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LOW GEORGE. Fauna Orcadensis or The Natural History of ... Orkney & Shetland. Quarto. Calf, crudely rebacked. Edinburgh, 1813; also Baikie & Heddle, Historia Naturalis Orcadensis, orig. limp cloth, Edinburgh, 1848 & Buckle & Harvie-Brown, A Vertebrate Fauna of the Orkney Islands, illus., orig. green cloth, Edinburgh, 1891. (3). Condition Report. Buckley and Harvie Brown - Map present. Worn / split and faded split, splitting between board and end paper. Browning / foxing to fore edge, especially on plates. Clean title and half title. Some light foxing throughout.Low - Splitting between board and endpapers. Title inscribed in pencil. Text generally good, some light browning and foxing, mainly to edges and front / back of text.Baikie and Heddle - Marked embossed wrapper, some splitting on bottom of spine. Title page inscribed and a bit marked. Some finger marks / foxing through text, also manuscript annotation in sepia ink "One shot by...." etc in margins.

SHACKLETON SIR ERNEST. The Heart of the Antarctic. Illus. Orig. blue cloth gilt, some wear & much foxing & browning throughout. SIGNED IN MANUSCRIPT TO THE HALF TITLE BY THE AUTHOR (YOURS TRULY E. H. SHACKLETON). 1910.

INDO-TIBETAN MANUSCRIPT. 9 antique leaves, each 3" x 10½", generally with 5 lines of manuscript text to each side & a Buddhistic miniature to the centre of one side on each leaf. Held between two carved wooden covers with similar miniature paintings & carving.

Shorthorn Cattle. Manuscript Herd Book of Mr. E. A. Crawford, Cartington, Thropton. Quarto in limp bdg. Entries from 1905 to 1930's, with a few cuttings, etc.

GUINNESS SIR ALEC. Manuscript Autograph "Yours sincerely Alec Guinness" on a slip of paper, framed & mounted below a photograph from the film, Bridge Over the River Kwai.

Photography - Harrow School - Sports and Pugilism - an interesting Edwardian photograph album, containing carte de visites and portrait photographs by Hills & Saunders, mostly boys and young men in sports caps and attire, one in boxing stance,mmany named in ink manuscript, c.1902 -1904

Railway History - manuscript legal documents relating to John Mayhew, Esq., Deceased, and his stock in the North Western, Lancashire and Yorkshire, South Eastern Railway Companies, 1881 - 1886; Southern Electric, Jubilee Day 1910 - 1935 Celebrations At The Crystal Palace: Cheap Day Tickets price list; London Midland and Scottish Railway Company bills (4); amateur pencil plans/diagrams of railway junctions and points of the line; locomotive/train engine and carriage blueprints and plans, various; qty

Cock Robin. The Death and Burial of Cock Robin; as Taken from the Original Manuscript, in the Possession of Master Meanwell, Lichfield: printed and sold by M. Morgan, and A. Morgan, [cover-title], circa 1800, 16pp., fifteen woodcut illustrations, untrimmed, sewn as issued, 16mo This rare edition not listed in Osborne. (1)

Lang (Andrew, editor). The Blue Poetry Book, 1st edition, 1891, numerous letterpress illustrations, some full-page, including frontispiece, all edges gilt, original gilt decorated blue cloth, spine a trifle rubbed at ends and with a couple of faint marks, but a bright copy, 8vo, together with The Arabian Nights Entertainment, 1st edition, 1891, numerous letterpress illustrations, some full-page, including frontispiece, contemporary pencilled ownership signature on half-title, all edges gilt, original gilt decorated blue cloth, in bright condition, 8vo, plus The Animal Story Book, 1st edition, 1896, numerous letterpress illustrations, some full-page, including frontispiece, occasional minor spotting, contemporary manuscript name at head of half-title, all edges gilt, original gilt decorated blue cloth, slight rubbing to extremities in places, 8vo, plusThe Red Book of Animal Stories, 1st edition, 1899, numerous letterpress illustrations, some full-page, including frontispiece, original gilt decorated red cloth, spine faded, but otherwise a bright copy, plus three other first editions edited by Andrew Lang: The True Story Book, 1893; The Red True Story Book, 1895; The Book of Princes and Princesses, 1908, and a second edition of The Yellow Fairy Book, all in original cloth, generally in good condition (8)

Tasso (Torquato). Delle Rime del sig. Torquato, 2 volumes in one, Brescia: Pietro Maria Marchetti, 1592-1593, titles with woodcut anchor devices, woodcut decorative initials and head-pieces, with all 3 blank leaves present, manuscript signature to title of volume 1 & inscription to title of volume 2, some dust-soiling and marks, final 14 leaves with round brown stain and damp mark, 20th century vellum, brown leather title label to spine, 8vo Adams T254 & T258. (1)

Williamson (Henry). The Beautiful Years. A Tale of Childhood, 1st edition, 1921, publisher's list at end, a few light spots, lacking front endpaper, original blue cloth, joints and edges a little rubbed, 8vo (the author's first book), together with The Ackymals, 1st edition, Windsor Press, San Francisco, 1929, illustrations by Julian Links, endpapers partially toned, original cloth-backed boards, slipcase (small splits along folds), 8vo, limited signed edition 130/225, plus The Wild Deer of Exmoor, privately printed, 1931, original red cloth, slipcase (a little rubbed and soiled), 8vo, limited edition 5/75, signed in initials with additional inscription "blast it!" beneath, with others by Williamson including The Pathway, 1928 (with a loose postcard from Williamson in red ink arranging a drink at the Savage Club, London), The Wet Flanders Plain, Beaumont Press edition, 1929, limited edition 376/400, The Wet Flanders Plain, revised Faber edition, 1929, The Old Stag, 1926, The Lone Swallows, 1922 (plus the Lone Swallows, 1933 illustrated by Tunnicliffe),The Beautiful Years, revised edition, 1929, Salar the Salmon, 1935 and Genius of Friendship "T.E. Lawrence", 1941 and two postcards from Williamson to A.C. Knights, one 1928 in manuscript the other typescript (both with some insect damage) (19)

