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Paris: Hautecoeur Martinet. 1830-1835.Lithograph with hand colouring (255x190mm) by an unknown artist. Printed by Delaunois. The image, which might be from the satirical journal "La Caricature" although this is not clear, shows a young woman with two babies standing outside a priests' house. A priest has come to answer the door and she is asking him for charity. He is saying that since the revolution priest are like her (i.e. short of money). The doors open to reveal five priests drinking and cavorting.

[Vienna]: [widow of Alberti for T.Mollo]. [1799].Broadsheet (65 x 48 cm). Contemporary, probably original, pink cloth backing marbled boards. With fifty numbered woodcuts on forty three sheets, the first five sheets comprising the legend by Stabius, the last sheet also containing three woodcut inscriptions numbered fifty one to fifty three, the entire design made up from 174 original blocks and eighteen etchings by Bartsch on three sheets.

Chicago: St Luke Society. 1902.First edition. 12mo (185x120mm). pp. 75. Two facsimile letters and five photographs. Original green boards, sympathetically rebacked, upper board printed in gold, lettering fading. Corners worn but overall a very good copy. The earliest known full length confession by a female addict. Annie Meyers, describes her descent from “well balanced Christian woman” to “a haggard and wretched physical and mental wreck”. Her problems began with Birney’s Catarrh Remedy and the book traces her numerous arrests, her progressive physical decline illustrated by photographs and her eventual recovery.

Accedunt I. Richteri Vita. II. Orationes Duae, De Arcanis aulae Iustinianeae: De Poetarum raritate, eiusq[ue] caussa. III. Mantissae Sex, Quarum prima Epistolas continet Casp. Hofmanni ad Varios; secunda Variorum ad Hofmannum; tertia Andr. Dinneri IC. ad Varios; quarta Variorum ad Dinnerum; quinta Variorum ad Varios; sexta deniq[ue] Iudicia septem. IV. Spicilegium Epistolarum Illustrium. Opus, quaesitis ac responsis Theologicis, Iuridicis, Politicis...Cum indicibys auctorum, rerum, verborum, copiosissimus. Norimbergae [Nuremberg]: Michaelis Endteri. 1662.Quarto, 190x152mm. pp. [26], 832, 68. Frontispiece portrait and engraved illustrated additional half title.

Croton-on-Hudson: Menses Inc. 1984.First limited ed of 100 copies thus. Square 4to concertina-folded leaves, pp 101, illustrated throughout. A Near-fine copy with some marks to the first leaf - else crisp and clean. Housed as issued in a red brocade sleeve with a laid-on paper title label. In a very good grey slipcase with some very light wear to the corners.

Leigh-on-Sea, Essex: F.Lewis (Publishers) Limited. 1937.First edition. 325x265mm. pp. viii, 102 pages of text interspersed with 139 plates, some photographs on glossy papers, others drawings. Each plate has several examples of metalwork so this book is profusely illustrated and is a valuable reference tool. Original cream cloth letter in gilt with publisher's device stamped in gilt to upper cover. Original dust jacket with staining to spine and small chipping to head and foot of spine. Rare in the dustjacket particularly in this very good condition. Internally in excellent condition.

London: Offices of "The Studio". 1902.Eight parts in original grey wrappers 430x308mm lettered in white. With introductory essay by Frederick Wedmore, a commentary on the painters illustrated and a list of water-colour painters. Sixty six water-colour reproductions tipped in on large white heavy paper (measures 418x295 and the prints vary but are around 240x160mm) and each one protected by tissue paper on which is printed the details of the artist and the painting. All housed in a blue paper covered card folder with a label to upper cover.

London: John Thomas Smith. 1815.Second edition. Folio. Title page and forty etchings (of forty eight) sold as a collection of plates. Brown full morocco, raised bands with simple double fillet and fleur de lys design in blind, spine lettered in gilt, marbled endpapers with Van Gelder watermark. One very small mark on the upper cover and slight rubbing to corners and two small areas of rubbing to the front turn-ins but overall in excellent condition. Internally fine with the plates in superb condition and only slight foxing to the margins.

