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JOSEPH CONRAD: 4 Titles: THE ARROW OF GOLD, London, T Fisher Unwin, 1919 first edition, original cloth gilt worn, TALES OF HE

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Lot 93

JOSEPH CONRAD: 4 Titles: THE ARROW OF GOLD, London, T Fisher Unwin, 1919 first edition, original cloth gilt worn, TALES OF HEARSAY, London, T Fisher Unwin, 1925 first edition, inscription on ffep, original cloth gilt, spine faded, SUSPENSE, London and Toronto, J M Dent, 1925 first edition, 4pp adverts at end, inscription on title page and ffep, original blind stamped cloth, LAST ESSAYS, London and Toronto, J M Dent, 1926 first edition, original cloth, spine dulled (4)

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CHARLES DICKENS: THE MYSTERY OF EDWIN DROOD, London, Chapman & Hall, 1870, first edition in book form, engraved vignette

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Lot 94

CHARLES DICKENS: THE MYSTERY OF EDWIN DROOD, London, Chapman & Hall, 1870, first edition in book form, engraved vignette title, port frontis and 11 plates as list, original decorative cloth gilt worn and soiled, rear inner joint totally split, contents loose

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WILHELM WARTMANN (ed): HONORE DAUMIER, translated Harry C Schnur, London, Nicholson & Watson, 1946 first edition, ex lib

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Lot 95

WILHELM WARTMANN (ed): HONORE DAUMIER, translated Harry C Schnur, London, Nicholson & Watson, 1946 first edition, ex lib folio lib cloth

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MEARY JAMES THURAIRAJH TANBIMUTTU (Ed): POETRY LONDON/APPLE MAGAZINE, London 1979, vol 1 numbers 1 and 2, first editions, num

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Lot 97

MEARY JAMES THURAIRAJH TANBIMUTTU (Ed): POETRY LONDON/APPLE MAGAZINE, London 1979, vol 1 numbers 1 and 2, first editions, number 2 with record in pocket at end, 4to original pictorial wraps plus THEATER OF ALL POSSIBILITIES, London, Editions Poetry London, 1980 first edition, 4to, original pictorial wraps, book plate of John Amfanwy Piper, plus PATRICK KAVANAGH: LOUGH DERG, London, Martin Brian & O'Keeffe, 1978 first edition, 4to, original cloth d/w, vgc plus EZRA POUND: CANTO C X, trans Pierre Alien [Paris] L'Herne, 1967 first edition in English and French, unopened, folio original wraps, plus DAVID RAIKES: THE POEMS OF DAVID RAIKES, intro Charles Wrinch, Eynsham Oxford, Fantasy Press 1954 first edition, signed and inscribed by Charles Wrinch, original cloth plus THOMAS HARDY: YULETIDE IN A YOUNGER WORLD, ill Albert Rutherton, London, Faber & Faber [1927] first edition, ariel poes number 1 original wraps plus JEFF NUTTALL: THE CASE OF ISABEL AND THE BLEEDING FOETUS, London, Turret Books 1967 (500) (400), original cloth d/w, plus IAIN HAMILTON: EMBARKATION FOR CYTHERA, intro Sir John Betjaman, London, Martin Brian & O'Keeffe, 1974 (50) signed and inscribed "One of the Few Remaining ....the Publishers Gave Me", original cloth d/w (9)

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DAVID ANDERSON: EDITH CAVELL AND OTHER POEMS, London, Longmans Green, 1918 first edition, inscribed "With the Author's Compli

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Lot 98

DAVID ANDERSON: EDITH CAVELL AND OTHER POEMS, London, Longmans Green, 1918 first edition, inscribed "With the Author's Compliments" on ffep, original cloth gilt, plus WILLIAM WATSON: THE ELOPING ANGELS A CAPRICE, London, Elkin Matthews and John Lane, 1893 (250), original buckram gilt, browned at edges, plus BENNET SHERARD: MELEAGRE IN COS, Bombay, Bombay Education Society Press 1903 first edition, original cloth gilt, two copies on COPAC held at The British Library and University of Oxford Library plus MORTIMER COLLINS: SELECTIONS FROM THE POETICAL WORKS...., Ed F Percy Collins, London, Richard Bentley, 1886 (500) numbered (213), original cloth gilt (4)

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JEAN-MARIE CARRE: LA VIE AVENTURESUSE DE JEAN ARTHUR RIMBAUD, Paris, Librairie Plon, 1926, folding map at end, leaves browned

