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Josephus, Flavius Josephi Judei historici preclara opera... de antiquitatib libri vingit... De Judaico bello libri septem... De antique Judeorum origine contra Grecos... argumenta cu[m] anotaticulis... Roberti Goullet sacre pagine pressoris. Paris: Jean Barbier (book 1), 1513; Jean Petit & Francois Regnault (book 2), 1513; Jean Barbier, Francois Regnault & Jean Petit (book 3), 1514, 3 parts in one volume [1],193;110;[96], folio (272 x 198mm.), title-page in red and black within engraved borders and printeres device of Jean Petit, historiated initials, contemporary blindstamped pigskin with acorns and foliage design, "1596" burnished onto upper board, woodcut initials, contemporary minor underlining and marginalia, title just shaved at head, spine neatly repaired, leather ties, small copper tables at foredge indicating the starts of new chapters Note: A crisp, clean and tight copy of a rare edition. Adams J354, parts 1 and 2 only.

Rousseau, Jean-Jacques ƒmile, ou de leeducation. The Hague: Jean Neaulme, [i.e. Paris, Nicolas-Bonaventure Duchesne], 1762, 4 volumes, 8vo, first edition, presentation copy from Jean-Jacques Rousseau with autograph letter from the author tipped in at beginning, title-pages printed in red and black, 2 privilege leaves and one errata leaf for vols. 3-4 bound at the end of vol. 1, half-title in volume 2-4 as called for, 5 engraved plates after C. Eisen by J. D. de Longueil, L. le Grand and J.-J. Pasquier, volume 3 with blank leaf Z4, with the four usual cancels in volumes 1 and 2, variant Thetis plate with no title (added by hand), contemporary French mottled calf, triple gilt fillet on sides, spines gilt, g.e., rubbed, upper cover of volume 1 detached, corner of H6 volume 3 burnt not affecting text Note: With an unrecorded letter from Jean-Jacques Rousseau to Monsieur de Muly [Maley], Superieur de leOratoire ˆ Mommorenci [Montmorency]: "J.J. Rousseau prie Messieurs de leoratoire de Mommorenci de vouloir bien accorder ˆ ses derniers ecrits une place dans leur bibliotheque; comme accepter le livre deun auteur neest pas adopter ses principes, il a cru pouvoir sans temerite leur demander cette faveur. A Mommorenci 29 Mai 1762", with a short note at foot in a later hand With a near contemporary transcript of a letter dated 16 Jan. 1763 from Rouseau to Baudoin-Cyprien-Antoine Dumoulin, published in Correspondence Complet de Jean Jacques Rousseau, Tom. 15, p.41, the original in Avignon, Bibliotheque Calvet, MS2702, folio 52-53. A rare presentation copy of the first octavo edition printed in Paris, published in late May 1762, concurrently with the 12mo edition. According to Jo-Ann McEachern the greater part of the duodecimo was imposed and printed before the octavo printing. However the preface and titles were printed initially in the octavo format, and it was the octavo that Rousseau received first and was the first to be distributed on 23 May 1762. Rousseaues educational treatise expounded his personal deist views, earning him the wrath of both clergymen and philosophers. The Parlement of Paris condemned both book and author, forcing Rousseau to flee France. However, despite the religious controversy it provoked, Emilefostered the Romantic movementes heightened appreciation of nature and strengthened the concept of the "noblesse sauvage." J.A. McEachern Bibliography of the writings of Jean-Jacques Rousseau, vol. 2:1a; cf. Tchemerzine 10.46 Provenance: Three titles with contemporary inscription "Oratorii Montesmor, ex dono authoris, Catal. invent. 1774, Tab. O11, 16, E1.131"

A Fine & Rare English Oak Carving of Saint Veronica Circa 1500-1510, surmounted by a vaulted canopy crest the full length figure of Veronica wearing her veil and holding the face of Christ upon it in front of her. Beneath, the figure of a monk holds open a book. 36 3/4 ins (91 1/2 cms).

A Rare & Macabre Early 17th Century Anthropodermic Bound Book in carrying box. The book entitiled; 'A True and Perfect Relation of The Whole Proceedings against the Late most barbarous Traitors, Garnet a Jesuit and his Confederats'; Printed London 1606 by Robert Barker, printer to the King and believed to be bound in human skin, possibly that of the aforementioned Jesuit Priest; Father Henry Garnet. The box having a rectangular handle to the centre with the corners having clusters of brass stud flowers, and the front having an iron clasp and lockplate, 11 ins x 7 1/2 ins x 5 ins (28 cms x 19 cms x 13 cms).

British Railways Official 'Rambles In' Booklets, to include:- The Cambrian Coast; Epping Forest; East Cornwall; South Devon; Chiltern Country; The Cotswolds; Wye Valley; Somerset; Essex (2). All are virtually mint. Together with an extremely rare softback book entitled 'British Railways 1825 - 1925 by the Locomotive Publishing Company Ltd. An extremely difficult book to acquire and this one is just about mint. Additionally Oakwood Press Railway Books, a superb collection of 19 different to include the scarce 'London Independent Bus Album' 'Somerset & Dorset Railway' (1948 Hardback), Hull & Barnsley Railway (1948 with dustcover), Maryport & Carlisle (1947 with dustcover). There are several 'History Of' series and others. Most are in excellent condition. Also with these, a further 18 softback books including The Royal Scot by SPB Mais, Locomotives of various, early companies etc. and a Box of scarce hardback books, predominantly historical Railway Company reference types to include NER, LYR, GER, GNR, Midland, NBR etc. Must be viewed to appreciate the content.

A rare Regency Thomason type corkscrew, with a turned bone handle and brush, the brass and japanned barrel decorated in gilt with vine leaves and grapes, to a wire helix, 8in (20cm) l., along with a glazed walnut box. (2) A similar example of this type of corkscrew is illustrated on the front cover of Watney and Babbidges's book 'Corkscrews for Collectors', another example was sold at Christie's South Kensington, 16th November 1994.

A Grand Series of National Medals, 1820, the complete set of 40 medals relating to events in the Napoleonic Wars, c. 1794-1817, published by James Mudie and struck by Sir Edward Thomason, the work of many medallists, in original fitted trays, contained leather bound book-type 'library' case. Extremely fine and complete sets now rare. Reference: Brown, L., British Historical Medals, vol I, no 1057.

