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Lot 237

Surgery.- Mercado (Luis de) Institutiones chirurgicae iussu regio factae pro chirurgis in praxi examinadis, 2 parts in 1, first edition, title with woodcut royal arms, woodcut decorative initials, marginal repairs to worming, affecting some printed side-notes, and occasionally text in a minor way, some spotting and water-staining, lightly browned, modern boards, printed label to spine, [Durling 3079; Wellcome, 4214], 8vo, Madrid, Luis Sánchez, 1594.⁂ The first deals with surgical practice, while the second focuses on pharmacology and post-operative procedure. The pioneering author was physician to Philipp II & III.

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Lot 176

NO RESERVE Walpole (Horace) Il Castello di Otranto. Storia Gotica, first edition in Italian, half-title, lacking engraved frontispiece but with 6 engraved plates, various ink signatures or stamps including "Jno. Gray", "H.E.Mellish July 98", "Chas. Morgan 1874", another cut away from head of half-title, many pencil markings and translations to text, with a few leaves from a smaller English edition tipped in, a little water-stained, later morocco-backed cloth, damp-stained, 8vo, Molini, 1795.

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Lot 88

World.- Thévenot (Jean de) Reisen in Europa, Asia und Africa ..., 3 vol. bound as 1, first German edition, half-title, engraved frontispiece, additional engraved title, 43 engraved plates only (of 48), of which 11 folding, engraved initials, occasional small marginal worming, scattered staining and spotting, previous owner's ink signature to title, bookplate, contemporary vellum, title in manuscript to spine partially erased, rubbed and worn, 4to, Frankfurt am Mayn, Philipp Fievet, 1693.⁂ "Thevenot began his travels in the Levant in 1655, returning to Paris in 1659 to prepare the first part of his travels for publication, which described Constantinople, the Archipelago, Asia Minor and Egypt. He left Paris in October 1663 and travelled through Syria and Persia to India; Thevenot died near Tabriz in 1667." (Blackmer)

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Lot 178

NO RESERVE Chapbooks.- The House that Jack Built, a diverting story for children of all ages, woodcut illustrations, upper corners and lower margins nibbled, with loss of the odd letter to f.6v, some staining, lightly browned, contemporary floral wrappers, worn, Printed [by L.Thompson] for M. ?Bastan, [c.1800]; and 2 others, Chapbooks, including a rare but defective Jackey Dandy's delight, [c.1790-1800], v.s. (3) sold not subject to return. ⁂ The first mentioned an unrecorded edition.

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Lot 157

Mello (Francisco Manuel de) The Government of a Wife; or, Wholsom and Pleasant Advice for Married Men..., translated by Capt. John Stevens, first English edition, title with double rule border, worming to upper and lower inner margins occasionally just touching text, contemporary mottled calf, spine gilt, lacking label, rubbed, spine wormed at head and foot, [Wing M1648A], 8vo, Jacob Tonson, 1697.⁂ Rare.

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Lot 130

[La Vicomterie de Saint-Samson (Louis de)] Les Crimes des Empereurs d'Allemagne..., first edition, half-title, 5 engraved plates by Nicolas Ransonnette, 3 with additional states and 2 also with original watercolour drawing bound in, 4pp. advertisements at end, later half red morocco, spine gilt in compartments with floral motif, t.e.g., others uncut, 8vo, Paris, 1793.

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Lot 229

Kitchen gardens.- Switzer (Stephen) The Practical Kitchen Gardiner: Or, A New and Entire System of Directions For his Employment in the Melonry, Kitchen-Garden, and Potagery...To which is added...The Method of Raising Cucumbers and Melons, Mushrooms, Borecole, Broccoli, Potatoes, first edition, 3 folding engraved plans, sig. b of preface misbound before a, first plate with neatly repaired tear within image, a small hole / split within image, and a little piece from lower margin, second plate with small hole / split within image at central fold, third plate defective at foot and with a few small holes and splits, some spotting or staining, lightly browned, contemporary calf, gilt, spine in compartments, spine ends little worn, corners worn, little stained, rubbed and scuffed, [Fussell p.118-121; Henrey 1417; Hunt 469; Maclean pp.139-140], 8vo, Printed for Tho. Woodward, 1727.⁂ Switzer gained much of his early knowledge under the tutelage of the great masters London and Wise. He ran a seed business with a shop in Westminster Hall, and a garden in Vauxhall.

