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EDGAR RICE BURROUGHS. 'Lord of the Jungle.' Grosset & Dunlap Publishers New York, 1928, original cloth; RONALD SEGAL. 'Into Exile.' Richard Clay and Company LTD 1963; W.H.D ROUSE. 'Tom Noddy the Noodle with Other Fools and Wise Men Not a Few.' (3). Condition: please request a condition report if you require additional information regarding the condition of this lot Postage: £19.56 Please note that the postage quote is an estimate of the amount that we would charge to send the item to a buyer in the UK. If you are outside of the UK, or there is no estimate shown here, please contact postage@davidlay.co.uk for a bespoke quote.

SEAMUS HEANEY. 'Human Chain.' First edition, unclipped dj, Faber & Faber, 2010; RICHARD MURPHY. 'The Battle of Aughrim and The God Who Eats Corn.' First edition, unclipped dj, Faber & Faber, 1968; 'The Price of Stone,' limpback, Faber & Faber, 1985; 'High Island,' first edition, limpback (never pub in hardback), Faber & Faber, 1974; PAUL MULDOON. 'Selected Poems 1968-83.' First edition, unclipped dj, Faber & Faber, 1986; With four otherMuldoon's, two Michael Longley's, and three other poetry books. (14) Condition: please request a condition report if you require additional information regarding the condition of this lot Postage: £35 Please note that the postage quote is an estimate of the amount that we would charge to send the item to a buyer in the UK. If you are outside of the UK, or there is no estimate shown here, please contact postage@davidlay.co.uk for a bespoke quote.

GREG DALY. 'Glazes and Glazing Techniques: A Glaze Journey.' Reprint 1998, glazed boards, A & C Black, vg; Plus two others. Condition: please request a condition report if you require additional information regarding the condition of this lot Postage: £19.56 Please note that the postage quote is an estimate of the amount that we would charge to send the item to a buyer in the UK. If you are outside of the UK, or there is no estimate shown here, please contact postage@davidlay.co.uk for a bespoke quote.

"The Shrines of Tut-Ankh-Amon". Texts translated with introductions. Vol II. by Alexandre Piankoff. Edited by N. Rambova. Bollingen Series XL.2. Original cloth in case. Plates and illustrations complete. Pantheon Books, 1954. Volume in perfect condition; case slightly rubbed. Condition: please request a condition report if you require additional information regarding the condition of this lot Postage: £19.56 Please note that the postage quote is an estimate of the amount that we would charge to send the item to a buyer in the UK. If you are outside of the UK, or there is no estimate shown here, please contact postage@davidlay.co.uk for a bespoke quote.

YORKSHIRE INTEREST. 'Yorkshire Painted & Described,' by Gordon Home, original decorative cloth, colour illustrations, Adam & Charles Black, Lomdon, 1908; 'West Yorkshire: An Account of its Geoogy, Physical Geography, Climatology, and Botany,' by James W. Davis, original cloth, with fold out maps, L. Reeve & Co, 1878; with nineteen books mostly about Yorkshire. (21) Dr Rob Senior arrived in West Cornwall from his native Yorkshire in the early 1960’s where he took up his vocation as a young GP and served the local community for 40 years. At the age of 12, Rob bought a book on Cacti. It was his first book, and established the twin passions of his life, books and plants. His library is a fabulous, eclectic collection of books, largely on plants and horticulture, but also nature and many other subjects, all brought together by a man with a curious and inquisitive mind. Condition: please request a condition report if you require additional information regarding the condition of this lot Postage: £No estimate Please note that the postage quote is an estimate of the amount that we would charge to send the item to a buyer in the UK. If you are outside of the UK, or there is no estimate shown here, please contact postage@davidlay.co.uk for a bespoke quote.

LEWIS CARRO. 'The Hunting of the Snark, an Agony, in Eight fits.' Illustrated by Henry Holiday, first edition, first impression,"Baker" instead of "Butcher" on p.83, original pictorial cloth, cloth loose to spine, "Baker" instead of "Butcher" on p.83, all edges gilt, pastedown tear to rear, Macmillan, 1876. Condition Report: The cloth is still attached to one side and the joints are not cracked or broken. Postage: £19.56 Please note that the postage quote is an estimate of the amount that we would charge to send the item to a buyer in the UK. If you are outside of the UK, or there is no estimate shown here, please contact postage@davidlay.co.uk for a bespoke quote.

ERNEST H. WILSON. 'Aristocrats of the Garden.' Original cloth, split to front hinge, chipped spine, textblock crisp and firm with slight toning to edges of leaves, The Stratford Company, Massachusetts, 1926, g; With 'More Aristocrats of the Garden' and ' Aristocrats of The Trees.' (3) Dr Rob Senior arrived in West Cornwall from his native Yorkshire in the early 1960’s where he took up his vocation as a young GP and served the local community for 40 years. At the age of 12, Rob bought a book on Cacti. It was his first book, and established the twin passions of his life, books and plants. His library is a fabulous, eclectic collection of books, largely on plants and horticulture, but also nature and many other subjects, all brought together by a man with a curious and inquisitive mind. Condition: please request a condition report if you require additional information regarding the condition of this lot Postage: £19.56 Please note that the postage quote is an estimate of the amount that we would charge to send the item to a buyer in the UK. If you are outside of the UK, or there is no estimate shown here, please contact postage@davidlay.co.uk for a bespoke quote.

THOMAS BEWICK. 'Bookplates by Beilby & Bewick,' Britiush Libray & Oak Knol Press, first edition, 1999; 'John Bewick: Engraver on Wood 1760-1795,' by Nigel Tattersfield, The British LIbrary & Oak Knoll Press, 2001; 'Bewick Studies: Essays in Celebration of the 250th Anniversary of the Birth of Thomas Bewick,' The British Library & Oak Knoll Press, 2003; With two other books. (5) Dr Rob Senior arrived in West Cornwall from his native Yorkshire in the early 1960’s where he took up his vocation as a young GP and served the local community for 40 years. At the age of 12, Rob bought a book on Cacti. It was his first book, and established the twin passions of his life, books and plants. His library is a fabulous, eclectic collection of books, largely on plants and horticulture, but also nature and many other subjects, all brought together by a man with a curious and inquisitive mind. Condition: please request a condition report if you require additional information regarding the condition of this lot Postage: £35 Please note that the postage quote is an estimate of the amount that we would charge to send the item to a buyer in the UK. If you are outside of the UK, or there is no estimate shown here, please contact postage@davidlay.co.uk for a bespoke quote.

