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Lot 365
ALDIN (Cecil) Collection of dog and animal stories, and others: How to Draw Dogs, first edition in dust jacket 1935; The Dogs of War, 1906; Bachelors, 1909; The Widow, 1909; Maitre Coin-Coin, 1925; Mrs Tickler's Caravan; Bunnyborough,1946; Flax Police Dog; Bubble and Squeak, 1902; others, various Aldin related, all in varying condition (17)
Lot 366
ALDIN (Cecil) Collection of works, either as author, illustrator or contributor: An Artist's Models, first edition 1930, dust jacket; The Cecil Aldin Book, 1932; Lost, Stolen or Strayed, 1931; Old Manor Houses,1923, first edition; Smuggler's Gallows, 1936; The Pickwick Papers, 1910; few others recent by Roy Heron; and 15 others (27)
Lot 371
Literature, various. Nonesuch Press. CERVANTES. Don Quixote de la Mancha, 2 vols., limited edition, 1930, 8vo, colour plates by E. McKnight Kauffer, original tan niger with some age soiling; HAMILTON (W) Poems and Parodies in Praise of Tobacco, 1889, 12mo, red cloth; BARRIE (J M) Tommy and Grizel, 1900; medical texts including Sydenham and New Sydenham Society; PASTEUR (L) Studies on Fermentation.... London: Macmillan 1879, first edition in English, 8vo, 12 plates as required, recased in original cloth binding; CORVISART (J N) A Treatise on the Diseases ... of the Heart and Great Vessels. London 1813, 8vo, modern library cloth binding; BELL (J & C) The Anatomy and Physiology of the Human Body, 5th edition in 3 vols., 1823, 8vo, original boards; etc
Lot 377
JEFFERIES (Richard) first editions: Hodge and his Masters, 1880, 2 vols., publisher’s brown cloth gilt; The Toilers in the Field, 1892, publisher’s cloth with paper label; The Life of the Fields, 1884, morocco by Zaehnsdorf; The Story of My Heart, 1883, morocco by Zaehnsdorf; Round about a Great Estate, 1880, small tear to foot of title, publisher’s cloth; one other later edition (7)
Lot 379
BOHN (JOHANES) Circulus Anatomico-Physiologicus seu Oeconomia Corporis Animalis. Leipzig: J F Gelditsch 1868, small 4to, some dust staining and general age toning, contemporary soiled vellum, binding loose; The New Meal-Poke, Dundee 1922, rubbed binding; WYLLIE (W L & Mrs) London to the Nore, 1905, 8vo, cloth; NABOKOV (V) Lolita, first London edition 1959, dust jacket torn; and a late Victorian family portrait photograph album; one other (6)
Lot 383
OLIPHANT (Laurence) Narrative of the Earl of Elgin's Mission to China and Japan, 1859, first edition 8vo, in 2 vols., maps and coloured lithograph plates, (lacking map of china), rather toned, modern binding; MAXWELL (Sir H) Fishing at Home and Abroad, 1913, 4to, plates, cloth; together with various others including illustrated topography and scenery, sporting, art and architecture. Sold not subject to return (quantity)
Lot 402
ROWLING (J K) Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban, first edition, first impression 1999, first state with copyright 'Joanne Rowling' [later changed to 'J. K. Rowling'] and with line break on p.7, very slightly toned, light shelf marks to text block edges, spine ends lightly worn No names or inscriptions.
