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Maple and Co, an Edwardian mahogany 'Chinese Chippendale' envelope card table, the beize lined top with counter provisions over blind fret frieze and single drawer, on tulip carved turned supports and castors, united by shaped stretchers. Stamped to drawer, 74 x 53 x 53cm

An antique mahogany serpentine front two door corner cabinet on stand in the Chippendale style with blind fret moulded decoration, 198 cm high

A late 18th century mahogany longcase with an associated dial and later movement, flat topped hood with a dentil cornice and blind fret beneath, square hood door flanked by two turned pillars with integral capitals, trunk with conforming blind fret and reeded quarter columns, full length trunk door with raised moulding to the edge and an arched top, trunk on a rectangular plinth with applied moulding to the base, mid 18th century brass dial with cast spandrels, chapter ring and engraved dial centre, fitted with �dummy� winding arbors, dial engraved �William Hardgraves Jnr, Settle�, with a semi-circular date aperture and date disc behind, non-matching steel hands, dial pinned via a false plate to a 20th century chain driven three train movement striking the quarters on 8 gong rods. With three brass cased weights..Dimensions: Height: 200cm  Length/Width: 46cm  Depth/Diameter: 26cm

Bertin (Georges) Libris viginti methodice absoluta, title with woodcut device, printed in double-column, woodcut ornaments and initials, with final colophon/errata leaf, title with contemporary ink inscription "Bibliotheca Admont" and hole touching one letter (repaired), a few wormholes repaired, browned, some light marginal water-staining, bookplate printed in red, modern panelled calf with rules and decorative border in blind, red morocco label, spine very slightly faded, [Adams B819], folio, Basel, Conrad von Waldkirch, 1587.

NO RESERVE Blindness.- Houses of Parliament. Report of the Royal Commission on the Blind, the Deaf and Dumb, &c., 4 vol. in 2, tables, some folding, 9 plates of embossed types for the blind (Braille, Moon etc.), ex-library set with ink stamps, contemporary half morocco, rubbed, 1889 § Renwick (Thomas) A Narrative of the Case of Miss Margaret McAvoy, only edition, engraved frontispiece of Miss McAvoy in an optical hood, light spotting and soiling, contemporary roan-backed boards, contemporary book-label of Birmingham Medical Book Society on lower cover, uncut, rubbed, joints split, [Wellcome IV, 508], 1817 § Congrès Universel pour l'Amélioration du Sort des Aveugles et des Sourds-Muets, only edition, half-title, 10 embossed plates of writing systems for the blind, 3 mounted on blank leaves, modern cloth, Paris, 1879, v.s. (4)

Dentistry.- Maury (F.) Treatise on the Dental Art, translated by J.B.Savier, first edition in English, 20 lithographed plates, illustrations, 12pp. publishers' catalogue at end, foxing, water-stain to top outer corner towards end, modern half calf, Philadelphia, 1843 § Arthur (Robert) A Treatise on the use of Adhesive Gold Foil, first edition, illustrations, advertisement leaf at end, some browning, original blind-stamped cloth, rubbed, spine torn and chipped, Philadelphia, 1857 § Garretson (James E.) A System of Oral Surgery, second edition, 17 engraved plates, illustrations, contemporary sheep, rubbed, Philadelphia, 1873 § Muller (E.) Atlas et Traité de Prothèse Métallique Dentaire Moderne, first French edition, colour plates and illustrations, original sheep-backed cloth, rubbed, Paris, 1910; and another on dentistry, 8vo & 4to (5)⁂ The second item is the first book on the use of gold foil for filling teeth; the third is the first modern textbook of oral surgery.

