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Lot 114

Fleming (Ian) Moonraker, first edition, issue with "shoo" for "shoot" on page 10, signed by Henry Blofeld on front free endpaper, original boards, lettered in silver, spine ends a little bumped, dust-jacket, price-clipped, spine dulled with minor chipping to head, damp-staining to lower 1/3 of rear panel, light marking to upper panel, light rubbing to extremities, 8vo, 1955.⁂ By far the rarer of the two issues. Henry Blofeld, cricket commentator and broadcaster, son of Thomas Robert Calthorpe Blofeld (1903-1986) who attended Eton with Fleming and who's name is thought to be the inspiration for the supervillain Ernst Stavro Blofeld.

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Lot 86

Blome (Richard) The Gentlemans Recreation, 2 parts in 1, first edition, engraved frontispiece, printed title in red and black, 85 engraved plates including 10 of coats-of-arms of the subscribers and one engraved on both sides, one plate with corner defective, one text leaf with repaired tear, a couple of other text leaves with small holes, one other plate with 2 small burn-holes, occasional light foxing and staining, later calf, gilt, rebacked and corners repaired, [Schwerdt I, p.72; Westwood & Satchell p.351; Wing B3213], folio, by S. Roycroft, for Richard Blome, 1686.⁂ A very good copy of this impressive work covering the arts and sciences (part 1) and country pursuits - horsemanship, hawking, hunting, fowling, fishing and agriculture in part 2.

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Lot 123

Greene (Graham) Brighton Rock, first edition, signed presentation inscription from the author to front free endpaper, light marking and browning to endpapers, ink stamps to front free endpaper, original cloth, light fading to foot of spine, dust-jacket, spine a little browned, spine ends and corners chipped, chips to head and foot of panels, rubbing to extremities, 8vo, New York, 1938.⁂ Precedes the first English edition, rare signed.

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Lot 230

Agriculture.- Sansovino (Francesco), "Giovanni Tatti". Della Agricoltura, collation: *4 A-Aaa4, title with woodcut printer's device and head-piece, botanical woodcuts, woodcut head-pieces and decorative initials, final f. with large woodcut printer's device, otherwise blank, later ink marginalia, some ink markings to title, occasional staining, 18th century vellum, red morocco label to spine, [Hunt 87 (first edition); EDIT 16 CNCE 31059], small 4to (202 x 144mm.), Venice, F. Sansovino, 1561.⁂ First published a year earlier this work covers soils, wine, gardens and flowers, fruit trees, grain, insects and other pests.

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Lot 239

Anatomical illustration.- Aselli (Gaspare) De lactibus sive lacteis venis quarto vasorum mesaraicorum genere nove invento...dissertatio, first edition, additional engraved title and portrait of the author, both by Cesare Bassano, 4 folding chiaroscuro woodcut plates printed in black, dark and light red, title with small stain to upper margin, repaired wormholes to rear endpapers and pastedown, one also affecting final plate, some plates with old reinforcing strips to folds on verso, contemporary vellum, slight worming to spine, edge and corners of lower cover slightly worn, [Garrison & Morton 1094; Heirs of Hippocrates 453; Norman 76; Osler 1846; Waller 502; Wellcome 6837], 4to (218 x 176mm.), Milan, Giovanni Battista Bidelli, 1627.⁂ A very good copy in contemporary binding of the first book with anatomical illustrations printed in colour and the first scientific study of the lymphatic system. "in 1622, while performing vivisection on a dog, Aselli chanced upon the lacteal vessels. His De lactibus is a landmark in the history of anatomical illustration: it may well be the first publication to use colored illustrations in the service of scientific clarity." (Norman). The plates have been attributed to the Milanese engraver Cesare Bassano (1584-1648) and his associate Domenico Falcini (c.1575-1632).Provenance: Giuseppe Perego (Mantuan physician, ink inscription dated 1651 to front endpaper); Luigi Francesco Castellani (Mantuan physician 1727-94, ink inscription dated 1752 to front endpaper).

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Lot 240

Astronomy.- Gassendi (Pierre) ). Institutio Astronomica: Juxta Hypotheseis tam Veterum quàm Recentiorum, Cui accesserunt Galilei Galilei Nuntius Sidereus; et Johannis Kepleri Dioptrice, 2 parts in 1 vol., first edition, Jesse Ramsden's copy, first title in red and black, 4 woodcut plates depicting Pleiades, Orion's belt, Praesepe, and the Orion nebula, woodcut illustrations and diagrams in text, including images of the moon, which show its uneven mountainous surface, with blank f., some light staining, contemporary blind-stamped calf, spine in compartments, spine ends little chipped, joints splitting, but holding firm, rubbed, [Wing G291A (with the comma in line three of title); Carli-Favaro 52; Cinti 301; Riccardi i, 508; A. McConnell, Jesse Ramsden (1735-1800): London's Leading Scientific Instrument Maker, Aldershot 2007], 8vo, Jacob Flesher, 1653.⁂ A very good copy of the first appearance in England of works by Gassendi, Galileo and Kepler, with an excellent provenance. Jesse Ramsden (his ink signature to title) (1735-1800) was one of the pre-eminent mathematical instrument makers of the 18th century. He was elected to the Royal Society in 1786, and won the Copley Medal for his innovative work in 1795. A crater on the moon is named in his honour.

