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Lot 194

George (Henry) Progress and Poverty 1883; Social Problems, 1884 § Walker (Francis A.) Money in its relations to Trade and Industry, 1907; Money, New York, 1891 § Ely (Richard T.) An Introduction to Political Economy, Chautauqua Press, contemporary inscription to front free-endpaper, New York, 1889 § Tuassig (F.W.) Principles of Economy, 2 vol., first edition, blind stamped `Presentation Copy` to title, New York, 1911, mostly first English editions, original bindings, slightly worn; and a small quantity of others similar by the same authors, v.s. (28)(28)

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Lot 202

Hardy (Thomas) Jude The Obscure first edition, frontispiece, foxed, original cloth, joints repaired, 1896 § Orwell (George) Nineteen Eighty-Four, first edition, labels removed from front end paper, original cloth, discoloured, 1949 § Amis (Martin) Yellow Dog, first edition, signed by author to title, original boards, dust-jacket, 2003, plus 12 other vol., 8vo (15)

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Thaxter (Celia) The Cruise of the Mystery first edition, inscribed presentation copy, signed by the author, 5 floral and land

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Lot 203

Thaxter (Celia) The Cruise of the Mystery first edition, inscribed presentation copy, signed by the author, 5 floral and landscape watercolours to 5 poems, a.l.s. from the author tipped-in at rear, original limp morocco, scuffed at corners and spine ends, preserved in modern cloth drop-back box, small 8vo, Boston and New York, 1886. ***A handsome presentation copy..

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Gypsies.- Groome (Francis Hindes) Gypsy Folk-Tales first edition, half-title 2pp. advertisements at end, original cloth, gilt

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Lot 204

Gypsies.- Groome (Francis Hindes) Gypsy Folk-Tales first edition, half-title 2pp. advertisements at end, original cloth, gilt, spine slightly faded, rubbed, a good copy, 1899; and a copy of his Gipsy Tents in original pictorial cloth, 8vo (2)

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Lot 216

Fisher (Irving) The Theory of Interest first edition, original cloth, new endpapers, blind library stamp removed from title, and ink stamp removed from half-title, New York, 1930; Another copy, original cloth, Kelley & Millman, New York, 1954; Stable Money, first edition, original cloth, bookplate to front paste-down, Adelphi Company, 1934; Stabilised Money, first English edition, original cloth, slightly worn, 1935, 8vo., (4)(4)

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Lot 217

Fisher (Irving) Booms and Depressions first edition, original green cloth, 8vo., Adelphi Company, New York, 1932.

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Lot 219

Schumpeter (Joseph A.) Business Cycles 2 vol., first edition, second impression, original cloth, very slightly rubbed, bookplate of W.H.Beverige to front paste-downs, 8vo, 1939.(2)

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Lot 220

Spender (Stephen).- Büchner (Georg) Danton`s Death... translated by Stephen Spender and Goronwy Rees, first edition, signed presentation copy from Stephen Spender to Cecil Day Lewis, lower joint split, 1939 § Spender (Stephen) World Within World, first edition, signed by the author, frontispiece, newspaper cuttings loosely inserted, bookplate of Antony Brett-James on front pastedown, dust-jacket, torn, 1951; New Collected Poems, signed presentation copy from Natasha Spender, original boards, dust-jacket, 2004 § Bridges (Robert) Collected Essays Papers &c...., signed by Cecil Day Lewis, original cloth-backed boards, foxed, printed paper label on spine, browned, Oxford University Press, 1929, all but the last original cloth or boards, 8vo (4).

