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Lot 242

Britain.- Sammes (Aylett) Britannia antiqua illustrata: or, The antiquities of ancient Britain, derived from the Phœenicians, vol 1. [all published], first edition, title in red and black, engraved double-page map and illustrations, map little creased, some spotting or mostly light staining, lightly browned, contemporary calf, spine in compartments and lacking label, upper cover detached, lower joint starting, but holding firm, spine ends and corners worn, rubbed, [Wing S535], Printed by Tho. Roycroft for the author, 1676; and 3 others, Britain & Ireland, folio et infra (4)

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Lot 247

Isle of Man & Cheshire.- King (Daniel) The Vale-royall of England· Or, The county palatine of Chester illustrated...Also, an excellent discourse of the Island of Man; treating of the island. Of the inhabitants...Of the civil government. Of the trade..., 2 parts in 1, first edition, engraved additional pictorial title, folding maps of Cheshire & The Isle of Man, double-page plan of Chester, 11 plates of Arms and 5 other folding or full-page plates, engraved illustrations, additional title misbound after title and trimmed at head to just within border, letterpress title little chipped and trimmed and laid down, plan with short split at fold, plate of cathedral with a few tears and laid down, without loss, plate of 'Hugh Lupus' trimmed to border and laid down, map of Isle of Man with marginal repair, a few short tears, some spotting and staining, lightly browned, 19th century panelled calf, rebacked in richly gilt 20th century calf, corners worn, covers rubbed and little scuffed, [Wing K488], Printed by John Streater, in Little S. Bartholomews, and are to be sold at the Black-spread-Eagle at the west-end of Pauls, 1656; and a defective copy of Carew's Cornwall, 1602, small folio & small 4to (2)⁂ The work was in fact written by William Smith, William Webb and Samuel Lee, and the part devoted to the Isle of Man by James Chaloner. King only wrote the dedication and was the engraver of the plates.

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Lot 25

Dugdale (Sir William) The Baronage of England; or, An historical account of the lives and most memorable actions of our English nobility, 3 vol. in 2, first edition, double column, titles to vol.1 & 2 in red and black, 5 folding genealogical tables, vol.1 errata f. at end (trimmed and laid down), occasional contemporary and later ink or pencil marginalia, vol.2 P2 small hole in text (with loss of a few letters), first index f. with repaired tear and the second (final f.) with a few short tears / small losses to lower margin and laid down, both without loss of text, both vol. occasional spotting or staining (including some ink), bookplates of Charles Longuet Higgins, Turvey Abbey, attractive 19th century diced russia, gilt, spine in compartments and with double leather labels, some fading to vol.2, both vol. a few spots, [Wing D2480], Printed by Tho. Newcomb, for Abel Roper, John Martin, and Henry Herringman, 1675-1676; and another, by the same, folio (3)

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Lot 251

Lancaster.- Speed (John) The Countie Pallatine of Lancaster, described and divided into Hundreds, first edition, county map of Lancashire by Jodocus Hondius, with inset plan of Lancaster, upper right, two panels in lower corners, each with four royal portrait medallions of the Houses Lancaster and York with rose-scroll ornament, strapwork title cartouche upper centre, compass rose, ships, merman and sea monsters, engraved map with full hand-colouring, a clean impression, 390 x 510 mm (15 1/4 x 20 in), English text verso with woodcut initial, central vertical fold, minor handling creases, framed, [c. 1611].

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Lot 255

Nottinghamshire.- Thoroton (Robert) The Antiquities of Nottinghamshire, extracted out of records, original evidences, leiger books, other manuscripts, and authentick authorities, first edition, initial imprimatur f., title in red and black, engraved double-page county map, 16 plates and plans by Wenceslas Hollar after Richard Hall (most double-page), 8pp. and a slip of coats-of-arms at end, and illustrations, water-stained, some spotting, lightly browned, contemporary mottled calf, rebacked, spine in compartments and with red morocco label, corners worn, rubbed, [Wing T1063], folio, Printed by Robert White, for Henry Mortlock, at the sign of the Phœnix, 1677.

