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Lot 96

[Anstey (Christopher)] The Patriot: A Pindaric Address to Lord Buckhorse, second edition, ink inscription "R Graves, from the Author - Christopher Ansty Esq" to foot of title, a few instances of ink correction or marginalia, the odd spot or light mark, disbound, Cambridge, Fletcher and Hodson, 1768 § Hayes (Samuel) Duelling: A Poem, first edition, title with contemporary ink ownership inscription to head, stab-holes to inner margin, loose and unbound, Cambridge, J. Archdeacon, 1775, light soiling to title and verso of final leaf; and others, 18th century poetry of Cambridge imprint or interest, some disbound, v.s. (c.14)

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Lot 221

Entomology.- Fabricius (Johann Christian) Systema entomologiae..., first edition, title with woodcut vignette and repair to lower outer corner, heavily foxed, modern roan-backed boards, uncut, original paste-paper wrappers bound in (attached with tape), [Hagen 220.2], 8vo, Flensburg & Leipzig, Korte, 1775.⁂ Fabricius (1745-1808) was a Danish zoologist and economist, and pupil of Linnaeus who become one of the most important entomologists of the 18th century, naming nearly 10,000 different species and establishing the basis for modern insect classification. He worked primarily with arthropods and was a specialist on insects, classifying many spiders including the black widow. This was his first major work.

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Lot 13

[Hemsterhuis (Frans)] Alexis ou l'age d'or, first edition, engraved folding diagram at end, occasional spotting or light foxing, lightly browned, contemporary green calf ?by Thomas van Os (we note similar foliage tools on a red morocco binding by him for another copy of the same work), gilt, covers with outer single filet border, within which an undulating foliage border, flat spine in compartments, lacking label, spine faded, corners worn, rubbed and scuffed, 8vo (binding 173 x 109mm.), Riga, Johann Friedrich Hartknoch, 1787.⁂ Here Hemsterhuis presents for the first time his concept of a golden age, which was embraced by the Sturm und Drang and Romantic movements.

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Lot 109

Abuse of prisoners.- Fitzpatrick (Sir Jeremiah) An Essay on gaol-abuses, and on the means of redressing them: together with the general method of treating disorders to which prisoners are most incident, first edition, errata f., title little stained, some spotting, lightly browned, disbound, Dublin, Printed by D. Graisberry, No. 10, Back-Lane, for P. Byrne, No. 35, College-Green; and C. Brown, No. 93, Grafton-Street, 1784.⁂ Rare in commerce. Fitzpatrick was a physician, inspector of prisons, and social reformer. He wrote a work on the slave trade in 1797.

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Lot 128

Chapbooks.- Pastime (Dame) Seventy-Eight Quizzical Characters, with a Poetical Description, for the Amusement of Children, woodcut illustrations with hand-colouring, 1p. publisher's adverts at end, for J. Souter, at the School Library, 1819 § Whimsical Incidents: or, The Power of Music, a Poetic Tale, first edition, 15 copperplate engravings, hand-coloured, light offsetting and the occasional spot, J. Harris, 1805 [1806 on cover] § A Sequel to the Comic Adventures of Old Mother Hubbard and Her Dog, 12 hand-coloured copper-engraved plates, contemporary ink ownership name to title, 1806, original printed wrappers, edges chipped and creased, spines worn; and 2 others, similar early 19th century chapbooks, 16mo (5)⁂ A collection of rare children's chapbooks.

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Lot 39

NO RESERVE [Cajot (Jean-Joseph)] Histoire Critique des Coqueluchons, first edition, title printed in red, endpapers lightly browned, handsome crimson morocco by Trautz-Bauzonnet, spine in compartments, some very faint marks, uncut, Cologne [but Metz], [J. Collignon], 1762 § [Lemercier (Népomucène)] Les Quatre Métamorphoses. Poèmes, ?first edition, half-title, bookplate of Camille Aboussouan, tan morocco-backed marbled boards by Stroobants, spine gilt, one or two light marks, chipping to spine foot, Paris, Laloy, l'An VII de la République [1798 or 1799], scattered spotting, generally light, spine ends and corners lightly rubbed; and Baverel's Notices sur les graveurs, 12mo & 8vo (4)

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Lot 254

Photography.- Sugimoto (Hiroshi) Time Exposed, first edition in English, 1995 § Ishimoto (Yasuhiro) Moment, first edition, Tokyo, 2004 § Onaka (Koji) Slow Boat, second edition, Cologne, 2008 § Yoshiyuki (Kohei) Sekigai Kousen, second edition, original wrappers, dust-jacket, ?Tokyo, 1992 § Morooka (Koji) Ginza 1930-1973, first edition, Tokyo, 1973 § Midorikawa (Koichi) Sketching Tour in Europe, first edition, ?Tokyo, 1960, the first four all signed by the photographers, most with Japanese text, some also English, photographic illustrations, some with exhibition leaflets etc. loosely inserted, all but the fourth original cloth or boards with dust-jackets, the second and last two with slip-cases, the second also wrap-around, the last a little rubbed; and 13 others, Japanese photography, v.s. (19)