Neurology.- Tiedemann (Frédéric) The Anatomy of the Foetal Brain, only edition in English, half-title, erratum leaf and 14 engraved plates at end, near contemporary ink signature to head of title, foxing, original blind-stamped cloth, faded, recased, new endpapers, [Wellcome V, 270], Edinburgh, 1826 § Macewen (W.) Pyogenic Infective Diseases of the Brain and Spinal Cord, first edition, plates and illustrations, ex-library copy with small embossed stamp to title, modern half morocco, Glasgow, 1893 § Swan (Joseph) A Demonstration of the Nerves of the Human Body, second edition, 25 engraved plates, some foxing, original cloth, uncut, rubbed, rebacked, 1834 § Bell (Sir Charles) The Nervous System of the Human Body, third edition, 16 engraved plates, most folding, advertisement leaf at end, ex-library copy with stamp to title, original cloth, spine worn, cover detached, 1844 § Dean (John) The Gray Substance of the Medulla Oblongata and Trapezium, first edition, 16 plates, light foxing, modern cloth, spine faded, original upper wrapper bound in at end (spotted), Washington D.C., 1864, most a little rubbed; and c.55 others on the brain and nervous system, some pamphlets, including 2 bound volumes of British papers on neurosurgery compiled by Sir Geoffrey Jefferson 1925-43, 8vo & 4to (c.60)⁂ The last item (Dean) is by an American pioneer in the microscopic study of the central nervous system and includes some of the first photographic illustrations of neuro-anatomy.

Ophthalmology.- Curtis (John Harrison) A Treatise on the Physiology and Diseases of the Eye, second edition, half-title, 2 hand-coloured stipple-engraved plates, one with overlay revealing veins, nerves etc. beneath, 6pp. publishers' catalogue at end, later ink inscription to front free endpaper, original cloth-backed boards, paper label (chipped), rubbed, 1835 § Guthrie (G.J.) A Treatise on the Operations for the Formation of an Artificial Pupil, only separate edition, 2 engraved plates at end (one of instruments), heavily foxed, light water-staining at beginning, old ink stamp to foot of title, modern calf-backed boards, uncut, 1819 § Bowman (W.) Lectures on the...Operations on the Eye..., first edition, presentation copy from the author inscribed on half-title, illustrations, 16pp. publishers' catalogue at end, lightly browned, original blind-stamped cloth, rubbed, rebacked preserving old spine, 1849; and 7 others on the eye, 8vo (10)

Greek classics in Braille.- Xenophon. Apologia Socratis et Platonis, Peri aretes, translated into Modern Greek by by A.Pallatianos, letterpress title in Modern Greek and a leaf showing the Modern Greek alphabet in Braille (dated 1883), occasional spotting, lightly browned, original cloth-backed marbled boards, original letterpress printed label to upper cover, little chipping, corners bumped, rubbed, Corfu, I. Nachamouli, 1889; and 4 others, 19th century Braille editions of Aeschylus, Lucian & Apollodorus, and Xenophon, v.s. (5)⁂ A very good group of rare European and British printed 19th century Braille texts. Louis Braille first published his system based on the French alphabet in 1829, with a second edition appearing in 1837. In 1878 the International Congress on Work for the Blind proposed an international braille standard.

An early Victorian mahogany chest of drawers, with three blind panels over two short and three graduating drawers, flanked by quarter spiral columns, on turned legs, 120x51x111cmH

After William J Allingham, 'Blind Man's Bluff', colour mezzotint; together with one other, each 45x37cm

A 19th century walnut davenport, superstructure with fitted interior to include two inkwells, sloped writing surface, flanked by four drawers and four blind drawers, 57x60x94cmH

A coffee table, blind fretwork apron, on shell capped cabriole legs, 138x59x43cmH

A mahogany bowfront chest of drawers in George III style, 20th century, with blind fretwork angles, 85cm high, 128cm wide, 67cm deep

A George IV lady's sewing necessaire, the rounded rectangular black morocco case blind-rolled in the Classical taste, the hinged cover enclosing a velvet-lined interior fitted with silver-hafted perquisites and instruments, push-button mechanism, 11.5cm wide, the steel scissor blades GR, each initial either side of a crown, c. 1825

