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Bloomsbury Auctions (London)
Lot 170

River Hooghly.- Reports with Proceedings first and only edition 6 folding hand-coloured lithograph maps and plans (including Hooghly and part of the Ganges) and one plate old embossed library stamp of Bibliotheca Schlagintweit on title later cloth soiled folio Calcutta Thos. Jones Calcutta Gazette Office 1854. ***Rare. Not in BL and no copy on Copac. Detailed reports commissioned by the government to ascertain the feasability of navigation for mercantile use of the Hooghly and its tributaries. With no official records to use the compilers undertook numerous interviews with pilots of ships accustomed to navigating the river for their assessment of the various channels reefs flats and harbours..

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Lot 174

Military Dictionary (A) first edition paper flaw to E2 slightly affecting a few words of text old signatures of V.Wood on title modern calf “antique style” joints rubbed 12mo for J.Nutt 1702. ***First edition of a popular dictionary of military terms which was reprinted several times throughout the 18th century. It was designed as much for military personnel as for lay people reading news of the European wars “where there always occur some terms of art not intelligible to persons unskill`d in military affairs”..

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Lot 175

Bell.Short Essay on Military First Principles first edition contemporary sprinkled calf spine gilt with red morocco label Macclesfield copy with bookplates and small blindstamps 8vo for T. Becket and P.A.de Hondt 1770. ***A fine copy. ESTC lists only 8 copies..

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Bloomsbury Auctions (London)
Lot 176

Le Roy de Bosroger. Principles of Tactics first English edition 12 folding engraved plates Macclesfield copy with bookplates and small blindstamps contemporary sprinkled calf spine gilt with red morocco label 8vo for S.Hooper 1771. ***Rare ESTC lists only 5 copies of which 2 are defective..

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Bloomsbury Auctions (London)
Lot 179

[Stevenson (Roger)] Military Instructions second edition 12 folding engraved plates contemporary calf spine gilt with red morocco label Macclesfield copy with bookplates and small blindstamps [ESTC locates only 4 copies] 12mo for John Millan etc. 1779. ***A fine copy. First published in 1770 and with the Philadelphia edition of 1775 being the first book with a dedication to George Washington..

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Lot 181

Churchill (Sir Winston Spencer) The River War 2 vol. first edition signed by the author on the dedication leaf photogravure frontispiece plates illustrations and maps 20 coloured folding and 3 single page original cloth extremities and edges slightly rubbed scuff to upper cover vol.1 head and tail slightly creased titles and cover vignettes blocked in gilt 8vo 1899.

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Bloomsbury Auctions (London)
Lot 182

Churchill (Sir Winston) The Second World War vol. I only first edition signed by the author and dated 1955 on half title original cloth gilt spine stain to top edge dust-jacket upper edges frayed 8vo 1950.

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Lot 186

Berrettini (Pietro) Tabulae Anatomicae first edition title in red and black with engraved vignette woodcut decorations and initials 27 engraved plates by Luca Ciamberlano some spotting and soiling mostly to margins light water-stain to lower edge contemporary French mottled calf spine gilt in compartments with raised bands a little rubbed but overall a very good copy [Garrison-Morton 395.2; Heirs of Hippocrates 470] folio Rome Antonius de Rubeis for Faustus Amideus 1741. ***Superb engravings by this enormously important and infuential Italian artist who according to the World Encyclopaedia of Art “...among Italian painters [Berrettini] must be considered the most influential personality of his generation...” Twenty of the anatomical studies (plates I -XIX males and XXVII female) were originally drawn by Berrettini in about 1618 and depict their subjects in a variety of dramatic poses amongst columns plinths and arches derived from classical architecture. The remaining 7 plates show figures copied from Vesalius Vesling Casserio and others along with commentary supplied by Petrioli who published the work in 1741. Petrioli also had the plates embellished with numerous smaller anatomical figures taken from Vesalius Valverde and others “engraved in an incongruous manner wherever there was sufficient space on the plate” (Roberts &Tomlinson). It is these embellishments which were removed from the plates of the 1788 edition (see following lot)..

