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Tanner, Thomas - Notitia Monastica or Short History of the Religious Houses in England and Wales, 8vo, calf, with engraved ti

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Lot 110

Tanner, Thomas - Notitia Monastica or Short History of the Religious Houses in England and Wales, 8vo, calf, with engraved title page and 5 pages illustrations on heraldic shields, A & J Churchill, London 1695; Behrens, Lilian Boys - Under Thirty-Seven Kings. Legends of Kent and Records of the Family of Boys, 1st edition, dark blue cloth, with 21 plates, Saint Catherine Press, London 1926 and Domesday Books: Kent (1863), Middlesex (1861) and Middlesex - extended and translated (1862), embossed folio, cloth, Ordnance Survey Office, Southampton

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BLACKHEATH: Hasted, Edward - The History and Topographical Survey of the County of Kent, The Hundred of Blackheath, Part 1 (a

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Lot 111

BLACKHEATH: Hasted, Edward - The History and Topographical Survey of the County of Kent, The Hundred of Blackheath, Part 1 (all pbd), folio, original cloth, signed press copy by the editor, front inner hinge split, London 1886 and DEAL, WALMER, SANDWICH: Roget, John Lewis - Sketches of Deal, Walmer, and Sandwich, 1st edition, 8vo, original green cloth gilt, Longman, green & Co, London 1911

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ROCHESTER: Thorpe, John - Registrum Roffense: or, A collection of antient records, charters, and instruments of divers kinds,

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Lot 112

ROCHESTER: Thorpe, John - Registrum Roffense: or, A collection of antient records, charters, and instruments of divers kinds, necessary for illustrating the ecclesiastical history and antiquities of the Dioceses and Cathedral of Rochester, folio, rebound red half cloth, London 1769; Rawlinson, Richard - The History and Antiquities of the Cathedral Church of Rochester, in two parts, 8vo, calf, front board detached, E. Curll, London 1717 and Shrubshole, William - The History and Antiquities of Rochester and Its Environs, 8vo, calf, folding map as frontispiece, and 5 plates, blindstamped, front board detached, T. Fisher, Rochester 1772

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Hentzner, Paul - Paul Hentzner's Travels in England, during the reign of Queen Elizabeth, translated by Horace, the late Earl

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Lot 116

Hentzner, Paul - Paul Hentzner's Travels in England, during the reign of Queen Elizabeth, translated by Horace, the late Earl of Orford, and first printed by him at Strawberry Hill: to which is added, Sir Robert Naunton & Fragmenta Regalia; or, observations on Queen Elizabeth time and favourites, with portraits and views, 8vo, rebound cloth with library stamps, London 1797; Greenwood, Christopher - An Epitome of County History, Vol I (all pbd), County of Kent, 4to, lacks plates, cloth backed drab boards, London 1838 and Douglas, James - Nenia Britannica: or, A Sepulchral History of Great Britain, 1st edition, folio, part 1 only, cloth, lacking title, with 18 only (of 36) plates, London 1793

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Dugdale, William - Monastican Anglicanum, Vols 1, 2, 4 and 7 (of 8), folio, black leather, joints poorly repaired, with portr

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Lot 122

Dugdale, William - Monastican Anglicanum, Vols 1, 2, 4 and 7 (of 8), folio, black leather, joints poorly repaired, with portrait and engraved title, London 1845 and Weever, John - Antient Funeral Monuments of Great Britain, qto, calf gilt, lacks portrait, 5 engraved plates, repair to tear at page XIi, W. Tooke, London 1767

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Culpeper, Nicolas - A Physical Directory, or a Translation of the Dispensatory, folio, later half calf, endpapers renewed, ti

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Lot 126

Culpeper, Nicolas - A Physical Directory, or a Translation of the Dispensatory, folio, later half calf, endpapers renewed, title page and last page repaired, lacks portrait, Peter Cole, London 1651

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Stow, John - The Survay of London, "The Survey of London", folio, 19th century embossed calf, latter pages darkened, final pa

