1. A’Beckett, Gilbert Abbott.

The Comic History of England. With Twenty Coloured Etchings, and Hundred Woodcuts by John Leech.

Two Volumes in One Volume (complete set). London, Bradbury, Evans and Co., c.1850 14.5 cm x 22.3 cm. Volume I: XVIII, 320 pages with 10 hand-coloured steelengravings and wood-engravings throughout the text. / Volume II: 304 pages with 10 hand-coloured steelengravings and wood-engravings throughout the text. Original Hardcover with gilt decoration on spine and cover. Recently professionally repaired and restored binding with new endpapers and the saved original bookplate / exlibris of J. Henry H.V. Lane of Kings Bromley in Staffordshire to the pastedown. Gilted edge. Rubbed and sign of wear on cover and spine. Overall very good condition with firm binding and clean interior. Bookplate / Exlibris to pastedown. Inscribed on Augst 10,1879 by previous owner and embossed stamp marks by bookshop W.H.Smyth in London on endpaper.

2. Addison, Joseph / Steele, Richard.

The Spectator [This is the Rare Dublin Edition with Bookseller-Label of T. Connolly (Dublin)]. [With Frontispiece – Illustrations by Pierre-Alexandre Aveline, Jacques Philippe de Bas and Francis Hayman].

8 Volumes (complete set). Dublin, Printed for W.Wilson, 1778. Small Octavo. Volume I: Frontispiece, VI, 325 pages plus 14 unnumbered pages of an Index (includes the notable essay “Inkle and Yarico” (Spectator 11) / Volume II: Frontispiece, IV, 336 pages plus 6 unnumbered pages of an Index / Volume III: Frontispiece, IV, 314 pages plus 10 unnumbered pages of an Index / Volume IV: Frontispiece, VI, 303 pages plus 9 unnumbered pages of an Index / Volume V: Frontispiece, III, 301 pages plus 11 unnumbered pages of an Index / Volume VI: IV, Frontispiece, 305 pages plus 19 unnumbered pages of an Index / Volume VII: Frontispiece, V, 333 pages plus 9 unnumbered pages of an Index / Volume VIII: Frontispiece, VIII, 300 pages plus 12 unnumbered pages of an Index [includes the Bookseller’s copyright-warning to the Reader that “no other Papers which have appeared under title of Spectator, since the closing of this eighth Volume, were written by any of those Gentlemen who had a hand in this or the former Volumes”. Hardcover / Original 18th century full leather. All Volumes firm and with some stronger rubbing (no broken spines or weak hinges). Binding of all eight Volumes look overall poor, with spinelabels missing or broken. Interior in excellent condition with some occasion faded dampstains but overall no browning and all the frontispieces in place. The Dublin Edition comes rarely to the market !

3. Aylmer, Captain James Evans Freke / Colonel F. A. Aylmer.

Pedigree of The Family of Aylmer of England and Ireland. Compiled by the Late Captain James Evans Freke Aylmer. With some additional Notes by Colonel F.A. Aylmer. [and with several manuscript annotations completing or correcting some of the Pedigrees (surely in the hand of Gerald Percy Vivian Aylmer)].

London, Mitchell Hughes and Clarke, 1909. Quarto. 26 pages. Softcover / Original printed wrappers. The binding a little frayed but overall still in good condition. From the library of Gerald Percy Vivian Aylmer (1856-1936) of Walworth Castle, with his signature to the front wrapper. Extremely Rare !

4. Bate, George.

Elenchi Motuum Nuperorum in Anglia. Pars Prima (et Secunda); Simul ac Iuris Regii et Parlamentarii Brevis Enarratio, ab Auctore Georg. Bateo M.D.

Amsterdam, Juxta exemplar Londinense, impressum Amstelodami [Paulus Warnaer], 1663. Duodecimo. Volume I: Frontispiece – Portrait, [6], 174, [1] pages / Volume II: Frontispiece-Portrait, [8], 288, [14] pages. Hardcover / Original Vellum in collector’s Mylar. Excellent condition with only minor signs of wear.

5. Beer, Samuel H.

British Politics in the Collective Age.

First Edition. New York, Alfred Knopf, 1965. 21.5cm x 14.3cm. xii, 390, xiii, (2) pages. Original Hardcover with original dustjacket. In protective Mylar. Very good condition with only minor signs of external wear. Inscribed by the author Samuel Beer on the halftitle.

6. [Bellin, Jacques Nicholas / Senex, John / Ogilby, John]

The Roads through England or Ogilby’s Survey. Revised, improved and reduced by Senex. [Enlarged Edition of John Ogilby’s 1675 published “Britannia”] Distinctly laid down on onehundred & one Plates with the addition of some Roads newly drawn and several corrections of more general use to Travellers. [Including an Appendix with Cityplans of London (double-page), Plymouth, Shrewsbury, Yorck (York), Chester, [Scene of Carrick-Fergus (Ireland)], Waterford, Oxford, Leith [Edinburgh], Harwich, Scenery of Edinburgh / Itinéraire de toutes les routes de l ‘Angleterre. Revues corrigées, augmentées & réduites par Senex en 101 Cartes. [Titlepage bilingual in french and english].

