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[Atkinson (Hoffman)] Exercises in the Yokohama Dialect, "Twenty Second Thousandth", original wrappers, light creasing and soi

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Lot 46

[Atkinson (Hoffman)] Exercises in the Yokohama Dialect, "Twenty Second Thousandth", original wrappers, light creasing and soiling, Yokohama, 1879; and 4 others, comprising the 1953 reissue of the same 3 guide/handbooks for Japan at the turn of the century, 8vo & 12mo (5)⁂ A humorous guide to Yokohama Pidgin Japanese, a dialect that developed in the late 19th century for communication between Japanese and foreigners. Though the booklet claims to be a later, revised and enlarged printing it seems likely that this claim is spurious and that this is in fact the first edition.

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Blyton (Enid) The Mountain of Adventure, first edition, illustrations, very light scattered spotting, contemporary ink gift i

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Blyton (Enid) The Mountain of Adventure, first edition, illustrations, very light scattered spotting, contemporary ink gift inscription to front free endpaper, original pictorial cloth, dust-jacket, joints and spine ends very lightly rubbed or creased, but a remarkably crisp and excellent example overall, 8vo, 1949.⁂ A fantastically bright copy of Blyton's classic in the series, with fine cloth binding.

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Dulac (Edmund) Lyrics Pathetic & Humorous from A to Z, first edition, colour illustrations, original cloth-backed pictori

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Lot 55

Dulac (Edmund) Lyrics Pathetic & Humorous from A to Z, first edition, colour illustrations, original cloth-backed pictorial boards, corners slightly rubbed, 4to, London and New York, 1908.⁂ An excellent copy of this amusing children's alphabet.

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Dulac (Edmund).- Omar Khayyám. Rubaiyat, first English trade edition, 20 tipped-in colour plates by Edmund Dulac, captioned t

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Lot 56

Dulac (Edmund).- Omar Khayyám. Rubaiyat, first English trade edition, 20 tipped-in colour plates by Edmund Dulac, captioned tissue guards, upper hinge a little weak, original pictorial cream buckram, gilt, a little soiled and spine slightly browned, 4to, [1909].

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Hasegawa (Takejiro).- Princess Splendor. The Wood-cutter's Daughter, Japanese Fairy Tale Series, Extra No., translated by E.

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Hasegawa (Takejiro).- Princess Splendor. The Wood-cutter's Daughter, Japanese Fairy Tale Series, Extra No., translated by E. Rothesay Miller, first edition with the Kobunsha imprint, colour woodblock illustrations, light foxing, bound and stitched Japanese-style, light soiling to covers, spine a little creased and chipped, [Sharf p.63], small 8vo, Tokyo, Kobunsha, 1889.⁂ A scarce, unnumbered entry in the Fairy Tale series.

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Potter (Beatrix) The Tale of Tom Kitten, first edition, half-title, colour frontispiece, 26 colour illustrations, finger soil

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Lot 62

Potter (Beatrix) The Tale of Tom Kitten, first edition, half-title, colour frontispiece, 26 colour illustrations, finger soiling, retaining original endpapers, original green boards with mounted colour illustration, re-backed and re-cornered in matching green morocco, spine gilt, 1907; and 3 others by the same, 16mo (4)

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Wain (Louis).- Music in Pussytown, illustrated by Louis Wain, 4 whole-page colour and others, ink ownership inscription to p.

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Lot 64

Wain (Louis).- Music in Pussytown, illustrated by Louis Wain, 4 whole-page colour and others, ink ownership inscription to p. 1, some light finger soiling, original pictorial card wrappers, lacking back strip, extremities a little worn, [c.1918]; The Tale of Peter Pusskin, first edition, 14 colour plates and line illustrations by Louis Wain, original boards with mounted illustration, extremities very lightly bumped, [1920]; Louis Wain's Annual, printed in red and black, illustrations by Louis Wain, presentation ink inscription to front pastedown, some light marginal browning, original cloth-backed pictorial boards, light damp-staining at edges, corners and ends rubbed, lower panel with some light surface soiling, 1921, v.s. (3)

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Robinson (William Heath) The Adventures of Uncle Lubin, first edition, printed in red and black, illustrations by the author,

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Lot 68

Robinson (William Heath) The Adventures of Uncle Lubin, first edition, printed in red and black, illustrations by the author, a few with partial juvenile colouring in crayon, some marginal soiling, upper hinge weak, original pictorial cloth, marked and slightly cockled, 1902; and 2 others illustrated by Heath Robinson, 4to (3)

