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Denys Watkins-Pitchford "BB": 'Alexander', Oxford, Basil Blackwell, 1957, 1st edition, full page scraperboard frontis plus ills. in text by BB, original pictorial boards. A very scarce BB first edition

Denys Watkins-Pitchford "BB": 'A Carp Water (Wood Pool) And How to Fish It', London, Putnam, 1958, 1st edition, black & white illustrations and map by BB, original green cloth gilt, dust wrapper by BB (VGC, 10/6 price intact). One of the authors most collectable books and the first of the modern carp fishing books. BB was a founder member of the Carp Catchers Club and is widely considered the father of modern carp fishing. This book is the record of his private capr lake, and how he turned barren water into a first-class fishery. Published in Putnam's "Fisherman's Choice" series

Denys Watkins-Pitchford "BB": 'The Pegasus Book of the Countryside', London, Dennis Dobson, 1964, 1st edition, ex Northamptonshire County Library, inkstamp/ref. number verso title, FFEP neatly excised, else no other markings, full page and in text black & white ills. by BB throughout, original cloth, dust wrapper. One of the scarcest BB titles, "Here, surely, is a book destined from publication to become a minor classic. Based exclusively on the first-hand experience of its author, a born nature writer. Taking us on a variety of expeditions, 'BB' opens our eyes and ears to some of the fascinating array of wild life still to be seen and heard in our islands in spite of the disappearance of hedges and the use of chemical sprays. A brilliant observer, a true country-lover without a trace of false sentimentality."

Denys Watkins-Pitchford "BB", 3 titles: 'The Sportsman's Bedside Book', 1937, 1st edition, 'Wild Lone The Story of a Pytchley Fox', 1938, 1st edition, 'Manka, The Sky Gipsy, The Story of a Wild Goose', 1939, 1st edition, each with illustrations by BB, each original cream and green/cream and blue cloth (first and third title cloth slightly worn/frayed in places). The author's first three books

Abel Chapman, 4 titles: 'First Lessons in the Art of Wildfowling', London, Horace Cox, 1896, 1st edition, 23 full page plates (many folding) plus ills. in text as called for, 'Wild Norway; With Chapters on Spitzbergen, Denmark, Etc.', London, Edward Arnold, 1897, 1st edition, 15 plates as called for by Whymper, Trench, and the author, 'Bird-Life of the Borders. Records of Wild Sport and Natural History on Moorland and Sea', London, Gurney & Jackson, 1889, 1st edition, full page and in text ills. as called for, 'The Borders and Beyond, Arctic, Cheviot, Tropic', London, Gurney & Jackson, 1924, 1st edition, 19 coloured plates + 170 sketches, maps, diagrams etc as called for, all original cloth gilt (4)

Fred Buller and Hugh Falkus: 'Falkus & Buller's Freshwater Fishing', London, Macdonald & Jane's, 1975, deluxe edition, signed & inscribed presentation by Fred Buller to first blank, p.441 with 9 lines of printed text crossed out in m/s pen & ink and asterisked with m/s at foot of page "Deleted by the authors", 520pp, illustrated throughout, full brown Morroco gilt, all edges gilt

Alfred Ronalds: The Fly-Fisher's Entomology. Illustrated by coloured representations of the natural and artificial insect. And accompanied by a few observations and instructions relative to trout-and-grayling fishing.', London, Longman, Rees et al, 1836, 1st edition, 19 hand coloured copper engraved plates as called for, each tissue guarded, viii,115pp, lacks rear endpaper, original blindstamped cloth gilt, top edge gilt. Alfred Ronalds was the first of the great angler-naturalists. His book revolutionised flyfishing and flytying, and formed the cornerstone on which all later books on angling entomology were based. Scarce

(Collins New Naturalist Series). A Collection of 12 titles, of which 11 first editions, all with dust jackets: no. 22, Manley, Climate and the British Scene, 1952, 1st edition; no. 44, Edwards, The Peak District, 1962, 1st edition; no. 35, Russell, The World of the Soil, 1957, 1st edition; no. 15, Macan & Worthington, Life in Lakes and Rivers, 1951, 1st edition; no. 32, Edlin, Trees, Woods and Man, 1956, 1st edition; no. 31, Stamp, Man and the Land, 1955, 1st edition; no. 21, Matthews, British Mammals, 1952, 1st edition; no. 10, Turrill, British plant Life, 1948, 1st edition (dust jacket torn); no. 2, Vesey-Fitzgerald, British Game, 1946 reprint; no. 26, Wooldridge & Golding, The Weald, 1953, 1st edition; no. 7 (Monograph Special Volume) Rothschild & Clay, Fleas, Flukes & Cuckoo's, 1952, 1st edition; no. 12 (Monograph Special Volume) Shorten, Squirrels, 1954, 1st edition. (12)

Edwin KENTFIELD. The Game of Billiards: Scientifically Explained and Practically Set Forth. In a Series of Novel and Extraordinary Strokes; and Illustrated by Numerous Appropriate Diagrams. To which is added The Rules and Regulations (&c). Smith Elder & John Thurston. 1839. Folio. First edition. Folding frontis + 93 instructional plates + 3 additional plates, viz, i) Instructions for Building a Billiard Room, ii) Thurston's Improved Gas Branch (ie., light) for Billiard Tables, iii) advertisment: John Thurston, Billiard Table Manufacturer. With a final printed advertisment leaf. The frontis worn along folds and fore-edge; plate 1 trimmed along fore-edge; plates 1-5 worn and with rough repairs to verso; title soiled and worn along fore- edge. Contemporary calf, worn. Upper board detached. Upper board has title in blind stamp, as also 'King's Billiard Rooms' (?Brighton).

