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History for Ready Reference from the Best Historians, Biographers, and Specialists…With numerous historical maps from origina

Ashgrove Auction Rooms

Lot 499

History for Ready Reference from the Best Historians, Biographers, and Specialists…With numerous historical maps from original studies and drawings by A. C. Reilly. J.n. Larned. C.A. Nichols Co. Springfield. 1895-1910. 7 vols. 1st Ed. 7 Vols. Large & complete. The first five vols. are the original edition, whilst the latter two were supplements added to the series in 1901 and 1910 respectively. In brown buckram boards,with gilt titles and burgandy morocco half titles. In very good condition, this is an impressive work of historical scholarship, illustrated with many beautifully coloured maps. [7].

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First American Edition: In Darkest Africa by Henry M. Stanley. New York: Charles Scribners 1890 (2).

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Lot 513

First American Edition: In Darkest Africa by Henry M. Stanley. New York: Charles Scribners 1890 (2).

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GOLFING INTEREST: A quantity of books to include '50 Miles of Golf Round London' First Edition, published Whitefriars press 1

Boningtons Auctioneers and Valuers

Lot 355

GOLFING INTEREST: A quantity of books to include '50 Miles of Golf Round London' First Edition, published Whitefriars press 1937 with fold out map; together with 3 other golf related works and two Epping Forest titles, one with fold out maps (6)

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Superman (1942) Random House, New York, by George Lowther, illustrated by Joe Schuster. First edition hardcover book with fou

Comic Book Auctions Ltd.

Lot 212

Superman (1942) Random House, New York, by George Lowther, illustrated by Joe Schuster. First edition hardcover book with four colour plates, 6 b + w illustrations and 34 chapter sketches of Superman. 215 pp. Neat name to fly page. Clean, cream pages with tan front and back fly pages. Scarce [vg+]

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Two first edition Harry Potter books Order of the Phoenix and Goblet of Fire, along with paper back copy Harry Potter and the

Paul Beighton Auctioneers Ltd.

Lot 443

Two first edition Harry Potter books Order of the Phoenix and Goblet of Fire, along with paper back copy Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban.

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WYRLEY William, The True use of Armorie, London 1592; L J Jackson for G Cawood, first edition 4to, 18th century calf, frontbo

Lacy Scott & Knight

Lot 406

WYRLEY William, The True use of Armorie, London 1592; L J Jackson for G Cawood, first edition 4to, 18th century calf, frontboard detached (1)

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First Official FIFA-Pin 1968. - First official general FIFA pin. Was given out for the first time in 1968. 1,5x1,3 cm, silve

Agon Sports World

Lot 523

First Official FIFA-Pin 1968. - First official general FIFA pin. Was given out for the first time in 1968. 1,5x1,3 cm, silver plated bronze with blue enamelled gloebe. Manufacturers Peka. Needles's lenght: 5,5 cm. Original general FIFA pin which was given out for the first time in 1968. Extremely rare. Comes with a letter of the FIFA secretary general Dr. H. Käser. He states that there had not been a generally accessible pin yet and that there would be one soon. The collector had strived for a FIFA pin since 1958 (there is a copy of his letter) and there wasn't a needle even in 1967. The collector then received this first pin ever in 1968. Only a small edition had been produced. Up to now collectors had believed that there must have been an older general FIFA pin than the one made in 1968. Yet the correspondence between the collector and FIFA proofs that assumption was wrong. All FIFA needles that were produced prior to 1968 had been in relation to certain events (i.e. FIFA congresses) or that they were made for certain officies (like FIFA referee). Historical museum piece.

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Olympic Games Sydney 2000. Official Report - XXVII Olympiad. Sydney 2000. 3 volumes in slipcase. More than 1,500 photos, offi

Agon Sports World

Lot 73

Olympic Games Sydney 2000. Official Report - XXVII Olympiad. Sydney 2000. 3 volumes in slipcase. More than 1,500 photos, official report of the NOC about the Olympic Summer Games in Sydney 2000. Three volumes in noble slipcase. Volume 1: Planning for the games; volume 2: Celebrating the Games; Volume 3: Results (on CD-Rom) English. Very rare original edition hardcover and blue slipcase. The first edition of the official report wasn't available in trade. It was only given to the participating NOCs, members of the IOC, main sponsors and important associates of the Organiation Committee in Sydney. Slipcase slightly cracked at two spots at the bottom.

