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Lot 85
Motoring interest - a 38th International Motor Exhibition 1953 Official Catalogue including RAC page marker; Floyd Clymer's Historical Scrapbook Vol. 1; The Book of the Rudge by L.H. Cade & F.Anstey, 4th Edition; Rudge Motor Cycles by R.P. Ransom; Trojan Important Service Book Part No. 01169 19th Edition; Riley Elf Driver's Handbook; Modern Motorcycle Maintenance by Bernal Osborne; Pass Your Driving Test by A.F. Kilgour; The Motor Year Book 1954; Motor-Cars To-Day; The Magic of a Name The Rolls-Royce Story The First 40 Years, Part Two & Three by Peter Pugh in slipcase etc.
Lot 201
FLEMING, Ian: 1- For Your Eyes Only. Cape, 1960, First Edition; 2- The Man With the Golden Gun. Cape, 1965, first edition, dust jacket (edges frayed); 3- Octopussy and The Living Daylights. Cape, 1966, first edition, dust jacket; 4- On Her Majesty’s Secret Service. 1963, book club edition, dust jacket (torn). (4)
Lot 497
Large Collection of Books including : Young Robert Analytical Concordance to the Bible published George Adam Young and Company, Edinburgh 1879, : Books - mainly coffee table on houses and decorating (14), : Marjorie Sarrette "The Chapel" and four other works (5), : Kumar Shir Bergson and the steam of consciousness novel, first edition 1962, together with other novels by Salmon Rushdie, Anthony Burgess, Edmund de Waal , : Autobiographies & Biographies, modern m, mainly historical, Naval, Military, including Antonia Fraser (45) : Kipling, Rudyard, Verse - inclusive edition, with other works about poetry plus a number of modern hard back books about European Travel
Lot 256
ANDREW WHYTE "Jaguar, The History of a Great British Car", limited edition no. 342 of 1000, signed by the author, hardback 1980 with dust wrapper, together with BRUCE CARTER "Great Motor races", first edition 1960, "Motor Racing Drivers, Past and Present", illustrated after Sallon of the "Daily Mirror", 1956 together with an original, "B.D.R.C" (British Racing Drivers Club) menu for their Annual Dinner & Dance at The Dorchester, 1963, announcing awards to be presented to Jim Clark
Lot 366
MACKENZIE, GEORGE STEWART - rare volume of 'Travels in the island of Iceland 1811', Edinburgh, Archibald Constable - quarto first edition engraved maps, fifteen engraved plates, some with hand colouring, folding tables, contemporary half-calf, over scuffed and marbled boards Condition Report: split spine, some losses to binding
Lot 54
Concorde A New Age Begins 1976 John Lidiard Signed Limited Edition Print. Commemorating the First Commercial Flight 24th January 1976. Only 250 issued signed by John Lidiard the Flight Engineer and only remaining flight crew member. He worked for BOAC British Airways from 1954 to 1981. He was involved with the development of Concorde from 1965, He was on the very first airline assessment flight in 1969 of the prototype French Concorde. John was the Flight Engineer on the first Commercial Supersonic Service, London Bahrain London in 1976. Also signed by Artist Ivan Berryman. Good Condition. All autographs are genuine hand signed and come with a Certificate of Authenticity. We combine postage on multiple winning lots and can ship worldwide. UK postage from £4.99, EU from £6.99, Rest of World from £8.99.
Lot 56
Concorde Pair of Matched Signed Limited Edition Prints Bannister and Lidiard. Concorde End of an Era Mike Bannister Signed Limited Edition Print Last Flight. Ending an historic chapter in Aviation History. Only 250 issued signed by Captain Mike Bannister who flew the last flight and Artist Ivan Berryman. Commemorating the First Commercial Flight 24th January 1976. Only 250 issued signed by John Lidiard the Flight Engineer and only remaining flight crew member. He worked for BOAC British Airways from 1954 to 1981. He was involved with the development of Concorde from 1965, He was on the very first airline assessment flight in 1969 of the prototype French Concorde. John was the Flight Engineer on the first Commercial Supersonic Service, London Bahrain London in 1976. Also signed by Artist Ivan Berryman. Good Condition. All autographs are genuine hand signed and come with a Certificate of Authenticity. We combine postage on multiple winning lots and can ship worldwide. UK postage from £4.99, EU from £6.99, Rest of World from £8.99.