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Lot 267

Staffordshire.- Plot (Robert) The Natural History of Stafford-shire, first edition, title with large engraved vignette, engraved plate of 'Armes omitted', folding map (linen-backed and inserted in pocket at end) and 37 plates by Burghers, of which 26 double-page (mostly houses), 4pp. list of subscribers at end, plate 'Tab. XI' at p.189 with purple damp-staining, 2E4 torn without loss of text, second f. of subscribers strengthened with tape (still legible), the odd short tear or repair, some spotting or mostly light staining, lightly browned, new endpapers, 20th century half morocco, [Wing P2588], Oxford, At the Theatre, 1686; and a defective copy of Leigh's Natural History of Lancashire, 1700, small folio (2)⁂ By the first keeper of the Ashmolean Museum, Oxford. Includes two chapters on minerals and fossils. Subscribers include Elias Ashmole and Robert Boyle.

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Lot 35

Roman Britain.- Horsley (John) Britannia Romana: or the Roman antiquities of Britain, first edition, half-title, 105 engraved maps and plates, some double-page, some spotting or mostly light foxing and staining, contemporary calf, rebacked in modern light tan calf in compartments, richly gilt and with original red morocco label, corners restored, covers rubbed and scuffed, a solid copy, folio, Printed for John Osborn and Thomas Longman, 1732.

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Lot 39

Law (William) The Spirit of Prayer; or the Soul Rising out of the Vanity of Time, into the Riches of Eternity. Part 1, third edition, 1752, bound with The Second Part of The Spirit of Prayer, second edition, 4pp. publisher's advertisements at end, H5 with short tear to fore-edge, affecting a letter of text but with no loss, 1753, bound with The Spirit of Love, Being an Appendix to The Spirit of Prayer, first edition, last few leaves with small water-stain to fore-edge, 1752, together 3 works in 1 vol., front free endpaper with contemporary and later ink ownership inscriptions, some slight toning and the odd spot, contemporary calf, lower cover and corners worn, rubbed, small loss to spine foot, for W. Innys and J. Richardson, 8vo.

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Lot 45

Southey (Robert) Specimens of the Later English Poets, 3 vol., first edition, bookplate removed from pastedown leaving paper remnants, light spotting throughout, contemporary half straight-grain morocco, lightly rubbed, 1807 § Ellis (George) Specimens of Early English Metrical Romances, 3 vol., contemporary calf, a little rubbed and sunned, spines darkened, 1805 § [Tennyson (Alfred, Lord)] Poems, first pirated edition, one or two spots, original blue wrappers, uncut and unopened, covers lightly creased, 1862; and 6 others, literature, 8vo (13)

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Lot 47

Music.- Mozart (Wolfgang Amadeus) Il Don Giovanni; Dramma, In Due Atti. Don Juan; a Grand Opera, in Two Acts: represented for the first time in London, first English edition, very slight cockling to text block, contemporary straight-grain morocco, gilt, g.e., fractional rubbing to corners and joints, 8vo, [1817].

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Lot 5

Mary, Queen of Scots.- B[uchanan] (G[eorge]) Ane detectioun of the duinges of Marie Quene of Scottes, touchand the murder of hir husband, and hir conspiracie, adulterie, and pretensed mariage with the Erle Bothwell, first edition in Scots dialect, black and italic letter, text in Scots dialect and French, woodcut decorative initial, lacking A1 (title), R1-4 (provided in facsimile), Y2 (provided in facsimile), Y3 (often so), and Y4 (blank), sig. F misbound between S3 and S4, occasional spotting or staining, lightly browned, 18th century mottled calf, sympathetically rebacked, gilt spine in compartments and with pinkish morocco label, [Pforzheimer 113; STC 3981], 8vo, [Printed by John Day], [1571]. sold not subject to return. ⁂ Rare at auction. Buchanan's infamous treatise on the murder of Mary's husband, Henry, Lord Darnley, and on her marriage to The Earl of Bothwell. It includes the fraudulent 'Casket Letters', which eventually led to the trial and execution of Mary at Fotheringhay in February, 1586. The translation into Scots dialect is possibly by Thomas Wilson.

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Lot 53

NO RESERVE Young (Rev. Edward) Pre-Raffaellitism, first edition, 24pp. advertisements at rear, original pink decorative cloth, spines faded, extremities frayed and creased, corners bumped, 1857 § Hazlitt (William) Criticisms on Art; and Sketches of the Picture Galleries of England, 16pp. advertisements at rear, original blind-stamped cloth, rebacked preserving original spine (faded and frayed), corners bumped, 1843, 8vo (2)