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Lot 131

Stow, John - The Survay of London, "The Survey of London", folio, 19th century embossed calf, latter pages darkened, final page "The Second Table" repaired, Elizabeth Purslow, London 1633

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Grimeston, Edward - A Generall Historie of The Netherlands, folio, contemporary calf, with engraved title and portraits by Ch

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Lot 133

Grimeston, Edward - A Generall Historie of The Netherlands, folio, contemporary calf, with engraved title and portraits by Christoffel Van Sichem, pages only to 1112 (of 1414) front board detached and with loss to calf at top right, A. Islip and G. Eld, London 1609

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Lucas, E.V. - The Pageant of the Empire, illustrated by Frank Brangwyn, Spencer Pryse and MacDonald Gill, folio, with folding

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Lot 151

Lucas, E.V. - The Pageant of the Empire, illustrated by Frank Brangwyn, Spencer Pryse and MacDonald Gill, folio, with folding panorama plate of the Pageant by Frank Brangwyn, Fleetway Press, London 1924

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Chaucer, Geoffrey - The Canterbury Tales, translated by Neville Coghill and profusely illustrated by the illustrator and grap

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Lot 17

Chaucer, Geoffrey - The Canterbury Tales, translated by Neville Coghill and profusely illustrated by the illustrator and graphic designer Charles Mozley, an unsewn bi-folio Atlas Folio set. A limited edition of 1000 sets were produced of which less than 200 complete sets survive. Privately commissioned by John Deuss printed on handmade paper, Westerham Press and Pennington Fine Art Lithographers of London. Each set comprises eight tales cased in four gilt titled cloth covers with quarter cloth spines tied by matching ribbons. Each cover is 590 mm (23.5 inches) tall and 420 mm (16.5 inches) wide.Volume 1 - The Prologue and The Wife of BathVolume 2 - The Miller's Tale and The Reeve's TaleVolume 3 - The Merchant's Tale and The Shipman's TaleVolume 4 - The Summoner's Tale and The Clerk's Tale

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Camden, William - Britannia: or a Chronographical Description, 1st edition of Edmund Gibsons translation, folio, contemporary

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Lot 21

Camden, William - Britannia: or a Chronographical Description, 1st edition of Edmund Gibsons translation, folio, contemporary calf, spine hinges repaired, with portrait and plates of coins, but wanting all maps, London 1695, together with the facsimile edition of the same work, Newton Abbot, 1971 (2)

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Westall, William A.R.A. - Views of The Lake and of the Vale of Keswick, folio, half morocco, with 11 (of 12) hand coloured pl

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Lot 27

Westall, William A.R.A. - Views of The Lake and of the Vale of Keswick, folio, half morocco, with 11 (of 12) hand coloured plates, introduction by Robert Southey, inner joints split, spine scuffed and with loss at foot, Rodwell, Martin, London 1820

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Brangwyn, Frank - Belgium, folio, half vellum, text by Hugh Stokes, introduction by Paul Lambotte, 52 wood engravings by Fran

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Lot 30

Brangwyn, Frank - Belgium, folio, half vellum, text by Hugh Stokes, introduction by Paul Lambotte, 52 wood engravings by Frank Brangwyn, printed by Frederick Stokes, New York 1916

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Herbert of Cherbury, Edward, Lord, (1583-1648) - The Life and Reign of King Henry the Eighth, folio, with portrait, contempor

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Lot 36

Herbert of Cherbury, Edward, Lord, (1583-1648) - The Life and Reign of King Henry the Eighth, folio, with portrait, contemporary calf, worn and scuffed, joints split, spine with loss at head and foot, lacking front fly leaf. London 1682

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Astle, Thomas - The Origin and Progress of Writing, 2nd edition, L.P. issue, folio, calf, with port frontis and 32 plates (so

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Lot 48

Astle, Thomas - The Origin and Progress of Writing, 2nd edition, L.P. issue, folio, calf, with port frontis and 32 plates (some hand-coloured), library stamps, London 1803

