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Bloomsbury Auctions (Godalming)
Lot 43

Crane (Walter).- Cervantes (Miguel de) Don Quixote, retold by Judge Parry, first edition with these illustrations, coloured frontispiece, pictorial title-page, and 10 coloured plates and other illustrations in text by Walter Crane, original pictorial cloth, upper cover soiled, corners and spine ends bumped, rubbed, Blackie and Son, 1900 ? Wain (Louis) Louis Wain`s Baby Picture Book, illustrations, upper joint becoming loose, original pictorial boards, loss to spine, rubbed and soiled, James Clarke and Co., 1903 ? White (E.B.) Stuart Little, first English edition, illustratoins, original cloth, spine faded, cocked, upper cover marked, 1946; and 6 others, children`s, 8vo & 4to (9) (9)

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Lot 44

Dahl (Roald) Gremlins from the Walt Disney Production, first edition, 12 full-page and 1 double-page colour illustrations, black & white vignette illustrations, contemporary ownership annotation to front endpaper, original cloth-backed pictorial boards, slightly rubbed at extremities, dust-jacket, faded and creased at edges, spine chipped with some loss to head and tail, 4to, New York, 1943.

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Lot 45

Disney Studios. Three Little Pigs, first English edition, illustrations, 12 full-page in colour, original pictorial boards, lower joint split, dust jacket split at spine, torn at edges, 4to, [1933].

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Lot 46

Halliwell (James Orchard) Popular Rhymes and Nursery Tales, first edition, modern cloth, 8vo, 1849 ? Lamb (Charles) Prince Dorus, facsimile reprint, original wrappers, 16mo, Leadenhall Press, 1890-1 ? Food for the Mind, or a New Riddle Book, facsimile reprint, original boards, 16mo, Leadenhall Press, 1899/1900 ? [Taylor (John)] Verbum Sempiternae, number 11 of 100 copies, original cloth, uncut, Aberdeen, Milne and Hutchison, n.d. ? Stone (Wilbur Macey) A Snuff-Boxful of Bibles, limited to 200 copies, illustrations, original cloth-backed boards, uncut, prospectus loosely inserted, 16mo, Newark, 1926 ? Cossart (Theophilus) A Full Account of the Prodigious Experiment brought to perfection in Boston at Father Burke`s Academy, illustrations, original cloth-backed boards, uncut, 8vo, New York, Printed for the Author, 1928 ? Perrault (Charles) Histories or Tales of Past Times, illustrations, original buckram, incut, unopened, 8vo Fortune Press, n.d. ? Barchilon (Jacques) Perrault`s Tales of Mother Goose, 2 vol., illustrations, facsimile of the dedictation manuscript, original cloth-backed boards, slipcase, 8vo, New York, 1956 ? Darling (Richard L.) The Rise of Children`s Book Reviewing in America, 1865-1881, original cloth, 8vo, New York, 1968, 16mo and 8vo (10) (10)

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Lot 48

[Jones (Stephen)] The Natural History of Birds, first edition, 30 (of 38) engraved plates, last two gatherings stained, later half roan, [Roscoe J193 (1)], E. Newbery, 1793 ? Trimmer (Sarah) Introduction a la Connoissance de la Nature, J. Harrison for C. Law, 1800 ? Smith (Charlotte) Minor Morals, interspersed with Sketches of Natural History, vol. 2 only, fourth edition, engraved frontispiece by Hopwood, Crosby and Co., and Darton and Harvey, 1806; A Natural History of Birds, vol. 2 only, engraved frontispiece, pictorial title (loose), and 6 plates, joints split, uncut, J. Johnson, 1807 (engraved title Whittingham & Arliss, 1816) ? Blanchard (Pierre) Petite Bibliot?que des Enfans, fifth edition, engraved frontispiece and 7 plates, each with two illustrations, contemporary marbled sheep, Paris, Le Prieur, 1807 ? A,B,C. Instructif pour apprendre aux enfants, ninth edition, Amsterdam, J.R.Poster, 1812 ? Buffon (George Louis le Clerc, Comte de) The System of Natural History, vol. 1 and 3 only (of 4), 165 wood-engraved illustrations, and 15 pictorial tailpieces, many after Bewick, contemporary half calf, joints split, covers rubbed, Alnwick, W. Davison, 1814; Le Buffon de la Jeunesse, edited by Pierre Blanchard, vol.2 only, 8 engraved plates, last few leaves slightly stained, Paris, 1835 ? Berthaud (Abb? M.) Le Quadrille des Enfants, ninth edition, 4 engraved plates, each with 88 miniature illustrations coloured by hand, stained, rebacked, uncut, 8vo, Paris, Arthus Bertrand, [c.1830], original wrappers or boards unless otherewise described, 12mo and 8vo (10)

