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Lot 206

[Fielding (Sarah)] The Governess; or, The Little Female Academy, seventh edition, ex-library copy with accession label to pastedown and stamp to title, 20th century cloth, rubbed, 12mo,1789.⁂ Written by the sister of Henry Fielding, The Governess is a collection of stories all taking place in a school run by Miss Teachum. The British Library describes it as "perhaps the first school story" and it is important in being one of the earliest fictional works for children, with other 18th century works for the young tending towards the instructional rather than the entertaining.

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Lot 207

Freedom of the Press.- Speeches (at length) of the Honourable T. Erskine, & S. Kyd esq (The) ... on the Trial of T. Williams for publishing Paine's Age of Reason ..., second edition, corrected, one or two faint spots, advertisements at end, disbound, [1797] § Erskine (Thomas) The Resolutions of the First Meeting of the Friends to the Liberty of Press ..., disbound, 1793 § Proceedings of the Friends to the Liberty of the Press, 1793 § Proceedings of the Friends to the Liberty of the Press ..., disbound, 1793 § Hobhouse (Benjamin) Three Letters, presentation copy from author with additional manuscript note to A8 verso, one or two spots, disbound, [?1792]; 8vo (4)

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Lot 211

NO RESERVE Sir John Froissart.- Johnes (Thomas) Memoirs of The Life of Sir John Froissart..., engraved vignette title, bookplate, front free endpaper working loose, fraying and toning, to edges of first few pages, lacking A gathering, lacking frontispiece, pages spotted and toned, tears to upper right corner of GG-A2, original calf, rubbed, rebacked, retaining original label to spine, Hafod Press, 1810.

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Lot 212

NO RESERVE Johnson (Samuel) The Works, 8 vol., contemporary ink signature to head of titles, very occasional light foxing, handsome contemporary diced calf, gilt, spines gilt with black roan labels (one or two slightly chipped), a little rubbed and marked, gouge to lower cover of vol.6, Dublin, J.Christie, 1816 § Churchill (Charles) Poems, 2 vol., first collected edition, half-titles, vol.2 with signature "J. Churchill" at end of 'The Journey', a few stains, B.W.Robinson's copy with his signed note of acquisition and bookplate to front endpapers, contemporary calf, rubbed, joints split, spine ends worn, [Rothschild 621], 1763-1765 § Life and Memoirs (The) of Mr.Ephraim Tristram Bates, commonly called Corporal Bates, a broken-hearted Soldier, first edition, advertisement leaf at end, woodcut ornaments, title browned, small stain to margin of G1, contemporary sheep, worn, spine defective at ends, upper cover detached, by Malachi ⁂*, for Edith Bates, 1756; and c.20 others, miscellaneous, v.s. (c.30)⁂ The third item is a scarce libertine novel and a model for Sterne's The Life and Opinions of Tristram Shandy, Gentleman of 1759.Basil William (B.W.) Robinson (1912-2005), art historian and expert on Islamic and Asian art, and Metalwork, Keeper for many years at the Victoria & Albert Museum.

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Lot 214

NO RESERVE Bible, English.- The Holy Bible with a Complete Commentary, double column, engraved frontispiece, vignette title and 42 plates, occassional spotting and light browning, contemporary mottled calf, spine in compartments with a black morocco label, rubbed, Manchester, J. Gleave, 1818 § Bushe-Fox (J.P.) First, Second, Third, Fourth and Fifth Report on the Excavation of the Roman Fort at Richborough, Kent, 5 vol., first editions, plates and aplns, several folding, bookplates, first vol. in contemporary half calf, vol. 2 and 3 in contemporary cloth, vol. 4 and 5 in contemporary half morocco, slightly rubbing to extremities, heavier to calf, Oxford, 1926-68 § Stone (George Cameron) A Glossary of the Construction, Decoration and of Arms and Armor in all countries and in all times, new edition, one of 500 copies, illustrated throughoug, contemporary brown cloth, housed in a silver slipcase, bumped, New York, 1961, and c.20 other books, v.s. (c.25)⁂Provenance: The first three vol. are noted as Sir Arthur Evan's copies. Evans (1851-1941) was a British archaeologist and Honourable Vice President of the Society of Antiquaries.

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Lot 215

NO RESERVE Bible, Amharic.- [The Four Gospels], printed in red & black, without Latin title (as often), some light spotting or browning, armorial bookplate of Henry Wilbraham, contemporary linen-backed calf stamped in blind, worn, [Darlow & Moule 1556], 1824; and a small 17th century continental printing of Deuteronomy, Joshua & Judges in Hebrew, 4to & 16mo (2)⁂ The first translation of any part of the Bible into Amharic, translated by Abu Rami, an Abyssinian monk, and edited by Thomas Pell-Platt.

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Lot 220

Byroniana.- Bedford (John Harman) Wanderings of Childe Harolde. a romance of real life, 3 vol., first edition, vol. 2 & 3 with half-titles, each with early blank trimmed at head, scattered spotting, ex-Nottingham Public Libraries with blind-stamp to titles, contemporary drab boards, rebacked, blind-stamp to upper covers, titles in manuscript to spine, rubbed and worn, bumping to corners and spine extremities, 8vo, 1825.⁂ A biographical novel, based on the career of Byron.

