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A 2010 Subaru Forester D XS NAVPLUS 1998 cc Diesel engined 6 speed Manual gearbox motor car Reg. AD10 UGJ, First registered J

Nigel Ward & Company

Lot 312

A 2010 Subaru Forester D XS NAVPLUS 1998 cc Diesel engined 6 speed Manual gearbox motor car Reg. AD10 UGJ, First registered June 2010, Currently showing 151,204 miles (Mileage not warranted correct), M.O.T.'d Until 25/04/2024. A surprisingly rapid turbo-diesel engined 5-door workhorse estate car with the legendary four wheel drive capability that made Subaru famous. The V5C is present as is the M.O.T. certificate. As with all motor vehicles sold through our auctions, this vehicle is sold in its current condition and all vehicles should be inspected in person prior to bidding.N.B. BUYERS PREMIUM ON THIS LOT 10% + V.A.T. (Total premium 12% plus any specific on-line bidding fees).

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First edition produced in a limited edition, handcrafted cold-cast resin fairy figurine wearing an orange colored dress in th

Lion and Unicorn

Lot 166

First edition produced in a limited edition, handcrafted cold-cast resin fairy figurine wearing an orange colored dress in the shape of flower. Highly detailed wings with glitter accents. Enchanted Gardens Vanmark backstamp. Issued: 2004Dimensions: 5.75"L x 5"W x 11.5"HEdition Number: 182 of 600 Manufacturer: VanmarkCondition: Age related wear.

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First edition produced in a limited edition, hand-crafted cold-cast resin fairy figurine wearing a dress in the shape of long

Lion and Unicorn

Lot 167

First edition produced in a limited edition, hand-crafted cold-cast resin fairy figurine wearing a dress in the shape of long autumn leaves decorated with flower blossoms. Enchanted Gardens Vanmark backstamp. Issued: 2004Dimensions: 6"L x 5.5"W x 12"HEdition Number: 446 of 600 Manufacturer: VanmarkCondition: Age related wear.

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Hand painted porcelain figure of a girl admiring a bee on a flower. First issue 2002. Goebel backstamp. Artist: M.I. HummelIs

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Lot 171

Hand painted porcelain figure of a girl admiring a bee on a flower. First issue 2002. Goebel backstamp. Artist: M.I. HummelIssued: 2002Dimensions: 3"L x 2.25"W x 5.25"HManufacturer: Goebel HummelCountry of Origin: GermanyCondition: Age related wear.

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First Issue 1996. Hand painted child with blue shoes eating a treat. Goebel backstamp. Impressed mark 435. Issued: 1996Dimens

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Lot 196

First Issue 1996. Hand painted child with blue shoes eating a treat. Goebel backstamp. Impressed mark 435. Issued: 1996Dimensions: 4"H x 1.75" dia.Manufacturer: Goebel HummelCountry of Origin: GermanyCondition: Age related wear.

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First Issue Millenium 2000. Hand painted figural of little boy in front of music stand with teddy bear. Goebel backstamp. Hum

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Lot 215

First Issue Millenium 2000. Hand painted figural of little boy in front of music stand with teddy bear. Goebel backstamp. Hummel impressed mark. 826I. Issued: 2000Dimensions: 4.25"L x 3.5"W x 5.5"HManufacturer: Goebel HummelCountry of Origin: GermanyCondition: Age related wear.

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First Issue. Hand painted girl with umbrella and notebooks. Goebel backstamp. Impressed number 320. Artist: M.I. HummelIssued

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Lot 250

First Issue. Hand painted girl with umbrella and notebooks. Goebel backstamp. Impressed number 320. Artist: M.I. HummelIssued: 1992Dimensions: 3.5"L x 2.25"W x 4.75"HManufacturer: Goebel HummelCountry of Origin: GermanyCondition: Age related wear.

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First Issue. Hand painted celestial boy in blue tunic playing xylophone. Goebel backstamp. Impressed mark 2096/N. Issued: 200

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Lot 256

First Issue. Hand painted celestial boy in blue tunic playing xylophone. Goebel backstamp. Impressed mark 2096/N. Issued: 2002Dimensions: 3.5"L x 2.25"W x 3"HManufacturer: Goebel HummelCountry of Origin: GermanyCondition: Age related wear.

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Produced exclusively for Doulton's International Collectors Club. Modeled as a ceramics collector, reading a first edition of

Lion and Unicorn

Lot 74

Produced exclusively for Doulton's International Collectors Club. Modeled as a ceramics collector, reading a first edition of Royal Doulton figures and holding a mini Sweet Anne figurine. Royal Doulton backstamp. Artist: Robert TabbenorIssued: 1982 - 1982Dimensions: 6.5'HManufacturer: Royal DoultonCountry of Origin: EnglandCondition: Age related wear.

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(Cordoba, 1860-Madrid, 1943). Spanish painter and illustrator. He would soon move to Madrid on a scholarship from the Córdoba

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Lot 683

(Cordoba, 1860-Madrid, 1943). Spanish painter and illustrator. He would soon move to Madrid on a scholarship from the Córdoba Provincial Council to study at the San Fernando School of Fine Arts, being a disciple of Federico de Madrazo. Later, he went to Rome on a pension from the same institution and, from 1881, participated in the National Exhibitions of Fine Arts, where he obtained a second class medal in 1887 with the painting The Corpse of Álvarez de Castro. He received the same award in 1890 and the first medal in 1901 with the painting Prayer in the hermitages of Córdoba, for which he is considered the first impressionist from Córdoba. In 1894 he was appointed professor of drawing at the Córdoba Institute and six years later at the Granada Institute, later moving to Seville. After his retirement, in 1930 he settled in Madrid. As an illustrator he worked for Blanco y Negro. Oil on canvas. Framed measurements: 120 x 88 cm, canvas measurements: 101 x 68 cm

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Large oil on canvas measuring: 220 x 196 cm. No frame attached. Lanfranco first studied in his hometown with Agostino Carracc

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Lot 101

Large oil on canvas measuring: 220 x 196 cm. No frame attached. Lanfranco first studied in his hometown with Agostino Carracci and after his death he moved to Rome where in 1602 he entered the workshop of Annibale Carracci, becoming, together with Domenichino, a frequent collaborator of the great Bolognese master. Upon the death of Annibale Carracci, Lanfranco returned to Parma for a few years (1610-12), a fruitful period of his artistic training, in which he undoubtedly discovered the value of Correggio's frescoes, whose impact would be decisive for his development of the illusionistic space and the intense emotionalism that then invades its figures. Correggio's mark is already evident in the dome of the Buogiovanni chapel in the Roman church of Sant' Agostino (1616) or in the "Ecstasy of Saint Margaret of Cortona" (1620), today in the Pitti Palace in Florence, which is It became the prototype of the Baroque altar painting, as well as the frescoes in the dome of Sant'Andrea della Valle (1625-27), Lanfranco's masterpiece in Rome, which determined the development of Italian decorative painting. In 1634, the artist moved to Naples, where he remained until 1646, carrying out the grandiose fresco projects in the Gesù Nuovo (1635-37), the Charterhouse of San Martino (1637-38), the vault of SS. Apostoli (1638-46) and in the chapel of San Jenaro in the Cathedral (1641-43), works whose influence extends through Mattia Preti, Luca Giordano and Filippo Beinaschi well into the 18th century. In 1646, Lanfranco returned to Rome, where he died the following year. The artist's surviving drawings are numerous and most are in the collection of Windsor Palace; In them the influence of Correggio is evident in the luminous dissolution of the line and in the search for pictorial effects (Mena, M.: Catalog of drawings, VI, Italian drawings of the 17th century, Museo del Prado, 1983, p. 109) . Provenance: important private collection, Madrid.