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Lot 227

Dresser (Henry Eeles) Monograph of the Meropidae, or Family of Bee-eaters, first edition, 34 hand-coloured lithographed plates by J.G. Keulemans, extra illustrated with two additional smaller hand-coloured lithographs at plate 13 and 26, scattered spotting and marginal staining, including to some plates, worst at beginning and end, modern red half morocco, slight bumping to extremities, [Fine Bird Books, p.72; Nissen IVB 269; Wood, p.324; Zimmer, p.178], 4to, by the Author, 1884-87⁂ Very fine hand colouring; as noted by Zimmer. Originally issued in 5 parts, it is thought that only 250 copies were printed.Provenance: The Lord Garioch 1913 [bookplate]; Walter John Francis Erskine, 12th Earl of Mar and 14th Earl of Kellie KT JP (1865 - 1955).

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Lot 87

Turkey.- Rycaut (Paul) The Turkish History, 4 parts in 3 vol., titles to vol.1 & 2 in red and black, 28 engraved plates, all but one portraits, occasional spotting and browning, non-uniform contemporary calf (vol. 1-2 mottled, vol. 3 panelled), all rebacked, [Atabey 1076 &1077; Blackmer 1466; Wing K702, R2407, R2414a & R2408], folio, Tho[mas] Bassett and others, 1687-1700⁂ The first collected edition by Rycaut which includes the 6th edition of Knolles's Generall Historie of the Turks, Rycaut's own continuation, his important The Present State of the Ottoman Empire and his one-volume supplement covering 1679-99. "Rycaut's history constitutes a fitting adjunct to Knolles' great work in an edition which brings together the two men most associated in the English literary world with Turkey." Blackmer

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Churchill (Sir Winston Spencer) A History of the English-Speaking Peoples, 4 vol., first edition, illustrations, modern red half morocco, spines gilt, a fine set, 1956-58

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Lot 108

Aldine Press.- Homer. Odysseia. Batrachomyomachia Ymnoi 32 [graece]. Ulyssea..., titles in Greek & Latin, mostly Greek text, printer's woodcut device on title and verso of final leaf, a couple of contemporary ink annotations, water-staining to first 50pp., thereafter clean, old book-label "Antonii Thomae Bianchi Sabinianensis" to front pastedown, eighteenth century sprinkled calf, spine gilt in compartments with red morocco label, rubbed and slightly stained, spine ends and corners worn, small repair to upper cover, [Adams H745; EDIT 16 CNCE 22952; Renouard 98/1], Venice, heirs of Aldus & Andrea Torresano, 1524; and another Aldine, 8vo (2)⁂ Second part only (of 2, without the Iliad) of the third Aldine edition of Homer. This second part is scarcer than that of the Iliad.

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Lot 191

[Clemens (Samuel Langhorne)], "Mark Twain". Christian Science, first edition, mixed issue, portrait frontispiece dated 1906, boxed advertisement on verso of title listing 17 works and "Published February, 1907" at foot, list of illustrations in 6 lines, 2 plates (lightly foxed), original red cloth, gilt, spine faded, London & New York, 1907; Is Shakespeare Dead? From My Autobiography, first edition, 2 portraits, advertisement leaf at end, ink inscription and stamp of circulating library to front pastedown, original green cloth, upper cover stained, New York & London, 1909; More Tramps Abroad, first edition, 32pp. catalogue at end, ink signature to title, foxing, original embossed burgundy cloth, t.e.g., others uncut, 1897, all a little rubbed and marked, traces of labels to spines, 8vo (3)

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Lot 86

Russia.- Hanway (Jonas) An Historical Account of the British Trade over the Caspian Sea, 4 vol. in 3, first edition, 9 folding engraved maps, 19 engraved plates and portraits, 13 engraved vignettes, occasional foxing, soiling and off-setting, vol. 1 title torn and repaired, contemporary calf, rebacked, rubbed, 4to, Dodsley, Nourse, et al., 1753.

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Lot 45

Milton (John) Thomas Moore, Francis Bacon and others. The Complete History of England: with the Lives of all the Kings and Queens Thereof, 3 vol., first edition, titles in red and black, engraved portraits, bookplates, occasional faint off-setting, contemporary panelled calf, vol. 1 upper cover worn, most joints cracked but holding, rubbed, Brab. Aylmer, Reb. Ronwick and others, 1706; and another, folio (4)

