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Dominic Winter Auctions
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Sandwith (Humphry). A Narrative of the Seige of Kars and of the Six Months' Resistance by the Turkish Garrison under General Williams to the Russian Army ..., 1st ed., 1856, wood engraved frontispiece, wood engraved vignette title, two folding maps and plans, light scattered spotting, contemporary half marbled calf, rebacked with original spine relaid, 8vo, together with Lake (Colonel Atwell), Kars and Our Captivity in Russia, 1st edition, Richard Bentley, 1856, half-title, engraved portrait frontispiece, light spotting and fingersoiling, original publisher's blind decorated cloth, rubbed and worn (especially to spine), 8vo, plus other Russia, Crimea, Caucasia and Black Sea related titles (7)

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Ruskin (John). The Seven Lamps of Architecture, 1st edition, Smith, Elder, and Co., 1849, numerous etched plates, top edge gilt, remainder untrimmed, together with The Stones of Venice, 3 vols., 1st edition, Smith, Elder, and Co., 1851-1853, numerous engraved plates, occasional light spotting, top edge gilt, remainder untrimmed, armorial bookplate of Sir David Salomans Bart., Broomhill, Tunbridge Wells to upper pastedown of each volume, original cloth covers bound-in, uniform late 19th/early 20th century blue morocco gilt by Zaehnsdorf, some fading to spines, large 8vo (4)

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XXe siecle. La Matiere et le Temps dans les Arts Plastiques No. 5, 1955; Nouvelles Situations de l'Art Contemporain No. 14, 1960, colour and black and white illustrations, six original colour lithographs by Marc Chagall, Alechinsky, Fiedler, Tobey, Marini & Singier, original wrappers, slight edgewear, 4to, together with Arts et Metiers Graphiques, Nos. 27-32, Paris, 1932, numerous illustrations, light marginal toning, original wrappers bound-in contemporary half vellum, a little discoloured, 4to, plus Cahiers D'Art 1940-1944 and 1945-1946 (5)

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Los 515

Madan (Falconer). Oxford Books. A Bibliography of Printed Works Relating to the University and City of Oxford or Printed or Published there, 3 vols., OUP, 1895-1931, illustrations, original cloth, volume I with a few damp spots to covers, 8vo, together with Notes on a Century of Typography at the University Press Oxford 1693-1794, by Horace Hart, facsimile edition, ed. Harry Carter, OUP, 1970, portrait frontispiece, illustrations, original cloth gilt, one or two light stains, d.j., closed tear at head of spine, 4to, plus The Cambridge University Press 1696-1712. A Bibliographical Study, by D.F. McKenzie, 2 vols., CUP, 1966, original cloth, price-clipped d.j.s, spines faded, royal 8vo, with other Oxford and Cambridge University related bibliography etc (36)

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McKerrow (Ronald B.). Printer's and Publishers' Devices in England & Scotland 1485-1640, Bibliographical Society, 1949, black and white illustrations, original cloth-backed boards, a few small stains, 4to, together with Records of the Court of the Stationers' Company 1602 to 1640, ed. William Jackson, Bibliographical Society, 1957, light spotting and toning to endpapers, original cloth-backed boards, some toning and light spots, 4to, plus Facsimiles and Illustrations No. IV. A Catalogue of Engraved and Etched English Title-Pages, Down to the Death of William Fairthorne, 1691, Compiled by Alfred Forbes Johnson, OUP for the Bibliographical Society, 1934 (for 1933), numerous illustrations, a few spots, Graham Pollard library label, original cloth-backed boards, spine toned, a few marks, 4to, with other Bibliographical Society publications (36)

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Sabin (Joseph). A Dictionary of Books Relating to America, from its Discovery to the Present Time, 2 vols., Mini-Print Corp., New York, [1967], original cloth, slight fading to spine, oblong 4to, together with National Index of American Imprints through 1800. The Short-Title Evans, by Clifford Shipton & James Mooney, 2 vols., American Antiquarian Society, 1969, original red cloth, 4to, plus Benjamin Franklin's Philadelphia Printing 1728-1766. A Descriptive Bibliography, by C. William Miller, American Philosophical Society, 1974, numerous illustrations, original cloth (one or two light stains), d.j., spine a little toned, 4to, with other American printing reference including Elizabeth Carroll Reilly's A Dictionary of Colonial American Printers' Ornaments and Illustrations, 1975 and Jacob Blanck's Bibliography of American Literature, 8 vols. only (of 9), 1967-83 (50)

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Speke (John Hanning). Journal of the Discovery of the Source of the Nile, 1st ed., 1863, portrait frontispiece, folding map (contained in rear pocket, folds reinforced to verso), single page map, wood-engraved illustrations, title with light offsetting from portrait, a few spots, bookplate, endpapers renewed with original spine laid down at front, modern half calf over original boards, 8vo Speke's account of the expedition, undertaken to prove his claim that the Nile issued from Lake Victoria Nyanza, for which he was awarded a gold medal from the Royal Geographic Society. (1)

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Stark (Freya). Baghdad Sketches, Illustrations by E.N. Prescott, Baghdad, 1932, monochrome illustrations (one loose), original cloth with paper labels to spine and upper cover, rubbed and some marks and soiling, spine label chipped, 8vo, together with Seen in the Hadhramaut, 1st edition, 1938, numerous monochrome illustrations after photographs, original cloth, some light spotting to spine, large 8vo, plus The Southern Gates of Arabia, 2nd impression, May 1936, Baghdad Sketches, 1st edition, 1937 & A Winter in Arabia, 1st edition, 1940, monochrome illustrations after photographs to each, all original green cloth gilt, a little rubbed, and final volume with slight fraying to head of rear joint, 8vo, and others by or about Freya Stark, including Letters from Syria, 1st edition, 1942, East is West, 1st edition, 1945, Traveller's Prelude, 1st edition, 1950, Beyond Euphrates, 1st edition, 1951, The Coast of Incence, 1st edition, 1953, Dust in the Lion's Paw, 1st edition, 1961, The Lycian Shore, 1st edition, 1956, Ionia, A Quest, 1st edition, 1954, all original cloth in dust jackets, one or two volumes with jackets frayed and slightly chipped to extremities, plus others similar, mostly 8vo (but also including Space, Time & Movement in Landscape, 1969, limited signed edition 134/500, oblong folio) (28)

