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Lot 100

NO RESERVE [Dellon (Charles)] Relation de l'Inquisition de Goa, first edition, title with woodcut printer's device, woodcut decorative initial, contemporary ink author attribution to title, occasional spotting, some marginal staining, mostly at ends, modern half calf, gilt spine in compartments and with black leather label, spine little faded, 12mo, Leiden, Daniel Gaasbeek, 1687.⁂ Scarce. During his travels in the East Indies Dellon was denounced to the Inquisition at Goa. He was imprisoned for two years and frequently tortured to extract a confession of heresy. He refused to confess and was consequently condemned to the galleys for five years.

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Africa.- Memoirs.- Bowen (John) Memorials of ... Late Bishop of Sierra Leone, first edition, engraved portrait frontispiece, occasional faint spotting, library ink-stamp to frontispiece verso, original cloth, rubbed, bumping to corners and extremities, 1862 § [Watt (Captain Isaac) & Ralph Wardlaw], Memoir of Captain Isaac Watt; with Letters on his Early Death, first edition, lithographed frontispiece, short marginal tear (pp.viii), lightly browned throughout, upper hinge strengthened, original cloth, browned spine, small loss to spine covering, slight chipping to corners and extremities, Glasgow, 1852 § [Johnson (Rev. W. A. B.) A Memoir of the Rev. ... Missionary of the Church Missionary Society in Regent's Town, Sierra Leone, folding map, occasional spotting, publisher's advertisements at end, original cloth, rubbed and worn, bumping to corners and extremities, 1852 § Mann (J. J.) Round the World in a Motor Car, first edition, frontispiece, plates, original cloth, slight bumping to corners and extremities, 1914; and 6 others, similar, 8vo (12)

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Africa.- Patterson (Lt.-Col. J.H.) In the Grip of the Nyika, first edition, illustrations, maps, publisher's advertisements at end, presentation label to front pastedown, lightly browned free endpapers, original cloth, small split to spine foot, slight bumping to corners and extremities, [Hosken p.155], 1909 § McDermott (P. L.) British East Africa or Ibea, first edition, portrait frontispiece, plate, unopened, original cloth, slight bumping to corners and spine extremities, 1893 § Drummond (Henry) Tropical Africa, first edition, folding map frontispiece and 4 folding maps, publisher's advertisements at end, original cloth, browned spine, small loss to spine head, slight bumping to corners and extremities, [Hosken p.63], 1888; and 5 others, similar, 8vo (8)

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Lot 14

Africa.- Speke (John Hanning) Journal of the Discovery of the Source of the Nile, first edition, 2 engraved portrait plates, 2 maps (1 folding), 24 plates (1 with tear neatly repaired), illustrations, modern half-calf, [Hosken p.188], 1863 § Alexander (Boyd) From the Niger to the Nile, first edition, portrait frontispieces, plates and illustrations, 3 folding maps (1 with tear, repaired), occasional faint spotting, advertisements at end vol. 2, bookplates, previous owner's ink-stamps, contemporary cloth, a little rubbed, slight bumping to corners and extremities, 1907; and a Roxburghe Club edition of 'The Search for the Source of the Nile: correspondence between Captain Richard Burton, Captain John Speke and others', 8vo (4)

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Lot 149

Agriculture.- Heresbach (Conrad) Foure bookes of husbandry, second edition in English, black letter, title with woodcut ornaments recto and large arms verso, woodcut illustration and initials, lacking (**)4 (blank) and 2A1&2 (final ff.), title torn, creased and repaired, with minor loss to text recto and loss to head of arms verso, following two ff. margins repaired, U4 upper blank corner singed, U6 lower half of fore-margin torn away, just touching the text, some worming, mostly marginal, affecting some printed side-notes and occasionally encroaching on main text, water-stained, loose in contemporary limp vellum, worn and soiled, [STC 13197; Fussell I, p.12], small 4to, Printed [by John Kingston] for Iohn VVight, 1578. sold not subject to return. ⁂ Second edition of what Fussell calls a 'comprehensive work', published a year after the first. 'This work, written in the form of a discussion between four persons, aims at collecting all the available information from classical and Biblical sources, and adding to that the information that more modern writers had gleaned, together with the experience of various friends of the author, who may have been practical farmers as he claims, although several of them seem to have been primarily soldiers who held various government posts.' (Fussell).

