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Greenslade Taylor Hunt
Lot 603

[ART] Mackley, George. Confessions of a Woodpecker, limited edition 89/250, SIGNED BY THE ARTIST, Gresham Books Ltd, Old Woking, 1981, quarter leather, illustrations throughout, sixty-two loose illustrations in pocket at end, quarto; and George Mackley Wood Engraver, first edition, Gresham Books Ltd, Old Woking, 1981, quarter leather, illustrations, quarto; together with an autograph letter signed from George Mackley to Rachel Ann Le Bas. Provenance: Rachel Ann Le Bas, N.E.A.C., R.E. (1923-2020). Condition Report : Generally good condition; second named volume with external foxing to leather of upper cover; first named with very minor foxing in same area; both with fractionally faded spines but bright gilt blocking. Condition reports are offered as a guide only and we highly recommend inspecting (where possible) any lot to satisfy yourself as to its condition.

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Lot 605

[ART]. PHOTOGRAPHY Bourdin, Guy. Exhibit A, first U.S. edition, Bullfinch Press, New York, 2001, black cloth, dustjacket, illustrations throughout, folio; together with Young, Richard. Shooting Stars, first edition, Metro Publishing, London, 2004, boards, dustjacket, illustrations throughout, SIGNED BY THE AUTHOR, quarto; Haskins, Sam. Photo Graphics, Roto Vision, Geneva, no date [1980], boards, dustjacket, illustrations throughout, quarto; Leibovitz, Annie. Pilgrimage, first edition, Cape, London, 2011, cream cloth, dustjacket, illustrations throughout, tall quarto; and eight other works, including three softbacks, (12). Condition Report : Most in generally good condition; Haskins: Lightly foxed at either end; Leibovitz: dustjacket rubbed at extremities. Condition reports are offered as a guide only and we highly recommend inspecting (where possible) any lot to satisfy yourself as to its condition.

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Lot 606

[CHILDRENS] Upton, Florence K. & Bertha. The Adventures of Two Dutch Dolls and a 'Golliwogg', reprint, Longmans, Green & Co., London & New York, no date [circa 1902], original brown cloth-backed pictorial boards, full-page colour a further text vignette illustrations, oblong quarto; together with Upton, Florence K. & Bertha. The Golliwogg at the Sea-Side, Longmans, Green & Co., London, New York & Bombay, no date [circa 1898], original green cloth-backed pictorial boards, full-page colour a further vignette text illustrations, oblong quarto; and Upton, Florence K. & Bertha. The Golliwogg in War, Longmans, Green & Co., London, New York & Bombay, no date [1899], original crimson cloth-backed pictorial boards, full-page colour a further vignette text illustrations, oblong quarto, (3). . Condition Report : First named: covers with rubbed corner tips; ink gift inscription (dated 1902) to title page; Second named: covers rubbed and chipped along edges and with rounded corners; upper cover lightly soiled; lower cover creased; upper hinge weak; Third named: covers with rubbed edges and rounded corners; upper hinge weak; pp.18-21 taped along inner edge; pp.29-30 loose, with chipped edges; ink gift inscription (dated 1899) to title page. Condition reports are offered as a guide only and we highly recommend inspecting (where possible) any lot to satisfy yourself as to its condition.

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Lot 607

[CHILDRENS] Upton, Florence K. & Bertha. The Golliwogg's Bicycle Club, Longmans, Green & Co., London, New York & Bombay, no date [circa 1896], original blue cloth-backed pictorial boards, full-page colour a further vignette text illustrations, oblong quarto. Condition Report : Generally good condition; cover corner tips rubbed and rounded; first and last blank each creased. Condition reports are offered as a guide only and we highly recommend inspecting (where possible) any lot to satisfy yourself as to its condition.

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Lot 614

[CHILDRENS] Johns, Capt. W.E. Biggles Sweeps the Desert, first edition, Hodder & Stoughton, London, 1942, blue cloth (lacking dustjacket), colour frontispiece, further black and white illustrations, octavo; together with Biggles in the Orient, first edition, Hodder & Stoughton, 1944, blue cloth, dustjacket (non price-clipped), colour frontispiece, further black and white illustrations, octavo; Biggles Hunts Big Game, first edition, Hodder & Stoughton, 1948, red cloth, dustjacket (non price-clipped), eleven double-spred and other illustrations (including frontispiece, as called for), octavo; Biggles Takes a Holiday, first edition, Hodder & Stoughton, 1949, blue boards, dustjacket (non price-clipped), eight plate illustrations (including frontispiece, as called for), octavo; Biggles Breaks the Silence, first edition, Hodder & Stoughton, 1949, black cloth, dustjacket (non price-clipped), eight plate illustrations (as called for), octavo; Biggles Gets his Men, first edition, Hodder & Stoughton, 1950, blue boards, dustjacket (non price-clipped), black and white illustrations, octavo; Biggles Delivers the Goods, second impression, Hodder & Stoughton, 1948, red cloth, dustjacket (non price-clipped), colour frontispiece, octavo; Sergeant Bigglesworth C.I.D., second impression, Hodder & Stoughton, 1949, blue cloth, dustjacket (non price-clipped), nine plate illustrations (including frontispiece, as called for), octavo; and Biggles' Second Case, second impression, Hodder & Stoughton, 1949, red cloth, dustjacket (non price-clipped), colour frontispiece, octavo, (9). Condition Report : Desert: Covers slightly damp-marked; spine browned; ink gift inscriptions to front free endpaper; Orient: ink ownership inscription to front free endpaper; all dustjackets with varying degrees of wear, particularly the Orient. Condition reports are offered as a guide only and we highly recommend inspecting (where possible) any lot to satisfy yourself as to its condition.

