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An illustration to the Sur Sagar of Surdas, India, Mewar, circa 1700, gouache with ink heightened with gold, on paper laid on

Dreweatts 1759

Lot 131

An illustration to the Sur Sagar of Surdas, India, Mewar, circa 1700, gouache with ink heightened with gold, on paper laid on cloth, four lines of text in devanagari script to upper section on yellow panel and red borders, folio 45.5cm x 26cm and painted image excluding four lines of text 36.5cm x 22.5cm, framedProvenance: From a Corporate Collection The Sursagar is a devotional poem dedicated to Lord Krishna, written by the blind poet Surdas who is seen in this painting seated in front of a hut clapping cymbals. The composite scenes include Krishna dancing with the Gopis. Condition Report: good condition other than some minor flaking and damaged edges and unexamined out of frame and sold as seenCondition Report Disclaimer

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Four Holy Men, Mewar, Rajasthan, India, circa 1700, gouache on paper, seated under a tree in a rocky enclosure, surrounded by

Dreweatts 1759

Lot 132

Four Holy Men, Mewar, Rajasthan, India, circa 1700, gouache on paper, seated under a tree in a rocky enclosure, surrounded by a forest with wild animals, red painted border, folio 31cm x 25.5cm and image 28cm x 22cm, framed Provenance: From a Corporate Collection Condition Report: minor flaking and damaged edges unexamined out of frame and sold as seen Condition Report Disclaimer

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ROBERT LOUIS STEVENSON: 2 titles: DR JEKYLL AND MR HYDE, ill Mervyn Peake, London, The Folio Society, 1948, 1st edition, orig

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Lot 195

ROBERT LOUIS STEVENSON: 2 titles: DR JEKYLL AND MR HYDE, ill Mervyn Peake, London, The Folio Society, 1948, 1st edition, original two-tone pictorial cloth gilt, dust wrapper; TREASURE ISLAND, ill Mervyn Peake, London, Eyre & Spottiswoode, 1949, 1st edition, original cloth, dust wrapper + J L C & W C GRIIMM: HOUSEHOLD TALES, ill Mervyn Peake, London, Eyre & Spottiswoode, 1946, 1st edition, original cloth, dust wrapper + AARON JUDAH: THE POT OF GOLD, ill Mervyn Peake, London, Faber & Faber, 1959, 1st edition, original pictorial cloth, dust wrapper (4)

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SAMUEL TAYLOR COLERIDGE: THE RIME OF THE ANCIENT MARINER, ill Mervyn Peake, Marlborough, Libanus Press, 2003, (190), (50), Sp

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Lot 209

SAMUEL TAYLOR COLERIDGE: THE RIME OF THE ANCIENT MARINER, ill Mervyn Peake, Marlborough, Libanus Press, 2003, (190), (50), Special edition numbered, 2 vols including portfolio of prints, folio, original cloth gilt, original solander box as new

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REV CHARLES LUTWIDGE DODGSON "LEWIS CARROLL": PEAKE'S ALICE, MERVYN PEAKE'S DRAWINGS ALICE IN WONDERLAND AND THROUGH THE LOOK

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Lot 210

REV CHARLES LUTWIDGE DODGSON "LEWIS CARROLL": PEAKE'S ALICE, MERVYN PEAKE'S DRAWINGS ALICE IN WONDERLAND AND THROUGH THE LOOKING GLASS, Marlborough, Libanus Press, 2001 (280) (60), Special edition including portfolio of prints, folio, original cloth gilt, original solander box, as new

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SAINT JOHN DE PREBEUF: THE TRAVELS AND SUFFERINGS OF FATHER JEAN DE PREBEUF AMONG THE HURONS OF CANADA AS DESCRIBED BY HIMSEL

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Lot 239

SAINT JOHN DE PREBEUF: THE TRAVELS AND SUFFERINGS OF FATHER JEAN DE PREBEUF AMONG THE HURONS OF CANADA AS DESCRIBED BY HIMSELF, ed/trans Theodore Besterman, London, The Golden Cockerel Press, 1938 (300), 1st edition, numbered, engraved titling on title page by Eric Gill, uncut, map end papers, folio, original two-tone cloth

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SIR GAWAIN AND THE GREEN KNIGHT, A FOURTEENTH CENTURY ALLITERATIVE POEM NOW ATTRIBUTED TO HUGH MASEY, trans Ormerod Greenwood

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Lot 276

SIR GAWAIN AND THE GREEN KNIGHT, A FOURTEENTH CENTURY ALLITERATIVE POEM NOW ATTRIBUTED TO HUGH MASEY, trans Ormerod Greenwood, ill Roy Morgan, London, Lion & Unicorn Press, 1956 (200), printed at The Royal College of Art, numbered, 12 coloured lithoplates as called for together with introductory booklet, folio, loose as issued, original decorative cloth backed portfolio

