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Lot 23

Polar.- Amundsen (Roald) "The North West Passage" Being the Record of a Voyage of Exploration of the "Gjoa" 1903-1907, 2 vol., first English edition, frontispieces, plates and illustrations, 1 folding map only (of 2), previous owner's ink inscription, original pictorial cloth, vol. 2 rebacked with original spine laid down, a little rubbed, 1908; Roald Amundsen: My Life as an Explorer, first edition, frontispiece, faint spotting to endpapers, original cloth, a little rubbed, 1927; and 3 others on or by Amundsen, 8vo (6)

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Lot 230

NO RESERVE Harris (James) The Works...with an account of his life and character, by his son the Earl of Malmesbury, 2 vol., first collected edition, large & thick paper copy, engraved portrait frontispieces, 4 engraved plates and one illustration, plates lightly foxed and offset, engraved bookplate of the Earl of Camden, handsome contemporary red straight-grain morocco, ruled in gilt and blind, g.e., a little rubbed and scuffed, slight worming to joints, 4to, 1801.⁂ The works of the noted author of Hermes, a work on philosophical grammar, and others on the philosophy of art and on the philosophy of happiness. Harris was a politician and also a member of the Royal Society.

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Lot 235

[Umphelby (Fanny)] 262 Questions & Answers, or the Children's Guide to Knowledge, first edition, printing flaw to p.61 slightly affecting text, large tears to p.25 & 39 with loss of text, letter, newspaper cutting and manuscript notes to front, personal library label to rear pastedown, Thetford, by Samuel Mills, 1825 § Natural History of Quadrupeds, for Children..., engraved plates, contemporary presentation inscription to pastedown, some light browning or offsetting, for Harvey and Darton, 1824, contemporary morocco-backed boards, joints cracking, lightly rubbed, 8vo (2)⁂ The first is scarce, with Library Hub recording just two other copies.

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Lot 236

NO RESERVE Economics.- [Place (Francis)] A Letter to a minister of state, respecting taxes on knowledge. Not for sale., first edition, presentation copy from Joseph Hume, occasional spotting or light staining, modern cloth-backed marbled boards, [Goldsmiths' 27119], 8vo, Innes, [1831].⁂ Rare. Place's crusade against the newspaper stamp tax. Joseph Hume (1777-1855) Scottish doctor, MP, and fellow of the Royal Society, who worked with Place to improve the conditions of the working classes. The newspaper stamp tax was not abolished until 1855, the year after Place's death.

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Lot 237

NO RESERVE Glove trade.- Hull (William) The History of the Glove Trade, first edition, list of subscribers, errata slip tipped in, chip to lower blank corner of title, lightly browned throughout, occasional spotting, original cloth, original printed label to spine, head of spine little worn, rubbed, [Kress C.3742], scarce, large 12mo, Effingham Wilson, 1834.

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Lot 239

[Thackeray (William Makepeace)], "M. A. Titmarsh". Rebecca and Rowena, first edition, illustrated title, hand-coloured frontispiece and plates, occasional light scattered spotting, original cloth-backed boards, lightly rubbed and discoloured, 4to, 1850.

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Lot 248

NO RESERVE Clowes (W.L.) and others. The Royal Navy, 7 vol., first edition, plates and maps, ex-library set with some stamps and marjkings, original cloth, gilt, slightly rubbed and some spines nicked, 4to, 1897-1903.

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Lot 25

Polar.- Hurley (Captain Frank) Argonauts of the South, first edition, frontispiece, plates, 3 detached and loosely inserted, 3 folding maps, occasional spotting, previous owner's label pasted to blank, New York, 1925 § Fuchs (Sir Vivian) and Sir Edmund Hillary, The Crossing of Antarctica, first edition, plates, previous owner's ink inscription, faint spotting to first and last few leaves, original cloth, spotting to extremities, price-clipped dust-jacket, a little rubbed, 1958 § Ponting (Herbert G.) The Great White South or with Scott in the Antarctic, frontispiece, plates, occasional spotting, original cloth, a little rubbed, slight bumping to corners and spine extremities, 1923; and others, Antarctica, 8vo (12)

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Lot 251

NO RESERVE Brooke (Rupert) 1914 Five Sonnets, first edition, original printed wrappers, 146 x 123mm., Sidgwick & Jackson, 1915.

