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ALAN STEPNEY GULSTON (1844-1919)An Italian Coastal landscape with a view towards a capuchin monasterywatercolour, unframed14 1/2 x 20 1/2 in (36.8 x 52.1cm)Sold with three other framed watercolours, and a framed pencil drawing by the artist, all depicting Italian landscape subjects; and a folio containing four unframed watercolours; subjects include 'Figures in the Morone Gardens, Bordighera'; and 'Waiting for Vespers-Amalfi' ; nine (9) Provenance: Derwydd Mansion, Llandeillo, CarmarthenshireAlan Stepney Gulston was a Captain in the Royal Carmarthenshire Artillery Militia, and Deputy Lieutenant and High Sheriff of Carmarthenshire. A talented amateur artist, he was also a traveller and author.

A Vellum folio, G. Salway Nicol (sketches).

A folio containing newspapers of the First World War

A folio containing a collection of twenty caricature prints by Sir David Low for the New Statesmen, circa 1920's

Large collection of assorted books To include the facsimile issue of the First Folio of Shakespeare, second edition, published by W W Norton & Co 1996, bound in half maroon calf with decorative boards, complete with slip case, further books to include the Weekly Guardian, New Yorker, Black & White, The Royal magazine, Harper's Monthly magazine, The Rt Hon. the Earl of Beaconsfield and His Times, Picture Post, Spectator, Horizon, War Illustrated etc. (58)

20th Century English School. A Study of Butterflies, Print, Unframed, 9" x 5.5", together with a folio of various prints (Q).

J Mier Parnell, A folio of six figurative watercolours; West Indian couple at the bus stop, 14cm x 17cm, signed, others (6)

Art History - Dawson (Alfred), The Life of Henry Dawson, Landscape Painter 1811-1878, With Plates from some of his Works, Seeley & Co. Limited, London 1891, small folio, period cloth boards; Royal Academy Pictures: Being The Royal Academy Supplement of "The Magazine of Art" 1895, Cassell and Company, Limited, London 1895, period cloth boards; The Studio: The Royal Institute of Painters In Water-Colours, Special Number, Spring 1906, period buckram, ex-libris Alfred Bernard Wyer; Victorian and later art reference, including Antique Collector's Club editions; etc

THREE BOXES AND LOOSE SUNDRY ITEMS, to include handbags, 'Radley' keying, soft toys, 'Thomas Bewick's Birds' folio, unframed Dog prints etc

THREE TRAYS OF ASSORTED VINTAGE BOOKS TO INCLUDE A FOLIO SOCIETY BOOK

Winston S. Churchill 'A History of English Speaking Peoples', Folio Society and a Royal Doulton figure of 'Sir Winston Churchill' HN 3057

Shirley (Rodney W.). The Mapping of the World. Early Printed World Maps, 1472 - 1700, 1st edition, published The Holland Press, 1983, additional half title, numerous black & white and colour illustrations throughout, publisher's cloth gilt, dust jacket, folio, together with, Siltzer (Captain Frank), The Story of British Sporting Prints, new edition, revised and enlarged, 1929, additional half title, eight tipped in colour plates, slight spotting largely confined to endpapers, publisher's cloth gilt, a little worn, 4to (2)

Case of Jeronimy Clifford, Merchant and Planter of Surinam. A manuscript copy book containing approximately 32 copy letters and petitions, etc., relating to the Estate of Jeronimy Clifford, circa 1759-1770, a total of 32 handwritten leaves, numerous blanks, contemporary vellum, rubbed and soiled, folio In 1685 Jeronimo's father left Surinam and transferred his business affairs to his son. After this, in 1689, Jeronimo Clifford hit difficulties with the governor, causing bad blood and years of court proceedings undertaken by Jeronimo that sixty years later finally had to be arbitrated by the British. He died in 1737 and the case for compensation was continued, the names of the petitioners in the manuscript here including George Lookup, Richard Perrott, Richard Kilsha, John Sherratt, William Hewitt, Thomas Browne, Richard Earnshaw and Richard Morland. (1)

Christmas Cards. Private Christmas Greeting Cards, Season 1912-13, ninety-six sample Christmas cards pasted onto album leaves, printed captions, original gilt-blocked cloth, oblong folio, 25 x 31cm (9.75 x 12ins) (1)

*Diana (Princess & Charles, Prince). Typed letter signed, 'Diana' and 'Charles', Buckingham Palace, 7 October 1981, to Mr Johnson, thanking him for the kind contribution to the wedding present which the Duchy has given them, 'We really are delighted with the mahogany library table which will look splendid in our home at Highgrove and is exactly the right period for the house...', with further thanks for the cheque and kindness and hoping to visit the Duchy in the future, signed by Charles in black ink, sentiment and Diana's signature in blue ink in her hand, 1 page, folio, together with the original stamped postmarked envelope addressed to L.E. Johnson in Callington, Cornwall (2)

