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Lot 285

NO RESERVE Europe.- Williams (Hugh William) Travels in Italy, Greece, and the Ionian Islands, 2 vol., first edition, 20 engraved plates by Lizars after drawings by the author (2 folding), errata f., lacking half-titles, foxing to plates, offsetting, contemporary polished calf, gilt, lacking spine labels, spines repaired, rubbed, Edinburgh, 1820 § [Boswell (Thomas Alexander)] The Journal of an Exile, 2 vol., first edition, advertisement f. at end of vol.2, spotted, finger-marking, contemporary half calf, richly gilt spines in compartments and with double burgundy leather labels, corners little worn, rubbed, 1825; and 4 others, Travel, mostly Europe, 8vo (8)

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Lot 190

Miller (Henry) The Rosy Crucifixion Book Two Plexus, 2 vol., first edition, limited edition, edges foxed, original fawn wrappers, some light rubbing and minor creasing, but a bright and excellent example overall, 8vo, Paris, Olympia Press, for private circulation, 1953.

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NO RESERVE Sermons.- Robinson (Robert) Christianity a system of humanity. A sermon in behalf of the Protestant dissenting charity-school, At Horsly-Down, Southwark, for the educating and clothing of fifty poor boys, preached at Salter's Hall, London, On Wednesday, March 3d, 1779, first edition, some spotting and light soiling, disbound, Cambridge, Printed by T. Fletcher, 1779 § Sunday schools.- Adkin (Rev. Lancaster) The Sabbath. A Sermon, preached in the Parish Church of St. Stephen's, Norwich, to promote the establishment of Sunday schools, occasional spotting, disbound, Norwich, Printed and sold by J. Crouse and W. Stevenson, [1785]; and 6 others, similar, 8vo & small 4to (8)

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Lot 146

NO RESERVE Crowley (Aleister) The Stratagem and Other Stories, first edition, original cloth-backed boards, several tiny holes to cloth, slight bumping to corners and extremities, dust-jacket, a little rubbed, small loss to corners and spine extremities, [1929].

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Lot 12

NO RESERVE France.- Laborde (Comte Alexandre de). Plan d'éducation pour les enfans pauvres, d'après les deux méthodes combinées du Docteur Bell et de M. Lancaster, engraved plate, this water-stained, occasional spotting, 20th century library cloth, spine gilt and with paper label at foot, Schulze & Dean, 1815 § Lacroix (Sylvestre Francois) Essais sur l'enseignement en général, et sur celui des mathématiques en particulier, first edition, half-title, occasional spotting, later half calf, rebacked, preserving original gilt backstrip with leather and paper labels, Paris, Courcier, 1805; and 7 others, 19th century French education, v.s. (9)⁂ The French antiquary and liberal politician Laborde based his work on his observations of two charity schools at Farnham, Surrey, and Winchester.

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Lot 145

Crowley (Aleister) Tannhauser. A Story of Our Time, new edition, scattered foxing, original cloth, 1907; Eight Lectures on Yoga, first edition, frontispiece portrait, illustrations, errata slip at rear, original cloth, some light marking, [1939]; and 2 others, Crowley, 4to & small 4to (4)

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Lot 244

Potter (Beatrix) The Story of Miss Moppet, first edition, second printing (with New York & London on the back of the wallet), in panoramic format, comprising 14 colour illustrations facing text printed in green, all within green borders and linen-backed, plates and text with some creasing, first and last illustrations soiled, original green cloth wallet covers with mounted colour illustration, rubbed and stained, lacks tongue on upper cover, [Linder, p.426; Quinby 11], 16mo, Fredk Warne & Co., 1906.

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Lot 295

NO RESERVE Middle East.- Lawrence (T.E.) Seven Pillars of Wisdom, first trade edition, portrait frontispiece, plates and maps, faint spotting to first and last few leaves, modern half-morocco, slipcase, a little rubbed, 8vo, 1935.

