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Lot 443

Voyages.- Anson (George). - Walter (Richard, compiler) A Voyage Round the World in the Years MDCCXL, I, II, III, IV... compiled from papers and other materials of the Right Honourable George Lord Anson, first edition, first issue (printed for the author), subscriber's list, 42 folding engraved maps, plates and charts, a few of these with a tear or 2, some spotting or light foxing, 18th century panelled vellum, richly gilt, spine in compartments and with green leather label, [Hill 1817; Sabin 101175], 4to, for the Author, by John and Paul Knapton, 1748.⁂ Provenance: 'George Bevan, RN, 1861' (ink inscription to front free endpaper).

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Voyages.- Cook (Capt. James).- [Marra (John] Journal of the Resolution's voyage in 1772, 1773, 1774, and 1775, on discovery to the Southern Hemisphere . . . Also a journal of the Adventure's voyage, in the years 1772, 1773 and 1774, first edition, folding engraved chart and 5 plates, title soiled and with small wormholes and edges chipped, both repaired, a few very small wormholes in margins, plates of the Antarctic stained at edges and text offset on image, slightly browned, later endpapers, contemporary tree calf, rebacked, red morocco label on spine, modern slip-case, [BCJC 1270; Hill (2004) 1087; Holmes 16; Sabin 16247; Streeter IV 2408], 8vo, Printed for E. Newbery, 1775.⁂ Preceding Cook's official volumes by some eighteen months, this was the first published book to give an eye-witness account of the Antarctic regions.

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Lot 454

London.- Papworth (John Buonarotti) Select Views of London; with Historical and Descriptive Sketches of some of the most Interesting of its Public Buildings, first edition (issue with Papworth's name on title), 75 only of 76 hand-coloured engraved plates, many with aquatint, 5 folding, occasional spotting or soiling, mostly marginal, folding plates a little rubbed at fold, new endpapers, modern half calf, [Abbey, Scenery 217; Tooley 361], 8vo, R. Ackermann, 1816.

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Lot 457

Botany.- Grew (Nehemiah) The Anatomy of Plants, first collected edition, large paper copy on thicker paper with Strasbourg lily watermark, imprimatur leaf signed by Christopher Wren, 83 engraved plates, 5 double-page (4 detached from stubs), very occasional light soiling to a few leaves but an exceptionally clean copy, tiny paper flaw hole to foot of Oo2 just touching one letter, contemporary ink inscriptions to front free endpaper "The gift of Dr John ?Contee" and "Josias Calmady ex dono Edward Griffyn March 1699" with other Calmady book-labels/bookplates, endpapers stained, contemporary mottled calf, spine gilt in compartments with morocco label, rubbed, spine ends a little worn and chipped, abrasions to boards, [Henrey 162; Hunt 362; Nissen BBI 758; Wing G1945], folio, by W.Rawlins, for the Author, 1682. ⁂ The birth of the microscopic anatomy of plants. Grew, and his contemporary Malpighi in Italy, were the founders of the science of plant anatomy. Grew was the first to observe the sexual nature of plants and ascribe the male functions to the stamens. The work was published in two formats, with ordinary copies on foolscap and the large paper copies on thicker paper.

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Lot 458

Insects.- Merian (Maria Sibylla) Histoire des Insectes de l'Europe, translated by Jean Marret, first edition in French, half-title, additional hand-coloured engraved title by Merian, letterpress title in red and black with small engraved vignette by B.Picart, 184 hand-coloured plates of flowers and insects on 93 sheets and hand-coloured engraved tail-piece (no plates numbered 170 or 172 but these make up the tail-piece so all plates present), light spotting and browning or soiling but mostly marginal, engraved bookplate of Marmaduke Tunstall of Wycliffe, contemporary mottled calf, rebacked with gilt spine and morocco label, a little worn, especially spine ends and corners, some splits to joints, [Hunt 483; Nissen BBI 1341; cf. Great Flower Books p.119], folio, Amsterdam, Jean Frederic Bernard, 1730.⁂ "Though Maria Merian's first concern is with the insects that she portrays, the plates also show the plants upon which these insects live; these plants are drawn with the same delicacy and precision as the insects themselves, and the book may thus legitimately be considered a florilegium also". Great Flower Books p.30.Marmaduke Tunstall (1743-90) of Wycliffe, Co. Durham, ornithologist and collector. He was the author of Ornithologica Britannica published in 1771, probably the first British work to use binomial nomenclature.

