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Lot 164
Maugham (William Somerset) The Bishop's Apron, first edition, title foxed, light scattered spotting, original cloth, boards lightly faded and a little soiled, wear and light rubbing to extremities, rebacked preserving original spine, 8vo, 1906.⁂ The Bishop's Apron was published some nine years before the critical success of Of Human Bondage (1915) and was based on the unproduced play Loaves and Fishes.
Lot 165
McBain (Ed) Cop Hater, light browning to endpapers, W. H. Smith bookplate to pastedown, jacket with very light sunning to spine spine ands and corners with light rubbing and creasing, 1958; The Mugger, jacket spine ends and corners a little chipped, light rubbing to extremities, 1959; The Con Man, light browning to endpapers, jacket spine lightly sunned, light rubbing and creasing to spine ends and corners, 1960, first editions, original boards, dust-jackets, generally excellent overall; and 2 others by the same (5)
Lot 166
Motion (Andrew) Inland, number 104 of 400 copies, this copy signed by the author on title, original wrappers, light surfaces soiling, Burford, Cygnet Press, 1976; Goodnestone, first edition, signed by the author, original wrappers, Workshop Press, 1972; Coming Home, number 50 of 75 copies signed by the author and artist, illustrations by Jane Lydbury, original morocco-backed cloth, Rochdale, 2015; and 3 others by the same, 2 signed, 8vo (6)
Lot 168
NO RESERVE O'Hara (John) Sermons and Soda Water, 3 vol., one of 525 sets printed on mould made paper signed by the author, 1961; Pal Joey, 1952; A Family Party, 1957, light spotting or foxing to last two, original boards, last two with dust-jackets, lightly bumping and creasing to extremities, lower panels foxed; first with original slip-case, and 3 others by O'Hara, 8vo (8)
Lot 171
Orwell (George) Nineteen Eighty-Four, first edition, margins trimmed, some occasional light marking to text, title with ink library stamp to verso covered by laid down cutting featuring eye design, with some light show-through of stamp to recto, endpaper collage of Orwell's eyes, front pastedown with small compartment revealing the Queen's face on pound note, modern morocco with gilt design featuring inlayed fake eye and upper cover '1984' stamped in black on lower cover, 8vo, 1949.
Lot 173
NO RESERVE Orwell (George) Shooting an Elephant and other essays, first edition, original cloth, slight shelf-lean, light fading to spine and covers, dust-jacket, spine faded, spine ends and corners chipped, creasing to head and foot, light soiling, 1950; The Road to Wigan Pier, Left Book Club Edition, plates, original limp cloth, creasing to spine, some light surface soiling, light creasing to extremities, 1937; and a first edition The Lion and the Unicorn, 8vo (3)
![Peake (Mervyn) [The Gormenghast trilogy], 3 vol., comprising Titus Groan, light spotting to endpapers, second issue jacket, 1](https://cdn.globalauctionplatform.com/cc1eed4d-cf60-4330-8ca0-ad0b00fada06/64970dcd-a629-4813-9d36-ad0f00bbc054/468x382.jpg)
Lot 175
Peake (Mervyn) [The Gormenghast trilogy], 3 vol., comprising Titus Groan, light spotting to endpapers, second issue jacket, 1946; Gormenghast, browning to endpapers, scattered spotting to edges, 1950; Titus Alone, frontispiece by the author, 1959, first editions, original cloth, dust-jackets, light browning to spine, some minor chipping and creasing to tips of spine and corners, but a bright, near-fine set overall, 8vo.
Lot 18
Locke (John) An Essay Concerning Humane Understanding, third edition, engraved portrait frontispiece by Vanderbanck after Brounower, frontispiece and title mounted on stubs, light staining to upper outer corner of last few leaves, washed, modern half morocco, spine gilt,[Wing L2741], folio, for Awnsham & John Churchil and Samuel Manship, 1695.
