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Lot 187

NO RESERVE Darwin (Charles) On the Origin of Species by Means of Natural Selection, fourth edition (8th thousand), half-title, folding plate, lacking advertisements at end, ink ownership name to front free endpaper, first few ff. with slight fraying and creasing to edges, title with short closed tear to fore-edge (into text to verso but without loss), some faint staining or soiling, occasional light spotting, both mainly to peripheral ff., gutter cracked at points with a couple gatherings working or nearly loose, original green cloth, spine and lower cover worn and detached, upper cover missing, [Freeman 385 and p.79], 8vo, 1866.⁂ Only 1500 copies of the fourth edition were printed, with extensive alterations from previous editions.

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Lot 188

NO RESERVE [Clemens (Samuel Langhorne)] "Mark Twain". More Tramps Abroad, first English edition, some foxing, mainly to fore-edge and first few leaves, original blind-stamped cloth, spine a little sunned, lightly rubbed, t.e.g., 1897; The Innocents Abroad or The New Pilgrim's Progress, frontispiece and illustrations, contemporary ink ownership name to half-title, some light spotting, mainly to fore-edge, some splitting at gutter with a few gatherings working loose, original pictorial cloth, spine sunned and with some light soiling, slight shelf-lean, 1881, publisher's catalogue at end, Chatto & Windus; and others by the same, all English editions, 8vo (5)

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Darwin (Charles) The Descent of Man, 2 vol., first edition, a little spotting to preliminaries, contemporary half calf over marbled boards, spines gilt with contrasting morocco label, extremities rubbed, John Murray, 1871; The Life and Letters, 3 vol., edited by Francis Darwin, frontispieces and plates, contemporary purple half calf, spines gilt with red morocco labels, spines sunned, rubbed, 1887 § Huxley (Thomas H.) Collected Essays, 9 vol., 1904-11; Life and Letters, 3 vol., edited by Leonard Huxley, 1908, uniformly bound in contemporary half calf, a little rubbed, 8vo (17)

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Lot 191

[Clemens (Samuel Langhorne)], "Mark Twain". Christian Science, first edition, mixed issue, portrait frontispiece dated 1906, boxed advertisement on verso of title listing 17 works and "Published February, 1907" at foot, list of illustrations in 6 lines, 2 plates (lightly foxed), original red cloth, gilt, spine faded, London & New York, 1907; Is Shakespeare Dead? From My Autobiography, first edition, 2 portraits, advertisement leaf at end, ink inscription and stamp of circulating library to front pastedown, original green cloth, upper cover stained, New York & London, 1909; More Tramps Abroad, first edition, 32pp. catalogue at end, ink signature to title, foxing, original embossed burgundy cloth, t.e.g., others uncut, 1897, all a little rubbed and marked, traces of labels to spines, 8vo (3)

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Lot 192

NO RESERVE Stevenson (Robert Louis) Prayers Written at Vailima, colour plates heightened with gilt after illuminated drawings by Sangorski, very light spotting or toning to endpapers, original boards, light browning to edges, dust-jacket, a little rubbed, portions of loss to upper edge, faded, 1910; Father Damien, first edition in pamphlet form, light spotting, original wrappers, lightly marked, chips to extremities, 1890; and 3 others, Stevenson, 4to & 8vo (5)

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Lot 195

Food & drink.- Cuba.- Baralt (Blanche Z. de) Cuban Cookery. Gastronomic Secrets of the Tropics, with an Appendix on Cuban Drinks, first edition, illustrations, pencil ownership inscription 'Madeleine L. Steen' to front free endpaper, a couple of other pencil markings or annotations to recipes, pp.54-55 offset (from newspaper clipping loosely inserted), closed tear into p.97 without loss, occasional very slight cracking at gutter, original cloth, printed red paper label to upper cover, corners slightly bumped, some very light rubbing to label and along joints, an excellent crisp copy, 8vo, Havana, Hermes, 1931.⁂ Credited as the first English-language guide to Cuban cuisine. On p.129 of the appendix on Cuban drinks is a very early printing of the recipe for a classic mojito, under the heading 'Rum Cocktail (Cuban mojo)'.