*Yorkshire. Saxton (Christopher), Eboracensis comitatus (cuius Incolae olim Brigantes appellabantur) Longitudine Latitudine hominumque nemero relequis illustrior, [1579], engraved map on two conjoined sheets, contemporary hand colouring and some later enhancement, old folds, some repaired and strengthened, long repaired closed tear affecting image, some marginal repaired closed tears, slight dust soiling, small sepia manuscript vignette added to the right of the mileage scale, one manuscript annotation to map, 535 x 730 mm, mounted, framed and glazed Not examined out of frame. (1)

Bates (H.E.). I Am Not Myself, Corvinus Press, 1939, top edge gilt, original green morocco-backed boards (faded to brown, small white paint mark at foot, small folio, limited signed edition 35/35, together with The Beauty of the Dead and One Other Short Story, Corvinus Press, 1941, a few light spots to pastedowns, top edge gilt, original cloth-backed boards, some fading to spine, small folio, limited signed edition 15/20, plus Mrs. Esmond's Life, privately printed, 1931, original manuscript leaf bound-in at front, original green cloth, some fading to spine and extremities, 4to, limited signed edition 35/50, with nine other limited editions including The Story Without an End and the Country Doctor, White Owl Press, 1932 (limited signed edition 69/130), The Hessian Prisoner, 1930 (limited signed edition 149/550, Bryan Forbes' copy with his bookplate and presentation inscription from the author), The Tinkers of Elstow, [1946] (limited edition 255/300 signed by author and illustrator), The Spring Song and in View of the Fact That, Lantern Press, San Francisco, 1927 (limited edition of 50, this copy unumbered but with presentation inscription from the author), A Threshing Day, 1931 (limited signed edition 55/300) and Sally Go Round the Moon, White Owl Press, 1932 (limited signed edition 74/150) (12)

Sherley (Thomas). A Philosophical Essay: Declaring the Probable Causes, whence Stones are Produced in the Greater World, from which Occasion is taken to Search into the Origin of all Bodies, Discovering them to Proceed from Water, and Seeds, being a Prodromus to a Medicinal Tract Concerning the Causes, and Cure of the Stone in the Kidneys, and Bladders of Men, 1st edition, 1672, some old ink name inscriptions and deletions to title-page and final leaves, some spotting and old damp stains, closely trimmed, affecting a few catchwords and signatures of early leaves plus final line of title imprint with manuscript date inserted above, recent plain calf, 8vo (1)

*Moveable Manuscript. Hand written and illustrated transformation booklet, circa 1824, large single sheet, watermarked 1824, folded and cut to form five horizontal narratives, each with pen, ink, and watercolour illustrations in a juvenile hand, accompanied by three four-line stanzas in neat manuscript, each with two folding flaps, toned and dusty, somewhat torn and creased, with some old paper repairs to folds, overall dimensions 38 x 46cm (15 x 18ins) An improving narrative which begins with the story of Adam and Eve, and Cain and Abel, followed by a lion and a griffon with a girl as its prey, ending with a discussion of wealth and death: 'Sickness is come & death is nigh/Help gold & silver Else I die/They will not help they are but dross/Turn up & see my End at Last'. An early and unusual example of a story book with transforming pictures made by a child. (1)

Bible [English]. The Bible, that is, the Holy Scriptures conteined in the Olde and Newe Testament, translated according to the Ebrew and Greeke, and conferred with the best translations in divers languages..., imprinted at London by the Deputies of Christopher Barker, 1599, woodcut general title not present, printed general title and New Testament woodcut title both present, several woodcut illustrations, woodcut map of the Holy Land to verso of Aaa2 following New Testatment title, text in roman type, occasional stains (generally in good condition with good margins), bound with Book of Common Prayer at front, dated 1636, and undated Booke of Psalmes at end (both complete), two blank leaves at front of volume with extensive early manuscript notes in brown ink (not easily legible), light dampstain to lower margins towards rear of volume, Ggg7 with printing flaw and associated closed tear to lower portion, without loss, endpapers renewed, near contemporary gilt-decorated full calf, rebacked with original spine laid down, with a little loss to head and foot, remains of clasps, rubbed and marked, thick 4to Herbert 253 (with the error in Psalmes, LXXIII, 27 'that they' corrected to 'they that'). With 17th century ownership inscription 'Janne Martin Hur Booke' to blank verso of the final leaf of OT, and another inscription in a different hand to verso of part title preceding Psalmes 'Janne Martin daughter of Thomas Martin was Baptised the Elevent of june 1617'. (1)

[Boyle, Robert]. The Martyrdom of Theodora, and of Didymus. By a Person of Honour, 1st edition, H. Clark for John Taylor, 1687, early signature 'W. Clarke' at head of title, erratic pagination, lacking initial blank, final blank present, 20th century half calf, 8vo Wing B3987, Fulton 173. Written by Boyle in his youth, but not published for nearly forty years. The first part of the manuscript became lost (complete draft since recovered), the text therefore begins with 'Book II'. This volume is the issue mentioned by Fulton as having single not double line rules on the title. (1)

Townshend (Miss Barbara Anne). Introduction to the Art of Cutting Groups of Figures, Flowers, Birds, &c. In Black Paper, printed for Edward Orme, [1815], titlepage (with contemporary manuscript note below imprint 'No.1 - 7/6'), leaf of introduction, and four engravings of silhouettes by M. Dubourg after Townshend (dated 1815), some faint creasing, title-page dusty, stitched as issued, leaf size 34.5 x 49cm (13.5 x 19.25ins) old plain paper protective upper wrapper only (some marks and soiling) Rare. Apparently the first part, containing four engravings, from a complete series of twenty plates issued between 1815 and 1816. They depict: ladies in a garden with children at play; villagers at a festival; passion flower and moths; and six bewigged chefs cooking frogs and spring onions. (1)

