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Maimbourg (Louis) The History of the League, translated by John Dryden, first edition in English, engraved frontispiece, slig

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Maimbourg (Louis) The History of the League, translated by John Dryden, first edition in English, engraved frontispiece, slightly browned, new endpapers, modern half morocco, gilt spine, edges uncut, [Wing M292; Pforzheimer 132], M. Flesher for Jacob Tonson, 1684 § Gurney (Joseph) The Trial of John Motherhill, for Committing a Rape on the Body of Miss Catharine Wade, The Second Edition, small tear in title, slightly browned, disbound, G. Kearsley and M. Gurney, 1786; and 4 others, v.s., v.d. (6).

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Defoe (Daniel) The consolidator: or, memoirs of sundry transactions from the world in the moon. Translated from the lunar lan

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Defoe (Daniel) The consolidator: or, memoirs of sundry transactions from the world in the moon. Translated from the lunar language, by the author of The true-born English man, first edition, half-title, some mostly light browning, occasional spotting, contemporary speckled calf, richly gilt spine in compartments, spine neatly repaired, [Rothschild 737], 8vo, Printed: and are to be sold by Benj. Bragg, at the Blue-Ball in Ave-Mary-Lane, 1705.⁂ 'Though 'this prose satire contains the first hints of many of the ideas which Swift afterwards embodied in Gulliver' (Lowndes. art. Defoe) there is no positive evidence that Swift ever read or possessed a copy of The Consolidator. Provenance: Rolle (engraved armorial bookplate).

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Newton (Sir Isaac) The Chronology of Ancient Kingdoms Amended, first edition, engraved head-piece and initial, 3 folding engr

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Newton (Sir Isaac) The Chronology of Ancient Kingdoms Amended, first edition, engraved head-piece and initial, 3 folding engraved plates, some light marginal water-staining, some spotting and soiling, bookplate of Airedale College Library, contemporary calf, rebacked, corners worn, 4to, for J. Tonson and J. Osborn and T. Longman, 1728.

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Shakespeare (William) The Comedy of Errors, engraved frontispiece, for J. Tonson, 1734; The Merchant of Venice, engraved fron

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Lot 217

Shakespeare (William) The Comedy of Errors, engraved frontispiece, for J. Tonson, 1734; The Merchant of Venice, engraved frontispiece, for J. Tonson, 1734; Julius Cæsar. A Tragedy. As is acted at the Theatre Royal in Drury-Lane by His Majesty's Servants, engraved frontispiece, for J. Tonson, 1734; Pericles, Prince of Tyre, engraved frontispiece, for J. Tonson, 1734; Much Ado About Nothing, lacking frontispiece, for J. Tonson, 1734; Hamlet, Prince of Denmark: A Tragedy, engraved frontispiece, title printed in red and black, for W. Feales, 1737; The History of Sir John Oldcastle, The Good Lord Cobham, engraved frontispiece, for J. Tonson, 1734, together 7 works in 1 vol., occasional spotting, some light browning, contemporary calf, gilt, rebacked, 12mo⁂ Often the Tonson printings of the plays are the first separate editions.

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Freind (John) Chymical Lectures: in which almost all the Operations of Chymistry are reduced to their True Principles, and th

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Freind (John) Chymical Lectures: in which almost all the Operations of Chymistry are reduced to their True Principles, and the Laws of Nature, first edition, light water-staining to title and front free endpapers, Macclesfield library copy with blind-stamp at head of title and bookplates, contemporary panelled sheep, spine gilt, rubbed, joints split, small wormed patches to lower cover, [Ferguson I, 291], 8vo, by Philip Gwillim, for Jonah Bowyer, 1712.

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Silk Printing in a miniature book.- Pindar. [Odes in Greek]. Ta Tou Pindarou Olympia, Ex editione Oxoniense, text in Greek, p

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Silk Printing in a miniature book.- Pindar. [Odes in Greek]. Ta Tou Pindarou Olympia, Ex editione Oxoniense, text in Greek, printed on silk, last f. blank, slightly browned but the silk in excellent condition, Dutch floral endpapers, contemporary red morocco, the covers tooled in gilt, the spine tooled and lettered in gilt with raised bands, 80 x 55mm., Glasgow, R. and A. Foulis, 1754; and c. 15 others, miniature and small books including an 1844 facsimile reprint of The New England Primer, v.s., v.d. (c. 15).⁂ This work is the first of four Foulis publications of Pindar in miniature between 1754 and 1758 and is from an unknown but surely small group printed on silk. While a few copies on silk are known institutionally they are rare at auction, with ABPC reporting only two copies sold. These are the Houghton copy (Christie's 1979) and the Irene Winterstein copy (Christie's South Kensington 2000) which was described as "somewhat worn, upper cover detached." Gaskell, 274; ESTC T134376; Brunet IV, 660; Mikrobiblion 192.

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[Johnson (Richard)], "Master Tommy Littleton, Secretary to the Court". Juvenile Trials for Robbing Orchards, telling Fibs, an

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[Johnson (Richard)], "Master Tommy Littleton, Secretary to the Court". Juvenile Trials for Robbing Orchards, telling Fibs, and other high Misdemeanours, first edition, woodcut frontispiece, woodcuts within text, some inner gutters strengthened with tape, causing browning, "Dutch" floral boards, rebacked in cloth, tape marks, corners worn, rubbed, [cf. Osborne p.270], 12mo, Printed for T. Carnan, At Number 65, St. Paul's Church-yard, 1772.⁂ Rare. This first edition not listed in ESTC. Carnan entered the work at Stationer's Hall on 18th December, 1771. Provenance: 'John Anthony Whitaker, March 1, 1773' (ink inscriptions to front free endpapers).

