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NO RESERVE US Printing.- [Chester (Leonard)] Federalism Triumphant In the Steady Habits of Connecticut Alone..., [Shaw & Shoemaker 2026; Sabin 15737], [New York], 1802 § Daggett (John) Sketch of the History of Attleborough..., [Sabin 18266], Dedham, H.Mann, 1834 § Breck (Samuel) Report of the Joint Committee of the Two Houses of the Pennsylvania Legislature..., [Sabin 60535], Harrisburg, by Henry Welsh, 1834 § Church (Benjamin) The Choice: A Poem..., [Shaw & Shoemaker 2037], Worcester, by Isaiah Thomas, 1802 § Proceedings of the School Committee, of the Town of Boston, Respecting an English Classical School, contemporary ink inscription noting the addition of Rev. Mr Lowell to the board's sub-committee, [Shoemaker 530], [Boston], 1820, each but fourth first edition, foxing and/or soiling, nicks and creases, last mentioned 4ff. loose sheets as issued, outermost separated, others disbound, first and third edges uncut; and 12 others, similar, most US imprints, 8vo & 4to (17)

NO RESERVE Standfast (Richard) Clero-laicum condimentum. Or, a Sermon preached at a Visitation in Saint Nicholas Church in Bristol, Aprill 16. An.D. 1644, first edition, rather soiled and stained, modern calf, rubbed, [Wing S5207], Bristol, Thomas Thomas, 1644 § Tenison (Thomas, Archbishop of Canterbury) A Sermon preached at the Funeral of Her late Majesty Queen Mary...in the Abbey Church in Westminster, upon March 5. 1694/5, half-title/imprimatur leaf, title with black mourning border, with final advertisement leaf, soiled and stained, half-title and advertisement leaf worn and frayed with slight loss, one leaf torn, [Wing T720], for R.Chiswell, 1695 § Book of Common Prayer, attractive contemporary black morocco tooled with borders and rosettes in gilt, spine gilt, g.e., rubbed, spine ends and corners a little worn, Paris, P.Didot for W.Edwards & Sons of Halifax, 1791, 4to & 8vo (3)

Lytton (Edward George Bulwer, Baron Lytton) Ismael; an Oriental Tale, first edition, half-title, 2pp. advertisements, partly unopened, original blue boards, paper label to spine, uncut, spine ends a little bumped, abrasion to lower cover, uncut, 8vo, 1820.⁂ The author's first published book, rare, with only 2 copies listed on WorldCat (BL & Oxford).

NO RESERVE Buckstone (John Baldwin) Popping the Question: A Farce, In One Act, first edition, engraved frontispiece by Bonner after Cruikshank, emendations in contemporary ink manuscript ?by George Daniel, the author of the work's editorial and biographical introduction, as issued, stitched, John Cumberland, 12mo, [?1830].

NO RESERVE [Coleridge (Mary Elizabeth)] "Ἄνοδος". Fancy's Following, number 13 of 125 copies, woodcut decorations, ex libris of Lucy A. Hodgkin, [Hayward 306], Oxford, The Daniel Press, 1896 § A.[rnold] (E.[dwin], translator) Political Poems of Victor Hugo and Garibaldi, 4pp. publisher's advertisements, 1868 § Calcraft (John William) An Address to the Public..., 1p. publisher's advertisements, Edinburgh, 1822 § Tregellas (I.T.) The Amusing Adventures of Josee Cock, the Perran Cock-Fighter..., second edition, London, Penzance, & Plymouth, 1857 § [Spedding (James)] Apology for the Moral and Literary Character of the XIXth Century, Cambridge, [1830], first and fourth original wrappers, a few closed tears and creases, fourth with original printed title label, others disbound, first uncut, each a little worn and soiled; and 29 others, similar, v.s. (30)

NO RESERVE Bibliography.- Dickens (Charles).- Robertson (John W.) Bibliography of the Writings of Edgar A. Poe, 2 vol., one of 350 copies, plates and facsimiles, original cloth-backed boards, San Francisco, Russian Hill Private Press, 1934 § Hatton (Thomas) and Arthur H. Cleaver, A Bibliography of the Periodical Works of Charles Dickens, large paper edition, frontispiece, plates, some folding, faint spotting to first and last few leaves, original cloth, 1933 § Eckel (John C.) The First Editions of the Writings of Charles Dickens, one of 750 copies, frontispiece, plates, original rexine, slight bumping to spine extremities, dust-jacket, slight chipping to extremities, 1932; and 6 others, Dickens, including a collection of plates, advertisements, etc., from Dickens works in original parts, 8vo & 4to (10)

Capel (Arthur, Lord Capel of Hadham) Excellent Contemplations, Divine and Moral, first edition, lacking initial blank, with engraved portrait before letters mounted on stub (unobtrusive loss to inner edge from old stab-holes), 7pp. advertisements at end, a little cropped, small paper flaw hole to lower corner of F6, gilt-stamped circular book-label of William Twopeny, attractive 19th century sprinkled calf, gilt, by F.Bedford, spine gilt with red labels, g.e., for Nath. Crouch, 1683 § Boyle (Robert) Some Considerations touching the Style of the H. Scriptures, second edition, woodcut head-pieces and initials, contemporary ink signature "Dan Williams" and later inscription "E Libris J Kembler Anno. 1755"on front free endpapers, contemporary sheep, worn upper cover detached, for Henry Herringman, 1663, [Wing C469 & B4026], 12mo & 8vo (2)

