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Lot 23

Birds.- Morris (Rev. F.O.) A History of British Birds, 6 vol., fourth edition, 394 hand-coloured plates, occasional faint spotting, original cloth, a little rubbed, slight bumping to corners and extremities, 1895-97; A History of British Birds, 5 vol. only (of 6), first edition, 296 hand-coloured plates only (of 298), occasional spotting, one or two leaves torn (repaired), previous owner's ink inscriptions, contemporary sheep-backed boards, rubbed and worn, some covers becoming loose, 1851; and another set of the same (17)

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Horses.- Bennigsen (Levin August Gottlieb, Freyherrn von) Gedanken uber Einige dem Officier der Leichten Reuterey nottwendige Kenntnisse, first edition, 14 engraved plates on 13 folding sheets, errata f. at end, a few small marginal repairs, occasional spotting or marking, later marbled boards, scuffed, [Not in Podeschi or Huth], Riga, Julius Conrad Daniel Müller, 1794; and a 2 vol. first edition of Scheitlin's work on animal psychology, small 4to & 8vo (3)⁂ Scarce work on the horse and horsemanship, which includes the selection, buying, and care of horses, along with the duties of a cavalry officer. The author was a Russian General of German extraction, who fought in the Napoleonic wars.

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Lot 239

Horses.- Tull (Jethro) The Horse-Hoing Husbandry: or, an Essay on the Principles of Tillage and Vegetation, first edition, for the Author, 1733, bound before, A Supplement to the Essay on Horse-Hoing Husbandry, second edition, for and sold by the Author, 1740, 7 engraved plates, 6 folding, occasional faint spotting, lacking preliminary blank, bookplate of the Earl of Mansfield, contemporary calf, rebacked, a little rubbed, bumping to corners and spine extremities, folio.

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Lot 242

NO RESERVE Aeronautics.- Marey (Étienne Jules) La machine animale locomotion terrestre et aérienne, first edition, half-title, numerous illustrations, original cloth, gilt, spine faded, rubbed, [Tissandier p.28 (later editions only)], Paris, Germer Baillière, 1873; and a first French edition of Pettigrew's Animal Locomotion, 1874, 8vo (2)⁂ Pioneering work on the physiology of movement in animals, with much on the flight of birds and insects.

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Lot 244

Aviation.- Landelle (Gabriel de la) Dans les airs. Histoire élémentaire de l'aéronautique, first edition, lightly browned, original printed wrappers bound in, lightly soiled, later morocco-backed marbled boards, [Tissandier p.26; Hodgson p.390 'A reliable and comprehensive survey'], Paris, René Haton, 1884 § Renard (Charles, Commandant) Conférence sur la Navigation Aérienne, first edition, half-title (with ink presentation inscription not from the author), 1 folding heliogravure plate after a photograph, diagrams, lightly browned, original printed wrappers, split to foot of spine, [Tissandier p.33], rare, Paris, Gauthier-Villars, 1886; and 6 others, 19th & early 20th century Aviation / Aeronautics, v.s. (8)

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Lot 245

Aviation.- Loup (Michel) Solution du problème de la locomotion aérienne, first edition, half-title, 3 folding lithographed plates at end, light browned throughout, some spotting, original yellow printed wrappers, spine little chipped, rubbed, housed in a modern morocco-backed marbled board chemise and slip-case, [Genesis of Flight p.93; Tissandier p.27], a very good copy, Paris & Lyon, Carilian-Goeury & Victor Dalmont, 1853; and a first edition of Goupil's La Locomotion Aérienne, 8vo & large 8vo (2)⁂ 'Michel Loup produced the first well-considered French proposal for a powered airplane' (Genesis of Flight).

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Lot 246

Aviation.- Tatin (Victor) Elémens d'Aviation, first edition, signed presentation copy, double column, diagrams and illustrations, advertisements at end, front endpaper adhering to front wrapper and taking with it small part of lower corner of wrapper, original pictorial wrappers, rubbed, Paris, H. Dunot & E. Pinat, 1908; and the same for 1909, with some new material, small 4to (2)⁂ An excellent presentation copy of this scarce early work on aeroplanes, gliders, and bird flight. It is presented by the author to Henri Deutsch de la Meurthe, who was an oil executive and keen supporter of early aviation, sponsoring a number of prizes, including the 'Grand Prix d'Aviation'.