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American War of Independence.- Adams (Samuel) An Oration Delivered at the State-House, in Philadelphia... 1776... Member of t

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American War of Independence.- Adams (Samuel) An Oration Delivered at the State-House, in Philadelphia... 1776... Member of the General Congress of... America, 46pp., half-title, [Howes A72; Sabin 344; ESTC lists 3 copies of this edition only; not in BL or the National Library of Ireland], Philadelphia Printed and Dublin Re-Printed by J. Exshaw, 1776 bound with Price (John) Observations on the Nature of Civil Liberty, the Principles of Government, and the Justice and Policy of the War with America, folding table, [Howes P-586], Dublin, J. Exshaw and others, 1776 bound with [Colonial Taxation].- [Ferguson (Adam)] Remarks on a Pamphlet Lately Published by Dr. Price..., 72pp., Dublin, Messrs. Whitestone and others, 1776, together 5 pamphlets in 1 vol., bound in differing order, slightly browned, contemporary tree calf, gilt, gilt spine, split but holding, 12mo.⁂ First mentioned a spurious work, Adams did not make this speech and it was not delivered to the Congress.

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Medical Recipes.- [Collection of recipes, mostly medicinal], manuscript, 132pp. excluding blanks, in several hands, numerous

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Medical Recipes.- [Collection of recipes, mostly medicinal], manuscript, 132pp. excluding blanks, in several hands, numerous manuscript recipes (1 in a letter to Sir Jonathan Coryton) loosely inserted or held in place by pins, slightly browned, Arms of Amsterdam watermark, loose in original vellum, soiled and yellowed, upper cover stained and splitting along upper edge, corners worn, sm. folio, n.d., dated in text 1725 & first half of the 18th century.⁂ Recipes include: "For ye biting of a mad dog, given me by Mr Parson N.B.: this receipt was taken out of Cathorp [Caythorpe] Church in Lincolnshire, ye whole town being bitten by a mad dog, & all that took the medecin did well, & ye Rest dyed madd"; "To make oyle of Charity"; "A water for ye stone"; "To make ye snaile wate"; "To prevent Miscaredg"; "For the Yellow and Black Jaundies"; "To make ye Deans pouder I had it of Madum Bregintine"; "ffor the Small Pox" etc.

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Smith (Adam) An Inquiry in the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations, vol. 2 only (of 2), second edition, half-title, fi

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Smith (Adam) An Inquiry in the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations, vol. 2 only (of 2), second edition, half-title, first 100pp. with worming to foot, not affecting text, closed tear to 2A2, very occasional scattered spotting, but overall a clean, wide-margined copy, occasional pencil notes to margins, contemporary ink ownership inscription, contemporary tree calf, gilt, splitting to upper joint but holding firm rubbed, [Goldsmiths' 11663; Kress B.154; cf.PMM 221, first edition], 4to, W. Strahan; and T. Cadell, 1778.⁂ The second edition is the rarest of the early editions of Wealth of Nations, of which only 500 copies were printed. A number of these sheets for this edition may well have been used from the first edition of 1776.

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Blake (William).- Catullus (Gaius Valerius) The Poems of Caius Valerius Catullus, In English Verse, [translated and edited by

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Blake (William).- Catullus (Gaius Valerius) The Poems of Caius Valerius Catullus, In English Verse, [translated and edited by Dr. John Nott], 2 vol., half-titles, engraved frontispieces by William Blake, 2 errata ff., light offsetting on titles, some spotting, front free endpaper becoming loose (vol. 1), 19th Century manuscript notes loosely inserted, occasional marginal pencil markings, contemporary calf, slight bumping to corners and extremities, [Bentley 441], 8vo, Printed for J. Johnson, 1795.⁂ First edition of the first attempt to publish a complete English translation of Catullus, with plates by William Blake.

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Music.- Mendelssohn (Felix ) First Time of Performance in this Country, St. Paul, An Oratorio, Composed by Felix Mendelssohn

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Music.- Mendelssohn (Felix ) First Time of Performance in this Country, St. Paul, An Oratorio, Composed by Felix Mendelssohn Bartholdy, with an autograph signed musical notation by Mendelssohn, text marked and numbered in red ink, lacking title, ?Liverpool, [1836] bound with 4 programmes for the Liverpool Musical Festival, 1836, contemporary half morocco, rebacked, corners little worn; and a bound volume of 7 programmes for the Manchester Grand Music Festival, 8vo & 4to (2)⁂ An excellent association copy of the libretto for the first English performance of Mendelssohn's St. Paul , Op. 36 (in German Paulus). Both volumes were owned by the English contralto Mary Shaw (1814-1876), who performed in this premiere, and for whom Mendelssohn had the utmost respect as a performer. In 1838-1839 Shaw travelled to Germany to work as soloist with the Leipzig Gewandhaus Orchestra, under the baton of Mendelssohn. The composer hailed Shaw, and her Leipzig predecessor Clara Novello, as the two 'best concert singers we have heard in Germany for a long time'. The inscription reads 'Felix Mendelssohn Bartholdy, 27 Berners St., 10th September, 1837'. Provenance: Mrs. Mary Shaw (née Postans) (ink ownership inscriptions).

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Newton (Sir Isaac) The Mathematical Principles of Natural Philosophy, vol.2 only (of 2), first edition in English, lacking en

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Newton (Sir Isaac) The Mathematical Principles of Natural Philosophy, vol.2 only (of 2), first edition in English, lacking engraved frontispiece, with 22 folding engraved plates, 2 folding letterpress tables, 2 engraved head-pieces by A.Motte, with the 13pp. Index and 8pp. Appendix but without the 71pp. 'The laws of the moon's motion according to gravity' by John Machin usually bound at end, cropped shaving first engraved head-piece, very light damp-staining to title, last couple of leaves and 4 folding plates at end, small yellow stain to first leaf, contemporary ink manuscript notes to front free endpaper, engraved armorial bookplate (with name scored out), contemporary tree calf, spine gilt, lacking labels, rubbed, boards a little scuffed, spine ends worn, headband detached, split to upper joint, [PMM 161], 8vo, for Benjamin Motte, at the Middle-Temple-Gate, 1729.⁂ First English edition of vol.2 of Newton's Principia, the most important work in the history of science, and including Newton's System of the World as Book 3. Machin's work is usually bound at the end of this volume but is occasionally found at the end of vol.1.

