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Labourdonnais - MacDonnell. Lewis, William. A selection of games at chess, played at the Westminster Chess Club, between Mons

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Lot 964

Labourdonnais - MacDonnell. Lewis, William. A selection of games at chess, played at the Westminster Chess Club, between Monsieur L. C. de la Bourdonnais and an English Amateur [McDonnell] of first rate skill. Arranged, with remarks. London, Simpkin & Marshall, 1835. Titel, 132 Seiten, 1 Bl. Anzeigen dazwischengebunden. Neuer grauer Leinenband. (63) * Van der Linde II, 76; Linde - N. 5012.; Kieler Schachkat. 2866; Schmid S. 226 / 7. "Die Partieen zwischen De Labourdonnais und Mac-Donnell 1834 gehören zu den schönsten die je gespielt wurden." (van der Linde) Zustand: Innen gebräunt und mit wenigen Anstreichungen. Textseiten durch das brüchige Papier teilweise mit Randdefekten.

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Lasker - Schlechter. Hoffer, L(eopold). (Hrsg.) Lasker v. Schlechter. All Tournament and Match Games between these Masters up

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Lot 966

Lasker - Schlechter. Hoffer, L(eopold). (Hrsg.) Lasker v. Schlechter. All Tournament and Match Games between these Masters up to and including the Championship Match, 1910. London, Michell und Hollings, 1911. 8°. Mit vielen Diagrammen. 1 Bl., 34 Seiten, 5 Bll. Anzeigen. Originaler blauer Leinenband mit goldgeprägtem Titeldruck auf Vorderdeckel. (33) * "The Series of First Class Games" Nr. 3. Linde - N. 5053. Betts 27 - 29. Die Ausgabe enthält die 10 Partien des Wettkampfes und 7 vorangegangene Partien der beiden Spieler mit Anmerkungen. Im Wettkampf 1910 konnten Lasker und Schlechter jeweils eine Partie gewinnen und 8 endeten remis. Zustand: Name auf Vorsatz. Innen gebräunt und vereinzelt fleckig. Einband etwas berieben und wenig bestoßen.

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Lasker - Tarrasch. Hoffer, L. (Hrsg.) The championship match: Lasker v. Tarrasch. London, Michell und Hollings, 1908. 8°. Mit

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Lot 967

Lasker - Tarrasch. Hoffer, L. (Hrsg.) The championship match: Lasker v. Tarrasch. London, Michell und Hollings, 1908. 8°. Mit 1 Titelabbildung und mehreren Diagrammen. 2 Bll., 41 Seiten, 2 Bll. Anzeigen. Originaler blauer Leinenband. (33) * Linde - N. 5049; Betts 27 - 26. "The series of first class games" No. 2. Die Ausgabe enthält eine kurze Darstellung der Vorgeschichte, die Erfolge der Spieler und die 16 kommentierten Partien des Weltmeisterschaftskampfes. Lasker siegte mit 8 : 3 bei 5 Remispartien gegen Tarrasch. Zustand: Innen gebräunt und vereinzelt fleckig. Einband wenig bestoßen.

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Menchik. Tanner, Robert B. Vera Menchik. A Biography of the First Women’s World Chess Champion, with 350 Games. Jefferson, Mc

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Lot 982

Menchik. Tanner, Robert B. Vera Menchik. A Biography of the First Women’s World Chess Champion, with 350 Games. Jefferson, McFarland, ca. 2016. 4°. Mit wenigen Textabb. und vielen Diagrammen. X, 316 Seiten. Originaler rotbrauner Leinenband mit Drucktitel auf Vorderdeckel und Rücken. (59)

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Walker, George. Chess made easy; intended as a first book. New Edition. London, Piper, 1850. 8°. Mit 1 Frontispiz und vielen

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Lot 1021

Walker, George. Chess made easy; intended as a first book. New Edition. London, Piper, 1850. 8°. Mit 1 Frontispiz und vielen Diagrammen. 2 Bll. (inkl. Titel), 128 Seiten. Orig. Halbleinenband. (81) * Linde - N. 688; van der Linde II, 9. Das Frontispiz zeigt eine Dame und einen Herren beim Schachspiel. Zustand: Exlibris auf Innendeckel. Innen gebräunt und wenig fleckig. Wenige Seiten mit Defekten. Einband stark bestoßen und angestaubt. Rücken total defekt, dadurch sind die Deckel lose.

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White, Alain C. First steps in the classification of two - movers. Leeds, Whitehead and Miller, 1911. 8°. Mit 1 Porträttafel

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Lot 1024

White, Alain C. First steps in the classification of two - movers. Leeds, Whitehead and Miller, 1911. 8°. Mit 1 Porträttafel und vielen Diagrammen. X (statt XI), 96 Seiten. Brauner Halbleinenband mit aufgeklebtem orig. Vorderumschlag. (40) * Linde - N. 2613; Betts 35 - 2. A. C. White's "Christmas series" XII. Der gedruckte Weihnachtsgruß fehlt. In der vorliegenden Ausgabe wird zuerst die Notwendigkeit der Problemklassifikation erörtert. Danach werden die Methoden der Klassifikation betrachtet und in den folgenden Kapiteln 14 Themen mit 150 Beispielen verschiedener Komponisten behandelt. Jedes Kapitel enthält dazu auch Übungen. Zustand: Stempel auf Vorsatz. Privater Stempel auf Tafel verso und Titel. Innen gebräunt, obere Ecke gestaucht, mit wenigen handschriftlichen Notizen und letzte Seiten fleckig. Einband bestoßen.

