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Saint-Exupéry (Antoine de) The Little Prince, number 66 of 525 copies signed by the author, numerous plain and colour illustrations by the author, original pictorial cloth, light rubbing to tips of spine and corners, first state dust-jacket with publisher's address listed as "386 Fourth Avenue" on front flap, priced $2.00, spine browned, spine ends and corners chipped, closed tear to head of rear panel, light browning to panels, light chipping and creasing to head, rubbing to extremities, 4to, 1943.⁂ The rare signed limited edition of Saint-Exupéry's classic tale. Saint-Exupéry left the U.S. shortly after publication to serve in the French Free Air Force in North Africa and, just over a year later, he and his plane were lost over the Mediterranean. Signed copies are therefore rare, with this limited edition comprising the vast majority.
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Warhol (Andy) The Philosophy...(From A to B and Back Again), first edition, first printing with B C D E to verso of title, signed presentation inscription from the author with drawing of Campbell's soup can to half-title, original board, dust-jacket, some very light rubbing or creasing to head but a fine copy otherwise, New York, 1975; and a copy of The Chain-Drive signed by the author, 8vo (2)
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Waugh (Evelyn) A Little Learning. The First Volume of an Autobiography, first edition, signed by the author on title, frontispiece, title in red and back, original cloth, light fading to spine and covers, 8vo, 1964.⁂ The last work published by Waugh in his lifetime and as such a difficult title to find signed.
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Ashendene Press.- More (Sir Thomas, Saint) A Fruteful and Pleasaunt Worke of the Beste State of a Publique Weale, and of the Newe Yle called Utopia, one of 100 copies on handmade Batchelor paper, printed in red and black in Subiaco type, with initials in red designed by Eric Gill, pp.161-2 with small rust mark to lower fore-edge, presentation copy from C.H. St John Hornby to John Galsworthy with his ink inscription "John Galsworthy from C.H.St.J.H., 25 Dec. 1907" to front free endpaper, Galsworthy bookplate to endpaper and George Abrams bookplate to pastedown, original holland-backed boards, uncut, some light staining and soiling to boards, spine marked at foot, preserved in custom drop-back box, [Hornby 22], folio, Ashendene Press, 1906.⁂ The first book from the press with marginal notes printed in red.
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Heywood (Thomas) Pleasant Dialogues and Dramma's, selected out of Lucian, Erasmus, Textor, Ovid, &c., first edition, title with ornamental typographical border (shaved), lacking initial blank, title soiled and with small ink stain to foot, browned, light staining towards end, small gilt-stamped book-labels of Beverly Chew and John L.Clawson on front pastedown and printed label of James Stevens Cox on front free endpaper with manuscript list of provenance since 1819 loosely inserted, 19th century olive green calf, gilt, by C.Smith, spine gilt with red label (chipped), g.e., a little rubbed and marked, [Pforzheimer 482; STC 13358], small 8vo, by R.O. for R.H. and are to be sold by Thomas Slater, 1637.
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Belloc (Hillaire) Cautionary Tales for Children, first edition, signed presentation inscription from the author "To Mr and Mrs Meade. Their obedient servant, H.B. 29th of November 1907" to front free endpaper, illustrations by Basil Temple Blackwood, Michael Sadleir's copy with his bookplate to pastedown and neat pencil notes to endpapers, hinges tender, original pictorial boards, light discolouration to spine, some minor rubbing to spine tips but a remarkably sharp, near-fine copy otherwise, preserved in custom morocco-backed drop-back box, [1907]; and a copy of New Cautionary Tales, 4to (2)⁂ Belloc's classic collection of humorous cautionary verse, rare signed, especially so such superb condition.
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Crawhall (Joseph) The Compleatest Angling Booke that Ever was Writ, second edition, one of 100 copies, signed presentation copy from the author inscribed "Henry Moore Esq. with the Author's compliments" at head of first page of text, woodcut and wood-engraved vignettes and illustrations by the author, Joseph Crawhall III, James Guthrie and W. Chapman throughout, some hand-coloured, colophon printed in red and black, occasional foxing, contemporary calf, by A. Reid of Newcastle, t.e.g., a little worn, covers detached, [Westwood & Satchell p.69], Newcastle upon Tyne, printed by Andrew Reid for the Author, 1881; Chaplets from Coquet-side, one of 100 copies, woodcut vignettes, initials and ornaments, a few hand-coloured, original roan-backed boards, spine gilt, t.e.g., rubbed and a little damp-stained, [W & S p.69], [Newcastle upon Tyne, Robert Robinson], 1873; Izaak Walton: His Wallet Booke, first edition, hand-coloured woodcut illustrations, some light offsetting, original boards, uncut, rubbed, corners and spine ends a little worn, Field & Tuer, Leadenhall Press, 1885, 4to & 8vo (3)
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Gromaire (Marcel, illustrator).- Baudelaire (Charles) Petits Poëmes en Prose, number 27 of 35 copies on Hollande, in an edition of 335 copies, 10 original etchings by Marcel Gomaire, light offsetting, original printed wrappers bound in, russet morocco pastedowns, light brown crushed morocco by Ole Olsen, bound in 1961, spine titled in gilt, spine faded, very short hairline split at head of upper joint, t.e.g., housed in a board slip-case, Paris, Éditions des Quatre Chemins, 1926; and a Henri Hertz illustrated by Gomaire, again in a binding by Olsen, 4to (2)
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Davenant (William) Madagascar; with other Poems, first edition, title with woodcut device, typographical ornaments, with imprimatur leaf following title, lacking A1-3 and G12 (all blanks), cropped shaving text or pagination of a few leaves, some light soiling, F6 with small nick to fore-edge affecting one letter, later sprinkled calf, rubbed, upper joint split, [Pforzheimer 258; STC 6304], 12mo, by John Haviland for Thomas Walkly, 1638.⁂ Scarce; the author's first volume of poetry, including a poem 'In Remembrance of Master William Shakespeare' on pp.37-38. Davenant is supposed to have been Shakespeare's godson, or even his illegitimate son. ESTC records 11 UK copies in 10 locations, according to Pforzheimer there are only 2 copies known with all the blanks present, theirs being one.
