Thiers (M.A.) Histoire du Consulat and Histoire de l`Empire together 5 vol. (lacking atlas), édition illustrée, illustrations, occasional light spotting, contemporary morocco-backed boards, spines gilt, spine ends a little bumped, Paris, 1865 § Larousse Mensuel Illustré, Revue Encyclopédique Universelle de 1907 à 1931, 8 vol. (including supplement), plates, illustrations and maps, some coloured, original cloth, spotted, rubbed, Paris, [c.1910] § Bibliothéque Historique et Militaire, 5 vol., numerous engraved maps and plans, many folding, spotting, library stamps to half-titles, contemporary half calf, spines gilt, some joints a little cracked but holding firm, Paris, 1835-1844; and 2 others, French History, 4to & large 8vo (20)(20)
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Leigh (Edward) Critica Sacra: or, Philologicall and Theologicall Observations upon all the Greek Words of the New Testament, second edition, imprimatur leaf at start, title in red and black, names at head of title, one obliterated causing small holes, some light staining and marking, contemporary calf, ruled in blind, worn, spine crudely repaied with vellum strips but front cover again all but loose, [Wing L990], 4to, James Young for Thomas Underhill, 1646.
(Sir Francis) De Sapientia Veterum, Liber, additional title page, contemporary calf, upper cover missing, [STC 1129], Felix Kynaston, impensis Iocosae Norton, 1634; De Verulamio Historia Regni Henrici Septimi Angliae Regis, engraved pictorial title, small hole to lower margin of this, light water-staining throughout, contemporary panelled calf, sympathetically rebacked, corners worn, rubbed, [Willems 1278], Amsterdam, ex officina Elzeviriana, 1662 § Mallet (David) The Life of Francis Bacon, Lord Chancellor of England, half-title, title in red and black and with an engraved vignette, contemporary engraved portrait of Bacon mounted on verso of half-title, disbound, for A. Millar, 1740; and 3 others, Bacon, odd vol., v.s. (6) (Sir Francis) De Sapientia Veterum, Liber, additional title page, contemporary calf, upper cover missing, [STC 1129], Felix Kynaston, impensis Iocosae Norton, 1634; De Verulamio Historia Regni Henrici Septimi Angliae Regis, engraved pictorial title, small hole to lower margin of this, light water-staining throughout, contemporary panelled calf, sympathetically rebacked, corners worn, rubbed, [Willems 1278], Amsterdam, ex officina Elzeviriana, 1662 § Mallet (David) The Life of Francis Bacon, Lord Chancellor of England, half-title, title in red and black and with an engraved vignette, contemporary engraved portrait of Bacon mounted on verso of half-title, disbound, for A. Millar, 1740; and 3 others, Bacon, odd vol., v.s. (6)
Brodrick (Thomas) A Compleat History of the Late War in the Netherlands 2 vol., first edition, engraved folding frontispiece and 14 double-page maps and plans, advertisment f., occasional light spotting, endpapers browned, contemporary calf, gilt, spines gilt with red and green morocco labels, corners a little bumped, rubbed, 8vo, 1713.
(Dr Thomas) Poems on Several Occasions, first edition, title in red and black, engraved head and tail pieces, lacks C3, occasional light water-stains to lower corners of pages, contemporary diced calf, rebacked, preserving original backstrip, B.Lintot, 1722 § Gray (Thomas) The Poems. To which are prefixed Memoirs..., engraved portrait, bookplate of Lord Camden to pastedown, contemporary calf, spine gilt with red morocco label, London and York, J. Dodsley and J. Todd, 1725; and another, Mariage of Figaro, v.s. (3) (Dr Thomas) Poems on Several Occasions, first edition, title in red and black, engraved head and tail pieces, lacks C3, occasional light water-stains to lower corners of pages, contemporary diced calf, rebacked, preserving original backstrip, B.Lintot, 1722 § Gray (Thomas) The Poems. To which are prefixed Memoirs..., engraved portrait, bookplate of Lord Camden to pastedown, contemporary calf, spine gilt with red morocco label, London and York, J. Dodsley and J. Todd, 1725; and another, Mariage of Figaro, v.s. (3) (3) ***Lord Camden (1714-1794) was a major political figure of the day and a leading proponent of civil liberties. He founded the settlement that later became known as Camden Town..