Leipzig: Parthenon-Verlag. 1927.First edition. 239x154mm. pp. 64. Original paper wrappers illustrated with a drawing of a Greek temple and a photograph of a naked woman. Slight creasing to the edges of the upper cover but otherwise in very good condition. Internally near fine with the photographs in superb condition. Ten pages of text (in German) and 48 black and white photographs by many of the leading photographers of the nude in 1920s German including Lotte and Rolf Herrlich and Dr Ernst Schertel.

Mediolani: Ex Typographia Pauli Antonii Montani. 1733.First edition. 4to. 227x175mm. pp. [XVI], 142 [2bl], 6 folding plates with 55 diagrams. Contemporary vellum, spine with four raised bands, compartments decorated with gilt flower motif. Covers a little marked and soiled. Some foxing and browning but otherwise very good internally. An excellent copy of a scarce book of which Worldcat locates only sixteen copies worldwide. We have traced no copies at auction.

Paris: Éditions de La Martinière. 2000.First edition. Large 4to. (335 by 255mm). pp. 431. Original black cloth with title and author printed in black on the spine. Photographic dust jacket with title and author printed in grey to upper cover and spine. There is some very minor bumping to the bottom right of the upper cover but otherwise this is in fine condition throughout. Text in French. Eight page introductory essay by Lélia Wanick Salgado setting out the aim of the book: "This book tells the story of humanity on the move".

Dublin: Printed by Graisberry and Campbell. 1814.First edition. 8vo. pp. [6], 180. Original grey-brown paper covered boards, rebacked, original paper label to spine (torn and missing left and right edges), lettered in black. Edges of boards slightly worn. Internally very good with some foxing in places, leaves uncut. Front free endpaper has ownership inscription of A.M. Perkins. Upper cover has a gift inscription (only partially legible) "To. Perkins Esqr, 7 Hereford [?] Street, Red Lion Square, London or [...] Regents Park. W.J [...ins] Compliments [.....] Dublin". Rare in commerce, the last copy appearing at auction in 1980.

London: John Murray. 1935.First edition. Signed by Wren and with his bookplate. 8vo. 187x120mm. pp. 464, [4pp publisher's list]. Original red cloth lettered in gilt to upper cover and spine. Lacking the scarce dust jacket but the striking front cover of this has been pasted onto the front free endpaper. Fading and soiling to spine and some slight foxing but otherwise in excellent condition throughout. Front pastedown has the armorial bookplate of Wren which is signed by the author. The title page is stamped with the name "F.N.Ablewhite".

Leiden: Chez Luzac & van Damme. 1786. First edition with these illustrations. Three volumes. 8vo in 4s. 195x115mm. Vol. 1, Tome Premier (1786), Tome Second (1764): pp. xxiv, [4], 79 [1bl], two engraved frontispieces, 45 engraved plates; [4], 78, 50 engraved plates. Vol. 2, Tome Troisieme (1770) and Tome Quartrieme (1775): pp. [4], 69 [1bl], 43 engraved plates; [8], 108, 45 engraved plates. Vol. 3, Tome Cinquieme (1786) and Tome Sixieme (1786): pp. xliv, II, 89 [1bl], 42 engraved plates; iv, 152, 50 engraved plates. Beautifully bound by P.

New York: Ballantine Books Inc.. 1953.No false prophetFirst trade edition. 197x126mm. Pp. [6], 199 [3]. Red cloth, lettered in yellow to upper cover and spine. Original illustrated dustjacket. Some chipping and creasing to the edges of the jacket but otherwise in very good condition and internally excellent. Jacket is Currey's state D (no priority). Front free endpaper has a gift inscription dated October 22, 1953 "To Don – With the hope that we can prove Ray Bradbury as false prophet! Polly".

Japan: Self Published. 1981.First edition, limited to 500 copies. 247 by 267mm. Unpaginated. 47 colour plates. Black cloth with title and author stamped in English in silver on upper board and in Japanese on the spine. White card slip-case with a photograph on its front and the title and author printed in black in English and Japanese. Slip-case is protected by a plastic wrapper. Both book and case are in fine condition. The photographs in this, the last of Gocho’s three published works were taken between April 1978 and October 1980.