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Lot 188

Gray (Henry) Anatomy Descriptive and Surgical first edition half-title wood-engraved text illustrations after H.V.Carter some hand-coloured 4pp. advertisements at end original cloth rebacked preserving original spine slightly rubbed and stained [Garrison-Morton 418] 8vo 1858. ***”Gray`s textbook of anatomy remains today a standard work on the subject in the English-speaking world” (Garrison-Morton). .

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Lot 200

Palladio Andrea The First Book of Architecture twelfth edition title in red and black 72 engraved plates a few folding some slight browning front hinge reinforced with cloth front free endpaper torn lacking rear free endpaper contemporary sheep spine repaired joints cracked 4to for A. Bettesworth 1733.

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Lot 202

Perret (Jacob) Architectura et Perspectiva first edition in German engraved architectural title and 27 plates or full-page illustrations by Theodor de Bry 21 double-page lacking final two leaves of text (supplied in facsimile) ink inscription of a Jesuit college dated 1672 at head of title cropped with slight loss to one or two plates lightly browned contemporary limp vellum recased stained lacking ties new endpapers [Cockle 799; cf. Berlin Kat. 2368 1620 Paris edition] folio Frankfurt Wolffgang Richter for the widow of Dietrich de Bry 1602. ***First German edition of this famous visionary treatise on fortification and town planning first printed in Paris in 1601 but immediately pirated by Theodor de Bry and published with his own engravings simultaneously in German and French. The penultimate plate features a multi-storeyed building sometimes described as the `first skyscraper` and many of the plates are drawn from a fascinating bird`s eye perspective. Apart from lacking the final two leaves this is generally a good and clean copy of a rare book..

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Lot 206

Sheraton (Thomas) The Cabinet-Maker and Upholstere 5 parts in 1 including Appendix and Accompaniment first edition engraved frontispiece with explanatory leaf list of subscribers 112 engraved plates some double-page and/or folding 6 plates supplied in facsimile slightly browned and cropped at edges 1 detached but generally a good copy 20th century morocco gilt rubbed upper joint cracked 4to 1793.

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Lot 209

[Thomas (Johnson)] Chippendale`s One Hundred and T first edition engraved title and 49 engraved plates linen-backed browned and soiled some plates with small tears and small portions of margin lacking modern half calf over contemporary marbled boards John Weale 1834 § A Collection of Ornamental Designs decorative title and 23 plates title spotted modern morocco-backed marbled boards [c.1850] 4to(2)

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Lot 210

Ware (Isaac) A Complete Body of Architecture first edition engraved frontispiece title-vignette of Pantheon head-piece and 114 plates some folding fore-edge of title repaired loss to corner of title and following leaf 9Ei &9Eii repaired with large loss of text foxing and staining with the directions to the binder (not called for) loose frayed at top edge with loss to corner contemporary reversed calf covers detached rubbed at edges spine rubbed with loss [Fowler 436] folio T.Osborne &J.Shipton 1756.

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Lot 236

Brissot. Nouveau Voyage dans les Etats-Unis 3 vol. first edition vol.1 and 2 with half-titles vol.2 with folding table printed on blue paper contemporary tree calf spines gilt slightly rubbed 12mo Paris 1791. ***Brissot de Warville (1754-1793) was a revolutionary and journalist who was imprisoned for 4 months in the Bastille after publishing reformist books and articles. In 1788 he embarked on a tour of the United States promoting the anti-slavery cause. On his return to Paris he led Girondists but when things subsequently turned against him he was executed by guillotine. This work recounts his tour in America where he once dined with James Madison in Philadelphia and also visited the Washingtons at Mount Vernon..

