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[Wood, Anthony]. Athenae Oxonienses, an Exact History of All the Writers and Bishops who have had their Education in the Most Antient and Famous University of Oxford, 2 vols. in one, 1st ed., 1691-2, titles printed in red and black, list of subscribers at rear, few leaves stained, contemp. panelled calf, rebacked & corners repaired, upper joint slightly worn, folio Wing W3382 & W3383A. (1)

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Wyatville (Sir Jeffry). Illustrations of Windsor Castle, by the Late Sir Jeffry Wyatville, R.A., Edited by Henry Ashton, 2 vols. in 1, 1841, eng. illust. to title, thirty-nine eng. plts. & plans (inc. four double-page & three folding), eng. illusts. to text (all correct as list), one folding plt. torn and repaired, occ. slight spotting, modern half calf, morocco label to spine, large folio Sir Jeffry Wyatville (1766-1840) was elected A.R.A. in 1822 and R.A. in 1824. The work by which he is best known is his transformation of Windsor Castle, which dates from 1824. In that year competitive designs for the remodelling of the royal apartments were received from Nash and Smirke, as well as from Wyatville, whose name at the time was still Wyatt. In 1828, on the completion of the royal quarters, the king further bestowed on his architect the honours of knighthood and of a residence in the Winchester Tower. (1)

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Yorkshire. The Reports of the Commissioners Appointed, In Pursuance of Various Acts of Parliament, to Enquire Concerning Charities in England and Wales, relating to the County of York, 3 vols., 1836, recent half calf gilt, folio (3)

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London. Seven hand-col. vue d'optiques of London, pub. Robert Sayer, c. 1780, together seven boldly hand-col. vue d'optiques after Canaleti, Parr, Tillemans, Heckel, T. Bowles and Brookes, some heightened with bodycolour, each approx. 255 x 390 mm, mounted The subjects are: The Grand Walk, Vauxhall Gardens, Kensington Palace, View of London and Westminster from Greenwich Park, Walton Bridge, General View of the City of London, St. James Park and Horseguards, etc., & Royal Palace of Windsor. dec. full morocco, a trifle rubbed at extremities, folio. (7)

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London. Topographical engravings, 19th century, includes approx. 300 engraved views after Boydell, Neale, Sparrow, Allom larger aquatint views, a map of Middlesex by Cary, etc., all pasted into a contemp. morocco-backed album, worn with defective spine, folio (1)

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A Victorian mahogany purser's desk, fitted two domed hinged sections enclosing pigeonholes, shelves and post-box, the central section fitted pull-down flap enclosing four short drawers and pigeonholes with four short drawers under, a stationery compartment to the left and folio compartment to the right; on brass plaque fitted to the back "Wooton Desk Company, Glasgow" patented 1st May 1875, width 102cm.

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American Archives: Fourth Series, Containing a Documentary History of the English Colonies in North America, From the King's Message to Parliament, of March 7, 1774, to the Declaration of Independence by the United States, vol. 1-6, pub. M. St. Clair Clarke & Peter Force, Washington, 1837, folding facsimile document in vol. 1 containing all the signatures of the members of Congress who drafted the document that led to the Boston Tea Party, old water stains to lower margins of vols. 1, 3 & 6, contemp. half morocco gilt, some joints cracked and minor wear to head and foot of spines, folio Ex-libris Joseph M. Gleason, with his bookplate and pencil note, 'Although six series were projected by Peter Force and St. Clair Clarke only the 4th series and part of the 5th were ever issued; in all 9 volumes'. (6)

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[Cyprus]. The Illustrated London News, vols. 72 & 73, Jan-December, 1878, num. wood engs., incl. multi-folding view of the Trocadero, Paris Exhibition, contemp. half morocco, upper cover of vol. 73 deficient, folio Contains much information on the British occupation of Cyprus as well as the impending Afghan War. (2)

