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Guevara (Antonio de) L'Horloge Des Princes, translated by Nicolas d'Herberay des Essarts, collation: ã-õ8 a-z8 A-Z8 Aa-Cc8 Dd4, title with woodcut printer's device, woodcut initials, woodcut device to final leaf, ink ownership inscription to title, a few leaves with ink annotations (including x3, A4, A6), I2 with marginal defect not affecting text, M1 with small paper repair to lower fore-edge corner, several other leaves with very small defects at lower fore-edge corner (none affecting text), Z1-8 with very light damp-staining at lower margin, Cc5 upper fore-edge corner soiled, affecting but not obscuring text, nineteenth century red morocco by Leighton, Brewer St. (stamp to front pastedown), gilt, joints lightly worn at head and foot and with the upper starting to tear, g.e., 8vo (161 x 101mm.), Paris, Gilles Gourbin, 1565.⁂ A rare edition of this didactic novel, which points towards the correct behaviour for the ruling elite. Provenance: Anthony Mildmay (d.1617), English ambassador to France 1596-97, during the reign of King Henry IV (ink ownership inscription to title).
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Agricola (Johann) Drey hundert Gemeyner Sprichworter, der wir Deutschen uns gebrauchen, und doch nicht wissen woher sie kommen...Das Ander teyl..., 2 parts in 1, collation: a8 b4 A-Z8; a-b8 A-HH8, complete with blank leaves b4 and b8, Gothic letter, woodcut architectural borders, heavily annotated throughout in at least 2 contemporary hands, predominantly in red ink but also in black ink, part 1 corner of b2 defective, some light soiling and foxing, but generally an excellent copy in handsome contemporary blind-stamped calf, rebacked, corners worn, leather ties sometime renewed, 8vo (152 x 100mm.), Hagenau, Johann Setzer, 1529.⁂ Scarce early edition of the first collection of German proverbs, printed in the same year as Nuremberg, Augsburg, Zwickau and Eisleben editions. The first volume contained 300 sayings with a further 450 added in the second volume. All 1529 editions are rare, especially so if complete and in a contemporary binding, as here; this copy is also enhanced by the contemporary annotations with variations, explanations, examples and queries all noted. Agricola (1494-1566) was a Lutheran reformer, initially a friend and follower of Martin Luther, until they famously fell out over the obligations of Christians under law. His collection of German proverbs was originally intended for use in schools and was based on the Adagia of Erasmus.Literature: Adams A353 (incomplete); VD 16 A 956.
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Nichols (John) The Progresses, Processions, and Magnificent Festivities of King James the First, 4 vol., first edition, half-titles, 4 engraved frontispieces, the 33 separately issued engraved plates bound-in, some offsetting, armorial bookplate and book label to pastedowns, contemporary calf, gilt, spines gilt, vol. 1 neatly rebacked, retaining original backstrip, some cracking to joints, light rubbing to extremities, J. B. Nichols, 1828; and 9 others, the Progresses of Queen Elizabeth and an 1807 Holinshed, 4to (13)⁂ Provenance: Mainsforth Library (book label); H. Conyers Surtees (bookplate).
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Snakes.- Severinus (Marcus Aurelius) Vipera pythia, id est, de viperae natura, first edition, engraved additional pictorial title and illustrations, many full-page, printed title with woodcut printer's device, woodcut decorative initials and tail-pieces, a couple of very small holes near head of additional title, occasional mostly light water-staining, including titles, a few small stains, lightly browned, contemporary limp vellum, spine with later gilt, black stamped floral motifs and a dark green morocco label, small piece out of upper cover, some staining, [Nissen ZBI 3829; Krivatsy 11061; Osler 3961; Waller 8893], small 4to, Padua, Paulus Frambotti, 1650.⁂ First edition of this work on snakes, including folklore, venoms and antidotes.
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Early computing.- Faster Than Thought. The Ferranti Nimrod Digital Computer, first edition, original stiff printed stapled wrappers, very light toning to spine, else fine, 8vo, Hollinwood, Ferranti Ltd., 1951.⁂ First edition of possibly the first known video game manual.The Nimrod computer was built by Ferranti for the 1951 Festival of Great Britain. It was designed to play Nim, an ancient mathematical logic game, and as such was one of the video game machines constructed and certainly the first developed in the UK. Nimrod was tremendously popular and drew in a number of famous challengers including Alan Turing who beat the computer, allegedly causing a malfunction in the process.
