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Lot 221

Redford (Bruce) The Letters of Samuel Johnson, 5 vol., The Hyde Edition, frontispieces, original cloth, dust-jackets, a little rubbed, slight chipping to corners and spine extremities, Oxford, 1992-94 § Churchill (Winston S.) Marlborough: His Life and Times, 2 vol., vol. 2 first edition, vol. 1 early reprint, frontispieces, occasional faint spotting, original cloth, lightly faded spine, slight bumping to corners and extremities, 1933-34; and c.110 others, sets, some incomplete, 8vo (c.120); sold not subject to return

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Lot 232

Vicenza.- Scamozzi (Ottavio Bertotti) Il forestiere istruito delle cose più rare di architettura, e di alcune pitture della città di Vicenza dialogo, first edition, engraved portrait frontispiece of dedicatee Mario Capra, title vignette and 36 folding plates, stained at head, resulting in some repairs with slight loss to portrait, and loss of headlines and text on P1-4, upper margins of plates 35 and 36, upper part of image of plate 36, as well as some upper margins of text ff., staining and spotting, later limp vellum, spine with black morocco label, spotted, [Fowler 43; Millard, Italian, 19], 4to, Vicenza, Giovambattista Vendramini Mosca, 1761. sold not subject to return. ⁂ First edition of this architectural guide to Vicenza, and in particular the buildings of Palladio.

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Lot 247

Chess.- Sarratt (J.H.) A Treatise on the Game of Chess, 2 vol. first edition, half-title, 1p publisher's advertisements at end of vol.2, bookplate to paste down, puncture mark running through upper cover and first few ff. of text, occasional light foxing, contemporary calf, gilt, some staining to upper covers, joints and extremities lightly rubbed, 8vo, for William Miller, 1808.

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Lot 254

NO RESERVE Astronomy.- Galilei (Galileo) Memorie e lettere inedite finora o disperse di Galileo Galilei ordinate ed illustrate con annotazioni dal cav. Giambatista Venturi, 2 parts in 1 vol., first edition, 2 engraved portrait frontispieces and 12 plates, water-stained, some foxing or spotting, contemporary calf-backed marbled boards, spine gilt, upper cover detached, corners worn, rubbed, 4to, Modena, G. Vincenzi, 1818. sold not subject to return.

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Lot 27

Levant.- Turkey.- Carne (John) Syria, The Holy Land, Asia Minor, &c., 3 vol., first edition, engraved titles, 2 engraved maps, 117 plates, tissue-guards, occasional faint spotting, ex-library with usual labels and ink-stamps, modern morocco backed boards, a little rubbed, [1836-38] § [Pardoe (Julia)] The Beauties of the Bosphorus, engraved title, portrait frontispiece (misbound), 77 plates only (of 78) by W. H. Bartlett, 1 engraved map, letterpress title (misbound), broken upper hinge, modern rexine, rubbed, 1839; [Blackmer 291; 1254], 4to (4)

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Lot 28

NO RESERVE World.- Pilot.- South and East Coasts of Korea, East Coast of Siberia, and Sea of Okhotsk Pilot, third edition, plates and illustrations, 1937; Pacific Islands Pilot volume II (Easter Groups), second edition, maps, some folding, Washington, 1920; Japan Pilot vol. 1, fourth edition, plates and illustrations, maps, 1938; Sailing Directions for Japan volume II (Southern Part), first edition, plates and illustrations, folding maps, Washington, 1943; Sailing Directions for the Western Shores of the China Sea from Singapore Strait to and including Hong Kong, fourth edition, illustrations, folding maps, Washington, 1938; East Coast of the United States Pilot vol. II only, fourth edition, illustrations, folding map, 1938, ex-library with usual stamps and labels, original cloth, a little rubbed; and 30 others, similar, 8vo (36)

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NO RESERVE Mountaineering.- Whymper (Edward) Travels Amongst the Great Andes of the Equator, first edition, frontispiece, plates and maps with 1 large folding map in pocket at rear, upper hinge starting, original cloth, spine browned, spine ends and corners bumped, 1892; Scrambles Amongst the Alps in the Years 1860-69, fourth edition, maps, plates and illustrations, ink inscription to endpaper, original cloth, rebacked, preserving original backstrip, faded and browned, 1893 § Stone (S. J.) In and Beyond the Himalayas, first edition, plates, a few repairs to margins, staining to frontispiece, half-title and endpapers, ink stamps erased from half-title, original pictorial cloth, rebacked, preserving original backstrip, recornered, spine faded, 1896; and 8 others, mountaineering, 8vo (11)

