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Dreweatts & Bloomsbury (Bloomsbury)
Lot 263

Lee (Harper) - To Kill a Mockingbird, first English edition , ink ownership inscriptions to front free endpaper, spotting to extreme fore-edges, a little to endpapers, original cloth, spine with central crease running top to bottom, ends a little bumped, original dust-jacket in protective plastic sleeve, upper cover and spine ends creased, joints and fore-edges rubbed, short open tears at spine ends and fore corners, a little loss, spine a little faded, 8vo, 1960.

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Lot 264

Lewis (Cecil Day) - The Buried Day, first edition, frontispiece and plates The Buried Day, first edition, frontispiece and plates, original cloth, dust-jacket, a few edges chipped, 1960; and c. 55 others, including c. 30 Modern Poetry, 8vo (c. 55).

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Dreweatts & Bloomsbury (Bloomsbury)
Lot 265

Naipaul (V.S.) - A House for Mr Biswas, first edition , original boards, spine ends and corners a little bumped, dust-jacket, price-clipped, spine slightly faded, spine ends and corners a little chipped, a little creased at head and foot, minor scratching to lower panel, 8vo, 1961.

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Dreweatts & Bloomsbury (Bloomsbury)
Lot 266

Peake (Mervyn) - Titus Alone, First Edition, dust-jacket, closed tear to lower panel, original cloth, 1959 § Powys (T.F.) Mark Only, First Edition, signed by author to front free endpaper, dust-jacket, original cloth with paper spine label, 1924, plus 8 other vol., 8vo (10)

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Lot 268

Rankin (Ian) - The Flood, first edition, signed by the author with noughts & crosses motif , original wrappers, light creasing to spine, near-fine otherwise, 8vo, 1986 . Published simultaneously with the hardback edition.

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Dreweatts & Bloomsbury (Bloomsbury)
Lot 270

Rowling (J.K.) - Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban, first edition , third state, very light marginal browning, light discolouration to endpapers, original pictorial boards, dust-jacket, very light creasing to head and foot, but near-fine overall, 8vo , 1999.

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Dreweatts & Bloomsbury (Bloomsbury)
Lot 272

Verne (Jules) - The Giant Raft. Part I: Eight Hundred Leagues on the Amazon, first English edition , illustrations, publisher's catalogue dated January 1881, hinges cracked with many ff. loose, occasional spotting, original pictorial cloth, gilt, g.e., spine browned, spine ends and corners a little bumped, some marking and finger-soiling to covers, 8vo, 1881.

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Lot 273

Watts (Charlie) - Ode to a highflying bird, first edition , colour illustrations, ink ownership inscription, original boards, spine a little chipped, light rubbing and surface soiling, 8vo, [1964].

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Dreweatts & Bloomsbury (Bloomsbury)
Lot 276

Blyton (Enid) - Child Whispers, first edition of the author's first published work , fairly heavy finger-marking throughout, original pictorial wrappers to design by Phyllis Case, some dust-soiling and minor creasing, a little worn at spine, but overall a good copy of a scarce edition, oblong 8vo, J.Saville & Co. , [1922].

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Lot 282

Langley (Noel) - The Tale of Green Ginger, first edition , colour frontispiece and illustrations, a little spottin g , original cloth, marked and stained, spine and lower board faded, spine with splits and a little loss at head and foot, 4to, 1937.

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Lot 286

Salten (Felix) - Bambi, Eine Lebensgeschichte aus dem Walde, first edition , contemporary inscription * pre-dating publication to front endpaper, variant binding in half cloth over black marbled boards, a few minor marks to some pages, 8vo, Berlin, Im Berlag Ullstein , 1923. 'Seinem lieben Neffen Gustav/ Weihnachten 1922/Von seinem Onkel Arthur'

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Lot 29

Sumner - Excavations on Rockbourne Down, Hampshire (Heywood, artist and archaeologist, 1853-1940) Excavations on Rockbourne Down, Hampshire, Being a Record of the Discovery of a Romano-British Farm Settlement, with Plans of the Site, of the Excavations, and other illustrations, first edition, presentation ALs from the author to W. Frank Perkins (who assisted with the excavation) loosely inserted, plates, maps and plans (sme folding), some foxing, original printed wrappers, together with 4 original pen and ink drawings by Sumner (one with watercolour) for illustrations to the Rockbourne Down monograph: 'Map of Rockbourne Down' (300 x 227mm.), 'The Site of the Excavations' (218 x 314mm.), 'Hypocaust No III. Probably a Bake-house' (123 x 139mm.), 'Pottery' (280 x 170mm.), on card, all contained in a custom-made morocco-backed solander box, 8vo & 4to, printed at the Chiswick Press, 1914.