Stubbe (Henry). The History of the United Provinces of Achaia, Collected in Latine by the Learned Jacobus Gothofredus, and rendred into English, with some Additions, 1st edition, Printed by Andrew Clark for Jonathan Edwin, 1673, [4], 32pp., light spotting, Macclesfield North Library bookplate to upper pastedown (printed copy), modern half calf, slim 4to (Wing G294), together with Locke (John), A Review of the Universal Remedy for all Diseases Incident to Coin. With Application to our Present Circumstances. In a Letter to Mr. Locke, 1st edition, A. & J. Churchill, 1696, toning throughout, modern printed marbled boards, Macclesfield North Library bookplate to upper pastedown (printed copy), slim 8vo, with [Davenant, Charles], A Discourse upon Grants and Resumptions. Showing how our Ancestors have Proceeded with such Ministers as have Procured to Themselves Grants of the Crown-Revenue; and that the Forfeited Estates ought to be Applied towards the Payment of Public Debts, 2nd edition, 1700, early manuscript note to verso of title, blind armorial stamp to title and few other leaves, some spotting, front free endpaper lacking, Macclesfield South Library bookplate, contemporary calf, joints cracked, 8vo, plus three other 17th & 18th century antiquarian, all with Macclesfield bookplates (one printed copy) (6)

Digby (Kenelm). Of Bodies, and of Mans Soul. To Discover the Immortality of Reasonable Souls. With two Discourses of the Powder of Sympathy, and of Vegetation of Plants, 4 parts in one, Printed by S.G. and B.G. for John Williams, 1669, early ink signatures to title, few woodcut diagramatic illustrations, final blank torn to lower outer corner, contemporary blind panelled calf, repaired at head of spine, small 4to Wing D1445. Only collected edition of Digby's most important scientific works. (1)NB. Additional information: There are some manuscript notes to verso of the final blank, and the lower outer corner is torn away as described. Leaves DD5 & EE2 have their fore-edge blank margin excised. Otherwise this is generally a clean volume.     

Appianus (of Alexandria). Appiano Alexandrino Delle guerre civili de Romani. Tradotto da Messer Alexa[n]dro Braccese Fiorentino nuouamente co[n] somma diligentia impresso, 1st edition, [Florence: per li Heredi di Philippo di Giunta, Nellano del Signore, 1519], collation a-z8, &8, [con]8, [rum]8, A-K8, final leaf K8 present with printer's woodcut device to verso (with few ink marks), occasional early ink underscoring and one or two manuscript annotations, closed tear to D8 at head (without loss), some spotting and light marginal waterstains to front & rear, fine contemporary Florentine gilt decorated calf, incorporating oval cartouche to centre of each board with blind embossed image depicting a chariot rider and horses, with Greek caption around edge of cartouche in gilt, blind rule decoration to spine, lacking ties, some wear to extremities, 8vo A scarce first edition by the Florentine printer Giunta of the Italian translation by Alessandro Braccesi of Appian's history of the Roman civil wars (the first in modern Italian). Attractive contemporary Florentine gilt-decorated binding. No UK institutional location found. (1)

[Lysons, Samuel]. Etchings of Views and Antiquities in the County of Gloucester, hitherto imperfectly, or never engraved, 12 original parts, being numbers 1, 4, 13-15, 17-22 & 25, sold by T. Cadell, B. White and Son..., [1791-1803], 65 engraved and aquatint plates, all loosely contained in original printed part-wrappers, the first six wrappers with contemporary manuscript inscription to Her Grace the Duchess Dowager of Beaufort, to top margin, some marks and light soiling, slim folio (sheet sizse 46 x 29 cm, 18 x 11.5 ins) Sold as a collection of plates, not subject to return. (12)

Raucourt (Antoine). A Manual of Lithography, or Memoir of the Lithographical Experiments made in Paris, at the Royal School..., Translated from the French, by C. Hullmandel, 1st English edition, 1820, two folding lithographed plates (offset to text leaves), some spotting, additional blanks bound in at rear, some with contemporary manuscript notes and a circular pharmacy label (J.B. Trouillet, Paris), contemporary half calf, rubbed, 8vo Abbey, Life 231. An important book, being the first authoritative account in English of the process of lithography. (1)

Murdoch (Iris). Typescript and proofs for 'Joanna Joanna', Colophon Press, 1994, and other items, Joanna Joanna original typescript, 1969, a bound set of page proofs returned to the author for correction (uncorrected) with lay-out differences, three unbound sets of page proofs, one of ten clip-bound Advance Reading copies, a set of unbound uncut sheets, a signed manuscript poem 'John Sees a Stork at Zamata', a signed autograph letter to a Mr Lind referring to the same poem (written about her husband, John Bayley), The One Alone, one of 200 copies signed by Murdoch, plus some copy letters, labels etc (9)

Scrap album. A scrap album largely compiled by Caroline Catherine Lang, circa 1830s/1840s, a total of approximately 120 leaves with mounted watercolours (including 2 Chinese pith paintings and 2 on peepal leaves), pencil drawing, coloured and plain prints, plus some manuscript copies of poems, etc., versos mostly blank, contemporary calf, Caroline Lang's life details lettered in gilt to upper cover, slight wear and upper cover near detached, 4to A lengthy avant propos note written by General George G. Pearse in 1896 explains that Caroline Lang (nee Egan) was his guardian and formerly married to Richard William Lang of the 37th Regiment Madras Native Infantry, who died in India of cholera in 1831. (1)

*Indentures. A quantity of manuscript indentures concerning property transactions, including leases, mortgages, conveyances, etc., in various places and counties, including Warminster, Wells, Amersham, Sutton Bonnington, Leeds (Kent), Staffordshire, Norfolk, Cornwall, Lincolnshire, Oxfordshire, Yorkshire, Wiltshire, Cumberland, Hampshire, Lancashire, 18th & 19th centuries, majority on vellum, seven items on paper, many with seals (approx. 40)

Manuscript paper doll book. The History of Little Fanny exemplified in a series of figures, A new Edition, circa 1860s, 14pp. manuscript, including title-page, paper watermarked 1856, with seven cut-out watercolour paper doll figures loosely inserted (no interchangeable head present), front free endpaper with ownership name of J.M. Hobart on verso, front pastedown with paper pocket for figures composed of three flaps decorated with pen & ink border, original card wrappers, with red border to covers, upper cover decorated in watercolour with calligraphic title within floral border, toned, dust-soiled, and a little rubbed, 13.5 x 10.5cm (5.25 x 4ins) 'The History of Little Fanny' was first published by S. & J. Fuller in 1810. This manuscript copy is charmingly executed, with all seven figures present. An accompanying later manuscript note states: 'Hobart family stayed at Hythe were [sic] this book came from. (Note) Edward VII was a personal friend of the Hobart family.' (1)

