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Dickens (Charles) Hard Times. For These Times, first edition in book form, later issue with p.244 correctly numbered, half-ti

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Dickens (Charles) Hard Times. For These Times, first edition in book form, later issue with p.244 correctly numbered, half-title, occasional light soiling, advertisement endpapers, chip to corner of front free endpaper, upper hinge cracked but firm, original dark green cloth (Carter's variant D), spine ends and corners a little bumped and frayed, light marking to upper cover, [Carter, More Binding Variants, pp7-8; Eckel p.131; Smith I, 11], 8vo, Bradbury & Evans, 1844.⁂ A rare later binding variant with Chapman and Hall lettered in gilt at foot of spine. Though recorded we have been unable to trace other examples of this variant available either at auction or online.

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Trollope (Anthony) He Knew He Was Right, 2 vol., first edition in book form, frontispieces and 30 wood-engraved plates by Mar

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Trollope (Anthony) He Knew He Was Right, 2 vol., first edition in book form, frontispieces and 30 wood-engraved plates by Marcus Stone, vignette illustrations, occasional light foxing, vol. 1 upper hinge tender, vol. 2 hinges repaired, bookplate of James Frank Bright to pastedowns, original blind-stamped cloth, spines lettered in gilt, spines slightly darkened, spine ends and corners a little bumped, vol. 2 with a few neat repairs to spine, a very good set generally, [Sadleir 31], 8vo, Strahan and Company, 1869.

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Railways.- Booth (Henry) An Account of the Liverpool and Manchester Railway..., lithograph frontispiece and plate, 2 folding

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Lot 284

Railways.- Booth (Henry) An Account of the Liverpool and Manchester Railway..., lithograph frontispiece and plate, 2 folding plans, Liverpool, Wales and Baines, 1830 bound with Walker (James) Report to the Directors on the Comparative Merits of Loco-motive & Fixed Engines, as a Moving Power, second edition, folding frontispiece, 1829 and 2 other railway reports, together 4 works in 1 vol., very occasional light spotting, contemporary half morocco, lightly rubbed, 8vo .

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Dickens (Charles) Great Expectations, 3 vol., first edition, [second impression], without half-titles or advertisements, edit

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Lot 321

Dickens (Charles) Great Expectations, 3 vol., first edition, [second impression], without half-titles or advertisements, edition statements neatly erased from titles, occasional light foxing or finger-soiling, later half calf, gilt, spines gilt with red and green morocco labels, a little rubbed and scuffed, g.e., [Eckel, pp. 91-93; Smith II,:14; Great Expectations (Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1993, Appendix D)], 8vo, Chapman and Hall, 1861.⁂ With the text agreeing in all particulars with those identified by Cardwell in her appendix to Great Expectations.

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Hawking (Stephen) A Brief History of Time. From the Big Bang to Black Holes, reprint, with the author's thumbprint and signed

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Lot 522

Hawking (Stephen) A Brief History of Time. From the Big Bang to Black Holes, reprint, with the author's thumbprint and signed presentation inscription from Jane Hawking "Dear Mary, much love from us all - Jane & Stephen" to title, colour photograph of Stephen and Jane Hawking with their children laid onto facing page, illustrations, original boards, dust-jacket, very light creasing to head and foot, else fine, 8vo, Bantam Press, 1988.

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Garland (Hamlin) The Return of a Private, one of 150 copies, wood-engravings by Gaylord Schanilec, Council Bluffs, Ia., Yello

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Garland (Hamlin) The Return of a Private, one of 150 copies, wood-engravings by Gaylord Schanilec, Council Bluffs, Ia., Yellow Barn Press, 1998 § Everson (William) & others. Out of the West, one of 350 copies signed by the authors, Northridge, Ca., Lord John Press, 1979 § On the Folly and Wickedness of War, one of 100 copies, printed in red & black, linocuts, Minneapolis, Solmentes Press, 2004 § Ryan (Frank) In the Light from Stained Glass: Poems on Growing Up Catholic, one of 118 copies, original wrappers, Raleigh, NC, Horse & Buggy Press, 1998 § McClanahan (Ed) Fondelle or: The Whore with the Heart of Gold, one of 700 copies, wood-engravings by Wesley Bates, original cloth, dust-jacket, Monterey, Ky., Larkspur Press, 2002, plates and illustrations, some colour, the first three original cloth-backed boards, uncut; and c.25 others from modern American presses, some pamphlets, 4to & 8vo (c.30)

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Trollope (Anthony) The Belton Estate, 3 vol., vol.1&3 first edition, vol. 2 second edition, without half-titles as issued

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Trollope (Anthony) The Belton Estate, 3 vol., vol.1&3 first edition, vol. 2 second edition, without half-titles as issued, lacking advertisements, occasional light spotting, later half calf, rubbed, Chapman and Hall, 1866; Ralph the Heir, 3 vol., first edition, lacking half-titles and advertisements, some occasional light finger-soiling to margins, but very clean generally, modern half calf, Hurst and Blackett, 1871, [Sadleir 22 & 37]; and 3 others, the second edition of the Bertrams, 8vo (9)

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Trollope (Anthony) The Way We Live Now, first edition, in the original 20 parts, 40 wood-engraved plates after Lionel Fawkes,

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Lot 365

Trollope (Anthony) The Way We Live Now, first edition, in the original 20 parts, 40 wood-engraved plates after Lionel Fawkes, part 3 lacking 4pp. ads. at front, but all other advertisements and slips otherwise as called for, original printed wrappers, part 1 with some light wear to spine ends, some light repair to a few spines, 1 or 2 covers with repairs to extremities, but in effect a near-fine set with unopened, preserved in custom half calf drop-back box, [Sadleir 44], 8vo, Chapman and Hall, 1874-75.⁂ One of Trollope's most loved novels, rare in the original parts. Sadleir initials called for 16 advertisements in part 1 before later correcting that number to 12, as here.