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Madjid Rahnavadkar (Iranian b.1943), The City of London; Cityscapes, a group of three giclee prints on canvas, numbered 63/95

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Lot 2097

Madjid Rahnavadkar (Iranian b.1943), The City of London; Cityscapes, a group of three giclee prints on canvas, numbered 63/95; 69/95 and 65/95, the first 70 x 100cm; the second 80 x 90cm; the third 90 x 80cm.(3) Unframed.Condition Report: All unframed, some scuffing/scratching to peripheral areas.

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Steinbeck (John) Autograph Manuscript draft of "Preface" for The Short Novels of John Steinbeck, collected as "My Short Novel

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Lot 129

Steinbeck (John) Autograph Manuscript draft of "Preface" for The Short Novels of John Steinbeck, collected as "My Short Novels," 4 pp. only (lacking final leaf), lower left corner bumped to all leaves, toning at extremities, small folio, 1953.*** At the request of Viking in 1953, John Steinbeck yielded to the prospect of revisiting his short novels – The Red Pony, Tortilla Flat, Of Mice and Men, The Moon is Down, Cannery Row, and The Pearl – to reissue them in a collected anthology.He begins this draft "I have never written a preface to one of my books before, believing that the work should stand on its own feet even if its ankles were slightly wobbly. When I was asked to comment on the five short novels of this volume, my first impulse was to refuse. And then, thinking over the things that have happened to these stories since they were written, I was taken with the idea that the things that happen to a book are very like those that happen to a man." The commissioned preface goes on to describe the personal nature of each work, the all-absorbing creative process, and the feeling of loss after finishing a book, only to be forgotten as a new work consumes him.The text of the present manuscript closely aligns with the published essay, but with some substantive deviations: the initial "five short novels" evolves into "six short novels," and most notably, Steinbeck’s more self-deprecating tone in this draft is later excised. For example, an entire and more effuse section which leads into his discussion of the works is cut from the final version: "... all of [my novels] have been experiments. That is why no two are remotely alike. And experiments are rarely accepted all at once. / My stories have been slow starters almost like shy young men who do not make friends quickly. Indeed most of my books have succeeded without trying in making quick and fierce enemies at first. It is pleasing to me that in time they do make lasting and loyal friends."Steinbeck first discusses The Red Pony, "written a long time ago when there was desolation in my family. The first death had occurred—and the family which every child believes immortal, was shattered." Facing challenges in publication, it finally found a home in the North American Review for a modest $90 (see lot 120), only to see the magazine going under shortly thereafter. Transitioning to Tortilla Flat, Steinbeck recounts its controversial reception in Monterey, where readers denounced the work, stating "no such disreputable people lived in that neighborhood" - a statement (though seemingly damning) that would unwittingly boost book sales. He also describes the precarious genesis Of Mice and Men: "I had nearly finished it when my setter pup ate it one night—literally made confetti of it. I had to start fresh. I don't know how close the first and second versions would prove to be."Steinbeck curiously deems his shorter works as “exercises for the longer ones”, and throughout World War II, he crafted The Moon is Down “as a kind of celebration of the durability of Democracy", musing on his portrayal of Germans as "men, not supermen". The final version goes on to discuss Cannery Row and The Pearl, which takes up half a printed page (and not present in this manuscript). In a letter to David Heyler dated August [1953], Steinbeck mentions writing a preface to the anthology as one of the projects he is currently working on (see note to lot 120 for details on Heyler).Overall a fantastic piece of Steinbeck’s work in manuscript form, and a unique example of his quintessential self-deprecatory tone.Provenance: The Mary Steinbeck Dekker Family Collection.

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Mathematics.- Stirling (James) The Differential Method: or, a Treatise Concerning Summation and Interpolation of Infinite Ser

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Lot 24

Mathematics.- Stirling (James) The Differential Method: or, a Treatise Concerning Summation and Interpolation of Infinite Series. Translated into English, with the Author's Approbation, by Francis Holliday, first edition in English, with final advertisement f., light foxing, ink annotations to 2 pp. in an 18th century hand, bookplate of Sir William Stirling-Maxwell to front pastedown, 19th century morocco-backed cloth with arms and monogramme of Stirling-Maxwell to covers, rubbing to spine, 4to, E. Cave, 1749.*** The Stirling family copy of "Stirling's principal contribution to mathematics" - ODNB. The English edition is rare, we can only trace two other copies appearing at auction.

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Astronomy & Navigation.- Metius (Adriaan) De genuino usu utriusque globi tractatus [& Mensura Geographica et usus globi terre

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Lot 227

Astronomy & Navigation.- Metius (Adriaan) De genuino usu utriusque globi tractatus [& Mensura Geographica et usus globi terrestris, artisque Navigandi Institutio], 2 parts in 1 vol., first Latin editions, titles with woodcut printer's device, woodcut illustrations, woodcut head- and tail-pieces and decorative initials, marginal ownership inscriptions removed and repaired on first title, some spotting or staining (including water-staining to lower inner corners), mostly lightly browned, contemporary Dutch morocco, gilt, spine in compartments, each with central rosette, covers with floral centre- and corner-pieces and blind-ruled and floral borders, spine repaired and with later ink author name, rubbed and marked, gilt gauffered edges, [Houzeau & Lancaster 2820], 4to, Franeker, Uldricus Balck, 1624. *** On the use of celestial globes in navigation. Metius was professor of astronomy and mathematics at Franeker from 1600 until his death in 1635. 'Like his townsman Blaeu, Adriaen worked under Tycho Brahe at his observatory on the island of Hven' (DSB IX, p.336). One of his lectures in 1629 was attended by Descartes.

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Rowling (J.K.) Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets, first edition, first printing, very light marginal toning, original b

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Lot 116

Rowling (J.K.) Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets, first edition, first printing, very light marginal toning, original boards, light bumping to spine ends, dust-jacket, very light fading to spine, very light creasing to head and foot, but an excellent example overall, [Errington A2(a)], 8vo, 1998.