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[Coleridge (Sara)] Phantasmion, first edition, half-title, 16pp. William Pickering publisher's catalogue at beginning, wormin

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[Coleridge (Sara)] Phantasmion, first edition, half-title, 16pp. William Pickering publisher's catalogue at beginning, worming in margins of publisher's catalogue, ink signature of Pearson on title, original green cloth, slightly discoloured, corners bumped, spine browned, printed paper label on spine torn with small loss, edges uncut, 8vo, William Pickering, 1837.⁂ Scarce. A fairy tale, mingled with verse, by Samuel Taylor Coleridge's daughter.

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Wellington (Arthur Wellesley, first duke of Wellington, army officer and prime minister, 1769-1852).- Arthur Duke of Wellingt

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Wellington (Arthur Wellesley, first duke of Wellington, army officer and prime minister, 1769-1852).- Arthur Duke of Wellington, extra-illustrated by the insertion of numerous items and a number of artifacts relating to Wellington, including: 3 ALs.s. and 1 autographed envelope by Wellington, a piece of Wellington's marble sarcophagus, a medallion commemorating Wellington, a piece of the Guard chain of Wellington (these 3 artifacts inset into gilt morocco doublure at beginning), admission ticket to Wellington's funeral, double-page lithograph of Copenhagen, manuscript pedigree, watercolour of the sarcophagus, print of the catafalque, 5 more medallions inset in lower doublure etc., original morocco, gilt, upper cover slightly scuffed, g.e., 4to, 1852.

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Slavery.- Brown (William Wells) Three Years in Europe, or, Places I Have Seen and People I Have Met, first edition, lacking p

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Slavery.- Brown (William Wells) Three Years in Europe, or, Places I Have Seen and People I Have Met, first edition, lacking portrait frontispiece, half-title, patch of browning to rear pastedown, original pictorial cloth, gilt, spine a little browned, spine ends and corners a little bumped, a little rubbed, g.e., an excellent copy, 8vo, 1852. ⁂ Scarce. William Wells Brown (1814-84) was a prominent Africa-American abolitionist lecturer, novelist and historian. He was born into slavery in Kentucky but escaped the North in 1834. He journeyed to London in 1849 and remained there until 1854, also travelling throughout Europe during this period. Three Years in Europe provides his account of this period including his confrontation with American slaveholders in the grounds of Crystal Palace. A year after the publication of Three Years in Europe, Brown made history by becoming the first African-American to publish a novel, Clotel (1853).

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Adams (Douglas) [The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy series], 5 vol., first editions, comprising The Hitchhiker's Guide to t

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Lot 247

Adams (Douglas) [The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy series], 5 vol., first editions, comprising The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy, second state jacket, spine faded, 1979; The Restaurant at the End of the Universe, 1980; Life, the Universe and Everything, 1982; So Long, and thanks for the all the fish, 1984; Mostly Harmless, usual light toning to text margins, jacket price-clipped, 1992, original boards, dust-jackets, near-fine overall, 8vo.

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Farrell (J.G.) A Man From Elsewhere, first and only edition, signed presentation inscription from the author "but the strawbe

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Lot 250

Farrell (J.G.) A Man From Elsewhere, first and only edition, signed presentation inscription from the author "but the strawberries were ok! Love Jim, July 1968" to front free endpaper, original boards, dust-jacket, minor rubbing and creasing to head and foot, but a near-fine example otherwise, 8vo, New Authors Limited, 1963.⁂ J.G. Farrell's rare first book especially so inscribed. Farrell came to dislike his first book and it was never reprinted, we can trace no other signed copy at auction. The recipient was Sandy Ellis, Farrell's girlfriend from 1966-68. The strawberries remark refers to an unsuccessful pâté Ellis had prepared for a recent meal the two had had together.

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Farrell (J.G.) The Lung, first edition, signed presentation inscription from the author "For Sandy with love from James Farre

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Farrell (J.G.) The Lung, first edition, signed presentation inscription from the author "For Sandy with love from James Farrell, Jan 23rd 1966" to front free endpaper, original boards, dust-jacket, minor chipping and creasing to spine ends and corners, light surface soiling to rear panel, excellent otherwise, 8vo, 1965.⁂ Farrell's scarce second work, we can trace no other signed copy at auction.

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Goudge (Elizabeth) The Little White Horse, first edition, illustrations by C. Walter Hodges, map endpapers, front free endpap

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Lot 254

Goudge (Elizabeth) The Little White Horse, first edition, illustrations by C. Walter Hodges, map endpapers, front free endpaper clipped, original cloth, slight shelf-lean, spine faded, dust-jacket, spine browned, spine ends and corners chipped, creasing to head and foot, rubbing and surface soiling, 1946 § Dahl (Roald) The BFG, light toning to text margins, small ink ownership inscription to front free endpaper, original boards, dust-jackets, minor chipping and creasing to head and foot, 1982 § Hill (Susan) The Woman in Black, illustrations by John Lawrence, front free endpaper clipped, original boards, dust-jacket, minor chipping to spine ends and corners, 1983, first editions; and 3 others, Dahl, 8vo (6)

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Graves (Robert) Good-Bye to All That, first edition, first issue, frontispiece, plates, original cloth, spine darkened, spine

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Graves (Robert) Good-Bye to All That, first edition, first issue, frontispiece, plates, original cloth, spine darkened, spine ends and corners a little bumped, dust-jacket, spine browned, spine ends and corners a little chipped, a few minor sympathetic repairs and restorations at extremities, still in effect an excellent example, 8vo, 1929.⁂ The first issue, with the reference to Spiritualism on p.290 and the unauthorised transcription of a poem from Sassoon to Graves on pp.341-3, subsequently removed at Sassoon's request and reintroduced in the second edition.

