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Literature, various. GIBBON (Edward) The Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire, in six volumes mixed edition (mostly first) 17

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Literature, various. GIBBON (Edward) The Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire, in six volumes mixed edition (mostly first) 1777-1788 (vol. I fourth edition 1781), 4to, cloth rebacked, one map only, sporadic staining and toning; Miscellaneous Works, two vols., 1796, 4to, silhouette frontispiece; BROWNE (Thomas) Pseudodoxia Epidemica: 2nd edition, London 1650, folio, title with margins tape-repaired, one leaf with taped tears without loss to text, rebacked worn calf (9)

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BELLOC (Hilaire), The Girondin, Thomas Nelson 1911, 8vo, original cloth, first edition inscribed by Belloc to his very close

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BELLOC (Hilaire), The Girondin, Thomas Nelson 1911, 8vo, original cloth, first edition inscribed by Belloc to his very close friend Charlotte Balfour "For Charlotte Balfour from the author January 1915", also with manuscript notes by Belloc on the front endpapers forming the draft of a poem.

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MILNE (A A), Now We Are Six, first edition, 1927, illustrated by E H Shepard, deluxe soft leather binding, good, a.e.g., pric

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Lot 295

MILNE (A A), Now We Are Six, first edition, 1927, illustrated by E H Shepard, deluxe soft leather binding, good, a.e.g., price label opposite half title.

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Literature, bindings. FALLE (Rev. P.) An Account of the Isle of Jersey, first edition, London: for John Newton, 1694, 8vo., l

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Lot 352

Literature, bindings. FALLE (Rev. P.) An Account of the Isle of Jersey, first edition, London: for John Newton, 1694, 8vo., lacking the map, worming to lower margin, half title, worn calf; POPE (A) Works, in nine vols., 1757, small 8vo, bindings rubbed with one board detached; MONK (J H) The Life of Richard Bentley, in two vols., 2nd edition, 1833, 8vo, inscribed 'from the author', contemporary cloth; MURPHY (A) The Works of Samuel Johnson, new edition in 12 vols., 1816, 8vo, calf, rebacked, rubbed; The Gentleman and Lady's Key to Polite Literature.., London: for T. Carnan & F. Newberry 1776, 12mo, boards detached; Prayer Book and Psalter, Oxford 1726, 12mo; Polyglot Bible, c.1850; few others, later.

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Fine bindings. GRAVES (Robert) Good-Bye to all That, first edition 1929, modern quarter morocco, top edge gilt; DOBSON (A) Th

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Lot 163

Fine bindings. GRAVES (Robert) Good-Bye to all That, first edition 1929, modern quarter morocco, top edge gilt; DOBSON (A) The Ballad of Beau Brocade and other Poems of the XVIIIth century, illustrated by Hugh Thomson, 1892, numbered large paper edition, plates on Japanese vellum, half morocco by Ramage; and other bindings - poetry and literature, by Riviere, Sangorski & Sutcliffe, Zaehnsdorf, etc (16)

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COLONNA (Francesco). Hypnerotomachie, ou discours du songe de Poliphile, déduisant comme amour le combat à l'occasion de Poli

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Lot 100

COLONNA (Francesco). Hypnerotomachie, ou discours du songe de Poliphile, déduisant comme amour le combat à l'occasion de Polia, [translated from Italian into French], folio in 6s, first French edition, Paris: Louis Cyaneus for Jacques Kerver, 1546, engraved title page and wood engravings after designs attributed to Jean Cousin or Jean Goujon, title page and colophon in old facsimile, the illustration of the Worship of Priapus is well preserved in this copy unlike others, brown morocco (20th century), later endpapers, text appears to collate complete but title and colophon supplied in good facsimile, some marginal staining (repaired), slip case.

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ELIOT (T. S.) The Cocktail Party, 1st edition 1950, inscribed by the author to Donald Bain, signed also by the actors includi

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Lot 322

ELIOT (T. S.) The Cocktail Party, 1st edition 1950, inscribed by the author to Donald Bain, signed also by the actors including Alec Guiness, faded cloth; another copy - first American edition 1950, also signed by the actors including Guiness, dust wrapper; other first editions in worn dust wrappers by Eliot including: After Strange Gods, 1934; The Confidential Clerk, 1954; etc (12)

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CHRISTIE (Agatha), The Body in the Library, first edition, 1942, dustwrapper (loss to lower part of spine); Ten Little Nigger

