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A LARGE FOLIO COLLECTION OF 19TH.C.AND LATER WATERCOLOURS, DRAWINGS AND PRINTS

A GROUP OF FIFTY TWO FOLIO LITHOGRAPHS OF THE GREAT EXHIBITION 1851, POSSIBLY PUBLISHED BY DICKINSON IN 1854. MOST UNIFORMLY FRAMED IN GOLD OR BLACK AND GOLD.

TWO 19TH.C.DESK BLOTTERS TOGETHER WITH BOUND FOLIO VOLUME DOOMSDAY BOOK STUDIES WILTSHIRE

THE ROYAL ARTILLERY COMMEMORATION BOOK 1939-1945', published by Bell & Co for The Royal Artillery Benevolent Fund (1950). Folio First Edition illustrated by McLundy with fold out maps, gilt embossed buckram boards, dust wrapper, together with misce llaneous other volumes

Luigi Rossini (1790-1857) Italian. 'Veduta Dell Arco di Settimio Sovero nel Foro Boario' Etching, overall 16.5" x 19.75", together with a folio of various unframed engravings (2).

After Jean Antoine Watteau (1684-1721) French. 'Le Passe Temps - Oblectatio', Engraving, Unframed, overall 13.5" x 15.5", together with a folio of Engravings, and a folio of Illustrated News cuttings (Q).

MICHAEL BROIDO Portfolio of various mediums The Michael Broido Collection Michael Broido 1927 (London) - 2013 (Lewes, East Sussex) London-born Michael Broido moved with his parents to Johannesburg, South Africa when he was a baby. At the age of 20 relocated to the UK to study art and work in London. Michael lived in Cornwall (St Ives and Newlyn) from 1956 until the 1980s, when he moved to London and then Lewes in East Sussex. He was part time gardener to Patrick Heron at Eagles Nest, Zennor near St Ives 1956-58, where he also had a studio; studio assistant to sculptor Barbara Hepworth 1959-62, and taught at Truro School of Art 1960-80. He shared a studio, 6 Piazza Studios, with the artist Alan Lowndes, while living in St Ives. Michael was a member of, and exhibited regularly at, the Penwith Society and the Fore Street Gallery; also at Signals Gallery, London; and in the Falmouth Art Group Twenty Cornish Artists Exhibition 1958; and City Art Gallery, Plymouth Painters in Cornwall 1960. His work is represented in the Pier Gallery Arts Centre, Stromness, Orkney and the Cornwall Council Schools Art Collection, now based at the Royal Cornwall Museum in Truro. His painting 'White on Black', 1963 from the Schools Collection was exhibited earlier this year at Penlee Museum and Art Gallery in the 'The Bigger Picture: Painting in Cornwall from 1920 - 1965' exhibition. His life and work is referenced in the following publications: Buckman (2006) Dictionary of Artists in Britain since 1945; Davies (1994) St Ives Revisited - Innovators and Followers; Hardie (1995) 100 Years in Newlyn: Diary of a Gallery; Tate (1985) St Ives 1939-64, Twenty Five Years of Painting, Pottery and Sculpture. Condition Report: There are 50 pieces of work in this folio and 17 of which are signed.

Houston, Samuel. Politician and soldier known for bringing Texas into the United States. Autographed Document Signed "Sam Houston" as Govenor of Tennessee. October 7, 1828. Nashville. One page, folio (12" x 15"), granting Thomas Shaw a parcel of "One hundred and fifty acres." The details of a survey are recorded by hand. Some minor foxing, and a few very small fold junction holes, but otherwise Very Fine+. Sam Houston was one of the most colorful figures in American history. He is the only person ever to be elected Governor of two different states, but he is best known for having won the Battle of San Jacinto and thus securing the independence of Texas from Mexico.

Books - Antiquarian and Other - Campbell (Thomas), Gertrude of Wyoming, Or, The Pennsylvanian Cottage, George Routledge and Co., London 1857, gilt-tooled cloth; Walker's Critical Pronouncing Dictionary, William Milner, Halifax 1844; The Book of Ornamental Alphabets: Ancient and Medieval, Crosby Lockwood and Co; The Quaver, Or, Songster's Pocket Companion, Charles Jones, London 1859; John Guy's Geography for Children, 50th edition, London 1858 (faults); The Illustrated Sporting & Dramatic News, Volume IV, October 2nd 1875 to March 25th 1876, folio, half-leather; Illustrated London News, half-leather folios; Royal Souvenir publications and newspapers, George V and onwards; early 20th century Ordnance Survey Maps, some later; others, Continental; Agatha Christie novels; art, antiques and furniture; folios, slipcased; etc (4 boxes)

CHAMBERLEN (PAUL) - THE MILITARY HISTORY OF HIS SERENE HIGHNESS PRINCE EUGENE OF SAVOY NOW GENERALISSIMO OF THE IMPERIAL ARMY, FOLIO, FOLDING PLATES, EARLY SIGNATURE TO TITLE RICHARD READ, ORIGINAL PANELLED CALF, 1736, WAF