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Lot 100

JEAN-MARIE CARRE: LA VIE AVENTURESUSE DE JEAN ARTHUR RIMBAUD, Paris, Librairie Plon, 1926, folding map at end, leaves browned, original pictorial wraps plus ANDRE ROLLAND DE RENEVILLE: RIMBAUD LE VOYANT, Paris, Sans Pariel, 1929 first edition, leaves browned, original wraps, plus ALAN ROLAND CHISHOLM: THE ART OF ARTHUR RIMBAUD, Melbourne University Press, 1930 first edition, original cloth d/w, plus JACQUES RIVIERE: RIMBAUD, Paris, Editions Era, 1930 (1800) numbered (931), original wraps plus BENJAMIN FONDANE: RIMBAUD LE VOYOU, Paris, Denoel Et Steele, 1933 first edition, original pictorial wraps, plus PAUL VERLAINE: RIMBAUD RACONT..., Paris, Mercure, 1934 first edition, leaves browned, original wraps, plus SIMON GODCHOT: ARTHUR RIMBAUD NE VARIETUR 1854-1871, Nice, Chez L'Auteur, 1936 (1000) numbered (857), original wraps plus CECIL ARTHUR HACKETT: RIMBAUD L'ENFANT, Paris, Jose Corti, 1948 first edition, original wraps, plus PIERRE PETITFILS: L'OEUVRE ET LE VISAG D'ARTHUR RIMBAUD, Paris, Nizet, 1949 first edition, leaves browned, original wraps plus HENRI MATARASSO & PIERRE PETITFILS: VIE D'ARTHUR RIMBAUD, preface Jean Cocteau, Paris, Hachette, 1962 first edition, original cloth d/w (10

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PAUL CHARLES PHILLIPPE ERIC DELUTRE 'PAUL D'IVOI': DICK FANN EN DER RADIUM-DIEVEN, ill Louis Bombled, Amsterdam, Ervin Martin

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Lot 102

PAUL CHARLES PHILLIPPE ERIC DELUTRE 'PAUL D'IVOI': DICK FANN EN DER RADIUM-DIEVEN, ill Louis Bombled, Amsterdam, Ervin Martin, G Cohen circa 1910, first Dutch edition, 8 plates, small part excised from front free end paper, original pictorial cloth, plus C F VAN DER HURST: HET BOEK DER HELDEN, ill Anton Pieck, Utrecht, W De Haan, circa 1930, 23 plates including 7 coloured, frontis loose, original wraps, (2)

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WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE: THE NORTON FACSIMILE THE FIRST FOLIO OF SHAKESPEARE, Ed Charlton Hinman, London, Paul Hamlyn, 1968 facsi

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Lot 104

WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE: THE NORTON FACSIMILE THE FIRST FOLIO OF SHAKESPEARE, Ed Charlton Hinman, London, Paul Hamlyn, 1968 facsimile edition, folio, original quarter red morocco buckram, top edges gilt, original red buckram slip case worn

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K F BARKER: CHAMPION, THE STORY OF A BULL-TERRIER, London, Country Life, 1936, first edition, 8 plates as list, inscription o

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K F BARKER: CHAMPION, THE STORY OF A BULL-TERRIER, London, Country Life, 1936, first edition, 8 plates as list, inscription on ffep, 4to, original cloth d/w (part losses)

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JOSEPH CLAYTON CLARK "KYD" (illustrated): SOME WELL-KNOWN CHARACTERS FROM THE WORKS OF CHARLES DICKINS, London, Hildesheimer

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Lot 113

JOSEPH CLAYTON CLARK "KYD" (illustrated): SOME WELL-KNOWN CHARACTERS FROM THE WORKS OF CHARLES DICKINS, London, Hildesheimer & Faulkner, New York, George C Whitney [1892], first edition, 16 chromolitho plates as called for, 4to, original pictorial cloth gilt soiled, gutea percha perished, contents loose but not chipped

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ALGERNON CHARLES SWINBURNE: NOTE OF AN ENGLISH REPUBLICAN ON THE MUSCOVITE CRUSADE, London, Chatto & Windus, 1876 first e

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Lot 114

ALGERNON CHARLES SWINBURNE: NOTE OF AN ENGLISH REPUBLICAN ON THE MUSCOVITE CRUSADE, London, Chatto & Windus, 1876 first edition, original wraps, vgc

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UPTON SINCLAIR: PRINCE HAGAN, [San Francisco], The Valencia Theatre Co, 1909 first edition, primarily printed original brown

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Lot 115

UPTON SINCLAIR: PRINCE HAGAN, [San Francisco], The Valencia Theatre Co, 1909 first edition, primarily printed original brown wraps, some chipping at yapp edges

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WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE: THE ILLUSTRATED POCKET SHAKESPEARE COMPLETE WITH GLOSSARY, ed J Talfourd Blair, Glasgow, David Bryce [18

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Lot 117

WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE: THE ILLUSTRATED POCKET SHAKESPEARE COMPLETE WITH GLOSSARY, ed J Talfourd Blair, Glasgow, David Bryce [1886], first edition, 8 vols, micro miniatures 90 x 65 mm, original limp blue leather gilt, all edges gilt, very minor wear at head and foot of spines, original folding book box with minor wear

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LOUEY CHISHOLM: THE ENCHANTED LAND ..., ill Katherine Cameron, London & Edinburgh, T C & E C Jack, 1906 first edition

