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Dickens (Charles) Master Humphrey's Clock, 3 vol., first edition in book form, wood-engraved frontispieces and illustrations by George Cattermole and H.K. Browne, very occasional light spotting or marginal soiling, but very clean generally, original blind-stamped cloth with gilt clock designs to upper covers, spines gilt, light sunning to spines, spine ends and corners a little bumped, vol. 1 with short tear to head of spine, some light spotting to covers, but a bright and excellent set overall, [Eckel pp. 69-70; Smith I, pp.47-57], Chapman and Hall, 1840-41; with Sibson's additional plates for the same in 19th century half calf, 8vo (4)

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Lewis (C.S.) [The Space Trilogy], 3 vol., first editions, comprising Out of the Silent Planet, dedicatee's copy with initialled presentation poem titled "This book" dated 10/10/38 to endpaper, original red cloth, spine lettered in gilt, light bumping to spine ends and corners, dust-jacket, very light toning to spine, spine ends and corners chipped, light surface soiling to rear panel, short split to head and foot of lower joint, a very good example, 1938; Perelandra, light sunning to spine, heavier towards head, jacket price-clipped, light sunning to spine, spine ends and corners a little chipped, affecting titling at head of spine, short split to foot of upper fore-edge, light rubbing to extremities, 1943; That Hideous Strength, jacket spine ends and corners chipped with loss to head of spine affecting titling, 1945, original cloth, dust-jackets, 8vo.⁂ A very good set of Lewis' important science fiction trilogy, the first especially rare in the dust-jacket. Out of the Silent Planet was dedicated Lewis' elder brother, Warren Hamilton Lewis who has written a witty and charming poem to the front free endpaper by way of presentation.

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Newton's Principia Mathematica.- Pfautz (Christoph) Acta Eruditorum Anno M DC LXXXVIII, 13 engraved plates, most folding, woodcut initials, ink stamp to title, bookplate to title verso, occasional spotting, including to plates, some light offsetting, library label to front pastedown, contemporary vellum, spine toned, 4to, Leipzig, J. Grossium and J.F. Gleditsch, 1688.⁂ This edition of the Acta includes a first edition of the important early review of Newton's 'Principia' (1687); pp. 303-315. Of the four reviews which had appeared by the end of 1688, this review in the Acta was the most detailed, and was comprehensive enough to provide many in Europe without access to the Principia itself with a fairly full account of its contents (Gjertsen, Newton Handbook, 1986, p. 472), almost in the style of an extended table of contents. The Acta review is anonymous, but evidence now supports identification of the author as Christoph Pfautz (1645-1711), who being a professor of mathematics at the University of Leipzig, was able to grasp the principal features of Newton's treatment of limits, and to appreciate the significance of the purely mathematical features of Newton's presentation. Pfautz's review gained contemporary fame when it was cited by Leibniz in his own article, 'Tentamen de Motuum Coelestium Causis', in the Acta in 1689. This volume of the Acta also contains three articles by the physicist Denis Papin (1647-1713), two articles by the astronomer Gottfried Kirch (1639-1710) and three articles by the mathematician Jakob Bernoulli (1655-1705).

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Le Fanu (Joseph Sheridan) The House by the Church-Yard, 3 vol. in 1, first edition, second issue, "Second Edition", half-title to vol. 1 only, occasional spotting, bookseller's description and small book-label to pastedown, original purple cloth, neatly and sympathetically rebacked, retaining original backstrip, very light fading to spine, spine ends and corners a little bumped, some light rubbing to extremities, but a very good example overall, [Carter, Binding Variants pp.128-9; Sadleir 1379; Tymn 2-61], 8vo, Tinsley, Brothers, 1863.⁂ Le Fanu's masterpiece of supernatural fiction and a notoriously rare title in first edition. Though stated as second edition on the title, this is in fact the second issue of the first edition, as noted by Sadleir. The present cloth binding was likely that for a remainder one-volume edition but is not recorded in either Sadleir or Carter.

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Habrecht II (Isaac) Planiglobium Coeleste ac Terrestre, edited by Johann Christoph Sturm,14 engraved engraved plates, a few with small tears at folds and one paper repair to verso, illustrations, woodcut head-pieces and initials, G4 torn away at lower margin (not affecting text), some spotting and light foxing, dedication leaf heavily browned, lacking front endpaper, contemporary calf, spine gilt, upper joint cracked, lower starting, extremities rubbed, [Houzeau and Lancaster 3039; Zinner 5089], 4to, Nuremburg, Christoph Gerhard, [1666].⁂ Rare with the full complement of plates, including the two planispheres. This work is a new first edition enlarged and edited by Habrecht's student Sturm, of his famous treatise published in two parts in 1628 and 1629. Sturm augmented the text, reprinted the original two planispheres from the same plates (one of them is still dated 1628), and added to them a further 12 plates, including two handsome polar projections of the world and ten engravings showing the various parts of his celestial and terrestrial globes. "The plates, superbly executed by Jacob van der Heyden, were probably intended to be mounted and assembled to form several instruments, each with a revolving plate measuring 27cm in diameter and a movable pointer. Each was to be supported on an approximately 12cm base" (W.P. Watson, Cat. 18).

