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Lot 124

Astronomy.- Bryan (Margaret) A Compendious System of Astronomy, in a Course of Familiar Lectures, first edition, presentation copy inscribed by author, engraved portrait frontispiece and 17 plates, diagrams in text, list of subscribers including Astronomer Royal Rev. Dr. Maskelyne, corrections inserted by hand, lacking 2H2 (blank), occasional faint spotting, near contemporary straight-grain morocco, rubbed and worn, bumping to corners and extremities, 4to, 1797.⁂ Margaret Bryan opened at school for girls near Hyde Park Corner in the 1790s, relocating to Blackheath in 1795. Unusually she focused her pupils' education on mathematics and science.

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Astronomy.- Bryan (Margaret) Lectures on Natural Philosophy, first edition, presentation copy inscribed by author, engraved portrait frontispiece and 36 plates, occasional spotting, faint off-setting, yellow silk endpapers, front free endpaper becoming loose, contemporary straight-grain morocco, rubbed and worn, for the Authoress, 1806.⁂ Margaret Bryan opened at school for girls near Hyde Park Corner in the 1790s, relocating to Blackheath in 1795. Unusually she focused her pupils' education on mathematics and science.

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Lot 126

NO RESERVE Astronomy.- Fergusson (James) Astronomy explained upon Sir Isaac Newton's Principles, folding engraved frontispiece and 17 plates, one or two short marginal tears, faint staining to first few leaves, lacking front free endpaper, bookplate, contemporary calf, rubbed, bumping to corners and extremities, 8vo, 1809.

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Lot 127

NO RESERVE Astronomy.- Greig (John) Astrography, or the Heavens Displayed, first edition, folding engraved frontispiece and 3 plates (1 folding), illustrations, occasional underlining and marginal pencil notes, previous owner's stencilled initials to blank, occasional faint spotting and faint off-setting, contemporary calf, rebacked, slight bumping to corners, 8vo, 1810.⁂ Scarce. Only 3 on Library Hub, all in the UK (Manchester Public Libraries, British Library & National Library of Scotland).

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Lot 132

Astronomy.- Whitwell (Catherine Vale) An Astronomical Catechism; or, Dialogues between a Mother and her Daughter, first edition, engraved hand-coloured folding frontispiece and 22 plates, 2 hand-coloured, 5 folding with one or two tears, ink signature to title, loss to title foot, errata bound in, corrections inserted by hand, occasional spotting, one or two short marginal tears, contemporary half-calf, rebacked with original spine laid down, rubbed, 8vo, for and sold by the author, [1818].

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Lot 136

NO RESERVE Medicine.- Trousset (Etienne Berard) Histoire de la Fievre qui a régné épidémiquement a Grenoble..., first edition, with final two leaves bound before title, contemporary ink signature on title and with one or two annotations to lower margins, stitched into contemporary red wrappers, a little faded, Grenoble, J.L.A.Giroud, An VIII [1799] § Timbs (John) Doctors and Patients, second, revised edition, advertisement leaf at end, name erased at head of title, original cloth, light staining to fore-edge, 1876, 8vo (2)⁂ The first is an account of the typhus epidemic which ravaged the south eastern French town of Grenoble at the end of the eighteenth century. It appears to have been spread by the military from Grenoble to Nice and into parts of Italy, affecting all ages and classes of society. Library Hub lists one copy only in the UK (Wellcome Library).

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Lot 137

NO RESERVE Meteorology.- Bohun (Ralph) A Discourse Concerning the Origine and Properties of the Wind. With an Historcall Account of Hurricanes and other Tempestuous Winds, first edition, 3 engraved illustrations in text, 1 trimmed at plate mark, lacking preliminary blank and 9 ff. at beginning (Preface and most of Contents), corrections inserted by hand, occasional marginal spotting and staining, some leaves neatly strengthened at edges, title and final leaf with areas of loss, neatly laid down, contemporary calf, rebacked, a little rubbed, [Wing B3463; Sabin 6146], 8vo, Oxford, W. Hall for Tho. Bowman, 1671; sold not subject to return⁂ One of the earliest works on winds in English. In compiling the text, Bohun gathered information from sea-captains and other travellers. Includes references to the West Indies, Florida and Guiana.