Richardson (Samuel) Clarissa 8 vol., seventh edition, engraved frontispieces, folding musical notation, advertisments, occasional light spotting, contemporary calf, spines rubbed, scuffed at extremities, for J. and F. Rivington et al., 1774 § Pope (Alexander) Works, 6 vol., engraved frontispiece, front endpaper of vol.1 trimmed, attractive contemporary speckled calf, gilt, spines gilt, black morocco labels to spines, for C. Bathurst et al., 1788, 12mo (14)(14)
(Rev. J.) The Elements of Anglo-Saxon Grammar, first edition, fronstispiece, advertisements, offsetting, occasional light spotting, contemporary morocco, gilt, rubbed, 8vo, 1823. (Rev. J.) The Elements of Anglo-Saxon Grammar, first edition, fronstispiece, advertisements, offsetting, occasional light spotting, contemporary morocco, gilt, rubbed, 8vo, 1823. ***"Although this grammar showed no more scientific knowledge of the structure of the language than did the works of Hickes and Lye, from which it was compiled, it rendered important service in awakening amongst Englishmen an interest in their earliest form of their native tongue." (DNB)..
(Rev. Sydney) The Works, 3 vol., second edition, 1840; A Memoir...by his Daughter Lady Holland, 2 vol., second edition, 1855, uniformly bound in brown straight-grain calf, gilt monogram and double filet border, spines gilt in compartments with blue and brown morocco labels, uniformly faded but very attractive § Smith (William James, editor) The Grenville Papers, 4 vol., contemporary light brown calf, gilt, spines richly gilt with double dark brown morocco labels, 1852-53, marbled edges, 8vo (9) (Rev. Sydney) The Works, 3 vol., second edition, 1840; A Memoir...by his Daughter Lady Holland, 2 vol., second edition, 1855, uniformly bound in brown straight-grain calf, gilt monogram and double filet border, spines gilt in compartments with blue and brown morocco labels, uniformly faded but very attractive § Smith (William James, editor) The Grenville Papers, 4 vol., contemporary light brown calf, gilt, spines richly gilt with double dark brown morocco labels, 1852-53, marbled edges, 8vo (9)(9)
Mckay (James) Reminiscences of the Last War limited edition, Cape Town, 1970 § Klein (Harry) Light Horse Cavalcade The Imperial Light Horse 1899-1961, Cape Town, 1969 § Brown (R.A., editor) The Road to Ulundi. The Water-Colour Drawings of John North Crealock (The Zulu War of 1879), colour illustrations, original cloth, dust-jacket, creased, Pietermaritzburg, 1969 § Meintjes (Johannes) Sword in the Sand. The Life and Death of Gideon Scheepers, 1969 § Symons (Julian) Buller`s Campaign, 1963, original cloth, dust-jackets; and c.20 others, similar, all generally in good condition, v.s. (c.25)
Carr (J.L.) A Day in Summer inscription from the author of extracts from Leila Berg`s Nippers series to endpaper, original cloth, 1963; A Season in Sinji, inscribed by the author to endpaper, original cloth, dust-jacket, very light dampstaining to head of lower panel, slight cockling, 1967; The Harpole Report, inscribed by the author to endpaper, original boards, base of lower cover a little dampstained, 1972; How Steeple Sinderby Wanderers Won the FA Cup, limited edition, inscribed by the author "For Leila who, like Steeple Sinderby, performed a feat beyond belief by writing a real story for very young children...", with 2 A.Ls on the author`s paper loosely inserted at end, original wrappers, [1975]; What Hetty Did or Life and Letters, limited edition, inscribed by the author to dedication, with A.Ls from the author loosely inserted, original wrappers, 1988, the first two first editions, 8vo (8) (8) ***The author was friends with children`s writer Leila Berg (b.1917) and all of the inscriptions and letters in this lot are to her..