FLORENCE and ELLA DU CANE. 'The Flowers and Gardens of Japan.' First edition, original decorative cloth with gilt titles, toning to spine, toning and foxing, colour illustrations, Adam & Charles Black, 1908; 'The Flowers and Gardens of Madeira,' original gilt boards, toned endpapers, spotting throughout, Adam & Charles Black, 1909; 'The Canay Islands,' original gilt boards, toning to edgs of leaves, Adam & Charles Black, 1911. (3) Dr Rob Senior arrived in West Cornwall from his native Yorkshire in the early 1960’s where he took up his vocation as a young GP and served the local community for 40 years. At the age of 12, Rob bought a book on Cacti. It was his first book, and established the twin passions of his life, books and plants. His library is a fabulous, eclectic collection of books, largely on plants and horticulture, but also nature and many other subjects, all brought together by a man with a curious and inquisitive mind. Condition: please request a condition report if you require additional information regarding the condition of this lot Postage: £19.56 Please note that the postage quote is an estimate of the amount that we would charge to send the item to a buyer in the UK. If you are outside of the UK, or there is no estimate shown here, please contact postage@davidlay.co.uk for a bespoke quote.

JOHN EVELYN. 'Silva: or, A Discourse of Forest-Trees and the Propagation of Timber in his Majesty's Dominions.' First edition, full calf skin binding, engraved portrait frontispiece by Bartolozzi, forty engraved plates one of which is folded including a folding table (slight tear), gilt edge of text block, book plate on pastedown for George Toapher, A Ward, York, 1776, vg. Dr Rob Senior arrived in West Cornwall from his native Yorkshire in the early 1960’s where he took up his vocation as a young GP and served the local community for 40 years. At the age of 12, Rob bought a book on Cacti. It was his first book, and established the twin passions of his life, books and plants. His library is a fabulous, eclectic collection of books, largely on plants and horticulture, but also nature and many other subjects, all brought together by a man with a curious and inquisitive mind. Condition: please request a condition report if you require additional information regarding the condition of this lot Postage: £35 Please note that the postage quote is an estimate of the amount that we would charge to send the item to a buyer in the UK. If you are outside of the UK, or there is no estimate shown here, please contact postage@davidlay.co.uk for a bespoke quote.

BROWNE WILLIS. 'History of the Mitred Parliamentary Abbies and Conventual Cathedral Churches.' Two vols, burn mark and toning to vol I title page and dedication, loose front board to vol I, clean and bright text block, W Bowyer & Robert Gosling, 1718-1719; DR JOHNSON. 'A Collection of Epitaphs and Monumental Inscriptions....' One volume (of two), full calf, sporadic foxing, Lackington Allen & Co, Temple of the Muses, London, 1806; (3) Condition: please request a condition report if you require additional information regarding the condition of this lot Postage: £21.56 Please note that the postage quote is an estimate of the amount that we would charge to send the item to a buyer in the UK. If you are outside of the UK, or there is no estimate shown here, please contact postage@davidlay.co.uk for a bespoke quote.

ALISTAIR MACLEAN. 'The Guns of Navarone,' 1957; 'South by Java Head,' 1958; 'The Last Frontier,' 1959; 'Fear is the Key,' 1961; 'The Golden Rendezvous,' 1962; 'Force 10 from Navarone,' 1968; 'Caravan to Vaccares,' 1970; 'Bear Island,' 1971; 'The Way to Dusty Death,' 1973; 'Goodbye California,' 1977; 'Seawitch,' 1977; 'Athabasca,' 1980; 'River of Death,' 1981; 'Partisans,' 1982; All first editions, original boards and dust jackets, some chips and rubbing to spines, some foxing and toning, all good to very good; plus one other. (16) Dr Rob Senior arrived in West Cornwall from his native Yorkshire in the early 1960’s where he took up his vocation as a young GP and served the local community for 40 years. At the age of 12, Rob bought a book on Cacti. It was his first book, and established the twin passions of his life, books and plants. His library is a fabulous, eclectic collection of books, largely on plants and horticulture, but also nature and many other subjects, all brought together by a man with a curious and inquisitive mind. Condition: please request a condition report if you require additional information regarding the condition of this lot Postage: £21.56 Please note that the postage quote is an estimate of the amount that we would charge to send the item to a buyer in the UK. If you are outside of the UK, or there is no estimate shown here, please contact postage@davidlay.co.uk for a bespoke quote.

JOHN WALKER. 'An Attempt Toward's Recovering an Account of the Numbers and Sufferings of the Clergy of the Church of England....of the Grand Rebellion.' Full tooled calf, cracked joints, loosening endpapers, spotting and occastional foxing, Nicholson et al, London, 1714. Condition: please request a condition report if you require additional information regarding the condition of this lot Postage: £35 Please note that the postage quote is an estimate of the amount that we would charge to send the item to a buyer in the UK. If you are outside of the UK, or there is no estimate shown here, please contact postage@davidlay.co.uk for a bespoke quote.

ILLUSTRATION INTEREST. 'Art in Nature.' Portfolio, original cloth, unclipped dj, colour illustrations throughout, Studio editions, London, 1991; With nine hardback and one paper, large format books, including three by and about 'Margaret Mee. (11) Dr Rob Senior arrived in West Cornwall from his native Yorkshire in the early 1960’s where he took up his vocation as a young GP and served the local community for 40 years. At the age of 12, Rob bought a book on Cacti. It was his first book, and established the twin passions of his life, books and plants. His library is a fabulous, eclectic collection of books, largely on plants and horticulture, but also nature and many other subjects, all brought together by a man with a curious and inquisitive mind. Condition: please request a condition report if you require additional information regarding the condition of this lot. Condition Report: These books are generally very good to fine with 'Art in Nature' having some soiling to its half title. Postage: £45 Please note that the postage quote is an estimate of the amount that we would charge to send the item to a buyer in the UK. If you are outside of the UK, or there is no estimate shown here, please contact postage@davidlay.co.uk for a bespoke quote.

DANIEL DEFOE. 'The Fortunes and Misfortunesof the Famous Mol Flanders.' Two volumes, original cloth with git embossed spine, ex libris, illustrations by J. B. Yeats, edited by George A. Aitken, J. M. Dent, 1895; 'The Fortunate Mistress; or, A History of the Life of Mademoiselle de Beleau....Lady Roxana.' Two volumes, original cloth with gilt embossed spine, ex libris, illustrations by J. B. Yeats, edited by George A. Aitken, J. M. Dent, 1895; 'The History.....Colonel Jacque.' Two volumes, original cloth with gilt embossed spine, ex libris, illustrations by J. B. Yeats, edited by George A. Aitken, J. M. Dent, 1895; 'Memoirs of a Cavalier,' one volume, original cloth with gilt embossed spine, ex libris, illustrations by J. B. Yeats, edited by George A. Aitken, J. M. Dent, 1895. (7) Condition: please request a condition report if you require additional information regarding the condition of this lot Postage: £35 Please note that the postage quote is an estimate of the amount that we would charge to send the item to a buyer in the UK. If you are outside of the UK, or there is no estimate shown here, please contact postage@davidlay.co.uk for a bespoke quote.