[Golders Green Hippodrome]. Theatrical autograph album for performances at the Theatre between December 1938 and May 1941, a total of 58 leaves, each with one or more autographs by actors (and singers) who appeared at the Theatre, all neatly signed to rectos only and with play title, month and year neatly written at foot, productions include 'The Importance of Being Earnest' from the start of the War in September 1939, starring and signed by John Gielgud, Peggy Ashcroft, Margaret Rutherford, Edith Evans, Jack Hawkins and Gwen Ffrangcon-Davies; 'She was too Young', December 1938, signed by Ann Todd, Edmund Gwenn, Marie Ney; 'Wild Oats', 'Jack and the Beanstalk', 'Nine Sharp', 'Banana Ridge', 'Robert's Wife', 'Running Riot', 'Lot's Wife', 'Glorious Morning', 'No. 17', 'Worth a Million', 'Room for Two', 'The Fleets Lit Up', 'The Flashing Stream', 'Runaway Love', 'Design for Living', 'The Corn is Green', 'Dear Octopus', 'The D'Oyly Carte Opera Company', 'The Chocolate Soldier', 'All Clear', 'Under your Hat', 'Full House', 'Chu Chin Chow', 'The Naughty Wife', 'Up and Doing', other autographs include Hermione Badelley, Robertson Hare, Ben Travers, Owen Nares, Stanley Lupino, Richard Tauber, Paul Robeson, Ivor Novello, Rex Harrison, Sybil Thorndike, Marie Tempest, Constance Cummings, Robert Donat, George Bernard Shaw, Irene Vanburgh, Ernest Thesiger, Phyllis Dare, Sarah Churchill, Stanley Holloway, etc., a total of over 200 autographs, all edges gilt, contemporary morocco gilt, a little rubbed, oblong small folio (21 x 26 cm) (1)

Newspapers. A group of 22 newspapers, 1802/1829, including the Essequebo & Demerary Royal Gazette, 23 May 1812, including news of two escaped slaves, plus issues of The Globe, The News, The Courier, Bell's Weekly Messenger, The Morning Chronicle, John Bull, etc., mostly 4 pp. with red ink duty stamps, folio (22)

Scrap albums. Two scrap albums, mid 19th century, containing engravings, mezzotints, lithographs, watercolours and pencil drawings, including portraits, genre, British & foreign topographical views, natural history, military and scraps, one volume gilt diced calf, the other reverse calf, covers detached, one album lacking spine, folio (2)

Battle Plans. Thirteen engraved battle plans from the Franco Russian wars of the early 19th century, thirteen double page engraved battle plans with contemporary outline colouring, pages of explanatory text, contemporary half calf gilt with a gilt blindstamp of 'The Society of Writers to the Signet' on both sidings, boards near detached, worn at extremities, slim folio (1)

Bible [German]. Biblia, Das ist: Alle die Bucher der Heil. Schrift des Alten und Newen Testaments aus hebreischer und griechischer Spraach..., aufs new verteutscht durch J. Piscator...., Bern: A. Huguenet, 1684, additional engraved title, letterpress general and New Testament titles present (NT title imprint dated 1683), holes to letterpress general title and following three leaves at front of volume, lacking final leaf of text at rear, first & last few leaves frayed and some torn to margins (particularly final leaf), browning, spotting and some marginal dampstaining, front free endpaper torn, lacking rear endpaper, contemporary pigskin over wooden boards, with blind rollwork decoration, central brass boss to upper board and one corner piece to lower board only, lacking clasps, strong fabric adhesive tape repair at head of spine and strip down and around lower board, some wear, folio (1)

Bible [German]. Biblia mit der Ausslegung. Die gantze heilige Schrifft, Altes und Neues Testaments... D. Martini Lutheri. Mit einer kurtzen jedoch grundlichen Erklarung des Textes ... Summarien ... aus des ... D. Lucae Osiandri..., Luneburg: Gedruckt und verlegt durch Johann und Heinrich, die Sterne, 1650, additional engraved general title, letterpress general title with large woodcut initial and printer's device (both lined to verso), engraved New Testament title present, one single-page engraved map and one double-page engraved table only (of 7 leaves of plates in total, lacking portrait of Lucas Osiander etc.), text in three columns throughout, engraved table with repaired closed tear, 2T3 torn at rear with major loss and lacking final leaf 2T4 (tables), marginal fraying to first & last leaves, some dampstaining throughout, some toning and occasional spotting, recent endpapers, modern morocco with near contemporary blind decorated & diced calf covers and spine overlaid, folio (1)

