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Lot 500

[Ford (Ford Madox)], "Ford Madox Hueffer". The Good Soldier, first edition, first issue with London publisher listed above that in New York and this work listed as "The Saddest Story" in the advertisements, light browning to endpapers, original cloth, spine darkened, slight fraying to spine tips and corners, light rubbing to extremities, a very good copy overall, [Connolly 27], 8vo, 1915.⁂ "This is the saddest story I have ever heard". One of the great novels of the 20th century, and a landmark in modernist writing.

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Lot 501

Gibbons (Stella) Cold Comfort Farm, autograph note initialled from the author loosely inserted, some scattered spotting, spine faded, spine frayed at foot, extremities rubbed, first issue jacket priced at 7/6, spine ends, corners and joints neatly repaired and restored, a few neat repairs to head of panel, some light surface rubbing and some retouching, 1932; Cold Comfort Farm, ink price note to front pastedown, covers and spine with light toning to head and foot, jacket spine lightly faded, fading to head of upper panel, spine ends and corners chipped, affecting author's name at head of spine, a few short nicks to head, creasing to head and foot, extremities a little rubbed, light surface soiling to lower panel, 1940; Conference at Cold Comfort Farm, jacket with price sticker to front flap, light browning to spine and lower panel, spine ends and corners a little chipped, a few small chips or nicks to head and foot of panels, 1949, first editions, original boards, dust-jackets, 8vo (3)⁂ The complete Cold Comfort books. All scarce in the dust-jackets.

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Lot 502

Hemingway (Ernest) The Old Man and the Sea, first edition, first issue, with 'A' and publisher's seal to title verso, original light blue cloth, first issue unclipped dust-jacket priced $3.00 and with author's photographic portrait on rear panel, flaps with blurb printed in brown, slightly chipped at spine ends and corners, preserved in half morocco drop-back box, [Hanneman A24a], 8vo, New York, 1952.⁂ A very good copy of the true first edition of Hemingway's great novella.

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Lot 504

Le Carré (John) Call for the Dead, first edition, slight cracking to upper hinge but holding firm, foxing to top edge, original boards, light sunning to spine, second impression dust-jacket, minor chipping to foot of spine and corners, portion of loss to head of spine with loss to 1 letter of title, tape to verso foot of spine, small patch of light staining to foot of upper panel, some light creasing to head and foot, but a good, bright copy overall, 8vo, 1961.

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Lot 505

Le Carré (John) Call for the Dead, first American edition, signed by the author on title, faint foxing to endpapers, original cloth, light spotting, dust-jacket, spotted, light toning to spine, spine ends and corners a little chipped, closed tears to head and foot with light creasing, small chip to upper fore-edge, 8vo, New York, 1962.

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Lot 506

Le Carré (John) A Murder of Quality, first American edition, signed by the author on title, original cloth, very slight bowing to upper cover, dust-jacket, light sunning to spine, minor chipping to spine tips and corners, light rubbing to extremities, an excellent example, 8vo, New York, 1962.

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Lot 507

Le Carré (John) The Spy Who Came in From the Cold, first edition, signed by the author on title, autograph note from Le Carré's secretary accompanying the signed copy returned from Le Carré loosely inserted, light browning and occasional foxing to text, original boards, light bumping to spine tips and corners, dust-jacket, light rubbing to spine tips and corners, spine with light surface indents, light spotting and surface soiling, but an excellent example overall without the fading to spine often seen, 8vo, 1963.⁂ Le Carre's third novel, an overnight sensation that firmly established his reputation as the master of the literary spy thriller. One of the great British novels to come out of the Cold War. The accompanying note states that Le Carré estimated the value of this copy at £3,000-4,000.

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Lot 508

Le Carré (John) The Le Carré Omnibus, first edition, signed by the author on title, original boards, very faint sunning to spine, dust-jacket, light toning to split, long split to lower joint, spine ends and corners chipped, affecting first letter of title at head of spine, light water-staining to spine and lower panel, light toning to panel margins, 8vo, 1964.⁂ Le Carré's first two novels, Call for the Dead and Murder of Quality released together by Gollancz to capitalise on the success of Spy Who Came in From the Cold.