A Minton majolica 'Stilton Cheese Stand', date code for 1869, modelled as a bee hive of honey coloured withies entwined by blackberries, the stand and handle formed from their stems, impressed marks, 34cm high (D) (2) This piece was exhibited at the Sotheby's & Royal Horticultural Society 'Glory of the Garden' item 353. A similar model was sold from the Karmason collection in December 2005 for £38,250. Karmason illustrated this on the back dust cover of her book. Valerie Finnis called this her 'Rare Honey Pott'

The rare and outstanding Second Afghan War D.C.M. group of nine awarded to Colour-Sergeant W. McDonald, 72nd Highlanders, afterwards Norfolk Regiment and a Yeoman of the Guard: decorated for his bravery in the actions at Bala-Hissar and Takht-i-Shah on 12 December 1879, he received his decoration from the hands of the Queen in a ceremony on the Isle of Wight, but was shortly afterwards severely wounded by a gunshot to his left arm at Tel-el-Kebir - he survived however to be awarded one of the first non-annuity M.S.Ms ever presented to the Yeomen of the Guard Distinguished Conduct Medal, V.R. (Cr. Sergt. W. MacDonald, 72nd Foot, 12th Decr. 1879); Afghanistan 1878-80, 4 clasps, Peiwar Kotal, Charasia, Kabul, Kandahar (1415 Cr. Sgt., 72nd Highrs.); Kabul to Kandahar Star 1880 (1415 Col. Sergt., 72nd Highlanders); Egypt and Sudan 1882-89, dated reverse, 1 clasp, Tel-el-Kebir (1415 Cr. Sergt., 1/Sea. Highrs.); Coronation 1902, bronze; Coronation 1911; Army L.S. & G.C., V.R. (1150 Cr. Sgt., Norf. R.); Army Meritorious Service Medal, E.VII.R. (Clr. Serjt., 1/Seaforth Hdrs.); Khedives Star 1882, the reverse inscribed, 1415 Cr. St. W. MacDonald, 1/Sea. Hrs., surname officially corrected on the fourth, suspension bar bent on the M.S.M., contact marks, edge bruising and polished, thus good fine or better (9) £8000-10000 D.C.M. recommendation submitted to the Queen 12 October 1881, relevant details having earlier been published in the London Gazette of 4 May 1880: On the occasion of the attack on the Bala-Hissar position and the subsequent counter-attack on the Takht-i-Shah, three non-commissioned officers - Colour-Sergeant W. MacDonald, Sergeants W. Cox and R. McIlveen, all of the 72nd Highlanders - greatly distinguished themselves, especially Colour-Sergeant MacDonald, by the cool and intelligent manner in which he superintended the construction of a breastwork under a very heavy fire. William McDonald was born at Cockpen in Midlothian in June 1850 and enlisted in the 72nd Highlanders in June 1868. Advanced to Corporal in January 1871, shortly before being embarked for India, he received rapid promotion thereafter, attaining the rank of Colour-Sergeant in January 1875, with only six and half years service and still aged only 23 years. But it would not be until the Second Afghan War that he witnessed active service, and in so far as the Seaforths were concerned it was action of the hottest kind - not least in four days of bitter fighting round Kabul in December 1879. Indeed it was in the course of these operations that McDonald won his D.C.M., namely for his cool and intelligent handling of the defences on Bila-Hissar hill during three determined enemy attacks in the early morning hours of the 12th, and for his subsequent part in the counter-attack launched against the Takht-i-Shah later that day. Of the terrain and defences of the latter place, which was persistently and most gallantly attacked by McDonald and his comrades, Lord Roberts later wrote, The slopes leading up to it were covered by huge masses of jagged rock, intersected by perpendicular cliffs, and its natural strength was increased by breastworks and stockades thrown up at differing points (Forty-One Years in India refers). His D.C.M., the only known dated issue from the Second Afghan War, and quite possibly the first ever to be so inscribed, was formally approved by Queen Victoria on 12 October 1881, the relevant document citing his gallant conduct on the occasion of the attack on the Bala-Hissar and Takht-i-Shah, near Kabul, on 12 October 1879, and in the following year, with five of his comrades from the 72nd Highlanders, in a special ceremony on the Isle of Wight, he received his award from the hands of the Queen - see Major P. E. Abbotts Recipients of the D.C.M. (2nd edition, Plate No. 2), for a photograph of these men taken at Parkhurst shortly afterwards. Following this encounter with the Queen, McDonald was embarked for Egypt, where he was among four casualties sustained by the Seaforths at the Battle of Tel-el-Kebir in September 1882 - in his case by a severe gunshot wound in the left arm. In early 1885, he transferred to the 3rd (Volunteer) Battalion, Norfolk Regiment, as a Colour-Sergeant Instructor, and attended courses at the School of Musketry at Hythe, and the Small Arms School at Birmingham. Latterly serving as an Acting Sergeant-Major of the 3rd Battalion, he was finally discharged in November 1895, after 27 years with the Colours. Settling in Swaffham, Norfolk, McDonald became a member of the Norfolk Patriotic Association, and an out-pensioner of the Royal Hospital Chelsea, as a result of which he was among those presented to H.R.H. Edward, Prince of Wales, in a visit to the hospital in 1899 - he was among a group of veterans photographed for a subsequent feature published in the Navy and Army Illustrated, 27 May 1899. In January of the following year, he joined the Yeomen of the Guard, in which capacity he served until his death in October 1913, aged 63 years. In the interim, he was present at the funeral cortege of Queen Victoria on 25 June 1901, when King Edward VII made his first inspection of his Guard - 93 Yeomen were on parade, McDonald in the Fourth Division, and in July 1905 was recommended for the M.S.M. by the O.C. Eastern Group Reservists, the O.C. of the Norfolk Regiment depot, and the O.C. Highland Group Regimental District - the relevant documents revealed that McDonald had eight entries in the Regimental Defaulters Book, one for drunkenness in 1880 and the remainder for absence. Be that as it may, in AO 99 of May 1907, his award was formally announced, one of the first ever granted to a Yeoman of the Guard without annuity (see The Annuity Meritorious Service Medal 1847-1953, and The Yeomen of the Guard 1823-1903, both by Ian McInnes, for further details).

Dodgson, C.L. "Lewis Carroll" --Leathes, E. Stanley. Alice's Wonderland birthday book, compiled by E. Stanley Leathes from Alice in Wonderland and Through the looking glass by permission of the author. London: Griffith and Farran, 1884, first edition, small 4to, printed in red and black, illustrations, original red pictorial cloth, slightly rubbed at extremities and lightly soiled . Note: Rare. The work comprises a quotation for each day of the year with space on the facing page for birthdays to be noted in. There are entries for twenty days in a neat early hand. Sotheby's sold a presentation copy from Lewis Carroll with his name inscribed on his own birth date, January 27, in their sale of 10 November 1998, lot 78, £5200.

A fine and rare George II walnut syphon tube wheel barometer John Hallifax, Barnsley, circa 1730. With stepped caddy pediment above moulded cornice and book-matched veneers to trunk centred by a 7.5 inch circular register calibrated in inches and also divided 0-30 corresponding to the decimal divisions of the barometric inches, the foliate engraved brass centre signed John Hallifax Barnsley Inv:t fecit, within ogee moulded bezel above applied recording ring with two blued steel pointers to the rounded base, 114cm high, B.C. Ref. 119. Illustrated in Banfield, Edwin BAROMETERS Wheel or Banjo page 18. John Hallifax is recorded by Banfield as being born in 1694 and dying in 1750. His father was the vicar of Springthorpe, Lincolnshire. It is probable that John Hallifax moved to Barnsley to set up business as a clockmaker, where he became very highly regarded within the locality soon after his fathers death in 1711. Perhaps the best known barometers from Hallifaxs workshop are those that take the form of a longcase clock (see following Lot), however several of the current examples form are known, perhaps the best known being one presently housed at the Victoria & Albert Museum which is illustrated and described in Goodison, Nicholas English BAROMETERS Part II Some Important Makers and Retailers page 158. The current example benefits from having an attractive stepped caddy pediment rather than the simple domed pediment seen on almost all other known examples and the relatively restrained design is enhanced by the use of book-matched veneers on the trunk.

