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Folio Society. The Novels of Anthony Trollope, 38 volumes (of 48), circa 1990, The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire, volumes 1-8, by Edward Gibbon, 1983, The Quest for Corvo, by A.J.A. Symons, 1992, The First Colonists, Hakluyt's Voyages to North America, by A.L. Rowse, 1986, together with a further 34 volumes, all original cloth, all but 3 volumes in slipcases, G/VG, 8vo/folio (81)

Politics. A large autograph album containing autograph letters, signatures and free fronts, etc., for Members of Parliament, circa 1868-82, mostly mounted as multiples to rectos of approximately 140 numbered leaves with neat ink biographical notes and information written to pages facing, a total of several hundred autographs, hinges broken and contents loose, in original half morocco gilt, spine gilt-titled 'Autographs XVI. House of Commons 1868-', somewhat worn, folio (45 x 32 cm), together with a further Victorian autograph album including signatures of King George III, Queen Victoria, George Cruikshank, Henry Irving, prime ministers Portland, Salisbury and Palmerston, sketches, drawings, crests from envelopes, silhouettes, cartes de visite, a musical quotation by M.W. Balfe, brief autograph letter signed from Mary Tourtel, a certificate signed by G.S. Nares as Captain of the Challenger, 1872, etc., contemporary leather-backed wooden boards including carved upper cover design of foliage, some wear, 4to (2)

Scrap albums. Two scrap albums, mid 19th century, one folio album containing approximately seventy engravings, watercolours and lithographs of French, Swiss and British topographical views, partially excised, binding worn and frayed, folio, with one other containing approximately 150 engravings and lithographs of French, Swiss and British topographical views and also a few religous and genre engravings, partially excised, binding worn and frayed, oblong folio (2)

Gueguen (Pierre). Ko et Ko, les deux esquimaux, Images de Vieira da Silva, Texte de Pierre Gueguen, 1st edition, Paris, 1933, 12 full-page colour pochoir illustrations to rectos with text printed to versos, some marginal toning, largely to text pages, some slightly indistinct red and pink crayon scribblings to rear endpaper, one additional colour pochoir sheet (of 2) of figures to be cut out loosely inserted, slightly frayed along inner margin, contemporary pencil inscription to front pastedown, original linen-backed boards with pictorial upper cover, somewhat rubbed and soiled with some visible mostly pencil marks, somewhat worse to lower outer board, oblong folio One of 300 copies. (1)

Izzard (Sebastian, editor). One Hundred Masterpieces from The Collection of Dr. Walter A. Compton, Japanese Swords, Sword-Fittings and Accoutrements, 1992, numerous colour illustrations, original black cloth in dust jacket and slipcase, folio, together with Davey (Neil K. & Tripp, Susan G.), The Garrett Collection, Japanese Art, Lacquer, Inr¢, Netsuke, 1993, numerous colour illustrations, original black cloth in dust jacket, large 4to, plus Bushell (Raymond), Netsuke Familiar & Unfamiliar, New Principles for Collecting, 2nd edition, 1989, numerous colour illustrations, original black cloth in dust jacket, 4to, with other modern Japanese art reference, including Netsuke Kenyukai, Study Journal volume 2 number 1 to volume 16 number 3 (bound in 5 folders), 1982-86, Collectors' Netsuke, by Raymond Bushell, 1986, Netsuke Fantasy and Reality..., by Joe Earle, 2001, with auction catalogues from Christie's and Sotheby's, some original cloth in dust jackets, G/VG, 8vo/folio (approx. 150)

Zeidler (Sebastian Christian von). Somatotomia andropologica, seu corporis humani fabrica..., 1st edition, Prague, 1686, additional engraved title-page showing surgical scene, old inscription untidily inked out at upper margin, old inscriptions to printed title partly inked out, engraved portrait and 27 (of 28) engraved plates, lacks plate 11, heavy browning throughout, a few old marginal closed tear repairs, contemporary vellum, crudely rebacked and recornered, rubbed and soiled, folio Rare. The missing plate should follow plate 10; both show details of pregnancy and childbirth. (1)

Cary (John). Cary's New Universal Atlas, containing Distinct Maps of all the Principal States and Kingdoms throughout the World from the Latest and Best Authorities Extant, 1st edition, published J.Cary, 1808, double page printed title with small library stamp to upper right margin and another to the verso, sixty (complete as list) double page engraved maps with contemporary hand colouring, occasional offsetting and pencil marginalia, index and list of subscribers bound at rear, small ink library stamp to verso of first and last map, library label to front pastedown, contemporary half morocco, skillfully re-backed, worn and rubbed at extremities, folio (1)