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Heaney (Seamus) Death of a Naturalist, first edition, signed presentation inscription from the author to Norman Todhunter "to

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Lot 258

Heaney (Seamus) Death of a Naturalist, first edition, signed presentation inscription from the author to Norman Todhunter "to set the darkness echoing" to title, original cloth, minor rubbing to tips of spines and corners, dust-jacket, spine faded, spine ends and corners a little chipped, still an excellent example overall, [Brandes & Durkan A2a], 8vo, 1966.

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Heaney (Seamus) Death of a Naturalist, first edition, signed by the author on front free endpaper, endpapers spotted, origina

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Lot 259

Heaney (Seamus) Death of a Naturalist, first edition, signed by the author on front free endpaper, endpapers spotted, original cloth, shelf-lean, spine ends and corners bumped, extremities, a little rubbed and faded, 1966; [Another copy], first paperback edition, signed by the author on front free endpaper, ink ownership inscription, original stiff wrappers, rubbed and a little creased, 1969; Poems, 1965-1975, reprint, signed presentation inscription from the author with two line quotation from Blake's Auguries of Innocence to front free endpaper, minor spotting to fore-edge, original stiff wrappers, small crease to upper cover, light marking, slip-case, 1986, [Brandes & Durkan A2a; A2c]; and 10 others, Heaney, including A.L.s. from Heaney to Liam Miller, 8vo & 4to (13)

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Porta (Giovanni Baptista della) De distillatione lib. IX, first edition, woodcut printer's device on verso of final leaf, epi

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Porta (Giovanni Baptista della) De distillatione lib. IX, first edition, woodcut printer's device on verso of final leaf, epigrams in Hebrew, Greek, Chaldean, Arabic, Slavonic, and Armenian, each with Latin translation, full-page engraved portrait of the author within elaborate frame by Giacomo Lauri, woodcut ornaments and initials and 35 illustrations in text, contemporary ink inscriptions to foot of title, portrait and facing leaf, portrait slightly shaved, browned, title spotted and stained with some marginal holes, worming to second leaf of Proemium (causing hole) and R3-S2 with slight loss, water-staining to beginning and end, engraved bookplate of George C.Harvey, old half vellum, spine with red and black roan labels, rubbed and soiled, [cf.Ferguson II 216, Strasbourg edition of 1609, "the Roman edition is much the finer book"], small 4to, Rome, Camera Apostolica, 1608. ⁂ Important treatise which represents the most comprehensive view of the applications of distillation in the sixteenth century. The distillation process, as applied to every conceivable substance, was the basis of alchemical research and as such was the beginning of experimental chemistry. The nine parts of this work deal with the various kinds of distillation, including methods of extraction, the preparation of scented distilled waters, oils distilled from resins, oils distilled from woods, the distillation of corrosive mineral acids, the properties of these acids, distillation of alcohol from wine, and the preparation of various ointments.

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Heaney (Seamus) Door Into the Dark, first edition, signed by the author on title, very minor spotting to fore-edge, original

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Lot 260

Heaney (Seamus) Door Into the Dark, first edition, signed by the author on title, very minor spotting to fore-edge, original cloth, dust-jacket, spotted, minor rubbing to tips of spine and corners, still an excellent copy overall, [Brandes & Durkan A5a], 8vo, 1969.

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Heaney (Seamus) Preoccupations, Selected Prose 1968-1978, jacket with light discolouration to spine, minor chipping to spine

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Heaney (Seamus) Preoccupations, Selected Prose 1968-1978, jacket with light discolouration to spine, minor chipping to spine ends and corners, 1980; Sweeney Astray, Derry, 1983; The Burial at Thebes, 2004; District and Circle, one of 300 copies, slip-case, 2006, first editions, signed by the author, original boards, all but the last with dust-jackets, [Brandes & Durkan A27a; A34a]; and 9 others, Heaney, 8vo (13)

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Kokoschka (Oscar).- Hoffmann (Edith) Kokoschka. Life and Work, first edition, signed presentation inscription from the artist

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Kokoschka (Oscar).- Hoffmann (Edith) Kokoschka. Life and Work, first edition, signed presentation inscription from the artist to his sister "For my beloved sister Biboschl, at Xmas 1947 with thousand kisses from her brother, Oskar, London, 16.XII.47" to front free endpaper, tipped-in colour plates, illustrations, original cloth, spine a little darkened, dust-jacket, spine slightly faded, chipped and creased at head and foot, a few small chips and lihe surface soiling to lower panel, 8vo, 1947.⁂ A lovely association copy of the biography of this important expressionist painter and writer.

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Le Carré (John) Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy, cut signature of the author loosely inserted, jacket spine faded, 1974; The Honour

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Le Carré (John) Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy, cut signature of the author loosely inserted, jacket spine faded, 1974; The Honourable Schoolboy, cut signature of the author to title, 1977; Smiley's People, cut signature of the author to title, jacket spine faded, 1979; The Little Drummer Girl, double-signed by the author on title, slight shelf-lean, jacket spine slightly faded, 1983; A Perfect Spy, 1986; The Russia House, 1989; The Secret Pilgrim, 1991; The Night Manager, 1993; Our Game, cut signature of the author to title, 1995; The Tailor of Panama, 1996; Single & Single, 1999; Sarratt and the Draper of Watford, 1999; The Constant Gardener, 2001; Absolute Friends, 2003; The Mission Song, 2006; A Most Wanted Man, 2008; Our Kind of Traitor, 2010; A Delicate Truth, 2013; A Legacy of Spies, 2017; [Another copy], one of 250 copies, slip-case, 2017, first editions, first printings, all signed by the author unless where mentioned, original cloth, all but the last with dust-jackets, excellent or near-fine copies, 8vo (20)⁂ A superb and unbroken run of the author's works from the first book in the Karla Trilogy to last year's A Legacy of Spies. Including the rare first printing of Our Game, designated for UK export and airport bookshops due to the author's dislike of the jacket design.

