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Lot 156

NO RESERVE Bigmore (Edward Clements) and Charles William Wyman. A Bibliography of Printing, 3 vol., first edition, half-titles, titles in red and black, illustrations, ?original morocco-backed green cloth, spines gilt, spines rubbed and scuffed, Bernard Quaritch, 1880-1884 § Muir (Percy H.) and Peter Amelung, Printing and the Mind of Man, second edition, double column, illustrations, original buckram with printed paper labels, dust-jacket, little faded, some chipping to lower panel, short tear to foot of spine, Munich, 1983; and 23 others, Bibliography & Reference, v.s. (27)

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Lot 166

NO RESERVE French.- [Musset (Victor Donatien de) Bibliographie Agronomique ou Dictionnaire Raisonné des Ouvrages sur l'Economie Rurale et Domestique et sur l'Art Véterinaire, first edition, half-title, this and title almost detached, some spotting or mostly light foxing, contemporary wrappers, detached, rather worn, Paris, Colas, 1810 § Brun (Robert) Le Livre Illustré en France au XVIe Siècle, one of 100 copies, plates, some foxing, original printed wrappers, Paris, 1930 § Escoffier (Maurice) Le Mouvement Romantique 1788-1850, signed presentation copy from the author, illustrations, pencil prices in margins, contemporary cloth, joints frayed, Paris, 1934; and c.30 others, French Bibliography &c., including a run of Librairie Morgand et Fatout. Bulletin Mensuels, 1876-1898, v.s. (c.33)

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Lot 169

NO RESERVE Hayward (John) English Poetry. An Illustrated Catalogue of First and Early Editions Exhibited in 1947 at 7 Albemarle Street, one of 550 copies, plates, original buckram, gilt, Cambridge, 1950 § Teerink (Dr. H.) and Arthur H. Scouten, A Bibliography of the Writings of Jonathan Swift, second edition, plates, original buckram, dust-jacket, lightly spotted, fore-edge spotted, Philadelphia, 1963; and 19 others, Bibliography of English Literature, v.s. (21)

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Lot 174

NO RESERVE Photography.- Goldschmidt (Lucien) & Weston J.Naef. The Truthful Lens: A Survey of the Photographically Illustrated Book 1844-1914, first edition, one of 1000 copies, numerous illustrations, original cloth, board slip-case, New York, The Grolier Club, 1980; and another, on photographs of Japan, 4to & oblong 4to (2)

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Lot 191

Rembrandt van Rijn.- Hamerton (Philip Gilbert) Etching & Etchers, first edition, title in red & black with vignette copy of Rembrandt's 'Self-portrait in flat cap', 35 etchings or drypoints, including an impression of Rembrandt's 'Three Oriental Figures (Jacob and Laban?)', and others, 6 double-page or folding, small hole to the centre of the Rembrandt, occasional light foxing throughout, some spotting and surface dirt, hinges weak with some splitting, original roan-backed cloth, gilt, g.e., rubbed, foot of spine missing, corners and spine ends very worn, 8vo, Macmillan, 1868.⁂ Includes original etchings by Rembrandt, J.M. Whistler ("Billingsgate"), Samuel Palmer ("Sunset"), J. Israels, H. Herkomer, A. Legros, and others.

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Lot 201

NO RESERVE Trade Catalogue.- Townson & Mercer, London. Catalogue of Chemical & Scientific Apparatus, Balances, Graduated Instruments, Pure Chemicals, &c., ninth edition (3rd reprint), numerous illustrations, border rule in red, first few leaves with thumb index, original cloth-backed boards, old paper label to head of spine, upper corners bumped and worn, [1907] § Thomson, Skinner & Hamilton, Glasgow. Illustrated Price List of Physical Apparatus, illustrations, original cloth, Glasgow, 1906, both rubbed, 8vo (2)⁂ Two interesting catalogues of laboratory equipment. Townson & Mercer have been manufacturing such apparatus for over 200 hundred years while Thomson, Skinner & Hamilton were founded in 1903 but went into liquidation in 1955.