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Péréfixe de Beaumont (Hardouin de) The history of Henry IV. surnamed the Great, King of France and Navarre, title lightly browned, very light damp-staining, endpapers renewed, contemporary calf, rebacked and recornered, [Wing P1465eA], for John Martyn, 1672 § Savage (John) The Antient and Present State of the Empire of German [& A Compleat History of Germany], 2 vol., folding engraved map of Germany to vol.1, engraved portrait frontispiece and plates to vol.2, bookplates of James Hamilton, contemporary panelled calf, gilt coat-of-arms to covers, spines rubbed, joints cracked but holding firm, for A. Robert et al., 1702; and 12 others, European histories etc., v.s. (15)⁂ Provenance: bookplates and coat-of-arms of James Hamilton, 4th Duke of Hamilton. In 1712 Hamilton fought a celebrated duel with Charles, Lord Mohun in Hyde Park, following the death of Fitton Gerard, third Earl of Macclesfield, who died without an heir.
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Burnet (Gilbert) The History of the Reformation of the Church of England, 3 vol., second edition, vol. 1 & 2 half-titles and engraved additional titles, letterpress titles in red and black, 21 engraved plates, occasional light browning, some light marginal marking or staining, the odd short marginal tear, contemporary calf, early reback and recorner, folio, Richard Chiswell & J. Churchill, 1681-1715.
![Bible, English.- The Old Testament [&] New Testament, 7 vol., list of subscribers, 70 engraved plates after Fuseli, Reyn](https://cdn.globalauctionplatform.com/a0988b56-ce15-46f3-a774-ad9e00bb6358/0899451f-fac9-4e1d-b6e4-ad9e00da7b8c/468x382.jpg)
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Bible, English.- The Old Testament [&] New Testament, 7 vol., list of subscribers, 70 engraved plates after Fuseli, Reynolds, West, and others, numerous engraved illustrations, engraved dedication, offsetting, some foxing to plates, heavier in places but largely restricted to margins, contemporary blue straight-grain morocco, gilt, by C. Meyer, covers with decorative fillet and roll borders, spines gilt in compartments, light fading and some rubbing to spines, vol. 7 spine scuffed, some scuffing to joints and extremities, vol. 1 with some splitting to joints but holding firm, g.e., [Herbert 1442], folio, Printed for Thomas Macklin by Thomas Bensley, 1800.⁂ A good copy of this remarkable edition, "the most ambitious edition produced in Britain, often pirated but never rivalled." - DNB.Macklin first announced his plan to publish this lavishly illustrated work in 1789 and devoted the next 11 years of his life to bringing his plans to fruition. He sadly died 5 days after the completion of the final engraving so never lived to see the completed work.
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Greene (Graham) The End of the Affair, first edition, original cloth, light rubbing to tips of spine and corners, dust-jacket, light toning to spine, light scattered foxing to panels, else near-fine, with original "Daily Mail Book of the Month" wraparound band (very lightly toned at spine), 1951; and the first American edition of the same, 8vo (2)⁂ A superb example of Greene's classic novel of frustrated romance, a cornerstone of English Catholic fiction.
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Ancient Greece.- Lauremberg (Johann Wilhelm) Græcia antiqua, edited by Samuel Puffendorf, first edition, text double column, title with woodcut printer's device, 31 engraved maps, engraved illustrations, woodcut decorative initials and tail-pieces, contents f. at end, title with tear in blank area, creased and detaching, occasional spotting and light staining, contemporary speckled calf, spine with later gilt and black morocco label, upper cover detached, taking with it front free endpaper, some staining and marking, [cf. Blackmer 958 (second edition)], rare at auction, small oblong 4to, Amsterdam, Joannes Jansson, 1660.
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Aeschylus. Tragoediae Septem, Latin translation and commentary by Thomas Stanley, text in Latin and Greek, half-title, title in red and black, lacking plate (as often), occasional light soiling, the odd spot or small rust-hole but very good generally, contemporary calf, rebacked and recornered in 19th century morocco, [Wing A684], James Flesher for Cornelius Bee, 1663; and the 1694 edition of Euripides, lacking one of the portraits, folio (2)⁂ The first Stanley edition and the first of Aeschylus printed in England.
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Greene (Graham) The Quiet American, uncorrected proof copy, light creasing to a few pp. original printed wrappers, slight shelf-lean, short split to head of upper joint, light soiling to covers, dust-jacket, light browning, loss to head of spine some creasing and fraying to head and fore-edge, slip-case, 8vo, 1956.
