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Stanley (Sir Henry Morton) How I Found Livingstone, second edition, mounted photographic portrait frontispiece, folding maps, one slightly torn, wood-engraved plates and illustrations, lower hinge broken, original pictorial cloth, a little rubbed, 8vo, 1872.

Lawrence (T.E.) Seven Pillars of Wisdom, first trade edition, limited issue, number 403 of 750 copies, portrait frontispiece, plates, tissue guards, original pigskin-backed buckram, t.e.g., others uncut, 4to, 1935.

Kircher (Athanasius) China Monumentis, first edition, additional engraved title, printed title with engraved vignette, portrait, 2 folding maps and 23 plates, some folding, all plates linen-backed, numerous text-illustrations, some browning and water-staining, 19th-century calf, rubbed, folio, Amsterdam, 1667.

Darogah Haji Abbas Ali. An Illustrated Historical Album of the Rajas and Taaluqdars of Oudh, text in English and Urdu, frontispiece photograph of Sir George Couper, Lieutenant-Governor of the North-Western Provinces and Chief Commissioner of Oudh (short tears and creases) and 256 portrait photographs (albumen prints), carte-de-visite size, mounted on 86 pages, each with printed caption and number, some lifting from mounts, a few only with short tears and other defects, some surface dirt on title and a few other leaves, recent morocco-backed marbled boards, large 8vo, Allahabad, North-Western Provinces and Oudh Government Press, 1880. *** Rare.

Desor (Edouard) Excursions et Sejours dans les Glaciers et les Hautes Regions des Alpes, portrait frontispiece, 7 plates and maps, 2 coloured, 2 folding, some spotting, contemporary half calf, Neuchatel & Paris, 1844 ~ Forbes (James D.) The Tour of Mont Blanc and of Monte Rosa, 2 folding maps, 1 coloured, repaired at fold, text-illustrations, title repaired, original decorated cloth, rubbed, rebacked, Edinburgh, A. & C. Black, 1855 ~ Ball (John, editor) Peaks, Passes, and Glaciers, fifth edition, folding coloured maps, modern half buckram, 1860, 8vo (3).

Chaucer (Geoffrey) Workes, woodcut architectural title, lacks portrait and initial blank, contemporary speckled calf, gilt spine, lacks spine label, modern vellum case, gilt, with morocco spine label, [Pforzheimer 178; STC 5081], folio, [by Adam Islip], impensis Geor. Bishop, 1602.

Edmondes (Clement, Sir) Observations Upon Caesars Comentaries, engraved architectural title, portrait frontispiece, 11 plates including 9 folding or double-page, some marginal water-staining and browning, old calf, gilt, slightly rubbed, [STC 7490.7], small folio, [for Mathew Lownes, 1609].

Coryate (Thomas) Coryats Crudities ... , first edition, additional engraved title, 4 plates, 2 folding, by William Hole, (plate of Strassburg clock trimmed at head and foot), portrait of Count Frederick IV and crest of William Herbert in text, full-page woodcut coat-of-arms of the Prince of Wales, engraved and printed titles, 2 plates, 3A4 and final two leaves 3E3 and 4 probably from another copy, D8 corner defective (no loss of text), signature F misbound, occasional slight worming, mostly marginal, contemporary ink annotations on front free endpaper, later 17th century calf, rebacked, rubbed, [STC 5808; Pforzheimer 218; Grolier 39], small 4to, by W[illiam] S[tansby for the author], 1611.

Florio (John ) Queen Anna's New World of Words, or Dictionarie of the Italian and English Tongues, second edition, engraved architectural title, lacks portrait and initial and final blanks, eighteenth century calf, joints weak, slightly rubbed, [STC 11099], folio, by Melch. Bradwood for Edw. Blount and William Barret, 1611.

Raleigh (Sir Walter) The Historie of the World, first edition, engraved title by R.Elstrack preceded by 'The Minde of the Front' leaf, engraved portrait, 7 double-page engraved maps only (of 8), lacks errata leaf at end, A2 and 3 holed with slight loss of text, ring-marks to some text leaves, corner of final leaf defective and repaired, 18th century panelled calf, gilt, skilfully rebacked with elaborate gilt spine, [STC 20637], folio, [William Stansby] for Walter Burre, 1614.

James I (King of England) The Workes, first edition, first issue, (without supplement), full-page coat-of-arms on a2, engraved portrait of Prince Charles on a3, lacking portrait frontispiece, woodcut initials, some worming, that on title repaired, sometimes affecting text, modern half calf, [STC 14344], folio, by Robert Barker and John Bill, 1616.