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Tolkien (J.R.R.) The Lord of the Rings, 3 vol., first editions, first impressions, The Return of the King with signature

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Lot 136

Tolkien (J.R.R.) The Lord of the Rings, 3 vol., first editions, first impressions, The Return of the King with signature mark '4' and text block sagging, folding map at end of each vol., ink gift inscription in the year of publication on each front free endpaper, light tape staining on endpapers, The Two Towers endpapers with light toning strip, original cloth, fine, dust-jackets, very light scuffing to corners, jacket spine lightly creased, otherwise a bright, crisp, and near-fine set, [Hammond & Anderson A5], 8vo, 1954-55.

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Lewis (C.S.) The Last Battle, first edition, ink ownership name on slightly foxed endpapers, original boards, dust-jacket, li

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Lot 112

Lewis (C.S.) The Last Battle, first edition, ink ownership name on slightly foxed endpapers, original boards, dust-jacket, light toning to spine, corners and extremities a little scuffed, flaps lightly spotted, light marking to lower panel, still overall an excellent and crisp example, 8vo, 1956.

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Rowling (J.K.) Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban, first edition, first state with line break on p.7, original pictoria

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Lot 117

Rowling (J.K.) Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban, first edition, first state with line break on p.7, original pictorial boards, dust-jacket, a mint copy, [Errington A7(a)], 8vo, 1999.*** A superb example of the third novel in the Harry Potter series.

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Breydenbach (Bernhard von) [Peregrinatio in terram sanctam], first edition of the first illustrated travel book, 133ff. only

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Lot 42

Breydenbach (Bernhard von) [Peregrinatio in terram sanctam], first edition of the first illustrated travel book, 133ff. only (of 148), and also lacking the 8 fold-out views, 44 lines (variable), gothic letter, unrubricated, with the full-page allegorical woodcut of Mainz with the arms of Breydenbach, Johannes von Solms, and Philip von Bicken, 7 woodcuts of scenes from the Near East (of 8, some with early hand-colouring), 6 cuts of alphabets of Near Eastern languages (Arabic, Hebrew, Greek, Syriac, Coptic, Ethiopic), Reuwich device at end, 2 woodcut initials, ink annotations in various hands, some water-staining and soiling, good margins, later half calf, rubbed, binding detached, folio (285 x 202mm.), Mainz, Erhard Reuwich, 11 February, 1486.*** The sad remnants but greater part of a highly important and celebrated book, which produced 13 editions before 1522. Breydenbach was accompanied by the two pilgrims whose arms are depicted in the allegorical woodcut on a journey to Jerusalem and Mount Sinai between 1483 and 1484, taking in Venice, Modon, Candia, Rhodes, Parenzo, Corfu en route, these places all wonderfully depicted in the large and impressive woodcut views (here absent). Erhard Reuwich (fl. 1480) a Dutch artist, woodcut designer and printer from Utrecht, accompanied them.Literature: HC3956; GW 5075; BMC I-43; Fairfax Murray German 92; Goff B-1189

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Waugh (Evelyn) A Handful of Dust, first edition, very light scattered spotting to edges, original cloth, dust-jacket, top edg

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Lot 146

Waugh (Evelyn) A Handful of Dust, first edition, very light scattered spotting to edges, original cloth, dust-jacket, top edge lightly creased, spine head a little frayed, but overall a remarkably crisp and intact copy, [Davis 11], 8vo, 1934. *** A bright copy in the rare jacket of 'Waugh's masterpiece' (ONDB).

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Venetian waterways.- Rompiasio (Giulio) Metodo in Pratica e Sommario o sia Compilazione delle Leggi..., second edition, half-

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Lot 77

Venetian waterways.- Rompiasio (Giulio) Metodo in Pratica e Sommario o sia Compilazione delle Leggi..., second edition, half-title, title in red & black with engraved vignette, woodcut tail-pieces and initials, folding engraved map, light water-staining to upper edge of last few leaves and map at end, contemporary limp marbled boards, uncut and unopened, light damp-staining, lacking some of marbled paper covering from upper cover and title, 4to, Venice, Stamperia Ducale, 1771.*** Scarce work on the laws relating to Venetian watercourses, first published in 1733, concerning the administration, the preservation of the lagoon and the canals of Venice, the various gates, fishing rights, and regulations for building on the shores, before moving to inland rivers, describing the laws surrounding bridges and fords, and the tariffs imposed on river traffic.

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Textiles.- Gli Universali di tutti e bei dissegni..., first edition, title and colophon in red and black, title within elabor

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Lot 34

Textiles.- Gli Universali di tutti e bei dissegni..., first edition, title and colophon in red and black, title within elaborate pictorial woodcut border depicting women at their needlework, 68 woodcut illustrations of textile design, most whole-page a few double-page, printers device to colophon, occasional spotting, later vellum, gilt, 4to (243x191mm.), [Venezia], Niccolò Zoppino, 1532.*** Rare: only 1 copy listed on USTC, and among the printer's more scarce works. The full title goes on to describe the designs contained therein as, both old and new which any thinking human and pilgrim whether man or woman with ?needle [l'aco] in hand could commendably create. Literature: EDIT16 CNCE 72564

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Spanish horsemanship.- Tapia y Salcedo (Gregorio de) Exercicios de la gineta, first edition, engraved additional pictorial ti

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Spanish horsemanship.- Tapia y Salcedo (Gregorio de) Exercicios de la gineta, first edition, engraved additional pictorial title (a little soiled), 1 (of 2) engraved portraits, 28 engraved plates by María Eugenia de Beer, some very light scattered spotting, a few neatly repaired tears to foot, largely to blank margin but occasionally straying into text or plate margin, bookplate of Sir William Stirling-Maxwell, 19th century patterned roan, gilt arms of Stirling-Maxwell to covers, light rubbing to extremities, g.e., title and author embossed into lower gilt edge, [Schwerdt I, p. 247, "very rare"], oblong small folio, Madrid, Diego Diaz, 1643. *** First edition of this rare and important work that traces the original of Spanish bullfighting. The plates were much admired by Francisco Goya who would reproduce many of the subjects in his Tauromaquia series.

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Book of Common Prayer (The), 6 vol., facsimile reprints, printed in red & black, occasional foxing, James I with light damp-s

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Lot 99

Book of Common Prayer (The), 6 vol., facsimile reprints, printed in red & black, occasional foxing, James I with light damp-staining to lower outer corner, O1 of Edward VI and Bb3 of Victoria with tear to outer margin but no loss, with removed bookplates of Rev. George Proctor and the Earl of Rosebery loosely inserted in final volume, contemporary marbled boards, uncut and unopened, rubbed, a little worn at edges, rebacked and recornered in vellum preserving old black roan labels to spines (rubbed), folio, William Pickering, 1844. *** A good and almost complete set of this fine facsimile printed by Charles Whittingham for Pickering, lacking only the first volume The First Book of Edward VI 1549. Comprising: The Second Book of Edward VI printed by Whitchurch 1552; Elizabeth printed by Grafton 1559; James I "The Hampton Court Book" 1604; Charles I "Archbishop Lauds" 1637; Charles II 1662; Victoria, 1844.

