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"Punch Pictures" by Frank Reynolds Containing over 180 illustrations, published by Cassell & Co., Ltd., London 1922, bound in light green paper boards with green lettering complete with dust jacket, further books to include "The New Nature Book for Boys and Girls", "Gullivers Travels", "Ups and Downs of a Donkey's Life", etc. (17)
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Africa.- Horneman (Frederick) The Journal of...Travels, from Cairo to Mourzouk...in the years 1797-8, first edition, 2 folding engraved maps with routes supplied by hand, engraved plan, with the additional Postscript p.188* leaf, very occasional light spotting or soiling but generally a good clean copy, contemporary half calf, spine gilt, a little rubbed, 4to, by W.Bulmer & Co., 1802.
![Enigmas.- [Ritson (Anne)], "A Lady". Classical Enigmas adapted to Every Month of the Year, woodcut illustrations and 2 plates](https://cdn.globalauctionplatform.com/6ea4edf4-7cb4-4ce9-9f2e-a89d00d4439d/e7d882f3-3fac-460c-884f-4ff600ca5831/468x382.jpg)
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Enigmas.- [Ritson (Anne)], "A Lady". Classical Enigmas adapted to Every Month of the Year, woodcut illustrations and 2 plates, some light offsetting, original pictorial wrappers, light creasing and surface soiling, some chipping to spine, 16mo, William Darton, 1811.⁂ Scarce, COPAC lists only 3 copies.
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Fables.- Barre (William) Tales, Fables, &c., list of subscribers, damp-staining to title and first few ff., London [printed in Shacklewell], 1814 bound with [Sharpe (Richard Scrafton)] Cottage Poetry. By the author of "Old Friends in a New Dress.", [1829], together 2 works in 1 vol., a few minor spots, book labels to pastedown, 19th century cloth-backed boards, rather worn § Belfour (John) Fables, on Subjects connected with Literature. Imitated from the Spanish of Don Thomas de Yriarte, half-title, engraved frontispiece, original publisher's boards, spine ends a little chipped, 1804 § Coldwell (William) Fables and Moral Poems, 2 vol. in 1, second edition, half-title, light spotting and browning, contemporary ink inscriptions to title and half-title, book labels, original publisher's boards, printed paper label to spine, London [printed in Halifax], 1820, 8vo (3)⁂ A good group of rare collections, COPAC lists the first in BL only, none of the remaining 3 are in BL, the second has no copy listed in the UK.
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Fables.- Baskerville.- Aesop. Select Fables of Esop and other Fabulists, engraved frontispiece, 15 plates and vignettes, title and frontispiece browned, some light offsetting, bookplates to pastedown, early 19th century red straight-grain morocco gilt by J.Larkins, spine a little darkened, extremities rubbed, g.e., [Gaskell 14], 8vo, Birmingham, by J.Baskerville, 1761.
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NO RESERVE France.- Short Excursion in France (A), 1814, first edition, half-title, 2 engraved plates of the Venus di Medici and the Apollo Belvedere, advertisement leaf at end, light marginal water-staining, original boards, uncut, spine worn and chipped, 8vo, J.J.Stockdale, 1814.⁂ COPAC lists 2 copies only (BL and Manchester University).
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Fables.- Davis (Mary Anne) Fables in Verse, from Aesop, La Fontaine, and others, ink ownership inscription to head of title, Yeovil Book Society rules and members list tipped in at front, contemporary half calf, spine chipped at foot, London [printed in Weybridge], 1813 § Steers (H.) Aesop's Fables, New Versified, light scattered spotting, ink ownership inscription to head of title, book label, contemporary tree calf, a little rubbed, Hull, 1803 § La Fontaine (Jean de) The Looking-Glass: containing select fables of La Fontaine, book label, contemporary half calf, rubbed, extremities worn, 1784 § Wharton (Richard) Fables: consisting of select parts from Dante, Berni, Chaucer, and Ariosto Imitated in English verse, 2 vol., occasional light foxing or browning, bookplate and book label, contemporary tree calf, spines gilt, a little rubbed, 1805; and another, Aesop, 8vo (6)⁂ A good collection of rare Fables in translation, many with only a handful of copies on COPAC.
