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Cato (Marcus Porcius), Varro, Columella & Palladius. Scriptores rei rusticae, 4 parts in 1, editio princeps, collation: [*14] a-b10 c8 d-f10 g8 h6 i-k10 l-z8 A-C8 D12 E-F8 G-K10], 282 leaves (of 302 leaves, lacking the four blank leaves a1, h6, i1, D8, the quire *14, with Enarrationes vocum priscarum in libris De rustica and letter addressed to Petrus Priolus both by Georgius Merula, and leaves D6-D7 Merula's letter addressed to Dominicus Georgius), this copy with Cato's De re rustica bound at end, text in single column, 40 lines, type: 115R, 115Gk, blank spaces for capitals with guide letters, a few initials supplied in red and grey, several leaves in middle with signs of damp removed by washing, with some light smudging, but generally clean and free of foxing and soiling, red straight-grain morocco by Roger Paine, covers within two frames of gilt fillets, smooth spine decorated by gilt fillets, title and imprint lettered in gilt, marbled pastedowns and flyleaves, vellum flyleaves, inner gilt dentelles, pale grey silk bookmark, gilt edges, recto of front vellum flyleaf with some notes in Michael Wodhull's hand referring to the presence of this edition in other celebrated 18th-century private libraries such as those owned by Louis Gaignat (lot 1526) and Louis César de La Baume Le Blanc, duc La Vallière (lot 1509), folio (315 x 217 mm.), Venice, Nicolaus Jenson, 1472.⁂ The celebrated editio princeps of "the most important classical first edition that Jenson produced" (Lowry, Jenson, p. 68). This Venetian edition includes the first editions of the four Roman agricultural writers Cato, Varro, Columella, and Palladius. Only the tenth Book of Columella's Re rustica, entirely devoted to gardening, had a separate circulation in the 15th century and was possibly previously printed in Rome in 1471. The texts of the agricultural treatises by Cato, Varro, and Columella were edited by the renowned humanist Giorgio Merula (1430-1494), on the basis of a codex at that time in the St. Marco Library and now lost, in which Varro's Re Rustica breaks off, as here, after chapter 17.4 of the third Book. Franciscus Colucia, apparently active at Jenson's printing house as a proof reader, was given Palladius' Opus agriculturae to edit. This copy once belonged to the well-known collector Michael Wodhull. On the front flyleaf he annotated the acquisition date of the volume "April 28th 1791", and the price paid of 10 guineas. He purchased the volume from the celebrated Bibliotheca Parisiana, which was sold in London by James Edwards at the end of March 1791. In fact, a marked up copy of the sale catalogue shows that the volume, bound in red morocco, was indeed sold for £10.10s, and purchased, on Wodhull's behalf, by the London bookseller Payne. This copy lacks only paratextual or additional sections like Merula's Enarrationes vocum priscarum in libris De rustica, often wanting in recorded copies. The last complete copy was sold at Christie's New York in 1997. Literature: ISTC is00346000; H 14564*; GW M41065; BMC V 173; Bod-inc S-122; IGI 8853; Goff S-346; Lowry Jenson, 26; Klebs 902.1; Flodr Scriptores rei rusticae 1; Stillwell 695; B.IN.G 1797; Simon Bibliotheca Bacchica 1.41. Provenance: Bibliotheca exquisitissima Parisiana. Catalogue of a Collection of Books Formed by a Gentleman in France, London 1791, p. 20, lot l86; purchased by the London bookseller Payne for Michael Wodhull (1740-1816; Wodhull's purchase note on the front flyleaf, dated 28 April 1791); by descent to his his sister-in-law, Mary Ingram; Samuel Amy Severne; J. E. Severne, M.P. (see Catalogue of the Extensive and Valuable Library, Collected at the End of the Last and Beginning of the Present Century by Michael Wodhull, Esq., the Property of J. E. Severne, Esq. M. P., of Thenford House, Banbury, Northamptonshire, London: Sotheby, Wilkinson & Hodge, 11 January 1886, lot 2270 £7.10s "very fine copy in red morocco, gilt edges, by Roger Payne"). Rothamsted acquisition date not noted.

Crescentiis (Petrus de) Ruralia Commoda [Italian] Il libro della agricultura, first Italian edition, collation: [*]6 a10 b-c8 d6 e-g8 h6 i8 l-n6 o8 aa6 bb8 cc6 dd-ff8 gg-ii6 ll-oo6 aaa6 bbb8, 201 leaves (of 202, lacking final blank), text in two columns, 43 lines, type: 2:106/107R, blank spaces for capitals, with guide letters, fol.125 with slight stain causing smudging to text on both sides, some foxing and occasional stains, mostly marginal but in a few places on text block, small marginal burn-hole to last few leaves, some finger-soiling, early 19th-century Italian red morocco, gilt-tooled border to covers, spine with simple gilt rules and lettering, marbled pastedowns and flyleaves, inner gilt dentelles, blue edges, corners and spine ends slightly rubbed, folio (328 x 227mm.), Florence, Nicolaus Laurentii, Alamanus, 15 July 1478.⁂ First edition printed in Italy, and the first edition in Italian or Florentine vernacular.The translator is anonymous but this version was highly praised for its purity and elegance by the Venetian humanist Pietro Bembo. This fine volume passed through the hands of several famous bibliophiles, such as Dimitrij Petrovič Burturlin, formerly director of the Hermitage in St. Petersburg, and later resident in Florence, where he possibly purchased this copy. In August 1839 the Parisian sale of his impressive library was announced by the Journal de la Librairie: "Il sera vendu, vers la fin de l'année, la magnifique bibliothèque de feu M. le comte de Boutourlin, composée de plus de vingt-cinq mille volumes [...]On peut affirmer que depuis la vente Mac-Carthy, il n'a pas été livré aux enchères, en France, une collection de livres rares et de manuscrits, comparable à la bibliothèque de M. de Boutourlin; elle est des plus riches en éditions du quinzième siècle". The copy was later acquired by another distinguished book collector, the renowned Dante scholar Lord Vernon, one of the leading figures in the Anglo-Florentine community. Very scarce on the market.Provenance: bookplates of the following: Russian senator and diplomat Count Dimitrij Petrovič Buturlin (1763-1829; see Catalogue de la bibliothèque de feu M. le Comte D. Boutourlin. Deuxième partie, Paris 1840, lot 533, "in-fol. m.r.", sold for the high sum of 26 francs; Lord George John Warren, 5th Baron Vernon (1803-1866; see Catalogue of a choice selected portion of the famous library removed from Sudbury Hall, Derbyshire: including illuminated and other manuscripts, and rare printed books; the property of Lieut. Lord Vernon, London, Sotheby, Wilkinson & Hodge, 10-12 June 1918, lot 165); purchased for the sum of £28 by the London bookseller Francis Edwards, 24 July 1918; the Italian bookseller Giuseppe Martini (see Catalogo della libreria di Giuseppe Martini. I. Incunaboli, Milano 1934, lot 142). Rothamsted acquisition date not notedLiterature: ISTC ic00973000; GW 7826; HCR 5837; BMC VI 627; Bod-inc C-483; IGI 3266; Goff C-973; Klebs 311.1; B.IN.G 581; Simon Bibliotheca Bacchica 581.