Drayton (Michael) The Battaile of Agincourt, large paper copy, lacking portrait and final blank, several ff. with neat marginal repairs, title and last f. lightly dust-soiled, bookplate, modern crushed niger morocco, gilt, ge., [STC 7190], small folio, for William Lee, 1627.

Lucanus (Marcus Annaeus) Pharsalia: or the Civill Warres of Rome ... , second edition, engraved architectural title, portrait frontispiece loosely inserted, cropped, and with small marginal stamp, a little light browning and come contemporary ink annotations, title with lower margin a little shaved, contemporary calf, rebacked, [STC 16887], small 8vo, for Thomas Jones and John Marriott, 1627.

Godwin (Francis, Bishop) Annales of England ... , engraved pictorial title, portrait, lacking final blank, old ink annotations throughout, soiling and some staining, first and last few ff. with edges frayed, last gathering working loose, old calf, worn, joints broken, [STC 11947], small folio, by A. Islip and W. Stansby, 1630.

Ovidius Naso (Publius) Metamorphosis Englished ... by G[eorge] S[andys], engraved pictorial title, portrait frontispiece, 15 plates, plates closely cropped with occasional loss of image, water-staining, marginal tear to Nn1, some ink annotations, eighteenth century panelled calf, slightly rubbed, small hole in upper cover, [STC 18966], folio, Oxford, by John Lichfield [and William Stansby], 1632.

Speed (John) The Historie of Great Britaine Under the Conquests ... , third edition, engraved portrait, lacks initial blank, portrait and title laid down, some soiling, marginal repairs to 5Q4 and 5Z3-4, old calf, rebacked, slightly rubbed, [STC 23049], folio, by John Dawson for George Humble, 1632.

Marcus Aurelius Antoninus. His Meditations Concerning Himselfe ... , initial blank present, engraved portrait frontispiece, inner hinge of title and portrait strengthened, some light soiling and staining, some pencil marginalia, contemporary calf, joints splitting, slightly rubbed, [STC 962], small 4to, by M. Flesher for Richard Mynne, 1634.

Gerard (John) The Herball, or Generall Historie of Plantes, third edition, engraved title trimmed and laid down, numerous woodcut illustrations, repairs to a couple of leaves of table at end, occasional foxing and light browning, lacking portrait, occasional loss of catchwords, later calf, gilt, joints and extremities worn, [STC 11752], folio, by Adam Islip [& others], 1636.

Jonson (Ben) Execration against Vulcan, first edition, title within typographic border, slightly trimmed at fore-edge, engraved portrait frontispiece from a later work, lacking errata leaf G4 at end, some foxing and soiling, ex-Newberry Library, Chicago, with bookplate and accession number, earlier bookplate of Francis Freeling, 18th century calf, gilt, rebacked preserving original spine, a little rubbed, [STC 14771; Pforzheimer 546], small 4to, by J.O. for John Benson, 1640.

Lessius (Leonardus) Sir Walter Rawleigh's Ghost; or, His Apparition to an Intimate Friend, lacking engraved portrait, front free endpaper laid down and with old ink inscription, contemporary speckled calf, rebacked, [Wing L1180], 12mo, by Tho. Newcomb for John Holden, 1651.

Wilson (Thomas) A Complete Christian Dictionary ... , eighth edition, engraved portrait frontispiece, ink inscriptions to title and portrait, old calf, upper joint cracking, [Wing W2945], folio, for Thomas Williams and Mary Clark by Richard Chiswell and Thomas Sawbridge, 1678.

Erasmus (Desiderius) Twenty Select Colloquies ... Made English by Ro. L'Estrange, 2 parts in 1 vol., engraved portrait frontispiece, some browning, frontispiece loosely inserted, ink inscriptions to verso of frontispiece and endpapers, old calf, rubbed, upper joint broken, [Wing E3210], 8vo, by Tho. Newcomb for Henry Brome, 1680.

Jonson (Ben) Works, engraved portrait frontispiece, some browning, first few ff. with edges a little frayed, modern morocco-backed boards, gilt, [Wing J1006], folio, by Thomas Hodgkin for H. Herringman [&c.], 1692.

Jonson (Ben) Works, engraved portrait frontispiece, some browning, tear to final leaf slightly affecting text, modern calf, [Wing J1006], folio, by Thomas Hodgkin for H. Herringman [&c.], 1692.

Jonson (Ben) Works, engraved portrait frontispiece, title very lightly dust-soiled, bookplate, contemporary calf, rebacked, corners worn, [Wing J1006], folio, by Thomas Hodgkin for H. Herringman [&c.], 1692.

Jonson (Ben) Works ... [edited] by Peter Whalley, 7 vol., engraved portrait frontispiece, occasional light foxing, bookplates, contemporary mottled calf, gilt spines, extremities slightly rubbed, 8vo, for D. Midwinter [&c.], 1756.

