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Lot 124

Provincially printed book-keeping for children.- Wells (G.) A Commercial Guide, for the Use of Schools: Containing a Practical Application of the Principal Rules of Arithmetic to the Purposes of Trade, first edition, ink ownership inscription to front free endpaper and title, occasional spotting, contemporary sheep, gilt, upper joint split, but holding, spine ends and corners worn, rubbed, [Not in Historical Accounting Literature], Chipping Norton, Printed by J.H. Truby, 1824; and 3 others, Finance, 12mo & 8vo (4)⁂ Rare, with four copies recorded by Library Hub and WorldCat between them.

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Lot 125

Goethe (Johann Wolfgang von) Faust: A Drama...with translations from the German by Lord Francis Leveson Gower, 2 vol., second edition, engraved portrait frontispiece, armorial bookplate of Sir Robert Johnson Eden, some light foxing, mostly at beginning and end, contemporary half calf over marbled boards, rubbed, loss to spine labels, 8vo, John Murray, 1825.⁂ Seemingly the first complete English translation of Faust, Part One. Earlier partial translations were provided by Samuel Taylor Coleridge (attributed to) and Percy Shelley. Gower's own first translation, published in 1823, left sections untranslated.

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Lot 127

Sadler (Michael Thomas) The Law of Population..., 2 vol., first edition, light foxing to endpapers, contemporary half calf with red and green labels to spine, 8vo, John Murray, 1830.⁂ First edition of a controversial work opposing Malthus' views on the inevitability of population growth. Sadler, radical Tory MP and leader of the factory reform movement, argued birth rates decline with rising levels of prosperity, directly contradicting the Malthusian paradigm. Sadler's work was in turn attacked in the Edinburgh Review by Thomas Macaulay in July 1830. In June 1832, Sadler was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society.

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Lot 129

Roscoe (Thomas, editor).- [The Novelists' Library, with Biographical and Critical Notices], 19 vol., engraved portraits, etched plates by George Cruikshank and others, occasional light foxing, Amelia with first gathering detached, armorial bookplate of Sir William Eden to front pastedowns, contemporary half morocco, spines gilt, rubbed, 8vo, 1831-33.

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Lot 132

Godwin (William) Lives of the Necromancers, first edition, half-title, scattered faint spotting, 2pp. advertisements at the end, original cloth-backed boards, lightly sunned spine, slight bumping to corners and extremities, 8vo, 1834.

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Lot 135

Woman novelist.- Blessington (Marguerite Gardiner, Countess) Strathern; or life at home and abroad. A story of the present day, 4 vol., first edition, lithographed portrait frontispiece, advertisement f. to end of vol.3, 2 advertisement ff. to end of vol.4, some spotting, engraved bookplates of Hannah Isabella Mande, these mostly lightly offsetting on to front free endpapers and titles, original green cloth-backed drab boards, original printed labels to spines, spines uniformly slightly faded, labels chipped, with loss of a few letters, corners little worn, rubbed, [Sadleir 248; Wolff 552; Loeber and Loeber, Guide to Irish Fiction, B187], a very good set of a rare novel, Henry Colburn, 1845; and 13 others, by the same, v.s. (17) ⁂ The author was a literary hostess and friend of Byron and Dickens. Strathern is a novel of high society, set in contemporary Rome. Certain characters were intended to be easily identifiable, notably Bulwer Lytton who is maliciously portrayed as the simpering Webworth; a name derived from his estate at Knebworth.

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Lot 139

Le Fanu (Joseph Sheridan) Uncle Silas: A Tale of Bartram-Haugh, first 1 vol. edition, first illustrated edition, half-title, wood-engraved frontispiece, additional title with wood-engraved vignette, contemporary red half calf, spine gilt with black morocco label, lightly scuffed, [Sadleir 1386b], 8vo, Richard Bentley, 1865.

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Lot 14

[Defoe (Daniel)] La vita e le avventure di Robinson Crusoe, 2 vol. in 1, second edition of the first Italian translation, woodcut frontispieces to each vol., title ornaments, head- and tail-pieces and decorative initials, water-stained, some spotting or staining, lightly browned, modern mottled calf, spine in compartments and with red leather label, rubbed at extremities, Venice, Domenico, 1748; and an Italian translation of Addison's Cato, 1725, 8vo & small 4to (2)⁂ The translation was taken from the French translation of Themiseul de Saint-Hyacinthe and Justus van Effen.

