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An 18ct gold diamond pendant by Cropp & Farr, An 18ct gold diamond pendant by Cropp & Farr, the brilliant cut diamond cluster within a six-ray star setting, suspended from an 18ct gold flat curb link chain, estimated total diamond weight 0.35ct, maker's marks for Cropp & Farr, length of pendant 2.4cm, length of chain 45cm, gross weight 5.9g.Overall condition good to fairPendant - hallmarks for London, 1977, diamonds bright and well matched, with light scattered inclusions visible only with magnificationChain - maker's marks for Uno-A-Erre and Cropp & Farr, import marks for London

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An Art Deco diamond brooch, An Art Deco diamond brooch, the old cut diamond weighing approx. 1.85cts, inset to the single and similarly cut diamond openwork plaque, principal diamond estimated I-J colour, VS2-SI1 clarity, estimated total diamond weight estimated 6.35cts, length 5.8cm, gross weight 7.7g. In a Goldsmiths & Silversmiths Company case.Overall condition good to fairDiamonds bright and well matchedPrincipal diamond with only light inclusions, very difficult to spot with magnificationPin in working orderBrooch unmarked, likely platinum

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An impressive diamond pendant, An impressive diamond pendant, the approx. 5.85ct rectangular step cut diamond within a four claw setting with brilliant cut diamond surmount, estimated colour tinted, estimated clarity VS, suspended from an 18ct gold flat curb link chain, length of pendant 1.6cm, length of chain 46cm, gross weight 11.4g.Overall condition good to fairDiamond measurements 11.69 x 8.93 x 6.09mm - diamond has not been un-set. As such weight may vary once unmountedDiamond drawing colour face upDiamond with light inclusions very difficult to spot under magnification

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A platinum band ring, A platinum band ring, hallmarks for London, 1988, ring size R1/2, gross weight 4.5g. Overall condition good to fairLight scratches in keeping with wearSponsor's marks CLd

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An 18ct gold emerald and diamond cluster ring by Boodles & Dunthorne, An 18ct gold emerald and diamond cluster ring by Boodles & Dunthorne, the rectangular shape emerald weighing approx. 1.50cts within a marquise and brilliant cut diamond surround, estimated total diamond weight 1.50cts, maker's marks for Boodles & Dunthorne, hallmarks for London, ring size P1/2, gross weight 5g. Overall condition good to fairEmerald with abrasion to facet edges, visible with the unaided eye, and scattered light inclusions visible with the unaided eyeDiamonds bright and well matchedMarks clearRing resized - slightly thinning to back of band

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An 18ct gold diamond three stone ring, An 18ct gold diamond three stone ring, the brilliant cut diamond line with tapered shoulders, estimated total diamond weight 3.35cts, estimated colour I-J, estimated clarity SI-P2, hallmarks for Birmingham, ring size L1/2, gross weight 5.5g.Overall condition good to fairScratches and discolouration in keeping with general wearOne claw in need of retippingSponsor's marks DOM, with a hinged bandDiamonds bright and well matched, principal stone with light inclusions very difficult to spot with magnification, outer stones with a couple of dark scattered inclusions underneath crown facets, visible only with magnification. One outer diamond with two nicks to girdle

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Whittington Press.- Butcher (David) The Whittington Press: A Bibliography 1982-93, with an introduction and notes by John Randle, number XVII of 28 deluxe specially-bound copies with a set of tipped-in specimen pages and an additional full portfolio of ephemera, from an edition limited to 380, specimens, plates and illustrations, some folding, a few printed with colours, original dark green morocco with willow frond in light green and blue morocco inlaid across boards and spine, by the Fine Bindery after a design by Miriam Macgregor, sage green reversed calf doublures, t.e.g., uncut, ephemera loose in original half cloth folder, together in original cloth drop-back box, morocco label on spine (slightly faded and marked), Risbury, Whittington Press, 1996; and an ordinary copy of the 1971-1981 bibliography of the press, folio (2)

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Miniature books.- The Famous History of Valentine and Orson, pencil inscription to pastedown, 1801; The History of the Seven Champions of Christendom, 1801; A Collection of Tales of the Fairies, 1801; The Fables of Pilpay, an Ancient Indian Philosopher, 1801, "Lilliputian Folio Editions", each 35 x 28mm., light spotting, original coloured boards with blind stamp decoration to covers, lightly soiled, reprinted for R. Snagg; and 6 others, small books (10)

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Miniatures.- The Infant's Library, 16 vol. comprising books 1-7, 10-15, and A Short History of England, with duplicates of books 4 and 11 (these later editions), each 60 x 50mm., the History and Book 1 with woodcut illustrations (some very light hand-colouring), others with engraved title and illustrations, one or two tears, original boards with paper labels, covers detached to book 7 & 9, others a little rubbed and soiled, housed in wooden box (lacking sliding lid), John Marshall, c.1800 § Edgeworth (Maria) Early Lessons: Frank, 2 vol., parts I-III, lacking half-title to part II, contemporary ink ownership inscription to half-titles, parts I & II bound together, both in uniform contemporary calf, rubbed, joints splitting with portion of spine lacking to vol.2, 1809, small or miniature (18)

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Martin (John) Paradise Lost: By John Milton, first edition in the original 12 parts, Imperial Quarto issue containing the larger set of mezzotint plates, with the complete set of 24 plates (2 to each part) as issued, platemarks each c. 355 x 255 mm (14 x 10 in), sheets c. 385 x 276 mm (15 1/4 x 10 7/8 in), tissue-guards, some scattered marginal foxing, 2 small puncture marks to both plates of part 11, not affecting image but within platemark, original roan-backed grey-blue wrappers, part 1 sympathetically rebacked, upper wrapper chipped at upper corner, part 3 spine faded with wear to foot, part 11 upper wrapper torn at head with very small loss, some light general soiling or faint spotting to covers, occasional rubbing to spine ends, untrimmed and partially unopened, the 12 parts preserved in a custom drop-back box, folio, Septimus Prowett, 1825-26.⁂ Very rare in the original parts. The mezzotint process entails a considerable application of ink on the page, often resulting in heavy foxing; but the mezzotints in this copy are remarkably clean. Publication took nearly two years, the parts issued as Martin's mezzotints were completed, the order of images not necessarily correlating with the text. The engravings were greeted with outstanding critical acclaim, prompting the release of 4 further editions by the end of 1827. The critic for The Literary Gazette proclaimed: "we know no artist, whose genius so perfectly fitted him being the illustrator of the mighty Milton; and in what we have seen of his conceptions he has more than realised the highest of our hopes. There is a wildness, a grandeur, and a mystery about his designs which are indescribably fine:- the painter is also a poet." [The Literary Gazette, April 2nd 1825].Provenance: Robert H. & Donna L. Jackson (book-label to inside of drop-back box).Literature: Campbell & Wees, 1992, nos. 26-49.