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Lot 295

Craig (Edward Gordon) - Henry Irving, first edition, presentation copy initialled by the author, original cloth, dust-jacket, 1930; and 2 others by Craig, 4to and 8vo (3)

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Lot 299

Cruikshank (George) - George Cruikshank's Omnibus, first edition bound from the parts, half-title, engraved frontispiece, portrait and 20 plates, most by George Cruikshank, wood-engraved illustrations, plates rather oxidized particularly at edges, with A.L.s. from Cruikshank to the Secretary of the Liverpool Society of Water Colour Painters dated Feb.6th 1872 thanking him for making him an honorary member of the society and A.L.s. to Cruikshank from John Reid dated 19 March 1869 asking if he would enrol Reid's son into the Temperance Society as promised, both loosely inserted, original pictorial green cloth, gilt, spine gilt, a little rubbed, recased, new endpapers, [Cohn 190], 8vo, 1842.

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Lot 3

Crewdson - Our Childhood at Perran, first edition, signed presentation copy... (Ellen) Our Childhood at Perran, first edition, signed presentation copy from the author with ink inscription on title, plates, original wrappers, [not in BL], 8vo, For Private Circulation, Liverpool, [1926].

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Lot 30

Sumner (Heywood) - The Book of Gorley, first edition, frontispiece and illustrations The Book of Gorley, first edition, frontispiece and illustrations, original blind-stamped cloth, gilt spine, t.e.g., others uncut, Printed at the Chiswick Press, 1910; The Ancient Earthworks of the New Forest , number 140 of 200 copies signed by the author, original cloth, t.e.g., others uncut, 1917; and 4 others, Sumner, folio & 8vo (6).

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Lot 304

Cruikshank (George).- [Combe (William)]. - The Life of Napoleon, first edition, hand-coloured aquatint pictorial title and 29 plates by George Cruikshank, light soiling and browning, mostly to text, first leaf of text torn and repaired, trimmed, old ink inscription to front free endpaper, later French morocco-backed marbled boards, spine gilt, slightly rubbed, [Abbey, Life 356; Cohn 153; Tooley 151], 8vo, T. Tegg, [1815].

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Lot 306

Hamerton (Philip Gilbert) - Etching & Etchers, first edition , title in red & black with vignette, 35 etchings or drypoints after Samuel Palmer, Callot, Rembrandt and others, 6 double-page or folding, light foxing at beginning and end, hinges weak, original roan-backed cloth, gilt, g.e., rubbed, corners and spine ends worn, 8vo, 1868.

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Lot 308

Laclos (Pierre A.F. Choderlos de) - Les Liaisons Dangereuses, 2 vol., one of 1000 copies, printed in red and black, 14 colour plates by Alastair, tissue guards, original printed wrappers, uncut, glacine wrappers frayed and defective, Paris, Black Sun Press, 1929 § Gray (Alexander, translator ) Historical Ballads of Denmark, number 210 of 750 copies, printed on coloured papers, illustrated by Edward Bawden and George Mackie, Edinburgh, 1958 § Apuleius (Lucius) The Golden Asse, limited edition, illustrated by Jean de Bosschère, 1923 § Swinburne (A.C.) Selected Poems, illustrated by Harry Clarke, ink inscription on half-title partly excised, 1928 § France (Anatole) The Gods are Athirst, illustrated by John Austen, spotting, 1927, plates and illustrations, some colour, all but the first original pictorial cloth, most gilt, the second with dust-jacket (browned and slightly frayed at edges, price-clipped), all rubbed, 4to & 8vo (6)

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Lot 31

Warner (Richard) - Hampshire, extracted from Domes-Day book, with an accurate English... Hampshire, extracted from Domes-Day book, with an accurate English translation , to which is added a glossary, explanatory of the obscure and obsolete words, first edition, parallel text in Latin and English, 8 pp. glossary at rear, lacks half-title, slightly browned, new endpapers, modern half calf, by Faulder and others, 1789; and 3 other3, Hampshire & Warner, 4to (4).