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Fables.- Gorle (Rev. James) Fables from Ancients and Moderns, half-title with loss to upper portion, book label, original green cloth, spine lettered in gilt, darkened, Birmingham, 1838 § [Macdonald (?)], "Francis Fitz-Aesop". Fables of the Day, ink presentation inscription to head of title "W.Macdonald from his Father by whom it was written", original printed wrappers, minor paper repairs to spine, upper cover a little creased and with light surface soiling, 1831 § Boothby (Sir Brooke) Fables and Satires, with a Preface on the Esopean Fable, 2 vol., 2pp. advertisements, vol.1 lacking free endpapers, minor spotting and occasional browning, book labels, contemporary tree calf, spines gilt, Edinburgh, 1809 § Rowe (Rev. Henry) Fables in Verse, woodcut frontispiece and numerous plates, occasional browning, ink inscription to front free endpaper, contemporary green half calf, rubbed, J.Stockdale, 1810, 8vo (5)⁂ A good group of scarce collections, COPAC lists only a handful of copies of each.
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Jests.- Ware (Major) Squibs and Crackers, Serious, Comical and Tender, scattered foxing, book label, modern boards, London [printed in Broxbourn], 1812 § The Whimsical Jester, or, Rochester in High Glee, disbound, for William Cavell, 1788 § The Festival of Wit, original wrappers, Dresden, for C. and F. Walther, 1795 § Sharp's Funny Reciters' Companion, original stitched pictorial wrappers, light creasing and browning to extremities, n.d.; and 3 others, similar (7)⁂ All rare, the first with only the BL copy listed on COPAC, the second with only 2 copies on ESTC (BL and Oxford) and the last (which includes a poem on slavery) with only the National Library of Wales copy recorded.
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Germany.- Gerning (Johann Isaak von) A Picturesque Tour along the Rhine, from Mentz to Cologne, first English edition, list of subscribers, 24 finely hand-coloured aquatint plates after C.G.Schutz, folding engraved map with routes hand-coloured at end, occasional light spotting or offsetting to text but plates very clean, frontispiece with very slightly worn patch, contemporary cloth, rebacked preserving original spine with roan label, rubbed and faded, [Abbey, Travel, 217; Tooley 234], 4to, 1820.
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Binding. - Milton (John) Paradise Lost & Paradise Regain'd, together 2 vol., engraved portrait frontispieces and plates, some light browning, vol.2 upper hinge broken, handsome red morocco, gilt, possibly Irish binding with sprigs, floral sprays, lyres, palmettes, geometrical shapes, dots and circles within rope roll and ornamental border, spines a little dulled and joints slightly rubbed, g.e., 12mo, J. Tonson, 1711-13.
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Poetry collections.- Gloucestershire Garland (The), being a selection of poetic flowers, list of subscribers, occasional light foxing, contemporary polished calf, gilt, spine chipped at foot, Cirencester, 1815 § Fitz-Florian's Alphabet; or Lyrical Fables for Children Grown Up, second edition, book labels, contemporary calf, spine chipped, a little rubbed, 1819 § Jones (Samuel) Poetical Extracts, lacking front fee endpaper, ink ownership inscription, book label, contemporary half calf, spine chipped, rubbed, 1821 § The Modern Antique: or The Muse in the Costume of Queen Anne, presentation inscription "with the author's love" to half-title, worming to head, not affecting text, book label, contemporary calf, rebacked preserving original backstrip, 1813; and 2 others, similar, 8vo (6)⁂ All rare, the first seemingly unrecorded with no copies listed on COPAC, the second and third with BL copies only, and 2 copies of the last.
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India.- Sleeman (Maj.-Gen. Sir William) A Journey through the Kingdom of Oude, in 1849-1850, 2 vol., first edition, half-title in vol.1 only (as called for), folding map (with light offsetting), contemporary half calf, spines gilt, a little rubbed, 8vo, 1858.⁂ As Commissioner for the Suppression of Thuggee and Dacoity Sleeman was responsible for improving travel in India by eliminating the majority of highway robbery. This report persuaded Lord Dalhousie to annex Oudh, although Sleeman had argued against it.