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Lot 247

Aviation.- Balloons.- Turgan (Julien) Les Ballons. Histoire de la locomotion aérienne depuis son origine jusqu'à nos jours, first edition, half-title, wood-engraved frontispiece and 16 plates, of which 2 double-page, later red morocco-backed marbled boards, spine gilt, [Tissandier p.37; Hodgson p.191], Paris, Plon Frères, 1851 § Dupuis-Delcourt (Jean-François) Nouveau manuel complet d'aérostation ou guide pour servir à l'histoire et à la pratique des Ballons, first edition, half-title, 16 folding lithographed plates, advertisements at end, some spotting, original pictorial wood-engraved wrappers bound in, lightly stained, later red morocco-backed marbled boards, gilt spine in compartments, [Tissandier p.20], Paris, Roret, 1850; and 3 others, Balloons, v.s. (5)⁂ The first mentioned includes a preface by Gérard de Nerval, who was greatly interested in the development of aviation.

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Aviation.- Balloons & Airships.- Dupuy de Lome (Stanislas Charles Henry) Note sur l'Aérostat à hélice construit pour le compte de l'Etat, first edition, 9 large folding lithographed plates, each with an explanation f., lightly browned, original light blue pictorial wrappers bound in, a few repairs, red crushed morocco-backed marbled boards by Ateliers Laurenchet, [Tissandier p.20; Maggs Cat. 387, item 426], Paris, Firmin Didot, 1872; and a first edition of Yon's work on steering airships, 1880, 4to (2)⁂ Description of a powered balloon built during the siege of Paris. The work is an off-print from vol. 40 of the Mémoires de l'Académie des Sciences.

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Lot 251

Evolution.- Quetelet (Lambert Adolphe Jacques) A Treatise on Man and the development of his faculties, translated by Robert Knox, first edition in English, double column, 7 lithographed plates at end, ex-library copy with stamps, translator's name added in ink to title, small chip to lower corner of title, lightly browned throughout, library cloth, spine gilt, 8vo, Edinburgh, William and Robert Chambers, 1842.⁂ Rare copy of this important work. This edition contains a new preface by the author to defend his work from objections brought against it subsequent to the publication of the Paris edition. The publisher was the anonymous author of Vestiges of the Natural History of Creation, 1844. Quetelet was a Belgian astronomer, mathematician and sociologist, who founded and directed the Brussels Observatory. He developed what we today call the Body Mass Index (BMI), which was originally named the Quetelet Index.

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Lot 253

Mines administrator & mineral & book collector.- Mathematics.- [Oppel (Friedrich Wilhelm von)] Analysis Triangulorum, first edition, 13 engraved plates, of which 1 folding, errata f. at end, browned, contemporary drab limp boards, folio, Dresden & Leipzig, J.G.I. Breitkopf for G.D. Walther, 1746.⁂ Rare copy of this first complete work on analytical trigonometry. Despite his mathematical achievements Oppel is better known for his contributions to mining and metallurgy. Having held a number of senior positions in the mines of the Ore Mountains he went on to be a founder of the Bergakademie Freiburg, a specialist mining school. It was the first of its kind and remains the oldest surviving institution in this field. The core of the school's collections are made up from Oppel's own, and include minerals, books and mining models.

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Lot 254

NO RESERVE Paediatrics.- Digestion.- Pouzin (Fulcrand) Aperçu sur quelques maladies qui affectent le canal alimentaire pendant les premières années de la vie, first edition, occasional spotting, disbound, mostly unopened, 4to, Montpellier, Tournel père et fils, 1806.⁂ Rare work on infant digestion and corresponding complications, with WorldCat recording only four copies, of which only one in UK (BL).

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Africa.- Freeman (J.J. ) A Tour in South Africa, with notices of Natal, Mauritius, Madagascar, Ceylon, Egypt, and Palestine, first edition, lithographed frontispiece, large folding lithographed map, hand-coloured in outline, 6 plates (5 wood-engraved and 1 lithographed), wood-engraved illustrations, 16pp. publisher's catalogue at end, some light offsetting, original cloth, spine faded, [Mendelssohn p.565], John Snow, 1851; and an Andover (U.S.A.) edition of John Campbell's Travels in South Africa, 1816, 8vo (2)

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NO RESERVE America.- Caswall (Rev. Henry) America, and the American Church, first edition, engraved folding map, 4 lithographed plates (1 of which misbound as a frontispiece), water-staining to upper corner of plates, occasional spotting and light water-staining, original cloth, spine gilt, head of spine little nicked, [Sabin 11473; Howes C 233], large 12mo, Printed for J.G. and F. Rivington, 1839.

