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Printed in Welsh.- Baxter (Richard) Tragywyddol orphwysfa 'r Saint. Neu Draethawd am ddedwydd gyflwr y Saint yn eu mwynhad o dduw yn y nefoedd, Yn y Mwythig [Shrewsbury], argraffwyd ac ar werth gan J. a W. Eddowes, 1790 bound with Romaine (William) Gwledd i'r eglwys. Neu ddeuddeg pregeth, ar gan Salomon, damp-staining, Machynlleth, argraphwyd, gan Titus Evans, 1792, together 2 works in 1 vol., translated by Thomas Jones, soiling to titles, light foxing and finger-soiling, contemporary sheep, rubbed and worn; and another in Welsh, 8vo (2)

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Architecture.- Tipping (H. Avray) English Homes, 5 vol. (only, of 9) all but one first editions, plus one duplicate, occasional light spotting, bookseller sticker to front pastedown and sticker removed from back pastedown of one vol., 2 vol. with ink inscriptions to endpapers, browning to a few covers, some with g.e., one with dust jacket, spine browned, a bit worn, 1920-1929 § Latham (Charles) In English Homes, vol. 2 only, some browning to covers, hinges becoming detached, g.e., 1907 § Richardson (A. E) & H. Donaldson Eberlein The Smaller English House of the Later Renaissance 1660-1830, presentation inscription from A. E. Richardson to front free endpaper, tipped in errata leaf, scattered spotting to a few plates, slight cracking to joints, 1925, some soiling and staining, original cloth, rubbed; and 2 others on domestic architecture in English homes, 4to and folio (10)

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[Parsons SJ (Robert)] Relation of the triall made before the King of France, upon the yeare 1600..., ink ownership inscription and engraved bookplate, light spotting to title, eighteenth century paneled calf, gilt, lightly rubbed, [STC 19413], [Saint-Omer], Imprinted with licence, 1604 § Davenant (John) Animadversions written by the Right Reverend Father in God, John Lord Bishop of Sarisbury, woodcut printer's device to title, ink ownership inscription to title and thin paper repair to fore-edge, ?lacking final blank, some faint marginal browning, paper repairs to hinges, contemporary calf, two small leather repairs to joint ends, [Wing D314], 8vo, Cambridge, by Roger Daniel, printer to the University, 1641, 8vo (2) 

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London.- Lysons (Rev. Daniel) The Environs of London, being an Historical Account of the Towns, Villages, and Hamlets, Within Twelve Miles of that Capital, 5 vol., first edition, engraved titles, engraved dedication, 79 plates, maps and plans, a few hand-coloured, ink ownership inscription to heads of a couple of titles, occasional light foxing affecting some titles and plates, occasional faint offsetting, a few marginal tears, contemporary tree calf, morocco spine labels, rebacked and recornered preserving original backstrips, extremities slightly rubbed, 4to, Printed by A. Strahan, for T. Cadell, 1792-1800.

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Wolfe (Tom) The Bonfire of the Vanities, light toning, jacket price-clipped, tears and creasing to head and foot, 1988 § Mailer (Norman) An American Dream, jacket a little rubbed and creased at head and foot, 1965 § Pynchon (Thomas) Vineland, light toning, jacket spine faded, light creasing to head and foot, nicks to head and foot, 1990, first English editions, original boards, dust-jackets; and c.70 others, American literature, 8vo (c.70)

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Britain.- Dugdale (Sir William) Monasticon Anglicanum, A History of the Abbies and other Monasteries...in England and Wales, 6 vol. in 8, one of 50 large paper copies, half-titles, engraved additional pictorial titles, letterpress titles in red and black, list of subscribers in vol.1, 242 engraved plates (as often without the duplicate plate of the Benedictine nun at p.451 in vol.2) , of which 51 double-page, ex-library with ink stamps to plate versos and some text leaves, plates with occasional spotting and the odd water-stain, some light browning, library bookplates, contemporary half morocco, spines gilt, extremities slightly rubbed with some surface wear, t.e.g., others uncut, folio, Longman and Co.; Lackington & Co.; and Joseph Harding, 1817-30.

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Engineering.- Clark (Edwin) The Britannia and Conway Tubular Bridges, Atlas vol. only (of 3), 42 lithographed plates and plans only (of 46), 2 additional gradient profiles, some with tears and tape repairs, water-staining to a few corners, gutter slightly cracked, light browning and spotting, modern morocco-backed cloth, spine slightly faded, Published for the author, by John Weale, 1850 § Tredgold (Thomas) Illustrations of Steam Machinery and Steam Naval Architecture, "Atlas to the Enlarged Edition", engraved portrait frontispiece, 122 engraved plates only (of 125), no.89 stained, some with tears and repairs, contemporary half morocco, slightly rubbed, John Weale, 1843, folio (2)

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Essex.- Mudge (Lt. Col. William) Part the First of the General Survey of England and Wales, containing the whole of Essex, folding engraved map hand-coloured in outline, 1225 x 1830mm, dissected and mounted on linen, some very light offsetting, loose in contemporary calf slip-case with pull-off top, gilt arms to upper cover, rubbed, worn at edges, rebacked, 4to, [1805]. *** The second Ordnance Survey map to be published, following that of Kent in 1801. The illustration shows only a portion of the map.

