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Lot 184

PEARSON JOHN.  An Exposition of the Creed by John Lord Bishop of Chester. Eng. port. frontis & red ruled title. Folio. Old calf. 1676.

Lot 187

BELL CHARLES DENT.  The Four Seasons at the Lakes. Chromolitho illuminated dec. card leaves throughout. Quarto. Orig. dec. blue cloth gilt, a.e.g. N.d.; also J. B. Pyne, Lake Scenery of England with tinted litho plates & Goodwin & Knight, Through the Wordsworth Country, large paper folio, 1887.  (3).

Lot 191

CROSTON JAMES.  A History of the Ancient Hall of Samlesbury. Plates & illus. Folio. Green morocco extra, some rubbing. Chiswick Press, 1871; also J. H. Cooke, The Diamond Jubilee in Cheshire, crown folio ltd. ed. 2/50 (upper edge of title cropped), 1899 & Bibliotheca Cestriensis, folio, half vellum, 1904.  (3).

Lot 122

W.F. Creeny. Illustrations of Incised Slabs on the Continent of Europe from Rubbings and Tracings. W. Griggs and Sons, London 1891. Small folio

Lot 185

LES TRES RICHES HEURES DU DUC DE BERRY: Moderna Franco Cosimo Panini, 2010 (550), numbered (15) and signed by publisher, facsimile of Musee Conde Chantilly Manuscript Number 65, folio, original decorative crimson, morocco gilt, top edges gilt, inner dentels gilt, watered silk doblures together with INES VILLELA-PETIT and PATRICIA STIRNEMANN: THE TRES RICHES HEURES OF THE DUKE OF BERRY...READERS GUIDE, folio, original wraps, original drop front box, pictorial paper label, fine condition

Lot 186

THE SKETCH, 1908, vol 62, folio, original pictorial cloth

Lot 187

CHARLES DANA GIBSON: 3 Titles: PICTURES OF PEOPLE, New York, R H Russell & Son, London, John Lane, 1896, oblong folio, original cloth backed pictorial boards worn, AMERICANS, London, John Lane, 1900, first edition, title page loose and chipped, some other leaves loose, oblong folio, original cloth backed pictorial boards worn, inner joints split, EIGHTY DRAWINGS INCLUDING THE WEAKER SEX, THE STORY OF A SUSCEPTIBLE BACHELOR, New York, Charles Scribner's Sons, London, John Lane, 1903, first edition, oblong folio, original cloth backed pictorial boards (3)

Lot 278

S SMITH: THE HISTORY OF THE FAMILY BIBLE.., London, printed by W Rayner, 1737, vol 2 New Testament, engraved plates including 2 folding maps, folio contemporary calf gilt worn

Lot 30

MALO RENAULT (ILL): CHANSHONS DE FRANCE, Paris, Hachette, 1926, first edition, coloured ills including twelve full page folio, original cloth back boards, pictorial paper label

Lot 351

EDWARD THOMAS DANIELL: TWELVE ETCHINGS WITH A SHORT NOTICE OF HIS LIFE BY SIR ROBERT HARRY INGLIS PALGRAVE, Great Yarmouth, 1882 (24) not published, 12 etched plates being various sizes of landscape subject including Norfolk and Spain identified as Clump of Trees at Quidenham, Cragmillar Castle (large plate), Flordon Bridge, Garden in Spain, Landscape with Mill, Limekiln (Wooden Fence on a Hillock), Pollard Trees, Hellesdon, Ronda Andalucia, Roslin Castle, Val D'Aosta, and Whitlingham Lane by Trowse, some marginal water staining not affecting images, folio, contemporary cloth backed boards worn and soiled, lacks printed paper spine label, very scarce, one copy on Copac held at The British Library

Lot 39

LAURENCE DE BRUNHOFF: PICNIC AT BABAR'S, London, Methuen, 1950, first edition, folio, original cloth back, pictorial boards vgc

Lot 397

EDWARD PRESTON WILLINS: QUAINT OLD NORWICH, Norwich, The Author, [1885] (500) numbered (127), 50 litho plates as list, folio, original bellum worn and soiled, some leaves loose, armorial book plate of Joseph John Dawson Paul (1841-1932)

Lot 457

PUBLIC WORKS OF GREAT BRITAIN CONSISTING OF RAILWAYS... Ed F W Simms, London, John Weale, 1838, first edition, Railway section only engraved vignette title and 72 plates, large folio, modern cloth

