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Lot 5

Chatsworth copy.- Cicero (Marcus Tullius) Brutus, seu De claris oratoribus, liber, title within attractive woodcut criblé historiated border, woodcut decorative initial, final f. blank and with contemporary ink notes verso, some marginal water-staining, occasional spotting or light staining, lightly browned, 19th century polished blind-stamped and gilt calf, rebacked, preserving original backstrip in compartments (chipped), lower cover all but detached, rubbed, [Renouard, Colines, 242; Schreiber, Colines, 128], 8vo, Paris, Simon de Colines, 1535.⁂ A charming little edition. Provenance: Dukes of Devonshire (Chatsworth bookplate to front pastedown, with shelf mark '140 F' in pencil).

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Visconti family.- Giovio (Paolo) Vitae duodecim Vicecomitum Mediolani principum, first edition, woodcut printer's basilisk device, 10 large woodcut portraits and decorative initials, occasional later ink marginalia, single small worm hole in text throughout, 2 small worm holes to upper margin of title, some staining and spotting or light foxing, occasional marginal water-staining, lightly browned, few small worm traces to endpapers, 18th century mottled calf, rebacked, preserving fragments of original backstrip, worming to covers, rubbed, [Adams G694; Fairfax Murray, French, 195; Mortimer, French, 248; Renouard, Estienne, 75:20; Schreiber, Estiennes, 104], small 4to, Paris, Robert Estienne, 1549.⁂ Biographical history of the Visconti family, who ruled Milan from 1277-1447. Provenance: B.L. Lapia (ink stamp to front free endpaper and final blank verso).

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Lot 117

Grose (Francis) A Treatise on Ancient Armour and Weapons, 2 parts in 1 vol., including Supplement, engraved frontispiece, with additional engraved vignette title but lacking letterpress title to part 1 (seemingly as often), 60 engraved plates, one engraved illustration, many with tissue-guards, 'Explanation of the frontispiece' leaf bound after engraved title, bookplate of the Rev. John Smith, some light offsetting, scattered spotting or light foxing, hinges repaired with cloth, contemporary diced calf, rebacked, old covers with extremities chipped and worn and repaired with modern calf, 4to, for S. Hooper, 1786-89.

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Lot 111

Blake (William).- Scott (John) The Poetical Works, first edition, engraved frontispiece by Bartolozzi, engraved title with portrait of the author, 8 engraved plates and 4 vignette illustrations, 4 of which by William Blake after Stothard, bookplates of H. Bradley Martin and Seumas O'Sullivan, a few plates with tissue-guards, light offsetting, some light browning, some spotting or light foxing, contemporary calf, spine richly gilt in compartments and with red morocco label, lightly rubbed and soiled, a couple very small chips to spine head, upper joint split at head but holding firm, [Bentley 494a], for J. Buckland, 1782; and others, 18th century, including William King's The Dreamer, 8vo & 4to (6)

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Lot 19

Heraldry.- Du Tillet (Jean) Recueil des roys de France, leurs couronne et maison. Ensemble, le rengs des grands de France, first edition under this title, title with large water well printer's device, woodcut arms, portraits and empty frames within text, woodcut head- and tail-pieces and decorative initials, A6 privilege f., 2nd B8 and final f. blank, occasional contemporary ink marginalia and underlining, some soiling or light damp-staining, occasional spotting, lightly browned, contemporary calf, gilt, covers with arabesque centre-piece and outer single filet border, rebacked, preserving majority of original backstrip in compartments, corners restored, a few scuffs, little staining, rubbed and marked, folio, Paris, Jacques du Puys, 1580.⁂ Important collection of French heraldic history. It was the first time that such a work had been attempted. The author (d. October, 1570) was born to a noble family of Gallican persuasion, and was an archivist and historian. Provenance: Château de la Bastie (engraved armorial bookplate to front pastedown); typed Librairie Lardanchet catalogue description on headed paper loosely inserted.

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Lot 138

Coleridge (Samuel Taylor) Poems, third edition, advertisement leaf at rear, some very light spotting, bookplates, ownership inscription in ink to front free endpaper, contemporary marbled calf gilt, with Greek key and floral boarders, spine with starburst motifs and black morocco label, rebacked, slightly rubbed at extremities, by N. Biggs, for T. N. Longman and O. Rees, 1803 § Sharpe (Charles Kirkpatrick) Metrical Legends, bookplates, ink stamp to verso of title, some spotting, repaired tear to lower pastedown, joints and hinges cracked, original boards, spine peeling, corners bumped, uncut, in red morocco slipcase, Oxford, Longman, Hurst, Rees, and Orme, 1807; and 16 others, 19th century poetry (18)

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Lot 125

[Selby (H. A.)] The Fruits of Retirement, or Miscellaneous Pieces, in Prose and Verse, first edition, list of subscribers, bookplate of George Bache Pappas, light browning, the odd spot, contemporary red half morocco over marbled boards, spine gilt, a little rubbed, particularly at extremities, for John Ladley, 1793 § [Tickell (Richard) and others.] Probationary Odes for the Laureatship: with a Preliminary Discourse, by Sir John Hawkins, Knt., half-title, with final errata/advertisement leaf, bookplate and ownership inscription of William Anthony Glynn, bookplate of Norman and Janey Buchan to front endpaper, ink name J.B. Collins to pastedown and half-title, a few leaves with chips to corners, D1 with a few short tears within text, the odd spot or very light soiling, contemporary half calf over marbled boards, neatly rebacked in modern calf, covers quite worn, for James Ridgway, 1785, book-label of J.O. Edwards; and others, 18th century poetry, 8vo & 4to (c.14)⁂ The second mentioned a collection of satires and parodies by Richard Tickell and others under the pseudonym Sir John Hawkins, purporting to be the competitive essays of Thomas Warton's rivals for the laureateship. The first mentioned is scarce, with only four copies recorded on ESTC.