NO RESERVE Trade.- Act of Tonnage and Poundage (The), and Book of Rates, partly printed in black letter, with the final blank, light water-staining to first few leaves, contemporary sheep, rubbed, rebacked, new endpapers, [Wing E1148], by Charles Bill, and Thomas Newcomb, 1689 § Short Account (A) of the late Application to Parliament made by the Merchants of London upon the Neglect of their Trade..., fifth edition, cropped with slight loss to pagination, disbound, soiled and stained, for M.Cooper, 1751, 12mo & 8vo (2)

Stepney (George) An Epistle to Charles Montague Esq; on His Majesty's Voyage to Holland, [2], 10pp., first edition, lightly water-stained, later marbled boards with calf label, [Wing S5467], for Francis Saunders, 1691 § Monro (Maj.-Gen. Robert) The Scotch Military Discipline learned from the Valiant Swede, woodcut ornaments, contemporary ink inscription to title, contemporary sheep, worn and defective, [Wing 2454a], for William Ley, 1644 § [Lowndes (William)] A Report containing an Essay for the Amendment of the Silver Coins, contemporary panelled calf, spine gilt, spine worn and chipped at head, [Wing L3323], by Charles Bill..., 1695 § Neild (James) Account of Persons confined for Debt, in the various Prisons of England and Wales, presentation copy from the author, half-title, annotated with references to the 'Gentleman's Magazine' in ink in contemporary hand, lightly browned, marbled wrappers with printed label, 1800 § Series of Letters (A) between Mrs. Elizabeth Carter and Miss Catherine Talbot..., 2 vol., ink inscription to head of title and front endpapers of vol.1, some foxing, original cloth-backed boards, uncut, one spine chipped, 1808, all rubbed or worn; and c.15 others, miscellaneous, including some odd leaves from a 17th century folio bible, v.s. (c.20)

NO RESERVE Macaronic poetry.- Provençal.- Dance.- Arena (Antonius de) Antonius de Arena provençalis, de bragardissima villa de Soleriis. Ad suos compagnones studiantes, qui sunt de persona friantes, bassas dansas & branlos practicantes, nouuellos quamplurimos mandat, 2 parts in 1, first title with woodcut of a peacock, the second with small woodcut ornament, woodcut head-pieces, couple of chips to title, 1 repaired, occasional staining, lightly browned, contemporary speckled calf, sympathetically rebacked, [cf. Magriel p.43 (later edition)], 12mo, no place [?Frankfurt], 'Stampatus in stampatura stampatorum', 1670.⁂ Rare macaronic poetry. Includes much on dance.

NO RESERVE [Vichard (César, M. l'abbé de Saint-Réal)] The Conspiracy of the Spaniards Against the Republick of Venice, translated from the French, for T.Harbin and others, 1719.§ "Un Citoyen du Monde". Instructions Patriotiques et Militaires, Addressees Aux Anglois..., half-title, 4 engraved plates, 1780 § Dumourier (Charles-François du Périer) Tableau Speculatif de l'Europe, [London], 1798 § Rapport fait par Saint-Just, au Comité de Salut Public..., [Paris], 1794 § Barère (Bertrand) Montesquieu Peint d'Apres ses Ouvrages, contemporary ownership inscription to title head, [Paris], for Deboffe and others, [?1797], each but last first edition, first, second, and last woodcut decorations, third original wrappers, uncut, a few quires detached, others disbound, and c.40 others, similar, 8vo & 4to (c.45)

NO RESERVE Blackmore (Richard) King Arthur. An Heroick Poem. In Twelve Books, first edition, contemporary speckled calf, spine gilt with red morocco label, a little worn, upper cover detached, split to lower joint, [Wing BB3077], for Awnsham & John Churchill...and Jacob Tonson, 1697; and 2 others, folio & 4to (3)⁂ Sequel to Blackmore's Virgilian epic poem Prince Arthur of 1695 but this time using Milton as his model; both were based on the histories of Geoffrey of Monmouth and celebrated William III in the role of Arthur. The present copy is one of two variants published in the same year, this one without "near the Inner-Temple-gate" in the imprint, and ESTC lists no copy in the UK but one in Germany and 3 in America.

Binding.- Cruikshank (George).- [Combe (William)] "Doctor Syntax". The Life of Napoleon, A Hudibrastic Poem in Fifteen Cantos..., first edition, hand-coloured aquatint pictorial title and 29 plates by George Cruikshank, 3ff. text window-mounted, offsetting from plates, soiling and foxing, bound using earlier red morocco boards in the style of Mearne, elaborately tooled in gilt with 'cottage-roof' panel to both boards, g.e., later gilt spine, a little rubbed, one or two scratches or gouges, [Abbey, Life 356; Cohn 153; Tooley 151], 8vo, for T.Tegg, 1815.