BOB DYLAN INTEREST, various titles and dates, biographies, illustrated histories, in a box. Condition: please request a condition report if you require additional information regarding the condition of this lot Postage: £35 Please note that the postage quote is an estimate of the amount that we would charge to send the item to a buyer in the UK. If you are outside of the UK, or there is no estimate shown here, please contact postage@davidlay.co.uk for a bespoke quote.

CHARLES FRAZIER. 'Cold Mountain.' First edition, unclipped dj, first state with "man-woman" instead of "mad-woman" on p25, Atlantic Monthly Press, New York, 1997, fine. Condition: please request a condition report if you require additional information regarding the condition of this lot Postage: £19.56 Please note that the postage quote is an estimate of the amount that we would charge to send the item to a buyer in the UK. If you are outside of the UK, or there is no estimate shown here, please contact postage@davidlay.co.uk for a bespoke quote.

HENRY MOORE. 'Henry Spencer Moore.' Photographed and edited by John Hedgecoe, original pictoria cloth, hinge cracked, cardboard slip, b+w illustrated throughout, Thomas Nelson, 1968; 'The Drawings of Henry Moore,' unclipped dj, illustrated throughout, The Tate Gallery, 1977; 'Henry Moore,' by Ionel Jianou, unclipped dj, Editions d'Art, Paris, 1968; With three other books about Henry Moore. (6) Condition: please request a condition report if you require additional information regarding the condition of this lot Postage: £35 Please note that the postage quote is an estimate of the amount that we would charge to send the item to a buyer in the UK. If you are outside of the UK, or there is no estimate shown here, please contact postage@davidlay.co.uk for a bespoke quote.

HORTICULTURE INTEREST. 'Magnolias In Cornish Gardens.' First edition, 174/500, signed by painter Valentine S Paton and writer Jean A Paton, Alexander Associates, Cornwall, 2001, fine. Dr Rob Senior arrived in West Cornwall from his native Yorkshire in the early 1960’s where he took up his vocation as a young GP and served the local community for 40 years. At the age of 12, Rob bought a book on Cacti. It was his first book, and established the twin passions of his life, books and plants. His library is a fabulous, eclectic collection of books, largely on plants and horticulture, but also nature and many other subjects, all brought together by a man with a curious and inquisitive mind. Condition: please request a condition report if you require additional information regarding the condition of this lot. Condition Report:  Some light spotting to pastedown/endpapers and fore edge to text block. This book is in very good condition. Postage: £19.56 Please note that the postage quote is an estimate of the amount that we would charge to send the item to a buyer in the UK. If you are outside of the UK, or there is no estimate shown here, please contact postage@davidlay.co.uk for a bespoke quote.

J. H. FABRE. 'The Works of.....' Thirteen works, all in original green cloth, all early 20th century, Hodder & Stoughton, London. Dr Rob Senior arrived in West Cornwall from his native Yorkshire in the early 1960’s where he took up his vocation as a young GP and served the local community for 40 years. At the age of 12, Rob bought a book on Cacti. It was his first book, and established the twin passions of his life, books and plants. His library is a fabulous, eclectic collection of books, largely on plants and horticulture, but also nature and many other subjects, all brought together by a man with a curious and inquisitive mind. Condition: please request a condition report if you require additional information regarding the condition of this lot Postage: £45 Please note that the postage quote is an estimate of the amount that we would charge to send the item to a buyer in the UK. If you are outside of the UK, or there is no estimate shown here, please contact postage@davidlay.co.uk for a bespoke quote.

BOTANY and HORTICULTURE. Thirty-one works, mostly hardback and all vg, including subjects on illustraters, orchids, specific gardens. (31) Dr Rob Senior arrived in West Cornwall from his native Yorkshire in the early 1960’s where he took up his vocation as a young GP and served the local community for 40 years. At the age of 12, Rob bought a book on Cacti. It was his first book, and established the twin passions of his life, books and plants. His library is a fabulous, eclectic collection of books, largely on plants and horticulture, but also nature and many other subjects, all brought together by a man with a curious and inquisitive mind. Condition: please request a condition report if you require additional information regarding the condition of this lot Postage: £45 Please note that the postage quote is an estimate of the amount that we would charge to send the item to a buyer in the UK. If you are outside of the UK, or there is no estimate shown here, please contact postage@davidlay.co.uk for a bespoke quote.

A. E. Housman. 'A Shropshire Lad.' Wood Engravings by Agnes Miller Parker, original cloth, clipped dj, inscribed endpaper, sporadic foxing, George G. Harrap, London, 1942, g; With twenty-nine books concerning poetry and verse including, Karel Capek, A. P. Wavell, and Mary Wilson. (30) Dr Rob Senior arrived in West Cornwall from his native Yorkshire in the early 1960’s where he took up his vocation as a young GP and served the local community for 40 years. At the age of 12, Rob bought a book on Cacti. It was his first book, and established the twin passions of his life, books and plants. His library is a fabulous, eclectic collection of books, largely on plants and horticulture, but also nature and many other subjects, all brought together by a man with a curious and inquisitive mind. Condition: please request a condition report if you require additional information regarding the condition of this lot Postage: £45 Please note that the postage quote is an estimate of the amount that we would charge to send the item to a buyer in the UK. If you are outside of the UK, or there is no estimate shown here, please contact postage@davidlay.co.uk for a bespoke quote.

TONY BIRKS AND CORNELIA WINGFIELD DIGBY BERNARD LEACH. 'Hamada and their Circle from the Wingfield Digby Collection.' First Edition, orig cloth, dj, Phaidon/Christie's. 1990. vg. RICHARD L WILSON. 'Inside Japanese Ceramics: A Primer of Materials, Techniques. and Tradions.' Card covers, 1999, Weatherhill, vg. GORO AKABASHI AND HEIICHIRO NAKAMARU. 'Five Centuries of Korean Ceramics: Pottery and Porcelain of the Yi Dynasty.' Orig cloth, dj, Weatherhill/Tankoshi, Ex-Library with attendant faults, 1976. Condition: please request a condition report if you require additional information regarding the condition of this lot Postage: £19.56 Please note that the postage quote is an estimate of the amount that we would charge to send the item to a buyer in the UK. If you are outside of the UK, or there is no estimate shown here, please contact postage@davidlay.co.uk for a bespoke quote.

TERRY FROST. 'The Waddington Galleries.' June 1961, damp-marked; BASIL BEATTIE. 'New Paintings.' 1995, vg; SANDRA BLOW. 'Blow.' Royal Academy of Arts, 1994, g; KEITH PURSER. 'Weathering.' Jonathan Clark, 1991, vg. Condition: please request a condition report if you require additional information regarding the condition of this lot Postage: £No estimate Please note that the postage quote is an estimate of the amount that we would charge to send the item to a buyer in the UK. If you are outside of the UK, or there is no estimate shown here, please contact postage@davidlay.co.uk for a bespoke quote.

