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Kenneth Wynn PORTRAIT OF A BAY HUNTER IN A STABLE YARD Signed, oil on canvas, (61cm by 76cm)

Aretino (Pietro) Geschichten ... , limited edition, 15 erotic plates by Franz von Bayros (under the pseudonym Choisi-Nerac), portrait frontispiece, title and plates all also within decorative erotic borders, original vellum, gilt, 8vo, Siena, 1907. *** There is a Von Bayros bookplate of Leda and the swan on the front pastedown, but no ownership identification

George Russell 'AE' (1867-1935). PORTRAIT OF DUDLEY DIGGES, ACTOR, signed with initials lower right. pastel on brown paper. 46 by 37cm., 18 by 14.5in. 1,500-2,000 Euros (IR £1,200-£1,600 approx.)

Ronald Ossory Dunlop RA RBA NEAC (1894-1973). SELF PORTRAIT, signed lower right; inscribed on reverse, oil on canvas. 42 by 32cm., 16.5 by 12.5in. 3,000-4,000 Euros (IR £2,300-£3,100 approx.)

Brass Child Figure Door Knocker And Early Glass Portrait And Photo

Gascoyne (David) Roman Balcony and other Poems, SIGNED PRESENTATION COPY FROM THE AUTHOR, frontispiece portrait by Stuart A.Ray, original cloth, spine slightly faded, 1932; Poems 1937-1942, title, 5 plates and cover designs by Graham Sutherland, original cloth-backed boards, 1943; Night Thoughts, original boards, dust-jacket with illustration by Julian Trevelyan, price-clipped, 1956, FIRST EDITIONS, 8vo.

Lawrence (D.H.) Pansies, number 2 of 500 copies signed by the author, frontispiece portrait, original printed wrappers, glacene jacket, slipcase, 8vo, 1929.

Lewis (Wyndham) Rotting Hill, original cloth, slightly spotted, spine faded, dust-jacket, rubbed, faded at spine, extremities worn, 1951 ~ Spender (Stephen) The Still Centre, original cloth, tanned dust-jacket, worn at extremities, 1939 ~ Burroughs (William) Ah Pook is Here and Other Texts, original boards, dust-jacket, 1979 ~ Hemingway (Ernest) The Old Man and the Sea, original cloth, unevenly faded, 1952 ~ James (Henry) The Ivory Tower, portrait frontispiece, ownership inscription on front endpaper, original cloth, spine faded, head of spine frayed, corners bruised, 1917, FIRST EDITIONS; and 4 others, first editions, 8vo (9).

Whitman (Walt) Specimen Days & Collect, FIRST EDITION, photographic portrait plate, 2pp. advertisement at end, original blue-veined endpapers, previous owner's presentation inscription quoting Milton on preliminary blank, original cloth, slightly marked and rubbed, 8vo, Philadelphia, 1882-83.

BRYDGES, E., editor. Collins's Peerage of England, 9 volumes, occasional spotting, contemporary calf, rubbed & rebacked, 8vo, 1812; HANKINSON, C.F.J., editor. Debrett's Peerage, Baronetage, Knightage and Companionage, illustrations, original cloth, faded, shaken, repaired at head of spine, 8vo, 1939; FULLER, THOMAS. The History of the Worthies of England, 3 volumes, portrait frontispiece, contemporary half calf, rubbed, 8vo, 1840; BRUCE, J. Travels to Discover the Source of the Nile, vol. 1-4 only, lacks plates and map, titles of volumes 3-4 trimmed, old boards, rebacked with blue cloth, some hinges broken, 4to, 1790 (17)

BARTON, B.H. & T. CASTLE. The British Flora Medica, 2 volumes, engraved portrait & 192 hand-coloured engraved illustrations on 48 plates, original cloth, uncut, slightly rubbed, 1838; HOOKER, W.J. The British Flora, 2 volumes, plates, contemporary calf, spines gilt, 1842-44 (4)

DICKENS, CHARLES. The Mystery of Edwin Drood, first edition in book form, engraved portrait, additional title and 12 plates, 2 pp. advertisements at end, some spotting, original green cloth gilt, a few small spots on lower cover, 8vo, 1870

