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Lot 158

Sterne (Laurence) The Works, 4 vol., engraved portrait frontispiece and a few engraved plates, divisional titles with engraved vignettes, the odd library stamp, bookplates, some plates and titles with light foxing, vol. 4 with tiny worming to lower edge initial ff., contemporary mottled calf, gilt, rebacked and spines with red and blue morocco labels, corners rubbed, for J. Johnson et al., 1803; A Sentimental Journey through France and Italy, one of a limited edition illustrated by Vera Willoughby, the odd spot, full blue morocco, with decorative silhouette inlaid in white, t.e.g., others uncut, housed in cloth box, 1927; and 4 others by the same (10)

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Lot 100

Johnson (John) The Costumes of the French Pyrenees, 30 hand-coloured lithographed plates, title lightly spotted, thereafter the odd light spot, original printed boards, rebacked, corners a little bumped, 1832 § Vaux (Frederic W.) Rambles in the Pyrenees and a visit to San Sebastian, half-title, frontispiece, folding map, original cloth, slight shelf-lean, 1838; and 5 others relating to the Basque Country and Navarre, 4to & 8vo (7)

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Lot 290

NO RESERVE Clark (D. Kinnear) Railway Machinery: a treatise on the Mechanical Engineering of Railways, 2 vol., first edition, 70 double-page plates, most double-page, occasional tears, most with tape repairs verso, wood-engraved illustrations, vol. 1 with front free endpaper and title detached and loosely inserted, scattered faint spotting, previous owner's ink signature, previous owner's discreet blind-stamp at end, contemporary half-calf, cracked joints, vol. 2 with defective backstrip but holding firm, rubbed and worn, folio, 1855.⁂ Clark was an engineering consultant having worked on lines throughout Scotland and this work was considered the authoritative text of its day.

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Lot 241

Raamin-Presse.- Strindberg (August) Was der Tabakschuppen Verbag: Märchen, number 16 of only 23 copies signed by the artist, full-page etchings by Roswitha Quadflieg, prospectus loosely inserted, original boards, uncut, slip-case, 1973 § Bobrowski (Johannes) Mäusefest, number 126 of 170 copies signed by the artist, wood-engravings, original boards, slip-case, 1974 § Beckett (Samuel) Der Ausgestossene, out-of-series copy from an edition limited to 170, wood-engravings, original boards, 1976 § Goll (Yvan) Der Neue Orpheus, number 156 of 180 copies signed by the artist, printed in red, grey & brown, illustrations, original boards, slip-case, 1989 § Ionesco (Eugène) Fussgänger der Luft, 3 vol., number 99 of 120 copies signed by the artist, 5 numbered and signed prints loose as issued in original wrappers, text in original cloth-backed boards, together in printed plexiglass slip-case with sliding drawer, original cloth drop-back box, 1994, all with plates and illustrations by Roswitha Quadflieg, Hamburg, Raamin-Presse; and 5 others from the press, v.s. (10)

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Lot 228

NO RESERVE Art Nouveau.- Collection of 40 colour-printed plates, including duplicates, etchings printed in colours, each signed in pencil, on thick wove paper, probably re-strikes, various sheet sizes between 330 x 250 mm (13 x 9 7/8 in) and 650 x 500 mm (25 1/2 x 19 3/4 in), all unframed, [20th century]; together with a good group of 25 20th century prints by various hands, including modern re-strike etchings of Cricket at White Conduit House, 3 horse racing prints by Loui Claude, 3 prints of cricket at Lords, and 8 late 20th century pochoir prints, a large poster for the Triumph Mayflower car, various sizes, all unframed, [20th century] (c.65)

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Lot 117

Spain.- Vivian (G.) Spanish Scenery, lithographed throughout comprising tinted pictorial title, list of plates, introductory leaf with tinted illustration and 31 tinted plates on 27 sheets, occasional faint foxing (including to title), green half morocco, some sunning to covers, light scuffing to extremities, folio, P. & D. Colnaghi, 1838.

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Lot 234

Fleece Press.- Harvey (Michael) Reynolds Stone: Engraved Lettering in Wood, one of 270 copies, 1992 § Lee (Brian North) Bookplates and Labels by Leo Wyatt, one of 300 copies, 1988 § Rogerson (Ian) Moods and Tenses: The Portraits and Characters of Peter Reddick, one of 220 copies, 1999 § Yorke (Malcolm) Today I Worked Well - the Picture Fell off the Brush: The Artistry of Leslie Cole, one of 500 copies, 2010, plates and illustrations, some tipped in, original cloth-backed patterned-paper boards, most uncut, all but the last with slip-cases, Wakefield, Denby Dale or Upper Denby, Fleece Press; and 3 others from the press, v.s. (7)

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Lot 97

Cervantès Saavedra (Miguel de) El Ingenioso Hidalgo Don Quixote de la Mancha, 4 vol., new edition, 24 engraved plates, engraved folding map (with ?later hand-coloured line), bookplates, vol. 3 with 2 plate borders slightly soiled, contemporary calf, spines sunned, vol. 1 back-strip peeling away along upper joint, a couple of very small chips to spine ends, 8vo, Madrid, Joachin Ibarra, 1782