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*** Please note, the description of this lot has changed ***Darwin (Charles) On the Origin of Species by Means of Natural Selection, first edition, half-title, folding lithograph plate with very short tear, 32pp. publisher's catalogue at end dated June 1859, occasional light soiling and foxing, slip of paper with "with Mr Darwin's compliments" in Darwin's hand tipped in at beginning, original cloth covers bound in as pastedowns and cloth spine at end, modern blue morocco, gilt, uncut, [Freeman 373], 8vo in 12s, John Murray, 1859.⁂ "The most important biological book ever written." (Freeman) and, according to Dibner "the most important single work in science". This copy handsomely rebound but still retaining the cloth binding of Freeman's variant b.Provenance: F. Swift (small ink stamp on title, possibly Francis Darwin Swift, grandson of Francis Sacheverel Darwin, Charles Darwin's uncle).

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Lewis (C.S.) [The Narnia Chronicles], 7 vol., first editions, comprising The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe, 1950; Prince Caspian, 1951; The Voyage of the Dawn Treader, 1952; The Silver Chair, ink inscription to half-title, very light spotting to prelims, 1953; The Horse and his Boy, 1954; The Magician's Nephew, 1955; The Last Battle, 1956, plates, illustrations and maps by Pauline Baynes, including colour where called for, bright, clean copies generally, attractive modern cloth with gilt labels to spines, g.e., slip-case, 8vo.

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Tibet.- Turner (Samuel) Ambassade au Thibet et au Bhoutan, 3 vol. (including Atlas), first French edition, translated by J. Castera, text vol. with half-titles, pencil annotations, contemporary tree sheep, spines gilt, Atlas with folding engraved map and 14 plates, 2 folding, some light water-staining and spotting, contemporary sheep-backed boards, extremities worn, 8vo and 4to, Paris, Chez F. Buisson, 1800.⁂ A nice set of this translation of Turner's An account of an embassy to the court of the Teshoo Lama, in Tibet, published in the same year in London.

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Trollope (Anthony) The American Senator, 3 vol., first edition in book form, half-titles, ink ownership stamps of E. Eversfield to endpapers or half-title, vol. 2 with portion of front free endpaper torn away, occasional light soiling, original orange-ochre cloth (Sadleir's primary cloth), spines darkened, neatly recase with neat repairs to few spine ends, corners a little bumped, labels removed from upper covers, rubbing and surface soiling, [Sadleir 46], 8vo, Chapman and Hall, 1877.

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Trollope (Anthony) Dr. Wortle's School, 2 vol., 28pp. advertisements dated November, 1880, ink ownership stamps to half-titles or endpapers, Sadleir's "freak" binding, blind on the front covers and decorated in black on lower covers, shelf-lean, some splitting to joints, Chapman and Hall, 1881; Marion Fay, 3 vol., vol. 1 & 2 hinges broken or weak, labels removed from upper covers, Chapman and Hall, 1882; Kept in the Dark, 2 vol., vol. 1 frontispiece by J. E. Millais, 32pp advertisements dated July, 1882, vol. 1 title and frontispiece detached, light discolouration to covers, Chatto & Windus, 1882, first editions in book form, half-titles, pulling to gatherings, original cloth, spines darkened, spine ends and corners bumped, extremities rubbed, [Sadleir 59, 64 & 65], 8vo (7)

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Sassoon (Siegfried) Memoirs of a Fox-Hunting Man, number 13 of 300 copies signed by the author and illustrator, 7 plates, illustrations, endpapers and jacket design by William Nicholson, light spotting to fore-edge, original vellum, lettered and decorated in red and black, t.e.g., others uncut, inner glacine jacket, dust-jacket, very small chip to foot of upper panel, a mint copy otherwise, outer glacine jacket, lightly toned and creased, some chipping to extremities, [Keynes A30e], 8vo, Faber & Faber, 1929.⁂ A superb example.

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Dickens (Charles) "Holiday Romance" in: Our Young Folks. An Illustrated Magazine for Boys and Girls, Vol. 4, nos. 37 & 39-41, engraved frontispiece portrait of Dickens, 5 plates, 4 after John Gilbert illustrating "Holiday Romance", occasional light soiling, a few ff. with short marginal tears or fraying, advertisements, original orange printed wrappers, first part with some loss to spine ends, some splitting along joints and with some creasing and fraying to covers, the remaining 3 parts some some light creasing to extremities but very good generally with printed label "1752 Mrs E U King Dec 68" to upper covers, [Eckel p. 200], 8vo, Boston, Ticknor and Fields, 1868.⁂ First American printing of Dicken's four short stories written from the point of view of two small boys and two small girls. Published simultaneously in All the Year Round.