Paris, Desnos, 1766. Quarto (30 cm x 22.5 cm). Collation complete: Bilingual titlepage, 12 double-page maps of England, partly beautifully border-coloured, 6 unnumbered pages of Index with distances in miles, one (1) General Map of England (″Carte Generale” of Engand by D’Ogilby), 101 full-page maps of routes/streets, Engraved titlepage for the Appendix, One (1) double-page of explanations for the London-City-Plan, 17 beautiful maps and engravings of a variety of english cities, also with a section on Ireland (Dublin, Waterford, Kinsale, Galway, Limerick). Original 18th-century contemporary calf with gilt lettering on spine and on five raised bands. The Volume is now protected in Collector’s Mylar. Very good+ condition with only minor signs of external wear. Some rubbing and corners slightly bumped but overall excellent. Interior near fine with only the slightest occasional spotting. Extremely Rare and even rarer in this condition !

7. Bolton, G. Douglas.

Yorkshire Revealed. With 68 photographs by the author.

Edinburgh / London, Oliver and Boyd, 1955. Large Octavo. XVI, 260 pages with illustrations and a folded map. Original Hardcover with original dustjacket in protective collector’s mylar. Excellent condition with only minor signs of external wear.

8. Boyd, William.

An Ice-Cream War.

London, Hamish Hamilton Ltd., 1982. 14 cm x 22 cm. 370 pages. One black and white map. Original Hardcover with illustrated, unclipped dustjacket in protective collector’s Mylar. Very good+ condition with only minor signs of external wear. Signed by author William Boyd on the titlepage.

9. Britain – Tallis, John / Rapkin, John. (1817 – 1876).

Brighton – With Beautiful Vignettes of the Chain Pier, Railway Station, and the Old Steyne and the Pavillion.

Original steel engraving / Vintage map. Drawn and engraved by John Rapkin. Illustrated and Engraved by H. Bibby. London & New York, John Tallis & Company, 1851. Plate Size: 34cm x 25.5 cm. Sheet Size: 37.3 cm x 27 cm. Vintage 19th century map in very good condition.

10. Britain – Tallis, John / Rapkin, John. (1817 – 1876).

Plymouth, Devonport and Stonehouse – With Vignettes of the Column, Plymouth Yard and Plymouth.

Original steel engraving / Vintage map. Drawn and engraved by John Rapkin. Illustrated and Engraved by H. Bibby. London & New York, John Tallis & Company, 1851. Plate Size: 35.5 cm x 26.2 cm. Sheet Size: 37.3 cm x 27.2 cm. Vintage 19th century map in very good condition.

11. Britain – Tallis, John / Rapkin, John. (1817 – 1876).

Preston – With Vignettes of the Ribble from Avenham Walk, St Peter’s Church, Preston and Wyre Viaduct, Literary and Philosophical Institution, North Union Railway Station, Mechanic’s Institution and Grammar School.

Original steel engraving / Vintage map. Drawn and engraved by John Rapkin. Illustrated and Engraved by H. Winkles. London & New York, The London Printing and Publishing Company, 1851. Plate Size: 34 cm x 25.2 cm. Sheet Size: 37.3 cm x 27.2 cm. Vintage 19th century map in very good condition.

12. Brown, R. Allen.

English Medieval Castles (The New Heritage Series).

London, B.T.Batsford, 1954. 8°. 208 pages including a Map of England, showing the location of the Castles mentioned in the Text. Original Hardcover. Excellent, very clean conditon.

13. Brownlow, Richard / John Goldesborough [Esquires].

Reports of Diverse Choice Cases in Law, Taken by those late and most judicious Prothonotaries of the Common Pleas. Richard Brownlow & John Goldesborough, Esquires. With Directions how to proceed in many Intricate Actions, both Real and Personal, shewing the Nature of those Actions and the Practice in them; excellently usefull [sic] for the avoiding of many Errours [sic] heretofore committed in the like Proceedings ; fit for all Lawyers, Attorneys and Practisers of the Law. Also a most Perfect and exact Table, shewing Appositely the Contents of the whole Book.

The Second Edition. London, Printed by F.L. for Matthew Walbancke at Grays-Inne, Gate and Henry Twyford in Vine Court in the Middle Temple, 1654. Quarto. [II], 241, [6] pages. Hardcover / Modern, stunning half-leather with marbled-paper-covered-boards. The Volume beautifully restored and now in protective Mylar. New endpapers. Faded dampstain. Very good condition with only minor signs of wear. Rare !

14. Buchanan, R. Ogilvie.

An Economic Geography of the British Empire. With Forty-Nine Diagrams and Maps and Sixteen Numbered Plates in Half-Tone Printed in the Text.

London, University of London Press, 1935. 15 cm x 21.5 cm. X, 346 pages. Hardcover [publisher’s original turquoise cloth] with lettering on spine and bordered front board. Very good condition with only minor signs of external wear and soiling. Binding firm and strong but slightly cocked. Textblock solid with sharp corners. Interior bright and clean. Bookseller’s label on front pastedown.

15. [Building News].

The Building News and Engineering Journal – Six Volumes bound in Five – With c. 600 original, stunning Lithographs of Architectural Buildings and Designs [Volume XIV (which is the complete Year 1867, January to December, but erroneously says 1868 on spine) / Volume XXII and Volume XXIII (which is the complete Year 1872, January to December) PLUS: Three Volumes with hundreds of plates / illustrations for the years 1873, 1877 and 1878. Being the very rare Illustrations / Plates – Volumes only (no text) for 1873: Volume The Twenty-Fourth / Volume Twenty-Fifth and 1877: Volume The Thirty-Second / Volume The Thirty-Third and 1878: Volume The Thirty-Fourth and Volume The Thirty-Fifth.