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Lot 221

Economics.- The Kress Library of Business and Economics 5 vols., including supplement, Boston, 1940 - 1956 § Laughlin (J. Laurence) The Principles of Money, first English edition, library stamp removed from title, rebound in cloth, 1903 § Ohlin (Bertil) Interregional and International Trade, first edition, ex-library copy, Cambridge, Mass., 1933 § Roscher (William) Principles of Political Economy, 2 vol., first American edition, Chicago, 1882 § American Economic Association Series, 10 vol., 1944, 1946-47, 1949, 1953, 1955, 1959 1964 & 1968, cloth, slightly rubbed; and a quantity of others similar, v.s.(25).(25)

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Wittenstein (Ludwig) Philosophical Investigations first English edition, original cloth, dust-jacket, slightly chipped at hea

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Lot 223

Wittenstein (Ludwig) Philosophical Investigations first English edition, original cloth, dust-jacket, slightly chipped at head and tail, small contemporary ink signature to front paste-down and library file card pocket attached to rear paste-down, 8vo, Oxford, 1953.

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Lot 225

Chamberlain (Samuel) Bouquet de France 1960; Italian Bouquet, 1960; British Bouquet, 1963 § Lake (Nancy) Menus Made Easy, fifth edition, 1889, first 2 ?signed by the author, first 3 illustrated, original decorative cloth, worn; and 3 others, food, v.s. (7)(7)

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Carr (J.L.) A Day in Summer inscription from the author of extracts from Leila Berg`s Nippers series to endpaper, original cl

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Lot 229

Carr (J.L.) A Day in Summer inscription from the author of extracts from Leila Berg`s Nippers series to endpaper, original cloth, 1963; A Season in Sinji, inscribed by the author to endpaper, original cloth, dust-jacket, very light dampstaining to head of lower panel, slight cockling, 1967; The Harpole Report, inscribed by the author to endpaper, original boards, base of lower cover a little dampstained, 1972; How Steeple Sinderby Wanderers Won the FA Cup, limited edition, inscribed by the author "For Leila who, like Steeple Sinderby, performed a feat beyond belief by writing a real story for very young children...", with 2 A.Ls on the author`s paper loosely inserted at end, original wrappers, [1975]; What Hetty Did or Life and Letters, limited edition, inscribed by the author to dedication, with A.Ls from the author loosely inserted, original wrappers, 1988, the first two first editions, 8vo (8) (8) ***The author was friends with children`s writer Leila Berg (b.1917) and all of the inscriptions and letters in this lot are to her..

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Lot 231

Chandler (Raymond) The Simple Art of Murder first English edition, ownership inscription on title, original cloth, dust-jacket, a little rubbed and frayed at exremities, short tear to head of upper panel, 8vo, 1950.

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Conrad (Joseph) Chance first edition in book form, second issue, with cancel title mounted on stub, advertisements at end, or

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Lot 235

Conrad (Joseph) Chance first edition in book form, second issue, with cancel title mounted on stub, advertisements at end, original green cloth, spine gilt with "Methven" at foot, spine a little faded joints and spine ends rubbed, 8vo, 1914. ***Including advertisements from both the first and second issues (31pp. dated July 1913 & 8pp. dated Autumn 1913)..

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Lot 251

Graves (Robert) Lawrence and The Arabs first edition, signed by the author to half-title, frontispiece, illustrations, ownership blindstamp to half-title, old ownership name to endpaper, original cloth, a little worn at spine ends, 8vo, 1927.

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Lot 252

Greene (Graham) The Man Within first edition, original cloth, spine ends a little bumped, facsimile dust-jacket, 8vo, 1929.

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Greene (Graham) Brighton Rock first American edition, mark to pp.4 & 5, original cloth, dust-jacket, torn with some loss

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Lot 253

Greene (Graham) Brighton Rock first American edition, mark to pp.4 & 5, original cloth, dust-jacket, torn with some loss to corners and spine ends, tears to upper joint along fold, 2cm. portion of loss to upper panel, rubbed and creased at extremities, New York, 1938; and another, early issue of Old Man and the Sea, 8vo (2)(2)