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Lot 49

Lang (Andrew) The Yellow Fairy Book, first edition, frontispiece, plates, illustrations by Henry Ford, school prize inscription on fly-leaf, contemporary calf, gilt, g.e., 1894 ? Verdi (Giuseppe) Otello, Dramma Lirico in Quattro Atti, no. 51023, title in red and black, original cloth, worn and marked, Milan, Ricordi, n.d., 8vo & 4to (2)

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Lot 50

Leigh (Dorothy) The Mothers Blessing, or the Godly Cousell of a Gentlewoman not long deceased, left behind for her Children, lacking first two leaves of text, contemporary line-tooled sheep, rebacked, with the bookplate of Edgar Osborne, [Wing L980], 12mo, E. Cotes for Andrew Crooke, 1656 ? Wase (Christopher) Methodi Practicae Specimen. An Essay on Practical Grammar, eighth edition, lacking pp.61-66, contemporary sheep, worn, stitching defective, [Wing W1021], 8vo, A.M. and R.R. for Thomas Parkhurst, 1682 ? Green (R.) The Pleasant and Delightful History of Dorastus Prince of Sicily, and Fawnia, only daughter and heir to Pandolfo King of Bohemia, lacking pp.31-34, pp.79-82 loose, "A Catalogue of Chapmens Books" following title-page, contemporary line-tooled sheep, rubbed, lacking small piece from foot of spine, 12mo, Henry Woodgate and Samuel Brookes, [c.1750], 12mo and 8vo (3)

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Lot 51

May-Day Eve, or the Royal Chaplet, humbly inscribed to Her Royal Highness the Princess Charlotte of Wales, first edition, engraved frontispiece and 9 plates, crudely coloured by a former owner, stained, original printed wrappers, 16mo, John Wallis Jun., 1808. *** In this rare narrative poem Queen Mab sends out seven fairies to find flowers for a chaplet for Princess Charlotte. The book is not listed in the British Library catalogue, and only two copies (both in 1976) appear to have been sold at auction.

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Lot 53

Potter (Beatrix) The Tale of Peter Rabbit, limited edition, facsimiles of picture letter written to Noel Moore in 1893, and facsimile envelope, Privately printed edition, (first printing) in printed boards, 1901 and deluxe edition, gold cloth, printed image of Peter Rabbit to upper cover, leaflet of explanation, housed in original fold-over cloth box, small gold coloured clasp, original card sleeve, 1993; The Tale of Peter Rabbit, deluxe edition to mark centenary, illustrations, blue decorated cloth, slip-case, 1993 ? Linder (Enid and Leslie) The Art of Beatrix Potter, illustrations, original boards, dust-jacket, 1980 ? Taylor (Judy) Letters to Children from Beatrix Potter, 1992; Beatrix Potter`s Letters, 1989, first editions, original cloth, dust-jacket; 12 others similar about Beatrix Potter, v.s. (17) (17)

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Lot 54

Robinson (William Heath).- Carse (Roland) All the Monarchs of Merry England, (William I to Edward VII), colour plates and illustrations by William Heath Robinson, modern burgundy cal with parts of original pictorial cloth, gilt, laid down on covers, n.d. ? Gilbert (Henry) King Arthur`s Nights: The Tales Retold for Boys and Girls, colour plates by Walter Crane, original pictorial cloth, gilt, spine faded, a few marks, 1911 ? Wyss (Johan David) Swiss Family Robinson, mounted colour plates by T.H. Robinson, occasional spotting, original pictorial cloth, gilt, a very good copy, n.d. ? Dahl (Roald) Esio Trot, first edition, illustrations by Quentin Blake, original boards, dust-jacket, a fine copy, 1990; and 15 others, similar Children`s, v.s. (19)

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Lot 56

[Wynne (John Huddlestone)] Tales for Youth, in Thirty Poems, first edition, engraved frontispiece, 30 wood-engraved illustrations by John Bewick, a few small stains on four leaves, contemporary calf-backed marbled boards, rubbed, [Roscoe J391 (1)], 12mo, E. Newbery, 1794.