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Lot 177

NO RESERVE Benedictines of Stanbrook (The). The Stanbrook Abbey Press. Ninety-Two Years of its History, limited to 500 copies, illustrations, original cloth, corners slightly bumped, Worcester, Stanbrook Abbey Press, 1970 § Chambers (David) Gogmagog: Morris Cox & the Gogmagog Press, plates and illustrations, some in colour, original patterned cloth, a few light stains, very lightly rubbed, Pinner, Private Libraries Association, 1991 § Hughes-Stanton (Penelope) The Wood-Engravings of Blair Hughes-Stanton, illustrations, light stain to top-edge encroaching into upper margin near start, original cloth, Pinner, Private Libraries Association, 1991, all but first with embossed ownership stamp of Angus Millar to front free endpaper; and 3 others, Private Press, illustrated &tc, v.s. (6)

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Lot 43

San Alberto (José Antonio de) Carta pastoral, qve el ilustrisimo Señor Don Fray Joseph Antonio de San Alberto, arzobispo de la Plata, dirige a todos los que en el pasado concurso han sido nombrados, y elegidos para curas, first edition, errata f. after title, sig. 4H duplicated, some spotting or mostly light foxing, hinges split, but holding, later limp vellum, lacking ties, [Furlong II, 367; Gutiérrez 54; Medina 130; Palau 289494; Sabin 75976], Buenos Aires, House of Niños Expósitos, 1791; and another, Spanish religion, small 4to (2) ⁂ San Alberto compares unfavourably the character of the Peruvian Indians with that of the Mexican Indians.

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Lot 116

Shakespeare (William) The Plays...To which are added Notes by Samuel Johnson and George Steevens, 10 vol., third edition, half-titles, vol. 1 with engraved portrait frontispiece, 4 engraved plates, one of which folding, light offsetting, occasional light spotting or finger-soiling, occasional light damp-staining, mainly to vol. 5, browning to margins at beginning and end, contemporary calf, spines gilt but ends a little chipped, red morocco labels to spines but most missing, some light marks, rubbed, a few joints split but all covers holding firm, 8vo, for C. Bathurst [&tc], 1785.

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Early Christian apologist.- Tertullianus (Quintus Septimus Florentius) Opera, title with woodcut printer's device recto and contents within woodcut pillars verso, woodcut head-pieces and fine criblé historiated initials, lacking final f. with woodcut printer's device otherwise blank, title with repair at head of inner gutter and neatly mounted on stub, BB3&4 small hole in lower margin, marginal water-staining, heavier at end, a few small worm holes / trace to inner gutter and lower margins, occasional spotting or light staining, lightly browned, ornately blind-stamped contemporary ?English calf over wooden boards, remains of metal clasps, rebacked, corners repaired, [Adams T406], a solid wide-margined copy, folio, Basel, [Heirs of Johann Froben], 1528.⁂ Tertullian was an early Christian author and apologist from Carthage.

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Lot 146

Dickens (Charles) Oliver Twist, 3 vol., second edition, second issue with titles dated 1839, half-titles, etched frontispieces and 21 plates by George Cruikshank, foxing to plates, light finger-soiling to margins, original brown cloth, vol. 1 & 3 rebacked, retaining original backstrip, vol. 2 joint split, light sunning to spine, spine ends and corners a little bumped, [Smith I, p.36], Richard Bentley, 1839; and a 3 volume first edition of Villette, lacking 1 leaf at end of vol. 3, 8vo (6)

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Lot 222

W[ard] (Hon. Mrs. [Mary]) & Lady [Jane] M[ahon]. Entomology in Sport, and Entomology in Earnest, first edition, printed on thick paper, hand-coloured lithographed additional pictorial title to verso of printed title, hand-coloured lithographed frontispiece and decorative wreath enclosing dedication on verso, hand-coloured wood-engraved initials and illustrations to text, some light soiling and staining, original pictorial blue cloth, gilt, g.e., a little rubbed, rebacked preserving part of original spine, 8vo, Paul Jerrard & Son, 1859.⁂ A scarce and charming work with delightful illustrations.

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Lot 186

NO RESERVE Gill (Eric) Sculpture: An Essay on Stone-Cutting, very light browning to endpapers, original linen boards, lightly faded, Ditchling, Sussex, Saint Dominic's Press, 1923; Last Essays, first edition, original cloth, dust-jacket, small nicks to edges, lightly faded, 1942; Clothes, first Cheap edition, original cloth, faded, dust-jacket, rather worn, spine lacking portions to ends, faded, 1931; Drawings from Life, light foxing, endpapers toned, original boards, dust-jacket, name crossed out on upper cover, light creasing to edges, 1940; and 2 others by Gill, 8vo (6)