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*** Please note, the description of this lot has changed ***Rembrandt van Rijn.- Hamerton (Philip Gilbert) Etching & Etchers, first edition, half-title, title in red & black with vignette copy of Rembrandt's "Self-portrait in flat cap", 35 etchings or drypoints, including an impression of Rembrandt's "Three Oriental Figures (Jacob and Laban?)", and others, 6 double-page or folding, occasional light foxing, hinges weak, original roan-backed cloth, rubbed, small loss to spine head, joints split at head and foot, g.e., 4to, 1868.

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Gillray (James, 1756-1815) Double portrait study of gentleman in blue coat, ruff, and broad rimmed hat, pen and brown ink over pencil, watercolour wash, on cream laid paper without watermark, inscribed in Gillray's hand with colour notes and corrections: 'Blue Great Coat/ Blue Coat Black Collar/ White Edge/ In Boots/ thick [?]/ Nose too lo/ Nose too long', signed 'James Gillray', sheet 182 x 112 mm (7 1/4 x 4 3/8 in), very minor handling creases, light spotting, unframed, [circa 1790s]Provenance:Draper Hill CollectionSale. Phillip's, London, The Draper Hill Collection of James Gillray Prints and Drawings, June 26th, 2001, lot 42Illustrated:Hill, Draper, Mr Gillray the Caricaturist, a biography, Phaidon, 1965, fig. 58⁂ A fine preparatory drawing by Gillray for an as yet unidentified print, showing the artist's working methodology for creating a caricature portrait. Similar examples of annotated sheets of original drawings by Gillray are held in the British Museum, London [see acc. no. 1868,0328.78 and 1868,0328.36].

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Gillray (James) Making-Decent; -i.e.- Broad-Bottomites Getting into the Grand Costume, etching with original hand-colouring, an excellent impression on wove paper without watermark, platemark 250 x 350 mm (9 3/4 x 13 3/4 in), sheet 270 x 372 mm (10 5/8 x 14 3/4 in), contemporary ink inscriptions within margins, minor nick to upper edge, light browning, unframed, published by Hannah Humphrey, 1806Literature:BM Satires 10531⁂ Members of the new Ministry in a handsome room prepare themselves for office, each intent on his toilet, with contemporary brown ink inscriptions within the margins identifying Addington, Sheridan and others.

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Gillray (James) Charon's Boat. -or- the Ghost's of "all the Talents" taking their last voyage, etching with original hand-colouring, an excellent impression on thick Whatman wove paper with watermark, platemark 250 x 350 mm (9 3/4 x 13 3/4 in), sheet 287 x 404 mm (11 3/8 x 15 3/4 in), good margins, minor spotting, light handling creases visible in the margins, unframed, published by Hannah Humphrey, 1807 Literature:BM Satires 7371 ⁂ The 'Broad-Bottom Packet' sails through the mouth of a cave towards the distant shore, where the spirits of the departed stand waving a welcome. Its occupants, the defeated Ministers, are all naked. Satire on the the fall of the Ministry on the question of the Roman Catholics' Army and Navy Service Bill. [BM]

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Gillray (James) Stealing Off;-or-Prudent Secession, etching with original hand-colouring, an excellent impression with contemporary marginal ink inscriptions identifying those depicted, on wove paper without watermark, platemark 255 x 362 mm (10 x 14 1/4 in), sheet 280 x 387 mm (11 x 15 1/4 in), minor exposure lines and light browning, small nick to upper left corner but well outside the image, minor residual bits of album leaf verso, unframed, published by Hannah Humphrey, 1798Literature:BM Satires 9263 ⁂ Charles James Fox (radical Whig politician, 1749-1806) flees in terror through the doorway of the House of Commons, taking an enormous stride. Satire alluding to the diplomatic consequences of the Battle of the Nile on the Opposition. [BM]

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America.- Native Americans.- A Narrative of Occurrencies in the Indian Countries of North America, first edition, engraved folding hand-coloured map (with small closed tear at edge, paper repair to verso, light off-setting), p.iii small manuscript ink inscription, title with light finger-soiling, original printed wrappers, rebacked with cloth, some soiling, [Sabin 20699, ascribed to T. Douglas], 8vo, B. McMillan, 1817.⁂ Rare with map. Full title continues, "since the connexion of the Right Hon. the Earl of Selkirk with the Hudson's Bay Company, and his attempt to establish a colony on the Red River; with a detailed account of His Lordship's military expedition to, and subsequent proceedings at Fort William, in Upper Canada". This work bears testimony to the feud between the Hudson Bay Company and the North West Company of Montreal, which was brought to a close by their unification in 1821. It is also important for the development of Manitoba province. Authorship attributed to several individuals: Thomas Douglas; E. Ellice (as per ink inscription in this copy); Simon McGillivray and Samuel Hull Wilcocke.

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America.- Solinus (Caius Julius) Polyhistor, Rerum Toto Orbe Memorabilium Thesaurus Locupletissimus, edited by Sebastian Münster, 2 parts in 1, woodcut printer's device to title and final verso, 2 folding woodcut maps, 18 woodcut maps or topographical views in text (2 full-page), book label mounted on title (obscuring ink ownership inscription), 1 map browned, with small tear at foot of fold and small hole to margin, some splitting to gutters (see C1 in particular), several ff. browned, some light marginal browning and damp-staining, hinges cracked, contemporary vellum, morocco label to spine, spine repaired at head and with a little worming, [Adams S1394; Burden 11; VD16 S 6969], folio, Basel, Michael Isingrin, 1543.⁂Second edition of Sebastian Münster's annotated commentary of Solinus' and Mela's geographical texts. The map of 'Asia Maior' includes 'The earliest representation of the North-West coast of America on a printed map' (Burden).

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China.- Edkins (Joseph) A Grammar of the Chinese Colloquial Language, commonly called the Mandarin Dialect, first edition, ink stamp to title and 2 other ff., a few ff. with light damp-stain at lower edge, front endpaper torn away from gutter foot, contemporary morocco-backed boards, Shanghai, London Mission Press, 1857.⁂ First edition of a handbook that was essential for English speakers aiming to obtain competence in Mandarin Chinese, with the required knowledge of vocabulary, functional grammar and an awareness of the main types of verbal interaction. Edkins was a prominent English sinologue who lived in China for 57 years, publishing fourteen books on the Chinese language and culture, including a catalogue of the Chinese collection of the Bodleian Library (1876).