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Lot 350

CHRISTIE (Agatha), The Body in the Library, first edition, 1942, dustwrapper (loss to lower part of spine); Ten Little Niggers, fourth impression, 1942, dustwrapper slightly worn at head; The Moving Finger, 1943, first edition, dustwrapper slightly chipped at head; Taken at the Flood, 1948, in dustwrapper worn at spine ends (4)

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MAUROIS (Andre), A Voyage to the Island of the Articoles, translated from the French by David Garnett, Jonathan Cape 1938, fi

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Lot 393

MAUROIS (Andre), A Voyage to the Island of the Articoles, translated from the French by David Garnett, Jonathan Cape 1938, first English edition, 8vo, four wood engravings by Edward Carrick, spine gently faded.

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PICCOLOMINI (Agostino Patrizio), Rituum ecclesiasticorum siue sacrarum cerimoniarum, first edition, Gregorius de Gregoriis, V

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Lot 99

PICCOLOMINI (Agostino Patrizio), Rituum ecclesiasticorum siue sacrarum cerimoniarum, first edition, Gregorius de Gregoriis, Venice, 21 November 1516, small folio, three woodcut divisional illustrations in the text, some capitals in red or blue, later vellum (stained) with pattered paper panels to both boards, front and rear free endpapers waterstained and repaired, title page browned and slightly soiled, light marginal dampstaining, recased with new endpapers.

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SMITH (Helen Zenna, pseudonym of Evadne Price), "Not So Quiet..." Stepdaughters of War, Albert E. Marriott Limited 1930, firs

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Lot 395

SMITH (Helen Zenna, pseudonym of Evadne Price), "Not So Quiet..." Stepdaughters of War, Albert E. Marriott Limited 1930, first edition, 8vo, one of 195 numbered copies, signed, original publisher's full dark blue leather, some browning, slipcase.

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CHRISTIE (Agatha), The Hound of Death and Other Stories, Odhams Press 1933, first edition, crown 8vo, recently rebound in ful

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Lot 345

CHRISTIE (Agatha), The Hound of Death and Other Stories, Odhams Press 1933, first edition, crown 8vo, recently rebound in full red morocco, lettered and ruled in gilt, a.e.g.

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Detective and Crime Fiction, and novels, various mainly mid 20th century works including first or early paperback editions; a

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Lot 351

Detective and Crime Fiction, and novels, various mainly mid 20th century works including first or early paperback editions; also MURDOCH (Iris) The Nice and the Good, first edition, 1968, dustwrapper, inscribed by the author; with WOOLF (Virginia) Granite and Rainbow, 1958, first edition, dustwrapper (faded); and others

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DA VINCI (Leonardo), A Treatise of Painting, first English edition, London: J. Senex and W. Taylor, 1721, small 8vo, engraved

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Lot 96

DA VINCI (Leonardo), A Treatise of Painting, first English edition, London: J. Senex and W. Taylor, 1721, small 8vo, engraved portrait frontispiece, two engraved folding tables and thirty-three numbered plates, contemporary full calf (damaged, upper board detached), spine label missing, spine ends cracked, contents good.

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ADDISON (Joseph) Works, in four vols., first Baskerville edition 1761, 4to, portrait, bindings rubbed

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Lot 112

ADDISON (Joseph) Works, in four vols., first Baskerville edition 1761, 4to, portrait, bindings rubbed

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CARROLL (Lewis) [Dodgson Rev. Charles Lutwidge] Sylvie and Bruno, 1889; Sylvie and Bruno Concluded, 1893, 8vo, first editions

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Lot 365

CARROLL (Lewis) [Dodgson Rev. Charles Lutwidge] Sylvie and Bruno, 1889; Sylvie and Bruno Concluded, 1893, 8vo, first editions, illustrated by Harry Furniss, original red cloth gilt; WELLS (H G) In the Days of the Comet, first edition London 1906, 8vo, original cloth gilt, a good copy; The Secret Places of the Heart, first edition 1922, dust wrapper; SINCLAIR (Upton) Oil! A Novel, London reprint 1927, chipped dust wrapper; WILLIAMSON (Henry) The Village Book, 1930, signed ltd edition (504), vellum backed, slip case; MASEFIELD (John) Odtaa; Sard Harker; both signed numbered copoies in dust wrappers; three others (11)

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KIPPIS (Andrew) The Life of Captain James Cook, Dublin: for Messrs. H. Chamberlaine, W. Colles, [et al], 1788, 8vo, first Iri