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Lot 255

Housman (A.E.) A Shropshire Lad first edition thus, colour illustrations by William Hyde, captioned tissue-guards, original pictorial cloth, gilt, spine browned, 1908 § Blunden (Edmund) Masks of Time, number 16 of 80 copies, signed by the author, artist and publisher, printed on Japanese vellum, illustrations, original vellum-backed boards, 1925; and 3 others, poetry, 8vo (5)(5)

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Huxley (Aldous) Brave New World first edition, ownership inscription to endpaper verso, original cloth, spine ends bumped, du

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Lot 256

Huxley (Aldous) Brave New World first edition, ownership inscription to endpaper verso, original cloth, spine ends bumped, dust-jacket, joints creased and rubbed, loss to head of spine affecting part of text, spine ends creased and chipped, slight loss to corners, upper corner of upper panel creased with short tear, lower panel chipped at head with short tear to base, spine a little browned, cocked, 8vo, 1932.

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Lot 260

Keynes (John Maynard) The General Theory of Employment Interest and Money first edition, original cloth, spine slightly marked, otherwise very good, [PMM 423], 8vo, 1936.

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King (Stephen) Carrie first edition, original boards, dust-jacket, price-clipped, small tear and small strip of browning to b

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Lot 261

King (Stephen) Carrie first edition, original boards, dust-jacket, price-clipped, small tear and small strip of browning to back panel, otherwise an excellent copy, 8vo, New York, 1974.

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Larsson (Steig) The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo first English edition, original boards, dust-jacket, a fine copy, 8vo, 2008.

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Lot 262

Larsson (Steig) The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo first English edition, original boards, dust-jacket, a fine copy, 8vo, 2008.

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Lot 267

Malamud (Bernard) The Natural first English edition, original boards, dust-jacket, lower panel a little browned, spine ends slightly rubbed, a little cocked, 8vo, 1963. ***This edition adds a note and glossary of American baseball terms by Malamud for the English edition. Author`s first book, a classic baseball novel..

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Lot 273

O`Brian (Patrick) The Thirteen Gun Salute first edition, original boards, dust-jacket, light surface scratching to lower panel, otherwise a near-fine copy, 8vo, 1989

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Lot 280

Spyri (Johanna) Heidi Her Years of Wandering and Learning, translated by Louise Brooks, 2 vol. in 1, first American edition, inscription to pastedown, original cloth, spine browned, rubbed, Boston, 1885 § Truman (Harry S.) Mr. Citizen, first edition, plates, library blind-stamp to endpaper, original cloth, dust-jacket, a little rubbed, New York, 1960; and 20 others, first editions and Americana, v.s. (22)(22)

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Lot 288

Wingfield (R.D.) Night Frost first edition, original boards, dust-jacket, minute light brown mark to head of spine, slightly creased at edges, otherwise a very good copy, 8vo, 1992. ***The third of the DI Jack Frost series..

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Lot 289

Woolf (Virginia) The Waves first edition, original purple cloth, fading to spine-ends, dust-jacket designed by Vanessa Bell, browned, upper joint split, chips to spine-ends and upper corner of upper panel, [Kirkpatrick A16a; Woolmer 279], Hogarth Press, 1931; Flush, A Biography, plates, half-title, ownership inscription to endpaper, original cloth, spine browned, dust-jacket, spine a little browned, light spotting, spine ends bumped, [Kirkpatrick A19a; Woolmer 334], Hogarth Press, 1933, 8vo (2)(2)

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Lot 290

Zafon (Carlos Ruis) The Shadow of the Wind first English edition, 2004; The Angel`s Game, first English edition, signed by the author to title, 2009 § Kaye (M.M) The Far Pavilions, jacket faded, 1978 § Hosseini (Khaled) A Thousand Splendid Suns, 2007 § Adichie (Chimamanda Ngozi) Half of a Yellow Sun, jacket spine faded, 2006, first editions, original boards, dust-jackets; and c.80 others, similar, 8vo (c.85)(85)

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Alphéraky (Sergius) The Geese of Europe and Asia being the description of most of the old world species, first English editio

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Lot 291

Alphéraky (Sergius) The Geese of Europe and Asia being the description of most of the old world species, first English edition, chromolithographed frontispiece and 24 plates after F.W. Frohawk and P.P.Sushkin, original cloth, spine faded, spine ends and corners bumped, a little rubbed, [Anker 9; Nissen IVB 30; Wood p.188], 4to, 1905.