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Lot 57

Cooke (George) [Animals from the Old Masters], 25 engraved plates, some spotting, contemporary cloth, joints split, a few stains, [1822] ? Milne (A.A.) Now We Are Six, first edition, illustrations by Ernest H. Shepard, upper hinge weak, original pictorial cloth, gilt, rubbed at extremities, 1927; and 5 others, including 3 later editions of Milne in original cloth, v.s. (7) sold not subject to return.

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Lot 61

Doyle (Richard).-Leigh (Percival) Manners and Customs of ye Englyshe, first edition, 40 full-page illustrations by Richard Doyle, spotted, original half roan, [1849] ? Doyle (Richard) A Journal kept in the year 1840, second edition, wood-engraved frontsipiece and title-page spotted, facsimile of the illustrated manuscript diary, original pictorial cloth, 1886 ? Christmas with the Poets, second edition, pictorial title-page and tinted wood-engraved illustrations by Birket Foster, a few leaves slightly spotted or stained, half roan, rubbed, lacking spine, 1852 ? The Poets of the Woods, 12 mounted illustrations after Joseph Wolf printed in colour, one in facsimile, slightly stained, original cloth, recased, in fitted case, 1953 ? Poetry of the Year, 22 mounted illustrations after Birket Foster and others, printed in colour, slightly stained, one leaf misbound, original cloth gilt, spine defective, 1853; and 2 others, 8vo and 4to (7) (7)

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Lot 79

Lubbock (Basil) Adventures by the Sea from Art of Old Time, one of 1,750 copies, preface by John Masefield, original buckram, gilt, faded in part, 1925 ? Gill (Evan R.) Bibliography of Eric Gill, first edition, original cloth, 1973 ? Pope-Hennessy (John) Sienese Quattro Cento Painting, first edition, original buckram, gilt, faded in part, dust-jacket, 1947 ? Macfall (Haldane) The Splendid Wayfaring, inscribed by the author to his wife on endpaper, original cloth, gilt, t.e.g., a little faded and browned, 1913 ? de Vries (Leonard) Flowers of Delight, first edition, original boards, dust-jacket, 1965; and 21 others, similar, including 8 issues of Giles, v.s. (27) (27)

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Lot 81

Rackham (Arthur).- Barrie (J.M.) Peter Pan in Kensington Gardens, first Rackham trade edition, 50 tipped-in colour plates by Arthur Rackham, captioned tissue guards, list of illustrations ff. loose, modern half russet crushed morocco over original russet pictorial cloth, gilt, 1906; and a later edition of the Rubaiyat, illustrated by Willy Pogany, 4to (2)

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Lot 86

Young (Francis Brett) Portrait of a Village, first edition, wood-engraved illustrations by Joan Hassall, original buckram gilt, 1937 ? Empson (Patience) The Wood Engravings of Robert Gibbings, coloured frontispiece, numerous reproductions, original cloth, letttered celluloid dust jacket, 4to, 1959 ? Carel (Henry) The Dragon of Wantley, limited to 200 copies, signed by the artist, coloured linocut illustrations by Ben Sands, original cloth-backed boards, small 4to, The Shoestring Press, 1960 ? Crossley-Holland (Kevin) Oenone in January, number 36 of 350 copies, signed by the author and artist, wood-engraved illustrations by John Lawrence, original pictorial boards, slipcase, 8vo, The Old Stile Press, 1988, 8vo and 4to (4) (4)

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Lot 88

Audsley (George A.) and James L. Bowles Keramic Art of Japan, first edition, half-title, chromolithographed frontispiece, 32 plates, 16 chromolithographed, illustrations, a few small stains, a few ff. with worm traces to outer edge, original pictorial cloth, gilt, spine faded, fraying to spine ends and corners, 4to, 1881.

