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Lot 178

Map Reference, Burden (Philip D.), The Mapping of North America, A List of Printed Maps 1511-1670, folio, dust wrapper (binding weak); King (Geoffrey), Miniature Antique Maps, 1996, signed by author, dust wrapper; Tooley (R.V.) & Bricker (C.), Landmarks of Mapmaking, folio, dust wrapper; with eleven others (14)

Lot 187

Bowles (John & Thomas), Atlas, nd., [c1745], large folio atlas of 20 hand-coloured maps, no title page, folding double page, double hemisphere world map includes the title ` A New and Correct Map of the World, 1744, John Bowles imprint and adverts for Moll`s Atlas Minor and Ogilby`s Britannia Depicta, second map, a European Sea Chart attributed to Moll with advert for `The World described`, further 18 maps; 1 of Asia, 1 of London, the remainder predominantly European countries, many with attribution to Sanson, corrected and amended (1 by Eman. Bowen), all with John or Thomas Bowles` imprint, where dated, 1743-45, each map 643mm x 850-970mm including margins, contemporary half calf (worn, maps dust marked, with creasing and tears, loss to side of Asia map)

Lot 190

Head (Capt. C.F.), Eastern and Egyptian Scenery, Ruins, &c., Accompanied with Descriptive Notes, Maps and Plans, Illustrative of A Journey from India to Europe .., 1833, oblong folio, 22 plates, 3 maps (one coloured), contemporary half calf (water staining and foxing to contents, wear to binding)

Lot 191

David (Andrew), The Charts & Coastal Views of Captain Cook`s Voyages, Vol 1-The Voyage of the Endeavour 1768-1771, 1988, Hakluyt Society, folio, dust wrapper

Lot 192

Thesiger (Wilfred), Arabian Sands, 1959, first edition, dust wrapper; Younghusband (Francis) & Molyneux (E.), Kashmir, 1917, folding map, decorative cloth; Howells (W.D.), Familiar Spanish Travels, 1913, original cloth gilt; with six others (9)

Lot 199

Edmonds (H.H.) & Lee (N.N.), Brook and River Trouting, n.d. [1916], plates as called for, (frontis. margin trimmed), original cloth; Pritt (T.E.) An Angler`s Basket, 1896, original cloth (faded); Foster (D.) The Scientific Angler, n.d., 6th edition, colour plates, original cloth (3)

Lot 203

Cricket, Holmes (R.S.), The History of Yorkshire County Cricket 1833-1903, 1904, cloth (faded and pulled); Pullin (A.W.), History of Yorkshire County Cricket 1903-1923, 1924, cloth (pulled); Kilburn (J.M.), History of Yorkshire County Cricket 1924-1949, cloth; Bedford (W.K.R.) & Collins (W.E.W.), Annals of the Free Foresters, 1895, cloth; with a small quantity of others (qty)

Lot 210

Keith (E.C.) & Harrison (J.C.), Gun for Company, 1937, 4to., numbered large paper ltd. edition, signed by author and artist, 24 plates, (12 colour), original cloth

Lot 213

Rayner (R.) & Ellis (A.), The Story of the Sporting Shotgun, 1991, oblong folio, dust wrapper; with a large quantity of books on shooting, wildfowling and country sports (qty)

Lot 217

Lodge (R.B.), Bird Hunting Through Wild Europe, nd. [c1908], plates as called for, t.e.g., pictorial cloth gilt; Tryon (Aylmer), The Wildfowler`s Year, 1952, 4to., colour plates by Hugh Monahan, later half calf; Pollard (H.B.C.) & Southgate (Frank), Wildfowl and Waders, 1940, 4to., cloth (3)

Lot 218

St. John (Charles), A Tour in Sutherlandshire .., 1849, 2 vols., plates as called for, half morocco (rubbed); id., Wild Sports and Natural History of the Highlands, 1927, colour plates by G.D. Armour & E. Alexander, dust wrapper; Scrope (William), Days of Deer-Stalking .., 1894, plates as called for, original cloth; with three others (7)

Lot 219

Thacker (Thomas), The Courser`s Annual Remembrancer and Stud Book .., 1840-41, 1842, and 1841-42, 1843, 2 vols., both originally from the Wensleydale Coursing Club, then ex reference library, original cloth; Baily`s Hunting Directory, No 65, 1971 to No 89, 1995, 24 vols., lacking nos. 74, 82 & 88, but with two duplicates, original bindings, ex reference library; with one other (27)

