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Glossy porcelain duo, includes: Clown Bunnykins DB128 the First Variation in a special edition of 750, features a bunny in a

Lion and Unicorn

Lot 810

Glossy porcelain duo, includes: Clown Bunnykins DB128 the First Variation in a special edition of 750, features a bunny in a white costume with black stars and pompons, red on the ruff around the neck and on the square of trousers, issued in 1992. Alongside, Juggler Bunnykins DB164 a especial edition of 1500, presents a bunny in a soft blue suit with black and red stars and black pompons, issued in 1996. Royal Doulton Bunnykins backstamp. Artist: Denisse AndrewsDimensions: 4.25''H x 2''dia, Each.Manufacturer: Royal DoultonCountry of Origin: EnglandCondition: Age related wear.

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A Barbie Collectibles, and is the first in the Hollywood Movie Star Collection. Barbie in a blonde hair wearing a sparkling m

Lion and Unicorn

Lot 906

A Barbie Collectibles, and is the first in the Hollywood Movie Star Collection. Barbie in a blonde hair wearing a sparkling mermaid style dress with a long white faux fur wrap. She is displayed in her original unopened box. Mattel marked on the box. Issued: 2000Dimensions: 9.75"L x 3.25"W x 13.5"HManufacturer: MattelCondition: Age related wear.

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Glossy porcelain duo, includes: Mr. Punch Bunnykins DB234 a limited edition numbered 416 of 2500 from the Punch and Judy Coll

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Lot 828

Glossy porcelain duo, includes: Mr. Punch Bunnykins DB234 a limited edition numbered 416 of 2500 from the Punch and Judy Collection of the Literary Characters Series, modeled on a blue, yellow and red striped costume. Designed by Kimberley Curtis, circa 2000. Alongside, Magician Bunnykins DB126 the First Variation, features a bunny on a black suit with maroon belt and yellow shirt and tablecloth. Designed by Graham Tongue, circa 1992. Largest piece dimensions: 2.25''L x 2.75''W x 4.5''H. Royal Doulton Bunnykins backstamp. Manufacturer: Royal DoultonCountry of Origin: EnglandCondition: Age related wear.

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This doll is the first in the Series, Flowers in Fashion Collection. New in original box. #29911 Issued: 2000Dimensions: 9.5"

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Lot 903

This doll is the first in the Series, Flowers in Fashion Collection. New in original box. #29911 Issued: 2000Dimensions: 9.5"L x 3"W x 13.75"HManufacturer: MattelCondition: Age related wear.

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Glossy porcelain duo that includes: Susan Bunnykins DB70, based on the design Busy Needles, modeled on a white and blue dotte

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Lot 845

Glossy porcelain duo that includes: Susan Bunnykins DB70, based on the design Busy Needles, modeled on a white and blue dotted dress sewing with a yellow yarn. Storytime Bunnykins DB9, this is the first variation, also called Partners in Collecting, It depicts a charming scene with two bunnies sitting side by side, sharing a white book. One bunny wears a pink dress, while the other dons a white dress with blue dots, both seated on a grassy green base. Based on the designs by Walter Hayward. Largest piece dimensions: 1.75''L x 2.50''W x 3.25''H. Royal Doulton Bunnykins backstamp. Artist: Albert HallamIssued: c. 1974Manufacturer: Royal DoultonCountry of Origin: EnglandCondition: Age related wear.

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Glossy porcelain heartwarming family themed duo, includes: Dollie Bunnykins Playtime, this piece is signed, the second variat

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Lot 820

Glossy porcelain heartwarming family themed duo, includes: Dollie Bunnykins Playtime, this piece is signed, the second variation presents a Dollie Bunnykins in a white and yellow dress alongside a little girl in a yellow dress, based on a design by Walter Hayward. Father, Mother and Victoria Bunnykins, also called Family Photograph Bunnykins, the first variation features the father in a marron, yellow and grey suit, complete with a top hat in hand, while the mother is elegantly dressed in a soft blue dress, cradling a baby bunny swaddled in a white blanket. Largest piece dimensions: 2.25''L x 3.25''W x 4.75''H. Royal Doulton Bunnykins backstamp. Issued: c. 1988Manufacturer: Royal DoultonCountry of Origin: EnglandCondition: Age related wear.

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A timeless beauty, adorned in a timeless fashion. This doll showcases a classic reproduction of a 1956 gown by the world-famo

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Lot 912

A timeless beauty, adorned in a timeless fashion. This doll showcases a classic reproduction of a 1956 gown by the world-famous fashion designer Givenchy, marking an exciting first in collector's dolls. UPC: 074299246357. Issued: 1999Dimensions: 8"L x 3"W x 14"HManufacturer: MattelCondition: Age related wear.

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Cigarette cards, Chinese issue Unbranded red anonymous printed backs, Safety First, 30 cards (gd/vg)

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Lot 61

Cigarette cards, Chinese issue Unbranded red anonymous printed backs, Safety First, 30 cards (gd/vg)

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Variation One. Dark green deerstalker hat; brown cloak.Arthur Conan Doyle (1859 - 1930), an unsuccessful doctor, published th

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Lot 639

Variation One. Dark green deerstalker hat; brown cloak.Arthur Conan Doyle (1859 - 1930), an unsuccessful doctor, published the first of his widely popular detective stories in 1887. The amateur sleuth Sherlock Holmes shared rooms on Baker Street, as well as many adventures, with his friend and foil, Dr. Watson. Artist: Alan MooreIssued: 1973 - 1996Dimensions: 3.25"HManufacturer: Royal DoultonCountry of Origin: EnglandCondition: Good.

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Style One. Black, yellow and red coloration. This jug was issued in a limited edition of 2,500 to commemorate the 350th anniv

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Lot 579

Style One. Black, yellow and red coloration. This jug was issued in a limited edition of 2,500 to commemorate the 350th anniversary of the English Civil War in 1642. It is unusual in the sense that it is the first three-handled character jug ever produced by Doulton. On Charles's left Oliver Cromwell forms the handle, on his right, Queen Henrietta. The third handle, at the King's back and not seen in the photograph, is a plume.Series: Royalty. Royal Doulton backstamp. Come with certificate of authenticity. Artist: William K. HarperIssued: 1992Dimensions: 7"HEdition Number: 2094 Manufacturer: Royal DoultonCountry of Origin: EnglandCondition: Age related wear.