Frederick Forsyth, 2 titles: 'The Day of the Jackal', London, Hutchinson, 1971, 1st edition, signed by author to title page, original cloth gilt, dust wrapper (£2.00/40s price intact), 'The Odessa File', London, Hutchinson, 1972, 1st edition, signed by author to title page, original cloth gilt, dust wrapper (£2.00 price intact). The author's first and second novels, two of his best known thrillers, 'The Day of the Jackal' winning Edgar Allan Poe Awards Best Novel 1972, adapted into films in 1973 and 1974 respectively (2)

Antonia White: 'Frost in May', London, Desmond Harmsworth, 1933, 1st edition, original cloth, dust wrapper. Author's first novel, a fictionalized account of her time at a Catholic boarding school and her expulsion

Victoria Cross, an official Hancocks & Co, London, replica, the reverse engraved ‘Hancocks 90’, in fitted leather case of issue, extremely fine £300-£400 --- The Victoria Cross was instituted on 29 January 1856, with the first awards backdated to 1854, and in the first 150 years of its existence was awarded on 1,355 occasions (1,352 Crosses and 3 Second Award Bars). To mark the 150th Anniversary, the London jewellers Hancocks, who have manufactured every Victoria Cross ever awarded, issued a limited edition replica, the replicas all individually numbered on the reverse, with the edition limited to 1,352 replica crosses. Sold together with Hancocks Numbered Certificate of authenticity.

Pablo Picasso (Spanish, 1881-1973)'Visage d'homme'an embossed terracotta tile, first conceived in 1971 and numbered 60 from an edition of 500 and inscribed 'J.170' in black ink verso, impressed Poincon Original de Picasso verso,15cm x 14.5cm (some staining)Condition report: There are areas of what appear to be water or other liquid damage, in the form of staining, which may even be a manufacturing flaw. There is also one small chip to the reverse right-hand-side upper edge, approximately 0.2mm long and 0.3mm wide. Elsewhere to the edges, there are three minute nibbles and one further series of closely associated very small nibbles to the upper left-hand side corner/edge. Just below this series of nibbles, there is one black circular mark and a further short, black scuff mark.Please see additional images.

Pablo Picasso (Spanish, 1881-1973)'Ovale à L'oeil'a terracotta tile first conceived in 1971, numbered 94 from a limited edition of 500 and further numbered 'J.164' in black ink to verso, impressed with Poinçon Original de Picasso and Madoura stamps, framed, overall dimensions 17.5cm x 17.5cm diameterCondition report: Unexamined outside of the frame, which has a closed back that could be obscuring damage. To the front, there is a small chip or nibble to the lower left corner, please see the additional image.

A rare first edition copy of Harry Potter and the half-blood prince with misprint on page 99 together with first editions of Harry Potter and the order of the phoenix and Harry Potter and the deathly hallows.

Vintage Kaiser Porcelain Bavaria Germany hand painted Irish Setter dog signed W Gawantka, Limited Edition 493 of 3000 (first 1000 are handpainted and remainder are plain white), with certificate and wood plinth, 24cm long and 21cm tall incl plinth

Vintage Kaiser Porcelain Bavaria Germany hand painted German Shepherd dog signed Gawantka, Limited Edition 539 of 3000 (first 1000 are hand painted and remainder are plain white), with certificate and wood plinth, 25cm long and 22cm tall incl plinth

A box of various books including GERTRUDE JEKYLL "Garden Ornament", published Country Life 1918, tooled and gilded cloth board bound, JOSEPH LEWIS FRENCH "Lotus and Chrysanthemum - An Anthology of Chinese and Japanese Poetry", first limited edition No. 164/1000, published 1927, cloth board bound with dust jacket, JOHN MERTON "A Journey Through an Artist's Life", limited edition No'd. 153, signed by the author and dated 1994, CHARLES S BROOKS "Like Summer's Cloud", paper board bound, DOMINICK DUNNE "The Way We Lived Then", signed by the author, WALDO FRANK "City Block", published Waldo Frank 1922, signed by the author, EDNA ST. VINCENT MILLAY "The King's Henchmen", published Harper & Brothers New York and London 1927, limited edition No'd. 416/500, signed by the author, GEORGE MOORE "A Storyteller's Holiday", limited edition No'd. 1057/1250, signed by the author, HL MENKEN "Prejudices 6th Series", first edition No'd. 90/140, signed by the author, one volume "Iron Men & Wooden Ships, Deep See Shanties" edited by Frank Shay with decorations and woodcuts by Edward A Wilson, published Doubleday Page & Company 1924, limited edition No'd. 14/200, signed by Edward Wilson and dated 4 17 25

Alan Roper The Real Arsenal Story. First Edition, Paperback book. Signed by the Author Alan Roper and two others. 158 pages, included in the sale is a genuine Arsenal woolly hat. Good Condition. Good condition Est.

