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Lot 192

NO RESERVE Elzevier.- Roman military.- Salmasius (Claudius) De re militari Romanorum, first edition, title with woodcut printer's device, a few diagrams within text, woodcut head- and tail-pieces and decorative initials, some spotting, joints cracked, but holding, recased using original contemporary vellum, lightly soiled, [Willems 808], small 4to, Leiden, Jean Elzevier, 1657.⁂ First edition of this work on the Roman army, written at the request of of the Prince of Orange.

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Lot 198

Kennett (Basil) Romæ antiquæ notitia: or, The antiquities of Rome, 11 engraved plates, some folding, final f. with errata / advertisements, lacking advertisement f. b8, occasional staining, lightly browned, contemporary panelled calf, rebacked, upper joint starting at head, lower cover scuffed, rubbed, [Wing K299], printed for Timothy Child, 1699 § Language.- Altieri (Ferdinando) A new grammar, Italian-English, and English-Italian: which contains a true and easy method for acquiring these two languages, first edition in English, title with woodcut ornament, woodcut head-pieces, contemporary speckled calf, gilt, spine in compartments and with new red leather label, rubbed, [Alston II, 605], William Innys, 1728; and 7 others, 18th century English, 8vo (9)

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Lot 199

Reformation.- Burnet (Gilbert) The History of the Reformation of the Church of England, 3 vol., including Supplement, fourth edition of parts 1 and 2 and first edition of the supplement, half-titles to first two vol., titles in red and black, 2 engraved additional pictorial titles, 21 engraved portraits, some spotting and light browning, mostly in vol.3, contemporary panelled calf, richly gilt spines in compartments and with red morocco labels, little chipping to spine ends, joints splitting, but holding firm, corners worn, rubbed, folio, printed for J. Walthoe and B. Tooke; J. Nicholson; D. Midwinter and B. Cowse, 1715.

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Lot 200

Ireland.- The Free-Holder's Address to the Free-Citizens of Dublin, first edition, title with woodcut floral ornament, minor marginal repairs, lightly browned throughout, modern calf-backed marbled boards, spine gilt, Dublin, James Esdall, 1749 § A Counter-Appeal to the People of Ireland, first edition, woodcut device to title, with final blank, a few marginal repairs, lightly browned throughout, modern calf-backed marbled boards, spine gilt, Dublin, no printer, 1749, 8vo (2)⁂ Two scarce works, the first relating to Charles Lucas.

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Lot 202

NO RESERVE Montesquieu.- Cattaneo (Giovani, Count) The source, the strength, and the true spirit of laws. In three parts. In which the errors of M. de Montesquieu, and some other eminent writers, are occasionally considered. To which are added, Essays on the natural origin of political governments, first edition in English, small repair to lower margin of H2, occasional spotting, little lightly browned, contemporary calf, upper cover detached, lower joint split, but holding firm, spine ends and corners worn, rubbed, 8vo, Printed for Lockyer Davis, 1753.⁂ Provenance: Sir James Stonhouse (1716-1795), English physician and Church of England clergyman, whose numerous religious tracts found popularity under the Society for the Promotion of Christian Knowledge imprint (ink inscription to front free endpaper 'James Stonhouse. M.D. of Northampton 1753').

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Lot 206

NO RESERVE Kimber (Isaac) Edmund Gibson and others. The life of Oliver Cromwell, Lord Protector of the Common-Wealth of England, Scotland, and Ireland, first edition, engraved portrait frontispiece, advertisement f., ink name to head and verso of title, 19th century half calf, rubbed, for J. Brotherton, 1794; and 21 others, mostly antiquarian, 8vo (22)

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Lot 207

Naval.- White (Thomas Evanson, translator) History of the Rise and Progress of the Naval Power of England, interspersed with various notices relating to the French Marine, half-title, tables, 20pp. advertisements at end, some marking in pencil, occasional spotting, lightly browned, original boards, rebacked in cloth, spine faded and with split at joints, rather worn, but holding firm, J.S. Barr, 1802 § Liardet (Capt. Francis) Professional Recollections of Points of Seamanship, Discipline, &c., first edition, single f. 'By permission' and advertisement f. at end, original cloth, gilt, spine faded, rubbed, Portsea, William Woodward, 1849; and 13 others, mostly Naval, v.s. (15)

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Lot 215

Frankenstein & Dracula.- Gaiety Theatre... Frankenstein, 8pp., [1887] § New Theatre, Cambridge... Dracula, 9pp., 1928, printed programmes, 8vo & sm. 4to (2).⁂ First mentioned opened at the Gaiety Theatre, London on 24 December 1887, the production was a flop, closing after a week.