Cruikshank (George) Points of Humour [Part I] - Part II, first edition, second issue, 20 etched plates and 20 wood-engraved tail-pieces by George Cruikshank, advertisement f. at end of Part I, [Cohn 176], bound with Westmacott (Charles) Points of Misery..., half-title, 10 wood-engraved plates and 10 tail-pieces by Robert Cruikshank, together 2 works in 1 vol., occasional spotting, bookplate of Henry Herbert Raphael, respectively 1823-4 and 1823 § Reach (Angus B.) Clement Lorimer..., first edition, engraved frontispiece and 11 plates by Robert Cruikshank, original printed part wrappers bound-in, bookplate of Reuben Jay Flick, frontispiece with marginal tear, 1849, second pastedowns and front free endpapers washed in colours, both 19th-century crushed morocco, gilt, first by J. Larkins, both spine gilt in compartments, first short split to foot of upper joint and very slight bowing and mottling to lower board, a few scuffs, g.e. or t.e.g., 8vo (2)

NO RESERVE Egan (Pierce) Pierce Egan's Book of Sports, and Mirror of Life..., first edition, main and each divisional title with engraved vignette illustration, with index, ex libris of C. Beaufort Hunt, contemporary half morocco, t.e.g., a little rubbed, spine faded, [Schwerdt I, 159], 1832; "A Real Paddy". Real Life in Ireland..., fourth edition, hand-coloured engraved frontispiece and 18 plates by Alken and Heath, bookplate of Sir Alfred Sherlock Gooch, pencil annotations throughout, a few quires loose, browning and spotting, contemporary green cloth, stamped in black and gilt, edges uncut, n.d., 8vo (2)

NO RESERVE Canada.- [Elliot (Sir Thomas Frederick)] The Canadian Controversy..., first edition, contemporary ink inscription "Ellenborough" to title, as issued, stitched, uncut, soiling to peripheral ff., a little marginal browning, [Sabin 22246; Goldsmiths' 30398], 8vo, 1838.

NO RESERVE South America.- Patagonia.- Falklands.- Falkner (Thomas) Descripcion de Patagonia y de las partes adyacentes de la America meridional, a few small stains, 20th century calf-backed cloth, spine gilt, spine faded, [Sabin 23738], 4to, Buenos Aires, 1835.⁂ First edition in Spanish of this important account of Patagonia and the Falkland Islands; here with a new preface. Flakner had been a pupil of Isaac Newton.

Juvenal & Persius. The Satires, translated by Dryden, fifth edition, several contemporary ink signatures of Herbert Bowen and John Swift to title, later half calf, Jacob Tonson, 1713 § Dryden (John) The Wild Gallant: a Comedy, with final Epilogue leaf, modern boards, [Wing D2401], by H.Hills for H.Herringman, 1684; An Evening's Love: or, the Mock Astrologer, modern boards, [Wing D2276], for Henry Herringman, 1691 § Swift (Jonathan) [but probably not] The Right of Precedence between Physicians and Civilians Enquir'd into, half-title, old ink signature of Ed.Chaloner to first leaf of text and Isaac Atkinson to half-title, first and last leaves soiled, modern morocco-backed marbled boards, printed at Dublin in the Year 1720; and reprinted at London for J.Roberts, [?1720] § Dyer (John) The Fleece; a Poem, first edition, half-title, engraved title vignette of sheep, nineteenth century half morocco, spine gilt, for R. & J.Dodsley, 1757, the second & third lightly water-stained, a little rubbed; and 2 others including a bound volume of 6 plays by Samuel Foote, v.s. (7)

NO RESERVE George Cruikshank.- Field & Country Sports.- Chifney (Samuel) Genius Genuine, ?first edition, half-title, a very little faint browning and soiling, sold only for the author, n.d. [after 1803] § LeBeaud (M.) Principles of the Art of Modern Horsemanship..., translated from the French, bookplate of John M. Schiff, 2pp. publisher's catalogue, foxing, Philadelphia, 1833 § [Random (Charles)] "Lt.-Col. Baron de Berenger". Helps and Hints How to Protect Life and Property..., first edition, author's presentation copy, 8 etched plates, 4 by George Cruikshank, 3 by Robert Cruikshank, 2 folding lithographed plates, engraved illustrations and vignettes throughout, bookplate of Samuel Hoare, contents separating a little, 1835, first contemporary calf, board margins ruled in gilt, spine gilt in compartments, others original cloth, last a little worn, all rubbed; and 3 others, related, 8vo (6) ⁂ The inscription to last: "Harding Esqre | with the Compliments of The Author". John M. Schiff (1904-87) investment banker; racehorse trainer and breeder.

NO RESERVE Mangel Wurzels.- de Commerell (Abbé) Mémoire et Instruction sur la Culture, l'Usage et Les Avantages de la Racine de Disette, first edition, title with woodcut printer's device, woodcut head-piece, soiling and creasing to fore-edges, original wrappers, stitched, edges uncut, faint foxing and soiling, spine with a very little loss at foot and a few exiguous splits, 8vo, Paris, Chez Buisson, 1786.⁂Scarce in commerce; WorldCat lists 6 copies only.

Wallace (Alfred Russel) The Malay Archipelago..., first American edition, 8 engraved plates and illustrations throughout by Wood, 2 folding maps, 1 outlined in colour by hand, ownership inscription "Ogden E. Edwards" to dedication f., his pencil annotations throughout, foxing, contents separating a little in several places, upper hinge pulling a little, original brown cloth, stamped in blind and gilt, a little loss at spine ends and corners, 8vo, New York, 1869.

[Brathwait (Richard)] Drunken Barnaby's Four Journeys to the North of England...to which is added Bessy Bell, second edition, engraved frontispiece, woodcut head-pieces and large tail-piece, a little soiled and stained, old calf with borders in blind, g.e., rubbed, rebacked and corners repaired, new endpapers, small 8vo, for S.Illidge..., 1716.⁂ First pubished as Barnabae Itinerarium, or Barnabee's Journall in 1638.

NO RESERVE Genetics.- Watson (James D.) The Double Helix..., first UK edition, illustrations, original purple cloth, gilt, dust-jacket, a few small nicks at spine ends, 8vo, 1968.

