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Lot 364
Fortescue (Sir John William) A History of the British Army, 1910-30, London, MacMillan, 8vo, 13 volumes in 14 (Vol. IV separated in two parts), with six volumes of Maps as called for, the complete set. Vols. I - VI second editions, VII - XIII firsts, all in publisher's red cloth, rubbed, shelfware, some spines faded; [with:] The County Lieutenancies and the Army 1803-1814, 1909, MacMillan, a first edition by the same author, 'presentation copy' blindstamp to title, red cloth, soiled boards, damage to spine (21)
Lot 707
BROWNING, Robert - The Pied Piper of Hamelin, a Child's Story - 1898, first edition, Harry Quilter, limited edition no. 21 of 100 copies, de-luxe edition on English vellum, inscribed to the recipient, The Rev'd Atkinson, and signed by the publisher, folio, with silver and gilt decoration, with a coloured illustration on silk, and a further coloured illustration on paper
Lot 479
A Genuine List of the Voters who Poll'd at Bridgwater, May, the 12th, 1741, Candidates Hon Vere Poulett, Efq; George Dodington Efq; Sir Charles Wyndham, Bart tog. w. five Kelly's Directory of Bridgwater, for 1954, 1957, 1964, 1967-8 and 1973-4; two Kelly's Tradefinder of Bridgwater for 1972-73 and 1973-1974; seven Bridgwater Directory Almanack & Tide Table for 1934 to 1938, and two copies for 1939; DELDERFIELD, Eric R - The Lynmouth Flood Disaster - May 1953, first edition and another October, 1956, second edition and BUUTER, Henry - The Etymologival Spelling Book and Expositor - 1838, thirty second edition (18)
Lot 714
POTTER, Beatrix - The Tale of Squirrel Nutkin - 2003, limited edition no. 264/500 commemorating one hundred years of the first publication of this title, with the book cased in a special box, with explanatory leaflet on the history of, The Tale of Squirrel Nutkin, and a commemorative book mark, with original tissue paper, explanatory note, and in cardboard box as issued
Lot 738
UTTLEY, Alison - The Knot Squirrel Tied - 1937, first edition, no dust-wrapper tog. w. four other books, each with dust-wrappers and by the same author to include: Hare and Guy Fawkes - 1956, first edition; Water Rat's Picnic - October 1965, tenth impression; Grey Rabbit's May Day - March 1968, second impression; Hare Goes Shopping - May 1969, second impression, and all with pictures by Margaret Tempest and nine other children's books to include; WEATHERLEY, F. W - The Illustrated Children's Book - with illustrations by Kate Greenaway and others, and eight, Cicely Mary Barker, Flower Fairies books (14)
Lot 706
GOLDSMITH, Oliver - The Vicar of Wakefield - 1929, first edition, dust-wrapper with twelve coloured illustrations by Arthur Rackham tog. w. STEPHENS, James - Irish Fairy Tales - 1920, first edition, with sixteen illustrations by the same author and RIALL, Richard - A New Bibliography of Arthur Rackham - 1994 (3)
Lot 715
POTTER, Beatrix - The Tailor of Gloucester - 2003, limited edition 109/500 copies commemorating one hundred years of the first publication of this title, with the book cased in a special box, with explanatory leaflet on the history of, The Tailor of Gloucester, with a commemorative book mark, original tissue paper, explanatory note, and in cardboard box as issued
Lot 549
The Antiquary's Books; HARVEY, Alfred - The Castles and Walled Towns of England - second edition tog. w. two other similar books, GASQUET, Abbot - English Monastic Life - third edition; HARVEY-BROOK, J - English Seals - first edition and twelve 19th century and later, leather and cloth bound books on various subjects (15)