La Quintinie (Jean de ). The Complete Gard'ner: Or, Directions for Cultivating and Right Ordering of Fruit-Gardens and Kitchen Gardens, now compendiously abridg'd, and made of more use, with very considerable improvements by George London and Henry Wise, 4th edition, corrected, 1704, engraved frontispiece, 10 folding engraved plates, 'advertisement of J. Evelyn to the folio edition of Monsieur La Quintiney' leaves inserted between pages XIV & XV, a little light spotting, hinges reinforced, inscription of Thomas Taylor of Kells, Ireland to title, bookplate of the same as the Marquess of Headfort (i.e. Thomas Taylor, or Taylour, 2nd Earl of Bective), contemporary panelled calf, rebacked, 8vo ESTC T146282. (1)

Kimmig (Wolfgang). Die Urnenfelderkultur in Baden, Berlin, 1940, black and white plates at rear, original cloth gilt, slightly rubbed and soiled, folio, together with Kersten (Karl), Zur alteren nordischen Bronzezeit, Neumunster, no date, circa 1920s, black and white plates at rear, original cloth gilt, slightly rubbed and soiled, 4to, plus Wace (A.J.B. & Thompson, M.S.), Prehistoric Thessaly, being some account of Recent Excavations and Explorations in North-Eastern Greece from Lake Kopais to the Border of Macedonia, Cambridge University Press, 1912, 6 colour plates at rear, black and white illustrations to text, original cloth, damp marked, 4to, plus other archaeology, travel, etc., including offprints and extracts in various languages (3 shelves)

Lamb (Henry). Views of Cheltenham and its Vicinity, published Cheltenham, circa 1840, ten (only six called for) uncoloured lithographic views, all laid on contemporary card, some spotting, each image approximately 240 x 320 mm, disbound, with another copy with three (only of six) uncoloured lithographs, stained and spotted, some marginal fraying, retaining paper wrappers, but covers detached, heavily worn, stained and frayed, oblong folio, together with another eight engraved and lithographic views of Cheltenham, Gloucester and the surounding area, various sizes and condition, plus Willyams (Rev. Cooper), The History of Sudeley Castle in Gloucestershire, published J.Robson, 1791, large aquatint engraving, printed in sepia, some spotting and fraying to margins (detached), printed title and first pages of descriptive text, book plate of Rec. Chas. Jasper Selwyn, contemporary boards, heavily worn and frayed, slim folio Sold as a collection of plates, not subject to return. (22)

Streatham Hill Theatre. Theatrical autograph album for performances at the Theatre between 10th September 1938 and 26th April 1941, a total of 88 leaves, each with multiple autographs of actors and performers who appeared at the Theatre, all neatly signed to rectos only and with play title, month and year neatly written at head, productions include Plan for a Hostess with Ronald Squire, A Midsummer Night's Dream with Gladys Cooper, She Was Too Young with Ann Todd and Marie Ney, Wild Oats, Robert's Wife with Owen Nares, Spring Meeting with Margaret Rutherford, When We Are Married, No 17 with Sarah Churchill, Worth a Million with Claude Hulbert, a benefit concert signed by John Count McCormack, What They Say with Alastair Sim and Yvonne Arnaud, etc., all edges gilt, contemporary morocco gilt, minor rubbing, oblong small folio (21 x 26 cm) (1)

Gerard (John). The Herball or Generall Historie of Plantes..., very much Enlarged and Amended by Thomas Johnson..., 2nd edition, London: Adam Islip , Joice Norton and Richard Whitakers, 1633, engraved title torn with considerable loss and lined to verso, numerous woodcut illustrations, initial sixteen introductory leaves torn to margins and crudely repaired (with some loss of text), lacking initial blank & leaves 7B2-7B6 at rear (four leaves of index tables & final blank), leaf 7B1 repaired to upper margin, some worming and holes mostly at foot, dampstaining and some spotting throughout, later endpapers, contemporary calf, 20th century title label, lower joint spitting and worn at head & foot of spine, folio STC 11751; Henrey 155. Sold with all faults, not subject to return. (1)