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Switzerland. Views of Switzerland, c. 1850, 54 colour lithographs, including six double-page, by S. Morel, Geneva, printed by Lemercier, Paris, scattered light spotting, all edges gilt, contemporary burgundy morocco gilt, upper cover detached, edges rubbed, oblong 8vo (1)

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Bosschere (Jean de, illustrator). Christmas Tales of Flanders, 1st English edition, William Heinemann, 1917, twelve colour plates, with captioned tissue guards, numerous duotone and monochrome illustrations, some full-page, occasional light spotting, pictorial endpapers, original decorated yellow cloth, spine lightly faded, in dust jacket, with darkened spine and slight fraying to extremities, 4to, together with Dulac (Edmund), Edmund Dulac's Picture-Book for the French Red Cross, [1915], twenty tipped-in plates (including portrait of Dulac), free endpapers lightly toned, original decorative cloth, 4to, plus Rackham (Arthur, illustrator), A Midsummer Night's Dream, by William Shakespeare, 1st edition, Heinemann, 1908, forty tipped-in colour plates, with captioned tissue guards, b & w illustrations, some full-page, some light toning and foxing to text, front free endpaper torn out, original gilt decorated tan cloth, slightly shaken, spine darkened and covers somewhat soiled, 4to (3)

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Grahame (Kenneth). The Wind in the Willows, 2nd edition, Methuen, 1908, frontispiece by Graham Robertson, some light spotting and stains, contemporary ownership signature at head of half-title, free endpapers partially toned, top edges gilt, remainder untrimmed, original green-blue cloth gilt, extremities lightly rubbed, gilt on spine a little dulled, upper corner on rear cover bumped, 8vo (1)

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Grahame (Kenneth). Dream Days, John Lane, 1930, illustrations by E.H. Shepard, light spots to endpapers, top edge gilt, original vellum-backed boards, slipcase, 8vo Limited edition, 209/275 signed by author and illustrator. (1)

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Hardy (Thomas). The Return of the Native, 3 vols., 1st edition, London: Smith, Elder, & Co., 1878, half-titles, lithograph frontispiece 'Sketch Map of the Scene of the Story by Stanfords after Hardy', occasional very light spotting and minor marginal browning, half-title of Vol. III inscribed by the author, bookplate of Clement K. Shorter and gilt blocked leather bookplate of W.A. Foyle, Beeleigh Abbey, top edge gilt, early 20th century crimson crushed morocco gilt by Sangorski & Sutcliffe, with triple gilt fillet borders, gilt board edges and roll-tooled gilt turn-ins, gilt decorated spines in 6 compartments with raised bands, 8vo Provenance: Clement King Shorter (1857-1926, with presentation inscription on half-title of volume 1 dated July 1903 and bookplate on flyleaf of volume I). Sotheby's sale, commencing 2 April 1928 (lot 199, to); Bernard Quaritch. Christie's sale, The Library of William Foyle, Part III, commencing Wednesday 12 July 2000, lot 682. Presentation copy, inscribed 'To Clement Shorter. Yours sincerely Thomas Hardy. July 2 - 1903.' Hardy gave the original manuscript of The Return of the Native 'to Clement Shorter in 1908 in return for his having had a number of Hardy's MSS. bound' (Purdy p.27). Following Shorter's death in 1926, this manuscript 'was bequeathed to the "Royal University of Dublin" and is now in the Library of University College Dublin' (loc. cit.). In addition to this manuscript, Purdy records 2 books inscribed to Shorter by Hardy: The Well-Beloved and Selected Poems (pages 96 & 187 respectively). Book inscribed by Hardy are rare. Purdy pp.24-27; Sadleir 1113. (3)

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Hardy (Thomas). Tess of the d'Urbervilles, A Pure Woman, 3 vols., 1st edition, 1st & 2nd impressions, London: James R. Osgood, McIlvaine & Co., 1891-1892, occasional light finger soiling to margins of few leaves, contents slightly shaken, original gilt blocked cloth (matched set), marked where label removed from upper board of each, faded and frayed at head & foot of spines and to extremities, 8vo Purdy 67-78; Sadleir 1114. Mixed impressions, volume I 1st impression, 1891 and volumes II & III 2nd impression revised 1892. (3)

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Lawrence (D.H.). England My England, 1st US ed., Thomas Seltzer, New York, 1922, a little light toning, original cloth, slightly rubbed at foot of spine, d.j., spine darkened and chipped at ends, a few nicks and closed tears, 8vo, together with Pansies, 1st ed., 1929, light toning, original cloth-backed patterned boards, d.j., a few chips and tears, 8vo, plus Apocalypse, Orioli, Florence, 1931, portrait frontispiece, a few spots, original red cloth (small split at foot of upper joint), d.j., spine darkened, 8vo, with others including Flann O' Brien's The Third Policeman, 1967, and two books by Jean Rhys: Tigers are Better-Looking with a Selection from the Left Bank, 1968 and Good Morning, Midnight, 1967 reprint, both inscribed or with a letter to a Mrs Berry-Hart from the author (9)

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McBryde (James, illust.). The Story of a Troll-Hunt, CUP, 1904, numerous black and white illustrations, some toning to endpapers, original vellum-backed boards, some light soiling and stains, upper cover a little bowed, 4to, together with another copy bound without title and memorial leaves One of around 100 copies printed as a memorial to James McBryde, with a foreword by his close friend M.R. James. "Fantasy fiction about the search for and capture of a troll in Denmark and the bringing of it back to England. The protagonists are W.J. Stone, M.R. James and the author, and the tale was inspired by their actual journeys to Denmark". Locke. A Spectrum of Fantasy p. 145. (2)

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Parker (Agnes Miller, illustrator). Down the River by H.E. Bates, 1st edition, 1937, wood engraved illustrations, page 125/126 with paper flaw and torn without loss to lower outer corner, original blue cloth gilt in bright condition, with dust jacket, rubbed and a little frayed to extremities, with spine darkened, 4to, together with Leighton (Clare), Four Hedges, a gardener's chronicle, 3rd impression, November 1935, wood engraved illustrations, original green cloth gilt in frayed and chipped dust jacket, darkened to spine, 4to, plus Freud (Lucian, illustrator), The Glass Tower by Nicholas Moore, 1st edition, Editions Poetry London, 1944, monochrome illustrations, original cloth-backed pictorial boards, rubbed and some light soiling, a little fraying to extremities, 8vo, and other various illustrated works, similar, including Robert Gibbings, Heather & Robin Tanner, Wiltshire Village, 1939, Iain MacNab, Wood-engraving (The Student's Art Books), reprinted, 1947, Reynolds Stone Engravings, 1977, Colin See-Paynton, Air & Water, a complete collection of the artist's fish and fowl engravings 1984-2004, Medlar Press, 2006, limited edition 291/850, etc. (34)