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Lot 51

Faria y Sousa (Manuel de) Asia Portuguesa, 3 vol., mixed edition, vol.1 second edition, vol.2 & 3 first editions, vol.2 & 3 with engraved architectural titles, vol.1 with engraved coat-of-arms to dedication and small woodcut portrait to end of preliminaries (engraved in vol.2 & 3), woodcut initials, 19 folding views/plans of fortresses (engraved in vol.1, woodcut in vol.2 & 3), numerous woodcut portraits of navigators and governors, over 40 full-page, vol.1 with final blank leaf but lacking in vol.2, contemporary ink signature to verso of vol.1 title, some browning, short tear and loss of lower outer corner to S2 of vol.1, engraved titles and a few head-lines shaved, plan of Mozambique torn at inner edge, light worming and water-staining to vol.3 (mostly marginal), modern embossed library stamp of Antonio de Almeida Correa to title of vol.1 and one or two other leaves with label to front pastedowns, uniform contemporary mottled calf, spines gilt in compartments with red morocco labels, rubbed, folio, Lisbon, vol.1 Bernardo da Costa Carvalho; vol.2 & 3 Antonio Craesbeeck, 1703-1674-75.⁂ Important account of the Portuguese empire in Asia. The views are of Santa Elena, Cochim, Quiloa, Cananor, Sofala, Goa, Malaca, Ormuz, Bacaim, Chaul & Dio in vol.1; Mocanbique, Daman, Manar, Mangalor, Onor & Barcalor in vol.2; Mascate & Macao in vol.3.

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Lot 510

Le Carré (John) A Small Town in Germany, first edition, signed by the author on title, original boards, very slight bumping to spin ends, dent to foot of lower cover, dust-jacket, very slight fading to spine, light rubbing to spine tips and corners, but a near-fine example generally, 8vo, 1968.

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Lot 511

Le Carré (John) Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy, first edition, signed by the author on title, original boards, slight bump to head of spine, dust-jacket, usual light sunning to spine, light rubbing to spine tips and corners, very small dent to lower joint, a bright and excellent example overall, 8vo, 1974.⁂ The first title in the Karla trilogy and one of Le Carré's most acclaimed works.

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Lot 513

Le Carré (John) Smiley's People, first edition, signed by the author on title, original boards, dust-jacket, sunning to spine (as often) short closed tear to foot of lower panel, light rubbing to head and foot, an excellent example 8vo, 1979.

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Lot 514

Le Carré (John) The Little Drummer Girl, light tape-staining to endpapers, some light marking to boards, jacket with light sunning to spine, light creasing to head and foot, 1983; The Night Manager, light bumping to spine ends and corners, jacket with light sunning to head, light creasing to head and foot, 1993, first editions, signed by the author on titles, original boards, dust-jackets, excellent examples, 8vo (2)⁂ Both works adapted for celebrated adaptations by the BBC.

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Lot 515

Le Carré (John) A Perfect Spy, first edition, signed by the author on title, original cloth-backed boards, light rubbing to spine tips and corners, dust-jacket, very light sunning to spine, light creasing to head and foot , an excellent example, 8vo, 1986.⁂ Le Carré's semi-autobiographical novel regarded by many as his greatest. Philip Roth called A Perfect Spy "the best English novel since the war".

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Lot 516

Le Carré (John) Our Game, first edition, first printing, signed by the author on title, light spotting to title, map endpapers, original boards, first state dust-jacket, light creasing to head and foot, else fine, 8vo, 1995.⁂ In the original first state dust-jacket, suppressed due to the author's dislike of the design. Scarce signed.

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Lot 517

Le Carré (John) The Russia House, jacket with very light sunning to spine, 1989; The Secret Pilgrim, 1991; Tailor of Panama, jacket with light rubbing to extremities, 1996; Single & Single, 1999; The Constant Gardner, 2001; Absolute Friends, jacket with light sunning to spine, 2003; The Mission Song, 2006; A Most Wanted Man, 2008; Our Kind of Traitor, 2010; A Delicate Truth, 2013; The Pigeon Tunnel, 2016; A Legacy of Spies, 2017; Agent Running in the Field, 2019, first editions, all signed by the author, original board, dust-jackets, occasional light creasing to head and foot, but near-fine generally, 8vo (13)⁂ An excellent run of Le Carré's later works.

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Lot 518

Lee (Harper) To Kill a Mockingbird, first English edition, original boards, light vertical crease to spine, light bumping to spine tips and corners, dust-jacket, some very light toning to spine, creasing to spine ends and corners, light rubbing to extremities, an excellent example, 8vo, 1960.