Maclise (Joseph). On Dislocations and Fractures, first edition, London: John Churchill, 1859, thirty-six lithographed plates on grey paper, some scattered spotting, J. R. Kirkup inkstamp to front free endpaper, near contemporary cloth, gilt, folio (1)

Victoria (Queen of Great Britain & Ireland, 1819-1901). Windsor, A Description of the Castle, Park, Town and Neighbourhood, by W.J. Loftie, published Seeley & Co., 1886, photogravure frontispiece of a statue of Queen Victoria by J.E. Boehm, 11 etched plates by H. Railton and others, all on India paper and correct as listed, some heavy spotting, wood-engraved illustrations to text, top edge gilt, remainder uncut, signed and dated presentation inscription from Queen Victoria, 'To Sir Theodore Martin K.C.B. from Victoria RI, Christmas 1885' inscribed to front free endpaper, inner hinges cracked, original burgundy quarter morocco gilt over cloth, rubbed, large folio Provenance: From the collection of Sir Theodore and Lady Martin and thence by descent. One of 100 Large Paper copies, this copy number 8. The book's printed dedication is to Queen Victoria and the Royal coat of arms is gilt embossed on to the upper cover. 'Every Christmas had for years brought with it a letter from the Queen with her good wishes for Lady Martin and myself, accompanied by a beautifully painted card for Lady Martin, and some valuable book for my library enriched by a gracious inscription' (Theodore Martin, 'Queen Victoria as I knew Her' (1901), p. 127). (1)

Antiquarian. A large collection of 18th and 19th-century theological reference and miscellaneous literature, all leather bindings, some odd volumes, condition is generally good, 8vo/folio (6 shelves)

Raphael. [Les Amours de Psych‚, d'apres Raphael], circa 1825, lithographed portrait and 32 lithographed plates, on india paper, with printed caption in English to each, printed by Godefroy Engelmann, after designs by Bouillon, Chatillon, Fragonard, Villeneuve and others, without letterpress, each plate mounted to impressed album leaf, contemporary mottled full calf gilt, spine gilt with morocco title label, rubbed and some wear to edges, folio (438 x 284 mm) A collection of lithographed plates only from the English translation of Les Amours de Psych‚ et de Cupidon published by Firmin-Didot in Paris in 1825, here without the text by La Fontaine. (1)

Burton (Robert, 'Democritus Junior'). The Anatomy of Melancholy. What it is, with all the kinds causes, symptomes, prognostickes & severall cures of it..., 3rd edition, corrected & augmented by the author, Oxford: Henry Cripps, 1628, engraved title and letterpress dedication frayed & torn to edges with some loss and repaired & lined to verso, ink scribble and closed tear to final leaf, endpapers renewed, contemporary calf, rebacked, folio, together with Brown (Thomas), Pseudodoxia Epidemica: or, Enquiries into very many Received Tenents, and commonly presumed Truths, 3rd editon, corrected and enlarged by the author, London: Printed by R.W. for Nath. Ekins, 1658, contemporary signature John Bedell to title, contemporary calf, slight wear to spine, folio, with Brown (Sir Thomas), The Works of the Learned Sr Thomas Brown, Kt. Doctor of Physick, late of Norwich, London: Tho. Basset, Ric. Chiswell, & Tho. Sawbridge, 1686, engraved portrait frontispiece, title in red & black, 14 leaves at front of volume torn to lower outer corners and neatly repaired (including frontispiece & title), final four leaves also torn to lower outer corners and repaired, some dampstaining, recent endpapers, 19th century calf, rebacked, board corners worn, folio, with two others (5)

