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Lot 508
Cruikshank (George).- Combe (William, after) The Life of Napoleon, A Hudibrastic Poem in Fifteen Cantos, FIRST EDITION, hand-coloured aquatint pictorial title and 29 plates by George Cruikshank, light uniform browning, mostly to text, some offsetting, contemporary calf, [Abbey, Life 356; Tooley 151], 8vo , 1815.
Lot 1424
JOHNSON (S.) A Dictionary of the English Language . . . Facsimile of the First Edition, 2 vols. half calf & marbled boards, gilt-decorated & panelled spines with red & green labels, marbled edges (by Smith Settle), & contained in compartmentalised slipcase (with printed label), folio. Folio. Society, 2006. * 1,000 numbered sets were produced.
![[BEWICK, T.] The Fables of Aesop, and Others, with designs on wood, by Thomas Bewick. First Edition, imperial issue. engrav](https://cdn.globalauctionplatform.com/f1dd6f0b-a80d-4362-8e97-a70b00a9c403/8921a32d-70d8-4d43-a601-e63962e1fbe8/468x382.jpg)
Lot 1371
[BEWICK, T.] The Fables of Aesop, and Others, with designs on wood, by Thomas Bewick. First Edition, imperial issue. engraved title vignette (preceded by 'thumb-mark' receipt leaf) & many engraved illus.; later 19th cent. half calf & marbled boards, gilt-decorated & panelled spine, marbled e/ps. & edges. Newcastle, 1818. * the imperial paper size cut down to royal measurements; no subscriber's name on receipt, artist's autograph signature.
Lot 1426
INNES (Lt. Col. P.R.) The History of the Bengal European Regiment, now the Royal Munster Fusiliers . . . 2nd edition. coloured frontis., 7 maps & plans (4 d-page), advert. leaf at end; gilt cloth. 1885. * from mid 18th cent. (incl. Plassey & Buxar) to Afghanistan (1838), Punjab (1848), Delhi (1857) & Lucknow (1858); HERVEY (Gen. Charles) Some records of Crime. (Being the diary of a year, official and particular, of an officer of the Thugee and Dacoitie Police). First Edition, 2 vols. gilt & black-lettered cloth, thick cr. 8vo. 1892. * exhaustive (& scarce) account of some 950pp.
![[DODGSON, C.L.] Alice's Adventures in Wonderland. (6th edition) twenty -seventh thousand. frontis. (with tissue guard) & nu](https://cdn.globalauctionplatform.com/f1dd6f0b-a80d-4362-8e97-a70b00a9c403/32a4456d-9944-469e-c8a7-b5a9e497ff22/468x382.jpg)
Lot 1444
[DODGSON, C.L.] Alice's Adventures in Wonderland. (6th edition) twenty -seventh thousand. frontis. (with tissue guard) & numerous engraved illus. (by John Tenniel), half title; original gilt-pictorial, ruled & lettered red cloth, g.e., dark green e/ps. Macmillan and Co., 1871. * various minor corrections were made for this issue (or possibly the preceding 26th) - see Williams; armorial bookplate of Charles Anthony Benn, Moor Court (?Salop) & loosely inserted a number of relevant press cuttings; sold with [DODGSON, C.L.] Through the Looking-Glass, and What Alice Found There. By Lewis Carroll . . . First Edition. frontis. (with tissue-guard) & num. text illus. (by John Tenniel), half title, the 2 prelim. 'chess pages' & the 3 additional leaves at end (following p. 222); original gilt-pictorial, ruled & lettered red cloth, g.e., dark green e/ps. Macmillan and Co., 1872 * i.e. published Dec. 1871 (though no copies bear that date); this one with the armorial bookplate of Charles Anthony Benn, Moor Court (? Salop); & (most appositely) inscribed 'C.A. & H.B. Benn / from their Aunt Ellen / Xmas 1871 -'
Lot 1456
HOLMES (C.) Pictures from the Iveagh Bequest and Collections . . . First Edition. coloured frontis. & 69 photogravure plates (with guards); red half morocco & buckram, gilt arms upper cover, gilt top, large folio. published for the Iveagh Trustees by W.J. Stacey, 1928. * the initial, renowned acquisition of Kenwood House; a scarce publication, & family association copy - the armorial bookplate of Henry Samuel Howard Guiness.