Lot 35
Darwin (Charles).- Müller (Fritz) Facts and Arguments for Darwin, translated by W.S. Dallas, first edition in English, wood-engraved illustrations, title and final f. lightly browned, original green cloth, a few marks or light small stains, overall a very good clean and bright copy, 8vo, 1869.⁂ An explanation of Darwin's evolutionary theory through the natural history of crustaceans. Darwin was so impressed by the work that he paid for Murray his publisher to print it and bind it in the same green cloth and style as his early editions of Origin of the Species.Provenance: Theodora Ramsbusch (ink stamp to endpapers and signature to head of title).
Lot 142
Turing (Alan).- Turing (Sara) Alan M. Turing, first edition, Norman Heatley's copy, half-title, photographic portrait frontispiece, 6 full-page illustrations on 4 sheets, ink ownership inscription to front free endpaper, foxing to the head of frontispiece and title, original pale grey cloth, lettered in green, little staining to upper cover, corners bumped, dust-jacket, section missing from foot of spine (loss of 'g' in Turing and publisher's name), spine joints splitting, but holding, corners a little chipped, a few small patches of staining, toned in places, extremities a little rubbed, 8vo, Cambridge, W. Heffer & Sons, Ltd., 1959.⁂ A rare copy of this biography and memorial of the pioneering computer scientist, mathematician and code-breaker, written by his mother. It was published in a relatively small number of copies, possibly as few as 500. Sara Turing maintains that her son's death was an accident, rather than suicide. The majority of the bibliography lists Alan Turing's works. Provenance: Norman Heatley (1911-2004), English biologist and biochemist, and a key member of the Oxford University team who worked on the development of penicillin for practical use.
Lot 148
NO RESERVE Military.- Beamish (N. Ludlow) History of the King's German Legion, 2 vol., first edition, 9 hand-coloured engraved plates, 9 lithographed battle plans, folding tables, occasional faint spotting and off-setting, bookplates, contemporary half-calf, vol. 1 upper cover detached, a little rubbed, 8vo, 1832-37.
Lot 164
NO RESERVE Le Carré (John) The Looking-Glass War, first edition, original cloth, slight bumping to spine extremities, price-clipped dust-jacket, faded and rubbed, slight chipping to edges, 1965 § Ambler (Eric) The Night-Comers, first edition, original cloth, slight bumping to spine extremities, dust-jacket, a little rubbed,chipping and small loss to spine extremities, 1956; Cause for Alarm, first edition, third impression, original cloth, slight bumping to spine extremities, dust-jacket, spine faded, tape to spine extremities, a little rubbed, 1949; Passage of Arms, first edition, previous owner's ink inscription, original cloth, dust-jacket, slight chipping to spine extremities, 1959; and 5 others by Ambler, 8vo (9)
Lot 94
Trials.- Cruden (Alexander) The history of Richard Potter, a sailor, and prisoner in Newgate, who was tried ... and received sentence of death for attempting, at the instigation of another sailor, to receive thirty-five shillings of prize-money due to a third sailor, first edition, short repaired tear to head of title, some staining, 20th century half calf, spine gilt, rubbed, printed by J. and W. Oliver: for G. Keith; E. Dilly [& others], 1736 § The whole trials of Mr. Robert Powell, For Forging a Receipt with Intent to defraud the Honourable East India Company; and of Edward Burch and Matthew Martin, For Forging a Paper-Writing, purporting to be the Last Will and Testament of Sir Andrew Chadwick; Who were tried at the Sessions House in the Old Bailey, lightly browned, 20th century cloth, T. Evans, [1771], both with LA Law Library markings; and 2 others, 18th century trials, v.s. (4)
Lot 201
