untitled collection of engraved city panoramas and topographical views, 1732 - 1734, eleven uncoloured engraved city panoramas and sixty-one engraved views of abbeys, castles and monuments, mostly in south west England, the panoramas have an additional fold at base of image, some with marginal closed tears affecting text, occasional slight offsetting, marbled endpapers, upper board near detached, contemporary speckled calf with gilt decorated borders to boards, 19th century gilt decorated spine, rubbed and worn, oblong folio The panoramas consist of:- Hereford, Reading, Gloucester, Salisbury, South East and North West prospects of Bristol, Bath, Wells, Winchester and West and South West prospects of Exeter. (1)

Buck (Samuel & Nathaniel). An untitled collection of fifty-one engraved city panoramas, 1734 - 1743, fifty-one uncoloured engraved city and town prospects and panoramas, and one engaved view of Bristol High Cross, very occasional spotting, Salisbury bound in upside down, later ink manuscript list to front endpapers, book plate of Sir Robert Grosvenor of Eaton Hall, near contemporary gilt speckled calf, upper board detached, heavily worn and frayed, oblong folio The panoramas consist of :- Reading, St. Michael's Mount from the South West, St. Michael's Mount from the South East, Exeter from the South West, Exeter from the West, Plymouth from the North East, Plymouth from the West, Colchester, Gloucester, Winchester, Hereford, Deptford, Greewich, Woolwich, Gravesend, Sheerness, Chatham, Rochester, Maidstone, Canterbury, Dover, Norwich from the South East, Norwich from the North East, Lynn-Regis (Kings Lynn), Yarmouth, Northampton, Peterborough, Lincoln, Stamford, Oxford, Shrewsbury, Bridgenorth, Bristol from the North West, Bristol from the South East, Bath, Wells, Burton-upon-Trent, Lichfield, Ipswich, St Edmunds Bury, Guildford, Chichester, Warwick, Coventry, Birmingham, Salisbury, Worcester, Cambridge, Ely, Nottingham [and] Leicester. (1)

Camden (William). Britannia: or a Chorographical Description of Great Britain and Ireland, together with the Adjacent islands..., 2 volumes, 2nd edition, 1722, titles printed in red and black, engraved portrait frontispiece, ten engraved plates of coins, 51 (complete) double page engraved maps by Robert Morden, including two folding (Kent & Norfolk), Britannia Saxonica & Herefordshire loosely inserted, possibly supplied from another copy, Sussex with short repaired closed tear, map of Nottinghamshire with some creasing, two or three small paper repairs, near-contemporary gilt and blind-panelled calf, joints splitting, rubbed and scuffed, folio Chubb CXV. Maps are good dark impressions with large margins. (2)

Camden (William). Britannia: or a Chorographical Description of the Flourishing Kingdoms of England, Scotland and Ireland and the Islands Adjacent..., Enlarged by the latest discoveries by Richard Gough, 14 volumes, published John Nichols & others, 1789, portrait frontispiece, title, half titles and dedication, additional titles to volume 7 and 11, ninety-four uncoloured engraved plates of coins and antiquities (including eight double page), and fifty-two double page and five single page engraved maps by John Cary, a few maps with sparse colouring highlighting the roads, occasional spotting and offsetting, numerous additional blanks bound in to the front of each volume, volume six with additional pencil annotations to front blanks and volume 10 with additional ink annotations to front blanks, occasional ink marginalia to volume 10, uniform contemporary red half morocco, rubbed and worn, upper board on volume 14 detached, folio (14)

Drayton (Michael). Poly-Olbion. A Chorographicall Deescription of all the Tracts, Rivers, Mountains, Forests and other parts of this renowned Isle of Great Britain..., 3rd issue, part one only, London: John Marriott, John Grismand and Thomas Dewe, 1622, decorative engraved title by W.Hole, additional letterpress title, 'Upon the Frontispice' leaf present, dedication to the Prince of Wales with engraved portrait 'Henricus Princeps', four leaves 'To the Generall Reader', four leaves of tables, eighteen uncoloured engraved allegorical maps by W.Hole, the maps with unusually large margins, later endpapers, modern Cambridge panel, folio This copy has the letterpress title describing the second book but the additional twelve poems and maps are not present. The final leaf has 'Finis' and lacks the catch word for the next song. It may have been published before the second book was ready but the binder included the new title page. (1)

