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Bindings.- Leoni (Giovanni Battista) Vita di Francesco Maria di Montefeltro della Rovere IIII Duca D'Urbino, engraved portrai

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Lot 174

Bindings.- Leoni (Giovanni Battista) Vita di Francesco Maria di Montefeltro della Rovere IIII Duca D'Urbino, engraved portrait frontispiece, vignette title, lacking final leaf (?blank), occasional marginal corrections, tiny marginal hole (2B1), occasional faint staining, previous owner's ink signature, later morocco-backed boards, lower cover detached, rubbed and worn, Venice, 1605 § Morgan (Lady) Absenteeism, publisher's advertisements at end, faint spotting to endpapers, contemporary half-calf, a little rubbed, 1825 § The History and Antiquities of the Cathedral Church of Rochester, first edition, browning and spotting, new endpapers, near contemporary calf, rebacked, a little rubbed, 1717; and others, v.s. (c.65)

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Cudworth (Ralph) A Discourse Concerning the True Notion of the Lord's Supper, second edition, small hole (P4), [Wing C7467],

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Lot 179

Cudworth (Ralph) A Discourse Concerning the True Notion of the Lord's Supper, second edition, small hole (P4), [Wing C7467], by J. Flesher for R. Royston, 1670, bound with, Stephens (Thos.) Ad Magistratum. Three Sermons preached before the Justices of Assize ..., small holes to first 4 leaves, neatly repaired, [Wing S5456], Cambridge, John Field, 1661, and, Thorndike (Herbert) The Due Way of Composing the differences on Foot, preserving the Church, [Wing T1048], A. Warren for John Martin, James Allestry, and Thomas Dicas, 1660, and, [Tillotson (John)] A Sermon Lately Preached, on I Cornith. 3. 15, lacking initial blank, [Wing T1223], 1673; together 4 works bound as 1, manuscript notes to blanks, marginal notes and copious underlining, occasional faint spotting, later calf, rubbed, slight bumping to corners and extremities, 8vo.

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Religion.- Cave (William) Primitive Christianity: or, The religion of the ancient Christians in the first ages of the Gospel,

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Lot 180

Religion.- Cave (William) Primitive Christianity: or, The religion of the ancient Christians in the first ages of the Gospel, 2 parts in 1, second edition, initial imprimatur f., engraved additional pictorial title, with final two blanks, O1 small hole within text, affecting a few letters, but without loss of sense, occasional spotting or light staining, contemporary calf, gilt spine in compartments, spine repaired, corners worn, rubbed, [Wing C1599], Printed by J.M. for Richard Chiswell at the Rose and Crown in S. Paul's Church yard, 1675; and 2 others, 17th century Religion, 8vo (3)

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Meriton (George) A Guide for Constables..., contemporary ink ownership inscription to front free endpaper, initials to title,

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Lot 183

Meriton (George) A Guide for Constables..., contemporary ink ownership inscription to front free endpaper, initials to title, occasional light staining or browning, some leaves chipped, contemporary calf, worn, crudely rebacked, printed by the assigns of Richard and Edwin Atkins, 1685 § Hooker (Richard) The Works, engraved additional title page, title in red & black, endpapers browned, ex-library copy with usual stamps and markings, lacking covers, 1723 § An Exact Collection of the Debates of the House of Commons held at Westminster..., contemporary ink signature and light marginal toning to title, some damp staining or foxing, contemporary calf, lacking upper cover, for R. Clavel etc., 1689; and 2 others, 17th century, 4to & 8vo (5)⁂ The first is a rare edition of Meriton's most popular work (one of a dozen which he wrote while a Yorkshire attorney) designed to supplement and correct Lambarde and Sheppard.

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NO RESERVE Pamphlets.- [Gildon (Charles)] Les soupirs de la Grand Britaigne: or, the groans of Great Britain, being the secon

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Lot 185

NO RESERVE Pamphlets.- [Gildon (Charles)] Les soupirs de la Grand Britaigne: or, the groans of Great Britain, being the second part to The groans of Europe, half-title, spotted, some soiling, browning, disbound, [Goldsmiths' 5074], Printed for John Baker at the Black-Boy in Pater-Noster-Row, 1713 § [Tindall (Matthew)] The Defection consider'd, and the designs of those, who divided the friends of the government, set in a true light, small worm trace to lower marginal of first few ff., occasional spotting, lightly browned, disbound, [Goldsmiths' 5508], printed and sold by J. Roberts, near the Oxford-Arms in Warwick-Lane, 1718; and 7 other pamphlets, all but one 18th century, 8vo (9)⁂ The first mentioned was previously attributed to Daniel Defoe.

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Novel of 18 century India.- [Gibbes (Phebe)] Hartly House, Calcutta, first Dublin edition, half-title, woodcut device on titl

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Lot 193

Novel of 18 century India.- [Gibbes (Phebe)] Hartly House, Calcutta, first Dublin edition, half-title, woodcut device on title, B1 small piece torn away in margin, slightly foxed and browned, ink signature on B1, without free endpapers, contemporary calf, joints splitting, spine gilt with morocco label, rubbed, tail of spine chipped, [cf. Garside, Raven and Schowerling 1789:41; Summers p. 348 (first editions)], Dublin, 12mo, for William Jones, No. 86, Dame-Street, 1789.⁂ A rare epistolary novel set in Calcutta, written at the time of Warren Hastings' trial.