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To Fly And To Fight. Signed by Colonel Clarence E. 'Bud' Anderson USAAF/USAF. Superb memoir of the Mustang fighter ace descri

Chaucer Auctions

Lot 390f

To Fly And To Fight. Signed by Colonel Clarence E. 'Bud' Anderson USAAF/USAF. Superb memoir of the Mustang fighter ace described by Chuck Yeager as "The best fighter pilot I ever saw. In the air the guy was a mongoose." In WWII Bud Anderson flew 116 combat missions in 'Old Crow' without ever being hit by enemy aircraft fire. First edition 1990. Excellent condition Est. £30-40

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Sportingold Limited

Lot 1282

PLAYFAIR CRICKET A complete run of Playfair Cricket Annuals, 66 in total, starting with the first edition in 1948 to 2013 A few faults. Generally good

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Dreweatts & Bloomsbury (Bloomsbury)

Lot 1

Beddoes (Thomas) - Researches Anatomical and Practical concerning Fever, as connected with Inflammation, [c.1807] bound with Coley (J.M.) A Practical Treatise on the Remittent Fever of Infants, 1812 and Mathias (A.) The Mercurial Disease, half-title, 1810 and Abernethy (J.) An Enquiry into the Probablility and Rationality of Mr.Hunter's Theory of Life, half-title, 1814, together 4 works in 1 vol., spotted, contemporary half calf, rubbed § Adams (Joseph) Observations on Morbid Poisons, second edition, 4 colour-printed engraved plates, first few leaves and plates stained and frayed at fore-edge (repaired), modern cloth, 1807 § Williams (Robert) Elements of Medicine: Morbid Poisons, 2 vol., modern cloth, 1836-41 § Acts for making provision for the effectual Performance of Quarantine, interleaved, contemporary diced calf, rubbed, rebacked, 1817 § Succinct Account of the Plague at Marseilles (A), browned, disbound, 1721, the first three ex-library copies with stamps ; and c.35 others on diseases, fevers etc., many pamphlets, v.s. (c.40)

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Dreweatts & Bloomsbury (Bloomsbury)

Lot 10

Golding (Benjamin) - An Historical Account of St.Thomas's Hospital, presentation coy from the author to Sir Gilbert Blane inscribed at head of title, half-title, errata leaf at end, bookplate and manuscript note of Robert Rutsom James on front endpapers, original boards, uncut, rubbed, spine defective, upper cover loose, 1819 § Moore (Norman) The History of St.Bartholomew's Hospital, 2 vol., 1918 § Welch (W.H.) Papers and Addresses, 3 vol., Baltimore, 1920 § Nostrums and Quackery, 2 vol., second edition, ex-library copy with stamps, Chicago, 1912-21 § Laignel-Lavastine ( Dr., editor ) Histoire Geénérale de la Médicine, 3 vol., original wrappers, spines a little worn, Paris, n.d., some plates and illustrations, all but the first and last original cloth, all rubbed ; and a quantity of others, medicine and history of medicine, v.s. (Qty)

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Dreweatts & Bloomsbury (Bloomsbury)

Lot 105

Thaumaturgus Opticus, first edition, engraved title and 42 engraved plates Thaumaturgus Opticus, first edition, engraved title and 42 engraved plates, half-title, slightly foxed and browned, ink signatures of Bertherand at head and tail of engraved title, new endpapers, later half calf, rubbed, old label on spine, folio, Paris, Langlois, 1646. Niceron was an artist and a Minim friar, with an interest in perspective and optics.

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Dreweatts & Bloomsbury (Bloomsbury)

Lot 109

..- Blakeston Through a Yellow Glass, first edition, bookseller (Hilda Doolittle, Kenneth Macpherson and Bryher)..- Blakeston (Oswell) Through a Yellow Glass, first edition, bookseller's ink stamp on front free endpaper, Pool Riant Chateau Territet bookplate on front pastedown, original cloth, gilt, edges and spine faded, 8vo, Pool, n.d. [1928].

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Dreweatts & Bloomsbury (Bloomsbury)

Lot 115

The Evolution of Photography, first edition, 4 plates, 1f The Evolution of Photography, first edition, 4 plates, 1f. slightly creased, slightly browned, original blind-stamped cloth, rubbed, gilt spine, dulled, 8vo, 1890.

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Dreweatts & Bloomsbury (Bloomsbury)

Lot 116

The Work of the Motion Picture Cameraman, first edition The Work of the Motion Picture Cameraman, first edition, signed presentation copy from Freddie Young to David Samuelson, plates, TLs from Andor Kraszna-Krausz tipped-in on front pastedown and other associated ephemera loosely inserted, including a photograph, negatives of Young filming the picture The Battle of Britain, bookplate of Samuelson, original cloth, dust-jacket, slightly browned, spine faded, 1972; and another a reprint of the same, signed by Young, 8vo (2). Frederick Young (1902-98), cinematographer; collaborated with David Lean on Lawrence of Arabia (1962), Doctor Zhivago (1965) and Ryan's Daughter (1970). Andor Kraszna-Krausz (1904-89), founded the photographic press, Focal Press.