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Lot 221

First World War Photograph Album, 95 sepia photographs only (of 96) on 48pp., each 100 x 120mm. captioned by hand below, original green cloth, a little rubbed and marked, 4to, 1915.⁂ An excellent album of photographs from the First World War, all taken in a private capacity, focussing on the campaigns in Gallipoli and Egypt. The captioned titles include "Turkish prisoners digging our graves - Anzac", "Graves of those who died of wounds from Gallipoli" "Pillow fight on Euripides" and Tub & Apple contest - Euripides". Nearly all collections of photographs from the war were taken as part of official propaganda work, private collections such as this are rare.

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Lot 223

NO RESERVE Feint (Andrian) Bookplates, number 1 of 125 copies, 21 tipped in bookplates (9 coloured), ink givt inscription "For Richard Smart, the first copy of the first book from the Palmtree Press, 1928" to endpaper, bookplate to pastedown, original cloth-backed boards, margins darkened, Sydney, Palmtree Press, 1928; and 3 others, private press, 8vo (4)⁂ Richard Smart's bookplate is the first featured in the first item.

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Lot 224

Peake (Mervyn) [Gormenghast trilogy], 3 vol., comprising Titus Groan, ink ownership inscription, upper joint weak, covers mottled and faded, spine ends and corners bumped and frayed, first issue dust-jacket without blurb, spine a little browned, head of spine a little chipped, some rubbing and creasing to foot of spine and corners, 1946; Gormenghast, covers a little mottled and faded, ink ownership inscription to endpaper, jacket spine lightly browned, light rubbing and creasing to head and foot, 1950; Titus Alone, frontispiece by the author, covers a little mottled and faded, jacket with light toning to spine and lower panel, 1959, first editions, original cloth, dust-jackets generally excellent overall, 8vo.⁂ An attractive set of Peake's classic macabre children's trilogy.

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Lot 225

NO RESERVE Fleming (Ian) Goldfinger, first edition, neat ink inscription to endpaper dated May 1959, original blind-stamped and gilt pictorial boards, minor bumping to spine ends and corners, else fine, dust-jacket, light browning to spine, spine ends and corners a little chipped and creased, light rubbing to extremities, but an excellent example overall, 8vo, 1959.

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Lot 32

NO RESERVE Education.- Blagdon Controversy.- More (Hannah).- The Something Wrong Developed; or, Free Remarks on Mrs. H.More's Conventicles, &c. seasonably addressed to the Blagdon Controvertists..., 20pp., first edition, stitched, a little soiled, final leaf stained and with small tear to text but no loss, 8vo, Bristol, Harris and Bryan, 1801.⁂ In 1795 Hannah More had established a Sunday school in Blagdon, one of several she founded in the poverty-stricken villages of the Mendip hills in Somerset in an attempt to keep the young from crime. The curate of the parish, Thomas Bere, was opposed to the school on the grounds that it was Evangelical and it was forced to close. The affair expanded into a national debate on how the labouring classes should be educated and by whom.Library Hub lists one copy only (BL); WorldCat records that and another at the University of California, Los Angeles.

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Lot 34

NO RESERVE Etiquette.- Etiquette for Gentlemen: with Hints on the Art of Conversation, first edition, half-title, wood-engraved title-vignette, original embossed limp purple cloth, gilt, g.e., a little faded (mostly spine), 16mo, Charles Tilt, 1838.⁂ The first of several editions but seemingly scarce; Library Hub and WorldCat list only 2 copies (BL and Oxford).

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Lot 37

NO RESERVE Stevenson (R.L.) Travels with a Donkey in the Cevennes, second edition, frontispiece, ink inscription to front free endpaper, original pictorial green cloth, gilt, a good copy, 1879 § Kipling (Rudyard) Plain Tales From the Hills, first edition, first issue with p.192 number misplaced and 24pp. advertisements dated December 1887 (foxing to final leaf), front free endpaper with ownership inscriptions and rear with corner torn away, original pictorial olive cloth, rubbed and damp-stained, Calcutta, 1888 § Horatius Flaccus (Quintus) [Opera], engraved portrait and additional title, original maroon cloth, uncut, William Pickering, 1824 § [Paterson (Samuel)] Joineriana: or the Book of Scraps, 2 vol., later half morocco, t.e.g., others uncut, a little scuffed, for Joseph Johnson, 1772 § Thornbury (Walter) The Life of J.M.W.Turner, chromolithographed plates, 32pp. catalogue at end, some foxing, original pictorial cloth, gilt, 1877, slightly rubbed; and 13 others, literature and history, 8vo et infra (18)