NO RESERVE Sex.- Kinsey (Alfred C.) & others. Sexual Behavior in the Human Female, first edition, press cuttings and 'pin-up' photos pasted to endpapers, Philadelphia and London, 1953 § Macandrew (Rennie) Encyclopedia of Sex and Love Technique..., Lewes, 1951 § Fischer (H.C.) & Dr. E.X. Dubois. Sexual Life during the World War, first edition, Oxford, 1937 § [Aldor (Willy)] "Dr. A. Willy" & others. Encyclopedia of Sexual Knowledge, vol.II only (?of 3), plates and illustrations, many colour, Oxford, n.d., all ex-library copies with stamps and labels, each with Oliver Collection ex libris to front pastedown, third also with ex libris of S.H.R. Harris, original cloth, rubbed and stained, second with dust-jacket; and another, 8vo (5) ⁂The last from a late English edition of a work originally written in French by Arthur Koestler (under the pen name 'Dr. A. Costler'), the publisher Willy Aldor (Koestler's cousin), and the German physician Ludwig Levy-Lenz.

Fielding (Henry) The Modern Husband. A Comedy, first edition, first issue with "obedient" at end of last line p.6 and 5pp. advertisements at end, for J.Watts, 1732; The Universal Gallant: or, The Different Husbands. A Comedy, first edition, cropped affecting a few head-lines, slight worming to inner margin, for John Watts, 1735, rather soiled and browned, modern half calf, slightly rubbed, 8vo (2)⁂ Two early plays by Fielding, the first of which concerns a man who sells his wife and then sues for damages through adultery. The second closed after only three performances and was not reprinted for many years.

NO RESERVE Sheridan (Richard Brinsley) The Critic or A Tragedy Rehearsed, engraved title, lacking half-title and final advertisement leaf, modern morocco-backed marbled boards, spine faded, [Rothschild 1847], for T.Becket, 1781; and another edition of the same, 8vo (2)⁂ This copy conforms to that in Rothschild described as "?first edition, second issue".

[Broome (Ralph)] Letters from Simkin the Second to his dear brother in Wales, first edition in book form, half-title, 4pp. advertisements at end, B3-6 torn and repaired, contemporary marbled boards, uncut, rubbed, rebacked, for John Stockdale, 1790 § Life of a Norfolk Dumpling (The)...written by No-body, first edition, disbound, soiled, [?1730]; and 3 other historical pamphlets, 8vo & 4to (5)⁂ The first is a satire aimed at Edmund Burke and his prosecution of Warren Hastings (5 UK copies on ESTC); the second is an attack on Walpole (only UK copy in Trinity College Library, 3 in America).

NO RESERVE Hippocrates. Aphorismi, edited by A.Vorst, additional engraved pictorial title, Greek & Latin title and text, woodcut ornaments and initials, with final blank but partly torn away, very light water-staining to first few leaves, engraved bookplate of William Constable F.R.S. & F.A.S., contemporary calf, spine lettered in gilt with unusual gilt-tooled border, old paper label at foot, brass clasps and edges to boards, a little worn, upper joint split, spine ends chipped, [Brunet III. 173], 24mo, Leiden, Gasbekios, [1675].⁂ Scarce edition of Hippocrates.William Constable F.R.S. & F.A.S. (1721-91) collector and compiler of a Cabinet of Curiosities of items collected on his Grand Tour to Italy in 1769. This is still on display at the old family home of Burton Constable Hall, Yorkshire, complete with many of the original labels, the only such cabinet to remain in its original country house location. Constable was particularly interested in the natural world and made attempts at classification (pre-Linnaeus) but despite his progressive thinking in the advancement of science he still believed that it was possible to cross-breed chickens with rabbits.

[Knight (Ellis Cornelia)] Dinarbas; a Tale: being a continuation of Rasselas, Prince of Abissinia, first edition, marginal water-staining to a few leaves, modern boards, for C.Dilly, 1790 § Johnson (Samuel) The Lives of the most eminent English Poets, 4 vol., lacking engraved portrait and advertisement leaf at end of vol.4, contemporary ink signature of Natn. Atherton at head of titles and on front pastedowns, some spotting and soiling, contemporary half calf, rubbed, for C.Bathurst [& others], 1781 § [Swift (Jonathan)] Miscellanies, 6 vol., mixed set, titles with engraved monogram, vol.5 with initial advertisement leaf and 5pp. catalogue at end, all with contemporary ink signature and bookplate of Henry Usticke, contemporary calf, gilt, red roan labels, rubbed, for Benjamin Motte and Charles Bathurst [& others], [1736]-38 § [Lamb (Charles)] Elia, first edition, second issue with "Waterloo Place" in imprint, half-title, engraved book-label of James Blackman of Ramsbury, later tan straight-grain morocco with decorative gilt border, rebacked preserving old gilt spine, corners repaired, with leaf of manuscript notes on Lamb by J.Rogers Rees and 2 A.Ls.s. to him from Alexander Ireland loose in wrapper, together in slip-case, 1823; and 2 others, 8vo et infra (14)

NO RESERVE Law.- Boscawen (William) A Treatise on Convictions on Penal Statutes, first edition, old engraved book-label of Lady Evelyn, contemporary half calf, rubbed, 8vo, for E. & R.Brooke, 1792.