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Polar.- Kerguelen-Trémarec (Yves Joseph de) Relation d'un Voyage dans la Mer du Nord, first edition, title in red and black with engraved maritime vignette, 18 engraved maps and plates, some folding, engraved head-pieces, lacking 3pp. approbation/privilege and directions to binder, some spotting or foxing, 20th century marbled boards by G. Hedberg, red morocco label to head of spine, [Sabin 37616], small 4to, Paris, Prault, 1771.⁂ Account of an expedition to the coasts of Iceland, Greenland and Norway.

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Cookery.- [Glasse (Hannah)] The Art of Cookery, Made Plain and Easy... by a Lady, fourth edition, engraved frontispiece (trimmed at margin, touching text), title trimmed at head with loss to first word of title, authors signature to p.1, interleaved copy with very occasional notes to blank leaves, K2 & 3 with blank margins partially torn away without loss to text, some dampstaining towards end, 19th century half calf, [McLean, p.59; Vicaire 414], 8vo, for the Author, 1751.⁂ The scarce fourth edition and the first in which Glasse is identified as the author on the frontispiece.

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Cookery.- Glasse (Hannah) The Complete Confectioner; or the Whole Art of Confectionary made Plain and Easy, first edition, second issue, damp-staining, heavier at start, occasional small patches of soiling obscuring the odd letter of text, occasional worming to fore-margin, 16pp. publisher's catalogue at end (trimmed at foot with loss to text) not called for, modern panelled calf, [Cagle 708; Maclean p.62], 8vo, [c.1770].⁂ The second issue of the first edition of c.1760 with a new title.

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NO RESERVE Cookery.- May (Robert) The Accomplisht Cook, or the Art and Mystery of Cookery, third edition, lacking engraved frontispiece, 1 folding plate only (of 4, that defective), lacking index f. 2I1, first advertisement f. partially torn away, closely trimmed at foot, occasionally affecting signatures and affected text of Z2, occasional worming to margins, browning, modern antique-style panelled calf, [Cagle 867; Oxford pp.29-30; Wing M1393aA], 8vo, J.Winter, for Nath.Brooke, 1671.

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Cookery.- Simpson (John) A Complete System of Cookery, second edition, diagrams, occasional spotting, modern half calf, [1808] § Kitchiner (William) The Cook's Oracle; Containing Receipts For Plain Cookery On The Most Economical Plan For Private Families, sixth edition, original cloth-backed boards, paper label to spine (chipped), 1823 § Dolby (Richard) The Cook's Dictionary, first edition, occasional spotting or browning, modern cloth, 1830; and 13 others, cookery, 19th century and later, 8vo (16)

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Economics.- Keynes (John Maynard) A Treatise on Money, 2 vol., first edition, some light spotting and foxing to endpapers, original cloth, light fading to spines minor bumping to spine ends and corners, light rubbing to extremities, but an excellent set overall, 1930; and a first edition of A Tract on Monetary Reform, 8vo (3)

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NO RESERVE Military.- Morison (Samuel Eliot) History of the United States Naval Operations in World War II, 14 vol. only (of 15), all but 4 first editions, plates and illustrations, maps, one or to plates becoming loose, ex-library with usual labels and stamps, original cloth, library name and shelf marks in gilt, a little rubbed, slight bumping to corners and extremities, 1948-60 § Davidson (Major H.) History and Services of the 78th Highlanders (Ross-shire Buffs), 2 vol. in 1, first edition, list of subscribers, lacking all plates and maps, vignette removed from title (vol. 2), previous owner's ink inscription, occasional spotting, original cloth, ?gilt device removed from upper cover, a little rubbed, slight bumping to corners and extremities, Edinburgh and London, 1901 § Swinton (Major-General Sir Ernest) The Defence of Duffer's Drift, new edition, illustrations, previous owner's ink inscription, scattered spotting, original cloth, slight bumping to corners and extremities, dust-jacket, loss to spine foot, tear and small loss to upper cover (partially repaired), a little rubbed, slight chipping to corners and extremities, Oxford, George Ronald, n.d.; and others, military history v.s. (47)

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NO RESERVE Macquoid (Percy) A History of English Furniture [The Age of Oak; Walnut; Mahogany; Satinwood], 3 vol., first edition, plates. some colour, illustrations, captioned tissue-guards, occasional spotting, original buckram, rubbed, slight bumping to corners and extremities, spines faded, folio, 1904-08.