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Stevenson (Robert Louis) Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde, first edition, first issue, half-title detached, lacking advertisement f., very occasional light finger-soiling, pencil markings to final f., contemporary boards, original upper wrapper (second state with printed "1866" date, trimmed at foot, affecting imprint, a little foxed and soiled, erased ink inscription at head) bound in and detached, upper cover with "1886", a few surface marks, a little bumped, [Prideaux 17], 8vo, Longmans, Green, and Co., 1886.

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Milne (A.A.) Toad of Toad Hall, first edition, original cloth, light rubbing and bumping to spine tips and corners, dust-jacket, toning to spine, spine ends and corners chipped, extremities rubbed, price crossed through in pencil, 1929; and 11 others, children's and illustrated, 8vo (12)

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Jünger (Ernst) The Storm of Steel From the Diary of a German Storm-Troop Officer on the Western Front, introduction by R.H.Mottram, first English edition, original cloth, light sunning to spine, 1929 § Baker (C. Alma) Souvenir of the 94 Gift Battleplanes which Fought in the Great War, August 4th 1914 to November 11th 1918, Presented to His Majesty's Imperial Government, photogravure portrait, coloured additional title, sepia illustrations, spotting, original boards, gilt, some light rubbing and toning, t.e.g., others uncut, 1920; and c.70 others, First World War and others, miscellaneous, v.s. (c.70)

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Burnet (John) A Treatise on Painting, in Four Parts, consisting of an Essay on the Education of the Eye, and Practical Hints of Composition, Chiaroscuro, and Colour, 32 plates, the last 8 in colour, contemporary morocco-backed cloth, rubbed and faded, 1850 § Morris (Rev. Francis Orpen) A History of British Butterflies, sixth edition, 72 hand-coloured plates & 1 double-page plain plate, light spotting, original cloth, cocked, spine darkened, wear to spine ends, rubbed, 1891 § Pennant (Thomas) Some account of London, third edition, engraved portrait, title, folding map and 13 plates, foxing and offsetting, later calf, rebacked, rubbed, 1791; and c.100 others, v.s. (c.105)

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Cookery.- Beeton (Mrs) Mrs. Beeton's Household Management, new edition, frontispiece and plates, spotted, original boards, light cracking down joints but holding firm, dust-jacket, lightly rubbed at extremities, few nicks and tears to edges, 1923 § [Rundell (Maria Eliza)] A New System of Domestic Cookery, new edition, frontispiece and 9 plates, some spotting, original boards, rubbed, upper cover detached, John Murrary, 1819; and 2 others, cookery, 8vo (4)

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Architecture.- Vitruvius Pollio (Marcus) Architectura, edited by Simone Stratico, 4 vol. in 8, engraved portrait, 141 engraved or woodcut plates on folding sheets, 2 folding tables, with publishers' advertisement slip detailing numbers of leaves & plates and consequent prices to inside front cover of each volume, occasional spotting, light water-staining to upper outer corner of vol.I part II and vol. IV part I, worming to lower margin of vol.III part I (repaired), bookseller's ticket of C.E.Rappaport of Rome, original printed yellow wrappers, uncut, a little soiled and stained, spines of vol.IV slightly worn, vol.I-III neatly rebacked, [BAL 3505; Not in Berlin Kat., Fowler or Millard], small folio, Udine, Mattiuzzi, 1825-30.*** A massive and erudite edition of Vitruvius by Simone Stratico, professor of mathematics and navigation at the University of Padua, and including the previously unpublished notes by his predecessor Giovanni Poleni. Stratico spent thirty years on the edition but died shortly before printing began. The work represents the culmination of a continuous process of Vitruvian scholarship stretching back to the early Renaissance period, and it was unrivalled up to that point in time in its scale and ambition. 

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Wells (H.G.) The Time Machine, first edition, ?later issue, lacking 16pp. advertisements, browning and surface markings to half-title and final f., occasional light staining, foxing to endpapers, but a good clean copy generally, contemporary navy half calf, spine gilt and faded, slight chipping and a few stains to spine, some rubbing and wear, [Hammond B1] 8vo, William Heinemann, 1895.*** Indeterminate issue, lacking the 16pp. advertisement at end of text.