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Lot 134

Goethe (Johann Wolfgang von) Goetz of Berlichingen, with the Iron Hand: A Tragedy. Translated from the German of Goethé...by Walter Scott, first edition, second issue with cancel title with the translator's name correctly printed, half-title, light foxing and browning, occasional light marginal damp-staining, handsomely bound in contemporary marbled calf, gilt, sympathetically rebacked, covers very lightly rubbed, for J. Bell, 1799 § [Boothby (Sir Brooke)] Sorrows. Sacred to the Memory of Penelope, first edition, frontispiece and 2 stipple-engraved plates after Fuseli and Joshua Reynolds, 3 vignette illustrations, tail-pieces, errata slip laid-down to final leaf of text, lacking half-title, frontispiece starting to work loose at foot, light offsetting, some foxing, occasional light soiling, endpapers soiled and working loose, hinges strengthened, contemporary calf, neatly rebacked and recornered, old covers rubbed, marbled endpapers, W. Bulmer & Co., 1796, book-label of J.O. Edwards; and others, 18th century poetry, v.s. (12)

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Lot 97

[Cooper (William)] The Will of a Certain Northern Vicar, second edition, frontispiece, numerous ink notes and additions in a contemporary hand, for the Author, 1765, bound with Caveat to the Will (A) of a Certain Northern Vicar. Addressed to the Reverend W. C⁂** Rector of K⁂* W⁂*, first edition, title with contemporary ink ownership inscription and small doodle, title and dedication leaf with short repaired tears, with loss to a few letters of dedication, final leaf with short marginal tear, for W. Flexney, 1766, together 2 works in 1 vol., bookplates of George Redesdale Brooker Spain and J.O. Edwards, ink ownership name J. White Ridley Hall to pastedown, small stab-holes to inner margin, light browning, a little heavier at points, scattered spotting, some light dust-soiling, later cloth, neatly rebacked, spine gilt, lightly rubbed, heavier to corners; and others, 18th century poetry, 8vo & 4to (11)⁂ The first mentioned with numerous names supplied in a contemporary hand where the poet has omitted them with dashes.

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Ludolphus de Saxonia. Vita Jesu Christi redemptoris nostri ex medullis evangelicis, second Rembolt edition, double column, title in red and black and woodcut criblé printer's device within ornate woodcut criblé border of fantastical creatures, 3 full-page or near full-page woodcut illustrations (Crucifixion, Transfiguration and enthroned God), woodcut historiated and decorative initials, early ink marginalia and underlining in different hands, title and following f. working loose, worm holes to varying degrees in text throughout, more pronounced at beginning and end, small repair to final f., without loss, occasional spotting or light staining, ornately blind-stamped pigskin over wooden boards, lacking metal claps, corners worn, worm holes, stained and marked, [Adams L1678], folio, Paris, Berthold Rembolt, [August, 1509].⁂ The rare second Rembolt edition of this handsomely printed life of Christ. We trace only one other copy offered at auction (2008). Provenance: Christianus Goering, 1580 (ink inscription to front pastedown); 'Laurentiis...1627' (ink inscription to title).

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Lot 100

Pine (William, printer).- Bible, English.- A Commentary on the Holy Bible: containing the whole sacred text of the Old and New Testaments, 2 parts in 1, double column, occasional spotting or mostly light staining, lightly browned, contemporary red morocco, gilt, flat spine in compartments with title within oval frame and vase motifs, 1 upper corner little worn, corners bumped, a few stains, rubbed and scuffed, g.e., [D&M 912], 12mo, Bristol, William Pine, 1774.⁂ Rare at auction. We can trace only one other copy, which was defective (Christie's, The Cornelius J. Hauck Collection, 2006, lot 366).

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Lot 172

NO RESERVE Grass (Günter) The Tin Drum, first English edition, cut signature of the author laid down on title, light foxing to endpapers, original boards, dust-jacket, light toning to spine and lower panel, a couple small marks to spine, faint surface soiling, light rubbing to extremities, 8vo, 1962.

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Lot 183

NO RESERVE Dulac (Edmund).- Shakespeare (William) Shakespeare's Comedy of The Tempest, 40 tipped-in colour plates by Edmund Dulac, plate at p.22 with faint scratch within image, the last with light corner crease, a few leaves with very small chip to lower margin, some foxing, generally marginal but heavier at beginning and end, abrasion mark to final text leaf and rear endpaper, slight fraying along lower joint, [1908]; Shakespeare's Comedy of Twelfth Night or What You Will, 40 tipped-in colour plates by W. Heath Robinson, title with pencil gift inscription to foot, frontispiece a little chipped and creased, occasional light spotting or finger-soiling, faint spotting to spine, [1908], first trade editions, captioned tissue-guards, small tape residue marks to endpapers, original pictorial cloth, gilt, spines slightly sunned, a few small marks, rubbed; and 2 others similar, 4to (4)

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Lot 96

Classics.- Terence. The Comedies...Translated into Familiar Blank Verse. By George Colman, first edition, engraved frontispiece and 7 plates, 2E2 with closed tear into text without loss, some light browning, some foxing or light soiling, upper hinge weak, contemporary calf, spine label majority lacking, quite worn, joints split but holding, for T. Becket and P.A. De Hondt [&tc], 1765; and others, 18th century, Classics related, including the Baskerville printed Works of Virgil, 8vo & 4to (c.18)