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Lot 459

Tortoises.- Sowerby (James de Carle) and Edward Lear. Tortoises, Terrapins and Turtles, first edition, 60 lithographed plates by Lear after Sowerby, all but 3 hand-coloured and heightened with gum arabic, title and text spotted, some plates lightly browned, occasional spotting or soiling but mostly marginal, gutta percha perishing and plates becoming loose, original morocco-backed cloth, t.e.g., rubbed, especially spine and corners, [Nissen ZBI 1701], 4to, 1872.⁂ Lear originally prepared the plates from Sowerby's drawings for Bell's Monograph of the Testudinata, published in parts from 1836 to 1842 but with only 40 plates as the publication was never completed. Sotherans bought up the remaining stock of plates including 20 unpublished ones and issued them in this format with text by J.E.Gray of the British Museum.

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Lot 460

Birds.- Bewick (Thomas) History of British Birds, 2 vol., first edition , vol. I half-title bound after Contents ff., wood-engraved illustrations by Thomas Bewick, advertisements on last f. of vol. I, vol. II very small piece of corner torn away, very slightly browned, contemporary tree calf (not uniform), corners slightly bumped, gilt spines, red morocco labels on spines, fine copies, 8vo, Newcastle, 1797 & 1804.

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Lot 461

Birds.- Gould (John) A Century of Birds from the Himalaya Mountains, first edition, first issue, early issue bound from the parts and hence without text, list of subscribers, 80 superb hand-coloured lithographed plates by Elizabeth Gould after sketches by John Gould and printed by Hullmandel, with backgrounds uncoloured, many heightened with gum arabic, light foxing to a few plates but generally clean, modern bookplate of Peter Tate, handsome contemporary green morocco, gilt, subscriber's copy with central gilt arms of George James Welbore, Lord Dover on both covers and crest at head of spine, spine gilt, g.e., very slight mottling to boards and with small unobtrusive repair to upper cover, joints and edges a little rubbed, [Fine Bird Books p.77; Nissen IVB 374], folio, [for the Author], [1831]-1832.⁂ The first issue has the backgrounds to the plates uncoloured. The list of subscribers to this, Gould's first folio work, numbers 298 names, including J.J.Audubon, Baron Cuvier, Sir William Jardine, Edward Lear, Sir Thomas Phillipps, P.J.Selby, William Swainson, William Yarrell and the subscriber of this copy, Rt. Hon. Lord Dover, M.A., F.R.S., F.A.S. &c.

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Lot 462

Botany.- [Dickson (R.W.)] The New Botanic Garden, 2 vol., first edition, 61 hand-coloured engraved plates after Sydenham Edwards, lacks half-titles, vol. I 2B crease in inner margin, last f. lower margin torn and repaired, vol. II 2D4 creased, some other ff. slightly creased, 3P2 small tear in lower margin not affecting text, slightly browned, bookplates of John McCance Stouppe on front pastedowns, inner hinges strengthened, contemporary half calf, rebacked with the original spines laid down, red and green morocco labels on spines, gilt, housed in a modern slip-case, [Nissen 480], 4to, 1812. ⁂ Adapted from Dickson's Complete Dictionary of Gardening, 1807, published under the pseudonym of Alexander Macdonald.