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Lot 121

KIPPIS (Andrew) The Life of Captain James Cook, Dublin: for Messrs. H. Chamberlaine, W. Colles, [et al], 1788, 8vo, first Irish edition, contemporary tree calf, slight cracking to rear joint, some rubbing; [AUBIN] The Cheats and Illusions of Romish Priests and Exorcists. Discover'd in the History of the Devils of Loudun, London 1703, 8vo, first leaves browned, good recent sprinkled calf (2)

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MURDOCH (Iris), The Sandcastle, Chatto & Windus 1957, 8vo, first edition, recently rebound in half green morocco, some light

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Lot 394

MURDOCH (Iris), The Sandcastle, Chatto & Windus 1957, 8vo, first edition, recently rebound in half green morocco, some light foxing, with an autograph postcard signed by Iris Murdoch tipped in; together with The Bell, Chatto & Windus 1958, first edition, signed, dust wrapper, slightly worn (2)

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TOLKIEN (J.R.R.) Pictures, 1979, first edition, slip case; Lord of the Rings, fine paper copy, De Luxe edition 1984, ninth im

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Lot 312

TOLKIEN (J.R.R.) Pictures, 1979, first edition, slip case; Lord of the Rings, fine paper copy, De Luxe edition 1984, ninth impression, boxed; The Hobbit, Super de Luxe edition, 405/500, 1987, t.e.g., slip case (3)

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ALICE IN WONDERLAND. DODGSON (Rev. C.) Rhyme ? and Reason ?, Macmillan & Co 1883, first edition, 8vo, ilustrations by A.

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Lot 360

ALICE IN WONDERLAND. DODGSON (Rev. C.) Rhyme ? and Reason ?, Macmillan & Co 1883, first edition, 8vo, ilustrations by A. B. Frost and H. Holiday, cloth (slightly faded); A Tangled Tale, first edition 1885, first free end paper slightly fore-edge damaged; Alice's Adventures in Wonderland, illustrated by Rackham, colour plates, two library stamps, worn cloth; another copy, illustrated by John Tenniel, Riccardi Press 1914, ltd ed (1000), damaged dust wrapper; twelve others (16)

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Literature, leather bound. BYRON (Lord) Complete Works, four vols., Paris 1832, 8vo, half calf; FINDEN (Edward) Finden's Illu

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Lot 353

Literature, leather bound. BYRON (Lord) Complete Works, four vols., Paris 1832, 8vo, half calf; FINDEN (Edward) Finden's Illustrations of the Life and Works of Lord Byron, three volumes, 1833-34, small 4to, plates, half bound (rubbed); [COLLIER, (Jane)] An Essay on the Art of Ingeniously Tormenting; with proper rules.., London 1753, 8vo, first edition, frontispiece, thick paper, contemporary cracked calf; STANHOPE (G) Epictetus His Morals with Simplicius his Comment, 2nd edition 1700, 8vo, calf; few others later (15)

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Literature various. NORTON (Mary) The Borrowers Aloft, first edition in dust wrapper; some leather bound vols.; others in clo

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Lot 323

Literature various. NORTON (Mary) The Borrowers Aloft, first edition in dust wrapper; some leather bound vols.; others in cloth by Tennyson, a few first editions, etc (condition varies)

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MILNE (A A) Winnie The Poo, Now We Are Six, The House at Pooh Corner, all first editions, the latter vol. with damaged front

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Lot 325

MILNE (A A) Winnie The Poo, Now We Are Six, The House at Pooh Corner, all first editions, the latter vol. with damaged front board lower corner; also another first edition of Winnie The Pooh in damaged de luxe binding (4)

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AMUNDSEN (Roald) The South Pole, in two volumes first edition London 1912, 8vo, maps and illustartions, light marginal foxing

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Lot 459

AMUNDSEN (Roald) The South Pole, in two volumes first edition London 1912, 8vo, maps and illustartions, light marginal foxing, original cloth with slightly faded spines

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RUEL (Jean) translator, Veterinariae Medicinae libri II, folio, first edition, Paris: [Louis Blaublom] for Simon de Colines,

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Lot 101

RUEL (Jean) translator, Veterinariae Medicinae libri II, folio, first edition, Paris: [Louis Blaublom] for Simon de Colines, 1530, woodcut equestrian portrait of King Francis I to title, criblé woodcut initials, ruled throughout in red (faded), brown morocco over wooden boards, interlaced foliate scrolls of various colours with gilt ornaments around the papal arms of Paul III Farnese, gilt edges gauffered and painted in colours, ornamental silver clasps, eight heads as bosses, spine worn, title slightly stained, very sporadic foxing throughout, slipcase. The binding is believed to be 19th century.