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Lot 90

Evans (Walker) Many Are Called, first edition thus, introduction by James Agee, b&w photographic illustrations, water-mark to half-title, original printed wrappers, creased at joints, rubbed at extremities, 1966 ? Rankin (David) Breeding, signed by the artist, b&w photographic illustrations, original pictorial boards, original pink card box, worn at extremities, [2004]; and another, photography book, v.s. (3)

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Lot 92

Ingrams (Richard) & John Piper Piper`s Places, John Piper in England and Wales, first edition, illustrations, original boards, dust-jacket, 1983 ? Mankowitz (Wolf) The Extraordinary Mr. Poe, first edition, illustrations, original boards, dust-jacket, 1973 ? Uden (Grant) and Richard Cooper. A Dictionary of British Ships and Seaman, first edition, illustrations, original boards, dust-jacket, 1980 ? Becker (Jasper) City of Heavenly Tranquillity, first edition, illustrations, original boards, dust-jacket, 2008; and a quantity of others similar, v.s. (qty) (qty)

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Lot 95

Neale (John Preston) The History and Antiquities of the Abbey Church of St. Peter, Westminster, 2 vol., first edition, additional engraved titles and 59 plates plus 2 folding plates from another publication loosely inserted, plate-guards, list of subscribers, some spotting, plates in vol.1 with water-stain to upper corner, vol.2 engraved title with water-stain, bookplates removed, contemporary half morocco, lacking spines, rubbed and worn, 4to, 1818-23.

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Lot 101

Cooke (J. H.) Bibliotheca Cestriensis, or a Biographical Account of… the County of Chester, number 48 of 200 Royal quarto copies from an edition limited to 250, contemporary half vellum, gilt, a little soiled and spotted, remains of ?lot label on vellum corner, 1904 ? Chubb (Thomas) The Printed Maps in the Atlases of Great Britain and Ireland 1579-1870, 1927 ? Skelton (R. A.) Decorative Printed Maps of the 15th to 18th Centuries, ex-library copy with stamps, 1952 ? Wilson (Lt.-Col. Sir Arnold T.) A Bibliography of Persia, Oxford, Clarendon Press, 1930 ? Mendelssohn (Sidney) South African Bibliography, 2 vol., facsimile reprint, ex-library copy with stamps, dust-jackets a little frayed at edges, 1957, plates, some occasional foxing, all but the first original cloth/buckram, all a little rubbed; and c.75 others, travel, topography and cartography, some ex-library copies, a few sale catalogues, v.s. (c.80) (c.80)

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Lot 104

Conjuring.- [Weiss (Erich)], "Harry Houdini". The Unmasking of Robert-Houdin, first edition, illustrations, some light foxing and marginal staining, numbers in ink and pencil on front free endpapers, upper hinge weak, original pictorial brown cloth, a little rubbed and marked, 8vo, New York, 1908.

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Lot 113

Wyman (Bill) Blues Odyssey, first edition, signed by the author on title, illustrations, original boards, dust-jacket, 2001; Rolling with the Stones, special limited edition signed by the author, illustrations, original boards, slip-case, unopened in cling-wrap, 2002, 4to (2) (2)

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Lot 115

[Cheseaux (Jean Philippe Loys de)] Essais de Physique, first edition of the author`s first work, title with woodcut ornament, 10 folding engraved plates, title with a few small tears just touching text, but with no real loss, water-stained, a few ff. with a little worming at head, just touching part of a letter in a few instances, contemporary calf, gilt spine in compartments, later red leather label, outer edges repaired, 8vo, Paris, chez Durand, 1743. *** Ch?seaux was a brilliant astronomer. In 1746 he presented a list of nebulae to the Acad?mie Fran?aise des Sciences, eight of which were his own new discoveries. He was also among the first to state what was later know in its modern form as Olbers` Paradox (that if the universe is infinite, the night sky should be bright).

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Lot 116

Curtis (John Harrison) Observations on the Preservation of Hearing, and on The Choice, Use and Abuse of Hearing-Trumpet, first edition, modern marbled boards, scarce, 12mo, 1834.

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Lot 128

Brittain (Harry) Notes on the Broads and Rivers of Norfolk and Suffolk, second edition, folding map, illustrations, advertisements, contemporary cloth, gilt, Norwich, Lowestoft and London, "Argus" Office, "Standard" Office & Palmer, n.d. [c.1890]; Rambles in East Anglia, illustrations, contemporary cloth, gilt, n.d., presentation copies from the author, 8vo (2) *** The first is one of the rarer guides to the Broads, with extensive angling content. (2)

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Lot 129

Abercromby (Hon. John) A Trip through the Eastern Caucasus, first edition, half-title, 3 maps, 2 folding, 1 hand-coloured, wood-engraved plates and illustrations, inscription to endpaper, joints weak, front endpaper detached, original blue cloth, spine browned, rubbed, 8vo, 1889.

