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BAGSHAWE, Thomas Wyatt. Two Men in the Antarctic, an Expedition to Graham Land 1920-1922. Cambridge: at the University Press,

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Lot 3043

BAGSHAWE, Thomas Wyatt. Two Men in the Antarctic, an Expedition to Graham Land 1920-1922. Cambridge: at the University Press, 1939. First edition, 8vo (216 x 130mm.) Frontispiece, illustrations, 2 folding panoramas on a single leaf. (Some browning.) Publisher’s turquoise cloth (slightly soiled and discoloured, extremities lightly bumped). Provenance: “Gerald” (presentation inscription from the author’s family ‘To Gerald with best / wishes from Grace / and Tom / Christmas 1939’). Spence 79.

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AMUNDSEN, Roald. The South Pole, an Account of the Norwegian Antarctic Expedition in the “Fram”, 1910-1912. Londo

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Lot 3044

AMUNDSEN, Roald. The South Pole, an Account of the Norwegian Antarctic Expedition in the “Fram”, 1910-1912. London: John Murray, December 1912. First English edition, 2nd impression, 2 vols., 8vo (227 x 161mm.) Frontispieces, folding maps, 2 folding charts, folding plan of the Fram, numerous plates. (Occasional light browning, occasional spotting, mostly to fore-edges.) Original red cloth with Norwegian flags to the upper covers and spines (extremities bumped). Note: published a month after the first printing.

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BROWN, R.N. Rudmose, and W.G. Burn MURDOCH. A Naturalist at the Poles. The Life, Work & Voyages of Dr. W.S. Bruce the Pol

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Lot 3045

BROWN, R.N. Rudmose, and W.G. Burn MURDOCH. A Naturalist at the Poles. The Life, Work & Voyages of Dr. W.S. Bruce the Polar Explorer. London: Seeley, Service & Co. Ltd., 1923. First edition, 8vo (215 x 131mm.) Portrait frontispiece, 28 plates (on 23 leaves), 3 maps (2 folding and bound at rear), 4pp advertisements at rear. (Some spotting and browning.) Original cloth (head and foot of spine lightly bumped), dust-jacket (slightly soiled with chips to head and foot of spine). Spence 194.

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LINDSAY, Martin. Sledge, the British Trans-Greenland Expedition 1934. London, Toronto, etc.: 1935. First edition, 8vo (232 x

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Lot 3048

LINDSAY, Martin. Sledge, the British Trans-Greenland Expedition 1934. London, Toronto, etc.: 1935. First edition, 8vo (232 x 152mm.) Frontispiece, numerous illustrations, folding map at rear. (Minor spotting.) Original cloth, dust-jacket (torn with slight loss). – And twenty-seven others, the majority relating to Greenland (28).

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ARMSTRONG, Nevill A.D. Yukon Yesterdays, Thirty Years of Adventure in the Klondike. London: John Long Ltd., 1936. First editi

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Lot 3050

ARMSTRONG, Nevill A.D. Yukon Yesterdays, Thirty Years of Adventure in the Klondike. London: John Long Ltd., 1936. First edition, 8vo (230 x 148mm.) Portrait frontispiece, numerous illustrations. (Light spotting or browning.) Original cloth (extremities bumped), dust-jacket (spotted, minor nicks). Provenance: C.W. Gleeson (signature to half-title). – And fourteen others, the majority on the Yukon and Alaska (15).

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AMUNDSEN, Roald. My Polar Flight. London: Hutchinson & Co., [n.d. but 1925]. First U.K. edition, 8vo (232 x 147mm.) Illus

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Lot 3051

AMUNDSEN, Roald. My Polar Flight. London: Hutchinson & Co., [n.d. but 1925]. First U.K. edition, 8vo (232 x 147mm.) Illustrations. (Occasional spotting or soiling.) Original cloth (slightly soiled, extremities bumped). – And twelve others, mostly on Polar flight (13).