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Lot 616

[CHILDRENS] Milne, A.A. The House at Pooh Corner, first edition, Methuen, London, 1928, pink cloth gilt, top edges gilt, silhouette endpapers, illustrations by Ernest Shepard, octavo; together with Milne, A.A. Now We Are Six, second edition, Methuen, London, 1927, maroon cloth gilt, top edges gilt, illustrations by Ernest Shepard, octavo; and Milne, A.A. When We Were Very Young, seventeenth edition, Methuen, London, 1928, dark blue cloth gilt, top edges gilt, illustrations by Ernest Shepard, octavo, (3). Condition Report : Pooh Corner: Covers slightly soiled; spine a little faded; some browning to endpapers; Now We Are Six: Spine ends worn; spine a little faded; corners bumped; ink gift inscription to front free endpaper; off-setting to half title page; When We Were Very Young: Ink ownership inscription to title page; final endpaper torn, with loss to upper corner, the previous page with associated browning in revealed area. Condition reports are offered as a guide only and we highly recommend inspecting (where possible) any lot to satisfy yourself as to its condition.

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Lot 617

[CLASSIC LITERATURE] Carroll, Lewis [Dodgson, Charles Lutwidge]. Alice's Adventures Under Ground, being a facsimile of the original ms. book afterwards developed into 'Alice's Adventures in Wonderland', first edition, Macmillan, London, 1886, original crimson cloth gilt, all edges gilt, thirty-seven illustrations by the author, two-page publisher's list of works by the author, octavo. Condition Report : Some foxing and browning to pastedowns and blank endpapers, mainly at front; spine slightly faded; otherwise good, clean, bright and tight. Condition reports are offered as a guide only and we highly recommend inspecting (where possible) any lot to satisfy yourself as to its condition.

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Lot 620

[CLASSIC LITERATURE] Dickens, Charles. Bleak House, first edition in book form, Bradbury & Evans, London, 1853, half green calf with crimson leather title label to spine, retailer's / binder's label for King, Brighton to front pastedown, frontispiece, vignette half title page and a further thirty-eight plate illustrations by H.K. Browne (as called for, including ten 'dark'), issue points including p.xvi with five Errata, p.19 line 6 'elgble', p.209 line 23 'chair' for 'hair', p.275 line 22 'counsinship', and p.529 line 32 'picter', octavo. Condition Report : Rubbed and scuffed; lower joint with 6.5cm split at head; spine slightly faded and browned; pp.29/30 with fore edge marginal repair; one plate with fore edge marginal reinforcement verso; plates toned, with marginal browning. Condition reports are offered as a guide only and we highly recommend inspecting (where possible) any lot to satisfy yourself as to its condition.

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Lot 621

[CLASSIC LITERATURE] Dickens, Charles. Little Dorrit, first edition, bound from parts and retaining original pictorial blue paper front wrappers at end, Bradbury & Evans, London, 1857, half dark green leather, top edges gilt, frontispiece, vignette half title page and a further thirty-eight plate illustrations by Hablot K. Browne (as called for), first issue points including 'B2' instead of 'BB2' at foot of page 371, and 'Rigaud' for 'Blandois' in Chapter 17 as per errata on p.xiv and correction slip bound between pp.466/467, octavo. Condition Report : Plates toned, with marginal browning and light foxing. Condition reports are offered as a guide only and we highly recommend inspecting (where possible) any lot to satisfy yourself as to its condition.

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Lot 622

[CLASSIC LITERATURE] Dickens, Charles. Dombey & Son, first edition, Bradbury & Evans, London, 1848, half brown leather with black leather title label to spine, retailer's / binder's label for King, Brighton to front pastedown, frontispiece, vignette half title page and a further thirty-eight plate illustrations by Hablot K. Browne (as called for), issue points including vignette title with Captain Cuttle's hook on his left arm; p.xv line 2 no quotation marks around 'the Party'; p.xvii eight-line Errata; p.14 ten lines from bottom 'aint' with no apostrophe; p.26 line 11 'fidgetty'; p.284 lines 5 and 6 from bottom 'Delight'; p.324 last line 'Capatin' for 'Captain'; and p.582 last line with no full-stop, octavo. Condition Report : Covers rubbed and scuffed; pp.109/110 lacking upper fore edge corner tip (not affecting text); pp.267/268 with 2cm fore edge tear; one plate with light vertical crease; plates toned, with marginal browning; final blank and rear pastedown stained. Condition reports are offered as a guide only and we highly recommend inspecting (where possible) any lot to satisfy yourself as to its condition.

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Lot 623

[CLASSIC LITERATURE] Dickens, Charles. The Mystery of Edwin Drood, first edition, Chapman & Hall, London, 1870, half black leather, engraved portrait frontispiece, vignette half title page and a further twelve plate illustrations by S.L. Fildes (as called for), issue points including p.1 lines 1 and 2 'Tower' for 'town'; p.4 line 23 no punctuation after 'clergy'; p.10 line 5 no punctuation after 'it'; p.28 four lines from bottom 'it's' for 'its'; p.43 last line 'i' dropped slightly in intent; p.47 line 17 of Chapter 8 large full-stop after 'no'; p.74 line18 no initial single quotation mark before 'Past'; p.100 last line 'u' slightly high in 'used'; p.131 line 1 'sentiment' for 'sentence'; p.149 nine lines from bottom 'years' for 'yours'; p.168 line 26 'very' poorly printed, octavo. Condition Report : Some foxing, mainly to fore edge margins. Condition reports are offered as a guide only and we highly recommend inspecting (where possible) any lot to satisfy yourself as to its condition.

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Lot 624

[CLASSIC LITERATURE] Dickens, Charles. Master Humphrey's Clock, first edition in book form, three volumes, Chapman & Hall, London, 1840 / 1841 / 1841, Volumes I & II in original blind-stamped brown cloth gilt, Volume III in near contemporary plain brown cloth, frontispieces and text illustrations by George Cattermole and Hablot K. Browne, large octavo. Condition Report : Vols 1 & 2: Spine ends nicked and torn, with small losses; Vol. 3: Spine with small loss at head; frontispiece creased; All volume covers with worn corners. Condition reports are offered as a guide only and we highly recommend inspecting (where possible) any lot to satisfy yourself as to its condition.