Gardens.- [Girardin (Stanislas, Comte de)] Promenades ou Itinéraire des Jardins de Chantilly, first edition, folding engraved plan, 20 etchings with roulette work by Mérigot, tissue guards, foxing to text but plates clean, pencil inscription "A very rare book F.H. Cripps Day" to front free endpaper and with his bookplate, later half calf, slightly rubbed, [Berlin Kat. 3477; Hunt 718], 8vo, Paris, Desenne, 1791.⁂ Guide to the gardens at Chantilly with fine plates depicting the French picturesque style including pavilions, grottoes and a Chinese kiosk.

Sheep.- Hogg (James) The Shepherd's Guide, first edition, uncut in the original drab boards, spine and extremities worn, most of paper label still intact, 8vo, Edinburgh, 1807.⁂ The scarce third book by the Scottish poet aka the Ettrick Shepherd.

Walter of Henley. [Hosbondrye], decorated manuscript on parchment, in French (Anglo-Norman), i + 7 + i leaves, one 8-leaf quire but last leaf now lacking, modern pencilled foliation in upper outer corner, text block: 128 x 90 mm, single column, 29 lines, ruled with lead point, without catchwords, text written in cursiva Anglicanan in the same hand throughout, 24 initials in blue, with pen-flourishing in red, often with extension along the margin, other chapter divisions in red and blue, modern brown morocco, with 'Walter of Henley Husbandry 14th Cent' lettered in gilt on front cover, a few leaves slightly browned, some tiny holes, occasionally and partly affecting a few letters, especially to last leaf, upper margin possibly trimmed at time of rebinding, small 4to (199 x 139/140mm.), England, [early 14th century].⁂ A precious and highly important early 14th century manuscript containing almost the complete text of Henley's Hosbondrye, one of the most significant agricultural works produced in England in the second half of the 13th century, and one of the most famous examples of Anglo-Norman literature. inc. Le pere sist en sa veillesce e dit a sun fiz (Oschinsky, p. 308, ch. 1)expl. ou plus ou meyns solum ceo qe le tenys est. (Oschinsky, p. 338, ch. 101)The text lacks only the final 59 lines (Oschinsky, ch. 102-113). Considering the unknown scribe copied the text with regularity, filling each page with 29 lines, it seems logical to suppose that only the final leaf of the manuscript is now missing. The Hosbondrye is a didactic treatise on estate management written in the form of a sermon from father to son and giving advice on husbandry, corn farming (ploughing, sowing, harvesting, costs of cultivation, etc.), and livestock farming (cattle, pigs, sheep and poultry). Its exact date of compilation is unknown: it could possibly have been written between c.1276, when the English Parliament debated the Extenta Manerii, concerning estate management, and 1286, i.e. a year after the issue of the Statute of Westminster. In 1971 Dorothea Oschinsky listed 32 manuscripts of the Hosbondrye, to which a further 3 should now be added. A dozen manuscripts contain the author's name in the title, while only two give biographical information about Henley, describing him as a knight, and later a Dominican friar. The work is generally inserted in manuscript compilations, including statutes, rules, charters, and other texts dealing with estate management and accounting, such as the Seneschaucy and the Rules by Robert Grosseteste. The text is known in two traditions, called α and β. The manuscripts derived are classed in group A (from α) and groups B-F (from β, and its derived branches γ and δ). The different groups often share variants, or show individualistic omissions or insertions. In this manuscript - in all likelihood originally bound up in a composite codex - the text of the Hosbondrye is copied with accuracy, possibly in a professional milieu. Corrections are lacking and only a few words are wrongly repeated. The text copied belongs to tradition β, but shares some variants with the derived branch γ, establishing a new group from β. Furthermore, this text is introduced by a four-line passage in which the compiler mentions the name of the author, giving some biographical details about Henley: he is described as a knight who later entered the Dominican order ('Ceo ditte de husebonderie fist un Chivalier Sir Waltier de Henleye qi puis se rendit en le ordre de frere precheurs), information which is given, with a few changes in word sequence, only in two manuscripts: the early 14th-century compilation made by or for the Northampton lawyer John de Longueville (Cambridge University Library, MS Dd.VII.&), and the late Hosbondrye written c.1450, and kept in the Hampton L. Carson Collection of The Free Library of Philadelphia (MS LC 14.3). The scribe also adds a note on the moral content of Henley's advice, a guide for "viuer sagement et honestement de luy biens", a feature that is to be found in a number of manuscripts belonging to group D, transcribed in the early 14th century for monastic houses in southern England, such as the Benedictine Abbey of Abbotsbury, Dorset (Cambridge University Library, MS Hh.II.11), or the Canterbury Cathedral Priory (BL, Add.MS 6159; Cambridge Trinity College, MS O.9.26; Canterbury D.&C. Muniments, Register B, and Register P).In the 'Preface' to her critical edition, Oschinsky states that 3 further Henley manuscripts have been discovered, "but too late to be included in this book". Among them she mentions the Rothamsted manuscript, whose importance she highlights for a future and more precise reconstruction of Henley's manuscript tradition: "One early-fourteenth-century copy has come to light which is of great interest [...] It enables us, moreover, to assess the printed translation of Walter included in The Booke of Thrift by James Bellot, printed in 1589 [...] We now find that it was translated from a copy which followed the version of the newly-found Rothamsted copy and it can be assumed that the two texts are survivors of a group, widely spaced in time, which ultimately derived from a copy of β older than our γ" (pp. vii-viii). This is the only manuscript of Henley's Hosbondrye to come to auction since 1978.Provenance: Rothamsted acquisition date 1939.Literature: N.R. Ker, Medieval manuscripts in British libraries. V. Indexes and Addenda, edited by I. C. Cunningham and A. G. Watson, Oxford, 2002, p. 13; Walter of Henley's Husbandry, together with an anonymous Husbandry, Seneschaucie, and Robert Grosseteste's Rules, edited by W. Cunningham, London 1890; D. Oschinsky, Walter of Henley and Other Treatises on Estate Management and Accounting, Oxford 1971; R. Dean - M. Bolton, Anglo-Norman Literature, A Guide to Texts and Manuscripts, London 1999, nos. 392-93; W. Rothwell, "Husbonderie and Manaungerie in Late Medieval England: A Tale of Two Walters", The Anglo-Norman Language and Its Contexts, edited by R. Ingham, York 2010, pp. 42-51.

