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Lot 200

Barthez (Paul-Joseph) Nouvelle méchanique des mouvements de l'homme et des animaux, some spotting and occasional staining, contemporary tree calf, gilt, flat spine in compartments and with red morocco label, little rubbed, g.e., [Wellcome 1998125], 4to, Carcassonne, Pierre Polere, An VI. 1798.⁂ First edition of this important work in which 'he demonstrated through very intricate anatomical analysis that the simple hydraulic explanations offered by the iatromechanists (particularly Borelli) would never explain the delicate balance and control of muscles that are needed for such motions as walking and swimming' (DSB I, p.479).

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Lot 204

Cricket.- Nyren (John) The Young Cricketer's Tutor, first edition, engraved frontispiece of the MCC, minor spotting, bookplate of Stapleton Martin, early 20th century sprinkled calf, gilt, by Bumpus, t.e.g., spine gilt with black morocco labels, a charming copy, [Padwick 390], 12mo, 1833.⁂ Nyren played for the Old Hambledon (Hampshire) Club, which directed cricket legislation prior to the MCC. This is one of the most popular of the old guides to the game.

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Lot 22

NO RESERVE Wordsworth (William) Yarrow Revisited, and other poems, second edition, occasional soiling, original cloth, paper label on spine, a little rubbed, spine faded, 1836 § [Meynell (Alice, née Thompson)] Preludes, first edition, with the errata slip in first state (with error), plates by Elizabeth Thompson, original pictorial cloth, gilt, damp-stained, glacine wrapper, 1875 § Thomas (Edward) Horae Solitariae, only edition, 4pp. advertisements at end, original cloth, glacine wrapper (browned and frayed at edges), 1902 § Flecker (James Elroy) The Last Generation: A Story of the Future, first edition, 8pp. publisher's catalogue at end, library label tipped to inside cover but no apparent stamps, original pictorial wrappers, preserved in cloth folder and morocco-backed cloth slip-case, 1908 § James (Norah C.) Sleeveless Errand, a Novel, first Paris edition, original cloth-backed boards, a little damp-stained, Paris, 1929; and 7 others, literature, 8vo (12)⁂ The second is the author's first book; the third is the author's second book.

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Lot 26

Africa.- Tuckey (Capt. James Kingston) Narrative of an Expedition to Explore the River Zaire, usually called the Congo, in South Africa, in 1816, first edition, lacking half-title, with folding engraved map (lightly offset) and 13 engraved plates (one hand-coloured), wood-engraved illustrations, advertisement leaf at end, most plates foxed and browned, ex-Board of Trade library coy with stamp to title and one or two other leaves, later half sheep, rubbed, joints split, 4to, 1818.

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Lot 40

NO RESERVE Birds.- Anker (Jean) Bird Books and Bird Art, facsimile reprint, The Hague & Amsterdam, 1979 § Thorburn (Archibald) British Birds, 4 vol., colour plates, book-label of Finn Salmonsen (author of 'The Birds of Greenland'), 1925-26 § Jennings (C.) The Eggs of British Birds, second edition, chromolithographed plates, modern cloth, Bath, n.d., the first two original cloth, the second with faded spines, 4to & 8vo (6)

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Lot 46

Botany.- Chabrée (Dominique) Stirpium icones et sciagraphia..., first edition, additional engraved pictorial title, numerous woodcut illustrations throughout, errata leaf at end (reinforced at fore-edge), rather browned, paper flaw tear to head of O2 and fraying to fore-edge of Mmm2 but no loss of text to either, contemporary vellum, rubbed and marked, [Hunt 304; Nissen BBI 345], folio, Geneva, Phil. Gamonet & Jac. de la Pierre, 1666.

