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Tennants Auctioneers
Lot 42

Fell (Dr John).A Specimen Of The Several Sorts Of Letter Given To The University By Dr. John Fell, Oxford, 1693, The First English Type Specimen Book …James Tregaskis, 1928, numbered limited edition of 250, 16 pages (unopened), 28 leaves of plates, some double-sided, abbey bookplates, marbled boards with library labels;Mr Sotheby and Son, Catalogue of the Library of Dr Kloss of Franckfort, … including Many Original and Unpublished Manuscripts and Printed Books with Ms. Annotations by Philip Melancthon.Sotheby & Son, 1835, auction catalogue, eight plates as called for, mould staining, original cloth-backed boards (worn, rear joint split) (2)

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Tennants Auctioneers
Lot 52

Robertson (Alec).In the Little Things. Worcester, Stanbrook Abbey Press, 1969, one of 40 copies produced for private circulation out of a total printing of 300, presentation inscription from the author, abbey library stamp to limitation page and bookplate to front pastedown, printed on Japanese paper, original cloth; Belloc (Hilaire). A Remaining Christmas.Stanbrook Abbey Press, 1976, limited edition of 400 copies, abbey library bookplate, original wraps;Forrest (G.F.). Misfits, A Book of Parodies.Oxford: Frank Harvey, 1905, first edition, bookplate of Laurence Eyres, initialled binding;Barker (Ernest). W. P. Ker, A Scholar.Cambridge: Nicholas Barker at the St Nicolas Press, 1953, numbered limited edition of 200, presentation inscription from the author, abbey bookplate, original wraps;Schnitzler (Arthur). Rhapsody, A Dream Novel.Constable, 1928, limited edition of 100, illustrated, abbey bookplate to front pastedown, original vellum-backed boards (shelf label scar to lower spine);Bandry (Anne) & Day (Geoffrey) edits. The Clockmakers Outcry Against the Author of the Life and Opinions of Tristram Shandy.Winchester College Printing Soc., 1991, limited edition of 200 copies, prospectus inserted, abbey bookplate, original quarter cloth; Bunyard (Edward A.). The Anatomy of Dessert. Dulau & Co., 1929, signed limited edition of 1000, frontis, top edge gilt, original cloth. With seventeen others including signed presentation copies [lot not collated]. (24)

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Tennants Auctioneers
Lot 118

Buenos Aires.An Authentic Narrative of the Proceedings of the Expedition under the Command of Brigadier-Gen. Craufurd, until its arrival at Monte Video; with an Account of the Operations against Buenos Ayres under the Command of Lieut.-Gen. Whitelocke. By an Officer of the Expedition.Printed for the Author, 1808 [1807], first edition, [ii], viii, 216 pages, four folding maps, errata slip to verso of title, tanning to maps and adjacent pages, diced calf gilt (spine faded).

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Tennants Auctioneers
Lot 142

Agricola (Georgius). De Re Metallica, translated from the first Latin edition of 1556 ….. by Herbert, Clark, Hoover and Lou, Henry Hoover. The Mining Magazine, 1912, folio, [iv], xxxii, 640 pages, folding plate, previous owner’s book plate, soiled vellum binding. A few finger marks, some pencil marks to index, uncut edges tanned, contents generally VG, binding soiled.

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Tennants Auctioneers
Lot 9

Jones (Inigo) & Kent (William).The Designs of Inigo Jones, Consisting of Plans and Elevations for Public and Private Buildings, First and Second Volumes.William Kent, 1727, large folio, two volumes bound as one, engraved frontis, 14 pages, 73 plates; 8 pages, 63 plates, several plates combined to create large folding plates, some light foxing. Worn contemporary calf binding (re-backed). [Archer 166.1]

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Tennants Auctioneers
Lot 16

Rackham (Arthur).Wagner (Richard), The Ring of the Niblung, [comprising] The Rhinegold & The Valkyrie [and] Siegfried & The Twilight of the Gods.William Heinemann, 1910-11, first editions, second and first impressions respectively, two quarto volumes, 34 and 30 mounted colour plates after Arthur Rackham, each with captioned tissue guards, one plate in second volume has some wear to top corner, all plates free of creasing, gift inscription to fly leaf of each volume, dust jackets (two white marks to head of jacket spine of first volume).