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Lot 625

[CLASSIC LITERATURE]. ILLUSTRATED Rackham, Arthur, illustrator, & Swift, Jonathan. Gulliver's Travels, Dent, London, 1909, pictorial dark blue cloth gilt, top edges gilt, twelve colour plate illustrations (including frontispiece, as called for), small quarto; together with Rackham, Arthur, illustrator & Fouque, De La Motte. Undine, adapted from the German by W.L. Courtney, first edition, Heinemann, London, 1909, pictorial blue cloth gilt, fifteen paper-protected tipped-in colour plate illustrations (including frontispiece, as called for), small quarto, (2). Condition Report : Gulliver: Spine ends slightly rubbed and frayed; upper hinge a little tender; Undine: Spine ends worn; joints partially split; one plate with small scratch (plates uncreased). Condition reports are offered as a guide only and we highly recommend inspecting (where possible) any lot to satisfy yourself as to its condition.

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Lot 626

[CLASSIC LITERATURE]. ILLUSTRATED Rackham, Arthur, illustrator, & Ingoldsby, Thomas [Barham, Richard Harris]. The Ingoldsby Legends or Mirth & Marvels, Dent London, 1898, dark green cloth gilt, top edges gilt, twelve tissue-guarded colour plate illustrations (including frontispiece, as called for), further black and white illustrations, octavo; together with Rackham, Arthur, illustrator & Fouque, De La Motte. Undine, adapted from the German by W.L. Courtney, first edition, Heinemann, London, 1909, pictorial blue cloth gilt, fifteen paper-protected tipped-in colour plate illustrations (including frontispiece, as called for), small quarto; and Goethe, Johann Wolfgang von. Faust, translated by Abraham Hayward, Hutchinson, London, no date, original cloth, sixteen colour plate illustrations by Willy Pogany (including frontispiece, as called for), octavo, (3). Condition Report : Ingoldsby: Generally good condition; Undine: Upper joint partially split; spine slightly faded; foxed; plates good; Faust: Generally good condition; spine slightly browned; ink ownership inscription to front free endpaper. Condition reports are offered as a guide only and we highly recommend inspecting (where possible) any lot to satisfy yourself as to its condition.

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Lot 627

[CLASSIC LITERATURE] Lee, Laurie. Cider with Rosie, reprint, The Hogarth Press, London, 1959, boards, dustjacket (non price-clipped), illustrations by John Ward, SIGNED BY THE AUTHOR, octavo; together with Lee, Laurie. The Bloom of Candles, first edition, Lehmann, London, 1947, yellow boards, octavo; Lee, Laurie. The Sun My Monument, first edition, The Hogarth Press (The New Hogarth Library Vol. XIII), London, 1944, buff boards, octavo; and nine other works by or about the same, (12). Condition Report : Cider: Dustjacket chipped and/or creased at spine ends and corners, with some losses, particularly around head of spine; Candles: Spine rubbed; some toning to edges of covers; extensive pencil verse to front pastedown and front free endpaper; Sun: Generally good condition. Condition reports are offered as a guide only and we highly recommend inspecting (where possible) any lot to satisfy yourself as to its condition.

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Lot 631

[HISTORY] Baker, Sir Richard. A Chronicle of the Kings of England, from the time of the Romans Government Unto the Death of King James... Whereunto is added The Reign of King Charles the First, with a Continuation of the Chronicle,... to the Coronation of His Sacred Majesty King Charles the Second, circa 1665, full panelled folio. Note: This lot sold with all faults, not subject to return. Condition Report : Lacking title page and pages 1-4, 225-226, 465-466 and 559-560; 169-170, 175-176 and 300-301 duplicated in pagination; pages 177-184 out of order; without pages 105-108, 171-174, 327-348 and 665-668 but with correct running catch-words and no obvious loss; final Index page with 8cm tear; re-backed; corners worn; some spotting and marginal browning. Condition reports are offered as a guide only and we highly recommend inspecting (where possible) any lot to satisfy yourself as to its condition.

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Lot 635

[HISTORY] Collier, Jeremy. An Ecclesiastical History of Great Britain, chiefly of England: from the First Planting of Christianity, to the End of the Reign of King Charles the Second, with a Brief Account of the Affairs of Religion in Ireland, two volumes, for Keble and Tooke, London, 1708 & 1714, modern dark green quarter leather, engraved frontispiece, title pages printed in red and black, subscribers list, folio. Condition Report : Generally good condition; manuscript list of Archbishop's of Canterbury, A.D. 601-1502, on front free endpaper; frontispiece with small losses to lower fore-edge corner, not affecting image; spine labels scuffed, especially for vol. 1. Condition reports are offered as a guide only and we highly recommend inspecting (where possible) any lot to satisfy yourself as to its condition.

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Lot 636

[HISTORY]. HERALDRY Siddons, Michael Powell. The Development of Welsh Heraldry, four volumes, first editions, The National Library of Wales, Aberystwyth, 1991 / 1993 / 1993 / 2006, boards, dustjackets, colour plate and black and white text illustrations, quarto, (4). Condition Report : Generally good condition; dustjacket of Vol. II with minor peripheral wear. Condition reports are offered as a guide only and we highly recommend inspecting (where possible) any lot to satisfy yourself as to its condition.

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Lot 639

[HISTORY]. HERALDRY Chesshyre, D.H.B., Woodcock, T. et al. Dictionary of British Arms, Medieval Ordinary, Volumes 1-3, first editions, The Society of Antiquaries of London, 1992 / 1996 / 2009, blue buckram, dustjackets, small quarto; and assorted other works, (26 volumes, box). Condition Report : Generally good condition. Condition reports are offered as a guide only and we highly recommend inspecting (where possible) any lot to satisfy yourself as to its condition.