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Library decoration.- Mayer (Wenzel Joseph) Historische Beschreibung der am Bibliothekgewolbe der koniglichen Pramonstratenserordnes-Kanonie, am Berge Sion zu Prag, im Jahre 1794, in einem zusammenhangenden Platfond in Fresko dargestellten Kalkmalerey, first and only German edition, engraved plate of the library and a dedication to Francis II, Holy Roman Emperor, engraved vignette to head of C1, wood-engraved head- and tail-pieces, lower margin of title restored, occasional spotting or finger-marking, contemporary mottled calf, gilt, a few small worm traces to lower covers, corners worn, rubbed, 4to, Prague, Elsenwanger for Arnold Petzold, 1797.⁂ A description of the ornate ceiling decoration of the 'Philosophical Hall' of Strahov Monastery in Prague, painted by the Austrian Franz Anton Maulbertsch. The author was Abbot from 1776 to 1800.

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Lot 66

Palladio (Andrea) The Architecture of A. Palladio, books 3 and 4 only (of 4), first English edition, 126 engraved plates on 111 sheets, damp-staining to foot, heavy in places, occasional chipping or tearing to margins, bookplate to pastedown, contemporary calf, worn, folio, for the Author, [1715-20].

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Lot 68

Riou (Stephen) The Grecian Orders of Architecture, first edition, engraved title-vignette, 6 vignettes and 28 plates, some folding, some light offsetting, title lightly browned, occasional scattered spotting, later half calf sympathetically rebacked, rubbed, extremities a little worn, [Blackmer 1425; Harris 746], folio, by J. Dixwell, for the Author, 1768.⁂ "Riou was in Athens while Stuart and Revett were working there, and decided to produce an architectural theory for the use of the Greek architectural orders then being described and measured by Stuart and Revett." (Blackmer). The book is dedicated to James Stuart who, along with David Garrick, Soame Jenyns and George Stubbs, is included in the list of subscribers.

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Taylor (G. L.) and Edward Cresy. The Architectural Antiquities of Rome, 2 vol., second edition, 129 engraved or lithographed plates and plans (numbered I-CIV & CVI-CXXX, plate CV was never published), some double, occasional foxing, offsetting, browning to text ff., contemporary half calf, rebacked, retaining original backstrip, corners bumped, folio, 1821-22 [actually c. 1836].⁂ The 1836 reissue has a surplus of sheets of the original letterpress and a number of the original lithographs either redrawn or interpreted as etchings and engravings, thus reducing the number of lithographs in the first edition from twenty to thirteen.

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NO RESERVE Dulac (Edmund) Fairy Book: Fairy Tales of the Allied Nations, first edition, one of 350 copies signed by the author, 15 colour tipped-in plates by Dulac, light marginal toning, original cloth, elaborately gilt, faded and lightly soiled, uncut, 4to, 1916.

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Lot 79

Savonarola (Girolamo) Prediche nuovamente venute in luce, first edition in Italian, double column, charming woodcut vignette to title, woodcut historiated and decorative initials, title with small section of lower blank corner torn away, occasional spotting, some mostly light staining, 18th century limp boards, soiled and rubbed, [Adams S513; EDIT 16 CNCE 39132], small 4to, [Venice], [Agostino Zanni], [June, 1528].