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Birds.- Gould (John and H.C. Richter & J. Wolf) Six plates from 'The Birds of Great Britain', including 'Falco Subbuteo', 'Syrnium Aluco', 'Circus Aeruginosus', 'Otis Tarda', 'Aquila Naevia', 'Strepsilas Interpres' and 'Carduelis Elegans', lithographs with original hand-colouring, each sheet approx. 555 x 375 mm. (21 7/8 x 14 3/4 in), or the reverse, some light exposure lines from previous mounts, minor browning and surface dirt, the plate 'Aquila Naevia' with a tear in the upper left corner, all unframed, [circa 1862-1873]; together with another hand-coloured lithograph by Dressler of a Moorhen, unframed, (7).
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δ Detmold (Edward Julius, 1883-1957) Jewels of the Deep, etching printed in colours on thin japon, an excellent impression printed by the artist à la poupée, a proof aside from the edition of twelve, signed in pencil in the lower right corner, platemark 335 x 425 mm. (13 1/8 x 16 3/4 in), under glass, minor surface dirt and light spotting, framed, [1925].Provenance:The Museum Galleries, LondonLiterature:cf. 'Charles Maurice and Edward Julius Detmold, A Centenary Exhibition', 1983-4, no. 35δ This lot is sold subject to Artists Resale Rights, details of which can be found in our Terms and Conditions.
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Scopoli (Giovanni Antonio) Deliciae florae et faunae insubricae seu novae, 3 vol., first edition, 3 additional engraved architectural titles (vol.2 printed in blue, vol.3 with additional state printed in red and yellow), engraved title-vignettes and head-pieces of Pavia Botanical Garden, 74 engraved plates only (of 75, lacking plate XIX in vol.2) after Bordiga, Cairoli, Chiesa and Lanfranchi, with all but 2 plates with additional state printed in colours and finished by hand (lacking plates VI in vol.1 and XIX in vol.2), occasional foxing, mostly to text, plates generally clean, light water-stain to outer margin of final few leaves of vol.1, vol.1 & 3 handsome contemporary calf with Bourbon arms in gilt, blue marbled edges, vol.2 contemporary mottled calf, gilt, all with gilt borders and spines with morocco labels, a little rubbed and marked, a few scuffs, spine ends slightly worn, [Great Flower Books p.139; Nissen BBI 1822], folio, Pavia, Monastery San Salvatore, 1786-88.⁂ Scarce work on the fauna and flora of Pavia and the Lombardy region, with a very rare additional set of plates printed in colours. G.A.Scopoli (1723-88) was born in the Italian Tyrol and studied medicine and chemistry before becoming Professor of Chemistry at the University of Pavia in 1777, where he founded a botanical garden and chemistry laboratory. He was greatly interested in botany and zoology and corresponded with Linnaeus, whose system of nomenclature he adopted. Linnaeus named several plants and insects after him.The present copy lacks the colour state of 'Lotus Oligoceratos' in vol.1 and both colour and black & white states of 'Falco Rufus' in vol.2, but it does contain pp.103-114 in vol.2 which are sometimes missing having been destroyed "by war action". It is very rare to find the work with the plates in two states, only this copy has appeared at auction, most recently in the De Belder sale in 1987. In the British Library there is the Sir Thomas Bankes copy of which vol.1 only contains the plates in both states.
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Swimming.- Thevenot (Melchisédec) The Art of Swimming...with Advice for Bathing, third edition, engraved frontispiece and 38 plates only (of 40), plate numbering erratic, with final advertisement leaf, for John Lever, 1789 bound after Tegg (Thomas) The Art of Swimming, engraved frontispiece, vignette title and 14 full-page illustrations, [c.1805] and [Franklin (Benjamin)] Directions for Learning to Swim, 16pp., half-title & 13pp. text, ?extract only, n.d., together 3 works in 1 vol., light spotting or soiling, bookplate removed, contemporary calf-backed marbled boards with vellum tips, rebacked, rubbed, 12mo⁂ Interesting group of works on swimming, all scarce. ESTC lists 4 UK copies of the first item (BL, Cambridge, National Library of Wales, Oxford) and 6 in America; COPAC lists only one copy of the second (Cambridge), WorldCat adds another in Newcastle plus an American copy in the Huntington Library. Benjamin Franklin was a keen swimmer and knew Thevenot's book; he was inducted into the International Swimming Hall of Fame in 1968.
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Chemistry.- Boyle (Robert) The Sceptical Chymist, 2 parts in 1, worming to some leaves at beginning, mostly marginal but occasionally slightly affecting text, a few headlines trimmed, some marginal light staining, broken with some gatherings working loose, contemporary panelled calf, spine worn with leather peeled back exposing stitching, 8vo, [Wing B4022; PMM 141 for 1661 edition; Neville I, 208; Fulton 34; Madan 3261 & 3260], Oxford, Printed by Henry Hall for Ric. Davis, and B. Took, 1680.⁂ Second edition, but the first to include the second part, of "the most famous book in the history of chemistry" (Neville). This copy without the inserted advertisement leaf (as often), which stated that the book was printed in 1679. The original edition (comprising part 1 only) was published in 1661 - PMM describes it as "one of the most significant milestones on the way to the chemical revolution of Lavoisier in the late eighteenth century."
