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BOCCACCIO, Giovanni. AMOROUS FIAMMETTA. Reprinted from the original English edition, translation of Bartholomew Young (1587). The Mandrake Press, London, 1929. Limited edition, No. 40 of 550 copies. Folio; with coloured illustrations by M. Leone; original green vellum, gilt, sunned; [RACKHAM]. WALTON, Izaak. THE COMPLEAT ANGLER or the Contemplative Man's Recreation. George G. Harrap & Co., 1931. First Trade Edition. 4to; with 12 illustrations by Arthur Rackham; original black cloth, gilt; HOFFMANN, Ernst Theodor Wilhelm. TALES OF HOFFMANN. Dodd, Mead & Company, New York, [c. 1932]. 4to; illustrated by Mario Laboccetta; original pictorial cloth with dust-wrapper, chipped. (3)

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CRANE, Walter. THE FIRST OF MAY, A Fairy Masque. Presented in a Series of Fifty-Two Designs by Walter Crane. Henry Sotheran, London, 1881. FIRST EDITION. Limited edition, one of 200 copies signed by Crane. Oblong folio; 57 india proofs (photo-engraved and printed by Goupil & Co) mounted on stiff card; contemporary half green calf, spine lettered in gilt, rubbed.

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SATTLER, Josef. DIE NIBELUNGE [colophon: Berlin, J.A. Stargardt, 1898-1904]. Large Folio (570 x 400mm); 14 full-page chromolithographs, numerous text illustrations; original decorative buckram, joints split.

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[SHAKESPEARE]. THE BOYDELL GALLERY A Collection of Engravings Illustrating the Dramatic Works of Shakespeare, by the artists of Great Britain. Bickers and Son, London. 1874. Folio; with 97 woodbury-type plates; contemporary red morocco by Ramage, tooled and lettered in gilt.

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SOLIS, Virgil. BIBLISCHE FIGUREN DESS NEWEN TESTAMENTS, gar fŸnftlivh gerissen Durch den weitberhŸmpten Vergilium Solis, Maler unnd Kunststecher zu NŸrnberg. Johannem Wolffium, Frankfurt, 1565. Oblong folio (195 x 160mm); 104 woodcuts only of 125, lacking all after signature O1; nineteenth century sprinkled calf, gilt. Adams S1402.

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UPTON, Florence K., Illustrator and UPTON, Bertha. THE GOLLIWOGG'S 'AUTO-GO-CART' Longmans, Green & Co., London, 1901. FIRST EDITION. Oblong folio (220 x 280mm); coloured title and 30 colour plates, one double-page, numerous monochrome text illustrations; ownership signature at head of title, partially erased, some slight dust-soiling; original green cloth backed coloured pictorial boards, surface wear and rubbing to extremities.

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ECONOMICS - VIOLET, Thomas. MYSTERIES AND SECRETS OF TRADE AND MINT-AFFAIRS: with several reasons against transporting Treas

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ECONOMICS - VIOLET, Thomas. MYSTERIES AND SECRETS OF TRADE AND MINT-AFFAIRS: with several reasons against transporting Treasure; and waies set down for preventing the same: formerly presented to the Right Honourable the Lord Bradshaw, (at whose desire I undertook this pains,) and presented it to the late Council of State: and now enlarged, and humbly presented to this present Parlament of the Commonwealth of England, in Aug. 1653 ... [London, William Du-Gard, 1653]. Two parts in one small folio continuously paginated; engraved armorial device on title-page; title-page cropped close at head and tail shaving title and with loss of imprint, light browning throughout with occasional spotting, second title-page more prominently browned, a couple of head-lines cropped close with slight loss, upper edges of index slightly dampstained, final leaf of index loose; in modern half-calf, sympathetically rebound, spine with red morocco label lettered in gilt, joints lightly rubbed.

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LOCKE, John. THE WORKS OF JOHN LOCKE ESQ ... with alphabetical tables ... London, printed for John Churchill ... and Sam. Manship ... 1714. FIRST COLLECTED EDITION. Three volumes, folio; with engraved portrait and one engraved plate; dampstain affecting upper gutter of preliminary leaves of Vol. I, title-page of Vol. II torn in centre at gutter, worm-trail affecting first few gatherings of Vol II, occasional light browning and marginal soiling throughout, but generally crisp and clean; in contemporary panelled calf, spines gilt, joints cracked, head of spines chipped and worn, especially to Vol II, boards and extremities scuffed and worn. (3).

