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Lot 126

Astronomy.- Leadbetter (Charles) Uranoscopia: or, the Contemplation of the Heavens..., first edition, half-title, engraved frontispiece, pp.87 & 450 blanks, advertisement leaf at end, slightly browned, contemporary panelled calf, corners a little bumped, [Houzeau & Lancaster 12129; Taylor, Hanoverian 84], J. Wilcox, 1735.

Lot 128

Mineral Waters.- Rutty (John) A Methodical Synopsis of Mineral Waters, first edition, title in red and black, numerous tables, 1 misbound, ink library nos. on front pastedown, slightly browned, contemporary calf, rebacked with the original spine laid down, spine re-gilded, original red morocco label, 4to, William Johnston, 1757.

Lot 13

Landor (Walter Savage) Dry Sticks, Fagoted, first edition, signed presentation inscription from the author to Esther Hare with autograph corrections to c.50pp., half-title, bookplate and book label, original cloth, covers and spine detached, rubbed and browned, preserved in folding chemise and custom morocco-backed slip-case, 8vo, 1858.⁂ An excellent presentation copy with extensive autograph corrections to the text. The corrections which range from minor typographical alterations to the removal of entire poems (and the addition of new verses to others) seem to be in preparation for a new edition of the work which never transpired. Esther Hare (1814-64), wife of Julius Hare, writer, instrumental in persuading John Taylor to publish Landor's Imaginary Conversations.

Lot 135

Wilkinson (Sir John Gardner) On Colour and on the Necessity for a General Diffusion of Taste Among all Classes, first edition, 8 lithographed plates and 3 hand-coloured, illustrations, errata slip, contemporary calf, prize binding with inscription, rubbed, rebacked, 1858 § Spender (Michael) Visions of Venice, number 40 of 250 signed by the author, illustrations, original morocco, slipcase, a little rubbed, 1990 § Shay (Frank) Iron Men & Wooden Ships, first edition, woodcut frontispiece and illustrations by Edward A. Wilson, some hand-coloured, double-page plate signed by the artist, original boards, gilt, spine a little browned and chipped, slipcase, rubbed and faded, New York, 1924; and others, similar, v.s. (c.25)

Lot 137

Blake (Quentin) Mrs Armitage Queen of the Road, signed by author, illustrations, original pictorial boards, 2003 § Yeoman (John) The Do-It-Yourself House that Jack Built, illustrations by Quentin Blake, signed by Blake, original pictorial wrappers, 1996 § Hoban (Russell) How Tom Beat Captain Najork and his Hired Sportsmen, first edition, illustrations by Quentin Blake, previous owners ink inscription to front free endpaper, original pictorial boards, dust-jacket, faint rubbing, 1974; The Marzipan Pig, first edition, illustrations by Quentin Blake, original pictorial boards, lightly faded spine, 1986; and 15 others, mainly illustrated by Quentin Blake, v.s. (19)

Lot 14

Hunt (Leigh) The Descent of Liberty, A Mask, 2 parts in 1 vol., first edition, half-titles, Sadleir and Nowell-Smith copy with book labels to pastedown, original boards with printed paper label to spine, spine splitting along upper joint, 1815; Foliage; or Poems Original and Translated, first edition, Bradley Martin copy with bookplate to pastedown, original boards with printed paper label to spine, 1818; The Months, half-title, scattered spotting, nineteenth century half morocco, gilt, 1821; Juvenilia; or a Collection of Poems: Written between the ages of twelve and sixteen, second edition, engraved folding frontispiece, half-title, late nineteenth century half morocco, spine faded, 1801; and 2 others by Hunt, 8vo (6)

