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Folio Society - a quantity of books to include BLUNDEN - Undertones of War, together with others

A SECTION OF FOLIO SOCIETY BOOK TO INCLUDE GULLIVERS TRAVELS, REBECCA, CANTERBURY TALES, THE PICTURE OF DORIAN GREY, THE WIT OF OSCAR WILDE, ETC (9 SETS, 12 BOOKS IN TOTAL)

A SECTION OF FOLIO SOCIETY BOOKS TO INCLUDE, GREEK AND ROMAN INTEREST (3 SETS, 11 BOOKS IN TOTAL)

A SECTION OF FOLIO SOCIETY BOOKS TO INCLUDE, THE HISTORY OF WESTERN MUSIC, HISTORY OF WESTERN SCIENCE, BEETHOVEN, ETC (6 BOOKS IN TOTAL)

A SECTION OF FOLIO SOCIETY BOOKS TO INCLUDE, A HISTORY OF ENGLAND, CHURCHILL, A IS FOR OX, ETC (8 BOOKS IN TOTAL)

A QUANTITY OF FOLIO SOCIETY BOOKS, TO INCLUDE JOHN KEATES, DICKENS, WORDSWORTH, MILTON, ETC (5)

A BOX OF SHAKESPEARE INTEREST BOOKS, TO INCLUDE FOLIO SOCIETY EXAMPLES

A BOX OF FOLIO SOCIETY BOOKS, TO INCLUDE AGATHA CHRISTIE, ULYSSES, JANE AUSTIN, THE NAME OF THE ROSE, BIRDSONG, MURIEL SPARK, ETC (21)

A BOX OF FOLIO SOCIETY BOOKS, TO INCLUDE ANTHONY TROLLOPE AND THOMAS HARDY (15)

A SMALL COLLECTION OF FOLIO SOCIETY BOOKS, TO INCLUDE ON LIBERTY, WHAT IS LIFE?, LIFE, ETC (6)

A COLLECTION OF FOLIO SOCIETY BOOKS OF ROMAN AND GREEK INTEREST (10)

A COLLECTION OF FOLIO SOCIETY BOOKS, TO INCLUDE THE IDIOT, CHARLES DARWIN, COLOUR, ETC (9)

A folio containing eleven Terence Cuneo coloured prints of various steam engines

WRIGHT (JAMES) THE HISTORY AND ANTIQUITIES OF THE COUNTY OF RUTLAND.... folio, double page map, engraving and illustrations in the text and woodcut arms, early inscription to front pastedown dated 7 Nov 1685 and inscribed Price 9s, engraved bookplate of Robert Ingram and signature (1804) calf, 1684

Lagamma (Alison). Kongo, Power and Majesty, 1st edition, 2015, numerous colour illustrations, original illustrated boards with cream cloth spine, large 8vo, together with Meyer (Anthony J.P.), Oceanic Art, 1995, numerous colour illustrations, cracked gutters, original black cloth in dust jacket, covers slightly rubbed to head and foot, large 4to, plus Kircher (Ashley), American Indian, 1st edition, USA, 2012, numerous colour and black and white illustrations, original boards, folio, plus Tiradritti (Francesco, [editor]), The Cairo Museum Masterpieces of Egyptian Art, 1998, numerous colour illustrations, original blue cloth in dust jacket, spine slightly marked, folio, and other modern ethnic art reference and related, mostly hardback publications, many original cloth in dust jackets, G/VG, 8vo/folio (48)

Richardson (Charles James). Observations on the Architecture of England during the reigns of Queen Elizabeth and King James I, [first series], 1837, folding lithograph frontispiece (with closed tear), chromolithograph title, numerous lithograph plates, some spotting and toning, top edge gilt, publisher's half sheep, title label to upper board, rubbed and scuffed, 4to, together with Ruskin (John), The Stones of Venice, 3 volumes, new edition, 1874, numerous engraved plates, top edge gilt, remainder untrimmed, original cloth gilt, large 8vo, with Crisp Jones (Kenneth, edit.), The Silversmiths of Birmingham and their Marks 1750-1980, 1st edition, 1981, black & white and colour plates and illustrations, original cloth in dust jacket, folio, plus other antiques and art reference (a carton)