'Our Rapid Run through Belgium, Germany, Switzerland & France. How we did them in seventeen days: To wit: Belgium, the Rhine, Switzerland & France, described and illustrated by one of ourselves; aided, assisted, encouraged and abetted by the other!' Orig cloth, gilt, Lake & Lake, Truro. (1876).40/80, vg condition with minor foxing. Condition: please request a condition report if you require additional information regarding the condition of this lot Postage: £19.56 Please note that the postage quote is an estimate of the amount that we would charge to send the item to a buyer in the UK. If you are outside of the UK, or there is no estimate shown here, please contact postage@davidlay.co.uk for a bespoke quote.

CHRISTOPHER REID. 'In the Echoey Tunnel.' Signed, Faber & Faber, 1991; 'A Scattering.' Arete Books, 2009; ELEZABETH JENNINGS. 'Songs for a Birth or a Death.' First edition, Andre Deutsch, 1961; JEREMY REED. 'Inhabiting Shadows.' Signed and inscribed by the author, Peter Owen, 1990; 'Red Eclipse.' Signed and inscribed by author, Jonathan Cape, 1986; 'red-haired android.' Signed and inscribed by the author, Grsafton, 1992; MICK IMLAH. 'Selected Prose.' Peter Lang, Oxford, 2015; Plus two other Imlah's and seven books of poetry. (16) Condition: please request a condition report if you require additional information regarding the condition of this lot Postage: £35 Please note that the postage quote is an estimate of the amount that we would charge to send the item to a buyer in the UK. If you are outside of the UK, or there is no estimate shown here, please contact postage@davidlay.co.uk for a bespoke quote.

JOHN SPEED. 'Merionethshire Described 1610.' Hand coloured copper engraved, Englisg text to verso, framed and glazed, 1627, aprox 41cm x 35.5cm. Condition: please request a condition report if you require additional information regarding the condition of this lot Postage: £No estimate Please note that the postage quote is an estimate of the amount that we would charge to send the item to a buyer in the UK. If you are outside of the UK, or there is no estimate shown here, please contact postage@davidlay.co.uk for a bespoke quote.

MINING and CORNWALL INTEREST. 'Spassky Photo Album.' 18 photos of the smelter and works at the Spassky Copper Mine, Kazakhstan between 1910 and 1918. These appear to have survived the Russian revolution, the 1919 civil war and the 'Cornish' owner's remarkable and harrowing escape from the Red Army and Siberia. Mounted in a Kodak album. The photos are presumably printed in Russia, some bearing the text '???????? ???????? – POCZTÓWKA – CARTE POSTALE' on the reverse. The album has descriptions written in ink. The reverse of some of the photos have notes in pencil. In very faint pencil on the inside cover is the name thought to be H.C. Robson. His story is taken from the book 'In the Kirghiz Steppes', J.W. Wardell, 1961: an account of the author's time at Spassky between 1914 and 1919. This, with the faint name, tends to support the album belonged to Robson. Spassky Copper Mine Ltd, was a British company mining copper on the Kirgiz steppes of southern Siberia (today: the Karaganda region of Kazakhstan). Harold C. Robson 'from Cornwall', he is known to have been at Spassky before 1914 employed as a smelter assistant. In 1916 he married Miss Florence May Townley who arrived in Spassky in September 1915 as the companion of the wife of the general manager (J.R. Horsley from England). In 1917 they had a son Michael. Robson was promoted to smelter superintendent (ie: manager) by 1918. Before the First World War the growth of heavy industries in Russia drew much British capital and personnel to the country. From 1914 the smelter and ore dressing plant at Spassky was modernised, designed by consulting metallurgical engineers Walter G. Perkins of London. Following the Revolution, the Spassky Copper Mines were nationalised on 27 March 1918. In increasingly fraught times the British staff of 10 staff, 5 women and 7 children prepared to leave Spassky. To raise finance for their journeys, and the travel light, they sold their surplus effects. They planned to travel to Petropavlovsk by horse and cart (510 miles, 5 days); and then west by train to Moscow; thence to Archangel and then by ship back to England. Robson sent his wife and child ahead of him, they arrived in Petropavlovsk on 28 May, he was to follow shortly. The town was controlled by the ill-disciplined Red Guard, the train station was controlled by the Czechs. On the 30 May, amongst much violence the town fell to the advancing Cossacks and White Guard. Robson arrived on the 4 June. Amongst many other refugees, there were not some 20 British isolated in squalid, infested conditions in Petropavlovsk. They were cut-off for 15 weeks. The children contracted whooping cough, scarlet fever and dysentery. Sadly their son, 1 year old Michael Robson, died of whooping cough. Early in July the Cossacks reached, and retook control of Spassky. The British staff were encouraged to return to continue producing copper. Before the end of the month the untrammelled staff had returned. Robson and wife returned in late August 1918. The operations were found to have been badly neglected, damaged and the mine flooded. With difficulty the operations were brought back into production. Apart from work, there was little the staff and families could do: they had sold most of their chattels before evacuating to Petropavlovsk. Basic supplies were difficult to come by. By mid 1919 the Red Army was increasing its control, the escape route to the west was now cut-off. On 21 July 1919 the British Consul advised the British to evacuate Spassky. The plan was to head east, and to avoid Red sympathisers they avoided villages and towns, then to escape by sea through Vladivostok or Shanghai. Robson and his wife planned to leave on 8 August, but illness prevented this. The party that left two days earlier arrived in Vladivostok on 2 September after travelling by cart and train, a distance of over 4,000 miles. The Robsons caught up with them and decided to try and get passage to Canada. The other party left for Shanghai on 28 September eventually arriving back in Southampton 26 November 1919 some 16 weeks after leaving Spassky. Shipping records show that the Robsons (and infant!) sailed on the ship 'Monteagle' arriving in Vancouver on 16 November 1919, they were destined for London. Travelling with them were fellow Spassky employees Humphry Quick (the assistant mine superintendent) destined for St Ives, Cornwall and Christopher George Dobby (secretary) destined for London. Those that evacuated Spassky in August 1919: Dobby C G (English, secretary from Sep 1915; Harbottle D E (Lancashire, colliery superintendent, pre June 1914); Harbottle Mrs (England) and 3 children; Morgan R J (New Zealand, mill superintendent, pre June 1914); Purvis R A (England, surveyor, pre June 1914); Purvis Mrs, pregnant and 2 children; Quick H (Cornwall, assistant mine superintendent, pre Jun 1914); Robson H C (Cornwall, smelter superintendent, pre Jun 1914); Robson Mrs, nee Townley, (England) and 1 child; Smith D G (British, mine superintendent, Jan 1918); Wardell J A (England, engineer, June 1914); Wardell Mrs (England) and 1 child; Whittick (British, smelter chemist, Jan 1918). Photos include: Spassky Smelter 1913 (might be 1910 or 1917); outside industrial buildings operating; 10ft Basic Copper Converter 1915; Spassky Copper Converter; Basic Converter Spassky 1917; Compressor Room Spassky Smelter; Spassky Smelter 1914, Old Slag-floor Spassky, outside, building being constructed?, quarry with workers, view of site, accommodation? And industrial factory?, 60" Acid-Converter Spassky 1910; Spassky Smelter-Yard and Crusher-sampling Plant; Fire-box end of Reverberating Furnace; Electric Power Station Spassky 1915; Slag-Dump-Spassky 1916 (1918 on reverse); Crusher Plant and Top Floor Smelter Spassky 1917. Credited to Mr Stephen Lay.  ACSM, BSc, CEng, FIMMM.   Associate of the Camborne School of Mines and Fellow of the Institute of Materials, Minerals and Mining.  Mr Stephen Lay worked extensively across the former Soviet Union in exploration and mining.  In 1999, by chance, he met in Tbilisi a descendant of JW Wardell who published his account of working at Spassky at the time these photos were taken.  It is from his book that the accompanying detail has been drawn. Condition: The album will need some restoration. Mould, burn marks and sun bleaching have affected this album throughout. Considering the journey it has been on, it is remarkable it exists. Postage: £19.56 Please note that the postage quote is an estimate of the amount that we would charge to send the item to a buyer in the UK. If you are outside of the UK, or there is no estimate shown here, please contact postage@davidlay.co.uk for a bespoke quote.