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CHRISTENSEN, Lars. Such is the Antarctic… translated by E.M.G. Jayne. London: Hodder and Stoughton, 1935. First edition

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Lot 3052

CHRISTENSEN, Lars. Such is the Antarctic… translated by E.M.G. Jayne. London: Hodder and Stoughton, 1935. First edition, ?second impression, 8vo (220 x 138mm.) Portrait frontispiece, 4 folding maps, 44 plates. (Occasional spotting.) Original cloth (extremities bumped), dust-jacket (torn with loss of folds). – And seven others relating to the Antarctic (8).

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HURLEY, Frank. Argonauts of the South. New York & London: 1925. First edition, 8vo (235 x 154mm.) Numerous full-page illu

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Lot 3054

HURLEY, Frank. Argonauts of the South. New York & London: 1925. First edition, 8vo (235 x 154mm.) Numerous full-page illustrations, folding map. (Minor browning.) Original cloth, t.e.g. (extremities slightly soiled). Spence 615. – And three other volumes of Antarctic interest (4).

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McCLINTOCK, Frederick Leopold. The Voyage of the ‘Fox’ in the Arctic Seas. A Narrative of the Discovery of the Fa

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Lot 3058

McCLINTOCK, Frederick Leopold. The Voyage of the ‘Fox’ in the Arctic Seas. A Narrative of the Discovery of the Fate of Sir John Franklin and His Companions. London: John Murray, 1859. First edition, 8vo (220 x 140mm.) 14 wood-engraved plates, 2 maps on a single folding leaf, folding map in pocket at rear. (Light spotting, first few leaves affected by damp.) Original cloth (extremities bumped, neat repair to head of spine). Provenance: Henry Percy Gordon (presentation inscription verso of front-free endpaper); A.J. Wilmott (blindstamp to front-free endpaper). – And four others (5).

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ANTARCTICA. – Vivian FUCHS & Edmund HILLARY. The Crossing of Antarctica. London: Cassell, 1958. First edition, 8vo

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Lot 3060

ANTARCTICA. – Vivian FUCHS & Edmund HILLARY. The Crossing of Antarctica. London: Cassell, 1958. First edition, 8vo (220 x 140mm.) Decorative double-page title, numerous full-page illustrations, many colour. Original cloth, dust-jacket (dust-jacket lightly spotted). Note: signed by Fuchs to designed label mounted on dedication leaf. – And forty-nine others, including two others signed or inscribed by the author (50).

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COLEMAN-COOKE, John. Discovery II in the Antarctic. London: Odhams Press Limited, 1963. First edition, 8vo (222 x 141mm.) Fro

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Lot 3061

COLEMAN-COOKE, John. Discovery II in the Antarctic. London: Odhams Press Limited, 1963. First edition, 8vo (222 x 141mm.) Frontispiece, numerous illustrations. (Very minor light spotting.) Original cloth (slightly discoloured or soiled), dust-jacket. Note: signed by the author to front-free endpaper. – And thirty-six others on the Antarctic (37).

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GEORGI, Johannes. Mid-Ice, the Story of the Wegener Expedition to Greenland… translation… by F.H. Lyon. London: K

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Lot 3062

GEORGI, Johannes. Mid-Ice, the Story of the Wegener Expedition to Greenland… translation… by F.H. Lyon. London: Kegan Paul, Trench, Trubner & Co., Ltd., 1934. First English edition, 8vo (216 x 137mm.) Plates. (Spotted.) Original cloth. – And sixteen others relating to Franklin or Greenland (17).

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CHURCHILL, Winston The Second World War. London, Toronto, etc.: Cassell & Co. Ltd., 1948-1954. First edition, 6 vols., 8v

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Lot 3076

CHURCHILL, Winston The Second World War. London, Toronto, etc.: Cassell & Co. Ltd., 1948-1954. First edition, 6 vols., 8vo (210 x 136mm.) Numerous maps and plans (some folding). (Some spotting.) Original cloth (extremities lightly bumped), dust-jackets (minor nicks).

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[WORDSWORTH, William, and Samuel Taylor COLERIDGE.] Lyrical Ballads, with a Few Other Poems. London: printed for J. & A.