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Machiavelli (Niccolò) Tutte le opere...divise in V. Parti., 5 parts in 1, collation: [*2] a-z aa-zz aaa-hhh4 : *4 a-r4 s2 : à4 è4 a-z aa-yy4 zz2 : a-z aa bb4 [cc2] : *2 a-z aa4, woodcut portraits to general and divisional titles, [cc2] a double-page battle plan, *4, è4, zz2 and aa4 at end blank, pencil underlining, occasional spotting and light staining, lightly browned, contemporary mottled calf, gilt spine in compartments and with green morocco label, backstrip all but detached and with small piece missing, rubbed, 4to, [?Geneva], no printer, 1550 [but c.1630].⁂ A 'Testina edition', which uses the woodcut portrait of Comin da Trino's 1541 edition of Il Principe. Dated 1550, but in fact published in the first half of the 17th century. Some of the later editions bear a Geneva imprint, hence the tentative attribution of this edition to Switzerland.Literature: Adams M9; EDIT 16 CNCE 64604.
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Greene (Graham) The Power and the Glory, first edition, cut signature of the author loosely inserted, spotting to sides and occasionally to margins, upper hinge starting, original cloth, spine a little darkened, light rubbing to head and foot, second impression jacket with "Second large printing" to front flap, spine slightly browned, light soiling and toning to panels, spine ends and corners with minor creasing and chipping, but an excellent example overall, slip-case, 8vo, 1940.
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NO RESERVE Le Carré (John) The Le Carré Omnibus, first edition, signed by the author on title, light browning to title and first few pages, original red boards, dust-jacket, price-clipped, spine ends and corners a little chipped with short split to lower panel joint, tape repairs to jacket verso, lightly discoloured but still a tight and crisp copy, 8vo, 1964.⁂ Le Carré's first two novels, Call for the Dead and Murder of Quality released together by Gollancz to capitalise on the success of Spy Who Came in From the Cold.
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Greene (Graham) The Quiet American, first edition, spotting to edge, light toning to endpapers, original cloth, some light fading, dust-jacket, light toning to spine and panels, spine ends and corners a little chipped with neat repairs to verso, Book Society wraparound band (a little sunned at spine), 1955; and the first American edition of the same, 8vo (2)
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Westmorland (Mildway Fane, Earl of) Otia sacra optima fides, 2 parts in 1, first edition, presentation copy from the author, 2 engraved pictorial titles, 2 full-page and 1 half-page engraved illustrations, woodcut diagrams, without (as often) the final 2 supplementary ff. (*1&2, 'Most copies lack these pages and it is possible that they belong to another work entirely.' (ESTC)) and the 2 folding inserts, H2 piece from lower blank corner torn away, Y1 piece from upper blank corner torn away, occasional spotting and light staining, contemporary blind-ruled calf, small piece missing from foot of spine, upper joint split, but holding, lower joint starting, lower cover small gouge from leather laid back down, lightly marked and stained, housed in a modern morocco-backed cloth drop-back box, gilt, [Wing W1476], small 4to, corners little worn, Printed by Richard Cotes, 1648.⁂ The John F. Fleming - Robert S. Pirie copy of this first edition and presentation copy of religious and occasional verse, for the publication of which the poet and cleric Robert Herrick had appealed. The presentation inscription reads 'J. Warde Ex dono prenobil. ill: Com: Westmorland, Author. Ao: Dm 1648'. Provenance: J.Warde (presentation inscription); John F. Fleming (sold Christie's 18th November, 1998, lot 362); acquired by Robert S. Pirie through Bernard Quaritch at this sale (bookplate).
![Gale (Thomas) Historiae Britannicae, Saxonicae, Anglo-Danicae... [&] Historiæ Anglicanæ scriptores quinque, 2 vol., vol.](https://cdn.globalauctionplatform.com/a0988b56-ce15-46f3-a774-ad9e00bb6358/0920b332-47bc-4b46-94dd-ad9e00dc588a/468x382.jpg)
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Gale (Thomas) Historiae Britannicae, Saxonicae, Anglo-Danicae... [&] Historiæ Anglicanæ scriptores quinque, 2 vol., vol. 1 half-title, engraved title vignettes, vol. 1 title in red & black, vol. 1 with some worming to upper margin, occasional browning, contemporary non-uniform calf, vol. 2 upper cover detached, [Wing G154], Oxford, e Theatro Shelsoniano, 1691-87 § Burnet (Gilbert) The Memoires of the Lives and Actions of James and William, Dukes of Hamilton and Castleherald, etc. In which an Account is given of the Rise and Progress of the Civil Wars of Scotland, first edition, engraved portrait to half-title verso, engraved portrait of Charles I, vignette portrait to p. 380, full-page portrait to p. 416, without the 'Addenda' leaf inserted between a5 and a6, occasional light foxing or browning, contemporary panelled calf, rebacked and recornered in 19th century morocco, light soiling to upper cover, [Wing B5832], by J. Grover, 1677; and 5 others, histories, folio (8)
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Dugdale (Sir William) Monasticon Anglicanum: or, the History of the Ancient Abbies, Monasteries, Hospitals, Cathedral and Collegiate Churches, With their Dependencies, in England and Wales, 3 parts in 1 vol., engraved additional pictorial title, title in red and black, 102 engraved plates, some double-page, by Danile King after Hollar and others, some occasional light browning to plates but very clean generally, ink name to head of letterpress title, contemporary calf, sympathetically rebacked and recornered, R. Harbin for D. Browne and J. Smith and others, 1718; and another, Stevens' History of the Antient Abbeys, Monasteries, Hospitals, Cathedral and Collegiate Churches, 1722, folio (2)⁂ Provenance: J. Drayson (ink ownership inscription).