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Costume.- Strutt (Joseph) A Complete View of the Dress and Habits of the People of England, 2 vol., first edition, engraved f

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Lot 196

Costume.- Strutt (Joseph) A Complete View of the Dress and Habits of the People of England, 2 vol., first edition, engraved frontispieces and 151 plates, occasional faint off-setting, scattered spotting, occasional marginal dampstaining (vol. 1), contemporary calf, rebacked, 1796-99; Horda Angel-cynnan: or a Compleat View of the Manners, Customs, Arms, Habits, &c. of the Inhabitants of England, 3 vol. bound in 2, 158 engraved plates, illustrations, occasional spotting, bookplates, later straight-grain morocco, a little rubbed, slight bumping to corners and extremities, Benjamin White, 1775-76; and 2 others, costume, 4to & 8vo (6)

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Scott (Sir Walter) Waverley, 3 vol., fourth edition, 1814; The Antiquary, 3 vol., 1816; The Abbott, 3 vol., 1820; The Monaste

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Lot 198

Scott (Sir Walter) Waverley, 3 vol., fourth edition, 1814; The Antiquary, 3 vol., 1816; The Abbott, 3 vol., 1820; The Monastery, 3 vol., 1820; Peveril of the Peak, 4 vol., 1822; The Pirate, 3 vol., 1822; Woodstock, 3 vol., 1826; Anne of Geiersteinm, 1829, most first editions, some foxing, contemporary calf, gilt, uniform but for some sets slightly larger, a little rubbed, uniformly rebacked with gilt spines and black roan labels, Edinburgh; and 29 others, mostly bindings, including an 1816 set of Johnson, 8vo et infra (54)

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Reach (Angus B.) Clement Lorimer; or, The Book with the Iron Clasps, presentation copy from the author with compliments slip

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Lot 202

Reach (Angus B.) Clement Lorimer; or, The Book with the Iron Clasps, presentation copy from the author with compliments slip tipped in at beginning, engraved plates by George Cruikshank, foxed, a few leaves frayed at fore-edge, contemporary roan-backed boards, 1849 § Trollope (Anthony) The Vicar of Bullhampton, wood-engraved plates by H.Woods, 10pp. catalogue at end, modern morocco-backed cloth, 1870; Can You Forgive Her?, 2 vol. in 1, etched and wood-engraved plates by Phiz, some foxing, contemporary half calf, rebacked preserving old spine, 1864 § Ainsworth (W.H.) Saint James's: or the Court of Queen Anne, 3 vol., etched plates by Cruikshank, plates foxed, later half dark blue morocco, spines with floral motifs in red and gold, g.e., joints rubbed, 1844 § Collins (Wilkie) The Woman in White, 2 vol., contemporary half vellum, spines ruled in gilt with red and green roan labels, Leipzig, Bernhard Tauchnitz, 1860, all but the last first editions in book form, all a little rubbed; and 4 others, 8vo (12)

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Binding.- Tennyson (Alfred, Lord) In Memoriam, first edition, half title, contemporary crushed dark green morocco, by Alfred

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Lot 203

Binding.- Tennyson (Alfred, Lord) In Memoriam, first edition, half title, contemporary crushed dark green morocco, by Alfred Matthews, elaborately ruled and tooled in gilt with central lozenge, spine gilt in compartments, inner dentelles, joints very lightly rubbed to upper cover, else a very attractive copy, 8vo, 1850.

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NO RESERVE Austen (Jane) Sense and Sensibility, 2 vol. in one, title repaired, occasional light spotting, H.G. Clarke &a

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Lot 208

NO RESERVE Austen (Jane) Sense and Sensibility, 2 vol. in one, title repaired, occasional light spotting, H.G. Clarke & Co., 1844; Fragment of a Novel, Oxford, the Calredon Press, 1925, modern half calf, spines gilt, the second uncut, excellent copies, 8vo & 12mo (2)⁂ The first mentioned is the first stand-alone edition to appear after the copyright expired in 1839

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Blackmore (R.D.) Perlycross. A Tale of the Western Hills, 3 vol., first edition, one or two pencil annotations, occasional sp

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Lot 211

Blackmore (R.D.) Perlycross. A Tale of the Western Hills, 3 vol., first edition, one or two pencil annotations, occasional spotting, original blue cloth, a little rubbed and cocked, corners bumped, small stains to upper cover of vol.1, [Sadleir 230; Wolff 539], 1894; Dariel, a Romance of Surrey, first edition, plates by Chris Hammond, spotting to title, with the author's cut signature mounted on front pastedown, original cloth, slightly rubbed, corners bumped, [Sadleir 224; Wolff 531], Edinburgh & London, 1897, 8vo (4)

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[Dodgson (Charles Lutwidge)], "Lewis Carroll". Symbolic Logic Part I Elementary, first edition, frontispiece, diagrams, 3pp.

