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Dominic Winter Auctions
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Gibbons (Major A. St. H.). Africa From South to North Through Marotseland, 2 vols., 1st ed., 1904, portrait frontispiece to each, three folding maps (two linen-backed and contained in rear pockets), half-tone illustrations, a few spots front and rear, a few blindstamps to titles and at front, t.e.g., original green pictorial cloth gilt in bright condition, one or two small marks to spines, 8vo Czech p.105. Presentation copy, inscribed to title with the author's compliments, additionally inscribed to portrait. (2)

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Book of Common Prayer, and Administration of the Sacraments, and other Rites and Ceremonies of the Church..., together with the Psalter or Psalms of David, London: Printed by Charles Bill, and Executrix of Thomas Newcomb, 1708, engraved portrait frontispiece, additional title and 46 plates, all hand-coloured, bound with The Whole Book of Psalms, Collected into English Metre, by Thomas Sternhold, John Hopkins..., 1708, red ruled throughout volume, bound with at rear A New Version of the Psalms of David..., by N. Brady & N. Tate, Oxford, 1827, all edges gilt, early 19th century blide & gilt decorated straight grain black, morocco, wear at head & foot of spine, 8vo, together with Bible [New Testament], The New Testament of our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ, London: Printed by Roger Daniel, 1653, annotations to verso of engraved frontispiece (with some show-through), numerous engraved plates (2 detached & frayed to margins), lacking free endpapers, all edges gilt, contemporary gilt panelled morocco, joints & spine worn at ends, 8vo, plus New Testament [Greek], Novum Testamentum, Cambridge: Thomas Buck, 1632, engraved title cropped to image and lined to verso, ink satin to fore-margins at rear, modern black buckram, 8vo (3)

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[Quarles, Francis]. Emblemes, London: Printed for J.W. & F.E., 1660, engraved title (repaired to margins & lined to verso), numerous engraved illustrations (some full-page), lacking portrait frontispiece, occasional short closed tears & fraying to margins, few small worm holes, dampstaining and dust-soiling, modern brown buckram, small 8vo, together with [Manley, Mary de la Riviere], Secret Memoirs and Manners of Several Persons of Quality of Both Sexes. From the New Atlantis, an Island in the Mediteranean. Written Originally in the Italian, 2nd edition, 1709, hinges repaired, contemporary panelled calf, rebacked, 8vo, with Walker (Ellis), Epicteti Enchiridion Made English, in a Poetical Paraphrase, 1709, engraved frontispiece (cropped at fore-edge), small worm holes to lower margins, some spotting & browning, modern marbled boards, 12mo, and Dawne (Darby), Health , A Poem. Shewing How to Procure, Preserve, and Restore. To which is annex'd the Doctor's Decade, 3rd edition, corrected, 1724, contemporary ownership to title, few leaves repaired to lower blank margins, hinges cracked, contemporary calf, rebacked, slim 8vo, plus 28 other 18th/19th century antiquarian (32)

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Glasse (Hannah). The Compleat Confectioner. Or, the Whole Art of Confectionary made Plain and Essay..., 1772, title torn to margins and lined to verso, some browning and dampstaining, modern quarter calf, 8vo, together with Kitchiner (William), The Cook's Oracle; containing Receipts for Plain Cookery..., new edition, 1829, contemporary half calf, lower joint split at foot, rubbed, 12mo, with Brillat-Savarin (Jean), A Handbook of Gastronomy, new and complete Translation, 1884, etched portrait frontispiece and vignette illustrations on india paper by A. Lalauze, occasional spotting, top edge gilt, remainder untrimmed, endpapers replaced, modern quarter vellum preserving original vellum spine and cloth to upper board, scuffed and slightly marked, large 8vo (limited edition 280/300), and Dalgairns (Mrs.), The Practice of Cookery, Adapted to the Business of Every Day Life, 2nd edition, Edinburgh, 1829, ink stain & marks to title, last two leaves torn away, contemporary calf, rebacked preserving original spine, 8vo, plus seven other 19th/early 20th century cookery related (11)

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[M., W.]. [The Queens Closet Opened: Incomparable Secrets in Physick, Chirurgery, Preserving, Candying and Cookery, as they were presented to the Queen. By the most Experienced Persons of our Times, many whereof were Honoured with her own Practice, when she Pleased to Descend to these more Private Recreations. Never before Published. Transcribed from the True Copies of her Majesties own Receipt Books, by W.M., one of her late Servants, 3 parts in one, 1659-1660], [8],1-192,[193-194],195-300,[24],1-98,119-123,[17]pp., lacks portrait frontispiece and general title, text to third part incomplete (the compleat cook) and publisher's book list incomplete at rear, some running titles cropped, browning and light dust-soiling, sewing weak and some leaves loose with fraying to margins, contemporary sheep, spine and joints cracked, loss at head & foot of spine, 12mo Oxford, p.26. Contents comprises The Queens Cabinet, The Queens Delight and The Compleat Cook. Sold with all faults, not subject to return. (1)

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Boyle (Robert). The Philosophical Works of the Honourable Robert Boyle Esq; Abridged, Methodized and Disposed under General Heads of Physics, Statics, Pneumatics, Natural History, Chymistry, and Medicine, by Peter Shaw, 3 vols., 2nd ed., Corrected, 1738, engraved portrait frontispiece to volume one by G. Vertue, twenty-two folding engraved plates, occasional scatted spotting, first few leaves of each volume a little frayed to edges, few minor stains and small paper repair to title of first volume, modern calf, gilt decorated, blind decorated turn-ins, 4to (3)

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Culpeper (Nicholas). Culpeper's Last Legacy..., 6th imp., whereunto is added An Exact and Perfect Treatise of Anatomy of the Reins and Bladder, Brain and Nerves of all the Parts of the Body, Never Published Before this Year, 1685, engraved portrait frontispiece, 17pp. publisher's advertisements to rear, some browning throughout, later sheep, modern red morocco label to spine, rubbed and scuffed, 8vo, together with The English Physitian Enlarged..., printed for George Sawbridge, 1676, 1p. publisher's advertisements to rear, heavily dust-soiled, close-trimmed, title torn and fraying to edges, modern cloth, small 8vo, plus other natural history, science and botanical titles, including Ray's Catalogus Plantarum Angliae (first few leaves supplied in facsimile), Boerhaave's Historia Plantarum, and Cassell's Book of European Butterflies and Moths (7)