London, Office for Publication and Advertisements, 1868 / 1872 / 1873 / 1877 / 1878. (23 cm x 32.5 cm). All Five Volumes together contain c. 600 stunning lithographs / plates of which c. 180 are large, double-page-plates. [c. 60 plates missing or defect.] Original Hardcover / Original half leather with gilt lettering to spine. Overall very firm and in very good condition of the five volumes with occasional pages missing or some illustrations torn (see detailed descriptions of pagination). The 1873 Volume excellent. The Volumes 1877 and 1878 with some stronger fraying and dampstain-damage to the corners (Illustrations NOT effected). The price for these 5 heavy Volumes includes international free UPS Express shipping.

16. Burton, Richard [That was the Pseudonym / Nom de Plume for Nathaniel Crouch].

The Wars in England, Scotland and Ireland – Or, An Impartial Account of all the Battels [sic], Sieges, and other Remarkable Transactions, Revolutions and Accidents, which have happened from the beginning of the Reign of King CHARLES I. in 1625, to his Majesties happy Restauration, 1660. By Richard Burton.

The Fifth Edition very much enlarged. London, Printed for J.R.for Nat. Crouch at the Bell in the Poultry, near Cheapside, 1684. Duodecimo. Frontispice, [2], 231, [3] pages. With four ful-page woodcuts (including Frontispice) showing historical events, beheadings etc. Page 227 misprinted as page 229. LAst three pages are “Delights for the Ingenious – Books printed for N. Crouch”. Original full leather-covered boards. Binding in very poor condition with larger parts of the leather missing. Minor lesions to Frontispice and some papes to front and rear. Extremely rare !

17. Callery, Sean.

Harrods Knightbridge: The Story Of Society’s Favourite Store.

London, Ebury Press, 1991. 21.5 cm x 29 cm. 176 pages. With black and white and colour illustrations. Original Hardcover with dustjacket. As new condition with only minor signs of external wear. Spine of dustjacket is slightly faded.

18. Cambridge – Sparrow, S.

A Guide Through the University of Cambridge [Collection of Six Engravings of Cambridge Colleges and Buildings].

Original copper engraving. Cambridge, J. Deighton & Sons, 1814. Plate Size: 7.2 cm x 13.7 cm. Sheet Size: 18.5 cm x 11.2 cm. Original engravings. In very good condition. Some very minor traces of browning and slight paper imperfections only.

19. Campbell, John.

Lives of the Admirals, And other eminent British Seamen; containing Their Personal Histories, and a Detail of all their Public Services. Including A new and accurate Naval History, from the earliest Account of Time; and clearly proving by a continued Series of Facts, our uninterrupted Claim to, and Enjoyment of, the Dominion of our Seas. Interspersed With many curious Passages, relating to our Discoveries, Plantations and Commerce. Supported throughout by proper Authorities.

The Third Edition. In Four Volumes (complete set). London, Printed for T.Osborne, C.Hitch and L.Hawes, H.Woodfall, J.Rivington and others, 1761. Octavo (13.5 cm x 20.5 cm). Pagination [see full list of maps and portraits below the description]: Volume I: 587 pages with one folded map and two portraits / Volume II: 580 pages with one folded map and two portraits / Volume III: 488 pages with two fold-out maps / Volume IV: 519 pages with two fold-out maps. Hardcover / Original 18th century – calf with gilt ornament and original spine-labels [of which one spine-label has been recently replaced in matching style]. Bindings all firm and with only minor signs of wear and bunping to top and bottom of spine’s. Interior, Maps and Portraits all in excellent condition. Very inor, faded dampstain to the outer margins of some pages of Volume III. From the library of Daniel Conner (Connerville / Manch House), with his Exlibris / Bookplate to pastedown.

20. Cary, John.

Cary’s New Itinerary: Or an Accurate Delineation of the Great Roads, Both Direct and Cross throughout England and Wales: With Many of the Principal Roads in Scotland. From an Actual Admeasurement by John Cary: Made by Command of his Majesty’s Postmaster General for official purposes: Under the Direction and Inspection of Thomas Hasker Esq., Surveyor and Superintendant of the Mail Coaches. [Including an advertising for Cary’s New Celestial and Terrestrial Globes (with Illustrations of Globes)]. [Subtitle:] This work shows the immediate Route from the Metropolis [London] to all parts of England and Wales: And from Town to Town in every direction, distinguishing also the Cities, Market, Borough and Corporate Towns: And those at which the Assizes are held and gives the time of the Mails, Arrival and Departure from each, Describes the Line of the Navigable Canals and the Course of the Rivers passed over, The Number of Houses and Inhabitants contained in each Town, And those Inns which supply Post Horses and Carriages. Also The Inn’s throughout the Metropolis [London] from which the Mail and Stagecoaches go, their time of departure & the Route they seveerally take. The Noblemen and Gentlemen’s Seats situate near the Roads, A List of the Packet Boats and their time of sailing. Copious Indexes. Maps of the Lot Wight Environs of London, Bath, Brighton, Margate & Cheltenham & a Large Map of England and Wales peculiarly adapted to the Work. – [An Advertisement juxtaposed to the titlepage reads: “This Edition contains the Routes to upwards of Nine Thousand Places, which have never been given in any work of a similar Description; being a complete Directory to every Parish situate out of the Line of the Direct and Cross Roads throughout England and Wales”].