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Lot 300

Russia.- Cartier-Bresson (Henri ) The People of Moscow, first American edition, cracked upper hinge, dust-jacket, small loss to spine foot, chipping to corners and extremities, New York, 1955; Moscou, first French edition, dust-jacket, a little rubbed, slight chipping to corners and extremities, slipcase, rubbed and worn, Paris, 1955, illustrations, many full-page, original cloth; and another copy of the French first edition, 4to (3)

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Lot 26

NO RESERVE Sheridan (Thomas) A plan of education for the young nobility and gentry of Great Britain. Most humbly addressed to the father of his people, first edition, presentation copy, with 'From the Author' at head of title (trimmed), a8 blank, lacking final blank, water-stained at corners, occasional spotting, contemporary calf, rebacked, corners worn, rubbed, Printed for E. and C. Dilly, in the Poultry, 1769; and a 19th century work on Irish education, 8vo (2)⁂ Sheridan was the son of a famous Dublin schoolmaster, and father of the playwright and politician. He believed that while the tendency of existing education was to make good scholars, its true end should be to make good men and citizens. He was against uniform courses of study, and favoured the streaming of older pupils according to their proposed profession.

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Lot 154

NO RESERVE Donleavy (J. P.) The Ginger Man, second edition, revised, jacket spine ends and corners a little chipped, Paris, Olympia Press, 1958 § Baldwin (James) Nobody Knows My Name, first edition, ink inscription to endpaper, jacket spine slightly faded spine ends and corners chipped, light creasing to head and foot, New York, 1961 § Faulkner (William) The Town, first English edition, jacket spine lightly faded, spine ends a little chipped, 1958, original boards, dust-jackets; and 15 others, American literature, 8vo (18)

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NO RESERVE Morrice (David) The art of teaching, or communicating instruction, examined, methodized, and facilitated; as well as applied to all the branches of scholastic education, first edition, errata f., 4pp. advertisements at end, some spotting and light browning, later cloth-backed boards, printed title and library paper labels to spine, spine ends little frayed, corners worn, rubbed, Lackington, Allen and Co., 1801 § Marsh (Herbert) A vindication of Dr. Bell's system of tuition, in a series of letters, first edition, limp library cloth, gilt, printed for F. C. and J. Rivington, 1811 § Clarke (Rev. Liscombe) A letter to H. Brougham... in reply to the Strictures on Winchester College, contained in his letter to Sir Samuel Romilly, first edition, presentation copy from the author to the Provost of Eton College, half-title, occasional spotting, modern boards, little faded, J. Hatchard, 1818; and 9 others, early 19th century Education, including more Brougham, 8vo (12)

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Lot 35

Relacion muy verdadera de lo que ha sucedido en la Vantolina desde 3 de Febrero hasta 6 de março deste año 1627 que entro la gente de su santidad, y saliendo della los franceses, conforme lo capitalado entre las dos coronas y su santidad, first edition, woodcut arms to title, woodcut initial and tailpiece, endpapers browned, modern boards, [Palau 257907], small 4to, Barcelona, Estaban Liberòs, 1627.⁂ First edition of this rare pamphlet.

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Lot 43

NO RESERVE Cookery.- Escoffier (Auguste) Le Guide Culinaire, first edition, half-title, illustrations in text, folding bill of fare, errata and 2 advertisement ff. at end, part of bill of fare detached at fold, with minor loss of text, occasional spotting, lightly browned, contemporary roan, spine gilt, splits to joints, but holding firm, corners worn, rubbed, [Cagle 185a], 8vo, Paris, 1903.

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Lot 29

NO RESERVE Whitchurch (James Wadham) An Essay upon Education, 3 parts in 1, first edition, title soiled, some water-staining at head at start and end, spotting, lightly browned, contemporary half calf, sympathetically rebacked, spine gilt and preserving earlier red morocco label, corners worn, Printed for T. Becket and P. A. de Hondt, in the Strand, 1772 § Sheridan (Thomas) British education: or, the source of the disorders of Great Britain, new edition, half-title, occasional spotting, contemporary half calf, spine gilt and with red morocco label, corners worn, rubbed and scuffed, [Alston X, 224], Printed for Edward and Charles Dilly, 1768; and 7 others, 18th century Education, 8vo (9)⁂ The first mentioned is the author's only work, based on the ideas of Rousseau. The final part is on 'the advantages and disadvantages of travelling into foreign countries'.