Drayton (Michael). Poly-Olbion, 2 parts bound in one, printed for M. Lownes, I. Browne, I. Helme, I. Busbie, [1612], [16]+303 pp., [8]+168+[8] pp., engraved title by William Hole, full-page engraving of Prince Henry by William Hole (titled within the image Henricus Princeps), lacking all 30 double-page engraved county maps, extensive marginal annotations and underlining in brown ink (principally to the first part), by Lewis Morris (with his signature to head of title dated 1755), extreme lower inner margin to second part with loss, not affecting text, otherwise generally in clean crisp condition, marbled endpapers with bookplate of Robert George Windsor-Clive, Earl of Plymouth to front pastedown, 19th century gilt-decorated full calf (by Toovey, Bookseller, with stamp to verso of front endpaper), rubbed to joints and extremities, with upper joint partly cracked, folio Provenance: Lewis Morris (1701-1765), Welsh surveyor, antiquary, poet and lexicographer, author of Plans of Harbours, Bays, and Roads in St. George's and the Bristol Channel (1748), Tlysau yr Hen Oesoedd (1753), Short History of the Manor of Creuthyn (1756) and Celtic Remains (1757, not published until 1878). Born in Anglesey, Morris spent most of his adult life in Cardiganshire (from 1746 as Deputy Steward of the Crown Manors in that county). One of the main promoters of the Celtic movement in the 18th century, he was regarded in both Welsh and English circles the authority on the Welsh language and its early literature and antiquities. His extensive notes to John Selden's own extensive printed notes (or 'Illustrations') provide important evidence of Morris's profound scholarship. Robert George Windsor-Clive, 1st Earl of Plymouth (1857-1923) Conservative politician, Mayor of Cardiff, and Lord Lieutenant of Glamorganshire. (1)

Folio Society. History of the Conquest of Mexico, by William H. Prescott, 1994, The Fatal Shore, by Robert Hughes, 1998, Captain Cook's Voyages 1768-1779, by Glyndwr Williams, 1997, The Source of the Nile, by Richard F. Burton, 1993 [includes facsimile folding map), Notable Historical Trials, volumes 1-4, by Justin Lovell, together with 67 further volumes, plus 9 others unrelated, all original cloth in slipcases, G/VG, 8vo (84)

Folio Society. The Works of Geoffrey Chaucer now newly imprinted [a fine facsimile edition of the Kelmscott Chaucer], 2002, illustrations by Edward Burne-Jones, initial letters throughout, some titles and headings printed in red, blue silk markers, original elaborately gilt decorated cream Nigerian goatskin by Smith Settle, Otley, to a design by David Eccles after T.J. Cobden-Sanderson's original binding bound at the Doves Bindery for the Kelmscott Press in 1900, (without the loosely inserted slip with advice about storage and handling), together with An Essay by William S. Peterson Reprinted to Accompany the Facsimile Published by The Folio Society, 16pp. booklet in original printed wrappers, contained together in original blue buckram solander box, with gilt lettered morocco spine label, large folio Limited edition 84/1010. (1)

Military. A large collection of modern military reference and related, including publications by Pen & Sword, Batsford, P.S.L., Bantam Press, Arms and Armour Press, Airlife, Grub Street, mostly original cloth in dust jackets, G/VG, 8vo/folio (6 shelves & 2 cartons)

Armstrong (E.A.). Axel Herman Haig and his Work..., The Fine Art Society, 1905, 46 colour and black and white illustrations with tissue guards, some light offsetting and minor spotting, original gilt-decorated blue half morocco to green cloth, boards and spine slightly rubbed, large 4to, together with Brhl (Georg), Herwarth Walden und "Der Sturm", Germany, 1983, numerous colour and black and white illustrations, original illustrated cloth in slipcase, folio, plus Guerman (Mikhail), The Art of the October Revolution, Russia, 1979, numerous colour and black and white illustrations, original gilt-decorated red cloth in dust jacket, spine slightly rubbed to head and foot, 4to, plus other modern 19th and 20th-century European art reference, mostly original cloth, many in dust jackets, G/VG, 8vo/folio (3 shelves)

Biography. A large collection of modern biographical and historical literature, including The Faerie Queene, volumes 1 & 2, by Edmund Spenser, Limited Editions Club, 1953, and publications by Oxford, Folio Society, Penguin, all original cloth, mostly in dust jackets, G/VG, 8vo (6 shelves)

Wiseman (Richard). Eight Chirurgical Treatises, on these Following Heads, viz. I. Of Tumours. II. Of Ulcers. III. Of Diseases of the Anus. IV. Of the Kings-Evil. V. Of Wounds. VI. Of Gun-shot Wounds. VII. Of Franctures and Luxations. VIII. Of the Lues Venerea, 4th edition, printed for Benjamin Tooke: and John Meredith, 1705, half-title present, small stain to centre of foremargins at front of volume (A-G4), endpapers renewed, contemporary speckled panelled calf, rebacked and outer corners restored, folio (1)

