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Lot 122

Christie (Agatha) - The Seven Dials Mystery, first American edition, ink ownership inscription, original cloth, spine lightly faded, light surface soiling, dust-jacket, spine very slightly dulled, minor chipping and fraying to head and foot, 1" portion of loss to foot of upper panel, closed tear to head of upper panel with tape repair to verso, 8vo, New York, 1929.

Lot 126

Doyle - The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes, first edition, half-title ( Sir Arthur Conan) The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes, first edition, half-title, frontispiece and illustrations by Sidney Paget, light spotting, original pictorial cloth, gilt, spine slightly dulled, minor bumping to spine ends and corners, light rubbing, g.e., large 8vo , 1894.

Lot 127

Doyle - The Return of Sherlock Holmes, first edition, 16 plates, 4pp ( Sir Arthur Conan) The Return of Sherlock Holmes, first edition, 16 plates, 4pp. advertisements, foxing, original cloth, spine creased, light rubbing and soiling, [Green & Gibson A29a], 8vo, 1905.

Lot 128

Doyle (Arthur Conan) - The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes, first edition, first issue with sign blank on upper cover, illustrations, minor spotting, broken, original pictorial cloth, soiled, extremities worn, 1892; The Hound of the Baskervilles, first edition , 16 plates, one wrinkled, one slightly stuck to adjacent text pages with resultant abrasions, some foxing, original pictorial cloth, gilt, backstrip lifted, 1902; and a quantity of others, Conan Doyle and Sherlockiana, v.s. (qty)

Lot 131

Fitzgerald (F. Scott) - The Great Gatsby, first edition, first printing with the typographical errors as called for, light scattered foxing throughout, browning to front endpapers, ink name on front fly-leaf, original cloth, very slight lean, minor bumping, very slight wear to corner tips and spine ends, but in effect an attractive copy, 8vo, New York , 1925.

Lot 132

Fleming (Ian) - Moonraker, first edition, ex-library copy, small ink stamp to title, half-title and front free endpaper, very occasional foxing, adhesion marks to front free endpaper and rear pastedown, browning to half-title and p.256, bookplates, original boards, joints splitting at foot, 8vo, 1955.

Lot 136

Fleming (Ian) - On Her Majesty's Secret Service, first edition, scattered spotting to endpapers, ink inscription, original boards, dust-jacket, tape repairs to spine ends verso, spine ends and corners a little chipped, light creasing to head and foot, surface soiling, 1963; and 2 James Bond first editions, 8vo (3)

Lot 137

Fleming (Ian) - On Her Majesty's Secret Service, spotting to endpapers, light marking to covers, jacket surface soiling, spine ends and corners a little chipped, light creasing to head and foot, 1963; You Only Live Twice, jacket spine slightly dulled, minor creasing to head, 1964; The Man with the Golden Gun, jacket creased at head and foot, 1965, first editions, original boards, dust-jackets ; and 17 others, first edition or early reprint James Bond novels, 8vo (20)

Lot 138

Fleming (Ian) - The Man with the Golden Gun, first edition, second issue , 1965 § Christie (Agatha) Elephants Can Remember, first edition , 1972, a little spotting to edges, original cloth, spine ends bumped, dust-jackets ; and c.45 others similar, including works by P.D. James, Frederick Forsyth, Colin Dexter, and Beryl Bainbridge, and more by Christie, 8vo (c.47)

Lot 139

Fleming (Ian).- Gilbert (John) - Ian Fleming: the Bibliography, first edition, signed by the author on title, original cloth, 2012; and a quantity of others by or about Fleming/James Bond, including a 1st ed. set of Chitty Chitty Bang Bang but without dust-jackets, 4to and 8vo ( 32)

Lot 15

Saint-Maurice - Les Quatre Amis réduits a trois, ou histoire d'un Chien, d'un Chat ( Mme de) Les Quatre Amis réduits a trois, ou histoire d'un Chien, d'un Chat, et de Deux Enfans , 8 lithographed plates by Aubry, foxed, contemporary cloth-backed marbled boards, Nepveu, 1824 § Chevalier-Desormeaux ( Mme O . ) Mémoires d'une Petite Chatte, 8 hand-coloured lithographed plates, light foxing, contemporary morocco-backed cloth, spine gilt, g.e., Fonteney & Peltier, [c.1850] § [Fleury-Husson (Jules)], "Champfleury". Les Chats, first edition , plates and illustratio ns after Delacroix, Manet, Mind and others, occasional foxing, cat bookplate of Mary Alice Ercolini, modern cloth, original green pictorial wrappers bound in (defective and repaired), J.Rothschild, 1869 § Adeline (Jules) Le Chat d'après les Japonais, inscribed by the author on half-title (recipient's name erased), plates by the author including 2 etchings, ex-library copy with stamps, contemporary cloth-backed boards, worn, original pictorial wrappers bound in (chipped at edges), Rouen, 1893; all but the last Paris ; and 12 others, v.s. (16)