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Tennants Auctioneers
Lot 36

Marshall (Paule).Brown Girl, Brownstones.W.H. Allen, 1960, first British edition, dust jacket (priced 16s.);O'Connor (Flannery), Wise Blood.Neville Spearman, 1955, first edition, worn dust jacket (price-clipped) (2)Brown Girl - contents Fine, no inscriptions found, closed edges slightly dust marked. Strip of tanning to both free endpapers, stain to fore-edge area of rear pastedown (see image), stain to rear of jacket on both sides (see images), some fraying/wear to top edge of jacket (see images).Wise Blood - pages toned, no inscriptions found, strip of tanning to final page and to half-title (see image), tanning to closed edges and endpapers, jacket tanned and stained with some wrinkling and some fraying/wear to top edge (see images).

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Tennants Auctioneers
Lot 115

Salt (Henry).A Voyage To Abyssinia, and Travels Into The Interior Of That Country, Executed under the Orders of the British Government, In The Years 1809 And 1810; In which are included, An Account Of The Portuguese Settlements On The East Coast Of Africa….F.C. and J. Rivington, 1814, first edition, quarto, [v], viii-xi, [v], 506, lxxv pages, bound without the half-title, thirty-five engraved plates as called for including eight maps/charts on seven sheets (five folding, one coloured) and one plate with two images, two vignettes, modern half calf.[Mendelssohn v.2, p.264]Sheets watermarked 1810, some foxing, particularly to plates, tear to coloured map (without loss), tanning to corners of free endpapers, dust marking to pages adjacent to folding maps, some offsetting from plates, spine a little faded.

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Tennants Auctioneers
Lot 48

Dexter (Colin) - Signed Copies.Last Bus to Woodstock.Macmillan, 1975, first edition, signed 'Colin Dexter' on title page, heavily tanned, dust jacket (priced £2.50);idem, Service of All The Dead.Macmillan, 1979, first edition, signed 'Colin Dexter' on title page, label scar to title page, dust jacket (priced £4.95);idem, The Dead of Jericho.Macmillan, 1981, first edition, signed 'Colin Dexter' on title page, small area of ?repair/erasure in centre of page with spurious ISBN verso, dust jacket (priced £5.95); idem, The Riddle of the Third Mile.Macmillan, 1983, first edition, signed 'Colin Dexter' on title page, price-clipped dust jacket;with four others, all signed 'Colin Dexter'. [Some variation in signatures, all illustrated to allow prospective bidders an informed decision] (8)

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Tennants Auctioneers
Lot 1

Plaw (John).Sketches for Country Houses, Villas and Rural Dwellings, Calculated for Persons of Modest Income, and for Comfortable Retirement …J. Taylor, 1800, first edition, quarto, 18, [2] pages, forty-two sepia aquatint plates, light foxing, contemporary half roan with marbled boards (rebacked). [Archer 261.1].Some light foxing, stain to lower inside corner (see images), repaired hinges, light staining to corners of endpapers (from leather turn-ins). Boards rubbed, wear to edges, re-backed.

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Tennants Auctioneers
Lot 43

Fitzgerald (F. Scott).The Bodley Head Scott Fitzgerald. Volumes One to Six.The Bodley Head, 1958-63 first editions thus, six volumes, dust jackets (some worn and torn).

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Lot 67

Toole (John Kennedy).A Confederacy of Dunces.Allen Lane, 1981, first British edition, dust jacket (priced £7.95).Contents Fine, no inscriptions found. Closed top edge slightly dust marked. Cloth spine tanned (ends uniformly at each end so possibly binding glue?), tanning to very top edge of boards, jacket spine a little sun-faded but otherwse Fine.

