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Cellarius (Christopher). Notitia Orbis Antiqui, sive Geographia Plenior, volume I only (of 2), Cambridge, John Owen, 1703, engraved portrait frontispiece, title printed in red and black with engraved vignette, engraved headpiece and initial, double-page plate, 20 folding engraved plates, one or two corners torn away, a little light spotting and soiling, contemporary vellum over boards, some soiling and a few splits to lower cover, covers bowed, 4to ESTC T144498. Volume II was published in Amsterdam by Caspar Fritsch in 1706. (1)

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Curzon (Robert). Armenia: A Year at Erzeroom, and on the Frontiers of Russia, Turkey, and Persia, 1st US edition, Harper & Brothers, New York, 1854, map and wood-engraved illustrations, a little light spotting and toning, a few creases, library ink stamp and marks to front pastedown, original cloth, some fading, 8vo, together with A Diary in the Dardanelles, Written on Board the Schooner "Corsair," whilst beating through the Straits, from Tenedos to Marmora, by William Knight, 1st edition, 1849, map frontispiece, one or two leaves trimmed at fore edge, front hinge breaking, original red cloth, spine a little rubbed with tear at head, 8vo, plus A Tarantasse Journey through Eastern Russia in the Autumn of 1856, by William Spottiswoode, 1st edition, 1857, folding map, seven tinted lithographed plates, including one folding, some light spotting and marginal ink stains, endpapers renewed, original cloth, rebacked with original spine relaid (faded), 8vo, with two others: Horatio Southgate's Narrative of a Tour through Armenia, Kurdistan, Persia, and Mesopotamia, 2 volumes, 1840 and S.S. Hill's The Dominions of the Pope and the Sultan, circa 1850 (6)

Los 445

Aldin (Cecil). Cathedrals of England, [1924], 16 tipped-in colour plates, light spotting front and rear, pictorial endpapers, top edge gilt, original vellum-backed boards, a few marks, 4to, limited edition, 40/375 signed by the illustrator, together with The Iliad of Homer. The First Twelve Staves Translated into English by Maurice Hewlett, Cresset Press, 1928, scattered light spotting, top edge gilt, original Japon-backed buckram, corners bumped, a few small stains, 4to, limited edition, 159/750, plus The Discoverie of the large and bewtiful Empire of Guiana, by Sir Walter Ralegh, Edited from the Original Text... by V.T. Harlow, Argonaut Press, 1928, portrait frontispiece, closed tear to folding facsimile chart, a few light spots, original cloth, light stains, 4to, one of 975 copies, this unumbered, with others including Sidney Herbert Williams, A Bibliography of the Writings of Lewis Carroll, 1924 (limited edition, 108/700), A Specimen Book of Printing Papers Designed Chiefly for the Use of Printers, Spalding and Hodge, circa 1900 and William Somervile's The Chase; a Poem, facsimile edition, circa 1910 (12)

Los 543

Rogers (Samuel). Italy, A Poem, 1830, black and white illustrations, book plate and period inscription to front endpaper, some light spotting and offsetting, contemporary gilt decorated full morocco, boards and spine slightly rubbed, 8vo, together with Dickens (Charles), The Posthumous Papers of The Pickwick Club, 1842, 43 black and white illustrations by Phiz, some light spotting and marks, rebound retaining contemporary green half calf boards and gilt decorated spine, slightly rubbed 8vo, and Brassey (Annie Allnutt), Sunshine and Storm in the East, or Cruises to Cyprus and Constantinople, 1880, numerous black and white illustrations, plus colour folding map frontispiece, cracked front guttering, some minor spotting, all edges gilt, contemporary gilt decorated red full calf, boards and spine rubbed with slight loss, 8vo, plus other 19th century literature and reference, all gilt decorated leather bindings, condition is generally good/very good, 8vo, approximately 80 volumes in total (3 shelves)

