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Lot 21

Sporting.- Clarke (Mrs J. Stirling) The Habit & the Horse; a Treatise on Female Equitation, first edition, frontispiece and 8 plates, light spotting, blue half morocco for Henry Sotheran,gilt, spotting to covers, 1857 § Baillie-Grohman (Wm. A. and F., editors)The Master of Game by Edward, Second Duke of York, one of 600 copies, colour frontispiece, plates, captioned tissue-guards, scattered spotting, lower joint split, spine chipped and worn, 1904; and 11 others, sporting, v.s. (13)

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Lot 210

NO RESERVE Balkans.- Knight (E. F.) Albania: a Narrative of Recent Travel, first edition, half-title, frontispiece, plates, publishers advertisements at end, original cloth, rebacked retaining original backstrips, a little rubbed, slight bumping to corners and extremities, 8vo, 1880.

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Lot 216

Central Asia.- De Hell (Xavier Hommaire) Travels in the Steppes of the Caspian Sea, The Cimea, The Caucasus..., first English edition, ink presentation gift inscription to front endpaper, contemporary calf, spine gilt with morocco label, a little sunned with some light surface wear, 8vo, 1847.⁂ De Hell, a French geologist, explored the boarder lands of the Black and Caspian Seas from 1838 to 1842 - primarily the physical structure of the Crimea and the Steppes of New Russia, and the communication between the Black and Caspian Seas before the Bosphorus erupts into the Sea of Marmara.

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Lot 223

China & Tibet.- Hedin (Sven) Trans-Himalaya. Discoveries and Adventures in Tibet, 3 vol., vol. 1 & 2 second issue, vol. 3 first edition, half-titles, frontispieces, plates, one or two folding, maps, of which 4 folding and 2 detached but loosely inserted, scattered spotting, advertisements at end, front free endpapers clipped, original cloth, gilt, lightly sunned spines as usual, slight bumping to corners and extremities, [Neate H68], 8vo, 1910-13.

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Lot 228

Europe.- Breval (John Durant) Remarks on Several Parts of Europe, Relating Chiefly to their Antiquities and History, 2 vol. in 1, 43 engraved plates, some folding, list of subscribers (misbound after a2), vol.1 lacking index ff. 4G&H1&2, first title ink stained (mostly marginal), plate of North prospect of Taormina frayed at outer margin, affecting image, folding Gergenti plate with 2 small marginal holes, a narrow stripe of light browning and some marginal soiling, occasional spotting or light staining, light browning in places, modern half calf, spine in compartments and with earlier red morocco label, Printed for H. Lintot, in Fleet-Street, 1738; and vol.1 only of the 1726 edition (not collated and water-stained), folio (2) sold not subject to return.

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Lot 234

Mountaineering.- Hillary (Sir Edmund) and Desmond Doig. High in the Thin Cold Air, first edition, signed presentation inscription from Hillary to title, plates, pictorial endpapers, original boards, light rubbing to spine tips and corners, dust-jacket, spine chipped at head, closed tear to rear panel, light creasing to head and foot, extremities a little rubbed, 8vo, Garden City, NY, 1962.

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Lot 240

Scandinavia.- Lloyd (L.) Scandinavian Adventures, during a Residence of Upwards of Twenty Years, 2 vol., first edition, half-titles, 12 tinted lithographs, 1 map, illustrations, spotting to first and last few leaves, original pictorial cloth, recased, slight bumping to corners, [Abbey Travel 252], 8vo, 1854.

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Lot 243

Scandinavia.- Thomas-Stanford (Charles) A River of Norway being the Notes and Reflections of an Angler, first edition, frontispiece, plates and illustrations, map, scattered spotting, previous owner's ink inscription, original pictorial cloth, gilt, slight bumping to corners and spine extremities, 1903 § Friis (I. A.) Sporting Life on the Norwegian Fjelds, half-title, folding map, scattered spotting, occasional underlining, original cloth, slight bumping to spine extremities, 1878 § Barnard (Rev. M. R.) Sketches of Life, Scenery, and Sport in Norway, half-title, previous owner's ink signature, cracked hinges, original cloth, slight bumping to corners and extremities, 1871; and others similar, 8vo (7)