Lot 403
First editions. TOLKIEN (J R R) Farmer Giles of Ham, first edition 1949, 8vo, colour frontispiece, plate and illustrations by Pauline Baynes, dust-jacket stuck into clear protective cover, spine a little darkened, spine ends and corners chipped; CARTER (Angela) The Passion of New Eve, 1977;EVANS (Nicholas) The Horse Whisperer, uncorrected proof copy, 1995, signed by the author to a pasted in slip no. 354/800; McBAIN (Ed) The Big Bad City, 1999, signed; SMITH (Tom Rob) Agent 6, signed, no. 506 of 800; RANKIN (Ian) Standing in Another Man's Grave, 2019; etc (10)
Lot 405
BAILEY (Andrew J) The Martian Emperor-President, A Romance. Printed for private distribution by William James Ray, no date c.1932, 8vo, author's inscription to Rev T. Paxton dated 1932, original cloth. Note: for this title, see Reginald (R) Science Fiction and Fantasy Literature a Checklist, 1979.; STEVENSON (R L) The Black Arrow, first edition Cassell & Co 1888, 8vo, original cloth (2)
Lot 411
FLEMING (Ian) Live and Let Die. London: Jonathan Cape, 1954. First edition, first impression dust-jacket with Kenneth Lewis not credited on the front flap, original black cloth gilt with coin motif to upper cover, dust-jacket not price-clipped, first leaf with neat pencil crossing out over a name (?), tiny fox mark to top edge of half title and title, occasional slight stains to text but generally clean, edges with light soiling, jacket with slight wear to corners and chipping at head of spine, rear panel slightly dust soiled/discoloured
Lot 412
WAUGH (Evelyn) Brideshead Revisited, first edition London 1945, 8vo, in intact dust jacket, light dust staining to text block edges CONDITIONminor restorations to parts of the jacket, mainly around the edges to iron out or strengthen creases, with a small section reattached to the centre of the spine
Lot 417
STUBBS (George) The Anatomy of the Horse, first edition 1766, oblong folio, library stamp to title and few text leaves, 24 plates including key plates on thick paper, text a little toned, without errata leaf, few repairs to text margins and binding, rebacked contemporary boards, with modern box. Provenance: Royal Veterinary College, Camden CONDITIONAll with restoration, with some plates probably washed or cleaned, and bound in from another copy. No apparent watermark dates. RCVS cancelled stamp. Thick paper plates.
![HAYDN (Franz Joseph) A Selection of Original Scots Songs in Three Parts. London: Napier, no date [1795], folio, first edition](https://cdn.globalauctionplatform.com/a45a026c-5028-4ce5-90e2-aa730108ef41/dd57802d-6a85-4846-8ef1-aa7301249041/468x382.jpg)
Lot 447
Cartography and topography. TOOLEY (R V) My Head is a Map, 1973, small 4to, one of 30 numbered copies specially bound by Sangorski and Sutcliffe, signed by Tooley; CHUBB (T) The Printed Maps in the Atlases of Great Britain and Ireland. first edition 1927, 4to, cloth; SPEED (JOHN) England, Wales, Scotland and Ireland Described and Abridged, 1627, small 8vo, lacking all maps; ABBEY (Major J R) Travel, 2 vols.; Scenery, and Life, all in dust jackets; BAGROW (L) History of Cartography, 1964, dust jacket; and other 20th century reference (18)
Lot 449
Bibliography, illustration and printing. GILBERT (W S) Savoy Operas, and Iolanthe, 1909 and 1910, colour plates by William Russell Flint, original pictorial cloth gilt; STONE (Reynolds) The Wood Engravings of Gwen Raverat, first edition Faber & Faber 1959, dust jacket; Wood Engravings of Thomas Bewick, 1953; TOOLEY (R V) English Books with Coloured Plates 1790-1860. Dawsons 1973, dust jacket; FORD (J) Ackermann 1783-1983. dust jacket; five works on Arthur Rackham; The Complete Illustrated Thorburn (Mammals and Birds), 3 vols. Wordsworth 1989; and others (quantity)
