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AGRIPPA VON NETTESHEIM, Henricus Cornelius (1486?-1535). De Incertitudine & Vanitate Scientiarum Declamatio Invectiva, Denuo ab Autore Recognita, & Marginalibus Annotationibus Aucta. [Cologne]: T. Baumius, 1544.  8vo (157 x 97 mm). Woodcut portrait on title-page, 2 woodcut initials. (Some underlining, some dampstaining, small marginal wormholes toward rear). Contemporary calf rebacked (all else preserved), spine in 5 compartments with 4 raised bands, blind-stamped sides (sides worn, some wormholes, annotation on fore-edge "Van. Scich"). Provenance: Anto[nius] Manuelus? (signature, some annotations); Philip vir De Lauberiviere (signature, some annotations).  Early edition, first published in 1530. Following the publication of this work, Agrippa was branded a heretic and lost his position as the imperial historiographer to Charles V for scrutinizing intellectual activity in his satirical call for a return to the faith as exemplified by the early Christian church. STC German p. 11; not in Adams.  Property from the Thomas Sills Trust, Chicago. IllinoisFor condition inquiries please contact lesliewinter@hindmanauctions.com

RYFF, Walther Hermann (ca 1500-1548). Newe aussgerueste Deutsche Apoteck: darinnen aller furnemsten, und gebraulichtsten einfachen Artzneyen, als Krautter, Gewurtz, Mineralien... Niklaus Ager, translator. Strassburg: Lazari Zetzners, 1602.  Folio (338x 215 mm). Title printed in red and black; numerous woodcuts throughout. (Some browning, a few stains or rust-holes.) Contemporary blind-tooled pigskin (lacking clasps and straps, some soiling). Provenance: A few early marginal annotations and underlinings in red; unidentified blind-embossed seal on title-page.   Second edition of Ryff's Deutsche Apoteck (1573), edited by Strassburg physician Niklaus Ager and published posthumously, with the text divided into three parts: the medicinal and gastronomic use of plants; the application of individual parts of a plant including information about exotic plants recently discovered; and details on the composition of pills, lozenges and ointments.   Includes a treatise on the plague. The woodcuts by David Kandel were taken from Bock's Kreuterbuch. NLM/Krivatsy 10087; Wellcome I 5681.Selections from the Property of Dr. Eugene Vigil, Antiquariat BotanicumFor condition inquiries please contact lesliewinter@hindmanauctions.com

[TRAVEL & EXPLORATION] -- BOWDICH, Thomas Edward (1791-1824). Excursions in Madeira and Porto Santo, During the Autumn of 1823, While on His Third Voyage to Africa. Sarah Bowdich, Editor. London: George B. Whittaker, 1825.  4to (265 x 209 mm). Lithographic hand-colored frontispiece, 18 lithographic plates (2 hand-colored, 6 folding, 4 in-text woodcut illustrations. (Some spotting or minor creasing.) Contemporary calf gilt, smooth spine gilt, black morocco lettering-piece gilt, blind and gilt decoration to sides, edges marbled, marbled endsheets (sympathetically rebacked, rubbed). Provenance: Rev. Dr. Bellamy (presentation inscription).  FIRST EDITION, A PRESENTATION COPY FROM THE EDITOR, inscribed to Rev. Dr. Bellamy by Bowditch 's wife. Bowdich 's text was completed and edited posthumously by his wife, Sarah, who contributed 3 additional sections: "A narrative of the Continuance of the Voyage to its Completion," "A Description of the English Settlements on the River Gambia," and the "Appendix." Abbey Travel   190; Colas 418.  Property from the Estate of Professor Ethan D. Alyea, Jr., Bloomington, IndianaFor condition inquiries please contact lesliewinter@hindmanauctions.com

DARWIN, Charles (1809-82). On the Origin of Species by means of natural selection. New York: D. Appleton, 1860.8vo. Half-title; one folding letterpress table. (Some spotting or browning, small dampstain to upper corner of a few leaves.) Original blue blind-stamped cloth, spine gilt-lettered (Rebacked preserving original spine and endpapers, some light wear to corners). Provenance: C. F. Wreak (signature); S. B. Wakeman (signature); Liberal University Library (bookplate partially removed and struck through).   FIRST AMERICAN EDITION, FIRST ISSUE with two quotations facing title-page.   Darwin's work "marked a turning point, not only in the history of science, but in the history of ideas in general, for there is no field of human intellectual endeavor that has not been influenced by the thought and fact of evolution" (DSB III, p.571). Freeman 377.Property from the Collection of Dr. Brant MittlerFor condition inquiries please contact lesliewinter@hindmanauctions.com

[MOSER, Barry, illustrator]. Bacchanalia. Ten Woodengravings by Barry Moser with Six Epigrams from the Anthologia Graeca newly Translated by D. L. Graham. Easthampton, MA: Pennyroyal Press, 1970.Folio. Illustrated with wood engravings by Barry Moser. Loose as issued in original blind-embossed blue wrappers (some fading and discoloration to covers).  LIMITED EDITION, one of 35 copies. ACCOMPANIED BY FOUR ADDITIONAL PROOF SHEETS OF THE PLATES, each captioned and signed in pencil by Moser ( "a.p. Moser 1970").   An extremely rare copy of the first book printed under the Pennyroyal Press imprint. "This was the first Pennyroyal book to use wood engravings. It was done under the aegis of graduate course in printmaking at the University of Massachusetts taught by the eminent printmaker, Fred Becker""”Pennyroyal Checklist 4.Property from the Collection of Mr. Barry MoserFor condition inquiries please contact lesliewinter@hindmanauctions.com