Los 180

Willmott (Ellen). Varley Garden in Spring and Summer, Bernard Quaritch, 1909, frontispiece and 40 photographic plates, a few minor spots, light toning to endpapers, original cloth-backed boards, some edge wear, folio, together with Mr. Gould's Tropical Birds. Comprising twenty four plates selected from John Gould's Folios together with descriptions of the birds taken from his original text, edited and introduced by Eva Mannering, Ariel Press, 1955, 24 colour plates, original half cloth, slipcase, folio, limited edition, 639/1000, plus P.J. Redoute, Facsimile Prints made from mostly unpublished original paintings by Pierre-Joseph Redoute... Inreoduction by Lotte Gunthart, Regensberg, Switzerland, 1972 (3)

Los 386

Darwin (Robert Waring). New Experiments on the Ocular Spectra of Light and Colours, Read at the Royal Society, March 23, 1786, 1st edition, J. Nichols, 1786, 36 pages, five hand-coloured plates at end, uncut, edges a little frayed, disbound, 4to ESTC T186348. Rare. Robert Waring Darwin (1766-1848) was a medical doctor and the father of Charles Darwin. "Robert provided the first empirical evidence that small eye movements are made even when people attempt to keep them fixed. This he found during his studies of the afterimages of colored stimuli in which he noticed that while a person tried to fixate a colored circle, a lucid edge appeared on the adjacent white-paper background. He concluded "as by the unsteadiness of the eye a part of the fatigued retina falls on the white paper."" (Burntwood Family History Group). (1)

Los 476

Roberts (Brynley F., editor). Giraldus Cambrensis. Itinerary through Wales, Gwasg Gregynog, Newtown, 1989, wood-engravings by Colin Paynton, loose prospectus and wood-engraving, signed and numbered 47/150, top edge gilt, original morocco-backed boards, slipcase (a few light spots), folio Limited edition, 61/280 signed by the artist. (1)

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Roberts (David). The Holy Land, Divisions I-III (Jerusalem and Galilee, The Jordan and Bethlehem, Idumea and Petra) bound in one volume, Cassell, Petter, Galpin & Co., circa 1880, titles printed in red and black, 120 tinted lithographed plates by Louis Haghe, occasional light marginal water stain and scattered spotting, all edges gilt, contemporary calf gilt, rebacked with original spine relaid, 4to (1)

Los 289

*Mezzotint drolls. [An Officer in the Light Infantrie driven by his Lady to Cox-Heath'] and [Kitty Coaxer driving Lord Dupe towards Rotten Row], published Carington Bowles, circa 1780, pair of uncoloured mezzotint drolls, trimmed to image with loss of title and letters, each approximately 330 x 255 mm, mounted, framed and glazed in uniform modern black and gold leaf carved frames (2)

Los 478

Tolkien (J.R.R.). The Fellowship of the Ring, 2nd impression, 1954; The Two Towers, 1st edition, 1954; The Return of the King, 1st edition, 1955, folding map at end of each, light spotting front and rear, previous owner inscription to Fellowship, original red cloth, dust jackets, some fading to spines, a few tears, chips and stains, 8vo (3)

Los 347

*Opera. A group of approximately 300 opera postcards, mostly black and white photographs and photo reproductions, the majority of opera singers and performances, some postcard-size photos with credits to verso, the majority postally unused, together with a group of approximately 50 cartes de visite, cabinet cards and 1 hold-to-light, plus 1950s photographs of opera houses and performances (a small carton)

Los 429

Arrowsmith (H.W. and A.). The House Decorator and Painter's Guide; Containing a Series of Designs for Decorating Apartments, Suited to the Various Styles of Architecture, 1st edition, 1840, 61 engraved plates, of which 26 hand-coloured, one or two close-trimmed affecting imprint, some light spotting, front blank detached, contemporary tree calf, joints splitting, a little rubbed with some worming to lower joint and head of spine, 4to Abbey Life 3. (1)

