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Lot 83

Whymper (Edward). The Ascent of the Matterhorn, 1st ed., 1880, num. wood-engs., two folding maps at rear, orig. gilt-dec. blue cloth with bevelled edges, corners bumped, inner joints strained, together with Seboth (Joseph and Schermaul, Jenny), Die Alpenpflanzen, nach der natura gemalt, mit tex von Ferdinand Graf, vols. 1 & 2 (of 4), Prague and Leipzig, 1886, chromo. frontis. to each, 200 col. plts., some spotting, orig. gilt-dec. cloth, a trifle rubbed on spines, small square 4to (3)

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Lot 84

Whymper (Edward). Travels Amongst the Great Andes of the Equator, 2 vols. (inc. Supplementary Appendix) 1892 & 1891, b & w frontis., plts. & illusts., four maps & plans (inc. 3 folding, one contained in pocket at rear), orig. cloth gilt, slightly rubbed, 4to, together with Brockedon (William), Journals of Excursions in the Alps: The Pennine, Graian, Cottian, Rhetian, Lepontian, and Bernese, 1833, folding eng. map frontis. with closed-tear repaired with adhesive tape, contemp. half calf gilt, 8vo (3)

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Williamson (Captain Thomas & Howitt, Samuel). Oriental Field Sports; Being a Complete, Detailed, and Accurate Description

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Lot 85

Williamson (Captain Thomas & Howitt, Samuel). Oriental Field Sports; Being a Complete, Detailed, and Accurate Description of the Wild Sports of the East..., 2 vols., 1808, etched frontis. to each, forty uncol. aquatint plts. (complete), some light offsetting and occ. slight spotting, inner hinges repaired, contemp. calf, rebacked preserving orig. spines, corners repaired, 4to. Abbey Travel, 431. (2)

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Lot 86

Wordsworth (Christopher). Greece: Pictorial, Descriptive, and Historical, new ed., carefully revised, 1853, eng. frontis., addn. eng. title, twenty-five b & w steel eng. views (incl. single-page map), b & w wood eng. illusts. to text, a.e.g., contemp. brown morocco gilt, rubbed and scuffed to joints and extrems., large 8vo (1)

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Lot 87

Wright (Arnold & Cartwright, H.A.). Twentieth Century Impressions of Hongkong, Shanghai, and other Treaty Ports of China, their History, People, Commerce, Industries, and Resources, 1st ed., 1908, num. b & w illusts., mostly from photos, pp. 515-516 with long closed tear across text, a.e.g., orig. red morocco gilt, a little rubbed, 4to (1)

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Lot 88

Wright (Arnold & Cartwright, H.A.). Twentieth Century Impressions of British Malaya, Its History, People, Commerce, Industries, and Resources, 1st ed., 1908, map frontis., num. b & w illusts., mostly from photos, a little finger soiling to margins of first few leaves and small closed tear to lower margin of title, a.e.g., orig. red morocco gilt, rubbed, 4to (1)

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Lot 89

The Aberdeen Almanack, and Northern Register, 28 vols., 1814, 1816, 1818, 1826, 1834, 1836, 1840, 1842, 1843, 1845-62, 1867, Aberdeen: D. Chalmers & Co., earliest six vols. in orig. paper wrappers or contemp. sheep, remainder in orig. publishers gilt dec. cloth, early vols. fraying to extrems., 12mo (28)

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Lot 90

Almanacks & Gazetteers. Wilkie`s Kentish Appendix, and Maidstone Annual, 1874, folding map, numerous trade adverts, orig. printed wrappers, owners name in ink to upper cover, fraying to corners, 8vo, together with Potts (Thomas), Gazetteer of England and Wales, 2 vols., 1810, two folding maps (both with short tears), contemp. speckled calf with red leather spine labels, rubbed, 8vo, and Daniel (James), The Charges on Vessels (British and Foreign) at all the Ports, Sub-Ports, and Creeks of Great Britain and Ireland, pub. Aberdeen, 1842, trade adverts at rear, orig. cloth with paper label to upper cover, rubbed and discoloured, 8vo, and The Isle of Man Almanack, for the Year of Our Lord 1832, folding map, modern paper wrappers with remnants of orig. printed wrappers laid down, 12mo, plus others related, mostly regional almanacks (18)

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Lot 91

Arkell (W.J.). The Jurassic System in Great Britain, pub. Oxford, 1933, Jurassic Geology of the World, pub. Oliver & Boyd Ltd., 1956, b & w illusts. from photos, diags. to text, folding maps and geological sections, orig. cloth gilt, first vol. faded on spine, thick 8vo (2)