Rennie (John). The Theory, Formation, and Construction of British and Foreign Harbours, 2 volumes, 1854, engraved portrait frontispiece, 122 engraved charts and plans, a little mostly marginal spotting throughout, top edge gilt, contemporary green half morocco gilt, heavily rubbed and a little soiled, large folio (2)

Ravilious (Eric). Eric Ravilious: Landscape, Letters & Design, by Anne Ullmann, Christopher Whittick & Simon Lawrence, 2 volumes, Fleece Press, 2008, numerous colour illustrations, some tipped-in and folding, original cloth, slipcase, oblong 4to, limited edition of 650, together with Mr Derrick Harris, 1919-1960, by Simon Brett, Fleece Press, 1998, illustrations, original cloth-backed boards, 4to, with two folders of loose illustrations, including Royal Flush, contained in original cloth dropover box, oblong folio, limited edition of 280, plus First Friends. Paul and Bunty, John and Christine - and Carrington, by Ronald Blythe, Fleece Press, 1997, illustrations, original boards, slipcase, folio, limited edition of 300, with others including Dear Mercia. Paul Nash Letters to Mercia Oakley, 1909-18, Fleece Press, 1991, Ian Rogerson's Barnett Freedman. The Graphic Art, Fleece Press, 2006, The Artistry of Leslie Cole. Today I Worked Well - the Picture Fell Off the Brush, told for the first time by Malcolm Yorke, Fleece Press, 2010, To War With Paper & Brush. Captain Edward Ardizzone, Official War Artist, 2007 and two framed original Punch cover artworks by Edward Ardizzone, 1955 and 1957 (10)

Baines (Edward). History of The Wars of the French Revolution... , volumes 1 & 2 (complete), 1817, black and white plates and folding maps including portrait frontispiece, ex-library plates to front pastedowns, contemporary inscriptions to titles, some spotting and worming, uniform contemporary calf, boards and spines rubbed with minor loss, large 4to, together with Scott (Walter), Marmion; a tale of Flodden Field, 4th edition, Edinburgh, 1808, 6 black and white engravings, some light spotting, contemporary gilt-decorated calf, boards partially detached, spine worn with some loss, 8vo, and other miscellaneous 19th-century literature and reference, many leather bindings, some odd volumes, condition is generally fair/good, 8vo/folio (6 shelves)

Lawrence (Simon). 45 Wood-Engravers, with an Introduction by John Lawrence, Whittington Press, 1982, numerous wood-engraved illustrations, original green cloth-backed boards, slipcase, 4to, limited edition, Binder's copy, one of 350, together with Reynolds Stone. Engraved Lettering in Wood, by Michael Harvey, Fleece Press, 1992, illustrations, original cloth-backed bpards, slipcase, folio, limited edition of 270, plus A Cross Section. The Society of Wood Engravers in 1988, Fleece Press, 1988, numerous illustrations, original cloth-backed boards, slipcase, 4to, limited edition of 225, with eight others by the Fleece Press including Bookplates and Labels by Leo Wyatt, 1988, The Yorkshire Dales, Wood Engravings by Marie Hartley, 1989, Moods and Tenses. The Portraits and Characters of Peter Reddick, 1999, Bookplates by Richard Shirley Smith, 2005, To Beauty, 2006 and Land, Sea & Sky, by Peter Reddick, 2009 (11)

[Vakhtangov, Evgenii Bagrationovich]. Printsessa Turandot. Teatral'no-tragicheskaia kitaiskaia skazka v 5 aktakh [by Carlo Gozzi], 1st edition, Moscow/St Petersburg, 1923, 2 full-page photographic portraits of Vakhtangov, 34 plates including twelve colour, illustrations from photographs to text, original illustrated wrappers by Nivinskii, professionally restored, small bookseller's stamp to lower wrapper, in a folding cloth box, folio A commemorative account of Vakhtangov's famous production of Princess Turandot at the Moscow Art Theatre. (1)