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Lot 519

Orwell (George) Animal Farm, first edition, ink ownership inscription to endpaper, light fading to spine tips and corners, else fine, dust-jacket with blue Searchlight advertisement to verso, spine ends and corners a little chipped, light fraying to head of lower panel, short splits to head and foot of fore-edges, rubbed, some neat retouching, but a very good example overall, 8vo, 1945.

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Lot 52

Fellows (Charles) A Journal written during an Excursion in Asia Minor...1838, first edition, etched frontispiece, double-page engraved map with route supplied in red, 20 plates (mostly lithographed), one double-page, wood-engraved illustrations, light foxing to map and some plates, original pictorial green cloth, gilt, slightly rubbed and spotted, spine faded, a good copy with wide margins, [Atabey 424; Blackmer 578], large 8vo (c.245 x 175mm.), 1839.⁂ Account of Fellows's first expedition to Lycia on the southern coast of Turkey, an area little known to Europeans at the time.

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Lot 521

[Plath (Sylvia)] "Victoria Lucas". The Bell Jar, first edition, ex-library copy with ink stamps to title verso and foot of p.25, occasional ink marking or underlining, occasional light foxing or small patch of soiling, modern black morocco, gilt, 8vo, 1963.⁂ The rare true first of Plath's only novel, published less than an month before her death.

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Lot 522

Pullman (Philip) [His Dark Materials], 3 vol., first American editions, signed by the author on titles, original boards, dust-jackets, some light creasing to spine tips and corners, but near-fine generally, 8vo, New York, 1996-2000.

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Lot 524

Rowling (J.K.) [The Harry Potter Novels], 7 vol., comprising Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone, tenth printing, 1997; Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets, first Australian edition, name erased from endpaper, jacket spine lightly sunned, 1998; Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban, third state, faint pricing to endpaper, 1999; Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire, 2000; Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix, 2003; Harry Potter and the Half Blood Prince, 2005; Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows, 2007, first editions unless where mentioned, original pictorial boards, slight bumping to spine ends and corners, dust-jackets, some light creasing to head and foot, but neat-fine generally; and 4 others from the wider series, 8vo (11)

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Lot 526

Rowling (J.K.) Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire, first edition, signed by the author on dedication p., Harrods signing ticket loosely, original pictorial boards, mint, dust-jacket, very light creasing to head and foot, else fine, 8vo, 2000.

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Lot 530

[Rowling (J.K.)] "Robert Galbraith". The Cuckoo's Calling, 2013; The Silkworm, signed by the author as Robert Galbraith on title, hologram sticker facing title, Goldsboro Books golden ticket in golden envelope loosely inserted, 2014; Career of Evil, first state with "Copyright J. K. Rowling" to title verso, signed by the author as Robert Galbraith on title, Signed First Edition Foyles sticker to jacket upper panel, 2015; Lethal White, 2018; Troubled Blood, 2020, first editions, original boards, dust-jackets, some light creasing to head and foot, else near-fine, 8vo (5)⁂ The complete Cormoran Strike novels published to date.

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Lot 531

Rushdie (Salman) Midnight's Children, first edition, first issue on American sheets, signed by the author, original cloth-backed boards, light bumping to spine tips and corners, dust-jacket, very light sunning to spine, light rubbing to spine tips and corners, 8vo, 1981.

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Lot 532

Rushdie (Salman) Midnight's Children, jacket with sunning to spine, creasing to head, closed tear to head of lower panel, New York, 1981; The Satanic Verses, jacket spine sunned, light creasing to head, 1988, first editions, original boards, dust-jackets, 8vo (2)

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Lot 533

Sassoon (Siegfried) [The Sherston Trilogy], 3 vol. comprising Memoirs of a Fox-Hunting Man, 1928; Memoirs of an Infantry Officer, jacket price-clipped, 1 or 2 short nicks to head and foot with light creasing, 1930; Sherston's Progress, chip to foot of lower panel, chipping to head of upper fore-edge, 1936, first trade editions, original cloth, scattered edge-spotting, some browning to endpapers, original cloth, some light toning to spines, dust-jackets, light toning to spines, spine ends and corners a little chipped, light surface soiling, but generally excellent overall, 8vo.

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Lot 534

Savage (Thomas) The Power of the Dog, first edition, original boards, slight bumping to spine ends, dust-jacket, light creasing joints and spine tips, remains of prices label to lower panel, but overall a sharp, near-fine example, 8vo, Boston, 1967.⁂ A superb example of Savage's most famous work. Though published to critical acclaim the novel sold poorly and was largely forgotten until a recent revival that culminated in Jane Campion's superb 2021 film adaptation. Many copies allegedly went to libraries and first editions in good condition are consequently scarce.