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Lot 645

[HOUSEHOLD MANAGEMENT] Atkyns, Arabella (pseudonym). The Family Magazine: in Two Parts. Part I. Containing Useful Directions in all the Branches of House-Keeping and Cookery. Particularly Shewing How to Buy-it the Best of all Sorts of Provisions; as Poultry-Ware, Butchers-Meat, Fish, Fruit, &c. With several Hundred Receipts in Cookery, Pastry, Pickling, Confectionary, Distilling, Brewing, Cosmeticks, &c. Together with the Art of making English Wines, &c. Part II. Being a Compendious Body of Physick; Succinctly Treating of all the Diseases and Accidents Incident to Men, Women, and Children: with Practical Rules and Directions for the Preserving and Restoring of Health, and Prolonging of Life, first edition, London, 1741, full leather, octavo. Condition Report : Covers scuffed; spine ends worn; upper joint partially split; lacking all before p.v, including Part I title page; some browning, soiling and graffiti; some additional recipes added by hand; ownership inscription to front free endpaper ('Robert Pitt his / Book Ano Domini / 1778'); Pitt family birth details 1783-1793 added to Part II title page verso; pp.27/28 torn, without loss. Condition reports are offered as a guide only and we highly recommend inspecting (where possible) any lot to satisfy yourself as to its condition.

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Lot 646

[MODERN FIRST EDITIONS] Waugh, Evelyn. Black Mischief, first edition, Chapman & Hall, London, 1932, decorative cloth, map frontispiece, octavo; and Waugh, Evelyn. Scoop, first edition, Chapman & Hall, London, 1933, decorative cloth, octavo, (2). Condition Report : Mischief: joints rubbed, lightly foxed; Scoop: joints rubbed, ink ownership inscription to front pastedown, vertical crease to front free endpaper. Condition reports are offered as a guide only and we highly recommend inspecting (where possible) any lot to satisfy yourself as to its condition.

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Lot 647

[MODERN FIRST EDITIONS] Wodehouse, P.G. Louder and Funnier, first edition, Faber & Faber, London, 1932, original yellow cloth with blue-green lettering to spine, dustjacket designed by Rex Whistler (non price-clipped), octavo. Condition Report : Covers and endpapers foxed; jacket chipped and torn around spine ends and at corners, with some loss around upper corner of lower cover; jacket browned along spine and with slight vertical crease to left of bust image. Condition reports are offered as a guide only and we highly recommend inspecting (where possible) any lot to satisfy yourself as to its condition.

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Lot 648

[MODERN FIRST EDITIONS] Sholokhov, Mikhail. And Quiet Flows the Don, translated from the Russian by Stephen Garry, first English edition, Putnam, London, April 1934, original dark grey cloth, dustjacket (non price-clipped), octavo. Condition Report : Jacket rubbed, browned, chipped, torn and creased at peripheries, notably around spine head and at corners; jacket browned along spine; pp.299-318 with fore edge upper corner crease. Condition reports are offered as a guide only and we highly recommend inspecting (where possible) any lot to satisfy yourself as to its condition.

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Lot 649

[MODERN FIRST EDITIONS] Wheatley, Dennis. The Second Seal, first edition, Hutchinson, London, 1950, black cloth, dustjacket (non price-clipped), octavo; together with Star of Ill-Omen, first edition, Hutchinson, 1952, black cloth, dustjacket (non price-clipped), octavo; To the Devil - a Daughter, first edition, Hutchinson, 1953, black cloth, dustjacket (non price-clipped), octavo; Curtain of Fear, first edition, Hutchinson, 1953, black cloth, dustjacket (non price-clipped), octavo; The Island where Time Stands Still, first edition, Hutchinson, 1954, blue cloth, dustjacket (non price-clipped), octavo; and The KA of Gifford Hillary, first edition, Hutchinson, 1956, black boards, dustjacket (non price-clipped), octavo, (6). Condition Report : Generally good condition; dustjackets with minor wear, that of the last named with more significant chipping at creasing around spine ends and one tape-repaired tear; all with neat ink ownership inscription to front free endpaper. Condition reports are offered as a guide only and we highly recommend inspecting (where possible) any lot to satisfy yourself as to its condition.

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Lot 650

[MODERN FIRST EDITIONS] Wheatley, Dennis. The Prisoner in the Mask, first edition, Hutchinson, London, 1957, pictorial boards, dustjacket (non price-clipped), octavo; together with Traitor's Gate, first edition, Hutchinson, 1958, pictorial boards, dustjacket (non price-clipped), octavo; The Satanist, first edition, Hutchinson, 1960, pictorial boards, dustjacket (non price-clipped), octavo; Vendetta in Spain, first edition, Hutchinson, 1961, boards, dustjacket (non price-clipped), octavo; Bill for the Use of a Body, first edition, Hutchinson, 1964, boards, dustjacket (non price-clipped), octavo; They Used Dark Forces, first edition, Hutchinson, 1964, boards, dustjacket (non price-clipped), octavo; Dangerous Inheritance, first edition, Hutchinson, 1965, boards, dustjacket (non price-clipped), octavo; Unholy Crusade, first edition, Hutchinson, 1967, boards, dustjacket (non price-clipped), octavo; and The Irish Witch, first edition, Hutchinson, 1973, boards, dustjacket (non price-clipped), octavo, (9). Condition Report : Generally good condition; dustjackets with varying degrees of wear; six with neat ink ownership inscription to front free endpaper. Condition reports are offered as a guide only and we highly recommend inspecting (where possible) any lot to satisfy yourself as to its condition.