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Lot 57

Hardy (Thomas) Tess of the d'Urbervilles. A Pure Woman..., 3 vol., first edition in book form, vol. 2 first impression, vol. 1 & 3 second impression revised, [these one of 500 copies], half-titles, contemporary ownership signature to endpaper in crayon to vol.1, endpapers browned, light finger-soiling and occasional marking, hinges reinforced with tape, contemporary half morocco, rebacked and recornered, covers rubbed, [Purdy p.67-75], James R.Osgood, McIlvaine & Co., 1891-2; and another fifth edition work of the same in original cloth, 8vo (4)⁂ Vol. 1 & 3 are one of 500 copies, with vol.2 a first impression was one of 1000 from the previous year. Hardy's tragic tale of a fallen woman shocked Victorian readers, particularly the subtitle of the novel "A Pure Woman". It was first published in the Graphic from July to December 1891 in weekly instalments, having being rejected by several other periodicals, but with the seduction and mock-baptism scenes removed and some alterations. Both sections were published separately prior to serialisation but reinstated with the original text when issued in book form.

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Lot 58

NO RESERVE Lyte (Sir H.C. Maxwell) A History of Eton College (1440-1898) third edition, half-title, portrait frontispiece of Henry IV, full-page colour and plain plates, numerous wood engravings in-text, inscribed to James Nockells Horlick by A.B. Ramsay, [Latin tutor] Eton, Christmas, 1904, occasional light foxing, ornate vellum, gilt, by Spottiswoode binders, darkening to bevelled boards and spine, g.e., 1899 § Austen-Leigh (R.A.) Bygone Eton being a Collection of Historical Views of the Buildings at Eton College with Descriptive Notes, fourth re-issue, 47 full-page plates, inscribed to J.J. M. Horlick, from his Eton tutor, dated 1939, foxing to preliminaries, original white cloth, rubbed and marked, black morocco label titled in gilt to spine, t.e.g.,light foxing to edges, Eton College,1936, § Grenfell (Julian Henry Francis) List of Etonians who fought in the Great War, 1914-1919, first edition, printed in red and black, additional errata laid in, additional paper label titles loosely inserted to rear, original buckram-backed boards, cloth lifting to upper board, light stains, g.e., others uncut, privately printed for Eton College in the Riccardi Press Fount by Philip Lee Warner, 1914; v.s. (3).⁂ Sir James Nockells Horlick, 4th Baronet (1886-1972) was educated at Eton and Oxford and joined the Coldstream Guards in 1914. He was the second son of Sir James Horlick, 1st Baronet and co-inventor (with his brother William) of Horlicks Malted Milk drinks. Sir James Nockells served in Salonika and received the MC from both the UK and Greece for actions during World War 1.

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Lot 70

[Branteghem (Guillelmus de)] Jesu Christi vita, juxta quatuor evangelistarum narrationes, artificio graphices perquam eleganter picta, first edition, title within woodcut historiated border depicting Moses returning from Mount Sinai with the Ten Commandments, woodcut full-page illustration to V1v depicting the descent of the Holy Spirit, vignettes and illustrations after Lieven de Witte, woodcut marginal manicules, tail-pieces, and decorative or historiated initials, 19th century ink bibliographical notes to front free endpaper, lacking A1 and g1, title with ink scoring, an ink stain and a printed fragment mounted in lower margin, h8 short tear at head, with minor loss to text, occasional spotting, lightly browned, medieval manuscript fragment used in binding, contemporary calf, spine in compartments, head of spine and corners worn, rubbed and marked, [Adams B1824], 8vo, Antwerp, Matthias Crom & Adriaen Kempe van Bouckhout, 24 December, 1537.⁂ A rare copy at auction of the first edition of this charmingly illustrated work. Branteghem was a Belgian Carthusian monk, who was born in Aalst.

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Lot 76

Tarantism.- Music.- Cid (Francisco Xavier) Tarantismo observado en España con que se prueba el de la pulla, dudado de algunos, y tratado de otros de fabbuloso, y memorias para escribir la historia del insecto llamado tarántula, first edition, half-title, woodcut plate of tarantulas, 2 folding engraved plates of music, water-stained, plates of music with some spotting and lightly browned, occasional spotting, contemporary calf, spine gilt and with black leather label, corners worn, stained, rubbed, [Gregory & Bartlett, Supplement, p.20], small 4to, Madrid, Gonzalez, 1787.⁂ Rare work on tarantism, a psychological illness characterised by an extreme impulse to dance. It was prevalent in southern Italy from the 15th to the 17th century, and was believed to be caused by the bite of a tarantula.