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Baldwin (William Charles). African Hunting and Adventure from Natal to the Zambesi, Including Lake Ngami, the Kalahari Desert &c from 1852 to 1860, 2nd ed., 1863, portrait frontispiece, folding map, four tinted lithographed plates (one or two marginal repairs to verso), wood-engravings, 32 pp. catalogue at end, scattered light spotting, bookplate, original green cloth gilt, a trifle rubbed at spine ends, 8vo Czech p.16 (for the first edition). (1)

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Hill (Aaron). A Full and Just Account of the Present State of The Ottoman Empire in all its Branches: with the Government, and Way of Living of the Turks, in General..., 2nd edition, 1710, seven engraved plates with explanatory letterpress leaves, list of subscribers, lacking engraved portrait frontispiece, some toning to plates, contemporary panelled calf, rebacked and repaired, folio Hill was 24 years old when he published his account of the Ottoman Empire. He had gone to Constantinople as a youth while Lord Paget, a relative of his mother, was ambassador there. (1)

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Whiston (William). A New Theory of the Earth..., 2nd edition, Cambridge, 1708, engraved frontispiece, 7 engraved plates at rear (one folding), some worm holes & worming to text & plates, K4 frayed to margins, lacking leaf X2, occasional spotting, contemporary panelled calf, upper joint cracked at head, recent morocco title label to spine, 8vo, together with [Burnett, Thomas], The Sacred Theory of the Earth: Containing an Account of the Original of the Earth..., 2 vols., London: printed for H. Lintot, [1734], engraved portrait frontispiece and additional engraved title to vol. 1, 11 engraved plates (8 folding), lacking rear free endpapers, contemporary calf, joints cracked, 8vo (3)

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Bauhinus (Caspar). De hermaphroditorum monstromsorumque partuum natura... , Oppenheim, 1614, portrait frontispiece (offset), title and cartouche (dated 1610) within engraved decorative border, title re-hinged and partly detached with small loss to lower margin, folding table, five full-page engravings (space for another engraving left blank), errata leaf at end, some browning throughout, occasionally heavy, lacks second blank before illustrations at rear, modern vellum, rubbed and soiled, small 8vo (1)

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Cooke (James). Mellificium Chirurgiae: Or, The Marrow of Chirurgery, with the Anatomy of Human Bodies According to the Most Modern Anatomists... , 4th edition, enlarged, 1693, engraved portrait frontispiece and 11 folding engraved plates (including 3 printed on to 1 sheet), some spotting, recent antique-style half calf gilt, 4to (1)

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Fernel (Jean). Universa Medicina, cum notis, observationibus, et remedys seceetis... 2 parts in one, Utrecht, 1656, additional engraved title (lower corner torn away), titles with woodut printer's device, some waterstains, later mottled calf, spine with burgundy label and gilt decoration, a little rubbed, 4to, together with Houllier (Jacques), Omnia Opera Practica, 2 parts in one, Geneva, 1635, title printed in red and black with printer's device, woodcut headpieces and initials, a few wormtracks affecting some letters, some spotting and waterstains, later blindstamped vellum, lacking ties, a few stains, 4to, with three others including Lazare Riviere's Praxis Medica Editio octava, 2 parts in one, 1653 (lacking portrait frontispiece) (5)

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Gesner (Conrad). The Newe Iewell of Health... , 1st English edition, 1576, large woodcut to title and woodcut illustrations to text, black letter, lacks 11 leaves (folios 3, 4, 5, 6, 14, 39, 147, 148, 149, 150 and final leaf), some spotting, scattered old damp staining and minor marginal marks, some leaves detached and slightly frayed at fore-edges, title dust-soiled, also lacks table at end, contemporary calf, worn, antique-style reback, together with Bartholinus (Thomas), Anatomia... , Leiden, 1691, additional engraved title, portrait to title verso, five folding engraved plates and illustrations to text, some spotting, a little worming to lower margins of first few leaves, contemporary calf, antique-style reback, plus Pechey (John), A Store-House of Physical Practice, Being a General Treatise of the Causes and Signs of all Diseases Afflicting Human Bodies, 1695, heavy browning and old damp staining throughout, contemporary calf, antique-style reback, 8vo, plus other mostly 17th-century English and Latin medical interest, many with defects (10)

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Gassendi (Pierre). Viri illustris Nicolai Claudii Fabricii de Peiresc, senatoris aquisextiensis vita, The Hagues, 1655, title printed in red and black, full-page engraved portrait, ex libris Denis Gibbs, contemporary calf, a little wear, 4to, together with Orton (Richard), Pyretologia; seu, Exercitationes de morbis universalibus acutis, 1692, engraved portrait frontispiece, 2 folding tables, some spotting and browning, contemporary calf, joints cracked and some wear to extremities, 8vo, plus Peyer (J.C.), Parerga anatomica et medica septem, Geneva, 1681, 2 folding plates, both defective and 1 partially laid down, some staining and soiling throughout, repair to inner upper margin of title touching text, recent antique-style calf, 8vo, plus other 17th-century Latin text medical works (one in French) (20)

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[Reynolds, Sir Joshua]. A Discourse, Delivered at the Opening of the Royal Academy, January 2, 1769, by the President, London: Printed by W. Bunce, Printer, and Soild by T. Davies, Bookseller, To the Royal Academy, 1769, bound with A Discourse, Delivered to the Students of the Royal Academy, on the Distribution of the Prizes, December 11, 1769, by the President, 1769, bound with four other Discourses by Reynolds published 1785, 1786, 1790 & 1791, each of which are inscribed from the author, two to Lord Lewisham (later the Earl of Dartmouth), ownership pencil manuscript to front free endpaper 'William Rees-Mogg, 1961', contemporary half calf, modern reback, board corners worn, 4to, together with Malone (Edmond), The Works of Sir Joshua Reynolds, KNT. Late President of the Royal Academy..., to which is Prefixed an Account of the Life and Writings of the Author, 2 vols., 1797, engraved portrait frontispiece to first volume, endpapers renewed, contemporary calf, rebacked, gilt decorated spines with morocco labels, 4to, with Northcote (James), Memoirs of Sir Joshua Reynolds..., 1813, engraved portrait frontispiece (offset to title), hinges repaired, contemporary calf, rebacked preserving original gilt decorated spine, 4to, plus Pilkington (Matthew), The Gentleman's and Connoisseur's Dictionary of Painters..., 1770, contemporary calf gilt, morocco title label, worn at head of spine, 4to The first volume comprises Sir Joshua Reynolds' Discourses 1, 2, 13, 12, 15 & 14 respectively, of which the final four are inscribed by the author himself. Sir Joshua Reynolds painted the portrait of William Legge 2nd Earl of Dartmouth (1731-1801) and members of his family a number of times. (5)