Lot 105

ROBERT GRAVES: THE GREEK MYTHS, London, The Folio Society, 1998, two vols, original cloth backed decorative boards, slip case plus ten other Folio Society titles including eight in slip cases (12)

Lot 108

ERIC ARTHUR BLAIR 'GEORGE ORWELL': NINETEEN-EIGHTY FOUR THE FACSIMILE OF THE EXTANT MANUSCRIPT, Ed Peter Davison, Daniel G Siegel, London, Secker & Warburg, 1984, first edition, folio, original cloth, d/w (price clipped), slip case

Lot 111

DOMESDAY BOOK A COMPLETE TRANSLATION, London, Folio Society, 2003, first Folio Society edition, 3 vols, original leather backed decorative boards, slip case, vgc (3)

Lot 126

JANE AUSTEN: WORKS, Introduction Richard Church, ill Joan Hassall, London, The Folio Society, 1987, fourth impression, 7 vols, original cloth backed decorative patterned boards, slip case (7)

Lot 1618

A quantity of assorted small format unframed pictures including a Japanese painting depicting a perching bird, various engravings, a folio of botanical study prints, etc. - sold with a quantity of ephemera

Lot 1300

Brown (Robert) The Races of Mankind, Cassell Petter and Galpin, 2 vols. in 1, half-leather binding, 5 raised bands, collection of early Folio Society books etc.... (12)

Lot 1447

Folio Society - Lost Cities of the Ancient World, 5 vol set in slip-case, in original plastic covering,

Lot 1448

Folio Society - P.G. Wodehouse Jeeves and Wooster, 5 vol. set in slip-case: The Code of the Woosters, Thank You Jeeves, Right Ho Jeeves, Ring for Jeeves, The Mating Season and Joy in the Morning

Lot 1449

Folio Society - collection of books in slip-cases, with original plastic wrapping, titles inc. The Quest for the North-West Passage, The Body Snatchers and other Stories, Life by Richard Fortey, etc... (20)

Lot 1450

Folio Society - titles inc. The Great Plague, Memoirs of a British Agent, The Railway Children, etc..., all hardbacks with slip-cases (22)

Lot 1451

Folio Society - titles inc. The Lifted Veil, A Secret Pilgrimage to Mecca and Medina, Nineteen Eighty-Four, The Thirty-Nine Steps, etc., hardbacks, with slip-cases (23)

Lot 1452

Folio Society - titles inc. Colour by Victoria Finlay, Lost City of the Incas, The Stones of Venice, etc., hardbacks with slip-cases (23, 1 without slipcase)

Lot 1453

Folio Society - titles inc. The Last Grain Race by Eric Newby, The Nude by Kenneth Clark, The Greengage Summer, The Wind in the Willows, etc..., hardbacks with slip-cases (21)

Lot 1454

Folio Society - Anthony Trollope, 42 volumes, various titles, mixed dates, hardbacks with slip-cases

Lot 1455

Folio Society - titles inc. The Canterbury Tales 2 vol. set, The Eagle of the Ninth, On the Origin of Species, Wrens London, etc., hardbacks, vast majority with slip-cases(30)

Lot 1456

Folio Society - Empires of the Ancient Near East 4 vol. set, The Phoenicians, The Iliad (x2), The Odyssey (x2), The Greek Myths by Robert Graves 2 vol. set, hardbacks with slip-cases, (11)

Lot 1470

Folio Society - mixed collection of hardbacks, titles inc. The Oregon Trail by Francis Parkman, Machiavelli The Prince, Hogarths England, etc... (48)