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Lot 246

Africa.- Middle East.- Stanley (Henry Morton) In Darkest Africa, 2 vol., first edition, frontispieces, plates and illustrations, 4 maps, of which 3 folding and 2 with short tear at gutter, scattered spotting, cracked hinges, original pictorial cloth, a little rubbed, bumping to corners and extremities, [Hosken p.189], 1890 § Cobbold (Lady Evelyn) Wayfarers in the Libyan Desert, half-title, frontispiece, illustrations, many full-page, original cloth, slight bumping to corners and extremities, 1912 § Lawrence (T. E.) Revolt in the Desert, fourth impression, frontispiece, plates, folding map at end, scattered faint spotting, ex-library with label to final pastedown, previous owner's pencil inscription to front free endpaper, cracked hinges, original buckram, rubbed, bumping to corners and extremities, 1927 § Wallis (J.P.R.) The Zambesi Expedition of David Livingstone 1858-1863, 2 vol., frontispieces, plates and illustrations, faint abrasion marks to front pastedowns where labels removed, original cloth, fractional bumping to corners and extremities, 1956; and others Africa or Middle East, 8vo (23)

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Lot 267

NO RESERVE Turkey.- Krausz (Wilhelm Victor) Die Turkei Im Weltkrieg: Bildnisse und Skizzen, first edition, 47 plates tipped into 34 aperture mounts, most colour, small ink library stamp to title, loose as issued in original pictorial cloth, gilt, folder with ties, a little spotted and soiled, folio, Vienna, 1916; and others, mostly on Turkish-British relations following WWI, folio & 8vo (c.15)⁂ Commissioned by the Austrian War Ministry to celebrate victory at Gallipoli and featuring notable Turkish leaders including Enver Pacha, leader of the Young Turks, and Mustafa Kemal, later Prime Minister Ataturk, as well as the Ottoman forces and landscapes.

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Lot 243

NO RESERVE Africa.- Allen (Capt. William) A Narrative of the Expedition ... to the River Niger in 1841, under the command of Captain H. D. Trotter, R.N., 2 vol., first edition, engraved frontispieces 14 plates, one folding with split to foldline and neat tape repair verso, 2 folding maps, illustrations, ex-Church Missionary Society with occasional ink-stamps, new endpapers, later morocco-backed boards, slight rubbing to spine extremities, 1841 § Trotter (Lieut-Col. J. K.) The Niger Sources, frontispiece, 3 plates, folding map, tears with old tape repairs verso, publisher's advertisements at end, ex-Church Missionary Society with ink-stamps to endpapers, original cloth, lightly sunned spine, shelfmark in manuscript to spine, slight bumping to corners and extremities, 1898; 8vo (3).

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Lot 181

Fox Talbot (William Henry) Legendary Tales, in verse and prose, first edition, the author's half-sister's copy inscribed "Henrietta Horatia Feilding ex dono matris" on front free endpaper, with 5-stanza manuscript poem by Fox Talbot written to his half-sister Caroline on her marriage tipped in at end, light water-staining to title, occasional spotting, contemporary red morocco, gilt, spine gilt in compartments, g.e., spine and joints a little rubbed, 8vo, 1830.⁂ William Henry Fox Talbot (1800-77), inventor and pioneer of photography. Through his mother's second marriage to Admiral Charles Feilding he had two half-sisters, Caroline Augusta (1808-81) and Henrietta Horatia (1810-51). Caroline married Lord Valletort, later 3rd Earl of Mount Edgcumbe, on 6th December 1831. Talbot's poem is titled 'Lines to a little bird spreading her wings'.

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Lot 110

Cambodia.- Opus historiarum nostro seculo convenientissimu, Latin text, title ruled in red and with neat contemporary ink inscription "Ex libris Roberti Travers A.M." at head and notes to facing front free endpaper, a few other contemporary ink marginalia and underlinings (slightly shaved at fore-edge), title lightly soiled, a good copy, later calf, red morocco label, rubbed, some worn patches to boards, worming to foot of upper joint, [VD 16 O 821], 8vo, Basel, Bartholmeus Westheimer, 1541.⁂ First collected edition of fourteen historical texts including works on Malta, Poland, Germany, Batavica, Sicily, Africa, and Portuguese exploration to Asia including early references to Cambaia (Cambodia).

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Lot 212

NO RESERVE Theo, artist. Visit of a London Exquisite to his Maiden Aunts in the Country, first edition, engraved throughout with pictorial title, pictorial dedication to W.M.Thackeray and 20 plates by "Theo" on thick leaves, foxing and soiling, some leaves a little frayed at edges, original blind-stamped blue cloth, title in gilt on upper cover, g.e., rubbed, rebacked preserving original spine, oblong folio, W.Kent & Co., 1859.

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Lot 210

Potter (Beatrix) Cecily Parsley's Nursery Rhymes, first edition, colour frontispiece, plain title vignette and 14 colour plates, pictorial endpapers, original red boards, light sunning to spine, otherwise a crisp and excellent example, [Linder p.430; Quinby 26], 16mo, [1922].

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Anquetil (Louis Pierre) A Summary of Universal History, 9 vol., first English edition, very occasional spotting, vol. 3, 6 & 9 with cloth repair to upper hinge, contemporary marbled calf, gilt, black morocco labels to spines, 8vo, for G.G. and J. Robinson, 1800.