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Hasegawa (Takejiro).- Bostwick (Lieut. F. M.) Oyuchasan, "Banjo Accompaniment Arranged by Mr. Clifford Essex" slip tipped ont

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Hasegawa (Takejiro).- Bostwick (Lieut. F. M.) Oyuchasan, "Banjo Accompaniment Arranged by Mr. Clifford Essex" slip tipped onto p. 4, Essex & Cammeyer imprint slip pasted to upper cover, neatly and sympathetically re-stitched, light creasing and soiling, Tokyo, Kobunsha, 1890; Kohana San, second printing with 24pp., spotting, light creasing, Tokyo, Hasegawa, [c.1893], first editions, colour woodblock illustrations, bound and stitched Japanese-style, original wrappers, [Sharf p.68], small 4to (2)⁂ Both of these musical collaborations with Bostwick proved immensely popular. Oyuchasan (printed on plain paper and the last title to appear under the Kobunsha imprint) is rare in the first edition.

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Searle (Ronald) Slightly Foxed - but still desirable, first edition, signed by the author, colour illustrations, original blu

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Lot 70

Searle (Ronald) Slightly Foxed - but still desirable, first edition, signed by the author, colour illustrations, original blue morocco, 4to, Souvenir Press, 1989.⁂ One of an unspecified number of copies bound in the publisher's deluxe blue leather and signed by Searle on title verso. Searle's delightful take on book cataloguing terminology.

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Folio Society.- Botany.- Jacquin (Nikolaus von) Plants of the Americas, 2 vol., from an edition limited to 750 copies, 264 wh

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Lot 81

Folio Society.- Botany.- Jacquin (Nikolaus von) Plants of the Americas, 2 vol., from an edition limited to 750 copies, 264 whole-page colour illustrations, 2 folding colour plates tipped-in, commentary by Christopher Mills, plate vol. original morocco-backed pictorial cloth, gilt, text vol. original pictorial cloth, gilt, with 3 loose whole-page illustrations as issued, preserved in paper envelope, together housed in original cloth drop-back box, gilt, The Folio Society, 2016 § Singer (Jonathan M. Singer) Botanica Magnifica, photographic illustrations in colour, original cloth, dust-jacket, original presentation slip case, 2009, folio (2)⁂ The first facsimile of one of the great books of botanic art, produced from the copy held in the library at Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.

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Incised Effigial Slabs, F A Greenhill, two volumes, Faber & Faber Ltd, 1976 first edition, together with K E Styan, Histo

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Lot 270

Incised Effigial Slabs, F A Greenhill, two volumes, Faber & Faber Ltd, 1976 first edition, together with K E Styan, History of Sepulchral Cross-Slabs, Bemrose & Sons, 1902

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A History of British Carpets, C E C Tattersall, F Lewis, 1934 first edition, together with Dr Hermann Schmitz, The Encyclopae

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Lot 273

A History of British Carpets, C E C Tattersall, F Lewis, 1934 first edition, together with Dr Hermann Schmitz, The Encyclopaedia of Furniture, Ernest Benn Ltd, 1926, first edition

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Pictures by J R R Tolkien, edited by Christopher Tolkien, George Allen & Unwin, 1979 first edition, with original slipcas

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Lot 275

Pictures by J R R Tolkien, edited by Christopher Tolkien, George Allen & Unwin, 1979 first edition, with original slipcase

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The Book of Tobit, Walpole Press, 1945, limited edition no.239, together with Life and Other Punctures, by Eleanor Bron, Andr

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Lot 281

The Book of Tobit, Walpole Press, 1945, limited edition no.239, together with Life and Other Punctures, by Eleanor Bron, Andre Deutch 1978 first edition, Oxford Book of English verse, by A T Quiller-Couch, Clarendon Press, 1901, The Dark is Light Enough, by Christopher Fry, Oxford University Press, 1954 second impression, The Marriage of Heaven and Hell and a Song of Liberty, by William Blake, introduced by F Griffin Stokes, Florence Press, 1911, Cambridge Poets 1900-1913, chosen by Aelfrida Tillyard, W Heffer & Sons, 1913, and The Way Things Are, by Roger McGough, Viking, 1999, signed edition

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The Mouse's Hour, by M Fitzgerald, illustrated by K F Barker, Country Life, 1937 first edition, together with Black Beauty, b