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Lot 38

Daniel Press.- Dixon (Richard Watson) Odes and Eclogues, 1884; Lyrical Poems, 1887; The Story of Eudocia & her Brothers, 1888, together 3 vol. in 1, one of 100, 105 & 50 copies respectively, very occasional spotting, bookplate of J.A.Fuller Maitland, contemporary citron morocco, gilt, by Stoakley late Hawes, t.e.g., others uncut, a little browned at edges, spine a little rubbed, splits to upper joint, Oxford, Henry Daniel § Bridges (Robert) Three Friends: Memoirs of Digby Mackworth Dolben, Richard Watson Dixon, Henry Bradley, first edition, original boards, uncut & unopened, dust-jacket lightly soiled, 1932 § Dolben (Digby Mackworth) The Poems, edited with a Memoir by Robert Bridges, first edition, with 4 typed sheets of variant readings and errata by Bridges loosely inserted, original cloth-backed boards, uncut & unopened, dust-jacket, spine browned and frayed at ends, 1911 § Blunden (Edmund) Pastorals: A Book of Verses, first edition, original brown wrappers printed in blue and black uncut, 1916, 4to & 8vo (4)⁂ Richard Watson Dixon taught Gerard Manley Hopkins at Highgate School. Robert Bridges became a lifelong friend of Hopkins at Oxford and was responsible for his posthumous literary reputation; he also introduced him to his young cousin, Digby Mackworth Dolben, with whom Hopkins became infatuated. Dolben drowned at the age of 19 shortly before he was due to go up to Oxford.

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Lot 41

Hanley (James) The German Prisoner, with an Introduction by Richard Aldington, first edition, one of 500 copies signed by the author, signed by the author again with long quotation from the work on front free endpaper, frontispiece by William Roberts, original crimson buckram, t.e.g., others uncut, fading to upper edges, 8vo, privately printed, 1930.⁂ The terrible story of two soldiers and their sadistic treatment of a young German prisoner in a shell-hole of No Man's Land during the First World War. "There is a peculiar power about Rottenness, in that it feeds on itself, borrows from itself, and its tendency is always downward. That very action had seized the polluted imagination of the Irishman. He was helpless. Rottenness called to him - called to him from the pesty frame of Elston. After the action they both laughed again, but this time louder. 'Hell!' exclaimed O'Garra.(Page 30) James Hanley London 1930".

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Lot 46

NO RESERVE Bibliography.- Mortlock (D.P.) The Holkham Library: A History and Description, for members of the Roxburghe Club, 2006 § History of Bookbinding 525-1950 A.D.: An Exhibition..., Baltimore, 1957 § Nixon (Howard M.) Five Centuries of English Bookbinding, reprint, 1979 § Fulton (John F.) A Bibliography of the Honourable Robert Boyle, second edition, Oxford, 1961 § Harris (F.) & Michael Hunter. John Evelyn and his Milieu, 2003 § Garrett (A.) A History of Wood Engraving, 1978 § Keynes (G.) The Library of Edward Gibbon: A Catalogue, second edition, 1980, illustrations, original cloth or boards, some a little affected by damp, all but the first two and the last with dust-jackets; and a small quantity of others, bibliography, some catalogues, v.s. (c.60)

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Lot 47

NO RESERVE Bibliography.- Gumuchian & Cie. Les Livres de l'Enfance du XVe au XIXe Siècle, 2 vol., some spotting, bound in half red morocco, spines gilt, rather damp-stained, Paris, [1930] § St. John (J.) The Osborne Collection of Early Children's Books 1566-1910: A Catalogue, 2 vol., Toronto, 1958 § Cotsen (M.S.) The Beatrix Potter Collection of Lloyd Cotsen, 2004 § Alderson (B.) & Felix de Marez Oyens. Be Merry and Wise: Origins of Children's Book Publishing in England, 1650-1850, London & New Castle, 2006 § Roscoe (S.) John Newbery and his Successors 1740-1814: A Bibliography, Wormley, 1973, plates and illustrations, some colour, all but the first original cloth or boards, the last two with dust-jackets; and c.25 others on children's books, v.s. (c.30)

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Lot 48

NO RESERVE Conjuring.- Sachs (Edwin) Sleight of Hand: a Practical Manual of Legerdemain..., second, enlarged, edition, occasional foxing, 1885 § [Lewis (Angelo J.)], "Professor Louis Hoffmann". More Magic, first edition, 1890; Conjurer Dick, n.d.; Puzzles Old and New, n.d.; Latest Magic, first edition, New York, 1918 § Clarke (Sidney W.) & Adolphe Blind. The Bibliography of Conjuring, original cloth-backed boards, 1920 § Winder (Roland) Check List of the Older Books on Conjuring in the Library..., limited edition (number not specified but "strictly limited"), presentation copy from the author to James Stevens Cox with accompanying T.L.s. offering to buy any conjuring books missing from his collection, tipped-in frontispiece and portrait, original cloth, Leeds, 1967, illustrations, all but the sixth original cloth, most pictorial, most rather damp-stained; and 2 others, Hoffmann, 8vo & 4to (9)