Seventh Edition, with Improvements [complete with all maps as called for]. London, Printed for J. Cary, 1817. Octavo. Pagination: [1], 647 pages plus 7 maps / Detailed pagination see here: [1], Title, Large Folding Map, [121], 6 folded Maps, [526] pages. Modern, recent Hardcover / Very decorative half-leather with marbled-paper-covered boards. Gilt lettering on new sppine-label. New endpapers. Protective Mylar. Only the large folding map with a inor tear (one part of the map deliberately bound separate (geniously folding out to meet th erest of the map). Interior text and maps all in excellent, unusually clean condition !!

21. Chalmers, Alexander.

A History of the University of Oxford, including the Lives of the Founders, by Alex Chalmers, with a Series of Illustrated Engravings by J.Storey & J.Greig. / A History of the College Halls. And Public Buildings, attached to the University of Oxford. [With 31 plates / steel engravings (including frontispiece)].

First Edition. Two Volumes (complete set). Oxford, Printed by Collingwood and Co., 1810. Octavo (14.4 cm wide x 21.7 cm high). Pagination: VolumeI: Frontispiece-Engraving of Oxford, engraved title-page, another title-page with a more explicit title, XVI, 260 pages / Volume II continues the pagination: Halftitle, Title, Pages 261 – 486 plus an Index (13 pages). plus 1 page (List of Plates). Original, very decorative, early 19th century full leather with gilt ornament to boards and masterfully rebacked spine with spine-labels. A superior copy of this often deranged and broken publication. A stunning example of british bindery-craftsmanship and with only minor signs of browning and foxing. The best example of this work we have ever seen. Firm, possible to be handled without fear of breaking, the leather smooth. A perfect gift !

22. [Chatham, William Pitt 1st Earl of] Rosebery, Lord.

Chatham: His Early Life and Connections.

London, Arthur L. Humphreys, 1910. 23.8cm x 17.2cm. XII, 526 pages. Original Hardcover. Lower spine rubbed – Otherwise in very good condition with only minor signs of external wear and some clear signs of foxing.

23. Churchill, Winston.

Great Contemporaries.

Second Edition. London, MacMillan and Co., 1942. Octavo. VI, 287 pages. Original Hardcover / blue publisher’s cloth with gilt lettering on spine in protective collector’s Mylar. Very good condition with only minor signs of external wear.

24. [Cobbett, William] Burton, Anthony.

William Cobbett – Englishman – A Biography.

London, Aurum, 1997. 24 cm. 275 pages. Illustrated. Original Hardcover with dustjacket. Excellent condition with some minor signs of wear only. Name and inscription of preowner on endpaper.

25. Collins, Leonora.

London in the Nineties [Victorian London in Photographs]. Edited by Leonora Collins.

London, The Saturn Press, 1950. Quarto (21 cm x 27 cm). 96 pages with many photographs. Original Hardcover with the rare dustjacket. Excellent condition with some minor signs of wear only.

26. [Combe, William] / [Thomas Rowlandson].

The Tour of Doctor Syntax – In Search of the Picturesque – A Poem [plus: “Volume Second”: “The Second Tour of Doctor Syntax – In Search of Consolation – A Poem”].

Volume One in Fourth Edition / Volume Two in First Edition. Two Volumes. London, Published by R. Ackermann at the Repository of Arts, 1813 – 1820. Large Octavo. Pagination: Volume I: Frontispiece, engraved titlepage, [2], 276, plus 1 page with “Directions to the Binder for placing the Plates”. With 31 handcoloured illustrations (including Frontispiece and titlepage) by caricaturist Thomas Rowlandson / Volume II: Frontispiece, [1], 277 pages plus 1 page with “Directions to the Binder for placing the Plates”. With 22 (of 24) handcoloured illustrations by caricaturist Thomas Rowlandson. Hardcover / Original half leather with original spine-labels and ornaments. Both Volumes with some rubbing but both in firm, original condition. Interior of Volume I with some mild foxing and fingerstaining only but all plates excellent. Interior of Volume II with a tear and loss of paper to the front free endpaper, some mild foxing, one plate and one textpage (page 11) slightly detached and with fraying). Minor wormholedamage to rear board (neglectable). Overall these two Volumes are in very good condition !

27. Conner, Daniel / [Daniel Conner Library (Connerville / Manch House / Bandon)].

On offer here is a large 18th / 19th century Country House Library from an Irish Country-House-Estate. 200 important and meaningful publications (comprising roughly 500 Volumes), from the stunning 18th & 19th century Irish Country House – Library of Daniel Conner – Alumni of Magdalen College / Oxford University. Daniel Conner and his extended family and relations, resided at Manch House, Dunmanway, West Cork (19th century) as well as in Connerville, Bandon (18th century). [To see each title in this Library photographed and described comprehensively – Please go to our website-section: “Libraries & Collections”]. Inanna Rare Books offers here the professionally documented, c. 200 titles in roughly 500 Volumes, many of them professionally restored and rebound to style by british and german bookbinders. The building and rebuilding of the Conner library is ongoing. Many of the important titles are already listed and photographed in detail on our website (www.inannararebooks.com). This is an unusual possibility to acquire a meaningful, historical Library with publications not only on General History, Classical Literature and Philosophy of Greece and Rome but also Landmark Publications in Philosophy, Economics, Religion, Travel, Irish and English History, Americana, Irish & British History and Constitutional Relations, Legal History and Law Publications of Ireland and England, Poetry and Literature of Women in Literature of 18th and 19th century England, Ireland and Continental Europe. The Conner Library reflects the 18th century enlightenment as well as the 19th century fashion of solitary education in a Country House Library on topics like Literature and Art, History and Travel etc. etc.