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Food.- ["Secundus (Dick Humelbergius)"] Apician Morsels; or, Tales of the Table, Kitchen, and Larder, engraved frontispiece and one plate, light spotting to title, contemporary cloth-backed boards, a little rubbed, 1834 § Doran (Dr.) Table Traits, with something on them, first edition, previous owner's ink signature to title, bookplate, contemporary half-calf, a little rubbed, 1854 § Simmonds (Peter Lund) The Curiosities of Food, first edition, bookplate, original cloth, slight bumping to corners and spine extremities, 1859; and another, similar, 8vo (4)

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Lot 140

NO RESERVE Affo (Ireneo) Vita del graziosissimo pittore Francesco Mazzola detto Il Parmigianino, second edition, later small ink stamp of Dr. Hans Semper of Innsbruck at head of title, later vellum-backed boards, uncut, spine titled in manuscript, Parma, Filippo Carmignani, 1784 § Leoni (Michele) Pitture di Antonio Allegri da Corregio, contemporary roan-backed marbled boards, spine gilt, Modena, 1841 § Mengz (Antonio Raffaele) Lettera...Primo Pittor di Camera di S.M.C. a Don Antonio Ponz, wood-engraved title-vignette, contemporary mottled wrappers, Turin, 1777 § Quilliet (F.) Dictionnaire des Peintres Espagnols, half-title signed by author on verso, contemporary calf-backed marbled boards, spine gilt, Paris, 1816, some light foxing, a little rubbed, 4to & 8vo (4)⁂ The first is one of the earliest biographies of the painter Il Parmigianino, by the ducal librarian at Parma, published a year after the first edition in Venice.

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Lot 143

NO RESERVE Prior (Edward) A History of Gothic Art in England, contemporary vellum, ruled in gilt, g.e., lightly scratched, else an attractive copy, 1900 § Bond (Frederick Bligh) and Dom Bede Camm, Roodscreens and Roodlofts, 2 vol., original cloth, gilt, 1909 § Britton (John) Chronological History and Graphic Illustrations or Christian Architecture in England..., some offsetting, contemporary half morocco, rubbed, 1835, first two first editions, bookplates to pastedown, all with plates, some engraved, light spotting; and c. 50 others, British art and architecture, v.s. (c.50)

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Lot 146

[Christie (James)] A Disquisition upon Etruscan Vases; displaying their probable connection with the shows at Eleusis, and the Chinese Feast of Lanterns, first edition, one of 100 large paper copies for presentation, this copy inscribed "To Wm. Morland Esqre. a memorandum of gratitude from the Author" on verso of title, engraved title-vignette, head- & tail-pieces and 16 plates, some offsetting, occasional foxing, mostly marginal, modern calf-backed marbled boards, gilt-stamped calf label to upper cover, uncut, [Blackmer 347], folio, William Bulmer & Co. for T.Becket, 1806.⁂ Privately printed for the author's friends this handsome work describes vases in the British Museum and the collection of Thomas Hope. William Morland (1739-1815), banker, MP for Taunton 1796-1806, and art collector.

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Lot 147

NO RESERVE English country houses.- Lloyd (Nathaniel) A History of the English House, title in red & black, 1931 § Dawber (Guy) and W. Galsworthy Davie, Old Cottages and Farmhouses in Kent and Sussex, 1900; Old Cottages, Farm Houses and other Stone Buildings in the Cotswold District, 1904 § Mawe (Thomas) Every Man His own Gardener, engraved frontispiece, contemporary calf, rebacked, 1805, first three first editions, plates and illustrations, first three original decorative cloth, brightly gilt, light rubbing to extremities; and c.155 others, English country houses, country living etc., v.s. (c.155)

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Lot 149

Fréart de Chambray (Roland) Parallèle de l'architecture antique et de la moderne, contenant les profils des plus beaux édifices de Rome comparés avec les dix principaux autheurs qui ont écrit des cinq ordres ; sçavoir Palladio et Scamozzi, Serlio et Vignole, D. Barbaro et Cataneo, first edition, fine engraved additional pictorial title incorporating an oval portrait of François Sublet de Noyers (the author's cousin and impetus for the book) by Tournier, printed title with large engraved vignette, 40 full-page engraved illustrations by Charles Errard, engraved head- and tail-pieces and a few initials, some spotting and mostly marginal staining, contemporary calf, gilt spine in compartments, spine ends and corners worn, rubbed and scuffed, [Berlin Kat. 2374; Fowler 127; Cicognara 507; Avery 78], folio, Paris, Edmé Martin, 1650.⁂ First edition of this important comparative study which 'launched the Quarrel of the Ancients and the Moderns in architectural theory. His commentary identified sizable differences among the ''modern'' orders, despite the fact that all the Renaissance authors professed to follow the inviolable proportions of antiquity. Leaving his faith in the divine nature of proportion unquestioned, he attacked modern inventions and called for a return to the untainted forms of Greek classicism' (Avery). Provenance: 'De Legendre' (contemporary ink inscription to printed title); Theodore Besterman (bookplate).