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Trollope (Anthony) Barchester Towers, 3 vol., first edition, first printing with "tattooed" for "tabooed" on p.269 vol. 2, vol. 1 lacking half-title and advertisements, some light marginal toning, bookplate of Sir Andrew Noble of Ardmore and Ardaran to pastedowns, attractive contemporary black straight-grain morocco, spines gilt in compartments, light rubbing to joints and covers, [Sadleir 5], 8vo, Longman, Brown, Green, Longmans, & Roberts, 1857.

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Dickens (Charles) Oliver Twist, 3 vol., second edition, second issue with titles dated 1839, etched frontispieces and 21 plates by George Cruikshank, half-titles, a bright, clean set internally, bookplates to pastedown, polished calf, gilt, by Hatchards, spines gilt in compartments with morocco labels, light rubbing to joints, t.e.g., [Smith I, p.36], 8vo, Richard Bentley, 1839.

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Maugham (William Somerset) Ashenden, or, The British Agent, first edition, some scattered spotting, original cloth, very light sunning to spine, dust-jacket prixed at 7/6, a few neat repairs and some light retouching to head of spine and corners, light toning to flaps, but a bright and excellent example overall, preserved in folding chemise and custom morocco-backed slip-case, [Stott A37a], 8vo, 1928.⁂ An excellent copy of the author's spy stories, a cornerstone of the spy thriller genre based largely on his own undercover experiences in Europe & Russia. It is believed that initially there were 31 stories but 14 had to be destroyed on Churchill's orders as they were in breach of the Official Secrets Act. Many authors of spy fiction have acknowledged the importance and merit of this work over the years, including John Le Carré, Graham Greene, Eric Ambler, Julian Symons and Raymond Chandler.

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Spanish Armada.- [Cecil (William, Lord Burghley)] Certaine Advertisements out of Ireland concerning the Losses and Distresses happened to the Spanish Navie, first edition, mostly black letter, title with woodcut device, woodcut initial and headpiece, some light surface soiling but a very good copy generally, Macclesfield blind-stamp to head of title and A2 and facsimile bookplate to pastedown, modern antique-style half pigskin, light rubbing to covers, [STC 14257], sm. 4to, Vautrollier for Richard Field, 1588.⁂ The Macclesfield copy of this contemporary account of the destruction of the Spanish Armada. The present work is the second part of The Copie of a Letter sent out of England to don Bernadin Mendoza, both of which are often attributed to Burghley, among whose possessions the manuscript was discovered.

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Murder in Lewes.- Warning to Young Men (A); or, A Man of Bloods: in An Impartial Relation of the Horrid Murther Acted by Robert Brinkhurst on his Friend and himself at Lewis in Sussex, first edition, title within typographic border, some light foxing and marginal staining, later blank leaves at beginning and end, 19th century blind-stamped calf, 8vo, Printed for Tho. Parkhurst, 1680.⁂ Very rare, with ESTC locating only 3 copies (BL, Columbia and Huntington). Provenance: Edward Barrett Curteis (bookplate on rear pastedown); Mark Antony Lower (bookplate on front pastedown and his ms notes about the book and subjects to front blank leaves and inscription "Presented to M. A. Lower by James Orchard Halliwell [Shakespearean scholar]" dated 1866.

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Trollope (Anthony, author, 1815-1882) 3 Autograph Letters signed, together 3pp., 8vo, 7th Jan. 1860 - 19th Feb. 1876, sending payment, making travel arrangements & c., a few light folds.

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Grisham (John) A Time to Kill, first edition, signed presentation inscription from the author dated 9-1-89 to title, ink ownership inscription of recipient to endpaper, original cloth-backed boards, light bumping to spine ends, dust-jacket, a few small neat repairs to spine ends, light creasing to extremities, an excellent example overall, 8vo, New York, Wyndwood Press, 1989.⁂ The author's scarce first novel. Personally published by the author via a small publisher in the south east United States, the author was apparently subsequently reduced to selling them from the boot of his car until word of mouth took effect.

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Financial panic.- Hareward, or the Time Bargain. A tale of the Panic, 3 vol., manuscript, 343 numbered pp. (vol.1 133pp.; vol.2 100pp. and vol 3. 110pp. (including one mis-numbered inserted leaf)), occasional corrections, occasional spotting and light staining, disbound, folio, 1880.⁂ Anonymous unpublished triple-decker novel, with a financial crisis at its centre, featuring a Lady Torridge and her family. This family is also found in Giles Ingilby by William Edward Norris, which may lead us to an author attribution.