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Tuckerman, Arthur Lyman - A Selection of Works of Architecture and Sculpture Belonging Chiefly to the in Rennaissance in Ital

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Lot 52

Tuckerman, Arthur Lyman - A Selection of Works of Architecture and Sculpture Belonging Chiefly to the in Rennaissance in Italy, folio, half calf, Cornstock, New York 1891

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Scudery, George de - Curia Politae: or the Apologies of Several Princes ..., 2nd edition in English, folio, contemporary calf

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Lot 53

Scudery, George de - Curia Politae: or the Apologies of Several Princes ..., 2nd edition in English, folio, contemporary calf rebacked, with frontis, but lacking plates, Lodnon 1673

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A folio of assorted unframed prints

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Lot 530

A folio of assorted unframed prints

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Harris, John - Navigantium atque Itinerantium Biblioteca, or Voyages and Travels: Volume 1 (of 2) folio, rebound half, vellum

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Lot 55

Harris, John - Navigantium atque Itinerantium Biblioteca, or Voyages and Travels: Volume 1 (of 2) folio, rebound half, vellum, with one plate only, of Sir Francis Drake, 287 pages only, London 1705

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Mezeray, Francois Eudes, Sieur de - General Chronological History of France, 1st edition in English - translated by John Bult

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Lot 56

Mezeray, Francois Eudes, Sieur de - General Chronological History of France, 1st edition in English - translated by John Bulteel, 3 vols in 1, folio, contemporary calf, London 1683

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Bacon, Francis Sir - Of the Advancement and Proficience of Learning, 2nd edition in English, folio, calf, lacks frontis, Thom

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Lot 57

Bacon, Francis Sir - Of the Advancement and Proficience of Learning, 2nd edition in English, folio, calf, lacks frontis, Thomas Williams, London 1674

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Bellori, Giovanni Pietro - Descrizzione delle imagini dipinte da Rafaelle d'Urbino nelle camere de Palazzo Apostolico Vatican

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Lot 58

Bellori, Giovanni Pietro - Descrizzione delle imagini dipinte da Rafaelle d'Urbino nelle camere de Palazzo Apostolico Vaticano; La favola di Amore e Psiche, small folio, calf, lacking portrait, Gio, Giacomo Komarek Boeme, Rome 1695

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Comines, Philippe de Seigneur d'Argenton - The Historie ..., folio, contemporary blind panelled calf, engraved titled, John B

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Lot 59

Comines, Philippe de Seigneur d'Argenton - The Historie ..., folio, contemporary blind panelled calf, engraved titled, John Bill, London 1614

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Joao, de S. Joseph do Prado - Monumento sacro da fabrica, e solemnissima sagracao da Santa Basilica do Real Convento, que jun

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Lot 60

Joao, de S. Joseph do Prado - Monumento sacro da fabrica, e solemnissima sagracao da Santa Basilica do Real Convento, que junto à villa de Mafra dedicou a N. Senhora, folio, vellum, discoloured and with loss, front inner joint split, with 3 folding plans, Miguel Rodrigues, Lisbon 1751

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Sarpi, Paolo - The Historie of the Councel of Trent, folio, contemporary calf gilt, boards with gilt, unidentified armorials,

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Lot 61

Sarpi, Paolo - The Historie of the Councel of Trent, folio, contemporary calf gilt, boards with gilt, unidentified armorials, replaced label, front board bowed, London 1676

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Evelyn, John - Silva: or, a discourse of forest-trees, & Terra: A philosophical discourse of Earth, 2 vols in 1, 5th edit

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Lot 63

Evelyn, John - Silva: or, a discourse of forest-trees, & Terra: A philosophical discourse of Earth, 2 vols in 1, 5th edition, folio, calf, rebacked, J. Walthoe, J. Knapton, D. Midwinter, et al, London 1729

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Manson, William - Sir William Manson's Naval Traits in six books, 1st edition, folio, rebound quarter calf with marbled board

