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Coleridge (Samuel Taylor). Biographia Literaria; or, Biographical Sketches of My Literary Life and Opinions, 2 volumes, 1st e

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Lot 246

Coleridge (Samuel Taylor). Biographia Literaria; or, Biographical Sketches of My Literary Life and Opinions, 2 volumes, 1st edition, London: Rest Fenner, 1817, publishers advertisement to verso of final leaf of second volume, light spotting to first and last few leaves of each volume, bookplate of Henry Rowland Brandreth to front pastedown of each volume, contemporary half calf over plain boards, worn with losses to spines, 8vo QTY: (2)NOTE:Provenance: Lieutenant-Colonel Henry Rowland Brandreth (1794-1848), R. E., F.R.I.S; From the library of Alan Clutton-Brock (1904-1976), thence by descent.

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Dickens (Charles). A Tale of Two Cities, 1st edition, 1st issue, London: Chapman and Hall, 1859, 16 engraved plates (includin

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Lot 257

Dickens (Charles). A Tale of Two Cities, 1st edition, 1st issue, London: Chapman and Hall, 1859, 16 engraved plates (including additional title and frontispiece) by Hablot K. Browne, neat contemporary ink ownership inscription to front blank, contemporary green half calf gilt, some wear (with title label mostly lacking), 8voQTY: (1)NOTE:Eckel pp. 86-90; Sadleir 701; Wolff 1811.This copy has the three requisite first issue points, p. 213 mispaginated as 113, signature 'b' on 'List of Plates' leaf and 'affetcionately' on p. 134, line 12.

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Mason (William). The English Garden: A Poem, edited by W.Burgh, 1st collected edition, York: Printed by A. Ward, 1783, some l

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Lot 239

Mason (William). The English Garden: A Poem, edited by W.Burgh, 1st collected edition, York: Printed by A. Ward, 1783, some light damp-staining, front free endpaper with early signatures of C. Travell and F. E. Witts, armorial bookplate of Edward Francis Witts to upper pastedown, contemporary calf, gilt decorated spine with red morocco title label, 8vo, together with:Marguerite (Queen, consort of Henry II, King of Navarre). Les nouvelles de Marguerite, reine de Navarre, 3 volumes, Berne: la Nouvelle Société Typographique 1792, half-title to volumes 1 & 2, cancel title pages (re-issue of 1780-81 edition), 74 engraved plates (including frontispiece to first volume) and vignette illustrations, some light damp-stains and toning, armorial bookplate of Edward Francis Witts to upper pastedown, contemporary dark green calf with gilt and blind decoration, few joints split at foot, 8vo,Sterne (Laurence). The Life and Opinions of Tristram Shandy, Gentleman, 5 volumes, 3rd edition, London, 1769, engraved portrait frontispiece to volume 1, armorial bookplate of Edward Francis Witts to upper pastedowns, contemporary calf, gilt decorated spines with contrasting morocco labels to spines, 12mo,(Dodsley, Robert). The Oeconomy of Human Life, translated from an Indian manuscript, written by an ancient Bramin, London: E. Harding, 1798, stipple engraved vignette illustrations, without frontispiece, front blank with early annotation 'F. E. Witts. Presented to me by the Prince Hereditary of Saxe Gotha', upper pastedown with armorial of Edward Francis Witts, contemporary half calf, title label rubbed, 12mo, plus other 18th-19th century antiquarianQTY: (59)

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* English playing cards. Standard pattern type I, James Hardy, circa 1819, a complete deck of 52 stencil coloured woodblock p

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Lot 277

* English playing cards. Standard pattern type I, James Hardy, circa 1819, a complete deck of 52 stencil coloured woodblock playing cards (French suits), single figure courts, Garter type A4 ace of spades (die no.8, 2nd recut, with QVI), ace of clubs with Superfine stamp, very scarce minor spots, versos plain white, each card 93 x 65 mm, together with: Standard pattern type III, Hardy & Sons, circa 1828, a complete deck of 52 stencil coloured woodblock playing cards (French suits), single figure courts, Old Frizzle ace of spades, dusty and somewhat soiled, some marks, KC with two horizontal partial width creases, 9D slightly scratched, 9C with very small loss to top right corner (excised), versos pink with blue dotted wiggly lines, each card 93 x 64 mm, plus: Standard pattern type IIIa/HD1, Hardy & Sons, circa 1830, a complete deck of 52 stencil coloured woodblock playing cards (French suits), single figure courts, Old Frizzle ace of spades, some slight toning, very scarce minor marks, 5D with corner crease, versos plain pink, each card 94 x 64 mm, 16 cards from each deck mounted with photo corners onto 3 display boards, encapsulated in clear plastic (not examined out of board), the remainder in plastic bags, the boards 54.5 x 40 cmQTY: (3)NOTE:Provenance: Collection of Dudley Ollis.First item: Berry, Playing-Cards of the World, [431]; Berry, The Waddington Playing-Card Collection, [W211]; Fournier, British 55 (incorrectly dated).Second item: Berry, The Waddington Playing-Card Collection, [W212]; British Museum 1896,0501.961 (Schreiber, English 25).Third item: Berry, Playing-Cards of the World, [539].Here are examples of Hardy's early type I courts, the later type III courts, and Hardy's type III courts redrawn in his own style with staring eyes.

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Transformation Playing Cards Ephemera. Transformation of Cards. Metastasis, Designed by J. Dixon Esq. [so titled and identifi

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Lot 446

Transformation Playing Cards Ephemera. Transformation of Cards. Metastasis, Designed by J. Dixon Esq. [so titled and identified on upper cover], c. 1811, pamphlet of 6 leaves including wrappers, comprising tipped-on cover-title and four playing card designs in pen and ink and watercolour, the cover-title depicting a large black and white Ace of Spades title design with 22 smaller colour and monotone playing cards shown scattered around the larger card, artist’s signed inscription in the lower margin within outer black border, 146 x 118 mm, the 4 smaller pen and ink and watercolour transformation card designs tipped onto rectos of four interior leaves, each with neat ink humorous captions within the images, 63 x 92 mm and very similar, the third with an additional larger neat ink inscription on mount beneath, ‘A French Dinner’, contemporary stitched thick wove paper sheets and matching wrappers, 164 x 130 mmQTY: (1)NOTE:John Colley Nixon (1755-1818) was an artist and caricaturist, as well as being a successful London businessman and an amateur actor. His first pack of transformation cards was published in 1803 by H. Angelo, with S. & J. Fuller publishing a redesigned pack in 1811. These appear to be near-contemporary faithful copies of the original designs made by Nixon in 1803. The original for the cover-title design has not been identified but the credit to Nixon in the border suggests it too is a copy, the hand seemingly not Nixon’s. (For a similar title design for the 1811 Nixon-Fuller cards see Albert Field, Transformation Playing Cards, 1998).A rare piece of transformation playing cards ephemera. The four cards depicted have the following captions within the images: ‘Champanzee in the pantomime of Perouse’ [Ace of Hearts]; ‘Ah Child when I as at your age I never had occasion to go abroad for admirers. The young fellows used to give me as a Toast. “Fanny the Fair”, and prodigiously clever at all kinds of Work – that I was!’, ‘Ah, Mama, I have heard that so often’ [Two of Spades]; ‘Frogs What have I been swallowing Frogs’, ‘Green Owls why [‘Damme’ in the original] the’re nothing but Frogs’, ‘Ils sont les veritable Grenouille[s] Monsieur’ [Three of Diamonds]; ‘Well Mr Spriggs as soon as my Cousin Molly had baited the Mouse Trap - Why [‘Zounds’ in the original] Mr Spriggs your [sic] Asleep’ [Two of Hearts].

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* Jigsaw Puzzle. Cinderella, from coloured designs by W. Gunston, Aunt Louisa's London Toy Books, London: Frederick Warne, ci

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Lot 431

* Jigsaw Puzzle. Cinderella, from coloured designs by W. Gunston, Aunt Louisa's London Toy Books, London: Frederick Warne, circa 1870, chromolithograph on paper laid onto wood, double sided, depicting six different scenes from Cinderella, two pieces with broken prong (1 missing), some soiling and spotting to margins, some juvenile marks in pencil and crayon to margin of one side, overall size 72 x 27 cm, together with 10 leaf book with the same title, lacking back blue wrapper and 2 pages, first page pasted onto inner cover, crude repair to last leaf, all pages detached, presented together in original box with pictorial label pasted to lid, lid with repaired horizontal split, 28.5 x 25 x 5.5 cm QTY: (1)

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Moxon (Joseph or James). A collection of six Biblical Maps: Untitled double hemisphere map, one hemisphere being celestial, t

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Lot 118

Moxon (Joseph or James). A collection of six Biblical Maps: Untitled double hemisphere map, one hemisphere being celestial, the other terrestrial, Paradise or the Garden of Eden with the Countries circumjacent Inhabited by the Patriarchs, Israels Perigrination. or the Forty Years Travels of the Children of Israel..., Canaan or the Land of Promise..., Travels of St. Paul and other the Apostles [and] Jerusalem, circa 1695, six double-page engraved maps with contemporary outline colouring, each map laid on near-contemporary card and bound 'back-to-back', heavily water stained, some maps split in half along the central fold, three with old sellotape staining scars to the central fold, each approximately 320 x 470 mm, later paper wrappers with late 19th-century ownership signature and title to upper cover, wrappers frayed and worn with crude tape repairs to the spine, overall size 445 x 285 mm, together with Munster (Sebastien). Designatio civitatis Badensis Helveticae, una cum oppidulo ther[marum], Basel [1554 or later], uncoloured woodblock plan of Baden, laid on later card, upper right corner torn with loss to title and image, crudely repaired, 280 x 345 mm, framed and glazed QTY: (2)NOTE:The first map described: R. W. Shirley. The Mapping of the World, number 549.