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Architecture.- Pugin (Augustus Welby) An Apology for a work entitled "Contrasts", modern morocco-backed marbled boards, spine slightly faded, Birmingham, for the author, 1837 § Neale (Rev. J.M.) Notes, Ecclesiological and Picturesque, on Dalmatia, Croatia, Istria, Styria, with a visit to Montenegro, folding frontispiece, 1861; Ecclesiological Notes on the Isle of Man, Ross, Sutherland, and the Orkneys..., 36pp. catalogue at end, 1848 § [Raine (James)] A Brief Account of Durham Cathedral, advertisement leaf, engraved additional title and plate (browned), Newcastle, 1833 § Webb (Rev. Benjamin) Sketches of Continental Ecclesiology..., illustrations, light water-staining to endpapers, uncut & unopened, 1848 § Milner (Rev. John) A Treatise on the Ecclesiastical Architecture of England, 10 engraved plates (staining to upper edge), title browned, contemporary half calf, rebacked, 1811, first editions, all but the first and last original cloth, spines faded, most rubbed; and 7 others on churches and church architecture, 8vo et infra (13)

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Engineering.- Fulton (Robert) A Treatise on the Improvement of Canal Navigation, 17 engraved plates, light browning, 1796 bound with Chapman (William) Observations on the Various Systems of Canal Navigation, 4 engraved plates, one folding, 1797, first editions, light foxing to plates, contemporary half morocco, joints and extremities rubbed, some surface wear, spine faded, 4to, I. and J. Taylor.

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Emblemata.- Hugo (Hermann) Pia Desideria, fourth edition, 46 full-page copperplate emblems, woodcut tailpieces, engraved title, occasional light spotting and staining, ink inscription and small repair to front free endpaper, contemporary vellum, splitting to spine, with remains of old tape repair, soiled, bumped and rubbed, yapp edges, [Praz pp.376-377], 24mo, Antwerp, Hendrick Aertssens, 1636.

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Golden Cockerel Press.- Chair (Somerset de) The Golden Carpet, one of 500 copies, 1943; The Silver Crescent, 1943, frontispieces, pictorial endpapers, original morocco-backed cloth, faded, light surface soiling, Golden Cockerel Press, published by Permission of the War Office; and c.35 others, literature and illustrated works, v.s. (c.40)

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Baskerville (John).- He Kaine Diatheke. Novum Testamentum. Juxta Exemplar Millianum. Typis Joannis Baskerville [graece], one or two contemporary ink notes to margins towards beginning, light staining to title, modern half calf, spine gilt, a little sunned, 8vo, Oxford, 1763.

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Essex.- Harwich.- Taylor (Silas) Samuel Dale. The History and Antiquities of Harwich and Dovercourt, first edition, 14 engraved plates, 4 folding, title very lightly browned, light occasional foxing, new endpapers, contemporary panelled calf, red morocco spine label, slightly rubbed, rebacked and recornered preserving original backstrip, 4to, C. Davis & T. Green, 1730 § Charters Granted to the Borough of Harwich by King James I and King Charles II, light occasional spotting, ink inscription to front free endpaper, endpapers renewed, contemporary calf-backed boards, a little rubbed, rebacked and recornered, Printed by W. Bulmer and Co., 1798; and 5 others, Harwich, including a second edition of Dale's Harwich, v.s. (7) *** The first includes a bibliography and plates of the cliff showing the geological strata, fossils, shells, and a 'Bottle-Head or Flounders-Head Whale' stranded above the bridge at Maldon in 1717. The second is exceptionally rare with only two copies registered on ESTC: in Cambridge University Library and the British Library.

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Wyatt (Matthew Digby) Specimens of the Geometrical Mosaic of the Middle Ages, first edition, chromolithographed decorative title and 20 plates, many heightened with gold, title and one plate with tear to lower margin neatly repaired, some light marginal damp-staining, presentation copy from the author to his brother T.H.Wyatt inscribed on front free endpaper and with the latter's bookplate, original decorative boards designed by Wyatt with binder's ticket of A.Tarrant of Holborn, rather rubbed and stained, rebacked in calf, folio, Day & Son, [1848].*** A good association copy of Wyatt’s first publication, one of his scarcest, and an excellent example of mid-nineteenth century chromolithography. The colour plates depict mosaic pavements from churches at Rome, Venice and Palermo, and are from Wyatt’s own drawings made when he was on an European tour in 1844-46. The book proved influential among contemporary designers.Thomas Henry Wyatt (1807-1880), architect, President of the Royal Institute of British Architects 1870-73.

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Hardy (Thomas) The Return of the Native, 3 vol., first edition, half-titles, vol. 1 frontispiece, vol. 3 trimmed at top with loss to "The" in title, publisher's advertisement to vol. 2, as issued, light scattered spotting and foxing, occasional staining and surface marks, original cloth, rebacked preserving original spine, vol. 1, slight fading to spines and covers, a little bumped at corners, top edge uncut, new endpapers, [Purdy p.24], 8vo, Smith, Elder, & Co., 1878.