Los 490

Joyce (James). The Joyce Book, edited by Herbert Hughes, [1944], monochrome printed portrait of Joyce by Augustus John, musical contributions by E.J. Moeran, Arnold Bax, Albert Roussel, John Ireland, Roger Sessions, Arthur Bliss, Herbert Howells, George Antheil, and others, partly untrimmed, original blue silk, lettered in silver, some marks and light soiling, spine somewhat frayed with a little loss, folio, together with Taylor (Edward), The Vocal School of Italy in the Sixteenth Century. Madrigals, Full Anthems, Motets & Villanellas, composed byeminent Masters of the Schools of Rome, Venice, Lombardy & Florence... adapted to English Words, R. & J.E. Taylor, [1839], engraved music, a few minor marks, contemporary half calf, worn with upper joint partly broken, folio, plus Brandt (Bill), The English at Home, Sixty-three photographs by Bill Brandt, Introduced by Raymond Mortimer, 1st edition, Batsford, 1936, numerous monochrome illustrations after photographs, original pictorial boards, rubbed and some marks, small 4to, and other miscellaneous books including Kipling, some early 20th century illustrated works, literature etc (2 cartons)

Los 379

Clarendon (Edward Hyde, Earl of). The History of the Rebellion and Civil WArs in England, Begun in the Year 1641..., and Conclusion thereof by the King's blessed Restoration, and Return upon the 29th of May, in the Year 1660, 3 volumes, Oxford: Printed at the Theater, 1705-1706, engraved portrait frontispieces to each part, contemporary panelled calf, upper board to volume 1 neatly replaced, some joints cracked and light wear, 8vo, together with Baxter (Richard), The Saints Everlasting Rest: or, a Treatise of the blessed State of the Saints in their enjoyment of God in Glory..., 8th edition, revised by the author, 1659, additional engraved title slightly frayed to extremities, front endpaper and rear free endpaper replaced, contemporary calf, neatly rebacked preserving original spine, 4to (4)

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Grasset de Saint-Sauveur Jacques. [Encyclopedie des Voyages, 1795-1796], 47 hand-coloured engraved costume plates by J. Laroque after Jacques Grasset de Saint-Saveur, occasional light mainly marginal soiling and one or two short repaired tears, recent half calf, 4to (1)

Los 404

Livius (Titus). Latinae Historiae Principis, Decades tres, cum dimidia, longe quam hactenus emendatiores, compluribus locis partim, cae LII secundi curionis industria, partim collatione meliorum codicum, suae integritati restitutis, 4 volumes, Basel, 1554, historiated woodcut initials, some underlining and early annotations, mainly to first two volumes, volumes I lacking endpapers, some light water stains and soiling, a few oval ink stamps, contemporary blindstamped pigskin, upper covers with initials 'I H T D' and dated 1561 (volume III erroneously dated 1651), some soiling a a few stains, 8vo (4)

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Wood (William). Fossilia Hantoniensia; or Hampshire Fossiles, Collected, and in the Britiswh Museum Deposited, by Gustavus Brander, F.R.S. & F.A.S. London, 1776. The Plates now Reprinted, with a List of the Figures, and References to the Works of Lamarck and Sowerby, W. Wood, 1829, nine engraved plates on India paper, light marginal water stain and scattered spotting, contemporary presentation inscription to front endpaper, original cloth-backed boards, spine faded, a little rubbed with light water stain to lower cover, 4to (1)

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Burton (Richard F.). Personal Narrative of a Pilgrimage to Al-Madinah & Meccah, edited by Isabel Burton, 2 volumes, Memorial Edition, 1893, folding map, colour and black and white illustrations, scattered light spotting, top edge red, original black cloth gilt, a little rubbed with small tear at foot of volume I, 8vo, together with In Unknown Arabia, by Major R.E. Cheesman, 1st edition, 1926, portrait frontispiece, folding map, half-tone illustrations, a few light spots, library stamps and labels, top edge gilt, original green cloth gilt, lower joint split, label removed from spine, 8vo (3)

Los 536

Fisher (A. Hugh). Through India and Burmah with Pen and Brush, T. Werner Laurie, circa 1910, 30 colour and black and white illustrations, including frontispiece with tissue guard, some light spotting, cracked guttering, original decorative red cloth, spine slightly faded and rubbed to head and foot, 8vo, together with Lloyd (Lord), Egypt Since Cromer, volumes 1 & 2, reprint edition, March 1933, some minor toning, uniform original blue cloth, spine slightly rubbed to head and foot, 8vo, and Arnold (Edwin), India Revisited, 1886, 33 black and white illustrations, including frontispiece, with tissue guard, bookplate and booksellers stamp to front endpapers, some light spotting, contemporary gilt decorated red full calf prize binding, bound by Bickers & Son, spine and boards slightly faded and rubbed, 8vo, plus other modern Central Asia, Middle East and African reference and related, mostly original cloth in dust jackets, G/VG, 8vo (3 shelves)

