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Lot 168

Johnson (Samuel) The lives of the most eminent English poets; with critical observations on their works, 4 vol., first authorised separate edition, engraved portrait frontispiece after Joshua Reynolds, vol.3 with final blank, vol.4 lacking final advertisement f., vol.2 O4 loose, portrait lightly foxed and browned, and lightly offsetting on to title, occasional spotting, contemporary polished calf, spines in compartments and with red morocco labels, vol.2 and 4 lacking labels, some chipping to spine ends, vol.3 joints splitting, but holding firm, [Rothschild 1265; Tinker 1365], 8vo, C. Bathurst [and others], 1781.

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Russia.- Oliphant (Laurence) The Russian shores of the Black Sea..., first edition, half-title, frontispiece and two maps, one folding, short tears and spots to final map margins, original pictorial cloth, gilt, extremities bumped, spine a little faded, else a clean and bright copy, 8vo, William Blackwood & Sons, 1853.

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Lot 171

Shakespeare (William)].- [Downes (John)] Roscius Anglicanus, or, an Historical review of the Stage ... from 1660, to 1706 ... With Additions by the late Mr. Thomas Davies, second edition, 1789 in The Literary Museum, or a Selection of Scarce Old Tracts, [edited by G. F. Waldron], first edition, some chipping to head of title, some light browning, a few short closed marginal tears, contemporary boards, modern calf reback, light wear to extremities, rubbed, 8vo, for the editor, 1789.⁂ A scarce gallimaufry of literary reprints, including most significantly Downes' Roscius Anglicanus, the important contemporary account of the restoration stage with much on Shakespeare, first published in 1708, the first edition of which is extremely rare. The other works included are: De preclaris mulieribus; A delicate diet; Dispersed poems, by Spenser; The period of mourning; The works of Ben. Jonson Volume the First; The ceremonies for the healing... the King's Evil; The office of consecrating cramp-rings; Onne mie Maister Lydgate; The new Arcadia and The King in the country , all printed 1789.

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Lot 173

NO RESERVE Woman author.- Johnsoniana.- [Knight (Ellis Cornelia)] Dinarbas; a tale: being a continuation of Rasselas, Prince of Abissinia, first edition, occasional spotting or staining, lightly browned, modern boards, [Rothschild 1304; Courtney & Nichol Smith, p. 94], Printed for C. Dilly, 1790; and 9 others, 19th century English, v.s. (10)

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Lot 174

Female strangler.- Modern propensities; or, an essay on the art of strangling...With Memoirs of Susannah Hill, and a summary of her trial at the Old-Bailey, on Friday, September 16, 1791, on the charge of hanging Francis Kotzwarra, At her Lodgings in Vine Street, on September 2, lacking frontispiece, Printed for the author; and sold by J. Dawson, [?1791] bound with Towers (Joseph) Thoughts on the commencement of a new parliament. With an appendix, containing remarks on the letter of the Right Hon. Edmund Burke, on the revolution in France, half-title, final advertisement f., Printed for Charles Dilly, 1790 and 2 other defective 18th century works, together 4 works in 1 vol., occasional spotting and light staining, contemporary half calf, head of spine little worn, rubbed, 8vo ⁂ The first mentioned is rare, with ESTC recording only two copies (BL and Yale).

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NO RESERVE Russia.- Turgenev (Ivan Sergeyevich) Russian Life in the Interior or the Experiences of a Sportsman, edited by James D.Meiklejohn, first edition in English, lacking half-title, with 8pp. advertisements at end and advertisements to pastedowns, new front endpaper, occasional spotting, original blue pictorial cloth, gilt, rubbed, spine ends worn, 8vo, Edinburgh, Adam and Charles Black, 1855.

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Lot 180

Law.- Simeon (John) A Treatise on the Law of Elections..., second edition, some contemporary ink annotations, corner cut from head of title (removing signature, not affecting text and small section cut from foot of rear free endpaper, contemporary calf, red roan label, a little rubbed, 8vo, A.Strahan...for J.Butterworth, 1795.⁂ Considerably enlarged from the first edition of 1789. ESTC records only 5 UK copies (BL, Cambridge and 3 in Oxford)

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Lot 181

NO RESERVE Trial.- Yorke (Henry Redhead) The Trial of Henry Yorke, for a Conspiracy, &c., first edition, half-title, a little browned, top corner cut away from head of half-title (removing signature), later ink inscription and bookplate of W.J.Winter-Taylor, contemporary half russia, rubbed, spine ends and corners worn, lower joint split, 8vo, York, 1795.⁂ Henry Redhead Yorke (1772-1813), previously known as Henry Redhead, was an English writer and radical publicist. He was the son of a freed slave from Barbuda and an Antiguan plantation owner but raised in England. In 1794 he addressed a gathering in Sheffield promoting radical ideas and abolitionism, and was arrested and tried for conspiracy, sedition and libel, being sentenced to two years' imprisonment.