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Lot 469

New Naturalist Library (The), 122 vol., comprising nos. 1-13, 15-24, 26-29, 31-43, 45-48, 51-57, 59-63, 65-70, 72-82b, 88, 90-92, 94-103, 105-113, 115-118, 121 & 125 from main series and nos. 1-6, 9-12 and 14-22 of the Monographs, first editions, plates and illustrations, original cloth, dust-jackets, some occasional light fading to spines, occasional light rubbing or creasing to spine ends, but a remarkably sharp, near-fine set overall, 1945-2014; and 18 others, reprints or first paperback edition of some of the missing numbers, in similarly bright condition, 8vo (140)⁂ A superb if broken run of this important and attractive series. Scarce in such good condition.

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Lot 471

Angling.- Kelson (George M.) The Salmon Fly: How to Dress It and How to Use It, first edition, advertisement leaf, half-title, portrait frontispiece, 8 chromolithographed plates of flies, tissue guards, illustrations, 45pp. advertisements at end, very light spotting at beginning, original pictorial maroon cloth, gilt, t.e.g., spine a little faded but still a very good copy, [Thacher p.295], 4to, by the author, 1895.⁂ The bible of salmon fly books.

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Lot 472

Angling.- Halford (Frederic M.) Dry-Fly Fishing in Theory and Practice, first edition, 26 lithographed plates, a few colour, advertisement leaf at end, with 2 A.Ls.s. from the author to Hon. A.Holland-Hibbert pinned to verso of half-title and frontispiece, notes of addresses on title and with several actual flies hooked to final leaf and a few other leaves, engraved bookplate of Munden House, Herts., original cloth, gilt, t.e.g., others uncut, a little rubbed particularly at corners, [Thacher pp.231-232], 8vo, 1889.⁂ Halford's first letter, dated June 19th 1890 concerns the cutting of weeds & hatching of mayfly, advice on tying flies and his experiences of fishing for trout in the river Test that year. The second letter, of October 16th 1890, also concerns flies and recommends "Miss Ratliff's patterns...I occasionally use the grey nympha for a change & also one dyed a green but I cannot find that there is any particular time for using these varieties nor does there seem to be any reason for preferring one to the other...".Arthur Holland-Hibbert (1855-1935), later 3rd Viscount Knutsford, of Munden House, near Watford.

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Lot 473

Angling.- Tolfrey (Frederic) Jones' Guide to Norway, and Salmon-Fisher's Pocket Companion, first edition, tinted lithograph frontispiece, additional pictorial title, 8 hand-coloured plates of flies, tissue-guards, original cloth, housed in a half morocco drop-back box, 8vo, 1848.⁂ A scarce work, in near fine condition, which was issued at the instigation of J. Jones (a tackle dealer of Jermyn Street). The first and most acclaimed of British books about angling in Norway.

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Lot 475

Blome (Richard) The Gentlemans Recreation. In Two parts. The First Being an Encyclopedy of the Arts and Sciences ... The Second Part, Treats of Horsmanship, Hawking, Hunting, Fowling, Fishing, and Agriculture, 2 parts bound in 1, first edition, title printed in red and black, engraved frontispiece and 84 plates only (of 85), illustrations, Approbation leaf (lacking upper corner, affecting coat of arms), last leaf lacking lower corner (restored), several small marginal tears, occasional faint water-staining, one or two tiny rust holes, small hole affecting text (G1), occasional faint spotting, handwritten bookplate, ink inscription to title, later half calf, rebacked with original spine laid down,a little rubbed, bumping to corners, [Wing B3213], folio, S. Roycroft, for Richard Blome, 1686.

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Lot 480

Flamsteed (John) Atlas Céleste publie en 1776 par J. Fortin ..., troisieme edition, 30 double-page engraved plates, light spotting at beginning and end, slightly browned, engraved bookplate of Elizabeth Templeton on front pastedown, contemporary calf-backed boards, rubbed, corners and edges worn, gilt label on spine, spine rubbed, [Brunet II, 1280], 225 x 160mm., Paris, Lamarche, 1795.⁂ Second edition in French, the third edition after the first in English of 1729.

