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Lot 290

Fleming (Ian) Thunderball first edition front endpaper torn out original boards dust-jacket very light rubbing to corners and spine foot tape marks to both flaps otherwise a very good copy 8vo 1961.

Lot 291

Fleming (Ian) Thunderball first edition original boards dust-jacket tape repair to inside of spine with slight loss to head and foot corners with small losses back panel a little creased a little cocked 8vo 1961.

Lot 293

Fleming (Ian) You Only Live Twice first edition first impression original cloth with gold and silver lettering dust-jacket designed by Richard Chopping small crease to upper corner of lower cover and spine spine slightly darkened otherwise a good copy 8vo 1964.

Lot 299

Hewitt (John) Scissors for a One-Armed Tailor 1p. January 1971 § Hewitt (John) Scissors for a One-Armed Tailor wrappers foxed Belfast 1974; Time Enough limited edition of 200 copies Belfast Blackstaff Press 1976 all but the first signed by the author original printed wrappers 8vo (3). (3)

Lot 300

Hornby (Nick) Fever Pitch first edition original boards dust-jacket price-clipped otherwise near fine 8vo 1992.

Lot 306

Mailer (Norman) An American Dream first English edition signed by the author to title jacket scuffed and creased to edges 1965 § O`Donnell (Peter) Modesty Blaise first edition jacket lightly browned 1965 original cloth dust-jackets 8vo (2)

Lot 307

Miller (Arthur) Death of a Salesman 1949; The Price 1968 first English editions; Incident at Vichy first American edition 1965 § Williams (Tennessee) The Night of the Iguana first English edition 1961 original cloth dust-jackets lightly creased and browned in places 8vo (4)(4)

Lot 309

Murdoch (Iris) The Flight from the Enchanter slight shelf-lean jacket spotted to back panel and browned to spine nicks to corners and head and foot of spine 1956 § Bainbridge (Geoffrey) May it Come Back! jacket a little marked and creased to head and foot of spine 1962 first editions original boards dust-jackets; and another Modern First Edition 8vo (3) *** The first is Iris Murdoch`s second novel.

Lot 310

Nabokov (Vladimir) The Real Life of Sebastian Knight first English edition small sticker on front pastedown original purple cloth spine lettered in gilt yellow dust-jacket printed in red & black some marking small tear to spine 8vo Editions Poetry London 1945.

Lot 315

Rendell (Ruth) A Guilty Thing Surprised first edition original boards dust-jacket a very good copy 8vo 1970.

Lot 316

Steinbeck (John) The Moon is Down first edition third printing before publication author`s signature to endpaper with original wrap-around loosely inserted jacket rubbed and nicked to edges 1942; another copy first English edition endpapers browned cloth faded jacket worn 1942 original cloth dust-jackets 8vo (2)

Lot 317

Taylor (G.P.) Shadowmancer special edition 2003; another copy; Wormwood 2004; Tersias 2005; The Curse of Salamander Street 2006; The Shadowmancer Returns 2006 first editions all but the second signed by the author original boards dust-jackets; and 4 others by the same in near fine condition 8vo (10)

Lot 318

Thomas (Dylan) The Map of Love first edition frontispiece portrait most of jacket spine absent 1939; Adventures in the Skin Trade 1955; Letters to Vernon Watkins 1957 half-title orignal cloth dust-jacket price-clipped; and 8 others by or related to Thomas 8vo (11)(11)

Lot 319

Woolf (Virginia) Flush large paper edition The Book Society bookplate to endpaper dust-jacket browned at edges spine chipped [Kirkpatrick A19a] 1933; Mrs Dalloway fore-edges a little browned and marked spine strip faded and almost detached [Kirkpatrick A9a] 1925; Orlando brown cloth fore-edge spotting browned in places [Kirkpatrick A11a suggests that this variant colour cloth indicates an advance copy] 1928 first editions all original cloth; and 3 others Woolf 8vo (6)(6)

Lot 322

-. Bertrand (Alfred) Au Pays des Ba-Rotsi Haut-Zambèze first edition presentation inscription from the author on dedication leaf “Paris le 13 Mai 1898./Alfred Bertrand.” portrait frontispiece 2 maps (spotted) Société de Geographie de Genève stamp to endpaper original cloth gilt light rubbing to corners and head and foot of spine one or two marks to cloth 4to Paris 1898.