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Lot 237

Maudslay Glimpse at Guatemala 1899 first edition half-title title printed in red and black 44 plates (2 chromolithographed of textile samples) 12 plans and maps 1 large folding colour map errata slip illustrations bookplate of Sherborne Library original cloth-backed binding bound in at end internally crisp and clean contemporary vellum gilt gilt arms to upper cover some soiling and spotting to vellum still a very good copy 4to 1899. ***Alfred Maudslay was one of the first to study the Mayan ruins. In 1892 Maudslay married Anne Cary Morris. For their honeymoon the couple sailed to Guatemala. There they worked for two weeks on behalf of the Peabody Museum of Harvard University. The present volume is an account of their travels and archaeological work. .

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Lot 251

Mornay. A Picture of St. Petersburgh first edition 12 superb hand-coloured aquatint plates denoting the seasons 6 (of 8) hand-coloured aquatint plates of sledging scenes also lacking the uncoloured engraved frontispiece a few short tears some light offsetting and soiling plates and text leaves guarded at inner margin later calf gilt new lower cover rubbed [Abbey Travel 226; Tooley 1954] folio for Edward Orme 1815. ***This copy has the leaf paginated 29/30 which is missing from the Abbey copy corresponding to another copy cited by Abbey as having pp.iii/iv Explication des Douze Tableaux..

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Lot 252

Dellon (Charles) Relation l`Inquisition Goa first edition woodcut device to title a little minor foxing contemporary mottled calf spine in compartments with rich gilt floral decorations slightly chipped at head of spine corners worn [Cox I p.281 1699 note] 12mo Leiden Daniel Gaasbeek 1687. ***Scarce. During his travels in the East Indies Dellon was denounced to the Inquisition at Goa. He was imprisoned for two years and frequently tortured to extract a confession of heresy. He refused to confess and was consequently condemned to the galleys for five years..

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Lot 253

Hall.Voyage of Discovery to Corea first edition 9 aquatint plates all but one hand-coloured 6 engraved maps and plans some folding lacking half-title minor spotting and offsetting contemporary calf gilt joints cracked rubbed spine ends c hipped lacking spine label [Abbey Travel 5581] 4to 1818. ***This expedition formed part of the Amherst embassy exploring the then little-known East China Sea and the Yellow Sea as well as Korea and the Ryukyu Archipelago..

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Bloomsbury Auctions (London)
Lot 255

Raffles History of Java 1st 2 vol. first edition frontispieces (1 portrait) 10 hand-coloured aquatint plates 53 uncoloured plates (including 2pp. of engraved music) large folding map hand-coloured in outline 2 folding letterpress tables 3pp. advertisements at end lacking half-titles D1 text f. supplied in facsimile some offsetting and foxing contemporary speckled calf sympathetically rebacked and recornered spines gilt covers rubbed [Abbey Travel 544] 4to 1817.

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Bloomsbury Auctions (London)
Lot 257

Hawkesworth.[Cook`s First Voyage] 3v 1st 1773 3 vol. second edition (including Hawkesworth`s reply to Mr.Dalrymple) 52 engraved plates and charts many double-page and/or folding Straights of Magellan chart present but with small stain and creased at edges bookplate and contemporary signature of Alexander Allardyce on titles very occasional light spotting but generally a very clean copy contemporary tree calf gilt spines gilt in compartments with green and red labels yellow edges rubbed some splits to joints slightly worn at corners and head of spine of vol.1 [Sabin 30934] 4to for W.Strahan; and T.Cadell 1773.

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Lot 258

Cook.[Second Voyage]..South Pole 2v 3rd ed 1779 2 vol. third edition engraved portrait and 63 plates charts and portraits many double-page and/or folding folding letterpress table of vocabulary bookplate and contemporary signature of Alexander Allardyce on titles plates a little browned and offset d iv in vol.1 with short tear to fore-edge and folding map in vol.2 with another to lower edge (no loss to either) one or two leaves with small paper flaws to upper edge contemporary tree calf gilt spines gilt in compartments with green and red labels yellow edges rubbed joints cracked spines a little faded and worn at head and foot [Sabin 16245; cf.PMM 223 first edition] 4to for W. Strahan; and T.Cadell 1779. ***”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..