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Lot 78

Voltaire.- Lopez (J.) et al., Cartas de algunos judíos portugueses, alemanes y polacos a Voltaire... [Letters from some Portugese, German and Polish Jews to Voltaire...], 3 vol., first edition in Spanish, titles with ink ownership stamps, some browning and spotting, ink inscriptions front endpapers, contemporary calf with morocco labels to spine, extremities very lightly scuffed, [Palau 46375], 8vo, Madrid, Francisco Martinez D'Avila, 1822.⁂ Correspondence of Sephardic Jews to Voltaire about his anti-Semitic attitude. This first Spanish edition follows the French edition of 1781; it is probable the translator, Fernando Maria Segobia, was also of Sephardic origin.

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Lot 83

NO RESERVE Spielmann (M.H.) and G.S. Layard, Kate Greenaway, first edition, second printing, half-title, colour frontispiece and numerous colour and plain plates with captioned tissue guards, publisher's adverts at rear, some foxing to text, original decorative cloth, gilt, t.e.g., light rubbing, extremities bumped, 8vo, 1905; and others, 8vo, (4)

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Lot 1204

5 boxed Wedgwood limited edition ceramic collectors plates. 3 from the Colin Newman's Country Panorama Collection together with the first and second plate in a series called Life on the Farm by John L. Chapman.

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Lot 1

Sam Haskins. Cowboy Kate and Other Stories, first edition, plates, original cloth, dust-jacket, folio, London: The Bodley Head, 1965; November Girl, first edition, plates, original cloth, dust-jacket, slipcase, folio, London: The Bodley Head, 1967; Five Girls, first edition, plates, original cloth, dust-jacket, folio, New York: Crown Publishers, Inc. 1962 (3). *Condition Report (i) Dust-jacket creased to edges (ii) slightly bowed, slipcase affected by damp (iii) dust-jacket worn to edges with loss, affected by damp. **BP 22.5% (inc. VAT) + a lot fee of £8 (inc. VAT) on each lot. VAT is not applicable on books and unframed maps.

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Lot 21

John Ruskin. The Stones of Venice, 3 volumes, first edition, half-titles, 53 plates, 5 coloured by hand, tissue guards, 16pp. catalogue at the end of volume one, dated October 1853, original cloth gilt, 8vo, London: Smith, Elder and Co., 1851-53. PROVENANCE: Ex-libris Patrick Reyntiens. *Condition Report Some spotting. **BP 22.5% (inc. VAT) + a lot fee of £8 (inc. VAT) on each lot. VAT is not applicable on books and unframed maps.

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Lot 5

John Ruskin. The Seven Lamps of Architecture, second edition, plates, original cloth, 8vo, London: Smith, Elder and Co. 1855; Lectures on Architecture and Painting, first edition, plates, original cloth, 8vo, London: Smith, Elder and Co., 1854; and 11 others by the same author, v.s. (13) PROVENANCE: Ex-Libris Patrick Reyntiens. *Condition Report (i) Spotted, ends of spine chipped with loss (ii) spotted (iii) remaining books of varying condition. **BP 22.5% (inc. VAT) + a lot fee of £8 (inc. VAT) on each lot. VAT is not applicable on books and unframed maps.

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Lot 258

"Sherlock Holmes versus Jack the Ripper" by Ellery Queen, Victor Gollancz Ltd, 1967, first edition. 

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Lot 259

"The James Bond Dossier" by Kingsley Amis, Jonathon Cape, 1965 first edition; "The Riverside Villa's Murder" by Kingsley Amis, Jonathon Cape, 1973 first edition; "The Green Man" by Kingsley Amis, Harcourt, Brace & World Inc, 1970 first American edition. 

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Lot 260

"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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Lot 262

"The Missing Diplomats" by Cyril Connolly, Queen Anne Press, 1952 first edition: "The Trial of Stephen Ward" by Ludovic Kennedy, Victor Gollancz Letd, 1964 first edition. 

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Lot 263

"Alembic" by Timothy d'Arch Smith, Dalkey Archive Press, 1962 first edition; "The First Masochist" by James Cleugh, Anthony Blond, 1967 first edition  

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Lot 264

"Maurice" by E M Forster, Edward Arnold, 1971 first edition; "A bottle int he Smok" by A N Wilson, Sinclair-Stevenson Ltd, 1990 first edition; "Shame" by Salman Rushdie, Jonathon Cape Ltd, 1983 first edition; "The Moors Last Sigh" by Salman Rushdie, Jonathon Cape Ltd, 1995 first edition.