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Martin (George R. R. ) [A Song of Ice and Fire], 5 vol., first editions, comprising A Game of Thrones, 1996; A Clash of Kings

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Martin (George R. R. ) [A Song of Ice and Fire], 5 vol., first editions, comprising A Game of Thrones, 1996; A Clash of Kings, jacket spine faded, 1998; A Storm of Swords, 2000; A Feast for Crows, 2005; A Dance with Dragons, 2011, original boards, dust-jackets, fine copies, 8vo, Harper Voyager.⁂* A superb set of Martin's wildly successful novels, the basis for the hugely popular Game of Thrones television series. The English issue predates the American and is far more uncommon.

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Milne (A. A.) When We Were Very Young, first edition, second issue with roman numerals 'ix' and 'x' to contents pp., illustra

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Milne (A. A.) When We Were Very Young, first edition, second issue with roman numerals 'ix' and 'x' to contents pp., illustrations by E.H. Shepard, light browning to endpapers, original pictorial cloth, gilt, spine slightly faded, minor cockling to covers, else fine, dust-jacket, sympathetic repairs and restorations to spine ends, corners and a few small patches on front and rear panels, a little rubbed, but in effect a sharp and excellent example, 8vo, 1924.

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Oppenheim (E.Phillips) The Milan Grill Room, 1940 § Fletcher (J.S.) The Man in No. 3, scattered foxing, 1931 § Masterman (Wal

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Lot 269

Oppenheim (E.Phillips) The Milan Grill Room, 1940 § Fletcher (J.S.) The Man in No. 3, scattered foxing, 1931 § Masterman (Walter S.) The Yellow Mistletoe, [1930] § Footner (Hulbert) Dead Man's Hat, 1932 § Bush (Christopher) The Case of the April Fools, 1933, first editions, original cloth, dust-jackets, some minor chipping or creasing to spine ends and corners, but largely excellent or near-fine overall; and 6 others, crime thrillers, 8vo (11)Saleroom Notice: some of the dust-jackets are later issue.

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Magic & Conjuring.- [Bennett (John)] The Career of an Artful Dodger, first edition, light spotting, original pictorial boards

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Magic & Conjuring.- [Bennett (John)] The Career of an Artful Dodger, first edition, light spotting, original pictorial boards, very slightly rubbed, George Vickers, [c.1860] § Stodare (Col.) Stodare's Fly-Notes; or, Conjuring Made Easy, original printed boards, a little rubbed, rebacked in morocco, 1867 § Parlour Magic, frontispiece printed in pink, pictorial title, original pictorial cloth, 1838 § Endless Amusement; a Collection of nearly 400 Entertaining Experiments, sixth edition, folding frontispiece, original cloth, 1834, illustrations, a little rubbed, the third with faded spine, 8vo et infra (4)⁂ The first is rare; COPAC lists only 2 copies (BL and Oxford).

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Plath (Sylvia) Ariel, first edition, original cloth, dust-jacket spine browned, minor chipping to spine ends and corners, ori

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Lot 270

Plath (Sylvia) Ariel, first edition, original cloth, dust-jacket spine browned, minor chipping to spine ends and corners, original publisher's wraparound band, an excellent copy, 8vo, 1965.⁂ An excellent example of Plath's second collection of poetry, published two years after her death and containing many of her best known poems, especially scarce with the original wraparound band.

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Rowling (J.K.) Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone, first edition, first printing, [one of 500 copies], usual light bro

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Rowling (J.K.) Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone, first edition, first printing, [one of 500 copies], usual light browning to text margins, occasional light corner creasing, light marking and ownership inscriptions to endpapers, original pictorial boards, very light fading to spine, wear to spine with backstrip becoming loose at lower joint, spine ends and corners bumped, extremities rubbed, 8vo, 1997.⁂ The author's first book and the first in the Harry Potter series, a modern cornerstone of children's literature. Rare in any condition.

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Sadleir (Michael) Privilege, endpapers browned, 1921; Obedience, signed presentation inscription from the author "To H.G.Terr

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Sadleir (Michael) Privilege, endpapers browned, 1921; Obedience, signed presentation inscription from the author "To H.G.Terry, Who knows more of the history than any man alive - this ill-fated member of the advance guard of The Noblest ?Lady to front free endpaper, dust-jacket, spine faded, spine ends and corners a little chipped, 1925; These Foolish Things, signed presentation inscription from the author "To H.G.Terry, with the author's best regards and thanks for his collaboration" to front free endpaper, dust-jacket, spine ends and corners a little chipped, 1937, first editions, original cloth; and another inscribed by the same, 8vo (4)⁂ A nice collection of scarce early works warmly inscribed by the novelist and bibliophile.

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Thomas (Dylan) Twenty-Five Poems, first edition, [one of 750 copies], light scattered spotting, original boards, dust-jacket,

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Lot 274

Thomas (Dylan) Twenty-Five Poems, first edition, [one of 750 copies], light scattered spotting, original boards, dust-jacket, a fine copy, 1936; and 2 others by the same, 8vo (3)

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Waugh (Evelyn) Sword of Honour, first collected edition, signed presentation inscription from the author "with affectionate r

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Lot 275

Waugh (Evelyn) Sword of Honour, first collected edition, signed presentation inscription from the author "with affectionate regards" to Maurice Bowra on front free endpaper, bookplate of Maurice Bowra to pastedown, original cloth, slight shelf-lean, spine ends a little bumped, 8vo, 1965.⁂ A good association copy. Sir Maurice Bowra (1898-1971), classical scholar at Wadham College Oxford, where he taught Waugh. He is believed to be the model for the academic Mr. Samgrass in Brideshead Revisited.

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Wells (H.G.) The Time Machine, first edition, first issue with 16pp advertisements including those for 'The Manxman' and 'Th

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Lot 276

Wells (H.G.) The Time Machine, first edition, first issue with 16pp advertisements including those for 'The Manxman' and 'The Naulahka', contemporary ink ownership inscription to half-title, endpapers browned, original buckram with letter and design in purple to covers and spine, spine browned very minor bumping to spine ends and corners, but a bright and excellent example overall, [Wells 4], 8vo, 1895.⁂ An excellent example of Wells' most famous work, a cornerstone of any science fiction collection.