Howard (David Sanctuary). Chinese Armorial Porcelain, volume 2 only, 2003, inscription and handwritten letter by the author to front endpaper, numerous colour illustrations, original blue cloth in dust jacket and slipcase, large 4to, together with N‚ret (Gilles), Salvador Dali, 1904-1989, volumes 1 & 2, 2007, numerous colour and black and white illustrations, original boards in dust jackets and slipcase, folio, and Zollner (Frank), Leonardo da Vinci, 1452-1519: The Complete Paintings and Drawings, numerous colour and black and white illustrations, original boards in dust jacket and slipcase, folio, plus other modern art reference, mostly hardback publications, many original cloth in dust jackets, G/VG, 8vo/folio (6 shelves)

Plutarch. The Lives of the Noble Grecians & Romanes compared together by that grave learned philosopher and historiographer Plutarke of Chaeronea, volumes 1-5, Nonesuch Press, numerous black and white illustrations, some minor toning, uniform original brown cloth, large 8vo, (limited edition 158/1550), together with Ogilvy (James S.), A Pilgrimage in Surrey, volumes 1 & 2, 1st edition, 1914, 94 colour plates, some minor spotting, uniform original decorated green cloth, boards and spine slightly rubbed, large 4to, plus Loti (Pierre), Egypt, circa 1910, 8 colour plates including frontispiece, with tissue guard, some light spotting, original gilt-decorated red cloth, spine slightly rubbed to head and foot, 8vo, plus other late 19th and early 20th-century travel literature and natural history reference, all hardback publications, some leather bindings, G/VG, 8vo/folio (3 shelves)

Auction catalogues. A large collection of modern art auction catalogues and reference, including Bonhams, Sotheby's, Christie's, all original wrappers, G/VG, 8vo/folio (cartons)

Raleigh (Sir Walter). The History of the World. In Five Books, n.d., circa 1630s?, additional engraved title torn with considerable loss, engraved portrait to letterpress title, Minde of the Front present (cropped to gutter and fore-edge blank margins and lined to verso), four double-page engraved maps only (of 6) and one double-page battle plan only (of 2, each cropped to margins), leaves Ee2, 5V1 & 5V2 with fore-edge blank margins torn away, some text leaves cropped, occasional early marginallia and some repaired tears etc., 19th century mottled sheep, joints cracked at head & foot, rubbed and some wear, folio Sold with all faults, not subject to return. (1)

Farndale (Martin & Routledge, N.W.). History of the Royal Regiment of Artillery, The Forgotten Fronts and the Home Base, 1914-18, 1988, Anti-Aircraft Artillery, 1914-55, 1994, The Years of Defeat 1939-41, 1996, all 1st UK editions, numerous black and white illustrations, all original blue cloth in dust jackets, 4to (3 volumes in total), together with a large collection of modern military reference including publications by Arms and Armour, Greenhill Books, P.S.L., Ian Allen, Conway, mostly original cloth in dust jackets, G/VG, 8vo/folio (6 shelves)

Knight (Charles, [editor]). The Pictorial Edition of The Works of Shakespere, 8 volumes, mixed editions, 1867, numerous black and white illustrations, some light spotting, uniform later black half morocco, spines slightly rubbed, 8vo, together with Ollier (Edmund), Illustrated History of the Russ-Turkish War, volumes 1 & 2 bound in 1, circa 1877, numerous black and white illustrations, inscription to front pastedown, some light spotting, contemporary blue half calf, spine slightly rubbed, large 4to, and Sassoon (Siegfried), The Old Huntsman, And other Poems, 2nd impression, 1917, contemporary inscription to front endpaper, some minor spotting, contemporary boards, spine slightly rubbed to head and foot, 8vo, plus other late 19th and 20th-century literature and miscellaneous reference, including The Black Tower, by P.D. James, 1st edition, 1975, original cloth in dust jacket, 8vo, some leather bindings, mostly original cloth, condition is generally good/very good, 8vo/folio (3 shelves)