Lot 17

Hemans (Felicia) Records of Woman, first edition, 1828 bound with The Restoration of the Works of Art to Italy, second edition, trimmed at head, Oxford, 1816 and Dale (Rev. Thomas)The Widow of the City of Nain; and Other Poems, sixth edition, 1824, together 3 works in 1 vol., contemporary half calf § [Carne (John)] Poems: containing The Indian, and Lazarus, bookplate, contemporary calf, gilt, 1820 § Magill (Rev. Robert)The Thinking Few, a Poem, some scattered foxing, modern wrappers, Belfast, 1828 § Banim (John) The Celt's Paradise, book labels, contemporary half calf, neatly and sympathetically rebacked, rubbed, 1822; and 8 others, poetry, 8vo (12)⁂ An interesting group of 19th century works, the second includes a poem centring on a Native American warrior, the last 2 are rare with COPAC listing only 2 copies of the first (BL and Cambridge) and 1 copy of the last (Oxford only, not in BL).

Lot 18

Tennyson (Alfred, Lord) Poems, Chiefly Lyrical, first edition, first issue, with p.91 misnumbered 19 and with "carcanet" correctly spelled on p.72, errata leaf after title, advertisement leaf at end, scattered spotting, book label of Estelle Doheny, original boards, paper label to spine, upper joint split with upper cover becoming loose, rubbing and some staining, preserved in custom drop-back box, 8vo, Effingham Wilson, 1830.⁂ Tennyson's first book published under his own name, scarce in original boards.

Lot 19

Wade (Thomas) Mundi et Cordis: De Rebus Sempiternis et Temporariis: Carmina. Poems and Sonnets., first edition, some scattered spotting, half-title original boards, sympathetically rebacked, 1835 § Thurlow (Edward Hovel, Lord) Select Poems, half-title, occasional light foxing, attractive contemporary green morocco, gilt by Hayday, light rubbing, Chiswick, 1821 § Milnes (Richard Monckton) The Poems, 2 vol., ink ownership inscription to head of half-titles, book labels, contemporary red half morocco, gilt by Maclehose, 1838 § Bartley (Robert) Short Essays in Verse, presentation inscription from the author to his sister to endpaper, contemporary calf, gilt, 1839; and 6 others, poetry, 8vo (11)

Lot 20

Tupper (Martin Farquhar) Proverbial Philosophy: A Book of Thoughts and Arguments, first edition, presentation inscription "Laura Cornwallis, a kind present from the Author, Jan 3, 1838" to head of title, scattered spotting, Nowell-Smith and Cornwallis bookplates to pastedown, original cloth, spine a little faded, spine ends and corners a little bumped, short split to head of upper joint, still an excellent example overall, 8vo, 1838.⁂ The scarce first edition of this work which ran into over 40 editions in the following 30 years. Presentation copies are especially rare.

Lot 21

Patmore (Coventry) Poems, first edition of the author's first book, signed presentation inscription from the author to Thomas Watts to half-title, bookplate and book labels, nineteenth century half calf, spine gilt, extremities rubbed, 8vo, Edward Moxon, 1844.⁂ A lovely association copy of Patmore's first book, rare, especially inscribed. Thomas Watts was Keeper of Printed Books at the British Museum, where Patmore worked as his assistant.Provenance: Harry Buxton Forman (bookplate); Joseph L. Lilienthal (book label); James Gilvarry, sale of his library at Christie's, 2nd July 1986, lot 202.

Lot 23

Patmore (Coventry) Tamerton Church-Tower and Other Poems, "second" edition, 2 page A.L.s. from the author to Edmund Gosse discussing illustrations by Bertha, the author's daughter, and recommendation of Zaehnsdorf bindery tipped in at front, title a little browned, occasional light spotting, bookplate of Gosse to pastedown, original ribbed cloth, paper label to spine, spine a little browned, minor bumping to spine ends, 8vo, John W. Parker and Son, 1854.⁂ The so-called second edition, in fact a reprint of the first edition with the dedication page removed, a new title page, revisions to two gatherings with two poems removed and four others added and a divisional title after preliminaries, rare. Edmund Gosse, see also next lot.