Lot 186
NO RESERVE Raymond (Alex) Flash Gordon in the Caverns of Mongo, first edition, frontispiece, damp-staining to title, pictorial endpapers, original cloth, mottled and damp-stained, dust-jacket, light browning to spine, light damp-staining, spine ends and corners chipped, splitting to upper fore-edge, 8vo, New York, 1936.
Lot 19
NO RESERVE Canals & Roads.- An Act to enable the mayor and citizens of the city of Chester, to recover and preserve the navigation upon the River Dee, black letter, woodcut royal arms to title, 5N1 small burnhole with loss of a few letters, some spotting and light browning, disbound, Printed by Charles Bill, 1700 § An Act for continuing an Act passed in the tenth year of the reign of Her late Majesty, intituled, An Act for repairing the highway between a certain place called Kilburn Bridge in the county of Middlesex, and Sparrows Herne in the county of Hertford, woodcut royal arms to title, water-stained and spotted at head, Printed by John Baskett, 1722; and c.10 others, acts mostly pertaining to roads, folio (c.12)
Lot 190
Runyon (Damon) My Wife Ethel, 1939; My Old Man, 1940 § Updike (John) Bech, 1970, first editions, last first English edition, original boards, dust-jackets, first two spine ends and extremities rather rubbed and chipped, spines faded, some light spotting to upper panels; last in fine condition, and 17 others, American literature, 8vo (20)
Lot 196
Simenon (Georges) Maigret & M. Labbé, advance copy slip tipped onto front endpaper, jacket spine faded, spine ends and corners a little chipped, light rubbing to extremities, light surface soiling to lower panel, 1942; Maigret's Dead Man, jacket with light toning to spine, jacket with chipping and creasing to spine ends and corners, 1964; Maigret in Vichy, jacket with very light sunning to spine, and some chipping and creasing to head, 1969, first American editions, original cloth, dust-jackets, generally excellent, New York; and c.70 others, American editions of Simenon, 8vo (c.75)
Lot 199
Simenon (Georges) Maigret Right and Wrong, first English edition, presentation inscription from the author on bookplate to endpaper, jacket with light toning to spine, creasing to head and foot, some rubbing to extremities, 1954; Maigret and the Burglar's Wife, jacket price-clipped, light toning to spine, spine ends and corners a little chipped and creased, 1955; Madame Maigret's Friend, jacket spine ends and corners a little chipped and creased, 1960, first English editions, original boards, dust-jackets, very good or excellent; and c.55 others, English editions of Simenon, 8vo (c.60)
Lot 20
Quakerism for French prisoners.- Ashby (Richard) Christian counsel, in the spirit of love and meekness tenderly recommended to the serious consideration of those French prisoners at Nottingham and Litchfield, parallel titles and text in French and English, 12pp. advertisements for Sowle at end (not called for by ESTC), ink signatures of a Susanna Wright to verso of first title, some light staining, lightly browned, corners creased, contemporary wrappers, chipped and soiled, but holding firm, [Smith Descriptive catalogue of Friends' books, I, p.139], 12mo, Printed and sold by T. Sowle, 1705.⁂ Rare. ESTC records six copies, of which three are in the Library of the Religious Society of Friends. The prisoners had come to England following their defeat at the Battle of Blenheim by the Duke of Marlborough. They remained in Nottingham and Lichfield for around six years.