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Lot 144

Dickens (Charles) The Posthumous Papers of the Pickwick Club, first edition in book form, early issue, engraved frontispiece, additional title, and 41 plates by R. Seymour and H. K Browne, and extra-illustrated with c.30 plates by the same, foxing to plates as usual, light offsetting, contemporary ownership inscription to frontispiece verso, modern sage green half morocco, spine gilt, g.e., 1837; David Copperfield, first edition in book form, bound from the parts, engraved frontispiece, additional title, and 38 plates by Hablot K. Browne, original wrappers bound in at end, occasional light offsetting, later calf, black morocco spine labels, lightly scuffed and faded, 1850; and 3 others by Dickens in attractive bindings, 8vo (5)

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Lot 158

First World War.- Binyon (Laurence) For Dauntless France. An Account of Britain's Aid to the French Wounded and Victims of the War...With Preface by His Excellency Paul Cambon, first edition, colour frontispiece and 5 black and white plates by Edmund Dulac and others, A.L.s from the author loosely inserted on Department of Prints and Drawings, British Museum headed paper "My dear de Glehn...I will try to find out about X Rays. But do you intend to run a car...If so, I fancy it would be commandeered; as happened to Masefield's boat, which has been taken over by the Navy...I saw M. the other day. He sails for America today...", T.L.s from French ambassador Paul Cambon with original envelope also loosely inserted, addressed to Major Pat-a-Becket "My country-men have been deeply touched by the immense generosity of Great Britain...", contemporary and later ink ownership inscriptions to front endpaper, some light spotting, mostly to fore-edge, occasional cracking at gutter, endpapers toned, original cloth, spine gilt but a touch sunned, spine ends and corners lightly bumped and rubbed, 8vo, [1918].

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Lot 109

Provincial Imprint.- [Kershaw (James)] The Methodist: Attempted in Plain Metre, sig. E bound out of order, bookplates of Edward Hailstone, Major Creswell V.D. and William Allen Potter to front pastedown and endpapers, some light browning and scattered spotting, mainly at beginning and end, later calf-backed marbled boards, paper label to upper cover with title in ink, spine label working loose, corners worn, rubbed, Nottingham, for the Author, 1780 [but 1781] § Graham (Charles) Miscellaneous Pieces, in Prose and Verse, list of subscribers, later ink ownership inscription to front endpaper, B3-4 strengthened at inner margin, a few small chips and repairs to lower margin towards end, some light spotting and soiling, browning to peripheral leaves, later morocco-backed cloth, spine ends lightly rubbed, uncut, Kendal, W. Pennington, 1778, first editions, book-label of J.O. Edwards; and others, 18th century, provincial imprints including Newcastle, Exeter, Liverpool, Kidderminster, York, Doncaster &tc, 8vo & 4to (12)

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Immortality of the intellect.- Nifo (Agostino) De intellectu libri sex. Eiusdem De demonibus libri tres, double column, Gothic letter, woodcut historiated and decorative initials, some criblé, woodcut printer's device to foot of final recto, +4 blank, occasional early ink marginalia, 20th century Jesuit library ink stamp and small printed label to title, last few ff. with some mostly marginal worming (a few very small holes within text of last f.), some spotting or foxing, occasional light staining, lightly browned, later vellum-backed drab boards, spine in compartments, spine ends nicked, couple of raised bands worn, some staining, [Not in Adams; EDIT 16 CNCE 33294], small folio, [Venice], [Heirs of Ottaviano Scoto], [1527].⁂ Second edition of this work on the Averroist concept of immortality of the intellect or rational soul. Nifo had studied the Averroist Aristotelianism of Nicoletto Vernia and Siger of Brabant.

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Lot 90

NO RESERVE Juvenile poetry.- [Cotton (Nathaniel)] Visions in Verse, for the Entertainment and Instruction of Younger Minds, first edition, book-label of J.O. Edwards, contemporary ink name E.S. Greville to front endpaper, some very light spotting and toning, the odd small stain or patch of soiling, including occasional faint damp-stain to foot, endpapers lightly browned, contemporary calf, neatly rebacked and recornered, covers rubbed and scratched, for R. Dodsley, 1751; and others similar, including a later edition of the same, 8vo (4)⁂ The first scarce. We can trace only a handful of copies at auction, the last in 2002.

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Lot 194

Costume.- Linen manufacture.- Histoire d'Une Petite Robe de Lin, frontispiece and 22 stipple-engraved plates with fine hand-colouring, contemporary ink gift inscription to pastedown, hinge reinforced, light surface marking to plate margins, original boards with hand-coloured pictorial onlays to covers, spine reinforced with paper, lightly marked, oblong 8vo, [c.1830].⁂ A delightful French verse work documenting the cultivation of flax and manufacture of linen, with brilliant hand-colouring to plates.

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Lot 87

NO RESERVE Dublin printed future happiness .- Villette (Charles Louis de) Essai sur la felicité de la vie a-venir. En dialogues, list of subscribers, woodcut head-piece, mostly marginal browning to first and last few ff., occasional spotting or light foxing, lightly browned, engraved armorial bookplate of Sir Edmund Antrobus, contemporary speckled calf, gilt spine in compartments and with black leather label, spine ends little chipped, upper joint starting, but holding firm, corners worn, rubbed, 8vo, Dublin, S.Powell, Crane-Lane, 1748.⁂ The author was a minister of the French Church of St. Patrick in Dublin.