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Montague Dawson (British, 1890-1973)The Bristol Privateer Hornet engaging the rich Spanish ship Purissima Conception outward

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Lot 102

Montague Dawson (British, 1890-1973)The Bristol Privateer Hornet engaging the rich Spanish ship Purissima Conception outward bound from Cadiz, March 1782 signed 'MONTAGUE.DAWSON.' (lower left)watercolour52.4 x 74.6cm (20 5/8 x 29 3/8in).Footnotes:ProvenanceWith Daniel Rees, Fine Art Dealer, Michigan, USA.Anon. Sale, Bonhams, London, 24 March 2010, lot 145.Lady Virginia Williams, UK, thence by descent to the current owners.The Hornet was built at Bordeaux in about 1777. Designed as a Guineaman [to trade to Guinea, on the coast of West Africa], she was measured at 350 tons and carried a main armament of 22-24pdr. carronades on her main deck with a further 10-12pdr. cannon on her quarter deck. By 1780 – having probably been captured once France had entered the American War of Independence on the side of the rebel colonists – Hornet was operating out of Bristol as a privateer. Commanded initially by Captain Bernard McDavitt, he was soon succeeded by Captain Kimber who enjoyed a number of successes with Hornet, including assisting at the capture of the Dutch colonies in Surinam in February 1781 and later sharing in the capture of the Dutch brig Three Friends with a cargo valued at £16-20,000 in April. Returning to Bristol that July when she was put up for sale, Hornet's new owners reappointed Captain Kimber who returned to sea in January 1782. After first capturing a sloop, in March he sighted, chased, engaged and captured an extremely valuable Spanish merchantman, the Purissima Conception, just out of Cadiz and on passage to Buenos Aires. Although she too was measured at 350 tons, the Spaniard only mounted 12-6pdrs. and proved no match for Hornet after a short but spirited engagement. After escorting his prize back into port at King Road, at the mouth of the Bristol Avon, Kimber took Hornet back to sea and had taken two enemy brigantines by the end of the year.Hornet's career once peace came in 1783 is unknown but she was subsequently wrecked on the Owers [an area of treacherous sands in the English Channel, lying between Portsmouth and Selsey Bill] on 17th October 1794 when on passage from Jamaica to London.Montague Dawson painted another version of this action, seen from a different perspective (28 x 42ins; 71 x 107cms.) and also a portrait of Hornet sailing alone (24 x 36ins; 60 x 90 cms.), the latter being illustrated in Ron Ransom's The Maritime Paintings of Montague Dawson,(Newton Abbot, Devon, 1993) p.81.A contemporary portrait of 'The Hornet Tacking' by Nicholas Pocock, which was later engraved, is recorded amongst the artist's 'Views of Privateers Sailing out of Bristol [during the] Last War, 1778-81'.This lot is subject to the following lot symbols: ARAR Goods subject to Artists Resale Right Additional Premium.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com

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English School (Early 19th Century)A first rate ship-of-the-line, with Drake's Island off her stern quarter, heading into the

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Lot 90

English School (Early 19th Century)A first rate ship-of-the-line, with Drake's Island off her stern quarter, heading into the Hamoaze from Plymouth Sound in a breeze so slight she appears in a calm oil on canvas58.7 x 71.1cm (23 1/8 x 28in).For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com

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John Steven Dews (British, born 1949)'Sceptre and Evaine off East Cowes Castle, 1958' signed 'J Steven Dews' (lower left); in

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Lot 115

John Steven Dews (British, born 1949)'Sceptre and Evaine off East Cowes Castle, 1958' signed 'J Steven Dews' (lower left); inscribed with title (verso)oil on canvas61.3 x 92.1cm (24 1/8 x 36 1/4in).Together with 10 black and white photographs (6 unframed) depicting Sceptre and her crew, with some shown off New York; a printed plan of Sceptre; a silver presentation tray made by Alfredo Sciarrotta, Newport Rhode Island circa 1958, engraved 'SCEPTRE / AMERICA'S CUP CHALLENGER / SEPTEMBER 1958 / PRESENTED BY CITY OF NEWPORT, R.I.', length 25cm, weight 13.5oz. (13)Footnotes:ProvenancePrivate collection, UK.The 12-metre yacht Sceptre, depicted on the right with sail number 'K17', was especially built for the 17th America's Cup in 1958 as the British challenger. She was entirely funded by a syndicate made up of 12 members of the Royal Yacht Squadron, with Hugh L. Goodson as Chairman, who made the formal challenge for the Cup in April 1957. Prior to this, there had not been a challenge in almost twenty years. Furthermore, the 17th America's Cup would be the first competition since the Deed of Gift* was amended in 1956, allowing yachts as small as the 12-metre class to take part. Designed by David Boyd and built in Alexander Robertson & Son's yard in Holy Lock, Sceptre was launched in April 1958. She started preliminary sailing almost at once. Evaine, the best existing 12-metre, was lent by Owen Aisher to be the sparring partner to help tune up Sceptre in preparation for the challenge. The present work depicts one of the many sea trials Sceptre faced against Evaine on the Solent through the late spring and early summer of 1958.Sceptre was eventually shipped to America for the Cup series commencing in September 1958 at Newport, Rhode Island. Unfortunately, Sceptre lost the challenge 4-0 to Columbia of the New York Yacht Club. Despite the loss, the 1958 challenge renewed interest in the America's Cup, which has remained until this day. Sir Ben Ainslie, the British Olympic medallist, along with Ineos Team UK are currently preparing for the next challenge, which will take place in Barcelona in 2024.After the 1958 challenge Sceptre returned to the UK where she excelled in competitions on the Clyde under the new ownership of Erik Maxwell, who had her extensively modified. She came first in all her races at Torquay and Cowes in 1960. By 1965 Sceptre was still racing, winning 17 races out of 20 entered. Since 1968, Sceptre has been owned by 'The Sceptre Preservation Society' who preserve and maintain her to ensure she remains in the public eye and a part of the UK's sailing heritage. To this date she is believed to be the only UK challenger still sailing in British waters, albeit in a non-competing capacity.* The Deed of Gift of the America's Cup is the primary instrument that governs the rules to make a valid challenge for the America's Cup and the rules of conduct of the races.This lot is subject to the following lot symbols: ARAR Goods subject to Artists Resale Right Additional Premium.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com

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Nicholas Matthew Condy (British, 1818-1851)The royal steam yacht Victoria and Albert (I) off Plymouth oil on board30.1 x 40.4