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Lot 184

NO RESERVE Strawberry Hill.- Prologue, written by the Earl of Mount Edgcumbe, and spoken by him at the opening of the theatre, Strawberry-Hill, Nov. 1800, bifolium, printed on first recto only, [Hazen 94], 1800; and another, similar, 4to (2)

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Lot 189

Women.- Ségur (Joseph Alexandre Pierre, Vicomte de) Women: Their Condition and Influence in Society, 3 vol., first edition in English, foxed, occasional staining, contemporary half calf, gilt, some joints splitting, but holding, spine ends chipped, corners worn, rubbed, 8vo, C. Whittingham, for T.N. Longman and O. Rees, 1803.

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Lot 196

NO RESERVE Education.- Ripley (Rev. Ezra) The Obligations of Parents to give their Children a Virtuous Education, and to provide Schools for this purpose, with Advice to Scholars, illustrated and urged in a Sermon delivered...at the opening of Three New School Houses..., 31pp., first edition, inscribed by the author "A present from the Revd. Doctor Ripley to John Brown jnr." at head of front free endpaper, browned, staining to last few leaves, stitched in original marbled wrappers, rubbed, and worn, spine worn and repaired with old stitching, 8vo, Cambridge, Mass., Hilliard and Metcalf, 1820.⁂ Library Hub records only one UK copy, in the British Library, but WorldCat lists several in America.

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Lot 197

NO RESERVE Forteguerri (Niccolò) The first canto of Ricciardetto: translated from the Italian of Forteguerri: with an introduction, concerning the principal romantic, burlesque, and mock-heroic poets; and notes, critical and philological, translated and edited by Douglas Sylvester, Lord Glenbervie, with a presentation inscription from him to his niece to title, half-title, 2 lithographed portraits, 2 engraved plates, printed errata slips tipped-in, mostly marginal foxing, little heavier to preliminaries, original boards, lacking backstrip, upper cover detached, rather worn, John Murray, 1822; andThree Tracts by a Gloucestershire Gentleman, Cheltenham, 1823, 4to & 8vo (2)

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Africa.- Speke (John Hanning) Journal of the Discovery of the Source of the Nile, first edition, 2 engraved portraits, 2 maps (one printed in red and blue, one folding in pocket at end), 24 wood-engraved plates, illustrations, 34pp. advertisements at end, occasional spotting, bookplate, previous owner's ink and pencil signatures, original cloth, gilt, slight bumping to corners and extremities, [Czech p.151], 8vo, Edinburgh and London, 1863.

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Lot 203

Cotton manufacture.- Guest (Richard) The British Cotton Manufactures, and a Reply to an Article on the Spinning Machine, first edition, pencil note to title 'J.Spencer - Presented by the Author 26 April 1828', ex-Textile Institute with ink-stamp to front free endpaper, previous owner's ink signature, small marginal hole (C1), pencil notes to endpapers, contemporary drab boards, rebacked, a little rubbed, Manchester, 1828; and another copy of the same, 8vo (2)

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Lot 206

NO RESERVE [De Quincey (Thomas)] Klosterheim, first edition, half-title, first signature detached and loosely inserted, 2pp. publisher's advertisements at end, ink signature of John Mitford (1781-1859) tipped-in, new endpapers, contemporary half-morocco, upper joint beginning to split, rubbed and worn, 8vo, 1832.

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Lot 207

[Ainsworth (William Harrison)] Rookwood: a Romance, 3 vol., first edition, lacking half-titles, vol.1 also lacking initial blank, some spotting and staining, tears to Q3 in vol.2 and F12 in vol.3 (no loss), a few marginal defects, Michael Sadleir's copy with his book-label, modern bookplate of Robert J.Hayhurst, contemporary half blue calf, handsome gilt spines with tan labels, boards a little rubbed, [Sadleir 26; Woolf 67], Richard Bentley, 1834; and 8 others, 19th century novels, 8vo (11)⁂ The novelist's second novel but first successful work, featuring Dick Turpin.