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Lot 92

Baines (Edward). History of the County Palatine and Duchy of Lancaster, 2 vols., New, Revised and Improved ed., 1868, folding map to front of vol. 1, b&w illusts. to text, orig. cloth gilt, some splitting to joints, some dampstaining, rubbed, 4to, together with Lane (John Henry), Newton-In-Makerfield: Its History, with some Account of its People, 2 vols., pub. Newton-Le-Willows, 1914, b&w plts., orig. green cloth gilt, rubbed to extrems., 8vo, plus two others (6)

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Lot 94

Bournemouth. Fifty Views of Bournemouth & Neighbourhood, pub. E.M. & A. Sydenham, Bournemouth, c. 1850s, fifty uncol. steel-eng. vign. views of Bournemouth and district, including Poole, Parkstone, Corfe Castle, Wareham, Swanage and Purbeck, orig. blind-stamped cloth, upper cover lettered in gilt, oblong 8vo, together with Recollections of Bournemouth, pub. John Newman & Co., c. 1880s, twelve miniature photo-litho. views, printed on coated paper and bound concertina-style in orig. blind-stamped cloth gilt (7 x 11cm) (2)

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Lot 95

Camden (William). Camden`s Britannia Newly Translated into English: With large Additions and Improvements, 1st ed., pub. Edmund Gibson, 1695, uncoloured portrait frontis., title page with near contemp. manuscript marginalia and two ink ownership stamps, nine plts. of coins and antiquaries, sixteen (only) b & w engraved folding maps, maps occ. trimmed to strapwork margin, some marginal closed tears, some spotting and staining throughout, later end papers, front paste down with binders manuscript inscription, 19th century blind dec. boards, rebacked, rubbed and worn, folio. Sold as a collection of maps not subject to return. The maps comprise of:- England & Wales, Britannia Saxonica, Herefordshire, Staffordshire, Warwickshire, Nottinghamshire, Rutland, Leicestershire, Northamptonshire, Huntingdonshire, Cambridgeshire, Hertfordshire, Bedfordshire, Gloucestershire, North Riding of Yorkshire and The Smaller British Islands. (1)

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Lot 97

Clutterbuck (Robert). The History and Antiquities of the County of Hertford, 3 vols., 1st ed., 1815-27, folding county map (with repaired closed-tears), six maps & plans and forty-seven plts. (inc. 3 hand-col.), additional plt. adhered to verso of one map, list of subscribers to vol.1, occ. minor spotting, some light dampstaining & browning, ink library stamps to titles, leaves off text and verso of plts. & maps etc., library labels to front pastedowns, edges untrimmed, modern half morocco gilt, library classification number at foot of spines, folio (3)

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Fielding (Theodore Henry and Walton, James). A Picturesque Tour of the English Lakes, Containing a Description of the most Ro

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Lot 99

Fielding (Theodore Henry and Walton, James). A Picturesque Tour of the English Lakes, Containing a Description of the most Romantic Scenery of Cumberland, Westmoreland and Lancashire, with Accounts of Ancient and Modern Manners and Customs, and Elucidations of the History and Antiquities of that part of th Country, &c. &c. Pub. R.Ackermann, 1821, half title with contemp. ink manuscript ownership signature, title page with dec. aqua. vignette with orig. hand col., forty-eight eng. aquatint plts. all with orig. hand colouring (complete as list), some plts. with off-setting, lacking first free blank, hinges and joints weak, contemp. gilt dec. diced calf boards, rebacked with gilt dec. spine and contrasting calf label, rubbed and word, 4to (1)

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Lot 100

Finden (William & Edward Francis). The Ports, Harbours, Watering-Places, and Coast Scenery, of Great Britain, with Descriptions by William Beattie, 2 vols., 1842, eng. frontis. and addn. vign. title to each, 122 steel eng. views after W. H. Bartlett, contemp. green half calf, gilt dec. spines with morocco title labels, slightly rubbed & worn to extrems., 4to (2)

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Lot 101

Geological Survey. Memoirs of the Geological Survey of Great Britain, and of the Museum of Economic Geology in London, vol. 1 & vol. 2 (parts 1 & 2), 1846-48, eng. plts., folding maps and geological sections, some hand-col., some minor scattered spotting, orig. blind-stamped cloth gilt, faded on spines, large 8vo. The first three volumes published by the MGS. Includes `On the Formation of the Rocks of South Wales and South Western England` by Sir Henry T. De la Beche; `On the Denudation of South Wales and the Adjacent Counties of England`, by Andrew C. Ramsay; `On the Gases Evolved During the Formation of Coal`, by Lyon Playfair; The Malvern Hills Compared with the Palaeozoic Districts of Abberley`, by John Phillips; `Palaeontological Appendix to Professor John Phillips` Memoir on the Malvern Hills...`, by John Phillips & John William Salter; `On the Vegetation of the Carboniferous Period, as Compared with that of the Present Day`, by Dr. Hooker; and other papers by Edward Forbes, Warington W. Smyth, Robert Hunt et al. (3)

