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Wilson55 Auctioneers & Valuers
Lot 214

A Rolex Oyster Perpetual Datejust Submariner wristwatch, c. 1991, the signed black dial with dot and baton markers, date aperture to 3 and outer minutes track, black 60 minute rotating bezel, cal. 3135 movement, serial no. N130630, within a stainless steel case and oyster bracelet with folding clasp, case diameter 39mm. With maker's box, papers and tags.Overall condition good to fairWatch working at time of cataloguing, Wilson 55 does not guarantee the working accuracy of any timepiece offeredLight scratches in keeping with age and occasional wear

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Lot 215

A stainless steel Seiko chronograph quartz wristwatch, the black signed dial with arabic markers, date aperture to 3, subsidiary dials to 6, 9 and 12 and outer 24h track, quartz movement signed and numbered 7T32B within a stainless steel case numbered 7T32-7E70 911225 and canvas strap, case diameter 39mm. With maker's case and box.Overall condition good to fairWatch not working at time of cataloguing, Wilson 55 does not guarantee the working accuracy of any timepiece offered - likely needs a new batteryLight scratches in keeping with occasional wear

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Lot 216

A stainless steel Seiko Scuba Diver's wristwatch, no. 7002-700J, the signed yellow dial with green baton hour markers, date aperture to 3 and outer minutes track, tachymetre bezel, automatic movement signed and numbered 17.J.7002A, within a stainless steel case, numbered 070983, to the steel bracelet with folding clasp, case diameter 42mm. With maker's additional black rubber strap.Overall condition good to fairWatch working at time of cataloguing, Wilson 55 does not guarantee the working accuracy of any timepiece offeredLight scratches in keeping with occasional wear

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Lot 22

Two early 20th century bar brooches, each with fox detailing, stamped 9ct and 15ct, lengths 5.3 to 5.8cm, gross weight 7.5g.Overall condition good to fairLight scratches and discolouration in keeping with age and wear9ct brooch - with safety clasp, in working order15ct brooch - pin slightly misshapen, base metal, in working order

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Lot 222

A Juvenia Art Deco nickel plated slimline pocket watch, the silver tone signed dial with Arabic numerals, subsidiary seconds dial and outer minutes track, 16 jewel signed movement movement, within a nickel plated case numbered 35949, case width 40mm, suspended from a 1920s 'Platinon' Albert chain. Overall condition good to fairWatch working at time of cataloguing, Wilson 55 does not guarantee the working accuracy of any timepiece offeredLight scratches in keeping with useLength of chain 36cm, inclusive of T-bar attachment 37.8cm, gross weight of chain 4.8g.

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Lot 23

A turquoise and split pearl crescent brooch, with turquoise and split pearl set star detailing, length 3cm, gross weight 5.2g.Overall condition good to fairSlightly misshapenWith base metal pin, in working orderMetal untested and unmarkedLight abrasion to gemstones visible with magnification - a couple of turquoise with nicks, chips, visible with magnification

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Lot 24

A diamond star brooch, designed as a six ray star set with vari-cut diamonds and similarly cut diamond spacers, estimated total diamond weight 4.30cts, may also be worn as a pendant, length 4cm, gross weight 6.2g.Overall condition good to fairPin in working orderPrincipal diamond chipped, four surrounding diamonds chipped - otherwise diamonds with good clarity, light inclusions difficult to spot with magnificationColours vary - pear shape diamond drawing a yellowish colour, one a very faint pinkishOne rose cut diamond deficient from one tip, visible only on very close inspection

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Lot 241

A Rolex Datejust box, the red maker's box with Rolex Datejust booklet, two steel and gold oyster links and outer cardboard box.Overall condition good to fairJust the box being sold, no watch with this lotSome light scuffs to edges in keeping with ageSplit to one corner of outer cardboard box

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Lot 26

A lava cameo brooch, the rectangular shape lava cameo depicting a classical maiden, length 4.1cm, gross weight 14.8g.Overall condition good to fairCameo in good condition with light abrasion and discolourationPin in working orderSafety chain surmount a later additionSome splits to setting, visible under close inspection of the reverse

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Lot 28

A diamond star brooch, designed as a six ray star set with old cut diamonds and similarly cut diamond spacers, estimated total diamond weight 4cts, may also be worn as a pendant, length 4cm, gross weight 7.6g.Overall condition good to fairBrooch pin a later additionPrincipal diamond with SR facture to crown facetSurrounding diamonds with light scattered inclusions difficult to see with magnification

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Lot 33

A late Victorian diamond brooch, the old cut diamond weighing approx. 0.20ct inset to the oval panel, with wirework Etruscan surround, and detachable old cut diamond and split pearl safety chain, total diamond weight estimated 0.40ct, estimated colour I-J, estimated clarity SI, length 2.4cm, gross weight 5.1g.Overall condition good to fairWith safety chainLight scratches and discolouration in keeping with age and wearPin in working order, safety clip slightly loose