Los 514

Ingram (James). Memorials of Oxford, volumes 1-3, 1837, numerous plates and engravings by John Le Keux, some light spotting and water damage, volume 1 front board and endpapers detached, uniform contemporary gilt decorated brown half calf, spines and boards slightly rubbed, hinges cracked, 4to, together with Baines (Edward), History of the County Palatine and Duchy of Lancaster, volumes 1-4, 1836, numerous black and white engraved plates, some spotting and light water damage, uniform contemporary gilt decorated blue morocco, boards and spines slightly rubbed, 4to, and Smollett (Tobias), The History of England, From the Revolution in 1688 to the Death of George the Second in 1760, volumes 1-4, Paris, 1836, some light spotting, uniform gilt decorated brown half morocco to decorative red cloth boards, slightly rubbed to head and foot, 8vo, plus other miscellaneous 19th and early 20th century literature and reference including The British Essayists, with Prefaces, Historical and Biographical, by Alexander Chalmers, volumes 1-45, 1803, uniform contemporary gilt decorated green half morocco, 8vo, many leather bindings, some decorative cloth, condition is generally good/very good, 8vo/4to (3 shelves + a carton)

Los 127

Jameson (Robert). An Outline of the Mineralogy of the Shetland Islands, and of the Island of Arran. With an Appendix; Containing Observations on Peat, Kelp and Coal, 1st edition, Edinburgh, 1798, three engraved maps and plates, one folding, B4 with manuscript corrections in text, some offsetting and light soiling, endpapers renewed, contemporary cloth, rebacked, a little rubbed, 8vo ESTC T147048. (1)

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Battle plans. A collection of seventeen engraved plans, circa 1770, seventeen uncoloured engraved folding plans of battles and fortified towns, including the 'Plan of the Town and Fortifications of Gibralter...,' various sizes and condition, originally published in 'Mr Tindal's Continuation of Mr Rapin's History of England', together with a mid 19th century artist's sketch book containing twenty-one pencil, pen & ink and crayon military plans of fortifications and battle plans with three loosely inserted military plans, ownership signature of C.Lyon-Campbell 3rd Batt. H.L.I. (Highland Light Infantry) to front pastedown, quarter sheep with marbled boards, oblong 4to (18)

Los 143

Mantell (Gideon Algernon). The Geology of the South-East of England, 1st edition, 1833, lithographed frontispiece, five lithographed plates, including one folding, folding colour geological map, publisher's catalogue at front, a little light spotting front and rear, original boards, paper label to spine, some light edge wear and stains, 8vo (1)

Los 149

Martin (William). Petrificata Derbiensia; Or, Figures and Descriptions of Petrifactions Collected in Derbyshire, 1st edition, volume I [all published], Wigan, 1809, half title, 54 hand-coloured engraved plates, small tear in plate mark of plate 31 (not affecting image), some light offsetting and a few spots, library bookplate of the Geological Survey Office, recent half calf, spine with red label and gilt decoration, 4to Nissen ZBI 2751; Upcott I, 143. (1)

Los 163

Phillips (John). Figures and Descriptions of the Palaeozoic Fossils of Cornwall, Devon, and West Somerset; observed in the course of the ordnance geological survey of that district, 1st edition, 1841, monochrome lithographed plates, offsetting to pp. 120-121, contemporary previous owner signature, original cloth gilt, rubbed and some fraying to joints, spine lightly sunned and chipped at head, 8vo, together with Kirwan (Richard), Geological Essays, 1st edition, 1799, light toning, occasional annotations, previous owner signature to title, modern half calf over marbled boards, 8vo, plus Luc (J.A. de), An Elementary Treatise on Geology... translated from the French Manuscript by the Re. Henry de la Fite, 1st English edition, 1809, untrimmed, bookplate, original boards, manuscript title to spine, some wear, 8vo, with four others related by William Knight, William Phillips, Granville Penn and William Thomas Brande (7)