[?Landor (Robert Eyres)] Guy's Porridge Pot: a Poem, in Twenty-Four Books. The First Part, [all published], 64pp. [2], first edition, with corrigenda leaf at end, stitched in original wrappers, uncut, a little soiled, 8vo, for the Author, 1808.⁂ Rare first edition of a satirical attack on Dr. Samuel Parr, probably by Robert Eyres Landor, younger brother of Walter Savage Landor who wrote a response to the poem entitled The Dun Cow defending Parr.COPAC lists only 2 copies (BL and Oxford) and WorldCat only the BL copy (with 64pp., without corrigenda leaf).

[Reynolds (John Hamilton)] The Naiad: a Tale, with other poems, first edition, signed and inscribed by the author "To George Mitchell from his sincere Friend J.H.Reynolds" on half-title, 4pp. publishers' catalogue at end, lightly spotted and damp-stained, John Drinkwater's copy with his signature dated 1923 on front free endpaper, original wrappers, uncut, rubbed and a little stained, spine ends worn, 8vo, 1816.⁂ John Hamilton Reynolds (1794-1852), poet, critic and playwright, was a close friend and correspondent of John Keats, and the brother-in-law of the poet Thomas Hood.

NO RESERVE Small & Miniature Books.- Horatius Flaccus (Quintus) [Opera], engraved frontispiece by Stothard, original red ribbed cloth, paper label, uncut, a little rubbed and marked, glacine wrapper, [Bondy p.86; Spielmann 205a], 89 x 52mm., William Pickering, 1824 § Newbery's Ladies Pocket-Book, for the Year 1773, folding engraved frontispiece (frayed at fore-edge but not touching image), contemporary ink manuscript entries throughout, some leaves torn out, original limp sheep wallet, worn, lacking flap, F.Newbery, 1772; and 17 others from Pickering's 'Diamond Classics' series or pocket almanacs, many with engraved plates, one or two hand-coloured, 6mo et infra (19)⁂ The first is the second edition of the first book issued in Pickering's famous 'Diamond Classics' series, first published in 1820.

Fraud.- South Sea Bubble (The), and the Numerous Fraudulent Projects to which it gave rise in 1720, historically detailed as a Beacon to the Unwary against Modern Schemes..., first edition, engraved frontispiece and additional pictorial title, wood-engraved title-vignette, lightly browned, original printed boards, uncut, rubbed and soiled, 12mo, Thomas Boys, 1825.⁂ Scarce warning against fraudulent schemes.

Mauger (Claude) Le Tableau du Jugement Universel, ?first edition, woodcut initials and typographic ornaments, small correction in ink to H2, cropped, later calf, rebacked, [Wing M1351a], by T.D. for Matthew Turner..., 1675 § Farrer (Lucy E.) La Vie et les Oeuvres de Claude de Sainliens alias Claudius Holyband, presentation copy from the author to Prof. R.L.G.Ritchie, contemporary roan-backed boards, worn, Paris, 1908, 8vo (2)⁂ The first is a volume of verses by the French linguist and author of French-English grammars. ESTC lists only 2 UK copies (Queen's College, Oxford & Royal College of Physicians) and one Continental.De Sainliens was also a linguist and author of one of the earliest French-English dictionaries, published in 1593.

Dickens (Charles) The Posthumous Papers of the Pickwick Club, first edition in book form, later issue, half-title, etched frontispiece, additional vignette title and 41 plates by R.Seymour and Phiz, plates foxed as usual, modern morocco-backed boards, spine slightly faded, 8vo, 1838.

NO RESERVE Sumner (Charles).- Goethe (Johann Wolfgang von) Faust: a Dramatic Poem, translated by A.Hayward, first American edition, inscribed "A.Hayward Esq. from Charles Sumner Boston Sept. 30th 1840" on front free endpaper (rather obscured by oxidisation), pencil annotations to front endpapers, original cloth, paper label, worn and damp-stained, upper joint split, lower wormed, glacine wrapper, 8vo, Lowell, Daniel Bixby; New York, D.Appleton & Co., 1840.⁂ Charles Sumner (1811-74), American statesman and orator, leader of the anti-slavery forces in Massachusetts and leader of the Radical Republicans in the U.S. Senate during the Civil War. He worked hard with Abraham Lincoln to prevent the British and French from allying with the Confederate states.

NO RESERVE Wordsworth (William) The Prelude, first edition, 8pp. catalogue dated July 1850 at beginning, half-title, advertisement leaf at end, original cloth, damp-stained, spine faded, 1850 § [Blunt (W. Scawen)] The Love Sonnets of Proteus, first edition, wood-engraved frontispiece by the author on india paper, original cloth, t.e.g, others uncut, soiled, 1881 § Trollope (Anthony) The Last Chronicle of Barset, 2 vol., first edition, plates by George H.Thomas, contemporary half calf, rubbed, joints split, 1867 § Hugo (Victor) Toilers of the Sea, 3 vol., vol.1 & 3 first English edition, vol.2 second edition, some spotting, original cloth, 1866, all rubbed; and c.35 others, literature, v.s. (c.40)

Stevenson (Robert Louis) Kidnapped, first edition, second issue with 'pleasure' to p.40, line 11, folding map frontispiece, contemporary ink ownership inscription, scattered foxing, original red cloth, spine slightly faded, splash marks to covers, corners bumped, 1886; and a defective Child's Garden of Verses, 8vo (2)