Bible [English]. The Holy Bible, Containing the Old Testament and the New; with the Apocrypha: Translated out of the Original Tongues, with Annotations, Birmingham: Printed by John Baskerville, 1769, general and New Testament titles present (NT title with imprint dated 1771), engraved frontispiece and nine plates, all edges gilt, bookplate of Ken Tomkinson to upper pastedown, 20th century half calf by Sangorski & Sutcliffe (with binding invoice dated 2.3.1967), red morocco title label to spine, light fading to spine, folio Herbert 1210; Gaskell 35. The volume was issued in parts, starting in January 1769, the earlier state of the title-page being issued in the first part; it was probably reprinted in 1772 for use when the book was sold complete. (1)

Browne (John). Myographia Nova, or, A Graphical Description of all the Muscles in the Humane Body, as They Arise in Dissection..., 1698, engraved portrait frontispiece (slightly torn and frayed without loss), 50 engraved plates (including additons), some trimmed, shaved or inserted, some spotting and browning throughout, contemporary calf, worn, upper cover detached, folio Wing B5129. Sold with all faults, not subject to return. (1)

Charles I. The Acts made in the First Parliament of our Most High and Dread Soveraigne Charles..., Holden by Himselfe, present in Perso, with his Three Estates, at Edinburgh, upon the twentie eight day of June, Anno Domini 1633, Edinburgh: Printed by Robert Young, 1633, title cropped at foot touching lower line of imprint, bound with The Acts Done and Past in the First Session of the Third Parliament of our Soveraigne Lord Charles..., Holden at Edinburgh, and beginning the fourth of June 1644, and ending the 29 day of July the same year 1644, Edinburgh: Printed by Evan Tyler, 1644, bound with The Acts Done and Past in the Second, Third, Fourth and Fifth Sessions of the First Triennall Parliament..., Holden at Edinburgh, Stirling, Pearth, and S. Andrews... seventh of January 1645. and ending... fourth of February 1646..., Edinburgh: Printed by Evan Tyler, 1646, bound with Acts Done and Past in the Sixth Session of the First Triennial Parliament..., Holden at Edinburgh... third of November 1646. and ending the twenty seventh of March 1647, Edinburgh: Printed by Evan Tyler, 1647, bound with Acts Done and Past in the Second Session of the second Triennal Parliament of our Soveraign Lord Charles the I..., and in the First Parliament of our Soveraign Lord Charles the II..., Holden at Edinburgh, beginning the 4 of January, and ending the 16 of March 1649, Edinburgh: Printed by Evan Tyler, 1649, some soiling, dampstaining, browning and marks throughout, near contemporary calf, gilt decorated spine, rubbed and some dampstaining, folio, plus Charles II, State Tracts: Being a Collection of Several Treatises Relating to the Government. Privately Printed in the Reign of K. Charles II, London: Printed in the Year, 1689, initial few leaves dampstained, front free endpaper loose, creased & dampstained, armorial bookplate of James Marquiss of Carnarvon to upper pastedown, contemporary speckled calf, upper board detached and lower joint cracked, folio (2)

Corelli (Arcangelo). Concerti grossi, con duoi violini, e violoncello di concertino obligati, e duoi altri violini, viola, e basso di concerto grosso, ad arbitrio, che si potranno radoppiare, Opera sesta XII great concertos, or sonatas, for two violins and a violincello: or for two violins more, a tenor, and a thorough-bass: which may be doubled at pleasure, Being the sixth and last work of Arcangelo Corelli, J. Walsh and I. Hare, 7 volumes (parts, as issued), first English edition, light dust-soiling and marginal marks, without portrait (as often), stitched as issued without covers, folio Smith 466. (7)

Fontaine (Nicolas, Sieur de Royaumont). The History of the Old and New Testament, Extracted out of Sacred Scripture, from the Holy Fathers, and other Ecclesiastical Writers..., and to this third impression are added the Discourses, with the Sculptures of the Apocrypha and the contents of the several chapters in each book of the Bible..., London: Printed for the undertaker R. Blome, 1705, engraved frontispiece, four double-page maps and one double-page plan of Jerusalem (lacking right hand half), numerous engraved plates, subscribers list, some repaired closed tears and many margins strengthened, some worm trails & holes mostly to blank margins at front of volume, spotting mostly to margins, late 18th/early 19th century half calf, worn, worming to upper panel of spine, folio (1)