BURROWS, George (1832-1909). On Disorders of the Cerebral Circulation; And on the Connection between Affections of the Brain and Diseases of the Heart. London: Longman, Brown, Green, and Longmans, 1846.  8vo (222 x 140 mm). 6 hand-colored lithographic plates; 4pp. advertisements at beginning, 16pp. advertisements at end. (Some very minor spotting to preliminary leaves.) Original maroon blind-stamped cloth gilt (some light wear, spine sunned). Provenance: London Hospital Medical College (shelf label on spine, stamps).    FIRST EDITION of Burrow 's research, which was critical in dispelling the earlier hypothesis by Monro-Kellie that the blood volume in the brain remains constant. Burrows "demonstrated that the amount of blood in the brain can vary and this may be responsible for clinical signs," making this publication a "milestone in the study of cerebral vascular physiology" (McHenry). The advertisement at the read is a publisher 's catalog "Corrected April 1846." McHenry, Garrison 's History of Neurology, P237.  Selections from the Property of Dr. Eugene Vigil, Antiquariat BotanicumFor condition inquiries please contact lesliewinter@hindmanauctions.com

SELDEN, Dudley (1794-1855). Conveyances on Record in the Registrar 's Office: from the 1st January, 1825 to the 1st January, 1838. New York: Alexander S. Gould, 1838.8vo (244 x 145 mm). 4 folding street maps printed on onion skin of Harlem Commons. (One map with closed tear, some spotting). Original floral blind -embossed cloth, black morocco lettering-piece gilt (minor losses to spine ends, a touch of wear to corners, small stain lower cover). Provenance: John Adriance (inscription with note, "Not to be loaned under any circumstances"); John H. Southard (gift inscription from previous).FIRST EDITION, a collection of legal documents relating to the ownership of land in Harlem, and including a section entitled "Deduction of the Title to Harlaem Commons" relating to the 1666 grant of Governor Richard Nicolls. Selden acquired over 300 acres of land in Harlem in 1825 from the heirs of one of the original grantees of land in Harlem pursuant to Governor Nicoll's 1666 grant.   John Adriance's brother, Isaac, represented that the land claim in Harlem was based on the new Harlem patent, a grant of confirmation to the freeholders and inhabitants of Harlem (printed in the present copy). [Tipped in:] 1p. manuscript copy of an 1832 deed between Dudley Selden and his wife to George Marshall. "THIS BOOK IS VERY SCARCE," and was likely printed only for members of the family. (Sabin 78969).Property from the Collection of Dr. Brant MittlerFor condition inquiries please contact lesliewinter@hindmanauctions.com

EVELYN, John (1620-1706).   Sylva, or a Discourse of Forest Trees, and  the  Propagation of Timber in his Magesties Dominions.  London: Jo. Martyn and Ja. Allestry, 1670.  3 parts in one volume, folio (302 x 190 mm). Engraved device on title-page, one engraved plate, 4 in-text engraved vignettes.   (A few spots or stains, title slightly soiled with old tear repaired.) Contemporary blind-tooled calf (rebacked to style, endpapers renewed, hinges starting, some light wear). Second edition, with two appendices with separate title-pages: Pomona, or an Appendix concerning Fruit-Trees, In relation to Cider, dated 1670, and Kalendarium Hortense: or the Gardners Almanac, the third edition, dated 1659, each with separate pagination and register.   ESTC R586; Henrey 133; Wing E3517.  Property from the Collection of Norman and Florence BlitchFor condition inquiries please contact lesliewinter@hindmanauctions.com

MAXWELL, James Clerk (1831-1879). A Treatise on Electricity and Magnetism. Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1881.  2 volumes, 8vo (222 x 140 mm). Half-titles; 20 engraved plates, numerous in-text engraved diagrams (some full-page). (Some minor staining.) Original publisher 's blind-stamped brown cloth spine gilt-lettered (a few corners bumped, vol. II hinges starting, one cover detaching). Provenance: A.S. Earl Youbridge? (partially effaced signature); Benjamin Lielowry? (signature).  Second edition of Maxwell's most comprehensive work, presenting ideas which would become essential to the development of modern physics. He viewed electricity not just as another branch of physics but "as an aid to the interpretation of nature," and saw the study of electromagnetism "as a means of promoting the progress of science" (Preface, p. vii). Maxwell advanced "the significant hypothesis that light and electricity are the same in their ultimate nature" (Grolier/Horblit). "He began the investigation of moving frames of reference, which in Einstein's hands were to revolutionize physics; gave proofs of the existence of electromagnetic waves that paved the way for Hertz's discovery of radio waves; worked out connections between the electrical and optical qualities of bodies that would lead to modern solid-state physics; and applied Tait's quaternion formulae to the field of equations, out of which Heaviside and Gibbs would develop vector analysis" (Norman 1466). Grolier/Horblit 72; PMM 355. Beal 793.  Property from the Thomas Sills Trust, Chicago. IllinoisFor condition inquiries please contact lesliewinter@hindmanauctions.com

LOUDON, John Claudius ( "J.C.") (1783-1843). The Landscape Gardening and Landscape Architecture of the Late Humphry Repton. London & Edinburgh: Longman & Co., & A. & C. Black, 1840.  8vo (221 X 139 mm). Engraved portrait frontispiece, 253 illustrations and plans. (Very occasional light spotting.) Original gray cloth blind-stamped and gilt (some minor staining, spine sunned, some minor wear especially to spine ends and extremities).    New edition of Humphry Repton's work, edited by John Claudius Loudon, with an historical and scientific introduction, biographical notice, notes, and an index. Loudon, a Scottish botanist, was a prolific author on landscape design and was instrumental in the adoption of the term "landscape architecture" by the profession. Repton is widely considered the last great English landscape designer of the 18th-century.  Selections from the Property of Dr. Eugene Vigil, Antiquariat BotanicumFor condition inquiries please contact lesliewinter@hindmanauctions.com