Lot 453
MUNNINGS (Sir Alfred) Autobiography, in 3 vols. 1950-52, first editions, 8vo, dust jackets; THORBURN (Archibald) British Birds, 4 vols. 1915-16, 4to, illustrated, publisher’s cloth (stained and faded), and paper supplement 1918; Badminton Library: Shooting, 2 vols.; Fishing, 2 vols.; LEIGH-FERMOR (Patrick) Mani, first edition 1958, publisher’s cloth in worn dust jacket; (13)
Lot 463
PARRY (Captain William Edward) Journal of a Second Voyage for the Discovery of a North-West Passage.... London: John Murray 1824, first edition 4to, with frontispiece, 30 plates and maps, and 8 folding charts and panoramas at the end (linen backed), all rather age stained and soiled in damaged binding
Lot 466
TAYLOR (Major John) Travels from England to India in the year 1789. London: Carpenter 1799, first edition in 2 vols., 8vo, 2 folding hand coloured maps, folding table, some foxing and use staining, ex library labels (near contemporary?), calf re-backed; LIGHT (Henry) Travels in Egypt, Nubia, Holy Land, Mount Libanon and Cypress in the year 1814. London 1818, 4to, 19 plates (of 20, lacking first plate), title browned, modern half calf (3)
Lot 473
Cambridge and the University Press. A Printer's Christmas Books 1930-58, privately printed booklet 1959, in marbled wrapper; CRUTCHLEY (Brooke) The Cambridge Christmas Books. Brighton 1976, 8vo, Rampant Lions Press for Tony Appleton, 4 copies each numbered from the edition of 200 copies, and signed by the author, marbled paper wrappers; REDMAYNE (P B) Cambridge by Lamplight, 1921, card wrapper; PALMER (W M) Cambridge Castle, 1928, paper wrapper; PORTER (Enid) Cambridgeshire Customs and Folklore, uncorrected proof paper copy 1968; The Eclispe Album of Cambridge, 38 Views, printed in Germany c.1900, (brown stain from tape to first inner margins), original cloth ( taped)
![[TOPOGRAPHY]. LONDON Davies, Philip. Lost London 1870-1945, seventh impression, Transatlantic Press, Croxley Green, 2009, bo](https://cdn.globalauctionplatform.com/d231a9b6-73f7-4620-840c-aa770152ad56/6e6e41e8-f2db-4c6c-97f3-aa7a00e88910/468x382.jpg)
Lot 450
[TOPOGRAPHY]. LONDON Davies, Philip. Lost London 1870-1945, seventh impression, Transatlantic Press, Croxley Green, 2009, boards, dustjacket, illustrations throughout, large quarto; and Davies, Philip. Panoramas of Lost London: Work, Wealth, Poverty and Change 1870-1945, first edition, Transatlantic Press, Croxley Green, 2011, boards, dustjacket, illustrations throughout, large oblong quarto, (2).
![[MISCELLANEOUS] Burgess, Anthony. Devil of a State, first edition, Heinemann, London, 1961, cloth, dustjacket, octavo; Du Ma](https://cdn.globalauctionplatform.com/d231a9b6-73f7-4620-840c-aa770152ad56/ed8811f2-e68c-4387-b72c-aa7a00e890db/468x382.jpg)
Lot 456
[MISCELLANEOUS] Burgess, Anthony. Devil of a State, first edition, Heinemann, London, 1961, cloth, dustjacket, octavo; Du Maurier, Daphne. Mary Anne, first edition, Gollancz, London, 1954, boards, dusjacket, octavo; Blyton, Enid. Ring o'Bells Mystery, first edition, Collins, London, 1951, octavo; The Pocket Oxford Dictionary, fourth edition, 1952, full crushed morocco by Asprey, all edges gilt, octavo; seven Rupert annuals; and other works, (23).