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Wilde (Oscar).- Douglas (Lord Alfred) The Autobiography, first edition, signed presentation inscription from the author to Jo

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Lot 399

Wilde (Oscar).- Douglas (Lord Alfred) The Autobiography, first edition, signed presentation inscription from the author to John Embleton Black to endpaper, portrait frontispiece, plates, some scattered spotting, light browning to endpapers, bookplate of Black to pastedown, original cloth, spine ends and corners bumped, extremities rubbed, 4to, 1929.⁂ Douglas' autobiography with much on his relationship with Wilde, rare signed.

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Dickens (Charles).- The Singularly Interesting Freehold Residential Property Known as Gadshill Place the home of Charles Dick

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Dickens (Charles).- The Singularly Interesting Freehold Residential Property Known as Gadshill Place the home of Charles Dickens from 1857 to 1870. To be offered for Sale by Auction by Messrs Knight, Frank & Rutley, photographic frontispiece and 2 plates, folding map at rear, auctioneers' compliments slip loosely inserted, light foxing, original stiff wrappers with vignette portrait of Dickens to upper cover, light browning and some soiling to lower cover, 1923; and 3 others, Dickens, v.s. (4)⁂ Gads Hill Place was initially bought by Charles Dickens Jr. following his father's death. It later passed to Hon. Francis Law Latham before becoming Gad Hill School in 1924 which it remains today.

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Trollope (Anthony) The Eustace Diamonds, 3 vol., first edition in book form, half-titles, some light foxing to prelims and ed

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Lot 363

Trollope (Anthony) The Eustace Diamonds, 3 vol., first edition in book form, half-titles, some light foxing to prelims and edges, bookplate to pastedowns, original salmon cloth, lettered in gilt and black, sunning to spines, some light bumping to spine ends and corners, but a remarkably bright, near-fine set otherwise, [Sadleir 39], 8vo, Chapman and Hall, 1873.⁂ Rare in such superb condition.

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Trollope (Anthony) John Caldigate, 3 vol., first edition in book form, vol. 1 half-titles only, vol. 1 lacking front free end

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Lot 373

Trollope (Anthony) John Caldigate, 3 vol., first edition in book form, vol. 1 half-titles only, vol. 1 lacking front free endpaper, ink ownership inscription to vol. 2 and 3 endpapers, original variant blue cloth blocked in black, spines slightly darkened, spine ends and corners a little bumped, light surface soiling to covers, but a bright and excellent set overall, [Sadleir 55], 8vo, Chapman and Hall, 1879.⁂ A rare variant binding, not recorded by Sadleir.

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Law.- Anni, regum, Edwardi Quinti, Richardi Tertii, Henrici Septimi, et Henrici Octaui, omnes, qui antea impressi fuerunt, bl

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Lot 262

Law.- Anni, regum, Edwardi Quinti, Richardi Tertii, Henrici Septimi, et Henrici Octaui, omnes, qui antea impressi fuerunt, black letter, text in legal French, title within ornate woodcut decorative border, woodcut decorative initials, 17th century ink marginalia, mostly marginal water-staining, occasional spotting and light staining, lightly browned, contemporary blind-stamped calf, covers with arabesque centre-pieces, upper cover detached, lower joint split, but holding firm, spine ends worn, stained, rubbed and scuffed, [STC 9903], folio, Jane Yetsweirt, 1597.⁂ Year book for for 1 Edward V, 1-2 Richard III, 1-16, 20-21 Henry VII, and 12-14, 18-19, 26-27 Henry VIII, printed by one of England's first woman law printers. Provenance: Humfry Walcot (contemporary ink inscription to head of title).

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Dickens (Charles) Hard Times. For These Times, first edition in book form, first issue with p.244 misnumbered 44, half-title,

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Lot 309

Dickens (Charles) Hard Times. For These Times, first edition in book form, first issue with p.244 misnumbered 44, half-title, occasional scattered spotting, original first state olive-green cloth, priced 5/- at foot of spine, usual light sunning to spine and fading to cover margins, light bumping to spine ends and corners, but an unusually sharp and excellent example overall, [Eckel p.131; Smith I, 11], 8vo, Bradbury & Evans, 1844.

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Trollope (Anthony) The Three Clerks, 3 vol., first edition, some occasional light soiling, ink ownership inscriptions to endp

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Lot 347

Trollope (Anthony) The Three Clerks, 3 vol., first edition, some occasional light soiling, ink ownership inscriptions to endpapers, contemporary brown half morocco, some rubbing and scuffing, [Sadleir 6], 8vo, Richard Bentley, 1858.

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Yeats (William Butler) The Tables of the Law and the Adoration of the Magi, first edition, number 65 of 110 copies, portrait

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Yeats (William Butler) The Tables of the Law and the Adoration of the Magi, first edition, number 65 of 110 copies, portrait frontispiece by Jack B. Yeats, tissue-guard, light browning to endpapers, original red buckram, spine lettered in gilt, light sunning to spine, light rubbing to spine tips and corners, a bright and excellent example, [Wade 24], 8vo, Privately Printed, 1897.⁂ The true first edition of this rare publication containing two short stories written by Yeats at the height of his fascination in occultism.

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Fleece Press.- Rogerson (Ian) Barnett Freedman: The Graphic Art, one of 500 copies, DVD in pocket at end, prospectus and othe

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Fleece Press.- Rogerson (Ian) Barnett Freedman: The Graphic Art, one of 500 copies, DVD in pocket at end, prospectus and other ephemera loosely inserted, 2006; Tone, texture, light and shade: a Barnett Freedman Picture Album, one of 340 copies, 2011 § Yorke (Malcolm) To War with Paper & Brush: Captain Edward Ardizzone, Official War Artist, one of 700 copies, 2007; Today I worked well - the picture fell off the brush: The Artistry of Leslie Cole, one of 500 copies, 2010, plates and illustrations, many colour, some folding, some tipped in, original cloth or cloth-backed boards, all but the second with slip-case, Upper Denby, Fleece Press (4)

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Stoker (Bram) Dracula, eighth edition, ink ownership and gift inscriptions to endpapers, occasional light foxing or marginal

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Lot 402

Stoker (Bram) Dracula, eighth edition, ink ownership and gift inscriptions to endpapers, occasional light foxing or marginal finger-soiling, original navy cloth lettered in gilt design in red to upper cover, slight shelf-lean, spine ends and corners a little bumped, light rubbing, but a very good and bright example, 8vo, Archibald Constable, 1904.