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NO RESERVE Levant.- Belon (Pierre) Plurimarum singularium & memorabilium rerum in Graecia, Asia, Aegypto, Judaea, Arabia..., first edition in Latin, collation: *8, A-Z8, a-h8, numerous woodcut illustrations, extra-illustrated with contemporary pen-and-ink drawing captioned in French of 2-horned animal resembling an oryx ("envoye d'Etiopie au Roy") and 2 folding engraved views of Mt. Sinai and Jerusalem, Antwerp, Christopher Plantin, 1599; bound with De neglecta Stirpium Cultura, first edition in Latin, collation: A-E8 F4, Antwerp, Christopher Plantin, 1589, each work with printer's device to title, ink annotations and corrections, some light foxing and soiling, contemporary blind-stamped vellum, soiled, later paper spine label, lacking ties, 8vo⁂ Belon (1517-64) was one of the first explorer-naturalists and these two works, which originally appeared in French in 1553 and 1558 respectively, give an account of his travels in the Levant, with illustrations of the peoples and fauna and flora observed, plus his treatise on the cultivation of exotic plants and trees.Provenance: Bibliotheca Hamburgensi Wolfiana (book label)Literature: Adams B566 & 556; cf. Blackmer 115, French edition; Nissen ZBI 305, first title only.

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Polar.- Benham (Daniel) Sketch of the Life of Jan August Miertsching, Interpreter of the Esquimaux Language to the Arctic Expedition on Board H.M.S. "Investigator", Captain M'Clure, first edition, portrait frontispiece on India paper, scattered spotting to frontispiece and title, light offsetting onto title, yellow endpapers, original dark blue cloth, bumping and fraying to spine ends and corners, short split to head of upper joint, darkening to spine and covers, 4to, William Mallalieu and Co., 1854.⁂ A rare polar title, we can trace only 4 copies at auction in the last 50 years. Miertsching (1817-75) learnt the language of the Inuit whilst teaching as a missionary in the settlement of Okak in North Labrador. He was contacted by the British Admiralty who asked him to accompany their enterprise to fine the survivors of the Franklin Expedition. Mierstching would keep a diary of his experiences on the expedition, published in Gnadau in 1855.

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Switzerland.- [Lory (Gabriel)] Picturesque Tour through the Oberland in the Canton of Berne in Switzerland, hand-coloured engraved map and 17 fine hand-coloured aquatint plates, bookplates of George Veitch and Michael Matantos, title with small mark in red pen, affecting one letter, short closed tear to head, not affecting text, some very light spotting and offsetting, modern half green morocco, gilt, uncut, spine slightly sunned, [Abbey, Travel 57; Tooley 26], small folio, R. Ackermann, 1823.⁂ Including an account of the first ascent of the Jungfrau and Finsteraarhorn by the Meyer brothers in 1812 (p.60).

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Gibbings (Robert) Twelve Wood Engravings, number 37 of 125 copies signed by the artist, wood-engraved plates by Gibbings, a couple of small marginal stains or minor tears, very light offsetting to verso of preceding plate, original buckram-backed boards, uncut, slight bump to one edge, 4to, Baynard Press, 1921.⁂ A fine example of Gibbings' early vanished line technique.

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Birds.- Shelley (Capt. G.E.) The Birds of Africa, Comprising all the Species which occur in the Ethiopian Region, 5 vol. in 7 parts, first editions, 57 hand-coloured lithographed plates after Henrik Grunvold, ink ownership inscriptions front endpapers to 4 parts, light browning and spotting to peripheral ff., but mainly to endpapers, vol. 4.1 and 5.1 endpapers renewed, some minor cracking at hinges but all firm, original cloth, vol. 3 joint and spine ends with tears, vol. 1 and 2 spine ends a little worn, the others lightly bumped, corners lightly bumped and rubbed, t.e.g., 8vo, R. H. Porter and Henry Sotheran, 1896-1912.⁂ Vol. 5.2 completed and edited by W. L. Sclater. Provenance: Lionel E. Taylor (ink ownership inscriptions)

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Shells.- Perry (George) Conchology, or the Natural History of Shells, first edition, 61 hand-coloured engraved plates, half-title paper repairs to verso, some light foxing and off-setting to text pages (including to half-title and title), later half calf, some staining to lower portion of spine, [Nissen ZBI 3134], folio, 1811.⁂ First edition of Perryman's work, which while at times has been criticised for a certain exaggeration of form and color, is now accepted as among the most attractive and colourful in the field. Similarly, despite use of derided unscientific nomenclature, many of the names utilised by Perryman here are now accepted. The study was compiled from specimens in private collections, including those of Elizabeth Bligh, the wife of Captain William Bligh of the infamous HMS Bounty.

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Darwin (Charles) The Variation of Animals and Plants under Domestication, 2 vol., first edition, first issue, illustrations, light foxing to front free endpapers and title, original green cloth, spines gilt, extremities bumped, [Freeman p.122-123], 8vo, 1868.

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Dawkins (Richard) The Selfish Gene, first edition, signed by the author on title, original boards, light bumping to spine tips, dust-jacket, very light sunning to spine, light creasing to head, near-fine otherwise, 8vo, 1976.⁂ Dawkins' first book one of the most influential science books of all time, rare signed.

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Gibbings (Robert).- Powys (Llewelyn) Glory of Life, number 261 of 277 copies, title and initials printed in red, without the usual browning to frontispiece, original vellum-backed cloth, very light browning to boards, [Chanticleer 91], Golden Cockerel Press, 1934; The Twelve Months, number 28 of 100 copies signed by the author and artist, original green morocco, gilt, spotted, spine a little faded, 1936 § Samson and Delilah..., number 79 of 325 copies, original cream buckram, cream dust-jacket, spotted and slightly frayed at edges, [Chanticleer 30], Waltham St. Lawrence, Golden Cockerel Press, 1925, all with wood-engravings by Robert Gibbings, all uncut, v.s. (3)⁂ The first is "probably the finest example of Robert Gibbings' book illustration. His magnificent title-page engraved in wood was an innovation, and titles of this kind would enhance the beauty of many publishers' books." Christopher Sandford in Chanticleer.