Morrell Family scrap album. A large scrap album containing documents, letters and pedigrees relating to the Morrell family of Oxford, circa 1760-1900, including manuscript pedigrees, vellum deeds, mostly legal and ecclesiastical, further legal documents and letters, including one autograph letter signed from William Blackstone (1723-1780), Wallingford, 27 December 1767, asking for some court rolls belonging to his employer the Earl of Abingdon, to be delivered to James Morrel, a second manuscript document signed by Blackstone appointing James Morrell to be his deputy to his position as steward to the Earl of Abingdon, dated 1768, a third document signed by the Earl of Abingdon appointing Morrell as his deputy, dated 1770, a coroner's report signed by Francis Morrell, a letter of attorney to receive rents, signed and sealed by both William Wildman, 2nd Viscount Barrington (1717-1793) and Daines Barrington (1727-1800), plus a quantity of mostly manuscript documents relating to Baker Morrell and the Oxford Loyal Volunteers, including receipts and other accounts including fines, inspections, etc., circa 1803-06, plus 7 pencil portraits of Morrell family members tipped in and 7 silhouettes of children, some ephemera loose but mostly tipped on to rectos, hinges broken and paper block loose in contemporary half calf with marbled boards, spine label titled in gilt 'Morrell. Papers & Pedigrees', rubbed, partly split on joints, folio (44 x 33 cm) An interesting and varied collection of documents and ephemera. Provenance: From the Morrell family, by family descent. (1)

Cressy (Hugh Paulin Serenus). The Church-History of Brittany from the Beginning of Christianity to the Norman Conquest..., 1st edition, [Rouen], no printer, 1668, title in red & black, with signature to upper margin and ink erased manuscript to lower blank margin, worm trail to lower outer blank corners at front of volume, some damps-staining, near contemporary half calf, joints split, recornered, worn, folio, (Wing C6890), together with Josephus (Flavius), The Works... Translated into English by Sir Roger L'Estrange Knight..., 5th edition, 1733, engraved frontispiece (trimmed to fore-edge margin), title in red & black, six engraved maps and plans (one repaired), one plate and one folding pedigree, contemporary calf, lacking title label, joints cracked, rubbed and worn, folio, with Burnet (Gilbert), The History of the Reformation of the Church of England, 3 volumes, 1679-1705, licence leaf and additional engraved title to volume 1, titles in red & black with signature of Tho. Agnew, numerous engraved portraits, armorial bookplate of Agnew of Lochnaw to upper pastedowns, contemporary reversed calf, polished calf and panelled calf respectively, joints cracked and some wear, folio, plus Stothard (C.A.), The Monumental Effigies of Great Britain..., with Historical descriptions and Notes by A.J. Kempe, new edition, with large additions by John Hewitt, London: Chatto & Windus, 1876, etched frontispiece and plates (some hand tinted), occasional closed tears, edges untrimmed, modern red cloth, large folio (6)

Sclater (H.C.). The Royal Artillery War Commemoration Book..., 1920, numerous colour and black and white illustrations, some light spotting, original gilt-decorated black cloth, boards slightly marked and rubbed, spine lightly faded and rubbed to head and foot, large 4to, together with Richard (Jules), En Campagne Tableaux et Dessins A. de Neuville, circa 1885, black and white illustrations, some light toning, original gilt-decorated yellow cloth, boards slightly marked, folio, and other early 20th-century and modern military reference and related, including publications by Putnam, Pen & Sword, Ian Allen, P.S.L., A. & C. Black, all original cloth, mostly in dust jackets, G/VG, 8vo/folio (6 shelves)

Shakespeare (William). The Works of Shakspere, Imperial Edition, Edited by Charles Knight, 2 volumes, London: J.S. Virtue & Co., [1873-76], engraved frontispieces & additional engraved titles to each volume (including portrait), numerous engraved plates with tissue guards, occasional light spotting, some toning to text, cloth hinged marbled endpapers, all edges gilt, contemporary brown half morocco gilt, rubbed and slight wear, folio (2)

A quantity of Folio Society books to include 'The Notorious Jumping Frog and Other Stories' by Mark Twain, 'Tom Jones' by Henry Fielding, 'The Last Chronicle of Barset' by Anthony Trollope, 'Under Milk Wood' by Dylan Thomas, 'Alice's Adventures in Wonderland' by Lewis Carroll, 'The Wind in the Willows' by Kenneth Graham, 'Twenty One Tales' by Rudyard Kipling, 'Short Stories' by Checkov and 'Little Dorrit' by Charles Dickens.