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Lot 3085

[WORDSWORTH, William, and Samuel Taylor COLERIDGE.] Lyrical Ballads, with a Few Other Poems. London: printed for J. & A. Arch, 1798. First edition, second issue, small 8vo (156 x 88mm) (Occasional minor spotting or soiling.) Late 19th Century green calf, by Riviére & Son, spine gilt in six compartments with raised bands, lettered in the second and third compartments, gilt turn-ins, t.e.g. (endpapers replaced). Provenance: Geoffrey Ecroyd (armorial book plate); ‘Antony’ (presentation inscription to preliminary blank dated ‘17th December 1966’). Note: a landmark of English poetry, the majority of the poems are by Wordsworth, but among Coleridge’s contributions is the earliest version of ‘The Rime of the Ancient Mariner’. The scarce first issue was published in Bristol by Joseph Cottle, printing five hundred copies but almost immediately disposing of his stock to the London publisher. Arch produced a new title-page and advertisement leaf. Arch also replaced the poem ‘Lewti’ with ‘The Nightingale’ causing a minor error in page numbering.

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DICKENS, Charles. The Posthumous Papers of the Pickwick Club. [or, the Pickwick Papers]. London: Chapman and Hall, 1837. Firs

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Lot 3086

DICKENS, Charles. The Posthumous Papers of the Pickwick Club. [or, the Pickwick Papers]. London: Chapman and Hall, 1837. First edition in book form, early issue, 8vo (212 x 133mm) frontispiece, engraved additional decorative title, 41 plates by R. Seymour and others. (Lacking half-title, some spotting and browning, one plate loosely inserted.) Contemporary green half-calf, spine gilt (extremities slightly rubbed).

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DICKENS, Charles. The Life and Adventures of Nicholas Nickleby. London: Chapman and Hall, 1839. First edition in book form, e

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Lot 3087

DICKENS, Charles. The Life and Adventures of Nicholas Nickleby. London: Chapman and Hall, 1839. First edition in book form, early issue, 8vo (210 x 133mm.) Portrait frontispiece, 39 plates by ‘Phiz’ [H.K. Browne]. (Lacking half-title, some spotting or browning predominantly to plates.) Contemporary green half-calf, spine gilt (extremities slightly rubbed and scuffed). Note: p123 has ‘sister’ correct.

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DICKENS, Charles. The Life and Adventures of Martin Chuzzlewit. London: Chapman and Hall, 1844. First edition in book form, ?

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Lot 3088

DICKENS, Charles. The Life and Adventures of Martin Chuzzlewit. London: Chapman and Hall, 1844. First edition in book form, ?second issue, 8vo (210 x 132mm) Frontispiece, engraved additional title, 38 plates by ‘Phiz’ [H.K. Browne]. (Some light browning, some plates offset.) Contemporary green half-calf, spine gilt (extremities slightly rubbed and scuffed). Note: additional title has ‘£100 reward’ and 14 line errata present.

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DICKENS, Charles. The Personal History of David Copperfield. London: Bradbury & Evans, 1850. First edition in book form,

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Lot 3089

DICKENS, Charles. The Personal History of David Copperfield. London: Bradbury & Evans, 1850. First edition in book form, 8vo (215 x 135mm.) Frontispiece, additional decorative title, 38 plates by H.K. Browne. (Occasional light browning.) Near contemporary half-calf (spine worn). – And one other later edition by Dickens in a uniform binding (2).

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DICKENS, Charles. Little Dorrit. London: Bradbury and Evans, 1857. First edition in book form, 1 vol. in two, 8vo (213 x 132m

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Lot 3090

DICKENS, Charles. Little Dorrit. London: Bradbury and Evans, 1857. First edition in book form, 1 vol. in two, 8vo (213 x 132mm.) Engraved frontispiece, additional decorative title, 38 plates. (Some browning and spotting, standard title-page bound in vol. II.) Contemporary blue calf, by Clyde, the spines gilt in six compartments with raised bands, lettering pieces in the second and fourth compartments, the others with repeat decoration in gilt, gilt turn-ins (spines slightly rubbed). Provenance: Frederick Perkins (armorial bookplate).