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Lot 535

Steinbeck (John) East of Eden, first issue with 'bite' for 'bight' on p.281, light sunning to spine, jacket neatly price-clipped, light browning to spine, spine ends and corners a little chipped, light toning to lower panel, New York, 1952 § Linder (Robert M.) Rebel Without a Cause, jacket spine ends and corners a little chipped, a few short closed tears with creasing to head, neat tape repairs to verso, a little rubbed, New York, 1944 § Ferber (Edna) Giant, jacket with minor chipping to spine tips and corners, light rubbing to extremities, Garden City, NY, 1952, first editions, original cloth, dust-jackets, generally excellent copies, 8vo (3)⁂ An excellent group of works that provided the basis or title for the three films James Dean starred in before his death. The second appears to be especially unusual, we can trace no example in the dust-jacket.

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Lot 537

Tolkien (J.R.R.) The Lord of the Rings, 3 vol., second edition, second impression, vol. 1 with signed presentation inscription from the author "signed for Ethel May with love J. R. R. Tolkien" on half-title, vol. 2 & 3 signed by the author on half-titles, signature on vol. 3 smudged, folding maps, ink ownership inscriptions of E. M. Burchfield to endpapers, that in vol. 1 dated "St. Peters. XII 1967", original cloth, some slight shelf-lean, minor bumping to spine tips and corners, else fine, dust-jackets, very light toning to spines, vol. 1 spine chipped at foot, some light creasing to spine ends and corners, light rubbing to extremities, an excellent set overall, 8vo, 1967.⁂ With an excellent association, inscribed to the wife of Robert Burchfield, lexicographer and scholar who was mentored by Tolkien. Burchfield (1923-2004) studied at Magdalen College, Oxford, where he was tutored by C. S. Lewis and Tolkien. Burchfield would go on to develop a Tolkien-like fascination with linguistics and would become the editor of the Supplement to the Oxford English Dictionary (a project that would span some 30 years). The two men remained friends and correspondents for much of their lives with Burchfield later crediting Tolkien as "the puckish fisherman who drew me into his glittering philological net".

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Forbes (James) Oriental Memoirs, 4 vol., first edition, half-titles, engraved portrait and 93 engraved or lithographed plates (some stipple-engraved, some aquatint), 28 finely hand-coloured, mostly after W.Hooker, with errata leaf and 2 Directions to Binder leaves at end of vol.4, 2N2 in vol.1 with short tear to lower margin, plate of Cobra shaved at head and plate of Hindoo Family with short tear to lower margin (repaired), foxing to portrait and plain line-engraved plates but text and hand-coloured plates generally very clean (plate 79 of Keura Tree in vol.3 lightly browned), some spotting towards end of vol.3 & 4, Sir David Goldsmid-Stern-Salomons Bart.'s copy with his engraved bookplate, contemporary diced russia, gilt, spines gilt, g.e., some joints cracked, [Anker 148; Fine Bird Books p.96; Nissen ZBI 1409; cf.Abbey Travel 436, later remainder issue], 4to, for the author by T.Bensley, 1813. ⁂ A handsome copy of this excellent account of the culture, flora and fauna of India by a writer for the East India Company. Forbes spent seventeen years in India and filled numerous volumes with writings and sketches. The fine hand-coloured plates are mostly of natural history, particularly birds and fruits.Sir David Lionel Goldsmid-Stern-Salomons Bart. (1851-1925), scientific author, barrister and pioneer of road transport. His home at Broomhill, Tunbridge Wells is now the Salomons Museum and a centre for technology. Salomons was fascinated by electricity and Broomhill was one of the first homes to be fitted with electric light, as well as an early electric cooker, butter churn and alarms, all made by him and his staff in his workshops. He was also an horologist and assembled the largest private collection of watches and clocks by Abraham-Louis Breguet.

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Lot 540

Wodehouse (P.G.) The Gold Bat, first edition, first issue with 3 Wodehouse titles listed to half title verso, by T.M.R. Whitwell, advertisement leaf at end, light foxing, faint ownership inscription to endpaper, original pictorial cloth, slight sunning to spine, tips of spine and corners a little bumping, surface abrasions to upper cover, [McIlvane A4a], 8vo, 1904.

