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Lot 3209

BINDING. The Oxford Dictionary of Quotations. London, New York, etc.: 1950. First edition, seventh impression, 8vo (234 x 164mm.) (Title-page lightly soiled.) Contemporary red morocco, by C. & H.T. Evans, the upper covers tooled in gilt and silver with a border of fleur-de-lis within squares, the spine in six compartments with raised bands, lettered in the second, the others with repeat decoration in gilt, wide elaborate gilt turn-ins, watered silk endpapers, gauffered g.e. (spine discoloured to brown).

Lot 3211

SURTEES, Robert. “Ask Mama;” or, the Richest Commoner in England. London: Bradbury & Evans, 1858. First edition, 8vo (208 x 134mm.) Hand-coloured plates, numerous uncoloured illustrations, all after John Leech. (Some light spotting.) Near contemporary red half-morocco gilt, bound by Bayntun of Bath, the spines in six compartments with raised bands, lettered in the second and fourth, the others with different hunting motifs in gilt, t.e.g. – And another first edition by Surtees, bound to match (Plain or Ringlets. London: 1860. 8vo).

Lot 3215

PRATT, Anne. The Flowering Plants, Grasses, Sedges, and Ferns of Great Britain. London & New York: [n.d. but circa 1873.] 6 vols., 8vo (232 x 150mm.) 318 coloured plates (317 coloured). (Light browning, printed pinholes to plates.) Original decorated cloth, g.e. (extremities slightly bumped, one plate now loosely inserted).

Lot 3216

PRATT, Anne. The Flowering Plants and Ferns of Great Britain. London & New York: [n.d. but circa 1873.] 6 vols., 8vo (224 x 137mm.) 318 plates (317 printed in colour). (Some spotting and light browning.) Original cloth blocked in gilt and black, g.e. (extremities bumped, joints splitting, stitching weak).

Lot 3225

SEDGWICK, Adam. The Memorial of the Trustees of Cowgill Chapel, with an Appendix, &c. printed in 1868, and a Supplement, Added in 1870. Cambridge: for private circulation, 1870. 8vo (211 x 132mm.) 6 albumen-print photographs mounted as plates. (Some rippling, occasional spotting.) Contemporary half-calf (rubbed and scuffed). Provenance: Margaret Isabelle Sedgwick (presentation inscription `With the best love of the author, from Uncle A. Sedgwick, Cambridge March 22nd 1870`). – And ten other volumes (11).

Lot 3227

HUNTING & NATURAL HISTORY. – James ANDREWS et al. The Lonsdale Library volume XXIX Wildfowling. London: [n.d.] 8vo (213 x 134mm.) Numerous plates. (Light browning.) Original cloth, dust-jacket. – And twenty-five others of sporting and natural history interest, including two others from the Lonsdale Library series (26).

Lot 3230

TOPOGRAPHY. – Charles COTTON. The History and Antiquities of the Church and Parish of St. Laurence, Thanet, in the County of Kent. London & Ramsgate: 1895. Limited edition of 250 copies, this number 221 signed by Cotton, 4to (295 x 225mm.) Numerous plates. Contemporary half-morocco (head and foot of spine chipped with minor loss). Provenance: Dr Wallis (a.l.s. by Cotton tipped-in on limitation page). – And twelve other works of topographical interest (13).

Lot 3233

TOULOUSE-LAUTREC, Henri de (illustrator). – Edouard de POMIANE. Cooking in Ten Minutes. Oxford & Los Angeles: 1948. 8vo (205 x 122mm.) 18 woodcut illustrations (?only). (Occasional spotting.) Original cloth-backed boards, remnants of dust-jacket. – And five other illustrated works (6).

Lot 3234

FINCH, William Coles. Watermills & Windmills. Sheerness: 1976. 4to (243 x 171mm.) Numerous illustrations. Original cloth, dust-jacket. – And a small collection of other volumes and pamphlets relating to windmills and watermills or topography (a lot).

Lot 3240

CULPEPER, Nicholas. The Complete Herbal… a new edition. London: Virtue & Co., [n.d.] 4to (275 x 205mm.) Engraved frontispiece and 19 coloured plates. (Some browning and occasional light spotting.) 20th century brown half-morocco.

Lot 3244

KRONHEIM & Co. The Bird Picture-Book. London & New York: [n.d.] 8vo (244 x 168mm.) 10 plates printed in colour. (Some browning.) Original cloth, g.e. – And fifteen other volumes, works and part-works, most illustrated (16).