Potter (Beatrix) Cecily Parsley's Nursery Rhymes, first edition, colour frontispiece and 14 plates, pictorial endpapers, occasional light finger-soiling, booksellers ink-stamp to rear pastedown, original red boards, rubbed, bumping to corners and extremities, [Linder 430], [1922]; The Roly-Poly Pudding, colour frontispiece, plates and illustrations, cracked hinges, abrasion mark to front free endpaper verso where label removed, original decorative cloth, bumping to corners and extremities, n.d.; The Tale of Pigling Bland, plates and illustrations, previous owner's ink signature, original decorative boards, short split to spine covering, rubbed, n.d.; The Tale of Mr. Tod, plates and illustrations, previous owner's ink inscription dated 1917, bookplate, original decorative boards, small loss to spine extremities, rubbed, [1917], 16mo & 8vo (4)
Lot 162
NO RESERVE Graves (Robert) Poems (1926-1930), first edition, faint spotting to first few leaves, additional spine label tipped-in at end, original cloth, a little rubbed, 1931 § Wolfe (Humbert) Troy, number 27 of 500 copies signed by author, illustrations by Charles Ricketts, original boards, 1928 § Thomas (Dylan) Adventures in the Skin Trade, first edition, original cloth, price-clipped dust-jacket, faded spine, a little rubbed, slight chipping to spine extremities, 1955 § Auden (W. H.) Thank you, Fog, first edition, original cloth-backed boards, dust-jacket, 1974; and 2 others, plays, 8vo (6)
Lot 192
Photography.- Madonna. Sex, Photographed by Stephen Meisel, first edition, illustrations, some colour, with CD loosely inserted, original ring-bound aluminium boards stamped "Sex" on upper cover and with cut-out "(X)" on lower, preserved in original sealed pictorial mylar envelope, a couple of small tears at edges, New York, Warner Books, 1992; and another copy with CD but without envelope, together in portfolio with ties, 4to (2)
Lot 26
NO RESERVE Angling.- Bridgett (R. C.) By Loch and Stream, first edition, frontispiece, plates, publisher's advertisements at end, previous owner's ink inscription, original cloth, slight bumping to spine extremities, 1922 § Balfour-Kinnear (G. P. R.) Flying Salmon, first edition, plates and illustrations, newspaper cuttings and manuscript notes tipped-in, previous owner's ink inscription, occasional spotting, original cloth, light spotting, dust-jacket, rubbed and worn, pasted to final free endpaper, 1937 § Harris (J. R.) An Angler's Entomology, first edition, plates, previous owner's ink inscription, original cloth, slight bumping to spine extremities, dust-jacket, light spotting, chipping to corners and extremities, small loss to spine head, 1952 § Gaffey (Laurie) Fresh Water Fishing in Ireland, illustrations, original cloth, dust-jacket, rubbed, slight chipping to corners and extremities, small tear to spine foot, Dublin, n.d.; and 18 others angling, 8vo & 4to (22)
Lot 99
Grammar.- Vocabulary (A), or Pocket Dictionary. To which is added a Compendious Grammar of the English Language, first edition, a little browned and water-stained, mostly at beginning and end, title torn and frayed at lower edge (tear repaired), contemporary sheep, rubbed and stained, corners and spine ends worn, upper joint split, [Gaskell 31], 12mo, Birmingham, John Baskerville, 1765 § [Lily (William)] A Short Introduction of Grammar..., title with engraved arms, Oxford, at the Theater, 1673; Brevissima institutio seu ratio grammatices cognoscendae, engraved plate of apple-picking at end, E3 torn, Oxford, Sheldonian Theatre, 1672, together 2 works in 1 vol., with contemporary book-label stamp "Thomas Jervoise Feb. 27. 1674" to verso of front free endpaper and notes in contemporary hand on recto, light water-staining, contemporary panelled mottled calf, gilt, remains of silk ties to paste-downs, rubbed, upper joint split, [Wing L2293 & 2258], 8vo (2)
Lot 109
Paradise Lost.- Martin (John) Satan tempting Eve; Approach of the Archangel Michael, two plates from the first edition of Martin's illustrations for Milton's Paradise Lost, mezzotints with etching on wove paper, each platemark approx. 250 x 335 mm. (9 3/4 x 13 1/4 in), under glass, spotting and some surface dirt, uniformly framed, Samuel Prowett, 1826-1827 (2)Provenance:Christopher Mendez, London;From whom purchased by the present vendor