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Lot 541

Wodehouse (P.G.) The Prince and Betty, first English edition, first issue without advertisements at rear, the James H. Heinemann copy with his bookplate to pastedown, original red cloth lettered in gilt and black, very light sunning to spine, faint spotting to head of upper cover, light bumping to spine tips and corners, but a sharp and excellent example overall, [McIlvaine A15b], 8vo, 1912.⁂ An excellent example of a scarce title, we can trace only 3 copies at auction in the last 50 years.

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Lot 546

Chapbooks.- Napoleon.- Coach (The) that Nap Ran from... Embellished with a Ticket of Admission to the Exhibition of Buonaparte's Military Carriage, first edition, 12pp. each with etched vignette illustration, some light offsetting, 1p. chipping, original printed wrappers with Napoleonic arms to verso, light soiling, Printed by Whittingham and Rowland, Goswell Street, for the proprietor, at the Juvenile Library, London Museum, Piccadilly 1816; and Napoleon Bonaparte's Book of Fate, 8vo (2)⁂ The first rare with only the BL and Oxford copies listed on LibraryHub. The first page consists of a signed ticket to the exhibition of the carriage at the London Museum wherever else it is exhibited.

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Lot 547

Chapbooks.- Paths of Learning Strewn with Flowers (The), or English Grammar Illustrated, first edition, 16pp., engraved and hand-coloured throughout, some light soiling, original printed wrappers, a little soiled, some rubbing and fraying to extremities, [Moon 602 "one of the most charming books of the series"], 8vo, J. Harris, 1820 [watermarked 1822].

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Lot 549

Pleasing and Instructive Tales, from Nature, adapted to the Capacities of Children, engraved frontispiece, contemporary ink inscription "Ellen Clarkson's Book" to front pastedown and note to rear, lightly browned, occasional soiling, shaken, original grey boards, lacking most of orange paper backstrip, rubbed, [Osborne I.289], J.Wallis, 1804 § [?Trimmer (Sarah)] The Silver Thimble, engraved frontispiece (lightly foxed), wood-engraved title-vignette, without 6pp. advertisements at end, contemporary half red roan, spines gilt, a little rubbed, E.Newbery, 1799 § [Dorset (Catherine Ann)] The Peacock "At Home:" a Sequel to the Butterfly's Ball [&] The Lion's Masquerade, a Sequel to the Peacock at Home, together 2 vol., each with engraved frontispiece and 5 plates after William Mulready, the first foxed and offset, the second with holes to frontispiece at top edge of image, light soiling and staining, stitched in original printed buff wrappers, a little rubbed and soiled, [Moon 215 & 214], J. Harris [&] J.Harris and B.Tabart, 1807-08; 1808, first editions, 12mo & 16mo (4)⁂ Despite being listed in Osborne the first is recorded on Library Hub and WorldCat in a single copy only (University of Oxford), with the frontispiece hand-coloured and lacking wrappers.

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Lot 550

Chapbooks.- Richardson (Thomas, publisher).- A New Hieroglyphic Bible, chipping and wear to spine, 1845; The Remarkable Life and Death of Dr. Faustus, n.d.; The History of John Gilpin, n.d.; The History of Puss in Boots, n.d.; The History of Little Jack Who Was Suckled by a Goat, split to foot of spine, n.d.; The Renowned History of Jack the Giant Killer, n.d.; The Surprising History of Jack and the Bean-Stalk, n.d.; The Diverting History of Tom Thumb, later outer protective wrapper, n.d.; The Surprising History of Ali Baba, or, the Forty Thieves, n.d.; Nursery Rhymes, n.d.; Select Pieces for the Nursery, n.d.; A Natural History of British Beasts and Birds, n.d.; The Interesting Story of Beauty and the Beast, n.d., illustrations, some hand-coloured, original printed wrappers, some light creasing and soiling, 12mo (13)

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Lot 551

Chapbooks.- Rosewarne's New Juvenile Library. Jack Horner; Babes in the Wood [2 copies]; The History of an Apple Pie, hand-colouring, hole to lower cover; Scripture Alphabet, Belper, [c.1840s-50s] § Grandmama Easy's New Library of Little Folks. Old Dame Trot and he Comical Cat; Simple Simon; Old Mother Hubbard; The House that Jack Built; The Death and Burial of Cock Robin, one page torn; A Visit to the Zoological Gardens, all with hand-colouring, T. Burdett, [c.1840s-50s], wood-engraved illustrations, original printed wrappers, some light fraying and soiling; and 5 others from the Harrison's New Series of Original Dialogues, 12mo & 8vo (16)⁂ A good group from two rare series, LibraryHub lists only a handful of examples of each.