Lot 220

Wisden [John], Cricketers` Almanack, 1943-53, 1955-59, 1963-97, 1999-2003, 2005, and Index Vol. 1864-1984, 58 vols, all ex library, `43, `45 & `46 original limp cloth, others in original cloth, 1965 onwards with dust wrapper (58)

Lot 228

Appleyard Joseph, Introducing As Yearlings, The First Crop of Sons & Daughters by Wild Wave, Own Brother to `Portlaw` (1940), 1949, 13 watercolour drawings of named racehorses, individually tipped in to album, card covers with watercolour of `Wild Wave`, painted title and text

Lot 237

Ingram (David) & Robertson (Noel), Plant Disease, 1999, New Naturalist no. 85, first edition, dust wrapper

Lot 238

Proctor (Michael), Yeo (Peter) & Lack (Andrew), The Natural History of Pollination, 1996, New Naturalist no. 83, first edition, first impression, dust wrapper (priced £30)

Lot 247

Lowe (E.J.) & Howard (W.), Beautiful Leaved Plants, 1891, 3rd edition, 60 colour plates, original cloth (rubbed); with two others (3)

Lot 248

Snow (David), Chisholm (A.H.) & Soper (M.F.), Raymond Ching, The Bird Paintings, 1978, folio, 24 colour plates, dust wrapper, slipcase; with eight German ceramic plates decorated with illustrations of birds, individually boxed with limitation certificates (9)

Lot 259

Cooper (Astley Paston) & Key (C. Aston), The Anatomy and Surgical Treatment of Abdominal Hernia, 1827, 2nd edition, 2 parts in 1 vol., folio, 30 plates (one coloured), original boards (prelims. creased, waterstaining, binding defective, boards detached)

Lot 269

Methodist Missions, An Account of the Formation of Missionary Societies at Plymouth and Plymouth Dock .., 1814, 2 title pages, printed front wrap (lacking rear); Statement of the Regulations of the Wesleyan Missionary Society and of the Objects and Moral Influence of the Wesleyan Mission in the West Indies, 1825, unopened, stitched withour wraps; Athenry and Ennis Junction Railway Co., Report of Directors .., 1876 & 1878; with a small quantity of others including newspapers (qty)

Lot 277

Sandford (Francis) & Stebbing (Samuel), A Genealogical History of the Kings and Queens of England and Monarchs Of Great Britain .., 1707, folio, folding plates (lacking frontis.), diced calf (re-backed, worn)

Lot 282

Williams (Lt. Col.), England`s Battles by Sea and Land .., nd., 3 vols., half calf (rubbed); Clarke (J.S.) & McArthur (J.), The Life of Admiral Lord Nelson, 1809, 2 vols., 4to., frontis., half calf (worn); Archer (T.) & Barnard (F.), Charles Dickens: A Gossip about his Life, Works, and Characters, nd., 6 parts, folio, plates, printed paper boards; with a quantity of others (qty)

Lot 283

Weinthal (Leo) edit. The Story of the Cape to Cairo Railway and River Route, from 1887 to 1922, Vols. I, 2 & 3, nd. 3 vols (of 5), publisher`s half morocco gilt; Old Merchant Taylors Rugby Football Club, Records of Twenty Seasons 1882-1902, nd., cloth; Robinson (C.J.), A Register of the Scholars admitted into Merchant Taylor`s School .., Vol I & II, 1562-1874, 1882-3, cloth; Baker (W.), Merchant Taylors` School Register 1871-1900, 1907, cloth; with seven others (14)

Lot 295

Patents for Inventions-Abridgements of Specifications, Class 1, Acids, Alkalies, Oxides, and Salts, Inorganic, Period A.D. 1855-1883, (1904-5), 3 vols.; Class 2, Acids and Salts, Organic, and Other Carbon Compounds (including Dyes, Period A.D. 1855-1866 & 1889-1892, (1898 & 1905), 2 vols.; Class 15, Bleaching, Dyeing, and Washing Textile Materials, Yarns, Fabrics ..., A.D. 1855-1876, (1904-5), 2 vols.; Class 82, Metals and Alloys, Period A.D. 1855-1883, (1904-5), 3 vols., original printed paper wraps, institution stamp to covers (10)

Lot 319

Patents for Inventions-Abridgements of Specifications, Class 49, Food Preparations and Food Preserving, Period A.D. 1855-1900, (1893-1905), 7 vols. & 1 duplicate; Class 84, Milking, Churning, and Cheese-Making, Period A.D. 1855-1888, (1893-1905), 4 vols., original printed paper wraps, institution stamps to covers (11)

Lot 338

A Large Collection of Press and Other Black & White Photographs, mainly 1930`s to 1960`s, subjects include Argentinian subjects including prisoners, wartime manoeuvres and parades, tuberculosis children, naval, sporting, topography, aerial photographs, bomb damage, Adolph Hitler, theatrical, Fire Brigade, cabinet cards and a quantity of film stills, in two boxes.