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Greene (Graham) The Power and the Glory, first edition, usual light browning to half-title, bookplate to endpaper, original cloth, slight shelf-lean, light rubbing to tips of spine and corners, dust-jacket priced at 8s. 3d., light toning to spine, spine ends and corners a little chipped, short splits to head of joints, light creasing to head, light finger-soiling to upper panel, but an excellent example overall, preserved in custom morocco-backed drop-back box, 8vo, 1940.⁂ Greene's most critically acclaimed work and one of the highlights of twentieth century literature. Rare in the dust-jacket, especially so in such excellent condition. Many of the copies were seemingly lost in the bombing of Heinemann's publishing house during the war.
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Wunderkammer.- Worm (Ole) Museum Wormianum seu Historia rerum rariorum, tam naturalium, quam artificialium, tam domesticarum, quam exoticarum..., first edition, title with woodcut printer's device, engraved portrait by G. Wingendorp after C. van Mander and a double-page plate by G. Wigendorp, woodcut and engraved illustrations in text, woodcut head- and tail-pieces and decorative initials, lower margins with worm trace and/or a few small wormholes, the odd minor instance of worming in other margins at start, G1 piece out of lower blank corner, occasional spotting, occasional light staining or soiling, lightly browned, later vellum, yapp edges, spine gilt and with black stamped floral motifs and an olive morocco label, spine worn, some staining and marking, [Willems 772; Nissen ZBI 4473], folio, Leiden, Jan Elzevier, 1655.⁂ A wide-margined copy of this catalogue of Worm's collection of natural history specimens and other objects, which was produced by his son William. Upon his death the collection was purchased by Frederick III, who transferred it to Copenhagen Castle. It later became absorbed into the Danish Royal Kunstkammer. The first three parts deal with minerals, plants and animals, and the fourth with man-made objects.
![Le Roy (Marin, Seigneur de Gomberville) The History of Polexader [sic]: In Five Bookes, done into English by William Browne,](https://cdn.globalauctionplatform.com/a0988b56-ce15-46f3-a774-ad9e00bb6358/e4854f55-1739-48b5-92cb-ad9e00dcd371/468x382.jpg)
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Le Roy (Marin, Seigneur de Gomberville) The History of Polexader [sic]: In Five Bookes, done into English by William Browne, 2 parts in 2 vol., first edition in English, title with woodcut device, woodcut initials, head- and tail-pieces, C1 and E3 with long tears running into text, K1 and 3Q1 with tears to lower margins, just running into text, light foxing and soiling, some marginal staining and occasional chipping, contemporary calf, rebacked in 19th century morocco, recornered, [Wing G1025], folio, by Tho. Harper, for Thomas Walkley, 1647.⁂ First edition in English of this French picaresque novel that includes travel to Benin, the Canary Islands, Mexico and the Antilles with much contemporary information about these places.
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Bible, English.- The Holy Bible. Containing the Bookes of the Old and New Testament, engraved frontispiece of the arms of Charles II by Hollar (with internal tear to upper margin) bound in at beginning before The Book of Common Prayer (1660), lacking engraved dedication, engraved title depicting Solomon on his throne, 109 fine engraved plates mostly by Visscher or Le Blond after Heemskerck, de Bruyn, de Vos, Coninxloo, Rubens, Potter and others, including large folding view of Jerusalem by Hollar, ruled in red throughout with substantial margins, some occasional light soiling, heavier to 3N2 verso and 3N4 recto, some light marginal staining, a few ff. with short marginal tears, handsome later red straight-grain morocco, blue morocco panels to covers with Greek key roll borders, spines richly gilt in compartments, light fading to spines, rubbing to extremities, bumping to corners, light wear to lower edge, [Herbert 668; Wing B2258], folio, Cambridge, John Field, 1660.⁂ An attractive copy of Ogilby's 1660 reissue of Field's 1659 Bible, updated to reflect the restoration with Solomon seated on his throne. Plate counts vary considerably.