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Den Haag - Moskau 1948. Horowitz, I(srael) A(lbert) und H(ans) Kmoch. World Chessmasters in Battle Royal. The First World Cha

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Lot 1151

Den Haag - Moskau 1948. Horowitz, I(srael) A(lbert) und H(ans) Kmoch. World Chessmasters in Battle Royal. The First World Championship Tourney. New York, Chess Review, und Philadelphia, McKay, (1949). 8°. Mit vielen Abbildungen und Karikaturen im Text und Diagrammen. VIII, 199 Seiten. Originaler dunkelroter Leinenband. (30) * Betts 25 - 185: "Biographical notes, career records and portraits; all 50 games, fully annotated, and with round - by - round comments; a section on the Opening from Anderssen to Botvinnik." Zustand: Privater Blindprägestempel auf Vorsatz. Innen etwas gebräunt.

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Rom 1875. Dubois, S. Il primo torneo nazionale dei giuocatori di scacchi contenente una scelta delle migliori partite … Nachd

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Lot 1213

Rom 1875. Dubois, S. Il primo torneo nazionale dei giuocatori di scacchi contenente una scelta delle migliori partite … Nachdruck der Ausgabe Rom 1875. Olmütz, Publishing House Moravian Chess, ca. 2005. 8°. Mit einigen Diagrammen. XLVI, 1 Bl., 165 Seiten, 1 Bl. Orig. Pappband. (59) * Beiliegen: Hilbert, J. S. und P. P. Lahde. New York 1936: The first modern United States Chess Championship. New York, Chess Archaeology Press, 2000. 8°. Mit Diagrammen. III, 200 Seiten. Orig. geheftet. / Bad Kissingen 1928. Nimzowitsch, A. und S. G. Tartakower. Meshdunarodnyj schachmatnyj turnir w Bad - Kissingene 1928 g. Sbornik partij ... Isdanije wtoroje ... Ohne Ort, Turtle Press, 1993. 4°. Mit Textabb. und Diagrammen. 196 Seiten. Orig. Kunststoffband. Zustand: Alle Rücken etwas verblichen.

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The Chess World: A magazine devoted to the cultivation of the game of chess; containing games & problems of the first mas

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Lot 1295

The Chess World: A magazine devoted to the cultivation of the game of chess; containing games & problems of the first masters; with a variety of articles, original and selected, on the subject of chess. Nachdruck der Ausgaben London 1865 - 1869. 4 Bände. Olmütz, Publishing House Moravian Chess, ca. 2003. 8°. Mit wenigen Diagrammen. Originale Pappbände. (59) * Vergl. Linde - N. 6130. Der Nachdruck enthält: 1. Jahrgang, 1865 / 66 - 4. Jg. 1888 / 69. Zustand: Rücken etwas verblichen.

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Europa. Deutschland. Elfenbein. Schachfiguren aus Elfenbein, in Anlehnung an den Staunton - Stil. Eine Partei in rot, die and

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Lot 334

Europa. Deutschland. Elfenbein. Schachfiguren aus Elfenbein, in Anlehnung an den Staunton - Stil. Eine Partei in rot, die andere naturfarben. Produktion aus der 1. Hälfte des 20. Jhrdts. Höhe König 8,5 cm; Bauer 3,8 cm. (45) * Kompletter Figurensatz, der in Anlehnung an den Staunton - Stil gefertigt wurde. Zustand: Die Figuren sind angestaubt, bespielt und haben benutzungsbedingte Alterungsspuren. Auf der Unterseite mit Kleberesten. Bitte beachten Sie, dass aufgrund der aktuellen CITES - Bestimmungen für Objekte aus Elfenbein, Rhinozeroshorn und Schildpatt ein uneingeschränkter Handel nur innerhalb der Europäischen Gemeinschaft erlaubt ist. Ein Export außerhalb der EU ist nicht möglich./ Europe. Germany. Ivory. Chess set made of ivory, similar to the Staunton - style. One side stained in red, the other is natural. Produced in the first half of the 20th century. King 8,5 cm high, pawn 3,8 cm. Complete chess set, similar to the Staunton type. With minor chips and damages. Please note that due to the current CITES - regulations for objects made of ivory, rhinoceros horn and tortoiseshell an unrestricted trade is permitted only within the European Union. Export outside the EU is not possible. Decorative chess set.

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Postkarte. Karikaturen mit vermenschlichten Schachfiguren. Serie mit 12 farbigen Postkarten aus dem Verlag Robert Schmidt (Sc

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Lot 395

Postkarte. Karikaturen mit vermenschlichten Schachfiguren. Serie mit 12 farbigen Postkarten aus dem Verlag Robert Schmidt (Schicks Hofbuchhandlung), Homburg v.d.H. aus der Zeit um 1910. Größe jeweils ca. 14 x 9 cm. (44) * Die (unvollständige ?) Serie von Karten zeigen Karikaturen mit vermenschlichten Schachfiguren auf dem Schachbrett, jeweils unter einer englischen Überschrift: Invitation card, Who will be first?. A draw, A fine mate!, Castling, Meeting his doom!, Check!, Joined pawns – double pawns, A fierce struggle, Hard lines, Stalemate on H 1, Her majesty’s arrival on D 8. Siehe unsere Abbildung im Internet. Zustand: Alle Karten sind etwas gebräunt und haben Gebrauchsspuren.

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Chess.- Murray (H.J.R.) A History of Chess, first edition, plates and illustrations, original cloth with Lewis knight chess p

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Lot 103

Chess.- Murray (H.J.R.) A History of Chess, first edition, plates and illustrations, original cloth with Lewis knight chess piece in blind on upper cover, 8vo, Oxford, 1913. ⁂ An excellent copy of this comprehensive history of the game.

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NO RESERVE Millais (John Guille) Game Birds and Shooting-Sketches, bookplate to pastedown, some coloured plates with damp-sta

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Lot 105

NO RESERVE Millais (John Guille) Game Birds and Shooting-Sketches, bookplate to pastedown, some coloured plates with damp-staining, original morocco-backed boards, extremities rubbed and soiling to upper cover, 1892 § Reece (Tom) and W.G. Clifford. Billiards, original pictorial cloth, extremities lightly frayed but overall a clean copy, 1915 § Fitzgerald (Gerald) Pot Luck: Rough Shooting in the West of Ireland, 1938, first editions, plates and illustrations, occasional light foxing, some browning to endpapers; and 8 others, sports and pastimes, v.s. (11)

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NO RESERVE Sailing.- British Sports and Sportsmen: Yachting and Rowing, first edition, one of 1000 copies, photogravure front

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Lot 106

NO RESERVE Sailing.- British Sports and Sportsmen: Yachting and Rowing, first edition, one of 1000 copies, photogravure frontispiece, plates and illustrations, damp-staining, some ff. cockled, original chamfered red morocco, gilt, a little stained and marked, spine faded but still bright, g.e., folio, 1916.