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Lot 88

Nicholas Matthew Condy (British, 1818-1851)The royal steam yacht Victoria and Albert (I) off Plymouth oil on board30.1 x 40.4cm (11 7/8 x 15 7/8in).Footnotes:ProvenanceWith The Royal Exchange Art Gallery, London.Private collection, UK.This painting depicts H.M.Y. Victoria and Albert at anchor in Barn Pool, Plymouth, with Mount Edgcumbe in the background. She was a twin-paddle steamer, launched 25 April 1843. She served as a royal yacht of the sovereign of the United Kingdom, owned and operated by the Royal Navy, and was the first of three royal yachts to be named Victoria and Albert as well as the first royal yacht to be steam powered. She was renamed Osborne after the launch of H.M.Y. Victoria and Albert on 16 January 1855, after which Her Majesty's yacht Osborne continued in service, conveying the Royal Family to their summer home, Osborne House, on the Isle of Wight.Queen Victoria and Prince Albert undertook their maiden voyage aboard the yacht on 28 August 1843 to visit the King of the French, returning to Brighton on 7 September. This painting depicts the evening of 21 August 1846 after the Royal Family returned to Plymouth from Osborne House. Storms and rough seas had forced the yacht to abort their arrival three times, as the Queen described in her journal, 'All did well till we came to the Needles, & the sea became rougher than it ever was, making us all very ill. [...] I longed to be back at our dear Osborne again!'.In this picture, throngs of adoring subjects wave from their boats as the monarch is rowed back to her yacht, having spent the day journeying along the River Tamar aboard the smaller H.M.Y. Fairy. In her journal entry written on this day, Queen Victoria describes this scene:'The evening was quite beautiful, the sun so bright & the sky & sea so blue. As we approached the 'Victoria & Albert', we were surrounded by myriads of boats & had to be rowed through them in our Barge. Remained on deck for a little while afterwards, & the evening was so beautiful'.Condy also painted a series of scenes depicting the Queen's 1843 journey, four of which were reproduced by Louis Haghe as lithographs. A similar work to this present picture is The Royal Yacht lying in Barn-Pool her Majesty returning from her visit to Mount Edgcumbe, lithographs of which are held in the collection of the National Maritime Museum, however this particular painting was not reproduced.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com

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Attributed to Nicholas Matthew Condy (British, 1818-1851)The celebrated 1000-Guinea Match between Lord Belfast's Brig Waterwi

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Lot 92

Attributed to Nicholas Matthew Condy (British, 1818-1851)The celebrated 1000-Guinea Match between Lord Belfast's Brig Waterwich and Mr Talbot's Schooner Galatea in September 1834 oil on panel30.1 x 43.5cm (11 7/8 x 17 1/8in).Footnotes:The Earl of Belfast, later 3rd Marquess of Donegall, was one of the most colourful personalities in the first decade of British competitive yacht racing. After winning a particularly memorable match in 1831, he famously declared 'I have proved to the world that I possess the fastest cutter afloat; I will now see what I can do with a square rigger.' Thus were laid the foundations of his flirtations with two square-rigged yachts, the first of which was an outstanding beauty and the second so impressive a sailor that she was coveted by no less an institution that the Royal Navy at the very zenith of its power and prestige. The first of Lord Belfast's two square-riggers was his little brigantine Emily but the principle legacy of Lord Belfast's 1831 pledge to 'see what he could do with a square rigger' was the creation of the celebrated Waterwich and, as Ian Dear, the yachting historian has stated, 'Being the man he was, Lord Belfast did not satisfy himself with any ordinary square-rigger. Instead, he decided to build a ten-gun brig which would out sail the Navy's latest design of this type.'Built by White's at Cowes, the 34-ton Waterwich measured 901/2 feet in length with a 291/2 foot beam and was completed in 1832. Rigged as a brig but designed with the lines of racing thoroughbred, Waterwich joined the Royal Navy's experimental squadron off Cork that autumn for her trials and outsailed everything the navy could field against her. So successful was she that the press demanded she be ought for the fleet but the Admiralty stubbornly refused to take up the challenge. The immediate result was that Waterwich spent most of 1833 outsailing every warship which entered the Solent whilst the Admirality procrastinated and Lord Belfast's patience became exhausted. At the start of the 1834 season, Belfast had her interior refitted as a yacht an in, September, challenged Mr C.R.M Talbot to a race that would clinch Waterwich's reputation. The race, arguably the first ocean contest anywhere in the world and with a prize of 1,000 guineas, was to be over a 224-mile course from the Nab to the Eddystone Lighthouse and back. Talbot's boat, the 190-schooner Galatea got away well and rounded the lighthouse ahead of her rival bit on the return leg, Waterwich overhauled her and won by twenty-five minutes. It was a remarkable victory for a full bodied rig with a square rig and the Admiralty made an instant decision they were not to regret. Bought by the Royal Navy in October 1834, HMS Waterwich retained her name in a fleet and fleet and proved a model of her kind until sold in retirement in 1861.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com

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Henry Thomas Dawson (British, 1841-circa 1896)HMS Britannia leaving the fleet anchorage with other ships of War beyond bears

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Lot 59

Henry Thomas Dawson (British, 1841-circa 1896)HMS Britannia leaving the fleet anchorage with other ships of War beyond bears inscription 'HDawson/No.1 (verso)oil on canvas81.9 x 107.6cm (32 1/4 x 42 3/8in).Footnotes:HMS Britannia, a large first rate of 120 guns and one of the biggest ships of her day, was begun in 1813 but not completed until 1822 by which time the need for capital ships had been greatly reduced by the ending of the Napoleonic Wars. Measured at 2,616 tons, she was first commissioned in 1823 and, after several spells with the Mediterranean Fleet, served as flagship to Vice-Admiral Dundas in the Black Sea during the Crimean War (1854-56). Laid up thereafter, in 1859 she became the first training ship exclusively for naval cadets based at Portsmouth but was moved to a permanent home at Dartmouth in 1863. Although broken up in 1869, she was replaced first by another ship and then by buildings ashore, all of which took her name to perpetuate the tradition.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com

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MURRAY, Charles Augustus. Travels in North America During the Years 1834, 1835, & 1836. Including A Summer Residence With

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Lot 3169

MURRAY, Charles Augustus. Travels in North America During the Years 1834, 1835, & 1836. Including A Summer Residence With the Pawnee Tribe of Indians… and a Visit to Cuba and the Azore Islands. London: Richard Bentley, 1839. 2 vols., first edition, 8vo (228 x 132mm.) 2 tinted lithographed frontispieces of American Indians. (Toning, lacking half-title to volume 1, lacking blanks, occasional spotting.) 21st century dark brown half calf over marbled paper-covered boards, two black morocco lettering pieces to the spines (endpapers replaced) (2).

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CHURCHILL, Winston S. My African Journey. London: Hodder and Stoughton, 1908. First edition, 8vo (189 x 117mm.) 47 plates, 3

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Lot 3043

CHURCHILL, Winston S. My African Journey. London: Hodder and Stoughton, 1908. First edition, 8vo (189 x 117mm.) 47 plates, 3 maps including 1 folding, 16pp. publisher’s advertisements to rear. (Occasional browning, light spotting to preliminaries.) Original pictorial cloth (some fading to spine, minor marks to spine panel and lower cover). Provenance: from the estate of Trevor Hives, thence by descent.

