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Lot 215

Beardsley (Aubrey) Lysistrata, one of 100 numbered copies, 8 loose plates, ?one a Beardsley forgery, original yellow paper portfolio, portfolio chipped and frayed at edges, lacking backstrip, covers and flaps detached, each plate 305 x 250mm., [Germany], Privatdruck, 1905. *** Rare early edition of plates from Beardsley's fin-de-siècle erotic masterpiece, first published in 1896 in an edition of only 100 copies. We cannot trace another copy of this particular portfolio at auction. The plate 'Lysistrata defending the Acropolis' is not present, replaced by what is seemingly a Beardsley forgery.

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Lot 156

Dickens (Charles) [Christmas Books], 4 vol., comprising: The Chimes, additional pictorial title in second state, contemporary ownership name to front free endpaper, first few ff. with tiny nick to lower-margin, light spotting to first few ff., hinges cracked, 1845; The Cricket on the Hearth, 2pp. advertisements at end, lower hinge cracked, slight shelf-lean, upper corners worn, 1846; The Battle of Life, additional pictorial title in fourth state, 2pp. advertisements at end, contemporary ownership name to pastedown, 1846; The Haunted Man, initial advertisement f., bookplate and embossed stamp of W.H. Smith Library to front free endpaper, frontispiece and additional title lightly browned and offset to title and advertisement f., spine very slightly faded, ink-staining to lower cover, 1848, first editions, half-titles, engraved frontispieces and additional pictorial titles, illustrations, occasional light finger-soiling, some light marginal toning, original pictorial cloth, gilt, few very small ink marks or light soiling, spine ends bumped with few tiny nicks, some wear to corners and joints, g.e., [Smith II, 5, 6, 8 & 9], small 8vo; and another copy of The Haunted Man, small 8vo (5)

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Lot 142

Scottish poetry.- [Ainslie (Hew)] A Pilgrimage to the Land of Burns; Containing Anecdotes of the Bard..., half-title, woodcut frontispiece and 2 plates, errata slip tipped-in at end, later newspaper clipping tipped onto pastedown, pp.16-17 with old tape residue to gutter, light offsetting and some very light browning, small stain to rear free endpaper, uncut in ?original boards, rebacked in later cloth, light sunning to spine, boards rubbed with some wear to extremities, Deptford, Printed for the Author, by W. Brown, 1822 § Fowler (William M.) The Spirit of the Isle, and Other Poems, presentation inscription "To Lieut. Chas. Gray Royal Marines, This Copy of...is presented by his sincere friend The Author. 10 Jany. 1818" to half-title, armorial bookplate of Colinton House Library, some spotting, browning to endpapers, hinges cracked, uncut in original boards, printed spine label with some loss, small loss to spine ends, rather worn, Edinburgh, Michael Anderson, 1817, first editions, book-label of J.O. Edwards; and others, 19th century poetry of Scottish imprint or interest, several by James Hogg, 8vo (16)

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Bible, English.- Book of Common Prayer (The)...with the Psalter, or Psalmes of David, bound without the final blank, 1638; The Holy Bible containing the Old Testament and the New, 2 parts in 1, engraved title by William Marshall, L2 lacking portion affecting head-line and 16 lines (neatly repaired and supplied in manuscript), 1638; The Whole Book of Psalmes..., musical notation, 1638, together 3 works in 1 vol., letterpress titles with woodcut device and within ornamental border, first title trimmed to edge and laid down, all printed in double column, neatly ruled in red throughout, slightly smudged on one or two leaves, first and last leaf soiled, first work with small hole to title and first few leaves, occasional spotting or soiling but generally a very clean copy, engraved bookplate and gilt-stamped red roan label "The Gift of Mrs.Mary Hall to Anna Ismay 1793" to front pastedown, handsome contemporary blue morocco with elaborate gilt Greek key and floral roll-tool border, spine gilt, g.e., rubbed and scuffed, spine faded, corners worn, [STC 16410, 2331 & 2682], folio, Cambridge, Thomas Buck & Roger Daniel

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Lot 272

Angling.- Gentleman Angler (The). Containing Short, Plain and Easy Instructions..., first edition, half-title, woodcut initials and head-piece, ink inscription to title head and engraved bookplate, contemporary calf, gilt, joints cracked but holding, a little worn, [Westwood & Satchell p.104-5], small 8vo, for A. Bettesworth, 1726.

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Lot 179

Sitwell (Edith & Osbert) Twentieth Century Harlequinade and Other Poems, presentation inscription "Dearest Miss Annie, with Edith and Osbert's best love" to head of upper wrapper, original printed wrappers, tear to lower wrapper, toned, chipped and frayed at edges, lacking backstrip, contents and wrappers loose, Oxford, B.H. Blackwell, 1916 § Ruskin (John) Letters to M.G. & H.G., plates, light spotting and toning to endpapers and half-title, original cloth, spine slightly faded, rubbing to spine ends and corners, some browning and very light spotting to fore-edge, t.e.g., others uncut, [Edinburgh], Privately printed, 1903, first editions; and others, various, including first editions of Graham Greene's Our Man in Havana (1958) and The Comedians (1966), v.s. (20)

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Lot 64

Anacreon. Anakreontos Teiou melē [graece] Anacreontis Teii odae luce et latinitate nunc primum donatae, text in Greek and Latin, woodcut printer's device to title, printer's name scored through with ink twice on title, some browning, modern vellum-backed boards, [Adams A1001; Renouard 115; Schreiber 139], small 4to, Paris, Henri Estienne and Guillaume Morel, 1554.*** Editio princeps. The first book published by Henri Estienne the younger, and using all three sizes of the "grecs du roi" type. The work is probably actually by imitators of Anacreon and consists of the Greek text followed by Latin translation. "The Anacreontea became the most influential 'ancient' Greek poetic text during the Renaissance, and Estienne's edito princeps virtually caused a poetic revolution, not only in France, but also in Italy and Germany..." (Schreiber p.129). It also includes early printing of Sappho's poetry.  