*Hampshire Broadsides. A group of 8 printed broadsides and similar, including 2 copies of 'To the independent freeholders of the county of Hants. How are the mighty fallen!!!', Winton, 29 January 1790, 2 copies, 2 pp., folio, a new school-piece, published G. Thompson, 19 December 1795, engraved biblical vignettes to borders, manuscript insertions, plus other mostly late 18th-century Hampshire election broadsides, various sizes (10)

Folio Society. Leviathan, by Thomas Hobbes, 2011, Folk Tales of Britain, volumes 1-3, by Katharine M. Briggs, 2011, An Autobiography, or The Story of My Experiments with Truth, by M.K. Gandhi, Jerusalem, 2010, The Emanation of the Giant Albion, by William Blake, 2007, plus 15 further Folio Society volumes, all original cloth in dust jackets, together with other modern literature and miscellaneous reference, including publications by Oxford, Sutton, Yale, mostly original cloth in dust jackets, G/VG, 8vo/folio (6 shelves)

Jesuit Pamphlet. A True Narrative of that Grand Jesuite Father Andrews, who lived at Hardwick in Monmouthsire, how he fled into a large wood to escape Justice, how he came to an untimely end and the manner of his Burial, 1679, 4pp., minor scattered spotting, pierced to gutter margin where previously bound, rebound with modern blanks, cloth, folio, together with Gurney (Joseph), The Whole Proceedings on the Trial of the indictment, the King on the Prosecution of William Jones, against The Rev. William Davies Shipley, dean of St. Asaph, for a Libel..., 2nd edition, circa 1784, dust-soiling throughout, minor marginal staining, contemporary quarter sheep, rubbed and worn, upper board detached, folio (2)

Rudder (Samuel). A New History of Gloucestershire, 1st ed., Cirencester, 1779, folding engraved map, sixteen engraved plates (including 10 double-page, 3 folding & 3 single-page plans), one engraving in letterpress, occasional light offsetting, marbled endpapers with neatly repaired hinges, near contemporary calf, neatly rebacked with gilt decorated spine and green morocco title label, folio Upcott I, pp.251-253. (1)

Royal Academy of Arts. Chardin, 2000, numerous colour illustrations, original brown cloth in dust jacket, folio, together with Passantino (Erika D., [editor]), The Eye of Duncan Philips, A Collection in the Making, Yale University Press, 1999, numerous colour and black and white illustrations, original green cloth in dust jacket, foio, plus Miller (A.E. Haswell & Dawnay, N.P.), Military Drawings and Paintings in the Royal Collection, volumes 1 & 2 (text & plates), 2nd edition, 1969, numerous colour and black and white plates, original rec cloth in price-clipped dust jackets, large 8vo, and Lemoine (Serge, [editor]), Paintings in the Mus‚e D'Orsay, new edition, 2004, numerous colour illustrations, original red cloth in dust jacket, large 4to, and other European art reference and history, mostly hardback publications, many original cloth in dust jackets, G/VG, 8vo/4to (93)

Nonesuch Press. La Divina Commedia or the Divine Vision of Dante Alighieri in Italian & English, 1928, parallel text in two columns, forty-two illustrations after Sandro Botticelli, endpapers slightly toned, top edge gilt remainder untrimmed, original orange vellum gilt, spine very slightly faded (overall a very bright copy), folio (1)