Lot 329

-. Whitelocke (Lt.-Gen. John) The Trial at large...by general court martial...taken by Blanchard and Ramsay first Dublin edition folding engraved map frontispiece sentence at end uncut modern half calf gilt 8vo. Dublin 1806. *** Whitelocke was unsuccessfully sent to Buenos Aires to rescue General Beresford and his troops who had surrendered to the Spaniards. The expedition ended in disaster and evacuation resulting in Whitelocke`s court martial.

Lot 332

Drasche ( Richard von) Fragmente zu einer Geologie der Insel Luzon (Philippinen). (Dr. Richard von) Fragmente zu einer Geologie der Insel Luzon (Philippinen) first edition 2 folding colour maps and 3 plates illustrations including wood-engraved title-vignette repeated on upper cover original printed wrappers 4to Vienna 1878.

Lot 334

Hommaire de Hell (Xavier) Travels in the Steppes of the Caspian Sea the Crimea the Caucasus &c. first English edition contemporary calf a little rubbed and stained upper cover detached 1847 § Ditson (G.L.) Circassia; or a Tour to the Caucasus tinted frontispiece New York & London 1850 § Carruthers (D.) Beyond the Caspian folding map 1949 § Olufsen (O.) Through the Unknown Pamirs ex-library copy with small stamps 1904 § Mackie (J.Milton) Life of Schamyl; and Narrative of the Circassian War of Independence against Russia first American edition some foxing a few leaves becoming loose Boston 1856 § Visser-Hooft (Ph.C.) Among the Kara-Korum Glaciers in 1925 modern roan stained 1926 first editions some plates and illustrations all but the first and last original cloth most a little rubbed; and 6 others on Central Asia 8vo (12)(12)

Lot 335

Japan.- [Castilhon (Jean compiler)] Anecdotes Chinoises Japonoises Siamoises Tonquinoises &c; several vignettes throughout a little spotting and browning endpapers loose contemporary speckled calf spine gilt joints cracked [Cordier Sinica 54] 8vo Paris Vincent 1774. *** First edition of this work compiled by the French scholar and founder of the College of Toulouse Jean de Castilhon (1718-99).

Lot 348

Maykov (L N ) and V V Maykov editors Sibirskie Letopisi Izdanie Imperatorskoy Arheograficheskoy Komissii first edition modern half straight grain green morocco gilt tall 8vo St.Petersburg 1907. *** The Siberian Chronicles Edition of Imperial Archeorgraphy Committee.

Lot 356

Devonshire (Mrs R.L.) L`Egypte Musulmane et les Fondateurs de ses Monuments first edition inscribed by the author on front free endpaper plates later half morocco original wrappers bound-in spine rubbed and faded 8vo Paris 1926.

Lot 365

Mountaineering.- Forbes (John) Sight-Seeing in Germany and the Tyrol in the Autumn of 1855 first edition frontispiece and map original cloth spine repaired faded 1856 § Wilson (Sir Arnold) Bibliography of Persia proof copy original card covers cloth spine slightly creased [1929] § Steinitzer (W. von) Japanische Bergfahrten first edition illustration original decorated boards soiled Munich 1918 § Stokes (Frederick A.) College Tramps first edition illustrations original cloth rubbed hinges cracked New York 1880 § Scott (Hugh) In the High Yemen first edition illustrations original cloth soiled 1942; and 5 others similar v.s.(10) (10)

Lot 366

-. Hornaday (William T.) Camp-fires in the Canadian Rockies first edition maps and illustrations modern half calf over marbled boards 1906 § Wilcox (Walter Dwight) The Rockies of Canada revised and enlarged maps and illustrations original decorated cloth New York 1900 § Rusk (C.E.) Tales of a Western Mountaineer first edition illustrations original decorated cloth ownership annotation to front paste-down Boston and New York 1924; and 3 others similar 8vo (6)(6)

Lot 367

Polar.- Rosen (W. V.) Steen Bille`s Beretning om Corvetten Galathea`s Reise omkring Jorden i 1845 46 og 47 2 vol. in 1 second edition 2 folding maps 12 lithographed plates contemporary signature to front endpaper original half brown morocco full gilt decorated spine some foxing slightly rubbed 8vo Copenhagen 1853. ***First Danish circumnavigation.