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Peepshows.- Thames Tunnel.- Explanation of the Tunnel under the Thames (An), hand-coloured aquatint peepshow, hand-coloured e

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Lot 163

Peepshows.- Thames Tunnel.- Explanation of the Tunnel under the Thames (An), hand-coloured aquatint peepshow, hand-coloured engraved front panel of river scene mounted on blue card with 2 circular peepholes and 4 hand-coloured aquatint panels including back panel with figures pasted on, folding concertina style, c.140 x 190mm. extending to c.740mm., front panel soiled, folding into original daark red glazed paper wallet with flap, letterpress text mounted inside upper cover, a little worn, spine split, [Hyde/Gestetner 240; cf.Elton, Triumphant Bore 162], T.C.Brandon, [c.1843] § Der Tunnel, hand-coloured wood-engraved peepshow with 6 panels including back panel, upper cover of pink paper printed with border and "eyelashes" around large oval peephole laid down on yellow board, pink flaps closing hole when flat, lower cover with patterned pink paper printed in black & green laid down on yellow board, c.115 x 140mm. extending to c.620mm., a little rubbed and soiled, with original rainbow coloured paper slip-case, upper cover with label of title, IMB monogram and hand-coloured wood-engraved vignette a little worn, [Triumphant Bore 152], n.p., n.d.; and another, 8vo (3)*** The first commemorates the Queen's visit and shows her disembarking from the Royal barge.

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Euripides. Euripidis tragoediæ septendecim, 2 vol., editio princeps, collation: Α-Γ8 Δ4 Ε-Η8 Θ6 Ι-Λ8 Μ6 Ν Ξ8 Ο10 Π Ρ8 Σ10 Τ Υ

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Lot 47

Euripides. Euripidis tragoediæ septendecim, 2 vol., editio princeps, collation: Α-Γ8 Δ4 Ε-Η8 Θ6 Ι-Λ8 Μ6 Ν Ξ8 Ο10 Π Ρ8 Σ10 Τ Υ8 Φ6 Χ-Ω8 ΑΑ ΒΒ8 ΓΓ6 ΔΔ-ΖΖ8 ΗΗ6 ΘΘ-ΙΙ8 ΚΚ10 [*]4 : ΛΛ8 ΜΜ10 ΝΝ-ΡΡ8 ΣΣ10 ΤΤ8 ΥΥ6 ΦΦ ΧΧ8 ΨΨ4 ΩΩ8 ΑΑΑ ΒΒΒ8 ΓΓΓ6 ΔΔΔ-ΖΖΖ8 ΗΗΗ6 ΘΘΘ-ΚΚΚ8 ΛΛΛ4 (Δ4, Φ6, ΗΗ6, ΣΣ10 and ΥΥ6 blank), Greek, Roman and italic types, woodcut printer's device to ΛΛΛ4v, initial spaces with guide-letters, lacking [*]1-4 (contents and printer's device), signatures ΘΘ-ΙΙ8 and ΚΚ10 moved by binder into vol.2 (?simultaneously removing following sig. [*]), occasional spotting or light staining, lightly browned, yellow silk endpapers within gilt scrolling Greek key borders, handsome early 19th century dark blue straight-grain morocco in the style of Bozerian, gilt, spines in compartments and with rich floral and foliage and criblé decoration, covers with foliage and filet borders, spines skilfully repaired, couple of scuffmarks to upper cover of vol.2, both vol. rubbed and marked, g.e., 8vo (158 x 88mm.; binding 166 x 104mm.), [Venice], [Aldus Manutius], [February, 1503].*** An attractive set of the editio princeps of 18 plays; with all the tragedies present except for Electra (not published until 1545), as well as the satyr play Cyclops. All but four plays are published here for the first time. Literature: Adams E1030; Ahmanson-Murphy 69; Renouard 43:10; EDIT 16 CNCE 18373.

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Rackham (Arthur) .- Poe (Edgar Allan) Tales of Mystery & Imagination, first trade edition, 12 colour plates and numerous

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Lot 41

Rackham (Arthur) .- Poe (Edgar Allan) Tales of Mystery & Imagination, first trade edition, 12 colour plates and numerous illustrations by Arthur Rackham, captioned tissue-guards, pictorial endpapers, spine ends and corners a little bumped, dust-jacket, price-clipped, spine ends and corners a little chipped, some creasing and fraying to extremities, a few neat tape repairs to verso, 1935 § Ibsen (Henrik) Peer Gynt, first trade edition, 12 colour plates by Arthur Rackham, illustrations, pictorial endpapers, dust-jacket, large portion of loss to head replaced with blank paper chip to foot, 1936; and 7 others, children's v.s. (9)

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India.- Scott (Captain Allan N.) Sketches in India; taken at Hyderabad and Secunderabad, in the Madras Presidency, first edit

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Lot 199

India.- Scott (Captain Allan N.) Sketches in India; taken at Hyderabad and Secunderabad, in the Madras Presidency, first edition, albumen frontispiece and 100 albumen plates, tissue-guards, lacking half-title, front free endpaper with contemporary pencil gift inscription "From Charles McMinn...Lucknow India", scattered spotting and soiling, generally light, stain to head of plate LV and surrounding few ff., upper hinge tender, contemporary half morocco, gilt, spine almost detached and with loss to head and foot, rubbed, joints split, g.e., 8vo, 1862.

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Ars memorandi.- Rosenheim (Petrus von) Hexastichon Sebastiani Brant in memorabiles evangelistarum figuras, first edition, 18f

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Lot 46

Ars memorandi.- Rosenheim (Petrus von) Hexastichon Sebastiani Brant in memorabiles evangelistarum figuras, first edition, 18ff. including final blank, 15 fine and extraordinary large woodcut illustrations, small hole in penultimate leaf but not affecting text, lower corner of c3 missing, modern olive green morocco by Cuzin, gilt arms of the Prince d'Essling to covers, g.e., inner gilt dentelles, 4to in 6's (201 x 140mm.), Pforzheim, Thomas Anshelm, 1502.*** A fine, complete copy of this curiosity of early printing - a menemonic with verses for remembering the key events of the life of Christ to accompany the unusual and highly symbolic woodcuts. For example, an eagle displays a pair of embracing lovers on its breast; an angel, a sack of grain perched on its head, carries a blazing sun in one hand and a figure of the Christ Child in the other. But the angel and eagle, as well as a lion and an ox in other images, are symbols of the four Evangelists, and the additional objects or figures refer to specific events in the Gospels.The cuts imitate those in a blockbook of c.1470, produced in south Germany, possibily in a Bavarian monastery, but here accompanied for the first time by text, edited by Georg Simler.Two editions were issued in 1502 by Thomas Anshelm, the first (as here) with the first line of leaf a1 ending 'memorabi-',whereas the second edition has the same line ending 'Sebastiani'.Provenance: Victor Massena, Duc de Rivoli, Prince d’Essling (1836-1910), sale Zurich 1939, lot 245; Maurice Burrus, with ex-libris, sale Christies Paris 2015.Literature: Brunet I: 499-500; Cf. Fairfax Murray German 43 (1503 edition); Ars Memorandi. A Facsimile of the Text and Woodcuts printed by Thomas Anshelm at Pforzheim in 1502. Houghton Library, Harvard University Department of Printing and Graphic Arts, Cambridge, Mass.1981