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Tennants Auctioneers
Lot 122

[Acuna (Christobal de) et al.].Voyages and Discoveries in South-America. The first up the River of Amazons to Quito in Peru, and back again to Brazil, perform'd at the Command of the King of Spain. By Christopher D'Acugna. The Second up the River of Plata, and thence by Land to the Mines of Potosi. By Mons. Acarete. The Third from Cayenne into Guiana, in search of the Lake of Parima, reputed the richest Place in the world. By M. Grillet and Bechamel. Done into English from the Originals, being the only Accounts of those Parts hitherto extant. The whole illustrated with notes and maps.S. Buckley, 1698, first English edition, viii, 176, 169-190; [2], 79, [1]; [iv], 68 pages, separate title page and pagination to each part, register continuous, two folding maps (creased), small blind-stamp to lower corner of each title page, light water stain to head of pages throughout, three printed numbers to front free endpaper. Early panelled calf binding with ‘H.B.’ gilt initials (binding worn, upper board detached)

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Lot 103

The British Economic Mission to the Far East, 1930.An interesting and well written account of the trade mission to Japan and China, in a serious of lengthy letters by J. L. Edmondson, Secretary of the Federation of Calico Printers and one of the Cotton Mission delegation.‘The Cotton Commission was appointed by the government to assist the Economic Mission to the Far East in their enquiries … related to cotton goods, and to report what action should be taken to develop and increase British trade in these goods.’Edmonton left London Docks in September 1930 on the P&O ship ‘Macedonia’, travelling via the Suez Canal, he arrived in Japan in October and China in late November, leaving early March 1931.The author gives an account of social activities on board the ship and trips ashore that the numerous re-coaling stops allowed. These included Marseilles, Port Said, Aden, Colombo and Penang.In Singapore, the group ‘saw Tan Kah Kee’s famous rubber works where this astute and ruthless Chinese (who they say, sits … in his office with two armed guards in attendance) employs 1800 ‘hands’ turning out, millions of rubber shoes.’ The Mission officially commenced in Japan, where the author visited Tokyo, Kobe, Kariya, Kyoto and Osaka, undertaking ‘one endless round of engagements’. These included meetings with dignitaries, officials, and industrialists, banquets and meals with geishas and games of golf. He observed that:’The Japanese are very nice and courteous, but they are not very accommodating in offering to show their works. Certain members of the Cotton Mission were very upset over this …’; ‘I find Japanese efficiency very terrifying’; ‘Besides feasts, we have visited various works — a Government railway repair works where we saw the first engine Japan ever had, bearing a plate Vulcan works, Newton-le-Willows 1871 …’In China, visits were made to Shanghai, Nanking, Tientsin, Pekin/Peiping, Canton, Hong Kong and Kowloon, again meeting with government officials, dignitaries and industrialists (including Sir Shouson Chow), visiting cotton mills and weavers, attending banquets, sightseeing, etc. The military presence there was notable.Typescript, 92 pages, held with treasury tag, several pages worn and loose.The lot also includes some related ephemera including a New Plan of Peking, 1922.

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Tennants Auctioneers
Lot 8

Abbeville PressCaracciolo (Maria Teresa) & Ayala (Roselyne de) edits., The History of Rome in Painting. Abbeville Press, 2011, first US edition, folio, original cloth, slipcase;Kroke (Antonella Fenech) edit., The History of Florence in Painting.Abbeville Press, 2013, first US edition, folio, original cloth, slipcase;Duby (Georges) & Lobrichon (Guy) edits., The History of Venice in Painting.Abbeville Press, 2007, first US edition, 2nd printing, folio, original cloth, slipcase;with eight others by the publisher, the majority on Italian Frescoes and Mosaics. (11)

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Sutton Hill Farm Country Auctions
Lot 171

First American Edition 1999 Harry Potter Prisoner of Azkaban hardback cover signed by Author J.K Rowling Donated to Dogs Trusts shop in Bingham – all proceeds going to Dogs Trust.

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Sutton Hill Farm Country Auctions
Lot 6

4 vintage silver boxes inc pibox ll boxes & first tooth

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The Auction Centre Ltd
Lot 198

The Beatles - A collection of Beatles related items to include publications, two 7" vinyl singles, first day covers and mint stamps, pin badges and other. [W]

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The Auction Centre Ltd
Lot 199

A collection of stamps, first day covers to include football and horse racing related, tea cards and other. [W]

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The Auction Centre Ltd
Lot 177

Three binders of first day covers, 1970's and later. [W]

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The Auction Centre Ltd
Lot 408

Two cast iron mechanical money banks, largest approximately 27 cm (h). [2]. [W]Note: Mechanical cast iron banks were first manufactured in the late 1800's during the industrial revolution. The 'Jolly Banks' or money boxes were a popular item during this period and are also associated with Black Memorabilia. These items are listed on the basis that they are illustrative of a bygone culture in which there were different social norms. We understand the potential controversy surrounding this type of item but believe that providing transparent information about historical context fosters greater understanding of our complex cultural history.