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Lot 23

NO RESERVE Religion.- Bowles (John) A letter addressed to Samuel Whitbread, esq. M.P. in consequence of the unqualified approbation expressed by him, in the House of Commons, of Mr. Lancaster's System of education, second edition, half-title, some spotting and light browning, modern calf-backed marbled boards, spine gilt and with long morocco label, Printed for John Joseph Stockdale, 1808 § Vincent (William) A Defence of public education, addressed to the most Reverend the Lord Bishop of Meath... In answer to a charge annexed to his Lordship's discourse, preached at St. Paul's, on the anniversary meeting of the charity children, first edition, A. Strahan for T. Cadell & W. Davies, 1801 bound with another related, occasional spotting, modern boards, faded; and 20 others, religious schools and religious education in schools, including a few disbound pamphlets, v.s. (22)⁂ I: Bowles, a barrister, demands that 'when education is made a national concern, youth must be brought up as members of the national church', confirming the fears of English radicals, such as Paine, Priestley and Godwin that a state-controlled national education would deny religious and political freedom. This strong division of opinions was one of the reasons why a national education system was not implemented until 1870. II: Vincent was headmaster of Westminster and wrote his reply to the charge that the public schools neglected Christian teaching. He describes the Christian education received at Westminster and adds a few words on Winchester.

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Lot 277

NO RESERVE Corsica.- Lear (Edward) Journal of a Landscape Painter in Corsica, first edition, half-title, 40 wood-engraved plates (including frontispiece), wood-engraved illustrations, occasional spotting, original cloth, spine gilt, corners worn, some staining, rubbed, edges spotted, 4to, 1870.

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NO RESERVE Blind & deaf.- Moon (William) Light for the blind: a history of the origin and success of Moon's system of reading (embossed in various languages) for the blind, first edition, half-title, mounted photographic portrait frontispiece, specimen plate of Moon's embossed alphabet, frontispiece and title foxed, occasional spotting elsewhere, original blue cloth, gilt, rebacked, preserving original backstrip, soiled and rubbed, Longmans & Co., 1873 § International Health Exhibition, London, 1884. Oral Instruction of the deaf and dumb, some spotting, 1884 bound with 3 other works relating to the IHE, modern cloth; and 6 others, blind & deaf education, v.s. (8)

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Lot 135

NO RESERVE [Buchan (John & Susan)], "Cadmus and Harmonia". The Island of Sheep, first American edition, original cloth-backed pictorial boards, 8vo, Boston, Houghton Mifflin, 1920.

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Lot 144

Crispin (Edmund) The Moving Toyshop. A Detective Story, first edition, map illustration, original cloth, light fading to spine, dust-jacket, spine a little browned, spine ends and corners a little chipped, splash mark to upper panel, but an excellent copy overall, 8vo, 1946.⁂ An attractive copy of this classic work of detective fiction, dedicated to Philip Larkin, The Moving Toyshop provided the inspiration for the merry-go-round dénouement of Hitchcock's Strangers on a Train.

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Lot 271

Africa.- Churchill (Winston S.) London to Ladysmith via Pretoria, first English edition, 3 folding maps (1 colour), plans in text, advertisements at end, occasional spotting, ex-WHSmith library with label to front pastedown, original pictorial cloth, rebacked with original spine laid down, slight bumping to corners and extremities, [Hosken p.46], 8vo, 1900.

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Lot 282

NO RESERVE Europe.- Abramovich (Raphael) The Vanished World: Jewish cities, Jewish people, first edition, illustrations, many full-page, text in Yiddish and English, New York, Forward Association, cracked hinges, original cloth, slight bumping to corners and extremities, oblong 4to, 1947.