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Lot 151

Lawrence (Sir Thomas) Engravings from the Choicest Works of Sir Thomas Lawrence, P. R. A., vignette title and 50 mezzotint plates, tissue-guards, occasional marginal spotting, near contemporary morocco, rubbed, defective spine covering, c.1840 § The Wilkie Gallery, engraved frontispiece, additional engraved title and plates, occasional spotting, contemporary morocco, gilt, a little rubbed, n.d. § Cunningham (Allan) The Cabinet Gallery of Pictures by the First Masters, 2 vol., plates, occasional spotting, contemporary half-morocco, rubbed, slight bumping to corners and extremities, 1836; and others similar, v.s. (c.40)

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Lot 152

Lehmann (Gottfried Arnold) Samlung Schöner Ansichten und Vorzüglicher Gebäude in und um Hamburg, suite of 4 fine engravings of country houses, plate-mark c.170 x 190mm., rich impressions with good margins, very light marginal foxing, loose as issued in original wrappers with engraved title on upper cover, uncut, lower wrapper a little spotted and with faint central crease, oblong 4to, Hamburg, 1799.⁂ Unrecorded. The suite was reissued by Karl Tauchnitz later in 1799 with 3 additional plates and the plates numbered 1-7. This is the first state with only 4 plates as called for on the cover and plates unnumbered. WorldCat lists only one copy of the Tauchnitz edition (Hamburg University Library) and that contains only 5 of the 7 plates.

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Lot 154

Riou (Stephen) The Grecian Orders of Architecture, first edition, engraved title-vignette, 6 vignettes and 28 plates, some folding, some light offsetting, title lightly browned, occasional scattered spotting, later half calf sympathetically rebacked, rubbed, extremities a little worn, [Blackmer 1425; Harris 746], folio, by J. Dixwell, for the Author, 1768.⁂ "Riou was in Athens while Stuart and Revett were working there, and decided to produce an architectural theory for the use of the Greek architectural orders then being described and measured by Stuart and Revett." (Blackmer). The book is dedicated to James Stuart who, along with David Garrick, Soame Jenyns and George Stubbs, is included in the list of subscribers.

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Lot 155

[Rosini (Carlo Maria)] Dissertationis Isagogicae ad Herculanensium voluminum explanationem, Pars Prima [all published], title with woodcut floral ornament, 2 folding engraved maps and 20 engraved plates, 2 folding, some foxing to text, first map with tears to folds, old boards, rebacked in red morocco, spine gilt in compartments, t.e.g., others uncut, folio, Naples, ex Regia Typographia, 1797.

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Lot 156

NO RESERVE Webb (Daniel) An Inquiry into the Beauty of Painting..., second edition, contemporary ink signature to head of title and notes to front pastedown, contemporary calf, R. & J.Dodsley, 1761 § Watelet (C.H.) L'Art de Peindre. Poeme...sur les differentes parties de la peinture, engraved frontispiece, title in red & black with vignette, engraved head-pieces and 2 plates (slightly shaved), old ink inscriptions, modern book-label of Pamela & Raymond Lister and bookplate of John Harris, pencil sketches to rear, contemporary mottled calf, rebacked, upper cover detached, Amsterdam, 1761 § Laugier (Marc Antoine) Maniere de bien juger des ouvrages de peinture, first edition, privilege leaf at end, light browning at beginning and end, contemporary mottled sheep, spine gilt, Paris, C.-A.Jombert, 1771, rubbed, 8vo et infra (3)

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Lot 157

Woodworking.- Plumier (Charles) L'Art de Tourner ou de fair en perfection toutes sourtes d'ouvrages au tour, double column, engraved additional pictorial title, device to title, vignette to head of dedication and 80 plates, woodcut head- and tail-pieces and decorative initials, occasional spotting, a few small stains, lightly browned, contemporary mottled calf, richly gilt spine in compartments and with red morocco label, 1 upper corner little worn, rubbed at extremities, a solid copy, [Singer IV, p.382], folio, Paris, Charles-Antoine Jombert, 1749.⁂ Expanded edition of the first work devoted exclusively to the lathe, with much on ornamental wood turning.