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Lot 147

Pynchon (Thomas) Vineland, first edition, signed presentation inscription from the author to Tom Maschler to title, original cloth, dust-jacket, spine faded, else fine, 8vo, Boston, 1990.⁂ "On a subsequent visit to New York I received a phone call saying that Tom would very much like it if I could have a drink with him. We made a date and Tom turned up at the Pierre Hotel, where I was staying at the time. He was carrying a plastic bag and in it was a copy of 'Vineland'. Not only a copy of 'Vineland' but an inscribed copy! I was profoundly touched." --from Tom Maschler's autobiography, 'Publisher'.Tom Maschler (b.1933), publisher and author.

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Lot 127

Greene (Graham) A Sort of Life, first edition, signed presentation inscription to George Barker to front free endpaper, original cloth, some light marking to covers, dust-jacket, a fine copy, 8vo, 1971.⁂ Scarce signed. George Barker (1913-1991), poet. Greene was a long time admirer of Barker's work and even provided financial assistance to help him purchase a house.

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Lot 81

[Pagitt (Ephraim)] Christianographie, or The Description of the multitude and sundry sorts of Christians in the World not subject to the Pope, first edition, 4 folding engraved maps, one with repaired tear, two leaves D3 supplied, one with ms. correction to spelling of 'Germany' and text block reset, errata leaf at end, contemporary sheep, rubbed, foot of spine repaired, [STC 19110], 4to, by T.P. and W.J. for Matthew Costerden, 1635.⁂ Scarce at auction. The maps depict the world (ie without the Americas and Australia) and individual ones of Europe, Africa and Asia.

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Lot 91

Capt. Cook.- Seward (Anna) Elegy on Captain Cook, second edition, [Beddie 2436], for J. Dodsley, 1780; bound with Monody on Major Andre, first edition, signed by the author at end of poem, [Sabin 79478], Lichfield, for the Author, 1781; bound with Hayley (William) The Triumphs of Temper, first edition, half-title, for J. Dodsley, 1781, together 3 works in 1 vol., some light foxing, contemporary calf-backed marbled boards, joints cracked and corners worn, 4to

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Lot 84

Howard (Sir Robert) Poems, viz. 1. A panegyrick to the king. 2. Songs and sonnets. 3. The blind lady, a comedy. 4. The fourth book of Virgil, 5. Statius his Achilleis, with annotations. 6. A panegyrick to Generall Monck, first edition, title with woodcut ornament, woodcut head-pieces and decorative initials, closely trimmed at head, just touching the odd headline, some spotting, lightly browned, contemporary sheep, later red morocco label to spine, covers detached, spine ends and corners worn, rubbed, [Wing H3003; Grolier 473; Pforzheimer 511], 8vo, printed [by William Wilson] for Henry Herringman, 1660.⁂ The H. Bradley Martin copy of this collection, which Includes a prefatory commendatory poem by John Dryden, who was to marry the author's sister Lady Elizabeth in 1663.

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Lot 143

Mitchell (Margaret) Gone With the Wind, first English edition, light browning to endpapers, original cloth, dust-jacket, price-clipped, spine ends and corners a little chipped with small portion of loss to head of spine and lower joint, light rubbing to extremities, with original Daily Mail Book of the Month wraparound band (a little spotted), preserved in custom drop-back box,1936; and a copy of the film tie-in edition with a tipped-in page inscribed by Olivia de Haviland, 8vo (2)Saleroom notice: The wraparound has been neatly repaired along the joints.⁂ The first English edition of Mitchell's hugely successful Civil War novel, rarer than its American counterpart in the jacket, especially so with the wraparound.

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Lot 219

Sanskrit.- Werdin (Johann Phillip) Sidharubam seu Grammatica Samscrdamica cui accedit Dissertatio Historico-Critica in Linguam Samscrdamicam vulgo Samscret dictam, first edition, first issue with quire Z absent (it was later printed and inserted as pp.177-184), title printed in red and black with woodcut vignette, some quires browned, B3 with clean tear just into text block, uncut and unopened in original plain blue wrappers, preserved in modern half calf clamshell box, 4to, Rome, Typographia Sacrae Congregationis de Propaganda Fide, 1790.⁂ Exceptional copy in original condition of the first Sanskrit grammar to be published in Europe. The author Werdin (or Wesdin), Austrian by birth, was a Carmelite missionary in Malabar from 1776 to 1789 and was one of the first to understand the close relationship between European and Indian languages.