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Lot 12

LOUEY CHISHOLM: THE ENCHANTED LAND ..., ill Katherine Cameron, London & Edinburgh, T C & E C Jack, 1906 first edition, 30 coloured plates as called for, original cloth gilt worn, spine faded with part loss of cloth at head, top edges gilt plus ANNA SEWELL: BLACK BEAUTY, ill Cecil Aldin, London Jarrolds [1930], 18 coloured plates as list, 4to original pictorial cloth gilt, spine faded plus SIR JAMES MATTHEW BARRIE: PETER PAN IN KENSINGTON GARDENS, ill A Rackham, London, Hodder & Stoughton, circa 1910, 24 coloured plates as list, 2 plates loose, original pictorial cloth gilt, plus WALTER CRANE: THE BABY'S BOUQUET, London and New York, Georgia Routledge, circa 1888, second edition revised, oblong original cloth back decorative boards plus ANDREW LANG: 2 titles: THE GREEN FAIRY BOOK, London, Longmans Green, 1893, second edition, original pictorial cloth gilt worn, THE PINK FAIRY BOOK, London, Longmans Green, 1897, first edition, original pictorial cloth gilt worn, spine toned, inner joints weak, plus RUDYARD KIPLING: JUST SO STORIES, London, McMillan, 1902, first edition, contemporary inscription on front free end paper, original pictorial cloth worn, inner joints weak (7)

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JANE AUSTEN: PRIDE AND PREJUDICE, ill Hugh Thomson, London, George Allen, 1894 first edition "Peacock" edition, tissue guard

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Lot 122

JANE AUSTEN: PRIDE AND PREJUDICE, ill Hugh Thomson, London, George Allen, 1894 first edition "Peacock" edition, tissue guard to frontis with small part loss, contemporary inscription on half title, original pictorial cloth gilt a little worn at edges boards, rear inner joint weak

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GEORGE GORDON LORD BYRON: 3 Titles: THE WORKS, London for John Murray, 1815 first edition, vol 1 (of 4 only), containing Chil

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Lot 124

GEORGE GORDON LORD BYRON: 3 Titles: THE WORKS, London for John Murray, 1815 first edition, vol 1 (of 4 only), containing Childe Harrold's pilgrimage, conto I-IV, hebrew melodies, old half dark blue morocco, CHILDE HARROLD'S PILGRIMAGES, London, John Murray, 1837 added engraved vignette title (browning), albumen port frontis, 6pp adverts at end dated Jan 1837, 16mo, contemporary decorative velum gilt, all edges gilt, DEDICATION TO DON JUAN, London, Effingham Wilson, 1833 first edition, original wraps, 2 copies on COPAC held at The British Library and Eton College Library (3)

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SIR WALTER SCOTT: TALES OF A GRANDFATHER BEING STORIES TAKEN FROM SCOTTISH HISTORY.. THIRD SERIES, Edinburgh for Cadell &

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Lot 125

SIR WALTER SCOTT: TALES OF A GRANDFATHER BEING STORIES TAKEN FROM SCOTTISH HISTORY.. THIRD SERIES, Edinburgh for Cadell & Co, London, Simkin & Marshall, Dublin, John Cumming, 1830 first edition, 3 vols, added engraved vignette titles and frontis pieces, vols 1 and 2 2pp adverts at front, vol 3 6pp adverts at end, 12mo,original quarter roan, spines gilt lettered and numbered (3)

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ALFRED LORD TENNYSON: ENID, ill Gustave Dore, London, Edward Moxon, 1868, first edition, 9 engraved plates as list, fo, origi

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Lot 126

ALFRED LORD TENNYSON: ENID, ill Gustave Dore, London, Edward Moxon, 1868, first edition, 9 engraved plates as list, fo, original cloth gilt worn, inner joints weak plus MYLES BIRKET FOSTER: BIRKET FOSTER'S PICTURES OF ENGLISH LANDSCAPE, London, George Routledge [1881], India proof edition, (1000), numbered (63), 30 plates as list, mo, original decorative velum gilt soiled (2)

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[EDWARD BULWER LYTTON, BARON LYTTON]: THE LAST DAYS OF POMPEII, London, Richard Bentley, 1834, first edition, 3 vols, lacks e

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Lot 128

[EDWARD BULWER LYTTON, BARON LYTTON]: THE LAST DAYS OF POMPEII, London, Richard Bentley, 1834, first edition, 3 vols, lacks errata slips, contemporary half calf, marble boards worn, morocco gilt, spine labels (3)

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KAT GREENAWAY: UNDER THE WINDOW, London, George Routledge [1878], first edition, contemporary inscription on half title, orig

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Lot 13

KAT GREENAWAY: UNDER THE WINDOW, London, George Routledge [1878], first edition, contemporary inscription on half title, original dark blue cloth backed glazed pictorial boards, all edges stained light red, white end papers, scarce variant of schuster 1d and 1g

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THOMAS CLARKSON: MEMOIRS OF THE PRIVATE AND PUBLIC LIFE OF WILLIAM PENN, London for Longman Hurst Rees Orme & Brown, 1813

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Lot 130

THOMAS CLARKSON: MEMOIRS OF THE PRIVATE AND PUBLIC LIFE OF WILLIAM PENN, London for Longman Hurst Rees Orme & Brown, 1813 first edition, 2 vols, contemporary drab boards v worn, disbound, Library of York preparative meeting of friends labels on front paste downs (2)

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ALFRED LORD TENNYSON: 3 Titles: ODE ON THE DEATH OF THE DUKE OF WELLINGTON, London, Edward Moxon, 1853 new edition, unopened,

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Lot 131

ALFRED LORD TENNYSON: 3 Titles: ODE ON THE DEATH OF THE DUKE OF WELLINGTON, London, Edward Moxon, 1853 new edition, unopened, original blue wraps, A WELCOME, London, Edward Moxon, 1863 first edition, first issue, original wraps and THE SILENT VOICES, London, McMillian 1892 first edition, original wraps (3)