Blake (William, illustrator). The Triumphs of Temper. A Poem: in six cantos. By William Hayley, 12th edition, corrected. With New Original Designs, by Maria Flaxman, Chichester, J. Seagrave, 1803, six engraved plates by William Blake after Maria Flaxman, minor spotting to plates, with light offsetting to adjacent leaf of text, all edges gilt, contemporary ownership signature of M. Tomkinson to verso of front endpaper, marbled endpapers, near-contemproary straight-grained light brown full morocco, rubbed, 8vo, together with Ballads, by William Hayley, Esq., founded on anecdotes relating to animals, with prints, designed and engraved by William Blake, 1st edition, Chichester, J. Seagrave, for Richard Phillips, 1805, half-title present, 4 (of 5) engraved plates by Blake, lacking the engraved frontispiece, some light soiling to title and text, ownership presentation inscription to front endpaper, dated 1831, bookseller's ticket to front pastedown of Kerr & Richardson of Glasgow, contemporary quarter plain calf, worn with covers detached, vellum outer tips, 8vo, plus Aphorisms on Man: translated from the original manuscript of the Rev. John Caspar Lavater, printed for J. Johnson, 1788, engraved frontispiece by Blake after Fuseli, presentation inscription to front endpaper from John Grundy of Lime Field to Ellis Cunliffe, dated 1799, with bookplate to front pastedown, contemporary calf, worn with covers near detached, and others relating to William Blake, including Compositions from the Works Days and Theogony of Hesiod, designed by John Flaxman, engraved by William Blake, 1816-17, Gilchrist, Life of William Blake, 2 volumes, new and enlarged edition, 1880, Paradise Lost by John Milton, illustrations by William Blake, 1906, Blake's Songs of Innocence, 1926 & Richard Garnett, William Blake Painter and Poet, 1895 Bentley 471A for the first work. (9)

Batten (J.D., illust.). Fairy Tales from the Arabian Nights, edited and arranged by E. Dixon, 1893, large paper copy, decorative half-title, twenty-one plates, nineteen on india paper, numerous black & white illustrations to text, top edge gilt, original gilt lettered cloth, lightly marked, spine faded, 4to, (limited edition, 93/160 copies), together with Rackham (Arthur, illustrator), Undine, 1st edition, 1909, fifteen tipped-in colour plates, black & white illustrations to text, light spotting to first and last leaves, decorative endpapers, original gilt decorated blue cloth, extremities lightly rubbed, spine faded, 4to, plus Goble (Warwick, illustrator), Green Willow and other Japanese Fairy Tales, 1st edition, 1910, forty tipped-in colour plates, with captioned tissue guards, free endpapers toned, front pastedown with bookplate of 'E.A. Bennett', original gilt decorated blue cloth, lightly rubbed and marked, 4to, plus The Fairy Book, 1st edition, 1913, thirty-two colour plates, with captioned tissue guards, endpapers spotted, front pastedown with contemporary ownership name, associated manuscript letter mounted onto front free endpaper, top edge gilt, original gilt decorated cloth, extremities lightly rubbed, spine with gilt dulled, 4to (4)

Manuscript. Bunyan's Pilgrim's Progress Illustrated by J.D.; Gray's Elegy Illustrated by J.D., [cover-titles], a pair of albums with calligraphic text and watercolour illustrations (many grisaille), first volume with twenty-eight mounted watercolours on rectos (four small watercolours to first leaf, thereafter one large watercolour to each leaf), 28 x 21.5cm (11 x 8.5ins) and smaller, most mounts with manuscript text (and some with decorative embellishments), two album leaves blank (one with loosely inserted pencil sketch), two leaves detached, second volume with twenty-nine mounted watercolours on rectos, mounted two to a page, except the final illustration, each approximately 9 x 16cm (3.5 x 6.25ins), each with manuscript text on facing versos, often embellished with floral and foliate decoration, album leaves toned and spotted (occasionally encroaching on watercolours), ownership names of 'Mrs. Duthoit, 184, Highbury New Park' and 'J. Duthoit', respectively, red edges, similarly bound in brown and green blindstamped morocco gilt, rubbed and some edge-wear, second volume with front cover detached at upper joint, 4to Carefully executed watercolours by an accomplished amateur. The Duthoits were prosperous silk weavers who originated in Lille and worked in Canterbury, before setting up business in London. (2)

Sydenham (Thomas). Opera Medica..., new edition, two volumes in one, Geneva: Fratres de Tournes, 1716, engraved portrait frontispiece, title in red and black with printer's device, foremargin of title with an area excised and repaired, woodcut head- and tail-pieces and initials, bound with Musgrave (William), De Arthritide Symptomatica Dissertatio, [and] De Arthritide Anomala, sive Interna, Dissertatio, both Geneva, 1715, separate title-pages and pagination, some spotting throughout, contemporary vellum, manuscript title on spine, 4to (1)

England & Wales. Le Clerc (Jean), Anglia Regnum si quod aliud in toto Oceano ditissimum et florentissimum, published Paris, 1606, uncoloured engraved map, large ornate cartouche and mileage scale, slight staining to lower margin but not affecting image, near contemporary ink manuscript numbers to upper left and lower right corners, 385 x 480 mm, no text on verso R.W.Shirley. Early Printed Maps of the British Isles 1477 - 1650, no.271. Uncommon. A slightly reduced, but close copy of the Saxton/Ortelius map of 1602. (1)

Caesar (Julius). Commentariorum Caesaris Elenchus. De bello Gallico libri VIII..., Basel: [Excudebat Thomas Wolff, 1521], title within decorative woodcut border with rubbed through manuscript signature (with consequent thinning of paper), two double-page woodcut maps and six full-page woodcut illustrations (including portrait), decorative woodcut initials, imprint from colophon, ink stamp to lower blank margin of O8, front free endpaper with ink stamps to both sides, contemporary blind embossed and decorated sheep, discrete repairs to joints at head & foot and to board corners, rubbed and light wear to extremities, leather ties replaced, 8vo (1)