Lot 276

Four boxes of books to include Folio Society, Kipling 21 Tales, gardening etc

Lot 216

Libavius,A.: Alchymia ... recognita, emendata, er aucta, tum dogmatibus & experimentis nonnullis. (T1. 1 von 3). Frankfurt, J.Sauer für P. Kopff 1606. Folio. Mit breiter figürlicher gestoch. Titelbordüre. 10 nn. Bl., 196 S., 6 nn. Bl. Mod. Prgtbd. mit Rtit. Duveen 377. Ferguson II, 31. Wellcome I, 3776. Schelenz 406: "Seine Alchemia darf als erstes Lehrbuch der Chemie angesprochen werden". - Der erste Teil der zweiten erweiterten Ausgabe. Sie ist das wichtigste Werk des Autors und stellt das erste Lehrbuch der Chemie im modernen Sinne dar. "Andreas Libavius (1546-1616) war einer der bedeutendsten Chemiker und hat sich um seine Wissenschaft hervorragende Verdienste erworben; auch ist ihm die erste Kentniss der Mineralwasser zu verdanken ... Er war Anhänger der Paracelsistischen Lehre, aber dabei Eklektiker und eiferte besonders gegen die Geheimrnittel und Lebenselixire, deren Natur er durch seine Untersuchungsmethoden klar zu legen vermochte. Er hat das Verdienst, die Chemie den Händen der Adepten entrissen zu haben, sie als Wissenschaft für sich gewürdigt, und ihren Einfluß auf die Arzneikunst gelehrt zu haben." (Hirsch III, 698). - Durchgehend leichtgebräunt, stellenw. wasserrandig und braunfl., sonst gut erhalten. (1316).

Lot 336

Thurneisser zum Thurn, Leonh.: Historia sive descriptio plantarvm tam domesticarv qvam exotim carvm ... Köln 1587. Folio. Mit Druckerm., Portr., 36 Pflanzenholzschn. u. einigen Horoskop-Diagr. 5 Bl. (2. w.), 156 S., 9 Bl. Prgt. d. 18.Jhdts. (Vors. erneuert) Adams T 691. Nissen, BBI 1963. - Die sehr seltene zweite Ausgabe; für den 156 S. umfass. Hauptteil wurde die Restaufl. der EA v. 1578 verwendet. - Ohne das w. Bl. 6 u. das Schlußbl. (w.?), Jedoch mit dem w. Bl. 1, das bei den wenigen anderen nachweisbaren Expln. fehlt. Etwas gebräunt u. fl., Titel und Bl. 3 je mit 2 aufmont. kl. Holzschn. (überkl. Stempeltilgungen). Titelbl. verso mit Papierstreifen verstärkt. Eine Anzahl Bll., bes. am Anfang u. am Schluß, mit Reparaturen in der unt. äuß. Ecke (minimaler Texttverlust). (1653).

Lot 343

Ulstad,Ph.: Coelum philosophorum. Von heimlichkeit der Natur, das ist wie man nicht allein auß Wein, sondern auch auß allen Metallen, Früchten, Fleisch, Eyern, Wurtzeln, Kreutern unnd auß vil andern dingen mehr, sol Distililern Aquam vite, zu erhaltung der Gesundheit Menschliches Cörpers. Item Marsilij Vicini Regiment des Lebens, mit essen trincken, wonungen ...Frankfurt am Main,H.Gülfferich 1551. Folio. Mit Titelholzschnitt und ca. 40 (teils wiederholten) Textholzschnitten. 4 nn. BI., LXIII (statt 54) num. Bl. Prgt. im Stil. d. Zt. mit Rtitel. BM, German Books 597 (lost). Benzig, Gülfferich 87 Ferguson 11 482. Neu 4143. Ferchl S. 547f. Schoene, Wein 4997 Röttinger, Frankfurter Buchholzschnitt S. 126. - Sehr seltene deutsche Erstausgabe. War zuvor mehrfach in lateinischer bzw. französischer Sprache (meist in Straßburg) erschienen. Ulstad war Professor der Medizin in Freiburg. "The Coelum is a treatise on destillation and on the substances which can be prepared by that method and their use in medieine". (Ferguson). Die Holzschnitte zeigen Destillierapparate und andere chemische Apparaturen. - Wohlerhaltenes Exemplar, Marginalien von alter Hand. Das Schlußblatt auf passendem Papier faksimiliert. (1285).