Fuller (Thomas). The Church-History of Britain; from the Birth of Jesus Christ, untill the Year MDCXLVIII, 1st edition, London: John Williams, 1655, fine folding engraved plan of Cambridge and four engraved plates (including one double-page), divisional titles (for the 11 books of The Church, The History of the University of Cambridge and the History of Waltham Abbey), one plate with closed tear, occasional spotting and light dust-soiling, lacking marbled free endpapers and front blank free endpapers torn, contemporary calf, joints cracked and lacking upper panel of spine, title label deficient and foot of spine worn, folio Wing F2416. (1)

Grisone (Federico). Hippokomike [Greek]. Knstlicher Bericht und allerzierlichste beschreybung... Wie die Streitbarn Pferdt ... zum Ernst und Ritterlicher Kurtzweil geschickt und volkommen zumachen..., 1st edition, Augsburg: Michael Manger, 1570, title printed in red and black within woodcut border, woodcut initials and tailpieces, full-page woodcut illustrations of horses, equestrian manoeuvres, bits and tourneys, folding double-page woodcut plate of a leaping horse bound after colophon at rear (a little frayed at upper margin), some occasional spotting and old marginal dampstaining, contemporary ownership inscription dated 1571 to front free endpaper, contemporary limp vellum, soiled and worn, folio Nissen ZBI 1723. (1)

Handel (George Frederic). Six Concertos for the Harpsicord or Organ, published I. Walsh, circa 1750, 48 pp., a little worming to foremargin just touching plate impressions of early leaves, old ownership name at head of title, bound with Six Concerto's for the Organ or Harpsichord with instrumental parts compos'd by Mr William Felton, printed for John Johnson, circa 1750, 45 pp., bound with Eight Suits of early lessons for the Harpsichord by Mr Felton, Opera Terza, published John Johnson, circa 1750, title and 48 pp. engraved music, contemporary half sheep over marbled boards with printed paper label to upper cover captioned in manuscript, worn, plus a similar volume of engraved music with pieces composed by J.L. Dussek (Op. 19 & Op. 28), Muzio Clementi (Op. 22) and Leopold Kozeluch (Op. 43), all published circa 1800, manuscript index to front free endpaper and bookplate to front pastedown, contemporary half calf, soiled and worn, both folio (2)

Herwart von Hohenburg (Hans Friedrich). Von der Hochberhmpten, Adelichen vnd Ritterlichen Kunst der Reyterey, 1st edition, Tegernesee, 1581, title printed in red and black within woodcut border, 38 leaves of woodcuts including 7 folding, old manuscript notes in German to 3 blank leaves at rear, some old dampstaining, light browning and spotting throughout, title-page with 2 tiny holes and a little marginal worming not affecting illustrations or text, minor marginal fraying, old limp vellum with flap and leather tie, some soiling and wear, folio A rare work on horsemanship, one of very few books printed by the monastic press at Tegernesee and first issued in 1577. (1)

Lauro (Giacomo). [Antique Urbis Splendor], Splendore dell'antica e moderna Roma nel quale si rappresentano tutti i principali tempii..., Rome: Andrea Fei, 1641, parallel text in Latin, Italian, French and German, 172 engraved plates (including 166 numbered plates, plus one page engraved index and five additional, unnumbered plates), occasional damp staining, contemporary calf, rubbed and worn, boards detached, contents a little shaken and partly loose, oblong folio Kissner 823. (1)

Missal. Missale Sacri Ordinis Praedicatorum, Auctoritate Apostolica approbatum, Rmi P.F. Antonini Cloche... jussu editum, Paris, Claude de Hansy, 1721, title printed in red and black with woodcut ornament, text printed in red and black, woodcut initials, full page copper engraved plates, old ink notes to rear blank, all edges gilt, later quarter calf incorporating old patterned boards, folio, together with Missale Romanum, Mechliniae [Mechcklenberg], H. Dessain, 1866, text printed in red and black, woodcut initials, all edges gilt, contemporary gilt-decorated red full morocco, with silver gilt corner pieces and clasps (one defective), slightly rubbed (generally in good condition), folio (2)

Nisbet (Alexander). A System of Heraldry, Speculative and Practical: with the True Art of Blazon, according to the most approved Heralds in Europe..., 2 vols., new edition, Edinburgh & London, 1816, fifty-two engraved plates (including frontispieces), two short closed tears and small hole to one plate in vol. 1, occasional browning, offsetting and scattered spotting, all edges gilt & marbled, mid 19th century light brown calf by Henderson & Bisset, elaborate gilt decoration to spines and board borders, morocco spine labels, folio A handsome set. (2)