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Lot 297

Mackworth-Praed (C.W.) and Capt. C.H.B. Grant. African Handbook of Birds, Series I-III in 6 vol. (a complete set), first edition, 1952-73 § Hall (B.P.) & others. An Atlas of Speciation in African Passerine [& Non-Passerine] Birds, together 2 vol., 1970-78, illustrations, some colour, original cloth or boards, dust-jackets, the first a little rubbed, vol.1 frayed at edges; and 3 others on the birds of Africa, v.s. (11)(11)

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Lot 298

Mayr (E.) and Jared Diamond. The Birds of Northern Melanesia Oxford, 2001 § du Pont (John E.) South Pacific Birds, Greenville, De., 1976 § Bregulla (H.L.) Birds of Vanuatu, 1992 § Watling (Dick) Birds of Fiji, Tonga and Samoa, Wellington, 1982 § Berger (Andrew J.) Hawaiian Birdlife, second edition, Honolulu, 1981 § Kear (J.) & A.J.Berger. The Hawaiian Goose, Calton, 1980, all but the fifth first editions, illustrations, many colour, original cloth or boards, dust-jackets; and 10 others on birds of the South and Tropical Pacific islands including Hawaii, 4to & 8vo (16)(16)

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Lot 301

Orians (G.H.) Blackbirds of the Americas Seattle & London, n.d. § Garrett (K.) & Jon Dunn. Birds of Southern California: Status and Distribution, Los Angeles, 1981 § Curson (Jon) New World Warblers, 1994 § Johnson (S.R.) and Dale R.Herter. The Birds of the Beaufort Sea, Anchorage, 1989 § Check-List of North American Birds, seventh edition, Washington, D.C., 1998, illustrations, some colour, original cloth or boards, the first three with dust-jackets; and 17 others on the birds of North America, 4to & 8vo (22)(22)

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Lot 302

Pollard (H.B.C.) British and American Game Birds illustrated by Philip Rickman, 104 of 125 copies signed by the illustrator, with pencil illustration, 20 colour illustrations, contemporary morocco-backed buckram, t.e.g., others uncut, 1945 § Hilton Young (E.) A Bird in the Bush, illustrated by Peter Scott, number 105 of 550 copies signed by the illustrator and author, colour frontispiece, illustrations, bookplate to paste-down, endpapers spotted, original buckrum-backed cloth, dust-jacket, t.e.g., others uncut, spine and edges browned, corners chipped, 1936 § Chalmers (Patrick R.) Birds Ashore and A-Foreshore, first trade edition, 16 colour plates, illustrations by Winifred Austen, original cloth, gilt, edges spotted, 1935 § Gould (John) An Introduction to the Birds of Great Britain, first edition, original cloth, scuffed, rubbed and chipped, 1873 § W. Hart after John Gould, Xanthotis Chrysotis, [from The Birds of New Guinea], hand-coloured lithograph, 540 x 360mm., right-hand edge with perforations from a previous binding, [c.1875]; and 2 others, similar, 8vo (7)(7)

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Lot 304

Smythies (Bertram E.) The Birds of Borneo second edition, 1968 § Wells (David R.) The Birds of the Thai-Malay Peninsula..., vol.1: Non-Passerines, San Diego, 1999 § du Pont (J.E.) Philippine Birds, Greenville, De., 1971 § Coates (B.J.) and K.David Bishop. A Guide to the Birds of Wallacea, 1997 § Rasmussen (P.C.) & John C.Anderton. Birds of South Asia: The Ripley Guide, 2 vol., Washington, D.C., 2005, plates and illustrations, many colour, original cloth or boards, all but the last with dust-jackets, the first a little rubbed with some sticky tape stains; and 11 others on the birds of South-East Asia, 8vo & 4to (17)(17)

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Lot 306

Yarrell (William) A History of British Birds 3 vol., first edition, illustrations, vignettes, light spotting to titles, contemporary half calf, spines gilt, rubbed and scuffed, 8vo, 1843.