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James (M.R.) A Warning to the Curious and other Ghost Stories, first edition, very occasional scattered spotting, ownership inscription erased from front free endpaper, original cloth, very light sunning to spine, light finger-soiling to covers, corners a little bumped, but an excellent example overall, [Tymn 3-128], 8vo, 1925.⁂ James' final collection of ghost stories, scarce.

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Dickens (Charles) Great Expectations, 3 vol., first edition, fifth impression, without half-titles or advertisements, occasional light marginal soiling, front free endpapers and title with portion excised at head, ink ownership inscription to endpapers, original blind-stamped cloth, spines darkened, spine ends and corners bumped with chipping to spine ends, vol. 1 with split to lower joint, light rubbing and marking to covers, Eckel, pp. 91-93; Smith II,:14; Great Expectations (Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1993, Appendix D)], 8vo, Chapman and Hall, 1861.

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Kent.- Ballad.- The Fiery Serpent of Folkestone A Ballad, manuscript, 92pp., written horizontally in a red ruled cash book, some light staining and spotting, lightly browned, contemporary sheep, rebacked, upper cover worn at head, lightly stained, rubbed, housed in a modern decorative card box, 230 x 90mm., [Dover or Folkestone], [c.1830]; and a modern edition of the work (2)⁂ A manuscript version of this satirical ballad, which probably circulated before its publication in 1838 by Rigden of Dover. The work ridicules the perceived simpletons of Folkestone by highlighting their credulity in the story that a hideous serpent is living in the drains of the town. The town's rivalry with the Cinque Port of Dover is also played upon. There are a number of textual differences between our manuscript and the printed version.

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Gregynog Press.- Lamentations of Jeremiah (The), number 49 of 250 copies on Japanese vellum, printed in blue and black, wood-engraved title, initials and illustrations by Blair Hughes-Stanton, 5 full-page, some light spotting and soiling, mostly marginal, original dark blue calf, title and device in blind on upper cover, rubbed and scuffed, [Harrop 29], folio, Newtown, Gregynog Press, 1933.

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Dickens (Charles) [The Christmas Books], 5 vol., comprising A Christmas Carol, thirteenth edition, half-title printed in blue, title in red and blue, hand-coloured etched frontispiece and 3 plates by John Leech, 1p. advertisements, neatly recased, spine a little darkened, repairs to spine ends, endpapers renewed, 1855; The Chimes, second edition, engraved frontispiece and additional pictorial title (foxed), light fading to spine, spine ends bumped, 1845; The Cricket on the Hearth, engraved frontispiece and pictorial title, 2pp. advertisements (first state), bookplate of Monckton White to pastedown, shelf-lean, spine ends and corners bumped, 1846; The Battle of Life, engraved frontispiece and pictorial title (fourth state), 2pp. advertisements, ink ownership and gift inscriptions, bookplate to pastedown, spine ends and corners bumped and frayed, light toning to spine, 1846; The Haunted Man, engraved frontispiece and pictorial title, 2pp. advertisements, neatly rebacked, retaining original backstrip (faded), later endpapers, 1848, all but the first 2, first editions, illustrations, original cloth, g.e., [Smith II, 4, 5, 6, 8 & 9] 8vo.

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Norfolk.- Bedingfield family (of Oxburgh Hall, Norfolk) Collection of documents and genealogical/historical notes relating to the Bedingfield family and Norfolk, some manuscripts on vellum, others on paper, some typescripts, folds, some soiling and dust, v.s., v.d., 1462 - [20th century] (qty).⁂ Includes:(1). Norfolk, Great Fransham.- Yelverton (Sir William, justice, d. 1477?).- Grant by William Yelverton, Robert Pynnes, Henry Tolle and Thomas Styward feoffees have by this present charter and indenture confirmed to Thomas Large of Great Fransham, John Large, Robert Drewery, William Large and Thomas Drewery of Beston [Beeston] of all those messuages, lands, &c., in Great Fransham, demised to them the said grantors by Thomas Isaak and others reserving "totam illam cameram vocat. le Crosse Chamber in fine Occident aule infra mesuag' in quo Johes Blyford"... for the term of his life and that of Agnes his wife, reserving also a close called Bridgemedowe, and also a stable "pro equo diet. John Blyford et Agnet et pro equis amicorum suorimi totiens quotiens eis aduenierint," for the life of same John and Agnes and forty days after; also reserving one acre of arable land in two pieces in Fransham, one piece called Broodhalfacre, the other Pythalfacre; also a reserved rent of ten pence from a tenement called Curteleys in Fransham, witnesses: William Cade, Thomas Herlewyn and others, manuscript in Latin, on vellum, in brown ink, 27 lines, indented at head, a few very small holes, light brown stain, 4 red wax seals, 2 in fine condition, 2 broken with loss, slightly browned and creased, 260 x 270mm., Sunday after the Annunciation [25 March] 1462. (2). Norfolk Pipe Roll.- Pipe Roll for the annual account of money owed to the government by Philip Bedingfield, sheriff of Norfolk, manuscript pipe roll on vellum, in brown ink, 4 stitched membranes, browned, signed by Christopher Denton, Deputy Clerk of the Pipe at tail, c. 2635 x 290mm., 14th July 1756.(3). Bedingfield (Philip, of Ditchingham Hall, Norfolk) The Executors and Trustees of Philip Bedingfield Esqr. Deceased, manuscript ledger, c. 100pp., ruled in red, original half morocco, gilt, rubbed, joints split, spine worn, oblong 4to, 1872-73.