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Lot 196

Blake (Quentin) Words and Pictures, limited edition, spine and edges of dust-jacket a little faded, 2000; Laureate's Progress, limited edition, 2002; The Life of Birds, a few surface marks to dust-jacket covers, 2005; first editions, signed by the author, original boards, a little bumped, dust-jackets, light bumping to spine ends and upper edges, excellent copies, 4to (3)

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Lot 283

Sport in the Soviet Union, photographic illustrations throughout, first leaf very slightly frayed at fore-edge and loose, original stapled pictorial wrappers, staples slightly rusted, some faint spotting to upper wrapper, lower wrapper spotted and browned, some wear to backstrip and lower wrapper extremities, Moscow, Intourist, [?1936]; and others, a single issue of the Russian 'Red Niva' magazine (No. 22, 1927), and a group of defective issues of German anti-Fascist and pro-Communist magazine AIZ (Arbeiter-Illustrierte-Zeitung), 8vo & folio (c.15); sold not subject to return. 

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Lot 158

Dickens (Charles) Hard Times. For These Hard Times, first edition in book form, first issue with p.244 misnumbered 44, half-title, occasional spotting, mainly to endpapers and fore-edge, light browning to endpapers, original first state olive green moiré cloth, priced 5/- at foot of spine, usual light sunning to spine and fading to cover margins, slight fraying to spine head, some very small marks, light bumping to spine ends and corners, still an excellent example overall, [Eckel p.131; Smith I, 11], 8vo, Bradbury & Evans, 1854. 

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Lot 205

Rackham (Arthur) Arthur Rackham's Book of Pictures, tipped-in colour frontispiece and plates by Rackham, some browning to half-title and plate margins, some spotting, mainly to first few leaves, original cloth, gilt, spine ends and corners very lightly rubbed, dust-jacket, few short tears to extremities, light browning to spine and panels, some soiling, William Heinemann, 1923 § Andersen (Hans Christian) Fairy Tales, 12 tipped-in colour plates and black & white illustrations and decorations by Kay Nielsen, ink gift inscription to front free endpaper, plate at p.37 with few light creases, one or two small marginal nicks or tears, light browning to endpapers and title, some spotting and light soiling, gutter cracking at points, rear free endpaper creased, lower hinge cracked, original pictorial cloth, gilt, fading to spine, some light staining, lightly rubbed, Hodder and Stoughton, [?1924], printed tissue-guards; and others, children's or illustrated, including a copy of Carroll's Rhyme? And Reason? (1883), v.s. (16)

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Lot 129

Dyke (Thomas) Reading Made Perfectly Easy; or, An Introduction to the Reading the Holy Bible..., thirty-first edition, edited by D. Fenning, woodcut frontispiece with license to print to verso, woodcut pictorial alphabet and illustrations, very occasional small worming to head, affecting letter of text to *I5v, pagination a couple times trimmed, occasional small staining, scattered foxing, gutter cracked at points, lacking front free endpapers, contemporary calf, lacking much of backstrip, rubbed and worn, S. Jewkes & Co., [?1785]  § Chevreul (Michel Eugène) The Principles of Harmony and Contrast of Colours, first edition in English, translated by Charles Martel, folding letterpress table, 4 plates at end, 3 double-page and 1 folding with flap, 24pp. publisher's catalogue, folding plate with very short tear into image without loss, very occasional light spotting, light marginal browning, original blue cloth, spine slightly darkened and with couple short tears, wear to corners, extremities rubbed, some splitting and wear to joints but covers holding firm, Longman, Brown, Green & Longmans, 1854; and various others, 19th century, including Digby Wyatt's Notices of Sculpture in Ivory (1856) and 3 reports relating to the Melbourne International Exhibition, v.s. (8)

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Lot 269

Angling.- Cole (Ralph) The Young Angler's Pocket Companion; or a New and Complete Treatise on the Art of Angling, first edition, folding engraved frontispiece of 3 plates on 2 sheets (one of anglers, 2 of fish & hooks), the former here laid down to pastedown, a closed tear to latter at top edge, gutter broken at p.96, contemporary calf-backed boards, covers detached and lacking back-strip, [Westwood & Satchell p.62], 12mo, for R. Bassam [& others], 1795.

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Lot 26

[Prior (Matthew] Poems on Several Occasions, ?subscriber's issue, engraved frontispiece and title vignette after Cheron, engraved head- & tail-pieces and initials, list of subscribers including Abraham Barber with contemporary ink signature of Marg'tta Barber to head of title, frontispiece shaved at edges, some soiling and marginal water-staining, contemporary black panelled morocco, gilt, spine gilt, g.e., rather worn, splits to joints, Jacob Tonson...and John Barber, 1718 § Wycherley (William) Miscellany Poems..., first edition, first issue with "The End of the First Volume" on final leaf (no slip pasted over), mezzotint portrait after Lely (trimmed close to plate-mark with slight loss to imprint at sides, new upper & lower margins), errata leaf, contemporary panelled calf, rebacked preserving old red roan label, rubbed, C.Brome [& others], 1704 § Drayton (Michael) The Works, first collected edition, engraved title  vignette, 2pp. list of subscribers bound at end, some spotting and soiling, contemporary calf, spine gilt, worn and stained, corners and spine repaired, by J.Hughs, 1748; and 3 others, similar, folio & 4to (6)

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Lot 217

Beerbohm (Max) A Survey, one of 275 copies signed by the author, colour frontispiece, the others plain, all tipped in, with captioned tissue guards, g.e., dust jacket, a few nicks and bumps at spine ends and edges, William Heinemann 1921; Caricatures of 25 Gentlemen, first edition, slight surface soiling to margins, a few stains to covers, Leonard Smithers, 1896; Observations, first edition, colour frontispiece, the others plain, all tipped in, with captioned tissue guards, very occasional light spotting, dust jacket, a few stains and markings to covers, a little loss to upper margin of lower cover, William Heinemann 1925, original cloth, spine browned or faded, spine ends and corners bumped, a little rubbed to extremities; and 8 others by the author, v.s. (11).