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Lot 50

NO RESERVE May (G.) Ballooning: a concise sketch of its history and principles, first edition, folding wood-engraved frontispiece, 48pp. publisher's illustrated catalogue at end, endpapers browned, original cloth, gilt, lightly damp-stained, 1885 § Nobbs (Moses James) Old Coaching Days: Some Incidents in the Life...the Last of the Mail Coach Guards, portrait frontispiece, original limp cloth, spine faded, [1881] § Endless Amusement: a collection of nearly 400 Entertaining Experiments in various branches of science, sixth edition, folding wood-engraved frontispiece, illustrations, original embossed cloth, gilt spine faded, 1834, 8vo et infra (3)

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Lot 52

NO RESERVE Domestic Economy.- [Phillip (Robert Kemp)] The Practical Housewife..., first edition, wood-engraved frontispiece and additional pictorial title with vignette of a kitchen, illustrations, [Bitting p.593], Ward & Lock, [1855] § Taylor (Henry) The Bee-Keeper's Manual, sixth edition, wood-engraved frontispiece and illustrations, 8pp. advertisements and 32pp. publisher's catalogue at end, 1860 § Marshall (Agnes B.) Mrs. A.B.Marshall's Cookery Book, revised and enlarged edition, wood-engraved portrait and illustrations, 33pp. advertisements at end and on endpapers, [c.1888], original cloth, the first two damp-stained, 8vo (3)

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Lot 56

[Guazzo (Marco)] Historie di tutte le cose degne di memoria quai del anno MDXXIIII sino a questo presente sono occorse nella Italia, nella Prouenza, nella Franza...nella Grecia, nella Morea, nella Turchia, nella Persia, nella India, title with large woodcut printer's device, woodcut decorative and historiated initials, occasional spotting and finger-marking, later calf (c.1800), gilt spine in compartments and with red morocco label, chip to foot of spine, corners worn, rubbed, [Adams G1452; EDIT 16 CNCE 22054], Venice, [Nicolo d'Aristotele], 1540; and a 1548 Aretino, small 4to & 8vo (2)⁂ First edition of this world history, including America from 1522 to 1540.

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Lot 57

Fête.- Gardens.- Riccardi (Riccardo Romolo) Rime Cantate nel Giardino...Con l'occasione d'una festa fatta quivi per la Reina, collation: A12, italic type, small woodcut ornament to title, woodcut historiated initials, some spotting, narrow area of water-staining to outer margin of last 2 ff., modern red morocco, gilt, spine slightly faded, rubbed, 4to, Florence, Domenico Manzani, 1600.⁂ Rare first and probably only edition. Aside from this copy we can only trace the Feltrinelli copy at auction, sold in 1998. This entertainment with a charming garden setting at the Palazzo di Valfonda in Florence was organised by the banker, collector and poet Riccardi, who later went on to establish the great Biblioteca Riccardiana. The occasion interspersed music and dancing with jousting and chariot racing and concluded with a hunt. It was attended by a number of important visitors who had come to Florence to celebrate the departure of Marie de' Medici for her marriage to Henri IV of France. Literature: Not in Adams; EDIT 16 CNCE 62236; Moreni II, 246 ('rarissime'); cf. Piero Marchi 'La scena del principe' in Firenze e la Toscana dei medici nell'Europa del Cinquecento, 1980.

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Lot 63

Newton (Isaac).- Voltaire (François Marie Arouet de) Elémens de la philosophie de Neuton, new edition (in the same year as the first), half-title, 2 engraved portraits, 7 plates and illustrations, offsetting, occasional spotting, contemporary calf, gilt, spine in compartments and with red morcco label, spine ends repaired, rubbed, [BN Voltaire Cat. 3749], 8vo, 'Londres' [i.e. Paris], [Prault], 1738.

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Lot 88

Locke (John) The Works, 3 vol., engraved portrait frontispiece, book plates, some foxing and spotting, endpapers a little browned, contemporary calf, rather rubbed, joints of vol.2 splitting, folio,1751 (3)⁂This edition is the first to include The Life of the Author and a Collection of Several of His Pieces.