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Britton (John). History and Antiquities of Cathedral Churchs, 12 volumes in 9, 1814-1835, numerous engraved plans and plates, occasional light spotting and toning, all edges gilt, contemporary blue morocco gilt, a little rubbed and scuffed, 4to Includes Salisbury 1814; Norwich, 1816; Winchester, 1817; York, 1819; Oxford, 1821; Canterbury, 1821; Wells, 1824; Exeter 1826, and Gloucester, 1829. (9)

Los 380

Clarendon (Edward Hyde, Earl of). The History of the Rebellion and Civil Wars in England, Begun in the Year 1641, 3 volumes in 4, Oxford, 1707, half titles for first parts only, engraved portrait to each part, title and several leaves in volume I with marginal tears and losses (from paper fault?), a few leaves detaching at end of volume I, damp stains to some leaves at end of volume IV, some light spotting and offsetting, bookplates, contemporary panelled calf, rebacked with labels renewed, a little rubbed, 8vo (4)

Los 113

Douglas (James). A Dissertation on the Antiquity of the Earth, Read at the Royal Society, 12th May, 1785, 1st edition, Logographic Press, 1785, eight tinted aquatint plates, two aquatint vignettes, each signed 'J.D.', errata and advertisement leaves, dedication leaf to Sir Joseph Banks, some light spotting, obituary cut and pasted at front, contemporary marbled boards with modern calf spine and corners, 4to (1)

Los 426

Wyld (Samuel). The Practical Surveyor, or, The Art of Land-Measuring Made Easy..., to which is added, an appendix added shewing how to draw buildings, &c. in perspective..., 2nd edition: corrected and enlarged by a careful hand, printed for H. Lintot, circa 1730, folding engraved frontispiece and 6 folding engraved plates, some marks and soiling, one plate restrengthened to fore-edge, contemporary calf, good-quality antique-style modern reback, together with Wilson (Henry), Surveying Improved: or, The whole art, both in theory and practice, fully demonstrated, 6th edition, with additions, two which is now added, Geodoesia Accurata... also, a new essay upon solids, by William Hume, 1769, 11 folding engraved plates, some light browning to title and margins of preliminary leaves, contemporary calf, good-quality antique-style modern reback, plus a 4th edition of the same work, 1755, 11 folding engraved plates, contemporary calf, modern antique-style reback, retaining old spine label, all 8vo (3)

Los 167

Pryce (William, of Redruth). Mineralogia Cornubiensis; A Treatise on Minerals, Mines and Mining: Containing the Theory and Natural History of Strata, Fissures, and Lodes, with the Methods of Discovering and Working of Tin, Copper, and Lead Mines, and of Cleansing and Metalizing their Products; Shewing each Particular Process for Dressing, Assaying, and Smelting of Ores, 1st edition, 1778, engraved portrait frontispiece, six engraved plates only (plate IV supplied in photocopy), two folding tables, lacking 'Directions to Bookbinder' leaf, subscribers list, some light spotting and soiling, previous owner inscriptions, modern half morocco, folio Upcott I, pp. 99-100. (1)

Los 481

Wilde (Oscar). The Picture of Dorian Gray, 1st US printing, M.J. Ivers & Co., American Series 195, New York, June 22, 1890, 195 pages, advertisements at end, text block toned, original light and dark blue wrappers, in good condition, bound in later russet half morocco by C. Walters, some fading to spine, 8vo A good copy of the first US abridged pirate edition, in thirteen chapters and published in the same year as the first appearance of the story in Lippincott's Monthly Magazine, London and Philadelphia. The first UK book form edition, with six new chapters and additions was published by Ward Lock and Company in 1891. (1)