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[Apperley (Charles J.)], "Nimrod"] Memoirs of the Life of the Late John Mytton, Esq. third edition, additional aqua

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Lot 322

[Apperley (Charles J.)], "Nimrod"] Memoirs of the Life of the Late John Mytton, Esq. third edition, additional aquatint vignette title, 18 hand-coloured aquatint plates by H. Alken and T.J. Rawlins, some spotting and foxing, mostly to text ff., a few small stains, contemporary red half morroco, gilt, rubbed, g.e., [Schwerdt I, 39], 1851; Hunting Reminiscences: Comprising Memoirs of Masters of Hounds; Notices of The Crack Riders..., first edition, wood-engraved frontispiece, additional vignette title, 10 maps and 3 plates, 8pp. advertisements at end, some foxing to frontispiece and additional title, original pictorial cloth, gilt, spine ends and corners a little frayed, spine faded, [Schwerdt I, 36], 1843; and another, by the same, 4to & 8vo (3)

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Lot 323

Corbett (Jim) Man-Eaters of Kumaon first edition, photograph of the author, signed tipped-in at front, signed note from the author pasted to endpaper, plates, map endpapers, original cloth, 8vo, India, Oxford University Press, [1944].

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Lot 325

Cupples (George) Scotch Deer-Hounds and their Masters first edition, illustrations, original green cloth, gilt, royal 8vo., Edinburgh and London, 1894.

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D`Aubusson (Louis Magaud) La Fauconnerie au Moyen Age et dans les Temps Modernes, first edition, bookplate of Thorvald Lindqu

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Lot 326

D`Aubusson (Louis Magaud) La Fauconnerie au Moyen Age et dans les Temps Modernes, first edition, bookplate of Thorvald Lindquist and another to front pastedown, modern quarter morocco, spine slightly faded, original blue printed wrappers bound in, [Harting 211], 8vo, Paris, 1879.

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Lot 328

(Arnold L. editor) The Ballet Annual, volumes 1 - 12 only, original cloth, illustrations, 2 copies with original dust-jackets, slightly worn, 1947-1957 § Haskell (Arnold) Baron Encore, first edition, illustrations, original cloth, slightly dusty, 1952; Baron`s Ballet Finale, first edition, illustrations, original cloth, slightly rubbed, 1958; Baron at the Ballet, first edition, illustrations, original cloth, dust-jacket, rubbed, 1950; and a small quantity of others similar, v.s. (19). (Arnold L. editor) The Ballet Annual, volumes 1 - 12 only, original cloth, illustrations, 2 copies with original dust-jackets, slightly worn, 1947-1957 § Haskell (Arnold) Baron Encore, first edition, illustrations, original cloth, slightly dusty, 1952; Baron`s Ballet Finale, first edition, illustrations, original cloth, slightly rubbed, 1958; Baron at the Ballet, first edition, illustrations, original cloth, dust-jacket, rubbed, 1950; and a small quantity of others similar, v.s. (19).(19)