Lot 342

Two Late 19th Century Leather Bound Log Books Listing Damage to Shipping, with notes on work done to repair them, where repaired and costs incurred between 1882 and 1896, possibly an insurance company`s record; Cloth Backed Admiralty Maps of The South Atlantic Ocean-Western & Eastern Portions 1871; Other Ephemera, including a pen and ink drawing of a sailor, a painting of the wreck of the steamer "S.S. City of Newcastle", apprentice indentures, magazines etc.

Lot 352

A Large Album Containing Approximately Four Hundred Fine Quality Edwardian Postcards, including Raphael Tuck`s Art Cards, glamour girls, Milan International Exposition, Harry Paine Regimental cards, vignettes, set of table tennis comics, German glamour cards, novelty including real hair and birds with feathers, English & Irish topography, heraldic, Art Nouveau, set of comic hansom cab cards, giant cards, Tucks Write Away cards, children, dogs, Tuck`s Kings & Queens, Edwardian bathers, actresses, Raphael Kirchner cards etc.

Lot 357

A Small Raphael Tuck`s Postcard Album Containing One Hundred Edwardian Cards, mainly animals, including Louis Wain cat card and other cats, dogs, horses, two racehorses, farm animals, birds, Hildesheimer Lion & Polar Bear, also topography, comic etc.

Lot 383

An Album Containing One Hundred and Seventy Four Court Sized and Larger Victorian Vignettes, circa 1899 and 1900, many postally used, including military, authors, shipping, railway issues, coloured and black & white English topography, including London, Cardiff, Bristol, Cambridge, Leamington Spa, Bath, Scarborough, Jersey etc; Eight Real Photographic Cards of the Hull-Howden Airship, circa 1928, in album (2)

Lot 1

Art & Antiques Reference A collection of 40 modern art and antiques reference works, to include Collins, Judith Eric Gill, the sculpture. London, 1998. 4to, original cloth, dustwrapper; Maizels, John Raw creation, outsider art and beyond. London, 1996. First edition, 4to, original cloth, dustwrapper; Delevoy, Robert L. Symbolists and symbolism. London, 1982. 4to, original cloth, dustwrapper; Lewis, John & Griselda Pratt ware. Suffolk, 1993. 4to, original cloth, dustwrapper; Garrett, Alfred A history of wood engraving. London, 1978. 4to, original cloth, dustwrapper, backstrip faded; Anscombe, Isabelle Omega and after, Bloomsbury and the decorative arts. London, 1981. 8vo, original cloth, dustwrapper; Smith, Matthew London, 1962. 4to, colour plates, original cloth , dustwrapper; Hobbs, Robert Milton Avery. London, 1990. First edition, 4to, original cloth, dustwrapper, previous ink inscription on endpaper; Greek Art Theophilos. Athens, 1966. 4to, original cloth, dustwrapper; Kniazeva, I. Pruzhan V. Russian portrait of the late 19th- early 20th centuries. Moscow, 1980. 4to, original cloth, dustwrapper, slipcase; and 30 others (40)

Lot 2

Art Nouveau - Arts & Crafts A collection of 26 reference volumes on the Art Nouveau and Arts & Crafts movements, to include Lemmen, Hans van & Verbrugge, Bart Art Nouveau tiles. London, 1999. 4to, original cloth, dustwrapper; Greenhalgh, Paul Art Nouveau 1890-1914. London, 2000. 4to, original cloth, dustwrapper; Zednicek, Walter Otto Wagner. Vienna, [no date]. 4to, original soft covers; Frelinghuysen, Alice Cooney American art pottery. Orlando, 1995. 4to, original soft covers; Anscombe, Isabelle Arts & Crafts style. London, 1996. 4to, original soft covers, and another copy; Bowman, Leslie Green American Arts & Crafts, virtue in design. Boston, 1995. 4to, original soft covers, and another copy; and 18 others, all modern, all very clean (26)