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Lot 188

NO RESERVE [Clemens (Samuel Langhorne)] "Mark Twain". More Tramps Abroad, first English edition, some foxing, mainly to fore-edge and first few leaves, original blind-stamped cloth, spine a little sunned, lightly rubbed, t.e.g., 1897; The Innocents Abroad or The New Pilgrim's Progress, frontispiece and illustrations, contemporary ink ownership name to half-title, some light spotting, mainly to fore-edge, some splitting at gutter with a few gatherings working loose, original pictorial cloth, spine sunned and with some light soiling, slight shelf-lean, 1881, publisher's catalogue at end, Chatto & Windus; and others by the same, all English editions, 8vo (5)

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Lot 31

Gibbon (Edward) The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire, 6 vol., mixed early editions, vol. 1 second edition, vol. 2 & 3 new edition, vol. 4-6 first edition, half-titles in vol. 1 & 3 only, vol. 2 & 3 with folding engraved map, vol. 2 lacking frontispiece portrait, bookplates, contemporary calf, gilt, rather worn, spines cracked and some ends renewed, 4to, for W. Strahan & T. Cadell, 1776-88.

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Lot 215

Colour.- Syme (Patrick) Werner's Nomenclature of Colours, first edition, half-title, 13 plates containing a total of 108 mounted colour samples, contemporary ink signature to head of title and another later to front free endpaper, one or two spots, original boards, printed paper label to upper cover, uncut, rubbed, rebacked, Edinburgh, 1814; and 5 others on colour and colour theory, many with samples, 8vo & 4to (6)⁂ Charming work on colours and their shades by a flower-painter, intended for use in "Arts and Science, particularly Zoology, Botany, Chemistry, Mineralogy, and Morbid Anatomy". The samples contain examples from the animal, vegetable and mineral kingdoms.

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Lot 233

Diamonds & Pearls.- Jeffries (David) Traité des Diamants et des Perles, first edition in French, half-title, engraved vignette to head of dedication, 10 engraved plates, outer margin of A7 browned and frayed at foot, paper flaw to lower edge of G2, occasional spotting or light browning, contemporary mottled sheep, rubbed, rebacked preserving old gilt spine, new red morocco label, corners repaired, [Sinkankas 3198], 8vo, Paris, Debure l'ainé & N. Tillard, 1753.

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Lot 175

NO RESERVE [Wallace (James)] Savillon's Elegies, or, Poems, Written By a Gentleman, A.B., first edition, half-title, 6 engraved plates, including frontispiece of Harrow School by B. Reading after Isaac Cruikshank, errata leaf bound following title, book-label of J.O. Edwards, one gathering near start working loose, very lightly toned, occasional light soiling, foxing to plates and endpapers, uncut and partly unopened in original boards, sympathetically rebacked and recornered, printed paper label to spine, spine a little sunned and with small nick to label, old covers rubbed and soiled, 8vo, T. Rickaby, for Hookham and Carpenter, 1795.

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Lot 214

The Whittington Press.- A Book of Posters Printed at Whittington, first edition, one of 50 copies of Edition A with an additional porfolio of posters, introduced by John Randle, wood-engravings by Hellmuth Weissenborn, 35 tipped-in posters, many folding, some very minor creasing, original cloth-backed boards, portfolio of 10 assorted posters loosely inserted, in original cloth-backed board folder, together in original cloth drop-back box, morocco label to spine, some bubbling to both covers, large folio, Lower Marston, The Whittington Press, 1996.

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Lot 113

Law.- Papal jurisdiction.- Vargas Meija (Francisco de) De episcoporum iurisdictione, et pontificis max. auctoritate, responsum, first edition, title with woodcut printer's device, initial spaces with guide-letters, some foxing, lightly browned, engraved armorial and LA Law Library bookplates to front endpapers, early 19th century half calf, rebacked, preserving gilt backstrip (with little loss and some staining) with red leather label, corners little worn, rubbed, [Adams V272; Renouard 188:6], small 4to, Rome, Paulus Manutius, 1563.⁂ A discussion of the limits of the power of the Pope and his Archbishops and Bishops, especially pertinent with the rise of Protestantism across Europe.

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Lot 209

Potter (Beatrix) The Pie and the Patty-Pan, first edition, first printing with date on title and mottled lavender endpapers, colour frontispiece and 9 colour plates, plain illustrations in text, some light scattered spotting, browning to endpapers, ink gift inscription to front free endpaper, original maroon boards with mounted colour illustration, toning to spine, patch of staining to upper cover, some light marking or soiling to covers, [Linder p.425; Quinby 9], small 4to, 1905.