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NO RESERVE Gardens.- Jekyll (Gertrude) and Christopher Hussey. Garden Ornament, plates and illustrations, endpapers a little

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Lot 108

NO RESERVE Gardens.- Jekyll (Gertrude) and Christopher Hussey. Garden Ornament, plates and illustrations, endpapers a little browned and spotted, original cloth, lightly marked, extremities a little bumped and frayed, 1927 § Earle (C.W.) More Pot-Pourri from a Surrey Garden, half-title lightly spotted, original half morocco, corners lightly rubbed, spine faded, 1900 § Green (David) Gardener to Queen Anne, presentation inscription from the author to front free endpapers, original cloth, dust-jacket, extremities and little bumped and creased, 1956 § Fox (Helen Morgenthau ) Patio Gardens, first edition, New York, 1929; and 27 others, mostly gardens and some natural history, including a 1904 reprint of Darwin's Vegetable Mould and Earth-Worms, v.s. (30)

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NO RESERVE Gardens.- Robinson (W.) Home Landscapes, first edition, photographic plates, original half vellum, a fine copy, ho

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Lot 109

NO RESERVE Gardens.- Robinson (W.) Home Landscapes, first edition, photographic plates, original half vellum, a fine copy, housed in original folding box, worn, folio, 1914.

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Insects.- Redi (Francesco) Esperienze intorno alla generazione degl'insetti ... in una lettera all'illustrissimo signor Carlo

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Lot 110

Insects.- Redi (Francesco) Esperienze intorno alla generazione degl'insetti ... in una lettera all'illustrissimo signor Carlo Dati, first edition, plates only, 23 engraved plates (of 29, lacking 4, 14-17 and 29), of which 2 double-page, double-page plates with splits to folds, 1 with a large repaired tear and the other browned, other plates with some spotting and staining, [Dibner, Heralds of Science 188; Grolier/Horblit 88; Nissen ZBI 3319; NLM/Krivatsy 9448; Norman 1812; Prandi 7], Florence, Stella, 1668; and 3 other plates of insects, 4to (26)⁂ Redi's refutation of the theory of spontaneous generation in insects.

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New Naturalist Library (The), 11 vol., comprising nos. 1-5, 12, 18, 20, 22 from the monograph series, and nos. 7 and 14 speci

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Lot 111

New Naturalist Library (The), 11 vol., comprising nos. 1-5, 12, 18, 20, 22 from the monograph series, and nos. 7 and 14 special volumes, first editions, plates and illustrations, original cloth, dust-jackets, few spines lightly faded, some with light chipping to spine ends, but generally excellent copies overall, 1948-71; and a first edition set of Michael Robert's The Spiders of Great Britain and Ireland, 4to & 8vo (14)

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NO RESERVE Mathematics.- The Elements of the Conic Sections with the Sections of the Conoids, second edition, Manhattan Colle

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Lot 114

NO RESERVE Mathematics.- The Elements of the Conic Sections with the Sections of the Conoids, second edition, Manhattan College embossed library stamp to title, Cambridge, 1820; A Treatise on the Nature and Properties of Algebraic Equations, Cambridge, 1832; Pearson (Henry) A Syllabus of Plane and Spherical Trigonometry, second edition, presentation inscription from the author to endpaper, 1832; A Syllabus of a Course of Lectures upon Trigonometry, 1833; Gold Metal Examination, 1831; Hall (T. G.) A Treatise on plane Trigonometry, 1833, 5 vol. in 1, plates and illustrations, some folding, first vol. loose in binding, contemporary half-morocco, broken, rubbed, 8vo.

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Mathematics.- Petvin (Rev. John) Letters Concerning Mind. To which is added, a Sketch of Universal Arithmetic, pp.173-174 pri

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Lot 115

Mathematics.- Petvin (Rev. John) Letters Concerning Mind. To which is added, a Sketch of Universal Arithmetic, pp.173-174 printed as one folding leaf, 1750 bound with Remarks on Letters Concerning Mind, 1752, together 2 works in 1 vol., first editions, titles with woodcut ornaments, ink names to endpapers, contemporary speckled calf, gilt, spine gilt in compartments with morocco label, some rubbing to extremities, for John and James Rivington, 8vo.⁂ Scarce pair of works admired by Coleridge.

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Radio.- Marconi (Guglielmo) American Line. U.S.M.S. "Philadelphia" Marconi Bulletin. An up-to-date ocean newspaper. Contain

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Lot 117

Radio.- Marconi (Guglielmo) American Line. U.S.M.S. "Philadelphia" Marconi Bulletin. An up-to-date ocean newspaper. Containing all the latest Marconigrams from passing ships and from the Lizards' [sic] Wireless Telegraphy Station, [East bound edition; No. 1.], bifolium, double column, vignette of the Philadelphia to first page, horizontal fold, causing splitting (repaired), some staining and spotting, 8vo, Printed and published on board, 1903.⁂ Rare inaugural issue of The Marconi Bulletin, published in celebration of the establishment of the first ship to shore radio communication. In February, 1902, Marconi sailed from Britain on the SS Philadelphia in order to carry out tests on wireless transmission. The results showed coherer-tape reception up to 1550 miles; audio reception up to 2100 miles; and that transmissions travelled further at night than during the day. In December, 1902 a transmission from Nova Scotia became the first radio message to cross the Atlantic.

