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NO RESERVE Canada.- Parr Traill (Catharine) The Young Emigrants or Pictures of Canada Calculated to Amuse and Instruct the Mi

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NO RESERVE Canada.- Parr Traill (Catharine) The Young Emigrants or Pictures of Canada Calculated to Amuse and Instruct the Minds of Youth, first edition, 4pp. adverts at end, contemporary ink ownership name to front free endpaper, light worming to frontispiece and title, light offsetting to title, occasional light spotting, original cloth-backed boards, spine ends sympathetically repaired, lightly rubbed, 12mo, Harvey & Darton, 1826.⁂ From the prolific English-Canadian author Parr Traill giving an account of Canadian frontier life, written for children.

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Darwin (Charles) The Foundations of the Origins of Species. Two Essays Written in 1842 and 1844, edited by Francis Darwin, ha

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Darwin (Charles) The Foundations of the Origins of Species. Two Essays Written in 1842 and 1844, edited by Francis Darwin, half-title, portrait frontispiece, ex-library with usual stamps and labels (including to title), frontispiece creased at upper corner with small damp-stain to foot, a few ff. strengthened at inner margins, occasional light soiling, library cloth, sticker to spine foot secured with tape, rubbed, Cambridge, 1909.

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NO RESERVE Music.- Beethoven (Ludwig van) Partitions des 6 premiers Quatuors (Oeuvre 18.) pour deux Violons, parts 2-6 only (

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NO RESERVE Music.- Beethoven (Ludwig van) Partitions des 6 premiers Quatuors (Oeuvre 18.) pour deux Violons, parts 2-6 only (of 6), lacking part 1, each title with printed paper label "Ausburg, bei Anton Böhm" to foot, a few gatherings working loose, ink stamps to upper cover and title, part 3 with a few chips to lower cover, loss to spine ends with joints starting, Offenbach, Jean André, [1829]; Opferlied, engraved throughout, ink stamp to first leaf, contents loose, various ink stamps and markings to upper cover, one partially obscuring title, Mainz, B. Schott Söhne, [c.1825], some light foxing, original wrappers, some rubbing and surface soiling; with 4 others, including 2 manuscript scores (1 containing part of Bellini's "Il Pirata"), and a manuscript copy of the preface to Haydn's "The Seven Last Words of Our Saviour on the Cross", v.s. (10)

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Africa.- Park (Mungo) Travels in the Interior Districts of Africa, first edition, maps and plates, some folding (light repair

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Africa.- Park (Mungo) Travels in the Interior Districts of Africa, first edition, maps and plates, some folding (light repairs), half-title and final leaf browned and repaired at margins, occasional embossed stamp of 'The Institution' at Stamford, Lincolnshire, modern half calf, by W. Bulmer & co., 1799 § Huish (Robert) The Travels of Richard and John Lander into the Interior of Africa..., frontispiece and plates, frontispiece foxed and tipped in, original cloth, rebacked preserving original spine strip, faded and rubbed, W. Wright, [1836] § Morel (Edmund) Affairs of West Africa, plates, ink ownership inscription to front free endpaper, light foxing, original pictorial cloth, rebacked preserving original spine strip, rubbed, corners bumped, 1902 § Macbrair (Rev. R.M.) The Africans at Home..., second edition, plates and illustrations, light foxing or damp staining, contemporary blue calf, rubbed, rebacked preserving original spine strip, lightly discoloured, 1864; and 17 others on Africa, v.s. (20)

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Waugh (Evelyn) Brideshead Revisited, first edition, very light spotting to endpapers and edges, original cloth, spine lightly

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Waugh (Evelyn) Brideshead Revisited, first edition, very light spotting to endpapers and edges, original cloth, spine lightly faded, corners bumped, dust-jacket, spotted and browned, chips to corners and joints, faded biro markings to lower panel, nicks and short tears to edges, light creasing to extremities, 8vo, 1945.⁂ Waugh's most popular novel, his exploration of the demise of the English country house and Catholic identity.

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Switzer (Stephen) Ichnographia Rustica: or, the Nobleman, Gentleman, and Gardener's Recreation, 3 vol., second edition, with

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Switzer (Stephen) Ichnographia Rustica: or, the Nobleman, Gentleman, and Gardener's Recreation, 3 vol., second edition, with appendix bound at end of vol. 2, engraved frontispiece and 54 plates, 17 of which folding, vol. 1 D7 with contemporary ink marginalia and underlining, vol. 3 with small worming to upper margin, a few times affecting headline, some plates trimmed close at fold, a few times touching image, the odd short tear to fold but no loss, 1 with short tear repaired with paper to verso (no loss), some light browning, occasional spotting or soiling, a few gatherings with damp-staining to head, contemporary calf, spines gilt, rubbed, spine ends chipped, joints cracked, [Henrey 1412; Goldsmiths 7890] Printed for J. and J. Fox [and others], 1742; and vol. 1 only of the first edition of 1718, 8vo (4)⁂ Scarce. The first edition under this title was published in 1718, vol.1 being essentially a reissue of Switzer's The Nobleman, Gentleman, and Gardener's Recreation of 1715.