O'Flaherty (Liam) The Child of God, out-of-series copy signed by the author and marked "Presentation", from an edition limited to only 25 copies, Christmas 1926; The Terrorist, February 1926; Darkness: A Tragedy in Three Acts, May 1926, the last two out-of-series copies signed by the author from editions limited to 100, the first and last with portrait frontispiece, some foxing to endpapers, original wrappers, uncut, a little soiled, 4to, E.Archer (3)

NO RESERVE Symons (A.J.A.) The Quest for Corvo, first edition, signed presentation copy from the author "Inscribed for Mrs. Kate Turner in admiration of the wonderful hospitality of Hungerford Park, and in memory of a delightful weekend, very gratefully A.J.A.Symons January 1936" on front free endpaper, illustrations, original cloth, a little damp-stained, dust-jacket soiled and stained, 1934 § Drinkwater (John) Cotswold Characters, first edition, wood-engraved illustrations by Paul Nash, original boards, dust-jacket, stained, New Haven & London, 1921 § Harvey (F.W.) Gloucestershire Friends: Poems from a German Prison Camp, first edition, light spotting, original cloth, damp-stained, 1917; and 4 others, 8vo (7)⁂ Hungerford Park was bought by the shipping magnate Alfred Turner in 1928 and he and his wife Katherine held lavish parties there, including the famous "Golden Ball" where the guests sat on golden chairs in a room draped in gold fabric.

Cruikshank (George) Illustrations of Time, first edition, first issue with tissue water-marked "SO 1823", etched throughout with pictorial title and 6 plates of multiple vignettes, 4pp. 8vo publisher's catalogue at beginning, light foxing, original printed wrappers, uncut, a little spotted and soiled, creased at edges, 1827 § Mayhew (Horace) The Tooth-Ache, hand-coloured etched illustrations by Cruikshank folding concertina style, advertisements to pastedowns, a little soiled, some tears to folds, original pictorial boards, a little rubbed and soiled, spine frayed and detached with lower cover, D.Bogue, [1849], [Cohn 179 & 547]; and 2 others illustrated by Cruikshank, oblong folio & 12mo (4)

Hemans (Felicia) Hymns for Childhood, first edition, signed presentation inscription from the author to endpaper, original cloth, soiled, wear to spine ends and corners, early paper wrapper, chipped and worn, Dublin, 1834 § Ingelow (Jean) Stories Told to a Child, first edition, signed presentation inscription from the author to dedication p., plates, bookplate, original cloth, spine darkened, g.e., 1867 § Records of the Connemara Orphans' Nursery, plates, original cloth, Weston and London, 1854; and 14 others, similar, v.s. (17)

Kingsley (Charles) The Water-Babies. A Fairy Tale for a Land Baby, first edition, first issue with "L'Envoi" poem, frontispiece and plate, occasional foxing, bookplate, late 19th-century morocco, gilt, g.e., 1876; and 3 others, Kingsley, 4to & 8vo (4)

Crane (Walter) Flora's Feast, numerous illustrations by the author, original pictorial boards, rubbed, 1889 § Greenaway (Kate) Calendar for 1884, 4 colour-printed cards, illustrated on one side only, original envelope, broken, [1883] § Crawhall (Joseph) - Old Aunt Elspa's ABC, first edition, hand-coloured woodcut illustrations by the author throughout, 3pp. advertisements at end, light browning, original wrappers with hand-coloured woodcut vignettes, with 1858 1d red postage stamp pasted onto easel on verso, [1884]; and a small quantity of others, illustrated children's book, pictorial cloth, etc., v.s. (sm.qty.)

NO RESERVE Carpentry.- Holly (Henry Wells) The Carpenter's and Joiner's Hand-Book: containing a complete Treatise on Framing Hip and Valley Roofs, diagrams, light foxing and marginal water-staining, original cloth, a little rubbed and damp-stained, spine faded, New York, John Wiley & Son, 1865; and 2 others, 8vo (3)⁂ The first was a popular builder's guide first published in 1863 but is surprisingly scarce. COPAC lists copies of the 1863 edition in the V & A and 1864 in the British Library but no others, and WorldCat has no listing of an 1865 edition.

[Burnet (Thomas)] Telluris theoria sacra, 2 parts in 1, first edition, issue with swash "N" in "Nostri" on title & smaller ampersand on line below, lacking frontispiece but with 2 folding engraved maps of eastern and western hemispheres, engraved illustrations, lacking initial blank but with final advertisement leaf, title with author's name supplied in contemporary manuscript, contemporary calf, a little rubbed, [Wing B5948], R.N. for Walter Kettilby, 1681; and a Cellarius Geographia antiqua of 1764 with engraved maps, 4to & 8vo (2)⁂ Important work of cosmogony, suggesting that the earth was hollow and filled with water until Noah's Flood when the water escaped and created the oceans. The folding maps attempt to show the earth's surface in relief including the floor of the oceans; the western hemisphere shows California as an island. A third and fourth part were published later, in 1689.

Catlin (George) The Breath of Life, or mal-Respiration and its effects upon the enjoyments & life of man (manu-graph), first English edition, lithographed facsimile manuscript, illustrations, with A.L.s from John Tucker thanking for the loan of the book and with 4 flyers advertising his "Anti-Snorer" Elastic Belt (one a corrected proof) loosely inserted, contemporary roan-backed cloth with original lithographed wrappers mounted on boards, rubbed and soiled, 1862; with a small bundle of trade catalogues and advertisements for other electric belts or corsets, soap, toothpaste, hair curlers, lime juice, stoves etc., many pictorial, some chromolithographed, a few cut-out shapes, v.s. (a bundle) ⁂ Catlin's book, first published in letterpress in New York in 1861, recommends the Native American way of sleeping with the head raised and tipped forward to prevent breathing through the mouth, a custom which he claims produces improved health. John Tucker's letter remarks how he suffered from sleeping with his mouth open and as a result of reading Catlin's work he invented his belt to keep the mouth shut during repose.