*Besler (Basilius). Calamintha montana vulganis [and] Marrubium vulgare, [1613 or later], two hand coloured engravings, some near contemporary manuscript annotations, slight creasing, each approximately 485 x 395 mm (2)

Potter (Beatrix, illust.). Making Fun for Everyone, written by Clifton Bingham & E. Nesbit, 1st edition, Ernest Nister, [1895], colour and sepia illustrations throughout, some full-page, including a vignette of a rabbit leaving home in the snow wearing a red jacket, carrying a green umbrella, and with a basket over his arm, by Beatrix Potter, some soiling and juvenile colouring, patterned endpapers, free endpapers slightly chipped at edges, early manuscript ownership names to recto and verso of front free endpaper (former dated 1895), hinges split, original cloth-backed pictorial boards, rubbed, and some trivial edge-wear, 4to Rare Nister publication containing one of Beatrix Potter's earliest published illustrations of a rabbit. There are only two copies on COPAC (British Library, Cambridge University). We have traced only one other copy sold at auction (2005). On May 25th 1894 Ernest Nister sent a letter in response to some drawings offered him by Beatrix Potter: "I fear we cannot keep more than three of the other designs - the cat with the tea set, the mouse knitting, and the rabbit with the umbrella and basket. For these we should be pleased to pay you 7/6 a piece if you can see your way to take it." Beatrix accepted this offer, and the rabbit with umbrella appears in this 1895 publication. A set of frog drawings were discussed in the same exchange of correspondence, and these the publisher eventually bought (after much haggling over price in which the artist held her ground) and these were subsequently published in 'Comical Customers' (1896) and 'Nister's Holiday Annual for 1896'. Much later Potter was to write 'Nister was an unattractive German (?) Firm - but it was my first start at anything published'. (Linder, The History of the Writings of Beatrix Potter', pp.175-78) (1)

Theatrical costume. An album of eighty lithographs, circa 1860, eighty lithographs, seventy-eight with hand colouring, titles in German, some plates with additional manuscript titles, a few images with additional titles in English and Dutch, some damp staining, some fraying and marginal closed tears with slight loss, some dust soiling, each plate laid on later paper, modern morocco with morocco gilt label to upper siding, slight wear at extremities, oblong folio (1)

Green (William). The Tourist's New Guide, containing a Description of the Lakes, Mountains, and Scenery, in Cumberland, Westmorland, and Lancashire, with some Account of their Bordering Towns and Villages, 2 volumes, Kendal, 1819, half-titles, folding engraved map, twenty-four aquatint plates, without the twelve soft ground etchings (as often), errata leaf at end of each volume, untrimmed, original printed boards, rubbed, spines deficient, volume 1 with boards detached, 8vo (Abbey, Scenery, 190), together with French (John), A Pocket Companion for Harrowgate Spaw, or, a particular Account of the several Medicinal Springs at, or near that Place. Shewing their different Nature and Uses towards restoring Health and Strength. With Directions how to use the Waters with Advantage, published Halifax, 1760, manuscript contents written to verso of A2, ink erased text to p.18, spotting & browning throughout, armorial bookplate of T. Langton, contemporary half sheep, upper joint cracked, slim 8vo, with Thompson (Thomas), A History of the Church and Priory of Swine in Holderness, Hull: Printed by Thomas Topping, 1824, engraved title, nine plates, occasional spotting, edges untrimmed, original boards, joints cracked and light wear, 8vo, plus two others (6)

Yorkshire. Bryant (A.), Map of the East Riding of Yorkshire from actual survey..., in the years 1827 & 1828, published A. Bryant 1829, large scale uncoloured engraved map, sectionalised and laid on linen, calligraphic title, compass rose, table of ecclesiastical divisions and table of explanation, engraved vignette of Beverley Minster, edged with pink silk, linen folds strengthened on verso 1300 x 1510 mm, contained in a contemporary marbled card slipcase with manuscript paper label to upper board, worn at extremities (1)

Illuminated Manuscript. A Book of Poems, [illuminated] by Annie Mabel Richards, 1910, a collection of poems by various authors, including Tennyson, Shelley, Wordsworth, and Milton, 79 pp. including some blanks, four tipped-in watercolour illustrations (two after C.W. Wyllie), numerous illuminated borders and decorations, some see-through and light offsetting from gilt letters, colophon reads 'This book was done by John Franklin Shipley 1910-1912', all edges gilt, original limp vellum, dust-soiled, remains of green ties, slim 4to (1)

Poe (Edgar Allan). The Works, newly collected and edited, with a memoir, critical introduction and notes by Edmund Clarence Stedman, and George Edward Woodberry, 9 volumes (of 10), 'Manuscript Edition', New York & Pittsburg: The Colonial Company, 1903, lacks volume 8, original crushed half morocco gilt with Art Nouveau floral motifs to spine, some joints slightly cracked, a little wear to extremities, 8vo Limited edition, 20/30 sets on hand-made japan vellum, signed by the editors and publishers. (9)