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Lot 26

Polar.- M'Clintock (Francis) The Voyage of the 'Fox' in the Arctic Seas. A Narrative of the Discovery of the Fate of Sir John Franklin and His Companions, first edition, frontispiece, 13 plates, 2 folding maps only (of 3), folding facsimile letter, occasional faint spotting, original cloth, rebacked with original spine laid down, slight bumping to corners and spine extremities, 1859 § Kane (Elisha Kent) The U.S. Grinnell Expedition in Search of Sir John Franklin, first edition, engraved frontispiece, 12 plates, 3 maps (1 folding), illustrations, occasional faint off-setting, browned endpapers, original cloth, rubbed and worn, bumping to spine extremities, New York, 1854; and 3 others, similar, 8vo (5)

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Lot 266

Fowles (John) The Magus, first edition, signed by the author to front free endpaper, another presentation inscription to the same leaf, original cloth-backed boards, slight shelf-lean, light rubbing to spine and extremities, 1966; The French Lieutenant's Woman, first edition, original cloth, small stain to upper cover, dust-jacket, lightly rubbed and marked, spine faded, 8vo (2)

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Lot 267

Smith (Dodie) I Capture the Castle, first edition, original cloth, fading to spine, dust-jacket, creased, extremities chipped and torn with loss, portion of lower panel torn, 8vo, 1949.

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Lot 269

NO RESERVE Stein (Gertrude) Have They Attacked Mary. He Giggled. (A Political Caricature), first edition, number 54 of 200 copies, original red printed wrappers, little rubbed, preserved in a cloth-backed floral boards portfolio, [Wilson A4], a very good copy, New York, Vanity Fair, 1917; and Two (hitherto unpublished) Poems, first edition, limited edition, 1948, small 4to (2)

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Lot 27

NO RESERVE Polar.- Nansen ( Fridtjof) "Farthest North" being the Record of a Voyage of Exploration of the Ship Fram 1893-96, first English edition, plates, 4 folding colour maps, some foxing especially to endpapers and first few ff., original pictorial cloth, gilt, lightly marked, spines a little faded, 8vo, Westminster, Archibald Constable and Company, 1897; and 7 others, by or about Nansen, v.s. (9)

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Lot 270

Wells (H.G.) The Island of Dr Moreau, first edition, first issue, frontispiece, 33pp. advertisements at end, light marginal toning, a few advertisement ff. chipped at margins where carelessly opened, bookplate to paste down, original pictorial cloth, spine dulled, spine ends and corners bumped and frayed, light surface soiling, [Hammond B3], 8vo, 1896.

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Lot 273

Langlois (Eustache-Hyacinthe) Essai sur la Calligraphie des Manuscrits du Moyen-Age et sur les Ornements, first edition, 17 engraved plates, 4 folding, nineteenth century half dark green morocco, by Allô of Paris, very slightly rubbed at edges, Rouen, 1841 § Hannett (John) Bibliopegia; or, the Art of Bookbinding, third edition, 10 plates (some oxidisation), bookplate of Samuel Ashton Thompson Yates, modern half brown morocco, by Roger de Coverly, spine gilt, t.e.g., London & Derby, 1842, tall 8vo & 12mo (2)

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Lot 28

Polar.- Peary (Robert Edwin) The North Pole, first English edition, frontispiece, plates, large folding map at end, occasional faint spotting, original cloth, large gilt medallion to upper cover, a little rubbed, slight bumping to corners and extremities, 1910 § Astrup (Eivind) With Peary Near the Pole, first edition, frontispiece, illustrations, short tear (p.9) repaired, folding map at end, original cloth, slight bumping to corners and extremities, 1898 § Cook (Dr. Frederick) My Attainment of the Pole, first edition, frontispiece, plates, ex-library with occasional stamps, new endpapers, original decorative cloth, a little rubbed, slight bumping to corners and extremities, New York, 1911; and 10 others, Polar, 8vo (13)

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Lot 29

Polar.- Scott (Captain Robert) Scott's Last Expedition, 2 vol., mixed edition, vol. 1 first edition, vol. 2 second edition, frontispieces, plates, 18 colour, many folding, 3 folding maps backed onto linen, spotting, later calf backed boards, browned spines, a little rubbed, slight bumping to corners and extremities, 1913; and 7 others on Scott, 8vo (9)