Congreve (William) Works, 3 vol., engraved portrait frontispiece, contemporary calf, gilt, neatly rebacked with original spines laid down, 8vo, Birmingham, by John Baskerville, 1761.

Shaftesbury (Anthony Ashley Cooper, 3rd Earl) Characteristicks of Men, Manners, Opinions, Times, 3 vol., engraved portrait frontispiece, title vignettes, light offsetting to title of vol.1, bookplates, contemporary calf, gilt, neatly rebacked with original spines laid down, 8vo, Birmingham, by John Baskerville, 1773.

Johnson (Samuel) The Lives of the Most Eminent English Poets, 4 vol., engraved portrait frontispiece, title of vol.1 lightly offset, contemporary calf, gilt, 2 vol. lacking spine labels, slightly rubbed, 8vo, for C. Bathurst, J. Buckland [&c.], 1783.

Johnson (Samuel) A Dictionary of the English Language, seventh edition, engraved portrait frontispiece, title laid down and lightly soiled, frontispiece and title lightly water-stained, lacking final blank, final leaf lightly spotted, later half calf, slightly rubbed, folio, for J.F. & C. Rivington [&c.], 1785.

Johnson (Samuel) A Dictionary of the English Language, 2 vol., sixth edition, engraved portrait frontispiece, light offsetting to title of vol.1, light browning to margins of title of vol.2, contemporary calf, rebacked, 4to, for J.F. and C. Rivington, 1785.

Horatius Flaccus (Quintus) Opera, 2 vol., engraved portrait, good margins, title of vol.1 and portrait lightly browned, first 3ff. with margins repaired, contemporary calf, gilt, rebacked and repaired, [Brunet III, 322 "Belle edition"], 4to, Gul. Browne et Joh. Warren, 1792-93.

Massinger (Philip) The Plays, 4 vol., engraved portrait frontispiece, contemporary calf, gilt, rebacked, slightly rubbed, 8vo, 1805.

Cumberland (Richard) Memoirs ... Written by Himself, 2 parts in 1 vol., engraved portrait frontispiece, plates, light browning and foxing, offsetting to title, a little light water-staining, bookplate, contemporary half morocco, gilt spine, 4to, 1806.

Boswell (James) The Life of Samuel Johnson, 5 vol., seventh edition, engraved portrait frontispiece, 2 folding plates, portrait browned, ink inscriptions, contemporary calf, gilt, slightly rubbed, 8vo, 1811.

Brathwaite (Richard) Barnabae Itinerarium, or Barnabee's Journal, 2 vol., engraved portrait frontispiece, titles printed in red and black, contemporary morocco, gilt, g.e., 12mo, 1820.

Rushworth (John) Historical Collections of Private Passages of State ... portrait frontispiece, double-page map, preliminary **3 marginally torn with slight loss to single rule border, new endpapers, bookplate, contemporary blind-stamped calf, rebacked, original backstrip preserved, corners repaired, [Wing R2316], folio, Printed by Tho. Newcomb for George Thomason, 1659.

Taylor (Jeremy) Ductor Dubitantium, or the Rule of Conscience in all her General Measures, the Third Edition, engraved portrait and title-vignette, new endpapers, original pastedown preserved, contemporary blind-stamped calf, rebacked, morocco label, outer corners worn, [Wing T326], folio, 1676.

Aesop. Esopi appologi sive mythologi cum quibusdam carminum et fabularum additionibus Sebastiani Brant, 2 parts in 1 vol., first Brant edition, with blank s6, without blank M6, 335 fine woodcut illustrations including a full-page representation of Aesop and a portrait of Brant at the beginning of the second part, r5-6, s1, B4 and C5-6 marginally restored and possibly from another copy, four of these with tears repaired, r6 slight loss, outer margin A1 restored and tear repaired, M6 tear repaired, verso slightly soiled and with short early marginal inscription, a1 faint trace of early inscription and marginal worming repaired, a2-7 and M2-5 little marginal worming, r4, A4, B5 and E3 minor splitting through paper fault without loss, c2, e2 and f6 minor marginal repair, c6 traces of early scoring, B4 early inked marginalia, short early marginal inscription five other pp., minor staining to approximately 10ff., inscriptions and cuttings on new endleaves, bookplate, 19th century calf decorated in blind, [Adams A291; Fairfax Murray 20; Brunet I, p.91 "Cette edition n'est pas commune"], folio, Basel, Jacobi [Wolff] de Phortzheim, 1501.