Lot 1602

Frisch,J.L.: Vorstellung der Vögel in Teutschland, und beyläuffig auch einiger fremden, mit ihren natürlichen Farben, aus seinem Deßwegen von vielen Jahren her gesammleten Vogel-Cabinet, Zur Verbesserung der bisher davon herausgekommenen Abbildungen; ... 12 Tle. in 1 Bd (ohne Suppl.). Berlin, bey des auctoris Sohn, [1733-1746]. Folio. (36x25,5 cm). Mit 225 altkol. Kupfertafeln von F. H. Frisch. Insgesamt 66 Textbl. zur Erklärung der Tafeln (fehlt Text für die 12. Klasse), 13 Bl. Zwischentitel. Kalbslederbd. d. Zt. mit goldgepr. Rücken und Wappensupralibro. (Etw. verblasst, kl. Alterssp.). - Fehlt bei der 12. Klasse die letzte Abteilung mit den Tafeln 224- 241, sowie Tafel 221. - Teils minimal stockfleckig und gebräunt, einige wenige S. mit restaurierten oder hinterlegten Einrissen, insgesamt sehr gute Erhaltung. Nissen IVB, 339; Anker 155; Wood S. 349; Fine Bird Books 97. - Eines der schönsten und seltensten Vogelbücher des 18. Jahrhunderts mit grossformatigen Vogeldarstellungen (und 3 Fledermäusen) in prächtigem Altkolorit. "Seine überragende Bedeutung beruht darin, daß er es durchweg auf eigene Beobachtung gründete, wie sie ihm neben seinen Wanderungen ein reich besetztes Aviarium lieferte. Dieses bot auch die Möglichkeit, die Abbildungen möglichst nach dem Leben zu entwerfen" (Nissen S. 43). - Birds in Germany. 12 parts in 1 volume. With 225 old coloured copper plates. Altogether 66 text leaves explaining the plates (missing text for 12th grade), 13 leaves intertitle. Contemporary calf with gilt spine and heraldic supralibro. (Somewhat faded, small. Some ageing). - Missing the last section of the 12th class with plates 224- 241, as well as plate 221. - Partly minimally foxed and browned, a few pages with restored or backed tears, overall very good condition.

Lot 1453

Kampehl, Peter: (1947 Fürth). Figuren. Liebelt, Marburg 1972. Imperial-Folio. 5 sign. Offsetlithographien. Lose in Orig.-Kassette. (Kl. Läs.). - Eines v. 60 numer. Ex.

Lot 176

Hooke,R.: Micrographia: or some Physiological Descriptions of Minute Bodies made by Magnifying Glasses. London, John Martyn and James Allestry for the Royal Society 1665. Folio. Titel in Rot und Schwarz gedruckt, mit gest. Titelvign. (Wappen Royal Society) u. 38 gefalteten Kupferstichen vom Autor und wohl von Christopher Wren. 18 Bl., 246 S., 5 Bl. Ldr. d. Zt. (Tls. beschabt u. best. u. kl. Alterssp.). Dibner Heralds of Science 187. Garrison-Morton-Norman 262. Heirs of Hippocrates 599. Horblit Science 50. Keynes Dr. Robert Hooke 6. Norman 1092. PMM 147. - Erster Druck der ersten Ausgabe von Hooke's meistgefeiertem Werk, mit dem in Rot und Schwarz gedruckten Titel aus dem Jahr 1665. "Das einflussreichste Werk in der Geschichte der Mikroskopie, das die Entdeckungen enthält, die mit dem neu perfektionierten zusammengesetzen Mikroskop von Hooke gemacht wurden. - Micrographia war nicht nur das erste Buch, das ausschließlich mikroskopischen Beobachtungen gewidmet war, sondern auch das erste, das seine Beschreibungen mit reichhaltigen und detaillierten Illustrationen verband, und diese grafische Darstellung einer bis dahin ungesehenen Welt hatte eine Wirkung, die der von Galilieos Sidereus nuncius gleichkam ... seine berühmten und dramatischen Porträts des Flohs und der Laus, die erschreckende achtzehn Zentimeter lang sind, sind heute kaum weniger verblüffend, als sie es für Hookes Zeitgenossen gewesen sein müssen" (Norman). - First Edtion, first issue. - "THE MOST INFLUENTIAL WORK IN THE HISTORY OF MICROSCOPY, CONTAINING THE DISCOVERIES MADE WITH HOOKE'S NEWLY PERFECTED COMPOUND MICROSCOPE. Micrographia was not only the first book devoted entirely to microscopical observations, but also the first to pair its descriptions with profuse and detailed illustrations, and this graphic portrayal of a hitherto unseen world had an impact rivaling that of Galilieo's Sidereus nuncius ... his famous and dramatic portraits of the flea and louse, a frightening eighteen inches long, are hardly less startling today than they must have been to Hooke's contemporaries" (Norman). - Beide Innengelenke mit eingeklebten Leinenstreifen unfachmännisch verstärkt. - Verso Titelblatt gest. Exlibris "Thomas Knowlys Parr". - Tls. etw. gebräunt u. fleckig, Falttaf. tls. Rd. beschnitten, vereinz. bis an die Darstellung, tls. ger. Einr. in d. Falzen, vereinz. unbedeut. Reparaturen. Breitrandiges Ex. (1628).