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Van Dyck (Anthony, 1599-1641). Icones Principum Virorum Doctorum, Pictorum Chalcographorum Statuariorum nec non Amatorum Pictoriae Artis numero centum, Antwerp, Gillis Hendricx, 1645-46 [but later], engraved title incorporating self-portrait, and 110 etched or engraved portraits of artists on laid paper, 11 plates by Van Dyck, the remainder etched by Paulus Pontius, Bolswert, Petrus de Jode, Cornelis Galle, Jacobus Neeffs, Lucas Vorsterman, and others, wide margins, some light spotting, mainly to margins, late 19th/early 20th century bookplate of the Chester-Master family of Knowle Park, Bristol, to verso of title page, sheet size 42 x 29 cm (16.5 x 11.25 ins), 19th century half calf, slightly rubbed, folio Cicognara 2127. A re-issue, probably dating from the late 17th or early 18th century, of Van Dyck's famous Iconography, the plates without publisher's address or the initials G.H., only one plate with the publisher's name Jacobus de Man (Joannes Carolus della Faille). Hendricx erased the initials from the plates some time after 1660, allowing other publishers to make use of them, with new issues appearing subsequently from Brussels, Antwerp and Amsterdam. (1)

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Detmold (E.J., illust.). Hours of Gladness, by M. Maeterlinck, Translated by A. Teixeira de Mattos, George Allen, 1912, twenty mounted colour plates, including frontispiece, hinges strenghtened, contemporary prize bookplate on front pastedown, untrimmed, original gilt decorated cream cloth, somewhat rubbed and soiled, rebacked preserving original spine, 4to, together with Dulac (Edmund, illustrator), Edmund Dulac's Picture-Book for the French Red Cross, published for the Daily Telegraph by Hodder and Stoughton, [1915], nineteen tipped-in colour plates, and a tipped-in portrait, scattered spotting (including to endpapers and edges), upper hinge split, contemporary inscription to front free endpaper, original pictorial cloth, slightly spotted and a little frayed at spine ends, 4to, plus Hudson (Gwynedd M., illustrator), Alice's Adventures in Wonderland, by Lewis Carroll, published by Hodder and Stoughton for Boots, circa 1930, twelve colour plates, including frontispiece, original pictorial cloth, covers slightly bowed, some minor marks and fading, 4to, together with fifteen other children's and illustrated books, including Andrew Lang, Lewis Carroll, Walt Disney, Ida S. Rentoul, Arthur Rackham, and Warwick Goble (18)

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Chignell (Robert). The Life and Paintings of Vicat Cole, R.A., volumes 1-3 (bound in 1), 1898, numerous black and white illustrations including portrait frontispiece with tissue guards, bookplate to front pastedown, front and rear gutters cracked, some light toning, contemporary decorated green cloth, boards and spine slightly rubbed to head and foot, large 4to, together with Courtney (W.L.), The Life & Work of Hubert Herkomer, Art Journal Office, 1892, numerous black and white illustrations including frontispiece with tissue guard, advertisements to rear, some minor spotting, contemporary gilt-decorated blue cloth, spine slightly marked and rubbed, large 8vo, and other late 19th and 20th-century art reference and related, mostly hardback publications, many original cloth in dust jackets, G/VG, 8vo/folio (4 cartons)

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Goss (John). Braus & Hogenberg's The City Maps of Europe, Studio Editions, numerous colour illustrations, original publisher's boards in d.j., folio, together with Warder (Joseph), The True Amazons or the Monarchy of Bees..., 2nd edition, printed for John Pemberton, 1713, lacking portrait frontispice, some spotting and toning throughout, one or two leaves remargined, contemporary speckled sheep, rubbed and worn with some loss, small 8vo, plus David (Andrew), The Charts & Coastal Views of Captain Cook's Voyages, volume one only, Hakluyt Society, 1988, potrait frontispiece tipped in, signed by the editor to title, numerous black and white illustrations throughout, original publisher's cloth in d.j., atlas folio, plus other travel reference, including Vivienne Rae-Ellis' Black Robinson (1 carton)

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Thevenot (Monsieur Jean de). The Travels of Monsieur de Thevenot into the Levant. In Three Parts, viz. Into I. Turkey. II. Persia. III. The East-Indies, 1st English edition, 1687, lacking engraved portrait frontispiece, general title, and 38pp. preface, three engraved plates, occasional minor holes, some staining and toning, especially to upper margin, small wormtrack to gutter margin, close trimmed to upper margin, contemporary panelled calf, rebacked, folio, together with Richards (William), The History of Lynn, Civil, Ecclesiastical, Political, Commercial, Biographical, Municipal, and Military, from the earliest accounts to the present time, 2 volumes, printed by W.G. Whittingham, 1812, engraved portrait frontispiece, a few black and white engraved plates, spotting, dust soiling and toning throughout, one or two pages with marginal repair, modern half leather, 8vo, plus Dugdale (Thomas), Curiosities of Great Britain, England & Wales Delineated, 6 volumes, Tallis, engraved frontispiece, black and white engraved plates, scattered spotting throughout, contemporary green half morocco, gilt, rubbed and slightly scuffed, 8vo, plus other travel titles including Baedeker's Guides, A&C Black, and others similar Atabey 1217; Blackmer 1650, for the first work. (3 shelves)