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Lot 196

Keynes (John Maynard) Essays in Persuasion, first edition, some light spotting, trace of label tipped to inner margin of title, original green cloth, 1931; The End of Laissez-Faire, second impression, endpapers browned with ink inscription to front, original cloth-backed boards, rubbed and browned, label slightly chipped, Hogarth Press, 1926; How to Pay for the War, first edition, first impression, original printed green boards, a little browned, spine rubbed and faded, 1940; and 5 others, Keynes or related, 8vo (8)

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Anquetil (Louis Pierre) A Summary of Universal History, 9 vol., first English edition, very occasional spotting, vol. 3, 6 & 9 with cloth repair to upper hinge, contemporary marbled calf, gilt, black morocco labels to spines, 8vo, for G.G. and J. Robinson, 1800.

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Lot 201

Thatcher (Margaret) The Collected Speeches, first edition, 1997; Statecraft, first edition, bookplate tipped onto endpapers, 2002; The Downing Street Years, fifth impression, 1993, all signed or with signed presentation inscription from the author on titles, each with loose ephemera and letters relating to the recipient, most T.L.s or A.L.s from the Margaret Thatcher Foundation, v.d, 8vo (3)

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Lot 204

NO RESERVE Dahl (Roald) Matilda, first edition, illustrations by Quentin Blake, original boards, spine ends very slightly bumped, dust-jacket, price-clipped, light creasing to extremities, near-fine otherwise, 8vo, 1988.

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Lot 208

NO RESERVE Potter (Beatrix) The Tale of Squirrel Nutkin, first edition, first or second printing without "Author of The Tale of Peter Rabbit" on title, colour frontispiece, plain title vignette and 26 colour plates, cockling and light damp-staining throughout, pictorial endpapers, ink gift inscription dated July 1904 to endpaper, original blue-grey boards with mounted colour illustration, neat restoration to foot of spine, otherwise excellent, [Linder p.423; Quinby 5], 16mo, 1903.

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Lot 209

Potter (Beatrix) The Pie and the Patty-Pan, first edition, first printing with date on title and mottled lavender endpapers, colour frontispiece and 9 colour plates, plain illustrations in text, some light scattered spotting, browning to endpapers, ink gift inscription to front free endpaper, original maroon boards with mounted colour illustration, toning to spine, patch of staining to upper cover, some light marking or soiling to covers, [Linder p.425; Quinby 9], small 4to, 1905.

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Lot 210

Potter (Beatrix) Cecily Parsley's Nursery Rhymes, first edition, colour frontispiece, plain title vignette and 14 colour plates, pictorial endpapers, original red boards, light sunning to spine, otherwise a crisp and excellent example, [Linder p.430; Quinby 26], 16mo, [1922].

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Lot 212

NO RESERVE Theo, artist. Visit of a London Exquisite to his Maiden Aunts in the Country, first edition, engraved throughout with pictorial title, pictorial dedication to W.M.Thackeray and 20 plates by "Theo" on thick leaves, foxing and soiling, some leaves a little frayed at edges, original blind-stamped blue cloth, title in gilt on upper cover, g.e., rubbed, rebacked preserving original spine, oblong folio, W.Kent & Co., 1859.

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Lot 213

Trollope (Anthony) How the "Mastiffs" went to Iceland, first edition, half-title, colour map frontispiece, 14 lithographed plates by Mrs. Hugh Blackburn, 2 mounted photographic plates (becoming loose), foxing, occasional marginal soiling or water-staining, old ink library stamp to head of a few leaves, original cloth, gilt, g.e., a little rubbed, small stains to lower cover, rebacked preserving original spine, [Sadleir 51], 4to, 1878.⁂ Account of a trip to Iceland on board the yacht Mastiff, from Wemyss Castle on the Clyde via St.Kilda and the Faroe Islands. It was published by Sir John Burns, owner of the castle and the yacht, as a souvenir of the trip and features Trollope in many of the illustrations and one of the photographs.

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Lot 214

The Whittington Press.- A Book of Posters Printed at Whittington, first edition, one of 50 copies of Edition A with an additional porfolio of posters, introduced by John Randle, wood-engravings by Hellmuth Weissenborn, 35 tipped-in posters, many folding, some very minor creasing, original cloth-backed boards, portfolio of 10 assorted posters loosely inserted, in original cloth-backed board folder, together in original cloth drop-back box, morocco label to spine, some bubbling to both covers, large folio, Lower Marston, The Whittington Press, 1996.