FOUR FOLIO SOCIETY BOOKS TO INCLUDE CONFUCIUS, POMPEII, ETC

Group of 19th Century furnishing pictures to include: study of an early lifeboat, framed photograph of a British Man o' War and a bound folio of panoramic engraved plates, 'Le Bosphore' (The Bosphorus). (4) CONDITION REPORT: 10 plates total in bound folio. 2 long multi-page, 4 full page and 4 half page.

NEW SOUTH WALES, AUSTRALIA. Report from the Select Committee on Transportation. [N.p.:] Ordered by The House of Commons to be printed, 10 July 1812. Folio (320 x 197mm.) (Light browning, marginal worm damage to pp.1-16.) Modern cloth (endpapers replaced.) Provenance: Birmingham Law Society (inkstamp to title and occasional other leaves). Note: an important paper in Australian history, endorsing the existing system of transportation and forming the basis for Macquarie's programme of civil and administrative improvement following a period of British uncertainty regarding the value of transporting convicts to New South Wales after the deposition of Governor Bligh.

ART REFERENCE. - Roland BARTHES. Erté (Romain de Tirtoff). Parma: Franco Maria Ricci, 1972. First edition, folio (350 x 230mm.) Numerous colour tipped-in illustrations. Original cloth blocked in gilt with onlaid pictorial paper label to upper-cover (extremities lightly scuffed), slipcase (extremities bumped). - And four other volumes of art reference (5).

THE GRAPHIC. The Graphic, an Illustrated Weekly Newspaper. London: January 1879 - December 1880. 4 vols., no. 475-578 only, folio (409 x 286mm.) Numerous plates and illustrations. (Browning, occasional light spotting and soiling.) 20th Century half-morocco (extremities lightly scuffed, slightly soiled). Provenance: James Hamilton Fairley (bookplate to front pastedowns).

MACQUOID, Percy. A History of English Furniture. London: The Medici Society Limited, 1925-1928. 4 vols., folio (373 x 265mm.) Numerous illustrations. (Some light browning, somewhat affected by damp, some pages adhered to one another, frontispiece to vol. I almost detached.) Original cloth, t.e.g. (extremities lightly bumped and scuffed, slightly affected by damp), remnants of dust-jackets.

RADCLYFFE, Charles (illustrator). Memorials of Eton College. Eton: 1844. Folio (440 x 303mm.) Tinted lithographic title, 24 tinted lithographic plates only (of 25). (Some spotting and browning.) Contemporary morocco-backed cloth (extremities bumped, spine rubbed and scuffed).

ART REFERENCE. - E.M. JOPE. Early Celtic Art in the British Isles… Text. Oxford: Clarendon Press, 2000. Folio (310 x 232mm.) Original cloth, dust-jacket (slightly scuffed). - And a quantity of other volumes of art reference (a quantity).

UBALDUS, Guido. An illuminated manuscript document addressed to Guido Ubaldus apparently granting him a doctorate by the university, city and state, including Locatelli. [N.p. but Urbino, Italy: n.d. but circa 1585.] 12pp. including 5 blank, folio (209 x 163mm.) Manuscript in black, red and gilt within red-ruled borders, decorative first initial. (Light browning or soiling, rubbing to final leaf of text, old creases.) Contemporary limp vellum with remnants of wax seal (soiled, upper cover torn with minor loss).

FINDEN, Edward. The Beauties of Moore: a Series of Portraits. London: Chapman and Hall, 1846. Folio (360 x 251mm.) Engraved additional decorative title, 48 steel-engraved plates. (Some spotting to plates.) Contemporary green morocco tooled in gilt and blind, the spine in six compartments with raised bands, lettered in the second, the others with repeat decoration in gilt, g.e. (extremities slightly scuffed).

[ROSCOE, Thomas.] The Landscape Annual [or the Tourist in Switzerland and Italy. London:] 1831. Folio (434 x 290mm.) Engraved decorative title, 62 engraved plates after Samuel Prout and James Duffield Harding, all on India paper mounted. (Some spotting, occasionally heavy, minor marginal damp-staining.) Contemporary half-morocco (scuffed, joints splitting). - And a 'scrap' album containing numerous mounted book illustrations (2).

MILITARY HISTORY. Royal Engineers Battlefield Tour, the Seine to the Rhine. [N.p.:] February 1947. 2 vols., folio (331 x 199mm.) Numerous maps, some folding. (Light browning). Original cloth (extremities lightly bumped).