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Lot 265

"Down Among the Meth's Men" by Gregory Fletcher, Hutchinson & Co Ltd, 1966 first edition; "The Answer to Life is No" by Anon, Rupert Hart-Davis, 1960 first edition. 

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Lot 266

"A Bibliography of The First Editions of Books by W B Yeats", compiled by A J A Symons, The First Edition Club, 1924 limited edition; "An Episode in the Life of the Queen of Sheba" by A J A Symons, privately printed Christmas 1929, limited edition of 150 for Albert Ehrman & A J A Symons with presentation card; "Emin" by A J A Symons, The Fleurion Ltd, 1928 limited edition No 165 of 300, printed by Oliver Simon and signed by him; "Emin" by A J A Symons, 1950 Flacon Press edition; "The Quest for Corvo" by A J A Symons, 1952 Folio Society edition; "An Anthology of Nineties Verse" edited by A J A Symons, Elkin Matthews & Marrot Ltd, 1928 first edition.

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Lot 268

"Hawksmoor" by Peter Akroyd, Hamish Hamilton, 1985 2nd edition, 3rd imp; "Bertie & The Tin Man" by Peter Lovesey, Mysterious Press, 1988 first American edition; "They See in Darkness" by Ethel Lina White, Crime Club, 1944 first edition; "Above the Dark Circus" by Hugh Walpole, MacMillan, 1931 first edition; "The Ability to Kill" by Eric Ambler, Bodley Head, 1963 first edition. 

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Lot 269

"Journey to the Frontier" by Peter Stansky & William Abrahams, Constable, 1966 first edition; "The Great War in England in 1897" by William L Queux, illustrated by Capt. Cyril Field and T S C Crowther, Tower Publishing Co Ltd, 1894 seventh edition.

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Lot 270

"Travels with my Aunt" by Graham Greene, Bodley Head 1969 first edition; "A Burnt Out Case" by Graham Greene, William Heinemann Ltd, 1961 first edition; "Loser Takes All" by Graham Greene, William Heinemann Ltd, 1955 first edition; William Heinemann Ltd, 1955 first edition; "The Comedians" by Graham Greene, Bodley Head, 1966 first edition.

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Lot 271

"A Sort of Life" by Graham Greene, Bodley Head, 1971 first edition; "Monsignor Quixote" by Graham Greene, Bodley Head, 1982 first edition; "Doctor Fischer of Geneva or The Bomb Party"  by Graham Greene, Bodley Head, 1980 first edition; "The Tenth Man" by Graham Greene, Bodley Head & Anthony Blond, 1985 first edition; "Ways of Escape" by Graham Greene, Bodley Head, 1980 first edition. 

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Lot 272

"The Magic of Aleister Crowley" by John Symonds, Frederick Muller Ltd, 1958 first edition; "The Great Beast" by John Symonds, Rider & Co, 1951 first edition, first impression. 

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Lot 273

"Beresford Egan" by Paul Allen, Scorpion Press 1966 first edition; "Laughing Torso - Reminiscences of Nina Hamnett", Constable & Co Ltd, 1932 first edition.

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Lot 275

"The Night Side of Paris" by Edmund B d'Auvergne, illustrated by Harry Morley, T Werner Laurie, c. 1910; "The Early Life & Vicissitudes of Jack Smithers", published by Martin Secker, 1939 first edition; "Noble Essences or Courteous Revelations" by Osbert Sitwell, Macmillan & Co Ltd, 1950 first edition; "A Walk from London to Fulham" by Thomas Crofton Croker, revised and edited by his son T F Dillan Croker, William Tegg, 1860 edition. 

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Lot 276

"A Study in Yellow" by Katherine Lyon Mix, University of Kansas Press, 1960 first edition, includes a letter from the author; "The Yellow Book - A Selection" compiled by Norman Denny, Spring Books, London.

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Lot 277

"Black Mischief" by Evelyn Waugh, Chapman & Hall Ltd, 1932 first edition, 2nd impression; "Men at Arms" by Evelyn Waugh, Chapman & Hall, 1952 first edition; "Put Out More Flags" by Evelyn Waugh, Chapman & Hall, 1942 first edition; "Mr Loveday's Little outing & Other Sad Stories" by Evelyn Waugh, Chapman & Hall, 1932 first edition. 