A 19th century Chippendale design painted press cupboard, rectangular top above a pair of blind fretwork bordered panel doors applied in the Rococo taste enclosing provisions for sliding trays, the base with a long drawer, bracket feet, 151.5cm high, 125.5cm wide, 55.5cm deep

A 19th century oak low dresser, planked rectangular top with moulded edge above three short and three blind drawers, flanked by panel doors enclosing a shelf, 94cm high, 166.5cm wide, 54.5cm deep

A Chippendale Revival mahogany demilune desk, slightly oversailing partial-galleried top with inset writing surface above a central frieze drawer flanked by doors, each front applied with blind fretwork, French cabriole legs, 73cm high, 99.5cm wide, 51cm deep, c.1910

A George III mahogany and parcel-marquetry Pembroke table, oval top with fall leaves above a single frieze drawer, blind to verso, ring handles, the escutcheons pressed with a stylised representation of the Prince of Wales's feathers, tapered square legs, spade feet, 71cm high, 58cm opening to 105.5cm wide, 74cm deep, c.1790

A George III mahogany bureau bookcase, dentil cornice above a blind fretwork frieze and a pair of astragal glazed doors enclosing three adjustable shelves, the base with a fall front enclosing a tooled and gilt writing surface, small drawers and pigeonholes, above a pair of panel doors, the left enclosing two drawers, the right a shelf, skirted base, bracket feet, 209.5cm high, 80cm wide, 52cm deep, c.1800

A George III mahogany crossbanded oak Lancashire chest, hinged top above six blind and three short drawers, brass swan neck handles, flanked by inset quarter-columns, 85cm high, 150.5cm wide, 59.5cm deep, c.1800

A George III oak 'Lancashire' mule chest, hinged top above six blind and three short drawers, flanked by inset fluted quarter-columns, brass swan neck handles, skirted base, bracket forefeet, 84cm high, 158.5cm wide, 56.5cm deep, c.1790

A Post-Regency mahogany work table, rounded rectangular top with fall leaves above a pair of frieze drawers, blind to verso, turned legs, arrow feet, 73.5cm high, 39.5cm opening to 80cm wide, 41cm deep, c.1830

A Regency mahogany desk, possibly Scottish or Irish, rounded rectangular top with reeded edge above a pair of drawers and two panel doors, blind to verso, convex-reeded angles, bracket-form plinth base, 79.5cm high, 129.5cm wide, 57.5cm deep

A Regency mahogany sofa table, rounded rectangular top with fall leaves above a pair of frieze drawers, blind to verso, rectangular supports, turned stretcher, sabre legs, paw-capped casters, 72.5cm high, 94.5cm opening to 142cm wide, 65cm deep, c.1820

A Regency mahogany work table, rounded rectangular top with reeded edge and fall leaves above two frieze drawers, the upper fitted with open compartments, blind to verso, ring-turned legs, brass casters, 71.5cm high, 36.5cm opening to 83cm wide, 48.5cm deep, c.1820

A Regency rosewood sofa table, rounded rectangular top with fall leaves above a pair of frieze drawers, blind to verso, ring-turned columnar supports, turned block-centred stretcher, sabre legs, brass casters, 71cm high, 104cm opening to 165cm wide, 61cm deep, c.1820

A Sheraton Revival satinwood crossbanded mahogany and marquetry Pembroke table, rectangular top with fall leaves inlaid to the border with fruiting and flowering branches, above a single frieze drawer, blind to verso, rope-twist ring handles, ribbon-tied circular escutcheons, tapered square legs, brass casters, 70.5cm high, 51cm wide opening to 97.5cm wide, 83.5cm deep

An unusual George III mahogany side or clerk's work table, hinged crossbanded top above two blind and one long drawer fitted with compartments, tapered square legs, brass casters, 77cm high, 78cm wide, 36cm opening to 53.5cm deep, c.1800

Continental School (19th century)After the Old Master, Madonna and Childoil on canvas, 82.5cm x 64.5cm, the stretcher indistinctly stamped in blind to verso