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Lot 259

Gianetti Elogy of Captain James Cook 1785 first edition titles in Italian and English both with engraved medallion portraits parallel texts in Italian and English contemporary half vellum chipped and slightly soiled [Sabin 27267] 4to Florence for Gaetano Cambiagi 1785. ***A crisp and clean copy of this rarity. .

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Lot 260

Marra. Journal of the Resolution`s Voyage first edition engraved folding frontispiece chart and 5 plates contemporary calf worn covers detached [Beddie 1270; Hill p.60; Holmes 16; Sabin 16247; Spence 758; Streeter IV 2408] 8vo for F. Newbery 1775. ***With D2 a cancel denoting this as a second issue. Provenance: Contemporary signature on B1 and bookplate of Ralph Carr of Cocken. Another signature of Ralph Carr of Adelphi Terrace and signature of John Morris both on title. “The first printed account of man`s entry into the region South of Antarctic Circle with rare additional chart facing p.1” (Spence). “This rare account of Cook`s second voyage was published surreptitiously eighteen months before Cook`s official narrative. It records many incidents omitted by Cook and gives the reasons which caused Sir Joseph Banks and his twelve assistants to withdraw from the expedition at the last moment. Marra was a gunner`s mate on the Resolution. He was an Irishman whom Cook had picked up in Batavia during the first voyage. Marra made an unsuccessful attempt to desert at Tahiti on May 14 1774. Marra probably supplied material from his private journal which was put into shape by some literary person in the pay of the publisher Newbery” (Hill). .

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Lot 265

Borlase (William) Observations first edition list of subscribers engraved map and 23 plates one folding engraved illustrations dampstaining affecting tail of title and numerous pp. title and all to d1 damp repaired 1 plate torn and repaired some staining and browning contemporary panelled calf edges and corners repaired rebacked folio Oxford 1754.(2)

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Lot 283

Bible Latin Biblia Latina 1480 edited bu Paulus Mercatellus with additions by Paulus de Sancta Maria 1 vol. (of 4) only New Testament vol. 380ff. double column 66 lines and head-line Gothic type large intials supplied in red and blue some with marginal flourishes smaller initials supplied in red only woodcut printer`s device printed in red at end repairs to outer margins or corners to all to 2F3 and to sig.l4 at end small wormholes within text to a c.100 ff. affecting a few letters in each instance stained 19th century blind-stamped calf upper joint splitting rubbed [BMC V 301; Goff B-611; Hain 3164] small folio Venice Johannes Herbort de Seligenstadt 1481. ***First edition of the Vulgate to be published with the Postills of Nicolaus of Lyra. Provenance: The Wesleyan Theological Institution Richmond Surrey bookplate and ms. note `presented by the Rev. Charles Cook D.D. in the year 1834...bound at the expense of Mr. W. Pocock Esq. 1878`..

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Lot 294

Emblemata.- Cats (Jacob) Houwelyck 1625 6 parts in 1 first edition 2 engraved additional pictorial titles numerous engraved illustrations including 14 half-page emblems contemporary blind-stamped vellum slightly soiled a very good copy 4to Middelberg Jan Pieters van de Venne 1625. ***Finely illustrated poetical work on marriage and the conduct of women. “Cats took inspiration from proverbs and everyday life; his realistic emblems form a counterpart to genre painting and supply interesting evidence for the history of costume.” (Praz)..

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Lot 309

Maeir (Michael) Viatorium 1st first edition title within engraved emblematic border 7 engraved emblems within text P2 small burnhole affecting 2 or 3 letters recto and verso browned contemporary mottled calf tape remains to both covers upper joint split but holding firm [Caillet 7005; Duveen 383; Ferguson II 65] small 4to Oppenheim Hieronymus Galler 1618. ***Rare first edition of this classic alchemical and emblematic work. It discusses the seven metals and their supposed corresponding planets. This is represented pictorially on the title page..