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Lot 284

The Mouse's Hour, by M Fitzgerald, illustrated by K F Barker, Country Life, 1937 first edition, together with Black Beauty, by Anna Sewell, illustrated by K F Barker, A & C Black Ltd, 1936, The Gateway to Shakespeare, Nelson & Sons, c.1920's, and Gone to Earth, by Mary Webb, illustrated by Norman Hepple, Jonathan Cape, 1930 first illustrated edition

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The Sopwith A.B.C., motorcycle instruction manual and a brochure, together with F W Lanchester - The Life of an Engineer, by

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Lot 286

The Sopwith A.B.C., motorcycle instruction manual and a brochure, together with F W Lanchester - The Life of an Engineer, by P W Kingsford, 1960, first edition

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JOSEPHINE TEY. 'Miss Pym Disposes,' first edition, original cloth, lacking dj, Peter Davies, 1946; 'To Love and Be Wise,' fir

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Lot 102

JOSEPHINE TEY. 'Miss Pym Disposes,' first edition, original cloth, lacking dj, Peter Davies, 1946; 'To Love and Be Wise,' first edition, original cloth, unclipped dj, Peter Davies, 1950; 'The Singing Sands,' first edition, original cloth, lacking dj, cracking to joints, Peter Davies, London, 1952; With three other Tey's and a reprint 'The Singing Sands'. (7)Daughter of Time with stains and spotting throughout text block, discolouration to spine cloth, ink inscription to end page. To Love and be Wise stains and spotting to pastedowns and endpapers and text block edge graphite and ink annotations.the Man in the Queue tears and small losses to DJ at spine and edges, dirt on DJ, small holes on inner cloth edge spotting to text block edge, graphite inscription on end page. Extra images on David Lay website.

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THOMAS BEWICK. 'History of British Birds,' first edition, two vols, land and water birds, full black leather with gilt decora

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Lot 1024

THOMAS BEWICK. 'History of British Birds,' first edition, two vols, land and water birds, full black leather with gilt decorations to spine, some soiling at spotting throughout, ex libris of Sir Henry Thurston Holland, numerous wood engravings and vignettes, Sol. Hodgson, for Beilby & Bewick, 1797-1804. (2)

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RICHMAL CROMPTON. 'William,' first (cheap) edition, unclipped dj, original cloth, Newnes; With five other later prints from t

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Lot 103

RICHMAL CROMPTON. 'William,' first (cheap) edition, unclipped dj, original cloth, Newnes; With five other later prints from the 'William' series, four with dust jackets. (6)

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Lot 1034

Winston Grahame. 'Marnie,' signed and inscribed by author to his friend who helped with the psychological profile of its lead character, first American edition, unclipped dj, chipped and rubbed, Doubleday & Company, New York, 1961; 'The Tumbled House,' signed by author, first edition, unclipped dj although damage, original cloth,

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COOKING INTEREST. 'A collection of above Three Hundred Receipts in Cookery, Physick and Surgery; for the use of all Good Wive

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Lot 1035

COOKING INTEREST. 'A collection of above Three Hundred Receipts in Cookery, Physick and Surgery; for the use of all Good Wives, Tender Mothers, and Careful Nurses, To which is Added A Second Part, Containing a great Number of Excellent Receipts, for Preserving and Conserving of Sweet-Meats, &c,' by several hands, third edition, full leather with embossed boards, missing title page to first part, some tide marks, Richard Wilkin, London, 1728.

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A.A.Milne. 'The House at Pooh Corner,' first edition, original cloth, bumped corner, slight soiling to cloth, toning to the t

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Lot 1036

A.A.Milne. 'The House at Pooh Corner,' first edition, original cloth, bumped corner, slight soiling to cloth, toning to the text block, graphite owners signature to pastedown, Meuthen and Co, London, 1928; 'The Christopher Robin Birthday Book', first edition, original cloth, torn loose DJ, scarce graphite names written in the text block, Meuthen and Co, London, 1930; 'Winnie the pooh' sixth edition, 'When We Were Very Young' 30th edition. (4)

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Rev JOHN ADAMS. 'A View of Universal History, from the Creation to the Present Time. Including An Account of Celebrated Revol

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Lot 1037

Rev JOHN ADAMS. 'A View of Universal History, from the Creation to the Present Time. Including An Account of Celebrated Revolutions in France, Poland, Sweden, Geneva......,' first and only edition, three volumes, full leather with gilt decorations to spine, chipped and rubbed, ink stamp to title page, some spotting and toning throughout, C. Kearsley, London, 1795; (1750? - 1814) was a Scottish schoolmaster and educational writer. Although born in Aberdeen, he spent most of his professional life in or near London, supervising a successful academy in Putney where he published a large number of educational works. He was also for some time minister of the Scottish church in Hatton Garden.