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Gautier d'Agoty (Jacques-Fabien) Observations sur l'Histoire Naturelle, sur la Physique et sur la Peinture, Parts 1-12 (of 18) bound in 4 vol. and Atlas, together 5 vol., first edition, main titles in red & black with woodcut device, woodcut head-pieces and initials, plate vol. with 40 magnificent mezzotint plates printed in colours, 2 folding, and 7 etched plates, 6 folding, some plates a little browned, a few with light water-stain to upper outer corner, mostly marginal but affecting corner of a few plates, one plate trimmed at fore-margin and reinforced, text with occasional browning, vol.3 with similar water-staining to upper margin and occasionally just affecting text, a few rust-spots, final two leaves of vol.1 trimmed at upper margin and reinforced, book-labels of Fort Hill and Lurley Manor on front pastedowns, handsome contemporary calf with decorative border in blind, spines gilt in compartments with tan & blue labels and six raised bands, red edges, Atlas with red paste-paper endpapers, a little rubbed, a few marks or scuffs, [Cohen-de Ricci p.427; Nissen ZBI 1487], 4to, Paris, Delaguette, 1752-54.⁂ Early scientific journal and the first periodical with plates printed in colours, of which complete sets are very rare. The colour plates include a surreal image of a foetus, three plates of hermaphrodites, a brightly-coloured tulip, dissected and intact tortoise, sloth & other animals, birds, fish, anatomical studies and a folding plate depicting the spectrum concerning Gautier's objection to Newton's colour theory.
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Lambe (Samuel) Seasonable Observations humbly offered to His Highness the Lord Protector, [2], 20pp., with initial blank, drop-head title, woodcut head-piece and initial, At the Authors charge...by William Hope, 1657 bound after Case of Anthony Earl of Shaftsbury (The), 16pp., by K.P. for C.R., 1679 and [Blount (Charles)], "Junius Brutus". An Appeal from the Country to the City, for the preservation of His Majesties Person, Liberty, Property, and the Protestant Religion, 8pp., caption title, [1679] and Clarendon (Earl of) Two Letters...to His Royal Highness the Duke of York...[&] the Dutchess, occasion'd by Her embracing the Roman Catholick Religion, 4pp. caption title, [?1680] and D. (J.) A Word without Doors Concerning the Bill for Succession, 4pp., caption title, [1679] and [Smith (Francis)], "Tom. Tickle-foot the Taborer". Some Observations upon the Late Tryals of Sir George Wakeman, 11pp., for A.Brewster, 1679 and Impartial Account (An) of Divers Remarkable Proceedings...of Parliament relating to the Horrid Popish Plot, &c., [2], 26pp., 1679 and Smith (John) The Narrative...containing a further Discovery of the late Horrid and Popish-plot, [8], 35pp., with initial imprimatur leaf and errata to p.35, by Robert Boulter, 1679 and Sarpi (Paolo) A Treatise of Matters Beneficiary, [8], 48, 59-84, [2] pp., with final blank, by Thomas Hodgkin..., 1680 and Cotton (Sir Robert) The Antiquity and Dignity of Parliaments, [2], 13pp., 1679, together 10 works in 1 vol., the first item bound last, contemporary ink manuscript list of contents on front free endpaper and receipts at beginning and end (upside down), some light soiling, a few minor stains, contemporary limp vellum, lacking ties, rubbed and soiled, ink note and calculations to upper cover, [Wing L229, C883, B3300AB, C4421, D48, S4540, I63, S4127, S701 & C6481], folio⁂ The first item is scarce, with only 6 UK copies listed by ESTC and a further 5 elsewhere. This copy contains an initial blank and 20pp. text with the final leaf p.19 headed "To his Highness the Lord Protector..." and catchword on previous page "To" (but verso paginated "12"). ESTC calls for 18pp. and a final blank, plus a second section of 4pp. with caption title "A Post-script", stating "In this edition, the colophon does not include the bookseller's name William Hope. Wing reports edition with 'to be sold by William Hope' in colophon", as in the present copy. Evidently there are 2 variants and this edition appears to be complete.
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London.- Brayley (Edward Wedlake) & Daniel Havell. Historical and Descriptive Accounts of the Theatres of London, first edition, half-title, 14 hand-coloured aquatint plates by Havell, 2 engraved plans of theatres (each with 2 plans) printed in bistre, list of plates bound at end, occasional light spotting or soiling, mostly marginal, later tan calf with triple gilt fillet and small rosettes to corners, by Rivière & Son, spine gilt with green morocco label, t.e.g., others uncut, rubbed, upper cover scuffed, upper joint split and crudely repaired, spine ends chipped, [Abbey, Scenery, 227], 4to, 1826.⁂ Scarce work on the London theatres of the day and including plates of many theatres now greatly altered or no longer standing.
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More (Henry) Historia Missionis Anglicanae Societatis Iesu, first edition, additional engraved title incorporating four portraits of clerics including Edmund Campion, woodcut initials, approbation/errata leaf at end (repaired at upper inner margin), contemporary ink inscription "Collegii Soc. Jesu catalogo...1662" on engraved title, a little browned, light water-staining to first few leaves, a few rust-spots causing small hole to N2 and 3S1 affecting a couple of letters, contemporary blind-stamped alum-tawed pigskin with clasps (one lacking), lower compartment of spine painted red, later label chipped, rubbed and soiled, folio, St.Omer, Thomas Geubels, 1660.⁂ Historical work by the great-grandson of Sir Thomas More.
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Australia.- Japan.- Mishima (Kazuo) Goshu Oyobi Indon, title within woodcut typographic border, wood-engraved map, tape marks to title and final f., some spotting or mostly light foxing, heavier to last f., lightly browned throughout, original pictorial wrappers, internal tape marks, one showing through on back cover, little chipped, 8vo, Tokyo, Mainichi Shinbunsha, 1891.⁂ Rare first edition of this account of a voyage by the Japanese journalist Mishima to Australia in 1889. Having changed at Samoa he arrived in Sydney on the SS Lubeck in December. After a short stay there he travelled by train to Melbourne and remained there until he returned home via India. He discusses horse racing (having lived close to the Caulfield racecourse), the Tasmanians, labour issues and strikes, the history of the exploration of Australia and gold mines.