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Lot 310

Maier (Michael) Tripus Aureus 1st 1618 first edition engraved title-vignette portrait and illustrations some full-page Z4 blank browned later vellum-backed paterned boards [Caillet 7003; Craven 94; Duveen 382; Ferguson II 65-66] small 4to Frankfurt Paul Jacob for Luca Iennis 1618.

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Lot 315

Rittangel (Johann Stephan) LIber Ierizah 1642 text in Latin and Hebrew first edition with parallel text title printed in red and black and with woodcut printer`s device full-page engraved illustrations of the Tree of Life antique style calf spine gilt [Scholem 943] small 4to Amsterdam apud Joannam &Jodcum Iamssonios 1642. ***Commentary on the 32 Paths of Wisdom. Provenance: Garden Library copy (not in sale catalogue)..

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Lot 316

Sendivogius new Light of Alchymie 1st 3 parts in 1 first English edition contemporary calf rubbed [Duveen 554; Ferguson I 527] small 4to Richard Cotes for Thomas Williams 1650. ***Sendivogius is said to have possessed the powder of transmutation after marrying Alexander Seaton`s widow and gaining access to his manuscripts. .

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Lot 317

Agrippa Three Books of Occult Philosophy first English edition engraved portrait frontispiece woodcut illustrations A3 and folding table in facsimile lightly browned some soiling and staining sewn into early calf modern label to spine rubbed [Duveen 7] 4to R.W. for Gregory Moule 1651. ***Agrippa seeks to explain the universe in terms of cabalistic analyses of Hebrew letters and their relations to natural phenomena and divine understanding. This work played a major role in Renaissance magic and cabalistic studies. Provenance: Edward Elisha 17th century signature to lower margin of Q2r..

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Lot 319

Fioravanti Three exact Pieces...1652 3 parts in 1 first English edition lightly browned 19th century half morocco rebacked preserving original backstrip [Wing F953; Norman 797; Wellcome III p. 27] 8vo G.Dawson 1652.

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Lot 320

Starkey Pyrotechny Asserted and Illustrated first edition title with outer edge trimmed and a few minor repairs to edges very small section torn away from lower corner of L4 just touching part of 1 letter of catchword lacking final blank lightly browned modern red crushed morocco gilt g.e. [Duveen 563; Ferguson II 401] small 8vo R. Daniel for Samuel Thomson 1658. ***”Very rare” (Duveen). .

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Lot 323

Philalethes Secrets reveal`d 1669 first English edition lacking initial blank worm traces at foot reducing to 2 small holes loss to a few letters on a number of pp. contemporary calf rebacked and recornered slightly rubbed [Duveen 470; Ferguson II 192] still a very good copy 8vo W.Godbid for Wiliam Cooper 1669. ***A rare alchemical work..

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Lot 326

Urbigerus (Baro) Aphorismi Urbigerani 1690 1 part only (of 2) first English edition engraved frontispiece frontispiece and title mounted on thick card some loss to both trimmed throughout modern calf spine gilt [Duveen 593; Wing A3528] 8vo for Henry Faithhorne 1690. ***Provenance: Geo. Winsklow Plummer American Rosicrucian Magus bookplate. .

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Lot 327

Salmon (William) Medicina Practica 1st 1692 first edition 8 engraved plates A1-4 margins repaired affecting part of a few letters on A2 no loss of sense trimmed at head occasionally affecting running title printing flaw to lower corner of 2R2 lightly browned occasional foxing the Denis Duveen copy with bookplate modern mottled calf spine gilt [Duveen 527; Wing S434] for T.Howkins 1692; and another by the same 8vo(2) ***Scarce. includes the works of Hermes Trismegistus and Nicholas Flammel..