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Lot 170

Riou (Stephen) The Grecian Orders of Architecture, first edition, engraved title-vignette, 6 vignettes and 28 plates, some folding, some light offsetting, title lightly foxed, etched bookplate of Earl of Aylesford of Packington, Warwickshire, contemporary half calf, rubbed, extremities repaired, [Blackmer 1425; Harris 746], folio, by J. Dixwell, for the Author, 1768.⁂ "Riou was in Athens while Stuart and Revett were working there, and decided to produce an architectural theory for the use of the Greek architectural orders then being described and measured by Stuart and Revett." (Blackmer). The book is dedicated to James Stuart who, along with David Garrick, Soame Jenyns and George Stubbs, is included in the list of subscribers.

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Lot 125

Greene (Graham) A Visit to Morin, first edition, signed presentation inscription from the author to John [Cater] to front free endpaper, original cloth, dust-jacket, light browning to spine and panels, light creasing to head and foot, otherwise excellent, 8vo, 1959.

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Aldus.- Martialis (Marcus Valerius) Epigrammata, first Aldine edition, collation: A-Z8, &8 (lacking final blank), a few leaves browned, paper flaw to lower margin A7, 19th century olive green morocco by C.J. Aitken, g.e., 8vo (158 x 90mm), Venice, Aldus Manutius, 1501.⁂ Provenance: "Ad usum fratris Gregoriis" (faded ink inscription at foot of title; Sir Edward Sullivan (bookplate); William O'Brien and Milltown Park Library (booklabels).Literature: EDIT 16 CNCE 36108; Renouard 30:7; Adams M689; Ahmanson-Murphy 47.

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Aldus.- Statius (Publius Papinius) Sylvarum libri quinque, Thebaidos libri duodecim, Achilleidos duo, first Aldine edition, collation: a-z8, A-F8, G4, A-B8, C4, a-e8 complete with blank leaf i8 and final leaf with woodcut printer's device, a few ink annotations, traces of small circular stamp to title, occasional light foxing, later red crushed morocco by Hardy, g.e., 8vo (150 x 90mm.), Venice, Aldus Manutius, 1502.⁂ Handsome copy of the first Aldine edition, with colophons dated November and August 1502. Provenance: Sir Edward Sullivan (bookplate); William O'Brien and Milltown Park Library (booklabels).Literature: EDIT 16 CNCE 36141; Renouard 35:7; Adams S1670; Ahmanson-Murphy 61.

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Bible, Latin.- Divi Pauli Apostoli Epistolae, brevissimis & facillimis scholiis per Ioannem Gagneium...illustratae, collation: A8 a-t8 v10, Roman letter, title within woodcut architectural border, woodcut criblé initials, lacking final blank, occasional light staining, lightly browned, 18th century French green morocco, gilt, flat spine in compartments with floral and foliage decorations and double red morocco labels, triple gilt filet borders with circular corner-pieces to covers, rubbed, g.e, 8vo (binding 131 x 91mm.), Simon de Colines & Galliot du Pré, 1538.⁂ First edition of the Epistles of St. Paul with text and commentary by Jean de Gagny, chaplain to François I. Provenance: Castle Howard copy (large engraved armorial bookplate, recording this as a gift of Sir David Dundas). Literature: Adams B1846; Renouard, Colines, p.294; Schreiber 154; not in D&M.

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Lot 132

Haggard (H. Rider) Finished, first edition, frontispiece, original cloth, Ward, Lock & Co. 'File Copy' paper label to upper cover, light rubbing to tips of spine and corners, else fine, dust-jacket, priced at ?5/- with remains of 6/- sticker to spine, spine ends and corners a little chipped, spine and lower panel darkened, tear and creasing to head of upper panel, joints splitting at head and foot, still a very good example of a rare dust-jacket, 8vo, 1917.⁂ Part of the Allan Quatermain, Finished is set against the background of the Anglo-Zulu War, with Quatermain depicted as one of the few survivors of the Battle of Isandhlwana.

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Lot 133

Hamilton (Bruce) To Be Hanged, first edition, original pictorial cloth, spine browned, spine ends and corners a little bumped, light spotting to covers, but and excellent example overall, 8vo, 1930.⁂ Rare, published in pictorial cloth and without a dust-jacket as part of a brief experimental published effort by Faber (along with one other title). Bruce Hamilton (1900-74) was the younger brother of the more famous Patrick Hamilton (to whom this work is dedicated).

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Lot 131

Greene (Graham) The Comedians, first edition, signed presentation inscription from the author to Jack Rubens dated Christmas 1965 to endpaper, original cloth, dust-jacket, a fine copy, 8vo, 1966.⁂ A superb inscribed copy of Greene's Haiti-set exploration of terrorism and government suppression. Jack Rubens was Greene's accountant.