Lot 3245

BINDINGS. – Jane AUSTEN. Mansfield Park… new edition. London: Richard Bentley & Son, 1885. 8vo (181 x 112mm.) Engraved frontispiece. (Frontispiece slightly damp-stained, old creases to a few other leaves.) Contemporary green half-calf, by Mudie (spine and extremities recoloured). – And thirty-three others, all leather-bound, including `Essays` by Ralph Waldo Emerson, bound by Morrell of London, and `Great Modern British Plays` selected by J.W. Marriott, bound by W. & G. Foyle of London (34).

Lot 3250

BINDINGS. – Robert H. BAYNES (editor). The Illustrated Book of Sacred Poems. London & New York: [n.d.] (Some spotting.) Contemporary blue morocco gilt, g.e. – And fifteen other leather-bound volumes (16).

Lot 3251

CRANE, Walter (illustrator). – Edmund SPENSER. The Faerie Queene… [with the fragment Mutabilitie] edited by Thomas J. Wise. London: 1894-1897. Limited edition of 1000 copies, 6 vols. in seven, 4to (278 x 212mm.) Decorative title-pages, numerous plates, numerous decorations and illustrations, all after Crane. (A few plates with additional ink `censorship`. 20th century half-calf, original wrappers bound-in vol. I only (extremities slightly bumped). Provenance: Victoria & Albert Museum (occasional labels and ink stamps); Emslie John Horniman (bookplates).

Lot 3253

BINDINGS. – [Robert K. PHILP]. Best of Everything. London: W. Kent & Co.: 1870. 4to (187 x 127mm.) (Some spotting.) Contemporary blue morocco gilt, by Would, the covers with triple fillet borders, the spine in six compartments, lettered in the second, the others with repeat decoration in gilt, gilt turn-ins (lightly scuffed along joints). – And eleven other leather-bound volumes (12).

Lot 3261

MAHAN, A.T. The Life of Nelson, the Embodiment of the Sea Power of Great Britain. London: 1897. 2 vols., 8vo (220 x 140mm.) Portrait frontispieces, occasional plates, maps and plans. (Some spotting.) Contemporary dark blue half-morocco gilt, for H. Sotheran & Co, London, the spines gilt in six compartments with raised bands, lettered in the second and third, the others with repeat decoration in gilt, t.e.g.

Lot 3265

[SURTEES, Robert Smith.] Mr Romford`s Hounds. London: Bradbury, Agnew & Co., [n.d. but circa 1890.] 8vo (221 x 145mm.) Hand-coloured title vignette and 24 hand-coloured plates by John Leech and H.K. Browne, numerous uncoloured illustrations. Contemporary red half-calf, by Morrell, London, the spines in six compartments with raised bands, green morocco lettering pieces in the second and third, the others with repeat decoration in gilt, t.e.g. (spines slightly rubbed). – And one other work by Surtees, bound to match (2).

Lot 3272

GENTLEMAN, Tom. Brae Farm. London & New York: 1945. 4to (234 x 168mm.) Lithographic illustrations printed in colour throughout, all by Gentleman. Original pictorial boards, dust-jacket (dust-jacket slightly discoloured and with minor nicks). Provenance: T. Gorringe (presentation inscription from the author to front free endpaper signed with initials and a 2pp. a.l.s. by Gentleman, addressed to `Dear Gorringe` to accompany the book `I hope you will enjoy the book even if it is written for the ten year old`).

Lot 3277

KEYNES, John Maynard. The General Theory of Employment, Interest and Money. London: Macmillan & Co., Limited, 1936. First edition, 8vo (215 x 127mm.) Original cloth, dust-jacket (dust-jacket slightly discoloured and with minor creases).

Lot 3278

KENNEDY, John F. Profiles in Courage. London & New York: 1961. 8vo (212 x 138mm.) Occasional illustrations. Original cloth. Note: inscribed by the author`s widow: `In tribute to the Flying Doctor Service / with all good wishes / Jacqueline Kennedy / 1965` to half-title.

Lot 3281

DULAC, Edmund (illustrator). – Arthur QUILLER-COUCH. The Sleeping Beauty and Other Fairy Tales. London: Hodder & Stoughton, [n.d. but circa 1910.] 4to (280 x 216mm.) 30 tipped-in colour plates by Dulac. (Light browning, occasional creases to plates.) Original cloth blocked in gilt (extremities bumped, stitching weak and some leaves now loosely inserted). – And one other illustrated by Dulac (2).

Lot 3287

CLARKE, Harry (illustrator). – Algernon Charles SWINBURNE. Selected Poems. London & New York: 1928. 8vo (239 x 153mm.) 11 plates by Clarke. Original cloth, dust-jacket (minor tears to dust-jacket).