A fine and rare Regency inlaid and chevron banded satinwood mercury wheel barometer Tognoni & Co, Shepton Mallet, circa 1825. The 8 inch circular silvered register calibrated in inches, with rosette engraved centre and brass setting pointer to glass beneath arched Fahrenheit scale alcohol thermometer flanked by oval rosette inlaid paterae, with hygrometer to the broken pediment and spirit level signed Tognoni & Co., Shepton Mallet to the rounded base, the case with book-match veneers to front and chevron banding to edges, 96cm high, B.C. Ref. 152. Illustrated in Banfield, Edwin BAROMETERS Wheel or Banjo page 78. Tognoni & Co are recorded by Banfield as working in Shepton Mallet 1815-35.

Vergilius Maro (Publius). [Opera, Venetiis in aedibus Aldi et A. Soceri, 1514, i.e. 1519?], printer's woodcut device with dolphin's mouth wide open to a1 recto, italic text, headline and thirty lines to a page, white paper, lacks last four leaves (E5-8: colophon and three blanks), minor spotting and soiling throughout, a.e.g., early 18th-c. gilt-panelled red morocco with marbled endpapers, rubbed, rebacked with remains of gilt-dec. spine relaid, 8vo. Adams V466. Aldus launched his 'portable library' of Greek and Latin classics in 1501 with the publication of an earlier edition of this work which was also the first book printed in Italic type. The editions of 1514, ?1519 and 1527 have identical collations but different colophons at E5. E6/7 are errata leaves in the 1514 edition and blanks in the later editions the textual corrections having been made. The wide open mouth of the dolphin on the Aldine device in our copy would seem to indicate that this is the ?1519 edition, which Brunet cites as equally rare to that of the 1514 edition. See Renouard 68:8 and following. (1)

Forgan (Robert). The Golfer's Handbook, including History of the Game, Hints to Beginners, the Feats of Champion Golfers, Lists of Leading Clubs and their Office-Bearers, etc., 1st ed., pub. John Innes, Cupar, Scotland, 1881, 83pp., four wood eng. plts. plus illusts. to texts, ads. both front and rear, some minor scattered spotting, mainly to prelims., orig. linen-backed printed boards, a little soiled and corners bumped, slim 8vo. Donovan & Murdoch 1230. A good copy of the rare first edition of the first golf book to be successful in sales. Robert Forgan (1824-1900) was apprenticed as a joiner and carpenter and in 1852 joined his uncle, Hugh Philp, in the clubmaking business. Four years later, on the death of his uncle, Robert took over the business and was soon joined by his younger brother, James. Forgan, who was a shrewd businessman, successfully set about supplying all the needs of golfers from under the same roof: in 1881 his staff numbered about 12 and by 1895, the number had grown to about 50. Forgan gained a reputation for a very high standard of workmanship and his clubs are prized by collectors for the quality of their shafts, as straight today as they were more than 100 years ago. (1)

David (Elizabeth). Green Pepper Berries, A New Taste, June 1974, one sheet folded twice to form a 4-leaf pamphlet, a few light marks, approx. 140 x 110 mm. An extremely rare piece of Elizabeth David ephemera, describing the fruit of the climbing plant piper nigrum, and detailing two recipes: 'Green Pepper and Cinnamon Butter' and 'Green Peppercorn and Cream Sauce'. Elizabeth David is considered responsible for bringing Mediterranean influences into the British home, thereby changing our attitude to food, and enlivening the British palate. In a Britain worn down by post-war rationing and dull food, she celebrated the regional and rural dishes of places such as French and Italy. When her first book, 'Mediterranean Food', appeared in 1950, it was completely different to anything that had gone before. Not only did it describe little-known ingredients and aromatic dishes, but its style was quite new. Many of the ingredients she used simply weren't available in Britain, where rationing persisted until 1954. In fact, some of the ingredients were unknown when the books were first published, and David had to suggest looking for olive oil in pharmacies where it was sold for treating earache. It was only after publication of her first book that Elizabeth realised the frustration she caused by writing of apricots and figs, olives and wild thyme. But the demand she created was instrumental in persuading suppliers to source these foods. Within a decade, ingredients such as eggplants, saffron and pasta began to appear in shops, thanks in no small part to David's books. David gained fame, respect and high status and advised many chefs and companies. It is to her that we owe the roots of our enthusiasm for the flavours of "those blessed lands of sun and sea and olive trees". (1)

Shirley (John). The Accomplished Ladies Rich Closet of Rarities: or, the Ingenious Gentlewoman and Servant-Maids Delightful Companion..., 3rd ed., with Additions, Corrected and Amended, printed by W. and J. Wilde, for N. Boddington, 1691, lacking A1 (frontis.), F1-F3, F11-G12, H11-I1, and I12 (final leaf), contents browned and soiled, fraying and insect damage with consequent loss of text, lacking endpapers, sewing partially broken, contemp. sheep, worn, with loss to extrems., 12mo, together with a defective copy of Le Clerc's 'The Compleat Surgeon', early 18th c.. Sold with all faults, not subject to return. Oxford pp.43/4. All editions rare: only the British Library copy listed on COPAC. No edition in Cagle, Vicaire or Bitting. The book has a wider range of subjects than preceding ones. It contains recipes for making syrups, candying and drying fruits, making wine, pickling, confectioning, etc., as well as household and beauty tips, and recipes for the cure of ailments. For example, there is a recipe 'To restore a ruby face to its former complexion', and another 'To make a young face exceedingly beautiful, and an old face very tollerable'. Another is a cure for the Falling-Sickness, which consists of the powdered skull of a man 'that has not been above a year buried', a nutmeg, and the blood of a dog, taken in white wine or new milk every morning and evening. (2)

Felix J.C. Pole His Book, For Private Circulation Only, Christmas 1954. This is the original edition, not the reprint. Was presented to A. Bond, who was the Chief Goods Manager for the GWR. The inside page, personally signed by Felix Pole and reads: To A. Bond with best wishes from Felix JC Pole'. A very rare book and even more desirable with this inscription.

A rare early depiction of a lady footballer circa 1900, in the form of a painted plaster model of a goalkeeper, height 36cm., 14in. Another example of the statuette is illustrated on p.135 of the FIFA collection book.