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Lot 64

Manson, William - Sir William Manson's Naval Traits in six books, 1st edition, folio, rebound quarter calf with marbled boards, 163-560 pp( page numbering error skips pages 538-49), A and J Churchill, London 1703

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Stirling-Maxwell, Sir (publisher) - The Entry of the Emperor Charles V into the City of Bologna, on the fifth of November MDX

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Lot 69

Stirling-Maxwell, Sir (publisher) - The Entry of the Emperor Charles V into the City of Bologna, on the fifth of November MDXXIX. Reproduced from a series of engravings on wood, printed at Venice in MDXXX, 16 large double-page woodcut engravings, Elephant folio, two holes to lower front board, privately printed, Florence, London and Edinburgh 1875

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Sousa, Coutinho, Manuel de - Plans, Elevations, Sections and Views of the Church of Batalha, elephant folio, half morocco, wi

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Lot 70

Sousa, Coutinho, Manuel de - Plans, Elevations, Sections and Views of the Church of Batalha, elephant folio, half morocco, with engraved title and 25 plates, scuffed and with loss, title page foxed, London 1836

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Ireland, William Henry - Miscellaneous Papers and Legal Instruments under the Hand and Seal of William Shakespeare ... from t

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Lot 71

Ireland, William Henry - Miscellaneous Papers and Legal Instruments under the Hand and Seal of William Shakespeare ... from the Original Manuscripts, 1st edition, folio, with 20 plates on 19 leaves, 3 of them printed or partly printed in colours and finished by hand, London 1796

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Rolt, Richard - The Lives of the Principal Reformers ..., folio, modern half calf, with 21 ports, ex library bookplate pasted

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Lot 87

Rolt, Richard - The Lives of the Principal Reformers ..., folio, modern half calf, with 21 ports, ex library bookplate pastedown, London 1759

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Allen, Fred Hovey - The Great Cathedrals of the World, 2 vols, folio, half morocco, rubbed and bumped, Boston 1886

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Lot 89

Allen, Fred Hovey - The Great Cathedrals of the World, 2 vols, folio, half morocco, rubbed and bumped, Boston 1886

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Cortesao, Armando (translator) - History of Cartography - Portolan Charts, The Nautical Chart of 1424 and Early Discovery and

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Lot 90

Cortesao, Armando (translator) - History of Cartography - Portolan Charts, The Nautical Chart of 1424 and Early Discovery and Cartographical Representation of America. A Study on the History of Early Navigation and Cartography, folio, limited edition, University of Coimbra, Portugal 1954

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Andrew Lang, Folio Society Rainbow Fairy Books, in slip cases (12)

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Lot 299

Andrew Lang, Folio Society Rainbow Fairy Books, in slip cases (12)

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Quantity of The Illustrated London News, together with a Port Folio of Photographs of Famous Scenes, Cities and Paintings, pu

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Lot 300

Quantity of The Illustrated London News, together with a Port Folio of Photographs of Famous Scenes, Cities and Paintings, published weekly by the Werner Company of Chicago, (a lot)

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The Enid Blyton Nature Plates drawn by Eileen A. Soper contained within a Folio

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Lot 444

The Enid Blyton Nature Plates drawn by Eileen A. Soper contained within a Folio

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A collection of twenty seven Egyptian photographic prints, Published by Cosmos, Berlin, Cairo, etc., Printed in Germany, Copy

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Lot 22

A collection of twenty seven Egyptian photographic prints, Published by Cosmos, Berlin, Cairo, etc., Printed in Germany, Copyright by Cosmos 1893, each 32 x 39cms, all framed, with folio of titles

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A folio of military ephemera, five WWII medals, photographs, etc.

Arthur Johnson & Sons Auctioneers

Lot 682

A folio of military ephemera, five WWII medals, photographs, etc.