A Royal Crown Derby Leopard Cub porcelain paperweight, first in the series of paperweights specially commissioned by Sinclairs, limited edition number 843/1500, 11cm wide, boxed with certificate.

Three items of Egyptian related porcelain, a Coalport figure of Cleopatra, sculpted by David Cornell, limited edition number 6112/9500, 24cm high, a Wedgwood figure of Tutankhamun, the first figurine in the Legends of The Nile collection sculpted by John Wincentzen, limited edition number 202/9500, 24.5cm high, both on hardwood bases, and a Compton and Woodhouse golden vase of Tutankhamun, limited edition number 580/A/1950, 28cm high, all with certificates of authenticity.

A Royal Crown The Derby Heraldic Derbyshire Ram, the first of a pair of paperweights, inspired by the Derbyshire coat of arms, commissioned by Goviers of Sidmouth, limited edition of 313/950, with gold stopper and gold printed marks to underside, 13cm high, boxed with certificate.

Two Royal Crown Derby Royal Cat porcelain paperweights, Royal Cat William and Royal Cat Catherine, commissioned to celebrate the birth of the first child of the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge, limited edition number 117/450, with gold stoppers and red printed marks to underside, 20cm high, both boxed.

Royal Worcester limited edition collectors plate, Flaming June, boxed with certificate, 2016/3,500, D: 22 cm. No cracks, chips or visible restoration. P&P Group 2 (£18+VAT for the first lot and £3+VAT for subsequent lots)

Arthur C Clarke; first edition Against The Fall of Night in blue cloth with un-clipped dust jacket, Gnome Press New York 1953. Nicks to spine head and foot. P&P Group 1 (£14+VAT for the first lot and £1+VAT for subsequent lots)

A collection of Star Wars toys, all boxed, to include a first order special forces tie fighter, a Princess Leia ceremonial gown 1999 portrait edition, 3 droid starfighters, a first order flame trooper, a 30th edition coin album, an episode 1 yo-yo, An Aurra Sing figure, A die-cast clone trooper, a Darth Vaderfigure, 2 x Constable Zuvio figure, a Han Solo and Princess Leia Organa figure set, A Jar Jar Binks Micro Machines set, A Monopoly Star Wars cd-rom edition, a Chewbacca figure, a Dexter Jettster figure and a Djas Puhr figure .

Toys - a collection of 1:76 scale EFE Exclusive First Edition model buses, each window boxed (quantity)

Books - Tiltman, Marjorie Hessell, Cottage Pie, Hodder and Stoughton, 1940, first edition

Two boxes of, mostly reference books, to include: 'The Art of Painting in Pastel', L. Richmond & J Littlejohns, first edition, 1930, 'The Great European schools of Classical Dressage', Alain Laurioux & Guillaume Henry, 2009, 'The Oxford Companion to Music', 'Best of James Herriot', 'The Illustrated book of birds', 'The Royal National Rose Society 1968', 'Songs from Robert Burns' published 1947, 'The Naming of Names, the Search for Order in the World of Plants', Anna Pavord, 2005, etc. (B.P. 21% + VAT)

Two volumes of 'A History of Carmarthenshire' Volume I, first edition, published in 1935 and Volume II, first edition, published 1939, edited by Sir John E Lloyd. (2)(B.P. 21% + VAT)

Royal Worcester 'The First Royal Worcester Father Christmas' figurine sculpted by Scott Thomas, limited edition 202/4950 with COA. Together with a John Humphreys pottery Staffordshire first edition Dewars Santa Clause character jug, together with a Past Times Christmas Sweethearts water globe in original box and a Royal Doulton 'A Well-Earned Break' collectors plate. (4) (B.P. 21% + VAT) No obvious damage. 

Four Spode limited edition Maritime England plates. P&P Group 3 (£25+VAT for the first lot and £5+VAT for subsequent lots)

Connor Brothers (British Duo), 'The First Thing I Do', 2020, hand-painted vintage paperback with silkscreen, signed and numbered from an edition of 2 plus 2 artist's proofs to the authenticity label verso; 27 x 20.5cm inc frame ARR