Lot 151

James (P.D.) - An Unsuitable Job for a Woman, first edition An Unsuitable Job for a Woman, first edition, margins a liuttle browned, original boards, dust-jacket, spine browned, 8vo, 1972.

Lot 152

Joyce (James) - A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man, first English edition, issue on English sheets , [one of 1000 copies], age-toning to terminal ff. and margins throughout, neat ownership inscription on front free endpaper dated 1944, original cloth lettered & blocked in blind, very slight lean and dulling to spine but overall a very good copy, [Slocum & Cahoon 13], 8vo, The Egoist Ltd. , [1918].

Lot 154

Kesey (Ken) - One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest, first English edition, original boards, fine, dust-jacket, spine lightly faded, minor rubbing to head and foot, an excellent copy, 8vo, 1962.

Lot 155

Keynes (John Maynard) - The General Theory of Employment, Interest and Money, first edition , second impression, bookseller's small sticker on front pastedown, original cloth, light damp-mottling, minor bumping to corners, dust-jacket indicating second issue, some browning and minor marking to spine, further light browing to panel edges, tears at upper corners and around head of spine with slight loss, 8vo, March 1936.

Lot 157

Lawrence (D.H.) - Lady Chatterley's Lover, number 229 of 500, portrait frontispiece, a little soiling, original limp brown cloth, rubbed, W.Graves, Florence , 1929 [actually 1930]; The Man Who Died, limited edition, ink inscription to title, original green buckram, uncut, some ff. unopened, spine darkened , 1931; and c.30 others by Galsworthy, some signed limited editions, most first editions, 8vo (sm.qty)

Lot 158

Le Carré (John) - The Spy Who Came in From the Cold, first edition, original boards, original dust-jacket, spine very slightly faded, some slight foxing to rear panel , 1963; The Looking-Glass War, first edition, original boards, original dust-jacket, spine faded, price clipped , 1965; A Small Town in Germany, first edition , original dust-jacket, 1968; The Naive & Sentimental Lover, first edition , original boards, original dust-jacket, price clipped , 1971; together with 13 other titles by Le Carré, 8vo . (18)

Lot 159

Lee (Harper) - To Kill a Mockingbird, first English edition, original boards, dust-jacket, spine lightly faded, some minor rubbing and creasing to head and foot, a near-fine copy, 8vo, 1960.

Lot 16

Mind (Gottfried) - X Blätter Katzengruppen... nebst kurzer Nachricht von dessen Leben, first edition , 10 superb lithographed plates after Mind, mounted on stubs, some light foxing, modern roan-backed marbled boards with gilt-stamped red roan label on upper cover, spine a little rubbed and faded, oblong folio, Leipzig, Gerhard Fleischer, [1827].

Lot 161

Madonna. - Sex, first edition, illustrations, some colour, CD, original spiral bound aluminium boards, original pictorial sleeve (unopened), large 4to, 1992.

Lot 162

Maugham (W. Somerset) - Ashenden or the British Agent, first American edition, upper hinge starting, erased name to front endpaper, sticker and glue mark to pastedown, original cloth, minor bumping to spine ends and corners, dust-jacket, spine browned, spine ends and corners chipped with loss to foot of spine, hole to lower joint, creasing and fraying to head and foot, 8vo, New York, 1928.