![Taylor (George Watson) [Sale Catalogue] Catalogue of the Choice, Curious, and Splendid London Library...removed from his Mans](https://cdn.globalauctionplatform.com/75110443-2f7d-4a9f-94bc-aa6201067336/364a258c-e5a9-4055-8b3a-aa7300f9e8ed/468x382.jpg)
Lot 103
Taylor (George Watson) [Sale Catalogue] Catalogue of the Choice, Curious, and Splendid London Library...removed from his Mansion in Cavendish Square, 2 parts in 1 vol., advertisement leaf at end, prices and some buyers' names supplied in manuscript, contemporary ink signature of Francis ?Tuckett on front free endpaper and with 20pp. manuscript notes bound in at end (mostly relating to Dibdin), title spotted, Part 1 lacking pp. 43-46, original boards, uncut, rubbed, Evans, 1823; [Sale Catalogue] Catalogue of the Magnificent Assemblage of Property at Erlestoke Mansion near Devizes, in Wilts., lithographed frontispiece of Erlestoke Park (foxed at edges and with light offsetting from title), some prices in manuscript, contemporary half calf, a little worn, upper cover becoming loose, label chipped, [Lugt 13046], George Robins, 1832, 8vo & 4to (2)⁂ George Watson Taylor (1771-1841) was an English sugar plantation owner and politician who used his wife's fortune to assemble a significant library and art collection. His library included incunabula on vellum, Caxtons, and Dibdin's works on large paper made nearly £9000. By 1832 he was in financial difficulties and was forced to sell his collection at Erlestone Park, raising £30,000. He is depicted kneeling in the painting by P.A.Wonder of Patrons and Lovers of Art of 1826, for General Murray, along with Murray, Rev. William Holwell Carr and the artist, which was used on the dust-jacket of the first edition of The English as Collectors.
Lot 106
Vertue (George, editor) A Description of the Works of the Ingenious Delineator and Engraver Wenceslaus Hollar..., first edition, title with engraved portrait vignette, engraved plate, 2 head-pieces and tail-piece, errata leaf at end, title soiled and slightly cropped at fore-edge, first head-piece shaved, later cloth, small 4to, for the Editor G.V. A Member of the Society of Antiquaries, 1745.⁂ ESTC lists only 8 copies in the UK including 2 in the British Library.
Lot 119
Wilton House.- Kennedy (James) A Description of the Antiquities and Curiosities in Wilton-House, first edition, half-title, list of subscribers, 25 engraved plates, a few pencil annotations by Frank Herrmann, light water-staining to head of one plate (not affecting image) and damp-staining to final leaf, otherwise a good clean copy, bookplates of William Edward Oates and Robert Washington Oates, contemporary speckled calf, rubbed, rebacked preserving old spine, new label, corners repaired, Salisbury, E.Easton, 1769 § [Richardson (George)] Aedes Pembrochianae: A New Account and Description of the Statues, Bustos, Relievos, Paintings, Medals...in Wilton-House, tenth edition, half-title, a little browned, modern morocco, [Salisbury], H.Coward..., 1784 § Herbert (Sidney, 16th Earl of Pembroke) A Catalogue of the Paintings & Drawings in the Collection at Wilton House..., illustrations, original cloth, dust-jacket, London & New York, 1968; and 5 others on Wilton, 4to & 8vo (8)⁂ Thomas Herbert, 8th Earl of Pembroke (1664-1732) formed a celebrated collection of classical sculpture. Kennedy's description of his antiquities "is one of the few accounts which gives the principles upon which a collector formed his collection". The English as Collectors, p.96.
Lot 128
NO RESERVE Young (La Monte, editor) An Anthology..., second edition, 1970 § Hamilton (Richard) & Ecke Bonk, editors. Marcel Duchamp: À L'Infinitif, 1999; The Bride Stripped Bare by Her Bachelors, Even, 1976; Notes et/and Notations, 2002, number 286 of 300 copies signed by the editors, Karlsruhe-Northend, The Typosophic Society § Fitzsimmons (James) Jean Dubuffet: Brève Introduction à Son Œuvre, limited edition, a few ff. loose, Clichy, Paul Dupont, 1958 § Cahiers D'Art, vol. 4-5, text block detached, Paris, 1937, illustrations (first several tipped-in or loosely inserted), second original cloth or boards with slip-case, others original wrappers, first spine faded; and 21 others, History of Art, 8vo & 4to (25)
Lot 151
NO RESERVE Martin (Benjamin) The Principles of Perspective Explained in a Genuine Theory, and Applied in an Extensive Practice, first edition, engraved frontispiece, faint spotting to first few leaves, lacking free endpapers, contemporary calf-backed boards, rubbed and worn, small loss to spine head, 4to, for the author, [1770].⁂ Later editions state the author as Robert Bradberry.