Two cuttings from a bifolium of Smaragdus of St-Mihiel, Liber comitis, including his quotation of Bede, De octo quaestionibus, quaestio II, with one of the earliest references to English illuminated manuscript ownership, in Latin, manuscript on parchment[Germany or perhaps France, third quarter of the ninth century] Substantial parts of a large bifolium, cut through the middle horizontally to use on a later binding as board supports, with sections cut out of the two halves for the thongs at the spine, trimmed at foot with loss of about 6 lines there, text showing that this once the innermost bifolium from a gathering, wanting probably a single line where bifolium was sliced through horizontally, cuttings now with remains of double column of 27 lines in a good rounded Carolingian minuscule with integral et-ligature within words, a notably long capital 'S' which sits with its midpoint on the baseline, and a distinctive 'r' with a long and undulating horizontal stroke, capitals in same pen, some offset, scuffs (especially to reverse, obscuring some areas of text there), splits and areas of discolouration, overall fair and presentable condition, in total 215 by 400mm.; set in glass on both sides, and in a large black fitted case Provenance:1. Quaritch of London; with a postcard dated 29 May 1991 from Bernard Bischoff, with his opinions on the cuttings, enclosed.2. Schøyen Collection, London and Oslo, their MS 1380, acquired from Quaritch in June 1991. Text: These cuttings contain Smaragdus of St-Mihiel's commentary on Corinthians 11, citing John Chrysostom and Ambrose (recto first leaf to verso first leaf, col. 1 and first half of col. 2), but with the text truncated at its end (compare the first half of col. 2 of fol. 1v here with that in Patrologia Latina 102, cols. 104-105), followed by Smaragdus' extensive quotation of Bede, De octo quaestionibus, quaestio II (verso first leaf, second half of col. 2 through to first half of col. 1 on recto of second leaf, this again truncated at end), and ending with Bede's commentary on Luke VIII (remaining recto and verso of second leaf). The De octo quaestionibus is by far the rarest here and deserves some individual attention. The initial publication of this text by Johann Herwagen in 1563 (reprinted from there by Migne, Patrologia Latina, 93 in 1862, and there called the Aliquot quaestionem liber) served to confuse rather than elucidate its authorship, as Herwegan used a manuscript which had interpolated non-Bede material at its end. This lead to the publication of the text by Migne among the 'dubia et spuria' and similarly among the uncertain works of Bede by M.W.L. Laistner and H.H. King in their Handlist of Bede Manuscripts (1943). Moreover, J.A. Giles went so far as to exclude it from his edition of Bede's work in 1843-1844. However, the Carolingians certainly knew of the text in a form usually described as 'eight questions' (it is cited by Smaragdus of St-Mihiel, Claudius of Turin, Hrabanus Maurus and Haimo of Auxerre, and in 852, Lupus of Ferrières sent a request to Abbot Altsig of York requesting a number of works, including 'questions by your Bede on both Testaments'), and strong academic defences of Bede's authorship of some part of this material were made by Paul Lehmann in 1919 ('Wert und Echtheit einer Beda abgesprochenen Schrift', in Sitzungsberichte der Phil.-Phil. Und der Hist. Klasse der bayer. Akad. Der Wissenschaften, Abhandlung 4) and again in 1999 and 2008 (M. Gorman, 'Bede's VIII Quaestiones and Carolingian Scholarship', Revue Bénédictine, 109, 1999, pp. 32-74; and E. Knibbs, 'The Manuscript Evidence for the De Octo Quaestionibus Ascribed to Bede', Traditio, 63, 2008, pp. 129-183). An initial core of eight 'questions' are now firmly thought to be of the eighth century, with four of these confidently ascribed to Bede (including the quaestio cited here). These cuttings here did not, however, come from a manuscript of that text in its unadulterated form, but from a copy of Smaragdus Liber Comitis, which quotes quaestio II of Bede's text. That quaestio is famous for its record, in its explanation of II Corinthians 11:24, of an illuminated manuscript brought from Rome by the most reverend and most learned Cuthwine, bishop of the East Angles (probably fl. mid-eighth century; here "reverentissimus ac doctissimus vir Chudo [in error for 'Cuduinus', which seems to have confused our scribe, leading to the erasure following] orientalium anglorum antistes", 5th to 3rd lines from end of col. 2 on fol. 1v). The brief description given by Bede of the miniatures of that volume allows the tentative conclusion that the illuminated manuscript brought back from Rome was a copy of Arator, De actibus apostolorum. However, Cuthwine may have owned more than one such manuscript. An illustrated copy of Sedulius' Carmen Paschale survives in the Plantin-Moretus Museum in Antwerp, their M 17.4. It dates to the ninth century, but its scribe copied in ornamental capitals an apparent ex libris from its earlier exemplar on fol. 68v: "Finit fines fines Cuðuuini" (noted by L. Traube in 1902; see also J.J.G. Alexander, Insular Manuscripts: 6th to the 9th Century, 1978, p. 83; and M. Lapidge, The Anglo-Saxon Library, 2006, pp. 26-27). This is not the sole record of its kind (Bede also records Benedict Biscop's bringing of an illustrated Apocalypse to Monkwearmouth-Jarrow from Rome in the seventh century), but it does stand among the very earliest such accounts, and its author was most probably an eye-witness to Cuthwine's manuscript. In addition, as no manuscript of the complete text of Bede's De octo quaestionibus or Smaragdus' Liber Comitis has ever come to the market, and no other commentator on Bede's text quotes the relevant passage about Cuthwine, this is most probably the only chance to ever acquire this important early bibliophilic record in manuscript. 

Deutschland Erwacht 1933 edition with cloth board covers, dust jacket torn, together with special edition Eighth Army News VE Day 1945. P&P Group 3 (£25+VAT for the first lot and £5+VAT for subsequent lots)