[LIMITED EDITIONS CLUB] -- HERSEY, John (1914-1993). Hiroshima. Jacob Lawrence, illustrator. New York: Limited Editions Club, 1983.    Folio. 8 silkscreens by Lawrence, binder's note and Limited Editions Club prospectus laid in. Original black aniline full top grain with colorless soil repellent finish, smooth spine, front cover blind lettered,   black edges (a few minor scuffs); original publisher 's black cloth slipcase, lettered on spine (some chipping).  LIMITED EDITION, number 1,101 of 1,500 copies SIGNED BY HERSEY, WARREN, and LAWRENCE. Includes a new poem by Robert Penn WARREN (1905-1989).    For condition inquiries please contact lesliewinter@hindmanauctions.com

LINCOLN, Abraham (1809-1865). Autograph endorsement signed as President ( "A. Lincoln"), 30 December 1864.  1 page, 56 x 76 mm, cut from a larger sheet, 9 partial lines in a different hand verso, some minor marginal staining.   In full: "Let these men take / the oath of Dec. 8 / 1863 & be discharged. / A. Lincoln / Dec. 30, 1864." One of hundreds of pardons Lincoln granted in accordance with his "Proclamation of Pardon" of 8 December 1863.[Matted and framed with:] LINCOLN. "Proclamation of Pardon." Washington, D.C.: War Department, Adjutant General's Office, February 18, 1864. 6pp.,16mo.   A reduced contemporary reprint for circulation of General Orders, No. 64. EXCEEDINGLY RARE CONTEMPORARY PRINTING of Lincoln's Proclamation of Pardon in which he sets forth terms by which rebels could "resume their allegiance to the United States."   Included in the Proclamation is the wording of the oath itself.   VERY RARE: According to online records, only one copy of this printing has sold at auction in over 100 years: The Benson J. Lossing copy, sold Anderson Galleries, 1912. [Also matted and framed with:] LINCOLN. Carte-de-visite. Providence, RI: Salisbury, Bro. & Co., n.d. Based on A. Berger's 1864 portrait, mounted on a white mat blind-embossed with eagle, cannons, flags and palmfronds.   Provenance: All of the above acquired at the Abraham Lincoln Book Shop, 1994; Gene Griessman, noted Lincoln scholar, author, and reenactor.  For condition inquiries please contact lesliewinter@hindmanauctions.com

[LIMITED EDITIONS CLUB] "“ A group of 3 works, comprising:    FRANKLIN, Benjamin. Poor Richard's Almanacks 1733-1758. Norman Rockwell, illustrator. Philadelphia, 1964. Laid in "The Monthly Letter of The Limited Editions Club, No. 369, October 1964. Original half top-grain cowhide over French hand-marbled paper-covered boards, spine in 6 compartments with 5 18th-century style bands, red morocco lettering-piece gilt, 12 zodiac signs burned on shelf back (one corner bumped); (slipcase with some chipping). LIMITED EDITION, number 1,101 of 1,500 copies. SIGNED BY ROCKWELL."“ HEANEY, Seamus. Poems and a Memoir. Henry Pearson,   illustrator. 1982. Laid in "The Monthly Letter of The Limited Editions Club," No. 530, November 1982. Original brown aniline full top grain with colorless soil repellent finish, spine gilt-lettered, front cover blind stamped from engraving by Pearson, top edge gilt (a few tiny scuffs). LIMITED EDITION, number 1,101 of 1,500 copies. SIGNED BY ROCKWELL. -- MILLER, Arthur. Death of a Salesman. Leonard Baskin, illustrator. 1984. 5 etchings. 4to, brown morocco, spine gilt-lettered; slipcase gilt-lettered. LIMITED EDITION, number 1,101 of 1,500 copies. SIGNED BY MILLER AND BASKIN. -- Together, 3 works in 3 volumes, all published in New York by the Limited Editions Club (except where noted), all 4to, all in original publisher 's bindings as described, all in original slipcases, condition generally fine.    For condition inquiries please contact lesliewinter@hindmanauctions.com

QUINCY, John, M.D. (d. 1722). Pharmacopoeia Officinalis & Extemporanea: Or, a Compleat English Dispensatory, in Four Parts. London: A. Bell, T. Varnam & J. Osborn, and W. Taylor, 1718.  8vo (195 x 119 mm). Title printed within double-rule border, woodcut tail-piece. (Soiling throughout, some marginal chipping, some creasing.) Contemporary blind-tooled calf, later red morocco lettering-piece gilt (rebacked, some rubbing, some chipping). Provenance: Thomas Powell Hornby Park (signatures and annotations, 1782).  FIRST EDITION of Quincy 's work. "At a time when differences between apothecaries and physicians were acute, Quincy, an apothecary, managed to secure widespread acceptance as a writer on medical subjects" and his work "long outlived its author and"¦became the basis of later dispensatories" (Howard-Jones, "John Quincy, M.D....," In: Journal of the History of Medicine and Allied Sciences, vol. 6, No. 2, 1951, p. 149). ESTC T61384.  Selections from the Property of Dr. Eugene Vigil, Antiquariat BotanicumFor condition inquiries please contact lesliewinter@hindmanauctions.com

[SPAIN - MINING LAWS].   GALVEZ, Josef de.  Real Ordenanzas para la Direccion, Regimen y Gobierno del Important Cuerpo de la Mineria de Nueva-Espana y de su Real Tribunal General de Orden de su Majestad. Madrid: [Royal Press], 1783.Folio (297 x 207 mm). Engraved frontispiece of the royal arms by Fabregat, paraph of Josef de Galves on p.214. (Some minor marginal worming to a few leaves not affecting letters, some minor spotting.) Contemporary blind-tooled Spanish calf (a few repairs, some light soiling).FIRST EDITION, A RARE BOOK OF MINING LAWS FOR NEW SPAINGalvez, appointed special commissioner charged with making reforms in Mexico's governance, was influential in leading the replacement of the Mexican provinces with 12 intendencias in 1786.   Mining was the most important economic activity in Mexico during the colonial period.   The Real Ordenanzas transcribes royal degrees relating to mining in New Spain, and provides information relating to the discovery of new mins, the operations of old mines, the training of workers, and the introduction of new technology and the role of the Tribunal de la Mineria. Only miners born in Spain were allowed to posses copies of the work.   Sabin calls it a "rare and valuable compendium of the old mining laws and mineral customs."   Palau 203088; Porrua (1949) 7552; Sabin 56260.Property from the Collection of Dr. Brant MittlerFor condition inquiries please contact lesliewinter@hindmanauctions.com