New York: Ridge Press. 1965.First Edition. Presentation copy to John Morris, legendary photo-editor of Life Magazine and New York Times: "Nov. 1965. For John, with much love and admiration for what you are and who you are. The first person I knew in photography - to me you're still the greatest. Most sincerely, Ken." Small 4to. pp. 208. Numerous b/w illustrations. Slight discolouration at edges. Cream cloth boards, gilt lettering on upper cover, black lettering on spine. Dust-jacket almost complete but some tears, worn and discoloured at extremities.

London: John Murray. 1844.First edition. Small 8vo. 167x105mm. pp. [4], xviii, 511, [1 adverts]. With engraved frontispiece, engraved half-title, and engraved illustrations and plans in the text. Bound by Remnant and Edmonds (ticket on rear pastedown) in green cloth, borders and spine decorated in blind, centre of upper cover illustrated in gilt with a farmhouse and animals. Corners bumped and worn, spine faded and bumped to head and foot and a (30mm) surface tear to the cloth at joint with upper cover. Minor marks to baords in place. Front pastedown has armorial bookplate of James Hunter of Hafton.

A Radical Book for Radical Times Edinburgh and London: William Blackwood and Sons. 1866. First edition. Three volumes. 8vo (222x135mm). pp. 303; 290; 284 + 4pp. publisher's adverts. Original tan blind-stamped cloth with gilt lettering on spines. Vol. 1. Spine darkened and frayed at head. Vol. 2. rubbed on joints, biro mark on upper cover. Vol. 3. Rubbed on joints and nicks at head of spine, neatly repaired. Overall, a good clean copy. Vol. 1. 'Dadie' Rylands annotations on front pastedown endpaper. Book-plate of Justin McCarthy. Stamp on title-page. A very good copy.

Edinburgh and London: William Blackwood and Sons. 1866.First edition. Three volumes. 8vo (222x135mm). pp. [4], 303 [1bl]; [4], 290; [4], 283 [1bl], 4pp. publisher's adverts and 20pp. publisher's catalogue. Original brick red blind-stamped cloth with gilt lettering on spines, pale yellow endpapers. Binding is Carter variant A. Very slight bumping to corners and bottom edges. Internally very good. A nice set in excellent condition. The first volume has the ownership inscription of Mrs George Holgate Foster (repeated as Mrs G.H. Foster on the front pastedowns of the other two volumes).

Paris: Éditions arts et métiers graphiques. 1933.Twenty loose leaves (title page and nineteen black and white photographs) in a cream coloured board folder, spine in cream linen with a black and white photograph of a woman on the upper cover. Housed in a blue purpose made box lettered in gilt on the spine. There is some rubbing and wear to the folder itself and to the photograph on the cover.

Cambridge, Massachusetts: The MIT Press. 1973.First edition. 235x286mm. pp. [iv], 124. 110 black and white photographs by Richards with accompanying text for some of the images. Photographic illustrated paper boards. Some bumping to the corners and head and foot of spine but otherwise in very good condition and the contents are excellent. Lacking dustjacket. This is Eugene Richards's first book. It was born out of his work with VISTA, (Volunteers in Service to America) which he joined in 1968.

London: The Studio. 1923.Special Spring Number of The Studio for 1923. 4to. (285 by 200mm) pp.14 text + 24 tipped in colour illustrations, with captioned tissue- paper. Green cloth, blind design with gilt border and gilt lettering in panel on upper cover, gilt lettering on spine. Cream illustrated dust-jacket, tear on lower cover. A fine copy in a near fine dust-jacket. The front pastedown has the label for A Louis de Meuleneere, 21, Rue du Chene, Bruxelles.

London: The Studio. 1931.Description:Special Spring Number of The Studio for 1931. pp. v pages of advertisements, [vi], 136, v pages of advertisements. Red cloth with gilt double border and title and year in gilt on upper cover and spine. Illustrated dust jacket with title printed in green on upper cover and in black on spine. Top edge gilt. Binding and dust jacket in excellent condition. This is a general survey of the art world in 1930 with essays and images covering Persian painting, British Sporting Artists, The Van Gogh Exhibition at Amsterdam and The Modern French School.