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Lot 127

Terence (Publius) Comœdiæ, title in red and black, engraved illustrations, contemporary ink ownership inscriptions to front free endpaper, Cc3 and Qq4 with short tears to fore-edge (Qq4 repaired to verso), not affecting text, occasional light spotting and staining, a few leaves slightly browned, original boards, lacking spine, worn, [Brunet V 723, Graesse VII 61], folio, Urbino, 1736.⁂ A superb Urbino production dedicated to Cardinal Albini, with the Italian translation by Forteguerri here printed for the first time. According to Graesse, the engravings in this edition are more accurate than those reproduced by Dacier in 1723.

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Lot 128

NO RESERVE Confectionery.- [Menon.] La Science du Maître d'hôtel confiseur, à l'usage des officiers, avec des observations sur la connoissance & les propriétés des fruits, first edition, half-title, 5 folding engraved plates, final f. blank, plates with repaired tear(s) verso with tape, without loss, occasional spotting or mostly marginal water-staining, lightly browned, contemporary mottled calf, rebacked, preserving original richly gilt (some restored) backstrip in compartments and with new (to style) burgundy leather label, [Bitting pp.320-321; Cagle 342; Livres en bouche 209; Vicaire 590; cf. Oberlé Fastes 120], 12mo, Paris, Paulus-du-Mesnil, 1750.

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Lot 129

NO RESERVE [Briand.] Dictionnaire des alimens, vins et liqueurs, leurs qualités, leurs effets, relativement aux differens âges, & aux différens tempéramens, 3 vol., first edition, half-titles, approbation f. to end of vol.1, vol.2 L3&4 marginal fraying at head, vol.2 some worming in text, spotting / foxing, staining, lightly browned, contemporary calf, richly gilt spines in compartments and with new (to style) red leather labels and painted black vol. number label imitations, some restoration, stained, [Bitting p.59; Cagle 96; Livres en bouche 160; Oberlé 113; Simon BG 250; Vicaire 276], 12mo, Paris, Gissey & Bordelet, 1750.⁂ 'un livre parfait qui ne pourra que séduire les gourmands, les gourmets et leur docteur' (Oberlé). The author describes himself on the title as chef to a prince.

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Lot 130

NO RESERVE Grain.- Parmentier (Antoine-Augustin) Mémoire sur les avantages que la province de Languedoc peut retirer de ses grains, considérés sous leurs différens rapports avec l'Agriculture, le Commerce, la Meunerie et la Boulangerie, first edition, half-title, 10 folding engraved plates, Bb2&3 loose, plates 1 and 2 with repaired tear, without loss, plate 4 outer margin water-stained, plate 5 outer margin trimmed to just within border, plate 9 bound in upside down, short worm trace from sig. Ss to end, mostly marginal, but occasionally just touching text, some spotting and staining, lightly browned, contemporary calf-backed marbled boards, richly gilt spine in compartments and with red leather label, upper joint starting at foot, but holding firm, rubbed and scuffed (extensively so at upper corners), [Goldsmiths 13164; Kress B.1106; cf. Oberlé Fastes 814 (1789 edition)], 4to, Paris, Printers of the Languedoc region, under the direction of P.F. Didot jeune, 1786.⁂ 'La première partie traite du blé, des différentes espèces, des maladies, de la conservation du grain. La deuxième concerne la meunerie, les différentes sortes de mouture, la construction des moulins. La troisième s'occupe de la boulangerie, choix des farines, instruments du boulanger, la pâte, le levain, la cuisson, les différentes sortes de pains, le prix et le commerce' (Oberlé).

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Lot 131

Corn.- Parmentier (Antoine-Augustin) Le Maïs ou Blé de Turquie, apprécié sous tous ses rapports ; mémoire couronné, le 24 août 1784, par l'Académie Royale des sciences, belles-lettres et arts de Bordeaux, second edition, half-title, foxed, lightly browned, [Oberlé Fastes 816], Paris, Imperial Printers, 1812 bound with Neufchâteau (François de, Comte) Supplément au mémoire de M. Parmentier sur le maïs (ou plutôt maïz), first edition, title with wood-engraved monogram, p.283 with full-page woodcut illustration of a raised corn silo, occasional spotting, lightly browned, Paris, Madame Huzard, 1817, together 2 works in 1 vol., modern calf-backed marbled boards, spine gilt and with black leather label, spine faded, 8vo⁂ This enlarged second edition was produced as so few copies of the first edition were available to the general public. Neufchâteau was an ardent supporter of Parmentier.