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Justinus. Trogi Pompei Externae Historiae in Compendium ab Iustino Redactae, printer's woodcut device to title and final leaf verso, [Adams J723; Renouard Alde 96.9; Ahmanson-Murphy 209; Edit 16 CNCE 51989], 1522, bound after Polibius. Polybii Historiarum libri quinque in latiam..., faint ink ownership inscription to title, woodcut printer's device to final leaf verso, ink annotations in margins, final leaf loose, [Adams L1322; Renouard Alde 90.1; Ahmanson-Murphy 198; c.f. Edit 16 CNCE 37644], 1521, together 2 works in 1, initial spaces with guide-letters, gutter split in several places, a few gatherings beginning to work loose, hinges broken but stitching holding at head and foot, contemporary vellum, manuscript ink title to spine, some staining, g.e., 8vo, Venice, House of Aldus & Andrea Torresani ⁂ Rare first Aldine edition of Justinus, edited by Francesco D'Asola. Described by Renouard as, 'fort rare et bien plus correcte que toutes les précédentes'. Polybius' Historiarum, edited by Niccolò Perotti, is usually included as vol. 4 of Aldus' edition of Titus Livius, Titi Livii Patavin decadum epitomae Lucius Florus, printed in March 1521. However, the autonomous circulation of Polybius' Historiae is also attested to by the existence of some copies recorded in Italian institutional libraries.

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Lot 250

Tibet.- Huc (Abbé E.R.) Travels in Tartary, Thibet, and China, 2 vol., half-title to vol. 1 only, frontispieces, additional vignette titles, one with loss to upper corner, illustrations, folding map, scattered spotting, vol. 1 with pp.281-282 detached and loosely inserted, vol. 1 with strengthened hinges, vol. 1 with advertisements at beginning and end, vol. 2 with cracked upper hinge, original decorative cloth, rubbed, bumping to corners and spine extremities, [c.1850] § Van der Sleen (Dr. W. G. N.) Four Months' Camping in the Himalayas, first edition, frontispiece, plates, scattered spotting, original cloth, faint spotting to edges, slight bumping to corners and extremities, 1929; and 5 others similar, 8vo (8)

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Lot 252

NO RESERVE Turkey.- Tozer (Rev. Henry Fanshawe) Researches in the Highlands of Turkey, 2 vol., first edition, 7 plates only (of 8). folding map at end vol. 1, short tear, illustrations, advertisements at end, cracked hinges, original cloth, abrasion marks to upper covers where label removed, a little rubbed, bumping to corners and spine extremities, [Blackmer 1669], 8vo, 1869.⁂ "A very interesting work describing what is now Northern and Western Greece, the southern parts of Yugoslavia, Albania, and including Mount Ida and the Troad." (Blackmer)

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Lot 253

Voyages.- Cooke (James) and James King. Voyage to the Pacific Ocean Undertaken, by the Command of His Majesty, for Making Discoveries in the Northern Hemisphere. 3 vol., first Dublin edition, engraved portrait frontispiece, folding appendix table, occasional light foxing, some worming and short tears to preliminaries, contemporary calf, rubbed and marked, extremities bumped, 8vo, Dublin, H. Chamberlaine, W. Watson, et al, 1784. ⁂ First Dublin edition of the official account of Cook's final voyage, the issue without plates and maps.

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Lot 255

World.- Whitehead (George) In the Nicobar Islands, first edition, frontispiece, 15 plates only (of 16), map, pp.152-153 & plate becoming loose, original cloth, slight bumping to corners and extremities, 1924 § Loomis (Clara Denison) Henry Loomis Friend of the East, presentation copy signed by author to front free endpaper, frontispiece, scattered spotting, previous owner's pencil note to title, original cloth, slight bumping to corners and spine extremities, New York, 1923 § Curzon (Hon. Robert) Visits to the Monasteries of the Levant, frontispiece, additional vignette title, 14 plates, folding plan, advertisements at end, cracked hinges, previous owner's pencil signature, original cloth, gilt, a little rubbed, bumping to corners and spine extremities, 1851 § Pahs (Colonel Sir R. Slatin) Fire and Sword in the Sudan, frontispiece, plates, scattered spotting, bookplate, original cloth, slight bumping to corners and extremities, n.d.; and others similar, 8vo (14).

