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Lot 249

NO RESERVE Grahame (Kenneth).- Adeney (Elizabeth) Toad: A Play ... from the Wind in the Willows by Kenneth Grahame, ink inscription in a juvenile hand reading "To Auntie Phe From Elizabeth", with 'From Elizabeth' copied below in a different later juvenile hand, cracked hinges, original cloth-backed boards, small mark to upper cover where label removed, small loss to lower board, a little rubbed, slight bumping to corners and extremities, 12mo, [Ditchling], [for the author] by H. D. C. P., 1928.⁂ This predates Milne's own adaptation, widely believed to be the first theatrical adaptation, by a year. H. D. C. P. is Harry Douglas Clark Pepler was a founder member of the Guild of St Joseph and St Dominic, as well as 'St Dominic's Press'.

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Hasegawa (Takejiro).- Little (Archibald John, translator) The Rat's Plaint, second edition, third printing, [c.1904] § Bramhall (Mae St John) Japanese Jingles. Being a Few Little Verses Which Have Appeared Before in the 'Japan Gazette', first edition, 1891, colour woodblock illustrations, original wrappers, some soiling and creasing to covers, some chipping and creasing to spines, [Sharf pp.71 & 68], Tokyo, Hasegawa; and a c.1893 edition of Kohana San, v.s. (3)

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Lot 252

World's most difficult literary puzzle.- [Mathers (Edward Powys)], "Torquemada". Cain's Jawbone in The Torquemada Puzzle Book: A Miscellany of Original Crosswords, Acrostics, Anograms, Verbal Pastimes and Problems, first edition, 14pp. tracing paper to rear (some torn out), stamp to title, original cloth, very lightly rubbed, spine lightly faded, 8vo, 1934.⁂ Very scarce first edition. Library hub records just 3 other copies in the National Library of Scotland, the British Library, and the Bodleian Library.Dubbed "The world's most fiendishly difficult literary puzzle", Mather's book contains challenging crosswords, spooneristics, verbal games, triple cricket acrostics and other puzzles. Most famously in recent years, the last 100 pages of the book contain a mystery novella, Cain's Jawbone, which is dedicated to Dorothy L. Sayers. The puzzle resides in the misbound pages, which the reader is invited to solve: "the pages have been printed in a haphazard and incorrect order, a fact reflects little credit on somebody...", and a pink paper leaf informs the reader that "the publisher so grieves for what has happened that he offers two prizes to readers of £25 each who give the full names of the six persons murdered, their murderers, and the correct order of the 100 pages."The difficulty of the book-length puzzle is attested to the fact that only 2 people solved it at the time. A crowd-funded reprint of the novella was issued after the fiendishly difficult attempt to solve the puzzle went viral online to over nine million viewers. Since the re-print in 2019, only one other person has successfully solved it.

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Lot 253

Auden (W.H.) Letters from Iceland, proof copy, some light spotting to initial pages, and fore-edge, 1937; On the Frontier, proof copy, un-opened along top edge, a few pages with very small marginal tears, 1938; An Ariel Poem. Mountains, illustrated by Edward Bawden, one in colour, with original publisher's printed envelope, [1954?], all with original printed wrappers, the first two with toning and sunning, spine ends a little chipped, upper joint beginning to tear at ends, 8vo (3)

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Lot 255

Confectionery.- Carême (Antonin) The Royal Parisian pastrycook and confectioner, edited by John Porter, first edition in English, lithographed frontispiece and 8 plates of ornate cakes and jellies, all but 1 folding, lacking half-title, plate 3 outer margin trimmed just within border, folding plates with section of light browning, stained, some spotting, lightly browned, 20th century pale calf over contemporary marbled boards, spine in compartments and preserving original black and burgundy leather labels, boards scuffed, [Oxford p.168; Simon BG 284; cf. Vicaire 144 (first edition, 1815)], 8vo, F.J. Mason, 1834.⁂ Scarce first edition in English of Le Pâtissier Royal Parisien, Paris, 1815.