Coover (Robert) The Origin of the Brunists jacket with short tear to head of upper panel, spine faded, spine ends bumped, lower panel with light surface soiling, New York, 1966 § Updike (John) The Witches of Eastwick, jacket faded at spine, New York, 1984, first editions, original cloth, dust-jackets, 8vo (2)(2)
James (P.D.) Death of an Expert Witness 1977 § Trow (M.J.) The Adventures of Inspector Lestrade, 1985 § Dibdin (Michael) The Dying of the Light, 1993 § Walters (Minette) The Sculptress, 1993, first editions, signed by the authors, original boards, dust-jackets, all fine copies; and 19 others, crime, all near-fine, most signed, 8vo (23)(23)
Jong (Erica) Fear of Flying inscription to half-title, light surface soiling to jacket lower panel, New York, 1973 § Lessing (Doris) The Golden Notebook, jacket spine a little faded, spine ends chipped, New York, 1962 § Claflin (Tennie C.) Constitutional Equality, A Right of Woman, portrait frontispiece, spine ends bumped, New York, 1871, first editions, original cloth or boards, the first 2 with dust-jackets; and 5 others, first editions, 8vo (8)(8)
Mallinson (Allan) The Nizam`s Daughters 2000; A Regimental Affair, 2001; The Sabre`s Edge, 2003; Rumours of War, 2004; An Act of Courage, 2005; Company of Spears, 2006 § MacDonald Fraser (George) Flashman and The Mountain of Light, second impression, 1990; Flashman and The Tiger, 1999, first editions, original boards, dust-jackets; and 5 others by Macdonald Fraser, 8vo (14)(14)
Morris (Wright) My Uncle Dudley inscribed presentation copy, jacket spine faded, spine ends and corners rubbed, closed tear to lower panel, 1942; The Man Who Was There, jacket chipped and creased at head of spine, 1945; The Inhabitants, photographic illustrations, occasional very light foxing, jacket price-clipped, 1946; The Home Place, photographic illustrations, 1948; The World in the Attic, jacket price-clipped, creased at head and base, lower panel a little browned, 1949; Man & Boy, jacket price-clipped, a little rubbed at head, 1951; The Works of Love, jacket spine browned, 1952; The Deep Sleep, jacket with tear to head of upper panel, spine ends creased, lower panel a little browned, 1953, first editions, signed by the author, original cloth, all but the third with dust-jackets, New York; and 5 others, Wright Morris, signed, 8vo & 4to (13) (13) ***An excellent run of the author`s first 8 works..
Woolf (Virginia) The Waves first edition, original purple cloth, fading to spine-ends, dust-jacket designed by Vanessa Bell, browned, upper joint split, chips to spine-ends and upper corner of upper panel, [Kirkpatrick A16a; Woolmer 279], Hogarth Press, 1931; Flush, A Biography, plates, half-title, ownership inscription to endpaper, original cloth, spine browned, dust-jacket, spine a little browned, light spotting, spine ends bumped, [Kirkpatrick A19a; Woolmer 334], Hogarth Press, 1933, 8vo (2)(2)
Wright (John) The Flower Grower`s Guide 3 vol. in 6 as issued, 46 chromolithographed plates, wood-engraved illustrations, advertisements at ends, occasional light spotting, original pictorial cloth, g.e., spines browned, a little rubbed, spine ends bumped, 1896-1901 § Mitford (Mary Russell) Our Village, plates and illustrations, foxed, 1 plate loose, original pictorial cloth, g.e., spine ends bumped, 1879; and 5 others, natural history, 4to & 8vo (12)(12)
[Cox (Nicholas) and Richard Blome] The Gentleman`s Recreation: in Four Parts. Viz Hunting, Hawking, Fowling, Fishing..., 2 parts in 1 vol., fourth edition, engraved additional pictorial title, 2 folding plates (1 large) and 2 double-page plates, lacks initial advertisement f., repair to lower margin of title and outer margin of title to part 2, repaired tear to folding plate, within image, but with no loss, occasional foxing, some light browning, a few small marginal stains, 19th century blind-stamped and gilt polished calf, rebacked, preserving original backstrip, rubbed, [Schwerdt I, 123; Wing C6707], 8vo, J.Dawks for N. Rolls, 1697. ***Scarce. `Cox`s book is well composed, comprehensive, and compact` (Schwerdt)..