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Proust (Marcel, translator).- Ruskin (John) Sesame et les Lys. Des trésors des rois, des jardins des reines, first edition, s

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Lot 229

Proust (Marcel, translator).- Ruskin (John) Sesame et les Lys. Des trésors des rois, des jardins des reines, first edition, signed presentation inscription from the author "A Monsieur Gaston Griolet. Hommage admiratif et respectueux du traducteur Marcel Proust" to half-title, 8pp. advertisements, light browning, largely unopened, original wrappers, creasing and chipping to spine, light creasing and marking to covers, later glacine dust-jacket, 8vo, Paris, Mercure de France, 1906.⁂ Proust's second book inscribed to his friend, the lawyer and financier Gaston Griolet (1842-1934).

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Trollope (Anthony) How the "Mastiffs" went to Iceland, first edition, half-title, colour map frontispiece, 13 lithographed pl

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Lot 371

Trollope (Anthony) How the "Mastiffs" went to Iceland, first edition, half-title, colour map frontispiece, 13 lithographed plates and 2 mounted photographic plates (the coming loose), ink ownership inscription to endpaper, slight cracking to hinges, original blue cloth, decorated in gilt, some spotting, spine ends and corners a little bumped, light rubbing to extremities, g.e., [Sadleir 51], Virtue & Co., 1878; and a copy of West Indies and the Spanish Main, 4to & 8vo (2)

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Dickens (Charles) A Tale of Two Cities, first edition in book form, third issue with title dated 1860, half-title, engraved f

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Lot 320

Dickens (Charles) A Tale of Two Cities, first edition in book form, third issue with title dated 1860, half-title, engraved frontispiece, title and 14 plates by Hablot K. Browne, some cracking to gutting, 1 or 2 plates with fraying to fore-edge, original blind-stamped green cloth, spine browned, spine ends and corners bumped, light rubbing to extremities, but a very good copy generally, [Eckel pp.86-90; Smith I, 13], 8vo, Chapman and Hall, 1860.

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Old School Press.- Harris (Peter) The Bricks of Venice, 2 vol. including box of plates, number 78 of 150 copies, text in orig

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Old School Press.- Harris (Peter) The Bricks of Venice, 2 vol. including box of plates, number 78 of 150 copies, text in original cloth-backed paste-paper boards, plates (most colour) loose as issued in original cloth-backed paste-paper drop-back box, together in cloth slip-case, 2005 § Palladio's Homes, number 18 of 170 copies signed by the artist and printer, colour illustrations by Carlo Rapp, with prospectus, original cloth-backed hand-made paper boards, cloth folder, 2009 § Davidson (Peter) & Hugh Buchanan. Winter Light: Watercolours, number 5 of 100 copies signed by the author and artist, colour plates by Hugh Buchanan, original sea-green calf with palladium rule to upper cover and ties, 2010, Hinton Charterhouse, Old School Press; and 4 others from the press, v.s. (8)

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Trollope (Anthony) Is He Popenjoy?, 3 vol., first edition in book form, half-titles, vol. 1 & 2 with 2pp. advertisements

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Lot 370

Trollope (Anthony) Is He Popenjoy?, 3 vol., first edition in book form, half-titles, vol. 1 & 2 with 2pp. advertisements at end, occasional light soiling, light browning to half-titles, bookplate of McInerney to pastedowns, original red-brown cloth, spine ends and corners a little bumped, labels removed from upper covers, extremities rubbed, endpapers renewed, [Sadleir 49], 8vo, Chapman and Hall, 1878.

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Dickens (Charles).- Revallin (Fred) The Pickwick Quadrille, chromolithographed upper cover, n.d. § Jullien. The Cricket Polka

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Lot 331

Dickens (Charles).- Revallin (Fred) The Pickwick Quadrille, chromolithographed upper cover, n.d. § Jullien. The Cricket Polka, [?1846], music scores, original printed wrappers, light soiling; and 10 others, music to words by Dickens or inspired by his writings, housed together in custom drop-back box, folio (12)

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Trollope (Anthony) The Last Chronicle of Barset, first edition, in the original 32 monthly parts, 32 wood-engraved plates and

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Lot 355

Trollope (Anthony) The Last Chronicle of Barset, first edition, in the original 32 monthly parts, 32 wood-engraved plates and vignette illustrations by G.H. Thomas, part or all of front advertisements lacking from parts 1 and 5, part 18 lacking slip at front, otherwise all "compulsory" advertisements as called for, part 1 with neat repairs to spine, some light surface soiling and rubbing to spine, a sharp and excellent set, preserved in chemise and custom morocco pull-top box, [Sadleir 26], 8vo, Smith, Elder & Co., 1866-67.⁂ A superb example of the only book in the Chronicles of Barsetshire to be issued in parts.

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Orwell (George) Nineteen Eighty-Four, first edition, original cloth, light sunning to spine and covers, otherwise excellent,

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Lot 437

Orwell (George) Nineteen Eighty-Four, first edition, original cloth, light sunning to spine and covers, otherwise excellent, green dust-jacket by Michael Kennard, spine ends and corners a little chipped, small 1/2" chip to head of spine, light rubbing, an excellent example, 8vo, 1949.