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Lot 338

Ching (Nei and Nan) The Yellow Emperor`s Classic of Internal Medicine and the Difficult Classic (A Complete Translation), 5 vol, chapters 1- 73, illustrations, original printed wrappers, Oriental Heritage Book, Blaine & Vancouver, 1985 § Hsu (Hong-Yen) Oriental Materia Medica, a concise guide, first edition, illustrations, original boards, dust-jacket, Oriental Healing Arts Institute, California, 1986 § Matsumoto (Kiiko) & Birch (Stephen) Hara Diagnosis: Reflections on the Sea, first edition, illustrations, original cloth, dust-jacket, Paradigm Publications, Brookline, Mass. 1988 § Ann (T.K.) Cracking the Chinese Puzzles, 5 vol, first editions, original cloth, dust-jackets, Stockflows, Hong Kong, 1982 § Jou, Tsung Hwa, The Tao of I Ching Way to Divination, illustrations, original cloth, illustrations, Tai Chi Foundation, New Jersey, 1984; and a quantity of others similar on Chinese medicine, acupuncture, the Chinese language, etc, v.s. ( c.120)(120)

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Lot 339

(Sir Ashley Paston) The Anatomy and Surgical Treatment of Inguinal and Congenital Hernia, part 1 only (of 2), first edition, 12 engraved plates, title laid down with some marginal loss, water-stained, contemporary half mottled calf, spine gilt, rubbed, folio, 1804. (Sir Ashley Paston) The Anatomy and Surgical Treatment of Inguinal and Congenital Hernia, part 1 only (of 2), first edition, 12 engraved plates, title laid down with some marginal loss, water-stained, contemporary half mottled calf, spine gilt, rubbed, folio, 1804.

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Maclise (Joseph) Surgical Anatomy first edition, 34 (of 35) hand-coloured lithographed plates, ex-medical library copy with s

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Lot 342

Maclise (Joseph) Surgical Anatomy first edition, 34 (of 35) hand-coloured lithographed plates, ex-medical library copy with stamp to margin of each plate, water-stained, a few tears to text ff. and plates, worn, 1851; and an ex-library copy of the second edition of the same, in better condition, folio (2) sold not subject to return.

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Lot 352

Fairbridge (Dorothea) Historic Houses of South Africa original pictorial cloth, gilt, some soiling, dust-jacket few short tears, some soiling, 1922; Historic Farms of South Africa, first edition, original cloth, dust-jacket, tape marks to spine ends, some loss to foot of spine and 1 corner, 1931 § Pama (C.) Vintage Cape Town. Historic Houses and families in and Around Old Cape Town, Cape Town, 1973 § Fransen (Hans, editor) Architectural Beauty of the Old Cape as Seen by Arthur Elliot, original cloth, dust-jacket, Cape Town, 1969; and 7 others, similar, v.s. (11)

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Lot 353

(The Rev. William C.) History of Natal, South Africa, first edition, tinted lithographed frontispiece and 3 plates, 4 folding maps and 5 plates, occasional foxing, lter half morocco, rubbed, 8vo, 1855; The Kaffir Races, folding map and tables, plates, modern half morocco, n.d. § Fleming (Rev. Francis) Southern Africa. A Geography and Natural History, folding maps, plates and illustrations, new endpapers, modern crushed morocco-backed cloth, London and Norwich, 1856.; and 6 others, South Africa, (9) (The Rev. William C.) History of Natal, South Africa, first edition, tinted lithographed frontispiece and 3 plates, 4 folding maps and 5 plates, occasional foxing, lter half morocco, rubbed, 8vo, 1855; The Kaffir Races, folding map and tables, plates, modern half morocco, n.d. § Fleming (Rev. Francis) Southern Africa. A Geography and Natural History, folding maps, plates and illustrations, new endpapers, modern crushed morocco-backed cloth, London and Norwich, 1856.; and 6 others, South Africa, (9)

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Lot 361

Hodges (William) Travels in India, During the Years 1780, 1781, 1782, & 1783 first edition, folding map with fold tear, 14 plates, most with old stain to top right margin, foxing, contemporary half calf, rubbed, 4to, London, for the Author, 1793.