-. Romilly (Hugh Hastings) The Western Pacific and New Guinea second edition, folding map, 32 pp. advertisements, inscription to title, original cloth, faded at spine and margins, covers a little soiled, 1887 § Haynes (Stanley L.) A Ramble in the New Zealand Bush, upper joint split, original cloth, gilt, a little rubbed at corners, [1865] § Wilson (Mrs Robert) In the Land of the Tui, folding map and plates, inscription and rubbing mark to title, original pictorial cloth, gilt, spines and corners very slightly rubbed, 1894 § Leys (Thomson W., editor) Early History of New Zealand, illustrations and plates, some folding, occasional light spotting, original cloth, 1890; and 6 others, New Zealand and Pacific Islands, 8vo & 4to (10)(10)
Cooke (W. B. & H. Noel Humphreys) Rome, and its Surrounding Scenery 38 engraved plates with tissue guards, light foxing, label removed from front free end paper and rear end paper, 3 small oval library stamps to end papers, contemporary half morocco, rubbed, old paper label to spine, 4to, Charles Tilt, 1840.
Robertson (Archibald) A Topographical Survey of the Great Road from London to Bath and Bristol 2 parts in 1 vol., 65 aquatint plates and 11 maps (10 double-page), maps trimmed close at edge, some light foxing and offsetting, contemporary calf, rebacked, rubbed, 8vo, for the Author, 1792. ***Without the plate "Hotwell House, from beyond the Avon" (in the list of plates), but with two views of St. Vincent`s Rock (only one called for in list of plates)..
Kipling (R) Recessional, illustrated by Blanche McManus, published by M F Mansfield & A Wessels, New York, 1899, one of an edition of 500 printed on Windsor Deckle Edge paper; Horace, published by The Methuen Press, London 1978, no. 123 of an edition of 500 signed by the editor Charles Carrington; Two Forewords, Doubleday, Doran & Co, New York 1935, one of an edition of 950 copies; The Light that Failed, Lippincott`s Magazine, London, Ward Lock & Co 1891 (4)
Kipling (R) Steam Tactics, Windsor Magazine, December 1902, in grey paper boards with paper spine label, pp.3-17; The Light that Failed, Lippincott`s Magazine 1890, red cloth bindings; Horace, published by the Colorado Yale Alumni Association 1921; Van de Water (F F) Rudyard Kipling`s Vermont Feud, Vermont 1937, 1st edition numbered 540/700, signed by the author and the illustrator Bernadine Custer (4)
A Naval Officer`s sword, with 25" etched fullered blade, gilt-brass hilt with lion head pommel and shagreen grip (lacking scabbard); together with an officer`s sword, late 19th/early 20th century the pierced guard possibly incorporating a Durham Light Infantry badge (heavily rusted and pitted). (2)
BOX 8 - SPIRITS MIXED Tyrconnell 18 Year Old Single Cask Irish Whiskey no.5289 Romanetti Vermouth di Torino Bianco Tsipouro Thessalias Tsilili with Anise Altes Pflümli Ollmann Distilled Honey Aged in Oak Cask Koralis Riserva 24 Mesi Barrique 2009 Barracuda White Light Rum Berneroy Calvados Fine Glengoyne 21 YO Highland Single Malt Scotch Whisky Ararat Zvartnots 7 YO Three Barrels VSOP Kawar 50 Red Label
Plated wares, comprising; a three light candelabra, an oval lidded entree dish, a twin handled circular dish stand, a toastrack, a twin handled lidded sugar bowl, a mustard pot, a pepperette, a sauceboat, a pierced bon bon dish, a pair of asparagus serving tongs, two pairs of sugar tongs, a pickle spoon and a pickle fork.
BRITISH MUSEUM - Catalogue of the Birds in the British Museum. London: 1875-1898-1895. Vols. II-XXVII only, 8vo (217 x 136mm.) 372 colour plates only (195 hand-coloured). (Occasional light spotting or browning.) Contemporary cloth (extremities chipped and bumped, some joints split, stitching weak and a few leaves now loosely inserted). - And an earlier index volume by George Robert Gray of related interest, bound to match. Provenance: ex public libraries (labels and ink stamps to first few leaves) (27).
JOYCE, Frederick. Practical Chemical Mineralogy. London: 1825. 8vo (175 x 106mm.) Engraved frontispiece, engraved additional decorative title. (First few leaves soiled and with pencil scribbles, light browning.) 19th Century cloth (extremities somewhat bumped, spine faded and chipped at head and foot).

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