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Australia.- Welsh in Australia.- Gwlad yr Aur; neu, Gydymaith yr Ymfudwr Cymreig i Australia, folding lithographed map, with a little hand-colouring, loose, a few splits to folds, some light staining, lower printed wrapper only present, this chipped, 8vo, Caernarvon, H. Humphreys, [1852].⁂ Rare little guide in the Welsh language for those setting out for Australia.
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Canada.- Nova Scotia.- A geographical history of Nova Scotia. Containing an account of the situation, extent and limits thereof. As also Of the various Struggles between the Two Crowns of England and France for the Possession of that Province, Wherein is shewn, The Importance of it, as well with Regard to our Trade, as to the securing of our other Settlements in North America. To which is added, An Accurate Description of the Bays, Harbours, Lakes, and Rivers, the Nature of the Soil, and the Produce of the Country. Together with the Manners and Customs of the Indian Inhabitants, first edition, errata f. at end, woodcut head- and tail-pieces, contemporary ink marginalia and a few corrections to printed text, some spotting and light soiling, later drab wrappers, ink title and date to upper wrapper, rebacked, some marking, [Sabin 56135], 8vo, Printed for Paul Vaillant, facing Southampton-Street, in the Strand, 1749.⁂ Rare first edition. It was written for prospective settlers, based on the author's own observations and on Charlevoix. It is one of the earliest statements of French-English rival claims in Nova Scotia.
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Turkish Grammar.- Seaman (William) Grammatica Lingue Turcicae, first edition, woodcut device on title (with motto supplied in ink manuscript below), woodcut initials and ornaments, inscription "Höck" in red to front free endpaper and some contemporary ink annotations at beginning, light foxing, contemporary ?German sheep-backed parchment boards painted red, splendid embossed gilt endpapers (rather worn), rubbed, a little worn at corners and edges, [Blackmer 1518; Madan III 2863*; Wing S2179; Not in Atabey], 4to, Oxford, by Henry Hall...for Edward Millington, 1670.⁂ The first Turkish grammar printed in England, by the Arabic scholar and chaplain to the English ambassador in Constantinople. Seaman also printed the first New Testament in Turkish, in 1688; both works were produced with the financial assistance of Robert Boyle, to whom this work is dedicated. There are two issues of the book, this one contains the advertisement in Latin at end containing the author's address.
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Switzerland.- Lake Zurich.- Escher (Hans Erhard) Beschreibung des Zurich-Sees: wie auch Von Erbauung, Zunemmen, Stand und Wesen loblicher Statt Zurich: Von der Lust- und Nutzbarkeit des Sees..., folding engraved additional pictorial title by Johannes Meyer depicting the city of Zurich and Lake Zurich, title in red and black, engraved folding map of Lake Zurich, one woodcut illustration, some light browning, contemporary orange marbled boards, rubbed, 8vo, Zurich, Johann Rudolf Simler, 1692.⁂ First edition of the first book on the topography and natural history of Lake Zurich. The work is divided into four parts: a history and description of Zurich; the fish and birds of the lake; the villages around the lake; and a history of the region.
![[Atkins (Maurice)] Cataplus: or, Aeneas his Descent to Hell. A Mock Poem, in imitation of the Sixth Book of Virgil's Aeneis,](https://cdn.globalauctionplatform.com/095499c2-54c5-4dfc-952f-aa0200d64a2c/216ff749-4194-47df-a935-aa0600cb8aca/468x382.jpg)
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[Atkins (Maurice)] Cataplus: or, Aeneas his Descent to Hell. A Mock Poem, in imitation of the Sixth Book of Virgil's Aeneis, in English Burlesque, first edition, with an additional cancel title with imprint "for Abisha Brocas" bound facing title (some tears with slight loss), titles soiled and browned, light marginal water-staining towards end, modern claret morocco, wormhole to upper joint, [Wing A17], 8vo, for Maurice Atkins, 1672.⁂ ESTC records only 3 UK copies: Cambridge and 2 copies in Bodleian Library, Oxford. It also lists a reissue of this edition, also 1672 (2 UK copies - BL & Exeter), with an additional title-page and a dedication but the imprint for the main title is Maurice Atkins for William Hinchman. The present copy appears to be the original edition with the later additional title bound in.
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Hebraica.- Stennett (Jehudah) Diḳduḳ mikhlol or, a Comprehensive Grammar; containing the most Material and Necessary Rules for the Reading and Attaining the Hebrew Tongue, first edition, presentation copy from the author inscribed "Johan. Merrick M.D. Ex dono Authoris 1712" in ink on front free endpaper, a few light stains, A8 lacking small portion from lower margin, contemporary panelled calf, rubbed, [Wing S5405], 8vo, by S.Roycroft for the Author...to be sold by John Laurence, 1685.⁂ Rare Hebrew grammar; ESTC 6 copies in UK and 4 in America but we have been unable to trace any copy at auction.
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Newton (Sir Isaac).- Robinson (Bryan) A Short Essay on Coin, 22p., first edition, with final blank but not 8pp. Appendix, [Goldsmiths' 7528], 1737 bound after Miller (Philip) The Gardeners Kalendar, second edition, contemporary ink signature to fore-margin of title (cropped), title and final leaf soiled, light water-staining, by M.Rhames for Richard Gunne [& others], 1735 and Laurence (Edward) The Duty and Office of a Land-Steward, third edition, by and for Samuel Fuller, 1731 and [Ellis (William)] The London and Country Brewer, first Dublin edition (comprising Part I of the first English edition), small hole to title affecting a couple of letters, by M.Rhames for R.Gunne, 1735 and Royal Dublin Society. Instructions for Planting and Managing Hops, and for Raising Hop-Poles, first edition, a few woodcut illustrations, a little browned, by A.Rhames, 1733, together 5 works in 1 vol., the first mentioned bound last, all but the first with titles and final leaves soiled (especially the last), slightly cropped, manuscript list of contents and engraved bookplate of Theobald Woolfe of Blackhall, Co.Kildare on front pastedown, contemporary calf-backed boards, label "Tracts on Husbandry" on spine, trace of name stamp to upper cover, rubbed, joints split, spine ends worn, 8vo, Dublin⁂ Interesting group of mostly agricultural pamphlets, the first including three letters on coinage by Newton as Master of the Mint (pp.3-14); ESTC lists 3 copies in England, 4 in Ireland and 7 in America.