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Lot 223

Lever (Charles) [Works], together 24 works in 39 vol., comprising: The Confessions of Harry Lorrequer, Dublin, 1839; Charles O'Malley, 2 vol., Dublin, 1841; Jack Hinton, Dublin, 1843; Arthur O'Leary, 3 vol., 1844; Tom Burke, 2 vol., Dublin, 1844; Tales of the Trains, 1845; Nuts and Nutcrackers, 1845; St. Patrick's Eve, 1845; The O'Donoghue, Dublin, 1845; The Knight of Gwynne, 1847; Confessions of Con. Cregan, 2 vol., [1849]; Roland Castle, 1850; Sir Jasper Carew, [1855]; The Martins of Cro'Martin, 1856; One of Them, 1861; A Day's Ride, 2 vol., 1863; Davenport Dunn, 2 vol., 1863; Cornelius O'Dowd, 3 vol., Edinburgh & London, 1864-65; Luttrell of Arran, 1865; Tony Butler, 2 vol. only (of 3), 1865; A Rent in a Cloud, [1865]; Sir Brook Fossbrooke, 3 vol., Edinburgh & London, 1866; The Bramleighs of Bishop's Folly, 3 vol., 1868 § Fitzpatrick (W. J.) The Life of Charles Lever, 2 vol., 1879, most first editions, many with illustrations by Hablot K. Browne, bookplate of C. H. Waterland Mander, the odd spot but overall clean copies, finely bound in uniform turquoise half morocco by Riviere & Son, spines elaborately gilt in compartments, some spines very slightly sunned, the odd minor mark, some light rubbing, t.e.g., 8vo.

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Lot 224

NO RESERVE Carlyle (Thomas) Chartism, first edition, advertisement leaf at end, signature at head of title neatly erased, some light soiling, ink inscription to Ridley & Helen Herschell on front pastedown, original cloth, rubbed, spine worn and defective, 8vo, 1840.⁂ Ridley Haim Herschell (1807-64), Polish-born British minister who converted from Judaism to evangelical Christianity. He was a founder of the British Society for the Propagation of the Gospel Among the Jews (1842) and of the Evangelical Alliance (1845).

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Lot 226

NO RESERVE Newman (Cardinal John Henry) Dissertatiunculae quaedam critico-theologicae, first edition, presentation copy from the author to "The Rt.Revd. Dr Hendren, Bishop of Martyropolis with the affectionate respects of the author. June 7. 1852" inscribed on front free endpaper, foxed, ex-theological library copy with ink stamps, contemporary calf, rubbed, spine defective, Rome, 1847; and vol.1-4 (of 6) of Watson's Collection of Theological Tracts of 1791, 8vo (5)⁂ Joseph William Hendren (1791-1866), Roman Catholic bishop.

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Lot 228

Dickens (Charles) Bleak House, first edition in book form, frontispiece, additional pictorial title and 38 plates by Hablot K. Browne, lacking half-title, additional title and title starting to work loose at foot, foxing, some browning to plates, lower hinge broken with final gatherings working loose, later half morocco, rubbed with wear to extremities, a few short tears to spine ends, [Eckel pp.79-81; Smith I, 19], Bradbury & Evans, 1853; and 3 others by the same, including first editions of David Copperfield and Little Dorrit in book form, 8vo (4)

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Lot 229

Dickens (Charles) Little Dorrit, first edition in book form, first issue, etched frontispiece, additional title and 38 plates by Hablot K. Browne, contemporary ink ownership inscription of E.H. Johns to front free endpaper and head of title, plates with foxing and browning to margins, occasional light foxing to text, later half calf, rubbed, Brabury and Evans, 1857; and others, 19th century literature, several Dickens, 8vo (c.40)

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Lot 230

Cyples (William) Satan Restored: a poem, first edition, ex-library with remnants of label to title verso and occasional ink-stamps, disbound, 1859 § Hess (George Furst) John Reaville and the Deserted Villages of Tangasootac, plate, ex-library with occasional ink-stamps, original paper wrappers, faint ink-stamp to upper cover, Philadelphia, 1914 § [Hepburn (Duncan D.)] "Emerald Isle" Stray Rhymes, ex-library with usual labels and ink-stamps throughout, original printed wrappers, small ink-stamp to upper cover, lacking backstrip, upper cover becoming detached, Nottingham, 1873 § Bailey (Philip James) Nottingham Castle. An Ode Historical and Traditionary ... on the Opening of the Castle as a Permanent Art Museum, ex-library with usual label and discreet blind-stamp, original paper wrappers, scattered spotting, chipping and slight creasing to edges, Nottingham, 1878; and 10 other literary pamphlets, including duplicates, 8vo & 12mo (14)⁂ The first is scarce with only 4 copies on World Cat, at the British Library; Universities of Cambridge and Oxford, and the National Library of Scotland.

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Lot 232

[Evans (Marian)], "George Eliot". Silas Marner: The Weaver of Raveloe, first edition, lacking half-title, advertisements and publisher's catalogue, some light foxing, upper hinge cracked but holding, contemporary green half morocco, rubbed, upper joint starting, William Blackwood and Sons, 1861 § [Glasse (Hannah)] The Art of Cookery, Made Plain and Easy, sixth edition, title with a few small chips to head and repaired to verso, foxing and some light soiling, rear free endpaper repaired, modern calf-backed boards, spine gilt, for the Author, 1758 § Major (Thomas) Les Ruines de Paestum, facsimile reprint, engraved plates, the odd spot, original cloth, some light soiling, a few nicks and scratches to lower cover, 1969; and others, various subjects, v.s. (lge qty in 12 boxes)

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Lot 233

Brontë (Charlotte), "Currer Bell". The Professor, to which are added the Poems of Currer, Ellis, and Acton Bell, Now First Collected, light spotting to first few pages, original cloth, rubbed, spine faded, corners and spine ends bumped and frayed, 1864 § Poe (Edgar Allen) The Poetical Works,"Complete Edition", frontispiece and illustrations, ownership inscription to front free endpapers, original pictorial cloth, lightly rubbed at extremities but still bright overall, [c.1852], 8vo (2)⁂ Second item is a rare binding variant in red cloth.