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Lot 186

Laski (Marghanita) The Victorian Chaise-Longue, first English edition, boards slightly marked, dust-jacket, extremities a little nicked and rubbed, 1953 § Haynes (Dorothy K.) Thou Shalt Not Suffer a Witch, ownership inscription on slightly spotted front free endpaper, 1949 § Stonier (G.W.) The Memoirs of a Ghost, first edition, boards slightly marked, jacket extremities rubbed, 1947, original boards or cloth; and 11 others, horror fiction, 8vo (14)

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Lot 263

Geology.- [Lowry (Delvalle)] Conversations on Mineralogy, 2 vol., first edition, folding hand-coloured engraved frontispiece, 11 plain engraved plates, of which 10 folding, vol. 1 without advertisements at start, book-label, frontispiece offset, a couple plates trimmed affecting plate number or imprint, some spotting to plates and vol. 1 title, 19th century green half calf, morocco spine labels, spines lightly faded, some rubbing to extremities, 1822; and a volume containing various 19th century extracts on geology, earthquakes, volcanoes etc, some plates, 8vo (3)

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Lot 35

Arabian Nights (The), translated by Rev. Edward Forster, 5 vol., engraved plates after Robert Smirke, some with slight foxing, vol.1 with light water-staining to lower outer corner of first few leaves, engraved bookplate of Edward Manners, contemporary dark blue straight-grain morocco tooled in gilt and blind, spines gilt, a little rubbed and scuffed, printed by W.Bulmer & Co., 1802 § Book of the Thousand Nights and a Night (The), translated by Capt. Sir R.F.Burton, 12 vol., portrait and plates, modern purple morocco-backed cloth, t.e.g., others uncut, 1897; another edition, translated by Dr. J.C.Mardrus & edited by E.Powys Mathers, 16 vol., one of 750 sets on Antique Paper, colour frontispieces, original parchment-backed boards, t.e.g., others uncut, a little soiled, privately printed for subscribers to the Casanova Society, 1923, 4to & 8vo (33)

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Lot 154

Byron.- Brockedon (William) Finden's Illustrations of the Life and Works of Lord Byron, 3 vol., additional engraved titles and 120 plates, occasional off-setting, foxing or damp-staining (particularly to additional titles), contemporary maroon calf, gilt, scuffed, g.e., 1833-34 § Byron (George Gordon Noel, Lord) The Corsair, first edition, second issue, early variant ending on p.100 but without the words 'The End' and the printer's imprint, half-title, ink ownership inscription title head, contemporary tree calf, gilt, rebacked, corners a little rubbed, 1814; Hebrew Melodies, 1816, bound with The Prisoner of Chillon and Other Poems, 1816 and The Siege of Corinth and Parisina, 1816, together 3 in 1, first editions [issues unknown], some spotting and light browning, contemporary calf, rebacked but upper cover detached, rubbed, 8vo (5)  

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Lot 240

Bees.- Butler (Rev. Charles) The Feminine Monarchie or a treatise concerning bees, and the due ordering of them, first edition, woodcut printer's device to title, illustrations within text of C7r&v, musical notation to F1r, decorative initials and head- and tail-pieces, occasional early ink marginalia, title with inner margin wormed (with loss of first two letters of 'Feminine' and 'Printed' in imprint), chipping to outer margin, and soiled, a2-4 (To the reader), A1, D1 and O4 (final f.) inner margin wormed, affecting a few letters at some line ends (without loss of sense), C2 small tear to lower corner (affecting part of printed sidenote recto and verso), D8 outer margin trimmed (affecting some printed sidenotes) and loose, a few ff. with worming to inner margin, water-stained (causing some mostly marginal purple damp-staining to sigs. N&O at end), some spotting, lightly browned, some corners creased, remains of contemporary limp vellum, [British Bee Books 18; Walker Catalogue p.11; Madan I, p.73; STC 4192], 8vo, Oxford, Printed by Joseph Barnes, 1609.  *** 'This is the greatest early British bee book and contains the best account of skep beekeeping which is available today' (British Bee Books). The first edition is exceedingly rare at auction, and we must go back to 1933 to find a copy (which was in poor condition). The woodcut musical notation (the first music printed at Oxford, according to Madan) was an attempt to capture the piping of the queen at swarming time. Our copy enhanced by early ink annotation. Provenance: Thomas Bryan Richards, F.S.A., 13th June, 1804 (ink inscription to title); The Holland-Leathwood family of Dam Head Farm Estate, Mobberley, Cheshire, and by descent thereafter. 

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Lot 51

Joyce (James) Ulysses, fourth printing (second by Shakespeare & Company), errata leaf at end, a little browned, contemporary sheep-backed boards, spine faded and a little rubbed, Paris, Shakespeare and Company, 1924 § Sassoon (Siegfried) Memoirs of a Fox-Hunting Man, first illustrated edition, plates and illustrations by William Nicholson, modern half calf, 1929 § Rolfe (Frederick) Hadrian the Seventh, first edition, first issue, 32pp. catalogue at end, some spotting, a few leaves frayed at edge, later half calf, original cloth binding (blocked in white) mounted on pastedowns (stained, traces of labels), spine rubbed and faded, 1904 § Gunn (Thom) Collected Poems, one of 150 copies signed by the author, original cloth-backed yellow boards, t.e.g., transparent wrapper, card slip-case, 1993; and 36 others, modern literature, some bound, including a 10th printing of Ulysses (1928) and a boxed set of Shaw's plays, 8vo & small 4to (40)

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Lot 80

Language.- Danish.- Schneider (Christian Frederik ) Danish grammar. Adapted to the use of Englishmen. To which are added, A short historical description of Copenhagen, and various extracts from Danish authors, first edition, engraved title, occasional spotting, lightly browned, contemporary continental half calf, spine gilt and with red leather label, upper joint chipped at head, corners worn, rubbed, [Alston XIII, 114], Copenhagen, Printed for F. Brummer, by J. Popp, [1799]; and another, 18th century Danish, 8vo (2)