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Lot 214

Tennyson (Alfred, Lord) The Princess, 8pp. publisher's catalogue at beginning, 1847; Idylls of the King, second issue with imprint to verso of title, 1859; Enoch Arden, first issue with 8pp. publisher's catalogue at beginning dated August 1864, 1864; The Holy Grail, 1870; Gareth and Lynette etc., contemporary red morocco with elaborate gilt floral corner-pieces, spine gilt in compartments and five raised bands, g.e, a little rubbed and marked, 1872, first editions, all but the third with half-titles, the first four original blind-stamped green cloth, spines slightly rubbed and faded; and 7 others, Tennyson, most first editions, 8vo (12)

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Lot 220

NO RESERVE [Brontë (Charlotte)] "Currer Bell". Villette, first American edition, 2pp. advertisement at front, 18pp. advertisements at rear, occasional light foxing, original cloth, spine faded and chipped at head, spine ends and and corners a little chipped, some ink staining along joints, still excellent overall, [Smith 6 pp.152-153], 8vo, New York, Harper & Brothers, 1853.

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Lot 222

Browning (Elizabeth Barrett) Poems before Congress, first edition, half-title, lacking advertisements at end, modern half-morocco, 1860 § Spencer Redivivus containing the First Book of the Fairy Queen, lacking A1 (blank), trimmed affecting odd headline, corrections inserte by hand, occasional spotting and staining, bookplate, later half-calf, upper cover detached, a little rubbed, [Wing S4969], for Thomas Chapman, 1687 § Brownsmith (J.) The Dramatic Time-Piece, title browned and laid down, preface leaf detached and loosely inserted, ex-library with blindstamp to title, modern boards, a little rubbed, for J. Almon, T. Davies, and J. Hingeston, 1767 § [Wilson (John)] Earl Douglas; or, Generosity Betray'd. A Tragedy, dedication leaf strengthened at fore-edge, marginal loss not affecting text (E1), scattered faint spotting, bookplate, later half-calf, rebacked, a little rubbed, Glasgow, by R. Urie for the Author, 1764 § The Rolliad, in two parts; Probationary Odes for the Laureatship; and Political Miscellanies, engraved frontispiece, vignette title, occasional faint spotting, bookplate, contemporary calf, rebacked, a little rubbed, 1795; and others, poetry, 8vo (15)

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Lot 224

Reid (Captain Thomas Mayne) The Headless Horseman. A Strange Tale of Texas, first edition in book form, 20 wood-engraved plates after R.J. Hammerton, 1 detached, contents shaken, some staining and soiling, contemporary half roan, spine gilt, some rubbing and scuffing, 8vo, Richard Bentley, 1866.⁂ Reid's classic adventure novel, rare in the first edition, based in part on the author's own experiences in Texas the folk tales he heard there.

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Lot 228

Dickens (Charles) The Mystery of Edwin Drood, first edition, 14 plates, some advertisements lacking, spotting, original printed wrappers, rubbed and worn, 1870; and 22 others, Dickens, most first editions, v.s. (23)

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Lot 23

Nottinghamshire.- Thoroton (Robert) The Antiquities of Nottinghamshire, first edition, title in red & black, 8pp. engraved coats-of-arms at end, folding engraved map and 16 plates and plans by Wenceslas Hollar after R.Hall, some double-page and/or folding, many engraved illustrations, some full-page, bookplate to pastedown,1 plate inset at edges onto paper support, some others tipped onto paper stubs, occasional tears, neatly repaired, occasional marginal finger soiling or foxing but overall a good clean copy, 18th century calf, gilt, covers rubbed, extremities and spine worn, [Wing T1063], folio, Robert White for Henry Mortlock, 1677.

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Lot 235

Frazer (Sir James George) The Golden Bough: A Study in Comparative Religion, 2 vol., vol.1 with frontispiece and advertisement leaf at end, signature to head of titles and bookplate, original green pictorial cloth, gilt, slightly marked, spines worn at head, corners bumped, 1890; The Gorgon's Head and other Literary Pieces, presentation copy from Lilly Frazer (the author's wife) to Mr. Costley-White with accompanying A.L.s. tipped in at beginning commenting on the stories and gossiping about mutual friends, photogravure portrait, advertisement leaf at end, original pictorial green cloth, gilt, dust-jacket (rubbed and frayed), 1927, first editions, 8vo (3)⁂ The recipient of the second is probably Harold Costley-White (1878-1966), Anglican dean and later Canon of Westminster, or his wife. The letter refers to Comte Jean Thomas de Pange (1881-1957) and his son Victor.

