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Dominic Winter Book Auctions

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Cruikshank (George). The History and Adventures of the Renowned Don Quixote; From the Spanish of Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra, by T. Smollett, M.D., To Which is Prefixed a Memoir of the Author, by Thomas Roscoe, 3 vols., 1833, wood eng. port. frontis. by Kenny Meadows to each vol., fifteen etched plts. by Cruikshank, t.e.g., contemp. black half morocco gilt, with gilt griffin crest at foot of each spine, small 8vo The first Cruikshank edition. Part of Roscoe's Novelist's Library which ran to 19 volumes in total; all but the first two were illustrated by Cruikshank. Cohn 710. (3)

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Dominic Winter Book Auctions

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Hoogstraten (Frans van). Het Voorhof der Ziele, Behangen met leerzaeme Prenten en Zinnebeelden, Rotterdam, 1st ed., 1668, addn. eng. title-page and numerous large engs. to letterpress by Romeyn de Hooghe, final few gatherings stained to lower blank margin, rough-trimmed, contemp. vellum, early ms. title to spine, staining to lower cover, small 4to Rare first edition of the first work illustrated by the important and prolific Dutch engraver Romeyn de Hooghe. (1)

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Dominic Winter Book Auctions

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[Cohausen, Johann Heinrich]. Hermippus Redivivus: Or, The Sage's Triumph over Old Age and the Grave, wherein, a method is laid down for prolonging the life and vigour of man, 2nd ed., carefully corrected and much enlarged, 1749, contemp. reversed calf, modern reback, corners showing and some wear, 8vo First edition in English of this satire on hermetic philosophy. See Macclesfield Library, Part Two: Science A-C, 10 June 2004, lot 546 (1)

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Dominic Winter Book Auctions

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Fernel (Jean). Universa Medicina, tribus et viginti Libris absoluta... , ed. G. Plantius, his accessit eiusdel authoris, Febrium ac Luis Venereae curatio methodica... , 2 parts in 1, J. Stoer, [Geneva], 1580, eng. vign. port. of Fernel to both titles, and at end of text to second part, blank leaf before second title, some spotting throughout, light browning and marginal dampstaining to early leaves incl. title, corrections, notes and underlinings throughout in an old hand, small ink stain to title and dedication leaf foremargins, 4 pp. contemp. manuscript at end [the text of Fernel's Consilium pro Epraleptico], contemp. vellum, some wear, folio This appears to be the first edition of the Universa Medicina to contain the books on fevers and venereal disease, which are printed together with separate title and pagination at the end. Sherington 67 J11. Adams F259 (one copy, lacking second part); this edition not in Wellcome or Waller. (1)

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Dominic Winter Book Auctions

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Malpighi (Marcello). Opera Omnia, seu Thesaurus locupletissimus botanico-medico-anatomicus: viginti quatuor tractatus complectens et in duos tomos distributus..., 2 vols. in one, new ed., Leyden, 1687, additonal eng. title, 116 (of 118?) eng. plts., minor spotting and soiling at front and rear, contemp. calf, rebacked with remains of gilt-dec. spine relaid and restored at head, 4to Second edition of Malpighi's collected works (first published in London in 1686). Heirs of Hippocrates 574. (1)

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Dominic Winter Book Auctions

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Vigo (Giovanni da). The Most Excellent Worckes of Chirurgery... , translated into Englishe, Whereunto is Added an Exposition of Straunge Termes and Unknowen Symples, Belongynge unto the Arte, printed by Edward Whytchurch, 1550, title within dec. woodcut border, black letter double column text with woodcut initials throughout, lacks final blank, some old light marginal dampstaining and some light browning to foremargins, foremargins closely trimmed occasionally affecting last letter of words in side-notes and old ink marginalia, small neat repair to lower outer corner of folio A2, old half calf, rebacked with remains of orig. spine relaid, corners refurbished, folio STC 24721. This was the second English edition, the first being in 1543. (1)

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Wellers Auctioneers

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Florence and Tuscany, first edition, 1907, War and Peace four vol, and other books

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Books: The book of delightful and strange designs being one hundred facsimile illustrations of the art of the Japanese stenc

Batemans Auctioneers

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Books: The book of delightful and strange designs being one hundred facsimile illustrations of the art of the Japanese stencil cutter, first edition pub. Leadenhall press, plus Frida Kahlo book - portraits of an icon and book on Mexican motifs (3)

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ORDERS, DECORATIONS AND MILITARY MEDALS, Army Rifle Association of India, large Copper Medal, 1921, by John Pinches, lioness

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ORDERS, DECORATIONS AND MILITARY MEDALS, Army Rifle Association of India, large Copper Medal, 1921, by John Pinches, lioness walks to left on tablet, NIRA 1863-86, rev Association name around tablet BPRA 1887-1921, 88mm (Pudd [first edition] 960.9). A handsome medal, extremely fine, scarce.