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Lot 89

Shakespeare (William) Comedies, Histories, and Tragedies, [edited by Edward Capell], 10 vol., upper margin to first two leaves of vol. 1 repaired, 19th century red morocco, gilt, g.e., very slightly rubbed but a handsome set overall, 8vo, for J. & R.Tonson, 1767.⁂The first edition edited by Capell, the first person to work up a wholly new edition from all the quarto & folio editions (Johnson had largely followed Pope's edition, who in turn had utilised Rowe's edition derived from the fourth folio). Despite such scholarly and noble ambitions, Johnson said of Capell's preface "if the man would have come to me, I would have endeavoured to endow his purposes with words; for as it is, he doth gabble monstrously."

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Lot 116

Upon the Yeerely Celebration of Mr Robert Dovers Olimpick Games upon Cotswold-Hills, various authors, London, printed by Robert Raworth for Mathew Walbancke 1636, first edition, small 4to, 171 x 129mm, lacking frontispiece, later full morocco by Lloyd, London

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Lot 117

SHIPTON (J) Pharmacopoeia Bateana, London 1688, 12mo; FULLER (T) Pharmacopoeia Bateana, bound with Pharmacopoeia Hermtica, 1719, 12mo; ALLEY (George) Observations on the Hydrargyria, 1810, slim 4to, 3 coloured plates, some finger soiling and staining, half calf (chipped); BUCHAN (W) Domestic Medicine, 10th edition 1788, 8vo, title and first leaf mounted, use staining, calf; PETTIGREW (T J) On Superstitions... History and Practice of Medicine and Surgery. 1844, 8vo (5)

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Lot 118

Varieties, or a Surveigh of Rare and Excellent Matters, necessary and delectable for all sorts of persons, wherein the principall Heads of diverse sciences are illustrated, rare secrets of Naturall things unfoulded &c., 5 parts in 1 vol., first edition, London: by Richard Badger for Thomas Alchorn, and are to be sold at his shop, in Pauls Church-yard, at the signe of the green-Dragon, 1635, small 4to, title within woodcut border, lacks leaf A1 before title (a blank), some woodcut initials and decorations, separate titles to each part, 19th century calf

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Lot 119

A Discourse of Naturall Bathes and Minerall Waters. Third edition London: Tho. Harper 1633, small 4to, first leaf marked in a contemporary hand 'Inigo Jones / Archin:D', title marked 'T.Willughby C:5:17', general age toning, several catch-words at the foot cropped, contemporary calf. Provenance: bought of Francis Edwards 1943 £2-10 (according to an inserted note)

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Lot 121

The Mysteryes of Nature and Art conteined in foure severall Tretises.., London: for Ralph Mab 1634, small 4to, first edition, engraved title, marked 'T. Willoughby' at head in a contemporary hand, illustrations throughout, early ink MS notes to final blank, separate titles to each part, 1 plate at f.14 (=T4 according to BL catalogue), lacking portrait, G4 is a full page illustration, apparently lacks p.143 (a blank? before 2A1 title of Book of Extravagants), otherwise gatherings seem to collate without loss, repaired early calf with chipped spine. Note: STC 1577

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Lot 122

The Art of Distillation, London: R Cotes for T Williams, 1651, 8vo, first edition, engraved title in red and black, woodcut illustrations, some soiling and browning, detached front board

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Lot 127

The History of Don Quichote. The First Parte. -- The Second Part of the History of... Don Quixote. Translated by Thomas Shelton, London: Edward Blount 1620, 8vo, 188 x 135mm approx., two vols. bound in one, with two engraved titles, without printed title to first part, the engraved title to first part on laid paper possibly a later addition, the engraved title to vol. II re-mounted on a guard, vol. II printed title with vignette on watermarked laid paper, later added portrait mounted before first title, all later bound in 19th-century brown morocco gilt, all edges gilt. One rust hole to lower margin of H6, two leaves remounted without loss of text, two leaves with some faint printing of lower lines, lacking the blanks, some age staining and finger soiling, neatly repaired worm hole to margin of Vol. II from p.317 onwards just touching a couple of letters of the notes; spine strip partially split. FIRST COMPLETE EDITION IN ENGLISH, second edition of the first part and the first edition of the second part. Sold not subject to return but the text collates without loss.