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Lot 238

NO RESERVE William Barnes.- [Baxter (Lucy)] "Leader Scott", The Life of William Barnes Poet and Philologist, first edition, two photographic frontispieces, with letters from Barnes' daughters tipped-in, spotted, bookplate, title, first few pages and last few pages spotted, pages toned, original boards, bumped, 1887; and 11 others by or relating to William Barnes, v.s. (12)⁂ "The Life of William Barnes" containing several manuscript letters written by Barnes' daughters, from the library of Anne Powell, many volumes with her notes and insertions.

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Lot 24

Brazil.- Madre de Deos (Gaspar) Memorias para a historia da Capitania de S. Vicente, hoje chamada de S. Paulo do estado do Brasil, first edition, half-title, title with woodcut device, final advertisement f., O3 paper flaw within opening line, with loss of part of a few letters, but no loss of sense of text, some spotting or staining, lightly browned, contemporary blue wrappers bound in, modern mottled calf, richly gilt spine in compartments and with double leather labels, [Azevedo-Samodães 1928; Borba de Moraes (1983) II, 507 'This classic work is becoming scarce'; Innocêncio III, 131; Período colonial p. 22; Rodrigues 1080; Sabin 43753; Sacramento Blake III, 172-4; Welsh 4439], small 4to, Lisbon, Printers of the Academy of Sciences, 1797.⁂ First edition of this history of the present-day state of São Paulo, based on a detailed study of contemporary archives. The author (1715-1800), whose secular name was Gaspar Teixeira de Azevedo, was Abbot of São Bento in Rio de Janeiro, and a corresponding member of the Lisbon Academy of Sciences.

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Lot 241

Naval.- Low (Lt. Charles Rathbone) Her Majesty's Navy, 3 vol. in 6, 3 additional pictorial titles, 43 chromolithographed plates, tissue guards, occasional cracking at gutter with vol. 6 first gathering working loose, some light foxing to plates and peripheral ff., vol. 2 with tear to rear pastedown, a few hinges cracked, vol. 5 upper hinge weak, original decorative cloth, rubbed at extremities, a few small chips to spine ends, g.e., [c.1890].

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Lot 243

Wells (H.G.) The Wonderful Visit, first edition, title in red and black, scattered spotting, cracked hinges, previous owner's ink inscription, original cloth, gilt, sunned spine, bumping to corners and extremities, a little rubbed, 1895; The Holy Terror, first edition, scattered spotting, original cloth, a little rubbed, bumping to corners and extremities, 1939; Mind at the End of its Tether, first edition, printed piece on author tipped to half-title verso, small loss to front free endpaper, final ff. strengthened at hinge with old tape, scattered spotting, original cloth, water-stain to upper cover, rubbed, bumping to corners and extremities, 1945; and others by the same, 8vo (28)

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Lot 248

NO RESERVE First World War.- Sassoon (Siegfried) Memoirs of an Infantry Officer, first edition, some manuscript annotations, light spotting to edges, original blue cloth, dust-jacket, price-clipped, toned and rubbed with tape repairs, 1930 § Owen (Wilfred) Collected Letters, edited by Harold Owen and John Bell, photographic frontispiece and plates, library stamp to title and some pages, original cloth, slightly bumped, dust-jacket, rubbed, 1967; and c.420 others relating to the First World War, v.s. (c.425)⁂ From the library of Anne Powell, many volumes with her notes and insertions, and including a number of volumes relating to the First World War written by Powell.

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Lot 249

NO RESERVE First World War.- Women.- Brittain (Vera) Testament of Youth: An Autobiographical Study of the Years 1900-1925, third impression, with second impression dust-jacket, bookplate, ownership inscription in pencil to front free endpaper, some spotting, heavier to edges, original red cloth, slightly bumped, dust-jacket toned and slightly rubbed, spine sunned, with some tape repairs to reverse, 1933 § Waddington (Mary King) My War Diary, photographic frontispiece, damp-staining to lower edge, ownership inscription in pen to front free endpapers, some spots to title, edges uncut, hinge splitting, original cloth, slightly bumped, staining to covers, 1917; and c.73 others relating to women in the First World War, v.s. (c.75)⁂ From the library of Anne Powell, many volumes with her notes and insertions, and including a number of volumes relating to women in the First World War written by Powell.

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Brazil.- Milliet de Saint-Adolphe (J.C.R.) Diccionario geographico historico e descriptivo do imperio do Brazil, 2 vol., first edition, half-titles, engraved dedication f., folding hand-coloured map of Brazil, and 5 folding plans, errata f. at end of each vol., title of vol.1 paper flaw / loss to lower margin, plans of Pernambuco and Rio with short repaired tear (the former with some marginal staining), offsetting, foxing and browning, contemporary dark green calf-backed marbled boards, richly gilt spines in compartments, spines with heads chipped and slightly faded, rubbed and scuffed, [Azevedo-Samodães 2100; Borba de Moraes (1983) II, 761; Gonçalves Rodrigues 6368; Innocêncio II, 12; Ramos 453; Sabin 49085; Sacramento Blake II, 11], Paris, J.P. Aillaud, 1845; and 5 others, Brazil, v.s. (7)⁂ The first mentioned is rare, especially with the map and plans.