Lot 1376
ORME (Edw.) Historic, Military, and Naval Anecdotes . . . in the last contested war, terminating with the Battle of Waterloo. First Edition. 40 hand-coloured aquatint plates, subscribers list; publisher's half morocco & marbled boards, gilt-panelled spine, paper label on upper board, folio. (1819). * old pictorial bookplate of Richard Gasgoigne.
Lot 1407
DICEY (A.V.) Lectures Introductory to the Study of the Law of Constitution. First Edition. half title, original black-ruled & gilt-lettered cloth, contained in a box. * author's copy, with his armorial bookplate & ms. emendations, scoring (etc.) on some 8pp.; a later owner (almost certainly Norman St. John Stevas, from whose library the book came) had the cloth box made (by Bayntun)Property from the estates of the late Adrian Stanford and Norman St John-Stevas, Baron St John of Fawsley.
Lot 1392
MOORE (J.) A Narrative of the Campaign of the British Army in Spain, commanded by His Excellency Lieut.-General Sir John Moore . . . First Edition. portrait, aquatint view, folded plan & map; contemp. calf, rebacked (preserving original spine), 4to. 1809. * coronetted crest of Stanley, Earls of Derby
Lot 1352
HILLARY (R.) The Last Enemy. First Edition. half title, gilt-lettered cloth & d/wrapper. reprinted June 1942 (same month as 1st issue). * signed by author on front free e/p., 'Richard Hillary / 28th July 1942'; & with his 4pp. funeral order of service (St. Martin-in-the Fields, 25th Jan 1943) loosely inserted; also some relevant press cuttings; the classic account, written & published between his being shot down (& badly burned) in the Battle of Britain & his death whilst retraining on the infamous Mark 2 Beaufighter in January 1943.
Lot 1358
PINKERTON (J.) A General Collection of the Best and Most Interesting Voyages and Travels . . . many of which are now first translated into English . . . First Edition, 17 vols. 195 (ex 196) engraved plates; rebound calf-backed green buckram, thick 4to. 1808-14. * vol. xvii with the historical essay, bibliography & index.
Lot 1428
BOWYER (R.) An Illustrated Record of Important Events in the Annals of Europe . . . comprising a series of views . . . together with a history of these momentous transactions. First Edition. 18 hand-coloured aquatint plates (some folded), a maps plate, facsimile & 5 others (1 coloured); Waterloo Campaign with separate (1816) title, 4 hand-coloured aquatints (1 folded) & the battle plan; later green half morocco & cloth, folio. 1815. * printed by Bensley; some battle, but mostly city views.
Lot 1390
NAPIER (W.) The Life and Opinions of General Sir Charles James Napier . . . First Edition, 4 vols. folded map, 4 portraits, errata leaf (vol. 3) & advert leaves; blind, gilt-decorated & gilt-lettered cloth, partly unopened. 1857. * mostly the Peninsula, North America & India ('I have Scinde'- as every schoolboy used to know). Illustrated
Lot 1452
DUCHESNE-FOURNET (J.) Mission in Ethiopie (1901-1903). First Edition, 2 vols. 28 photogravure & 10 facsimile plates, 12 tables (4 d-page), a hand-coloured plate coleoptera, 3 coloured & folded maps, portrait frontis. & a num. text illus.; contemp. half morocco & cloth, 4to. Paris, 1909. * various contributions include - 'Manuscrits Abyssins' (by J. Blanchart).1882 & 1883
Lot 1351
RICHARDS (J.M.) High Street. First Edition. wood-engraved pictorial title illus. & 24 colour lithographed plates (by Eric Ravilious); coloured pictorial boards. Country Life Ltd., 1938. * the fine Curwen Press production; not included in the contents within, a bookshop window is depicted on the lower board. Illustrated
Lot 110
D. H. LAWRENCE - 'LADY CHATTERLEY'S LOVER', privately printed 1929 in Florence by the Tipografia Giuntina, third edition limited to 500 copies, No. 471 together with George Bernard Shaw - 'Fanny's First Play: An Easy Little Play for a Little Theatre', Constable and Company Ltd. 1915 (2)Please note: every page of every book is not checked, if you are unable to view yourself please ask for detailed information
Lot 130