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The Auction Centre Ltd
Lot 101

Robert Taylor - Two framed, pencil signed prints after Robert Taylor comprising First Of Many depicting 242 Squadron's C.O Douglas Bader, signed in pencil by Bader and Battle Of Britain VC depicting James Nicolson winning his VC, signed in pencil by Eric L Knightley, both framed under glass, approximately 41 cm x 56 cm image size. [2]. [W]

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The Auction Centre Ltd
Lot 42R

A 70 cl bottle of Woods 100 Old Navy Rum, 57% abv, Finest Old Demerara and a 37.5 cl bottle of Taylors First Estate Reserve Port, 20% abv. [2]. [W]

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Sheffield Auction Gallery
Lot 1437

Mickey Mouse Annual 1948, first day covers, football programmes.

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Sheffield Auction Gallery
Lot 1351

Royal Albert 'Old Country Roses', trinkets, lidded jars, posies, all first quality:- One Tray.

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Sheffield Auction Gallery
Lot 1098

Stamps; A collection of over 500 Great Britain First Day Covers, ranging mainly from 2000 to 2022 (also includes a few earlier), housed in seven albums.

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Sheffield Auction Gallery
Lot 1206

Royal Albert 'Old Country Roses', telephone, clock, vases, candlestick, bird, etc (10), all first quality:- One Tray.

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Sheffield Auction Gallery
Lot 1193

Royal Albert 'Old Country Roses' Table China, of thirty-four pieces, including tureen, cake stand, all first quality.

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Sheffield Auction Gallery
Lot 1318

Four Royal Doulton Figurines, Summer Rose HN 3309, Amy HN 3854, Jacqueline HN 2333, First Waltz, (4).

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Sheffield Auction Gallery
Lot 1413

First Day Covers, cutlery, brass Bell's Whisky bell

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Sheffield Auction Gallery
Lot 1283

Tuscan 'Naples' Teaware, of forty-one pieces.Large service so not every piece thoroughly checked, First Quality, all items appear to not have any chips, cracks or crazing.

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Auctioneum Ltd - East Bristol & Bath
Lot 448

Eric Gill (1882-1940) - A pair of nudes from Eric Gill First Nudes published by Neville Spearman, London 1954. Framed & glazed. Each measures approx. 32cm x 27cm to include frame.

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Auctioneum Ltd - East Bristol & Bath
Lot 605

James Duffield Harding (British, 1798-1863) The Corsair's Isle, circa 1829 Watercolour on paper Signed with initials to base of a column Measures approx. 70cm x 100cm excluding frame James Duffield Hardin was a landscape and topographical painter, working mainly in watercolour. For a brief period he was a pupil of Samuel Prout. Subsequently, he was apprenticed to the engraver John Pye. He exhibited in London from 1811 to 1864 at the Old Watercolour Society and the Royal Academy. He was a pioneer in the movement for art instruction in schools, and for the training of art masters. He published many books on teaching drawing. He taught Ruskin, among others, and when the first volume of Modern Painters appeared in 1843, many of Harding's old pupils recognised his lessons ' on skies ', ' on waters ', ' on mountains ', etch. and especially his theory that three-drawing should be based upon the laws of tree growth. Ruskin said that, next to Turner, Harding was ' unquestionably the greatest master of foliage in Europe. ' He visited Italy in 1824; went frequently to the Continent after that date; and visited Verona, Venice, and Mantua with Ruskin in September 1845. The Corsair, a poem in herois couplets by Lord Byron, published in 1814. Conrad, a pirate chief in the Aegean Sea, a man of many vices and one virtue (a certain sense of chivalry), receives warning that Seyd, the Turkish Pasha, is preparing a fleet for the a descent on the island. He determines to anticipate him, takes leave of his beloved Medora, arrives at Pasha's rallying point at night, and introduces himself to his presence as a dervish escaped from the pirates. The premature firing of the Pasha's galleys by Conrad's men gives warning of intended coup, which is only partially successful. Conrad is wounded and take prisoner, but not before he had rescued Gulnare, the chief slave in the Pasha's harem, from imminent death. She becomes enamoured of him, obtains the postponement of his execution, and finally brings him a dagger wherewith he may kill Seyd in his sleep. From this act he revolts, whereupon she herself ills the Pasha, and escapes with Conrad. But she had now become repulsive of him. They arrive at the pirate island where Conrad finds Medora dead from grief at the reported slaying of her lover. Conrad disappears and is never heard of more.  Provenance: Acquired by current owner at The Leicester Galleries, Ryder Street, London in 2003 via Peter Nahum. Correspondence letters between the gallery and current owner present.  Condition: Female figure appears to be a cut out of paper glued on. Possible repair or adjustment by artist. 