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Lot 215

Colour.- Syme (Patrick) Werner's Nomenclature of Colours, first edition, half-title, 13 plates containing a total of 108 mounted colour samples, contemporary ink signature to head of title and another later to front free endpaper, one or two spots, original boards, printed paper label to upper cover, uncut, rubbed, rebacked, Edinburgh, 1814; and 5 others on colour and colour theory, many with samples, 8vo & 4to (6)⁂ Charming work on colours and their shades by a flower-painter, intended for use in "Arts and Science, particularly Zoology, Botany, Chemistry, Mineralogy, and Morbid Anatomy". The samples contain examples from the animal, vegetable and mineral kingdoms.

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Lot 227

Dresser (Henry Eeles) Monograph of the Meropidae, or Family of Bee-eaters, first edition, 34 hand-coloured lithographed plates by J.G. Keulemans, extra illustrated with two additional smaller hand-coloured lithographs at plate 13 and 26, scattered spotting and marginal staining, including to some plates, worst at beginning and end, modern red half morocco, slight bumping to extremities, [Fine Bird Books, p.72; Nissen IVB 269; Wood, p.324; Zimmer, p.178], 4to, by the Author, 1884-87⁂ Very fine hand colouring; as noted by Zimmer. Originally issued in 5 parts, it is thought that only 250 copies were printed.Provenance: The Lord Garioch 1913 [bookplate]; Walter John Francis Erskine, 12th Earl of Mar and 14th Earl of Kellie KT JP (1865 - 1955).

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Lot 229

Kitchen gardens.- Switzer (Stephen) The Practical Kitchen Gardiner: Or, A New and Entire System of Directions For his Employment in the Melonry, Kitchen-Garden, and Potagery...To which is added...The Method of Raising Cucumbers and Melons, Mushrooms, Borecole, Broccoli, Potatoes, first edition, 3 folding engraved plans, sig. b of preface misbound before a, first plate with neatly repaired tear within image, a small hole / split within image, and a little piece from lower margin, second plate with small hole / split within image at central fold, third plate defective at foot and with a few small holes and splits, some spotting or staining, lightly browned, contemporary calf, gilt, spine in compartments, spine ends little worn, corners worn, little stained, rubbed and scuffed, [Fussell p.118-121; Henrey 1417; Hunt 469; Maclean pp.139-140], 8vo, Printed for Tho. Woodward, 1727.⁂ Switzer gained much of his early knowledge under the tutelage of the great masters London and Wise. He ran a seed business with a shop in Westminster Hall, and a garden in Vauxhall.

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Lot 232

Coal-mining.- Sykes (John, editor) The Evidence...of the House of Lords...into...the Coal Trade in the United Kingdom...[with] a List of Explosions & Inundations..., first edition, one of only 200 copies, engraved map and 5 plates, one hand-coloured, light offsetting, ink signature of Robert Pearson with some ink annotations and newspaper cuttings tipped in at end, advertisement for the work mounted on front pastedown, contemporary half calf, uncut, rubbed, rebacked, corners repaired, 8vo, Newcastle upon Tyne, 1829.

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Lot 233

Diamonds & Pearls.- Jeffries (David) Traité des Diamants et des Perles, first edition in French, half-title, engraved vignette to head of dedication, 10 engraved plates, outer margin of A7 browned and frayed at foot, paper flaw to lower edge of G2, occasional spotting or light browning, contemporary mottled sheep, rubbed, rebacked preserving old gilt spine, new red morocco label, corners repaired, [Sinkankas 3198], 8vo, Paris, Debure l'ainé & N. Tillard, 1753.

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Lot 234

Fortification.- Vauban (Sebastien Le Prestre) The New Method of Fortification...to which is now added, A Treatise of Military Orders, and the Art of Gunnery...by W.Allingham, third English edition, engraved frontispiece & 31 folding plates, a couple with tears to inner margin or light water-staining, text lightly browned, worming to inner margin towards end, contemporary panelled calf, rubbed, joints split, spine chipped at head, W.Freeman, 1702 § Goulon (L.) Memoires pour l'Attaque et pour la Défense d'une Place, first edition, title in red & black with woodcut printer's device, 4 folding engraved plates, contemporary sprinkled calf, spine gilt, rubbed, light staining to upper cover, The Hague, Henry van Bulderen, 1706, 8vo (2)