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Lot 50

[Dodgson (Charles Lutwidge)], "Lewis Carroll". The Nursery "Alice"..., second edition [first published edition], with "Price four shillings" at foot of title, colour frontispiece and illustrations after Tenniel, 3pp. advertisements at end, light offsetting to title, some marginal soiling or staining, original cloth-backed glazed pictorial boards by E.Gertrude Thomson, a little worn, [Williams-Madan-Green-Crutch 216], Macmillan and Co., 1890; The Wonderland Postage-Stamp Case, pictorial card folder containing 12 slots for stamps in pictorial slip-case, with 38pp. booklet 'Eight or Nine Wise Words about Letter-Writing' (lacking final leaf), together in printed envelope, a little creased at edges, Oxford, Emberlin and Son, 1890 [?but later], 4to & 12mo (3)⁂ 10,000 copies of the first were printed by Edmund Evans in 1889 but Dodgson thought the illustrations "far too bright and gaudy" and he rejected the print run. It was then reprinted on white rather than toned paper and Alice's profile removed from the illustration of her with the Cheshire cat on p.34.

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Lot 51

NO RESERVE Gaskin (Georgie) Little Girls and Little Boys, colour illustrated alphabet of girls' and boys' names, printed on rectos only, light spotting, original pictorial cloth, gilt, damp-stained, lacking ties, 1898 § B[elloc] (H[ilaire]) More Beasts (for Worse Children), first edition, upper hinge split, original cloth-backed glazed pictorial boards, [c.1897] § Sowerby (J.G.) & H.H.Emmerson. Afternoon Tea: Rhymes for Children, colour illustrations, half-title browned, original cloth-backed glazed pictorial boards, [1890] § Mother Hubbard's Alphabet. The History of Mother Hubbard and her Dog, hand-coloured wood-engravings, printed on rectos only, contemporary ink inscription at beginning, some stains, original printed yellow wrappers, soiled, T.H.Munday, [c.1850] § Warwick House Toy Books. Favourite Animals and their Uses, 6 large chromolithographed plates, original decorative wrappers, [c.1870] § Bohny (N.) The New Picture Book..., fifth edition, hand-coloured lithographed plates in strip format, stained, several leaves torn and repaired, contemporary half calf, Edinburgh, 1869, rubbed or worn; and 6 others, children's, v.s. (12)

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Lot 52

Greenaway (Kate).- Harte (Bret) The Queen of the Pirate Isle, first edition, illustrations by Kate Greenaway, original pictorial beige linen, blue endpapers, g.e., a little soiled, slight stain to upper cover, [Schuster 165 (1e)], Chatto and Windus, [1886] § Greenaway (Kate) Book of Games, shaken, original pictorial green cloth, yellow endpapers, rear cover stained, George Routledge & Sons, n.d.; Marigold Garden, original cloth-backed pictorial glazed boards, Frederick Warne & Co., n.d.; Malbuch für das kleine Volk, second edition, wood-engraved illustrations after Greenaway neatly coloured by hand, some heightened with gold, original pictorial terracotta boards, joints and spine worn, Munich, n.d., the first three with illustrations by Greenaway printed in colours by Edmund Evans, all rubbed; and 12 others, Greenaway, including almanacs for 1884 & 1890 and 4 calendars for 1884, v.s. (16)

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Lot 55

NO RESERVE Wells (H.G.) Floor Games, first edition, photographic plates, illustrations in blue by J.R.Sinclair, original cloth with illustration mounted on upper cover (slightly damaged), 1911 § Murray (H.J.R.) A History of Board Games other than Chess, Oxford, 1952 § Bell (R.C.) Board and Table Games from many Civilizations, 1960, the last two with illustrations, original cloth or boards with dust-jackets, a little rubbed, 8vo (3)⁂ The first is a delightful work on the imaginative nursery games played by the author and his two sons. The elder, George Philip "Gip", became a noted zoologist and comparative physiologist, co-authoring The Science of Life of 1929-30 with his father and Julian Huxley.

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Lot 56

NO RESERVE Bewick (John).- Emblems of Mortality; representing...Death seizing all Ranks and Degrees of People, first Bewick edition, wood-engraved frontispiece and 51 illustrations by John Bewick after Holbein, stain to last few leaves, contemporary sheep, worn, joints split, 12mo, T.Hodgson, 1789.