Columella (Lucius Junius Moderatus).- Laetus (Pomponius) Hortuli commentarium, sive In de re rustica Lib. X commentum, collation: [a6, b4], 10 leaves, text in single column, 35 lines, type: 4:86G, blank space for one capital, with printed guide letters, on recto of first leaf, some light marginal water-staining and spotting, 19th century red morocco-backed marbled boards, gilt, spine lettered in gilt, 4to (207 x 141mm.), [Rome, Bartholomaeus Guldinbeck], [c.1485].⁂ Rare edition of this commentary on the tenth book (entirely devoted to gardening) of De Re Rustica by Columella, the most systematic of all treatises of Roman writers on agricultural affairs, which first appeared in Rome in about 1472. This commentary is without the text, and was circulated in manuscript around 1467. On the basis of a comparative study of the surviving manuscripts, authorship can be attributed to the famous Roman humanist Pomponius Laetus (1428-1498). "Laetus apparently did not edit the text, and the commentary is concerned with the explication of mythological, geographical, and botanical points [...] much of his material comes from Cato, Varro, and Pliny the Elder" (V. Brown, "Columella", p. 181).Only 14 copies of the Hortuli commentarium are recorded in institutional libraries, including the Rothamsted one. The edition was issued entirely anomymously and without date, and is now generally assigned to the printing house established in Rome by Bartholomaeus Guldinbeck. Provenance: Rothamsted acquisition date 1915 Literature: ISTC ic00765000; H 5494*; GW 7188; Bod-inc C-390; BMC IV 73; IGI 3068; Goff C-765; Klebs 288.2; V. Brown, "Columella, Lucius Junius Moderatus", in CTC III, pp. 175-176, 181-184.

An interesting collection of ephemera: Lenny the Lion Fan Club items, including a signed photograph of Lenny and Terry Hall, fan club membership card, etc; Dudley Zoo and Dudley Castle guide books; Festival of Britain programme; Stedfast Mag May 1963; 'This Is Your Life' Eamonn Andrews book; Sports Argus Aston Villa Souvenir Paper May 1957; nine horse racing related items, including Shirley Park Races July 1947 Race Card, Horse and Hound Year Book 1949-50, etc; eight Ian Allan books, including Loco Log Book, ABC British Car, ABC Midland Red Buses and Coaches, ABC British Railways Diesel Locomotives, etc.

A Mah-Jong boxed games set by Jackpot, the blocks decorated with various character marks, roundels, scrolls, contained within four slide out trays, the pegs in a further tray, together with rules and guide book, the reddish stained case with brass handle, 22cm wide, together with a Victorian walnut brass bound dome top box with velvet lined interior, 26cm wide. (2)

An Alfa-Romeo 17/50 Berlina instruction book, January 1969 plus an Alfa-Romeo Guide to Service Net book 1969 (in Italian), April 1969.

12 Military and Heraldry Reference Book and. Home Guard Histories‘Badges and Insignia of the Brtiish Armed Forces’ by Carman, May and Tanner ... ‘Military Badges of the British Empire’ by Cox ... ‘Records and Badges of the British Army 1900’ by Chichester and Burges-Short ... ditto 1986 reprint ... ‘Complete Guide to Heraldry’ by Fox-Davies ... ‘The Oxford Guide to Heraldry’ by Woodrock and Robinson ... ‘A Manual of Heraldry’ by Grant ... ‘Forewarned is Forearmed.’ ROC History by Buckton ... ‘History of the First Division August 1944 to January 1945’ ... ‘The Story of the 29th (Gosport) Home Guard Battalion Hampshire Regiment ... ‘Seven Battalion, The Story of London Transport’s Home Guard’ ... ‘Jackson’s Hallmarks’ 2004 edition. (12 items)

A SMALL COLLECTION OF AGRICULTURAL, HORTICULTURAL AND COUNTRYSIDE BOOKS to include Walter Nicol - 'The Gardener's Kalendar..', 1810 A/F, John Ewart - 'The Agriculturist's Assistant' 1867, Robert Kerr - 'A Small Country House A Brief Practical Discourse on the planning of a residence, to cost from £2,000 to £5,000', John Murray, 1873, Gilbert White - 'The Natural History of Selbourne' 5th Ed. 1835 together with 'The Sheepfold and the Common: or within and without' Vol. I 1858, Cowan 'British Beekeeper's Guide Book' disbound, 'Tales for Town & Country' 1871 etc. (15)¦++Please note: every page of every book is not checked, if you are unable to view yourself please ask for detailed information¦

London Transport & predecessor items comprising 1931 Green Line COACH SERVICE GUIDE (27-4-31) (Small stains, generally good), 1932 General Country Services TIMETABLE, Southern Section, Spring Service, 10 April 1932 (good condition), 1936 Country Walks GUIDEBOOK, 4 x 1960s local TIMETABLES (used), March 1977 Inspectors' 'Red Book' TIMETABLE (very good condition) and 1950 (repr 1954) Central Buses Drivers' & Conductors' RULE BOOK (well used, pictures still present). [9]

'A Guide to Eternity', John Bona, translated into English by Sir Roger L'Estrange, seventh edition, London: D. Brown, 1722. Contemporary calf binding. Scarce book dealing with topics such as 'How far the Body may be indulged' and 'The Lust of the Eye' ('there is not any thing that more powerfully moves the Imagination, stirs the appetite, or works upon the Mind, than a wandering glance; and the Mischief is done in a moment...A delicate well drest woman is an elaborate luxury. There's death in her very Looks, and if you stand to gaze upon her, you're undone. Comedies, Balls, and Publick Spectacles do but weaken the Mind'); it also deals with love (and its 'remedies'), hope & despair, fear, friendships, joy & sadness, gluttony. Featuring an attractive woodcut vignette of honest toil to opening page of text. Together with 'A Discourse Concerning Divine Providence', William Sherlock, sixth edition, London: D. Browne, 1725, and 'A Compleat History of the Bible', Laurence Clarke, Vol.II only, London: Printed for the Author, 1737 (with numerous engraved plates). 18th-century Georgian English leather-bound books. Theology/Religion interest. (3)

W. Keith Neal & D.H.L. Back, Great British Gunmakers 1540-1740; Great British Gunmakers 1740-1790; Griffin & Tow, and W. Bailes; The Mantons: Gunmakers; The Manton Supplement; British Gunmakers, Their Trade Cards, Cases and Equipment 1760-1860; W. Keith Neal, Collecting Duelling Pistols; J.N. George & R. Chapman, Restoration of Antique Firearms; H.L. Blackmore, Gunmakers of London 1350-1850; Gunmakers of London Supplement; Gun and Rifles of the World; The World's Finest Sporting Guns; English Pistols; British Military Firearms; J.F. Hayward, The Art of the Gunmaker, vol. 1 1500-1660 and vol. 2 1660-1830; C. Blair, Pistols of the World; E. Griffin, Griffin of Bond Street; P. Hawkins, The Price Guide to Antique Guns & Pistols; G. Boothroyd, Bothroyds' Revised Directory of British Gunmakers; Gun Collecting; Gusler & Lavin, Decorated Firearms, 1540-1870, from the Collection of Clay P. Bedford; F.M. Sellers, The William M. Locke Collection; Lenk, Urquhart, Hayward, The Flintlock; N. Dixon, Georgian Pistols; L. Winant, Firearms Curiosa; J.W. Burgoyne, The Queen Anne Pistol 1660-1780; W.Y. Carman, A History of Firearms from Earliest Times to 1914; R. Lister, Antique Firearms, Their Care, Repair & Restoration; G. Rimer, Wheellock Firearms of the Royal Armouries; J.A. Atkinson, Duelling Pistols; I. Glendenning, British Pistols & Guns, 1640-1840; Grancsay & Bedford, Early Firearms of Great Britain and Ireland; J.N. George, English Pistols & Revolvers; English Guns & Rifles; F. Wilkinson, Flintlock Pistols; Frith & Andrews, Antique Pistol Collecting; K.R. Dill, London Gunmakers and the English Duelling Pistol 1770-1830; D.F. Butler, United States Firearms, The First Century, 1776-1875; F. Klay, The Samuel E. Dyke Collection of Kentucky Pistols; D. Noble, An Introduction to the History of Duelling; J. Henderson, Firearms Collecting for Amateurs; P. Wahl & D. Toppel, The Gatling Gun; R. Ford, The World's Great Handguns; N. Flayderman, Flayderman's Guide To Antique American Firearms, 8th edition; S.P. Fjestad, Blue Book of Gun Values, 26th edition