Lot 164

Milne (A.A.) - Winnie-the-Pooh, first edition , illustrations by Ernest H.Shepard, map endpapers (a little browned), original gilt-pictorial cloth, spine darkened, minor bumping to spine ends and corners, t.e.g., 1926; and 2 others, early reprints from the series, 8vo (3)

Lot 165

Milne (A.A.) - The House at Pooh Corner, first edition, frontispiece and illustrations by Ernest H.Shepard, pictorial endpapers (a little browned), ink ownership inscription to half-title, series prospectus loosely inserted, original pictorial cloth, gilt, a little faded, t.e.g., dust-jacket, spine a little browned, spine ends and corners a little chipped, light surface soiling, 1928; and another by the same, 8vo (2)

Lot 167

Murdoch (Iris).- - University: A Journal of Enquiry, vol.I no.1-3 & vol.II no.1, original wrappers, Oxford, 1950-51 § Beckett (Samuel) Happy Days, first edition , original cloth, dust-jacket, rubbed, 1962 § Eliot (T.S.) Four Quartets, first English collected edition , stain to a few leaves, original cloth, 1944 § Sillitoe (Alan) Marmalade Jim at the Farm, signed by the author on title , illustrations by Shelagh McGee, original pictorial boards, 1980; and 5 issues of Art and Letters of 1919-20 and 3 issues of Signature , 8vo & 4to (15) Vol.I no.3 of the first contains 'The Image of Mind' by Iris Murdoch, pp.130-135.

Lot 169

Olympia Press.- [Desclos - ], "Pauline Reage". The Story of O , first edition, a very good copy (Anne Cécile)], "Pauline Reage". The Story of O , first edition, a very good copy, 1959; and 9 others, all original wrappers, 8vo, Paris, Olympia Press (10)

Lot 170

Orwell (George) - Nineteen Eighty-Four, first edition, original cloth, light fading to spine, and to top and lower edge, later issue dust-jacket, 1949; and the first American edition of Animal Farm, 8vo (2)

Lot 173

Verne (Jules) - Around the World in Eighty Days, first edition, 54 wood-engraved plates (lacking frontispiece but including additional plate entitled 'The "Saint Michel"', 48pp. advertisements dated October 1873, hinges weak, front endpaper detached, original pictorial green cloth, shelf-lean, spine darkened, lower joint split, spine ends and corners bumped and worn, rubbed, 8vo, 1873. The scarce first issue with the title page dated 1873.

Lot 174

Walters (Minette) - The Ice House, First Edition, dust-jacket, original cloth, 1992 § Benson (E.F.) Spook Stories, First Edition, original cloth, dulled, [1928], plus a quantity of related vol., v.s. (qty)

Lot 18

[Gérard (Jean-Ignace-Isidore)], "J.J. Grandville". - Scènes de la Vie Privée et Publique des Animaux, 2 vol., first edition , wood-engraved pictorial titles and numerous plates and illustrations by Grandville, lacking final plate (supplied in facsimile), occasional light spotting, contemporary green calf-backed marbled boards, spines gilt, a little rubbed, large 8vo, Paris, 1842 § Viger (Madame, fl.1870s) A sketchbook of studies of the cat Grisgris, 22 pages, pen and brown ink, each on thin wove writing paper headed 'Domaine de Beauregard/ Par Versailles (Seine -et-Oise)', various inscriptions throughout, several sheets dated, cloth with printed cat head motif, gilt lettered green morocco label on spine, in marbl ed slip-case, 8vo, circa 1870 § Mégnin (Paul) Notre Ami le Chat, with 5 etchings after Manet ('Le Chat et les Fleurs'), Lambert, Crafty, Gautier and Champfleury, some printed on pink paper, illustrations, upper hinge weak, original pictorial boards, rubbed, a few wormholes to spine, Paris, 1899 § Cherville (G. de) Les Chiens et les Chats d'Eugène Lambert, 6 etchings, illustrations, original pictorial cloth, gilt, a little rubbed and stained, Paris, 1888, and 13 others, French illustrated, 8vo & 4to (18)

Lot 182

Woolf (Virginia) - Three Guineas, first edition, light browning to endpapers, original cloth, spine a little browned, some minor surface soiling, dust-jacket, spine a little browned, spine ends and corners a little chipped, light surface soiling, still excellent overall, 8vo, 1938.