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Lot 64

NO RESERVE J.M.W Turner.- English School (19th century) Roman architectural study, pen and brown ink over traces of pencil on wove paper without watermark, affixed on paper support bearing old pencil attribution to Turner on verso, sheet 185 x 235 mm (7 1/4 x 9 1/4 in), surface dirt and light toning, unframed, probably early 19th century; together with another interior study attributed to the young Turner, watercolour over red and brown ink, traces of pencil, laid paper without watermark, old inscriptions verso suggesting a date of circa 1780-1790, with inscription in brown ink verso that reads 'Cellar - Ca[?]yage's House, Redcliffe Street/ Bristol', 200 x 285 mm (7 7/8 x 11 1/4 in), unframed, late 18th century (2)⁂ The first mentioned drawing bears some passing similarity to several views found in Turner's sketchbook 'Rome: Colour Studies Sketchbook', part of the Tate collection; see View of St Peter's Square, Rome [see acc. D16368, Turner Bequest CLXXXIX 41]. The Tate drawing is prepared with graphite pencil sketching for the architectural details and then reinforced with iron gall ink over all the main elements.

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Lot 65

[Leighton (John)], "Luke Limner". London Out of Town or the Adventures of the Browns at the Sea Side, lithographed illustrations in strip format printed on rectos only, original pictorial wrappers, rubbed, preserved in old envelope, D.Bogue, [1847] § Doyle (Richard) An Overland Journey to the Great Exhibition showing a few extra articles & visitors, wood-engraved folding panorama of 16 sections, light foxing, first leaf with tear to lower margin, original printed boards, rubbed and soiled, spine a little worn, [c.1851], oblong 8vo (2)

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Lot 86

NO RESERVE South West England.- Naïve School (early 19th century) East View of Ilfracombe from Heilisborough Hill; Ilfracombe taken from the First Field..., a pair of watercolours over pencil, pen and ink titles inscribed underneath, on wove paper, one with watermark date of '1804', each image approx. 280 x 450 mm (11 x 17 3/4 in), irregularly trimmed, some losses to edges affecting images, nicks and tears, surface dirt, unframed, [circa 1805]; together with 5 prints of South West England, including Humphry Repton's aquatint View from the South Front of Frome House Dorset. N Gould Esq., with overslip, from 'Fragments on the Theory and Practice of Landscape Gardening', Isaac Robert Cruikshank's Lyme Regis; from the Terrace, looking S.W., published by M. Hutchings in Dorset in 1819, three oval stipple-engravings of coastal landscapes and views, together with two other miscellaneous engravings, various sizes, all unframed, 19th century (8)

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Lot 87

South West England.- Noble (W.B.) A Guide to the Watering Places on the Coast...including Teignmouth, Dawlish, and Torquay, Part I only (of 4), 4 hand-coloured aquatint plates by D.Havell after Noble, one folding, some light soiling, broken and loose, Teignmouth, E.Croydon, 1817 § Rowe (George) Views of Torquay, 9 lithographed plates on india paper and mounted, mounts stained or browned, stitched in original printed wrappers, a little soiled and stained, Exeter and Torquay, n.d. § Taylor (John) A Book about Bristol..., first edition, plates of mounted actual photographs, 6pp. advertisements at end, contemporary calf, rubbed, rebacked, some edges repaired, London & Bristol, 1872; and 10 others on the West Country including the Devon & Dorset volume of The Beauties of England & Wales, oblong 4to & 8vo (13)

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South West England.- Tunnicliff (William) A Topographical Survey of the Counties of Hants, Wilts, Dorset, Somerset, Devon, and Cornwall, first edition, 7 folding hand-coloured engraved maps, 44 engraved plates of coats-of-arms on 24 leaves (most printed on both sides), 6 double-page tables, ink inscription to head of title, a little soiled, light offsetting, one or two tears to maps repaired, later half morocco, by Rivière & Son, spine gilt, t.e.g., others uncut, slightly rubbed, 8vo, Salisbury, for the Author, 1791.

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Lot 95

NO RESERVE France.- Weld (Charles Richard) A Vacation in Brittany, first edition, wood-engraved vignettes, original blind-stamped cloth, spine faded, 1856 § Palais et jardins de Versailles et de Trianon, wood-engraved plates by Jaime, original cloth, damp-stained, Versailles, Brunox, [c.1870] § Malan (César) La Valisane, seventh edition, original pictorial boards, Toulouse, 1870; The Valisane, or Woman of Valais, original printed wrappers, pencil notes to inside covers, J.Nisbet, 1822, rubbed; and 2 others, 8vo et infra (6)

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Lot 96

NO RESERVE Japan.- Tamamura Kozaburo, photographer. The School Life of Young Japan, 20 hand-coloured photographic plates, tissue guards, ink inscription dated 1907 to front pastedown, original cloth sewn in japanese style, very slightly faded at edges, oblong 8vo, Kobe, [c.1907].⁂ The first part depicts children at their classes of arithmetic, penmanship, reading, sewing, "the art of cutting fancy designs in paper" etc.; the second part shows sports and exercising including piggyback, three-legged races, a form of netball, and learning to carry burdens "as soldiers, they will need to do it more practically some day, for Japan is a conscript nation".