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CLARK (Simon), Blood & Grit, signed, 8vo, original paperback wrappers, first edition of Clark's first book, limited to 500 co

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CLARK (Simon), Blood & Grit, signed, 8vo, original paperback wrappers, first edition of Clark's first book, limited to 500 copies, this copy signed by Clark and the illustrator Dallas Goffin; together with Vampyrrhic, Hodder & Stoughton, 1998; Hotel Midnight, A Collection of Short Stories, first edition, 2005, with Christmas card signed by Clark loosely inserted; The Tower, Robert Hale 2006; CLARK (Simon) and LEBBON (Tim), The Exorcising Angels, Shrewsbury MA: Earthling Publications 2003, first edition, 8vo, original black morocco with dust wrapper, preserved in traycase, one of 26 lettered copies signed by both authors & Edward Miller (dust wrapper artist) (5)

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SENNETT (A R) Garden Cities in Theory and Practice, two volumes, 1905, first edition, partly unopened, in dustwrappers; BLUNT

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Lot 293

SENNETT (A R) Garden Cities in Theory and Practice, two volumes, 1905, first edition, partly unopened, in dustwrappers; BLUNT (W) Tulips and Tulipomania, Basilisk Press 1977, 4to, no. 256/515, signed by the author, colour plates, morocco backed boards, slipcase. (3)

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TOLKIEN (J. R. R.), Sir Gawain and The Green Knight, first edition, 8vo, edited by Tolkien and E. V. Gordon, Oxford: Clarendo

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Lot 284

TOLKIEN (J. R. R.), Sir Gawain and The Green Knight, first edition, 8vo, edited by Tolkien and E. V. Gordon, Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1925, original green cloth gilt (worn), spine faded, some markings in pencil, frontispiece and plate present as required, errata slip, some pages untrimmed; together with SASSOON (Siegried), Selected Poems, London: Heinemann Ltd, 1925, light foxing, cloth; SHAW (Bernard), In Good King Charles's Golden Days, illustrations in colour by Feliks Topolski, London: Constable & Co, no date; BEERBOHM (Max), Fifty Caricatures, 4to, first edition, London: William Heineman, 1913, original green cloth gilt, fifty plates, caricatures of Churchill, Bernard Shaw, Thomas Hardy, Lloyd George, Roger Fry and others (4)

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MILNE (A. A.) The House at Pooh Corner, first edition 1928, illustrated by E. H. Shepherd, damaged dust wrapper; Now We Are S

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Lot 309

MILNE (A. A.) The House at Pooh Corner, first edition 1928, illustrated by E. H. Shepherd, damaged dust wrapper; Now We Are Six, 2nd edition, worn dust wrapper; five others various editions in wrappers; also POTTER (Beatrix) The Tale of Squirrel Nutkin, first edition 1903 (8)

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LANG (Andrew) Fairy Book series: The Red Fairy Book, first edition London 1890, rebacked preserving part original spine, some

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Lot 306

LANG (Andrew) Fairy Book series: The Red Fairy Book, first edition London 1890, rebacked preserving part original spine, some foxing; Green Fairy Book, 1892; Violet Fairy Book, 1901; Olive Fairy Book, 1907; Orange Fairy Book, 1906; Yellow Fairy Book, 3rd edition 1897; Blue Fairy Book, (condition varies) (7)

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Bindings - Poetry etc. [AKENSIDE (Mark)] The Pleasures of Imagination a Poem, London: for R. Dodsley 1744, 4to, first edition

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Lot 133

Bindings - Poetry etc. [AKENSIDE (Mark)] The Pleasures of Imagination a Poem, London: for R. Dodsley 1744, 4to, first edition, title in red and black, later half calf; FENZI (Cav. Sebastiano) English and Italian Fugitive Verses, Florence 1860, 8vo, inscribed to original blue bound-in wrapper by the author to Lord Lindsay; LINDSAY (Lord) Ballads, Songs and Poems translated from the German, Wigan 1841, 4to, author's inscription to half title, slight staining; BROWN (Walter) Fables, illustrated by Bewick, London 1884, 4to, frontispiece slightly marked, uncut, later half calf (4)