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Greene (Graham) Doctor Fischer of Geneva or the Bomb Party, first edition, signed presentation inscription from the author "For Andrew with love from Graham. With a rum punch!" to endpaper with ink ownership inscription of Andrew Duncan above, original cloth, dust-jacket, light sunning to spine, light creasing to head and foot, near-fine otherwise, 1980; Doctor Fischer of Geneva or the Bomb Party, first American edition, one of 500 copies signed by the author, original cloth, glacine dust-jacket, slip-case, New York, 1980; and 4 other editions of the same, 8vo (6)⁂ Andrew Duncan appears to have been an occasional correspondent of Greene's and was likely a literary editor.
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Greene (Graham) Brighton Rock, first edition, original cloth, light fading to spine, dust jacket designed by George Salter, light toning to spine, minor chipping to corners and foot of spine, light rubbing to extremities, but otherwise a near-fine example preserved in custom morocco-backed drop-back box, 8vo, New York, 1938.⁂ The true first edition, published a month before the first English edition, of Greene's classic gangster novel, rare in such bright condition.
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Hanway (Jonas) Advice to a Farmer's Daughter, Given in the Character of a Father, 3 vol., first edition, engraved frontispiece, occasional light browning, modern calf, J. Dodsley, 1770; and 5 others, Hanway and others, 8vo (8)⁂ The rare first edition of this work that would be reprinted several times. The ESTC entry appears under the title "Advice From a Farmer to his Daughter" but has an additional title that replicates our example. This copy has only the title listed above.
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Greene (Graham) The Lawless Roads, first edition, second issue with plain map endpapers and photographic illustrations, the spine lettered in black and top edge un-stained, occasional light foxing or spotting, light browning to endpapers, original cloth, light fading to foot of spine, some bumping to extremities, dust-jacket, price-clipped, spine a little dulled, spine ends and corners chipped with loss to 1" of spine at foot, closed tear with creasing to upper panel, 1939; and three others, the first American with the third edition of the same with proof, 8vo (4)
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Arabic language.- Fables.- Erpenius (Thomas) Grammatica Arabica. Ab autore emendata & aucta. Cui accedunt Locmanni Fabulae, et adagia quaedam Arabum, 2 parts in 1 vol., text in Arabic and Latin, titles with woodcut printer's device, woodcut head- and tail-pieces and decorative initials, colophon f. at end of part 2, occasional spotting and light staining, lightly browned, 19th century calf, later gilt and red leather label to spine in compartments, rubbed, especially joints, [Smitskamp 70], small 4to, Leiden, Joannes Maire, 1636.⁂ Scarce work by this Dutch orientalist. The second part contains the text of the fables of Luqman.
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Dictionary.- Hickes (George) Institutiones Grammaticæ Anglo-Saxonicæ et Moeso-Gothicæ, 3 parts in 1 vol., first edition, imprimatur leaf opposite title, additional title with engraved vignette, blank at end of first part (P2) and end of vol., free marbled endpapers cut away, contemporary speckled calf, gilt, gilt corner-pieces of thistles, a few patches of surface wear, gilt spine, gilt morocco label spine rubbed, sm. 4to, [Wing H1851], Oxford, Sheldonian Theatre, 1689.⁂ "Hickes's Institutiones was undertaken as he wrote later 'purely out of zeale to make known the Language, Customes, Laws, and manners of our ancestres, and so to set our English antiquities in a good light'." - Oxford DNB.
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Agriculture.- Cato, Varro, Columella & Palladius. Rei rusticae auctores Latini veteres, title with woodcut printer's device, woodcut head- and tail-pieces, small worm traces and holes in margins, small wormholes in text, index f. Bbb8 with marginal hole, just touching text, occasional spotting and light staining, lightly browned, contemporary calf, blind-stamped arabesque centre-pieces to covers, spine in compartments and with later gilt and black leather label, piece out of head of spine, some worming, rubbed, [VD16 L 1581], [Heidelberg], Hieronymus Commelin, 1595 § Britain.- Hornius (Georg) Rerum Britannicarum ll. VII, quibus res in Anglia, Scotia, Hibernia, ab anno 1645 bello gestae, exponuntur, title with woodcut printer's device, woodcut head- and tail-pieces and decorative initials, lightly browned, contemporary calf, rebacked, Leiden, Hackius, 1648; and 8 others, Continental, v.s. (10)
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Greene (Graham) The Human Factor, first edition, first issue with Shakespeare logo to title, original cloth, dust-jacket, very slight sunning to spine, else fine, 1978; The Human Factor, American uncorrected proof copy, signed by the author on title, title soiled, original plain wrappers, light creasing, New York, 1978; The Human Factor, first edition, limited edition, original morocco, gilt, Franklin Library, PA, 1978; and 3 others editions of the same, 8vo (6)
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Jones (Inigo) The most notable Antiquity of Great Britain, vulgarly called Stone-Heng on Salisbury Plain, first edition, title in red and black, with small paper repair to lower corner fore-edge and two paper restorations to verso, engraved portrait frontispiece, with small paper repair to verso, 7 double-page or folding woodcut plates, 2 with small tears at folds, light uniform browning, some light foxing and spotting, eighteenth century calf, re-backed with spine laid down, gilt, covers scuffed, lower cover upper corner repaired, others worn, [Wing J954], 4to, by James Flesher for Daniel Pakeman and Laurence Chapman, 1655.