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Africa.- Churchill (Sir Winston Spencer) London to Ladysmith via Pretoria, first English edition, folding colour map frontispiece, maps and plans, occasional faint spotting, cracked hinges, original pictorial cloth, rubbed an worn, bumping and chipping to corners and spine extremities, split to spine covering, [Hosken p.46], 1900; and others, Churchill, 8vo (9)

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Lot 30

Polar.- Shackleton (Ernest H.) The Heart of the Antarctic, 2 vol., first edition, frontispieces, plates,12 colour, illustrations, 3 folding maps and folding chart in pocket at end, occasional faint spotting, original cloth, a little rubbed, slight bumping to corners and extremities, facsimile dust-jackets, 8vo, 1909.

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Lot 31

Polar.- Shackleton (Ernest H.) South: the Story of Shackleton's last Expedition 1914-1917, first edition, second impression, colour frontispiece, plates, folding map at end, occasional faint spotting, original decorative cloth, a little rubbed, slight bumping to corners and extremities, small hole to spine head, 8vo, December 1919.

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Lot 32

NO RESERVE Siberia.- Atkinson (Thomas Witlam) Oriental and Western Siberia: a Narrative of Seven Years' Explorations and Adventures, first edition, lithographed frontispiece, lightly stained, plates and illustrations, folding map, tear (tape repair), bookplate, contemporary half-morocco, rubbed and worn, 8vo, 1858.

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Lot 33

Tibet.- Bonvalot (Gabriel) Across Thibet, frontispiece, illustrations, lacking map as usual, many full-page, ex-library with occasional ink-stamps, later half-morocco, New York, 1892 § Bell (Sir Charles) Tibet: Past & Present, first edition, presentation copy from author inscribed on front free endpaper, colour frontispiece, plates, 2 folding maps, occasional spotting, bookplate, original cloth, slight bumping to corners, Oxford, 1924 § Younghusband (Sir Francis) India and Tibet, first edition, frontispiece, plates, 2 folding maps, publisher's advertisements at end, faint spotting to endpapers, original cloth, slight bumping to corners and extremities, 1910; and others, Tibet, 8vo (13)

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Lot 34

Tibet.- Landon (Perceval) Lhasa: an Account of the Country and People of Central Tibet ..., 2 vol., portrait frontispieces, colour plates, illustrations, many full-page, maps, faint spotting to first an last few leaves, bookplate, original decorative cloth, a little rubbed, slight bumping to corners and extremities, 1905 § Younghusband (Sir Francis) Peking to Lhasa: the Narrative of Journeys in the Chinese Empire made by the Late Brigadier-General George Pereira, first edition, portrait frontispiece, plates, folding maps, occasional faint spotting, bookplate, original cloth, slight bumping to corners and extremities, 1925; and 4 others, on Lhasa, 8vo (7)

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Lot 35

Voyages.- Piracy.- Keppel (Capt. Henry) The Expedition to Borneo of H.M.S. Dido for Suppression of Piracy, 2 vol., first edition, lithographed frontispieces, 8 plates only (of 9), folding table, 6 folding maps, tears (tape repairs), 2 leaves loose, title becoming detached (vol. 1), modern half-calf, 8vo, 1846.

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Lot 36

World.- Doughty (Charles M.) Wanderings in Arabia, 2 vol., second edition, frontispieces, original cloth, a little rubbed, slight bumping to corners and extremities, 1908 § Parkyns (Mansfield) Life in Abyssinia, frontispiece, illustrations, folding map, tear (tape repair), bookplate, contemporary calf, a little rubbed, 1868 § Philby (H. St. J. B.) Sheba's Daughter being a Record of Travel in Southern Arabia, first edition, frontispiece, plates, folding map loosely inserted, annotations to blank, bookplate, occasional spotting, original cloth, rubbed and worn, slight bumping to corners and extremities, 1939; and 41 others, travel memoirs and voyages, 8vo (45)