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America.- Macclesfield copy.- Lahontan (Louis Armand, Baron de) Voyages du Baron de La Hontan dans l'Amerique Septentrionale, 2 vol., titles printed in red and black, engraved frontispieces, large folding map and 21 folding plates, maps and plans, light toning to text and plates, Macclesfield copy with "North Library" and shelf marks to front pastedowns, contemporary sprinkled calf, spines gilt, spine ends chipped, rubbed, [Sabin 38641], 12mo, The Hague, J. L'Honore, 1705.*** The second volume contains a "Dictionaire de la langue des sauvages", an early Algonquin and Huron dictionary.

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Hardy (Thomas) The Woodlanders, 3 vol., first edition in book form, half-titles, a few short tears to margins, very occasional light spotting, occasional surface marks and staining, modern burgundy half morocco, gilt, slight bumping to spine ends, edges uncut, original spines bound in, [Purdy 54-57], 8vo, Macmillan & Co., 1887.

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Burgher (Gottfried Augustus) Leonora, first edition in English, translated by W. R. Spencer, engraved frontispiece and 4 plates by Francesco Bartolozzi after designs by Lady Diana Beauclerc, illustrations, text in German and English, light offsetting, light stain to a few upper corners, bookplate, contemporary red straight-grained morocco, single gilt fillet, a little rubbed and soiled, g.e., folio, Printed by T. Bensley; for J. Edwards and E. and S. Harding, 1796. *** The Gothic poem's original German was quoted in Dracula, with one of Jonathan Harker's companions whispering "Denn die Todten reiten Schnell? [For the dead travel fast?]" in the presence of the mysterious coach driver who had 'a hard-looking mouth, with very red lips and sharp-looking teeth, as white as ivory' (Stoker).

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James (William) The Naval History of Great Britain, 6 vol., engraved portrait frontispieces and 5 other portraits, illustrations, folding tables, occasional foxing and light browning, contemporary black half calf, a little rubbed, rebacked, 8vo, 1886.

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Colour-printing.- Goldsmith (Oliver) The Poems, edited by Robert Aris Willmott, additional decorative title, fine wood-engraved illustrations by Birket Foster and H.Noel Humphreys printed in colours by Edmund Evans, all leaves with gilt rule border, light foxing at beginning and end, gutta percha binding perished with some leaves becoming loose, original decorated cloth, gilt, g.e., a little rubbed at edges, 8vo, 1859. *** The first work with colour-printing from woodblocks by Evans.

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Churchill (Sir Winston Spencer) My African Journey, first edition, half-title, frontispiece, 47 plates, 3 maps including 1 folding, 18pp. publisher's catalogue at rear, foxing, browning to endpapers, original pictorial cloth, light sunning to spine, slight bumping to spine tips and corners, an excellent copy, [Woods A12], 8vo, 1908.

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Oxfordshire.- Skelton (Joseph) Engraved Illustrations of the Principal Antiquities of Oxfordshire, large paper subscription copy, engraved frontispiece, vignette-title, map and 49 plates on india paper, vignettes, list of subscribers, damp-staining to margins of first few leaves, light occasional foxing affecting plates, contemporary burgundy half morocco, double gilt fillet, upper edges of covers faded, spine ends and corners bumped, Oxford, J. Skelton, 1823 § Lysons (Samuel) A Collection of Gloucestershire Antiquities, first edition, engraved title, 110 aquatint or etched plates, some hand-coloured, title lightly spotted, occasional marginal spotting to plates, contemporary half calf, spine gilt, morocco spine label, spine ends and corners bumped, rather rubbed, T. Cadell and W. Davies, 1804 § Hastings (T.) Vestiges of Antiquity; A Series of Etchings... of the Ancient Monastery of St. Augustine... Canterbury, first edition, 12 etched plates, tissue-guards, list of subscribers, some light offsetting, original marbled boards with printed label on upper cover, Printed by the author, 1813; and c.15 others, British Topography, including Grose's Antiquities of England and Wales, and 2 further subscription copies of Skelton's Engraved Illustrations, one of which large paper, v.s. (c.20)

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Ga'ez manuscript on vellum in red and black with occasional decoration, light browning and soiling, some holes and flaws to vellum some stitched repairs, occasional loss to text, original stitched wooden boards, a little rubbed, [?18th century] § Klebe (A.) Reise auf dem Rhein, vol. 1 only, engraved frontispiece, additional engraved title, scattered spotting, later boards, shelfmark label to spine foot, a little rubbed, Frankfurt, 1801; and others including some odd volumes, v.s., (18).