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Lot 257

Britain.- Camden (William) Camden's Britannia, Newly Translated into English, first English edition, engraved portrait frontispiece, 8 engraved plates of coins, 1 frayed at edges, without maps, illustrations, hand-coloured folding maps of Kent and Bedfordshire and uncoloured folding map of Nottinghamshire, all by Robert Morden loosely inserted, occasional spotting and staining, occasional marginal pencil marks, lacking front free endpaper, bookplate, contemporary calf, rebacked and recornered, rubbed and worn, F. Collins, for A. Swalle; and A. & J. Churchil, 1695 § Weaver (Frederic William) & Charles Herbert Mayo. Notes & Queries for Somerset and Dorset, 37 vol., lacking vols. 1 & 2, plates, list of subscribers, modern calf-backed boards, a little rubbed, 1893-2019; and others British topography, some defective, v.s. (87)

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Lot 263

NO RESERVE Duhamel du Monceau (Henri Louis) A Practical Treatise of Husbandry, [translated and edited by John Mills], first edition in English, 6 engraved plates, most folding, light offsetting to plates, contemporary speckled calf, [Fussell II pp.48-49; Hunt 564], 4to, for J.Whiston and B.White, 1759.⁂ Includes vines, corn, wheat and manures. The author was a supporter of Tull's methods.

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NO RESERVE Herbal.- Theatrum botanicum: The theater of plants. Or, An herball of a large extent, first edition, numerous woodcut botanical illustrations in text, lacking initial blank, additional pictorial title and H&I1-6 at end (tables and final errata f.), letterpress title with obliterated inscription, trimmed and laid down, 6R6 repair at foot with loss of text, sig. 7G at end frayed, holed and with some crude repairs, water-stained throughout, some damp-spotting or staining, occasional mostly marginal worm traces, lightly browned, modern brown morocco, spine in compartments and with burgundy leather label, [STC 19302; Henrey 286; Hunt 235; Nissen BBI 1490], thick folio, Printed by Tho. Cotes, 1640. sold not subject to return. ⁂ Monumental English herbal listing over 3500 plants.

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Herbal.- Dodoens (Rembert) A nievve herball, or historie of plantes, translated by Henry Lyte, first edition in English, black letter, numerous woodcut illustrations in text, lacking title (a pictorial one provided from another work and altered in manuscript), *2-6 (includes woodcut arms and portrait of author), 2H1-6 (duplicates of H1-6 erroneously bound in), and all after 3U4 (index / table ff., the last with printer's device and colophon verso), tears and marginal repairs to sig.2*, stained, some spotting, lightly browned, modern blind-stamped and gilt morocco, spine in compartments, corners worn, rubbed, London [i.e. Antwerp], by me Gerard Dewes [i.e. Henry Loë], 1578. sold not subject to return. ⁂ Dodoens served as court physician to Emperor Rudolf II of Austria before becoming Professor of Medicine at Leiden University in 1582.

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Lot 269

NO RESERVE Young (Arthur) The Farmer's Guide in Hiring and Stocking Farms, 2 vol., first edition, 10 engraved plates, 4 folding, vol. 1 with advertisement leaf at end, bookplate of Philip Langdale, occasional light spotting or finger-soiling, vol.2 2D1 with closed tear to foot, affecting a few letters, contemporary calf, rebacked, with original spine laid-down, rubbed, vol. 1 lacking spine label, upper joint split but covers holding firm, [not in Fussell; Kress 6765], 8vo, W. Strahan & others, 1770.⁂ One of Young's earliest books on English agricultural practices and a landmark work on farm management.

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Mathematics.- Euclid. Euclide megarense acutissimo philosopho, solo introduttore delle scientie mathematice, translated by Niccolò Tartaglia, [third edition], woodcut printer's device to title, woodcut diagrams, small manuscript ink notation to title, title [A1] and A2-B5 & B8 with paper restoration at fore-edge (sometimes affecting text), A3-A8 small worm hole with the loss of a few letters, 2Q1-8 defective at lower fore-edge corner with loss of text, and or paper restoration, damp-staining throughout, nineteenth-century half vellum, spine with morocco label, rubbed, [Edit 16 CNCE 18357], Venice, Giovanni Bariletti, 1569 § Tacquet (Andrea) Elementa Euclidea Geometriae planae ac solidae, 2 parts in 1, titles with woodcut ornaments, first title with ink staining and small hole to blank portion, folded woodcut diagrams mounted on stubs, several torn or with small defects, foxing and browning, Naples, Giuseppe Antonio Elia, 1744-60, bound with another similar, together 2 works in 1 vol., contemporary vellum, toned and stained, tears at joints and spine ends; and another mathematics, 3 vol., 8vo (5)⁂ Originally printed in 1543, Tartaglia's translation of Euclid was the first early modern translation of this mathematical classic text into a vernacular language.