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Lot 250

NO RESERVE Second World War.- Mackworth (Cecily) I Came Out of France, very light spotting to edges, original boards, bumped, spine detaching, 1941; The Destiny of Isabelle Eberhardt, photographic illustrations, spotting to edges, staining to endpapers, original cloth, bumped, dust-jacket, rubbed, tape repairs to reverse, 1951, first editions; and c.155 others relating to the Second World War, including a number relating to poetry v.s. (c.160)From the library of Anne Powell, many volumes with her notes and insertions, and including a number of volumes relating to the Second World War written by Powell.

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Lot 252

Walton (Izaak) The Compleat Angler, colour frontispiece and 11 plates by Arthur Rackham, captioned tissue-guards, illustrations, half-title with later ink gift inscription, light spotting to peripheral ff., endpapers lightly toned, original green pictorial morocco, gilt, very light rubbing to spine ends and corners, t.e.g., 1931 § [Holland (John)] The History and Description of Fossil Fuel, the Collieries, and Coal Trade of Great Britain, first edition, wood-engraved illustrations, front endpaper with contemporary ink inscription "The Gift of the County of Lonsdale to John Peile", title with short tear to head, some light spotting to peripheral ff., occasional soiling, contemporary navy calf, gilt, neatly rebacked, old covers rubbed with wear to corners, g.e., London & Sheffield, 1835; and others, attractively bound in leather or half leather, v.s. (c.44)

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Lot 253

NO RESERVE Aldington (Richard) Love and the Luxembourg, signed by the author and the designer, from an edition limited to 475, light scattered spotting, original cloth, very slightly bumped at corners, Covivi, Friede Inc., New York, 1930 § The Crystal World, pages toned, original boards, bumped, jacket toned and slightly rubbed, tape repairs to reverse, 1937 § Pinorman. Personal Recollections of Normal Douglas, Pino Orioli and Charles Prentice, photographic illustrations, original cloth, bumped, jacket rubbed, 1954, last two first editions with dust-jackets; and c.55 others by or relating to Richard Adlington, v.s. (c.60)From the library of Anne Powell, many volumes with her notes and insertions.

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Lot 255

NO RESERVE Bussy (Dorothy) Olivia, first English edition, edges toned, original boards, pictorial dust jacket, back flap wrinkled, remnants of tape to front flap, spine sunned, edges toned and very slightly rubbed, 8vo, The Hogarth Press, 1949.

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Lot 259

Bond (Michael) A Bear Called Paddington, title with very short closed tear to foot, the odd patch of minor soiling, occasional cracking at gutter, some very slight foxing to endpapers, covers rubbed, scattered spotting and marking, spine and portion of upper cover a little faded, 1958; Paddington Abroad, covers sunned along top edge, spine ends bumped, dust-jacket, sunning to spine and edges of upper panel, lightly rubbed at extremities with a couple tiny chips, panels toned with some surface soiling, 1961, first editions, illustrations by Peggy Fortnum, original cloth, 8vo. ⁂ The first and fourth in the series of Paddington books, featuring Michael Bond's much beloved marmalade-adoring eponymous bear.

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Brazil.- [Pedro I & IV] Cartas e mais documentos dirigidos a sua Magestade o Senhor D. João VI. pelo principe real o Senhor D. Pedro de Alcantara com as datas de 19 e 22. de Junho deste anno, title with small woodcut royal arms, contemporary ink inscription to title and occasional marginalia and underlining, title frayed and repaired at inner margin and mounted on stub, inner margin of final f. with some loss, a little worming at foot, mostly marginal, but occasional affecting the odd letter, some spotting and staining / water-staining, lightly browned, disbound, housed in a modern cloth drop-back box, spine gilt, [Borba de Moraes (1983) I,161; Innocêncio XVII, 162], Lisbon, National Printers, 1822; and 4 others, Brazil, v.s. (5) ⁂ The first mentioned is the first letter from Pedro as regent of Brazil, when independence from Portugal appeared inevitable. It contains his blunt assertion that Portugal is a needy fourth class state and that Brazil is first class and independent.

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Lot 261

Deighton (Len) Horse Under Water, jacket lightly toned, 1963; Funeral in Berlin, 1964; Billion Dollar Brain, 1966; An Expensive Place to Die, "Top Secret in Transit Docket" loosely inserted, 1967; Spy Story, 1974; Close-Up, 1972, first editions, original boards, dust-jackets, light creasing and bumping to extremities, otherwise excellent copies; and 21 others by Deighton, v.s. (27)

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Lot 263

NO RESERVE Lovecraft (H. P.) The Haunter of the Dark and Other Tales of Horror, first English edition, 1951 § Blackwood (Algernon) Strange Stories, first collected edition, upper hinge weak, 1929, both with ink signature of B.W.Robinson to front free endpaper, original cloth, a little rubbed and soiled, spines faded, the second a little stained, 8vo (2)⁂ Basil William (B.W.) Robinson (1912-2005), art historian and expert on Islamic and Asian art, and Metalwork, Keeper for many years at the Victoria & Albert Museum.