SHAKESPEARE (W) - THE NATIONAL SHAKESPEARE A FACSIMILE OF THE FIRST FOLIO ILLUSTRATED BY JN PATON, 3 VOLS, QUARTER BROWN BUCKRAM GILT

Rennell (James). A Bengal Atlas: Containing Maps of the Theatre of War and Commerce on that side of Hindoostan, 2nd edition, 1781, title page, contents list with errata printed to verso, advertisment, map of inland navigation, tables of routes and distances, key map to Bengal and Bahar, nineteen double page engraved maps and one single page map, engraved panorama of Oudanulla and Chunargur (on one sheet), the first ten maps with contemporary outline colouring, lacking the battle of Buxur plan, slight water staining, a.e.g., contemporary mottled calf with elaborate decorated borders to boards, worn and rubbed at extremities, folio (1)

Folio Society. Nineteen Eighty Four by George Orwell, 2001, Fahrenheit 451 by Ray Bradbury, 2011, Lord of the Flies, by William Golding, 2009, The Maltese Falcon, by Dashiell Hammett, 2000, A Clockwork Orange, by Anthony Burgess, 2014, On the Road, by Jack Kerouac, 2010, together with 67 further modern fiction Folio Society publications, including John Le Carre, John Steinbeck, Robert Graves, Grahame Green, Mark Twain, Frank Herbert, Philip K. Dick, numerous colour illustrations, all original cloth in slipcases, VG, 8vo (73)

Golden Cockerel Press. Glory of Life, by Llewelyn Powys, with wood engravings by Robert Gibbings, 1934, letterpress wood engravings, top edges gilt, remainder untrimmed, original quarter vellum gilt, cream cloth covers, soiled, folio Limited edition 111/277. (1)

Calmet (Augustin). An Historical, Critical, Geographical, Chronological, and Etymological Dictionary of the Holy Bible..., 3 vols., 1732, titles in red & black, 150 engraved plates, plans & maps (including 55 double-page plates & 6 double-page & folding engraved maps), contemporary calf, gilt decorated spines (rubbed), joints cracked, boards and head & foot of spine worn, folio (3)

Luttrell Psalter. The Luttrell Psalter, Folio Society/Cambridge University Press, 2006, numerous facsimile colour plates, all edges gilt, original blue Nigerian goatskin by Smith Settle, with bevelled edges, decorated gilt blocked border & central armorial to upper board designed by David Eccles, morocco title label to spine, folio, VG Limited edition 335/1480. Lacking both the companion commentary volume by Michelle P. Brown and solander box. This Folio Society volume was the first full facsimile edition of the Luttrel Psalter. The original held by the British Library (MS 42130) was acquired for the nation in 1929, and was the highest price ever paid for a manuscript at the time. (1)

Bayot (Adolphe, Ciceri Eugene & A.L. Morel Fatio). Nos Souvenirs de Kil-Bouroun Pendant l'Hiver Pass‚ dans le Liman du Dnieper. 1855-1856. Les Officiers, Officiers Mariniers et Marins de la Division Navale de Kil-Bouroun..., published Arthus-Bertrand, Paris, circa 1860, decorative lithographic title, lithographic map and fifteen tinted lithographic plates (complete), each with tissue guard, some worming to gutter but not affecting image, last plate with repaired closed tear but not affecting image, publisher's advertisement to front pastedown, contemporary quarter morocco with gilt label to upper siding, a little worn at extremities, slim folio An uncommon volume commemorating the Battle of Kinburn (Kil-Bouroun) on the south bank of the Dnieper River during the Crimean war. Only two copies found on Copac. (1)

Cresset Press. The Pilgrim's Progress, by John Bunyan, 2 vols., 1928, wood-engavings by Blair Hughes-Stanton and Gertrude Hermes, a few minor spots, previous owner inscription to front endpapers, top edge gilt, original stained vellum, a little rubbed with some fading, folio Limited edition, 37/195. (2)

Badeslade (Thomas). The History of the Ancient and Present State of the Navigation of the Port of King's-Lynn and of Cambridge, and the rest of the Trading Towns in those parts..., with the Method proposed for draining the said Fens and amending the Harbour of Lyn: By Col. John Armstrong, Chief Engineer of England, published L. Davis, C. Reymers and B. White, 1766, frontispiece of a large uncoloured folding engraved plan of Kings Lynn, title page and preface, plus seven engraved maps & plans, including two hand-coloured and four folding), additional tipped in weather chart for 21st June 1874 (p.138), some ink marginalia to p.138, slight spotting, later endpapers, early 20th century half calf, slightly rubbed at extremities, folio Upcott p.1000. (1)