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Lot 39

An 18ct gold snake bangle, designed as a textured snake with brilliant cut diamond crest and circular cut ruby eyes, French assay marks, inner diameter 5.9cm, gross weight 10.7g.Overall condition good to fairScratches and light abrasion in keeping with occasional wearMarks clearHooked clasp in working orderDiamonds bright and well matched, approx. 0.14ct

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Lot 41

A 9ct gold bracelet, the fancy curb link chain with partially concealed hinged clasp, hallmarks for Birmingham, length 19cm, gross weight 33.4g.Overall condition good to fairScratches and discolouration in keeping with light wearWith safety chainClasp in working order

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Lot 50

A silver cuff bangle by Tiffany & Co., engraved with New York script, signed Tiffany & Co., dated 1997, inner diameter 6.2cm, gross weight 52.5g. With maker's box and bag.Overall condition good to fairLight scratches in keeping with age and general wear

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Lot 55

A pair of cultured pearl drop earrings by Annoushka, each designed with an off-round cultured pearl and scrolling hoop fitting, length 2.2cm, gross weight 4.9g. With maker's box.Overall condition goodLight scratches in keeping with occasional wearRRP £495 on Annoushka website

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Lot 59

An early 20th century amethyst and split pearl pendant, the heart shape amethyst and split pearl quatrefoil with a tapered surmount, stamped 15ct, may also be worn as a brooch, length 4.3cm, gross weight 4.7g.Overall condition good to fairClasp in working orderLight abrasion and discolouration in keeping with age and wear

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Lot 73

A George III guinea pendant, the George III guinea dated 1795 with a scrolling pendant mount, length 3.6cm, gross weight 8.9g.Overall condition good to fairLight scratches and discolouration in keeping with general wearPendant mount unmarked, likely 9ct

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Lot 76

An emerald, split pearl and diamond pendant, the square shape emerald and split pearl cluster with diamond set chain tapering sides and split pearl terminals, length 6.5cm, gross weight 6.4g.Overall condition good to fairScratches, abrasion and discolouration in keeping with age and wearRepair work to reverse, one hoop soft solderedSome light scratches to pearlsAbrasion to emerald visible only with magnification, some nibbles to facet edges

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Lot 85

A 9ct gold longuard chain, the byzantine link chain with textured bar spacers, import marks for Birmingham, length 80cm, gross weight 48.5g.Overall condition good to fairLight scratches and discolouration in keeping with general wearSponsor's marks BJE

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Lot 95

A Georgian seed pearl necklace, comprising five strands of seed pearls, terminating with a glazed vacant hair panel and split pearl push piece clasp, length 39cm.Overall condition good to fairPearls untested - varying sizes, largest approx diameter 3.8mm, smallest approx 1.5mm. Vari shapes - off round with a slight yellowish white lustreThreading intact, would benefit from some attention to knotsClasp in working order, unmarked, hair panel vacant, some light scratches to glazed section visible with magnification

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Lot 106

§ CHARLES OPPENHEIMER R.S.A., R.S.W. (BRITISH 1876-1961) IN THE EVENING LIGHT Signed, oil on canvas(63.5cm x 76cm (25in x 30in))Note: For a very similar but larger composition see My Garden at Twilight, property of the National Trust for Scotland, Broughton House, Kirkcudbright. Charles Oppenheimer is regarded as a quintessentially Scottish artist, although he was born in Oldham and did not settle north of the border until 1908. Oppenheimer trained under Walter Crane at Manchester School of Art, as well as in Italy. He was instinctively drawn to Scotland, although more to the lowlands and the pastoral landscapes of Kirkcudbrightshire, than to the rugged Highlands. Famously his paintings often depict the same view at different times of year. He was a keen fisherman and had a talent for capturing the fall of light on water. He painted landscapes and townscapes, and also designed a number of iconic posters for British Rail. Oppenheimer was elected RSW in 1912, ARSA in 1927 and RSA in 1934. The picture offered here is a view of Oppenheimer's house at 14 High Street, Kirkcudbright, where he lived between 1908 and 1931. He rented the house from E.A. Hornel, who lived next door in Broughton House (now in the care of the National Trust for Scotland). By the time that Oppenheimer settled there, Kirkcudbright had long been a centre of artistic activity. Artists had been drawn there since the 1880s, and by 1900 the little town was attracting artists from Glasgow and Edinburgh including E.A. Walton, A.S. Hartrick, James Lawton Wingate, David Gauld and D.Y. Cameron. Oppenheimer moved there in 1908, and, having served with the Royal Artillery during the Great War, returned to Kirkcudbright at its close, finding many new friends. Among them were the book illustrator Jessie M. King and her husband, E.A. Taylor who, having lived in Kirkcudbright before the war, had returned there in 1915. From 1929 the crime writer Dorothy L. Sayers and her husband also rented a studio in The High Street, next door to Oppenheimer, and became good friends. Oppenheimer painted several similar views of his home at number 14. One now hangs in Oldham Art Gallery and another in Broughton House itself. While the Broughton picture shows the house at twilight with the evening sun reflecting off the windows, that in Oldham shows the same scene on a bright, sunny day in which the whitewashed walls seem to belong more to the Midi than to Kirkcudbright.