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Powys (John Cowper). Lucifer, A Poem, with Wood-Engravings by Agnes Miller Parker, 1st edition, London: Macdonald, 1956, orig

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Lot 676

Powys (John Cowper). Lucifer, A Poem, with Wood-Engravings by Agnes Miller Parker, 1st edition, London: Macdonald, 1956, original morocco-backed cloth gilt, 8vo, (signed limited edition, 80/560 copies), together with Maiden Castle, 1st UK edition, London: Cassell, 1937, presentation inscription for Gertrude Mary Powys from E. Chaldon to front flyleaf, a little spotting and browning, original cloth in dust jacket, chipped and browned, 8vo, plus Weymouth Sands, reprint, London: Macdonald, 1963, presentation inscription for the author's sister Lucy from Alyne, November 1963, original cloth in frayed dust jacket, 8vo, plus Poems, 1st edition, London: William Rider & Son, 1899, ownership inscriptions of Mary C. Powys, March 1899 (pencil) and Gertrude M. Powys to front flyleaf, top edge gilt, remainder untrimmed, original gilt-decorated white boards, rubbed, spine browned, plus other books by John Cowper Powys including some first editions, several with Lucy and other Powys family inscriptions, mostly original cloth, some in dust jackets, generally rubbed and soiled, mostly 8voQTY: (46)NOTE:Provenance: The Powys Collection at Mappowder, Dorset.

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Maw (George). A MonographoftheGenusCrocus, 1st edition, London: Dulau and Co., 1886, half-title, double-page colour lithograp

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Lot 56

Maw (George). A MonographoftheGenusCrocus, 1st edition, London: Dulau and Co., 1886, half-title, double-page colour lithograph map, 81 hand-coloured lithograph plates (plate 17 was never published, faint blind stamp to plates), letterpress wood engraved vignette illustrations, toning and spotting mostly to first and last leaves, inscription to upper pastedown 'Presented to the Society by Mrs E. A. Walker, Spencer's Belle View, Bath, 1889', and with bookplates of the Bath Branch of the Selborne Society and Bath Public Reference Library, hinges repaired, top edge gilt, remainder untrimmed, original green cloth with bevelled edges to boards, rebacked preserving original spine (with library classification number in gilt), evidence of label adhesive at foot of upper board, some wear to extremities, large 4toQTY: (1)NOTE:Nissen 1316. Considered the finest work ever published on theGenusCrocus. GeorgeMaw was a polymath whose occupations included chemistry, geology, botany, archaeology, watercolour painting and gardening. He was a manufacturer of caustic and other tiles which were exported all over the world. Maw and Company also produced art pottery, employing well-known designers such as Walter Crane. Maw was an experienced plant hunter and accompanied Sir Joseph Dalton Hooker on a plant-hunting exhibition to Morocco and the Atlas Mountains in 1871. He became an expert on theCrocus and illustrated his monograph - the result of ten years toil - with his own watercolours, of which John Ruskin wrote that they were "most exquisite... and quite beyond criticism".

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* Brock (Charles Edmund, 1870-1938). 'Look here Babs ... ', 1901, pen and ink on card, depicting a young woman standing in a

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Lot 462

* Brock (Charles Edmund, 1870-1938). 'Look here Babs ... ', 1901, pen and ink on card, depicting a young woman standing in a greenhouse leaning over to arrange the curls of a young girl, signed and dated lower right, captioned beneath "'Look here, Babs,' she began, smoothing the mop of tangled hair", publisher's notes to lower margin, sheet size 34.5 x 25.7 cm, mounted (44.5 x 32.4 cm), together with a copy of the book for which the illustration was produced QTY: (2)NOTE:This illustration appears on p. 45 of The Youngest Girl in School by Evelyn Sharp, first published in 1901 by Macmillan.

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* English playing cards. William IV Coronation deck, Reynolds & Sons, 1831, the complete deck of 52 stencil coloured wood

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Lot 283

* English playing cards. William IV Coronation deck, Reynolds & Sons, 1831, the complete deck of 52 stencil coloured woodcut playing cards (French suits), the faces printed on unusual blue-grey paper, single figure type III courts, Old Frizzle ace of spades with maker's name, somewhat dusty and soiled, few minor marks, most edges lightly yellowed, queen of clubs with few black speckles near one eye (original printing ink?) and small pale circular mark at bottom of design, versos elaborate pattern in gold on a cream background, the design incorporating crowns, flags and sceptres, with the initial W at one end and A at the other, square corners, each card 92 x 64 mm, with (apparently) original two-part dark green leather box, 16 cards mounted with photo corners onto a display board, encapsulated in clear plastic (not examined out of board), the remainder with box in a plastic bag, the board 54.5 x 40 cmQTY: (1)NOTE:Provenance: Collection of Dudley Ollis.The only other example of this rare commemorative pack that we have found is on the Dondorf.co.uk website, on their webpage 'Featured English Makers'. The box accompanying the pack is listed by Dudley Ollis as Original green leather box.It is well known that Reynolds & Sons claimed their founder Joseph Reynolds had produced the first decorative back design, especially created for the coronation of William IV in 1831. This design, produced in gold on a colour (most often on white) has generally been identified as that later used in a more colourful variation for the Prince of Wales's wedding in 1863: a central oval shield, and the Prince of Wales's Feathers to each of the four corners. However, this is disputed, as William was not Prince of Wales therefore the design better fits a celebration of Albert Edward, created Prince of Wales shortly after his birth in 1841. We believe that the pack offered here is the original Reynolds Coronation deck. The Literary Gazette and Journal ... for the Year 1831 contains, on page 590, a description of Coronation Cards produced by Messrs. Reynolds, which describe this present pack exactly (a copy of the extract is included with this deck): The backs are like fine porcelain, with the letters W., A., surrounded with foliage, and crowns, flags, and other ornaments, printed in gold upon them.The extract ends with noting that they are ... too handsome for shuffling, cutting, and dealing. The initials W. and A. are for William and his wife Adelaide.

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Pope (Alexander, translator). The Iliad of Homer, 6 volumes, 1st folio edition, London: Printed by W. Bowyer, for Bernard Lin

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Lot 217

Pope (Alexander, translator). The Iliad of Homer, 6 volumes, 1st folio edition, London: Printed by W. Bowyer, for Bernard Lintott, 1715-20, engraved portrait frontispiece to first volume, list of subscribers, 5 engraved plates and maps (3 folding including folding map of Greece), without final blank in first volume, light worming to lower outer blank corners of initial half of leaves in volume 3, some toning and scattered spotting, armorial bookplate of Edward Francis Witts to upper pastedowns, contemporary mottled calf, each volume neatly rebacked preserving maroon morocco title labels, board corners worn, folioQTY: (6)NOTE:Rothschild 1573.

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Kipling (Rudyard). Collected Verse of Rudyard Kipling, Edition de Luxe, London: Hodder & Stoughton, 1912, some toning to

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Lot 766

Kipling (Rudyard). Collected Verse of Rudyard Kipling, Edition de Luxe, London: Hodder & Stoughton, 1912, some toning to endpapers, top edge gilt, original linen-backed boards, some spotting to covers, 4to, Edition de Luxe of 500, this copy unnumbered and inscribed 'Mr. A. S. Watt's Specially Bound Copy. Hodder & Stoughton.', together with Collected Verse of Rudyard Kipling, 1st US edition, New York: Doubleday, Page & Company, 1907, some ink corrections and annotations (possibly by A. P. Watt), top edge gilt, original red cloth gilt, spine a little faded and rubbed at ends, 8vo, plus Abaft the Funnel, 1st authorized US edition, New York: Doubleday, Page & Company, 1909, pencil annotations, owner signature of A. S. Watt, with a letter from publishers Macmillan to A. S. Watt, August 1939 thanking him for loaning the marked copy for their edition of the Sussex Edition of Kipling's works loosely inserted, original pictorial cloth, 8vo, with a quantity of others including In Black and White, London, [1890] bound with Under the Deodars, 2nd edition 1889, both in original wrappers (In Black and White upper wrapper detached), both bound in onr volume, The First Assault Upon the Sorbonne, New York, 1922 (limited edition of 50), A Letter from Rudyard Kipling on a Possible Source of the Tempest... privately printed, Providence, 1903, American Notes For General Circulation, by Charles Dickens, 3rd US edition, Harper & Brothers, 1842, and Collected Verse of Rudyard Kipling, illustrated by W. Heath Robinson, New York, 1910 QTY: (approximately 100)NOTE:From the library of A. P. Watt & A. S. Watt of A. P. Watt and Son, literary agent of Rudyard Kipling.

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Owen (John & Bowen Emanuel). Britannia Depicta or Ogilby Improv'd; being a Correct Coppy of Mr Ogilby's Actual Survey of

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Lot 36

Owen (John & Bowen Emanuel). Britannia Depicta or Ogilby Improv'd; being a Correct Coppy of Mr Ogilby's Actual Survey of all ye Direct & Principal Cross Roads in England & Wales..., London: Printed and sold by Thomas Bowles ... & Em. Bowen, 1720, engraved title, four pages of tables of roads, 273 uncoloured engraved strip road and county maps, printed back-to-back, pages 21/22 bound before pages 19/20, repaired closed tear and few ink markings to final leaf, endpapers renewed, contemporary blind panelled calf, modern reback, 8voQTY: (1)NOTE:Chubb CXLVII. The first, second and third editions are all dated 1720, but this example has the Em. Bowen imprint, indicative of the first edition.

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Jane (Fred T., editor). All the World's Air-Ships. (Flying Annual.) With a special chapter on "Ariel Engineering," by Charles

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Lot 355

Jane (Fred T., editor). All the World's Air-Ships. (Flying Annual.) With a special chapter on "Ariel Engineering," by Charles de Grave Sells, 1st annual issue, London: Sampson, Low, Marston & Co., 1909, 374 pp., numerous illustrations, light spotting to half-title and final leaf, original blue cloth, lettered in silver, spine a little rubbed, two very small splits to upper joint, oblong folio QTY: (1)NOTE:A bright copy of the first annual issue of Jane's Airships.