Lot 3291

KEATS, John. The Poems. London: at the Florence Press, Chatto & Windus, 1915. Limited edition of 250 copies, this number 47, 2 vols., 4to (217 x 178mm.) (Occasional spotting.) Original vellum, t.e.g. (extremities slightly soiled).

Lot 3292

LAWRENCE, T.E. The Mint, a Day-book of the R.A.F. Depot between August and December 1922 with later notes by 352087 A/C Ross. London: Jonathan Cape, 1955. Limited edition of 2000 copies, this number 691, 4to (255 x 190mm.) Title printed in red and black. Original blue morocco-backed cloth, by A.W. Bain & Co. Ltd. of London (cloth slightly discoloured), contained within original slipcase (soiled and slightly affected by damp).

Lot 3295

BACON, Francis. The Essays, or Counsels, Civil & Moral… with a Table of the Colours of Good and Evil. Whereinto is added the Wisdom of the Ancients. London: printed by Thomas Ratcliffe and Th. Daniel, 1668[-1669]. 12mo (142 x 80mm.) Engraved portrait frontispiece. (Frontispiece and title-page shaved with slight loss to outer edge, some browning, small wormhole throughout.) Old calf (rebacked and edged). Wing B286.

Lot 3301

SCOTT, Walter. Waverley Novels. Edinburgh & London: 1829-1833. 48 vols., 8vo (162 x 98mm.) Frontispieces, decorative titles. (Some spotting, many titles with sections excised). Contemporary half-calf (worn).

Lot 3310

LONDON. – W.P.W. PHILLIMORE & G.E. COKAYNE. London Parish Registers. London: 1900-1901. Limited edition of 200 copies, this number 12, signed with initials by Phillimore, 3 vols., 8vo (220 x 136mm.) (Occasional light spotting.) Original cloth (extremities slightly bumped, spines slightly faded). Provenance: Hastings Corporation Library (bookplates and occasional stamps). – And six other volumes relating to London (9).

Lot 3311

SCHNEIDER, George. The Book of Choice Ferns for the Garden, Conservatory, and Stove. London & New York: [n.d. but circa 1895.] 3 vols., 4to (253 x 187mm.) 21 plates, illustrations. (Occasional spotting.) Original decorated cloth, g.e. (extremities somewhat bumped). Provenance: West Sussex County Library (labels and an ink stamp to each volume). – And one work on orchids (4).

Lot 3312

LINTON, James D. (illustrator). – William SHAKESPEARE. The Merchant of Venice. London: Hodder & Stoughton, [n.d.] 4to (244 x 180mm.) 36 mounted colour plates by Linton. (Slightly affected by damp.) Original cloth (spine discoloured, joints split). – And one other incomplete volume illustrated by Dulac (2).

Lot 3313

[WATKINS-PITCHFORD, Denys J.] `BB`. The Wind in the Wood. London: Hollis & Carter Ltd., 1952. 4to (248 x 180mm.) Title printed in yellow and black, 12 colour plates, numerous uncoloured illustrations. (Some light spotting.) Original cloth (extremities bumped, slightly discoloured), dust-jacket (edges slightly tattered). – And four others by `B.B.` (5).

Lot 3317

CHILDREN`S BOOKS. – Roald DAHL. Charlie and the Chocolate Factory. London: George Allen & Unwin Ltd., 1972. Fourth impression, 4to (238 x 164mm.) Numerous illustrations by Faith Jaques. Original boards. – And thirty-four other children`s books (35).

Lot 3320

CROSSFIELD, A. Scott, and Clay BLAIR Jr. Always Another Dawn, The Story of a Rocket Test Pilot. London: Hodder & Stoughton, 1961. 8vo (216 x 140mm.) Occasional illustrations. Original cloth, dust-jacket. – And a quantity of others, including some biographies (a quantity).

Lot 3331

DEFOE, Daniel. History of the Plague in London in 1665. Edinburgh & London: 1810. 8vo (166 x 95mm.) (Title-page slightly affected by damp.) Contemporary calf (slightly rubbed, upper hinge splitting).

Lot 3338

MARTIN, W.C.L. The History of the Dog. London: Charles Knight & Co., 1845. 12mo (140 x 87mm.) Numerous wood-engraved illustrations. (Some browning.) Contemporary calf, g.e. (spine worn). – And one other work of similar interest (2).