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Lot 128

§ JOHN MACLAUCHLAN MILNE R.S.A. (SCOTTISH 1886-1957) THE QUARRY AT TORRIDON Signed and dated '23, oil on canvas(63.5cm x 76cm (25in x 30in))Provenance: Sotheby’s, Gleneagles, 29 August 1995, lot 1002 Literature: M. N. Millar, The Missing Colourist: The Search for John Maclauchlan Milne RSA, privately published, Glasgow, 2022, p. 77 (listed)This painting comes from a series of works created as a result of a trip Maclauchlan Milne made to Torridon in the north-west Highlands in 1922 or early 1923. Two others were shown at the Royal Scottish Academy's annual exhibition of 1923, where they were singled out for praise by the artist E. A. Taylor, who detected in them an interest in the work of Paul Cézanne. (E. A. Taylor, The Studio, Vol. 86, December 1923, no. 369, pp. 342-343 quoted in M. N. Millar, op.cit., p. 77). In addition to the quarry dramatically rendered in the present painting, Maclauchlan Milne was also drawn to subjects in the area including the mountains Beinn Alligin and Sgurr Ruadh. The artist's biographer, Maurice Millar, has pointed out that several Torridon works were included in Maclauchlan Milne's solo exhibition, held at Alexander Reid's gallery, La Société des Beaux Arts, in Glagsow in 1924. (ibid., p. 78). The boldness of technique, form and composition of The Quarry, Torridon, as well as the brightness of the light illuminating the scene, link this work to Maclauchlan Milne's French work of the decade. He was to re-kindle his interest in the Scottish Highlands in the 1930s, culminating in the Arran landscapes of the concluding period of his career. We are grateful to Alan Lawson, curator of the forthcoming Maclauchlan Milne exhibition at Roseangle Gallery, Dundee (25 June-23 July 2022) and to Maurice Millar, the artist's biographer (op.cit.), for their assistance in researching this painting.

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Lot 139

◆ FRANCIS CAMPBELL BOILEAU CADELL R.S.A., R.S.W. (SCOTTISH 1883-1937) THE STEADING, c.1927 Signed, oil on board(37.5cm x 45cm (14.75in x 17.75in))Provenance: Aitken Dott & Son Ltd, Edinburgh Christie's London, 16 March 1925, lot 123, sold for three guineas to 'Middleton' Christie's Scotland, 7 December 1989, lot 466 The Fine Art Society, London from whom acquired by the present owner in 2001 Exhibited: The Fine Art Society, London, The Scottish Colourists: Cadell, Fergusson, Hunter, Peploe, 19 June - 21 July 2000, no. 4 (repr. col.)In contrast to his Edinburgh-based studio practice, Cadell also enjoyed working outdoors in locations around Scotland and France. The steading in this work is thought to be in the village of Auchnacraig on the east coast of Mull, which Cadell visited for the first time in 1927 on the way to Iona. The village and its surroundings appear in a series of at least four extant paintings (see Tom Hewlett and Duncan Macmillan, F. C. B. Cadell: The Life and Works of a Scottish Colourist 1883-1937, Lund Humphries, Farnham, 2011, p. 94). Duncan Macmillan has identified an engagement with the work of Paul Cézanne in Cadell's Auchnacraig tree landscapes, praising their 'free handling and also an interest in light that over-rides local colour' (op.cit., p. 181). This painting is viewed from a distance and through trees in an ambitious composition in which Cadell revels in the effects of sunshine and shadow across stonework and grass. Layers of paint, applied with visible, varying brushstrokes, build up sophisticated colour and tone combinations, as well as rhythmic surface texture. Dabs of yellow are particularly effective in conveying flower heads in the foreground, whilst Cadell's enjoyment of applying and manipulating his creamy paint is clear. The result successfully communicates the strength and warmth of light and the beauty of the sun-dappled scene depicted.

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Lot 91

JOHN HENRY LORIMER R.S.A., R.S.W., R.W.S., R.P. (1856-1936) SWEET ROSES Signed and dated 1888, oil on canvas(38cm x 28cm (15in x 11in))Provenance: New Gallery, London, 1888 from where acquired by a London collector The Fine Art Society Ltd, London, October 1965 from where acquired by a Dumfriesshire collector Exhibited: New Gallery, London, 1888, no.249 Walker Art Gallery, Liverpool, 1888, no.996 Literature: Anon, 'J. H. Lorimer', The Art Journal, 1895, illustrated in black and white p. 4N May Fenoulhet, John Henry Lorimer, Scottish Artist 1856-1936, A Critical Biography, unpublished thesis, Edinburgh University, 1990, p. 58.Note: Dr Antonia Laurence Allen has explained that after this painting was exhibited at the Walker Art Gallery in Liverpool, it was sent for etching so that it could be illustrated in The Art Journal in 1895. In her Edinburgh University unpublished thesis about the artist, May Fenoulhet quotes from a letter of 26 December 1888 written by the work's recent purchaser: 'I only hope that this etching may prove worthy to rank beside the little Picture, which is full of charming beauties, altho' the subject is so very simple a one that few artists would have thought of its selection, or known how to have rendered it so gracefully.' (Fenoulhet, op.cit.). Laurence-Allen had also suggested that the sitters may be Lorimer's older sister Hannah and one of the daughters of his younger sister Janet Alice Chalmers. We are grateful to Dr Antonia Laurence Allen, Regional Curator, National Trust for Scotland and Charlotte Lorimer, contributing authors to ed. Elizabeth Cumming, Reflections: The Light and Life of John Henry Lorimer, Sansom & Company, Bristol, 2021, for their assistance in researching this work.