Lot 368

-. Schwatka (Frederick) Report of a Military Reconnaissance in Alaska made in 1883 first edition 20 folding maps illustrations original cloth faded and soiled Washington 1885 § Rudmose Brown (R.N.) Spitsbergen first edition 3 maps 1 folding illustrations blind presentation stamp to title original cloth slightly rubbed at extremities 1920 § Wright (G.Frederick) and Warren Upham. Greenland Icefields first edition maps and illustrations original cloth rubbed 1896 § Washburn (Stanley) Trails Trappers and Tender-feet in Western Canada first edition illustrations bookplate contemporary signature original cloth gilt spine faded New York 1912 § Rogers (Sir John) Sport in Vancouver and Newfoundland first edition maps and illustrations original cloth gilt slightly rubbed New York 1912; and 2 others similar 8vo (7) (7)

Lot 371

-. Benedict (Elsie Lincoln & Ralph Paine) Our Trip Around the World first edition illustrations original half suede over decorated boards spine faded The Roycrofters New York 1926 § Ireland (John B.) Wall-Street to Cashmere first edition illustrations original cloth gilt and blind decoration very slightly worn New York 1859 § Ritchie (G.S.) The Admiralty Chart first edition illustrations original boards dust-jacket clipped 1967; and 3 others similar 8vo (6) (6)

Lot 374

Hasted (Edward) A History and Topographical Survey of the County of Kent 4 vol. first edition 43 maps/plans plus 54 engraved plates only contemporary half calf vol. 1 & 3 recased vol. 2 & 4 boards and prelims. detached tape repair to p. iii in vol. 4 maps and plates generally clean folio for the Author Canterbury 1778-1799.

Lot 40

Art Reference Morris, William By himself. London, 1989. 4to, edited by Gillian Naylor, original cloth dustwrapper; Chiswick Press The golden ass of Apuleius. London, 1904. 4to, number 81 of 200 copies, original cloth, paper labels, discoloured, foxing to early leaves; Moon, Karen George Walton. Oxford, 1993. 4to, contain typed letter signed from author, dustwrapper; Volpe, Tod Treasures of the American Arts and Crafts Movement 1890-1920. London, 1988. 4to, dustwrapper; Spencer, Isabel Walter Crane. New York, 1975. 4to, dustwrapper; Becker, Vivienne Art Nouveau jewelry. New York, 1985. First edition, 4to, dustwrapper; Grover, Ray & Lee Carved and decorated European art glass. Vermont, 1970. 4to, dustwrapper [torn]; Kemplay, John The paintings of John Duncan. San Francisco, 1994. Oblong 4to, dustwrapper; Byars, Mel The design encyclopedia. London, 1994. 4to, dustwrapper; and 42 others including 8 volumes of the Studio (50)

Lot 741

First edition "Bambi" in English by Felix Salten 1929

Lot 178

Cricket Books - Benson & Hedges Cricket Year first edition, Yorkshire pride, Len Hutton, Geoff Boycott and many others. Other sports:- Two Boxes

Lot 18

John Buckland-Wright (1897-1954) Dolores, Algernon Charles Swinburne (B.W. A12) the very rare set of eleven wood engravings together with the rejected design, 1933, each with the studio stamp verso, the first edition, privately printed by A.A.M. Stols for Emile, Baron van der Borch van Verwolde, on laid Japan paper, with full margins, various sizes

Lot 1056

Football autograph: Pele The Autobiography, a first edition hard back book with dust jacket signed by Pele to inside page (vg)

Lot 378

Tobacco related: Book, W.D. & H.O. Wills and the Development of the UK Tobacco Industry 1786-1965 by B.W.E. Alford published by Methuen & Co, 1973, first edition. 500 pages with various black & white photos in good dust wrapper (gd) (1)