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A group of J.D. Beazley and A.D. Trendall publications Comprising: J.D. Beazley, Attic Black-Figure Vase Painters, 1956; J.D. Beazley, Attic Red-Figure Vase Painters, Second edition, vols. I, II and III (indexes) 1963; J.D. Beazley, The Pan Painter, 1974 (unbound); J.D. Beazley, 'Ελενις 'Απαιτησις, undated x3; J.D. Beazley, Attic White Lekythoi, 1938; J.D. Beazley, Etruscan Vase Painting, 1947; J.D. Beazley, Potter and Painter in Ancient Athens, 1949; A.D. Trendall, The Red-Figured Vases of Lucania, Campania and Sicily, vol. I, text, 1967; A.D. Trendall, The Red-Figured Vases of Lucania, Campania and Sicily, vol II, indexes and plates, 1967; A.D. Trendall, Greek Vases in the Logie Collection, 1971; A.D. Trendall, Early South Italian Vase Painting, 1973; A.D. Trendall, The Red-Figured Vases of Lucania, Campania and Sicily, second supplement, 1973; A.D. Trendall and A. Cambitoglou, First Supplement to the Red-Figured Vases of Apulia, 1983; A.D. Trendall and A. Cambitoglou, The Red-Figured Vases of Apulia, vols I-II and indexes, 1982; L. Burn, and R. Glynn, Beazley Addenda, 1982 (19)For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com

A group of books on Greek sculpture Comprising: G.M.A. Richter, The Portraits of the Greeks, vols I-III, London, 1965; G.M.A. Richter, Catalogue of the Greek Sculptures in the Metropolitan Museum, New York, New York, 1954; P. Getz-Preziosi, Early Cycladic Art in North American Collections, Virginia, 1988; P. Getz-Preziosi, Early Cycladic Sculpture: an Introduction, London, 1985; F.P. Johnson, Corinth, Volume IX, Sculpture, Cambridge, Mass., 1931; G. Dickins, Damophon, 1905; K. Lapatin, Chryselephantine Statuary in the Ancient Mediterranean World, Oxford, 2001; E. Wasmuth, Frühgriechische Plastik, Band 3; Berlin; J. Dorig, The Olympia Master and his Collaborators, Leiden, 1987; A. Kozloff & D.G. Mitten, The Gods Delight; The Human Figure in Classical Bronze, Cleveland, 1988; M. Bieber, The Sculpture of the Hellenistic Age, New York, 1961; B.S. Ridgway, The Archaic Style in Greek Sculpture, Princeton, 1977; B.S. Ridgway, The Severe Style in Greek Sculpture, Princeton, 1970; P.C. Bol, Die Skulpturen Des Schiffsfundes von Antikythera, Berlin, 1972; C. Rolley, Greek Bronzes, London, 1986; M.L. Saflund, The East Pediment of the Temple of Zeus at Olympia, Göteborg, 1970; D. Buitron-Oliver, The Greek Miracle; Classical Sculpture from the Dawn of Democracy – The Fifth Century BC, Washington, 1992; E. Berger & M. Gisler, Parthenon Dokumentation zum Fries, Text, Mainz, 1996; E. Berger & M. Gisler, Parthenon Dokumentation zum Fries, Tafeln, Mainz, 1996; E. Berger, Parthenon Metopen in Basel, Tafeln, Mainz, 1986; E. Berger, Das Basler Arztrelief, Basel, 1970; H. Payne & G. Mackworth-Young, Archaic Marble Sculpture, second edition, 1950; H. Payne & G. Mackworth-Young, Archaic Marble Sculpture, first edition, undated. (25)For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com

Limited to 500 Copies Only   Book of Kells: Evangeliorum Quattuor Codex Cenannensis, Book of Kells. 3 vols. folio Berne (Urs Graf) 1950. Lim. Edition, No. 315 of 500 Copies Only Complete facsimile, with fine mounted coloured plts., first 2 volumes in full vellum, with Celtic decor., the third volume in vellum backed boards, all in fine clean orig. condition, & in original cardboard shipping boxes. (3)   

The Scarce First Edition  O'Brien (Flann) An Béal Bocht, 8vo Dublin (An Press Naisiúnta) n.d. [1941]. First Edn. First Issue. With map of An Domhan Mor on end papers 111pp. V. good, stiff colour illus. wrappers. Scarce. (1)

Behan (Brendan) Brendan Behan's Island - An Irish Sketch Book, 8vo N.Y. (Bernard Feis Associates) 1962, First Edn., illustrated by Paul Hogarth, green cloth, d.j. (worn); together with variant edition, posthumously produced edition, N.Y. (Random House) 1964, cloth and d.j. (2)

Important History of the Connaught Rangers  Jourdain (Lieut. Col.) & Fraser (Ed.) The Connaught Rangers, 3 vols., L. (Royal United Service Institution) 1924, First Edn., frontis in each volume, illus. with plts., photographs and maps, Ex. Libris bookplate Langton, full green cloth, motif (variant) to each front cover, gilt lettered spine. Good Set. Scarce First Edition. (3)

Rare Work by a Great Polymath  Medical:  Haller (Dr. Albert) Pathological Observations Chiefly from Dissections of Morbid Bodies, 8vo, L. (D. Wilson & T. Durham) 1756, First English Edition, 3 fold. plts., some repair to pages, contemporary full calf, recent marbled slip case. Scarce. (1)

Broderick (John) The Pilgrimage, Lond. 1961. First Edn. of the Author's First Novel. with Signed Dedication to his good friend from Athlone, Billy English; also The Chameleons, N.Y. (Obolensky) 1961, which is the First American Edition of the above; The Fugitives, Lond. 1962, First Edn.; The Waking of Willie Ryan, Lond. 1965, First Edn.; An Apology for Roses, Lond. 1973, First Edn., The Pride of Summer, Lond. 1976. First Edn.;  London Irish, Lond. 1979. First Edn.,; A Prayer for Fair Weather, 1984, First Edn., The Rose Tree, Lond. 1985. First Edn.; all with orig. pict. d.w.'s; and The Irish Magdalen, Lond. 1991, First Edn. A very good lot. (10)