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Hansons Auctioneers and Valuers
Lot 358

Fantasia by David Weston. 1st edition 1985. Hardcover in a hard slipcase, both flock covered with gold titling, decoration and page edges. 124 pp. Number 200 of a limited edition of 850 copies. 'From the exhibition of paintings by David Weston in celebration of the lives of Charles Rolls and Henry Royce'. Foreword by HRH Prince Michael of Kent and including Rolls-Royce - The First Thirty Years by Lord Montagu of Beaulieu and Nick Baldwin. Full colour reproductions of David Weston's paintings of Rolls-Royces, each with embossed tissue protection, plus a section of monochrome sketches. This is a very sumptuous production. Condition: the book is as new. Dimensions circa 35cm H x 47cm W x 5cm D

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Forum Auctions
Lot 81

Young (Sir William) The West-India Common-Place Book: compiled from Parliamentary and Official Documents; shewing the Interest of Great Britain in its Sugar Colonies, first edition, one folding map only (of two), 2 folding tables at end, occasional marginal pencil note, scattered spotting, twentieth century half-calf, a little rubbed, slight bumping to corners and extremities, 4to, for Richard Phillips, 1807.

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Lot 48

Tobago.- Jefferys (Thomas) Tobago, apparently the first issue, with two inset maps of  Courland Bays, and Man of War Bay, engraving, on laid paper with Strasbourg lily watermark, sheet 520 x 720 mm (20 1/2 x 28 1/4 in), small margins, minor toning and some light offsetting, central vertical fold reinforced verso, unframed, 1765*** Scarce at auction, we can only trace one other example at auction in 1986.

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Lot 43

Thomas (J. J.) The Theory and Practice of Creole Grammar, faint spotting to first and last few leaves, original printed stiff paper wrappers, lower cover and spine supplied in sympathetic paper, light rubbing and spotting to upper cover, 8vo, Port-of-Spain, 1869.

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Lot 204

Middle East.- Cameron (Verney Lovett) Our Future Highway to India, 2 vol., first edition, half-titles, frontispieces and 2 plates, one folding colour map, title vignettes, illustrations, advertisements at end, lacking front free endpapers, cracked hinges, original pictorial cloth, a little rubbed, bumping to corners and extremities, small ink stain to spine vol. 1, 8vo, 1880. *** Scarce. Recounting a journey that the author took from Syria to India between 1878 and 1879, and considering the viability of an imperial railway line linking India to the Mediterranean coast. 

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Lot 60

Trinidad.- Dauxion Lavaysse (Jean François) A Statistical, Commercial, and Political Description of Venezuela, Trinidad, Margarita, and Tobago, first edition, folding engraved map, scattered spotting, contemporary half-calf, a little rubbed, bumping to corners and extremities, 8vo, 1820.