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Astronomy.- Wilkins (John) A Discovery of a New World, fifth edition, 2 parts in 1, woodcut diagrams, some faint toning, cont

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Lot 224

Astronomy.- Wilkins (John) A Discovery of a New World, fifth edition, 2 parts in 1, woodcut diagrams, some faint toning, contemporary speckled calf, rebacked with original back-strip laid down, [Wing 2186], 8vo, by J. Rawlins for John Gellibrand, 1684.*** The first work and first printed book in English to give serious consideration to space travel. ESTC does not call for either a portrait frontispiece or additional engraved title, as in the fourth edition.

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London.- Horwood (Richard) Plan of the Cities of London and Westminster the Borough of Southwark and Parts adjoining She

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Lot 211

London.- Horwood (Richard) Plan of the Cities of London and Westminster the Borough of Southwark and Parts adjoining Shewing every House, large bound wall map of London, composite collection from the first and second editions, 23 sheets only (of 32, lacking sheets A4, B2-B3, C2, D2, E3-E4, F3-F4, G3-G4, H3-H4), presented on a scale of twenty-five inches to the mile, extending from Angel to Limehouse, and Kennington to Brompton, engravings on various cream wove papers, some with watermarks 'Horwood's Map of London', each individual sheets approx. 560 x 650 mm (22 x 25 1/2 in), or smaller with some sheets trimmed, some on stubs, some loose, scattered surface dirt, occasional nicks to extremities, later half calf, covers detached, lacking spine, manuscript inscription to upper cover, very worn, elephant folio, [cf. Howgego 200], [c.1792-1807]*** The largest map printed in Georgian Britain, and a defining study of London at the end of the eighteenth century. Horwood's plan was the first map of London to attempt to show every individual property, and took over 7 years to complete following numerous logistical and financial obstacles.

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Le Carré (John) [The Karla Trilogy], 3 vol., comprising Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy, signed photograph of Alec Guiness l

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Le Carré (John) [The Karla Trilogy], 3 vol., comprising Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy, signed photograph of Alec Guiness loosely inserted, jacket spine faded, 1974; The Honourable Schoolboy, souvenir card with the opeining sentence typed out and signed at foot by the author loosely inserted, boards lightly faded, jacket front flap creased, 1977; Smiley's People, 1979, first editions, signed by the author on titles, original boards, dust-jackets, light creasing and chipping on spine ends, otherwise an excellent set, 8vo.

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Steinbeck (John).- A group of Steinbeck Ephemera featuring works on paper, 6 pieces, between 360 x 260mm. and 430 x 480mm., v

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Steinbeck (John).- A group of Steinbeck Ephemera featuring works on paper, 6 pieces, between 360 x 260mm. and 430 x 480mm., v.s., v.d.*** Includes:Snyder (Dorothy) Steinbeck House, Salinas, Cal [2 copies], etching and aquatint, signed by the artist on lower right-hand corner and marked “art/pf.”, plate c.250 x 300mm, tipped onto mounts.Benton (Thomas Hart) Pa Joad, lithograph, sheet c.400 x 300 mm, signed by the author in plate, possibly a later printing, as it is on a larger sheet and unsigned, light surface marking.Original colour-printed poster for Cannary Row by The Forest Theater Guild, c.330 x 480mm., Carmel, CA, August 9-13, 1995.Poster for The Grapes of Wrath after the original first edition dust-jacket design, number 68 of 500 copies, nicks and light toning to margins, 430 x 320 mm., 1980.Magazine cutting of Steinbeck, printed in black and white, torn from unknown publication, c.360 x 260mm, c.1962.Provenance: The Mary Steinbeck Dekker Family Collection.

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$Astronomy.- Scheiner (Christoph) Refractiones coelestes sive solis elliptici phaenomenon illustratum, first edition, woodcut$ No Image

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Astronomy.- Scheiner (Christoph) Refractiones coelestes sive solis elliptici phaenomenon illustratum, first edition, woodcut vignette to title, woodcut illustrations and diagrams, typographic head-pieces, E4 & P4 with closed tears and silked repairs, affecting text but no loss, endpapers renewed, modern calf-backed boards, [Brunet VI 486], small 4to, Ingolstadt, Ederiana for Elisabeth Angerma, 1617.*** First edition of this work wherein Scheiner calls attention to the elliptical form of the sun near the horizon.

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Kelmscott Press.- Tennyson (Alfred, Lord) Maud, a Monodrama, one of 500 copies on Flower paper, first issue with cancel leave

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Kelmscott Press.- Tennyson (Alfred, Lord) Maud, a Monodrama, one of 500 copies on Flower paper, first issue with cancel leaves, printed in Golden type with stanza numbers in red, wood-engraved borders and initials designed by William Morris, later blue crushed morocco, gilt arms of Stirling Maxwell on covers, toning to spine, joints rubbing, light spotting to covers, g.e., [Peterson A17], 8vo, Kelmscott Press, 1893.

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Canon Law.- Bonifacius VIII (Pope) Sextus decretalium liber...in Lugdunensi coniclio editus [& others], 4 parts in 1, collati

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Canon Law.- Bonifacius VIII (Pope) Sextus decretalium liber...in Lugdunensi coniclio editus [& others], 4 parts in 1, collation: a-k8, aa-dd8 ee4, A-E8 F4, AA BB8 CC4, double column, printed in red and black, first two parts title within identical woodcut historiated border, full-page woodcut table to final verso of first work, woodcut historiated and decorative initials, early ink underlining, 19th century blue ink seminary stamp to first title, k7 sliver torn from outer margin, some mostly marginal water-staining, occasional spotting or staining (including the odd instance of ink), lightly browned, lacking free endpapers, contemporary blind-ruled and gilt French calf, spine in compartments and with 19th century ink ms. title label, lacking ties, spine ends and corners worn, couple of losses to leather on upper cover, rubbed and scuffed, but solid, 8vo (154 x 102mm.), Paris, Jean Kerbriant & Jean Petit, 1531. *** Rare edition of four important texts of canon law, including the Decretals of Boniface VIII; one of the greatest jurists of his age. Provenance: Capuchins of Valence (early ink inscription to head of title); 'In valesta vera virtus' and 'Joannes' (later ink motto to title and name to final f.). Literature: Adams B2440.