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BOND, Michael. More About Paddington. London: Collins, 1959. First edition, 8vo (198 x 130mm.) Illustrations by Peggy Fortnum

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Lot 3150

BOND, Michael. More About Paddington. London: Collins, 1959. First edition, 8vo (198 x 130mm.) Illustrations by Peggy Fortnum. (Light spotting to front-free endpaper.) Original green cloth (lightly bumped), dust-jacket (price-clipped, fading and some loss to extremities, ‘Book 2’ in pencil on inner flap). – And a further first edition by Michael Bond (‘Paddington Helps Out’, 1960, 8vo) (2).

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LE FANU, Joseph Sheridan. A Chronicle of Golden Friars and Other Stories. London: Downey & Co. Limited, 1896. First illus

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Lot 3009

LE FANU, Joseph Sheridan. A Chronicle of Golden Friars and Other Stories. London: Downey & Co. Limited, 1896. First illustrated edition, 8vo (189 x 119mm.) Illustrations by Brinsley Le Fanu and John O’Hea, 1p. publisher’s advertisement to rear. (Toning, some pencil annotations to preliminaries, spotting to rear pastedown.) Original blue cloth, gilt stamped to upper cover and spine (spine faded and covers slightly dust-soiled). – And a further volume by J. Sheridan Le Fanu (‘The Tenants of Malory’, [1895], 8vo) (2).

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FOX, Shirley. An Art Student’s Reminiscences of Paris in the Eighties. London: Mills & Boon, 1909. First edition, 8vo (22

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Lot 3123

FOX, Shirley. An Art Student’s Reminiscences of Paris in the Eighties. London: Mills & Boon, 1909. First edition, 8vo (222 x 131mm.) 8 black and white plates by John Cameron, numerous illustrations in the text, 12pp. publisher’s advertisements to rear. (Toning, occasional light spotting.) Original brown and green blind-stamped cloth, gilt lettering to spine (lightly rubbed extremities). – And a further nine volumes by female authors (including, in a dust-jacket, Eliza Southgate Browne’s ‘A Girl’s Life Eighty Years Ago’, 1888, 8vo, and ‘By Daylight; or, Pictures From Real Life’ edited by Anne Pratt, 1865, 8vo) (10).

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CHILDREN’S BOOKS. – Graham GREENE. The Little Fire Engine… illustrated by Dorothy Craigie. London: Max Parrish, [1950.] First

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Lot 3200

CHILDREN’S BOOKS. – Graham GREENE. The Little Fire Engine… illustrated by Dorothy Craigie. London: Max Parrish, [1950.] First edition, oblong 8vo (178 x 273mm.) Numerous colour illustrations. (Browning to title-page, toning.) Original pictorial cloth (hinges weakened). Note: Greene’s second book for children, but the first to bear his name. – And a further twenty-five volumes for children (including Graham Greene’s ‘The Little Horse Bus’, 1952, 4to, and a signed copy of Edward Gorey’s ‘The Sopping Thursday’, 1979, 8vo, and ‘Grant Richards’s Children’s Annual for 1905’, 1905, 4to) (26).

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DUKE, J. The Compleat Florist. London: for J. Duke, to be sold by J. Robinson, 1747. 8vo (247 x 148mm.) Engraved title with f

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Lot 3020

DUKE, J. The Compleat Florist. London: for J. Duke, to be sold by J. Robinson, 1747. 8vo (247 x 148mm.) Engraved title with floral border, 97 black and white engraved plates, 2pp. ‘Index’ in manuscript. (Lacking frontispiece and 3 plates, nos. 25-27, toning, occasional fingermark and marginal damp-stain, ‘Index’ detached.) Original boards (spine lacking, worn). Note: first published in two parts in 1740. Each plate depicts a garden flower with the month it flowers and brief instructions on its culture. Provenance: ‘Miss Dyer’ (ink name inscribed to title).

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BINDING. – Edward NEWMAN. A History of British Ferns, and Allied Plants. London: John van Voorst, 1844. First edition, 8vo (2

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Lot 3033

BINDING. – Edward NEWMAN. A History of British Ferns, and Allied Plants. London: John van Voorst, 1844. First edition, 8vo (218 x 132mm.) Hand-drawn calligraphic dedication and armorial design in colours to the initial blank, illustrations in the text. (Toning.) Bound by Hayday in near contemporary full vellum, two black morocco lettering pieces to the spine, g.e. (upper joint splitting, dust-soiling). Provenance: Sarah Louisa Cocks (dedication on initial blank); Thomas Somers-Cocks, M.P. (dedication on initial blank); Edward Braxton Reynolds (bookplate to front pastedown).

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RACKHAM, Arthur (illustrator). – William SHAKESPEARE. A Midsummer-Night’s Dream. London: William Heinemann, 1908. First trade

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Lot 3067

RACKHAM, Arthur (illustrator). – William SHAKESPEARE. A Midsummer-Night’s Dream. London: William Heinemann, 1908. First trade edition, 4to (249 x 182mm.) 40 tipped-in plates with captioned tissue-guards, numerous uncoloured illustrations. (Light spotting to endpapers and half-title, toning.) Original beige cloth, pictorial gilt to upper cover (lightly rubbed extremities, minor mark to upper cover). – And a further four illustrated volumes (including William Edmondstoune Aytoun’s ‘Lays of the Scottish Cavaliers and Other Poems’, 1863, 4to, and Charles Johnson’s ‘A General History of the Robberies and Murders of the Most Notorious Pirates’, 1926, 8vo) (5).

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LE FANU, Joseph Sheridan. The Watcher and Other Weird Stories. London: Downey & Co., [1894.] First edition, 8vo (189 x 12

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Lot 3011

LE FANU, Joseph Sheridan. The Watcher and Other Weird Stories. London: Downey & Co., [1894.] First edition, 8vo (189 x 120mm.) Title printed in red and black, 8pp. publisher’s advertisements, illustrations by Brinsley Le Fanu. (Toning, final advertisement leaf with large corner loss.) Original pictorial black and grey cloth, stamped in silver and black (some spine lean, corners rubbed, spine darkened). Provenance: Mrs. Davie (ink name inscribed to front-free endpaper).

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CAMPBELL, Marie. Folks Do Get Born. New York and Toronto: Rinehart and Company Inc., 1946. First edition, 8vo (204 x 136mm.)

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Lot 3146

CAMPBELL, Marie. Folks Do Get Born. New York and Toronto: Rinehart and Company Inc., 1946. First edition, 8vo (204 x 136mm.) Illustrations by Clare Leighton. (Mild toning.) Original grey cloth, dust-jacket (small closed tear to upper panel, minor chipping to extremities). Note: tales of mid-wifery from rural Georgia.