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Lot 132

The English Gardener: or, a Sure guide to young Planters and Gardeners, in Three Parts. First edition 1670, small 4to, 24 copper engravings, plate I damaged, another with top margin cut away, 2 others slightly damaged, some soiling, staining and early grafitti, rebacked contemporary calf

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Lot 145

MEDICI (Lorenzo de) Poesie Volgari, first edition 1554, small 8vo (149 x 90mm), lacking 4 leaves O5-O8 as is usual for this edition, anchor device to title and final leaf, lacking 2C7-8 at end (errata?), though 2C7 in this copy is blank; (as noted by Renouard 'Presque tous les exemplaires sont mutilés de cinq chansons (Canzoni) dans la feuille O'), bound in 19th century red morocco gilt, aeg. Note: the scarce first edition of Lorenzo de' Medici's poems and poetic commentary. 'Lorenzo the Magnificent' was a diplomat, politician and patron of scholars, artists (including Leonardo da Vinci, Sandro Botticelli and Michaelangelo Buonarotti), and poets.

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Lot 156

The Gentleman's Recreation ... , second edition, London: by J.C. for N.C., 1677, 8vo, engraved additional pictorial title, 4 folding plates, (first plate laid down), some age toning in places, later calf [W&S p.67; Wing C6703]

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Lot 163

The Gardener's Dictionary, in two vols., 4th/2nd edition, London 1743/1740, folio, engraved frontispiece (loose) and 3 plates to vol. I, 7 plates including 3 folding to vol. II, worn calf; BENTHAM (J) The History ... of Cathedral of Ely, first edition 1771, folio, folding plates, detached boards (3)

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Lot 172

Opticks: or, a Treatise of the Reflexions, Refractions, Inflexions and Colours of Light. London: Samuel Smith and Benjamin Walford, Printers to the Royal Society, 1704, 4to (244 x 185mm), FIRST EDITION, FIRST ISSUE, with page 120 misnumbered 112 in second part, title printed in red and black,19 folding engraved plates, some slight cockling of leaves, foxing and spotting but generally good with the odd age or use stain, rebacked panel calf boards. The title page does not state the author's name, and the volume includes the two treatises on calculus at the end of the work. References: Babson 132; Dibner Heralds 148; Grolier Science 79b; PMM 172; Norman 1588.

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Lot 175

The New British Traveller, c.1790, folio, lacking title page, first leaves cut down, folding general map, 3 others folding and 18 pages of smaller maps, numerous views of country houses and scenery, incomplete at end; GUTHRIE (W) A New Geographical, Historical.. Grammar, 21st edition, 1812, 8vo, 9 maps only, poor condition; also - Gazetteer of Scotland, 8vo; two vols of Winkles Cathedrals, and few others with plates. Sold not subject to return.

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Lot 177

The Art of Fencing, or, the Use of the Small Sword. Translated from the French of the late celebrated Monsieur L'Abbat; Master of that Art at the Academy of Toulouse, by Andrew Mahon, Professor of the Small Sword in Dublin, first edition in English, Dublin: James Hoey, 1734, 8vo, 12 plates, slightly age toned throughout, later half calf (scarce)

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Lot 185

Employment for the Microscope, first edition 1753, 17 engraved plates; note: the plate called for in the note to the binder at p.422 is bound in as the frontispiece

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Lot 186

Proceedings of a General Court Martial for the trial of Lieut.-General Whitelocke, first edition, 2 vols. in one, 1808, 2 maps, bookplate of General Howard Vyse (vol. II title and map stained)

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Lot 189

Voyage aux Iles de Lipari fait en 1781, first edition, Paris, contemporary half calf

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Lot 202

Siecle de Louis XIV, 2 vol., 2nd edition, Leipzig 1752, 12mo, text toned; rebacked calf; SCUDERY (Madame De) Almahide, ou L'Esclave Reyne, 1673, 3rd vol. only; De MOLIERE (H S) Les Avantures ou Memoires, Paris 1707, 16mo, 6 parts in one, library blind stamp to first title and overleaf, repaired binding (4)