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Lot 264

NO RESERVE Randle (Michael) & Pat Pottle. The Blake Escape, first edition, 1989 § Jeffery (Keith) MI6: The History of the Secret Intelligence Service 1909-1949, 2012 § Bower (Tom) The Perfect English Spy, 1995 § Knightly (Philip) Philby: K.G.B. Masterspy, 1988, first editions, original boards, dust-jackets; and c.115 others, war history and some spy fiction, 8vo (c.120)

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Lot 266

NO RESERVE Wells (H.G.) The First Men in the Moon, first edition, plates, original blue cloth lettered in black with ornament to upper cover (second state cloth), rubbed and marked, joints and spine ends a little worn, 1901 § Chesterton (G.K.) The Napoleon of Notting Hill, first edition, plates by William Robertson, advertisement leaf at end, light spotting, frontispiece loose, A.P.Wavell's copy with his ink signature and bookplate to front endpapers (small hole to free endpaper), original decorated cloth, spine a little faded, 1904 § Blunden (Edmund) The Poems...1914-30, signed by the author on front free endpaper, original cloth, 1930, 8vo (3)⁂ Field Marshal Archibald Percival Wavell, 1st Earl Wavell, GCB, GCSI, GCIE, CMG, MC, KStJ, PC (1883-1950), Commander-in-Chief, India 1941-43, Viceroy of India 1943-47.

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Lot 272

Hogarth (William) The Works of William Hogarth, from the Original Plates restored by James Heath, with essay and explanations by John Nichols, 2 engraved portraits, 153 etched and engraved plates on 114 sheets, on wove paper, occasional surface dirt and spotting, some staining to lower left corner, not affecting plates, some nicks and tears to extremities of leaves, title, portrait frontispiece, covers and endpapers detached, lower marbled pastedown missing, first few pages very worn, original half morocco over marbled boards, heavily scratched and worn, gilt spine detached at head and foot, red morocco label wearing loose, Baldwin and Cradock, large folio, [1822].

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Lot 273

Illustrated.- Trogan (E.) Les Mots Historiques du Pays de France, first edition, from a large-paper edition limited to 25, colour illustrations and plates by Job, some scratches to edges, bookplate, endpapers toned, original decorative cloth, Tours, 1896 § Les Contes de Perrault, numerous colour and plain illustrations and plates, pages toned at edges, Paris, n.d. § Cahu (Théodore) Richelieu, colour illustrations by Maurice Leloir, pages toned, ownership inscription in ink to front free endpaper, hinges weak, Paris, 1910, all with original decorative cloth, very slightly bumped, and 56 other French illustrated books, many illustrated by Job, v.s. (59)

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Lot 276

Pogany (Willy).- Rolleston (T. W.) The Tale of Lohengrin, tipped-in plates and illustrations by Pogany, original blind-stamped rexine, a little rubbed, slight bumping to spine extremities, [1913] § Rubáiyát of Omar Khayyám, frontispiece, plates and illustrations by René Bull, ex-library with usual ink-stamps throughout, new endpapers, modern cloth, retaining original backstrip and upper cover, n.d. § The Uncollected Work of Aubrey Beardsley, first edition, plates, ex-library with discreet blind-stamps throughout, remnants of label to front free endpaper, modern half-morocco, a little rubbed, 1925 § Jerrold (Walter, editor) The Big Book of Fairy Tales, frontispiece, plates and illustrations by Charles Robinson, previous owner's ink inscription, original decorative cloth, slight bumping to corners and extremities, n.d.; and others illustrated, 4to (38)

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Lot 281

Marbling, Decorated Paper & Bookbinding.- Middleton (Bernard C., editor) The Whole Art of Bookbinding/The Whole Process of Marbling Paper, one of 35 specially-bound copies, from an edition limited to 500, 12 tipped-in original samples by Richard J.Wolfe, original half roan over marbled boards, by Jensen Bindery, very slightly rubbed at edges, loose in original cloth-backed board folder (binding of ordinary copies), Austin, 1987 § Easton (Phoebe Jane) Marbling: a History and a Bibliography, one of 850 copies, original cloth with mounted marbled sample mounted on upper cover, a little spotted, Los Angeles, 1983 § Bolton (Claire) Maziarczyk Paste Papers, one of 175 copies, original cloth-backed paste-paper boards, uncut, Oxford, Alembic Press, 1991 § Weimann (Christopher) Marbling in Miniature, one of 350 copies signed by the author, original marbled boards, uncut, board drop-back box, spine slightly faded, Los Angeles, 1980 § Halfer (Josef) The Process of the Marbling Art, one of 500 facsimile reprints, original boards, spine faded, Taos, NM, 1989 § Wolfe (Richard J.) Marbled Paper: Its History, Techniques, and Patterns..., Philadelphia, 1990 § Doizy (Marie-Ange) De la Dominoterie à la Marbrure..., Paris, 1996 § Smith (Philip) New Directions in Bookbinding, signed by the author with his note in pencil "This copy has some hand written corrections by the author" to verso of title and corrections to text, 1974, the first three with original marbling samples tipped in, plates and illustrations, some colour, the last three original cloth or boards with dust-jackets, v.s. (8)⁂ The first comprises reprints of the first English bookbinding and marbling manuals, the first originally published in Oswestry in 1811, the second in Glasgow c.1815. Both original texts are rare.

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Lot 284

NO RESERVE Japanese Prints & Drawings.- Hillier (Jack) Japanese Prints & Drawings from the Vever Collection, 3 vol., 1976; The Harari Collection of Japanese Paintings and Drawings, 3 vol., 1970-73 § Tamba (Tsuneo) The Art of Hiroshige, introduction by B.W.Robinson, signed presentation copy from Tamba to Robinson in English and Japanese to front free endpaper, text in English & Japanese, Tokyo, 1965 § Robinson (B.W.) Kuniyoshi|: Ein Meister des japanischen Farbholzschnitts, Essen, 1963 § Speiser (Werner) Kuniyoshi, signed and inscribed by B.W.Rosinson "from Walter Exner Februrary 1970" on front free endpaper, Bad Wildungen, 1969 plates and illustrations, many colour, some folding, original cloth with dust-jackets and/or slip-cases, the first with small tear to fold of one dust-jacket; and 6 others on Japanese prints & drawings, 4to & folio (15)⁂ Basil William (B.W.) Robinson (1912-2005), art historian and expert on Islamic and Asian art, and Metalwork, Keeper for many years at the Victoria & Albert Museum.