SNAFFLES, a pencil signed colour hunting print, "Tally - Ho Back" with BIT blind stamp bottom left, 23cm x 38cm

SNAFFLES, pencil signed military WWI print "That Far, Far Away Echo", with BIT blind stamp bottom left, 26cm x 34cm

GEORGIAN DESIGN KNEEHOLE DESK, carved mahogany desk with blind fretwork drawer fronts, stamped "Trevor Bage, Norwich", 91cm width

GEORGIAN DESIGN DESK, mahogany single drawer desk with blind fretwork facade and gilt leather top on slender cabriole legs, 101cm width

CHIPPENDALE REVIVAL, mahogany breakfront display cabinet, attractive laurel leaf carved astragals on central cupboard base flanked by 2 sets of triple drawers with blind fretwork decoration, 175cm height 108cm width

EDWARDIAN ENVELOPE TOP MAHOGANY CARD TABLE, blind fretwork single freize drawer, on foliate carved ball and claw feet, 56cm width

A blackout blind etc

Nürnberg, Gedruckt und Verlegt durch Wolffgang Endter, 1643. Die (stark mitgenommenen ersten u. losen) Seiten setzen ein mit dem Titelholzschnitt der Bücher Mose. Mit zahlreichen Textholzschnitten. 1210 S. Blind geprägter Ledereinband auf Holzdeckeln mit Resten geschnittener Messingbeschläge u. -schließen (Wurmlöcher). 35 x 22 cm.

Werke, 2. Bd. Jena, D. Ritzenhayn, T. Rebart, 1566. 'Tomus secundus operum omnium (...)'. Mit zwei ganzseitigen Titelholzschnitten u. zahlreichen Holzschnittinitialen. 6 nicht numm. Bl., 571 numm. Bl. Sehr feiner u. reich blind geprägter, fünfbündiger Ledereinband von 1577 auf Holzdeckeln mit einer intakten, verzierten Messingschließe. (Etwas feuchtfleckiges, doch insgesamt gut erhaltenes Exemplar). 32 x 20 cm.

Des Fürstenhauses und Landes Baden (...) aus der Sammlung des Grossherzoglich Badischen Kommerzienraths Otto Bally in Säckingen. Erster Theil: Münzen und Medaillen des Zähringen-Badischen Fürstenhauses. Aarau, Sauerländer, 1896. Mit einer goldgehöhten, farbigen Wappentafel, zwölf Münztafeln u. sieben Stammtafeln. Rotschnitt. Blind geprägter, farbig illustrierter Leineneinband (etwas best. u. ber.). 38,5 x 31 cm.

Neu-Vermehrter Geistlicher Perlen-Schmuck Oder Des (...) Frauenzimmers Aller-Edelster Leibes- und Seelen-Zierrath (...). Striegau, Weber, o.J. (1724). Mit zehn ganzseit. Kupferst. Beigebunden: Heilige Andachts-Buße (...). Striegau, Weber, o.J. Beigeb.: Episteln und Evangelia (...). Groß-Glogau 1755. Mit einem ganzseit. Kupferst. Beigeb.: Klein Schlesisches Gesang-Buch (...). Striegau, Weber, o.J. (2 Seiten ausgerissen). Blind geprägter Ledereinband mit Jahreszahl 1755 (am Rücken Fehlst.). 17 x 7 cm.

Drei Werke: Bellecio, Aloysio: Christianus Pie Moriens (...). Augsburg, Rieger, 2. Aufl., 1756. Blauschnitt. Blind geprägter Ledereinband mit einer Messingschließe. 16,5 x 10 cm. - Margini, Giovanni: Reggia Oratoria, in cui Sono tutti i Verbi Italiani (...). Venedig, Baglioni, 1747. Mit einem Titelkupferst. Pergamenteinband (vorne etwas wurmlöchrig). 17 x 11 cm. - Raccolta di Varj Esercizj di Pietà ed Istruzioni (...). Neapel 1820. Pergamenteinband. 15 x 9 cm.