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Lot 130

Bagshawe (Thomas Wyatt) Two Men in the Antarctic. An Expedition to Graham Land 1920-1922, first edition, plates, folding panorama at end, occasional light spotting, original cloth, dust-jacket, faded and spotted, Cambridge, 1939; and another, Himalayas, 8vo (2)

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Lot 132

Borchgrevink (Carsten Egeberg) First on the Antarctic Continent, first edition, photogravure portrait frontispiece, plates and illustrations, 3 folding maps at end, 32pp. advertisements, title browned, original pictorial cloth, gilt, spine and upper cover spotted, [Spence 152; Taurus 24], 8vo, 1901.

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Lot 133

Imperial Japanese Govenment Railways. An Official Guide to Eastern Asia…, vol.IV: China, first edition, colour frontispiece and 8 black & white photographic plates, 22 colour maps, most folding, large folding map in pocket at end, illustrations, original limp brown cloth, slightly stained otherwise a very good copy, Tokyo, 1915 ? [Corner (Julia)] China…with some account of Ava and the Burmese, Siam, and Anam, first edition, engraved map, wood-engraved illustrations, contemporary half calf, worn, 1853 ? Sergeant (P.W.) The Great Empress Dowager of China, 1910 ? Parker (E.H.) Ancient China Simplified, 1908 ? Fleming (Peter) The Siege at Peking, 1959 ? Bushell (S.W.) Oriental Ceramic Art…from the collection of W.T.Walters, reprint, 1981, plates and illustrations, all but the second original cloth, the third with faded spine, the last two with dust-jackets: and 8 others on China, 8vo & 4to (14) (14)

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Lot 134

Keate (George) A Short Account of the Ancient History, Present Government, and Laws of the Republic of Geneva, first edition, folding engraved map, dedication to Voltaire, engraved bookplate, contemporary tree calf, rebacked, R.& J.Dodsley, 1761 ? Planta (Joseph) The History of the Helvetic Confederacy, 3 vol., second edition, folding engraved map, bookplate of John Bolton, contemporary calf, 1807 ? Burnet (G.) Some Letters, containing an Account…through Switzerland, Italy…, third edition, title and final leaf soiled, modern calf, 1708, occasional spotting or soiling, rubbed, 8vo (5) (5)

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Lot 137

[Sandys (George)] A Relation of a Journey begun Anno Dom. 1610… Containing a description of the Turkish Empire, of Aegypt, of the Holy Land, engraved illustrations, double-page view of Constantinople, tipped-in, lacking engraved title and several ff., marginal repairs to B and B2, contemporary vellum, soiled, [STC 21727], [by W. Barrett, c.1621] ? Bartlett (W.H.) The Nile Boat; or, Glimpses of Egypt, second edition, engraved frontispiece, additional vignette title, map, folding panorama, plan and engraved plates, tissue guards, engraved title and frontispiece spotted, original cloth, gilt, spine faded, spine ends and corners bumped, 1850 ? Dumasia (Naoroji M.) Jamnagar and its Ruler, first edition, inscribed by Shri Jam Staji, the Jamsaheb of Jamnagar, fronstispiece, plates, original cloth, gilt, Bombay, 1927; and 8 others, travel, small folio & 8vo; sold not subject to return (12) (12)

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Lot 139

Solis y Ribadeneyra (Antonio de) Histoire de la Conquête de Mexique ou de la Nouvelle Espagne, first French edition, 12 engraved maps & plates only (of 14), 9 folding, lacking errata leaf at end, title defective at outer margin not affecting text, lightly browned, wormed at inner margin but with slight loss to text, broken and loose, contemporary calf, gilt spine wormed and slightly defective, worn, [Sabin 86475], 4to, Paris, Jeremie Bouillerot, 1691; sold not subject to return *** Translated by S. de Bro?, seignor de Citry et de la Guette. Sabin records six issues of this edition, of which this is the second.