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Cruise (A); or, Three Months on the Continent By a Naval Officer, first edition, hand-coloured frontispiece and 3 plates, unc

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Lot 366

Cruise (A); or, Three Months on the Continent By a Naval Officer, first edition, hand-coloured frontispiece and 3 plates, uncut, original boards, part of spine lacking, rubbed at extremities, slightly dusty, 8vo, 1818. ***The frontispiece illustrates one of the earliest roller coasters..

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Lot 371

Greece.- Schliemann (Dr. Henry) Mycenae, first American edition, frontispiece, plates, some folding, text-illustrations, contemporary half morocco, rubbed, front hinge cracked, 4to, New York, 1878.

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-. Donovan (Jeremiah) Rome, Ancient and Modern 4 vol., first edition, half titles, folding colour map, plates and plans, some

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Lot 374

-. Donovan (Jeremiah) Rome, Ancient and Modern 4 vol., first edition, half titles, folding colour map, plates and plans, some folding, names at head of titles `Charles Waterton Walton Hall`, contemporary vellum, spines gilt, morocco labels, little scuffed, 8vo, Rome, Crispino Puccinelli, 1842-1844. ***Charles Waterton (1782-1865) traveller and naturalist, author of Wanderings in South America, &c (1825) and Essays in Natural History (1838-1857). In 1826 he establishesd at Walton Park `what was probably the country`s first nature reserve and bird sanctuary` (ODNB)..

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Lot 383

Levant.- Curzon (Hon. Robert) Visits to Monasteries in the Levant, first edition, frontispiece, plates, folding plan, tissue-guards, bookplates to front pastedown, original cloth, gilt, front cover detached, spine with a few short splits and some creasing, slightly cocked, 8vo, Murray, 1849.

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Lot 384

Middle East.- Kelly (Walter Keating) Syria and the Holy Land, their Scenery and their People first edition, wood-engraved illustrations, library blind-stamp to title and a few other ff., later half morocco, spine gilt, rubbed, [1844]; and 3 others, Holy Land, all with engraved plates or illustrations, 8vo & 4to (4)

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-. Nansen (Fridtjof) "Farthest North" 2 vol., first English edition, folding map at end of vol.1, plates and illust

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Lot 387

-. Nansen (Fridtjof) "Farthest North" 2 vol., first English edition, folding map at end of vol.1, plates and illustrations, one colour, map slightly browned on verso and small tear otherwise a fine copy in bright original pictorial cloth blocked in gilt and silver, small knick to rear joint vol. 2, 1898

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Lot 389

(Sir Samuel White) The Nile Tributaries of Abyssinia and the Sword Hunters of the Hamran Arabs, first edition, engraved portrait frontispiece, 2 maps, including 1 folding (torn and repaired along folds), both outlined in colour, 22 plates only (of 23), library stamps to verso of plates, maps and title, inscription to endpaper, library bookplate to pastedown, contemporary half brown morocco, rubbed, 1867 § Kennaway (John H.) On Sherman`s Track, frontispiece and 4 plates, frontispiece loose, title a little browned, library cloth, 1867 § De Windt (Harry) Through the Gold-Fields of Alaska to Bering Straits, half-title, folding map (torn at head), plates, 32pp. publisher`s catalogue at end, occasional foxing, original pictorial cloth, gilt, a little cocked and rubbed, 1898; and 11 others, travel, 8vo & 4to (14) (Sir Samuel White) The Nile Tributaries of Abyssinia and the Sword Hunters of the Hamran Arabs, first edition, engraved portrait frontispiece, 2 maps, including 1 folding (torn and repaired along folds), both outlined in colour, 22 plates only (of 23), library stamps to verso of plates, maps and title, inscription to endpaper, library bookplate to pastedown, contemporary half brown morocco, rubbed, 1867 § Kennaway (John H.) On Sherman`s Track, frontispiece and 4 plates, frontispiece loose, title a little browned, library cloth, 1867 § De Windt (Harry) Through the Gold-Fields of Alaska to Bering Straits, half-title, folding map (torn at head), plates, 32pp. publisher`s catalogue at end, occasional foxing, original pictorial cloth, gilt, a little cocked and rubbed, 1898; and 11 others, travel, 8vo & 4to (14)(14)