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Lot 38

NO RESERVE China.- Little (Archibald John) Through the Yang-tse Gorges or Trade and Travel in Western China, first edition, half-title, folding map, 32pp. publisher's catalogue at end, original pictorial cloth, gilt, rebacked, preserving original backstrip, edges and corners worn, rubbed, [Yakushi L230], 1888 § Little [Alica Ellen Neve] Round about my Peking garden, first edition, half-title, colour frontispiece, plates, 4pp. advertisements at end, original pictorial cloth, gilt, spine faded, 1905; and 4 others, by the same, v.s. (6)

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Africa.- Roosevelt (Theodore) African Game Trails, first English edition, inscribed by Theodore Roosevelt IV, frontispiece, plates, occasional spotting, cracked hinges, original cloth, rubbed and worn, bumping to corners and extremities, 1910 § Dutton (E. A. T.) Kenya Mountain, first edition, A.Ls from author pasted to front pastedown, frontispiece, plates, folding maps at end, scattered spotting, original buckram, a little rubbed, slight bumping to corners and extremities, 1929; and 21 others, Africa, 8vo (23)

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Lot 40

NO RESERVE Europe.- Tombleson (William) Views of the Rhine, first edition, edited by W.G. Fearnside, 68 steel-engraved plates and a folding panoramic view, occasional light foxing, contemporary calf, spine gilt, spine neatly repaired at head, light marking but overall a handsome example, 8vo, 1832.

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Middle East.- Burton (Sir Richard Francis) The Land of Midian (Revisited), 2 vol., first edition, half-titles, folding map, 6 colour lithographs, 10 plates (1 loose), 3 loose leaves, others becoming loose, several leaves torn and strengthened at joints, occasional marginal staining, contemporary half morocco, slight bumping to corners and extremities, [Penzer pp.96-97], 8vo, 1879.

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Lot 46

NO RESERVE Modena.- Pagani (Gian Filiberto) Le pitture, e sculture di Modena indicate, e descritte, first edition, title with woodcut ornament incorporating motifs of the fine arts, woodcut head- and tail-pieces and decorative initials, errata f. at end, occasional light marking, contemporary calf, spine richly gilt and with morocco label, corners worn, rubbed, [Cicognara 4255], 8vo, Modena, Heirs of Bartolomeo Soliani, 1770.⁂ Scarce first edition of this guide to the arts of Modena. It includes a detailed guide to the paintings and drawings in the collection of Francesco III d'Este, Duke of Modena.

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Lot 47

Naval.- Mediterranean.- Willyams (Cooper) A Voyage up the Mediterranean in His Majesty's Ship the Swiftsure, one of the Squadron under the command of Rear-Admiral Sir Horatio Nelson... with a description of the Battle of the Nile on the First of August 1798, first edition, engraved dedication f. with arms at head, hand-coloured aquatint folding map, plan and 40 plates, some offsetting and staining, contemporary half calf, spine gilt and with red morocco label, upper cover detaching, lower joint starting, spine end and corners worn, rubbed, [Abbey, Travel, 196], 4to, T. Bensely for J. White, 1802.⁂ In 1798 Willyams served as chaplain of the Swiftsure, a ship in the squadron under the command of Nelson. He was present at the Battle of the Nile and according to DNB his is 'the first, the most particular, and the most authentic account of the battle'. The work includes views of Sicily, Egypt and Gibraltar.

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Asia.- Gill (William) The River of Golden Sand: the Narrative of a Journey through China and Eastern Thibet to Burma, 2 vol., first edition, frontispieces, vignette titles, folding maps, new endpapers, publisher's advertisements at end, ex-library, original pictorial cloth, labels to upper covers, rubbed, slight bumping to corners and extremities, 1880 § The Oriental Annual, or Scenes in India, engraved frontispiece, additional engraved title, plates, occasional spotting, previous owner's ink signature, original morocco, gilt, a little rubbed, slight bumping to corners and extremities, 1836 § Ronaldshay (Earl of) On the Outskirts of Empire in Asia, first edition, frontispiece, plates, folding maps (1 loosely inserted), occasional spotting, original decorative cloth, remnants of paper label to upper cover, a little rubbed, slight bumping to corners and extremities, 1904; and 24 others, similar, 8vo (28)