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Lot 651

[MODERN FIRST EDITIONS] Stapledon, Olaf. Odd John, A Story Between Jest and Earnest, first edition, first issue (final page dated '535'), blue cloth, eight-page publisher's catalogue, octavo; together with Stapledon, Olaf. Odd John, A Story Between Jest and Earnest, first edition, second issue (final page dated '835'), blue cloth, dustjacket ('Recommended by the Book Society', with printed price label but clipped corner), octavo, (2). Condition Report : First: Spine slightly browned; spine ends and lower joint slightly rubbed; red pencil ownership inscription to front free endpaper; Second: Dustjacket with peripheral wear and small loss at head; foxed at either end. Condition reports are offered as a guide only and we highly recommend inspecting (where possible) any lot to satisfy yourself as to its condition.

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Lot 652

[MODERN FIRST EDITIONS] Hamilton, Patrick. The Plains of Cement, first edition, Constable, London, 1934, blue cloth, dustjacket (price-clipped), two-page list of author's other works, octavo; together with Hamilton, Patrick. Hangover Square or The Man with Two Minds, A Story of Darkest Earl's Court in the Year 1939, first edition, Constable, London, 1941, fawn cloth, dustjacket (non price-clipped), two-page publisher's list, octavo, (2). Condition Report : Cement: Dustjacket torn and chipped, with some losses; page edges foxed; Hangover: Dustjacket chipped, torn, browned and foxed, with some losses, notably at lower spine; page edges foxed. Condition reports are offered as a guide only and we highly recommend inspecting (where possible) any lot to satisfy yourself as to its condition.

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Lot 655

[NATURAL HISTORY] Darwin, Charles. The Formation of Vegetable Mould, through the Action of Worms, with Observations on their Habits, third thousand, Murray, London, 1881, original green cloth, text illustrations, octavo. Condition Report : Covers damp marked; hinges tender; endpapers foxed; ink ownership inscription to first blank; minor foxing at either end; internally clean. Condition reports are offered as a guide only and we highly recommend inspecting (where possible) any lot to satisfy yourself as to its condition.

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Lot 660

[SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY]. EVOLUTION Darwin, Charles. The Descent of Man, and Selection in Relation to Sex, first edition, second issue, two volumes, Murray, London, 1871, original green cloth, text illustrations, Volume I with list of nine other works by author and no errata to title page verso, Volume II with errata for both volumes to title page verso, both volumes with sixteen-page publisher's list dated January 1871, octavo. Condition Report : Vol.I: Spine ends worn, with loss at base of lower joint; hinges very weak; Vol.II: Spine ends nicked. Condition reports are offered as a guide only and we highly recommend inspecting (where possible) any lot to satisfy yourself as to its condition.

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Lot 664

[SPORTING]. HUNTING & EQUESTRIAN 'Snaffles' [Payne, Charlie Johnson]. More Bandobast, first edition, Collins, London, 1936, original oatmeal cloth, twelve tipped-in colour plate illustrations (as called for), further monochrome illustrations, quarto; together with 'Osses and Obstacles, second impression, Collins, London, 1935, original pale fawn cloth, illustrations throughout, quarto; and Four-Legged Friends and Acquaintances, first edition, Collins, London, 1951, oatmeal cloth, dustjacket (non price-clipped), four colour plate illustrations (including frontispiece), further monochrome illustrations, quarto, (3). Condition Report : All with some foxing, particularly to upper margins in certain areas of Bandobast. Condition reports are offered as a guide only and we highly recommend inspecting (where possible) any lot to satisfy yourself as to its condition.

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Lot 665

[SPORTING]. HUNTING & EQUESTRIAN Dawson, Captain Lionel, and Edwards, Lionel, illustrator. Sport in War, first edition, Collins, London, 1936, green buckram, six colour plate illustrations (including frontispiece, as called for), further monochrome illustrations, quarto; together with Edwards, Lionel. Seen from the Saddle, first edition, Eyre & Spottiswoode, London, 1937, green cloth, monochrome illustrations throughout, quarto; Edwards, Lionel. Sketches in Stable and Kennel, reprint, Putnam, London, 1936, tan cloth, twelve colour plate illustrations (including frontispiece, as called for), further monochrome illustrations, quarto; and three other works illustrated by Lionel Edwards, (6). Condition Report : Sport in War: spine faded; edges foxed; ink gift inscription to front free endpaper; Seen from Saddle: foxed; Sketches: spine faded; foxed; one plate with lower margin stains; ink gift inscription to front free endpaper. Condition reports are offered as a guide only and we highly recommend inspecting (where possible) any lot to satisfy yourself as to its condition.

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Lot 667

[SPORTING]. CRICKET Christian, E.B.V. The Epic of the Oval, privately printed, 1930, original green cloth, octavo; together with 'An Old Cricketer'. A Cricketer's Notebook containing Original Anecdotes, Remarks, Notes, Reminiscences, and Other Gossip, first edition, Bogue, London, 1881, original green cloth gilt, octavo, (2). Condition Report : Former with minor, steaky fading to upper cover; lightly foxed. Latter with one partially detached gathering (pp.19-30) and neat ink ownership inscription to half title page. Condition reports are offered as a guide only and we highly recommend inspecting (where possible) any lot to satisfy yourself as to its condition.

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Lot 670

[SPORTING] Nicholson, William, & Kipling, Rudyard. An Almanac of Twelve Sports, first edition, Heinemann, London, 1898, cloth-backed pictorial boards, twelve coloured woodblock illustrations, one page of publisher's advertisements, quarto. Condition Report : Generally good condition; covers, pastedowns and blanks foxed; usual off-setting. Condition reports are offered as a guide only and we highly recommend inspecting (where possible) any lot to satisfy yourself as to its condition.