*Prisoner of War. A complete deck of manuscript playing cards made by a French Prisoner of War, circa 1796, fifty-two hand-painted playing cards, comprising four suits of thirteen (French suits), each with ten pip cards, and three full-length court cards (jack, queen, king), forged ace of spades copying Hall's for 1789-1801, generally lightly dust-soiled and some rubbing in places, plain versos, 90 x 63mm (3.5 x 2.5ins), together with a visiting card giving details of provenance in old manuscript, contained in original green straight-grained roan box with pull-off lid See: The Playing-card, Journal of the International Playing-Card Society, Volume 34, No.3, January-March 2006, pp.216/17. A unique set of hand-made playing cards. Whilst bone playing cards made by French Prisoners of War appear on the market from time to time, we have not seen another deck painted on card. The manuscript note on the enclosed visiting card states: "Set hand-made Cards & Case made by French Prisoners of War at Porchester Castle in Napoleonic Wars. Given to [Mrs. J.R.G. Chick-Lucas(printed)]' Mother-in-Law (Mrs. George Lucas) by a very old Resident of Porchester whose father had been a Prison Official at the Castle. Date of Gift was well before 1886, & the Ancient Dame died soon after. Given to Walter F. Chevers by his loving sister Alianora Chick-Lucas for July 2 - 1940.' The address printed on the visiting card is 'Belle Vue Cottage, Brading, I of W'. Alianora (1870-1956), wife of James Robb Goodman Chick-Lucas, is buried at St. Mary's Church, Brading. Her brother, Walter Forsyth Chevers (1867-1948) was born in Cheltenham, Gloucestershire. They were the children of Norman Chevers (1818-1886), Deputy Surgeon General of the Bengal Army, and his wife Emily Ann, and the family was known to have been residing at Sandown on the Isle of Wight in 1908. French Prisoners of War were kept at Portchester Castle, Hampshire, between 1793 and 1817, with more than 9,000 being held during this time. The late John Berry called this deck "a real 'find': very nicely done for a hand-made pack". Whilst the male court cards illustrate kings and warriors, the queens represent classical goddesses: the queen of clubs is Cirene, or possibly Diana (with crescent moon head-piece); the queen of diamonds represents Flora (with a garland of flowers); the queen of spades shows Pax, the goddess of peace (with a cornucopia in one hand and an olive branch in the other); and the queen of hearts also carries a cornucopia, but no other symbol to distinguish her from the many deities who are associated with the horn of plenty. (1)

*Popish Plot. A part pack of Horrid Popish Plot playing cards, Robert Walton, circa 1679, together twenty-three copper engraved pictorial playing cards, after a design by Francis Barlow, comprising: clubs - pip cards 1-6, knave, queen; hearts - pip cards 3-10, knave, queen, king; diamonds - pip cards 1-4, somewhat toned and dust-soiled, plain versos, slightly rounded corners, 90 x 54mm (3.5 x 2ins), together with manuscript note on a piece of thick card the same size: 'English Politics - Historical. Last Quarter of 17th Cent. London. 1679? Popish Plot. Incomplete Pack of 40 out of 52. Nyburg March. 1921. ' Schreiber, English, 57 (lacking 3 of hearts); Whiting, A Handful of History, pp.50-63. There are several slightly differing issues of these cards, these being without the medallion portraits on the court cards. Although sadly diminished in number since 1921, complete packs are rare and even part packs are uncommon. Political packs of playing cards were popular at the end of the seventeenth century, this one depicting the fictitious Catholic conspiracy to kill Charles II which Reverend Titus Oates claimed to have uncovered in 1678. The cards, with illustrations and text below, tell the story of the plot and the consequences for the alleged Roman Catholic enemies of the state, e.g.: 'The Execution of the 5 Jesuitts'; 'Reddin standing in ye Pillory'; 'Dr. Oates discovereth ye Plot to ye King and Councell'. Francis Barlow's original drawings for the deck are in the British Museum. (1)

Davis (John). Tracks of McKinlay and Party Across Australia. Edited from Mr. Davis's Manuscript Journal; with an Introductory View of the Recent Australian Explorations of the McDougall Stuart, Burke and Willis, Landsborough, etc., by William Westgarth, 1st edition, 1863, half title, folding lithograph map, 14 tinted lithographed plates (including portrait frontispiece), one wood engraved illustration, modern half calf, gilt decorated spine with black leather title label, 8vo Ferguson 9005. (1)

Aubrey (John, & Phillipps, Sir Thomas). Aubrey's Collections for Wilts, (Edited by Sir T. Phillipps), part 1 [& 2], London: Printed by J. Davy, 1821, closed tear to O1, bound with the second part entitled An Essay Towards the Description of the North Division of Wiltshire..., Typis Medio-Montanis [Middle Hill], 1838, both parts bound without plates (as often), late 19th century half calf gilt, 4to, (Fenwick 47), together with Aubrey (John & Jackson, John Edward), Wiltshire. The Topographical Collections of John Aubrey..., Corrected and Enlarged, Devizes: Wiltshire Archaeological and Natural History Society, 1862, engraved frontispiece, numerous lithograph plates at rear, folding pedigrees, some browning and spotting, bookplate of W. Heward Bell, Cleeve House, Seend, Wilts to upper pastedown, hinges crudely strengthened, edges rough trimmed, original cloth gilt, spine strengthened and slightly rubbed to extremities, large 4to, with Phillipps (Sir Thomas, Middle Hill Press), North Wiltshire Musters, Anno 30 Henry VIII, from the Original in the Chapter House, Westminster, London: Printed by T. Gardiner & Son [for Sir Thomas Phillipps], 1834, [2],33,[1]pp., bookplates of Leonard L. Hartley and Alfred Trego Butler, Portcullis, original boards, spine worn with loss, slim folio, (Fenwick 42), with [Wilts Subsidy Roll 7 Edw. III. 1334, Part 1, Middle Hill Pess, circa 1858], 45pp. lithograph facsimile of Phillipps' manuscript on blue paper, caption title, original boards, spine worn, slim folio, (this work was issued without a title-page, Fenwick 36), plus Cartularium Saxonicum Malmsburiense in Com. Wilts, Typis Medio-Montanis 18.., [Middle Hill: Edwyn Offer, 1829], title-page (printed later) and 25pp., sewing weak, original boards, spine deficient, slim folio, (one of 50 copies, Fenwick 37) (5)

Hotten (John Camden). Bibliographical Account of Nearly Fifteen Hundred Curious and Rare Books, Tracts, MSS., and Engravings, Relating to the History and Topography of Yorkshire, privately printed, [1863], black & white illustrations, manuscript notes tipped-in front and rear, few ink stamps to interleaved blanks, some light spotting, contemporary calf-backed boards, rubbed, 8vo, one of only 50 copies (with a facsimile limited edition copy pub. A. Jackson, Leeds, 1970), together with A Catalogue of the Library of Wakefield Books in the Possession of Charles Skidmore, privately printed, 1897, a few spots, author's compliments bookplate, original moire cloth gilt, 8vo, plus Monthly Catalogue of Books, Prints, Mss., Antiquities, Coins &c. on Sale by Henry T. Wake, Antiquarian Bookseller, 1897-1911, numerous numbered lithograph facsimile catalogues, illustrations, some light toning, contemporary morocco-backed boards, 8vo, with other bibliography including A Catalogue of a Valuable and Select Collection of Books, containing Several Unique and Rare Articles..., now on Sale... at Thomas Edwards's Bookseller in Halifax, 1821, Robert Davies's A Memoir of the York Press, 1868, The Lancashire Library, 1875, and Charles Federer's Yorkshire Chap-Books, First Series (all published), 1889 (a carton)