Lot 4

Art reference -- Thomson, B. Vuillard. 1988; Tucker, P.H. Monet at Argenteuil. 1982; House, J. Monet. Nature into art. 1986; Ives, C. Pierre Bonnard, the graphic art. New York, 1990; Cogeval, G. Vuillard. Washington, 2004; Rewald, J. The history of Impressionism. 1980; Terrase, M. Bonnard at Le Cannet. 1988; Young, A.M. Charles Rennie Mackintosh (1868-1928). 1968; Cogniat, R. Bonnard. [N.d.]; Shone, R. Sisley. 1992; Schwartz, G. Rembrandt. 1985; Preston, S. Vuillard, [N.d.] ; Ayres, J. The artist`s craft. 1985; Shanes, E. Turner`s picturesque views in England and Wales. 1979; Shone, R. The post-impressionists. 1980; mostly with dust-jackets; Werner, A. Degas pastels. 1969; Wilson, M. The National Gallery, London. 1981; Laclotte, M. Painting in the Musée d`Orsay. 1986; and c. 6 boxes of art books, hardbacks and paperpacks & exhibition catalogues (quantity)

Lot 6

[Bickham, George, the younger] The beauties of Stow. London: G. Bickham & Mr. Hoskins, [1753]. 8vo, 31 (of 32) engraved plates, contemporary calf, lacking 1 folding plate, small stain to one plate, slight browning to edges of frontispiece, some spotting, rebacked

Lot 7

Brangwyn, Frank Industrial scene, etching, signed in pencil by Brangwyn, approx. 53 by 70cm, pasted at edges to backing card; Gaunt, William The etchings of Frank Branwyn, R.A. London: The Studio, 1926. 4to, half title, original vellum backed boards, short tear to head of backstrip, browning to endpaper; Sparrow, Walter Shaw Prints & drawings by Frank Brangwyn... London: John Lane, 1919. 4to, 25 colour plates, original brown cloth, some staining to upper board (3)

Lot 8

Chinese snuff bottles and jade Moss, H., Graham, V. and K.B. Tsang. The Chinese snuff bottle. New York, 1993. 2 vol., folio, slipcases; White, Helen Snuff bottles from China. The Victoria and Albert Collection. 1992. Folio, dust-jacket, slipcase; Moss, Hugh Chinese snuff bottles from the collection of the Rt. Hon. the Marquess of Exeter. 1974; Moss, H.M. Chinese snuff bottles of the silica or quartz group. 1971; National Palace Museum, Taipei. Masterpieces of Chinese snuff bottles in the National Palace Museum. 1974. Slipcase; [Idem] Snuff bottles in the collection of the National Palace Museum. 1991; Hansford, S.H. Jade. Essence of hills and streams. 1969. Dust-jacket; Kleiner, Robert An exhibition of Chinese snuff bottles from the collection of Mary and George Bloch. 1987. 4to, dust-jacket; Kleiner, Robert Chinese snuff bottles in the collection of Mary and George Bloch. 1995. 4to, dust-jacket; Kleiner, Robert Precious playthings: important Chinese snuff bottles from the Mack Collection. 2000. 4to, dust-jacket; Kleiner, Robert Chinese snuff bottles. The White Wings Collection. 4to, dust-jacket; Hall, Robert Chinese snuff bottles III [ and IV] . 1990-91. 2 volumes, 4to, dust-jackets; Hobson, R.L. The art of the Chinese potter. 1923. 4to, original buckram; Kleiner, Robert Treasures from the sanctum of enlightened respect. 2000. 4to, dust-jacket; Hall, Robert Chinese whispers. Chinese snuff bottles IX. 1999, 4to; Feddersen, M. Chinese decorative art. 1961; Herberts, K. Oriental lacquer. 1962. 4to, dust-jacket; Zee-Min Lee, J. Chinese Potpourri. 1961; Perry, Lilla S. Chinese snuff bottles. Rutland, 1960. 4to, dust-jacket, in original packaging; Li, Ramond A glossary of Chinese snuff bottle rebus. Hong Kong, 1976; [Idem] Snuff bottle terminology. 1981; [Idem] Chinese snuff bottle themes. 1983; [Idem] The miniature arts in China. 1988; [Idem] The medicine snuff bottle collection.1979; [Idem] The art of imitation in Chinese snuff bottles. 1985; Chu, A. & G. Oriental antiques and collectables. 1973; Hitt, H.C. Old Chinese snuff bottles. 1977; Ryerson, E. The Netsuke of Japan. 1958. Dust-jacket; Barker, R. & L. Smith. Netsuke. 1976. Dust-jacket; Forman, W. Japanese Netsuke. 1960; Wills, G. Jade of the East. 1972. 4to, slipcase; Stevens, Bob C. The collector`s book of snuff bottles. 1976. 4to, slipcase; Curtis, E.B. Reflected glory in a bottle. 1980. Dust-jacket; Honour, H. Chinoiserie. 1961. Dust-jacket, plates, original cloth; and 8 others; mostly 4to, in good condition (41)