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Lot 111

Trollope (Anthony) Framley Parsonage, first edition, later one-volume issue, 6 wood-engraved plates after J. E. Millais, some light foxing, original cloth, joints and corners lightly scuffed, Smith, Elder & Co., 1861; The American Senator, first one-volume edition, half-titles, very occasional light spotting, gutter beginning to crack at hinges, endpapers renewed, original cloth, recased, spine rubbed, Chapman and Hall, 1877; John Caldigate, first edition, later one-volume issue, half-title, spotting, endpapers renewed, original cloth, spine a little toned and soiled, extremities scuffed, Chapman & Hall, 1879, [Sadleir c.f. 11, 46, 55], 8vo (3)

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Lot 265

NO RESERVE London.- Whitbread's Reduced Ordnance Map of London, large folding map, some tears to foldlines, one large tear with tape repair, Index detached and loosely inserted, light browning, original cloth, printed paper label to upper cover, a little rubbed, [1880] § Extracts from the Court Rolls of the Manor of Wimbledon, scattered spotting, cracked hinges, previous owner's ink signature, original cloth, a little rubbed, 1866 § Geographers' A to Z Atlas of London, maps, original paper wrappers, faded, light spotting, [c.1947] § D'Elboux (R. H.) and Winifride Ward. The Registers of St. Dunstan in the Eaast London, scattered spotting, original cloth, slight bumping to corners and extremities, The Harleian Society, 1958; and others London, v.s. (c.25)

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Lot 155

Magic. Supernatural.- Tales of Magic and Mystery, 4 issues only (of 5), lacking issue 2, very occasional light spotting, issue 3 with joints split at head but covers holding, 1927-8 § Friskell (Samri) Spirit Mediums Exposed, margins lightly toned, spine strengthened with brown paper and tape, 1930, original pictorial wrappers, lower covers lightly soiled, some chipping to extremities, some spines with loss to head and foot, short splitting to joint ends, New York; and a copy of The Life of a Showman, 8vo & small folio (6)⁂ The first includes the first printing of the short story "Cool Air" by H. P. Lovecraft, "that will ring down through the corridors of your memory for years to come". The second features writing by Houdini, magician Howard Thurston and Sir Arthur Conan Doyle.

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Lot 228

Physics.- Gamow (G.) Constitution of Atomic Nuclei and Radioactivity, folding table at end, publishers compliments slip loosely inserted, a few spots to title, two minor scratches to upper cover, dust-jacket, spine and extremities sunned with a few small chips, larger chip to upper panel, affecting two letters of title, small tears to lower joints, Oxford, 1931 § Heisenberg (Werner) Die Pysikalischen Prinzipien der Quantentheorie, first edition, ink ownership inscription to front free endpaper, photographic plate, cloth gilt, spine slightly sunned, lightly rubbed, a few spots of light soiling, Leipzig, 1930, numerous diagrams, margins and endpapers lightly toned, original cloth; and two others, an early English translation of the last, and a copy of Schrödinger's Four Lectures on Wave Mechanics, 8vo (4)

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Lot 216

Japan.- Morikuni (Tachibana) Ehon shaho bukuro. [Picture Book: Treasure-bag of Sketches], vol. 4 only (of 10), 21 woodblock illustrations, many full-page, some light soiling, mostly at foot, small worm hole to lower margin of last few leaves, final leaf with loss to upper corner, just affecting image, bound Japanese-style into stitched stiff wrappers, rubbed and worn at extremities, 8vo, Osaka, [1720].⁂ Depicting scenes from Japanese folk tales.