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Lot 237

Russia.- Pallas (Peter Simon) Travels through the Southern Provinces of the Russian Empire, in the Years 1793 and 1794, [translated by F.W.Blagdon], vol.1 only (of 2), first edition in English, folding engraved map (listed as plate), 24 engraved plates, 20 finely hand-coloured, 8 folding, 14 engraved vignettes, most hand-coloured, with 3 additional engraved plates bound in (from another edition or work), plates clean and bright and neatly captioned in pencil, wide margins, ink initials ?G.W. to head of title, contemporary diced russia, gilt, rather rubbed and scuffed, spine ends & corners worn, [Abbey, Travel 222; Tooley 357], 1802; and another smaller copy of vol.1 from Kimbolton Castle, 4to; sold not subject to return (2)

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Lot 186

Italy.- Nolli (Giovanni Battista) Urbis Ichnographiam a Leonardo Bufalino Ligneis Formis Evulgatam Servata Proportione Contractam Atq. Aeri incsam Jo. Bapta. Nolli..., a reduced version of Leonardo Bufalini's plan of 1551, the first printed plan of the city, engraved map by Giovanni Brun, 465 x 680 mm (18 1/4 x 26 3/4 in), dissected and mounted on linen, some surface dirt and browning, folding without slipcase, 8vo, Rome, Carlo Losi Lanno, 1785

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Lot 85

Africa.- Atlas of Kenya, first edition, 45 maps, many colour, previous owner's ink signature to title, 2 negatives of maps loosely inserted, original order slip loosely inserted, original cloth, fractional bumping to corners and extremities, folio, Nairobi, The Survey of Kenya, 1959.

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Lot 288

World.- Blunt (Wilfrid Scawen) The Celebrated Romance of the Stealing of the Mare, number 49 of 50 copies, translated by Lady Anne Blunt, half-title, original buckram, lightly sunned spine, slight bumping to corners and extremities, 1892; The Wind and the Whirlwind, first edition, half-title, original cloth, fractional bumping to spine extremities, 1883; Gordon at Khartoum, first edition, portrait frontispiece, marginal pencil markings, faint spotting to endpapers, original cloth, slight bumping to corners and extremities, 1911; and 4 others by the same, including an odd volume, 8vo (7) *** Provenance: Each volume with the bookplate of Peter Hopkirk to the front pastedown.  

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Lot 229

Polar.- Mountaineering.- Scott (Captain Robert) Scott's Last Expedition, 2 vol., first edition, half-titles, frontispieces, plates, some folding, 8 folding maps, one with short tear at gutter, cracked hinges, scattered spotting, original cloth, a little rubbed, bumping to corners and extremities, 1913 § Whymper (Edward) The Ascent of the Matterhorn, frontispiece, plates, 2 folding maps at end, original decorative cloth, rebacked retaining original backstrip, slight bumping to corners and extremities, 1880; and another, 8vo (4). 

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Lot 263

West Indies.- Jamaica.- Dallas (Robert Charles) The History of the Maroons ... including the Expedition to Cuba, for the purpose of procuring Spanish Chasseurs; and the State of the Island of Jamaica, 2 vol., first edition, 2 engraved frontispieces, 2 engraved folding maps, occasional pencil underlining or marginal marks, f6 vol. 1 with tiny marginal hole, scattered spotting, bookplates, contemporary calf, a little rubbed, [Sabin 18322], 8vo, 1803.

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Lot 236

Russia.- Pallas (Peter Simon) Travels through the Southern Provinces of the Russian Empire, 2 vol., second edition, half-title to vol. 2 only (as called for), 52 aquatint or engraved plates and plans, of which 45 hand-coloured and 26 folding, 3 engraved folding maps, engraved vignettes, of which most hand-coloured, vol. 1 title trimmed at head with neat restoration, occasional faint off-setting, occasional very faint marginal spotting and finger-soiling, contemporary half-calf, a little rubbed, bumping to corners and extremities, 4to, [cf. Abbey, Travel 222, first edition of 1802-3], 1812.

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Lot 34

Slavery.- Memoir of Pierre Toussaint, born a slave in St. Domingo, first edition, portrait frontispiece, scattered spotting, original cloth, sunned spine, rubbed and worn, bumping to corners and extremities, 8vo, Boston, 1854.

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Lot 87

Africa.- Du Chaillu (Paul B.) A Journey to Ashango-Land, first edition, ALs from author loosely inserted, frontispiece, plates, folding map, 32pp. publisher's advertisements at end, scattered faint spotting, cracked hinges, bookplate, original decorative cloth, lightly sunned spine, slight bumping to corners and extremities, [Hosken p.63], 8vo, 1867.

