Antiquarian and Collectors’ Books

USSHER, Richard J. and Robert WARREN. The Birds of Ireland. London: Gurney and Jackson, 1900. First edition, 8vo (219 x 138mm.) 1 chromolithographed frontispiece of bird eggs, tissue-guard, 6 uncoloured plates, 2 double-paged colour maps to rear. (Toning.) Original blue cloth, gilt lettering to spine (slightly bumped spine ends). Provenance: 'Castleconnell' (ink name inscribed to upper cover). - And a related volume (Robert Gray's 'The Birds of the West of Scotland', 1871, 8vo). Provenance: from the estate of the late Frank Warren (2).

RUDOLPH, Francis Charles Joseph. Notes on Sport and Ornithology…translated…by C.G. Danford. London: Gurney and Jackson, 1889. 8vo (222 x 134mm.) Portrait frontispiece. (Toning, title loosening.) Original blue pictorial cloth (extremities bumped). - And a further seventeen volumes relating to hunting and natural history (including Abel Chapman's 'Art of Wildfowling', 1896, 8vo, and a signed copy of A.E. Gathorne-Hardy's 'Autumns in Argyleshire with Rod and Gun', 1901, 8vo). Provenance: from the estate of the late Frank Warren (18).

NEW NATURALIST LIBRARY. - Oliver RACKHAM. Woodlands. London: Collins, 2006. First edition, 8vo (215 x 142mm.) Numerous illustrations. Original green cloth, dust-jacket. - And a further nineteen volumes in the New Naturalist series (including David Cabot's 'Ireland', 1999, 8vo) and a volume in the New Naturalist monograph series, Stuart Smith's 'The Yellow Wagtail', 1950, 8vo). Provenance: from the estate of the late Frank Warren. (21).

McCONNOCHIE, Alexander. The Deer & Deer Forests of Scotland: Historical, Descriptive, Sporting. London: H.F. & G. Witherby, 1923. 8vo (252 x 167mm.) 14 plates. Original green cloth, gilt roundel of a deer to upper cover (light rubbing to extremities). - And a further three volumes relating to hunting (including A. Grimble's 'Deer-Stalking and the Deer Forests of Scotland', 1901, 4to, and J.G. Millais's 'The Wildfowler in Scotland', 1901, 4to). Provenance: from the estate of the late Frank Warren (4).

BINDING. - George OSBALDESTON. E.D. CUMING (editor). Squire Osbaldeston. London: John Lane at the Bodley Head, 1926. Limited edition, this being number 42 of 100 copies on handmade paper and with 13 extra illustrations, 4to (284 x 222mm.) 16 colour plates, numerous uncoloured plates, commentary by Theodore Cook. (Toning, occasional finger-mark.) Contemporary red crushed morocco by Zaehnsdorf, triple fillet ruling to covers, t.e.g. (some scratch marks to lower cover, mark to upper cover). Provenance: Lord Trent (bookplate to front pastedown). Provenance: from the estate of the late Frank Warren.

BINDING. - W.D. PARISH. A Dictionary of the Sussex Dialect and Collection of Provincialisms in Use in the County of Sussex. Lewes: Farncombe and Co., 1875. First edition, 8vo (213 x 132mm.) 2pp. publisher's advertisements to rear. (Toning.) 20th century green morocco bound by Henry Sotheran Ltd, triple fillet gilt to covers, two red morocco lettering pieces to the second and third compartments of the spine, foliate tooling to the rest, gilt turn-ins, t.e.g. (slight fading to upper cover). Provenance: Clement Parish (bookplate to the front pastedown); 'H.F.L.' (gift inscribed to on front-free endpaper). Provenance: from the estate of the late Frank Warren.