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Ferrario (Giulio). Le Costume Ancien et Moderne ou Histoire du Gouvernement, de la Milice, de la Religion, des Arts, Sciences et Usages de tous les Peuples anciens et Modernes, 17 vols. (complete), Milan, 1825-27, six folding eng. maps, hand-col. in outline (comprising double hemisphere world map, Asia, America, Europe, Italy), numerous hand-col. aquas. and etchings, uncut, orig. boards, some wear to extrems., thick folio Atabey 427. Blackmer 588. Sabin 24164. The first Italian edition, comprising Europe in 9 vols., Africa in 2 vols., Asia in 4 vols. and America in 2 vols. In some sets the plates are bound separately which can give a false idea of the number of volumes. According to Brunet this immense work was published in 143 parts simultaneously in French and Italian between 1816 and 1834. An additional volume of index was published in 1829 and in the Italian a three-volume supplement appeared in 1833-37. See front cover of this catalogue. (17)

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Hoffbauer (Fedor). Paris a Travers les Ages, 2nd ed., 2 vols., Paris, Firmin-Didot, 1885, ninety-two litho. views, maps and plans incl. some tinted or in colour, maps and plans with col. printed glassine overlays, illusts. to text, t.e.g., contemp. crimson half morocco gilt, sl. rubbed and scuffed, folio (2)

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Monin (V.). Atlas Classique de la Géographie Ancienne, du Moyen Age, et Moderne, nouvelle ed., Paris, [1840], forty eng. maps, etc., incl. many double-page, mostly with some outline colouring, one or two folding, lacks map p.6 (France en departements), a few minor marks, light waterstain to fore-margins of prelims., contemp. calf-backed boards, heavily rubbed and some wear, folio (1)

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[Swerbach, J.F.F., illust.]. Twenty-Three engraved views of battle scenes, each headed "Campagnes des Français", n.d., c.1840, bound with dedication leaf but no title, contemp. half morocco with gilt dec. spine, rubbed, oblong folio Sold with all faults, not subject to return. (1)

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Weller (Edward). Weekly Dispatch Atlas, n.d., c. 1860, 245 single-page litho. maps, mostly hand-col. in outline, contemp. half morocco, joints broken and crudely repaired with sellotape, oblong folio (1)

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Cartes-de-visite albums. An album of twenty chromo-illuminated stiff card leaves incl. title, late 19th c., a.e.g., orig. green morocco gilt with leather onlays to outer border of upper cover, brass clasp, together with a another similar, orig. tan morocco with brasp clasp, embossed metallic pictorial design showing a woman feeding birds, both 4to, plus a concertina-style album, orig. embossed morocco, rubbed, narrow folio (3)

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Europe. An album of albumen and gelatin silver prints, late 19th/early 20th c., including views and scenes from France (some initialled N. D. or X. or L. L. in the negative), plus images of Switzerland and a few of Hyderabad, approx. eighty mounted images in total, contemp. padded morocco, 4to, together with another early 20th-century album with approx. twenty small b&w photos. of India interest, the remaining leaves, largely blank, contemp. half morocco, spine torn, oblong folio (2)

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Europe. An album of albumen and gelatin silver prints, late 19th c., including seven Venetian views (approx. 25 x 35 cm), approx. forty-five smaller views of Italian and other European Churches and buildings, plus approx. sixty British assorted views, many by James Valentine and George Washington Wilson, all neatly mounted, a.e.g., contemp. morocco, rubbed, oblong folio (1)

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France and Italy. An album of approx. eighty mounted albumen prints, late 19th c., including views of Trouville, Dieppe, Amiems, Paris, Marseille, plus some views of Venice, Florence, and Naples interspersed towards rear, images approx. 22 x 29 cm and smaller, some with printed captions beneath, some fading throughout, and some soiling to mounts, contemp. morocco, joints cracked and backstrip def., oblong folio (1)

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India, Africa & Europe. Photograph album of Evelyn Morrison Bell, late 19th c., including four regimental photos. of the Argyll & Sutherland Highlanders (?), two views of the North West Frontier and Plains of Kashmir, approx. 21 x 77 cm, and approx. twenty further images (mostly smaller), of Eton and family occasions, all pasted into a contemp. album, together with two further albums from the same William Morrison Bell family, one with photos. of France, Germany, Jamaica, Monte Carlo, etc., various sizes, all mounted on approx. 30 leaves, the final album including photos. of Natal, views and regimental scenes, plus two of indigenous people, Ireland, plus num. family snapshots, all mounted on approx. 30 leaves, all contemp. half morocco, final album with joints cracked, all oblong folio (3)