BOTANICAL INTERTEST. 'Mesembs: The Titanopsis Group,' by Steven A Hammer, Little Sphaeroid Press, California; With a number good quality books on seperate genus's including Timber Press, Batsford, Alpine Garden Society. (19) Dr Rob Senior arrived in West Cornwall from his native Yorkshire in the early 1960’s where he took up his vocation as a young GP and served the local community for 40 years. At the age of 12, Rob bought a book on Cacti. It was his first book, and established the twin passions of his life, books and plants. His library is a fabulous, eclectic collection of books, largely on plants and horticulture, but also nature and many other subjects, all brought together by a man with a curious and inquisitive mind. Condition: please request a condition report if you require additional information regarding the condition of this lot Postage: £45 Please note that the postage quote is an estimate of the amount that we would charge to send the item to a buyer in the UK. If you are outside of the UK, or there is no estimate shown here, please contact postage@davidlay.co.uk for a bespoke quote.

LAURA KNIGHT, 'Modern Masters Of Etching', foxing to the edges of leaves and original boards, etchings good, 1932. Dr Rob Senior arrived in West Cornwall from his native Yorkshire in the early 1960’s where he took up his vocation as a young GP and served the local community for 40 years. At the age of 12, Rob bought a book on Cacti. It was his first book, and established the twin passions of his life, books and plants. His library is a fabulous, eclectic collection of books, largely on plants and horticulture, but also nature and many other subjects, all brought together by a man with a curious and inquisitive mind. Condition: please request a condition report if you require additional information regarding the condition of this lot Postage: £19.56 Please note that the postage quote is an estimate of the amount that we would charge to send the item to a buyer in the UK. If you are outside of the UK, or there is no estimate shown here, please contact postage@davidlay.co.uk for a bespoke quote.

JOE EARLE. 'Contemporary Clay: Japanese Ceramics for the New Century.' 2005, vg. Condition: please request a condition report if you require additional information regarding the condition of this lot Postage: £19.56 Please note that the postage quote is an estimate of the amount that we would charge to send the item to a buyer in the UK. If you are outside of the UK, or there is no estimate shown here, please contact postage@davidlay.co.uk for a bespoke quote.

LESLIE HAYWARD. 'Poole Pottery. Carter & Company and their Successors. 1873-1995.' Orig cloth, di, colour and black-and-white photographic illustrations. Richard Dennis, 1995, vg plus 17 others on ceramics. Condition: please request a condition report if you require additional information regarding the condition of this lot Postage: £19.56 Please note that the postage quote is an estimate of the amount that we would charge to send the item to a buyer in the UK. If you are outside of the UK, or there is no estimate shown here, please contact postage@davidlay.co.uk for a bespoke quote.

ART INTEREST. 'A Life of Picasso,' by John Richardson, two vols, unclipped dj's, Jonathan Cape, 1991-1996; 'Picasso: Sculptor/Painter, limpback, Tate Gallery, 1994; With seven other books about Picasso. (10) Condition: please request a condition report if you require additional information regarding the condition of this lot Postage: £35 Please note that the postage quote is an estimate of the amount that we would charge to send the item to a buyer in the UK. If you are outside of the UK, or there is no estimate shown here, please contact postage@davidlay.co.uk for a bespoke quote.

HENRY MAYER. 'The Adventures of a Japanese Doll.' Original pictorial boards, rebound with new pastedown and endpapers, bumps and tonning throughout, Grant Richards, London, 1901. Condition: please request a condition report if you require additional information regarding the condition of this lot Postage: £19.56 Please note that the postage quote is an estimate of the amount that we would charge to send the item to a buyer in the UK. If you are outside of the UK, or there is no estimate shown here, please contact postage@davidlay.co.uk for a bespoke quote.

E. J. LOWE. 'Our Native Ferns'. Two volumes, many coloured plates, original cloth, inscribed and dated by previous owner, slight split on front board hinges, George Bell & Sons, London, 1877 & 1880, g; Plus a copy of 'A Natural History of British Grasses'. Faded spine and boards, split hinges, foxing on backs of illustrations, Groombridge and Sons, London, 1865, fair. (3) Dr Rob Senior arrived in West Cornwall from his native Yorkshire in the early 1960’s where he took up his vocation as a young GP and served the local community for 40 years. At the age of 12, Rob bought a book on Cacti. It was his first book, and established the twin passions of his life, books and plants. His library is a fabulous, eclectic collection of books, largely on plants and horticulture, but also nature and many other subjects, all brought together by a man with a curious and inquisitive mind. Condition: please request a condition report if you require additional information regarding the condition of this lot Postage: £19.56 Please note that the postage quote is an estimate of the amount that we would charge to send the item to a buyer in the UK. If you are outside of the UK, or there is no estimate shown here, please contact postage@davidlay.co.uk for a bespoke quote.

Poets Of The Great War - six books of selected poetry, published in 2014, together with five other books of selected poetry, including Ted Hughes and W. B. Yeats. Condition: please request a condition report if you require additional information regarding the condition of this lot Postage: £35 Please note that the postage quote is an estimate of the amount that we would charge to send the item to a buyer in the UK. If you are outside of the UK, or there is no estimate shown here, please contact postage@davidlay.co.uk for a bespoke quote.

VIRGINIA WOOLF. 'the London Scene: Five Essays by Virginia Woolf, Howgarth Press, London, 1982. Condition: please request a condition report if you require additional information regarding the condition of this lot Postage: £19.56 Please note that the postage quote is an estimate of the amount that we would charge to send the item to a buyer in the UK. If you are outside of the UK, or there is no estimate shown here, please contact postage@davidlay.co.uk for a bespoke quote.