*Lunatic Asylums. A group of approximately 30 asylum and committal certificates and related letters, circa 1830s, certificates issued by justices of the peace in the parishes of St Mary-le-bone, Paddington, Islington, Westminster, Whitechapel, etc., mostly printed documents with manuscript insertion, signatures of physicians and JPs, mostly committing to Hanwell Asylum in Middlesex, names of those committed, include Elizabeth Buchannon, John Gill, Benjamin Moore, James Watson, William Thomas Oliver, James Hughes, Lazarus McKenzie, Francis Dillon, Charles Arrowsmith, etc., some occasional soiling, browning and fraying, folio and smaller Hanwell was the first purpose-build asylum in England and Wales, opening in 1831. Some of the original buildings are now part of the headquarters for the West London Mental Health (NHS) Trust. (approx. 30)

Smithson (Alison & Peter). The Euston Arch and the Growth of the London, Midland & Scottish Railway, foreword by Nikolaus Pevsner, 1st edition, Thames and Hudson, 1968, numerous monochrome illustrations, original cloth backed pictorial boards, oblong folio, together with Banham (Reyner), The New Brutalism, Ethic or Aesthetic?, 1st edition, Architectural Press, 1966, numerous monchrome illustrations after photographs, etc., original black cloth gilt in dust jacket, very slightly rubbed to extremities, 4to, plus others similar, including R. Myerscough-Walker, The Perspectivist, 1st edition, Pitman, 1958, Reyner Banham, A Guide to Modern Architecture, Architectural Press, 1962 & The Architecture of the Well-Tempered Environment, Architectural Press, 1969, Architects' Year Book, numbers 1 & 5, 1945/53, etc., mostly original cloth in dust jackets, 4toThe Euston Arch and the Growth of the London, Midland & Scottish Railway, foreword by Nikolaus Pevsner, 1st edition, Thames and Hudson, 1968, numerous monochrome illustrations, original cloth backed pictorial boards, oblong folio, together with Banham (Reyner), The New Brutalism, Ethic or Aesthetic?, 1st edition, Architectural Press, 1966, numerous monchrome illustrations after photographs, etc., original black cloth gilt in dust jacket, very slightly rubbed to extremities, 4to, plus others similar, including R. Myerscough-Walker, The Perspectivist, 1st edition, Pitman, 1958, Reyner Banham, A Guide to Modern Architecture, Architectural Press, 1962 & The Architecture of the Well-Tempered Environment, Architectural Press, 1969, Architects' Year Book, numbers 1 & 5, 1945/53, etc., mostly original cloth in dust jackets, 4to (11)

Jones (Owen). The Grammar of Ornament, illustrated by examples from various styles of ornament, Day and Son, [1865], 112 chromolithograph plates, tissue-guard to each, contents partially loosened, all edges gilt, original gilt-decorated maroon cloth, very slighty rubbed (generally in good condition), folio (34.5 x 24 cm) (1)

Raleigh (Sir Walter). The History of the World. In Five Books, [London: Printed by William Jaggard for Walter Burre], additional engraved title dated 1614, engraved portrait to letterpress title, Minde of the Front bound after letterpress title, six double-page engraved maps and one double-page battle plan only (of two), imprint from colophon, initial nine leaves detached and following gathering loose, occasional stains mostly to margins, few leaves torn or frayed to margins (particularly two leaves of tables at rear), contemporary calf, upper board detached and lower board loose, spine leather torn with loss, worn, folio STC 20639. Sold with all faults, not subject to return. (1)

Cassius Dio Cocceianus. Tn Dinos Rmaikn historin eikositria biblia. Dionis Romanarum historiarum libri XXIII,   XXXVI ad LVIII vsque. Ex Bibliotheca Regia, Paris: Rob. Stephani, 1548, initial six words of title transliterated from the Greek, woodcut device to title and printer's device to verso of final leaf, decorative initial and few headpieces, text in Greek throughout with Latin notes at rear, repaired hole at foot of title, all edges gilt, front endpaper with bookplate of Cecily Mary Severne and drypoint etched bookplate of Arthur Kay by his wife Katherine Cameron (1874-1965) incorporating three bees, marbled endpapers with repaired hinges, late 17th/early 18th century gilt panelled red morocco, rebacked and corners repaired, preserving original gilt decorated spine (rubbed & worn), folio Adams D503. (1)

Jane (Fred T.). All the World's Fighting Ships, [First Year], 1898, numerous neat ink and pencil annotations throughout, half-title (with numerous notes), frayed with marginal loss and relaid, library stamp to final blank page before adverts, library label removed from front pastedown, original cloth, rebacked with original spine relaid, some soiling and wear, together with volumes for 1901, 1904, 1914 & 1918, illustrations and commercial adverts to each, a few leaves detached, scattered minor annotations or marks, original cloth, upper cover and first few leaves to 1914 detached, all with some rubbing and wear, oblong folio (5)