Lot 577

RASTALL (W DICKINSON) A HISTORY OF THE ANTIQUITIES OF THE TOWN AND CHURCH OF SOUTHWELL IN THE COUNTY OF NOTTINGHAM first edition, large paper copy, plts, one folding, contemporary russia gilt rebacked, aeg, London: For the Author, 1787 ++

Lot 111

Ian Fleming, `You Only Live Twice` 1964, first edition, with dust jacket

Lot 379

Silver commemorative ingot, Her Majesty the Queen`s Official Birthday ingot, boxed with certificate, numbered 1057 and a silver Post Office official commemorative stamp edition, boxed with certificate and a First Day Cover.

Lot 2

(Sir Edward) Observations Historical Critical an (Sir Edward) Observations Historical Critical and Medical on the Wines of the Ancients first edition engraved frontispiece and 2 title-vignettes contemporary note on fermation loosely inserted frontispiece offset on title rather browned at edges throughout engraved bookplate of Spains Hall Finchingfield on front pastedown contemporary diced calf spine gilt a little worn upper cover detached lower joint split [Simon BG 168 & BV p.4; Vicaire p.66] 4to 1775. *** “...the earliest work of any importance written in English about wines...” Simon BV. Simon assesses the Appendix as the most interesting part of the book as it concerns modern wines and viticulture in England. The engraved plate reproduces that of the Thermopolium from Baccius`s work along with his description “as this treatise of Andreas Baccius is to be found but in very few libraries”.

Lot 5

Bruce (James) Travels to Discover the Source of th in the Years 1768...1773 5 vol. first edition half-titles engraved title-vignettes and coat-of-arms at head of dedication 3 folding engraved maps 3 engraved battle plans each with explanatory leaf of text 55 engraved plates and 4 leaves of Ethiopian dialects between pp.400 and 401 in vol.1 lacking 2I6 in vol.5 (final blank) vol.1 with a few ink or pencil annotations 4D1 in vol.4 and 5C4 (final leaf) in vol.3 with marginal tear (the second repaired no loss to text) maps a little foxed and offset occasional light spotting or soiling but generally a very clean copy engraved bookplate of Spains Hall Finchingfield on front pastedowns contemporary half calf spines with red morocco labels (volume nos. chipped) rubbed marbled paper on boards slightly defective at edges joints cracked spine ends a little worn [Blackmer 221] 4to Edinburgh and London 1790. *** Important account of Bruce`s travels in Egypt and Abyssinia including plates of natural history antiquities artifacts and monuments. “He will always remain the poet and his work the epic of African travel.” DNB On p.125 vol.1 Bruce refers to a ruler burning alive some outlaws in a cave. A pencil note in the margin reads “the reflexion on this horrid deed of an Egyptian despot shows Mr Bruce the writer to have an unfeeling heart and it may be fact”. Other contemporary annotations include cross-references to Norden`s Antiquities Natural History Ruins and other Curiosities of Egypt Nubia and Thebes (see lot ).

Lot 7

(Captain James) [Second Voyage] A Voyage towards t (Captain James) [Second Voyage] A Voyage towards the South Pole and Round the World... 2 vol. first edition engraved portrait and 63 plates charts and portraits many folding and/or double-page folding letterpress table some light offsetting and occasional soiling but generally very clean engraved bookplate of Spains Hall Finchingfield and ink inscription “John Ruggles 1817” with ink armorial stamp of T.Ruggles on front pastedowns contemporary calf a little worn joints split two covers detached some labels defective [Hill p.61; Mitchell Library Cook 1216; Rosove 77A1; Sabin 16245; PMM 223] 4to for W. Strahan and T.Cadell 1777. *** The first recorded voyage to the Antarctic. “Cook was a brilliant navigator and hydrographer an excellent administrator and planner and probably the first sea captain to realize the importance of preserving the health and well-being of his crew...On his second voyage of 112 men on board the Resolution which he commanded Cook lost only one by disease - and that not scurvy - a unique achievement in his time.” PMM.