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Provincial imprints.- Unrecorded.- The Humorist; or a Little of All Sorts. Being a Selection of Good Things in Prose and Verse, first edition, some light surface soiling, disbound, 12mo, Bingham, J.Stafford, 1803.⁂ An unrecorded collection, no copies listed on COPAC or WorldCat, this was the second work to be printed by Stafford.
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Middle East.- Niebuhr (Carsten) Description de l'Arabie, second edition in French, half-title, engraved vignette title, 25 engraved maps and plates, some folding including a large map of the Yemen hand-coloured in outline and 2 folding plates of Arabic scripts with partial-hand-colouring indicating vowel sounds, folding letterpress table, errata and list of plates leaves at end, light offsetting from plates, otherwise very clean, bookplate of Sir Robert Alxr. Chermside, contemporary half calf, old paper label, a little worn, [cf.Atabey 873], 1774; Voyage en Arabie..., 2 vol., first edition in French, half-titles, engraved vignette titles, large folding map of the Yemen hand-coloured in outline, and 122 engraved plates only (of 124, lacking plate 56 in vol.1 and 9 in vol.2), many folding, vol.1 also lacking 2G2 & 3, a few plates stained in vol.1, many loose, contemporary half calf, uncut, worn, covers loose or becoming so, 1776-80, together 3 vol., 4to, Amsterdam, S.J. Baalde, & Utrecht, J. van Schoonhoven⁂ The first is an account of the Danish expedition to Arabia in 1761-63 on which all but Niebuhr died; the second describes his return journey overland through Persia and Turkey.
![Americas.- [Davie (John)] Letters from Buenos Ayres and Chili, 6 hand-coloured aquatint plates, some light soiling, tear to o](https://cdn.globalauctionplatform.com/6ea4edf4-7cb4-4ce9-9f2e-a89d00d4439d/4fa9d354-65aa-421d-876f-4f615f7579a6/468x382.jpg)
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Americas.- [Davie (John)] Letters from Buenos Ayres and Chili, 6 hand-coloured aquatint plates, some light soiling, tear to one leaf repaired, contemporary half calf, spine gilt, 1819 § Gisborne (Lionel) The Isthmus of Darien in 1852. Journal of the Expedition of Inquiry for the Junction of the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans, half-title, 4 folding maps hand-coloured in outline, original cloth, spine very slightly faded, 1853 § Howard (Maj.-Gen. O.O.) My Life and Experiences among Our Hostile Indians, plates, some colour, original cloth, rubbed, rebacked in morocco, faded, Hartford, Conn., for subscribers only, 1907, first editions, both slightly rubbed; and an Stanford's map of South America, 8vo (4)⁂ The last concerns the Native American tribes of North America.
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South America.- Bolingbroke (Henry) A Voyage to the Demerary..., second edition, folding engraved map, light spotting, modern morocco-backed cloth, spine faded, 1809 § Purdy (John, editor) Laurie's Sailing Directory for the Ethiopic or Southern Atlantic Ocean..., fourth edition, illustrations, a few stains, original cloth-backed boards, paper labels on upper cover and spine (latterdefective), rubbed and stained, 1855; and another, South America, 8vo (3)
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Britain.- Casford (Helen, active 1840s) An album of 36 landscape watercolours, the majority of locations within the British Isles, including Hayling Island, Isle of Wight, Salwarpe, Freshford, Cheddar, Bournemouth, Weston Super Mare, Farnham, and with others from France, Spain and Italy, including Milan Cathedral, Puente Nuevo Bridge, Ronda, The Pont du Gard, La Spezia, Capo di Monte, and views near Rome, featuring decorative floral title page with owner's name, dated 1846 watercolours, many over graphite, on various papers, neatly tipped onto album leaves, some with pencil description of locations, each leaf approx. 325 x 255 mm. (12 3/4 x 10 in), some occasional spotting and light browning, half-roan marbled boards, large 4to, rubbed, [circa 1840s].