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Lot 236

Women.- Dedicatee's copy.- Coleridge (Christabel Rose) The daughters who have not revolted, first edition, initialled presentation copy to the dedicatee, half-title, title in red and black, original pictorial wrappers, printed in red and black, neatly rebacked with brown paper, lightly stained, 8vo, Wells Gardner, Darton & Co., 1894.⁂ The work was dedicated to Jane Francis Pearson and 'to all other middle-aged maids'. The presentation inscription reads 'To J.F.P. from C.R.C., Page 35. line 3' ('may shelter the flower of a real friendship'). Christabel Coleridge (1843-1921) was an English novelist and grand-daughter of the poet Samuel Taylor Coleridge. While feminism was gathering momentum around her Coleridge maintained more conservative ideas about the role of women in society, which are outlined here in a series of essays.

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Lot 237

Hardy (Thomas) The Dynasts: A Drama of the Napoleonic Wars..., 3 vol., first edition, second issue of vol.1 & 2 with cancel titles, [one of 1000, 1508 & 1500 copies respectively], vol.1 & 2 with advertisement leaf at end, ink inscription to front free endpaper of vol.1, light foxing to vol.3, original olive green cloth with gilt monogram medallion to upper covers, uncut, spines very slightly faded and vol.1 & 3 with slight wear to head, 1904-08; The Famous Tragedy of the Queen of Cornwall, first edition, frontispiece by Hardy, original pictorial green cloth, gilt, dust-jacket a little soiled, tape marks to corners, 1923; The Three Wayfarers, one of 250 copies, original wrappers, spotted, Dorchester, Henry Ling, 1935; The Duke's Reappearance, number 9 of 89 copies, original boards, uncut, glacine wrapper frayed, New York, privately printed, 1927; Old Mrs. Chundle, one of 700 copies, original cloth-backed patterned-paper boards, uncut, New York, 1929, [Purdy pp.120, 124, 129, 227, 80, 153 & 267]; and 3 others including Purdy's bibliography of Hardy, 8vo & small 4to (10)

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Lot 240

Wise (Thomas J.) The Ashley Library. A Catalogue of Printed Books, Manuscripts and Autograph Letters, 11 vol., limited edition, plates, occasional spotting, original cloth, gilt, a little rubbed, slight bumping to corners and extremities, for private circulation, 1922-36 § Sterling (Sir Louis) The Sterling Library. a Catalogue of the Printed Books and Literary Manuscripts, inscribed and signed by author, portrait frontispiece and plates, contemporary morocco-backed boards, privately printed, 1954 § Day (Alan Edwin) J.B. Priestley: an Annotated Bibliography, number 38 of 50 copies signed by author from an edition of 200, original cloth, 2001 § Turner (John R.) A Bibliography of Unauthorised American Editions of The Tale of Peter Rabbit by Beatrix Potter, first edition, original cloth, 2012; and others bibliography or literary biographies, including duplicate copies of the Priestley and Potter bibliographies, v.s. (c.120)

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Lot 242

Hardy (Thomas) Compassion: An Ode in Celebration of the Centenary of the Royal Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals, 16pp., one of 50 copies signed by A.J.A.Symons, stitched, uncut, foxing particularly to first and last leaves, privately printed [at the Morland Press] for A.J.A.Symons, [1924]; another issue, 8pp. (single folded sheet), number 83 of 500 copies printed for the subscribers to The First Edition & Book Collector, lightly browned, 1924; The Song of the Soldiers, 8pp, reprinted from 'The Times' of 9th September 1914, original printed brown wrappers, Hove, 1915; The Oxen, 4pp., reprinted from 'The Times' 24th December 1915, original printed wrappers, spine a little worn, Hove, privately printed, 28th December 1915; Yuletide in a Younger World, Ariel Poem No.1, 8pp., pochoir frontispiece by Albert Rutherston, original printed green wrappers with flaps, [1927], [Purdy p.232 note, 158, 175 & 249], 8vo (5)⁂ Compassion was first printed simultaneously in the centenary volume of the Society of the Royal Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals and in The Times on 16th June 1924. The latter stated that there was no copyright and Hardy was immediately solicited about reissuing it privately. Mrs. Hardy contacted Ling, the local Dorchester printer, who ran off 25 copies in under an hour enabling Mrs. Hardy to reply that it was already in print.