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Lot 552

Games.- A set of 50 teaching cards, wood-engraved illustrations with hand-colouring after Bewick, some light soiling, c.50 x 75mm., [c.1800].⁂ A rare education game, not in Gumuchian, and apparently unrecorded. Each card provides the first half of a basic monetary equation along with half of an animal, with the solution assigned to the card with the corresponding other half of the animal.

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Lot 555

Potter (Beatrix) The Tale of Timmy Tiptoes, first or second printing, colour frontispiece and 26 illustrations, ink inscription dated 1911 to front pastedown, original brown boards, spine a little rubbed, 1911; The Tale of Pigling Bland, first or second printing, colour frontispiece and 14 illustrations, very occasional soiling, light foxing to endpapers, original grey-green boards, spine rubbed with small chip to foot, 1913; The Tale of Johnny Town-Mouse, first edition without "Ltd" to imprint, colour frontispiece and 26 illustrations, some soiling and child's scribbles to a few leaves, original grey boards, spine slightly rubbed, small mark to upper cover, [1918], half-titles, all with pencil notes at beginning identifying first printings or locations of illustrations, some soiling, boards very slightly rubbed, [Linder p.429 & 430; Quinby 20, 22 & 25], 16mo (3)

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Lot 556

Dulac (Edmund).- Poe (Edgar Allan) The Bells and other Poems, one of 750 copies signed by the artist, 28 tipped-in colour plates by Edmund Dulac, vignette illustrations, captioned tissue guards, flier for Leicester Galleries exhibition of Dulac's watercolours for this work loosely inserted, browning to endpapers, original elaborately gilt-stamped pictorial vellum, t.e.g., others uncut, lacking ties, covers a little bowed, some light soiling but very bright generally, 4to, [1912].

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Lot 558

Cruikshank (George).- Jerrold (Blanchard) The Life of George Cruikshank in Two Epochs, 2 vol., plates and illustrations, extra-illustrated with over 120 engravings by Cruikshank, c.30 hand-coloured, many mounted or tipped into blank leaves with dates or captions in pencil, some bound in, some light spotting, bookplate of C.H.Hammersley and book-label of James Stevens Cox, later red straight-grain morocco, gilt, by J.Larkins, spines gilt, t.e.g., others uncut, slightly rubbed and marked, 8vo, 1882.⁂ Including hand-coloured chapbook frontispiece 'Picture of London' of 1812 (Cohn 554), portrait of Robert Cruikshank of 1820, unused etching for a box ticket for Her Majesty's Theatre of 1846, and 2 other unused etchings of 1857.

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Lot 559

Rowlandson (Thomas) Miseries of Human Life, hand-coloured etched pictorial title and 49 plates by Thomas Rowlandson, with the rare 'Pall Mall' plate and Rowlandson's imprint on final plate, otherwise with all plates as listed in the Abbey copy, some light marginal foxing and/or soiling, two plates (plates 4 & 49) torn at lower margin (the latter just extending into bottom of image (repaired), modern dark blue straight-grained morocco, gilt, spine gilt, with original paper label mounted on rear endpaper, [Abbey, Life 317], 4to, R.Ackermann, [1808, some plates water-marked 1814].⁂ The 'Pall Mall' plate is rare and often replaced with 'The Chiropodist'.

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Lot 563

Ruscha (Ed) Every Building on the Sunset Strip, first edition, second issue with final panel flush to fore-edge, black and white illustrations, folding concertina-style into original stiff wrappers, ink gift inscription to upper cover "Dearest Dick - I hope this night turns out to be the most glorious day in Hollywood & night in the Ukraine you've ever had!! Love, Kate", light toning and marking to spine, original silver reflective slip-case, an excellent example, small 4to, Los Angeles, Privately Printed, 1966.⁂ Ruscha's landmark photobook documenting one of Los Angeles' most famous streets with a charming Hollywood association. The book was gifted by actress Kate Draper to the playwright and screenwriter Dick Vosburgh on the occasion of the opening night of Vosburgh's A Day in Hollywood, A Night in the Ukraine in which Draper was appearing.