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New Zealand.- Alexander (Major-General James Edward) Bush Fighting ... The Maori War in New Zealand, first edition, frontispiece, plates, illustrations and 11 maps (1 folding), occasional faint spotting, cracked hinges, advertisements at end, original decorative cloth, rubbed and worn, bumping and chipping to corners and spine extremities, 1873 § Polack (J. S.) New Zealand: being a Narrative of Travels and Adventures ..., 2 vol., 6 plates (lacking vol. 1 frontispiece, another plate provided in duplicate), several plates and titles laid on linen, large folding map, tears, appendix provided from a different copy, occasional spotting and staining, modern half-morocco, 1838 § Robley (Major-General H. G.) Pounamu: Notes on New Zealand, illustrations, scattered very faint spotting, original cloth backed boards, slight bumping to corners and extremities, 1915; and 18 others, New Zealand, 8vo (22)

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NO RESERVE New Zealand.- Earle (Augustus) A Narrative of a Nine Months' Residence in New Zealand in 1827, first edition, portrait frontispiece and 6 plates (3 folding), occasional spotting, faint water-staining to margins of 1 or 2 plates, modern half-calf, [Hoken p.61], 8vo, 1832.

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NO RESERVE New Zealand.- [Manning (Frederick Edward)] "A Pakeha Maori", Old New Zealand; a Tale of the Good Old Times, first edition, half-title, previous owner's ink signature to title, ink inscription in the same hand to half-title verso dated Feb. 28 1863, cracked hinges, original cloth, rubbed and worn, spine covering beginning to split, chipping to spine extremities, Auckland, Robert J. Creighton & Alfred Scales, 1863; Old New Zealand: being Incidents of Native Customs and Character in the Old Times, 'Zealand' scored out in ink to title, occasional faint spotting and finger-soiling, ex-library with ink-stamp to p.1, original cloth, rebacked with remnants of original spine laid down, rubbed, bumping to corners and spine extremities, 1863; 8vo (2)⁂ The Auckland and London editions were published simultaneously.

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Lot 35

NO RESERVE New Zealand.- Nicholas (John Liddiard) Narrative of a Voyage to New Zealand, 2 vol., first edition, half-titles, engraved frontispieces (vol. 1 misbound), 2 plates (1 folding, detached and loosely inserted), 1 map only (of 2), also woodcut plate of tattoo, vol. 1 lacking title, occasional faint spotting and staining, previous owner's ink signature to half-title (vol. 2 only), publisher's advertisements at end vol. 2, modern half-morocco, 8vo, 1817.

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New Zealand.- Robley (Major-General) Moko; or Maori Tattooing, first edition, half-title, frontispiece, illustrations, some full-page, occasional faint spotting, original decorative cloth, lower cover damp stained, slight bumping to corners and extremities, 4to, 1896.

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Lot 37

NO RESERVE New Zealand.- Tregear (Edward) The Maori-Polynesian Comparative Dictionary, first edition, previous owner's ink signature to half-title, occasional faint spotting, original cloth, rebacked with original spine laid down, a little rubbed, slight bumping to corners and extremities, Wellington, Lyon and Blair, 1891 § Tregear (Edward) and S. Percy Smith, A Vocabulary and Grammar of the Niué Dialect of the Polynesian Language, abrasion mark to front pastedown where label removed, original cloth, slight bumping to corners and extremities, Wellington, 1907 § Ko Te Pukapuka O Nga Inoinga ..., occasional faint spotting, contemporary blindstamped calf, rubbed and worn, loss to spine covering, Ranana, 1850; and 5 others, similar. 8vo (8)

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Lot 38

North America.- Jay (William) A View of the Action of the Federal Government, in Behalf of Slavery, first edition, signed presentation inscription from the author to his sister to endpaper, endpapers heavily oxidised, original cloth, spine ends and corners a little bumped, lightly rubbed, New York, 1839; and 34 others, North America, 8vo & 4to (35)

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Lot 43

Oceania.- Brenchley (Julius L.) Jottings during the Cruise of H.M.S. Curaçoa among the South Sea Islands in 1865, first edition, folding chromolithographed frontispiece, chromolithograph, 50 lithographed plates (many hand-coloured), illustrations, folding map, occasional faint spotting, ink-stamp to title, original cloth, rebacked with original spine laid down, slight bumping to corners and spine extremities, 8vo, 1865.