GWYNEDD M. HUDSON - 'ALICE'S ADVENTURES IN WONDERLAND', Centenary Edition, Hodder & Stoughton for Boots, also another pub. by Hodder & Stoughton and John Tenniel version 1927 together with various other children's books to include Margaret Tarrant - 'Alice's Adventures in Wonderland' 1922, 'Nursery Rhymes' 5th Ed., 'The Little Prince' first edition Reynal & Hitchcock 1943, Mabel Lucie Attwell - ''The Water-Babies', Lucy Fitch Perkins 'Robin Hood' and Arthur Rackham - 'Peter Pan' retold by May Byron (9)Please note: every page of every book is not checked, if you are unable to view yourself please ask for detailed information
Lot 115
E. NESBIT - 'DORMANT', Methuen & Co. 1911, a rare first edition by the author of 'The Railway Children', published later in the US as 'Rose Royal' Condition Report:No dustjacket, slight marking on boards, labels removed from endpapers, some foxingPlease note: every page of every book is not checked, if you are unable to view yourself please ask for detailed information
Lot 111
ANDRÉ LAURIE (Pseudonym of Paschal Grousset)_ - 'NEW YORK TO BREST IN SEVEN HOURS', first English edition of early Science Fiction work, Sampson Low, Marston, Searle & Rivington, 1890 Condition Report:Cover grubby, one section of pages detachedPlease note: every page of every book is not checked, if you are unable to view yourself please ask for detailed information
Lot 114
IAN FLEMING - 'DIAMONDS ARE FOREVER', first edition, Jonathan Cape 1956, no dustjacket Condition Report:Some foxing, pencil notations on rear endpapers and some slight splitting along inner spine Boots sticker on front board and fading on board edge, spine slightly twistedPlease note: every page of every book is not checked, if you are unable to view yourself please ask for detailed information
Lot 86
BERNARD LEACH (1887-1979) 'Bernard Leach', first edition published 1966 by Asahi Shimbun Publishing Company, Tokyo, clothbound hardback with colour and black and white plates. Originally Dame Lucie Rie's (1902-1995) personal copy, signed 'To Lucie from Bernard 25.1.67' Some water staining to cloth covers, water damage has caused slight buckling to pages and yellowing to edges. Spine still tight
Lot 2921
Barrington, George. The History of New South Wales, including Botany Bay, first edition, hand-coloured engraved frontispiece, engraved title with hand-coloured vignette, 16 hand-coloured engraved plates, without leaf for 'Directions to Binder' and 'List of Coloured Plates', some spotting and soiling, modern cloth, bookplate of Bath Library, 8vo, London: M. Jones, 1802
Lot 2964
Graham, Maria. Three Months passed in the Mountains East of Rome, during the year 1819, first edition, 6 uncoloured aquatint plates, errata slip, some spotting, contemporary half calf, rubbed, 8vo, London: Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme and Brown, 1820 ; Letters on India, first edition, folding engraved map, 9 engraved plates, some browning and staining, contemporary half calf, untrimmed, 8vo, London: Longmans, et al., 1814 (2)
Lot 2952
de Bonelli, L. Hugh. Travels in Bolivia; with a Tour Across the Pampas, 2 volumes, first edition, 16pp. publisher's catalogue at the end of volume 1, preliminaries with library blindstamp, original publisher's cloth, spines dulled and ends slightly chipped, bookplate of Bath Library, 8vo, London: Hurst and Blackett, 1854
Lot 3021
Vincent, William. The Voyage of the Nearchus from the Indus to the Euphrates, first edition, engraved frontispiece, 6 engraved maps, most folding, some browning and spotting, occasional library blindstamps, contemporary half calf, rubbed, bookplate of Bath Library, 4to, London: T. Cadell and W. Davies, 1797
Lot 2914
Alexander, James Edward. Sketches in Portugal, during the Civil War of 1834, first edition, hand-coloured aquatint frontispiece, some spotting library stamps, original cloth, bookplate of Bath Library, 8vo, London: James Cochrane, 1835; Costigan, Arthur William. Sketches of Society and Manners in Portugal, 2 volumes, first edition, some browning, library blindstamps, modern cloth, bookplate of Bath Library, 8vo, London: T. Vernor, 1788; Minano, Sebastian. Diccionario Geografico-Estadistico de Espana y Portugal, 11 volumes, 19 engraved plates and maps, most hand-coloured, library blindstamps, contemporary tree calf, rubbed, bookplate of Bath Library, 8vo, Madrid: Pierart-Peralta, 1826-1828; and 14 others, Portugal, v.s., sold w.a.f. (27)
Lot 3125
Rapin, Rene. Hortorum Libri IV cum Disputatione de cultura hortensi, first edition, lacks engraved frontispiece, engraved vignettes, some browning, contemporary calf with the arms of Louis XIV in gilt, worn, rebacked, with the bookplates of The Hon. John Trevor and Nat. Smith, Surgeon, London, 4to, Paris: Typographia Regia, 1665