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White (T.H.) The Sword in the Stone, first edition, scattered spotting, endpapers browned, ink ownership inscription, origina

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Lot 278

White (T.H.) The Sword in the Stone, first edition, scattered spotting, endpapers browned, ink ownership inscription, original cloth, spine faded, spine ends and corners a little bumped, dust-jackets, spine browned, spine ends and corners chipped with some small loss to spine letter and imprint, minor chipping and creasing to head of upper panel, still very good overall, 8vo, 1938.

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Wodehouse (P.G.) Mike, first edition, first issue without advertisements or date to title verso, half-title, frontispiece and

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Lot 279

Wodehouse (P.G.) Mike, first edition, first issue without advertisements or date to title verso, half-title, frontispiece and 11 plates by T.M.R. Whitwell, many loose or becoming so, pulling to gathering with some becoming loose, ink ownership inscription, original pictorial cloth, gilt lettering to spine, spine ends and corners a little bumped, rubbed, [McIlvaine A12a], 8vo, A & C Black, 1909.

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Yeats (William Butler) Reveries Over Childhood and Youth, 2 vol., including portfolio of plates, first edition, number 84 of

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Lot 280

Yeats (William Butler) Reveries Over Childhood and Youth, 2 vol., including portfolio of plates, first edition, number 84 of 425 copies, printed in red and black, 1915 § Yeats (Jack B.) Passages from the Letters... Selected by Ezra Pound, one of 400 copies, dust-jacket, chipped and browned, 1917 § Tynan (Katherine) Twenty One Poems... Selected by W.B.Yeats, one of 200 copies, light browning to endpapers, 1907, original cloth-backed boards, a little rubbed and darkened, Cuala Press; and another from the press, 8vo (5)

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Yeats (William Butler) A Vision, first edition, one of 600 copies signed by the author, plates and illustrations, scattered s

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Lot 281

Yeats (William Butler) A Vision, first edition, one of 600 copies signed by the author, plates and illustrations, scattered spotting to fore-edge, ink ownership stamp, original boards, spine browned, spine ends bumped, slip-case, 8vo, 1925.

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Gardens.- [Dezallier d'Argenville (Antoine Joseph)] & Jean Baptiste Alexandre Le Blond. La Theorie et la Pratique du Jardinag

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Gardens.- [Dezallier d'Argenville (Antoine Joseph)] & Jean Baptiste Alexandre Le Blond. La Theorie et la Pratique du Jardinage..., third edition, 38 engraved plates by Mariette, most double-page, 5 folding, some light foxing and soiling, contemporary tree calf, rubbed, rebacked, corners and lower edges of boards repaired, [cf. Henrey 950; Hunt 471; Fowler 170, first edition of 1709], Paris, Jean Mariette, 1722 § Liger (Louis) Le Jardinier Fleuriste et Historiographe, ou la Culture Universelle, 2 vol. in 1, second edition, titles in red & black, 20 folding engraved plates, woodcut illustrations, lightly browned and offset, particularly to vol.2, contemporary sheep, spine gilt, spine worn and chipped, joints split, [cf. Henrey 989; Hunt 412], Amsterdam, Estienne Roger, 1706, 4to & 12mo (2)⁂ The first is an important and influential work on French formal garden design, inspired by the work of Le Nôtre, and treating the subject from an architectural perspective. This was the first edition to be attributed to the architect Le Blond, who designed the plates and edited the work, although the text was written by Dezallier d'Argenville.

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Greaves (John) Pyramidographia: or a Description of the Pyramids in Egypt, first edition, with the intitial blank, 2 folding

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Lot 292

Greaves (John) Pyramidographia: or a Description of the Pyramids in Egypt, first edition, with the intitial blank, 2 folding engraved plates, engraved illustrations in text, 2 full-page, some text in Arabic, some light soiling, modern blue morocco, [Wing G1804], 8vo, for George Badger, 1646.⁂ John Greaves (1602-52) was a mathematician, astronomer and antiquarian who spent 1636-40 travelling in Italy and the Levant, with six months in Egypt carrying out the first detailed survey of the pyramids at Giza.

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Middleton (Charles) The Architect and Builder's Miscellany...containing Original Picturesque Designs in Architecture, first e

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Lot 293

Middleton (Charles) The Architect and Builder's Miscellany...containing Original Picturesque Designs in Architecture, first edition, 60 charming etched plates and plans, many with aquatint, all but a few plans hand-coloured, some plates misbound, occasional soiling, name in pencil at head of title, contemporary speckled calf, slightly rubbed, rebacked, corners repaired, one bumped, [Berlin Kat. 2310; Not in Abbey], 8vo, for the Author, 1799.⁂ Delightful architectural pattern book with unusual plates by a pupil of James Paine, from primitive huts to grand mansions. The designs include Gothic cottages, Regency villas, Chinese and Turkish garden buildings.

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Moxon (Joseph) Mechanick Exercises: or, the Doctrine of Handy-Works. Applied to the Art of Bricklayers-Works, 8 engraved plat

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Lot 294

Moxon (Joseph) Mechanick Exercises: or, the Doctrine of Handy-Works. Applied to the Art of Bricklayers-Works, 8 engraved plates, one folding (slightly creased at fore-edge), joiner's old ink inscription in outer margin of title (cropped), old book-label "R.Roberts, Burton, Bradstock" on front pastedown, contemporary panelled sheep, rebacked, corners repaired, [Wing M3015; cf. Harris 581], J.Moxon, 1700 § Salmon (William) The London and Country Builder's Vade Mecum: or, the Complete and Universal Estimator, fifth edition, engraved frontispiece by B.Cole of gentleman supervising workmen felling trees, contemporary ink inscription "E Libris Amb. Seward" to front pastedown, contemporary sprinkled sheep, upper cover a little worn, joints split, spine ends chipped, [Harris 792], for S.Crowder...and B.Collins, 1773, both rubbed, a few stains; and another on lime and cement, 4to & 8vo (3)⁂ The first was issued separately to accompany Moxon's Mechanick Exercises concerning smithing, carpentry, joinery, turning, dialling and printing. The second, by a master carpenter of Colchester, was the first to compile a universal price-guide of building tradesmen.