Zwei Werke: Lauremberg, Peter: Neue und vermehrte Acerra Philologica, Das ist: Sechs hundert (...) Historien/ und Discursen aus den berühmbtesten Grichischen und Lateinischen Scribenten zusammen getragen (...). Frankfurt u. Leipzig, 1663. Titel in Rot u. Schwarz. (Einige Seiten mit Abrissen). Pergamenteinband (fleckig, Riss). 15,5 x 9 cm. - Hübner, Johann: Reales Staats- Zeitungs- und Conversations-Lexicon. Leipzig, Gleditsch, 1782. (Ohne den Titel u. die Kupferstiche). Rotschnitt. Blind geprägter Ledereinband (losgelöst vom Textkorpus). 22 x 13 cm.

De Officiis. Lyon, Antoine Gryphius, 1570. Fein blind geprägter Ledereinband (fleckig, Riss) mit allegorischer Darstellung der Fides, Spes, Charitas und Paciencia. 16 x 11 cm.

ELIOT, George ( "Mary Anne Evans Lewes") (1819-1880). The Mill on the Floss. Edinburgh & London: William Blackwood and Sons, 1860.3 volumes, 8vo. Half-titles, 16pp. publisher's advertisements at end of vol. III. (Some spotting, toning, and staining.) Publisher 's orange-brown diagonal ripple-grain blind-stamped cloth, spine gilt-lettered by Edmonds & Remnant with their ticket (spines darkened, slight wear to extremities, some very minor staining); folding case. Provenance: Sold Barker Shiffnal Bookseller (bookseller 's embossed ticket).FIRST EDITION, FIRST STATE in Carter's variant B binding, with no advertisement inserted in vol. I and 16pp. publisher's advertisements at end of vol. III. Carter pp.110-111; Sadleir 816.Property from the Annette Perlman Trust

EMERSON, Ralph Waldo (1803-1882). Nature. Boston: James Munroe and Company, 1836.  12mo. Original purple-rose cloth embossed with coral-like branches, blocked in blind, title gilt-lettered on upper cover (repairs to spine ends, spine slightly leaned, some minor soiling); folding case. Provenance: Mercantile Library Association New York (stamps on title and contents leaves, a few shelf marks).FIRST EDITION, second state with p.94 correctly numbered. EMERSON'S FIRST BOOK and, a fundamental work of the Transcendentalism movement, one of 1,500 copies printed, which were issued in bindings of varying cloth and designs, offering as many as 75 different binding combinations. BAL 5181 (binding cloth G, frame B, no priority); Myerson A3.1.a (binding cloth 2, stamping B).  Property from the Annette Perlman Trust

GEORGE III, King of England (1738-1820). Partly printed document signed, 19 March 1808. Counter-signed by Lord Hawkesbury and William Strachan.1 page, folio, on a bifolium, docketed verso, with paper and blind seals, some soiling, a few tears or separations to folds.Granting William Strachan Royal passage of three vessels of "wine and such goods" to proceed from Cadiz to the Port of Plymouth.   Lord Hawkesworth, Robert Banks Jenkinson, 2nd Earl of Liverpool, George III's trusted advisor, served as Prime Minister from 1812-1827.  Property from the Collection of Blake Petersen

GODWIN, Francis, Bishop (1562-1633). Annales of England. Containing the Reignes of Henry the Eighth. Edward the Sixt. Queene Mary. Morgan Godwyn, translator. London: printed by A. Islip and W. Stansby, 1630.  Folio (278 x 174 mm). 3 engraved portraits, ornamental woodcut borders on title and 2 sectional titles, numerous woodcut decorations and initials. (Marginal wormholing in top gutter, some minor staining or spotting, a few tiny holes from the deckle, some minor creasing, corner on Nn2 folded and uncut.) Contemporary blind-ruled calf gilt, covers with central gilt design, edges sprinkled red (rebacked preserving original spine and endleaves, an old repair and some contemporary annotations to front flyleaf, some light wear). Provenance: S.G. Lansford? (early signature, 4 August 1687).FIRST ENGLISH EDITION, originally published in 1616 in Latin, and translated into English by Bishop Godwin 's son, Morgan Godwyn. Bishop Godwin also wrote The Man in the Moone which was posthumously published in 1638, considered to be among the first works of science fiction. ESTC S106901.Property from the Annette Perlman Trust