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Lot 213

[Dodgson (Charles Lutwidge)], "Lewis Carroll". Symbolic Logic Part I Elementary, first edition, frontispiece, diagrams, 3pp. advertisements at end, trace of "Presentation Copy" stamp to title, later red morocco, gilt, by Rivière & Son, spine gilt in compartments, g.e., original brown cloth binding bound in at end, 1896; and a copy of The Hunting of the Snark and the game board for The Game of Logic with envelope but no counters, 8vo (3)

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[Wilde (Oscar)] The Importance of Being Earnest, first trade edition, out-of-series copy from an edition limited to 1000, occ

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Lot 217

[Wilde (Oscar)] The Importance of Being Earnest, first trade edition, out-of-series copy from an edition limited to 1000, occasional spotting, original lilac cloth, gilt, designed by Charles Shannon, uncut, rubbed and soiled, a few spots to upper cover, spine browned and frayed at head, [Mason 381], small 4to, Leonard Smithers & Co., 1899.

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NO RESERVE Runciman (Steven) A History of the Crusades, 3 vol., first edition, Cambridge, 1951-54; The Sicilian Vespers, 1958

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Lot 221

NO RESERVE Runciman (Steven) A History of the Crusades, 3 vol., first edition, Cambridge, 1951-54; The Sicilian Vespers, 1958 § Knowles (Dom David) The Monastic Order in England...943-1216, Cambridge, 1950 § Adams (Max) Alfred's Britain: War and Peace in the Viking Age, 2017, illustrations, original cloth or boards with dust-jackets, most a little rubbed and frayed; and c.40 others on medieval history, 8vo & 4to (c.45)

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NO RESERVE Wedgwood (C.V.) The Kings's Peace 1637-1641 [&] The King's War 1641-1647, 2 vol., reprints, 1978 § Pakenham (T

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Lot 223

NO RESERVE Wedgwood (C.V.) The Kings's Peace 1637-1641 [&] The King's War 1641-1647, 2 vol., reprints, 1978 § Pakenham (Thomas) The Boer War, 1979 § Klemperer (Victor) [The Diaries 1933-59], 3 vol., 1998-2003 § Weir (Alison)The Lady in the Tower: The Fall of Anne Boleyn, New York, 2010 § Fox (Robin Lane) Alexander the Great, 1973 § Cannadine (David) The Decline and Fall of the British Aristocracy, New Haven & London, 1990, illustrations, original cloth or boards with dust-jackets, the first rubbed; and a quantity of others, miscellaneous, mostly history, v.s. (c.100)

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NO RESERVE Chesterton (G.K.) The Napoleon of Notting Hill, first edition, 7 plates by W.Graham Robertson and map, advertiseme

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Lot 225

NO RESERVE Chesterton (G.K.) The Napoleon of Notting Hill, first edition, 7 plates by W.Graham Robertson and map, advertisement leaf at end, light spotting, bookplate of Robert Henry Cunnington, endpapers a little browned, original pictorial grey cloth stamped in black and red, rubbed, spine faded, joints and spine ends worn, 1904 § Belloc (Hilaire) The Man Who Made Gold, illustrations by G.K.Chesterton, original cloth, spine a little faded, light spotting to fore-edge, 1930, first editions, 8vo (2)⁂ The first is the author's first novel, a satirical fantasy set in the future featuring a main character based on Max Beerbohm, said to have influenced George Orwell's 1984.

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Doyle (Sir Arthur Conan) The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes, first issue with 'Miss Violent Hunter' in the last sentence on p.

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Lot 227

Doyle (Sir Arthur Conan) The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes, first issue with 'Miss Violent Hunter' in the last sentence on p.317, 1892; The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes, title and half-title rather creased, 1894, first editions, half-titles, illustrations by Sydney Paget, foxing and occasional soiling, non-uniform modern half morocco, gilt, spines gilt in compartments, g.e., [Green & Gibson A10a & A14], large 8vo (2)⁂ The two key collections of Holmes short stories that established the detective as a prominent figure in English adventure fiction.

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NO RESERVE Doyle (Sir Arthur Conan) The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes, twenty-ninth thousand, illustrations by Sydney Paget,

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Lot 228

NO RESERVE Doyle (Sir Arthur Conan) The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes, twenty-ninth thousand, illustrations by Sydney Paget, splitting to upper hinge, original cloth , lettered in gilt, spine ends and corners a little bumped, sharp and bright otherwise, 1895; The Case-Book of Sherlock Holmes, first edition, spotting pen marking to title, contemporary library cloth, 1927; and 2 others, Holmes, 8vo (4)

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Doyle (Sir Arthur Conan) The Hound of the Baskervilles, first edition, half-title, 16 plates by Sydney Paget, foxing, modern

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Lot 229

Doyle (Sir Arthur Conan) The Hound of the Baskervilles, first edition, half-title, 16 plates by Sydney Paget, foxing, modern half morocco, gilt, spine gilt in compartments, [Green and Gibson, A26], 8vo, 1902.⁂ First edition of Holmes' most popular and acclaimed adventure.