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NO RESERVE Europe.- Brydone (Patrick) A Tour through Sicily and Malta. In a series of Letters to William Beckford, 2 vol., second edition, engraved folding map, occasional scattered spotting, slight browning, contemporary calf, lightly rubbed, joints splitting but covers holding firm, 1775 § Davies (Rev J. Sanger) Dolomite Strongholds. The Last Untrodden Alpine Peaks, second edition, map and 9 plates, finger-soiling to half-title, cloth gilt, lightly rubbed, 1896 § Conway (Sir W. M.) The Alps from End to End, 16 plates, very occasional splitting at gutter, the odd spot, endpapers slightly browned with scattered spotting, covers rubbed, spine ends chipped with small loss to foot, t.e.g., others uncut, 1905, half-titles, all but first original cloth with spines sunned; with others travel and sport, v.s. (9)

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Lot 143

NO RESERVE Hollywood.- Baxter (John, Australian writer and film-maker, b.1939) Hollywood in the Thirties, 206pp. original typescript with autograph corrections throughout, loose, some light creasing or marking, [c.1968]; Hollywood in the Thirties, first edition, author's own copy, signed by him and with lengthy inscription discussing the book's merits and its influence on his life, illustrations, original stiff wrappers, 1968; and a small quantity of others, mostly actors' studio portraits with many signed or inscribed, v.s. (sm. qty.)⁂ The signatures include those of Henry Fonda, Mervyn LeRoy, Loretta Young and Cary Grant.

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Lot 153

Balcanquhall (Walter) A large declaration concerning the late tumults in Scotland, from their first originalls...by The King, first edition, lacking engraved portrait frontispiece, some staining and worm-holing, contemporary calf, covers detached, worn, [STC 21906], Robert Young, 1639 § Trusler (John) The Works of William Hogarth, 2 vol., 150 steel-engraved plates, foxing to plates, contemporary half morocco, spines gilt, g.e., joints and extremities rubbed, [c.1860] § Taylor (Matthew) England's Bloody Tribunal: or An Antidote against Popery, folding engraved frontispiece, plates, frontispiece creased and torn, edges frayed, margins stained, contemporary calf, rubbed, joints split but holding firm, J.Priden, [1770]; and a defective set of Homer's Iliad, folio & 8vo (9)

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Lot 157

Manuscript poetry.- [Cotton (Charles)] Scarronides: or, Virgile Travestie. A Mock-Poem, first edition, initial f. with woodcut rebus of the printer Henry Brome verso, title within woodcut typographic border, some staining and spotting, contemporary sheep, worn, but holding firm, [Wing C6391; Pforzheimer 222], 8vo, Printed by E. Cotes for Henry Brome at the Gun in Ivy-lane, 1664.⁂ Initial leaf with a contemporary manuscript copy of Thomas Carew's poem To Her in Absence ('Toss'd in a troubled sea of griefes, I floate, far from the shore, in a storme beaten boate...'), which rather compliments the theme of the printed work.

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Lot 159

Cider.- W[orlidge] (J[ohn]) Vinetum Britannicum: or, A treatise of cider, and such other wines and drinks that are extracted from all manner of fruits growing in this kingdom. Together with the method of propagating all sorts of vinous fruit-trees, first separate edition, engraved frontispiece and 2 plates, woodcut head-pieces and decorative initials, lacking initial imprimatur f., water-stained, mostly at beginning and end, occasional spotting, 19th century calf, later (to style) red leather label to spine, spine ends and edges worn, rubbed, [Bitting p.504; Cagle 1069; Fussell I, p.70; Gabler G43130; Hunt 348; Simon BG 1632; Wing W3608 (our copy variant 2 with first f. of table signed 'b', here misbound before preface)], 8vo, Printed by J.C. for Tho. Dring, over against the Inner-temple-gate; and Tho. Burrel, at the Golden-ball under St. Dunstan's Church in Fleet-street, 1676.⁂ First separate edition of Worlidge's work on cider production, originally issued as part of his Systema agriculturae (1669). There is a catalogue of fruits at end. Provenance: Mountstuart (19th century engraved armorial bookplate).

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Lot 160

Play.- Crowne (John) The Destruction of Jerusalem by Titus Vespasian. In two parts. As it is acted at the Theatre Royal, 2 parts in 1, first edition, leaf K 'The Play ended, Mrs Marshal returns and Speaks the EPILOGUE...' and final advertisement leaf misbound between title and prologue of part 2, without errata f., trimmed at head, affecting headlines, first title soiled, stained, lightly browned, modern light blue boards, printed label to spine, [Wing C7385], small 4to, Printed for James Magnes and Richard Bentley in Russel-street, near the Piazza's, and the Post-house in Covent-Garden, 1677.

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Lot 174

Baskerville.- Virgilius Maro (Publius) Bucolica, Georgica et Aeneis, second Baskerville edition, list of subscribers, contemporary ink ownership inscriptions to pastedown and front free endpaper, some light foxing, early 19th century olive straight-grain morocco, gilt and with Greek key border, rebacked, with original spine laid-down, rubbed with some scratching, g.e., [Gaskell 2], large 4to, Birmingham, John Baskerville, 1757 [but c.1770].⁂ The first and second Baskerville editions are differentiated by the position of the "J" of "Johannis" in the imprint, with this being between the "B" and "I" of "Birminghamiae" in the first edition.