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Lot 270

Atomic bomb.- Atomic Energy. A General Account of the Development of Methods of Using Atomic Energy for Military Purposes under the Auspices of the United States Government, first English edition, short nick to fore-margin, original wrappers, light toning to covers and spine, upper cover with a few short nicks to extremities, some show-through from rust staples on covers, ink ownership inscription dated '45 and pen mark to upper cover, [PMM, p.253 no. 422e], 8vo, 1945.

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Lot 271

Banister (John) The VVorkes of that famous chyrurgian, Mr. Iohn Banester. In five bookes, first collected edition, woodcut historiated or decorative initials, lacking first general title within woodcut border, final f. torn and repaired with loss of text and laid down, obscuring colophon, some worming throughout, library ink stamps to title and elsewhere, some spotting and staining / water-staining, lightly browned, antique style blind-stamped calf, gilt spine in compartments, rubbed, [STC 1357; Krivatsy 632], Printed by Thomas Harper, 1633 § Cooke (James) Mellificium Chirurgiae: or, the Marrow of Chirurgery, fourth edition, engraved portrait frontispiece (detached) and 10 (of 11) engraved plates, most folding, some loose, some spotting and staining, lightly browned, text block split, contemporary calf, sympathetically rebacked, spine ends and corners worn, rubbed and scuffed, [Welcome II, p.386; Krivatsy 2709; Wing C6015], Printed by T. Hodgkin, for William Marshall at the Bible in Newgate-Street, 1685; and 3 others, defective 17th century Medicine, v.s. (5) sold not subject to return.

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Lot 273

Contagions.- Mead (Richard) A Short Discourse concerning Pestilential Contagion, and the Methods to be used to Prevent it, first edition, device to title, some light damp staining, 19th century red morocco, ornate gilt border, covers extremities rubbed, spines split but holding firm, spine ends worn with small portion of loss to tail, 8vo, Sam. Bucklet & Ralph Smith, 1720.

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Lot 276

Gray (Henry) Anatomy Descriptive and Surgical, first edition, wood-engraved text illustrations after H.V.Carter, lacking half-title, pp.741-750 of index, and final f. of publisher's advertisement at end, ink ownership names or markings covered by cut paper laid down on endpaper and initial blank, a few instances of marginal annotations in pen or pencil in a contemporary hand, tear to p.9/10 slightly affecting text, one or two other marginal tears or nicks, occasional spots or finger-soiling stains, final few ff. frayed and browned to fore-edge, contemporary green half calf, spine gilt, rubbed, [Garrison-Morton 418], 8vo, 1858.⁂ "Gray's textbook of anatomy remains today a standard work on the subject in the English-speaking world" (Garrison-Morton).

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Hydrotherapy.- Dominiceti (Bartholomew di) An address of Bartholomew di Dominiceti, physician, from Venice, to the most illustrious and venerable Royal Society, of London, first edition, title with woodcut floral ornament, woodcut head-pieces and decorative initial, pagination at head for pp.45/46 little trimmed, contemporary stitched light blue wrappers, lightly browned, 8vo, Printed by J. Towers in Piccadilly, 1764.⁂ Rare in commerce. Concerning his 'artificial water-baths, pumps, vapours, dry baths, fumigations, and frictions', with sworn testimonials from satisfied clients. Dominiceti was caricatured by Rowlandson.

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Lot 279

NO RESERVE Schyanoff (Alexandre) Essai sur la Métaphysique des Forces...et Introduction à une Nouvelle Théorie Atomo-Dynamique, first edition, 2 folding lithographed plates, damp-stain to head of inner margin, not affecting text, original printed wrappers bound in, modern boards, morocco label to spine, Kiew, 1857 § Gioja (Melchiorre) Logica Statistica, large folding table, short tear at inner margin, repaired with tape to verso, contemporary calf-backed boards, worn, joints cracked but covers holding, Milano, 1808 § Tyndall (John) On the Absorption and Radiation of Heat by Gaseous Matter - Second Memoir, offprint from the Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society of London, vol.152, pp.59-98, engraved plate, occasional light finger-soiling, a few chips and short tears to fore-edge, plate with light damp-staining, marginal ink stamp of Société Mathématique to first leaf and upper cover, original wrappers, "From the Author" to upper cover in ink, worn and chipped at extremities, some loss to spine, 1862, all but last with scattered spotting; and others, science and mathematics, v.s. (22)