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Lot 291

NO RESERVE Italy.- Martyn (Thomas) A tour through Italy. Containing full directions for travelling in that interesting country, new edition, folding hand-coloured engraved map, contemporary tree calf, spine gilt, spine worn and repaired, Printed for C. and G. Kearsley, [1791] § Dickens (Charles) Pictures from Italy, first edition in book form, initial and final advertisement f., half-title, wood-engraved illustrations by Samuel Palmer, occasional spotting, original blue cloth, small nick at head of spine, little light staining, [Eckel, p. 126; Pine-Coffin 844(5)], 1846; and 6 others, 18th & 19th century works on Italy, v.s. (8)

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Lot 206

Susann (Jacqueline) Valley of the Dolls, first edition, signed by the author on front free endpaper, original boards, dust-jacket, minor chipping and creasing to spine ends and corners, very light toning to panels, but generally near-fine overall, 8vo, New York, [1966].

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Lot 187

Le Carré (John) Smiley's People, first edition, signed presentation inscription from the author to title, original boards, slight shelf-lean, dust-jacket, short closed tear to foot of lower panel, spine ends a little chipped, light rubbing to head and foot, 8vo, 1980.

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NO RESERVE France.- Helvetius (Claude Adrien) De l'Homme, de ses Facultes Intellectuelles et de son Éducation, first edition, first issue, with 639 & 760pp. and errata leaf at end of vol.2, woodcut head- and tail-pieces, occasional spotting, lightly browned, contemporary calf, sympathetically rebacked, corners worn, London [The Hague], La Société Typographique, 1773; and a 3 vol. first edition of Grivel's theory of education, Paris, 1775, 12mo (5)

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Lot 232

Erotica.- Mark (Mary Ellen) Falkland Road: Prostitutes of Bombay, first edition, postcard signed by author tipped-in, colour frontispiece, illustrations, many full-page, ex-libris ink-stamp of Barbara Turk, original cloth, very slight bumping to spine extremities, dust-jacket, slight creasing to corners and extremities, 4to, New York, 1981.

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Lot 21

NO RESERVE Parsons (John Weddell) Essays on education, or principles of intellectual improvement consistent with the frame and nature of man, first edition, title browned and with signature at head, antique style calf-backed marbled boards, spine gilt and with red morocco label, little rubbed, 8vo, Printed by J. Smeeton, St. Martin's Lanz : sold by T. Cadell, in the Strand, 1794.⁂ Scarce. Composed of two earlier works now corrected and enlarged, and appearing together for the first time. Aside from two sermons ESTC records only his Hints on producing genius, Worcester, 1790 (two copies only, BL and Chicago). Parsons describes himself on the title as vicar of Wellington in Herefordshire.

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Lot 303

NO RESERVE Voyages.- Heyerdahl (Thor) The Kon-Tiki Expedition, first edition, signed by the author on endpaper, plates, occasional light spotting, bookplate to pastedown, ?lacking rear endpaper, original cloth, light fading and small mark to spine, dust-jacket, tape repairs to spine ends and corners verso with some light show-through, light rubbing and minor creasing to head and foot but a sharp and excellent copy overall, 8vo, 1950.

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Lot 212

NO RESERVE Wells (H.G.) When the Sleeper Wakes, first edition, frontispiece and plates, very occasional light stains or finger-soiling, ink ownership initials to pastedown, offset to endpaper, endpapers browned, contents a little shaken, original cloth, gilt, lightly marked, spine a little soiled and dulled, extremities lightly rubbed, 8vo, 1899.

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Lot 82

NO RESERVE Economics.- Simpson (Thomas) The doctrine of annuities and reversions, deduced from general and evident priciples: with useful tables, shewing the values of single and joint lives, &c. at Different Rates of Interest, 2 parts in 1, including supplement, second edition, first edition of supplement, woodcut diagrams, tables, occasional spotting and mostly marginal staining, contemporary tree calf, spine gilt and with red morocco label, rubbed, [Goldsmiths' 11336; Higgs 6406; Kress 7166; supplement Goldsmiths' 14928], 8vo, Printed for John Nourse, in the Strand, 1775.

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Lot 189

Marquez (Gabriel Garcia) News of a Kidnapping, first edition in English, signed by the author on title, original boards, dust-jacket, very light fading to spine, a near-fine example otherwise, New York, 1997; and 2 work by Mario Vargas Llosa, 8vo (3)

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Lot 293

NO RESERVE Mediterranean.- Sutherland (Capt. David) A tour up the straits, from Gibraltar to Constantinople. With the leading events in the present war between the Austrians, Russians, and the Turks, first edition, list of subscribers, marginal worming to lower corners towards end, occasional spotting, contemporary mottled calf, spine gilt and with a red morocco and small paper label, rubbed, 8vo, Printed for the Author; and sold by J. Johnson, 1790.