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Lot 204

NO RESERVE Urban (Martin) Emil Nolde: Catalogue Raisonné of the Oil-Paintings, 2 vol., illustrations, many in colour, margins very lightly toned, original cloth, dust-jackets, vol. 2 upper panel with price-sticker removed, edges lightly sunned to vol. 1 and with a few tiny tears to vol. 2, a couple light patches of soiling, 1987-90 § Roger-Marx (Claude) Bonnard Lithographe, illustrations, many full-page and in colour, some lightly offset, very light spotting to endpapers, original pictorial wrappers, glacine wrapper, lightly browned, a few small nicks to edges, small loss to spine head, slipcase (rubbed, short splits to joints), Monte-Carlo, 1952; and others, catalogue raisonné, 4to & folio (7)

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Lot 170

Fleming (Ian) On Her Majesty's Secret Service, light foxing, original boards with ski trail design to upper cover, dust-jacket, lightly foxed, small abrasions to upper cover, chipping to spine head, 1963; You Only Live Twice, endpapers toned, fore-edge spotted, original boards with Japanese characters in gilt to upper cover, 1964; The Man with the Golden Gun, book-label, original plain boards, dust-jacket, price-clipped, spine ends frayed but reinforced with tape verso, 1965, first editions, 8vo (3)

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Lot 159

Chamberlain (Neville) Norman Chamberlain: A Memoir, first edition, A.L.s from the author tipped in, thanking the recipient for a letter, 'with the author's compliment's' page bound after frontispiece, light spotting, endpapers a little browned, 1923; together with 2 T.L.s from Anne Chamberlain, and an invitation and order of service to the memorial service of Neville Chamberlain, and another related letter, v.s., v.d. (6)

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Lot 93

Cambridge.- [Marriott (James)] Poems Written chiefly at the University of Cambridge..., half-title, engraved frontispiece and tail-pieces, title in red and black, frontispiece lightly foxed and offset, some very light browning, occasional faint spotting, contemporary mottled calf, spine richly gilt in compartments and with morocco label, small chip to spine head, lightly rubbed, heavier to corners, upper joint cracked but holding, [James Bettenham], [1761] § Gibson (William) Jerusalem Destroyed: A Poem, In Three Cantos, ex-library with bookplate to inside upper wrapper, very lightly browned, a few faint spots, extensive pencil note to verso of final leaf and rear free endpaper, later marbled wrappers, paper label to upper wrapper with title in ink, some chipping to spine, rubbed and lightly browned, Cambridge, J. Archdeacon, 1781, first editions, book-label of J.O. Edwards; and others similar, Cambridge imprint, including Carlyle's Specimens of Arabian Poetry, 8vo & 4to (7)⁂ Both rare. Of the second mentioned we cannot trace any copies at auction.

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Lot 83

Kennett (Basil) The Lives and Characters of the Ancient Grecian Poets, first edition, engraved frontispiece and two portrait plates, engraved portrait vignettes, final advertisement leaf, a couple instances of ink correction in a contemporary hand, H5 with very short tear into text without loss, browning, generally light but heavier at points, some foxing, final few leaves with lower outer corner creased, upper cover nearly detached, [Wing K297], for Abel Swall, 1697 § Euclid. The Elements of Euclid Explain'd...Written in French, by...F Claud. Franic Milliet de Chales...Now made English, fourth edition, additional engraved title, woodcut diagrams, a few small ink marks to title and doodles to one or two diagrams, fractional worming to upper corner throughout, sig. M & N becoming larger trace but not affecting text, light browning and occasional soiling, some light damp-staining towards end, upper cover detached, Oxford, L. Lichfield, 1704, contemporary calf, quite worn, spine labels missing, lower joint split but holding; and 2 others, antiquarian, one relating to John Locke, 8vo & 4to (4)

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Lot 126

Fore-edge painting.- Mavor (William Fordyce) Poems, the Doheny copy, with a fore-edge painting depicting boats on the river at Henley-on-Thames beneath the gilt, bookplate of Lord F.A. Spencer, morocco Ex Libris of Estelle Doheny, bookplate of J.O. Edwards to both pastedowns, very few light spots to leaves, marbled endpapers, contemporary straight-grained green morocco gilt, covers with Greek key and foliate borders, spine tooled with starbursts, harp and sun devices, very slight bumping to corners, lower cover slightly scuffed, 8vo, G.G.J. and J. Robinson, 1793.Provenance: Sold by Christie's in 1989 as part of The Estelle Doheny Collection, from The Edward Laurence Doheny Memorial Library, St. John's Seminary, Camarillo, California [Doheny V, lot 1949].