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Nesbit (Edith). Five Children and It, 1st edition, London: T. Fisher Unwin, 1902, forty six plates after woodcuts by H.R. Mil

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Lot 533

Nesbit (Edith). Five Children and It, 1st edition, London: T. Fisher Unwin, 1902, forty six plates after woodcuts by H.R. Millar, tissue guard to frontispiece, ownership inscription to front free endpaper (toned), minor abrasion to extreme edge of pages 143-158, all edges red, original red cloth with gilt decoration, together with three other first editions comprising: The Story of an Amulet, 1906, The Enchanted Castle, 1907, and The Story of The Treasure Seekers, 1899, all 8vo QTY: (4)

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* Piper (John, 1903-1992). Two Autograph Letters Signed, 'John Piper', Fawley Bottom Farmhouse, nr Henley-on-Thames, 9 Novemb

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Lot 693

* Piper (John, 1903-1992). Two Autograph Letters Signed, 'John Piper', Fawley Bottom Farmhouse, nr Henley-on-Thames, 9 November 1940 & Pentre, Bethesda, Bangor, 17 January 1946, both to William [Scudamore Mitchell], the first beginning, 'John brought your letter with him this week which we found v enjoyable, if much of the life it described sounded otherwise. I send a photo [not present here], of water-colour of Hamsey Ch[urch], in case it amuses you. "Plain Oak Seats: Art, but decent" I see I have noted in my sketchbook - but "I took the liberty of expunging them from the drawing" as Sidney Pitcher F.R.P.S. of Gloucester once said to me about the fir-trees at the Rollright Stones - introducing a singularly bare-looking photo... ', recounting how he visited Hamsey at the beginning of the war and saying that William is doing 'invaluable work on our hatchment heritage' and hoping Sir Harry and Sir Charles will remember him when they get into parliament, 'as advisors on Historical Monument Preservation to the New Era Government' , a little spotting and some creasing and one short tear to right margin, 2 pp., 8vo, the second letter beginning, 'It was an enormous pleasure - series of pleasures - to see you posted in the Times alive and well, as we did, then to hear you were home from John, now to hear from you in person. Your letter is fascinating and it will be even more fascinating when we meet again... ', saying that 'For our own part we have had fun and hell during the war but nearly all fun, and we have taken the first opportunity of escaping from our beam ends at Fawley Bottom to come to the frozen mountains of Cambria where we have taken this house (no modern conveniences whatever: hip bath in front of kitchen fire, the size of an occasional table) in order - ostensibly - for me to paint frozen mountains. It is far too cold of course to do that... ', telling William to take time to look at some churches before he goes to Austria and telling him not to go abroad for too long, 'The country needs you', a couple of minor spots, 3 pp. on 2 sheets of letterhead, 8voQTY: (2)NOTE:William Scudamore Mitchell (1912-1987), advertising manager at Shell prior to the Second World War. Mitchell worked with John Betjeman and John Piper on the Shell Guides series, and was himself the author of East Sussex, A Shell Guide (Faber & Faber, 1978). During the war, Mitchell was sent to Singapore where he was interned by the Japanese, as a prisoner-of-war on the Burma Railway. His account of the experience was published in 1996 as The Setting Sun, An Account of Life in Captivity under the Japanese. Mitchell later worked as advertising manager for the Egg Marketing Board until his retirement. He stayed at Fawley Bottom with John and Myfanwy Piper on numerous occasions, and owned several works by Piper.

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Milton (John). The Works of Mr. John Milton, [London]: 1697, title a little soiled and with some marginal water stains (conti

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Lot 216

Milton (John). The Works of Mr. John Milton, [London]: 1697, title a little soiled and with some marginal water stains (continuing to the next few leaves), title with restrengthening to margins of verso Cccc4 (blank) present at end, 20th century white cloth-backed boards,a little rubbed and marked, folio, together with Ovidius Naso (Publius). Ovid's Metamorphosis Englished, Mythologiz'd and Represented in Figures. An Essay to the Translation of Virgil's Aeneis, by G.S. [George Sandys], Oxford: John Lichfield, 1632, additional engraved title by Salomon Savery after Francis Clein (one plate placed at the beginning of each book of the Metamorphosis), plate to the first book with paper repair to verso (without loss), C2 and C3 transposed (pages 19/20 and 21/22, trimmed to image and laid down on 20th-century paper), full-page engraved portrait of Ovid, and 15 full-page engraved plates by Savery after Clein, title with some losses, and somewhat crudely restored with blank paper to margins recto and further portions verso, occasional marks and minor soiling, final two leaves soiled and lightly spotted, final leaf with several creases, modern white cloth-backed patterned boards (endpapers renewed), rubbed and some marks, folio QTY: (2)NOTE:Provenance: From the library Alan Clutton-Brock (1904-1976), thence by descent.STC18966; Sabin 76458 (Ovid).The 2nd edition of Sandys' translation, but the first to include the engravings, as well as the translation of Virgil at the end. George Sandys (1578-1644) published his translation of the first five books of Ovid's Metamorphoses in 1621, without illustrations, shortly after which he left for Virginia, having been appointed treasurer for the English colonists recently established in Virginia, by his brother Sir Edwin Sandys and the Earl of Southampton. Sandys sailed in July 1621, reaching Jamestown in October. The Virginia Company was dissolved in 1624, and Sandys returned to England the following year. Sandy's full translation of all 15 books first appeared in 1626. The present work is the author's heavily revised edition, with numerous added notes, the elegant full-page copper engraved plates, as well as his translation of the first book of Virgil's Aeneis.

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Doyle (Arthur Conan). The Edge of the Unknown, 1st edition, London: John Murray, 1930, some light spotting, original blue clo

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Lot 719

Doyle (Arthur Conan). The Edge of the Unknown, 1st edition, London: John Murray, 1930, some light spotting, original blue cloth gilt, spine a little darkened and rubbed at foot, gilt lettering dulled, 8vo, together with 2 others by the author: Songs of Action, 1st edition, 1898, and Through the Magic Door, Nelson 1/6 Novels series, [1918]QTY: (3)NOTE:Green & Gibson B47 for first work. Presentation copy, inscribed to title: 'Mr A. Scott from A. Conan Doyle, with thanks for kind help in this last article p. 314'.

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Lang (Andrew). Fairy Books, 12 volumes, various editions, London: Longmans, Green and Co., 1890-1919, colour frontispieces to

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Lot 522

Lang (Andrew). Fairy Books, 12 volumes, various editions, London: Longmans, Green and Co., 1890-1919, colour frontispieces to some volumes, black and white illustrations throughout (some full-page), some hinges cracked, original pictorial cloth gilt, rubbed, a few backstrips faded, 8voQTY: (12)NOTE:The Lilac, Olive, Brown, Green, Pink, Grey Fairy Books are first editions. The remaining volumes are reprints.

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Dahl (Roald). The Gremlins, from the Walt Disney production, 1st edition, New York: Random House, 1943, full-page colour illu

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Lot 638

Dahl (Roald). The Gremlins, from the Walt Disney production, 1st edition, New York: Random House, 1943, full-page colour illustrations, smaller black and white illustrations to text, ownership ink stamps to half-title, original cloth-backed pictorial boards, lightly rubbed, 4to, together with:Dirty Beasts, 1st US edition, New York: Farrar Straus Giroux, 1983, illustrations by Rosemary Fawcett, original burgundy cloth gilt, dust jacket, 4to, withRevolting Rhymes, 1st US edition, New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1983, illustrations by Quentin Blake, original green pictorial boards, dust jacket, extremities lightly rubbed, 4to, with a first UK edition of The Giraffe and the Pelly and Me and another US first edition of Dirty BeastsQTY: (5)

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Busch (Wilhelm). Max and Moritz A Story in Seven Tricks, 1st English edition, Munich: Braun & Schneider, London: A. N. My

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Lot 404

Busch (Wilhelm). Max and Moritz A Story in Seven Tricks, 1st English edition, Munich: Braun & Schneider, London: A. N. Myers & Co, [1874], hand-coloured illustrations throughout, printed to rectos only, decorative endpapers, ownership label to rear pastedown, original brown cloth, decorated in gilt, black, and blind, a few small marks, extremities slightly rubbed, 8voQTY: (1)NOTE:First published in Germany in 1865.

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* Mary Casey Archive. A large collection of letters from and to Mary Casey (née Penny), 1915-1980, daughter of Lucy Amelia Penny (née Powys), 1890-1986, and her husband Gerard Casey, comprising over 1100 letters sent from Lucy Amelia Penny to her daughter Mary Casey between 1922 and 1978, over 1100 letters and postcards from Mary Casey to her mother from 1926 to 1977, mostly with envelopes, the letters of Mary Casey to her husband Gerard and vice versa, 1945-1978, letters from members of the Powys family to Mary Casey, letters from Mary to members of the Powys family and various other Mary Casey letters, plus letters from various members of the Powys family to Gerard Casey and other Gerard Casey letters, organised and arranged in 12 shoe boxes, plus the original manuscript of Mary Casey's novel The Kingfisher's Wing, plus related printed matter and proofs, contained in 2 archive boxes and including a first edition of the book (1987)QTY: (12 shoe boxes & 2 box files)NOTE:Provenance: The Powys Collection at Mappowder, Dorset.