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Lot 141

Lindsay (David) Devil's Tor, first edition, light spotting to endpapers, original cloth, spine faded, dust-jacket, price-clipped, spine a little browned, spine ends and corners a little chipped, small patch of staining to lower panel, light spotting to upper panel, a few small nicks or tears to head and foot but overall an excellent example, 8vo, 1932.⁂ A bright and excellent example of a rare work, Lindsay's fifth and the last published during his lifetime. Devil's Tor has been referred to as Lindsay's magnum opus and, like his better-known A Voyage to Arcturus, is concerned with deep exploration of its metaphysical themes.

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Lot 203

China.- Chinese Language.- Morrison (Rev. Robert) Dialogues and Detached Sentences in the Chinese Language, first edition, sig.2A foxed, contemporary brown straight-grain morocco, gilt, by Henington of Ingram Court, Fenchurch (with ticket), very slightly rubbed, [Cordier Sinica 1641], 8vo, Macao, Printed at the Honourable East India Company's Press, by P.P. Thoms, 1816.⁂ Fine copy of the first Chinese/English conversation manual according to Cordier. Curious dialogues include "This piece of cloth is extremely good; the Snuff is better than yesterday's; the Stockings cannot be surpassed." and "It is replied, I have two sons, one of them is good for nothing - he will not study - he is a debauchee and a gambler..."

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Lot 205

China and Russia.- Clerc (Nicolas Gabriel) Yu le Grand et Confucius, Histoire Chinoise, 3 parts in 1, first edition, 8 folding tables, slight wrinkling to pages near beginning, some light foxing, contemporary French mottled calf, spine gilt, spine ends and corners repaired, [Cordier, Sinica 604; Lust 1275], 4to, Soissons, Ponce Courtois, 1769.⁂ Important work on the history of Russia and China, which is dedicated to the Russian Czar.

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Lot 146

Powell (Anthony) The Valley of Bones, first America edition, signed presentation inscription from the author to John Summers on front free endpaper "In celebration of some fine photography", original cloth, dust-jacket, spine ends and corners a little chipped, creasing to head and foot, rubbed, Boston, 1964; From a View to a Death, first edition, browning to endpapers, contemporary library cloth, a little faded, 1933, 8vo (2) ⁂ John Summers (1928-2008) journalist who interviewed and befriended several authors including Powell.

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Lot 201

China.- Chinese Language.- Hernisz (Stanislas) A Guide to Conversation in the English and Chinese Languages for the Use of Americans and Chinese in California and Elsewhere, first edition, some light foxing and marginal browning, old marbled boards, rebacked in cloth preserving original spine, oblong 8vo, Boston, Cleveland & London, 1854.⁂ One of the earliest English/Chinese conversation manuals published in the west and probably the first such manual printed in America. As noted in the Introduction "The conclusion of treaties with western nations, the opening of the Five ports, and the discovery of gold in California, have caused a vast increase in trade, more extensive intercourse, and closer relations with the 'Central flowery people.'" Notably, the first two words in the vocabulary list are "Gold" and "Gold-dust".

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Lot 192

Brazil.- Wetherell (James) Brazil. Stray Notes from Bahia, first edition, edited by William Hadfield, wood-engraved frontispiece (spotted), lithograph plate of music, original cloth, extremities slightly rubbed, 8vo, Liverpool, Published by Subscription, [c.1860].⁂ A fine copy of this "excellent description of life in Bahia during the second empire." (Borba de Moraes 940). From the library of Sir Thomas Phillipps ("M.H.C." in pencil to front pastedown and "intake" numbers in ink) and Joseph Sinclair Carolin (bookplate). Rare at auction - the last copy in 1985.

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Lot 227

NO RESERVE West Indies.- Lacroix (Pamphile, Baron) Memoires pour servir a l'Histoire de la Revolution de Saint-Domingue, 2 vol., first edition, half-titles, folding engraved battle-plan and large folding engraved map, both with partial hand-colouring, folding table, some foxing and light browning, contemporary calf-backed marbled boards, spines gilt with red and green morocco labels, 8vo, Paris, 1819.⁂ A fine copy. The plan is entitled "Plan du Siege de la Crete a Pierrot par l'Armee Francaise"; the large map, measuring 515 x 785mm., is by Lapie.

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Lot 208

Hawaii & South America.- Skogman (Carl Johan Alfred) Fregatten Eugenies Resa Omkring Jorden Aren 1851-1853, 2 vol., first edition, 20 lithograph plates, all but 2 coloured, wood-engraved plates and illustrations, 3 folding lithograph maps, stain to some lower margins, original cloth, recased, extremities slightly rubbed, [Borba de Moraes, pp.815-816; Hill 1578 "Prized for its fine color plates"; Palau 315082], 8vo, Stockholm, Adolf Bonnier, [1854-55].⁂ Excellent copies of the first Swedish circumnavigation on the Eugenie, under the command of Captain Christian Adolf Virgin. The voyage, during which Skogman was the astronomer, visited the east and west coasts of South America, the west coast of America, Hawaii and other Pacific and Indian Ocean islands. The naive but attractive plates include natives of Honolulu and a view of the Gamla Mission Church in San Francisco.