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Lot 225

Africa.- Andersson (Charles John) Lake Ngami; or, Explorations and Discoveries, during Four Years' Wanderings in the Wilds of South Western Africa, first edition, lithographed frontispiece and 15 plates, wood-engraved illustrations, folding map at end, plates with marginal water-staining and some spotting, a few marginal repairs to some plates or text ff., some spotting, new endpapers, original pictorial blind-stamped and gilt cloth, spine repaired and with ends little frayed, corners little worn, stained and rubbed, [Czech p.5], 8vo, 1856.⁂ 'A cornerstone book of African hunting in the middle of the nineteenth century. The London edition is much more difficult to locate than the American edition.' (Czech).

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Lot 226

Mackenzie (John) Austral Africa. Losing it or ruling it, 2 vol., first edition, half-titles, portrait frontispieces, plates, 2 folding maps, advertisement f. at end of vol.2, some foxing, original pictorial cloth, gilt, some marking, but generally bright, 1887 § Cumming (Roualeyn Gordon) Five Years of a Hunter's Life in the Far Interior of South Africa, 2 vol. in 1, first edition, wood-engraved frontispieces, additional pictorial titles and 15 plates, map, occasional spotting or foxing, engraved armorial bookplate and inscriptions of John Madden of Hilton Park, contemporary dark green half calf, gilt spine in compartments and with red morocco label, spine slightly faded, little rubbed at extremities, [Czech pp.71-72], 1850; and another, Selous, 8vo (4)

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Lot 227

Park (Mungo) Travels in the Interior Districts of Africa...in the Years 1795, 1796, and 1797, 2 parts in 1 vol., including Appendix, first edition, half-title, list of subscribers, stipple-engraved portrait frontispiece, 3 engraved maps / charts (one with routes supplied in red and blue), 5 engraved plates (2 botanical), postscript f., 2 ff. of music, half-title to appendix, half-title and portrait loose, offsetting, some spotting or light foxing, contemporary calf, gilt, rebacked, preserving original gilt backstrip in compartments, corners worn, rubbed, W.Bulmer and Co. for the Author, 1799; and a second edition of his Journal of a Mission to the Interior of Africa, 1815, uniformly bound with first mentioned, 4to (2)

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Lot 228

Stanley (Henry Morton) In Darkest Africa, 2 vol., first edition, 3 folding maps (2 large), frontispieces (portrait to vol.2), 38 plates, illustrations, folding table, advertisement f. to end of vol.2, 1 map detached and torn without loss, spotted, original pictorial cloth, gilt, spine ends and corners frayed, lightly marked, 8vo, 1890.

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Lot 229

Alaska.- Burroughs (John), John Muir and George Bird Grinnell. Harriman Alaska Expedition with Cooperation of Washington Academy of Sciences. Alaska. 2 vol., first edition, half-titles, colour frontispieces, plates, some colour, maps, occasional spotting or light foxing, original pictorial cloth, gilt, 1 corner a little worn, rubbed at extremities, a very good set, large 8vo, New York, 1901.

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Lot 239

China.- M'Leod (John) Voyage of His Majesty's Ship Alceste, along the Coast of Corea, to the Island of Lewchew, second edition, engraved portrait frontispiece, 5 hand-coloured aquatint plates, foxing and browning, some marginal holes and slight creasing, modern green half morocco, [Abbey, Travel 559], 8vo, 1818.⁂ With one more colour plate than the first edition published the previous year.

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Lot 261

London.- Brayley (Edward Wedlake) Londiniana: or, Reminiscences of the British Metropolis, first edition, 4 vol., half-titles, engraved folding frontispieces to each vol. and 99 plates, some folding, offsetting, some spotting, modern half crushed red morocco, richly gilt spines in compartments, t.e.g., 8vo, 1829.

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Lot 266

NO RESERVE London.- Lysons (Rev. Daniel) The Environs of London, 4 vol., first edition, engraved vignette titles, 3 engraved maps (1 misbound), 60 plates (some folding, some partially hand-coloured, 2 with small tears), 2 folding pedigrees, vol. 4 with short tears to first 2 leaves, repaired, remnants of bookplate (vol. 2 only), occasional faint spotting, contemporary calf, rebacked with original spines laid down, rubbed, 4to, 1792-96.