200 Titles in c. 500 Volumes. Manch / Bandon, c.1750 – 1880. Octavo. Original Hardcover Volumes or original wrappers. The overall condition of these books is very good or even better, mainly restored and professionally repaired, with some Volumes still at the bookbindery and in process of repair and restoration. The Library will be delivered per International Courier UPS.

28. Cox, Reginald H.W.

Military Badges of the British Empire 1914 – 18.

Chicago, The Standard Art Book Co., 1982. 21.5 cm x 30 cm. 363 pages. Original hardcover with original dustjacket in protective Mylar. Excellent condition with only very minor signs of external wear.

29. [Cromwell, Oliver] Carlyle, Thomas.

Oliver Cromwell’s Letters and Speeches : With Elucidations. [Including a special chapter on the Irish Campaign].

First Edition. Three Volumes (complete set with the Supplement in Second Edition). London, Chapman and Hall, 1845 – 1846. Octavo (14,5 cm x 22 cm). Volume I: Frontispiece-Portrait of Cromwell, engraved by Francis Holl, with Cromwell’s facsimile – signature, XII, 522 pages / Volume II: XIV, 692 pages / [Volume III] Supplement to the First Edition: XVIII, 224 pages plus c. 230 empty pages for annotations and notes, which were left empty by the 19th century owner. Hardcover / Stunning, original 18th century full calf with gilt lettering and original spine-labels. Marbled Endpapers matched with marbled edges all around. Strengthened and restored bindings in splendid and firm condition. Minor, repaired tear to titlepage of Volume I only. The text in excellent, very clean condition (which is unusual for this set). Very Rare in this condition !

30. [Cumberbatch, Benedict] Cumberbatch, Henry Arnold / Rees, Helen / Basil Benwell Rees / William Benwell Rees / Etheldreda Blanche Barker / [Sir Winston Churchill / Sir Anthony Arthur Duncan Montague Browne [Private Secretary to Sir Winston Churchill]].

Large Family Archive of the Benwell Rees – Family, including William Benwell Rees (brother to actor Benedict Cumberbatch’s grandmother Helen Rees, by marriage to British Diplomat Henry Arnold Cumberbatch, who was Consul in Romania, Turkey and Lebanon ). The archive includes at least one manuscript letter by Henry Arnold Cumberbatch and around one thousand documents chronicling the lives of the ex-patriate Benwell Rees family from 1890-1970 in Alexandria and Monaco, including William Benwell Rees, whose marriage to Etheldreda Blanche Barker cemented the family’s role in the highest circles of Alexandria life. The archive also charts their son Basil Rees’ decade in Monaco under Princess Grace and Prince Rainer III where he served as President of the British Association in the 1950’s-‘60s and solicited a letter written by Sir Anthony Arthur Duncan Montague Browne, on Winston Churchill’s behalf on Chartwell headed paper in which the former Prime Minister declined to attend an event in Monaco [signed by Montague Browne]. The archive is held in five heavy volumes, bursting with a plethora of amazing and wonderful historical letters, ephemera, emotional messages and telegrams, old images, theatre-programmes, and especially also includes programmes of plays in which ancestors of Benedict played (J.M.Barrie, Shakespeare etc.). The original letters and documents paint an interesting picture of Benedict Cumberbatch’s grandmother’s side of the family history in the Levant, their service in the Middle East and their social lives. The five volumes are bound in bespoke red morocco over textured paper-covered-boards and they contain at least one reference to Helen Rees next to a newspaper-clipping and dozens of wonderful handwritten letters and cards. Each volume about four inches across spine with title in gilt to upper cover and around 100 leaves in each with documents mounted recto and verso throughout, with photographs, invitations, business materials and clippings that chart the family’s life in their service for the British Colonial Office. The five Volumes include for example: Volume 1: The Benwell Rees’: begins with Egyptian Gazette, 1890 and a programme for a performance c1900 at the Port Theatre, Marina, Alexandria of Rumpelstilkskin; visiting cards and contemporary reports of the marriage of W B Rees and Etheldreda Blanche Barker in Alexandria, February 1901; Windsor Hotels prospectus and flyer (a WBR enterprise); 1913 Casino de Monte Carlo ticket for Ethel Rees; Kings School Canterbury ephemera and St Johns’ College, Cambridge for Basil Rees from 1920’s, graduated June 1924. Volume 2: The Benwell Rees’ Vol II, 1920’s-1990’s: includes J M Barrie, Quality Street programme for English Girls’ School, Alexandria, 1941; invitations from Princess Grace of Monaco etc Volume 3: Basil Rees Vol III, cover nearly detached, 1953- Basil Rees living at 2 Rue Origene, Alexandria, and covering period of move to Palais Majestic, Monaco after which he served as President of the British Association and his sudden death in 1967. Invitations to dinner and place settings with the Prince and Princess of Monaco. Birthday greetings; international stamp collecting societies. Photographic ‘Permis de Sejour’ for William Benwell Rees in Monaco, October 1918. Volume 4: Basil Rees Vol. IV Begins with telegram from Rees to the Queen; mostly very extensive formal correspondence concerned with Rees’ Presidency of he British Association in Monaco; invitations, notes, printed volume of Statutes of association from 1950, royal correspondence with Monaco and Britain. Volume 5: Basil Rees 4-5 1902 Vol II; William Basil Benwell Rees; Royal Navy ID card, British Forces, September 1943 – other material relating to Rees’ work as Duty Defence Officer at the Royal Navy Defence Base in Alexandria, HMS Nice. Volume begins in 1902 and includes Alexandria Dog Show, W B B Rees at Jesus College, Cambridge; Egypt NAAFI permits; lock of Basil Rees’ hair, aged 2 etc.