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ROWLING (J K) Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets, Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban, 1998 and 1999 first paperbac

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Lot 376

ROWLING (J K) Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets, Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban, 1998 and 1999 first paperback editions, later impressions, both signed by the author to the title pages; The Deathly Hallows, first edition in dust wrapper, also signed by the author (3)

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CHRISTIE (Agatha), Evil Under the Sun, first edition, 1941, dustwrapper a little worn to spine ends, not price clipped, rear

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Lot 349

CHRISTIE (Agatha), Evil Under the Sun, first edition, 1941, dustwrapper a little worn to spine ends, not price clipped, rear panel author's name crossed through, otherwise fair to good.

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BENCHLEY (Peter), Jaws, Garden City New York: Doubleday and Company 1974, 8vo, first edition, inscribed by the author "Keep y

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BENCHLEY (Peter), Jaws, Garden City New York: Doubleday and Company 1974, 8vo, first edition, inscribed by the author "Keep yours shut if you know what's good for you, Peter Benchley", recently finely bound in full dark blue morocco, boards with single gilt line panel, spine lettered in gilt with gilt rules and centre tools, all edges gilt, marbled endpapers.

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CORGI AEROPLANES/AIRPLANES - CLASSIC PROPLINERS - a selection of 10 packaged The Aviation Archive Classic Propliners Corgi 1:

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CORGI AEROPLANES/AIRPLANES - CLASSIC PROPLINERS - a selection of 10 packaged The Aviation Archive Classic Propliners Corgi 1:144 scale models to include a limited edition Vickers Viscount 800 British Air Ferries (AA30503), 2 x first issue Vickers Viscount Continental Airways (47603), a limited edition Vickers Viscount 806 British Airways (47608), a limited edition Douglas DC-3 Continental Airlines (AA30001), a Vickers Viscount Parcelforce (47602), a limited edition Vickers Viscount 800 Aer Lingus (AA30501), a limited edition Vickers Viscount 700 United Airlines (AA30502), a first issue Vickers Viscount 800 series Lufthansa (476704) and a limited edition Vickers Viscount 836 British Midland Airways (47609).

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TINTIN - 17 separate titles of The Adventures of Tintin by Herge (12 paperbacks, 5 hardbacks) published in English by Methuen

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TINTIN - 17 separate titles of The Adventures of Tintin by Herge (12 paperbacks, 5 hardbacks) published in English by Methuen. Tintin in America, The Broken Ear and Tintin and the Picaros are all GB first edition hardbacks.

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RICHARD NIXON - a hardback first edition copy of 'In The Arena A Memoir of Victory, Defeat and Renewal' with bookplate signed

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RICHARD NIXON - a hardback first edition copy of 'In The Arena A Memoir of Victory, Defeat and Renewal' with bookplate signed by Richard Nixon, former US president from 'The Museum Shop The Richard Nixon Library & Birthplace'. Authenticated by Garry King of Autografica for entry into this sale.

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Eighty Sketches in Watercolour from Nature by R. Stephenson, London, The Saint Catherine Press, 1926, no. 59/220 together wit

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Lot 393

Eighty Sketches in Watercolour from Nature by R. Stephenson, London, The Saint Catherine Press, 1926, no. 59/220 together with Art, History and Literature Illustrations: A Series of 18 Coloured and 100 Half-Tone Illustrations, Jessie Noakes, London, Virtue and Co. Ltd, English Pastels 1750-1830 by R. R. M. See, London, G.Bell and Sons Ltd, 1911, First Edition, no. 397/750, and George Morland His Life and Works by Sir Walter Gilbey, Bart. and E. D. Cuming, London, Adam and Charles Black, 1907

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My Family and Other Animals, Gerald Durrell, London, Ruper Hart-Davis, 1956, first edition, third printing, green cloth with

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Lot 371

My Family and Other Animals, Gerald Durrell, London, Ruper Hart-Davis, 1956, first edition, third printing, green cloth with silver titles to the spine, in dust wrapper which has worn to corners and is in some places torn, previous owner's inscription inside in pencil

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Crazy Quilt, The Story Of A Piebald Pony by Paul Brown, New York, Charles Scribner's Sons, 1934, first American edition, with

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Lot 372

Crazy Quilt, The Story Of A Piebald Pony by Paul Brown, New York, Charles Scribner's Sons, 1934, first American edition, without dust jacket, stained and creased, some pencil inside, wear all over and in particular to corners and back cover

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Schrödinger, Erwin. What Is Life? The Physical Aspect of the Living Cell. Rare First Edition. Cambridge University Press., Ca

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Schrödinger, Erwin. What Is Life? The Physical Aspect of the Living Cell. Rare First Edition. Cambridge University Press., Cambridge., 1944. Dark green cloth. Rare.