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Lot 187

NO RESERVE Darwin (Charles) On the Origin of Species by Means of Natural Selection, fourth edition (8th thousand), half-title, folding plate, lacking advertisements at end, ink ownership name to front free endpaper, first few ff. with slight fraying and creasing to edges, title with short closed tear to fore-edge (into text to verso but without loss), some faint staining or soiling, occasional light spotting, both mainly to peripheral ff., gutter cracked at points with a couple gatherings working or nearly loose, original green cloth, spine and lower cover worn and detached, upper cover missing, [Freeman 385 and p.79], 8vo, 1866.⁂ Only 1500 copies of the fourth edition were printed, with extensive alterations from previous editions.

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Churchill (Sir Winston Spencer) Marlborough, His Life and Times, 4 vol., first edition, half-titles, numerous plates and maps, plenty folding, some in colour, vol. 1 with a little spotting at gutter on title, red half morocco, spines sunned, t.e.g., 8vo, 1933-38

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Lot 179

Slavery.- Wilberforce (William) A Letter on the Abolition of the Slave Trade, first edition, half-title, lacking 3pp. Contents at beginning, ex-Bedford College Library with their bookplate and occasional ink-stamps, scattered spotting, most to first and last few leaves, new endpapers, contemporary drab boards, rebacked, spotting, rubbed, bumping to corners and spine extremities, [Sabin 103953], 8vo, 1807.⁂ William Wilberforce (1759-1833), British politician and philanthropist headed the parliamentary campaign to end the British slave trade. The 'Slave Trade Act' was eventually passed in 1807.

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Lot 158

Binding.- Cowley (Abraham) The Works, ninth edition, engraved portrait by W.Faithorne, for Henry Herringman, 1700; The Second and Third Parts of the Works, seventh edition, engraved frontispiece by R.White, for Charles Harper, 1700, together 2 works in 1 vol., erratic pagination and collation but seemingly complete, some browning, occasional soiling or staining, paper flaw with slight loss to fore-edge of I2 and upper edge of Q4 of first work, with contemporary ink calligraphic inscription "The Right Hon.ble Lady Elizabeth Noel January ye 25 1703" to front free endpaper, bookplate removed but with small shelf-label, contemporary black morocco tooled in gilt with double fillet border and 3 mitred ruled panels, the outer with floral ornaments at corners and centre of each side, the inner with floral roll and ornament at top and bottom, spine gilt in compartments with six raised bands, g.e., rubbed and a little scuffed, gouge to lower cover, corners worn, [Wing C6660 & 6662], folio

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Lot 185

Braddon (M[ary] E[lizabeth]) Lady Audley's Secret, 3 vol., vol.1 seventh edition, vol.2 & 3 second edition, without half-titles, short closed tear to vol.2 title just touching text from top margin, occasional light finger-soiling marks or spots, modern morocco-backed boards, [Sadleir 302; Wolff 660c], 8vo, Tinsley Bros., 1862.⁂ Scarce early printings of one of the great sensation novels of the 19th century. The majority of early sets are mixed editions with first editions of any of the volumes especially rare. Wolff had no edition earlier than the fifth, and Sadleir had the first edition of vol.3 only, listing the fourth edition as 'Not located'. Braddon's tale of bigamy, murder and duplicity was an enormous success, allowing the author financial independence for the remainder of her life and launching William Tinsley as a major publisher.

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Lot 213

Trollope (Anthony) How the "Mastiffs" went to Iceland, first edition, half-title, colour map frontispiece, 14 lithographed plates by Mrs. Hugh Blackburn, 2 mounted photographic plates (becoming loose), foxing, occasional marginal soiling or water-staining, old ink library stamp to head of a few leaves, original cloth, gilt, g.e., a little rubbed, small stains to lower cover, rebacked preserving original spine, [Sadleir 51], 4to, 1878.⁂ Account of a trip to Iceland on board the yacht Mastiff, from Wemyss Castle on the Clyde via St.Kilda and the Faroe Islands. It was published by Sir John Burns, owner of the castle and the yacht, as a souvenir of the trip and features Trollope in many of the illustrations and one of the photographs.

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Lot 70

Wilson (Woodrow) A History of the American People, 5 vol., first edition, half-titles, plates, portraits, maps, and illustrations, some folding or double page, modern burgundy half calf, spines gilt, one or two very small scuffs, 8vo, New York & London, 1902.