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GEORGE BARNETT SMITH [ED]: ILLUSTRATED BRITISH BALLADS OLD AND NEW, London, Cassell Petter Galpin, 1881-82, first edition, 2

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Lot 134

GEORGE BARNETT SMITH [ED]: ILLUSTRATED BRITISH BALLADS OLD AND NEW, London, Cassell Petter Galpin, 1881-82, first edition, 2 vols in 1, engraved frontis pieces, 4to, later cloth

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JOHN MILTON: THE POETIC WORKS OF JOHN MILTON, ill William Hyde, London, The Astolate Press, 1904 first edition, 15 plates as

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Lot 139

JOHN MILTON: THE POETIC WORKS OF JOHN MILTON, ill William Hyde, London, The Astolate Press, 1904 first edition, 15 plates as list comprising 6 etched, 7 mezzotint and 2 engraved, large 4to, original cloth gilt, top edges gilt

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HAMPDEN GORDON: RHYMES OF THE RED TRIANGLE, ill Joyce Dennys, London, John Lane [1918], first edition, 4to, original cloth ba

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Lot 14

HAMPDEN GORDON: RHYMES OF THE RED TRIANGLE, ill Joyce Dennys, London, John Lane [1918], first edition, 4to, original cloth backed pictorial boards, vgc plus HENRY BURSILL: A SECOND SERIES OF HAND SHADOWS TO BE THROWN UPON THE WALL..., London, Griffiths & Farran, 1860, second edition, hand coloured frontis and 17 plates as list, 4to, original pictorial paper covered boards worn plus THOMAS HOOD: THE HEADLONG CAREER AND WOFUL ENDING OF PRECOCIOUS PIGGY, ill Tom Hood [ed Mrs F F Broderip], London, Griffith & Farran, 1864, fourth edition, lacks blanks, 4to, original cloth backed pictorial boards worn and soiled, inner joints totally split, contents loose, (3)

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SAINT-JOHN PERSE: 5 Titles: ELOGES, Paris, Gallimard, 1925 first edition, 4to, later cloth, original wraps bound in, EXIL SUI

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Lot 140

SAINT-JOHN PERSE: 5 Titles: ELOGES, Paris, Gallimard, 1925 first edition, 4to, later cloth, original wraps bound in, EXIL SUIVI DE POEME A L'ETRANGERIE, Paris, Gallimard, 1945, (2500) numbered (759), some browning to leaves, 4to original wraps, EXILE AND OTHER POEMS, trans Denis Devlin, New York, Bollingen Foundation, 1949 first edition, signed and inscribed by author on second blank, 4to, original cloth d/w (small part losses), POESIE ALLOCUTION AU BANQUET NOBEL DU 10 DECEMBRE 1960, Paris, Gallimard, 1961 (155) on pur fil la fuma-navarre numbered (72), unopened, mimeographed advanced copy of the text loosely inserted, 4to, original wraps, vgc, POUR DANTE, Paris, Gallimard, 1965 (115) numbered (98) on velin, 4to, original wraps, vgc (5)

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H CUMBERLAND BENTLEY: THE LEGEND OF THE BLACK LOCH, ill Wycliffe Taylor, London, Forest [1890], first edition, 18 sepia litho

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Lot 142

H CUMBERLAND BENTLEY: THE LEGEND OF THE BLACK LOCH, ill Wycliffe Taylor, London, Forest [1890], first edition, 18 sepia litho ills, oblong folio, original cloth back pictorial boards worn and soiled, plus GEORGE REID: THE RIVER TWEED FROM ITS SOURCE TO THE SEA, Edinburgh 1884 first edition, 16 plates as called for but lacking title page, folio, orignal boards worn, (2)

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CLAUDE BLAIR (Ed) THE CROWN JEWELS THE HISTORY OF THE CORONATION REGALIA IN THE JEWEL HOUSE OF THE TOWER OF LONDON, London, T

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Lot 143

CLAUDE BLAIR (Ed) THE CROWN JEWELS THE HISTORY OF THE CORONATION REGALIA IN THE JEWEL HOUSE OF THE TOWER OF LONDON, London, The Stationery Office, 1998 first edition, vol 1 (of 2), 4to, original red leather backed cloth, gilt, all edges gilt

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NICHOLAS GOODISON: ENGLISH BAROMETERS 1680-1860..., Woodbridge Antique Collectors Club, 1977, 4to, original cloth gilt d/w, (

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Lot 146

NICHOLAS GOODISON: ENGLISH BAROMETERS 1680-1860..., Woodbridge Antique Collectors Club, 1977, 4to, original cloth gilt d/w, (price clipped) plus W E KNOWLES MIDDLETON: THE HISTORY OF THE BAROMETER, Trowbridge 1994, original cloth d/w, plus PHILIP R COLLINS: 2 Titles: CARE AND RESTORATION OF BAROMETERS, Trowbridge 1993 reprint, original pictorial wraps, ANEROID BAROMETERS AND THEIR RESTORATION, Trowbridge Baros Books, 1998 first edition, original cloth d/w plus NEGRETTI AND ZAMBRA: A TREATISE ON METEOROLOGICAL INSTRUMENTS..., Trowbridge Baros Books, 1995 reprint, original pictorial wraps plus DEREK ROBERTS: CLOCKS AND BAROMETERS, Tenterden, Kent, Miller's, 2001, original pictorial laminated boards d/w, (6)