HOLMES, Oliver Wendell (1809-1894). The Autocrat of the Breakfast-Table. Boston: Phillips, Sampson and Company, 1858.  8vo. Half-title, engraved title, additional letterpress title printed in red and black, 8 engraved plates. (Some minor staining or offsetting.) Original brown pebble blind-stamped cloth (some light rubbing, front hinge starting, a few corners bumped); folding case. Provenance: Benjamin Franklin Taylor (1819-1887) (stamp).FIRST EDITION, FIRST ISSUE. In BAL Binding Aa (no priority) with 5-ring decoration, the period after the word "Company" in the imprint,   BAL 8781; Tilton P.69ff.[Laid in:] Autograph letter signed ( "O.W. Holmes"), to Professor Rogers. [London], 29 May 1868. One page with integral blank, 8vo, folded, a few spots. Regarding a sketch of the life and work of Dr. Mason Warner and encouraging revision if needed.Property from the Annette Perlman Trust

LONGFELLOW, Henry Wadsworth (1807-1892). The Song of Hiawatha. Boston: Ticknor & Fields, 1855.  8vo. Advertisements dated November 1855. Original publisher's blind-stamped brown cloth gilt-lettered on spine (spine slightly leaned, a touch of wear with discreet repairs to spine ends); folding-case. FIRST AMERICAN EDITION, FIRST ISSUE, with "In the Moon" on p. 32, "Wahonomin" on p. 39, "Dove" on p. 96 "Cooed the Omemee" on p. 278; with the "n" in "one" on p. 279 present (no priority in BAL). BAL 12111; Grolier American 66.  Property from the Annette Perlman Trust

[MINIATURE BOOK]. CICERO, Marcus Tullius (106-43 B. C. E.). M. Tullii Ciceronis de Officiis Libri Tres. [Antwerp]: Platiniana Raphelengi, 1610.65 x 40 mm. Title-page printed within a double-rule border, text printed within rule border. (Some soiling and staining, heaviest on first and last several leaves.) Contemporary blind-ruled calf (some light wear). Provenance: John J. Boswitt (signature dated 1822); Hugh Tempest Sheringham (1876-1930), English angling author (bookplate).  A rare edition of Cicero's works. Not in Spielmann.  

[MINIATURE BOOK]. LIPSIUS, Justus (1547-1606). De Constantia libri duo. Amsterdam: Guilj. Caesium, 1624.  68 x 40 mm. Engraved title-page, text printed within double rule border. (Some minor soiling and staining.) Contemporary blind-stamped calf, paper label on spine (clasps and catches lacking, some wear).  Rare miniature edition of Dutch humanist Lipsius' monograph on the soul and its relation to reason.  

POE, Edgar Allan. "The Raven" in:  The Literary Emporium; a Compendium of Religious, Literary, and Philosophical Knowledge, Vol. I&II. New York: J. K. Wellman, 1845.  8vo. (Some spotting.) Publisher's mint green cloth blocked in gilt and blind, edges gilt (some soiling, spine darkened, some wear to extremities). AN EARLY PRINTING OF POE'S "THE RAVEN," appearing on pp. 376-378, possibly an unauthorized appearance.   According to Jeffrey A. Savoye: "my own research strongly suggests that the appearance of the poem in this rather dubious periodical was entirely unauthorized" (see "Discarding the Literary Emporium: An Unauthorized Reprint of 'The Raven'" in: The Edgar Allan Poe Review, Vol. 14, No. 1, Spring 2013, pp.101-109). Not in BAL; Heartman & Canny 100-101.Property from the Annette Perlman Trust