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Pennethorne (John) The Geometry and Optics of Ancient Architecture, 55 plates (12 double-page, 11 coloured), ex-library with

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Lot 297

Pennethorne (John) The Geometry and Optics of Ancient Architecture, 55 plates (12 double-page, 11 coloured), ex-library with perforated stamps to title, pp.i, 49 and final f., ink stamps to pp.i, 249, first p. of preface and part 3 plate 4, occasional finger-soiling but generally clean otherwise, bookplate, modern library cloth, rubbed, folio, 1878.

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Magic & Conjuring.- Hardy (F.) Ventriloquism Made Easy, ?first edition, 32pp., 4pp. advertisements at end, original printed o

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Magic & Conjuring.- Hardy (F.) Ventriloquism Made Easy, ?first edition, 32pp., 4pp. advertisements at end, original printed orange boards, slightly rubbed, F.Pitman, [c.1865] § Endless Amusement...the Art of making Fire-Works, Diverting Experiments with the Magic Lantern and Camera Obscura...Tricks and Changes of the Cards..., ?lacking frontispiece, light foxing, ink inscription on front pastedown, original printed boards, rubbed and marked, rebacked in cloth, Thorp & Burch, [1832 or later], 12mo (2)

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Troili (Giulio) Paradossi per pratticare la prospettiva senza saperla, 3 parts in 1 vol., 68 full-page woodcut illustrations

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Lot 300

Troili (Giulio) Paradossi per pratticare la prospettiva senza saperla, 3 parts in 1 vol., 68 full-page woodcut illustrations within ornamental borders, diagrams, numerous woodcut ornaments and decorations, light damptstain to first title, light spotting, original stiff wrappers, tear to upper cover and some loss to spine [Berlin Kat. 4722; cf. Fowler 347], folio, Bologna, Gioseffo Longhi, 1683.

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Piranesi (Giovanni Battista, 1720-1778) Veduta della gran Piazza e Basilica di S. Pietro, from: Vedute di Roma, etching and e

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Lot 310

Piranesi (Giovanni Battista, 1720-1778) Veduta della gran Piazza e Basilica di S. Pietro, from: Vedute di Roma, etching and engraving, first state (of 3) before numbers, an excellent impression, platemark 460 x 705 mm. (18 1/8 x 27 3/4 in), good margins, [1772].Provenance:Colnaghi, LondonLiterature:Hind 102

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Goya (Francisco, 1746-1828) Ysele quema la Casa, pl. 18 from 'Los Caprichos', first edition, etching and aquatint, an excelle

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Lot 311

Goya (Francisco, 1746-1828) Ysele quema la Casa, pl. 18 from 'Los Caprichos', first edition, etching and aquatint, an excellent detailed impression, on cream laid paper, without watermark, platemark 215 x 153 mm. (8 1/2 x 6 in), sheet 315 x 220 mm. (12 3/8 x 8 5/8 in), full margins, minor surface dirt and spotting, 1799.Literature:Harris 53; Delteil, 55

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Attenborough (David) The Living Planet, ink ownership inscription to pastedown, 1979; The Living Planet, 1984; The Trials of

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Lot 313

Attenborough (David) The Living Planet, ink ownership inscription to pastedown, 1979; The Living Planet, 1984; The Trials of Life, 1990; The Private Life of Plants, 1995; The Life of Birds, 1998; The Life of Mammals, 2002; Life in the Undergrowth, 2005; Life in Cold Blood, 2008; Life Stories, 2009, first edition, all signed or with signed presentation inscriptions from the author, numerous illustrations, original boards, dust-jackets, minor creasing to head and foot, spines slightly faded, but excellent or near-fine examples overall, 8vo (9)⁂ A superb run of signed works by the world-famous naturalist and broadcaster, including all 8 volumes of his Life on Earth series.

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Fishes.- Salviani (Ippolito) Aquatilium animalium historiae, liber primus, cum eorumdem formis, aere excusis, collation: X, A

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Lot 314

Fishes.- Salviani (Ippolito) Aquatilium animalium historiae, liber primus, cum eorumdem formis, aere excusis, collation: X, A-Z, AA-II8, first edition, engraved architectural title incorporating portrait of the author (dated 1554), 98 engravings of fish and marine animals on 81 sheets (numbered 1-99, no 54 as usual), woodcut initials and printer's device on verso of final leaf, engravings on O8v, R2r, V4v, AA8v & BB2r all with letterpress cancel slips pasted over engraved labels, contemporary ink inscription at foot of title, water-stained throughout, sometimes heavily, title with tear to upper outer corner (repaired), O1, 3 & 6 all shorter and loose (supplied from another copy but stained so some time ago), bookplate of Baron Hambro pasted over printer's device at end, contemporary vellum, worn and stained, upper cover detached, lower becoming so, spine defective, [Adams S190; Mortimer 454; Nissen ZBI 3555], folio, Rome, Ippolito Salviani, 1554 [colophon Jan.1558]; sold not subject to return⁂ Important work on ichthyology by a professor of medicine at Rome, illustrated with fine engravings of fish, octopus, squid etc., and with tables of the names in Latin, Greek and the vernacular. It is one of the earliest uses of engraving for scientific illustration; Salviano is supposed to have collected the specimens in the fish markets of Rome.