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Hairdressing.- Stewart (James) Plocacosmos: or The Whole Art of Hair Dressing..., first edition, lacking half-title, with engraved frontispiece printed in sanguine and 10 engraved plates, light foxing or browning, original boards, uncut, rebacked, rubbed and stained, 8vo, for the Author, 1782.⁂ Scarce work on all aspects of hair and hairdressing including growth & care and the effects of diet & lifestyle, tools, false hair, head dresses and cosmetics; the plates depict the extravagant hairstyles of the time. ESTC lists 5 locations in the UK: Birmingham Central Libraries, BL (2 copies), Edinburgh University, Bodleian, and Wellcome Institute.
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Coleridge (Samuel Taylor) Poems...to which are now added Poems by Charles Lamb, and Charles Lloyd, without the very rare errata slip (as usual), light foxing to title and one or two other leaves, engraved bookplate of John Gordon, contemporary tree calf, red roan label, rubbed, joints split, 8vo, Bristol and London, 1797.⁂ Second edition of Coleridge's Poems on Various Subjects published the previous year but in many ways a new work and the first edition of many items. It was revised and greatly expanded by Coleridge including a new Preface and eleven new poems, and with additional poems by Charles Lamb (who had contributed four poems to the first edition) and Charles Lloyd.
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[Southey (Robert, editor)] The Annual Anthology, 2 vol., first edition, with B8 excised from vol.1 and C3 in vol.2 a cancel (as usual), some spotting and light staining, later morocco, by Rivière & Son, t.e.g., others uncut, joints rubbed, Bristol, 1799-1800; Metrical Tales and Other Poems, first edition, half-title, later roan-backed marbled boards, 1805 § [Lamb (Charles)] Elia, first edition, second issue with "Waterloo Place" in imprint, half-title, later claret straight-grain morocco, elaborately stamped in gilt and blind, spine gilt, g.e., 1823 § Talfourd (T.N.) Final Memorials of Charles Lamb, 2 vol., first edition, original cloth, spines faded, 1848, all rubbed, 8vo et infra (6)⁂ The first contains contributions by Coleridge (27 poems), Charles Lamb and others; the excised leaf was Southey's 'War Poem' and was removed because it contained unpatriotic sentiments.
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[Hunt (Leigh)] Critical Essays on the Performers of the London Theatres..., first edition, half-title, engraved vignette title, without 8pp. prospectus for 'The Examiner' and advertisement leaf at end, light foxing to title, later tan calf, gilt, by Root & Son, spine gilt with red and green roan labels, g.e., 8vo, by and for John Hunt, 1807.⁂ A handsome copy of the author's second book, printed and published by his brother John.
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Coleridge (Samuel Taylor) Remorse. A Tragedy, first edition, occasional light spotting or soiling, later blue morocco, gilt, by Zaehnsdorf, spine gilt, t,e.g., others uncut, 1813; Poems...to which are added Poems by Charles Lamb, and Charles Lloyd, second edition, some light foxing, small ink stains to fore-edge, contemporary mottled calf, spine gilt, rubbed, spine a little worn and cracked, Bristol & London, 1797; The Poetical Works, 3 vol., light foxing, ink stain to fore-edge of vol.3, original cloth, paper labels, rubbed and mottled, spines faded, William Pickering, 1834; and another, 8vo (6)
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Bees.- Butler (Rev. Charles) The Feminin' Monarchi', or the Histori of Bee's..., third edition, woodcut illustration with verses on verso of title, woodcut head-pieces, initials and diagrams, 4pp. musical notation (partly printed upside down for 4 singers to use simultaneously), lacking 4 preliminary leaves [para]4 following Preface, various contemporary ink signatures to margins of several leaves, rather soiled and stained, ink stain to S2 & 3, several leaves slightly defective at outer margin and reinforced, modern half mottled calf, rubbed, [British Bee Books 18; STC 4194; Walker Catalogue p.12], Oxford, by William Turner, 1634 § Wildman (Thomas) A Treatise on the Management of Bees, first edition, list of subscribers, 3 folding engraved plates, occasional light marginal soiling, contemporary half mottled calf, spine ruled in gilt with red roan label, rubbed, corners and edges of boards a little worn, [British Bee Books 119; Walker Catalogue p.78]. for the Author, 1768, small 4to & 4to (2)⁂ "This is the greatest early British bee book and contains the best account of skep beekeeping which is available today". (British Bee Books). First published in 1609 this is the first edition written in the phonetic spelling devised by the author.
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Botany.- Commelin (Caspar) Horti medici Amstelaedamensis plantae rariores et exoticae, first edition, title with woodcut of bowl of flowers & fruit hand-coloured and heightened with gold, 48 etched plates by P.Sluyter expertly coloured in a contemporary hand, many heightened with white and gum arabic, many with caption in ink in contemporary hand in lower margin, some light browning and offsetting, faint heraldic stamp and ink signature "Will. Forsyth" to front pastedown, contemporary mottled calf, gilt, rubbed, rebacked preserving old gilt spine, lacking label, [Nissen BBI 387], 4to, Leiden, Fr.Haringh, 1706.⁂ Scarce coloured copy of Commelin's supplement to his uncle Jan's Horti medici Amstelodamensis of 1697-1701 and containing many plates of new species recently introduced from the Cape, particularly aloes.?Possibly William Forsyth (1737-1804), Scottish botanist and gardener, author of many works on trees, and founding member of the Royal Horticultural Society. Forsyth trained as a gardener under Philip Miller at the Chelsea Physic Garden and from 1784 until his death was superintendent of the royal gardens at Kensington and St.James's palaces.