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BINDING. – John RUSKIN. The Seven Lamps of Architecture. Orpington and London: George Allen, 1900. Thirty-First Thousand, 8vo

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Lot 3013

BINDING. – John RUSKIN. The Seven Lamps of Architecture. Orpington and London: George Allen, 1900. Thirty-First Thousand, 8vo (181 x 117mm.) 14 engraved plates. (Spotting to preliminaries and rear leaves, toning.) Contemporary brown morocco, foliate gilt with dotted gilt corner-pieces to covers, gilt turn-ins, g.e. (minor discolouring, upper joint with small split). Provenance: Allan Hughes (pencil name to initial blank).

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SHIP-WRECK. – John BULKELEY and John CUMMINS. A Voyage to the South-Seas in 1740-1. London: Jacob Robinson, 1743. First editi

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Lot 3102

SHIP-WRECK. – John BULKELEY and John CUMMINS. A Voyage to the South-Seas in 1740-1. London: Jacob Robinson, 1743. First edition, 8vo (199 x 119mm.) Woodcut headpieces and initials. (Browning, light spotting throughout, blanks lacking.) 20th century full calf, gilt ruled, red morocco lettering piece to the spine (endpapers replaced). Note: Gunner John Bulkeley and carpenter John Cummins were crew members of the ‘Wager’ which was one of George Anson’s fleet. They were wrecked off the southern coast of Chile and, under Captain Cheap, they held together the mutinous crew until they arrived in Rio de Janeiro. [Sabin 9108.]

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CHILDREN’S BOOK. – Thomas ECKERSLEY (illustrator) and E.A. CABRELLY. Animals on Parade. London: Conrad Press Ltd., [1948.] Fi

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Lot 3066

CHILDREN’S BOOK. – Thomas ECKERSLEY (illustrator) and E.A. CABRELLY. Animals on Parade. London: Conrad Press Ltd., [1948.] First edition, inscribed by the author, 4to (278 x 226mm.) 16 full-page illustrations. (Mild toning, text-block loosening.) Original tan cloth, dust-jacket (minor chipping at top of spine panel, toned). Note: scarce. – And a further two volumes (including Luciana Roselli’s ‘The Polka Dot Child’, 1964, 4to) (3).

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[REMI, Georges.] HERGÉ. The Adventures of Tintin: Destination Moon. London: Methuen & Co. Ltd., 1959. First English editi

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Lot 3199

[REMI, Georges.] HERGÉ. The Adventures of Tintin: Destination Moon. London: Methuen & Co. Ltd., 1959. First English edition, 4to (295 x 226mm.) (Toning to margins.) Original pictorial paper-covered boards (minor wear to spine ends, extremities rubbed, sunning to spine panel). – And a further eight volumes of the first edition in English of ‘The Adventures of Tintin’ (including ‘King Ottakar’s Sceptre’, 1958, 4to; ‘The Crab With the Golden Claws’, 1958, 4to; ‘The Secret of the Unicorn’, 1959, 4to; ‘Red Rackham’s Treasure’, 1959, 4to; ‘Explorers on the Moon’, 1959, 4to; ‘The Calculus Affair’, 1960, 4to; ‘The Red Sea Sharks’, 1960, 4to, and ‘The Shooting Star’, 1961, 4to) (9).

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WHALES & WHALING. – Erich DAUTERT. Big Game in Antarctica. [Bristol:] Arrowsmith, 1937. First English translation, 8vo (2

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Lot 3095

WHALES & WHALING. – Erich DAUTERT. Big Game in Antarctica. [Bristol:] Arrowsmith, 1937. First English translation, 8vo (214 x 132mm.) Photographic illustrations. (Toning, occasional light spotting.) Original blue cloth, dust-jacket (chipping to extremities, tape repairs verso, fingermarks to lower panel). Note: a description, in great detail, of ‘a two-man biological expedition’ to the island of Saint Georgia, the base for whaling and sealing in the Antarctic.

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ROWLANDSON, Thomas (illustrator). – [after William COMBE.] The Adventures of Doctor Comicus or the Frolicks of Fortune, A Com

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Lot 3056

ROWLANDSON, Thomas (illustrator). – [after William COMBE.] The Adventures of Doctor Comicus or the Frolicks of Fortune, A Comic Satirical Poem for the Squeamish & the Queer. London: B. Blake, [1815.] First edition, 4to (219 x 131mm.) 15 hand-coloured aquatint plates, including the frontispiece and additional title, original paper wrappers bound-in. (Browning and occasional light spotting.) Early 20th century brown full calf, brown morocco lettering piece to spine, t.e.g. (lightly rubbed, occasional scuffing to covers). Provenance: Sybil and Wallace Warner (bookplate to front pastedown). [Tooley, 431].

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CHURCHILL, Winston S. Post-War Speeches. London: Cassell, 1948-1961. 5 vols., first editions, 8vo (215 x 136mm.) (Toning, pen

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Lot 3128

CHURCHILL, Winston S. Post-War Speeches. London: Cassell, 1948-1961. 5 vols., first editions, 8vo (215 x 136mm.) (Toning, pencil marks to list of titles in ‘The Unwritten Alliance’.) Original cloth (spine panels fading), dust-jackets (‘Stemming the Tide’ is price-clipped, pen mark to price of ‘The Unwritten Alliance’, minor chipping to spine ends, small tear to top of ‘An Unwritten Alliance’). Note: includes ‘The Sinews of Peace’, 1948, ‘Europe Unite’, 1950, ‘In the Balance’, 1951, ‘Stemming the Tide’, 1953, and ‘The Unwritten Alliance’, 1961. Provenance: from the estate of Trevor Hives, thence by descent (5).

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BIBLIOGRAPHY. – John MARTIN. A Bibliographical Catalogue of Books Privately Printed. London: J. and A. Arch et al., 1834. Vol

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Lot 3236

BIBLIOGRAPHY. – John MARTIN. A Bibliographical Catalogue of Books Privately Printed. London: J. and A. Arch et al., 1834. Vol. 1 (only, of 2). First edition, large paper copy, 4to (276 x 182mm.) Engraved frontispiece. (Toning, large damp-stain to preliminaries.) Original brown cloth, gilt lettering to spine (wear to spine ends). Provenance: Joseph Neeld (bookplate to front pastedown). – And a further four volumes of bibliography (including Patrick J. Kearney’s ‘The Private Case’, 1981, 8vo) (5).

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POE, Edgar Allan. The Poetical Works… with a Notice of his Life and Genius by James Hannay. London: Addey and Co., 1853. Firs

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Lot 3026

POE, Edgar Allan. The Poetical Works… with a Notice of his Life and Genius by James Hannay. London: Addey and Co., 1853. First London edition, 8vo (167 x 103mm.) Wood-engraved frontispiece and vignettes in the text. (Toning, occasional light spotting, lacking publisher’s advertisements and preliminaries before frontispiece.) Near contemporary half burgundy morocco, g.e. (heavily rubbed, fading to covers). – And a further sixteen miscellaneous volumes (including Wilkie Collins’s ‘The Queen of Hearts’, 1862, 8vo, and William Buchan’s ‘Domestic Medicine: or, A Treatise on the Prevention and Cure of Diseases by Regimen and Simple Medicines’, 1779, 8vo) (17).