DICKENS, CHARLES. Little Dorrit, 2 copies, frontispiece, title & 38 plates, 1857; Pickwick Papers, 2 vol., etched frontispiece, 1 etched title & 41 plates, lacks half-title, 1837; David Copperfield, frontispiece, title & 38 plates, half-title, 1850; Nicholas Nickleby, portrait & 39 plates, half-title (loose), 1839; Martin Chuzzlewit, frontispiece, title & 38 plates, half-title, errata leaf, 1844; Dombey & Son, frontispiece, title & 38 plates, half-title, errata leaf, 1848; Bleak House, etched title, frontispiece & 38 plates, half-title, 1853; Our Mutual Friend, 2 vol.in 1, 40 plates, lacks half-titles, some spotting, contemporary half calf or half morocco bindings, slightly rubbed; FIRST EDITIONS IN BOOK FORM; and 1 other (11)

CAMDEN, WILLIAM. Remains concerning Britain, sixth impression, engraved frontispiece, woodcut coats-of-arms, corner of final leaf torn away with loss of one letter, contemporary calf, rebacked retaining original spine, corners repaired, 4to, S. Miller, 1657; CHRONICA Juridicialia, contemporary calf, worn, 8vo, H. Sawbridge & T. Simmons, 1685; THE SCARLET GOWN, translated by Henry Cogan, engraved portrait, contemporary sheep, 8vo, H. Moseley, 1653; DUGDALE, W. The Antient Usage in Bearing of such Ensigns of Honour, folding list, some spotting, contemporary calf, joint split, 12mo, Oxford, M. Pitt, 1682; The Holy Bible, 2 vol. in one, some soiling, later calf, 18mo, C. Bill & T. Newcomb, 1698-99 (5)

BINDINGS: HALLAM, H. View of the State of Europe in the Middle Ages, 3 vol., contemporary vellum, spines gilt, 1888; GIBBON, E. The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire, 12 vol., engraved portrait, folding map, contemporary calf, rubbed, some joints cracked, 1791; and 28 others, similar (43)

CAMBRIDGE: Churches of Cambridgeshire and the Isle of Ely, lithographed plates, contemporary morocco-backed cloth, head of spine rubbed, 4to, Cambridge, 1845; WILSON, J. Memorabilia Cantabrigiae, engraved plates, cloth, 12mo, 1803; Documents relating to the University and Colleges of Cambridge, 3 vol., original cloth, one joint worn, 1852; BAKER, T. History of the College of St. John the Evangelist, 2 vol., 1869; GUNNING, H. Reminiscences of the University, Town & County of Cambridge, 2 vol., portrait, slightly spotted, original cloth, one joint split, 1854; COOPER, C.H. Annals of Cambridge, 4 vol., some spotting, half calf, spines gilt, one joint broken, 1842; LEATHES, S.M. Grace Book A & B., 2 vol., original buckram gilt, 1893-97; and 2 others (17)

DUGDALE, SIR WILLIAM. A Short View of the Late Troubles in England, first edition, portrait frontis and engraved title, 4to 1681 (rebacked old calf)

HERRICK, ROBERT. Hesperides, or the Works both Humane & Divine, FIRST EDITION, woodcut crown on title, 2 parts in one volume, errata leaf, "Hesperides" almost entirely cropped from title, lacks portrait, C7, M8 & O8 of part 1 and final leaf Ee8 of part 2, S4-5 frayed and repaired without loss, some page numerals cropped, rather soiled, very worn, covers detached, 8vo, Printed for John Williams and Francis Eglesfield, 1648

PINDAR, PETER. The Works, 4 volumes, engraved portrait, engraved titles, slightly spotted, contemporary tree calf, morocco labels, head of spines rubbed, 8vo, 1794-96; The New Foundling Hospital for Wit, 6 volumes, bookplates of the Marquis of Donegal, contemporary calf, some joints cracking, 12mo, 1784; [PYNE, W.H.] Wine and Walnuts, by Ephraim Hardcastle, 2 volumes, FIRST EDITION, half-titles, contemporary half calf, 8vo, 1823; and 2 others (14)

LEMERY, NICHOLAS. Dictionnaire universel des drogues simples, engraved frontispiece portrait & 25 plates, half-title, some damp-staining, mostly of portrait, preliminaries & margins, contemporary calf, worn, covers detached, 4to, Paris, 1759

BINDINGS. Milton, John. The Poetical Works, 2 volumes, portrait frontis and illustrations, 4to, 1720 [Jacob Tonson] in fine later half blue morocco gilt spines by Zaehnsdorf (some damp-staining to leaves) (2)

BINDINGS. Munro, H.A.J. De Rerum Natura Libri VI, two volumes in half morocco 1873; Remains of H.K.White, two volumes 10th edition 1823, calf; Works of Thomas Gray, two volumes in calf gilt 1807; The Spectator, New Edition, portrait plates, calf gilt 1861 (7)

VARIOUS. Leather bound items including Hammond's Practical Catechism, 1670; Liturgia.., 1670; Beauties of England and Wales... Yorkshire, vol. XVI 1812 (worn); Clarendon's History of the Grand Rebellion Compleated, second edition, with portrait plates, 8vo 1717, rebacked calf; others (a box)

Churchill (Winston S) - The Second World War, Chartwell Edition, 6 vols red cloth boards, with gt-decor. and relief profile portrait to top cover.