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Dreweatts & Bloomsbury (Bloomsbury)

Lot 121

Gibbon (Edward) - The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire, 6 vol., vol. 1, Third Edition, others First Editions, bookplates of General George Michell and Ernest G. Henham, contemporary calf, vol. 1 rebacked, vol. 6 with lower board detached, others with cracking to joints, 4to, W. Strahan and T. Cadell, 1777 - 1788.

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Dreweatts & Bloomsbury (Bloomsbury)

Lot 129

Darwin (Charles) - The Descent of Man, first edition, vol. I only, illustrations, Z1 short tear slightly affecting text, last f. loose, slightly browned, endpapers foxed, contemporary ink inscription on front free endpaper, lower free endpaper loose, contemporary half calf, worn, upper cover loose, lacks spine and lower cover, [Freeman 938], 8vo, John Muray, 1871.

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Dreweatts & Bloomsbury (Bloomsbury)

Lot 13

Houses of Parliament. - Report of the Royal Commission on the Blind, the Deaf and Dumb, &c., 4 vol. in 2 (vol.3 bound separately), folding tables, plates of embossed alphabets for the blind, modern cloth, 1889 § Fay (E.A., editor ) Histories of American Schools for the Deaf 1817-1893, 3 vol.., plates and illustrations, some folding, original cloth, Washington, D.C., 1893 § Bébian (A.) Éloge de Charles-Michel de L'Épée, Fondateur de l'Institution des Sourds-Muets, half-title, lithographed portrait, marginal water-staining, original wrappers, uncut, upper cover with ink inscription (partly torn away), Paris, 1819 § Arnold (Thomas) Education for Deaf-Mutes, 2 vol. in 1, calligraphic ink inscription on front free endpaper, plates, contemporary calf, lower cover detached, 1888 § Huxley (Aldous) The Art of Seeing, first edition , original cloth, dust-jacket (soiled and defective), 1943, all but the first rubbed or worn ; and 3 others concerning the blind and deaf, folio & 8vo (11)

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Dreweatts & Bloomsbury (Bloomsbury)

Lot 131

Delacour (Jean) and Dean Amadon. - Curassows and Related Birds [2 copies], first edition, original cloth, dust-jacket, New York, 1973 § Delacour (Jean) The Waterfowl of the World, 4 vol., illustrated by Peter Scott, original cloth, gilt, slip-case, London & New York, 1975 § Vaurie (Charles) Taxonomy of the Cracidae (Aves), original wrappers, upper cover a little creased, 1968, plates and illustrations ; and 5 others, similar, 4to & 8vo (12)

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Dreweatts & Bloomsbury (Bloomsbury)

Lot 14

Löw (Johann Franz) - Partus medicus...seu tractatus novissimus de variolis et morbilis..., first edition , title in red and black, browned, ex-John Crerar library copy with label and stamps on front pastedown, lacking endpapers, hinges reinforced, contemporary vellum, yapp edges, a little rubbed and stained, [Not in Wellcome], Nuremberg, J.Zieger & G.Lehmann, 1699 § Adams (Joseph) Observations on Morbid Poisons, Chronic and Acute, second edition, 4 colour-printed stipple-engraved plates, one marked "Proof" and crossed through in red ink, some soiling and water- or damp-staining, contemporary half calf, boards recovered, 1807, 4to (2) On diseases, the first specifically on smallpox and measles.

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Burton (Richard F.) - The Lake Regions of Central Africa, 2 vol., first edition , 12 chromoxylograph plates, folding map, ill

Dreweatts & Bloomsbury (Bloomsbury)

Lot 145

Burton (Richard F.) - The Lake Regions of Central Africa, 2 vol., first edition , 12 chromoxylograph plates, folding map, illustrations, plates water-stained, occasional spotting, later blue half calf, rubbed, vol.2 rebacked preserving original gilt spine, [Penzer pp.65-66], 8vo, 1860.

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and Commander E.A. Porcher . History of the Recent Discoveries at Cyrene ( Captain R.) and Commander E.A. Porcher . History o

Dreweatts & Bloomsbury (Bloomsbury)

Lot 149

and Commander E.A. Porcher . History of the Recent Discoveries at Cyrene ( Captain R.) and Commander E.A. Porcher . History of the Recent Discoveries at Cyrene, made during an Expedition to the Cyrenaica in 1860-61, first edition , half-title, errata slip, 23 tinted & 1 chromolithograph views including frontispiece, 14 lithograph maps and plans,, 1 of which chromolithograph, 13 mounted photographs only (of 16, lacking nos. 61, 62 & 72), 10 plates of inscriptions, text-illustrations, paper slightly brittle and occasionally chipped at edges, small marginal tear at pp. 89/90, text lightly browned, little marginal staining, especially to photographs and inscription plates, modern blue half morocco, g.e., folio, Day & Son, 1864. Cyrene was an ancient Greek colony in present-day Libya.