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NO RESERVE Smith (Godfrey, translator) The Laboratory, or School of Arts . . . experiments in Refining, Calcining, Melting, A

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Lot 119

NO RESERVE Smith (Godfrey, translator) The Laboratory, or School of Arts . . . experiments in Refining, Calcining, Melting, Assaying . . . and Toughening Gold, first edition, engraved frontispiece, 5 engraved plates, contemporary calf, rebacked, rather worn, [Duveen, p. 331], 1738; and a second edition of the same, 8vo (2)

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Phillips (G.F.) Principles of Effect and Colour as applicable to Landscape Painting, first edition, hand-coloured plate of co

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Phillips (G.F.) Principles of Effect and Colour as applicable to Landscape Painting, first edition, hand-coloured plate of colour wheel and 8 aquatint plates, 6 hand-coloured, paper guards, title lightly spotted but plates clean and bright, original cloth, label to upper cover, rebacked preserving old spine, rubbed and faded, spine a little worn, oblong folio, [cf.Abbey, Llife 167, third edition of 1840], F.G.Harding, 1833.⁂ Rare first edition of this artist's manual, with attractive plates. Library Hub records only one copy, in the British Library, and the National Art Library at the V & A contains only a later edition. The last copy sold at auction appears to have been in 1961.

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Petrarch.- Erizzo (Sebastiano) Espositione di m. Sebastiano Erizzo nelle tre canzoni di m. Francesco Petrarca, chiamate le tr

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Lot 123

Petrarch.- Erizzo (Sebastiano) Espositione di m. Sebastiano Erizzo nelle tre canzoni di m. Francesco Petrarca, chiamate le tre sorelle, edited by Lodovico Dolce, first edition, first issue (with both title and colophon dated 1561), title with woodcut printer's device, repeated on *3v, woodcut head-piece and historiated initials, *4 blank, final f. with colophon recto otherwise blank, repaired worm trace towards end (mostly marginal), a few unobtrusive worm holes / small traces, final gathering lightly browned, occasional spotting and light foxing, 19th century decorative boards, [Adams E922 (second issue); EDIT 16 CNCE 18274], small 4to, Venice, Bernardino Fasani for Andrea Arrivabene, 1561.⁂ Erizzo's work on Petrarch, dedicated to Jean Hurault de Boistaillé, ambassador to Venice and Constantinople, and collector of books and manuscripts.

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Military.- Cavalry.- Basta (Giorgio) Govverno della Cavalleria, Das ist, Bericht von Anfuhrung der leichten Pferde, first Ger

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Lot 128

Military.- Cavalry.- Basta (Giorgio) Govverno della Cavalleria, Das ist, Bericht von Anfuhrung der leichten Pferde, first German edition, 11 (of 12) engraved double-page plates by Johann Theodor de Bry, 1 plate (?from another copy) with repaired fraying with a little loss of image, some water-staining, occasional spotting, lightly browned, antique style panelled calf, spine faded, [Mennessier de la Lance 84; Jahns 1053 ('Die beste wissenschaftliche Anleitung fur die Kavallerie'); cf. Cockle 123 (English edition)], small folio, Frankfurt, M. Becker, 1614.⁂ On the use of light horses in the field, based on the extensive practical experience of Basta.

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Military.- Wallhausen (Johann von) Künstliche Picquen-Handlung. Darinnen schrifftlich und mit Figuren dieses Adeliches exerci

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Lot 129

Military.- Wallhausen (Johann von) Künstliche Picquen-Handlung. Darinnen schrifftlich und mit Figuren dieses Adeliches exercitium angewiesen und gelehret wirdt, first edition, title within engraved historiated border, 9 (of 10, lacking plate 1) engraved double-page plates, a few spots, little lightly browned, antique style calf, spine faded, rubbed, 4to, Hanau, For the Author, 1617.⁂ Scarce copy at auction of this infantry work.

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NO RESERVE Occitan poetry.- Theron (Vital) Reliquiae poeticae R. P. Vitalis Theroni, Soc. Iesu presbyteri, ad eminentissimum

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Lot 130

NO RESERVE Occitan poetry.- Theron (Vital) Reliquiae poeticae R. P. Vitalis Theroni, Soc. Iesu presbyteri, ad eminentissimum cardinalem Mazarinum, first Boude edition, woodcut device to title, woodcut head- and tail-pieces, foot of title frayed, affecting date, trimmed, just within some text to preliminaries, and occasionally elsewhere, without loss of sense, occasional spotting and light browning, disbound, Toulouse, Jean Boude, 1645; and 3 others, 19th & early 20th century Occitan, small 4to & 8vo (4)⁂ Rare first Boude edition of the collected poems of Vital Theron (1572-1657), assembled by his nephew Bernard Theron, a senator of Toulouse, and dedicated to Cardinal Mazarin.

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Duelling & Etiquette.- Possevino (Giovanni Battista) Dialogo dell'honor...nel quale si tratta con bell'ordine, dottamente

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Lot 131

Duelling & Etiquette.- Possevino (Giovanni Battista) Dialogo dell'honor...nel quale si tratta con bell'ordine, dottamente, a pieno, & con molta chiarezza Del duello Della nobiltà De gradi d'honore, title with woodcut printer's device, woodcut head-pieces and historiated initials, penultimate f. with colophon recto and large woodcut printer's device verso, final f. blank, smallink ownership stamp to title, V5 and 2L8 lower corner trimmed, affecting printed side-note on first, water-stained, occasional spotting, contemporary limp vellum, lacking ties, head of spine chipped, upper corners worn, [EDIT 16 CNCE 31095], 8vo, Venice, [Francesco Sansovino], 1568.

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Duelling.- Law.- Voet (Paul) De duellis, licitis & illicitis, liber singularis, first edition, title with woodcut ornamen

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Lot 132

Duelling.- Law.- Voet (Paul) De duellis, licitis & illicitis, liber singularis, first edition, title with woodcut ornament and contemporary ink ownership inscription, (cross)4 and final f. blank, some staining to lower margins, occasional spotting, lightly browned, blind-stamp of Bernard Popland, 12mo, contemporary vellum, Utrecht, Gisbert van Zyll, 1646.⁂ Rare first edition of this little treatise on duelling by the Dutch jurist and philopsopher.