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DICKENS, Charles. Dombey and Son. London: Bradbury and Evans, 1848. First edition in book form, 8vo (210 x 124mm.) Frontispie

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Lot 3091

DICKENS, Charles. Dombey and Son. London: Bradbury and Evans, 1848. First edition in book form, 8vo (210 x 124mm.) Frontispiece, engraved additional decorative title, 38 plates. (Some spotting and browning, mostly to plates.) Modern half-calf over contemporary marbled boards (minor scuffs). Note: the title vignette has Cuttle’s hook on his left hand, and ‘Capatin’ on final line of p.324.

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DICKENS, Charles. The Life and Adventures of Nicholas Nickleby. London: Chapman and Hall, 1839. First edition in book form, e

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Lot 3092

DICKENS, Charles. The Life and Adventures of Nicholas Nickleby. London: Chapman and Hall, 1839. First edition in book form, early issue, 8vo (205 x 125mm.) Portrait frontispiece, 38 plates by ‘Phiz’ [H.K. Browne]. (Lacking half-title, some spotting and browning, heavy to title-page and plates, title-page somewhat creased, 3 plates torn and repaired, 1 plate torn with loss to margin, 1 other plate torn with substantial loss.) Modern half-calf over contemporary marbled boards (some scuffing). Note: p.123 has ‘visiter’ instead of ‘sister’.

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THOROTON, Robert. The Antiquities of Nottinghamshire. London: printed by Robert White, for Henry Mortlock, 1677. First editio

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Lot 3101

THOROTON, Robert. The Antiquities of Nottinghamshire. London: printed by Robert White, for Henry Mortlock, 1677. First edition, folio (340 x 219mm.) Title printed in red and black, engraved folding map, 16 plates (most folding or double-page), 8 plates of coats of arms on 4 leaves at rear, engraved illustrations. (Some light browning and soiling, folding plate of Newarke Church torn and repaired.) Late 18th Century diced calf gilt (extremities slightly scuffed, upper joint split and nearly detached, lower joint repaired).

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HUXLEY, Aldous. The Devils of Loudun. London: Chatto & Windus, 1952. First edition, 8vo (198 x 127mm.) Original cloth (he

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Lot 3111

HUXLEY, Aldous. The Devils of Loudun. London: Chatto & Windus, 1952. First edition, 8vo (198 x 127mm.) Original cloth (head and foot of spine lightly bumped), dust jacket (torn with loss at head of spine). – And twelve others by Aldous Huxley, the majority first editions (13).

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Lot 3124

BRUN, A.H. Troublous Times, Experiences in Bolshevik Russia and Turkestan. London: 1931. First edition, 8vo (194 x 128mm.) Portrait frontispiece, occasional plates. (Occasional light spotting.) Original cloth (extremities bumped and faded), remnants of dust-jacket. – And a quantity of others, various (a quantity).

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[CHAUCER, Geoffrey. The Workes of our Antient and Learned English Poet… edited by Thomas Speght. London: Adam Islip 159

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Lot 3129

[CHAUCER, Geoffrey. The Workes of our Antient and Learned English Poet… edited by Thomas Speght. London: Adam Islip 1598. Fifth edition] (but the first Thomas Speght edition), folio (307 x 219mm.) Engraved full-page ‘Progenie’, woodcut illustrations of a coat of arms, a knight and border for ‘Romance of the Rose’, woodcut decorative initials. (Lacking title-page, 3 dedication leaves and last leaf of annotations, some browning, spotting and soiling, minor tears and nicks to margins, occasional damp-staining.) Old calf over pasteboards, the covers with gilt and blind tooling (rebacked, repaired, clasps lacking). Note: despite the pages lacking, Chaucer’s actual text is complete.