Lot 9

Galletly, John Thomas & James An archive of architectural drawing and sketches by the architectural family John Thomas and his son James Galletly, comprising of 13 pencil and watercolour architectural sketches by John T. Galletly from his time at the Edinburgh School of Applied Art, c. 1900-1902, various sizes, rolled with some chipping and tearing to edges; 10 pencil and watercolour architectural drawings and sketches by James Gallety from his time at the Edinburgh School of Applied Art, c.1927-32, including a large town planning drawing showing the Edinburgh New Town [torn at edges]; plus a number of copies of later drawings by James Galletly from his practice in Aberdeen; an Art Nouveau style copper door sign, "John T. Galletly Architect & Surveyor", 30 by 30cm; a marble door sign, "T. Galletly", 10 by 18cm (qty) Note: John Thomas Galletly was born on 27 March 1881. He began his architectural apprenticeship in 1897 under Anrew Granger Heiton of Perth in 1897, completeing it under James Smart of Perth several years later. Thereafter he moved to Edinburgh, working successively in the offices of Francis William Deas and Sir Robert Rowand Anderson as junior assistant, and with School Board architect John Alexander Carfrae as principal assistant, which enabled him to study at the Edinburgh School of Applied Art. In 1904 he appears as a draughtsman in HM Office of Works in Edinburgh moving to London as Senior Draughtsman thereafter, but soon returned to Edinburgh to take up a permanent post as Assistant Architect and Surveyor in the branch office on 1 June 1907. He was admitted LRIBA in the mass intake of 20 July 1911. By 1931 he had returned to H M Office of Works in London. J.T. Galletly`s son, James, would follow him as an architect commencing his studies at Edinburgh College of Art under John Begg in 1926. After passing the intermediate exam in June 1929, receiving a bronze medal for Construction, he spent two years working in an as yet unidentified office as improver, before completing the final year of his diploma in 1932 and passing the RIBA qualifying exam in the same year. He was admitted ARIBA early the following year, during his time as a post-graduate student in the Department of Civic Design at the School of Art. In 1937 he was appointed to the teaching staff of the School of Architecture at Robert Gordon`s College. Galletly was elected as a vice-president of Aberdeen Society of Architects (along with G Smart) in 1960. ( Dictionary of Scottish Architects)

Lot 10

Glass & glass collecting -- Buckley, William Notes on Frans Greenwood and the glasses he engraved. 1930. Number 19 of 250 copies, plates, original quarter cloth, dust-jacket; Idem Diamond engraved glasses of the sixteenth century. 1929. Number 28 of 250 copies, plates, original quarter cloth, binding slightly soiled; Idem The art of glass. 1929. Original brown pigskin gilt; Idem European glass. 1926. Original cloth; Hudig, F. An essay on Dutch glass engravers. 1926. Original quarter cloth, all 4to (5)

Lot 12

Morocco, Alberto & McClure, David A collection of 55 personal Christmas cards from Alberto Morocco and David McClure, c.1960`s-1980`s all designed by the artists with personal inscriptions (55)

Lot 15

Blaeu, J. Atlas of England, Scotland, Wales and Ireland. London: Thames & Hudson, [c.1970]. Folio, number 168 of 500 copies, introduction by R.V. Tooley, 115 facsimile maps, 5 in colour, 2 colour facsimile titles, original half morocco gilt, slipcase, some slight fading to backstrip, short split to inner hinge

Lot 18

Hobson, William Colling Map of the county palatine of Durham. London, 1840, approx 83.5 by 104cm, hand coloured, linen backed, slipcase; Black, A. & C. Road and railway travelling map of England. London, c.1870, approx 86.5 by 62cm, hand coloured in outline, linen backed, original cloth gilt, rebacked, lacking ties (2)

