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Dreweatts & Bloomsbury (Bloomsbury)
Lot 434

Crisp (Quentin) - The Naked Civil Servant, first edition, signed presentation inscription from the author, slight shelf-lean, faded at spine and margins, jacket browned at spine and margins, spine creased, spine ends and corners a little chipped , 1968; and 3 others by the same, also inscribed, 8vo (3) The two other inscriptions demonstrate Crisp's typical wit; below on inscription he notes "Whether it increases the value of the book or not" and in How to Have a Life-Style he comments "Not that you need to learn anything about style, dear."

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Lot 435

Dahl (Roald) - The Twits, jacket spine lightly faded, 1980; George's Marvellous Medicine, jacket with spotting to flaps, some very minor chipping and creasing to head and foot, 1981; Matilda, 1988, first edition, cut signatures of author and illustrator to title or front endpaper, illustrations by Quentin Blake, original boards, dust-jackets, generally near-fine overall, 8vo (3) An attractive set of three of Dahl's classic children's stories. First editions of The Twits have become particularly difficult to find. Estimates should read £600-800  

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Lot 436

Deighton (Len) - Horse Under Water [2 copies], first edition, original boards, dust-jacket, browned and a little creased at head and foot, 1963; Billion Dollar Brain, uncorrected proof copy, publisher's compliment's slip loosely inserted, original wrappers, light crease to spine, proof dust-jacket, final p. affixed to rear flap, creased at head and foot, 1966; and 2 others by the same, 8vo (5)

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Lot 437

Fleming (Ian) - You Only Live Twice, First Edition, end papers and page ends marked, dust-jacket, chipped with loss to edges, 1964; Octopussy and the Living Daylights, First Edition, dust-jacket, marked, 1966, plus 10 other vol. by the author plus 1 related vol., 8vo (13)

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Dreweatts & Bloomsbury (Bloomsbury)
Lot 440

Heaney (Seamus) and Ted Hughes, - editors . The School Bag, first edition, signed by the editors on... editors . The School Bag, first edition, signed by the editors on title, original boards, dust-jacket, a fine copy, 1997; and a inscribed volume of poetry by Ben Okri, 8vo (2)

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Lot 45

The Book of the Dead: Facsimile of The Papyrus of Ani , second edition The Book of the Dead: Facsimile of The Papyrus of Ani , second edition, 37 double-page chromolithographed plates, 1894 § Budge (E.A. Wallis, editor ) The Book of the Dead: Facsimiles of the Papyri of Hunefer, Anhai, Kerasher, and Netchemet , 98 plates (20 chromolithographed, 16 double page), 1899, second ink inscription on front free endpaper, a little soiling at fore-edges, first first few text ff. spotted and ink showing through from plates, first contemporary green half morocco over cloth, worn at corners and along spine, joints splitting with a little loss at spine ends, marked, damp-affected with cloth lifting on lower board, second later brown half morocco over cloth, a little rubbed and marked, folio (2)

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Lot 450

Lee (Laurie) - Cider With Rosie, first edition, illustrations by John Ward, ligth foxing to endpapers, original boards, dust-jacket, spine lightly browned, foxing to lower panel, ligth rubbing to head and foot, 8vo, 1959.

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Lot 454

Rowling (J.K.) - Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets, first edition, small ink ownership inscription, original pictorial boards, spine ends and corners a little bumped, dust-jacket, spine slightly faded, chip to head of upper panel, light rubbing to head and foot, 8vo, 1998.

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Lot 52

Pharoahs.- Brugsch-Bey (Heinrich) - Egypt under the Pharoahs..., new edition, revised by M. Brodrick , 1891 § Baikie ( Rev . James) The Story of the Pharoahs, lacking frontispiece , 1908 § Wilkinson ( Sir J. Gardner) The Egyptians in the Time of the Pharoahs, Being a Companion to The Crystal Palace Egyptian Collections , published for The Crystal Palace Company , 1857 § Cottrell (Leonard) The Warrior Pharoahs, ex-library copy with stamps and labels , 1968 § Wilkinson (Toby) Genesis of the Pharoahs , 2003 § Aldred (Cyril) Akhenaten: King of Egypt, 1988 § Dodson (Aidan) & Dyan Hilton. The Complete Royal Families of Ancient Egypt, 2004 § Ziegler (Christiane, editor ) Pharaon, Paris , 2004, plates and/or illustrations, folding in first, many colour, illustrations engraved in third, a little spotting and soiling, first and third hinges pulling, last original wrappers, else original cloth, first three gilt, third g.e., first uncut, all rubbed, fifth, sixth, and seventh with dust-jackets ; and c.40 others, Pharoahs, 8vo & 4to (c.45)

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Lot 66

-. Reisner (George Andrew) - The Development of the Egyptian Tomb down to the Accession of Cheops, first edition , illustrations, original cloth, damp-speckled at edges, dust-jacket, some wear and loss to edges, one corner torn, a few closed tears, damp-staining to spine, 4to, Cambridge , 1936.