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Greenslade Taylor Hunt
Lot 671

[SPORTING]. HUNTING Evered, Philip. Stag-Hunting with the 'Devon and Somerset' 1887-1901. An Account of the Chase of the Wild Red Deer on Exmoor, first edition, Chatto & Windus / Commin, London / Exeter, 1902, original crimson cloth with gilt stag's head motif, top edges gilt, black and white plate and text illustrations from photographs, quarto; Fortescue, John. Records of Stag-Hunting on Exmoor, first edition, Chapman & Hall, London, 1887, pictorial green cloth gilt, fourteen plate illustrations (including frontispiece, as called for), folding map, octavo; Grimble, Augustus. Deer-Stalking, first edition, Chapman & Hall, London, 1886, scarlet cloth gilt, six plate illustrations (including frontispiece, as called for), period advertisements, octavo; and seven other works of related interest, (10). Condition Report : Evered: spine fadeed and corners bumped; Fortescue: generally good condition; spine ends slightly rubbed; Grimble: spine faded and with hole in cloth; one plate detached, but present. Condition reports are offered as a guide only and we highly recommend inspecting (where possible) any lot to satisfy yourself as to its condition.

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Greenslade Taylor Hunt
Lot 674

[SPORTING]. CRICKET Wisden's Cricketers' Almanack for 1927, sixty-fourth edition, rebound in brown buckram (not retaining original covers); together with Wisden's Cricketers' Almanack for 1933, seventieth edition, original paper covers; Wisden's Cricketers' Almanack for 1947, eighty-fourth edition, original limp cloth; Wisden's Cricketers' Almanack for 1948, eighty-fifth edition, original limp cloth; and Wisden's Cricketers' Almanack for 1904, forty-first edition, modern facsimile [Willows] reprint, limited edition 388/500, brown cloth, (5). Note: This lot is sold with all faults, not subject to return. Condition Report : 1927: Spine faded; 1933: Covers heavily worn; lower cover torn and taped; binding weak; 1947: Generally good condition; 1948: Generally fair condition; 1904: Good condition. Condition reports are offered as a guide only and we highly recommend inspecting (where possible) any lot to satisfy yourself as to its condition.

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Greenslade Taylor Hunt
Lot 676

[SPORTING]. FISHING Fifteen works, comprising Mulloch, P.D. Life History and Habits of the Salmon, Sea-Trout and other Freshwater Fish, first edition, Black, London, 1910, grey cloth with pictorial onlay, illustrations throughout, quarto; Cholmondeley-Pennell, H. The Angler-Naturalist: A Popular History of British Fresh-Water Fish, Routledge, London, no date [circa 1870], dark green cloth, text illustrations, two pages of advertisements, octavo; and thirteen assorted others. Condition Report : Mulloch: Generally good condition; spine slightly soiled and dulled; Cholmondeley-Pennell: generally good condition, bookplate to front pastedown; ownership inscription to front free endpaper; 4cm tear to inner edge of front free endpaper. Condition reports are offered as a guide only and we highly recommend inspecting (where possible) any lot to satisfy yourself as to its condition.

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Greenslade Taylor Hunt
Lot 677

[SPORTING] Ward, Rowland. The Sportsman's Handbook to Collecting, Preserving and Setting-Up Trophies & Specimens, tenth (enlarged) edition, Ward, London, 1911, full embossed leather gilt, illustrations, eight pages of publisher's advertisements, octavo; together with St. John, Charles. Wild Sports & Natural History of the Highlands, first edition, Foulis, London, 1919, fawn cloth, thirty-nine tipped-in colour plate and black and white plate illustrations by G. Denholm Armour and Edwin Alexander, four-page publisher's list dated Autumn 1919, quarto; and five other works, (7). Condition Report : Ward: Spine slightly faded and with tear to head; ink ownership inscription to front free endpaper; Wild Sports: Generally good condition; edges and endpapers foxed. Condition reports are offered as a guide only and we highly recommend inspecting (where possible) any lot to satisfy yourself as to its condition.

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Greenslade Taylor Hunt
Lot 678

[SPORTING]. HUNTING Scrope, William. The Art of Deer-Stalking; illustrated by A Narrative of a Few Days' Sport in the Forest of Atholl, with some Account of the Nature and Habits of Red Deer, and a Short Description of the Scottish Forests, new [second] edition, Murray, London, 1839, modern half green leather, thirteen plate illustrations (including frontispiece and vignette half title page, as called for), quarto; together with Evered, Philip. Stag-Hunting with the 'Devon and Somerset' 1887-1901. An Account of the Chase of the Wild Red Deer on Exmoor, first edition, Chatto & Windus / Commin, London / Exeter, 1902, original crimson cloth with gilt stag's head motif, top edges gilt, black and white plate and text illustrations from photographs, quarto, (2). Condition Report : Scrope: Generally good condition; ex library, with stamps to plates; Evered: Generally good condition; ink ownership inscription to front free endpaper verso. Condition reports are offered as a guide only and we highly recommend inspecting (where possible) any lot to satisfy yourself as to its condition.

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Greenslade Taylor Hunt
Lot 679

[TOPOGRAPHY]. SOMERSET Savage, James. History of the Hundred of Carhampton, first edition, Strong / Longman et al., Bristol / London, 1830, half dark green leather by Bayntun, Bath, top edges gilt, frontispiece, vignette title page, hand-coloured map, list of subscribers, octavo; together with Lyte, Sir. H.C. Maxwell. A History of Dunster and of the Families of Mohun & Luttrell, two volumes, St. Catherine Press, London, 1909, black cloth gilt, top edges gilt, tissue-guarded frontispiece and a further fifty-two plate illustrations (as called for), octavo, (3). Condition Report : Carhampton: map torn with significant loss, ink ownership inscription with front free endpaper; Dunster: spine ends rubbed and nicked, ink ownership inscriptions to front free endpaper. Condition reports are offered as a guide only and we highly recommend inspecting (where possible) any lot to satisfy yourself as to its condition.