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Oceania.- Heyerdahl (Thor) The Kon-tiki Expedition, first edition, limited edition, frontispiece, plates, original roan, slight rubbing to corners and spine extremities, 1950 § Rusden (G. W.) Aureretanga; Groans of the Maoris, occasional spotting, original wrappers bound in, modern half-calf, 1888 § Te Kuiti (W. B.) "Where the White Man Treads", first edition, newspaper clippings pasted to pastedowns, previous owner's ink signature to title, original decorative cloth, a little rubbed, slight bumping to spine extremities, Auckland, 1905 § Gill (Rev. William Wyatt) Myths and Songs from the South Pacific, occasional spotting, bookplate, original decorative cloth, slight bumping to extremities, 1876; From Darkness to Light in Polynesia, frontispiece, occasional faint spotting, original cloth, slight bumping to corners and extremities, 1894; and c.45 others, similar, 8vo & 4to (c.50)

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Oceania.- Kotzebue (Otto von) Voyage of Discovery in The South Sea, and to Behring's Straits, in search of A North-East Passage, 2 parts in 1 vol., 12 aquatint plates and maps only (of 19), faint damp-staining to first few leaves, modern half-calf, [Sabin 38292], 8vo, for Sir Richard Phillips, 1821.⁂ The first edition in English was also published in 3 volumes also in 1821, by Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme and Brown. This is an abridged version.

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Lot 48

NO RESERVE Oceania.- Polynesia.- West (Rev. Thomas) Ten Years in South-Central Polynesia, first edition, portrait frontispiece, large folding map, double-page map, faint water staining to edge first few leaves, original cloth, a little rubbed, slight bumping to corners and extremities, 1865 § Melville (Herman) Typee: A Peep at Polynesian Life, revised edition with a sequel, occasional faint spotting, modern cloth, 1850 § Turner (Rev. George) Nineteenth Years in Polynesia, first edition, colour frontispiece, previous owner's ink signature to preface (detached), plates and illustrations, cracked hinges, occasional faint spotting, original cloth, rubbed, slight bumping to corners and extremities, 1861 § Gill (Rev. William) Gems from the Coral Islands, frontispiece, plates, occasional faint spotting, original decorative cloth, slight bumping to corners and extremities, Philadelphia, n.d.; and 16 others, Polynesia, v.s. (20)

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Oceania.- Rienzi (G.L.Domeny de) Océanie ou cinquième partie du monde, 3 vol., first edition, 5 engraved folding maps and numerous plates, occasional foxing, modern half morocco, uncut, 8vo, Paris, Firmin Didot, 1836-37.

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Lot 51

NO RESERVE Oceania.- South Sea Islands.- Shoberl (Frederic, editor) The World in Miniature; South Sea Islands, 2 vol., first edition, hand-coloured frontispieces and 23 hand-coloured plates, 1 facsimile plate of primitive painting, occasional faint off-setting, publisher's advertisements bound at end vol. 1, modern half-calf, 12mo, R. Ackermann, 1824.

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Lot 52

NO RESERVE Oceania.- Stevenson (Robert Louis) A Footnote to History: eight years of trouble in Samoa, first edition, map frontispiece, occasional faint spotting, original cloth, slight bumping to corners and extremities, 1892; Vailima Letters being correspondence addressed ... to Sidney Colvin, first edition, portrait frontispiece, original buckram, rubbed and worn, slight bumping to corners and extremities, 1895; In the South Seas, first edition, original cloth, slight bumping to corners and extremities, 1900; 8vo (3)

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Lot 53

Oceania.- Walpole (Lieut. the Hon. Fred) Four Years in the Pacific in Her Majesty's Ship "Collingwood", 2 vol., first edition, frontispieces, tissue-guards, illustrations, occasional faint spotting, contemporary half-calf, lightly faded spines, slight bumping to corners and extremities, 8vo, 1849.

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NO RESERVE Pacific.- Bird (Isabella L.) The Hawaiian Archipelago. Six Months Among the Palm Groves...of the Sandwich Islands, first edition, half-title, errata f., wood-engraved frontispiece, 2 folding maps and 7 plates, book label to pastedown, original pictorial cloth, gilt, spine ends and corners a little bumped, light rubbing to extremities, a very good copy overall, 8vo, 1875.