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Lot 257

Glasse (Hannah) The Art of cookery, made plain and easy; which far exceeds any thing of the kind ever yet published, first edition, title with woodcut floral ornament, list of subscribers, A1 'To the Reader' misbound after title, title, 'To the Reader' and list of subscribers detached, title with lower corner torn and repaired, with loss of 'China-shop' of imprint, and repaired holes with loss of letter 'Y' and partial loss of letter 'E' of 'Cookery', a few marginal repairs, title and last few ff. water-stained (obscuring a few letters on final verso), some staining and spotting elsewhere, lightly browned, contemporary sheep, covers detached, worn, [Bitting pp.186-187; Maclean pp.59-61; Oxford pp.76-77; Vicaire 48], folio, Printed for the author; and sold at Mrs. Ashburn's, a China-Shop, Corner of Fleet-Ditch, 1747.⁂ A cornerstone for any collection of English cookery books. Our copy conforms to Marcus Crahan's description of the first issue (16pp. preliminaries rather than 20, without notice of second place of sale, without O2 and with the price of 6 [pence] entered by hand on title). The work includes one of the first English recipes for 'Currey the India Way'.

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Lot 259

Jenks (James) The Complete cook: teaching the art of cookery in all its branches...With an appendix teaching the art of making wine, Mead; Cyder, Shrub, Strong, Cordial and Medical Waters; Brewing Malt Liquor; The Management and Breeding of Poultry and Bees..., first edition, tables, woodcut head- and tail-pieces, later pencil markings in places, some spotting and staining, lightly browned, 20th century red morocco-backed dark green boards, spine gilt, corners worn, rubbed, [Bitting p.245; Cagle 780; Maclean p.75; Oxford pp.97-98], scarce, large 12mo, Printed for E. and C. Dilly in the Poultry, 1768.

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Lot 262

[Menon.] The French family cook: being a complete system of French cookery. Adapted to the Tables not only of the Opulent, but of Persons of moderate Fortune and Condition, first edition in English, final advertisement f., H1 part of lower margin torn away (not near text), occasional spotting or staining, lightly browned, contemporary tree calf, rebacked, preserving original gilt backstrip with modern black morocco label, corners restored, rubbed and a little scuffed, [Bitting p. 554; Cagle 872; Maclean p.101; Oxford p.121-122; Simon BG 714], Printed for J. Bell, No. 148, Oxford Street, nearly opposite New Bond Street, 1793; and a third edition of his Professed Cook, 1776, 8vo (2)⁂ First edition in English of his La Cuisinière bourgeoise, Paris, 1746.

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Lot 264

Bread.- Parmentier (Antoine-Augustin) Le parfait boulanger ou traité complet sur la fabrication & le commerce du pain, first edition, title with woodcut arms, woodcut head- and tail-pieces, Mm3 short tear at foot, within text, but without loss, rudimentary paper repair in margin, Oo4&5 loose, spotting and mostly light staining, lightly browned, later mottled vellum, spine later gilt and with faded leather label, piece missing from foot of spine (loosely inserted), some staining and fading, [Bitting p.357; Cagle 374; Oberlé Fastes 813; Vicaire 656], Paris, Royal Printers, 1778; and an 18th century La Varenne, 8vo (2) ⁂ First edition of this comprehensive treatise on bread-making and the sale of the product. It includes a history of bread-making in the introduction. In 1780 Parmentier and Antoine Alexis Cadet de Vaux opened a free school of bakery in Paris.

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Lot 266

Defoe (Daniel) La Vie et les Avantures surprenantes de Robinson Crusoe, vol.1 only (of 3), first French edition, engraved frontispiece, title in red & black, 6 engraved plates and folding map, lacking final blank, contemporary ink inscription to title, small stain to lower margin of frontispiece, map browned and torn at folds (repaired), V6 with repair to lower outer corner, handsome contemporary panelled calf, gilt, spine gilt in compartments, slightly rubbed, spine a little faded, 12mo, Amsterdam, l'Honoré & Chatelain, 1720.⁂ Despite usually being found with 2 other volumes of further adventures this volume is complete in itself.