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Lot 74

Zoology.- Nicholl (Michael John) - and Col . R. Meinertzhagen Nicoll's Birds of Egypt , 2 vol and Col . R. Meinertzhagen Nicoll's Birds of Egypt , 2 vol., first edition , portrait frontispiece, 3 folding colour maps, 37 plates mounted on stubs, 31 colour after G.E.Lodge, Roland Green and H.Grönvold, illustrations, loosely inserted manuscript letter with ornithological drawings by one A.E. Stevenson stationed in Egypt for the East African Command in 1943, hinges reinforced, original cloth, gilt, some damp-speckling and rubbing , 1930; and 6 others, Egyptian Natural History, 4to & folio (8)

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Lot 75

Budge - The Gods of the Egyptians or Studies in Egyptian Mythology , 2 vol ( Sir E.A.Wallis) The Gods of the Egyptians or Studies in Egyptian Mythology , 2 vol., first edition , colour plates, one or two folding, illustrations, occasional light spotting, ownership inscription to endpaper, bookplate to pastedowns, original pictorial cloth, upper covers stamped in blind, spines in gilt, recased with repairs to spines, spines faded, 4to , 1904.

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Lot 76

Lane (Edward William) - An Account of the Manners and Customs of the Modern Egyptians, fifth edition, frontispiece, illustrations, little spotting, name on free endpaper, original cloth, gilt, rubbed, 1860 § Edwards (Amelia B.) A Thousand Miles up the Nile, first edition , frontispiece, title vignette, 2 folding maps, 16 plates, illustrations, name on half-title, original pictorial cloth, gilt, rubbed, hinges cracked , 1877 § Clarke (Somers) & R. Engelbach. Ancient Egyptian Masonry: the Building Craft, first edition, frontispiece, plates, illustrations, original cloth, gilt, dust-jacket, Oxford , 1930, 4to (3)

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Lot 83

Playfair - Travels in the Footsteps of Bruce in Algeria and Tunis ( Lt-Col . R.L.) Travels in the Footsteps of Bruce in Algeria and Tunis , first edition , frontispiece and 25 facsimile plates, 3 photographic plates, large folding map (hand-coloured in outline), full-page map, illustrations in text, faint semi-circular stain to lower edge of front endpapers, frontispiece, title, and several plates, faint even browning, original green cloth, gilt, g.e., marked, worn at corners, lower fore-corner missing, 4to, 1877.

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Lot 84

Asia.- Elphinstone - Elphinstone, Cabul, 1815 ( Hon. Mountstuart) An Account of the Kingdom of Caubul, and its Dependencies in Persia, Tartary, and India , first edition, engraved map, coloured in outline, 13 aquatint plates only, all but 1 hand-coloured, lacks pl. XIV and the folding map of the Kingdom of Caubul, title soiled and torn and mounted, spotting and marking, name on title, blind stamps on plates, ink stamp on p. 100, modern cloth, [Abbey, Travel 504], 4to , 1815.

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Lot 98

Greece.- Lancaster (Osbert) - Classical Landscape with Figures, first edition , illustrations and map by the author, ink inscription to half-title, 1947 § Hogarth (David G.) Philip and Alexander of Macedon , 7 photographic plates, folding map, hinges pulling, 1897 § Warner (Rex) & Martin Hürlimann. Eternal Greece , photogravure illustrations, 1955 § Kinross ( Lord ) & Dimitri. Portrait of Greece, colour illustrations, 1958 § Hatzopoulos (Militiades B.) & Louisa D. Loukopoulos. Philip of Macedon, illustrations (most colour), Athens, 1980, original cloth, the second with gilt medallion on upper board, a little rubbed, the second spine faded, the first and the last two with dust-jackets, creased and with a few short tears at head and foot ; and c.30 others, Greece, including 3 vol. of the Bollingen Series of archaeological excavation reports, 8vo & folio (c.35)

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Lot 99

India.- Coleman (Charles) - The Mythology of the Hindus, with Notices of Various Mountain and Island Tribes , first edition , without half-title, lithograph frontispiece and 38 lithograph plates, 2 pp. advertisments at end, frontispiece browned & frayed, and mounted, plates browned and brittle, fore-edges chipped, title margins browned and frayed, last 2 ff. margin torn, twentieth-century half calf, spine gilt, new endpapers, 4to , 1832.