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Lot 330

Newton Observations upon the Prophecies of Daniel edited by Benjamin Smith 2 parts in 1 first edition ink ownership inscription to upper margin of title some pencil markings contemporary half tree calf rebacked preserving original gilt backstrip slightly chipped corners slightly worn [Babson 224] 4to J.Darby and T.Browne 1733. ***A posthumous work with a distinctly Arian thrust..

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Lot 336

[Euclid. The Elements of Geometrie...translated by first edition in English lacks title (supplied in manuscript) and all after CCCiii only 5 of 6 bifolia of folding figures at end illustrations Groundplat torn ii repaired D3-D4 &V4 torn Ee2-Ee4 soiled at head and tail occassional damp staining at edges cropped affecting some contemporary and later annotations near contemporary ownership stamps of `Henry Fletcher. Ouúore of This Booke A.D. 1600.` library bookplate to front paste-down nineteenth century half calf over marbled boards upper cover detached spine ends damaged worn [ESTC 106699] folio [John Daye] [1570.

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Lot 337

Bacon (Sir Francis) The Two Bookes...of the Profic first edition lacking the 2 errata leaves some pages trimmed close and restored carefully at corners annotations throughout modern calf g.e. covers detached spine worn with loss [Gibson 81; STC 1164] 4to For Henry Tomes 1605.

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Lot 338

Marprelate (Martin pseud) A Dialogue. second edition lightly foxed and browned early signature of John Middlemore at foot of title 19th century bookplate of Earl of Normanton and another (defective) later half calf a little rubbed rebacked [STC 6805.3] small 4to [Amsterdam] Reprinted in the time of Parliament [?at the Cloppenburg Press] 1640. ***Landmark in the history of English Satire. “The Marprelate tracts are justly famous as a landmark in the history of English satire. For contemporaries as well as for us they provide delicious refreshment after so much theological tedium. But if delicious they were also seditious and insofar as they spoke for the Puritan cause...they were an admission of failure. To subject the bishops as they did to merciless ridicule has been compared to the use of poison gas in warfare which is liable with a change of wind to blow back into the faces and lungs of those using it...Marprelate was rememberd through the first forty years of the new century even though the form of Church government he defended Presbyterianism had been effectively extirpated in England...When the breakdown of ecclesiastical and print censorship came...some Marprelate tracts were republished.” The Cambridg History of the Book in Britain 2002 IV pp.43 and 420..

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Lot 340

Evelyn .A Philosophical Discourse of Earth first edition some light browning old tape stain to inner edge of imprimatur leaf at beginning lacking final blank minor marginal staining modern calf [Wing E3507; Keynes 93; Hunt 346] 8vo for John Martyn Printer to the Royal Society 1676. ***”It deals strictly with earthy matters - kinds of soil the characters of different kinds of dung the science of stercoration how to treat soil for every kind of cultivation and so on; but it must have had a real value in its time for it is an honest practical treatise on matters of great importance to countrymen and it was based on the author`s own observations and experience”. Keynes..

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Lot 343

Locke (John) An Essay concerning first edition Pforzheimer`s second issue cancel title with the inverted “SS” in essay on title dedication undated some manuscript corrections in text F4 torn at tail and skilfully repaired a few other small tears in margins some worming repaired mostly in margins a few other small blemishes and very slight foxing bookplate of Viscount Hood on front pastedown modern front free endpaper contemporary calf corners bumped rebacked with the original spine laid down modern label on spine [Wing L2739; Pforzheimer 600] folio for Tho. Basset and Sold by Edw. Mory 1690. ***This issue without Elizabeth Holt`s name in imprint. There seems to be some doubt as to which issue is the first Pforzheimer citing the cancel title as the second issue..