Teige (Karel). Pr ce Jarom¡ra Krejcara, Prage: V clav Petr., 1933, numerous monochrome illustrations throughout, one or two colour illustrations, title printed in orange and black, original publisher's cloth, rubbed with slight loss to head and foot of spine, 4to, together with Reiman (Viktor, editor), Bedrich Feuerstein, Prague: S. V. U. M nes, 1936, monochrome portrait frontispiece, numerous further monochrome illustrations, modern cloth, 4to, plus Grus (Josef, A. Heythum, H. Kucerova, Fr. Selenka and L. Zak, editors), Byt, Sborn¡k Svazu cesklovensk‚ho d¡la (Home, Yearbook of the Union of Czechoslovak Inustries and Design), Prague: Vaclav Petr, 1934, 234 illustrations from photographs (including some by J. Sudek), original printed wrappers, slight loss to spine (repaired), joints rubbed, slightly frayed at edges, folio, plus other Czech architecture and design, including Katalog Vystava mezin rodn¡ nov‚ architektury, 1929, Architekt, B. Schwarz, 1938, Pades t let St tn¡ umeleckoprumyslov‚skoly (Fifty years of the State School of Applied Arts in Prague, 1935, Jan Kotera, Meine und Meiner Schuler Arbeiten, and another related (7)

Heylyn (Peter). Cosmographie, in Four Books. Containing the Chorographie and Historie of the Whole World, and all the Principal Kingdoms, Provinces, Seas, and Isles thereof, 5th edition, published P. Chetwind and A. Seile, 1677, additional engraved decorative title torn with slight loss and re-lined, letterpress title printed in red & black and four titles to each part, four engraved folding maps of Europe, Asia, Africa & America by Robert Vaughan, maps cropped at head and foot with slight loss to neatline, upper hinge cracked, later endpapers, 20th century half calf with contrasting morocco label to spine, folio (1)

Watson (Alfred E.T.). King Edward VII as a Sportsman, Longmans, Green and Co., 1911, half-title, photogravure portrait frontispiece, ten colour plates, further plates and illustrations in black and white, title printed in red and black, edges rough trimmed, original publisher's vellum, gilt few minor marks, folio Limited edition 86/255. (1)

Tasso (Torquato). La Gerusalemme Liberata..., con la Vita del medesimo, Allegoria del Poema, Argomenti incisine Rami del Tempesta..., Urbino: Girolamo Mainardi, 1735, half-title, title in red and black and with engraved vignette, 20 full page engraved plates & illustrations, worm trail to upper outer corners of L4 to 2G (reducing in size to a small hole), affecting a few letters or engraved images, occasional spotting, few marks and dampstaining, contemporary vellum, upper joint split, head & foot of spine and board edges worn, folio Gamba 948. (1)

Dulac (Edmund, illust.). Edmund Dulac's Picture-Book for the French Red Cross, [1915], 19 tipped-in colour plates, black and white portrait of the artist at end, scattered light spotting, original yellow cloth in bright condition, d.j., spine toned, inset illustration to front panel with crease marks, chipped at spine ends, 4to, together with A Sporting Garland, by Cecil Aldin, [1902], colour illustrations (two detached with a couple of frayed edges), a few minor spots, original cloth-backed boards, some edgewear and stains, oblong folio, with others illustrated including Peter Rabbit's Painting Book, c. 1911 (defective spine) (10)

Equestrian Thoroughbreds. Die Stamm-Mutter des Englischen Vollblutpferdes..., Nebst Vorvort, Siegerlisten und Alphbetischem Register, nach Officiellen Quellen Bearbeitet von Herman Goos, 2nd edition, Hamburg: Hof-Buchdruckerei F.W. Rademacher, 1891, bound with at front a precise English manuscript translation of the work, written on fifty-five leaves (to one side only), supplemented at rear of volume with related newpaper and periodical reports, contemporary dark brown half morocco gilt, joint lightly rubbed, folio A highly unusual and incredibly well written English translation of the 'Original Dams of the English thoroughbred'. (1)

The Graphic. An Illustrated Weekly Newspaper, thirty-five volumes, a run, 1875 - 92, numerous wood engravings including numerous folding and double page with several 'special issues' and Christmas supplements printed in colour, includes the 1878 volume on Cyprus and the 1879 volumes on the Zulu wars, with the folding panorama of Cairo (1882) but appears to lack other panoramas, uniform contemporary quarter red morocco gilt, a little worn at extremities, folio (35)

Gothein (Marie Luise). A History of Garden Art, volumes 1 & 2 (complete), 1928, numerous black and white illustrations, some minor spotting, original gilt-decorated blue cloth, boards and spines slightly faded, large 8vo, together with Crisp (Frank), Mediaeval Gardens 'Flowery Medes' and other arrangements of herbs, flowers and shrubs grown in the middle ages... , volumes 1 & 2 (complete), 1924, numerous black and white illustrations, some light spotting, original gilt-decorated cream cloth, spines slightly marked, large 4to, (one of 1000 copies), plus Jekyll (Gertrude & Elgood, George S.), Some English Gardens, Reissue, 1933, numerous colour illustrations including frontispiece, original gilt-decorated blue cloth, boards and spine slightly marked and rubbed, folio, and other late 19th and 20th-century gardening and miscellaneous natural history reference, mostly hardback publications, G/VG, 8vo/folio (6 shelves)