Lot 27

Patmore (Coventry) Principle in Art etc., first edition, signed presentation inscription from the author to Alfred Austin dated Jan 8 1890 to half-title, bookplates of Alfred Austin and Lewis Kennedy Morse, original cloth, paper label to spine, spine faded, spine ends and corners slightly bumped, light fading to covers, 8vo, 1889.⁂ A good presentation inscription to the future poet laureate Alfred Austin.

Lot 30

Derby and Nottingham imprints.- Newman (Cardinal John Henry) Lyra Apostolica, first edition, half-title, original cloth, spine faded and lacking label, Derby, Henry Mozley, 1836 § Mundy (Francis Noel Clarke) Needwood Forest, and the Fall of Needwood, with Other Poems, ink ownership inscription, contemporary half calf, Derby, 1830 § Atkin (John) Jonah Tink, a Poem, A.L.s. from the author tipped in at front, original boards, Newark, 1823 § Millhouse (Robert) Vicissitude. A Poem in Four Books, lacking ?front free endpaper, original cloth-backed boards, Nottingham, [1821], 8vo (4)⁂ The first an important early poetry collection to which Newman contributed 109 of the 179 pieces. One of Henry Mozley's sons married Newman's sister in 1836; and this accounts for the Derby imprint.

Lot 31

East Anglian imprints.- [Abington (William James)], "Trinitarius". Pensive Musings on the Pleasures of Melancholy, lacking ?half-title, contemporary cloth, upper cover stamped in gilt, London and Cambridge, 1836 § Bird (James) Framingham: A narrative of the castle. In four cantos, engraved frontispiece, occasional spotting, attractive contemporary red straight-grain morocco, gilt, London [printed in Yarmouth], 1831 § [Hugman (John)] Original Poems in the Mora, Historic, Pathetic and other Styles, ninth edition, original boards, printed paper label to upper cover, Halesworth, 1829 § Sewell (Robert) An Essay in Rhyme, ?original cloth, label to spine (rubbed), Halsted, 1834; and 2 others, Suffolk printing, 8vo (6)⁂ The first with only the BL copy listed on COPAC, the last with only the BL and Stanford copies (a note in the front speculates that it may be the first book printed in Halstead).

Lot 33

Provincial imprints.- [Kaye (Sir John William)] Poems and Fragments, first edition, signed by the author on title, occasional soiling, front free endpaper detached, original cloth, spine worn, rubbed and soiled, Jersey, Privately Printed, 1835 § Moorhouse (William Vincent) The Thrasher and other Poems, woodcut vignette to title, 2pp. advertisements, original cloth-backed boards, upper cover becoming loose, spine worn, Wellington, Salop, 1828 § Thurlow (Edward Hovel, Lord) Select Poems, presentation inscription "with Lord Thurlow's compliments" to endpaper, original boards, extremities rubbed, Chiswick, 1821 § Williams (Taliesan) Cardiff Castle: a Poem, Merthyr-Tydfil, 1827 bound with The Doom of Colyn Dolphyn. A Poem, London, Merthyr and Cardiff, 1837 together two works in one vol., contemporary cloth, spine faded; and another, Shrewsbury printed, 8vo (5)⁂ The first written by a political secretary to the India office and includes poems on the death of Shelley and Coleridge, only 3 copies listed on COPAC (BL, Oxford and Durham).

Lot 35

Scottish imprints.- MacQueen (Thomas) My Gloaming Amusements, ink notes in a contemporary hand regarding the author, original cloth-backed printed boards, rubbed and faded, Beith, 1831 § Davis (H.) The Tee-totaller's Album, charming engraved frontispiece, hinges weak, book label, original cloth lettered in gilt on upper cover, Carlisle, 1838; Chalk (John) Original Poems on Various Subjects, half-title, scattered spotting, later cloth-backed boards, rubbed, Carlisle, 1822; Dixon (John) The Twin Brothers: Being the lives of John and James Dixon, in Epistle, Sermons and Poems, second edition, engraved frontispiece, some light finger-soiling, original printed wrappers, later stitching, Carlisle, 1823, 8vo & 12mo (4)⁂ An excellent group of rare works, the first with 2 copies listed on COPAC (BL and National Library of Scotland), the second and third with only the BL copies listed, the last appears to be the earliest recorded copy of this work.