ORNITHOLOGY. 'The Hasndbook of the Birds of Europe, the Middle East and North Africa: The Birds of the Western Paleartic,' nine vols, Stanley Cramp (chief editor), unclipped dj's, Oxford Unversity Press, RSPB, 1977-94. (9) Dr Rob Senior arrived in West Cornwall from his native Yorkshire in the early 1960’s where he took up his vocation as a young GP and served the local community for 40 years. At the age of 12, Rob bought a book on Cacti. It was his first book, and established the twin passions of his life, books and plants. His library is a fabulous, eclectic collection of books, largely on plants and horticulture, but also nature and many other subjects, all brought together by a man with a curious and inquisitive mind. Condition: please request a condition report if you require additional information regarding the condition of this lot Postage: £35 Please note that the postage quote is an estimate of the amount that we would charge to send the item to a buyer in the UK. If you are outside of the UK, or there is no estimate shown here, please contact postage@davidlay.co.uk for a bespoke quote.

BINDINGS. 'The Book of Old Sundials & Their Mottoes.' Second edition, original decorative boards, rubbed to top of spine, owner enscribed endpaper, Illustrated Alfred Rawlins and Warrington Hogg complete, T. N. Foulis, London, 1917, vg. Dr Rob Senior arrived in West Cornwall from his native Yorkshire in the early 1960’s where he took up his vocation as a young GP and served the local community for 40 years. At the age of 12, Rob bought a book on Cacti. It was his first book, and established the twin passions of his life, books and plants. His library is a fabulous, eclectic collection of books, largely on plants and horticulture, but also nature and many other subjects, all brought together by a man with a curious and inquisitive mind. Condition: please request a condition report if you require additional information regarding the condition of this lot Postage: £19.56 Please note that the postage quote is an estimate of the amount that we would charge to send the item to a buyer in the UK. If you are outside of the UK, or there is no estimate shown here, please contact postage@davidlay.co.uk for a bespoke quote.

TASCHEN. 'The Garden at Eichstatt,' and 'The Lilies,' folio, colour illustrations throughout, both vg. Dr Rob Senior arrived in West Cornwall from his native Yorkshire in the early 1960’s where he took up his vocation as a young GP and served the local community for 40 years. At the age of 12, Rob bought a book on Cacti. It was his first book, and established the twin passions of his life, books and plants. His library is a fabulous, eclectic collection of books, largely on plants and horticulture, but also nature and many other subjects, all brought together by a man with a curious and inquisitive mind. Condition: please request a condition report if you require additional information regarding the condition of this lot Postage: £35 Please note that the postage quote is an estimate of the amount that we would charge to send the item to a buyer in the UK. If you are outside of the UK, or there is no estimate shown here, please contact postage@davidlay.co.uk for a bespoke quote.

DOREEN TOVEY. 'Raining Cats and Donkeys.' Illustrated by Maurice Wilson, six line dedication to the Tangyes on ffep signed 1972 - pub 1967, first edition; 'Life with Grandma,' Illustrated by Folkes, three line signed dedication to Jeannie and Derek Tangye 1976. - pub 1964; 'The New Boy,' illustrated by Maurice Wilson dedication to Derek and Jeannie Tangye. 1970; 'Waiting in the Wings,' illust., three line dedication to Derek Tangye dated 1986 with 15 line letter to Derek Tangye dated July 1986, good condition with foxing and darkening to covers. (from the Estate of Derek Tangye). (6) Condition: please request a condition report if you require additional information regarding the condition of this lot Postage: £35 Please note that the postage quote is an estimate of the amount that we would charge to send the item to a buyer in the UK. If you are outside of the UK, or there is no estimate shown here, please contact postage@davidlay.co.uk for a bespoke quote.

MARY RENAULT. 'The Bull from the Sea.' First UK edition, original cloth, unclipped dj, oxing to edge of text block, spine dj faded, Northumberland Press, Gateshead on Tyne, 1962, g; 'Fire From Heaven,' 'The Persian Bot,' 'Funeral Games.' all first editions, with 'The Mask of Apollo' being and second. (5) Dr Rob Senior arrived in West Cornwall from his native Yorkshire in the early 1960’s where he took up his vocation as a young GP and served the local community for 40 years. At the age of 12, Rob bought a book on Cacti. It was his first book, and established the twin passions of his life, books and plants. His library is a fabulous, eclectic collection of books, largely on plants and horticulture, but also nature and many other subjects, all brought together by a man with a curious and inquisitive mind. Condition: please request a condition report if you require additional information regarding the condition of this lot Postage: £35 Please note that the postage quote is an estimate of the amount that we would charge to send the item to a buyer in the UK. If you are outside of the UK, or there is no estimate shown here, please contact postage@davidlay.co.uk for a bespoke quote.

DYLAN THOMAS. 'Under Milk Wood.' First edition, vg condition with slightly worn dj, 1954; 'Collected Poems. 1934-1952.' Top edge red, some foxing to leading edges "Last Reprinted 1952". Condition: please request a condition report if you require additional information regarding the condition of this lot Postage: £19.56 Please note that the postage quote is an estimate of the amount that we would charge to send the item to a buyer in the UK. If you are outside of the UK, or there is no estimate shown here, please contact postage@davidlay.co.uk for a bespoke quote.

MARY KETTILBY. 'A Collection of Above Three Hundred Receipts in Cookery, Physick and Surgery; for the use of all Good Wives, Tender Mothers, and Careful Nurses by Several Hands, The Second Edition, To Which is Added, A Second Part, Containing a Great Number of Excellent Receipts, for Preserving and Conserving of Sweet-Meats, &c.,' Additional half title and and seperate title to second part, diced calf bind of which front board is loose, occasional toning and spotting throughout, tight crisp text block, printed for Mary Kettilby, 1719. Dr Rob Senior arrived in West Cornwall from his native Yorkshire in the early 1960’s where he took up his vocation as a young GP and served the local community for 40 years. At the age of 12, Rob bought a book on Cacti. It was his first book, and established the twin passions of his life, books and plants. His library is a fabulous, eclectic collection of books, largely on plants and horticulture, but also nature and many other subjects, all brought together by a man with a curious and inquisitive mind. Condition: please request a condition report if you require additional information regarding the condition of this lot Postage: £19.56 Please note that the postage quote is an estimate of the amount that we would charge to send the item to a buyer in the UK. If you are outside of the UK, or there is no estimate shown here, please contact postage@davidlay.co.uk for a bespoke quote.