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London.- Survey of London, The Parish of St. Giles-in-the-Fields - Part 1 & 3, vol. 3 &5, vol. 5 plates slightly chipped and torn with light staining to outer margins, edges uncut, 1912-1914; The Parish of Hammersmith, vol. 6, fore-edge uncut 1915; The Parish of St. Leonard, Shoreditch; vol. 8, 1922; original wrappers, 3 loosely inserted maps, plates and illustrations, library bookplates to front free endpapers, library stamps throughout, cracking and some loss to backstrip, splitting to joints; and several others from the series, 4to (12)

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Essex.- Morant (Philip) The History and Antiquities of the County of Essex, 2 vol., 23 engraved plates, several folding, 1 or 2 trimmed, 10 engraved folding maps, list of subscribers, several tears to plates, maps and leaves, all expertly restored, some light foxing, abrasion mark to front pastedown where bookplate removed, hinges reinforced, handsome nineteenth-century navy morocco, gilt, spines richly gilt, g.e., folio, T. Osborne, J. Whiston, S. Baker, L. Davis & B. White, 1768.

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Darwin (Charles) The Descent of Man, second edition, nineteenth thousand, 2 very small ownership stamps to half-title and title, original pictorial cloth, light surface marks, 1885; Naturalist's Voyage Round the World, second edition, later printing, 4pp. advertisements at end, contemporary ownership inscription on endpapers, original pictorial cloth, spine ends a little marked and bumped, 1889; The Origin of Species, eighteenth thousand, portrait frontispiece, endpapers browned, original blind-stamped cloth, spine ends a little bumped, 1902; and 3 others, Darwin, 8vo (6)

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Sicily.- [Massa (Giovanni Andrea)] Della Sicilia, Grand'Isola del Mediterraneo, woodcut title ornament and tail-pieces, some spotting and light foxing, occasional faint and small damp-staining to margins, some light browning, mostly to margins, one or two paper flaws, early twentieth-century postcard from Mount Etna loosely inserted, bookplates to front pastedown and front free endpaper, contemporary vellum, subtle tissue repairs to spine, a little bumped, some light spotting and surface soiling to covers, small 4to, Palermo, 1708.*** This title was later included in Giovanni Andrea Massa's La Sicilia in prospettiva, published post-humously in 1709.

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Law.- Trials.- Kitchin (John) Jurisdictions: Or, The Lawful Authority, third edition, contemporary calf, extremities rather worn, upper cover becoming detached, for M. VValbancke, 1656 § Tryal of Doctor Henry Sacheverell, Before the House of Peers, foxing, heaviest to some leaves, a few leaves chipped at margins, trimmed with some loss to side-notes, bookplate to front free endpaper, later ink ownership inscription to title, later half calf, gilt spine, some splitting to upper joint at foot of spine, bumped, covers a little stained, rubbed, for Jacob Tonson, 1710 § Popery Reviving, Or an Account Of the Growth of Popery, small chips and tears to title, some light spotting to a few leaves, trimmed, disbound, Edinburgh, by John Moncur, 1714; some staining and browning; and one other, Law related, folio & 8vo (4)

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Bees.- White (William) A Complete Guide to the Mystery and Management of Bees. Containing Instructions how to manage them with respect to their Breeding, Gathering, Swarming, Hiving, Feeding, &c., first edition, engraved frontispiece (inner margin repaired and mounted on stub), with final leaf containing an explanation of the frontispiece, light foxing and soiling, modern half calf, [British Bee Books 123], 8vo, Printed for the Author, [1771].

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Essex.- Morant (Philip) The History and Antiquities of the most ancient Town and Borough of Colchester, in the County of Essex, 2 vol., second edition, 9 folding engraved maps, 23 engraved plates only (of 24), extra-illustrated with c.240 engraved maps and plates, a few leaves laid down, a few tears and repairs, occasional light foxing, bookplates, contemporary panelled calf, ruled in gilt and blind, rebacked and recornered, a few light abrasion marks, Chelmsford, Meggy and Chalk, 1815 § Buxton (Edward Norton) Epping Forest, first edition, 9 engraved maps, 5 partially hand-coloured, 4 etched plates, one folding engraved panorama, illustrations, light toning along edges, bookplates, one with ink ownership inscription, contemporary calf, gilt, by Zaehnsdorf, spine gilt in compartments, double morocco spine labels, one loose, t.e.g., slightly bowed, Edward Stanford, 1884 § [Muilman (Peter)] A New and Complete History of Essex, from a Late Survey..., 6 vol., engraved title, 2 folding engraved maps only (of 3), 51 engraved plates only (of 52), a few tears and repairs, light very occasional foxing, endpapers renewed, contemporary calf, rebacked and recornered, Chelmsford, Lionel Hassall, 1770-72; and c.60 others, Essex, v.s. (c.70) *** The second work is the rare first edition. Edward Buxton (1840-1924) was a conservationist and advocate for the provision of open, accessible land, particularly near cities. He and his brother Thomas, played a major part in saving Epping Forest and Hainault Forests for public use. 