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Foster (Birkett, illustrator). Milton's L'Allegro and Il Penseroso, W. Kent & Co., 1859, title and text printed in red, black and white illustrations to text throughout, original publisher's cloth, blind and gilt decorated, 4to, together with Moore (James Carrick), The Life of Lieutenant-General Sir John Moore, 2 volumes, John Murray, 1833, black and white portrait frontispiece to volume 1 (captioned in ink A Miserable Print from a Bad Picture), some scattered spotting, manuscript annotation to title from Mrs Carrick Moore - a woman of too much sense and spirit to like this pitiful production so unworthy of the great man, autograph of Sir John Moore pasted onto upper pastedown, modern red straight-grain morocco (by Bayntun Riviere), gilt decorated spine, 8vo, plus Ballantyne (R.M.), Up in the Clouds, or Balloon Voyages, James Nisbet & Co., 1880, black and white frontispiece, additional engraved title, original publisher's cloth, a little rubbed and scuffed at extremities, small 8vo, and other 19th and 20th century titles, including illustrated literature, biography, air travel and exploration (6 shelves)

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MacDonald (George). The Roman Wall in Scotland, 1st edition, Glasgow, 1911, 55 black and white plates including frontispiece plus folding map to rear, bookplate to front pastedown, some light toning and spotting, original gilt-decorated blue cloth, spine slightly faded and rubbed to head and foot, 8vo, together with Humboldt (Alexander von), Letters of, 1860, some light spotting, contemporary decorated blue cloth, boards and spine slightly rubbed, 8vo, and Hamilton (Anthony), Memoirs of Count Grammont, limited edition 168/780 copies, 1889, black and white portrait frontispiece with tissue guard plus 33 black and white etchings, some light spotting, original gilt-decorated red cloth, boards and spine slightly marked and rubbed to head and foot, large 8vo, plus other 19th and early 20th-century historical and biographical reference and related, mostly hardback publications, some original cloth in dust jackets, G/VG, 8vo/4to (6 shelves)

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Tennyson (Hallam). Alfred Lord Tennyson, A Memoir, volumes 1 & 2, 1897, 2 black and white portrait frontispieces with tissue guards, contemporary inscriptions to front endpapers, some light spotting, original green cloth, boards rubbed and marked, 8vo, together with Barham (R.H. Dalton), The Life and Remains of Theodore Edward Hook, volumes 1 & 2, 1849, 2 black and white portrait frontispieces, bookplates to front pastedowns, some spotting, original decorative blue cloth, boards and spine rubbed with minor loss to head and foot, 8vo, plus other late 19th and early 20th-century biography, history and literature, including The Poetical Works of Sir Walter Scott, volumes 1-11 (complete), 1830, all original cloth, condition is generally good, 8vo/4to (3 shelves)

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Evelyn (John). Silva: or a Discourse of Forest-Trees... , volumes 1 & 2 (complete), new edition, 1787, numerous black and white engraved plates including portrait frontispiece to volume 1, some light spotting, uniform contemporary quarter calf, boards and spine rubbed with some minor loss to head and foot, 4to, together with Huxley (Anthony et al, [editors]), The New Royal Horticultural Society Dictionary of Gardening, volumes 1-4, 1999, numerous colour and black and white illustrations, top edges gilt, original green cloth in slipcase, large 4to, plus The Arab Horse Stud Book, volumes 1-13, reprint editions, 1970, uniform contemporary quarter morocco, 8vo, plus other 19th-century and modern botanical and natural history reference and related, mostly hardback publications, many original cloth in dust jackets, G/VG, 8vo/4to (6 shelves)

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Kane (Elisha Kent). Arctic Explorations: The Second Grinnell Expedition in Search of Sir John Franklin, 1853, '54, '55, volumes 1 & 2 (complete), numerous black and white engravings including portrait frontispiece, half-titles and 3 folding maps, some minor toning, original uniform decorated cloth, boards slightly marked, spines faded and rubbed to head and foot, tear to spine of volume 2, 8vo, together with Scott (Robert F.), The Voyage of the 'Discovery', volumes 1 & 2 (complete), 2nd impression, 1905, numerous colour and black and white illustrations including frontispiece with tissue guards, some light spotting, rebound in modern uniform gilt-decorated blue half morocco, 8vo, and Simpson (James Young), Side-Lights on Siberia, some account of the great Siberian railroad the prisons and the exile system, 1898, numerous black and white illustrations including frontispiece with tissue guard, previous owner's stamp to half-title, some light spotting, modern endpapers, rebound retaining original gilt-decorated green cloth, boards slightly rubbed and faded, 8vo, plus other 19th and 20th-century arctic and polar exploration, travel reference and related, G/VG, 8vo/folio (6 shelves)

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Freshfield (Douglas W.). Italian Alps, Sketches in the Mountains of Ticino, Lombardy, The Trentino, and Venetia, 1st edition, 1875, 10 black and white wood-engravings and 5 black and white maps, contemporary inscription and book stamp to front endpaper, half-title portrait detached, some light spotting, original gilt-decorated green cloth, boards slightly marked, spine rubbed to head and foot, 8vo, together with Young (Geoffrey Winthrop), Mountain Craft, 3rd edition, 1934, 15 black and white illustrations including frontispiece, some minor spotting, original blue cloth in dust jacket, spine slightly faded and rubbed to head, 8vo, plus Dutton (E.A.T.), Kenya Mountain, 1st edition, 1929, 55 black and white illustrations including frontispiece, folding map to rear, minor spotting, original blue cloth, boards and spine slightly faded, 8vo, plus other late 19th and early 20th-century mountaineering and alpine reference and related, all original cloth, G/VG (3 shelves)

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Redford (Bruce, editor). The Letters of Samuel Johnson, volumes 1-5, The Hyde Edition, 1992-94, black and white portrait frontispiece, original grey cloth in dust jackets, 8vo, together with Boswell (James), The Life of Samuel Johnson, volumes 1-3, USA, 1925, numerous black and white illustrations, ex-libris bookplates and contemporary inscriptions to front endpapers, original gilt-decorated red cloth, spines slightly faded and rubbed to head and foot, 4to, and other 20th-century Samuel Johnson and James Boswell biography and reference, including Boswell's London Journal, Boswell in Holland, On the Grand Tour parts 1 & 2, In Search of a Wife, for the Defence, in Extremes, edited by Frederick A. Pottle, and publications by Oxford, Yale, Folio Society, J.W. Dent & Co., all hardback publications, many original cloth in dust jackets, G/VG, 8vo (6 shelves)