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Lot 267

Cookery.- Escoffier (Auguste) Le livre des menus. Complément indispensable du Guide Culinaire, first edition, half-title, folding letterpress table at end, half-title stained, occasional spotting, lightly browned throughout, contemporary calf, gilt spine in compartments, corners worn, rubbed and scuffed, [Bitting p.146; Cagle 185b], large 8vo, Paris, E. Grevin-Lagny, 1912.

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Lot 269

Doctorow (E. L. ) World's Fair,original cloth, spine ends a little toned, dust-jacket, some light creasing to folds, 1985; The Waterworks, original cloth, dust-jacket, spine and fold ends a little bumped, 1994 § Lurie (Alison) Foreign Affairs, modern red leather, gilt, g.e., 1984 § Oates (Joyce Carol) Mysteries of Winterthurn, modern brown leather, gilt, g.e., 1984, first editions, signed by the author on title or front endpaper; and 9 others literature, 8vo (13)

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Lot 27

Hasegawa (Takejiro).- Kimura (Shotaro) and Charlotte M. A. Peake, translators. Sword and Blossom Poems from the Japanese, 3 vol., first editions, first printings with roman typeface to vol. 1 "Post Scriptum" and 38 Yotsuya Honmura address to vol. 2 & 3 titles, colour woodblock illustrations by Kason, Koho, Shoso, Yoshimune, Baison and Gesso, vol. 3 with signed bookplate of Gordon Pomfrey to endpaper, bound Japanese-style, original pictorial paper-covered boards, some light chipping to spine ends and corners, moreso vol.2, light soiling to covers, [Sharf p. 70], 8vo, Tokyo, Hasegawa, 1907-10.⁂ A charming set of these poems printed on hosho paper. Sharf postulates that they were likely produced in the wake of Japan's 1905 victory over Russia. They proved especially popular in England, a staunch political ally of Japan's during this period and the host of the 1910 Anglo-Japanese Exhibition in London in 1910.

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Lot 271

Fleming (Ian) The Man with the Golden Gun, first edition, original boards, dust-jacket a little spotted and with small tear at top of upper joint, not price-clipped, 8vo, 1965.

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Lot 272

NO RESERVE Greene (Graham) Travels with my Aunt, first edition, original cloth, slight bumping to spine extremities, dust-jacket, slight creasing to edges, small stain to upper cover, short tear to spine head, 1969; A Sort of Life, 1971;The Human Factor, 1978; Doctor Fischer of Geneva or The Bomb Party, 1981, first editions, dust-jackets signed by designer Michael Harvey, original cloth, slight bumping to spine extremities, dust-jackets, a little rubbed, slight creasing to edges; and 3 others by the same, 8vo (7).

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Lot 274

Huxley (Aldous) Brave New World, first edition, light scattered spotting, heavier to first and last few pages, one or two light annotations in pencil, original cloth, light marks to upper cover, extremities rubbed, spine faded, still an internally crisp and clean copy, 8vo, 1932.

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Lot 275

NO RESERVE Le Carré (John) The Little Drummer Girl, fourth impression, signed by the author, light tape-staining to endpapers, some light marking to boards, jacket with light sunning to spine, light creasing to head and foot, 1983; The Night Manager, first edition, signed by the author, light bumping to spine ends and corners, jacket with light sunning to head, light creasing to head and foot, 1993, original boards, dust-jackets, excellent examples, 8vo (2).