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Britain.- Coburn (Alvin Langdon) The Book of Harlech, 20 mounted plates, light spotting, original boards, spine and joints worn, Harlech, D.H.Parry, 1920 § Lewis (William, publisher) Lewis's New Traveller's Guide, and Panorama of England and Wales, 42 engraved maps (lacking map and text for Rutland), some staining, original cloth, paper label on upper cover, 1835 § Barber (Thomas) Picturesque Illustrations of the Isle of Wight, engraved vignette title, plates and double-page map, original blind-stamped cloth, [1834], rubbed; and 14 others, mostly British topography, 4to & 8vo (17)
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NO RESERVE British Isles.- Camden (William) Camden's Britannia, Newly Translated into English with Large Additions and Improvements... by Edmund Gibson, engraved portrait frontispiece by R. White, 7 engraved plates of coins only (of 8, lacking plate VII) and 12 double-page and/or folding maps by Robert Morden only (of 50, lacking most of the county maps), the 3 general maps (Britannia Romana, Britannia Saxonica and England) and map of Rutland all with outline hand-colouring), engraved and woodcut illustrations, one or two full-page, title with pencil signature of M.A.Cook, plate IV of coins with contemporary manuscript "A Correct Table of ?Areas of Circles for Ale and Beer" in ink on verso, occasional light soiling or browning but generally very clean, plate IV of coins with small tear repaired, one or two other small tears or marginal defects, contemporary calf ruled in blind, rebacked, corners repaired, rubbed, [Wing C359], folio, by F. Collins for A.Swale...and A & J Churchill, 1695; sold not subject to return⁂ First edition of Gibson's translation and the first with Morden's maps
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Somerset.- Speed (John) Somerset-Shire described, inset bird's-eye view of Bath, upper left, coats of arms lower left, royal arms and ships off the north coast, engraved map, 385 x 515 mm. (15 1/4 x 20 1/4 in), English text verso with woodcut initial by William Hall and John Beale, some small areas of restoration to central fold, some surface dirt and light browning, Sudbury and Humble, [circa 1611-12].
![Gardening.- S[tevenson] (H[enry]) The Young Gard'ner's Director, first edition, lacking engraved frontispiece but with engrav](https://cdn.globalauctionplatform.com/6ea4edf4-7cb4-4ce9-9f2e-a89d00d4439d/3dcf775c-a711-4ff1-e8c0-f76f66157c77/468x382.jpg)
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Gardening.- S[tevenson] (H[enry]) The Young Gard'ner's Director, first edition, lacking engraved frontispiece but with engraved plate of knot gardens, 3pp. catalogue of books at end, contemporary ink inscription "S.Pulleyn 1748" on verso of title, some light spotting or soiling, contemporary calf, a little worn and wormed, rebacked, [British Bee Books 77; Henrey 1387], 12mo, for Anthony Barker, 1716.⁂ Rare manual for planting and cultivating gardens, with a section on the management of bees. Several subsequent editions were issued from 1744 onwards, all of which are scarce, but ESTC lists only 6 copies of this first edition.
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Songbirds.- Bulliard (Pierre) Aviceptologie Françoise, ou Traité général de toutes les ruses dont on peut se servir pour prendre les Oiseaux..., first edition, half-title, engraved frontispiece and 34 plates of bird traps, hides, tools etc., one with small hole to lower margin repaired, light spotting and soiling, contemporary marbled boards, rubbed, rebacked in calf, Paris, P. Fr. Didot, le jeune, 1778; and a copy of the seventh edition of 1818, 8vo (2)⁂ Popular work on the trapping of birds with a range of hides and disguises for the trapper including one in the form of a false cow.
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Songbirds.- Kendall (Edward Augustus) The Canary Bird: A Moral Fiction, 2pp. 'Note' at end, 1799; The Crested Wren, 4pp. advertisements at end, 1799, together 2 works in 1 vol., first editions, half-titles, engraved frontispieces, the second title with wood-engraved vignette and slightly shaved at fore-edge, some light spotting or offsetting, contemporary half calf, red roan label, rubbed, spine ends a little worn and chipped, 18mo, for E.Newbery⁂ Both scarce; ESTC lists only 4 copies in the UK of the first and 2 of the second (8 & 9 copies respectively in North America).