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Lot 197

China.- Gonzalez de Mendoza (Juan) Histoire du Grand Royaume de la Chine, some foxing and water-staining, ink annotations to endpapers, contemporary mottled calf, spine gilt, a little rubbed, [Cordier, Sinica I, 13; Sabin 27780; Palau 105510], 8vo, [Geneva], Jean Arnaud, 1606.⁂ Early French edition of this important survey of China, first published in Spanish and printed in Rome in 1585. Largely a compilation of missionary narratives, including Gaspar de Cruz, Martin de Rada, Pedro de Alforo and Ignacio de Loyola.

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Lot 220

South America.- Depons (Francois) Travels in South America, 2 vol., first English edition, half-titles, folding engraved map (foxed), contemporary calf, stamped in gilt and blind, [Sabin 19643], 8vo, 1807.⁂ Fine copy of this important account of Venezuela, translated from the French, partially by Washington Irving.

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Lot 134

Hamilton (Edmond) The Horror on the Asteroid. And Other Tales of Planetary Horror, first edition, light browning to text margins, light insect damage to front free endpaper and pastedown, original cloth, light discolouration to spine and upper cover, dust-jacket, spine slightly browned and with partially removed sticker to foot, spine ends and corners chipped, touching first line of title on spine, a few short closed tears with creasing to head and foot, neat tape repairs to verso, 8vo, 1936.⁂ Scarce first edition of the first hardback collection of science fiction stories.

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Lot 115

Fleming (Ian) Diamonds are Forever, first edition, signed by Henry Blofeld on front free endpaper, original boards, lettered and blocked in silver, dust-jacket, spine ends and corners a little chipped and creased, light staining and surface soiling to lower panel, light creasing to head and foot, extremities a little rubbed, 8vo, 1956.

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Lot 98

Stevenson (Robert Louis) Stange Case of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde, first edition, first issue with publication date on the upper wrapper altered by hand, 1f. advertisements, original red and blue printed wrappers, spine largely defective but stitching holding, light staining to foot, light rubbing and very light creasing to extremities, 8vo, 1886.

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Lot 231

Botany.- Hyacinths.- Saint-Simon (Maximilien, Marquis de) Des jacintes, de leur anatomie, reproduction et culture, charming large engraved vignette to title showing the author gazing upon his flowers, 10 engraved plates, spotted, 19th century polished calf, gilt, joints splitting, but holding firm, rubbed and marked, [Hunt 602; Nissen, BBI 1718; Pritzel 7996], 4to, Amsterdam, no printer, 1768.⁂ First edition of the first work devoted entirely to hyacinths. With a 15pp. catalogue of varieties hyacinths at end.

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Lot 109

Coetzee (J.M.) Life and Times of Michael K, first English edition, signed by the author on title, ink ownership inscription to endpaper, original boards, some light marking to covers, dust-jacket, light fading to spine, near-fine otherwise, original publisher's wraparound band (split in 3 places), 8vo, 1983.

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Lot 234

Griffiths (William) A Practical Treatise on Farriery, first edition, engraved frontispiece by Dickinson after Bunbury, list of subscribers at end, additional text slip starting "The following remarkable Nostrum..." pasted to foot of final index leaf, some light browning, contemporary tree calf, spine gilt and with red morocco label, 4to, Wrexham, by R. Marsh, [1784].⁂ Handsome subscriber's copy with signature of L. [i.e. Sir Lloyd] Kenyon at head of title. Lloyd Kenyon, first Baron Kenyon (1732-1802), Lord Chancellor.

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Lot 121

Greene (Graham) It's a Battlefield, first edition, signed presentation inscription from the author to endpaper, original cloth, light fading to spine, light spotting and ring-mark to upper cover, 8vo, 1934.⁂ Rare signed.

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Lot 226

West Indies.- Atwood (Thomas) The History of the Island of Dominica, first edition, contemporary calf-backed boards, vellum corners, joints cracking, minor chip and worming at foot of spine, 8vo, for J. Johnson, 1791.⁂ An excellent copy of this scarce work covering the geography, history, customs, climate and economics of the island.

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Lot 149

Rowling (J.K.) Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows, first edition, signed by the author 'To Kamaljit' with hologram sticker to title, letters, stickers, balloons, ticket and other 'Moonlight Signing' ephemera loosely inserted, original pictorial boards, dust-jacket, a fine copy, 8vo, 2007.