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Meyer (Cornelius) L'Arte di restituire a Roma la tralasciata Navigatione del suo Tevere, 3 parts in 1 vol., additional engraved title present in 2 states, 68 engraved illustrations & maps including 6 double-page, letterpress title with woodcut ornament, woodcut decorations and initials, one bifolium browned, light damp-stain to head of titles and dedication leaf, otherwise very good, Rome, Lazzari Varese, 1685; Nuovi Ritrovamenti..., 2 parts in 1 vol., title with engraved vignette, 49 engraved illustrations including 5 double-page, small worm-tracks affecting upper margin throughout, engraved bookplate bearing Odescalchi family coat-of-arms by Michelassi on front pastedown, Rome, Gio. Giacomo Komarek Boemo, 1696, each vol. inscribed by the author with 'ex dono authoris' ink inscription on front pastedown and front fly-leaf respectively, occasional light spotting, uniform contemporary vellum, some chipping and wear to spines, folio (2)⁂ An excellent pair of works, scarce complete thus and in such good condition and with an interesting association. The first work has a printed dedication to the then Pope, Blessed Pope Innocent XI, Benedetto Odescalchi, so it is probable considering the presence of the Odescalchi bookplate that both these volumes were presented to him directly, inscribed by the author.The first volume is a treatise on hydrology in which Meyer considers several technical solutions to the problems of navigating the Tiber. The second volume, Nuovi ritrovamenti, is a collection of various treatises on experiments, discoveries, technologies and natural phenomena, including the eclipse of Jupiter's first satellite, the sun and the Earth, and the comet that appeared in 1680, 1682 and 1684.

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Golden Cockerel Press.- Lawrence (T.E.) Crusader Castles, 2 vol., one of 1000 copies, this copy unnumbered, titles in red, plates and illustrations, 2 folding maps in sleeve at end of vol. 1, sleeve secured to rear free endpaper with tape, bookplate of Michael Matantos, original russet half morocco by Sangorski & Sutcliffe, lightly rubbed with a few light marks, spines a little sunned, t.e.g., others uncut, [Chanticleer 112], 4to, Golden Cockerel Press, 1936.

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Fables.- Justinus van Nassau's copy.- Aesop. Fabulae, elegantisimis eiconibus veras animalium species ad vivum adumbrantes, collation: A-Q⁸ R⁴, lacking 2 ff. of 'Praefatio' (signed A and unsigned) inserted between title and A2, title with woodcut printer's device, woodcut illustrations by Virgil Solis, very light spotting to first and last few leaves, later blind-stamped parchment boards, Dutch floral endpapers, lightly rubbed and toned, an excellent crisp copy, 8vo (155 x 105mm.), Frankfurt, Georg Corvinus, Sigmund Feyerabend & Heirs of Weigand Han, 1566.Provenance: 'Sum Justiniai L Naßau 1578'. Justinus van Nassau (1559-1631), illegitimate son of William the Silent and Dutch army commander, who unsuccessfully defended Breda against the Spanish (ink inscriptions to front free endpaper, title ?in a different hand, two other inscriptions referring to him on rear free endpapers, in later hands); 'Antoine ?Luyins 1576' (ink inscription to rear free endpaper); 'P. Burmanni', possibly Pieter Burmann the Dutch classical scholar, or his nephew of the same name (ink inscriptions to front free endpaper and title); 'J. P. Heseltine', painter and art collector (bookplate to front free endpaper). Literature: VD 16 A 521.

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Economics.- Smith (Adam) Untersuchung der Natur und Ursachen von Nationalreichthümern, 2 vol., first German edition, light foxing to titles and endpapers, some light browning throughout, contemporary half vellum, toning to spines, boards a little rubbed, 8vo, Leipzig, Weidmanns Erben und Reich, 1776-78.⁂ Very rare German first edition of The Wealth of Nations (1776), and the earliest translation of Adam Smith's classic work into any foreign language.

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Shute (John) The First and Chief Groundes of Architecture used in all the ancient and famous monymentes: with a farther & more ample discourse uppon the same, than hitherto hath been set out by any other, first edition, title within an elaborate woodcut border, woodcut initials and illustrations, lacking plates and fol. xiv-xv, fore-margins repaired, occasionally touching text with loss to a few letters of final f., light soiling to final p., some light marking and soiling elsewhere, [Avery's Choice, Five Centuries of Great Architectural Books 48; Berlin Kat 2264; STC 22464], In Fletestrete nere to Sainct Dunstans churche by Thomas Marshe, 1563 bound after Palladio (Andrea) I Quattro Libri dell'Architettura, first collected edition, 4 parts in 1, collation: A2, B-I4; AA-KK4; AAA-FFF4; AAAA-RRRR4, lacking blank leaf RRRR4 but with KK4, Roman and italic type, each title within architectural woodcut borders with de Franceschi's printer's device included in upper panel, a different printer's device on verso of fol. RRRR3, 221 woodcut illustrations, plans, and sections (156 are full-page blocks, including 84 printed as plates, recto and verso of 42 leaves) executed after Palladio's drawings by Giovanni and Cristoforo Chrieger, Cristoforo Coriolano, and others, numerous woodcut animated initials, first title upper and fore-margins restored with repaired tear and chip to head, 4M4-4R3 with restoration and repair to fore-margin, sometimes straying into text or image, a few leaves shaved at head, affecting the odd headline or signature, C4-F1 foxed and browned, occasional foxing or soiling elsewhere, ink inscription "No. 35" to first title along with partially erased ink ownership inscriptions to the following two ff., [Avery's Choice, Five Centuries of Great Architectural Books 19; Mortimer Italian, 352; Berlin Kat. 2592; Cicognara 594; Fowler 212; Olschki Choix, 15125; PMM 92], Venice, Domenico de' Franceschi, 1570, together 2 works in 1 vol., bookplate of James Lees-Milne to front pastedown along with a note of provenance in Lees-Milne's hand and an invoice from George Bayntun for repair work made to the binding, 18th century paneled calf, neatly rebacked, retaining original backstrip, extremities a little rubbed, folio (285 x 195mm.).⁂ A remarkable pair of milestones in the history of architecture.The first mentioned is the first book on architecture to be published in England as well as the first to be published on the subject in English. The word architecture first appeared in print on the title and other fundamental architectural terms such as architrave and entablature first make their way into the English language in these pages. While Shute was not an architect of particular note, his contribution to the appreciation of architecture in the English-speaking world was immense. Although this example is defective it is nevertheless the only time we have been able to trace a copy appearing at auction, Placzek and Giral in Avery's Choice state that only seven copies of this work are known (likely not including this copy, no copy in the BL). The second mentioned is the first collected edition of the Quattro Libri dell'Architettura by the Paduan theorist and practising architect Andrea di Pietro della Gondola, universally known as Andrea Palladio, after the name given to him by his patron and renowned humanist Giangiorgio Trissino. Palladio was primarily active as an architect in Venice, Vicenza, and along the Brenta river, where he built magnificent villas for wealthy members of the Venetian patriciate. This authoritative and influential treatise celebrates the purity and simplicity of classical architecture, drawing its inspiration from Roman sources, especially Vitruvius, and Italian Renaissance architects, above all Leon Battista Alberti. The work is divided into four parts or libri, devoted to orders and elementary problems, domestic buildings, public buildings, and town planning and temples. The treatise was reprinted and translated many times over the following centuries.Provenance: James Lees-Milne (1908-1997) English writer and expert on country houses (bookplate); note in Lees-Milne's hand: "This edition of Palladio's Quattro Libri was given by me to John Beresford Fowler and returned to me after his death, November 1977. I gave it to my dear friend John Anthony Kenworthy-Browne 1993".