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Lot 97

NO RESERVE Middle East.- Lawrence (T.E.) Oriental Assembly, first edition, 1939 § Dickson (H.R.P.) The Arab of the Desert, fourth impression, 1967 § Sim (Katharine) Desert Traveller: The Life of Jean Louis Burckhardt, 1969, plates and illustrations, original cloth or boards, damp-stained, dust-jackets, a little rubbed and soiled, the last with faded spine, 8vo (3)

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Lot 98

NO RESERVE Mountaineering.- Norton (Lt.-Col. Edward Felix) The Fight for Everest: 1924, first edition, plates, some colour, folding panorama, folding colour map at end, ink inscription to front free endpaper, foxed, original cloth, a little damp-stained, 1925; and another on Lhasa, 8vo (2)⁂ Including a description of the fatal summit attempt by Mallory and Irvine.

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Lot 99

NO RESERVE North America.- McCrea (Lt.-Col. R.B.) Lost amid the Fogs: Sketches of Life in Newfoundland, first edition, chromolithographed frontispiece, 4pp. advertisements at end, foxing, ex-library copy with stamps and labels, original cloth, library label to upper cover, 1869 § Desjardins (Paul) Sur le Grand-Banc. Pêcheurs de Terre-Neuve, plates, foxing, original printed wrappers, lightly stained, Paris, 1905; and another on Mexico, 8vo (3)

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Giovanni Battista Piranesi (1720-1778)The Arch of Constantine; The Porta Maggiore, from Vedute di Roma (Hind 97; 119) Two etchings, 1771 and 1775, the first state of three, the First Paris Edition, on heavy laid paper, with the central vertical fold, with wide margins, 485 x 706mm (19 1/8 x 27 7/8in)(PL)(2)This lot is subject to the following lot symbols: PP This lot is owned by a private individual. The right of return enjoyed by EU customers is not applicable.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com

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Lot 154

Pablo Picasso (Spanish, 1881-1973)L'Atelier de Cannes, cover for 'Ces peintres nos amis, Vol. II' (Mourlot 279; Bloch 794) Lithograph printed in colours, 1956, on Arches, first produced in 1965 as a frontispiece for the book 'Dans l'Atelier de Picasso', this impression used as the cover of the volume 'Ces Peintres Nos Amis', Vol. II, with the colours reworked by the artist, from an edition of 250, printed and published by Mourlot, Paris in 1960, without the conjoined leaf and with the vertical fold at left edge as issued, 445 x 331mm (17 1/2 x 13in)(unframed)This lot is subject to the following lot symbols: ARAR Goods subject to Artists Resale Right Additional Premium.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com

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Lot 176

Mario Marini (Spanish, born 1955)Il Miracolo; One Plate, from 'Il Teatro delle Maschere' & One Plate, from 'Shakespeare I' Lithograph printed in colours, 1965, on Rives, signed and numbered 15/60 in pencil, published by L'Oeuvre Gravee, Paris, with their blindstamp, with full margins, 785 x 552mm (33 1/2 x 21 3/4in)(I); together with 'One Plate, from 'Il Teatro delle Maschere' and 'One Plate, from 'Shakespeare I', two etchings with drypoint and aquatint in colours, 1973/77, on wove, each signed and inscribed 'P.A.' in pencil, artist's proofs aside from the respective numbered editions of 50 and 75, the first printed by Il Cigno, Rome, published by Albra, Turin, 480 x 640mm (18 7/8 x 25 1/4in)(PL); the second printed by Labyrinth, Florence, published by ZWR, London, with their blindstamp, with full margins, 495 x 400mm (19 1/2 x 15 3/5in)(PL)(3)This lot is subject to the following lot symbols: AR PAR Goods subject to Artists Resale Right Additional Premium.P This lot is owned by a private individual. The right of return enjoyed by EU customers is not applicable.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com

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Lucas Van Leyden (1494-1533)Young Man with a Skull (New Hollstein 174) Engraving, circa 1519, on laid paper, with watermark Cross of Lorraine (B.9325), a uniform impression of the first state (of two), trimmed to the platemark, 184 x 145mm (7 1/4 x 5 3/4in)(SH) This lot is subject to the following lot symbols: PP This lot is owned by a private individual. The right of return enjoyed by EU customers is not applicable.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com