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Lot 288

NO RESERVE Weiss (Jeffrey) Mark Rothko, 1998 § Naifeh (Steven) & Greory White Smith. Van Gogh: The Life, first edition, 2011 § Sweetman (David) Paul Gauguin: A Complete Life, 1995 § Danchev (Alex) Cézanne: A Life, 2012, illustrations, original boards, dust-jackets; and 26 others, art reference works, v.s. (c.30)

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Lot 290

Alembert (Jean le Rond d') Traité de l'Équilibre et du Mouvement des Fluides, pour servir de suite au Traité de Dynamique, first edition, engraved title-vignette, 10 folding engraved plates, with corrected leaf pp.47-48 (second paragraph on p.48 amended) bound at end with blank leaf and errata leaf, slight wear to title where stamp removed, some foxing, first plate lightly stained, modern roan-backed marbled boards, rubbed, upper joint split, [Bibliotheca Mechanica pp.7], Paris, David, l'aîné, 1744 § [Renau d'Elicagaray (Bernard)] De la Theorie de la Manoeuvre des Vaisseaux, first edition, engraved additional pictorial title and 24 folding plates only (of 25, missing plate supplied in loose facsimile), without E1 as usual, some light staining, one or two tears and repairs to plates, old marbled boards, rubbed, Paris, Estienne Michalet, 1689, 4to & 8vo (2)

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Lot 291

NO RESERVE Faraday (Michael) Experimental Researches in Electricity, 3 vol., first editions in book form, mixed set, vol.1 with advertisement leaf and 8pp. catalogue date May 13 1839 at end, vol.2 & 3 with half-titles but no advertisements at end, 17 plates, most folding, some foxing, vol.1 a little water-stained (mainly plates), ex-library copies with a variety of stamps and labels including perforated stamp to title of vol.1, vol.1 & 2 library half roan, vol.3 original cloth, sticker to foot of spine, all rubbed, [PMM 308], 1839-44-55; Experimental Researches in Chemistry and Physics, first edition in book form, half-title, lacking the 3 plates, original cloth, rubbed, joints split, 1859 § Priestley (Joseph) The History and Present State of Electricity, 2 vol., third edition, 8 folding engraved plates, 4pp. publisher's catalogue at end of vol.2, 2 Contents leaves in vol.1 misbound after dedication, a few later pencil annotations and markings, water-staining, light offsetting to plates, later cloth, 1775 § Darwin (Charles) On the Origin of Species by means of Natural Selection, or the Preservation of Favoured Races in the Struggle for Life, contained in 'The Edinburgh Review...' vol.CXI pp.487-532, contemporary half morocco, rubbed, London & Edinburgh, 1860; and c.20 others, mostly odd volumes of periodicals containing scientific papers including 2 vol. of Journal of the Royal Agricultural Society of England inscribed to John Dalton, 8vo; sold not subject to return (c.25)

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Lot 293

NO RESERVE Hay (Alfred) On Impulsive Rushes and Inductive Circuits, presentation copy from author with inscription to upper cover, ex-library with occasional ink-stamps, original printed paper wrappers, a little rubbed, [1894]; The Charging of a Condenser, presentation copy from author with inscription to first ff., diagrams, ex-library with occasional ink-stamps, contemporary paper wrappers, title in manuscript to upper cover, library labels to spine foot, [1895]; and 2 others on geology, 8vo (4)

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Lot 297

Medicine.- Piquer (Andrés) Medicina Vetus, et Nova, third edition, some light browning and scattered spotting, Y4 with small contemporary ink marginalia, upper hinge breaking but just holding, Madrid, Joaquín Ibarra, 1758; Archiatri Praxis Medica, vol. 1 only (of 2), first edition, woodcut head- & tail-pieces and initials, front pastedown and endpaper with ink inscriptions and a few abrasion marks, occasional light damp-staining, mostly marginal, some cracking at gutter, hinges weak, upper cover with vertical tear to head, Madrid, Joaquín Ibarra, 1764, titles with woodcut device, contemporary vellum, ink manuscript titles to spines, rubbed and soiled, ties later and 1 lacking; and others, antiquarian, including a 1767 edition of Manilius' Astronomicon, and a defective 1651 Historia Judaica, 8vo & 4to (c.27)⁂ Andrés Piquer (1711-1772) Spanish physician and philosopher who served as doctor to Kings Ferdinand VI and Charles III of Spain. The second mentioned consists of 2 parts in 1 volume; a second volume containing a final part was published in 1766.

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Nursing.- Nightingale (Florence) Notes on Nursing: What it is, and what it is not, first edition, second issue, with "[The right of Translation is reserved]" at title foot, title strengthened at edges with tissue, original advertisement for "Notes on Nursing" tipped-in at end, ex-library with occasional usual label and ink-stamps, modern cloth, library blind-stamp to upper cover, slight bumping to corners and extremities, [1860] § Dennys (Joyce), Hampden Gordon & M. C. Tindall. Our Hospital ABC, full-page illustrations, previous owner's ink inscription, title and several ff. torn with old tape repairs, some strengthened at gutter with brown tape, original pictorial boards, rubbed and worn, bumping to corners and spine extremities, [1917]; 8vo & 4to (2).