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Lot 158

Faret (Nicolas) L'Honeste Homme, ou l'Art de Plaire a la Cour, second edition, title with woodcut device, woodcut ornaments and initials, light water-staining to title, minor repairs to free endpapers, old limp vellum, rubbed and stained, spine defective at head (repaired), 8vo, Paris, Nicolas & Jean de la Coste, 1639.⁂ Scarce collection of commonplaces from 16th century authors producing a new social etiquette for 17th century France. It was first published in 1630 and translated into English in 1632 by Edward Grimestone, who dedicated it to Richard Hubert, a courtier and Groom-Porter to Charles I. There were several 17th century editions, all of which are scarce; Library Hub lists one copy only dated 1639 (Wadham College, Oxford) but this has a different imprint.Faret (1596-1646) was one of the founder members of the Académie Française and the first occupant of seat number nine.

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Griffith (Acton Frederick) Bibliotheca Anglo-Poetica or, a Descriptive Catalogue of a Rare and Rich Collection of Early English Poetry, first edition, frontispiece, vignette title, woodcut portraits in text, short tear to final leaf, remnants of ink-stamps to title and final leaf, later half-calf, a little rubbed, 1815 § [Ritson (Joseph)] Bibliographia Poetica: a Catalogue of Engleish Poets, lacking chapter title to 'Poets of the Twelfth Century', small stain (B6-8), contemporary calf, rebacked, 1802; 8vo (2)

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Lot 160

Elzevier.- Arabic.- Golius (Jacobus) Lexicon Arabico-Latinum, first edition, double column, title in red and black and with woodcut printer's device, woodcut head- and tail-pieces and decorative initials, occasional ink marginalia, a few ff. loose, or working loose, occasional spotting and staining, lightly browned, contemporary calf, sympathetically rebacked, gilt spine in compartments and with large red morocco label, upper corners repaired, lower corners little worn, covers rubbed and marked, [Willems 723; Schnurier 79], folio, Leiden, Bonaventure & Abraham Elzevier, 1653.⁂ A handsome production, in fact printed by Jean and Daniel Elzevier, but printed under their fathers' names as a tribute. Golius was an orientalist and mathematician at the University of Leiden. Provenance: Henry George Farmer, Bearsden, Scotland; 'Ex Bibliotheca Elzeviriana Jacobi Brovn Craven Kirkvallensis' (bookplates); J. Hollywood (19th century ink signature to head of title).

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Lot 161

Rome.- Donati (Alessandro) Roma vetus ac recens utriusque aedificiis ad eruditam cognitionem expositis, engraved frontispiece, 4 folding engraved plans or plates, numerous full-page and smaller illustrations, with final blank, lacking 2A6, tear without loss to first folding plan, mostly light foxing and staining, lightly browned, contemporary vellum, spine gilt, Rome, Rubeis Brothers, 1725; and a Julius Caesar, Elzevier, 1670, small 4to & 8vo (2)

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Lot 163

NO RESERVE Darrell (William) Il gentiluomo istruito nella condotta d'una virtuosa, e felice vita, first edition in Italian, half-title, title in red and black and with woodcut printer's device, woodcut head- and tail-pieces and decorative initials, library ink stamp to verso of title and at end, occasional spotting or light foxing, contemporary limp vellum, little stained, large 8vo, Padua, Giovanni Manfre, 1746.⁂ Darrell (1651-1721) English Jesuit theologian and writer, who was a member of the Catholic Darrell family of Scotney Castle, Sussex. He died at St. Omer's College in Artois, France.

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Lot 164

Condillac (Étienne Bonnot de) Essai sur l'origine des connaissances humaines, 2 vol., first edition, half-title to vol.2 only, woodcut head- and tail-pieces and decorative initials, some spotting and light browning, contemporary mottled calf, spines richly gilt and with red morocco labels, spine ends little chipped, vol.1 joints splitting, but holding firm, corners little worn, rubbed, III, p.474], Amsterdam, Pierre Mortier, 1746; Psychology.- Traité des Sensations, a Madame la Comtesse de Vassé, 2 vol., first edition, half-titles, woodcut head- and tail-pieces and decorative initials, some spotting and light staining, contemporary cat's paw calf, richly gilt spines in compartments and with double red morocco labels, spine ends little chipped, corners worn, rubbed, [Tchemerzine III, 477; En français dans le texte 158; Garrison & Morton 4968], London & Paris, De Bure the elder, 1754, 12mo (4)⁂ I: Condillac's first work. II: 'The most extreme statement of the notion that the mind is a tabula rasa formed completely by experience. Condillac focused entirely on the sensations as the source of knowledge' (Rieber & Gach 114).