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Lot 102

Bulgarini (Alessandro) - Guide de Florence et de des environs, French edition translated by A. Le Rendu, folding engraved map partly hand-coloured in outline, plates, printed tabs, original printed boards, rebacked in later cloth preserving original backstrip, Florence , 1839 § Murray (John, publisher ) Handbook for Travellers in Central Italy, first edition , hinges pulling with splitting , 1843; A Handbook for Travellers in Southern Italy, fourth edition, folding maps, hinges pulling , 1862, last 2 original cloth ; and 27 others, Italy, mostly guidebooks, 8vo (30)

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Lot 117

Persia.- [Claustre (Andre de)] - The Compleat History of Thamas Kouli Kan... Sovereign of Persia, 2 parts in 1 vol., [first edition] , engraved portrait frontispiece, folding engraved map of Persia, early ink inscription to title, some light surface soiling, bookplate to upper pastedown, contemporary mottled calf, spine gilt, lightly rubbed, rare, 12mo, for J. Brindley et al., 1742.

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Lot 119

Schuyler (Eugene) - Turkistan..., 2 vol., first edition , half-titles, frontispieces, 3 folding maps and numerous wood-engraved plates and illustrations, some scattered foxing to the preliminary leaves of vol.1 only, bookplates to upper pastedowns, hinges cracked, original cloth, gilt, extremities lightly rubbed, t.e.g., 8vo, New York, 1877.

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Lot 123

-. Moore (A.W.) - The Alps in 1864. A Private Journal, first edition , [one of 100 copies] , 10 maps, occasional spotting, hinges strengthened, modern half calf, rubbed, [Neate M137], [Privately Printed], 1867 § Forbes (James D.) Occasional Papers on the Theory of Glaciers , first edition , chromolithographed frontispiece and 9 lithographed plates (1 folding), half-title, occasional spotting, contemporary half calf, joints splitting, rubbed, [Perret 1710], Edinburgh, 1859 § Weston (Walter) Mountaineering and Exploration in the Japanese Alps, half-title, endpapers foxed, bookplate of Viscount Southwell to front pastedown, [Neate W45], 1896; and 23 others, Mountaineering, v.s. (26)

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Lot 124

Oceania.- Forrest - Forrest New Guinea, 1779 ( Capt. Thomas) A Voyage to New Guinea, and the Moluccas, from Balambangan, first edition , engraved portait frontispiece, 31 maps and plates only, most folding, lacks the general map, Directions for the Book-Binder leaf at end, portrait, title and several plates margins torn and repaired, pp. 91/2 torn and repaired, last few ff. creased, offsetting, browning and marking, library stamp on verso of title, modern cloth, 4to, G. Scott, 1779.

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Lot 125

Polar.- Mawson - The Home of the Blizzard …, first edition , 2 vol ( Sir Douglas ) The Home of the Blizzard , first edition , 2 vol., half-titles, frontispieces, 219 plates, 18 colour, 7 double-page, 2 folding, 3 large colour folding maps in pocket on rear pastedown, illustrations, maps, and plans, a few ink marks, a little spotting, original cloth, gilt, blocked in silver, rubbed & marked, vol.I fore-edges of boards and a few ff. gnawed, [Spence 773; Taurus 100], 8vo, 1915.

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Lot 129

Lansdell (Henry) - Russian Central Asia..., first edition , frontispieces, 2 folding maps and numerous plates and illustrations in the text, bookplates to upper pastedowns and contemporary ink ownership inscriptions to endpapers, original pictorial cloth, gilt, extremities a little faded, lightly scuffed otherwise excellent set, 8vo, 1885.

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Lot 132

South America.- [Diaz (José Domingo)] - Recuerdos sobre la Rebelion de Caracas, first edition , signed by the author at end , title and following 2 preliminary ff. tape-marked, some worming throughout, heavier to first and last few ff., occasional staining, lightly browned, morocco-backed boards, worn, backstrip detached and loosely inserted at end, [Sabin 19967], 8vo, Madrid , 1829. sold not subject to return. A rare first-hand account of the early stages of the Venezuelan revolution by a royalist, who is especially critical of Simón Bolívar.

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Lot 137

Dillon (John Talbot) - Travels Through Spain, with a View to Illustrate the Natural History and Physical Geography of that Kingdom, first edition, engraved frontispiece portrait, dedication, folding map, 6 plates, 2 folding, tail-piece, light offsetting, modern cloth, speckled edges, 4to, For G. Robinson, 1780.