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NO RESERVE Beerbohm (Max) Zuleika Dobson, light browning and marks to endpapers, 1911 § Isherwood (Christopher) Mr Norris Ch

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Lot 255

NO RESERVE Beerbohm (Max) Zuleika Dobson, light browning and marks to endpapers, 1911 § Isherwood (Christopher) Mr Norris Changes Trains, endpapers spotted, corners torn away and supplied in facsimile to pp. 225-228, 1935 § Sackville-West (Vita) All Passion Spent, ink ownership stamp to front free endpaper, 1931 § Smith (Stevie) Novel on Yellow Paper, dust-jacket, light chips to extremities; 1936 § du Maurier (Daphne) The Apple Tree, endpapers browned, dust-jacket, portions lacking to spine ends, light chips to extremities; 1952, all first editions, original cloth, spines faded, corners bumped, light rubbing to extremities, and c.65 others, 20th century literature, 8vo (c.70)

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Trollope (Anthony) The Way We Live Now, 2 vol., first edition in book form, half-titles, wood-engraved frontispieces and 38 p

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Lot 236

Trollope (Anthony) The Way We Live Now, 2 vol., first edition in book form, half-titles, wood-engraved frontispieces and 38 plates by Luke Fildes, some light foxing, damp-staining to a couple of plates, cracking at gutter with a few leaves working loose to vol. 1, vol. 1 hinges repaired but lower hinge cracked, vol. 2 lower hinge broken with contents largely loose, original green cloth blocked in black and gilt, a few small marks to covers, rubbed, chipping to spine ends and corners, [Sadleir 44], Chapman and Hall, 1875; and 4 others by the same, 8vo (6)

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Music.- Handel (George Frederick) Judas Maccabaeus...Arranged for the Organ or Piano Forte by Dr. John Clarke, engraved throu

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Music.- Handel (George Frederick) Judas Maccabaeus...Arranged for the Organ or Piano Forte by Dr. John Clarke, engraved throughout with vignette title, 1f. index at end, bookplate and ink ownership inscription of Eric Bernard, a few leaves with damp-stain to upper margin, some light foxing or browning, original printed boards, rebacked in later cloth, upper cover with contemporary ink ownership inscription to head, some soiling, worn at extremities, endpapers renewed, Printed by Clementi, Collard & Collard, [c.1825]; and others music, Handel, Schubert, Mozart and Beethoven, v.s. (15)

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Wordsworth (William) The White Doe of Rylstone; Or the Fate of the Nortons. A poem, first edition, half-title, engraved front

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Wordsworth (William) The White Doe of Rylstone; Or the Fate of the Nortons. A poem, first edition, half-title, engraved frontispiece by J.C. Bromley after Sir George Beaumont, offsetting on to title, occasional spotting or light staining, hinges strengthened with tape (both firm), contemporary marbled boards, rebacked in 20th century cloth, corners worn, boards rubbed and scuffed, [Wise 12], Printed for Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme, and Brown, by James Ballantyne and Co., 1815; and 4 others, all but 1 by the same, including vol.1 only of the fourth edition of Lyrical Ballads in original boards, v.s. (5) ⁂ Written after Wordsworth's first visit to Bolton Abbey in the summer of 1807, and originally intended for publication early in 1808. Wordsworth had always planned for the poem to be printed in quarto, although his sister Dorothy later wrote to her friend Catherine Clarkson that 'it is a pity it was published in so expensive a form because some are thereby deprived of the pleasure of reading it...'.

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Nicholson (William).- Henley (W. E.) London Types, 12 colour plates by William Nicholson, advertisement f. at end, usual ligh

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Lot 316

Nicholson (William).- Henley (W. E.) London Types, 12 colour plates by William Nicholson, advertisement f. at end, usual light offsetting, foxing to peripheral ff., hinges weak, original cloth-backed boards with the Bus Driver in red and black on upper cover, worn at corners, rubbed with some light soiling, 1898 § Ingoldsby (Thomas) The Ingoldsby Legends, first trade edition, tipped-in colour frontispiece and plates by Arthur Rackham, captioned tissue-guards, occasional scattered spotting, original pictorial cloth, lightly rubbed, spine slightly faded with faint spotting, a few small ink marks to lower cover, 1907; and others, children's or illustrated, including the first two issues of The Savoy, v.s. (c.29)

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NO RESERVE World.- Bell (Gertrude) The Desert and the Sown, first edition, frontispiece, plates, and large folding map, occas

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NO RESERVE World.- Bell (Gertrude) The Desert and the Sown, first edition, frontispiece, plates, and large folding map, occasional light spotting, modern half calf, 1907; Amurath to Amurath, first edition, plates, light finger-soiling and foxing, modern half calf, 1911 § Edwards (Bryan) The History Civil and Commercial of the British Colonies in the West Indies, 3 vol., third edition, frontispiece to vol.1, bookplates to pastedown, light foxing, contemporary half calf, lightly rubbed, for John Stockdale, 1801; and 9 others, travel, v.s. (14)

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Murdoch (Iris) Under the Net, portion lacking from jacket upper panel, 1954; The Flight from the Enchanter, half-title browne

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Lot 276

Murdoch (Iris) Under the Net, portion lacking from jacket upper panel, 1954; The Flight from the Enchanter, half-title browned, light toning to lower panel of jacket, 1956; The Sandcastle, signed by the author to title, ink ownership name to front free endpaper, 1957; The Bell, very small portion lacking from spine tail, 1958, first editions, original boards, light bumping to spine ends, dust-jackets, some fading or browning to spines, extremities lightly frayed but overall crisp and excellent copies; and 25 others by Murdoch, 8vo (29)⁂ A complete run of Murdoch's novels in excellent condition.