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Lot 235

NO RESERVE Meteorology.- Jenyns (Leonard) Observations on Meteorology, first edition, advertisement f. at end, small sticker to head of pastedown and embossed ownership stamp to front free endpaper, faint spotting to half-title, cracking to gutter at p.216, endpapers spotted and toned, original cloth, spine gilt but a little darkened, nick to spine near foot, chipping to spine ends, corners rubbed, John Van Voorst, 1858 § Buchan (Alexander) Handy Book of Meteorology, second edition, presentation inscription 'To Professor Grant with compliments of The Author' to half-title, 6 folding colour plates, illustrations, 24pp. publisher's catalogue at end, small sticker to head of title, the odd spot, lower hinge cracked and upper tender, original blind-stamped cloth, gilt, small nick to upper cover, very slight fraying to spine ends, corners bumped and a little rubbed, 1868; and another on weather, 8vo (3)

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Lot 236

Relativity.- Einstein (Albert) Relativity. The Special & General Theory, translated by Robert W. Lawson, first edition in English, half-title, portrait frontispiece, diagrams and equations in text, 8pp. publisher's catalogue at end, occasional spotting, lightly browned, endpapers browned, the rear with short tear, original red cloth, spine faded, some water-staining and soiling, rubbed, [cf. PMM 408, first edition], Methuen & Co. Ltd., 1920; and T. Percy Nunn on the theory, 1923 (rare in commerce), 8vo (2)⁂ The first English edition of one of the most influential scientific works of the 20th century. First published in Germany in 1916, this translation is of the third German edition of 1918 but contains an additional section: Appendix III 'The Experimental Confirmation of the General Theory of Relativity'.

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Lot 237

Surgery.- Mercado (Luis de) Institutiones chirurgicae iussu regio factae pro chirurgis in praxi examinadis, 2 parts in 1, first edition, title with woodcut royal arms, woodcut decorative initials, marginal repairs to worming, affecting some printed side-notes, and occasionally text in a minor way, some spotting and water-staining, lightly browned, modern boards, printed label to spine, [Durling 3079; Wellcome, 4214], 8vo, Madrid, Luis Sánchez, 1594.⁂ The first deals with surgical practice, while the second focuses on pharmacology and post-operative procedure. The pioneering author was physician to Philipp II & III.

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Lot 243

NO RESERVE Africa.- Allen (Capt. William) A Narrative of the Expedition ... to the River Niger in 1841, under the command of Captain H. D. Trotter, R.N., 2 vol., first edition, engraved frontispieces 14 plates, one folding with split to foldline and neat tape repair verso, 2 folding maps, illustrations, ex-Church Missionary Society with occasional ink-stamps, new endpapers, later morocco-backed boards, slight rubbing to spine extremities, 1841 § Trotter (Lieut-Col. J. K.) The Niger Sources, frontispiece, 3 plates, folding map, tears with old tape repairs verso, publisher's advertisements at end, ex-Church Missionary Society with ink-stamps to endpapers, original cloth, lightly sunned spine, shelfmark in manuscript to spine, slight bumping to corners and extremities, 1898; 8vo (3).

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Lot 244

Africa.- Chapman (James) Travels in the Interior of South Africa, comprising Fifteen Years' Hunting and Trading, 2 vol., first edition, half-titles, errata leaf in each volume, wood-engraved frontispieces and 6 plates, illustrations, 2 folding maps with routes in red, one badly torn and soiled (loose), some stains and soiling to text, original pictorial cloth, gilt, [Czech p.61], 1868 § Parke (T.H.) My Personal Experiences in Equatorial Africa as Medical Officer of the Emin Pasha Relief Expedition, second edition, wood-engraved portrait and 16 plates, 32pp. publisher's catalogue, folding colour map in pocket at end, very occasional spotting, [c.1891], both original pictorial green cloth, gilt, the first rather rubbed and stained, 8vo (3)

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Lot 245

NO RESERVE Africa.- James (F.L.) The Unknown Horn of Africa, first edition, half-title, 23 lithographs, of which 9 hand-coloured, lacking folding map, faint spotting at beginning and end, original cloth, a little rubbed, slight bumping to corners and extremities, 1888 § Wissman (Hermann von) My Second Journey through Equatorial Africa ..., first English edition, half-title, portrait frontispiece, 31 plates, one folding map, illustrations, scattered spotting, previous owner's ink signature, slight cockling, original pictorial cloth, a little rubbed, bumping to corners and spine extremities, [Hosken p.210], 1891 § Du Chaillu (Paul B.) A Journey to Ashango-Land, and ... Equatorial Africa, half-title, ex-library with occasional ink-stamps, plates and illustrations, folding map, advertisements at end, scattered spotting, new endpapers, original cloth, rebacked retaining original backstrip, a little rubbed, New York, 1874; and another, similar, 8vo (4).