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Lot 173

India.- Mussoorie.- A Mussoorie Miscellany (with alleged illustrations) by 'The Rambler' (of 'The Mussoorie Times'), first edition, photographic and woodcut illustrations, numerous advertisements for shops, restaurants, hotels, schools and services, errata slip, lightly browned, original printed wrappers, very short tear and little chipping at foot of spine, some spotting and marking, lightly browned, 8vo, Mussoorie, Mafasilite Press, 1936.  *** Rare, with WorldCat and Library Hub recording only three copies between them (Cambridge, Penn, and Society of Genealogists). With much on the Dehradun district, including matters historical (including British involvement) topographical, and biographical; and chapters on local murders and other newsworthy events, royal visits, and schools. 

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Lot 32

Singleton [(John)] A Description of the West-Indies. A Poem, in four books, first edition, half-title, faint spotting at end, modern half crushed morocco, a little rubbed, [Sabin 81424], for T. Becket, 1776 § Montgomery (James) The West Indies, and other poems, third edition, occasional faint water-staining, mostly marginal, contemporary calf, rebacked, a little rubbed, bumping to corners and extremities, 1810 § Bard (Samuel A.) Waikna; or, Adventures on the Mosquito Shore, scattered spotting, modern morocco backed boards, a little rubbed, 1856 § Twiss (Horace) The Carib Chief: a tragedy, in five acts, scattered spotting, modern marbled paper wrappers, 1819; 4to & 8vo (4). 

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Lot 50

Tobago.- Poyntz (Captain John) The Present Prospect of the Famous and Fertile Island of Tobago: with a Description of the Situation Growth, Fertility and Manufacture of the said Island, first edition, short tear to final leaf with expert repair and restoration to the gutter, scattered spotting and staining, cracked hinges, later calf, gilt inner dentelles, a little rubbed, slight bumping to corners and extremities, [Sabin 64857], small 4to, by George Larkin for the Author, and are to be Sold by Thomas Malthus, 1683.

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Lot 125

Central Asia.- Stein (M. Auriel) Ruins of Desert Cathay, 2 vol., first edition, half-titles, frontispieces, 6 folding panoramas, 3 folding maps, plates (some colour), bookplate, original cloth, fractional bumping to corners and extremities, 1912; and a later impression of Lawrence's 'Revolt in the Desert', 8vo (3). 

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Lot 203

Middle East.- Blunt (Lady Anne) Bedouin Tribes of the Euphrates, 2 vol., first edition, half-titles, frontispieces, plates, one folding colour map, advertisements at end vol. 2, light marginal soiling at end vol. 1, cracked hinges, original pictorial cloth, a little rubbed, bumping to corners and spine extremities, 8vo, 1879. *** Lady Anne Blunt, daughter of Ada Lovelace and granddaughter of Lord Byron, was the founder of the Crabbet Arabian Stud. She travelled throughout Arabia and the Middle East buying horses from Bedouin tribesmen to take back to England for breeding.

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Lot 86

Africa.- Cheesman (Major Robert Ernest) Lake Tana & The Blue Nile: An Abyssinian Quest, first edition, inscribed to Prince Henry Duke of Gloucester by the author, half-title, folding panorama frontispiece, plates, 2 folding maps at end, original cloth, lightly sunned spine, fractional bumping to spine extremities, 1936 § Meakin (Budgett) The Land of the Moors, first edition, half-title, title in red and black, illustrations, folding map at end, some full-page, scattered spotting, advertisements at beginning, previous owner's ink signature, original pictorial cloth, fractional bumping to spine extremities, 1901 § Erskine (Mrs. Steuart) The Vanished Cities of Arabia, half-title, colour frontispiece, plates, some colour, original cloth, fractional bumping to corners and extremities, dust-jacket, small loss to spine head, creasing and chipping to edges, a little rubbed, n.d.; and others, similar, 8vo (6). *** The first mentioned is inscribed, "To His Royal Highness The Duke of Gloucester. With the greatest respect and with happy recollection of ?Wachacha past. October 31st 1930. From the author, R. E. Cheesman March 2nd 1936."  