[UNITED STATES HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES].  Journal of the House of Representatives of the United States, at the Second Session of the Second Congress. Philadelphia: Francis Childs and John Swaine, 1793.Folio (310 x 191). (Minor spotting or soiling to a few leaves.) Contemporary marbled boards (modern rebacking and recornering).    Provenance: Western Reserve Historical Society (bookplate with withdrawn stamp, blind stamp).FIRST EDITION, with p.167 misnumbered 267. Including information about the Fugitive Slave Act (later superseded by the Thirteenth Amendment) and the Judiciary Act of 1793. Evans 26332.  Property from the Collection of Dr. Brant MittlerFor condition inquiries please contact lesliewinter@hindmanauctions.com

[VAN ALLSBURG, Chris (b. 1949)] "“ A group of 11 works in 11 volumes illustrated and most written by VAN ALLSBURG, comprising:  The Polar Express. 1985. FIRST EDITION, later issue with Caldecott medal on cover. SIGNED BY VAN ALLSBURG. "“The Z Was Zapped: A Play in Twenty-Six Acts. 1987. SIGNED BY VAN ALLSBURG. "“Two Bad Ants. 1988. BOOKPLATE SIGNED BY VAN ALLSBURG laid in. "“The Garden of Abdul Gasazi. 1979. "“Just a Dream. 1990. "“The Wretched Stone. 1991 "“The Widow 's Broom. 1992. "A Special Preview of The Widow 's Broom" Laid in. --Probuditi! 2006.  [With:] A group of 3 works in 3 volumes written by Mark HELPRIN (b. 1947), illustrated by VAN ALLSBURG, and published in [New York] by Ariel-Viking, comprising: Swan Lake. 1989. SIGNED BY VAN ALLSBURG. "“A City in Winter. [1996]. "“The Veil of Snows. [1997].    Together, 11 works in 11 volumes, all published in Boston by Houghton Mifflin Company (except where noted), 4to and 8vo, illustrated, all in Publisher 's cloth stamped in silver, gold, black, bronze and/or blind-stamped,   all except one volume in ORIGINAL DUST JACKETS, most FIRST EDITIONS, condition generally fine.  Property from the Collection of Norman and Florence BlitchFor condition inquiries please contact lesliewinter@hindmanauctions.com

[TRAVEL & EXPLORATION]. -- BLIGH, William (1754-1817). A Voyage to the South Sea, undertaken by command of His Majesty, for the purpose of Conveying the Bread-Fruit Tree to the West Indies, in His Majesty's Ship the Bounty. London: Printed for George Nicol, 1792.  4to (285 x 230 mm). Engraved frontispiece portrait, 3 engraved plates (2 folding), 4 engraved maps and charts (3 folding). (Tiny spots to a few leaves.) Contemporary half calf, blind-tooled and gilt, marbled boards (some rubbing, upper joint just starting); blue cloth folding case. Provenance: Sir Robert Johnson Eden, 5th Baronet (armorial bookplate).  FIRST EDITION OF "ONE OF THE MOST REMARKABLE INCIDENTS IN THE WHOLE OF MARITIME HISTORY" (Hill). Following a request by West Indian merchants to George III, Sir Joseph Banks recommended that the Admiralty fit out the Bounty for a voyage to collect bread-fruit trees from Tahiti for shipment to the West Indies. Banks also recommended Lieutenant Bligh as commander of the voyage on which Fletcher Christian sailed as Master's Mate. Reaching Cape Horn in 1787 and encountering fierce head winds, Bligh retreated across the South Atlantic to round the Cape of Good Hope and sail south to Australia and New Zealand to Tahiti. This is the first official account of the voyage and mutiny, edited from Bligh's journals by James Burney under the supervision of Sir Joseph Banks while Bligh was on his second bread-fruit voyage. The year of publication also marked the court-martial proceedings against fourteen returned mutineers, three of whom were hanged. Ferguson 125; Hill 135; Kroepelien 93; NMM 1:624; Sabin 5910.Property from the Collection of Dr. Brant MittlerFor condition inquiries please contact lesliewinter@hindmanauctions.com

[MOSER, Barry, illustrator]. DODGSON, Charles Lutwidge ( "Lewis Carroll") (1832-1898). The Hunting of the Snark. An Agony, in Eight Fits. [West Hatfield: Pennyroyal Press for]: University of California Press, 1983.  Folio. Illustrated by Barry Moser. Original stiff   plain wrappers; in original blind-embossed blue dust jacket.    LIMITED PENNYROYAL ISSUE, one of 100 copies, SIGNED BY MOSER on the title-page, accompanied by an additional suite of five wood-engravings for the work, EACH SIGNED BY MOSER. "The University of California Press commissioned the design and illustration of the Snark to be used as a companion piece for their deluxe edition of Through the Looking-Glass. By the terms of our agreement with the University of California Press, Pennyroyal Press issued its own edition with a suite of the original prints laid in""”Pennyroyal Checklist 28.Property from the Collection of Mr. Barry MoserFor condition inquiries please contact lesliewinter@hindmanauctions.com