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Greene (Graham) The Labyrinthine Ways, first American edition, first state with the text of pages 165 and 256 transposed, bookplate to endpaper, original cloth, light rubbing to tips of spine and corners, dust-jacket, spine ends and corners a little chipped, a few small surface abrasions to spine, rubbing and chipping to fore-edges, 8vo, New York, 1940.
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Ravilious (Eric).- Richards (J.M.) High Street, first edition, wood-engraved title and 24 wood engraved colour lithograph plates by Eric Ravilious, scattered light spotting, original pictorial boards, very slight rubbing to corners and spine extremities with no loss, glassine dustjacket with card flaps, short tear tiny hole to lower panel, 3 small areas of loss, short tear to upper panel, 8vo, Curwen Press for Country Life Ltd., 1938.⁂ A rare example of the original delicate dustjacket.
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Denmark.- M[anley] (Sir R[oger]) The History of the Late Warres in Denmark, first edition, folding engraved map and 3 folding plates, advertisement f. at end, woodcut initials and headpieces, occasional light marginal staining, N1 with chip to margin, contemporary calf, spine repaired at foot, cracking to upper cover, some rubbing to extremities, [Wing M439], folio, for Thomas Basset, 1670.
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Cooke (John) The Universal Atlas and Introduction to Modern Geography, engraved dedication, additional title and 31 engraved plates, including working volvelle, most hand-coloured in outline, 1 printed in colour, a few plates working loose, occasional foxing or soiling, upper hinge weak, contemporary roan-backed boards, wear to extremities, 1802 § Euclid. The Elements, corrected by Robert Simson, 3 folding engraved plates (rather creased), illustrations in text, occasional light browning, lacking front free endpaper, contemporary calf, rubbing to extremities, Edinburgh, J. Nourse, 1781; and 5 others, mathematics, geography, education, 8vo & 4to (7)
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Danish Chronicle.- Huitfeldt (Arild) Danmarckis Rigis Krønicke, 2 vol., half-titles, engraved portrait of the author by A. Haelweg, additional historiated title by H.A. Greÿs and a folding plate of Danish Kings, 2 letterpress genealogical tables, folding plate lightly browned, occasional spotting or light staining, lightly browned, heavier to a few ff., a few marginal tears, 1 with loss (not affecting text), Copenhagen, [Jørgen Lamprecht for] Joachim Moltkes, 1652-1655 § Resen (Peder Hansen) Kong Frederichs den Andens Kronicke Som var Dannemarckis, Norgis, Vendis oc Gottis Kong e, hertug i Slessvig, Hostein, Stormarn oc Ditmarsken, Grefvei Oldenborg oc Delmenhorst, first edition, title within woodcut typographic border, 5 engraved portraits (2 folding), 23 double-page plates and 4 folding numismatic plates, 1 with an overlay, folding letterpress table, Zz4 blank, occasional spotting, lightly browned, Copenhagen, Matthias Jorgensons, 1680, uniformly bound in modern tan morocco with panels from 18th century panelled mottled calf mounted on covers, gilt spines in compartments and with double leather labels, folio (3)
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Greene (Graham) The Name of Action, first American edition, original cloth, dust-jacket, neatly price-clipped, light sunning to spine, spine ends and corners a little chipped, a few small nicks with light creasing and some light rubbing to head and foot, an excellent example, preserved in custom lidded box, 8vo, Garden City, NY, 1931.⁂ Rare, we can trace only a handful of copies in the dust-jacket and none in such excellent condition.
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Greene (Graham) The Bear Fell Free, number 36 of 350 copies signed by the author, illustrations by Joy Lloyd, pictorial endpapers, foxing, original decorative cloth, gilt, slight bowing to covers, rubbing to extremities, dust-jacket, browning to spine, spine ends and corners a little chipped, a few short chips and tears to head and foot with some creasing, light marking and surface soiling to panels, 8vo, 1935.⁂ One of the titles in the Grayson Books series, a collection of signed limited editions by notable authors.