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Thomson (James). The Works of James Thomson with his last Corrections and Improvements, to which is prefixed an Account of his Life and Writings, 2 volumes, printed for A. Millar, 1747, two engraved portrait frontispieces, few engraved plates, armorial bookplate to upper pastedown, contemporary speckled calf, slightly rubbed and scuffed, 4to, together with Farneworth (Ellis), The History of the Civil Wars of France... a new translation from the Italian of Henrico Caterino Davila, 2 volumes, printed for D. Browne et al, 1758, some light dust-soiling, few minor marks, bookplate for Earl of Jersey, Middleton Park to upper pastedowns, contemporary speckled calf, rubbed and scuffed, upper bopard of volume one detached, 4to, plus another related, plus Maldonatus (Joannes), Commentarii in Quattuor Evangelistas, 2 parts in one, Venice, 1597, titles printed in red and black with large engraved devices, (first title torn without loss at gutter), text mostly in double column, occasional spotting and waterstains, previous owner inscriptions to title, contemporary vellum, manuscript title to spine, rubbed and stained, folio, with other 19th-century literature and historical reference, including The Works of Samuel Johnson, volumes 1-12 (complete), 1820, Sir John Froissart's Chronicles of England, France, Spain... , by Thomas Johnes, vols. 1-12, 2nd edition, 1805, some odd volumes, all leather bindings, condition is generally good, 8vo/folio (6 shelves)

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Temple (William). The Works, 4 volumes, 1770, engraved portrait frontispiece to volumes 1-3 only, some spotting, contemporary calf, modern calf rebacks with red leather labels, 8vo, together with Stanhope (George, translator), Epictetus, His Morals, with Simplicius, His Comment, 3rd corrected edition, 1704, some spotting and soiling, contemporary calf, some wear, antique-style calf reback, plus [Kennett, White], An Address of Thanks to a Good Prince, Presented in the Panegyrick of Pliny upon Trajan, 1686, without portrait frontispiece of King Charles II, some spotting and soiling, contemporary calf, antique-style reback, both 8vo, plus other mostly 18th-century classics, history, etc., mostly leather bound and including some odd and defective volumes (3 shelves)

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Wollaston (William). The Religion of Nature Delineated, 8th edition, 1759, engraved portrait frontispiece, some spotting, contemporary calf, rubbed, together with Ray (John), The Wisdom of God Manifested in the Works of the Creation, 4th corrected edition, 1704, engraved portrait frontispiece, title to second part, some spotting, contemporary panelled calf, rubbed, plus Wall (William), A Defence of the History of Infant-Baptism Against Reflections of Mr Gale and Others, 1720, (?)lacks half-title, some spotting, contemporary sheep gilt, some wear, all 8vo, plus other mostly 18th-century leather-bound theology and some travel, including odd volumes and defective works (3 shelves)

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Gronow (R.H.). The Reminiscences and Recollections of Captain Gronow, being anecdotes of the camp, court, clubs, and society 1810-1860, volumes 1-4 (complete), 1889, limited edition 295/870, numerous black and white illustrations plus colour portrait frontispiece to volume 1, some light spotting, contemporary uniform gilt-decorated green half morocco, boards slightly marked, spines slightly faded and rubbed to head and foot, 8vo, together with other modern historical and biographical reference and related, mostly hardback publications, some original cloth in dust jackets, some foreign language, G/VG, 8v0/4to (6 shelves)

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Rhind (William). A History of the Vegetable Kingdom, embracing The Physiology of Plants, with Their uses to Man and the Lower Animals... , 1857, numerous colour and black and white illustrations including frontispiece and half-title, some light marks and spotting, contemporary blue half calf, boards rubbed, spine worn with loss to head, 8vo, together with Fitton (Elizabeth), Conversations on Botany, 7th edition, 1831, 21 colour plates, contemporary ink marks to front pastedown, pencil inscription to front endpaper, some light spotting, contemporary blue half calf, boards and spine rubbed with some loss, 8vo, and McIntosh (Charles), The New and Improved Practical Gardener, and Modern Horticulturalist, 1844, 10 colour plates to rear, numerous black and white illustrations including portrait frontispiece, some light marks and spotting, contemporary gilt-decorated half calf, boards and spine rubbed to head and foot, 8vo, plus other late 19th-century and modern botanical reference and related, all hardback publications, many original cloth in dust jackets, G/VG, 8vo (6 shelves)

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Nansen (Fridtjof). Farthest North, Being the Record of a Voyage of Exploration of the Ship Fram, 1893-96..., 2 vols., 1st ed., 1897, portrait frontispiece to vol. 1 and frontispiece to vol. 2, colour and black & white plates, numerous illustrations to text, four folding maps (one with closed tear), original cloth gilt in bright condition, small mark to upper board of vol. 1, large 8vo, together with Kane (Elisha Kent), Arctic Explorations: The Second Grinnell Expedition in Search of Sir John Franklin, 1853, 54, 55, pub. 1861, engraved portrait frontispiece, engraved plates and illustrations, spotting throughout, all edges gilt, near contemporary gilt decorated blue calf school prize binding by S. Hogg, rubbed, 8vo, plus other polar exploration related including De Eerste Vlucht Over de Noordpool van Roald Amundsen en Lincoln Ellsworth by Louis Blok, Amsterdam, circa 1925, The Voyage of the Chelyuskin by Members of the Expedition, translated by Alec Brown, 1935, Life and Explorations of Fridtjof Nansen by J. Arthur Bain, circa 1900 (10)

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*Jigsaw. Engravings for Teaching the Elements of English History and Chronology after the manner of Dissected Maps for Teaching Geography, Published as the Act directs July 1st, 1787, by Carington Bowles, St. Pauls Church Yard, C. Dilly, Poultry, & W. Darton, Birchin Lane, London, engraved wooden jigsaw puzzle, thirty-two pieces each with medallion portrait of a monarch, from William I to George II, surrounded by relevant dates, famous persons, and notable events of the reign, toned and rubbed (with some minor surface loss), with twelve edge pieces (some broken, and one blank piece supplied), 41 x 59.5cm (16.25 x 23.5ins), framed and glazed Hannas, pp.93-94 (plate 3): 'The earliest dated jigsaw puzzle, apart from maps'. (1)