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Lot 330

Hedwig (Johann) - Fundamentum Historiae Naturalis Muscorum Frondosorum, 2 parts in 1 vol., first edition , 20 hand-coloured engraved plates, offsetting, spotted, lightly browned, modern half calf, spine gilt, [Nissen BBI 827], 4to, Leipzig, Siegfried Lebrecht Crus, 1782. The second major work of Johann Hedwig, who contributed enormously to our understanding of the life history and reproduction of mosses.

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Lot 342

Bees.- [Bazin (Giles Augustin)] - The Natural History of Bees. Containing an Account of their... The Natural History of Bees. Containing an Account of their Production, their Oeconomy, the manner of their making Wax and Honey , first English edition , 12 folding engraved plates, plate 1 and 12 wit marginal repairs, in case of plate 1 loss of part of printed border and one number, some light soiling, lightly browned, modern brown morocco, gilt, [British Bee Books 96], 8vo, for J. and P. Knapton , 1744.

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Lot 343

Hill (John) - A Decade of Curious Insects:... Shewn in their Natural Size Enlarg'd Before The Lucernal Microscope , first edition , 10 fine hand-coloured engraved plates, occasional spotting, some finger-marking, modern morocco-backed marbled boards, [Nissen ZBI 1938], 4to, for the Author , 1773. A charming printed note to the verso of title reads 'Ladies who may chuse to paint these insects themselves may have sets of the cuts on Royal Paper printed pale for that purpose'.

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Lot 347

Calculus.- Stone (Edmund) - Analise des infiniment petits comprenant le calcul integral, first edition in French , 4 folding engraved plates, errata f. water-stained, contemporary calf, rebacked, preserving original gilt backstrip, Paris, Julien-Michel Gandouin & Pierre-François Gaiffart, 1735 § Peano (Giuseppe) and Angelo Genocchi . Calcolo Differenziale e Principii di Calcolo Integrale , first edition of the author's first book , spotted, contemporary half morocco, rubbed and scuffed, Torino, 1884; and 6 others, 19th century calculus, 8vo (8) The first mentioned is a key work in the battle between Leibnizian and Newtonian calculus.

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Lot 35

Gilpin (William) - Observations on the Western Parts of England, first edition Observations on the Western Parts of England, first edition , 18 tinted aquatint plates, half-title, engraved bookplate of Jonathan Pytts on front pastedown, contemporary tree calf, rebacked with the original gilt panelled spine laid down, slightly rubbed and dulled, T. Cadell Jun. and W. Davies, 1798; Remarks on Forest Scenery in Hampshire, 2 vol. in 1, third edition, folding hand-coloured engraved map and 31 engraved plates (many aquatints), half-titles, later endpapers, later calf, gilt, slightly rubbed, new red and green morocco labels on spine, 1808, 8vo (2).

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Lot 352

Field (George) - Chromatography; or, A Treatise on Colours and Pigments, and their Powers in Painting, , first edition , engraved frontispiece with partial hand-colouring, list of subscribers, engraved plate, a few leaves frayed at edges, dedication torn and repaired, staining to two leaves of index, original moiré cloth, uncut, recased, new endpapers, [Abbey, Life 123], 1835 § Barnard (George) The Theory and Practice of Landscape Painting in Water Colours, first edition in book form , 26 plates, many tinted or chromolithographed, illustrations, browned, foxing and soiling, some tears, original cloth, gilt, spine faded, 1855, both rubbed, 4to (2) The first is an important work on colour theory and the chemistry of pigments.

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Lot 353

Guglielmini (Domenico) - Della Natura de' Fiumi. Trattato fisico-matematico, first edition, engraved frontispiece and 15 folding plates, occasional contemporary ink marginalia, frontispiece lower margin neatly trimmed away, plate 9 torn at head of one fold, small piece detached with a little loss (loosely inserted), occasional spotting or marking, modern cloth, [Riccardi I, 643; Wellcome III, 177; Gamba 1940], small 4to, Bologna, A. Pisarri, 1697 .