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STONES, Margaret. THE ENDEMIC FLORA OF TASMANIA. Painted by Margaret Stones. Botanical and Ecological Text by Winifred Curtis Ph. D., F.L.S. The Ariel Press London. 1967-1978. Six volumes, folio; original cloth with dust-wrappers, some tears to extremities. (6)

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[YONGE, Charlotte Mary]. THE INSTRUCTIVE PICTURE BOOK, Or Lessons from the Vegetable World. Edmonston & Douglas, Edinburgh, 1858. Folio; 26 double-page, partly hand-coloured plates, plate one split at fold; original hand-coloured pictorial boards, lightly dust-soiled; WHITE, Adam. THE INSTRUCTIVE PICTURE BOOK. Or a few attractive lessons from the Natural History of Animals. Edmonston & Douglas, Edinburgh, 1862. Folio; 29 double-page, partly hand-coloured plates; original hand-coloured pictorial boards, lightly dust-soiled. (2)

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Penrith Farmers' & Kidd's PLC

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Furniture: Jourdain, Margaret, ENGLISH DECORATION AND FURNITURE OF THE EARLY RENAISSANCE (1500-1650), ENGLISH DECORATION AND FURNITURE OF THE LATER 18TH CENTURY, 2 vols,folio, in publishers' red cloth (damp stained) New york and London, Scribner and Batsford, n.d. early 20th century and REGENCY FURNITURE (Revised Edition, Fastnedge), in publishers' binding with dust wrapper, (3)

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A QUANTITY OF SPECIAL ISSUES/SUPPLEMENTS, &c, large folio size, comprising: The Illustrated London News, for Peace (Crimea) 1856, Marriage of Princess Royal, 1858, Bridal Tour, 1858, Centenary George Stephenson, 1881, Prince of Wales at Cap Martin, 1892, Life of Gladstone, 1892, Royal Wedding, Duke of York (later George V), 1893, Funeral of Gladstone, 1898 and China War 1900; (8),The Graphic, for Royal Wedding Duke of York, 1893, Prison Life, 1873, Siege of Mafeking, 1900, and Funeral of Edward VII, 1910 (4). The Pictorial World for The Clyde Shipping Disaster, 1883, (1) and The Weekly Illustrated, for the Death of George V 1936, and The Royal Crises (Edward VIII) 1936 (2) in all (15)

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DDM Auction Rooms

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Eleven Folio Society publications including The First Colonists, Travels in West Africa, Utopia, three Dickens items, etc. All in slip cases.

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Eleven Folio Society publications including Romfords Hounds, Fullers Worthies, three Anthony Trollope works, Shackletons Boat Journey, etc., predominantly in slip cases.

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Flaxman's Anatomical Studies....for the Use of Artists. 1833. Large folio.

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Salmon's Herbal. Lacks title page and other prelims. Folio. Full calf binding; and Testa De Nevill Sive Liber Feodorum in Curia Scaccarii. 1807. Folio. Front board detached.

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Horners Valuers & Auctioneers

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THE MEMOIRES SIR JAMES MELVIL OF HALHIL IMPARTIAL ACC. AFFAIRS OF STATE DATED 1683 PUBLISHED BY GEO.SCOTT LONDON EX. HOME OFFICE LIBRARY. TOGETHER WITH MODERN FOLIO SOCIETY EDIT. SAME AUTHOR

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Rosebery's

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TOULOUSE - LAUTREC, Henri - Elles, London 1969, numbered 1204/5000, original yellow cloth and slipcase, slipcase grubby, large folio.

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Rosebery's

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TURNER, J.M.W. & MONKHOUSE, William Cosmo - The Turner Gallery, volume 3 only, London, not dated, [circa 1890], 41 steel engraved plates, full red morocco with gilt designs, some off-setting, extremities rubbed, folio.

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Rosebery's

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HOLLAR, Wenceles - London 1636-1667, Edgeworth Press 1980, limited to 250 copies, 37 etchings, loose as issued, green buckram solander box, folio.

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Rosebery's

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HUYSHE, Wentworth (and others) - The Graphic History of the South Africa War, London 1900, original boards with pasted illustration, extremities worn, discoloured etc, folio.

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Rosebery's

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ROY, William, Major-General - The Military Antiquities of the Romans in Britain, London 1793, 51 plates (7 folding), recent red three quarter binding, title heavily discoloured, marginal spotting - heavy in places, ex. Warrington Public Library, large folio.

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Rosebery's

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SOCIETY OF GENTLEMAN - The Complete Farmer: or a General Dictionary of Husbandry, 4th edition, London [1793], engraved frontispiece, 34 engraved plates, contemporary calf, some water damage to margins, boards detached, bindings a/f, folio.