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DePol (John).- Fraser (J.H.) & Eleanor Friedl. John DePol: A Catalogue Raisonné of his Graphic Work 1935-1998, one of 400 copies, San Francisco, Book Club of California, 2001 § Boltin (C.) A Practical Guide to Light Refreshment: a collection of nineteenth-century recipes, one of 200 copies signed by the author and artist, wood-engravings by John DePol, New York, 1996 § Brody (C.T.) John DePol and the Typophiles..., one of 500 copies, illustrations, New York, 1998 § Not Barn Again: Four Wood Engravings by John DePol, one of 150 copies, original wrappers, uncut, Council Bluffs, Ia., Yellow Barn Press, 1997 § Saxe (Stephen O.) American Iron Hand Presses, wood-engravings by John DePol, original cloth, dust-jacket, New Castle, De., 1992, the first three all original cloth-backed patterned-paper boards, the first with slip-case; and 3 Benjamin Franklin keepsakes, 4to & 8vo (8)

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Dickens (Charles) The Personal History of David Copperfield, first edition in book form, bound from the original parts, half-title, frontispiece, additional engraved title and 38 plates by Hablot K. Browne, occasional light offsetting, original variant green cloth, neatly rebacked, retaining original backstrip, light browning and creasing to spine, light rubbing to covers, [Eckel pp.77-8; Smith I, 9], 8vo, Bradbury & Evans, 1850.

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Dickens (Charles) Hard Times. For These Times, first edition in book form, later issue with p.244 correctly numbered, half-title, occasional light soiling, advertisement endpapers, chip to corner of front free endpaper, upper hinge cracked but firm, original dark green cloth (Carter's variant D), spine ends and corners a little bumped and frayed, light marking to upper cover, [Carter, More Binding Variants, pp7-8; Eckel p.131; Smith I, 11], 8vo, Bradbury & Evans, 1844.⁂ A rare later binding variant with Chapman and Hall lettered in gilt at foot of spine. Though recorded we have been unable to trace other examples of this variant available either at auction or online.

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Trollope (Anthony) He Knew He Was Right, 2 vol., first edition in book form, frontispieces and 30 wood-engraved plates by Marcus Stone, vignette illustrations, occasional light foxing, vol. 1 upper hinge tender, vol. 2 hinges repaired, bookplate of James Frank Bright to pastedowns, original blind-stamped cloth, spines lettered in gilt, spines slightly darkened, spine ends and corners a little bumped, vol. 2 with a few neat repairs to spine, a very good set generally, [Sadleir 31], 8vo, Strahan and Company, 1869.

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Railways.- Booth (Henry) An Account of the Liverpool and Manchester Railway..., lithograph frontispiece and plate, 2 folding plans, Liverpool, Wales and Baines, 1830 bound with Walker (James) Report to the Directors on the Comparative Merits of Loco-motive & Fixed Engines, as a Moving Power, second edition, folding frontispiece, 1829 and 2 other railway reports, together 4 works in 1 vol., very occasional light spotting, contemporary half morocco, lightly rubbed, 8vo .

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Dickens (Charles) Great Expectations, 3 vol., first edition, [second impression], without half-titles or advertisements, edition statements neatly erased from titles, occasional light foxing or finger-soiling, later half calf, gilt, spines gilt with red and green morocco labels, a little rubbed and scuffed, g.e., [Eckel, pp. 91-93; Smith II,:14; Great Expectations (Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1993, Appendix D)], 8vo, Chapman and Hall, 1861.⁂ With the text agreeing in all particulars with those identified by Cardwell in her appendix to Great Expectations.

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Hawking (Stephen) A Brief History of Time. From the Big Bang to Black Holes, reprint, with the author's thumbprint and signed presentation inscription from Jane Hawking "Dear Mary, much love from us all - Jane & Stephen" to title, colour photograph of Stephen and Jane Hawking with their children laid onto facing page, illustrations, original boards, dust-jacket, very light creasing to head and foot, else fine, 8vo, Bantam Press, 1988.