CRANE, Walter. The First of May, a Fairy Masque. London: Henry Sotheran & Co., 1881. Limited edition of 300 copies, this number 130, signed by Walter Crane, oblong folio (383 x 437mm.) Printed on India paper mounted throughout. (Spotting, some light browning, minor marginal damp-staining.) Contemporary half-morocco, spine in six compartments with raised bands, lettered in the second compartment, title blocked in gilt to upper-cover (extremities lightly bumped and scuffed, slightly affected by damp, disbound).

DALLAWAY, James, and Edmund CARTWRIGHT. A History of the Western Division of the County of Sussex. [Rape of Chichester and Rape of Bramber]. London: 1815-1830. Vol. I parts I & II, and Vol. II part II only, 2 vols., folio (348 x 249mm.) 3 folding genealogies, 3 maps (2 double-page) ?only, 24 plates (1 double-page) to vol. I; 24 engraved plates (1 double-page, 2 colour), 5 maps (3 colour, 2 folding), numerous hand-coloured illustrations to vol. II. (Some spotting and browning, 1 map torn without loss.) Contemporary morocco (rebacked, extremities scuffed and rubbed).

POLAR. - Frank HURLEY (photographer). South with Endurance, Shackleton's Antarctic Expedition 1914-1917. [N.p.:] Ted Smart, 2001. Oblong folio (290 x 300mm.) Numerous illustrations. Original boards (extremities lightly scuffed), dust-jacket. - And a quantity of other volumes relating to Arctic and Antarctic expeditions, including nineteen volumes from the 'Classics of Exploration Series' (a quantity).

FASHION & TAILORING. - Jeanne Trois FONTAINES. Dressmaking, Designing, Cutting & Fitting. London: Virtue & Company Limited, [n.d.] Folio (355 x 275mm.) Numerous illustrations and patterns. (Light browning, occasional minor spotting.) Original cloth blocked in green and gilt (extremities lightly bumped). - And thirty-three other volumes relating to dressmaking and tailoring (including, H. HADFIELD. 'The Tailor's Preceptor; Containing Instructions for Measuring and Cutting… Numerous Models of Coats… a new edition, much enlarged and improved'. London: [n.d.], 8vo) (34).

EDWARDS, Lionel. The Passing Seasons. London: Country Life Ltd., [n.d.] Oblong folio (313 x 417mm.) 18 mounted colour plates. (Minor browning.) Original boards (extremities rubbed and scuffed, backstrip worn).

LYON, George Francis. [A bound collection of proof plated from William Edward Parry's 'Journal of a Second Voyage for the discovery of a North-West Passage'. London: John Murray, 1824.] Oblong folio (280 x 412mm.) 47 plates only, comprising 24 proof plates, all but one in two states on India paper mounted. (Heavy damp-stain to the margin of most plates, some soiling and browning, occasional spotting.) Contemporary half-calf (extremities scuffed and soiled, upper joint splitting, lacking front-free endpaper and some other early leaves).

MAISTRE, J (publisher). Recueil des Plans de Ports & Rades de la Mer Méditerranée de la Mer Noire & de la Mer d'Azof. Marseille: 1851-1854. New edition, 2 vols., oblong folio (215 x 266mm.) 228 lithographic charts only (of 230). (Some browning, occasionally heavy, some spotting.) Contemporary calf-backed boards (worn, front-free endpaper to vol. 2 lacking).

BINDING. - Donald MACINTYRE et al. The Adventure of Sail 1520-1914. London: Paul Elek, 1970. Oblong folio (243 x 304mm.) Numerous illustrations. Contemporary morocco, by Asprey & Co. Ltd, the upper-cover with ship in gilt, spine gilt in six compartments with raised bands, lettered in the second and third, the others with repeat ship decoration in gilt, gilt turn-ins, g.e.

PINELLI, Bartolomeo. Raccolta di Cinquanta Costumi Pittoreschi. Rome: Lorenzo Lazzari, 1809. [Bound with:] Nuova Raccolta di Cinquanta Costumi De' Contorni di Roma. Rome: Gio. Scudellari, 1823. 2 vols. in 1, oblong folio (270 x 398mm.) First work: 49 (of 50) engraved plates; second work: 47 (of 50) engraved plates. (Heavy damp-staining affecting plates, some spotting and light browning.) Contemporary vellum elaborately tooled in gilt, gilt gauffered edges (browning, slightly soiled).