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Lot 252

NO RESERVE China.- Milne (Mrs. Leslie) Shans at Home, first edition, frontispiece, plates and illustrations, publisher's advertisements at end, spotting, original cloth, slight bumping to spine extremities, 1910 § Casey (Robert J.) Four Faces of Siva, first edition, frontispiece, plates, original cloth, slight bumping to corners and extremities, dust-jacket, small loss to spine head, rubbed and worn, 1929 § Zagoria (Donald S.) The Sino-Soviet Conflict 1956-1961, half-title, previous owner's ink signature, original cloth, short split to upper joint but holding firm, dust-jacket, lightly sunned spine, short tear to spine head, Princeton, 1962; 8vo (3)

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Lot 109

Aristophanes. Aristophanis comicorum principis Comoediae undecim..., translated by Andrea Divo, Latin text, title within woodcut architectural border, woodcut device to verso of final leaf, title a little browned and shaved at fore-edge, occasional other light browning, later ink inscription to front free endpaper, eighteenth century vellum, red morocco label, rubbed and soiled, gouges to upper cover, [EDIT CNCE 2858], 8vo, Venice, [Giacomo Pocatela], Jacob de Burgofranco, 1538.⁂ First edition in Latin. Andrea Divo's translation of Aristophanes' eleven surviving comedies was published forty years after the Aldus Greek edition of 1498.

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Lot 152

Field (Richard) Of the Church, five bookes,'The second edition very much augmented', woodcut device to title, woodcut head- and tail-pieces and decorative initials, lacking final blank f., 18th century ink ownership inscription to head of title, *3 with erased ink inscription to head, some light browning, occasional light soiling, water and other staining, heavier towards end, first and last few Sig. chipped and frayed at edges but without loss of text, front free endpaper with various ink inscriptions and detached, contemporary calf, small loss to spine, worn, [STC 10858; Madan I, p.139], folio, Oxford, William Turner, 1628.⁂ Rare at auction. A defence of the Protestant Church of England. Field (1561-1616) was a theologian, who was appointed Dean of Gloucester, but never resided there. He was a friend of Sir Henry Savile and Sir Henry Neville.

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Lot 195

Food & drink.- Cuba.- Baralt (Blanche Z. de) Cuban Cookery. Gastronomic Secrets of the Tropics, with an Appendix on Cuban Drinks, first edition, illustrations, pencil ownership inscription 'Madeleine L. Steen' to front free endpaper, a couple of other pencil markings or annotations to recipes, pp.54-55 offset (from newspaper clipping loosely inserted), closed tear into p.97 without loss, occasional very slight cracking at gutter, original cloth, printed red paper label to upper cover, corners slightly bumped, some very light rubbing to label and along joints, an excellent crisp copy, 8vo, Havana, Hermes, 1931.⁂ Credited as the first English-language guide to Cuban cuisine. On p.129 of the appendix on Cuban drinks is a very early printing of the recipe for a classic mojito, under the heading 'Rum Cocktail (Cuban mojo)'.

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Lot 263

Russia.- Pinkerton (Robert) Russia: or, Miscellaneous Observations, first edition, 8 hand-coloured lithographed plates, half-title with contemporary ink name to head, light spotting, mostly to first and last few ff., modern blue half morocco over marbled boards, cloth label to spine, spine and extremities rubbed, [Abbey, Travel 232], 1833; and 4 others Russia related, including a 3 vol. Tauchnitz edition of Mackenzie Wallace's Russia, 8vo & small 4to (5)

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Lot 196

Keynes (John Maynard) Essays in Persuasion, first edition, some light spotting, trace of label tipped to inner margin of title, original green cloth, 1931; The End of Laissez-Faire, second impression, endpapers browned with ink inscription to front, original cloth-backed boards, rubbed and browned, label slightly chipped, Hogarth Press, 1926; How to Pay for the War, first edition, first impression, original printed green boards, a little browned, spine rubbed and faded, 1940; and 5 others, Keynes or related, 8vo (8)

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Lot 156

Jurieu (Pierre) The History of the Council of Trent, first English edition, engraved frontispiece, a few markings in pencil or red crayon, small hole to Bb1 with loss to a couple of letters, nineteenth century half blue calf, spine gilt, rubbed, [Wing J1203A], 8vo, J.Heptinstall, for Henry Faithorne & John Kersey, 1684.