Lot 4

Milton (John) Paradise Lost, revised by John Hawkey, first Dublin edition, ink inscriptions to pastedown, contemporary calf, Dublin, by S.Powell for the Editor, 1747; Paradise Lost [&] Paradise Regained, revised by John Hawkey, together 2 vol., 2 A.L.s. to Kenelm Henry Digby, Kenelm Digby bookplates, contemporary morocco, gilt, spine rubbed, Dublin, by S.Powell for the Editor, 1747-52; Paradise Regain'd, trimmed close at head, 19th century morocco, Glasgow, Robert Foulis, 1747; and another edition, printed in Nottingham, 8vo & 12mo (5)

Lot 53

Quinziano Stoa (Giovanni Francesco) De Syllabarum quantitae epographiae sex, collation: A-B8, C6, A-Q8, R10; [22], cxxxviii ff., woodcut portrait of the author on title, decorated initials, early ink annotations, worming to first 16 leaves, affecting text, contemporary boards alla rustica, fragments of re-used manuscript or printed leaves to pastedowns, spine worn and defective, numerous wormholes to covers, 4to (200 x 155mm.), Venice, Guglielmo de Monteferrato, June 1519. ⁂ Rare early edition of this popular Latin grammar by Giovanni Francesco Conti (1484-1557), which first appeared in Pavia in 1511. The author, better known under his humanistic name, Quinziano Stoa, was a disciple of the grammarian Giovanni Britannico, and taught Rhetoric and Greek at the University of Pavia. The title-page bears a fine woodcut depicting the author writing at his desk. Provenance: early ownership 'Ad usum Innocentij Phollij liberalitate Rudolphi Rici eius avunculi'.Literature: EDIT 16 CNCE 37659

Lot 54

Philoponus (Joannes) Contra Proclum de Mundi Aeternitate, collation: A4, B-L8; [84] leaves, large woodcut printer's device on title, woodcut decorated initials and head-pieces, upper corner of title missing, slight tears along impression of woodcut device, early ink notes '118' and '83' on title, later half calf over marbled boards, a little rubbed, folio (302 x 200mm.), Venice, in aedibus Bartholomaei Casterzagensis (Bartolomeo Zanetti), aere Ioannis Francisci Trincavelli, 1535.⁂ The exceedingly rare editio princeps of this influential scientific work by Philoponus - a severe criticism of Proclus' belief in an eternal world - edited by the Venetian philosopher Vittore Trincavelli (1491-1563). The printing of this handsome volume was financed by another member of the Trincavelli family, Giovanni Francesco. The present edition is one of the first books published in Venice by Bartolomeo Zanetti from Casterzago, near Brescia; the title-page bears his fine device, with the larger putto's figure holding an olive branch, said to be after Titian. In the space of three years, from 1535 to 1537, Zanetti printed at least thirteen Greek books, as part of the publishing programme financed by the Trincavellis.Literature: Staikos, Printers' & Publishers' Marks in Book for the Greek World, 89; Hoffmann II, 440; Layton, Greek Book , p. 517; F. Martini, "Chi era il copista di Camillo Veneto", La Bibliofilia, 15 (1913), pp. 41-45; G. Castellani, "B. Zanetti: un tipografo per tutte le stagioni", La Bibliofilia, 108 (2006), pp. 233-250.