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Gardening.- Fatio de Duillier (Nicolas) Fruit-Walls Improved, by Inclining them to the Horizon: or, a Way to Build Walls for Fruit-Trees; Whereby they May Receive More Sun Shine, and Heat, than Ordinary, first edition, lacking engraved frontispiece, with, engraved device to title, head- & tail-pieces, initials and 2 folding plates by Gribelin, with imprimatur on verso of title and errata/advertisement leaf at end of preliminaries, wide margins, lightly water-stained, first plate a little browned, engraved bookplate of William Morehead, contemporary calf, a little worn and stained, corners worn, rebacked preserving old spine, [Wing F557], 4to, by R. Everingham; and are to be sold by John Taylor..., 1699. ⁂ Nicolas Fatio de Duillier was a Swiss mathematician known for his work on the Zodiacal light problem and for his close working relationship with Sir Isaac Newton. In 1699 he suggested increasing fruit-tree and vine productivity by using sloping walls and later a tracking mechanism which could pivot to follow the sun.
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Gardening.- Hot-Houses.- Tod (George) Plans, Elevations and Sections, of Hot-Houses, Green-Houses, an Aquarium, Conservatories &c., half-title, 27 fine hand-coloured aquatint plates, one double-page, some light marginal soiling but generally a good, clean copy, contemporary manuscript note with dimensions for "Wm.Cambridge's Hott House" loosely inserted, original boards, uncut, contemporary ink inscription "Mr.Megram Saul Lodge 1840" at head of upper cover, rubbed and lightly stained, rebacked, [Tooley 491; cf. Abbey Life 77, first edition of 1807], 4to, 1823.
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Gardening.- Rea (John) Flora: seu, De Florum Cultura. Or, a Complete Florilege..., second edition, with 'The Mind of the Front' verses leaf at beginning, additional engraved allegorical title, title in red & black, 8 engraved plates containing 16 plans of formal gardens, 3 fine engraved head-pieces of floral displays by F.H. van Hove, woodcut initials, some light soiling or staining, hole to Y1 with loss of a few letters, worming to inner margin with occasional slight loss, paper flaw tear to R4, one plate torn at lower margin, contemporary panelled calf, a little worn, rebacked and repaired, new endpapers, [Henrey 3266; Wing R422], folio, by T[homas] N[ewcomb] for George Marriott, 1676.⁂ "The most important English treatise on gardening to be published during the second half of the seventeenth century." (Henrey p.195). The work is enthusiastically referred to in the diaries of John Evelyn.
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Torricelli (Evangelista) Lezioni Accademiche..., edited by Tommaso Bonaventuri, first edition, half-title, engraved frontispiece portrait after Pietro Anichini, title with engraved device of the Accademia della Crusca, 3 woodcut illustrations, decorations and initials, lacking imprimatur leaf (c10 but often bound at end), old ink manuscript note praising the author on rear free endpaper, some light spotting or soiling, a little staining to upper edge of a few leaves, later vellum, gilt-stamped morocco label, yapp edges, uncut, a little rubbed and soiled, [Norman II, 2088], 4to, Florence, Jacopo Guiducci, 1715.⁂ Twelve posthumously published lectures by Torricelli, Galileo's successor as Professor of mathematics at Florence, delivered to the Accademia della Crusca, the Studio Fiorentino, and the Academy of Drawing. The lectures relate mainly to physics, and include discussions on impact, wind and military architecture. Bonaventuri's preface contains a biography of Torricelli and a good overview of his work; it also reprints Torricelli's letters on the barometric experiment.
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Americas.- California.- Shelvocke (Capt. George) A Voyage round the World by the Way of the Great South Sea, first edition, engraved title-vignette, folding engraved twin-hemisphere map, 4 engraved plates, 2 folding, light water-staining, ink stain to Bb8-Cc3, slight worming to outer margin of final gathering, contemporary panelled calf, a little rubbed, small gouge to lower cover, rebacked, [Cowan pp.581-2; Hill pp.272-3; Howes S383; Sabin 80158], 8vo, for J. Senex, 1726.⁂ Scarce account of Shelvocke's privateering adventures through the Pacific and with what Cowan calls "the fullest account of California, the natives and their features, of any of the old voyagers." The map depicts California as an island and two of the plates show natives of California; there are also early references to Californian gold and Peruvian guano. It has been suggested that Shevlocke's account of the passage around Cape Horn, where a sailor killed an albatross, inspired Coleridge's Rime of the Ancient Mariner.
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Voyages.- [Noble (Charles Frederick)] A Voyage to the East Indies in 1747 and 1748, first edition, 11 engraved plates, one folding of view of Batavia, with Directions to Binder leaf at end, light foxing, bookplates of Brocket Hall and Panshanger Hall, contemporary speckled calf, red roan label, rubbed, spine a little worn at head, 8vo, for T.Becket and P.A.Dehondt...and T.Durham, 1762.