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Africa.- Stanley (Henry Morton) Through the Dark Continent: or The Sources of the Nile, 2 vol., first edition, portrait frontispieces, plates and illustrations, 10 maps of which 2 in pockets at end, 1 with tears to foldline (tape repairs), occasional faint spotting, bookplate, publisher's advertisements at end vol. 2, original decorative cloth, slight bumping to corners and extremities, [Hosken p. 189], 1878; My Dark Companions and Their Strange Stories, first edition, frontispiece, illustrations, many full-page, later half-calf, [Hosken p.189], 1893; How I Found Livingstone. Travels, Adventures and Discoveries in Central Africa, photographic frontispiece, half-title (small loss, repaired), plates and illustrations, 6 maps (4 folding, 1 with short tear), occasional very faint spotting, original cloth bound at end, modern half-calf, second edition, 1872; and 2 others on Stanley and Livingston, 8vo (6)

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Lot 156

Play.- [T[homas (R[andolph]) and Richard Brathwait] Cornelianum dolium. Comoedia lepidissima, optimorum judiciis approbata, & theatrali coryphoeo, nec immeritò, donata, palma chorali apprimè digna, first edition, engraved additional pictorial by William Marshall, woodcut head- and tail-pieces and decorative initials, final 'Epilogus' / errata f., lacking blanks A1 and A12, lightly browned, occasional spotting, modern calf, gilt spine in compartments, [STC 20691; Greg II, L16], 12mo, Thomas Harper, 1638.⁂ A Latin comedy by this member of the Sons of Ben, a group of devotees of Ben Jonson.

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Lot 157

Herbert (George) Herbert's remains. Or, Sundry pieces of that sweet singer of the temple, 2 parts in 1, first edition, title within woodcut typographic border, woodcut head- and tail-pieces and decorative initials, modern speckled calf, spine in compartments and with double black morocco labels, [Wing H1515], 12mo, Printed [by Thomas Maxey] for Timothy Garthwait, at the little north door of Saint Paul's, 1652.

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Lot 159

Religion.- Clergy.- A vindication of the clergy, from the contempt imposed upon them by the author of The grounds and occasions of the contempt of the clergy and religion, first edition, [Wing V500CA], Printed by Andr. Clark, for Hen. Brome, at the Gun at the west-end of S. Pauls, 1672 bound with An Answer to two letters of T.B. By the author of The Vindication of the Clergy, first edition, a1&2 bound between A1 & A2, C2-6 lower corners singed, [Wing A3457aA], printed for H. Brome, at the Gun at the west end of S. Pauls Church, 1673, together 2 works in 1 vol., woodcut initials, some light water-staining, occasional spotting, contemporary calf, gilt spine in compartments, spine ends little chipped, upper joint starting, but holding firm, corners worn, a few small chips, rubbed, 8vo

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Africa.- Stanley (Henry Morton) The Congo and the Founding of its Free State, 2 vol., first edition, frontispieces, plates and illustrations, some tissue-guards, 4 folding maps (2 in pockets at end), previous owner's ink stamp to frontispiece verso, original decorative cloth, lightly browned spine, slight bumping to corners and extremities, [Hosken p.189], 8vo, 1885.

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Lot 161

Pettus (Sir John) Volatiles from the history of Adam and Eve: containing, many unquestioned truths, and allowable notions of several natures, first and only edition, woodcut head-pieces, errata f., final f. blank, small hole to B1 with loss of a few letters, without loss of sense, G1 corners little trimmed, some spotting and staining, lightly browned, 19th century calf-backed boards, sympathetically rebacked in 20th century calf, richly gilt, preserving original red morocco label, boards rubbed and soiled, [Wing P1912], 8vo, printed for T. Bassett at the George in Fleet-street, 1674.⁂ Rare in commerce. Sir John Pettus (1613-1685) English Royalist, politician and natural philosopher. He is best known for his works on mining and minerals. Provenance: Leonard Lionel Bloomfield, bibliophile, whose library exceeded 13,000 volumes. (bookplate).

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Lot 166

Law.- Swearing of oaths.- Wake (William) A practical discourse concerning swearing: especially in the two great points of perjury and common-swearing, first edition, initial blank, occasional spotting, contemporary panelled calf, head of spine and corners little worn, rubbed, [Wing W252], 8vo, Printed for Richard Sare, at Gray's-Inn-Gate next Holborn, 1696.⁂ On swearing in all its facets, primarily legal and profane. Wake became Archbishop of Canterbury.

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Lot 167

Shakespeare (William) The Merry Wives of Windsor, first separate Irish edition, Dublin, A. Bradley, 1730; bound with, Othello, 1724; Julius Cæsar, 1729; Hamlet, 1737; The First Part of Henry IV, 1734, and; The Second Part of Henry IV, 1734, 2 engraved plates, occasional faint spotting, contents in manuscript to front free endpaper, contemporary speckled calf, 12mo.

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Lot 172

Language & Songs.- Collins (John) Scripscrapologia; or, Collins's doggerel Dish of All Sorts. Consisting of songs adapted to familiar tunes, and which may be sung without the chaunterpipe of an Italian warbler, or the ravishing accompaniments of Tweedle-Dum or Tweedle-Dee, first edition, half-title, engraved portrait frontispiece, this offsetting on to title, some foxing, mostly light, contemporary red morocco-backed boards, spine gilt, boards soiled, corners worn, rubbed, large 12mo, Birmingham, Publish'd by the author himself, and printed by M. Swinney, 1804.⁂ Rare. 'John Collins (1742-1808)...actor and poet, laid claim to theatrical fame mainly in his development of a kind of cabaret performance that combined his own light verse with songs, imitations of popular actors, and dialect performances. These evening performances generally went under the title of The Brush or The Evening Brush, because, according to an advertisement of 1793, it was intended "for rubbing off the rust of care". Collins thus became popularly known as "Brush Collins''.' (ODNB).