Lot 154
NO RESERVE Birds.- Bannerman (David Armitage) The Birds of the British Isles, 12 vol., first edition, inscribed and signed by author, colour plates by George E. Lodge, captioned tissue-guards, prospectus loosely inserted, original cloth, slight bumping to spine extremities, dust-jackets, 8vo, Edinburgh, 1953-63.
Lot 155
NO RESERVE Birds.- Moths.- Walpole-Bond (John) A History of Sussex Birds, 3 vol., first edition, 53 colour plates, occasional faint spotting, previous owner's ink inscription to front free endpapers, original brown cloth, slight bumping to extremities, 1938 § Kirby (W. V.) Butterflies and Moths of Europe, colour frontispiece and plates, captioned tissue-guards, occasional faint spotting, original decorative cloth, slight bumping to corners and extremities, 1903 § Slater (Henry H.) Manual of the Birds of Iceland, frontispiece, 2 plates, folding map, additional additional postcards and photograph pasted to blanks, occasional faint spotting, original cloth, a little rubbed, Edinburgh, 1901; and 11 others including a defective set of 'The Handbook of British Birds', 4to & 8vo (16)
Lot 157
Botany.- Weber (J. C.) Die Alpen-Pflanzen Deutschlands un der Schweiz, 4 vol., vol. 1-3 second edition, vol. 4 (supplement) first edition, additional hand-coloured title (vol. 4 only), 400 hand-coloured plates, occasional faint spotting, original decorative cloth, gilt, slight bumping to extremities, sm. 8vo, München, Christian Kaiser, [1867-68].
Lot 166
Polar.- Osborn (Lieut. Sherard) Stray Leaves from an Arctic Journal; or, Eighteen Months in ... search of Sir John Franklin's Expedition ..., first edition, chromolithographed frontispiece and 3 plates, illustrations, folding colour map, previous owner's ink signature and faint remnants of an ink name-stamp to frontispiece verso, faint damp-staining to 2 plates, manuscript notes on Osborn loosely inserted, modern half calf, modern slipcase, 8vo, 1852.
Lot 168
Voyages.- Robinson Crusoe.- Rogers (Woodes) A Cruising Voyage Round the World: First to the South-Seas, thence to the East-Indies, and homewards by the Cape of Good Hope ..., first edition, 4 folding engraved maps only (of 5), tables in the text, occasional faint spotting, later calf, cracked upper joints, rubbed, bumping to corners and extremities, [Sabin 72754], 8vo, for A. Bell and B. Lintot, 1712.⁂ Famous account of privateering in the South Seas. Rogers set out from Bristol with William Dampier as his pilot travelled along the coasts of Chile and Peru seeking out Spanish prizes. He landed on the Juan Fernandez islands in order to shelter from a storm, and there rescued the marooned Alexander Selkirk, the inspiration for Defoe's Robinson Crusoe.