Lot 21

Quin, Edward An historical atlas. London: R.B. Seeley & W. Burnside, 1830. Folio, engraved title, 21 coloured maps, some folding, contemporary half morocco, rubbed

Lot 24

Taylor, George & Skinner, Andrew Survey and maps of the roads of North Britain or Scotland. London: by the authors, 1776. Oblong folio [50 by 22cm], engraved title, general folding map of Scotland, 61 maps on 31 leaves, later morocco backed cloth, some repairs, staining to first few leaves, chipping to edges of maps Note: Chubb p.378; Moir Vol. 2 p. 30

Lot 35

Zubler, Leonhard Novum instrumentum geometricum: quo ferum mensurabilium longitudo, altitudo, latitudo & profunditas... nunc vero Latio donatum... à Casparo Wasero. [Basel]: Ludwig Konig, 1607. 4to, title within an engraved border, engraved arms of Henry Prince of Wales on verso, 20 engravings in the text (one full-page), with final blank leaf, 19th century half vellum, light spotting at ends

Lot 40

James, Colonel Sir Henry Facsimiles of National Manuscripts of Scotland. Southampton, 1871. Folio, 3 volumes, original morocco backed blue cloth gilt, heavily rubbed, volumes I & III rebacked (3)

Lot 42

[Josephus, Flavius] The wonderful and most deplorable history of the later times of the Jews. London, 1684. 8vo, two frontispieces [laid down], folding plan [lacking section], contemporary calf, rebacked, edges of title chipped; Josephus, Flavius The works of... London, 1820. 8vo, 4 volumes, translated by William Whiston, portrait frontispiece, 2 folding maps, contemporary calf gilt, some rubbing to edges, offsetting to title of volume I; Smith, Alexander Commentaries on the laws of Moses. London, 1814. 8vo, 4 volumes, contemporary straight grain calf gilt, red labels, foxing to early leaves (9) Provenance: Sir Hew Dalrymple Hamilton of North Berwick & Bargany, Bart, bookplates in the Whitson & Smith volumes.

Lot 49

Sloane, William Milligan The life of Napoleon Bonaparte. London: Macmillan & Co., 1896. 4to, 8 volumes, plates, contemporary half red morocco gilt, some small patches of rubbing at edges, some foxing (8)

Lot 53

Bloomfield, Robert The farmer`s boy. London: printed for Vernor & Hood, 1800. 8vo, large paper copy, woodcuts in text, extra illustrated with a portrait frontispiece [dated 1802] and 7 mounted plates, [bound with] Rural tales, ballads and songs. London, 1802. 8vo, contemporary panelled calf gilt, bookplate

Lot 55

Bronte, Charlotte, Emily & Anne Life and works. London: Smith Elder, 1890-94. 7 volumes, 8vo, plates, original green cloth, some hinges a little weak

Lot 59

Buchan, John The thirty-nine steps. Edinburgh and London: W. Blackwood, 1915. First edition, 8vo, 2 pages of advertisements, half-title, original blue cloth, spine faded & with some loss at head, joints partly split

Lot 63

Burns, Robert Poems, chiefly in the Scottish dialect. London: A. Strahan, T. Cadell & W. Creech, 1787. Third edition, 8vo, engraved portrait frontispiece, half-title, list of subscribers, contemporary tree calf, spine gilt, slight chip to head of spine, joints slightly rubbed, bookplate removed, offsetting to half-title Note: Egerer 5.

Lot 69

Collins, Wilkie No name. London: Sampson Low, Son & Co., 1862. First edition, 8vo, 3 volumes, volumes 1 & 2 only with half-titles, later half morocco, very worn, volume 1 crudely repaired, some spotting; Dickens, Charles Works. London, 1867-68. The Charles Dickens edition, 8vo, 12 volumes, plates, contemporary half calf, slightly rubbed; [Idem] The posthumous papers of the Pickwick Club. London: Chapman & Hall, [n.d.]. 8vo, etched title and plates, later half morocco. Sold not subect to return (16)

Lot 70

Dickens, Charles A christmas carol in prose. London: Chapman & Hall, 1843. First edition, third issue, 8vo, 4 colour plates [including frontispiece], half title in blue, title printed in red and blue, "Stave One" chapter heading, original brown cloth gilt, yellow endpapers, some chipping tp head and taill of backstrip, previous owner`s ink inscription in front endpaper Note: Smith II: 4