Plinius Secundus (Caius). The Historie of the World. Commonly called, the natural historie of C. Plinius Secundus, translated into English by Philemon Holland, 2 volumes bound as 1, 1st edition in English, printed by Adam Islip, 1601, printer's large woodcut device on titles, errata leaf with colophon at end of volume 2, lacks first and final blanks as usual, early ownership name of 'Jno:Benthall' to first title, another name at head crossed out, some occasional spotting and light marginal old dampstaining, lower margin of leaf 2A5 of volume 1 torn away without affecting text, small hole from paper thinning to centre of leaf 3F6 of volume 1 with loss affecting lettering of 3 lines recto and verso, 2 small holes to leaf 3N6 of index to volume 2 affecting lettering in 6 lines, marginal worm tracing to index leaves of volume 2 not affecting text, armorial bookplate of J.A. Knowles Renshaw to front pastedown, contemporary calf with gilt lozenge design to centre of both covers, old calf reback with leather label and raised bands, corners restored, somewhat rubbed and upper cover detached, folio (320 x 215 mm) The first complete edition in English. STC 20029. (1)

Plinius Secundus (Caius). The Historie of the World. Commonly called, the natural historie of C. Plinius Secundus, translated into English by Philemon Holland, 2 volumes bound as 1, 1st edition in English, printed by Adam Islip, 1601, printer's large woodcut device on titles, errata leaf with colophon at end of volume 2, woodcut initials and ornaments, volume 1 title with marginal hole and dampstains, following few leaves with marginal dampstains, leaves A4-5 at front detached with frayed fore-margins, leaves A2-B3 from volume 2 repaired (some loss of text), a few leaves in first volume affected at gutter by insect damage, armorial bookplate, later calf gilt, rubbed, folio The first complete edition in English. STC 20029. Sold with all faults not subject to return. (1)

Benoist (Felix). Album de L'Ile de Jersey avec coup-d'oeil sur Guernesey et les cotes de la Manche de Cherbourg au Cap Fr‚hel, Dessins d'aprŠs nature par Felix Benoist, lithographies par M.M.Sabatier, Ciceri, Ph.Benoist et Bayot, Texte par Mm. Loic Petit & Sigismond Ropartz, published Henri Charpentier, Paris & Nantes, 1870, title printed in red & black with topographical vinette, half title (printed in English), twenty-five (complete as list) tinted lithographs, thirty-four pages of descriptive text in French and then repeated in English, hinges cracked and weak, contemporary quarter cloth, worn and frayed with a partial split along spine joints, slim upright folio (1)

Royaumont (Le Sieur de, pseud. Nicolas Fontaine). The History of the Old and New Testament, Extracted out of Sacred Scripture, and Writers of the Fathers, 2 vols. in one, 2nd edition, corrected & enlarged, London: R. Blome, J. Sprint, John Nicholson & John Pero, 1701/1700, volume one title page printed in red & black, 239 engraved plates (of 240) on 131 leaves, five folding maps by Richard Blome including plan of Jerusalem, (some plates & one map cropped at fore-edge with loss), occasional spotting, dampstaining and browning, few closed tears, Appendix title repaired, slight fraying to fore-margins at front of volume with some strengthening repairs, bookplate of William Courtenay Morland, marbled endpapers with cloth hinge repairs, contemporary calf, old reback preserving original spine, joints cracked and some wear, folio (1)

Scapula (Johann). Lexicon Graeco-Latinum novum: in quo ex Primitiuorum & Simplicium fontibus Deriuata atque Composita ordine non minus Naturali, qu…m Alphabetico, breuiter & dilucidŠ deducuntur , Editio ultima..., Basel: Sebastianum Henricpetri, [1600], woodcut device to title and verso of final leaf, title & a2 guarded and reattached, few leaves at front & rear also strengthened to gutter margin, light worming to fore-edge margins of few leaves, some dampstaining, contemporary panelled calf, few marks, folio (1)

Speed (John). The Historie of Great Britaine under the Conquests of the Romans, Saxons, Danes and Normans. Their Originals, Manners, Habits, Warres, Coines and Seales..., from Julius Caesar unto the Raigne of King James of famous Memorie, 3rd edition, published John Dawson for George Humble, 1632, engraved portrait frontispiece of John Speed, additional engraved portrait of William the Conqueror, printer's woodcut device to title, woodcut illustrations and decorative head & tailpieces throughout, a few pages with long repaired closed tears, very occasional spotting, lacks index, later marbled endpapapers, 19th century marbled calf, repaired and re-backed, a little worn at extremities, folio STC 23049. (1)