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Lot 306

Mountaineering.- Whymper (Edward) Chamonix and the Range of Mont Blanc. A Guide, first edition, folding plate, 2 folding maps and plans, advertisements, scattered foxing, occasional light staining, original wrappers, neatly rebacked with original (slightly chipped) backstrip laid down, light creasing, ink ownership inscription to upper cover, preserved in custom drop-backed box, [Neate W60], 8vo, John Murray, 1896.⁂ Rare first edition of Whymper's popular guide.

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Lot 260

Burney (Charles) An Account of the Musical Performances in Westminster-Abbey, and the Pantheon ... in Commemoration of Handel, first edition, 8 engraved plates including plan of orchestra, some stipple engraved and printed in bistre, tissue-guards, with final errata/directions to binder leaf, occasional faint spotting, cracked hinges, contemporary half calf, green morocco label to upper cover, rubbed, rebacked, 4to, for the Benefit of the Musical Fund, and sold by T. Payne, 1785.

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Lot 175

Lawrence (T.E.) Seven Pillars of Wisdom, first trade edition, plates, modern crushed brown morocco, gilt, spine gilt in compartments with red and green morocco labels, 1935; and 13 others, literature and history including a 1789 edition of Pacidus de Titis' astronomy with a few ff. supplied in manuscript, v.s. (14)

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Lot 292

Egypt.- Gordon (Lady Duff) Letters from Egypt, 1863-1865, first edition, the odd spot, later ink gift inscription to endpaper, bookplate of Arbuthnot Charles Guthrie to front pastedown, modern half calf, gilt, 8vo, 1865.⁂ Rare in commerce, Gordon's Letters proved popular enough for her to fund much of her time in that country and painted a vivid picture of the country and its inhabitants.

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Lot 213

NO RESERVE Rackham (Arthur).- Ingoldsby (Thomas) The Ingoldsby Legends, first trade edition, illustrations, decorations and 24 tipped-in colour plates by Arthur Rackham, captioned tissue-guards, original cloth, light toning to spine, extremities rubbed, 1907; and 15 others, illustrated books and furniture, v.s. (16)

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Lot 141

Dickens (Charles) Bleak House, first edition in book form, frontispiece, additional pictorial title and 38 plates by Hablot K. Browne, lacking half-title, bookplate, foxing, some browning to plates, [Eckel pp.79-81; Smith I, 19], 1853; The Life and Adventures of Nicholas Nickleby, frontispiece, additional pictorial title and 38 plates by Phiz, bookplate, foxing, some browning to plates, 1839, later half morocco, rubbed; and 9 others by the same, 8vo (11)

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Lot 156

Trollope (Anthony) Miss Mackenzie, 2 vol., first edition, light foxing to endpapers, contemporary half calf, spines faded, lightly rubbed, 1865; Castle Richmond, new edition, light spotting, contemporary half calf, a little rubbed, 1961; Orley Farm, 2 vol., frontispiece and plates, foxing, contemporary half calf, rubbed, 1862 § Boswell (James) The Life of Samuel Johnson, 5 vol., seventh edition, frontispiece to vol.1, contemporary tree calf, spines retouched, recornered, vol.1 spine label replaced, still a very attractive set, 1811, 8vo (10)

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Lot 272

Africa.- Junker (Dr. Wilhelm) Travels in Africa during the Years 1879-1883; 1882-1886, vol. 2-3 only (of 3), first edition, half-titles with frontispieces verso, 3 folding maps, 1 with short tear at gutter, illustrations, many full-page, 2pp. advertisement at end vol. 2, scattered spotting, cracked hinges, original pictorial cloth, slight bumping to corners and extremities, [Hosken p.111], 1891-92 § Pasha (Rudolf C. Slatin) Fire and Sword in the Sudan, half-title, frontispiece, 21 plates, 2 folding colour maps, advertisements at end, partly unopened, spotting, original cloth, gilt, slight bumping to corners and extremities, 1896; 8vo (3).

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Lot 217

Birds.- Stonham (Charles) The Birds of the British Islands, 5 vol., first edition, half-titles, 318 photogravured plates, captioned tissue guards, 2 folding maps, scattered foxing, plates 241-244 with corner creasing, a few plates with light tide-marks to margin, armorial bookplate to front pastedowns, contemporary crushed green half morocco, gilt, spines gilt in compartments, some rubbing to extremities, some damp-staining to covers, t.e.g., [Nissen IVB 898; Zimmer 604], 4to, 1906-11.