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Lot 132

[Varlo (Charles)] Miscellany of Knowledge...By Several Gentlemen...Poetry...By an Irish Gentleman, now in America. A Twelve-Month's Tour, of Observations, Through America..., second edition, list of subscribers, some light soiling to title, L1 short tear to foot without loss, O6 portion of loss to fore-edge affecting some text, scattered foxing, contemporary marbled calf, morocco spine label, spine and extremities rubbed, [Sabin 49452], Printed for the Editor, 1792 § Locke (John) An Essay Concerning Human Understanding, 2 vol., tenth edition, with large Additions, engraved portrait frontispiece, engraved bookplate, ownership name of James Spedding to pastedowns, vol. 1 G4 small paper-flaws to foot affecting signature, vol. 2 last few ff. of Index with small worming within text, occasional marginal worming elsewhere, gutter cracked at points but holding, vol. 2 front free endpapers loose, contemporary panelled calf, lacking spine labels, rubbed and worn, for Arthur Bettesworth & Charles Hitch, 1731; and others 17th and 18th century, various subjects, 8vo & 4to (8) *** The first mentioned includes the poem "On General Washington; An Allegory" (pp.1-7) and "A Twelve-Month's Tour Through America" (pp.251-94), in which the author dined with George Washington and comments on him and his wife. 

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Lot 230

Trianon Press.- Blake (William) There is No Natural Religion, 2 vol., one of 540 copies, original tan morocco-backed marbled-paper covered boards, tiny mark to smaller vol., together both housed within original custom-made slipcase, light rubbing at extremities,  1971; All Religions are One, one of 600 copies, original green morocco-backed marbled-paper covered boards, spine slightly faded, original slipcase, 1970 § Keynes (Sir Geoffrey) The Complete Portraiture of William and Catherine Blake, one of 500 copies, original morocco-backed cloth, slipcase, 1977, the first two with plates and illustrations in colour, the final with plain illustrations, all printed by The Trianon Press for the William Blake Trust, 4to (3)

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Lot 228

Steinberg (Saul, illustrator) The Passport, first English edition, original cloth-backed pictorial boards, spine ends a little rubbed, 1954; The Art of Living, original pictorial cloth, spine slightly toned, 1952; The New World, original printed cloth, a tiny tear at one corner, dust-jacket, spine sunned, small nicks and minor rubbing to extremities, 1965, all profusely illustrated by Steinberg; and a group of others, including 2 more Steinberg, the others art and design related, v.s. (18) 

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Lot 194

Tolkien (J.R.R.) The Silmarillion, first edition, endpapers toned, original cloth, a little marked, dust-jacket, spine faded, the odd tear and nick to edges, a little scuffed to extremities, 1977 § Tolkien (J.R.R.) & E.V. Gordon, editors. Sir Gawain and The Green Knight, bookplate and ownership inscription on endpapers, original cloth, lacking spine, extremities rubbed and frayed, Oxford, Clarendon Press, 1925; and 3 others, Tolkien, v.s. (5) 

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Lot 100

Wellington (Arthur Wellesley, first duke of, army officer and Prime Minister, 1769-1852) Warrant signed "Arthur Wellesley", authorising the payment of three hundred and eighty seven thousand and three hundred and twenty réis to pay the Muleteers attached to the 2nd Brigade... for the carriage of provisions, printed document with manuscript insertions, tears along folds, slightly browned, folio, Torres Vedras, [Portugal], 30th August 1808.

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Homer. The Iliad, 6 vol., half-title to vol.1 only, list of subscribers including Joseph Addison, William Congreve, Sir Isaac Newton and Sir Christopher Wren, engraved portrait, 2 plates (one folding) and folding map, contemporary ink initials to titles, W. Bowyer, for Bernard Lintot, 1715-20; The Odyssey, 5 vol., engraved portrait and title vignette, list of subscribers, slight wormimg to upper outer corner towards end of vol.5, for Bernard Lintot, 1725-26, first quarto editions translated by Alexander Pope, all vol. with licence leaf, titles in red and black, engraved head- & tail-pieces and initials, some spotting and browning, mostly to Iliad, engraved bookplate of Robt. Fellowes, contemporary calf (not quite uniform: Iliad sprinkled, Odyssey mottled) with double gilt fillet, rubbed and scuffed, joints worn, some split, corners and spine ends a little worn; and another, Homer, 4to (12)

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Lot 275

Angling.- Scotland .- Stoddart (Thomas Tod ) The Art of Angling, as practised in Scotland, first edition, title vignette, ink ownership inscription to front endpaper, hinges weak, contemporary cloth, slightly marked and dis-coloured, spine ends slightly worn, Edinburgh, W. & R. Chambers, 1835 § [Ayrton (William)] The Adventures of a Salmon in the River Dee, by a friend of the family, with original additional pictorial title (bound after letterpress title) and a plates, some ff. browned, occasional spotting, bookplates, contemporary green half morocco, rubbed, with original printed upper wrapper bound-in,  William Pickering, 1853 § Knox (Robert) Fish and Fishing in the Lone Glens of Scotland, title and other illustrations, small stain to title, book-label, later morocco-backed boards, spine head rubbed, original printed wrappers bound-in, 1854, [Westwood & Satchell p.203; p.2; p.127]; and 33 others fishing in Scotland, mostly 19th century, quite a few in pictorial or decorative cloth and gilt, v.s. (36) 

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Lot 126

Cookery.- Smith (Mary) The Complete House-keeper, and Professed Cook, first edition, 2 folding engraved plates, both torn and offset, foxing and staining, heavy in places, contemporary sheep, worn, [Bitting p.439; Maclean p.136; Oxford p.106;  Cagle 1000], 8vo, Newcastle, Printed by T. Slack, for the Author, 1772.*** Quite scarce work by a woman who is described on the title-page as "Late House-keeper to Sir Walter Blackett, Bart. and formerly in the Service of the Right Hon. Lord Anson, Sir Tho. Sebright Bart. and other Families of Distinction, as House-keeper and Cook."

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Lot 276

Angling.- Saunders (James) The Compleat Fisherman. Being a Large and Particular Account, of all the Several Ways of Fishing now Practised in Europe etc, folding engraved frontispiece depicting anglers and various fish species, bookplate, lightly browned, spotting, contemporary calf, neatly rebacked, spine gilt with red morocco labels, spine head torn, lightly rubbed, [Westwood & Satchell p.189], small 8vo, W. Mears, 1724.*** The first angling book to mention silk-worm gut.