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Milne, AA: The World Of Pooh - The Complete Winnie The Pooh & The House At Pooh Corner, First Edition. Methuen, London, 1958.

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Milne, AA: The World Of Pooh - The Complete Winnie The Pooh & The House At Pooh Corner, First Edition. Methuen, London, 1958. Printed by Butler & Tanner. With original dust jacket.

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Terence Cuneo; An original Benhams FDC First Day Cover issued limited edition signed cover. Signed boldly by Cuneo (famous fo

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Terence Cuneo; An original Benhams FDC First Day Cover issued limited edition signed cover. Signed boldly by Cuneo (famous for Railway / transport related art ). With paperwork.

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GRAVES, Robert. Over the Brazier. Very rare First Edition, 1st printing. Poetry Bookshop, London, 1916. paperback. Coloured c

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GRAVES, Robert. Over the Brazier. Very rare First Edition, 1st printing. Poetry Bookshop, London, 1916. paperback. Coloured cover, with price uncut to corner. Rare.

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Agatha Christie; A collection of 12x vintage Agatha Christie First Edition novels, to include; A Caribbean Mystery, The Pale

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Agatha Christie; A collection of 12x vintage Agatha Christie First Edition novels, to include; A Caribbean Mystery, The Pale Horse, Destination Unknown, Dead Man's Folly, At Bertram's Hotel, Miss Marples Six Final Cases, Endless Night, Sleeping Murder, Curtain and Passenger To Frankfurt. All with dust covers.

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ROUSSEAU JEAN JACQUES. ' Les Confessions ' Published by s.n.,, A Geneve, (1782). Two volumes. Full leather calf boards, marbl

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ROUSSEAU JEAN JACQUES. ' Les Confessions ' Published by s.n.,, A Geneve, (1782). Two volumes. Full leather calf boards, marbled with gilded panels to the spines. Rare. Believed first edition , but famously there were 'fake' first editions reprinted in the same year (1872)

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Caroll, LEWIS; Sylvie & Bruno Concluded. Very rare First Edition book1893, inscribed by the author. First Edition, presentati

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Caroll, LEWIS; Sylvie & Bruno Concluded. Very rare First Edition book1893, inscribed by the author. First Edition, presentation copy. With Forty Six Illustrations by Harry Furniss. Published by Macmillan & Co 1893. Beautiful red morocco covers, with gilt borders and panel work to front and verso. Signed / inscribed by the author, Lewis Carroll, to the frontis ' Catherine E Lloyd, with the regards of her old friend, the Author,' and then dated Dec 27, 1893. Finished with a flamboyant swirl, in the hand of the author. Carroll most famously wrote ' Alice's Adventures In Wonderland .' Very rare copy of this book, even rarer with inscription in the hand of Carroll.

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Edward Fitzgerald, Rubaiyat of Omar Khayyan, illustrated by Robert Stewart Sherrifts, 8vo, tooled blue cloth, new edition, pu

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Edward Fitzgerald, Rubaiyat of Omar Khayyan, illustrated by Robert Stewart Sherrifts, 8vo, tooled blue cloth, new edition, published by Collins 1997; Revd Gilbert White, The Natural History of Selbourne, third edition, calf, published by Bickers and Son, London 1884; Gerald Durrell, Menagerie Manor, first edition, published by The Quality Book Club; A A Milne, The House at Pooh Corner, published 1928 and six further books, (10).

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Stewart Dick. The Cottage Homes of England, illustrated by Helen Allingham, 8vo, gilt tooled green cloth, first edition, pub

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Lot 3121

Stewart Dick. The Cottage Homes of England, illustrated by Helen Allingham, 8vo, gilt tooled green cloth, first edition, published by Edward Arnold, London 1909.

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J Munro Bell. The Furniture Designs of Thomas Chippendale, George Hepplewhite and Thomas Sheraton, first edition, 2 vols, 4t

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Lot 3112

J Munro Bell. The Furniture Designs of Thomas Chippendale, George Hepplewhite and Thomas Sheraton, first edition, 2 vols, 4to, blue cloth, published by Gibbings and Company Limited, London 1910.