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Lot 392

-. Roberts (Lewes) The Merchants Map of Commerce fourth edition, title in red and black, browned, title repaired at outer margin, not affecting text, library stamps to title, L4 and final f., 2A2 misbound after 2A4, a few short marginal tears, occasional worming, not affecting text, modern calf, red morocco label to spine, [Sabin 71909], folio, for Thomas Horne, 1700. ***"This appears to have been the earliest systematic work on trade and commerce published in the English language... The description of "America and the Provinces thereof." contains much fuller accounts of New England, New Netherland, and other places that that in the first edition." (Sabin)..

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Lot 397

Hertfordshire.- Price (John) An Historical Account of the City of Hereford first edition, frontispiece, 6 engraved plates, ownership name to title, spotting to plates, modern half morocco, new endpapers, offsetting to endpapers, spine faded, Hereford, 1796 § British Public Characters of 1798, frontispiece, trimmed and laid to endpaper, perhaps Josiah Tucker`s copy, with pencil name to p.147, other annotations to margins, spotted throughout, 8vo, for R.Phillips, 1796, 8vo (2)(2)

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London.- Conseil Municipal de Paris Compte Rendu Officiel du Voyage du Lord-Maire et de la Corporation de la Cité de Londres

Bloomsbury Auctions (Godalming)

Lot 403

London.- Conseil Municipal de Paris Compte Rendu Officiel du Voyage du Lord-Maire et de la Corporation de la Cité de Londres à Paris en 1906 et Du Voyage à Londres du Conseil Municipal de Paris en 1907, first edition, half-title, 28 photogravure plates, 6 of original drawings by Noël Dorville, captioned tissue guards, title loose, original half crushed morocco, spine gilt with floral motifs and small red morocco circles, upper joint starting, rubbed, 4to, Paris, 1908.

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Bloomsbury Auctions (Godalming)

Lot 412

Wales.- Malkin (Benjamin Heath) The Scenery, Antiquities, and Biography, of South Wales 2 vol., second edition, half-titles, engraved frontispieces, offsetting, original boards, spine labels chipped, loss to spine ends, vol. 1 covers detached, rubbed, 1807 § Hutchinson ([John]) Hutchinson`s Tour Through the High Peak of Derbyshire, first edition, engraved frontispiece and 4 plates, spotting, original boards, rebacked in modern paper, rubbed, 1809; and 4 others, 18th century magazines, odd vol., 8vo (7)(7)

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Kipling (R) Departmental Ditties and Other Verses, 1st edition, The Civil and Military Gazette Press, 1886, rebound/Note: Thi

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Lot 21

Kipling (R) Departmental Ditties and Other Verses, 1st edition, The Civil and Military Gazette Press, 1886, rebound/Note: This was Kipling`s first published book, just 350 copies were printed

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A Summary of the Works of Rudyard Kipling, compiled by Chandler (L H) and a Catalogue of the Works of Rudyard Kipling, Grolie

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Lot 67

A Summary of the Works of Rudyard Kipling, compiled by Chandler (L H) and a Catalogue of the Works of Rudyard Kipling, Grolier Club Editions numbered 124 & 121 respectively of editions of 325 printed at the Plimpton Press, 1930; Kipling and His First Publisher, Rivendale Press, 2001, limited edition of 300 copies and a Nobel Prize Library edition relating to Kipling

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Edwards, Duncan, "Tackle Soccer This Way", first edition 1958, pub. Stanley Paul London, original dustwrappers.

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Lot 357

Edwards, Duncan, "Tackle Soccer This Way", first edition 1958, pub. Stanley Paul London, original dustwrappers.

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