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Lot 232

Art & architecture.- Piranesi (Francesco) Monumenti Degli Scipioni, first edition, engraved vignette, 6 engraved plates, very small marginal worming throughout, generally single tiny wormhole, soiling, water-stained, gutter split, endpapers stained with loss, uncut in contemporary boards, lacking backstrip, very worn, [Rome], 1785; and 4 others art related, of which 3 disbound 18th century parliamentary Acts, one with mention of widow Jane Hogarth, v.s. (5)

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Lot 38

Shakespeare (William) The Plays, 10 vol., engraved portrait, wood-engraved title vignettes, portrait foxed and offset onto title, light browning and occasional spotting, contemporary ink signature of Wm. Brodrick to front free endpaper, handsome contemporary red straight-grain morocco with decorative gilt border, spines gilt, g.e., rubbed and scuffed, spines faded, a few vol. rebacked preserving old spine, T.Bensley, 1803-05; The Plays, 14 vol. including 2 vol. Notes by Andrew Becket, engraved portraits, vignette titles and plates (a little foxed and offset), bookplate of Henry Thos. Dunster, attractive nineteenth century diced calf with Greek key border in gilt, spines gilt, spines a little rubbed and browned, one or two covers stained, Thomas Tegg, 1815; and c.30 others, Shakespeare in bindings, including 2 more sets and a Norton Facsimile First Folio, v.s. (c.50)

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Lot 267

Angling.- Bowlker (Richard) The Art of Angling Improved, in all its parts Especially Fly-Fishing containing A particular Account of the several Sprts of Fresh-Water Fish, with their most proper Baits..., first edition, bound with 36ff. blank leaves at rear, the first with a 19th century ink manuscript entry, ink inscription and later slip to pastedown, contemporary calf, upper cover detached and with abrasion, [Westwood & Satchell, p.39], 12mo, Worcester, by M. Olivers, 1747*** The MS entry at rear dated 1813 is a draft for a letter to the editor of the Monthly Magazine, giving advice for "readers who may be desirous of obtaining good carp", to sow hay seeds in the mud in April, providing good fattening food for the winter. 

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Lot 227

Reynolds (Frank).- Dickens (Charles) The Old Curiosity Shop, one of 350 copies signed by the illustrator, mounted colour frontispiece and 20 plates by Frank Reynolds, captioned tissue-guards, very light spotting to first few ff., some leaves very slightly frayed at fore-edge, light browning to margins and endpapers, original pictorial vellum, gilt, t.e.g., others uncut, silk ties renewed, light spotting and browning to spine, surface soiling, mainly to lower cover, lower cover rubbed, covers slightly bowed, 4to, London, New York & Toronto, [1913].

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Lot 149

Ireland (William Henry) Neglected Genius. A Poem. Illustrating the Untimely and Unfortunate Fate of Many British Poets..., 4pp. list of subscribers, bookseller's ticket of J. Bumpus, some light spotting, light browning, gutter split at points but holding, uncut in original boards, printed pink paper label to upper cover, lacking backstrip, light staining, worn, W. Wilson, 1812; Scribbleomania; or, The Printer's Devil's Polichronicon. A Sublime Poem. Edited by Anser Pen-Drag-On, Esq., title printed in red and black with vignette, 3pp. advertisements at end, bookplate of Anne & F.G. Renier, first few ff. with light stain to foot of gutter, few gatherings working loose, some light foxing or browning, uncut in original boards, ink manuscript number to spine, spine ends with small loss and faint tape residue, rubbed and worn, lower cover nearly detached, for Sherwood, Neely & Jones, 1815, first editions, book-label of J.O. Edwards; and a first edition copy of Ireland's 'Chalcographimania; or, The Portrait-Collector and Printseller's Chronicle' in original boards (1814), 8vo (3)

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Lot 131

Henderson (William Augustus) The Housekeeper's Instructor; or, Universal Family Cook, first edition, engraved frontispiece, and 11 plates (of which one folding and another lacking half) small hole to title, slightly impacting text, ink manuscript recipes to free endpaper and title verso, ink inscription to front free endpaper and A3, a few short tears to margins, occasional surface marks, water-staining and spotting, contemporary half calf, spine faded, bumping to spine ends, splitting to upper joint, worn, 8vo, W. and J. Stratford, [1790] § Hunt (P. Francis) & Mary A. Grierson. Orchidaceae, 'out of series' copy from an edition of 600 signed by author and artist, 40 colour plates, original vellum, g.e., original slipcase, a little rubbed, folio, The Bourton Press, 1973, and 4 others, unrelated, v.s. (6)

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Funeral Rites.- Perucci (Francesco) Pompe Funebri di tutte le Nationi del Mondo. Raccolte dalle Storie Sagre, et Profane, first edition, engraved architectural title, 20 half page engraved vignette illustrations of funeral scenes, and several other smaller, woodcut head- & tail-pieces and initials, dedication leaf ([pi]2) bound following contents rather than title, lacking final blank, later half calf, some wear to extremities, [Brunet IV 524], 4to, Verona, Francesco Rossi, 1639.*** First edition of this anthropological work on funeral rites, rituals and celebrations from all over the world, both ancient and modern, including some from the new worlds of the Americas, such as the natives of Peru. 

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Poetry.- Holloway (William) The Country Pastor; or Rural Philanthropist: A Poem, first edition, half-title, engraved frontispiece, 2 advertisement leaves at end, book-label of J.O. Edwards, contemporary pencil ownership inscription to pastedown and couple letters in ink, frontispiece lightly offset, spotting, lightly browned throughout, uncut in original boards, rebacked, surface soiling, rubbed, for Gale and Curtis, 1812 § Sheridan (Richard Brinsley) Clio's Protest; or, "The Picture" Varnished. With Other Poems, couple very short marginal tears, some light browning and soiling, ex-library copy with ink-stamp to title and few other ff. and label to rear free endpaper, modern marbled wrappers, for Joseph Arnould, 1819; and others, 19th century poetry, including a first edition copy of Samuel Rogers' Human Life in original boards, 4to & 8vo (c.20) *** Sheridan's Clio's Protest was first published as part of his 'The Rival Beauties, A Poetical Contest' [1772].