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Lot 481

Gabelkover (Oswald) The Boock of Physicke...Most of them selected, and approued remedyes, for all corporall diseases, and sicknesses, which out of manye highe, and common persons written physick-boockes, are compacted, and vnited together, translated by A.M., first and only edition in English, double column, fine engraved pictorial title by B. Dolendo, with large royal arms at head and a view of Dordecht at foot, glossary f. at end, with contemporary ink ms. medical receipts verso for 'plauge', 'crampe' and 'drospy', lacking 2K2 & 5, both supplied in good facsimile from the BL copy, title trimmed at outer and lower edges, just within border, glossary f. little chipped at outer edge, lightly browned, occasional staining, new endpapers, contemporary vellum over later boards, repaired, soiled, [NLM/Durling 1737; Wellcome I, 2488; STC 11513], folio (279 x 179mm.), Dordecht, Isaack Caen, 1599.⁂ First and only edition in English of Gabelkover's Nützlich Artzneybuch für alle des Menschlichen Leibes anliegen und gebrechen, Tübingen, 1595, a domestic medical guide. Includes the illnesses of women and children, fevers, plagues, burns and wounds. Rare at auction. Provenance: 'To E.M. geve this: ex dono ?R G 1614...'; 'Robert Cholmondley' (17th century ink inscriptions to title); 'Ms. Ann Hall hur Boock, the Gueft of my Ant Hall, of 'Esex'; 'Alice Whitfell, her book' (17th century inscriptions cut from a leaf and mounted on new endpapers).

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Lot 484

Newton (Sir Isaac) The Chronology of Ancient Kingdoms Amended, first edition, engraved head-piece and initial by P. Foudrinier and 3 folding engraved plates, title slightly foxed, N3 small stain in margin, 2D3 small tear in margin, engraved bookplate of Arthur Henry on front pastedown, contemporary calf, spine repaired and partially rebacked, original red morocco label on spine, [Babson 214; Wallis 309], 4to, J. Tonson, J. Osborn, and T. Longman, 1728.

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Lot 485

Newton (Sir Isaac) Mathematical Principles of Natural Philosophy, Vol.1 (all published), first edition of Robert Thorp's translation, 6pp. list of subscribers, 22 folding engraved plates, R1 small tear in margin, 2K2 & 3 working loose, title margins a little browned, some slight foxing, endpapers foxed, uncut in the original boards, rebacked and modern label on spine, modern slip-case, [Gray 28], 4to, for W. Strahan; and T. Cadell, 1777.

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Lot 486

Newton (Sir Isaac).- [Emerson (William)] A Short Comment on Sir I. Newton's Principia, Containing Notes Upon some Difficult Plates of that Excellent Book, first edition, 5 folding engraved plates, errata page on verso of last f. of text, advertisements page on recto of Contents page at end, slightly browned, new endpapers, modern boards, morocco label on spine, gilt, 8vo, for J. Nourse, 1770.

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Lot 488

Newton (Sir Isaac).- R[obinson] (B[ryan]) A Dissertation on the Aether of Sir Isaac Newton. first edition, title in red and black, folding engraved plate at end, [Gray 227; ESTC lists 4 copies only], Dublin, For Geo. Ewing and Wil. Smith, 1743 bound with another edition of the same title, [Gray 228], Dublin, 1745, together 2 vol. in 1, engraved bookplate of Robert Wright Cope Cope on front pastedown, handsomely bound in full contemporary calf, corners slightly bumped, ornate gilt panelled spine, 8vo.⁂ Bryan Robinson (1680-1754), physician and author. Robinson "greatly admired Newton, and he tried to account for animal motions by Newton's principles and to apply the latter to the rational treatment of diseases. He attributed the production of muscular power to the vibration of an ethereal fluid pervading the animal body. In his chapter on respiration he cited experiments to show that the 'acid parts' of the air were necessary for a candle to give light, a coal to burn, and a dog to breathe. He was therefore aware of the nature of oxygen, in anticipation of the discoveries of Priestley and Lavoisier in 1775." - Oxford DNB.