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Rackham (Arthur, illustrator). Peter Pan in Kensington Gardens, by J.M. Barrie, 1st edition, 1906, fifty tipped-in colour plates, including frontispiece, with captioned tissue guards, preliminary leaves spotted, near contemporary green quarter morocco, spine and returns faded, 4to, together with Where the Blue Begins, by Christopher Morley, 1st edition, [1925], four colour plates, including frontispiece, free endpapers browned, original gilt decorated blue cloth, some light rubbing to extremities, 4to, plus The Vicar of Wakefield, 1st edition, 1929, twelve colour plates, letterpress vignettes, pictorial endpapers, top edges gilt, remainder rough-trimmed (spotted), original gilt decorated dark blue cloth, some light rubbing and marks, spine faded, 4to, plus eight others illustrated by Arthur Rackham (11)

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Robinson (W. Heath, illust.). My Line of Life, 1st edition, 1938, original decorated boards in dust jacket, W. Heath Robinson by A.E. Johnson, 1913, Peacock Pie A Book of Rhymes by Walter De La Mare, 2nd impression, 1920, numerous colour and black and white illustrations, some light toning, all original decorated boards, spines slightly rubbed to head and foot, 4to (3 volumes in total), together with Bates (Leo, illust.), Where the Rainbow Ends by Clifford Mills, circa 1926, 10 tipped-in colour plates, 14 black and white illustrations, some minor spotting, original gilt-decorated red cloth, spine slightly faded and rubbed to head and foot, 4to, plus Robinson (Charles, illust.), The Big Book of Fables by Walter Jerrold, 1st edition, 1912, 28 colour illustrations, numerous black and white illustrations, bookplate to front endpaper, original gilt-decorated red cloth, boards and spines faded, marked and rubbed with minor loss to hinges, 4to, with 24 further volumes of late 19th and early 20th-century illustrated literature, including Sea and Sussex from Rudyard Kipling's Verse, illustrated by Donald Maxwell, limited edition of 500 copies, 1926, signed by the author, original cloth in dust jacket, and Edward Lear, Richard Doyle, Thomas Bewick, all original cloth, 8vo/4to (29)

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Tolkien (J.R.R.). The Fellowship of the Ring, 8th impression, 1959; The Two Towers, 6th impression, 1959; The Return of the King, 4th impression, 1958, folding maps at end of each, few spots, original cloth, d.j.s, spines darkened and chipped at ends, some light spotting to panels, 8vo (3)

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Dickens (Charles). The Posthumous Papers of the Pickwick Club, 1st edition, Chapman and Hall, 1837, half-title, forty-three etched plates, including frontispiece and additional title (with "Weller"), later plates replacing the two suppressed Buss plates, some light toning and one or two minor edge-tears, endpapers renewed, original blind-stamped brown cloth, rebacked preserving original spine, edges rubbed and corners showing, 8vo, together with other miscellaneous antiquarian books, mostly leather-bound, including first editions of Nicholas Nickleby and Edwin Drood, and bound volume of verse sheets published by Jennings, Kendrew of York, Croshaw, and others (a small carton)

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The Journal of the Historical and Archaeological Association of Ireland: originally founded as The Kilkenny Archaeological Society in the Year M.DCCC.X.LIX, a complete run, 1868-1965, numerous black and white illustrations, ex-library bookplates to front pastedowns, some light marks, mixed contemporary cloth bindings, some spines slightly faded and rubbed with minor loss, 8vo (84)

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Kennan (George). Siberia and the Exile System, volumes 1 & 2 (complete), 1st edition, 1891, numerous black and white illustrations and maps, ex-libris bookplate and stamps to front pastedowns, front endpapers and titles, some minor toning, contemporary gilt-decorated green cloth, boards and spine slightly rubbed to head and foot, 8vo, together with Agassiz (Louis), Scientific Results of a Journey in Brazil, 1st edition, 1879, numerous black and white illustrations, loss to foot of frontispiece, some light marks, page 619 & 620 facsimile reproductions, modern blue cloth binding, 8vo, with other late 19th and 20th-century travel reference, including Murray's Hand Books, Cook's Traveller's Handbooks, mostly hardback publications, many original cloth in dust jackets, G/VG, 8vo/4to (3 cartons)

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Willis (N.P.). American Scenery; or, Land, Lake, and River Illustrations of Transatlantic Nature, 2 vols. in one, c. 1840, two additional engraved titles, engraved map, 117 steel-engraved plates after W.H. Bartlett, scattered light spotting, all edges gilt, contemporary diced calf, spine with red label and gilt decoration, a little rubbed, 4to (1)

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Leigh (Charles). The Natural History of Lancashire, Cheshire, on the Peak, in Derbyshire: with an account of the British, Phoenician, Armenian, Gr. and Rom. antiquities in those parts, 1700, 24 black and white engraved plates including portrait frontispiece, plus 1 hand-coloured folding map, hinges reinforced with tape, some light spotting, contemporary calf boards rebound with later brown morocco spine, rubbed with some loss, folio, together with Livingstone (David), Explorations Dans L'interieur De L'Afrique Australe et Voyages a travers le Continent... , 1859, numerous black and white illustrations, some light spotting, contemporary gilt-decorated brown half morocco, 8vo, and other 19th and early 20th-century leather-bound reference, including Henri Matisse, condition is generally good/very good, 8vo/folio (a carton)