Lot 201
Sinclair (May) Uncanny Stories, first English edition, first issue with 40 pp. adverts at rear for "Spring 1923", illustrated by Jean de Bosschère, some foxing, endpapers lightly browned, 1923 § Summers (Montague, editor) The Supernatural Omnibus, Being a Collection of Stories, fore-edge lightly spotted, contemporary ownership signature to front free endpaper, 1931, original cloth, a little rubbed, spine ends bumped, first spine faded, last with light shelf-lean, 8vo (2)
Lot 204
Taylor (G. P.) Shadowmancer, special edition signed by the author, 2003 § Rice (Anne) Interview with the Vampire, first edition, 1976, original boards, dust-jackets, first with light spotting, second light creasing to spine ends, but both in overall excellent condition; and 12 others, fantasy and horror fiction, 8vo & 4to (14)
![Thatcher (Margaret) Statecraft [2 copies], first edition, bookplate signed by the author to title, plates, original boards, d](https://cdn.globalauctionplatform.com/cc1eed4d-cf60-4330-8ca0-ad0b00fada06/6bad2afd-d801-41d3-9e53-ad0f00bbc4de/468x382.jpg)
Lot 206
NO RESERVE Theatre.- A Group of 17 theatre programmes, illustrations, original wrappers, some rubbing and creasing, light surface soiling, [early 20th century].⁂ A good group comprising a broad selection from theatrical productions of the 1900s to performances by Nat King Cole and Frank Sinatra.
Lot 207
Slim (Field Marshall Sir William).- Thomas (Lowell) Back to Mandalay, first edition, signed presentation inscription from the author and 5 participants in the Burma campaign to Field Marshall Slim to endpaper, photographic illustrations, map endpapers, original cloth, light fading to spine, some light soiling to covers, 8vo, New York, 1951.⁂ An excellent association inscribed by American participants in the Second World War Burma campaign to the celebrated British leader of the 14th Army in Burma. Signatories include Phil Cochran, John Alison and Bill Taylor.
Lot 209
Tolkien (J.R.R.) The Lord of the Rings, 3 vol., comprising The Fellowship of the Ring, twelfth impression,1962; The Two Towers, ninth impression, 1962; The Return of the King, ninth impression, 1962, first editions, folding maps, original cloth, light discolouration to spines, dust-jackets, some light foxing, heavier to spines, light creasing to head and foot, but otherwise a bright and excellent set, 8vo.
Lot 213
Wells (H.G.) The First Men in the Moon, first English edition, frontispiece and 11 plates, light spotting to half-title, very light finger-soiling to title, first state binding with black endpapers of original blue cloth, gilt, spine lightly faded, light bumping to spine extremities but overall a very bright example, 8vo, 1901.
Lot 214
Wells (H.G.) Tono-Bungay, first edition, signed presentation inscription from the author to E. V. Lucas to half-title, 6pp. advertisements, light browning to endpapers, original cloth, light browning to spine, spine ends and corners a little bumped, some light marking to covers, 8vo, 1909.⁂ E. V. Lucas (1898-1938) English essayist and author. He published a parody Wells' The War of the Worlds titled The War of the Wenuses in 1898.
Lot 216
Williams (Tennessee) Cat on a Hot Tin Roof, first English edition, frontispiece, some spotting to endpapers, original boards, dust-jacket, spine slightly browned, light toning and surface soiling to lower panel, spine ends and corners a little rubbed and chipped, 1956; and the first English edition Breakfast at Tiffany's, 8vo (2)
Lot 218
NO RESERVE Wodehouse (P.G.) The Clicking of Cuthbert, 1922; Jeeves in the Offing, 1960; Do Butlers Burgle Banks?, 1968; Bachelors Anonymous, 1973, first editions, original cloth, last two with dust-jackets, light wear to extremities but overall excellent copies; and 5 others, Wodehouse, 8vo (9)
Lot 219