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Waugh (Evelyn) Ninety-Two Days, first edition, folding map and illustrations, dust-jacket, light surface soiling, extremities

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Lot 145

Waugh (Evelyn) Ninety-Two Days, first edition, folding map and illustrations, dust-jacket, light surface soiling, extremities and corners chipped and nicked, 1934; Labels, cloth spine faded, [Davis 10], 1930, first editions, original cloth, 8vo (2) *** First edition of Waugh's third travel book, in the rare jacket. It chronicles a 92-day expedition across Latin America, illustrated with Waugh's own photographs. Grouped together with Waugh's first travel book Labels.

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Japan.- Trigault (Nicolas) Rei christianae apud Japonios commentarius, ex litteris annuis Societatis Jesu annorum 1609. 1610.

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Japan.- Trigault (Nicolas) Rei christianae apud Japonios commentarius, ex litteris annuis Societatis Jesu annorum 1609. 1610. 1611. 1612 collectus, first edition, woodcut head- and tail-pieces and decorative initials, T6 colophon recto and large woodcut Jesuit device verso, T7&8 blank, I1 small repair at foot, just touching text, without loss, occasional spotting or light staining, later endpapers, recased in contemporary vellum over limp boards, small piece of vellum missing from upper cover, little marked, [Cordier Japonica col. 272; Sommervogel VIII, col. 239], a very good copy, 8vo, Augsburg, Christopher Mangius, 1615. *** Scarce copy at auction of the first edition of Trigault's account of the Jesuit missions in Japan between 1609 and 1612. It is compiled from the letters of Joao Rodrigues Girao, and covers a pivotal period for the Jesuits, who were trying to avert conflict with Japan's new ruler, the Tokugawa shogun. The Franciscans were causing difficulties for Christians by preaching openly, which antagonised the new Japanese regime.

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Rome.- Vasi (Giuseppe) Delle Magnificenze di Roma Antica e Moderna, vol. 4 & 5 only (of 10), first edition, titles with e

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Rome.- Vasi (Giuseppe) Delle Magnificenze di Roma Antica e Moderna, vol. 4 & 5 only (of 10), first edition, titles with engraved vignette, 35 engraved plates & 14 illustrations, a few plates numbered in manuscript, 2 plates to vol. 5 with horizontal and vertical printer's crease replaced in pen facsimile, spotting throughout, sometimes heavy, light offsetting, contemporary mottled calf, richly gilt, covers with central onlaid arms, some portions of wear, rubbed at extremities, still a handsome set, oblong 4to, Rome, 1754.

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Steinbeck (John) Chapter Thirty-Four from the Novel East of Eden, printed in red and black, original wrappers, lightly crease

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Lot 128

Steinbeck (John) Chapter Thirty-Four from the Novel East of Eden, printed in red and black, original wrappers, lightly creased, light nicks to extremities, New York, Privately Printed, 1952; and another variant issue of the same work in cream wrappers; both preserved in original transmittal envelope addressed to David Heyler, signed by Steinbeck, [Goldstone & Payne A32d and A32d variant 2.], tall 8vo (2) *** First lengthy appearance of extract from East of Eden. Angelo Valenti printed 125 copies of this short excerpt from East of Eden in advance of the novel's release. Steinbeck mailed these copies to his nephew-in-law, the bibliophile in 1954. See note to lot 121. Provenance: The Mary Steinbeck Dekker Family Collection.

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Fleming (Ian) From Russia, With Love, first edition, top edge slightly dust-stained, original boards with gun-and-rose design

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Lot 108

Fleming (Ian) From Russia, With Love, first edition, top edge slightly dust-stained, original boards with gun-and-rose design to upper cover in bronze and silver, spine lettered in silver and bronze, near-fine, dust-jacket, evenly toned, spine a little faded, spine ends and corners a little chipped, lower panel slightly foxed, still an excellent example overall, 8vo, 1957.

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Fleming (Ian) Diamonds are Forever, first edition, original boards with upper cover decorated in blind with silver diamond to

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Lot 107

Fleming (Ian) Diamonds are Forever, first edition, original boards with upper cover decorated in blind with silver diamond to centre, spine lettered in silver, fine, very faint spotting to fore-edge occasionally straying onto margin, dust-jacket, some nicks to extremities, light rubbing along joints and spine ends, light surface marks to lower panel, otherwise an excellent and crisp copy, 8vo, 1956.

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Waugh (Evelyn) Vile Bodies, first edition, original cloth, one or two very faint surface marks, otherwise fine, dust-jacket,

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Lot 140

Waugh (Evelyn) Vile Bodies, first edition, original cloth, one or two very faint surface marks, otherwise fine, dust-jacket, spine faded, light chipping and nicks to spine ends and corners, one or two very light splash marks, still overall an excellent example, [Davis 5], 8vo, 1930.*** An excellent copy of Waugh's classic early send-up of the Bright Young Things. Very scarce to find in the rare first-state jacket.

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Celestial atlas.- Gallucci (Giovanni Paolo) Theatrum mundi, et temporis, first edition, first issue, title with woodcut print

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Celestial atlas.- Gallucci (Giovanni Paolo) Theatrum mundi, et temporis, first edition, first issue, title with woodcut printer's device, 144 astronomical illustrations, of which 31 (of 51) with volvelles (some skilfully restored with facsimile elements; some possibly from other copies), additional f. after Mm4 showing the constellation Cepheus, folding letterpress table and errata f. at end, woodcut head and tail-pieces and decorative initials, occasional extensive 18th century Italian manuscript notes, including to verso of title, partially erased small ink stamp to title, sig. Ooo at end misbound, some foxing and staining, lightly browned, later endpapers, recased in contemporary limp vellum, splits to joints, but holding firm, a few small repairs, some staining, [Adams G168; Houzeau & Lancaster 2725; Mortimer Italian 206; Riccardi I, 568; Tomash & Williams G24; Warner 91; EDIT 16 CNCE 20287], 4to, Venice, Giovanni Battista Somasco, 1588. *** The first celestial atlas to use Copernican co-ordinates. 'There are 48 woodcut maps of the Ptolemaic constellations, each of which is preceded by a catalogue of the included stars identifying position within the constellation, latitude and longitude (in degrees and minutes), magnitude, and nature ... The longitudes on Gallucci's catalog and on his map are those published by Copernicus in De Revolutionibus (1543)' (Warner). Gallucci (1538- c.1621) was a private tutor to the Venetian nobility and founding member of the Second Venetian Academy.

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Rowling (J.K.) Harry Potter e la Pietra Filosofale, first Italian edition, signed presentation inscription from the author "T

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Lot 115

Rowling (J.K.) Harry Potter e la Pietra Filosofale, first Italian edition, signed presentation inscription from the author "To Nicole and Martin lots of love from Jo" on front free endpaper, illustrations, original boards, spine ends bumped, dust-jacket, spine faded, ends lightly creased, otherwise excellent, 8vo, Florence, Salani, 1998. *** Especially rare with personal inscription to Rowling's school friend, gifted directly signing ‘Jo'.