[REPORTS] -- Reports of Explorations and Surveys, to Ascertain the Most Practicable and Economical Route for a Railroad from the Mississippi River to the Pacific Ocean. Washington, D.C.: George W. Bowman, 1861.  Volume XI only, 4to (289 x 216 mm). 13 engraved plates (5 folding), 32 maps and profiles (28 folding). (Dampstained, many of the folding plates and maps with splits and tears along folds, Warren 's General Map detached through the cartouche, but all parts present.)Spotting throughout, some stains, some tears to folds of maps.) Original publisher 's brown blind-stamped cloth (defective with contents becoming loose).    Senate Issue including the RARE WARREN MAP. Considered to be the first accurate representation of the region, the "Map of the Territory of the United States from the Mississippi to the Pacific Ocean," commonly known as "Warren 's General Map," was not present in all volumes of the present work. Warren 's General Map draws on decades of government sponsored explorations and surveys, starting with those of Lewis and Clark. While most of the map was complete by 1854, it was not fully finished by the time the railroad survey report was first published in 1855, explaining its absence in some editions.    Secretary of War Jefferson Davis proposed four routes of exploration to determine a route for a new railroad from the Mississippi River to the Pacific Ocean.   The present volume reports on the exploration of the fourth route, along the 32nd parallel from Central Texas to El Paso, following William H. Emory 's military reconnaissance of 1846-1847 to the Ghila River, Fort Uma, and San Diego. The House and Senate issues differ only in arrangement of constituent reports. Howes P-3; Wagner-Camp 266c. Sold with all flaws.  Property from the Estate of Professor Ethan D. Alyea, Jr., Bloomington, IndianaFor condition inquiries please contact lesliewinter@hindmanauctions.com

PARKINSON, John (1567-1650). Paradisi in sole Paradisus Terrestris. Or a Garden of all sorts of pleasant flowers. London: Humfrey Lownes and Robert Young, 1629.Folio (334 x 204 mm). Woodcut title with a Garden of Eden scene signed "A Switzer" (remargined with minor losses); woodcut portrait; one full-page garden design woodcut; 109 full-page woodcuts, one small orchard plan woodcut; one small woodcut of tools and methods of grafting. (Index leaves laid in at end, a few leaves supplied, a few leaves remargined or repaired, some browning or soiling). Contemporary blind-tooled calf gilt, red morocco lettering-piece gilt (rebacked, some light wear).  FIRST EDITION OF THE FIRST IMPORTANT ENGLISH TREATISE ON HORTICULTURE, PRESUMABLY SIGNED BY JOHN PARKINSONParkinson was apothecary to James I, and later Royal Botanist to Charles I. He was a founding member of the Worshipful Society of Apothecaries in December 1617. One of the most eminent gardeners of the day, he kept a botanical garden at Long Acre in Covent Garden, close to present-day Trafalgar Square.   The presumed signatures of Parkinson occur on the verso of the engraved title (along with the note "Natury Secretarie"), and on the dedication leaf.   Parkinson commissioned specially cut woodblocks copied from drawings in other Latin herbals for his work, rather than rely on specialist printers who owned a set of illustrations to be used in multiple works.   "Since each block was the size of a full page and contained images of up to ten plants, the entire block had to be cut again if there were any mistakes...His books of plants would be the last to appear with wooden cuts, soon to be replaced by copperplate engravings...Yet the illustrations in the Paradisus are part of its charms" (A. Parkinson Nature's Alchemist, p.105). his work remains one of the best single sources of information on early 17th-century gardening practices and styles in England, "in such a delightful, homey style that gardeners cherish it to the present day" (Hunt).   Henrey 282; Hunt 215; Nissen BBI 1489; Pritzel 6933.  Selections from the Property of Dr. Eugene Vigil, Antiquariat BotanicumFor condition inquiries please contact lesliewinter@hindmanauctions.com

DONLEAVY, James Patrick (1926-2017). The Ginger Man. New York: McDowell, Obolensky, 1958.  8vo. Printer 's device on title-page in red. Original publisher 's black cloth, gilt-lettered and blind-stamped (a few stains); original publisher 's pictorial dust-jacket (some light chipping, spine sunned); glassine. Provenance: Harry Walker, Jr. (presentation inscription).    FIRST AMERICAN EDITION, revised issue.   PRESENTATION COPY, INSCRIBED BY DONLEAVY: "For Harry Walker, Jr., with highest regards J.P. Donleavy." First published in Paris in 1955, it was banned in the US and Ireland for obscenity.  For condition inquiries please contact lesliewinter@hindmanauctions.com

[CRUIKSHANK, George (1792-1878)] -- JERROLD, William Blanchard (1826-1884). The Life of George Cruikshank   in Two Epochs with Numerous Illustrations in Two Volumes. London: Chatto and Windus, 1882.  2 volumes, 8vo (186 x 125 mm). Frontispieces. EXTRA ILLUSTRATED by the addition of approximately 170 portraits and plates (15 hand-colored, many folding), 66 woodcuts, 8 autograph letters, facsimiles of signatures. (Some light spotting.) 20th-century red crushed morocco sides gilt-decorated with facsimile signature, impish figures, and blind scrolls after Cruikshank, smooth spines gilt-letter and similarly decorated, top edge gilt, other uncut, stamp-signed by Nelly & Sons (some light rubbing).  FIRST EDITION. Cruikshank was one of Britain 's most prominent satirical illustrators, covering politicians, class, the monarchy, and everyday life. Autograph letters in this edition include examples by: Samuel Laman Blanchard, editor of George Cruikshank 's Omnibus in 1842; biographer John Forster, who revolved in the same circles as Cruikshank and Charles Dickens; Lord Houghton, who served as pall-bearers for Cruikshank 's funeral (p. 237); former Prime Minister of the U.K. William Ewart Gladstone, and others.    For condition inquiries please contact lesliewinter@hindmanauctions.com