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La Fontaine (Jean de) Contes et Nouvelles en Vers, 2 vol. in 1, first illustrated edition, second issue, additional engraved

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Lot 134

La Fontaine (Jean de) Contes et Nouvelles en Vers, 2 vol. in 1, first illustrated edition, second issue, additional engraved pictorial title and half-page illustrations by Romeyn de Hooghe, occasional spotting and staining, calf, gilt, by Belz-Niedree, spine in compartments and with double red morocco labels, stain to upper cover, joints splitting, little marked, rubbed, [Landwehr, Romeyn de Hooghe 62], 8vo, Amsterdam, Henry Desbordes, 1685.

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NO RESERVE Lotti (Lotto) Rimedi per la Sonn da Liezr alla Banzola. Dialoghi del Dottor Lotto Lotti nel suo Idioma naturale Bo

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Lot 136

NO RESERVE Lotti (Lotto) Rimedi per la Sonn da Liezr alla Banzola. Dialoghi del Dottor Lotto Lotti nel suo Idioma naturale Bolognese, first edition, title with woodcut ornament, charming engraved plate by Giacomo Maria Giovannini of women sitting around a table carrying out various chores by candlelight, woodcut decorative initials and tail-pieces, occasional spotting, lightly browned, 19th century red morocco, by Delaunay of Paris (stamp to front endpaper), spine in compartments, spine neatly repaired, rubbed at extremities, lightly marked, g.e., [Cat. Marz, 544], small 4to, Milan, Carlo Frederico Gagliardi, 1703.⁂ First edition with a good provenance of these six dialogues in a Bolognese dialect, which shed much light on the contemporary theatrical and musical scene, being based on the experiences of the author as a librettist. Provenance: Count Guglielmo Libri-Carrucci della Sommaia (his sale Silvestre & Jannet, Paris, 28th June, 1847); sale by Duquesne of a private library, Ghent, 28th November, 1857; Angelo Mazorati, sold by him Bologna, 1932; Marino Parenti (bookplate); M. & L. Sordelli (bookplate and red ink stamp).

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Antiquities.- Spoor (Henricus) Favissae, utriusque antiquitatis tam Romanæ quam Graecæ, first edition, etched additional pict

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Lot 137

Antiquities.- Spoor (Henricus) Favissae, utriusque antiquitatis tam Romanæ quam Graecæ, first edition, etched additional pictorial title by P. Bodart after G. Hoet, 99 near full-page etched portrait medallions of classical figures, a little spotting, a few small stains, contemporary vellum, small 4to, Utrecht, Gerard Muntendam, 1707.

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Davis (William) A Journey Round the Library of a Bibliomaniac, first edition, lightly browned, original boards, uncut, upper

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Lot 14

Davis (William) A Journey Round the Library of a Bibliomaniac, first edition, lightly browned, original boards, uncut, upper cover stained, rebacked, 1821 § Uzanne (Octave) Caprices d'un Bibliophile, one of 500 copies, additional engraved pictorial title, contemporary morocco-backed boards, t.e.g., others uncut, Paris, 1878 § Essai Satirique sur les Vignettes, Fleurons, Culs-de-Lampe et Autres Ornements des Livres, out-of-series copy from an edition limited to 200, engraved frontispiece, later half morocco, Paris, 1873, all a little rubbed, 8vo (3)

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NO RESERVE Occitan.- Languedocien.- Boissier de Sauvages (Pierre-Augustin de) Dictionnaire Languedocien-François, ou choix de

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Lot 140

NO RESERVE Occitan.- Languedocien.- Boissier de Sauvages (Pierre-Augustin de) Dictionnaire Languedocien-François, ou choix des mots Languedociens les plus difficiles à rendre en François, first edition, double column, woodcut head-pieces, ink stamp to title, wormhole turning into a trace to lower margins of last half, occasional spotting, lightly browned, contemporary mottled calf, joints split, but holding firm, spine ends little worn, corners worn, rubbed, 8vo, Nimes, Michel Gaude, 1756.⁂ First edition of this important dictionary of the Languedocien dialect of Occitan by the naturalist and lexicographer Boissier de Sauvages. It was intended to preserve the language from the growing influence of French.

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Finger book.- Ambigu magique ou tableaux changeans a l'usage de ceux qui n'ont pas la Berlue, fragment of 27 ff. only, contai

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Lot 141

Finger book.- Ambigu magique ou tableaux changeans a l'usage de ceux qui n'ont pas la Berlue, fragment of 27 ff. only, containing a total of 47 (of 168) engraved hand-coloured full-page illustrations, first 2 ff. torn at upper corner with loss of part of 1 image, a few tears, water-stained, some soiling, spotting and fraying, disbound, 8vo (162 x 88mm.), Paris, Jacques Chereau, 1776. sold not subject to return. ⁂ Rare in any condition. Small notches were cut into the fore-margins so that when the viewer's hand is placed on the first in a series and fans the book, the pages 'magically' flip to the next in that series. The book may be turned upside down to see different series. Includes playing cards, womens' costume, flowers, priests, military uniforms and harlequins. The last rare complete copy we can trace was in the Cornelius J. Hauck Collection, sold Christie's 27/6/2006 for $18,000.