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RICHARDSON, Gabriel. Of the State of Europe XIIII Bookes… continued out of approved authours. Oxford: [John Lichfield]

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Lot 3146

RICHARDSON, Gabriel. Of the State of Europe XIIII Bookes… continued out of approved authours. Oxford: [John Lichfield] printed for Henry Cripps, 1627. First edition, folio (273 x 180mm.) (Slightly affected by damp, last few leaves with old repairs, some near contemporary inscriptions.) Old speckled calf (chipped at head and foot of spine, upper joint split).

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[BURTON, Robert. The Anatomy of Melancholy. Oxford: 1628.] Third edition, folio (280 x 170mm.) (Lacking title-page, replaced

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Lot 3147

[BURTON, Robert. The Anatomy of Melancholy. Oxford: 1628.] Third edition, folio (280 x 170mm.) (Lacking title-page, replaced with loosely inserted facsimile, first few and some other leaves repaired with some loss, some damp-staining, some near contemporary inscriptions.) Old calf (spine worn, upper cover detached).

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JOHNSON, Samuel. – James L. CLIFFORD. Young Samuel Johnson. Melbourne, London, etc. : 1955. First edition, 8vo (215 x 1

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Lot 3182

JOHNSON, Samuel. – James L. CLIFFORD. Young Samuel Johnson. Melbourne, London, etc. : 1955. First edition, 8vo (215 x 140mm.) Occasional illustrations. (Minor browning.) Original cloth (extremities bumped), dust-jacket (torn at folds with slight loss to head and foot of spine). – And twenty-one others relating to Johnson or Boswell (22).

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“GIOVIO, Paolo” [Paulus JOVIUS]. Libro… de Pesci Romani. Venice: appresso il Gualtieri, 1560. 4to (191 x 12

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Lot 3210

“GIOVIO, Paolo” [Paulus JOVIUS]. Libro… de Pesci Romani. Venice: appresso il Gualtieri, 1560. 4to (191 x 127mm.) Woodcut printer’s device on title. (Occasional minor spotting, browning to top inside corner of last 50pp. not affecting text, occasional minor worm damage, lacking pp.113-120.) 19th Century vellum, red morocco title label to spine (slightly soiled). Provenance: Rouvier de Vaulgran (bookplate to front pastedown). Note: the first Italian edition of the Renaissance treatise on fish.

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THUCYDIDES. The History of the Peloponnesian War… with notes… by Thomas Arnold… third edition. Oxford: 1847

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Lot 3220

THUCYDIDES. The History of the Peloponnesian War… with notes… by Thomas Arnold… third edition. Oxford: 1847. 3vols., 8vo (215 x 129mm.) 12 maps and plans (8 folding). (Some spotting to first and last few leaves, numerous pencil annotations by a 20th Century unidentified hand.) Near contemporary half-calf, spines gilt (slightly scuffed). Provenance: Ambrose John Wilson (signatures dated 1874). – And six other volumes of related interest, all leather-bound (9).

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KENT, Rockwell (illustrator). – Jean François Marie Arouet de VOLTAIRE. Candide. New York: Random House, 1975. Limited

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Lot 3230

KENT, Rockwell (illustrator). – Jean François Marie Arouet de VOLTAIRE. Candide. New York: Random House, 1975. Limited edition of 10,000 copies, 8vo (286 x 192mm.) Numerous illustrations by Kent. (Some spotting to first few leaves.) Original cloth (head and foot of spine somewhat bumped), slipcase (defective). – And four other illustrated works, including three published by the Folio Society (5).

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Lot 3231

SPARK, Muriel. The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie. London: Macmillan & Co., Ltd., 1961. First edition, 8vo (197 x 126mm.) (Occasional light spotting.) Original cloth, dust-jacket. – And a quantity of others (a quantity).

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BRANGWYN, Frank (illustrator). – Hayter PRESTON. Windmills. London & New York: 1923. First edition, 4to (252 x 190m

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Lot 3242

BRANGWYN, Frank (illustrator). – Hayter PRESTON. Windmills. London & New York: 1923. First edition, 4to (252 x 190mm.) 16 colour plates, uncoloured illustrations and decorative initials, all by Brangwyn. (Light spotting or browning.) Original yellow cloth blocked in black (head and foot of spine slightly bumped).