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Lot 157

Kent.- Ireland (Samuel) - Picturesque Views on the River Medway..., first edition , half-title, sepia aquatint additional pictorial title and 28 plates, occasional spotting, contemporary calf, rebacked in modern claf, corners worn, rubbed, T. and J. Egerton, 1793; and 3 others, Kent, 8vo (4)

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Lot 159

Lincolnshire.- Padley (James Sandby) - Plan of the City of Lincoln, dedicated to Sir Edward Ffrench Bromhead, Bart., the new edition, with vignette view of Lincoln, lower right, and various sectional diagrams, engraved plan with extensive original hand-colouring, on 2 sheets, joined, 1230 x 1070mm., dissected and linen-backed, edged in green silk, slight surface dirt, folding into contemporary gilt-tooled and lettered blue morocco, book-style, slipcase, restored, 8vo, first issued 1842, 1868.

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Lot 160

Ackermann (Rudolph) - Microcosm of London, 3 vol, First Edition , an early issue with 10 of Abbey's 12 key plates in first state, wood-engraved titles, engraved dedication leaves, 104 hand-coloured aquatint plates after Rowlandson and Pugin, occasional browning and offsetting of plates, but generally clean, contemporary half russia, rubbed and chipped at head and foot of vols., joints cracked but holding, [Abbey Scenery 212; Tooley 7] 4to , [1808-1810] An early issue bound from the parts, watermarked 1806-07 with all but one of the 13 errata uncorrected. Abbey's key plates 1,2,3,4,5,6,7,9,10 & 11 in first state, no. 2 seen by Abbey in only one copy.

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Lot 163

Faulkner An Historical and Topographical Account of Fulham; including the... Faulkner (Thomas) An Historical and Topographical Account of Fulham; including the Hamlet of Hammersmith, first edition , engraved frontispiece, dedication, folding plan and 7 plates (1 folding pedigree), wood-engraved vignette on title and illustrations in the text, list of subscribers, foxed and browned, some offsetting and staining, new endpapers, modern half calf, spine gilt, edges uncut, 1813; and another, Pinks' History of Clerkenwell, 1880, sm. 4to (2).

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Lot 167

Norfolk.- - Kent General View of the Agriculture of the County of Norfolk Kent (Nathaniel) General View of the Agriculture of the County of Norfolk, first edition, folding engraved map and 3 plates (1 folding), errata f., slightly browned, original boards, slightly rubbed, spine with small tears, edges uncut, small tape mark on upper cover, , [Goldsmith 16629; Kress K3213], Norwich, Crouse, Stevenson, and Matchett, 1796 § Haggard (Henry Rider) A Farmer's Year , first edition, plates, original cloth, gilt, slightly rubbed, 1899 ; and c. 45 others, Norfolk and East Anglia, including a hand-coloured engraved map of Norfolk, framed and glazed, [c. 1742], a few paperbacks, v.s., v.d. (c. 45).

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Lot 175

Vaughan (Rice) - Practica Walliae; or the Proceedings in the Great Sessions of Wales, first edition, 4 pp. advertisments at end, little spotted, bookplate, contemporary calf, rubbed & marked, hines cracked, front free endpaper and fly-leaves loose, [Wing V136], 12mo, H. Twyford, J. Streeter, E. Flesher , 1672.,

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Lot 176

Ahern - Compilation of Notes on the Most Important Timber Tree Species of... ( Capt. George P.) Compilation of Notes on the Most Important Timber Tree Species of the Philippine Islands , first edition , 43 plates, all but one chromolithographed, one folding, most lightly offset on text, a few with very slight surface abrasion where previously affixed to facing leaf, ex libris plates of Christian Heuer to both pastedowns, old ink inscription on title, modern half red morocco, a little marked, lower edge and spine foot damp-affected, spine faded, 4to, Manila, [c.1901].

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Lot 180

Camus (Aimée Antoinette) - Les Chênes: Monographies du Genre Quercus, 3 vol. in 4 and 3 Atlas vol., together 7 vol., first edition , text with illustrations, ex libris plates of Christian Heuer, original brown printed wrappers, uncut and unopened, each Atlas vol. with descriptive text in original printed wrappers and a total of 619 lithographed plates, loose as issued in modern cloth-backed printed board folders with ties, fore-edges of a few Atlas ff. with short closed tears, [Nissen 2243], 8vo & folio, Paris, 1934-54. Comprising vol.VI-VIII of Encyclopédie Économique de Sylviculture .