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TED HUGHES. 'The Hawk in the Rain,' first edition, original cloth, unclipped dj, spotting to endpapers and edge of textblock,

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Lot 104

TED HUGHES. 'The Hawk in the Rain,' first edition, original cloth, unclipped dj, spotting to endpapers and edge of textblock, Faber and Faber, 1957; plus one other first edition, ex libris with ink stamps. (2)

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SUE TOWNSEND. 'The Secret Diary of Adrian Mole,' first edition reprinted three times, original cloth, unclipped dj, soiling t

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Lot 1041

SUE TOWNSEND. 'The Secret Diary of Adrian Mole,' first edition reprinted three times, original cloth, unclipped dj, soiling to the edge of text block and back of dj, Methuen, London, 1982; 'The Growing Pains of Adrian Mole,' first edition, original cloth, unclipped dj, slight toning to edges of leaves, Methuen, London, 1984; plus one other. (3) Dr Rob Senior arrived in West Cornwall from his native Yorkshire in the early 1960’s where he took up his vocation as a young GP and served the local community for 40 years.At the age of 12, Rob bought a book on Cacti. It was his first book, and established the twin passions of his life, books and plants. His library is a fabulous, eclectic collection of books, largely on plants and horticulture, but also nature and many other subjects, all brought together by a man with a curious and inquisitive mind.

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IAN FLEMING. 'The Spy Who Loved Me,' first edition, original cloth, unclipped dj, ex libris label, spotting to top edge of te

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Lot 1042

IAN FLEMING. 'The Spy Who Loved Me,' first edition, original cloth, unclipped dj, ex libris label, spotting to top edge of textblock, Jonathan Cape, London, 1962; 'On Her Majesty's Secret Service,' first edition, original cloth, unclipped dj, cut to endpaper, Jonathan Cape, London, 1963; 'The Man with the Golden Gun,' first edition, unclipped dj, tears to dj, library stamp to title page, Jonathan Cape, London, 1965; 'Diamonds are Forever,' third impression, unclipped dj, original cloth, Jonathan Cape, 1959; 'For Your Eyes Only,' third impression, unclipped dj, original cloth, Jonathan Cape, 1962; 'You Ony Live Twice,' third impression, unclipped dj, original cloth, Jonathan Cape, 1964; 'From Russia With Love,' original cloth, unclipped dj, The Book Club; 'The Diamond Smugglers,' second impression, clipped dj, original cloth, 1957; ROBERT MARKHAM. 'Colonel Sun,' first edition, unclipped dj, original cloth, Jonathan Cape, London, 1968; Plus two Fleming paperbacks. (11)

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SEAMUS HEANEY. 'Death of a Naturalist,' first edition, original cloth, unclipped dj, ex libris with stamps to free endpaper a

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Lot 105

SEAMUS HEANEY. 'Death of a Naturalist,' first edition, original cloth, unclipped dj, ex libris with stamps to free endpaper and publishers page, Faber and Faber, 1966

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J.R.R. TOLKIEN. 'Adventures of Tom Bombadil,' first edition, original cloth, unclipped dj, George Allen & Unwin, 1962.

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Lot 106

J.R.R. TOLKIEN. 'Adventures of Tom Bombadil,' first edition, original cloth, unclipped dj, George Allen & Unwin, 1962.

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CORNWALL Interest. 'A Glossary of Cornish Sea-Words,' by R. Morton Nance, first edition, original cloth, unclipped dj, fine,

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Lot 1061

CORNWALL Interest. 'A Glossary of Cornish Sea-Words,' by R. Morton Nance, first edition, original cloth, unclipped dj, fine, The Federation of Old Cornwall Societies, Marazion, 1963.

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CYRILL NOALL. 'Cornish Seines and Seiners - A History of the Pilchard Fishing Industry', first edition, unclipped dj, 1972; t

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Lot 1066

CYRILL NOALL. 'Cornish Seines and Seiners - A History of the Pilchard Fishing Industry', first edition, unclipped dj, 1972; together with five other books.

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JERRY DAN (Pseudonym). The Devil's Bullet and other short stories from Exmoor, first edition, signed, dj, Rare Books and Berr

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Lot 1069

JERRY DAN (Pseudonym). The Devil's Bullet and other short stories from Exmoor, first edition, signed, dj, Rare Books and Berry, 2008.