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Lot 174

Maritime.- Schomberg (Isaac) Naval Chronology; or, An Historical Summary of Naval & Maritime Events, 5 vol., first edition, list of subscribers to vol.1 and 5, some spotting or mostly light foxing, lightly browned, neat 20th century marginalia, mostly in vol.5, contemporary tree calf, sympathetically rebacked, preserving original red and green morocco labels, rubbed, 8vo, Printed for T. Egerton [and others], 1802.⁂ Subscribers include Nelson, Hood, Cornwallis and Bligh.

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Lot 175

Ireland.- Newenham (Thomas) A Statistical and Historical Inquiry into the progress and magnitude of the Population of Ireland, first edition, 3 folding letterpress tables, errata f., advertisement f. at end, L1 lower blank corner repaired, 1 folding table lightly browned at fold, some spotting, occasional finger-marking, contemporary half calf, sympathetically rebacked, gilt spine in compartments and with black morocco label, corners little worn, [Goldsmiths 19044; Kress B.4951], 8vo, Printed for C. and R. Baldwin, 1805.⁂ 'while holding that the population of Ireland tended to double itself in every forty-six years, and that its then population was nearly 5,400,000, he maintained that Ireland was capable of supporting in comfort a far greater population than this.' [Palgrave (1926) III p.17].

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Lot 179

Economics.- [Laurie (David)] A Treatise on finance under which, the general interests of the British Empire are illustrated: comprising a project for their improvement, together with a new scheme for liquidating the National Debt, first edition, half-title, ink cancel stamp of Institute of Chartered Accountants to upper corner of title, some spotting or light staining, lightly browned, contemporary half calf, sympathetically rebacked, spine gilt and with black morocco label, corners worn, rubbed, [Goldsmiths' 21234; Kress B.6521], thick 8vo, Glasgow, 1815.⁂ A massive treatise on a complex subject, prefaced by a long and detailed index. The author notes that the treatise had been 'begun, and partly sent to the press about five years since', when the 'commercial and financial difficulties of the British empire were great beyond any former parallel.'.Provenance: 'His Royal Highness, The Duke of Clarence', William Henry, the future King William IV (ink inscription to front free endpaper).

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Africa.- Sudan.- Gallieni (Joseph Simon) Mission d'Exploration du Haut-Niger: Voyage au Soudan Français (Haut-Niger et Pays de Ségou) 1879-1881, first edition, frontispiece, plates and illustrations, 2 maps, 1 folding (tears, tape repairs), faint marginal damp-staining to last few leaves, scattered faint spotting, bookplate, contemporary morocco backed cloth boards, a little rubbed, slight bumping to corners and spine extremities, Paris, 1885 § Palmer (H. R.) Sudanese Memoirs, 3 vol., first edition, plates, folding map, occasional spotting, previous owner's ink-stamps to titles, bookplate of scholar John Ralph Willis, faint abrasion marks to endpapers where ink names removed, vols 2 & 3 lacking front free endpapers, small loss to final leaf vol. 3 (not affecting text), original cloth, faded spines, bumping to corners and spine extremities, Lagos, Government Printer, 1928; 4to (4)

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Lot 181

Naval novels.- [Davis (John)] The Post-captain; or, the wooden walls well manned; comprehending a view of naval society and manners, third edition, aquatint frontispiece, wood-engraved vignette of a schooner to title and head of B1, E8 burn hole at head, affecting part of headlines recto and verso, K12 small stain, affecting a few letters recto, stained, occasional spotting, some finger-marking, lightly browned, contemporary half calf, spine gilt and with orange morocco label, corners little worn, rubbed and scuffed, Thomas Tegg, 1820; and 3 other 19th century naval / slavery novels, 8vo (4)⁂ Considered to be the first naval novel in the English language. All editions are rare in commerce.

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Africa.- Voyages.- M'Leod (John) A Voyage to Africa with some Account of the Manners and Customs of the Dahomian People, first edition, 4 engraved plates, occasional faint spotting, modern cloth-backed boards, 1820 § Dumont (Pierre-Joseph) & J. S. Quesné, Histoire de L'Esclavage en Afrique (pendant trente-quatre ans), signed by Quesné, 2 portrait frontispieces, 1 facsimile, occasional spotting, later half-morocco, slight bumping to corners and extremities, Paris, 1820; and another, voyages, 8vo (3)

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Lot 192

Gaskell (Elizabeth C.) The Life of Charlotte Brontë, 2 vol., first edition, Frederick Greenwood's set, half-titles, engraved frontispieces, plate, 12pp. (of 16) publisher's catalogue at end of vol.2, final f. of this with lower half torn away, plates foxed, some spotting or light foxing, occasional staining, a few sigs. working loose, hinges weak, original cloth, spines gilt, vol.1 lower joint splitting, both vol. spine ends little chipped, corners little worn, rubbed, 8vo, Smith. Elder, and Co., 1857.⁂ Frederick Greenwood (1839-1909), English journalist and editor, who completed Gaskell's novel Wives and Daughters after her death in 1865.