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NO RESERVE Rome.- Medieval architecture.- Piselli Ciuccioli (Orazio) Notizie istoriche della chiesa parrocchiale di S. Maria in Monticelli di Roma, first and only edition, half-title, woodcut head-piece and decorative initials, half-title repaired verso, O1 holed with loss of several letters, some staining, mostly towards end, occasional spotting, lightly browned, small ink stamps of the Biblioteca Fondazione Marco Besso, contemporary mottled calf, richly gilt spine in compartments, foot of spine worn, rubbed and scuffed, [Pescarzoli 957; Rossetti 8237; Schudt 925], small 4to, Montefiascone, Seminary printers, 1719.⁂ Scarce only edition of this guide to the medieval church of S. Maria in Monticelli, Rome, which includes information about its renovation in 1715-1716 by the architect Matteo Sassi.

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Asia.- Mundy (Captain Rodney) Narrative of Events in Borneo and Celebes, 2 vol., first edition, 18 plates, 5 maps, 1 hand-coloured, publisher's advertisements end vol. 1, occasional faint spotting, later calf backed boards, 8vo, 1848.

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Lot 61

NO RESERVE [Grant (James)] The Great Metropolis, 2 vol. in 1, half-titles, original green cloth, uncut, spine faded, New York, 1837 § Baines (Thomas) Liverpool in 1859, folding map, 8pp. advertisements printed on pink paper at end (faded at edges), also 4pp. on the Royal Insurance Company printed in red and green, original blind-stamped cloth, London, Liverpool & Manchester, 1859, both a little rubbed, the second faded at edges and worn at head of spine, 8vo (2)⁂ The first is an interesting work on London, published using the sheets of the London edition with a New York imprint. There is information on theatres, clubs, gaming houses, and newspapers.

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Lot 63

Rutland.- Wright (James) The History and Antiquities of the County of Rutland, first edition, title in red and black, double page map, small hole, small tear (neatly repaired), engraved illustrations, [Wing 3696], for Bennet Griffin ..., 1684, bound before Additions to the History and Antiquities of Rutlandshire, engraved frontispiece ([A1]), engraved illustrations, [Wing W3691],for the author by Edw. Jones, 1687, one or two words scored out, manuscript note dated 1687 loosely inserted, bookplate, occasional faint spotting, later calf, rebacked, a little rubbed, slight bumping to corners and extremities, folio

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Lot 65

Archery.- Ford (Horace A.) Archery: its Theory and Practice, first edition, wood-engraved frontispiece, 5 plates and illustrations, light offsetting to title, spotting and finger-marking, endpapers foxed, original green pictorial cloth, gilt, spine faded and repaired, corners little worn, rubbed, 8vo, London & Cheltenham, Buchanan & Davies, 1856.⁂ Ford was one of the greatest target archers of all time, winning eleven consecutive championships.

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Bees.- Gedde (John) The English apiary: or, the compleat bee-master, unfolding the whole art and mystery of the management of bees, 2 parts in 1, first edition, engraved frontispiece, advertisements, minor worm trace diminishing to a small single hole to upper margins of all to F6, water-stained, lightly browned, contemporary panelled calf, gilt spine in compartments and with remains of red morocco label, spine repaired, [British Bee Books 81], 12mo, Printed for E. Curll, W. Mears, and T. Corbet, in the Strand, 1721.⁂ The second part is 'A new discovery of an excellent method of bee-houses and colonies'.

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Bees.- Keys (John) The antient bee-master's farewell; or, full and plain directions for the management of bees to the greatest advantage, first edition, 2 engraved plates, lacking half-title, preliminaries misbound, washed, modern brown morocco, gilt spine in compartments, [British Bee Books 154], 8vo, Printed for G. G. and J. Robinson, Paternoster-Row, 1796.

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Lot 69

Bees.- Thorley (Rev. John) Melissēlogia [graece]. Or, the female monarchy. Being an enquiry into the nature, order, and government of bees, those admirable, instructive, and useful insects, first edition, engraved frontispiece, list of subscribers, 4 engraved plates by Thomas Loveday, 'Explanation of the Plates' leaf at end, woodcut head- and tail-pieces and decorative initials, plate at p.54 outer margin cut away, occasional spotting and light browning, contemporary calf, gilt, sympathetically rebacked, corners worn, rubbed, [British Bee Books 97], 8vo, printed for the author; and sold by N. Thorley, at the Lock and Key facing the Mansion-House; and J. Davidson, at the Angel in the Poultry, Cheapside, 1744.⁂ 'Thorley's secret was the puffball narcotic, which he used when uniting colonies...Of English writers, Thorley was the first to mention having found wax scales in the pockets of worker bees' (British Bee Books).