Renaudot (Eusebius) Trans. Ancient Account of India and China By Two Mohammedan Travellers. Who went to those Parts in the 9th Century, Translated from the Arabic, 8vo Lond. (For Sam. Harding.) 1733. First English Edn., Two Parts in one Vol. Title printed in red and black with wood engraved device, pps XXXVII [1] 99, 260 [12] Index. A few pages creased at fore-edge, also some browning at fore-edges, some stains, some m/ss annotations & notes, the first loose blank with one page of notes in pen, signed James Bedoon, cont. calf, worn & joints cracked. Ex. Scarce. (1) Ref: [Cordier, Sinica 1923; Lust 299] *  The First Edition in English of important accounts by "Sulaiman, the merchant" and Hasan ibn Yazid al Sirafi of journeys undertaken in the ninth century A.D., translated from the Arabic by the French linguist Eusebius Renaudot.

The First Edition Henry (Francoise) La Sculpture Irlandaise, Pendant Les Douze Premier Siecles de l'Ere Chretienne. 2 vols. Lg. sq. folio Paris 1933. First Edn., 2 hf. titles, 171 full page plts., text illus., in cont. full green mor., gilt fillet borders. V. good. (2)

With Attractive Coloured Plate  Rutter (John) Delineations of Fonthill and its Abbey, folio Shaftesbury & Lond. (By the Author & Chas. Knight & Co.) 1823. First Edition, Hf. title, hd. cold. frontis & add. hd. cold. title, engd. plan, lg. fold. map, hand cold. in outline, & 11 full page engd. plts. (1 hd. cold.), plus engd. text illus. thro-out, lists of subscribers, t.e.g., cont. hf. crimson mor., spine profusely gilt in panels. V. clean copy. (1)

The Book of Kells - Most Sumptuous Edition Facsimile - Verlag, Luzern, Publishers: The Book of Kells, the most precious illuminated manuscript of the early Middle Ages, now reproduced, the FIRST AND ONLY COMPLETE FINE ART FACSIMILE EDITION, published by Authority of the Board of Trinity College, Dublin. Lg. thick 4to, Luzern 1990, LIMITED EDN. (1480), in fine white tawed leather over wooden boards. Contained in a specially created presentation box, the embossed surface with blind & gilt tooled Celtic decoration and silver and brass mounts. Together with a large Commentary Volume, with illus., leather backed cloth, and orig. advertising portfolio. An unique opportunity to acquire a complete facsimile of one of the Worlds greatest Art Treasures. As a lot. (1)

Heaney (Seamus) The Spirit Level, 8vo Lond. (Faber & Faber) 1996. First Edition, Signed by Author; also Opened Ground, Poems 1966-1996, Lond. (Faber & Faber) 1998. First Edn., both cloth & orig. d.w.'s. V. good. (2)

McGahern (John) Nightlines, Lond. (Faber & Faber) 1970. First English & American Editions; The Leavetaking, Lond. (Faber & Faber) 1974. First English Edn.; also High Ground, Lond. (Faber & Faber) 1985. First English Edn., with First American Edition, Viking 1987. All orig. pict. d.w.'s. V. good. (5)

Special Limited Edition Herity (Michael) & Eogan (Geo.) Ireland in Pre-history, 4to Lond. 1977. First Edn., Special Limited (No. 8) Edn. Signed by both Authors, & in special tooled gilt leather backed vellum boards, in slipcase. V. good. (1)

Possibly Unique Issue Usher (James) Strange and Remarkable Prophesies and Predictions of the Holy, Learned, and Excellent James Usher, Late L. Arch-Bishop of Armagh, and Lord Primate of Ireland, Sm. 4to London (For R.G.) 1678. First Edn. (1 of 4 issues), 8pp. disbound. Ex. Rare. ESTC R504328, Notes one copy only. Not recorded by Sweeney; also Pamphlet: A List of Such of the Names of the Nobility, Gentry and Commonalty of England and Ireland, (Amongst whom are several Women and Children) .. . Sm. 4to Lond. (For R. Clavel .. and J. Watts) 1690. First and Only Edition. Title within dbl. lined border, pp [2], 5 - 52, 49 - 70, disbound, good. Scarce. Sweeney 2520?. (2)