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STANLEY CHURCHILL RAMSEY & JOHN DEAN MONROE HARVEY: SMALL HOUSES OF THE LATE GEORGIAN PERIOD, London, The Architectural P

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Lot 325

STANLEY CHURCHILL RAMSEY & JOHN DEAN MONROE HARVEY: SMALL HOUSES OF THE LATE GEORGIAN PERIOD, London, The Architectural Press, 1924-23, 2nd impression, 1st edition, 2 vols, folio, original cloth gilt, very worn (2)

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BEN JONSON: A CROPPE OF KISSES, SELECTED LYRICS OF BEN JONSON, ed John Wallis, London, The Golden Cockerel Press, 1937 (250)

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Lot 327

BEN JONSON: A CROPPE OF KISSES, SELECTED LYRICS OF BEN JONSON, ed John Wallis, London, The Golden Cockerel Press, 1937 (250) (200) numbered, folio, original crimson morocco backed cream buckram gilt, some staining to top board, top edges gilt

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SAMUEL PROUT: HINTS ON LIGHT AND SHADOW COMPOSITION ETC AS APPLICABLE TO LANDSCAPE PAINTING, London, Ackermann, 1838, 1st edi

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Lot 349

SAMUEL PROUT: HINTS ON LIGHT AND SHADOW COMPOSITION ETC AS APPLICABLE TO LANDSCAPE PAINTING, London, Ackermann, 1838, 1st edition, 20 lithoplates as called for, folio, original cloth gilt worn and soiled, lacks part of backstrip

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DELLA ROBBIA PAPERS SUGGESTIONS FOR THEIR USE TOGETHER WITH A SHORT TREATISE ON THE WORK OF THE DELLA ROBBIA, Springfield, Ma

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Lot 358

DELLA ROBBIA PAPERS SUGGESTIONS FOR THEIR USE TOGETHER WITH A SHORT TREATISE ON THE WORK OF THE DELLA ROBBIA, Springfield, Mass, P P Kellogg Division, United States Envelope Company, 1926, printed by William Edwin Rudge, scarce sample book, etched plate by Joseph Pennell, letterpress leaf with previously unpublished portrait of Joseph Pennell loosely inserted, large folio, original cloth backed boards, decorative label, decorative pictorial end papers

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THOMAS ARCHER: CHARLES DICKENS, A GOSSIP ABOUT HIS LIFE, WORKS AND CHARACTERS, ill Frederick Barnard, London, Paris and Melbo

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Lot 363

THOMAS ARCHER: CHARLES DICKENS, A GOSSIP ABOUT HIS LIFE, WORKS AND CHARACTERS, ill Frederick Barnard, London, Paris and Melbourne, Cassell & Co [1902], 18 full page photogravure plates as called for, some marginal foxing, folio, contemporary half crushed red morocco gilt worn and soiled, all edges gilt

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WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE: THE WORKS OF SHAKSPEARE, ed Charles Knight, London, Virtue & Co, circa 1873, vol 1 (of 2), added eng

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Lot 371

WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE: THE WORKS OF SHAKSPEARE, ed Charles Knight, London, Virtue & Co, circa 1873, vol 1 (of 2), added engraved vignette title and 25 plates as called for, folio, contemporary decorative blind stamped calf gilt, all edges gilt

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ALEXANDRE DU SOMMERARD: LES ARTES AU MOYEN AGE, Paris, Hotel de Cluny [1838-46], 1st edition, 5 vols including atlas vol, vol

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Lot 376

ALEXANDRE DU SOMMERARD: LES ARTES AU MOYEN AGE, Paris, Hotel de Cluny [1838-46], 1st edition, 5 vols including atlas vol, vols 1-4 9 title pages for 1st to 9th series coloured blue and gilt, atlas vol hand coloured general title, 507 litho plates including 368 coloured, elephant folio, fine decorative crushed crimson morocco gilt, spines gilt in compartments, morocco gilt spine labels, inner dentelles gilt, marbled end papers, all edges gilt by John Wright of London (5)

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HECTOR BERLIOZ: DIE MODERNE INSTRUMENTATION UND ORCHESTRATION...GRAND TRAITE D'INSTRUMENTATION ET D'ORCHESTRATION MODERNES...