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Lot 102

Geological Survey. The Geology of the Yorkshire Coal Field, by A.H. Green, R. Russell, and others, 1878, wood-eng. frontis., folding maps and charts, orig. blind-stamped cloth gilt, faded on spine, upper joint split, together with Gibson (Walcot), The Geology of the North Staffordshire Coalfields, 1905, two copies, b & w illusts. and folding geological sections, orig. blind-stamped cloth gilt, a little rubbed on spines, and eight others related (11)

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Lot 103

Geological Survey. The Cretaceous Rocks of Britain, vols. 1-3 (The Gault and Upper Greensand of England/The Lower and Middle Chalk of England/The Upper Chalk of England), by A.J. Jeukes-Browne, with Contributions by William Hill, 1900-3-4, folding maps, b & w illusts., diags. to text, orig. blind-stamped cloth gilt, a little rubbed and faded on spines, large 8vo (3)

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Lot 104

Geologists` Association. Proceedings of the Geologists` Association, vol. 20, 1907-08, vols. 32-51, 1921-40, vols. 56-59, 1945-48, vols. 67-75, 1956-64 & vol. 78, 1965, together 34 vols., num. maps and diags., some folding, near-matching contemp./recent blue cloth gilt, plus ten odd quarterly issues, 1941-44, orig. printed wrappers, all 8vo (35)

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Greenwood (C. & J.). Atlas of the Counties of England from Actual Surveys made from the years 1817 to 1833 by C. & J.

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Lot 105

Greenwood (C. & J.). Atlas of the Counties of England from Actual Surveys made from the years 1817 to 1833 by C. & J. Greenwood, Published by the Proprietors, April 1st 1834, calligraphic folding title page with vignette map of England and Wales, dec. genealogical chart of the Kings and Queens of England with orig. hand colouring, forty-six uncoloured engraved maps each with an ecclesiastical vignette, one map (Staffordshire) with small stain, orig. marbled end papers and paste downs, a.e.g., orig. boards with gilt titles to upper & lower boards, later half morocco with gilt dec. spine, two early leather toggle loops to fore edge of upper board, folio. The maps are very clean bright impressions with little if any damage. The toggle loops and dust cover bound into the lower board would possibly indicate that this example was bound for someone who needed it to be easily transportable. The maps are also bound in a series of geographical regions rather than as per the issued parts, which would indicate an atlas factice, bound to order. Chubb CCCCLVIII (b). (1)

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Lot 107

Harral (Thomas & Ireland, Samuel). Picturesque Views of the Severn... , vol. 1 only (of 2), 1824, twenty-eight hand-col. litho. plts., some spotting, browning and marginal fraying throughout, lacks half-title, disbound, 4to. Sold with all faults, not subject to return. (1)

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Lot 111

Liverpool. A Report of the Proceedings of a Court of Inquiry into the existing state of the Corporation of Liverpool, held in the Court room in the Sessions House in Chapel Street, pub. J & J Mawdsley, Liverpool, Nov. 1833, folding engraved map of Liverpool docks with orig. hand colouring, laid on to front paste down, four further hand coloured engraved maps and plans (three folding), some closed tears to old folds, text with several closed tears, orig. half morocco gilt, worn and bumped, folio (1)

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Lot 115

Nash (Joseph). The Mansions of England in the Olden Time, 2 vols. in 1, pub. Henry Sotheran & Co., 1869, two hand coloured litho. frontis., title pages printed in red & black, fifty lithographs with orig. hand colouring, very occ. spotting and staining throughout, upper hinge broken, a.e.g., contemp. gilt dec. morocco by Sotheran & Co., joints cracked, rubbed and worn at extrems., 4to (1)

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Lot 116

North Eastern Coal & Iron District (so titled on spine). A bound volume containing six linen-backed eight-section maps of geological sections, by H.H. Howell, D. Burns, C. Fox-Strangways, G. Barrow and C. Reid, c. 1870s-80s, with manuscript index to front pastedown, `From Great Whittington, Tanfield Colliery, Springwell Colliery, Harton Colliery, Marsden to East Coast`, etc., recent blue half morocco gilt, folio, together with Rayner (D.H. and Hemingway, J.E., editors), The Geology and Mineral Resources of Yorkshire, pub. Yorkshire Geological Society, 1974, col. frontis., b & w illusts. and diags. to text, folding map at rear, orig. cloth in frayed d.j., 4to, plus other regional geology including a few maps (2 cartons)

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Pryce (William, of Redruth). Mineralogia Cornubiensis; A Treatise on Minerals, Mines and Mining, printed for the Author, 1778

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Lot 118

Pryce (William, of Redruth). Mineralogia Cornubiensis; A Treatise on Minerals, Mines and Mining, printed for the Author, 1778, eng. port. frontis., seven eng. plts. (3 folding), two folding tables, list of subscribers, occ. minor spotting and one folding plt. with closed-tears & fraying to folds, modern antique style calf with red morocco title label to spine, scuffed, folio (1)