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Lot 247

Brontë (Emily) Wuthering Heights, one of 450 copies signed by artist, wood-engraved frontispiece and plates by Clare Leighton, original cloth, New York, 1931 § Lock (John) and Canon W. T. Dixon. A Man of Sorrow: the Life and Times of the Rev. Patrick Brontë 1777-1861., number 8 of 100 copies signed by authors, portrait frontispiece, plates, original calf-backed boards, housed in a cloth slipcase, 1979 § Moore (Virginia) The Life and Eager Death of Emily Brontë, first edition, ?proof copy, without illustrations, occasional marginal pencil annotations, contemporary paper wrappers, rubbed and worn, chipping to corners and extremities, tear to lower cover, housed in a modern drop-back box, 1936; and others on the same, including duplicates or Brontë bibliographies, v.s. (c.110)

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Lot 251

American Civil War.- Barnes (Surgeon General Joseph K.) The Medical and Surgical History of the War of the Rebellion, 6 vol., all but vol. 2 pt. 2 first issue, plates and illustrations, one or two loose leaves, occasional spotting, cracked hinges, original cloth, upper cover detached (vol. 1 pt. 3 only), rubbed and worn, additional vol. numbers to spines in red crayon, 4to, Washington, Government Publishing Office, 1870-88.

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Lot 254

NO RESERVE Clarke (Captain F. C. H.) The Franco-German War 1870-71, 2 parts in 20 vol., maps, many folding, some loosely inserted, occasional spotting, original paper wrappers, first 10 vol. laminated, rubbed and worn, some defective spines, 1873-84; and a small quantity of loose folding maps, 8vo (sm. qty); sold as a periodical, not subject to return

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Lot 257

NO RESERVE Military memoirs.- Waugh (Alec) His Second War, first edition, original cloth, slight bumping to spine extremities, dust-jacket, a little rubbed, small loss to corners and spine extremities, short tear, 1944 § Campbell (Sir Malcolm) Drifting to War, first edition, scattered faint spotting, original cloth, slight bumping to spine extremities, dust-jacket, faded spine, several short tears to extremities, n.d. § Beaton (Cecil) Near East, second impression, frontispiece, plates, original cloth, very slight bumping to corners, dust-jacket, a little rubbed, slight chipping to extremities, 1943 § Walder (David) Bags of Swank, first edition, previous owner's ink inscription, original cloth, dust-jacket, a little rubbed, slight chipping to extremities, 1963; and 25 others similar, 8vo (29)

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Lot 258

Regimental histories.- Moorehead (Alan) The End in Africa, first edition, original cloth, dust-jacket, a little rubbed, slight creasing to extremities, 1943 § Aubrey-Fletcher (Major H. L.) A History of the Foot Guards to 1856, maps, previous owner's pencil inscription, original cloth, slight bumping to extremities, price-clipped dust-jacket, rubbed, faint spotting, areas of loss, tape repair to spine head verso, 1927 § Regimental Heritage: a Pictorial Record of the Paintings and Silver of the Royal Regiment of Artillery, illustrations, orignal cloth, slipcase, a little rubbed, 1984; and others similar, v.s (c.100)

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Lot 259

Royal Artillery.- Macdonald (Captain R. J.) The History of the Dress of the Royal Regiment of Artillery 1625-1897, number 99 of 300 Guarantor's [first proof] copies signed by author, colour frontispiece, 24 colour plates, tissue-guards, list of subscribers and guarantors at end, occasional faint spotting, cracked hinges, original cloth-backed boards, rubbed and worn, 1899 § The Royal Artillery War Commemoration Book, frontispiece, plates and illustrations, scattered faint spotting, original cloth, gilt, rubbed, slight bumping to corners and extremities, 1920 § The Royal Artillery Commemoration Book 1939-1945, portrait frontispiece, plates and illustrations, scattered faint spotting, newspaper clippings taped to front free endpaper, original cloth, gilt, staining to edges, dust-jacket, areas of loss to edges and extremities, tape repairs to verso, rubbed and worn, 1950; and 32 others, either Royal Artillery or Artillery, v.s. (35)