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MILNE, A.A. When We Were Very Young. London: Methuen & Co. Ltd., 1924. First edition, 8vo (187 x 120mm.) Numerous illustr

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Lot 3248

MILNE, A.A. When We Were Very Young. London: Methuen & Co. Ltd., 1924. First edition, 8vo (187 x 120mm.) Numerous illustrations by E.H. Shepard. (Some spotting.) Original cloth, blocked in gilt, t.e.g. (extremities bumped, spine recoloured). – And two others by Milne including one other first edition (‘The House at Pooh Corner’, London: 1928. 8vo, original cloth) (3).

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DARWIN, Charles. On the Origin of Species by Means of Natural Selection… fifth edition, with additions and corrections.

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Lot 3249

DARWIN, Charles. On the Origin of Species by Means of Natural Selection… fifth edition, with additions and corrections. London: John Murray, 1869. 8vo (192 x 127mm.) 1 folding plate, 32pp. publisher’s advertisements at rear. (Minor browning, some spotting to first and last few leaves.) Original cloth (extremities bumped and chipped, spine darkened, stitching broken and now disbound).

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ELIOT, T.S. Poems 1909-1925. London: Faber & Gwyer, Ltd., 1925 [but 1926]. First edition, 8vo (93 x 124mm.) (Spotting to

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Lot 3250

ELIOT, T.S. Poems 1909-1925. London: Faber & Gwyer, Ltd., 1925 [but 1926]. First edition, 8vo (93 x 124mm.) (Spotting to margins and fore-edge.) Original cloth (extremities lightly bumped), dust-jacket (slightly soiled, minor nicks). Provenance: H.N. Davy (bookplate to front pastedown).

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MILNE, A.A. The House at Pooh Corner. London: Methuen & Co. Ltd., 1928. First edition, 8vo (187 x 120mm.) Numerous illust

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Lot 3252

MILNE, A.A. The House at Pooh Corner. London: Methuen & Co. Ltd., 1928. First edition, 8vo (187 x 120mm.) Numerous illustrations by E.H. Shepard. Original cloth (extremities lightly bumped, somewhat faded and discoloured).

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L’ACADÉMIE GONCOURT. Regards sur Paris. [N.p. but Monte Carlo:] André Sauret, 1962. Limited edition of 150 copies, this

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Lot 3264

L’ACADÉMIE GONCOURT. Regards sur Paris. [N.p. but Monte Carlo:] André Sauret, 1962. Limited edition of 150 copies, this number 54 of 120 signed by the ten authors and ten artists, folio (390 x 300mm.) 33 full-page plates (30 colour, 11 double-page). (Light spotting, first few quires buckled.) Unsewn in original wrappers as issued, contained within original cloth box (slightly affected by damp). Note: includes illustrations by André Beaudin, Georges Braque, Maurice Brianchon, Jean Carzo, Marc Chagall, Dunoyer de Segonzac, André Masson, Pablo Picasso, Kees van Dongen and Jaques Villon, all of whom have signed a single double-page leaf along with the contributing authors.

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Lot 3282

BARTHROPP, Patrick. Paddy… an Autobiography. London: Howard Baker, 1987. First edition, 8vo (216 x 133mm.) Occasional illustrations. Original cloth, dust-jacket. Note: signed and inscribed by the author to half-title. – And twenty-three others, various (24).

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BACON, Francis. Sylva Sylvarum: or, a Naturall History in Ten Centuries… the sixt edition. London: printed by J.F. for

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Lot 3287

BACON, Francis. Sylva Sylvarum: or, a Naturall History in Ten Centuries… the sixt edition. London: printed by J.F. for William Lee, 1651. [Bound with:] New Atlantis. [N.p.: n.d. but circa ?1651. Bound with:] History Naturall and Experimentall. London: printed for William Lee, and Humphrey Moseley, 1650. 3 works in one vol., folio (284 x 185mm.) Additional decorative title to first work only (lacking two plates). (Some browning, occasional marginal tears, some marginal worm damage, additional decorative title torn with loss, lacking all leaves after p.62 in third work.) Modern black calf retaining contemporary lower board.