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Duchamp (Marcel). The Bride Stripped Bare by Her Bachelors, Even, a typographic version by Richard Hamilton of Marcel Duchamp

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Lot 317

Duchamp (Marcel). The Bride Stripped Bare by Her Bachelors, Even, a typographic version by Richard Hamilton of Marcel Duchamp's Green Box, translated by George Heard Hamilton, 1st English edition, London; Lund Humphries & Co., [1960], facsimile signature printed in blue of Marcel Duchamp to final leaf (before the Appendices), and with autograph presentation inscription from Richard Hamilton to Lawrence Gowing to front endpaper 'I'd never have made this if you hadn't persuaded me to work with you in Newcastle, Love Richard', monochrome plates and illustrations, a few small pale spots to fore-edges, original green boards, lightly toned to spine and outer edges, 8vo, together with Hamilton (Richard). Collected Words, 1953-1982, 1st edition, London: Thames & Hudson, 1982, colour and monochrome illustrations, original cloth in dustwrapper, square 8vo, with a typed letter signed form Mary Castle of Thames & Hudson to Sir Lawrence Gowing dated 25 October 1982, stating that Hamilton had told that Gowing would like a copy of the book for review, loosely inserted, as well as a promotional postcard for the exhibition of Hamilton's Recent Prints at Waddington Graphics, 27 October-20 November 1982QTY: (2)NOTE:First edition of the English translation and typographic interpretation of Duchamp's Green Box, a collection of documents charting the development and function of his famous work The Large Glass (1915-1923), famously 'definitively unfinished'.Richard Hamilton taught at the University of Newcastle alongside Lawrence Gowing, from 1953 to 1965.

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* Eliot (Thomas Stearns, 1888-1965). Two Typed Letters Signed, ‘T. S. Eliot’, Faber & Gwyer and Faber, London, 6 February

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Lot 725

* Eliot (Thomas Stearns, 1888-1965). Two Typed Letters Signed, ‘T. S. Eliot’, Faber & Gwyer and Faber, London, 6 February 1929 and 7 December 1944, the first a brief letter to Miss Phare [later Mrs Duncan-Jones], expressing his honour for her renewed invitation but regretting he is unable to accept, ‘I am afraid that I should be ill advised to make any arrangements at Cambridge of Oxford for another two terms. I wish I could do so but I am gradually coming to learn my limitations’, and sending best wishes for her Society, 1 page on publisher’s letterhead, 4to; the second to Austin E. Duncan-Jones, ‘… I think that I met your wife in Cambridge a number of years ago…’, and saying that he know her work, and knows his father and who Austin is, then proceeding to give his thoughts about Duncan-Jones’s proposal for a new education journal, ‘… What you have in mind is rally a technical educational journal, though I should imagine it might overlap in a slight extent with “Scrutiny”, and I really don’t feel that any observations of mine could have much value. I feel sure, however, that there ought to be a place for a magazine devoted to the serious problems of higher education…’, then referring to the Times Educational Supplement, encouraging him to continue to explore the possibilities but saying that ‘it is very unlikely that Faber and Faber will want to undertake any periodicals after the war’, referring to their own experience with Nursing Mirror and Criterion but saying that besides the difficulty in knowing what the conditions will be after the war, in their experience magazines are generally ‘better handled by separate organisations’, and concluding that he would be happy to meet and talk it over if he still thinks he can make a useful contribution, one word corrected in ink in Eliot’s hand, 2 pages on letterhead, 4toQTY: (2)NOTE:Austin Ernest Duncan-Jones (1908-1967) was a British philosopher. He was Professor of Philosophy at the University of Birmingham from 1951 until his death. He was the founding editor of Analysis, president of the Mind Association in 1952 and president of the Aristotelian Society for 1960-61. In 1933, Duncan-Jones married the literary scholar and playwright Elsie Elizabeth Phare. She had attended Newnham College, Cambridge, where she was president of the college's undergraduate literary society. Among her society’s notable guest speakers was Virginia Woolf – see below.

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James (M. R.) Ghost-Stories of an Antiquary, 1st edition, 2nd impression, London: Edward Arnold, 1905, 4 monochrome illustrat

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Lot 749

James (M. R.) Ghost-Stories of an Antiquary, 1st edition, 2nd impression, London: Edward Arnold, 1905, 4 monochrome illustrations by James McBryde, small marginal chip from opening to p. 131, a few minor spots, endpapers a little toned, previous owner inscription to front endpaper, original buckram, a few light spots to spine, 8vo, together with More Stories of an Antiquary, 1st edition, London: Edward Arnold, 1911, advertisement leaf at rear, some minor spotting, endpapers renewed, bookplate of George Rylands (1902-1999, literary scholar and theatre director), original cloth, spine a little rubbed with some fading, small split to lower joint, 8vo QTY: (2)NOTE:The author's first two books.

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Austen (Jane). The Novels of Jane Austen, Winchester Edition, 12 volumes, mixed editions, Edinburgh: John Grant, 1911-12, mon

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Lot 343

Austen (Jane). The Novels of Jane Austen, Winchester Edition, 12 volumes, mixed editions, Edinburgh: John Grant, 1911-12, monochrome portrait frontispiece to first volume, top edges gilt, remainder untrimmed, original green cloth gilt, slight rodent damage to head of spine and upper board of volume 6 and to foot of boards of volume 10, 8voQTY: (12)NOTE:Volumes 1-10 are first Winchester editions. Volumes 11 and 12 are new and revised editions.

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[Whitelocke, Bulstrode]. Memorials of the English Affairs: or, an Historical Account of what passed from the beginning of the

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Lot 214

[Whitelocke, Bulstrode]. Memorials of the English Affairs: or, an Historical Account of what passed from the beginning of the Reign of King Charles the First, to King Charles the Second His Happy Restauration. Containing the Publick Transactions, Civil and Military. Together with the Private Consultations and Secrets of the Cabinet, London: Nathaniel Ponder, 1682, damp-stain to title, some toning, 19th-century half calf, maroon morocco title label to spine, split at foot of upper joint, extremities rubbed, folio, together with:Taylor (Jeremy). Eniautos. A course of Sermons for all the Sundays of the year ... With a supplement of ten Sermons preached since His Majesties Restauration..., 3rd edition, London: Printed by E. Tyler for R. Royston, 1668, engraved portrait frontispiece inscribed to verso 'James Luccock, Diss, Norfolk, 1819', general title in red and black, manuscript annotation to final dedication leaf, occasional toning and few marks, 19th-century blind panelled calf, joints cracked and covers rubbed, folioQTY: (2)NOTE:Wing W1986 and T331.

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Harris (J., publisher). Some of the Trades and Customs of France, Portrayed, London: J. Harris, Corner of St. Pauls Church Yd

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Lot 408

Harris (J., publisher). Some of the Trades and Customs of France, Portrayed, London: J. Harris, Corner of St. Pauls Church Yd., 1818, engraved title-page and 15 captioned engraved plates comprising: Barley Water to Sell; The Beggar; The Pastry Seller; The Water Carriers; The Linen Merchant; The Conjuror; The Paviors; The Farrier; The Brass Worker; Bellow and Umbrellas to sell; The Wool Carders; The Melon Merchant; The Plum Seller; The Apple Seller; The Flower Sellers, some foxing and marks, final leaf stained, 2 leaves with minor loss to upper blank corner at gutter, original pictorial wrappers repeating the title-page and final plate on front and rear respectively, rubbed and marked, closed diagonal tear to front wrapper (paper tape repair to verso), 11.9 x 8.9 cm, together withDarton (Harvey, & Darton, publishers). Mama's Pictures, or The History of Fanny and Mary, [by Charlotte Ann Broome], 2nd edition, London: Darton, Harvey, & Darton, No. 55, Gracechurch-Street, 1814, copper engraved frontispiece and 13 other engraved plates, early juvenile hand-colouring to each, second plate with top half torn away, publisher's advertisement leaf at rear, toned, some foxing and marks, corners curled, a few plates with minor insect damage to blank margins, presentation inscription to front pastedown dated April 1817, original printed wrappers, soiled, spine rubbed with some loss, 12.8 x 10.8 cm, plus The History and Adventures of Little Henry, 7th edition, London: S. and J. Fuller, 1811, lacking the head, 3 figures, and 3 hats, original printed slipcase (6th edition), split at 2 seams, and [Signor Topsy-Turvy's Wonderful Magic Lantern; or, the World turned upside down, London: Tabart and Co, 1810], lacking title-page, first plate excised, 16moQTY: (4)NOTE:Provenance: The Estcourt family of Estcourt House, near Tetbury, Gloucestershire.Moon 816. Osborne p.737.Moon locates two copies of Some of the Trades and Customs of France, describing the illustrations as "of a rare delicacy and perfection...one of the most charming picture books of its period".

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Pointon (Priscilla). Poems on Several Occasions, 1st edition, Birmingham: Printed for the author by T. Warren, 1770, half-tit

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Lot 232

Pointon (Priscilla). Poems on Several Occasions, 1st edition, Birmingham: Printed for the author by T. Warren, 1770, half-title, LXII, [1], 108pp., single-leaf insert paginated *80-82 present (the pagination and register continuous), early ownership signature of J. H. Whitmore to head of half-title, list of subscribers, contemporary red half morocco over marbled boards, rubbed and some marks, 8vo, together with:The Polite Academy, or School of Behaviour for Young Gentlemen and Ladies. Intended as a Foundation for Good Manners and polite Address, in Masters and Misses..., [2nd edition], London: Printed for R. Baldwin and B. Collins, 1762, 36 xxxvi, 108pp., lacks engraved frontispiece, 11 engraved plates, all with contemporary (possibly juvenile) hand-colouring, title with loss to lower portion of fore-margin, affecting some words, several short closed tears and marks elsewhere, contemporary Dutch boards, rubbed and some wear, 12mo, plus six others various: [Thomas Sherlock], A. Letter from the Lord Bishop of London, to the Clergy and People of London and Westminster; on occasion of the late Earthquakes, London: printed for John Whiston, 1750 (ESTC T180219), Bernardin de Saint Pierre, The Indian Cottage. Translated from the French of Monsieur De St. Pierre, Author of Etudes de la Nature, Paul et Virginie, London: Printed for John Bew, 1791 (ESTC T114946, John Warden, A Collection from the Spectator, Tatler Guardian, Mr Pope, Mr Dryden, from Mr Rollin's Method of Teaching and Studying the Belles Lettres, and his Universal History. For the benefit of English Schools, Newcastle-upon-Tyne: Printed for John Warden, Teacher of English, 1752 (first published in Edinburgh in 1737), and three 18th century almanacs (The Ladies Diary: or, Woman's Almanac, for the year of our Lord 1773, The Ladies Diary: or, Woman's Almanac, for the year of our Lord 1778, and The Gentlemans Diary, or the Mathematical Repository; an almanac for the year of our Lord 1776), all 8vo QTY: (7)NOTE:Provenance: From the library of Alan Clutton-Brock (1904-1976), thence by descent.ESTC T125991 (eighteen copies).Lichfield poet Priscilla Pointon (circa1740-1801) went blind 'in her thirteenth year' (preface, p. vi) yet secured some 1,500 subscribers, including a number of aristocrats, for her first book of verse (she published her second in 1784, by which time she was Mrs Pickering). ESTC records 18 copies world-wide for Pointon's work (most of the UK copies being distributed between Birmingham libraries and Oxford).Polite Academy: ESTC T141024. First published in 1758; one of the rarest 18th-century books for children.