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Lot 400

HECTOR BERLIOZ: DIE MODERNE INSTRUMENTATION UND ORCHESTRATION...GRAND TRAITE D'INSTRUMENTATION ET D'ORCHESTRATION MODERNES..., Berlin, Chez ad Mt Schlesinger [1845], 1st edition in German and French, 332pp, ownership signature of Christopher Gledhill (1912-1987) on front free end paper and a gift inscription in German to Sr Excellenz Grafen Carl Puckler dated 7 x 35, folio, old half calf

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SYLVANUS MORGAN: THE SPHERE OF GENTRY DEDUCED FROM THE PRINCIPLES OF NATURE AN HISTORICAL AND GENEALOGICAL WORK OF THE ARMS A

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Lot 427

SYLVANUS MORGAN: THE SPHERE OF GENTRY DEDUCED FROM THE PRINCIPLES OF NATURE AN HISTORICAL AND GENEALOGICAL WORK OF THE ARMS AND BLAZON IN FOUR BOOKS, London, printed by William Leybourn for the author, 1661, 1st edition, 4 books in one, added engraved allegorical title, 40 full page engraved illustrations/plates as called for, folio, rebound (not recent), three-quarter calf, marbled boards, morocco gilt spine label, new end papers, the author was described by Arthur Charles Fox-Davies as "one of the very maddest of the 17th century heraldic writers"

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EDWARD PHILLIPS: THE NEW WORLD OF WORDS, OR A UNIVERSAL ENGLISH DICTIONARY..., London, printed for R Bently, J Phillips, H Rh

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Lot 437

EDWARD PHILLIPS: THE NEW WORLD OF WORDS, OR A UNIVERSAL ENGLISH DICTIONARY..., London, printed for R Bently, J Phillips, H Rhodes and J Taylor, 1696, 5th edition with large additions and improvements, added engraved title, 1pp adverts at end, folio, contemporary blind stamped calf worn

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SIR EDWARD COKE: A FIRST PART OF THE INSTITUTES OF THE LAWS OF ENGLAND OR A COMMENTARY UPON LITTLETON, NOT THE NAME OF THE AU

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Lot 438

SIR EDWARD COKE: A FIRST PART OF THE INSTITUTES OF THE LAWS OF ENGLAND OR A COMMENTARY UPON LITTLETON, NOT THE NAME OF THE AUTHOR ONLY BUT OF THE LAW ITSELF, London, printed by Williams Rawlins and Samuel Roycroft to be sold by Charles Harper & J Walthoe, 1703, 10th edition, 2 engraved ports, folding table as called for, folio, contemporary calf worn

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RICHARD HOOKER: THE LAWES OF ECCLESIASTICAL POLITE EIGHT BOOKES, London, printed by Richard Bishop to be sold by George Lathu

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Lot 439

RICHARD HOOKER: THE LAWES OF ECCLESIASTICAL POLITE EIGHT BOOKES, London, printed by Richard Bishop to be sold by George Lathum, 1638-39, engraved title (undated), 6 separate title pages, book 5 dated 1638, the remainder all dated 1639, folio, old calf worn, rebacked (not recent)

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THE SELF-INTERPRETING BIBLE..., ed Rev John Brown, Bungay, Brightley & Childs, 1813, 40 engraved plates, large folio, con

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Lot 448

THE SELF-INTERPRETING BIBLE..., ed Rev John Brown, Bungay, Brightley & Childs, 1813, 40 engraved plates, large folio, contemporary calf gilt worn, Herbert 1588

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A PRACTICAL FAMILY BIBLE ON A PLAN ENTIRELY NEW..., eds Francis Willoughby & Joseph Wise, London for J Wilkie, 1778, 2 vo

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Lot 450

A PRACTICAL FAMILY BIBLE ON A PLAN ENTIRELY NEW..., eds Francis Willoughby & Joseph Wise, London for J Wilkie, 1778, 2 vols, large folio, contemporary calf worn, a re-issue of Herbert 1227 (2)

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JOHN FOXE: FOXE'S ORIGINAL AND COMPLETE BOOK OF MARTYRS...A NEW EDITION NOW CAREFULLY REVISED, CORRECTED AND IMPROVED BY A MI

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Lot 454

JOHN FOXE: FOXE'S ORIGINAL AND COMPLETE BOOK OF MARTYRS...A NEW EDITION NOW CAREFULLY REVISED, CORRECTED AND IMPROVED BY A MINISTER OF THE GOSPEL [PAUL WRIGHT]..., London for Alex Hogg circa 1795, 52 engraved plates, pages 21-22, 28-29 not printed, lacks blanks, folio, contemporary calf worn, top board detached

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EDWARD GIBBON: A HISTORY OF THE DECLINE AND FALL OF THE ROMAN EMPIRE, ed Betty Radice, London, The Folio Society, 1983, 1st