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Lot 354

Harris (John) - Lexicon Technicum: or, an Universal English Dictionary of Arts and Sciences, first edition , engraved portrait, title in red and black, list of suscribers, 6 engraved plates only (of 7, lacking plate of 'Engine for Raising Water'), one folding of 'Double Microscope' (torn and creased at inner edge), half-page engraving of chemical symbols in text, woodcut illustrations, title and some plates a little browned, contemporary calf, rubbed, corners worn, rebacked in morocco preserving old label, split to upper joint, [PMM 171a], folio, Dan Brown, Tim. Goodwin [ & others], 1704. The first ever general technical and scientific encyclopedia . Harris was secretary of the Royal Society and consulted with the leading authorities of his day, such as Sir Isaac Newton, John Ray, Robert Boyle, Nehemiah Grew and William Derham, for advice on their relative fields. A supplementary volume was published in 1710.

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Lot 355

Haselden (Thomas) - The Seaman's Daily Assistant, being a Short, Easy, and Plain Method of keeping a Journal at Sea , tables, a few woodcut diagrams, a little soiled and stained, contemporary sheep, corners worn, rebacked, J.Mount and T.Page, 1772 § Brady (William) The Kedge-Anchor; or, Young Sailors' Assistant, eighth edition, 32 wood-engraved plates and numerous illustrations, a little foxed, ink ownership stamp of the ship-modeller Harold A.Underhill on verso of frontispiece, bookplate of Mario & Fiammetta Witt, contemporary calf, gilt, rebacked with gilt spine with ship motifs, New York, by the author, 1855 § Kerigan (Thomas) The Complete Mathematical and General Navigation Tables, 2 vol., folding engraved compass frontispiece, tables, light foxing to frontispiece and title, contemporary half calf, 1828 § Wonders of the Heavens (The), seventh edition, many engraved plates, several folding, 4pp. advertisements at end, contemporary notes on pastedowns, contemporary sheep, rebacked preserving old spine, 1826, rubbed ; and another on astronomical tables, 4to & 8vo (6) The first is a useful manual including tables of latitude, high water, the sun's ascension and declination, and the positions of the stars. It was first published in 1757 but all early editions are rare; only two copies of this edition recorded in ESTC (British Library, and Peabody Essex Museum in Salem., Mass.).

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Lot 358

Hunter(John) - Traité des Maladies Vénériennes. first French edition, half title, Approbation/Privilége f. at end, 7 folding engraved plates, little marking, name on fly-leaf, contemporary mottled calf, spine gilt, rubbed, covers scuffed, 8vo, Paris, Méquignon , 1787.

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Lot 360

Hydraulics.- Smeaton (John) - An Experimental Enquiry concerning the Natural Powers of Water and... An Experimental Enquiry concerning the Natural Powers of Water and Wind to turn Mills, and other Machines, depending on a Circular Motion , first edition , extract from Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society of London, 3 folding engraved plates, 20th century marbled boards, [Bibliotheca Mechanica 297-298 (first separate edition)], L.Davis and C. Reymers, 1760 § Bazin (Henri-Émile) Étude d'une nouvelle formule pour calculer le débit des canaux découverts, offprint, signed presentation copy from the author to William Cawthorne Unwin , half-title, contemporary half morocco, spine gilt, rubbed, Paris, 1898; and 5 others, Hydraulics, including 2 vol. first edition of Wells on Bedford Level and Glynn on water wheels, 8vo (7) A good association copy. At this time Unwin was Professor of Civil and Mechanical Engineering at the City and Guild College. Bazin was engineer-in-chief on the Canal de Bourgogne from 1875.

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Lot 361

Jackson (Robert) - An Exposition of the Practice of Affusing Cold Water on the Surface of the Body, as a Remedy for the Cure of Fever, spotting, uncut, Edinburgh , 1808 § Gray (Samuel Frederick) A Supplement to the Pharmacopoeia: being a Treatise on Pharmacology in General, fourth edition, presentation inscription from the author to his son John Edward Gray on title , 8pp. advertisments at start, uncut , 1828 § Hahnemann (Samuel) The Homoeopathic Medical Doctrine, or, "Organon of the Healing Art", translated by Charles H. Devrient, first edition in English, 16 pp. advertisments at start, Dublin , 1833 § Snelling (Frederick G.) Hull's Jahr: a New Manual of Homoeopathic Practice, 8 pp. advertisments at end, modern morocco-backed cloth, New York , 1865, modern cloth, except the last, 8vo , and 7 others, medicine, (11)