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Francisco José de Goya y Lucientes (Spanish, 1746-1828)De quel mal morira?, from 'Los Caprichos' (Harris 75) Etching with burnished aquatint, 1799, on laid, a good impression from the first edition, printed by the artist, Madrid, the full sheet, 215 x 150mm (8 1/2 x 5 7/8in)(PL); 320 x 217mm (12 5/8 x 8 1/2in)(SH)This lot is subject to the following lot symbols: * P* VAT on imported items at a preferential rate of 5% on Hammer Price and the prevailing rate on Buyer's Premium.P This lot is owned by a private individual. The right of return enjoyed by EU customers is not applicable.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com

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Francisco José de Goya y Lucientes (Spanish, 1746-1828)El amor y la muerte, from 'Los Caprichos' (Harris 45) Etching with aquatint, 1799, on laid paper, a very good impression, from the first edition, printed by the artist, Madrid, the full sheet, 215 x 150mm (8 1/2 x 5 7/8in)(PL); 320 x 215mm (12 5/8 x 8 1/2in)(SH)(unframed)This lot is subject to the following lot symbols: PP This lot is owned by a private individual. The right of return enjoyed by EU customers is not applicable.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com

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Lot 23

Francisco José de Goya y Lucientes (Spanish, 1746-1828)Que se la llevaron, from 'Los Caprichos' (Harris 43) Etching with aquatint, 1799, on laid paper, a very good impression, from the first edition, printed by the artist, Madrid, the full sheet, 215 x 150mm (8 1/2 x 5 7/8in)(PL); 320 x 216mm (12 5/8 x 8 1/2in)(SH)(unframed)This lot is subject to the following lot symbols: PP This lot is owned by a private individual. The right of return enjoyed by EU customers is not applicable.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com

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Bonhams
Lot 290

Helmut Newton (Australian, 1920-2004)Sumo Monte Carlo: Taschen, 1999. 400 duotone reproductions of photographs selected and edited by June Newton. First edition, signed and numbered 9849 in an edition of 10,000 by Helmut Newton, cloth wrappers & illustrated dust jacket; with chromed metal bookstand designed by Philippe Starck, 698 x 502mm (27 1/2 x 19 3/4in); stand 508 x 546mm x 546mm (20 x 21 1/2 x 21 1/2in)This lot is subject to the following lot symbols: • P• Zero rated for VAT, no VAT will be added to the Hammer Price or the Buyer's Premium.P This lot is owned by a private individual. The right of return enjoyed by EU customers is not applicable.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com

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Lot 5

Hendrick Goltzius (1558-1617), After Cornelis Cornelisz. van Haarlem (1562-1638)The Dragon Devouring the Fellows of Cadmus (Bartsch 262; Hollstein 310; Strauss 261; New Hollstein 329) Engraving, 1588, on laid paper, watermark Escutcheon with Fleur-de-Lys and pendant Letters WR (cf. Briquet 7165, dated Leiden 1587), a fine impression of the first state (of four), trimmed to the subject and the text below, a vertical central crease with associated small repairs and other minor defects, 248 x 312mm (9 1/2 x 12 1/4in)(SH)Footnotes:ProvenanceCollection of Giancarlo Beltrame; Death and Desire: Prints from the Collection of Giancarlo Beltrame, Christie's online, October 25 to November 3, 2016, lot 3. Acquired from the above sale by the present owner.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com

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Bonhams
Lot 56

Edward Wadsworth (British, 1889-1949)Imaginary Harbour (Greenwood W/C 26 Artmonsky p.90) Autolithograph printed in colours, 1938, on machine made lithographic cartridge paper, from the proposed edition of approximately 400, of which only 100 copies were pulled, printed by Curwen Press Ltd., London, published by Contemporary Lithographs Ltd., London, 500 x 660mm (19 3/4 x 26in)(SH)Footnotes:The composition of Wadsworth's autolithograph, the artist's first work in this medium, is a modified and simplified version of an earlier homonymous painting Imaginary Harbour from 1934.This lot is subject to the following lot symbols: * P* VAT on imported items at a preferential rate of 5% on Hammer Price and the prevailing rate on Buyer's Premium.P This lot is owned by a private individual. The right of return enjoyed by EU customers is not applicable.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com

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Lot 83

Laurence Stephen Lowry R.A. (British, 1887-1976)The Paintings of L.S. Lowry; The Drawings of L.S. Lowry Two books, 1975-6, first editions, each signed in ink, numbered 61 and 44 respectively ('Paintings' was printed in an edition of 100 and 'Drawings' in an edition of 50), published by Jupiter Books, London, bound as issued, 300 x 250mm (12 x 10in)(and smaller)(Vol)(2)This lot is subject to the following lot symbols: • AR P• Zero rated for VAT, no VAT will be added to the Hammer Price or the Buyer's Premium.AR Goods subject to Artists Resale Right Additional Premium.P This lot is owned by a private individual. The right of return enjoyed by EU customers is not applicable.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com