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Lot 140

Southey (Robert) History of The Peninsular War, first edition, 3 vols., scattered spotting, few light creases, signs of previous damp throughout (wrinkling to paper), contemporary half-calf, rubbed and scuffed, one morocco label partially detached, 4to, 1828-32.

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Lot 141

Talbot (Star) The Marvellous Book. An Album Containing One Hundred Studies of Famous Chinese Porcelains…, colour plates, captioned tissue guards, original decorative cloth, gilt, spine faded and worn, rubbed, Shanghai, 1930 ? Smith (C.A. Middleton) The British in China, original cloth, a little faded and marked, 1920 ? Fleming (Peter) The Siege at Peking, first edition, portrait frontispiece, plates, original cloth, dust-jacket, a few minor nicks, a very good copy, 1959 ? Wasserstein (Bernard) Secret War in Shanghai, first edition, plates, original boards, dust-jacket, 1998 ? Shirk (Susan L.) China Fragile Superpower, first edition, illustrations, original boards, dust-jacket; and c.30 others, modern works on China, v.s. (c.35)

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Lot 144

Farmer (J.) The History of the ancient Town, and once Famous Abbey, of Waltham, in the County of Essex…, first edition, list of subscribers and errata to such, 9 engraved plates, 4 folding, with 4 additional engravings bound or tipped in, contemporary ink annotations and notes on front free endpaper, frontispiece torn and repaired, lightly browned, contemporary calf, rubbed, rebacked, for the Author, 1735 ? Kennedy (John) A History of the Parish of Leyton, Essex, plates, original vellum, soiled, Leyton, 1894 ? Palmer (E.H.) Ye Hole in ye Walle, A Legende of Walthamstowe Abbey, printed in red and black, frontispiece and title on pale pink paper, plates, foxed, original cloth, Cambridge, [c.1860] ? Phillips (W.V.) Wanstead through the Ages, limited edition signed by the author, colour plates, original cloth, 1946, a little rubbed; and 3 others on Essex, v.s. (7) (7)

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Lot 147

[Cruden (Alexander)] The London-Citizen Exceedingly Injured: or a British Inquisition Display`d, in an Account of the Unparallel`d Case of a…Bookseller…sent…to a Private Madhouse, first edition, title torn at lower edge (repaired), cropped, later roan-backed marbled boards, spine torn and defective, T.Cooper…and Mrs. Dodd, 1739 ? Dodsley (R.) The Blind Beggar of Bethnal Green, first edition, half-title, engraved title-vignette, advertisement leaf, preserved in modern wrappers, for R.Dodsley, sold by T.Cooper, 1741, both a little soiled and browned, 8vo (2) (2)

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Lot 150

Godwin (George) Another Blow for Life, only edition, half-title, wood-engraved frontispiece and illustrations, advertisement leaf at end, small tear and crease to fore-edge of frontispiece, original cloth, gilt, a little rubbed and cockled, 1864 ? Ellis (Henry) The History and Antiquities of the Parish of Shoreditch…, 8 engraved plates, some folding, modern cloth, 1798 ? Law (Henry) A Memoir of the several operations and the construction of the Thames Tunnel, Part I [all published], 15 plates (no plate 4, not called for), some folding, lightly spotted and water-stained, original cloth, worn and stained, spine defective at head, [c.1846] ? Cowper (B.H.) A Descriptive Historical and Statistical Account of Millwall. commonly called the Isle of Dogs, original limp cloth, paper label on upper cover, faded, 1853 ? Green (H.) and Robert Wigram. Chronicles of Blackwall Yard, Part I [all published], plates, some double-page, occasional spotting, bookplate removed from front pastedown, original blue morocco, gilt, worn, 1881 ? [Bennett (E.T.) The Tower Menagerie, illustrations, some spotting, original morocco-backedboards, rubbed, 1829; and c.80 others on London, 4to & 8vo (c.85) *** The first mentioned item is scarce; the author was an architect who strived to improve the housing and sanitary conditions of the poor. (c.85)

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Lot 151

Lysons (Rev. Daniel) The Environs of London, 5 vol. including Account of Middlesex but without the Supplement, first edition, engraved vignette titles, engraved plates & maps, some folding, foxed, contemporary diced russia, rubbed, corners a little worn, rebacked, 4to, 1792-1800.

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Lot 154

Parker (John) The Early History and Antiquities of Wycombe, in Buckinghamshire, first edition, maps and illustrations, contemporary signature to half-title, original green cloth, gilt, slightly worn at extremities, 4to, Wycombe, 1878.