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Briseux (Charles-Etienne) Traité du Beau essentiel dans les Arts, appliqué particulierement applique particulierement a l'arc

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Briseux (Charles-Etienne) Traité du Beau essentiel dans les Arts, appliqué particulierement applique particulierement a l'architecture et demontre physiquement et par l'experience à l'architecture et démontré physiquement et par l'expérience, first edition, engraved throughout, portrait frontispiece, 2 titles within decorative borders, 138 plates, some double-page or folding, including pictorial divisional titles, blank f. following p.44, privilege f. at end of vol.2, a few ff. with outer edge uncut, spotting and mostly light staining, lightly browned, contemporary mottled calf, richly gilt spines in compartments and with red leather labels, some gilt restored, corners worn, rubbed, [Berlin Kat. 2403; Fowler 69], 4to, Paris, The Author & Chereau, 1752.⁂ 'A fine example of an entirely engraved book' (Fowler).

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Law.- Blackstone (Sir William) Law Tracts, in two volumes, 2 vol., first edition, 2 engraved tables (1 folding) and 8 plates,

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Lot 263

Law.- Blackstone (Sir William) Law Tracts, in two volumes, 2 vol., first edition, 2 engraved tables (1 folding) and 8 plates, offsetting, some spotting, occasional light staining, lightly browned, contemporary calf, sympathetically rebacked, spines in compartments and with red morocco label, corners worn, a solid set, 8vo, Oxford, The Clarendon Press, 1762.⁂ Includes Magna Carta and the Charter of the Forest. These tracts had appeared separately, but they are brought together here for the first time and benefit from Blackstone's additions and corrections.

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Yeats (William Butler) Four Years, first edition, one of 400 copies, signed by the author on title with strike through the pr

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Lot 455

Yeats (William Butler) Four Years, first edition, one of 400 copies, signed by the author on title with strike through the printed name, printed in red and black, hawk attacking small bird device by T.Sturge Moore on title in red, light browning to endpapers, light toning to spine and covers, [Wade 131], 8vo, Dundrum, Cuala Press, 1921.⁂ A scarce Cuala Press title, we can trace no other signed example at auction. This was the first use of Moore's device.

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[Dickens (Charles)], "Boz". The Posthumous Papers of the Pickwick Club, first edition in the original 19/20 parts, mixed issu

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Lot 288

[Dickens (Charles)], "Boz". The Posthumous Papers of the Pickwick Club, first edition in the original 19/20 parts, mixed issues, 43 engraved plates by Robert Seymour, R.W. Buss, and Hablot K. Browne, mixed states, publisher's address to parts 3, 10 and 15, front ads. to parts 6 and 14-17 only, rear ads. to parts 14, 15, 17, 18 and 20 only, original printed wrappers, some light repairs or restorations to some spines and extremities or a few wrappers, but clean and excellent generally, preserved in custom drop-back box, [Hatton & Cleaver, pp. 3-88], 8vo, Chapman and Hall, 1836-7.⁂ Rare in parts and notoriously bibliographically complex. A full listing of the relevant issue points of the present work is available upon request.

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Yeats (William Butler) The Cat and the Moon and certain poems, first edition, one of 500 copies, signed presentation inscript

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Lot 456

Yeats (William Butler) The Cat and the Moon and certain poems, first edition, one of 500 copies, signed presentation inscription from the author "To I. A. ?Farrell creator of his own fortune from W. B. Yeats creator of rhymes. Jan. 1937 Dublin" to endpaper, printed in red and black, charging unicorn device by Robert Gregory on title, some splitting to gutter but holding firm, light browning to endpapers, original cloth-backed boards, light browning to spine and covers, [Wade 145], 8vo, Dublin, Cuala Press, 1924.

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Boyle (Robert) The General History of the Air, first edition, small ink ownership inscription to title, small library stamp t

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Boyle (Robert) The General History of the Air, first edition, small ink ownership inscription to title, small library stamp to title verso (and one other), 1a-1E damp-stain at gutter and upper margin, 2A4 small marginal hole, K3 soiled, some spotting and light browning, contemporary calf, upper joint starting to crack, [Wing B3981], 4to, for Awnsham and John Churchill, 1692.⁂ The first clear statement on the kinetic theory of gases. Posthumously published, it was seen through the press by John Locke, Boyle's friend, and contains some of Locke's own meteorological observations. The work is of considerable importance in the history of science - the views Boyle expressed here became the basis for the phlogiston theory of combustion, and it is the product of his life's work.

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Bianchini (Francesco) Hesperi et Phosphori, first edition, title in red and black, with engraved vignette, engraved frontispi

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Lot 507

Bianchini (Francesco) Hesperi et Phosphori, first edition, title in red and black, with engraved vignette, engraved frontispiece, engraved head-piece, 2 initials and 2 embedded vignettes, one embedded mezzotint vignette, 10 plates, of which one mezzotint the others engraved (2 folding, one double-page), some foxing and light browning, including to some plates, contemporary vellum, spine worn with small section restored, [Honeyman 323; Graesse I, 437; Riccardi I, 132.15], folio, Rome, Giovanni Maria Salvioni, 1728.⁂ The first book of telescopic observations of the planet Venus. Bianchini (1662-1729) sought to determine the rotational period of Venus and to draw a map of its surface. Although his results on the rotation proved incorrect, his topographical observations were a pioneering effort in investigating the planet, identifying 'continents' and 'oceans'. The text is also significant in the history of lunar cartography, notably for the mezzotint views of the crater Plato and the Alpine Valley, which Bianchini was the first to chart, cutting through the mountain range of the Alps; this phenomenon was uncharted by the great Cassini lunar map (1670s). Bianchini's book is perhaps best known today for two often reproduced plates of aerial telescopes, of extremely long focal length, with lenses by Campani.