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Lot 158

Woolf (Virginia) Orlando. A Biography, first edition, frontispiece and 7 plates, occasional spotting, heavier to fore-edge, original cloth, spine faded, dust-jacket, spine and panels a little darkened, spine ends and corners chipped, chip to foot of rear panel, some light creasing and fraying to head and foot, extremities rubbed, original publisher's wraparound band (with neatly repaired tear), 8vo, 1928.⁂ Rare in the jacket, especially so with the wraparound band.

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Lot 187

Africa.- Bory de Saint-Vincent (Jean Baptiste) Voyage dans les Quatre Principales Iles des Mers d'Afrique, 3 vol. plus Atlas, together 4 vol., first edition, Atlas with 58 engraved plates and maps, some folding, one hand-coloured, some spotting and soiling, mostly marginal, text vol. lacking half-titles in vol. 1 and 3, some foxing and staining, ex-library copy with some stamps, text vol. in contemporary half calf, rubbed, one cover detached, another almost so, Atlas in modern vellum-tipped boards with original printed label pasted to upper cover, 8vo and folio, Paris, 1804.⁂ Bory de Saint-Vincent was the chief naturalist on Baudin's expedition in the ships Geographe and Naturaliste to explore the coast of southern Australia. At Mauritius he and other officers and crew left the expedition owing to disagreements with Baudin. He spent 2 years exploring and mapping the islands in the region, Reunion in particular. The Atlas includes very detailed maps of Reunion as well as views, botanical subjects and geological studies, including the birds-eye view of the volcano; there are also plates of St. Helena, Teneriffe and Mauritius.

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Lot 152

Tey (Josephine) Miss Pym Disposes, first edition, original cloth, spine ends and corners a little bumped, dust-jacket, spine ends and corners chipped with small portion of loss to head of spine and upper corner, some chipping and creasing to head and foot, light rubbing and surface soiling, 8vo, 1946.⁂ The rare second novel by the acclaimed mystery and crime writer. Tey (real name Elizabeth MacKintosh) brought a level of darker psychological insight to her novels and in so doing paved the way for the modern detective novel.

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Fall of Constantinople.- [Akominatos or Choniates (Niketas)] Historia degli Imperatori Greci...gli Annali degli Imperatori di Constantinopoli, first edition in Italian, collation: * a-f A-Z Aa-Zz AA-ZZ AAa4, woodcut printer's device on title, repeated on verso of otherwise blank final leaf, woodcut historiated initials, some light foxing, 18th century vellum, leather spine label, 4to, Venice, Vincenzo Valgrisi, 1562.⁂ Very good copy of this important history of Byzantium from 1180-1206, translated by Giuseppe Dondi d'all Orologio and printed in Valgrisi's elegant italic. Niketas Akominatos (1140-1213) was born in Phrygia, studied in Constantinople and held many political posts under the Angelus emperors. Following the Fall of Constantinople in 1204 he fled to Nicaea and the court of Theodorus Lascaris where he devoted himself to writing. This work on the emperors of the period, especially the Comneni dynasty, includes his vivid eye-witness account of the Fall of Constantinople. It also contains Hayton the Armenian's history of the Tartars and his journey to the Holy Land; a further translation by Lodovico Dolce was published in 1569.Provenance: contemporary name inked out at foot of title.Literature: EDIT 16 CNCE 38134; Not in Adams; cf Cordier, Sinica 2003.

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Lot 106

Baring-Gould (Sabine) Margery of Quether and Other Stories, first edition, browning and ink ownership inscription to endpaper, original cloth, gilt, spine faded, light rubbing and bumping to spine and and corners, light rubbing to joints, but an excellent example overall, 8vo, 1891.⁂ A rare short story collection including the early vampire story Margery of Quether. Published six years before Dracula, Baring-Gould's story tells of a vampiric witch that sucks the blood and drains the vitality of the narrator.

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Lot 107

Blackwood (Algernon) A Prisoner in Fairyland, first edition, initialed presentation inscription from the author to front free endpaper, 10pp. advertisements, browning to endpapers, original cloth, spine ends and corners a little bumped, spine dulled, light rubbing, dust-jacket, spine slightly browned and lacking lower 1/3, head of spine and corners chipped, light scattered spotting to panels, creasing to head and foot, 8vo, 1913.⁂ Rare fantasy novel by Blackwood, we can trace no other copy in a jacket and inscribed. A Prisoner in Fairyland was adapted into a 1915 children's play with original music composed by Sir Edward Elgar. Louis Napoleon Parker (1852-1944) English dramatist, composer, translator and a dedicatee of Blackwood's Dudley and Guilderoy.