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Lot 246

Africa.- Middle East.- Stanley (Henry Morton) In Darkest Africa, 2 vol., first edition, frontispieces, plates and illustrations, 4 maps, of which 3 folding and 2 with short tear at gutter, scattered spotting, cracked hinges, original pictorial cloth, a little rubbed, bumping to corners and extremities, [Hosken p.189], 1890 § Cobbold (Lady Evelyn) Wayfarers in the Libyan Desert, half-title, frontispiece, illustrations, many full-page, original cloth, slight bumping to corners and extremities, 1912 § Lawrence (T. E.) Revolt in the Desert, fourth impression, frontispiece, plates, folding map at end, scattered faint spotting, ex-library with label to final pastedown, previous owner's pencil inscription to front free endpaper, cracked hinges, original buckram, rubbed, bumping to corners and extremities, 1927 § Wallis (J.P.R.) The Zambesi Expedition of David Livingstone 1858-1863, 2 vol., frontispieces, plates and illustrations, faint abrasion marks to front pastedowns where labels removed, original cloth, fractional bumping to corners and extremities, 1956; and others Africa or Middle East, 8vo (23)

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Lot 249

Africa.- Portal (Sir Gerald) The British Mission to Uganda in 1893, first edition, half-title, portrait frontispiece and plate, illustrations, folding colour map, publisher's advertisements at end, faint spotting to first few ff., original cloth, gilt, slight bumping to corners and extremities, 1894 § Patterson (Lieut.-Col. J. H.) The Man-Eaters of Tsavo, reprint, frontispiece, illustrations, map at end, previous owner's ink signature, original cloth, gilt, slight bumping to corners and extremities, 1907; In the Grip of the Nyika, reprint, half-title, illustrations, maps, original cloth, gilt, slight bumping to corners and extremities, 1909 § Lugard (Captain F. D.) The Rise of Our East African Empire, 2 vol., first edition, half-title to vol. 2 only, frontispieces, plates and illustrations, 9 colour maps of which 5 folding, one with short tear at gutter, occasional marginal finger-soiling, contemporary half-calf, vol. 2 backstrip beginning to split at joints but holding firm, rubbed, bumping to corners and extremities, 1893; and others, Eastern Africa, 8vo (12)

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Lot 250

Asia.- Sherring (Charles A.) Western Tibet and the British Borderland, first edition, photogravure frontispiece, 2 folding maps, illustrations, many full-page, slight staining at gutter toward end, contemporary cloth, sunned spine, slight bumping to corners and extremities, 8vo, 1906.

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Lot 251

Central Asia.- Wolff (Rev. Joseph) Narrative of a Mission to Bokhara, in the years 1843-1845, to ascertain the fate of Colonel Stoddart and Captain Conolly, 2 vol., second, revised, edition, half-titles, 9 lithographed plates, 16pp. publisher's catalogue at end, very occasional spotting, original blind-stamped green cloth, the Countess of Meath's copy with her ink signature to upper covers and head of first leaf of text/title, uncut, a little rubbed, spines faded, slight staining to vol.1, 8vo, for the author, 1845.⁂ Col. Charles Stoddart had been sent to Bokhara in 1838 to negotiate a treaty but offended the Emir Nasrullah Khan and was imprisoned in a deep verminous pit, joined by Capt. Arthur Connolly in 1841. The missionary Rev. Joseph Wolff set out for Bokhara in 1843 in an attempt to rescue them, unaware that the two officers had already been beheaded the previous year. Wolff almost suffered the same fate but the Emir regarded Wolff as ridiculous dressed in "full canonicals" and let him go.