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Dickens (Charles) The Old Curiosity Shop. A Tale, 1841; Barnaby Rudge; A Tale of the Riots of 'Eighty, 1841, first separate e

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Lot 302

Dickens (Charles) The Old Curiosity Shop. A Tale, 1841; Barnaby Rudge; A Tale of the Riots of 'Eighty, 1841, first separate editions, frontispieces and illustrations by George Cattermole and H.K. Browne, occasional light spotting or finger-soiling, original purple-red blind-stamped cloth, spines lettered in gilt, light sunning to spines, spine ends and corners a little bumped, light mottling to covers, but excellent examples overall, [Smith I, pp.58-62], Chapman and Hall; with 2 others, Hablot K. Browne and Robert Young's additional plates for the same in original wrappers, 8vo (4)

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Dahl (Roald) The Wonderful Story of Henry Sugar and six more, first edition, signed by the author on front endpaper, previous

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Lot 413

Dahl (Roald) The Wonderful Story of Henry Sugar and six more, first edition, signed by the author on front endpaper, previous owner presentation inscription to half-title, light stain to p.9, original cloth, dust-jacket, spine very lightly sunned, otherwise excellent, 8vo, 1977.

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Thackeray (William Makepeace) The Newcomes. Memoirs of a most respectable family, first edition, in the original 23/24 parts,

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Lot 383

Thackeray (William Makepeace) The Newcomes. Memoirs of a most respectable family, first edition, in the original 23/24 parts, 48 engraved plates by Richard Doyle, illustrations, parts 18 and 21 lacking the Newcome Advertiser, part 7 lacking pp.3-7 of the same, most other slips and advertisements present, original printed wrappers, a few with ink ownership inscriptions or blind-stamps, light soiling, neatly rebacked, a few with repairs to extremities, preserved in custom chemises and pull-top boxes, 8vo, Bradbury & Evans, 1853-55.

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Middle East.- Druzes.- Churchill (Charles Henry) Mount Lebanon, A Ten Years' Residence, 3 vol., mixed edition, vol.1 second e

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Lot 477

Middle East.- Druzes.- Churchill (Charles Henry) Mount Lebanon, A Ten Years' Residence, 3 vol., mixed edition, vol.1 second edition, vol.2 & 3 third edition, half-titles, folding map, 6 lithograph plates (3 tinted), occasional light spotting and slight marginal water-staining, 1853-62; The Druzes and the Maronites under the Turkish Rule, first edition, 1862, original cloth, bookplate and spine stickers removed, stamp erased from foot of titles, [Atabey 247; Blackmer 353], 8vo⁂ With the rare fourth volume and, despite the suggestions of being ex-library, a very good set in the original cloth. "An important work" (Blackmer).

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Sensation novel by a suffragette.- [Baillie-Weaver (Gertrude)], "G. Colmore". A Daughter of Music, 3 vol., first edition, hal

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Lot 395

Sensation novel by a suffragette.- [Baillie-Weaver (Gertrude)], "G. Colmore". A Daughter of Music, 3 vol., first edition, half-titles, vol. 1 with 20pp. advertisements dated March 1894, light browning to endpapers, original pictorial cloth, slight shelf-lean, light toning to spines, slight bumping to spine ends and corners, a bright and excellent set otherwise, [not in Sadleir or Wolff], 8vo, William Heinemann, 1894.⁂ An exceptional copy of this rare sensation novel involving a curse that manifests through music. Baillie-Weaver (1855-1926) is now best remembered for her 1911 novel Suffragette Sally as well as her 1913 The Life of Emily Davison.

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Dickens (Charles) Our Mutual Friend, 2 vol., first one-volume edition, half-title, wood-engraved frontispiece and 39 plates b

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Lot 325

Dickens (Charles) Our Mutual Friend, 2 vol., first one-volume edition, half-title, wood-engraved frontispiece and 39 plates by Marcus Stone, 1 p. advertisements, occasional light foxing, bookplate to endpapers, original cloth, light browning to spine, short split to head of upper joint, a little rubbed, [Eckel pp. 94-5; Smith I, 15], 8vo, Chapman and Hall, 1865.

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Alchemy.- Bacon (Roger) and others. Le Miroir d'Alquimie; L'Elixir des Philosophes; De L'Admirable Pouvoir et Piussance de l'

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Lot 502

Alchemy.- Bacon (Roger) and others. Le Miroir d'Alquimie; L'Elixir des Philosophes; De L'Admirable Pouvoir et Piussance de l'Art; Des Choses Merveilleuses en la Nature, together 4 parts in 1, first edition in French, woodcut device on titles, woodcut initials and ornaments, part 2 with woodcut illustrations, multiple pages with small paper restorations at corners, some light damp-staining, cracking to gutter, a few gatherings beginning to pull, small ink stamp front endpaper verso, C18th calf, gilt spine with red morocco label, small leather repairs to spine head and foot, a few small worm holes to lower cover, [Not in Adams; Caillet 624; Wellcome 619], small 8vo, Lyon, Macé Bonhomme, 1557.⁂ First French edition of this very rare collection on alchemy, issued in four parts, each with a separate title-page. It includes the first French translation of Bacon's famous Speculum Alchemiae (1541). The first part includes the La Table Desmeraude of Hermes, a tract by Kalid of Damascus, and a work wrongly attributed to Jean de Mehun, but which is a revised version of Bacon's Mirror. Nicholas Bernard translated parts one and four, and Jacques Girard parts two and three. The last complete copy at auction was Honeyman's (Sotheby's 30th October 1978, lot 186, £4,500).

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Polar.- Lashly (William) The Diary of W. Lashly, A record of the return journey of the last supporting party with Capt. Scott

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Lot 482

Polar.- Lashly (William) The Diary of W. Lashly, A record of the return journey of the last supporting party with Capt. Scott to the South Pole, foreword by Admiral Sir Edward R.G.R. Evans, number 25 of 75 copies, wood-engraved illustrations, light browning to endpapers, original buckram-backed printed boards, a few small patches of browning to spine, light toning to upper edge, near-fine otherwise, glacine dust-jacket, light browning, chipping and creasing to head and foot with loss to foot of spine, 2 holes to spine, [Spence 685; Taurus 87], 8vo, University of Reading, printed for private circulation, 1938-39.⁂ "A true Antarctic rarity" - Taurus.Lashley served as petty officer on the two Scott expeditions as was a member of the Last Supporting Party along with 'Teddy' Evans and Petty Officer Tom Crean. During the return Lashly and Crean saved Evans' life, for which both men were awarded the Albert Medal. We can only trace one other example in the original glacine dust-jacket, sold at Swann for $15,000 in 2007.