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Darwin (Charles) On the Origin of Species by Means of Natural Selection, second edition, second issue (with 'fifth thousand on title'), half-title, folding lithograph diagram, 32pp. publisher's catalogue dated January 1860 at end, small ink ownership name and stamp to pastedown, a few light spots to first few pp., original blind-stamped cloth, spine gilt, extremities bumped and creased and very small mark to upper cover, but still overall a remarkably clean and bright copy, [Freeman 376], 8vo, 1860.⁂ This scarce second edition was considered by Darwin as "little more than a reprint of the first edition". Rare in this condition.
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More (Thomas).- Sansovino (Francesco) Del governo de i regni et delle republiche cosi antiche come moderne libri XVIII, first edition, collation: *4 A-Z 2A-2Z 3A-3C4 3D6, title with woodcut cartouche at head and printer's device, woodcut head- and tail-pieces and historiated initials, occasional spotting and light staining, Venice, [Francesco Sansovino], [1561] bound after 2 other 16th century Italian works, including the third part only of Sansovino's work on the Ottoman Empire, together 3 works in 1 vol., 19th century red morocco-backed limp marbled boards, gilt spine in compartments, rubbed, small 4to (205 x 147mm.) ⁂ First edition of Sansovino's work on government, in which the final chapter looks at Thomas More's Utopia. Literature: Adams S344; EDIT 16 CNCE 31053.
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Greene (Graham) The Revenge. An Autobiographical Fragment, first edition, one of 300 copies, signed presentation inscription "For Mrs Jolly with best wishes for Christmas from Graham Greene" to endpaper, original stiff wrappers, light toning to spine, else fine, preserved in card chemise, 8vo, Stellar Press, 1963.⁂ A good association copy, inscribed from Greene to Mrs Jolly, his regular typist who assisted in his work on this publication (see previous lot).
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Greene (Graham) The Man Within, first American edition, signed by the author on title, lower hinge weak, endpapers supplied, original cloth, light fading to spine, slight fraying to tips of spine and corners, dust-jacket, light browning, spine ends and corners chipped, creasing and fraying to head of panels, some chipping and splitting to fore-edges and lower joint, extremities rubbed, 8vo, Garden City, 1929.⁂ One of two variants of the US dust-jacket (see next lot).
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Isherwood (Christopher) Mr. Norris Changes Trains, first edition, browning to half-title and final text p., scattered spotting to endpapers, original cloth, spine slightly faded, light toning to upper and lower edges, otherwise excellent, dust-jacket, spine slightly browned, some splitting joints with neat tissue repairs to verso, small chip to one corner, but an excellent example generally, preserved in custom drop-back box, 8vo, 1935.⁂ Isherwood's third novel, his first based on his experiences of living in Weimar Germany, scarce in the jacket in good condition.
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Fleming (Ian) On Her Majesty's Secret Service, jacket spine browned, spine ends and corners chipped with a few tape repairs to verso, toning to lower panel, some rubbing and creasing to extremities, 1963; You Only Live Twice, second state, jacket with light toning to spine, minor chipping and light rubbing to spine ends and corners, 1964; The Man with the Golden Gun, jacket with light toning to spine, very short closed tear with creasing to head of upper panel, 1965, first editions, original boards, dust-jackets, 8vo (3)
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Greene (Graham) This Gun for Hire, first edition, front free endpaper neatly supplied, original cloth, spine ends and corners a little bumped, dust-jacket priced at $2.00, light sunning to spine, neat repairs and restoration to extremities, upper panel with 2 neatly repaired tears, some light rubbing and surface soiling, preserved in custom lidded box, 8vo, New York, 1936.⁂ The true first edition, published one month prior to the first English, scarce in the dust-jacket. Adapted for the classic 1942 film noir starring Alan Ladd and Veronica Lake.
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Bible, Latin.- Testamenti Veteris Biblia Sacra..., 6 parts in 1 vol., titles with woodcut printer's device, woodcut head-pieces and historiated or decorative initials, lacking initial blank f., occasional light damp-staining, mostly marginal, wormhole to lower margin towards end, contemporary calf, gilt initials "T. C." to covers, [STC 2060.3], 4to, Excudebat Henricus Midletonus, impensis .C. B[arker], 1585.