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Doyle (Sir Arthur Conan) The Return of Sherlock Holmes, first edition, half-title, 16 plates by Sydney Paget, foxing, modern

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Lot 231

Doyle (Sir Arthur Conan) The Return of Sherlock Holmes, first edition, half-title, 16 plates by Sydney Paget, foxing, modern half morocco, gilt, spine gilt in compartments, spine rubbed, [Green and Gibson, A29], 8vo, 1905.⁂ The return of Holmes following his famous "death" at the foot of the Reichenbach Falls.

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Doyle (Sir Arthur Conan) The Valley of Fear, first edition, half-title, frontispiece by Frank Wiles, occasional light spottin

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Lot 232

Doyle (Sir Arthur Conan) The Valley of Fear, first edition, half-title, frontispiece by Frank Wiles, occasional light spotting, modern half morocco, gilt, spine gilt in compartments, [Green and Gibson A39, 8vo, 1915.

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Doyle (Sir Arthur Conan) His Last Bow, first edition, half-title, occasional light spotting or minor soiling, modern half mor

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Lot 233

Doyle (Sir Arthur Conan) His Last Bow, first edition, half-title, occasional light spotting or minor soiling, modern half morocco, gilt, spine gilt in compartments, [Green and Gibson A40], 8vo, 1917.

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Doyle (Sir Arthur Conan) The Case-Book of Sherlock Holmes, first edition, half-title, modern blue half morocco, gilt, spine g

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Lot 234

Doyle (Sir Arthur Conan) The Case-Book of Sherlock Holmes, first edition, half-title, modern blue half morocco, gilt, spine gilt in compartments with red morocco label, [Green and Gibson A46], 8vo, 1927.⁂ The final collection of Sherlock Holmes stories.

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Early television.- Television. The World's First Television Journal. The Official Organ of the Television Society, vol. 1, no

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Lot 235

Early television.- Television. The World's First Television Journal. The Official Organ of the Television Society, vol. 1, no. 1, illustrations, original pictorial wrappers, creasing, wear to spine, rubbing, March 1928 § Television. America's First Television Journal. A Monthly Magazine Published by the Television Publishing Co., Inc., vol. 1, no. 1, small section cut from head of first f., illustrations, original pictorial wrappers, light creasing, some rubbing and fraying to extremities, November, 1928, 4to (2)⁂ The first magazines devoted to television published in the UK and US respectively, rare.

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Early television.- Dinsdale (Alfred) Television. Seeing by Wireless, first edition, photographic plates, bookplate "Ex Libris

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Lot 236

Early television.- Dinsdale (Alfred) Television. Seeing by Wireless, first edition, photographic plates, bookplate "Ex Libris Early Technology" to pastedown, original stiff printed wrappers, (a few spots), dust-jacket, spine ends and corners chipped, neat tape repairs to head and foot verso, creasing to head and foot, closed repaired tear to rear panel, light surface soiling, preserved in custom slip-case replicating illustration of upper panel, 8vo, 1926.⁂ The first book in English on television. Rare in the superbly atmospheric dust-jacket.

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Eliot (T.S.) The Waste Land, first American edition, contained in The Dial, vol. 73, July to September 1922, 3 tipped-in colo

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Lot 237

Eliot (T.S.) The Waste Land, first American edition, contained in The Dial, vol. 73, July to September 1922, 3 tipped-in colour plates, black and white plates, ex-library with bookplate and blind-stamps, later cloth, rubbed, slight bumping to corners and extremities, 8vo, Chicago, 1922.⁂ The American edition of the Waste Land was published a month after the English edition first appeared in 'The Criterion'. With colour plates are by Franz marc, Marc Chagall and Robert Delaunay.

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Harbou (Thea von) Metropolis, first English edition, lightly browned, cracked hinge, original maroon cloth, gilt, slight bump

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Lot 240

Harbou (Thea von) Metropolis, first English edition, lightly browned, cracked hinge, original maroon cloth, gilt, slight bumping to corners and extremities, Readers Library Publishing Company, [1927].

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Johnson (B. S.) Poems, first edition, signed and inscribed by author, original cloth, slight bumping to corners and extremiti

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Lot 241

Johnson (B. S.) Poems, first edition, signed and inscribed by author, original cloth, slight bumping to corners and extremities, dust-jacket, short tear to top edge, slight chipping to corners and extremities, 8vo, 1964.

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Kipling (Rudyard) Captains Courageous, first UK edition, plates by I.W.Taber, ink inscription to half-title, foxing, original

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Lot 244

Kipling (Rudyard) Captains Courageous, first UK edition, plates by I.W.Taber, ink inscription to half-title, foxing, original pictorial blue cloth, gilt, g.e., a little rubbed, 1897; With the Night Mail. A Story of 2000 A.D., first American edition, colour plates by Frank X.Leyendecker & H.Reuterdahl, text on rectos only, advertisements at end for mostly aeronautical items, original pictorial dark green cloth with airship in gold and silver, pictorial endpapers, very slight rubbing to edges but an excellent copy, New York, 1909; and 13 others by the same, some first editions, 8vo (15)⁂ The second is an unusual venture by the author into science fiction.