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Japan. An album of twenty-five hand-col. albumen prints, late 19th c., the majority titled in the negative, including Nagasaki, Yokohama Hakone, etc., plus five other mounted albumen prints of Hong Kong (?), and unrelated places, approx. 21 x 25 cm, and similar sizes, spotting throughout, contemp. cloth, rubbed and damp marked, oblong folio (1)

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Ogawa (K., Photographer). A Model Japanese Villa, pub. Tokyo, Japan, c.1900, 15pp. of col.-tinted collotype illusts. from photos, with captioned tissue guards, orig. patterned paper boards, with printed label on upper cover, silk cord stitching as issued, a little rubbed to extrems., oblong folio (1)

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Ogawa (K., Photographer). Famous Castles & Temples in Japan, pub. Tokyo, Japan, c.1900, 35pp. of col.-tinted collotype illusts. from photos, with tissue guards, orig. patterned paper boards, with printed label on upper cover, silk cord stitching as issued, rubbed to extrems., oblong folio (1)

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Rhodesia. An album of thirty mounted gelatin silver prints, presented to Mr. F. M. Bennett, M.P., by the Federation of Rhodesia and Nyasaland Branch of the Commonwealth Parliamentary Association, September 1954, printed contents leaf, views each approx. 15 x 20 cm, orig. morocco gilt, sl. rubbed, darkened along lower edge of upper cover, oblong folio (1)

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Scotland. Two broken family albums, c. 1880s/1890s, including num. group portrait and country house scenes, including the family names of Dawson, Scott, Clementine, and the places Balmaccan, Inchdairnie, Holne Park, etc., images mostly approx. 16 x 20 cm, mounted with ink captions beneath, approx. 100 images in total, all loose in contemp. half morocco albums, worn and one repaired, oblong folio (2)

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Victorian album. An unusual family photo. album, compiled and designed by Mabel Springett (?), late 19th c., comprising seventeen stiff card leaves, with orig. elaborate and skilful pen and ink pictures and designs, depicting figures, hunting scenes, animals and house interiors, with a selection of small albumen prints of friends and family, cleverly incorporated into the drawings, leaves approx. 28 x 46 cm, a little spotting, contemp. half morocco with broken gilt clasp, rubbed, oblong folio (1)

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[Berkshire]. Particulars, Plans and Conditions of Sale of the Important and Charming Freehold Residential Estate Known as 'Maiden Erlegh' Which Will be Sold by Auction by Order of the Trustees of the Late John Hargreaves, Esq., by Chinnock, Galsworthy & Chinnock, Tuesday 7 July 1896, b & w photograph of Maiden Erlegh Manor and a folding ground plan plus two large hand-col. folding estate plans, orig. printed wrappers, worn on spine, slim folio (1)

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[Hampshire]. Particulars, Plan and Conditions of Sale of the Singularly Beautiful and Highly Attractive Freehold Residential Estate Known as Heckfield Place, Situate in the Rural Parishes of Heckfield and Mattingley, Which Will be Sold by Auction by Messrs. Chinnock, Galsworthy & Chinnock, Tuesday 9 July 1895, b & w photo. of Heckfield Place, large folding hand-col. estate plan, orig, printed wrappers, slim folio (1)

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Johnston (W. & A.K., publishers). England & Wales. An Atlas on Scale of Three Miles to Inch in 23 Sheets, together with Scotland. An Atlas...in 16 Sheets, c.1910, two colour printed atlases, each double-page map laid onto linen, all maps complete as list, orig. cloth, rubbed with defective spine to former, folio (2)

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Loudon (J.C.). Observations on Laying Out Farms in the Scotch Style, Adapted to England. Comprising an Account of the Introduction of the Berwickshire Husbandry into Middlesex and Oxfordshire. With Remarks on the Importance of This System to the General Improvement of Landed Property, 1st ed., 1812, half-title present, six fine full-page hand-col. aqua views, large folding hand-col. panoramic view of the farm and buildings at Tew Lodge, three folding hand-col. aqua ground plans, num. uncol. plans and diags. (all complete as listed), contemp. calf by T. Langdale, Ripon (with his ticket), gilt dec. spine with red morocco label, rubbed and a little scuffed, upper joint beginning to crack at foot, folio Contents remarkably clean and fresh. (1)