Thevenot (Jean de). The Travels of Monsieur de Thevenot into the Levant. In Three Parts, viz. Into I. Turkey. II. Persia. III. The East-Indies, 1st English ed., 1687, portrait frontispiece (supplied in facsimile), three engraved plates, occasional light spotting, a few waterstains, contemporary presentation inscription to and signature of Charles Dormer (probably the 2nd Earl of Carnarvon, 1632-1709) to title, contemporary mottled calf, a few neat repairs, later gilt title to spine, folio Atabey 1217; Blackmer 1650: "Thevenot began his travels in the Levant in 1655, returning to Paris in 1659 to prepare the first part of his travels for publication, which describes Constantinople, the Archipelago, Asia Minor and Egypt. He left Paris in October, 1663 and travelled through Syria and Persia to India; Thevenot died near Tabriz in 1667. The second and third parts of his voyages were published posthumously by Petis de la Croix and the Sieur de Luisandre." (1)

*Folio Stand. A well-made Brazilian mahogany folio stand, the X-frame construction with brass plates and chain, cabinet makers stamp and dated 1985, 106cm high x 85cm wide A specially commissioned piece crafted by S.R. Smallwood of Bath for Louise Ross & Co, August 1985. (1)

Colebrooke (Robert Hyde). Twelve Views of Places in the Kingdom of Mysore, the Country of Tippoo Sultan, from drawings taken on the spot. To which are annexed, concise descriptions of the places drawn, with a brief detail of part of the operations of the army under the Marquis of Cornwallis, during the late war, and a few other particulars, 1st edition, 1793, printed title, dedication leaf, 12 uncoloured aquatint plates by J.W. Edy after R.H. Colebrooke, each with accompanying leaf of letterpress description, single-sheet list of subscribers at rear, title with some light soiling and marginal fraying, relined, with central horizontal repaired tear, and lower outer blank corner missing, short closed tear repair to centre of foremargin of dedication leaf and first two text leaves and plates (not affecting image), a few minor marginal marks and small marginal repairs towards rear of volume, final plate with light central vertical crease, list of subscribers, with one or two marginal closed tears (repaired), late 19th or early 20th-century cloth gilt, with printed label of the Royal United Service Institution to front pastedown, rubbed and some marks and soiling, spine partly defective, large oblong folio (550 x 705mm) Abbey, Travel 419. Tooley 149. First edition of these scenic views of the southern kingdom of Mysore in India, etched in aquatint by the engraver John William Edy after drawings by the surveyor Robert Hyde Colebrooke (1762-1808), produced in the aftermath of the Third Mysore War, following which Tippoo Sultan handed over parts of the region, various forts, and a significant financial settlement to the East India Company. The prints are titled: East View of Bangalore, The Lake of Mooty Tallaow near Seringapatam, Prospect of the Country near Mooty Tallaow, Pagodas at Maugry with a distant View of Sewandroog, N.W. View of Nandydroog, North View of Sewandroog shewing the Attack in Decr. 1791, South View of Sewandroog, S.W. View of Ootra-Durgum, West View of Ramgherry, The Mausoleum of Hyder Aly Khan at Laulbaug, East View of Seringapatam & N.W. View of Seringapatam. (1)

Graf (Otto Antonia). Otto Wagner, Das Werk des Architekten, 1860-1902 & 1903-1918, 2 volumes, Vienna, Hermann Bohlaus, 1985, numerous monochrome illustrations, original red cloth gilt in dust jackets, folio, VG, together with Junghanns (Kurt), Bruno Taut 1880-1938, Berlin, 2nd revised edition, 1983, numerous monochrome illustrations, original cloth in dust jacket, some marks to edges, square 4to, plus Junghanns (Kurt), Der Deutsche Werkbund, Sein erstes, Jahrzehnt, Berlin, 1982, colour and monochrome plates, original cloth in dust jacket, a little frayed to extremities, 4to, and others on early 20th century German architecture and design, including Huter, Architecktur in Berlin 1900-1933, 1st edition, 1988, Dominikus Bohm, Munich, 1962, Hoepfner & Neumeyer, Das Haus Wiegand von Peter Behrens in Berlin-Dahlem, Mainz, 1979, etc., many in dust jackets, but including paperback editions, mostly 4to/8vo (32)

Beaglehole (J. C., ed.). The Journals of Captain James Cook on his Voyages of Discovery, 4 vols. plus portfolio, CUP for the Hakluyt Society, 1955-69, colour and black and white illustrations, scattered light spotting, bookplates, portfolio containing folding charts, original blue cloth gilt, d.j.s to text vols. (small tears and stains), 8vo & folio (5)