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Lot 490

Psychoanalysis.- Breuer (Dr. Joseph) and Dr. Sigmund Freud. Studien über Hysterie, first edition, later tan calf-backed marbled boards, spine gilt and with black morocco label, [Garrison-Morton 4978; Norman F25], a very good copy, 8vo, Leipzig & Vienna, 1895.⁂ First edition of the work which is widely regarded as 'the starting-point of psychoanalysis' (Norman). This work gives the first detailed account of the free-association method and includes an account of the case of "Anna O."

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Lot 94

Gregorius IX. Decretales, [edited, and with commentary by Hieronymus Clarius], collation: [*4] a-z8 ד8 ɔ8 □8 A-E8 EE8 F-L8, double column, printed in red and black, 307 ff. (of 308, lacking final blank), 82 lines of gloss surrounding text, Gothic type, red Lombards and paragraph-marks, woodcut printer's device to red to foot of final verso, contemporary ink marginalia (including a few fingerposts), a few instances of contemporary inter-linear notes, marginal repair to first f., a few ff. with small areas of worm traces, some spotting or light foxing, mostly marginal, 18th century red straight-grain morocco, richly gilt, spine ends repaired, corners restored, some marking, rubbed, g.e., folio (412 x 276mm.), [Venice], [Baptista de Tortis], 10 October, 1496. ⁂ A scarce edition at auction of this compilation of papal decrees, concerning points of canon law. Provenance: 'hic liber est Monasterii Sancte Dorothee virginis in Vienna Emptus...Anno do' 1506' and ms. coat of arms (ink inscription to a1); 'hic liber monasterii Sancte Dorothee in Vienna' (16th century ink inscription to foot of Z7v); 'J J Murphy Esq., Old Forge, Dunminny', Joseph John Murphy (1827-1894), Belfast critic and author. Literature: BMC V, 329; Goff G-474; Hain 8035*; BSB-Ink G-360.

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Lot 128

Book - Joe Lennon, Coaching Gaelic Football for Champions, 1964, 1st edition, illustrated and Seamus O'Riain, Maurice Davin, First President of the GAA (2)

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Lot 485

Book - Seamus Heaney, The Redress of Poetry, 1995, 1st edition and Seamus Heaney, District and Circle,2006,first US edition (2)

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Lot 503

Book - FG Hall, History of The Bank of Ireland, 1949, 1st edition and K Milne, A History of The Royal Bank of Ireland, 1964. Two illustrated first editions (2)

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Lot 553

Twenty decorative prints to include large prints after Frederick Leighton, three LS Lowry prints, Classical statue prints from the British Museum and Chapman; two limited edition prints 86/850 'The Bandstand Southport' and 682/850 'Southport Lord Street' and a Fine First Issue plate by Arthur Rackham for, 'A Midsummer Night's Dream' 1908 etc.

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Lot 555

After Charles Griffin; four signed limited edition prints, all no.1152/5000, 'The Fifteenth (Kings) Hussars', 'The Eighteenth Hussars', 'The Fifteenth (Kings) Hussars' and 'The Officer First Life Guards', all 28 x 20cm, all framed and glazed and a bronze-effect figurine of a Hussar officer on horseback, on a grassy plinth, height 30cm (5).

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Lot 633

Maritime-related books and volumes to include Peter Heaton 'Yachting, A History', first edition, B.N. Metaxas 'Flags of Convenience', John Gardener 'Coastal Sailing Craft', first edition and others.

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Lot 739

A boxed Wrenn OO gauge limited edition '150th Anniversary of the Great Western Railway' locomotive no.155/250, with certificate and three further boxed Wrenn OO gauge rolling stock; 'Horse Box W4315', 'Pullman First Class (Brown) W6002.A, 'Pullman Car First Class W6002' (4).