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Lot 177

Baskerville.- Sallustius (C. Crispus) and L. Annaeus Florus. [Opera], first Baskerville edition, bookplate of Perran Wood, some light foxing, mostly to first and last few leaves, contemporary crimson morocco, gilt, lightly rubbed, upper joint neatly and sympathetically repaired, modern cloth slip-case, g.e., [Gaskell 51], Birmingham, John Baskerville, 1773.

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Lot 185

de Moleville (Antoine François Bertrand) Private Memoirs Relative to the Last Year of the Reign of Lewis the Sixteenth, 3 vol., first edition, engraved portrait frontispieces and plates, occasional light spots, endpapers lightly browned, 1797 § Crerineau-Joly (Jacques) Histoire Religieuse, Politique et Littéraire de la Compagnie de Jésus, composée sur les documents inédits et authentiques, 5 vol., first edition, bookplates to pastedowns, light spotting, Paris, Paul Mellier, 1844-45, nineteenth-century half morocco, spines gilt, extremities lightly scuffed but bright and attractive sets overall, 8vo (8)

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Lot 187

Walpole (Horace) The Works, 5 vol., first collected edition, first issue with half-titles watermarked 1797 (lacking half-title in vol. 5), engraved portrait, title vignettes and plates, some folding, with additional p.*549-50 in vol. 1 and pp.*221-252 in vol. 2, 2 plates detached, offset, some foxing and browning, hinges cracked but covers holding, contemporary marbled calf, gilt, rebacked in red morocco, rubbed, worn at spine ends and corners, 1798; and Walpole's Memoires of the Last Ten Years of the Reign of George The Second, 2 vol., 1822, large 4to (7)

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Lot 188

Martin (Sarah) The New Experienced English House-Keeper, for the Use and Ease of Ladies, Housekeeper's and Cooks, second edition, list of subscribers, c4 blank, lacking half-title, title laid down, with loss of 1 letter and some marginal loss, final f. of index laid down, with a little marginal loss, spotting and staining, lightly browned, modern calf by Period Binders, Bath, spine in compartments and with burgundy label, [Maclean p.95; cf. Bitting p.312, Cagle 860 & Oxford p.123 (first edition) ], small 4to, Doncaster, Printed and sold by D.Boys, 1800.⁂ Rare, with ESTC recording only three copies (all UK), and WorldCat adding a BnF copy. Martin is described on the title as 'Many years housekeeper to the late Freeman Bower Esq. of Bawtry'.

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Lot 190

Chatterton (Thomas) The Works, 3 vol., first collected edition, engraved frontispiece and plates, one folding, light spotting and offsetting, "Holland" bookplates to pastedowns, contemporary marbled calf, rebacked with original spine laid down, modern morocco spine labels, recornered, 8vo, 1803.

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Africa.- Bowen (John) Memorials of...Late Bishop of Sierra Leone, first edition, engraved portrait frontispiece (offset), later half calf over marbled boards, spine gilt, lightly rubbed, 1862 § Mackey (James L.) A Grammar of the Benga Language, folding table frontispiece, some light spotting, endpapers browned, original roan-backed cloth, quite worn, spine with loss to head and foot, New York, 1855 § Bradley (J.) A Pottery Man's Diary of the Siege of Kimberley, first edition, faint ink stamp to p.7, first few pages stained, original cloth, stained, 1900; and 2 other pamphlets on Africa, 8vo (5)

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Lot 201

Binding.- Scott (Sir Walter) Waverley Novels, 47 vol. (of 48, lacking vol. 26), frontispieces, ink ownership inscriptions, bookplates, a few pages loose (or working loose), occasional spotting, occasional cracking at upper hinge gutter but firm, contemporary half morocco, spines gilt, 3 peeling away, extremities a little rubbed, Edinburgh, Cadell & Company, 1829 § Kingsley (Rev. Charles) The Water-Babies: A Fairy Tale for a Land-Baby, first edition, first issue with l'envoi leaf, frontispiece and illustration, bookplate, two pp. with small marginal tears and tape repairs, some spotting and finger soiling, contemporary half morocco, extremities rubbed, 1863 § Ashley (Evelyn) The Life of Henry John Temple, Viscount Palmerston, 2 vol., half-titles, frontispieces, occasional light foxing, near contemporary half calf, spine gilt with morocco labels, extremities lightly scuffed, 1876; and c.90 others literature, mostly leather and gilt, most 8vo and 4to (c.140)

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Lot 202

Cookery.- Copley (Esther) The Housekeeper's Guide, or a Plain and Practical System of Domestic Cookery, first edition, engraved frontispiece, additional engraved title and 5 plates, ink ownership inscription to pastedown, some offsetting and light spotting, original cloth-backed boards, worn at extremities, lightly soiled, upper joint split at foot but covers holding firm, 1834 § Marshall (A. B.) The Book of Ices, revised and enlarged edition, illustrations, ink ownership inscription to front free endpaper, the odd spot, original cloth, lightly rubbed, [c.1890], 8vo (2)⁂ The second includes illustrations of Marshall's patent freezer and "Ice Cave", as well as 10 pages of "Moulds for Ice Puddings". Recipes include Pine-apple ice water, American Sorbet and Maraschino Mousse.