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Dickens (Charles) Pictures from Italy, half-title, with initial and final advertisement ff., title with vignette illustration

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Lot 311

Dickens (Charles) Pictures from Italy, half-title, with initial and final advertisement ff., title with vignette illustration, light damp-staining to head, ink gift inscription to pastedown, original cloth, light toning to spine, light marking to covers, [Eckel pp.126-7; Smith II, 7], Bradbury and Evans, 1846 § Savonarola (Don Jeremy) Facts and Figures from Italy. Addressed during the last two Winters to Charles Dickens, Esq., being an Appendix to his " Pictures.", 4pp. advertisements, light marginal toning, red crushed morocco by Zaehnsdorf, inner gilt dentelles, light rubbing to extremities, original cloth bound in, Richard Bentley, 1847, first editions; and 2 others, the second and new editions of The Uncommercial Traveller, 8vo (4)

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Trollope (Anthony) New Zealand; New South Wales and Queensland; Victoria and Tasmania; South Australia and Western Australia,

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Lot 364

Trollope (Anthony) New Zealand; New South Wales and Queensland; Victoria and Tasmania; South Australia and Western Australia, 4 vol., first separate editions, folding maps, some cracking to hinges but holding firm, original red cloth decorated in black, spine ends and corners a little bumped and frayed, light rubbing to extremities, [cf. Sadleir 40], Chapman and Hall, 1874; and the second edition of the two-volume edition, 8vo (6)⁂ Rare to find all parts together.

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Maugham (William Somerset) The Bishop's Apron, first edition, original variant green cloth, spine slightly darkened, spine en

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Lot 433

Maugham (William Somerset) The Bishop's Apron, first edition, original variant green cloth, spine slightly darkened, spine ends and corners a little bumped, light rubbing to extremities, an excellent copy, [Stott A9a], 8vo, 1906.⁂ A scarce early title by Maugham in an unrecorded variant binding. A copy of a letter from Grenville Cook is loosely inserted in which he states that the binding is possibly a remainder although this would not explain the likely expense incurred in the gilt lettering and why the first edition sheets were used.

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De Moivre (Abraham) Annuities Upon Lives, first edition, woodcut head-, tail-pieces and initials, light marginal foxing, cont

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Lot 514

De Moivre (Abraham) Annuities Upon Lives, first edition, woodcut head-, tail-pieces and initials, light marginal foxing, contemporary blind-stamped calf, joints cracked but holding firm, spine head and corners rubbed, 8vo, by Francis Fayram et al., 1725.⁂ De Moivre's influential study of annuities based upon the mortality statistics gathered by Edmund Halley in the 1690s. His contribution to annuities lies in his derivation of formulas for annuities based on a postulated law of mortality and constant rates of interest on money.

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Yeats (William Butler) Four Plays for Dancers, first edition, browning and ink ownership inscription to endpaper, light rubbi

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Lot 454

Yeats (William Butler) Four Plays for Dancers, first edition, browning and ink ownership inscription to endpaper, light rubbing to spine tips and corners, light foxing to head of upper cover, dust-jacket, light browning to spine, spine ends and corners a little chipped, near-fine overall, 1921; Four Plays for Dancers, first American edition, New York, 1921, plates and illustrations by Edmund Dulac, original cloth-backed boards after T. Sturge Moore, paper labels to spines, near-fine examples; A Full Moon in March, 1935; A Herne's Egg, 1938, first editions, original cloth, dust-jackets, light browning to spines, minor chipping to spine ends and corners, near-fine, [Wade 129, 130, 182 & 195]; and 5 others, plays by Yeats, 8vo (9)

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Doves Press.- Cobden-Sanderson (T.J.) The New Science Museum. A Letter, with additions, Addressed to the Editor of "The Times

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Lot 158

Doves Press.- Cobden-Sanderson (T.J.) The New Science Museum. A Letter, with additions, Addressed to the Editor of "The Times". 16 September 1913, 8pp., loose as issued in printed wrappers, uncut, [Tidcombe DPL6], Doves Press, 1914; Towards an Empire of Science, 4pp. folded sheet, uncut, very light spotting, [Tidcombe DPL9], Doves Press, 1916 § Tidcombe (Marianne) The Doves Press, illustrations, original cloth, dust-jacket, London & New Castle, De., 2002; and 5 other lists etc. from the press including a prospectus for Anthony and Cleopatra and Venus and Adonis, 4to (8)

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Hilbert (David) Über das Unendliche, offprint from Mathematische Annalen 95. Bd., 2 Heft., first edition, bound together with

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Lot 526

Hilbert (David) Über das Unendliche, offprint from Mathematische Annalen 95. Bd., 2 Heft., first edition, bound together with green paper backstrip as issued, light toning to spine ends, otherwise a fine copy, 8vo, Berlin, 1925.⁂ Rare offprint of this famous lecture that contains Hilbert's most detailed exposition of his proposal for the foundation of classical mathematics, which became known as Hilbert's Programme. "No one shall expel us from the paradise which Cantor has created for us," Hilbert famously declared in this lecture (p. 170).

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Dickens (Charles) Dombey and Son, first edition in the original 19/20 monthly parts, part 11 first issue with "Capatin" on p.