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Garland (Hamlin) The Return of a Private, one of 150 copies, wood-engravings by Gaylord Schanilec, Council Bluffs, Ia., Yellow Barn Press, 1998 § Everson (William) & others. Out of the West, one of 350 copies signed by the authors, Northridge, Ca., Lord John Press, 1979 § On the Folly and Wickedness of War, one of 100 copies, printed in red & black, linocuts, Minneapolis, Solmentes Press, 2004 § Ryan (Frank) In the Light from Stained Glass: Poems on Growing Up Catholic, one of 118 copies, original wrappers, Raleigh, NC, Horse & Buggy Press, 1998 § McClanahan (Ed) Fondelle or: The Whore with the Heart of Gold, one of 700 copies, wood-engravings by Wesley Bates, original cloth, dust-jacket, Monterey, Ky., Larkspur Press, 2002, plates and illustrations, some colour, the first three original cloth-backed boards, uncut; and c.25 others from modern American presses, some pamphlets, 4to & 8vo (c.30)

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Trollope (Anthony) The Belton Estate, 3 vol., vol.1&3 first edition, vol. 2 second edition, without half-titles as issued, lacking advertisements, occasional light spotting, later half calf, rubbed, Chapman and Hall, 1866; Ralph the Heir, 3 vol., first edition, lacking half-titles and advertisements, some occasional light finger-soiling to margins, but very clean generally, modern half calf, Hurst and Blackett, 1871, [Sadleir 22 & 37]; and 3 others, the second edition of the Bertrams, 8vo (9)

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Trollope (Anthony) The Way We Live Now, first edition, in the original 20 parts, 40 wood-engraved plates after Lionel Fawkes, part 3 lacking 4pp. ads. at front, but all other advertisements and slips otherwise as called for, original printed wrappers, part 1 with some light wear to spine ends, some light repair to a few spines, 1 or 2 covers with repairs to extremities, but in effect a near-fine set with unopened, preserved in custom half calf drop-back box, [Sadleir 44], 8vo, Chapman and Hall, 1874-75.⁂ One of Trollope's most loved novels, rare in the original parts. Sadleir initials called for 16 advertisements in part 1 before later correcting that number to 12, as here.

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Wilde (Oscar).- Douglas (Lord Alfred) The Autobiography, first edition, signed presentation inscription from the author to John Embleton Black to endpaper, portrait frontispiece, plates, some scattered spotting, light browning to endpapers, bookplate of Black to pastedown, original cloth, spine ends and corners bumped, extremities rubbed, 4to, 1929.⁂ Douglas' autobiography with much on his relationship with Wilde, rare signed.

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Dickens (Charles).- The Singularly Interesting Freehold Residential Property Known as Gadshill Place the home of Charles Dickens from 1857 to 1870. To be offered for Sale by Auction by Messrs Knight, Frank & Rutley, photographic frontispiece and 2 plates, folding map at rear, auctioneers' compliments slip loosely inserted, light foxing, original stiff wrappers with vignette portrait of Dickens to upper cover, light browning and some soiling to lower cover, 1923; and 3 others, Dickens, v.s. (4)⁂ Gads Hill Place was initially bought by Charles Dickens Jr. following his father's death. It later passed to Hon. Francis Law Latham before becoming Gad Hill School in 1924 which it remains today.

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Trollope (Anthony) The Eustace Diamonds, 3 vol., first edition in book form, half-titles, some light foxing to prelims and edges, bookplate to pastedowns, original salmon cloth, lettered in gilt and black, sunning to spines, some light bumping to spine ends and corners, but a remarkably bright, near-fine set otherwise, [Sadleir 39], 8vo, Chapman and Hall, 1873.⁂ Rare in such superb condition.

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Trollope (Anthony) John Caldigate, 3 vol., first edition in book form, vol. 1 half-titles only, vol. 1 lacking front free endpaper, ink ownership inscription to vol. 2 and 3 endpapers, original variant blue cloth blocked in black, spines slightly darkened, spine ends and corners a little bumped, light surface soiling to covers, but a bright and excellent set overall, [Sadleir 55], 8vo, Chapman and Hall, 1879.⁂ A rare variant binding, not recorded by Sadleir.

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Law.- Anni, regum, Edwardi Quinti, Richardi Tertii, Henrici Septimi, et Henrici Octaui, omnes, qui antea impressi fuerunt, black letter, text in legal French, title within ornate woodcut decorative border, woodcut decorative initials, 17th century ink marginalia, mostly marginal water-staining, occasional spotting and light staining, lightly browned, contemporary blind-stamped calf, covers with arabesque centre-pieces, upper cover detached, lower joint split, but holding firm, spine ends worn, stained, rubbed and scuffed, [STC 9903], folio, Jane Yetsweirt, 1597.⁂ Year book for for 1 Edward V, 1-2 Richard III, 1-16, 20-21 Henry VII, and 12-14, 18-19, 26-27 Henry VIII, printed by one of England's first woman law printers. Provenance: Humfry Walcot (contemporary ink inscription to head of title).