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Lot 362

Kepler (Johannes) - Opera Omnia, edited by Christian Frisch, 8 vol. in 9, first complete edition , engraved portrait, 8 plates, 2 folding tables and 2 ff. of facsimile manuscript, some offsetting, foxing and browning, ink library stamps, pencil and pen annotations mostly to endpapers and pastedowns, 5 vol. with original wrappers trimmed and mounted on pastedowns, hinges cracked, contemporary sheep-backed boards, spines gilt, joints cracked, extremities a little worn, 8vo, Frankfurt , 1858-71.

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Lot 364

Lavater, Sue, & Co. - Lavater's Looking-Glass..., first edition , engraved frontispiece, illustrations in text, some faint spotting, contemporary mottled calf, rubbed at corners and along extremities, 8vo, by Millar Ritchie, 1800.

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Lot 365

[Lewis (William)] - The New Dispensatory, first edition , a little soiled and stained, contemporary calf, worn, covers detached, J. Nourse, 1753 § Family Physician (The); or Notable Things in an English Herbal, browned, modern calf-backed boards, M. Sibly , 1802 § Brande (W.T.) Manual of Pharmacy, second edition, ex-library copy with stamps, contemporary half calf, rubbed , 1829 § House of Commons. Report from the Select Committee on Pharmacy Bill, original blue printed wrappers, frayed at edges, spine defective , 1852; and 8 others, pharmacy and herbals, v.s. (12)

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Lot 366

[MacMichael (William)] - The Gold-Headed Cane, first edition , wood-engraved illustrations, ownership inscriptions to title, pencil annotation to 1 f., soiling and spotting, m.s. ephemera relating to a previous owner loosely inserted, original boards, rebacked with later board, typed paper spine label, uncut, rubbed, [G & M 6709], 1827; and one other, 8vo (2)

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Lot 371

[Parkinson (John)] - [Theatrum Botanicum: The Theater of Plants], first edition , lacking 24pp. at beginning (engraved title, letterpress title and all preliminaries) and final two gatherings (7H & 7I: Index in English? and errata) but with main text intact and Latin Index, woodcut illustrations throughout, several leaves from gathering B stained and defective, some water-staining, mostly to inner margins, some leaves shaved at head, later half calf, rubbed, corners worn, rebacked preserving old gilt spine, [Henrey 286; Hunt 235; Nissen BBI 1490; STC 19302], folio, [Tho.Cotes], [1640]; sold not subject to return

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Lot 374

Plumier (Charles) - L'Art de Tourner, first edition , title in red and black with engraved vignette by Le Clerc, engraved head-piece to dedication and another to main text of putti in a workshop, engraved additional pictorial title and 69 plates only (of 70, lacking plate 63, supplied in facsimile), one folding, text printed in double-column (Latin and French), contemporary ink signature of Beuzelin Duhameau on front pastedown, short tear to foot of engraved title, light stain to a few leaves near beginning affecting a couple of plates, some other soiling and staining, a few plates loose, contemporary calf, spine gilt, rather worn and stained especially spine ends and corners, new label, Lyons, Jean Certe, 1701; and 2 others, v.s. (3) The first work devoted to the lathe and the turning of wood, metal, ivory etc. The plate count is confusing but the plate marked * is actually plate 66 and apart from the missing plate 63 the work is complete. The plates depict workshops, machines and tools as well as the finished products.

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Lot 375

Saussure (Nicolas-Théodore de) - Recherches Chimiques sur la Végétation, first edition , Philippe de Vilmorin-de Belder copy, 1 folding engraved plate and 16 folding tables, spotted, lightly browned, contemporary cloth-backed boards, worn, Paris , 1804 § Hippocrates.- Duret (Louis) Hippocratis Coi de Humoribus Purgandis Liber, title in red and black, errata f., contemporary half calf, gilt spine in compartments, corners worn, rubbed, Leipzig, Breitkopf, 1745; and a small quantity of others, sciences, some 19th century, most 20th century, including works on radio and television, v.s. (Sm.Qty.) The first mentioned is a pioneering work in the field of Ecology, and moreover the first work to use the metrical system.