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Lot 144

Jackson (Catherine Charlotte, Lady) [Works], 14 vol., engraved plates, uniform attractive crushed salmon half morocco gilt by Hatchards, spines gilt in compartments with fleurs-de-lis, light sunning and occasional marking to spines, t.e.g., 8vo, Richard Bentley, 1878-90.⁂ Comprising the titles Old Paris; The Court of France in The XVIth Century; Court of The Tuileries; Last of The Valois; First of The Bourbons; The Old Regime; French Court & Society.

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Lot 147

Novels.- India.- Lodwick (R.W.) John Bolt, Indian civil servant. A tale of old Haileybury and India, 2 vol., first edition, half-titles, errata slips tipped-in at start, advertisement f. after title in each vol., vol.1 title upper inner corner with neat gnawing, both vol. final versos and endpapers browned, original green pictorial cloth, spines gilt, rubbed, [Not in Wolff or Gupta, India in English Fiction], Digby & Long, [1890] § Yorkshire farm & mill workers.- Marshall (W.) Monsell Digby. A novel, 3 vol., first edition, presentation copy from the author to his niece, initial advertisement f. to each vol., occasional spotting, original dark olive decorative cloth, spines gilt, rubbed, a good set, [Wolff 4582], Remington, 1880; and 17 others, 19th century Novels, v.s. (22)

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Lot 149

Wharton (Henry Thornton, translator) Sappho, half-title, modern ink inscription to endpaper, occasional light spotting, contemporary half red morocco, by Hatchards, rubbed, upper joint cracked but holding firm, t.e.g., others uncut, 1895 § Grote (George) A History of Greece, 10 vol., new edition, the odd spot, later calf, arms of Eton College in gilt to upper covers, some light spotting and rubbing but still an attractive set, 1888 § Hughes (Thomas) Alfred The Great, Eton College prize bookplate to endpaper, later polished tree calf, lightly rubbed, inner gilt dentelles, g.e., 1887, plates, all but first with bookplate of Douglas M. Hogg, gilt; and c.50 others, most leather bound, v.s. (c.50)

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Lot 15

British authors in German.- Young (Edward) Der nicht fabelhafte Centaur, first edition in German, engraved frontispiece, small ink ownership stamp to title, foxed, lightly browned, contemporary marbled boards, 20th century printed library label to upper cover, rubbed and scuffed, [Kind, Edward Young in Germany, p.140], Leipzig, Johann Gottfried Dyck, 1755 § Edgeworth (Maria) Ausgewählte Erzählungen, 4 vol., some foxing, attractive contemporary calf-backed marbled boards, spines gilt and with light green labels, corners worn, rubbed, Stuttgart, Ebner & Seubert, 1840; and c.30 others, British authors mostly in German and a few in Dutch, including, Scott, Hazlitt, and Goldsmith, v.s. (c.35)

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Lot 154

NO RESERVE Butler (Samuel) Erewhon Revisited, first edition, errata slip tipped-in, advertisements at end, small ink smudge to title, cracked hinges, catalogue clipping tipped-in, ex-library with usual label and stamps, original cloth, a little rubbed, slight bumping to corners and extremities, 1901; Butleriana, number 48 of 800 copies, frontispiece, plates, ex-library with label and blind-stamps, original morocco-backed boards, a little rubbed, Nonesuch Press, 1932; Erewhon, one of 300 copies, illustrations, original cloth, rubbed and worn, small stain to corners, bumping to corners and extremities, Montgomeryshire, Gregynog Press, 1932; and others by the same, 8vo (15)

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Lot 160

Doyle (Sir Arthur Conan) The Hound of the Baskervilles, first edition, with "you" for "your" on p.13 line 3, lacking half-title, 14 plates by Sidney Paget only (of 16, lacking frontispiece and "Welcome, Sir Henry!"), additional plate from later edition bound in at p.170, a few plates strengthened along gutter with tape, 1 plate with tear to centre, with no loss and repaired with tape, occasional light spotting, original red pictorial cloth, stamped in gilt and black, neatly and sympathetically rebacked, retaining original backstrip, patch of discolouration to lower cover, light rubbing with gilt a little faded in places, endpapers renewed, [Green & Gibson A26], 8vo, 1902.⁂ Sherlock Holmes' most famous adventure and one of the most celebrated crime novels of all time.