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Elzevier.- Fortification.- Dögen (Mathias) Architectura militaris moderna, 2 parts in 1, first edition, half-title, fine engraved pictorial title and 70 plates, all but one folding, woodcut decorative initials, 4, 2, and 4 ff. of supplementary tables bound in after pp.56, 96, and 200 respectively, sig. 3F misbound, a little creasing to some plates, some browning, spotting and staining, contemporary vellum, later gilt, spine in compartments and with later red morocco label to style, wormholes, particularly to spine, [Willems 1047; Berlin Kat. 2529 (1648 edition)], folio, Amsterdam, Louis Elzevier, 1647.⁂ 'Magnifique publication' (Willems). Dögen worked for the Admiralty in Amsterdam for a considerable time and later became military architect to Friedrich Wilhelm, Elector of Brandenburg, to whom the work is dedicated. Provenance: Initials DAP surmounted by bishop's hat (ink stamp to foot of title).

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NO RESERVE Russia.- Bodisco (Col. A.) Biographie de l'Empereur Alexandre I, d'après celle qui a été écrite en langue russe de Nicholas Gretsch, first edition, signed presentation copy, half-title, small mounted lithographed portrait frontispiece, occasional spotting, original printed wrappers, head of spine little worn, lightly soiled, Stockholm, P.A. Norstedt & Son, 1836; and a 3 vol. 1824 Paris edition of Walter Scott's St. Ronan's Well, 8vo (4)⁂ The first mentioned is presented to the diplomat Lord John Bloomfield.

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A Steiff limited edition The First American Teddy, 7183 for the year 2003, in original box with certificate

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Lot 170

HALE (Kathleen): 'Orlando the Marmalade Cat..a Seaside Holiday', London, Country Life: folio, original publisher's cloth backed boards, old browned tape repair to upper free endpaper onto title gutter margin: title page stamped 'uncorrected proof only', loosely inserted note from J W-T reading 'uncorrected proof copy I acquired when a book editor at Country Life': together with 'Orlando Keeps a Dog', First Edition, some bumping and wear with endpaper joints cracked: with 3 shelves of other children's/illustrated books, misc vintage non-fiction and reference etc, generally in fair-good conditions. (3 shelves)

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Lot 172

BLYTON (Enid): 'Five are Together Again..', London, Hodder & Stoughton, 1963: First Edition, publisher's cloth with dustjacket, VG: together with 'Five Have a Mystery to Solve', First Edition 1962: with 10 others by Blyton, mostly early reprints in dustjacket, and others. (Small carton)

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FISK (Nicholas): 'Leadfoot', Pelham Books, 1980: First Edition: pub. cloth with dustjacket, a very good copy: together with a quantity of other books over 3 shelves, misc juvenile/illustrated including Saturday Book, annuals edited by Herbert Strang, and other vintage reference and non-fiction. (3 shelves)

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POETRY: PRICE TURNER (W): 'The Rudiment of an Eye..', London, Villiers Publications, 1955: First Edition: 8vo, publisher's cloth with dustjacket, inscribed to upper free endpaper 'To Jon 1st Jan '56, W Price Turner': JUSTE (Michael): 'Many Brightnesses and Other Verses..', Neptune Press, one of 520 copies: together with approx 62 others, largely poetry, early to late 20thc, some inscribed. (One shelf)

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Lot 248

MERIWETHER (Lee): 'Seeing Europe by Automobile..', New York, The Baker & Taylor Company, 1911: First Edition, 8vo, publisher's pictorial green cloth gilt, light sunning and wear else VG: together with 11 other vols, early motor touring books and related, to include T W Wilby's 'A Motor Tour through Canada'. (12)

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Lot 256

PRINCE CHULA OF THAILAND (HRH): 'First-Class Ticket...'The Travels of a Prince', London, Alvin Redman, 1958: First Edition, 8vo, publisher's black cloth, without dustjacket: together with 28 other books relating to motor racing and automobilia. (One shelf)

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Lot 258

OWEN (Arthur): 'The Racing Coopers...', London, Cassell, 1959: First Edition: 8vo, publisher's green cloth, dustjacket, frayed to extrems: WENTWORTH DAY (J): 'Kaye Don - The Man'...foreword by Sir Malcolm Campbell..., London, Hutchinson, n.d: publisher's red cloth, 8vo, facsimile dustjacket: LURANI (Count Giovanni): 'Racing Round the World', London, Foulis, n.d: 8vo, publisher's red cloth with dustjacket, minor losses else good: together with 23 others, largely vintage motor racing. (26)