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Lot 181

Davies (Hugh) - Welsh Botanology..., 2 parts in 1, presentation copy from the author, text in Latin, English and Welsh, a little foxing, printed for the author, 1813 § Hetley (G.B.) "Mrs Charles Hetley". The Native Flowers of New Zealand , first edition , title in red and black, lithographed dedication and 3 plates of floral specimens, 36 chromolithographed plates, tissue guards, ex-library copy with small ink stamp in outer corner of title, dedication, and Index leaf, [Nissen BBI 866], 1888 § Macfadyen (James) The Flora of Jamaica , vol.1 [all published]: Ran unculaceae-Leguminosae, first edition , presentation copy from the author to Dr.Webber inscribed on half-title, table, errata slip, some foxing, 1837 § Fawcett (W.) & Alfred Barton Rendle. Flora of Jamaica, vol.1, 3-5 & 7 only [all published], lithographed plates, illustrations, ex-library set with stamps, 1910-36 § Hultén (Eric) The Amphi-Atlantic Plants , 1958; The Circumpolar Plants , 2 vol., signed presentation copies from the author to the botanist J.E. Lousley inscribed at head of upper wrapper, illustrations, Stockholm, 1962-71, the first half calf, second contemporary green calf elaborately stamped in blind, by Barham & Co., last two original wrappers, else cloth, second modern, third gilt and with g.e., spine faded, all rubbed ; and c.50 others, Flora & Botany, including a duplicate of the first in original boards , v.s. (c.55)

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Lot 182

Dunthorne (Gordon) - Flower and Fruit Prints of the 18th and Early 19th Centuries..., limited edition , bookplates of Arpad Plesch and Moncure Biddle to front pastedown , advertisement and folded sheet from the intended private publication loosely inserted , 1938 § Paviere (Sydney H.) Floral Art , limited edition , Leigh-on-Sea , 1965 § Redouté (Pierre Joseph) The Most Beautiful Flowers , New Jersey , 1981 § Montacchini (Franco) & Giuliana Forneris. Flora Ornamentale , Novara , 1982 § de Bray (Lys) The Art of Botanical Illustration , Kent , 1989 § Margaret Mee's Amazon , Woodbridge , 2004 § Kennedy (Ruth Wedgewood) The Renaissance Painter's Garden, Oxford, 1948, plates or illustrations (most colour), last cloth-backed boards, else original cloth, a little rubbed, all but first two with dust-jackets, soiled, seventh with a few tears ; and a quantity of others, Botanical Illustration, including a complete set of Stella Ross-Craig's Drawings of British Plants in original wrappers (Index in original boards), v.s. (qty.)

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Lot 188

Harvey (W.H.) - The Genera of South African Plants, second edition, half-title, Cape Town , 1868 § Heckel (E.) Les Kolas Africains , advertisements (including 6pp. chromolithographed feature on 'Noix de Kola'), Paris , 1893 § Hiern (W.P.) Catalogue of the African Plants, 2 vol. in six parts, frontispiece portrait, ex-library copies with labels to front pastedowns and markings on spines , 1896-1901 § von Marilaun (Anton Kerner) The Natural History of Plants, 2 vol. , ex libris stickers of G.H. Wyatt to front free endpapers, 1894 § Moll (J.W.) and H.H. Janssonius. Botanical Pen-Portraits, title printed in red and black , University of London label to front pastedown, The Hague , 1923 § Darnell (A.W., editor ) Hardy and Half-Hardy Plants, 2 vol. , privately printed, Hampton Wick , 1930 § Phillips (E.P.) The G enera of South African Flowering Plants , ink inscription to front endpaper, Cape Town , 1926, all but first, third, and last with plates and/or illustrations, first modern half morocco, second original printed wrappers (worn) bound in, third original cloth-backed pictorial boards, seventh contemporary half calf, else original cloth, first gilt, fifth uncut, all rubbed, spines a little faded ; and a large quantity of others, Botany, including numbers of journals Huntia and Addisonia , v.s. (qty)

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Lot 191

Jacquin (Nicolai Josephi) - Selectarum Stirpium Americanarum Historia, 2 vol., facsimile edition, New York, 1971 § Jepson (Willis Linn) The Trees of California, San Francisco, 1909 § Henshaw (Julia W.) Mountain Wild Flowers of Canada , ex libris plate to front pastedown, Toronto, 1906 § "Grey Owl" The Adventures of Sajo and her Beaver People, fourth impression, 1935 § Bartram (William) Travels through North and South Carolina, Georgia, East and West Florida, facsimile edition, Charlottesville, 1980, plates and illustrations, all original cloth, first gilt, second and third illustrated, all rubbed, last with dust-jacket ; and c.20 others, Flora of the Americas, v.s. (c.25)