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Lot 276

Africa.- Lugard (Captain Frederick D.) The Rise of Our East African Empire, 2 vol., first edition, half-titles, frontispieces, plates and illustrations, 9 colour maps, 5 folding of which 2 in pockets, 32pp. publisher's advertisements at end vol. 1, one or two short marginal tears, neat tape repairs, modern half-morocco, [Hosken p.129; Czech p.100], 1893; and others similar, by Margery Perham, 8vo (5).

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Lot 273

Africa.- Livingstone (David) Missionary Travels and Researches in South Africa, first edition, first issue, folding tinted lithograph frontispiece, engraved portrait, 2 lithographs (one tinted), 20 wood-engraved plates, 1 folding table, 2 folding maps (1 in pocket at end), advertisements dated 'November 1, 1857' at end, scattered faint spotting, first few leaves frayed at fore-edge with one or two short tears, original cloth, rebacked retaining original backstrip, slight bumping to edges, housed in modern cloth drop-back box, [Czech p.97; Hosken p.126], 8vo, 1857.⁂ There is some confusion over which variant is the first edition, first issue. This copy matches the precedence given by Gaston Renard with the lithographs by W. West facing pp.66 and 225.

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Lot 222

NO RESERVE Trees.- Withers (W[illiam]) A Letter to Sir Walter Scott...exposing certain fundamental errors in his late Essay on planting, and containing observations on the pruning and thinning of woods, and maxims for profitable planting, first edition, occasional spotting or light staining, original printed wrappers, advertisements for other titles by the author to rear wrapper, small chip and split at foot of spine, but holding firm, lightly soiled, a good wide-margined copy, 8vo, Longman, Rees, Orme, Brown, and Green, 1828.⁂ Rare in original printed wrappers. Withers owned two plantations near Holt in Norfolk. He objected to Scott's essays on planting in the Quarterly Review, accusing him of advocating the 'cheap, hole-digging, short-sighted Scotch system, which is calculated to bring upon those who adopt it only loss and disappointment.'. Scott had proposed a collection of his essays on planting and gardening, but late in 1828, perhaps as a result of Withers' criticism, he withdrew the proposal.

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Lot 86

Fables and Tales for the Ladies, first edition, list of subscribers, woodcut ornaments, contemporary calf, short splits to joint ends, extremities rubbed, printed for the proprietor: and sold by C. Hitch and L. Hawes, 1750; and a facsimile edition of Burns' Poems Chiefly in the Scottish Dialect, 8vo (2)⁂ Scarce collection, once attributed to Eliza Heywood. List of subscribers is dominated by women and includes a "Miss Austen".

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Lot 102

Woman writer.- Cartwright (Mrs. H.) Letters moral and entertaining, first edition, list of subscribers, ink ownership inscription to foot of title, water-stained, some spotting and staining, lightly browned, contemporary calf-backed boards, spine in compartments and with later paper manuscript title label, central vertical split at head of spine, but holding, head of spine and corners worn, boards with some staining and lightly soiled, rubbed, 12mo, Printed for J. Macgowan, No. 27, Pater-Noster Row, 1780.⁂ Rare in commerce. Provenance: 'Elizabeth Ann Bartlett, her book Dec 19/1842' (ink inscriptions to front free endpaper); ?Hannah Humberstone, ?1803 (ink inscription to foot of title).

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Lot 132

De Quincey (Thomas) Confessions of an English Opium-Eater, first edition, lacking half-title and final advertisement f., one or two spots, otherwise clean internally, contemporary half calf, rubbed, 12mo, 1822.⁂ "The most famous account of drug addiction in English literature." - Norman.

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Lot 313

World.- Burton (Sir Richard Francis) Etruscan Bologna: a study, first edition, half-title, folding lithographed frontispiece, illustrations, scattered faint spotting, original pictorial cloth, lightly sunned spine, slight bumping to corners and extremities, 1876; The Lands of Cazembe. Lacerda's Journey to Cazembe, first edition, large folding map frontispiece, small loss to margin, scattered faint spotting, original cloth, light spotting to fore-edges, slight bumping to spine extremities, 1873; Wanderings in Three Continents, first edition, half-title, portrait frontispiece, title in red and black, 4 plates, cracked hinges, bookplates, original pictorial buckram, slight bumping to corners and extremities, 1901; [Penzer pp.92-3; 89-90; 158-159], 8vo (3).