Green (Mowbray A.). The Eighteenth Century Architecture of Bath, Bath: George Gregory, 1902, numerous black & white plates, plans and illustrations (some mounted and few folding), with vellum presentation notice to front free endpaper written in black & red ink 'presented to Charles N. Knight M.A. by the President, Committee, Members, and Associates of the Bath Society of Artists in recognition of his services as Honorary Secretary and Treasurer..., December 1942', dark green morocco hinges, top edge gilt, remainder untrimmed, contemporary dark green half morocco gilt, upper cover marked, large folio, (large paper copy, with pencil note 'only 25 done'), together with Britton (John), The History and Antiquities of Bath Abbey Church, 1825, additional engraved title, nine engraved plates (including frontispiece), occasional spotting, edges untrimmed, modern half calf, 8vo, with Page (John Lloyd Warden), An Exploration of Exmoor and the Hill Country of West Somerset, 1890, etched plates, occasional spotting, top edge gilt, remainder untrimmed, original quarter morocco with gilt blocked image to upper board, rebacked, 8vo, (limited edition 134/250), plus one other Bath related (4)

Gregson (Matthew). Portfolio, Second Edition, with Additions, of Fragments, Relative to the History and Antiquities of the County Palatine and Duchy of Lancaster, 3 parts in one, Liverpool, 1824, engraved portrait frontispiece, folding map (with closed tear) and plan, engraved plates and illustrations, folding pedigree, a little light spotting, previous owmer signature, all edges gilt, contemporary unique black morocco, upper cover with gilt arms related text within a stylised shield, a little rubbed, scuff marks, folio (1)

Herdman (William Gawin). Pictorial Relics of Ancient Liverpool. Accompanied with descriptions of the antique buildings etc., subscriber's copy, published by the author, 1856, additional lithographic pictorial title, forty-eight (complete as list) tinted lithographic plates, including three folding panoramic views, each with tissue guard, some spotting throughout, ownership signatures to first front blank, all edges gilt, publisher's morocco with gilt armorial designs to front and rear boards, upper board near detached, rubbed and worn, folio Abbey Scenery. 202. (1)

Hofland (Barbara Hoole). A Descriptive Account of the Mansion and Gardens of White-Knights, a Seat of His Grace the Duke of Marlborough, privately printed for the Duke of Marlborough, [1819], 23 etched and aquatint plates on india paper, wide margins, some spotting, all edges gilt, contemporary gilt-decorated morocco, rubbed, folio (415 x 320mm) Abbey Scenery 425. (1)

Manning (Owen & William Bray). The History and Antiquities of the County of Surrey; Compiled from the best and most Authentic Historians, Valuable Records, and Manuscripts in the Public Offices and Libraries, and in Private Hands, 3 volumes, 1804-14, double-page engraved map, 73 engraved plates, 13 facsimile Domesday leaves, mezzotint portrait of Sir Henry Fletcher close-trimmed at fore margin, some offsetting and scattered spotting, all edges gilt, contemporary calf gilt, neatly rebacked, folio Upcott pages 1209-1216. Large paper copy. (3)