Wodehouse (P.G.) Meet Mr. Mulliner, ninth printing, ink name to endpaper, jacket with light rubbing and creasing to head and foot, n.d.; Mulliner Nights, fifth printing, scattered foxing, faint ink stamp to title verso, light creasing to jacket, n.d.; Mr. Mulliner Speaking, ninth printing, jacket with some neat repairs and restoration, n.d.; and 4 others, reprinted Psmith titles in dust-jackets, 8vo (7)
Lot 220
Wodehouse (P.G.) Lord Emsworth and Others, jacket spine faded, chipping to head and foot, internal tearing to spine and upper panel, 1937; Uncle Fred in the Springtime, light foxing, jacket with loss to spine ends, tearing to head of upper panel, creasing to head and foot, 1939; Eggs, Beans and Crumpets, light fading to spine ends, jacket spine faded, with some internal tearing and chipping, chipping and creasing with loss to head and foot, 1940, first editions, some browning to endpapers, original cloth, dust-jackets; and 4 others, first editions by the same, 8vo (7)
![Wodehouse (P.G.) Full Moon, jacket spine ends and corners a little chipped and creased, [1947]; Uncle Dynamite, neat ink insc](https://cdn.globalauctionplatform.com/cc1eed4d-cf60-4330-8ca0-ad0b00fada06/4cb9b487-4f37-4f70-b9ea-ad0f00bc3d05/468x382.jpg)
Lot 221
Wodehouse (P.G.) Full Moon, jacket spine ends and corners a little chipped and creased, [1947]; Uncle Dynamite, neat ink inscription to endpaper, light fading to spine, jacket price-clipped, light discolouration to spine, spine ends and corners a little chipped, chip and creasing to foot of upper panel, [1948]; Pigs Have Wings, ink inscription to endpaper, light fading to spine, marking to covers, jacket spine slightly faded, spine chipped at head, short tear to foot of upper panel, some light rubbing and surface soiling, 1952; Jeeves in the Offing, scattered spotting, ink inscription to pastedown, jacket spine chipped at head, tear to head of lower panel, neat tape repair to verso, 1960, first editions, original boards, dust-jackets; and 20 others by the same, 8vo (24)
Lot 222
NO RESERVE Ardizzone (Edward).- Farjeon (Eleanor) The Little Bookroom, 1955 § Stonier (G. W.) Pictures on the Pavement, 1955 § Gorham (Maurice) Londoners, 1951 § Cecil (Henry) Brief to Counsel, 1958 , first editions, illustrated by Edward Ardizzone, light fore-edge spotting to first and third, some with endpapers very lightly browned, original cloth, dust-jackets, third price-clipped, first and third chipped with bumped and creased spine ends, small portion of loss to first spine head, others excellent condition; and 23 others, some illustrated by Ardizzone, 8vo & 4to (27)
Lot 225
Beerbohm (Max) Things New and Old, one of 380 copies signed by the artist, tipped-in plates, additional signed colour plate in pocket at rear, original cloth, very light marking to extremities, dust-jacket, large tear to lower cover and spine splitting along joint, extremities fraying, marked and discoloured, edition label tipped onto upper panel (rather creased and worn), g.e., 1923; A Book of Caricatures, colour frontispiece and plain plates, frontispiece detached, occasional light foxing, original buckram-backed cloth, spine a little faded and marked, 1907; and 4 others, Beerbohm, v.s. (6)
Lot 230
Dahl (Roald, children's author, 1916-1990) Typed Postcard signed to Elizabeth Ann Pepper, on a printed letterhead postcard, Great Missenden, Buckinghamshire, 8vo, 14th December 1967, consoling her for not settling into a new school, light soiling, lower corners creased, stamp and post mark Amersham, Bucks.⁂ Charming postcard to a child who Dahl had continued correspondence with: "When I hear that you are happy again and the maker of music and the dreamer of dreams, I shall dance and sing and no and nod with my mouth bulging with Cadbury's best chocolate and other gloriumptious things".