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Lot 203

NO RESERVE Hume (David), Tobias Smollett and Rev T. S. Hughes. The History of England, 13 vol. only (of 14), some foxing, later half calf, spines gilt and with morocco labels, Paris, 1835-6 § Dalton (Hugh) Principles of Public Finance, foxing mostly to first and last few leaves, slight shelf-lean, 1923 § Russell (Bertrand) A History of Western Philosophy, first edition, contemporary ink ownership inscription to front free endpaper, 1946, all but first with endpapers browned, original cloth, spines slightly sunned, lightly rubbed; and others, most philosophy, economics and history, v.s. (c.70)

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Lot 204

Dickens (Charles) The Posthumous Papers of the Pickwick Club, first edition in book form, early issue, half-title, engraved frontispiece, additional title and 41 pates by R. Seymour and H. K. Browne ("Phiz"), some foxing to plates as usual, slight offsetting, lower hinge cracked, original cloth, recased, lightly rubbed and soiled, joints and upper hinge repaired, [Smith I, pp.19-27], 8vo, Chapman and Hall, 1837.

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Lot 209

Chesterfield (Philip Dormer, Earl of) The Letters, 4 vol., first edition, engraved portrait frontispieces, very light occasional foxing, near-contemporary calf by Hatchards, ruled in gilt, morocco spine labels, very light scuffs to spines and extremities, otherwise a very attractive set, 8vo, 1845.

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Lot 211

Coleridge (Samuel Taylor) The Friend: A Series of Essays to aid in the Formation of fixed Principles in Politics, Morals, and Religion..., 3 vol., fourth edition, very light marginal toning or occasional foxing, original cloth, extremities bumped, spine ends lightly creased and frayed, 1850 § Browning (Robert) The Poetical Works, 8 vol. in 4, new edition, portrait frontispieces, contemporary half morocco, spine gilt, 1902 § Hogarth (William) The Works, 2 vol., first edition, engraved plates, some offsetting and light foxing, contemporary calf with floral blind-stamped border, spines gilt, morocco labels to vol.2 chipped with loss, corners a little bumped, 1812, light scuffing or rubbing to extremities of each but each attractive sets overall, 8vo (9)

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Lot 214

Humphreys (Henry Noel) Sentiments and Similes of William Shakespeare, second edition, chromolithograph illuminated first page, initials and ruling in gold, gutter cracking in a few places, contemporary morocco-backed papier maché binding, lower corner upper cover chipped, g.e., 1857 § Smith (William) The History of the Peloponnesian War, 2 vol., 2 folding engraved maps, one with small closed tear (no loss), light browning and foxing, contemporary calf, spines gilt with red morocco labels, 1812 § Rogers (Samuel) Italy, engraved illustrations, bookplate, spotting, endpapers renewed, original black sheep, gilt, extremities rubbed, 1830; and c.55 others literature, mainly bound in leather but including 4 further papier maché bindings (c.59)

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Lot 219

James (Henry) The Works, 14 works in 7 vol., pp.134-150 corners creased, original cloth, spines gilt, extremities bumped and frayed, [?1883-7] § Thackeray (Henry) The Virginians, 2 vol., first edition in book form, first issue with "actresses" in p. 207 and with chapters 47 & 48 misnumbered, illustrations, manuscript book-label to front free endpaper, contemporary half morocco by Morrell, spines gilt, extremities rubbed, g.e., 1858 § Crabbe (George) The Poetical Works of the Rev. George Crabbe, 8.vol., first collected edition, additional engraved frontispiece and title, light foxing to first few pp., contemporary half calf, rubbed, 1834, 8vo (17)⁂ The first Henry James set is presumably unseen by Edel and Laurence (A20). They describe the reissue in a pocket edition of which all volumes are dated 1886 or 1887, but the present set are dated differently, and without the publisher's devices to the title as described by them.

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Lot 221

Haggard (H. Rider) She: A History of Adventure, first edition, first issue, with 'Godness' on penultumate line of p.269, half-title, 2 chromolithograph frontispieces, 2pp. advertisements at end, spotting to first and last few leaves, short tears to final free endpaper, previous owner's ink signature,original cloth, gilt, slight bumping to corners and extremities, 1887; Allan Quartermain, first edition, frontispiece, illustrations, scattered spotting, cracked hinges, original cloth, gilt, bumping to corners and extremities, backstrip beginning to split at joints but holding firm, rubbed, 1887; Jess, first edition, half-title, advertisements at end, cracked hinges, occasional faint finger-soiling, original cloth, rubbed, bumping to corners and extremities, 1887; and others by or on the same, 8vo (28)

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Lot 225

NO RESERVE Haggard (H. Rider).- Jebb (Mrs. John Gladwyn) A Strange Career: Life and Adventures of John Gladwyn Jebb, first edition, ALs from Haggard tipped-in, portrait frontispiece, scattered spotting, publisher's advertisements at end, bookplate, original pictorial cloth, a little rubbed, chipping and bumping to corners and spine extremities, 8vo, 1894.⁂ The letter, dated 17th October 1894, reads in part, "I am writing ?with a copy of Jebbs life by Mrs. J. If you can say a good word for it anywhere I wish you would as it may help his widow who is not left well off."