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Pacific.- Keate (George) An Account of the Pelew Islands...composed from the Journals and Communications of Captain Henry Wilson, first edition, stipple-engraved portrait frontispiece, folding engraved map, 15 engraved plates (some stipple-engraved) including folding panorama, occasional light offsetting and some marginal damp-staining, errata f., 20th century half roan, [Hill 907], 4to, 1788.⁂ "In 1783 the Antelope, commanded by Captain Henry Wilson, was wrecked on a reef near one of the Palau (Pelew) Islands, a previously unexplored group. The entire crew managed to get safely ashore, where they were well treated by the natives and eventually managed to build a small vessel from the wreck, in which they reached Macao. They took Prince Lee Boo, one of King Abba Thulle's sons, with them to England, where he made a very good impression. Unhappily, in spite of all precautions, he soon died of smallpox." Hill

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Lot 58

Pacific.- Lucatt (Edward) Rovings in the Pacific, from 1837 to 1849; with a glance at California, 2 vol. in 1, first edition, 4 colour lithographed plates, occasional spotting, original cloth, rebacked, retaining original backstrip, later endpapers, [Hill 1041; Sabin 73525; not in Ferguson], 8vo, 1851.⁂ Rare in the cloth. "A spirited journal of adventure in almost every island of the Pacific, and an excellent account of the troubles in Tahiti and its annexation by the French. Lucatt visited the Bay of Islands, Auckland, New Zealand, the Hawaiian Islands, Pitcairn Island, the Philippines, and San Francisco. The last chapter of volume two gives a very unflattering picture of San Francisco and Sacramento during the height of the gold rush" - Hill.

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Pacific.- Tahiti.- Missionary Records. Tahiti and Society Islands, first edition, folding engraved map frontispiece (a little creased), modern half calf, [c.1835] § Keable (Robert) Tahiti: Isle of Dreams, photographic plates, 20th century crushed blue morocco, gilt, by Oxford, spine slightly faded, g.e., n.d. § Clark (Thomas Blake) Omai, First Polynesian Ambassador to England, signed presentation inscription from the author to endpaper, portrait frontispiece, some foxing, original cloth-backed boards, spine and covers a little browned, 1941; and 9 others, Tahiti and French Polynesia, v.s. (12)

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NO RESERVE Pacific.- Tahiti.- Adams (Henry) Memoirs of Arii Taimai E. Marama of Eimeo Teriirere of Tooarai. Teriinui of Tahiti Tauraatua I Amo, half-title, double-page map of Tahiti, pp. 57/58 supplied in good facsimile mounted on stub, dampstaining (mostly marginal) and occasional soiling, modern half calf, uncut, 4to, Paris, [Privately printed], 1901.⁂ Rare second edition, revised and expanded from the yet more rare first edition of 1893. Based on legendary tales that Adams heard from the Queen of Tahiti and her family while on a trip to the South Seas.

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Pacific Islands.- Tilley (Henry Arthur) Japan, the Amoor, and the Pacific, first edition, tinted lithograph frontispiece and 7 plates, tissue-guards, occasional faint spotting, bookplate, original cloth, remnants of label to upper cover, rubbed, bumping to corners and extremities, 1861 § Hood (T. H.) Notes on a Cruise in H.M.S. "Fawn" in the Western Pacific, first edition, tinted lithograph frontispiece, plates and illustrations, folding map, occasional spotting and soiling, contemporary cloth, slight bumping to corners and extremities, Edinburgh, 1863 § Lamont (E. H.) Wild Life among the Pacific Islanders, frontispiece, plates, occasional spotting, original decorative cloth, rubbed, bumping to corners and extremities, 1867; and 43 others, Pacific Islands, 8vo (46)

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Russia.- Spenser (Edmund) Travels in Circassia, Krim Tartary ... in 1836, 2 vol., second edition, hand-coloured lithographed frontispieces, vignette titles, 2 lithographs, 2 folding maps, 1 with short tear, illustrations, previous owner's ink signature, occasional faint spotting 1838; Travels in the Western Caucasus, 2 vol., first edition, lithographed frontispieces, lightly browned, slight off-setting, illustrations, occasional faint spotting, previous owner's ink signature, [Blackmer 1581], 1838; uniformly bound in contemporary half-calf, rubbed and worn, slight bumping to corners and spine extremities, 8vo (4)