Los 161

Penn (Granville). A Comparative Estimate of the Mineral and Mosaical Geologies. Revised, and Enlarged with Relation to the Latest Publications on Geology, 2 volumes, 2nd edition, 1825, a few light spots, previous owner pencil signature of Huddleston to titles, a loose three page manuscript letter to the same, 1849, discussing the book, contemporary calf, volume 2 upper cover detached, a little rubbed with some loss to spines, 8vo, together with Memoirs of the Geological Survey of the United Kingdom. Figures and Descriptions Illustrative of British Organic Remains, Decades I-X, 2 volumes 1849-1852, titles for each part, lithographed plates, a few folding, occasional light soiling and small waterstains, presentation slips pasted at front to Richard Roper from Her Majesty's Government, his inkstamps, bookplates, contemporary red and brown half calf, some wear to volume I spine, rubbed and scuffed, 8vo, plus John Phillips' Geology of Oxford and the Valley of the Thames, 1st edition, Oxford, 1871 (marginal repair to title), 8vo (5)

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Kelly (Christopher). A New and Complete System of Universal Geography; or an Authentic History and Interesting Description of the Whole World and its Inhabitants..., with faithful accounts of all the new discoveries..., 2 volumes, 1814-1817, 2 engraved frontispieces, 2 additional engraved titles, 30 engraved maps, including some folding, and 57 engraved plates, small worm track at front of first volume, affecting some letters (folding world map, with small worm hole to blank fore-margin), second volume, light waterstain to first few leaves of second volume, contents generally in clean condition, contemporary uniform diced full calf gilt, rubbed and a little wear to extremities, large 4to (2)

Los 363

A Kempis (Thomas). L'Imitation de Jesus-Christ , 2 volumes including Appendice, Paris: L. Curmer, 1856-58, decorative half-titles, titles, frontispieces, dedication , 4 plates & text with elaborate chromolithography by Lemercier throughout volume 1, text within decorative borders imitating medieval and later manuscripts, Appendice with 4 photographic plates, many wood-engraved initials, head and tail pieces, borders, including a Dance of Death, &c, occasional light scattered spotting, later cloth joints to marbled endpapers of volume 1, all edges gilt with gauffered decoration, contemporary gilt panelled bright red morocco, decorative brass clasp to each volume, 4to, contained in original red morocco covered book box, somewhat worn & broken (2)

Los 115

Farey (John). General View of the Agriculture and Minerals of Derbyshire; with Observations on the Means of their Improvement. Drawn up for the Consideration of the Board of Agriculture and Internal Improvement, 3 volumes, 1st edition, 1811-1817, 12 engraved maps, plates and plans, including 5 hand-coloured and 5 folding, three folding tables, (two maps with closed tear), occasional light toning, some spotting & offsetting, ink stamp & signature of W. Wynne Jeudwine, Land Agent, Chesterfield, 1st January [18]79 to front free endpapers, contemporary half calf gilt by Bemrose & Sons, Derby, green morocco title labels (two worn with slight loss), rubbed to extremities, 8vo Rarely found complete in three volumes. Geologist John Farey (1766-1826) prepared the present work for the Board of Agriculture and contains his pioneering analysis of the geometry of faulting and an early discussion of English stratigraphy. (3)

Los 144

Mantell (Gideon Algernon). Illustrations of the Geology of Sussex: Containing a General View of the Geological Relations of the South-Eastern Part of England, with Figures and Descriptions of the Fossils of Tilgate Forest, 1st edition, 1827, lithographed frontispiece, folding coloured sectional map, 21 lithographed plates, including four folding, some light offsetting and scattered spotting, armorial bookplate of Francis Sterry, top edge gilt, contemporary half morocco, spine a little rubbed, 4to (1)Please note the estimate of this lot has been revised. 

Los 361

Handel (George Frederic). Messiah. An Oratorio in Score as it was Originally Perform'd. Composed by Mr. Handel, to which are Added his Additional Alterations, Randall & Abell, successors to the late Mr. J. Walsh, circa 1767, engraved portrait frontispiece by J. Houbraken, engraved title, list of subscribers, index, 188 pages engraved throughout, plus 35 Appendix pages, stitching breaking, one or two leaves detaching, occasional light dampstains and soiling, contemporary calf-backed boards, uppe cover detached, lacking spine, rubbed, folio ESTC T189237. (1)