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Lot 194

Kurata (Satoru) - Illustrated Important Forest Trees of Japan, 5 vol., second edition of vol.1, the rest first editions , text in Japanese, original cloth, vol.2-5 with dust-jackets and slip-cases, Tokyo, 1971-76 § Typical Forests in Japan, text in Japanese and English, original cloth, dust-jacket, slip-case, Tokyo, 1966 § Sargent (Charles Sprague) Forest Flora of Japan, first edition , short marginal tear to a few leaves, original cloth-backed boards, uncut, corners worn, Boston & New York, 1894 § Shaw (Norman) Chinese Forest Trees and Timber Supply, original cloth, 1914, plates and illustrations, some colour, a little rubbed ; and 2 others on Japanese trees, 4to & 8vo (10)

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Lot 197

Millais (J.G.) - Rhododendrons..., 2 vol., first edition, numbers 420 and 424 respectively of 550 , frontispieces, 32 colour plates, 28 collotype and 52 half-tone plates, tissue guards, a few text ff. with pencil annotations, a little faint scattered foxing, original cloth, marked, vol.1 worn at corners and spine ends and boards blistered, vol.2 bumped, [Nissen BBI 1369], folio, 1917-24.

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Lot 203

Robinson - Flora and Sylva : A Monthly Review for Lovers of Garden, Woodland (William, editor ) Flora and Sylva : A Monthly Review for Lovers of Garden, Woodland, Tree or Flower, 3 vol., first edition , colour plates after H.G.Moon, tissue guards, contemporary half vellum, t.e.g., others uncut, slightly soiled, 1903-05 § Nicholson (George, editor ) The Illustrated Dictionary of Gardening, 8 vol., chromolithographed plates, original pictorial green cloth, t.e.g., lightly damp-stained at lower outer corners, 1885-88 § M'Alpine (D.) The Botanical Atlas, 52 colour plates, double-page table, loose in binding, original cloth, worn, Edinburgh, 1883 § Chittenden (F.J., editor ) The Royal Horticultural Society Dictionary of Gardening , 4 vol., first edition , plus Supplement, second edition , original cloth, rubbed, Supplement in dust-jacket, torn with a little loss, Oxford, 1951-69, illustrations, occasional foxing, v.s. (17)

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Lot 207

Thayer (Emma Homan) - Wild Flowers of Colorado, first edition , 24 chromolithographed plates, some light spotting and soiling, plates a little offset, original pictorial cloth, rather worn, New York, [1885] § Jennings (O.E.) Wild Flowers of Western Pennsylvania and the Upper Ohio Basin, 2 vol., colour plates by Audrey Avinoff, Pittsburgh, 1953 § Clark (L.J.) Wild Flowers of the Pacific Northwest , Sidney, 1976 § Hultén (E.) Flora of Alaska , Stanford, 1968 § Weakley (A.S.) & others. Flora of Virginia, Fort Worth, 2012 § Moerman (D.E.) Native American Ethnobotany, Portland, 1998, plates and illustrations, all but the first original cloth with dust-jackets, those on the second rubbed and frayed ; and c.40 others on the flora of North America, 4to & 8vo (c.45)

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Esoteric.- Davidson (David) & Herbert Aldersmith. - The Great Pyramid: Its Divine Message..., vol.I-Pyramid Records (only published), upper hinge pulling, 1924 § The Book of Truth, or, The Voice of Osiris , [c.1926]; The Chronicles of Osiris, second edition, ex libris plate of Harold Holt to front pastedown, [c.1928] § Maeterlinck (Maurice) translated by Bernard Miall. The Great Secret, bookplate of Allan Boley to front pastedown, 1922 § Gould (Lt-Col. Rupert T.) Enigmas , second edition, 1946 § Doresse (Jean) translated by Philip Mairet. The Secret Books of the Egyptian Gnostics , library labels, partly removed, 1960, plates in first, second, third, and fifth (folding and double-page in first), illustrations in first, fifth, and sixth, first pastedowns and endpapers damp-affected, second, third, and fourth a little spotted (mostly to fore-edges), original cloth, rubbed, second and third boards faded, fourth and fifth in dust-jackets, torn with some loss ; and c.30 others, Esoteric & Religion, 4to & 8vo (c.36)

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Lot 212

Blaze (Elzéar) - Le Chasseur au Chien Courant, 2 vol., first edition , half-titles (1 wood-engraved pictorial), water-stained, some foxing, contemporary morocco-backed boards, rubbed, [Thiébaud 99], Paris, 1838; Le Chasseur au Chien d'Arrêt, second edition, contemporary half crushed morocco, rubbed, [Thiébaud 100], Paris, 1837: and 11 others, hunting with dogs, for hares etc., v.s. (14)

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Lot 214

Delacourt (Peigné) - La Chasse de la Haie, first edition, signed presentation copy from the author , the Schwerdt copy , printed half-title, chromolithographed frontispiece, lithographed half-title within decorative border, wood-engraved illustrations, some light foxing, original pictorial boards, rebacked in modern calf, corners worn, lightly soiled, folio, Paris, 1858.