Lot 784
THE BADMINTON LIBRARY - seven volumes to include; Hunting - 1889 - fifth edition and another, 1891 - sixth edition; Golf - 1890, second edition; Shooting, Moor and Marsh- 1886, first edition - all four cloth bound, and Hunting - 1894, seventh edition revised; Shooting, Field and Convert - 1886, first edition and Shooting, Moor and Marsh - 1886, second edition - all three half calf (7)
![Ordnance Survey Map showing the part counties of Berkshire, Hampshire and Wiltshire - [1817, first edition], 124cm x 57cm, li](https://cdn.globalauctionplatform.com/f133b2bf-ccb6-4fa6-b4a4-a7e001121395/fbc854a4-f75a-424f-ec7c-5505300d3a8e/468x382.jpg)
Lot 591
RICHARDS, Frank - Billy Bunter Butts In - 1951, first edition, dust-wrapper tog. w. thirty-five other books to include: Billy Bunter and the Blue Mauritius - 1952, no dust-wrapper; Billy Bunter's Banknote - 1953, third edition, no dust-wrapper; Billy Bunter's Own No.3, dust-wrapper and eighteen others all relating to, or by the author (36)
Lot 673
Collection of twelve New Naturalists, all with dust-wrappers and all first edition (unless otherwise state) to include; London's Natural History - 1946 reprint; Wild Flowers; Natural History in the Highlands and Islands; Mushrooms and Toadstools - 1972, sixth impression; Insect Natural History; British Plant Life - 1971 reprint; The Sea Shore; The Art of Botanical Illustration; Life in Lakes and Rivers; Wild Flowers of Chalk and Limestone - 1969, second edition; The World of Spiders and Ants - ex library (12)
Lot 675
Collection of eleven New Naturalists, all with dust-wrappers and all first edition (unless otherwise state) to include; British Plant Life; Mountains and Moorlands; The Sea Shore; Birds and Men; Wild Orchids of Britain; Flowers of the Coast; British Mammals; Moths; Trees, Wood and Man; Mountain Flowers - 1971 reprint and The World of Spiders - 1976 reprint (11)
Lot 674
Collection of twelve New Naturalists, all with dust-wrappers and all first edition (unless otherwise state) to include; Butterflies; London's Natural History - 1946 reprint; Britain's Structure and Scenery; Mountains and Moorlands; The Sea Shore; The Art of Botanical Illustrations; Insect Natural History; The Herring Gull's World - 1965 reprint; Wild Flowers of Chalk and Limestone; The Weald - 1972 fifth impression; Dartmoor - 1970 reprint and Moths (12)
![[TRANSPORT]. BUSES Osborne, Alan, & Young, J.R. Westcliff-on-Sea Motor Services Ltd. An Outline History, first edition, Farl](https://cdn.globalauctionplatform.com/a720d7d8-7532-4e3e-b52f-a7d800c65ba4/1b9e173d-4fb7-481b-acdd-bac023c75f5e/468x382.jpg)
Lot 186
[TRANSPORT]. BUSES Osborne, Alan, & Young, J.R. Westcliff-on-Sea Motor Services Ltd. An Outline History, first edition, Farley Publications, Ilford, 2011, boards, dustjacket, illustrations, quarto; Curtis, Martin. Bristol, A Century on the Road, Glasney Press, Falmouth, 1978, boards, dustjacket, illustrations, quarto; and twelve other assorted works, (14).
![[TRANSPORT]. RAILWAY & OTHER Maggs, Colin. Taunton Steam, first edition, Millstream Books, Bath, 1991, boards, dustjacket, i](https://cdn.globalauctionplatform.com/a720d7d8-7532-4e3e-b52f-a7d800c65ba4/6217cf99-4cef-4fb0-8fc1-4e93b916b17e/468x382.jpg)
Lot 188
[TRANSPORT]. RAILWAY & OTHER Maggs, Colin. Taunton Steam, first edition, Millstream Books, Bath, 1991, boards, dustjacket, illustrations, quarto; Clammer, Richard. Cosens of Weymouth, 1918 to 1996, first edition, Twelveheads Press, Truro, 2001, boards, dustjacket, illustrations, large quarto; and a further sixteen assorted works, (18).