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Lot 228

NO RESERVE Jewish.- Elsasser (Marie) Ausführliches Kochbuch für die einfache und feine jüdische Küche, unter Berücksichtigung aller rituellen Vorschriften in 3759 Rezepten verfasst, first edition, 16pp. advertisements at end, lower margin of dedication f. excised, some staining, lightly browned, new endpapers, original burgundy pictorial cloth depicting a lady holding a tray of hot foodstuffs, rebacked, preserving original backstrip, corners worn, rubbed, [Weiss Gastronomia 909; Gabrielle & Sonya Gropman The German-Jewish Cookbook p.18:6; cf. Bitting p.143], Frankfurt, J. Kauffmann, 1901; and Pomiane on Jewish Cookery, large & small 8vo (2) ⁂ The binding is one of at least two variant designs for the first edition. Another depicts a chef at a stove stirring a pot.

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Lot 229

NO RESERVE Barrie (J.M.) The Little White Bird or Adventures in Kensington Gardens, first American edition, with a book-label "From the Library of Sir James M. Barrie", also book-label of Richard Cady Rare Books, original pictorial cloth, gilt, lightly rubbed at corners and spine ends, t.e.g., New York, 1902; and others, children's and illustrated, v.s. (15)

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Japan.- Milne (John) and W. K. Burton, The Great Earthquake in Japan, 1891, second information, 30 photographic plates by Kazumasa Ogawa, with captioned tissue guards, map, occasional light damp-staining, some slight splitting at gutter, original cloth, spine sunned, covers slightly soiled, extremities rubbed, Yokohama, [1894] § Ledoux (Louis V.) A Descriptive Catalogue of an exhibition of Japanese Figure Prints, colour frontispiece, plates, endpapers browned, calf-backed boards, extremities a little scuffed, uncut, New York, The Grolier Club, 1924 § Fraser (Mrs. Hugh) A Diplomatist's Wife in Japan, 2 vol., second edition, plates and illustrations, bookplates, some spotting or foxing, endpapers browned, original pictorial cloth, gilt, spines sunned, ends bumped, 1899; and 12 others, Japan and Asia, v.s. (16)⁂ The first, a superb photographic record of the devastating earthquake in Japan.

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Lot 231

Swinburne (Algernon Charles) The Tragedies of Algernon Charles Swinburne, 5 vol., first edition, number 6 of 100 copies of the large paper edition, engraved portrait frontispiece to vol.5, occasional very light foxing, contemporary red morocco by Bumpus, ruled in gilt, spines gilt in compartments, inner gilt dentelles, t.e.g., others uncut and some unopened, one or two corners bumped, otherwise a near-fine set, 8vo, 1905.

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Lot 232

Turgenev (Ivan Sergeyevich ) The Novels and Stories of Ivan Turgénieff, 16 vol., first English edition, translated by Isabel Hapgood, frontispieces, endpapers browned, original cloth, uncut, spines lightly faded, one or two corners bumped and creased, 8vo, New York, Charles Scribner's Sons, 1905.

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Lot 233

NO RESERVE Facsimile editions.- Chaucer (Geoffrey) The Works of Geoffrey Chaucer and Others Being a Reproduction in Facsimile of the First Collected Edition 1532 from the Copy in the British Museum, number 246 of 1000 copies, light dust-soiling to fore-edges, contemporary calf, covers detached, worn, 1905; and 2 other facsimile editions of other works, folio et infra (3)

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Lot 240

NO RESERVE Sassoon (Siegfried) Memoirs of an Infantry Officer, first trade illustrated edition, colour plates and plain illustrations by Barnett Freedman, original pictorial cloth, uncut, spine a little spotted and browned, 1931 § Murdoch (Iris) A Year of Birds, number 311 of 350 copies signed by the author and artist, wood-engravings by Reynolds Stone, original cloth-backed boards, t.e.g., Tisbury, Compton Press, 1978 § Browning (Elizabeth Barrett) Sonnets from the Portuguese, number 218 of 350 specially-bound copies, ink inscription to front free endpaper, original half tan morocco, by Sangorski & Sutcliffe, spine gilt, t.e.g., others uncut, Riccardi Press, 1914; and 7 others, modern illustrated, v.s. (10)