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[Surrey]. Particulars, Plans and Conditions of Sale of an Exceedingly Choice and Attractive Freehold Estate Distinguished as 'High Trees', Situate in the Parish of Reigate... Which will be Sold by Order of the Trustees of the Will of the Late Walter Blanford Waterlow, Esq., by Chinnock, Galsworthy & Chinnock, Tuesday 21 June, 1892, mounted photo. of High Trees Mansion, plus folding ground plan and two large folding col. estate plans, orig. linen-backed printed wrappers, slim folio (1)

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[Yorkshire]. Particulars, Plans and Conditions of Sale of the Important Freehold Residential Estate, Known as 'Carlton Towers', Which Will be Sold by Auction by Messrs. Chinnock, Galsworthy & Chinnock, Friday 7 July 1893, b & w photo. of Carlton Towers, large folding hand-col. estate plan, together with Particulars, Plan & Conditions of Sale of the Attractive Freehold Residential Property Known as 'Becca Hall', Situate in the Parish of Aberford, Which Will be Sold by Auction by Messrs. Chinnock, Galsworthy & Chinnock, Thursday 25 October 1894, b & w photo. of Becca Hall (south front), large folding hand-col. estate plan, both orig. printed wrappers, slim folio (2)

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Ariel Press. Fruits and Flowers, by Pierre-Joseph Redouté, 1955; A Folio of Fruit, by Carlos von Riefel, 1957; The Best of Redouté's Roses, 1959, all selected and introduced by Eva Mannering, col. reprods. to each, all orig. printed wrappers, minor wear, slim folio, together with a duplicate copy in hard covers of the third volume (4)

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Baillie-Grohman (William A. and F., ed.). The Master of Game, by Edward, Second Duke of York, The Oldest English Book on Hunting, with a Foreword by Theodore Roosevelt, 1904, chromo. frontis., heightened with gold, numerous sepia photogravure plts., some spotting, t.e.g., remainder untrimmed, orig. full reversed calf gilt with circular emblem to centre of upper cover, rubbed, folio Limited edition 253/600. Presentation copy to Lionel de Rothschild from Israel Gollancz. (1)

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British Sports & Sportsmen. Hunting, n.d., c. 1890s, num. photogravures and b&w illusts. from photos., a.e.g., orig. black morocco, lettered in gilt, a trifle rubbed, folio Royal Edition, no.105 of 250 copies. (1)

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Coaten (Arthur W., ed.). British Hunting, A Complete History of the National Sport of Great Britain and Ireland from Earliest Records, Sampson Low, [1910], port. frontis. and twenty-two photogravure plts., complete as list, illusts. from photos. to text, light spotting to tissue guards, a.e.g., contemp. two-tone crimson morocco with gilt hound to upper cover and gilt dec. to spine, upper joint sl. worn and cracked at head, folio Limited edition 194/500. Single volume edition. (1)

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Everard (Anne). Flowers From Nature, with the Botanical Name, Class, and Order; and Instructions for Copying, pub. Joseph Dickinson, 1835, thirteen fine hand-col. litho. plts. (incl. frontis.), a.e.g., contemp. dark green morocco gilt, corners slightly bumped and upper joint beginning to crack, slim folio Sitwell & Blunt, Great Flower Books, p. 56. (1)

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Gerard (John). The Herball or General Historie of Plantes..., Very much Enlarged and Amended by Thomas Johnson..., 2nd ed., printed by Adam Islip, Joice Norton and Richard Whitakers, 1633, eng. title torn with major loss (lined to verso), following leaf close-trimmed to margins, numerous woodcut botanical engravings throughout, including some with early hand-colouring, dec. woodcut initials, lacks first and last blanks, leaf 6N5 torn to upper outer corner with slight loss, leaf 6N6 with closed tear, few pages of index frayed at edges (leaf 7A1 with repair to lower outer corner), occ. dust soiling & minor marks, recent full calf, folio STC. 11751. (1)