Nash (Treadway Russell). Collections for the History of Worcestershire, 2 volumes, 1st edition, [London]: Printed by John Nichols, 1781-1782, additional engraved title to volume 1, folding county map, seventy-three full-page engraved maps and plates only (of 76), eighteen folding pedigrees and engraved illustrations to the text, fifteen leaves from an 18th century facsimile of the Worcestershire section of the Domesday book (including two related engraved dedication leaves), occasional spotting and offsetting, 2, title to each volume with signature of Wm. Henry Lyttelton to upper blank margin, front free endpaper inscribed "To Slade Baker Esqr. from his faithful & obliged friend Lyttelton, Hagley, Novr. 21. 1828", contemporary diced calf (with bookseller's label of Reynolds & Son, 137 Oxford Street to upper pastedown), gilt decorated spines, boards detached and some wear, folio Upcott vol. III, p.1330-1337. William Henry Lyttelton, 3rd Baron Lyttelton (1782-1837) of Hagley Hall, Worcestershire was a Whig politician and Member of Parliament for Worcestershire. He was the son of William Henry Lyttelton, 1st Baron Lyttelton (Colonial Governor of South Carolina from 1756-1760). He married Lady Sarah Spencer, daughter of George John, 2nd Earl Spencer in 1813. Lady Sarah was for a time governess to the children of Queen Victoria and a Lady of the Bedchamber. (2)

Prout (J.S.). Antiquities of Chester, published Ackermann & Co. in London and Boult & Catherall in Chester, circa 1840, decorative lithographic title, twenty lithographic plates, slight spotting throughout, later endpapers, publisher's gilt cloth with gilt title to upper board, re-backed, bumped and worn at extremities, folio (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)

Thoroton (Robert). The Antiquities of Nottinghamshire, extracted out of records, original evidences, leiger books, other manuscripts, and authentick authorities, 1st edition, printed by Robert White, for Henry Mortlock, 1677, title printed in red and black, imprimatur leaf bound in after title (both leaves relined), folding county map (with some early marginal annotations in pale brown ink), eight etched plates of coats of arms printed back-to-back, plus a further etched slip (containing one line of coats of arms only), sixteen engraved plates, including views, plans, etc., many folding, numerous etched illustrations to text, all by W. Hollar and R. Hall, Southwell Church plate with split to centre of one fold, leaf Rr3 with lower blank outer corner missing (not affecting text), leaves Uu3-4 with lower blank outer corners repaired, a few minor archival repairs to folds and margins, Newark Church folding plate repaired and relined and with some light spotting and a small handling corner tear without loss, marbled endpapers, all edges gilt, 20th century antique-style gilt-decorated red morocco by A. Price, Oxford, folio Upcott 1047-1051; Wing w1063. Attractive copy. (1)

Wales. Camden (William), [Britannia..., 1722], lacking? title, three uncoloured engraved maps by Robert Morden (North Wales, South Wales and Monmouthshire) and seventy-eight pages of text, 19th century half calf, upper board detached, rubbed and worn, slim folio, together with Lewis (Samuel), A Topographical Dictionary of Wales..., 2 volumes (bound in one), 1834, folding uncoloured engraved map of Wales and twelve uncoloured engraved maps of Welsh counties, some staining and browning, contemporary half morocco gilt, worn at extremities, quarto, with Woodward (B.B.),The History of Wales from the Earliest Times, 2 volumes, 1854, additional half title, numerous engraved plates, bold ink ownership signature to verso of frontispiece in volume two, contemporary half sheep, rubbed and worn 8vo, plus Gastineau (Henry),Wales Illustrated in a Series of Views..., circa 1830, decorative title and numerous uncoloured engraved plates each with tissue guard, contemporary half calf with gilt decorated spine, rubbed and worn at extremities, large 8vo, with another seven volumes similar on Welsh topography, various sizes and condition Sold as a collection of plates and maps, not subject to return. (13)

Wright (James). The History and Antiquities of the County of Rutland..., 1st edition, published Bennet Griffin, Christopher Wilkinson & Samuel Keble, 1684, title printed in red & black, dedication and preface, folding engraved map by Robert Morden, illustrations and heraldic coats of arms to text throughout, errata printed at end of index, retaining original endpapers but with additional later marbled endpapers, 20th century gilt panelled calf with contrasting morocco labels to spine by A.Price of Oxford, upper board a little faded, slim upright folio Wing W3696. (1)