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*Jigsaw. [Bowles's Moral Pictures, or Poor Richard Illustrated. Being Lessons for the Young and the Old, on Industry, Temperance, Frugality, etc. by the late Dr. Benj. Franklin, printed for and sold by Bowles and Carver... Published as the Act directs, 29 Sepr. 1795], engraved wooden jigsaw puzzle after Robert Dighton, twenty-four (of 25) pieces each with oval scene illustrating a proverb (except one with portrait of Benjamin Franklin), lacking edge pieces and fourth oval from left on second horizontal row, toned and slightly rubbed, with some minor surface loss, each piece 11.5 x 9cm (4.5 x 3.5ins), divided into four groups (one of ten pieces, two of five, and one of four), each in matching frames, glazed Hannas, pp.114-15 (plate 10): 'The varied and detailed scenes of town and country life make this an exceptionally interesting puzzle'. Rare: whilst copies of this engraving as a broadside, or mounted on linen and folded into cloth boards, appear at auction occasionally, the only other copy we have traced in the form of a jigsaw is that in the collection of Linda Hannas. (1)

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Nieuhof (Johannes). Die Gesantschaft der Ost-Indischen Geselschaft in den Vereinigten Niederl„ndern, an den Tartarischen Cham und nunmehr auch Sinischenkeyser, edited by Peter de Gojern and Jacob Keisern, first German edition, Amsterdam: Jacob van Meurs, 1669, title in red and black twenty-nine (of 34) double-page or folding plates, one-hundred and six engraved illustrations to text, lacking additional engraved title and portrait of the author, folding engraved map torn with substantial loss, some short closed handling tears to margins (rarely affecting text, few repaired), few plates with repaired tears, illustration on p.72 pasted over another (as usual), some scattered dust-soiling and few minor marks, endpapers renewed, contemporary vellum , repaired, soiled and a little marked, folio (1)

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Priestley (Raymond E.). Antarctic Adventure, Scott's Northern Party, 1st edition, 1914, folding map and black and white plates, original cloth gilt, spine faded, slightly rubbed, split at head of spine and some markings and wear to upper and lower covers, together with Osborn (Sherard), The Discovery of the North-West Passage by HMS Investigator... , 3rd edition, 1859, portrait frontispiece, folding map (linen backed), 4 lithographed plates, some soiling, marginal repair to 1 plate not affecting image, circulating library label to front pastedown and upper cover, original cloth gilt, a little wear at head and foot of spine, plus Richardson (John), Arctic Searching Expedition: A Journal of a Boat-Voyage Through Rupert's Land and the Arctic Sea, In Search of the Discovery Ships Under the Command of Sir John Franklin, 2 volumes, 1st edition, 1851, 10 hand-coloured lithographed plates, woodcuts and diagrams to text, folding coloured map, some heavy spotting and offsetting, ownership name excised from top corner of both title-pages not affecting text, original cloth, some soiling and wear, spines strengthened, all 8vo, plus others related (13)

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*George Brydges, 1st Baron Rodney. Admiral Rodney, n.p., circa 1792, folding paper fan, the leaf with a mezzotint in brown showing a full-length portrait of Rodney standing on the French and Spanish flags, between allegorical figures of Neptune and Britannia, beneath a cupid holding a wreath and supporting a scroll lettered 'Rodney', gilt edge and border of floral sprays, some toning and short edge splits, mounted on pierced ivory sticks, guard sticks carved with flowers and leaves, 23.5cm (9.25ins) Scarce. Schreiber Collection 18, p.68 (unmounted). (1)

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Savory (Isabel). A Sportswoman in India, 1st ed., 1900, portrait frontispiece, black and white illustrations, a couple of leaves at front with marginal repairs (rough opening), scattered spotting, top edge gilt, original red cloth gilt, spine ends a little rubbed, 8vo, together with Forty (Lieut.-Col. C.H.), Bangkok: Its Life and Sport. With some Account of Siam's Coastal and Island Game Areas, 1st ed., 1929, half-tone illustrations, publisher's list at end, light spotting, original orange cloth, spine a little faded, 8vo, plus Millett (Marcus W.), Jungle Sport in Ceylon. From Elephant to Snipe, 1st ed., 1914, map and illustrations, publisher's catalogue at end, some light spotting, original green cloth, slight fading to spine, 8vo, with five others including A.E. Leatham's Sport in Five Continents, 1912, Theodore & Kermit Roosevelt's Trailing the Giant Panda, 1929 and Claude H.B. Grant's The Shikari. A Hunter's Guide, 1914 (8)

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Dulac (Edmund, illust.). Stories from Hans Andersen, Hodder & Stoughton, [1911], 28 tipped-in colour plates, scattered light spotting, original tan cloth gilt, closed tear at head of spine, slight rippling to covers, 4to, together with Edmund Dulac's Picture-Book for the French Red Cross, [1915], 19 tipped-in colour plates, portrait of Dulac, light spotting front and rear, original pictorial cloth, a few minor mottled marks, 4to, plus one other (defective) (3)

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Dulac (Edmund, illust.). Edmund Dulac's Picture-Book for the French Red Cross, [1915], 19 tipped-in colour plates, black and white portrait of the artist at end, scattered light spotting, original yellow cloth in bright condition, d.j., spine toned, inset illustration to front panel with crease marks, chipped at spine ends, 4to, together with A Sporting Garland, by Cecil Aldin, [1902], colour illustrations (two detached with a couple of frayed edges), a few minor spots, original cloth-backed boards, some edgewear and stains, oblong folio, with others illustrated including Peter Rabbit's Painting Book, c. 1911 (defective spine) (10)

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Dulac (Edmund, 1882-1953). Autograph letter signed, 72, Ladbroke Road, Holland Park, April 12th 1919, to Mrs. McBryde on printed letterhead, thanking her for a photograph, and saying "It is strange you should ask me for a portrait of your charming little girl as I have just finished one of a little boy", suggesting she come to London to view it, and stating his terms as 00, written in Dulac's meticulously neat hand and signed 'Edmund Dulac', one page, folded twice, 23 x 18cm (9 x 7ins), with original postmarked envelope, loosely inserted in a copy of Edmund Dulac's Fairy Book, Hodder & Stoughton, [1919], fifteen tipped-in colour plates, scattered spotting, original blue and cream pictorial cloth, spine toned and slightly frayed at ends, corners showing, 4to Mrs. Gwendolyn McBryde was the widow of James McBryde, close friend and illustrator of M.R. James. James McBryde died in 1904 and the author was named legal guardian of his friend's daughter, Jane, who was born six months after her father's death. Bachelor M.R. James, maintained a lifelong friendship with Gwendolyn and Jane, who became a surrogate family for him. (2)