Lot 8

[Crevecoeur (Michel Guillaume St Jean de)] “J.Hec first edition half-title folding engraved maps of Nantucket and Martha`s Vineyard advertisement leaf at end wormhole to lower margin extending to pastedowns engravd bookplate of Spains Hall Finchingfield on front pastedown contemporary calf spine gilt rubbed lacking label worn at edges and head of spine [Kress B.454; Sabin 17496; cf.Goldsmiths` 12297 Dublin edition] Thomas Davies and Lockyer Davies 1782. *** The author emigrated to the British colonies from Normandy at the age of sixteen. Having settled there his farm was destroyed by Indian allies of the British during the War of Independence. One of the letters relates to Martha`s Vineyard and four to Nantucket and the whale industry.

Lot 9

Dallaway (James) Constantinople Ancient and Modern first edition engraved title with aquatint vignette 10 tinted aquatint plates and plans occasional browning contemporary half russia spine gilt worn upper cover detached lower joint split spine defective at head [Abbey Travel 392; Atabey 308; Blackmer 441] 4to by T.Bensley for T.Cadell Junr. & W.Davies 1797.

Lot 10

Dearn (Thomas D.W.) Designs for Lodges and Entranc first edition half title engraved plan and 19 sepia aquatint plates and plans some light foxing and browning a few pencil architectural sketches loosely inserted contemporary half calf spine gilt rubbed spine and corners worn spine defective at head and foot [Abbey Life 12] 4to J.Taylor 1811.

Lot 11

[Dearn (Thomas D.W.) Designs for Lodges and Entran plates only first edition engraved plan and 19 sepia aquatint plates and plans lacking title and all text plates soiled the second lightly water-stained cropped browned and worn at lower outer corner contemporary roan-backed limp boards upper cover titled in manuscript rubbed [Abbey Life 12] 4to J.Taylor [1811].

Lot 13

Dewhurst (Henry William) The Natural History of th and the Oceanic Inhabitants of the Arctic Regions first edition lithographed frontispiece and dedication 17 lithographed plates 5 wood-engraved plates and several illustrations in text list of subscribers advertisements at end foxed two plates trimmed but not affecting images original cloth paper label on spine rubbed spine faded and torn at head [Nissen ZBI 1106] 8vo by the Author 1834.

Lot 14

(Rev. James) Nenia Britannica: or a Sepulchral Hi (Rev. James) Nenia Britannica: or a Sepulchral History of Great Britain first edition engraved title-vignette and 36 aquatint plates engraved or aquatint illustrations wood-engraved head- & tail-pieces and initials title and dedication foxed some other spotting but plates generally clean engraved bookplate of Spains Hall Finchingfield on front pastedown front free endpaper creased and partly detached contemporary half russia worn upper cover detached folio by John Nichols 1793.

Lot 15

(Sir William) Monasticon Anglicanum...] 3 vol. s (Sir William) Monasticon Anglicanum...] 3 vol. second edition vol.1 first edition vol.2 & 3 vol.1 with additional engraved architectural title but lacking half-title and letterpress title vol.2 & 3 with titles in red and black vol.3 lacking initial blank with folding engraved map and 102 plates by Wenceslas Hollar and others 37 double-page and/or folding one engraved illustration in text ink inscription “£14 : 14s Bibliothecae Ivesianae 1772” (John Ives) at head of all titles with an A.L.s. from Dugdale to Dr. Robert Brady of Gonville and Caius College Cambridge tipped in at beginning of vol.1 some plates a little faint or smudged many trimmed and mounted (mostly costume plates) vol.1 with a few leaves of Index misbound vol.3 with errata on 3G2 and 3A1 trimmed at foot but no loss to text some light browning or soiling ink armorial stamp of Thomas Ruggles and engraved bookplate of Spains Hall Finchingfield on front pastedowns (pasted over an earlier bookplate and annotated at foot “from White Bookseller Fleetstreet

Lot 16

Edwards (Bryan) The History Civil and Commercial 3 vol. including supplement second edition vol.1 & 2 first edition vol.3 half-title in vol.3 3 engraved frontispieces (including portrait) and 8 plates large folding general map in 2 parts and 10 other maps (2 folding) errata leaf at end of vol.2 tissue guards occasional foxing light browning at beginning and end of vol.3 engraved bookplate of Spains Hall Finchingfield on front pastedowns contemporary tree calf spines gilt with red and green morocco labels rubbed some joints split corners a little worn [Sabin 21901] 4to 1794-1801. *** The first collected edition with volume 3 containing An Historical Survey of the French Colony in the Island of St.Domingo. The maps in this edition are not present in the first edition.