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Dreweatts & Bloomsbury (Bloomsbury)
Lot 221

Hounds.- Verrier de La Conterie - Venerie Normande, ou lìole de la C hasse aux C hiens C ourants (Jean-Baptiste-Jacques) Venerie Normande, ou lìole de la C hasse aux C hiens C ourants , second edition, half-title, 16 folding woodcut plates (6 double-sided), 5 half-page woodcut illustrations of antlers, 14pp. of engraved music ('Tons de chasse et fanfares'), first plate with short repaired tear, occasional spotting, engraved armorial bookplate of Earl of Kintore, contemporary calf, gilt spine in compartments and with a red moroco label, corners worn, rubbed, [Schwerdt I, p.313; Thiébaud 589-90], Rouen,Laurent Dumesnil, 1778; and a defective 2 vol. set (lacking a plate) of his Lìole de la Chasse, 1763, 8vo (3) 'le texte definitif' (Thiébaud) of a work that Schwerdt 'ranks with the classics on hunting'. Includes hares, deer, wolves and foxes.

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Dreweatts & Bloomsbury (Bloomsbury)
Lot 233

Tattersall (George) - The Pictorial Gallery of English Race Horses; containing Portraits... The Pictorial Gallery of English Race Horses; containing Portraits of all the Winners of the Derby, Oaks and St Leger Stakes , first edition , half-title, 73 engraved or lithographed plates and wood-engraving within text after Cooper, Herring, Hancock, Alken, Hall and others, some loight offsetting, occasional spotting, modern calf, gilt spine in compartments and with red leather label, 8vo , 1850.

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Dreweatts & Bloomsbury (Bloomsbury)
Lot 235

Bake Off.- Lambeth (Joseph A.) - Lambeth Method of Cake Decoration and Practical Pastries, first edition , colour plates, black and white illustrations, original cloth, gilt, 4to, 1936.

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Dreweatts & Bloomsbury (Bloomsbury)
Lot 236

Grace (W.G.) - Cricket, number 277 of 652 copies signed by the author , plates and illustrations, faded ink inscription to half-title, upper hinge weak, original half roan, worn, spine faded and with ink shelf-mark, Bristol, 1891; and a first edition (in d-j) of John Arlott's first book, Of Period and Place , 1944, 4to and 8vo (2)

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Chalkwell Auctions
Lot 300

Robert Taylor, British, first edition print "Spitfire" signed by Douglas Bader and Air Vice Marshall Johnny Johnson with a further framed print "Hurricane" signed by Stamford Tuck + unframed print "Low level strike" signed by artist Gerald Coulson

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H&H Classics Limited
Lot 124