![Sporting.- [Apperley (Charles James)] The Analysis of the Hunting Field, first edition, first issue, additional pictorial tit](https://cdn.globalauctionplatform.com/6ea4edf4-7cb4-4ce9-9f2e-a89d00d4439d/d8895d8b-5556-42d3-e7d2-cb1ab50bb766/468x382.jpg)
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Sporting.- [Apperley (Charles James)] The Analysis of the Hunting Field, first edition, first issue, additional pictorial title and 6 plates after Henry Alken, all hand-coloured aquatints, most rather browned, illustrations, later calf, gilt, by Worsfold, 1846 § Beckford (Peter) Thoughts on Hunting, engraved frontispiece, additional pictorial title and 9 plates by John Scott, one double-page of dog kennel, letterpress title with author's name as "William" and wood-engraved vignette by Thomas Bewick, light browning, bookplate of Walter Harold Wilkin, later straight-grain calf, gilt, by Rivière & Son, Albion Press, 1810 § Cook (Col. John) Observations on Fox-Hunting, and the Management of Hounds in the Kennel and the Field, first edition, list of subscribers, 3 lithographed plates, light foxing, later red morocco with gilt hunting motifs, by Bayntun of Bath, for the Author, 1826, all with gilt spines, g.e., 8vo (3)
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Sporting.- Egan (Pierce) Sporting Anecdotes..., engraved frontispiece featuring multiple sports, 2 portraits and 3 hand-coloured aquatint or stipple-engraved plates by Robert Cruikshank and others, one folding, wood-engraved illustrations, folding plate torn and repaired, light water-staining, later half morocco, by Stoakley of Cambridge, g.e., 1825 § [Roberts (Col. David)] The Military Adventures of Johnny Newcome..., second edition, 15 hand-coloured aquatint plates by Thomas Rowlandson, rather browned, foxing and offsetting, contemporary half red straight-grain morocco, spine gilt, rubbed, 1816; and 2 others, sporting, 8vo (4)
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Sporting.- Fairfax (Thomas) The Complete Sportsman; or, Country Gentleman's Recreation..., issue with colon after "recreation" on the title, p.11 signed A6 and p.15 unsigned, engraved frontispiece (lightly offset on title), contemporary sprinkled calf, gilt, rubbed, neatly rebacked, red morocco label, for J.Cooke, 1760 § Mayer (John) The Sportsman's Directory; or Park and Gamekeeper's Companion...second edition, much enlarged, 2 wood-engraved plates of bird traps, light spotting, original boards, uncut, rubbed, rebacked, Colchester, 1817 § Fairburn's New Drawing Books, No.23, 8 engraved plates on 4 sheets (6 aquatints of shooting), one hand-coloured, soiled, original yellow wrappers with engraving on upper cover, rubbed, I.Fairburn, [c.1820], 8vo & oblong 8vo (3)⁂ Concerning country pursuits and management such as fowling, hunting, pigeon-breeding, dog-raising, cock-fighting, birding, etc. The first was a popular book that ran to many editions; the second was first published in Colchester in 1815 and this edition is scarce, COPAC listing only 2 copies (BL & Oxford).
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NO RESERVE Sporting.- Johnson (Daniel) Sketches of Indian Field Sports...with a description of the Art of catching Serpents, as Practised by the Conjoors, second edition, engraved frontispiece with accompanying explanatory slip, 4 lithographed plates, advertisement leaf at end, light foxing and soiling, old ink inscription to front free endpaper, modern half morocco, spine gilt, uncut, 8vo, 1827.
![NO RESERVE Railways.- Bradshaw (George) [Bradshaw's Railway Companion] Bradshaw's Railway Time Tables, and Assistant to Railw](https://cdn.globalauctionplatform.com/6ea4edf4-7cb4-4ce9-9f2e-a89d00d4439d/e251e9e8-996d-46ff-bd93-66d706ddb136/468x382.jpg)
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NO RESERVE Railways.- Bradshaw (George) [Bradshaw's Railway Companion] Bradshaw's Railway Time Tables, and Assistant to Railway Travelling..., No.3, folding map of railways of England and Wales with routes supplied by hand in pink & yellow (detached), 4 double-page maps, one with routes in pink & yellow, 4 double-page plans of Birmingham, Liverpool, Manchester and Leeds, some light browning or soiling, original cloth with gilt-stamped viridian label on upper cover, a little rubbed and faded, one or two small stains, 10th Mo. 25th [25th October] 1839; and issue for 1842, 16mo⁂ Third issue of the eponymous railway timetables, the first of which appeared on the 19th October 1839, restricted to Northern railways, with a second for southern railways on 25th October. This third issue is a combination of the the two and is therefore the first covering all England.