Lot 3092
Cramer, John Anthony. A Dissertation on the Passage of Hannibal over the Alps, first edition, folding engraved map, hand-coloured in outline, 3 engraved plates and maps, library blindstamps, modern cloth, bookplate of Bath Library, 8vo, Oxford: W. Baxter, 1820; another copy, second edition, inscribed by the author, half-title, a few annotations, library blindstamps, spotting, original cloth, upper joint broken, bookplate of Bath Library, 8vo, London: G.B. Whittaker, 1828; Whitaker, John. The Course of Hannibal over the Alps ascertained, 2 volumes, first edition, library blindstamps, ?lacks final leaf of index, original cloth, bookplate of Bath Library, 8vo, London: John Stockdale, 1794; and 3 others, similar, 8vo (7)
Lot 2807
Morris, William. The Collected Letters of William Morris, 4 volumes bound in 5, first editions, cloth, dust-jackets, 8vo, Princeton: University Press, 1984-1996; Hubbard, Elbert. This Then is a William Morris Book, original quarter reverse calf, 8vo, East Aurora: The Roycrofters, 1907; Faulkner, Peter. William Morris and W.B. Yeats, first edition, original boards, 8vo, Dublin: Dolmen Press, 1962; and 113 others approx. on Morris, his life and work, v.s. (120 approx.)
Lot 2820
Ackermann, Rudolph. The History of the Abbey Church of St. Peter's Westminster, 2 volumes, first edition, second issue, engraved portrait, plan and 81 hand-coloured aquatint plates, some browning and slight offsetting, contemporary straight-grained morocco, rather scuffed and rubbed, joints slightly cracked, 4to, London: R. Ackermann, 1812
Lot 2903
Worsley, Richard. The History of the Isle of Wight, first edition, engraved title-page, 31 engraved plates, including 11 double-page, double-page plan, large folding engraved map, hand coloured in outline, engraved vignettes to chapter-ends, some off-setting, contemporary mottled calf, rebacked, upper board detached, 4to, London: A. Hamilton, 1781 Tipped-in is a ALs from the author to an unnamed recipient, presenting this copy, 'to which you have contributed in the most liberal manner.'
Lot 2927
Bishop, Isabella Lucy Bird. Journeys in Persia and Kurdistan, 2 volumes, first edition, half-titles, 2 frontispieces, 11 full-page plates, illustrations in text, folding coloured map, some slight spotting and browning, modern half calf, 8vo, London: John Murray, 1891 Some collations appear to call for two maps, but here only one is present.
Lot 2774
Milne, A.A. Now We Are Six, first edition, illustrations by Ernest Shepherd, original cloth gilt, some slight water marks, top edge gilt, 8vo, London: Methuen and Co., 1927; The House at Pooh Corner, first edition, illustrations by Ernest Shepherd, original cloth gilt, some slight water marks, top edge gilt, 8vo, London: Methuen and Co., 1928; and 3 others by the same author, 8vo (5)
Lot 2902
Woolnoth, William. A Graphical Illustration of the Metropolitan Cathedral Church of Canterbury, first edition, LARGE PAPER COPY, additional engraved title, 18 full-page engraved plates, engraved tail-piece, some spotting and off-setting, contemporary calf gilt, boards partially detached, all edges gilt, folio, London: T. Cadell and W. Davies, 1816
Lot 2791
Doves Press. Tidcombe, Marianne. The Doves Press, first edition, plates, original cloth, dust-jacket, 4to, London: The British Library, 2002; Nash, John R. Mr Cobden-Sanderson's Two-handed Engine, one of 350 copies, signed, wrappers, 8vo, London: Nine Elms Press, 1994; Adams, Frederick B. Bookbindings by T.J. Cobden-Sanderson, plates, wrappers, New York: Pierpont Morgan Library, 1969; another copy, 1969 (4)
Lot 3004
Ravenstein, Ernst Georg. The Russians on the Amur, first edition, half-title, 4 tinted lithographed plates, 3 maps, library blindstamps, original cloth, bookplate of Bath Library, 8vo, London: Trubner & Co., 1861; Latham, R.G. Russian and Turk, first edition, original cloth, bookplate of Bath Library, 8vo, London: William H. Allen, 1878; Rambaud, Alfred. The History of Russia, 2 volumes, first edition, original cloth, bookplate of Bath Library, 8vo, London: Sampson Low, 1879; and 18 others, Russia, v.s. (22)
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