Bigland (Ralph). Historical, Monumental and Genealogical Collections, relative to the County of Glouceter..., 2 volumes, published John Nichols, 1791 - 1792, engraved armorial to titles of each, thirty-four engraved plates, engraved illustrations and chapter headings to letterpress, bound with,Fosbrooke (Rev. Thomas Dudley), An Original History of the City of Gloucester, almost wholly Compiled from New Materials... Including also the Original Papers of the Late Ralph Bigland, 1819, additional decorative engraved title, twenty-one engraved plates, very occasional spotting, marbled endpapers, near contemporary speckled calf with decorative gilt spine, joints cracked, rear board volume 2 near detached, extremities slightly rubbed, folio Hyett and Bazeley, I, pp.31-44, and Upcott pp. 253 - 256. (2)

Art Journal. The Art Journal, 14 volumes, 1898 - 1911, numerous etched, gravure and black & white plates throughout, mixed bindings, a little rubbed, folio (14)

Boydell (John & Josiah, publishers). A Collection of Prints from the pictures painted for the purpose of illustrating the Dramatic Works of Shakespeare, by the Artists of Great-Britain, 2 volumes bound in one, 1803[-05], printed dedication, introduction and list of plates, 100 engraved plates, including vignette title page to each volume, portraits of George III and Queen Charlotte, and 97 fine stipple engraved plates after Henry Fuseli, George Romney, Joseph Wright, Francis Wheatley, Angelika Kauffman, Robert Smirke, John Opie, James Barry and others, generally good strong impressions, some minor marginal marks and light spotting, a few plates with some light browning, and one or two short closed marginal tears, minor fraying to first and last leaves, both covers missing, large folio (690 x 540 mm) (1)

Cleverdon (Douglas). The Engravings of David Jones, A Survey, 2 vols., Clover Hill Editions, Rampant LIon Press, 1981, text volume with ninety-six leaves of engravings, top edge gilt, remainder untrimmed, plus a portfolio containing an additional ninety-six engravings on japon, plus nine copper engravings and one dry-point printed from the original plates, with 8pp. index booklet, text volume bound in quarter tan morocco over green cloth, green morocco labels to spine, spine lightly faded, bookform solander box in matching quarter tan cloth over green cloth, with green morocco spine labels (faded), the two contained in matching green cloth slipcase, folio, limited edition, XII/CV copies (2)

Diehl (Gaston). Nicolas Tarkhoff, France, 1982, numerous colour and black and white illustrations, original black cloth in dust jacket and slipcase, folio, together with Sysoyev (Vladimir), Alexander Deineka, paintings, graphic works, sculptures, mosaics, excerpts from the Artist's writings, Russia, 1982, numerous colour illustrations, original cream cloth in dust jacket and slipcase, spine slightly rubbed to head and foot, folio, plus Cattaneo (Enrico & Dell'Acqua, Gian Alberto), Immagini di Castiglione Olona, Italy, 1976, numerous colour and black and white illustrations, original green cloth in dust jacket and slipcase, folio, plus other modern Old Master & 19th-century art reference, including botanical and French art, mostly original cloth in dust jackets, G/VG, 8vo/folio (78)

Frink (Elisabeth, illustrator). Aesop's Fables, R. Alistair McAlpine/Leslie Waddington Prints/Curwen Press, 1968, colour and black and white illustrations, four original unsigned lithographs at end, original contrasting morocco gilt, limited edition of 250, this copy out-of-series and the artist's own copy, inscribed to half title: "Elisabeth Frink artist copy. For Herbert Simon", oblong folio Herbert Simon (1898-1974) was one of the original directors of the Curwen Press. (1)

Keynes (Geoffrey). William Blake's Laocoon. A Last Testament..., Trianon Press, 1976, black & white frontispiece and plates, publisher's brown morocco gilt, 4to, contained in original slipcase, (special copy no. XVI of 32, signed by Geoffrey Keynes, in an edition of 438 copies), together with Hewitt (Graily), The Pen and Type-Design, London: The First Edition Club, 1928, Ken Tomkinson bookplate, top edge gilt, remainder untrimmed, contemporary red morocco with Art Deco gilt design, large 8vo, contained in original drop back box, (limited edition of 250 copies), with Morison (Stanley), On Type Faces, Examples of the use of type for the printing of books..., London: Medici Society & The Fleuron, 1923, edges untrimmed, original cloth-backed marbled boards, folio, (limited edition 111/750), with Godman (Ernest), Norman Architecture in Essex, published by the author at Sunnyside, Banstead, Surrey, 1905, etched frontispiece, black & white plates and illustrations, signature of Elizabeth Ashbee, 1906 to front free endpaper, edges untrimmed, original green cloth gilt, 8vo, plus other private press and printing reference related etc. (20)