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Rome.- Sandrart (Joachim von) Romæ antiquæ et novæ theatrum, engraved double-page additional pictorial title, double-page map of ancient Rome, large folding map of modern Rome and 61 plates and plans (of 69), some folding or double-page, modern Rome map with hole (c.30 x 20mm.) at fold, plate XXXXX* with split at fold, some spotting and (water-)staining and light browning at folds, 19th century red straight-grain morocco, gilt, spine in compartments, spine faded, rubbed, Nuremberg, Christian Sigismund Froberg for the author, 1684; and a volume of 24 double-page engravings, attributed to Giovanni Battista Fontana, illustrating events of the Dacian Wars as depicted on Trajan's Column in Rome, small folio (2)
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Settle binding.- Settle (Elkanah) Eusebia Triumphans. The Hanover Succession to the Imperial Crown of England, an heroick poem, half-title, foxing and occasional browning, light damp-staining to endpapers, contemporary panelled calf with gilt central arms with three griffin heads, wide floriate and leafy roll border with flower tool at corners, neatly rebacked in red morocco, rubbed with some surface abrasion, [Foxon S255], folio, for the author, 1704.⁂ An example of an elaborately tooled Settle binding, commissioned by the author to accompany his verse. From around 1700 Settle earned much of his living and notoriety from sending copies of his verses to wealthy individuals elaborately bound with their arms to the covers. If the book was returned Settle would have the arms altered and the book sent to a new potential patron.
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Greene (Graham) Journey Without Maps, first edition, photographic plates, map endpapers, original cloth, light toning to spine, spine ends and corners bumped, short split to head of spine, light toning and surface soiling to covers, 8vo, 1936.⁂ Greene's first travel book and one of his rarest titles in first edition.
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Greene (Graham) Babbling April, first edition, light browning and ink inscription to endpaper, original boards, some slight toning to upper and lower edge, dust-jacket, browning to spine and panel margins, spine ends and corners a little chipped, 2 short closed tears to head with some creasing, some light soiling, a very good copy overall, preserved in custom slip-case and drop-back box, 8vo, Oxford, Basil Blackwell, 1925.⁂ Greene's first book, a collection of poetry published when he was 21 and still an Oxford undergraduate. It was poorly reviewed and has not been reprinted.
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Greene (Graham) The Revenge, number 18 of ?20 mimeographed proof copies, "Not for sale" printed label with 2 lines crossed through tipped onto title, "Typewritten by Mrs. Jolly" printed notice with her office address label below to inside front cover, original printed stiff wrappers, numbered by hand on upper cover, light toning to cover margins, 4to, [c.1955].⁂ A rare, seemingly unrecorded early mimeographed proof of Greene's short story, we can trace no like example. Greene wrote The Revenge for publication in Commonweal in 1955 so this likely dates from around then.
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Botany.- Morison (Robert) Plantarum historiae universalis Oxoniensis Pars secunda seu Herbarum distributio nova, first edition, 126 fine engraved plates on 65 ff., lacking folding frontispiece, title with engraved vignette, occasional light soiling to text, 1 or 2 plates with small marginal chips or tears, but a good copy generally, contemporary panelled calf, lower joint splitting at head, rubbing to joints, [Wing M2771], folio, Oxford, 1680.
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Scientific instruments.- Alence (Joachim d') Traittez des barométres, thermométres, et notiométres, first edition, engraved additional pictorial title and 35 plates, printed title with woodcut ornament, woodcut head- and tail-pieces and decorative initials, occasional spotting and light staining, contemporary mottled calf, rebacked, [Wellcome II, 28], 12mo, Amsterdam, Henry Wetstein, 1688.⁂ A rare complete copy. 'His detailed description of the principal meteorological instruments of the period is enriched with several new ideas such as the calibration of the thermometric scale on the basis of two points of change of state: the point at which water freezes and - a much more contestable point - that at which butter melts' (DSB).
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Longus. Daphnis and Chloe, translated by George Thornley, one of 210 copies, wood-engraved illustrations by Charles Shannon and Charles Ricketts, decorative initials, 4pp. prospectus loosely inserted, light offsetting, browning to endpapers, small red ink ex-libris stamp beneath colophon, original green cloth, uncut, corners very slightly bumped, [Watry A6], 4to, [The Vale for Elkin Mathews and John Lane], 1893.⁂ Although not strictly a Vale Press item "The Vale" appears at the foot of the spine; the first true Vale Press publication was Milton's Early Poems issued in 1896.
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Rome.- Subterranean Rome.- Aringhi (Paolo) Roma subterranea novissima, 2 vol. in 1, fine engraved additional historiated title, half-title to vol.2, titles with woodcut printer's device, engraved folding map, numerous engraved and woodcut illustrations and plans in text, some full-page, map lightly browned in places, vol.2 D1 tear within text without loss, occasional spotting or light staining, contemporary mottled calf, gilt spine in compartments and with new double leather labels, head of spine worn, upper joint splitting, but holding firm, rubbed and scuffed, folio, Paris & Cologne, no printer, 1659.⁂ Aringhi's Latin translation expands on Antonio Bosio's Roma sotteranea, which was unfinished at the time of his death in 1629. Bosio was the first person to extensively explore the catacombs.
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