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[Beardsley (Aubrey) & others]. The Yellow Book: An Illustrated Quarterly, 13 vol. [all published], plates, illustrations

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Lot 306

[Beardsley (Aubrey) & others]. The Yellow Book: An Illustrated Quarterly, 13 vol. [all published], plates, illustrations and decorations by Aubrey Beardsley, Laurence Housman, Walter Crane, Max Beerbohm and others, tissue-guards, occasional minor foxing, light browning to endpapers, original pictorial yellow cloth blocked in black, spines faded or lightly browned with a few small chips to ends, some light rubbing and soiling marks, still overall a very good and bright set, small 4to, 1894-97.⁂ With literary contributions by Henry James, Edmund Gosse, Kenneth Grahame, William Butler Yeats, HG Wells, and others.

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Du Fresnoy (Charles Alphonse) The Art of Painting, translated by Dryden, second English edition, engraved frontispiece, detac

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Du Fresnoy (Charles Alphonse) The Art of Painting, translated by Dryden, second English edition, engraved frontispiece, detached along with title and A2, occasional light spotting, contemporary panelled calf, worn with loss to spine ends, covers detached, Printed for B. L. and sold by William Taylor, 1716 § Winckelmann (Johann Joachim) Reflections Concerning the Imitations of the Grecian Artists in Painting and Sculpture, advertisement f. at end, engraved portrait of the author pasted opposite title, bookplate, some subtle damp-staining at inner margin, contemporary calf-backed boards, worn, spine with central vertical split but holding, upper cover detached, lower joint split, Glasgow, Printed for Robert Urie, 1766; with 9 others 18th or early 19th century, including a mixed edition set of Walpole's Anecdotes of Painting in England, 8vo (11)

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Britain.- Senex (John) Jefferys's Itinerary; or Travellers Companion, through England, Wales, and Part of Scotland, letterpre

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Britain.- Senex (John) Jefferys's Itinerary; or Travellers Companion, through England, Wales, and Part of Scotland, letterpress title, preface and index, engraved general map and 104 strip maps, title and a few maps with small repairs, general map trimmed, some light foxing and browning, modern cloth, oblong 4to, Printed for R. Sayer and J. Bennett, 1775.

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Botany.- Loudon (John Claudius) The Green-house Companion, first edition, hand-coloured lithographed frontispiece, illustrati

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Botany.- Loudon (John Claudius) The Green-house Companion, first edition, hand-coloured lithographed frontispiece, illustrations, a few areas of slight surface abrasion to frontispiece and title, affecting a couple of letters, hinges cracked but holding, later cloth, spine gilt, lightly rubbed, 1824 § Gilpin (William S.) Practical Hints upon Landscape Gardening, second edition, 16 lithographed plates, contemporary ink ownership inscription to pastedown, final text leaf working loose, A.L.s. from the author tipped onto rear pastedown, hinges weak but just holding, original boards, printed paper label to spine, loss to spine with label chipped, worn, 1835, some light spotting; and 6 others botany, including authors Paxton, Loudon and Steuart, 8vo (8)

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Westminster Abbey.- Ackermann (Rudolph, publisher) The History of the Abbey Church of St. Peter's Westminster, 2 vol., first

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Westminster Abbey.- Ackermann (Rudolph, publisher) The History of the Abbey Church of St. Peter's Westminster, 2 vol., first edition, half-titles, engraved plan and portrait, list of subscribers, 81 hand-coloured aquatint plates including additional vignette title, some offsetting, some foxing and browning, contemporary half red morocco, spines gilt but faded, subtle damp-staining along joints, vol. 1 upper joint split at foot, [Abbey Scenery 213], 1812 § Smith (John Thomas) Antiquities of Westminster, half-title, 38 plates, some hand-coloured, tissue guards, list of subscribers at end, ink library stamp and gift inscription to front free endpaper, some light foxing, marginal damp-staining to a few plates, contemporary diced calf, sympathetically rebacked, preserving original gilt backstrip, 1807, rubbed, large 4to (3)

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Qur'an, manuscript in Arabic.- An Attractive Ottoman Qur'an, illuminated manuscript on paper (many leaves tinted yellow), in

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Qur'an, manuscript in Arabic.- An Attractive Ottoman Qur'an, illuminated manuscript on paper (many leaves tinted yellow), in Arabic, single column, 15 lines black naskh script, illuminated borders to opening two pages of text, numerous floral border illuminations to borders marking important sections of the text, leaves ruled in gilt, catch-words throughout, contemporary calf over boards with flap, central medallions and corner-pieces in gilt, some light surface wear to one cover, 8vo, Ottoman Turkey, [mid-nineteenth century].

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Drunken brawl.- S[peed] (R[obert]) The Counter-Scuffle. Whereunto is added the Counter-Rat, [thirteenth edition], engraved ti

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Drunken brawl.- S[peed] (R[obert]) The Counter-Scuffle. Whereunto is added the Counter-Rat, [thirteenth edition], engraved title vignette, woodcut illustration, with final blank, title chipped at upper corner, light browning, modern morocco-backed cloth, [Wing S4896], small 4to, for R. Scot, T. Basset, J. Wright, and R. Chiswell, 1680.⁂ Scarce as with all 17th century edition of this amusing mock-heroic poem recounting a brawl that took place in the Wood Street Compter debtor's prison.