Lot 58

Pindar. Olympia, Pythia, Nemea, Isthmia, 2 parts in 1, collation: a-z8, aa-nn8, A-Z8, AA-DD8; 576; 432 pp., woodcut device on both titles, sig.y-z slightly water-stained, first title slightly soiled, later calf, rebacked preserving old morocco lettering piece, 16mo (118 x 54mm.), [Geneva], Henri Estienne, 1560.⁂ John Gay's copy of Estienne's edition of Pindarus. Gay, poet and dramatist, was a member of the Scriblerus Club, and perhaps best known as the author of the ballad The Beggar's Opera (1728). In this copy Gay's ownership inscription, neatly written on a stub preceding the first title, is dated '1714', the year in which he published the pastorals The Shepherd's Week, a parody of arcadian life and poetry. Provenance: John Gay (1685-1732); two other early ownership inscriptions on first title, erased in ink; William Franks (ex-libris on front pastedown). Literature: Adams P1227; Renouard, Estienne, 117.2.

Lot 59

Death .- Guichard (Claude) Funerailles, & diverses manieres d'ensevelir des Rommains, Grecs, & autres nations, tant anciennes que modernes, first edition, collation: ¶4 A-Z, aa-zz, AA-BB4, title within woodcut architectural border, woodcut illustrations, head-pieces and decorative illustrations, some early ink marginalia and underlining, small worm trace at head, occasionally affecting the odd letter, some staining and spotting, lightly browned, 17th century polished calf, sympathetically rebacked, small 4to (236 x 156mm.), Lyon, Jean de Tournes, 1581.⁂ Important study of death and funeral rituals from Greek and Roman times to the date of publication, including those of the Native Americans. Literature: Adams G1545; Alden, "European Americana", A581/1 (vol.1, p.262); Cartier, De Tournes 616. Not in Sabin.

Lot 61

Isocrates. Orationes et Epistolae, 3 parts in 1, collation: †4, *6, **4, a-z6, aa-mm6, nn4; AA-LL6, A-C6, D4; α-δ4, a4, b6; [28], 427 [i.e. 425], [1], 131, [1], XXXIIII, [10], 31, [21] pp., text in Greek and Latin, woodcut device on title, woodcut head-pieces including the famous cherub-head, foxed and browned, first 2 leaves shorter, contemporary French calf, single gilt fillet with central gilt laurel wreath, spine with seven raised bands, decorated and lettered in gilt, later endpapers, joints and corners worn and repaired, folio (343 x 227mm.), [Geneva], Henri Estienne, 1593. ⁂ Remarkable bilingual edition printed by the great and learned printer Henri Estienne. The texts were edited by the German humanist Hieronymus Wolf, and supplemented with Estienne's masterful dissertations In Isocratem Diatribae VIII Diatribae. The volume also includes the Oratio Panathenaica and In Romam oratio by Aristides, the Oratio in Helenam by Gorgias, and the Vita Isocratis by Plutarchus. The Isocrates of 1593 "represents Henri's last major work [...] and constitutes his last folio edition of a classical text. It is also the only book to issue from his press that year. Estienne nostalgically recalls more prosperous days in his preface, addressed to Marcus Fuggerus, whom he reminds of his family's former generosity towards him" (Schreiber, p. 181). Provenance: illegible contemporary ownership inscription on title; Pier Luca Bencini (ex-libris on front pastedown).Literature: Adams I 1219; Renouard, Estiennes, 155.1; Schreiber 224; Hoffmann II, 473.

Lot 62

Virgilius Maro (Publius) L'Eneide, translated by Annibale Caro, first illustrated edition of Caro's translation, double column, fine engraved architectural title, portrait of Caro and 12 full-page illustrations, some spoting or foxing, occasional staining, upper hinge broken, contemporary vellum, front edges nibbled, small 4to, Padua, Paulo Tozzi, 1608.

Lot 67

NO RESERVE Europe.- Anville (Jean Baptiste Bourgignon d') États formés en Europe après la chute de l'Empire Romain en Occident, first edition, large folding engraved map by Guillaume-Nicolas de la Haye, hand-coloured in outline, woodcut head- and tail-pieces and initials, occasional spotting, modern calf, 4to, Paris, L'Imprimerie Royale, 1771.