British Family Histories. Some Account of the Pedigree of the Forsters of Cold Hesledon, in the County Palatine of Durham, by Joseph Foster, Sunderland, 1862, armorial frontispiece, top edge gilt, original green cloth gilt, slim 4to, together with other family histories including Materials for a History of the Wither Family, by Rev. Reginald F. Bigg-Wither, Winchester, 1907 (one of 200 copies); Memorials of a Warwickshire Family, by Rev. Bridgeman G.F.C.W. Boughton-Leigh, 1906; Genealogical Memoranda Relating to the Family of Merriam, by C.P. Merriam & C.E. Gildersome-Dickinson, privately printed, Chiswick Press, 1900, (one of 100 copies); The Maude family, 2nd edition, privately printed, by Francis Maude, 1924; The Family of Brocas of Beaurepaire and Roche Court, by M. Burrows, 1886; plus 14 other similar British family histories, mostly original cloth gilt (two quarter vellum, one quarter morocco), 8vo, 4to & folio (20)

Dore (Gustave). Milton's Paradise Lost, ed. Robert Vaughan, 1882, wood-engraved plates, occasional minor marks, all edges gilt, 20th century half sheep, refurbished, folio, together with The Vision of Purgatory and Paradise by Dante Alighieri, wood-engraved plates, occasional dust-soiling, all edges gilt, 20th century half sheep, a little rubbed and scuffed, folio (2)

Bacon (Francis, Viscount Verulam). Sylva Sylvarum: Or, a Naturall History..., 6th edition, 1651, engraved portrait frontispiece, additional engraved title, some browning and occasional spotting, some fraying to margins of first & last leaves, modern blind panelled calf, folio (1)

Walpoole (George Augustus). The New British Traveller; or, a Complete Modern Universal Display of Great-Britain and Ireland..., London: Alex Hogg, 1784, engraved frontispiece (lined to verso), two folding engraved maps and twenty-one single-page maps, eighty-five engraved plates (59 with multiple views per plate), library ink stamps to verso of numerous plates and maps etc., occasional minor spotting and few repaired closed tears, endpapers renewed, top edge gilt, remainder untrimmed, near contemporary blind panelled calf, rebacked preserving original spine, morocco label to spine, folio (1)

Cowley (Abraham). The Works of Mr. Abraham Cowley... now published out of the author's original copies, printed by J.M. for Henry Herringman, 1668, engraved portrait frontispiece by William Faithorne, occasional minor marks, early manuscript annotation regarding the author and his life to verso of front blank, modern half calf, folio, together with Felltham (Owen), Resolves, A Duple Century, 7th edition, 1647, engraved title by William Marshall, with some marks and soiling and fraying with minor loss to fore-edge, explanation leaf facing the title, with loss to lower portion, some marginal marks and light browning, modern calf, incorporating original upper cover, small 4to, plus Theocritus. The Idylliums of Theocritus with Rapin's Discourse of Pastorals done into English, Oxford, printed by L. Lichfield for Anthony Stephens, 1684, contemporary calf, modern reback, 8vo, and Ludlow (Edmund), Memoirs, 3 volumes, Vevey, 1698-99, contemporary sprinkled calf, modern gilt reback, 8vo, and other 17th century mostly English literature, including Richard Hooker, Of The Lawes of Ecclesiastical Politie, printed for Andrew Crooke, 1666, engraved portrait and additional title, but without the Regia Maiestas plate, William Camden, Remaines Concerning Britaine, 1614, Henry Wotton, Reliquiae Wottonianae, 4th edition, 1685, Charles Cotton, Scarronides, 1664 (lacking leaf before title), (Wing C6391), Quintilian, Institutionum Auratoriarum, 2 volumes, Leidon & Rotterdam, 1665, Thomas Browne, Pseudodoxia Epidemica, 6th edition, 1672, etc., mostly bound in contemporary calf, mainly 8vo, but including two folios (16)

Islamic Architecture. Historical Monuments of Islam in the U.S.S.R., Moslem Religious Board of Central Asia and Kazakhstan, Tashkent, [1970], Arabic text, numerous colour and half-tone illustrations, original green cloth, with a separate booklet in Russian/English/French (small tears to spine), original slipcase, some edge wear, folio (1)

Buck (Samuel & Nathaniel). A collection of 33 engraved plates from Ruins of the Most Noted Abbeys, Castles, 1727-33, including views in Chester, Durham, Northumberland, Oxford and Somerset, subscribers lists, lacking all titles, a few plates loose, one or two spots, contemporary calf & original boards, some wear, oblong folio Sold as a collection of plates not subject to return. (2)