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Birds.- Millais (John Guille) British Game Birds and Shooting-Sketches, first edition, portrait frontispiece of Thomas Bewick

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Birds.- Millais (John Guille) British Game Birds and Shooting-Sketches, first edition, portrait frontispiece of Thomas Bewick after J.E.Millais, 16 chromolithographed plates after John Guille Millais and 18 autotype plates, guards, illustrations, some wood-engraved, occasional light marginal foxing, with prospectus to Bowdler Sharpe's Birds of Paradise loosely inserted, original half red straight-grain morocco, gilt, t.e.g., a little rubbed, neatly rebacked preserving original spine, 1892; The Natural History of British Surface Feeding Ducks, number 567 of 600 large paper copies, additional vignette title, 6 photogravure plates, 41 colour plates (some chromolithographed), 25 illustrations on 18 plates, tissue guards, a little damp-staining towards end affecting a couple of plates, original cloth, gilt, lower cover stained, 1902; The Mammals of Great Britain and Ireland, 3 vol., limited edition, plates, some photogravure, tissue guards, some spotting, original buckram-backed cloth, rubbed, 1904-06, [Nissen IVB 634 & 635, ZBI 2819], folio & 4to (5)

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Irrigation.- Wright (Thomas) The Art of Floating Land, as it is practised in the County of Gloucester, only edition, 3 foldin

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Irrigation.- Wright (Thomas) The Art of Floating Land, as it is practised in the County of Gloucester, only edition, 3 folding engraved plates, occasional light foxing, later morocco-backed marbled boards, rubbed, 8vo, Printed by J. Rider, 1799.

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Edicts.- Group of c.70 Austrian ordinances, orders and edicts etc., each numbered in manuscript at head, light foxing and bro

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Edicts.- Group of c.70 Austrian ordinances, orders and edicts etc., each numbered in manuscript at head, light foxing and browning, library stamp to first, 20th century cloth-backed boards, a little rubbed, spine joints cracked but holding firm, tall 8vo, early and mid 19th century.

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Arcadia Press.- Hawkes (Jacquetta) Dawn of the Gods, one of 265 copies signed by the author and specially-bound, illustration

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Arcadia Press.- Hawkes (Jacquetta) Dawn of the Gods, one of 265 copies signed by the author and specially-bound, illustrations, turquoise crushed morocco by Zaehnsdorf, brown and black inlayed morocco centrepiece decorated in gilt, light toning to spine, g.e., housed in drop-back box, 4to, 1969.

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Dictionaries.- Nouveau dictionnaire du voyageur, 2 parts in 1, contemporary ink ownership inscriptions to title and front fre

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Dictionaries.- Nouveau dictionnaire du voyageur, 2 parts in 1, contemporary ink ownership inscriptions to title and front free endpaper, some light foxing and staining, Frankfurt, Widow of Renard Eustache Moeller, 1757 § Frisch (Johann Leonhard) Nouveau dictionnaire des passagers, 2 parts in 1, Leipzig, Johann Friedrich Gleditschen, 1746, double column, engraved frontispieces, bookplate of Gaddesden Place, contemporary calf, spines gilt in compartments with morocco labels, rubbed; and 5 others, 18th century Dictionaries, v.s. (7)

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Music.- Bloomfield (Robert) Rural Tales, Ballads, and Songs, first edition, woodcut head-pieces, bookplate, some toning, ligh

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Music.- Bloomfield (Robert) Rural Tales, Ballads, and Songs, first edition, woodcut head-pieces, bookplate, some toning, light spotting, original half calf, red morocco label to spine, upper cover working loose, extremities rubbed, 1802 § Dibdin (Charles) Songs, Naval and National, of the late Charles Dibdin, engraved plates by George Cruikshank, frontispiece, bookplate, some toning and scattered spotting, green half morocco, spine and edges gilt, very lightly rubbed at upper corners and head of spine, 1841 § Chappell (W.) Popular Music of the Olden Time, 2 vol., chromolithographed frontispiece supplied in facsimile, illustrations, ink ownership inscription to title of vol. one, some very light spotting, original cloth, spines sunned, faded, edges spotted, [late 19th century]; and 11 others relating to music, v.s. (15)

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Darton (William, Jr. & Thomas Darton, publishers) Walker's New Geographical Game, Exhibiting a tour through Europe, engra

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Darton (William, Jr. & Thomas Darton, publishers) Walker's New Geographical Game, Exhibiting a tour through Europe, engraved map with original hand-colouring, 455 x 500 mm (17 7/8 x 19 3/4 in), dissected and mounted on linen, with light surface dirt and browning, folding into the marbled paper slipcase, with engraved title label, corners rubbed, slightly worn, published for the author by W. & T. Darton, 1810.

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NO RESERVE Gurwood (Lieut.-Col.) The Dispatches of Field Marshall The Duke of Wellington during his various campaigns in Indi

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Lot 220

NO RESERVE Gurwood (Lieut.-Col.) The Dispatches of Field Marshall The Duke of Wellington during his various campaigns in India..., 12 vol., new edition, without the supplement vol., half-titles, modern calf-backed cloth, 1837-1839 § Heward of Bury (Rt. Hon. Lord) The New Despotism, first edition, small neat ink ownership name to front free endpaper, original cloth, lightly faded, 1929 § Robinson (H.B.) Memoirs of Lieutenant-General Sir Thomas Picton..., 2 vol., portrait frontispiece to vol.1, half-title to vol.2, bookplates to pastedown, light foxing, modern half calf, lightly rubbed, 1835; and c.145 others, miscellaneous, v.s. (c.160)

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NO RESERVE America.- Russell, Cutler & Co. (Boston printer) Commonwealth of Massachusetts by his excellency John Brooks..

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NO RESERVE America.- Russell, Cutler & Co. (Boston printer) Commonwealth of Massachusetts by his excellency John Brooks... A Proclamation, For a Day of Public Thanksgiving and Prayer, broadside, letterpress, on thin wove paper, sheet 545 x 440 mm (21 1/2 x 17 1/4 in), old folds, light toning and surface dirt, unframed, 1817.