Scapula (Johann). Joannis Scapulae Lexicon Graeco-Latinum, e probatis auctoribus locupletatum, cum indicibus auctis et correctis, Oxford: E Typographeo Clarendoniano, 1830, title in red & black, marbled endpapers replaced with cloth hinges, contemporary diced calf, elaborate gilt decoration with arabesque to centre of each board, rebacked preserving original spine, joints and extremities rubbed, folio (1)

Buck (Samuel & Nathaniel). A collection of topographical views from the 'Antiquities' series, 1724 and later, forty-six uncoloured engraved views of castles, abbeys and priories in England and Wales, two plates disbound, each approximately 195 x 370 mm, 19th century half calf gilt, rubbed and worn at extremities, oblong folio Sold as a collection of plates, not subject to return. (1)

Cook (Captain James). The Charts & Coastal Views of Captain Cook's Voyages, 3 vols., Hakluyt Society, 1988, colour portrait frontispiece to each, numerous colour and black and white illustrations, original blue cloth gilt, d.j.s, folio (3)

Bible [English]. [The Holy Bible, Conteyning the Old Testament, and the New: Newly Translated out of the Originall Tongues and with the former Translations diligently compared and revised, by his Maiesties speciall Commandement. Appointed to be read in Churches. Imprinted at London by Robert Barker, 1613,11], Old Testament & Apocrypha portions only (ending at II Maccabees chapter 15, verse 39), lacking general title, double column black letter text, with 59 lines to full column, numerous woodcut decorative intials, ten preliminary leaves only of 18 (comprising Kalendar, lessons for Holy days & list of Books), first leaf of Genesis repaired to margins, bound with Genealogies by John Speed before book of Genesis with woodcut of Adam & Eve (without map), first and last few leaves frayed to margins, initial leaves creased, some dampstaining etc. mostly to leaves at front & rear, large decorative ownership inscription to front blank 'Simon Ruddle his book, given him by his Grandmother Ruddle 1764' and other 18th & 19th century entries to front endpaper (one blank detached), sewing a little weak and some gatherings sprung, late 17th/early 18th century panelled sheep, some wear, folio, leaf size 39 x 26cm Herbert 319, Darlow & Moule 246. Commonly known as the 'Great She Bible' with Ruth iii.15 'she went into the city'. (1)

Naval Scrapbooks. A group of 3 naval scrapbooks compiled by Edward C. Carre, circa 1902-10, containing original photographs, postcards, magazine illustrations, news cuttings, sundry documents and ephemera, begun while Carre was a cadet on Britannia and midshipman of HMS King Edward VII, including information on training of naval cadets, movement of Russian ships, naval battle of Port Arthur, reorganisation of British naval forces, photographs of battleships, naval personalities, submarines, etc., pasted and neatly arranged to rectos and versos throughout, a total of approximately 120 stiff card leaves, non-matching quarter leather bindings, all somewhat worn, 4to, together with a partially completed unrelated photograph album containing approximately 100 gelatin silver print snapshots, circa 1910, including naval interest, various sizes, mounted as multiples to rectos of 12 stiff card leaves only, uncaptioned, some leaves detached, contemporary two-tone cloth, upper cover titled 'HMS Cornwall', heavily soiled and worn, oblong folio Lieutenant Edward Cambridge Carre was promoted to the rank of Lieutenant on 30 March 1910. He was appointed in command of the submarine C22 on 20 August 1913. He died on 20 August 1917, or some time shortly before when his command, E47 went missing. Provenance: from the family, by descent. (4)

Heylyn (Peter). Cosmographie, in Four Books. Containing the Chorographie and Historie of the Whole World, and all the Principal Kingdoms, Provinces, Seas, and Isles thereof, 4th edition, published P. Chetwind, 1677, engraved frontispiece, general title printed in red & black with later manuscript ownership signature, four uncoloured double-page engraved maps, maps frayed and trimmed with slight loss, three maps with long closed tears affecting image, partially disbound with loose text pages, upper hinge and joints broken, original boards covered in later cloth, torn, worn and frayed, folio (1)

*Elgar (Edward, 1857-1934). Autograph letter signed 'Edward Elgar', Forli, Malvern, 16 March 1895, to Novello & Co., thanking them for the specimen proofs of two pages of the part-songs and continuing, 'The vocal score is admirable but I do not like the style of the separate violin-part. Would it not be better to engrave the violin parts folio and put a note on the 8vo scores that the violin parts are to be had price -?', continuing to voice his concerns affecting the cost implications and possible sales and noting that, besides, the two violin parts should be printed separately, also noting 'turning over' difficulties and with a PS giving one further concern, 4 pages, publisher's receipt date note and stamp to upper margin of first page and pencil notes for reply at foot of final page, light vertical crease, 8vo (1)