![[MISCELLANEOUS] Aldin, Cecil. How to Draw Dogs, first edition, Lane, London, 1935, cloth, dustjacket, illustrations througho](https://cdn.globalauctionplatform.com/a720d7d8-7532-4e3e-b52f-a7d800c65ba4/a87cab32-9b3a-4006-aaf8-cdf78d96bf3a/468x382.jpg)
Lot 316
BLIND-STAMPED PIGSKIN, 16th century binding: Symbolorum Imperatoriorum, Nicholas Reusner, Frankfurt, 1588, the first edition, in dated blind-stamped pigskin over wooden boards with holes for clasps. Figures in central panels - upper cover wielding a sword; surmounted by initials 'C.R.' miniscule text below and dated '1588', the year of publication. Lower cover with blind-stamped figure wielding axe (Est. plus 18% premium inc. VAT) (Illustrated)
Lot 311
[Charles I]. Majesty in Misery, or, an Imploration to the King of Kings; Written by His late Majesty King Charles the First, in his durance at Carisbrook Castle, 1648, [colophon:] London: Printed Anno Domini 1681, 2pp., broadside printed on both sides, small neat old library stamp (& cancellation) to top blank margins, some fraying to margins, folio, together with Ecclesia & Factio. A Dialogue between Bow-Steeple Dragon and the Exchange Grasshopper, 1st edition, 1698, 16pp., with 'Blest' on p.3, three small holes and slight paper thining to title, fraying to margins, disbound folio (Wing 733), with Wild (Dr. Robert), Dr. Wild's Poem. In Nova fert Animus, &c., or, a New Song to an Old Friend from an Old Poet, Upon the Hopeful New Parliament, 1st edition, [1679], 4pp., disbound folio (Wing W2145), plus six other 17th-early 19th century similar pamphlets etc., mostly disbound folio & 4to First item: Wing C2422. Not actually written by Charles I, and often wrongly attributed to George Wither. A curious poem in rhymed triplets purporting to have been written by Charles I during his incarceration at Carisbrooke Castle, in the Isle of Wight prior to his execution. (9)
Lot 341
Milton (John). Paradise Lost. A Poem in Twelve Books, 5th edition, 1691, engraved portrait frontispiece, 11 engraved plates only (lacking plate for Book V), biro annotation to title and to a couple of leaves, two leaves loosening at front, a few closed tears, holes and frayed fore margins, occasional light soiling, bound with Paradise Regain'd. A Poem. In IV Books. To which is Added Samson Agonistes, 1688, 66 pp. & 57 pp., rear endpaper torn with loss, contemporary calf, upper cover detached, rubbed, folio First work Wing M2149. Sold with all faults not subject to return. (1)
Lot 396
Dover (Thomas). The Anicent Physician's Legacy to his Country, Being what he has Collected Himself, in Fifty-Eight Years Practice, or, an Account of the Several Diseases Incident to Mankind..., 6th edition, 1742, half-title, a little spotting and soiling throughout, contemporary manuscript receipts and notes to endpapers at front and rear including to stop the bleeding of a nose, cure for rheumatism, etc., modern quarter cloth, some edge wear, 8vo The first manuscript entry dated 14 June 1748 notes that Mr John Norwood bought an orchard, William Sayer 'at one pound 16 shilling and one shilling recd and I am to have 3 codlings trees and two black Lauranc trees and 1 pound 15 shillings is to be paid at Mickelmas'. (1)
Lot 423
Mayerne (Theodore Turquet de). Opera Medica..., edited by Joseph Browne, 1700, half-title with near-contemporary ownership inscription to verso, engraved portrait frontispiece, title printed in red and black, the two books paginated as three, double column, some spotting and old damp staining, worsening at front and rear with some discoloration to paper, recent half morocco gilt, folio Rare first edition of Mayerne's Opera Medica. (1)
Lot 499
Goldston (Will). More Exclusive Magical Secrets, 1st edition, [1921], black and white illustrations throughout, scarce spotting, original cloth, gilt-lettered spine, rear cover and spine dampstained, 4to, together with Robert-Houdin (Jean-EugÞne), The Secrets of Conjuring and Magic, Or How to become a Wizard, translated and Edited... by Professor Hoffmann, 1st English edition, 1878, lacking frontispiece, scattered spotting, endpapers renewed, all edges gilt, original pictorial green cloth, slight fraying to extremities, 8vo, plus Cremer (W.H. ), The Magician's Own Book, by the Author of "The Secret Out"..., 1st edition, [1871], half-title, frontispiece, title vignette in red and white, black and white illustrations throughout, publisher's catalogue at rear and 2pp. publisher's advertisements at front, faint ink name to front free endpaper, original pictorial blue cloth, gilt-lettered spine, 8vo, plus 23 others related including: Tricks with Cards, by Professor Hoffmann, circa 1890; Davenport & Co., Catalogue of Magical Apparatus, New Conjuring Tricks..., circa 1930; Magic and Its Professors, by Henry Ridgely Evans, 1st edition, 1902; mixed sizes, some defective First item: Limited edition, no. 781 of an unspecified number. (26)