M. Pétard, Des Sabres et des Épées, vols. 1 and 2; J.D. Forman, The Scottish Dirk; C. Martyn, The British Cavalry Sword from 1600; C. Mazansky, British Basket-Hilted Swords; E. Oakeshott, Records of the Medieval Sword; J.F. Hayward, Swords and Daggers; R.H. Bezdek, Swords and Sword Makers of England and Scotland; R. Cohen, By The Sword; E. Valentine, Rapiers; J. Wilkinson-Latham, Regulation Military Swords; J.D. Gamble, Axes of War and Power; R. Underwood, Anglo-Saxon Weapons & Warfare; W. Wilson, Arte of Defence; J. Lhoste, Les Épéees Portées en France des Origines à Nos Jours; R. Held (ed.), Art, Arms and Armour, An International Anthology; S.V. Grancsay, Arms & Armor, Essays by Stephen V. Grancsay fromt The Metropolitan Museum of Art Bulletin 1920-1964; C.E. Whitelaw, Scottish Arms Makers; The Metropolitan Museum of Art, Historical Armor, A Picture Book; R-J. Charles, La Collection Georges Pauilhac au Musée de l'Armée, exhibition guide; C.C. Stone, A Glossary… Arms and Armour, reprint; J.G. Mann and M.A. B. Litt, Studies in European Armour, 1929 (Trotman reprint 2003); J. Anderson, Ancient Scottish Weapons, A Series of Drawings by the Late James Drummond (reprint); Various contributors, Die Waffensammlung des Österreichischen Kaiserhauses im K.K. Artillerie-Arsenal-Museum in Wien, reprint of 1866-1870 original; J.A. Godoy, Armes a Feu XVe-XVIIe Siecle, Collection du Musée d'Art et Histoire, Genève; Various contributors, Kataloge des Bayerischen Nationalmuseums Handfeuerwaffen; A.D. Ortiz, C.H. Carretero and J.A. Godoy, Resplendence of the Spanish Monarchy, Renaissance Tapestries and Armor from the Patrimonio Nacional; C. Blair, The James A. De Rothschild Collection at Waddesdon Manor; A.G. Llansó, Museo-Armería de D. José Estruch y Cumella, 1976 reprint of 1896 original; Various contributors, Napoléon et les Invalides, Collections du Musée de l'Armée; M.L. Levkoff, Hearst the Collector; N. Drejholt, Firearms of the Royal Armouries, Stockholm, 2 vols.; B. Thomas and O. Gamber, Waffensammlung, Kunsthistoriches Museum, Wien, 2 vols.; Mann and Norman, Wallace Collection Catalogues, European Arms and Armour, 2 vols., European Arms and Armour Supplement; Collection Alfonso Fierro, Armas de Fuego Antiguas; W.J. Karcheski, Arms and Armor in The Art Institute of Chicago; I. Eaves, Catalogue of European Armour at the Fitzwilliam Museum; P. Allevi, Museo d'Arti Applicate, Armi da Fuoco; C. Calamandrei, Lame Del Risorgimento, Palazzo dei Vicari, 2-10 September 1978; Armi Antiche a Gardone, Mostra inaugurale del Museo delle Armi e della Tradizione Armiera di Gardone Val Trompia; Å. Meyerson and L. Rangström, Wrangel's Armoury; P. Krenn, The Landeszeughaus of Graz; M. Mauro, Armeria della Rocca Mostra di Armi Antiche, 29 July - 29 October 1989, Mondavio; The Journal of the Walters Art Gallery, 1939, article S. Grancsay on Maucher carved gunstocks; S.W. Pyhrr, Firearms from the Collection of The Prince of Liechtenstein; L.G. Boccia and J.A. Godoy, Museo Poldi Pezzoli, Armeria II; Various contributors, Museo de Armas Eibar; Various contributors, L'Armeria Reale di Torino; L. Tarassuk, Antique European and American Firearms at the Hermitage Museum; I.N. Paltousova, A.A. Catoire de Bioncourt's Weapons Collection, St. Petersburg, 2003; Bardovskaya, Wedensky and Fajbisovitch, Arsenal of Tsarskoye Selo; Various contributors, Armoury Chamber of the Russian Tsars; Dr. H. Schneider, Hand- und Faustfeuerwaffen 1540-1820, Schweizerischen Landesmuseum; B. Thomas and L.G. Boccia, Historische Prunkwaffen aus dem Museo Nazionale (Palazzo del Bargello) zu Florenz, restauriert in den Werkstätten der Wiener Waffensammlung, 16 July - 4 October 1970; L.G. Boccia, Il Museo Stibbert a Firenze, 2 vols.; Armi D'Attacco da Difesa e da Fuoco. La Collezione d'armi del Museo d'Arte Medievale e Moderna di Modena; Le Armi, Museo Bardini; N. di Carpegna, Firearms in The Princes Odescalchi Collection in Rome; F. Rossi and N. di Carpegna, Armi Antiche dal Museo Civico L. Marzoli, Palazzo della Loggia, Brescia June - September 1969; R. Held; 70 Interesting Firearms in the Arms and Armour Museum of the Republic of San Marino; J. Pasquier and J.J. Reverseau, Armes, Musee des Arts Decoratifs Bordeaux, January - June 1980; M. Terenzi, Mostra Delle Armi da Puoco Anghiaresi e dell'Appennino Tosco-Emiliano, Palazzo Taglieschi, 11 August - 15 September 1968; Mostra di Armi Antiche, Castello dei Conti, 16 July - 16 August 1967; Various contributors, Armi e Armati, Musei del Comune, Firenze; R.S. Elliot, Matchlock to Machine Gun, The Firearms Collection of the New Brunswick Museum; Dr. Otto Schwarz, Das Landeszeughaus in Graz, 1971 reprint; A. Geibig, Die Kunst der Konstrukteure; Zwischen Politik und Krieg, Kunstsammlungen der Veste Coburg; Guy Francis Laking, A Record of European Armour and Arms Through Seven Centuries, 2008 reprint; B. Dean, The Collection of Arms and Armor of Rutherfurd Stuyvesant (Trotman limited edition facsimile no. 2 of 50); F. Joubert, Catalogue of the Collection of European Arms & Armour formed at Greenock by R.L. Scott, (Trotman 2006 reprint); Museo Stibbert, Firenze, La Cavalcata, 2003; A. Soler del Campo, Real Armería Palacio Real; U. Franzoi, L'Armeria del Palazzo Ducale a Venezia; Die Waffensammlung des Dogenpalastes in Venedig; The Metropolitan Museum of Art, The Armored Horse in Europe 1480-1620; G. Macoir, La Salle des Armures du Musee de la Porte de Hal, Bruxelles, 1910 (reprint); Staatliche Kunstsammlungen Dresden, Pistolen; La Maison de la Chasse et de la Nature (guide); Lt. Col. E. Hardy, Le Musée de l'Armée, (2005 Trotman reprint); M. Spencer and F. Philpott, Early European Hand-Firearms in Liverpool Museum; T. Curtis, The Lyle Official Arms and Armour Review, 1977; F. Cannan, Scottish Arms and Armour; E.G. Heath (intro), Bow verses Gun; H.W. Bowman, Famous Guns from the Smithsonian Collection; Famous Guns from the Winchester Collection; Antique Guns from the Stagecoach Collection; M. Signorini, Breve Storia delle Armi Bresciane; Various contributors, The Collection of Arms and Armour in the Museum of Peasant Uprisings, Muzeji Hrvatskog Zagorja; S. Turnbull, The Book of the Medieval Knight; two vols. Journal of The Royal Armoury, Stockholm, 1976 and 1980; and a Japanese publication on swords and sword-fittings.