Lot 73

Dickens, Charles The life and adventures of Nicholas Nickleby. London: Chapman & Hall, 1839. First edition in book form, first issue, 8vo, portrait frontispiece with imprint, "visiter" for "sister" on page 123, "latter" for "letter" on page 160, 39 plates by Phiz [plates 1,2 & 4 with imprint], 19th century half calf, lacking label, upper inner hinge split, staining and browning to plates; Dickens, Charles Dealings with the firm of Dombey and Son. London: Bradbury & Evans, 1848. First edition in book form, 8vo, vignette title, frontispiece, 50 plates, contemporary half red morrocco gilt, rubbed, upper inner hinge split, foxing and staining to plates (2)

Lot 75

Eliot, George [Lewes, Mary Ann Evans] Works. Edinburgh & London: William Blackwood & Sons, 1878-79. Cabinet edition, 8vo, 24 volumes, contemporary half red morocco gilt, bookplates (24)

Lot 76

English literature & poetry -- Larkin, Philip The north ship. 1956. Dust-jacket; [Idem] The whitsun weddings. 1965. Third impression, dust-jacket; Cocteau, Jean My journey round the world. 1958. Dust-jacket; Hughes, Ted Wodwo. 1967. Second impression, dust-jacket; Rendall, R. Country sonnets and other poems. Kirkwall, 1947. Dust-jacket frayed; Matthiessen, J.O. American Renaissance. 1941; Robertson, D.W. A preface to Chaucer. 1963; Leavis, F.R. D.H. Lawrence, novelist. 1957; Duggan, A. Three`s company. 1958. Dust-jacket; [Idem] Founding fathers. 1959. Dust-jacket; Faulkner, William The town. 1958; Eliot, T.S. The confidential clerk. 1954. Dust-jacket; Dickey, F.M. Not wisely but too well. San Marino, 1957; Spiller, R.E. Literary history of the United States. New York, 1966; and c. 156 others, 8vo, literature, most hardbacks with dust-jackets (c. 170)

Lot 78

Gaskell, Elizabeth Novels and tales. London: Smith, Elder & Co., 1880-1877-1879-1881-1877-1878. New edition, 8vo, 7 volumes, illustrated, contemporary half red calf gilt, foxing to early leaves (7) Provenance: William Henry Deverell, bookplates

Lot 81

Kipling, Rudyard Poems 1886-1929. New York: Doubleday, Doran & Company, 1930. 8vo, 3 volumes, number 329 of 537 sets [525 signed, 12 for presentation], signed by Kipling, original Japanese vellum gilt, red labels, lacking dust jackets, some discolouration to backstrips, interiors clean (3)

Lot 85

Milton, John--Toland, John The life of John Milton. London: John Darby, 1699. First edition, 8vo, lacking the initial blank leaf, with final blank leaf; Toland, John Amyntor: or a defence of Milton`s life. London, 1699. 8vo, 2 works in one volume, eighteenth century calf, crudely rebacked, corners worn Note: Wing T1766 & T1760

Lot 87

Priestley, J.B. Angel pavement. London, 1930. 8vo, number 1022 of 1025 copies, signed by the author, portrait frontispiece, original cloth gilt; Sherriff, R.C. & Bartlett, Vernon Journey`s end. London, 1930. 8vo, number 232 of 600 copies, signed by the authors, original vellum backed cloth gilt; Christopher, John The death of grass. London, 1956. First edition, 8vo, original black cloth, dustwrapper designed by Trevor Denning, 2cm tear from head of backstrip down hinge, small hole and stain to outer edge of wrapper, interior clean; Thomson, David Cleghorn The hidden path. Glasgow, 1943. 8vo, inscribed by the author on the front free endpaper, illustrated by Michael Ayrton, original cloth, dustwrapper, rubbed; Joyce, James Dedalus... Paris, 1924. Fourth edition, 8vo, original wrappers, chipped, discoloured; Bell, Gertrude The letters of... London, 1927. 8vo, 2 volumes, original cloth gilt, dustwrappers, chipped at edges; Mencken, H.L. Happy days 1880-1892. London, 1940. 8vo, original red cloth gilt, dustwrapper, chipped; Waugh, J. Laing Cute McCheyne. London & Edinburgh, [1917]. 8vo, presentation copy from the author, original blue cloth, rubbed (9)

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