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Lot 276

Le Carré (John) The Spy Who Came in From the Cold, fiftieth anniversary edition, signed by the author on title, original boards, dust-jacket, some very light sunning to spine, two minor instances of light soiling to spine foot and upper cover, otherwise fine, 2013; The Mission Song, first edition, signed by the author on title, original cloth, some very light surface scuffing, dust-jacket, flaps a little curled, lower flap top corner creased, 2006; and 4 other first editions by the same, 8vo (6)

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Lot 279

NO RESERVE Orwell (George) Shooting an Elephant and Other Essays, first edition, original cloth, spine faded, dust-jacket chipped at spine ends, 1950; and 9 others, modern literature, including several John Betjeman, 8vo (10)

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Lot 28

Hasegawa (Takejiro).- J. (G.) Little Songs of Shade and Sunshine, first English edition, fine colour woodblock illustrations by throughout by Kason and Shoso, bound and stitched Japanese-style, original wrappers, some splitting to spine, a very good copy otherwise, [not in Sharf], small 4to, Tokyo, Hasegawa, 1908.⁂ A rare and attractive work on hosho paper. Originally published in German in 1896 as Bunte Blatter, Japanischer Poesie von Karl Florenz.

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Lot 282

Powell (Anthony) Mr Zouch: Superman. From a View to a Death, first American edition, original cloth with paper labels to upper cover and spine, dust-jacket, price-clipped, spine darkened, spine ends and corners chipped affecting title at head of spine, splitting to joints and internally to spine with tape repairs to verso, extremities rubbed, 8vo, [1934].⁂ Powell's third novel, this edition made up from the first edition sheets.

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Lot 283

Powell (Anthony) [A Dance to the Music of Time], 12 vol., first American editions, original cloth, dust-jackets, some light toning to spines, light rubbing and some minor chipping to spine tips and corners, A Buyer's Market with tipped in title on English sheets, some splitting to gutter, jacket with $3.00 ink stamp to front flap, spine ends and corners a little chipped, split to head of upper joint, The Acceptance World price-clipped and with light toning to upper panel, At Lady Molly's price-clipped, a little rubbed, Casanova's Chinese Restaurant and The Kindly Ones, The Military Philosophers with browning to front endpapers, with light browning, but generally excellent copies overall, New York & Boston, 8vo, 1951-75.⁂ Rare as a set of first American editions.

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Lot 284

NO RESERVE Rhys (Jean) Wide Sargasso Sea, endpapers browned, edges spotted, jacket with closed tear running down upper joint, spine tips and corners rubbed, 1966 § Taylor (Peter) A Summons to Memphis, light toning to text margins, jacket sunned at spine and panels, 1987 § Swift (Graham) Mothering Sunday, 2016, first or first English editions, original boards, dust-jackets; and 7 others, similar, modern literature, 8vo (10)

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Lot 286

NO RESERVE Seth (Vikram) An Equal Music, one of 100 copies signed by the author, original morocco-backed cloth, spine gilt, lightly sunned, 1999; An Equal Music, first edition, original cloth, dust-jacket, spine lightly sunned, edges lightly bumped, 1999, 8vo (2)

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Lot 287

NO RESERVE Thomas (Dylan) Quite Early One Morning, first edition, frontispiece, previous owner's ink signature, original cloth, slight bumping to spine extremities, dust-jacket, loss to spine extremities, chipping and small tears to edges, 1954; The Doctor and the Devils, first edition, previous owner's ink signature, scattered spotting, original cloth, slight bumping to spine extremities, dust-jacket, previous owner's ink signature to upper cover, small tear to top edge, slight chipping and creasing to edges, 1953; and 2 others by the same, 8vo (4)

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Lot 288

van Gulik (Robert) The Chinese Maze Murders, first edition, illustrations by the author, half-title, ink ownership inscription front endpaper, very light browning to endpapers, original cloth, dust-jacket, spine toned, some light spotting to lower panel, light wear to extremities, with original promotional wraparound banner, light surface soiling to lower panel and folds, 8vo, The Hauge and Bandung, 1956.

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Lot 289

Warren (Suzanne).- Young (Gordon) In Trust and Treason, first edition, Suzanne Warren's own copy with ink ownership inscription and extensive proofing and annotations, photographic plates, front endpaper with small stain, original cloth, upper corners damp-stained, rubbed, dust-jacket, creasing and small tears at extremities, tape repairs to verso, joints a folds a little scuffed, 8vo, 1959.⁂ Suzanne Warren, signed "Suzanne Charise...", substituting her codename for her surname. A Resistance fighter in France during World War Two, Warren's story is both heroic and personally tragic. On a preliminary leaf here she gives detailed coverage of her extensive edits to the text, which are carried out on the following pages in blue ink, particularly deleting pp.89-93.