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Audubon (John James) Ornithological Biography, vol.1 only (of 5), first edition, half-title, very occasional light spotting, bookplate, original cloth, lower cover detached, upper cover becoming so, spine rather worn and faded, joints rubbed, corners bumped, uncut, Edinburgh &c, 1831; and 13 others, mixed antiquarian, v.s. (14)

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Britain.- Picturesque Views of the Principal Seats of the Nobility and Gentry in England and Wales, 100 engraved plates, some spotting and browning, heavier to title, occasional finger-soiling marks, light offsetting, contemporary half morocco, re-backed preserving original spine, extremities rubbed, oblong 4to, Harrison & Co., [1786] § Watts (William) The Seats of the Nobility and Gentry, in a Collection of the Most Interesting and Picturesque Views, engraved title and plates by William Watts after Sandby, Nates, Dalby &c., each with an explanatory leaf of text, index leaf at end, title a little soiled and creased, frontispiece plate torn and repaired, plates with occasional marginal soiling but generally clean and bright, bookplate removed from endpapers leaving paper remnant, contemporary ink wonership inscriptions, hinge reinforced, contemporary straight-grain brown morocco, blind-stamped estate to upper cover, bordered in floral motif, re-backed, light rubbing to extremities and the odd surface scuff, [Millard, Britain 89], John & Josiah Boydell, 

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Joyce (James) A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man, Tauchnitz edition, light foxing, original printed wrappers, label to upper cover, creasing and browning, Leipzig, 1930 § Arlen (Michael) Man's Mortality, first edition, original cloth, shelf-lean, fraying to spine tips and corners, dust-jacket, spine ends and corners chipped, some creasing to head and foot, 1933 § Amis (Martin) London Fields, first edition, original boards, slight bumping to spine tips and corners, light creasing to head and foot, 1989; and c.140 others, literature, 8vo (c.140)

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Railways.- Gray (Thomas) Observations on a General Iron Rail-Way... Revised and Considerably Enlarged, third edition, half-title, engraved frontispiece of Blenkinsop's Patent Steam Carriage and 2 plans, all lightly foxed, occasional light spotting, original boards, rebacked, a little rubbed, Baldwin, Craddock, and Joy, 1822 § Palmer (Henry R.) Description of a Railway on a New Principle, second revised edition, 2 folding engraved plates, lightly foxed, slight loss to a few margins, J. Taylor, 1824 bound with another, original boards with printed label to upper cover, extremities slightly bumped § Priestley (Joseph) Historical Account of the Navigable Rivers, Canals, and Railways, throughout Great Britain, engraved frontispiece map and hand-coloured folding plate, water-stain affecting frontispiece and title, plate slightly foxed, occasional light water-staining to margins, later maroon half morocco, gilt, spine gilt, 1831; and c.25 others, railways and canals, v.s. (c.30)

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England.- Pyne (William Henry) The History of the Royal Residences, 3 vol, first edition, 100 hand-coloured aquatint plates by C. Wild, T. Sutherland, and others, some offsetting and light foxing, minor finger soiling to margins of plates, P3 detached in vol 1, lower hinge weak, contemporary dark blue morocco, gilt, gilt spines in compartments, slight scuffing, rubbing to edges and joints, g.e, [Abbey Scenery 396; Adams 132; Tooley 389], A. Dry, 4to, 1819.*** A handsome set of the Royal Residences.

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London.- Coburn (Alvin Langdon).- Chesterton (G.K.) London, with an Introduction by Hilaire Belloc, 17 tipped-in photogravure plates by Coburn only (of 20), some light toning to images, original cloth-backed boards, worn, folio, [1909].*** Lacking "The Temple", "From Westminster Bridge" and "London Bridge". 

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Fowles (John) Selected Poems, one of 100 signed copies, dust-jacket, Northumberland, 2012 § Dibdin (Michael) The Last Sherlock Holmes Story, light scattered spotting, mostly to edges, dust-jacket, later laminate, 1978 § Thorpe (Adam) Ulverton, uncorrected proof copy, 1992; first editions, signed or with presentation inscriptions, original cloth or wrappers; and others by Michael Dibdin, or written or edited by Adam Thorpe, some first editions, some signed, 8vo (47)*** The first is signed by Sarah Fowles, John Fowles's wife, and the editor, Adam Thorpe.