Lot 19

Graves (George) British Ornithology 3 vol. first edition 143 hand-coloured engraved plates only (of 144 lacking `Loxia chloris` in vol.3) vol.1 with ms. index bound in at beginning a few ink annotations some light foxing but many plates clean original cloth worn vol.1 & 2 loose in binding vol.3 broken spines torn and defective [Nissen IVB 386] 8vo for the Author 1811-21.

Lot 24

[Hatton (Edward)] A New View of London; or An Amp 2 vol. first edition engraved frontispiece of the arms of the City of London 2 folding plates of coats-of-arms of livery companies and 2 folding maps folding table maps torn (particularly the first) author`s name supplied at head of title of vol.1 in contemporary hand also a few annotations to text loosely inserted or on front pastedown a little browned one or two small stains with black letter Oath of Freemen of the City of London pasted in at beginning ink armorial stamp of Thomas Ruggles on front pastedown contemporary panelled calf rubbed gilt spines a little worn and lacking labels one cover detached 8vo for R.Chiswell A. & J.Churchill... 1708.

Lot 27

Irwin (Eyles) A Series of Adventures in the course on the Coasts of Arabia and Egypt first edition half-title 4 aquatint views on 2 plates engraved plan and 2 folding maps most offset otherwise occasional spotting one or two minor marginal defects endpaper foxed engraved bookplate of Spains Hall Finchingfield on front pastedown contemporary half calf spine gilt rather worn joints split spine slightly defective at head and foot [Atabey 609; cf.Blackmer 865 second edition] 4to J.Dodsley 1780. *** “Irwin was born in Calcutta and served with the East India Company. He departed for England in 1777 but his ship was captured by pirates and the passengers were forced to cross the desert between the Red Sea coast and the Nile. It took him eleven months to reach England.” Blackmer

Lot 31

Linnaeus (Carl) Species plantarum 2 vol. third edition errata leaf at end of vol.2 lightly browned small hole to foot of 5A8 & 5B1 causing loss to one or two letters ink armorial stamp of Thomas Ruggles on front pastedowns contemporary mottled sheep spines gilt red morocco labels rubbed spine ends worn 8vo Vienna J.Thomae de Trattner 1764. *** The first edition “abounds in misprints and many taxonomic judgements recorded there were later revised...In the second edition...Linnaeus tried to make good its deficiencies and added material that had come to hand meanwhile...The third edition of 1764 is essentially a re-issue of the second editon...These three are the only editions published during the lifetime of the author.” - W.T. Stearn introduction to the 1957 facsimile p.135.

Lot 33

Lugar (Robert) Architectural Sketches for Cottages in the Grecian Gothic and Fancy Styles first edition 38 engraved plates and plans including 23 sepia-printed aquatints 6pp. 8vo publisher`s catalogue bound in at end severely foxed one plate slightly stained original boards uncut worn lacking spine broken covers detached [Abbey Life 30; Berlin Kat. 2314] T.Bensley for J.Taylor 1805 § Robinson (P.F.) Rural Architecture; being a Series of Designs for Ornamental Cottages third edition lithographed pictorial title and 96 engraved or lithographed plates foxed original cloth paper label on spine and upper cover rubbed spine ends a little worn James Carpenter [1828] 4to (2) *** The first features some designs in an Indian style influenced by Daniell`s views including a small Taj Mahal. Robert Lugar was the son of a Colchester carpenter. He was County Surveyor for Essex 1812-16 and created freeman of Colchester in 1812.(2)