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Hemingway (Ernest) The Sun Also Rises, first edition, second issue, modern black half morocco, spine gilt with tan morocco labels, New York, 1927; and another by the same, similarly bound, 8vo (2)

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Lot 171

NO RESERVE Graves (Richard) Euphrosyne: or, Amusements on the Road of Life, 2 vol., first editions, engraved frontispieces and vignettes, vol. 2 with half-title, bookplates of J.O. Edwards and John L. Marks, vol. 2 also with Shelburne and Percival F. Hinton bookplates, vol. 1 ink ownership stamp G. Grantham and contemporary inscription to front endpaper, also with ink initials "GG" to title, C1 tear into text without loss, vol. 2 E1 small hole with loss to signature, light offsetting, some very light browning, occasional light spotting or staining, vol. 2 hinges cracked but holding, vol. 1 in modern boards, endpapers preserved, vol. 2 in original boards, soiled and with wear to extremities, loss to spine ends, joints cracked, housed together in a custom drop-back box, for J. Dodlsey, 1776-80; and 2 others by the same, 8vo & 4to (4)⁂ The two volumes published four years apart, the second volume more commonly found with the second edition of the first volume, which was published at the same time.

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Lot 236

Relativity.- Einstein (Albert) Relativity. The Special & General Theory, translated by Robert W. Lawson, first edition in English, half-title, portrait frontispiece, diagrams and equations in text, 8pp. publisher's catalogue at end, occasional spotting, lightly browned, endpapers browned, the rear with short tear, original red cloth, spine faded, some water-staining and soiling, rubbed, [cf. PMM 408, first edition], Methuen & Co. Ltd., 1920; and T. Percy Nunn on the theory, 1923 (rare in commerce), 8vo (2)⁂ The first English edition of one of the most influential scientific works of the 20th century. First published in Germany in 1916, this translation is of the third German edition of 1918 but contains an additional section: Appendix III 'The Experimental Confirmation of the General Theory of Relativity'.

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NO RESERVE India.- Regulations for Conducting the Musketry Instruction of the Native Troops Armed with the Enfield Rifle, first edition, plates, some folding, and illustrations, interleaved, a few ink and pencil annotations, ink name 'Graves' on second leaf, stain to upper corner throughout, hinges repaired, contemporary half calf, rubbed, 8vo, Calcutta, Office of Superintendent of Government Printing, 1871.

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Yorkshire education for America.- Lessons for youth, selected for the use of Ackworth, and other schools, first American edition, chip to outer margin of final f., foxing and staining, lightly browned, disbound, scarce, 8vo, London : Printed, New-York : Re-printed and sold by Isaac Collins, no. 189, Pearl-Street, 1798.

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Lot 265

NO RESERVE Russia.- Wilton (Robert) Russia's Agony, first edition, half-title, portrait frontispiece, plates, folding map at end, scattered faint marginal spotting, ex-library with occasional ink-stamps, previous owner's ink inscription to front pastedown, original cloth, slight bumping to corners and extremities, a little rubbed, 8vo, 1918.

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West Indies.- Edwards (Bryan) The History, Civil and Commercial, of the British Colonies in the West Indies, 2 vol., first Dublin edition, folding engraved map, 5 folding tables, vol.1 with a little worming to outer margin at beginning slightly affecting map at outer and upper edge, title of vol.2 with upper outer corner torn away not affecting text, contemporary tree calf, black roan labels tooled in gilt, a little rubbed and marked, upper joint of vol.1 cracked but a good copy, 8vo, Dublin, Luke White, 1793.

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Douai printing.- Catholic massacre.- Estius (Gulielmus) Historiæ martyrum Gorcomiensium, maiori numero fratrum minorum; qui pro fide catholica a perduellibus interfecti sunt anno Domini M. D. LXXII, first edition, small woodcut ornament to title, woodcut head- and tail-pieces and decorative initials, lacking final blank, occasional spotting, lightly browned, 19th century half vellum over speckled yellow boards, spine little soiled, rubbed and scuffed, 8vo, Douai, Balthazar Bellère, 1603.⁂ Account of the massacre of 19 Catholics at Gorkum in 1572 by the 'Watergeuzen' or 'Sea beggars' under the command of Willem II van der Marck, Lord of Lumey. 'After enduring much suffering and abuse in the prison at Gorkum (26 June-6 July) the first fifteen martyrs were transferred to Brielle. On their way to Dortrecht they were exhibited for money to the curious and arrived at Brielle 13 July. On the following day Lumey...caused the martyrs to be interrogated and ordered a sort of disputation. In the meantime, the four other martyrs also arrived. It was exacted of each that he abandon his belief in the Blessed Sacrement and in papal supremacy. All remained firm in their faith. Meanwhile there came a letter from William of Orange which enjoined all those in authority to leave priests and religious unmolested. Nevertheless, Lumey caused the martyrs to be hanged in the night of 9 July, in a turf shed amid cruel mutilations. Their beatification took place on 14 Nov., 1675, and their canonization on 29 June, 1865' (Catholic Encyclopedia).