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Lees-Milne (James) [Diaries], 12 vol., first editions, the first six with signed presentation inscriptions from the author to John Kenworth-Browne, the odd pencil note or marking to margins or endpaper, original boards, dust-jackets, a few spines with light sunning, some light creasing or the odd nick to head or foot, but generally excellent copies, 1975-2005; and 22 others, Lees-Milne and Kenworth-Browne, many inscribed, along with a framed photograph of Lees-Milne, 8vo (34)⁂ An excellent group of works by Lees-Milne with a lovely association, including his diaries with those published in his lifetime inscribed to John Kenworthy-Browne (b.1931), art historian, author and close friend of Lees-Milne.

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Qu'ran, English.- The Alcoran of Mahomet, first octavo edition of the first English language version, corner of A4 defective but not affecting text, some light foxing and toning, no signature O (as issued), contemporary calf, worn, upper cover detached, [Wing K747A; ESTC R200452], 8vo, 1649.⁂ "A needful caveat or admonition" (caption title on p. 406) is by Alexander Ross.Provenance: P. Ward (early ink name to title); J.W. Wyncole (ink inscription dated 1862 to front free endpaper).

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Astronomy.- [Edwards (John)] Cometomantia. A Discourse of Comets, only edition, lacking initial blank, title browned and laid down, lower right corner of title defective with loss to a few words, mostly of imprint, blind stamp of Unitarian Home Missionary College, N1 with tear to inner margin, affecting some text, U4 with small hole to a couple of letters, some light spotting and finger-soiling, front free endpaper detached, later vellum, rebacked, leather label to spine, 8vo, [Wing E199], Printed for Brab. Aylmer, [1684].⁂ Rare in commerce, we can trace one copy at auction since 1946. The book treats both the physics and meaning of comets, discussing (as the title page indicates) their "substance, place, time, magnitude, motion, number, colour, figure, kinds, names, and more especially their prognosticks, significations and presages."

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Presentation copy from a woman author.- Manley (Mrs. Mary de la Riviere) The Power of love: in seven novels, first edition, presentation copy from the author, initial advertisement f., some spotting or light foxing, lightly browned, new endpapers, contemporary blind-stamped panelled calf, rebacked, corners repaired, rubbed, 8vo, Printed for John Barber on Lambeth-Hill, and John Morphew, near Stationers-Hall, 1720.⁂ Provenance: 'Given me by ye Author L.O.' (ink inscription to front free endpaper). Rev. Lewis Owen (1696-1746), son of Sir Robert Owen, of Porkington. He married Elizabeth Lyster (her ink ownership inscription to head of title).

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Fables.- Richardson (Samuel, editor).- Aesop. Æsop's fables. With instructive morals and reflections, abstracted from all party considerations, adapted to all capacities, [edited by Samuel Richardson], first edition of Richardson's version, engraved pictorial title and 25 plates (each with 10 vignettes), title detaching at foot, with a little loss to border, plate at p.8 with margins frayed and detached, plates trimmed at head, affecting directions to binder and plate number, some water-staining / staining and spotting, occasional light soiling, lightly browned, contemporary sheep, gilt, spine in compartments, spine creased and with ends worn, joints splitting, but holding (crude repair to foot of lower joint), corners worn, rubbed, [Sale 1], large 12mo, Printed for J. Osborn, junr. at the Golden Ball, in Pater noster Row, 1740 [i.e 1739].⁂ Rare. The author's first appearance in print proper, save for a contribution to The Gentleman's Magazine, of January, 1736.

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Mathematics.- [Berkeley (George, Bishop of Cloyne)] The Analyst; or, a discourse addressed to an infidel mathematician, second edition, woodcut diagrams, final advertisement f., G1v & G2r with small brown square of offsetting from previously inserted item (text perfectly legible), Printed for J. and R. Tonson and S. Draper in the Strand, 1754 bound with [Berkeley (George, Bishop of Cloyne)] A Miscellany, containing several tracts on various subjects, first English edition, family presentation copy, woodcut tail-pieces, [Keynes 141; Goldsmiths' 8683; Rothschild 383; Sabin 4877], Printed for J. and R. Tonson and S. Draper in the Strand, 1752, together 2 works in 1 vol., later grey and brown pencil marginalia and marking of text, some spotting and light staining, burgundy leather spine label loosely inserted, contemporary calf, gilt, covers with wide floral borders, spine in compartments and with garland and stylised floral decoration, joints split, but holding firm, spine ends and corners worn, rubbed and scuffed, 8vo⁂ I: Berkeley's important satire on 'free-thinking', and in particular the Astronomer Royal Sir Edmund Halley. It attacks the foundations of mathematics with the same ferocity as the author felt religious truths were attacked by 'free-thinkers'. He claimed to uncover numerous gaps in proof, attacked the use of infinitesimals, the diagonal of the unit square, and the very existence of numbers. The overall aim was not so much to mock mathematics or mathematicians, but rather to show that mathematicians, like Christians, relied upon incomprehensible 'mysteries' in the foundations of their reasoning. II: Includes 'Prospect of planting Arts and Learning in America'; 'A Proposal for Better Supplying Churches in our Foreign Plantations, and for converting the Savage Americans to Christianity'; 'De motu' (against Newton); and 'Farther Thoughts on Tar-Water'; Provenance: 'The gift of Jos: Berkeley Esq. to El: Berkeley ?1768. The gift of El: Berkeley to her dear son..' (ink inscription to head of title of Miscellany).