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Lot 252

NO RESERVE China.- Milne (Mrs. Leslie) Shans at Home, first edition, frontispiece, plates and illustrations, publisher's advertisements at end, spotting, original cloth, slight bumping to spine extremities, 1910 § Casey (Robert J.) Four Faces of Siva, first edition, frontispiece, plates, original cloth, slight bumping to corners and extremities, dust-jacket, small loss to spine head, rubbed and worn, 1929 § Zagoria (Donald S.) The Sino-Soviet Conflict 1956-1961, half-title, previous owner's ink signature, original cloth, short split to upper joint but holding firm, dust-jacket, lightly sunned spine, short tear to spine head, Princeton, 1962; 8vo (3)

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Lot 256

NO RESERVE India.- Regulations for Conducting the Musketry Instruction of the Native Troops Armed with the Enfield Rifle, first edition, plates, some folding, and illustrations, interleaved, a few ink and pencil annotations, ink name 'Graves' on second leaf, stain to upper corner throughout, hinges repaired, contemporary half calf, rubbed, 8vo, Calcutta, Office of Superintendent of Government Printing, 1871.

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Lot 263

Russia.- Pinkerton (Robert) Russia: or, Miscellaneous Observations, first edition, 8 hand-coloured lithographed plates, half-title with contemporary ink name to head, light spotting, mostly to first and last few ff., modern blue half morocco over marbled boards, cloth label to spine, spine and extremities rubbed, [Abbey, Travel 232], 1833; and 4 others Russia related, including a 3 vol. Tauchnitz edition of Mackenzie Wallace's Russia, 8vo & small 4to (5)

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Lot 265

NO RESERVE Russia.- Wilton (Robert) Russia's Agony, first edition, half-title, portrait frontispiece, plates, folding map at end, scattered faint marginal spotting, ex-library with occasional ink-stamps, previous owner's ink inscription to front pastedown, original cloth, slight bumping to corners and extremities, a little rubbed, 8vo, 1918.

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Lot 267

NO RESERVE Turkey.- Krausz (Wilhelm Victor) Die Turkei Im Weltkrieg: Bildnisse und Skizzen, first edition, 47 plates tipped into 34 aperture mounts, most colour, small ink library stamp to title, loose as issued in original pictorial cloth, gilt, folder with ties, a little spotted and soiled, folio, Vienna, 1916; and others, mostly on Turkish-British relations following WWI, folio & 8vo (c.15)⁂ Commissioned by the Austrian War Ministry to celebrate victory at Gallipoli and featuring notable Turkish leaders including Enver Pacha, leader of the Young Turks, and Mustafa Kemal, later Prime Minister Ataturk, as well as the Ottoman forces and landscapes.

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Lot 269

West Indies.- Edwards (Bryan) The History, Civil and Commercial, of the British Colonies in the West Indies, 2 vol., first Dublin edition, folding engraved map, 5 folding tables, vol.1 with a little worming to outer margin at beginning slightly affecting map at outer and upper edge, title of vol.2 with upper outer corner torn away not affecting text, contemporary tree calf, black roan labels tooled in gilt, a little rubbed and marked, upper joint of vol.1 cracked but a good copy, 8vo, Dublin, Luke White, 1793.

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Lot 270

NO RESERVE West Indies.- Southey (Capt. Thomas) Chronological History of the West Indies, 3 vol., first edition, half-title, errata bound at beginning vol. 2, scattered spotting, modern boards, 8vo, 1827.⁂ A compilation of political, commercial, social, economic and religious information relating to all the West India Islands from 1492 to 1816.

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Lot 271

NO RESERVE World.- Casati (Maj. Gaetano) Ten Years in Equatoria and the Return with Emin Pasha, 2 vol., first edition, half-titles, frontispieces, plates, illustrations, 4 folding maps in pockets at end, scattered faint spotting, previous owner's pencil inscription and ink-stamp to vol. 1 early blank, occasional marginal pencil markings to vol. 1, original pictorial cloth, gilt, slight bumping to corners and extremities, [Hosken p.43], 8vo, 1891 § Bland (J.O.P.) and E. Backhouse. China under the Empress Dowager, half-title, frontispiece, plates, scattered spotting, original cloth, slight bumping to corners and extremities, 1912; and others similar, v.s. (6)

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Lot 31

Gibbon (Edward) The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire, 6 vol., mixed early editions, vol. 1 second edition, vol. 2 & 3 new edition, vol. 4-6 first edition, half-titles in vol. 1 & 3 only, vol. 2 & 3 with folding engraved map, vol. 2 lacking frontispiece portrait, bookplates, contemporary calf, gilt, rather worn, spines cracked and some ends renewed, 4to, for W. Strahan & T. Cadell, 1776-88.