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Lot 199

Baring-Gould (Rev. Sabine) Mehalah: A Story of the Salt Marshes, 2 vol., first edition, half-titles, advertisement leaf at end of vol.1, slight spotting at beginnings and ends, later half dark blue half crushed morocco, gilt, by Zaehnsdorf, spine gilt in compartments with floral decorations, t.e.g., others uncut, spine slightly browned, a little rubbed at edges, [Sadleir 162; Wolff 271], 8vo, 1880.⁂ Written by the rector of East Mersea the work is set on the 19th century Essex coast, with its marshes, smugglers, wildfowlers and local characters. Swinburne compared it to Emily Brontë's Wuthering Heights. "Truly rare book" (Wolff).

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Africa.- Benga Primer (The): Containing Lessons for Beginners; A Series of Phrases, and a Catechism, first edition, faint spotting to first and last few leaves, contemporary morocco backed boards, upper cover becoming loose, rubbed and worn, sm. 8vo, New London, Orvis & Berry, 1855.⁂ Scarce. Only one copy on JISC Library Hub, at the British Library.

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Lot 205

[Cruikshank (George)] The Englishman's Mentor. The picture of the Palais Royal; describing its spectacles, gaming rooms, coffee houses, restaurateurs, tabagies, reading rooms, milliners' shops, gamesters, sharpers, mouchards, artistes, epicures, courtesans, filles, and other remarkable objects in that high change of the fashionable dissipation and vice of Paris, first edition, folding hand-coloured etched frontispiece by George Cruikshank, 6pp. advertisements at end, frontispiece with tears (wihout loss) and laid down, some foxing, contemporary polished calf, rebacked, preserving original richly gilt backstrip in compartments and with red morocco label, crazed and stained, [Cohn 274], rare in commerce, 12mo, Printed for William Hone, 1819.⁂ Parisian shopping and debauchery.

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Lot 207

Illustrated.- Potter (Beatrix) The Pie and the Patty-pan, first edition, frontispiece, plates, cracked hinges, half-title trimmed, occasional faint spotting, original boards, defective spine covering, rubbed and worn, 1905 § Rackham (Arthur) The Rhinegold & The Valkyrie, first edition, colour frontispiece, plates, occasional spotting, original cloth, slight bumping to corners and spine extremities, 1939 § Tuer (Andrew W.) Luxurious Bathing, number 17 signed by author and artist, 12 etchings by Sutton Sharpe, tissue-guards, occasional spotting, original vellum backed boards, rubbed and worn, spotting, 1879; and others, illustrated, v.s. (c.60)

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America.- Portlock (Capt. Nathaniel) A Voyage Round the World; but more particularly to the North-West Coast of America..., first edition, engraved portrait, 6 folding maps and 13 plates, lacking pp.ix-xii of preliminaries (Contents), with a duplicate of map of Coal Harbour (trimmed to border and double-page), offsetting to title from portrait, some other occasional foxing or offsetting, large folding map with tear to fold (repaired), tear to outer margin of Oo2, engraved bookplate of John Bell of Thirsk, contemporary tree calf with Greek key border in gilt, rubbed, rebacked preserving old gilt spine (new label and gilt panel to one compartment), [Hill 1376; Sabin 64389], 4to, John Stockdale...and George Goulding, 1789.

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China.- Chinese and English Phrase Book (A), in the Canton District, Shanghai, The Commerical Press, faint staining to endpapers, original cloth backed board, small paper label to upper cover, rubbed and worn, bumping to corners and extremities, 1916 § Mossman (Samuel) The Mandarin's Daughter, first edition, frontispiece, illustrations, original decorative cloth, very slight bumping to spine extremities, 1876 § Boulger (Demetrius Charles) A Short History of China, first edition, folding colour map frontispiece, one or two pencil annotations, original cloth, a little rubbed, slight bumping to corners and spine extremities, 1893 § Taylor (J. Hudson) Days of Blessing in Inland China, folding map frontispiece, cracked hinges, faint water-staining to endpapers, original decorative cloth, a little rubbed, bumping to corners and spine extremities, 1887; and 5 others, China, 8vo & ob. 4to (9)⁂ The first is unrecorded on JISC Library Hub.

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China.- Teichman (Eric) Travels of a Consular Officer in North-West China, first edition, frontispiece, plates, 4 maps (2 in pocket at end), occasional spotting, original cloth, rebacked in red morocco, a little rubbed, 8vo, Cambridge, 1921; and an early twentieth century typescript about the history of Peking, 8vo & ob. 4to, (2)

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Egypt.- St. John (J. A.) Egypt and Nubia, first edition, vignette title, illustrations, bookplate, near contemporary half-calf, 1845 § White (Silva) From Sphinx to Oracle, first edition, frontispiece, plates (some misbound), illustrations, 2 folding colour maps, previous owner's ink signature, original decorative cloth, bumping to corners and spine extremities, 1899 § Klunzinger (C. B.) Upper Egypt: Its People and its Products, first English edition, frontispiece, plates and illustrations, previous owner's ink signature, original decorative cloth, slight bumping to corners and extremities, 1878; 8vo (3)