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Le Carré (John) The Spy Who Came in from the Cold, first edition, foxing, original pale blue boards, spine lightly faded, dus

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Lot 245

Le Carré (John) The Spy Who Came in from the Cold, first edition, foxing, original pale blue boards, spine lightly faded, dust-jacket, spine faded and water-stained extending onto front and rear panels, 8vo, 1963.

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Lee (Gypsy Rose) Mother finds a Body, first edition, signed by author, bookplate, original cloth, slight bumping to corners a

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Lot 246

Lee (Gypsy Rose) Mother finds a Body, first edition, signed by author, bookplate, original cloth, slight bumping to corners and extremities, dust-jacket, a little rubbed, small loss to spine extremities, slight chipping and one or two short tears to edges, New York, 1942 § Greene (Graham) The Quiet American, first edition, bookplate, original cloth, slight bumping to corners and extremities, dust-jacket, rubbed and worn, tears, tape repairs, 1955 § Eliot (T. S.) The Confidential Clerk, first edition, second impression, with 'I had to send him' to p.7, occasional very faint spotting, original cloth, very slight bumping to spine extremities, dust-jacket, faint spotting, slight chipping to corners and spine extremities, 1954; and others, first editions, 8vo (c.110)

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NO RESERVE McEwan (Ian) The Cement Garden, 1978; Black Dogs, 1992; Amsterdam, 1998, first editions, original cloth, dust-jack

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Lot 247

NO RESERVE McEwan (Ian) The Cement Garden, 1978; Black Dogs, 1992; Amsterdam, 1998, first editions, original cloth, dust-jackets; and 2 others, 8vo (5)

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Murdoch (Iris) The Bell, 1958; The Unicorn, 1963; The Time of the Angels, ownership signature to front free endpaper, 1966;

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Lot 248

Murdoch (Iris) The Bell, 1958; The Unicorn, 1963; The Time of the Angels, ownership signature to front free endpaper, 1966; The Nice and the Good, 1968 § du Maurier (Daphne) The King's General, 1946, first editions, original cloth or boards, the first with the scarce yellow wrap-around, the second with slight staining to edges of boards, all with dust-jackets, the second slightly rubbed, the fourth with spine a little browned, the last browned and spotted; and 13 others by the same and others, 8vo (18)

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NO RESERVE Decorative Arts.- Krog (Ole Villumsen) & others. A King's Feast: The Goldsmith's Art and Royal Banqueting in t

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NO RESERVE Decorative Arts.- Krog (Ole Villumsen) & others. A King's Feast: The Goldsmith's Art and Royal Banqueting in the 18th Century, 1991 § Dion-Tenenbaum (Anne) [Louvre] Orfèvrerie Française du XIXe siècle, Paris, 2011 § Pickford (Ian) Silver Flatware: English, Irish and Scottish 1660-1980, Woodbridge, 1983, illustrations, some colour, the first two original boards, the last original cloth with dust-jacket; and c.20 others on gold and silver, 4to & 8vo (c.25)

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Sayers (Dorothy L.) The Five Red Herrings, upper hinge weak, 1931; Have His Carcase, New York, 1932; Hangman's Holiday, 1933;

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Sayers (Dorothy L.) The Five Red Herrings, upper hinge weak, 1931; Have His Carcase, New York, 1932; Hangman's Holiday, 1933; Murder Must Advertise, ink signature to front free endpaper, hinges weak with traces of adhesive, 1933 § Christie (Agatha) Towards Zero, 1944, first editions, original cloth or boards, a little rubbed, the first with upper and part of lower joint split, the second faded spine, the last with part of front panel of dust-jacket; and 8 others, mostly Sayers reprints, 8vo (13)

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Stoker (Bram) University of Dublin. College Historical Society. Address Delivered in the Dining Hall of Trinity College..., o

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Lot 251

Stoker (Bram) University of Dublin. College Historical Society. Address Delivered in the Dining Hall of Trinity College..., occasional light foxing or soiling, original printed wrappers, spine neatly repaired, soiling, minor chipping and some creasing to extremities, preserved in custom drop-back box, 8vo, Dublin, 1872.⁂ The first published work by Stoker we can trace no other copy at auction or online. Stoker was the auditor of the College Historical Society, the debating society of Trinity College. Listed among the debates for the 1871-72 session is the subject "That the novels of the 19th century are more immoral in their tendency than those of the eighteenth" for which Stoker argued in the negative.

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Stoker (Bram) The Duties of Clerks of the Petty Sessions in Ireland, first edition, interleaved copy, title margins a little

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Lot 252

Stoker (Bram) The Duties of Clerks of the Petty Sessions in Ireland, first edition, interleaved copy, title margins a little chipped and creased, finger-soiling to margins, later morocco-backed boards, 8vo, Dublin, 1879.⁂ Stoker's second published work, a textbook and a product of his brief career in the Irish Civil Service. Rare.

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Stoker (Bram) Under the Sunset, first edition, frontispiece, plates and illustrations by W. Fitzgerald and W.V. Cockburn, gil

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Lot 253

Stoker (Bram) Under the Sunset, first edition, frontispiece, plates and illustrations by W. Fitzgerald and W.V. Cockburn, gilt decorative endpapers, lacking front free endpaper, original imitation-vellum boards, lettered in gilt and red, split to lower joint, spine browned, soiled, g.e., 1882; and an excellent example of the second edition of the same, small 4to (2)⁂ Stocker's first short story collection.