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HORSE-RACING. The Benson and Hedges Book of Racing Colours. Birmingham: 1973. First edition, 4to (298 x 208mm.) Numerous colo

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Lot 3290

HORSE-RACING. The Benson and Hedges Book of Racing Colours. Birmingham: 1973. First edition, 4to (298 x 208mm.) Numerous coloured illustrations. Original cloth, dust-jacket. – And three others of related interest (4).

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Iain Banks - “The Wasp Factory published by Macmillan, first edition 1984 (one red cloth bound volume with dust wrapper

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Iain Banks - “The Wasp Factory published by Macmillan, first edition 1984 (one red cloth bound volume with dust wrapper, inscribed to front fly leaf and dated 1983)

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Iain Banks - “Canal Dreams” published by Macmillan, London, first edition 1989 (one paper back volume, inscribed

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Lot 264

Iain Banks - “Canal Dreams” published by Macmillan, London, first edition 1989 (one paper back volume, inscribed to front fly leaf)

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Iain Banks - “The Wasp Factory” published by Houghton Mifflin & Co, Boston, first U.S. edition 1984 (one grey

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Lot 276

Iain Banks - “The Wasp Factory” published by Houghton Mifflin & Co, Boston, first U.S. edition 1984 (one grey cloth bound volume with dust wrapper, inscribed)

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Iain Banks - “Espedair Street” published by Macmillan, first edition 1987 (one blue cloth bound volume with dust

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Lot 277

Iain Banks - “Espedair Street” published by Macmillan, first edition 1987 (one blue cloth bound volume with dust wrapper, inscribed)

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Iain M. Banks - “The Player of Games” published by Macmillan, first edition 1988 (one red cloth hard bound volume

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Lot 291

Iain M. Banks - “The Player of Games” published by Macmillan, first edition 1988 (one red cloth hard bound volume with slip case, signed limited edition, No. A of 201 copies)

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Iain M. Banks - “The Start of the Art” published by Mark V. Ziesing, Willimantic, Connecticut, first edition 1989

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Lot 292

Iain M. Banks - “The Start of the Art” published by Mark V. Ziesing, Willimantic, Connecticut, first edition 1989 (one cloth bound volume with dust wrapper and slip case, inscribed)

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Iain M. Banks - “Consider Phlebas” published by Macmillan, first edition 1987 (one blue cloth bound volume with d

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Lot 293

Iain M. Banks - “Consider Phlebas” published by Macmillan, first edition 1987 (one blue cloth bound volume with dust wrapper and slip case, No. A of 176 copies, signed and inscribed)

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Iain M. Banks - “Consider Phlebas” published by Macmillan, first edition 1987 (special edition, one yellow cloth

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Lot 294

Iain M. Banks - “Consider Phlebas” published by Macmillan, first edition 1987 (special edition, one yellow cloth bound volume with dust wrapper, inscribed)

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Ian Fleming - `The Spy Who Loved Me` first edition 1962 by Gildrose productions, original dust jacket and plastic slip cover.

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Ian Fleming - `The Spy Who Loved Me` first edition 1962 by Gildrose productions, original dust jacket and plastic slip cover.

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Sir John Hunt - The Ascent Of Everest, first edition 1953 with dust jacket, published by Hodder and Stoughton.

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Sir John Hunt - The Ascent Of Everest, first edition 1953 with dust jacket, published by Hodder and Stoughton.