WALL E. J. (Ed). The Year Book of Photography & Amateur's Guide for 1900. Rebound green cloth with orig. wrappers & many adverts bound in.

NO RESERVE Bibbia. Novum Testamentum Graece. Strasburgo: Wolfgang Köpfel, giugno 1524.Due parti in un volume in-8° (mm 161x95). Carte 160 (erroneamente numerate 60); 118, [2]. Carattere greco, romano e corsivo. Frontespizio con marca tipografica xilografica inquadrato da una cornice formata da quattro legni: i laterali raffigurano i quattro evangelisti, il pannello superiore Dio nell'atto di sorreggere un globo, mentre quello inferiore uno dei simboli della Passione. Grande marca tipografica xilografica al verso della carta P8. Capolettera xilografico su fondo criblé al recto della carta A1. Spazi bianchi per capitali con letterine guida. Buon esemplare, uniforme e lieve brunitura, fioriture, macchie di inchiostro alle ultime carte. Legatura settecentesca in vitello, dorso con cinque nervi, titolo e dati tipografici impressi in oro. Piatto anteriore parzialmente distaccato, mancanze alle estremità del dorso. Antica nota di collocazione vergata a lapis al controbatto anteriore; alcuni marginalia di differenti mani. Al contropiatto anteriore ex libris dalla biblioteca della Law Society of England and Wales, fondata nel 1825.Il rarissimo Nuovo Testamento di Strasburgo del 1524, il primo libro in greco impresso dalla tipografia del Cefaleo, due anni prima dell'Antico Testamento in tre volumi, che lo stesso Wolfgang Köpfel stampò nel 1526. Queste due edizioni costituiscono la prima Bibbia in greco apparsa in paesi di lingua tedesca, nonché la terza Bibbia in greco mai stampata. "The New Testament, printed by Cephalaeus in 1524 [...] makes the set completed in four volumes. It is an esteemed work of great rarity: the type and paper are very good, and the punctuation is, in most places, remarkably judicious" (Dibdin, Introduction, p. 85). L'edizione venne curata da Volfango Capitone (1478-1541), amico di Erasmo, nonché uno dei principali esponenti della Riforma a Strasburgo. Il testo segue fedelmente quello del Nuovo Testamento in greco curato da Erasmo e stampato per la prima volta nel 1516. Two parts in one volume, 8° (161x95 mm). 160 (misnumbered 60); 118, [2] leaves. Greek, roman, and italic type. Title-page within four-block woodcut border, showing at the side the four Evangelists, on the upper panel God handling a globe, anked by two cherubs, on the lower one the symbols of Passion; at centre of the border a woodcut printer's device. Larger woodcut printer's device on fol. P8v. Woodcut decorated initial on criblé ground on fol. A1r. Blank spaces for capitals, with printed guide letters. A good copy, browning and foxing throughout; spotting in places, heavier to the last leaves. Eighteenth-century polished calf, over pasteboards. Spine with five small raised bands, title and imprint in gilt lettering. Corners worn; joints somewhat cracked, minor wear to the extremities of the spine. Pencilled shelfmark on the front pastedown; some marginalia, in two different early hands. Provenance: from the library of the Law Society of England and Wales, founded in 1825 (large ex libris on the front pastedown).The rare Strasbourg Novum Testamentum printed by Wolfgang Köpfel or Cephalaeus in 1524, two years before the three-volume Vetus Testamentum issued in 1526: this set represents the first Bible in Greek to have appeared in German- speaking countries, and the third overall. "The New Testament, printed by Cephalaeus in 1524 [...] makes the set completed in four volumes. It is an esteemed work of great rarity: the type and paper are very good, and the punctuation is, in most places, remarkably judicious" (Dibdin, Introduction, p. 85). The text was edited by Wolfgang Fabricius Capito (1478-1541), a friend of Erasmus of Rotterdam and one of the chief representatives of the Reformation in Strasbourg, and closely follows the Greek Novum Testamentum edited by Erasmus, which first appeared in 1516. The present edition is of the greatest rarity, and represents the first Greek book issued from the press held by Cephalaeus. STC German 84; Darlow & Moule 4600; Die Bibelsammlung der Württembergischen Landesbibliothek Stuttgart. I.3. Griechische Bibeldrucke, Stuttgart-Bad Cannstatt 1984, C14

Leica fotografie magazines, Leica instruction book & guide and 2 other photography books

Group of 11 books about Charles M. Russell and Frederic Remington, including The Charles M. Russell Book by Harold McCracken, Charles Russell by Sophia Craze, Charles M. Russell: Paintings, Drawings and Sculpture in the Amon G. Carter Collection by Frederic Renner, Charles M. Russell by Frederic Renner, The Book of the American Indian by Hamlin Garland, Frederic Remington: the Masterworks by Shapiro and Hassrick, Frederic Remington by Sophia Craze, Remington & Russell by Brian W. Dippie, The Illustrations of Frederic Remington ed. Marta Jackson, Frederic Remington by Peter Hassrick, Frederic Remington: paintings, Drawings, and Sculpture, plus a calendar and exhibition guide. Condition: Good condition.Images: To view larger images, please visit https://www.dropbox.com/sh/8ed9nhnm5wknrh8/AACsurKHrYImqDg3T-dvZrR1a?dl=0

A SMALL COLLECTION OF AGRICULTURAL, HORTICULTURAL AND COUNTRYSIDE BOOKS to include Walter Nicol - 'The Gardener's Kalendar..', 1810 A/F, John Ewart - 'The Agriculturist's Assistant' 1867, Robert Kerr - 'A Small Country House A Brief Practical Discourse on the planning of a residence, to cost from £2,000 to £5,000', John Murray, 1873, Gilbert White - 'The Natural History of Selbourne' 5th Ed. 1835 together with 'The Sheepfold and the Common: or within and without' Vol. I 1858, Cowan 'British Beekeeper's Guide Book' disbound, 'Tales for Town & Country' 1871 etc. (15)Condition Report:Please note: every page of every book is not checked, if you are unable to view yourself please ask for detailed information

A boxed Dukes of Hazzard car; together with a Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy book; and commemorative Star Trek plates. 