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Alexander (William). The History of Women, from the earliest antiquity, to the present time; giving some account of almost ev

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Lot 236

Alexander (William). The History of Women, from the earliest antiquity, to the present time; giving some account of almost every interesting particular concerning that sex, among all nations, ancient and modern, 2 volumes, 1st edition, London: W. Strahan and T. Cadell, 1779, contemporary speckled calf, red morocco title label to spines, joints splitting and spines cracked, extremities worn, 4to, together with:Howard (Isabella, Countess of). Thoughts in the form of Maxims addressed to Young Ladies, on their first establishment in the World, 1st edition, London: T. Cornell, 1789, half-title discarded, advertisement leaf and errata leaf present, title with early signature E. L. Sanford to upper blank margin, contemporary half sheep, rubbed, small 8vo,Del la Casa (Giovanni). Galateo: or, A Treatise on Politeness and Delicacy of Manners. Addressed to a Young Nobleman from the Italian of Giovanni de la Casa, London: J. Dodsley, 1774, browning to margins of title and final leaves, endpapers renewed, contemporary sheep, rebacked, 16mo in 8s, plus Brown (John). Essays on the Characteristics, London: C. Davis, 1751, title in red and black with engraved vignette, light dust-soiling and occasional spotting, contemporary calf, lacking title label to spine, joints split and some wear, 8voQTY: (5)

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Haggard (H. Rider). Dawn, 3 volumes, 1st edition, London: Hurst and Blackett, 1884, half-titles and publisher's advertisement

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Lot 562

Haggard (H. Rider). Dawn, 3 volumes, 1st edition, London: Hurst and Blackett, 1884, half-titles and publisher's advertisements discarded, occasional light spotting, endpapers renewed, 20th-century half calf gilt, red morocco spine label, 8voQTY: (3)NOTE:Sadleir 1085; Whatmore F1; Wolff 2851.Haggard's first novel, scarce in first edition. One of 500 copies.

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Paine (Thomas). Letter Addressed to the Addressers on the Late Proclamation. By Thomas Paine, Secretary For Foreign Affairs T

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Lot 242

Paine (Thomas). Letter Addressed to the Addressers on the Late Proclamation. By Thomas Paine, Secretary For Foreign Affairs To Congress In The American War..., London: H. D. Symonds, 1792, 40 pp., some spotting, 20th-century brown half morocco, title in gilt to spine, 12mo, (ESTC T143008, Goldsmiths'-Kress no. 15483), together with:Paine (Thomas). The Case Of The Officers Of Excise; With Remarks On The Qualifications Of Officers; And On The Numerous Evils Arising To The Revenue, From The Insufficiency Of The Present Salary: Humbly Addressed To The Hon. And Right Hon. The Members Of Both Houses Of Parliament, circa 1772, 22 pp., some toning and spotting, 20th-century brown half morocco, title in gilt to spine, 12moQTY: (2)NOTE:The first work is the scarce 1792 edition of Paine’s passionate pamphlet and one of the earliest printings of his work, often referred to as the third part of The Rights of Man.

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Yeats (William Butler). The Secret Rose, with Illustrations by J. B. Yeats, 1st edition, London: Lawrence & Bullen, 1897,

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Lot 835

Yeats (William Butler). The Secret Rose, with Illustrations by J. B. Yeats, 1st edition, London: Lawrence & Bullen, 1897, monochrome frontispiece and six plates (complete), after Jack B. Yeats, early ownership signature on Trurow to front endpaper, maroon bookplate of Sir Hugh Walpole, Brackenburn to front pastedown, edges untrimmed, original gilt decorated dark blue cloth, lightly rubbed to spine (generally in good condition), 8voQTY: (1)NOTE:Provenance: Sir Hugh Walpole (1884-1941), Brackenburn, Cumbria. Walpole purchased Brackenburn overlooking Derwent Water in Cumbria in 1923 and lived there until his death. he enlarged the house and converted the upper storey of the nearby garage to a library and study, which eventually housed his art collection, as well as his 30,000 books.Wade 21. First issue state with 'Lawrence & Bullen' in gilt to spine.

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Read (Herbert, introduction). Henry Moore Sculpture and Drawings, 1921-1948, 1949-1954, & 1955-64, 3 volumes, London: Lun

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Lot 336

Read (Herbert, introduction). Henry Moore Sculpture and Drawings, 1921-1948, 1949-1954, & 1955-64, 3 volumes, London: Lund Humphries/Zwemmer, 1957-65, monochrome plates, original cloth, second and third volumes in dustwrappers, 4to, together with Ben Nicholson, work since 1947, volume 2, with an introduction by Herbert Read, 1st edition, London: Lund Humphries, 1956, colour and monochrome illustrations, original cloth-backed pictorial boards, 4to, plus Lewis (Wyndham). Wyndham Lewis the Artist form 'Blast' to Burlington House, 1st edition, London: Laidlaw & Laidlaw, 1939, original green cloth gilt, 8vo, and others on 20th-century British art and artists including Lillian Browse, Sickert, 1st edition, 1960, Margot Eates, Paul Nash The Master of the Image 1889-1946, 1st edition, John Murray, 1973, Andrew Causey, Paul Nash, 1st edition, Oxford University Press, 1980, Michel Leiris, Francis Bacon, Full Face and in Profile, Phaidon, 1983, John Rothenstein & Ronald Alley, Francis Bacon, 1st edition, Tames & Hudson, 1964, Richard Cork, Art Beyond the Gallery in early 20th century England, Yale University Press, 1985, and Vorticism and Abstract Art in the First Machine Age, volume I only, 1976, etc., mostly original cloth, but including some paperbound editions many in dustwrappers, 4to/8voQTY: (6 shelves)

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Darwin (Charles). The Descent of Man, and Selection in Relation to Sex, 2 volumes, 1st US edition, New York: D. Appleton and

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Lot 48

Darwin (Charles). The Descent of Man, and Selection in Relation to Sex, 2 volumes, 1st US edition, New York: D. Appleton and Company, 1871, 4 pp. advertisements tipped-in at front of volume I, wood-engraved illustrations, advertisements bound at rear including trimmed and mounted printed 2 pp. piece titles 'The New Scriptures According to Tyndall and Others' bound at end of volume II, one or two light spots, small bookseller blindstamp to front endpapers, original russet cloth stamped in black, some mottled fading and stains, spine ends a little rubbed, 8voQTY: (2)NOTE:Freeman 941. 'The word 'evolution' occurs for the first time in any of Darwin's works, on page 2 of the first volume of the first edition, that is to say before its appearance in the sixth edition, of The origin of species in the following year.' (Freeman).

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Potter (Beatrix). The Tale of The Flopsy Bunnies, 1st edition, London: Frederick Warne and Co, 1909, twenty-seven coloured il

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Lot 540

Potter (Beatrix). The Tale of The Flopsy Bunnies, 1st edition, London: Frederick Warne and Co, 1909, twenty-seven coloured illustrations, with notice board on page 14, decorative pictorial endpapers, original dark green cloth, upper cover lettered in white with inset coloured illustrated panel, spine faded, 16mo, together with a duplicate copy, lacking frontispiece, plusThe Tale of Timmy Tiptoes, 1st edition, London: Frederick Warne and Co, 1911, coloured illustrations throughout, decorative pictorial endpapers, previous ownership inscription to front free endpaper, original dark green cloth, upper cover lettered in white with inset coloured illustrated panel, 16mo, plus The Tale of Little Pig Robinson, reprint 1930, colour frontispiece, plain title vignette, 5 colour plates and numerous plain illustrations in text, minor spotting, original pictorial cloth, spine slightly faded, first issue dust jacket (price-clipped) with a dot between the "L" and "E" of "TALE" on the spine, mounted colour illustration, two small creases, one with minor loss, small 4to, and approximately 6 first editions, 46 early editions, all defective, 16 moQTY: (1 box)

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Cousin (Louis, translator). Histoire de Constantinople depuis le règne de l'Ancien Justin, jusqu'a la fin de l'Empire, Tradui

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Lot 10

Cousin (Louis, translator). Histoire de Constantinople depuis le règne de l'Ancien Justin, jusqu'a la fin de l'Empire, Traduite sur les originaux Grecs par Mr Cousin, President en la Cour des Monnoies, 8 volumes bound in 6, 2nd edition, Paris: Damien Foucault, 1685, engraved additional title to volume I, titles with woodcut devices, engraved head and tail pieces, occasional minor toning, contemporary vellum, volume numbers in manuscript to spines, some light dust-soiling and small stains, 8voQTY: (8)NOTE:Atabey 295. The second edition, first published in Paris in 1672-74, an abridged edition of the Corpus Byzantinae Historiae.