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Lodge (Edmund). Portraits of Illustrious Personages of Great Britain... , volumes 1-12 bound in 6, circa 1860s, numerous black and white illustrations, some light marks and spotting, contemporary uniform green half morocco, boards and spine rubbed with minor loss, 8vo, together with Jordan (William), National Portrait Gallery of illustrious and eminent personages of the nineteenth century... , volumes 1-5, 1830, numerous black and white engraved illustrations, some spotting, uniform contemporary gilt-decorated red half morocco, boards and spines rubbed with minor loss, 8vo, plus Barratt (Thomas J.), The Annals of Hampstead, volumes 1-3 (complete), Lionel Leventhal Limited, 1972, numerous black and white illustrations, original green cloth in slipcase, large 4to, plus other print and art reference and related, some leather bindings, mostly original cloth, some in dust jackets, G/VG, 8vo/4to (3 cartons)

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Sophocles. Sophoclis Tragoediae VII, Heidelberg, 1597, title with woodcut vignette, text in Greek and Latin, light waterstain and spotting, previous owner inscriptions, contemporary vellum, some soiling, 8vo, together with The Whole Genuine Works of Flavius Josephus... Translated from the Original Greek... by William Whiston, 4 vols., 1822, engraved portrait, two folding plans, some offsetting and toning, previous owner signatures and bookplates, contemporary calf, spines with red labels, a little rubbed, plus others, mainly albumen prints of Constantinople and pre-1928 Turkish newspapers (i.e. before the Turkish script was Romanised) (carton)

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Whitaker (Thomas Dunham). History of Richmondshire, in the North Riding of the County of York; Together with those Parts of the Everwicschire of Domesday which form the Wapentakes of Lonsdale, Ewecross, and Amunderness, in the Counties of York, Lancaster and Westmoreland, 2 vols., 1st ed., 1823, engraved portrait frontispiece to volume I, 44 engraved plates, folding pedigrees and illustrations, scattered spotting, contemporary half calf, covers gilt-stamped with the Society of Writers to the Signet arms, upper boards detached, lower joints split, rubbed & some wear, folio, together with Masters (Robert), The History of the College of Corpus Christi and the B. Virgin Mary (Commonly called Bene't) in the University of Cambridge, from its Foundation to the Present Time, Cambridge: Printed for the Author by J. Bentham, 1753, seven engraved plates including folding frontispiece, engraved armorial illustrations to text, list of the names, times of admission and degrees of all the masters and fellows of Corpus Christi bound-in at rear under separate pagination, occasional light offsetting, uncut, original paper wrappers, a little rubbed, spine lacking, 4to, plus other British topography and related, including A New Display of the Beauties of England, 2 vols., new edition, 1787, numerous engraved plates, some leaves and plates loose or sprung, contemporary calf, boards detached, 8vo, and Atlas to the Topographical Dictionaries of England and Wales, published S. Lewis, 1848, numerous hand-coloured engraved maps (some folding), original cloth, markes and some wear, slim 4to (a carton)

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Whistler (Rex, illust.). The Last of Uptake, or The Estranged Sisters, Batsford, 1942, limited edition of 100 copies, signed to the limitation page by the author and artist, numerous colour and black and white illustrations, original green quarter morocco in slipcase, spine slightly faded, 8vo, together with Sitwell (Sacheverell), Doctor Donne & Gargantua, The First Six Cantos, 1930, limited edition 88/215, signed by the author to limitation page, frontispiece by Rex Whistler, some light marks, original decorated boards, blue cloth spine, slightly faded, 8vo, plus Lee (Brian North), The Bookplate Designs of Rex Whistler, Bookplate Society, 1973, 41 black and white illustrations plus tipped-in frontispiece, original cloth in dust jacket and slipcase, 8vo, and other Rex & Laurence Whistler illustrated literature and reference including Georgian Love Songs, 1949, Restoration Love Songs, 1950, both edited by John Hadfield, The Cupid Press, Mildred by Edith Oliver, 1926, limited edition 10/112, High House Press, mostly hardback publications, many original cloth in dust jackets, G/VG, 8vo/4to (3 shelves)

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Meteyard (Eliza). The Life of Josiah Wedgwood, from his private correspondence and family papers... , volumes 1 & 2 (complete), 1980, limited edition of 1000, numerous black and white illustrations, original gilt-decorated blue cloth in slipcase, slipcase rubbed to head with minor loss, 8vo, together with Frankau (Julia), John Raphael Smith, His Life and Works, 1902, 30 black and white photogravures with tissue-guards, some light spotting, original gilt-decorated cream cloth, boards and spine toned and slightly marked, 8vo, plus Opp‚ (A.P.), Thomas Rowlandson, his drawings and water-colours, The Studio, 1923, numerous colour and black and white illustrations, original gilt-decorated quarter vellum, some minor marks to boards and spine, 4to, plus other modern art reference, mostly hardback publications, many original cloth in dust jackets, G/VG, 8vo/folio (6 shelves)

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Rudge (Thomas). The History and Antiquities of Gloucester, from the earliest period to the present time... , 1st edition, 1811, black and white illustrations including folding map frontispiece, later inscriptions to front endpaper and title-page, frontispiece map repaired to rear with tape, some light spotting, contemporary half calf, boards and spine rubbed with minor loss, 8vo, together with Gray (Thomas), Poems and Letters, 1863, black and white photographic illustrations, some light spotting throughout, contemporary gilt-decorated calf, all edges gilt, front board detached, boards and spine rubbed to head and foot, 4to, and other 18th and 19th-century miscellaneous antiquarian literature and reference including ecclesiastical, mostly leather bindings, some odd volumes and incomplete sets, condition is generally good, 8vo/4to (6 shelves)

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Allingham (Helen, illust. & Dick, Stewart). The Cottage Homes of England, 1909, 64 colour plates with tissue-guards including frontispiece, some light toning, original gilt-decorated green cloth, boards slightly marked, spine slightly faded, large 4to, together with Austin (Sarah), The Story Without An End, 1912, 8 tipped-in colour illustrations with tissue-guards by Frank C. Pap‚, some minor marks, original gilt-decorated blue cloth, boards and spine faded and rubbed to head and foot, 4to, and other illustrated literature and literary biography, including Cecil Beaton, John Betjeman, Beverly Nicholls, H. Rider Haggard, Walter De La Mare, all original cloth, some in dust jackets, G/VG, 8vo/4to (3 shelves)