MCKELVIE, Colin Laurie and Richard ROBJENT (illustrator). The Woodcock, a Study in Words and Pictures. Norfolk: Fine Sporting Interests, 1988. Limited edition, this being number 296 of 300 copies signed by the author and illustrator and with an original sepia drawing by Richard Robjent, 4to (317 x 238mm.) Numerous colour plates with captioned tissue-guards. Original half brown morocco with gilt vignettes of a woodcock to upper cover and spine, t.e.g., brown cloth-covered slipcase (mark to side panel). - And a further five volumes relating to game birds from the same series, all signed limited editions of the same number (296) with original drawings by Richard Robjent ('The Snipe', 1989, 'The Grouse', 1991, and 'The Partridge', 1993, all written by Colin Laurie McKelvie and 'The Pheasant', 1995, and 'Sporting Wildfowl of the British Isles' by Brian Philip Martin). Provenance: from the estate of the late Frank Warren (6).

KNIGHT, C. (publisher). The Windsor Guide, containing a Description of the Town and Castle. Windsor: C. Knight, 1815. New edition, 12mo (187 x 105mm.) 3pp. index to rear. (Browning, some uncut leaves, lacking blanks.) 20th century brown cloth with original upper and lower covers laid-down, later facsimile paper label to spine (sunning to spine, endpapers replaced). - And a further twenty-nine volumes relating to Windsor and the surrounding area (including Charles Kerry's 'The History and Antiquities of the Hundred of Bray, in the County of Berks', 1861, 8vo) (30).

HOPE, William H. St. John. Windsor Castle, an Architectural History. London: Country Life, 1913. 2 vols. (and a portfolio of plans). Limited edition, this being one of 1050 copies, folio (364 x 245mm.) 2 colour frontispieces, numerous uncoloured plates, several double-paged, eight folded plans. (Light spotting to frontispieces, browning to margins.) Original red cloth (some fading, light rubbing). - And a further thirteen volumes relating to Windsor (including G.M. Hughes's 'A History of Windsor Forest, Sunninghill and the Great Park', 1890, 4to) (16).

POTE, Joseph. The History and Antiquities of Windsor Castle, and the Royal College, and the Chapel of St. George: with the Institution, Laws, and Ceremonies of the Most Noble Order of the Garter. Eton: Joseph Pote, 1749. 4to (240 x 178mm.) Engraved portrait frontispiece, imprimatur leaf, title in red and black, dedication in red, 12 engraved plates including 3 folding. (Browning throughout, some spotting.) 20th century half calf over marbled paper-covered boards (fading to spine, endpapers replaced). Provenance: H.T. Morley (bookplate to the first initial blank). - And a further four volumes (including James Hakewill's 'The History of Windsor, and its Neighbourhood', 1813, large 4to) (5).

BINDINGS. - Honoré de BALZAC. Ouevres Completès. Paris: Calmann Lévy, 1891-1895. 50 vols. (of 53). 8vo (170 x 104mm.) (Toning, occasional spotting.) Contemporary red half morocco over marbled paper-covered boards, gilt lettering to spines (rubbing to spines). - And a further three volumes in the same binding (including Leo Tolstoy's 'La Guerre et la Paix', 2 vols. (of 3), 1893, 8vo) (53).

BINDINGS. - Hippolyte TAINE. Les Origines de la France Contemporaine. Paris: Librairie Hachette, 1896-1898. 6 vols., mixed editions, 8vo (218 x 134mm.) (Spotting to front and rear leaves, toning.) Near contemporary half green morocco over green cloth-covered boards, two brown morocco lettering pieces to the spines, t.e.g. (rubbing to extremities, a few scuff marks). Provenance: Claude Delaval Cobham (bookplates to the front pastedowns). - And a further eleven bound volumes (Charles Augustin Sainte-Beuve's 'Nouveaux Lundis', 11 vols. (of 13), 1890-1895, 8vo) (17).