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Raleigh (Sir Walter) A History of the World, with initial 'The Minde of the Front' leaf, engraved additional allegorical title by R.Elstrack dated 1614 and letterpress title incorporating engraved portrait (all trimmed and laid down), lacking maps, plates and final colophon leaf, tables at end cut and one missing lower portion, some soiling and staining, final leaves frayed at edges, contemporary panelled calf, rubbed, rebacked preserving old spine, corners repaired, [STC 20638a], Printed [by William Iaggard, W. Stansby and N. Okes] for Walter Burre, 1614 [but 1621] § Fuller (Thomas) The History of the Worthies of England, first edition, engraved portrait frontispiece, lacking blanks but with 12pp. 18th century index bound at end, light browning, bookplate of Edmund Waller, later russia, gilt, rubbed, corners worn, rebacked preserving most of old gilt spine, [Wing F2440], by J.G.W.L. and W.G., 1662 § Burnet (Gilbert) Bishop Burnet's History of His Own Time, 2 vol., vol.1 with Advertisement to Reader leaf and list of subscribers, woodcut head-pieces and initials, spotting at beginning and end, contemporary speckled calf, rubbed, rebacked, corners worn, Thomas Ward, 1724-34; and 2 others, including an imperfect 1666 edition of the first but with the 8 double-page maps (a little water-stained), folio; sold not subject to return (6)*** Fuller's history contains the first printed biographical reference of Shakespeare, 46 years after the playwright's death.

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[Newton (Sir Isaac)] [The Mathematical Principles of Natural Philosophy], vol. 1 only (of 2), first edition in English, translated by Andrew Motte, engraved frontispiece and head-piece by A. Motte, 25 folding engraved plates, lacking title, ownership inscription "James Spedding accepted this from ?Doct. Hamilton's faithfull friend C.S., 1749" to pastedown and front free endpaper, light browning to frontispiece, plate 18 with loss to lower corner, small marginal worming to both text and plates, generally to outer corners, soiling, browning to endpapers, contemporary calf, very worn, [Babson 20; PMM 161], 8vo, [for Benjamin Motte], [1729]. *** First English edition of vol. 1 of Newton's Principia, considered one of the most important works in the history of science.  

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Proust (Marcel) Remembrance of Things Past [A La Recherche Du Temps Perdu], translated by C. K. Scott Moncrieff & others, 7 vol. in 11, first English editions, both volumes of In a Budding Grove second impression, a few vol. limited editions, light foxing to beginning and end of earlier vol., bound in scarlet morocco onlaid with central hour-glass in beige & white morocco surrounded by small hour-glasses in other colours, spines with onlaid letter in black spelling out "Remembrance" across the set, dark blue silk endpapers, t.e.g., 8vo, 1922-31.

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Theology.- Patristics.- John of Damascus, Saint. Tu makariu Joannu tu damaskenu ekdosis akribes tes orthodoxu pisteos [graece] Beati Joannis damasceni orthodoxae fidei accurata explicatio, woodcut printer's device to title and Xx6 verso, text in Greek and Latin, lacking all after Xx6 (?final part c.45ff) some browning, Basel, Heinrich Petri, 1548, bound with John Chrysostom, Saint. Leitourgiai tōn agiōn paterōn... [graece], text in Greek, woodcut initials, Paris, Guillaume Morel, 1560, and Liturgiae sive Missae Sanctorum Patrum... text in Latin, some faint damp-stains towards end, Paris, Guillaume Morel, 1560, together 3 works in 1, ?19th century navy half morocco, spine gilt, chipped in places, folio. *** Provenance: the first work in this trio, at least, came originally from the library of the French oratorian Seminary of Saint Magloire in Paris, established 1618 [exlibris ink inscriptoin to title head]. Additionally, this it seems to have been the bequest of François de La Poterie (1624-1704), former librarian of Cardinal Jules Mazarin, who is known to have generously donated to the seminary library [ink inscription to title head]. Whether the three works were already bound together at the time of this bequest, or at some later point, it is impossible to say.

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Dickens (Charles) The Mystery of Edwin Drood, first edition in book form, bound from original parts with wrappers bound at rear (few with ink ownership name to head and slightly trimmed), engraved portrait frontispiece, additional vignette title and 12 plates by Luke Fildes, with 1f. list of Dickens' works but without publisher's catalogue, plate at p.50 with short marginal tear, foxing, attractively bound in later polished calf, spine gilt and with red and navy morocco labels, upper cover with faint strip of sunning to head, some very light spotting or surface soiling, corners slightly rubbed, t.e.g., [Smith I, 16], Chapman and Hall, 1870; and a copy of the same work in the original 6 monthly parts, 8vo (7)

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Angling.- [Brookes (Richard)] The Art of Angling, Rock and Sea-Fishing: with the Natural History of River, Pond and Sea-Fish, first edition, title in red and black, woodcut vignette to title and prolific woodcuts of species throughout, 5pp. publisher's advertisements to rear, some very light and minor soiling, ?twentieth century half calf, a little rubbed at extremities, [Westwood & Satchell, p.42], small 8vo, by and for John Watts, 1740.*** Provenance: from the library of W.A. Foyle at Beeleigh Abbey [maroon leather book-label].