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Lot 242

Shakespeare (William) The Works, 4 vol., titles in red and black, original cloth-backed boards, some very minor bumping to spine ends, The Nonesuch Press, 1953 § The Holy Bible, 3 vol., vignette illustrations, original cloth, gilt, minor scuffing at extremities, The Nonesuch Press, 1963 § Trollope (Anthony) The Last Chronicle of Barset, 2 vol., first edition in book form, frontispieces and 30 wood-engraved plates by G. H. Thomas, vignette illustrations, ink ownership inscriptions, spotting, occasional soiling, later cloth, [Sadleir 26], Smith, Elder & Co., 1867; and c.55 others literature, cloth, 8vo (c.55)

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Lot 249

NO RESERVE Asquith (Lady Cynthia, compiled) The Ghost Book, first edition, ex-library with ink-stamp to title verso and label, original pictorial cloth, a little rubbed, slight bumping to corners and extremities, [1926]; and 3 others by Cynthia or Herbert Asquith, 8vo (4). ⁂ Containing short stories by D. H. Lawrence, Walter de la Mare and May Sinclair.

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Lot 250

Bowen (Elizabeth) Hubert Floss, John Cole and others. Soho Centenary 1844-1944 A Gift from Artists, Writers, and Musicians to the Soho Hospital for Women, first edition, one of 250 copies signed by the contributors to front free endpaper, colour-printed plates, illustrations, light browning to few few pages, original cloth, faded, dust-jacket, extremities chipped with small loss, some tears and frayed edges, surface soiling and marking, 8vo, 1944.⁂ Published at the time to raise funds for the Soho Hospital for Women and had contributions from writers, artists and musicians. Among the signatories are Noel Streatfield, artist William Nicholson, WW1 official war artist Eric Kennington, and Elizabeth Bowen.

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Lot 251

NO RESERVE Bradbury (Ray) Long After Midnight, first edition, signed presentation inscription from the author "For Jeanie! With renewed love & friendship in this week of its first edition publication!" to endpaper, printed poem "Holiday Greetings from Maggie and Ray Bradbury" loosely inserted, original cloth-backed boards, slight shelf-lean, dust-jacket, spine frayed at head, New York, 1976; The Stories..., first edition, signed presentation inscription from the author "For Jeanie - and 26 years of friendship - this book that took 40 years to write!" to endpaper, original cloth, central crease to spine, dust-jacket, price-clipped, creased, spine ends frayed, New York, 1980; and a quantity of others, modern literature, v.s. (4 boxes)

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Lot 252

NO RESERVE Brooke (Rupert) Poems, first edition, original cloth, paper label to spine, (label chipped and browned), remains of adhesion to foot of spine, 1911 § Carossa (Hans) A Roumanian Diary, first English edition, light browning to endpapers, original cloth, dust-jacket, spine browned, 1929; and 3 others, First and Second World Wars, 8vo (5)

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Lot 253

NO RESERVE Dexter (Colin) The Wench Is Dead, first edition, original cloth, dust-jacket, a few spots to flaps, rubbed with small loss to foot of lower joint, 1989 § Davis (Lindsey) Poseidon's Gold, uncorrected proof, one of 400 copies signed by the author to title, original wrappers, lightly rubbed, 1992 § Rankin (Ian) The Hanging Garden, signed by the author to title, original wrappers, rubbed with slight text loss to upper cover, shelf-lean, 1999 § A Dying Light in Corduba, first edition, signed by the author to title, original cloth, some staining to lower cover, dust-jacket, lightly creased at head, 1996, last two with margins slightly toned; and others thriller and detective fiction, 8vo (c.40)

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Lot 255

NO RESERVE Greene (Graham) The Old School, first edition, light spotting, original cloth, light marking, 1934 § McEwan (Ian) Saturday, limited edition, signed by the author, original boards, slip-case, 2005; and a large quantity of others, modern literature, v.s. (4 boxes)

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Lot 256

NO RESERVE Greene (Graham) Another Mexico, first American edition, p.37 stained with newspaper clipping loosely inserted, upper joint broken to dust-jacket, upper half of spine lacking, edges chipped and browned, New York, 1939; Loser Takes All, first edition, 1955, original cloth, lightly marked and sunned, extremities a little bumped and creased, first two with dust-jackets; and 2 other first editions by the same author, 8vo (4)

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Lot 258

Harris (Robert) Archangel, first edition, original cloth, bumping to spine extremities, dust-jacket, slight creasing to edges and spine extremities, 1998; Fatherland, third impression, original cloth, slight bumping to spine extremities, dust-jacket, creasing to edges and extremities, faint soiling to spine, 1992; Enigma, second impression, original cloth, fractional bumping to spine head, dust-jacket, creasing to top edge, 1995 § Walters (Minette) The Echo, first edition, signed by author, original cloth, fractional bumping to spine extremities, dust-jacket, slight creasing to top edge, 1997; and others similar, most crime and thrillers, 8vo (c.200)

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NO RESERVE Tennis novel.- Lenglen (Suzanne) The Love Game. Being the Life-Story of Marcelle Penrose, first edition, foxing, heaviest to first and last few ff., browning to endpapers, pencil ownership inscription, original cloth, very light fading to spine, some light rubbing to extremities but a sharp copy generally, 1925; and Lenglen's book on Lawn Tennis, 8vo (2)⁂ The second book and only novel by the inaugural women's no.1 tennis campion. Lenglen won 8 Grand Slam titles, 6 of which were at Wimbledon. The novel is a romance set in the world of professional tennis.