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Lot 271

Wine.- Chaptal (Jean-Antoine, Comte de Chanteloup) L'Art de Faire le Vin, second [i.e. third] edition, half-title, folding engraved plate at end plus duplicate plate, contemporary green half vellum over marbled boards, spine gilt with red leather label, covers a little rubbed, [Vicaire 164; Simon p.18 (1807 ed.); Cagle 131a (1801 first ed.)], 8vo, Paris, Deterville, 1819.⁂ Very good copy of an important work on wine production. The process, by which sugar is added to unfermented grape must in order to increase the alcohol content after fermentation, is named after him - 'chaptalisation'.

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Lot 272

Wine and spirits.- Forbes (Patrick) Champagne: The Wine, the Land and the People, signed presentation copy, illustrations, original cloth, dust-jacket, extremities creased and bumped, a little stained, 1967 § Amis (Kingsley) On Drink, first edition, original boards, dust-jacket price-clipped, short tear to upper cover, 1972; and 67 others, wine and spirits, v.s. (69)

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Lot 275

Golf.- McBain (J.) and W. Fernie. Dean's Champion Handbooks. Golf, first edition, photographic frontispiece and 6 plates, advertisements to endpapers, title and final contents ff. lightly browned, original pictorial limp boards, [Donovan & Murdoch 3540; Murdoch 508], a very good copy, 8vo, Dean & Son, Ltd., [1899].

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Lot 279

Golf.- Thomas (George C., Jr.) Golf Architecture in America, Its Strategy and Construction, first edition, half-title, colour frontispiece, plates, 1 folding at end, a few colour, illustrations, ink signature to half-title, some leaves with pencil markings, original pictorial cloth, light creases near foot of spine, the odd light mark, still a good bright copy, [Murdoch 767], 8vo, Los Angeles, The Times-Mirror Press, 1927. ⁂ 'One of the outstanding books on golf course architecture having the added attraction, as a book, of being handsomely produced' (Murdoch).

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Lot 281

Golf.- Ladies golf.- Pearson (Issette), A. Bennet Pascoe and others. Our Lady of the Green (A Book of Ladies' Golf), first edition, half-title, signature to half-title, endpapers and half-title foxed, original pictorial cloth, a few light marks, little rubbed at extremities, 8vo, Lawrence and Bullen, Ltd., 1899.⁂ Scarce.

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Lot 282

Golf.- Ladies' Golf.- Hezlet (May) Ladies' Golf, first edition, half-title, portrait frontispiece, 32 plates, original pictorial cloth, gilt, spine uniformly faded, little rubbed, [Donovan & Murdoch 20870], 8vo, 1904.

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Lot 289

Botany.- Roses.- Lindley (John) Rosarum Monographia; or a Botanical History of Roses, first edition, half-title, 1 plain and 18 hand-coloured engraved plates, tissue guards, advertisement f. at end, offsetting, some spotting, modern red half calf, gilt spine in compartments and with black morocco label, [Nissen 1204], small 4to, for James Ridgway, 1820.

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Lot 295

Japan.- Conder (Joseph) The Flowers of Japan and The Art of Floral Arrangement, first edition, 54 plates, 14 colour, after Tsukioka Yoshitoshi and Kawanabe Kiosui, and others, original pictorial wrappers, cord binding, covers lightly soiled, folio, Tokyo, 1891.⁂ The first book in English on ikebana or Japanese flower-arranging.

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Lot 300

Decomposition.- Astruc (Jean) Tractatus de motus fermentativi causa, first edition, folding woodcut plate at end, ink inscription of Stephane Lespinasse to front pastedown, contemporary sheep, rubbed, spine worn, [Wellcome II, p.64], 12mo, Montpellier, H. Pech, 1702.⁂ Astruc's rare first work, his medical dissertation published when he was a 19 year old student at Montpellier medical school. He later wrote the first major treatise on venereal diseases and a natural history of the Languedoc region.