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Lot 176

Folio Society.- Chaucer (Geoffrey) Troilus & Criseyde, illustrated by Peter Brookes, original morocco-backed boards, slipcase, a little rubbed, 1990 § Burton (Richard) The Source of the Nile: the Lake Regions of Central Africa, frontispiece and plates, folding map loosely inserted at end, original pictorial cloth, slipcase, 1993 § Walton (Izaak) The Compleat Angler, frontispiece and plates by Arthur Rackham, original pictorial cloth, slipcase, 2000 § Mitford (Nancy) Love in a Cold Climate, frontispiece and illustrations by Roland Pym, original pictorial cloth, slipcase, light spotting, 1992; and others Folio Society, v.s. (c.75)

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Lot 44

Fleetwood (William, Bishop) Chronicon Preciosum: Or, an Account of English Money, the Price of Corn, and Other Commodities, for the last 600 Years, first edition, bookplate to pastedown, light damp-staining, heavier to last few pp., contemporary calf, rebacked, endpapers renewed, light rubbing to extremities, [Goldsmiths' 4403], 8vo, Charles Harper, 1707.⁂ The first major attempt at an historical survey of prices, wages and incomes.

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Lot 147

Titanic.- The Journal of Commerce Report of the Titanic Enquiry, illustrations, advertisements throughout, lacking final leaf of text, some light marginal toning, first two leaves with a few small chips to extremities, later green half morocco, spine gilt, lower cover with a few spots of light staining, 8vo, London & Liverpool, [1912].

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Lot 159

NO RESERVE Clarke (Arthur C.) Ray Bradbury, John Wyndham, Isaac Asimov and others, contributors. A collection of c.80 pulp science fiction magazines, colour illustrations, some light browning, original wrappers, some fraying, a few covers detached but very good generally, 8vo, 1929-60.⁂ Including issues of: 10 Story Fantasy; Adventure; Amazing Stories; Amazing Stories Quarterly; Astounding Science Fiction; Astounding Stories; Famous Fantastic Mysteries; Fantastic Novels; Fantastic Story Quarterly; Fantastic Universe; Fantasy; Future Science Fiction; Marvel Science Stories; Planet Stories; Popular Science; Science Fiction; Science Fiction Quarterly; Startling Stories; Super Science Stories; Tales of Wonder; The Arkham Sample; Thrilling Wonder Stories; Thrills Incorporated; Unknown Worlds; Weird Tales; Wonder Stories.

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Lot 237

Coward (T. A.) The Vertebrate Fauna of Cheshire and Liverpool Bay, 2 vol., first edition, frontispiece, plates, folding map at end, scattered spotting, original cloth, slight bumping to corners and extremities, 1910 § Carr (J. W.) The Invertebrate Fauna of Nottinghamshire, unopened, scattered faint spotting, original cloth, slight bumping to spine extremities, Nottingham, 1916 § Large (E. C.) The Advance of the Fungi, first edition, plates and illustrations, scattered spotting, bookplate, original cloth, light staining, chipping to spine extremities, 1940 § White (Gilbert) The Natural History of Selborne, frontispiece and illustrations by Claire Oldham, faint abrasion mark to front free endpaper, original cloth, dust-jacket, slight creasing to extremities, The Cresset Press, 1960; and others Natural History, v.s. (c.85)

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Lot 128

Trollope (Anthony) The Landleaguers, 3 vol., half-titles, ink ownership inscription front endpaper vol. 2, 32pp. of advertisements dated October 1833 at end of vol. 3, splitting to gutter vol. 1 (particularly after contents), a few pages working loose, some browning and spotting, hinges weak, original cloth, toned and worn, Chatto & Windus, 1883; An Eye for An Eye, 2 vol., half-titles, 32pp. for advertisements at end of vol. 1, some light spotting, marginal soiling and creasing, original cloth, library labels to upper covers, some toning and soiling, rubbed, Chapman and Hall, 1879, first editions in book form, [Sadleir 68 & 53], 8vo (5)

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Lot 50

Fielding (Henry) The Works, 4 vol., first edition, portrait frontispiece, occasional spotting, some light foxing to initial and final ff. (including some titles, endpapers etc), endpapers renewed, contemporary calf, rebacked, some repairs to corners, small amounts of scuffing to spine ends, A. Millar, 1762 § Pope (Alexander) The Poetical Works, 3 vol., near contemporary ink ownership inscriptions to titles, occasional spotting, mainly to endpapers, paper repairs to hinges, contemporary half calf, rebacked with morocco labels to spine, Glasgow, Andrew Foulis, 1785 § Rousseau (Jean-Jacques) Emilius; or, An Essay on Education, 2 vol., translated by Mr. Nugent, half-titles, 7 engraved plates, very occasional light marginal foxing or spotting, front endpaper vol. 1 coming loose, contemporary calf, spines gilt, joints cracking, light wear to spine ends and upper corners, lower corners with leather repairs, for J. Nourse and P. Vailant, 1763; and 3 others similar, v.s. (14)

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Lot 198

Potter (Beatrix) The Pie and the Patty-Pan, first edition, first printing with date on title and mottled lavender endpapers, colour frontispiece and 9 colour plates, plain illustrations in text, some light finger-soiling, a few marginal spots, occasional splitting at gutter, light browning to some endpapers, original maroon boards with mounted colour illustration, light rubbing and surface soiling, spine a little darkened, but a very good copy overall, [Linder p.425; Quinby 9], small 4to, 1905.