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Lot 378

Trevigar (Luke) - Sectionum conicarum elementa methodo facillima demonstrata, first edition , half-title, list of subscribers, dedication f., 12 folding engraved plates, occasional spotting, lightly browned, contemporary calf, spines splitting, but holding firm, spine ends chipped, corners worn, rubbed, Cambridge, 1731; and Garrido on commercial arithmetic, Lisbon, 1759, 4to & small 4to (2)

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Lot 385

Coffins.- Plume (Sable) - Coffins & Coffin Making, first edition in book form , reprinted from 'The Undertakers' Journal', illustrations, light spotting, original purple cloth title in silver, rubbed, spine and edges faded, 8vo, [c.1910]. Scarce; only 4 copies on COPAC: 2 in UK (BL and V ) and 2 in America.

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Lot 388

Friedlander (Lee) - The American Monument, first edition, one of 2,000 copies, photographic plates, library stamp to title verso and front free endpaper, original buckram, library labels to spine and upper cover, a little soiled, corners lightly bumped, oblong folio, New York, Eakins Press, 1976.

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Lot 39

Sumner - Excavations at East Grimstead, Wiltshire (Heywood, artist and archaeologist, 1853-1940) Excavations at East Grimstead, Wiltshire, Being a Record of the Discovery of a Roman Villa, with Plans of the Site, of the Excavations, and other Illustrations, first edition, signed presentation ALs from the author to John Gardner (who assisted with the excavation) with ALs loosely inserted, plates, maps and plans (some folding), some edges foxed, original printed wrappers, contained in a compartment in a morocco-backed solander box, together with 2 original pen and ink drawings by Sumner : "Plan Sections & Sketch View of Roman Bath-house? with pillared Hypocaust at East Grimstead Wilts", [1914], c. 240 x 280mm., and "Site of the Roman Villa at East Grimstead, Looking S", [1914], on card, c. 140 x 180mm., printed at the Chiswick Press, 1924.

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Lot 397

Russian Art & Architecture.- Mitchell (Thomas) - Russian Pictures, some light foxing, gilt, g.e., 1889 § Hamilton (George Heard) The Art and Architecture of Russia, second edition, slip-case, 1975 § King (David) Red Star Over Russia, original boards, 2009 § Westerbeck (Colin) and Joel Mayerowitz, Bystander A History of Street Photography, 1994 § Moynahan (Brian) The Russian Century, 1994, all but third in original cloth, all but first two with dust-jackets ; and a quantity of others, mostly on Russian Art and Architecture, including 2 photo albums of Moscow & St. Petersburg published commercially in France in the late 19th.C. in attractive contemporary boards, v.s. (4 boxes)

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Gilbert (Charles Sandoe) - An Historical Survey of the County of Cornwall An Historical Survey of the County of Cornwall: to which is added a complete Heraldry of the same, 2 vol., first edition, engraved frontispieces, additional vignette titles, dedication, 25 plates of coats-of-arms (some printed on both sides), double-page map and 46 plates (some aquatint or wood-engraved), with 2 ALs.s. from the author and a manuscript: "An Abstract from Gilberts Survey of the County of Cornwall: Lerrannick", 14pp., n.d. bound in, slightly browned, some foxing to plates, mostly marginal, vol. I 1f. stain in margin, contemporary half morocco, gilt, slightly rubbed, t.e.g., 4to, Plymouth-Dock and London, 1817-20.

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Lot 401

[Dunkin (Robert)]. - "Snaffle" The Roedeer, colour plates, foxed and browned, original cloth, gilt, slightly faded, t.e.g., 1904 § Beckford (Peter) Thoughts on Hunting, first edition, lacking frontispiece, browned, new endpapers, modern boards, 1781; and 5 others, v.s. , v.d. (7)

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Lot 406

[Thom (Walter)] - Pedestrianism; Or, an Account of the Performances of celebrated Pedestrians During the Last and Present Century; with a full Narrative of Captain Barclay s Public and Private Matches; and an Essay on Training, first edition , engraved portrait frontispiece (browned and offset on title as usual), browned, bookplate, contemporary half calf, rubbed and stained, worn patch to cloth on lower cover, rebacked, 8vo, Aberdeen, 1813. Pedestrianism became a very popular spectator sport in the 19th century in Britian. The most famous pedestrian was Capt. Robert Barclay-Allardice who in 1809 achieved the feat of walking a mile every hour for 1000 hours (42 days), watched by an enormous crowd and earning himself a vast sum in the process.