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Lot 167

Klinger (Friedrich Maximilian) Les Aventures du docteur Faust et sa descente aux enfers, first edition in French, engraved frontispiece, additional portrait title and 5 plates, lacking half-title, some browning and staining, occasional spotting or light foxing, contemporary speckled calf, rebacked, spine gilt, Amsterdam, Les Libraires asssociés, 1798; and 2 19th century French novels from the library of the Duchesse de Berry at Brunsee, 8vo (3)⁂ Scarce. The plate at p.243 shows a lady viewing pornographic images on a type of magic lantern.

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Lot 169

Maittaire (Michel) Opera et Fragmenta veterum poetarum latinorum profanorum & ecclesiasticorum. Duobus voluminibus comprehensa, 2 vol., titles in red & black, 2 copper-engraved vignettes, contemporary ink stains to first few ff., ink signature to title, contemporary calf, rather rubbed, J. Nicholson, B. Tooke, & J. Tonson, 1813 § Cicero. Opera Omnia ex Recensione Jo. Augusti..., 5 vol. in 8, engraved frontispiece to vol.1, offsetting to title, some spotting, contemporary calf, spines rubbed; and 10 others, antiquarian, v.s. (20)

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Grimod De La Reyniere (Alexandre Balthazar Laurent) Almanach des Gourmands, 3 vol. only of 8, vol. 1 third edition, vol. 2 second edition, vol. 3 first edition, half-titles, engraved frontispieces, occasional spotting, contemporary half-calf, rubbed, slight bumping to corners and extremities, Paris, Maradan, 1804-05; and others, duplicates of vols. 1 & 2, 12mo, (5)

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Lot 171

NO RESERVE Music.- Wagner (Richard) Ueber die Auffuhrung des Buhnenfestspieles der Ring des Nibelungen. Eine Mittheilung und Aufforderung an die Freunde seiner Kunst, first edition, a copy given as a gift by the author, occasional spotting, original printed wrappers, chipped, housed in later cloth-backed boards, Leipzig, E.W. Fritsch, 1871; and another, Wagner, large 8vo & 8vo (2)⁂ An inscription to foot of upper wrapper reads 'Geschenk von R. Wagner, Mai 1871, R. Pohl'.

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Lot 178

Millais (Sir John Everett, first Baronet, painter, 1829-96) Autograph Letter to John Callcott Horsley, 1p. with conjugate blank, 8vo, Kensington, 3rd March 1881, explaining "I really couldn't attend last evening I was so thoroughly knocked up with my work. My head was swimming & I want to bed at 1/2 half 9", fold; and 4 others, comprising: 3 ALs.s from other artists to Horsley and a cut signature of Horsley, v.s., v.d. (5 pieces).

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Lot 180

Calligraphic manuscript.- Gadd (C. J.) To Edward Caulfield, calligraphic testimonial manuscript, manuscript on paper, title and 6ff., frontispiece, and first few ff. with illuminated decorations in gold, blue, pink and other colours, original morocco, ornately blind-stamped and gilt with inset coat of arms of Pope Leo XIII, inner dentelles and silk doublures, folio, housed in blind-stamped box., bound by Palmer, Howe and co., 1895.

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Lot 182

Royal Navy during the First World War.- Goodenough (Sir William, naval officer, 1867-1945) Album of photographs, manuscript notes and ephemera relating to Goodenough's family and his service in the Royal Navy in the First World War, 58pp., photographs of navy service, warships, members of Goodenough's family and Admiralty House at Simonstown in South Africa, ephemera, including: a printed "Disposition of the Grand Fleet Escorting German High Seas Fleet into Firth of Forth", printed poem, "Woe to us when we lose the watery wall" inscribed "From Sir Jack" [Sir John "Jacky" Fisher, first Baron Fisher (1841-1920)], 2 Naval Signals regarding the surrendered German Fleet, 1 dated 14th November (3 days after the Armistice), Concert programme on HMS Nottingham (sunk by torpedoes on 19 August 1916), "A Musical Recital by the Dunfermline Select Choir Assisted by the Battle Cruise Fleet Band... In Memory Of the Officers and Men who Fell... 1916 [Battle of Jutland", 2 watercolour menus by Cecilia Goodenough, newspaper cuttings of the Battle of Jutland, browned, some ff. loose, others working loose, original half morocco, gilt, slightly rubbed, covers detached, spine defective, oblong 4to, 1912-20.