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Dreweatts & Bloomsbury (Bloomsbury)

Lot 150

Nachtigal (Gustav) - Sahara und Sudan, vol.1 and 2 only (of 3), first editions , 6 folding maps in pockets at end, plates and illustrations, original pictorial cloth, gilt, vol.2 recased, spine cockled and upper cover with ink stain, a little rubbed, modern cloth slip-case, Berlin, 1879-81 § James (F.L.) The Unknown Horn of Africa, first edition , plates (uncoloured), lacks folding map from pocket at end, hinges broken, original pictorial cloth, spine faded and chipped at head, 1888; and 4 others, Africa, 8vo (4)

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Park (Mungo) - Travels in the Interior Districts of Africa, first edition , half-title, list of subscribers, engraved portrai

Dreweatts & Bloomsbury (Bloomsbury)

Lot 152

Park (Mungo) - Travels in the Interior Districts of Africa, first edition , half-title, list of subscribers, engraved portrait frontispiece, 3 folding maps, 5 plates (2 folding), 2pp. music, several tears and repairs, foxed, browned and with some staining, later half sheep, worn, 1799; and a nice copy of the 2nd edition, but lacking the 2pp. Postscript and 2pp. music, 4to (2)

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Petherick (John) - Travels in Central Africa, 2 vol., first edition, half-titles, wood-engraved plates and illustrations, 3 l

Dreweatts & Bloomsbury (Bloomsbury)

Lot 153

Petherick (John) - Travels in Central Africa, 2 vol., first edition, half-titles, wood-engraved plates and illustrations, 3 lithograph plates, 2 folding maps, 32pp. advertisements at end, bookplates, that in vol.2 obscuring half-title text, original pictorial cloth, gilt, recased, spines a little faded, modern cloth slip-case, 8vo, 1869.

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Dreweatts & Bloomsbury (Bloomsbury)

Lot 156

America.- Van Tramp (John C.) - Prairie and Rocky Mountain Adventures or LIfe in the West, first edition, numerous wood-cut illustrations, one corner of plate lacking not affecting image, foxed throughout, original embossed full leather binding, rebacked with original spine laid-down, 8vo., Gilmore & Brush, Columbus, O ., [1858]

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Central America.- Rainsford (Marcus) - An Historical Account of the Black Empire of Hayti, first edition, engraved frontispie

Dreweatts & Bloomsbury (Bloomsbury)

Lot 159

Central America.- Rainsford (Marcus) - An Historical Account of the Black Empire of Hayti, first edition, engraved frontispiece, folding map, folding plan, 8 plates, 3pp. engraved facsimile, 3pp. advertisements, lacking half-title, one plate with closed tear repaired to reverse, some general marking and light soiling, contemporary calf, worn, rebacked, upper cover detached, 4to , 1805.

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Dreweatts & Bloomsbury (Bloomsbury)

Lot 171

Ockley (Simon) - The History of the Saracens, 2 vol., third edition, list of subscribers, folding engraved plate, lightly browned, contemporary half calf, spines gilt, lacking most labels, rubbed, splits to joints, spine ends a little worn, Cambridge, for the sole Benefit of Mrs. Anne Ockley, by Permission of Henry Lintot, 1757; and 2 others, v.s. (4) Includes a life of Mahomet for the first time.

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Dreweatts & Bloomsbury (Bloomsbury)

Lot 174

Mountaineering.- Hunt (John) - The Ascent of Everest, First Edition, signed by author to title, original cloth, slight rubbing, 1953 § Brassey (Lady) Sunshine and Storm in the East, or Cruises to Cyprus and Constantinople, foxed, contemporary Prize Calf, sunned, 1888 § Shaw (Fred. G.) The Science of Dry Fly Fishing, original picture cloth, 1906, plus a quantity of general vol., v.s. (qty)

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Dreweatts & Bloomsbury (Bloomsbury)

Lot 175

My Climbs in the Alps and Caucasus, first edition, frontispiece and plates My Climbs in the Alps and Caucasus, first edition, frontispiece and plates, tissue guards, foxed, original cloth, slightly marked, gilt spine, t.e.g., 1895 § Viollet-le-Duc (Eugène) Mont Blanc: A Treatise , translated by B. Bucknall, illustrations, advertisements at end, hinges weak, bookplate on front pastedown, original gilt pictorial cloth, slightly rubbed, spine dulled, edges uncut, 1877; and 15 others, Mountaineering, v.s., v.d. (17).