Montaigne, Michel de Les essais. Lyon: Gabriel La Grange, 1593, 2 volumes in 1, 8vo., including final blank, (FFF2 and FFF8 inverted.), pagination as in Sayce and Maskel, Roman and italic letter, both titles with woodcut ornament, (reproduced Sayce & Maskel and Tchemerzine), decorative woodcut initials, head and tailpieces, English 17th century calf, rebacked to match, title slightly dusty, mounted upper margin restored, some spotting and browning Note: BM STC French Books p. 317; Sayce and Maskel no. 5 p. 18; Tchemerzine IV p.874; Adams M 1621; Brunet III 1835; Baudrier V 355; Not in the collection of Dr Pottiée-Sperry. The very rare fifth edition of the Essays of Montaigne, the second with the complete text including the third book, and the FIRST with the Tables des Matières, one for books I-II, one for book III. The text is taken exactly from the fourth edition of Abel L'Angelier of 1588, which was the last produced before Montaigne's death in 1592, and the first containing the third book and the famous preface, not reproduced in any other edition until 1617. Provenance: Autograph of Mary Cracroft 1761 in top margin of second fol, printed ex-libris on front pastedown.

Elliot, Andrew Calotypes by D.O. Hill and R. Adamson. Edinburgh: printed for private circulation, 1928, 4to, number 26 of 38 copies, 47 carbon prints, sitters include Hill, Adamson, William Etty, Lady Eastlake etc with biographies, original red cloth gilt, some fading to backstrip and staining to upper board, owner's ink inscription to front endpaper, bookplate, interior fine Note: A beautiful copy of a very rare book showing the highlights of the Edinburgh publisher, Andrew Elliot's collection. Begun in the last decade of the 19th Century Elliot died before it could be published in 1922. His son George then took up the mantle but unfortunately passed away in 1928 leaving his brother Andrew to publish the final work. The sheets and prints, some of which were produced over 30 years earlier, did not suffice for more than 38 complete copies. These copies were not offered for sale but gifted to specific public collections such as the Scottish National Portrait Gallery (Schwartz, 1932, page 52)

Chapman, Frederik Henrik af Architectura navalis mercatoria. Stockholm, 1768, folio (53 x 40cm.). First edition, double-page engraved title, double-page engraved dedication leaf, 3 double-page leaves of index of the plates in Swedish, French and English, and 62 double-page engraved plates (each plate 53 x 76.5cm), paper watermarked J. Honig & Zoon and C. & I. Honig, late nineteenth century black morocco-backed marbled boards, lettered in gilt on spine, binding slightly rubbed Note: An exceptionally clean copy of the most famous eighteenth century work of naval architecture. Frederik Henrik af Chapman, universally acknowledged as the father of naval architecture, was born in 1721, the son of a British Naval officer who had joined the Royal Swedish Navy in 1716, and an English mother, Susanna Colson, the daughter of a London shipwright. He spent long periods in France, Germany, Denmark, the Netherlands and England studying naval architecture before eventually settling in Sweden where he devoted himself to naval architecture and ship building. In 1765 he took leave of absence from his work as chief naval architect for the Swedish Archipelago Fleet based at Sveaborg (off Helsinki) to devote himslf for two years to Architectura navalis mercatoria which, in Chapman's view, exemplified the best and most interesting vessels of the time. The 62 copper engravings depict vessels and craft from both Sweden and abroad. Some were designed by Chapman himself, but many of them were vessels or types which he had encountered on his travels or seen around him, and which had attracted his interest. The book covers everything from warships to cargo boats and small fishing craft, and the plates are remarkable for their clarity, detail and beauty. The text describing the plates was not published until seven years later as one of the chapters in a book entitled Tractat om Skeppsbyggeriet. A very rare work, only four copies held by British institutional libraries (Cambridge, Glasgow, British Library and University of London).

Doyle, Arthur Conan A study in scarlet. London: Ward, Lock and Co., 1888, first edition, first impression, with youuger for younger in preface, 6 plates, 14pp. of advertisements at end, late nineteenth century green pebbledash cloth, lettered in gilt on spine, faint library stamp on endpapers, contemporary ownership inscription at head of title, inscription shaved, adhesion to page 8-9 affecting six words and creating two small holes to inner margin of page 7/8, lacking the two pp. advertisements at beginning, a few page corners slightly creased Note: The very rare first edition of Arthur Conan Doyle's first book. A study in scarlet was first published in Beeton's Christmas Annual for 1887. Conan Doyle was paid £25 for the complete copyright by Ward Lock and Co. after the work had been rejected by the Cornhill Magazine, Arrowsmith's of Bristol and Warne. It marks the first appearance in print of both Sherlock Holmes and Dr. Watson.

MSS - Bemrose, William - Recollections of Egypt And Palestine: Derby, Bemrose and Son, 1882, Elephant folio (420 x 400mm) Elegantly and lavishly bound by Bemrose and Son in full and heavy light brown morocco gilt, with 5 raised bands to spine and 6 compartments decorated in gilt design with gilt titles. The upper board has a deep inset inside a wide border, the inset being filled with a padded Indian silk emroidered cushion in coral pink and green, enhanced with gold thread. The margins being decorated in repetitive stylised leaves. Inner dentelles gilt, patterned end papers, all edges gilt. The title page is elegant and handwritten. In 1882 William Bemrose was joined by John Mason Cook, (1834-1899), Cook being the elder son of Thomas Cook the founder of Thomas Cook and Son travel company. Together, on October 20th 1882 they embarked on a trip to Egypt and Palastine. This manuscript book being Bemrose's original copperplate handwritten record of the trip. The trip being a ground breaking one which would provide valuable information for new and future intineries to be included in Cook's now famous tours. The trip takes the pair from London through to Pisa, Rome, Tivoli, Brindisi, Alexandria, Cairo, Tel El Kebir, Tomalia, Port Said, Jaffa, Jerusalem, Bethany, Jericho, Masala and Bethlehem. A highlight of the trip was to be seen on 23rd October when they were to witness the tail of the 1882 Great September Comet as it slowly passed through the night skies, also the pair were to visit Mount Vesuvius and to see it whilst still active and describe the experience. Both of these events are well documented in the text and supported with a number of sketches. The manuscript is interspersed with many fine sketches in pencil, vibrant watercolours, and rare large format albumen prints, to include architecture, ethnic peoples, natives, craftsmen, cultural items and also pressed flowers. On his return Bemrose was to deliver lectures assisted by slide shows of the images included in the book, these were a complete success and so popular with standing room only being available at the venues.

MSS - Bemrose, William - Glimpses Of India And Egypt: Derby, Bemrose and Son, 1885/86, Elephant folio (440 x 340mm) Elegantly and lavishly bound by Bemrose and Son in full and heavy light brown morocco gilt, with 5 raised bands to spine and 6 compartments decorated in gilt design with gilt titles. The upper board has a deep inset inside a wide border, the inset being filled with a padded Indian silk embroidered cushion in coral and green, enhanced with gold thread. The lower board being similar but padded in brown and gold. A repetitive design of leaves and pyramids cover the board margins with both oblong and square box designs being filled with clovers and flowers. Inner dentelles are wide and decorated in gilt, end papers being silk style and all edges gilt. The title page is elegant and handwritten. In 1885 William Bemrose was joined by John Mason Cook, (1834-1899), Cook being the elder son of Thomas Cook the founder of Thomas Cook and Son travel company. Together, on October 28th 1885 they embarked on a trip to Indian and Egypt. This manuscript book being Bemrose's original copperplate handwritten record of the trip. The trip, a ground breaking one which would provide valuable information for new and future intineries to be included in Cook's now famous tours. The trip takes the pair from Albert Dock in London, through Gibraltar, Malta, Cairo, The Nile, Aden, Elephanta, Bombay, Madras, Darjeeling, The Himalayas, Lucknow, Taj Mahal, Agra, Jeypore, Lahore, Umritsur (Golden Temple) Delhi, Abu, Karli. Then on to Karnac and Thebes. The manuscript is interspersed with many fine sketches in pencil, vibrant watercolours, and many rare and valuable large format albumen prints, to include temples, tombs, ethnic peoples, natives, craftsmen, cultural items and also pressed flowers. Included is a fine photograph of both Bemrose and Cook. Bookplate of W Bemrose. On his return Bemrose was to deliver lectures assisted by slide shows of the images included in the book, these were a complete success and so popular with standing room only being available at the venues.