Lot 169
World.- Tozer (Rev. Henry Fanshawe) The Islands of the Aegean, first edition, folding colour map frontispiece, short tear, illustrations, occasional faint spotting, original cloth, rubbed, bumping to spine extremities, Oxford, 1890 § Moss (W. G.) The History and Antiquities of the Town and Port of Hastings, engraved frontispiece, list of subscriber's, folding map, facsimile and 17 plates, occasional faint spotting, bookplate, later half morocco, lightly browned spine, 1824 § Packe (Edmund) An Historical Record of the Royal Regiment of Horse Guards or Oxford Blues, lithograph frontispiece, hand-coloured title vignette and 7 plates, 6 hand-coloured, bookplate, contemporary straight-grain morocco, gilt, a little rubbed, 1834; and 7 others, similar, v.s. (10)
![NO RESERVE Bode (Dr. Wilhelm von) [Sale Catalogue] Nachlass Wilhelm von Bode, some prices in manuscript, original wrappers, a](https://cdn.globalauctionplatform.com/75110443-2f7d-4a9f-94bc-aa6201067336/9815f46d-6212-4dfd-b23a-aa7300f9e0ad/468x382.jpg)
Lot 17
NO RESERVE Bode (Dr. Wilhelm von) [Sale Catalogue] Nachlass Wilhelm von Bode, some prices in manuscript, original wrappers, a little spotted and soiled, Berlin, Paul Cassirer & Hugo Helbing, 1929; Die Meister der Holländischen und Vlämischen Malerschulen, second edition, illustrations, original vellum-backed marbled boards, spine gilt, Leipzig, 1919; and 9 others by Bode, 4to & 8vo (11)⁂ Dr Wilhelm von Bode (1845-1929) was a German art historian and the creator and first curator of the Kaiser Friedrich Museum in Berlin.
Lot 170
England.- Carter (John) Views of Ancient Buildings in England, 6 vol., first edition, 119 etched plates including title to vol. 1 only (as issued), additional titles in manuscript, tissue-guards, previous owner's inscription dated 1920 to front free endpaper (vol. 1), occasional faint spotting, contemporary calf, rubbed and worn, upper cover of vol. 1 nearly detached, 18mo, [1786-93].
Lot 171
Ireland.- Hill (Rev. George) An Historical Account of the Plantation in Ulster at the Commencement of the Seventeenth Century, first edition, ALs from author tipped in, occasional faint spotting, bookplate, cracked hinges, original cloth, rubbed, bumping to corners and extremities, Belfast, 1877 § [Hart (W.)] "W. H. Floredice" Memories of a Month among the Mere Irish, first edition, author's presentation copy, ink inscription to title and dedication leaf, long ink inscription about author to half-title verso, 3 photographs of Doe Castle, bookplate and leaf of pencil annotations loosely inserted, modern morocco backed boards, 1881 § Benson (Charles William) Our Irish Song Birds, hand-coloured frontispiece and 1 hand-coloured plate, occasional faint spotting, occasional pencil annotations, original cloth, a little rubbed. Dublin, 1886; and 5 others, Ireland, 4to & 8vo (8)⁂ The first with 2 ALs from the author tipped-in. Both dated May 1888.
Lot 180
Quintilianus (Marcus Fabius) Declamationes C.XXXVII, edited by Pierre Ayrault, first Ayrault edition, woodcut decorative initials, occasional early ink marginalia, spotted, browned, upper hinge cracked, 18th century red morocco, rather worn, g.e., [Adams Q48], Paris, Frederic Morel, 1563; and a 2 vol. Lyon edition of 1558 in attractive 18th century half calf over decorative boards, small 4to & 8vo (3)
Lot 183
Stoer.- Quintilianus (Marcus Fabius) Institutionum oratoriarum ll. XI. - Declamationes XXI., 2 parts in 1, first Stoer edition, titles within woodcut borders, woodcut decorative initials, water-stained, some spotting and light browning, contemporary vellum, yapp edges, upper joint starting, but holding firm, stained, [Adams Q45], [Geneva], Jacob Stoer, 1591; and 2 others, Stoer, 8vo (3)
Lot 191
Bindings.- Bozérian .- Sainte Albine (Redmond de) Le Comedien, first edition, engraved title vignette and head & tail pieces, occasional faint spotting, bookplates, pale armorial calf by Bozerian (signed 'P. Bozérian jeune' at foot of spine), gilt, central Villenueve family arms to covers, g.e., Paris, Desaint & Saillant et Vincent, 1747 § Grandmaison (Parseval) Les Amours Épiques, occasional spotting, silk endpapers, armorial straight-grain green morocco by Bozérian (signed 'Rel. P. Bozerian' at foot of spine), gilt, arms of ?Robert de Saint Vincent, a little rubbed, Paris, 1804 § Les Plaisirs de L'Amour ou Recueil, 3 vol., in 1, half-titles, engraved frontispiece and 17 plates, occasional faint spotting, silk endpapers, later decorative red morocco by Zaehnsdorf, gilt, a.e.g., [Paris], chez Apollon, 1782 § ; 8vo & 12mo (3).