Lewis (Wyndham). Thirty Personalities and A Self-Portrait, 1st edition, Desmond Harmsworth, 1932, title page, 2 leaves of introductory text, and 31 lithograph portraits, including Stella Benson, G.K. Chesterton, Noel Coward, Augustus John, James Joyce, Constance Lambert, Rebecca West, and others, each with captioned tissue-guard, loose as issued in original white cloth-backed portfolio with cloth-ties, paper label to upper cover, a little rubbed and slight soiling, folio Limited edition 142/200, signed by Wyndham Lewis. (1)

Marillier (H.C.). Dante Gabriel Rossetti. An Illustrated Memorial of his Art and Life, 1st edition, 1899, numerous sepia and half-tone illustrations, scattered light spotting and toning, top edge gilt, original blue cloth gilt, a few small flecked stains, folio With a 2 pp. autograph letter signed from the author, dated September 1896, sending a J.S. Cotton at The Academy a prospectus for the book and hoping Cotton would find space in the Academy for the work, when published. (1)

Oakeshott (Walter). The Two Winchester Bibles, Oxford University Press, 1981, colour plates, monochrome plates and illustrations, top edge gilt, original maroon cloth gilt, with slipcase, large folio, limited edition 268/1000, together with Braunfels (Wolfgang), The Lorsch Gospels, Introduction by Wolfgang Braunfels, New York, George Braziller, [1967], colour facsimile, original vellum-backed red cloth, with separate accompanying introductory text bound in plain wrappers, with slipcase, folio, limited edition 798/1000 (2)

Britton (John). Cathedral Antiquities. Historical and descriptive accounts, with 311 illustrations..., 5 volumes, M.A. Nattali, 1836, numerous engraved plates by Le Keux, Cattermole, Cresey, Gandy, Bartlett, etc, occasional spotting, all edges gilt, contemporary uniform red half morocco gilt, rubbed and scuffed to joints and edges, upper cover to first volume detached, 4to, together with Dugdale (Sir William), Monasticon Anglicanum, volume 1 only, 1st edition, Richard Hodgkinson, 1655, numerous etched plates by Wenceslaus Hollar and Daniel King, some soiling and staining to lower fore-margin throughout, a few marginal tears and one folding plate loose, contemporary calf, worn with covers detached, folio (sold with all faults) (6)

Pinelli (Bartolomeo). Raccolta di Cinquanta Costumi Pittoreschi incisi al acqua forte, Rome, Lorenzo Lazzari, 1809, engraved title, and 49 (of 50) etched plates of Italian costume and rustic figures, etc., bound with Nuova Raccolta di Cinquanta Costumi de contorni di Roma compresi diversi fatti di briganti, Rome, Giovanni Scudellari, 1823, printed title, with contemporary ownership signature at head, 47 (of 50) etched plates only of brigands, some scattered spotting, mainly to margins, waterstain to upper margin throughout, gilt gauffered edges, marbled endpapers, near-contemporary gilt-decorated full vellum over wooden boards (by T.H. Reilly Fine Art Gallery, Dublin), a few marks and small stain to upper cover, oblong folio (1)

Keynes (Geoffrey, editor). The Writings of William Blake, 3 volumes in 1, Nonesuch Press, 1925, portrait frontispiece, black and white plates, top edge gilt, remainder rough trimmed, original morocco gilt, a little rubbed and darkened on spine, small folio, (limited edition of 1500 copies, this being L/LXXV copies on Oxford India paper), together with Wilson (Mona), The Life of William Blake, Nonesuch Press, 1927, portrait frontispiece and black and white plates, top edge gilt, remainder uncut, original parchment-backed boards, slightly rubbed and soiled, small folio, (limited edition 133/1480 copies), plus Blake (William, illustrator), John Milton: Poems in English, Nonesuch Press, 1926, black and white plates, uncut, original vellum, slightly rubbed and soiled, large 8vo, (limited edition of 1450 copies, this being 24/90 copies on Oxford India paper with 2 volumes bound as 1), plus other Blake interest (16)