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Lot 278

"A Tourist In Africa" by Evelyn Waugh, Chapman & Hall, 1960 first edition; "When the Going was Good" by Evelyn Waugh, Duckworth, 1946 first edition; "A Little Learning" by Evelyn Waugh, Chapman & Hall, 1964 first edition.

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Lot 279

"Helena" by Evelyn Waugh, Chapman & Hall, 1950 first edition; "Unconditional Surrender" by Evelyn Waugh, Chapman & Hall, 1961 first edition; "Officers and Gentleman" by Evelyn Waugh, Chapman & Hall, 1955 first edition, second imp.; "The Ordeal of Gilbert Pinfold" by Evelyn Waugh, Chapman & Hall, 1957 first edition. 

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Lot 280

"Dead Fingers Talk" by William Burroughs, John Calder, 1963 first UK edition; "Advertisements for Myself" by Norman Mailer, Andre Deutsch, 1961 first edition. 

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Lot 281

"The Four Just Men" by Edgar Wallace, Hodder & Stoughton; "More Than Somewhat" by Damon Runyon edited by E C Bentley, Constable, 1939 reprinted edition; "The A E W Mason Omnibus - Inspector Hannaud's Investigations, Hodder & Stoughton Ltd, 1954 fifth imp; "The Adventures of John Johns" by Frederic Carrel, Sands & Co, 1904 seventh edition; "Detective Days" by Frederick Porter Wensley, Cassell & Co Ltd, 1931 first edition. 

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Lot 283

"Nothing More to Declare" by John Clellon Holmes, Andre Deutsch, 1968 first edition; "Protest" edited by Gene Feldman and Max Gartenberg, Souvenir Press, London, 1959 first edition. 

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Lot 288

"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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Lot 289

"Vanity of Duluoz" by Jack Kerouac, Andre Deutsch, 1969 first edition; "Visions of Gerard and Tristessa" by Jack Kerouac, Andre Deutsch, 1964 first edition; "Lonesome Traveller" by Jack Kerouac, Andre Deutsch, 1962 first edition.

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Lot 290

"Bohemia in London" by Arthur Ransome, illustrated by Fred Taylor, Chapman & Hall Ltd, 1907 first edition, in pictorial grey cloth boards - Staining to the spine, rubbing to the edge of the cover. There are some loose pages at the front of the book, the contents pages. There is some minor staining of pages towards the back of the book but generally good

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Lot 297

SEVENTEEN ASSORTED MUGS comprising a large three-handled mug, with transfer-printed Boer War decoration, 20.5cm high (two handles broken and repaired); a Wedgwood 1981 Royal Wedding mug, designed by Richard Guyatt, limited edition 461/1500, 11cm high; Royal Doulton Margaret Thatcher 'First Woman Prime Minister of the United Kingdom' twin-handled mug, 9.75cm high; Lord Nelson Pottery 1977 Silver Jubilee / Hydrographic Office Fleet Review at Spithead mug, 12.25cm high; and thirteen assorted others.

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Lot 355

[NATURAL HISTORY] Culpeper, Nicholas. The Complete Herbal; to which is now added, upwards of One Hundred Additional Herbs, with a display of their Medicinal and Occult Qualities physically applied to the Cure of All Disorders Incident to Mankind: to which are now first annexed the English Physician Enlarged, and Key to Physic..., new edition, Kelly, London, 1846, half leather, paper-protected engraved portrait frontispiece, twenty hand-coloured plate illustrations, quarto. Condition Report : Re-backed; upper compartment of spine simply repaired; rubbed and scuffed; frontispiece detached. 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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Lot 276

FIRST EDITION HARDBACK NOVELS - Brian Aldiss - 'The Male Response', Dennis Dobson 1961, Harold Beaver - 'Pardoner's Tale', Chatto & Windus 1966, Jack Cope - 'The Road to Ysterberg', Heinemann 1959, Raymond Williams - 'The Fight For Manod', Chatto & Windus 1979 together with Laurie Lee - 'Cider With Rosie' reprint January 1960 (5)Condition Report: Aldiss - book boards slightly curved, bumped top of spine, dustjacket has stain top of spine and into back cover, small tears and nicks in the cover edges, wear on edges, back grubbyBeaver - book very good, has Lalage's name on endpaper, dustjacket is browned on spine and edges otherwise very goodCope - book slghtly bumped top and bottom of spine, Lalage's name on endpaper, dustjacket small tears, nicks and wear to edges, faded spine and top of front, browned at the top and edge of backWilliams - book very good, dustjacket faded on spine otherwise very goodLee - not a first edition, book discoloured top and bottom of spine and top of front board, corners bumped, dustjacket has loss to top and bottom of spine, small loss top edge, surface scratches on spine, browned edges