ANCIENT COINS, Byzantine Coinage, Eudocia (May-Dec AD 1067). Histamenon, Constantinople, Christ enthroned, holding book of Gospels, rev empress (centre), standing, holding jeweled sceptre, with associate rulers, Michael and Constantius each either side, 4.39g, 6h (DOC 1; S 1857). Minor scrape at edge of the reverse, otherwise extremely fine and very rare.

INDIAN COINS, Mughal Coinage, Zahir al-Din Babur, mintless Silver Shahrukhi, year 913, ruler’s name Zahir al-Din Muhammad Babur within circle. About very fine, cleaned and slightly crimped but very rare. 913 was the year when Babur successfully laid siege to the city of Qandahar and came away laden with so much booty that the money and specie was divided up by weight rather than counted. In his book Zahir-uddin Muhammad Babur, Aman ur Rahman states that “some specimens are known where the mint name is illegible but clearly dated ‘933’. The current cataloguer believes that the date was wrongly inscribed and should be read as “913.” The coins Aman refers to are very different in style to the present coin and the 933 on them is so clear that one wonders how it could possibly have been an error. This particular coin, therefore, is of particular importance as having the date 913 clearly inscribed.

INDIAN COINS, Mughal Coinage, Zahir al-Din Babur, mintless Silver Shahrukhi, year 921, ruler’s name Muhammad Babur within ornate central cartouche. Cleaned, about very fine and very rare. In his book, Aman ur Rahman states that no coins are known for the year 921. The date on this coin is absolutely clear.

An attractive and rare Arts & Crafts carpet by the Kildare Carpet Co., Ireland, about 1905-10, 12ft. x 10ft.2in. 3.66m. x 3.10m. Areas of wear, heavy with damage lower right corner. On a jute foundation, this carpet is close in design elements, including the repeated five leaf spray and large dog-rose heads, shown on a carpet by the Kildare factory illustrated in the Studio Year Book of 1906, reproduced in Haslam, Arts & Crafts Carpets, p. 180. See Haslam, ibid., pp.179-180, for a brief discussion of the factory.

1992 JAGUAR XJS 5.3 LITRE CONVERTIBLE SUPPLIED NEW BY STRATSTONES MAYFAIR Estimate £6500 - 7500 Registration Number K5 DMC Chassis Number SAJJNAOW3EN181752 Engine Number 85084528SJ Engine Capacity 5344 Paint Colour SIGNAL RED Trim Colour BARLEY MOT Expiry Date FEB 2008 Introduced in the autumn of 1975, the XJS replaced the immortal E-Type on the production lines and in the Jaguar catalogue. However, it was in many respects not a direct replacement for the E-type being much more of a sportily styled long distance inter-continental tourer than a beefy sportscar and as such was much more in tune with the times. Powered by the famous silken 5343cc V12 engine and fitted in the main with standard automatic transmission (a manual was available until 1979 but few were sold), the typically Jaguar combination of precise, grippy handling and superlative ride comfort made this car more than a match for its German contemporaries, the Mercedes-Benz 450 SLC and BMW 6-Series. Sales however soon slowed to a mere trickle as fuel economy became of paramount importance in buyers minds during the late 1970s/early 1980s. Thankfully instead of stopping production altogether (this was considered as the production lines were halted in 1980 to clear existing stocks) Jaguar installed the new HE (HighEfficiency) version of the V12 engine into the XJS in 1981. Raising the average fuel consumption from 15mpg to around 20mpg, sales of the XJS took off overnight. Further development included the introduction of the Cabriolet model in October 1983 together with a brand new 3.6 litre engine, and then the launch of a full Convertible bodystyle in April 1988. With a full convertible roof the XJS's somewhat unusual styling finally acquired the elegance and presence expected of a Jaguar and with the standard 5.3 litre engine backed this up with true sports car performance. Subtly facelifted in 1991, production continued until 1995 and today the XJS is beginning to acquire true classic status as good original cars become increasingly rare.A desirable 5.3 Litre Convertible model, the 1992 XJS offered here is finished in red with a barley coloured leather interior and the recorded mileage of 60,400 is believed but not guaranteed by the vendor to be correct. There is a partial part-Jaguar service history starting at 27,000 miles in 1996 and following some detective work by the vendor a replacement service book has been obtained. Described by the vendor as 'excellent' in all respects save for interior rim and wheels/tyres ('good') this XJS will be sold with an MOT current until February 2008.

Kyosai (Toiku Kawanabe). Ehon Taka Kagami [meaning Picture-Book Mirror of Hawks], 5 vols., (part 1, vols. 1-3: part 2, vols. 1-2), [Tokyo, 1866-80], illustrated throughout with Kyosai's magnificent woodcuts, the pict. woodcut titles of the first and fourth volumes on blue paper, the pasted-down leaves at the beginning and end of each vol. (with the exception of the two blue paper title-pages) being of mica-flecked Washi paper, stitched Japanese-style into orig. yellow paper wrappers, slightly soiled, each vol. with a white paper title-slip printed in red, contained in a single blue morocco-backed lined cloth chemise, and matching slip-case, this slightly sunned, 8vo. The Schwerdt copy, with the circular engraved library bookplate on a suitable first or final blank in each volume. Bookplate of Guy Aylmer on the chemise. Harting 371. Schwerdt III p. 245 "...The book was published at Tokyo and the editor's name was Nakamura Sasuke... The ‘Mirror of Hawks' is certainly a very comprehensive and instructive treatise on falconry. It is rare, only seven copies having been traced in European libraries". Kawanabe Kyosai (1831-89) was a Kano painter, printmaker, and illustrator, the son of a samurai. At the age of six he entered the studio of Utagawa Kuniyoshi, and from the age of nine became a student of the academic Kano school, studying under Maemura Towa and then Tohaku Chinshin, who gave him the name "Toiku". He exhibited at the Vienna International Exposition in 1873, and at the first and second Paris Japanese Art Exhibitions of 1883 and 1884. In the early years of the Meiji period (1868-1912) he attained considerable popularity with his political caricatures, for which he was arrested and imprisoned in 1870. His famous "Kyosai Gadan" (1887), an attempt to show a variety of traditional Japanese and Chinese painting styles, was widely appreciated in Europe, and was issued with English captions for the export market. Kyosai's "Ehon Taka Kagami" is a major resource on Japanese falconry, with wonderful woodcuts of hawks, field work, breeding, hoods, gloves, and other associated tools and items of equipment. It records the ancient Japanese methods of care, raising, and training of the Siberian goshawk, considered the best variety for use in falconry since ancient times. (1)