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POETRY INTEREST. 'Poems of Death,' first edition, chosen by Phoebe Pool, colour lithographs by Michael Ayrton, pictorial clot

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Lot 107

POETRY INTEREST. 'Poems of Death,' first edition, chosen by Phoebe Pool, colour lithographs by Michael Ayrton, pictorial cloth boards, Frederick Muller, London 1945; 'English Scottish and Welsh Landscape 1700-1860,' second impression, chosen by John Betjeman and Geoffrey Taylor, colour lithographs by John Piper, pictorial cloth boards, Frederick Muller, London, 1945; 'Poems of Sleep and Dream,' first edition, chosen by Carol Stewart, colour lithographs by Robert Colquhoun, unclipped dj, pictorial cloth boards, Frederick Muller, 1947; With three others in the 'New Excursions into English Poetry' series. (6)

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AFRICAN SCULPTURE INTEREST. Margaret Trowell, 'Classical African Sculpture', unclipped dj, Faber & Faber, 1954; Ladislas

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Lot 1075

AFRICAN SCULPTURE INTEREST. Margaret Trowell, 'Classical African Sculpture', unclipped dj, Faber & Faber, 1954; Ladislas Segy, 'African Sculpture', first edition, Dover Publications, 1958; and other books.

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T. S. ELIOT. 'Little Gidding,' first edition, card wraps, Faber and Faber, 1942; 'East Coker,' first edition, card wraps, hea

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Lot 109

T. S. ELIOT. 'Little Gidding,' first edition, card wraps, Faber and Faber, 1942; 'East Coker,' first edition, card wraps, heavily foxed, Faber and Faber, 1940; 'Burnt Norton,' first edition, card wraps, Faber and Faber, 1941; 'The Dry Salvages,' first edition, card wraps,some foxing, Faber and Faber, 1941; 'After Strange Gods,' first edition, original cloth, unclipped dj, Faber and Faber, 1934: 'Poetry and Drama,' first edition,original cloth, Faber and Faber, 1951; 'The Rock,' first edition, original boards, Faber and Faber, 1934; 'Sweeney Agonistes,' first edition, original cloth, unclipped dj, Faber and Faber, 1932; 'For Lancelot Andrewes: Essays on Style and Order,' first edition, original cloth, unclipped dj, Faber & Gwyer, 1928; With twelve other works of mostly later impressions including a 'Murder in the Cathedral,' published by Harcourt, Brace and Co, New York. (21)

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LOCAL INTEREST: Caroline Fox by Wilson Harris, signed by a member of the Fox family, dj, unclipped, first edition, Constable

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Lot 1092

LOCAL INTEREST: Caroline Fox by Wilson Harris, signed by a member of the Fox family, dj, unclipped, first edition, Constable London, 1944, together with two CC. Vyvyan books and three others.

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HUGH MacDIARMID. 'First Hymn To Lenin and Other Poems,' first edition, half blue leather, 13/450, frontis illustration, The U

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Lot 110

HUGH MacDIARMID. 'First Hymn To Lenin and Other Poems,' first edition, half blue leather, 13/450, frontis illustration, The Unicorn Press, 1931; 'A Kist of Whistles,' original cloth, unclipped dj, toning to leaves, William MacLean, Glasgow; 'Selected Poems,' first edition, Poetry Scotland Series, quarter cloth with card boards, William MacLean, Glasgow, 1944. (3)

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KAZUO ISHIGURO. 'An Artist of the Floating World.' first edition, original cloth, unclipped dj, vg, Faber and Faber, 1986.

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Lot 1107

KAZUO ISHIGURO. 'An Artist of the Floating World.' first edition, original cloth, unclipped dj, vg, Faber and Faber, 1986.

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W. H. AUDEN. 'Spain,' first edition, card wraps, owner signature, spotting, Faber and Faber, 1937; 'a tragedy in two acts: Th

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Lot 111

W. H. AUDEN. 'Spain,' first edition, card wraps, owner signature, spotting, Faber and Faber, 1937; 'a tragedy in two acts: The Ascent of F6,' with Christopher Isherwood, first edition, unclipped dj in a delicate state, original cloth, Faber and Faber, 1936; SIEGFRIED SASSOON. 'An Octave,' first edition, 178/350, card boards with authors monogram gilt embossed to front board, photo of author for frontis, Privately Printed, 8 Sept 1966; 'Rhymed Ruminations,' first Faber edition, unclipped dj with rears and chips, original cloth, Faber and Faber, 1940; KEITH HENDERSON. 'Letters to Helen: Impressions of an Artist on the Western Front,' colour plates with descriptive tissue guards, original boards, quarter cloth, Chatto & Windus, 1917; DYLAN THOMAS. ' Poems,' first edition, original cloth, lacking dj, ex libris with ink stamp to title page, The Fortune Press, 1934; With thirty three other works on poetry including Herber Read, Louis MacNeice, C. Day Lewis, more Sassoon and Auden, Richard Spender etc, many of which are first editions. (39)