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Voyages.- Mavor (William) - Historical Account of the Most Celebrated Voyages, Travels, and Discoveries..., 20 vol. (without

Dreweatts & Bloomsbury (Bloomsbury)

Lot 179

Voyages.- Mavor (William) - Historical Account of the Most Celebrated Voyages, Travels, and Discoveries..., 20 vol. (without the 5 supplementary vol. published in 1801), first edition , engraved frontispiece portrait, map and plates, a few folding including one of the death of Capt. Cook, light browning, contemporary calf, red and green roan labels, rubbed, vol.1 rebacked preserving old labels, 12mo, E. Newbery, 1796-97.

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Dreweatts & Bloomsbury (Bloomsbury)

Lot 180

Boswell (Henry) - The Antiquities of England and Wales, numerous engraved plates, very occasion light spotting or soiling, morodern half morocco, for Alex Hogg, 1795; and an incomplete first edition of Grose's Antiquities of England and Wales (lacking vol.4), folio & 4to ; sold not subject to return (6)

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Dreweatts & Bloomsbury (Bloomsbury)

Lot 181

Moorland Tramping in West Yorkshire, first edition, frontispiece and maps Moorland Tramping in West Yorkshire, first edition, frontispiece and maps, ink inscription on front free endpaper, original cloth, dust-jacket, tears at edges, 1931; and 11 others, British Mountains, v.s., v.d. (12).

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London.- Ackermann (Rudolph) - The History of the Abbey Church of St. Peter’s Westminster, 2 vol., first edition , second iss

Dreweatts & Bloomsbury (Bloomsbury)

Lot 188

London.- Ackermann (Rudolph) - The History of the Abbey Church of St. Peter’s Westminster, 2 vol., first edition , second issue, half-titles, engraved portrait, plan and 81 hand-coloured aquatint plates after Pugin and others, list of subscribers, plates with tissue guards and generally clean, some foxing and browning to text, bookplate, contemporary half diced russia, gilt, ligth rubbing, 4to, [Abbey Scenery 213], 1812

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Dreweatts & Bloomsbury (Bloomsbury)

Lot 189

-. Nelson (John) - The History and Antiquities of the Parish of Islington in the County of Middlesex, first edition, double-page engraved map and 12 plates, scattered spotting, ink ownership inscription, hingest strengthened, contemporary half calf, spine gilt, joints repaired with tape, 1811; and 9 others, antiquarian, including the third edition of the first, 4to & 8vo (10)

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Psalter.- - Psalmista iuxta consuetudines Sa[n]cte Romanae Ecclesiae, printed in red and black, title and a1r within woodcut

Dreweatts & Bloomsbury (Bloomsbury)

Lot 194

Psalter.- - Psalmista iuxta consuetudines Sa[n]cte Romanae Ecclesiae, printed in red and black, title and a1r within woodcut border, 3 full-page woodcut illustrations, lacking m8-n7 (ff.96-103) and possibly final 2 leaves (? blank), hole in upper outer corner of title with loss to border, *8, k2, n8 and r8 with short tears (first two repaired), water-stained, light worming with slight loss to text, contemporary calf, gilt, with clasps, with small fragment of 15th century Italian Hebrew manuscript used as printer's waste at beginning, binding very worn,spine defective, lacking one clasp-holder, other clasp torn and almost detached, [EDIT 16 CNCE 11884; Not in Adams but cf. L1253 for similar 1557 edition], 8vo, Brescia, Lodovico Britannico, 1544; sold not subject to return One of a handful of handsome psalters printed in Brescia in the mid-sixteenth century, all rare. EDIT 16 locates only one copy, in Milan.

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Bell (John) - Discourses on the Nature and Cure of Wounds, 3 parts in 1, first edition , half-title, Directions to Binder leaf at end of part 2, 2 engraved plates, some foxing, ex-St.George's Hospital Library copy with old ink inscription at head of title and a few stamps, modern calf-backed marbled boards, Edinburgh, 1795 § Maniere d'Ouvrir et de Traiter les Abscés , half-title, folding engraved plate at end, light marginal staining to a few leaves, contemporary sheep, spine gilt, rubbed, Paris, 1765 § Douglas (John) A Short Account of Mortifications, and of the Surprizing Effect of Bark , half-title, soiled, disbound, John Nourse, 1732; and 2 others on ulcers, 8vo (5)