Lot 57

Boyle,R.: The works of the Honourable Robert Boyle. In Five Volumes. To which is prefixed The Life of the Author. 5 Bde. London, Millar, 1744. Folio. Titel in Rot und Schwarz, 1 gestoch. Portrait-Frontispiz, 5 gestoch. ident. TVignetten u. insg. 15 gefalt. Kupfertafeln. 2 Bl., VIII, 152 S. 2 Bl., 565 S. 2 Bl., 652. 2 Bl., 556 S. 2 Bl., 736 S., 43 Bl. (Index). Ldrbde. d. Zt. mit rot. Rschild. (Berieben, bestoßen, Kapitale stellenw. etw. läd., alle Gelenke angebrochen, 2 Bände mit Leinenstreifen laienhaft Gelenke überklebt, Bd. 5 Vorderdeckel lose). - Blake 62. Ferguson I, 122. DSB II, 382. Erste vollständige Ausgabe. - "During Robert Boyle's lifetime there was a great demand for his writing not only in England but on the Continent, this is no doubt reflecting the dramatic upsurge of interest in the sciences and particularly in those having a bearing on biology and medicine. But this work must have been equally in demand by physical scientists ..." (Fulton, 143). - "The first complete edition of his writings was published by Birch in 1744 ... It included his posthumous remains and correspondence, with a life of the author founded on materials collected with abortive biographical designs by Burnet and Wotton, and embracing Boyle's unfinished narrative of his early years entitled 'An account of Philatretus during his Minority'" (DNB II, 1030). - Jew. mit Wappenexlibris. - 5 vols. With engr. portrait frontispiece, 5 ident. engr title vignettes, 15 fold. copperplates. Contemp. leather with gilt-stamped and labelled spine, gilt stamped fillets and cover edges (rubbed, end of spines and bindings occ. chafed, front joints cracking). - Each vol. with engr. amorial bookplate. (1595).

Lot 1603

Seligmann,J.M.: Sammlung verschiedener ausländischer und seltener Vögel, worinnen ein jeder derselben nicht nur auf das genaueste beschrieben, sondern auch in einer richtigen und sauber illuminierten Abbildung vorgestellet wird. 1. - 8. Teil (von 9) in 4 Bänden Nbg., Fleischmann 1749-73. Folio. Mit 8 gest. Tvign. und 317 (von 421 altkolor. Kupfertafeln. Halblederbände d. Zt. (Einbde. berieben, bestossen und mit Fehlstellen, Gelenke leicht eingerissen). Nissen 857. Anker 462. Zimmer 200. Erste Ausgabe. - Eines der schönsten dt. Vogelbücher der 18. Jhdts. - "The plates of Edwards and Catesby were reengraved by Seligmann and some of those by Edwards further embellished by the addition of figures of plants not in the originals" (Zimmer). - Vereinzelt leicht gebräunt und teils leicht fleckig, einige Bll. gelockert, einige wenige Tafeln beschnitten und lose beiliegend, einige wenige Tafeln am Rand etw. läd. bzw. kl. Fehlstelle, grösstenteils schöne und frische Erhaltung der Tafeln. - Collection of various foreign and rare birds. Occasionally slightly browned and partly lightly spotted, some p. loosened, a few plates trimmed and loosely enclosed, a few plates somewhat damaged at margins resp. small missing part, for the most part nice and fresh condition of the plates.