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Macken (Arthur). The Memoirs of Giacomo Casanova Di Seingalt, volumes 1-12 (complete), The Casanova Socy., 1922, black and white frontispiece, some light spotting, publisher's uniform quarter vellum with blue boards, boards and spines marked and rubbed, 8vo, together with other modern and illustrated children's literature, including Michael Ridpath (signed by the author), Lewis Carroll, T.S. Eliot, John Betjeman, publications by Folio Society, mostly original cloth in dust jackets, G/VG, 8vo/4to (6 shelves)

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Bacon (Thomas). The Oriental Annual; containing a series of Tales, Legends & Historical Romances, 1840, 18 black and white engraved plates by W. & E. Finden, some light spotting, original gilt-decorated green morocco, a.e.g., spine slightly toned and rubbed to head and foot, 8vo, together with Roscoe (Thomas), The Tourist in Italy (The Landscape Annual, 1837), numerous black and white illustrations, bookplates to front pastedowns, some light spotting, original gilt-decorated green morocco, all edges gilt, boards and spines rubbed to head and foot, 8vo (2 volumes in total), plus L'estrange (Roger), Seneca's Morals By Way of Abstract, To which is added, A Discourse under the Title of 'An After-Thought', 13th edition, 1729, inscription dated 1787 to front endpaper, black and white engraved frontispiece, some light spotting, contemporary full calf binding, hinges cracked, boards and spine rubbed to head and foot, 8vo, plus other 19th and 20th-century literature and reference, some leather bindings, some odd volumes, G/VG, 8vo/folio (6 shelves)

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Tyas (Robert). Favourite Field Flowers; or, Wild Flowers of England... , 1848, 12 hand-coloured plates including frontispiece with tissue-guard, contemporary inscription to front endpaper, some slight spotting, contemporary gilt-decorated green cloth, all edges gilt, boards and spine slightly faded and rubbed to head and foot, 8vo, together with Mudie (R.), Summer; or, the courses, appearances, and effects of the grand nuptials of nature, in all its departments, 1st edition, circa 1860, black and white illustrations including frontispiece, prize bookplate to front pastedown, some light marks, original gilt-decorated red cloth, spine lightly rubbed to head and foot, 8vo, and Youatt (William), The Dog, 1845, black and white illustrations, bookplate to front pastedown, some minor toning, contemporary decorated brown cloth, spine slightly rubbed to head and foot, 8vo, plus other 19th and 20th-century natural history reference including Naturalist's Library, 4 volumes, circa 1830s, mostly original cloth, some decorative bindings, condition is generally good/very good, 8vo/4to (3 shelves)

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Walker (John). A Key to the Classical Pronunciation of Greek, Latin, and Scripture Proper Names... , 3rd edition, 1807, black and white portrait frontispiece, bookplate to front pastedown, ex-library stamp to front endpaper and title, some light spotting, some marginal pencil annotations, contemporary boards, spine and boards toned with some minor loss, 8vo, together with The Book of the Horace Club 1898-1901, 1st edition, 1901, 500 copies printed, some minor spotting, original gilt-decorated vellum, boards and spine slightly toned, 8vo, plus Donaldson (John William), The Theatre of the Greeks, a series of papers relating to the history and criticism of the Greek Drama, 6th edition, 1849, black and white frontispiece, contemporary inscription to front endpaper, some light spotting, contemporary decorative brown cloth, boards and spine slightly rubbed with minor loss, 8vo, plus other 19th and 20th-century scholarly Classical works and reference, including The Oxford Dictionary of Byzantium, volumes 1-3, 1991, A Patristic Greek Lexicon, edited by G.W.H. Lampe, 11th impression, 1994, and publications by Oxford, Cambridge, Cornell University Press, some leather bindings, many original, some in dust jackets, G/VG, 8vo/4to (6 shelves)

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Noyce (Wilfred). The Springs of Adventure, 1st edition, 1958, 21 black and white illustrations, original blue cloth in dust jacket, covers slightly rubbed to head, spine slightly faded, 8vo, together with Tilman (H.W.), Snow on the Equator, The Travel Book Club, 1940, 18 black and white illustrations plus 4 maps, some light spotting, original green cloth in dust jacket, spine slightly faded and rubbed to head and foot, 8vo, plus Shirahata (Shiro), Les Alpes, 1979, numerous full-page colour illustrations, original black boards in slipcase, folio, plus other modern mountaineering reference, including Africa, Australia & New Zealand, Europe, mostly hardback publications, many original cloth in dust jackets, G/VG, 8vo/folio (6 shelves & a carton)

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Gotch (J. Alfred). The English Home from Charles I to George IV. Its architecture, decoration and garden design, circa 1920, numerous black and white illustrations, some light spotting and marks, original gilt-decorated blue cloth, boards and spine slightly rubbed to head and foot, 8vo, together with Richard (A.E. & Eberlein, H. Donaldson), The English Inn Past and Present, a review of its history and social life, 1st edition, 1925, numerous black and white illustrations plus colour frontispiece, some minor toning, original gilt-decorated red cloth, spine slightly rubbed to head and foot, 8vo, and Fulleylove (John, [illust.] & Masson, Rosaline), Edinburgh, 22 colour illustrations with tissue-guards, some light spotting, original gilt-decorated blue cloth, boards and spine lightly rubbed, 8vo, plus other early 20th-century illustrated British topographical reference and related, including Highways & Byways series, 23 volumes, circa 1920s, and publications by Batsford, A. & C. Black, all original cloth, G/VG, 8vo/4to (3 shelves)

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Baines (Thomas). Liverpool in 1859. Port & Town of Liverpool, and the Harbour, Docks, and Commerce of the Mersey in 1859, 1st ed., 1859, folding plan, advertisements at end, some light toning and spotting, original blindstamped cloth, spine faded, 8vo, together with A Century of Birmingham Life: Or, a Chronicle of Local Events, from 1741 to 1841, Compiled and Edited by John Alfred Langford, 2 vols., 2nd ed., 1870-71, folding plan, folding panorama, tinted lithographed plates, some toning and waterstains, contemporary half calf, spines faded, edges rubbed, large 8vo, with other Birmingham related including J.A. Langford's Modern Birmingham and its Institutions: A Chronicle of Local Events, from 1841 to 1871, 2 vols., c. 1872 and Conrad Gill & Asa Briggs's History of Birmingham, 2 vols., OUP, 1952 (11)