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Lot 119

Rose (Thomas). Westmorland, Cumberland, Durham, and Northumberland, Illustrated from Original Drawings by Thomas Allom, George Pickering, &c., 1832, addn. eng. title, 206 eng. views on 104 plts. (inc. two full-page engs.), contemp. half calf, gilt dec. spine with morocco title label, slightly rubbed to board edges, 4to, together with Rose (Thomas), Westmorland, Cumberland, Durham & Northumberland Illustrated..., 1832, eng. title, eighty eng. views on forty plts., some spotting and marginal damp staining, ink marks mostly to verso of plts., contemp. half calf gilt, rubbed and slight wear, 4to (2)

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Lot 121

[Scottish Almanacks]. The General Almanack of Scotland, and British Register, for 1810, together with The Edinburgh Almanack, or Universal Scots and Imperial Register, for 1824, and Oliver & Boyd`s New Edinburgh Almanac...for the Year 1847, first two vols. bound in crimson morocco, third vol. in publishers gilt dec. sheep, sl. rubbed, plus two others related, 12mo (5)

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Lot 122

Smith (A.C.). Guide to the British and Roman Antiquities of the North Wiltshire Downs in a Hundred Square Miles Round Abury, 1st ed. pub. Marlborough College Natural History Society, 1884, b & w plts. and illusts., one double-page map and nineteen mounted sectional maps (inc. 15 double-page), sewing weak, hinges cracked, orig. gilt dec. green cloth, frayed at head & foot of spine and to board edges, folio, together with Map of One Hundred Square Miles Round Abury; Shewing the British and Roman Stone and Earthworks of the Downs of North Wilts, by the Revd. A.C. Smith, M.A. 1884, twenty mounted litho sectional maps (16 double-page, inc. title), orig. cloth gilt, worn at head & foot of spine, folio. Rev A C Smith Guide to the British and Roman Antiquities of the North Wiltshire Downs in a Hundred Square Miles round Abury was originally published in two volumes (as above) in 1884 by the Marlborough College Natural History Society, then reprinted and bound into a single volume and published in 1885 by the Wiltshire Archaeological and Natural History Society after half the original print run was destroyed in a fire. (2)

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Lot 124

Victoria County Histories. Sussex, index vol. and vols. 1-4, 6,7 & 9, 1973-84, numerous b & w illusts. throughout, index and vol. 6 with d.j., each vol. with several library stamps to paste downs, half-titles, prelims. and page edges, library book plates to front paste downs, original cloth gilt, 4to, together with Nottingham, vols. 1 & 2, 1970,numerous b & w illusts. throughout, both vols. with several library stamps to paste downs, half-titles, prelims. and upper page edges, library book plates to front paste downs, orig. cloth gilt, 4to, with Hereford, vol.1, 1908,numerous b & w illusts. throughout, library stamp on verso of title page, library book plate to front paste down, orig. cloth gilt, 4to (11)

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Lot 125

Warner (Rev. Richard). The History of Bath, 1st ed., Bath & London, 1801, half-title, eng. port. frontis., folding eng. map and thirteen eng. plts. (one folding), slight offsetting to text, near contemp. marbled calf, joints cracked, minor wear at head of spine, 4to (1)

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Lot 126

Watney (Vernon J.). Cornbury and the Forest of Wychwood, Privately Printed, Hatchards, 1910, two folding b & w plans, seventy-five photogravure plts., occ. minor spotting, free endpapers darkened to edges, ownership bookplate to front paste-down and ink ownership stamp to front endpaper, t.e.g., remainder untrimmed, orig. full morocco by Hatchards, upper joint slightly cracked, slightly rubbed to extrems., folio (1)

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Lot 129

Yorkshire. The Earl of Rosse`s Heaton and Shipley Estates, Bradford, Yorkshire, Particulars of Sale, 1911 sixteen folding plans (some fraying to edges of first plan), seven b&w plts., title worn with some loss, binding broken with covers detached, orig. cloth backed printed boards, some wear, folio (1)

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Lot 131

Belon du Mans (Pierre). L`Histoire de la nature des oyseaux, avec leurs descriptions, & naifs portraicts retirez du naturel, 1st ed., Paris, Gilles Corrozet, 1555, general title with hand-coloured printer`s woodcut device, and hand-coloured woodcut portrait of the author to verso, six sectional titles with small printer`s woodcut device to each, 160 woodcut illusts. to text, all with attractive early hand-colouring, woodcut initials, two leaves (b3-4) with extreme fore-margin restrengthened, minor foxing, contemp. mottled calf, rubbed and some surface wear to covers and joints, extreme lower outer of upper cover restored, folio. Nissen 86. Anker 9. Ronsil, p. 189, Zimmer, p. 52. One of the earliest books on ornithology, and the first based on the direct observation of nature. Belon`s comparison of human and avian skeletons became the foundation for the science of comparative anatomy. The second section of the work deals with falconry, and includes on page 106 a woodcut of a falconer luring a bird, as well as representations of owls, including the eagle owl, much used in hawking (see Schwerdt I, p. 59). Provenance: Abraham Viell (with ink inscription to title `Cette livre a portait a moy, Abraham Viell, 1621`); Daines Barrington (1727-1800), naturalist and author, and friend of Gilbert White (with his ink signature to head of title); Arthur Paget with his signature and inscription to front blank `Arthur Paget. October 1852. Coloured Plates, rare, sold at Col. Stanley`s sale for £8`, and with bookplate of John Moore Paget to front pastedown. (1)