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Bruton Knowles

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Lee (L) Cider with Rosie, signed copy, A Bloom of Candles, 1947, signed first edition and other books by the same, some signed

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Bruton Knowles

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Tanner (H) Wiltshire Village, first edition, Huyshe (W) Manor of Hitchen, illustrated by Giggs and Macpherson, 1906, and other topographical books

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Bruton Knowles

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Mabey (R) Flora Britannica, signed first edition

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Bruton Knowles

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Woolf (V) The Letters, six volumes, first edition (in dust jackets), and three others

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Bruton Knowles

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Gaskell (Mrs) The Life of Charlotte Bronte, 1857, first edition, two volumes, and L'Estrange (The Rev A G) The Life of Mary Russell Mitford, 1870, three volumes

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Bruton Knowles

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Smith (S) The Frog Prince, 1966, first edition, and sundry volumes various

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Bruton Knowles

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Muir (E) Scottish Journey, first edition (in dust jacket), various others by the same, etc

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Bruton Knowles

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Pound (E) Make it New, 1934, first edition (in dust jacket), and sundry volumes various

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Bruton Knowles

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Aesop Fables, illustrated by Arthur Rackham, 1912, first edition

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Bruton Knowles

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Koch (L) Animal Language, 1938, first edition with two shellac gramophone records, and two pop-up books, etc

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Bruton Knowles

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Scott (Sir W) The Fortunes of Nigel, 1822, first edition, three volumes, full calf

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Bruton Knowles

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Orwell (G) The Road to Wigan Pier, first edition, and sundry volumes various

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Bruton Knowles

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Kavanagh (D) Duffy, first edition, four others, all first editions, and sundry volumes

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Bruton Knowles

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Bennett (A) Tales of the Five Towns, 1905, first edition, and a quantity of other first editions various

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Bruton Knowles

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Lees-Milne (J) Ancient as the Hills, 1997, first edition, and sundry volumes various

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Bruton Knowles

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Myers (F W H) Collected Poems, edited by the author's wife, 1921, signed presentation copy, and Human Personality and Its Survival of Bodily Death, 1903, first edition, two volumes, with Lord Wavell's bookplate

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Bruton Knowles

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Willard (B) Hetty, 1962, first edition and other books by the same

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Bruton Knowles

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Betjeman (J) Buckinghamshire: Murray's Guide, 1948, first edition, and sundry volumes various

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Bruton Knowles

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Bennett (A) The Kafka Plays, 1987, first edition, and other plays, etc

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Bruton Knowles

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Orton (J) Crimes of Passion, 1967, first edition, and a quantity of similar plays

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Bruton Knowles

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Poliakoff (S) She's Been Away, 1989, first edition, and a quantity of similar plays

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Bruton Knowles

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Brangwyn (F) Windmills, 1923, first edition

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Brangwyn (F) A Book of Bridges, 1915, first edition

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Sparrow (W S) Prints of Drawings by Frank Brangwyn, 1919, first edition

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Brangwyn (F) The Bridge, 1926, first edition

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Bruton Knowles

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Williamson (H) The Star-Born, illustrated by C F Tunnicliffe, 1933, first edition, and various other books by the same

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Bruton Knowles

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Williamson (H) Scribbling Lark, 1949, first edition, other books by the same and various authors

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Bruton Knowles

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Golding (W) Fire Down Below, 1989, first edition, and sundry other books

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Fowles (J) A Maggot, 1985, signed first edition, and sundry volumes various

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Bruton Knowles

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Sassoon (S) Memoirs of an Infantry Officer, 1930, first edition, and others by the same

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Bruton Knowles

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Sullivan (J) G K Chesterton: A Bibliography, 1958, first edition, and sundry volumes

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Bruton Knowles

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Adams (R) Watership Down, 1976, first illustrated edition, and two other first editions by the same

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Amis (K) That Uncertain Feeling, 1955, first edition and fifteen other books by the same

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Bruton Knowles

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Plath (S) The Bed Book, illustrated by Quentin Blake, 1976, first edition, and a quantity of other poetry books, some signed

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Bruton Knowles

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Gunn (T) My Sad Captains, 1974, and a quantity of other first edition poetry books

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Bruton Knowles

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Lucie-Smith (E ed) The Liverpool Scene, 1967, first edition, and various poetry books, some signed

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Bruton Knowles

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Tennyson (A) Idylls of the King, 1859, first edition, with six other first editions by the same

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Bruton Knowles

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Landor (W S) The Hellenics, 1847, first thus, Arnold (M) New Poems, 1867, first edition, and other poetry books

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Bruton Knowles

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Butler (S) Erewhon, 1872, first edition, ex-library copy, with autograph postcard signed by H F Jones, and other works by Butler

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Bruton Knowles

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Dunne (J W) An Experiment with Time, 1927, first edition, and other science fiction

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Clarke (A C) The Sands of Mars, 1951, first edition, and others by the same

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Huxley (A) Brave New World, 1932, first edition, and other science fiction

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van Vogt (A E) The Voyage of the Space Beagle, 1951, first edition, and other science fiction

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Potter (R) The Germ Growers, 1892, first edition, Laurie (A) New York to Brest in Seven Hours, 1890, and other science fiction

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Bruton Knowles

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Vonnegut (K) Slaughterhouse-Five, 1970, first edition, other books by the same, and sundry volumes various

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Einstein (A) The Meaning of Relativity, 1922, first edition, and sundry volumes various

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Wells (H G) Tales of Space and Time, 1900, first edition, and others by the same

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Bruton Knowles

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Leather (E M) The Folk-Lore of Herefordshire, 1912, first edition

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Bruton Knowles

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Lamb (C and M) Tales from Shakespeare, illustrated by N M Price, 1905, and another version, illustrated by Arthur Rackham, 1909, first edition

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Bruton Knowles

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Barrie (J M) Peter and Wendy, illustrated by F D Bedford, published by Hodden & Stoughton, first edition

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Bawden (E ill) Lady Filmy Fern, 1980, first edition, and other children's books various

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