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NO RESERVE Australia.- Walpole (Joseph K. ) Recollections and historical notices of Cambridge; preceded by a brief outline of schools and universities, and the fortunes of literature and science from the earliest ages, first edition, title in red and black, errata slip tipped-in at end, occasional spotting, lightly browned, original cloth, scuffed printed paper label to spine, spine ends chipped, corners worn, little stained, rubbed, [Fergusson 4681], 12mo, Sydney, Kemp and Fairfax, 1847.⁂ The author, who had attended St. John's and Trinity Colleges, was chaplain of the prisons of Sydney. He was a disciple of William Whewell and promoted his philosophy of education in Australia. 'Old reminiscences having found vent from time to time in various scraps of verse and prose, intended merely for amusement, these at length, grew into the more extensive views of the present book; which would suggest the propriety, nay the necessity, of a public Institution for promoting superior education in New South Wales.'.

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Lot 129

Acton (Harold) Memoirs of an Aesthete, first edition, illustrations, some light spotting to endpapers and edges, original cloth, dust-jacket, spine dulled, spine ends and corners chipped, chipping to upper fore-edge, light spotting and soiling, a few short closed tears and light creasing to head and foot, 8vo, 1948.⁂ Acton's classic memoir, encompassing his childhood in Florence, his period in Oxford with the likes of Waugh and Robert Byron and his taking up residence in Peking in 1932, rare in the dust-jacket.

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Lot 289

Ireland.- Lewis (Samuel) A Topographical Dictionary of Ireland, 3 vol., second edition, large folding map (short marginal tear) and 32 county maps, faint spotting to first and last few leaves, bookplate, original cloth, slight bumping to corners and spine extremities, 4to, 1847.

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NO RESERVE Europe.- [Byron (Anne Isabella Milbanke, Baroness, attributed to)] What de Fellenberg has done for education, first edition, ?lacking half-title, spotted, a few small stains, modern marbled boards, Saunders and Otley, 1839 § Perry (Walter Copland) German university education; or, the professors and students of Germany, first edition, 32pp. publisher's catalogue at end, some spotting and light browning, original green blind-stamped cloth, spine gilt, rebacked, preserving original backstrip, chipped at head and with label removed from foot, corners worn, [Bonn: printed by Charles Georgi] & London, Longman [& others.], 1845; and 8 others, 19th century European Education, v.s. (10)

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Lot 156

NO RESERVE Dreiser (Theodore) The "Genius", first edition, original cloth, slight bumping to corners and extremities, 8vo, 1915.

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Lot 290

NO RESERVE Italy.- Guidi (Jean-Baptiste-Marie) Lettres contenant le journal d'un voyage fait à Rome en 1773, 2 vol. in 1, first edition, half-titles, woodcut ornaments to titles and head- and tail-pieces, occasional spotting, little lightly browned, contemporary calf, gilt spine in compartments and with red morocco label, head of spine and corners worn, rubbed, Geneva & Paris, no printer, 1783 § [Dupaty (Charles-Marguerite-Jean-Baptiste Mercier)] Lettres sur l'Italie, 3 vol., half-titles, engraved frontispieces to each vol., some spotting and light browning, 19th-century blue marbled boards by Meslant with his ticket, Paris, Desenne & Maradan, 1797; and 7 others, 19th century French works on Italy, v.s. (11)

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Lot 274

NO RESERVE Britain.- Stanfield (Clarkson) Coast Scenery. A Series of Views in the British Channel, first edition, engraved frontispiece, additional engraved title, 38 engraved plates, original decorative morocco, gilt, slight bumping to corners and extremities, 8vo, 1836.