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[Bunbury, Henry]. Annals of Horsemanship: Containing Accounts of Accidental Experiments and Experimental Accidents, both Succ

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Lot 135

[Bunbury, Henry]. Annals of Horsemanship: Containing Accounts of Accidental Experiments and Experimental Accidents, both Successful and Unsuccessful: Communicated by various correspondents to Geoffrey Gambado Esq., author of the Academy for Grown Horsemen ..., 1st Dublin ed., printed for William Jones, 1792, stipple eng. frontis. and sixteen plates, by W. P. Carey after Bunbury, occn. minor spotting, mostly to tissue-guards, t.e.g., later half maroon morocco gilt (by Birdsall & Son, Northampton), 8vo (1)

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Burnett (Miss M.A.). Plantae Utiliores, or Illustrations of Useful Plants, Employed in the Arts and for Medicines, parts 1-5

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Lot 137

Burnett (Miss M.A.). Plantae Utiliores, or Illustrations of Useful Plants, Employed in the Arts and for Medicines, parts 1-5 (of 8) bound in 2, 1842-46, titles to vols. 1 & 2 & parts 3-5, 160 fine hand-col. litho. plts., lacks first two plts. of part 3 (Moss Rose & Oak), scattered minor spotting, contents leaf to each part and subscribers list to parts 3 and 5, contemp. half calf gilt, rubbed, 4to. Nissen 305. (2)

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* Fishing flies. A group of nine illustrated manuscript notebooks on fishing flies, c. 1960s/70s, one complete notebook compi

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Lot 140

* Fishing flies. A group of nine illustrated manuscript notebooks on fishing flies, c. 1960s/70s, one complete notebook compiled in fountain pen ink with pen and ink sketches of flies with occ. coloured pencil, the remaining volumes titled and completed alphabetically, mostly in blue ballpoint pen with sketches of flies completed with colour pencils, the manuscript entirely in ledgible block capitals throughout, occ. colour printed illusts. and text clippings tipped in, a total of approx. 1000 leaves including some blanks and many leaves written to rectos only, contemp. linen-backed boards, all but one with manuscript labels pasted to covers, a little rubbed, oblong 8vo, plus a small folder of related A4 photocopies. Titles include Standard Flies (Dry and Wet), Standard Trout Flies, Nymphs, Lures, Hairwings and Tube Flies, Tube Flies & Waddington Shanks. (10)

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Lot 145

Johnson (Thomas Burgeland). The Shooter`s Guide: Containing, the Natural History of Dogs; Of Breeding Pointers and Setters, with Directions for Training; Diseases Incident to Dogs, and Methods of Cure. &c..., 2nd ed., 1810, untrimmed, recent blue boards, with paper label to spine, 8vo, together with The Shooter`s Companion..., 1819, three etched plts., untrimmed, later boards, spine deficient, upper cover holding on cords, 8vo (2)

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Lot 151

Lindley (John). Ladies` Botany: or a Familiar Introduction to the Study of the Natural System of Botany, 4th ed., vol. 1 (of 2), [1840], twenty-five hand-col. eng. plts., many plts. detached and sewing weak, endpapers detached, orig. cloth, covers detached and worn, 8vo, together with, Culpeper (Nicholas), The Complete Herbal; to which is now added, upwards of One Hundred Additional Herbs..., new ed., 1850, eng. port. frontis., twenty hand-col. eng. plts., some dust-soiling and slight fraying to first & last few leaves, contemp. calf, lacks spine, boards detached and worn, 4to, with De la Tour (Charlotte), Le Langage des Fleurs, 7th ed., Paris, 1858, hand-col. eng. frontis. and eleven, lacks front free endpaper, a.e.g., orig. gilt dec. cloth, 8vo, and Nicholson (George), The Illustrated Dictionary of Gardening ..., 7 divisions, pub. L. Upcott Gill, c.1890s, chromo frontispieces, a.e.g., orig. cloth, 4to, plus seven others related (17)