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BARRY (Sir Edward) Observations Historical, Critical, and Medicinal on the Wines of the Ancients, London: for T.Cadell 1775,

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Lot 131

BARRY (Sir Edward) Observations Historical, Critical, and Medicinal on the Wines of the Ancients, London: for T.Cadell 1775, first edition, frontispiece with slight offset staining onto vignette title, otherwise clean, contemporary calf with gilt spine, joints cracked and edges worn

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ARBUTHNOT (John) An Essay concerning the Nature of Aliments, and the Choice of them, according to the different constitutions

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Lot 135

ARBUTHNOT (John) An Essay concerning the Nature of Aliments, and the Choice of them, according to the different constitutions of human bodies, London: J. Tonson, 1731, 8vo, first edition, first blank leaf loose, old ownership name stamped to head of title in black, a good impression on thick paper, worn cracked panel calf gilt

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SHELLEY (Percy Bysshe) Queen Mab, London: W.Clark 1821, first edition, without the dedication leaf, advert leaf at end, t.e.g

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Lot 174

SHELLEY (Percy Bysshe) Queen Mab, London: W.Clark 1821, first edition, without the dedication leaf, advert leaf at end, t.e.g., fine green-brown morocco gilt signed C.E.G. [Captain Gladstone, RN, d.1919], with circular floral spandrels to the panel boards, and trailing flowers to the spine. Note: the binder was a relative of the current owner

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Literary Printing and Private Press. The Criterion. A Quarterly Review, edited by T. S. Eliot. London: R. Cobden Sanderson (a

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Lot 236

Literary Printing and Private Press. The Criterion. A Quarterly Review, edited by T. S. Eliot. London: R. Cobden Sanderson (and others), October 1922 - July 1924, vols. 1-8, including no.1 with the first appearance of Eliot`s `The Waste Land`, published about two months before it came out in book form, all in red and black printed paper wrappers, some creasing, slight fraying to edges and dust staining but internally clean; GUTHRIE (James, editor) and the Pear Tree Press. The Bookplate, Nos. 2 and 3 (1920-21), and no.1, new series (1922); The Morland Press - The Bookplate Magazine, no. 1 July 1919; Root and Branch, vol. 2 no.1; Type, no.5; The First Edition, no. 1 1924; Ariel Poems no.1; three Winnie the Pooh series dust wrappers (later editions); few other small items

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Lock (Anton) (British 1893-1979), Six original book illustrations, including `Lord of the Jungle` artwork in gouache for a bo

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Lot 262

Lock (Anton) (British 1893-1979), Six original book illustrations, including `Lord of the Jungle` artwork in gouache for a book jacket, a first edition of the book 1947, another in gouache, and four pencil or charcoal drawings of jungle animals, largest 30 x 43cm (6)

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MILNE (A.A) Now We Are Six, first ed, 1927; The House At Pooh Corner, first ed, 1928; another copy, 2nd ed; When We Were Very

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Lot 271

MILNE (A.A) Now We Are Six, first ed, 1927; The House At Pooh Corner, first ed, 1928; another copy, 2nd ed; When We Were Very Young, 6th ed, 1924; Winnie The Pooh, 1956 edition; together with Little Meg`s Children, circa 1860, no date, all in original cloth gilt (some typical rubbing and fading)

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DULAC (E) A Fairy Garland being Old Tales from the Old French, Cassell & Co 1928, first edition, signed and numbered 303

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Lot 281

DULAC (E) A Fairy Garland being Old Tales from the Old French, Cassell & Co 1928, first edition, signed and numbered 303 of 1000, 12 colour plates, occasional slight spotting, vellum backed cloth, t.e.g.

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GRIMM. Little Brother and Little Sister, illustrated by Rackham, first edition 1917, 4to, 12 tipped in colour plates, crease

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Lot 282

GRIMM. Little Brother and Little Sister, illustrated by Rackham, first edition 1917, 4to, 12 tipped in colour plates, crease to first plate, cloth gilt with slight spotting to fore edges

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DICKENS (C) Pickwick Papers, first edition 1837, 8vo, plates lightly spotted, half calf a.e.g.; KIPLING (R) Just So Stories,

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Lot 302

DICKENS (C) Pickwick Papers, first edition 1837, 8vo, plates lightly spotted, half calf a.e.g.; KIPLING (R) Just So Stories, 1st reprint edition 1902, lightly stained, cloth rubbed; Cinderella`s Picture Book, circa 1897, 4to, colour printed, contents working loose; others literature and poetry, etc (13)

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