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Lot 248

Photography.- Koudelka (Josef) Reconnaissance Wales, first edition, one of 1000 copies, signed by the photographer on title, photographic illustrations, folding concertina style into original cloth-backed card boards titled in black, an excellent copy, oblong 4to, Cardiff, 1998.

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Lot 232

Architecture.- Jones (Inigo) The Designs...consisting of Plans and Elevations for Publick and Private Buildings. Published by William Kent, with some Additional Designs, 2 vol. in 1, first edition, lacking half-title and engraved allegorical frontispiece (both often missing), with engraved title-vignettes incorporating portrait of Inigo Jones and head- & tail-pieces and initials, list of subscribers, and 97 engraved plates by Fourdrinier and others, many double-page or folding, [Fowler 162, lacking frontispiece; Harris 385; Millard British 34, lacking half-title], folio, 1727.⁂ "The Designs of Inigo Jones is an impressive and important book. Yet oddly enough more influential than any single building depicted in it were its plates of doors, windows, niches, etc. These plates seem to have had a formative effect upon Gibbs's Book of Architecture (1728) and from that point on became a standard feature of eighteenth-century pattern books." (Harris).

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Lot 169

Bodley (G.F.) Poems, first edition, signed presentation inscription from the poet on front free endpaper, half-title and sectional titles printed in red, title printed in red and black, poem to Queen Victoria tipped-in, rubbed at edges, A.L.s from the author to Lady Grosvenor, 21 June 1900, loosely inserted, pages toned, t.e.g., others uncut, some very sparse spotting, contemporary vellum with stamped device reading "Sibell." to upper cover, slightly marked and bumped at corner, 1899; and c.80 others, English literature, v.s. (c.80)

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Lot 335

London.- Adams & Sons (W.J.) The Improved "District" Railway Map of London, first edition, showing from Ealing Station to Stepney Junction, and Kentish Town to Brixton, with lines in black and red indicating existing and proposed above and below ground rail lines, lithograph printed in colours, 635 x 1065 mm (25 x 42 in), mounted on thin linen, folding into original publisher's printed paper wrappers, surface dirt and staining to covers and folding map, some minor splitting to folds, presented in purple morocco slipcase, very worn, cracking and splitting to sides, lacking under section, 8vo, 1879.

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Lot 116

Hurdis (Rev. James) Tears of Affection, A Poem, Occasioned by the Death of a Sister Tenderly Beloved, first edition, with half-title and final advertisement leaf, book-labels of Simon and Judith Adams Nowell-Smith, half-title lightly browned, a few light spots, advertisement leaf with scattered spotting, modern parchment-backed boards, parchment a little toned, for J. Johnson, 1794 § Wonder of Wonders! The Secrets of the Rock; Or, The Rock-Dove and Jay, lightly browned, some faint water staining, inner margin skilfully repaired, two further very small repairs to verso of final leaf, modern half calf, Sold by G. Terry, 1788, book-label of J.O. Edwards, spines gilt; and others, 18th century poetry, v.s. (c.18)⁂ The second scarce. ESTC records two editions of 1788, one 11pp. (4 copies worldwide) and the other 15pp. (one copy in North America). This copy numbers 11pp.

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Lot 295

Himalayas.- Macintyre (Maj.-Gen. Donald) Hindu-Koh: Wanderings and Wild Sport on and beyond the Himalayas, first edition, A.L.s from the author and cut newspaper obituary tipped onto endpapers, chromolithograph frontispiece, lightly offset, without publisher's catalogue at end, contemporary green half calf, rubbed, spine gilt with red morocco spine label, 1889 § Rundall (L.B.) The Ibex of Sha-Ping, first edition, tipped-in toned or coloured plates, original green cloth, gilt, cloth spine faded, dust-jacket, 4to, 1915, 8vo (2)

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Lot 268

Africa.- Burton (Sir Richard F.).- Proceedings of the Royal Geographical Society, vols. 7 & 8 bound as 1, ex-library with discreet blind-stamp to first and last few leaves, modern half-crushed morocco, gilt, 8vo, 1863-64 § Burton (Sir Richard) Selected Papers on Anthropology, Travel & Exploration, first edition, edited by N. M. Penzer, scattered spotting, bookplate, original cloth, fractional bumping to corners and spine extremities, 1924, 8vo (2).⁂ The first mentioned includes articles on Africa by Livingstone, Speke, Baker, du Chaillu, and Burton. Vol. 8, number 2 includes "Rumour of the Death of Dr. Livingstone", with "Health and speedy Return of Dr. Livingstone" in number 4.