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NO RESERVE Samoa.- Stevenson (Robert Louis) A Footnote to History: Eight Years of Trouble in Samoa, first edition, scattered spotting, original cloth, rubbed, slight bumping to corners and extremities, 1892 § Turner (George) Samoa: A Hundred Years Ago and long before, frontispiece, illustrations, maps, occasional faint spotting, original cloth, slight bumping to corners and extremities, 1884 § Churchill (Llewella Pierce) Samoa 'Uma: Where life is different, presentation inscription by author to front pastedown, frontispiece, plates, cracked upper hinge, original cloth, rubbed and worn, bumping to corners and extremities, New York, 1902; and 14 others, Samoa, v.s. (17)

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NO RESERVE Turkey.- Knolles (Richard) The Generall Historie of the Turks..., fifth edition, engraved architectural title torn with significant portions of loss (not affecting text), engraved portraits, a few crudely hand-coloured, lacking A1 (blank), first few ff. with margins torn away and partially restored, affecting some text, tears and repairs to margins, occasionally rubbing into text, foxing and browning, contemporary calf, rebacked, [Blackmer 920; STC 15055], folio, Adam Islip, 1638; sold not subject to return.

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Voyages.- Belcher (Capt. Sir Edward) Narrative of a Voyage Round the World ... including Naval Operations in China, 2 vol., first edition, 3 folding linen-backed maps, 14 engraved plates only (of 19), 'Lees Library' inscribed on 5 plates, occasional spotting, previous owner's ink signature, 20th century cloth, lightly faded spines, slight bumping to corners and extremities, [Sabin 4390], 8vo, 1843.⁂An important survey of the Pacific and its islands, and the coast of north-west America from California up to Alaska. The naval operations refer to the First Opium War.

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Voyages.- Coulter (John) Adventures in the Pacific; with Observations on the Natural Productions, Manners and Customs of the Natives of the Various Islands, first edition, short tear to title and first leaf, ex-library with bookplate and occasional blind-stamps, modern half-calf, 8vo, Dublin, 1845.

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NO RESERVE Voyages.- Fleurieu (Charles Pierre Claret de) A Voyage round the World, performed during the years 1790, 1791, and 1792, by...Étienne Marchand, 2 vol. (text only, lacking Atlas), first English edition, 4 folding letterpress tables, vol.1 with contemporary ink annotation to p.526, original boards, uncut, rubbed, spines defective, [Hill 613, "rarer than the French original"; Sabin 24752], 8vo, 1801.⁂ ⁂ Marchand was the second Frenchman to circumnavigate the globe, after Bougainville, and his voyage was the first French commercial expedition to the Pacific Northwest."A most important work for the history of geographical discovery in the North-West" (Hill).

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Voyages.- Cook (Captain James).- Hawkesworth (John, editor)( Relation des Voyages entrepris par ordre de sa Majesté Britannique, 4 vol., first French edition, half-titles, lacking all maps and plates, occasional faint spotting, contemporary half-calf, rubbed and worn, Paris, Chez Saillant et Nyon, 1774; An Account of the Voyages ... for Making Discoveries in the Southern Hemisphere, vol. 1 only (of 3), 18 engraved maps (all but 3 folding), one or two tears neatly restored, 3 engraved folding plates, occasional spotting and browning, later diced calf, upper cover detached, rubbed, 1773; and 19 others, Cook related including a defective 'A Voyage round the World', v.s. (24)

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Voyages.- Mercier (W.) The Life of La Perouse, the celebrated and unfortunate French Navigator ... in a Desolate Island on the North Coast of Japan, title closely trimmed, staining and tearing to first few leaves, small loss to B2, several leaves strengthened at hinge, lack all after p.62, modern cloth, Sommers Town, A. Neil, [?1801] § Seemann (Berthold) Narrative of the Voyage of H.M.S. Herald during the Years 1845-51, 2 vol. bound in 1, first edition, 2 colour lithographs, lacking folding map, prize inscription, occasional spotting, cracked hinges, original decorative cloth, sunned spine, rubbed and worn, bumping to corners and extremities, [Sabin 78867], 1853 § Herrera (Antonius de) De Roemwaardige Scheeps-Togt van Christoffel Kolumbus ..., 5 folding engraved plates, occasional faint spotting, title in ink to modern front free endpaper, disbound, Leyden, Pieter van der Aa, n.d.; and others, voyages, v.s. (33)⁂ The first is very scarce with only one copy on JISC Library Hub, at the University of Oxford.