Lot 204
NO RESERVE Camus (Albert) Le Minotaure ou la Halte d'Oran, first edition, one of 800 copies on Rives, bookplate on front free endpaper, causing smudged glue mark,lightly showing through on to half-title and title, original printed wrappers, a few spots to upper wrapper, lightly creased, 8vo, [Paris], Charlot, 1950.
Lot 21
NO RESERVE British Museum.- Synopsis of the Contents of the British Museum, fourteenth edition, modern cloth-backed boards, 1818 § Guide (A) to the Beauties of the British Musuem..., stitched, uncut, first and last leaves lightly soiled and frayed at edges, preserved in modern marbled drop-back box, 1826 § Statutes and Rules for the British Musuem, cloth, 1856 § Ellis (Sir Henry) The Townley Gallery of Classic Sculpture in the British Museum, 2 vol., illustrations, with loosely inserted, original green cloth, spine faded and a little worn at ends, [1846] § O'Donoghue (Frank M.) Catalogue of the Collection of Playing Cards bequeathed to...the British Museum by the late Lady Charlotte Schreiber, original cloth, spine ends a little worn, 1901 § Read (Charles Hercules) The Waddesdon Bequest: Catalogue of the Works of Art bequeathed to the British Museum by Baron Ferdinand Rothschild, M.P. 1898, 1902 § Charles Hercules Read: A Tribute...and a Record of Additions to the Department of British and Mediaeval Antiquities and Ethnography...1896-1921, plates, marginal staining to a few leaves, original morocco-backed cloth, 1921 § British Museum Quarterly (The), vol.1-14 in 55 only (lacking vol.XIII no.2) plus a few later issues, original wrappers, uncut, loose in original cloth-backed board annual folders, some damp-staining (particularly vol.I), 1927-40 § Miller (E.) That Noble Cabinet: A History of the British Museum, 1973 § Caygill (M.) & John Cherry. A.W.Franks: Nineteenth-Century Collecting and the British Museum, 1997, the last two original boards with dust-jackets, the rest rubbed; and a small quantity of others relating to the British Museum, 8vo & 4to (c.60)⁂ Loosely inserted in the fourth is a 4pp. A.L.s. from the author, the principal librarian, to Rt.Hon. Thomas Grenville, a major benefactor to the library, explaining why he had refused admittance to the Reading Room of a Mr. Lewis's son (due to his being under eighteen).
Lot 211
Broadside.- Glorious Revolution.- Some Reflections upon His Highness the Prince of Oranges Declaration, drop-head title, printed in double-column, in manuscript note in contemporary hand at foot of first page, soiled, folded and creased, folio (c.400 x 250mm.), n.p., [1688].⁂ ESTC cites only 2 copies of this broadside edition: British Library and California State Library (Sutro).
Lot 217
Phaedrus & Aesop.- Phaedrus.- Terentius Afer (Publius) Comoediae, Phaedri Fabulae Aesopiae.., edited by Richard Bentley, first Bentley edition, contemporary calf, richly gilt spine in compartments and with red morocco label, joints starting, but holding firm, spine ends chipped, corners worn, 4to, Cambridge, Cornelius Crownfield, 1726.
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