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Theology.- Aquinas (Saint Thomas) [Opera Omnia], Vol.3 & 4 in 1, woodcut portraits of Saint Thomas Aquinas within ornate frame to both titles, woodcut devices to colophons, woodcut initials, first title with two ink ownership inscriptions (lower worn through from acid), title outer margin with paper restoration and small loss to lower edge, occasional browning, some scattered light foxing and spotting, [EDIT 16 CNCE 48116], Roma, heirs of Antonio Blado & Giovanni Gigliotti, 1570; Opuscula Omnia, woodcut printer's device to title, woodcut head-pieces and initials, near contemporary ink ownership inscriptions to title, title lower edge with paper restoration (affecting date) and a few small holes, losses at lower edge ⴕ2-8 with some loss of text, MM5 onwards with small amount of worming upper fore-edge corner (touching text in a few instances, no loss), browning, Lyon, Heirs of Giacomo Giunta, 1562, book-labels to title versos, contemporary vellum, spines with gilt titles and manuscript ink shelf-marks, the second with some staining, folio (2) ⁂ The third and fourth volumes of this monumental edition of Saint Thomas Aquinas' works, composed of eighteen volumes in total. The third volume contains Aquinas' commentary on Aristotle, in particular the four books on the meteor, the treatise On the Soul (including the Parva naturalia) and the Metaphysics. The fourth volume contains 'De ente et essentia', with a commentary by the theologian Tommaso De Vio (1469-1534).Provenance: Ex Bibliotheca Patrum SS. Redemptoris Domus Casertae (book labels).

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Lot 281

Golf.- Hoyle (Edmund) Hoyle's Games Improved, 2 engraved plates, scattered faint spotting, near contemporary manuscript note loosely inserted, contemporary calf, cracked joints, a little rubbed, housed in a modern drop-back box, 1790 § A History of Golf in Britain, first edition, colour frontispiece, plates, folding map at end, scattered faint spotting, contemporary cloth, slight bumping to corners and spine extremities, 1952 § Leach (Henry, editor) Great Golfers in the Making, frontispiece, plates, scattered spotting, original cloth, bookplate, previous owner's ink signature, original decorative cloth, gilt, slight mottling, a little bumped, Philadelphia, n.d.; and others, golf, v.s. (28)⁂ The first includes an early description of the game of "Goff or Golf", which is described as "the favourite Summer Amusement in Scotland ..."

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De Marsellis (Marco) Iconologia della Madre di Dio Maria Vergine, engraved additional architectural title, woodcut arms to letterpress title, additional gathering of 4ff. bound between a4 and b1 (browned), not recorded in other copies of this edition, single full-page engraved illustration, ink inscription to rear endpaper, c3 & c4 with closed tears repaired (affecting text), browning to some pages, otherwise some light scattered spotting, cracking to gutter in a few places, first few gatherings and B2-3 working loose, lacking front endpapers, upper hinge broken with back-strip away from text block, contemporary vellum with manuscript ink title to spine, toning and soiling, a few small worm holes to cover and spine, Naples, Onofrio Savio, 1654 § Montargon (Hyacinthe de) Dizionario Apostolico per uso de' Parrochi..., 5 vol., vol. 1 title in red and black, titles with woodcut ornaments, browning and foxing throughout, contemporary vellum, spines gilt, vol. 5 small tears at spine ends, a few small stains, Naples, Gaetano Castellano, 1784 § Franchis (Francesco de) Salvator mysticus sive Hoseas enucleatus opus.., 2 vol., engraved architectural titles, vol. 2 half-title, woodcut head-piece and initials, book-label and manuscript note to title versos, vol. 2 small amount of worming to final ff. (affecting text with minor loss), occasional light spotting, some ff. with light marginal damp-staining, later vellum-backed boards, rubbed, Salerno, F. Savio et al., 1647; and 13 others similar, v.s. (16)⁂ I. An uncommon work dedicated to the iconology of the Virgin of Montevergine, known as the 'Black Madonna', and often as 'Mamma Schiavona' [Mamma Slave]. Held originally by legend to have been painted by Saint Luke, the icon dwelled in Constantinople before being gifted in the 1300s to the Sanctuary at Monte Vergine near Naples, by Catherine II of Valois, the recognised Latin Empress of Constantinople. Rare in commerce.