Lot 3339

BLACK, Adam & Charles (publishers). Black`s Economical Tourist, Scotland. Edinburgh: 1840. 8vo (165 x 104mm.) Engraved folding map, hand-coloured in outline, occasional illustrations. (Some browning.) Original cloth. Provenance: presentation copy inscribed `from the Publishers / Edinburgh / 14 July 1840`.

Lot 3341

DAVIS, R., L. DAVIS & W. OWEN (publishers). The New Peerage; or Present State of the Nobility of England. London: 1769. 3 vols., 8vo (171 x 109mm.) 72 engraved plates (recto and verso on 38 leaves). (Some browning and occasional minor marginal tears.) Later blue half-calf, by Riviere & Son, for H. Sotheran & Co, the spines gilt in six compartments with raised bands, brown morocco lettering pieces in the second and third, the others with repeat decoration in gilt (spines slightly rubbed and faded).

Lot 3342

[BUTLER, Samuel.] Hudibras… with large annotations and a preface by Zachary Grey. Cambridge & London: 1744. 2 vols., 8vo (194 x 118mm.) Engraved portrait frontispiece and 16 engraved plates (5 folding) by William Hogarth. (Occasional light browning.) 19th century green calf tooled in gilt and blind, the spines in six compartments with raised bands, red morocco lettering pieces in the second and fourth, the others with repeat decorations in gilt (rebacked and restored).

Lot 3344

BINDINGS. – Alfred Lord TENNYSON. The Works. London & New York: 1905. 8vo (180 x 114mm.) Portrait frontispiece. (Frontispiece spotted.) Contemporary red morocco, by Ramage, the upper cover with centrally-placed monogram in gilt, the spine in six compartments with raised bands, lettered in the second, the others with repeat decoration in gilt, gilt turn-ins, g.e. (extremities slightly scuffed). – And one other work by B. Vesey Fitzgerald, leather-bound (2).

Lot 3362

BIBLE, In English. The Holy Bible containing the Old and New Testaments. Cambridge: 1821. Folio (496 x 285mm.) (Some creasing to first and last few leaves, some light spotting.) Contemporary reverse calf, morocco presentation onlay to upper cover (worn). Provenance: Edward Bootle & John Whalley (binding).

Lot 3379

DUGDALE, William [& Roger DODSWORTH]. Monasticon Anglicanum: or, the History of the Ancient Abbies, Monasteries, Hospitals, Cathedral and Collegiate Churches… in England and Wales. London: 1743. Folio (344 x 206mm.) Titles printed in red and black, engraved additional decorative title, 102 engraved plates and plans (17 double-page). (Some browning.) Near contemporary calf (spine rubbed, hinges weak). – And Stevens` Supplement in two vols., bound to match (3).

Lot 3382

WINDHAM, Edwin Richard. Notes on Irish Architecture. London: George Bell & Sons, 1875. Large 4to (365 x 243mm.) Numerous plates, most mounted photographs. (Some spotting.) Modern cloth. Provenance: West Sussex County Library (labels to endpapers, binding).

Lot 3389

CESCINSKY, Herbert, and Ernest R. GRIBBLE. Early English Furniture & Woodwork. London: 1922. 2 vols. in one, large 4to (335 x 240mm.) Colour frontispiece, numerous uncoloured illustrations. (Title-page spotted.) Original buckram-backed boards, dust-jacket.

Lot 3390

SCOTT, William B. Antiquarian Gleanings in the North of England. London, Newcastle, etc.: [n.d. but circa 1851.] 4to (403 x 228mm.) 38 hand-coloured plates. (Some soiling.) Contemporary half-morocco, by Charles Thurnam & Sons (extremities scuffed). Provenance: West Sussex County Library (labels to front endpapers).

Lot 3401

BRUNHOFF, Jean de. Babar`s Travels. London: Methuen & Co. Ltd., 1935. Folio (362 x 260mm.) Illustrated and printed in colour throughout. Original cloth-backed pictorial boards (slightly soiled, extremities slightly scuffed). – And two other French editions by Jean de Brunhoff (3).

Lot 3403

TEXIER, Charles, and R. Popplewell PULLAN. Byzantine Architecture; illustrated by Examples of Edifices Erected in the East. London: Day & Son, 1864. Folio (423 x 287mm.) Chromolithographed decorative title, 68 lithographed plates (2 double-page). (Occasional browning, all plates with ink stamps.) Original decorated cloth, g.e. (extremities somewhat scuffed, rebacked, old spine laid down). Provenance: West Sussex Libraries (labels and ink stamps).

Lot 3414

HASEGAWA, T. (publisher). Kohana San. Tokyo & Yokohama: 1892. 4to (197 x 157mm.) Printed in colour woodblocks throughout on crepe paper. (Occasional spotting and minor creasing.) Original wrappers, silk ties (spotted).