Lot 344

Ulstadt,Ph.: Coelum philosophorum, seu secretae naturae. Id est, quomodo non solum & vino, sed etiam ex omnibus metallis, fructibus, Carne, ovis, radicibus, herbis & allis quam plurimis Quinta Essentia ... Paris, Gaultherot 1544. Mit 62 tlw. blattgr. Textholzschnitten. 8 nn. Bl., 95 Bl., 1 w. Bl. Lederband d. 20. Jhdts. im Stil der Zt. BM, STC French Books 43 1. Ferguson 11, 482 u. ders., Book of Secrets V, 24. Ferchl 548. Schmieder 254. - Bolton 1062. Caillet 10.914. Meflon 28 u. 40. Neu 4143. Kopp II, 36 1. Rosenthal, BMP 859 ff. Duveen 591. Wellcome 6400. - Ulstadt, ein Nürnberger Patrizier, war Arzt u. zuletzt als Prof. d. med. in Freiburg tätig. "Coelum philosophorum" stellt eine erklärte u. verbesserte Kompilation aus den Schriften von Arnoldus von Vdlanova, Albertus Magnus, R.Lullius u.a. dar. - Die Holzschnitte zeigen verschiedene Destillieröfen und Kolben. - "The woodcuts are chiefly from the earlier folio editions, but there are one or two new ones introduced." (Duveen). - Das Werk erschien erstmals 1525 und wurde mehrfach ins Deutsche, Französische u. Italienische übersetzt. (1219).

Lot 329

Sylvius, Fr. de le Boe,: Opera Medica. Genf, de Tournes 1681. Folio. Front.-Porträt, 9 Bl., 747 S., 40 Bl. Ldr. d. Zt. mit Rverg. (Ein Gelenk unten eingerissen, berieb. u. best. u. tls. kl. Fehlst.). Vgl. Waller 9428 (Ausg. ebda. 1680). - Frühe, wohl dritte Ausgabe der Werke eines der Führer der Chemiatrie. - Etwas wasserr., 1 Bl. des Vorwortes mit Fehlstelle u. etwas Textverlust. - Titel mit hs. Vermerk v. alter Hand. (541).

Lot 270

Paracelsus (d.i. T.B.v.Hohenheim).: Opera. Bücher u. Schrifften, so viel deren zur Hand gebracht... (Hrsg. v. J. Huser). Mischaufl. 2 Bde. Straßburg, Zetzner 1603 (Bd. 1) bzw. Straßburg, Zetzner Erben 1616 (Bd. 2). Fol. Mit breiter Holzschn.-Titelbordüre, -Druckermarke, zahlr. Holzschn. u. vielen kleineren magischen Fig. u. Siegel-Abb. 6 Bl., 1127 S., 25; 4 Bl., 691 S., 6 Bl. Mod. Hmaroquinbde. Bd. 1 in der ersten, Bd. 2 in der zweiten Straßburger Folio-Ausgabe. Sudhoff 256 u. 301. Ferguson II, 169 ff. - Zahlr. Unterstr. u. Marginalien. Etw. gebräunt, Bd. 2 tls. wasserrandig. - Exlibris. - (710)

Lot 101

WW2. 750 Plus Battle of Britain fighter pilot Signatures From WW2 RAF Personnel Throughout a Folio Dedicated Hardback Book. Signatures on Signature Pieces, first Day Covers, Sticky Labels and Much More. Signatories include AVM Johnnie Johnson. List of Signatories in the Named Index Pages. A Very Rare Book Containing Battle of Britain Autographs. A Must Have. Fair Condition. Good condition. All autographs come with a Certificate of Authenticity. We combine postage on multiple winning lots and can ship worldwide. UK postage from £5.99, EU from £7.99, Rest of World from £9.99

Lot 113

T E LAWRENCE: 'T E Lawrence, Correspondence with Henry Williamson...': edited by Peter Wilson (and Anne Williamson), Castle Hill Press, 2000: limited to 702 numbered copies, this copy out of series, marked 'X Edition Copyright Owner's Copy': small folio, publishers brown cloth with dustjacket, short tear and crease to lower panel, otherwise VG: together with 3 other books by or relating to Lawrence, plus a TLS from Colin Graham to Williamson dated September 1970, relating to the circumstances surrounding Lawrence's death, plus some other stationery and research material. (Sm.Qty)

Lot 126

ANN THOMAS (sister of poet Edward Thomas and lover of Henry Williamson): 'The Baite by John Donne': handwritten and illustrated ink and watercolour rendition by Ann Thomas, 4pp within covers, dedication to initial page 'to HW from AT December 1 1931' (Williamson's birthday, their relationship commencing in summer of the same year), full page illustration of naked female figure amongst fish and plants, small folio: together with 2 contemporary photographs of Ann Thomas, plus a proof copy of her book, with a few manuscript amendments and newspaper-excerpt photograph of T E Lawrence tipped onto upper flyleaf. (4)