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Lot 162

Churchill (Sir Winston Spencer) The World Crisis, 5 vol. only (of 6), first editions, half-titles, folding maps and plates, errata slip in vol. 1 & 4, some light foxing, mostly to first and last few leaves, endpapers browned, bookplate of Frank Reddaway, original dark blue cloth, spines gilt, some light rubbing, mostly to spine ends and corners, overall a bright and excellent set, [Woods A32(a)], 8vo, 1923-29.

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Lot 166

NO RESERVE Bradbury (Malcolm) Mensonge, signed presentation inscription from the author to title, 1987; Cuts, signed by the author to title, illustrations, 1987; Eating People is Wrong; jacket spine faded, extremities a little rubbed and frayed, 1959; Stepping Westward, 1965, first editions, original boards or cloth, dust-jackets, all very good or excellent copies; and 2 others by Bradbury, 8vo (6)

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Lot 168

NO RESERVE Forster (E.M.) Alexandria: A History and a Guide, second edition, folding map, illustrations, contemporary ink ownership signature to front free endpaper, endpapers lightly spotted, very occasional finger-soiling marks, original printed boards, lightly rubbed, spine toned, Alexandria, 1938; England's Pleasant land, first edition, original cloth, lightly faded, The Hogarth Press, 1940; Virginia Woolf, light spotting, original wrappers, lightly spotted, spine chipped and discoloured, Cambridge, 1942 § Kirkpatrick (B.J.) A Bibliography of E. M. Forster, original boards, dust-jacket, small abrasion mark to upper panel, some repaired tears, spine lightly toned, 1968; and 8 others, by or about Forster, 8vo (12)

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Lot 169

NO RESERVE Golding (William) The Spire, jacket lightly foxed and spine head creased, 1964; Darkness Visible, 1979; A Moving Target, jacket price-clipped, 1982, first editions, one or two light spots or offsetting to endpapers, original boards or cloth, dust-jackets; and 4 others, Golding, 8vo (7)

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Lot 170

NO RESERVE Hemingway (Ernest) Across the River and into The Trees, first American edition, first printing with the Scribner's "A" and seal on copyright page, browning stain to front free endpapers, small embossed name stamp to endpaper, original cloth, spine ends very lightly bumped, dust-jacket, soiling mark to upper cover, portion of loss to spine head, other nicks and chips to fore-edge and spine tail, short tears to lower panel, New York, 1950.

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Lot 171

NO RESERVE Kipling (Rudyard) Stalky & co., 1899; Debits and Credits, cloth rather worn and stained, joints frayed and splitting, 1926; Many Inventions, 1893; Wee Willie Winkie, 1892; Life's Handicap, 1891, first editions, contemporary ink ownership inscriptions or bookplates to pastedown or endpapers, some foxing and browning, original cloth, some extremities bumped and creased; and 6 others by Kipling, 8vo (11)

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Lot 172

NO RESERVE Lessing (Doris) The Grass is Singing, jacket with tape or remnants of tape to flaps, one portion removed affecting text, cloth faded, 1950; A Proper Marriage, boards lightly soiled, 1954; Retreat to Innocence, 1956; A Ripple from the Storm, ink ownership name to front free endpaper, hinge cracked but holding firm, tape staining to first p. and offset to title, cloth spine ends bumped, 1958, first editions, browning strip and light soiling to endpapers, original boards or cloth, dust-jackets, light chipping to corners, heavier to spine heads, otherwise largely bright and crisp copies; and 42 others by or relating to Lessing, 8vo (46)

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Lot 173

NO RESERVE Manning (Olivia) [The Levant trilogy], 3 vol., comprising The Danger Tree, jacket spine ends and corners a little chipped, a few short closed tears to head and foot, 1977; The Battle Lost and Won, jacket spine sunned, spine ends and corners a little chipped, a few short closed tears to head, 1978; The Sum of All Things, slight shelf-lean, jacket spine sunned, 1980, first editions, original boards, dust-jackets; and another by the same, 8vo (4)

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Lot 174

NO RESERVE Mo (Timothy) The Monkey King, jacket lightly toned, else fine, 1978; An Insular Possession, 1986; The Redundancy of Courage, number 42 of 150 copies specially bound, 1991; first editions, signed or last with signed presentation inscription by the author to title or colophon page, original boards or cloth, first and last with dust-jackets, light creases to spine ends, but overall excellent copies; and 3 others by Mo, 8vo (6)

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Lot 175

NO RESERVE Salinger (J.D.) Raise High the Roof Beam, Carpenters and Seymour, an Introduction, first edition, second state with the dedication present and misspelling "Sey-more" to p.173, original cloth, very light fading to spine, light sunning to spine tips, dust-jacket, light fading to spine, light rubbing and creasing to spine tips and corners, short nick with creasing to head of upper panel, and excellent copy, 8vo, Boston, 1963.