![Esoterica.- [Vulson de la Colombière (Marc de)] Les Oracles Divertissans, où l'on trouve le decision des Questions les plus c](https://cdn.globalauctionplatform.com/6ea4edf4-7cb4-4ce9-9f2e-a89d00d4439d/c3e92e79-92ea-4959-a9d1-416e03bee77a/468x382.jpg)
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Esoterica.- [Vulson de la Colombière (Marc de)] Les Oracles Divertissans, où l'on trouve le decision des Questions les plus curieuses pour se resjoüir dans les Compagnies, avec un Traitté tres-recreatif des Couleurs aux Armouries..., 2 parts in 1, engraved frontispiece, titles with woodcut printer's device of sphere, Robert Hoe's copy with his gilt-stamped leather book-label, handsome later blue morocco, gilt, by Chambolle-Duru, spine gilt, uncut, sinner gilt dentelles, light scuff to upper cover, 12mo, Amsterdam, Jean Sambix, 1677.⁂ Scarce pseudo-Elzevier from the Hoe library, offered by Maggs in 1931 for 10 guineas.
![NO RESERVE Wigs.- [Deguerle (Jean Marie Nicolas)] Éloge des Perruques...par le Docteur Akerlio, half-title, light foxing and](https://cdn.globalauctionplatform.com/6ea4edf4-7cb4-4ce9-9f2e-a89d00d4439d/69393395-904e-4010-8354-c2a3a27c51a2/468x382.jpg)
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Australasia.- Australia.- Grey (George) Journals of Two Expeditions of Discovery in North-West and Western Australia, during the years 1837, 38, and 39, 2 vol., first edition, 22 lithographed plates, 6 hand-coloured, 2 folding engraved maps in pocket at beginning of vol.1, vol.1 with advertisement leaf at beginning and 16pp. publisher's catalogue at end, vol.2 with 4pp. advertisements for Gould's Birds of Australia at beginning, some light spotting, upper hinge of vol.2 weak, primary binding of original blind-stamped purple cloth, spines gilt with kangaroos at foot, rubbed and faded, especially spines, [Ferguson 3228; Wantrup 131], 8vo, 1841.⁂ The first exploration of the north-west interior during the course of two expeditions fraught with problems: on the first Grey was wounded in an attack and the party had to turn back; in the second they were shipwrecked and had to return overland to Perth, an appalling ordeal during which one man died. Despite this they made many discoveries. The work includes appendices on the mammalia and reptiles of Australia by J.E.Gray, on insects by Adam White, and a list of birds by John Gould.