CHRISTOPHER LLOYD. Nine books including 'Garden Flowers,' 'Meadows,' and 'Exoctic planting for adventurous gardeners,' all vg to fine. (9) Dr Rob Senior arrived in West Cornwall from his native Yorkshire in the early 1960’s where he took up his vocation as a young GP and served the local community for 40 years. At the age of 12, Rob bought a book on Cacti. It was his first book, and established the twin passions of his life, books and plants. His library is a fabulous, eclectic collection of books, largely on plants and horticulture, but also nature and many other subjects, all brought together by a man with a curious and inquisitive mind. Condition: please request a condition report if you require additional information regarding the condition of this lot Postage: £35 Please note that the postage quote is an estimate of the amount that we would charge to send the item to a buyer in the UK. If you are outside of the UK, or there is no estimate shown here, please contact postage@davidlay.co.uk for a bespoke quote.

HORTICULTURAL AND BOTANY INTEREST: 'Furor Hortensis, Essays On The History of the English Landscape Garden - in memory of H. F. Clark', edited by Peter Willis, first edition of 1000 copies, 1974, and six other books (7). Dr Rob Senior arrived in West Cornwall from his native Yorkshire in the early 1960’s where he took up his vocation as a young GP and served the local community for 40 years. At the age of 12, Rob bought a book on Cacti. It was his first book, and established the twin passions of his life, books and plants. His library is a fabulous, eclectic collection of books, largely on plants and horticulture, but also nature and many other subjects, all brought together by a man with a curious and inquisitive mind. Condition: please request a condition report if you require additional information regarding the condition of this lot Postage: £35 Please note that the postage quote is an estimate of the amount that we would charge to send the item to a buyer in the UK. If you are outside of the UK, or there is no estimate shown here, please contact postage@davidlay.co.uk for a bespoke quote.

AESOP'S FABLES. 'Fables of Aesop and Others, Translated into English with instructive Apllications; And a Print before each Fable.' By Samuel Croxall, the seventeeth edition, modern binding, profusly illustrated, toning throughout to tight and tidy text block, J and R Tonson, London, 1760. Condition: please request a condition report if you require additional information regarding the condition of this lot Postage: £19.56 Please note that the postage quote is an estimate of the amount that we would charge to send the item to a buyer in the UK. If you are outside of the UK, or there is no estimate shown here, please contact postage@davidlay.co.uk for a bespoke quote.

HAZEL BERRIMAN. 'Crysede: The Unique Textile Designs of Alec Walker.' Royal Instituion of Cornwall, Truro, 1993. Dr Rob Senior arrived in West Cornwall from his native Yorkshire in the early 1960’s where he took up his vocation as a young GP and served the local community for 40 years. At the age of 12, Rob bought a book on Cacti. It was his first book, and established the twin passions of his life, books and plants. His library is a fabulous, eclectic collection of books, largely on plants and horticulture, but also nature and many other subjects, all brought together by a man with a curious and inquisitive mind. Condition: please request a condition report if you require additional information regarding the condition of this lot Postage: £19.56 Please note that the postage quote is an estimate of the amount that we would charge to send the item to a buyer in the UK. If you are outside of the UK, or there is no estimate shown here, please contact postage@davidlay.co.uk for a bespoke quote.

G F SCOTSON-CLARK. 'Cut-Outs.' The Shadow Picture Book. 23 0f 24 cut-outs which have been cut out. Cloth-backed boards, dj (small loss to back cover) 1926. Condition: please request a condition report if you require additional information regarding the condition of this lot Postage: £19.56 Please note that the postage quote is an estimate of the amount that we would charge to send the item to a buyer in the UK. If you are outside of the UK, or there is no estimate shown here, please contact postage@davidlay.co.uk for a bespoke quote.

V. SACKVILLE-WEST. 'The Dark Island.' First edition, original cloth, unclipped dj, tears to dj, sporadic foxing to textblock edge and leaves, pen and pencil enscription to front endpaper, g. Dr Rob Senior arrived in West Cornwall from his native Yorkshire in the early 1960’s where he took up his vocation as a young GP and served the local community for 40 years. At the age of 12, Rob bought a book on Cacti. It was his first book, and established the twin passions of his life, books and plants. His library is a fabulous, eclectic collection of books, largely on plants and horticulture, but also nature and many other subjects, all brought together by a man with a curious and inquisitive mind. Condition: please request a condition report if you require additional information regarding the condition of this lot Postage: £19.56 Please note that the postage quote is an estimate of the amount that we would charge to send the item to a buyer in the UK. If you are outside of the UK, or there is no estimate shown here, please contact postage@davidlay.co.uk for a bespoke quote.

HAROLD N. MOLDENKE. 'Plants of the Bible.' Original cloth, illustrated frontispiece, sporadic foxing to fore edge, owners pencil signature to endpaper, Chronica Botanica Company, Massachusetts, 1952, vg; GEORGE E. POST. 'Flora of Syria, Palestine and Sinai.' Second Edition, two volumes, original cloth, American Press, Beirut, 1932, g. Dr Rob Senior arrived in West Cornwall from his native Yorkshire in the early 1960’s where he took up his vocation as a young GP and served the local community for 40 years. At the age of 12, Rob bought a book on Cacti. It was his first book, and established the twin passions of his life, books and plants. His library is a fabulous, eclectic collection of books, largely on plants and horticulture, but also nature and many other subjects, all brought together by a man with a curious and inquisitive mind. Condition: please request a condition report if you require additional information regarding the condition of this lot Postage: £19.56 Please note that the postage quote is an estimate of the amount that we would charge to send the item to a buyer in the UK. If you are outside of the UK, or there is no estimate shown here, please contact postage@davidlay.co.uk for a bespoke quote.

ELSA FELSKO. 'Portraits of Wild Flowers'. Unclipped dj, original cloth, 140 plates after watercoours, Bruno Cassirer, Oxfors, 1958, vg; Together with another Elsa Felsko and four other books. (6) Dr Rob Senior arrived in West Cornwall from his native Yorkshire in the early 1960’s where he took up his vocation as a young GP and served the local community for 40 years. At the age of 12, Rob bought a book on Cacti. It was his first book, and established the twin passions of his life, books and plants. His library is a fabulous, eclectic collection of books, largely on plants and horticulture, but also nature and many other subjects, all brought together by a man with a curious and inquisitive mind. Condition: please request a condition report if you require additional information regarding the condition of this lot Postage: £35 Please note that the postage quote is an estimate of the amount that we would charge to send the item to a buyer in the UK. If you are outside of the UK, or there is no estimate shown here, please contact postage@davidlay.co.uk for a bespoke quote.

SCARCE EARLY CHILDREN'S BOOK. 'Tales of Instruction and Amusement written for the use of Young Persons,' by Mrs Mitchell ( Mrs Ives Hurry), volumes 1 and II complete, engraved frontispieces, Vol I having 215 pp complete with Vol II having 230 pp complete, original sheep, Vol I - one joint slightly loose, some rubbing to covers, Vol II with small split to upper spine and with mark to upper cover. Both volumes match. Printed for E Newbery, Corner of St Paul's Churchyard, 1795, good clean copies. Condition: please request a condition report if you require additional information regarding the condition of this lot Postage: £21.56 Please note that the postage quote is an estimate of the amount that we would charge to send the item to a buyer in the UK. If you are outside of the UK, or there is no estimate shown here, please contact postage@davidlay.co.uk for a bespoke quote.