[FONTAINE, Jean de La (1621-1695)] "“ A group of 5 works in 9 volumes by Fontaine for children:  MARSH, Edward, translator. The Fables of Jean de La Fontaine. Stephen GOODEN, illustrator. London & New York: William Heinemann Ltd. & Random House, 1931. 2 volumes. Original vellum gilt; slipcases. LIMITED FIRST EDITION, number 446 of 525. SIGNED BY MARSH AND BY GOODEN. "“Fables of La Fontaine"¦ Translated from the French by Elizur Wright, Jr. Boston, New York, & London: Elizur Wright, Jr. & Tappan and Dennet & William A. Colman & Edward Moxon. 2 volumes in one. Publisher 's brown cloth blind-stamped gilt. FIRST EDITION. -- Fables Choisies, Mises en Vers par Monsieur de La Fontaine, avec un Nouveua Commentaire par M. Coste. Paris: N.p., 1759. 2 volumes. Contemporary polished calf gilt; slipcase. "“Fables mises en vers par J. de La Fontaine. Dijon and Paris: Bossange, Masson, and Besson, 1793. 4 volumes. Later half roan, paste-paper covered boards. -- Together, 5 works in 9 volumes, 8vo (except where noted), illustrated, condition generally good, complete list available upon request.    Property from the Collection of Norman and Florence BlitchFor condition inquiries please contact lesliewinter@hindmanauctions.com

MIDDENDORP, Jacob (1538?-1611). Academiarum Celebrium Universi ter Rarum Orbis Libri VIII. Cologne: Goswin Cholinus, 1602.    2 volumes in one, 8vo (166 x 93 mm). Woodcut printer 's devices on titles, decorated initials, one in-text woodcut. (A few short tears not affecting text with some minor losses, some browning, some wormholing). Contemporary blind-tooled vellum, hand-lettered on spine, yapp edges, edges sprinkled red, vellum tabs (neat early repair to lower cover, some light soiling). Provenance: Unidentified early signature (Heiligenstadii, 1771); M. Benjamin Waldi, P.A. (signature).  Fifth and best edition of this academic history of the world, with the text expanded by Middendorp, who added a new preface. Middendorp pioneered the history of education and universities, describing the foundations for European higher education through review of the origins of the university, scholastic honors, and academic positions. He also incorporates information about ancient schools and religious centers across Europe. See Adams M1415-16; see STC German p. 622 (earlier editions); not in Alden.  Property from the Thomas Sills Trust, Chicago. IllinoisFor condition inquiries please contact lesliewinter@hindmanauctions.com

[MOSER, Barry, illustrator.]   BAUM, L. Frank (1856-1919). The Wonderful Wizard of Oz. West Hatfield, MA: Pennyroyal Press, 1985.  Folio. Illustrated with 62 wood engravings by Barry Moser. Original beige boards by David Bourbeau at the Thistle Bindery, decorated in gilt and blind; in original linen clamshell box (minor dampstaining to box).    LIMITED EDITION, one of 350 copies signed by Moser, this copy unnumbered and designated "Artist 's copy" on colophon. With Pennyroyal Press booklet entitled Forty-Seven Days to Oz: A Chronicle of the Studies for the Illustrations for The Wonderful Wizard of Oz, laid in. Pennyroyal Checklist 43.Property from the Collection of Mr. Barry MoserFor condition inquiries please contact lesliewinter@hindmanauctions.com

WATSON, James Dewey (1928 - ). The Double Helix A Personal Account of the Discovery of the Structure of DNA. New York: Atheneum, 1968.  8vo. 19 Photographic illustrations, 11 diagrams. (Some annotations.) Publisher 's original blue cloth lettered in gilt and blind (some minor rubbing or sunning to extremities); original printed dust jacket (some chipping to head-and-foot of spine and lower top joint, spine sunned).  FIRST EDITION, second issue of the author 's groundbreaking account of the events which led to the discovery of the structure of DNA, for which the author, Francis Crick and Maurice Wilkins were awarded the Nobel Prize in Medicine in 1962.    Selections from the Property of Dr. Eugene Vigil, Antiquariat BotanicumFor condition inquiries please contact lesliewinter@hindmanauctions.com

DARWIN, Charles (1809-1882). Insectivorous Plants. London: John Murray, 1875.8vo (190 x 125 mm). Half-title; numerous in-text wood engravings after Darwin.   Original publisher's green cloth, covers decorated in blind, spine gilt (hinges just starting, some light wear to spine ends). Provenance: Rowland Ward (1848-1912), British taxidermist and founder of Rowland Ward Limited of Piccadilly, London (bookplate). FIRST EDITION, third thousand, with an updated errata slip. "These meticulous studies form a minor contribution to the evolutionary series by the study of the adaptations of such plants to impoverished conditions" (Freeman p.149).   Rowland Ward's firm specialized in taxidermy work on birds and big game trophies, and he was a well-known publisher of natural history books and big-game hunting narratives.   His father, Edwin Henry Ward, was also a taxidermist who traveled with John James Audubon.   Ward prepared bird skins for Audubon, which were later used in The Birds of America. Freeman 1219; Norman 601. A BRIGHT COPY.Selections from the Property of Dr. Eugene Vigil, Antiquariat BotanicumFor condition inquiries please contact lesliewinter@hindmanauctions.com