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Lot 348

London.- Hunter (Rev. Henry) The History of London, first edition, 12 engraved plates and plans only (of 13), lacking the Plan of London, 2 additional folding, plates "A View of the Cities of London and Westminster" and "Index to the View of London ..." loosely inserted, list of subscribers, occasional faint marginal staining, occasional faint spotting, 1811 § Aikin (John) The History of the Environs of London, first edition, 15 engraved plates, 8 engraved maps, all but one folding, large map of "the Country round London" detached and loosely inserted, I4 with short marginal tear, 1811; bookplate of Lansdowne House, discreet blind-stamp to titles, uniform diced calf, rebacked, rubbing to edges, 4to, (2).

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Lot 93

NO RESERVE Drama.- Rolt (Richard) Almena. An English Opera. As it is performed At the Theatre-Royal in Drury-Lane, first edition, with half-title but lacking dedication leaf, very small repaired hole to half-title (not affecting text), the odd spot or light stain, first and final f. lightly browned, disbound and loose, housed in a card portfolio, for T. Becket, 1764; and others, drama, majority 18th century (9)

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Lot 37

Shultens (Albert) Proverbia Salomonis. Versionem integram ad Hebræum fontem expressit, atque commentarium., first edition, title in red & black, some foxing, ownership inscription to front free endpaper, ex-library bookplate and stamp to pastedown, contemporary blind-stamped vellum, rubbed, lower joint splitting, Leiden, Johannem Luzac, 1748 § Bythner (Victorinus) Lyra Prophetica Davidis Regis, sive Analysis Critico-Practica Psalmorum, first edition , title in red and black, ink ownership inscription to head of title "Edward Moore T.C.D. 1734/5", [Wing B6418], typis Jacobi Flesher, 1650 bound with Lingua Eruditorum: Sive Methodica Instituti Lingua Sanctae...addita est Introductio ad Linguam Chaldaeam, errata f. at end, [Wing B6414], typis Jacobi Flesher, 1650, together 2 works in 1, a few small marks or stains, contemporary calf, upper joint split, spine ends worn, stained, rubbed and scuffed; and 6 others, Judaica and Holy Land related works, including a vellum-bound defective copy of Buxtorf's Lexicon Chaldaicum, v.s. (8)

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Lot 176

NO RESERVE Churchill (Sir Winston Spencer) The Unknown War. The Eastern Front, "Keystone Library edition", frontispiece, plates, and folding maps, last map with creased edges, stamp to endpapers, original cloth, spine faded, ends creased, 1937 § The World Crisis, 5 vol., mixed editions, most reprints, vol.5 first edition, plates and maps, some browning and spotting, vol.1-4 original cloth, repaired and retouched, vol.5 in modern library cloth, 1927-29; and 28 others by or relating to Churchill, v.s. (34)

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Lot 197

[Combe (William)] The English Dance of Death, 2 vol., first edition, engraved hand-coloured aquatint frontispiece, additional title to vol.1, and 72 plates after Thomas Rowlandson, some offsetting, occasional nicks to plate edges, modern boards, [Abbey, Life 263; Tooley 411], 1815-16; The Dance of Life: A Poem, additional engraved title, frontispiece, and 24 engraved hand-coloured aquatint plates after Rowlandson, some offsetting, later green half calf, joints and extremities rubbed, 1817, 8vo (3)

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Quakers.- Bugg (Francis) The Picture of Quakerism drawn to the life. In two parts., 2 parts in 1, first edition, double-page letterpress within woodcut frame plate, lacking initial blank to part 2, title trimmed within border at foot, closely trimmed at head, occasional staining, mostly light apart from outer margin of k5&8, 19th century calf, rebacked in modern gilt calf with burgundy leather label, corners little worn, covers rubbed and scuffed, [Wing B5381; Sabin 9072; Smith I, p.337], Printed for, and are to be sold by W. Kettleby at the Bishop's-Head in St. Paul's Church-yard, and W. Rogers at the Sun in Fleet-street, 1697; and 3 others, Quakers, v.s. (4)⁂ Rare at auction. Bugg (1640-1727) was fined for attending a meeting of the Friends around 1675. He believed that the preacher Samuel Cater should be liable for his fine, as it was he who had encouraged him to attend. However, arbitrators disagreed. Consequently, he attended the yearly Quaker meeting in London, and there complained to William Penn that the Friends had refused him justice. He eventually left the Society in 1680 and began to write against Quakerism.

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Lot 249

Photography.- Nazraeli Press.- Gossage (John) The Romance Industry, first edition, one of 250 hardcover copies from a limited edition of 500, signed by Gossage "Paolo's smile" on pink slip, loosely inserted, half-title, whole page photographic illustrations in black and white, original cloth, dust-jacket, minute amounts of sunning to spine and top edge, very minor creasing to spine head, small 4to, the Nazraeli Press, 2002.