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Lot 455

EDWARD GIBBON: A HISTORY OF THE DECLINE AND FALL OF THE ROMAN EMPIRE, ed Betty Radice, London, The Folio Society, 1983, 1st edition, 8 vols, original decorative cloth gilt, slip-cases

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FOLIO SOCIETY: 15 slip-cased titles including Jane Austen works, 7 vols

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Lot 456

FOLIO SOCIETY: 15 slip-cased titles including Jane Austen works, 7 vols

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FOLIO SOCIETY: 19 titles, 17 slip-cased including LIFE ON THE MISSISSIPPI, FRENCH SHORT STORIES, THE MERCHANT OF PRATO etc (1

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Lot 457

FOLIO SOCIETY: 19 titles, 17 slip-cased including LIFE ON THE MISSISSIPPI, FRENCH SHORT STORIES, THE MERCHANT OF PRATO etc (19)

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FOLIO SOCIETY: 44 titles, mainly slip-cased including THE HISTORY OF THE DECLINE AND FALL OF THE ROMAN EMPIRE, 8 vols, LIFE I

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Lot 458

FOLIO SOCIETY: 44 titles, mainly slip-cased including THE HISTORY OF THE DECLINE AND FALL OF THE ROMAN EMPIRE, 8 vols, LIFE IN A MEDIEVAL CITY, 3 vols etc (44)

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FOLIO SOCIETY: 25 titles, 24 slip-cased including BRONTE SISTERS, 6 vols, (25)

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Lot 459

FOLIO SOCIETY: 25 titles, 24 slip-cased including BRONTE SISTERS, 6 vols, (25)

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FOLIO SOCIETY: 26 slip-cased titles including THOMAS HARDY, 6 vol set, HANS ANDERSEN FAIRY TALES, GRIMM'S FAIRY TALES, PERRAU

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Lot 460

FOLIO SOCIETY: 26 slip-cased titles including THOMAS HARDY, 6 vol set, HANS ANDERSEN FAIRY TALES, GRIMM'S FAIRY TALES, PERRAULT'S FAIRY TALES, FABLES OF AESOP etc (26)

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FOLIO SOCIETY: 27 slip-cased titles including JANE AUSTEN, 7 vol set etc (27)

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Lot 461

FOLIO SOCIETY: 27 slip-cased titles including JANE AUSTEN, 7 vol set etc (27)

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DAVID REID-HENRY: COMMEMORATIVE PRINTS, intro and sketch notes Louise Reid-Henry, Mazoe Rhodesia, Frank Reid Press, 1979, (25

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Lot 462

DAVID REID-HENRY: COMMEMORATIVE PRINTS, intro and sketch notes Louise Reid-Henry, Mazoe Rhodesia, Frank Reid Press, 1979, (250) (240), 1st edition, subscriber's copy, numbered and signed by publisher, 6 coloured plates loose as issued, together with 2 pencil sketches of nightjars by D M Henry, elephant folio, original blue cloth box soiled

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CLAUDE GIBNEY FINCH-DAVIES: THE BIRD PAINTINGS OF C G FINCH-DAVIES, intro Alan Kemp, Johannesburg, Winchester Press, 1984, (5

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Lot 463

CLAUDE GIBNEY FINCH-DAVIES: THE BIRD PAINTINGS OF C G FINCH-DAVIES, intro Alan Kemp, Johannesburg, Winchester Press, 1984, (5026) (4700), subscribers volume, numbered, folio, original cloth, pictorial paper label, slip-case

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JOHN CYRIL HARRISON: THE BIRDS OF PREY OF THE BRITISH ISLANDS, descriptive text David Evans, foreword Aylmer Tryon, Kingston

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Lot 464

JOHN CYRIL HARRISON: THE BIRDS OF PREY OF THE BRITISH ISLANDS, descriptive text David Evans, foreword Aylmer Tryon, Kingston Deverill Fine Bird Books, 1980, (275), 1st edition, numbered and signed by artist with additional signed pencil sketch on limitation page, 20 tipped in coloured plates as called for, subscriber's list tipped in, folio, original half-brown morocco, top edges gilt, cloth slip-case

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BRUCE CAMPBELL: THE BIRD PAINTINGS OF HENRY JONES, intro HRH The Duke of Edinburgh, preface Professor Lord Zuckerman, Folio F

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Lot 476

BRUCE CAMPBELL: THE BIRD PAINTINGS OF HENRY JONES, intro HRH The Duke of Edinburgh, preface Professor Lord Zuckerman, Folio Fine Editions/The Zoological Society of London, 1976 (500), numbered, 24 coloured plates as called for, oblong, original half green leather gilt, top edges gilt, cloth gilt slip-case with split at edge