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Goldsmith (Oliver). A History of the Earth and Animated Nature, volumes 1-4 (complete), circa 1820, numerous hand-coloured plates with black and white portrait frontispiece in volume 1, period inscriptions to front endpapers, some light spotting and offsetting, uniform contemporary purple cloth, boards and spines faded and rubbed with minor loss to head and foot, 8vo, together with Bond (A.L., [illustrator]), Three Gems in Our Setting, 1st edition, 1860, 18 coloured and gilt-decorated pages, contemporary inscription opposite title, some light spotting, original gilt-decorated and illustrated purple cloth, boards and spine faded and rubbed with minor loss to head and foot, 4to, plus Newman (Edward), The Letters of Rusticus on the Natural History of Goldalming... , 1st edition, 1849, black and white illustrations, bookplate to front pastedown, contemporary inscription to front endpaper, some light spotting, original red cloth, boards and spine slightly rubbed to head and foot, 8vo, plus other 19th and early 20th-century literature and miscellaneous reference, some leather bindings, mostly original cloth, some decorative, condition is generally good/very good, 8vo/4to (3 shelves)

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Ibsen (Henrik). Brand, A Dramatic Poem, Cameo Series, 1944, limited edition 24/30, black and white frontispiece with tissue-guard, bookplate to front pastedown, contemporary inscription to front endpaper, some minor toning, original gilt-decorated vellum, boards and spine slightly marked, 8vo, together with Bradbury (Edward), Pictures of the Peak, 1st edition, 1891, 42 black and white illustrations including frontispiece, bookplate to front pastedown, some light spotting, contemporary half calf, boards slightly rubbed, 8vo, plus Mitford (Mary Russell), Our Village: Sketches of Rural Character and Scenery, volumes 1-3 (complete), new edition, 1835, black and white illustrations, some light spotting, uniform contemporary gilt-decorated green quarter morocco, boards slightly faded, 8vo, plus other 19th & early 20th-century literature and reference, many leather bindings, some decorative cloth, condition is generally good/very good, 8vo (3 shelves)

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Griggs (Robert F.). The Valley of Ten Thousand Smokes, 1st edition, The National Geographic Society, 1922, 233 black and white illustrations including folding frontispiece plus 9 maps, some light marks, original gilt-decorated blue cloth, minor marks to boards, spine slightly faded and rubbed to head and foot, 8vo, together with Hazard (Joseph T.), Snow Sentinels of the Pacific Northwest, 1st edition, 1932, 32 black and white illustrations, original decorated cloth, spine slightly faded, 8vo, plus Kephart (Horace), Our Southern Highlanders... , new edition, 1922, 34 black and white illustrations, slight toning, original red cloth, boards and spine slightly marked and rubbed with minor loss, 8vo, plus other modern North American mountaineering reference and related, many original cloth in dust jackets, G/VG, 8vo/folio (3 shelves)

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Hayes (John). The Landscape Paintings of Thomas Gainsborough, a Critical Text and Catalogue Raisonn‚, volumes 1 & 2, 1st edition, 1982, numerous colour and black and white illustrations, original green cloth in dust jackets and slipcase, large 4to, together with Foskett (Daphne), Miniatures Dictionary and Guide, 1st edition, Antique Collectors' Club, 1987, numerous colour and black and white illustrations, original blue cloth in dust jacket, large 4to, plus Siltzer (Frank), The Story of British Sporting Prints, circa 1925, 20 colour and black and white illustrations including frontispiece, some light spotting, original gilt-decorated red cloth, boards and spine slightly rubbed, 8vo, plus other modern art reference and related, mostly hardback publications, many original cloth in dust jackets, G/VG, 8vo/folio (3 shelves)

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Charton (M. Edouard). Le Tour Du Monde, Nouveau Journal Des Voyages... , volumes 1-3, 1869-71, numerous black and white illustrations, bookplates to front pastedowns, some light spotting, modern uniform gilt-decorated quarter calf, spines slightly rubbed to head and foot, large 8vo, together with Echard (Laurence), A General Ecclesiastical History, from the Nativity of our Blessed Saviour... , volumes 1 & 2, 2nd edition, 1710, 2 black and white engraved frontispieces, contemporary inscription to front endpaper, worming to foot of front endpapers through to 'A2' of volume 2, some light spotting, contemporary uniform full calf binding, loss to spines, boards rubbed, 8vo, and other 18th and 19th-century miscellaneous antiquarian, many leather bindings, some odd volumes, condition is generally good/very good, 8vo/4to (6 shelves)

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Jefferies (Richard). Hodge and His Masters, volumes 1 & 2 (complete), 1st edition, 1880, some light spotting, original gilt-decorated brown cloth, boards and spine slightly rubbed to head and foot, 8vo, together with Dickens (Charles), The Posthumous Papers of the Pickwick Club, 1837, 43 black and white illustrations by Phiz, frontispiece partially detached, some spotting throughout, contemporary black cloth, spine split and rubbed to head and foot, 8vo, and other 19th and 20th-century literature and reference including The Studio, volumes 9, 23, 29, 35, 54, Edgar Wallace, Max Beerbohm, Kenneth Grahame, all original cloth, some in dust jackets, G/VG, 8vo & 4to (6 shelves)

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Eliot (George). The Mill on the Floss, volumes 1-3 (complete), 1st edition, 1860, volume 1 front endpapers through to page 'A' partially detached, some light spotting and marks, contemporary gilt-decorated brown cloth, boards slightly marked, spines rubbed to head and foot, 8vo, together with Thomson (Hugh, illustrator), The Vicar of Wakefield, by Oliver Goldsmith, 1890, Day with Sir Roger De Coverley, 1892, The Ballad of Beau Broccade and other Poems of the XVIIIth Century by Austin Dobson, 1892, Our Village, by Mary Russell Mitford, 1893, Coridon's Song and other Verses from various sources, by Austin Dobson, 1894, The Story of Rosina and other Verses, by Austin Dobson, 1895, numerous black and white illustrations, some light spotting, all original gilt-decorated cloth, spines slightly rubbed to head and foot, 8vo (6 volumes in total), and other 19th and early 20th-century illustrated literature, including Irving Washington, Randolph Caldecott, George Du Maurier, Elizabeth Gaskell, all original cloth, many decorative, condition is generally good/very good, 8vo/4to (6 shelves)