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Africa.- Verner (Capt. Willoughby) Sketches in the Soudan, first edition, additional lithographed pictorial title, list of su

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Africa.- Verner (Capt. Willoughby) Sketches in the Soudan, first edition, additional lithographed pictorial title, list of subscribers, 39 chromolithographed plates on 37 sheets by J.G.Keulemans after Verner, each with facing explanatory leaf of text, chromolithographed map, advertisement leaf at end, some light foxing, original pictorial boards, rubbed, corners a little worn, rebacked in cloth, oblong folio, 1885.⁂ The artist served in the Rifle Brigade, D.A.A.G. Intelligence Department, Nile Expeditionary Force of 1884-85 which was an attempt to relieve General Gordon besieged in Khartoum by the rebellious Mahdi. The expedition travelled up the Nile in small adapted whalers, aided by Canadian voyageurs to negotiate the rapids, and were attacked by the rebels at Abu Klea and Abu Kru but managed to continue. They finally reached Khartoum in January 1885, two days after Gordon and the garrison had been massacred. As well as scenes of the Nile, the desert, and the battlefields & military engagements, there are more everyday sketches of bivouacs and camps, finding water in the desert, and portraits of those involved.

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Ngugi (James) Weep Not, Child, first edition, biro jotting to 'Part 1' page, original boards, dust-jacket, light chipping to

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Lot 280

Ngugi (James) Weep Not, Child, first edition, biro jotting to 'Part 1' page, original boards, dust-jacket, light chipping to corners and spine ends, extremities with neat and expert restorations and repairs along joints and edges, 1964.⁂ This is the first novel by James Ngugi (now Ngũgĩ wa Thiong'o), and was the first English language novel to be published by an East African. Thiong'o's works deal with the relationship between Africans and white settlers in colonial Kenya, and are heavily critical of colonial rule. Rare in commerce.

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NO RESERVE Burke (Edmund) Reflections on the Revolution in France, second edition, first impression, occasional light margina

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Lot 189

NO RESERVE Burke (Edmund) Reflections on the Revolution in France, second edition, first impression, occasional light marginal toning, ink ownership signature to head of title, pencil inscription to endpaper "Bought unbound at the sale of John Bowdler's books" 18th century calf, rebacked, joints cracked, corners worn, rubbed, later endpapers, [Todd 53b], 8vo, for J. Dodsley, 1790.

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Nowell (Alexander) Catechismus sive prima institutio, text in Greek and Latin, woodcut device on title, title repaired at foo

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Nowell (Alexander) Catechismus sive prima institutio, text in Greek and Latin, woodcut device on title, title repaired at foot without loss, C2 with portion of restoration to fore-margin straying into text with loss to 2 or 3 words, some light foxing, the odd printed side-note slightly shaved, but a good copy generally, armorial bookplate of Henry Latham to front pastedown, Bute Library bookplate to rear pastedown, 19th century morocco, slight toning to spine, extremities rubbed, g.e., [STC 18707], 8vo, Reginald Wolfe, 1573.⁂ First edition in Greek of Nowell's Larger Catechism.

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NO RESERVE Brontë (Charlotte, Emily & Anne) Novels of the Sisters Brontë, 12 vol., edited by Temple Scott, Thornton Editi

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Lot 242

NO RESERVE Brontë (Charlotte, Emily & Anne) Novels of the Sisters Brontë, 12 vol., edited by Temple Scott, Thornton Edition, photographic plates, some light browning and staining, original green cloth, extremities lightly rubbed, edges uncut and browned, t.e.g., Edinburgh, 1907 § Burns (Robert) The Works, 4 vol., edited by James Currie, seventh edition, portrait frontispieces to vol. one, plates, vol. one with photograph pasted onto front free endpaper, first few pages of vol. one working loose, some browning and staining, original straight-grain green morocco gilt, g.e., worn, 1813; and c. 145 others relating to English literature, including a collection of works by George Moore, many of which first editions or signed limited editions, v.s., (c. 160)

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NO RESERVE Popper (Karl) The Logic of Scientific Discovery, second edition, light spotting to first few pages, original cloth

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Lot 249

NO RESERVE Popper (Karl) The Logic of Scientific Discovery, second edition, light spotting to first few pages, original cloth, dust-jacket, light browned, a few tears and chips to extremities, 1960 § Russell (Bertrand) Portraits from Memory and Other Essays, first edition, ink ownership inscription to front free endpaper, original cloth, dust-jacket, light chipping to spine ends, spine a little faded, 1956 § Dawkins (Richard) The God Delusion, first edition, 2006 § Packard (Vance) The Hidden Persuaders, first edition, original cloth, dust-jacket, New York, 1957; and c.85 others, mostly religion and philosophy, v.s. (c.90)

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NO RESERVE Tozer (Katharine) Here Comes Mumfie, first edition, illustrations by the author, publisher's promotional flyer for

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Lot 298

NO RESERVE Tozer (Katharine) Here Comes Mumfie, first edition, illustrations by the author, publisher's promotional flyer for this work loosely inserted, endpapers lightly browned, original cloth-backed boards, lightly fading to upper panel, spotting to lower panel, dust-jacket, faded, spine browned, nicks and tears to spine head and upper edge, short tear to lower edge of upper panel, light pencil marking to upper panel, 1936 § Blyton (Enid) The Castle of Adventure, first edition, illustrations, original pictorial cloth, dust-jacket, creased and frayed, lacking front flap, paper repairs to upper joint, 1946 § Morpurgo (Michael) This Morning I Met a Whale, first edition, signed by the author to title, illustrations, original boards, dust-jacket, 2008; and 9 others, children's, 8vo (11)⁂ First is scarce in the dust-jacket.