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Asia.- Stein (Sir Marc Aurel) On Ancient Central-Asian Tracks, first edition, half-title, colour frontispiece, plates, some colour, some folding, folding colour map at end, previous owner's name stamp to front free endpaper, original cloth, gilt, slight bumping to corners and spine extremities, 8vo, 1933.

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Bees.- John Thorley's copy.- Rusden (Moses) A further discovery of bees· Treating of the nature, government, generation & preservation of the bee. With the experiments and improvements arising from the keeping them in transparent boxes, instead of straw-hives, first edition, engraved frontispiece and 2 (of 3) plates, woodcut head-pieces, water-stained, lightly browned, contemporary panelled calf, repaired, [British Bee Books 55; Wing R2313], 8vo, printed for the author, and are to be sold at his house next the sign of the King's Arms in the Bowling-Alley, near the Abby in Westminster, 1679.⁂ An apothecary by trade Rusden was appointed 'Beemaster to the King's most excellent Majesty' at the instigation of John Evelyn. Provenance: Rev. John Thorley, author of Melisselogia. Or, the Female Monarchy, 1744 (ink signature to front free endpaper); Sir William East of Hall Place, Berks, 1788 (note explaining Thorley provenance and how Lady East is a 'Bee Mistress & Proprietor of many Colonies managed upon new principles [by] Thos. Edwards'.

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Lot 73

Bewick (Thomas) History of British Birds, 2 vol., vol.2 a first edition, vol.1 third edition, engraved title vignette and illustrations, book label to pastedown, endpapers browned, contemporary half calf, rebacked, covers lightly rubbed and faded, uncut, Newcastle, by Edward Walker, 1804-5; and an edition of Bewick's Fables, 8vo (3)

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Bewick (Thomas) History of Quardupeds, engraved title vignette and illustrations, some light spotting, faint ink ownership signature to title, contemporary half calf, rubbed, Newcastle Upon Tyne, by Edward Walker, 1824 § Walton (Izaak) and Charles Cotton. The Complete Angler, title in red & black, engraved portrait frontispiece and illustrations, previous ownership signature to front free endpaper, modern half calf, decorative blind stamped spine, gilt, lightly rubbed, else an attractive copy, 1925 § Farrer (Reginald) The English Rock Garden, 2 vol., first edition, plates, endpapers browned, original cloth, lightly rubbed, 1919, and 21 others, natural history, v.s. (25)

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Lot 76

Brookes (Richard) A New and Accurate System of Natural History, 6 vol., first edition, 146 engraved plates, occasional spotting, a few marginal repaired tears to text, previous ownership signature removed from vol.1 pastedown, contemporary calf, lightly rubbed, some spine labels worn with loss, some joints cracked, for J. Newbery, 8vo, [Nissen ZBI 598], 1763.

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China.- Morrison (Rev. Robert) Horæ Sinicæ: Translations from the Popular Literature of the Chinese, first edition, ex-library with ink-stamps to title, occasional faint spotting, broken upper hinge, later boards, tape repair to spine, rubbed and worn, 8vo, 1812.⁂ Rare. Seemingly the first work published by the famed missionary and Chinese scholar.

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Lot 86

NO RESERVE Horses.- Veterinary.- La Fosse (Étienne-Guillaume) Observations and discoveries made upon horses, with a new method of shoeing, first edition in English, 4 folding engraved plates, some spotting or foxing, occasional staining, lightly browned, modern calf-backed marbled boards, spine in compartments and with red morocco label, [Dingley 368; Huth, p. 36], 8vo, Printed for J. Nourse, 1755.⁂ Rare in commerce.

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China.- Shaw (Robert) Visits to High Tartary, Yârkand, and Kâshghar, first edition, lithographed frontispiece, 6 plates, illustrations, folding map, occasional faint spotting, faint abrasion mark to title, modern cloth, 8vo, 1871.