Los 497

Bowers (Fredson, editor). The Complete Works of Christopher Marlowe, volumes 1 & 2, 1st edition, C.U.P., 1973, inscriptions to rear pastedowns, original blue cloth in price clipped dust jackets, spines slightly faded and rubbed to head and foot, 8vo, together with Toynbee (Paget & Whibley, Leonard, editor), Correspondence of Thomas Gray, volumes 1-3, reprint edition, 1971, all original blue cloth in price clipped dust jackets, covers slightly rubbed to head and foot, 8vo, and Williams (Harold, editor), Journal to Stella by Jonathan Swift, volumes 1 & 2, O.U.P., 1948, some minor toning, original blue cloth, some light marks, 8vo, plus other scholarly literary reference including The Letters of Sir William Jones, 2 volumes, 1970, The Letters of Marsilio Ficino, 5 volumes, 1979-1994, The Wynne Diaries, 3 volumes, 1935-40, all original cloth, many in dust jackets, G/VG, 8vo (3 shelves)

Los 122

Hoffmann (Georg Franz ). Descriptio et Adumbratio Plantarum e Classe Cryptogamica Linnaei quae Lichenes Dicuntur, volume I only (of 3), Leipzig, 1790, title with engraved vignette, 31 engraved plates, including 30 hand-coloured, scattered light spotting, contemporary cloth-backed boards, some edge wear and tears to spine, folio Nissen 895; Pritzel 4131. The full work was published in three volumes from 1790-1801, with 72 plates. (1)

Los 126

Jackson (Sir Frederick John and W.L. Sclater). The Birds of Kenya Colony and the Uganda Protectorate, 3 volumes, Gurney and Jackson, 1938, 24 colour plates, folding map, scattered light spotting, a few fore edges slightly frayed, top edges gilt, original black buckram, one or two small indentations and some fading at extremities, dust jackets, toned with some losses to spines and edges, 4to (3)

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Heylyn (Peter). Cosmographie in Four Books Containing the Chorographie and Historie of the Whole World, and all the Principal Kingdoms, Provinces, Seas, and Isles thereof, printed for Anne Seile, 1669, 4 parts in one volume, additional engraved title page by John Fillian (the 3rd edition issue), some light soiling with upper outer corner replaced, printed title in red and black, separate printed title to each part, 4 folding engraved maps of Europe, Asia, Africa and America, by Robert Vaughan (except Asia by John Goddard), one or two short closed tears to folds, but generally in good condition, imprimatur leaf facing engraved title page, old oval library stamp of Blackburn Free Public Library to upper outer corner of imprimatur leaf recto, engraved title, printed title and following leaf only, minor marginal soiling to first and last few leaves (contents generally in clean condition), late 19th or early 20th century black half morocco, with library bookplate to front pastedown, rubbed and scuffed to extremities, library inkstamp to head and foot of spine, folio (348 x 230 mm, 13.75 x 9 ins) Tooley, California as an Island, 12. The 5th edition, corrected and enlarged (although the additonal engraved title states 3rd edition, and is dated 1667). (1)

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Hales (Stephen). Some Considerations on the Causes of Earthquakes. Which were read before the Royal Society, April 5, 1750, 2nd edition, corrected, London: R. Manby & H.S. Cox, 1750, half-title present, bound with [Sherlock, Thomas], A Letter from the Lord Bishop of London, to the Clergy and People of London and Westminster; On Occasion of the Late Earthquakes, London: John Whiston, 1750, bound with A Supplement to the Bishop of London's Letter to the Clergy and People of London and Westminster, on Occasion of the late Earthquakes, 4th edition, revised & corrected, London: R. Griffiths, 1750, bound with Greene (John), A Discourse on the Favour of God to the Wicked, The Evil and Danger of abusing His Goodness, and not being reformed by His Judgments and Threatnings. On Occasion of the late Earthquakes, London: J. Buckland, [1752?, in pencil to title], 30pp., some page numbers cropped at head, occasional dampstaining, (no location found for this title), bound with Fleming (Robert), A Discourse on Earthquakes, as Supernatural and Premonitory Signs to a Nation, Especially as to what occurred in the Year 1692..., London: G. Terry, [1793], engraved portrait frontispiece with manuscript ownership inscriptions to verso, occasional spotting, contemporary marbled boards with modern calf reback, board corners & edges worn, 8vo, together with [Sherlock, Thomas], A Letter from the Lord Bishop of London, to the Clergy and People of London and Westminster; on Occasion of the Late Earthquakes, London: John Whiston, 1750, half-title present, some toning, disbound 4to, plus A Letter to the Lord Bishop of London, on Occasion of His Lordship's late Letter to the Clergy and People of the Cities of London and Westminster, by a citizen of London, London: J. Robinson, 1750, light dust-soiling and few marks, edges untrimmed, modern boards, slim 8vo The pamphlets were in response to the earthquake that shook London on the 8th March 1750, which inspired considerable religious condemnation of London's citizens and their morals, and the republication of Flamsteed's A Letter concerning Earthquakes of 1693. (3)