Lot 3415

BANNERMAN, Helen. The Story of Little Black Sambo. London: Grant Richards, 1899. 16mo (125 x 73mm.) 17 full-page colour illustrations only. (Lacking pp. 3-4, 9-16, 29-34 & 45-46, 1 leaf torn with minor crease, occasional light soiling or browning.) Original pale green cloth blocked in dark green (slightly soiled, spine darkened, gutta-percha perished and all leaves now loosely inserted). Note: No 4 in the Dumpy Books for Children series.

Lot 3416

AINSLIE, Kathleen. Catharine Susan`s Little Holiday. London & New York: [n.d.] 4to (140 x 118mm.) Numerous full-page chromolithographed illustrations. (Some browning.) Original wrappers, cord tied (slightly soiled and creased). – And three others by Ainslie featuring Catherine Susan (4).

Lot 3419

UPTON, Florence K. (illustrator). – Bertha UPTON. The Golliwogg`s Polar Adventures. London, New York & Bombay: Longmans, Green & Co., 1900. Oblong 8vo (215 x 275mm.) Decorative title, 31 full-page lithographic illustrations printed in colour. (Some soiling and browning, many leaves torn, occasionally affecting the illustrations.) Original cloth-backed boards (extremities scuffed, bumped and soiled, front-free endpaper loosely inserted).

Lot 3420

UPTON, Florence K. (illustrator). – Bertha UPTON. The Golliwogg`s Air-Ship. New York, London & Bombay: Longmans, Green & Co., 1902. Oblong 8vo (215 x 275mm.) Decorative title, numerous illustrations, including 30 full-page lithographic illustrations printed in colour (1 double-page). (Some soiling and browning, a few leaves torn.) Original cloth-backed boards (extremities scuffed, bumped and soiled).

Lot 3430

AVIATION & MILITARY VEHICLES. – A quantity of books, all on either aeroplanes or military vehicles, all 20th century (a quantity).

Lot 3431

RAILWAYS. – J.S. WHITELEY & G.W. MORRISON. The Big Four Remembered. Leicester: 1996. Reprint, 4to (273 x 214mm.) Numerous illustrations. Original boards, dust-jacket. – And a quantity of others of railway interest, all 20th century (a quantity).

Lot 3433

PAUL, John. John Paul`s Book: Moral and Instructive. Hartford & Chicago: for subscribers only, 1874. 8vo (219 x 140mm.) Numerous illustrations. Original decorated cloth (bumped). – And thirty-four others (35).

Lot 3435

ART & ANTIQUE REFERENCE. – J.O. WESTWOOD. The Art of Illuminated Manuscripts Illustrated Sacred Writings. London: 1988. Reprint, 8vo (330 x 225mm.) Numerous illustrations, many colour. Original cloth, dust-jacket. – And thirty-six others on art and antiques (37).

Lot 3436

WORK, Thomas & Elizabeth. The Basis of Chemotherapy. Edinburgh & London: 1948. 8vo (224 x 140mm.) Occasional illustrations. Original cloth, dust-jacket. – And a quantity of others, 20th century (a quantity).

Lot 3437

ART & ANTIQUE REFERENCE. – A quantity of books, the majority art and antique reference, 20th century (a quantity).

Lot 3438

LLOYD, Nathaniel. A History of English Brickwork. London & New York: 1925. 4to (305 x 244mm.) Title printed in red and black, numerous plates (some folding) and illustrations. (Some spotting, ink stamps to most leaves.) Original buckram blocked in gilt, t.e.g. (extremities slightly bumped). Provenance: R. Garraway Rice (presentation inscription from the author, signed and dated 5.1.26); Worthing Public Library (bookplate and ink stamps). – And ten other volumes on architecture and art (11).

Lot 855

Blackie & Son, Glasgow, mid-late 19th century, Publisher- "Anatomy, plate III"; engraving, 22x13cm: together with a collection of further similar engraving to include Gymnastics, Aeronautics, Dialling, Orrery and Style Renaissance after Pierre-Joseph Redoute 1759-1840 and others, mostly in good plain moulded oak frames, (a lot)

Lot 911

A Neapolitan mandolin, bearing label by `Francesco Perretti & Figli`; also a long armed stringed instrument possibly of asian origin. (2)

Lot 1114

A surveyor`s level by Troughton & Simmons with accessories, in it`s fitted wooden case, another level by Stanley in it`s fitted wooden case, and a lacquered brass student`s microscope in a wooden case, (3).

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