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CORNWALL INTEREST. 'Bird Life in Cornwall,' by B. H. Reyes, with signed and inscribed letter by the author, first edition, cl

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Lot 1111

CORNWALL INTEREST. 'Bird Life in Cornwall,' by B. H. Reyes, with signed and inscribed letter by the author, first edition, clipped dj, some toning, Collins, London, 1948.

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'Banbury Chap Book,' pictorial boards, loss to spine cloth, original wood-cut blocks, Arthur Reader, London, 1890; ANNABELLA

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Lot 1112

'Banbury Chap Book,' pictorial boards, loss to spine cloth, original wood-cut blocks, Arthur Reader, London, 1890; ANNABELLA MARIA BROWNE. 'Live Dolls. A Tale for Children of All Ages,' original decorative cloth, frontis engraving, S. W. Partridge, London; ANDREW W. TUER. 'Pages and Pictures from Forgotten Children's Books,' first edition, original cloth, The Leadenhall Press, London, 1898-99. (3)

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JAMES JOYCE. 'Ulysses,' reprint, original cloth with embossed bow to front board, John Lane The Bodley Head, London, 1941; JE

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Lot 1114

JAMES JOYCE. 'Ulysses,' reprint, original cloth with embossed bow to front board, John Lane The Bodley Head, London, 1941; JEROME K. JEROME. 'Three Men in a Boat,' original cloth, spine panel missing, J. W. Arrowsmith, Bristol, 1889; SEBASTIAN FAULKS. 'Charlotte Gray,' signed by author, original cloth, unclipped dj, Hutchinson, 1998; VIRGINIA WOOLF. 'The Death of the Moth and Other Essays,' original cloth, frontis photograph, Readers Union, The Hogarth Press, London, 1943; SIEGFRIED SASSOON. 'Sherston's Progress,' first edition, original cloth, unclipped dj, Faber and Faber, 1936; GEORGE BERNARD SHAW. 'The Adventures of The Black Girl in Her Search for God,' first edition, original pictorial card, illustrations, Constable, 1932; With eighteen other literary works, some first editions including five Emile Zola's with uniform dj's by Elek. (24)

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NINA HAMNETT. 'Laughing Torso,' first edition, original cloth with decorative spine, Constable & Co, London, 1932; 'Is Sh

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Lot 1115

NINA HAMNETT. 'Laughing Torso,' first edition, original cloth with decorative spine, Constable & Co, London, 1932; 'Is She a Lady?' first edition, original cloth, some spotting, Allan Wingate, 1955; With on more 'Laughing Torso' first and a US first. (4)

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GABRIEL GARCIA MARQUEZ. 'Chronicle of a Death Foretold,' Uk first edition, original cloth, unclipped dj, Jonathan Cape, 1982;

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Lot 1116

GABRIEL GARCIA MARQUEZ. 'Chronicle of a Death Foretold,' Uk first edition, original cloth, unclipped dj, Jonathan Cape, 1982; 'Love in the Time of Cholera,' reprint, original cloth, clipped dj, Jonathan Cape,1989; 'News of a Kidnapping,' first English edition, original cloth, unclipped dj, Jonathan Cape, 1997; With nine other works by Garcia Marquez, all original cloths with dj's. (12)

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CYRIL NOALL. 'Beloved St. Ives,' No 1, Vol 1, original thin card wraps, two plates, W. & J. Jacobs, St Ives, 1958; 'The B

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Lot 1120

CYRIL NOALL. 'Beloved St. Ives,' No 1, Vol 1, original thin card wraps, two plates, W. & J. Jacobs, St Ives, 1958; 'The Book of St. Ives,' signed by author, second edition, original cloth, unclipped dj with some sun bleaching, Frank Rook, London, 1978; 'The Story of St Ives,' first edition, original thin card wraps, Tor Mark Press, 1970. (3)

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CORNWALL INTEREST. 'The Mermaid of Zennor and other Cornish Tales,' by Eileen Molony, first edition, original cloth, split to