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Lot 842

The Royal Mint boxed '2012 UK Britannia Four-Coin Silver Proof Set', with certificate of authenticity, each coin encapsulated, together with Westminster Collection 'The Charles Dickens Bicentenary Silver Coin First Day Cover' limited edition 158/200 (2).

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Lot 1490

Two large Lilliput Lane cottages "First Snow at Bluebell" edition 2048 and an illuminated "Christmas Fayre", both boxed

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Lot 1521

First edition Aircraft of the United States by R A Saville-Sneath 1945

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Lot 1522

UK first edition hardback book Storm Warning by Jack Higgins with dust cover Collins 1976 book and dust cover in vgc ISBN 0 00 222460-7

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Lot 1794

Two Benham Silks limited edition first day covers signed Bobby Charlton and Geoff Hurst

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Lot 18

The first Royal Crown Derby Christmas plate 1991 first quality limited edition 1008/1500 D 21.5 cm

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Lot 172

Dieter Roth (1930-1998)Reykjavík; Harpa (Dobke 36; 37)Relief print and screenprint in colours, 1962, the first signed, dated and numbered from the edition of 130 in pencil, on wove paper, the first printed by Dieter Roth, Rekjavík, the second H Moeller, Dusseldorf, both published by Hofhauspresse, Hubbelrath, the full sheet, 370 x 420mm (14 1/2 x 16 1/2in) (2) (unframed)

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Henri Toulouse-Lautrec (1864-1901)Mademoiselle Marcelle Lender, debout (Wittrock 101; Adhémar 134)Lithograph printed in dark olive-green, the first state, 1895, signed with the red stamp of the artist, numbered 7/15 in pencil, from the edition of 30, published by Kleinmann, Paris, with his blindstamp, with margins, sheet 550 x 370mm (21 5/8 x 14 1/2in) (unframed)

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Lot 512

Rare First IssueKavanagh (Patrick) Self Portrait (Dolmen 1963). The very rare First Issue, with wrapper and f/p photograph by Philip Pocock showing Kavanagh in a flat cap and stained shirt, generally somewhat unkempt. Kavanagh objected to the photograph, and the edition was pulped. With a copy of the Second Issue (1964), still described as 'First Edition', containing new photographs by the publisher Liam Miller, showing a tidier poet. Both issues with very good wrappers. Also with the Second Edition (1975, reset, in wrappers), with the photographs in sepia. The first issue was never distributed, and only a handful of copies survived. A rare and attractive trio. The text is from a television programme broadcast by RTE in 1962. (3)

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Lot 585

Signed First EditionHeaney (Seamus) Human Chain, 8vo L. 2010. First Edn., Signed with presentation inscription. ' for John O'Donovan - a link for the bridge - Seamus Heaney, 17th March 2013,' on title, orig. boards & d.w. Good. (1)** NOT FIRST EDITION - LATER IMPRESSION

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Lot 619

Nonesuch Press: Symons (A.J.A.), Flower (D.) & Meynell (Francis) The Nonesuch Century, An Appraisal, A Personal Note and a Bibliography of the first hundred books issued by the Press 1923 - 1934. Folio L. (Nonesuch) 1936. Limited Edition, NO. 694 of 750 Copies. Illus., plts., titles, some mounted, items loosely inserted uncut, orig. buckram. V. good. (1)

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Lot 692

Lloyd (Robert) Poems, 4to L. 1762. For The Author, First Edn. hf. title, list of subs.; Russell - Letters of Lady Rachel Russell, 4to L. 1773, some stains, both cont. full mor. labels, worn; together with First Dublin Edition: Robertson (Wm.) The History of the Reign of the Emperor Charles V, 3 vols. 4to D. 1769. First Dublin Edn. 3 hf. titles, cont. mottled calf, raised bands, mor. labels, covers badly worn. (5)

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Lot 86

Special Limited Edition, Signed by AuthorFeehan (John) Laois - An Environmental History, folio Stradbally 1983. First Edn., illus. thro. out cont. hf. calf. (1)* Special Lim. Edn., 100 Copies Only, signed by Author & Publisher, & bound in hf. calf, slipcase. (1)