NO RESERVE Medicine.- Rhodokanakes (Konstantinos) Alexicacus Spirit of Salt of the World, ?first edition,16pp., cropped touching some pagination and possibly with loss of imprint, disbound, [?Wing R1332], n.p. [?by R.D.] [?1664] § Harvey (William) Exercitationes de generatione animalium, engraved additional pictorial title, lacking V5-8, contemporary calf, rubbed, split to lower joint, [Willems 1129], Amsterdam, Louis Elzevier, 1651 § Alleyne (James) A New English Dispensatory, in Four Parts, first edition, advertisement leaf at beginning and end, lightly browned, contemporary panelled calf, rubbed, spine ends worn, joints split, for Tho.Astley, 1733, v.s. (3)⁂ The first is "a treatise on the therapeutic effects of muriatic acid, which Constantine Rhodokanakes introduced in England and used during the Plague to his own great personal benefit" (ESTC). This copy complies with Wing R1332 but for the lack of an imprint. ESTC lists several editions, the earliest being 1664 of which there are 5 UK copies recorded.

NO RESERVE Ellis (John) An Essay Towards a Natural History of the Corallines, and other Marine Productions...Commonly Found on the Coasts of Great Britain and Ireland, first edition, engraved frontispiece and 38 plates after Ehret & others, some folding, foxing & browning, light offsetting, tear to H3 repaired without loss, contemporary calf, worn, joints split, [Nissen ZBI 1281], for the Author, 1755; and 10 others, natural history, 4to & 8vo (11)⁂ Some volumes contain an additional plate but this is not called for in Nissen. The final plate is the earliest depiction of Cuff's aquatic microscope.

Chinese Gambling.- Ng (Kwai-Shang) A Book on Chinese Games of Chance, first edition, 3 folding plates, 2 with partial hand-colouring, 2 leaves loose and frayed at edges, original cloth-backed printed wrappers, rubbed and soiled, slight worming to upper cover with a few small holes extending into text, spine ends a little worn, 8vo, Hong Kong, Kwong Cheong, 1886.⁂ Rare work by a member of the Hong Kong Civil Service to assist the police in capturing offenders. COPAC lists only 3 UK copies (Oxford, Cambridge & SOAS, London); WorldCat lists those and 2 more in America.

Law.- Skene (John) De verborum significatione. The Exposition of the Termes and Difficill Wordes, conteined in the Foure Buikes of Regiam Majestatem... , second edition, title with woodcut head-piece and coat-of-arms, lacking folding table, contemporary ink inscription on verso of final leaf crossed out, light water-staining, old blind-stamped calf, rubbed and scuffed, rebacked, spine worn at foot, [STC 21877.5], Edinburgh, Robert Walde-grave, 1599 § Spelman (Sir Henry) The English Works...relating to the Laws and Antiquities of England, 2 vol. in 1, engraved portrait, title in red & black, folding pedigree, contemporary russia, gilt, g.e., rebacked, rubbed, upper joint split, for D.Browne..., 1723, folio (2)⁂ The first is an English law dictionary; the final part (comprising H-S signatures) of Skene's The Lawes and Actes of Parliament... of Scotland, first published in 1597.

NO RESERVE Sherborne printing.- Obsolete Ideas. In six letters, addressed to Maria, By a Friend, first edition, contemporary ink signature of Catherine Payton Fox to head of title (slightly cropped) and with her book-label, occasional light marginal staining, contemporary tree calf, spine ruled in gilt with black morocco label, rubbed, joints cracked, corners a bit worn, 12mo, Sherborne, for the author, by James Langdon, 1805.

NO RESERVE Africa.- Slavery.- Abstract (An) of the Evidence delivered before a Select Committee of the House of Commons in the years 1790, and 1791; on the part of the Petitioners for the Abolition of the Slave-Trade, xxvi & 155pp., first edition, with folding engraved map of west coast of Africa but lacking folding plan of slave ship, very occasional spotting or soiling, disbound, [Sabin 81745], James Phillips, 1791 § [Harrison (George)] Some Remarks on a Communication from Wm. Roscoe to the Duke of Gloucester...as stated in...the Third Report of the African Institution, 11pp., first edition, title browned, some spotting, final leaf laid down, disbound, George Ellerton, 1810 § Park (Mungo) Travels in the Interior Districts of Africa, second edition, half-title, stipple-engraved portrait, 3 folding engraved maps (one with routes supplied in red and blue) and 5 plates (2 botanical and folding), with the 2 engraved leaves of musical notation (not always found) bound with Postscript leaf following title, list of subscribers, light foxing and soiling, one plate a little damp-stained in corner, one map with tear repaired, contemporary half sheep, roan label, rubbed, split to lower joint, corners repaired, Printed by Bulmer and Co. for the Author, 1799; and a fifth edition of the last, 8vo & 4to (4)⁂ The African Institution was established in 1807 following the abolition of the slave trade in Britain, with the aim of creating a haven for freed slaves in Freetown, Sierra Leone. The Duke of Gloucester, nephew of George III, was the first President, and William Wilberforce one of its leaders. The abolitionist William Roscoe of Liverpool had proposed that trade with Africa would be the greatest benefit to promoting civilisation in Freetown but George Harrison advises caution. COPAC lists 3 copies of his pamphlet (BL, Newcastle University, and the Society of Friends).