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Lot 190

Dean (G. A.) A Series of Selected Designs for Country Residences, Entrance Lodges, Farm Offices, Cottages, etc.., first edition, 2 colour lithographs (1 as frontispiece; loose), 33 plates (some double page), a few with very light spotting, cracking to gutter at title, original blind-stamped cloth, some light damp-staining, rubbing to extremities, folio, Worthing et al., Charles Henry Knight et al., 1867.

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Lot 192

Architecture.- Neutra (Richard) Architecture of Social Concern in Regions of Mild Climate, first edition, photographic illustrations, light browning to endpapers, original cloth, light browning, dust-jacket, spine ends and corners chipped, some chipping and wear to upper joint, creasing to head, 4to, Sao Paulo, 1948.⁂ Rare work by Neutra, especially so in the dust-jacket.

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Lot 196

NO RESERVE Africa.- Livingstone (David) Missionary Travels and Researches in South Africa; including a sketch of sixteen years' residence in the interior of Africa, first edition, first issue with folding engraved frontispiece, engraved portrait (damp-stained at head), 22 wood-engraved plates, one folding diagram, 2 folding maps, illustrations, spotting to endpapers but a clean copy generally, armorial bookplate of Sir William Eden to front pastedown, later half calf, some chipping to head of spine, 8vo, 1857.

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Lot 197

Africa.- Park (Mungo) Travels in the Interior Districts of Africa...in the Years 1795, 1796, and 1797, 2 parts in 1 vol., including Appendix, first edition, stipple-engraved portrait frontispiece, 3 engraved maps / charts (one with routes supplied in red and blue), 5 engraved plates (2 botanical), postscript f., 2 ff. of music, larger map with tear running from inner margin, light offsetting but a clean copy generally, subscriber's copy with armorial bookplate of Robert Eden to front pastedown, W. Bulmer & Co. for the author, 1799; The Journal of a Mission to the Interior of Africa, first edition, folding map, illustrations, light offsetting, for John Murray, 1815, lacking half-titles, uniform contemporary speckled calf, gilt, spines rubbed, spine labels chipped, 4to (2)

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Lot 198

NO RESERVE Alps.- Daudet (Alphonse) Tartarin sur les Alpes, illustrations, upper hinge cracked and strengthened with tape, later half morocco, rubbed at joints and corners, partly unopened, Paris, 1885 § Lenthéric (Charles) L'Homme devant Les Alpes, 6 folding maps or plans, occasional light spotting, modern calf, Paris, 1896 § Schmithals (Hans) Die Alpen, colour plates, photographic illustrations, folding map, original upper cover bound in, modern half black morocco, Berlin, 1926, bookplate of Michael Matantos, all but last with original wrappers bound in (lightly rubbed and dust-soiled), the first with ink stamp to lower wrapper, gilt, t.e.g.; and another on the Alps, v.s. (4)

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Lot 199

British travellers in North America.- Stamer (William) The Gentleman emigrant: his daily life, sports, and pastimes in Canada, Australia, and the United States, 2 vol., first edition, half-titles, these lightly browned, occasional spotting, original green cloth, spines gilt, foot of spine of vol.1 worn, corners little worn, some staining, rubbed, Tinsley Brothers, 1874 § St. John (Frederick Edward Molyneux) The Sea of mountains. An account of Lord Dufferin's tour through British Columbia in 1876, 2 vol., first edition, half-titles, mounted photographic portrait frontispiece of Lord Dufferin, original green blind-stamped cloth, spines gilt, some damp-staining to upper cover of vol.2, Hurst and Blackett, 1877; and 39 others, similar, v.s. (43)

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Burke (Edmund) Philosophische Untersuchungen über den Urspung unsrer Begriffe vom Erhabenen und Schönen, first German edition, title with small portion lower fore-edge margin excised, browning and spotting, damp-staining to final c.25ff, ?near contemporary boards, rubbed, 8vo, Riga, Johann Friedrich Hartknoch, 1773.⁂ First German edition of Burke's 'Philosophical Inquiry into the Origin of our Ideas of the Sublime and the Beautiful'; translated by Christian Garve, a prominent figure of the German Enlightenment. The work was already well- known having been reviewed by Mendelssohn as early as 1758, and was influential with German intellectuals, including Hamann, Herder and Kant, who quoted from this German edition in the 'Critik de Urtheilskraft'.