Milne (John and Burton, W.K.). The Great Earthquake in Japan, 1891, plates by Kazumasa Ogawa, 1st ed., Yokahama, [1891], twenty-nine photogravure plates (22.5 x 28 cm) and line map, scattered minor marginal spotting, original cloth gilt, a little rubbed with little loss to foot of spine, oblong folio (1)

Folio Society. 95 volumes, including The Canterbury Tales by Geoffrey Chaucer, 1998, The Baburnama by Zahiruddin Muhammed Babur, 2013, The Fatal Shore by Robert Hughes, 1998, plus other similar, all our original cloth and slipcases, 8vo/4o, VG (95)

Spencer (John). Kaina kai palaia [Greek letters]. Things New and Old, Or, A Store-House of Similies, Sentences, Allegories, Apophthegms, Adagies, Apologues, Divine, Morall, Politicall, &c, with their Severall Applications... , [edited by T. Fuller], 1st edition, 1658, title-page printed in red and black, spotting throughout, heaviest to early leaves, contemporary ownership name of John Mawman to title and later ownership name in the same family, institutional book labels to front endpapers, contemporary calf with leather label to spine, worn and joints weak, folio Wing S4960. (1)

Blackwall (John). A History of the Spiders of Great Britain and Ireland, parts 1 & 2, London: Published for Ray Society by Robert Hardwicke, 1861-64, twenty-nine hand-coloured engraved plates, part one with excised & erased ink stamp to half-title, title & preface, (with consequent damp & ink stain), ink erased stamp to front pastedown, original brown half morocco gilt, head & foot of spine rubbed, folio (1)

Greenwood (C. & J., publishers). Atlas of the Counties of England from Actual Surveys made from the Years 1817 to 1833, published 1834, calligraphic title with hand coloured map of England & Wales, forty-six (complete) engraved maps with contemporary hand colouring, map of Berkshire with repaired closed tear, maps of Lancashire and Lincolnshire with slight fraying to lower margins, very slight dust soiling, lacking half of marbled front endpaper, contemporary half morocco gilt with morocco label to upper siding, worn at extremities, large oblong folio Chubb CCCCLVIII (b). A good example with unfolded maps in bright condition. (1)

Ray (John). Catalogus Plantarum Angliae, et insularum Adjacentium: Tum Indigenas ... una cum Observationibus & Experimentis Novis Medicis & Physicis, 1st edition, London: Typis E.C. & A.C. Impensis J.Martyn, 1670, title & dedication ink ruled, early manuscript signature to recto of title, detailed manuscript index and lists to front blank, verso of title, verso of dedication, leaf Y3, final leaf of text and front & rear endpapers, other occasional annotations throughout, heavy dampstaining throughout, with some consequent soiling, hinges repaired, modern calf, 8vo, (Wing R381), together with Fermin (Philippe), Histoire Naturelle De La Hollande Equinoxiale: Ou Description des animaux, plantes... dans la colonie de Surinam... , Amsterdam, 1765, black and white engraved frontispiece and title, lacking pp. 111-112, some light spotting, modern rebinding, boards and spine slightly rubbed, 8vo, plus Hamburg (Daniel), Science Papers, chiefly Pharmacological and Botanica, 1876, presentation inscription 'Charles E. Boucher B. Se. Lond. October 1890' to front endpaper, 60 black and white illustrations, some light spotting, all edges gilt, contemporary gilt-decorated morocco, boards and spine slightly rubbed, 8vo, plus other 17th - 19t-century botanical and historical reference and related, including Travels in Upper and Lower Egypt... , by Vivant Renon, volumes 1 & 2, 2nd edition, 1803, The Gardener's Kalendar, by Philip Miller, 2 volumes (1734, 1769), mostly leather bindings including some decorative, condition is generally good/very good, 8vo/folio (3 shelves)

Blackie (W.G.). The Comprehensive Atlas & Geography of the World, 1884, colour wood engraved plates, double-page colour maps, all edges gilt, original half brown morocco gilt, heavily rubbed, large thick folio, together with A Description of England and Wales, 10 volumes, 1st edition (except first volume 2nd edition), 1769-75, 240 copper engraved plates, contemporary uniform full calf gilt, rubbed and some minor wear to extremities, volume 8 crudely rebacked with original spine laid down, small 8vo, plus Morris (F.O.), A Series of Picturesque Views of Seats of the Noblemen and Gentlemen of Great Britain and Ireland, 6 volumes, William Mackenzie, circa 1860s, numerous chromolithograph plates, all edges gilt, original publisher's gilt-decorated cloth, rubbed and some wear, ex library copy with classification number in white ink to foot of spine of all except first volume (contents unmarked), 4to, and Rose (Thomas), Westmorland, Cumberland, Durham, and Northumberland, Illustrated, from original drawings by Thomas Allom, George Pickering, &c., 1832, 215 steel engraved views, mostly 2 to a page, some with old colouring, some generally light spotting, contemporary full calf, rubbed and some wear to extremities, with upper cover detached, 4to, plus one other (Aubreville, La Flore Forestiere de la Cote d'Ivoire, 3 volumes, Paris, 1936) (a carton)