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Lot 155

Pevsner (Sir Nikolaus) and others. The Buildings of England Series, 52 vol., original boards, dust-jackets, mostly good condition, 1979-1999; The Best Buildings in England, first edition, original boards, dust-jacket, 1986; and a few related pamphlets, 8vo and 4to (c.55) (55)

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Lot 173

Collé (Charles) La Partie de chasse de Henri IV, Comedie, first edition, half-title, 4 engraved plates, half-title soiled, a few finger-marks and spots, bookplate of the Bibliotheca Tiliana, later vellum-backed decorative boards, lightly soiled, [Thi?baud 887-888; Schwerdt I, p.117], 8vo, Paris, veuve Duchesne [et] Gueffier, 1766. *** A scarce work, with an excellent provenance (Kurt Lindner).

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Lot 175

[Bronte (Charlotte)] “Currer Bell”. Jane Eyre, 2 vol., first Tauchnitz edition, spotting, ownership inscriptions to endpapers, bookplates to pastedowns, contemporary half calf, rebacked, with original backstrip laid down, corners bumped, Leipzig, Bernh. Tauchnitz Jun., 1848 ? Collins (Wilkie) After Dark, copyright edition, ownership inscription to endpaper, contemporary morocco, rubbed, Leipzig, Bernhard Tauchnitz, 1856, 12mo (3) (3)

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Lot 176

Hugo (Victor) Les Misérables, 10 vol., first edition, half-titles, spotting, contemporary half calf, rubbed, vol. 1 front hinge cracked, 8vo, Brussels, 1862.

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Lot 183

Bible , English. [The Text of the New Testament.], edited by William Fulke, second Fulke edition, Bishops` version and Rheims N.T. in parallel column, lacks A1, A-3-6, 4L6-8, first few ff. frayed and loose, last dozen ff. corners creased and torn with loss of text, heavily stained, contemporary boards, worn and marked, without spine, front cover all but loose, [Herbert 265], folio, [Robert Barker, 1601]; sold not subject to return

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Lot 190

Clarke (Samuel) The Life & Death of William, surnamed the Conqueror, first edition, engraved portrait frontispiece, fore-edge margins torn and stained throughout, marked, ink number in upper corner of first 4 ff., modern boards, [Wing C4534], 4to, Simon Miller, 1671.

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Lot 191

Skinner (Stephen) Etymologicon Linguæ Anglicanæ, first edition, double column, imprimatur f. at start, occasional spotting, contemporary calf, upper joint split, upper cover becoming loose, spine ends chipped, corners worn, [Wing S3947], Thomas Roycroft, 1671 ? Johnson (Richard) Grammatical Commentaries, folding gramatical table, torn at join, title with marginal soiling, mounted on a stub, A2 with bisecting tear, repaired, U to Z3 wormed at margin, contemorary panelled calf, rebacked, worn at corners, for the Author, 1706, folio & 8vo (2) (2)

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Lot 199

Marlborough (John Churchill, Duke of).- The Life of…John Duke of Marlborough and Pr. of Mindelheim, first edition, lacks the errata f., title in red and black, some marking, name at head of title, contemporary panelled calf, spine gilt, rubbed, 8vo, Theodore Sanders, 1723.

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Lot 201

Claridge (John) The Shepherd of Banbury`s Rules to judge of the Changes of the Weather, Grounded on Forty Years Experience. To which is added, a rational Account of the Causes of such Alterations, the Nature of Wind, Rain, Snow &c. on the Principles of the Newtonian Philosophy, title with numbers and price in ink at head, also soiled and defective at inner margin (repaired), stab-holes to inner margin, a little spotted and browned, final leaf soiled and loose, W.Bickerston, 1744 bound after a copy of the 1827 edition and with Franklin (Benjamin) The Way to Wealth…, 8pp., portion cut away from foot of title with loss to part of imprint, Banbury, printed and sold by W.Rusher, [?c.1800], together 3 works in 1 vol., old manuscript note pinned to front free endpaper, nineteenth century cloth, spine titled in gilt, a little rubbed, small traces of paper label to upper cover, 8vo *** The first item was first published in 1670 as The shepheards` legacy; in this edition additions were made anonymously by John Campbell, author of A Political Survey of Britain.