Lot 231
Dahl (Roald) Charlie and the Great Glass Elevator, first edition, 1973; The Minipins, 1991; The Enormous Crocodile, 1978; The Magic Finer, 1968, first editions, last first English edition, original pictorial boards, light wear to extremities, first also with remnants of sticker to lower cover, joints cracked, and spine ends rubbed, last lightly discoloured; and 2 others, Dahl, tall 8vo & 8vo (6)
![NO RESERVE Detmold (Edward J.) The Fables of Aesop, ink ownership inscription to endpapers, [1909] § Rackham (Arthur) The Rh](https://cdn.globalauctionplatform.com/cc1eed4d-cf60-4330-8ca0-ad0b00fada06/48a0bf16-381f-4a4a-901b-ad0f00bc781e/468x382.jpg)
Lot 234
NO RESERVE Detmold (Edward J.) The Fables of Aesop, ink ownership inscription to endpapers, [1909] § Rackham (Arthur) The Rhinegold & The Valkyrie, 1914 § Baum (L. Frank) The Wizard of Oz, 1903 § Stevenson (Robert Louis) Poems, one of 500 copies on hand-made paper, uncut, 1913, first two with tipped-in colour plates, third with colour illustrations, some with light foxing to endpapers, first three original pictorial cloth, extremities a little rubbed, second spine faded, last original vellum, gilt, a little marked; and 38 others, children's literature, illustrated, and pictorial cloth, v.s. (42)
Lot 236
Dulac (Edmund).- Quiller-Crouch (Arthur, Sir) The Sleeping Beauty and other Fairy Tales, first edition, number 238 of 1000 copies, signed by the illustrator, 30 tipped-in colour plates by Edmund Dulac, tissue guards, occasional light soiling, end papers browned, original crushed morocco, gilt covers and spine, upper joint cracked, spine ends chipped, extremities worn, large 4to, [1910]
Lot 239
Gray (Alasdair) Lanark, signed by the author to front free endpaper, 1985; Unlikely Stories, Mostly, 1983; Janine, 1984, illustrations, original boards, dust-jackets, very light fading and minor bumping to extremities but overall excellent copies; and 8 others, including a 4 vol. set of Lanark signed by the author to slip-case, 8vo (11)
Lot 243
Nicholson (William).- Kipling (Rudyard) An Almanac of Twelve Sports, colour device on title, 12 colour plates by Nicholson, pictorial advertisement for 'An Alphabet' at end, usual offsetting from plates, upper hinge weak, original cloth-backed pictorial boards, light browning and some spotting, spine ends and corners with wear, 4to, 1898.
Lot 245
NO RESERVE Peake (Mervyn) Titus Groan, first edition, second impression dust-jacket, price-clipped, 1946 § Wyss (Johann R.) The Swiss Family Robinson, illustrated by Peake, 1957 § Prayers and Graces, collected by Allan Laing, illustrated by Peake, 1944, original cloth, dust-jackets, first two very light rubbing to corners, spine ends bumped and creased, last also chipped and discoloured; and 4 others, illustrated by Peake, 8vo & 4to (7)
Lot 246
NO RESERVE Photography.- Adams (Ansel) The Portfolios, Boston, 1977 § Steichen (Edward) A Life in Photography, New York, 1963 § Kertész (André) Of New York, New York, 1976 § Horst. Portraits, 2001, photographic illustrations, original boards or cloth, dust-jackets, some light chipping or creasing to extremities, first spine faded; and 21 others, photography, v.s. (25)
Lot 248
NO RESERVE Potter (Beatrix) The Tale of Tom Kitten, first edition, colour frontispiece, title vignette drawing, 26 colour illustrations, small abrasion to dedication page, very occasional light marking, original brown boards with mounted colour illustration, sympathetically re-backed with original spine laid down, corners lightly scuffed, 16mo, 1907.