Cervantes Saavedra (Miguel de) El ingenioso hidalgo Don Quixote de la Mancha, 4 vol., 4 engraved frontispieces, 31 plates, by Ballester, Barcelon, Fabregat, Gil, Mol, Muntaner, Salvador y Carmona and Selma after Barranco, Brunette, Del Castillo, Ferro and Gil, portrait by Salvador y Carmona after Castillo, folding map, decorations, initials and culs-de-lampe, contemporary calf, decorated in gilt and blind, by Thouvenin, spine gilt in compartments, g.e., a little rubbing and cracking to joints (but still firm), otherwise a magnificent copy, [Palau III 52024; Cohen de Ricci 218-219 "Magnifique edition comme typographie et comme ornamentation"], 4to, Madrid, for Don Joaquin Ibarra, 1780.

A Gilt evening purse, a Moghul miniature portrait of a palace with a river bridge, a Norwegian silver gilt and enamel necklace, a gilt metal crystal fringe necklace, a coloured paste flowerhead brooch, and a large quantity of paste set silver and other jewellery including bracelets, earpendants etc

John Chalon (1735-1795), Portrait of a Woman leaning on her Elbow at a Window; and Portrait of a Man, original etching with drypoint, one signed "J Chalon" lower right in the plate, and with initials "JC 1776" upper left, 10 x 9.5 cm and 12 x 9 5 cm. (two)

A Lithographic portrait of Admiral Sir Francis Austen; an engraving of a gentleman on horseback after Stubbs; a mezzotint by Faber of Edmund Gibson Bishop of London; W.Ward after Stewardson, portrait of Thomas Gaitskel Esq., mezzotint (4)

French School (18th Century), Portrait of a Man, signed with initials lower right "FS 1781", pastel, 27 x 20cm

George Percy Jacomb-Hood, RBA, RE (1857-1929) Portrait of a Child, signed lower right with initials "GPJH", pencil, 20 x 18cm; and Portrait of a Child, signed lower right with initials "GPJH", pencil, 24 x 20cm two (2).

English School (19th Century), Portrait of Miss Louisa Law, later wife of Henry Whitelock Torrens Esq., with her Harp and Music, signed lower right "Mrs Maquaire del", pen and watercolour, 34 x 27cm; Portrait of Miss Jane Ellen Nicholl (1811-1879), pen and watercolour, 22 x 15cm; and Portrait of Miss Sarah Nicholl (1807-1887), pen and watercolour, 22 x 15cm

Peter Biegel (1913-1988), Portrait of Miss Lucy Houghton-Brown, seated on her Hunter, with a Chihuahua and a Donkey, signed lower left "Peter Biegel 5-69" and inscribed on the reverse "For Lucy - Lucy, aged 14 years, Samantha 14 years, and Delilah, 1 year - 1969", watercolour, 35 x 52cm.

Follower of Anne-Louis Girodet de Roucy Trioson (1767-1824), Portrait of a Man, bears signature lower right "F L Goya", oil on canvas, 45 x 37cm

John Simpson (1811- circa 1871), Portrait of Mr Hood of the East India Company, oil on canvas, 75 x 62cm

English School (late 18th Century) Portrait of Miss Mary Pilkington of Lancashire (1755-1827), later Mrs Henry Gill, oil on board, 44 x 32cm

Sir William Llewellyn, PRA, RBA, RI, RP (1858-1941) Portrait of a Lady, signed lower left "W Llewellyn 1899" oil on canvas, 150 x 99cm

English School (19th Century), Portrait of Mrs Tonnerre of Bournemouth, oil on canvas 59 x 45cm

John Banting, (1902-1972), Portrait, oil on board, 55 x 40cm, in original frame

Chambers, Portrait of George II, engraving, signed, 15.5 x 10cm, mounted with a clipped signature of King George

A 20th century portrait miniature of Harry Morris

An 19th century portrait miniature of a young man

Gavin Miller, Portrait, watercolour

English School, circa 1910, Portrait of a lady with a turban type hat, facing left, watercolour, 22 x 19cm

Budwin Conn, Portrait of Yuki, standing in a green and blue lined robe, inscribed Torimaru Gnyuki in Japanese characters, oil on board, 77 x 56cm, in contemporary mirrored frame, c.1974

Opera.- A Collection of over 50 Opera and other Posters, many photographic portraits, including signed posters by Joan Sutherland, Janet Baker, Heather Harper and others, also portrait posters of Maria Callas, Jessye Norman, Sir Michael Tippett, Colin Davis, Carlos Kleiber and others, some for Deutsche Grammophon, Decca, Phillips and HMV, many for the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, others for La Scala, The Paris Opera and elsewhere, various sizes, occasional creasing and other minor handling defects, otherwise generally in good condition, including several duplicates, 1970s and 80s (c.50).