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Lot 192

Japan.- Photograph Album, 50 hand-coloured albumen prints, comprising views of Kobe, Osaka, Nara, Kyoto, Arashiyama, Hakone, Yokohama, Tokyo, Nikko, Nakajima, each c.265 x 205 mm (10 1/2 x 8 in), captioned in the negative, pasted on stiff card leaves, faint marginal staining and abrasion marks to front endpapers and first leaf, 4 additional small albumen prints loosely inserted, hinges strengthened, contemporary lacquered boards, a little rubbed, slight chipping to corners and extremities, c.1900; Photograph Album, 38 vintage hand-coloured albumen prints, each c.260 x 200 mm., many captioned in the negative, pasted onto thick card leaves, occasional spotting and off-setting, contemporary lacquered boards, lacking small embossed face from upper cover, rubbed, slight chipping to corners and extremities, upper cover detached, c.1900; and another disbound album of hand-coloured albumen prints, oblong 4to & 4to (3).  

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Davy (John) The West Indies, before and since Slave Emancipation, first edition, half-title, folding hand-coloured map frontispiece, scattered faint spotting, previous owner's ink signature to front pastedown, original cloth, backstrip beginning to split at joints but holding firm, rubbed, bumping to corners and extremities, [Sabin 18915], 1854 § Coke (Thomas) A History of the West Indies, containing the Natural, Civil, and Ecclesiastical History of each Island, 3 vol., first edition, 5 engraved plates, of which 4 folding, one hand-coloured engraved map, short tears with neat repairs verso, vol. 1 2N3 with short marginal tear and old repair, vol. 2 with occasional marginal pencil notes and typescript note tipped-in, scattered spotting and staining, previous owner's ink signature, contemporary boards, rebacked, rubbed and worn, bumping to corners and extremities, Liverpool, 1808-11 § Gurney (Joseph John) Familiar Letters to Henry Clay of Kentucky, describing A Winter in the West Indies, spotting, previous owner's ink signature to early blank, ex-Sunday School library with usual labels and ink-stamps, original cloth, remnants of paper label to spine, rubbed and worn, bumping to corners and extremities, New York, 1840; [Sabin 18915; 14244; 29309], 8vo (5).

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Young (Sir William) The West-India Common-Place Book, first edition, author's copy inscribed "the Author's Copy. WY" on title, with copious ink annotations and interleaved with 9ff. of manuscript notes and tables, 2 folding letterpress tables at end, bound without maps, K1 with small loss at gutter, Q4 with tear into text and no loss, scattered spotting and staining, tender edges, lacking endpapers, near contemporary drab boards, lacking backstrip, upper cover detached, rubbed and worn, bumping to corners, [Sabin 106128], 4to, 1807. *** A rare item, including notes by the author who in 1807 became the Governor of Tobago, retaining the post until his death in 1815.

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Walker (James) Letters on the West Indies, first edition, half-title, 4pp. advertisements at end, scattered spotting, previous owner's ink signature to front free endpaper, contemporary drab boards, rebacked retaining original printed spine label, a little rubbed, slight bumping to corners and extremities, [Sabin 101052], 8vo, 1818.

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Trinidad.- de Verteuil (L. A. A.) Trinidad: Its Geography, Natural Resources, Administration, Present Condition, and Prospects, first edition, scattered faint spotting, previous owner's ink signature to front pastedown, original cloth, rebacked, damp staining to fore-edge, bumping to corners, [Sabin 19813], 1858; and a slightly defective second edition of the same,  8vo (2). 

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Somerset.- Speed (John) Somerset-Shire Described and into Hundreds divided with the plot of the famous and most wholsom waters and citie of the Bathe, First edition, county map with inset plan of Bath, engraving with hand-colouring, on laid paper with armorial watermark, platemark 383 x 510 mm (15 1/8 x 20 1/4 in) , sheet 412 x 535 mm (16 1/8 x 21 in), central vertical fold with splitting repaired verso, small loss restored to foot, minor surface dirt, some light toning to sheet, unframed, Sudbury and Humble, [1611].

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