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LUDLOW, Edmund. Memoirs of… with a Collection of Original Papers, and the Case of King Charles the First. London: for T. Beck

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Lot 3104

LUDLOW, Edmund. Memoirs of… with a Collection of Original Papers, and the Case of King Charles the First. London: for T. Becket et al., 1771. 4to (281 x 222mm.) Engraved portrait frontispiece. (Occasional browning and minor dust-soiling, offsetting to title, last leaf of ‘Index’ loosening, illegible ink name to title.) Contemporary calf, red morocco lettering piece to spine (extremities heavily rubbed, scuffing to covers, endpapers replaced). Provenance: Cranleigh School (bookplate to front pastedown and ink name to front-free endpaper, stamp to rear pastedown).

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CHURCHILL, Winston S. The River War, an Historical Account of the Reconquest of the Soudan. London: Longmans, Green, and Co.,

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Lot 3045

CHURCHILL, Winston S. The River War, an Historical Account of the Reconquest of the Soudan. London: Longmans, Green, and Co., 1899. 2 vols., first edition, 8vo (224 x 141mm.) Half-titles, numerous illustrations, plates and maps, including 20 folding. (Toning, blanks replaced.) Mid-20th century green half morocco bound by Bayntun-Rivière, t.e.g. (sunning to spines, endpapers replaced). Note: Churchill’s second book as a young war correspondent. Provenance: from the estate of Trevor Hives, thence by descent (2).

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CHURCHILL, Winston S. Great Contemporaries. London: Thornton Butterworth Ltd., 1937. First edition, 8vo (213 x 137mm.) Numero

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Lot 3037

CHURCHILL, Winston S. Great Contemporaries. London: Thornton Butterworth Ltd., 1937. First edition, 8vo (213 x 137mm.) Numerous photographic illustrations. (Mild toning.) Original blue cloth (fading to spine). – And a further three first edition volumes by Winston S. Churchill (‘Arms and the Covenant’, 1938, 8vo, and ‘Lord Randolph Churchill’, 1906, 2 vols., 8vo). Provenance: from the estate of Trevor Hives, thence by descent (4).

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WINE. – [William ELLIS.] The London and Country Brewer. Containing the Whole Art of Brewing all Sorts of Malt-Liquors, as pra

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Lot 3205

WINE. – [William ELLIS.] The London and Country Brewer. Containing the Whole Art of Brewing all Sorts of Malt-Liquors, as practiced both in Town and Country… in Three Parts. To Which is added A Supplement. London: Thomas Astley, 1742. Fourth edition, 8vo (198 x 120mm.) 3 parts and ‘A Supplement’, separate titles to each part, continuous register and pagination, 4pp. ‘Index’ and 16pp. publisher’s advertisements to rear. (Browning, moderate spotting throughout, some leaves heavily, corner creases to several leaves.) Contemporary calf (rebacked with original lettering piece retained, covers and extremities rubbed, scuffing). Note: parts 2-3 and the ‘Supplement’ are second editions and dated 1743. Provenance: Edward Braxton Reynolds (bookplate to front pastedown). – And a further seven volumes relating to wine and brewing (including a first edition of William Robert Loftus’s ‘The Brewer: A Familiar Treatise on the Art of Brewing’, 1856, 12mo, and a third edition of Thomas A. Knight’s ‘A Treatise on the Culture of the Apple and Pear, and on the Manufacture of Cider and Perry’, 1809, 12mo, and Joseph J. White’s ‘Cranberry Culture’, 1870, 8vo) (8).

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NASH, Paul (illustrator). Genesis. Twelve Woodcuts by Paul Nash with the First Chapter of Genesis in the Authorised Version.

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Lot 3048

NASH, Paul (illustrator). Genesis. Twelve Woodcuts by Paul Nash with the First Chapter of Genesis in the Authorised Version. [London:] by the Curwen Press for the Nonesuch Press, 1924. Limited edition, this being number 80 of 375 copies, 4to (266 x 187mm.) 12 woodcuts, text in Rudolf Koch’s Neuland type. (Mild toning, some uncut leaves.) Original black boards, gilt title to upper cover (slight rubbing to spine ends, minor abrasions). Provenance: Eva Le Gallienne, actress and director (bookplate to front pastedown).

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GOLBERRY, Silvester Meinrad Xavier. Travels in Africa. Performed During the Years 1785, 1786, and 1787, in the Western Countr

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Lot 3166

GOLBERRY, Silvester Meinrad Xavier. Travels in Africa. Performed During the Years 1785, 1786, and 1787, in the Western Countries of This Continent… translated by William Mudford. London: M. Jones, 1803. 2 vols., first English edition, 12mo (176 x 101mm.) 3 engraved folding maps, 7 engraved plates, 14pp. ‘Index’ to rear of volume two, errata verso last leaf. (Toning, occasional light spotting, short closed tear to B2 of volume two.) Contemporary calf (extremities rubbed, lacking lettering pieces to spines). Note: Louis XVI, irritated by Captain Cook’s naval exploits for England, encouraged Golberry to travel to Africa. At the end of his account, Golberry celebrates the end of French slavery in Africa. However, Napoleon soon restored it (2).

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DURHAM, James. Clavis Cantici: Or, an Exposition of the Song of Soloman. London: J.W., 1669. Small 4to (173 x 128mm.) Title,

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Lot 3159

DURHAM, James. Clavis Cantici: Or, an Exposition of the Song of Soloman. London: J.W., 1669. Small 4to (173 x 128mm.) Title, woodcut initials and headpieces. (Browning, occasional spotting and finger-marking, some leaves trimmed, minor loss to B1-B2 text slightly affected, marginal insect-damage to Ccc-Ggg2.) 18th century half calf (endpapers replaced, minor loss to upper cover, extremities rubbed). Provenance: John Clare (ink name inscribed to first text leaf).