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Stoker (Bram) The Shoulder of Shasta, first edition, half-title, rear endpaper browned, front endpaper with lower half torn a

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Lot 254

Stoker (Bram) The Shoulder of Shasta, first edition, half-title, rear endpaper browned, front endpaper with lower half torn away, original cloth, slight shelf-lean, spine rather mottled and browned, light soiling and fading to covers, 8vo, 1895.⁂ Stoker's fourth novel, a romance set in the American West, rare.

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Stoker (Bram) Dracula, "sixth edition", half-title, with "Shoulder of Shasta" advertisement at rear, lacking front free endpa

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Lot 255

Stoker (Bram) Dracula, "sixth edition", half-title, with "Shoulder of Shasta" advertisement at rear, lacking front free endpaper, rear endpaper browned, original cloth, heavy vertical crease to upper cover causing cracking on verso, spine dulled, repaired split to lower cover, light surface soiling, 8vo, 1899.⁂ While termed "sixth edition", in fact the sixth impression of the first edition.

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Stoker (Bram) Dracula, first abridged paperback edition, half-title (a little spotted), 6pp. advertisements at rear, light ma

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Lot 256

Stoker (Bram) Dracula, first abridged paperback edition, half-title (a little spotted), 6pp. advertisements at rear, light marginal browning, original pictorial upper wrapper (light browning and soiling, some chipping and creasing along spine and fore-edge), spine and lower wrapper supplied, preserved in custom drop-back box with morocco label to upper cover, 8vo, 1901.⁂ The rare first paperback edition, only a handful of copies known featuring the first printed illustration of Dracula. Stoker oversaw the abridgment himself, cutting around 15% from the original text. He also approved the illustration which includes many of the classic features (pointed ears, receding hair and bat-like cape) that define the character today.

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Stoker (Bram) Personal Reminiscences of Henry Irving, 2 vol., first edition, plates and illustrations, occasional light foxin

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Lot 257

Stoker (Bram) Personal Reminiscences of Henry Irving, 2 vol., first edition, plates and illustrations, occasional light foxing, some tape-browning to endpapers, original cloth, lettered in gilt with portrait medallions to upper covers, light fading to spines, light rubbing to extremities, excellent copies overall, 8vo, 1906.

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Stoker (Bram) Dracula, translated by Sean O'Cuirrin, first edition in Irish, original cloth, near-fine, dust-jacket, small ho

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Lot 260

Stoker (Bram) Dracula, translated by Sean O'Cuirrin, first edition in Irish, original cloth, near-fine, dust-jacket, small hole to spine, minor chipping to spine ends and corners, light creasing to head and foot, light rubbing to panels, a bright and excellent example overall, 8vo, 1933.

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Tate (Allen) The Mediterranean and Other Poems, first edition, number 31 of 165 copies signed by author, original paper wrapp

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Lot 263

Tate (Allen) The Mediterranean and Other Poems, first edition, number 31 of 165 copies signed by author, original paper wrappers, New York, The Alcestis Press, 1936 § Coe (Jonathan) The Rain Before it Falls, first edition, limited edition 'out of series', signed by author, original crushed morocco backed boards, slipcase, 2007 § Amis (Martin) Money, first edition, original cloth, slight bumping to spine head, dust-jacket, 1984 § Carey (Peter) His Illegal Self, limited edition signed by author, original cloth backed boards, slipcase, 2008 § Burroughs (William) Junkie, original paper wrappers, a little rubbed, 1966; and others, mostly first editions, v.s. (c.150)

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NO RESERVE Tolkien (J.R.R.) [The Lord of the Rings], 3 vol., second edition, first impressions, original red cloth, slight we

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Lot 264

NO RESERVE Tolkien (J.R.R.) [The Lord of the Rings], 3 vol., second edition, first impressions, original red cloth, slight wear to lower edges especially spine ends, dust-jackets price-clipped, rubbed and browned, some splits to joints, 1966 § Lewis (C.S.) The Last Battle, first edition, illustrations by Pauline Baynes, new front endpapers, original pale blue cloth, slight rubbing and fading to edges, spot to upper cover, dust-jacket, a little rubbed, spine ends frayed and stained, stain to lower outer corner of rear panel, 1956 § Eliot (T.S.) Old Possum's Book of Practical Cats, first edition, occasional light soiling, original pictorial yellow cloth, rubbed and soiled, spine stained, 1939, 8vo & 4to (5)

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Wells (H.G.) The Stolen Bacillus and Other Incidents, 32pp. publisher's catalogue dated September 1895, contemporary ink own

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Lot 266

Wells (H.G.) The Stolen Bacillus and Other Incidents, 32pp. publisher's catalogue dated September 1895, contemporary ink owner's inscription to head of title, light spotting to front endpapers, original decorated blue cloth, gilt, slightly rubbed at joints and spine ends, a good copy, [Wells 6], 1895; The War in the Air, plates by A.C.Michael, advertisement leaf at end, ink ownership stamps, W.H.Smith & Son Library label and discount label to front pastedown, original blue cloth, gilt, rubbed, spine sunned, small ink stain to lower edge of upper cover, 1908; The Secret Places of the Heart, original green cloth with borders in blind, spotting to fore-edge, dust-jacket, spine lightly browned but an excellent copy, 1922, first editions; and 6 others by the same, 8vo (9)⁂ The first is Wells's second science fiction work and his first collection of short stories.