Lot 183

Bates (H.E.) - The Two Sisters, First Edition, dust-jacket, original cloth, Jonathan Cape, 1926; Seven Tales and Alexander, limited edition of 1,000, dust-jacket, original cloth backed boards, The Scholartis Press, 1929, plus 8 others by the author, including duplcates, 8vo (10)

Lot 192

Gascoigne (Bamber) - Images of Richmond number 41 of 200 copies for subscribers and signed by the author, from an edition limited to 275, 1978 § Gascoigne (B. ) and Jonathan Ditchburn. Images of Twickenham with Hampton and Teddington, number XLIV of 50 specially-bound copies signed by the authors , 1981, lists of subscribers, illustrations, original morocco, by the Manor Bindery, the first pictorial gilt, spines gilt with roan labels, g.e., spine of the first very slightly faded, marbled board slip-cases, 4to, Richmond-upon-Thames, St.Helena Press (2)

Lot 20

Mind (Gottfried) - Der Katzen-Raphael. Zwölf Blätter Katzengruppen, first edition , 12 engraved plates after Mind, some with light foxing, original grey printed wrappers, uncut, rubbed, a little browned and frayed at edges, preserved in modern cloth portfolio, 4to, Berlin, E.H.Schroeder, 1861.

Lot 205

Bawden (Edward & Christopher Bradby) - Well on the Road, dust-jacket, chipped and torn with loss, original cloth, 1935 § Milne (A.A.) The Houset Pooh Corner, First Edition, original cloth, faded and rubbed, 1928, plus a quantity of other childrens vol., v.s. (qty)

Lot 211

De La Mare (Walter) - Seven Short Stories, number 45 of 150 copies signed by the author and illustrator John Nash, original parchment boards, t.e.g., spine slightly darkened , 1931 § Adams (Richard) Watership Down, first illustrated edition , illustrations by John Lawrence, original cloth backed boards, dust-jacket, original slip-case, 1976 § West (Rebecca) The Modern "Rake's Progress", illustrations by David Low, original cloth backed boards, slightly bumped, 1934; and 2 others, v.s. (5)

Lot 216

[Fenwick (Eliza)] - Mary and Her Cat. In Words not exceeding Two Syllables, first edition , engraved title with illustration, 11 engraved illustrations in text, a little spotted and soiled, small inkstain to p.11, restitched in later cloth-backed wrappers, small holes/tears from original stitching, Joan Feisenberger's copy with her small cat book-label, B. Tabart, 1804 § Harris (J., publisher ) Monkey's Frolic (The). A Humorous Tale, second issue with list of Harris's Cabinet pasted inside rear cover, printed on one side only, 16 hand-coloured wood-engraved illustrations with verses below, faint ink signature to head of title and inscription on verso of first leaf, rather soiled and stained, one or two small tears or defects to fore-edge, mostly marginal, original buff printed wrappers, ink inscription to upper cover, spotted and soiled, spine worn, [Moon 552 (2); Necker 1379], for Harris and Son, [1824]; and 2 later editions of the second mentioned, 12mo & 8vo (4) The first mentioned rare.

Lot 223

Kipling (Rudyard) - The Jungle Book [- The Second Jungle Book], 2 vol., vol.1 early reprint, vol.2 first edition, frontispiece and illustrations by J.L.Kipling and others, 2pp. advertisements, slight shelf-lean, original blue gilt-pictorial cloth, spines a little darkened, minor bumping to spine ends and corners, g.e., 8vo , 1895-96.

Lot 228

Potter (Beatrix) - The Tailor of Gloucester, first edition, art fabric deluxe issue , 27 colour plates and title vignette by the author, first issue colour pictorial double-page endpapers, minor surface soiling to endpapers, original floral-patterned cloth with white buckram onlays ruled and lettered in gilt, spine browned, splitting along joints, minor bumping to spine ends and corners, [Linder pp. 423 & 138-140; Taylor, Whalley, Hobbs, Battrick pp.108-111; V 1570], 16mo, Warne, 1903.

Lot 231

Potter (Beatrix) - Appley Dapply's Nursery Rhymes, first edition , first or second printing, full-page colour illustrations, pictorial endpapers, original green boards with mounted colour illustration, spine slightly darkened and rubbed, overall an excellent copy, [Quinby 12], 16mo , [1917].

Lot 234

Rackham (Arthur).- - Arthur Rackham's book of pictures, first edition , 44 tipped-in coloured plates by Rackham, original gilt pictorial cloth , 1913; and another, Illustrated, 4to (2)

Lot 236

Ross (Chas. H.) - The Book of Cats, illustrated, original blind stamped green cloth gilt, Griffith and Farran, 1898 § Peake (Mervyn) Letters From a Lost Uncle, dust-jacket, damaged, original cloth, First Edition, Second Issue, 1948, plus other children's vol., v.s. (qty)

Lot 239

Speckter (Otto) - Das Märchen vom gestiefelten Kater, in den Bearbeitungen von Straparola, Basile, Perrault und Ludwig Tieck, first edition , additional lithographed title with text in red within elaborate border of cats, 12 etched plates, pink tissue guards, some foxing as usual, light water-staining to lower margin of a few leaves, contemporart blind-stamped green cloth, glazed paper label on spine, a little rubbed and faded, shaken, 4to, Leipzig, F.A.Brockhaus, 1843. One of the finest German illustrated books of the 19th century , a collection of versions of the Puss in Boots story from Italian, French and German with magnificent plates by Otto Speckter.