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Johnson (Samuel) A Dictionary of the English Language, 2 vol., first edition, titles in red and black, vol. 1 title with small paper repair to upper fore-edge, vol. 2 title damp-stained, occasional light spotting, vol. 2 with occasional light marginal damp-staining, contemporary calf, rebacked preserving original backstrip, gilt morocco labels to spine, by W. Strahan for J. Knapton et al., 1755.

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John Ruskin's copy.- [Lyttelton (George, Lord)] Dialogues of the Dead, second edition, John Ruskin's copy with his ink ownership inscription "John Ruskin 6th Dec. 1881" to front free endpaper and extensive pencil underlinings or marginal markings to c.65 pages of which c.15 with written comments or exclamations in Ruskin's hand, some light foxing, attractive contemporary red morocco gilt, covers with foliate borders with thistle tooling to corners, spine a little darkened, joints rubbed, 8vo, 1760.⁂ Ruskin's annotated copy of this eighteenth-century meditation on death. Ruskin's comments include two references to Carlyle as well as comments on Cadmus and Hercules. A copy of this work is recorded as having been gifted from Ruskin to Sheffield in 1881, with his comment to the title: "The wisest book, within its adopted limits, that I ever read." Ruskin was clearly enamoured of the work as he seemingly obtained the present copy in the same year, annotating it in a similarly effusive manner. Provenance: Sold as part of a lot of 5 books in the final portion of Ruskin's library sale, Sotheby's 18th May, 1931.

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Norwich art of shooting.- Page (Thomas) The Use of shooting flying: familiarly explain'd by way of dialogue. Containing directions for the choice of guns for various occasions. An Account of divers Experiments, discovering the Execution of Barrels of different Lengths and Bores, first edition, title with woodcut typographic ornament, woodcut head-pieces and decorative border to first initial, final advertisement f. 'A catalogue of clocks, watches, guns and other machines, made and sold by T. Page, Norwich.', contemporary ink marginalia (cropped) and underlining, lower margin of title restored, trimmed, occasional spotting or light staining, lightly browned, later light blue wrappers, lightly stained and creased, [Schwerdt II, p.58; Chute Shooting Flying 493 'very rare'], 8vo, Norwich, Printed by J. Crouse, and sold by the author, T. Page, 1766.⁂ Rare first edition of the third book in English on shooting; the first of which in prose. The text takes the form of a dialogue between an experienced shooter 'Aimwell' and a young novice 'Friendly'. Includes technical information on the length and bore of gun barrels, sizes of shot and charges, and the distances and accuracy achieved with different combinations. Thomas Page was a Norwich maker of guns, watches and clocks, who also made and sold surgical appliances.

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[Evans (Mary Ann)], "George Eliot". Felix Holt, 3 vol., 1866; The Spanish Gypsy, 1868, first editions, half-titles, uniformly bound in contemporary polished tan calf, by Riviere & Son, spines richly gilt with red and green morocco labels, inner gilt dentelles, spines slightly sunned, some very light rubbing but a handsome set, t.e.g., Edinburgh & London. Provenance: From the library of the great American book collector Robert Hoe (1839-1909). Among many other major rarities, Hoe's magnificent and exceptionally large library included two copies of the Gutenberg Bible (one on vellum, one on paper), a superb copy of the First Folio (now at the Folger), and the exceptionally rare first edition of Malory's Mort d'Arthur. His library was dispersed over the course of four highly competitive sales (1911-12), realising a world-record price for a book collection (almost $2 million in total). A founder and first president of the Grolier Club, Hoe was "a lover of fine bindings, and his library is rich in specimens of the work of all the great binders, ancient and modern" (bookplate on front pastedown of each volume).

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American War of Independence.- The following paper is reprinted in New-York by authority, with the remarks subjoined to it. By the Congress of the United States of America. Manifesto. "These United States, having been driven to hostilities by the oppressive and tyrannous measures of Great Britain...", 4pp., [New York, James Rivington], [c.1778] bound with To their Excellencies the Earl of Carlisle, Sir Henry Clinton... The Petition of the Merchants and Traders of the City of New-York, 3pp., [New York, James Rivington], [c.1778] and New-York, November 25, 1778. At a late Meeting of the Merchants of this city, it was represented that the Inhabitants were particularly desirous of expressing the high sense they entertained of the merit of his Majesty's Commissions and to explain their sentiments on the very important situation of affairs..., 3pp., [New York, James Rivington], [c.1778] and Collection of Papers, that have been published at different Times, relating to the Proceedings of His Majesty's Commissioners..., errata f., [Sabin 14380], New York, James Rivington, 1778 and Eden (WIlliam) Four Letters to the Earl of Carlisle, first edition, lacking half-title, light browning, for B. White, 1779 and Eden (William) A Fifth Letter to the Earl of Carlisle, first edition, lacking half-title, [Sabin 21828], for B.White, 1780, together 6 works in 1 vol., contemporary calf, spine gilt with red and green morocco labels, upper joint a little cracked, light rubbing to extremities, 8vo.⁂ The Eden family copy of a remarkable collection of rare papers largely relating to the American War of Independence.The first work comprises a near-contemporary copy of Congress's Manifesto, first published by John Dunlap as a broadside in Philadelphia, October, 1778. This was in response to Carlisle and Eden's own Manifesto and Proclamation published earlier in the same month which represented their final attempt at achieving reconciliation between Britain and America. The second work deals with the Proclamation of the Commissioners of Sept. 26th whereby the New York merchants were permitted to ship one million pounds of produce to England, and petitions for an extension of the permit to include the merchants of Rhode Island also. This is followed by a further Proclamation of the Commissioners, dated November 18th, extending the license of the merchants of both New York and Rhode Island to trade with the mother country.The third work is an address by the loyalist David Mathews, along with 22 other citizens, addressed to the Earl of Carlisle, Henry Clinton and William Eden, stating their loyalty to British government. Collations of copies of the Collection of Papers appear to vary with some copies ending after the 4 unnumbered appendix leaves (as in ESTC) while others apparently include the first two items listed here (as possibly in Sabin). The only example of the work we could trace at auction in the last 80 years contained the first two works but not the third. Copies of the first four works appeared in the Caplin sale of 1918, we can trace 1 or 2 examples of the first two appearing at auction since but no examples of the third.