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Hasegawa (Takejiro).- Unger (Mary E.) The Favorite Flowers of Japan, "second edition" [but third edition], colour woodblock illustrations throughout by Mishima Shoso, ink ownership inscription to head of frontispiece, bound Japanese-style, original pictorial boards, some chipping and splitting to spine, spotting and toning to covers, chipping and splitting to spine, [Sharf p.69], 4to, Yokomaha, Hasegawa for Boehmer & Co., [1911].⁂ First published in 1896, Favorite Flowers of Japan was the first collaboration between Hasegawa and the Boehmer nursery. Louis Boehmer established the nursery 1882 and sold the business to Unger in 1895. The lucrative business of exporting Japanese plants to European collectors had become far more comitative in the interim, with the Yokohama Nursery Company's handsomely illustrated catalogues proving especially popular. The present work represented Unger's response to these market innovations and proved immensely popular.

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Lot 290

NO RESERVE Waugh (Evelyn) Scott-King's Modern Europe, frontispiece, light marginal toning, jacket spine slightly browned, minor chipping to spine tips and corners, 1947; The Loved One, illustrations by Stuart Boyle, jacket price-clipped, 1948, first or first English editions, original cloth, dust-jackets, excellent or near-fine; and the first American editions of the same, 8vo (4)

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Lot 291

NO RESERVE Waugh (Evelyn) Helena, first edition, original cloth, slight bumping to corners and spine extremities, dust-jacket, faint spotting, loss to spine extremities, slight chipping to edges, 1950; The Ordeal of Gilbert Pinfold, first edition, original cloth, slight bumping to corners and extremities, dust-jacket, slight chipping and small loss to spine extremities, 1957; and others by the same, 8vo (4).

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Lot 293

NO RESERVE Wodehouse (P.G.) Pigs Have Wings, first edition, scattered spotting, light fading to spine ends, slight bumping to corners and extremities, dust-jacket, tears and creasing to edges, small loss to edges, 1952; Bill the Conqueror, cracked hinges, original cloth, lightly sunned spine, slight bumping to corners and extremities, 1927; and 3 others by the same, 8vo (5)

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Hasegawa (Takejiro).- Patton (Emily S.) Japanese Topsyturvydom, first edition, second printing with 17 Kami-Negishi address to colophon, colour woodblock illustrations throughout, bound and stitched Japanese-style, original pictorial wrappers, tearing to upper wrapper, light creasing to extremities, [Sharf p.71], small 4to, , Tokyo, Hasegawa, [c.1911].

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Hasegawa (Takejiro).- Unger (Mary) The Favorite Flowers of Japan, "second edition" [but third edition], colour woodblock illustrations throughout by Mishima Shoso, bound Japanese-style, original pictorial boards, upper cover and first 2 leaves detached, spine almost defective, covers rubbed, [Sharf p.69], Yokomaha, Hasegawa for Boehmer & Co.,[1911]; and the 1934-5 Descriptive Catalogue of the Yokohama Nursery, 4to (2)

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Hasegawa (Takejiro).- Stein (Evaleen) Little Poems from Japanese Anthologies Rendered into English Verse, first edition, colour woodblock illustrations throughout, bound Japanese-style, original pictorial paper-covered boards, light toning to spine, some light wear to corners, very good otherwise, [not in Sharf], 8vo, Tokyo, Hasegawa, 1922.⁂ A rare work, produced in a similar format to the Sword and Blossom Poems series on hosho paper and with padded covers.