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Lot 262

NO RESERVE McCall (Cicely) "They Always Come Back", With a Foreword by E.M. Delafield, first edition, edge spotting, light browning to endpapers, original cloth, slight shelf-lean, dust-jacket, very light sunning to spine, short split to foot of upper fore-edge, minor chipping to spine tips and corners, a bright and excellent example overall, 8vo, 1938.⁂ A pioneering study of women prisoners by the LSE-trained social worker. Rare in the expressive dust-jacket.

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Lot 266

NO RESERVE Tate (Allen) More Sonnets at Christmas, 2pp. typescript signed by the author, the first leaf headed with Christmas postage stamp franked with place and date with statement 'First Day of Issue', Washington DC, 1972 § Masefield (John & Constance, editors) Lyrists of the Restoration, first edition, Lady Edith Heal's copy with ink gift inscription to her from her sister to endpaper, original vellum, yapp edges, ties, ?original slip-case, 1905; and 3 others, similar, v.s. (5)

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Lot 267

Tolstoy (Count Lev Nikolayevich "Leo") The Kingdom of God is Within You, first English edition, 1p. advertisements at front, half-title lightly finger-soiled, original decorative cloth, gilt, marked, extremities bumped and frayed, 8vo, 1894.⁂ Scarce first UK edition of this Christian anarchist treatise.

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Lot 268

Waugh (Evelyn) Brideshead Revisited, first edition, small bookshop sticker to lower pastedown margin, original cloth, very lightly marked, spine faded, 1935; Scoop, first American edition, original cloth, lightly marked and discoloured, spine head bumped and creased, Boston, 1938; and 2 others, Waugh, 8vo (4)

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Lot 269

NO RESERVE Wheatley (Dennis) The Island where Time stands still, first edition, faint spotting to endpapers, original cloth, faint spotting, slight bumping to corners and extremities, dust-jacket, slight rubbing and chipping to corners and extremities, 1954; The Satanist, Book Club edition, original cloth, slight bumping to corners and extremities, dust-jacket, slight creasing and chipping to edges, 1960; and others by the same, most later edition, 8vo (9).

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Lot 271

NO RESERVE Williamson (Henry) The Old Stag and other hunting stories, first illustrated edition, illustrations by C. F. Tunnicliffe, neat ink ownership inscription, jacket with light rubbing to extremities, else fine, 1933 § Burns (Alan) Europe After the Rain, first edition, jacket with light toning and soiling, a few small nicks and chips to head, 1965, original boards, dust-jackets; and 4 others, modern literature, 8vo (6)

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Lot 273

Woolf (Virginia) A Room of One's Own, first edition, 4 pp. Hogarth Press pamphlet advertising for the Woolf New Uniform edition loosely inserted, endpapers browned, original cloth, spine ends bumped, dust-jacket, discoloured, some spots to lower cover, extremities chipped, portion of loss to spine head affecting title, spine browned, 8vo, 1929.⁂ An excellent copy in near-fine original cloth, scarce with dust-jacket.

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Lot 275

NO RESERVE Woolf (Virginia) A Haunted House and other stories, first edition, bookplate of William Beekman, dust-jacket spine with tape repairs to verso, 1943 § Peake (Mervyn) Letters from a Lost Uncle, first edition, endpapers lightly spotted and toned, 1948 § Lowry (Malcolm) Under the Volcano, first American edition, ink stamp of Robert Liebert to pastedown, ink ownership inscriptions to front free endpaper, margins toned, occasional splitting at gutter, cloth rubbed with some staining, corners and spine ends chipped, 1947, original cloth, all but last lightly rubbed and with dust-jackets, rubbed with some soiling, a few chips and tears to extremities, some loss to spine; and others modern literature, as well as signed photographs of Erskine Childers and Joan Sutherland, v.s. (c.40)

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Lot 279

NO RESERVE Manet (Édouard) Letters with Aqurelles, number 124 of 345 copies, facsimile letters tipped onto card, colour-printed, loose as issued, housed in original clam shell box (sunned), slip-case (broken), New York, 1944 § Dali (Salvador) Hidden Faces, first edition, frontispiece and jacket design by Dali, original boards, dust-jacket, lightly creased and bumped to extremities, 1944 § Brandon (Raphael & J.Arthur) An Analysis of Gothick Architecture, 2 vol., third edition, plates and illustrations, light marking and foxing, original blind-stamped cloth, gilt, joints cracked, rubbed, extremities bumped, 1849, and 12 others, art and architecture, v.s. (16)