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LEITHE (Frederick E): 'Japanese Hand Guns..', California, Borden Publishing Co, 1968. First Edition: oblong 8vo, publisher's red cloth with dustjacket, a few tears to edges and spines sunned: together with 29 others, mostly hardback reference books on guns and gun makers, 8vo. (30)

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BROWNING (Elizabeth Barrett): 'The Seraphim, and Other Poems...' London, Saunders & Otley, 1838: First Edition: 12mo, publisher's blind stamped blue cloth, light wear and sunning to spine, else VG: pencil inscription to half title reading 'with the kindest remembrances E.B.B'. A very good copy. (1)

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ORWELL (George): 'Animal Farm...a Fairy Story', London, Secker & Warburg, 1945. First Edition. 8vo, publisher's green cloth with dustjacket, sl. cracking to hinges, head/tail of spine and corners slightly bumped and rubbed, still a very good copy. Presentation copy from novelist J D Beresford to Esme Wynne-Tyson, inscribed on front free endpaper 'Esme from John David. The Retreat - Holt, Wilts, Aug 1945..', pencil note in another hand suggesting this to be his review copy. (1)

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KEYNES (John Maynard): 'The End of Laissez-Faire..' London, Hogarth Press, 1926: First Edition: sm. 8vo, publisher's green cloth backed boards with printed label, minor rubbing with label browned. (1)

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YEATS (W B): 'The Winding Stair and Other Poems..' London, Macmillan, 1933: First Trade Edition: 8vo, publishers' green cloth with dustjacket, some browning and edge wear else VG. (1)

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YEATS (W B): 'Wheels and Butterflies...' London, Macmillan, 1934: First Edition: 8vo, publisher's green cloth with printed brown jacket, some light creases and edge bumps, else VG. (1)

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FORDE (Gertrude): 'In The Old Palazzo...a novel' London, F V White & Co, 1885: First Edition: 3 vols, publisher's brown cloth gilt, a little rubbed and a few ink splats, else G-VG, 8vo. (3)

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SMITH (Dodie): 'The Starlight Barking..' London, Heinemann, 1967: First Edition, 8vo, dustjacket, VG+ with just slight edge wear: inscribed from author to Esme Wynne-Tyson on upper flyleaf. (1)

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SMITH (Dodie): 'I Capture the Castle', Boston, 1948: First American Edition: 8vo, publisher's cloth with dustjacket, spine browned, minor edge nicks, two tape repairs to lower panel: inscribed from author 'to Jon, with my love. Dodie, Doyles Town Pennsylvania, November 1948'. Together with another copy of the same, dustjacket split along upper hinge with losses, similarly inscribed to Esme Wynne-Tyson. (2)

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SMITH (Dodie): 'The Hundred and One Dalmatians..' London, Heinemann, 1956: First Edition: 8vo, publisher's blue cloth with dustjacket, fine copy with slight browning to spine and just a few minor nicks: inscribed from author to upper flyleaf 'To Jon with love from Dodie, Finchingfield Essex, November 1956'. (1)

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POTTER (Beatrix): 'The Story of a Fierce Bad Rabbit...', 1906, Frederick Warne & Co, First Edition: 12mo, green cloth wallet-style binding with pictorial onlay to upper cover, printed pastedowns, concertina folding in 28 sections laid onto linen, covers rubbed and marked, early ink ownership to front pastedown, generally a good copy. (1)

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GOLDING (William): 'The Inheritors', London, Faber, 1955: First Edition: 8vo, publisher's blue cloth with dustjacket, a little rubbed and marked: SANSOM (William) 'The Loving Eye': London, Hogarth Press, 1956: First Edition, 8vo, dustjacket, spine ends dented: GOLDING (Louis) 'To The Quayside', London, Hutchinson, 1954: First Edition: inscribed to Jon & Jennifer Wynne-Tyson on upper free endpaper: WILLIAMSON (Henry) 'The Linhay on the Downs..', London, 1929, No.233/530 copies, VG in jacket: together with twenty-nine others, misc. 20thc lit/first editions inc. a few private press, some in dustjacket, generally in good condition. (33)

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SIMENON (Georges): 'Maigret and the Headless Corpse..': London, Hamilton, 1967: First UK Edition: publishers cloth with dustjacket, 8vo, VG: 'The Strangers in the House': London, 1951: 'Sunday, translated from the French by Nigel Ryan': 1960: 'Across the Street', 1954: together with approx 46 others, mostly by and a few about Simenon, chiefly first UK editions, majority in dustjacket, generally in good condition. (Qty)