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Aesop. The Fables, first trade edition, 23 tipped-in colour plates by E.dward J. Detmold, captioned tissue guards, school prize label to front pastedown, original pictorial tan cloth, gilt, slight fading to spine, [1909] § Kipling (Rudyard) A Song of the English, first trade edition, tipped-in colour plates by W.Heath Robinson, light spotting at beginning and end, blue cloth with gilt-decorated cloth from original binding mounted on upper cover and spine, 1909 § Maeterlinck (Maurice) The Blue Bird, tipped-in colour plates by F.Cayley Robinson, ink inscription to half-title, original pictorial blue cloth, gilt, [1911] § Omar Khayyám. Rubáiyát, decorative borders and Illustrations printed in turquoise, tipped-in colour plates by Willy Pogány, original decorated limp brown morocco, gilt, g.e., n.d., 4to & 8vo (4)

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World War Two.- Montgomery (Bernard Law) Personal Message from the Army Commander, a few tears into text, small stain, light foxing, wear to foldline, pencil markings, no printer, 241 x 201 mm, 23rd January 1943 § Schmettow (G. V.) [Printed Announcement during German Occupation of Guernsey], printed on brown paper, no printer, 252 x 200 mm [1940]; foldlines, (2) *** A seemingly rare printed statement of gratitude from the Army Commander to be read to all troops for their hard work and dedication in North Africa during the Tunisian campaign.

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Hockney (David) David Hockney, 1976; That's the Way I See It, light pencil marks to half-title, 1993 § Joyce (Paul) David Hockney on 'Art', 1999, first editions, illustrations, original cloth, dust-jackets; and c.45 others, art and bibliography, v.s. (c.50) 

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Electing a new Pope.- [Leti (Gregorio)] The New Pope: or, a true Account of the Ceremonies and Proceedings in the Conclave at Rome, upon the Pope's Death, translated by John Davies, of Kidwelly, folding letterpress 'A Figure of the printed sheet which every Cardinal hath lying before him...', woodcut diagrams, little chipping to upper corner of title, some worming to head of inner gutters, occasionally just touching a small part of a single letter, occasional spotting or light staining, lightly browned, later endpapers, contemporary sheep, recently sympathetically rebacked, earlier long burgundy gilt label to spine, one lower corner little worn, covers rubbed and scuffed, [Wing L1334C], small 8vo, Printed, and are to be sold at the George in Fleet Street, 1677.  *** Rare edition at auction of this translation from a French version of the work. The translator John Davies, of Kidwelly, was a Welsh translator and writer, and friend of the poet John Hall. Provenance: 'Rob. Stafford' (contemporary ink signature to head of title); Maynard & Outrum Smith (ink signature and ink stamp to front free endpaper). 

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Pascal (Blaise) Pensees. Sur la religion et sur quelques autres sujets, qui ont este trouvees apres sa mort parmy ses papiers, second edition, first issue, light browning, the odd spot, later red morocco, gilt, covers detached, g.e., Paris, Guillaume Desprez, 1670; and 4 others, French, in red morocco, 12mo (5)

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Blank paper.- [Album of c.80 sheets of blank paper], ruled pencil lines to most sheets, some light foxing, original vellum, soiled and worn, folio, [c.1800].

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Architecture.- Vögelin (Salomon) Geschichte der Wasserkirche unde der Stadtbibliothek in Zürich, 7 fine aquatint plates, Donaueschingen copy with ink stamp to title, modern boards preserving original printed upper wrapper on upper cover, Zurich, 1848 § Kratz (J.M.) Der Dom zu Hildesheim, vol.2 & 3 [all published] but text only (lacking Atlas), handsome contemporary panelled red morocco, gilt, from the library of the Kings of Hannover (paper shelf-labels to spines, one chipped), g.e., Hildesheim, 1840 § Schuler (Th.) Das Strassburger Münster, 6 folding engraved plates (some minor tears and repairs to inner edge), ink inscription to front free endpaper, contemporary sprinkled boards, Strasbourg, 1817 § Lusson (A.L.) Souvenirs d'un Voyage a Munich..., only edition, signed presentation copy from the author "...à Mr. Fontaine" (?the architect Pierre-François-Léonard Fontaine (1762-1853), half-title, light foxing, contemporary roan-backed boards, a little faded, Paris, 1843 § Seddon (J.P.) Rambles in the Rhine Provinces, 2 chromolithographed plates and 14 mounted actual photographs by Cundall & Fleming (rather faded as usual), wood-engravings, ink inscription to head of title, book-label of architect Roderick Gradidge, original decorated cloth, gilt, rebacked preserving original spine, 1868, all a little rubbed, 4to & 8vo (6)*** The late 15th century Wasserkirche in Zürich was converted to house Zürich’s Stadtbibliothek from 1634 onwards, with elaborate carved wooden galleries installed in tiers round the interior in the 18th century (now tragically removed). 

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Airship Hindenberg.- Printed envelope sent via the "Hindenberg", ink manuscript note in German to upper corner, 3 postal stamps including one commemorating the Berlin Olympics, light toning to one edge, underlining in red crayon, c.125 x 160 mm., 1936.