Los 541

Reilly (Robin). Wedgewood, volumes 1 & 2, Stockton Press, 1989, numerous colour and black and white illustrations, ex library copy with associated marks and stamps, uniform original blue cloth in slipcase, 8vo, together with James (Philip), Early Keyboard Instruments from their beginnings to the year 1820, 1st edition, 1930, 67 black and white illustrations including frontispiece, some light toning, ex library copy with associated marks and stamps, original brown cloth spine to embossed cream boards, rubbed with minor loss to head and foot, 4to, and other late 19th century and modern art, antique and architecture reference, many original cloth in dust jackets, some paperback editions and leaflets, G/VG, 8vo/folio (5 shelves)

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Playfair (John). Illustrations of the Huttonian Theory of the Earth, 1st edition, Edinburgh and London, 1802, a little light spotting, modern speckled calf, spine with red label and gilt decorations, slipcase, 8vo Grolier/Horblit 52b; Norman 1717. Landmark book in the development of the science of geology. "Playfair, a professor of mathematics at the University of Edinburgh and a friend of James Hutton, revised Hutton's Theory of the Earth to present his case more precisely, with additional evidence and without Hutton's religious ideas. Although Playfair's primary works were in mathematics and physics, he added substantially to the sum of geological knowledge of his time." (Norman). (1)

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Livingstone (David). The Last Journals of David Livingstone, in Central Africa, from 1865 to his death. Continued by a Narrative of his last Moments and Sufferings, obtained from his Faithful Servants Chuma and Susi, by Horace Waller, 2 volumes, 1874, wood engraved frontispiece to each volume (including portrait to vol. 1), wood engraved plates and illustrations, two folding lithograph maps, occasional spotting, contemporary half calf, green morocco title labels to spines, extremities rubbed, 8vo, together with Oliphant (Laurence), The Russian Shores of the Black Sea in the Autumn of 1852, with a Voyage Down the Volga, and a Tour through the Country of the Don Cossacks, 2nd edition, revised & enlarged, Edinburgh & London: William Blackwood & Sons, 1853, tinted lithograph frontispiece, wood engraved illustrations, folding lithograph map at rear, oval ink library stamp to title, some light browning to margins, modern buckram, 8vo (3)

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Pair of Art Deco design leaded, coloured glass triangular section light shades.

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Tray of assorted single and double glass and brass oil burners with brass wall brackets together with an Edwardian stained glass lantern light fitting.

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Vintage mahogany 'East-Light The Belfry' cabinet. Patent number: 339285.

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A Stamped Border regiment light machine gun pamphlet, Border Regiment history booklet and Carlisle Castle booklet

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3 Art Deco glass light shades & 5 items of glass ware

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Second World War Air Ministry marked landing light and military headphones

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Collectables, to include: a cloisonne circular pot and cover; a circular bowl; a mid 20th Century ceiling light fitting; commemorative glass plates; beer mats; etc.

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An Indispenssion 553 light trailer, c.1981, first registered 2nd March, 1989.

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A set of six silver teaspoons with light blue enamel finials, in fitted case.

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A 19th Century plate-on-copper hanging sanctuary light, of spirally fluted embossed form, with shell and scroll border suspended from three chains, 68.5cms (27in.).

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A 'Modern Century Furniture' glazed mirror back display cabinet, in light stained wood, the flared cornice above two glazed panelled doors and two false cupboard doors, the base fitted four shaped doors on plinth base.

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