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Thomson's Castle of Indolence with illustrations by William Rimer, Art Union of London, 1845, loose-leaf oblong folio, compri

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Lot 280

Thomson's Castle of Indolence with illustrations by William Rimer, Art Union of London, 1845, loose-leaf oblong folio, comprising title page, list of illustrations, nine plates and one partial plate (of twelve), engravings, 43 x 29 cm (a/f)

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Atlases Hall, Sidney & Hughes, William General Atlas of the World. Edinburgh: A. & C. Black, 1854. Folio, half black

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Lot 112

Atlases Hall, Sidney & Hughes, William General Atlas of the World. Edinburgh: A. & C. Black, 1854. Folio, half black leather; 75 of 77 maps (lacking I (The World) and XLV (North America)) but with additional Schenk and McFarlane, Chart of the Baltic bound-in after XXVII-VIII (Russia in Europe) and map of South America laid down opposite LI (South America). Blackie, W.G. The Comprehensive Atlas & Geography of the World. Blackie & Son, 1884. Folio, half leather; 10 coloured illus of Peoples of the World, 67 coloured maps, illus to text. Bartholemew, J.G. Citizen's Atlas of the World. w.a.f.. Bindings all worn, Hall marginal toning, some fraying of edges, a little dusty and foxed, Blackie upper hinge cracked, stain to foredges, variable foxing, Bartholomew w.a.f.

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Rousselet, Louis India and its Native Princes. Bickers and Son, 1878. Folio, half green morocco, boards ruled in gilt, spine

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Lot 149

Rousselet, Louis India and its Native Princes. Bickers and Son, 1878. Folio, half green morocco, boards ruled in gilt, spine gilt in compartments, contrasting morocco lettering-piece in one, marbled endpapers, a.e.g.; numerous illus and maps; provenance: armorial bookplate of military astronomer Robert Wolseley Haig -- gift inscription from the Earl of Ilchester to Mirza Mahommed Hussein Shirazi (likely the Shia marja') 1883 -- Imperial Bank of Persia Library markings. Carefully revised by Lt.-Col. Buckle. The presumed order of descent is drawn from external evidence. Haig died in 1872, before the 1883 gift inscription, and the Bank was founded in 1885, post it.. Some wear and marking to the binding, internally a touch toned, but generally clean.

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Jones, William, Revd. An Essay on the First Principles of Natural Philosophy. Oxford: Printed at the Clarendon Printing-house

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Lot 154

Jones, William, Revd. An Essay on the First Principles of Natural Philosophy. Oxford: Printed at the Clarendon Printing-house, 1762. 4to, without binding, text block only; pp. [6], 281, [1]; three plates, two folding. w.a.f. Furttenbach, Joseph Büchsenmeisterey-Schul. Ausburg: Johann Schultes, 1643. Folio, full calf; lacking all but one plate. w.a.f. Anon The Wonders of the Telescope. Richard Phillips, 1809. 8vo, leather-backed boards; 14 plates. New edition. with two others [5]

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Harris, John Lexicon Technicum or an Universal English Dictionary of Arts and Sciences. [Daniel Brown et al, c.1723 (lacking

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Lot 157

Harris, John Lexicon Technicum or an Universal English Dictionary of Arts and Sciences. [Daniel Brown et al, c.1723 (lacking title, dated via textual elements)]. Folio, full calf; 7 folding plates, illus to text. Vol II only.. Binding heavily worn, boards still attached but peeling; lacking title, first plate of veins torn with small loss, second torn with loss, third plate loose but present, plate of full-rigged ship torn with slight loss, other plates creased, some occasional foxing etc but generally text clean. w.a.f.

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Nesfield, William Eden Specimens of Medieval Architecture chiefly selected from examples of the 12th and 13th in France and I

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Nesfield, William Eden Specimens of Medieval Architecture chiefly selected from examples of the 12th and 13th in France and Italy. Day and Son, 1862. Folio, half calf over marbled boards, spine with contrasting morocco lettering-pieces; 100 plates (1 colour). Smith, Bernard Sketches Abroad and Sketches in Spain. B.T. Batsford, 1880-3. Folio, org. cloth, sometime rebacked retaining original spine; Abroad: 32 plates, Spain: frontis., 30 plates.. Nesfield with a touch of rubbing to edges, spine faded with scuffing to lettering pieces, pages cockled, prelims lightly foxed, occasional foxing to plates but generally clean. Sketches with scuffing and marking to boards, slightly marginal dusty marking and foxing but generally clean.