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Lot 34

Hemingway (Ernest) The Sun Also Rises, first edition, second issue, modern black half morocco, spine gilt with tan morocco labels, New York, 1927; and another by the same, similarly bound, 8vo (2)

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Lot 36

Jackson (Catherine Charlotte, Lady) [French Historical Works], 14 vol., first edition, engraved portraits, contemporary blue calf, gilt, by Zaehnsdorf, occasional rubbing to extremities, slight foxing to fore-edges, 8vo, 1878-90.⁂ A handsome set of first editions of Lady Jackson's Histories of French Royalty and Courtly Life.

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Braybrooke (Richard Lord, editor) Memoirs of Samuel Pepys, 2 vol., first edition, engraved portraits and folding map, some spotting and off-setting, contemporary half calf, rebacked, preserving original back strip, 1825 § Bray (William, editor) Memoirs, Illustrative of the Life and Writings of John Evelyn, 2 vol., second edition, engraved plates, some foxing, later black half calf, rubbed, 1819; and 40 others, most leather bound, 4to (44)

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Lot 45

Milton (John) Thomas Moore, Francis Bacon and others. The Complete History of England: with the Lives of all the Kings and Queens Thereof, 3 vol., first edition, titles in red and black, engraved portraits, bookplates, occasional faint off-setting, contemporary panelled calf, vol. 1 upper cover worn, most joints cracked but holding, rubbed, Brab. Aylmer, Reb. Ronwick and others, 1706; and another, folio (4)

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Lot 67

Walpole (Horace) [The Works], 5 vol., first edition, engraved portrait frontispiece and plates, some folding, vignettes to title, ink ownership inscription to titles, vol. 2 initial ff. damp-stained, some spotting, contemporary calf, gilt, stamped in blind, rebacked, a few neat repairs elsewhere and some scratches, 4to, for G. G. and J. Robinson, 1798.

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Lot 70

Wilson (Woodrow) A History of the American People, 5 vol., first edition, half-titles, plates, portraits, maps, and illustrations, some folding or double page, modern burgundy half calf, spines gilt, one or two very small scuffs, 8vo, New York & London, 1902.

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Lot 79

Istanbul.- Pardoe (Julia) The Beauties of the Bosphorus, first edition, additional engraved title, engraved plates after W. H. Bartlett, all with fine hand-colouring, engraved map, occasional very minor spotting to fore-edge of plate margins, handsomely bound in modern purple morocco, upper cover with mounted onlay of ?original pictorial cloth in gilt, green morocco labels to spine, gilt borders and decoration, large 4to, Virtue and Co., [1838]

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Russia.- Hanway (Jonas) An Historical Account of the British Trade over the Caspian Sea, 4 vol. in 3, first edition, 9 folding engraved maps, 19 engraved plates and portraits, 13 engraved vignettes, occasional foxing, soiling and off-setting, vol. 1 title torn and repaired, contemporary calf, rebacked, rubbed, 4to, Dodsley, Nourse, et al., 1753.

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Turkey.- Rycaut (Paul) The Turkish History, 4 parts in 3 vol., titles to vol.1 & 2 in red and black, 28 engraved plates, all but one portraits, occasional spotting and browning, non-uniform contemporary calf (vol. 1-2 mottled, vol. 3 panelled), all rebacked, [Atabey 1076 &1077; Blackmer 1466; Wing K702, R2407, R2414a & R2408], folio, Tho[mas] Bassett and others, 1687-1700⁂ The first collected edition by Rycaut which includes the 6th edition of Knolles's Generall Historie of the Turks, Rycaut's own continuation, his important The Present State of the Ottoman Empire and his one-volume supplement covering 1679-99. "Rycaut's history constitutes a fitting adjunct to Knolles' great work in an edition which brings together the two men most associated in the English literary world with Turkey." Blackmer

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Lot 88

World.- Thévenot (Jean de) Reisen in Europa, Asia und Africa ..., 3 vol. bound as 1, first German edition, half-title, engraved frontispiece, additional engraved title, 43 engraved plates only (of 48), of which 11 folding, engraved initials, occasional small marginal worming, scattered staining and spotting, previous owner's ink signature to title, bookplate, contemporary vellum, title in manuscript to spine partially erased, rubbed and worn, 4to, Frankfurt am Mayn, Philipp Fievet, 1693.⁂ "Thevenot began his travels in the Levant in 1655, returning to Paris in 1659 to prepare the first part of his travels for publication, which described Constantinople, the Archipelago, Asia Minor and Egypt. He left Paris in October 1663 and travelled through Syria and Persia to India; Thevenot died near Tabriz in 1667." (Blackmer)