Lot 200
NO RESERVE Illustrated.- Fougasse ... and the gatepost, second edition, illustrations, previous owner's ink inscription, original paper wrappers, a little rubbed, 1940;A School of Purposes, first edition, illustrations, original cloth, slight bumping to spine extremities, dust-jacket, short tears to spine extremities, rubbed, 1946; Stop or Go: a Diary for 1939, illustrations, original cloth, fading to spine extremities, price-clipped dust-jacket, faint spotting, small loss to spine extremities, short tear, chipping to edges, 1938 § Beerbohm (Max) The Happy Hypocrite, second edition, illustrated by George Sheringham, frontispiece, plates and illustrations, previous owner's ink inscription, original decorative cloth, rubbed, slight bumping to corners and extremities, n.d. § The Yellow Book: a selection, colour frontispiece, plates, previous owner's ink inscription, original decorative cloth, slight bumping to spine extremities, dust-jacket, chipping to edges, small loss to spine extremities, rubbed, n.d.; and 37 others, similar, v.s. (42)
Lot 194
Spencer (Gilbert) Stanley Spencer, first edition signed by the author, photographic frontispiece, illustrations, offsetting to front free endpapers, original boards, dust-jacket, minor chipping to spine ends and corners, spine ends frayed, light surface soiling, 1961 § Trocchi (Alexander) Helène oder die Begierde, signed presentation copy with long inscription, original boards, marked and soiled, Darmstadt, 1969,8vo; and 2 others, 20th century (4)
Lot 98
It-Narrative.- Adventures (The) of a Black Coat. Containing a series of Remarkable Occurrences and Entertaining Incidents, first edition, title repaired at head with loss of 3 letters, stained, lightly browned, 19th century half calf, rubbed, Printed for J. Williams, 1760 § Tophma (Edward) The Life of the late John Elwes, Esquire, Member in three successive Parliaments for Berkshire, first edition in book form, folding pedigree of the Elwes family, engraved portrait frontispiece, some spotting, contemporary boards, rebacked in modern calf, Printed for J. Ridgway, 1790 ; and 6 others, 18th century Literature, 12mo (8)⁂ An it-narrative takes as its central character an inanimate object or animal. Here it is a sable coat. The subject of the second mentioned is supposedly the model for Dickens' Scrooge.
Lot 147
NO RESERVE Military.- Court Martial.- Proceedings of a General Court-Martial upon Lieutenant Frederic Wood of the Eleventh Light Dragoons, first edition, title trimmed, neatly restored, occasional faint spotting, modern calf, 1818 § Gurney (W. S.) The Trial of Colonel Quentin of the Tenth ... by a General Court-Martial, held at Whitehall, short tear to title, repaired, contemporary marginal annotations and underlining, worming occasionally becoming short tears, 2 large tears (E1 & M1), marginal loss just touching text (F8 & Q6), remnants of folding table, occasional spotting and browning, cracked hinges, Army Headquarters bookplate, contemporary half-calf, rubbed and worn, small split to spine foot, remnants of shelf label to spine, 1814; and another, a collection of old orders, general and artillery, 8vo (3)
Lot 163
Isherwood (Christopher) Lions and Shadows, first edition, portrait frontispiece, original cloth, slight bumping to spine extremities, dust-jacket, rubbed, small loss to corners and spine extremities, 1938 § Shaw (Bernard) The Quintessence of Ibsenism, original cloth, slight bumping to spine extremities, dust-jacket, chipping and creasing to edges, tape repairs to verso, rubbed, 1913 § Updike (John) Couples, first edition, original cloth, slight bumping to spine extremities, dust-jacket, short tear to spine head, tape repair, slight chipping to extremities, 1968 § Murdoch (Iris) A Fairly Honourable Defeat, proof copy with Murdoch spelt 'Murdock', original paper wrappers, faded spine, small loss to spine head, 1970; and 38 others, mainly first editions, 4 signed by author, 8vo (42)
Lot 119