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Lot 301

Glisson (Francis) Tractatus de ventriculo et intestinis, first edition, title in red and black, engraved frontispiece portrait and 3 folding engraved plates, portrait trimmed just outside border and laid down, light institutional ink stamps just within platemark of plates, D1 section of lower blank corner torn, some marginal water-staining, spotted, modern calf-backed marbled boards, small 4to, [Wing G859; Garrison and Morton 579; Krivatsy 4828; Waller 3586; Heirs of Hippocrates 475] 4to,E.F. for Henry Brome, 1677.⁂ 'This important work on the stomach and intestines contains Glisson's original concept of 'irritability' not only as the prime cause of muscular contraction but as a property of all human tissues'. (Heirs of Hippocrates).

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Lot 37

Missionary.- Wolff (Joseph, missionary and traveller, 1795-1862) Autograph Letter signed to the Rev J.A. Stewart, 1p. with address panel, sm. 4to, Commercial Hotel, Bruges, 29th September 1843, "I am leaving Bruges tomorrow evening for London then I set out out... for Malta and Constantinople & thence to Bokhara...", extensively torn where opened not affecting text, folds, browned; and 4 other letters, sm. 4to (5).⁂ "... in 1843 Wolff made a second journey to Bukhara in order to ascertain the fates of Lieutenant-Colonel Charles Stoddart and of Captain Arthur Conolly. He was sent out by a committee formed in London by Captain John Grover, which raised £500 for his journey. His mission involved him in the gravest peril, for Stoddart and Conolly had already been executed and their executioner was sent to dispatch Wolff also. He escaped almost miraculously and brought to England the first authentic news of the two officers. After his return, in April 1845, he published in London and New York his Narrative of a Mission to Bokhara ... to ascertain the Fate of Colonel Stoddart and Captain Conolly, which reached a seventh edition in 1852." - Oxford DNB.

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Lot 73

Tate (Nahum, poet, playwright, and translator, c. 1652-1715).- Anne (Queen of Great Britain and Ireland, 1665-1714) Our Will and Pleasure is That... You Pay... unto the Respective Persons... named... the Severall Sums set against their names as of our free Guift & Royall Bounty... Godolphin, manuscript copy, 2pp. with conjugate blank, 2 holes along folds, slightly creased and browned, Post horn watermark, folio, 17th April 1705; and 3 other documents, including: a document issued on behalf of Charles II and signed by Peter Arbuthnet, 1681, and a document of Sessions in the West Riding of Yorkshire, 1788, v.s., v.d. (4 pieces).⁂ "Nahum Tate for his Supplement to the New Version of Psalms l50.""Tate's religious commitment became increasingly evident in his later years. He... published, from 1694, A New Version of the Psalms of David, Fitted to the Tunes used in Churches (first complete edition, 1696; revised version, 1698; supplement, 1700)." - Oxford DNB.

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Lot 91

NO RESERVE Philosophy.- Malebranche (Nicolas) De La Recherche de la Vertié, ou l'on traitte de la Nature de l'esprit de l'homme, & de l'usage qu'il en doit faire pour éviter l'erreur dans les Sciences, first edition of the author's first book, title with woodcut printer's device, engraved diagram tipped in opposite p.64, woodcut head-pieces and decorative initials, the odd spot or mark, contemporary calf, richly gilt spine in compartments, spine ends and corners neatly repaired, Paris, André Pralard, 1674; and a 3 vol. third edition of the same (1678), large 12mo (4)

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Lot 92

Geology & Evolution.- Maillet (Benoît de) Telliamed ou Entretiens d'un philosophe Indien avec un missionaire François sur la diminution de la mer, la formation de la terre, l'origine de l'homme, &c., 2 vol. in 1, first edition, half-title, 'Addition' f. and errata f. at end of vol.2, spotted and stained, contemporary mottled calf, rebacked, preserving original gilt backstrip in compartments with red morocco label, corners repaired, rubbed, [Sabin 43891; Ward & Carozzi 1457; Norman 1422], 8vo, Amsterdam, L'Honoré et fils, 1748. ⁂ 'This curious work was written by M.de Maillet, whose name is concealed in the word 'Teliamed'. It is supposed to have suggested to Mr. Darwin his celebrated theory.' (Sabin). The author was a diplomat, stationed in the Levant and the Barbary states. He used his spare time to execute accurate field observations and developed a radical thesis that allowed for the evolution of the earth's crust, and the formation of modern topography through marine erosion. He also addresses the evolution of mankind in this work.