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Charteris (Leslie). The Saint vs. Scotland Yard, reprint, New York: Doubleday & Company, 1953, signed presentation inscri

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Lot 701

Charteris (Leslie). The Saint vs. Scotland Yard, reprint, New York: Doubleday & Company, 1953, signed presentation inscription from the author in ballpoint pen to front free endpaper, inscribed for Arthur Knight and dated at Santa Barbara, 8 June 1956, adjacent to the author's stick-man drawing of 'The Saint', original cloth in dust jacket, a little rubbed and soiled, creasing at head of lower panel and short small split at head of lower joint, 8vo, together with:Coxe (George Harmon), Alias the Dead, 1st edition, New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1943, signed presentation inscription in blue ink to front free endpaper, dated at Old Lyme, 13 January 1943, 'For Sinden - number 13 on the shelf - with all good wishes, George', original cloth in unclipped dust jacket, a little toned and small tear with loss to upper outer corner of lower flap, 8vo, plusReilly (Helen), Death Demands an Audience. An Inspector McKee Story, 1st edition, New York: Doubleday, Doran & Co., 1940, author's signed presentation inscription in blue ink to front free endpaper, 'To my adorable baby C. who must remain anonymous, with all my love, Helen Reilly', endpapers toned, original cloth in frayed dust jacket, 8vo, plusSimenon (Georges), Maigret and the Toy Village, reprint, New York: Harcourt Brace Jovanovich, 1979, author's signed presentation inscription in blue ink to front free endpaper, inscribed in English to Gil Moody and dated 1986, original cloth in dust jacket, plus other mostly crime fiction first editions and hardbacks including books signed by Rex Stout, Helen MacInnes, Ellis Peters and Peter Dickinson, all in dust jackets, varied condition, 8voQTY: (12)

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London. Homann (Johann Baptist, Heirs of), Regionis quae est circa Londinum specialis repraesentatio Geographica..., Ausfuhrl

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Lot 108

London. Homann (Johann Baptist, Heirs of), Regionis quae est circa Londinum specialis repraesentatio Geographica..., Ausfuhrliche Geographische Vorstellung der Gegend um London...., published Nuremberg, 1742, engraved map of the environs of London with contemporary hand-colouring, below the map is an uncoloured engraved panorama of the city, old adhesion scaring to the verso, left-hand vertical margin strengthened on verso, 510 x 575 mm, together with Russell (J.). London Extending from the Head of the Paddington Canal West to the West India Docks East..., J. Stratford, October 6th 1806, engraved map with contemporary outline colouring, table of reference below the map, old folds, some creasing and dust soiling, slight staining, long repaired closed tears, laid on later cotton, 320 x 555 mm, with Wallis (J.). Wallis's Plan of the Cities of London and Westminster, Jany. 16th. 1797, engraved map with contemporary outline colouring, sectionalised and laid on linen, dust-soiled and a little toned overall, small holes where old folds cross, short splits along old folds, 425 x 865 mm, plus Mogg (Edward). London in Miniature with the Surrounding Villages. Entire New Plan..., January 1st. 1827, engraved map with contemporary outline colouring, sectionalised and laid on linen, some staining, re-backed with later cotton, folds strengthened on verso, slight wear and loss to the printed image where old folds cross, later endpapers with facsimile title page and advertisement, 520 x 930 mm. and Bacon (G. W. publisher). Bacon's Map of Central London, circa 1900, folding colour lithographic map, laid on linen, 730 x 980 mm, bound with a 24-page index, publisher's decorative cloth boards, spine and part of upper cover faded QTY: (5)NOTE:The first described item. James Howgego. The Printed Maps of London, number 88. The second, number 240, is the first and only state. The third map, number 214, first state, and the fourth, number 237, state 16.

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Seale (Robert F.) The Geognosy of the Island St. Helena, Illustrated in a Series of Views, Plans and Sections; Accompanied wi

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Lot 20

Seale (Robert F.) The Geognosy of the Island St. Helena, Illustrated in a Series of Views, Plans and Sections; Accompanied with explanatory remarks and observations, 1st edition, London: Ackermann and Co., 1834, 11 hand-coloured lithograph plates, 8 lithograph mounted vignettes, most hand-coloured, contents detached, some offsetting, waterstain and light spotting to first plate and to a few other plates and leaves, light dust-soiling and small marginal tears to dedication, original half morocco over boards, lacking spine, covers detached, some wear, oblong folio, 36.5 x 53.5 cm QTY: (1)NOTE:Provenance: From the library of Alan Clutton-Brock (1904-1976), thence by descent.Presentation copy, inscribed to head of title: 'Capt. Brandreth, with the author's complts. 25 Decr. 1834'. Provenance: from the library of Alan Clutton-Brock (1904-1976), Times art critic and essayist.Abbey Travel 317: 'One hundred and four copies were subscribed, including forty to the East India Company'.'Seale appears to have been a scientific geologist, and in a set of engravings published in 1834 he provides a scholarly essay on the geology of St. Helena as well as drawings detailing its relief and geological structures. These include annotated, schematic illustrations of geological strata. There are also striking drawings of the huge trachyte columns (the Asses Ears, Lot and Lot's Wife) which are the erosion resistant remains of old volcanoes. While these works provide considerable technical detail they also seem strongly influenced by romanticism - awe-inspiring structures in almost alien landscapes.' (The National Archives).

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Powys (Theodore Francis, 1873-1953). The Soliloquy of a Hermit, 1st edition, New York: G Arnold Shaw, 1916, portrait frontisp

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Lot 679

Powys (Theodore Francis, 1873-1953). The Soliloquy of a Hermit, 1st edition, New York: G Arnold Shaw, 1916, portrait frontispiece (detached), author's signed presentation inscription for his sister to front flyleaf, 'Lucy with love from Theodore, Feb. 2nd 1916', original cloth gilt, rubbed and slightly damp marked, 8vo, together with Mark Only, 1st edition, London: Chatto & Windus, 1924, some spotting, author's signed inscription to front flyleaf, 'Theodore Francis Powys, Sep. 10 1939, written before "Innocent Birds"', and underneath a further inscription, 'G.M. Powys, May 1924, from C.E.P.P. Chiddock', flyleaf spotted and partly browned, original cloth in rubbed dust jacket, spine browned and slightly frayed at ends, plus another copy of the same work in similar condition, plus The Only Penitent, 1st edition, London: Chatto & Windus, 1931, author's signed presentation inscription for Violet to front flyleaf, dated at East Chaldon, 14 February 1931, original cloth-backed patterned boards in frayed glassine dust jacket, 8vo, (signed limited edition, 151/160 copies), plus other works by T.F. Powys including signed presentation copies of The House with the Echo, Innocent Birds, Unclay, The Two Thieves (UK and US editions), all original cloth, the first 2 in torn dust jackets, and limited editions of Fables, Come Dine and Tadnol, The Tithe Barn and An Interpretation of Genesis (1929 edition), etc., mostly original cloth, somewhat rubbed and soiled, mostly 8voQTY: (36)

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Turgenev (Ivan Sergeevich). First Love and Punin and Babrin, Translated from the Russian, by permission of the Author, with a

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Lot 817

Turgenev (Ivan Sergeevich). First Love and Punin and Babrin, Translated from the Russian, by permission of the Author, with a biographical Introduction by Sidney Jerrold, 1st edition, London: W. H. Allen, 1884, half-title with early signature F. W. Lamsdale, lithograph portrait frontispiece, original green cloth, frayed at head and foot of spine, 8vo, together with Turgenev (Ivan). The Novels of Ivan Turgenev, volumes 5, 7, 8 & 11 only, London: William Heinemann, 1895-97, comprising Smoke, Virgin Soil, A Sportsman's Sketches, and The Torrents of Spring, first title with ownership signature of Arthur Clutton Brock to front free endpaper dated March 1896, edges untrimmed, original cloth, dust-soiled and marked, frayed at head and foot of spines, 8vo, and Dostoyevsky (Fyodor). Dostoevsky: Letters and Reminiscences, translated from the Russian by S. S. Koteliansky and J. Middleton Murry, London: Chatto & Windus, 1923, original cloth, scuffed, 8vo, plus Dostoyevsky, (Fyodor). Pages from the Journal of an Author, translated by S. Koteliansky and J. Middleton Murry, Dublin & London: Maunsel and Co. Ltd., 1916, original cloth, spine faded, 8vo QTY: (7)NOTE:Provenance: From the library of Alan Clutton-Brock (1904-1976), thence by descent.

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* English playing cards. International Playing Cards, Thomas De La Rue, 1874, the complete deck of letterpress playing cards

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Lot 266

* English playing cards. International Playing Cards, Thomas De La Rue, 1874, the complete deck of letterpress playing cards (French suits) published to commemorate the marriage of Albert Ernest Albert, Duke of Edinburgh, to Princess Alexandra, Daughter of the Emperor Alexander II of Russia, designed by Reuben Townroe, double-ended courts depicting contemporary European royalty and characters, aces showing Queen Victoria (hearts), Wilhelm I (clubs), Alexander II (Russia) and General Grant (spades), a trifle dusty, some light finger-soiling and minor marks (mainly affecting pip cards), square corners, versos green with Arms of the bride and groom in gold, each card 93 x 64 mm, together with: Fourth Quality Royal Bezique set, De La Rue, circa 1870, 4 packs (2 complete with 32 cards, 2 packs with 31 of 32, each without ace of spades) of letterpress playing cards (French suits), double-ended De La Rue type D5 courts (used circa 1865-1875) printed in black & red, unusual 'Fourth Quality' ace of spades (present in two packs of 4), no indices, variable spotting, one pip card with edge stain, versos blue small repeating 3-pointed shapes (2 packs) or green diagonal basket weave (2 packs), square corners, each card 94 x 65 mm, plus: London and Paris deck, De La Rue, 1867, a complete deck of 52 letterpress playing cards (French suits), double-ended courts in historical costumes, no indices, ace of spades with 'London & Paris' and maker's name within decorative oval centrepiece, some minor marks or light finger-soiling, 5 of clubs with pale staining, square corners, versos blue, each card 88 x 56 mm, with 7 other De La Rue decks (not examined for condition): later London & Paris deck, 1880 (Plainbacks M112); standard type D4.1 with Old Frizzle ace and simple Owen Jones-style versos, circa 1855-1865; Japanese Lacquer deck, with original titled box, circa 1870 (51 of 52, without 2 of hearts); Golden Jubilee of Queen Victoria deck, versos with Royal arms & symbols of the dominions, 1887; 20th Hussars deck, circa 1890; standard type D6.1 deck, versos yellow & red design; standard type D6.1 with larger indices, versos dark blue with ornate gold design, original box (defective), circa 1900, a quantity of cards from each deck mounted with photo corners onto 8 display boards, most encapsulated in clear plastic (none examined out of boards), the remainder in plastic bags, the boards 54.5 x 40 cm and similarQTY: (10)NOTE:Provenance: Collection of Dudley Ollis.First item: Fournier, British 276.Second item: Berry [2001], p.31 & illustrated p.69; Article by RTEW?, in EPCS Newsletter (September 1984) p.2, "Extremely rare, the only quality to state so on AS".Third item: Plainbacks M113.