[Theakston, Michael]. A List of Natural Flies that are taken by Trout, Grayling & Smelt, in the streams of Ripon, 1st edition, W. Harrison, Ripon, 1853, eight uncoloured lithographic plates, printed recto and verso, some light spotting and marginal water stain, previous owner signatures and bookplate, original cloth, spine and extremities toned, 8vo, together with The Natural History and Habits of the Salmon; with Reasons for the decline of the fisheries..., 1st edition, 1854, advertisements at end, original green cloth, spine faded, 8vo, plus The Angler and Tourist's Guide to the Rivers, Lakes and Remarkable Places in the Northern Counties of Scotland, Edinburgh, 1857, occasional underlining, previous owner signatures, blindstamp, original cloth gilt, spine a little rubbed and faded, 12mo, with six other fishing related including Palmer Hackle's Hints on Angling, with suggestions for Angling Excursions in France and Belgium, 1846, (with three extra engraved and woodcut plates pasted in, rebacked), George Oke's A Handy Book of the Game and Fishery Laws, 1863 and A Handbook of Angling: Teaching fly-fishing, trolling, bottom-fishing and salmon-fishing, by Ephemera, 2nd edition, 1848 (9)

Official illustrated 1936 copy Holidays by LMS guide book and an original LMS water glass etched LMS Cars

Autograph book of Arnolfo Boriani136 pages with signatures, comments and original illustrations in a blue morocco album with delicate gilt tooling, tooled with the inscription Boriani's Autograph Book from November 1903 (although the signatures continue until the early 1920s), 17 x 22cm, including the signatures of J.M. Barrie, Stanley Baldwin, Mabel Russell, Arthur Steel, Luisa Tetrazzini, Charles H.E. Brookfield, Gladys Cooper, H.G. Wells, Ellen Terry, William Gladstone, Ernest Shackleton ("This day three years ago we reached the Furthest South. The food was difficult and the nearest girl 2700 miles away."), Alexander Montgomery Carlisle (a designer of the Titanic), Sir Henry Rider Haggard, Fridtjof Nansen, Gerald du Maurier, Sarah Bernhartd, Gustav VI of Sweden, A.A. Milne and Adeline Genée, and original illustrations by Bernard Partridge (showing a young woman) and Frances Dodd (illustrating the restaurant)Note: Boriani was the proprietor of the Pall Mall Restaurant, above London's Haymarket Theatre. In 1914, "The Gourmet's Guide to London" wrote about Boriani and his co-owner, Pietro Deguili: "They are both - Deguili, small, neat and dapper, M. Boriani broad, wearing a curled-up moustache and looking like a tenore robusto - always in the restaurant at meal-times...and giving personal attention to every member of their clientele". Boriani's autograph book testifies to his good relationship with clients (he had previously been head-waiter at the Carlton hotel). Several of the signatures have been countered or answered by comments from other diners at the restaurant, and some are signed directly to Boriani. Several of the pages have been augmented with typed, tipped-in notes explaining the signatures and the exchanges between the restaurant's clientele.

Collection of 19 chapbooks (& several other items) including 9 by J. G. Rusher of Banbury, Oxfordshire:The Galloping Guide to the ABC. 16pp., excluding blue pictorial wrappers, old collector's number on slip on wrapper; The Cries of Banbury and London; Jack the Giant Killer; The Book of Beasts for Young Persons; Old Mother Hubbard and Her Dog; Nursery Poems; London Jingles and Country Tales; Jack & Jill and Old Dame Gill; The History of Tom Thumb, all 16pp. including wrapper; Alnwick: W. Davison, printer A Natural History of Foreign Quadrupeds, 36pp., original pictorial green wrappers; Otley: W. Walker, printer The Pretty and Entertaining History of Tom Thumb. 16pp including wrappers; London: Dean & Munday, printer The Adventures of Jack the Giant Killer, 16pp. including printed yellow wrappers; London: Whitrow & Co., publisher The Honest Farmer and his Good Landlord, 32pp. including wrappers, hand-coloured woodcuts; Chelmsford: Martin, printer (from colophon)The History of Master Watkins, 16pp. including original green pictorial wrappers; Derby: Henry Mozley & Sons First Lessons for Children, 12pp. including original yellow pictorial wrappers; Battledore The Good Boy/Chairs to Mend, (no printer), pale brown pictorial folding board; Copeland, Walter The Book of Other People. London: Blackie & Son Ltd., [1908], 12mo, concertinaed coloured drawings by Charles Robinson, original pictorial boards, [only 2 copies on COPAC]; Portland [Maine]: Bailey & Noes, [1830] 3 chapbooks: The History of Birds; The History of Insects; The History of Beasts, all 16pp. excluding original pictorial wrappers; and 7 small books/booklets and 5 modern facsimiles

A set of German chromolithographic caricatures skittles, late 19th century, featuring a sailor kingpin, a boy with hoop, an Austrian, a tourist with guide book, an Irishman, a cobbler, a spiv, a Turk and a French soldier, four smoking - 11½in. (29cm.) high (some wear and discoloured)

Assorted Ephemera including two Queen Elizabeth 1952 Cunard White Star Menu, two Queen Mary 1952 Cunard Line Menu, Illustrated London News 1866, Mary Rose piece of timber and souvenir guide, Hornby Dublo electric train catalogue, Triang Hornby and Triang Railways catalogue, Coronation Glitter Model book, Coronation Souvenir programme 1953, selection of playing cards, Powerstat gramophone record cleaning machine, America's Wartime Scrapbook, 1950's and 1960's Scrapbook, Illustrated London 1943, John Bull 1953 magazines, How Columbus Discovered America fold out book, Run Adolf Run book, 1945 John Bull newspaper, 1945 Express & Star newspaper 'Surrender to be signed in Berlin' headline, 1940 Daily Sketch, WWII gas mask, 1966 Matchbox collectors guide, the Turner bicentenary medallic first day cover plus others, worth inspecting - mixed condition fair to good. (qty) 2 boxes

The Travellours Guide Europe and Historians Faithful Companion by William Carr 1695 - A 216 page early travel book recommending mostly journeying by boat. What to observe in the lands of the people, trades, government and Princes in Holland, Spanish Netherlands, German States, Sweden and Denmark. In original leather binding, size 3" × 5¼".