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Braque, Georges Ten Works. Oldbourne Press, 1963. Folio, org. cloth; ten colour plates after Braque. Limited numbered 82 of 2

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Lot 6

Braque, Georges Ten Works. Oldbourne Press, 1963. Folio, org. cloth; ten colour plates after Braque. Limited numbered 82 of 200 for Britain and the Commonwealth (there was also a New York edition).. Boards a little marked but internally clean, plates bright.

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Chaucer, Geoffrey Works. Folio Society, 2008. Folio, full white Nigerian goatskin gilt by Smith Settle, Otley, upper board wi

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Lot 60

Chaucer, Geoffrey Works. Folio Society, 2008. Folio, full white Nigerian goatskin gilt by Smith Settle, Otley, upper board with elaborate gilt design by David Eccles after one executed by Cobden-Sanderson for the Kelmscott Chaucer, spine lettered in gilt and decorated in gilt in compartments, t.e.g., blue silk marker, in blue clamshell box; richly illustrated after Morris' original designs; with an essay by William Peterson on the Kelmscott Chaucer, reprinted to accompany the facsimile. Limited edition facsimile no. 142 of 1000 numbered copies for sale (1010 in total).. A little wear to case but otherwise fine.

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Incunables Two Basel incunables - one 4to leaf from Gregory I, Moralia, 1496 and one 4to leaf from Froben and J. Petri's Bibl

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Lot 79

Incunables Two Basel incunables - one 4to leaf from Gregory I, Moralia, 1496 and one 4to leaf from Froben and J. Petri's Bible (Deut. XX), 1498 with a Strassburg incunable - one folio leaf from Vincent of Beauvais, Speculum doctrinale, 1477. All framed and glazed double sided.. Little, occasional scuffing to frames, pages with occasional foxing or dusty marking but attractive.

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Breeches Bible The Bible. Imprinted at London By Robert Barker, [1607, lacking OT title, dated from NT]. Folio, contemporary

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Lot 80

Breeches Bible The Bible. Imprinted at London By Robert Barker, [1607, lacking OT title, dated from NT]. Folio, contemporary full calf, upper board detached and spine coming away; paginated: OT: ll. 4-444 [lacking [4], 1-3, 313-18, l.7 misnumbered 13, l.348 as 359], NT: 1-135 [lacking 44+47], Tables: [1-2] [lacking 3-7], signed: OT: A4-6, B6-3L6, 3M8-3O8, Apocrypha: 3P6-4E6, NT: 4F6-5E3, Tables: 5E4+5 [lacking ¶4, A1-3, 3G1-8, 4N2+5, 5E6-5F4, 2H3 missigned 2G3, 4A2 as 4A3]; decorated with woodcut head- and tail-pieces and floriated initials, woodcuts to text. New Testament is Tomson Englishing of de Beza with Junius annotations to Revelations. Herbert 289 (though signatures recorded as 3M6-3O6) . Binding heavily worn, uper board detached, spine cracking and coming to pieces, internal marking and dustiness, some marginal staining, creasing and fraying, A4+5 detached, A6-C2 loose at foot, C3+4 detached, small lower margin tear to 2A, marginal loss to 2A2-4 v. slight affect to text, 2A6 inner margin with loss, detached but present, short lower margin tear 2L5-6 and 2M1-2, 2N1 loose with marginal loss, marginal tear 3C2 affecting annotations, 4B1 torn at foot affecting text, large tear bottom section 4D6+4E1 affecting text, 4N1 inner margin torn affecting text, 4N3+4, torn and creased, restored, 4N6 torn away retaining inner margin, 4P4 upper corner lost affecting text, 4T1 lower marginal tear not affecting text, 5C5 central tear affecting text but no loss, 5E4+5 detached, creased and lost but present.