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Lot 166

Travel etc: Maspero (G.) The Dawn of Civilization - Egypt and Chaldaea, sm. folio L. 1894. First Edn. Ed. by A.H. Sayce, fold. maps & illus. thro-out, orig. cloth, stained; A. & E. Black Publications, Menpes (Mortimer) Durbar, 4to L. 1903. Signed Edition de Luxe No. 581 (1000), cold. illus., gilt decor. cloth; Fitzgerald (Sybil) In the Track of the Moors, 4to L. 1905. First Edn.; St. Leger (Capt. S.E.) War Sketches in Colour, 4to L. 1903. Signed Limited Edn.de Luxe No. 43 (250), cold. illus. decor. cloth; & 1 other. (4)

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Lot 188

First American EditionJoyce (James) Dubliners, 8vo N. York (B.W. Huebsch) 1916. First U.S. Edition, (English Sheets with the American cancel page). Finely bound in full green mor. by The Chelsea Bindery, gilt rule to boards & gilt tooled inner dentelles, marbled end papers, all edges gilt. A very fine copy. (1)

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Lot 189

First English & American EditionsBehan (Brendan) Borstal Boy, L. 1958; and Borstal Boy, Adapted for the Stage by Frank Mc Mahon. N. York 1971; also Confessions of An Irish Rebel, L. 1965; and American Edition of same N.Y. 1965. All First Edns., all in original d.w.'s. Very good. Scarce. (4)

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Lot 193

O'Faolain (Sean) A Nest of Simple Folk, L. 1963. First Edn., orig. pict. d.w.; A Purse of Coppers, L. 1937. First Edition, d.w.; Come Back to Erin, L. 1940. First Edn., decor. d.w.; Teresa and other Stories, L. 1947, First Edn., d.w. (4)

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Lot 202

Yeats (W.B.) The Shadowy Waters, Acting Edition, 8vo L. 1907. First Theatre Edn., with pencil annotations & rough sketches thro-out, orig. ptd. wrappers. Wade 66; The Countess Cathleen, Vol. I of Dublin Plays, 8vo L. 1912. With 2 pp typescript re, play loosely inserted, orig. ptd. boards; Sophocles King Oedipus, sm. 8vo L. 1928, First Edn., adverts. at end, orig. white wrappers painted in green. Wade 160; & 1 other. As a lot. (4)

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Lot 212

Signed & With Fine Inscription by the AuthorHeaney (Seamus) Death of a Naturalist, 8vo L. (Faber & Faber) 1966, First Edition, hf. title, inscribed on f.e.p. "For Alan Man of Books, friend of the Bookman. Good genius of Cheltenham, 'Our Heartiest Welcomer,' Seamus 12th October 1985," green cloth, dust jacket. V. clean copy. (1)

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Lot 216

Fine Copy of First Edition by WildeWilde (Oscar) The Happy Prince and Other Tales, lg. 8vo, L. (David Nutt) 1888, First Edn., 1000 copies, with illus. Walter Crane & Jacomb Hood, hf. title, frontis, unopened, decorated boards, in custom made cover and mor. backed slip case by James Mac Donald Co., Handsome copy. [Mason 313 - 1000 copies] (1)

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Lot 246

Irish Artists: Campbell (Julian) Walter Osborne in the West of Ireland, A Centenary Publication. Sm. folio D. 2004. Lim. Edn. No. 72 of 300 Copies, illus. thro-out, cloth backed boards, slipcase; Crouan (K.), Kennedy (S.B.) & Vann (P.) William Crozier, lg. 4to Hampshire 2007. First Edn., with a Limited Edition signed coloured Print, No. 74 (125), inserted, & cloth slipcase. Good. (2)

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Lot 284

First U.K. Trade EditionJoyce (James) Ulysses, 8vo L. (John Lane, Bodley Head) 1937, First U.K. Trade Edition, orig. green cloth, gilt decorated homeric bow on front cover, orig. d.j., (clipped not affecting price) in custom made clam box. Clean Copy. (1)* The last publication of Ulysses in Joyce's lifetime.