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Lot 249

Golf.- Darwin (Bernard) The Golf Courses of the British Isles, illustrations by Harry Rountree, 64 plates, of which 48 colour (1 loose), 16 plain (1 loose), ink ownership inscription front pastedown, foxing throughout, original cloth, gilt, spine ends very lightly bumped, 1910; Green Memories, plain photographic plates, very occasional light spotting, original cloth, spine lightly sunned, extremities lightly scuffed, [1928] § Beldam (George W.) Great Golfers. Their Methods at a Glance, numerous black and white photographic plates, a very few instances of light finger soiling or spotting, lacking front endpaper, original cloth, spine lightly toned, extremities a little rubbed, 1904, first editions; and 3 others similar, 8vo (6) ⁂ The first in the first issue binding with the illustrator's name misspelled "Rowntree" on upper cover.

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Lot 167

Hitler (Adolf) Mein Kampf, first illustrated edition in original 18 parts, photographic illustrations, some light toning, original pictorial wrappers, some surface soiling, issue 1 upper cover with some loss to extremities, a few covers detached, some joints starting, 8vo, 1939.⁂ Scarce in the original parts.

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Lot 199

Potter (Beatrix) The Roly-Poly Pudding, first edition, first printing with "All rights reserved" to foot of title, colour frontispiece, pictorial title, 17 full-page colour illustrations and numerous plain illustrations in text, pictorial endpapers, some light finger-soiling, a couple endpapers very lightly foxed, original red cloth with mounted colour illustration, very lightly rubbed, minor bumping to spine ends and corners, but an excellent and bright example, [Linder p.427; Quinby 15], 4to, 1908.

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Lot 52

King (John Glen) The Rites and Ceremonies of the Greek Church, in Russia, first edition, double-page engraved frontispiece, 12 engraved plates, title with engraved vignette, light spotting, hinges reinforced with paper, contemporary half calf, rebacked, 1772 § Vidy Pervoklassnogo Stavropigіal'nago Soloveckogo Monastyrja [Images of the Stravropegic Solovetsky Monastery of the First Order], 25 black and white photographic plates, hinges and first plate reinforced with paper at gutter, original cloth, rebacked, small amounts of soiling to covers, lightly scuffed, [c.1900], 4to and small oblong folio (2)

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Lot 81

NO RESERVE Dickens (Charles) Oliver Twist, 3 vol., second edition, second issue with titles dated 1839, etched frontispieces and 21 plates by George Cruikshank, half-titles, foxing and occasional light browning, 2 plates with light hand-colouring, original brown cloth, neatly recased, a few neat repairs to spine ends, corners a little bumped, ink stain to vol. 3 spine, light rubbing and marking to covers, [Smith I, p.36], 8vo, Richard Bentley, 1839.

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Lot 71

Economics, law & politics.- McCulloch (J. R.) The Principles of Political Economy, first edition, a few spots but mostly internally clean, modern cloth, spine faded and ends lightly rubbed, Edinburgh, for William and Charles Tait, 1825 § Bilhon (J. F.) Principes D'Administration et D'Economie Politique..., light marginal damp-staining, contemporary calf, rebacked, Paris, F. Louis, 1819 § Burlamaqui (J. J.) The Principles of Politic Law: Being a Sequel to the Principles of Natural Law, bookplate to pastedown, contemporary calf, lightly rubbed, for J. Nourse, 1752; and 9 others, similar, 8vo (12)

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Lot 91

NO RESERVE Dickens (Charles) Bleak House, first edition in book form, later issue, half-title, frontispiece, pictorial title and 38 plates by Halbot K. Browne, some light offsetting, occasional spotting, secondary binding variant, blind-stamped green cloth, portion of lower cover discoloured, spine faded, joints splitting with small tear to spine head, spine ends bumped, [Eckel pp.79-81; Smith I,10] Bradbury & Evans, 8vo, 1853.⁂ This secondary binding is identical to the primary cloth of Dombey and Son [Smith I, 8].

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Lot 118

Trollope (Anthony) The Claverings, 2 vol., first edition in book form, 16 wood-engraved plates after M. Ellen Edwards (lacking tissue guards), single leaf of advertisements at rear of each vol., vol. 2 with manuscript bookplate to pastedown, also with first 12 ff. loose (including preliminaries), some light spotting and finger soiling, some cracking to hinges, original cloth, gilt and blind-stamped in black, some toning, mainly to spines, extremities rubbed, [Sadleir 27], 8vo, Smith, Elder & Co., 1867.⁂ This cloth is the variant noted by Sadleir, as opposed to the green cloth blocked only in gilt. He makes no distinction for primacy, but suggests that this present example being slightly more ornate hints at its earlier production.