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Rosebery's

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BLACKIE, W.G. - The Comprehensive Atlas and Geography of the World, London 1882, 10 coloured plates, 67 coloured maps (55 double page), original three quarter green morocco, rubbed, corners worn, etc., folio.

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Rosebery's

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BOSWELL, James - Historical Descriptions of New & Elegant Picturesque Views .... England & Wales, London, not dated, [circa 1786], engraved frontispiece and 194 leaves of illustrations, contemporary half leather, boards detached and worn, lacks maps, ex. Warrington Museum, folio.

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Anderson & Garland

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Gibbon (Edward) Decline & Fall of the Roman Empire, 8 vols, lge. 4to, gilt cloth, The Folio Society 1986, with d.ss.

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Anderson & Garland

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Soames (Mary) Windston Churchill-His Life As A Painter, 4to, cloth, illus., 1990; Townend (Harry) J.M.W. Turner 1775-1851, folio, original boards, illus., 1923; and other volumes on English Art. (6) 30-50

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Anderson & Garland

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Jouardine (M.) English Decoration & Furniture 1760-1820, folio, cloth, illus., New York, c.1922.

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Anderson & Garland

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International Art Past & Present, 12 vols, folio, paper covs., Virtue & Co., n.d.

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Anderson & Garland

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Stratton (Arthur) The English Interior, folio, printed boards, illus., 1920.

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Anderson & Garland

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Wilder (F.L.) How To Identify Old Prints, 4to, cloth, illus., 1969, with d.w.; Berenson (Bernard) Three Essays In Method, 4to, cloth, illus., Oxford 1927; Von Hadeln (Detlev, Baron) The Drawings Of Canaletto, folio, cloth, 1929; and sundry other volumes on art and print making. (8)

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Anderson & Garland

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Mynors (R.A.B.) Durham Cathedral Manuscripts, folio, cloth, illus., Oxford 1939.

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Anderson & Garland

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Cave (William) History of the Lives, Acts, Death & Martyrdoms of the Primitive Fathers, folio, calf, illus., fourth edition, 1716.

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Anderson & Garland

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Surtees (Robert) The History & Antiquities of the County of Durham, vols. 3, 4, atlas folio, original boards, illus., 1823 and 1840.

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Anderson & Garland

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Robinson (James) A History of England, folio, half-calf and marbled boards, illus., 1739.

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Anderson & Garland

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Newman (Samuel) A Concordance to the Bible in English, folio, calf, printed for Thomas Downes and James Young, 1643; Artistophanes Comedies (in Greek), 4to, half-calf (covs. detached), 1532; St. Augustin, Epistles, 8vo, embossed calf, second volume, 1563; and Duacensi (Nicolao Brontio) Nobilissi & Libellus, sml. 8vo, 2 vols. in 1, illus. with woodcuts, Antwerp 1541 (no bindings). (4)

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Anderson & Garland

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Scientific Survey of North-Eastern England, 4to, quarter niger, Newcastle 1949; Signatures in the First Journal-Book and the Charter-Book of the Royal Society, folio, gilt boards, illus., 1936; and 4 other volumes, various. (6)

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Lacy Scott & Knight

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TIPPING H. Avray. English Homes. Period III Vol. I Late Tudor and Early Stuart 1558-1649. 1929; Period IV Vol. I Late Stuart 1649-1714. 1929. Both folio 2nd Editions in protected dust wrappers (2).

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Lacy Scott & Knight

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TANNER Henry. English Interior Woodwork of the XVI, XVII & XVIII centuries. 1902. Batsford folio; GREEN David Grinling Gibbons 1964. ex-library copy (2).

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Lacy Scott & Knight

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LENYGON Francis. Decoration in England 1660 to 1770. 1920 2nd imp. folio; The Decoration and Furniture of English Mansions during the 17th and 18th Centuries. 1909. 4to (2).

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Lacy Scott & Knight

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SHORE L. (Ed) Small Paintings of the Masters. 3 vols. 1980. Large folio. Limited Edition of 1250 sets (3).

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Lacy Scott & Knight

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BLACKIE W.G. Comprehensive Atlas & Geography of the World. 1886. London. Folio. 67 double page maps, half Morocco, rubbed.

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Lacy Scott & Knight

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19th Century folio of assorted watercolours, principally Continental topographical views and scenes, unsigned and sundry unframed monochrome steel engravings.

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Anthemion Auctions

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A collection of 68 hand drawn/painted illustrations on postcards, pen and ink/watercolours, depicting politicians, sportsmen, military leaders etc., circa 1905-1910, contained in a folio size album.

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Cheffins

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Schedel. Two leaves from the Nuremburg Chronicle, woodcuts of early Italian kings and popes, folio, 1493.