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PETER J S OLNEY: THE WILDFOWL PAINTINGS OF HENRY JONES, foreword Sir Peter Scott, London, Threshold/Harrap, 1987 (350), 1st e

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Lot 477

PETER J S OLNEY: THE WILDFOWL PAINTINGS OF HENRY JONES, foreword Sir Peter Scott, London, Threshold/Harrap, 1987 (350), 1st edition, numbered and signed by author, 60 coloured plates as called for, oblong, folio, original half blue morocco gilt, blue cloth solander box

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ARCHIBALD THORBURN: GAME BIRDS AND WILD-FOWL OF GREAT BRITAIN AND IRELAND, London, Longmans, Green & Co, 1923, 1st editio

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Lot 490

ARCHIBALD THORBURN: GAME BIRDS AND WILD-FOWL OF GREAT BRITAIN AND IRELAND, London, Longmans, Green & Co, 1923, 1st edition, 3 coloured plates as list, folio, original cloth worn and soiled

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PHILIP RICKMAN: A SELECTION OF BIRD PAINTINGS AND SKETCHES, foreword HRH The Duke of Edinburgh, Curpotten Ltd for Sporting In

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Lot 491

PHILIP RICKMAN: A SELECTION OF BIRD PAINTINGS AND SKETCHES, foreword HRH The Duke of Edinburgh, Curpotten Ltd for Sporting Interests Ltd, 1979 (500) (474), numbered and signed by artist, 32 coloured plates as called for, folio, original three-quarter crushed green morocco gilt, top edges gilt, cloth gilt slip-case + HUGH BERTIE CAMPBELL POLLARD: GAME BIRDS, REARING, PRESERVATION AND SHOOTING, ill Philip Rickman, London, Eyre & Spottiswoode, New York, Houghton Mifflin, 1929, 1st edition, 12 coloured plates as list, 4to, rebound, half morocco gilt, spine gilt in compartments, (2)

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JAMES HANCOCK & HUGH ELLIOTT: THE HERONS OF THE WORLD, ill Robert Gillmor & Peter Hayman, London, London Editions, 19

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Lot 492

JAMES HANCOCK & HUGH ELLIOTT: THE HERONS OF THE WORLD, ill Robert Gillmor & Peter Hayman, London, London Editions, 1978, folio, rebound, crushed green morocco gilt, spine gilt in compartments + JOSEPH M FORSHAW: PARROTS OF THE WORLD, ill William T Cooper, Melbourne, Lansdowne Press, 1973, 1st edition, folio, original cloth, dust wrapper + KATRINA COOK: BIRDS, London, Quercus, 2007, 1st edition, large folio, original cloth, dust wrapper (price clipped) (3)

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ROGER TORY PETERSON & VIRGINIA MARIE PETERSON: AUDOBON'S BIRDS OF AMERICA, New York and London, Abbeville Press, 1990, 1s

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Lot 493

ROGER TORY PETERSON & VIRGINIA MARIE PETERSON: AUDOBON'S BIRDS OF AMERICA, New York and London, Abbeville Press, 1990, 1st edition, folio, original cloth, dust wrapper, pictorial slip-case + C A FLEMING: GEORGE EDWARD LODGE, PUBLISHED BIRD PAINTINGS, foreword Sir Peter Scott, London, Michael Joseph, 1983, 1st edition, large 4to, original cloth backed boards, dust wrapper (2)

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GORDON LINDSAY MCLEAN: DUCKS OF SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA, ill Gaill Darroll, foreword Sir Peter Scott, Randburg Acorn Books, 1986,

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Lot 496

GORDON LINDSAY MCLEAN: DUCKS OF SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA, ill Gaill Darroll, foreword Sir Peter Scott, Randburg Acorn Books, 1986, (2726) (2500), 1st edition, subscriber's copy numbered, folio, original cloth, dust wrapper

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JOHN CHURCH: A CABINET OF QUADRUPEDS, London for Darton & Harvey, 1805, vol 1 (of 2) only, added engraved vignette title,

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Lot 519

JOHN CHURCH: A CABINET OF QUADRUPEDS, London for Darton & Harvey, 1805, vol 1 (of 2) only, added engraved vignette title, 45 plates as called for, small folio, old half calf marbled boards worn, book plate of Michael Valentine Briton Riviere (1919-1997)

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JOHN GOULD: THE BIRDS OF AUSTRALIA, Melbourne, Lansdowne Press, 1975, facsimile edition vol 7 only, large folio, original fau