Lot 24

Steinlen (Théophile A.).- Delmet (Paul) - Chansons de Femmes, number 7 of 50 copies on Japon signed by the ?publisher, printed in pale brown and black with decorations, 15 lithographed plates by Steinlen, musical notation, original lithographed pictorial wrappers printed in brown and black, glacine wrapper (very slightly frayed at edges), uncut, preserved in modern cloth drop-back box, Paris, [1896/7] § Crauzat (Ernest de) L'Oeuvre Gravé et Lithographié de Steinlen, number 284 of 575 copies, 3 etched and 7 lithographed plates, illustrations, modern cloth, original embossed wrappers bound in (a little rubbed), 1913 § Lecomte (Georges) Steinlen: Chats et Autres Bêtes, number 32 of 500 copies on Arches from an edition limited to 595, tipped-in plates, one double-page, illustrations, original pictorial wrappers, uncut, very slightly soiled, spine ends and upper joint a little worn, modern cloth slip-case, 1933, Paris; and 11 others about or relating to Steinlen, v.s. (14) The first features evocative scenes of women by a master of lithography.

Lot 26

Lemonnier (Camille) - Les Maris de Mlle. Nounouche Histoire de Chats, number 85 of 368 copies on Arches, charming pochoir illustrations by A.Vimar, 1906 § Charpentier (Octave) La Mère aux Chats, number 81 of 101 copies , etched frontispiece of cat and woodcut plates and illustrations by André Margat, later ink inscription on half-title, loose as issued, Paris, n.d. § Poe (Edgar Allan) Le Chat Noir, translated by Baudelaire, hors commerce copy from an edition limited to 215, this copy inscribed by the artist on front free endpaper and with final plate signed , plates by G.Zilzer, 1927 § Genevoix (Maurice) Rroû, limited edition, pochoir plates and illustrations by A.D.Steinlen, 1931, all original printed wrappers, some pictorial, the first with glacine wrapper (slightly frayed at edges), uncut, some rubbed and frayed at edges ; and c.45 others, French , mostly 20th century, v.s. (c.50)

Lot 260

Robinson (W. Heath) - The Incredible Adventures of Professor Branestawm, colour frontispiece, some light spotting, covers marked and rubbed, tear near head of spine , 1933; Heath Robinson on Leather. Collected Edition, original printed wrappers, partly browned , n.d. [c.1933] § Robinson (W. Heath) and K.R.G. Browne. How to Live in a Flat, gift inscription, minor spotting , [1936]; How to be a Motorist, gift inscription, covers partly sunned , [1939] § Robinson (W. Heath) and Cecil Hunt. How to Run a Communal Home, dust-jacket, worn at corners and spine ends , [1943] § [Bird (Cyril Kenneth)], "Fougasse". A Gallery of Games, stamped 'presentation copy' on title, original pictorial boards, edge wear , 1922; E. and O.E., colour plates, original cloth-backed pictorial boards, edge wear , [1928]; A School of Purposes, colour-printed title and illustrations of posters, dust-jacket, with tears and fraying, partly browned , 1946, first editions , illustrations, original cloth unless stated otherwise ; and 30 others, Heath Robinson & Fougasse, 8vo & 4to (38)

Lot 261

Ryder (John) - Intimate Leaves from a Designer's Notebook, number 24 of 80 backed in goatskin , illustrations, original printed boards, spine gilt, uncut, original red slipcase, a little marked, Gwasg Gregynog , 1993 § Brickdale (Eleanor Fortescue) Golden Book of Songs and Ballads, first edition , 24 tipped-in colour plates, original green pictorial gilt cloth, rubbed, spine darkened , [c.1919] § Keynes (Geoffrey) Pencil Drawings by William Blake, limited edition , 82 plates, original half cloth, a little marked, uncut, Nonesuch, 1927 § Morris (Jan) A Machynlleth Triad, tipped-in lineblock illustrations, original printed wrappers in matching cloth-backed folder, uncut, slipcase, Gwasg Gregynog, 1993; and 24 others, Illustrated, v.s . (28)