Palestine - Jerusalem; How to See It including Palestine, Syria and Lebanon 1927 Book - An extensive 238 page guide book with over 90 photographs and 2 fold out maps. Also a lots of photographic adverts for the Hotels and some Steamship companies. Giving an interesting account of travelling there at that time. Printed on semi-gloss paper with pictorial card cover, size 5¼" × 7½".

Maritime - Austrian Lloyds Steamship Company 1910 Guide Book - 46 pages for International Press Corp Tour in their ship S.S. Thalia around the Mediterranean Sea. With 25 photograph and detailed information, size 4½" × 6¾". Plus 8 page Passenger List of 170 Journalists and two printed invitations (4)

Letters On Malvern Descriptive And Historical Containing An Account of Its Waters And Accomodation1813 - An extensive 92 page guide book with very fulsome information regarding Malvern, its waters, accommodation, hills district and history etc. Printed at the Journal office in Worcester.

The Complete Guide to MG Collectibles hardback book by Michael Ellman-Brown. Includes details of diecast & toy MG cars.

Holland (W J), The Butterfly Book, a popular guide to a knowledge of the butterflies of North America, New York; Doubleday & McClure, 1901, 58 coloured plates and numerous text illustrations, green cloth, together with Frohawk (F W), The Complete Book of British Butterflies, London; Ward Lock & Co., 1934, 32 coloured plates, green cloth, Coleman (W S), British Butterflies, London; Routledge, Warne & Routledge, 1863, foxing and three others. (condition varies). (6)

A selection of vintage guide and reference books including Book of invention and Babette Deutsch

EPHEMERA - a job lot to include - a quantity of vintage beer labels, autograph books including George Formby, Royal Air Force service and release book 1940's together with variuos memorabilia, lighters, patches, badges etc. Razor and sewing kit, various horse racing ephemera inc. 1942 horses in training booklet, 1945 racing guide Calcutta. 1938 risque French magazine and semi nude photos etc. Theatre tickets. Various period WWII ephemera. WWII "All quiet on the Western Front" theatre programme. Large qty Japanese currency.

America.- Hawkins (Alfred) Hawkins's Picture of Quebec; with Historical Recollections, first edition, additional lithographed title and 13 plates, one engraved, the rest lithographed views, without the 2 maps (as usual, not called for in list of plates but sometimes found with the book), original cloth, spine with paper label, Quebec, 1834 § Hunter, Jr. (W.S.) Chisholm's Panoramic Guide from Niagara Falls to Quebec, wood-engraved additional pictorial title, large folding panorama and illustrations, panorama becoming detached, advertisements on pink paper at beginning and yellow at end, original pictorial cloth, lightly damp-stained at edges, Montreal, [?1868] § Stories about Whale Catching, wood-engraved plates, heavily foxed, contemporary roan-backed boards, New Haven, S.Babcock, 1832 § Carling (John, editor) Colonial and Indian Exhibition, London, 1886. Canada: its History, Productions and Natural Resources, 2 folding colour maps (in pockets at ends), original cloth, spine faded, Ottawa, 1886, all rubbed; and a small bundle of others, Americas, v.s. (c.10)

Various books, ephemera, etc, table calendar with articulated top, 11cm wide, Hull (Peter), The Vintage Sports Car Club, The Bugatti Book, a small quantity of coinage, brass military buttons, Parker and other pens, tyre medallion, The Vintage Sports Car Club, a quantity of black and white photographs, guide for a Bentley 3.5lt car, Jaguar Air Tours wallet, containing a Drift Port scientific instrument, various other books on carburetors, black and white photos, etc. (a quantity)

Various biographies and autobiographies including Herbert Asquith, Lytton Strachey, Walter Scott, Francis Bacon and others to include The Christopher Hatton's Book of Seals, Marshall The Genealogists Guide, English Surnames, Bardsley Dictionary of Roman Coins, English Copper, Tin and Bronze Coins in the British Museum, The Bromsgrove Court Rolls, etc (2 boxes)

Wainwright. A selection. Including, Pictorial Guide: Far Eastern Fells (book two) first edition, 1957, in dust wrapper; other Pictorial Guides early impressions. Etc. (13)Dog eared, tired and foxed

Large selection of GB Victorian and later copper and nickel coinage, a Royal Mint presentation pack and a Collectors Pocket Guide book

1- Carling, J: Canadian Hand-Book for the Colonial and Indian Exhibition, 1886. Ottawa, 1886, 1st. With two large folding maps in the pockets; one with tears; 2- KENNETT, Basil: Romae Antiquae Notitia or the Antiquities of Rome. Innys Etc, 1746, 11th. edn. With a folding plan of Rome Plus 13 plates. Lacking covers; couple of the plates with frayed edges; the odd small tear (away from text); 3- Tourist’s Guide to London, west of Trafalgar Square. Nelson, no date, with 12 Chromolithograph plates, a plan of London and text illustrations. 77pp; original red cloth; 4- Davis, F: Luton, Past And Present. Luton, for the author, 1874, 2nd. edn. with colour frontis plus 10 plates; 4to. original cloth; worn and torn; lacking most of the spine and covers detached; one page loose and frayed; 5- Souvenir of the Isle of Wight. Nelson, 1892. With 24 Chromolithograph views. Poor copy; A/F. (5)

A box containing a Franke & Heidecke Braunscheig Rolleiflex cameras with Campur shutters and Carl Zeiss Jena lenses, several backs, plates and guide book

European Golf Course Travel Guides from the 1930s onwards to incl 1932 Golf In Italy folding brochure featuring 17x golf clubs, details and course plans; Golf In Europe -A Travellers Guide to 200 of Europe's Best by Saul Galin 1st ed 1967 in dust jacket and "The Book of Scottish Golf Courses" c.1950 in the original pictorial wrappers published by SMT (Scottish Motor Traction Co (G) (3)

The Portsmouth Guide, a rare Georgian guide book published by Hollingsworth, Promenade Rooms, Southsea Beach and High Street, Portsmouth 1823, 186 printed pages, folding engraved frontispiece, original blue paper covered boards, approximately 19x10cm

Guiding Memorabilia - Log Book of 5th Southend Division Girl Guide 1922 - 1941, a handwritten (with some typing) account of the beginning of the 5th Southend division and the fun, games, rallies and life in the Guides - complete with photographs of Guides, Guide activities, camps, etc, includes some programmes and postcards. This log was started by Grace Thorn 1st Captain 1922 - 1929, then passed on to subsequent Captains to continue with their own memories and thoughts - a charming social history document with insightful views of Guiding into the Second World War

Paris Exposition 1900 Guide Book including coverage of the Olympic Games,published by Hachette & Co., Paris, seven pages covering the Olympic and other sports events of the Paris 1900 Games, colour pictorial front wrapper, paper loss to dog-ear bottom right hand corner, otherwise reasonably good

Book: 'The Original Ferrari V12 1965-73. The Restorers Guide' by Keith Bluemel, published 2003.