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Frank (Anne) Anne Frank'in Hâtira Defteri [The Diary of Anne Frank], first Turkish edition, ink ownership name to title, illu

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Lot 248

Frank (Anne) Anne Frank'in Hâtira Defteri [The Diary of Anne Frank], first Turkish edition, ink ownership name to title, illustrations, original wrappers, spine chipped and creased, extremities bumped, light discolouration, 8vo, Istanbul, 1958.

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Snow (C. P.) Death Under Sail, first edition, some light scattered foxing, original cloth, slight shelf-lean, light toning to

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Lot 294

Snow (C. P.) Death Under Sail, first edition, some light scattered foxing, original cloth, slight shelf-lean, light toning to spine, spine a little frayed at head, 1932; Last Thing, uncorrected proof copy, original wrappers, light creasing and sunning to spine, 1970 § Miller (Ronald) The Affair. The New Men. The Masters. Based on the novels by C. P. Snow, first edition, original boards, dust-jackets, light rubbing to spine tips and corners, else fine, 1964; and 5 others, C. P. Snow, 8vo & 4to (8)

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Heller (Joseph) Catch-22, first English edition, ink ownership inscription to endpaper, original boards, second issue dust-ja

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Lot 269

Heller (Joseph) Catch-22, first English edition, ink ownership inscription to endpaper, original boards, second issue dust-jacket with review quotes to rear panel, light toning to spine, minor chipping to spine tips and corners, small internal tear to spine, crease to front flap, but a bright and excellent example overall, 1962; and a first English edition Something Happened, 8vo (2)

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Italian Binding.- Uffizio della Settimana Santa, pp. 309-14 small defect upper fore-edge corner with some text loss and pp.31

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Italian Binding.- Uffizio della Settimana Santa, pp. 309-14 small defect upper fore-edge corner with some text loss and pp.315-22 small closed tear no text loss, contemporary calf, decoratively tooled in gilt, with representations of the Arma Christi [instruments of the Passion] and other motifs of the Crucifixion, g.e., spine head with small tear, some very light scuffing, Rome, by Luigi Perego Salvioni, 1803.⁂ The motifs of the Passion include: the rooster which crowed after Peter's third denial; Christ's seamless robe; the dice with which the soldiers cast lots for his robe; a pair of ?plyers and hammer; the Holy Lance that pierced Christ's side; the sponge set on a reed and soaked in gall and vinegar, and a ladder, commonly associated with the deposition of Christ's body. These appear at the cover corners and on the spine.

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Majeska.- Wilde (Oscar) The Picture of Dorian Gray, limited edition, this copy signed by the artist below frontispiece, front

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Majeska.- Wilde (Oscar) The Picture of Dorian Gray, limited edition, this copy signed by the artist below frontispiece, frontispiece and 7 plates by Majeska, occasional light marking, original cloth, spine tips and corners a little bumped and frayed, 8vo, New York, 1930.⁂ Rare signed by the artist.

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Korea.- Official Guide to Eastern Asia: Trans-Continental Connections Between Europe and Asia (An), vol.1 Manchuria & Cho

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Korea.- Official Guide to Eastern Asia: Trans-Continental Connections Between Europe and Asia (An), vol.1 Manchuria & Chosen, first edition, illustrations, large folding colour maps including fold-out map inserted into rear pocket, edge-spotting, original cloth, t.e.g., light creasing or rubbing to spine ends, original slipcase, 8vo, Tokyo, prepared by the Imperial Japanese Government Railways, 1913.⁂ Beginning in 1871, Japan began to exert more influence in Korea, forcing it out of China's traditional sphere of influence. As a result of the sino-japanese war (1894-95), the Qing Dynasty had to give up such a position according to article 1 of the Treaty of Shimonoseki, which was concluded between China and Japan in 1895. This work attests to a statement of Japanese pride in their recently conquered mainland territories.

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American imprints.- Goldsmith (Oliver) The Deserted village. A poem., seventh edition, half-title, woodcut head-pieces, title

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American imprints.- Goldsmith (Oliver) The Deserted village. A poem., seventh edition, half-title, woodcut head-pieces, title trimmed at head, with loss of first word 'The', some spotting, stained, lightly browned, ink inscription to half-title 'Caleb Johnson's Book', contemporary limp light blue wrappers bound in, chipped and stained, 20th century calf-backed boards, [Evans 17958], London: Printed: Springfield: (Massachusetts,) reprinted: by Babcock & Haswell, 1783; and a New Ipswich, N.H. printed Blair's The Grave, 1815, small 4to & 12mo (2)

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NO RESERVE Wordsworth (William) The Excursion, Being a Portion of the Recluse, second edition, signed by the author to front

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Lot 209

NO RESERVE Wordsworth (William) The Excursion, Being a Portion of the Recluse, second edition, signed by the author to front free endpaper, light foxing and damp-staining, 20th century half calf, rebacked preserving spine, lightly rubbed, 1820.