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Lot 203

My Life and Times, first edition 1963, with envelope containing a signed letter and birthday ephemera. GIBBINGS (Robert) Till I End My Song, first edition 1957; LANCASTER (Osbert) Here of all places, first edition, 1959; SILLITOE (Alan) The Death of William Posters, first edition, 1965; BUFFUM (Gould) The Gold Rush, Folio Society 1959; ALLEN (Cecil J) Titled Trains of Great Britain, first edition 1946; POTTER (Stephen) The Theory and Practice of Gamesmanship, 1947 (7)

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Lot 219

Memoirs relative to Egypt... General Bonaparte. London 1800, 8vo, folding chart and map, worn calf; [GLEIG (George R)] A Narrative of the Campaigns of the British Army at Washington and New Orleans, 1821, 8vo; CLERY. A Journal of Occurences at the Temple during the Confinement of Louis XVI. London 1798, 8vo, 3 plates, tree calf; [COLLIER (Jane)] An Essay on the Art of Ingeniously Tormenting, 2nd edition 1757, 8vo, frontispiece, foxing to first and last leaves, calf; few others, various

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Lot 233

The Life and Adventures of Nicholas Nickleby, first edition 1839, 8vo, plates, typical staining, half roan; Bleak House, 1853, covers detached; Little Dorrit, 1857, rubbed; The Mystery of Edwin Drood, 1870, first edition, light spotting, half calf rubbed; various others (14)

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Lot 235

Travels in Upper and Lower Egypt, in Company with Several Divisions of the French Army, during the Campaigns of General Bonaparte ... Translated by Arthur Aikin, in 3 volumes, first edition thus, London 1803, 8vo, 59 (of 60?) engraved plates, several folding, uncut, some old staining, contemporary Stafford Book Society circulation list at the front of each vol., worn contemporary bindings; DAVIS (Paris M) An Authentic History of the Late War between the United States and Great Britain. New-York: Ebeneezer Baker 1836, 8vo, 5 woodcut plates before title, calf backed boards (4)

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Lot 241

The Variation of Animals and Plants under Domestication. First edition, first issue, London: John Murray 1868, in 2 vols. 8vo, illustrations, original cloth by Edmonds & Remnants with their ticket, Vol. I with 32p. advertisements dated April 1867 and vol. II with single advertisement leaf at end dated February 1868, with 5 errata on 6 lines in Vol. I, and 9 errata on 7 lines in Vol. II, Vol. II partly unopened and inner hinges starting, slight age marks to covers (Qty: 2)

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Lot 242

The Expression of the Emotions in Man and Animals, first edition, London: John Murray 1872, 8vo, 7 heliotype plates, illustrations in text, 4pp adverts dated November 1872 at end, original cloth, neat contemporary label for Benjamin Brigg to first pastedown

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Lot 243

The Power of Movement in Plants, first edition 2nd thousand John Murray 1880, 8vo, 32pp. advertisements at end dated January 1882, original cloth with gilt spine

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Lot 244

The Structure and Distribution of Coral Reefs, third edition, London: Smith, Elder & Co., 1889, 3 folding maps/plans, margins slightly toned, original cloth, corners rubbed; The Movements and Habits of Climbing Plants. Murray, 1885, third thousand; The Different Forms of Flowers. Murray 1884, third thousand; The Formation of Vegetable Mould Through The Action of Worms with Observations on Their Habits. Murray, 1883, ninth thousand; all in original cloth bindings, contemporary owner's signatures to first blank leaves (4)

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Lot 251

Erin, a Geographical and Descriptive Poem, London 1810, large 8vo, first edition, list of subscribers, folding coloured map of Ireland, 2 vignette titles, decorations, disbound, cut; Reflexions upon the politeness of Manners with Maxims for Civil Society. London 1707, 8vo, 4pp adverts at end, contemporary calf (joints cracked); CARY (J) New Itinerary or an Accurate Delineation of the Great Roads.., 8th edition 1819, 8vo, six folding environs maps only, lacking general map, half calf; HOWISON (J) Foreign Scenes and Travelling Recreations, in two vols., 3rd edition 1834, 8vo, blindstamped original binding, a.e.g.; others (30)