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NO RESERVE Voyages.- Murray (Rev. Thos. Boyles) Pitcairn: the island, the people, and the pastor, large paper copy, presentation copy inscribed 'from the author', engraved frontispiece, plates and illustrations, occasional spotting, original cloth, rebacked with spine laid down, rubbed and worn, 1853 § Lee (Ida) Captain Bligh's Second Voyage to the South Sea, first edition, frontispiece, plates, original cloth, rebacked with original spine laid down, rubbed, 1920; and 7 others, similar, 8vo & 4to (9)

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NO RESERVE Africa.- Livingstone (David) Missionary Travels and Researches in South Africa, first American edition, engraved portrait frontispiece, double-page plate, illustrations, many full-page, 1 folding chart, 2 folding maps, publisher's advertisements at end, browned endpapers, quire 'K' becoming loose, occasional faint spotting, original cloth, a little rubbed, chipping to spine extremities, 8vo, New York, Harper & Brothers, 1858.

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NO RESERVE Burton (Sir Richard Francis).- Journal of the Royal Geographical Society, vol. 49, first edition, 4 folding colour-printed maps, 12pp. advertisements, 1879; and 2 others, Royal Geographical Society (3)⁂ Vol. 49 includes Burton's "Itineraries of the Second Khedivial Expedition: Memoir explaining the New Map of Midian made by the Egyptian Staff-oficers"; and, "A Visit to Lissa and Pelagosa." The two Burton contributions are responsible for more than half the text in this report.

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NO RESERVE Greece.- Wordsworth (Christopher) Athens and Attica: Journal of a Residence There, first edition, 3 lithographed plates and 2 folding maps, folding page of script, foxing to maps and plates, ink stamp to pastedown, original cloth, light fading to spine, remains of label to lower cover, a very good copy, 8vo, 1836.

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NO RESERVE India.- Malleson (Maj. G.B.) History of the French in India from the Founding of the Pondichery in 1674 to the Capture of that Place in 1761, first edition, half-title, folding engraved map, hand-coloured in outline, 2 lithographed maps, errata-slip, occasional spotting, original green cloth, rebacked, preserving original backstrip, corners little worn, rubbed, 1868; and another, a history of Sanskrit Literature, 1832, 8vo (2)

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Japan.- Halloran (Alfred Laurence) Wae Yang Jin. Eight Months' Journal...during visits to Loochoo, Japan, and Pootoo, first edition, publisher's presentation blind-stamp on title, 4 engraved plates, wood-engraved illustrations, 2pp. and 28pp. advertisements at end, minor foxing, original cloth, Coomes' Library label to upper cover, slightly soiled, 8vo, 1856.⁂ Scarce at auction.

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NO RESERVE South America.- Mackinnon (Cdr. Lauchlan Bellingham) Steam Warfare in the Parana: A Narrative of Operations, 2 vol., first edition, half-title, folding lithographed map, 3 wood-engraved plates, some staining and spotting, original cloth, spines repaired with tape, faded and rubbed, 8vo, 1848.

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South America.- Ulloa (Antonio de) and Jorge Juan y Santacilla. A voyage to South-America: describing at large the Spanish cities, towns, provinces, &c. on that extensive continent, first edition in English, 2 vol., 7 engraved maps and plates, of which 6 folding, 3pp. advertisements at end of vol.1, occasional spotting, contemporary calf, gilt, spines in compartments (lacking labels), upper cover detached, rather worn, [Hill 1741; Sabin 36813], Printed for L. Davis and C. Reymers, against Grays-Inn-Gate, Holborn, 1758.⁂ 'the most entertaining and satisfactory of its kind; the authors are the acknowledged source of much that has been published in other forms' (Sabin). The authors were captains of the Spanish navy and were attached to a French expedition to South America organized by the Académie des Sciences. Juan took charge of the scientific observations and Ulloa the historical aspects of the expedition.

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Lot 329

Gold proof 10 pence piece 2019 England cricket winners, First Day gold proof 10p coin cover, limited edition of 50 with certificate of authenticity

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RON STARK Iwo Jima, the First Flag Print, pencil signed limited edition 168/300, image size 42cm x 70cm, sheet size 57cm x 81cm, unframed

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Lot 266

SIR EDWARD COKE: A FIRST PART OF THE INSTITUTES OF THE LAWS OF ENGLAND OR A COMMENTARY UPON LITTLETON, NOT THE NAME OF THE AUTHOR ONLY BUT OF THE LAW ITSELF, London, printed by Williams Rawlins and Samuel Roycroft to be sold by Charles Harper & J Walthoe, 1703, 10th edition, 2 engraved ports, folding table as called for, folio, contemporary calf worn