Edward Taylor (Attrib). Half length portrait of a young lady, pastel, 17" x 13".

Jardine (Sir William, editor) The Naturalist's Library: Ornithology, by the editor, Prideaux John Selby, W. Swainson & others, vol. 1-14 (complete, comprising Humming-Birds, Sun Birds, Flycatchers, Parrots, Pigeons, Peacocks, Game Birds, Birds of Western Africa & British Birds), additional engraved vignette titles, all but 2 hand-coloured, engraved portrait frontispieces and 437 hand-coloured engraved plates, some pp. unopened, slightly browned, ex-library stickers on frontispieces, some offsetting, some hinges splitting, original blind-stamped cloth, gilt, a few joints splitting, head and tail of spines chipped, t.e.g., 12mo, Edinburgh, [c. 1833-34].

Burmann (Joannes) Thesaurus Zeylanicus, exhibens Plantas in Insula Zeylana Nascentes, (-Catalogi duo Plantarum Africanum), 2 parts in 1 vol., first edition, engraved portrait frontispiece by J.Houbraken after J.M.Quinkhard, title in red & black with engraved vignette by and after A. van der Laan, 111 engraved plates (including plate 18*), small hole in title (no loss), uncut in contemporary sheep backed boards, worn, [Nissen 303; Hunt 501], 4to, Amsterdam, Jansson-Waesberge & Schouter, 1737.

La Quintinye (Jean de) The Complete Gard'ner, first edition in English, translated by John Evelyn, engraved portrait frontisiece slightly creased, 11 engraved plates, 2 of which folding, head-pieces, title in red and black, occasional pencil marginalia, small armorial bookplate, inner hinges cracked, contemporary calf, spine gilt, morocco label, very slightly rubbed, [Wing L-431; Keynes 103], folio, for Matthew Gillyflower and James Partridge, 1693. *** With divisional title pages for: Of fruit-gardens and kitchen gardens; Directions concerning melons; A treatise of orange-trees. Each with separate pagination and register.

Goedaert (Joannes) Metamorphosis Naturalis, 3 vol., engraved titles, portrait frontispiece to vol.2, printed titles to vol.1 and 2 only, 126 engraved plates, some folding, engraved armorial illustration in vol.1, all plates coloured in a contemporary hand, some browning and occasional spotting, ink stamps to printed titles and verso of engraved title of vol.3, contemporary calf, spines gilt, joints and spine ends worn, [Nissen ZBI, 1602], 8vo, Middelburgh, [1662-67-68].

Kilburne (Richard) A Topographie or Survey of the County of Kent, first edition, engraved portrait, folding map inserted before text, some spotting, nineteenth-century morocco, spine faded, [Wing K-434], 4to, Thomas Mabb for Henry Atkinson, 1659. *** Inserted map 'Kent, with her Cities and Earles Described and Observed ... Performed by John Speede and Sold by Henry Overton [c1745]', small tears at folds.

Lambard (William) A Perambulation of Kent, engraved portrait frontispiece, occasional spotting, modern calf, Chatham, 1826 ~ Henshall (Samuel) and John Wilkinson. Domesday; or, an Actual Survey of South-Britain ... Kent, Sussex, and Surrey, double-page engraved map, foxed, modern calf-backed boards, for the authors, 1799, 8vo and 4to (2).

Mahomed (Sake Deen) Shampooing; or, Benefits resulting from the use of the Indian Medicated Vapour Bath ... , first edition, half-title, engraved portrait, aquatint plate, errata leaf at end, portrait offset on title and lightly water-stained, also some other leaves in lower margin, original boards, blue paper label with advertisement for the book on upper cover, soiled and lightly stained, lacking most of spine, [Abbey 56], 8vo, Brighton, by E.H.Creasy for the author, 1822.

Swinburne (Algernon Charles) Laus Veneris, number 1 of 20 special copies from an edition of 150 illustrated by Jacques Villon, title, etched portrait, frontispiece, and 8 plates, with the additional suite of 14 etchings, including 11 on chine applique and 3 early states, etchings, the portrait with colour-printed aquatint, the 8 plates with an aquatint ground, two from the suite signed, in pencil, and numbered, XII/XX, slight spotting to the limitation sheet, otherwise clean internally, loose in boards, as issued, spine gilt-lettered, slight surface dirt, slip-case rubbed and soiled, folio, Paris, Manuel Bruker, [1956].