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Waugh (Alec) Hot Countries, the Literary Guild edition, woodcuts by Lynd Ward, original cloth with pictorial mounts to covers

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Lot 267

Waugh (Alec) Hot Countries, the Literary Guild edition, woodcuts by Lynd Ward, original cloth with pictorial mounts to covers, slightly frayed at spine ends, spine faded, New York, 1930 § Lewis (Wyndham) The Writer and the Absolute, first edition, previous owner inscription to front free endpaper, original cloth, dust-jacket, lightly browned, extremities a little chipped, 1952 § Graham (Paul) Does Yellow Run Forever?, first edition, modern colour-printed photograph illustrations, original velvet boards, lightly soiled, 2014; and 5 others, 20th century, v.s. (8)

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White (T.H.) The Sword in the Stone, first edition, illustrations, light spotting (mainly to fore-edge), number inscribed on

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Lot 268

White (T.H.) The Sword in the Stone, first edition, illustrations, light spotting (mainly to fore-edge), number inscribed on front pastedown, original black cloth, lightly mottled by damp, dust-jacket with price 8s 6d to front flap, a little spotted, spine browned and rubbed at ends, 1938; and 4 others by the same, 8vo (5)

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NO RESERVE Wodehouse (P.G.) Leave it to Psmith, spotting, [1924]; Hot Water, browning and ink inscription to endpaper, light

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Lot 269

NO RESERVE Wodehouse (P.G.) Leave it to Psmith, spotting, [1924]; Hot Water, browning and ink inscription to endpaper, light foxing, spotting and fading to covers and spine, 1932, first editions, original cloth; and 35 others, Wodehouse, 8vo (37)

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Wren (Percival Christopher) Beau Ideal, ink ownership inscription, 1928; Good Gestes, 1929; Valiant Dust, 1932; The Fort in t

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Lot 270

Wren (Percival Christopher) Beau Ideal, ink ownership inscription, 1928; Good Gestes, 1929; Valiant Dust, 1932; The Fort in the Jungle, 1936 § Forester (C.S.) The Captain from Connecticut, 1941; Mr Midshipman Hornblower, 1950 § Hope (Anthony) The Prisoner of Zenda, advertisement leaf at end with 18 titles listed, ink inscription dated 1895 to front free endpaper, endpapers spotted, hinges weak, original maroon cloth, rather worn and stained, spine worn and faded, lower joint split, Bristol & London, [?1894], first editions, original cloth or boards, all but the last with dust-jackets, most a little rubbed and frayed, the second lacking small portions at upper edge; and 25 others by Wren, Forester & Buchan, some first editions, 8vo (32)

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NO RESERVE Grimm (Jakob Ludwig and Wilhelm Carl) Fairy Tales, first edition, colour tipped-in plates by Arthur Rackham, capti

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Lot 275

NO RESERVE Grimm (Jakob Ludwig and Wilhelm Carl) Fairy Tales, first edition, colour tipped-in plates by Arthur Rackham, captioned tissue guards, light browning to endpaper, occasional scattered spotting, original pictorial cloth, gilt, rebacked, spine worn, 1909 § Cruikshank (George) My Sketch Book, etchings and illustrations, original pictorial morocco, gilt, rebacked, lightly rubbed; and 9 others, v.s. (11)

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NO RESERVE Lancaster (Osbert) Classical Landscape with Figures, 1947; The Saracen's Head, 1948; Here, of all Places, 1959, fi

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Lot 276

NO RESERVE Lancaster (Osbert) Classical Landscape with Figures, 1947; The Saracen's Head, 1948; Here, of all Places, 1959, first editions, illustrations by Lancaster, original cloth, the first with hinges weak and a little worn, the other two with dust-jackets (price-clipped), the last a little rubbed and spotted; and 18 others illustrated by or about Lancaster, 4to & 8vo (21)

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NO RESERVE Lang (Leonora Blanche) The Red Book of Heroes, edited by Andrew Lang, colour plates and illustrations by A.Wallis

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Lot 277

NO RESERVE Lang (Leonora Blanche) The Red Book of Heroes, edited by Andrew Lang, colour plates and illustrations by A.Wallis Mills, original pictorial red cloth, gilt, g.e., spine very slightly faded, 1909 § Lang (Andrew, editor) The Yellow Fairy Book, illustrations by H.J.Ford, light spotting at beginning, contemporary half tan morocco, spine gilt, t.e.g., 1894; The Nursery Rhyme Book, illustrations by L.Leslie Brooke, some spotting, faint scribble to p.19, original cloth, spine gilt, g.e., spine slightly faded, London & New York, 1897, first editions, very slightly rubbed and a little fading to spines but good copies; and 15 others, 8vo (18)