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Lot 523

JOHN GOULD: THE BIRDS OF AUSTRALIA, Melbourne, Lansdowne Press, 1975, facsimile edition vol 7 only, large folio, original faux leather gilt + EVA MANNERING (ED): MR GOULD'S TROPICAL BIRDS, London, The Ariel Press, 1955, (1000), numbered, folio, original half cloth + JOHN JAMES AUDUBON: THE BIRDS OF AMERICA, ed William Bogt, London, MacMillan, 1937, 1st edition, 4to, original cloth gilt (3)

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FRANCIS BACON: SYLVA SILVARUM OR A NATURALL HISTORY..., London, AM for William Lee, 1658, 7th edition, 3 parts in one, added

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Lot 524

FRANCIS BACON: SYLVA SILVARUM OR A NATURALL HISTORY..., London, AM for William Lee, 1658, 7th edition, 3 parts in one, added engraved title dated 1651, lacks portfrontis, folio, old calf worn

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LIONEL EDWARDS: MY IRISH SKETCHBOOK, London, Collins, 1938, 1st edition, 9 coloured plates as list, 4to, original cloth gilt,

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Lot 526

LIONEL EDWARDS: MY IRISH SKETCHBOOK, London, Collins, 1938, 1st edition, 9 coloured plates as list, 4to, original cloth gilt, some soiling, spine toned + MARTIN ROSS & E OE SOMERVILLE: A PATRICK'S DAY HUNT, Westminster, Archibald Constable [1902], 1st edition, 8 coloured plates as list, oblong, folio, original pictorial cloth worn (2)

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CECIL ALDIN: A SPORTING GARLAND, London, Sands & Co [1902], 1st edition, 22 full page coloured ills, oblong, folio, origi

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Lot 528

CECIL ALDIN: A SPORTING GARLAND, London, Sands & Co [1902], 1st edition, 22 full page coloured ills, oblong, folio, original boards worn + G H JALLAND: THE SPORTING ADVENTURES OF MR POPPLE, London and New York, John Lane [1898], 1st edition, 10 full page coloured ills, one letterpress page with long closed tear, oblong, 4to, original cloth backed pictorial boards worn and soiled (2)

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PIETRO ANDREA MATTIOLI: COMMENTARRI IN LIBROS SEX DIOSCORIDIS ANAZARBEI DE MEDICA MATERIA ADIECTIS QUAM PLURIMIS PLANTARUM AN

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Lot 532

PIETRO ANDREA MATTIOLI: COMMENTARRI IN LIBROS SEX DIOSCORIDIS ANAZARBEI DE MEDICA MATERIA ADIECTIS QUAM PLURIMIS PLANTARUM AND ANIMALIUM IMAGINIBUS, Venice, Apud Vincentium Valgrisium, 1554, 1st Latin edition, the copious text ills hand coloured throughout, 24 preliminary leaves, 707pp, folio, old calf worn, top board detached and gilt stamped "Society of Writers to the signet", an important edition, the earliest to include information on plants from the Americas, Africa and Asia

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WILLIAM BLIGH: THE LOG OF HMS BOUNTY 1787-1789, Surrey, Genesis Publications, 1975, (500), facsimile edition, numbered and si

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Lot 538

WILLIAM BLIGH: THE LOG OF HMS BOUNTY 1787-1789, Surrey, Genesis Publications, 1975, (500), facsimile edition, numbered and signed by Admiral of the Fleet, Earl Mountbatten of Burma, folding chart as called for, thick folio, original crushed blue morocco pictorial gilt, spine gilt lettered in compartments, inner dentelles gilt, watered silk doublures, all edges gilt, original felt lined solander case (scuffed and edges bumped)

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D P MORTLOCK: HOLKHAM LIBRARY, A HISTORY AND DESCRIPTION, foreword The Earl of Leicester, [London] for presentation to member

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Lot 560

D P MORTLOCK: HOLKHAM LIBRARY, A HISTORY AND DESCRIPTION, foreword The Earl of Leicester, [London] for presentation to members of the Roxburghe Club, 2006 (300) (200), signed by The Earl of Leicester on dedication leaf, folio, original green buckram gilt, from the collection of the late Ron Fiske of Morningthorpe Manor

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K OGAWAY (PHOTOGRAPHER): SCENES FROM THE CHIUSHINGURA AND THE STORY OF THE FORTY-SEVEN RONIN, descriptive text James Murdoch,

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Lot 578

K OGAWAY (PHOTOGRAPHER): SCENES FROM THE CHIUSHINGURA AND THE STORY OF THE FORTY-SEVEN RONIN, descriptive text James Murdoch, Tokyo, [1893], 17 collotype plates, folio, original decorative wraps worn