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Lot 447

ROBERT POTTER, VICAR OF LOWESTOFT AND KESSINGLAND AND PREBENDARY OF NORWICH: A SERMON FOR THE FIRST DAY OF JUNE 1802 BEING THE DAY APPOINTED FOR A GENERAL THANKSGIVING FOR PEACE, Norwich, Stevenson & Matchett for Berry & Rochester, Norwich and Longman & Rees, London [1802], 1st edition, 16pp, refers to the Treaty of Amiens, 4to, original printed wraps with some reinforcement, scarce, 1 copy only on COPAC held at Southampton University

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Lot 450

JAMES STILLINGFLEET, PREBENDARY OF WORCESTER AND RECTOR OF KNIGHTWICK & DODDENHAM: NATIONAL GRATITUDE ENFORCED IN A SERMON PREACHED IN THE CATHEDRAL CHURCH OF WORCESTER ON THURSDAY NOV 29 1798, THE DAY APPOINTED FOR A GENERAL THANKSGIVING TO ALMIGHTY GOD…IN THE COMPLETE VICTORY ATTAINED OVER THE FRENCH FLEET BY THE SHIPS UNDER THE COMMAND OF ADMIRAL LORD NELSON ON THE FIRST OF AUGUST OFF THE MOUTH OF THE NILE, Worcester, T Holl, 1798, 1st edition, half title, some worm damage confined to margins, modern quarter blue morocco marbled boards, spine gilt lettered

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Lot 452

THOMAS DIBDIN: THE MOUTH OF THE NILE OR THE GLORIOUS FIRST OF AUGUST, A MUSICAL ENTERTAINMENT PERFORMED AT THE THEATRE-ROYAL, COVENT-GARDEN, London for J Barker, 1798, 2nd edition, wood engraved vignette title, title page repaired and some reinforcement, modern boards, spine gilt lettered

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Lot 469

ANON: THE BRITISH NAVY TRIUMPHANT BEING COPIES OF THE LONDON GAZETTE'S EXTRAORDINARY CONTAINING THE ACCOUNTS OF THE GLORIOUS VICTORIES OBTAINED THROUGH THE BLESSING OF ALMIGHTY GOD OVER THE FRENCH FLEET BY ADMIRAL LORD HOWE ON THE FIRST OF JUNE 1794, THE SPANISH FLEET BY ADMIRAL SIR J JERVIS NEAR CAPE ST VINCENT, FEB 14 1797 THE DUTCH FLEET BY ADMIRAL A DUNCAN NEAR CAMPERDOWN ON THE COAST OF HOLLAND OCT 11 1797, AND AGAIN OVER THE FRENCH FLEET BY REAR-ADMIRAL SIR H NELSON NEAR THE MOUTH OF THE NILE AUG 1 AND 2 1798, London, 1798, 1st edition, half title page with Royal coat of arms as head piece and small ornament of a ship reading "Britain's Glory or the Tars of Old England Triumphant", priced at foot "one penny", modern half morocco marbled boards

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Lot 501

SIR THOMAS BYAM MARTIN: LETTERS AND PAPERS OF, ed Sir Richard Vesey Hamilton, 1903, 1898, 1901, 1st editions, 3 vols, original two-tone cloth gilt + JOHN JERVIS, VISCOUNT ST VINCENT: LETTERS OF ADMIRAL OF THE FLEET THE EARL OF ST VINCENT WHILST THE FIRST LORD OF THE ADMIRALTY 1801-1804, ed David Bonner Smith, 1922-27, 2 vols, original two-tone cloth gilt + HAROLD COOKE GUTTERIDGE: NELSON AND THE NEAPOLITAN JACOBINS, 1903, 1st edition, original two-tone cloth gilt + HORATIO NELSON, VISCOUNT NELSON: NELSON'S LETTERS TO HIS WIFE AND OTHER DOCUMENTS 1785-1831, ed George Prideaux Brabant Naish, 1958, 1st edition, original two-tone cloth gilt + CUTHBERT COLLINGWOOD, BARON COLLINGWOOD: THE PRIVATE CORRESPONDENCE OF, ed Edward Hughes, 1957, 1st edition, original two-tone cloth gilt, all vols published for The Navy Records Society (8)