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Economics.- Eden (Sir Frederic Morton) Porto-Bello: or, a Plan for the Improvement of the Port and City of London, 4 etched folding plates, lacking half-title, B. White, 1798 bound with An Estimate of the Number of Inhabitants in Great Britain and Ireland, half-title, [Goldsmiths' 17914], J. Wright, 1800 and Accounts of the Soup House in West Street, Seven Dials; for the Year 1800, printed for the use of the subscribers, [not in Goldsmiths], by J. Bateson, 1801 and Accounts of the Soup House in West Street, Seven Dials; for the Year 1801, 3 folding tables, printed for the use of the subscribers, [Goldsmiths' 18539], by J. Bateson, 1802 and Observations on friendly societies for the maintenance of the industrious classes, during sickness, infirmity, old age, and other exigencies, without half-title, [Goldsmiths' 18312], for J. White and J. Wright, 1801 and Eight Letters on the Peace and on the Commerce and Manufactures of Great Britain, lacking half-title, [Goldsmiths' 18383; Sabin 21824], J. Wright, 1802 and Eight letters on the peace : and on the commerce and manufactures of Great Britain and Ireland, second edition with considerable additions, [Goldsmiths' 18383], for J. White &c. 1802, together 7 works in 1 vol., occasional light foxing, 19th century ink inscription to endpaper "Miss Eden - the works of her father" contemporary calf, green morocco covering length of spine lettered in gilt with Eden family crest at head, upper joint cracked, rubbed, 8vo.⁂ The Eden family copy of a series of scarce works by Sir Frederic Morton Eden, largely on economics. Both Accounts of the Soup House are rare with Library Hub listing only the BL copy of the first and the Senate House copy of the second.

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Economics.- [Eden (Sir Frederic Morton)] On Insurance, half-title, without general title (?as issued), [not in Goldsmiths'], Wilks and Taylor, 1802 bound with On the Policy and Expediency of Granting Insurance Charters, E2 working loose, [not in Goldsmiths'], Burton, 1806 and Brontes: a Cento, to the Memory of the Late Viscount Nelson, Duke of Bronté, T. Burton, 1806 and Observations on the Means of Providing Naval Timber, half-title, [Kress 19370.13], Longman &c., 1807 and On the Maritime Rights of Great Britain, [Kress 19403.7], Sold by Mess. Richardson, 1807 and On the Maritime Rights of Great Britain. Second Part, errata slip after title, Sold by Mess. Richardson, 1807 and Address on the Maritime Rights of Great Britain, second edition, [Kress 19633.2.], for J. Richardson, 1808, together 7 works in 1 vol., some light foxing, 19th century ink inscription to endpaper "Miss Eden - the works of her father" contemporary tree calf, green morocco covering length of spine lettered in gilt with Eden family crest at head, light rubbing to extremities, 8vo.⁂ The Eden family copy of a group of scarce works by Henry Morton Eden, chiefly on economic subjects. The first is especially rare, WorldCat lists a copy at the International Institute of Social History in Amsterdam, but no copy elsewhere.

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Slavery.- Clarkson (Rev. T.) An Essay on the Slavery and Commerce of the Human Species, particularly the African, first edition, [Goldsmiths' 13279; Kress b.1026; PMM 232; Sabin 13484], by J. Phillips, 1786 bound with [Clarkson (Rev. T.)] An Essay on the Impolicy of the African Slave Trade, first English edition, lacking final advertisement f., [Goldsmiths' 13688; Kress B.1380; cf.Sabin 13479-80], J. Phillips, 1788 and Benezet (Anthony) Some Historical Account of Guinea, its Situation, Produce, and the General Disposition of its Inhabitants. With an Inquiry into the Rise and Progress of the Slave Trade, its Nature, and Lamentable Effects, new edition, title vignette by Bewick, [Sabin 4689], J. Phillips, 1788, together 3 works in 1 vol., light foxing, armorial bookplate of Sir Robert Johnson Eden to front pastedown, contemporary half calf, neatly rebacked, retaining original backstrip, 8vo.⁂ An excellent collection of works on slavery, including Clarkson's landmark essay that led him to devoting his life to abolition. The second work contains a substantial amount of original research and statistics which formed the primary source for William Wilberforce's 1789 speech to Parliament.

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Slavery.- A Group of 12 Parliamentary Slave Trade Papers, comprising: Papers Relating to Captured Negroes: Second Part of Major Moody's Report, 128 pp., folding map (light off-setting and spotting), title with minor amount of soiling and small paper repair, 24 February, 1826; [Slave Trade] At the Mauritius, Bourbon, and the Seychelles: from time of their capture to present time, 141 pp., map, 20th April, 1826 bound with Slave Trade Copies or Extracts Of any Correspondence... Slave Trade Mauritius, 33 pp., 15th February, 1827 also with Slave Trade Minutes of Evidence, whether the Slave Trade has prevailed in Mauritius, 89pp., 26th February 1827 and Slaves in Colonies... In all the slave colonies belonging to His Majesty, who are proprietors of Slaves, 33pp., 27th February, 1827, together 4 in 1 vol., lacking lower cover; Papers relating to Captured Negroes at Tortola, 57pp., tape repair to lower cover, 12th June, 1827; Papers relating to Captured Negroes at St. Christopher's, Nevis, and Tortolla, 76pp., 19th June, 1827; Papers relating to Captured Negroes at Demerara, 39pp., 19th June, 1827; Slaves Manumitted. Of the Number of Slaves Manumitted in each Colony, in each Year,for the last five Years; distinguishing the Number who paid for their Manumission, (and, if possible, the average Amount paid by each) from those emancipated by their Masters; and Males from Females, 48pp., tape repair to title, 1st March, 1827 bound with Slaves Imported, Exported; Manumissions, Marriages, 47pp., 1st march, 1827 also with Number of Slaves on the Estate of Bel Ombre in the district of Savanne, in the Mauritius, the makes from the females, and the Creoles from Foreign, 63pp., 1st May, 1827, together 3 in 1 vol., lacking covers; Trinidad Negroes. Extracts from the minutes of Evidence taken by the Committee of the Council of Trinidad, for enquiring into the Negroe Character, 57pp., lacking covers, 14th June, 1827, together 12 in 7, original printed wrappers, rebacked in marbled paper, light creasing, Ordered by the House of Commons to be Printers, folio (7)

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Burke (Edmund) Reflections on the Revolution in France..., first edition, engraved portrait frontispiece (light-offsetting), early manuscript transcript to front endpaper and annotation to pp. 12 & 309, spotting to portrait margins and title, elsewhere a few isolated spots, modern half calf, 8vo, for J. Dodsley, 1790.