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Lot 407

America.- Pole (William) - The Theory of Modern Scientific Game of Whist..., [first edition] , contemporary ink inscription to front free endpaper, original cloth-backed pictorial boards, a little faded, extremities rubbed, New York, 1887 § Steinitz (W.) The Modern Chess Instructor, Part 1. (complete in itself), diagrams in the text, original gilt pictorial cloth, extremities slightly rubbed, New York, 1889, and 3 others, printed in America, v.s. (5)

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Lot 410

Bird (H.E.) - Bird's Modern Chess and Chess Masterpieces, [first edition] signed presentation copy from the author , title rather brown and offset, diagrams in the text, original blind-stamped and pictorial cloth, a little soiled, n.d. [c.1887]; Chess Masterpieces 1875, original blind-stamped and pictorial cloth, spine faded, small stain to lower cover , [1875], and 3 others by the same, 8vo (5)

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Lot 411

Caxton (William).- - The Game of Chesse, fascimile reprint of Caxton 's second edition (?1483), half-title in red, illustrations, some light soiling, original calf, pictorial decorations in blind to upper and lower covers, spine with raised bands, a little scuffed, Vincent & James Figgins, [1855]; Game and Playe of the Chesse, verbatim reprint of the first 1474 edition, half-title, illustrations in the text, original morocco-backed boards, slightly rubbed, 1883, and 5 others, 4 fascimiles of Chess books (including another copy of the second mentioned) and a photocopy of the 1818 printing of John Asolan's 'The Buke of Chess' (only 40 copies were printed), v.s. (7)

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Lot 413

Greco (Gioachino).- Lewis - Gioachino Greco on the Game of Chess…, [first edition] (William, translator ) Gioachino Greco on the Game of Chess , [first edition], illustrations in the text, ex-library stamps to verso of title and final leaf, first and last leaves a little browned, modern half calf, spine gilt, 1819; The Games of The Match at Chess , half title, advertisement leaf at the end, some scattered spotting, 1828, bound with Remarks on the report Committe , 1829, together 2 vols. in 1, contemporary half calf, spine a little worn ; A second Series on the Game of Chess , light scattered foxing, later half morocco, spine rubbed , 1834; A Treatise on the Game of Chess, contemporary ink inscription to title and upper pastedown, original blind-stamped cloth, faded and a little soiled, 1844, 8vo (4)

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Dreweatts & Bloomsbury (Bloomsbury)
Lot 414

Kenny (W.S.) - Practical Chess Grammar: or, an introduction to the Game of Chess, [first edition] , half title, engraved frontispiece, 9 engraved plates, title printed in red and black, light offsetting and browning, later morocco-backed boards, printed label pasted to upper cover, 1817; Practical Chess Grammar , third edition, half title, frontispiece and 9 plates, original calf-backed boards with printed label pasted to upper cover, a little rubbed and soiled, 1818 § Walker (George, translator ) Jaenisch's Chess Preceptor , contemporary ink inscription to upper pastedown, original blind-stamped cloth, spine faded , 1847 § Graham (P.Anderson) Mr Blackburne's Games at Chess , frontispiece and illustrations in the text , A.L.S by Blackburne loosely inserted , modern morocco-backed boards, 1899; and 5 others, similar Chess, 8vo (9)

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Dreweatts & Bloomsbury (Bloomsbury)
Lot 415

Lewis (William) - Chess for Beginners, [first edition] , half title, colour frontispiece, contemporary ink inscription to front free endpaper, original gilt pictorial cloth, rebacked, 1835 § Chess Life-Pictures , signed presentation copy from the author , frontispiece and illustrations in the text, original cloth, gilt, spine darkened, upper cover soiled, rubbed, 1883 § Lange (Herr Lange) Paul Morphy, a sketch from the chess World, original blind-stamped cloth, spine a little faded, lightly rubbed , 1860; and 19 others, 19th cent Chess, v.s. (22)

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Dreweatts & Bloomsbury (Bloomsbury)
Lot 419