Lot 7

Elegant Entertainer (The), first edition, ?lacking initial blank, small portion of loss restored at head of title, occasional browning, modern calf-backed boards, Thomas Reddish, 1765 § Kelly (James) A Complete Collection of Scotish Proverbs, occasional spotting, contemporary calf, rebacked, William and John Innys, 1721 § [Marryat (Thomas)] Sentimental Fables. Designed chiefly for the use of the ladies, title printed in red and black, numerous woodcut illustrations, scattered spotting, ink ownership inscriptions, contemporary boards, rebacked, rubbed, for the Author, 1772; and 4 others, proverbs and fables, 8vo (7)⁂ The first especially rare - this first edition is unrecorded on ESTC, with only one copy each of the second and third editions listed.

Lot 78

Demons.- Whiston (William) An Account of the Daemoniacks, and of the Power of Casting out Daemons, first edition, E2 small tear in upper margin, slightly browned throughout, ink initials "R.A." on front pastedown, contemporary calf-backed boards, slightly rubbed, 8vo, John Whiston, 1737.⁂ "Printed by William Bowyer; his records show 500 copies printed." - ESTC.

Lot 8

[Landor (Walter Savage)] The Dun Cow; an Hyper-Satirical Dialogue in Verse. With Explanatory Notes, first edition, half-title (inscribed J.Bartlam and with small portion of loss to head, internal closed tear to title, a few scattered spots, bookplate and book labels, contemporary half calf, 8vo, 1808.⁂ A rare work by Landor with an interesting association, COPAC lists the BL copy only. The Dun Cow was written as a response to attacks on Landor's friend Dr. Samuel Parr in Guy's Porridge Pot (most likely by Landor's brother Robert Eyres, see next lot). John Bartlam (1771-1823) was Parr's pupil who later became his companion and amanuensis.Provenance: Warwick Castle (bookplate, Guy's Porridge Pot is a reference to a real life pot located within the castle); Simon Nowell-Smith and Judith Adams Nowell-Smith (book labels)

Lot 88

[Shelley (Percy Bysshe)] "The Hermit of Marlow", "We Pity the Plumage. But Forget the Dying Bird." An Address to the People on the Death of the Princess Charlotte, 16 pp., light browning, slight chipping to the lower corners of the first and last leaves, disbound with original stitching, 8vo, Reprinted for Thomas Rodd, [c.1843].⁂ Scarce. It was claimed by the publisher that this edition was reproduced from one of 20 originals produced in 1817. However there is no evidence to suggest that the 1817 edition ever existed.

Lot 95

Arctic.- Fisher (Alexander) A Journal of a Voyage of Discovery to the Arctic Regions, in His Majesty's Ships Hecla and Griper, first edition, 2 engraved maps (1 folding), ?lacks half-title, folding map torn and repaired, contemporary diced calf, gilt, rebacked, [Sabin 24453], 8vo, 1821.

Lot 97

Brazil.- Gardner (George) Travels in the Interior of Brazil ... and the Gold and Diamond Districts, first edition, tinted lithographed frontispiece, map, damp-stain to upper corner, light spotting and soiling, cracked hinges, original cloth, rubbed, small loss to spine extremities, 1846 § Smith (Herbert H.) Brazil: the Amazons and the Coast, folding map, small tape repairs, illustrations, ex-library with small ink-stamp to title verso, occasional spotting and finger-soiling, occasional ink marginal markings, pp.15-16 foredge strengthened, new endpapers, original cloth, browned spine, a little rubbed, c.1879; 8vo (2)

Lot 98

Brazil.- Walsh (Rev. Robert) Notices of Brazil in 1828 and 1829, 2 vol., first edition, 2 folding lithographed maps, folds strengthened on verso, 19 plates, spotting, occasional soiling, later half-morocco, a little rubbed, 8vo, 1830.