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Bodoni.- Rossi (Luigi) Saggio d'Idilli Greci, half-title, first two leaves washed, light marginal soiling, modern half-morocc

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Lot 142

Bodoni.- Rossi (Luigi) Saggio d'Idilli Greci, half-title, first two leaves washed, light marginal soiling, modern half-morocco, Parma, Bodoni, 1796 § Akerlio (Docteur) [De Guerle, J.M.] Éloge des Perruques, occasional foxing or spotting, contemporary boards re-backed in calf, Paris, [1796]; and 15 others, continental, mostly around the turn of C19th, as well as a near complete early C20th wooden German building game, v.s. (17)

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Lettering & Typography.- Johnson (A.F.) Decorative Initial Letters, one of 500 copies, Cresset Press, 1931 § Lewis (John)

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Lettering & Typography.- Johnson (A.F.) Decorative Initial Letters, one of 500 copies, Cresset Press, 1931 § Lewis (John) The Twentieth Century Book, 1967 § Sparrow (John) Visible Words: A Study of Inscriptions..., Cambridge, 1969 § Lindley (Kenneth) Of Graves and Epitaphs, frontispiece and endpapers by John Piper, 1965 § Day (Lewis F.) Penmanship of the XVI, XVII & XVIII Centuries, 1978 § Massin. Letter and Image, 1970, plates and illustrations, original cloth with dust-jackets, the first rubbed and frayed; and 13 others on lettering, typography, printing etc., 4to & 8vo (19)

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Medicine.- Astruc (Jean) De fistula ani, manuscript copy of Latin text, title and 42 numbered pp., a few small stains, contem

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Lot 156

Medicine.- Astruc (Jean) De fistula ani, manuscript copy of Latin text, title and 42 numbered pp., a few small stains, contemporary carta rustica wrappers, titled in ink on upper wrapper, lightly soiled, 8vo, Montpellier, 1718.⁂ Astruc was professor of medicine at Montpellier and Paris, and wrote the first major treatise on venereal diseases. Provenance: Dr. Girolamo Spina (ink stamps to inner front wrapper). *** the description of this lot has changed. ***

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Loudon (J.H.) James Scott and William Scott, Bookbinders, 1980 § Ball (Douglas) Victorian Publishers' Bindings, 1985 § Searle

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Loudon (J.H.) James Scott and William Scott, Bookbinders, 1980 § Ball (Douglas) Victorian Publishers' Bindings, 1985 § Searle (Ronald) Slightly Foxed - but still desirable...wicked world of Book Collecting, 1989 § Snider (Jay T.) [Sale Catalogue] Collection featuring the History of Philadelphia an Important Americana, New York, Bloomsbury Auctions, 2008, illustrations, some colour, original cloth or boards, the first three with dust-jackets, the first also with slip-case; and a small quantity of others, bibliography, including some sale or bookdealers' catalogues, v.s. (sm.qty)

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Cicero (Marcus Tullius) Marcus Tullius Cicero, his three bookes of duties to Marcus his sonne, translated by Nicholas Grimald

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Lot 173

Cicero (Marcus Tullius) Marcus Tullius Cicero, his three bookes of duties to Marcus his sonne, translated by Nicholas Grimald, parallel English and Latin text, the English black letter, title within woodcut decorative border, lacking final blank, title trimmed to border and laid down, marginal repairs (mostly to gathering A), A8 torn and repaired with loss of two words at lower corner, a few small stains, lightly browned, 19th century brown morocco, gilt, corners worn, rubbed and scuffed, g.e., [STC 5287], 8vo, Printed by Thomas Este, [c.1605].⁂ A translation of De Officiis by the poet Grimald, who contributed a great deal to the first edition of Tottel's Miscellany, 1557.

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Attack on the clergy.- Asinus onustus. The asse overladen. To his loving, and deare mistresse, Elizabeth the blessed Queene o

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Lot 175

Attack on the clergy.- Asinus onustus. The asse overladen. To his loving, and deare mistresse, Elizabeth the blessed Queene of England. This book was delivered to Queene Eliz: being at None-Such. Iul. 27. Anno 1589, first and only edition, woodcut head-pieces and decorative initials, first and last 2 ff. strengthened at inner gutters, some spotting and staining, lightly browned, fore-edge little nibbled, 19th century calf-backed cloth, gilt, [Wing A4002], small 4to, Printed for John Williams, 1642.

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Malvezzi (Virgilio) Discourses upon Cornelius Tacitus, translated by Sir Richard Baker, first edition in English, title withi

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Lot 176

Malvezzi (Virgilio) Discourses upon Cornelius Tacitus, translated by Sir Richard Baker, first edition in English, title within elaborate woodcut architectural border, woodcut head-pieces and initials, title lightly soiled and frayed at edges with contemporary ink signature crossed out at foot, creasing to last few leaves, K1 with small rust-spot causing loss to one letter, modern half calf, spine gilt and faded, slight rubbing to edges, [Wing M359], folio, by E[dward] G[riffin] for R.Whitaker and Tho.Whitaker, 1642.

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NO RESERVE Trial.- The tryal of Laurence Braddon and Hugh Speke. Upon an information of high-misdemeanor, subornation and spr

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Lot 180

NO RESERVE Trial.- The tryal of Laurence Braddon and Hugh Speke. Upon an information of high-misdemeanor, subornation and spreading false reports. Endeavouring thereby to raise a belief in His Majesties subjects, that the late Earl of Essex did not murther himself, first edition, lacking initial imprimatur f. and final blank, occasional spotting, lightly browned, disbound, folio, Printed for Benjamin Tooke, 1684.