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Lot 185

Lloyd George (David, first Earl Lloyd-George of Dwyfor, Prime Minister, 1863-1945) Typed Letter signed to Cecil Harmsworth, later Lord Harmsworth, 1p. & envelope, 4to, Churt, Surrey, 24th November 1939, arguing for peace at the outbreak of the Second World War, "I have been literally overwhelmed with letters over my speeches and articles on the peace proposals and I have been quite unable to cope with them. I am afraid our rulers are deaf to any appeals because they are blind to all perils", folds.

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Lot 189

NO RESERVE Waterworks.- Fireworks.- Bate (John) [The Mysteries of Nature and Art. In foure severall parts. The first of water works. The second of fire works. The third of drawing washing, limming ..., engraved portrait (2 small holes), lacking title, ?A1 and A4, 2 engraved plates, illustrations, many full-page. occasional marginal holes, tears and loss, many expertly strengthened, affecting some text, 2Q3 lacking top half, occasional contemporary and near contemporary manuscript notes, occasional spotting and staining, bookplate, modern calf, [STC 1578], small 4to, Thomas Harper for Ralph Mabb, 1635; sold not subject to return

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Hickes (George) Institutiones Grammaticæ Anglo-Saxonicæ et Moeso-Gothicæ, 3 parts in 1 vol., first edition, with initial imprimatur leaf, additional engraved title, blank at end of first part (P2), bookplate, contemporary calf, rebacked, rubbed, small loss to spine head, 4to, [Wing H1851], Oxford, Sheldonian Theatre, 1689.⁂ Contains an Icelandic vocabulary and the first printed list of Anglo-Saxon manuscripts.

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Lot 194

NO RESERVE Smith (John) Chronicon Rusticum-Commerciale; or, Memoirs of Wool, &c..., 2 vol., first edition, half-title, list of subscribers, 20th century half calf, a very clean set, [ESTC T99998], 8vo, T. Osborne, 1747.⁂ Written to oppose restrictions on the exportation of wool, Smith's work provides a historical compendium on the subject, particularly in Great Britain.

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Lot 196

NO RESERVE Shooting.- Coote (Hon. Robert) The compleat marksman: or, the true art of shooting-flying: a poem, second edition, first two ff. stained, closely trimmed at head, just touching the odd page number, some spotting and light staining, final 2 ff. detaching, 18th century parchment boards, parchment starting to lift at foot of spine, stained, rubbed, [Schwerdt IV, p. 23; Chute, Shooting flying: a bibliography, 127 ('very rare')], 8vo, Printed for C. Henderson, under the Royal Exchange, Cornhill; and sold by all other booksellers in town and country, [1760].⁂ Rare, with ESTC recording only four copies. 'An amusing poem on the preparation for a day's walking up with pointers, largely a plagiarism of Markland (1727) but more charming.' (Chute).

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Lot 197

NO RESERVE Burney (Fanny) Cecilia or Memoirs of an Heiress, 5 vol., first edition, contemporary calf, hinge repaired to vol.1, title to vol.2 restored, for T. Payne and son, 1782 § [Parsons (Robert)] The Jesuit's Memorial, for the Intended Reformation of England..., half-title, 18th century calf, rebacked, for Richard Chiswel, 1690; and c.65 others, mostly 17th and 18th century, v.s. (c. 70)

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Lot 20

Hugo (Thomas) Bewick's Woodcuts: Impressions of upwards of Two Thousand Wood-Blocks, engraved portrait frontispiece, illustrations, two short internal tears without loss, spotting to first and last few leaves, modern half morocco, folio, 1870.

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Lot 204

Herbert (William) Antiquities of the Inns of Court and Chancery: Containing Historical and Descriptive Sketches Relative to Their Original Foundation, Customs, Ceremonies, Buildings, Government..., first edition, engraved frontispiece and 23 plates, some offsetting and light spotting, contemporary calf, lightly speckled with paint, spine a little rubbed, 8vo, 1804.

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Lot 205

First naval novel.- [Davis (John)] The Post-Captain; or, The Wooden Walls well manned; comprehending a view of naval society and manners, first edition, wood-engraved vignette of a schooner to title, aquatint frontispiece (not called for), the odd instance of pencil marginalia, some staining and spotting, lightly browned, 20th century navy blue half calf, gilt spine in compartments with anchor motifs and a white leather label, little rubbed, [Sadleir 678], 8vo, Thomas Tegg, 1806.⁂ A rare copy of what may be considered the first English language naval novel. Chapter XX (beginning p.112) is 'The Story of Mr. Keith's Captivity among the American Indians'. Davis's practical knowledge had been gleaned from his time at sea, first on an East Indiaman, and then Sir Edmund Nagle's frigate Artois in 1794. He rose to the rank of acting lieutenant, leaving the Navy when the Artois was wrecked in 1797. Post-Captain was published immediately after Trafalgar.