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Lot 96

NO RESERVE Middle East.- Miller (Janet) Camel-Bells of Baghdad, first edition, frontispiece, plates, previous owner's ink signature, bookplate, original cloth, a little rubbed, slight bumping to corners and extremities, Boston & New York, 1934 § Ellis (M. H.) Express to Hindustan, first edition, frontispiece, plates, scattered faint spotting, bookplate, original pictorial cloth, slight bumping to corners and extremities, 1929 § Raddock (Charles) Portrait of a People: the Story of the Jews from Ancient to Modern Times, 3 vol., frontispieces and plates, original cloth, fractional bumping to spine extremities, dust-jackets, small loss to spine extremities, slipcase, rubbed and worn, New York, 1965; and others similar, 8vo (c.40)

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Lot 948

A 2015 silver proof collection 'The Fifth Circulating Coinage Portrait first Edition' eight coin set, one penny to two pounds. In presentation case with certificate and literature. *CR Largely as issued.

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Lot 949

A 'Fifth Circulating coinage portrait first edition' silver proof set, double edition with 16 coins from 1p to £2.00. In presentation case of issue with literature, from an edition of £7,500 sets. *CR Largely as issued.

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Lot 1020

A cased set of two Delta Alfa Romeo Milano Special Limited Edition Giulietta Sprint Azzurro Capri pens containing fountain pen 230/954 & ballpoint 110/954, pens made of sky blue resin, this colour is the original colour of the first car manufactured by Alfa Romeo of the Giulietta model, finished in sterling silver. cased. (2)

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Lot 581

The Gun At Home And Abroad 'British Game Birds and Wildfowl' Vol I; 'The Big Game of Africa and Europe', Vol III, both limited edition number 277/500, London 1912, together with 'Fishing at Home and Abroad' limited edition number 352/750, leather binding, gilt titles, uncut pages. (3) *Slight spotting on all, mainly to first few pages, overall good.

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Lot 584

Ono (Yoko) - Grapefruit - a rare signed first edition from a limited edition of 500, pub. Tokyo: Wunternaum Press, July 4 1964, original ecru wraps with title printed in black script, printed typewriter text in English with some Japanese translations, signed by the author in blue biro to the ffep, 'To Chris, yoko, London '66' and inscribed with the haiku 'Summer Grasses' by the Japanese poet Matsuo Basho, (translation "Summer's grasses! All that remains of soldiers' dreams"), 8vo (140 x 140mm.). * An important Yoko Ono work, published by her own press in Tokyo, divided into five categories (Music, Painting, Event, Poetry and Object) and containing over 150 pieces and poems, many of which are dedicated to notable art world figures of the day, such as John Cage, Yuji Takahashi and her then husband, Anthony Cox. *A few preliminary leaves inc. title loose, title with part missing from lower edge (apparently due to damage caused by the family pet!), hinges cracked, covers soiled and thumbed, corners and back cover creased, tiny tear to top of back cover, small water spot stain to fore edges, foxing to inside of covers

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Lot 604

Inglis, Henry D. The Channel Islands; Jersey, Guernsey, Alderney &c. (The result of a two year`s residence), forth edition, pub. Whittaker and Co, 1838, together with a first edition, rebound, 1834. (2)

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Lot 606

Arnold, Jean and Appleby, John A Catalogue Raisonné of Etchings, Drypoints and Lithographs of Edmund Blampied, a first edition by John Appleby publishing, Jersey, 1996, burgundy hard boards with gilt title to front and spine, speckled and bordered edges, contained in slipcase. * Very light spotting to cover and slip case, otherwise good.

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Lot 616

Lorna Bailey Pottery - 'Oak Tree Cottage' teapot, 7" high; Broadway Jug, Ltd edition 3/50, 7" high (certificate); 'The Beeches' jug, bearing 'Old Ellgreave Pottery' stamp, 5.5" high; and a cruet set on stand bearing 'Old Ellgreave Pottery' stamp; also a copy of 'Lorna Bailey - The First Millennium' edited by Dave Lee (5)

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