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Audsley, George Ashdown The Art of Organ-Building. NY: Dodd, Mead and Company and L: The Vincent Music Company, 1905. Folio (

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Lot 95

Audsley, George Ashdown The Art of Organ-Building. NY: Dodd, Mead and Company and L: The Vincent Music Company, 1905. Folio (2 vols). Half morocco; port. frontis., 15 plates, numerous illus to text. A serious and in-depth work which, despite an occasionally dogmatic tone remains a hugely important text on the development of the modern organ. With an assortment of organ ephemera comprising 5 Indentures for apprentice organ builders (2 Victorian, 3 20th c.), one BIOS medallion (Birmingham 1987), one CIty of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra medallion 1991, a framed Cavaille-Coll estimate for the installation of a 'voix humaine de C a G' and one other framed.. Spines dulled with some marking, internally clean.

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Drummond, James Archaeologia Scotia. Sculptured Monuments in Iona & the West Highlands. Edinburgh: Printed for the Fellow

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Lot 99

Drummond, James Archaeologia Scotia. Sculptured Monuments in Iona & the West Highlands. Edinburgh: Printed for the Fellows of the Society of Antiquaries of Scotland, 1881. Folio, publisher's quarter-morocco, t.e.g; vig. to title, 99 coloured plates. Limited ed, no. 320.. Binding worn, edges foxed, generally clean internally, very good.

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Folio Society Books, eighteen issues relating to Shakespeare including Henry VI parts 1 to 3 1967, Julius Ceaser 1962, Othell

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Lot 1311

Folio Society Books, eighteen issues relating to Shakespeare including Henry VI parts 1 to 3 1967, Julius Ceaser 1962, Othello 1955, Macbeth 1951, As You Like It 1959, Hamlet 1954, Twelfth Night 1966, together with The Importance of Being Earnest 1960, Incognita 1951. (20)

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RAILWAYANA - A MIDLAND RAILWAY, LEEDS DISTRICT, TRACK MILEAGE (SIDINGS) RECORD BOOK circa 1904, with some later additions, c

Greenslade Taylor Hunt

Lot 1040

RAILWAYANA - A MIDLAND RAILWAY, LEEDS DISTRICT, TRACK MILEAGE (SIDINGS) RECORD BOOK circa 1904, with some later additions, comprising approximately 123 hand-drawn diagrams (main line and branch line), including colliery sidings, oblong folio.

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NO RESERVE France.- Brochel (Jules, student) Cahier de Géographie... Ecole normale primaire, 27pp., 15th November 1849; Histo

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Lot 104

NO RESERVE France.- Brochel (Jules, student) Cahier de Géographie... Ecole normale primaire, 27pp., 15th November 1849; Histoire de France, 39pp., n.d., [c. 1850], manuscripts in French, original brown wrappers, lettered direct on upper covers, folio (2).

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NO RESERVE French legal.- Legal documents relating to the Lancelin family of Nogent-le-Roi [Loire Valley], 3 manuscripts in F

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Lot 106

NO RESERVE French legal.- Legal documents relating to the Lancelin family of Nogent-le-Roi [Loire Valley], 3 manuscripts in French, together 64pp., original wrappers, first two vol. edges with small tears and slight loss, some slight staining, folio, 1868 & 1899 (3).