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Twain (Mark). Life on the Mississippi, 1st UK edition, 1883, over 300 black and white illustrations including frontispiece with tissue-guard, some minor spotting, internal hinges split, original gilt-decorated red cloth, spine slightly faded and rubbed to head and foot, 8vo, together with Owen (Mary Alicia), Old Rabbit The Voodoo and Other Sorcerers, 1st UK edition, 1893, 57 black and white illustrations by Juliette A. Owen & Louis Wain, prize bookplate to front pastedown, some light spotting, original decorated covers, spine slightly faded and rubbed to head and foot, 8vo, and Crane (Walter, illustrator), The Necklace of Princess Florimonde and Other Stories, by Mary De Morgan, 1st edition, 1880, 25 black and white illustrations including frontispiece with tissue-guard, original gilt-decorated blue cloth, boards and spine slightly marked and rubbed to head and foot, 4to, plus other 19th and early 20th-century decorated cloth illustrated literature and reference, including White-Ear and Peter, The Story of a Fox and a Fox-Terrier by Neils Heiberg, illustrated by Cecil Aldin, 1912, The Life of George Cruikshank in Two Epochs by Blanchard Jerrold, 1882, The Child World by Gabriel Setoun, illustrated by Charles Robinson, 1896, all original cloth, condition is generally good/very good, 8vo/4to (6 shelves)

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Burnaby (Fred). A Ride to Khiva: Travels and Adventures in Central Asia, 2nd edition, 1876, colour map laid to paper, some light spotting, modern spine retaining original gilt-decorated red cloth, boards slightly marked and rubbed, 8vo, and Ruville (Albert von), William Pitt Earl of Chatham, volumes 1-3, 1907, black and white portraits, some light spotting, uniform original gilt-decorated blue cloth, spines slightly rubbed to head and foot, 8vo, and Folio Society, 34 volumes including Malleus Maleficarum The Hammer of Witchcraft, by Jacobus Sprenger and Heinrich Kramer, 1998, Lives of the Most Notorious Pirates, by Charles Johnson, 1963, The Creevey Papers, edited by John Gore, 1970, The Rare Adventures and Painful Peregrinations of William Lithgow, edited by Gilbert Phelps, 1974, all original cloth in slipcases, some spines slightly faded, 8vo, plus other modern historical and literature reference, mostly hardback publications, many in dust jackets, G/VG, 8vo/folio (6 shelves & a carton)

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Los 651

Ayrton (Michael, [illustrator]). Poems of Death, verses chosen by Phoebe Pool, 1st edition, 1955, 17 colour and black and white lithographs, original illustrated boards, spine slightly faded and rubbed to head and foot, 8vo, together with Lear (Edward), Teapots and Quails, And Other New Nonsenses, 1st edition, 1953, numerous black and white illustrations, original illustrated boards, spine slightly rubbed to head and foot, 8vo, plus Thomas (Dylan), Under Milk Wood, A Play for Voices, Quite Early One Morning, both UK 1st editions, 1954, some light toning, original cloth in dust jackets, covers slightly rubbed, 8vo (2 volumes in total), plus other early to mid 20th-century literature and illustrated fiction, including publications by King Penguin, Batsford, Hogarth Press, Cambridge, all original cloth, many in dust jackets, G/VG, 8vo (6 shelves & a carton)

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Wilkins (Charles). The Salisbury Memorial, Gwent in Old Days. The Morgan Family etc... , 1886, numerous monochrome portraits with tissue-guards, some light spotting, original gilt-decorated green cloth, boards and spine slightly rubbed with minor loss to head and foot, 8vo, together with Breese (Edward, editor), Kalendars of Gwynedd; or, Chronological list of Lords-Lieutenant, Custodes Rotulorum, Sheriffs, and Knights of the Shire... , 1873, detached colour illustration of paper document with heraldic seal to front, some light spotting, original gilt-decorated purple cloth, boards and spine slightly faded and rubbed to head and foot, 4to, plus Seebohm (Frederic), The Tribal System in Wales, 1st edition, 1895, 3 colour maps, some minor toning, bookplate to front pastedown, original blue cloth, spine slightly rubbed, 8vo, plus other 19th and early 20th-century Welsh historical and topographical reference, some Welsh language, some leather bindings, mostly original cloth, some odd volumes, condition is generally good/very good, 8vo/4to (3 shelves)

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O'Malley (Therese & Wolschke-Bulmahn, Joachim, editors). John Evelyn's "Elysium Britannicum" and European Gardening, 1st edition, USA, 1998, numerous black and white illustrations, some light spotting to text block, original green cloth in dust jacket, slightly warped, 4to, together with MacDougall (Elisabeth Blair), Fountains, Statues, and Flowers, Studies in Italian Gardens of the Sixteenth and Seventeenth Centuries, USA, 1994, numerous black and white illustrations, slight spotting to the text block, original green cloth in dust jackets, covers lightly rubbed, 4to, and other modern gardening reference, including publications by Batsford, Cambridge, Frances Lincoln, Oxford, all original cloth in dust jackets, G/VG, 8vo/4to (6 shelves)

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McVean (Donald N. & Ratcliffe, Derek A.). Plant Communities of the Scottish Highlands... , 1st edition, H.M.S.O., 1962, contemporary inscription to front pastedown, original green cloth, spine slightly faded, 8vo, together with Solly (V.N.), Gardens for Town and Suburb, 1st edition, 1926, 40 colour and black and white plates including frontispiece, 15 black and white illustrations, original black cloth, spine slightly faded and rubbed, 4to, plus Bunyard (Edward A.), Old Garden Roses, 1st edition, 1936, 33 colour and black and white plates including frontispiece, some light spotting, original gilt-decorated red cloth, spine slightly faded, 4to, plus other early to mid 20th-century gardening, horticultural and miscellaneous reference, all original cloth, G/VG, 8vo/4to (6 shelves)