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Lot 95

Costume.- Ancient civilisation.- Lens (André) Le Costume ou essai sur les habillements et les usages de plusieurs peuples de l'Antiquité, first edition, half-title, 51 engraved plates, sig. 3D browned, occasional spotting, contemporary mottled calf, gilt, richly gilt spine in compartments and with black morocco label, rubbed, a good copy, [Colas I, 1828], 4to, Liege, J.F. Bassompierre, 1776. ⁂ Depicting the costume and material objects of the Egyptians, Jews, Greeks, Romans, Armenians, Persians, and Assyrians, amongst others.

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Lot 96

NO RESERVE Pestalozzi (Heinrich) Sämmtliche Schriften, 15 vol., first collected edition, engraved portrait frontispiece and lithographed folding plate of music to vol.1, 5 folding lithographed plates of diagrams to vol. 15, vol. 13-15 with ink stamp to titles, some spotting or light foxing, vol.1-12 contemporary half pale calf, spines gilt with medal, harp and tree motifs and with double morocco labels, vol.7 backstrip neatly detached, corners worn, rubbed, vol.13-15 modern half calf, spine gilt and with double leather labels, 8vo, Stuttgart and Tübingen, 1819-1826.

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Golding Young & Mawer
Lot 189

A limited edition Country Artists figure group First Dawn of Spring, no.1515 of 5000, CAG600, 20cm H, with plaque.

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Lot 104

Colfer (Billy) Arrogant Trespass, Anglo-Norman Wexford 1169 - 1400, roy 8vo Enniscorthy (Duffry Press) 2002. First, Sole Edition, illus. cloth & pict. d.w. V. Scarce. (1)

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Lot 142

Heaney (Seamus) Death of a Naturalist, 8vo, L. (Faber and Faber Ltd.) 1966, First Edition, hf. title, cloth and d.j. (price clipped); together with an invitation Card for a Poetry Reading, by Seamus Heaney (16th September 1994). (2)

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Lot 16

Signed Limited Edition of Peppercanister I Kinsella (Thomas) Butcher's Dozen, 8vo D. 1972. First Edn. Limited, No. 56 of 100 Copies, Signed by Author, orig. mor. backed red cloth boards, with a Signed Manuscript Note to Mr. Leeson, from the author; and a copy of the First General Edition loosely inserted. Scarce & Fine. Important. (1) * The first publication of the author's own press.

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Lot 28

All First Editions Behan (Brendan) The Scarperer, L. 1964. First American Edn., also First English Edition, L. 1966. Both in v. good unclipped d.w.s; Richard's Cork Leg, L. (Eyre Metheun) 1973. First English Edn. also First American Edn. N.Y. (Grove Press) 1973, both fine in orig. unclipped pict. d.w.'s; and Poems and A Play in Irish, D. (Gallery) 1981. First Edn., orig. pict. boards. All v. good. (5)

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Lot 34

Yeats (W.B.) Poems / Poesie [Selected poems in English with Italian translations]. Cederna, Milano, 1949, wrappers, First Italian Edition, Wade p. 365. (1)

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Lot 41

[Christy Brown] Collis (Robert) Marrowbone Lane, 8vo D. (Runa Press) 1943. First Limited De Luxe Edition No. 50 Signed by Author, gilt decor. limp mor.; also The Silver Fleece, An Autobiography. L. 1940. First, wd. cut illus. by T.G. Wilson, cloth & d.w.; & To be a Pilgrim, Autobiography of R. Collis, Intro. by Christy Brown, roy 8vo L. 1975. First Edn., illus., cloth & d.w. (3) * The author was Christy Brown's physician & mentor.