Alexandria / Monaco / etc., c. 1902 – 1967. Octavo. Half Morocco. Bindings stronger rubbed and slightly damaged.

31. Cunard Liner Interior Illustrations – [Cunard].

History of the Cunard Steamship Company – (Extracted from “The Illustrated Naval and Military Magazine”) – [This rare publication originates from the “Publicity-Department of the Cunard Line” and come together with a vintage Passenger-Card of the Cunard Royal Mail Steamer “Batavia” showing a Cabin Plan verso and an image of Samuel Walters’ painting of the “Batavia” on the front].

[London], [Illustrated Naval and Military Magazine] / [Allen & Co.], [1886]. Octavo. Frontispiece, 31 pages text, interspersed with 13 engravings (including Frontispiece) and an Appendix with Cabin Plans. Original Hardcover with Cunard-Company-Crest. Professionally restored and rebacked by an english masterbinder. Excellent condition. Cunard’s own copy with several stamps from Cunard “Please return to Publicity Dept. – The Cunard S.S.Co. Ltd. – Cunard Building – Liverpool”. Further stamp of preowner “Arthur C. Wardle”, Liverpool Historian.

32. [Cycling in Great Britain]

Collection of British Cycling and Touring Books and Maps. 1: J.G. Bartholomew, The Handy Touring Atlas of the British Isles / 2: Alexander Gross and F. Waite-Browne, The Premier Road Book of Great Britain / 3: ‘Cycles and Mopeds, Cycling Books of Maintenance / 4: Cycling Touring Club’s ‘Cycling’ [Know the Game Series] / 5: Cyclists’ Touring Club, ‘C.T.C. Handbook and Guide’ / 6: The Kuklos Annual and Handbook for Cyclists and other Roadfarers, 1925 / 7: Harold Briercliffe, Northern England / 8: Harold Briercliffe, Southern England, / 9: Philips New Series of County Maps – Surrey / 10: Bartholomew’s Reduced Survey Map of Dorset / 11: Bartholomew’s Reduced Survey Map of South Devon / 12: Bartholomew’s Reduced Survey Map of York and Scarborough / 13: ‘Cycling Map of the Midlands’ published by E.J. Larby / 14: Wincarins Motor & Cyclist Map of England (in Sixteen Sections)

14 volumes – 8 books, 4 Leporellos and 2 large fold-out maps. London, East Ardsley, Wakefield, Yorkshire, Cheltenham, George Newnes / Educational Productions Limited / Temple Press Limited / Daily News Ltd, 1923 – 1952. 10.5 cm x 15.2 cm – 12.7 cm x 18.5 cm – 20 cm x 13.7 cm – 10.3 cm x 19.5 cm. Circa. 1,100 pages. Numerous colour fold-out maps and in-text maps and tables. Hardcover and softcover. All items in very good condition with a mixture of minor and some stronger signs of wear.

33. Deluxe Illustrated Children’s Book – Kipling, Rudyard.

All the Puck Stories. With Illustrations by H.R.Millar and Charles E.Brock.

First Deluxe Edition (Published simultaneously with the trade edition). London, MacMillan and Co., 1935. Octavo. Frontispiece-Illustration, X, 670, [2] pages. Illustrated throughout. Original Hardcover / Decorative full red leather with gilt lettering and gilt illustration of Puck on the front board. In its original, rare dustjacket. The dustjacket frayed with some loss. The Volume itself in excellent condition with some minor signs of wear to upper and lower hinge only.

34. [Dowling, Vincent] / Anonymous / Gower, Roger / [Callaghan, Daniel – Esq. of Lotabeg (Provenance – Bookplate)].

Sammelband with important original Works by Vincent Dowling and other writers / Satirical Tracts, Satirical Pamphlets and Satirical Periodicals of 18th century Ireland. A stunning and very rare Collection from the Library of Daniel Callaghan, Esq. of Lotabeg, MP for Cork. The Volume includes: I. [Anti-English Satirical Periodical by Vincent Dowling – 25 (of 34) Issues of one of the most important satirical periodical of 18th century Ireland, called “Collection of Proceedings and Debates of the Parliament of Pimlico – In the Last Session of the Eighteenth Century. [Dublin], Published by the Executors of Judith Freel and sold by all Flying Stationers” [see detailed Bibliography and Pagination below], [1799-1800]/ II. Continuation of the Periodical happened under the Title “The Olio or Anything-arian Miscellany”, of which issues No.I – No. V are bound after (The titlepage of No. I of the “Olio” states: “Debates in the Pimlico Parliament (Continued from No.XXVIII)” [which means these five issues bring the tota l of the periodical to 30 (of 34)] / III. S.P.Bluddengutz (Pseudonym) / Anonymous: “The Vaticination – As you will find it written in the 110th No. of Pue’s Occurences, Redivivus ! – The Fifth Year of the Incorporation” – Dublin, Printed by Fitzpatrick, 1799. 16 pages / IV. [Lord Camden] – “Considerations on the Situation to which Ireland is Reduced by the Government of Lord Camden” – The Sixth Edition, Improved and Corrected. To which is added a copy of the STATE PAPER !!! – Dublin, Printed in t he Year 1798 – 34 pages / V. Roger Gower / Anonymous – “Hosier’s Hall” [an address to Lord Cornwallis, by the Corporation of Hosiers of Dublin, with his reply, and an attack on it by Roger Gower, clerk of the Corporation] – Dublin, 1798 – 14, [1] pages. [with printed NOTE at the end of this pamphlet stating:″The foregoing Notice should have appeared sooner, but Faulkner’s Journal refused to receive it” //