The Angler's Hand-Book, Containing Concise Instructions for Every Department of the Art..., 1st ed., pub. Robert Tyas, 1838, pp.iv+[9]-67+[1](pubs. ads.), 2 hand-col. eng. plts. depicting 24 different flies, foxed throughout, stitching partially broken, B1 detached, and frayed and chipped at edges, a.e.g., orig. gilt pictorial wrappers, stained, and spine a little worn, 24mo. Westwood & Satchell, p.9. Rare. (1)

*Jonson (Ben, 1573?-1637). Autograph signature in an upright hand, "su[m] Ben: Jonsonij" ["I am Ben Jonson's"], n.d., cut from the corner of a book, the strip of paper measuring approx. 24 x 65 mm, pasted to a sl. larger piece of modern paper. Provenance: Archdeacon George Glover. A very rare specimen. St John's College, Cambridge University, holds three volumes which bear this latinised version of Jonson's autograph. (1)

Naude, Gabriel. Instructions concerning erecting of a library. London: printed for G. Bedle and T. Collins, 1661 small 8vo, A1 title; A2a-A7a dedication; a7B "To the reader."; A8a "A tale of.; A8b Latin lines; B1a-G7b (pp.1-94) text; G8 (pp.95-96) "The copy of a letter sent to. Dr Barlow, lacking errata leaf, later half calf gilt, red label gilt, rubbed at edges and to backstrip, lacking original endpapers, small ms note bound in at front, bookplate Provenance: Bookplate of John Newington Hughes Note: Wing N-247 Keynes 30. Gabriel Naude, the great French librarian, expressed the essence of bibliophily when he urged that there is no book whatsoever, be it never so bad or decried, but may in time be sought for by some person or other. He found a good student in John Evelyn, who eventully produced a translation of his work after some delay in 1661. However, Evelyn was not happy with the finished product "as fo rthe translation, it has been so insufferably abus'd at the presse that the shame any uncorrected copy should come abroad has made me suppresse as many as I could light on." This suppression and the original small edition size has made the first 1661 edition of Evelyn's work very rare Literature: Keynes, G. John Evelyn : a study in bibliophily with a bibliography of his writings London, 1968. Second edition. £2500-3500

Elaborate Inlaid Binding--Naturalists Pocket Book, The. Ornamented with most Elegant Engravings, Illustrated by Corresponding Descriptions, Accompanied with an Almanack. London: G. Kearsley, [1797], 12mo, engraved title page with hand-coloured vignette, engraved hand-coloured frontispiece and 12 hand-coloured engraved plates, original pink card covers, preserved in an elaborately tooled green morocco slipcase with central cartouches of onlaid beige morocco enclosing a large figurative tool of 'Fortune' on upper cover and 'Justice' on the lower cover Note: An extremely rare eighteenth century natural history ephemeral work, illustrated with fine colour plates and preserved in its original elaborately tooled and onlaid slipcase The Naturalists Pocket Book was published by the Fleet Street bookseller George Kearsley. First published the previous year, 1776 it does not appear to have survived this, the second issue. The high quality of both the engravings and the hand-colouring appear to have made the venture uneconomical at 3/6 plain or 6/- coloured The engravings by Inigo Barlow (fl. 1790's) include the Banksian Cockatoo, the Pigmy Opossum of New Holland, Birds of Paradise, Swallow-Tailed Butterfly, Parrots, Sea Anenomies and Cimelias The elaborate binding with its beige onlays and large allegorical figure tools has stylistic analogies with late eighteenth century Irish work. Representations of 'Fortune' and 'Justice' often appear on the elaborate 'Statute' bindings produced in Dublin in the late eighteenth century but this is probably a London binding. The only other copy of the 1796 issue located (Huntington) is also described as being in an elaborate inlaid binding

Lopez Laguna, Daniel Israel. Espejo fiel de vidas que contiene los Psalmos de David en verso: obra devota, util, y deleytable. London: [no printer], 5480 [i.e. 1720]. First edition, 4to., engraved frontis. and vignette on the titlepage by Abraham Lopez de Oliveyra, contemporary panelled calf, dried and worn, lacking the lower board, lacking two plates, paper somewhat discoloured throughout. Note: ESTC 125237; Kayserling p. 55; Palau 4 p. 206; Roth 330-1. Important and rare work by the Portuguese Marrano, Daniel Israel Lopez Laguna, "It was the earliest book printed by a resident of Jamaica under British rule." (Cundall History of printing in Jamaica from 1717 to 1834). Brought up in the South of France, Laguna studied in Spain where he was arrested by the Inquisition. On his release, presumably after reconciliation with the Church, he settled in Jamaica, where in the latter part of the 17th century, after ownership of Jamaica had been settled by the Treaty of Madrid, there were a number of resident Jews who enjoyed freedom of religious worship. About 1720 Laguna went to London and published the present paraphrase of the Psalms in a variety of Spanish verse forms. The book had originally been planned in prison and represents the fruits of some 23 years of labour. In a number of places, the author makes allusion to the Inquisition and its persecutions. The work is prefaced by various celebratory verses in Spanish, Latin and English. He later returned to Jamaica where he had been naturalised in 1693

A RARE AND UNIQUE OPPORTUNITY TO ACQUIRE THE ROYAL WARRANT ISSUED TO STEPHEN GRANT, Stephen Grant Junior and Richard Grant trading as Stephen Grant & Sons, dated 31st March 1890 in the 53rd year of her majesty Queen Victoria's reign, the warrant mounted within a maroon and gilt frame measuring approx. 24 1/2in. x 18 1/2in., and can be seen on p.76 of Don Masters book "Aitken, Grant &Lang" published by the Safari Press Inc.

Shirvan rug, east Caucasus, second half 19th century, 6ft.7in. x 4ft.5in. 2.01m. x 1.35m. Overall uneven wear, small patch upper left corner. Rugs of this design are very rare and are seldom illustrated in the literature. One other example known to us is in Bennett, Oriental Rugs vol. 1: Caucasian, pl. 246. This has four identical medallions on a blue field, although these are flanked by rosettes; it also has a wide series of borders and guards, one of which has the same design as seen in the pale blue guards of our rug. The author of the Caucasus book cited above knew of no other examples in the literature at that time (1981), hence his description of the rug as something of an odd-ball. The present rug, it should be added, appears to be considerably older than the example he illustrated.