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Lot 20

Scarpa (A.) - Traité Pratique des Maladies des Yeux, 2 vol., half-titles, 3 folding engraved plates, contemporary tree calf, spines gilt with roan labels, Paris, 1807 § Middlemore (Richard) A Treatise on the Diseases of the Eye , 2 vol., modern calf-backed marbled boards, uncut, 1835 § Guthrie (G.J.) Lectures on the Operative Surgery of the Eye, third edition, first few leaves stained at foot, modern cloth, 1830 § Weller (Dr. Karl Heinrich) Die Krankheiten des menschlichen Auges, 5 folding engraved plates, 4 hand-coloured, contemporary marbled boards, Vienna, 1828 § Hogg (Jabez) The Ophthalmoscope, second edition, chromolithographed frontispiece, illustrations, original cloth, spine torn and defective, upper cover detached , 1859, the second and third ex-library copies with stamps, rubbed ; and c.25 others on ophthalmology, some pamphlets, v.s. (c.30)

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Lot 21

Stopes (Marie) - Contraception, first edition, first issue, 1923; Change of Life in Men and Women, leaflet on menstruation loosely inserted, 1936 § Voge (C.I.B.) The Chemistry and Physics of Contraceptives, light spotting, 1933 § Barrett (Florence B.) Conception Control, 1922 § Eaton (Peter) & Marilyn Warnick. Marie Stopes: A Checklist of her Writings, presentation copy from the author, 1977, plates and illustrations, original cloth, the last two with dust-jackets, slightly rubbed ; and 2 others on contraception, 8vo (7)

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Lot 237

Pseudodoxia Epidemica, 3 parts in 1, fifth edition ( Sir Thomas) Pseudodoxia Epidemica , 3 parts in 1, fifth edition, engraved portrait and 2 plates, engraved illustration in text, no initial blank but with final blank, contemporary ink inscriptions at head of title, title soiled and lightly water-stained, contemporary calf, worn, upper cover detached, for the Assigns of Edward Dod, 1669; Certain Miscellany Tracts, first edition , second issue, engraved portrait, with final blank, contemporary calf, rebacked with gilt spine, for Charles Mearne , 1684; Religio Medici also, Observations by Sir Kenelm Digby, fifth edition, engraved frontispiece, later calf, Tho.Milbourn for Andrew Crook, 1659, all browned, [Wing B5164, 5152 & 5174], 4to & 8vo (3)

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Lot 242

Bunyan (John) - The Works..., first collected edition, [edited by Charles Doe], vol. I all published, double column, title laid-down, extensively browned and edges chipped with loss, frontispiece portrait, laid-down, browned, edges chipped with some loss, occasional foxing and browning, a few ff. with small portion of internal loss, occasional ink stains and markings, 19th century half calf, covers detached or coming loose, worn, [Wing B5479], folio, by William Marshall, 1692; sold not subject to return.

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Lot 244

Aesop. - Fables..., edited by Sir Roger l'Estrange, 2 vol. in 1, third edition of vol.1, first edition vol.2, vol.1 with engraved portrait of l'Estrange after Kneller and portrait of Aesop, lacking c3 & 4 (pp.21-24) of preliminaries, vol.2 with advertisement leaf at end, a little browned, portrait and title in vol.1 with marginal staining, modern half calf, red morocco label, [Wing A709 & L1247], folio, for R.Sare , 1699.

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Hoyle (Edmond) - The Polite Gamester: containing, Short Treatises on...Whist, with an Artificial Memory, Quadrille, Backgammo

Dreweatts & Bloomsbury (Bloomsbury)

Lot 249

Hoyle (Edmond) - The Polite Gamester: containing, Short Treatises on...Whist, with an Artificial Memory, Quadrille, Backgammon, Piquet and Chess with an Essay towards making the Doctrine of Chance Easy, 6 parts in 1, each with separate title, except Piquet, little marking, names on free endpaper 'A.L. Tracey', general title 'John Hogan Digby', and Whist title 'Mr Tracey's',contemporary calf, rubbed, 8vo, Dublin, George & Alexander Ewing, 1761 [part titles dated 1753-1762] The first edition to include The Doctrine of Chances .

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Dreweatts & Bloomsbury (Bloomsbury)

Lot 251

& Nathaniel Brassey Halhed] The Love Epistles of Aristaenetus & Nathaniel Brassey Halhed] The Love Epistles of Aristaenetus: translated from the Greek into English Metre, first edition, half-title, 1f. of advertisements at end, slightly browned, ink signature at head of title, ink inscription on verso of half-title, bookplate of Thomas Roberts on front pastedown, contemporary calf, rubbed, corners and edges with wear, upper cover detached, gilt spine, rubbed, 8vo, for J. Wilkie, 1771.