[AESOP (ca 620-560 B. C.).] "“ A group of 17 works in 19 volumes of Aesop's fables, including:  Aesopi Fabula. N.p.: N.p., [ca 1670]. Modern polished calf gilt. "“ NORTHCOTE, James. One Hundred Fables, Original and Selected. London: Geo. Lawford, 1829, 1833. 2 volumes. Publisher 's red blind-stamped cloth gilt. -- JAMES, Thomas, Rev. Aesop 's Fables: A New Version, Chiefly from Original Sources. London: John Murray, 1848. 12mo. 20th-century green crushed levant gilt, stamp-signed by ZAEHNSDORF. -- BALDWIN, Edward. The Book of Fables. Selections from Aesop, and Other Authors. New York: Robert B. Collins, 1856. Publisher 's brown blind-stamped cloth gilt. "“ [Fables d 'Esope] Contes et Fables, De Mr. Le Noble, Avec Le Sens Moral. Brussels: Simon T 'Serstevens, 1707. Contemporary sprinkled calf gilt. -- And 13 others. Together, 17 works in 19 volumes, 8vo (except where noted), illustrated, condition generally good, complete list available upon request.  Property from the Collection of Norman and Florence BlitchFor condition inquiries please contact lesliewinter@hindmanauctions.com

FOOTE, Henry Stuart (1804-1880). Texas and the Texans; Or, Advance of the Anglo-Americans to the South-West. Philadelphia: Thomas, Cowperthwait & Co., 1841.2 volumes, 8vo. (Some light spotting.) Publisher's green blind-embossed cloth, spines gilt-decorated (a touch of wear to corners). Provenance: John S. Littell (signatures, 22 April 1841); C. Walking? Littell (signatures, 24 September 1876) Joseph Y. Jeanes (bookplate). FIRST EDITION of "one of the most influential books on Texas in its time" (Jenkins). An important contemporary history of early Texas, "a very discursive account of Texas history down to the opening years of the Republic of Texas, but, with judicious skipping, a rather entertaining one" (Streeter).   Howes F-238; Jenkins, Basic Texas Books 63; Sabin 25019; Streeter 1377. A BRIGHT COPY.  Property from the Collection of Dr. Brant MittlerFor condition inquiries please contact lesliewinter@hindmanauctions.com

[TRAVEL & EXPLORATION]. -- GRANT, James Augustus (1827-1892). A Walk Across Africa or Domestic Scenes from my Nile Journal. Edinburgh and London, William Blackwood and Sons, 1864.  8vo (222 x 141 mm). 2 folding color maps (one folding into rear pocket, one laid in). (Several short tears to folds of maps, occasional spotting.) Publisher's original green pictorial cloth gilt, smooth spine, gilt-lettered and decorated, front cover with blind-stamped border and gilt figure, by Edmunds and Remnant with their ticket (hinges weak).    FIRST EDITION of Grant 's account of his mission to find the source of the Nile with fellow Indian army officer, John Hanning Speke. "The two explorers and their porters now embarked on the 'long walk' on which Palmerston was later to remark and so provide Grant with the title of his book, A Walk across Africa" (DNB). Czech, p. 66 ("A monumental work of exploration").    Property from the Estate of Professor Ethan D. Alyea, Jr., Bloomington, IndianaFor condition inquiries please contact lesliewinter@hindmanauctions.com

BAKER, Henry (1698-1774).  An Attempt towards a Natural History of the Polype... London: R. Dodsley, 1743.  8vo (200 x 120 mm). Engraved frontispiece, woodcut illustrations in text. (Some spotting or browning.) Contemporary blind-ruled calf (rebacked preserving old lettering-piece, hinges starting).  Provenance: Philip Earl Stanhope, likely Philip Stanhope, 2nd Earl Stanhope (1714-1786) Fellow of the Royal Society (armorial bookplate).  FIRST EDITION in which Baker describes his repetition of Trembley's systematic experiments of 1739.   Despite giving credit to Trembley and to Leeuwenhoek for his 1702 observations, Baker was criticized for publishing his work before Trembley's 1744 book. Wellcome II, p.88.  Property from the Collection of Norman and Florence BlitchFor condition inquiries please contact lesliewinter@hindmanauctions.com

[HERBAL] -- [Hortus sanitatis. De herbis et plantis...] [Strassburg: Johann Pruss, ca 1497?].  Folio (approximately 287 x 195 mm), disbound. 155 leaves only (of 360), most with hand-coloring. (Some minor soiling, spotting or browning to some leaves.) Leaves loose in a pigskin binding blind-stamped "PS" and dated 1613 on upper cover (lacking clasps and catches, minor wear). Provenance: H.M. Fletcher (purchased with another dealer, Sotheby's London, 15 April 1988); acquired by Harold Berliner (printer and typographer) and D. Steven Corey (librarian); later sold PBA Galleries 23 February 2006, sale 326, lot 107. Most of the woodcuts of plants in the Pruss editions were previously used in Johann Gruninger's edition of the Gart der Gesundheit.   Many of the other woodcuts are direct or reverse copies of those used in Meydenbach's first edition of the Hortus Sanitatis. The present partial copy was apparently acquired by Berliner and Corey with the goal to collaborate on a leaf book.   Corey made a study of the book and completed an introduction, but the project was never completed. See Goff H-487; see Hain-Copinger 8941; see Nissen BBI 2363.Property from the Collection of Dr. Brant MittlerFor condition inquiries please contact lesliewinter@hindmanauctions.com

HALE, Thomas (fl. 1750).   Eden: or, a Compleat Body of Gardening.... London: for T. Osborne, T. Trye, S. Crowder, and H. Woodgate, [1756-]1757.  Folio (420 x 260 mm). Engraved frontispiece, 60 engraved plates. (Some minor soiling, spotting or offsetting, ca 50 leaves with minor marginal worming.) Contemporary English blind-panelled calf (neatly rebacked and repaired). Provenance: William McElwain Talbot (gift inscription, 1978). FIRST EDITION, intended as a companion to the Compleat Body of Husbandry (London, 1756). Issued in 60 weekly parts, each including "descriptions and cultural details concerning the various products of the garden under the time of year in which they flower or fruit, the phrase name used by Linnaeus for each plant is given, and each is referred to in its place in [Linnaeus's] sexual system, which is explained. Advice is offered on what to do each month in the kitchen, flower, and fruit gardens" (Henrey p.98).   Henrey III.776; Hunt 559; Nissen BBI 880.Selections from the Property of Dr. Eugene Vigil, Antiquariat BotanicumFor condition inquiries please contact lesliewinter@hindmanauctions.com