Lot 281

[IVAM Centre Julio Gonzalez].- - Sergio Larrain, first edition, text in Spanish and English, original pictorial wrappers, slightly rubbed, Valencia , 1999 § Levitt (Helen) In The Street, signed presentation inscription from the author, plates, bottom right corner slightly bumped, original pictorial wrappers, Durham, North Carolina, 1992; and 12 others, modern photography, v.s. (14)

Lot 282

Jefferyes Hamett O'Neale 1734-1801: Red Anchor Fable Painter..., number 202 of 250 copies signed by the author, 1938 § Turner (W., editor ) William Adams: An Old English Potter, one of 600 copies, light spotting, 1904 § Towner (Donald) The Leeds Pottery, signed by the author on title and with A.L.s. from him to Bevis Hillier tipped in , 1963 § Roth (L.H.) & Clare Le Corbeiller. French Eighteenth-Century Porcelain at the Wadsworth Atheneum: The J.Pierpont Morgan Collection, Hartford, Ct., 2000 § Lewis (J. & G.) Pratt Ware 1780-1840, revised edition, 1993 § Clarke (H.G.) Under-Glaze Colour Picture Prints on Staffordshire Pottery (the Pictorial Pot Lid Book), Leamington Spa, 1970 § Oswald (A.) English Brown Stoneware 1670-1900, 1982, plates and illustrations, some colour, original cloth or boards, the last five with dust-jackets, the first three a little rubbed, the first with browned spine ; and 6 others on ceramics including Wengers Colours catalogue No.66 with envelope, 4to & 8vo (13)

Lot 283

Jombert (Charles-Antoine) - Methode pour apprender le Dessein, first edition , woodcut title-vignette, engraved head- & tail-piece, 101 engraved plates, 2 folding, several with two images to a sheet, title soiled and with contemporary ink signature partly erased, a little spotting and marginal staining at beginning, occasional light soiling to plates, plate 4 with hole where genitalia scratched out, contemporary mottled calf, rebacked preserving old morocco label, rubbed, later endpapers, 4to, Paris, 1755.

Lot 285

Khandalavala (Karl) - Indian Sculpture and Painting, [first edition] , tipped-in frontispiece, tipped-in colour plates, illustrations, tissue guards, original pictorial cloth, a little rubbed, Bombay , [c.1950] § Lewis (G.G.) The Practical Book of Oriental Rugs, plates and illustrations, modern cloth, upper cover of original cloth pasted to upper pastedown, together with an additional suite of c.120 plates (loose in custom drop-box), 1920, folio & 8vo (3)

Lot 295

Pennell (E.R. & J.) - The Life of James McNeill Whistler, 2 vol., plates, light foxing at beginning and end, original cloth-backed boards, uncut, dust-jackets, spines rubbed and slightly frayed at ends, London & Philadelphia, 1908 § Acton (David) A Spectrum of Innovation: Color in American Printmaking 1890-1960, New York & London, 1990 § McLanathan (R.) Gilbert Stuart, New York, 1986 § Hoopes (D.F.) Sassone, signed by the artist on front free endpaper, Florence, 1979 § McMorris (P.) & M.Kile. The Art Quilt, San Francisco, 1986 § Jacka (J. & L.E.) Enduring aTraditions: Art of the Navajo , Flagstaff, Az., 1994 § Dunlap (W.) History of the Rise and Progress of the Arts of Design in the United States, 3 vol., revised edition, New York, 1965, all but the first with illustrations, some colour, original cloth with dust-jackets, the last a little spotted and faded ; and 6 others on American art, 4to & 8vo (16)

Lot 303

Ansell (W. F. H.) - Mammals of Northern Rhodesia, first edition , signed by the author , 2 leaflets signed "With the author's compliments" loosely inserted, 7 colour plates, maps, original cloth, dust-jacket rubbed and chipped, Lusaka, 1960; and c. 70 others, African, v.s. (c. 75) .

Lot 305

Dutton (E. A. T.) - Kenya Mountain, first edition , plates, folding map, original buckram, slightly soiled and rubbed , 1929 § Swann (Alfred J.) Fighting the Slave Hunters in Central Africa, first edition , 45 plates and map, foxing, some pencilling, original gilt pictorial cloth, t.e.g., rubbed , 1910; and c. 100 others on Africa, v.s. (c. 100).