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Lot 1121

CORNWALL INTEREST. 'The Mermaid of Zennor and other Cornish Tales,' by Eileen Molony, first edition, original cloth, split to lower spine, staining and bumped, Edmund Ward, Leicester, 1946; ANNE TRENEER. 'Cornish Years,' first edition, original cloth, unclipped dj, spotting to front and back leaves, Jonathan Cape, 1949; 'This World's Bliss,' pamphlet in original thin card wraps, Cornish Brothers Limited, Birmingham, 1942; With twenty other good books on Cornwall including Sven Berlin, A. L. Rowse, Hyman Segal, Arthur Quiller-Couch, etc. (23)

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WALTER CRANE. 'The Bases of Design,' first edition, original cloth with gilt decorations, some spotting, illustrations, Georg

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Lot 1144

WALTER CRANE. 'The Bases of Design,' first edition, original cloth with gilt decorations, some spotting, illustrations, George Bell and Sons, 1898.

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H. F. WITHERBY (and others). 'The Handbook of British Birds,' first edition, five volumes, original cloth, illustrated throug

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Lot 1151

H. F. WITHERBY (and others). 'The Handbook of British Birds,' first edition, five volumes, original cloth, illustrated throughout, H. F. & G. Witherby, London, 1938-1941. (5)

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THE NEW NATURALIST. 'Birds & Men,' by E. M. Nicholson, No7, first edition, unclipped dj, owners label and inscription to

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Lot 1158

THE NEW NATURALIST. 'Birds & Men,' by E. M. Nicholson, No7, first edition, unclipped dj, owners label and inscription to endpapers, some spotting and toning, Collins, 1951; 'Britains Structure and Scenery,' 1946, 'Butterflies,' 1945, 'Sea-Birds,' 1954, all firsts, lacking dj, rubbed with toning; 'The Broads,' 1965, 'Man & birds,' 1971, both first with dj's, rubbed; 'British Game,' reprint, lacking dj, 1946; 'Haunts of British Divers,' first edition, clipped dj, 1947. (8)

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J. K. ROWLING. 'Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone,' first edition, 12th impression, ISBN 0747532699, slight fading of

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Lot 1160

J. K. ROWLING. 'Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone,' first edition, 12th impression, ISBN 0747532699, slight fading of the spine dj, owner signature to endpapers, Bloomsbury, 1997; With six others in the series. (7)

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JOHN LE CARRE. 'The Russia House', signed, first edition, unclipped dj, Hodder and Stoughton,1989.

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Lot 1161

JOHN LE CARRE. 'The Russia House', signed, first edition, unclipped dj, Hodder and Stoughton,1989.

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J. R. R. TOLKIEN. 'The Silmarilion,' first edition, unclipped dj, bleaching to dj, previous owner label and inscription to en

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Lot 1163

J. R. R. TOLKIEN. 'The Silmarilion,' first edition, unclipped dj, bleaching to dj, previous owner label and inscription to endpaper, George Allen & Unwin, 1977; 'The Hobbit,' third edition, fourth impression, ex libris with associated stamps etc, loose binding, rubbed and bumped, toning, George Allen & Unwin, 1968; With nine other Tolkien works, of which eight are paperbacks. (11)

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D. M. THOMAS. 'The Shaft,' one of 400 signed and inscribed by author, card wraps, Arc, 1973; 'The Devil and the Floral Dance,

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Lot 1164

D. M. THOMAS. 'The Shaft,' one of 400 signed and inscribed by author, card wraps, Arc, 1973; 'The Devil and the Floral Dance,' first edition, pictorial card boards, fine, Robson Books, 1978; 'Symphony in Moscow,' screenprint by Geoff Machin, card wraps, , Keepsake Press, 1974; ANNA AKHMATOVA. 'Way of All the Earth,' translated by D. M. Thomas, clipped dj, fine, Seker & Warbug, London, 1979; PENELOPE SHUTTLE. 'The Orchard Upstairs,' signed and inscribed by author, card wraps, fine, Oxford Unversity Press, 1980; 'Jesusa,' card wraps, Granite Press, Falmouth; (6)

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POETRY INTEREST. 'Northern Numbers, Being Representative Selections from Certain Living Scottish Poets,' No 1, first edition,