Swinburne (Algernon Charles). The Queen-Mother. Rosamund. Two Plays, 1st ed., pub. Basil Montagu Pickering, 1860, first issue, second state of the title-page (with 'Two Plays'), half-title and title sl. dusty, eng. initial letters & head-pieces, pencil notes to prelim. blank, with printed article tipped-in below, modern book ticket, t.e.g., remainder rough-trimmed, early 20th c. red morocco by Riviere, spine with raised bands, gilt lettered direct to second and third compartment, remainder gilt panelled and filled with volute tools, covers with gilt fillet, bead roll, and wide pelmet roll border, double fillet on board edges, gilt dentelles, contained in cloth slipcase, 12mo Rare. Not in Colbeck or Tinker. Pickering printed 250 copies of this first edition. Wise states that there were only twenty or fewer copies of this work with the Pickering title-page (in either state), before the sheets were transferred to Moxon (and were issued with his imprint), and that most of these were for presentation. (1)

Rackham (Arthur). Arthur Rackham's Book of Pictures, with an Introduction by Sir Arthur Quiller-Couch, 1st ed., William Heinemann, 1913, forty-four tipped-in col. plts., with captioned tissue guards, endpapers browned and foxed, orig. grey cloth gilt, upper cover with top outer corner creased, in torn, chipped, and frayed first issue d.j., with price of 15/- net on spine, sellotape repairs to verso, and rubbed and darkened spine, 4to Riall p.118. Rare in the dustjacket. (1)

* Royal Naval Estimates - 1900-1901. A rare book comprehensively detailing naval expenditure and service costings for all Naval affairs, rates of pay, servicing and contracting etc, dated 1900, blue leather-cloth hard-covers with leather binding, large 4to -1

Earnshaw (Thomas). Longitude. An Appeal to the Public: Stating Mr Thomas Earnshaw's Claim to the Original Invention of the Improvements in his Timekeepers, Their Superior Going in Numerous Voyages, and also as tried by the Astronomer Royal by Orders of the Commissioners of Longitude, and his consequent right to National Reward, 1st ed., printed for the author, 1808,. half title, seventeen unnumbered leaves of appendices at rear with errata to final page, small ink manuscript corrections to pp. 27 and Appendix E, some pencil underscoring, spotting and occn. heavy browning, a few leaves with marginal dampstaining, small tear to pp. 123/124 without loss of text, several leaves slightly sprung, uncut, contemp. marbled boards with remains of paper spine and manuscript title, spine worn, covers detached, 8vo Collation: pp. [viii], 280, [34]. Thomas Earnshaw (1749 1829) was a pioneer horologist and one of several developers of the marine chronometer. In 1782 he invented the so called spring detent chronometer scapement which became the standard for marine chronometers throughout the nineteenth century and has essentially remained unchanged until the advent of quartz digital timepieces. This rare autobiographical book was published by a disillusioned Earnshaw in an attempt to gain the recognition he deserved. (1)

Huish (Robert). The Housewife's Manual, or Domestic Guide in the Choice, Rearing, and Management of Fowls, Geese, Ducks, Pigeons, Rabbits, and Bees, with practical instructions for the breeding, fattening, and keeping of pigs and cows; judicious rules for managing the dairy and piggery in all their branches; approved methods of brewing ale and table beer ..., Derby, Thomas Richardson, n.d., c. 1840s,. 138 pp., orig. yellow chalk glazed endpapers, orig. dark brown cloth gilt with blind ruled border, very sl. rubbed with minor wear to extreme head and foot of spine, 12mo Rare. Not in Cagle. No copy traced in the U.K. Robert Huish (1777 1850) is best known for his Treatise on Bees (1815), The Improved British Angler (1838), as well as editions of the Voyages of Ross, Beechey, etc. Cagle lists one work by this author, entitled The Alphabetical Receipt Book and Domestic Advisor, of 1826. (1)

Ryff (Walther H.). Confect Buch und Hauss Apoteck, 2nd ed, Frankfurt, Christian Egenolff, 1548, black lettered text, two woodcut turens on title, woodcut scene of an apothecary in a shop, with alligator hanging from the ceiling and approx. fifty further woodcuts (some repeated), including plants, incense burners, a beehive, a pressure cooker, a wine barrel and goblets, etc, some browning throughout, a few minor marginal defects, contemp. blind-stamped pig skin over wood boards, one (of 2) brass clasp intact, thick 8vo A rare edition of this famous book of medical and culinary recipes: it includes an illustrated herbal, a considerable section on wines, medicines and household drugs, etc. Not in Adams. This edition not in Vicaire, Arber, Brunet, Graesse, Wellcome, Osler or Simon 'Bibliotheca Bacchica'. Bitting lists a 1558. edition. (1)

- a collection of biographies and monographs about the RARE BOOK trade (12).

Two similar mid-18th century brooches, of graduated size and simple luckenbooth form, one engraved II the other ML, with remnants of finely woven tartan, together with a label ex Wilson & Sharp inscribed RARE "STUART" BOX AND BROOCHES, PERIOD 1745 (PRINCE CHARLIE) (box not present) Lengths: 2cm and 2.25cm For similar brooches, see Ian Finlay's book "Scottish Gold and Silverwork", plate 105 and page 164 132 IONA - an Alexander Ritchie napkin ring, with marks for Glasgow 1924, marked to base AR (in spectacle punch) and to underside of galleon AR, IONA, of D-shaped outline, decorated with Celtic knots with central panel of a galleon Height 3.9cm

Benlowes (Edward). Theophila, or, Loves Sacrifice. A Divine Poem, 1st ed., printed by R. N. Sold by Henry Seil ... and Humphrey Moseley, 1652, title printed in red and black, numerous wood-cut initials, head- and tailpieces, six engraved illusts. only, by Francis Barlow and others, incl. one full-page engraving of Theophila by Lambart, full page anagrammatic engraving by Thomas Cecill (close-trimmed to image, with a little loss, and relaid), and four engraved illusts. to text, including one portrait of a young lady by Hollar, I3 and Hh1 supplied in 19th century manuscript copy, occn. worming, sometimes affecting letters, light dampstain to lower margins at rear of vol., 19th c. half morocco, worn with upper cover near-det., folio Wing B1879. A rare book which is frequently found without the full complement of twenty-four plates. With bookplate of John Somers, Lord Somers to front pastedown. Sold with all faults, not subject to return. (1)

Golden Cockerel Press. Ecclesiastes or The Preacher, 1934, thirteen wood engs. to letterpress by Blair Hughes-Stanton, titles and initial letters printed in orange, a.e.g., orig. cream pigskin by Riviere, spine with raised bands between single gilt rules, gilt lettered direct in second compartment, and with cockerel device in fifth, gilt fillet border to covers and turn-ins, some light dust soiling, slim folio Chanticleer 97. Extremely rare, being one of only three copies printed on vellum, this numbered 3 and signed by the illustrator. An important book, being the hundredth printed by the Golden Cockerel Press, beautifully produced, with type designed by Eric Gill, Hughes-Stanton's startling woodcuts, shown to best effect on vellum, and elegantly bound by Riviere. Christopher Sandford and Owen Rutter, the owners of the press, were particularly proud of 'Ecclesiastes': 'Our press-work in this book is judged to be almost perfect. The engravings, which have their finest white lines (which must not be lost) in the midst of full-blacks (which require heavy inking) are the hardest in the world to print. They were, however, printed at one impression with the type. To appreciate the extent of the improvement in Golden Cockerel press-work, it is only necessary to compare this book with the earliest Chester Play of the Deluge [no.52].' ('Chanticleer') (1)

Middleton J. H., Illuminated manuscripts in Classical and Mediaeval Times, card and cloth bound, together with The Care of Books, Rare Books and Rarer People, The Book Collector and The Library

A Lancashire and Yorkshire Railway bound Timetable book dated 1905, in fairly good condition and still retaining the original maps and adverts. Rare to find a good bound Volume.