[POETRY & PLAYS]. A group of 14 works, including:SCOTT, John. The Poetical Works. London: J. Buckland, 1782. Contemporary mottled calf (rebacked). Keynes 94. -- LONGFELLOW, Henry Wadsworth. Tales of A Wayside Inn. Boston: Ticknor & Fields, 1863Original green cloth blind-stamped.   FIRST AMERICAN EDITION, FIRST ISSUE. BAL 12136. -- ELIOT, T.S. The Cocktail Party. London: Faber and Faber Ltd., [1950]. Original green cloth; in unrestored and unclipped dust jacket.   Gallup A55a. -- CUMMINGS, E. E. Tulips and Chimneys. NY: Thomas Seltzer, 1923. Original quarter linen. -- And 10 others. Together, 14 works in 16 volumes, various 8vo and 12mo sizes, most FIRST EDITION, condition generally fine.  Property from the Annette Perlman Trust

[COLORADO]. HALL, Frank (1836-1918). History of the State of Colorado. Chicago: The Blakely Printing Company, 1889-1895.4 volumes, 4to (253 x 184 mm). Numerous lithographs and photographic reproductions. (Some minor soiling, a few tiny spots.) Contemporary blind-stamped brown morocco gilt edges marbled (some light wear, a few hinges and joints starting, a few with old repairs, spine to vol. I slightly sunned).FIRST EDITION, written by Hall to provide "the historian of the future" with "the most accurate guide which could be furnished during the lifetime of those who planted the seeds of civilization here" in Colorado (Preface, p.v).  [With:]  First Annual Report of the Union Colony of Colorado, including a History of the Town of Greeley .... New York: George W. Southwick, 1871. 8vo. (Some soiling.) Modern brown cloth; original printed wrappers neatly bound-in (chipped, soiled). Provenance: D.B. Ames (signature); Jonny (signature, 1900). FIRST EDITION. Graff 4235; Howes C-608.Property from the Collection of Robert P. Hunter, Jr. and Barbara Hunter, Alpharetta, Georgia

FAUX, William. Memorable Days in America. London: W. Simpkin and R. Marshall, 1823.  8vo (220 x 137 mm). Half-title, engraved frontispiece, list of subscribers, 4pp. publisher 's. (Some spotting, a few short marginal tears .) Later blind tooled brown morocco gilt bound by William Anthony; folding case.FIRST EDITION of "one of the best-advertised English books of the period because of the controversy it provoked among the reviewers" (Clark). Faux 's critical review of America stems from his perspective as a British farmer judging whether British farming practices would prosper in the United States. While early reactions to this present work depict Faux 's criticisms as unfair, "on the whole [this work] is as complimentary as it is critical," and the "American dislike of the book was probably partially due to sensitiveness about any British criticism of American institutions in those postwar years" (Clark). Clark II 202; Howes F-60; Sabin 23933.Property from the Annette Perlman Trust

OLMSTED, Frederick Law (1822-1903). A Journey in the Seaboard Slave States. New York & London: Dix & Edwards; Sampson Low, Son & Co., 1856.  12mo. Several woodcuts. (Stitching weak, some minor spotting.) Publisher 's brown cloth stamped gilt and blind-stamped (some light wear).  FIRST ENGLISH EDITION. Olmsted first published the accounts of his journey through the seaboard slave states in the New York Daily Times under the pseudonym "Yeoman.". After making a second journey to expand his observations, he published his observations in book form, endeavoring to "correct the erroneous impressions of the earlier" which he noted was "too fault-finding" (Preface). De Renne II, pp. 580-1; Howes O-78; Sabin 57242 (first American edition).Property from the Collection of Robert P. Hunter, Jr. and Barbara Hunter, Alpharetta, Georgia