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NO RESERVE Wales.- Davies (Hugh) Welsh Botanology, 2 parts in 1, first edition, engraved plate, errata leaf, later calf-backed boards, gilt, uncut, stain to upper cover, by W. Marchant, 1813 § Pennant (Thomas) Tours in Wales, 3 vol., with notes...by John Rhys, half-titles, lithographed and engraved plates, original cloth, very light spotting to endpapers and titles, original cloth, extremities and spines rubbed, spine ends bumped and chipped, 1883, 8vo (4)

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Lot 267

NO RESERVE Hiroshige (Ando) Tokaido 53, 55 colour-woodblock prints, lacking pictorial map, light marginal browning, some folds torn and repaired with tape, other folds weak, original boards in leporello accordion-style binding, a little discoloured, Kyoto, [1936] § The Lark, vol.2 only (of 2), illustrations, some light browning or occasional marks, San Francisco, William Doxey, 1897, first editions; and 10 others, childrens' and illustrated, including a duplicate of the first, v.s. (12)

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Lot 271

London traders.- Aunt Busy Bee's New London Cries, 8 leaves of hand-coloured wood-engraved illustrations, the first full-page, printed verso only, the first and last leaves adhered to inner wrappers (as the BL copy), some light staining and spotting, contemporary gift inscription to upper margin of second leaf, original yellow wood-engraved pictorial wrappers, stitched repair to spine, very short repaired tear near foot, lightly creased and soiled, large 8vo, Dean and Son, [1852].⁂ A rare copy at auction of this charming publication.

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Lot 285

Trade Catalogue.- Ceramics.- Savage (Warwick), Wedgewood Printing Works, Burslem. Specimen Catalogue Illustrations in Chromo Lithography, 22 chromolithographed plates of ceramics, most in many colours and heightened with gold or silver, a few printed on both sides, one smaller plate for Geo.F.Bassett & Co. of New York, one or two slightly soiled, some frayed at fore-edge, original printed blue wrappers, rubbed and faded, frayed at edges, covers detached, 4to, Burslem, [c.1906].⁂ Superb plates, most for Hoods, Ltd. of Longton with a leaf at beginning printing a letter from H.H.Hood to Warwick Savage, "I have today for the first time seen a complete set of the colored sheets just delivered. We think, without any reserve, that they are the best we have ever yet had done...", and a photographic illustration of the lithographic artist's room. The specimens feature Art Nouveau designs as well as more traditional items.

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Lot 29

NO RESERVE Angling.- Howitt (Samuel) The Angler's Manual; or, Concise Lessons of Experience, which the Proficient in the Delightful Recreation of Angling Will Not Despise..., first edition, half-title, engraved frontispiece and 11 plates, occasional spotting, original printed boards, spine and extremities worn, chipped and stained, [Westwood & Satchell, p.10 and 120], oblong 8vo, Liverpool, G,F, Harris, 1808.

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Lot 34

Agriculture.- Walton (William) The Alpaca. Its Naturalization in the British Isles ..., first edition, wood engraved frontispiece, additional vignette title, advertisements at end, previous owner's ink signature, cracked hinges, original cloth, gilt, sunned spine, a little rubbed, bumping to corners and spine extremities, backstrip beginning to split at spine head but holding firm, 8vo, 1844.

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Lot 37

NO RESERVE Botany.- Darwin (Charles) I Movimenti e le abitudini delle piante ramplicanti, Turin, Unione Tipografico-Editrice, 1878 bound with Darwin (Charles) Le piante insettivore, Turin, Unione Tipografico-Editrice, 1878, together 2 works in 1 vol., first editions in Italian, half-titles, wood-engraved illustrations, foxing, lightly browned, contemporary calf-backed glazed boards, gilt spine in compartments, boards chipped, rubbed, [Freeman 863 and 1242], small 4to ⁂ First editions in Italian of On the movement and habits of climbing plants and Insectivorous plants.

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Atlantic.- Boyson (V. F) The Falkland Islands, first edition, frontispiece and 35 plates, folding map at rear, bookplate to pastedown, foxing to frontispiece, title and map, occasional light spotting, original cloth, in the original dust-jacket, spine darkened and stained, some toning to panels and extremities, spine ends and corners chipped, 8vo, 1924.⁂ Rare in the original dust-jacket.