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Lot 200

British Women travellers in North America .- Wortley (Lady Emmeline Stuart) Travels in the United States, etc. during 1849 and 1850, 3 vol., first edition, half-title to vol.2 (as called for), ink ownership inscriptions to titles, some spotting and light staining, original blue cloth, spines gilt, corners little worn and bumped, cocked, rubbed, Richard Bentley, 1851 § Murray (Hon. Amelia Matilda) Letters from the United States, Cuba and Canada, 2 vol. in 1, half-titles, folding map, pencil annotations, school prize inscription to front pastedown, occasional spotting, original cloth, spine richly gilt, corners worn, rubbed, John W. Parker and Son, 1856; and 8 others, similar, v.s. (12)

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Lot 201

NO RESERVE America.- Tschiffely (A. F.) Southern Cross to Pole Star...Being an Account of 10,000 Miles in the Saddle through the Americas, half-title, portrait frontispiece, photographic plates, dust-jacket bound in, A.L.s. from the author explaining the weaving technique of Native Americans tipped-in to endpaper, with two illustrations in ink, addressed to an undisclosed "Sir" and dated February 3rd 1933, bookplate of Michael Matantos, some very light spotting, mostly to first and last few leaves, modern half green morocco, gilt, with original covers laid-down, upper cover blind-tooled with a man and two horses, some water-staining, spine sunned, t.e.g., 8vo, 1933.⁂ Recounts a three year journey on horseback from Buenos Aires to Washington DC in the late 1920s.

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Lot 204

World.- Harriott (John) Struggles through life, exemplified in the various travels and adventures in Europe, Asia, Africa, and America, 2 vol., second edition, stipple-engraved portrait frontispiece (detaching), folding engraved plate of 'Patent fire escapes', plate foxed, 2A3 lower marginal corner cut away, occasional spotting or light foxing, lightly browned, contemporary speckled calf, spines gilt and with red and black leather labels and paper labels at head with ms. shelfmark, stained and rubbed, Printed (for the author) by J. Skirven, 1808 § Canada.- [Shore (Mackworth Charles)] Two months on the Tobique, New Brunswick. An emigrant's journal, 1851, first edition, title lightly browned, occasional spotting, original red cloth, gilt, spine ends and corners little frayed, Smith, Elder, 1866; and 9 others, Travel, including a 3 vol. set of Coxe's Switzerland, 1791, v.s. (12)⁂ The first mentioned includes much on America. Harriott (1745-1817) was a seaman, inventor (including fire escapes depicted by the plate), projector of the Thames police, and resident magistrate at the Thames police court. He served in the navy in America and the West Indies, and was present at the recapture of Newfoundland. For some time he ran farms in New York and Rhode Island, and became involved in a British scheme to purchase 17,000,000 acres in Georgia.

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Lot 205

Britain.- Bacon (G. W.) New Large-Scale Atlas of the British Isles, 4 charts and 99 maps or plans with contemporary hand-colouring, some light spotting to first few pp., contemporary half calf, gilt, calf worn, folio, G. W. Bacon, 1893

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Lot 219

Gloucestershire.- Speed (John) Glocestershire contrived into thirty thre several hundreds, first edition, county map with inset plan of Bristol and Gloucester, engraving with early hand-colouring, sheet 430 x 520 mm (16 7/8 x 20 1/2 in), central vertical fold reinforced verso, small repaired tear to lower margin, marginal surface dirt, unframed, Sudbury and Humble, [1611].

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Lot 23

[Colonna (Francesco)] Poliphili Hypnerotomachia..., half-title, woodcut illustrations, some light damp-staining, occasional spotting (including to half-title), red morocco, gilt, spine with black morocco label, uncut, folio, 1904.⁂ Facsimile reproduction by Methuen & Co. of the 1499 Aldine first edition of the text.

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Lot 233

Somerset.- Speed (John) Somerset-Shire Described and into Hundreds divided with the plot of the famous and most wholsom waters and citie of the Bathe, First edition, county map with inset plan of Bath, engraving with hand-colouring, on laid paper with armorial watermark, platemark 383 x 512 mm (15 1/8 x 20 1/4 in), sheet 407 x 540 mm (16 x 21 1/4 in), central vertical fold with splitting repaired verso, small loss restored to foot, small carefully repaired tears, marginal nicks and tears, notably the upper left corner, minor surface dirt, unframed, Sudbury and Humble, [1611].