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Dickens (Charles) Hard Times. For These Times, first edition in book form, first issue with p.244 misnumbered 44, half-title, occasional scattered spotting, original first state olive-green cloth, priced 5/- at foot of spine, usual light sunning to spine and fading to cover margins, light bumping to spine ends and corners, but an unusually sharp and excellent example overall, [Eckel p.131; Smith I, 11], 8vo, Bradbury & Evans, 1844.

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Trollope (Anthony) The Three Clerks, 3 vol., first edition, some occasional light soiling, ink ownership inscriptions to endpapers, contemporary brown half morocco, some rubbing and scuffing, [Sadleir 6], 8vo, Richard Bentley, 1858.

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Yeats (William Butler) The Tables of the Law and the Adoration of the Magi, first edition, number 65 of 110 copies, portrait frontispiece by Jack B. Yeats, tissue-guard, light browning to endpapers, original red buckram, spine lettered in gilt, light sunning to spine, light rubbing to spine tips and corners, a bright and excellent example, [Wade 24], 8vo, Privately Printed, 1897.⁂ The true first edition of this rare publication containing two short stories written by Yeats at the height of his fascination in occultism.

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Fleece Press.- Rogerson (Ian) Barnett Freedman: The Graphic Art, one of 500 copies, DVD in pocket at end, prospectus and other ephemera loosely inserted, 2006; Tone, texture, light and shade: a Barnett Freedman Picture Album, one of 340 copies, 2011 § Yorke (Malcolm) To War with Paper & Brush: Captain Edward Ardizzone, Official War Artist, one of 700 copies, 2007; Today I worked well - the picture fell off the brush: The Artistry of Leslie Cole, one of 500 copies, 2010, plates and illustrations, many colour, some folding, some tipped in, original cloth or cloth-backed boards, all but the second with slip-case, Upper Denby, Fleece Press (4)

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Stoker (Bram) Dracula, eighth edition, ink ownership and gift inscriptions to endpapers, occasional light foxing or marginal finger-soiling, original navy cloth lettered in gilt design in red to upper cover, slight shelf-lean, spine ends and corners a little bumped, light rubbing, but a very good and bright example, 8vo, Archibald Constable, 1904.

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Proust (Marcel, translator).- Ruskin (John) Sesame et les Lys. Des trésors des rois, des jardins des reines, first edition, signed presentation inscription from the author "A Monsieur Gaston Griolet. Hommage admiratif et respectueux du traducteur Marcel Proust" to half-title, 8pp. advertisements, light browning, largely unopened, original wrappers, creasing and chipping to spine, light creasing and marking to covers, later glacine dust-jacket, 8vo, Paris, Mercure de France, 1906.⁂ Proust's second book inscribed to his friend, the lawyer and financier Gaston Griolet (1842-1934).

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Trollope (Anthony) How the "Mastiffs" went to Iceland, first edition, half-title, colour map frontispiece, 13 lithographed plates and 2 mounted photographic plates (the coming loose), ink ownership inscription to endpaper, slight cracking to hinges, original blue cloth, decorated in gilt, some spotting, spine ends and corners a little bumped, light rubbing to extremities, g.e., [Sadleir 51], Virtue & Co., 1878; and a copy of West Indies and the Spanish Main, 4to & 8vo (2)

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Dickens (Charles) A Tale of Two Cities, first edition in book form, third issue with title dated 1860, half-title, engraved frontispiece, title and 14 plates by Hablot K. Browne, some cracking to gutting, 1 or 2 plates with fraying to fore-edge, original blind-stamped green cloth, spine browned, spine ends and corners bumped, light rubbing to extremities, but a very good copy generally, [Eckel pp.86-90; Smith I, 13], 8vo, Chapman and Hall, 1860.

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Old School Press.- Harris (Peter) The Bricks of Venice, 2 vol. including box of plates, number 78 of 150 copies, text in original cloth-backed paste-paper boards, plates (most colour) loose as issued in original cloth-backed paste-paper drop-back box, together in cloth slip-case, 2005 § Palladio's Homes, number 18 of 170 copies signed by the artist and printer, colour illustrations by Carlo Rapp, with prospectus, original cloth-backed hand-made paper boards, cloth folder, 2009 § Davidson (Peter) & Hugh Buchanan. Winter Light: Watercolours, number 5 of 100 copies signed by the author and artist, colour plates by Hugh Buchanan, original sea-green calf with palladium rule to upper cover and ties, 2010, Hinton Charterhouse, Old School Press; and 4 others from the press, v.s. (8)

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Trollope (Anthony) Is He Popenjoy?, 3 vol., first edition in book form, half-titles, vol. 1 & 2 with 2pp. advertisements at end, occasional light soiling, light browning to half-titles, bookplate of McInerney to pastedowns, original red-brown cloth, spine ends and corners a little bumped, labels removed from upper covers, extremities rubbed, endpapers renewed, [Sadleir 49], 8vo, Chapman and Hall, 1878.