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Storey (Harry). Hunting & Shooting in Ceylon, 1st ed., 1907, portrait frontispiece, folding map at end (repairs to verso), half-tone illustrations, scattered spotting, presentation inscription from Frank Storey to front endpaper, original blue cloth gilt, spine ends a trifle rubbed, 8vo, together with Pitman (Captain C.R.S.), A Game Warden Among his Charges, 1st ed., 1931, folding map, illustrations, light spotting, previous owner signature, original cloth, faded with some spotting, 8vo, plus Major P.M. Stewart's Round the World with Rod and Rifle, 1st ed., 1924, inscribed by the author (3)

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Blagdon (Francis William & Edward Orme). Orme's Graphic History of the Life, Exploits, and Death of Horatio Nelson... Embellished With a Series of Engravings, Illustrative of his Heroic Achievements, [1806], engraved portrait frontispiece (watermarked 'J. Whatman 1825'), six hand-coloured aquatint plates (four double-page, one headpiece at end), four engraved headpieces, facsimile plate of Nelson's handwriting, offsetting to title from portrait, occasional minor soiling and a few spots, one or two old fold marks, waterstain to front endpaper, bookplate of James McBryde, contemporary burgundy half morocco, paper label to upper cover (chipped), a little rubbed with some edgewear, folio Abbey Life 327. Corresponds with the first undated Abbey copy; although the portrait leaf is watermarked 1825, other plates and leaves are variously watermarked 1801 & 1803-04. (1)

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Gregynog Press. Shaw Gives Himself Away. An Autobiographical Miscellany, Newtown, Montgomeryshire, 1939, woodcut portrait frontipiece by John Farleigh, printed on pale green paper, rough trimmed, original dark green morocco with abstract designs of George Bernard Shaw's initials onlaid in orange morocco to upper and lower covers, by the Gregynog Bindery after Paul Nash, spine with raised band and onlay and lettered in orange, rubbed, cracked at head of joints and a little frayed at head of spine, small folio Limited edition, 107/300. (1)

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Camden (William). Britannia: or a Chorographical Description of the Flourishing Kingdoms of England, Scotland and Ireland and the Islands Adjacent..., Enlarged by the Latest Discoveries by Richard Gough, 3 volumes, published John Nichols, 1789, engraved portrait frontispiece, printed titles with small near contemporary ownership signature, fifty-eight uncoloured engraved maps by John Cary (including fifty-three folding) and ninety-four engraved plates (including seven folding) and one folding table, some spotting and offsetting thoughout, some maps trimmed to neatline with occasional slight loss, old library labels to front pastedowns, contemporary calf, rebacked but retaining contemporary morocco gilt labels, bumped and worn at extremities, folio (3)

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Graves (Robert). Good-Bye To All That. An Autobiography, 1st ed., 1st issue, 1929, portrait frontispiece, seven illustrations, first issue with the Sassoon poem to pp. 341-343, slight marginal toning, original salmon cloth (head of spine rubbed with small stain), d.j., spine darkened with small chips at ends, one or two short closed tears, 8vo (1)

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Camden (William). Camden's Britannia, Newly Translated into English with large Additions and Improvements, 1st edition of Gibson's translation, 1695, engraved portrait frontispiece, three general maps of the British Isles and forty-seven (complete) double page uncoloured engraved county maps by Robert Morden, slight worming to some maps, slight creasing, occasional spotting and staining, 'Britannia Romana' torn with slight loss to one corner, Durham bound upside down, Ireland disbound, contemporary blind stamped panelled calf, some wear and old repiars, rebacked, folio (1)

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Graves (Robert). Country Sentiment, 1st ed., 1920, partly uncut, original boards, d.j., spine darkened with small chips at ends (some paper flaking to verso), 8vo, together with The Pier-Glass, 1st ed., [1921], portrait frontispiece (tissue-guard offset to title) publisher's list at end, bookplate of L.W. Payne, University of Texas, original boards (spine detached but present), d.j., ink annotation along upper margin of upper panel, a few chips and repairs to verso, 8vo, plus Whipperginny, 1st ed., 1923, publisher's 'presentation copy' blindstamp to title, original boards (light edgewear), d.j., some fading, chips and repairs to verso, 8vo, with eight others including Welchman's Hose, 1925 (limited edition of 525 copies), Oxford Poetry 1917 & 1920, Poems (1914-1926), 1927 and Poems 1926-1930, 1931 (11)

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*Pound (Ezra, 1885-1972). Typed Letter Initialled 'E', Via Marsala 12-5, Rapallo, c. 1933, to an unnamed person and marked Private, the typing now faded and indistinct but reading: 'Yr music so called critic can look up Chilesotti's section of Encyclopedie de la musique e Dictionnaire du Conservatoire by Lavignac and Laurencie and get some idea of what the enclosed means. I don't spose he will have ever heard of the composers [last two letters inserted in ink by Pound] unearthed by O.C. Slight error in Turin and Genova papers. Chil. not a composer but a collector. and gord knowz wot dear Mary will make of it.... by the time, etc.', last two lines double-typed and struck through in pen, with a diagonal footnote in Pound's hand beneath, 'What about putting a little contemporary mooz into yr pype' and initialled 'E', on letterhead printed in red with woodcut portrait vignette centre top, the initial 'P' and the name 'Chilesotti' written in pencil in an unidentified hand, minor holes and marks to corners, 1 page, 28 x 22 cm, framed and glazed This letter would have been written at the time of a series of concerts in Rapallo under the auspices of the Instituto Fascista di Cultura Commune, using transcriptions from the collection of the musicologist Oscar Chilesotti. (1)

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Waugh (Evelyn). Men at Arms, 1952; Officers and Gentlemen, 1955; Unconditional Surrender, 1961, 1st eds., previous owner signature to Officers, original cloth, one or two light stains, d.j.s, some fading to spines, Officers with loss at head of spine, a few minor nicks, 8vo, together with Rossetti. His Life and Works, 1st ed., 1928, portrait frontispiece, illustrations, original cloth, spine a little faded, Duckworth's Georgian Library (later) d.j., tears and losses to spine, 8vo, plus The Holy Places, Queen Anne Press, 1952, wood-engravings by Reynolds Stone, original cloth, d.j., some toning, 4to, limited edition, 899/950, with others by Evelyn Waugh including Scott-King's Modern Europe, 1947, The Loved One, [1948] and Helena, 1950 (26)