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Lot 252

Johnson (Samuel) - A Journey to the Western Islands of Scotland, a little browned and stained, contemporary calf-backed boards, vellum tips (some missing), lacking label on spine, rubbed, 12mo, Dublin, Thomas Walker, 1775 § [Brome (Alexander, translator )] The Poems of Horace , first edition , lacking initial imprimatur leaf, also engraved portraits of Horace and Brome, old ink signature at head of title and inscriptions on verso and front pastedown, a little soiled and browned, lacking endpapers, contemporary sheep, worn, [Wing H2781], by E.Cotes for Henry Brome, 1666, 8vo (2) The first is one of three unauthorized Dublin editions published in the same year as the first London edition.

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Dreweatts & Bloomsbury (Bloomsbury)

Lot 255

The Modern Cook; and Frugal Housewife's Compleat Guide…, first edition The Modern Cook; and Frugal Housewife's Compleat Guide , first edition, lacks K6, slightly browned, ink inscriptions on front free endpaper, hinges splitting, contemporary sheep, covers worn with surface wear and some loss, corners bumped, [ESTC lists 1 copy only; not in BL], 12mo, Newcastle upon Tyne, for the Author, 1782.

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Rowlandson (Thomas).- - Poetical Magazine, 4 vol., first edition, 4 stipple-engraved vignette titles, the last by Bartolozzi

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Lot 266

Rowlandson (Thomas).- - Poetical Magazine, 4 vol., first edition, 4 stipple-engraved vignette titles, the last by Bartolozzi after Cipriani, 51 aquatint plates only after Rowlandson and others (of 52, lacking plate 12 'Netley Abbey' in vol.4), all but 2 hand-coloured, woodcut vignette, without the 'To Readers' leaves and advertisement leaf in vol.1 as usual, titles of vol.1 & 4 cropped at foot affecting imprints, handsome later navy blue straight-grain morocco, gilt, by Wallis, spines gilt in compartments, g.e., joints a little rubbed, one reinforced, together with dividers in later marbled board slip-case, rubbed, splitting at joints, [Abbey, Life 214; Tooley 421], 8vo, [1809-11]. Including the original issue of the first tour of Doctor Syntax, under the title 'The Schoolmaster's Tour', with 28 plates after Rowlandson. Combe apparently wrote the poem around Rowlandson's sketches.

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-. Ørsted (Hans Christian) - Luftskibet et Digt, first edition , half-title, a little browned, first few leaves loose, hinges

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Lot 28

-. Ørsted (Hans Christian) - Luftskibet et Digt, first edition , half-title, a little browned, first few leaves loose, hinges reinforced with tape, original pictorial boards with images of balloons, rubbbed and stained, rebacked with thin strip of morocco, Copenhagen 1836 § Galfo (Antonino) Stanze sul Globo Aerostatico , first edition , 16pp. including final imprimatur leaf, a little browned, later patterned-paper boards, Rome, Paolo Giunchi, 1784, 8vo (2) Rare poems on aeronautics. The first, which translates as 'The Airship', is by the Danish physicist and chemist, the discoverer of electro-magnetism.

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James (Henry) - Stories Revived, 3 vol., first edition , scattered spotting and foxing, mostly to prelims, bookplate to paste

Dreweatts & Bloomsbury (Bloomsbury)

Lot 283

James (Henry) - Stories Revived, 3 vol., first edition , scattered spotting and foxing, mostly to prelims, bookplate to pastedowns, original cloth [binding variant 'a'], circulation library label to upper covers, slight shelf-lean, spine ends and corners a little bumped, light wear to extremities, [Edel and Laurence A27a], 8vo, 1885.

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Dreweatts & Bloomsbury (Bloomsbury)

Lot 287

James (Henry) - The Wings of the Dove, 2 vol., first US edition , half-titles, labels on front pastedowns and on rear pastedown of vol. II, ink inscription on front free endpaper of vol. II, vol. I lacking front endpapers, original brown cloth, uncut, worn, stained, spine ends chipped at head and foot, fore-edge of vol. I gnawed, New York , 1902 § de la Mare (Walter) The Connoisseur and Other Stories, number 209 of 250, signed by the author on limitation leaf , original cloth-backed boards, gilt, uncut, stained, marked , 1926; and 25 others, most in original cloth, including works by M.R. James, Willam Beckford, H.P. Lovecraft, and Arthur Machen, and more by de la Mare, 8vo (29)