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Lot 90

Laurence Stephen Lowry R.A. (British, 1887-1976)Deal Beach; Deal Sketch Two offset lithographs printed in colours, 1973, each on wove, the first signed in pencil, the second signed in ink, each from the edition of 850, both published by Venture Prints Ltd., Bristol, both with the Fine Art Trade Guild blindstamp, 260 x 505mm (10 1/4 x 20in)(and smaller)(I)(2)This lot is subject to the following lot symbols: AR PAR Goods subject to Artists Resale Right Additional Premium.P This lot is owned by a private individual. The right of return enjoyed by EU customers is not applicable.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com

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Clevedon Salerooms
Lot 1

Offered for auction on the instructions of the Executors – 2019 Volvo XC40 FWD Auto 2.0 diesel D3 Inscription, five door, Geartronic. Registration number YK19HCC. Mileage 1,314, metallic blue with cream leather interior, two keys. First registered 1st March 2019. The purchaser will need to apply for a new V5 as the current one has not been located. Service book with pre-delivery stamp for Clive Brook Volvo Ltd. Bradford. Sold as seen with the balance of the three-year manufacturer’s warranty. We recommend viewing this lot in person. PLEASE NOTE REDUCED BUYERS PREMIUM OF 5% PLUS VAT (on this lot only). Additional charges for live on-line bidding via www.the-saleroom.com apply. Special Bidding conditions for this lot only – Potential bidders may bid in person at the Salerooms for this lot after registering their details with the auctioneer

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Clevedon Salerooms
Lot 171

Stamps - Collection across four albums plus loose, mainly UK including First Day covers and presentation packs etc

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Clevedon Salerooms
Lot 173

Stamps - Six large albums plus several smaller to include; Victorian Penny Reds (stuck down) to Queen Elizabeth across two albums, three albums First Day Covers, etc

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Clevedon Salerooms
Lot 186

Group of six Belgium First World War Medals comprising Yser Medal October 1914, Croix de Guerre with palms medal x 2, War Commemorative Medal x 2, and Belgium Victory Medal, all on ribbon

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Clevedon Salerooms
Lot 187

Five British India General Service Medals comprising: North West Frontier 1930-31 awarded to 32884DDR Bachan Singh of the First Mountain Bachery, North West Frontier 1936-37 Medal awarded to 8732 L Naik Basanta of the 1-10 Baluch regiment, North West Frontier 1936-37 Medal awarded to 12190 Sepoy Nadar Khan of the 2-2 Punjab Regiment, North West Frontier 1935 Medal awarded to 12190 Sepoy Nadar Khan and North West Frontier 1919 80590 Gunner A Symes MGC, all on ribbon, and all having clasps

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Clevedon Salerooms
Lot 189

First World War South Africa Victory Medal 1914-18 awarded to SPR F Whatmore of the Sarods, on ribbon

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Clevedon Salerooms
Lot 322

Two large late 19th/early 20th Century Japanese Imari porcelain chargers or dishes, late Meiji/Taisho, the first of 24-lobed form centred by an urn issuing flowers within panelled borders, 45.5cm diameter, the second of matching outline decorated with scroll work and chrysanthemum borders, 46cm diameter (2)

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Clevedon Salerooms
Lot 484

Late 19th/early 20th Century pine trunk having hinged cover with later seaman's chest decoration, the cover with oval panel depicting a paddle steamer, the front with the name Reuben Hogg First Engineer, 79cm wide x 45cm deep x 42cm high

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Hansons Auctioneers and Valuers
Lot 2120

A cast iron money box; "The One That Got Away" along with a mid 20th Century first aid tin box

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Hansons Auctioneers and Valuers
Lot 2268

Burton, William. The Description of Leicestershire, first edition, London: John White, [1622], full contemporary calf with oxblood morocco title label lettered in gilt, engraved frontispiece portrait, engraved pictorial title page, folding map, woodcut headers, capitals, armorial crests

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Hansons Auctioneers and Valuers
Lot 3003

Antiquarian 17th-century Holy Bible, Robert Barker, 1634. Full leather binding. Published just 23 years after the first edition of The King James Bible. Beautifully engraved red & black title page. Owner inscription 1773.

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Hansons Auctioneers and Valuers
Lot 3005

Madonna Sex Book first edition, numbered. Good condition, some scratches to cover. No cd or comic or outer silver bag - along with two Madonna annuals and one musical express annual. 

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Hansons Auctioneers and Valuers
Lot 3043

Shakespeare, William. The First Folio, second edition, London: W. W. Norton & Company, 1996, together with the Complete Plays, in eight volumes, Folio Society, with slipcases (9)

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