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DE LA MARE, Walter. Desert Islands and Robinson Crusoe. London: Faber and Faber, 1930. First edition, signed and inscribed by

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Lot 3186

DE LA MARE, Walter. Desert Islands and Robinson Crusoe. London: Faber and Faber, 1930. First edition, signed and inscribed by Walter de la Mare and 14 typed letters from the author to G.E. Manwaring tipped-in, 8vo (254 x 155mm.) Illustrations by Rex Whistler. (Scattered light spotting.) Original cloth (worn). Note: The letters span the years 1929-1936 and are all typed on ‘Hill House, Taplow’ headed writing-paper. G.E. Manwaring was a librarian at the London Library and the first letter is de la Mare reminding Manwaring of his offer to read the proofs of his book ‘Desert Islands’. Later, he mentions that his son [Richard] works at Faber and Faber and that his book ‘owes all it looks to him’. Walter also asks for recommendations as he is researching a book on juvenilia. In April 1932, Walter invites George to tea and gives convoluted instructions on how to get to his home. He would be ‘delighted’ to pick him up from the station but, alas, he ‘can’t drive’. Later, he critiques some poems that Manwaring has sent him saying, soothingly, that this is ‘only a personal criticism’. Provenance: G.E. Manwaring (bookplate to the front pastedown and ink inscription from the author on the half-title). – And a further volume by Walter de la Mare (‘Behold, This Dreamer!’, 1939, 8vo) (2).

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COOKERY. – T. Percy LEWIS and A.G. BROMLEY. The Book of Cakes. London: Maclaren & Sons, [1903.] First edition, 4to (284 x

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Lot 3075

COOKERY. – T. Percy LEWIS and A.G. BROMLEY. The Book of Cakes. London: Maclaren & Sons, [1903.] First edition, 4to (284 x 223mm.) Half-title, 48 chromolithographed plates, several heightened in silver or gold, advertisements to rear. (Toning, browning to half-title.) Original green cloth, gilt lettering to upper cover (rebacked with original spine laid-down, spine darkened, extremities rubbed, endpapers replaced). Provenance: Edward Braxton Reynolds (bookplate to front pastedown).

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SEARLE, Ronald (illustrator) and Bill RICHARDSON and ALLEN ANDREWS. Those Magnificent Men In Their Flying Machines. London: D

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Lot 3162

SEARLE, Ronald (illustrator) and Bill RICHARDSON and ALLEN ANDREWS. Those Magnificent Men In Their Flying Machines. London: Dennis Dobson, 1965. First edition, signed by Ronald Searle, 4to (229 x 224mm.) Numerous coloured and black and white illustrations. (Mild toning.) Original blue cloth, dust-jacket. – And a further sixteen volumes (including a signed limited first edition of Osbert Lancaster’s ‘Classical Landscape With Figures’, 1947, 8vo, and Robin Maugham’s ‘The Servant’, 1948, 8vo, and ‘The Technique of a Life Affair’ by ‘A Gentlewoman’ [Doris Langley Moore], 1928, 8vo) (17).

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TROLLOPE, Anthony. Mr. Scarborough’s Family. London: Chatto & Windus, 1883. First edition in book form, 8vo (185 x 122mm.

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Lot 3151

TROLLOPE, Anthony. Mr. Scarborough’s Family. London: Chatto & Windus, 1883. First edition in book form, 8vo (185 x 122mm.) Half-titles, 32pp. of publisher’s advertisements dated March 1883 to rear of vol. 1. (Spotting to endpapers, rear leaves loosening in vol. 2, toning, occasional minor soiling.) Original blue cloth decorated in brown (all inner hinges weakened, outer hinge of vol. 3 cracked, covers of vols. 2 and 3 with heavy spotting). Provenance: F. Astle (ink name inscribed to front pastedown of vol. 3 and initial blank of vol. 2) [Sadlier, 66.] (3).

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PHOTO-BOOK. – Owen SIMMONS. The Book of Bread. London: Maclaren & Sons, [1903.] First edition, 4to (282 x 219mm.) 2 tippe

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Lot 3076

PHOTO-BOOK. – Owen SIMMONS. The Book of Bread. London: Maclaren & Sons, [1903.] First edition, 4to (282 x 219mm.) 2 tipped-in silver bromide prints on black card, 8 tipped-in black and white prints, 12 chromolithographed plates, photographic illustrations, advertisements and index to rear. (Offsetting from silver bromide prints, toning, small corner creases to first two black and white prints.) Original green cloth, gilt lettering to upper cover (extremities lightly rubbed, minor scuffing). Provenance: Edward Braxton Reynolds (bookplate to front pastedown). Note: Simmons was a lecturer at the National Bakery School in London and he commissioned the full-size photographs that appear in this work. As he wrote: ‘However critical readers may be they will be forced to admit that never before have they seen such a complete collection of prize loaves illustrated in such an excellent manner’.

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MOUNTAINEERING. – Douglas W. FRESHFIELD. Travels in the Central Caucasus and Bashan: Including Visits to Ararat and Tabreez a

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Lot 3094

MOUNTAINEERING. – Douglas W. FRESHFIELD. Travels in the Central Caucasus and Bashan: Including Visits to Ararat and Tabreez and Ascents of Kazbek and Elbruz. London: Longmans, Green, and Co., 1869. First edition, 8vo (209 x 138mm.) Half-title, chromolithographed frontispiece, 3 folding lithographed maps with outline hand-colouring, 4 plates, 2pp. publisher’s advertisements to rear. (Toning, light spotting to preliminaries and occasionally within, corner creasing to pp.4-8.) Original green cloth, pictorial gilt of Cossack to upper cover (hinges weakened, light rubbing, minor staining to covers). Provenance: David Forbes (bookplate to front pastedown and ink name to half-title); W.O. Pasture (ink name to half-title).

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SOUTHEY, Thomas. A Chronological History of the West Indies. Longman, Rees et al., 1827. 3 vols., first edition, 8vo (214 x 1

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Lot 3170

SOUTHEY, Thomas. A Chronological History of the West Indies. Longman, Rees et al., 1827. 3 vols., first edition, 8vo (214 x 130mm.) Half-titles to vols. 1 and 2, errata leaf bound-in at start of vol. 2. (Toning, blanks replaced.) Mid-20th century brown half morocco, gilt lettering to spines (browned to edges, endpapers replaced) (3).

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CHURCHILL, Winston S. The World Crisis. London: Thornton Butterworth Limited, 1923-1929. 5 vols. (only) of 6, first editions,

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Lot 3127

CHURCHILL, Winston S. The World Crisis. London: Thornton Butterworth Limited, 1923-1929. 5 vols. (only) of 6, first editions, 8vo (232 x 146mm.) Half-titles, numerous plates and maps, some folding, errata slips to vols. 1 and 4. (Toning, occasional light spotting to preliminaries, endpapers browned.) Original blue cloth, gilt lettering to spines (spine ends bumped, minor mark to upper cover of vol. 5, gilt lettering to spine of vol. 2 not aligned.) Provenance: James Herbert Sanders (bookplate to front pastedown of vol. 2); from the estate of Trevor Hives, thence by descent (5).

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EROTICA. – Raymond ABIGEO and Jean-Claude PERETZ. Erotoscope. Paris: Marie Concorde, 1970. First edition, 4to (270 x 209mm.)