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Europe.- Chancel (A[lexander] D[oriack]) A New journey over Europe; from France thro' Savoy, Switzerland, Germany, Flanders, Holland, Denmark, Swedland, Muscovy, Poland, Hungary, Styria, Carinthia, the Venetian Territories, Italy, Naples, Sicily, Genoa..., first edition, woodcut head-pieces and decorative initials, index ff. working loose, some browning (including title), spotting or light foxing, contemporary panelled calf, gilt spine in compartments, spine ends little chipped, corners little worn, rubbed, [Pine-Coffin 714; not in Olschki], 8vo, Printed for John Harding at the Blew-Anchor and Bible on the Pavement in St. Martin's-Lane, 1714.⁂ A detailed travelogue, with an opening section on currencies.

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Japan.- Batchelor (Rev. John) The Ainu and Their Folk-Lore, first edition, frontispiece, illustrations, previous owner's ink inscription, original pictorial cloth, a little rubbed, 1901 § Satow (Sir Ernest) A Diplomat in Japan, first edition, frontispiece, plates, ink signature to title, occasional spotting, original cloth, a little rubbed, slight bumping to corners and extremities, 1921; and 2 others, Japan, 8vo (4)

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Korea.- Underwood (L. H.) Fifteen Years among the Top-Knots or Life in Korea, first edition, frontispiece, plates, publisher's advertisements at end, original decorative cloth, slight bumping to corners and extremities, Boston, American Tract Society, 1904 § Urquhart (E. J.) Glimpses of Korea, first edition, illustrations, original decorative cloth, slight bumping to corners and extremities, California, 1923 § Shortland (Canon) The Corean Martyrs, ink-stamp to title, scattered faint spotting, advertisements at end, bookplate, original cloth, a little rubbed, slight bumping to corners and extremities, n.d.; 8vo (3)

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Middle-East.- Gordon (Charles George) Reflections in Palestine, first edition, half-title, occasional very faint spotting, original cloth, a little rubbed, 1884 § Arnold-Keller (P.) and M. D. Gross, Complete Hebrew-English Dictionary, original cloth, a little rubbed, n.d. § Hanauer (Rev. J. E.) Walks In and Around Jerusalem, illustrations, errata tipped-in, original cloth, slight bumping to corners and extremities, dust-jacket, faded spine, slight chipping to extremities, 1926; and another similar, 8vo (4)

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Mountaineering.- Desor (E.) Excursions et Séjours dans les Glaciers et les Hautes Régions des Alpes, first edition, portrait frontispiece, 5 plates (1 hand-coloured), 1 map, contemporary calf, gilt, 8vo, Neuchatel and Paris, 1844.

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Lot 41

Russia.- Hume (Major-General John R.) Reminiscences of the Crimean Campaign, first edition, portrait frontispiece, plates (2 folding), occasional spotting, original cloth, slight bumping to spine extremities, 1894; and another, Russia (2)

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NO RESERVE South Sea Islands.- Lanyon-Orgill (Peter A.) Captain Cook's South Sea Island Vocabularies, first edition, original cloth, by the Author, 1979; The Language of Eddystone Island (Western Solomon Islands), 5 folding tables in pocket at end, faint spotting to endpapers, original cloth, small stain to upper corner, Balmains, The Crichton Press, 1969; and 27 copies of the first, and 9 copies of the second, 8vo (38)

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South Seas.- Shillibeer (Lt. John) A Narrative of the Briton's Voyage, to Pitcairn's Island; including an Interesting Sketch of the Present State of the Brazils and of Spanish South America, second edition, 12 etched portraits and plates, 2 folding, one printed in sanguine, heavily foxed, one folding plate stained, a few other stains, correction in pencil and ink to p.71, a few leaves becoming loose, contemporary half calf, spine gilt with red roan label, rubbed, 1817 § Brodie (William) Pitcairn's Island and the Islanders in 1850, ?first edition, 2 lithographed portraits and one plate, payment slip tipped in at front, list of subscribers, very light spotting to title and final leaf, original cloth, slightly rubbed, spine faded, paper label chipped, 1851, [Ferguson 697 & 7444; Hill 1563 & 186; Sabin 80484 & 8181], 8vo (2)⁂ Two works on the Pitcairn Islands and their famous inhabitants. The Briton set sail from England on New Year's Eve 1813, visiting Rio de Janeiro, St. Helena and the Cape of Good Hope before arriving at Pitcairn in September 1814. "A very interesting narrative including some curious details regarding the mutiny of the Bounty, and the meeting with the last survivor, John Adams..." (Hill). There is also a portrait of "Friday Fletcher October Christian", the son of Fletcher Christian and the first child born on the island to the mutineers, and views of Rio, Pitcairn and the island of Juan Fernandez. This second edition was issued the same year as the first which was published in Taunton.

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Voyages.- Francklin (William) Observations Made on a Tour from Bengal to Persia, in the Years 1786-7, second edition, occasional faint spotting, faint off-setting to front free endpaper from bookplate since removed, contemporary calf, sympathetically rebacked, 8vo, 1790.⁂ The first edition was published in Calcutta in 1788.