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Lot 286

SHREWSBURY INTEREST - T. PHILLIPS - "THE HISTORY AND ANTIQUITIES OF SHREWSBURY: From its first Foundation to the present Time. containing, A recital of occurrences and remarkable EVENTS, for above Twelve Hundred Years. With an APPENDIX, Containing several Particulars relative to Castles, Monasteries, &c. in SHROPSHIRE", Printed and sold by T. Wood 1779 together with "A Guide through the Town of Shrewsbury, interspersed with brief notices of the more remarkable objects in the environs.....", published by John Davies 1836, "Some account of the Ancient and Present State of Shrewsbury" (Hugh Owen), printed by P. Sandford 1808, Henry Pidgeon - "An Historical and Illustrated Handbook for The Town Of Shrewsbury" second edition 1866, Henry Pidgeon - "Memorials of Shrewsbury ......", printed by John Eddowes 1837, Ven. Archdeacon Lloyd - "Notes on St. Mary's Church, Shrewsbury" 1900, Edward Edwards - "Parliamentary Elections of the Borough of Shrewsbury from 1283 to 1859", 1859 and John Hobbs - "Shrewsbury Street Names" 1954 (8)CONDITION rEPORT:Phillips - 19th century newspaper cuttings pasted to endpapers, spine replacedLeighton guide - foxing, owners name endpaperOwen Account - rebound, tippex on back of title pagePidgeon handbook - reboundPidgeon, Memorials - faded cover, foxing

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Lot 355

POETRY - TED HUGHES - 'THE HAWK IN THE RAIN', Faber & Faber 1957 first English edition, dustjacket A/F, Ian Serraillier - 'Beowulf The Warrior' illustrated by Severin, OUP 1954, 'Oxford Prize Poems, 3rd edition 1808, Jules Supervielle - 'The Shell & The Ear' with translations by Marjorie Boulton, Lotus Press, has an inscription "Lalage Bown with love and admiration from Marjorie Boulton", John Drinkwater - 'The Storm' A Play In One Act' (5)CONDITION rEPORT:Ted Hughes - dustjacket has loss top and bottom of spine, small losses and nicks to edges, faint foxing to initial pagesBeowulf - no dustjacket, marks to cover inside very good

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Lot 364

SIGNED COPY - AMABEL WILLIAMS -ELLIS - 'DARWIN'S MOON', published by Blackie 1966 signed "To my kind hostess: Lalage Bown, April 1969 from Amabel Williams-Ellis", together with a first edition of 'Zoo' by Louis Macneice, Michael Joseph 1938 and a limited edition of 'If It Die...' by Andre Gide, Secker & Warburg 1950, 906/1500 (3)

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Busby Auctioneers & Valuers
Lot 205

F A Stewart, 'Hark to Hounds', First Edition Published by Collins, London 1937 with Dust Cover

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Busby Auctioneers & Valuers
Lot 206

A small lot of hunting interest books to include Lord Willoughby De Broke, 'The Sport of Our Ancestors', (2nd ed. 1925, Constable, London) & Hunting The Fox (1920 Constable 2nd Ed.); Cuthbert Bradley, Good Sport seen with some Famous Packs 1885 to 1910, first edition, (Routledge 1912); William C. A. Blew 'The Quorn Hunt and its Masters' (1899, Nimmo London); Daphne Moore, The Book of the Foxhound (1964, J.A.Allen); Sir W. Beach Thomas, Hunting England (B. T. Batsford 1936); Hunting Lore Shocks for Fox and Field by Crascredo & The Wag (1928 Country Life); Strawson, On Drag-Hunting; David Brock, To Hunt The Fox (Seeley, London)

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Auctioneum - Bath & East Bristol Auctions
Lot 37