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Cheffins
Lot 71

UK postage stamps, collection of mainly used QEII definitives (pre and post decimal) in stock books, with small quantity unused in small blocks, and a large collection of first day covers, including pilot signed first helicopter mail cover 1949. (All in 25 stock books and binders); also 8 numbered Fine Art Covers (each from a limited edition of 850)

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Greenslade Taylor Hunt
Lot 353

[HISTORY]. WINSTON CHURCHILL Churchill, Winston, War Speeches, six volumes, comprising Into Battle, eighth edition, Cassell, London, 1941 (lacking dustjacket); The Unrelenting Struggle, first edition, 1942 (lacking dustjacket; spine browned); The End of the Beginning, first edition, 1943; Onwards to Victory, first edition, 1944 (lacking dustjacket; spine slightly browned); The Dawn of Liberation, first edition, 1945 (lacking dustjacket); and Victory, first edition, 1946, each blue cloth, plate illustrations, octavo (jackets with varying degrees of wear, generally at edges and spine ends); together with Secret Session Speeches, first edition, Cassell, London, 1946, blue cloth (lacking dustjacket; spine dulled), plate illustrations, octavo; and The Second World War, six volumes, all first editions, Cassell, London, 1948-54, black cloth (all damp marked), dustjackets, octavo, (13).

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Greenslade Taylor Hunt
Lot 354

[MODERN FIRST EDITIONS] Greene, Graham. Our Man in Havana, first edition, Heinemann, London, 1958, cloth, dustjacket (non price-clipped), octavo; Wodehouse, P.G. Ring for Jeeves, first edition, Jenkins, London, 1953, boards, dustjacket (non price-clipped), octavo; Christie, Agatha. Hickory Dickory Dock, Collins / Crime Club, London, 1955, boards, dustjacket (price-clipped), octavo; Deighton, Len. Billion-Dollar Brain, first edition, Cape, London, 1966, boards, dustjacket (price-clipped), octavo; and five other works by Nevil Shute (3); Helen MacInnes (1); and Alan Wykes (1), all with dustjackets, (9).

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Greenslade Taylor Hunt
Lot 356

[SPORTING]. HUNTING Simpson, Charles. The Harboro' Country, first edition, The Bodley Head, London, 1927, cream cloth, plate and text illustrations, quarto; Rhoderick-Jones, Robin. Ronnie Wallace. The Authorized Version, first edition, Quiller Press, London, 1992, boards, dustjacket, plate illustrations from photographs, SIGNED BY RONNIE WALLACE, octavo; and six other works, (8).

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Greenslade Taylor Hunt
Lot 359

[MISCELLANEOUS]. BIOGRAPHIES Thirty-seven assorted works, including Williams-Ellis, Clough. Architect Errant, first edition, Constable, London, 1971, boards, dustjacket, illustrations, SIGNED BY THE AUTHOR, octavo; and those of literary and historical interest, (two boxes).

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Greenslade Taylor Hunt
Lot 364

[MISCELLANEOUS] Masefield, John. The Midnight Folk, Heinemann, London, 1931, cloth (damp-spotted), dustjacket, six paper-protected colour plates (including frontispiece) and further black and white text illustrations by Roland Hilder, quarto; Motion, Andrew. Philip Larkin. A Writer's Life, first edition, London, 1993, boards, dustjacket, SIGNED BY THE AUTHOR, octavo; and six other volumes, (8).

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Greenslade Taylor Hunt
Lot 369

[MISCELLANEOUS] Slick, Samuel [Haliburton, Thomas Chandler]. The Clockmaker; or The Sayings and Doings of Samuel Slick of Slickville, First Series, second edition, Bentley, London, 1838; Second Series, new edition, 1838; and Third Series, first edition, 1840, uniform original blind-stamped mauve cloth (spines evenly browned), thirteen plate illustrations (4 + 4 + 5), octavo.

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Greenslade Taylor Hunt
Lot 370

[MISCELLANEOUS] Rees, J. Rogers. With Friend and Book in the Study and the Fields, limited edition of 240, Gibbings, London, 1892, bevelled dark green cloth, top edges gilt, octavo; Kipling, Rudyard, & Balestier, Wolcott. The Naulakha: A Story of West and East, first edition, Heinemann, London, 1892, original orange cloth, eight-page publisher's catalogue, octavo; Kipling, Rudyard. The Seven Seas, first edition, Methuen, London, 1896, maroon cloth (spine slightly fadd), thirty-eight page publisher's list dated October 1896, octavo; and two other works; together with seven postcards of Burnham-on-Sea.

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