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Naples.- Rarissimorum scriptorum rerum Neapolitanarum collectio..., title in red and black with woodcut arms, 7 engraved folding maps and plates, ?lacking initial blank, browning and spotting throughout (including plates), endpapers renewed, modern calf-backed boards, spine gilt, corners a little worn, Naples, Niccolò & Vincenzo Rispoli, 1738 § Ordinanza di Sua Maestà sulla giurisdizione militare, e sopra i delitti, e le pene della gente di guerra, first edition, engraved arms to title, foxing, lower fore-edge corner front endpaper defective, contemporary mottled calf, spine gilt, a little rubbed, Naples, Royal Printers, 1789 § Regolamento provvisionale formato d'ordine di Sua Maestà pel servizio delle sue truppe di fanteria in campagna, woodcut device to title, engraved folding plate, initial ff. with damp-stain lower margin, foxing, contemporary mottled calf, spine gilt, a little worn at ends, Naples, Royal Printers, 1798; and 2 others, Naples, v.s. (5)⁂ II. A rare first edition of this important 'Military code', which lists the military reforms initiated within the Kingdom of Naples by the Bourbon Charles III, including the abolition of the use of judicial torture.

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Antiquities.- Trutta (Gianfrancesco) Dissertazioni Istoriche delle Antichità Alifane, engraved title vignette, ink ownership inscription to title, folding engraved map (small marginal tear), 3 engraved plates, woodcut initials, foxing, later vellum-backed boards, rubbed, Naples, Stampiera Simoniana, 1776 § Mazzocchi (Alessio Simmaco) In mutilum Campani amphitheatri titulum..., woodcut arms to title, 2 folding engraved plates, with small marginal tears, spotting and light foxing, contemporary calf, small portions lost to upper cover and spine ends, otherwise a little rubbed, Naples, Felice Mosca, 1727, first editions, 4to (2)⁂ I. Rare first edition of this work by the priest Trutta (1699-1786) concerning the history and antiquities of the ancient site of Alife, near Caserta. II. First edition of this erudite monograph on the city of Capua and its amphitheatre, as depicted in plates, by the esteemed archaeologist and epigraphist Alessio Simmaco Mazzocchi (1684-1771).

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Barthold (Jirí) Scanderbegus Hoc Est Vita et Res..., first edition, woodcut printer's device to title and final f., title also with library stamp, seventeenth century ink ownership inscription and 3 small wormholes to blank margins, whole-page woodcut illustration to title verso, woodcut head-pieces and initials, some underlining in red, Hanau, Andreas Wechel (heirs of) et al., 1609, bound with 2 others seventeenth century, together 3 works in 1 vol., ink inscription to front pastedown, contemporary vellum, light toning and wear, yapp edges § Biemmi (Giammaria) Istoria di Giorgio Castrioto detto Scander-Begh, engraved portrait frontispiece, errata leaf, defect upper fore-edge corner, contemporary wrappers, small hole to spine, light surface soiling, Brescia, Giam-Battista Bossino, 1742 § Barleti (Marin) Des aller streytparsten vñ theüresten, Fürsten vnd Herrn Georgen Castrioten, genañt Scanderbeg, woodcut illustrations, lacking first 6 ff. (including title) and E2 & E5, supplied in facsimile, A1 with paper repairs to upper and lower margins (touching headings and signatures), final f. mounted on stub, cracking to lower hinge, endpapers renewed, contemporary velum, tears to spine and joints, soiled, [BNHCat B 84], Augsburg, Steiner, 1533, v.s. (3)

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Doves Bindery.- Ruskin (John) Sesame and Lilies. Two Lectures Delivered at Manchester in 1864, first edition, handsome russet morocco, gilt, by the Doves Bindery (dated 1894), covers richly gilt with sprays of sesame and lily flowers, spine gilt in compartments repeating sprays with lettering and date, g.e., light rubbing to joints, small 8vo, 1865.