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Hasegawa (Takejiro).- Three Reflections. Japanese Fairy Tale Series No. 21, second printing with the 17 Kami Negishi address to advert at rear, Tokyo, Hasegawa, [c.1934]; The Flowers of Remembrance and Forgetfulness, Japanese Fairy Tales Series No. 22, first printing with the 10 Hiyoshicho address to upper cover, Tokyo, Hasegawa, [c.1896], first editions, translated by Mrs. T. H. James, colour woodblock illustrations, some light spotting, original pictorial wrappers, some light creasing, spotting and toning, [Sharf p.62], small 4to (2)⁂ A good pair of these scarce later titles. Kate James came to Japan as the wife of a British Navy officer. She gave birth to three daughters in quick succession whom she would entertain with Japanese fairy stories she had translated herself. She was introduced to Hasegawa by Basil Hall Chamberlain and would become his most prolific author.

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Jujiya & Co..- Suzuki (Yonejiro) The "Soshi-Bushi". Japanese Soshis' Song, handsome woodblock illustrations throughout, bound and stitched Japanese-style, original pictorial wrappers, margins a little foxed and creased, but a very good copy generally, oblong 8vo, Tokyo, Jujiya, 1898.⁂ A rare and lavishly illustrated work. The title notes "The Illustrations to this work obtained a First-class Award at the Fine Art Exhibition (Chokokwai) held in Uyeno Park, Tokyo, September, 1897."

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Hasegawa (Takejiro).- Chamberlain (Basil Hall) Aino Fairy Tales No. 1. The Hunter in Fairy-Land, colour woodblock illustrations by Sensei Eikatu, 1 tissue leaf of preface, bound and stitched Japanese-style, original pictorial wrappers, some chipping and insect damage to upper cover, [Sharf p. 67], 8vo, Tokyo, Kobunsha and Boston, Ticknor, 1887.⁂ Rare. The first of three titles in the Aino Fairy Tale Series, intended as a supplement to the Japanese Fairy Tale Series, focussed on the myths of the northern Ainu people. Though there was a good amount of Western interest in the Ainu at this time, the series did not sell well and was discontinued.

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Lot 41

NO RESERVE Tamamura.- The Ceremonies of a Japanese Marriage, first edition, pictorial title and 19 tinted photographic plates, tissue-guards, original stitched boards, a little worn, oblong 8vo, Kobe, Tamamura, 1905.

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Lot 46

[Atkinson (Hoffman)] Exercises in the Yokohama Dialect, "Twenty Second Thousandth", original wrappers, light creasing and soiling, Yokohama, 1879; and 4 others, comprising the 1953 reissue of the same 3 guide/handbooks for Japan at the turn of the century, 8vo & 12mo (5)⁂ A humorous guide to Yokohama Pidgin Japanese, a dialect that developed in the late 19th century for communication between Japanese and foreigners. Though the booklet claims to be a later, revised and enlarged printing it seems likely that this claim is spurious and that this is in fact the first edition.

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Blyton (Enid) The Mountain of Adventure, first edition, illustrations, very light scattered spotting, contemporary ink gift inscription to front free endpaper, original pictorial cloth, dust-jacket, joints and spine ends very lightly rubbed or creased, but a remarkably crisp and excellent example overall, 8vo, 1949.⁂ A fantastically bright copy of Blyton's classic in the series, with fine cloth binding.

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Lot 55

Dulac (Edmund) Lyrics Pathetic & Humorous from A to Z, first edition, colour illustrations, original cloth-backed pictorial boards, corners slightly rubbed, 4to, London and New York, 1908.⁂ An excellent copy of this amusing children's alphabet.

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Lot 56

Dulac (Edmund).- Omar Khayyám. Rubaiyat, first English trade edition, 20 tipped-in colour plates by Edmund Dulac, captioned tissue guards, upper hinge a little weak, original pictorial cream buckram, gilt, a little soiled and spine slightly browned, 4to, [1909].

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Hasegawa (Takejiro).- Princess Splendor. The Wood-cutter's Daughter, Japanese Fairy Tale Series, Extra No., translated by E. Rothesay Miller, first edition with the Kobunsha imprint, colour woodblock illustrations, light foxing, bound and stitched Japanese-style, light soiling to covers, spine a little creased and chipped, [Sharf p.63], small 8vo, Tokyo, Kobunsha, 1889.⁂ A scarce, unnumbered entry in the Fairy Tale series.