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Fryer (John) A New Account of East-India and Persia, first edition, half-title with engraved portrait on verso, title printed in red and black, 7 engraved plates and maps, 3 folding, and one full-page engraved map in text with printed slip pasted below, engraved or woodcut illustrations, plan of Fort St.George loose, some light browning, contemporary panelled calf, rubbed and scuffed, rebacked preserving old spine with red morocco label, corners repaired, [Wing F2257], folio, R[obert] R[oberts] for Ri. Chiswell, 1698.⁂ In 1672 Fryer embarked on a 10-year tour to India, Goa, the Arab Gulf and Persia, before returning to England. The work includes a detailed account of Surat and Muscat and mentions pirates in the Gulf, and the natural history of the region.

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Gobat (Rev. Samuel) Journal of a Three Years' Residence in Abyssinia, in furtherance of the objects of the Church Missionary Society, first edition, double-page engraved map (lightly offset), contemporary black calf, gilt, spine gilt, g.e., 1834 § Markham (Clements R.) A History of the Abyssinian Expedition. With a chapter containing an account of the mission and capture of Mr. Rassa and his companions..., first edition, half-title, 3 folding colour lithographed maps, 2 lithographed plans, one folding, large map with short tear repaired, some light foxing, bookplate of J.Talbot Clifton of Kildalton, contemporary black calf prize binding with gilt arms of Haberdasher's Company to upper cover, spine gilt with red roan label, 1869, 8vo (2)⁂ In 1863 Emperor Theodore or Tewodros II of Ethiopia had requested British military assistance from Queen Victoria against the Turks, but when he did not receive a reply he imprisoned the British Consul and some missionaries in the fortress at Magdala. A British force was sent to rescue them, culminating in the Battle of Magdala in 1868. The British won, Theodore committed suicide, and the fortress was destroyed.

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Lot 63

Gordon (Gen. Charles George).- Power (Frank) Letters from Khartoum written during the Siege, first edition, light spotting, original limp printed boards, rubbed, spine slightly worn, 1885 § Gordon (Gen. Charles) A bound volume of 4 scarce works by or relating to Gordon, comprising: Lilley (W.E.) The Life and Work of General Gordon at Gravesend, [c.1885]; A. (E.S.) Gordon: A Woman's Memories of Him, and his Letters to Her from the Holy Land, 1885; Barnes (R.H.) & Charles E.Brown. Charles George Gordon: a Sketch, 4pp. facsimile letter, 1885; Gordon (C.G.) Reflections in Palestine. 1883, half-title, map, 1884, together 4 works in 1 vol., the first two with original printed upper wrapper with frontispiece on verso, bound in handsome contemporary brown morocco, gilt, by H.Burnside of Blackheath, spine gilt, g.e., spine very slightly faded; and a small work on the thoughts of General Gordon, 8vo et infra (3)⁂ Frank Power was a journalist who sent back dispatches to The Times during the siege of Khartoum. He was murdered as part of a mission sent by Gordon to break the blockade. Library Hub lists 5 printed copies only.

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Lot 68

Harris (William Cornwallis) The Highlands of Aethiopia, 3 vol., second edition, ?lacking half-titles, with lithographed frontispieces (2 tinted, one hand-coloured), chromolithographed dedication, folding map (torn and repaired), without advertisements at end, light foxing to frontispieces, bookplate of William Balfour, contemporary half calf, spines gilt, rubbed, vol.1 spine worn at head, [cf.Abbey, Travel 290, first edition], 8vo, 1844.⁂ Best edition, with extended introduction, of this work on all aspects of Ethiopia, observed while on a diplomatic mission to establish trade relations with the Kingdom of Shoa. It also contains accounts of game hunting and the slave trade.

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Lot 70

Hobhouse (John Cam, 1st Baron Broughton) A Journey through Albania...to Constantinople, second edition, stipple-engraved frontispiece, 2 folding maps, 2 facsimiles, 2 plates of music, plan and 17 fine hand-coloured aquatints (7 double-page), one or two plates shaved at imprint, foxing to maps but plates clean and bright, contemporary half calf, spines gilt with black roan labels, a little rubbed, short split to upper joint of vol.2, [Abbey, Travel 202; cf. Atabey 584 & Blackmer 821, first edition], 4to, 1813.⁂ Lovely copy of Hobhouse's important account of his journey with his friend Lord Byron. "This work is of great interest not only for the light it sheds on that journey, but for the mass of information Hobhouse provides, in particular on the court and character of Ali Pasha." (Atabey)

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Lot 74

Johnston (Charles) Travels in Southern Abyssinia, through the Country of Adal to the Kingdom of Shoa, 2 vol., first edition, tinted lithographed frontispieces, folding engraved map, without 8pp. publishers' catalogue at end of vol.2, occasional foxing, light offsetting to title of vol.1, ink inscription on leaving Eton dated 1863 to front free endpaper, modern bookplate, contemporary tan calf, gilt,spines gilt with green & brown roan labels, very slightly rubbed at edges, a good copy, 8vo, 1844.