Lot 99

Corsica.- Lear (Edward) Journal of a Landscape Painter in Corsica, first edition, frontispiece, map, plates and illustrations, slightly browned, new endpapers, modern half calf, edges uncut, large 8vo, 1870.

Lot 559

GUND RABBIT AND FIRST EDITION COTTAGE COLLECTABLES BEAR

Lot 296

Books The Catalogue of Sassoon Chinese Ivories, London: Country Life Limited, 1950 first edition, 3 volumes, folio, limited edition, number 117 of 250 copies, signed by Edward Lucas and Victor Sassoon, coloured frontispiece and 224 plates, original half vellum, green cloth, top edges gilt, each contained in a original green cloth slipcase. 3

Lot 457

A Royal Crown Derby 1128 pattern cross, limited edition of 2000, 20.5cm high, boxed Condition Report: Good, first quality

Lot 462

A Royal Crown Derby The 250 Collection Golden Pheasant paperweight, signature edition designed by John Ablitt, Celebrating 250 years of China Manufacture in Derby, dated 2000, gold stopper, printed mark in gold, certificate, boxed Condition Report: Good First

Lot 418

A quantity of 1940s and 1950s novels to include a 1953 First Edition Miss Read 'Village Diary' together with SWR Somerset poster postcards

Lot 5256

Antiquarian Books - Anon, An Apology For the Life of Colley Cibber, Comedian, and Late Patentee of the Theatre-Royal [...], fourth edition, two-volume set, R. and J. Dodsley, London 1756, disbound contemporary calf, marbled endpapers, 12mo; Phædri Augusti Cæsaris Liberti Fabularum Aesopicarum [Aesop's Fables], Eton 1814, contemporary calf, 12mo; 18th century Cooke's Edition of Poetical Works of William Congreve, dated ownership inscription 1798, full calf; The Remains of Henry Kirke White, two volumes only, 1829, contemporary quarter-calf; other bindings; A Manual of Domestic Economy, With Hints On Domestic Medicine and Surgery, sixth edition, 1862, ink MS marginalia and figures, period buckram, 12mo; Rolleston (T.W.), Myths & Legends of the Celtic Race, With Fifty-Eight Full-page Illustrations, second and revised edition, George G. Harrap & Company, London 1917, gilt-embossed buckram; Wilson (H.W.), With The Flag to Pretoria: A History of the Boer War of 1899 - 1900, two-volume set, Harmsworth Brothers, Limited, London 1900, quarter-leather and buckram boards, folios; Local Interest, Wirksworth Grammar School full leather prize binding, gilt-embossed and inscribed presentation plate, dated Midsummer 1905; Poems by Joan Burgess, Printed for Private Circulation, Jarrold & Sons, Limited, Norwich 1931, viii, 33pp, contemporary brown pigskin, floppy 12mo; Jewitt (L), Life of Josiah Wedgwood; Dugdale's England and Wales Delineated, volume IX only, 1845; Rowse (A.L.), Poems Chiefly Cornish, first edition, fourth impression, Faber and Faber, London 1944, h/b, d/j; The Chart and Compass: Sailors' Magazine, Volume XX, 1898, original embossed blue buckram; other 19th century and later periodicals; literature; theology; qty

Lot 18

A complete set of medallions: 'Kings and Queens of England and their place in history': John Pinches: comprising forty three sterling silver proof in red covered album (first edition)

Lot 139

Travels In West Africa by Mary H Kingsley, First Edition 1897, presentation copy and West African Studies by Mary H Kingsley, Second Edition 1901.

Lot 140

Strange Africa by Lawrence Green, 57 illustrations, First Edition 1938 and The Wonderland Of The Eastern Congo, by T Alexander Barns, numerous photographs, First Edition 1922.

Lot 142

China Under The Empress Dowager by J O B Bland and E Backhouse, First Edition 3rd impression 1910.

Lot 144

Notes On Game & Game Shooting by J J Manley, First Edition 1880, illustrated and Shooting by Lord Walsingham and Sir Ralph Payne-Gallwey, Badminton Library series, First Edition 1886, (2).