This lot will be auctioned on Wednesday, November 10th. The auction will begin at 3:00pm BST and lots are sold sequentially via live auctioneer; tune in to the live streaming broadcast on auction day to follow the pace. Note other lots in the auction may close on November 9th or November 11th.Daredevil's stunt billy club from the superhero adventure series Marvel's Daredevil. Specially made for him by Melvin Potter in Season 1, blind lawyer Matt Murdock wields his signature billy club as he patrols Hell's Kitchen as the masked vigilante, Daredevil. This lot consists of a crimson and gunmetal grey cylindrical foam rubber billy club with ridged sides for gripping. It is affixed in the interior with a weighted inset. This billy club exhibits signs of wear from age and use. Dimensions: 64.75 cm x 2.5 cm x 2.5 cm (25.5" x 1" x 1") Estimate: £2,000 - 3,000 Ω

GEORGE III MAHOGANY LANCASHIRE MULE CHEST having a shaped railback to the top and lift-up lid to an open interior with candle box and twin small drawers, the moulded edge top over a bank of three small and two large blind drawers and four oak lined opening lower drawers, all with swan neck brass handles flanked by triple column edge detail on shaped bracket feet, 126cms max H, 172cms W, 57cms D

GEORGE III MAHOGANY CHEST-ON-CHEST - the cornice with Greek key detail over a blind fret frieze over an arrangement of three small, three long and three long oak lined drawers with brass pommels and swan neck handles, 175cms H, 114.5cms W, 53cms D, feet lacking

Five items of 19th century Prattware, each piece with colour printed design, including 'The Blind Fiddler by Sir David Wilkie RA'Condition report: Oval dish - gilt glaze to edge chipped in one place, pair of plates have 1 hairline crack, loss of glazing to edge in one place, dirty crazing to one

An Edwardian mahogany bijouterie table, with blind fretwork frieze, enclosed by glazed lift-lid & sides, & on fluted square tapered legs with open undertier, 18¾” wide x 29½” high x 16” deep.

19th century Scottish 8 day Longcase clock with circular painted dial, brass cased weights , brass and ebonised pendulum, in domed top regulator-style case with glazed door and blind fret decoration,190 cm high

Chippendale style mahogany Gainsborough armchair, with lattice blind fret carving, on later castors

Antique eastern carved and inlaid octagonal table, inlaid with mother of pearl and with allover blind fret carved arabesque, 39cm wide x 51cm high

A pair of George II style mahogany open armchairs, each with pierced vase shaped splat and slip in needlework seats on blind fret carved frieze and cabriole legs and pad feet

A Worcester 'Blind Earl' sweetmeat dish, circa 1770, polychrome painted with floral sprays, 15cm across

An Edwardian mahogany cabinet, the lower section enclosed by two serpentine drawer with blind fret detail, over an open framework raised on four square tapered legs with spade feet, the raised back enclosed by two astragal glazed panelled doors, with further blind fret frieze and pierced architectural pediment, 80cm wide

Bernard McMullen - Limited edition print, signed with double blind stamp 22/500 Whit week arrivals

Laurence Stephen Lowry (1887-1976) - 'His Family', signed, blind stamp seal, published by Adam Collection Ltd, lithograph print, 53 x 71cm, framed

Mackenzie Thorpe (B.1956) - 'Its A Drying Day', signed, limited 611/850 colour print, Washington Green blind stamp seal, 45 x 37cm, framed

Mackenzie Thorpe (B.1956) - 'Interflora', signed, limited 550/850 colour print, Washington Green blind stamp seal, Washington Green certificate of authenticity 37 x 47cm, framed

Mackenzie Thorpe (B.1956) - 'Daisys', signed, limited 698/750 colour print, Washington Green blind stamp seal, with Washington Green certificate of authenticity, 41 x 33cm, framed

David Hamilton [1933-2016]Girl at her bath, Black & White photograph, Studio blind stamped and pen signed 1987. [Frame 29x34cm]

David Hamilton [1933-2016]Two Nude Girls, Black & White photograph, Studio blind stamped and pen signed 1987. [34x29cm]

David Hamilton [1933-2016]Nude girl on bed, Black & White photograph, Studio blind stamped and pen signed 1987. [29x34cm]

A good George III design mahogany rectangular foldover tea table with a blind fret decorated frieze and legs.

Sandra Bullock signed 10x7 colour photograph. Bullock achieved recent success with the comedies Miss Congeniality 2000, Two Weeks' Notice 2002, The Proposal 2009, The Heat 2013, and Ocean's 8 2018, the drama Crash 2004, and the thrillers Premonition 2007 and Bird Box 2018. For her portrayal of Leigh Anne Tuohy in the biographical drama The Blind Side 2009, Bullock won the Academy Award for Best Actress. She was nominated for the same award for playing an astronaut stranded in space in the science fiction thriller Gravity 2013, which ranks as her highest grossing live action film to date. Good condition. All autographs come with a Certificate of Authenticity. We combine postage on multiple winning lots and can ship worldwide. UK postage from £4.99, EU from £6.99, Rest of World from £8.99

Early 20th century oak sideboard, the raised back with cornice over blind fret carved frieze, two geometric panels and bevelled mirror flanked by spiral turned supports, two cupboards and three drawers under, raised on spiral turned and block supports united by stretcher W152cm

Georgian mahogany oval drop leaf table, the square chamfered blind fret carved supports swinging to support the drop leaves, W77cm

A 20TH CENTURY MAHOGANY STORAGE UNIT with blind fret carved, lift up action top, two door front opening to reveal four interior drawers, over a further fall-down drawer front