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Lot 65

Wales, England, Belgium & Holland.- Roberts Family (originally Lords of the Manor of Abergavenny and later living in London & England) Commonplace Book & A Short account of a trip which I took into Belgium & part of Holland in the Summer of 1846, manuscript, 252pp. excluding blanks (travel journal 61pp.), reverse entries, in several hands, in black and light blue ink, 6pp. in shorthand, several pen and ink illustrations, browned, some slight foxing, some ff. excised, original reverse calf, lettered direct "Commonplace Book 1835/Accounts" on covers, sm. 4to, 1836-91.⁂ An interesting manuscript, compiled by a member of the Roberts family, originally owners of the Manor of Abergavenny in Monmouth, but later moving to England. Many of the family notes are by William Roberts (1767-1807), barrister and writer, recording notes by his grandfather, another William Roberts added to his own and probably transcribed by another. Other notes include recipes, politics and excerpts from various works, including on archery. Later notes in another hand mention Burstead Lodge in Billericay.Radagunda Roberts (c. 1728-88), translator and sermon writer; friend of Hannah More; translator of Francoise de Graffigny's novel, The Peruvian Letters... With an Additional Original Volume, 1774, and author of verse tales set in the middle ages, Albert, Edward and Laura, and The Hermit of Priestland: Three Legendary Tales, 1783. Entries in the manuscript include, "1788 Jany 13 My dear sister R Roberts died one happy year at home!!", and "Extract from the will of Rhadagunda Roberts 'My next request is to be buried with my father and my mother. I give and bequeath to my dear niece Margaret Roberts [a close friend of Hannah More] my mourning ring with my dear Mother's name in it wrought with her own hair, which being the same name with my nieces, I hope she will keep it as a remembrance of my Mother and me.'" According to the Oxford DNB, Roberts always signed her pieces as "RR" or "R Roberts", and it has only recently been proved by research by the University of Kent that Roberts' Christian name was Radagunda. Recipes and extracts include: "India Rubber Glue"; "How to make your own yeast"; "Poetical receipt for a Salad"; "Cancer Valuable recipe"; "Head ache to arrest"; "Latin metrical Translation by Arthur Roberts [(1801-86)] Vicar of Woodrising"; "Death of Sir Thos Picton at Waterloo"; "Archery - Excerpta from Hansards 'Book of Archery'"; "Pedigree of Roberts"; "Logarithms" etc.

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Lot 86

Art technique.- Sculputra-Historico-Technica: or the History and Art of Ingraving, first edition, 10 engraved plates, 1p. advertisements at rear, bookplate, title and endpapers browned at margins, front endpaper detached, contemporary speckled calf, rubbed, upper cover detached, for S. Harding, 1747 § Gilpin (William) An Essay on Prints, third edition, bookplate, 1731; this bound with [Chelsum (James)] A History of the Art of Mezzotino, Winchester, by J. Robbins, 1786, occasional light foxing, later half calf, corners and joints a little rubbed; and a fourth edition of the Art of Engraving, 8vo (3)

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Lot 110

Women Poets.- Seward (Anna) Monody on Major Andrè. By Miss Seward...To which are added Letters Addressed to her by Major Andrè in the Year 1769, first edition, signed by the author on p.28, book-label of J.O. Edwards, occasional light spotting, attractively bound in modern half calf over marbled boards, spine gilt but a touch sunned, very light rubbing to spine ends and corners, marbled endpapers, [Adams 81-65a; Sabin 79478], 4to, Lichfield, J. Jackson, 1781 § [Anonymous] "A Lady". The Fine Gentleman's Etiquette; or, Lord Chesterfield's Advice to his Son, Versified, half-title, title with engraved vignette, half-title torn and silked to verso, with repaired portion of loss to upper corner affecting typographic ornament, a couple short tears to final two leaves (partly repaired), affecting text but without loss of sense, some light foxing, light soiling to peripheral leaves, disbound, [Gulick 130], for T. Davies, 1776; and others by women poets, including Hannah More, 18th and 19th century, 8vo & 4to (9)⁂ Seward, known as the 'Swan of Lichfield', was a poet and woman of letters whose adoptive sister, Honoria Sneyd, had been courted by Major John André. He was executed as a spy during the War of American Independence for carrying details of the fort at West Point from the traitor Benedict Arnold to the British forces. The work contains a bitter attack on George Washington.

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Lot 243

Vicary (Thomas) The Surgion's Directorie, for Young Practitioners, In Anatomie, Wounds, and Cures, &c, title printed in red and black within typographic border, A8 (final Contents f.) supplied in facsimile, various 18th century ink inscriptions to front endpapers, title trimmed at foot with loss to border, preliminaries foxed and frayed at fore-edge, with some text loss to A2-3, a few headlines shaved, very small worming to foot throughout within text, reducing to single wormhole towards end, very occasional underlining in purple ink, light browning, the odd small stain, contemporary calf, sympathetically rebacked and recornered, [cf.Wing V335], 12mo, T. Fawcet, 1651.⁂ A later manifestation of Vicary's A Profitable treatise of the Anatomie of mans body, the first edition to be published under this title. One of two issues of 1651 with slightly different imprint, this not recorded by Wing. Scarce, ESTC records just two copies (Wellcome Institute & Folger Shakespeare). Provenance: Samuel Fishor...a surgeon (ink inscription to front endpaper, dated 1725); Rich.di Gardner (ink ownership inscription to head of title); Wm. Wooton (ink inscription to rear pastedown, dated 1728).

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Lot 91

Oxford imprint.- Layng (Henry) The Rod, A Poem, engraved frontispiece (lightly browned), some light foxing, particularly to title, some faint damp-staining to head, modern marbled boards, Oxford, W. Jackson, 1754 § [Jones (Sir William)] Poems consisting chiefly of Translations from the Asiatick Languages, with final errata leaf, very occasional contemporary ink correction or marginalia, some light browning and foxing, contemporary calf, spine gilt in compartments and with red morocco label, small paper label to spine foot, light rubbing to spine and corners, Oxford, Clarendon-Press, 1772, first editions, book-label of J.O. Edwards, occasional light soiling; and others, 18th century, Oxford imprint, 8vo & 4to (10)⁂ The second mentioned including the poem "Caissa, or, The Game at Chess".