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Lot 252

Turnpikes and Toll-Bars.., Introduction by the Right Hon. The Earl of Birkenhead, 2 vols., Hutchinson, [1930] 4to, illustrations, publisher's cloth, Matthey Collection bookplates; BLEW (W C A) Brighton and its Coaches, 1894, large 8vo, hand coloured plates, original cloth gilt; BELLOC (H) The Highway and its Vehicles, 1926, 4to, numbered edition; BUDD (G F) A Treatise on the Underworks of Carriages, 1879, 8vo, first edition thus, cloth; MILLS (John) The Stage Coach, in 3 vols., Henry Colburn, 1843, 8vo, frontispieces foxed, original cloth; others - coach travel and similar (24)

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Lot 256

History of the 12th Lancers, 1715-1832, small 8vo manuscript notebook written in a neat hand, c.55pp, binding broken; STEWART (Captain P F) The History of the XII Royal Lancers, 1715-1945, in 2 vols ., 1950, large 8vo, full dark red morocco; Historical Record---, 1842, 8vo, cloth; and one other history; SCOTT (Captain R F) Scott's Last Expedition, first edition, 2 vols. 1913, illustrated, slight foxing to outer margins, original blue cloth (vol. II lower cover stained) (7)

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Lot 262

Statistical Survey of the County Dublin. Dublin, 1801. 8vo, hand-coloured folding plan, slight foxing to title, calf; DUTTON (Hely) Observations on Mr. Archer's Statistical Survey of the County of Dublin, 8vo, 1802, first edition, folding plan, 2 folding maps, 4 plate of animals, calf (2)

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Lot 264

The Art of Cookery. Containing above Six Hundred and Fifty of the most approv'd Receipts ... Also, a Bill of Fare for every Month in the year. First edition, Newcastle Upon Tyne, 1758, 8vo, ink name to head of title 'Hannah Forster 1758', slightly age toned, calf with good reback

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Lot 265

The Italian, or the Confessional of the Black Penitents, in three vols., 2nd edition, London 1811, 12mo, uncut in original boards, half titles, contemporary name 'Sir T E Drake' to first paste- downs; The Romance of the Forest, 3rd edition, vols. I and II only (of 3) 1792, calf; EDGEWORTH (Maria) Belinda, in 2 vols, Dublin 1801, first Irish edition, 12mo, calf (worn spine section) (7)

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Lot 266

Results of Astronomical Observations made during the Years 1834, 5, 6, 7, 8, at the Cape of Good Hope, being the Completion of a Telescopic Survey of the ... Visible Heavens, Commenced in 1825, first edition, London: Smith, Elder and Co., 1847, 4to, half-title, lithographic frontispiece, 17 engraved or lithographic astronomical plates to rear (4 folding), advertisement leaf to rear, half-title and advertisement leaf slightly browned, original blindstamped cloth, with slight wear to lower corners and small tear to upper spine

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Lot 294

Finish to the Adventures of Tom, Jerry and Logic...., London 1887, large 8vo, coloured frontispiece and plates, morocco by Asprey (little rubbed in places), t.e.g.; ALLBUT (R) Rambles in Dickens-Land, c.1900, 8vo, half morocco by Bickers & Son; LEVER (C) Three works, 1905, 8vo, green half morocco; BLANCHARD (L) George Cruikshank's Omnibus, 1842, front board detached; DICKENS (C) Memoirs of Joseph Grimaldi, first edition, 2 vols 1838, small 8vo, illustrated by Cruikshank, worn chipped bindings (8)

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Lot 302

The Life of ---, in 2 vols. London 1888, 8vo, 2nd edition, fine red crushed morocco gilt, aeg; MANNI (D M) Le Veglie Piacevoli, 4 parts in one, 8vo, Venice 1762-63, 8vo, brown stained to head of title and first leaves, bookplate and signature of Lord Glenbervie, fine patterned calf gilt (3)