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Lot 157

Milner (Henry Ernest). The Art and Practice of Landscape Gardening, 1st ed., 1890, half-title, ten sepia etchings, ten col. plts., two uncol. plts., t.e.g., remainder uncut, orig. green cloth gilt, rubbed and some fading, 4to, together with Mawson (Thomas H.), The Art & Craft of Garden Making, 1900, b&w plts. and illusts., orig. gilt dec. green cloth, some rubbing, 4to (2)

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Lot 162

Pigeons. A pedigree log book, manuscript titled on upper cover: `Extended Pedigrees of the ÒWormaldÓ Strain 1886-`, 24 completed leaves with manuscript records of breeding pairs, a few photographs, press cuttings etc., cloth-backed boards, lightly rubbed, oblong 4to, together with four books on pigeons including two ÒFeathered WorldÓ publications: Pigeons and How to Keep Them & My Foreign Doves and Pigeons, c. 1910 (5)

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Lot 167

Schmookler (Paul & Ingrid Sils). Forgotten Flies, pub. Complete Sportsman, Massachusetts, 1999, coloured illustrations, original cloth, d.j., 4to. As new condition. (1)

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Lot 171

Trueman (Sir Arthur & Weir, J.). A Monograph of British Carboniferous Non-Marine Lamellibranchia, Printed for the Palaeontographical Society, 1946-68, forty-eight half-tone plts., recent green quarter morocco, together with Arkell (W.J.), A Monograph of English Bathonian Ammonites, 1951-58, thirty-three half-tone plts., many folding, recent green half morocco gilt, plus Wright (James), A Monograph on the British Carboniferous Crinoidea, 2 vols., 1950-54 & 1955-60, num. half-tone plts., recent green cloth gilt, all 4to, and Palaeontology, pub. Palaeontological Association, London, vols. 1-13, 1957-70, num. half-tone plts., uniform olive green quarter morocco gilt, thick 8vo (with a separately bound Cumulative Index to vols. 1-12) (18)

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Auction catalogues. ÒA Catalogue of all the Valuable Live and Dead Farming Stock, Implements in Husbandry, &c. Dairy, and

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Lot 177

Auction catalogues. ÒA Catalogue of all the Valuable Live and Dead Farming Stock, Implements in Husbandry, &c. Dairy, and Brewing Utensils, Household Furniture, and other Effects, of Mr. S. Daudy, of Shelton, Near Long Stratton [Norfolk], which will be Sold by Auction, by J. Sharpe & Son, on Monday the 18th, 1822, and two Following DaysÓ, original 16 pp. printed agricultural auction catalogue, corrections and results inserted in a neat ink hand, orig. plain paper wrappers, 8vo (22.2 x 14cm), together with an original printed poster advertising an auction of five plots of farming land, the text beginning ÒDewsbury Inclosure. To be Sold by Auction, at the House of Mrs. Sarah Wigglesworth, the George and Dragon Inn, in Dewsbury, in the County of York, on Tuesday the 12th Day of June, 1804...Ó, some fraying and loss to margins, relaid onto modern paper, 30.8 x 20cm, and another agricultural auction catalogue of livestock from a farm in Didlington, Norfolk, dated 1906 (3)

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Lot 178

Banks (Joseph). A Short Account of the Cause of the Disease in Corn, called by Farmers the Blight, the Mildew, and the Rust, 1805, half-title present, single folding engraved plate, 4 pp. publishers adverts at rear, untrimmed with some fraying and discolouration to fore-edge throughout, orig. paper wrappers, fraying to extrems., 8vo (Perkins 106), together with Poppy (Charles), Observations on the Culture and Storing of Mangel-Wurzel, or Cattle-Beet; with Notes and Extracts relating to its Name and Introduction into that Country, Ipswich: King and Garrod, [1831], modern paper wrappers, 8vo (Perkins 1364) and Wright (E.G., printer), Observations on the Damage done by Hares & Pheasants to the Crops of Corn, Clover, & Turnips, taken from Marshall`s Economy of Norfolk, pub. Hereford, 1818, 14 pp., publishers advert leaf at rear, unbound, 8vo (no copies traced), plus Folds (William, publisher), Extracts, from Publication Relating to the Culture and Management of Hemp. Published by Order of the Trustees of the Linen and Hempen Manufactures of Ireland, pub. Dublin, [1808], sectional title-pages throughout, disbound, 8vo, plus other agricultural pamphlets relating to crops, roots, grasses, etc. (27)

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Lot 179

Bell (Robert & Johnson, Edward). Town and County of Newcastle upon Tyne. Rules and Articles to be Observed and Performed by the Two Nolt Herds of the Town Moor, Castle Leazes, and Nun`s Moor, of the Said Town and County, Newcastle: George Angus, 1823, 10 pp., orig. blue paper wrappers, fraying to edges and old ink title to upper cover, 8vo. No other copies traced. Robert Bell and Edward Johnson were respectively the Mayor and Sheriff of Newcastle. (1)