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Lot 151

NO RESERVE Trollope (Anthony) Orley Farm, 2 vol., first edition, illustrations by J. E. Millais, occasional light scattered spotting, contemporary half morocco, rubbed, spines faded, 1862; The Vicar of Bullhampton, first edition, half-title, illustrations by Henry Woods, modern red morocco-backed boards, upper cover lightly soiled, 1870; and 3 others by the same in attractive bindings, 8vo (6)

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Lot 45

Theatre.- Castelo Branco (Camilo) Espinhos e flores, drama original, first edition, half-title, lithographed portrait frontispiece of the author, some spotting or light foxing, lightly browned, original blue printed wrappers bound in, modern burgundy calf, gilt, spine in compartments, [Innocêncio II, 15 & IX, 10; Lacape 23], Porto, J.A. de Freitas Junior, 1857; and 4 others, Theatre, v.s. (5) ⁂ The first mentioned is rare in commerce.

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Lot 179

NO RESERVE Castle (Agnes and Egerton) Charles Robinson (illus.), Our Sentimental Garden, first edition, colour frontispiece and plates, illustrations, some light spotting, ownership inscription in ink to pictorial half-title, pictorial endpapers, original pictorial cloth gilt, lightly rubbed, 1914 § The Queen's Gift Book § The Blinded Soldiers and Sailors Gift Book, last two with colour plates and frontispiece tipped-in, illustrations, some spotting and toning, ownership inscription in ink and pencil to front free endpaper, original pictorial cloth, slightly rubbed, n.d.; and 6 other illustrated books (9)

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Lot 142

Shelley (Percy Bysshe) Queen Mab. a Philosophical Poem, "first American edition" [but second unauthorised edition], engraved title, bookplates, title offset to endpapers, some spotting, contemporary calf, tooled and gilt border, red calf labels to spine, corners bumped, head and foot of spine worn, some scratching to covers, joints cracked, New York [but London], J. Baldwin, 1821 § Smith (William) British Heroism, bookplate, some light toning, contemporary half calf, rebacked, red morocco label to spine, rubbed, new endpapers, Sunderland, 1815 § Marshall (George) Epistles in Verse, between Cynthio and Leonora, wood-engraved frontispiece and plates, engraved vignette on dedication, some spotting, heaviest to title and plates, later half calf, red morocco label to spine, slightly bumped at corners, Newcastle, 1812; and 11 others, nineteenth-century poetry, including a defective copy of Mary Leadbeater's "Poems" in the original boards, v.s. (14)⁂ The first mentioned the second unauthorised edition of Queen Mab known as the "First American edition", believed to have been published by William Benbow in London in 1821, bearing a false imprint recording the publication in New York. George Goodspeed, in "The 'First American' Queen Mab" argues: "The suppression of Clark's edition of Queen Mab left the field open to another publisher. Demand had been stimulated by the controversy and the source of supply had been cut off" (The Colophon, New Graphic Series, No. 1, p.25-32, 1939).

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Lot 107

Scottish Poetry.- Caledonia, A Poem, half-title, with ink author attribution to Sir William Dunbar of Durin in a near contemporary hand, small ink mark to title, small stab-holes to inner margin, some inner margins neatly strengthened, modern calf-backed marbled boards, spine with morocco label but a touch faded, uncut, for T. Cadell, 1778 § Miss Kitty: A Parody, on Lenora; A Ballad, with final blank leaf, later ink ownership inscription to pastedown, a couple very small marginal chips or tears, some light marginal toning, endpapers browned, later calf-backed marbled boards, spine gilt but lightly sunned, light rubbing to spine ends and corners, later wrappers bound in, uncut and mostly unopened, Edinburgh, Geo. Reid and Co., 1797, first editions, book-label of J.O. Edwards; and others, 18th century poetry of Scottish imprint or interest, 8vo & 4to (c.13)⁂ The second mentioned a parody of Gottfried August Bürger's "Lenore", with the parallel text of William Taylor's translation.

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Lot 132

Nicholls (Thomas) The Harp of Hermes. Poems, first edition, engraved vignette title, engraved armorial bookplate of the Marquis of Stafford, book-label of J. O. Edwards, one or two short marginal tears, into text to D1 but without loss, some light browning and foxing, upper hinge neatly repaired, near contemporary half calf, upper cover with blind-stamped garter arms of the Duke of Sutherland, highly skilful repairs to joints and corners, lightly rubbed, for the Author, [c.1797] § James (Charles) Poems, engraved portrait frontispiece and 5 plates, 4pp. engraved music, some foxing, hinges weak, uncut and partly unopened in original boards, loss to spine, worn, joints split but just holding, J. Davis, 1792; and others, 18th century poetry, 8vo (c.17)⁂ The first mentioned scarce, with only three copies recorded on ESTC.

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Lot 226

NO RESERVE Bunbury (Sir Charles J.F.) Life, Letters and Journals of Sir Charles J.F. Bunbury, Bart., 3 vol., frontispieces., half titles, bookplates, damp-staining to frontispiece in vol.1 and first few pages vol.3, some light spotting, original cloth, extremities rubbed, spines sunned, hinge broken vol.1, all hinges cracked, 8vo, [1894].