Sarratt (J.H.) - A New Treatise on the Game of Chess..., 2 vol., some light foxing, contemporary half calf, spines gilt, spine ends worn, 1821; A Treatise on the Game of Chess , with additional remarks by W.Lewis, half title, a few scattered spots, later half calf, rubbed, 1822, and 2 others, Sarratt, including vol.1 of first edition of the first mentioned (1808), 8vo (6)

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Dreweatts & Bloomsbury (Bloomsbury)
Lot 425

[Twiss (Richard)] - Chess, 2 vol. in 1, first edition , engraved titles and 2 engraved plates, errata leaf, indexes, contemporary ink annotations to some margins and endpapers, some light soiling or browning, G. G. J & J. Robinson, and T. & J. Egerton, 1787-1789; Additions to the two volumes of Chess, published in 1787 and 1789, from 'Miscellanies', ink inscriptions to title, some scatered spots, [G.Hayden], [1805], together 3 vol. in 1, later half calf, covers a little soiled, lightly rubbed, 8vo . "Additions to the two volumes of Chess " is part of a larger 2 vol. work by Richard Twiss, 'Miscellanies', published in 1805.

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Lot 48

O'Phelan (John) - Epitaphs on the Tombs in the Cathedral Church of St Epitaphs on the Tombs in the Cathedral Church of St. Canice Kilkenny, first edition, signed presentation copy from Thomas Bibby to William Kingsmill , engraved additional title, map, 10 plates and illustrations, engraved title torn and laid down at end, printed title damp-stained at tail, some other ff. a little stained, browned, new endpapers, modern boards, edges uncut, folio, Dublin, 1813. Thomas Bibby (1793-1863), Kilkenny poet.

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Lot 59

Denham - and Capt. Hugh Clapperton. Narrative of Travels and Discoveries... ( Major Dixon) and Capt. Hugh Clapperton. Narrative of Travels and Discoveries in Northern and Central Africa , in the years 1822, 1823, and 1824, first edition , engraved frontispiece and 36 plates & plans by Finden after the authors, one hand-coloured, large folding engraved map at end (mounted on linen), a little foxed and soiled, contemporary half calf, rubbed, rebacked preserving old label and recornered, 4to, 1826. Account of the expedition to discover the course of the Niger.

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Dreweatts & Bloomsbury (Bloomsbury)
Lot 6

Hitchins - The History of Cornwall, edited by Samuel Drew, 2 vol The History of Cornwall, edited by Samuel Drew, 2 vol., first edition, engraved frontispieces and 9 engraved plates only (of 10) as usual, vol. I f. with small tear in margin, vol. II title creased, f. tear in margin and another f. 1 corner torn away, some foxing on plates, new end papers, modern half calf, gilt spines, 4to, Helston, W. Penaluna, 1824.

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Dreweatts & Bloomsbury (Bloomsbury)
Lot 60

Foa (Edouard) - After Big Game in Central Africa, first edition , half-title, portrait frontispiece and 29 plates, map, 10pp. advertisements at end, illustrations, original pictorial cloth, gilt, recased, spine ends strengthened and repaired, [Czech p.59], 1899 § Stigand ( Capt . C.H.) and D.D.Lyell. Central African Game and its Spoor, second edition, plates, 2 folding, ink inscription, light spotting to endpapers, original pictorial cloth, rubbed and bumped, 1909 § Buckley (William) Big Game Hunting in Central Africa, first edition , plates, ink stamp to endpaper, original cloth, slight shelf-lean, 1930; and Maugham's Wild Game in Zambezia, 8vo & 4to (4)

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Lot 61

Foran - Kill: or be Killed, plates, damp-stain to frontispiece and title... ( Major W.Robert) Kill: or be Killed , plates, damp-stain to frontispiece and title upper corner, original cloth, 1933 § Lydekker (R.) The Game Animals of Africa, illustrations, bookplates, original cloth, spine a little rubbed, 1908 § Mosse ( Captain A.H.E.) My Somali Book, plates, occasional foxing, original pictorial cloth, a little rubbed and soiled, 1913 § Baldwin (William Charles) African Hunting and Adventure, second edition, ink inscription, contemporary calf, gilt, a little rubbed, 1863, all but the last first editions ; and 2 others, African hunting, 8vo (6)

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