Lot 307

Huxley (Elspeth) - White Man's Country, 2 vol., first edition, signed presentation inscription from the author to half-titles, plates, folding maps, ink ownership, inscriptions, original cloth, spines lightly faded, covers a little mottled, 1935 § [Dinesen (Isak)], Karen Blixen . Out of Africa, first edition, scattered spotting to endpapers and title, original cloth, dust-jacket, darkened, spine lightly faded, spine ends and corners a little chipped, light surface soiling to lower panel, 1937, 8vo (2)

Lot 309

Mounteney-Jephson (A.J) - Emin Pasha and the Rebellion at the Equator with the Revision and Co-operation of Henry M. Stanley, first edition , portrait, tissue guard, folding map, folding facsimile letter, plates and illustrations, advertisement leaf at end, National Liberal Club stamp on title verso, bookplate, 'presented by H. Burges Watson', his stamp on back of portrait and map, rtubbed, hinges cracked , 1890 § Slatin (Rudolf C., Pasha ) Fire and Sword in the Sudan, a Personal Narrative of Fighting and Serving the Dervishes, 1879-1895, fourth edition, half-title, portrait, tissue guard, 2 folding maps, partly coloured, plates, 32 pp. advertisments at end, name on half-title, rubbed & marked, foot of spine, damaged , 1896, 8vo (2)

Lot 311

-. Shepard (Isabel S.) - The Cruise of the U. S. Steamer "Rush" in Behring Sea, first edition , Paul Niedieck's copy with occasional pencil notes, 6 plates and folding map, light soiling, binding tender, original gilt pictorial brown cloth, rubbed, bumped, a few ink stains to front cover, 4to, San Francisco, 1889. Paul Niedieck was a German travel writer, explorer, big-game hunter and sportsman who hunted in Portuguese East Africa (Mozambique). Wounded by an elephant in 1902, he traveled in 1906 from London to Alaska, across the Bering Strait to Siberia, Kamchatka Peninsula, Japan and from there back.

Lot 312

Asia.- Bogaert (Abraham) - Historische Reizen door d'Oostersche Deelen van Asia, first edition , half-title, engraved additional pictorial title, folding portrait and 15 plates, occasional spotting, contemporary vellum, [Cordier, Bibliotheca Indosinica p.889; Mendelssohn I, p.146], small 4to, Amsterdam, Nicolaas ten Hoorn, 1711. A very good copy of this account by a doctor of The Dutch East India Company.

Lot 313

-. Yakushi (Yoshimi) - Catalogue of the Himalayan Literature, third, enlarged edition, original cloth, small stains to upper cover, Tokyo, 1994 § Marshall (Julie G.) Britain and Tibet 1765-1947: The Background to the India-China Border Dispute. A Select Annotated Bibliography , original wrappers, Bundoora, 1977 § Sykes (Ella & Brig.-Gen. Sir Percy) Through Deserts and Oases of Central Asia, folding map in pocket at end, erratum slip, title lightly browned, original cloth, rubbed, spine faded, 1920 § Baumer (C.) The History of Central Asia, vol.2: The Age of the Silk Roads, 2014 § Lewis (Norman) A Goddess in the Stones: Travels in India, inscribed by the author on title, 1991, all but the first first editions , the last three with plates or illustrations, the last two original boards with dust-jackets ; and 11 others, mostly Asian travel, 8vo & 4to (16)

Lot 319

Europe.- Baedeker (Karl) - Collection of Guides, The Riviera, South-Eastern France and Corsica, first edition , 2 ff. loose in Monte Carlo , 1931 ; Spain and Portugal, fourth edition , 1913 ; Norway and Sweden, fourth edition, 1889, maps and plans, some folding, original red cloth, rubbed and marked, Leipzig , with 12 other Baedekers, and a reprint of the 1900 Guide Michelin, 8vo (16)

Lot 325

Ali Sharaf al-Din. - The History of Timur-Bec, known by the Name of Tamerlane the Great, Emperor of the Moguls and Tartars , translated by François Petis de la Croix and John Darby, 2 vol., first edition in English , vol.1 with half-title and final blank, 5 folding engraved maps, browned, slight worming to upper margin of vol.1, contemporary panelled calf, red and green morocco labels, a little worn, 8vo, for J.Darby, E.Bell [etc.], 1723.

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