[Dublin], Flying Stationers [Dowling] / M.Fitzpatrick / 1799 – 1800. Quarto. Pagination: “Parliament of Pimilico”: 100 pages / “Olio”: 40 pages / “Vaticination”: 16 pages / “Considerations”: 34 pages / “Hosier’s Hall”: 14, [1] pages. Private half – leather with gilt lettering on spine. Wonderful binding with marbled papaer-covered pastedowns and endpapers. The armorial bookplate of Daniel Callaghan, Esquire of Lotabeg (County Cork) to the pastedown with his Motto: “Fidus et Audax” / Endpapers and first four pages with minor wormhole-damage. The Volume overall in excellent condition !

35. Emery, Jack.

The Putney Debates.

Cambridge, The Rampant Lions Press, 1983. 18.8cm x 27.8 cm. Colour Lino Frontispiece. 94 pages. With 6 colour lino-print illustrations throughout. Original Hardcover with plain card slipcase. Deckled edges. Very good+ condition with only minor signs of external wear. Moderate foxing and discolouration to slip case. Book in as new condition. Front pastedown contains ‘Erik Haugaard’ Exlibris dated 1974. With navy colour decorated top edges. ‘This book was designed and five hundred copies were printed by Sebastian Carter at the Rampant Lions Press, Cambridge. This type is 12 point Times New Roman set by the Stellar Press, with displayed matter in Hunt Roman; the paper is Zerkall Silurian; the lino-cuts were printed from the original blocks. The binding, in specially designed patterned paper boards, was by Woolnough of Wellingborough. This is number 174.’

36. England – Tallis, John / Rapkin, John. (1817 – 1876).

Channel Islands with large Maps of Guernsey and Jersey [as well as a small inset-map with Alderney, Sark and Herm] – With Vignettes of St Peter’s Port, Castle Cornet and Druidical Altar Near l’Ancresse, Mont Orgueil Castle and Jersey.

Original steel engraving / Vintage map. Drawn and engraved by John Rapkin. Partly hand-coloured. Illustrations by H. Winkles and engravings by E. Radclyffe. London & New York, John Tallis & Company, 1851. Plate Size: 24.5 cm x 35 cm. Sheet Size: 27.3 cm x 37.3 cm. Vintage 19th century map in very good condition.

37. England – Tallis, John / Rapkin, John. (1817 – 1876).

Exeter – With Vignettes of the Post Office, St. Sidwell’s Church, View of the Exe, Guildhall, Exeter Cathedral, and Northernhay.

Original steel engraving / Vintage map. Drawn and engraved by John Rapkin. Illustrated and Engraved by H. Winkles. London & New York, John Tallis & Company, 1851. Plate Size: 33.5 cm x 26 cm. Sheet Size: 37.5 cm x 27 cm. Vintage 19th century map in very good condition.

38. England – Tallis, John / Rapkin, John. (1817 – 1876).

Manchester and its Environs – With Vignettes of Collegiate Church, Royal Infirmary, Branch Bank of England, Athenaeum, Townhall, Post office and Free Library.

Original steel engraving / Vintage map. Drawn and engraved by John Rapkin. Illustrated and Engraved by H. Watkins. London & New York, The London Printing Company, 1851. Plate Size: 49 cm x 36 cm. Sheet Size: 51 cm x 37.2 cm. Vintage 19th century map / city-plan in very good condition.

39. England – Tallis, John / Rapkin, John. (1817 – 1876).

Newcastle on Tyne – With Vignettes of High Level Bridge, Grey Monument, Railway Bridge, Central Station and The Castle.

Original steel engraving / Vintage map. Drawn and engraved by John Rapkin. Illustrated and Engraved by H. Winkles. London & New York, The London Printing and Publishing Company, 1851. Plate Size: 33.5 cm x 25.5 cm. Sheet Size: 37.5 cm x 27 cm. Vintage 19th century map in very good condition.

40. England – Tallis, John / Rapkin, John. (1817 – 1876).

Southampton – With Vignettes of Netley Abbey, Southampton, Railway Station and the Bar Gate.

Original steel engraving / Vintage map. Drawn and engraved by John Rapkin. Illustrated and Engraved by H. Winkles. London & New York, John Tallis & Company, 1851. Plate Size: 24 cm x 35 cm. Sheet Size: 27 cm x 37.3 cm. Vintage 19th century map in very good condition.

41. England – Tallis, John / Rapkin, John. (1817 – 1876).

York – With Beautiful Vignettes of The Minster, Walmgate Bar, Archbishop’s Palace, The Castle, Museum, Railway Station, Micklegate Bar, Ruins of St Mary’s Abbey, Guilhall and Ouse Bridge.

Original steel engraving / Vintage map. Drawn and engraved by John Rapkin. Illustrated and Engraved by H. Winkles. London & New York, The London Printing and Publishing Company, 1851. Plate Size: 32 cm x 25 cm. Sheet Size: 37.3 cm x 27.3 cm. Vintage 19th century map in very good condition.