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YVONNE HACKENBROCH: ENGLISH AND OTHER NEEDLEWORK TAPESTRIES AND TEXTILES IN THE IRWIN UNTERMYER COLLECTION, Cambridge, Massac

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Lot 148

YVONNE HACKENBROCH: ENGLISH AND OTHER NEEDLEWORK TAPESTRIES AND TEXTILES IN THE IRWIN UNTERMYER COLLECTION, Cambridge, Massachusetts, Harvard University Press for The Metropolitan Museum of Art, 1960 first edition, 4to, original cloth back decorative boards

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GRANT RICHARDSON FRANCIS: OLD ENGLISH DRINKING GLASSES THEIR CHRONOLOGY AND SEQUENCE, London, Herbert Jenkins, 1926 first edi

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Lot 149

GRANT RICHARDSON FRANCIS: OLD ENGLISH DRINKING GLASSES THEIR CHRONOLOGY AND SEQUENCE, London, Herbert Jenkins, 1926 first edition, original green cloth gilt, top edges gilt, d/w (part losses)

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[ROBERT EDGAR]: UNCLE BUNCLE'S VISIT TO LITTLE JOHNNY GREEN, (cover title), London, Dean 7 Co, circa 1845, first edition, 6 f

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[ROBERT EDGAR]: UNCLE BUNCLE'S VISIT TO LITTLE JOHNNY GREEN, (cover title), London, Dean 7 Co, circa 1845, first edition, 6 full page hand coloured ills, original pictorial blue paper wraps detached, scarce, one copy on COPAC held at the Victoria & Albert Museum Library plus ANON: GRANDPAPA EASY'S COCK ROBIN ALIVE AND WELL AGAIN (cover title), London, Dean & Co, circa 1850, first edition, 6 hand coloured text ills, original pictorial blue paper wraps, scarce, one copy on COPAC held at The British Library (2)

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PETER RAYNER BANHAM: 6 Titles: LOS ANGELES THE ARCHITECTURE OF FOUR ECOLOGIES, London, Allen Lane, 1971 first edition, signed

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Lot 151

PETER RAYNER BANHAM: 6 Titles: LOS ANGELES THE ARCHITECTURE OF FOUR ECOLOGIES, London, Allen Lane, 1971 first edition, signed and inscribed, original cloth d/w, book plate of Paul Banham together with two soft back editions, DESIGN BY CHOICE, Ed Penny Sparke, London, Academy edition 1981 first edition, 4to, original pictorial laminated wraps, book plate of Paul Banham, A CONCRETE ATLANTIS, Cambridge, Massechusetts Institute of Technology 1986 first edition, signed and inscribed, original cloth d/w, book plate of Paul Banham, SCENES IN AMERICA DESERTA, London, Thames and Hudson [1984] first edition, original cloth back boards, book plate of Paul Banham, A CRITIC WRITES ESSAYS BY RAYNER BANHAM, Ed Mary Banham and Others, Berkeley & Los Angeles, University of California Press, 1996, first edition, signed and inscribed by Mary Banham on ffep, original cloth d/w, THE BANHAM LECTURES, ESSAYS ON DESIGNING THE FUTURE, Eds Jeremy Aynsley and Harriet Atkinson, foreword Mary Banham, New York Burg, 2009 first edition, original cloth d/w plus NIGEL WHITELEY: RAYNER BANHAM HISTORIAN OF THE IMMEDIATE FUTURE, Massechusetts Institute of Technology, 2002 first edition, original cloth d/w, book plate of Paul Banham (9)

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DOUGLAS PERCY BLISS: EDWARD BAWDEN, Toronto, The Pendomer Press, [1979] first edition, 4to, original cloth d/w plus MEL GOODI

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Lot 152

DOUGLAS PERCY BLISS: EDWARD BAWDEN, Toronto, The Pendomer Press, [1979] first edition, 4to, original cloth d/w plus MEL GOODING: CERI RICHARDS, Moffat Dumfriesshire, Cameron & Hollis, 2002 first edition, 4to, original cloth d/w plus ROBERTO TASSI: GRAHAM SUTHERLAND COMPLETE GRAPHIC WORK, London, Thames & Hudson, 1978 first edition, 4to, original pictorial cloth, ex-lib (3)

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GEORGE CRUIKSHANK: 2 Titles: ILLUSTRATIONS OF TIME, London, published by the artist, 1827, first edition, etched title, 6 han

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Lot 153

GEORGE CRUIKSHANK: 2 Titles: ILLUSTRATIONS OF TIME, London, published by the artist, 1827, first edition, etched title, 6 hand coloured etched plates with 35 ills, original pink wraps bound in with SCRAPS AND SKETCHES, London, published by the artist, 1828, first edition, 6 hand coloured etched plates with 38 illustrations, original pink wraps, oblong folio, half morocco gilt, lacks back strip and boards detached, book plate of George Albert Zabriskie (1868-1954)