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Donaldson (Julia) The Gruffalo, Gift Edition, first printing, signed by author and artist with doodle of mouse's head on titl

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Lot 259

Donaldson (Julia) The Gruffalo, Gift Edition, first printing, signed by author and artist with doodle of mouse's head on title, some light creasing, illustrations by Axel Scheffler, original cloth, lacking pictorial onlay, pictorial slip-case, 2008; and 7 others, Gift and American editions of the same, 4to (8)

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Raven (Simon) The Feathers of Death, 1959; Brother Cain, 1959 § Fowles (John) The Magus, light browning to endpapers, jacket

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Lot 289

Raven (Simon) The Feathers of Death, 1959; Brother Cain, 1959 § Fowles (John) The Magus, light browning to endpapers, jacket with creasing to spine ends and corners, 1966; The French Lieutenant's Woman, 1969 § Hartley (L.P.) The Boat, light spotting to covers, 1949, first editions, original cloth, dust-jackets, some light toning spines, spine ends and corners a little chipped; and 27 others by the same and similar, 8vo (32)

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NO RESERVE History and Politics.- Gibbon (Edward) The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire, 12 vol., new editi

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Lot 188

NO RESERVE History and Politics.- Gibbon (Edward) The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire, 12 vol., new edition, portrait frontispiece to vol. one, folding maps, ink ownership inscription "F. Trinch" to each title, a few short tears to maps without loss, some browning and staining, contemporary mottled calf, rubbed at extremities, 1788-1790 § Pepys (Samuel) The Diary of Samuel Pepys, 8 vol. only (of 10, lacking vol. 2 and 8), edited by Henry B. Wheatley, frontispiece to each volume, plates, some spotting, edges foxed, original cloth, spines gilt, lightly stained, t.e.g., 1893-1899 § Bacon (Francis) The Life and Letters of Francis Bacon, 7 vol., edited by James Spedding, pages toned, some light scattered spotting, some vol. with bookplates, original cloth, rubbed at extremities, 1861-74; and c. 70 others relating to history, philosophy and politics, including works by or relating to Winston Churchill, Benjamin Disraeli and David Lloyd-George, v.s. (c. 100)

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NO RESERVE [Surtees (Robert Smith)] [The Sporting Novels], 6 vol., comprising; Ask Mama, Mr Romford's Hounds; Handley Cross;

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Lot 237

NO RESERVE [Surtees (Robert Smith)] [The Sporting Novels], 6 vol., comprising; Ask Mama, Mr Romford's Hounds; Handley Cross; Plain or Ringlets; Hawbuck Range and; Mr Sponge's Sporting Tour, half titles and title pages with coloured vignettes to each volume, coloured frontispiece to Handley Cross, plates, some coloured, illustrations, ink ownership inscriptions to front pastedown or free endpaper, some toning and light spotting, blue half calf over marbled boards, spines gilt and in compartments with red morocco labels, extremities lightly rubbed, calf lightly scratched, spines sunned, small 4to [late 19th century]

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NO RESERVE World.- Cook (Captain James) Troisieme Voyage Abrégé du Capitaine Cook, dans L'Océan Pacifique, 3 vol., folding fr

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NO RESERVE World.- Cook (Captain James) Troisieme Voyage Abrégé du Capitaine Cook, dans L'Océan Pacifique, 3 vol., folding frontispiece to vol. one, title to each volume with "L.B." ink ownership inscription to each, slightly spotted, endpapers creased and stained, contemporary mottled calf, rubbed at extremities, small gouge to spine head, Paris, 1785 § Crawfurd (James) History of the Indian Archipelago, 3 vol., each with frontispiece, engraved plates, one in colour, vol. 3 with folding map supplied in later facsimile, bookplate, inkstamp to verso of each title, light offsetting, some browning and ink inscriptions to endpapers, half marbled calf, worn at extremities, Edinburgh, 1820 § Encyclopaedia Britannica, vol. 1-32 only (lacking vol. 6, 7 and 8), mixed edition, folding maps, photographic plates and illustrations, some coloured, endpapers browned, original cloth, lightly rubbed at extremities, 1910-22; with c.30 others relating to travel, science, art and music, v.s., (70)

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NO RESERVE Cooper (James Fenimore) The Pathfinder, 3 vol., first edition, contemporary ink ownership name to pastedowns, ligh

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Lot 221

NO RESERVE Cooper (James Fenimore) The Pathfinder, 3 vol., first edition, contemporary ink ownership name to pastedowns, light foxing to first few pages, contemporary half calf, rubbed, [BAL 3891], 8vo, 1840; and another by the same, 8vo (4)

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Laurence (John) A New System of Agriculture. Being a Complete Body of Husbandry and Gardening, engraved frontispiece and 2 pl

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Lot 76

Laurence (John) A New System of Agriculture. Being a Complete Body of Husbandry and Gardening, engraved frontispiece and 2 plates, woodcut head-pieces, list of subscribers, the odd tape repair to inner margin, including to title, some light soiling or staining, contemporary panelled calf, rebacked, worn at corners, scratched and rubbed, joints split at head, endpapers renewed, [Henrey 946], folio, Dublin, Printed by and for J. Hyde [and others], 1727.⁂ A scarce edition.

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Einstein (Albert) Sidelights on Relativity, first English translation, 1p. of diagrams in text, 8pp. publisher's catalogue at

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Lot 82

Einstein (Albert) Sidelights on Relativity, first English translation, 1p. of diagrams in text, 8pp. publisher's catalogue at end, 4pp. Methuen Spring Catalogue for 1922 loosely inserted, a few pencil marks in margins, original light blue cloth, dust-jacket, 2 small chips, spine slightly faded, 8vo, [1922].