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POETRY INTEREST. 'Northern Numbers, Being Representative Selections from Certain Living Scottish Poets,' No 1, first edition, original boards, vg to fine, T. N Foulis, Edinburgh, 1920; HUGH MACDIARMID. 'The Battle Continues,' first edition, unclipped dj, some sporadic spotting to endpapers, Castle Wynd Printers Ltd, Edinburgh, 1957; 'Cornish Heroic Song and once in a Cornish Garden,' first edition, original card wrap, Lodenek Press, Padstow, 1977; GEOFFREY GRIGSON. ' Under the Cliff and Other Poems,' first edition, original boards, Routledge, London, 1943; EDGELL RICKWORD. 'Love One Another: Seven Tales,' first edition, original cloth, The Mandrake Press, London, 1929; ANNE RIDLER. 'A Dream Observed and Other Poems,' Poetry Pamphlet no 2, card wraps; PATRIC DICKINSON. 'The Sailing Race and Other Poems,' first edition, presentation copy with short ALS to feow writer and BBC radio producer Joe Ackerley loosely inserted, unclipped dj, original cloth, Chatto and Windus, 1952; RONALD BOTTRALL. 'The Palisades of Fear,' original cloth, unclipped dj, Poetry London, 1949. (8)

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LES MURRAY. 'Conscious and Verbal,' signed and inscribed by author, first edition, card wraps, Carcanet, 1999; 'Translations

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LES MURRAY. 'Conscious and Verbal,' signed and inscribed by author, first edition, card wraps, Carcanet, 1999; 'Translations from the Natural World,' signed and inscribed by the author, first edition, card wraps, Carcanet, 1993; 'Fredy Neptune,' first edition in one volume, original cloth, unclipped dj, fine, Carcanet, 1998. (3)

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WARRINGTON HOGG. 'The Book of Old Sundials & Their Mottoes,' first edition, rare dj unclipped, original covers designed b

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WARRINGTON HOGG. 'The Book of Old Sundials & Their Mottoes,' first edition, rare dj unclipped, original covers designed by Jessie M. King, T. N. Foulis, Edinburgh, 1914; ARTHUR O. COOKE. 'A Book of Dovecotes,' original boards, illustrations pasted in, T. N. Foulis, 1920; With two other reprints by Foulis. (4)

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W. S. GRAHAM. 'Eleven Scottish Poets 1954,' early appearance of 'Nightfishing', card wraps, The Poet, Glasgow, 1954; 'Impleme

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Lot 1171

W. S. GRAHAM. 'Eleven Scottish Poets 1954,' early appearance of 'Nightfishing', card wraps, The Poet, Glasgow, 1954; 'Implements in Their Places,' first edition, card wraps, Faber & Faber, 1977; 'Malcolm Mooney's Land,' first edition, unclipped dj, Faber and Faber, 1970. (3)

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DYLAN THOMAS. 'The Doctor and the Devils,' first edition, unclipped dj, fine, J. M. Dent, London, 1955; 'Under Milk Wood,' fi

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DYLAN THOMAS. 'The Doctor and the Devils,' first edition, unclipped dj, fine, J. M. Dent, London, 1955; 'Under Milk Wood,' first Folio edition, lithographs by Ceri Richards, card slip, Folio Society, London, 1972; HENRY TREECE. 'Dylan Thomas: Dog Among The Fairies,' first edition, unclipped dj, original cloth, Lindsay Drummond, 1949. (3)

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DEREK MAHON. 'Night Crossing,' first edition, pictorial card wraps, fine with P. B. S. bulletin, Oxford Unversity Press, Lond

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DEREK MAHON. 'Night Crossing,' first edition, pictorial card wraps, fine with P. B. S. bulletin, Oxford Unversity Press, London, 1968; PAUL MULDOON. 'New Weather,' first edition, card wraps, Faber and Faber, 1973; RICHARD MURPHY. 'High Islands: New and Selected Poems,' signed and inscribed by author, first US edition, card wraps, Harper & Row, New York, 1968; 'Sailing to an Island,' first edition, unclipped dj, fine with P. B. S. bulletin, Faber and Faber, 1963; PADRAIG MAC MIADHACHAIN. 'Camomile Scars,' one of 650, pamphlet, South West Review. (5)

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JACK CLEMO. 'Cactus on Carmel,' first edition, unopened, fine, unclipped dj, Methuen, 1967; 'The Map of Clay,' first edition,

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Lot 1175

JACK CLEMO. 'Cactus on Carmel,' first edition, unopened, fine, unclipped dj, Methuen, 1967; 'The Map of Clay,' first edition, unclipped, vg to fine, light spotting, Methuen, 1961; 'The Echoing Tip,' signed by author, first edition, card wraps, Methuan, 1971; EVELINE CLEMO. ' Proved Thee at the Waters,' signed by Jack Clemo, card wraps, Moorley's Bible & Bookshop, Ilkeston. (4)

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