![Piper (John) [Shell Guide] Oxon, light foxing at beginning and end, [1938] § Piper (J.) & John Betjeman. Shropshire, seco](https://cdn.globalauctionplatform.com/cc1eed4d-cf60-4330-8ca0-ad0b00fada06/98feca72-fdd0-40e3-a021-ad0f00bc775a/468x382.jpg)
Lot 249
Piper (John) [Shell Guide] Oxon, light foxing at beginning and end, [1938] § Piper (J.) & John Betjeman. Shropshire, second issue dust-jacket, 1951 § Rees (Vyvyan) South-West Wales..., dust-jacket torn and repaired, 1963 § Scarfe (Norman) Essex, 1968, first editions, photographic illustrations, many by John Piper, original cloth with dust-jackets, none price-clipped, slightly rubbed, the first a little spotted and soiled with short tears to edges and chip to head of spine; and 11 others, mainly Shell Guides, mostly first editions, including another copy of the first in ring-bound wrappers, small 4to & 8vo (15)
Lot 254
NO RESERVE Rackham (Arthur).- Ingoldsby (Thomas) The Ingoldsby Legends, first trade edition, 24 tipped-in colour plates and numerous illustrations and decorations by Arthur Rackham, some light foxing, original pictorial cloth, gilt, spine slightly browned, extremities rubbed, 1907; and a Rackham edition of Rip Van Winkle, 4to (2)
Lot 255
Rackham (Arthur).- Shakespeare (William) A Midsummer Night's Dream, 40 tipped-in colour plates with captioned plate guards, one loose, illustrations, occasional light foxing, original pictorial cloth, picture corroded and upper cover discoloured, extremities scuffed, 1908; Goldsmith (Oliver) The Vicar of Wakefield,12 colour plates, original pictorial cloth, scuffed, 1929, both with plates and illustrations by Arthur Rackham; and 3 others, illustrated, v.s. (5)
Lot 26
NO RESERVE Ward (John) The Lives of the Professors of Gresham College: to which is prefixed the life of the founder, Sir Thomas Gresham. With an appendix, consisting of orations, lectures, and letters, written by the professors, with other papers serving to illustrate the lives, first edition, engraved frontispiece (trimmed at head) and 4 plates ( 2 folding), list of subscribers, some light browning or surface-soiling, library roan-backed boards, [Tomash & Williams W11], John Moore for the Author, 1740; and 9 others, lives, folio & 4to (10)
Lot 262
NO RESERVE Searle (Ronald) Slightly Foxed - but Still Desirable, 1989; Whizz for Atomms, 1956; Russia for Beginners, 1960; The Great Fur Opera, 1970, first editions, original cloth or boards, dust-jackets, some light bumping and creasing to extremities; and 17 others, mostly Searle and other illustrators, v.s. (21)
Lot 263
NO RESERVE Stevenson (Robert Louis) and Lloyd Osbourne. The Wrecker, first edition, frontispiece and illustrations, small ink ownership name to browned front free endpapers, original cloth, a little marked and stained, joints and spine ends rubbed, spine faded, slightly cocked, 1892; Treasure Island, illustrations and coloured tipped-in plates by Rowland Hilder, half-title with light scattered spotting, original pictorial cloth, gilt, spine ends bumped and creased, 1929; and 7 others by Stevenson, v.s. (9)
Lot 265
NO RESERVE Wilcox Smith (Jessie).- Kingsley (Charles) The Water Babies, first illustrated edition, illustrations and 11 tipped in colour plates by Jessie Wilcox Smith, some light spotting, original pictorial cloth, gilt, rubbing, spine ends and corners a little bumped, [c.1930]; and 2 others, illustrated, 4to & 8vo (3)
![NO RESERVE Hoax.- [Hill ("Sir" John)], "Abraham Johnson". Lucina sine Concubitu. A Letter humbly address'd to the Royal Socie](https://cdn.globalauctionplatform.com/cc1eed4d-cf60-4330-8ca0-ad0b00fada06/b787a4ef-b131-47d9-a138-ad0f00bc2a68/468x382.jpg)
Lot 28
NO RESERVE Hoax.- [Hill ("Sir" John)], "Abraham Johnson". Lucina sine Concubitu. A Letter humbly address'd to the Royal Society...that a woman might conceive and be brought to Bed without any Commerce with Man..., The Third Edition, light staining to inner margin of title, modern roan-backed marbled boards, 8vo, by M.Cooper, 1750.⁂ Amusing satire concerning women becoming pregnant without sexual intercourse, written by "Sir" John Hill in revenge for his rejection by the Royal Society. One of 5 London editions issued in 1750, two designated "third" (this with 50pp., another with 35pp.); there was also a Dublin printing.