Boemus (Joannes). Repertorium librorum trium Ioannis Boemi de omnium gentium ritibus, 1st edition, [colophon:] Augsburg: Sigismund Grimm & Marcus Wirsung, 1520, title within historiated woodcut border, small repair not affecting printed area, light water-stain or browning to last few leaves, without the final blank, later vellum, folio (305 x 210 mm) Adams B2275; Durling 609; Sabin 6117. (1)

Racinet (Auguste). L'Ornement Polychrome, Cent planches en couleurs or et argent, Paris, Firmin Didot, [1869-87], 100 chromolithographed plates, some light marginal spotting to text leaves and heavier spotting to preliminary leaves, ownership name and address to title, dated 1930, with some soiling and marginal fraying, rebound in modern green cloth, thick folio (1)

Kelmscott Chaucer. The Works of Geoffrey Chaucer now newly Imprinted, 2 volumes, Basilisk Press, 1974-75, fine facsimile edition printed in black and red, fore-edges rough-trimmed, with separate companion volume containing mounted black & white plates, both vols. uniformly bound in patterned cloth made by Liberty to a William Morris design, folio, contained in the original blue paper-covered slipcase (1)

Military. A large collection of modern warfare, aviation and military reference and related, including publications by Pen & Sword, Putnam, Grub Street, Sutton, Arms & Armour Press, Jane's, mostly original cloth in dust jackets, G/VG, 8vo/folio (6 shelves)

Literature. A large collection of late 19th-century and modern literature and miscellaneous reference, including publications by Folio Society, Oxford, Penguin, mostly original cloth, many in dust jackets, G/VG, 8vo/4to (6 shelves & a carton)

[Bunbury, Henry William]. An Academy for Grown Horseman, Containing the Completest Instructions for Walking, Trotting, Cantering, Gallopping, Stumbling, and Tumbling... , by Geoffrey Gombado, 2nd edition, 1788, 12 hand-coloured etched and stipple-engraved plates, recent antique-style half calf gilt, folio (1)

Arion Press. Moby Dick, by Herman Melville, Arion Press, San Francisco, 1979, wood-engraved illustrations by Barry Moser, original blue full morocco, spine lettered in silver, slipcase with printed cloth label (a few faint spots), folio Limited edition, one of 265 copies. An excellent copy of what the publisher describes as 'one of the most elaborate printing ventures ever to be undertaken by an American Press'. The book, designed by Adrew Hoyem and others, was commenced in March 1978 and completed in May 1979. (1)

Rider (William). Views in Stratford-upon-Avon and its Vicinity, Illustrative of the Biography of Shakspeare, Accompanied with Descriptive Remarks, Warwick and Leamington, 1828, half title, five mounted etched plates on India paper, scattered light spotting, original boards, paper label to upper cover, some spotting and soiling, folio (1)

Mitford (John). The Adventures of Johnny Newcome in the Navy: a Poem in four Cantos, 3rd edition, circa 1819, 20 hand-coloured plates, lacks endpapers and title-page, some spotting and wear, modern green cloth, 8vo, together with Skues (G.E.M.), The Way of a Trout with a Fly, 1st edition, 1921, 3 black and white illustrations, some light spotting, original green cloth, 8vo, plus Sharpe (John, [publisher]), Elegant Extracts... , 14 volumes (of 18), circa 1810, bookplates to front pastedowns, all edges gilt, contemporary uniform gilt-decorated blue morocco, boards and spines slightly rubbed, 12mo, plus other miscellaneous 18th to early 20th-century literature and miscellaneous reference, including The Spectator, volumes 1-8, 1729, The Lucubrations of Isaac Bickerstaff, Esq, volumes 1-4, 1728, The Guardian, volumes 1 & 2, 5th edition, 1729, some leather bindings, many original cloth, condition is generally good/very good, 8vo/folio (2 cartons)