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Lot 148

NO RESERVE Strang (Herbert) A Gentleman-at-arms, one of 500 copies, colour plates tipped-in, black and white illustrations, contemporary vellum, gilt, some toning, spine head rubbed, 1914 § Brent-Dyer (Elinor M.) Judy the Guide, frontispiece, illustrations, contemporary ink presentation inscriptions to front endpaper, occasional light spotting, original pictorial cloth, small stain to spine, joints and spine ends a little bumped, [c.1932] § Ballantyne (R. M.) The Middy and the Moors, frontispiece, occasional light finger soiling, original pictorial cloth, gilt, spine lightly sunned, 1888; and 36 others pictorial cloth, 8vo (39)

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Lot 114

Trollope (Anthony) Can You Forgive Her?, 2 vol., 40 wood-engraved plates, very occasional light spotting, heavier to endpapers, Chapman and Hall, 1864-65; Phineas Finn, 2 vol., 20 wood-engraved plates after J. E. Millais, tissue guards, occasional light spotting, vol. 1 joints scuffed, Virtue & Co., 1869; Phineas redux, 2 vol., 24 wood-engraved illustrations after Frank Holl, half-titles, joints and corners a little scuffed, original blue cloth covers bound in, with spines laid down to lower covers at rear, Chapman and Hall, 1874, first editions in book form, contemporary half calf or morocco, [Sadleir 19, 30 & 41], 8vo (6)⁂ A good group of titles from the Palliser series.

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Lot 146

Management Science.- Taylor (Frederick Winslow) The Priciples of Scientific Management, lacking front free endpaper, ink ownership inscription to half-title, spine slightly darkened, [PMM 403], 1911; Shop Management, folding table, light sunning to spine, 1911, first trade editions, original cloth; and the 1947 first combined edition including his testimony before the special house of representatives committee, 8vo (3)⁂ Frist trade editions of Taylor's landmark works on management science, the first voted the most influential management book of the twentieth century.

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Lot 150

NO RESERVE Periodical.- Deeds That Thrill the Empire, 26 issues (all published), illustrations, some light toning and finger-soiling, very occasional scattered spotting, original pictorial wrappers, lightly rubbed with some surface soiling, the odd chip to extremities, some joints starting but covers holding, [c.1915]; and 4 issues of The Boy's Friend newspaper from 1909, along with 12 issues of The Children's Newspaper, 1919-25, 4to & folio (42). Sold as a periodical, not subject to return.

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Lot 86

NO RESERVE Dickens (Charles editor) The Pic Nic Papers, 3 vol., first edition, frontispieces and 11 etched and lithographed plates by George Cruikshank, Hablot Knight Browne and Day & Haghe, after Cruikshank, Browne and R. J. Hamerton, vol. 1 with small marginal repair to D3, occasional scattered spotting, bookplates of Thomas A. Stillman and Jessie Stillman Taylor, crushed green half morocco gilt by Mansell, spines gilt in compartments with initials "G. C." to foot, light rubbing to extremities, [Eckel pp.143-5], 8vo, Henry Colburn, 1841.⁂ This copy agrees with that cited by Eckel except that it does not contain the rare misprint on p.iii of the introduction, 'publisher young'. However, neither does it have the imprint of Cox & Son on the verso of the title page of volume I, which is cited by Eckel as a sign of a later issue.

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Lot 14

Brazil.- Franco SJ (Antonio) Imagem da Virtude em o Noviciado a Companhia de Jesus..., title in red and black, woodcut head-pieces and initials, a few pages with light damp-staining lower fore-edge corner, a few very small worm holes to title (no text loss), endpapers and pastedowns, contemporary calf, spine gilt, rubbed, Lisbon, Officina Real Deslandesiana, 1714; and 2 others, nineteenth century continental, 4to and 8vo (4) ⁂ Franco's work, as a history of the Society in that era, was typical among others in extolling those fellow Jesuits who died as martyrs during, or on their way to, missions in Brazil. Perhaps viewed now as a glorified euro-centric perspective, the work nonetheless features in the important Bibliographia Brasiliana by Borba de Moraes [1.318]. It also deals with the formation structure of the novitiate of the Jesuit school at Évora (Portugal), which became a model for many other Schools in Portugal, Brazil and island territories.

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Lot 8

Plautus (Titus Maccius) Marcus Accius Plautus, ex fide, atque auctoritate complurium librorum manuscriptorum emendatus, edited by Denis Lambin, first edition, title with large woodcut printer's device, charming woodcut head-pieces, historiated and decorative initials, ruled throughout in red, errata and privilege ff. at end, occasional spotting or light staining, lightly browned, contemporary calf panels with gilt arabesque centre-pieces laid onto modern calf, gilt spine in compartments and with red leather label, contemporary panels themselves worn in places, a wide-margined copy, [Adams P1500], folio (348 x 210mm.), Paris, [Jean Le Blanc, junior for] Jean Macé, October, 1576.⁂ Rare copy at auction of the first edition of this important and handsomely printed edition of Plautus. Lambin was Professor of Latin, and later Greek, at the Collège de France. Provenance: 'Bought this book at Chartres in France 1719' and a related bibliographical note beneath (ink inscription to front free endpaper).