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Lot 239

NO RESERVE Birds.- British Birds, 4 vol., first edition, half-titles, 80 colour plates, tissue-guards, some spotting to text, original red cloth, some light sunning to spines, light rubbing to extremities, t.e.g., 4to, 1915-16.

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Lot 24

NO RESERVE [Guénard (Élisabeth)] Vie et amours de Marion de Lorme, 4 vol., first edition, half-titles, occasional soiling, green crushed half morocco gilt, light sunning to spines, t.e.g., 8vo, Paris, Dalibon, 1922.⁂ Rare novel by the French woman of letters, Library Hub lists just 2 copies. Victor Hugo would write his play based on the life of de Lorme in 1928.

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Lot 240

Chubb (Charles) The Birds of British Guiana, based on the Collection of Frederick Vavasour McConnell, 2 vol., first edition, one of only 250 copies, portrait, 20 coloured plates after H. Gronvold, 24 photographic plates, folding map, numerous illustrations in text, contemporary ink gift inscriptions to endpapers, map with closed tear at inner margin, not affecting image, vol. 1 upper hinge cracked, contemporary dark blue calf, "J. V. McConnell" lettered in gilt on upper covers, spines gilt with red morocco labels, vol. 1 with spine sunned and covers a little faded, lightly rubbed, inner gilt dentelles, t.e.g., others uncut, [Nissen, IVB 198], large 8vo, 1916-21.

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Lot 242

NO RESERVE Birds.- Thorburn (Archibald) Game Birds and Wild-Fowl of Great Britain and Ireland, first edition, 30 colour plates, tissue-guards, occasional foxing to text, original cloth, bumping and fraying to spine ends and corners, fading and damp-staining to covers, folio, 1923.

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Lot 246

Smellie (William) The Philosophy of Natural History, vol. 1 only (of 2), first edition, contemporary calf, red morocco label to spine, minor cracking to joints (firm), light scuffs to corners, 4to, Edinburgh, heirs of Charles Elliot et al., 1790.⁂ First edition of the last work published during Smellie's lifetime; a second volume was posthumously published by his son in 1799. An attempt to contextualise scientific observation philosophically, distinguishing between plants and animals, and among animals on the points of conscious will and psychological self-awareness.

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Lot 247

NO RESERVE White (Rev. Gilbert) A Naturalist's Calendar, first edition, hand-coloured plate, light foxing, for B. and J. White, 1795 bound with Cowper (William) The Rural Walks, 15 engraved plates of views, plate of facsimile of writing, some light offsetting, 1822, together 2 works in 1 vol., armorial bookplate of Sir Robert Eden to front pastedown, 19th century half calf, spine gilt with morocco labels, some slight chipping to spine tips, light rubbing to extremities, 8vo,

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Lot 252

NO RESERVE Accounting.- Puglisi (Onofrio) Aritmetica, seventh edition, woodcut initials, head-pieces and ornament to title, one or two minor instances of light spotting or finger soiling, splitting to gutter in a few places, especially at title, contemporary vellum, soiled, traces of burning, 4to, Palermo, Vincenzo Gagliani, 1770.⁂ An interesting work teaching accounting; Puglisi, or Onofrio Pugliesi Sbernia, was the first mathematician and author of works on accounting in Southern Italy.

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Lot 253

Atomic bomb.- Atomic Energy. A General Account of the Development of Methods of Using Atomic Energy for Military Purposes under the Auspices of the United States Government, first English edition, rusting to staples, original wrappers, some light toning and surface soiling, upper cover with short tear to head, two light marks at head where tape removed, joints starting but covers firm, [PMM, p.253 no. 422e], 8vo, 1945.