THORNTON, Robert John. Elementary Botanical Plates, Illustrative of the Science of Botany. London: 1810. [bound with:] A New Illustration of the Sexual System of Linnaeus vol. I. 2 vols. in 1, folio (478 x 330mm.) First work: engraved frontispiece, engraved portrait of the Queen, engraved dedication, and 74 engraved, aquatint or mezzotint plates (3 folding); second volume: engraved frontispiece, engraved title, 84 engraved, aquatint or mezzotint plates (2 folding). (Some spotting, damp-staining and light browning, a few plates to first work torn and repaired, some plates shaved with minor loss to second volume.) Contemporary calf (rebacked and cornered with old spine laid down, extremities scuffed).

FORBES, Edwin. Life Studies of the Great Army. New York: [n.d. but 1874.] Folio (610 x 482mm.) 40 engravings. (Occasional spotting.) Original cloth portfolio (worn).

BLACKMORE, Richard. Prince Arthur, an Heroick Poem. London: Awnsham and John Churchil, 1695. Folio (310 x 190mm.) (Lacking all leaves prior to title, light browning, occasional minor soiling or ink marginalia.) Contemporary mottled panelled-calf (rebacked, extremities bumped, joints splitting, endpapers replaced). Provenance: C.J. (inscribed 'If this poem had been executed as well as it is conceived, it might have been a tolerable performance. But the author has disgraced his own thoughts by his bombast language..' to final leaf of text).

CASSELL, PETTER AND GALPIN (publishers). Cassell's General Atlas… of Countries of the World… Forming a Complete Atlas of Modern Geography. London: [n.d.] Folio (490 x 335mm.) 42 maps hand-coloured in outline, 17 double-page maps hand-coloured in outline, 2 folding maps hand-coloured in outline. (Light browning, occasional minor damp-staining, marginal tear without loss to folding map of the British Isles.) Contemporary cloth blocked in gilt and blind (extremities bumped and scuffed, spine and corners reinforced, chipped head and foot of spine). Provenance: Frances Louisa Swayne (armorial bookplate to front pastedown); Joseph Griffiths Swayne (label to front-free endpaper).

HEATH, Francis George. The Fern Portfolio… third edition. London, Brighton, etc.: 1885. Folio (386 x 290mm.) 15 chromolithographed plates. (Occasional spotting and minor browning.) Original decorated cloth (slightly affected by damp, stain to upper cover). Provenance: William E. Gerrington (inkstamp to front-free endpaper).

WING, John. The Art of Surveying: Formerly Publish'd by Vincent Wing… To which is added by way of Supplement, Scientia Stellarum. London: J. Matthews, 1700-1699. Folio (317 x 185mm.) Numerous illustrations, 5 plates. (Browning, spotting and damp-staining, occasional ink marginalia, repairs to margins of title-page and first text leaf with some marginal loss, marginal tears without loss to p.63 and p.83.) 19th Century half-calf (neatly rebacked, extremities bumped and scuffed, endpapers replaced).

[BOWLES, Thomas Gibson.] The Vanity Fair Album… by Jehu Junior. London: 1885. Vol. XVII only, folio (385 x 265mm.) 46 chromolithographed plates ?only. (Some light spotting or browning, occasional soiling.) Original green cloth, g.e. (extremities bumped worn, all leaves now loosely inserted). - And one other volume (2).

ART REFERENCE. Miró in Montreal. [N.p.:] The Montreal Museum of Fine Arts, 1986. Folio (310 x 238mm.) Numerous illustrations. Original cloth, dust-jacket (slightly bumped). - And a quantity of other volumes mostly relating to modern art (a quantity).

LEYCESTER, Peter. Historical Antiquities, in two books. The First Treating in General of Great-Brettain and Ireland. The Second containing Particular Remarks concerning Cheshire. London: 1673. Folio (333 x 215mm.) Engraved illustrations, decorative initials. (Some spotting and browning.) Old panelled calf blocked in blind (rebacked, extremities slightly scuffed, stitching weak and first few leaves now loosely inserted).

FOLIO SOCIETY (publisher). The Arabian Nights, The Book of the Thousand Nights and One Night. London: 2003. 6 vols., 4to (244 x 171mm.) Numerous illustrations by Kay Nielsen. Original pictorial cloth, all contained with two slipcases (lightly bumped). - And twenty-three other volumes published by the Folio Society (29).