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Lot 209

NO RESERVE Wordsworth (William) The White Doe or Rylstone; or the Fate of the Nortons, first edition, half-title, engraved frontispiece (lightly spotted), original boards, a little rubbed, extremities and spine chipped, 4to, for Longman etc., 1815.

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Indonesia.- Marsden (William) The History of Sumatra, containing an Account of the Government, Laws, Customs, and Manners of the Native Inhabitants ..., first edition, folding engraved map frontispiece, tear, expertly repaired, 1 plate, previous owner's ink inscription to title and front pastedown, occasional marginal spotting and staining, contemporary calf, rebacked, a little rubbed, slight bumping to corners, 4to, 1783.

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NO RESERVE Biographies.- Coxe (William) Memoirs of John Duke of Marlborough, 3 vol., first edition, engraved plates, plans and maps, some folding, bookplate to pastedown, 20th century buckram-backed boards, 1818; Memoirs of Horatio, Lord Walpole..., engraved portrait frontispiece and plates, some offsetting, spotting and browning, contemporary ink ownership signature to title, original boards, 1802; and c.105 others, biography and letters etc., v.s. (c.110)

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Lot 212

NO RESERVE First published work.- Macaulay (Thomas Babington) Pompeii, first edition of the author's first published work, initial 'Notes' f., additional wood-engraved vignette title by R. Austin, some spotting, lightly browned, charming red wrappers in imitation of red straight-grain morocco, gilt, neatly rebacked, rubbed, 8vo, Cambridge, J. Smith, 1819.

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Lot 215

Pamphlets.- Pitcairn Island. The History of Christian and the Mutineers of His Majesty's Ship Bounty, the perilous voyage performed in an open Boat by Captain Bligh ..., price scored out on title, final blank torn and lacking, n.d., bound with, The Eventful Life and Surprising Adventures of Fred. Baron Trenck ..., engraved frontispiece, small marginal tears, tape repairs, 1808, and, Robins Hood's Garland; being a Compleat History of all the Clever & Merry Exploits Performed by hum & his men, engraved illustrations, n.d., together 3 pamphlets bound a 1, occasional spotting, contemporary half-calf, very rubbed and worn, disbound, 8vo.⁂ The first scarce, not listed on Library Hub.

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Georgian Fortune Telling.- Royal Gardens Vauxhall. Prophecy of the Anchorite. Planet 2, printed card with manuscript prophecy addressed to Georgiana, 3pp., first 2pp. perforated, folds, slightly browned, 176 x 117mm., 1822.

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Lot 222

NO RESERVE Bindings.- Scott (Sir Walter) Les Femmes, engraved frontispiece and plates, occasional spotting, contemporary blind stamped morocco with arms of Queen Augusta first Empress of Germany to upper cover, Bruxelles, 1842 § Longfellow (Henry W.) Hyperion: a Romance, albumen print frontispiece and plates by Francis Frith, tissue-guards, occasional marginal foxing, bookplate, original decorative cloth, gilt, a little rubbed, slight bumping to corners and extremities, 1865; and another, 4to & 8vo (5)

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Lot 226

NO RESERVE Decorative bindings.- Tasso (Torquato) La Gerusalemme Liberata, contemporary vellum, richly gilt, lightly faded, Firenze, 1846 § Montalembert (Charles Forbes comte de) The Monks of the West from St Benedict to St Bernard, first English edition, contemporary half calf, spines gilt in compartments, 1861; and 41 others, decorative bindings, v.s. (43)

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Lot 229

Thackeray (William Makepeace) The Newcomes, 2 vol., first edition, additional engraved titles, frontispiece and 49 plates, rather spotted, some light foxing to text, contemporary half calf, faded and lightly rubbed, 8vo, 1854.

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Hugo (Victor) Les Miserables, 10 vol. in 5, first edition, frontispieces and plates, many heavily spotted, some offsetting, contemporary morocco, g.e., worn, some covers detached, Brussells, Lacroix, Verboeckhoven & Ce, 8vo, 1862.