Traveling Post Office Postal Covers, a complete set in an album together with a hardback book 'The British Traveling Post Office' by Peter Johnson. The set comprises 32 first day covers bearing Cuneos Famous Trains stamps individually cancelled with the date stamp of all 32 TPOs in existence at that time, on 22nd January 1985. These date stamps were unique to each TPO and only used for letters actually posted into the carriage at the station (or at a few 'late posting' boxes on major stations) With the recent demise of the TPO, this is a rare opportunity to own a significant piece of British transport history

*Manfred von Richthofen. Der Rotekampfflieger, 1st ed., 1917, with additional tipped-in printed pages referring to events up until his death in April 1918, German text, some damp-staining, orig. soft covers, together with a rare original photograph of von Richthofen with his pilots surrounding his Fokker DR1 triplane, also including a postcard showing wreckage of the Zeppelin shot down at Cuffley by Leefe-Robinson VC, dated 1916, and a WW1 'Army Book No. 136' small notebook having hand-manuscripted notes on aviation and aeronautical technical descriptions, with a small watercolour sketch depicting Vickers 'Gunbus' aeroplane (5)

VINYL RECORDS. Collection of 9x Jimi Hendrix Vinyl inc. LP's & Singles, LP's inc. Electric Ladyland Track VG sleeve/VG Vinyl, Hendrix Before London USA Accord EX+/M, 6x 7" Singles inc. Fire DEMO, Watchtower, Purple Haze x2, Hush Now, Crosstown Traffic, rare Noel Redding Roller Coaster Kids DEMO & Hendrix Chris Welch Biography Book

MUSIC MEMORABILIA. Four Beatles/Stones related items inc. rare Get Back colour Book from Let It Be 1st Album, Daily Mail Newspaper 26/8/67 Cover pics of Beatles/Stones visiting Maharishi Yogi (Epstein died the next day),rare 1969 28-page Stones In The Park commemorative Magazine, George Harrison Concert for Bangladesh Rolling Stone Mag 2/9/71, plus a NME Book of Rock VG-EX

MUSIC MEMORABILIA. David Bowie Collection inc. Rare Isolar Programme 1976, 1972 UK Tour Ad (NME) plus NME Ads for early Singles You'll Want It & Space Oddity, 6x unpublished colour Photos Re: Tin Machine Gig 1/7/89, Illustrated Bootleg Records Book etc. 14 items in total, EX condition

COMMEMORATIVE MEDALS, France, The Kings of France, c.1830’s, The Complete Set of 72 Bronze Medals, contained in their four original trays within a green-covered folio-sized box-type container; together with the descriptive and dedicated book*; the medals date from Pharamond (420) to Louis Phillipe (1830), each with portrait obverse, often crowned, and including “Republique Francaise” [Convention – Directoire – Consulat (1792-1799) and Napoleon, by Armand Auguste Caqué, the medals signed, and dated on truncations, each 51mm. The medals somewhat ‘dusty’, but otherwise extremely fine, the case in good order, the whole extremely rare as a complete set. (lot) M. Théodore Toussenel, Précis Chronologique de L’Histoire de France, pour servir de text explicatif aux Planches Gravées sur acier par le procédé Collas d’apres La Collection des Médailles Historiques des Rois de France, Paris, 1845, 9pp, 3 double collotype plates each of 18 medals ( lacking last plate of medals, ie. 55-72), cloth bound title in gilt, “A MONSIUER LE COMTE DE CAMBACÉRÈS – SOUVERAINS DE LA FRANCE – OEVRE TRÈS RARE, QUI N’A QU’UNE SEULE EDITION EN 1845, EPUISÉE AUJOUD’HUI FOURNIE A TOUS LES SOUVERAINS D’EUROPE”. Jean-Jacques-Régis de Cambacérès, Duke of Parma (1753-1824), lawyer and statesman, and the author of the Code Napoleon (which today still forms the basis of French law). Cambacérès was homosexual, and is widely, but not altogether accurately, given credit for decriminalising homosexuality in France.

Great Britain/England, British HAMMERED GOLD COINS, James I, Double-Crown, 5.00g, second coinage, fifth crowned bust right, rev crowned shield of arms, I R either side, mm book both sides (Schneider -; N 2088; S 2623). “X” scratched in field, nearly very fine and rare, not recorded in the Schneider Sylloge. ex H M Lingford, part II, Glendining, 20 June 1951, lot 985

Trusler (Dr. John) A Descriptive Account of the Islands lately Discovered in the South-Seas. Giving a Full Detail of the Present State of the Inhabitants, their Government, Religion, Language, Manners, Customs, etc. from the first Discovery to the Present Time. Carefully Collected, Digested, and Systematically Arranged... from Mendana, De Quiros, Schouten, Tasman, Dalrymple, Bouganville, Byron, Carteret, Wallis, Hawkesworth, Parkinson, Fourneaux, Forster, Cook, and others. With Some Account of the Country of Camchatca, a Late Discovery of the Russians, 1st ed., 1778, half-title present, untrimmed, orig. boards, soiled, with modern card slipcase, 8vo A rare book in good original condition, only two copies located (Oxford and British Library) Contemporary ownership inscription of Demetrius James, Rector of Ightham, Kent. Front board marked in pen 'Wrotham Society, No 88', [the Wrotham Book Society was formed in 1759]. (1)

MacGregor-Mathers, S. L. (translator) Dr, L. W. De Laurence (Editor) The Book of Sacred Magic of Abra-Melin, the Mage, As Delivered by Abraham the Jew unto his son, Lamech, A Grimoire of The Fifteenth Century. From an Old and Rare French Manuscript In the Bibliotheque de lArsenal at Paris, Chicago, The de Laurence Companyce, 1948, third printing, 4to, red cloth covered boards, gilt

Robertson (Hannah). The Young Ladies School of Arts, containing A great Variety of practical Receipts in Cookery, Pastry, Cakes, Puddings, Cordials etc., 1st ed., Edinburgh, printed by Wal. Ruddiman junior, for Mrs Robertson, 1766, some minor soiling, mostly to first few leaves, contemp. quarter calf, somewhat worn with joints partly cracked, rear cover with lower outer corner missing, in modern cloth book-box, small 8vo Rare. Not in Simon or Vicaire. Bitting and Oxford list the second edition oly. Maclean, Short-title Catalogue of Household and Cookery Books 1701-1800 (1981) records no copy in the UK (although the National Library of Scotland and the British Library have since acquired copies) and only two copies in America. (1)

Braune (Clara, et al). Spezial=Seefisch=Kochbuch, 1st ed., Geestemünde, 1910, eight chromos of sea fish, orig. cloth gold, 8vo Rare fish cook book. Weiss 3656. (1)