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Lot 312

Dickens (Charles) Dombey and Son, first edition in the original 19/20 monthly parts, part 11 first issue with "Capatin" on p.324, part 14 later issue with both p.431 and "if" on p. 426 present, engraved additional title, frontispiece and 38 plates by Hablot K Browne, part 1 lacking all ads. part 2 lacking slip and with "Music Book" and Bentick and Pelham's rear ads. only, part 3 with additional ad. at front but lacking slip and all rear ads., part 4 folding ad. defective, part 7 lacking first 2pp. of rear ads., part 9 lacking "Disgrace to the Family" and Tea Merchant ads., part 10 lacking Gilbert's Dictionary ad., part 15 lacking "New Story by Douglas Jerrold" slip, part 17 lacking Mechi's Catalogue slip, part 19/20 with the 8-line errata, all other slips and advertisements as called for, occasional light soiling, original printed blue wrappers, spines repaired, a few wrappers with repairs or restorations to extremities, some light soiling, preserved in custom folding chemise and half morocco pull-top box, [Hatton & Cleaver pp.227-25], Bradbury & Evans, 1846-48 § Browne (Hablot Knight), Dombey and Son, Full-Length Portraits of Dombey & Carker, Miss Tox, Mrs. Skewton, Mrs. Pipchin, Old Sol. & Capt. Cuttle, Major Bagstock, Miss Nipper, 8 engraved plates, spine of wrappers broken, 1848; Dombey and Son, The Four Portraits of Edith, Florence, Alice, and Little Paul, 4 engraved plates, 1848, first editions, loose as issued in original printed wrappers, some light foxing or soiling to covers, preserved in custom chemise with bookplate of David Graham to inside front cover, 8vo (3)

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$Light.- Diffraction.- Grimaldi (Francesco Maria) Physico-Mathesis De Lumine, Coloribus, et Iride, first edition, titles in re$ No Image

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Lot 520

Light.- Diffraction.- Grimaldi (Francesco Maria) Physico-Mathesis De Lumine, Coloribus, et Iride, first edition, titles in red and black, the first with large engraved vignette, additional letterpress title, early ink inscriptions and stamp to letterpress title, woodcut diagrams, light uniform browning to several leaves, marginal damp-stain to last several gatherings, C18th vellum, manuscript title to spine, lightly toned, 4to, Bologna, heirs of Vittorio Benacci, 1665.⁂ Grimaldi's only book, this celebrated work unveils his discovery of the optical phenomenon of what he termed 'diffractio', or, diffraction. He outlined how the diffusion of light was instantaneous; it defied the notion of an exclusively rectilinear passage and evidenced that light was of a fluid nature, hence the terminology coined by Grimaldi from the Latin 'diffringere', to break into pieces. De Lumine was the first scientific attempt to establish a comprehensive wave theory of light and later influential to others, such as Hooke and Newton, it was particularly problematic for the latter in his own research and progress with Opticks (1704).

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Verlaine (Paul) Choix de Poésies, first edition, signed presentation inscription from the author "hommage reconaissant del' a

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Lot 227

Verlaine (Paul) Choix de Poésies, first edition, signed presentation inscription from the author "hommage reconaissant del' auteur" to Henri Simond to half-title, portrait frontispiece, light foxing and browning, later half cloth, 8vo, Paris, Bibliotheque Charpentier, 1891.⁂ Rare inscribed. Henri Simond was the director of the daily newspaper L'Echo de Paris. In 1891 the newspaper ran a fundraiser to support Verlaine and it is likely that this is what Verlaine is referring to in the inscription.

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Verlaine (Paul) Hombres, copy "E" of 25 lettered copies printed on Japon from an edition limited to 525 copies, some occasion

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Lot 228

Verlaine (Paul) Hombres, copy "E" of 25 lettered copies printed on Japon from an edition limited to 525 copies, some occasional light finger-soiling and light toning to margins, page numbers 44, 45 and 48 corrected by hand, later brown cloth, light rubbing to tips of spine and corners, original wrappers bound in, 8vo, [Paris], Imprimé sous le manteau, [1903].⁂ Verlaine's final collection of poems, published posthumously.

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Architecture.- Malton the Elder (Thomas, English architectural draughtsman and writer on geometry, 1726-1801) Perspective stu

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Lot 204

Architecture.- Malton the Elder (Thomas, English architectural draughtsman and writer on geometry, 1726-1801) Perspective studies of capitals and urns, pen and brown and greyish black inks, point of the brush, monochrome wash, on laid paper without visible watermark, ruled brown ink border, sheet 305 x 220 mm (12 x 8 3/4 in), tipped at edges onto window mount support, minor surface dirt and light browning, unframed, [circa 1770-1775]Provenance:Purchased by the present owners circa 1980sPrivate collection, South West England⁂ An original sheet of preliminary designs for plate XXII of Malton's 'A Compleat Treatise On Perspective, In Theory And Practice', published in 1775. Another comparable perspective drawing by Malton was previously sold by Colnaghi in 1979, and it would appear that the present sheet came from the same source. The Colnaghi sheet was a perspective drawing of a desk and chair, and was sold at Christie's New York in 2011 [see Old Master & 19th Century Paintings, Drawings & Watercolors Part II, 26th January 2011, lot 302]. Tate hold two perspective drawings by J.M.W. Turner, which are copies after sections of the present sheet; Turner used these for his lectures as Professor of Perspective at the Royal Academy, circa 1810 [see acc.no D17096/ Turner Bequest CXCV 125 and D17073/ Turner Bequest CXCV 103].