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ROBERT SURTEES: THE HISTORY AND ANTIQUITIES OF THE COUNTY PALATINE OF DURHAM..., London, 1816-40, 1st edition, 4 vols, 81 eng

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Lot 596

ROBERT SURTEES: THE HISTORY AND ANTIQUITIES OF THE COUNTY PALATINE OF DURHAM..., London, 1816-40, 1st edition, 4 vols, 81 engraved plates as list, together with the companion volume JAMES RAINE: THE HISTORY AND ANTIQUITIES OF NORTH DURHAM..., London, 1852, 1st edition, engraved map and 11 plates as list, all vols with numerous competently hand coloured coats of arms, although 6 marginal arms had been excised, 2 in vol 2 and 1 in each of vols 1, 3-5, folio, uniform decorative crushed green morocco gilt, spines gilt in compartments, inner dentelles gilt, marbled end papers, all edges gilt, bound for George Rutland, Newcastle-on-Tyne, some scuffing to boards (5)

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FRANCIS BLOMEFIELD: AN ESSAY TOWARDS A TOPOGRAPHICAL HISTORY OF THE COUNTY OF NORFOLK..., Fersfield, 1739, vol 1 only, contai

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Lot 597

FRANCIS BLOMEFIELD: AN ESSAY TOWARDS A TOPOGRAPHICAL HISTORY OF THE COUNTY OF NORFOLK..., Fersfield, 1739, vol 1 only, containing the hundreds of Diss, Giltcross, Shropham, the Burgh of Thetford, Grimeshoe, Wayland and Forehoe, 2 engraved plates and 2 folding pedigrees only, folio, old reversed calf, rebacked, morocco gilt, spine labels

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WALTER RYE: A CATALOGUE OF FIFTY OF THE NORFOLK MANUSCRIPTS IN THE LIBRARY OF MR WALTER RYE, Norwich, Agas H Goose, 1889 [50]

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Lot 664

WALTER RYE: A CATALOGUE OF FIFTY OF THE NORFOLK MANUSCRIPTS IN THE LIBRARY OF MR WALTER RYE, Norwich, Agas H Goose, 1889 [50], 1st edition, un-numbered, uncut, some browning to lower edges of leaves, folio, original cloth backed printed boards

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JOHN H JAMES: A HISTORY AND SURVEY OF THE CATHEDRAL CHURCH OF SS PETER, PAUL DUBRITIUS TEILO AND OUDOCEUS LLANDAFF, Cardiff,

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Lot 687

JOHN H JAMES: A HISTORY AND SURVEY OF THE CATHEDRAL CHURCH OF SS PETER, PAUL DUBRITIUS TEILO AND OUDOCEUS LLANDAFF, Cardiff, 1898, 1st edition, plates collated complete, 4to, original cloth + CHARLES RAYMOND BOOTH BARRETT: SOMERSETSHIRE HIGHWAYS BYWAYS AND WATERWAYS, London, 1893, plates only, 16 plates loose as issued, folio, original cloth portfolio titled "Somersetshire plates fine edition", (2)

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JOHN BRITTON: A HISTORY AND ANTIQUITIES OF THE SEE AND CATHEDRAL CHURCH OF NORWICH..., London, 1816, 1st edition, large paper

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Lot 688

JOHN BRITTON: A HISTORY AND ANTIQUITIES OF THE SEE AND CATHEDRAL CHURCH OF NORWICH..., London, 1816, 1st edition, large paper, added engraved title, 24 plates as list, folio, original boards, printed paper label, rebacked cloth + EDWARD MEYRICK GOULBURN, HENRY SYMONDS AND EDWARD HAILESTONE: THE ANCIENT SCULPTURES IN THE ROOF OF NORWICH CATHEDRAL...TO WHICH IS ADDED A HISTORY OF THE SEE OF NORWICH..., London, The Autotype Fine Art Company, Norwich, Henry W Stacy, 1876, 1st edition, 50 plates including 1 coloured, folio, original elaborate decorative cloth gilt + JOHN ADEY REPTON: NORWICH CATHEDRAL AT THE END OF THE EIGHTEENTH CENTURY WITH DESCRIPTIVE NOTES BY WILLIAM WILKINS, ed Stephen Rowland Pierce, Farnborough Gregg Press, 1965, (1000), numbered, elephant folio, original cloth gilt, original pictorial slip-case + DAVID HERBERT SOMERSET CRANAGE (ED): THIRTEEN-HUNDREDTH ANNIVERSARY OF THE DIOCESE OF EAST ANGLIA, Norwich and London, 1930, 1st edition, official handbook, original printed wraps + RALPH HALE MOTTRAM: THE GLORIES OF NORWICH CATHEDRAL, London, Winchester Publications, 1948, 1st edition, 4to, original cloth gilt (5)