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London.- Abercrombie (Patrick) Greater London Plan 1944, plates, folding maps, occasional very faint spotting, original cloth, slight bumping to corners and extremities, 1945 § Report Improvements and Town Planning Committee ... on the Preliminary Draft Proposals for Post-War Reconstruction in the City of London, map frontispiece, plates and maps, occasional spotting, original cloth boards, spotting, rubbed and worn, 1944 § Maxwell (Donald) The New Lights O' London, first edition, original sketch signed and dated by Maxwell to half-title, modern half-morocco, 1926; and others, London (c.90)

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Rutland.- Wright (James) The history and antiquities of the County of Rutland: collected from records, ancient manuscripts, monuments on the place, and other authorities, first edition, title in red and black, engraved double-page map, engraved illustrations, woodcut arms, [Wing W3696], printed for Bennet Griffin at the Griffin in the great Old Baily, and are to be sold by Christ. Wilkinson at the Black Boy, and by Sam. Keble at the Turks-Head in Fleetstreet, 1684 bound with Wright (James) Additions to the History and antiquities of Rutlandshire, drop-head title, engraved frontispiece ([A1]), engraved illustrations, [Wing W3691], [Printed for the Author by Edward Jones], [1687], together 2 parts in 1 vol., double column, occasional spotting, a few small stains, lightly browned, contemporary panelled calf, gilt, rebacked in 19th century calf in compartments with red morocco label, lower joint splitting, corners rubbed and scuffed, heavily so to spine, a wide-margined copy, folio

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Angling.- Walton (Isaac) and Charles Cotton. The Complete Angler, 2 vol., half-titles, wood-engraved frontispieces by Ebenezer Randells (a pupil of Bewick), 6pp. advertisements to end of vol.1, original blind-stamped and gilt pictorial cloth, spines with angling motifs, spines uniformly faded, g.e., folding bookplate tipped-in to vol.1 'Ex Bibliotheca Piscatoria Ohlsoni', [W&S pp. 229; Coigney 48], 16mo, London, Edinburgh & Philadelphia, Charles Tilt, J. Menzies & T. Wardle, 1837.⁂ 'Tilt's Miniature Classical Library'. It is the first edition of this work to have an American publisher in the imprint.

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Fishing.- Saunders (James) The compleat fisherman. Being a large and particular account, of all the several ways of fishing now practised in Europe; ... Collected from the best authors, and from the long experience of James Saunders, first edition, charming engraved folding frontispiece depicting four species of fish and different methods for catching them, woodcut head- and tail-pieces and decorative initials, some spotting and mostly light water-staining, contemporary calf, gilt, upper cover all but detached, spine ends and corners worn, rubbed and scuffed, [W&s p.189; Thacher p.447], 12mo, Printed for W. Mears, and S. Tooke, 1724.⁂ One of four variant imprints in this year. This the only one in W&S, and with ESTC recording only three copies, none of which in the UK. The work gives details of various methods of catching different fish, and which rivers to find them in. It is the first angling book to mention silk-worm gut.

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Lot 56

NO RESERVE Willoughby (Guy, Lord Middleton) "Raggie" the War Horse. An Autobiography, first edition, previous owner's pencil inscription to title, original paper wrappers, detached, faint spotting, chipping to corners and edges, [1931] § Ansell (Lieut.-Col. G. K.) The Stableman's Course, second edition, illustrations, occasional faint spotting, original paper wrappers, faded spine, rubbed, slight bumping to corners and spine extremities, 1916; and vol. 2 & 3 of The Hoghunters' Annual, v.s. (4)⁂ The first is scarce, and does not appear to be in the BL.

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Bees.- [Bazin (Gilles Augustin)] The natural history of bees. Containing An Account of their Production, their Oeconomy, the manner of their making Wax and Honey, and the best Methods for the Improvement and Preservation of them, [translated by P. Vaillant], first edition in English, 12 folding engraved plates, some spotting / mostly light foxing, light offsetting, occasional light browning, antique style mottled calf, spine richly gilt, [British Bee Books 96], 8vo, Printed for J. and P. Knapton, 1744.

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Bees.- The Bee People, first edition, 1907 § Armitt (J. Harold) Bee-Keeping for Recreation and Profit, Birmingham, n.d. § Abbott (C.P.) Queen Breeding for Amateurs, Petts Wood, 1951 § Dade (H.A.) Anatomy and Dissection of the Honeybee, Bee Research Association, 1962, plates, illustrations, third mentioned original stapled pictorial wrappers, a few small stains, others original cloth, second and last mentioned dust-jackets, chipped, lightly stained; and a small quantity of others, 20th century works on Bees and Bee-Keeping, v.s. (Sm.Qty.)