Lot 37

(Sir Isaac)] Excerpta quaedam Newtoni Principiis P (Sir Isaac)] Excerpta quaedam Newtoni Principiis Philosophiae Naturalis... [edited by John Jebb Robert Thorp and Francis Wollaston] first edition list of subscribers including Thomas Ruggles 12 folding engraved plates [Babson 15] Cambridge J.Bentham... 1765 bound after Fitz-Stephen (William) Description of the City of London first edition B.White 1772 and [Thomas (John)] A History of the Island of Anglesey...[with] Memoirs of Owen Glendowr first edition half-title J.Dodsley 1775 together 3 works in 1 vol. (the first mentioned bound last) light browning and marginal water-staining contemporary ms. index on front free endpaper engraved bookplate of Spains Hall Finchingfield on front pastedown and signature of John Ruggles with ink armorial stamp of Thomas Ruggles contemporary calf-backed marbled boards worn spine slightly defective 4to

Lot 39

Park (Mungo) Travels in the Interior Districts of new edition engraved portrait 2 folding maps with routes hand-coloured folding chart sheet of musical notation and 5 plates 1816; The Journal of a Mission to the Interior of Africa in the year 1805 second edition folding engraved map with routes hand-coloured wood-engraved maps and illustrations in text with the final blank 1815 together 2 vol. half-titles foxing and offsetting the first with light water-staining to upper margin both with ink inscription “John Ruggles 1817” on front free endpaper the second with sheet of notes loosely inserted non uniform original boards uncut worn spines defective most covers detached 4to (2)(2)

Lot 40

Pashley (Robert) Travels in Crete 2 vol. first edition half-titles 10 lithographed plates folding map and plate of inscriptions wood-engraved illustrations some full-page foxing particularly to frontispieces (loose in vol.2) original cloth gilt a little rubbed and faded spotting to vol.1 [Blackmer 1263; Not in Abbey] 8vo Cambridge & London 1837.

Lot 44

Spallanzani (Lazzaro) Travels in the Two Sicilies and some parts of the Apennines 4 vol. first English edition 11 folding engraved plates many of volcanoes errata leaf in vol.1 vol.3 & 4 with final blank leaf a little foxing and soiling to plates some other browning or soiling engraved bookplate of Spains Hall Finchingfield on front pastedowns contemporary mottled calf gilt spines gilt rubbed lacking two labels splits to joints corners and spine ends worn 8vo G.G. & J.Robinson 1798. *** Important work on vulcanology.

Lot 47

(Capt. J.G.) Narrative of a Five Years` Expedition (Capt. J.G.) Narrative of a Five Years` Expedition against the Revolted Negroes of Surinam 2 vol. first edition engraved frontispiece vignette titles 2 folding maps and 78 plates and plans by William Blake Bartolozzi and others after the author errata leaves at end foxing and some soiling particularly to endpapers light water-staining to corner of frontispiece small marginal tear to one plate (repaired) contemporary half russia spines gilt rubbed joints split corners worn spines defective at head [Abbey Travel 719; Sabin 91075] 4to J. Johnson 1796.

Lot 48

Swinburne (Henry) Travels in the Two Sicilies 2 vol. first edition half-title in vol.2 folding engraved map and 22 plates 2 folding folding genealogical table directions to binder leaf at end of vol.2 occasional foxing or soiling bookplate of Spains Hall Finchingfield on front pastedowns contemporary half russia rather worn particularly corners and spine ends joints split 4to P. Elmsly 1783-85.

Lot 51

Weever (John) Ancient Funerall Monuments within th first edition lacking engraved portrait and additional title also final blank with woodcut illustrations some full-page a little soiled and browned a few stains slight worming to lower margin towards end engraved bookplate of Spains Hall Finchingfield on front pastedown later calf spine gilt with red morocco label joints split corners worn [STC 25223] small folio Tho.Harper sold by Laurence Sadler 1631.

Lot 52

[Whately (Thomas)] Observations on Modern Gardenin fourth edition author`s name supplied in ink on title very slight worming to lower edge of first few leaves ink armorial stamp of Thomas Ruggles on front pastedown contemporary calf gilt red morocco label a little worn at corners and edges 8vo T.Payne & Son 1770.

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