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Duggleby Stephenson of York
Lot 125

Collection of W.H. Goss and other crested ware including: Model of Queen Victoria's baby shoe, the exact size of the first shoes worn by Princess Victoria HM the late Queen, Model of Elizabethan Bushel Measure, three teacups and saucers, Carlton China bust and other examples Click here to view further images, condition reports, sale times & delivery costs for this lot.

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Duggleby Stephenson of York
Lot 20

Two Japanese Meiji Kozuka, the first decorated in high relief with Samurai figures in mixed metals with gilt highlights, the steel blade signed, the second having a brass handle relief decorated with fish with two steel blades, unsigned L21cm , both in display cases (2)Click here to view further images, condition reports, sale times & delivery costs for this lot.

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Duggleby Stephenson of York
Lot 210

Eugene Henderson - 'Box On' published 1957, first edition, signed by the author, 'Wisden Cricketers Almanack' 1956, hardback, Denis Compton - 'End of an Innings, first edition published 1958 and other books on cricketClick here to view further images, condition reports, sale times & delivery costs for this lot.

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Duggleby Stephenson of York
Lot 232

Stamps and coins including various mint decimal Queen Elizabeth II stamps, 'Silver Jubilee Stamps of Queen Elizabeth II' containing various stamps, 'The Royal Wedding Medallic First Day Cover' containing a sterling silver medallion, various stamp covers etc, in one boxClick here to view further images, condition reports, sale times & delivery costs for this lot.

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Duggleby Stephenson of York
Lot 80

Six Beswick models comprising: Trout 1390, Lion 2554b, Hereford Bull 1363a first version, Curled Fox 1007, Sheepdog 1792 and Highland Calf 1827d, together with a John Beswick foxClick here to view further images, condition reports, sale times & delivery costs for this lot.

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Duggleby Stephenson of York
Lot 98

In the Manner of Humphrey Hopper (1767-1834): Late 18th/19th century, pair of plaster figures of Minerva and a Classical Maiden, each on a square polychrome plaster base, some losses and repainted. The first H198cm x W58cm x D49cm. The second H194cm x W52cm x D49cmProvenance: To be Sold on Instructions from The Earl of Harewood and removed from store at Harewood HouseClick here to view further images, condition reports, sale times & delivery costs for this lot.

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Sheffield Auction Gallery
Lot 482

1937-8 Doncaster Rovers Reserves v. Lincoln City Reserves Programme, dated 13th November 1937 (staining), together with 1946-7 first team issue v. Carlisle United. (2)

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Sheffield Auction Gallery
Lot 575

Friendly Match Programmes, Chelsea at Hillingdon 1977. Dartford 78, Northwood 2012. May 61 Barrow v. First Division x 1. Stan Matthews x 1 v. World Stars. 1953 Arsenal v. Preston, approximately eighteen.

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Sheffield Auction Gallery
Lot 283

2003, Republic of Ireland Green Home Shirt by Umbro, having number '15' to front and fixture v. Norway 30th April 2003 stitched beneath it, mounted, glazed and frames. Ireland won 1-0, Alan Quinn came on as substitute for Kevin Kilbane, it was his first Senior cap.

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Forum Auctions
Lot 101

Suckling (Sir John) Fragmenta Aurea. A Collection of all the Incomparable Peeces, first edition, engraved portrait by William Marshall, title in first state with first line in upper case and imprint with full stop after "Churchyard" and date underlined, cropped with slight loss to head-lines or catchwords of a few leaves at end, B7 of 'Goblins' torn at fore-margin (repaired), later panelled calf, a little rubbed, short split to lower joint, [Wing S6126], 8vo, for Humphrey Moseley, 1646.

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Lot 102

[Butler (Samuel)] Hudibras. The First Part. Written in the time of the late Wars, second authorized edition, title with woodcut wreath ornament and imprimatur on verso, contemporary ink signatures to title, some light soiling, contemporary calf, rather worn, rebacked, [Wing B6301], small 8vo, by J.G. for Richard Marriot, 1663.⁂ Written with the intention of ridiculing the presbyterians, dissenters and others who had fought against the crown in the Civil War; several of its phrases passed into common usage.

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Lot 104

NO RESERVE Jesuits & the Great Fire of London.- Pyrotechnica Loyolana, Ignatian Fire-works. or, the Fiery Jesuits Temper and Behaviour...exposed to Publick view for the sake of London, first edition, lacking F4, G1 & S4 (the latter being the final leaf), with folding engraved frontispiece (browned, torn, defective and laid down), title with woodcut typographical border, with contemporary ink calculations to fore-margin (reinforced at edge), browned and stained in parts, final leaf lacking upper outer corner affecting pagination, later bookplate of John Alfred Codrington, old calf, rubbed, rebacked preserving old spine, new label, [Wing P4318], for G.E.C.T., 1667; sold not subject to return⁂ Attack on the Jesuits blaming them for the Great Fire of London and other acts of arson. The frontispiece depicts the Pope fanning the London flames with bellows and Guy Fawkes "G.Faux" inspecting barrels of gunpowder.

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Lot 107

NO RESERVE Lloyd (William) A Letter to Dr. Sherlock, in Vindication of that Part of Jesephu's History..., first edition, title spotted and a little browned, some ff. frayed with marginal loss, later wrappers, for Thomas Jones, 1691 § Pujati (Guiseppe Antonio) Saciliensis Olim In Patavino Gymnasio Praxeos Medicae Ordinariae..., wood-cut vignette to title, light foxing, later wrappers, nearly detached, worn, 1771 § Burke (Edmund) Articles of Charge of High Crimes...against Warren Hastings, Late Governor of Bengal, light spotting, contemporary half calf, rather rubbed, upper cover detached, for John Stockdale, 1786; and c.135 others, antiquarian, including a defective copy of Joseph Glanvill's Saducismus Triumpatus: or, Full and plain evidence concerning witches and apparitions, 1682, v.s. (c.140)

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Lot 109

Scotland.- Binding.- Stewart (Sir James) The index or abridgement, of the Acts of Parliament and convention, from the First Parliament of King James I. holden the 26 Maii, anno 1424. to the fourth Session of the first Parliament of her Majesty Queen Anne, concluded the 25 March 1707, errata f. at end, occasional spotting, lightly browned, contemporary panelled red morocco, gilt (?retouched), spine in compartments and titled 'Scotch Acts of Parle Vol.: V' (the work separate and complete in itself), corners little worn, rubbed, 12mo (binding 162 x 96mm.), Edinburgh, George Mosman, 1707.⁂ Acts from Aberdeen to Zetland, including golf, football, fornication and murder.