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Lot 292

NO RESERVE Italy.- Moore (John) A view of society and manners in Italy: with anecdotes relating to some emimnent characters, first edition, with blank and 16pp. publishers' catalogue at end of vol.2, some spotting, occasional staining, contemporary speckled calf, gilt, spine in compartments and with double red morocco labels, corners worn, rubbed, [Pine-Coffin 775(3)], Printed for W. Strahan; and T. Cadell, 1781; and a first edition of his same for France, Switzerland and Germany, 8vo (4)

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Lot 27

NO RESERVE Thomas Woolner's copy.- Godwin (William) The enquirer. Reflections on education, manners, and literature. In a series of essays, first edition, half-title, errata f. at end, some marginal water-staining, occasional spotting, antique style boards, lightly soiled and marked, 8vo, Printed for G. G. and J. Robinson, Paternoster-Row, 1797.⁂ 'the most remarkable and advanced treatise on education to appear at the end of the eighteenth century' (Peter H. Marshall, William Godwin, pp. 163-71). Godwin favoured a bold system based on the desire of the autonomous learner rather than the will of the authoritarian teacher. Provenance: Thomas Woolner (1825-1892) English sculptor, poet, founding member of the Pre-Raphaelite Brotherhood, and friend of Tennyson (ink name to head of title).

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Lot 179

Kernahan (Coulson) Captain Shannon, first edition, plates, 1897 § Hume (Fergus) The Silent House in Pimlico, n.d. § "Waters". The Detective Officer and other tales, frontispiece, 1878 § Campden (John) The Hundredth Acre, frontispiece, ink gift inscription to endpaper, 1906 § Marsh (Richard) The Crime and the Criminal, frontispiece and plate, hinges weak, n.d., occasional light foxing or browning, original cloth, some light rubbing or fading; and 5 others, early detective fiction, 8vo (10)

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Lot 109

NO RESERVE Burton (Isabel) The Life of Captain Sir Richard F. Burton, 2 vol., first edition, portrait frontispieces, faint spotting to first and last few leaves, contemporary half-calf, expertly rebacked and recornered, 8vo, 1893.

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Lot 131

Atwood (Margaret) The Handmaid's Tale, first English edition, signed presentation inscription from the author on half-title, light toning to margins, invitation to author's reading loosely inserted, original boards, dust-jacket, light creasing to head and foot, near-fine otherwise, 8vo, 1986.⁂ The first English edition of Atwood's dystopian classic, the basis for the hugely successful television series.

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NO RESERVE Fletcher (Joseph) Education national, voluntary, and free, first edition, half-title, 12 folding wood-engraved maps, large folding letterpress table, occasional spotting, modern cloth, James Ridgway, 1851 § Edwards (Henry) Elementary education; the importance of its extension in our own country. With a sketch of the state of elementary education on the continent, first edition, half-title, advertisement f. at end, inter-leaved, occasional spotting, modern buckram, Longman and Co., 1854 § Corston (William) A brief sketch of the life of Joseph Lancaster; including the introduction of his system of education, first edition of the first biography of Lancaster, half-title, some pencil marking, library cloth, spine gilt and with paper label at foot, rubbed, Harvey, Darton & Co., [1840]; and a small quantity of others, 19th century Education, v.s. (Sm.Qty.)

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Lot 132

Betjeman (John) Ghastly Good Taste, first edition, errata slip, folding illustration at rear, jacket upper flap loosely inserted, original cloth-backed pink boards, paper label to spine light browning to spine, some light fading to margins, but an excellent example overall, 8vo, 1933.

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Lot 138

Burroughs (Edgar Rice) Tarzan and the Lost Empire, first English edition, Prudential bookmark loosely inserted, light spotting, original cloth, very light creasing to spine, dust-jacket priced at 7/6, light staining to spine and extremities, spine ends and corners a little chipped, light rubbing and creasing to head and foot, 8vo, 1931.

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Lot 81

NO RESERVE [Sterne (Laurence)] A Sentimental Journey through France and Italy, by Mr. Yorick, 2 vol., first edition, with 'vous' on p.150 in vol.1 and 'whho ave' on p.133 in vol.2, half-titles, list of subscribers ('*Imperial paper'), engraved arms in text in vol.2, without loosely inserted advertisement leaf (as usual), a few stains, occasional spotting, contemporary mottled calf, gilt, spines in compartments and with red and black morocco labels, spine ends and corners worn, rubbed, [Rothschild 1972], 8vo, Printed for T. Becket and P. A. de Hondt, 1768.