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Lot 254

[De Coetlogon (Dennis)] Natural sagacity the principal secret, if not the whole in physick; all learning, without this, being in effect nothing, first edition, title browned and spotted, occasional spotting elsewhere, Selbourne Library copy, with a couple of small marginal ink stamps, disbound, Printed for T. Cooper, 1742 § Quacks & Mountebanks.- [L. (P.)] A letter from an apothecary in London, to his friend in the country; concerning the present practice of physick, first edition, final f. detaching, some foxing, lightly browned, Selbourne Library copy, with a couple of small marginal ink stamps, disbound, Printed for M. Cooper, 1752; and 3 others, 18th century Medicine, 8vo (5)

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Lot 256

Fowler (Thomas) Medical reports of the effects of arsenic, in the cure of agues, remitting fevers, and periodic headachs, first edition, K2 tear within text, but without loss, some light browning, including title, modern boards, Printed for J. Johnson, No. 72 St. Paul's Church Yard, 1786 § Glass (Samuel) An Essay on magnesia alba. Wherein its history is attempted, its virtues pointed out, and the use of it recommended, first edition, some spotting or staining, lightly browned, disbound, Oxford, Printed for R. Davis, 1764; and 3 others, 18th and early 19th century works on Fevers, 8vo (5)

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Lot 260

NO RESERVE Railways.- Mudge (Richard Zachariah) Observations on railways, with reference to utility, profit, and the obvious necessity for a national system, first edition, presentation copy from the author, folding engraved frontispiece map, folding letterpress table, large ink ownership signature to title, map browned at folds and with tape repair, some browning, mostly light, occasional spotting, original cloth, sympathetically rebacked, preserving original title part of spine, covers soiled, [Ottley 408], James Gardner, 1837; and another, Turnpike roads, 8vo & small 4to (2)

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Lot 261

Vaccination.- G. (J.) The new instructive ballad of the good-man (Mr. Bull) and his cow, first edition, disbound, Weston-Super-Mare, Privately printed [by] Robbins & Scotney, 1866 § Nightingale (Florence) Notes on Nursing, school library ink inscription to front pastedown, lower corner of front free endpaper cut away, a few small stains, original blind-stamped and gilt cloth, small circular paper label to upper cover, a couple of chips to outer edge of lower cover, Harrison & Sons, [c.1900]; and c.10 others, mostly 19th century Medicine, v.s. (c.12) ⁂ The first mentioned is a rare verse satire of compulsory vaccination.

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Spain.- Illustrated philosophical manuscript.- Bonifant (Franciscus) Ph[ilosphi]ae Cursus..., manuscript in Latin and Spanish, on paper, principally in a single italic hand (Bonifant's?), although with others present, several large initials and sub-titles in ink in a variety of styles, 392pp., with an original whole-page watercolour, tipped-in, an original ink illustration, and 2 engraved plates tipped-in, title browned with minor chipping to fore-edge, a few pages with small holes, damp-staining, some light soiling, a few instances of cracking to gutter, worst at first page with title inner margin laid down to front endpaper, but stitching holding firm, endpapers renewed, contemporary vellum, a little creased and toned, ties present, ?Spain, [late 17th - early 18th century]⁂ Philosophy lessons, mostly in Latin, relating predominantly to Saint Thomas Aquinas (stated on title). The original watercolour, still bright in colour, depicts a fountain in the baroque style; at the foot water gushes from a gargoyle's mouth into a pool with two ducks; ornate architectural carving of shields and banners display Aristotelian contradictions while above on a footbridge a countryman drives a donkey with a whip. The original, half-page ink drawing shows the Ptolemaic System of the planets in concentric circles. The two engraved plates relate to Saint Thomas of Villanova and Saint Jerome.

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Manutius (Paulus) Scholia, quibus Ciceronis philosophia partim corrigitur, partim explanatur, near contemporary ink inscription "Ex Babliotecha Raphaelis ?Ping" to title, Lyon, Sebastian Gryphius, 1552, bound with M. Tul. Ciceronis de philosophia tomus tertius, Lyon, Sebastian Gryphius, 1552], bound with Ferrarius (Hieronymus) Ad Paulum Manutium emendationes in Philippicas Ciceronis, worm traces to fore-edge, mostly marginal but occasionally running into text, Lyon, Sebastian Gryphius, 1552, together 3 works in 1 vol., first and last works with woodcut printer's device to titles, some light spotting and soiling, light damp-staining to foot, contemporary vellum, yapp edges, rubbed and soiled, spine browned and with manuscript title in ink, 8vo.

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Theatre.- Fagan (James Bernard, actor, theatre manager, and playwright, 1873-1933) Archive of letters to his wife Mary, his father Sir John Fagan and correspondence from other members of the theatre, many written from The Oxford Playhouse where Fagan was manager 1923-29, full of his theatrical projects, including "And So To Bed" [Pepys], 1929, and other letters including 1 ALs from John Gielgud, "I shall never forget that it was owing to you and J.B. that I first got to know and love this play [?Cherry Orchard]", Charles Bryant and others, most manuscripts, some typed ff., housed in a leather suitcase, v.s., v.d., 1925-28 (qty).⁂ "The rehearsals of The Cherry Orchard are going on well & I am very pleased with the caste it will be much better than in London and may make a big hit." - Fagan in New York in 1928.