Lot 13

SUSSEX DOMESDAY BOOK: 'Great Domesday Book: Sussex', London, Alecto Historical Editions, 1987: 3 vols, publishers buckram backed boards in slipcase, light wear to latter else VG, folio. (3)

Lot 14

BACON (G W, publisher): 'Bacon's Large Scale Atlas of London and Suburbs...' London, G W Bacon & Co, 1910: title page and contents list, numerous double page and folding social, geographic and industrial maps, one map loose and another with tear, blank verso of one sheet with handwritten manuscript entry, publishers burgundy cloth gilt with some wear, folio. (1)

Lot 15

THOMSON (John, F.R.G.S): 'Illustrations of China and its People. A series of 200 photographs, with letterpress descriptive of the places and people represented..' London: Sampson Low et al, 1873-74: FIRST EDITION. 4 volumes, with 218 photographic views and portraits on 96 sheets, interleaved with descriptive text and tissue guards, occasional minor handling marks but a very clean set, publishers brown cloth gilt over bevel-edged boards, aeg, some fraying to extremities and a few surface abrasions, folio. (4)

Lot 170

LEDGERS: two old ledgers, red leather backed, one large oblong folio example with blank leaves, late 19th/early 20thc. (2)

Lot 208

SHAKESPEARE (William): 'Romeo & Juliet...with designs by Oliver Messel', London, Batsford, 1936: 4to, dustjacket: together with 36 other volumes, Shakespeare, all pub. Folio Society. (One box)

Lot 224

BARTSCH (J, Adam Von, 1757-1821): 'Recueil d'Estampes Gravees par Adam Bartsch d'apres les dessins originaux de differens maitres qui se trouvent a la biblioteheque imp: et Roy de Vienne', Vienna, Chez T Mollo, 1794: with engraved title and 40 plates, some printed in sepia tones, contemporary half calf with red morocco label gilt, rubbed and scuffed, folio: with another continental folio work, 19th century. (2)

Lot 227

AMERICA: ACTS OF PARLIAMENT: group of 26 acts of parliament relating to America, 1735-1848, all disbound, sm. folio. (26)

Lot 245

AMERICAN ADVERTISING: PRINTERS SPECIMEN BOOK: a large folio printers specimen book, circa mid 20thc, containing numerous samples of colour printed wrappers and labels, largely for confectionary products, all mounted to album leaves, the album leaves brittle and fraying, the album disbound. (One box)

Lot 272

FEMALE TRAVELLER: two extensive photograph albums from the 1920s belonging to one Miss D I Hoddinott, charting her travels through England and Ireland in the company of various young women, in particular M C Yule, the Misses Drury and Thomson and Mimi Clark: hundreds of images, sitters and locations all identified in same neat hand in black ink, presented in two half morocco bound albums of the period, oblong folio, generally in very good condition. (2)

Lot 275

RAILWAYS: collection of approx 75 items of printed ephemera, largely relating to railways, late 19th-early c20, to include official notices, timetable revisions, parcel stamps and other items, all mounted to modern sheets and contained in grey card folder, folio size. (1)

Lot 277

GRAND TOUR SCRAPBOOK/DIARY: a late 19thc scrapbook relating to a tour of various European locations inc. Antwerp, Rhine Valley, Munich, Venice, Pompeii, etc: sporadic manuscript entries interspersed with tipped in engravings and drawings, some leaves loose, contemporary half morocco with front board detached, worn and rubbed with loss to spine, small folio. (1)

Lot 28

FOX (John): 'The New and Complete Book of Martyrs; or an Universal History of Martyrdom: being Fox's Book of Martyrs, Revised and Corrected, with Additions and Great Improvements...' London, Alex. Hogg, n.d (c1790): engraved frontispiece and numerous plates, paper repairs to fore edges of several early and final leaves, some toning and foxing, later half calf gilt, rubbed, folio: with 4 others, 18th century continental antiquarian. (5)

Lot 289

FOLIO SOCIETY: YOUNG (E): 'Night Thoughts, Illustrated by Williams Blake...', Folio Society, Ltd Edition, 1 of 1000 copies, 2 vols in quarter Nigerian goatskin leather, housed with commentary volume in publishers buckram clamshell case, colour illustrations from designs by William Blake, Folio Society 2005. (1)

Lot 302

PAINTINGS: a portfolio of abstract paintings by Pamela Izzard. (Folio)

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