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Lydekker (Richard) Wild Oxen, Sheep, & Goats of All Lands living and extinct, first edition, number 172 of 500 copies, signe

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Lot 319

Lydekker (Richard) Wild Oxen, Sheep, & Goats of All Lands living and extinct, first edition, number 172 of 500 copies, signed by the publisher, 28 hand-coloured lithographed plates, illustrations, errata slip, a few marks, later green half morocco, gilt, spine in compartments, [Nissen ZBI 2614; Wood, p.444], a very good copy, 4to, 1898.

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Magic & Conjuring.- [Lewis (Angelo J.)], "Professor Louis Hoffmann". Home Gymnastics for Young and Old, 2 folding plates, 189

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Magic & Conjuring.- [Lewis (Angelo J.)], "Professor Louis Hoffmann". Home Gymnastics for Young and Old, 2 folding plates, 1892; Puzzles Old and New, frontispiece, 4pp. advertisements at end, 1893; King Koko...A Conjuring Entertainment, 32pp. publishers' catalogue at end, Hamley's sticker pasted over imprint on title, bookplate of Prof. E. Vol Member of the Magic Circle, 1904; Magical Titbits, 1911 § Bertram (Charles) A Magician in Many lands, with Introduction by Professor Hoffman, 1911, first editions, plates and illustrations, original cloth, some pictorial, the last with dust-jacket, most a little rubbed and/or faded; and 2 others by Robert-Houdin translated by Hoffmann, 8vo (7)

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Lydekker (Richard) The Deer of all Lands. A History of the Family Cervidæ Living and Extinct, first edition, number 418 of 5

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Lot 320

Lydekker (Richard) The Deer of all Lands. A History of the Family Cervidæ Living and Extinct, first edition, number 418 of 500 copies signed by the publisher, 24 hand-coloured lithographed plates, illustrations, occasional spotting, or light foxing, later green half morocco, gilt, spine in compartments, [Nissen ZBI 2604; Wood, p.444], 4to, 1898.

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Ornithologia nova: or, A New General History of Birds, 2 vol., titles and first leaf of introduction in vol.1 in red and blac

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Lot 321

Ornithologia nova: or, A New General History of Birds, 2 vol., titles and first leaf of introduction in vol.1 in red and black, woodcut illustrations throughout, water-staining, vol.1 with very slight worming to first few leaves and small tear to U1 (no loss), R3 in vol.2 defective at corner with loss to pagination and R4 torn, contemporary sprinkled sheep, spines gilt, worn, [Nissen IVB 699], 12mo, Birmingham, by T.Warren, 1743-45. ⁂ Rare work with charming illustrations; ESTC records only 4 copies (Birmingham, BL, Natural History Museum, and Oxford).

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[Perrault (Claude)] The Natural History of Animals, containing the anatomical description of several creatures dissected by t

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Lot 322

[Perrault (Claude)] The Natural History of Animals, containing the anatomical description of several creatures dissected by the Royal Academy of Sciences at Paris, translated by Alexander Pitfield and Richard Waller, first English edition, fine engraved frontispiece and 35 plates, a bright, clean copy, ink ownership inscription of David Skene to title, contemporary half calf, upper cover detached, rubbed and a little worn, folio, R.Smith, 1702.⁂ Ink ownership inscription likely that of David Skene (1731-1770), doctor and naturalist, correspondent of Linnaeus and founder, along with George Campbell and John Gregory, of the Aberdeen Philosophical Society.

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Magic and Conjuring.- [Weiss (Erich)], "Harry Houdini". Handcuff Secrets, original pictorial boards, spine a little worn and

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Magic and Conjuring.- [Weiss (Erich)], "Harry Houdini". Handcuff Secrets, original pictorial boards, spine a little worn and chipped, 1910 § Holden (John Watkins) A Wizard's Wanderings from China to Peru, original pictorial limp boards, spine slightly worn at foot, 1886 § Teale (Oscar S.) Higher Magic: Magic for the Artist, New York, Adams Press, 1920 § Cremer, Jun. (W.H., translator & editor) The Secret Out..., John Camden Hotten, n.d. § Maskelyne (John Nevil) 'Sharps and Flats': A Complete Revelation of the Secrets of Cheating at Games of Chance and Skill, second edition, inscribed by the author "To F.M.J.White Esq. with the Author's kind regards" on front free endpaper, light spotting, 1895, all but the last first editions, plates and illustrations, all but the first two original pictorial cloth, a little rubbed, the last with faded spine; and 12 others, similar, 8vo (17)

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Alchemy.- Bacon (Roger) and others. Le Miroir d'Alquimie ; Des Choses Merveilleuses en Nature... ; De l'Admirable Pouvoir et

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Alchemy.- Bacon (Roger) and others. Le Miroir d'Alquimie ; Des Choses Merveilleuses en Nature... ; De l'Admirable Pouvoir et Puissance de l'Art, & de Nature... ; L'Elixir des Philosophes, autrement l'Art Transmutatoire..., together 4 parts in 1, collation: A-H8, I4 ; a-m8 ; a-f8 ; a-m8, n8, first edition in French, woodcut device on titles, ornaments and initials, lacking B1 & C1 in first part and m8 in fourth part, all supplied in neat 18th century manuscript, first part with otherwise blank colophon leaf at end but fourth lacking final blank (n8), part 4 with woodcut illustrations, some ink underlinings, a little browned, a few stains, cropped shaving a few leaves, slight marginal worming to part 3, part 4 with small hole to m3 affecting a couple of letters and n3 frayed at lower outer corner, engraved armorial bookplate of P.N.Hemey, 18th century calf, gilt, spine gilt with morocco label, rubbed, corners, joints and head of spine worn, [Not in Adams; Caillet 624], small 8vo, Lyons, Macé Bonhomme, 1557.⁂ Very rare collection of works on alchemy, issued in four parts, each with a separate title-page. This was the first work by Bacon to be printed, first appearing in Latin in Nuremberg in 1541 and the first edition in English in 1597. Nicolas Bernard translated parts one and four, and Jacques Girard parts two and three. Caillet mentions the last copy at auction being the Yemeniz copy in 1867 when it fetched 85 francs.

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