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Lot 299

Pasteur (Louis) Études sur le Vinaigre, sa fabrication, ses maladies, moyens de les prévenir, first edition, half-title, illustrations, a few pencil annotations and markings, light staining at beginning and end, contemporary cloth, rubbed, Paris, 1868 § Wöhler (F.), J.Liebig & Hermann Kopp, editors. Annalen der Chemie und Pharmacie, Band CXXXVII-CXL in 1 vol., plates, some folding, ex-research library copy with stamps, contemporary half calf, rubbed, spine worn, Leipzig & Heidelberg, 1866, 8vo (2)⁂ The second includes 'Untersuchungen über aromatische Verbindungen' by August Kekulé, his important work on the structure of benzene.

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Lot 302

NO RESERVE Botany.- [Coles (William)] [Adam in Eden: or, Natures Paradise. The History of Plants, Fruits, Herbs and Flowers...], [first edition], lacking title, lacking final blank, many ff. loose, browned, some damp-staining, edges frayed, nineteenth century half calf, upper joint split, rubbed, [Hunt 269; Wing C5087], folio, [by J. Streater], [1657].

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Lot 304

Botany.- Lowe (E. J.) Fern Growing: Fifty Years' Experience in Crossing and Cultivation, first edition, ALs by author loosely inserted, engraved portrait frontispiece, 2 plates, one colour, illustrations, newspaper clipping on the author pasted to front free endpaper verso, bookplate, original pictorial cloth, slight bumping to corners and extremities, 1895; A Natural History of New and Rare Ferns, colour frontispiece, colour plates, one detached and loosely inserted, tissue-guards, original pictorial cloth, gilt, a little rubbed, bumping to corners and extremities, 1871 § Pratt (Anne) The Ferns of Great Britain and their Allies, colour plates, tissue guards, scattered spotting, original cloth, sunned, slight bumping to corners and extremities, n.d.; and others similar, 4to & 8vo (8)

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Entomology.- Donovan (Edward) The Natural History of British Insects, vol. 3-6 only (of 16) bound in 2, 144 hand-coloured engraved plates, some light foxing to plate tissue guards and text leaves, first vol (3 & 4 therein) with light damp-stain to lower edge affecting some plates, contemporary tree calf, rebacked but portions of original backstrip retained, [Hagen 177; Nissen ZBI 1142], 8vo, for F. and C. Rivington, 1794-97

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White (Rev. Gilbert) A Naturalist's Calendar, first edition, hand-coloured plate, some scattered foxing and minor soiling, handsome contemporary marbled calf, neatly rebacked and recornered, spine gilt and with red and green morocco labels, old covers rubbed at extremities, endpapers renewed, 8vo, 1795.

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NO RESERVE America.- Birkbeck (Morris) Letters from Illinois, ?first edition, without advertisement leaf, with 2 folding engraved maps by John Melish, the first with route supplied in red and some tears (repaired), the second lacking bottom half of map, text browned, a few stains, modern morocco-backed marbled boards, [Sabin 5567], Philadelphia, M.Carey & Son, 1818; and an imperfect copy of Bruce's Travels of 1790, 12mo & 4to; sold not subject to return (6)

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Lot 317

America.- Wilkes (Charles) Narrative of the United States Exploring Expedition, 2 vol., frontispieces, additional vignette titles, plates and illustrations, publisher's advertisements at end, scattered faint spotting, original cloth, decorated in blind, gilt spine, bumping to corners and extremities, 1852 § Hole (Rev. S Reynolds) A Little Tour in America, first edition, half-title, photogravure frontispiece, illustrations, some full-page, front free endpaper detached, ex-library with occasional ink-stamps, remnants of label and ink-stamp to half-title, original cloth, mottling to upper cover where label removed, slight bumping and chipping to corners and extremities, 1895 § Churchill (Charles) Memorials of Missionary Life in Nova Scotia, 1845 § Bell (Rev. Fred) Midnight Scenes in the Slums of New York, portrait frontispiece, scattered spotting, ex-Nottingham Mechanic's Institute with bookplate, cracked hinges, original decorative cloth, light vertical mottled line to spine, London & Nottingham, [1881]; and others, North or South America, 8vo (7)

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Children's pasteboard modelling.- [Blasche (Bernhard Heinrich)] Arte de trabajar en carton toda clase de obras de utitidad y recreo, first edition in Spanish, 8 folding engraved plates, some water-staining and spotting, original light green printed wrappers, foxed and stained, but solid, [Garcia Rico 1615; Palau 17767], Barcelona, José Torner, 1829 § Postal system.- Begas (José Antonio D. y) Nuevo estilo y formulario de escribir cartas misivas, y responder á ellas en todos géneros de correspondencia, occasional spotting, contemporary vellum, original printed label to spine, lightly marked, Barcelona, Juan Francisco Piferrer, 1835; and 15 others, 19th century Spanish, v.s. (17)⁂ The first mentioned is rare in commerce.

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Europe.- Jones (Capt. E. D. Wynne) General Description of My Late Tour through France, Switzerland, and Germany, first edition, silver gelatin photographic portrait print frontispiece, 16 plates, pp31-32 with small hole affecting odd letter, scattered spotting, original decorative cloth, gilt, slight bumping to corners and extremities, 8vo, Rhyl, for private circulation, [1882].