*Botanical specimens. 'Fougeres', Dried botanical specimens, published Damour-Girard, Lyon, circa 1890, together six large sheets with lithographic designs to each corner and dried plant specimens mounted in the centre, 'Fougeres' label attached to each image with the plant specimen named in Latin in contemporary manuscript, occasional closed tears, each approximately 630 x 470 mm, mounted, framed and glazed in modern uniform 'Sandstone effect' frames Unusually large examples. (6)

Christie (Agatha). Peril at End House, 1st edition, 1932, 4 pp. advertisements at end, some light spotting, previous owner signature and blindstamp to front endpaper, original red/orange cloth, dust jacket, spine toned with chips and tears, some loss of title lettering at head, old clear tape residue, repair to verso, 7/6 price partially restored in manuscript, preserved in custom made blue cloth solander box, 8vo (1)

Bible [Greek. New Testament]. Novum Testamentum Graece, cum Vulgata Interpretatione Latina, Graeci contextus lineis inserta..., [Leiden]: Ex Officina Plantiniana Raphelengi, 1613, printer's woodcut device to title, Greek & latin text, 12pp. manuscript index at rear, some toning and occasional spotting, contemporary calf, gilt decorated spine, joints worn at head & foot, board corners worn and showing, rubed, 8vo (1)

[Shattuck, Lemuel]. Report of the General Plan for the Promotion of Public and Personal Health, Devised, Prepared and Recommended by the Commissioners Appointed under a Resolve of the Legislature of Massachusetts, relating to a Sanitary Survey of the State, 1st printing, Boston, 1850, 7 maps and plans including 2 folding, plates spotted or browned, printed label completed in manuscript indicating that this book is the property of the town of Boxford to front pastedown, contemporary calf with leather spine label, heavily rubbed, 8vo Shattuck has been called the 'Chadwick of America'. Garrison & Morton 1609; Norman 1935. (1)

Daniel (Gabriel). Viaggio per lo Mondo di Cartesio, con seco la sua continuazione..., Recata dall' Original franzese nel nostro volgare Italiano, 2nd edition, Naples: Gennario Muzio, 1731, title in red & black, and with contemporary inscription (paper fault and tear to blank fore-edge), three folding engraved plates, light dampstain and occasional spotting, contemporary vellum, manuscript to upper board, slight wear to extremities, 8vo, together with Echard Laurence, Dizionario Geografico Portatile, ovvero Descrizione di tutti i Regni, Provincie, Città ... in cui Dichiarasi in qual Regno, Provincia, o Distretto questi luoghi si trovano ... loro distanze da' luoghi circonvicini più rimarchevoli, colla loro longitudine, e latitudine giusta le migliori carte..., Terza Edizione Veneta..., 2 volumes, Nella Stamperia di Bassano, [Venice]: A Spese Remondini, 1770, one folding engraved map only (of two, includes double hemisphere map), worm hole to fore-margin of few leaves & map in volume one, contemporary vellum, volume 1 spine with some wear at upper joint & spine towards head, 8vo, plus five other Italian 18th century odd volumes, all vellum bound, including La Scienza della Legislazione, by Gaetano Filangieri, volumes 1, 3 & 4 only (of 8), mixed editions, Naples, 1780-83 (bindings worn with loss) (8)

Naipaul (V.S.). The Suffrage of Elvira, 1958; A House for Mr Biswas, 1961; Thwe Middle Passage, 1962; Mr Stone and the Knights Companion, 1963; An Area of Darkness, 1964; A Flag on the Island, 1967; The Loss of El Dorado. A History, 1969, 1st editions, one or two light spots, original cloth (a couple of spines faded at ends), dust jackets, manuscript writing to upper cover of Mr Biswas, spine a little faded, a few tears and chips, Suffrage with small nicks and light edge wear, 8vo, with 13 other UK 1st editions and 20 US 1st editions, including The Mystic Masseur, New York, 1957, Two Worlds, Nobel Lecture 2001, 2002, limited signed edition 37/58 (56)

Evelyn (John). Publick Employment and an Active Life with all its Appanages, such as Fame, Command, Riches, Conversation, &c. Prefer'd to Solitude, 1st edition, 2nd issue, London: printed by J.M. for H. Herringham, 1667, [16],120pp., imprimatur leaf present, cancel title (with ink stamp & few manuscript additions), includes additional errata slip pasted to verso of A8, early ink correction to two words on A4, hinges repaired, contemporary calf, neatly repaired to joints and head & foot of spine, 8vo Wing E3511 and Keynes 86. The dedication is signed by the author, John Evelyn. The volume forms a reply to Sir George Mackenzie's 'Moral essay, preferring solitude...' and the earlier issue of this edition was entitled 'Publick Employment and an Active Life Prefer'd to Solitude...'. (1)

British Birds. The Feathered Songsters of Old England, An Illustrated Book of the Songbirds of Great Britain, with Instructions How to Feed and Treat Them in Captivity, by Edwin John Harvey, late President of the Hampshire and Sussex Farrier's Association, a total of approximately 150 pp. manuscript on rectos of ruled leaves, some Bewick woodcuts pasted to versos, second volume with a few short stories by Harvey at rear, some spotting or soiling, a little edge fraying and many leaves detached, contemporary quarter roan, broken and soiled with loss of spines, folio Apparently unpublished, Harvey was a solicitor in Portsea, circa 1880s. (2)

[Crowley, Aleister]. AL (Liber Legis). The Book of the Law sub figura xxxi as delivered by 93 -Aiwass- 418 to Ankh-f-n-khonsu, the Priest of the Princes who is 666, no date and no place, 65 photostat facsimiles of Crowley's manuscript of the text, paginated in three sections, loosely contained as issued in folded white card covers lettered in red and black, foremargins browned, 4to, together with a 45 rpm Emidisc recording of Frank Sinatra reading from Gunga Din, circa 1966, typed label, original brown paper sleeve (2)