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Economics.- Hayek (Friedrich August) Individualism and Economic Order, new endpapers, jacket spine browned, spine ends and co

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Lot 213

Economics.- Hayek (Friedrich August) Individualism and Economic Order, new endpapers, jacket spine browned, spine ends and corners chipped, a few closed tears with creasing to head and foot, some light marking and surface soiling to panels, 1949; Studies in Philosophy Politics and Economics, ink ownership inscription to endpaper, jacket price-clipped, light toning to spine, minor chipping to spine tips and corners, 1967, first editions, original cloth, dust-jackets; and 2 others by the same, 8vo (4)

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Naipaul (V. S.) Miguel Street, light foxing to first few pages, boards with light bumping to lower edge, expert retouching in

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Lot 278

Naipaul (V. S.) Miguel Street, light foxing to first few pages, boards with light bumping to lower edge, expert retouching including 1" portion at spine ends with publisher's name and title supplied in excellent facsimile, 1959; A House for Mr Biswas, 1961, first editions, original boards, dust-jackets, expertly repaired and neatly retouched at spine ends, joints and edges, still in effect bright and excellent copies, 8vo (2)

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NO RESERVE Naipaul (V. S.) Finding the Centre, signed by the author to title, a fine copy, 1984 § Hardinge (Rex) Gambia and B

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Lot 279

NO RESERVE Naipaul (V. S.) Finding the Centre, signed by the author to title, a fine copy, 1984 § Hardinge (Rex) Gambia and Beyond, light foxing, cloth lightly faded, jacket price-clipped, light chipping and rubbing to extremities, 1934 § Dalrymple (William) The Age of Kali: Indian Travels & Encounters, signed presentation inscription from the author to title, 1998 § Gray (J.M) A History of the Gambia, jacket price-clipped, edge-spotting, 1940 § Leigh Fermor (Patrick) The Broken Road, 2013, first editions, original boards, dust-jackets; and c.35 others, modern travel literature, v.s. (c.40)

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Agricultural working conditions.- [Cliquot de Blervache (Simon)] Mémoire sur les moyens d'améliorer en France la condition

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Agricultural working conditions.- [Cliquot de Blervache (Simon)] Mémoire sur les moyens d'améliorer en France la condition des laboureurs, des journaliers, des hommes de peine vivans dans les campagnes, & celle de leurs femmes & de leurs enfans, first edition, woodcut ornament to title, woodcut head-pieces and initials, 2 privilege ff. at end, some mostly marginal water-staining, particularly at ends, some spotting or light staining, lightly browned (a few ff. slightly more so), modern half calf over older mottled boards, spine richly gilt and with red leather label (this with 1 letter missing and creased), [Einaudi 1136; INED 1138 (Chambéry edition), a solid copy, 8vo, Paris, chez Delalain l'aîné, 1789.⁂ Rare. An analysis of the poor state of agriculture in France, and the miserable conditions of the workers and their wives and children. It describes the huge inequalities in wealth resulting from the privileges granted to the nobility and the clergy, and puts forward proposals to address this, including fairer taxes.

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Juveniles & Children's.- Blackford (Mrs. Martha) The Scottish orphans. A moral tale, founded on an historical fact, secon

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Lot 216

Juveniles & Children's.- Blackford (Mrs. Martha) The Scottish orphans. A moral tale, founded on an historical fact, second edition, engraved frontispiece, offsetting on to title and neatly detaching, some spotting or mostly light staining, contemporary polished calf, gilt, upper joint split, but holding, rubbed and marked, Printed for W. Wetton, 1823 § Mathematics.- Fenning (Daniel) The British youth's instructor, or, A new and easy guide to practical arithmetic, 2 parts in 1, thirteenth edition, some spotting and staining, lightly browned, contemporary mottled sheep, upper cover detached, spine with ends worn and creased, corners worn, rubbed and scuffed, Printed for J. Johnson, 1806; and c.45 others, similar, some with engraved plates or woodcuts, some defective, v.s. (c.47) sold not subject to return.

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Graves (Robert) Good-Bye to All That, first edition, second issue, with poem excised from pp.341-343 and errata present, plat

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Lot 265

Graves (Robert) Good-Bye to All That, first edition, second issue, with poem excised from pp.341-343 and errata present, plates, plates, very light browning to endpapers, original cloth, slight bumping to spine tips and corners, dust-jacket, very light toning to spine, short nick to foot of upper fore-edge, small hole and slight surface wear to lower panel, light surface soiling to extremities, an excellent example, 8vo, 1929.

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NO RESERVE Thoreau (Henry David) Cape Cod, 22pp. publisher's catalogue at end, bookplate to pastedown, 1865; Letters to Vari

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Lot 231

NO RESERVE Thoreau (Henry David) Cape Cod, 22pp. publisher's catalogue at end, bookplate to pastedown, 1865; Letters to Various Persons, light spots, heavier to pp.220-224, 1865; A Yankee in Canada, bookplate to pastedown, light abrasion to endpapers, 1866, first editions, original blind-stamped cloth, corners bumped, all rebacked preserving original spine strip, [BAL 20115; 20116; 20116], , 8vo, Boston (3)

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Banks (Lynne Reid) The L-Shaped Room, signed by the author on title, dust-jacket light toning to spine, small chip to upper p

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Lot 254

Banks (Lynne Reid) The L-Shaped Room, signed by the author on title, dust-jacket light toning to spine, small chip to upper panel, 1960 § Gibbons (Stella) Conference at Cold Comfort Farm, dust-jacket, very light toning to spine, minor chipping to spine tips, 1949 § Bainbridge (Beryl) Watson's Apology, signed by the author, dust-jacket, spine sunned, 1984 § Drabble (Margaret) A Natural Curiosity, limited edition signed by the author, 1989, first edition, original boards; and 13 others by the same and other women writers, 8vo (17)

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