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Lot 126

Greene (Graham) Nino Caffe. L'Obelisco, first edition, T.L.s, from the author (discussing Wobbe's bibliography and his submitting of the play 'A House of Reputation' to the Royal Shakespeare Company) loosely inserted, photographic illustrations, 13 tipped in colour plates, rubbing to tips of spine and corners, [1960]; How Father Quixote Became a Monsignor, limited edition, signed by the author, California, 1980; Why the Epigram?, limited edition, signed by the author, 1989; and another by the same, v.s. (4)

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Middle East.- Addison (Charles Greenstreet) The History of the Knights Templars, the Temple Church, and the Temple, first edition, frontispiece, some foxing, original cloth, recased, sunned, small 4to, 1842.

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Lot 113

Fitzgerald (F. Scott) The Great Gatsby, first edition, first issue with 'northern' to p.119, 'it's' to p.165, 'chatter' to p.60, 'sick in tired' to p.205, and 'Union Street station' to p.211, signed presentation inscription from the author dated 'Paris, 1929' to tipped-in endpaper, original cloth, light discolouration and small gouge mark to spine, some light rubbing and minor bumping to tips of spine and corners, but an excellent example overall, 8vo, New York, 1925.Saleroom notice; This was published in 1925 and not 1935 as originally stated 

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Lot 178

Canaletto (Giovanni Antonio Canal, called) Urbis Venetiarum Prospectus Celebriores, 3 parts in 1, 3 printed titles in red and black with engraved vignette, printed list of plates, engraved dedication by Baroni after Visentini, double portrait (of Canaletto and Visentini) after Piazzetta, 38 engraved plates by Visentini after Canaletto, near contemporary boards, a little rubbed, [Berlin Kat. 2695; Cicognara 4113], oblong folio, Venice, Giovanni Battista Pasquali, 1751.⁂ Richard Ford's copy of the second edition of this magnificent collection of views of Venice after Canaletto. Ford has inscribed the book in 3 places: on the front free endpaper in ink with his name and date "Dec. 1817"; again in ink in the upper margin of the engraved dedication and again with his name and the date a year later, "December 27th 1818"; and in pencil in the lower margin of plate 2 of part 1 "The original of this is in Gloucester Place."Visentini was commissioned to produce the work by Consul Joseph Smith after paintings by Canaletto in his own collection. The work was started in 1728 and completed in 1735 when an edition with only 14 views was published. The complete suite first appeared in 1742 and the present edition nine years later.

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Derbyshire.- Short (Thomas) The Natural, Experimental, and Medicinal History of the Mineral Waters of Derbyshire, Lincolnshire, and Yorkshire, Particularly those of Scarborough, first edition, half-title, list of subscribers, 5 engraved plates (4 folding), slight spotting at beginning and marginal soiling at end, contemporary panelled calf, 4to, for the Author, 1734.⁂ Bookplate of St. Andrew Ward of Hooton Pagnell; the list of subscribers includes Patience Ward of 'Hutton-Pannel' who seemingly ordered a large paper copy.

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Economics.- Hayek (Friedrich August) The Road to Serfdom, first edition, first printing, some staining to pp.122-123, final f. of index and rear endpapers foxed, front endpapers spotted, original black cloth, gilt, joints starting, rubbed and marked, 8vo, George Routledge & Sons Ltd., 1944.⁂ A scarce copy of this landmark work by the Nobel Prize winning economist. Hayek argues against central economic planning, as it often led to the eventual loss of personal freedom as in National Socialism and socialist states. Accordingly, he argued in favour of private property and market libertarianism. Provenance: 'Guy Kindersley, S. Pauls Walden, Hitchin, Herts' (ink inscription to front free endpaper). Guy Molesworth Kindersley (1876-1956), Conservative MP for Hitchin, Herts.

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Aldus.- Quintilianus (Marcus Fabius) [De institutione oratoria], first Aldine edition, collation: *4, a-z A-E8, F6, (lacking blank *4), title with woodcut printer's device, ink marginalia largely faded and illegible, some light water-staining towards end, slight worming affecting text towards end, later panelled calf, spine repaired, 8vo (201 x 120mm.), Venice, [House of Aldus & Andrea Torresani], 1514.⁂ Scarce and important first Aldine edition of this work on oratory. Provenance: Charles Bernard (inscription on title - surgeon, died 1710, sale, Black Boy coffeehouse, London, 1711, lot 534); William Forster Smithe (inscription on title and front pastedown); A.J. Canham (bookplate); William O'Brien and Milltown Park Library (booklabels) Literature: EDIT 16 CNCE 54150; Renouard 68:5; Adams Q52; Ahmanson-Murphy 124.

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Lot 247

Sprat (Thomas) The History of the Royal-Society of London, for the Improving of Natural Knowledge, first edition, first issue, engraved arms on verso of initial licence leaf, 2 engraved plates, errata leaf at end, a good, crisp copy, contemporary mottled calf, rebacked preserving original gilt spine, [Wing S5032; Keynes, Evelyn 178; Hooke 28; Norman 1989], 4to, by T.R. for J. Martyn and J. Allestry, 1667.⁂ First issue with "of" repeated on p.85 lines 6/7. This copy without the engraved frontispiece after Hollar, present in some copies only.