AA WORLD-CHANGING DOCUMENTUnited States Declaration of Independence.  An original engraved facsimile copy of the Declaration of Independence of 4 July 1776, N.B. On careful examination The Auctioneers believe that this item is a copy of the Peter Force Edition of 1833, not 1823 as stated in printed catalogue.This copy with direct provenance to Charles O’Conor, the distinguished Irish-American attorney and politician.  Measurement: 30.5 in (77cm) x 25.5 in (65cm) "We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable Rights, that among these are Life, Liberty and the pursuit of Happiness.—That to secure these rights, Governments are instituted among Men, deriving their just powers from the consent of the governed,—That whenever any Form of Government becomes destructive of these ends, it is the Right of the People to alter or to abolish it, and to institute new Government, laying its foundation on such principles and organizing its powers in such form, as to them shall seem most likely to effect their Safety and Happiness."We, therefore, the Representatives of the United States of America, in General Congress, Assembled  ..  do, in the Name, and by Authority of the good People of these Colonies, solemnly publish and declare, That these united Colonies are, and of Right ought to be Free and Independent States  ..  and that as Free and Independent States, they have full Power to levy War, conclude Peace, contract Alliances, establish Commerce, and to do all other Acts and Things which Independent States may of right do.”The Declaration followed a period of stressed relations with Great Britain over trade and other matters.  It was drafted mainly by Thomas Jefferson, with amendments by Benjamin Franklin, John Adams and others, and was adopted on 4 July 1776 by delegates from 13 States assembled in the Second Continental Conference.  It provided the essential basis for the Treaty with revolutionary France agreed in 1778.  It is no exaggeration to say that this document changed the world, marking a decisive turn away from the era of unchallenged imperial expansion and the subjection of colonial peoples, and was thereafter a shining beacon to subject peoples everywhere, most notably the Irish.  Three of the 56 signatories were born in Ireland, with a further 8 of Irish descent.The Declaration of Independence was initially published as a broadside, printed by Robert Dunlap, in which form it was widely distributed and read to the public. The source copy used for this printing has been lost. The best-known version is a signed copy that is displayed at the National Archives in Washington, D.C., and which is popularly regarded as the official document.  In 1820, when the ink on the Archives copy was seen to be fading, Congress commissioned the engraver William J. Stone to execute a full-scale facsimile, printed in 1823 in 200 copies on parchment, and issued to surviving signatories (including Jefferson and Adams) and other distinguished personalities.                                                                       It was issued to Charles O’Conor of New York, a son of Thomas O’Conor of the O’Conor Don family of Roscommon.  Charles' father, Thomas was sworn into the United Irishmen by Wolfe Tone personally, and went to America after the failure of the 1798 Rebellion.Charles O’Conor (1804-1884) was born in New York, and was called to the Bar in 1824.  He quickly made his name as a trial lawyer; after his success in a major divorce and alimony case, he was presented with two silver vases  -  one by a group of 30 leading New York ladies, the other by sixty members of the Bar.  Both vases are now in the New York Law Institute Library.He was active in Irish support groups, including one intended to support a Fenian rising in Ireland, and for many years he was a major figure in Democratic politics.  He was U.S. Attorney for the southern district of New York 1853-54.  After the Civil War he was senior counsel for the Southern leader Jefferson Davis in his trial for treason.  In the 1870s he was prominent in the successful campaign against William (Boss) Tweed of Tammany Hall.  In 1872 he was nominated for the Presidency of America by a southern Democratic group.  He declined the nomination, but his name still appeared on the ballot paper – the first Catholic to receive such a nomination.  After the 1876 election, he was advocate for his friend Samuel Tilden in his unsuccessful attempt to claim the Presidency, having won a plurality of the popular vote.The present engraving came to light recently in a country house in the West of Ireland, where presumably it was brought by Charles O’Conor on a visit to his ancestral homeland.  Of the 200 original copies issued, a recent census (Coleman 1991*) could find only 31 surviving, of which institutions held 19 and only 12 (to which the present copy can be added) were in private hands.An exceptionally rare and important document, truly one that has changed the world.A superb memorial to a very distinguished Irish-American, and a confirmation and celebration of the Irish contribution to the constitutional development of the United States.  In excellent condition.Provenance:  Charles O’Conor of New York [1804-1884]; by unbroken family descent.*W.R. Coleman, ‘Counting the Stones – a Census of the Stone Facsimiles of the Declaration of Independence’. Manuscripts vol. 43 no. 2 pp 97-105.With acknowledgements to Wikipedia.N.B. On careful examination The Auctioneers believe that this item is a copy of the Peter Force Edition of 1833, not 1823 as stated in printed catalogue.