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Lot 235

De La Bruyère (Jean) The "Characters", translated by Henri Van Laun, number 72 of 300 copies, portrait frontispiece and 23 etchings by B. Damman and V. Foulquier, title in red & black, very occasional light finger-soiling, contemporary half morocco, spine gilt in compartments with red spine labels, extremities and joints rubbed, 8vo, 1885.⁂ The original contributions by La Bruyère are primarily observations on character and conduct, describing portraits of people and their failings - many were thinly disguised descriptions of living people. It was first translated into English in 1699 and is credited with greatly having influenced contemporary English essayists.

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Lot 236

NO RESERVE Convicts.- Sheehy (David) Prison Papers, Dublin, 1888 § Bottomley (Horatio) Convict "13": a Ballad of Maidstone Gaol, light spotting, endpapers browned, [1928] § Six Years in the Prisons of England by A Merchant, edited by Frank Henderson, 1869, first editions, the first two original pictorial boards or cloth, the last contemporary roan preserving original spine, rubbed ; and 17 others by convicts and ex-convicts, v.s. (20)

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Lot 239

Meredith (George) The Nature Poems, first edition, one 150 copies signed by the illustrator, 20 photogravure plates and etched frontispiece by William Hyde, captioned tissue-guards, endpapers browned, original decorative boards, gilt, lightly marked and faded, tall 8vo, 1898.

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Lot 241

Mitchell (J. A.) The Last American, deluxe edition, illustrated by F. W. Read and the author, colour frontispiece and 7 plates, bookplate to pastedown, previous owner inscription to front free endpaper, first few ff. a working a little loose, original decorative cloth, richly gilt, extremities a little rubbed but overall a near fine example, housed in a custom-made morocco-backed box, 8vo, New York, 1902.

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Lot 243

NO RESERVE Cox (J. Charles) The Antiquary's Books, 19 vol., some first editions, original blind-stamped cloth, gilt, rather rubbed and soiled, 1904-1930 § Pollard (Alfred) Fine Books, original blind-stamped cloth, a little rubbed and faded, 1912; and c.130 others, miscellaneous, including others from the Connoisseurs Library series, v.s. (c.150)

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Lot 249

NO RESERVE Jazz.- Carey (Dave) The Directory of Recorded Jazz and Swing Music, first edition, one or two faint spots, original paper wrappers, rubbed, small loss to spine head, Fordingbridge, 1949 § Davies (John R. T.) The Music of Thomas "Fats" Waller with Complete Discography, plates, newspaper clipping pasted inside upper cover, occasional red ink annotations, original paper wrappers, rubbed, n.d. § Autograph Book, c.60 signatures including Humphrey Lyttelton and Sid Phillips, one or two loose leaves, cracked hinges, original stiff card covers, rubbed and worn, loss to spine extremities, c.1948-50; and 11 others, jazz, v.s. (14)

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Japan.- Bowes (James L.) Japanese Pottery, first edition, ALs by author loosely inserted, 16 plates, 1 folding map, illustrations, cracked hinges, original cloth, rubbed joints, bumping to corners and extremities, Liverpool, 1890; Japanese Enamels, first edition, colour frontispiece and 19 plates (1 colour), illustrations, original cloth, a little rubbed, slight bumping to corners and extremities, Liverpool, 1884; Notes on Shippo: a sequel to Japanese Enamels, first edition, 3 plates, illustrations, faint spotting to first and last few leaves, original cloth-backed boards, a little rubbed, slight bumping to corners and extremities, 1895; and another, similar, 4to (4)

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Japan.- Chamberlain (Basil Hall) A Practical Introduction to the Study of Japanese Writing (Moji No Shirube), second edition, illustrations, original buckram, slight spotting, slight bumping to corners and extremities, 1905 § Koop (Albert J.) and Hogitaro Inada, Japanese Names and How to Read Them, first edition, original cloth, rubbed, slight bumping to corners and extremities, 1923, 4to (2)

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Lot 261

Milne (A. A.) [The Christopher Robin Books], 4 vol., comprising, The House at Pooh Corner, small loss to spine extremities, first edition, 1928; Winnie the Pooh, seventh edition, loss to spine extremities, lacking backstrip, 1928; When We Were Very Young, 1928; Now We Are Six, fourth edition, lacking majority of backstrip, 1928, illustrations by E. H. Shepard, map and pictorial endpapers, original publisher's roan, rubbed, 8vo.⁂ These 4 volumes were published to celebrate the publication of 'The House at Pooh Corner', the fourth and final book in the Winnie the Pooh series.

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