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Lot 42

Gardens.- Jekyll (Gertrude) Wood and Garden, 1899 § Jekyll (G.) & Edward Mawley. Roses for English Gardens, 1902 § Jekyll (G.) & Lawrence Weaver. Gardens for Small Country Houses, second, revised & enlarged edition, one leaf loose, 1913 § Hulme (F.Edward) Familiar Wild Flowers, First-Eighth Series, 8 vol., [c.1900] § Paul (William) The Rose Garden, tenth edition, 1903 § Cook (E.T.) Gardening for Beginners, n.d., the first two first editions, plates and illustrations, some colour, occasional spotting, original cloth, a little rubbed; and 4 others on gardens and gardening, 8vo & 4to (17)

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Lot 45

NO RESERVE Insects.- [Budgen (L.M.)], "Acheta Domestica". Episodes of Insect Life, First & Second Series (of 3), first editions, wood-engraved frontispieces and illustrations, many hand-coloured, 16pp. publisher's catalogue at end of vol.2, original pictorial blue cloth, gilt, g.e., a fine bright copy, 1849-50; and another on insects, 8vo (3)

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NO RESERVE Arsenic.- Bergman (Torbern) and Andreas Phil. Dissertatio chemica de Arsenico, first edition, light spotting and browning, unbound, yellow paper backstrip, [Cole 85; Partington III, p.182; cf. Wellcome II, p.149], small 4to, Upsala , Edman, 1777.⁂ Scarce little treatise on the history and properties of arsenic.

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Lot 52

Forster (Thomas) Researches about Atmospheric Phaenomena, first edition, presentation copy inscribed 'with the Author's respects' to half-title, without plates found in later editions, scattered spotting, bookplate of Alexander Laing, near contemporary half-calf, slight bumping to corners and extremities, 1813 § Wood (James) The Elements of Optics, lacking half-title, illustrations, occasional marginal manuscript marks and notes, contemporary drab boards, rebacked, a little rubbed, Cambridge, 1799 § Frome (Captain) Outline of the Method of Conducting a Trigonometrical Survey ..., second edition revised and enlarged, 9 engraved plates, illustrations, faint off-setting, contemporary half-calf, rebacked, 1850; and another similar, 8vo (4)

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Lot 55

Lardner (Dionysius) & others. [Cabinet Cyclopaedia], 16 vol. from the series, engraved vignette titles, 7 vol. contemporary half dark blue calf, 9 vol. contemporary half tan calf, Longman, Rees, Orme, Brown & Green, [1830s]; The Museum of Science & Art, 12 vol. in 6, contemporary half brown morocco, spines gilt, Walton & Maberly, 1859, wood-engraved illustrations, some slightly rubbed; and 9 vol. of Orr's Circle of the Sciences, 8vo (31)⁂ The first comprises volumes on Silk Manufacture; Domestic Economy, 2 vol.; Manufacture in Metal, 3 vol.; Manufacture of Porcelain & Glass; Hydrostatics & Pneumatics; Heat; Mechanics; Natural Philosophy, 2 vol.; Arithmetic; Astronomy; Chemistry; Optics.

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Lot 65

NO RESERVE Bussy (Roger de Rabutin, Comte de) Amours Des Dames illustres de Nostre Siecle, engraved additional pictorial title and 8 plates, lacking A3 (?continuation of contents), additional title detached, occasional spotting, lightly browned throughout, unidentified engraved royal bookplate, Cologne, Jean Le Blanc, 1680 bound before 2 other works, the first lacking preliminaries, contemporary calf, upper cover detached, worn; and 7 others, Continental, v.s. (8) sold not subject to return.

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Europe.- Frith (Francis) The Gossiping Photographer on the Rhine, first edition, albumen title-vignette and 15 mounted albumen prints, original cloth, gilt, g.e., a fine copy, 4to, Reigate, [1864].

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Lot 71

[Brontë (Charlotte)] "Currer Bell". Jane Eyre ou Mémoires d'une Gouvernante ... imités par Old-Nick, half-title, booksellers label, spotting, small marginal staining to first couple of leaves, several leaves neatly strengthened at hinge, contemporary calf-backed boards, rubbed and worn, 8vo, Paris, L. Hachette, 1855.⁂ An early abridgement of Jane Eyre in French, published a year after Giraud produced the first French edition of Jane Eyre in 2 volumes.