The Great Train Robbery - Ronnie Biggs: The Inside Story - Author's presentation first edition hardcover book, No. 13/20. Signed to the frontis by Ronnie Biggs (1929-2013) and author Mike Gray and Tel Currie. A personal photograph of Biggs with the book in hospital is laid-in to the inner cover. The Great Train Robbery was the robbery of £2.6 million from a Royal Mail train heading from Glasgow to London on the West Coast Main Line in the early hours of 8 August 1963, at Bridego Railway Bridge, Ledburn, near Mentmore in Buckinghamshire, England. After tampering with the lineside signals in order to bring the train to a halt, a gang of fifteen, led by Bruce Reynolds, attacked the train. Other gang members included Gordon Goody, Buster Edwards, Charlie Wilson, Roy James, John Daly, Danny Pembroke, Jimmy White, Ronnie Biggs, Tommy Wisbey, Jim Hussey, Bob Welch and Roger Cordrey, as well as three men known only as numbers "1", "2" and "3". A 16th man, an unnamed retired train driver, was also present. With careful planning based on inside information from an individual known as "The Ulsterman" (erroneously named as Patrick McKenna in 2014), the robbers escaped with over £2.6 million (equivalent to £53.5 million today). The bulk of the stolen money was never recovered. Though the gang did not use any firearms, Jack Mills, the train driver, was beaten over the head with a metal bar. Mills' injuries were severe enough to end his career. After the robbery, the gang hid at Leatherslade Farm and famously used the money in a game of Monopoly - unwittingly incriminating themselves whilst doing so as the Monopoly set was used to garner finger prints of the suspects and was instrumental in the Police arresting most of the gang. The ringleaders were sentenced to 30 years in jail.

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Auctioneum - Bath & East Bristol Auctions
Lot 43

The Great Train Robbery - Ronnie Biggs: The Inside Story - Author's presentation first edition hardcover book, No. 16/20. Signed and thumb printed to the frontis by Ronnie Biggs (1929-2013) also signed by author Mike Gray  The Great Train Robbery was the robbery of £2.6 million from a Royal Mail train heading from Glasgow to London on the West Coast Main Line in the early hours of 8 August 1963, at Bridego Railway Bridge, Ledburn, near Mentmore in Buckinghamshire, England. After tampering with the lineside signals in order to bring the train to a halt, a gang of fifteen, led by Bruce Reynolds, attacked the train. Other gang members included Gordon Goody, Buster Edwards, Charlie Wilson, Roy James, John Daly, Danny Pembroke, Jimmy White, Ronnie Biggs, Tommy Wisbey, Jim Hussey, Bob Welch and Roger Cordrey, as well as three men known only as numbers "1", "2" and "3". A 16th man, an unnamed retired train driver, was also present. With careful planning based on inside information from an individual known as "The Ulsterman" (erroneously named as Patrick McKenna in 2014), the robbers escaped with over £2.6 million (equivalent to £53.5 million today). The bulk of the stolen money was never recovered. Though the gang did not use any firearms, Jack Mills, the train driver, was beaten over the head with a metal bar. Mills' injuries were severe enough to end his career. After the robbery, the gang hid at Leatherslade Farm and famously used the money in a game of Monopoly - unwittingly incriminating themselves whilst doing so as the Monopoly set was used to garner finger prints of the suspects and was instrumental in the Police arresting most of the gang. The ringleaders were sentenced to 30 years in jail.

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Chaucer Auctions
Lot 127

Multi Signed Book Voodoo Warriors The Story of the Voodoo McDonnell Fast Jets by Group Captain Nigel Walpole O.B.E. B.A. R.A.F. 2007 First Edition Hardback Book Multi Signed by 14 including Group Captain Nigel Walpole O.B.E. B.A. R.A.F. Ben Benjo Welch John Sumners, Homer Hunt, (See images) should yield some fantastic Signatures with some research published by Pen and Sword Aviation (Pen and Sword Books Ltd). Good condition. All autographs come with a Certificate of Authenticity. We combine postage on multiple winning lots and can ship worldwide. UK postage from £5.99, EU from £7.99, Rest of World from £9.99

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Chaucer Auctions
Lot 296

Football Official Tottenham Hotspur Encyclopaedia Signed by Jimmy Greaves, Bobby Smith, Cliff Jones and Martin Chivers. First Edition Paperback Book Published in 2001. Good condition. All autographs come with a Certificate of Authenticity. We combine postage on multiple winning lots and can ship worldwide. UK postage from £5.99, EU from £7.99, Rest of World from £9.99

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Lot 80

Sir Bobby Charlton Signed Sir Bobby Charlton The Autobiography Hardback Book. Signed on Signature Piece on Title Page. First Edition. Good condition. All autographs come with a Certificate of Authenticity. We combine postage on multiple winning lots and can ship worldwide. UK postage from £5.99, EU from £7.99, Rest of World from £9.99

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