An astonishing and incredible large archive of personal effects relating to a PC (and later Sgt) 148 Albert Mead of the Bucks Constabulary in the 1920's & 1930's. The collection of effects, comprising of: 29 of Mead's 'beat' notebooks - each completely filled out in pencil with various notes of crimes / misdemeanours - hundreds of entries included (from petty theft, lost property, descriptions of assailants, crime scenes, sketches of accidents etc) each notebook stamped with a date to the first page (1930's) - a fascinating insight into the life of a 1930's Constable. Also included are a wealth of candid images (taken by Mead - he was a keen photographer) including several of road accidents - including one with a tractor, a Rolls Royce & a coach - all c1930's, many with the original negatives (some glass negatives) present. Various photographs of Mead in uniform, and his colleagues are also present. Mead's WWII Second World War era ' Police ' steel helmet is also included, along with his Defence and War medal (within the original box), his helmet badges, uniform buttons and identification numbers. Ephemera relating to Mead within this lot also includes; his handwritten training note book (from 1923) which details all the terminology and such of Police work, his official ' Police Jiu Jitsu ' manual, various guide books on Law and Motoring Law, a large Bucks Constabulary group photograph, and various other items - including a fabulous poster for a ' Police Dance ' and related items. Rare. A fascinating collection of personal effects and items. Consigned direct from the family. 

[Crasset, Jean]. The History of the Church of Japan. Written originally in French by Monsieur l'Abbé de T. and now translated into English by N. N., 1st edition in English, London, 1705-7, occasional spotting and finger-soiling, volume 1 quires b-c and 3Z browned, volume 2 with intermittent pale water-staining, contemporary ink inscription to p. 139, small worm-track in gutter signatures 2E2-2N4, marginal holes to 4B, 20th-century calf, 4to Cordier Japonica pp. 400-1; Rogala, A Collector's Guide to Books on Japan in English, 164 ('Extremely rare').'A major description of Japan' (Lach & Van Kley, Asia in the Making of Europe, volume 3, book 4, p. 1883). (2)

England & Wales. Bowles (Carington, publisher), Bowles new pocket guide through England & Wales: Comprehending all the great principal cross roads with the distances on each in measured miles, circa 1780, engraved map with contemporary outline colouring, sectionalised and laid on linen, 555 x 480 mm, contained in a contemporary card slipcase, worn and frayed, together with, Cary (John), Cary's Pocket Companion to the Roads of Great Britian shewing all the post & market towns with the days prefixed on which they are held and the exact distances from the metropolis, 1791, engraved map with contemporary outline colouring, sectionalised and laid on linen, inset map of Scotland, additional title in French above map, 560 x 460 mm, contained in a contemporary marbled card slipcase, slight wear to extremities, with, Rocque (John), The Traveller's Companion or the post roads of England and Wales with the distances in measured miles..., published Laurie & Whittle, 1794, engraved map with contemporary outline colouring, sectionalised and laid on linen, 535 x 525 mm, contained in a contemporary marbled card slipcase with publisher's printed label to upper board, worn and frayed, plus Sayer (Robert), A new Map of the Roads of England and Scotland with the distances in measured miles from place to place..., 1789, engraved map with contemporary outline colouring, sectionalised and laid on linen, inset map of 'Continuation of the roads of Scotland' 745 x 590 mm, contained in a contemporary marbled card slipcase with publisher's printed label to upper board, and Faden (William, publisher), A New Map of England, Wales & Scotland describing all the direct and principal cross roads in Great Britain with the distances measured between the market towns and from London to accompany Paterson's Book of the Roads, 1801, engraved map with contemporary outline colouring, sectionalised and laid on linen, inset map of Scotland, slight overall toning, 730 x 610 mm, contained in a contemporary card slipcase, heavily worn and frayed (5)

McLeod (Norman). Illustrations to the Epitome of the Ancient History of Japan, including illustrations to Guide Book, collected and arranged by N. McLeod, Kiyoto, 1878, printed title, 4 pages of introdutory text (printed on 3 leaves), and 81 uncoloured engraved illustrations of Japanese customs and traditions, religion, history, views, etc., printed on 46 leaves (many printed back-to-back), and with single printed contents leaf at end, some very light offsetting (generally in good condition), original limp patterned silk wrappers, stitched as issued, some minor marks and a little faded to edges, oblong 8vo (17.5 x 27 cm, 7 x 10.75 ins) (1)

Three cast metal and painted Michelin advertising figures: and Michelin Spanish guide book.

Genesis / Books, eight books comprising Book of Genesis (Fielder), Genesis (Kamin & Goddard), Complete Guide (Welch), Genesis Songbook, Genesis (Schacht), Genesis Biography (Bowler & Dray), Turn It On Again (Thoimpson) and Anatomy of a Tour (Pop up Book) - Mainly Excellent condition

FOOTBALL, trade selection, inc. Victor Pop-Up Book, The Sun 1974/5 Pocket Guide, Tiger Album of Football Club Badges, Midland & South Wales fixture booklets 1966/7 & 1967/8, Pattreiouex fixture slides 1966/7 (2) etc., G to EX, 11*

FOOTBALL, Manchester United selection, inc. signed (2), Denis Law, hardback edition of Book of Soccer, lbert Scanlon, postcard (full-length in civilian clothes); Official Press Guide for 1998/1999 Champions League group matches, EX, 3

BOXING, selection, inc. booklets, Among the Heavyweights & Heavyweight Fights, both by ER Treherne, pub. in Caephilly (c.1948); 1951 Rule book, 1953 Referees Guide, 1958/9 European Guide etc., FR to VG, 11

EPHEMERA, selection, inc. silks, Edith Cavell, 1904 Bradford Exhibition, Allies Flags, Queen Elizabeth II; tourists guide books, Madame Tussauds, Tower of London (1947), Regents Park Zoo; military photographs & postcards; Pudsey Book Fair glamour bookmarks (set of 12 with duplication); evening Telegraph Handy Handbooks (5), Hirst & Sons Smoke Rings booklet, magazine advert pages etc., in modern album, G to EX, 100*

An Early 20th Century Leather Travelling Map Case, by the Michelin Company, having an embossed Michelin logo to the lid and stamped Michelin Maps and Guides, with divided interior, including: Maps of Great Britain, numbered 5, 6, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14 and 15 Two associated maps, numbered 9 and 13, Wigtown to Douglas and Macclesfield to King's Lynn Aa further map of The British Isles Manchester to York, number 11 A 1923 Michelin Guide to Great Britain, hardback Bacon's Road Atlas of England and Wales, price 1/6, paperback Two Early 20th Century Leather Travelling Map Cases, one containing Bartholomew's New Reduced Survey, sheet 5 Hawick and Borders, sheet 2 Dumfries and Solway Three volumes including The AA 1911 Handbook, a leather bound book Contour England, issued by Gall & Inglis, and a blue leather bound The Contour Road Book of Scotland, the smaller case containing three folding maps and the Bartholomew's New Reduced Survey Sheet 26 of Essex