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Lot 11

Baskerville.- Virgilius Maro (Publius) Bucolica, Georgica et Aeneis, first Baskerville edition, list of subscribers, lacking initial blank, stained, 19th century blind-stamped calf, rebacked, preserving original backstrip in compartments, joints chipped, corners worn, rubbed, [Gaskell 1], John Baskerville, 1757; and a Foulis press Cornelius Nepos, 1777, 4to & 8vo (2)

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Lot 116

Walton (Izaak) The Compleat Angler: Or, Contemplative Man's Recreation, engraved frontispiece stuck to paste-down, 9 engraved plates, illustrations, some offsetting, contemporary calf, spine worn, 1759 § Chalmers (Alex.) A History of the Colleges, Halls and Public Buildings attached to the University of Oxford, first edition, half-title, additional pictorial title, 31 engraved plates, presentation inscription to front endpaper 'From William Allnutt of the Bodleian Library' dated 17th September 1877, some foxing and spotting, later half morocco, spine faded, rubbed, Oxford, 1810 § Hill (John, Sir) The Family Herbal, 54 hand-coloured engraved plates, front free endpaper defective, contemporary half calf, rubbed, Bungay, [1812]; and 22 others, 18th and 19th century, v.s. (25)

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Lot 117

Publisher's Advertisement/Trade Card.- Sayer (Robert) A Catalogue of New and Useful Maps, Curious & Entertaining Prints, Books of Architecture..., engraving, on laid paper, c.170 x 95mm., trimmed to edge of printed surface, light staining, Sayer, [1766 or earlier].⁂ Attractive trompe-l'oeil medley print, possibly used as a trade card, for Robert Sayer's publishing and print-selling business, showing a selection of books and prints published by him. Robert Sayer was trading at the Golden Buck on Fleet Street from December 1748; in around 1766 the street was numbered, and his imprint thereafter generally reads "No. 53 in Fleet Street". The present plate was used as a frontispiece or additional title-page for Sayer's New and enlarged Catalogue for 1766 (as illustrated in Antony Griffiths' Checklist), but may have been originally produced before this date, for an earlier catalogue, as a stand-alone advertisement or as a trade-card. ESTC and WorldCat locate Newberry and Library of Congress only for the 1766 Catalogue (the first Sayer catalogue in either database, though there is a unique volume of catalogues for 1753/1755 at the Rijksmuseum). Anthony Griffiths, 'A Checklist of Catalogues of British Print Publishers, c. 1650-1830', Print Quarterly, I:1, March 1984, lists the British Museum copy, and illustrates the present plate on p.10.

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Lot 119

Scotland.- Glasgow.- The petition of John Aitken, maltman foot of Havannah-street, Glasgow ; William Young, dyer there..., first few ff. detaching, [Edinburgh], no printer, 28th July, 1778 with Answers for the principal and professors of the University of Glasgow, defenders; to the petition of John Aitken maltman of Havannah-street, Glasgow, and others, folding engraved plan, this with tear (without loss) and linen-backed, contemporary ms. regarding the outcome of the case to final verso, [Edinburgh], no printer, 8th August, 1778, together 2 works, some spotting and staining, lightly browned, disbound, small 4to (2)⁂ Both are rare, with ESTC recording only one copy of each (BL). A dispute concerning public right of way to a path owned by the University of Glasgow.

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Lot 121

Hebraica.- Bible, English & Hebrew.- First [-Fifth] Book of Moses (The), 5 vol., mixed set, additional engraved titles by Solomon Polack, text in English & Hebrew on facing pages, a little browned, some soiling or staining, vol.1-3 & 5 contemporary tree calf, gilt, rather worn, upper cover of vol.1 detached, spines defective, vol.4 slightly smaller and contemporary calf rebacked in roan, rubbed, 8vo, Lion Soesmans, 1785-87.

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Lot 126

NO RESERVE American printings.- Watson (Richard, Bishop of Landaff) An Apology for the Bible, in a series of letters, addressed to Thomas Paine, without the list of subscribers issued with some copies at end, lightly browned, a few spots or stains, with contemporary American lending library label for "Farmer's Library" mounted on front pastedown, contemporary sheep, worn, New Brunswick [NJ], Abraham Blauvelt, 1796 § [Judah (Samuel)] The Buccaneers..., ?first edition, signature of Henry Faraday to head of title, heavily foxed, original cloth-backed boards, uncut, worn and stained, joints split, New York, 1827, 12mo (2)⁂ Watson was Bishop of Llandaff from 1782-1816 and in the first work he attacks Thomas Paine's The Age of Reason. One of several editions issued in the same year.

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Lot 130

Gambling.- Clubs.- Persius (Charles) Rouge et Noir. The Academicians of 1823; or the Greeks of the Palais Royal, and the Clubs of St.James's, first edition, half-title, engraved hand-coloured frontispiece, full-page wood-engraved illustration of a roulette wheel to p.171, offsetting to title, occasional spotting, a few small stains, original boards, remains of original printed label to spine, text block split, foot of spine and edges worn, 8vo, Lawler & Quick, 1823.

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