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Douai Bible.- The Holie Bible faithfully translated into English, largely translated by Gregory Martin, Vol.1 only (of 2), title within woodcut typographic border, woodcut head- and tail-pieces and decorative initials, lacking final 2 ff. (6T5&6), title, [cross] 2&3, and 6T1-4 frayed and repaired, affecting some text, V1 tear within text, without loss, water-stained, some spotting and staining, lightly browned, contemporary vellum spine in compartments, repaired, [STC 2207; D&M 300], Douai, By Laurence Kellam at the signe of the Holie Lambe, 1609; and a defective Rider & Holyoke dictionary (presented to a monastery by the 'Preist [sic] Mr. Jhon...chaplaine of Our Ladies Church in Cambray...1636), small 4to (2) sold not subject to return. ⁂ First edition of the Roman Catholic version of the Old Testament in English.

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Chapman (George, translator).- Homer. Homer's Odysses, lacking initial blank but with blank leaves R8 and 2I8, engraved title, laid down with early ink annotation "& Iliads", contemporary ink ownership inscription of James Cocking to A3, [STC 13637; Pforzheimer 170], Rich. Field for Nathaniell Butter, [?1615]; The Iliads of Homer Prince of Poets, lacking initial and final blanks, engraved title and some preliminaries (including A gathering), [STC 13634; Pforzheimer 169], Printed for Nathaniell Butter, [?1611], woodcut decorative initials, head- and tail-pieces, occasional damp-staining to head, mostly marginal, some slight browning and spotting, contemporary calf, rebacked, corners repaired, rubbed, upper joint starting at foot, folio. ⁂ The first complete Chapman editions of both the Iliad and Odyssey. The preliminary leaves lacking from the Iliad include the sections "To the Reader", "The Preface to the Reader", "Of Homer", and the errata on A6. The main body of the Iliad text is complete.

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NO RESERVE [Courtilz de Sandras (Gatien de)] The French Spy: or, the Memoirs of John Baptist de La Fontaine, first English edition, ink ownership inscription "Robt. Eden E dono W. E." to title, some very light browning, armorial bookplate of Robert Eden to front pastedown, contemporary calf, joints cracked, some staining to upper cover, extremities rubbed, [Wing C6597A], 8vo, for R. Basset, 1700.

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Dunton (John) The Merciful Assizes, Or, A Panegyric on the Late Lord Jefferys hanging so many in the West with the lives, characters, dying speeches of the many hundreds that were converted by his lordship's sentence, first edition, foxing and browning, contemporary sheep, upper cover detached, lower joint cracked, rubbed and a little worn, 8vo, for Eliz. Harris, 1701.⁂ Scarce satiric attack on George Jeffreys, the so-called Hanging Judge.

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NO RESERVE Theatre.- Bullock (Christopher) A Woman's revenge: or, A match in Newgate. A comedy, first edition, engraved frontispiece, some soiling, modern red morocco-backed buckram, spine gilt, worming to morocco, Printed for E. Curll, and J. Pemberton, 1715; and 5 others, 18th century Theatre, 12mo & 8vo (6)

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Notes for a new edition.- Higgons (Bevil) A Short View of the English History, first edition, half-title, foxing and occasional light browning, with 7pp. notes in a near-contemporary hand to endpapers, armorial bookplate of Robert Eden to front pastedown, contemporary calf, gilt, spine chipped at head, joints rubbed, 8vo, Tho. Edlin, 1723.⁂ The notes (possibly by one of the Lords Eden) comprise a fair copy of a letter addressed to a Lord Islay regarding alterations to a new edition of the work followed by notes and comments on the text with regards to possible alterations.

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[Kimber (Isaac)] The Life of Oliver Cromwell, Lord Protector of the Common-Wealth of England, Scotland and Ireland, first edition, engraved portrait frontispiece, armorial bookplate of Sir Robert Eden, contemporary paneled calf, rubbed, J. Brotherton, 1724 § [Kimber (Edward)] The Peerage of Scotland, 96 engraved coats of arms (on 48 ff.), some very light offsetting, contemporary speckled calf, joints cracked, spine ends chipped, J. Almon, 1767; and c.45 others, English history, 8vo (c.50)

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