Lot 284
Lawrence (D.H.) Birds, Beasts and Flowers, number 20 of 500 copies, frontispiece and plates by Blair Hughes-Stanton, original vellum-backed boards, light browning to head and soiling to lower cover, Cresset Press, 1930 § Beerbohm (Max) Things New and Old, number 270 of 350 copies signed by the author/artist and with an additional signed print in pocket at end, bookplate of Robert Tunstall to endpaper, original cloth, light browning to spine, soiling and marking to covers, 1923; and 7 others, illustrated and limited editions, v.s. (9)
Lot 287
Nonesuch Press.- Cervantès Saavedra (Miguel de) Don Quixote de la Mancha, 2 vol., limited edition, pochoir plates by E.McKnight Kauffer, original natural morocco, t.e.g., others uncut, light spotting to boards, spines a little browned (as usual), very slightly rubbed at edges, 8vo, Nonesuch Press, 1930.
Lot 292
NO RESERVE Pear Tree Press.- Shakespeare (William) The Phoenix and Turtle, number 21 of 200 copies, title and woodcut illustrations/decorations by James Guthrie printed in red, light offsetting and repair to gutter, original cloth, uncut, dust-jacket, a little browned and frayed at edges, 8vo, Flansham, Pear Tree Press, 1938.
Lot 3
Lucretius Carus (Titus) De rerum natura libri sex, light foxing at beginning and end, attractive contemporary red straight-grain morocco, covers ruled in gilt with small circles containing star in corners, spine gilt, g.e., rubbed at edges, a few marks to lower cover, [Gaskell 50], Birmingham, John Baskerville, 1773; another edition, engraved frontispiece and 6 plates by Duclos after van Mieris, title with woodcut printer's device, engraved head-pieces, short tear to fore-margin of Z4, engraved bookplate of R. La Touche Junr., contemporary calf, gilt, spine gilt but lacking label, upper joint split, spine ends worn, lower corners bumped, [Cohen-de Ricci 664 "très jolies figures"], Paris, Ant.Coustelier, 1744, 12mo (2)
Lot 33
NO RESERVE Kitchen (Thomas).- Salmon (William) The Modern Gazetteer: or a Short View of the Several Nations of the World, sixth edition, 6 (of 7) folding engraved maps by Thomas Kitchen, lacking Europe, occasional spotting and light staining, contemporary calf, little worn, but holding firm, Printed for S. and E. Ballard [& others], 1759; and 5 others, later Mathematics & Astronomy, v.s. (6)
![NO RESERVE Early form of Guillotine.- [Midgley (Samuel)] Halifax, and its Gibbet-Law placed in a true Light, second edition,](https://cdn.globalauctionplatform.com/cc1eed4d-cf60-4330-8ca0-ad0b00fada06/7d57c0b7-ac81-4fce-b561-ad0f00bbeea5/468x382.jpg)
Lot 34
NO RESERVE Early form of Guillotine.- [Midgley (Samuel)] Halifax, and its Gibbet-Law placed in a true Light, second edition, engraved frontispiece, browned and slightly stained, frontispiece reinforced at fore-edge, contemporary tree calf, gilt, rubbed, corners worn, rebacked, small 8vo, Halifax, by P.Darby, for John Bentley, [1761].⁂ An account of the guillotine-like device used by the town of Halifax to execute thieves, first used in 1286 and finally in 1650 but mentioned by Defoe in his Tour through the whole Island of Great Britain of 1724-27. The work includes 'Revenge upon Revenge: or, An Historical Narrative of the Tragical Practices of Sir John Eland, of Eland' with separate title.
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