*Theatre Royal - Drury Lane. A printed vellum indenture completed in manuscript, 13 June 1793, granting Thomas Mendham of the Petty Bag Office in His Majesty's Court of Chancery now residing at Hoxton in the County of Middlesex, share number 183 in the renovated theatre, uncoloured aquatint view of the theatre to upper margin, signed by Albany Wallis, Richard Ford and Thomas Hammersley to lower margin with remains of their red wax seals, wafer duty seal upper left, some dust soiling and a little wear at fold intersections, printed docket details to folded verso (soiled), 61 x 52 cm The major shareholders are named in the document and include the playwright Richard Brinsley Sheridan, and his father-in-law, Thomas Linley. (1)

*Manuscript. The Fisherman's Daughter, 1836, folding booklet, composed of two strips of paper laid down on linen, joined at top central fold, comprising eight sections (i.e. 4 to each strip), each with a pencil and watercolour illustration in a juvenile hand, and four line stanza in neat manuscript above, showing a schoolroom scene, a carriage, interiors, nuptials and a ball, etc., slightly rubbed and toned, contemporary manuscript title and date on linen reverse (identifying booklet when folded correctly), dimensions folded 9 x 12cm (3.25 x 4.75ins), dimensions extended 45 x 22.5cm (17.75 x 8.75ins), together with two manuscript circular paper discs 'The Wheel of Fortune' and 'Answers to the Wheel of Fortune', early 19th century, toned, and a few short edge-tears, diameter 23.5cm (9.25ins) An apparently made up 'rags to riches' tale in verse, in which the beautiful heroine is educated, courted, and married: 'Miss gave her consent so off they went/For to be married at County Kent/Who was then so happy and so gay/As the fisherman's daughter I pray'. (3)

KATE BUSH - A fine set of 9 x LPs and a manuscript book giving a great overview of Kate Bush. Condition is between VG and Ex+. titles are The Whole Story, Running Up That Hill, Cloudbusting, The Dreaming, Hounds of Love, Never for Ever, Lionheart, The Sensual World and The Kick Inside. The manuscript boom is Complete and is published by EMI. ( Vinyl Records )

JOHN HUTCHINS: THE HISTORY AND ANTIQUITIES OF THE COUNTY OF DORSET..., London, W Bowyer & J Nichols, 1774, 1st edition, 2 volumes, engraved folding frontis map + 37 plates only (of which 5 folding), signature of Rev John Derby, MA, Vicar of Ellingham, Hants (one of the subscribers) on title page with his many many manuscript corrections, additions and critical notes, folio, old vellum gilt, morocco gilt spine labels, binders label of Hollings, Covent Garden (2)

CHARLES WILLIAM HECKETHORN: THE SECRET SOCIETIES OF ALL AGES AND COUNTRIES..., London, George Redway, 1897, new edition thoroughly revised and greatly enlarged, [2nd edition], 2 volumes, xxvii, 352pp; xvi, 350 + 16pp publisher's catalogue of adverts at end, original red cloth lettered in gilt, spines faded, bevelled edges to boards, contemporary ownership signatures to title pages + SIR OSWALD STOLL: THE GRAND SURVIVAL - A THEORY OF IMMORTALITY BY NATURAL LAW FORMED UPON A VARIATION OF HERBERT SPENCER'S DEFINITION OF EVOLUTION, London, Simpkin, Marshall et al, 1904, 1st edition, original burgundy calf backed boards gilt (boards and top page edge soiled), contemporary ownership signature to title page + ALCYONE (J KRISHNAMURTI): AT THE FEET OF THE MASTER, London, Theosophical Publishing Society, 1911, 1st edition, portrait frontispiece [8], 56, [1]pp, original decorative limp calf gilt, spine browned, contemporary ownership signature to title page + WILLIAM USBORNE MOORE: 2 titles: GLIMPSES OF THE NEXT STATE (THE EDUCATION OF AN AGNOSTIC), London, Watts & Co, 1911, 1st edition, xxiv, 642pp, portrait frontis of the author and 2 portrait plates depicting "Iola", to whom the book is dedicated: THE VOICES, A SEQUEL TO "GLIMPSES OF THE NEXT STATE", London, Watts & Co, 1913, 1st edition, xxii, 439pp + [6]pp adverts at end, each original green cloth lettered in gilt, each with contemporary ownership signature to title page + JOSIAH OLDFIELD: MYRRH AND AMARANTH - TWO LECTURES, I - BROTHER PAIN AND HIS CROWN, II - SISTER DRUDGERY AND HER ROSES, London, Sampson Lowe et al, 1905, 1st edition vii, 111pp, original red cloth lettered in gilt, compliment slip from the President of the Order of the Golden Age loosely inserted + SIR N KOOMARA SWAMY: SUTTA NIPATA OR DIALOGUES AND DISCOURSES OF GOTAMA BUDDHA, TRANSLATED FROM THE PALI, WITH INTRODUCTION AND NOTES, London, Trubner & Co, 1874, 1st edition, original cloth gilt, contemporary ownership signature to title page + some manuscript notes to half title: G W FOOTE & J M WHEELER: CRIMES OF CHRISTIANITY, London, The Progressive Publishing Co, 1887, volume 1 only, original cloth gilt worn and soiled, contemporary ownership signature to title page + G W FOOTE: THE BOOK OF GOD IN THE LIGHT OF THE HIGHER CRITICISM, London, R Forder, [ND], 87pp, original cloth gilt worn, contemporary ownership signature to title page + 3 others similar, (13)

Nepos, Cornelius, Cornelii Nepotis Excellentium Imperatorum Vitae (Lives of the Most Excellent Commanders), Latin text, London: JF & C Rivington & T. Longman, 1789, hessian-bound board, 12 mo, inscribed in pen on end-paper by William Sparshott with witty schoolboy verse and 'Wm Sparshott Dec 11th 1792 only 7 days to going Home Huxaa' (sic) to/w a manuscript (1836) album of verse, essays & other thoughts, interspersed with engraving scraps (2)