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Kipling (Rudyard), Just So Stories, first edition, published Macmillan and Co 1902Split on the spine, very faded, see images

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Pastenak (Boris), first edition, Dr Zhivago, published Collins And Harvill Press, London, 1958Various tears to the dust jacket, bindings slightly faded

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Burnett (Frances Hodson), The Secret Garden, first edition, Brazil (Angela), A Fourth Form Friendship, Twain (Mark), The Man That Corrupted Hadley Burg, and Woodhouse (P G), Big Money (4)Overall condition of these books is poor, see images, all lots sold with all faults, not subject to return

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Lot 56

Tolkien (J R), first edition, second impression, The Fellowship Of The Ring, lacking dust jacketCondition very poor, spine very stained, does have the map in the back which is slightly creased in places, see images

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Lot 58

Barrie (J M), Peter And Wendy, first edition, green cloth and gilt bindingGeneral wear to the cover, spine split, various foxing

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Lot 70

Kipling (Rudyard), The Jungle Book, first edition, published Macmillan and Co, 1894Very poor condition

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Lot 72

Milne (A A), first edition, The House At Pooh CornerWear to the dust jacket, cover faded in places, line on both sides of the frontispiece picture, see images , sold with all faults and not subject to return

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Lot 133

The Birds of the British Isles and their eggs, by T.A. Howard, in three series, First Series Third Edition 1928, Second Series Fourth Edition 1929, Third Series 1926,

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Lot 252

"The Liverpool Scene" edited by Edward Lucie-Smith, Donald Carroll Ltd, 1967 first edition. 

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Lot 253

"Billy the Kid" by Walter Noble Burns, Geoffrey Bles; "Hands Up" by A B Macdonald, A L Bart Co; "The Raven - A Biography of Sam Houston" by Marquis James, Blue Ribbon Books Inc, 1929 first edition; "Hopalong Cassidy and the Rustlers of West Fork" by Tex Burns, Hodder & Stoughton Ltd, 1951 first edition

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Lot 255

"Greenwich Village" text and photographs by Fred W McDarrah, Corinth Books, 1963 first edition; "The Beat Scene" edition by Elias Wilentz, photos by Fred W McDarrah, Corinth Books, 1960 first edition; "No Pie in the Sky" by Frederick Feied, Citadel Press, 1964 first edition. 

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Lot 256

"A Verse in Bloom" by Norman Gale, 1925 first edition: "In Cap & Bells" by Owen Seaman, John Lane, 1900 first edition; "The Master of Mrs Chilvers" by Jerome K Jerome, T Fisher Unwin, 1911 edition. 

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Lot 257

"Memories of a Misspent Youth 1872-1896" by Grant Richards, William Heinemann Ltd, 1932 first edition; "The Foxglove Saga" by Auberon Waugh, Chapman & Hall Ltd, 1960 first edition; "Dodo - A Detail of The Day" by E F Benson, Methuen & Co, 1894 eleventh edition. 

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Lot 258

"Ermyntrude and Esmerelda" by Lytton Strachey, Anthony Blond Ltd, illustrated by Erte, 1969 first edition; "Back to the Local" by Maurice Gorham, illustrated by Edward Ardizzone, Percival Marshall & Co Ltd, 1949 first edition; "People One Ought to Know" by Christopher Isherwood, illustrated by Sylvain Mangeot, Macmillan, 1982 first edition.  

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Philip Serrell
Lot 259

"Nigger Heaven" by Carl Van Vechten, Alfred A Knopf, 1926 first edition, 2nd imp; "Parties" by Carl Vechten, Alfred A Knopf, 1930 first edition: "The Blind Bow-Boy" by Carl Van Vechten, Alfred A Knopf, 1923 fourth printing; "Sacred and Profane Memories" by Carl Van Vechten, Cassell & Co, first and limited edition no 1551 of 2000; "Peter Whiffle - His Life and Work" by Carl Van Vechten, Grant Richards Ltd, 1923 

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Philip Serrell
Lot 260

"Fabulous Chicago by Emmett Dedman, Random House, 1953 first edition; "Texas Avenue at Main Street" by A Pat Daniels, Allen Press, 1964 first edition; "Washington Square by Henry James, 1963 Folio Society edition, illustrated by Lynton Lamb; "The American in Great Britain - An Automobile Tour of England, Scotland and Wales" by the RAC, published by Ed J Burrow & Co Ltd.

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Mitchells
Lot 192

Two boxes of exclusive first edition buses

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Greenslade Taylor Hunt
Lot 364

[CHILDRENS] Queen Mab's Fairy Realm, Newnes, London, no date, blue cloth gilt, all edges gilt, illustrations by Arthur Rackham and others, small quarto; together with Uttley, Alison. Snug and Serena Meet a Queen, first edition, Heinemann, London, 1950, pictorial boards, dustjacket, colour illustrations, square octavo; and four other works, (6). Condition Report : Queen Mab: lacking title page and with loose binding; Snug: jacket rubbed along extremities, nicked, and with chipping at spine ends. Condition reports are offered as a guide only and we highly recommend inspecting (where possible) any lot to satisfy yourself as to its condition.