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Jalland (G.H.). The Sporting Adventures of Mr. Popple, [1899], full page chromo. plts., inner hinges splitting, orig. printed boards, crudely rebacked, oblong folio, together with Vinton & Co. (pub.), Types of Shire Horses. Selected from the "Live Stock Journal" Collection, 1894, wood engraved vignette illustrations, some light spotting, inner hinges cracked, orig. cloth gilt, rubbed to extrems., oblong folio, and Mason (C.Finch), Sporting Sketches, [1879], twenty-five full page litho. illusts., some light toning, later endpapers, contemp. morocco-backed boards, oblong folio, plus Caldecott (Randolph), Last "Graphic" Pictures, 1888, chromo. illusts., orig. cloth-backed printed boards, rubbed and marked, oblong folio, plus others including two volumes of John Leech's Pictures of Life & Character (7)

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Riesenthal (Oskar von). Die Raubvoegel Deutschlands und des angrezenden Mitteleuropas, Cassel, n.d., c.1876, fifty-eight chromo-litho. plts. only, by Th. Fischer, some marginal marks and foxing, printed caption in English overlaid to lower margin of each plt., together with two albums of late 19th-c. chromo plts. of birds of prey, containing seventy-one chromo. plts. in all, contents partly loose in orig. dark green cloth gilt, worn, folio Sold as a collection of plates, not subject to return. (3)

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Smith (Miss J.). Studies of Flowers from Nature, printed for & sold by Miss Smith, Adwick Hall near Doncaster, 1818, hand-col. engr. title, 19 (of 20) hand-col. engr. plts. only, some marks and marginal soiling, list of subscribers at end, a.e.g., contemp. half black morocco gilt, rubbed and marked, re-cased with orig. spine laid down, folio Nissen 1855. The complete work was issued with twenty plates in two states, coloured and uncoloured. The coloured plates in the present volume may be the original uncoloured plates, with added colouring by a student of the period. Sold as a collection of plates, not subject to return. (1)

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Van Eeden & Co. (A. C.). Album Van Eeden. Flora of Haarlem, col. plts. of Dutch bulbs and bulbous plants, Haarlem, 1872-1881, eighty-four chromo. plts. (nos. 37-120 of 120), title, contents and descriptive letterpress for plts. 37-120 bound at front, two plts. det. and a little frayed at fore-margins, some minor soiling, closely trimmed at foot, occn. touching pubs. imprint details, a.e.g., contemp. half morocco, joints cracked and upper cover near-det., folio Nissen 581. (1)

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Edmonds (Harfield H. and Lee, Norman N.). Brook and River Trouting, A Manual of Modern North-Country Methods, pub. by the Authors, Bradford, [1916], eighteen col. and sepia plts., modern black half-morocco gilt, 8vo, together with Hodgson (W. Earl), Trout Fishing, 1st ed., 1904, col. frontis., sev. col. plts. of flies, t.e.g., orig. gilt-dec. blue cloth, sl. rubbed, 8vo, plus Maitland (Sir J. Ramsay Gibson), The History of Howietoun, containing a full description of the various batching-houses and ponds, and of experiments which have been undertaken there, from 1873 to the present time ..., Stirling, 1887, b&w illusts. to text, orig. blue cloth, rubbed and soiled, minor fraying to extrems., folio, and Scrope (William), Days and Nights Salmon Fishing in the Tweed (Sportsman's Library series), 1898, three chromo. plts., ten b&w plts., later blue cloth, 4to, plus five others related, including four pamphlets (9)