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Orwell (George) Animal Farm, first edition, original cloth, very thin strip of fading to edges, dust-jacket, without Searchli

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Lot 114

Orwell (George) Animal Farm, first edition, original cloth, very thin strip of fading to edges, dust-jacket, without Searchlight advertisement verso, 1.5" tear from upper edge, few other tears and nicks along extremities, corners and spine ends a little chipped, light scuffing along joints, [Fenwick A10a], 8vo, 1945.

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Middle East.- Doughty (Charles M.) Travels in Arabia Deserta, 2 vol., first edition, [one of 500 copies], 8 plates, some fold

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Middle East.- Doughty (Charles M.) Travels in Arabia Deserta, 2 vol., first edition, [one of 500 copies], 8 plates, some folding, numerous illustrations, folding colour map in pocket at end of vol.1, 32pp. publisher's catalogue, lacking half-titles, 20th century half morocco, very light fading to spine, corners a little bumped, t.e.g., 8vo, Cambridge, 1888.*** Classic work on the exploration of Arabia which contains so much information on the topography of the area that it was used as a text-book by the British army during the Arab Revolt. There are also detailed descriptions of the Bedouin tribes and their customs.

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Bible, Portuguese. Do Velho Testamento, vol.1 only (of 2), ie most of Old Testament, translated by Joao Ferreira d'Almeida, s

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Lot 69

Bible, Portuguese. Do Velho Testamento, vol.1 only (of 2), ie most of Old Testament, translated by Joao Ferreira d'Almeida, some lower margins trimmed close, occasionally slightly affecting signature or catchword, lacking initial and final blank, water-stain to upper corner, ink stamps to title and verso of final leaf, later burgundy morocco, gilt, g.e., 12mo, Batavia, por H. Mulder, 1748.*** The first edition of most of the Old Testament in Portuguese, the New Testament translated by Almeida having been printed in Amsterdam in 1681. Almeida's death in 1691 prevented him finishing his work on the OT, managing only as far as part of the Book of Ezekiel, but the work was to be completed by Jacobus op den Akker (end of Ezekiel, Daniel and Minor Prophets) and volume 2 was published in 1753, thus completing the 'Almeida Bible'Provenance: from the stock of the late Max Israël; Ets Haim library of Amsterdam (black ink stamp and purple withdrawn stamp).

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Adams (Douglas) The Hitch Hiker's Guide to the Galaxy, first hardback edition, original boards, dust-jacket, first state with

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Lot 103

Adams (Douglas) The Hitch Hiker's Guide to the Galaxy, first hardback edition, original boards, dust-jacket, first state with "Capricorn One" advertisement on rear panel, very light toning to rear panel, otherwise fine, 8vo, [1980].

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Steinbeck (John) The North American Review, vol.236, nos. 5 and 6 (November and December 1933) and vol.237 no.4 (April 1934),

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Lot 120

Steinbeck (John) The North American Review, vol.236, nos. 5 and 6 (November and December 1933) and vol.237 no.4 (April 1934), 3 vol. bound as one, author's own copy signed "John Steinbeck" and "J.E. Steinbeck" on title or upper covers of each vol., additionally stamped "This book belongs to Carol and John Steinbeck" to title of November 1933 issue, upper joint cracked, leaves a little toned with occasional finger-soiling marks, original brown paper-covered boards, pencil and watercolour of nude woman reading by Carol Steinbeck on upper cover, upper cover of first issue and lower cover of last issue used as pastedowns, light surface toning and marking, spine a little creased, spine ends a little chipped, [Goldstone & Payne C9, C10, C11], 8vo. *** Steinbeck’s own signed copy of his North American Review appearances, featuring “The Red Pony”. The three issues bound here each feature a Steinbeck story: "The Red Pony" (November 1933); “The Great Mountains” (December 1933); and "The Murder" (April 1934). When Steinbeck's agents published "The Red Pony" with The North American Review, the writer and his wife Carol were overjoyed with the meagre $90 royalty check.Steinbeck's nephew-in-law was David Heyler, a keen supporter of the author who began building a collection of Steinbeckiana over the years, to which the writer himself contributed. In various letters to Heyler, Steinbeck mentions some of his offerings to the collection: “today I packed up a bunch of junk and put it in a box...oddities and several manuscripts that have never been printed” (Steinbeck to Heyler, November 19, 1956).A number of books bearing the "Carol and John Steinbeck" ownership stamp made their way to Heyler's collection, including this copy, which was likely as part of the "incunabula" (March 13, 1953) or “bunch of junk” as mentioned in his letters. Provenance: The Mary Steinbeck Dekker Family Collection.

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South Sea Bubble.- Het Groote Tafereel der Dwaasheid, Vertoonende de opkomst, voortgang en ondergang der Actie, Bubbel en Win

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South Sea Bubble.- Het Groote Tafereel der Dwaasheid, Vertoonende de opkomst, voortgang en ondergang der Actie, Bubbel en Windnegotie ..., first edition, title in red and black, 71 engraved plates and maps (including map of Louisiana), of which 55 folding, 3 with tears and neat repairs verso, 5 with splits to foldlines, 5 with short tears, occasional marginal spotting, 2 ff. with tiny rust-holes affecting odd letter, pencil signature to early blank, bookplates, contemporary calf, gilt lozenge to centre of boards, gilt borders with crowns at inner corners, rubbed and mottled, neat old repairs to spine extremities, bumping to corners, [Goldsmith 5879; Kress 3217], folio, [Amsterdam], 1720 *** Bookplates of R. Kirk, Greenmont and Otto Orren Fisher. First edition of "The Great Mirror of Folly", made up of "various pieces in prose and verse which together with the prints, pertain to the speculative period in Holland coincident with the 'Mississippi bubble' in France." (Kress)

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Shakespeare (William) Measure for Measure, or Beauty the Best Advocate, [adapted by Charles Gildon], half-title with publishe

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Shakespeare (William) Measure for Measure, or Beauty the Best Advocate, [adapted by Charles Gildon], half-title with publisher's advertisements in double column verso, contemporary ink pen trials to half-title (some trimmed), lacking final f., title little chipped, closely trimmed at head, spotted and stained, lightly browned, 20th century burgundy ?textured buckram-backed brown marbled boards, spine gilt, covers with gilt Signet arms, rubbed, [Bartlett 182; Wing S2936], small 4to, Printed for D. Brown, at the Black Swan without Temple-Bar; and R. Parker, at the Unicorn Under the Royal-Exchange, 1700. *** This first edition of Charles Gildon's adaptation is the first separate edition of the play in any form. It is rare at auction, with only two appearances since 1980. 'Davenant first combined portions of Measure for Measure and Much Ado and called the play Law against Lovers. This appeared in 1673. Gildon took from this the portions which had been taken from Measure for Measure, altered them somewhat, [and] added four musical entertainments' (Bartlett). Includes the epilogue ‘Shakespeares Ghost’.