Singh (Rajendra). The Grenadiers, Historical Record of the Regiment, 1st edition, Delhi, 1962, 33 black and white illustrations, some pages detached, toning and light spotting, original gilt-decorated green cloth, boards slightly marked, spine lightly rubbed to head and foot, 4to, together with Rizvi (S. Haider Abbas), Veteran Campaigners, A History of the Punjab Regiment 1759-1981, 1st edition, Pakistan, 1984, numerous colour and black and white illustrations and maps, some light marks, original gilt-decorated green cloth, 8vo, plus Nayyar (K.K.), Amar Jawan, A Book of Remembrance... , 1st edition, India, 1997, numerous colour and black and white illustrations, original black cloth in dust jacket, oblong folio, plus other modern Indian and Pakistan army and military reference, mostly original cloth in dust jackets, including publications by Lancer, Oxford, Pen & Sword, G/VG, 8vo/folio (6 shelves)

Johnson (Samuel). A Dictionary of the English Language: In which the Words are Deduced from their Originals, and Illustrated in their Different Significations by Examples from the Best Writers, to which are Prefixed, a History of the Language, and an English Grammar, 2 volumes, 3rd edition, 1765, titles printed in red and black, double column, some spotting and browning, old damp stain to lower corner of volume 2 with a little resultant discoloration, touching text throughout, name stamp 'Antoine Polier an 2' at foot of both titles, contemporary calf with gilt ornament to each board, some edge wear and corners bruised, gilt-decorated spines, rubbed and joints slightly cracked, folio (405 x 250 mm) The ownership name referred to Colonel Antoine-Louis Henri de Polier (1741-1795), a Swiss adventurer, art collector, military engineer and soldier who was assassinated in Avignon on 9 February 1795 in the terror that followed the French Revolution. Alston V, 179. (2)

Blomefield (Francis). The History of the City and County of Norwich, Containing it's Original Rise, and Increase..., a Description of the Streets, Walls, River, remarkable Houses, and other things..., [Fersfield] : Printed at Fersfield, 1741, title in red & black, six engraved plates of 8? (including one folding), few engraved illustrations to text, list of subscribers, short worm trail to few leaves at rear of volume, rear free endpaper detached, contemporary blind panelled calf gilt, joints cracked and some wear to extremities, folio ESTC T226404 and Upcott, p. 945-7. Three UK institutional locations found (Birmingham University Library, Cambridge University Special collections & Norwich Cathedral). This is a self-contained volume on Norwich, being Volume 2 of the first edition of Blomefield's work on Norfolk 'A Essay towards a Topographical History of the County of Norfolk, 1739'. The number of plates within this work appears to vary from 5, 6 or 8. Upcott calls for eight plates, with this copy lacking the city plan and also the monument of Bishop Hall in Heigham Church. (1)

Camden (William). Britannia: Or, A Chorographical Description of the flourishing kingdoms of England, Scotland, and Ireland, translated... by Richard Gough, volumes 1-3 (complete), 1789, numerous black and white plates including frontispiece portrait, ex-library bookplates to front pastedowns, some light spotting, some pages partially detached, uniform contemporary calf, all boards rubbed and detached, folio, together with Dicey (Thomas), An Historical Account of the Island of Guernsey, from the first settlement, new edition, circa 1751, 6 black and white plates including frontispiece map, some water damage throughout, contemporary half calf, boards and spine rubbed with minor loss, 12mo, plus other 18th and 19th-century historical reference and related, including The Roman History by N. Hooke, volumes 1-6, new edition, 1823, all leather bindings, some odd volumes, condition is generally good, 8vo/folio (3 shelves)

Atlases. A collection of late 19th and early 20th century atlases and Illustrated periodicals, including The Times Atlas, Cassell's Universal Atlas, Black's New General Atlas, Blackie's Imperial Atlas, Bacon's Popular Atlas, and others similar, together with volumes of the Illustrated London News, Cassell's Illustrated Family Paper and The Graphic, with The Daily Telegraph's Victory Atlas of the World in fifty original parts with paper wrappers and 10 original parts of Cassell's Universal Atlas, poor/satisfactory, mostly 4to and folio (5 cartons)