PLEASE NOTE: If you wish to view under the bonnet of this vehicle, please ask a member of staff as it is not a conventional hinge.   H&H are indebted to the vendor for the following description: 'Born out of a design exercise that coachbuilder Ghia devised for the innovative Fiat Balilla 508 chassis, the 'S' or Sport version entered production in 1933. Benefiting from a tuned 995cc side valve engine, rear-mounted fuel tank and friction shock absorbers, its credentials as a driver's car were cemented the following year with the adoption of an overhead valve cylinder head and close-ratio four-speed manual gearbox. A popular choice on events such as the Mille Miglia, the 508S was typically supplied in kit-form outside of Italy with concessionaires in the likes of France (Simca), Poland and Czechoslovakia responsible for assembly. The British version, of which fifty were produced, differed from its Continental equivalents by dint of having right-hand drive, knock-on wheels and more elaborate instrumentation. In road tests, the 508S customarily achieved 60mph in third gear and 75-77mph in top, a very good performance for a sub-1000cc car in 1935, while in competition the two-seater often vanquished similar capacity MG and Singer opposition! 'BZ 4078' was one of four Balilla 508S cars dispatched in rolling chassis guise from Turin to the marque's English assembly plant in Wembley. Once bodied, the quartet are thought to have been bought by a Belfast car dealer. In 1965, whilst employed at Loughborough University, I was told of a Fiat Balilla 508S long wing spyder at Stow Maries in Essex. On 1st January 1966 I journeyed through a snow storm and bought 'BZ 4078' from its then owner, Bert Smith. Finished in Black with Maroon upholstery, its body tub was tired and scruffy. When I commenced restoration by rubbing down the bodywork I found that the original paint colour had been British Racing Green. I was able to use the original boot lid, bonnet, doors and wheels. The car had been fitted with a replacement Ford 10 engine but unusually this had been allied to the original four-speed close-ratio gearbox. Many of the instruments were missing. It was necessary to fit a new body tub, wings and floor. As original Fiat 508S engine 995cc parts were difficult to obtain, I fitted a Fiat 508C engine of similar design but much more robust. This engine was used from 1937 to 1951 and is a 1089cc OHV unit. The car has done 21 post-restoration miles and has been carefully stored since its rejuvenation was completed. As the engine is virtually new, it will want running-in, the brake shoes have high spots and no doubt adjustments will need to be made. The accompanying buff continuation logbook lists the Fiat's date of original registration as 28th May 1936. Subsequently, DVLA Northern Ireland confirmed its first owner to be John McGrattan of Bangor County Down who together with W. McMillan, Tommy Black and W. Sullivan achieved some notable competition results aboard 'BZ 4078': International County Down Trophy Race, Bangor - 20/6/1936. Driven by John McGrattan to tenth place. Ulster Automobile Club Hill Climb, Craigantlet County Down - 29/8/1936. Driven by John McGrattan in the Nelson Trophy. International Leinster Trophy Car Race, Tallaght County Dublin - 17/7/1937. Driven by W. McMillan with Tommy Black as his designated reserve. Phoenix Park International Grand Prix Meeting - 11/9/1937. Driven by W. McMillan and W Sullivan in a 7-lap handicap. Craigantlet - 27/8/1937. Driven by McMillan, Sullivan and Montgomery. Took three firsts and a third. Knock Club's Car Trial - 2/10/1937. Driven by McMillan to second. International Leinster Trophy Car Race, Tallaght County Dublin - 16/7/1938. Entered by Mrs R.E. Parish (Bangor) and driven by Tommy Black with McMillan as designated reserve. The car was advertised for sale in the 14th November 1958 edition of Autosport by Graham Readett who is the last keeper recorded in the aforementioned continuation buff logbook: FIAT Balilla 2-seater sports, Ford 10 engined with Ford 8 head, twin Sus, good hood and sidescreens, goes well, gearbox and body a bit rough. £100 o.n.o. - Readett, Luton'.

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Nesbits Auctions Ltd
Lot 437

Irving (David), The Destruction of Convoy PQ.17, pre-publication proof copy in the original paper covers, 1968, the upper cover with ink manuscript notes by a reviewer (Ray) giving a forthright opinion of the text in reply to a request from 'Pinch' - possibly a member of the publisher's staff, together with the first published edition in dust-jacket and a loosely inserted letter (2). The author and publisher were taken to the High Court where they faced a £100,000 bill for damages and costs for blaming Captain John Broom for one of the major maritime disasters of World War II knowing it was untrue.

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Mellors & Kirk
Lot 283

POTTER (BEATRIX) - GINGER & PICKLES FIRST EDITION, FIRST OR SECOND PRINTING, COLOUR ILLUSTRATIONS AND COVER, 1909

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Mellors & Kirk
Lot 338

[ANON] A NEW SYSTEM OF PRACTICAL DOMESTIC ECONOMY FOUNDED ON MODERN DISCOVERIES...THIRD EDITION TO WHICH ARE NOW FIRST ADDED ESTIMATES OF HOUSEHOLD EXPENSES...HALF CALF, 1823

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Stroud Auctions Ltd.
Lot 465

Three boxed, limited edition, Lilliput Lane models 'First Snow at Bluebell', 'Cley-next-the-sea' and 'Harvest Home' numbered 1106, 2983 and 3817

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Stroud Auctions Ltd.
Lot 714

'A New System of the Natural History of Birds' (Edinburgh, Peter Hill, London, Thomas Cadell, 1792), volume two, half-leather mottled boards, first edition

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Stroud Auctions Ltd.
Lot 725

A quantity of Dick Francis first edition books

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Stroud Auctions Ltd.
Lot 728

John Betjeman, 'Summonded by Bells' (London, John Murray, 1960). First edition complete with unpriced clipped dust jacket

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Stroud Auctions Ltd.
Lot 747

T.E. Lawrence books to include Seven Pillars of Wisdom (6th impression 1935), Revolt in the Desert (Folio Society 1986), The Mint by 352087 A/c Ross (Jonathan Cape 1955 first edition), 'Lawrence of Arabia and The Simple Facts' by the Mayor of Wareham

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Stroud Auctions Ltd.
Lot 749

Two Michael Crichton 'Disclosure' and 'Rising Sun, both signed by the author for the Franklin Library First Edition Society. Shrink wrapped

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