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Lot 321

NO RESERVE Holy Land.- Kahn (Leo, photographer) Palästina im Bild, c.71 loose prints from photographs by Kahn only, scattered foxing, original board folder with pictorial onlay to upper cover, lacking backstrip, flaps and ties, worn, images c.82 x 115mm, sheets 170 x 200mm., Vienna, Jüdische Zeitung, [1912] § Jerusalem. 24 Artistic Pictures in Heliogravure, 24 heliogravure plates, lightly browned, rear free endpaper torn and repaired with tape, original boards, rubbed, loss to spine ends, upper joint split at head and foot, lacking lower cover, Cairo, Lehnert & Landrock, [1920] § Stephan (St. H.) and Boulos Afif. This is Palestine. A Concise Guide to the Important Sites in Palestine, Transjordan & Syria, photographic illustrations, browned, very occasional spotting, original wrappers, lightly rubbed with some scattered spotting, faint ring mark to lower cover, spine chipped at foot, Jerusalem, 1942; and others, Holy Land, v.s. (c.25)⁂ Of the first mentioned, a total of 180 photographs were issued in three portfolios.

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Italy.- Rome.- Rossi (Giovanni Giacomo de) Insignium Romae templorum prospectus exteriores interioresque..., engraved throughout with title incorporating dedication to Cardinal Gaspari by Blondeau, frontispiece of St.Peter performing his first miracle by Manelli (bound after title), 68 plates and plans only (of 70), some double page, buy Bufalini, Collin, Venturini et al., some light off-setting, occasional instances of minor soiling or spots, contemporary vellum, slightly toned, folio, Rome, Giovanni Giacomo de Rossi, 1684.⁂ Engravings of elevations, plans and interiors of Roman churches.

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Lot 326

Italy.- Rome.- Nuova Collezione di Vedute di Roma, Antiche e Moderne, 2 folding engraved maps, 75 engraved plates, the vast majority of views and plans, and a few of medals, some light foxing, mainly to borders, margins of first couple of ff. slightly soiled, contemporary diced calf, spine gilt with red morocco label, Rome, Pietro Piale, [c.1815] § Lumisden (Andrew) Remarks on the Antiquities of Rome and its Environs:... engraved maps and plates, many folding, some light uniform browning, contemporary half morocco, spine and corners worn, 1797, olbion folio and 4to (2) ⁂ Provenance: the first mentioned, from the library of Westport House [bookplate]

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Middle East.- Nyrop (Richard F.) et. al., Area Handbook for the Person Gulf States, first edition, first printing, tables and illustrations, plates, some folding, edges toned, some staining to lower edge, not affecting leaves, original green cloth, slightly rubbed, Washington, D.C., Library of Congress, 1977 § Gulf diary, calendar, map of the Gulf, photographic illustrations by Cecilia Green, some toning to end leaves, original pictorial wrappers, ring bound, 1976 § Gulf Mirror, no.406 1978 and no. 407 1978, some annotations, slightly rubbed; and one other relating to the Persian Gulf, v.s. (5)

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Polar.- M'Clintock (Francis) A Narrative of the Discovery of the fate of Sir John Franklin, first edition, 2 folding maps, plates and illustrations, some faint foxing to title and preliminaries, elsewhere a few faint spots, modern calf-backed boards, spine gilt with black morocco label, g.e., housed in marbled slip case, 8vo, 1859.

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Polar.- Mountaineering.- Fuchs (Sir Vivian) & Sir Edmund Hillary. The Crossing of Antarctica, first edition, plates, maps in the text, faint spotting to fore-edges, original cloth, price-clipped dust-jacket, slight chipping to spine head, fractional creasing to edges, 1958 § Hunt (John) The Ascent of Everest, first edition, frontispiece, plates and illustrations, previous owner's ink inscription, original cloth, fractional bumping to spine extremities, dust-jacket, chipping to corners and spine extremities, 1953; 8vo (2).

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Sri Lanka.- Cave (Henry W.) The Ruined Cities of Ceylon, first edition, photographic frontispiece and 46 plates, without half-title, ink inscription "With the Author's best wishes" to verso of frontispiece, some scattered spotting and light finger-soiling, contemporary tan morocco ruled in blind, rubbed with a few scratches, light spotting to covers, 1897 § Roscoe (Thomas) Jennings' Landscape Annual for 1838. Spain and Morocco, engraved frontispiece, additional vignette title and 19 plates by David Roberts, tissue-guards, bookplate to front pastedown partially removed, foxing to plates, upper hinge weak but holding, original cloth, spine gilt but a little faded, rubbed, 1838, g.e.; and others, travel, 8vo & 4to (12)

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Controversial ancient history.- Andrada (Diogo de Paiva de) Exame d'antiguidades...Repartida em doze tratados, onde se apurão historias, opiniões, & curiosidades pertencentes ao reyno de Portugal, & a outras partes, desd'a criação do mundo atè o anno 3403, first edition, title and woodcut royal arms within woodcut typographic and double filet border, woodcut head-pieces and decorative initials, occasional later ink marginalia, B1 repaired tear within text, without loss, some spotting or staining, lightly browned, contemporary mottled calf, spine in compartments and with later gilt red leather label (to style), a few small wormholes / traces (mostly to spine ends), piece of leather missing from bottom corner of lower cover, rubbed, small 4to, Lisbon, Jorse [sic] Rodriguez, 1616.⁂ On the relation of Greek and Roman history and culture to ancient Spain and Portugal. The work sparked a quarrel, as Andrada disproved certain arguments presented by Bernardo de Brito in his Monarchia Lusitana, 1597. Provenance: Bernardino Ribeiro de Carvalho (bookplate to front free endpaper).

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