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Lot 72

[Brontë (Charlotte)] "Currer Bell". Shirley et Agnès, 2 parts in 1 vol., first French edition, titles to each part loosely inserted, scattered faint spotting, faint marginal staining to first few leaves, unopened, original paper wrappers, glassine dust-jacket, slight chipping to corners and spine extremities, Paris, 1859; Jane Eyre ou les Mémoires d'une Institutrice, half-title and title detached, spotting, cracked hinges, original paper wrappers, upper cover detached, rubbed and wornParis, 1855; Le Professeur, first French edition, later issue, occasional faint marginal staining, original paper wrappers, publisher's advertisement to rear cover, glassine dust-jacket, slight chipping to corners and extremities, Paris, 1858; and other French editions by the same, 8vo (12).

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Lot 85

Conscript Italian soldiers in the service of Britain.- Licence authorised by Lt.-Gen. Robert Macfarlane to Private Luigi Polli of Ferrara in Romagna for faithful service, printed form with manuscript insertions, in Italian, edges chipped, folds, browned, folio, 14th January 1816; and c. 20 others, including poetry (vol. of German poetry), letters, ink caricatures etc., v.s., v.d. (c. 20).⁂ First mentioned General Sir Robert Henry MacFarlane, KCB, GCH (1771-1841), British Army officer during the Napoleonic Wars.

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Lot 87

Chateaubriand (François-René, Vicomte de, French writer, politician, diplomat and historian, 1768-1848) Autograph Letter signed "Chateaubriand", in French, 1½pp., sm. 4to, n.p., 4th February 1822, thanking madam for her letter and he is going to send her a package for her to keep until he arrives, folds, slightly browned; and 3 other letters, comprising: Henri-Joseph Harpignies (French landscape painter, 1819-1916); Edmond Louis Antoine Huot de Goncourt (French writer, literary critic, art critic, publisher, 1822-96); Edgar Quinet (French historian, 1803-75), all but the first tipped-in on card, folds (4).

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Lot 89

Beethoven (Ludwig van) & others. Music manuscript, c.124 pp manuscript scores in unknown hand, lyrics in German, ?lacking title and first few leaves, bound together, occasional faint spotting, occasional chipping to margins, contemporary marbled paper wrappers, lacking upper cover, rubbed and worn, ob. 4to, c.1825.⁂ Includes: Mignon's Lied and Der Wachtclschlag by Ludwig van Beethoven; Der Erlkonig and Wanderers' Nachlied by Franz Schubert; and Der Wassermann und zwei Sarge by Josef Dessauer.

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Lot 90

Sedgwick (Adam, geologist, Charles Darwin's tutor at Cambridge, 1785-1873) Profr. Sedgwick's objections [to George Crabbe's "Short Conclusions from the Light of Nature"], manuscript, 4pp., first f. tear along fold, second f. tear across text without loss, slightly browned, 8vo, [1849]; and another, a silhouette of ?Sedgwick, ink inscription "JBM 3 St Marys Passage Cambridge" on verso, 134 x 108mm., n.d. (2).⁂ "I do not believe a word of what you state (p. 12) that mind is the result of organization of matter." - Sedgwick.George Crabbe (1785-1857), Church of England clergyman and writer, the son of George Crabbe (1754-1832), the poet; his work Short Conclusions from the Light of Nature (1849)... rely on the arguments of design and plenitude to prove the existence and attributes of God." - Oxford DNB.

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Lot 98

Collection of cigarette and trade cards including sets of Brooke Bond History of Aviation, adventurers and explorers, flags and emblems, famous people, History of the Motor car, race into space, etc part sets Wills first aid, steam ships figure heads etc, a small collection of QEII and later used all world stamps, some in albums, etc

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Lot 112

HUGE COLLECTION OF DVDS INCLUDING DESPERATE HOUSEWIVES THE COMPLETE FIRST AND SECOND SERIES BOXSETS WITH MANY MOVIES

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Lot 127

RARE FIRST EDITION BLACK RAIN A NOVEL BY MASUJI IBUSE 1970

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Lot 242

Two bottles of Marcel Rochas perfume, 'Parfume de Toilette Femme' ad 'Eau de Cologne Madame Rochas' originally given as a gift to First Class Air France passengers, in original presentation pouch

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Lot 320

A mixed lot of various postcards, stamps, first day covers, Star Wars Tazos etc

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Lot 321

A small collection of stamps, postcards and cigarette cards, with first day covers and albums

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