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NO RESERVE US Newspapers.- Rush (Benjamin).- War of 1812.- Napoleonic Wars.- The Freeman's Journal: or, the North-American In

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Lot 129

NO RESERVE US Newspapers.- Rush (Benjamin).- War of 1812.- Napoleonic Wars.- The Freeman's Journal: or, the North-American Intelligencer, Philadelphia, by Francis Bailey, Wednesday, March 2, 1785 § The Philadelphia Gazette & Universal Daily Advertiser, contemporary ink inscriptions, by A.Brown, Chestnut-Street, Wednesday, 30th May, 1798 § The True American Commercial Advertiser, Philadelphia, by Thomas Bradford, Monday July 6, 1807, several with ink inscriptions, soiling, some marking and staining, a few creases, nicks, and tears, a little loss, folds, most disbound; and 25 others, similar, folio (28) ⁂The first contains articles by both Rush and his brother Jacob in response to objections regarding John Ewing's tenure as provost of the University of Pennsylvania: both pieces are dated "Feb. 28, 1785"; the second contains President Adams' address 'Progress of the United States to the Present Crisis, and Duties In It'; the third carries Jefferson's 'A Proclamation', announcing the president's intention to prevent all British warships but those bearing dispatches or in distress from entering US waters.

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NO RESERVE Broadside.- Pigeon Fancying.- Colombarian Society, listing both the articles of an unidentified society and the st

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Lot 132

NO RESERVE Broadside.- Pigeon Fancying.- Colombarian Society, listing both the articles of an unidentified society and the standards required of birds for show, marginal browning, some spotting and soiling, folds, with closed tears, minor loss at 1 corner, folio, the articles dated April 1st 1800, the standards dated April 6th 1802.⁂Both the date of the piece offered here and the clear focus on the showing of Almond Tumblers suggest very strongly that it was issued by the first Columbarian Society to have been established, the society to which the pastime of pigeon fancying (and the many societies since established worldwide) owe their parentage. The Columbarian Society was formed in 1750, and first met at the Globe in Fleet Street: its members were principally concerned with breeding and showing Almond Tumblers: to satisfy an interest in breeding other species the rival Feather Club was established in 1825.

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NO RESERVE Victorian street lighting.- Brande (William Thomas) & Josiah Parkes. The Patent "Boccius" Light, 3pp., unbound

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NO RESERVE Victorian street lighting.- Brande (William Thomas) & Josiah Parkes. The Patent "Boccius" Light, 3pp., unbound, folds, slightly creased, folio, 1842.

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Provincial Theatre Playbills.- , c.35 Playbills of the Theatre Royal, York, and the Leeds Theatre, including performances of

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Provincial Theatre Playbills.- , c.35 Playbills of the Theatre Royal, York, and the Leeds Theatre, including performances of Blue Beard or, Female Curiosity, La Sylphide!, Tom and Jerry at Brixton, Margaret Catchpole! the Suffolk Girl, The Dumb Boy of Manchester!, Battle of Waterloo!, Sig. Corelli! and his Infant Sons, The Hunchback, The Exile: or, the Deserts of Siberia! etc., some trimmed at head or foot, a few beginning to fray at edges, creases, some small tears or areas of loss, occasional faint staining, one or two pasted down, folio, York & Leeds, c.1843-99 (c.35)

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Provincial Theatre playbills.- Polidori (John William).- , Playbill for the Theatre Royal, York including performances of The

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Lot 150

Provincial Theatre playbills.- Polidori (John William).- , Playbill for the Theatre Royal, York including performances of The Vampire and Ivanhoe, York, 1843; 2 Playbills for The Leeds Theatre including performances of The Spectre Bridegroom, The Haunted Inn!, The Factory Girl of Leeds, and the Merry Wives of Windsor, Leeds, 1846, creases, 1 small tear, repaired, faint staining, edges beginning to become tender, folio, (3)

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Provincial Theatre Playbills.- , 3 Playbills of the Leeds Theatre, including Morton's operatic play The Slave or, the Revolt

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Provincial Theatre Playbills.- , 3 Playbills of the Leeds Theatre, including Morton's operatic play The Slave or, the Revolt of Surinam; Cabin Boy, or the White Slave; Buffalo Girls! or, Female Ethiopian Serenaders, occasional faint spotting or soiling, creases, slight chipping and creasing to edges, 1 small hole, folio, Leeds, 1846-47.

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