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Lot 344

Taylor.Jacob Behmen`s Theosophick Philosophy first edition engraved portrait frontispiece a fine crisp copy in contemporary panelled calf painted with shellc at an early date small leather bookplate of Hugh Cecil Lowther 5th Earl of Lonsdale [Wing B3421] 4to for Tho. Salusbury 1691. ***A compilation of the principal works of the German Christian mystic Jacob Böhme (1575-1624) translated into English..

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Lot 348

Swift Travels into Several Remote Nations 1st 4 parts in 2 vol. first edition mixed issue engraved portrait frontispiece and 6 maps title to part 3 remargined a few small stains but generally crisp and clean modern polished calf by Sangorski &Sutcliffe spines in compartments and richly gilt red morocco labels to each spines slightly darkened joints splitting g.e. [T-S 290; T-S 291; T-S 289] 8vo for Benj. Motte 1726. ***An attractive copy. There are three `first` editions of Gulliver`s Travels designated A AA and B by Teerink-Scouten. This composite edition consists of all three - Part I-II (AA) Part III (B) and Part IV (A). .

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Lot 354

Ackermann (Rudolph) The Microcosm of London 3 vol. first edition later issue with only 1 of Abbey`s 12 “key plates” in first state wood-engraved pictorial titles engraved dedication leaves 104 hand-coloured aquatint plates after Rowlandson and Pugin some offsetting from plates but plates generally clean some light browning to text leaves contemporary tree calf rebacked preserving original gilt spines corners repaired a little rubbed [Abbey Scenery 212; Tooley 7] 4to 1808-10. ***Vol.2 and 3 have most of the errata listed at end of vol.3 uncorrected but those in vol.1 mostly corrected. Contents leaf in vol.1 headed “Contents”. The imprint of the wood-engraved title to vol.2 does not have a comma after “Bensley” but that in vol.1 does..

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Lot 355

Combe (William) The English Dance of Death 2 vol. first edition in book form additional hand-coloured aquatint title and 73 hand-coloured aquatint plates by Rowlandson some slight foxing and browning bookplates of H.A.J. Silley on front pastedowns handsomely bound in modern polished red morocco gilt g.e. by Sangorski &Sutcliffe 8vo R. Ackermann 1815-16.

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Lot 356

Austen (Jane) Northanger Abbey 4 vol. first edition lacks half-titles supplied in good facsimiles vol. IV lacks p7 &8 blanks at end some foxing and browning later endpapers later half calf gilt spines rubbed lacks leather labels misspelt “Austin” on spines g.e. by Bayntun [Gilson A9] 12mo John Murray 1818.

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Lot 358

Egan (Pierce) The Life of an Actor first edition in book form 27 hand-coloured engraved plates by Theodore Lane woodcuts on title and in text slight browning or marking new endpapers modern calf gilt spine faded g.e. by Riviere 8vo 1825.

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Lot 359

Dickens (Charles) Sketches by Boz...New Edition C first collected edition half-title etched frontispiece additional title and 37 plates by Cruikshank [Hatton &Cleaver pp.91-128] 1839; Oliver Twist first one-volume edition half-title 24 etched plates by George Cruikshank 1846; Dombey and Son first edition in book form engraved frontispiece additional title and 38 plates by Phiz lacking half-title 1848 some oxidising to plates later full straight grain calf by Morrell gilt lettering labels g.e. 8vo.(3)

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Lot 363

Barrie (J.M.) Peter and Wendy first edition frontispiece pictorial title and 11 plates by F.D.Bedford minor spotting to endpapers preliminaries and page extremties 1 f. torn at lower fore-corner but otherwise internally very good original green gilt-pictorial cloth very slight rubbing to corner tips but overall an unusually fine copy original dust-jacket gilt spine slightly dulled with fading to gilt frayed at spine ends with minor loss to corners overall a fine example 8vo [1911]. ***J.M.Barrie`s classic children`s book extended &developed in response to the success of both his 1906 book Peter Pan in Kensington Gardens (illustrated by Arthur Rackham) and the play Peter Pan that ran from 1904; this edition features the first inclusion of Peter`s visit to Wendy Darling when she has grown up and married. Scarce in such condition..