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Moule (Thomas). The English Counties Delineated; or a Topographical Description of England..., 2 volumes, published George Virtue, 1837, additional decorative title, portrait frontispiece of William IV, folding decorative engraved map of England & Wales, trimmed with slight loss, four sheet map of England & Wales, a 'comparison' plate, one engraved plate of Canterbury Cathedral and forty-nine decorative engraved maps, several trimmed with slight loss, slight spotting throughout, near contemporary half calf, re-backed but retaining original spines, marbled sidings a little rubbed, 4to, together with, Aikin (John), England Delineated; or a Geographical Description of every County in England and Wales..., 3rd edition, 1795, folding engraved map of England & Wales and forty-two uncoloured engraved county maps, occasional pencil annotations to text, some staining to rear of atlas affecting maps and text, modern half calf gilt, 8vo (3)

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Cobden-Sanderson (Thomas James). The Arts and Crafts Movement, London: Hammersmith Publishing Society [Chiswick Press], 1905, edges untrimmed, original boards with vellum backstrip, lettered on spine, slim 8vo, together with Ecce Mundus, Industrial Ideals and the Book Beautiful, London: Hammersmith Publishing Society [Chiswick Press], 1902, edges untrimmed, original boards with vellum backstrip, lettered on spine, slim 8vo, with Cosmic Vision, Thavies Inn: Richard Cobden-Sanderson, 1922, photogravure portrait frontispiece, edges untimmed, original blue cloth gilt, 8vo, plus T.J. Cobden-Sanderson as Bookbinder, by F.A. Schmidt-Künsemüller, Translated by I. Grafe, The Tabard Press, Esher, 1966, black & white plates, original cloth in slightly torn glassine dust-jacket, 8vo (4)

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Hoeber (Fritz). Peter Behrens, Munich: Georg Müller & Eugen Rentsch, 1913, black & white portrait frontispiece and numerous illustrations and diagrams (many from photographs), minor spotting to first & last few leaves, with loosely inserted typed letter signed by Behrens on letter headed thin paper (with two ring binder holes to left margin), original brown cloth gilt, spine faded, large 4to, together with Cremers (Paul Joseph), Peter Behrens, Sein Werk von 1909 bis zur Gegenwart, Essen: G.D. Baedeker, 1928, black & white portrait frontispiece, numerous plates many from photos, original cloth gilt, large 4to (2)

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Koch (Alexander). Grossherzog Ernst Ludwig und die Ausstellung der Kunstler-Kolonie, in Darmstadt von Mai vis Oktober 1901, portrait frontispiece (slight marginal toning), chromolithographed plates by Behrens and Burck, numerous half-tone illustrations, original cloth, upper cover with large circular inset gold medallion, 4to (1)

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Kulka (Heinrich). Adolf Loos, Das Werk des Architekten (Neues Bauen in der Welt 4), Vienna, Anton Schroll, 1931, portrait frontispiece and 270 monochrome illustrations, including many after photographs, minor spotting to preliminary leaves, bookplate of Tibor Sperlinger to front endpaper, original yellow cloth, a little rubbed and some fraying to joints, vertical crease towards fore-edge of upper cover, together with Frank (Josef), Die Internationale Werkbundsiedlung Wien 1932 (Neues Bauen in der Welt 6), Vienna, Anton Schroll, 1932, 277 monochrome illustrations, including many after photographs, including Houses by Hoffmann, Adolf Loos, Andre Lurcat, Richard Neutra, Rietveld, Sobotka Wenzel and others, adverts at rear, original printed wrappers, rubbed and a little chipped to upper joint and extremities, one or two minor marginal creases, 4to (2)

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Seyer (Samuel). Memoirs Historical and Topographical of Bristol and it's Neighbourhood, from the Earliest Period Down to the Present Time, 2 vols. in four, 1821-23, large paper copy, engraved portrait frontispiece on india paper, library inkstamp to verso of titles or initial blank, engraved plates on india paper, publisher's adverts bound in to volume two, parts one and two, scattered spotting, contemporary ownership inscription of W. Adlam to front free endpapers, original receipt tipped to initial blank of volume one, part one, edges untrimmed, modern quarter calf, blind and gilt decorated, 4to (4)

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Evelyn (John). Silva: Or, a Discourse of Forest-Trees, and the Propagation of Timber in His Majesty's Dominions: As it was Delivered in the Royal Society on the 15th Day of October, 1662... With Notes by A. Hunter, York, 1776, engraved portrait frontispiece by Bartolozzi, 40 engraved plates, including one folding, folding table, list of subscribers and receipt for two Guineas for Lord Bishop of Kilmore tipped-in (with his signature to title and bookplate, occasional light offsetting and spotting, endpapers sometime renewed with bookplates relaid, contemporary calf, old reback preserving original spine, rubbed and scuffed, 4to (1)

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Plumier (Charles). Plantarum Americanarum fasciculus primus [-Decimus], continens plantas, quas olim Carolus Plumierius, Botanicorum Princeps detexit, eruitque, atque in Insulis Antillis ipse depinxit. Has primum in lucem edidit, concinnis descriptionibus, & observationibus, aeneisque tabulis illustravit Joannes Burmannus, 1st edition, Amsterdam, Sumtibus Auctoris, 1755, 10 parts bound in one volume, title printed in red and black, lacking the engraved portrait frontispiece, 262 full-page copper engraved plates, including one with later hand-colouring, contemporary quarter calf, rubbed and a little wear with joints partly cracked, large folio (44 x 27 cm) Nissen BBI 1547. Sabin 63459. Sitwell, Great Flower Books 70. Hut 554. The French botanist Charles Plumier (1646-1704) undertook three botanical expeditions to the West Indies, the last two as the French King, Louis XIV's appointed botanist. He was one of the first to describe the native plants of America, the present work being a selection by the Dutch botanist Johannes Burmann, Professor of Botany at Amsterdam. (1)

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