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* Swiss playing cards. Occupation of the Borders 1914-1915, St Gallen: E. Funke & Cie, 1915, the complete Jass deck of 36

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Lot 287

* Swiss playing cards. Occupation of the Borders 1914-1915, St Gallen: E. Funke & Cie, 1915, the complete Jass deck of 36 colour lithographed playing cards (original suits), the suits being: J for infantry (rifle bullets), A for artillary (gun shells), C for Cavalry (horse's heads), G for genius/pioneer (spades), the courts depicting army officers: kings = Hauptmann (captain), obers = Oberleutnant (lieutenant, or first lieutenant), unters = Korporal (corporal), the tens showing banners, soiled, browned and marked, few corner creases, ober of A and 8 of C each with small edge chip, 9 of C with surface loss to central blank area (just touching one horse), versos brown & blue plaid, each card 86 x 54 mm, together with: Jass de Luxe 10001, A.G. Müller, 1982, the complete deck of 36 offset playing cards (Swiss suits), the first edition of this design by Egbert Moehsnang, with muted colours, versos purple diamond pattern, rounded gilt corners, each card 89 x 57 mm, with original box and leaflet/questionnaire, with 13 other 20th century Swiss decks, including: Italian suited Tarot, by J. Müller & Cie of Schaffhouse, c.1975; Swiss Costumes, by AG Müller, c.1960; traditional Jass deck, by J. Müller & Cie, c.1975; Jass 11110 'Swiss Party Cards', by AG Müller, designed by Seppi Amrein (oversize cards), c.1950s, also several publicity packs and Basler Fasnachtskarten, a Tressette deck, all complete except a Tarot Classic deck by Müller & Cie (77 of 78, without trump X, but with 16 duplicates), a quantity of cards from each deck mounted with photo corners onto 16 display boards/cards (the tarot ones double), the first board encapsulated in clear plastic, none examined out of boards, the remainder contained in clear plastic bags, several with original box, the boards 54.5 x 40 cm & similarQTY: (16)NOTE:Provenance: Collection of Dudley Ollis.First item: Cartorama 45 #289; Schweizer Spielkarten 63; World Web Playing Cards Museum, WWPCM00346.

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Haggard (H. Rider). Swallow, A Tale of the Great Trek, 1st edition, London: Longmans, Green, and Co, 1899, frontispiece, ligh

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Lot 582

Haggard (H. Rider). Swallow, A Tale of the Great Trek, 1st edition, London: Longmans, Green, and Co, 1899, frontispiece, lightly spotted, original dark blue cloth gilt, slightly cocked, 8vo, together with:Ayesha, 1st edition, London: Ward Lock & Co, 1905, frontispiece, black and white illustrations throughout, neat ownership inscription in black ink to front pastedown, original blue cloth gilt, lightly rubbed, 8vo, withHeu-Heu, or The Monster, 1st edition, London: Hutchinson & Co, [1924], publisher's illustrated advertisements at rear, neat ownership inscription in black ink to front free endpaper, original red cloth, 8vo, withMoon of Israel, A Tale of the Exodus, 1st edition, London: John Murray, 1918, publisher's advertisements at rear, a few light spots, original blue cloth, 8vo, with 16 other first editions by HaggardQTY: (20)

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Haggard (H. Rider). Joan Haste, 1st edition, London: Longmans, Green, and Co, 1895, frontispiece, black and white illustratio

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Lot 578

Haggard (H. Rider). Joan Haste, 1st edition, London: Longmans, Green, and Co, 1895, frontispiece, black and white illustrations, original black cloth gilt, slightly cocked, 8vo, together with:The World's Desire, 1st edition, London: Longmans, Green, and Co, 1890, spotting, original black cloth gilt, lightly rubbed, 8vo, withBlack Heart and White Heart, 1st edition, London: Longmans, Green, and Co, 1900, frontispiece, black and white illustrations, original blue cloth gilt, faint damp-stain to upper cover, 8vo, withCleopatra, being an account of the fall and vengeance of Harmachis, The Royal Egyptian, as set forth by his own hand, 1st edition, London: Longmans, Green, and Co, 1889, frontispiece, full-page black and white illustrations, ownership inscription in black ink to front blank recto, light scattered spotting, original dark blue cloth gilt, slightly cocked and rubbed, 8vo, with 34 other first and early editions by HaggardQTY: (38)

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Berlu (John Jacob). The Treasury of Drugs Unlock'd. Or; a full and true Description of all sorts of Drugs, and Chymical Prepa

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Lot 223

Berlu (John Jacob). The Treasury of Drugs Unlock'd. Or; a full and true Description of all sorts of Drugs, and Chymical Preparations, sold by Druggists..., 2nd edition, with additions, London: S. Ballard, 1738, cancel title with early signatures of James Huggins and B. Powill Junr., publisher's book list at rear, light toning and spotting, modern calf, 12mo, together with:Whytt (Robert). Physiological Essays, containing, I. An Inquiry into the causes which promote the Circulation of the Fluids in the very small vessels of Animals. II. Observations on the Sensibility and Irritability of the Parts of Men and other Animals; occasioned by M. de Haller's late treatise on these subjects..., 2nd edition, corrected and enlarged, Edinburgh: Hamilton, Balfour and Neill, 1761, half-title and errata leaf present, some toning, scattered spotting mostly to first and last leaves, contemporary calf, joints splitting at head and foot, worn, 12mo,Shaw (Peter). The Dispensatory of the Royal College of Physicians in Edinburgh. Translated from the Latin, London: William and John Innys, 1727, 3 pp. publisher's book list at rear, some dust-soiling, damp-staining and spotting, lacking front free endpaper, contemporary panelled sheep, joints cracked and some wear, 8vo,Fabre (Pierre). Traite? des Maladies Ve?ne?riennes, 4th edition, Paris: P. Fr. Didot le jeune, 1782, half-title, some early annotations throughout, ownership inscription to front blank of Joannis Francisci Brochard, contemporary sheep, gilt decorated spine with morocco title label, extremities worn, 8voQTY: (4)

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* French playing cards. Gatteaux Empire design, Liege: J.T. Dubois, 1811, a complete deck of 52 stencil coloured wood engrave

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Lot 284

* French playing cards. Gatteaux Empire design, Liege: J.T. Dubois, 1811, a complete deck of 52 stencil coloured wood engraved playing cards (French suits), single figure neo-classical named courts, each with dot indices to indicate ranks (double-ended), also with double-ended suit signs, jack of hearts with maker's ink stamp, eagle watermark, occasional minor foxing spots or marks, versos plain white, each card 82 x 54 mm, together with: Gatteaux portrait officiel, unknown maker, between 1816-1830, a complete deck of 52 stencil coloured wood engraved playing cards (French suits), single figure named courts, filigranes on king of diamonds (head of cockerel) and queen of spades (head of dog), jack of clubs with medallion dated 181[6] (indistinct), most courts with fleur de lys, ace of clubs with garland of fleur de lys, fleur de lys watermark, somewhat toned and soiled, jacks of diamonds and clubs with some pale brown marks, king of hearts toned with light spotting, two pip cards with pale brown stain to one blank corner, another with tiny area of abrasion to one corner, versos plain pink, each card 83 x 54 mm, plus: Gatteaux portrait officiel, unknown maker, circa 1830s-1840s, a complete piquet pack of 32 stencil coloured wood engraved playing cards (French suits), single figure named courts, filigranes on king of diamonds (head of cockerel) and queen of spades (head of dog), jack of clubs with medallion dated 1816, all courts without fleur de lys (abolished 1830), king of diamonds and queen of hearts each with a tiny spot of surface abrasion (to face and gown respectively), queen of clubs with tiny brown spot to neckline of gown, versos plain blue, each card 83 x 54 mm, 16 cards from each pack mounted with photo corners onto 3 display boards, encapsulated in clear plastic (none examined out of boards), the remainder in plastic bags, the boards 54.5 x 40 cmQTY: (3)NOTE:Provenance: Collection of Dudley Ollis.First item: Berry in The Playing Card vol. XIII no. 1 Aug 1984, p. 21; British Museum 1896,0501.761 (Schreiber, Flemish 13); Cary, FRA 359; Hoffman (1973) p. 34 & illustrated plate 53b. Uncommon.Second item: Berry, Playing-Cards of the World, [522], [56] & [352a]; Berry in The Playing Card vol. XIII no. 1 Aug 1984, pp. 21-23; Cary, FRA 16 & 18.Third item: Berry, Playing Cards of the World, [63] & [78]; Berry in The Playing Card vol. XIII no. 1 Aug 1984, pp. 21-23; Cary, FRA 19 & 20; Hoffman (1973) pp. 34-35 & illustrated fig. 11.