The Atlas that Changed the World Ortelius (Abraham)  ?Theatrum Orbis Terrarum?, folio, Antwerp (Aegidius Coppenius Diesth) 1570, First Edition (Second Issue) [?Catalogus auctorum with 91 names] 14pps, 53 double-page engraved Maps, contemporary hand colouring, and manuscript notes in borders on reverse, hand coloured architectural title page (loose and cut-down border), the maps include the following : 1.       Typus Orbis Terrarum; 2.       Americae Sive Novi Orbis, Nova descriptio; 3.       ?Asia Nova Descriptio?; 4.       ?Africa?, Cae Ta Bula Nova; 5.       ?Europae?; 6.       ?Angliae, Scotiae et Hiberniae Sive Britannicar: Insularum Descriptio ;  7.       ? Regni Hispaniae Post Omnium Editiones Locupleissi Ma Descriptio?; 8.       ?Portugalliae que olim Lusitania nouissima et exactisima desriptio Auctore Vernando Aluara Secco; 9.       ?Galliae Regni Potentiss : Nova Descriptio Joanne Joliveto Auctore?; 10.    ?Biturigum Regio?, and ?Limanla? 11.    ?Caletes et Bononienses? and ?Veromandui? ; 12.    ?Galliae Nar Bonensis ora Maritima? and ?Burgundiae Comitatus?; 13.    ?Germania?; 14.    ?Descrip Tio Germania Inferioris?; 15.    ?Gelriae, Cliviae, Fini Timorumque Locorum Verissima Desriptio Christiano Schnot, Auctore?; 16.    ?Brabantiae, Germaniae Inferioris Nobilissimae Provinciae de Scriptio?; 17.    ?Flandria? 18.    ?Zelandicarum Insularum Exactissima et Nova descriptio,Auctore D. Jaobo A. Daventria, 19.    ?Hollandia Anti Quorum Catthorum Sedis Nova descriptio, Auctore J.A. Daventria?; 20.    ?Utriusque Frisiorum Regionis Novis Descriptio (1568); 21.    ?Daniae Regni Typus?; 22.    ?Thietmarsia? & Prussia?; 23.    ?Saxoniae Misniae, Thuringiae, Nova Exactissimaq Descriptio?; 24.    ?Franconia? and ?Monasteriensis? 25.    ?Regni Bohemiae Descriptio? 26.    ?Silesiae Typus Descriptus et Editus Martino Heil Wig Neisense et Nobili Viro Nicolao Rhedinger dedicatus  (Anno 1561); 27. "Austriae Ducatus Chorographia, Wolf Gango Lazio Auctore" 28. "Salisburgensis Iurisdictionjs, Locorumingue, Vicinorum, Vera descripto Auctore Marco  S. Salisburgense?; 29.    ?Tipus Vindeliciae Sive Utriusque Bavariae Secundum? [dated 1533]; 30.    ?Nortgoia vel Bavariae Palatinatus? and ?Wirtenbergensis Ducatus?; 31.    ?Helvetia?; 32.    ?Italia Novissima Descriptio Auctore J.C. Pedemontano?; 33.    ?Mediolanensis Ducatus?; 34.    ?Pedemontana Regio?; 35.    ?Lacus Comensis Olim Larius?, ?Forum Iula? and ?Romae Territorium?; 36.    ?Thusciae Descriptio Descriptio Auctore Hieronymo Bellarmato?; 37.    ?Regnum Neapolitanum?; 38.    ?Insularum Aliquot Maris Mediterranei Descriptio? (Sardinia, Malta, Corfu, Sicily, Zerbi and Elba) 39.    ?Cyprus Insula? and ?Candia, Olim Creta?; 40.   ?Graeciae Universiae Secundum Hodieanum Sitcum Neoterica Descriptio?; 41.   ?Sclavonia? 42.   ?Hungariae Descriptio Wolfgango Lazio Auct.?; 43.   ?Transsylvania?; 44.   ?Poloniae Regnum?; 45.   ?Scandia Siue Regones Septentrionales?; 46.   ?Russia Aut potius Magni Ducis Moscoviae Imperium?; 47.   ?Tartaria siue Magni Chami Imperium?; 48.   ?Indiae Orientalis Insularumque Adiacientium Typus" ; 49.   ?Persia Regnum Siue Sophorum Imperium"; 50.   ?Turcicum Imperium"; 51.   ? Palaestina Vel Terra Sancta"; 52.   ?Natolia Olim Asia Minor?, ?Aegyptus?, and ?Carthaginensis Portus?; 53.   ?Barbariae et Biledulgerid Nova Descriptio?, All contemporary hand coloured, 60pps text at end (including Colophon) in somewhat later full leather gilt decorated armorial binding, with crest to front cover and back (thought to be that of Louis, Duke of Burgundy, Grandson of Louis XIV known as the 'Petit Dauphin' (the Little Dolphin). He became heir to the French Throne in 1711 on the death of his father, but subsequently died the following year. The spine with raised bands, and fleur de ly panels. Some slight wear but otherwise tight and v. good. A most attractive volume. (1)     Reference: Koeman III ort 1A; Van der Krogt 31:001A: Shirley, British Library T.ort ? 1A.                                                                                          

First Editions Macnamara (Brinsley) The Mirror in the Dusk, D. & L. 1921. First Edn., Signed by Bernard Duffy, cloth; also 1928 London Edition of same, cloth; The Smiling Faces and other Stories, 12mo Lond. 1929. First Edn. cloth backed boards; Return to Ebontheever, Lond. 1930. First Edn., cloth; Margaret Gillan, A Play in Three Acts. Lond. 1934. First Edn., ptd boards; Michael Caravan, Dub. 1946. First Edn., cloth & orig. d.w.; O'Farrell (Padraic) The Burning of Brinsley Macnamara, Dub. 1990. First Edn., pict. boards; & 1 other. (8)

Signed by Heaney  Heaney (Seamus) North, 8vo L. (Faber & Faber) 1975, First Paperback Edition, Signed  by the Author, blue wrappers. Good Copy. (1)

Signed Limited Edition  Joyce (James)  Anna Livia Plurabelle, sm. 8vo, New York (Crosby Gaige) 1928, First Edn., Signed by the Author No. 721 (800) Copies, t.e.g., uncut, original brown cloth, gilt design to front cover, gilt lettered spine. Good Copy. [Slocum & Cahoon A32]. (1) * The Preface to this work is by his fellow Irish Author, Padraic Colum.

Joyce (James) Ulysses, 2 vols., 8vo, Zurich (Im Rhein Verlag) 1930, First German Language Edition oatmeal cloth, orange and black lettering, original dust jackets. (2)