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Lot 364

[Martin (Sarah Catherine)] The Comic Adventures of first edition pictorial title dedication and 14 illustrations each with accompanying verse engraved throughout near contemporary ownership inscription to verso of title-page original printed wrappers slightly soiled spine worn [Moon: Harris 559 1C locating only one copy] 16mo J. Harris 1805 (upper cover dated 1805). ***Very rare this seems to be the only copy with a date of 1805 on the cover to have appeared at auction in the last 25 years. .

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Lot 366

Szyk (Arthur) The Haggadah edited by Cecil Roth first Szyk edition English &Hebrew printed in russet and black number 43 of 125 numbered copies signed by the artist &editor and printed on vellum colour illustrations decorations and illuminations by Arthur Szyk illustrated silk doublures within gilt dentelles original blue crushed gilt-pictorial morocco by Sangorski &Sutcliffe preserved in original blue half morocco velvet-lined drop-back box 4to Beaconsfield Press 1939. ***An excellent copy of Arthur Szyk`s most celebrated illustrated work. A magnificent deluxe version of one of the most important books in the canon of the Jewish faith a prayerbook designed to integrate the whole family but especially the children hence the importance of illustration..

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Lot 371

Dexter (Colin) Last Bus to Woodstock first edition usual even browning to text block original boards fine dust-jacket minor rubbing to extreme top edge slight discolouration to head of spine but overall an unusually fine example 8vo 1975. ***The first Inspector Morse title scarce in such condition..

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Bloomsbury Auctions (London)
Lot 373

Doyle (Arthur Conan) Hound of Baskervilles first edition with “you” for “your” on p.13 line 3 16 plates by Sidney Paget signed card with author`s printed header loosely inserted A.L.s. from George Newnes to the House of Commons Speaker`s secretary and dated 1903 tipped onto front pastedown red from covers bleeding slightly onto rear endpapers otherwise internally very good original red cloth decorated in gilt &black spine slightly dulled minor mottling to lower cover otherwise very good [Green &Gibson A26a] 8vo 1902.

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Bloomsbury Auctions (London)
Lot 374

Fleming (Ian) Casino Royale first edition second impression original boards an excellent copy dust-jacket signed by the jacket artist Kenneth Lewis on inside front flap price-clipping to same a little minor spotting negligible chipping to corner-tips and spine ends an unusually fine example preserved in modern morocco-backed drop-back box utilising the jacket`s colour scheme 8vo 1953.

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Bloomsbury Auctions (London)
Lot 375

Fleming (Ian) Moonraker first edition first impression issue with `shoot` on p.10 some browning slighty dulled small tears to fore-edge of title-page and bottom edges of p.16 &p.115 original boards dust-jacket 8vo 1955.

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Bloomsbury Auctions (London)
Lot 386

Heaney (Seamus) Anything can Happen first edition signed full-page autograph stanza by Heaney on p.7 original blue wrappers 8vo Art for Amnesty 2004. ***Heaney`s verse translation of Horace`s Odes 1 34 made in response to the 9/11 terrorist attacks. A fine copy scarce signed let alone with such an autograph addition..

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Bloomsbury Auctions (London)
Lot 388

Kerouac (Jack) On the Road first edition bookplate of bibliophile A.S.A. Struik on front pastedown ink inscription on front free endpaper original black cloth lettered in white a fine copy dust-jacket with price $3.95 on inside front flap and red &blue bars on lower panel a few small closed nicks slight edge rubbing but overall an unusually good example 8vo New York 1957. ***A key work in the Beat Generation canon..

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Bloomsbury Auctions (London)
Lot 392

Rowling. Harry Potter Chamber of Secrets first edition original pictorial boards dust-jacket an excellent copy 8vo 1998.

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