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Africa.- Du Chaillu (Paul B.) A Journey to Ashango-Land, first American edition, frontispiece, plates, folding map at end, publisher's advertisements, original decorative cloth, slight bumping to corners and extremities, New York, 1867 § Tremearne (Major A. J. N.) The Tailed Head-Hunters of Nigeria, first edition, frontispiece, plates, occasional spotting, advertisements at end, original cloth, slight bumping to corners and extremities, 1912 § Moore (J. E. S.) To the Mountains of the Moon, first edition, colour frontispiece, illustrations (many full-page), 3 maps, 1 folding and linen-backed, library label to front pastedown, contemporary half-calf, a little rubbed, 1901 § Colenso (John William) Ten Weeks in Natal, frontispiece, 3 plates, folding map (faint spotting), advertisements at end, original cloth, slight bumping to corners and extremities, Cambridge, 1855; and 12 others similar, 8vo & 12mo (16)

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Bees.- Maxwell (Robert) The Practical Bee-Master, first edition, A4r slip neatly mounted over final paragraph of advertisements, a few small stains, occasional spotting, lightly browned throughout, contemporary calf, richly gilt, joints splitting, but holding firm, small repair to foot of spine, corners repaired, rubbed and scuffed, [British Bee Books 102], 8vo, Edinburgh, Printed by Robert Drummond, 1747.⁂ Rare in commerce. Maxwell was secretary of the Highland Society. He believed the queen was a male.

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Bees.- Wildman (Thomas) A treatise on the management of bees; wherein is contained the natural history of those insects; with the various methods of cultivating them, both Antient and Modern, and the improved Treatment of them, first edition, list of subscribers, 3 folding engraved plates, some spotting and light staining, occasional finger-marking, lightly browned, later half calf, spine gilt, joints splitting, but holding firm, spine ends and corners worn, rubbed and scuffed, [British Bee Books 119; Hunt 614], 4to, Printed for the author, and sold by T. Cadell, 1768.

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Amos (William) Minutes in Agriculture and Planting ... Illustrated with Specimens ..., first edition, 3 leaves of grass samples showing 10 samples in total, 2 leaves of corresponding colour plates, 7 engraved plates, faint abrasions to title, manuscript index bound at end, occasional manuscript corrections, manuscript note to front pastedown, contemporary half calf, rebacked and recornered, a little rubbed, 4to, Boston [Lincolnshire], J. Hellaby, 1804.⁂ Provenance: Manuscript note reads "Bought at Bradfield Hall sale 1911. H. A. W."Bradfield Hall was the estate of the agriculturalist Arthur Young (1741-1820).

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Fruit .- E[tienne] (C[laude] S[aint]) Nouvelle instruction pour connoistre les bons fruits selon les mois de l'Année. Avec une methode facile pour la connoissance des Arbres Fruitiers & la façon de les cutliver, first edition, title with woodcut ornament, woodcut head- and tail-pieces and decorative initials, the odd spot, lightly browned, later vellum, [Hunt 315], 12mo, Paris, Charles de Sercy, 1670.⁂ A very good copy of this rare work on the identification and cultivation of fruits, with extensive lists of varieties. Etienne was a French gardener and a monk of the order of St. Bernard. We can trace only one other copy at auction (2016). Provenance: Lord Northwick (ink signature to front free endpaper).

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NO RESERVE Africa.- Gröben (Otto Freidrich von der) Voorname scheeps-togt ... na Guinea, met 2 Kreu-Vorstelijke Fregatten ..., first Dutch edition, 6 engraved folding plates, folding map, occasional faint spotting, bookplate of scholar John Ralph Willis, modern cloth backed paper wrappers, 8vo, Leyden, Pieter Van Der Aa, 1707.⁂ First edition in Dutch of an early description of the West African coast.

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NO RESERVE Trade Catalogue.- Churchill & Co. (Charles), American Merchants, London. Catalogue & Price List of American Tools, Machinery, Pumps, Oil Stones, etc. etc., 22pp, original glazed pink pictorial wrappers secured with brass paper fasteners, a little faded, soiled and creased at fore-edge causing some fraying to contents, 1872 § Nettlefold & Chamberlain. Price List and Drawings of Articles, 44pp., third edition, printed in red & black, first leaf with 2 mounted samples of green casing labels and printed note re screws tipped in, with 2 final index/discount leaves tipped in at end, original glazed viridian printed wrappers, spine frayed and with tear to inner margin affecting illustration mounted on inside cover, Birmingham, 1873 § Thornhill, Bednal & Co.Illustrated List of Shoe Awls & Tacks..., 16pp., p.11 defective with part cut away, original cloth-backed printed wrappers, spotted, lower wrapper torn and defective, vertical crease from folding, Sheffield, [c.1900] § Whitehouse Brothers Limited. Tools for Home and Exportation, 64pp., H edition, printed in red, blue & black, title soiled and spotted, original pictorial cloth wrappers, Cannock, 1904, rubbed and soiled; and 2 other catalogues of knives (billhooks from Isaac Nash of Belbroughton, defective, & Wilh. Jordan of Solingen), 4to & 8vo (6)⁂ Churchill was the only firm in Great Britain to publish a catalogue of American machine tools.