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Dahl (Roald). Fantastic Mr Fox, 1st UK edition, London: George Allen & Unwin, 1970, illustrations by Donald Chaffin, stru

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Lot 627

Dahl (Roald). Fantastic Mr Fox, 1st UK edition, London: George Allen & Unwin, 1970, illustrations by Donald Chaffin, struck-through ownership inscription to head of front free endpaper, original pictorial boards, spine lightly faded, boards faintly marked, 8vo, together with:Matilda, 1st edition, London: Jonathan Cape, 1988, illustrations by Quentin Blake, front free endpaper and blank loose, original red cloth gilt, dust jacket, 8vo, withGeorge's Marvellous Medicine, 1st edition, London: Jonathan Cape, 1981, illustrations by Quentin Blake, a few light spots, original blue cloth gilt, dust jacket, flaps lightly spotted, 8vo, with first editions of The Witches and The Magic FingerQTY: (5)

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Zonca (Vittorio). Novo Teatro di Machine et Edificii per varie et sicure operationi, 2nd edition, Padua: Francesco Bertelli,

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Lot 205

Zonca (Vittorio). Novo Teatro di Machine et Edificii per varie et sicure operationi, 2nd edition, Padua: Francesco Bertelli, 1621, engraved title with architectural border with early inscription, 42 full-page engraved illustrations, occasional early ink marginalia and light underscoring to few leaves, recto of upper outer blank corner of B1 repaired, some light spotting and damp-staining mostly at rear of volume, Bibliotheca Mechanica book label to upper pastedown, modern green morocco-backed paste paper boards, spine faded to brown, slip-case, folioQTY: (1)NOTE:Berlin Katalog 1775; Norman 2281 (first edition 1607); Riccardi I, 669.The second edition of Zonca's work first published in 1607 by Francesco Bertelli's father Pietro. Both were active as publishers and engravers, and Pietro may have engraved these plates which were derived from the unpublished Trattato di architectura of the Sienese architect-engineer Francesco di Giorgio Martini (1439-1501). The present work is noted for containing the first illustration of a gig-mill for raising nap on cloth, and for spreading knowledge of the mangle (Norman).

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Bond (Michael). A Bear Called Paddington, 1st edition, London: Collins, 1958, illustrations by Peggy Fortnum, a few light spo

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Lot 507

Bond (Michael). A Bear Called Paddington, 1st edition, London: Collins, 1958, illustrations by Peggy Fortnum, a few light spots, small amount of corner of front free endpaper clipped, original red cloth, spine lightly faded, a few light marks, dust jacket, rear panel toned and marked, small closed tear to front panel lower margin (not affecting illustration), verso spotted, spine extremities with small amount of wear at head, 8voQTY: (1)NOTE:A very good, unrestored example of the dust jacket. The first Paddington novel.

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Lear (Edward). Book of Nonsense, 2nd edition, [Thomas McLean, 1855], 73 lithographic plates, including title (fore-edge neatl

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Lot 410

Lear (Edward). Book of Nonsense, 2nd edition, [Thomas McLean, 1855], 73 lithographic plates, including title (fore-edge neatly reinforced), 10 early manuscript limericks written in brown ink to various blank versos (some show-through to rectos), last one dated 'Plymouth Apl. '87', some light toning and foxing, 1 leaf with closed tear in lower edge (with archival tape repair on verso), another with tip of lower outer corner missing, close-trimmed, clipping top edge of some illustrations, ownership names to front pastedown, late 19th century black half calf gilt, oblong 8voQTY: (1)NOTE:Printed in a very small edition of between 250 and 500 copies, this privately printed second edition preceded the first trade edition (i.e. third edition) by nearly a decade. The second edition has the same plates as the first edition of 1846, and only these first two editions were printed with lithographic plates. The second edition has the captions in five lines as opposed to three in the first edition. Both the first and the second editions contains three illustrations which were surpressed and did not appear again until recent times (‘Old Man of Kildare’, ‘There was an Old Man of New York’, and ‘There was an Old Sailor of Compton’).

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Haggard (H. Rider). King Solomon's Mines, 1st US edition, New York: Cassell & Company, 1885, folding frontispiece, origin

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Lot 566

Haggard (H. Rider). King Solomon's Mines, 1st US edition, New York: Cassell & Company, 1885, folding frontispiece, original blue pictorial cloth gilt, some staining to head of upper cover, 8voQTY: (1)NOTE:Sadleir 1089; Whatmore F3; Woolf 2863.The scarce American edition, issued in 500 copies using the sheets of the London first issue.

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Johns (W. E.). Biggles and the Plot That Failed, 1st edition, Leicester: Brockhampton Press, 1965, original red cloth gilt, d

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Lot 751

Johns (W. E.). Biggles and the Plot That Failed, 1st edition, Leicester: Brockhampton Press, 1965, original red cloth gilt, dust jacket, 8vo, together with:Biggles Scores A Bull, 1st edition, London: Hodder and Stoughton, 1965, original red cloth gilt, dust jacket, 8vo, withBiggles and The Black Mask, 1st edition, London: Hodder and Stoughton, 1964, small bookseller's ticket to foot of front pastedown, original red cloth, dust jacket, neat ownership inscription to front flap, 8vo, with first editions in dust jackets of Biggles and The Plane That Disappeared, Biggles and The Lost Sovereigns, Biggles Investigates and Biggles Looks BackQTY: (7)

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* Rackham (Arthur, 1867-1939). Two original illustrations, 1898, each pen and ink, the first on paper laid onto board, depict

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Lot 481

* Rackham (Arthur, 1867-1939). Two original illustrations, 1898, each pen and ink, the first on paper laid onto board, depicting a seated woman spinning yarn, two children near her, and a Tyrolean village scene behind her, paper toned, some creasing where paper has been laid down, signed and dated lower right, artist's name and address in pencil to verso, the second on artist's board depicting another Tyrolean village scene, goats with bells around their necks being herded through the village, signed and dated to lower left, some spotting to image, artist's name and address in pencil to verso, each approximately 30 x 20 cmQTY: (2)

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Gombrich (E. H.). The Sense of Order, a study in the psychology of decorative art, Wrightsman Lectures, 1st edition, Phaidon,

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Lot 341

Gombrich (E. H.). The Sense of Order, a study in the psychology of decorative art, Wrightsman Lectures, 1st edition, Phaidon, 1979, monochrome illustrations, original red cloth in dustwrapper, small 4to, together with Symbolic Images, Phaidon Press, 1972, The Heritage of Apelles, Phaidon Press 1976, Means and Ends, Reflections on the History of Fresco Painting, Thames & Hudson, 1976, The Image and The Eye, Phaidon Press, 1982, Tributes, Cornell University Press, 1984, and Aby Warburg, An Intellectual Biography, 2nd edition, Phaidon Press, 1986, each with monochrome illustrations, all original cloth in dustwrappers, 8vo, Tributes volume with autograph letter signed by E. H. Gombrich to Lawrence Gowing dated 27 March 1986, loosely inserted at front, Means and Ends with author's presentation inscription to Lawrence Gowing at head of title, plus Banham (Reyner). Theory and Design in the First Machine Age, 2nd impression, Architectural Press, 1962, monochrome illustrations, original red cloth in dustwrapper, 8vo, and others on aesthetics, art theory, and history or art, various, including Richard Wollheim, Painting as an Art, 1st edition, Thames & Hudson, 1987, Rudolph Arnheim, Art and Visual Perception, 1st edition, Faber & Faber, 1956, Adrian Stokes, various titles, mostly Tavistock Press publications etc.QTY: (5 shelves)

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Willmott (Ellen). The Genus Rosa, 25 parts bound in 2 volumes, London: John Murray, 1910-1914, title page to each volume, 132

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Lot 64

Willmott (Ellen). The Genus Rosa, 25 parts bound in 2 volumes, London: John Murray, 1910-1914, title page to each volume, 132 chromolithograph plates after watercolours by Alfred Parsons, 87 black and white plates and numerous illustrations to text, additional engravings majority of plates with tissue guards, instructions to binder bound to rear of volume 1, original printed wrappers bound in at rear of each volume, edges untrimmed, contemporary green quarter morocco, folioQTY: (2)NOTE:Nissen 2166.Ellen Willmott (1858–1934) was a celebrated English horticulturist, prominent member of the Royal Horticultural Society and one of the first recipients of the Victoria Medal of Honour in 1897. She is best known for her contributions to the world of botany including the financing of worldwide plant-hunting expeditions. Her work in hybridization and cultivation led to the introduction of several plant species into cultivation in England. Willmott's garden on her family estate at Warley Place, Essex, became the object of national admiration after a visit from Queen Mary, Queen Alexandra and Princess Victoria who praised Willmott's skilled work and horticultural experimentation. Given its historical importance and relevance to horticulture, "The Genus Rosa" is still a highly valuable reference and Willmotts' impact on the field of gardening remains notable.

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Johns (W. E.). Biggles' Second Case, 1st edition, London: Hodder & Stoughton, 1948, colour frontispiece, black and white

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Lot 756

Johns (W. E.). Biggles' Second Case, 1st edition, London: Hodder & Stoughton, 1948, colour frontispiece, black and white illustrations, original beige pictorial cloth, dust jacket, 8vo, together with:Biggles Hunts Big Game, 1st edition, London: Hodder & Stoughton, 1948, frontispiece, full-page illustrations, a few minor spots, original red pictorial cloth, dust jacket, lightly rubbed to extremities, 8vo, withBiggles takes a Holiday, 1st edition, London: Hodder & Stoughton, 1949, colour frontispiece, colour illustrations, original blue pictorial cloth, dust jacket, 8vo, with 6 other Biggles first editions with dust jackets, including Biggles Sweeps The Desert, Sergeant Bigglesworth C.I.D., Biggles Delivers The Goods, Biggles Fails to Return, Biggles in the Orient and Biggles Learns To Fly QTY: (9)

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Woolf (Virginia). Kew Gardens, limited edition, London: Hogarth Press, 1927, woodcut border illustrations and upper cover by

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Lot 827

Woolf (Virginia). Kew Gardens, limited edition, London: Hogarth Press, 1927, woodcut border illustrations and upper cover by Vanessa Bell, some toning to endpapers, original boards, spine toned tear and loss at foot of spine, joints splitting, lower cover rubbed in places with small stains, 4toQTY: (1)NOTE:Provenance: From the library of Alan Clutton-Brock (1904-1976), thence by descent.Limited edition of 500, this copy out-of-series. Kirkpatrick A3c. The third English edition (and the first limited edition), first published in 1919.

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