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Lot 95

NO RESERVE Philosophy.- Brown (Thomas) Sketch of a system of the Philosophy of the Human mind, first edition, half-title, some light foxing, library stamps, contemporary calf, upper joint split, but holding, piece missing from head of spine, corners little worn, rubbed, 8vo, Edinburgh, Bell & Bradfute [et al.], 1820.⁂ Rare in commerce. Brown (1778-1820) Scottish philosopher, poet, tutor and member of the American Antiquarian Society.

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Lot 176

NO RESERVE Hersey (John) Hiroshima, first edition, bookplate signed by the author to half- title, original cloth, spine browned, light fraying to spine ends, dust-jacket, light fading to spine, minor chipping to spine ends and corners, chip to upper joint, light rubbing to extremities, 8vo , New York, 1946.⁂ First edition of this landmark work, one of the earliest examples of New Journalism and never out of print.

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Lot 159

Faulks (Sebastian) Birdsong, first edition, signed by the author on title, ink gift inscription to half-title, original boards, dust-jacket, price-clipped, light creasing to head and foot, near-fine otherwise, 8vo, 1993.

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Lot 238

NO RESERVE Lear (Edward) More Nonsense, Pictures, Rhymes, Botany, etc., first edition, half-title, illustrations by the author, occasional spotting, a few finger-marks, original cloth-backed pictorial boards, spine gilt, small repair to head of spine, little light staining, rubbed, a good copy, [Noakes 83; Osborne I, p.70], Robert John Bush, 1872; and 3 others, Children's, 1 falsely purporting to be from the library of Lewis Carroll, v.s. (4)⁂ The author's third book.

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NO RESERVE Educating the poor.- Bernard (Sir Thomas) The New School; being an attempt to illustrate its principles, detail, and advantages, first edition, half-title, this lightly browned and spotted, occasional spotting, antique style calf-backed marbled boards, spine gilt, little rubbed, W. Bulmer & Co. for for the Society for Bettering the Condition of the Poor, 1809; and his Barrington School, 1812, 8vo (2)⁂ Bernard, together with Wilberforce and the Bishop of Durham, had established the Society for Bettering the Condition of the Poor in 1796. The final two leaves give a list of publications by the Society. Here we have an account of the experimental methods of instruction used in the teacher training school in Bishop Auckland, which was set up by Bernard and supervised by Dr. Andrew Bell. Included is a detailed account of the Lancaster and Bell systems.

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Lot 245

Rilke (Rainer Maria) Puppen, first edition, one of 150 copies, 16 hand-coloured plates by Lotte Prizel, some light foxing, original cloth-backed decorated boards, plain dust-jacket, spotted and borwned, chipping to head of spine and corners, card slip-case with paper label to upper cover, some wear to corners, small folio, Munich, 1921.

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Lot 200

NO RESERVE Sackville-West (Vita) Seducers in Ecuador, first edition, previous owner's ink signature, occasional faint spotting, original cloth, slight bumping to corners and extremities, 8vo, Hogarth Press, 1924.

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Lot 731

Lovell, Robert Panbotanologia sive Enchiridion botanicum or, a Compleat Herball. Oxford: William Hall, 1659. First edition together with Culpepper (Nich.) The English Physician Enlarged, 1741

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Lot 739

Dance of Death by Hans Holbein Enlarged Facsimiles of the original wood engravings by Hans Lutzelberger in the first complete edition: Lyons 1547. Privately printed, 1916

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Lot 183

First edition volume by Francis Duckworth - Chester, with fold out map, Stories from the Arabian Nights with illustrations by Edmund Dulac, plus four other volumes including To Those Who See by Gwen Frostic.

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Lot 176

First edition hardback volume by Philip Sulley, The Hundred of Wirral, with fold out map, published by B Haram & Co, Birkenhead, dated 1889. Also hardback volume - Picturesque Wirral, and another volume by AG Caton - Romance of Wirral

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