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Trade catalogue.- Game & poultry.- Graham, Graham & Co. Pheasant, Game & Poultry Food Manufacturers, printed on pink paper, wood-engraved illustrations, central bifolium loose, folds, original ornate printed wrappers, lower wrapper faded, upper wrapper little faded, little spotting and light staining, small 4to (244 x 186mm.), Trowse, Norfolk, no printer, 1882.  *** Unrecorded charming trade catalogue from suppliers to the Royal Households.  Offering all necessary for the rearing of game and poultry, including aromatic feeds (which will keep the birds in optimum health we are told), coops, ornamental aviaries, troughs, and fencing. Also includes supplies for dogs and horses. 

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Jackson (Richard) Literatura Graeca, first edition, a few leaves detached, a few small paper flaws, chipping to spine ends, splitting to upper joint, some wear to corners, extremities rubbed, for F. Newbury, 1769 § [Hurd (Richard), translator.] Q. Horatii Flacci Epistolae ad Pisones, et Augustum: with an English Commentary and Notes..., 2 vol., second edition, engraved headpieces at start of text, very occasional water-staining to margins, gilt spines, very light sunning to spines and vol. 1 lower cover, a few light stains and scuffs to covers, for W. Thurlbourne, 1753 § Burman (Peter), editor. Publii Virgilii Maronis Bucolica, Georgica, et Aeneis, ink ownership stamp to verso of title, spine with vertical split, but holding, upper joint splitting, extremities quite worn, [Gaskell 673], Glasgow, Foulis, 1784; occasional soiling or light spotting, some light browning, mostly to margins, contemporary calf; and others, Classics, seventeenth and eighteenth century, v.s. (12)

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White (Patrick) Voss. A Novel, first edition, pages slightly cockled from damp at foot, original cloth, dust-jacket, some light dust-soiling and rubbing to joints and folds, with original wrap-around band, sunned over spine, 1957 § Huxley (Aldous) Ape and Essence, first edition, original cloth, dust-jacket, variously slightly browned and spotted, ligth wear with tiny nicks to spine and fold ends, 1949 § Moore (George) Esther Waters. A Novel, first edition, 9ff. advertisements at rear, ownership blindstamp to several ff., a few minor instances of soiling, upper hinges cracked at head, original cloth, gilt, extremities rubbed and spine ends bumped, 1894; and 6 others 20th century literature, 8vo (9)  

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Ryves (T.E.) Bandersnatch, browning to title, lacking front free endpaper, shelf-lean, jacket with toning to spine, spine ends and corners a little chipped, Grey Walls Press, 1950 § Hoyle (Fred) The Black Cloud, light foxing, jacket with toning to spine, foxing to flaps, splash mark to upper panel, some chipping to spine ends and corners, 1957 § Aldiss (Brian W.) An Age, slight shelf-lean, toning and creasing to spine, 1967, first or first English editions, original boards, dust-jackets; and c.30 others, science fiction, 8vo (c.30)

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London.- Stow (John) The Survey of London: Contayning The Originall, Increase, Moderne Estate, and Government of that City..., woodcut illustrations, woodcut initials, head- and tail-pieces, coat of arms frontispiece and title trimmed and mounted on card, 4K6 a cancel, occasional marginal repairs and tears, mostly to first and last few leaves, light marginal water stain to first few leaves, a few small holes affecting text, some light browning, new endpapers, later calf, morocco spine label, rebacked and recornered preserving original backstrip, some surface wear, rubbed, [STC 23345], folio, Printed by Elizabeth Purslow, and to be sold by Nicholas Bourne, 1633.

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Africa .- Trials.- Colenso (John William) Ten Weeks in Natal. A Journal, folding map frontispiece, 4 lithograph plates, lightly foxed, one becoming loose, occasional staining, mostly to margins, ink inscription to half-title, backstrip becoming detached, parts missing, splitting and chipping to joints, covers fading, Cambridge, 1855 § Trial of the Bishop of Natal for Erroneous Teaching, occasional light spotting, mostly to upper margins, ink inscription to front free endpaper, a few pencil annotations, gilt spine, bumping to spine ends, 1863 § Cox (Sir George W.) Life of Bishop Colenso, 2 vol., vol.2 lacking frontispiece and title, scattered foxing, ink annotations and markings on frontispiece and text block, hinges cracked, edges uncut, 1888; first editions, original cloth or contemporary half calf, spines fading, covers slightly stained, rubbed or rubbed to extremities; and others 2 other works by the author and 5 photographs of him, v.s. (11)*** The ink inscription in Ten Weeks in Natal is dedicated to Sophie Frankland dated "Nov 3/76"; she later married Francis Colenso, son of John William Colenso in 1880.

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Doyle (Sir Arthur Conan) The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes, first edition, black and white illustrations, endpapers toned, contemporary gift inscription on front free endpapers, some marginal spotting, original cloth, spine faded, extremities bumped and rubbed, portion of loss to spine head, light spotting marks to upper board, 4to, 1894.

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