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Lot 77

Kolben (Peter) The Present State of the Cape of Good-Hope..., translated by Mr.Medley, 2 vol., first English edition, engraved frontispieces (one a portrait), folding map, and 28 plates, 2 folding, vol.1 with advertisement leaf following title and another at end, light browning to vol.2, one or two ink spots, later half sprinkled calf, spines gilt with red and brown roan labels, very slightly rubbed at edges, [Goldsmiths' 7553], 8vo, W. Innys, 1731.

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Lot 86

Leonard (Peter) Records of a Voyage to the Western Coast of Africa...for the Suppression of the Slave Trade..., first edition, 4pp. table at end, occasional light soiling, contemporary half calf, rubbed, marbled paper on boards and endpapers renewed, Edinburgh, 1833 § M'Leod (John) A Voyage to Africa with some Account of the Manners and Customs of the Dahomian People, first edition, 4 etched plates, browning and offsetting, cropped, contemporary half calf, rubbed, 1820, small 8vo (2)⁂ Both the authors served as ship surgeons, M'Leod in 1803 on a slave ship, and Leonard during the early 1830s on HMS Dryad preventing the slave trade. Leonard's work contains a list of vessels engaged in the slave trade captured by the Dryad and her tenders.

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Lot 87

Leyden (Dr. John, translator) Malay Annals, with an introduction by Sir Thomas Stamford Raffles..., first edition, lacking half-title, light foxing, bookplate of John Clerk Brodie, fine contemporary calf, gilt, spines gilt in compartments with black roan label, very slight rubbing to joints, 8vo, 1821.

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Lot 89

Lobo (Jeronimo) A short Relation of the River Nile, of its Sourse and Current; of its Overflowing the Campagna of Aegypt..., translated by Sir Peter Wyche, first edition in English, with initial imprimatur leaf but not final blank, imprimatur leaf with small holes and torn at inner margin (old repair), title slightly defective at lower outer corner not affecting text, F8 with small repair to lower margin, some light browning, engraved bookplate of John Stackhouse, later calf-backed marbled boards, rubbed, spine ends slightly chipped, [Wing L2733], small 8vo, for John Martyn, 1669.⁂ Account of a Jesuit missionary's travels in Ethiopia from 1625 to 1633; originally written in Portuguese it was translated from the manuscript by Sir Peter Wyche for the Royal Society. It includes descriptions of Lake Tana, the source of the Blue Nile, Arab shipping, Prester John, "the famous Unicorne", and palm trees.

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Arundell (Rev. Francis Vyvyan Jago) Discoveries in Asia Minor; including a description of the ruins of several ancient cities, and especially Antioch of Pisidia, 2 vol., first edition, vol.1 lacking half-title (not called for in vol.2) and final advertisement leaf, with folding engraved map and 10 lithographed plates (8 views & 2 of plans), some light foxing and offsetting, one or two marginal stains, old ink ownership stamp of John Brymer to titles, contemporary half calf, red & green roan labels, a little rubbed, particularly corners, [Atabey 37; Blackmer 49], 8vo, 1834.⁂ Account of an extensive journey through Anatolia in 1833. Arundell was the first European to visit many of the places described.

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Lot 488

Large 20th Century maiolica charger, decorated in the istoriato tradition with a scene of female harvesters, within blue-ground border of masks and grotteschi, 47cm diameterCondition report: Several production rim flaws, light radial hairline, loss to foot rim.

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Lot 523

Art Deco walnut-veneer cocktail cabinet, the top mirror back section having two waved shelves and light fitting, doors with Chinese-style brass lockplates, 86.5cm x 46cm x 165.5cm high

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Lot 597

Set of four Ercol light Windsor style chairs

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Lot 603

Early 20th Century tub chair, upholstered in light purple fabric, 56cm (seats widest point) x 85cm high

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Lot 638

Marks and Spencer light oak sideboard with cabinet top, 179cm x 50cm x 198cm high

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