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Lot 182

Dublin Society. Transactions of the Dublin Society, vol. 1, parts 1 & 2, Dublin, 1800, each essay with separate pagination, folding plan of Glassnevin Botanic Gardens and ten engraved plates, folding tables, contemp. half calf, joints cracking, 8vo. Includes essays on agriculture and fishing. (2) PLEASE NOTE: Revised notes field: Includes essays on agriculture and fishing. The first part contains the first translation into English of an important study of the Merino sheep by George Stumpf, entitled An Essay on the Practical History of Sheep in Spain, and of the Spanish Sheep in Saxony, Anhalt Dessau, &c., translated from the German by Dr. Lanigan, translator to the Dublin Society, and published by their order in 1800, containing 221 pages of text, as well as a translation of Daubenton's Extracts from Instructions for Shepherds and for Owners of Flocks.

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Lot 183

Edwards (Richard, pub.). An Essay on the Utility of Soap-Ashes as a Manure; in which their Nature and Properties, the Soils on which they may be most Usefully Employed, and the Mode of Application, are Illustrated by Numerous Interesting Facts..., 1812, hand coloured engraved frontis., advert leaf to rear, orig. blue paper wrappers with printed paper label to upper cover, spine split, 12mo (not in BM), together with Hodges (Thomas Law), The Use and Advantages of Person`s Draining Plough, pub. James Ridgway, 1839, single engraved plate, publishers adverts to rear, orig. paper wrappers, lower cover creased and torn, 8vo (Perkins 805) and Green (Robert), An Address to the Nobility, Gentry, Farmers, and all Persons Interested in Agriculture, on the Subject of Under-Draining Wet & Cold Land, by a Plough, pub. James Ridgeway, 1832, folding frontis., disbound, 8vo (Perkins 713) plus Johnson (Cuthbert William), An Essay on the Uses of Salt for Agricultural Purposes..., 1820, a few leaves with minor spotting, disbound, 8vo, and other agricultural pamphlets relating to the soil, drainage, manure, ploughs, etc. plus some related publishers` catalogues (19) PLEASE NOTE: Contains 15 items

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Lot 184

Graham (John Ryrie). A Treatise on the Australian Merino, 1st ed, Melbourne: Clarson, Massina & Co., 1870, trade adverts to front and rear, orig. blindstamped cloth gilt, very sl. rubbed to extrems., 8vo. An excellent bright copy. Perkins 702. (1)

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Lot 185

Hall (George Webb). Pauperism. A Letter Addressed to the Right Honourable Wm. Sturges Bourne, M.P. Chairman of the Committee on the Poor Laws, 1819, 16 pp., untrimmed, 8vo, together with Papers on Agriculture; Consisting of Communications made to the Massachusetts Society for Promoting Agriculture, Boston: Young & Minns, 1804, untrimmed, some light spotting, modern paper wrappers, 8vo, and Rouse (William), Remarks on the Comparative Value of Freehold and Copyhold Land; showing the Worth of Lives on Admittance and Enfranchisement, and on the Purchase of Advowsons, 1815, paginated 361-374, disbound, 8vo, and Welsh Highland Farming: or, the System Best Adapted for the Cultivation of the Uplands of Wales, pub. Denbigh, 1852, staining to first and last pages, unbound, 8vo, plus another copy of the same and numerous others agricultural pamphlets on farm workers conditions, agricultural reform, smallholdings, etc. (approx. 50)

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Lot 193

Moore`s Almanack Improved; or, Will`s Farmer and Countryman`s Calendar, 5 vols., 1809, 1821, 1830, 1842 & 1843, first three in orig. paper wrappers, other two in orig. printed paper wrappers, some spine splits and edge fraying, 12mo & 8vo, together with Ruffy (W.J., printer), Members of the Smithfield Club, 1830, 12 pp., orig. paper wrappers, two hole-punch holes running through the pamphlet with some loss of text, 12mo, and The Farmers` Calendar and Diary of General Instruction...for the Year of Our Lord 1843, disbound, 12mo (7)

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[Sheep marks - Wales]. An early 19th century manuscript containing the names of farmers and their sheep marks within Glyn Cei

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Lot 197

[Sheep marks - Wales]. An early 19th century manuscript containing the names of farmers and their sheep marks within Glyn Ceiriog, Llwynmawr and Llangollen in what is now Wrexham County Borough, listing approx. 135 farmers names in a neat ink hand, each name adjacent to a drawing in pencil & watercolour of their respective sheep mark, some leaves frayed and soiled, second half of book blank, lacking at least one leaf at the front, disbound and lacking covers, 15.6 x 9.5cm (1)

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Somerset - Enclosure Document. Large manuscript copy on vellum of an enclosure award for the parishes of Martock and Muchelne