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Africa.- Johnston (Sir Harry H.) The History of a Slave, first edition, frontispiece, vignette title, plates, cracked hinges, presentation label to front pastedown, original pictorial cloth, slight bumping to corners and extremities, [Hosken p.110], 8vo, 1889.

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Hermogenes, of Tarsus. De ratione inveniendi oratoria, libri IIII. Latinitate donati, et scholis explicati atque illustrati a Joanne Sturmio, edited and translated by Jan Kocin, 2 parts in 1, part 1 parallel Greek and Latin text, titles with woodcut printer's device, woodcut decorative initials, initial spaces with guide-letters, lightly browned throughout, occasional spotting and light staining, 17th century calf, rebacked, covers rather worn, but holding firm, [VD 16 H 2473], 8vo, Strasbourg, Josias Rihel, 1570.⁂ First edition edited and translated by the Czech humanist Jan Kocin of this work on oratory and rhetoric. Provenance: 'Mitford, 1809' and a note on Sturmius in the same hand to front free endpaper. William Mitford (1744-1827) English M.P. and historian. His interest in Hermogenes no doubt relates to one of his early publications Essay on the Harmony of Language, 1774; 'Robert Montague, 1862' (ink inscription to front pastedown). Lord Robert Montague (1825-1902) politician, Vice-President of the Committee for Education between 1867 and 1868.

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Two Harry Potter & the half Blood Prince books, first edition, both with print error

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Lot 1577

South with Scott by E.R.G.R. Evans (Library of Classics) edition - signed by Peter Scott with dedication to F.J. Hooper late of Capt. Scott's expedition to the South Pole 1910-13, 8vo. black cloth with gilt spine, split to internal front cover and first interleaf

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Lot 324

A J.K. Rowling-autographed copy of Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince, the sixth book in her seven-part fantasy-adventure series.Published by Bloomsbury, this U.K. first-edition hardback features the paper cover showing Harry Potter and Dumbledore holding their wands and surrounded by a ring of fire. The second page has been signed by author J.K. Rowling in black ink.The book shows signs of use, including minor wear to the edges of the cover and some pages, and small yellow colored marks, notably on the two front title pages.Dimensions: 8" x 5 1/2" x 2 1/4" (20.5 cm x 14 cm x 5.5 cm)Estimate: $1,500 - 2,500

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Lot 380

A licensed commemorative Omega Seamaster 007 watch from Omega's 40 Years of James Bond limited series. Omega released its limited edition line in 2002 to coincide with the release of Lee Tamahori's Die Another Day, as well as James Bond's first appearance on film 40 years earlier in Terence Young's Dr. No. Bond began wearing Omega Seamasters in 1995's Goldeneye.This automatic stainless steel Omega Seamaster watch, numbered 00386 of 10,007, features a blue dial and a face engraved with multiple 007 logos. It comes with a padded blue leather case embossed "40 years of James Bond Limited Series," a matching card holder, an operating instructions booklet, an Omega retail box, a 2001 product catalog, and an Omega Certificate of Authenticity.The watch and other contents of the box are in excellent overall condition and exhibit only slight signs of wear, while the box and catalog are scuffed from handling,. Dimensions: 5" x 6 1/2" x 8 1/2" (12.75 cm x 16.5 cm x 21.75 cm)Contains electronics; see electronics notice in the Buyer's GuideContains mechanical components; see notice in the Buyer's GuideEstimate: $3,000 - 5,000

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Lot 547

A Jimmy Lile first edition Rambo (Sylvester Stallone) knife of the same model created as a prototype by Jimmy Lile for Peter MacDonald's action sequel Rambo III. After his friend and mentor Col. Trautman (Richard Crenna) was captured by Soviet forces in Afghanistan, Rambo wielded his knife on a mission to free him at all costs. Knifesmith and designer Jimmy Lile was originally going to make the knives for Rambo III, but the job wound up going to Gil Hibben. This Bowie knife is from the original run done when Lile's Rambo III prototype knife for the film was made. It comes with an original black leather sheath with a metal snap button fastener and features engravings just above the bolster reading "FIRST BLOOD III" on one side of the blade and "LILE 010" on the other. First edition Jimmy Lile knives are highly sought after by collectors. This knife is in excellent overall condition with some minor wear from age throughout. Dimensions: (sheathed) 18 1/4" x 4 1/2" x 1 3/4" (47 cm x 11.5 cm x 4.5 cm)Real bladed knife; see knife disclaimer in the Buyer's GuideEstimate: $5,000 - 7,000

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A Mark Hamill-autographed first edition novelization of Irvin Kershner's Star Wars: The Empire Strikes Back. The novelization was adapted by Donald F. Glut and first published only weeks before the film's release. This paperback features a poster cover from the film with a blue border and the film's title in red and white. The 214-page book is noted as a first edition, dated May of 1980, and signed "Best to you (from a galaxy far, far away) Mark Hamill" on the interior cover. This book is in good overall condition with signs of wear throughout, including discoloration on the interior pages, a price tag still attached to the back, and a missing corner on the bottom of the cover. Dimensions: 7" x 4 1/4" x 1" (17.75 cm x 10.75 cm x 2.5 cm)Estimate: $400 - 600

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