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Dickens (Charles).- Revallin (Fred) The Pickwick Quadrille, chromolithographed upper cover, n.d. § Jullien. The Cricket Polka, [?1846], music scores, original printed wrappers, light soiling; and 10 others, music to words by Dickens or inspired by his writings, housed together in custom drop-back box, folio (12)

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Trollope (Anthony) The Last Chronicle of Barset, first edition, in the original 32 monthly parts, 32 wood-engraved plates and vignette illustrations by G.H. Thomas, part or all of front advertisements lacking from parts 1 and 5, part 18 lacking slip at front, otherwise all "compulsory" advertisements as called for, part 1 with neat repairs to spine, some light surface soiling and rubbing to spine, a sharp and excellent set, preserved in chemise and custom morocco pull-top box, [Sadleir 26], 8vo, Smith, Elder & Co., 1866-67.⁂ A superb example of the only book in the Chronicles of Barsetshire to be issued in parts.

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Orwell (George) Nineteen Eighty-Four, first edition, original cloth, light sunning to spine and covers, otherwise excellent, green dust-jacket by Michael Kennard, spine ends and corners a little chipped, small 1/2" chip to head of spine, light rubbing, an excellent example, 8vo, 1949.

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Briseux (Charles-Etienne) Traité du Beau essentiel dans les Arts, appliqué particulierement applique particulierement a l'architecture et demontre physiquement et par l'experience à l'architecture et démontré physiquement et par l'expérience, first edition, engraved throughout, portrait frontispiece, 2 titles within decorative borders, 138 plates, some double-page or folding, including pictorial divisional titles, blank f. following p.44, privilege f. at end of vol.2, a few ff. with outer edge uncut, spotting and mostly light staining, lightly browned, contemporary mottled calf, richly gilt spines in compartments and with red leather labels, some gilt restored, corners worn, rubbed, [Berlin Kat. 2403; Fowler 69], 4to, Paris, The Author & Chereau, 1752.⁂ 'A fine example of an entirely engraved book' (Fowler).

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Law.- Blackstone (Sir William) Law Tracts, in two volumes, 2 vol., first edition, 2 engraved tables (1 folding) and 8 plates, offsetting, some spotting, occasional light staining, lightly browned, contemporary calf, sympathetically rebacked, spines in compartments and with red morocco label, corners worn, a solid set, 8vo, Oxford, The Clarendon Press, 1762.⁂ Includes Magna Carta and the Charter of the Forest. These tracts had appeared separately, but they are brought together here for the first time and benefit from Blackstone's additions and corrections.

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Yeats (William Butler) Four Years, first edition, one of 400 copies, signed by the author on title with strike through the printed name, printed in red and black, hawk attacking small bird device by T.Sturge Moore on title in red, light browning to endpapers, light toning to spine and covers, [Wade 131], 8vo, Dundrum, Cuala Press, 1921.⁂ A scarce Cuala Press title, we can trace no other signed example at auction. This was the first use of Moore's device.

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[Dickens (Charles)], "Boz". The Posthumous Papers of the Pickwick Club, first edition in the original 19/20 parts, mixed issues, 43 engraved plates by Robert Seymour, R.W. Buss, and Hablot K. Browne, mixed states, publisher's address to parts 3, 10 and 15, front ads. to parts 6 and 14-17 only, rear ads. to parts 14, 15, 17, 18 and 20 only, original printed wrappers, some light repairs or restorations to some spines and extremities or a few wrappers, but clean and excellent generally, preserved in custom drop-back box, [Hatton & Cleaver, pp. 3-88], 8vo, Chapman and Hall, 1836-7.⁂ Rare in parts and notoriously bibliographically complex. A full listing of the relevant issue points of the present work is available upon request.

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Yeats (William Butler) The Cat and the Moon and certain poems, first edition, one of 500 copies, signed presentation inscription from the author "To I. A. ?Farrell creator of his own fortune from W. B. Yeats creator of rhymes. Jan. 1937 Dublin" to endpaper, printed in red and black, charging unicorn device by Robert Gregory on title, some splitting to gutter but holding firm, light browning to endpapers, original cloth-backed boards, light browning to spine and covers, [Wade 145], 8vo, Dublin, Cuala Press, 1924.

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Boyle (Robert) The General History of the Air, first edition, small ink ownership inscription to title, small library stamp to title verso (and one other), 1a-1E damp-stain at gutter and upper margin, 2A4 small marginal hole, K3 soiled, some spotting and light browning, contemporary calf, upper joint starting to crack, [Wing B3981], 4to, for Awnsham and John Churchill, 1692.⁂ The first clear statement on the kinetic theory of gases. Posthumously published, it was seen through the press by John Locke, Boyle's friend, and contains some of Locke's own meteorological observations. The work is of considerable importance in the history of science - the views Boyle expressed here became the basis for the phlogiston theory of combustion, and it is the product of his life's work.

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