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Lot 29

Ampère (A.-M.) - Essai sur la Philosophie des Sciences, first edition , 2 folding tables at end, foxed, contemporary half calf, corners worn, Paris , 1834 § Einstein (Albert) La Teoría de la Relatividad, portrait, browned, some staining, original printed wrappers, Madrid, 1923 § Figuier (Louis) Les Nouvelles Conquètes de la Science, vol.1-3 only (L'É'lectricité; Grands Tunnels et Railways Metropolitains; Les Voies Ferrées; lacking vol.4: Isthmes et Canaux), wood-engraved plates and illustrations, contemporary morocco-backed boards, Paris, [c.1890] § Buchner (Dr Otto) Die Konstruction und Anlegung der Blitzableiter , 2 vol. including Atlas, 6 double-page plates (water-stained), original printed wrappers, Weimar , 1867, all rubbed ; and c.85 others and a quantity of pamphlets on physics, v.s. (qty.)

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Dreweatts & Bloomsbury (Bloomsbury)

Lot 306

Bates (H.E.) - Charlotte's Row, number 21 of 107 signed by the author , a little spotting (mostly to fore-edges), brown quarter morocco, a little marked, t.e.g., fore-edges uncut, dust-jacket, a few short closed tears, chipped and with loss to spine, 1931; Day's End and Other Stories, first edition , original green cloth, gilt, spine ends bumped, dust-jacket, a little soiled, spine faded, 1928; The Fallow Land, first edition , spotting (mostly to edges), original green cloth, bumped, dust jacket, 1932; and 24 others by Bates, most first editions, including The Vanished World: An Autobiography and The Tree ( from the Blue Moon Booklets series), 8vo (27)

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Benchley (Peter) - Jaws, 1974 § Hill (Susan) The Woman in Black, jacket spine faded, 1983 § Keneally (Thomas) Schindler's Ark

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Lot 307

Benchley (Peter) - Jaws, 1974 § Hill (Susan) The Woman in Black, jacket spine faded, 1983 § Keneally (Thomas) Schindler's Ark, 1982, first edition, bookplate signed by the authors to titles or dedication p., original boards, dust-jackets, excellent or near-fine examples, 8vo (3)

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Burgess (Anthony) - A Clockwork Orange, first edition, first issue , bookplate removed from front free endpaper, some stainin

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Lot 311

Burgess (Anthony) - A Clockwork Orange, first edition, first issue , bookplate removed from front free endpaper, some staining to outer margin of first few leaves of chapter 1, original black boards, spine ends a little bumped, first-state dust-jacket with wide flaps, price-clipped, spine a little faded, small closed tear to upper cover, lightly rubbed, 1962, and another copy of the same, first American edition, signed by the author , 8vo (2)

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Lot 313

Byron (Robert).- Cust (Lionel) - Eton Portraits, limited edition, engraved plates, contemporary half calf, a little rubbed, 1910 § Austen-Leigh (R.A.) Bygone Eton, illustrations, original cloth, soiled, Eton College, 1922, both with presentation inscriptions to Robert Byron upon his leaving Eton (the first on a prize bookplate) ; and Byron's copy student copy of Les Miserables, folio & 12mo (2)

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Dreweatts & Bloomsbury (Bloomsbury)

Lot 321

Eliot (T.S.) - Ara Vos Prec, first edition, out of series copy from an edition limited to 264 , woodcut initials, joints broken, original coth, paper label to spine, spine ends and corners a little bumped, [Gallup A4a], The Ovid Press, [1920]; and 3 others, Eliot, 4to & 8vo (4)

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Lot 322

Faulkner (William) - Pylon, first English edition, ink ownership inscription, original cloth, dust-jacket, spine browned, spine ends and corners a little chipped, 1935 § Barnes (Julian) Flaubert's Parrot, uncorrected proof copy, original wrappers, 1984 ; and 23 others, modern literature and first editions, 8vo (25)

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Lot 325

Fleming (Ian) - You Only Live Twice, first edition, first state, card signed by Sean Connery to title, light spotting to prelims, browning to endpapers, original boards, dust-jacket, spine lightly discoloured, 1964.

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Lot 327

Forster (E.M.) - Alexandria: A History and a Guide, first edition , frontispiece, 3 folding maps including 1 in colour and in pocket at end, illustrations, upper hinge split, original boards, ink ownership inscription of A.J.Butler to upper cover with pencil inscription 'From the author' to front free endpaper, spine a little rubbed and browned, lightly bumped at head and foot, 8vo, Alexandria, 1922. Alfred J. Butler (1850-1936) English historian. His book The Arab Conquest of Egypt is listed by Forster in the 'Authorities' section of the work as "a monograph of the highest merit, brilliantly written and practically reconstructing the episode."

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