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Lot 288

A Superb CopyMoore (George) Celibates, 8vo L. (Walter Scott) 1895. First Edition, pp [8] + 559, + [1] + cat. 8pp, t.e.g., orig. red cloth, gilt lettered upr. cover & spine, copy with later cloth wrap & qtr. mor. slipcase. A pristine copy. (1)

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Lot 290

First American & Second English EditionsO'Brien (Flann) At Swim Two-Birds, N. York (Pantheon) 1939. First American Edn., cloth backed yellow boards, orig. black printed yellow d.w., soiled and with head & foot of spine worn with loss; also Second English Edition of same, L. (MacGibbon & Kee) 1960. Black boards, gilt lettering, orig. green d.w., v. good. (2)

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Lot 323

Travel: Doughty (Chas. M.) Travels in Arabia Deserta, 2 vols. L. 1923. 2 frontis fold. plts., map in pocket; also the one-volume edition of 1926; Hogarth (D.G.) The Life of Charles M. Doughty, sm. folio Oxford Uni. Press 1928. First Edn., port. frontis fold. maps, illus., orig. buckram. (4)

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Lot 328

Signed Presentation Copy to George RussellGogarty (Oliver St. John) An Offering of Swans, and Other Poems. Roy 8vo L. (Eyre & Spottiswoode) n.d. [1924]. First Trade Edition. Port. frontis, orig. blue buckram. V. good copy. (1)* Inscribed 'to George Russell.... from Oliver St. Gogarty 5.VIII.24.'

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Lot 333

Rare Unauthorized U.S. Edition of UlyssesJoyce (James) Ulysses - [Two World Monthly, Vol. 1 (No. 1) - vol. 3 (no.3)] 4to 11 issues (complete) First American Edition (Unauthorized Edition by Samuel Roth), adverts, ptd. wrappers, housed in custom-made box. Clean set. Very rare when complete as here. (11)* James Joyce sought and received an injunction against its publication,however by then the magazine had ceased operating it was not until 1934 that an authorized edition was published state side.

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Lot 233

Books, Two James Bond books by Ian Fleming, comprising You Only Live Twice, 1964, First Edition by Glidrose Publications Ltd and The Man with the Golden Gun, 1965, Second Impression (2)

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Lot 232

Books, Two James bond books by Ian Fleming, comprising On Her Majesty's Secret Service, 1963, First Edition, Fourth Impression, and The Man with the Golden Gun, 1965, First Edition (2)

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Lot 175

Two first edition J.K. Rowling novels, Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire' and 'Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince', plus a number of other first edition publications including The Ascent of Everest by John Hunt, two volumes by Alan Bennett, Alec Guinness 'Blessings in Disguise', a Gielgud biography/autobiography collaboration, three Bernard Cornwell novels, and Ian Rankin's 'A Question of Blood'The three Bernard Cornwell novels are: Harlequin, Stone Henge and Gallow Thief.

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Lot 807

Nielsen Kay, East of the Sun and West of the Moon, Old tales from the North. New-York : Edition George H. Doran, sans date. In-4°. Reliure en tissu au dos violet et couverture noire. Illustré de 25 planches en couleurs hors-texte et de plusieurs illustrations en noir et blanc dans le texte de Kay Nielsen. Référence:Une des premières éditions aux Etats-Unis. Très bel exemplaire, précédant la célèbre version avec une couverture jaune. Considered the first U.S edition, probably the first printed in the U.S. This is a beautiful copy, prceding the commonly seen Doran issue in yellow cloth. Une des premières éditions aux Etats-Unis. Très bel exemplaire, précédant la célèbre version avec une couverture jaune. Considered the first U.S edition, probably the first printed in the U.S. This is a beautiful copy, prceding the commonly seen Doran issue in yellow cloth. LivresBooks Bücher

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