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A yellow metal, amethyst and seed pearl pendent, of oval form with central pendeloque cut amethyst drop with terminals of three seed pearl ‘leaf’ mounts, impressed ‘T&S’ on reverse (yellow metal assessed as gold, one seed pearl lacking) (gross weight 2.1g), together with a 9ct. miniture compass, fashioned as a pendent, impressed ‘9ct’ to bail, attached to unrelated yellow metal box chain (chain af) (gross weight 5.1g), a 14ct. yellow gold bar brooch, having elongated oval form, light blue enamel, impressed ‘14k’ to clasp (gross weight 3.1g), 9ct. white gold stick pin, central diamond having souriding engine turned decoration to face, impressed ‘9ct’ on reverse of face, having fitted case (gross weight 1.4g), yellow metal and paste set brooch (yellow metal assessed as 9 carat gold), silver gilt pendent, having wirework decoration and central cabochon purple stone, impressed ‘silver’ to bail, 9ct. gold and blue topaz ring, central stone fashioned as a heart, flanked by two stone either side, impressed ‘9k’ (gross weight 2.2g) , two 9ct. chains, both impressed ‘9ct’ (5.3g) and a yellow metal chain, having unrelated crude clasp (yellow metal assessed as 9 carat gold) (gross weight 1.7g), total gross weight 26.5g.
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ƟSebastian Faulks, Works, first and limited editions, signed by the author [London, 1984-2018]a group of 15 volumes, comprising: A Trick of the Light (1984, author’s first work), The Girl at the Lion D'Or (1989), A Fool's Alphabet (1992), Birdsong (1993), The Fatal Englishman (1996), Charlotte Gray (1998), On Green Dolphin Street (2001), Human Traces (2005), Human Traces (unopened, signed limited edition copy), Engleby (2007), Devil May Care (2008), A Week in December (2009), A Possible Life (2012), Where my Heart Used to Beat (2015), Paris Echo (2018), all signed by the author, original cloth, dust-jackets, a fine set, 8vo Ɵ Indicates that the lot is subject to buyer’s premium of 25% exclusive of VAT (0% VAT).
![ƟSeamus Heaney, Works, first or limited editions, many signed by the author [most London, 1966-2010]a group of 20 volumes, co](https://cdn.globalauctionplatform.com/61d004a3-74d2-402a-81aa-a9f500d7e3ea/2e94ba6b-8365-468f-9f81-a9f500e32ee3/468x382.jpg)
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ƟSeamus Heaney, Works, first or limited editions, many signed by the author [most London, 1966-2010]a group of 20 volumes, comprising: Death of a Naturalist (1966, the author's first work, dust-jacket spine a little faded, as often), Door into the Dark (1969, small closed tear to upper edge of front cover of dust-jacket), Wintering Out (1972, unsigned, paperback edition), North (1975, unsigned, paperback edition), Field Work (1979, unsigned), Preoccupations (1980), Selected Poems 1965-1975 (1980), Station Island (1984, unsigned), The Haw Lantern (1987, paperback edition), New Selected Poems 1966-1987 (1990, unsigned), Seeing Things (1991, unsigned, paperback edition), The Redress of Poetry (1995, unsigned), The Spirit Level (1996, unsigned), Open Grounds (1998), Beowulf (1999), Electric Light (2001, dust-jacket spine faded), Finders Keepers (2002), District and Circle (2006, with original wrap-around dust-jacket), Human Chain (2010), Human Chain (2010, number 12 of 300 limited edition copies, original slip-case), signed by the author unless specified, all original cloth or wrappers, dust-jackets present where applicable, an excellent set overall, 8vo Ɵ Indicates that the lot is subject to buyer’s premium of 25% exclusive of VAT (0% VAT).
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ƟAldous Huxley, Brave New World Revisited, and Island, together two first editions, one signed by the author [London, Chatto & Windus, 1959-1962]two volumes, comprising: Brave New World Revisited (1959, title of the work and signature inscribed by the author on front free endpaper, original light blue cloth, outer corners and spine ends very slightly bumped, dust-jacket very crisp and clean, a fine copy), Island (1962, small book label to upper pastedown, original red cloth, spine ends a little faded, lightly rubbed, dust-jacket spine faded, some small chips and nicks to extremities, lower cover a little rubbed), both 8vo Ɵ Indicates that the lot is subject to buyer’s premium of 25% exclusive of VAT (0% VAT).
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ƟDoris Lessing, Works, first and limited editions, signed by the author [most London, 1950-2007]a group of 14 volumes, comprising: The Grass is Singing (1950, the author's first work, slight shelf lean, spine a little faded, small closed tear along upper crease of dust-jacket), This was the Old Chief's Country (1951, dust-jacket with some light surface soiling), Martha Quest (1952, slightly spotted at endpapers, dust-jacket chipped at extremities with some loss to head of spine, price clipped), Martha Quest (1952, duplicate copy), Five (1953, dust-jacket spine creased at head and foot with slight loss, price clipped), A Proper Marriage (1954, small tear to lower crease of dust-jacket), The Habit of Loving (1957, lower cover of dust-jacket with some light surface soiling), A Ripple from the Storm (1958), Landlocked (1965, dust-jacket spine darkened and head and tail a little chipped with loss), The Four-Gated City (1969), The Good Terrorist (1985, number 93 of 250 specially bound copies signed by the author), Three Stories (1988, number 185 of 350 copies signed by the author), The Story of General Dann and Mara's Daughter Griot and the Snow Dog (2005), Doris Lessing Nobel Prize Lecture (2007, copy “S” of 26 hand bound full leather copies signed by the author), all signed by the author, original cloth or boards, original dust-jackets present where applicable, overall very presentable and clean collection, 8vo Ɵ Indicates that the lot is subject to buyer’s premium of 25% exclusive of VAT (0% VAT).