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Lot 50

With Illustrations by Willy Pogany Colum (Padraic) The Adventures of Odysseus and The Tale of Troy, sm. 4to L. 1920 First Edn.; also American Edition of same, N. York 1926. Signed by Author; also The King of Ireland's Son, sm. 4to L. 1920 First Illustrated Edn., all with cold. plts. & bl. & white decor. by Willy Pogany, orig. pict. cloth & decor. suede binding. Good. (3)

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Lot 66

Dolmen Press etc: Kinsella (Thomas) Nightwalker, D. 1967. First Gen. Lim. Edition (1000), wrappers. Signed Pres. Inscription 'To Sean and Mary Love and Greetings, Tom' [Sean J. White]; Another September, D. 1962, cloth; Selected Poems 1956 - 1968, roy 8vo D. 1973. First Edn.; & Fifteen Dead, D. 1979. First Edn., all wrappers; also Harmon (Maurice) The Poetry of Thomas Kinsella - 'With darkness for a nest,' D. 1974. First, cloth. As a lot. (5)

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Lot 77

The Author's First Books Woods (Macdara) Decimal D. Sec. Drinks in a Bar in Marrakesch, roy 8vo D. (New Writer's Press) 1970. First Limited Edition of 200 Copies, orig. decorated colour wrappers; Early Morning Matins, 8vo Gallery 1972. Lim. Edn. 1000 Copies, cloth & pict. d.w.; Stopping the Lights in Ranelagh, D. (Dedalus) 1987. First Edn., pict. wrappers. (3) * All three volumes with Signed Presentation Inscriptions to Katherine Kavanagh, widow of poet Patrick Kavanagh.

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Lot 222

A Bound Volume, "Leaves of Grass" by Walt Whitman and Illustrated by Margaret Cook. Published by Dent and Sons, First Edition 1913. Green Cloth Gilt. 24 Coloured Plates

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Lot 99

A Collection of Seven First Edition War and Aircraft Related Books to Include Jungle Pilot by Barry Sutton 1946, The Big Show by Closterman 1951, Fly for Your Life by L. Forrester 1956, Last Flight from Singapore by A.G Donahue 1944, Hurricane Pilot by R. Walker 1947, The Dam Busters by P. Brickhill 1951 and Cheshire V.C by R Braddon 1954

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Lot 1

A first edition paper back Pierre et Gilles: La Creation Du Monde, published by Mitsuru Okada & Yobisha, Tokyo, 1991

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Lot 17

First Edition Framed Print of "Spitfire", by Robert Taylor, graphite signatures of Group Captain Sir Douglas Bader, CBE, DSO, DFC and Air Vice Marshall Johnnie Johnson CB, CBE, DSO, DFC, measuring 72cm across, 61cm high.

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Lot 85

Coalport limited edition Princess Anne Royal Wedding commemorative urn with eagle finial, painted panel signed H Lear, numbered 15/100, H: 32 cm. P&P group 2 (£20 for the first item and £2.50 for subsequent items) Condition Report: Restoration to finial, otherwise No visible chips, cracks or further restoration

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Lot 231

[MODERN FIRST EDITIONS] Jones, James. From Here to Eternity, first British edition, Collins, London, 1952, blue cloth, dustjacket, octavo (lacking front free endpaper; jacket browned along spine).

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Lot 304

TWO PAM HOWELLS 'BEARS THAT ARE SPECIAL' ARTIST'S TEDDY BEARS the first pale gold, limited edition of one, 57cm high; the second blue-grey, limited edition 1/2, 40cm high.

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Lot 1

Michael Cotton and Norbert Singer both signed large hardback book 24:16. Le Mans 24 Hours : 16 Wins with Porsche. Autobiography with Michael Cotton. Signed and dedicated to Alex on title page, dated 2006. First British Edition June 2006. Good condition with dust jacket. 208 pages. This book is sold on behalf of the Michael Sobell Hospice Charity. UK Shipping from £4.99, Europe from £6.99 and ROW from £9.99.

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Lot 19

The Korean War paperback by Max Hastings. This edition published 1988. In decent condition with some creases down the spine. Hastings has collected first-hand accounts of those who fought on both sides to produce this book, a vivid and incisive reassessment of The Korean War. 486 pages. This book is sold on behalf of the Michael Sobell Hospice Charity. UK Shipping from £4.99, Europe from £6.99 and ROW from £9.99.

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Lot 51

Hitler's Fortress Islands paperback by Carel Toms. The first photo-history of the German occupation of British Soil. In OK condition, lots of creases on book cover. Reissued in this new edition April 1971. 159 pages. This book is sold on behalf of the Michael Sobell Hospice Charity. UK Shipping from £4.99, Europe from £6.99 and ROW from £9.99.