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Astronomy.- Pappiani (Alberto) Della Sfera Armillare e dell' Uso di essa nella Astronomia Nautica e Gnomonica, first edition,

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Lot 220

Astronomy.- Pappiani (Alberto) Della Sfera Armillare e dell' Uso di essa nella Astronomia Nautica e Gnomonica, first edition, enrgaved frontispiece, title in red and black with engraved vignette, 9 folding engraved plates at rear, small ink ownership inscription front endpaper in ?contemporary hand, some worming to gutter at both hinges, with small trails continuing through to frontispiece, title, following few leaves (partial loss of letters), and to blank inner margin of final plates, Dutch floral pastedowns, contemporary mottled calf, covers and spine richly gilt, scattered minute worm holes and minute leather repair to upper joint head, [Houzeau & Lancaster 9677], 4to, Florence, Andrea Bonducci, 1745.

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Rome.- Gardens.- Falda (Giovanni Battista) Li Giardini di Roma con le loro Piante Alzate e Vedute in Prospettiva, engraved th

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Rome.- Gardens.- Falda (Giovanni Battista) Li Giardini di Roma con le loro Piante Alzate e Vedute in Prospettiva, engraved throughout, title and 20 plates (numbered 1-21), with allegorical dedication leaf (often lacking) to Livio Odescalchi engraved by Arnold van Westerhout, 14 views by Falda and 5 by Simone Felice, all well-inked with little sign of wear within the plates, title with fleur-de-lys watermark, a few minor marks to title and neat repair to inner margin, plates 2-17 with small instance of worming to blank fore-edge margin very neatly repaired, some very light marginal damp-staining, overall very good, modern calf-backed boards, [Berlin Katalog 3492; Weinreb & Breman ltd, catalogue 23 Palaces and Villas of Italy, no.17], oblong folio, Roma, all'Insegna di Parigi, Gio. Giacomo de Rossi, [probably c.1700]*** Splendid set of views in bird's-eye and perspective of Roman palace gardens, several no longer extant, by influential engraver Giovanni Battista Falda (1643-1678). Although the plates were probably first issued in the 1670s, publication in this form is generally first dated to 1683, when Livio Odescalchi (dedicatee) was created Duca di Ceri, and the fleur-de-lys watermark associated with later impressions.

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Donaldson (Julia) The Gruffalo, first edition, illustrations by Axel Scheffler, 2 original drawings in black felt-tip of the

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Donaldson (Julia) The Gruffalo, first edition, illustrations by Axel Scheffler, 2 original drawings in black felt-tip of the Gruffalo and mouse, each signed and dated by the artist, loosely inserted, some pages creased with light finger-soiling marks, original pictorial boards, spine ends and corners bumped, repaired tear along lower joint, overall still a very crisp copy, 4to, 1999. *** A lovely copy of this exceedingly rare work in commerce, bolstered with 2 drawings from the artist. Together with a photograph of Scheffler drawing the illustrations at a signing.

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Horses.- Galiberto (Giovanni Battista di) II Cavallo da maneggio, first edition, engraved additional title, engraved device o

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Horses.- Galiberto (Giovanni Battista di) II Cavallo da maneggio, first edition, engraved additional title, engraved device on title verso, 55 engraved illustrations, double-page engraved plate, occasional light browning and some marginal foxing, bookplate of Sir William Stirling-Maxwell to front pastedown, 19th century morocco, vellum panels to covers, rubbed, a little soiled, g.e., [Nissen ZBI1470], small folio, Vienna, Per Giovan Giacomo Kyrneri, 1650. *** Rare first edition of this work dealing the training, care and treatment of horses.

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Churchill (Sir Winston Spencer) The Second World War, 6 vol., first editions, handsomely bound in modern dark blue half moroc

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Lot 102

Churchill (Sir Winston Spencer) The Second World War, 6 vol., first editions, handsomely bound in modern dark blue half morocco, spines gilt, 8vo, 1948-54.

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Steinbeck (John) The Grapes of Wrath, first edition, ownership inscriptions of several contemporary Okies on half-title, uppe

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Lot 123

Steinbeck (John) The Grapes of Wrath, first edition, ownership inscriptions of several contemporary Okies on half-title, upper hinge cracked, lacking preliminary leaves, half-title detached, a little foxed, edges spotted, original pictorial cloth, spine faded, 8vo, New York, 1939.*** The original owner of this copy, Max Berg, was an interior designer from Pennsylvania, who read the book eagerly on its first publication. Soon after, the Daily Worker printed an appeal from some migrant agricultural workers ('Oakies') asking for books to be donated for the local library in California. Max sent several books from his library as gifts, but specifically asked to have The Grapes of Wrath returned after reading. A 1990 newspaper article covering the story notes that “The seven members of the Walter Gore family who had settled in Salinas, Calif. from Oklahoma did indeed return the edition, but not before writing their thanks on the inside cover” (Times Chronicle, Jenkintown, PA, April 25, 1990). The names include Henry Gore, Bess Gore, Nancy Ann Foster, Evalyn Welch, Fred. L. Fried, Mrs. F.L, and lastly, P. McDaniel, with their accompanying dates of reading the work. Berg gifted the copy to Elaine Steinbeck in April of 1990 (letter dated April 10, included with the book), and Elaine passed it on to David Heyler: “Dear David / I want you to have in your collection this book I told you about. It has a lot of history. I have some more publicity about it mixed in with the Grapes file, and as soon as I come across it, I will send it on” (October 21, 1990) (see note to lot 120). A rare historical association copy. Provenance: The Mary Steinbeck Dekker Family Collection.

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Andreas Libavius' copy.- Plastic surgery.- Tagliacozzi (Gaspare) Cheirurgia nova...de narium, aurium, labiorumque defectu, fi

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Lot 225

Andreas Libavius' copy.- Plastic surgery.- Tagliacozzi (Gaspare) Cheirurgia nova...de narium, aurium, labiorumque defectu, first octavo edition, title printed in red and black and with woodcut printer's device, 22 full-page woodcuts of patients and surgical instruments, occasional early ink marginalia, foxing and staining, mostly lightly browned throughout, contemporary limp vellum, lacking ties, remains of labels to spine, upper cover with gilt library stamp at foot and upper corner chipped, soiled, [Durling 4312; G&M 5734 (1597 edition); Waller 9451; Wellcome I, 6211], 8vo, Frankfurt, Johannes Saur for Peter Kopf, 1598. *** Andreas Libavius' copy of the first octavo edition of the first modern work on plastic surgery. The German Libavius (c.1550-1616) was an alchemist, university professor, and physician. In 1597 he published Alchemia, a textbook that summarized all the discoveries alchemists had made to that point. With his ink ownership inscription to front pastedown.

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