Lot 477
Betjeman (John). Ghastly Good Taste, 1st edition, 1st issue, 1933, 1st issue with errata slip and 'Mowbray' poem on page 119, folding panorama at end, spare label, original cloth-backed pink boards, spine slightly darkened and rubbed, 8vo, together with Continual Dew, 1st edition, 1937, illustrations, original cloth gilt, all edges gilt, dust jacket by J. McKnight Kauffer, spine a little toned and chipped, 8vo, plus First and Last Loves, 1st edition, 1952, illustrations, some light spotting, original cloth, price-clipped dust jacket, light spotting, 8vo, with a presentation inscription to Frederick Etchell, F.R.I.B.A. from the author, with others by or on Betjeman including A Nip in the Air, 1974 (signed limited edition 83/175), A Garland for the Laureate. Poems Presented to Sir John Betjeman on his 75th birthday, Celandine Press, 1981, limited edition 305/350 and A Catalogue of Works by Sir John Betjeman from the Collection of Ray Carter with an Unpublished Poem, 1983, limited edition 281/300 (18)
Lot 40
Walker (George). The Costume of Yorkshire, Illustrated by a Series of Fort Engravings, Being Fac-similes of Original Drawings. With Descriptions in English and French, 1st edition, 1814, hand-coloured frontispiece, 38 hand-coloured aquatint plates only, lacking three plates: XIX (Farmers, also lacking text, but with additional plate inserted in place), XXII (Thirty-Third Regiment) and XXVI (Riding the Strang), occasional minor soiling, later tan half calf gilt, 4to Abbey Life 432; Colas 3044. Includes the Collier plate with the first depiction of a steam-engine on rails, preceeding Stephenson's engine by two years. (1)
Lot 329
Johnson (Samuel). A Dictionary of the English Language... Abstracted from the Folio Edition, by the Author..., To which is prefixed, A Grammar of the English Language, 2 volumes, 1756, occasional spotting, both front free endpapers with early ink ownership inscription, volume two lacking rear free endpaper and with worming affecting lower margins of last few leaves, contemporary calf, somewhat rubbed and a little worn, 8vo First abridged octavo edition. (2)
Lot 431
Pott (Percivall). A Treatise on Ruptures, 1st edition, printed for C. Hitch and L. Hawes, 1756, title with contemporary ink inscription bearing the name 'R. Robertson', some spotting and soiling, endpapers renewed, with early ink shelfmark on verso of front free endpaper, contemporary calf gilt, rebacked, both covers bearing gilt coat of arms with 'Reg Hosp Gren' (Royal Hospital School, Greenwich), edges rubbed, 8vo, together with Astruc (John), A Treatise on the Fistula of the Anus, Written Originally in Latin..., 1st English Edition, 1738, engraved folding plate, close-trimmed, with ink library stamp, dated title-page to each section, early 20th century red cloth gilt, slightly rubbed and faded, 8vo, plus Misaurus (Philander, pseudonym), The Honour of the Gout..., 1735, title with early ink ownership name to head, disbound, 8vo, with three others: Jan Baptista Van Helmont's Deliramenta Catarrhi: Or the Incongruities, Impossibilites and Absurdities Couched under the Vulgar Opinion of Defluxions, 1650, George Cheyne's The English Malady: Or a Treatise of Nervous Diseases of all Kinds, as Spleen, Vapours, Lowness of Spirits, Hypopochondriacal, and Hysterical Distempers, 1733, and Emmenologia, by John Freind, 1729 First work Garrison & Morton 3576. Includes the first description of a congenital hernia. (6)
Lot 451
Wellcome Library. A catalogue of printed books in the Wellcome Historical Medical Library, five parts in 5 volumes, 1962-2006, first 2 volumes ex library with paper label remains to front endpapers and classification marks in white ink at foot of spines, original cloth, slightly rubbed, small folio, together with Durling (Richard J.), A Catalogue of Sixteenth Century Printed Books in the National Library of Medicine, Bethesda, 1967, plus A Catalogue of Incunabula and Sixteenth Century Printed Books in the National Library of Medicine First Supplement, plus Blake (John B.), A Short Title Catalogue of Eighteenth Century Printed Books in the National Library of Medicine, Bethesda, 1979, ex library with ink stamps at front and rear and to both covers, all 4to, plus a facsimle edition of the accompanying Catalogue of Seventeenth Century Printed Books by Peter Krivatsy, 1989, original cloth, thick 8vo, plus other medical history and related reference works (18)
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