NO RESERVE Landor (Walter Savage) Pericles and Aspasia, 2 vol., first edition, occasional faint spotting, bookplates, occasional pencil marginal markings, contemporary half-calf, a little rubbed, 1836; The Last Fruit off an Old Tree, first edition, occasional faint spotting, ex-Norfolk & Norwich Library with label to front pastedown, later half-morocco, library label to upper cover, a little rubbed, 1853; The Letters of a Conservative ..., first edition, cracked hinges, original paper wrappers, rubbed, small loss to corners, defective spine, 1836; and 2 others by the same, 8vo (6)
Lot 52
Sigonio (Carlo) Fasti consulares ac triumphi acti a Romulo rege usque ad ti. Caesarem, 2 parts in 1, titles with woodcut printer's device, occasional ink marginalia in a fine humanistic hand, occasional mostly light foxing, 18th century vellum, spine gilt and with red and black morocco labels, [Ahmanson-Murphy 525; Renouard 172:18; Adams M473; EDIT 16 CNCE 28012], small folio, Venice, Paulus Manutius, 1556.⁂ First combined edition of Sigonio's 'encyclopedic contribution to Roman studies' (McCuaig Carlo Sigonio, Princeton, 1989).
![NO RESERVE [Pargeter (Edith)], "Ellis Peters". The Piper on the Mountain, 1966; Black is the Colour of My True Love's Heart,](https://cdn.globalauctionplatform.com/b87150a0-f564-4951-8c36-ab4300ee55a0/1e259855-d3c0-4e74-a3cc-ab4a0100da29/468x382.jpg)
Lot 167
NO RESERVE [Pargeter (Edith)], "Ellis Peters". The Piper on the Mountain, 1966; Black is the Colour of My True Love's Heart, 1967; The House of Green Turf, 1969; Death to the Landlords!, 1972, first editions, original cloth, slight bumping to spine extremities, dust-jackets, all but the first with slight chipping to spine extremities, the first with 2 small tears to spine extremities § Thomas (Ross) The Backup Men, first edition, original boards, slight bumping to spine extremities, dust-jacket, slight creasing to top edge, 1971; and 5 others, similar, 8vo (10)
![NO RESERVE Gorey (Edward) 15 / Two [The Nursery Freize], first edition, [one of 500 copies], wood-engraved throughout, origin](https://cdn.globalauctionplatform.com/b87150a0-f564-4951-8c36-ab4300ee55a0/a4f8b7c7-7503-454b-bb5e-ab4a010096f2/468x382.jpg)
Lot 157
NO RESERVE Deighton (Len) Mamista, signed limited edition of 500, original cloth, g.e., slipcase, a little rubbed, 1991 § Pullman (Philip) The Amber Spyglass, first edition, signed by author, original cloth, dust-jacket, lightly faded spine, 2000 § Lewis (C. S.) The Screwtape Letters, original cloth, dust-jacket, browned, chipping to edges, 1 or 2 short tears, August 1942 § Buchan (John) The House of Four Winds, first edition, cracked hinges, contemporary cloth, rubbed, bumping to spine extremities, 1935 § Woodforde (Christopher) A Pad in the Straw, first edition, original cloth, lightly faded spine, dust-jacket, 2 small tears to top edge, a little rubbed, 1952; and others, 8vo (c.65)
Lot 100
Shakespereana.- Farmer (Richard) An essay on the learning of Shakespeare: Addressed to Joseph Cradock, Esq., second edition, half-title, staining to half-title and title, occasional spotting, 19th century half dark green morocco over pink boards, gilt, rubbed, Cambridge, by J. Archdeacon, 1767 § Morgann (Maurice) An Essay on the Dramatic Character of Sir John Falstaff, first edition, half-title, lightly foxed and browned, 19th century half morocco, rubbed, for T. Davies, 1777; and 2 others, 18th century Shakepeareana and Theatre, 8vo (4)
Lot 101
London.- Grosley (Pierre Jean) A Tour to London; or New Observations on England, and its Inhabitants, translated by Thomas Nugent, 2 vol., first edition in English, occasional light staining or spotting, contemporary calf, spines in compartments and with red morocco labels, heads of spine chipped, rubbed, Printed for Lockyer Davis, 1772; and 6 others, 18th / 19th century English, 8vo (5)⁂ First mentioned includes an account of the invention of the sandwich; the award of the 'Longtitude prize' to Professor Tobias Meyer (no mention made of John Harrison), and mixed-gender boxing.