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JOHN WODDERSPOON: JOHN CROME AND HIS WORKS WITH LISTS OF HIS PICTURES EXHIBITED IN NORWICH FROM THE YEAR 1805 TO 1821 INCLUSI

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Lot 155

JOHN WODDERSPOON: JOHN CROME AND HIS WORKS WITH LISTS OF HIS PICTURES EXHIBITED IN NORWICH FROM THE YEAR 1805 TO 1821 INCLUSIVE SOME ACCOUNT OF THE NORWICH SOCIETY OF ARTISTS SHORT NOTICES OF PAINTERS THE LOCAL CONTEMPORIES OF CROME ETC ETC, [ed Richard Noverre Bacon], Norwich, printed for private circulation at the 'Norwich Mercury' printing works 1876, second edition with additions and portrait extracted from the 'Norwich Mercury' of Nov 10th, 17th, 20th and Dec 1st 1858, albumen port frontis, 19 autotype etched plates on 9 leaves, original wraps (worn in a chipped), bound in at end, the original top wrap signed and inscribed by Editor, fo 20th Century cloth, spine gilt lettered, very scarce, plus DEREK AND TIMOTHY CLIFFORD: JOHN CROME, London, Fabre & Fabre, 1968, first edition, original cloth, d/w, vgc plus DAVID COX: DRAWINGS OF DAVID COX, London, George Newnes [1906], 4to, original cloth back boards (3)

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ALVIN LANGDON COBURN: MORE MEN OF MARK, London, Duckworth, [1922], first edition, 33 photograph plates as called for, 4to, or

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Lot 156

ALVIN LANGDON COBURN: MORE MEN OF MARK, London, Duckworth, [1922], first edition, 33 photograph plates as called for, 4to, original cloth backed boards

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PATRICK WALDBERG: MARINO MARINI COMPLETE WORKS, introduction Herbert Read, New York, Tudor Publishing, 1970 first edition, la

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Lot 159

PATRICK WALDBERG: MARINO MARINI COMPLETE WORKS, introduction Herbert Read, New York, Tudor Publishing, 1970 first edition, large 4to, original cloth

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WILHELM BUSCH: A BUSHEL OF MERRY-THOUGHTS, ill Harry Rogers, London, Sampson Low & Marston, 1868 first edition, four part

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WILHELM BUSCH: A BUSHEL OF MERRY-THOUGHTS, ill Harry Rogers, London, Sampson Low & Marston, 1868 first edition, four parts in one, oblong original cloth, large pictorial paper label rubbed

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JOHN SINGER SARGENT: THE WORK OF JOHN S SARGENT RA, intro Alice Christiana Muinell, London, William Heinemann, 1903 first edi

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Lot 163

JOHN SINGER SARGENT: THE WORK OF JOHN S SARGENT RA, intro Alice Christiana Muinell, London, William Heinemann, 1903 first edition, 62 plates as called for, folio, original cloth gilt, top edges gilt, slip case

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NORMAN PARKINSON: SISTERS UNDER THE SKIN, London, Quartet Books, 1978 first edition, 4to, original cloth d/w plus JEAN CLEMME

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Lot 164

NORMAN PARKINSON: SISTERS UNDER THE SKIN, London, Quartet Books, 1978 first edition, 4to, original cloth d/w plus JEAN CLEMMER (PHOTOGRAPHS): CANNED CANDIES THE EXOTIC WOMEN AND CLOTHES OF PACO RABANNE, London, Charles Skilton, 1969 first edition, fo original cloth gilt d/w, (price clipped) plus JORGE LEWINSKI: THE NAKED AND THE NUDE A HISTORY OF NUDE PHOTOGRAPHY, London, Weidenfeld & Nicholson, 1987 first edition, original cloth d/w, plus RANKIN: RANKIN WORKS, Ed Liz Farrelly, London, Booth-Clibborn, 2000 first edition, 4to, original cloth d/w (4)

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WALTER AMSTUTZ (Ed): WHO'S WHO IN GRAPHIC ART, Zurich, Amstutz & Herdeg Graphis Press/Dubendors, Switzerland D E Clivo Pr

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Lot 165

WALTER AMSTUTZ (Ed): WHO'S WHO IN GRAPHIC ART, Zurich, Amstutz & Herdeg Graphis Press/Dubendors, Switzerland D E Clivo Press, 1962-82 first edition, 2 vols, 4to, original cloth, vol 2 top edges gilt d/w (2)

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JEREMY GREENWOOD (Ed): THE WOOD-ENGRAVINGS OF PAUL NASH, Woodbridge, The Wodlea Press, 1997 (490) first trade edition, folio,

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Lot 167

JEREMY GREENWOOD (Ed): THE WOOD-ENGRAVINGS OF PAUL NASH, Woodbridge, The Wodlea Press, 1997 (490) first trade edition, folio, original cloth back decorative patterned boards, slip case, vgc

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WIDAR HALEN: CHRISTOPHER DRESSER, Oxford, Phadion, 1990 first edition, 4to, original cloth d/w, vgc

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Lot 169

WIDAR HALEN: CHRISTOPHER DRESSER, Oxford, Phadion, 1990 first edition, 4to, original cloth d/w, vgc