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Lot 85

MILNE (A A): 'Now we are Six', London, Methuen, 1927: First Edition: 8vo, publisher's red cloth, rubbed with some damp marking round upper corners: together with 12 others, children's/illustrated inc. a second edition of Winnie the Pooh, 1926. (13)

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MANSFIELD (Katherine): 'Poems', London, Constable, 1923: First Edition: 8vo, publisher's cloth backed boards retaining upper panel only of dust jacket, teg, minor wear else a good copy: STEPHENS (James) 'Collected Poems', London, Macmillan, 1926: 1 of 500 copies signed, 8vo, pub. vellum backed boards: together with approx 20 others, including 'Chapbook Miscellany 1924' and others similar. (22)

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LAWRENCE (T E): 'Seven Pillars of Wisdom..' London, Jonathan Cape, 1935: First Trade Edition: 4to, publisher's brown cloth gilt, light sunning to spine and scattered minor marks, else G-VG. (1)

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HERON-ALLEN (E): 'Selsey Bill, Historic and Prehistoric..' London, Duckworth, 1911. First Edition. Large 4to, publisher's plain buckram with printed label, scattered light spots and smudges to boards and light foxing, generally a good clean copy, inscribed to upper flyleaf 'H W Chase a gilt from the author' in pencil. (1)

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Lot 135

WYNNE-TYSON (Esme): collection of approx 35 books by or inscribed to Esme Wynne-Tyson or immediate family, to include T W H Crosland 'On Reading the Unpublished Parts of De Profundis', 1912, inscribed from author to W W Wynne: Phyllis Morris 'Dandelion Clocks', lengthy manuscript dedication to E W-T on front endpapers: pocket edition of Clifford Mills 'Where the Rainbow Ends', ink dedication to upper FE 'To dear Esme the most delightful & loveable Rosamund with love & best wishes Clifford Mills', Xmas 1912: first editions of various novels by E W T, inc. 'The Gift', 'Momus', 'Quicksand', 'Security', 'Melody', and others, some in duplicate, most in dustjackets, condition variable. (35)

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Lot 137

BEATON (Cecil & TYNAN, Kenneth): 'Persona Grata..', London, Wingate, 1953: First Edition: tall 8vo, publisher's blue cloth with dustjacket, corners rubbed else a good copy: SHAW (Bernard): 'The Intelligent Woman's' Guide to Socialism and Capitalism..', London, Constable, 1928: First Edition, 4to, dustjacket, nicks to edges and with tear round top edge: together with approx 62 other vols, misc 20thc literature/illustrated and juvenile works, inc. titles by Osbert Sitwell, Henry Williamson, etc, various sizes, generally in good condition. (Approx 64, 2 shelves)

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Lot 139

WILDE (Oscar): 'The Ballad of Reading Gaol by C3.3..', London, Leonard Smithers, 1899: 8vo, publisher's buckram backed boards, browned and marked, foxing toward end leaves: BROWNING (Elizabeth Barrett) 'Casa Guidi Windows. A Poem', London, Chapman & Hall, 1851: First Edition: 12mo, contemporary brown morocco gilt, rubbed: together with 29 other vols, 19th-early 20thc pocket editions inc. Shakespeare, Carroll, Wilde and Austen. (31)

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Lot 145

LITERATURE: STERN (G B): 'The Room': London, Chapman & Hall, 1922: First Edition, inscribed to front endpaper 'To my own Ulop with love from Peter', Esme Wynne-Tyson's copy, publisher's grey cloth, rubbed, 8vo: 'The Shortest Night': London, Heinemann, first reprint 1931: inscribed to upper FE 'For Louis (Golding) to justify his optimism from Peter, May 6th 1932': together with 3 shelves of misc. 20thc literature, including 5 books by Louis Golding, each inscribed to Jon Wynne-Tyson, first and early editions, some in dustjacket, generally in good condition, approx 93 vols. (3 shelves)

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Lot 146

LE CARRE (John): 'The Night Manager', London, Hodder & Stoughton, 1993. First Edition, inscribed by author in blue ink to title dated June '93: dustjacket, VG, 8vo. (1)

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