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Geology.- Ritchie (Archibald Tucker) The Dynamical Theory of the Formation of the Earth, 2 vol., 8pp. list of subscribers at end vol. 2, bookplate of Library of the Royal Artillery with small ink references, title and endpapers with light browning or staining to inner-margin, some soiling to endpapers, some spotting, mainly to first and last few leaves, margins very slightly toned, vol. 1 upper hinge cracked, original cloth, few very small stains, some chipping and small loss to spine ends, rubbed, some splitting and few small portions of loss to joints, Longman, Brown, Green & Longmans, 1850 § Owen (Richard) A History of British Fossil Mammals, and Birds, half-title, illustrations, bookplate removed, light browning to half-title, small stain to head near start, spotting to endpapers and first few ff., light marginal toning, contemporary half calf, rebacked in modern calf, wear to corners, covers rubbed, John Van Voorst, 1846, first editions; and 2 others, a composite volume of various pamphlets and extracts relating to geology and archaeology by T. McKenny Hughes, and Rutherford on Radio-Activity (1904), 8vo (5)

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Folkard (Charles).- Ingoldsby (Thomas) The Jackdaw of Rheims, one of 100 signed by the illustrator, 12 tipped-in colour plates by Charles Folkard, captioned tissue-guards, illustrations, small crease to first plate, occasional light offsetting, ink inscription to front free endpaper, browning to front free and rear free endpapers, original vellum, gilt, a little soiled, very slight bumping to spine, t.e.g., others uncut, folio, 1913.

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John E.B. Mayor's copy.- Dionysius Areopagita. Opera omnia, edited by George Pachymeres, Balthasar Cordier, and others, 3 parts in 2 vol., half-title, engraved portrait frontispiece, general title printed in red and black, titles with engraved ornament with putti, occasional spotting, 19th century purple sheep, gilt spine in compartments, vol.1 lower joint split, spine ends and corners worn, rubbed and scuffed, [Ebert 6217, 'Beste Ausgabe'], folio, Venice, Antonio Zatta, 1755-1756. *** Dionysius the Areopagite was a first-century judge at the Areopagus Court in Athens, and a convert to Christianity. This set with an attractive provenance.  Provenance: John Eyton Bickersteth Mayor, FBA (1825-1910), Cambridge classical scholar and vegetarianism activist (ink inscription to front free endpaper of both vol.). 

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Women poets.- Parsons (Letitia) Verses, Hymns and Poems, on Various Subjects; Composed under a long Series of Affliction and Deprivation of Sight, [part 1 only], book-label of J.O. Edwards to verso of title, title with small loss to upper blank corner and few very small holes affecting few letters, some light spotting and staining, lightly browned throughout, modern wrappers, Tonbrige, T. Dakens, 1815 § Opie (Amelia) Lays for the Dead, first edition, lithographed frontispiece, book-label of J.O. Edwards, contemporary ink gift inscription to front free endpaper, Contents leaves with some omitted names supplied in contemporary ink manuscript, some light browning and spotting, later green morocco, spine and extremities slightly darkened, some faint spotting to lower cover, rubbing to joints and extremities, t.e.g., Longman, Rees, Orme &c, 1834; and others, 19th century poetry by women, one by Mary Russell Mitford with A.L.s. from the author laid down, 8vo (17) *** The first mentioned the first part only, with a second part numbering 42pp. printed by T. Dakens in the same year. Letitia Parsons (1744-1806) was about thirty when she underwent a conversion experience. In the last twenty years of her life she suffered from poor health and went blind in her last years. The two parts of her Verses appear to have been first published in 1806 and 1808.

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Poetry.- Crichton (Rev. Arthur) The Festival of Flora. A Poem. With Botanical Notes, second edition, half-title, 8 hand-coloured engraved plates, including additional vignette title dated 1819, 6pp. publisher's catalogue at end, ownership inscription "Ann Everett, The Gift of the Revd. John Hewlett. 5th July 1826" to pastedown, some light browning and offsetting, some spotting or light surface soiling, uncut in original boards, printed spine label rubbed with small text loss, wear to spine and extremities, joints split but holding, for N. Hailes, 1818 § Walker (James Scott) The South American, A Metrical Tale...With Historical Notes, and Other Poems, first edition, contemporary ownership inscription to pastedown, another to front free endpaper crossed through, light foxing and browning throughout, uncut in original boards, printed paper spine label with small chip to upper corner, loss to spine ends, some staining, quite worn, Edinburgh, Archibald Constable & Co., 1816; and others, 19th century, most poetry, including 'The Dessert, A Poem, to which is added The Tea' (1819), 8vo & 12mo (8)

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Wolseley (Garnet Joseph, first Viscount Wolseley, army officer, 1833-1913) 32 Letters signed (mostly autograph) to a variety of people including Sir Donald Currie, together c. 80pp., Commander in Chief notepaper, Farm House, Glynde, Lewes & elsewhere, 1882-1905 & n.d., on various social activities and invitations, "We spent the better part of two months this year in my wife's house at Hampton Court Palace. I enjoy being there for about that time very much, but I don't believe in the Heaven Valley for any longer residence", folds. *** Sir Donald Currie GCMG (1825-1909), Scottish shipowner, politician and philanthropist.

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Hakluyt (Richard) Collection of the Early Voyages, Travels and Discoveries, of the English Nation, 5 vol., one of 250 sets from an edition of 325, some spotting (mostly titles), vol.1 with manuscript index mounted on stubs at beginning and title torn and frayed (repaired), ex-library set with stamp to verso of titles, contemporary calf, gilt, rather scuffed, rebacked with gilt spines, 1809-1812 § Wordsworth (Christopher) Athens and Attica: Journal of a Residence there, first edition, 3 lithographed plates, 2 folding maps and folding inscription, plates lightly foxed, contemporary calf, spine gilt, 1836 § Polo (Marco) The most Noble and Famous Travels..., edited by N.M.Penzer, limited edition, colour frontispiece, folding map, original vellum-backed cloth, uncut, Argonaut Press, 1929 § Fitton (E. & S.M.) Conversations on Botany, third edition, hand-coloured engraved plates,  contemporary calf, spine gilt, 1820, all rubbed; and 18 others, travel, science, natural history & sport, mostly bindings, 4to & 8vo (26)

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Photography & art.- Graham (Paul) Beyond Caring, first edition, signed by the photographer on half-title, 33 colour photographic plates, very slight toning to margins, original pictorial wrappers, spine ends and corners lightly rubbed, Grey Editions, 1986 § Coldwell (Paul) Freud's Coat, one of 100 copies signed by the artist in pencil, illustrations, original cloth, little rubbed, Zinc Editions, 1996 § Haskins (Sam) Cowboy Kate & Other Stories, photographic illustrations, original cloth, spine ends slightly toned, dust-jacket, upper panel with couple small chips to laminate at head, spine very slightly toned and with few nicks to head, some rubbing to extremities, slip-case, Bodley Head, 1965, v.s. (3) *** The first mentioned now regarded as one of the key works from Britain's wave of "New Colour" photography. 