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Caricatures. A folio album of approx. sixty early 19th c. hand-col. caricatures after Rowlandson, Dighton, Boitard, Bunbury, Bretherton, Lane, Collet, Morton and others, together with a number of coloured topographical views etc. (six small-format hand-col. litho. views of Brighton, nine small litho. views of Blaise Hamlet, 1825, two hand-col. aqua. views of Weymouth, etc.), all mounted in contemp. calf-backed album, some wear, large folio The album includes: Country Christening, pub. McLean 1825, A Merry Christmas/The Same to You Sir, by G. Hunt after M.E., pub. Pyall & Hunt, A Coroner's Inquest, pub. McLean, 1825, Taste A La Mode, after Boitard, 1745, The Triumph of Sentiment, after Rowlandson, Reposing on a Bed of Roses, by Argus, pub. Walker, April 1806, God Save the King - by a New Set of Performers - being their first appearance these twenty years, & Blowing-Up - the New Opposition, both by Argus, pub. Walker, March 1805, Cries of London, by Marks after Rowlandson, pub. Ackermann, Jan. 1st 1799, Billiards, by Bunbury, two uncol. aquas. after David Wilkie, Charles Wright's Champaign Driving away Real Pain, by G. Hunt after Theodore Lane, The Cotillion Dance, after Collet, pub. 10 March 1771, three small col. aquas. after Gottfried Mind, The New Steam Carriage, by Pyall after Morton, etc. (1)

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East Indies. Dalrymple (Alexander), Collection of thirteen uncoloured engraved charts, late 18th century, showing soundings, tracks of ships, etc., three maps double folio size, the others smaller (13)

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Gould (John). Artamus Minor, Loxia Himalayana, Vinous Grossbeak (x2), Tree Pipit, c.1870s, five hand coloured lithos., some very light spotting, folio (5)

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Gould (John). Ciconia Nigra [Black Stork], c.1860s, hand coloured litho., some light spotting, folio, framed and glazed (1)

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Prints & engravings. Rockwell (Norman). Twenty-seven detached 'Saturday Evening Post' front-covers, 1930s-60s, each neatly excised with advert verso, some fraying and abrasion marks, folio, together with a collection of French antiquarian architectural engravings, Lawson Wood illustrations, engravings of coins and antiquities from Rapin's History of England, and others (approx. 200)

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The Vanity Fair Album, 1st series, 4th ed., 1869, forty-eight col. litho. caricatures, gutta-percha perished, orig. green cloth gilt, rubbed and marked, folio, together with approx. 140 Vanity Fair and Vanity Fair Supplement caricatures, mostly statesmen, and a volume of The Whitehall Review, pub. 1880, with numerous tinted litho. portraits (-)

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The Graphic. An Illustrated Weekly Newspaper, vols. 14-18, a run, July 1876-December 1878, num. wood engs., some double-page or folding, pubs. orig. gilt dec. cloth, some minor wear to extrems., folio The final volume (Jan-June 1878) contains much information on the British occupation of Cyprus as well as the impending Afghan war. (5)

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The Graphic. An Illustrated Weekly Newspaper, vol. 28, July-December 1883, vol. 31, Jan-June 1885, vol. 34 (2 copies), July-December 1886, num. wood engs., some double page or folding, a few chromos. and col. plts. (those in vol. 28 mostly ruined by adhesion), mixed bindings, some wear, folio (4)

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Illustrated London News, vols. 14, 15, 20, 21, 22, 24, 25, 27, 28, 29, 33-41, 1849-62, num. wood engs., some double-page or folding, col. plts., ads. etc., near-matching contemp. half morocco gilt, some a little worn, folio (19)

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Illustrated London News, vols. 90-113, a broken run, 1887-98, together 19 vols., lacks vols. 96, (Jan-June, 1890), vols. 100 & 101, (Jan-December 1892), vol. 109, (July-December, 1896), vol. 111, (July-December, 1897), num. wood engs., some double-page or folding, a few col. plts., ads. etc., contemp. non-matching cloth, some wear (vol. 95 disbound and lacking covers), folio (19)

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Illustrated London News, vols. 18, 19 & 20, Jan-December 1851 & Jan-June 1852, num. wood engs., some double-page or folding, contemp. half calf gilt, some wear, folio Includes much information on the Great Exhibition. (3)

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Illustrated London News, vols. 28-95, 1856-1889, together fifty-two vols., a broken run, lacks 1860 (2), 1861 (1), 1864 (2), 1865 (1), 1866 (2), 1868 (2), 1878 (2), 1884 (1 & 2), 1885 (2), 1887 (1), 1889 (1), num. wood engs., some double-page, mostly bound in uniform contemp. half calf gilt with morocco labels to spines, some a little worn, folio (52)