Mathers (Edward Powys) Golden South Africa, Or, the Gold Fields Revisited, 5 maps, advertisements at front and rear, original cloth-backed printed boards, in calf-backed drop-back box, 1888; Zambesia: England's El Dorado in Africa, 2 colour folding maps, portrait frontispiece, illustrations, original pictorial cloth, gilt, spine ends creased, 1891 ~ Ellis (Alfred Burdon) A History of the Gold Coast of West Africa, frontispiece map, modern half morocco over marbled boards, 1893, 8vo (3).

Lansdell (Henry) Through Siberia, first American edition, albumen portrait frontispiece tipped in, folding map, engraved plates, illustrations, some foxing, original pictorial cloth, silver and gilt, extremities slightly frayed, 8vo, Boston, 1882.

Lansdell (Henry) Russian Central Asia, Including Kuldja, Bokhara, Khiva and Merv, 2 vol., first edition, albumen portrait frontispiece, 2 folding maps, engraved plates, illustrations, markings of removed bookplates on endpapers, hinges weak, original powder-blue cloth, blocked in gilt and silver, spines faded, extremities slightly frayed, corners bruised, 8vo, 1885.

Chater (Catchick P., Sir) The Chater Collection; Pictures Relating to China, Hongkong, Macao, 1655-1860; with Historical and Descriptive Letterpress by James Orange, number 410 of 750 copies, portrait frontispiece, plates, some colour, ink inscription on front endpaper, original cloth, rubbed, folio, 1924.

Cromer (Earl of) Modern Egypt, 2 vol., portrait forntispiece, ownership inscriptions on front endpapers, spine ends chipped, corners bruised, 1908 ~ Murray (G.W.) Sons of Ishmael, plates, maps, illustrations, dust-jacket, 1935 ~ Martin (Percy F.) Egypt Old and New, plates, some colour tipped in, original pictorial cloth, dust-jacket, tanned, foot of spine torn, New York, 1923 ~ Dumreicher (Andre von) Trackers and Smugglers in the Deserts of Egypt, bookplate from the library of R.M. Burrell, 1931 ~ Blackman (Winifred) The Fellahin of Upper Egypt, from the library of R.M. Burrell with his bookplate, 1927 ~ Milner (Alfred) England in Egypt, presentation copy signed by the author, 1892, first editions, plates, illustrations, original cloth, dust-jackets; and 14 others, Egypt, 8vo (19).

Moon of the Fourteenth Night (The), Being the Private Life of an Unmarried Diplomat in Persia during the Revolution, first edition, plates, ownership inscriptions on front endpaper, bookplate from the library of R.M.Burrell, original buckram, slightly faded, 1910 ~ Stewart (Charles E.) Through Persia in Disguise, with Reminiscences of the Indian Mutiny, first edition, portrait frontispiece, plates, maps, folding at rear, original cloth, 1911, 8vo (2).

Palgrave (William Gifford) Narrative of a Year's Journey through Central and Eastern Arabia, 2 vol., first edition, portrait frontispiece, folding map, 4 folding plans, hand-coloured in outline, contemporary green half calf, spines slightly faded, 8vo, 1865.

Soane (Ely Bannister) To Mesopotamia and Kurdistan in Disguise, first edition, plates, slight foxing, hinges cracked, bookplate of R.M. Burrell, original embossed cloth, spine gilt, spine ends chipped, 1912 ~ Townshend (Sir Charles V.F.) My Campaign in Mesopotamia, first edition, frontispiece portrait, bookplate of R.M. Burrell, original cloth, spine faded, 1920 ~ Hay (W.R.) Two Years in Kurdistan, portrait forntispiece, plates, folding map at rear, bookplate from the library of R.M. Burrell, modern cloth, 1921 ~ Wigram (W.A.) The Cradle of Makind. Life in Eastern Kurdistan, folding map at rear, plates, ownership inscription and bookplate of R.M. Burrell, original embossed cloth, spine faded, extremities lsightly frayed, 1914; and 3 others Kurdistan, Mesopotamia, 8 (7).

Burchett (Josiah) A Complete History of the Most Remarkable Transactions at Sea, first edition, frontispiece, portrait, 9 folding maps, mostly darkened, title in red and black, armorial bookplate of George Craster on verso of front cover, contemporary mottled calf, rubbed, spine gilt, tail chipped, [Sabin 9205], folio, for J. Walthoe, and J. Walthoe Junior, 1720.

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.