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Lot 115

Trollope (Anthony) Miss MacKenzie, 2 vol., half-titles, single advertisement sheet at end of vol. 2, ink ownership inscriptions front endpapers, last 13 ff. upper fore-edge corner lightly soiled, occasional spotting and marginal soiling, vol. 1 front endpapers soiled, Chapman and Hall, 1865; An Editor's Tales, half-title, 1p. of advertisements at rear, W. H. Smiths blindstamp to endpaper, Strahan & Co., 1870; The Golden Lion of Granpere,16pp. publishers advertisements at end, very occasional spotting, hinges cracked, Tinsley Brothers, 1872 , first editions, original cloth, some toning, light scuffing and bumping, [Sadleir 20, 34 & 38]; and 3 others, original cloth, 8vo (9)

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Lot 41

Paris (Matthew) Historia major. Juxta exemplar Londinense 1640, verbatim recusa, edited by William Watts, 2 parts in 1, engraved portrait frontispiece, title in red and black and with woodcut floral ornament, 'Adversaria sive Variantes Lectiones' and indices bound after part 1, instead of at start as per ESTC, occasional spotting or light staining, contemporary panelled calf, rebacked, preserving original backstrip in compartments with a new but to style red morocco, label, corners restored, rubbed and scuffed, [Wing P359], For A. Mearne, T. Dring, B. Tooke, T. Sawbridge, & G. Wells, 1684; and another, Salomon Glass, folio & 4to (2)

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Lot 93

Dickens (Charles) Hard Times. For These Times, first edition in book form, first issue with p.244 misnumbered 44, half-title, occasional scattered spotting or light marginal finger soiling, original first state olive green cloth, priced 5/- at foot of spine, spine and cover margins toned, small chip spine foot, light bumping to spine ends and corners, but a sharp and excellent example overall, [Eckel p.131; Smith I,11], 8vo, Bradbury & Evans, 1854.

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Lot 254

East Asia.- Laures (Johannes) Kirishitan Bunko, A Manual of Books and Documents on the Early Christian Missions in Japan, first edition, very light spotting, some staining to last few leaves, mostly unopened, original upper printed wrapper bound in (some tape marks), contemporary cloth, tan morocco label to spine, lightly rubbed, lower cover with patch of staining, spine ends bumped, Tokyo, Sophia University, 1940 § Salaman (Malcolm C., editor) Elizabeth Keith, no. 9 in the Masters of the Colour Print series, 8 tipped-in colour plates by Elizabeth Keith with captioned tissue-guards, bookplate of M. Sheldon Ridge, publisher's review slip tipped-in to front free endpaper, some light scattered spotting, mostly to endpapers, original boards, paper labels to upper cover and spine, lightly rubbed and toned, a few chips to spine ends, 1933, 4to (2)⁂ The second depicting mainly Korean scenes, but also some of China and Hong Kong.

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Lot 19

Machiavelli (Niccolò) Oeuvres de Machiavel. Nouvelle Edition. Augmenté de l'Anti-Machiavel & autres pieces, 6 vol., half-titles, titles in red and black, woodcut head- and tail-pieces, vol. 3 1 folding plate and 7 folding tables, some light damp-staining (mainly vol. 1 and 3, mostly top edge), contemporary mottled calf, spines gilt with morocco labels, vol. 1 spine and lower joint chipped, spine ends a little worn, small 8vo, The Hague, 1740⁂ The first edition of Machiavelli's works to include the rebuttal of Machiavelli's 'The Prince', composed by Frederick the Great of Prussia (1712-1786) and edited by Voltaire, here printed in vol. 6 as a parallel text as stipulated by Frederick.

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Lot 42

[Lowndes (William)] A Report Containing an Essay for the Amendment of the Silver Coins, only edition, ex-library copy with puncture stamp to to title and labels to pastedown, light scattered spotting, contemporary panelled calf, gilt, rebacked with contemporary spine label laid down, lightly rubbed, 8vo, [Wing L3323; Goldsmiths' 3131; Kress 1909], by Charles Bill, and the Executrix of Thomas Newcomb, 1695.

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Lot 202

Rackham (Arthur).- Swinburne (Algernon Charles) The Springtide of Life, one of 765 copies, signed by Rackham, illustrations by Rackham, 9 tipped-in colour plates with captioned paper guards, illustrations, occasional light spotting, endpapers foxed, original pictorial vellum-backed boards, gilt, surface soiling and toning, 1918 § Morris (William) Guenevere. Two Poems, one of 450 copies, with a foreword by Gordon Bottomley, 8 collotype plates after drawings by Dante Gabriel Rosetti, ink ownership inscription to front endpaper, original cloth-backed boards, uncut, the Franfrolico Press, 1930; and 5 others illustrated, v.s. (7)

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Lot 160

NO RESERVE Marlowe (Christopher) Edward the Second, one of 500 copies, light abrasion to manuscript number limitation, original vellum with red morocco decorative coat-of-arms blind-stamped to upper cover, joints splitting but holding firm, Aquila Press, 4to, 1929.

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