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NO RESERVE Norton (Mary) The Borrowers Aloft, first edition, 1961 § Blyton (Enid) The Treasure Hunters, light marginal toning

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Lot 279

NO RESERVE Norton (Mary) The Borrowers Aloft, first edition, 1961 § Blyton (Enid) The Treasure Hunters, light marginal toning, 1962 § Brazil (Angela) The Madcap of the School, 1920, original boards or cloth, the last pictorial, all but the last with dust-jackets, extremities creased or lightly rubbed; and 42 others, 20th century children's literature, v.s. (45)

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Robinson (William Heath) The "First Colliery", an Almanac of Four Drawings, illustrated title, 4 sheets each with mounted pla

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Lot 282

Robinson (William Heath) The "First Colliery", an Almanac of Four Drawings, illustrated title, 4 sheets each with mounted plate by Robinson, depicting calendar months April 1938 - March 1939, light spotting to title and final leaf, title lightly browned, loosely bound with chord, repaired with tape, extremities creased, Lancashire Associated Collieries, 1925; Some 'Frightful' War Pictures, first edition, illustrations, light damp staining or finger soiling, original pictorial cloth-backed boards, rubbed and stained, 1915, folio & 8vo (2)

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Whittington Press.- Randle (John) Posters from Whittington 1996-2013, 'out of series' copy (Edition B), from an edition limit

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Lot 292

Whittington Press.- Randle (John) Posters from Whittington 1996-2013, 'out of series' copy (Edition B), from an edition limited 140, 29 tipped-in plates only (of 30), some folding, faint spotting to first plate, original buckram backed boards, housed in a portfolio, ribbon ties, Risbury, Whittington Press, 2013; and another incomplete 'out of series' Edition B copy of the same, folio (2)

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NO RESERVE Dutch & Northern European Art.- Fry (Roger) Flemish Art: A Critical Survey, first edition, original cloth-back

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NO RESERVE Dutch & Northern European Art.- Fry (Roger) Flemish Art: A Critical Survey, first edition, original cloth-backed pictorial boards ?by Vanessa Bell, a little rubbed and browned, small tear to spine, 1927 § Leeflang (H.) & others. Hercules Segers. Catalogue, 2 vol., Amsterdam, 2017 § Ainsworth (M.W.) & others. Man, Myth, and Sensual Pleasures: Jan Gossart's Renaissance. The Complete Works, New York, New Haven & London, 2010 § Campbell (L.) & Jan Van der Stock. Rogier van der Weyden 1400-1464: Master of Passions, Zwolle & Leuven, 2009 § Oberthaler (Elke) Bruegel the Master, Vienna, 2018 § de Boer (J. van Asperen) & others. Jan van Eyck: Two Paintings of Saint Francis Receiving the Stigmata, Philadelphia, 1997 § Vogelaar (C.) & others. Lucan van Leyden en de Renaissance, original wrappers, Leiden, 2011, plates and illustrations, many colour, all but the first two and last original cloth or boards with dust-jackets; and c.10 others on early Netherlandish art, 4to & 8vo (c.15)

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NO RESERVE Dutch & Northern European Art.- Schatborn (Peter) Rembrandt and his Circle Drawings in the Frits Lugt Collecti

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NO RESERVE Dutch & Northern European Art.- Schatborn (Peter) Rembrandt and his Circle Drawings in the Frits Lugt Collection, 2 vol., Bussum & Paris, 2010 § Bakker (B.) & others. Landscapes of Rembrandt, Bussum, Amsterdam & Paris, 1998 § Bialler (N.), Adrian T.Eeles & others. A Collection of Etchings by Rembrandt...formed by Joseph R.Ritman, Artemis & Sotheby's, 1995 § Logan (A.-M.) & M.C.Plomp. Peter Paul Rubens: The Drawings, New York, New Haven & London, 2004 § Gruber (G.) & others. Rubens: The Power of Transformation, Vienna, 2017 § Lammertse (F.) & Jaap van der Veen. Uylenburgh & Son: Art and commerce from Rembrandt to De Lairesse 1625-1675, original wrappers, Zwolle & Amsterdam, 2006, illustrations, all but the last original cloth or boards, the first with slip-case, the rest dust-jackets; and c.45 others on Dutch and Flemish art, 8vo & 4to (c.50)

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NO RESERVE Illustration.- Mills (Christopher) Marianne North: The Kew Collection, 2018 § Blaugrund (A.) & T.E.Stebbins Jr

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NO RESERVE Illustration.- Mills (Christopher) Marianne North: The Kew Collection, 2018 § Blaugrund (A.) & T.E.Stebbins Jr., editors. John James Audubon: The Watercolours for the Birds of America, original wrappers, New York, 1993 § Sherwood (Shirley) A New Flowering: 1000 Years of Botanical Art, original wrappers, Oxford, 2005 § Hayden (Ruth) Mrs Delany: Her life and her flowers, 1980, illustrations, many colour, the first and last original boards, the last with dust-jacket; and c.10 others on botanical and ornithological illustration, 4to & 8vo (c.15)

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