Lot 156
NO RESERVE Christie (Agatha) A Pocket Full of Rye, first edition, previous owner's ink signature, faint spotting to endpapers, original cloth, fading to edges and spine head, dust-jacket, 3 small areas of loss, chipping and small tears to edges, rubbed, 1953; 4.50 from Paddington, first edition, original cloth, slight bumping to spine extremities, dust-jacket, short tear to spine head, spine lightly faded, 1957 § Marsh (Ngaio) Died in the Wool, previous owner's pencil inscription, original cloth, slight bumping to spine extremities, dust-jacket, small tears, tape repairs, rubbed, 1945; and 8 others, all crime, 8vo (11)
![[Dupin (Lucile-Aurore)], "George Sand". Histoire de Ma Vie, 4 vol. in 2, large paper copy, lacking half-titles, contemporary](https://cdn.globalauctionplatform.com/b87150a0-f564-4951-8c36-ab4300ee55a0/fce525cc-4975-4c80-b8e3-ab4a01002eb5/468x382.jpg)
Lot 61
[Dupin (Lucile-Aurore)], "George Sand". Histoire de Ma Vie, 4 vol. in 2, large paper copy, lacking half-titles, contemporary half calf, Paris, 1854 § Johannot (Antoine), Alfred de Musset & P-J.Stahl. Voyage où Il Vous Plaira, first edition in book form, wood-engraved plates and illustrations, bookplate of Sir David Salomons, contemporary half morocco, spine gilt, Paris, 1843 § Renan (Ernest) Dialogues et Fragments Philosophiques, first edition, half-title, foxing, Lord Berners' copy with his address and notes in pencil to front free endpapers, contemporary morocco-backed boards, wear to top corner of upper cover, Paris, 1876 § [Arnauld (A.) & Claude Lancelot.] Grammaire Générale et Raisonné, contemporary ink signature of Susanna Wilson (ancestor of Lord Berners) to front free endpaper, contemporary calf, spine gilt, ends chipped, Paris, 1754, rubbed; and 3 others, 8vo & 4to (8)
Lot 152
NO RESERVE Maritime.- Blumberg (General Sir H. E.) Britain's Sea Soldiers: a Record of the Royal Marines during the War 1914-1919, first edition, portrait frontispiece, plates and plans, 7 folding maps in pocket at end, previous owner's ink signature, contemporary cloth, a little rubbed, slight bumping to corners and extremities, Devonport, [1927] § Pâris (Amiral François Edmond) Souvenirs de Marine: Collection de Plans ou Desins de Navires et de Bateaux Anciens our Modernes ..., 3 vol., limited edition, illustrations, original cloth, slight bumping to extremities, dust-jackets, rubbed, slight chipping to corners and extremities, Grenoble, 1975 § Parkin (Ray) H. M. Bark Endeavour, 2 vol., illustrations, 15 large folding plans loose as issued, original cloth, housed in original slipcase, a little rubbed, Melbourne, The Miegunyah Press, 1999; and 9 others, maritime, 4to & folio (14)
Lot 112
Eliot (Francis Perceval) Demonstration; or, Financial Remarks: with occasional observation on Political Occurrences, first edition, half-title, 13 folding tables, previous owner's ink stamp title, occasional faint spotting, faint abrasion mark to front pastedown where label removed, contemporary calf, upper joints cracked, a little rubbed, 8vo, 1807.