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Cheffins

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The Holy Bible, engraved frontispiece, title printed in red and black, buckram with the original panelled calf sides laid down, folio, C. Eyre & W. Strahan, 1772. A clean copy.

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Cheffins

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Cruikshank, George. Cobbold, R. The Bottle, or Cruikshank Illustrated, 8 plates by Cruikshank, additional illustrations inserted; bound with The Drunkard's Children. A Sequel to the Bottle, 8 plates, wrappers, preserving original upper cover and backstrip, worn and soiled, some leaves loose and frayed, folio, 1848; Mayhew's Great Exhibition of 1851, 11 etched plates, printed in brown and captioned, loose in original cloth folder, worn, folio, 1851. Included in the lot is an additional set of the 8 plates for The Bottle, a volume entitled Political Caricatures 1819-1820 (4).

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Cheffins

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An Illustration of the Holy Bible, title to New Testament printed in red and black, engraved plates, contemporary calf, upper joint split, 3 of 5 cords still holding, large folio (41 x 25.5cm), Birmingham, Boden and Adams, 1769. A very clean copy.

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Borlase, William. The Natural History of Cornwall, first edition, list of subscribers, folding map and 29 plates, contempora

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Borlase, William. The Natural History of Cornwall, first edition, list of subscribers, folding map and 29 plates, contemporary reversed calf, worn, folio, Oxford, 1758.

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Cheffins

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Bindings. Shakespeare, W. The Works, 1-3 and 5-6 only, engraved plates, contemporary green calf gilt, rubbed, folio, 1793.

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Cheffins

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Taylor, John 'The Water Poet', Works not included in the Folio Volume of 1630, First-Fifth Collection in 4 volumes, original cloth, New York, B. Franklin, 1967.

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Cheffins

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Burma, photographs, some with captions in the negative, Rangoon, government buildings, Moulmein, Anarapura, Meingoon pagoda, Mandalay, cigar rolling, elephants at work &c., from 14 x 20cm to 27 x 21cm, oblong folio, [circa 1890's], circa 100 prints.

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Cheffins

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Japan. Album of Old Japanese Prints of the Ukiyo-Ye School... from the collection of Ken-Ichi Kawaura, number 19 of 150 copies, plates, some coloured, original gold watered silk binding, folio, Tokyo, 1919.

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Cheffins

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Noguchi, Yone. Korin, limited to 450 copies, 6 wood blocks in colour and black, 10 collotypes, original wrappers, cloth folder with ivory toggles, 1922; Haronobu, limited to 500 copies, 15 woodblocks in black & colour, 17 collotypes, original wrappers, cloth folder with ivory toggles, 1927; Boller, W. Masterpieces of the Japanese color woodcut, original cloth, folio, 1950; and 3 others, similiar (6).

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Cheffins

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Architectural History. Tipping, H. Avray. English Homes, 6 volumes (of 9), Periods I and II volume 2; Period II, volume 1; Period III, volume 1 & 2; Period IV, volume 1 & 2, plates, original cloth, dust-jackets, folio, 1927-37. Fine copies.

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Cheffins

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Borlase, William. Antiquities, Historical and Monumental, of the County of Cornwall, second edition, 2 engraved maps, 24 plates, illustrations, old russia, worn, repaired with sellotape, folio, 1769.

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Walpoole, G.A. The New British Traveller, engraved frontispiece, 87 engraved plates (most with 2 views) and 23 engraved map

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Walpoole, G.A. The New British Traveller, engraved frontispiece, 87 engraved plates (most with 2 views) and 23 engraved map plates (most with 2 maps to each plate), internally clean, contemporary half calf, rubbed, upper cover detached, folio, 1784.

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Cheffins

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Dante Alighieri. La vita nuova. Proemio di Benedetto Croce, limited to 225 copies on Fabriano hand-made paper, original vellum, device in gilt on upper cover, edges uncut, slipcase (worn), folio, Montagnola, Officina Bodoni, 1925.

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Turner, J.M.W. Byron's Poems, Proofs of the Illustrations, twenty-seven engravings on india paper by E or W Finden, some bli

Cheffins

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Turner, J.M.W. Byron's Poems, Proofs of the Illustrations, twenty-seven engravings on india paper by E or W Finden, some blindstamped, interleaved with pencil captions, folio, good half morocco gilt by Zaehnsdorf, (No date).

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Cheffins

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Turner, J.M.W. Campbell's and Milton's Poems, Proofs of the Illustrations, twenty-seven engravings (some on india paper), few blindstamped, interleaved with pencil captions, folio, good half morocco gilt by Zaehnsdorf. (See lot 424 for illustration).

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