[Bisschop, Jan de]. Signorum veterum Icones per D. Gerardum Reynst urbis Amsterlaedami Senatorem ac Scabinum dum viveret Dignissiumum Collectae..., Amsterdamn; Nicolai Visscher, [circa 1671], engraved titlepage by Gerard de Lairesse, ninety-eight copper engraved plates of classical sculptures, additional sequence of thirteen copper engraved plates, lettered A-M bound at rear, occasional slight spotting (generally clean condition with wide margins), later calf-backed marbled boards, gilt stamp of the Signet Library to upper and lower covers, some wear with upper cover detached and loss to spine, folio (42.5 x 26cm) An anthology of classical antiquities designed for the use of artists in 17th century Holland. (1)

Folio Society. 72 volumes, including The Natural History of Selbourne by Gilbert White, 2009, Religion and the Decline of Magic by Keith Thomas, 2 volumes, 2012, Travels in West Africa by Mary Kingsley, 2007, The Notebooks of Leonardo Da Vinci, translated by Edward Maccurdy, 3 volumes, 2004, plus others similar, all original cloth and slipcases, 4to/8vo, all VG (72)

Lockman (John). A History of the Cruel Sufferings of the Protestants, and Others, by Popish Persecutions, in various Countries..., Faithfully compiled from a great Number of Authors, in different Languages..., 1760, lacking front free endpaper, contemporary calf, extremities rubbed, 12mo, together with Boucher de Perthes (Jacques) Rien ne Nait, Rien ne Meurt, la forme seule est perissable, Paris: Derache et al, 1865, 18 pp. and blanks, original printed wrappers, signed by the author to upper cover, spine splitting, some slight rubbing, slim 8vo, with Small (John William), Scottish Woodwork of the Sixteenth & Seventeenth Centuries, Stirling & London: Eneas Mackay & Bernard Quaritch, 1878, , numerous lithograph diagrams, original cloth gilt, folio, (limiteded edition 478/500), plus other miscellaneous books including Bill Wyman's Blues Odyssey, 2001, signed by the author, The Land Beyond Time, A Modern Exploration of Australia's North-West Frontiers, by John Olsen & others, 1984, signed limited leather bound edition 120/500, and The Struggle for Europe, by Chester Wilmot, 1952, inscribed by the author (a carton)

Vanity Fair. A Weekly Show of Political, Social and Literary Wares, 6 volumes, 1881 - 83, 161 chromolithograph caricatues by 'Spy', 'T', 'Chartran' and others, bound with text, including politicians, artists, military and naval, lawyers, clergmen, royalty, jockeys (including Fred Archer and George Fordham), cricketers (Lord Harris), fox hunters, musicians, ladies and doctors, occasional slight dust soiling, occasional creasing, later cloth gilt, a little worn and rubbed, two volumes with damp affecting the fore-edge of the sidings, folio (6)

Leighton (Clare). The Farmer's Year, a Calendar of English Husbandry, 1st ed., 1933, twelve full-page wood engravings, seven vignettes to text, decorative endpapers, green full crushed morocco, inlaid gilt-decorated panel from original cloth, oblong folio (1)

Qur'an. Arabic Qur'an with interlinear translation in Urdu and Persian, Dhaka, Bangladesh, circa 1850-70, lithograph printed throughout, Arabic text highlighted in orange wash, interlinear translations in Urdu and Persian, printed commentary to margins, one or two manuscript annotations (possibly in the hand of Rev. Bevan Jones), marginal paper repair to first few leaves, later patterned endpapers, 20th century green cloth envelope-style binding, folio 32 x 24cm (12.5 x 9.5ins) Rare. From the collection of Rev. Lewis Bevan Jones, Baptist missionary in India (biography of Bevan Jones loosely inserted). (1)

Stanford (Edward, publisher). Stanford's Family Atlas of General Geography Exhibiting the Various Physical and Political Divisions of the Chief Countries of the World, 1894, additional half title, fifty colour lithographic maps, including forty-eight double page (complete), occasional marginal finger soiling, index bound at rear, all edges gilt, contemporary half morocco with gilt title to spine and upper siding, a little worn at extremities, large folio (1)

Kip (Johannes). Nouveau Theatre de la Grande Bretagne..., two volumes bound in one (only), published David Mortier, 1715, two title pages with armorial device, printed in red & black with small ink library stamp and slight staining, nine (only) engraved aerial prospects of houses by Kip after Knyff, five uncoloured folding engraved plates of St. Pauls and six double page engraved plates of cathedrals and churches, a folding engraved plate of Charles II in clasical costume and five folding genealogical tables, some with engraved portraits partially excised, partially disbound, contemporary mottled calf gilt, rubbed, worn and frayed, folio Sold as a collection of plates, not subject to return. (1)