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NO RESERVE Stevenson (Robert Louis) Prayers Written at Vailima, colour plates heightened with gilt after illuminated drawings by Sangorski, very light spotting or toning to endpapers, original boards, light browning to edges, dust-jacket, a little rubbed, portions of loss to upper edge, faded, 1910; Father Damien, first edition in pamphlet form, light spotting, original wrappers, lightly marked, chips to extremities, 1890; and 3 others, Stevenson, 4to & 8vo (5)

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NO RESERVE Dahl (Roald) Matilda, first edition, illustrations by Quentin Blake, original boards, spine ends very slightly bumped, dust-jacket, price-clipped, light creasing to extremities, near-fine otherwise, 8vo, 1988.

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NO RESERVE Middle East.- Miller (Janet) Camel-Bells of Baghdad, first edition, frontispiece, plates, previous owner's ink signature, bookplate, original cloth, a little rubbed, slight bumping to corners and extremities, Boston & New York, 1934 § Ellis (M. H.) Express to Hindustan, first edition, frontispiece, plates, scattered faint spotting, bookplate, original pictorial cloth, slight bumping to corners and extremities, 1929 § Raddock (Charles) Portrait of a People: the Story of the Jews from Ancient to Modern Times, 3 vol., frontispieces and plates, original cloth, fractional bumping to spine extremities, dust-jackets, small loss to spine extremities, slipcase, rubbed and worn, New York, 1965; and others similar, 8vo (c.40)

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Pamphlets.- Consequences of Repealing the Triennial Act: in a Letter to Mr. Sh---n, 12pp., J.Baker & T.Warner, 1716 bound with Dubourdieu (James) The Adventures, and Surprizing Deliverances of James Dubourdieu and his Wife: who were taken by Pyrates...also, the Adventures of Alexander Vendchurch, whose Ship's Crew Rebelled against him, and set him on Shore on an Island in the South-Sea..., first edition, errata leaf at end, by J.Bettenham, 1719 and Welchman's Last Will and Testament (The), woodcut vignette to title, by Tho. Bickerton, 1719 and Sterline (William, Earl of) Doom's Day: or, the Last Judgement. A Poem, title with woodcut ornament, for E.Curll, 1720 and [Jacob (Giles)] The Rape of the Smock. An Heroi-Comical Poem. In Two Books, engraved frontispiece, woodcut ornaments, a few leaves shaved at edges, for R.Burleigh, 1717 and 12 other pamphlets, together 17 works in 2 vol., contemporary calf or panelled calf, labelled "Monthly Accounts 1718 & 1719" and numbered 172 & 173 on spines, rubbed, 8vo ⁂ The remaining pamphlets consist of issues of 'Mercurius Politicus: Being Monthly Observations on the Affairs of Great Britain' (one with folding engraved map) and Boyer's 'Political State of Great Britain, with the most material Occurrences in Europe' (some with library stamps to titles).

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French language.- Perrin (John) Instructive and entertaining exercises with the rules of the French syntax, first American edition, contemporary ink names and numbers to title, foxed and stained, lightly browned, modern calf, spine in compartments and with double red buckram labels, 8vo, Philadelphia, Printed by Charles Cist, in Market-Street, near Fifth-Street, 1781.⁂ Rare first American edition.

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Churchill (Sir Winston Spencer) and Franklin D. Roosevelt, The Complete Correspondence, 3 vol., first edition, edited by Warren F. Kimball, illustrations, modern purple morocco, spines gilt, extremely faintly sunned, 8vo, 1984.

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NO RESERVE Meteorology.- Jenyns (Leonard) Observations on Meteorology, first edition, advertisement f. at end, small sticker to head of pastedown and embossed ownership stamp to front free endpaper, faint spotting to half-title, cracking to gutter at p.216, endpapers spotted and toned, original cloth, spine gilt but a little darkened, nick to spine near foot, chipping to spine ends, corners rubbed, John Van Voorst, 1858 § Buchan (Alexander) Handy Book of Meteorology, second edition, presentation inscription 'To Professor Grant with compliments of The Author' to half-title, 6 folding colour plates, illustrations, 24pp. publisher's catalogue at end, small sticker to head of title, the odd spot, lower hinge cracked and upper tender, original blind-stamped cloth, gilt, small nick to upper cover, very slight fraying to spine ends, corners bumped and a little rubbed, 1868; and another on weather, 8vo (3)

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Jackson (Catherine Charlotte, Lady) [French Historical Works], 14 vol., first edition, engraved portraits, contemporary blue calf, gilt, by Zaehnsdorf, occasional rubbing to extremities, slight foxing to fore-edges, 8vo, 1878-90.⁂ A handsome set of first editions of Lady Jackson's Histories of French Royalty and Courtly Life.

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