[MANUSCRIPTS—CONCHOLOGY]. TERVER, Ange Paulin (1798-1875). 2 manuscript notebooks containing a profusion of fine and accurate drawings of mollusks. [Lyons, ca 1830-1840].“Conchyliologie” [cover title], 4to (263 x 200mm), composed of 69 leaves of “Explication de la Planches,” interleaved with 80 leaves containing finely drawn pencil studies of over 2,470 species of mollusks, mostly keyed to the Explication sheets or captioned individually (in ink towards end). (Some toning to leaves, occasional minor spotting.) Bound in contemporary quarter morocco, gilt-lettered cloth. “Planches des especes dans Generie Helix,” small 4to (223 x 178mm), contains a manuscript title, 8 leaves containing finely drawn pencil studies of mollusks, the remainder blank leaves. With title-page signed and dated “Mars 1859.” Bound in cloth-backed blind-embossed boards (some edgewear). Manuscript notebooks containing remarkable examples of finely detailed and accurate drawings of mollusks. The larger collection of drawings cover the following genera: Helix, Plausilia, Cyclostoma, Paluvina, Hinima, Buhonius, Pupa, Sorgue, Natica, Curbo, Scalaria, Crochus, Bulla, Purpura, Monodonta, Rissoa, Buccinum, Cerithium Siamella, Planaxis, Colombella, Gurritella, Fusus, Triton and Casidaria. All the plates in both manuscripts have legend (“Explication”) pages or genus species captions in ink below individual drawings. The final drawing in the smaller notebook has an incomplete series of six drawings that demonstrate the technique used by Terver to achieve his fine results drawing mollusk shells. Ange Paulin Terver was a French malacologist, and member of the Société linnéenne de Lyon. He was curator of its zoological collections from 1849 to 1872. In 1853 he became a member of the Société d'agriculture de Lyon, serving as secretary of the Commission des soies from 1853 to 1868.His collection of terrestrial and freshwater snails were purchased by the city of Marseille (Musée de Marseille). His family donated his collection of 14000 coquilles to the Muséum de Lyon. The larger manuscript was intended as the beginning part of a great work that included collaboration with Michaud cited by Terver in 1839, but was never published. Most of his unpublished drawings of identified species of mollusks were given to the Natural History Museum of Lyon. [With:] TERVER, Ange Paulin. Catalogue des Mollusques terrestres et fluviatiles, obervés dans les possessions françaises au nord de l’Afrique. Paris and Lyon, 1839. 8vo, sewn in contemporary marbled wrappers. 3 lithographed plates. (Some spotting.) FIRST EDITION.Selections from Antiquariat Botanicum, Dr. Eugene Vigil

[AMERICAN LITERATURE, EARLY 20th-CENTURY]. A group of 8 works, including:DOS PASSOS, John. Three Soldiers. NY: George H. Doran Company, 1921. With dust jacket [third state with the Stars and Stripes blurb on the front panel]. FIRST STATE with three blanks at front and p.213, line 31 reading "singing.". -- LONDON, Jack. Tales of the Fish Patrol. London: William Heinemann, 1906. . FIRST ENLISH EDITION, PUBLISHER 'S PRESENTATION COPY with blind-stamp on title. BAL 11887. -- RINEHART, Mary Roberts. The Circular Staircase. Indianapolis: Bobbs-Merrill Company, September 1908. -- SANDBURG, Carl. Potato Face. NY: Harcourt, Brace and Company, 1930. With dust jacket. -- And 4 others. Together, 8 works in 10 volumes, all 8vo, most in original cloth, all FIRST EDITION, condition generally good or fine.  Property from the Annette Perlman Trust

Estate of Jeremy Bulloch - Star Wars - Artwork - DJ Edwards (Artist) Boba Fett The Bounty Hunter - large format lithograph artwork print depicting Boba Fett from Return Of The Jedi. Official artist blind stamp to corner. Total size; 45cm x 51cm