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Lot 211

Stuart (Gilbert) A View of Society in Europe, in its Progress from Rudeness to Refinement, first edition, errata f. at end, lacks half title, title marked, bookplate, contemporary half calf, worn, covers loose, spine defective, 4to, Edinburgh, For John Bell, and J. Murray, 1778.

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Lot 212

Reynolds (Sir Joshua) Seven Discourses Delivered in the Royal Academy by the President, first edition, half-title, advertisement f., occasional light spotting, modern half calf, spine faded, [Rothschild 1740], 8vo, 1778.

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Lot 218

Hume (David) The History of England, 5 vol., new edition, engraved frontispieces, a few ff. browned, contemporary calf, a few covers detached, others becoming loose, a little worn at extremities, rubbed, D. Buchanan, 1796 ? Jeffrey (Francis) Contributions to the Edinburgh Review, first edition, 4 vol., contemporary calf, gilt, spines gilt, some spines becoming detached at head, vol. 4 lacking lower cover, rubbed, 1844 ? Aytoun (William Edmondstoune) Lays of the Scottish Cavaliers, illustrations, signed card by the author, loosely inserted, light spotting, inscription to endpaper, original cloth, gilt, faded, spine ends and corners bumped, Edinburgh and London, 1863; and another, Life of Smollett, 8vo & 4to (11) (11)

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Lot 224

Opie (Amelia) Tales of Real Life, 3 vol., first edition, half-title, vol. III advertisements at end, bookplates and inscriptions to pastedowns, contemporary half calf, vol. 1&3 covers detached, lacking spines, rubbed, 12mo, 1813.

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Lot 226

Ricardo (David) On the Principles of Political Economy, and Taxation, first American edition, water-stain to upper margin (and less so to lower margins) of first c.40 ff., browned, some foxing, contemporary calf, rebacked, boards worn, 8vo, Georgetown, D.C., Joseph Miligan, 1819.

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Lot 231

Lamb (Charles) Elia. Essays which have appeared under that signature in the London Magazine, first edition, first issue, later red morocco, gilt, spine a little faded, 8vo, 1823.

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Lot 234

Walpole (Horace) The Letters…, 14 vol., engraved frontispieces, foxed, handsome contemporary calf, by Hayday, spines gilt with black and red morocco labels, one nicked, g.e., 1840-51 ? Dickens (Charles) The Posthumous Papers of the Pickwick Club, first edition in book form, etched plates by R.Seymour and Phiz (severely foxed), some water-staining, contemporary calf, spine gilt, 1837 ? White (Gilbert) The Natural History and Antiquities of Selborne, edited by J.E.Harting, sixth edition, illustrations, original pictorial cloth, gilt, rebacked preserving original spine, new endpapers, 1888 ? Ticknor (George) Life of William Hickling Prescott, portrait, original cloth, gilt, t.e.g., others uncut, Boston, 1864, a little rubbed; and 32 others, literature and history, 8vo & 4to (49) (49)

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Lot 241

[Evans (Marian)] "George Eliot". Silas Marner, first edition, half-title, 16pp. advertisements and 4pp. unnumbered for "The Autobiography of Dr. Alexander Carlyle", at end, marginal spotting, original cloth, browning to boards, head of spine nicked and a little weak, corners, edges and joints rubbed, [Sadleir 819, Carter p.112], 8vo, Edinburgh & London, 1861.

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Lot 243

Trollope (Anthony) Travelling Sketches, first edition, 24pp. publisher`s catalogue at end, occasional spotting, original red cloth, upper cover gilt, outer edges soiled, rubbed, [Sadleir 23], 1866; and a uniformly bound second edition of Hunting Sketches, 8vo (2)

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Lot 246

Trollope (Anthony) Australia and New Zealand, 2 vol., first edition, 8 hand-coloured maps, most folding, some in pocket at end of vol.1, splits to folds of a few maps, some spotting, contemporary half calf, gilt spine in compartments and with red morocco labels, rubbed and scuffed, [Sadleir 40], 8vo, 1873.

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Lot 247

Thackeray (William Makepeace) The History of Pendennis, 2 vol., first edition, engraved additional titles, plates, light offsetting, contemporary calf, spines gilt with red morocco labels, spines rubbed, 8vo, 1849-50.

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