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Hunting.- La Chasse du Lievre aveques les Levriers, au Roy de France et de Navarre, one of 62 copies, woodcut device to title, engraved bookplate, t.e.g., others uncut, Paris, by Crapelet, 1599 [but 1849]; Maricourt (René de) Traicté et Abregé de la Chasse du Lievre et du Chevreuil, title in red and black, bookplate, spine lightly sunned, Paris, the widow of Bouchard-Huzard, 1858 § Monthois (Robert) La Noble et Furieuse Chasse du Loup, second edition, wood-engraved frontispiece, woodcut ornamentation, small stain upper cover, lightly rubbing to extremities, Paris, the widow of Bouchard-Huzard, 1863, all three bound in red or aubergine early 20th century half morocco, spines gilt; and 4 others similar, small 4to & 8vo (7)  *** A group of 19th century French works on hunting hares, roe-deer, wolves, birds and the training of dogs. First mentioned: the scarce reprint of the 1599  poem, of which only one copy was known at the time. 

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[Sparrow (Anthony)] A Rationale upon the Book of Common Prayer, first edition, engraved frontispiece by W.Hollar, interleaved throughout, near contemporary ink inscription "Chrisr. Wren 1699" to front free endpaper, contemporary calf, rather worn, [Wing S4827], T.Garthwait, 1655; and 3 others, 17th century, 2 bound in red morocco gilt, 8vo et infra (4)

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Angling.- Best (Thomas) A Concise Treatise on the Art of Angling..., first edition, half-title, with ink ownership inscription, engraved frontispiece (working loose at foot), 2ff. publisher's advertisements to rear, slight damp-stain to title, contemporary calf, joints cracking but firm, some light rubbing, [Westwood & Satchell p.31], for C. Stalker, 1787; and another later edition of the same, small 8vo (2)

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Plutarch. The Philosophie, commonlie called, the Morals, translated by Philemon Holland, first edition in English, title with woodcut head-piece, woodcut initials and ornaments, trimmed close, title frayed at edges and laid down, dedication frayed at upper edge and repaired, final leaf frayed at outer edge and with a couple of small holes (laid down), light soiling at beginning and end, a few small spots and stains, nineteenth century half calf, rubbed, upper joint split, [STC 20063], folio, by Arnold Hatfield, 1603; and imperfect editions of Plutarch's Lives (1631 and ?1579), folio (3)

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Horticulture.- Veitch (James Herbert) Hortus Veitchii. A History of the Rise and Progress of the Nurseries of Messrs. James Veitch and Sons..., Special Limited Edition, title in red and black, 50 photogravure plates, each captioned, tissue guards, original dark purple half morocco, t.e.g., others uncut, housed within original drop-back box, some faint dis-colouration and rubbing, 4to, for private circulation only, James Veitch & Sons, 1906.*** First edition, from a 'special limited edition printed for private circulation only'. The Veitch family ran the largest group of plant nurseries in Britain in the 19th century, operating from their principal nursery in Chelsea (frontispiece). James Vietch, fifth generation horticulturalist and plant collector, ran the nursery until his early death in 1907. This work includes 1,500 plants, as well as biographies of "plant hunters" working around the world in the family's employ.

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Quakers & Shakers.- Bownas (Samuel) A Description of the Qualifications necessary to a Gospel Minister, first edition, Joseph Fry's copy with his ink inscription "Joseph Fry Apoth.y Bristol" to front free endpaper (loose), also other related signatures, contemporary panelled calf, upper cover detached, by Luke Hinde, 1750; An Account of the Life, Travels, and Christian Experiences in the Work of the Ministry..., first edition, with final advertisement leaf, spotting and soiling, contemporary calf, gilt, lacking label, [Sabin 7097], by Luke Hinde, 1756 § Woolman (John) The Works, first English edition, spotting, ex-library copy and numbers to verso of title, later half straight-grain morocco, spine gilt, T.Letchworth, 1775 § [Youngs (Benjamin Seth)] The Testimony of Christ's Second Appearing..., second edition, corrected and improved, half-title, browned, various ink & pencil inscriptions & notes to front free endpapers and half-title including "David Jones Shirley Mass...1835", contemporary calf, red roan label, Albany, Hosford, 1810, rubbed or worn, 8vo (4)*** An interesting group of items relating to the Quakers and Shakers, particularly in America. Samuel Bownas (1677-1753) was a Quaker minister who travelled to America to spread the Gospel but was imprisoned on Long Island for preaching, being released after a year. The second work includes encounters with Native Americans and with Elizabeth Hanson who had been held captive with her children and whose story he later published in 1760. John Woolman (1720-72) was an American merchant, Quaker preacher, and early abolitionist during the colonial era. The final work concerns the Shakers in America.Joseph Fry (1728-87) founded the Bristol branch of the noted Quaker Fry and the family chocolate company which became J.S.Fry & Sons.

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Mythology.- Marolles (Michel de) Tableaux du temple des muses; tirez du cabinet de feu Mr. Favereau...pour representer les Vertus & les Vices, sur les plus illustres Fables de l'Antiquité, first edition, additional engraved pictorial title (this, and letterpress title trimmed and laid down to sheet with some loss at edges), lacking engraved portrait, 57 plates only (of 58) by Bloemaert and others after Abraham Diepenbeek, one with a marginal tear, R1 near closed tear (slight text loss), S1 tear within text and paper repairs to lower edge, Z1 defective at head, some scattered soiling and staining, contemprary calf, leather repair spine foot, lower cover worn, [Brunet III 1443], folio, Paris, Aontoine de Sommaville, 1655.*** First edition of this fine series of plates after Diepenbeek's designs, illustrating Michel de Marolles' fifty-eight adaptations of classical fables.

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