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NO RESERVE Glover (Richard) London: or, the progress of commerce. A poem, first edition, with final blank, title soiled and

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Lot 184

NO RESERVE Glover (Richard) London: or, the progress of commerce. A poem, first edition, with final blank, title soiled and with small repair to lower corner, some staining and spotting, disbound, [Foxon G197], Printed for T. Cooper, 1739; and 3 others, 18th & 19th century English, v.s. (4)

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Insurance.- Magens (Nicholas) An Essay on Insurances, explaining the Nature of the various Kinds of Insurance practised by th

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Lot 188

Insurance.- Magens (Nicholas) An Essay on Insurances, explaining the Nature of the various Kinds of Insurance practised by the different Commercial States of Europe, 2 vol., first edition in English, Birmingham Law Society set with ink stamps and labels, damp-staining and spotting, contemporary calf, gilt markings of BLS to covers, rebacked, corners worn, rubbed, [Goldsmiths' 9045; Higgs 975; Kress 5453], 4to, Printed by J. Haberkorn: and sold by W. Baker, 1755.⁂ Magens settled in London in the early 1700s, where he became an insurance trader and director of the London Assurance Company. His Essay on insurances is a much amended and expanded translation of his Versuch uber Assecuranzen, Hamburg, 1753

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Hervey (James) Eleven letters from the late Rev. Mr. Hervey, to the Rev. Mr. John Wesley; containing an answer to that gentle

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Lot 189

Hervey (James) Eleven letters from the late Rev. Mr. Hervey, to the Rev. Mr. John Wesley; containing an answer to that gentleman's remarks on Theron and Aspasio, first edition, last few ff. browned, occasional spotting, contemporary calf, gilt spine in compartments and with red morocco label, head of spine and corners little worn, rubbed, Printed by Charles Rivington, for John Rivington, 1765 § Tucker (Josiah) Six Sermons on Important Subjects, disbound, Bristol, S. Farley, 1772 § Priestley (Joseph) The doctrines of heathen philosophy, compared with those of revelation, first edition, half-title, library ink and blind stamps, occasional spotting, antique style boards, Northumberland, PA, 1804; and 12 others, Religion, v.s. (15)

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Cambridge.- Gradus ad Cantabrigiam; or New University Guide to...the University of Cambridge...By a Brace of Cantabs , first

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Cambridge.- Gradus ad Cantabrigiam; or New University Guide to...the University of Cambridge...By a Brace of Cantabs , first edition, 4pp. advertisements printed on yellow paper bound at beginning, half-title, 6 hand-coloured aquatint plates of university costumes and scenes, woodcut portrait of Jemmy Gordon, offsetting from plates, original boards, uncut, rebacked, rubbed, spine worn at foot, upper joint cracked, [Abbey, Scenery 81], 8vo, 1824.⁂ Including customs and slang peculiar to the University.

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NO RESERVE Economics.- Pinto (Isaac de) An essay on circulation and credit, in four parts; and a letter on the jealousy of co

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Lot 191

NO RESERVE Economics.- Pinto (Isaac de) An essay on circulation and credit, in four parts; and a letter on the jealousy of commerce...Translated, with annotations, by the Rev. S. Baggs, M.A, first edition in English, lacking half-title, K1 tear within text without loss, marginal worming, water-stained, with some damp-spotting, original boards, crude tape repairs, worn, [Goldsmiths' 11184; Higgs 6069; Kress 7042], 4to, Printed for J. Ridley, in St. James's Street, 1774. sold not subject to return. ⁂ Rare at auction. On stock exchange transactions, speculation and national debt. 'The translation and notes are not in fact by Baggs, but by Sir Philip Francis.' (ESTC).

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Law.- Blackstone (Sir William) Reports of cases determined in the several courts of Westminster-Hall, from 1746 to 1779, 2 vo

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Lot 192

Law.- Blackstone (Sir William) Reports of cases determined in the several courts of Westminster-Hall, from 1746 to 1779, 2 vol., first edition, occasional spotting and light browning, contemporary calf, spines in compartments and with red morocco labels and ink numbers, vol.2 head of spine chipped, rubbed, a very good set, folio, printed by His Majesty's Law Printers; for W. Strahan; T. Cadell; and D. Prince and Co. at Oxford, 1781.

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Scotland.- [Brown (Robert D.C.)] Mary's bower, or, the castle on the glen; a pastoral drama, of five acts: founded on a real

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Lot 197

Scotland.- [Brown (Robert D.C.)] Mary's bower, or, the castle on the glen; a pastoral drama, of five acts: founded on a real event in Scotland, about the end of the fifteenth century, first edition, occasional spotting, lightly browned, disbound, small 4to, Edinburgh, John Moir, 1811.⁂ Rare, with Library Hub recording four copies.

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Antiquities & Archaeology.- [Bonomi (Joseph)] Catalogue of the Egyptian Antiquities in the Museum of Hartwell House, firs

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Antiquities & Archaeology.- [Bonomi (Joseph)] Catalogue of the Egyptian Antiquities in the Museum of Hartwell House, first edition, 2 plates, one folding, original cloth-backed limp boards, rubbed, 1858; and others on ancient history and archaeology, 4to & 8vo (c.20)

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Morier (James Justinian, Sir) The Adventures of Hajji Baba of Ispahan, first edition, 3 vol., 7 lithograph plates, occasional

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Lot 203

Morier (James Justinian, Sir) The Adventures of Hajji Baba of Ispahan, first edition, 3 vol., 7 lithograph plates, occasional light marking, contemporary half-calf, spines defective and joints cracked, extremities and covers scuffed, 8vo, 1824.⁂ A unique set of illustrated first editions; no other first editions or early copies with illustrations appear to be recorded. The presence of 7 plates in vol. 2 suggests an intention to issue an illustrated edition, seemingly then subsequently abandoned. It is possible the plates may be after sketches by the author, himself an amateur artist, and an equivalent illustration density across the whole narrative would have resulted in several hundred plates.