RENSHAW, Walter Charles. Searches into the History of the Family of Byne or Bine of Sussex. London: Chiswick Press, 1913. Limited edition, this being one of 35 copies only, 4to (295 x 191mm.) 3 folding genealogies to rear. (Small stamps to several leaves and to title, an ink line across p.145, toning.) Original vellum-backed boards (wear to all extremities, label residue to base of spine). Provenance: Crawley Reference Library (label to front pastedown); Worthing Library (label to front pastedown). - And a further twenty-one volumes relating to Sussex, all ex-library (including William H. St. John Hope's 'Cowdray and Easebourne Priory', 1919, folio) (22).

ELWES, Dudley George Cary. A History of the Castles, Mansions, and Manors of Western Sussex. London: Longman & Co., 1876. 3 parts in 3 vols., 8vo (278 x 197mm.) Frontispiece, numerous plates and folding genealogies, contents and preface bound at rear of volume 3. (Spotting to frontispiece and occasionally thereafter, toning, lacking blanks, large repair to 'Contents' page, large tear to one genealogy.) 20th century half morocco over grey cloth boards (fading to spines). Provenance: Chichester Reference Library (labels to front pastedowns). - And a further eleven volumes relating to Sussex, all ex-library (including Walter Charles Renshaw's 'Searches into the History of the Family of Blaker of Sussex', 1904, 4to) (14).

CLARENDON, Edward Hyde. The History of the Rebellion and Civil Wars in England. Oxford: at the theatre 1702-1704. 3 vols., first edition, folio (380 x 233mm.) 2 engraved portrait frontispieces, 2 engraved vignettes to titles, ornaments and initials. (Lacking 1 frontispiece, lacking half-titles, toning, occasional browning.) Contemporary calf (all boards detached, lacking 1 board, rubbing). Provenance: David Jones (ink inscribed to title of volume one); C.L. Denison (name inscribed to preliminaries). - And a further four volumes (including William Hurd's 'A New Universal History of the Religious Rites, Ceremonies and Customs of the World', [circa 1780], folio, and Walter Raleigh's 'A History of the World in Five Books', 1733, folio) (7).

JUDAISM. - D.N. FREEDMAN (editor). The Leningrad Codex… a Facsimile edition. Grand Rapids and Cambridge: William B. Eerdman, 1998. 4to (324 x 275mm.) Numerous photographic illustrations. (Toning.) Original cloth, mounted illustration to upper cover (some warping of upper cover). - And a further ten volumes of related books, mostly 18th century (including Moses Ben (Maimondes) Maimon's 'Mishneh Torah', 2 vols. (of 4), 1574-1575, folio, and 'The Book of Common Prayer' published by John Baskett, 1715, folio) (11).

FOLIO SOCIETY (publisher). Nikolaus von JACQUIN. Selectarum Stirpium Americanarum Historia. London: Folio Society, 2016. Limited edition, this being number 283 of 750 copies, folio (465 x 321mm.) Numerous plates in facsimile, several folding, commentary volume by Christopher Mills. Original maroon morocco-backed boards over blue pictorial cloth in gilt, silver and black, contained within the publisher's blue cloth-covered solander box.

FOLIO SOCIETY (publisher). - H.G. WELLS and Alvin Langdon COBURN. The Door in the Wall. London: Folio Society, 2016. Limited edition, this being number 737 of 1000 copies, 4to (371 x 278mm.) 11 tipped-in plates from photographs by Alvin Langdon Coburn, with essay volume by David Lodge and George Hendrick. Original brown cloth-backed paper-covered boards, gilt lettering to upper cover, contained within a brown cloth-covered solander box with mounted illustration to upper panel (two marks to upper panel).

FOLIO SOCIETY (publisher). - R. Bowdler SHARP. Monograph of the Paradiseidae or Birds of Paradise and Ptilonorhynchidea of Bower-Birds. London: Folio Society, 2011. Plate volume, folio (539 x 366mm.) Foreword by David Attenborough, 70 colour plates. Original green morocco-backed green pictorial cloth in gilt and red, t.e.g., slipcase (faint mark to side panel).