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DEREK HUDSON: LEWIS CARROLL AN ILLUSTRATED BIOGRAPHY, London, Constable, 1976 new illustrated edition, original cloth d/w, pl

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Lot 170

DEREK HUDSON: LEWIS CARROLL AN ILLUSTRATED BIOGRAPHY, London, Constable, 1976 new illustrated edition, original cloth d/w, plus JOHN PUDNEY: LEWIS CARROLL AND HIS WORLD, London, Thames & Hudson, 1976 first edition, original cloth d/w plus COLIN GORDON: BEYOND THE LOOKING GLASS REFLECTIONS OF ALICE AND HER FAMILY, San Diego, Harcourt Brace, 1982, original cloth d/w (3)

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ELIZABETH COBBOLD NEE KNIPE: SIX NARRATIVE POEMS BY ELIZA KNIPE THE VIZIR, THE VILLAGE WAKE, THE RETURN FROM THE CRUSADE, THE

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Lot 171

ELIZABETH COBBOLD NEE KNIPE: SIX NARRATIVE POEMS BY ELIZA KNIPE THE VIZIR, THE VILLAGE WAKE, THE RETURN FROM THE CRUSADE, THE PRUSSIAN OFFICER, ATOMBOKA AND OMAZA, HUMANITY, London, 1787 first edition, printed for the author, dedication to Sir Joshua Reynolds, subscribers list, half title, 4to, contemporary calf back marble boards worn, scarse

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LAURENCE WHISTLER: OHO, ill Rex Whistler, London, John Lane, 1946 first edition, original pictorial boards, small part loss a

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Lot 172

LAURENCE WHISTLER: OHO, ill Rex Whistler, London, John Lane, 1946 first edition, original pictorial boards, small part loss at foot of spine, d/w (small part losses)

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DAME LAURA KNIGHT: THE MAGIC OF A LINE THE AUTOBIOGRAPHY, London, Wiliam Kimber, 1965 first edition, original cloth d/w, vgc

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Lot 174

DAME LAURA KNIGHT: THE MAGIC OF A LINE THE AUTOBIOGRAPHY, London, Wiliam Kimber, 1965 first edition, original cloth d/w, vgc

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LAURENCE WHISTLER: THE INITIALS IN THE HEART, London, Rupert Hart-Davis, 1964 first edition, original cloth d/w, (small part

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Lot 175

LAURENCE WHISTLER: THE INITIALS IN THE HEART, London, Rupert Hart-Davis, 1964 first edition, original cloth d/w, (small part losses)

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SIR WINSTON LEONARD SPENCER CHURCHILL: THE SECOND WORLD WAR, London, Cassell, 1948-54 first edition, 6 vols, original cloth d

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Lot 180

SIR WINSTON LEONARD SPENCER CHURCHILL: THE SECOND WORLD WAR, London, Cassell, 1948-54 first edition, 6 vols, original cloth d/w (part losses)

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GEORGI DIMITROV: THE REICHSTAG FIRE TRIAL, London, John Lane, 1934 first edition, inscription on ffep, 6pp adverts at end, re

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Lot 181

GEORGI DIMITROV: THE REICHSTAG FIRE TRIAL, London, John Lane, 1934 first edition, inscription on ffep, 6pp adverts at end, remnants of a label on front paste down, original cloth worn and soiled

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[ANDREW RAMSAY]: THE HISTORY OF HENRI DE LA TOUR D'AUVERGNE VISCOUNT DE TURENNE MARSHAL-GENERAL OF FRANCE, London, printed by

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Lot 182

[ANDREW RAMSAY]: THE HISTORY OF HENRI DE LA TOUR D'AUVERGNE VISCOUNT DE TURENNE MARSHAL-GENERAL OF FRANCE, London, printed by James Bettenham, 1735 first edition, 2 vols, old diced calf gilt, spine gilt in compartments, inner dentelles gilt, both vols with part loss of back strips, vol 2 top board loose, armorial book plates of Edgell Wyatt Edgell (1769-1853) (2)

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GEORGE GODFREY CUNNINGHAM: A HISTORY OF ENGLAND IN THE LIVES OF ENGLISHMAN, London and Edinburgh, A Fullarton, 1849-51, first

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Lot 185

GEORGE GODFREY CUNNINGHAM: A HISTORY OF ENGLAND IN THE LIVES OF ENGLISHMAN, London and Edinburgh, A Fullarton, 1849-51, first edition, 8 vols, original blind stamped cloth gilt, (8)

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JANET CHANCE: THE COST OF ENGLISH MORALS, London, Noel Douglas, 1931 first edition, signed and inscribed verso on half title,

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Lot 187

JANET CHANCE: THE COST OF ENGLISH MORALS, London, Noel Douglas, 1931 first edition, signed and inscribed verso on half title, further inscribed below title "Or Janet Kicks the Bucket of Convention", original cloth, vgc, Janet Chance (1886-1953) a feminist writer who wrote various books re women's sexuality including The Cost of English Morals which was banned in Ireland plus SIGMUND FREUD: KLEINE SCHRIFTEN ZUR SEXUAL THEORIE UND ZUR TRAUMLEHRE, Wien, 1931 Internationaler Psychoanalytisher Verlag, 3pp adverts at end, original cloth, spine dulled (2)