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Lot 198

Somerset - Enclosure Document. Large manuscript copy on vellum of an enclosure award for the parishes of Martock and Muchelney, dated 1826, 123 pp., ink on vellum, inc. 5 large folding maps to rear, some ink signatures, minor sust soiling, contemp. reverse calf with red leather label to upper cover, fraying and wear to spine, large folio (56 x 39cm) The maps include: 1) Map of Common Arable Lands in the Parish of Martock 88 x 74cm. 2) Newmead and Southhay 40.5 x 36cm. 3) Map of Coat Mead / Map of Heaton Mead [on one sheet] 68 x 43cm. 4) Thorney Moor and Common Arable Fields Situate in the Parish of Mulchelney 53 x 43cm. 5) Map of Whetmoor, Lawsham & Case 79 x 90cm. (1)

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Lot 199

Thomas (John J.). Farm Implements, and the Principles of their Construction and Use; an Elementary and Familiar Treatise on Mechanics, pub. New York, 1854, wood engraved illusts., orig. blindstamped cloth gilt, a little rubbed and faded, 8vo, together with Illustrated Catalogue of American Machinery, Agricultural Implements, Pumps, Hydraulic Machines, Tools, Hardware and Produce. Imported by John G. Rollins & Co. American Merchants and Factors, Old Swan Wharf, Upper Thames Street, London Bridge E.C., 1873, photo. frontis. relaid onto modern paper, numerous wood engraved illustrations, contained with orig. printed wrappers in modern cloth binding, wrappers chipped and creased, small folio, plus Bath and West of England Society.A Catalogue of the Implements & Machines for Farm Purposes, 1866, 1868 & 1870, together three separate catalogues, trade adverts to front and rear, all orig. printed wrappers, 1866 missing half of lower cover, 8vo, plus others including trade catalogues, books and pamphlets about farm machinery, etc. (approx. 35)

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Lot 203

British Islands. Speed (John), Holy Iland, Farne, Garnsey & Jarsey, sold John Sudbury and George Humbell, [c.1627], hand coloured engraved maps, four maps on one sheet, slight fraying to margins not affecting image, 390 x 515mm, framed, mounted and glazed. Not examined out of frame. (1)

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Lot 204

British Isles. A collection of approx. 220 maps of the British Isles or regions thereof, mostly 19th century, including maps by J. Harrison, J. & C. Walker, Archer, Moule, Owen & Bowen, etc. (approx. 220)

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Lot 207

Cheffins (Charles F., Publisher). Cheffins`s Map of the Railways in England & Scotland, Accurately Delineating all the Lines Present opened, and those which are in Progress, 4th ed., Corrected to Midsummer, 1844, folding lithographed map, hand-coloured in outline, sectionalised onto linen, approx. 705 x 690mm, scattered light spots, original cloth, slightly rubbed, 8vo (1)

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Devon. Speed (John), Devonshire with Excester Described and the Armes of Such Nobles as have borne the titles of them, pub. J

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Lot 213

Devon. Speed (John), Devonshire with Excester Described and the Armes of Such Nobles as have borne the titles of them, pub. John Sudbury & George Humble [1616], hand coloured engraved map, inset town plan of Exeter, professionally re-margined, slight abrasion on verso causing some thinning, 380 x 510mm, Latin text on verso (1)

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Dorset. Saxton (Christopher & Kip William), Dorcestriae Comitatis Vulgo Dorset ubi olim Durotriges Insederunt, [1637], ha

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Lot 214

Dorset. Saxton (Christopher & Kip William), Dorcestriae Comitatis Vulgo Dorset ubi olim Durotriges Insederunt, [1637], hand coloured engraved map, elaborate strapwork cartouche and mileage scale, trimmed to neat line on vertical margins, 280 x 390mm, together with Somerset. Somersettensis Comitatus Vulgo Somersett Shyre Qui olim pars suit Belgarum, [1610 or later],uncoloured engraved map, elaborate strapwork cartouche and mileage scale, water stained, margins chipped but not affecting image, trimmed to neat line on vertical margins, 390 x 280mm, with Huntingdonshire. Huntingdon Comitatus qui pars suir Icenorum, [1610 or later], uncoloured engraved map, 275 x 335mm (3)

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* England & Wales. Dighton (Robert), Geography Bewitched! or, a droll Caricature Map of England and Wales, pub. Bowles &a

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Lot 215

* England & Wales. Dighton (Robert), Geography Bewitched! or, a droll Caricature Map of England and Wales, pub. Bowles & Carver, no. 69 St. Paul`s Church Yard, c.1795, engraved humerous allegorical map with original hand colouring, three small white streaks to image (possibly body colour), mounted to image with title displayed in separate mount aperture, image size 185 x 160mm, framed and glazed. Scarce. (1)

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Lot 218

France. Braun (Georg & Hogenberg, Franz), Chartres / Chasteaudunum [Chateaudun], c.1581, two engraved city plans on one sheet, title cartouche and armorials, attractive original hand colouring, 330 x 477mm (1)

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