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The Illustrated London News, vols. 24, 26, 28 & 29, January-June 1854, January-June 1855, & January-December 1856, together four half-yearly bound vols., num. b&w wood eng. illusts., incl. many full-page, some folding, etc., two vols. bound in orig. pubs. cloth, and two vols. bound in contemp. half leather, worn, some covers det., one or two backstrips deficient, etc., folio, together with The Field, The Farm, The Garden. The Country Gentleman's Newspaper, vol. 22, July-December 1863, orig. pubs. cloth, worn with backstrips deficient and covers det., folio, plus The Illustrated Catalogue of The Universal Exhibition, pub. Art Journal, 1868, num. b&w illusts., contemp. black morocco, rubbed and scuffed, some wear, folio, and three vols. of The Sketch, 1900-02 (9)

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Illustrated Sporting & Dramatic News. A High-Class Weekly Journal of Sport, Art, Literature, Music and the Drama, vols. 8, 9 and 11, pub. 1877-79, numerous wood-engs., some double-page, orig. pubs. gilt dec. cloth, soiled, stained and some wear, folio (3)

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Kneller (Sir Godfrey, 1646-1723). Document Signed ('GKneller'), 1 April 1712 , the test a printed blank with manuscript insertions, acknowledging receipt of 8 as an annuity, 1 page, torn and imperfect with loss of part of the printed text, trimmed and laid down, small folio There are no records of auction sales of individual documents signed by Kneller. (1)

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Lawrence (Thomas Edward, 1888-1935). Typed Letter, Hut 105, RAF Cadet College, Cranwell, [1923], to Colonel Dyas [Librarian, Staff College, Camberley], syaing that a friend pciked up his letter by chance when it arrived at All Souls, 'In writing back I'm worse off than you. No Who's Who or Army List in the Canteen to give me the decorations all Colonels (bar me!) have. Please excuse the bareness', telling that his request for a a copy fo his book ['Seven Pillars of Wisdom'] puts him in difficulty because the numbers are small and he wants to restict the circulation, saying that there are some plain texts 'and I'd send you one if I thought there was anything worth the Army's while in it. But there isn't... My job was the reverse of the British Army's. I was with the savages, trying, with them, to defeat the regular forces of the (Turkish) Empire. So to you people it's like Alice in the Looking Glass', excusing the long letter but saying that he wanted to convince himself that there was no reason to send a copy fo the book, finishing that the new reprint will be finished in the summer and he'd be happy to laon a copy of that, typed signature only ('T.E. Shaw') and beneath '"Lawrence" was only a fake name, and I'm sick of it. Hence the change', with some neat old pencil notes, 'Keep', suggesting date and identifying recipient, at foot, 'The only writn. (or spoken) 1/2 avowal I know, R', 1 page, folio The identity of 'R' is unknown but could be Ronald Storrs, a close firend of Lawrence's. (1)

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Guy's Hospital. An Act for Incorporating the Executors of the Last Will and Testament of Thomas Guy... and others, in order to the better management and disposition of the charities given by his said last will..., 1724, black letter act setting out the provision of money to establish the Hospital, 20pp., disbound, folio (1)

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Scrap album. A late Victorian scrap album having thirty-two thick card leaves containing numerous chromo. scraps, including a full-page view of the interior of the House of Lords, another of the House of Commons, two full-page military scenes (one with a few light surface scratches), and a full-page scene of school children writing and reading, plus num. figures of royalty and military interest, characters from Dickens, several horse-drawn carriages and carts (incl. Metropolitan Fire Brigade, Royal Mail, Parcels Post, Water Cart, Coal Merchant, Fresh Milk, etc.) and num. animals, flowers, etc., orig. half morocco, rubbed and a little worn, folio (1)

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Suffolk. Important manuscript manorial Court Roll book for the Manor of Brettenham with Rises, Suffolk, from November 1718 to January 1907 , large volume containing over 380 pages, records the ancient feudal system of the court barons held within the Manor, covering a period of some one hundred and ninety years, offering a unique history of the workings of the feudal Manorial system and the community within the manor, contemp. reversed calf, covers det., folio (1)

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