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Lot 63

The Boer War by Thomas Pakenham. The first full-scale history of the war since 1910, his narrative is based on first hand and largely unpublished sources ranging from the private papers of the leading protagonists to the recollections of survivors from both sides. Paperback in good condition. Abacus edition reprinted 2004. 659 pages. This book is sold on behalf of the Michael Sobell Hospice Charity. UK Shipping from £4.99, Europe from £6.99 and ROW from £9.99.

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Lot 111

NO RESERVE Stevenson (Robert Louis) The Wrong Box, first edition, spotting, bookplate of Bryan Forbes to pastedown, hinges starting, original cloth, spine faded, spine ends and corners a little bumped, light marking and cockling to covers, 8vo, 1889.⁂ A good association copy - Brian Forbes (1926-2013) produced and directed the film adaptation of The Wrong Box in 1966, staring John Mills, Ralph Richardson and Michael Caine.

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Lot 56

Greene (Graham).- Martin (Robert Bernard) Tennyson. The Unquiet Heart, first edition, Graham Greene's copy with his ink ownership inscription to endpaper, illustrations, original cloth, dust-jacket, spine slightly faded, short tear to head of spine, 8vo, 1980.

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Lot 107

NO RESERVE Sitwell (Edith) Clowns' Houses, original stiff wrappers, faded, 1918; Wheels, 1919, colour pictorial endpapers, original pictorial cloth-backed boards, rubbed and a little soiled, 1919; Bucolic Comedies, bookplate to pastedown, original boards, loss to spine, 1923 § Sitwell (Sacheverell) The Cyder Feast, limited edition, signed by the author, original cloth, spine a little dulled, 1927; Doctor Donne & Gargantua, signed presentation inscription from the author, original cloth, dust-jacket, chipped and browned, 1930, first editions; and c.30 others, Sitwells, 8vo (c.35)

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Lot 46

Greene (Graham) The Confidential Agent, first American edition, original cloth, spine ends and corners a little bumped, dust-jacket, spine ends and corners a little chipped and creased, extremities rubbed, very good overall, 8vo, New York, 1939.

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Lot 86

NO RESERVE Orczy (Baroness) The Elusive Pimpernell, first edition, ownership blindstamp to endpaper, original cloth, very light fading to spine, extremities rubbed, 1908 § Glyder (John) Lady-in-the-Moon, first edition, dust-jacket priced at 7/6, spine ends and corners chipped, light horizontal creasing, 1941, original cloth; and 6 others, similar, 8vo (8)

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Lot 129

Wren (Percival Christopher) Beau Geste, first edition, signed presentation inscription from the author "To Alan Graham-Smith Esq. with the author's compliments & thanks for encouraging approval, Wren, Nov '24" to endpaper, light foxing, original first issue red cloth upper cover in blind, spine lettered in gilt, light fading spine, spine ends and corners bumped and worn, 8vo, [1924].⁂ Wren's most popular and enduring work, rare in the first edition, especially so inscribed. Alan Graham-Smith (1910-2006) was Wren's adopted step-son from his second marriage.

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Lot 31

Fleming (Ian) The Spy Who Loved Me, first edition, variant issue with printer's quad mark to title, original boards, dust-jacket, light discolouration to lower panel, light creasing to head, but an excellent example overall, 8vo, 1962.

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Lot 9

Barnes (Julian) England, England, first edition, dust-jacket, 1998; Arthur & George, first edition, original wraparound, 2005; Levels of Life, number 3 of 35 copies, slip-case, 2013; The Noise of Time, number 10 of 75 copies with facsimile notebook page in accompanying portfolio, slip-case, 2016, original cloth or boards; and 3 others by the same, 8vo (7)

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Lot 133

Yeats (William Butler) The Green Helmet, first edition, limited edition of 400, bookplate of and signed by Lily Yeats, unopened, original cloth-backed boards, very slight bumping to spine extremities, dust-jacket, slight chipping to corners and spine extremities, 8vo, Dundrum, The Cuala Press, 1910.⁂ Lily Yeats, sister of W.B. Yeats, was a talented embroiderer who studied under May Morris, the daughter of William, before moving back to Ireland and setting up the Cuala Press with her sister Elizabeth.

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