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Lot 61

Potter (Beatrix) The Tale of Mrs. Tiggy-Winkle, first or second printing, with date on title and "How Keld" on p.20, contemporary ink ownership name to half-title, abrasion marks to half-title and frontispiece verso, frontispiece detached (creased and frayed at edges), rear endpapers scuffed with portions of loss to images, boards rubbed with light stain to upper cover, corners bumped, 1905; The Tale of Jemima Puddle-Duck, first, second or third printing, internally very clean, boards lightly rubbed, spine faded and broken along lower joint, corners bumped and rubbed, slight shelf-lean, 1908, first editions, colour frontispieces, plain title vignette and 26 colour plates, pictorial endpapers, original boards with mounted colour illustration, [Linder p.155 & 188; Quinby 8 &14], 4to (2)

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Potter (Beatrix) The Tale of Tom Kitten, first edition, half-title, colour frontispiece, 26 colour illustrations, finger soiling, retaining original endpapers, original green boards with mounted colour illustration, re-backed and re-cornered in matching green morocco, spine gilt, 1907; and 3 others by the same, 16mo (4)

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Lot 64

Wain (Louis).- Music in Pussytown, illustrated by Louis Wain, 4 whole-page colour and others, ink ownership inscription to p. 1, some light finger soiling, original pictorial card wrappers, lacking back strip, extremities a little worn, [c.1918]; The Tale of Peter Pusskin, first edition, 14 colour plates and line illustrations by Louis Wain, original boards with mounted illustration, extremities very lightly bumped, [1920]; Louis Wain's Annual, printed in red and black, illustrations by Louis Wain, presentation ink inscription to front pastedown, some light marginal browning, original cloth-backed pictorial boards, light damp-staining at edges, corners and ends rubbed, lower panel with some light surface soiling, 1921, v.s. (3)

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Robinson (William Heath) The Adventures of Uncle Lubin, first edition, printed in red and black, illustrations by the author, a few with partial juvenile colouring in crayon, some marginal soiling, upper hinge weak, original pictorial cloth, marked and slightly cockled, 1902; and 2 others illustrated by Heath Robinson, 4to (3)

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Hasegawa (Takejiro).- Bostwick (Lieut. F. M.) Oyuchasan, "Banjo Accompaniment Arranged by Mr. Clifford Essex" slip tipped onto p. 4, Essex & Cammeyer imprint slip pasted to upper cover, neatly and sympathetically re-stitched, light creasing and soiling, Tokyo, Kobunsha, 1890; Kohana San, second printing with 24pp., spotting, light creasing, Tokyo, Hasegawa, [c.1893], first editions, colour woodblock illustrations, bound and stitched Japanese-style, original wrappers, [Sharf p.68], small 4to (2)⁂ Both of these musical collaborations with Bostwick proved immensely popular. Oyuchasan (printed on plain paper and the last title to appear under the Kobunsha imprint) is rare in the first edition.

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Searle (Ronald) Slightly Foxed - but still desirable, first edition, signed by the author, colour illustrations, original blue morocco, 4to, Souvenir Press, 1989.⁂ One of an unspecified number of copies bound in the publisher's deluxe blue leather and signed by Searle on title verso. Searle's delightful take on book cataloguing terminology.

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Folio Society.- Botany.- Jacquin (Nikolaus von) Plants of the Americas, 2 vol., from an edition limited to 750 copies, 264 whole-page colour illustrations, 2 folding colour plates tipped-in, commentary by Christopher Mills, plate vol. original morocco-backed pictorial cloth, gilt, text vol. original pictorial cloth, gilt, with 3 loose whole-page illustrations as issued, preserved in paper envelope, together housed in original cloth drop-back box, gilt, The Folio Society, 2016 § Singer (Jonathan M. Singer) Botanica Magnifica, photographic illustrations in colour, original cloth, dust-jacket, original presentation slip case, 2009, folio (2)⁂ The first facsimile of one of the great books of botanic art, produced from the copy held in the library at Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.