Lot 147

The Story Of O by Pauline Reage, Olympia Press Ltd., First British Edition 1965, original dust jacket.

Lot 151

A Hundred Fables Of La Fontaine, illustrated by Percy Billinghurst, First Edition John Lane 1900.

Lot 156

First edition Harry Potter Order of the Phoenix and Goblet of Fire firm paperback editions

Lot 155

BEWICK, Pauline.Seven Ages. Profusely illustrated. Galway: 2005. First edition. Signed by the artist.

Lot 160

CUSACK, M.F. A History of the City and County of Cork, Dublin: McGlashan and Gill, Cork: Francis Guy: 1875, first edition

Lot 164

LEVER, CHARLESCharles O’Malley, The Irish Dragoon, illustrated by Phiz [H.K. Browne]. Dublin: 1842, first edition, in fine binding

Lot 165

MOORE, GEORGEConfessions of a Young Man, London: 1888, first edition, preserved in a folding cloth chemise, within a custom made leather-backed cloth box.

Lot 167

O’BRIEN, Flann. An Béal Bocht, second edition, The Dalkey Archive, first edition. (2)

Lot 193

BENNETT, GEORGEThe History of Bandon, Cork, 1862, first edition, cloth.

Lot 205

MURPHY, RICHARDThe Mirror Wall. Dublin, 1989, first edition limited to 100 numbered copies, hand bound at Museum Bookbindings in full leather, with an illustration of an Indian lady blind-stamped on upper cover, 4 verses in author's hand on front blank.

Lot 209

PLATH, SYLVIAThe Colossus, poems by Sylvia Plath, London, 1960, first edition, first issue, recent green morocco, in slipcase

Lot 222

YEATS, W.B. The Wild Swans at Coole, London, 1919, first edition, previous owners signatures on front free endpaper, a fine copy

Lot 27

ROBERT TAYLOR, 'DAWN PATROL', a limited edition print 217/1000 of a Flight of Se5A Fighters of the Royal Flying Corps, signed by the artist and two First World War Fighter Pilots Major Robert Chidlaw-Roberts MC and Wing Commander Gwilym Lewis D.F.C, mounted and framed, together with a box canvas print of a ship in a stormy sea, signed Woge (2) (artist resale rights may apply)

Lot 32

EIGHT CRICKET INTEREST PRINTS, some signed by cricket players, the first 'Ashes 89', a print by Sherree Valentine-Daines 828/850, signed by the artist, David Gower and Alan Border, mounted and framed, approximate size 48cm x 86cm, three R. Perry, framed prints including 'The Match', approximate size 26cm x 58cm, two David Byrne prints of Viv Richards and Malcolm Marshall, both signed by the cricketers and the artist, mounted and framed, approximate size 40cm x 29cm and two prints signed by Graham Gooch and Curtly Ambrose, mounted and framed, approximate size 43cm x 25cm, a Linda Hartough 'The 12th Hole, Golden Bell, Augusta', limited edition print 691/950, signed in pencil, no certificate, mounted, unframed, approximate size 47cm x 71cm (9) (artist resale rights may apply)

Lot 33

THREE LIMITED EDITION ETCHINGS, the first by Gordon Miles (british B.1947), 'Departure Awbridge' 11/150, signed, titled and numbered in pencil, mounted and framed, approximate size 30cm x 29cm, the second Lesley Kulig Burston (British B.1945) 'White Horse' an artist proof etching, signed and dated May 1989, mounted and framed, approximate size 16cm x 20cm, the third Frank B Jowett (british 1879-1943) 'Cottingham Cottages' an etching of a row of thatched cottages, signed and titled in pencil, mounted and framed, approximate size 20cm x 24cm

Lot 343

A collection of novels relating to Sark to include a first edition 'The George and The Crown by Sheila Kaye-Smith (10)

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