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Lot 290

Rhys (Grace, editor) The Banbury Cross Series, 4 vol., first edition, illustrations by R. Anning Bell and others, toned and marked, occasional light foxing, t.e.g., others uncut, a few cloth ties present, original pictorial cloth, gilt, lightly rubbed, extremities bumped, 1894-95 § Wilson (Romer, editor) Red Magic, A Collection of the World's Best Fairy Tales, first edition, 8 colour plates and illustrations by Kay Nielson, browning to preliminaries, toning, joint cracked pp.224-225, original cloth, rubbed and stained, corners and spine ends bumped, 1930 § The Ingoldsby Legends, colour plates and illustrations, bookplate to pastedown, endpapers browned, original pictorial cloth, gilt, extremities bumped and frayed, 1911; and c.45 others, mostly late Victorian fairy tales and folklore, attractive pictorial cloth, v.s. (c.50)⁂ A delightful lot of fairy tales and Victorian children's works in decorative and pictorial cloth. The large collection represents the fairy tales and legends of many countries.

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Cambridge.- Ackermann (Rudolph, publisher) A History of the University of Cambridge, 2 vol., first edition, half-titles, list of subscribers, engraved portrait of the Duke of Gloucester, 95 plates including the 16 portraits of Founders, all fine hand-coloured aquatints or stipple-engravings by Stadler, Havell, Agar, Bluck, Hill and Reeve after Pugin, Westall, Mackenzie, Uwins and Pyne, plates bright and clean but offset, some light spotting and very occasional browning, contemporary plum half morocco, quite worn, spines faded, t.e.g., [Abbey Scenery 80; Tooley 4], large 4to, 1815.⁂ Provenance: George Becher Blomfield (bookplate).

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Kent.- Harris (John) The History of Kent, first edition, engraved portrait frontispiece, list of subscribers, contemporary ink notes to pp.236, 319 & 543, 38 engraved plates only (of 41), all but 3 double-page, lacking folding double-page map, frontispiece torn and repaired verso, bookplate to pastedown, several plates trimmed to plate mark, some marginal tears, some browning and damp-staining, contemporary panelled calf, spine gilt with red morocco spine label, rebacked, upper cover detached, rubbed, [Wing N7830], folio, printed and sold y D. Midwinter, 1719.

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Oxford.- Ackermann (Rudolph, publisher) A History of the University of Oxford, 2 vol., first edition, list of subscribers, engraved portrait of the Chancellor Lord Grenville, 81 hand-coloured plates comprising 64 aquatint views by Buck, Stadler, Hill & others after Pugin, Mackenzie, Westall & others and 17 stipple-engraved plates of academic costumes, plus the 33 hand-coloured portraits of the Founders, lacking half-titles, vol. 1 with tipped-in advertisement slip, plates bright and clean but offset, plates 6 and 7 with lower corners creased, plate 25 (Magdalen College Entrance Gate) with title supplied in manuscript, occasional light spotting, contemporary half russia, rebacked in calf, rubbed, wear to corners and joints, vol. 1 with upper joint split at foot, [Abbey Scenery 280; Tooley 5], large 4to, 1814.⁂ With plate 54 bound in vol. 1 and plates 4 and 5 in vol. 2.Provenance: Subscriber James Ingram, President of Trinity College (bookplate).

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NO RESERVE Birds.- Clancey (P. A.) The Birds of Natal and Zululand, first edition, colour plates, illustrations, folding map at end, bookplate of Bernard King, dust-jacket with some light spotting, adhesive remains to upper flap, Edinburgh & London, 1964 § Fleming (Robert L. Snr.) & others. Birds of Nepal, second edition, full-page illustrations, dust-jacket with abrasion marks to flaps, 1979 § Stockelbach (Lavonia) The Birds of Shakespeare, 30 tipped-in illustrations, [1953], occasional light spotting, original cloth, lightly rubbed, dust-jackets, all but first with a few small chips to extremities and light surface soiling; and others birds, v.s. (12)

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Botany.- Dresser (Christopher) Unity In Variety, as deduced from the Vegetable Kingdom, illustrations, advertisement leaf at rear, upper hinge a little weak, original blind-stamped cloth, small hole to upper joint, spine toned, ends and corners a little bumped, 1860 § van de Pass (Crispin) Hortus Floridus, vol. 2 only, number 44 from an edition of 500, whole-page illustrations, original goat-backed boards, extremities scuffed, The Cresset Press, 1929 § Hibberd (Shirley) The Seaweed Collector, first edition, 8 colour plates, wood-engraved illustrations, occasional light spotting, upper hinge a little cracked but firm, original cloth, joints torn and spine toned, [1872]; and 28 others botany, gardening, and local natural history, most bright pictorial cloth, toning and scuffing to spines, 8vo (31)

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