Lot 50
Gikatilla (Yosef Ben Abraham) Portae lucis, first edition, collation: A8, B-N4, woodcut pictorial title in red and black by Hans Burgkmayr, K4 verso with woodcut kabbalistic diagram, sig.L-N (i.e. last 11 leaves of text and final blank) supplied in good facsimile, occasional spotting and browning, contemporary limp vellum, soiled, 4to, Augsburg, Johann Miller, 9 June, 1516.⁂ Important early work by the 13th century Spanish kabbalist Joseph Gikatilia. By translating the work into Latin, Paulus Ricius, a converted Jew, made available to Christians for the first time what amounts to an introductory course in the concepts and keywords of the Kabbalah. This book is said to have inspired Reuchlin's De arte Cabalistica, which appeared the following year.
Lot 84
Plinius Secundus (Gaius) The Historie of the World. Commonly called, The Naturall Historie of C. Plinius Secundus, translated by Philemon Holland, 2 vol. in 1, first edition in English, woodcut head- and tail-pieces and historiated and decorative initials, errata f., occasional contemporary ink marginalia, vol.1 lacking initial blank, pi1-6 (including title), a1 and H1, vol.2 lacking 2G2-5 and 2Z3&4, title to vol.2 bound in place of title to vol.1, [par.] 1&2 torn with loss, [par.]3&4 with small hole to each with loss, stained, contemporary panelled calf, rebacked, corners worn, rubbed, [STC 20029; Pforzheimer 496], folio, Adam Islip, 1601. sold not subject to return. ⁂ Shakespeare used Holland's translation of Pliny as a sourcebook.
![Cruikshank (George).- [Combe (William)] The Life of Napoleon: a Hudibrastic Poem, first edition, hand-coloured aquatint title](https://cdn.globalauctionplatform.com/b87150a0-f564-4951-8c36-ab4300ee55a0/70c6b0b5-84db-4c04-86c4-ab4a010093a1/468x382.jpg)
Lot 114
Cruikshank (George).- [Combe (William)] The Life of Napoleon: a Hudibrastic Poem, first edition, hand-coloured aquatint title and 29 hand-coloured plates, 2 short tears neatly repaired, small stain to corner of 1 plate, occasional off-setting and faint spotting, faint water-staining to a few corners, not affecting text, later red crushed morocco by Zaehnsdorf, gilt, housed in a cloth chemise and slipcase, a little rubbed, [Abbey Life 356], 8vo, 1815.
Lot 132
NO RESERVE Hoffmann (Dr. Heinrich) The English Struwwelpeter, or Pretty Stories and Funny Pictures, colour illustrations, occasional marginal finger-soiling, original cloth backed boards, rubbed, bumping to corners and extremities, George Routledge & Sons, c.1909 § Keble Chatterton (E.) Q-Ships and Their Story, first edition, ALs by author tipped-in, frontispiece, plates, occasional pencil corrections, occasional faint spotting, previous owner's ink inscription, original cloth, slight bumping to corners and extremities, 1922 § Jerome (Jerome K.) Three Men in a Boat, first edition, half-title, illustrations, previous owner's ink signature, cracked hinges, lacking front free endpaper,. original cloth, a little soiled, rubbed and worn, bumping to corners and extremities, Bristol, 1889; and 16 others, 8vo (19)
Lot 57
NO RESERVE Dowsing.- Lebrun (Pierre) Lettres qui Decouvrent L'Illusion des Philosophes sur la Baguette ..., first edition, 2 engraved plates, engraved illustration, tears to title, neatly repaired and laid down, occasional faint spotting, later morocco, a little rubbed, 12mo, Paris, Jean Boudot, 1693.
Lot 97
18th century Irish dating facilitator.- Irish Register (The); or a List of the Duchess Dowagers. Countesses, Widow Ladies, Maiden Ladies, Widows, and Misses of large Fortunes in England, as register'd by the Dublin Society, for the use of their Members, first and only edition, woodcut head- and tail-pieces and decorative initials, last 2 ff. loose, occasional spotting or marking, modern marbled boards, 8vo, Dublin & London, T. Cooper, 1741.⁂ An extraordinary list of 840 wealthy and marriageable Englishwomen compiled for the use of impoverished Irishmen (and others no doubt).
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