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Lot 305

Doctor Syntax in Paris, or A Tour in Search of the Grotesque. London: W. Wright, 1820. First edition, 8vo, hand-coloured engraved title and 17 hand-coloured plates by Charles Williamson, after Thomas Rowlandson,title stained, foxing, later half calf

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Lot 315

Natural History of British Butterflies, 2 volumes, first edition, Hutchinson and Co., [1925], 60 colour plates, light foxing/spotting, original blue cloth; KERNER and OLIVER. The Natural History of Plants, 2 vols. in 4, London 1895, small 4to, illustrations, original green cloth; WATERHOUSE (G R) A Natural History of the Mammalia, 2 vols., London 1846, 8vo, coloured plates, library blind-stamps, original cloth; 6 others natural history (14)

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Lot 325

HULME (F E) Familiar Wild Flowers, first to fifth series 1887-94, 8vo, illustrated, decorative green cloth covers; Familiar Garden Flowers, 5 vols, original cloth; JEKYLL (G) Wood and Garden, 1899, 2nd edition; DARWIN (C) Origin of Species, 1900; two others Darwin (Minerva Library editions); MUDIE (R) British Birds, 2 vols. 8vo, 1834; various others (c.26)

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Lot 334

Antarctic Adventure, Scott's Northern Party, London: T. Fisher Unwin, first edition 1914, 8vo, map and illustrations, original cloth, faded spine

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Lot 340

Dalmatia and Montenegro, first edition, 2 vols., 1848, 8vo, 7 lithographed plates, 7 wood-engraved plates, folding map and 2 folding pedigrees, later quarter morocco (2)

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Lot 341

Travels in the Central Caucasus and Bashan, first edition, 1869, 8vo, colour lithograph frontispiece, 4 plain plates, 3 folding maps, illustrations, title slightly browned, recent morocco backed marbled boards

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Lot 352

An Arctic Voyage to Baffin's Bay and Lancaster Sound, in Search of Friends with Sir John Franklin. London: John Van Voorst, 1850, 8vo (200 x 120mm), first edition, half title, lithograph frontispiece, folding map, 8pp catalogue (smaller size) bound in at end, original blue cloth, slightly faded spine, gilt lettered, chipped at head; Ref. Sabin 27931.

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Lot 366

A Set of Etchings Illustrative of Beccles Church and other Suffolk Antiquities. Norwich: for the author 1818, folio, first edition, list of subscribers, 10 hand coloured etched plates, unbound, slight foxing

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Lot 37

from the first edition of 60 impressions, Ref: Theobald 16, third state of four, signed and dated in the plate, issued by Mrs Crome 1834, etching, 17.5 x 22.5 cm (pl.)Footnote: Provenance: William Weston Gallery, 7 Royal Arcade, Albemarle St, London W1X

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Lot 370

Various mainly early 20th century works, including: EDWARDS (L) My Hunting Sketch Book, 1928, 4to colour plates; My Scottish Sketch Book, 1929 first edition, mounted colour plates, cloth; others by Payne-Gallwey, Munnings, Nimrod [Pseud. C J Apperley], Hawker, Simpson, etc. Kings of the Rod and Hunting Field, in 3 vols, 1899-1901, 8vo, half morocco; Hawker etc

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Lot 398

Now We Are Six, first edition 1927, 8vo, orignal cloth, slightly marked; LAMARTINE (A De) Graziella, illustrated by Jacquier, Nonesuch Press 1929, 8vo, one of 1600 copies, cloth (2)

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Lot 401

The Romance of the Road, first edition London 1928, folio, illustrations, folding plan of London in pocket at front, a good copy in recent half red morocco; FELTON (William) Felton's Carriages, 1962, oblong folio, illustrated by Alan Osbahr, no. 9/250 specially bound copies, signed, full tan morocco, slip case. SHONE (A B) A Century and a Half of Amateur Driving, Part I, one of 500 copies, 1955, 4to, illustrated, this copy belonged to Air Marshall A T Harris, with his note at p109, morocco backed boards. Provenance: Henry Sotheran Ltd.; five others, 8vo, coaches (8)

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