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Trollope (Anthony) English Political Leaders. Lord Palmerston, mixed issue with black endpapers and smooth cloth as first iss

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Lot 377

Trollope (Anthony) English Political Leaders. Lord Palmerston, mixed issue with black endpapers and smooth cloth as first issue but title dated 1883 as second issue, bookplate to pastedown, light rubbing to upper cover, spine tips and corners, Wm. Ibister, 1883; The Life of Cicero, 2 vol., half-titles, black endpapers, spine generally agreeing with Sadleir's first issue except for lettering of author's name, light sunning to spines, largely unopened, Chapman and Hall, 1880, first editions, original cloth, excellent examples, [Sadleir 63 & 58], 8vo (3)

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Ravilious (Eric) Four Wood Engravings...made in 1933 for the Golden Hours Press' Famous Tragedy of the Rich Jew of Malta, one

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Lot 110

Ravilious (Eric) Four Wood Engravings...made in 1933 for the Golden Hours Press' Famous Tragedy of the Rich Jew of Malta, one of 120 sets, each 270 x 200mm., loose as issued in original wrappers, Fleece Press, 1998; Garden Memories: a Wood-Engraving, number 72 of 200 initialled in pencil by Anne Ullmann (the artist's daughter), sheet 300 x 210, loose with mount in original wrappers, [Church Hanborough], Previous Parrot Press, 1994, 4to (2)⁂ The second print was used as an illustration to Thomas Hennell's Poems published by OUP in 1936. Hennell replaced his missing friend Ravilious as a war artist in Iceland in 1942 but later disappeared himself during unrest in Jakarta in 1945. The woodblock came to light during a clear-out of the old Oxford College of Technology, Art and Commerce which had been given some equipment by the Oxford University Press.

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Architecture.- Sandby (Thomas, English draughtsman, co-founder of Royal Academy, architect and teacher, 1721-1798) Design for

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Lot 205

Architecture.- Sandby (Thomas, English draughtsman, co-founder of Royal Academy, architect and teacher, 1721-1798) Design for a neo-classical domed octagonal temple, pen and grey and black inks, watercolour, on laid paper with watermark 'C. & Honig', sheet 400 x 250 mm (15 3/4 x 9 3/4 in), tipped at edges onto window mount support, minor spotting and light surface dirt and light browning, unframed, [18th century]Provenance:Purchased by the present owners circa 1980sPrivate collection, South West England.

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Geometry.- Euclid. The Elements of Geometrie, translated by Sir Henry Billingsley, preface by John Dee, first edition of the

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Lot 517

Geometry.- Euclid. The Elements of Geometrie, translated by Sir Henry Billingsley, preface by John Dee, first edition of the first complete English translation, title within ornate woodcut allegorical border depicting Time bringing Truth and Antiquity to light, and with portraits of Ptolemy, Strabo, and others, numerous woodcut diagrams, woodcut historiated or decorative initials and tail-pieces and a large portrait of John Day above colophon, lacking folding letterpress 'Groundplat', overslips, and final blank, 1p. of early 18th century notes regarding the work mounted on front inner cover, title lower corner with some chipping (just touching border) and an ink inscription showing through from verso, QQq3 small hole within text at foot, with loss of several letters, SSs2 part of lower blank corner torn away, sigs. AAA and BBB some loss to upper margins, a few short tears, some spotting and light staining (including the odd ink stain, the most notable to upper edge), lightly browned, 17th century panelled calf, spine in compartments and with later, but to style, red morocco label, upper cover with hasp mark where formely chained, joints starting, but holding firm, corners little worn, some staining, marked and rubbed, [STC 10560; Thomas-Stanford 41; cf. PMM 25], a very good copy, folio, by John Daye, 1570.⁂ The Christ Church-John Rylands copy. John Dee's preface is considered by many to be his most important published work. It outlines the practical applications of Euclid's work, lays the foundations for later experimental science and hints at the use of magic and the supernatural in conjunction with the natural. In addition, Dee also contributed additional theorems and annotations. The translator Billingsley became Lord Mayor of London in 1596. Provenance: Ink inscription to verso of title recording the gift of the book to Christ Church College, Oxford by nine students on receiving their Master of Arts degrees in 1587; John Rylands Library (large engraved bookplate dated 1894 to front free endpaper and small label at end recording its withdrawal from stock April, 1988); sold Sotheby's 14th April, 1988 to Heath for £3,850 and again Sotheby's 1989 to Pearl for £1210.

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Dickens (Charles) The Life and Adventures of Martin Chuzzlewit, first edition in the original 19/20 parts, etched frontispiec

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Lot 305

Dickens (Charles) The Life and Adventures of Martin Chuzzlewit, first edition in the original 19/20 parts, etched frontispiece, additional title (first state with "100£" to sign) and 38 etched plates by Hablot K. Browne, part 1 lacking tea ad., part 2 lacking 4pp. "Mary-le-Bone Iron Works" ad., part 5 lacking 8pp. Tomas Boys "Prospectus", part 7 lacking slip at front (as often), part 10 lacking all rear ads. and part 16 lacking "Temple of Fashion" insert, Chuzzlewit Advertiser lacking leaves in parts 1, 4, 7 and 10, all other slips and advertisements as called for, some foxing or browning to plates, part 2 bound in upside-down, original printed blue wrappers, some chipping to spines and creasing or fraying to extremities, preserved in custom folding chemise and morocco pull-top box (light fading to spine, some rubbing to extremities), [Hatton & Cleaver pp. 185-212], 8vo, Chapman and Hall, 1843-44.

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Trollope (Anthony) Miss Mackenzie, 2 vol., first edition, occasional light soiling, bookplate of Frank Austin Ellis Ashwell t

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Lot 353

Trollope (Anthony) Miss Mackenzie, 2 vol., first edition, occasional light soiling, bookplate of Frank Austin Ellis Ashwell to pastedowns, original second (regular) issue cloth, vol. 1 with wear to upper cover corner and lower cover fore-edge, some mottling to covers, but a very good, bright set generally, endpapers renewed, [Sadleir 20], 8vo, Chapman and Hall, 1865.

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

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Lot 366

Trollope (Anthony) The Way We Live Now, 2 vol., first edition in book form, frontispieces and 38 wood-engraved plates by Luck Fildes, half-titles, damp-staining to vol. 1, vol. 1 lower hinge cracked but holding firm, original green cloth cloth blocked in black and gilt, slight shelf-lean, spine ends and corners a little bumped, vol. 1 with some light mottling to covers, extremities rubbed, but a very good, bright set overall, [Sadleir 44], 8vo, Chapman and Hall, 1875.

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