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NO RESERVE Davy (John) Memoirs of the Life of Sir Humphry Davy, 2 vol., first edition, portrait frontispiece to vol.1, new en

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Lot 209

NO RESERVE Davy (John) Memoirs of the Life of Sir Humphry Davy, 2 vol., first edition, portrait frontispiece to vol.1, new endpapers, contemporary morocco, gilt, extremities rubbed, neatly rebacked, 1836 § [Pittis (William)] Memoirs of the Life of Sir Stephen Fox, Kt., engraved portrait frontispiece, some light spotting and browning, 19th century ink ownership name to pastedown, contemporary boards with title label, rubbed, portion of spine head lacking, 1717; and c.40 others, antiquarian and leather, v.s (c.45)

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Farquhar (Ferdinand) The Relicks of a Saint, first edition, half-title, hand-coloured etched frontispiece by Thomas Rowlandso

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Lot 21

Farquhar (Ferdinand) The Relicks of a Saint, first edition, half-title, hand-coloured etched frontispiece by Thomas Rowlandson, very lightly offset on title, original boards, uncut, slight wear to head of spine, Thomas Tegg, 1816 § [Heron (Robert)] The Comforts of Human Life, second edition, folding hand-coloured aquatint frontispiece by I.H.Green (cropped and slightly frayed at edge), contemporary sprinkled calf, 1807 § Jokeby, a Burlesque on Rokeby, hand-coloured etched frontispiece, original printed boards, spine defective, 1813 § Stevens (G.A.) A Lecture on Heads, hand-coloured etched frontispiece by Rowlandson after Woodward (torn) and 23 etched plates of heads only (of 24, lacking British Sailor), loose, original boards, 1808 § [Bunbury (H.W.) An Academy for Grown Horsemen, 12 hand-coloured etchings by Rowlandson after the author, 1809; Annals of Horsemanship, 17 hand-coloured etchings by Rowlandson, [c.1809], together 2 works in 1 vol., a little browned and offset, contemporary half calf, all rubbed or worn; and 4 others, similar, 8vo et infra (9)

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Shakespeare (William).- [2 facsimile engraved copies of the Droeshout portrait of Shakespeare for the First Folio], 1 sheet w

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Lot 211

Shakespeare (William).- [2 facsimile engraved copies of the Droeshout portrait of Shakespeare for the First Folio], 1 sheet with small piece torn away from edge, [19th century]; [2 facsimile copies of Ben Jonson's verse "To the Reader" bound opposite the Droeshout portrait], 1 sheet with a few pencil marks, [19th century], all soiled and browned, edges chipped; and another a 17th century title page, folio (5).

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Penny Dreadfuls.- Prest (Thomas Peckett) The Miser of Shoreditch: or, the curse of avarice. An original historical legendary

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Lot 212

Penny Dreadfuls.- Prest (Thomas Peckett) The Miser of Shoreditch: or, the curse of avarice. An original historical legendary romance of the fifteenth century, bound from the original 38 penny parts, later cloth, R. Beard, 1855 § Reynolds (George William MacArthur) The Rye House Plot; or, Ruth, the conspirator's daughter, bound from the original 54 penny parts, contemporary cloth, rather worn, but holding firm, John Dicks, 1857, first editions, wood-engraved illustrations, spotting and staining; and 6 others, similar, 8vo (8)

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Woman novelist.- [Craik (Dinah Maria)] John Halifax, Gentleman, 3 vol., first edition, with author's signature on a slip (dat

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Lot 214

Woman novelist.- [Craik (Dinah Maria)] John Halifax, Gentleman, 3 vol., first edition, with author's signature on a slip (dated October, 1878) loosely inserted, 3pp advertisements and 24pp. publisher's catalogue at end of vol.1, vol.2 1p. advertisements, vol.3 advertisement f. at end, some staining, mostly in vol.1, all vol. occasional spotting, vol.1 hinges splitting, original brown gilt and blind-stamped cloth, slightly cocked, repairs to some spine ends, a few corners little worn, little rubbed, [Sadleir 1812], 8vo, Hurst and Blackett, 1856.

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NO RESERVE Hawthorne (Nathaniel) Transformation: or, The Romance of Monte Beni, The Fawn, 60 mounted photographic plates, por

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Lot 215

NO RESERVE Hawthorne (Nathaniel) Transformation: or, The Romance of Monte Beni, The Fawn, 60 mounted photographic plates, portrait frontispiece working loose, some plates cockled, original half-vellum, lightly rubbed, Leipzig, Bernhard Tauchnitz, 1860 § Glyn (Elinor) The Visits of Elizabeth, first edition, small prize label bound in to endpapers, contemporary calf, gilt, joints rubbed, 1906 § Stevenson (Robert Louis) Memories and Portraits, contemporary half calf, spine ends very lightly scuffed, 1904 § Tegner (Esias) The Tale of Frithiof, translated by Captain H. Spalding, original cloth, spine ends bumped, joints lightly rubbed, 1872; and c.60 others, antiquarian literature, v.s. (c.65)⁂ The first mentioned is rare, and is the first edition of 2 volumes bound in 1. The number and images varies from copy to copy, this one being profusely illustrated with views of Roman architecture, cityscapes, scenery, statues, etc. It is known to have served as a guide book for tourists in Italy.

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Music.- Wagner (Richard) "The Music of the Future," a Letter to M. Frédéric Villot ... Translated from the original German by

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Lot 217

Music.- Wagner (Richard) "The Music of the Future," a Letter to M. Frédéric Villot ... Translated from the original German by E. Dannreuther, first edition in English, half-title, some light foxing, disbound, 8vo, Schott & Co., 1873.⁂ Rare in commerce.

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[Forrester (A. H.)], "Alfred Crowquill". Absurdities: in Prose and Verse, first edition, half-title, 13 hand-coloured etched

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[Forrester (A. H.)], "Alfred Crowquill". Absurdities: in Prose and Verse, first edition, half-title, 13 hand-coloured etched plates, a few spots, bookplate of Alfred Sutro, later half green morocco, spine gilt, t.e.g., others uncut, 1827 § [Thackeray (W.M.)], "M.A.Titmarsh". Mrs. Perkins's Ball, hand-coloured pictorial title and plates, advertisement leaf at end, light spotting, contemporary half calf, n.d. § Doyle (James E.) A Chronicle of England B.C.55 - A.D.1485, colour wood-engraved illustrations by Edmund Evans, original decorated cloth, spine worn, 1864 § Gray (Thomas) Elegy written in a Country Church-yard, wood-engraved illustrations by R.S.Gilbert, original pictorial cloth, gilt, spine worn and defective, Philadelphia, 1845, rubbed; and c.30 others, children's & illustrated, v.s. (c.35)

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