![[Vaux (Frances Bowyer)] The Promised Visit: including an Account of...Manufacturing Paper in Different Countries, first editi](https://cdn.globalauctionplatform.com/6ea4edf4-7cb4-4ce9-9f2e-a89d00d4439d/6214fc61-7f7d-47ec-a6a9-fc1e0b87bd5c/468x382.jpg)
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[Vaux (Frances Bowyer)] The Promised Visit: including an Account of...Manufacturing Paper in Different Countries, first edition, engraved frontispiece, light foxing or soiling, contemporary ink inscription to front free endpaper, Darton, Harvey & Darton, 1818 § Watts (Isaac) Divine Songs...for the Use of Children, woodcut frontispiece (front pastedown) and illustrations, ink inscription dated 1815 to verso of title, Boyle, Corcoran and Crompton, printed by E.Young of Bristol, n.d.; another edition, with Supplementary Poems by P.Doddridge, half-title, Champante & Whitrow, 1812 § Dymond (Henry) Instructive Narratives for Young Persons, Members of the Society of Friends, Harvey & Darton, 1825 § Jeux de le Jeunesse (Les): ou Nouvelle Méthode à Instruire les Enfans en...Jeux et Exercises du Corps, wood-engraved illustrations, old book-label of Louisa Gissing, Newmarket, R.Rogers..., n.d. § Pinnock (W.) Sequel to the Little Explanatory Reader calculated for Children..., second edition, fine woodcut frontispiece, advertisement leaf at end, contemporary sheep, worn, Alton, Mentorian Press, 1810 § Portraits of the Characters of the Kings of England, Part II, hand-coloured wood-engraved title-vignette and portraits, original printed blue stiff wrappers, John Harris, 1825 § Little Boy's Own Book; consisting of Games and Pastimes, with Directions for the Breeding and Management of Rabbits, Birds, Pigeons, etc...by Uncle Charles, hand-coloured plates, original pictorial cloth, gilt, damp-stained, Henry Allman, 1850, occasional light foxing or soiling, the first five contemporary roan-backed marbled boards, all rubbed; and 11 others, children's books, 8vo et infra (18)
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Stevenson (Robert Louis) A Child's Garden of Verses, first edition, first issue with apostrophe on spine like the number '7', "of" on spine in smaller type and no mention of 'Two Series' in list of other works by the author, advertisement leaf, half-title, occasional light spotting, endpapers browned, original blue cloth, t.e.g., others uncut, a little rubbed, 8vo, 1885.
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Boswell (James) An Account of Corsica, the Journal of a Tour to that Island..., first edition, half-title, engraved title-vignette, folding engraved map by Thomas Phinn in second state (with imprint), lacking final blank, D2 in first state with "John Home" affixed to first quotation, E2 in first state, Z3 in second state with "Mariani" corrected, some light soiling or browning, offsetting to map, modern half mottled calf, [Gaskell 473; Rothschild 442-445], 8vo, Glasgow, Robert & Andrew Foulis, 1768.
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Boswell (James) The Journal of a Tour to the Hebrides, with Samuel Johnson, Ll.D., first edition, with I5, Q7 & U6 all in second state, lacking half-title but with errata leaf at end, contemporary ink signature at head of title and another later to front free endpaper, light browning, a few stains, contemporary mottled calf, rubbed, rebacked, corners repaired, new endpapers, [Rothschild 457-458], 8vo, by Henry Baldwin, 1785.
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Aphorisms, Epigrams and Maxims.- La Rochefoucauld (Francois, Duc de) Moral Maxims and Reflections, first edition in English, engraved frontispiece, occasional light browning, book label, contemporary calf, rebacked, rubbed, [Pforzheimer 580; Wing L452], 12mo, for M.Gillyflower...J.Sare...and J.Everingham, 1694.⁂ First complete edition in English; incomplete earlier English versions were published in 1670 and 1685.
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CIGARETTE PACKETS, Wills selection, inc. United Service, Envoy, Pirate, Flag, Four Aces, Niger, 3 Roses, Pirate Shag, E.G., Scissors, The Strand, Capstan, Red &White, Gold Flake, Ameer, Bicycle, Kingsway, Golden Cross, Passing Clouds, Westward Ho, Three Castles, Coronation Shag, Bulwark, Light Cut, Old Friend etc., corner-mounted flat to pages in large ring-binder, most with sliders, G to EX, 82+
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A George V 1892 pattern Light Infantry officer's sword, by Henry Wilkinson, Pall Mall, London, no.60885, 82.5cm straight fullered blade etched with GRV cipher, regimental insignia, crowned Royal Coat of arms and initials F.W.M.I, the guard with further insignia, wire bound fish skin grip, leather scabbard, 101cm long overall
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Irish School (early 19th century), a two-fold caricature, One Heavy Son of Mars, Gainst (sic) Seven Light Hussars, Published by M* Cleowy, 39 Nassau Street, Dublin [c. 1820], hand-coloured etching, 28cm x 44cm; 18th century and later engravings, etchings and lithographs of Derbyshire topography, including Medieval church interiors, various sizes; Movie-Land covers: No. 1, Volume 1, Jan 3rd 1921 & No. 2, Volume 1, Jan 10th 1921; etc (folio)
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