America.- Bownas (Samuel) An Account of the Life, Travels, and Christian Experiences in the Work of the Ministry..., first edition, with final advertisement leaf, H6 stained and lower margin cut away, contemporary ink inscription "William Brown's Book Bott 5 mo. 30.1757 Cost 2/-" on front pastedown, contemporary speckled calf, gilt, old paper label to spine, a little rubbed, spine repaired at head, [Sabin 7097], 8vo, by Luke Hinde, 1756.⁂ Samuel Bownas (1677-1753) was a Quaker minister who travelled to America to spread the Gospel but was imprisoned on Long Island for preaching, being released after a year. His book includes encounters with Native Americans and with Elizabeth Hanson who had been held captive with her children and whose story he later published in 1760.William Brown - it is tempting to wonder whether this might be the same William Brown whose father, also William (1658-1746), emigrated to America with his family in 1682 and became one of the early settlers of the Quaker settlement of Nottingham, Pennsylvania. Certainly the inscription contains a date in the Quaker style.

NO RESERVE [Wither (George)] [Wither's Motto. Nec habeo, nec careo, nec curo], first edition, issue with Postscript beginning on F2v & "For, it is" in A7r line 3, with initial letterpress 'Explanation of the Embleme' leaf but lacking the engraved title, tyographical ornaments, water- and a few other stains, disbound, final 2ff.trimmed at outer margin, [?STC 25928.5], [?for John Marriott], [1621] § [Taylor (John)] Taylor's Motto. Et habeo, et careo, et curo, first edition, issue with "Libles" in B4r line 1, with initial letterpress 'Embleme Explained' leaf (defective) and engraved pictorial title in facsimile, a little soiled, modern calf, roan label, [STC 23800], [by Edward Allde] for I T[rundle] & H G[osson], 1621, 8vo; sold not subject to return (2)⁂ Withers was a poet, pamphleteer and satirist, who was imprisoned several times for libel. The first conforms to STC 25928.5 in all points except for "madd" in D8r line 8, this copy has "mad". The second item is a reply to the first.

Netherlands.- Semple (Miss) The Costume of the Netherlands, first edition, half-title (bound after engraved title), engraved title with hand-coloured aquatint vignette and 30 hand-coloured aquatint plates, text in English and French, lightly soiled and stained particularly final plate, modern morocco-backed boards, spine and edges faded, [Tooley 449; Not in Abbey], folio, Ackermann, 1817.

New Zealand.- Hochstetter (Dr. Ferdinand von) New Zealand: Its Physical Geography, Geology and Natural History with special reference to...Auckland and Nelson, first English edition, with dedication to Queen Victoria dated 1868 tipped in following title (not mentioned in Hocken), 7 chromolithographed and 10 wood-engraved plates, 2 folding maps hand-coloured in outline, wood-engraved illustrations, tables, one folding, tissue guards, foxed, original blind-stamped cloth with gilt pictorial vignette in oval panel on upper cover, Stuttgart, 1867 § Cruise (Richard A.) Journal of a Ten Months' Residence in New Zealand, first edition, hand-coloured aquatint frontispiece, errata slip tipped in, light foxing, especially to title and final leaf, original boards, uncut, spine a little worn and label rubbed, 1823 § Petre (Hon. Henry William) An Account of the Settlements of the New Zealand Colony..., second edition, half-title, folding engraved map, 2 engraved plates, with final blank and 4pp. advertisements at end, original limp blind-stamped cloth, lightly damp-stained, spine faded, 1841 § New Zealand War of 1860 (The); An Inquiry into its Origin and Justice, together with some remarks on the Land Question , in relation to the Natives, copied...from the "Colonial Intelligencer"; the organ of the Aborigines' Protection Society, 52pp., title and final leaf lightly soiled, vertical crease, modern morocco, W.Tweedie, [1861], all but the last rubbed, [Hocken pp.249, 39, 98 & 211]; and 2 others, New Zealand, 4to & 8vo (6)⁂ The first contains some additional material to the German edition of 1863, being altered for a British audience.

Turkey.- Grelot (William) A Late Voyage to Constantinople..., translated by John Philips, first English edition, engraved portrait of Mahomet IV, 8 folding engraved plates & 6 full-page illustrations, 5pp. advertisements at end, plate 3 'Draught of the Seraglio' lacking part of plate and with old tear & repair, browned and soiled, ink stain to fore-edge causing fraying to edge of a few leaves, modern half roan, joints worn, [Atabey 528; Wing G1934], 8vo, by John Playford...sold by Henry Bonwicke, 1683; sold not subject to return

NO RESERVE Voyages.- Rogers (Capt. Woodes) A Cruising Voyage round the World, first to the South-Sea, thence to the East-Indies, and homewards by the Cape of Good Hope, fourth edition, folding engraved twin-hemisphere world map by Herman Moll only (torn), lacking the 4 other maps and 2 plates, some spotting and soiling, especially C7 at fore-edge, E2 torn, contemporary sprinkled calf, gilt, spine gilt, rubbed, joints split, spine ends worn, [Hill 1480; Sabin 72754], 8vo, for Bernard Lintot...and Edward Symon, 1726; sold not subject to return⁂ The twin-hemisphere world map by Herman Moll shows California as an island and part of Australia.