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ALFRED SUCKLING: A HISTORY AND ANTIQUITIES OF THE HUNDREDS OF BLYTHING AND PART OF LOTHINGLAND IN THE COUNTY OF SUFFOLK..., L

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Lot 689

ALFRED SUCKLING: A HISTORY AND ANTIQUITIES OF THE HUNDREDS OF BLYTHING AND PART OF LOTHINGLAND IN THE COUNTY OF SUFFOLK..., London, 1847, 1st edition, printed for the author, 4to, original boards worn and soiled, spine browned + JOHN GLYDE: ILLUSTRATIONS OF OLD IPSWICH, Ipswich, John Glyde, 1889, 1st edition, folio, contemporary half green morocco gilt, v worn and soiled, boards detached, lacks backstrip, contents loose + 2 defective Ipswich titles (4)

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*JOHN JAMES AUDUBON: BIRDS OF AMERICA, A SELECTION OF LANDSCAPE PLATES, Ariel Press, 1973, (1000), Leipzig edition, vol 2, 3

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Lot 697

*JOHN JAMES AUDUBON: BIRDS OF AMERICA, A SELECTION OF LANDSCAPE PLATES, Ariel Press, 1973, (1000), Leipzig edition, vol 2, 3 (of 20) plates only, comprising Tufted Auk, Western Duck and Red Pharalope together with a further 6 full sized plates from different editions of Audubon's work comprising Passenger Pigeon, Loggerhead Shrike, Redwinged Starling or Marsh Blackbird, White-Eyed Flycatcher or Vireo, Ruddy Plover and Orange-Crowned Warbler, original elephant folio

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JAMES WYLD: A POPULAR ATLAS OF THE WORLD CONSISTENT OF DETAILED MAPS OF THE DIFFERENT PARTS OF THE GLOBE, London, James Wyld,

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Lot 701

JAMES WYLD: A POPULAR ATLAS OF THE WORLD CONSISTENT OF DETAILED MAPS OF THE DIFFERENT PARTS OF THE GLOBE, London, James Wyld, 1849, 46 engraved outline coloured maps, large folio, old half calf v worn, top board detached

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ALLY SLOPER'S HALF HOLIDAY, 1908-09 bound vol of 32 issues nos 1257, 1262, 1274, 1283, 1288-1315, a very few with minor losse

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Lot 727

ALLY SLOPER'S HALF HOLIDAY, 1908-09 bound vol of 32 issues nos 1257, 1262, 1274, 1283, 1288-1315, a very few with minor losses, folio, modern cloth

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THE SYREN AND THE SHIPPING ILLUSTRATED, 3 issues, January 7 1914 No 906, January 4 1922 No 1323 and January 3 1934 No 1949, f

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Lot 730

THE SYREN AND THE SHIPPING ILLUSTRATED, 3 issues, January 7 1914 No 906, January 4 1922 No 1323 and January 3 1934 No 1949, folio, original wraps with part losses (3)

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THE MOTOR SHIP, 3 issues, Jan 1938 No 216, Jan 1939 No 228 and April 1950 No 363, folio, original wraps + THE SHIPBUILDER AND

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Lot 731

THE MOTOR SHIP, 3 issues, Jan 1938 No 216, Jan 1939 No 228 and April 1950 No 363, folio, original wraps + THE SHIPBUILDER AND MARINE ENGINE-BUILDER, 2 issues, Jan and May 1939, Nos 351 and 356, folio, original wraps (5)

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LAWSON WOOD: 2 titles: GRAN'POP'S BOOK OF FUN, London, Birn Bros [1943], 1st edition, folio, original pictorial wraps; A BEDT

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Lot 94

LAWSON WOOD: 2 titles: GRAN'POP'S BOOK OF FUN, London, Birn Bros [1943], 1st edition, folio, original pictorial wraps; A BEDTIME PICTURE BOOK, London, Birn Bros [1943], folio, original pictorial wraps + MARY TOURTEL: RUPERT AND HIS FRIEND MARGOT, London, Sampson Low, Marston and Co, [1949], 1st edition, Rupert's Famous Yellow Library, 2 copies, 4to, original pictorial wraps + WALT DISNEY: MICKEY MAGAZINE, Belgium, 1954, 10 issues, nos 182, 186-187, 189-192, 194, 197-198, 4to, original pictorial wraps + 18 assorted Mellifont Children's titles, 1950s, original wraps (32)

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