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ƟEdna O'Brien, the Complete Novels, plus short stories and dramas, first and limited editions, most signed by the author [most UK, 1960-2015]a group of 37 volumes, comprising: The Country Girls (1960, author’s first novel, dust-jacket with some slight surface soiling, extremities a little creased, price clipped), The Lonely Girl (1962, dust-jacket head of spine a little creased), Girls in their Married Bliss (1964, dust-jacket with a few faint scuffs), August is a Wicked Month (1965, dust-jacket slightly foxed, price clipped), Casualties of Peace (1966, head of dust-jacket chipped with slight loss), The Love Object (1968, head of dust-jacket chipped with slight loss), A Pagan Place (1970), Zee & Co (1971, signature on cutting tipped-onto front free endpaper), Night (1972), A Scandalous Woman (1974), Mother Ireland (1976), Johnny I hardly Knew You (1977, dust-jacket spine faded), Arabian Days (1977, photobook), Mrs Reinhardt and other Stories (1978), Some Irish Loving (1979, price clipped), Virginia (1981), James and Nora (1981, letter K of 26 signed copies, spine faded, slip-case), Returning (1982), Returning (1982, closed tear to upper edge of dust-jacket), The Dazzle (1981, original printed boards), The Dazzle (1981, unsigned copy, original printed boards), A Fanatic Heart (1984, limited edition, t.l.s. by the publisher loosely inserted, original buckram, gilt edges), A Fanatic Heart (first American edition), Tales for the Telling (1986, illustrations throughout), The High Road (1988), Lantern Slides (1990), Time and Tide (1992), House of Splendid Isolation (1994), Dow by the River (1996), Love Lessons (1997, limited edition illustrated by Cozette de Chamoy, original wrappers), Wild Decembers (1999), James Joyce (1999), In the Forest (2002), On the Bone (2002, original printed wrappers), The Light of Evening (2006), The Light of Evening (2006), Country Girl (2012, number 5 of 100 specially bound copies, slip-case), The Little Red Chairs (2015, number 52 of 100 specially bound copies, slip-case), all but one signed by the author, original cloth or boards, dust-jackets present where applicable, overall an excellent set of works, 8vo and 4to Ɵ Indicates that the lot is subject to buyer’s premium of 25% exclusive of VAT (0% VAT).
![ƟGeorge Orwell, The Road to Wigan Pier, first edition [London, Victor Gollancz Ltd, 1937]complete, some very light spotting,](https://cdn.globalauctionplatform.com/61d004a3-74d2-402a-81aa-a9f500d7e3ea/3a037489-4dfd-4faf-a3f6-a9f500e3387a/468x382.jpg)
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ƟGeorge Orwell, The Road to Wigan Pier, first edition [London, Victor Gollancz Ltd, 1937]complete, some very light spotting, original orange limp cloth, spine a little darkened, 8vo; together with three volumes by the same, comprising: Shooting an Elephant, and other essays (first edition, London, 1950, dust-jacket), Such Were the Joys (first American edition, New York, 1953, dust-jacket), The English People (first edition, London, 1947, dust-jacket), 8vo Ɵ Indicates that the lot is subject to buyer’s premium of 25% exclusive of VAT (0% VAT).
![ƟGeorge Orwell, The Lion and The Unicorn, first edition [London, Secker & Warburg, 1941]complete, pencil markings removed fro](https://cdn.globalauctionplatform.com/61d004a3-74d2-402a-81aa-a9f500d7e3ea/68835f9b-8c07-41ec-a47d-a9f500e338e6/468x382.jpg)
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ƟGeorge Orwell, The Lion and The Unicorn, first edition [London, Secker & Warburg, 1941]complete, pencil markings removed from front free endpaper, small stain to outer edge of lower pastedown, original cloth, spine lettered in green, a few light smudges, head and tail of spine stained pink, original dust-jacket, extremities and spine a little darkened, small closed tear to edge along lower crease of upper cover, spine ends chipped with slight loss, small 8vo Ɵ Indicates that the lot is subject to buyer’s premium of 25% exclusive of VAT (0% VAT).
![ƟGeorge Orwell, Nineteen Eighty-Four, first edition [London, Secker & Warburg, 1949]complete, some very slight discolouration](https://cdn.globalauctionplatform.com/61d004a3-74d2-402a-81aa-a9f500d7e3ea/b40032e2-8402-41a3-91cc-a9f500e339b6/468x382.jpg)
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ƟGeorge Orwell, Nineteen Eighty-Four, first edition [London, Secker & Warburg, 1949]complete, some very slight discolouration to pastedowns, original green cloth, spine lettered in red, corners a little bumped, spine and extremities a little darkened, volume cocked, original maroon dust-jacket, spine faded (as often), some light scuffs to covers, tape marks to inner edges of flaps, a few edges reinforced with old tape, small tear with slight loss to lower edge of back cover and small nick to spine with fractional loss, 8vo Ɵ Indicates that the lot is subject to buyer’s premium of 25% exclusive of VAT (0% VAT).
![ƟGraham Swift, the Complete Novels, including non-fiction and short stories, signed by the author [UK, 1980-2016]a group of 1](https://cdn.globalauctionplatform.com/61d004a3-74d2-402a-81aa-a9f500d7e3ea/dfe69a65-0d01-47e0-aaf7-a9f500e33dd2/468x382.jpg)
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ƟGraham Swift, the Complete Novels, including non-fiction and short stories, signed by the author [UK, 1980-2016]a group of 14 volumes, comprising: The Sweet Shop Owner (1980, the author's first novel, fine copy), Shuttlecock (1981), Learning to Swim (1982), Waterland (1983), The Magic Wheel (1986), Out of this World (1988), Ever After (1992), Last Orders (1996), The Light of Day (2003), Tomorrow (2007), Making an Elephant, writing from within (2009), Wishing you were Here (2011), England and other Stories (2011), Mothering Sunday (2016), all signed by the author, all original cloth with dust-jackets, a fine set Ɵ Indicates that the lot is subject to buyer’s premium of 25% exclusive of VAT (0% VAT).
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Interesting and rare oak cased barrel piano, bearing the makers' plaques to the front and side inscribed Fabrique de Pianos, R. Leleux fils & V. Servranckx, Maison Fondee en 1903, 25 Rue Verte, Porte de Tirlemont, Louvain, fitted to the left hand side with a twenty centime payment slot, crank handle and tune selector dial, also fitted with light switches to the back, within Arts & Crafts style foliate carved panelled and mirror-backed case, 83" high, 52.25" wide, 33" deep overall
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