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Greenslade Taylor Hunt
Lot 365

[CHILDRENS] Sharp, Margery. Miss Bianca, first edition, Collins, London, 1962, boards, dustjacket (price-clipped), illustrations, octavo; together with Sutcliff, Rosemary. Frontier Wolf, first edition, Oxford University Press, Oxford, 1980, boards, dustjacket (non price-clipped), octavo; and Milne, A.A. Winnie-the-Pooh, seventh edition, Methuen, London, 1928, green cloth gilt, dustjacket, top edges gilt, illustrations by Ernest Shepard, octavo, (3). Condition Report : Miss Bianca with ownership inscription to front free endpaper; Pooh with neat owner's name to margin of front free endpaper map. Condition reports are offered as a guide only and we highly recommend inspecting (where possible) any lot to satisfy yourself as to its condition.

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Greenslade Taylor Hunt
Lot 371

[MISCELLANEOUS] Eight assorted works, including Sandon, Henry & John. Grainger's Worcester Porcelain, first edition, Barrie & Jenkins, London, 1989, boards, dustjacket, plate and text illustrations, small quarto.

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Lay's Auctioneers
Lot 6

UK Pattern Coins, Medallions and Dr Who interest, etc. Comprising:A boxed cased 6 coin proof like Pattern set of 1936 Edward VIII coins 3d to 5/-.A Scotland 2014 cased Pattern proof 9 coin coinage set from 1 Scots Pence to 5 Ryal Set (Limited edition no. 2760 of 20,000)1992 1/10 Ecu to 5 Ecu 7 coin set in sealed pack.A set of 1952-2012 Diamond Jubilee Proof commemorative coins in platinum coloured alloy in 4 different designs.A 2003 Pattern UK Euros set from 1 cent to 2 Euros (one of 24,000 issued).A centenary of beginning of First World War Proof quality crown size medal coated in sterling silver.A 2002 Golden Jubilee Royal Mint Commemorative medal.A 2005 Charles and Camilla Wedding Royal Mint medal.A 2006 50th Anniversary of the Duke of Edinburgh's Award Royal Mint medallion.A replica King Charles encapsulated.A Royal Mint boxed set of 2011 Doctor Who medallions including the Eleventh Doctor medal, Dalek medal, etc.

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Kinghams Auctioneers
Lot 580

Jenkins, Roy, Churchill, The Chancellors, Gladstone and A Life at the Centre, signed hardback editions, with Updike, John, Rabbit at Rest, 1990 first edition, signed, with four other volumes by the same author, hardback with dust covers (9)

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Kinghams Auctioneers
Lot 581

Manchester, William, The Death of a President, 1967 first edition, signed by the author and dedicated to Lord Harlich, Harper & Row, hardback with dust cover

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Kinghams Auctioneers
Lot 582

Greene, Graham, The Comedians, 1966 first edition, Bodley Head, London, green cloth boards with dust jacket, with Loser Takes All, 1955 first edition, The End of the Affair, 1951 first edition, The Honorary Consul, 1973, The Human Factor, 1978 and The Captain and the Enemy, 1988 (6)

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Kinghams Auctioneers
Lot 583

Le Carre, John, eleven hard back volumes, to include A Delicate Truth, (signed), Single & Single, Smiley's People, (with a framed Tim Laing pencil illustration No.9) A Perfect Spy, 1986 first edition, Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy, 1974, The Night Manager, 1993, The Little Drummer Girl, 1983, The Constant Gardner, 2001, The Tailor of Panama, 1996, signed and inscribed, with dust jackets (12)

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Kinghams Auctioneers
Lot 588

Fleming, Ian, You Only Live Twice, 1964 first edition, Jonathan Cape, London, with dust jacket

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Kinghams Auctioneers
Lot 589

Fleming, Ian, Thunderball, 1961 first edition, Jonathan Cape, London, with dust jacket

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Kinghams Auctioneers
Lot 590

Nabokov, Vladimir, Lolita, 1959 second impression, with Christie, Agatha, 4.50 From Paddington, 1957 first edition, Hemingway, Ernest, A Moveable Feast, 1964, Beaton, Cecil, The Glass of Fashion, 1954, and nine other hardback books by Burgess, Anthony, Wodehouse, P.G, Ishiguro, Kazuo, Miller, Henry, Allingham, Margery and Forsyth, Fredrick (13)

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