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Lot 235

Barry (Charles) Studies and Examples of the Modern School of English Architecture. The Travellers' Club House, first edition, 10 engraved plates, previous owner's ink signature dated 1868 to title, occasional marginal finger-soiling, original printed boards, rebacked and recornered, rubbed and worn, folio, 1839.

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Lot 191

Pasternak (Boris) Doctor Zhivago, translated by Max Hayward and Manya Harari, first English edition, ink signature on front free endpaper, slight foxing on endpapers, original cloth, dust-jacket, small chip at head of upper cover, corners slightly rubbed, a few small marks on lower cover, head and tail of spine with small tears, 8vo, 1958.

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Lot 227

Opérations Géodésiques et Astronomiques pour la mesure d'un arc du parallèle moyen, 2 vol., first edition, half-titles, 14 folding engraved plates and maps, full-page illustrations, scattered spotting, contemporary calf-backed boards, sunned spines, a little rubbed, bumping to corners and extremities, 4to, Milan, 1825-27.

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Lot 331

Lake District.- Robinson (John) A Guide to the Lakes, in Cumberland, Westmorland, and Lancashire, first edition, engraved folding map frontispiece and 20 plates, light spotting and browning, bookplate to pastedown, contemporary half calf, rubbed, rebacked, 1819 § [Harwood (John)] Harwood's Illustrations of the Lakes, 30 engraved plates, tissue-guards, occasional spotting, original pictorial cloth, rubbed, corners bumped, [c.1850] § Whellan (William) The History and Topography of the Counties of Cumberland and Westmoreland, occasional spotting, margins lightly water-stained, contemporary ink ownership name to title head, modern half calf, lightly rubbed, spine gilt, 1860 § and 5 others, similar, 8vo & oblong 8vo (8)

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Lot 101

[Sheridan (Richard Brinsley)] Verses to the Memory of Garrick, first edition, first issue with "deference" misspelt as "difference" in the dedication and corrected in ink manuscript, half-title, stipple-engraved frontispiece by A. Albanesi (loose), frontispiece lightly offset to half-title, B2 with very small chip to fore-margin, foxed and lightly browned, a couple ink spots obscuring a letter or two of text, disbound, Published by T. Evans [&tc], 1779 § Wynne (J. H.) The Prostitute, A Poem, title with engraved vignette, some very light marginal staining, modern wrappers, worn, for J. Wheble, 1771; and others, 18th century poetry, most disbound, 4to (c.20)

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Lot 202

[Dodgson (Charles Lutwidge] "Lewis Carroll." Alice's Adventures Under Ground, Being a Facsimile Of The Original MS. Book Afterwards Developed Into "Alice's Adventures In Wonderland", first edition, half-title, 37 illustrations by the author, 2pp. of advertisements at end, price crossed out on title, original red cloth, gilt, part of lower cover and spine faded, g.e., 8vo, Macmillan and Co., 1886.

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Lot 174

Lawrence (T.E.) The Seven Pillars of Wisdom, first trade edition, leather book-label of John Connly Walsh to front free endpaper, modern brown morocco with marbled endpapers, a very attractive copy, 1935; Secret Despatches from Arabia, number 76 of 1000 copies, frontispiece, the odd spot, original black morocco-backed cloth by Sangorski & Sutcliffe, t.e.g., others uncut, card slip-case (some splitting to joints), [Pertelote 145], The Golden Cockerel Press, 1939; Oriental Assembly, first edition, plates, some foxing, original buckram, dust-jacket, light fading to spine, otherwise a fine copy, 1939; and a copy of the Mint, tall 8vo & 4to (4)

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Lot 119

[Boothby (Sir Brooke)] Sorrows. Sacred to the Memory of Penelope, first edition, half-title, frontispiece and 2 stipple-engraved plates after Fuseli and Joshua Reynolds, 3 vignette illustrations, tail-pieces, without errata slip, book-labels of Peter Scupham and Roger Senhouse, the latter also to front endpaper, frontispiece trimmed close with loss to imprint, offsetting, light scattered foxing, heavier towards end, endpapers lightly browned, upper hinge weak, contemporary marbled calf, spine gilt and with green morocco label, a few small chips to spine ends, rubbed, joints split but holding, W. Bulmer and Co., 1796; and 2 poetical miscellanies, one including Sotheby's Tour Through Parts of Wales with aquatint plates by S. Alken, 4to (3)⁂ The first published in a small run following the death of Boothby's daughter aged 5.

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Lot 307

South America.- Burton (Sir Richard Francis) Letters from the Battle-Fields of Paraguay, first edition, additional vignette title, frontispiece, one folding map, one or two faint marginal stains, modern half-morocco, 1870; The Highlands of the Brazil, 2 vol., first edition, half-titles, wood-engraved frontispieces, additional vignette titles, bound without map, vol. 2 with publisher's advertisement at end, scattered faint spotting, modern half-crushed morocco, gilt, 1869; [Penzer pp.84-85 & pp.78-79], 8vo, (3).