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Lot 152

NO RESERVE Radclyffe (Edward) Etchings from the Drawings by the Late David Cox, 12 engraved plates, proofs on India paper, some light water-staining to plate margins not affecting image, modern limp morocco-backed wrappers, rubbed, corners tender, [c.1862-3]; and a work of The Drawings of Frederic Remington, New York, 1900, oblong 8vo (2)

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Lot 211

NO RESERVE Scotland.- Billings (Robert William) The Baronial and Ecclesiastical Antiquities of Scotland, 4 vol., engraved pictorial titles, numerous engraved plates and illustrations, some light offsetting, some foxing, some hinges cracked but holding firm, near contemporary crimson morocco, spines richly gilt in compartments, a few light marks, lightly rubbed, a little heavier to corners and spines, still a handsome set, g.e., 4to, [c.1852].

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Lot 2200

Victorian 18ct gold open face key wound lever pocket watch by Thomas Russell, Liverpool & London, No. 60854, stop/work lever, white enamel dial with Roman numerals, case by Thomas Russell, Chester 1873Condition Report:Approx 119.55gm, inner dust cover pendant and bow also 18ct, movement functioning, start/stop button functioning, hands moving freely, light brown spot to dial above 6 o'clock, case diameter = 50mm, teeth marks at inner dust cover opening, some light scratches to case and light thinning to bow top

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Lot 2039

Early - mid 20th century silver dog bangle, five panels with applied rose gold dogs including West Highland Terrier, Labrador and Dachshund, Chester 1940, in velvet and silk lined boxCondition Report:Approx 27.5gm, inner circumference = 16.5cm, link depth = 1.9cm, a few light dents (not pierced through), not detrimental, clasp and hinge good

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Lot 2205

Early 20th century gold-plated full hunter keyless lever pocket watch by American Watch Company, Waltham, No. 8307335, white enamel dial with Roman numerals and subsiderary seconds dial, two silver pocket watches and a white metal pocket watchCondition Report:Waltham good condition, dial and movement clean, some light marks around case opening, case diameter = 40mm, one silver watch does not work other two functioning, max case diameter = 40mm

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Lot 2004

18ct gold Brazilian pink topaz and round brilliant cut diamond pendant, the milgrain set pear cut topaz of 8.80 carat, with graduating diamond surround and diamond set bailCondition Report:Approx 4.2gm, length = 30mm, good condition, topaz with very light inclusion to base, perhaps crack, visible under 10x loop, bright well matched diamonds

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Lot 2019

Pair of 18ct gold round brilliant cut diamond stud earrings, total diamond weight approx 1.50 caratCondition Report:Diamonds with some light inclusions visible under 10 x loop, colour slight yellow to stones

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Lot 2001

18ct gold single stone round brilliant cut diamond ring, hallmarked, diamond approx 1.60 caratCondition Report: Approx 3.25gm, size L, a couple of light vanilla coloured feathers to diamond, colour approx M-O, good condition, bright diamond

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Lot 2201

Edwardian 18ct gold open face keyless lever pocket watch by John Mason, Rotherham & Barnsley, No. 208923, white enamel dial with Arabic numerals and subsidiary seconds dial, the monogrammed back case by Rotherham & Sons, Birmingham 1903Condition Report:Approx 89.8gm, inner dust cover, pendant and bow also 18ct, movement not functioning but clean and wheel free, winding from top, hands moving freely, dial with very light hairline above 2 o'clock, case diameter = 46mm

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Lot 2209

Heuer Autavia gentleman's stainless steel manual wind chronograph wristwatch, circa 1970's, 17 jewel movement, Ref. 73363, Cal. 7733, Serial No. 214929, dial with subsidiary dials at 3 and 9 for 30 minute and 12 hour recording, red seconds, bi-directional bezel, on black leather strap with original buckleCondition Report:Movement functioning and clean, push buttons operating, hands moving freely, stiff to wind, dial good, some light enamel loss to minute hand, some light scratches / losses to rotating bezel, bezel rotating, case diameter = 41mm (excluding crown), strap not original buckle is

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Lot 2003

Early 20th century 18ct gold bezel set octagonal cut aquamarine intaglio ring, with Cupid as a blacksmith forging two hearts, Birmingham 1919Condition Report:Approx 13.7gm, size P-Q, max depth 12.1mm, head height = 6.4mm, aquamarine = approx 12.5mm x 10.3mm x depth 6mmsome light scratches to gold and some very light scratches to stone, internal inclusions to stone, all visible under 10x loop, otherwise well presented ring

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Lot 2216

Rolex Oyster perpetual Datejust ladies 18ct gold automatic wristwatch, circa 1963, Ref. 6517, serial No. 882914, champagne dial with baton hour markers, hallmarked, on green leather strapCondition Report:Movement - loose parts moving around, movement working intermittingly within, requires service, strap not associated with watch, no box or papers, original crown screws down, dial marked, glass scratched with light crack to base, case diameter = 24mm (excluding crown)

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Lot 2000

Victorian 18ct gold garnet, topaz, enamel and pearl hinged bangle, the central oval cut rhodolite garnet, set with two imperial topaz's either side and sounded by four enamel and pearl sections, the shoulders with engraved foliate decoration, in velvet and silk lined boxCondition Report:Approx 33.05gm, tested 18ct non magnetic, inner closed circumference = 15cm, max depth = 25mm, hinges good, overall good condition, couple of light surface losses to a couple of pearls (visible under 10x loop) enamel good, topaz stones approx 14mm x 5mm x depth 3mm, yellow with very faint pink/orange hue under certain angles, box missing clasp

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Lot 2048

Early 20th century ruby and old cut diamond cluster ring, stamped 18ctCondition Report:Approx 2.5gm, size K-L, head diameter = 8mm, diamonds bright, slight grey with some light inclusions

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