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Admiral Nicholas Horthy. Memoirs, first edition, cloth, dedicated by the author, Estoril 1956 and a compliments slip, also si

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Lot 3118

Admiral Nicholas Horthy. Memoirs, first edition, cloth, dedicated by the author, Estoril 1956 and a compliments slip, also signed, George Paleczi-Horvath; The Undefeated, 8vo, cloth, first edition, published by Secker & Warbury 1959, (2).

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Lionel Edwards. Tally-Ho Back! by Rencher, first edition large 4to, cloth with dust scrapper, published by Country Life Ltd,

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Lionel Edwards. Tally-Ho Back! by Rencher, first edition large 4to, cloth with dust scrapper, published by Country Life Ltd, London 1931; Beasts of the Chase, first edition 4to, cloth with dust wrapper, published by Putnan & Co, London 1950; Horses and Ponies, first edition with dust wrappers, published by Country Life, Sketches in Stable and Kennel, 4to, cloth, published 1954, and Thomas Smith's Diary of a Huntsman, first edition, cloth, with dust wrapper, published by Edward Arnold, London 1921, (5).

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A collection of children's stories from the Ladybird series. Titles include The Discontented Pony, Bunnikin's Picnic Party,

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Lot 385

A collection of children's stories from the Ladybird series. Titles include The Discontented Pony, Bunnikin's Picnic Party, The Impatient Horse (first edition), Piggly Plays Truant, Tootles the Taxi, Smoke and Fluff, Ginger's Adventures and Bedtime Rhymes

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George Samouelle, The Entomologist's Useful Compendium, or An Introduction to the Knowledge of British Insects (London, Thoma

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Lot 421

George Samouelle, The Entomologist's Useful Compendium, or An Introduction to the Knowledge of British Insects (London, Thomas Boys, 1819). First edition, half leather boards, pp 496 plus 12 plates in a coloured and non-coloured state

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A collection of King Penguins, many First Edition from the 1940s and 50s. Titles include The Sculpure of the Parthenon, Magi

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Lot 449

A collection of King Penguins, many First Edition from the 1940s and 50s. Titles include The Sculpure of the Parthenon, Magic Books from Mexico, The Crown Jewels, Ballooning, UR, Popular English Art and Russian Icons

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Rev F O Morris, A Natural History of British Moths, accurately deliniating every known species (George Bell & Sons, London 18

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Lot 422

Rev F O Morris, A Natural History of British Moths, accurately deliniating every known species (George Bell & Sons, London 1872). First edition, green cloth with gilt motif on front and blind stamp on back, four volumes, all plates (128 hand-coloured lithographs) hand-coloured frontispieces, gilt title to spine

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Gertrude Jekyll, Lilies for English Gardens: A Guide for Amateurs (London, George Newnes for Country Life, 1901) brown cloth

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Lot 427

Gertrude Jekyll, Lilies for English Gardens: A Guide for Amateurs (London, George Newnes for Country Life, 1901) brown cloth with gilt lettering to front board and spine. First edition, photographic illustrations. Plus Sir Herbert Maxwell, Flowers: A Garden Note-book

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John Hunt, The Ascent of Everest (London, Hodder & Stoughton,1953) blue cloth, first edition, first printing. Signed by Sir E

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Lot 419

John Hunt, The Ascent of Everest (London, Hodder & Stoughton,1953) blue cloth, first edition, first printing. Signed by Sir Edmund Hillary on the front face endpaper

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Gertrude Jekyll, Home and Garden: Notes and Thoughts, Practical and Critical, of a Worker in Both (London, Longmans, Green &

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Lot 429

Gertrude Jekyll, Home and Garden: Notes and Thoughts, Practical and Critical, of a Worker in Both (London, Longmans, Green & Co, 1900) burgundy boards with gilt motif, 53 illustrations from photographs. First edition. Together with W Robinson, English Flower Garden (1901)

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Hon Alicia Amherst, A History of Gardening in England (London, Bernard Quaritch, 1895) green cloth with gilt impressed design

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Lot 426

Hon Alicia Amherst, A History of Gardening in England (London, Bernard Quaritch, 1895) green cloth with gilt impressed design to the front board and spine. First edition, 4to, xvi and 398 + (2)pp. Sixty-five illustrations, engravings and photographs

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