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Lot 187

NO RESERVE Francis (Dick) Odds Against, first edition, jacket price-clipped, 1965; Flying Finish, first edition, jacket rubbed, 1966; Dead Cert, second impression, title mottled and warped, jacket chipped with portion of loss to spine tail, 1962; Smokescreen, first edition, 1972, original boards, dust-jackets; and 33 others by the same, 8vo (37)

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Turkey.- [Marana (Giovanni Paolo)] Letters writ by a Turkish Spy..., 8 vol., twelfth edition, engraved frontispiece in vol. one, armorial bookplate of Edward Chatterton-Orpen to each vol., some toning and light spotting, uniform calf, with spines gilt in compartments with red morocco labels, lightly rubbed at extremities, 1748 § Rycaut (Paul) The History of the Turks. Beginning With the Year 1679, first edition, portrait frontispiece, 6 further portrait plates, some toning and spotting, front endpapers loose, with manuscript ownership inscription in ink to front free endpaper, upper hinge cracking, original mottled calf, slightly rubbed, 1700 § Slade (Adolphus) Records of Travels in Turkey, Greece, &c., two vol., coloured frontispiece to each vol., lacking half-titles, folding facsimile map in vol. one, lacking from vol. 2, 1833; and one other relating to Turkey, v.s. (12)

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NO RESERVE S[erres] (Olivia W[ilmot]) Memoirs of a Princess; or, First Love. An Historical Novel, 2 vol., first edition, signed by the author below dedication, vol. 1 title with ink inscription ("erres" after S-), bookplates, a few scattered spots, endpapers foxed, later morocco-backed cloth, spines rubbed, [Garside, Raven and Schowerling 1812:54], 8vo, John Maynard, 1812.⁂ A rare novel by a famed English imposter and pretender to the title of Princess Olive of Cumberland. COPAC lists the BL copy only. Olivia Serres (1772-1834) began her career as a writer and RA-exhibited painter before becoming notorious for claiming to be the daughter of Prince Henry, Duke of Cumberland. Her likeness to her alleged father was enough to dupe a number of figures and even temporarily afforded her a few royal privileges.Provenance: William Hillier, 4th Earl of Onslow [bookplate]

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China.- Crane (Louise) China in Sign and Symbol, first edition, colour plates by Kent Crane, photographic illustrations, original cloth, a little soiled, 4to, Shanghai, Kelly & Walsh, 1926.⁂ Superb illustrated book of Chinese shop signs and symbols.

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Photography.- Cartier-Bresson (Henri ) Les Européens, first edition, photographic illustrations, original pictorial boards designed by Joan Miró, a few small stains, a little rubbed at edges, splits to joints, corners and spine ends bumped, folio, Paris, 1955.

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India.- A Complete history of the war in India, from the year 1749, to the taking of Pondicherry in 1761. Giving a particular...account of...the disputes among the Nabobs...with an accurate detail of all Colonel Clive's military transactions, first edition, title with small woodcut ornament, woodcut head-pieces, mostly marginal couple of small wormholes and a small trace, touching text in minor fashion on first few ff., occasional spotting, lightly browned, disbound, 8vo, Printed for M. Cooper in Pater-noster-Row, 1761.⁂ Rare in commerce. On the Carnatic Wars between the British and the French.

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Photography.- Hugo (Pieter) Permanent Error, first edition, original cloth-backed boards, Munich, 2011; This Must Be The Place, 2012; 1994, 2016 § Ratcliffe (Jo) Terreno Occupado, Johannesburg, 2015 § Magubane (Peter) Soweto, second edition, Cape Town, 1979 § Sidibé (Malick) Mali Twist, Paris, 2017 § Bozzi (Paolo Solari) Zambian Portraits, Milan, 2015 § Riefenstahl (Leni) Africa, Cologne, 2005, the first three all signed by the photographer on title, photographic illustrations, some colour, original cloth or boards, the fourth and fifth with dust-jackets, the fifth rubbed, the last with slip-case; and 3 others, photography of Africa, 4to & folio (11)

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Pope (Alexander, translator).- Homer. The Iliad, 6 vol. in 3, first folio edition, frontispiece and 5 engraved plates (2 folding including map of Greece), titles for vol. 1, 2, and 3 bound at the start of respective vol., without titles and privilege ff. to vol. 4, 5 and 6, lacking vol. 3 privilege f. and bank f. at end of vol. 1, light foxing or browning, light damp-staining to vol. 1 title, 19th century half calf vol. 1 joints cracked and repaired, rubbed, some wear to extremities, [Rothschild 1573], folio, by W. Bowyer, 1715-[20].