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Lot 3238

EROTICA. – Raymond ABIGEO and Jean-Claude PERETZ. Erotoscope. Paris: Marie Concorde, 1970. First edition, 4to (270 x 209mm.) Photographic illustrations with leaves horizontally divided into three segments. (Mild toning.) Spiral-bound within original printed boards (some wear to top of spine). Note: conceived by advertising photographer Jean-Claude Peretz this innovative photo-book allows the reader to dress the three female models by changing the horizontal segments or the reader can, even, undress her. The lower cover tells us, in French, that with the three models a total of 26,568 different combinations are possible. – And a further seven related volumes (including ‘Canned Candies, The Exotic Women & Clothes of Paco Rabanne’ by Jean Clemmer, 1969, 4to) (8).

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CHURCHILL, Winston S. Step by Step 1936-1939. London: Thornton Butterworth Ltd., 1939. First edition, 8vo (213 x 168mm.) 2 ma

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Lot 3038

CHURCHILL, Winston S. Step by Step 1936-1939. London: Thornton Butterworth Ltd., 1939. First edition, 8vo (213 x 168mm.) 2 maps, including 1 folding to rear. (Mild toning.) Original green cloth (lightly bumped spine ends), dust-jacket (slight creasing to spine panel ends). Provenance: from the estate of Trevor Hives, thence by descent.

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PIPER, John. Brighton Aquatints…with…an Introduction by Lord Alfred Douglas. London: Curwen Press for Duckworth, 1939. Limite

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Lot 3049

PIPER, John. Brighton Aquatints…with…an Introduction by Lord Alfred Douglas. London: Curwen Press for Duckworth, 1939. Limited edition, being one of 200 copies only, oblong folio (253 x 389mm.) 12 black and white aquatints with tissue-guards, accompanying text on blue paper. (Some light spotting to first text leaves, some offsetting to one plate.) Original red cloth-backed boards, paper label mounted to upper cover (toning to extremities, slight dust-soiling to lower cover).

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PLANTIN PRESS. – CATULLUS, TIBULLUS & PROPERTIUS. Catullus, Tibullus, Propertius, Cor. Galli Fragmenta. Antwerp: Christop

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Lot 3180

PLANTIN PRESS. – CATULLUS, TIBULLUS & PROPERTIUS. Catullus, Tibullus, Propertius, Cor. Galli Fragmenta. Antwerp: Christopher Plantin, 1560. 16mo in 8s (112 x 68mm.) Woodcut printer’s device within wide decorative border, woodcut initials. (Marginal loss to last two text leaves T1-T2, browning, occasional light spotting.) Late 18th century calf, red morocco lettering piece to the spine (endpapers replaced, surface abrasions). Note: this was the first Plantin edition of these three poets. Provenance: William Milbourne (name-plate to front pastedown). – And a further volume (Caius Suetonius’s ‘Tranquillus cum annotate diversforum’, 1645, 16mo) (2).

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CAREY, Henry Charles and Isaac LEA. The Geography, History and Statistics of America and the West Indies; Exhibiting a Correc

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Lot 3176

CAREY, Henry Charles and Isaac LEA. The Geography, History and Statistics of America and the West Indies; Exhibiting a Correct Account of the Discovery, Settlement, and Progress of the Various Kingdoms, States and Provinces of the Western Hemisphere, to the Year 1822. London: Sherwood, Jones, and Co., 1823. First U.K. edition, 8vo (206 x 124mm.) Half-title, large engraved folding hand-coloured map of North America, 12 hand-coloured maps and charts, 4 folding engraved views, 1 folding engraved uncoloured map, 1 folding letterpress chart. (Toning, occasional light spotting or offsetting, blanks replaced.) 21st century brown half morocco, green morocco lettering piece to the spine (endpapers replaced). Note: includes maps or views of Quebec, Philadelphia, Cuba, Mexico, West Indies and Brazil.

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CHURCHILL, Winston S. London to Ladysmith via Pretoria. London: Longman, Green & Co., 1900. First edition, 8vo (190 x 123

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Lot 3040

CHURCHILL, Winston S. London to Ladysmith via Pretoria. London: Longman, Green & Co., 1900. First edition, 8vo (190 x 123mm.) 3 folding maps, including 1 in colour, 2pp. advertisements and 32pp. publisher’s catalogue to rear, plans within text. (Toning.) Original pictorial cloth (some wear to spine seam, minor staining and finger-marking to covers). – And a related volume (a first edition of Winston S. Churchill’s ‘Ian Hamilton’s March’, 1900, 8vo). Provenance: from the estate of Trevor Hives, thence by descent (2).

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RICKETTS, Charles (illustrator) and [Katherine BRADLEY and Edith COOPER.] ‘Michael Field’. The Race of Leaves. [London:] prin

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Lot 3053

RICKETTS, Charles (illustrator) and [Katherine BRADLEY and Edith COOPER.] ‘Michael Field’. The Race of Leaves. [London:] printed at the Ballantyne Press, 1901. Limited edition, this being one of 280 copies, 8vo (232 x 140mm.) Wood-engraved border in red and black to first leaf of text and decorations by Charles Ricketts. (Some offsetting to front and rear leaves, toning.) Original paper-covered boards, paper label to spine. Provenance: Lord Battersea, M.P. (armorial bookplate to front pastedown).

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CHURCHILL, Winston S. My Early Life, A Roving Commission. London: Thornton Butterworth Limited, 1930. First edition, second i

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Lot 3041

CHURCHILL, Winston S. My Early Life, A Roving Commission. London: Thornton Butterworth Limited, 1930. First edition, second issue (220 x 139mm.) 16 plates, including photographic frontispiece, 1 folding map to rear. (Toning, occasional browning, a 3-inch closed tear to p.163.) Original pink cloth, gilt lettering to upper cover and blind-stamped (fading to spine and wear to spine ends, extremities rubbed, minor stain to lower cover). Note: 12 lines of Churchill titles verso the half-title. An entertaining account of the author’s early life and his most widely read book. Provenance: D.I.C. Ashton-Cross (bookplate to front pastedown); from the estate of Trevor Hives, thence by descent.

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[FOXE, John.] [Actes and monuments of matters most special and memorable, happening in the Church… London: Printed by Peter S

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Lot 3110

[FOXE, John.] [Actes and monuments of matters most special and memorable, happening in the Church… London: Printed by Peter Short, 1596-1597.] Folio (383 x 261mm.) In 2 parts with continuous pagination, title for ‘Second Volume’, black letter, double-column, numerous woodcut initials and illustrations in the text, ‘Table’ to rear. (Lacking title to ‘Volume 1’ and general title, first leaves detached up to p.35, ‘Volume 2’ title with large loss, several leaves with large tears and loss, chipping, dust-soiling, large gash to text-block at Sssiii, several leaves to rear loose, scattered browning.) Near contemporary calf, engraved metal corner-pieces (upper cover detached, worn). Note: often found defective and with missing leaves.

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