Brinkley (Frank, editor). Japan Described and Illustrated by the Japanese, written by eminent Japanese authorities and scholars, with an essay on Japanese art by Kakuzo Okakura, 10 volumes, Boston, [1897-98], profusely illustrated with 60 matted hand-coloured albumen prints and 200 smaller hand-coloured albumen prints in text, 10 original colour collotype photographs of flowers by Ogawa, 10 frontispieces of mounted original examples of Japanese art and numerous colour plates reproducing notable works of art, some scattered marginal spotting and to endpapers, inner margins of volume 6 with small brown stain, original publisher's Japanese-style brocaded silk over boards with spine ties, minor soiling and edge wear, folio Limited edition, 74/100 sets of the 'Imperial Edition'. (-)

Camden (William). Britannia: or a Chorographical Description of the Flourishing Kingdoms of England, Scotland and Ireland and the Islands adjacent; from the earliest antiquity..., enlarged by the latest discoveries by Richard Gough, 3 volumes, published John Nichols, 1789, portrait frontispiece, title page to each volume, dedication and an additional half title after xxii, ninety-seven uncoloured engraved plates (including eight double page), one folding table and fifty-six engraved maps by John Cary (including fifty-two double page and/or folding), slight offsetting, occasional marginal finger soiling and spotting, later endpapers, book plate of Tomkinson, contemporary speckled calf, rebacked with gilt decorative spines and contrasting morocco labels, boards a little rubbed and scuffed, folio Chubb CCLXXI. (3)

Ashendene Press. A Descriptive Bibliography of the Books Printed at the Ashendene Press, 1935, black and white plates and illustrations including some tipped-in specimens and 2 errata slips, ex-public library with numerous stamps and marks, top edge gilt, remainder untrimmed, original morocco, spine heavily rubbed with some loss at head and foot, stamped classification number at foot of spine, slipcase, (signed limited edition, 175/390 copies), together with Limited Editions Club, Quarto-Millenary: The First 250 Publications in the First 25 Years 1929-1954 of the Limited Editions Club, New York, 1959, colour and black and white plates and illustrations including some tipped in, original quarter morocco in worn slipcase, 4to, (limited edition, 1906/2250 copies), plus Dreyfus (John), A History of the Nonesuch Press, 1981, some illustrations in red and black, original cloth in dust jacket, some slight soiling and browning, folio, plus other private press and literary reference (12)

Dugdale (William). Monasticon Anglicanum, sive Pandectae Coenobiorum Benedictinorum, Cluniacensieum, Cisterciensium, Carthusianorum, 3 volumes, 1st edition, Richard Hodgkinson, Alice Warren & Thomas Newcomb, 1655-73, titles printed in red and black, additional etched title to first volume by Hollar, 109 full-page etched plates by Wenceslaus Hollar and Daniel King, including some folding or double-page, plus 1 half-page etched illustration, (volume 1 has frontispiece, 62 plates plus folding map, volume 2 has 18 plates, volume 3 has 28 plates plus 1 half-page etched illustration), linen-backed, all edges gilt, marbled endpapers, 19th century gilt-decorated crushed full red morocco, rubbed and scuffed to joints, with a little wear, upper joint to third volume partly cracked, outer corners bumped, folio Ex libris Henry Parry Liddon (1829-1890), Church of England clergyman and theologian, and a leading member of the Oxford Movement. He was canon of St. Paul's Cathedral from 1870 to his death, and was a close friend of Charles Dodgson, better known as Lewis Carroll. (3)

Designer Binding. Paradise Lost, A Poem in Twelve Books by John Milton, with an Introduction by John Wain and Illustrations by Ian Pollock, Folio Society, 1991, colour plates, recent full brown morocco with wraparound design of leather onlays depicting a yellow gilt, red and blue slithering snake in a stripy background, folio (1)

Circle Press. The Left-Handed Punch, by Roy Fisher and Ronald King, Circle Press, 1986, screen-printed colour illustrations, some captioned in pencil, including ten moveable puppets and one print additionally signed in pencil by the artist, photocopies of letters exchanged between artist and poet inserted, loosely contained within printed card wrapper, original publisher's cloth chemise and slipcase, folio Numbered 5 from a limited editio of 80, signed by both authors. (1)

Circle Press. Anansi Company, by Ronald King and Roy Fisher, Circle Press, 1992, thirteen screen printed removable wire and card puppets, screen printed and hand stencilled decoration, 2pp. prospectus, loosely contained in card wrap-around, housed in original solander box, folio Numbered 75 from a limited edition of 120 and signed by both authors. (1)

Folio Society. The Works of Geoffrey Chaucer now newly imprinted [a fine facsimile edition of the Kelmscott Chaucer], 2008, illustrations by Edward Burne-Jones, initial letters throughout, some titles and headings printed in red, afterword by William S. Peterson, top edge gilt, original gilt-decorated rust-brown cloth, with slipcase, large folio, VG (1)