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Lot 154

Wodehouse (P.G.) Love Among the Chickens, first edition, first issue without date to copyright p., frontispiece and 3 plates by H.M.Brock (1 loose), some pulling to gatherings, occasional light foxing, small ink name to endpaper, original pictorial cloth, spine browned, spine ends and corners with minor bumping and fraying splitting to joints but holding firm, light rubbing, [McIlvaine A7a], 8vo, [1906].⁂ Wodehouse's first adult novel, rare.

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Gemistus (Gregorius), called Pletho. Platonicae atque Aristotelicae Philosophiae differentia, Libellus nuper in lucem editus. Berbardino Donato Veronesi Authore, 2 parts in 1, collation: a-d8, e4; α-γ8, Roman and Greek type, woodcut printer's device to title, woodcut historiated initials, Venice, Girolamo Scoto, 1540 bound with Aristotle. De moribus ad Nicomachum libri decem. Nunc primum e Graeco et Latine & fideliter, quod utrunque querebantur omnes praestitisse adhuc neminem, a Dionysio Lambino expressi. Eiusdem Dionys. Lambini in eosdem libros annotations, collation: * 8, A-Z 8, a-d 8, e 8, Roman, italic, and Greek type, woodcut printer's device to title, woodcut historiated initials, some water-staining to outer margins, small wormhole to outer margins at end, Venice, Vincenzo Valgrisi, 1558, together 2 works in 1 vol.,18th century dark green half morocco, gilt spine in compartments and with red morocco label, rubbed, 8vo⁂ I: The rare first edition of Platonicae atque Aristotelicae Philosophiae, one of the key works in the re-birth of Platonism in Western Europe. II: First edition of Denis Lambin's Latin translation of Ethica Nicomachea , along with the commentary of Marc-Antoine Muret.Literature: I: Adams D797 and P1531; EDIT 16 CNCE 17369 II: Not in Adams; EDIT 16 CNCE 2949.

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Lot 246

Obstetrics.- Roesslin (Eucharius) The birth of man-kinde; othervvise named, The womans booke. Set forth in English by Thomas Raynald physitian, and by him corrected and augmented, black letter, title within woodcut decorative border, including personifications of faith and humility and mythical creatures, 9 full-page woodcuts, woodcut head-pieces and decorative initials, some light browning, title with short repaired tear and a few other minor repairs, water-stained, occasional staining, modern calf, cloth slip-case, [STC 21164; Krivatsy 908; Waller 8102; cf. Heirs of Hippocrates (1604 edition) 115], small 4to in 8s, Printed [by Robert Barker, Bernard Alsop, and Thomas Fawcet] for A. H[ebb] and are to be sold by Iohn Morret, at the two Tuns in little Britaine, 1634.⁂ A rare English edition of the first practical handbook for midwives. This translation by the physician Thomas Raynalde is based on Richard Jonas' translation of a Latin edition of Roesslin's Der swagern Frauwen und hebammen Rosegarten, 1513.

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Lot 105

Awdry (Rev. W.) The Three Railway Engines, first edition, first printing without advert for Thomas the Tank Engine, original boards, rebacked, light soiling to cover, dust-jacket, repairs and restorations to head and foot with portion of restoration to upper panel, oblong 8vo, [1946].⁂ The first book in the celebrated Railway Series, rare, especially so in the jacket.

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Lot 184

Africa.- Burchell (William J.) Travels in the Interior of Southern Africa, 2 vol., first edition, 20 hand-coloured aquatint plates, some folding, wood-engraved illustrations, folding hand-coloured engraved map linen-backed and preserved separately, some foxing and light offsetting, lacking half-titles and errata slip, without the "Hints to immigration" sometimes found at end of vol.1, contemporary green half morocco over marbled boards, spines gilt, slightly rubbed and repaired, cloth slip-case, map in separate modern half morocco drop-back box, [Abbey, Travel 327; Tooley 116; Mendelssohn 1:224], 4to, 1822. (3)⁂ "The most valuable and accurate work on South Africa published up to the first quarter of the nineteenth century...the illustrations are characterized by great beauty and accuracy." (Mendelssohn)

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Nietzsche (Friedrich) Thus Spake Zarathustra a Book for all and none, translated by Alexander Tille, first English edition, half-title, publisher's advertisements at end, cracked hinges, previous owner's ink signature, original blind-stamped cloth, gilt, rubbed and worn, spine extremities beginning to split, 8vo, H. Henry & Co., 1896.⁂ Volume 8 only, of a projected 11 volume Works of Friedrich Nietzsche. This was the second volume published of the series but is the first English edition of the philosopher's most important work.

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