42. [English History Collection] – Aspinall, A. [Ed].

Mrs. Jordan and her Family: Being the Unpublished Letters of Mrs. Jordan and the Duke of Clarence, later William IV.

First edition. London, Arthur Barker Ltd., 1951. 16 x 25cm. (27), 295 pages. Original hardcover with dustjacket in protective Mylar. Very good condition with only minor signs of wear to dustjacket and mild foxing to edges. Pre-owner’s name inscribed on front endpaper.

43. [English History Collection] – Fulford, Roger.

Glyn’s 1753-1953: Six Generations in Lombard Street.

London / New York, Macmillan & Co Ltd / St Martin’s Press, 1953. 14.5 cm x 22 cm. XVI, 267. Original Hardcover with dustjacket covered in protective collector’s mylar. Excellent condition with minor signs of external wear. Some browning of page edges. Slightly worn corners on cover. Inscription by preowner. Clean inside with solid binding.

44. [English History Collection] – Hardman, Sir William.

A Mid-Victorian Pepys – The Letters and Memoirs of Sir William Hardman. Annotated and Edited by S.M. Ellis.

First Edition. London, Cecil Palmer, 1923. 22.7cm x 14.5cm. XI, 316 pages. With 13 historic illustrations. Hardcover. Original green cloth with gilt lettering on spine. Good condition with external signs of wear.

45. [English History Collection] – Heath, Baron [John Benjamin] / [Carritt, R. Graham].

Some Account of the Worshipful Company of Grocers of the City of London.

Third Edition. London, Privately Printed, 1869. Large Octavo. Frontispiece (Saint Anthony, tutelar Saint of the Company of Grocers), XVI, 601 pages with many illustrations (steel-engravings) and one facsimile. Hardcover / Original publishers quarter morocco with gilt lettering on spine and Emblemata on cover. Top edge gilt. Only some faint signs of dampstain to the outer margins of the illustrations. Otherwise in splendid condition with only minor signs of external wear. Presentation copy from Master Ernest Woodhame to R. Graham Carritt on the occasion of his admission to the Livery of the Company in June 1927. With a bookplate of Grocer’s Hall to the front pastedown.

46. [English History Collection] – Lipscombe, Nick.

The Peninsula War Atlas.

First Edition. Oxford, Osprey Publishing, 2010. 30 cm x 25 cm. 384 pages. Original Hardcover with slip case. Quarter cloth-bound. Excellent condition.

47. [English History Collection] – Macauley, Lord.

History of England. From the Accession of James II. A New Edition in Two Volumes.

Two Complete Volumes. London, Longmans, Green & Co., 1886. 12 cm x 18.5 cm. Vol. I: XXIV, 776 pages / Vol. II: XI, 820 pages. Original hardcover / Price-Bindings with emblemata / coat of arms of Wellington College with their motto: “Heroum Filii”. Fair condition but with stronger signs of external wear. Both volumes’ spines have become worn and detached (Vol II’s more so than Vol I). The beautiful and large Exlibris / Bookplate of Wellington College to the pastedown of Volume I with manuscript award-inscription to J.C.V.Durrell at Christmas 1887. From the reference library of Hans Christian Andersen – Translator Erik Haugaard. With his Exlibris to the pastedown of Volume II and endpaper of Volume I. The set needs attention from a bookbinder.

48. [English History Collection] – Miller, T.G.

Geology & Scenery in Britain.

London, B.T. Batsford Ltd., 1953. Octavo. 224 pages. Illustrated with many photographs. Original Hardcover with illustrated dustjacket in protective Mylar. Some stronger signs of foxing ! Unusual in the beautiful dustjacket.

49. [English History Collection] – Morton, H.V.

In Search Of England / In Search Of Scotland / In Search Of Wales / In Scotland Again.

Four volumes. London, Methuen & Co. Ltd., 1929 / 1929 / 1936 / 1934. 13 x 19.5cm. 232 / 288 / 273 / 415 pages, with illustrations and maps. Original hardcover with gilt lettering. Very good condition with only minor signs of shelf wear and some stronger signs of foxing to edges. Wonderful set. [From the series “The Search Books”].

50. [English History Collection] – Salmon, Edward / Worsfold, James / Vivian, E. Charles.

The British Dominions Year Book 1916.

London, The British Dominions / General Insurance Co., 1916. Octavo. 336 pages with numerous illustrations and 4 special, large folding-maps [Tipped-in illustration of Subscription Room at Lloydsin 1800 / Photographic Plate showing the “Chiefs of the Dominions” (Sir Robert Laird Borden / General Louis Botha / A. Bonar Law / W.E.Massey / Andrew Fisher) / Plate with “Badges of Rank – Royal Navy (Cuffs) / Caps and Cap Badges – Royal Navy / Badges of Rank – Officers – Shoulder Strap Badges and Caps / Cuffs / Gorget Patches / Sleeve Badges / Folding Map in Colour of “The British Dominions” / Folding Map of “The Panama Canal” (specially drawn for “The British Dominions”) / Plate with Medal Ribbons of the British Army / Plate with Badges of Rank and Proficiency – N.C.O.‘s and Men / Coloured Folding Map: “Industrial Map of Europe” / Coloured Folding Map “The Races of Europe” (Classified by Language) / Map of “The Balkan States” / Hardcover / original, publisher’s half cloth with illustrated cover. Binding slightly stained and rubbed but firm ! Interior in excellent condition with all maps and illustrations pristine !