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Keats (John) Endymion: A Poetic Romance, first edition, half-title, with imprint "T. Miller, Noble Street, Cheapside" to verso, single line errata leaf, bound without the 2 leaves of advertisements (as often), occasional light foxing, lower hinge cracked but holding firm, 19th century half green morocco over marbled boards, gilt, by W. Pratt, lightly rubbed, heavier to spine ends and corners, upper joint repaired but cracked, t.e.g., others uncut, [MacGillivray 2; Hayward 232], 8vo, 1818.⁂ An excellent example of Keats' first major work, containing one of his most enduring lines: "A thing of beauty is a joy for ever". This copy is without the additional 5-line errata slip. While its absence is sometimes believed to indicate a first issue (including by MacGillivray), Hayward has shown that both errata leaves were printed before the book was published, and therefore do not constitute an issue point.Provenance: Fernand Spaak (bookplate).

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Conjuring.- "Magic Volume (The)!", 48ff. most with hand-colour lithographs on either side, printed instructions laid onto inside front cover, original marbled wrappers, splitting to spine, light creasing, 12mo, S. H. & E. A., 1840.⁂ A rare trick volume, Library Hub lists the Bodleian copy only. The book appears to change contents depending on how the pages are flicked through, an effect achieved with different-sized tabs along the fore-edge. Among the several repeated illustrations appears Queen Victoria as a Queen of Hearts with her birth and marriage dates.

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Dickens (Charles) A Christmas Carol, first edition, first issue, second state, with "Stave I" heading, title page printed in red and blue dated 1843 and green endpapers, half-title in blue, 4 hand-coloured etched plates by & after Leech and 4 plain woodcut vignettes by Linton after Leech, ink ownership inscription to title, occasional light spotting or marginal finger soiling, upper hinge broken, back-strip peeling from textblock, lower hinge weak, original first issue brown fine-ribbed cloth, with unbroken 'D' within wreath and minimum 14mm gap between blind border and gilt cartouche, spine defective, lacking upper portion, lower portion almost detached, corners worn, g.e., [Smith II 4], 8vo, Chapman & Hall, 1843.

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The Muses' Library. Poems of Blake, Marvell, Browne, Drummond, Gay, Herrick and Waller, 12 vol. only (of 20), each one of 100 or 200 "large paper" copies, half-titles, frontispieces, bookplate of Sir William Eden, Bart. to front pastedowns, attractive crushed salmon half morocco gilt by Hatchards, spines decoratively gilt in compartments, light sunning to spines, t.e.g., others uncut, [Wade 220], small 8vo, Lawrence & Bullen, 1891-94.⁂ Includes the rare Yeats-edited edition of Blake's poems.

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Napoleon.- Thiers (Louis Adolphe) History of the Consulate and the Empire of France under Napoleon, 12 vol., engraved plates, bookplate of Sir William Eden to front pastedowns, blue crushed half morocco gilt by Hatchards, spines gilt in compartments with Napoleonic motifs, light sunning to spines, corners a little bumped, occasional light soiling to covers, t.e.g., an attractive set, 8vo, 1893-94.

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Hardy (Thomas) The Works, 37 vol., 'Mellstock Edition', one of 500 sets with vol.1 signed by the author, portrait frontispiece, half-titles printed in red & black, free endpapers lightly browned, some spotting to prelims and occasionally to text, partialy unopened, original blue cloth with 'TH' monogram decoration to upper covers in gilt, light rubbing to joints, some spines lightly faded, 8vo, 1919-20.

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Churchill (Sir Winston Spencer) The Second World War, 6 vol., first editions, folding maps, occasional light spotting, modern dark blue half morocco, t.e.g., spines gilt and with double red morocco labels, 8vo, 1948-54.

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Achebe (Chinua) Things Fall Apart, first American edition, ink ownership inscription and light browning to endpapers, original boards, sunning to spine tips, dust-jacket, spine sunned, spine ends and corners chipped, small slash to spine, some chipping and fraying to head, but a very good copy overall, 8vo, New York, 1959.⁂ Achebe's breakout first novel, the first book in his African trilogy and often hailed as one of the great African novels of 20th century.

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Amis (Kingsley) Lucky Jim, first edition, signed by the author and dated February 1954 on endpaper, some spotting to fore-edge, original boards, very slight fading to spine, dust-jacket, light browning to spine, light toning to head of rear panel, spine ends and corners a little chipped, short nick with creasing to lower corner of upper panel, some very light surface soiling, but a sharp and excellent copy overall, 8vo, 1953.⁂ Amis' first and best-loved novel, rare signed and in its jacket in good condition.

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Anderson (Sherwood) Winesburg, Ohio, first edition, first issue with top edge stained yellow, with "lay" for "lie" in line 5 on p. 86 and broken type in the word "the" in line 3 on p. 251., map of Winesburg, Ohio to front pastedown, original yellow cloth with paper label to spine, some chipping and fraying to spine ends and corners, light surface soiling to covers, dust-jacket, spine browned, spine ends and corners chipped, front panel washed and faded with much of the printed text removed and two ring marks visible, closed tear to head of lower panel, a few small chips and nicks to head and foot of panels, light surface soiling to panels, 8vo, New York, B.W. Huebsch, 1919.⁂ Anderson's first novel, a classic of 20th century American fiction, rare in the dust-jacket in any condition.

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Butts (Mary) Armed with Madness, number 1 of 100 copies, signed presentation inscription from the author to Tancred Borenius to endpaper, frontispiece and 2 plates by Jean Cocteau, original blue buckram, light toning to spine t.e.g., others uncut, largely unopened, Wishart & Company, 1928.⁂ A presentation copy of Butts' key book, an experimental modernist work based around the grail legend, rare.Tancred Borenius (1885-1948) was a Finnish art historian working in England. He befriended and Roger Fry who introduced him to the art and literary circles in Britain, including it seems Butts who was also a friend of Fry's.

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Carle (Eric) The Very Hungry Caterpillar, first edition, first printing with complete number line 1-5 on copyright p. and "A3450" to rear board, colour illustrations by the author, ink ownership inscription to title, with additional reprint title page signed by the author with a drawing of a Caterpillar loosely inserted, original pictorial boards, light rubbing to spine tips, very faint toning to head, else fine, dust-jacket with "A3450" code to lower panel and 2 paragraphs to front flap, front flap price-clipped at head and foot, spine tips and corners a little rubbed, light creasing to head and foot, but near-fine generally, oblong 4to, Cleveland, World Publishing, 1969.⁂ A superb example of this famous children's rarity. Though reprinted thousands of times and ultimately selling tens of millions of copies, first editions of The Very Hungry Caterpillar are rare in the dust-jacket in good condition. All but one known copy in the dust-jacket are price-clipped and this was likely undertaken by the publisher's themselves prior to release.

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