[Bunbury, Henry William]. Annals of Horsemanship: Containing Accounts of Accidental Experiments, and Experimental Accidents, both Successful and Unsuccessful, Communicated by Various Correspondents to Geoffrey Gambado... , 1791, 17 hand-coloured etched and stipple-engraved plates including frontispiece, contemporary tree calf, recent antique-style calf reback, minor corner wear, folio (1)

[Yarrow Shipbuilders]. A Quarter of a Century's Work for the British Admiralty by the Yarrow Firm, no date, circa 1906, a commemorative presentation album comprising 31 hand-tinted photographs of torpedo boats, colonial river gun boats, boilers, etc., plus 3 gouache and watercolour drawings, one a reproduced picture of an expedition arriving at 'Assouan' aboard Waterlily, an aerial view of the yard at Scotstoun and King Edward VII and party aboard a launch at Cowes in 1906, the photographs and illustration window-mounted in thick card, all approximately 16.5 x 26.5 cm and similar, letterpress pages printed in blue, title printed in gilt on card, ink library stamp to verso, library label and withdrawn stamp to front doublure, some fraying to doublures, all edges gilt, original gilt-decorated green morocco, slightly rubbed and darkened, white ink classification number at foot of spine, oblong folio (32 x 45 cm) Originally based in Poplar, London, Yarrow & Company, Limited, was founded by Alfred Yarrow in 1865. In 1898 the shipyard moved to London Yard, Cubitt Town and it was here that hundreds of steam launches, lake and river vessels, and the Royal Navy's first destroyers were built. Also a builder of boilers, the 'Yarrow boiler' was first used in a torpedo boat in 1887 and later used for a number of applications including the propulsion plant of RMS Queen Mary and LNER Class W1 locomotive. Yarrows outgrew its London site and moved to Scotstoun in the west of Glasgow, in 1906. This album, which has no printing or date details, may well have been produced as a celebration at this time. (1)

Hinman (Charlton). The Norton Facsimile, The First Folio of Shakespeare, USA, 1968, original green cloth in slipcase, folio, together with other modern literature and historical reference, including J.R.R. Tolkien, J.K. Rowling, Ralph Steadman, A.A. Milne, mostly original cloth in dust jackets, G/VG, 8vo/folio (6 shelves)

Bauwens (M., et al.). Les Affiches EtrangŠres Illustr‚es, 1st edition, Paris, 1897, 62 colour lithographic plates after Beardsley, Toulouse-Lautrec, Orlik Meunier, Rassenfosse, Penfield, Van Rysselberghe, and others, 150 monochrome illustrations, top edge gilt, contemporary red half morocco gilt, rubbed and a little scuffed with some marks and minor stains, folio Limited edition of 1050 copies, this being one of 1000 copies on papier v‚lim. (1)

Hipkins (A.J. and Gibb, William). Musical Instruments, Historic, Rare and Unique, 1st edition, Edinburgh, Adam and Charles Black, 1888, 50 fine chromolithographed plates, some light spotting, mostly to margins and preliminary leaves, (generally in clean condition), all edges gilt, original red half morocco gilt with parchment sides, rubbed and scuffed to joints and extremities, folio 1040 unnumbered copies. (1)

Leighton (Clare). Woodcuts. Examples of the Work of Clare Leighton. With an Introduction by Hillaire Belloc, 1930, 36 tipped-in woodcut illustrations, light spotting front and rear, original cloth with illustration mounted to upper cover, dust jacket, a few chips and tears, 4to, limited edition, 211/450 signed by the artist, together with The Farmer's Year. A Calendar of English Husbandry, Written and Engraved by Clare Leighton, 1933, illustrations, original green cloth (fading to extremities), dust jacket, chips and tears, oblong folio (2)