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London.- Cary (John) Cary's Survey of the High Roads from London to Hampton Court, Ware, Bagshot..., first edition, 2 general engraved key maps, 1 folding (short split at fold), with 80 engraved road strip maps on 40 plates, all with hand-colouring, some light offsetting occasional foxing, margins of first few pages browned, contemporary limp calf, corners and edges a little chipped, re-backed, tall 8vo, 1790.

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Arnauld (Antoine) Des vrayes et des fausses idé'es contre ce qu'enseigne l'auteur de la Recherche de la vérité, first edition, woodcut ornament to title, woodcut decorative initials, errata to final verso, a few small worm holes and occasional trace to inner gutters, some water-staining, mostly at end, occasional spotting, lightly browned, hinges splitting, but holding, contemporary vellum, yapp edges, stained, Cologne, Nicolas Schouten, 1683 § Jurieu (Pierre) Le Vray Systeme De L'Eglise & la veritable Analyse De La Foy, woodcut ornament to title, woodcut decorative initials and tail-pieces, spotting and staining, lightly browned, contemporary vellum, yapp edges, soiled, Dordrecht, Widow of Caspar & house of Theodore Goris, 1686; and 6 others, French, v.s. (8)⁂ The first mentioned is Arnauld's attack on Malebranche's theories of perception and knowledge, in particular his doctrine of seeing all things in God.

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[Hemsterhuis (Frans)] Lettre sur les Desirs, à M. T[heodoor] D[e] S[meth], first edition, engraved vignette to title and head- and tail-pieces, contemporary ink author attribution to front free endpaper, occasional spotting, lightly browned, charming Dutch floral endpapers, contemporary olive green crushed morocco, gilt, covers with wide scrolling floral borders, spine with long directly lettered title within filet and floral borders, head of spine chipped, lower joint starting, but holding firm, corners worn, rubbed, g.e., 8vo (binding 165 x 103mm.), Paris [i.e Haarlem or The Hague], no printer, 1770.⁂ Rare. Hemsterhuis (1721-1790), Dutch writer on aesthetics and moral philosophy. His works were mostly privately printed and distributed. He regularly employed the binders Christiaan Micke and Thomas van Os.

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Photography.- Çimen (Sabiha) Hafiz, first edition, signed by the photographer on title, original decorated pink boards with flap, New York, 2021 § Abbas. Allah O Akbar: Voyages dans l'Islam Miltant, inscribed by the ?photographer on title, 1994 § Gibson (Ralph) Sacred Land: Israel Before and After Time, New York, 2020 § McCullin (Don) India, 1999 § Sheikh (Fazal) Ladli, Gottingen, 2007 § Polidori (Robert) Eye & I, Gottingen, 2013, photographic illustrations, some colour, original cloth or boards, all but the first and last with dust-jackets; and 2 others, photography of Middle East and India, 4to (8)

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Photography.- Stettner (Louis) Women, printer's proof copy inscribed by the photographer to the photograpic dealer Lee Witkin "in appreciation for his handling of my work. Affectionately Louis Stettner...", from a limited edition of 1000 copies, inscribed on colophon, loose as issued in original pictorial folder with flaps, a little creased at edges, New York, 1975 § d'Orazio (Sante) Photographs, signed and inscribed by the photographer on half-title, Sante Fe, 2000 § Malanga (Gerard) Good Girls, text in Japanese, signed by the photographer, Tokyo, 1994 § Leibovitz (Annie) A Photographer's Life 1990-2005, 2006 § Bey (Dawoud) Street Portraits, 2021, photographic illustrations, the last four original cloth or boards, all but the first and last with dust-jackets; and 2 others on portrait photography, folio & 4to (7

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Cookery.- [Borella (Mr.)] The Court and country confectioner: or, The house-keeper's guide; to a more speedy, plain, and familiar method of understanding the whole art of confectionary, pastry, distilling, and the making of fine flavoured English wines, 2 parts in 1, first edition, woodcut head-pieces and decorative initials, title head trimmed, edges of first and last few ff. browned (including title), occasional light spotting, remnants of bookplate and contemporary ink name and markings to pastedown, contemporary sheep, rubbed, chips and bumps to edges, lower panel worn, [Bitting p.49; Cagle 572; Maclean pp.10-11; Oxford p.102 'a well-arranged book'; Gabler G13780; cf Simon BG 227], 8vo, Printed for G. Riley and A. Cooke, 1770.⁂ Rare first edition of this work by the self-styled 'ingenious foreigner, now head confectioner to the Spanish ambassador in England'. The second part is 'On distilling in general'.

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