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Lot 90

Millar (G. H.) A New and Complete, and Universal Body, or System of Natural History..., first edition, engraved frontispiece and plates, light marginal staining to frontispiece, endpapers creased and working loose, contemporary calf, rubbed, spines split, spine ends chipped with minor loss, folio, for Alex Hogg, 1785.

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Lot 94

NO RESERVE Samouelle (George) The Entomologist's Useful Compendium..., first edition, hand-coloured frontispeice and 12 plates, some offsetting or light spotting, bookplate to pastedown, contemporary calf, rubbed, rebacked, spine lightly creased, for Thomas Boys, 1819 § Stainton (H.T.) British Butterflies and Moths, half-title, 16 hand-coloured plates, modern buckram, by J.E. Taylor, 1867, 8vo (2)

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Lot 97

NO RESERVE Trees.- Rooke (Hayman) Descriptions and sketches of some remarkable oaks, in the park at Welbeck, in the county of Nottingham, a seat of His Grace the Duke of Portland. To which are Added, Observations on the Age and Durability of that tree, first edition, 10 engraved plates, offsetting, occasional spotting, antique style calf-backed marbled boards, spine gilt and with red morocco label, 4to, printed by J. Nichols, for the Author, 1790.

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Lot 98

White (Rev. Gilbert) A Naturalist's Calendar, first edition, one hand-coloured engraved plate by J. F. Miller, occasional light scattered spotting, some minor worm holes to gutter not affecting the text, book label and previous ownership inscription to pastedown, contemporary boards, some repairs, rubbed, original spine label damaged with loss, modern slip-case, for B. and J. White, 1795 § [Knapp (John Leonard)] The Journal of a Naturalist, wood-engraved title vignette, engraved plates, very light staining, signature cut from title, later calf-backed boards, lightly rubbed, spines a little faded, 1829, 8vo (2)

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Lot 111

STOKER BRAM.  Makt Myrkranna. 12mo. Half green cloth. rare 1st Icelandic edition & one of the first foreign language editions of Stoker`s works, Reykjavik, 1901; also 1 other vol.  (2).

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Dreweatts 1759
Lot 31

2006 Bollinger Rose (Limited Addition)OC6x75clThe first ever limited-edition vintage rosé from Bollinger, made from a year that was particularly suited to Pinot Noir. Comprised of 72% Pinot Noir, 28% Chardonnay and 7% red wine from Bollinger's vineyards, and aged for more than 10 years.To celebrate their first vintage rosé, Bollinger has presented the 2006 bottle in a distinctive Chrome metal box whose structure is formed from the cut out word 'Bollinger'.    

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Lot 786

Baseball - First Edition Collector Series Cards, Topps 1983 & 1982 in uncut sheets of 121 and 132 (6)

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the outside decorated with boat races in Oxford and Cambridge, the inside with Piccadilly Circus, polychrome, printed and painted marks 31cm diameterFootnote: Arguably his finest Wedgwood design, painter and designer Eric Ravilious’ Boat Race bowl was designed in 1938 and first issued in the following year. Inspired by his lodgings in the early 1930s, which overlooked the course of The Boat Race, the exterior surfaces of the bowl are adorned with black transfer prints, and overpainted with coloured enamels, depicting race day scenes, while the interior bears an illustration of a busy Piccadilly Circus on race day. The bowl was reissued in 1975 in a limited run of 200, and then in 1986, to honour fifty years since his original Wedgwood commission, Ravilious’ Boat Race bowl was again reissued - this time in a limited edition of 250.Condition report: Some all over crazing and light staining but otherwise in good condition.

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Lot 183

Fleming, Ian, 'You Only Live Twice', London: Jonathan Cape, 1964 first edition, black cloth boards embossed in silver and gold, inscription to frontispiece 'April 2nd 1964'

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Orwell, George, 'Nineteen Eighty-Four', London: Secker & Warburg, 1949 First edition, bound in full red leather with embossed brick design, spine embossed 'MCMLXXXIV', the endpapers decorated with Orwell's eyes, including a secret panel to reveal a £5 note folded to display the Queen's eyes

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Orwell, George, 'Animal Farm', London: Secker & Warburg, first edition published 1945, in faded green cloth binding with white embossed title to spine

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