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Moss (C.E.). The Cambridge British Flora, volumes 2 (text & plates) & 3 (text & plates), 1st editions, 1914-1920, numerous black and white illustrations from drawings by E.W. Hunnybun, volume 2 publisher's original gilt-decorated green quarter morocco, volume 3 uniform contemporary boards with cloth spine, spines slightly faded and rubbed to head and foot, folio (4 volumes in total), together with Mawson (Thomas H.), The Art & Craft of Garden Making, 1st edition, 1900, numerous black and white illustrations, contemporary inscription to front endpaper, some light marks, original gilt-decorated green cloth, boards and spine slightly faded, large 4to, plus Jekyll (Gertrude), Wood And Garden... , 1st edition, 1899, frontispiece detached, plus Home and Garden... , 1st edition, 1900, Lilies for English Gardens, 1st edition, 1901, Children And Gardens, 1st edition, 1908, Old English Household Life, 1st edition, 1925, numerous black and white illustrations, some contemporary inscriptions and spotting, all original gilt-decorated cloth, some spines slightly faded and rubbed, 8vo, (5 volumes in total), plus other late 19th and early 20th-century gardening and horticultural reference including W. Robinson, Robert Thompson, all original cloth, some decorative bindings, condition is generally good/very good, 8vo/folio (3 shelves)

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Jones (Chester H.). Ancient Architecture, Prehistoric, Egyptian, Western Asian, Greek & Roman, numerous black and white illustrations by the author, black and white portrait frontispiece with tissue-guard, some light spotting, original blue cloth, boards and spine slightly marked and rubbed to head and foot, 8vo, together with Toman (Rolf, editor), Baroque, Architecture, Sculpture, Painting, 1st edition, 1998, numerous colour illustrations, original red cloth in dust jacket, spines slightly rubbed, large 4to, and The Pelican History of Art, 39 volumes, circa 1950s-60s, numerous colour and black and white illustrations, all ex-library with associated stamps, all original red cloth, large 8vo, plus other modern art and architecture reference, mostly hardback publications, some in dust jackets, many ex-library with associated markings, G/VG, 8vo/folio (6 shelves & 2 cartons)

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Barr (William, et al, editors). The Hakluyt Society, 3rd series, volumes 1-22, 1999-2010, black and white illustrations, all original blue cloth in dust jackets, tear to spine of volume 19, some spines slightly faded, plus 19 further volumes of The Hakluyt Society, 1949-1998, all original cloth, 12 in dust jackets, some covers rubbed to head and foot, 8vo, together with The Lords Commissioners of the Admiralty, The Nautical Almanac and Astronomical Ephemeris for the Year 1864, 1st edition, 1860, lacks original endpapers, some light spotting, contemporary calf boards retained to modern brown cloth spine, boards rubbed, 8vo, plus Jane (Cecil), The Voyages of Christopher Columbus... , 1st edition, The Argonaut Press, 1930, 5 black and white maps, illustrated title-page, ex-library with associated stamps and marks, original gilt-decorated quarter vellum, boards and spine slightly faded and rubbed, 4to, plus other modern nautical reference and related, some ex library, mostly original cloth, many in dust jackets, G/VG, 8vo/4to (3 shelves)

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Gardner (Thomas). An Historical Account of Dunwich, Antiently a City, now a Borough; Blithburgh, formerly a Town of Note, now a Village; Southwold, once a Village, now a Town-Corporate; With Remarks on some Places contiguous thereto, Principally extracted from several antient Records, Manuscripts &c. which were never before made public, 1st ed., 1754, folding engraved plan (dissected and laid down in six sections on interleaves), two plates of coins (one laid down with loss at foot), scattered light spotting and soiling, contemporary ownership signature of Manthorpe, Southwold to title, armorial bookplate of Charles Devon, contemporary half calf, joints and edges rubbed, 4to (1)

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Rudder (Samuel). A New History of Gloucestershire. Comprising the Topography, Antiquities, Curiosities, Produce, Trade, and Manufactures of that County..., Cirencester: Printed by Samuel Rudder, 1779, folding engraved county map frontispiece by J. Bayley, eight engraved plates (including 4 double-page & one folding), occasional offsetting and light spotting, modern half reversed calf, folio, together with Bigland (Ralph), Historical Monumental and Genealogical Collections Relative to the County of Gloucester....., vol. 1 only (of 2), pub. John Nichols, 1791,engraved armorial to title, 22 engraved plates, illustrations to text, some dampstaining, additional portrait plate loosely inserted, contemporary diced calf, rebacked and lower corners repaired, folio (2)

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Album. An album of botanical watercolours, French Pyrenees, 1870s-1880s, approximately thirty-six watercolours of flowers, fruit, and birds, to rectos only, some depicting single specimens, others with a medley of nature's bounty, most captioned in pencil to lower margin, some dated and with places stated, e.g. Luchon, Pau, Biarritz, Pyrenees, many initialled 'E.B', several blank leaves at rear, some light toning, and one or two minor tears, sheet size 17.5 x 26.5cm (7 x 10.5ins), marbled endpapers, original sheep, a little rubbed and stained, 1.5" loss at foot of spine, upper cover gilt lettered 'Wild Flowers, E.B., 1880', oblong 8vo, together with another, smaller, album by the same artist, similarly bound and with identical lettering to upper cover, with calligraphic title-page 'Wild Flowers of Pau and the Pyrenees', containing fifty-three botanical watercolours, mostly to rectos, but a few on versos, sheet size 11 x 17.5cm (4.5 x 7ins) Provenance: Given to the vendor by Daphne Colvin, grand-daughter of the Colvins of Monkhams Hall, Essex, and niece of Forrester Farnell Colvin who married Isabella Bunberry, daughter of the Earl of Rathdonnell. Subjects include: passion flowers, hellebores, anemones, irises, poppies, tulip tree, aubergines, gentians, pomegranates, fungi, orchids, magnolia, and hibiscus. (2)

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Blackburne-Maze (C.I.). Journals of My African Travels, 1st edition, Maidstone: W.E. Thorpe & Son, 1913, 69 mounted silver-gelatin photographs (including frontispiece), occasional light scattered spotting, two leaves with short closed tear to fore-edge margin, top edge gilt, remainder untrimmed, original green cloth gilt, joints and edges frayed (particularly upper joint), 8vo Scarce account of the author's six month journey from Cairo to Mombassa, in diary form. (1)

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Brockedon (William). Finden's Illustrations of the Life and Works of Lord Byron, 3 vols., 1833-34, engraved portrait frontispiece to volume I, additional engraved titles to each, 157 steel-engraved plates, some occasional light spotting and offsetting, all edges gilt, contemporary burgundy half morocco gilt, edges slightly rubbed, 4to Large paper copy. (3)

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