LEWIS CARROLL. 'Alice's Adventures in Wonderland.' Original green pictorial cloth, spine chipped rubbed and faded, title page torn, illustrations complete, MacMillan & Co, 1898, g; With 'Through the Looking Glass.' same description as previous but vg; Plus one other. Dr Rob Senior arrived in West Cornwall from his native Yorkshire in the early 1960’s where he took up his vocation as a young GP and served the local community for 40 years. At the age of 12, Rob bought a book on Cacti. It was his first book, and established the twin passions of his life, books and plants. His library is a fabulous, eclectic collection of books, largely on plants and horticulture, but also nature and many other subjects, all brought together by a man with a curious and inquisitive mind. Condition: please request a condition report if you require additional information regarding the condition of this lot Postage: £19.56 Please note that the postage quote is an estimate of the amount that we would charge to send the item to a buyer in the UK. If you are outside of the UK, or there is no estimate shown here, please contact postage@davidlay.co.uk for a bespoke quote.

A. WAINWRIGHT. 'A Pictorial Guide to the Lakeland Fells.' 50th anniversary edition, seven vols, original cloth, unclipped dj, protective cardboard slip case, slight fading to spine of vol six, Frances Lincoln, 2003, vg. Dr Rob Senior arrived in West Cornwall from his native Yorkshire in the early 1960’s where he took up his vocation as a young GP and served the local community for 40 years. At the age of 12, Rob bought a book on Cacti. It was his first book, and established the twin passions of his life, books and plants. His library is a fabulous, eclectic collection of books, largely on plants and horticulture, but also nature and many other subjects, all brought together by a man with a curious and inquisitive mind. Condition: please request a condition report if you require additional information regarding the condition of this lot Postage: £35 Please note that the postage quote is an estimate of the amount that we would charge to send the item to a buyer in the UK. If you are outside of the UK, or there is no estimate shown here, please contact postage@davidlay.co.uk for a bespoke quote.

VICTORIAN TWO-DECKER NOVEL. 'Richard Dare by Mrs Alfred Baldwin.' First Edition, two vols complete, partially unopened, adverts complete, original cloth, Vol II slightly defective binding, Smith Elder & Co, 1894. Condition: please request a condition report if you require additional information regarding the condition of this lot Postage: £19.56 Please note that the postage quote is an estimate of the amount that we would charge to send the item to a buyer in the UK. If you are outside of the UK, or there is no estimate shown here, please contact postage@davidlay.co.uk for a bespoke quote.

CHARLES DARWIN. 'The Formation of Vegetable Mould Through the Action of Worms with Observations on Their Habits.' Original cloth, bumped to ends of cloth, Ex Libris label, inscribed to endpaper, toning to pastedown and endpaper, bottom of title page torn, John Murray, London, 1904, g; 'The Journal of a Voyage Round the World,' original clth with gilt embossed title and spine,rubbed to spine, text block clean and tight, T. Nelson and Sons, London, 1890, g; 'Fertilisation of Orchids,' Second edition revised, original cloth with Edinbrugh Unversity gilt title, hinge slightly loose, John Murray, London, 1890,g; With three other works by Charles Darwin. (6) Dr Rob Senior arrived in West Cornwall from his native Yorkshire in the early 1960’s where he took up his vocation as a young GP and served the local community for 40 years. At the age of 12, Rob bought a book on Cacti. It was his first book, and established the twin passions of his life, books and plants. His library is a fabulous, eclectic collection of books, largely on plants and horticulture, but also nature and many other subjects, all brought together by a man with a curious and inquisitive mind. Condition: please request a condition report if you require additional information regarding the condition of this lot Postage: £19.56 Please note that the postage quote is an estimate of the amount that we would charge to send the item to a buyer in the UK. If you are outside of the UK, or there is no estimate shown here, please contact postage@davidlay.co.uk for a bespoke quote.

DONALD R. HODEL. 'CHAMAEDOREA PALMS: The Species and Their Cultivation'. Original cloth, unclipped dj, The International Palm Society, Allen Press, Kansas, fine; Together with books on the subject of palms and ferns. (17) Dr Rob Senior arrived in West Cornwall from his native Yorkshire in the early 1960’s where he took up his vocation as a young GP and served the local community for 40 years. At the age of 12, Rob bought a book on Cacti. It was his first book, and established the twin passions of his life, books and plants. His library is a fabulous, eclectic collection of books, largely on plants and horticulture, but also nature and many other subjects, all brought together by a man with a curious and inquisitive mind. Condition: please request a condition report if you require additional information regarding the condition of this lot Postage: £No estimate Please note that the postage quote is an estimate of the amount that we would charge to send the item to a buyer in the UK. If you are outside of the UK, or there is no estimate shown here, please contact postage@davidlay.co.uk for a bespoke quote.

E. H. M. COX. 'Plant-Hunting in China: A History of Botanical Exploration in China and the Tibetan Marches.' First edition, original cloth, unclipped dj, dj rubbed on spine, toning to leaves, Collins, London, 1945, g; LOUIS LORETTE. 'The Lorette System of Pruning.' Revised edition, John Lane and the Bodley Head, London, 1946, vg; With thirty-eight good books, mostly on the subject of horiculture. (40) Dr Rob Senior arrived in West Cornwall from his native Yorkshire in the early 1960’s where he took up his vocation as a young GP and served the local community for 40 years. At the age of 12, Rob bought a book on Cacti. It was his first book, and established the twin passions of his life, books and plants. His library is a fabulous, eclectic collection of books, largely on plants and horticulture, but also nature and many other subjects, all brought together by a man with a curious and inquisitive mind. Condition: please request a condition report if you require additional information regarding the condition of this lot Postage: £45 Please note that the postage quote is an estimate of the amount that we would charge to send the item to a buyer in the UK. If you are outside of the UK, or there is no estimate shown here, please contact postage@davidlay.co.uk for a bespoke quote.

W. T. GREENE. 'Birds I have Kept in Years Gone By.' Sixteen colour litho plates comp, orig cloth gilt, teg, 1885, vg; TUFFEN WEST. 'Half-Hours with the Microscope.' Eight plates complete, half-title, orig cloth, gilt, 1858, vg; CHARLES KINGSLEY. 'Glaucus or Wonders of the Shore.' Fourth edition, twelve colour lithograph plates comp., orig cloth, gilt, teg, fep cut away, g; 'The Language of Flowers.' Hand-coloured engraved plated complete, orig leather gilt, top cover detached. (4) Condition: please request a condition report if you require additional information regarding the condition of this lot Postage: £35 Please note that the postage quote is an estimate of the amount that we would charge to send the item to a buyer in the UK. If you are outside of the UK, or there is no estimate shown here, please contact postage@davidlay.co.uk for a bespoke quote.