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SYDNEY TEMPLE: A NEW AND COMPLETE HISTORY OF ENGLAND... London for J Cooke, 1773 first edition, 102 engraved plates, folio, m

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Lot 197

SYDNEY TEMPLE: A NEW AND COMPLETE HISTORY OF ENGLAND... London for J Cooke, 1773 first edition, 102 engraved plates, folio, modern cloth boards, original spine worn, new end papers

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JAMES WILSON KING: THE WAR-SHIPS OF EUROPE... REVISED AND COLLATED THROUGHOUT WITH ADDITIONAL NOTES BY AN ENGLISH NAVAL ARCHI

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Lot 199

JAMES WILSON KING: THE WAR-SHIPS OF EUROPE... REVISED AND COLLATED THROUGHOUT WITH ADDITIONAL NOTES BY AN ENGLISH NAVAL ARCHITECT... Portsmouth, Griffin & Co, 1878, first edition, 24 plates including 2 folding as called for, original pictorial cloth gilt plus SIR WILLIAM CUSAC-SMITH: OUR WAR-SHIPS, London, Kegan Paul Trench & Co, 1886, first edition, original blind stamped cloth gilt, plus SIR EDWARD JAMES REED AND EDWARD SIMPSON: MODERN SHIPS OF WAR WITH SUPPLEMENTARY CHAPTERS AND NOTES BY JAMES DOUGLAS GERROLD KELLEY, London, Sampson Low Marston Searle & Rivington, 1888, first edition, 18 plates, many text ills, original pictorial cloth gilt plus HERBERT JAMES GILBERT CORBETT: NAVAL GUNNERY, London, George Bell & Sons, 1897, first edition, 12 plates, may text ills, original blind stamped cloth gilt plus LEWIS RANSOME FREEMAN: STORIES OF THE SHIPS, London, John Murray, 1919, first edition, original cloth, d/w, (small part losses) (5)

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REV CHARLES LUDWIDGE DODGSON "LEWIS CARROLL": ALICES ADVENTURES IN WONDERLAND, ill A E Jackson, London, Humphrey & Milfor

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REV CHARLES LUDWIDGE DODGSON "LEWIS CARROLL": ALICES ADVENTURES IN WONDERLAND, ill A E Jackson, London, Humphrey & Milford, 1932 reprint, 12 coloured plates as list, original cloth gilt, spine dulled, plus HAMPDEN GORDON: THE LOST PRINCESS, ill George S Dixon, London, John Murray 1933, first edition, 4 coloured plates as list, original cloth gilt, spine dulled plus ISABEL HOPESTILL CARTER: ALL SAILS SET, London, Hodder & Stoughton, 1934, first edition, 3pp adverts at end, original cloth plus GUNBY HADATH: MAJOR AND MINOR, ill Reginald Mills, London, Oxford University Press, 1938, first edition, original decorative blue cloth, plus JEFFERY FARNOL: PORTRAIT OF A GENTLEMAN IN COLOURS, London, Sampson Low Marston & Co, [1935], first edition, original cloth gilt, d/w, plus HANS CHRISTIAN ANDERSEN: THE NIGHTINGALE, ill Rene Cloke, Leicester, Edmund Ward [1945], first edition, original cloth back pictorial boards, plus ELIZABETH KYLE: THE MIRRORS OF CASTLE DOONE, London, Peter Davies, 1947, first edition, original cloth, d/w (part losses and closed tears) (7)

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Courvoisier Erte Collection, Vigne No.1Designed by the late Art Deco artist ErtePresented in original gift box1x75clPart of

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Courvoisier Erte Collection, Vigne No.1Designed by the late Art Deco artist ErtePresented in original gift box1x75clPart of a set of limited edition Courvoisier bottlings designed by the leading Art Deco artist Erte, who sadly died shortly after the first edition was released. Some of the eaux-de-vie used date back to 1892, the year of the artist's birth. These bottles are highly sought-after by collectors.

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Defoe (Daniel) The Fortunate Mistress, or a History of Life and Vast Variety of Fortunes of Mademoiselle de Beleau, Afterward

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Defoe (Daniel) The Fortunate Mistress, or a History of Life and Vast Variety of Fortunes of Mademoiselle de Beleau, Afterwards Call'd The Countess de Wintselsheim, being the Person known by the Name of the Lady Roxana, in the Time of King Charles II, printed from the first edition for Constable & Company Ltd., London, Bombay, Sydney 1923, from an edition of 775 copies, t.e.g., engraved frontis., fine full black, gilt lined morocco rebinding, spine gilt with bands, 8vo.* Condition: Binding VG with small indent to front

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Dicey (Thomas) An historical account of Guernsey, from its first settlement before the Norman conquest to the present time...

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Lot 527

Dicey (Thomas) An historical account of Guernsey, from its first settlement before the Norman conquest to the present time.....to which is added some proper Remarks on Jersey, and the other islands belonging to the Crown of Great Britain on the French coast', pub. London: H. Fenwick's Book Warehouse, No.63 Snow Hill, 1797, second edition, later tan quarter calf gilt with original marbled boards, 16mo.* Condition: Boards rubbed and bumped. New end papers. Occasional spotting throughout.

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