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Lot 128

Spode Stafford Flowers tea, coffee and dinner service Large and extensive Spode Stafford Flowers tea, coffee and dinner service, to include:Tea:Twelve tea cups and eleven saucers.Twelve coffee cups and saucers.Teapot and coffee pot.Two cream boats, sucrier and cover, and milk jug.Footed potpourri bowl with cover and interior cover.Footed dish.DinnerLarge open 26.5cm bowl.Twelve twin handled soup bowls and stands.Two sauceboats and stands.Twelve dessert bowls.Twelve 23.5cm soup bowls.Six 23.5cm plates.Four kidney shape dishes.Twelve 31cm plates.Twelve 28cm plates.Two lidded tureens.Two 43.5cm wide meat plates and another 37cm wide.Twelve 20cm plates.Twelve 15cm plates.Large lidded tureen on 40cm wide twin handled stand or dish.46cm tray, 38cm tray,36cm wide dish with petal edge.25cm open tureen or bowl.Small lidded tureen.Oven Proof ware:24cm wide and 20cm wide lidded tureen.39cm wide and 28cm wide oven dishes.32cm oval dish.Quiche dish.The service is in good condition with only very minimal signs of use. These are very minor utensil marks to the plates that are only noticeable on very close inspection and not defacing. The Gilding is in good order with on minor very occasional marks. All pieces are first quality with exception or three 23cm soup bowls. No cracks or chips.

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Wilson55 Auctioneers & Valuers
Lot 131

Anti Slavery double sided fob. Anti Slavery double-sided fob circa 1830, the first side intaglio cut with kneeling man and reading 'Am I Not a Man and a Brother'. The reverse intaglio with a kneeling woman reading 'Am I Not a Woman and a Sister' fitted into gilt bronze mounts, mid 19th century, contained within a wood snuff box.The legend ‘Am I not a woman...’ was adapted after 1825 by US abolitionists, this suggests the date of the piece is around 1830-50. 3.5cm highNo damages or faults. Some wear from age.

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Lot 244

17th-century oak back stool 17th-century oak back stool, frame punched with flower head decoration, single panel back with flower head and scrolling leaves, solid seat, block-and-turned front legs height 91cm (36"), seat height 38cm (15"), also one other chair with single raised and fielded panel back, solid seat, turned front stretcher, height 106cm (42"), seat height 44cm (17").height 91cm (36"), seat height 38cm (15")First chair described with patching to the seat (see photographs), second chair with replacement finials.

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Clevedon Salerooms
Lot 432

Gilbow Exclusive First Editions - Group of forty boxed 1/76 scale diecast model vehicles (40)

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Clevedon Salerooms
Lot 117

Three Royal Mint deluxe proof year sets, 2994, 1997 & 1998, together with a quantity of presentation coins, numismatic covers, signed first day covers (Samantha Bond, Caroline Munro, Gerry Anderson, Mario Andretti), etc

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Clevedon Salerooms
Lot 120

Large quantity of GB coinage, over 80 small bags of 20th Century base metal coins, including first half 20th Century 1/2d to 3d, later commemorative and modern collectable issues, etc., with extensive list

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Clevedon Salerooms
Lot 155

Quantity of GB and world stamps, to include Royal Mail first day covers, PHQ postcards, etc

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Clevedon Salerooms
Lot 162

Quantity of mainly GB first day covers

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Clevedon Salerooms
Lot 238

First World War German trench dagger by Gottlieb, with a 15cm length spear pointed blade, and slab sided wooden grips, together with a Second World War 'T. G. Co. Ltd, London Mark III marching compass dated 1944, No. 281472, with card box (2)

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Clevedon Salerooms
Lot 239

Various First and Second World War items, with annotated list, to include: WWI pair to James Spencer Mayes, RAMC [grandfather of the vendor], with photograph; two further WWI medals, together with related postcards including servicemen and camp images, Northern France etc.: World War II effects including pair of medals to Roderick Albert Billingsley RE [father of the vendor], notebooks, tickets and ephemera, postcards etc.

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