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Lot 236

Graham (Rigby).- Ward (Philip) A Musical Breakfast, number 18 of 25 copies signed by the author, artist, typographers, printer & binder, from an edition limited to 325, original cloth-backed patterned-paper boards, Wymondham, Brewhouse Press, 1968 § Gilbertson (Richard) Solitude, number 12 of 100 copies, stitched, Leicester, New Broom Press, 1980 § Bayldon (Oliver) The Paper Makers Craft, number 55 of fewer than 400 copies on handmade papers and signed by John Mason, original boards, uncut, Leicester, Twelve by Eight Press, printed by Will Carter at Cambridge, 1965 § Lorca (F. G.) Llanto por Ignacio Sanchez Mejias. The Garcia Lorca Woodcuts 1959 and 1989 [by] Rigby Graham, number 7 of 75 copies signed by the artist, printed in red and black, woodcuts, prospectus loosely inserted, original morocco-backed patterned-paper boards, uncut, card slip-case (small splits at edges), Banholt & Leicester, 1992 § Keats (John) Epistola Caledoniensa, number 9 of 60 copies, 2 prospectuses loosely inserted, original cloth, uncut, Banholt, Bonnefant Press, 2009, all with plates or illustrations by Rigby Graham, some colour; and 4 others illustrated by Graham, v.s. (9)

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Lot 232

Aldridge (John).- Riding (Laura) The Life of the Dead, number 173 of 200 copies signed by the author and artist, 10 wood-engraved plates by R.J.Beedham after John Aldridge, signed and inscribed by Aldridge "For Jack Hunter with love, from John Aldridge Autumn 1947" on half-title, original stiff card wrappers, printed paper label to upper cover, a little creased and frayed at edges, 4to, [1933].

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Lot 265

Photography.- Langdon Coburn (Alvin) More Men of Mark, first edition, half title, preface by the artist, 33 photographic plates tipped in as called for, depicting figures including Thomas Hardy, Ezra Pound, and David Lloyd-George, photographs slightly faded, light foxing, original half cloth, lightly rubbed at extremities [1922] § Brandt (Bill) The English at Home, first edition, introduction by Raymond Mortimer, 63 photographic illustrations, pictorial endpapers, original boards, lightly scratched, with some loss to foot of spine, 1963 § Troilet (Elsa) and Robert Doisneau, Pour que Paris soit, photographic illustrations, ink ownership inscription to front free endpaper, original boards, lightly spotted, original dust-jacket, lightly rubbed at extremities, Paris, [1956]; and 26 others relating to photography, including 4 photographs v.s. (29)

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Architecture.- Vitruvius Pollio (Marcus) An Abridgment of the architecture of Vitruvius, engraved frontispiece and 10 (of 11) engraved plates (only a fraction of folding plate remains, although not affecting plate XI verso), lacking all after O6 at end (?conclusion of explication of terms), title stained, first 2 plates trimmed just within image at outer margin, some spotting and staining, contemporary sheep, rebacked, edges worn, rubbed and little scuffed, Printed for Abel Swall and T. Child, at the Unicorn in St. Paul's Church-yard, 1692 § Venice.- Albrizzi (Giovanni Battista) Forestiero Illuminato...della Citta' de Venezia, second edition, engraved armorial frontispiece, 43 sheets of engraved views etc. only (some double-page) by Giuseppe Filosi and Francesco Zucchi, panorama of Venice defective, water-stained, some spotting and finger-marking, modern calf-backed marbled boards, spine in compartments and with leather label, spine faded, [Cicognara 4479; Schlosser-Magnino 459; Berlin Kat. 2696; Robison, The Glory of Venice (1994), p. 516 (1765 edition)], Venice, Giambattista Albrizzi, 1765; and 6 others, Architecture & London, including Vol.3, Part 1 of Vasari's 'Lives', Bologna, 1647 (not collated), v.s. (8) sold not subject to return.

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Lot 237

James (Edward) The Next Volume, number 53 of 525 copies, plates and illustrations by Rex Whistler, prospectus including plate of New York loosely inserted, pencil signature and book-label of George Gallowhur, original cream buckram decorated with gilt stars, t.e.g. others uncut, very slightly soiled, [Whistler & Fuller 441], 4to, The James Press, 1932 [1933].⁂ Although dated 1932 a printed note at the foot of the colophon states, "Publication of this book was withheld until January 1933 owing to the serious illness of the author's wife". James then suppressed the publication as he was unhappy with the poem on Shelley and it is thought that fewer than 100 copies were bound. The sheets were reissued later as a second edition with a new version of the poem.

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Lot 278

NO RESERVE World.- Maxwell (Gavin) Harpoon at a Venture, first edition, signed presentation inscription from the author to half-title, dust-jacket, light rubbing to extremities, paper reinforcement to verso at top and bottom, 1952 § Foskett (Reginald) The Zambesi Journal and Letters of Dr John Krirk, 2 vol., first edition, dust-jackets, light surface soiling and rubbing, light wear to extremities with creasing and a couple of small nicks, 1965 § Fricker (Karl) The Antarctic Regions, folding map in colour, ink ownership inscription front pastedown, 1904, all with black and white plates or photographs, original cloth, slight bumping to spine ends; and 21 others travel and Britain, v.s. (24)

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Ciphers.- Sympson (Samuel) A New book of cyphers, more compleat and regular than any yet extant, first edition, 2 letterpress ff., 100 numbered engraved plates of ciphers, 1 unnumbered engraved plate of crowns, lacking additional pictorial title and final unnumbered plate of helmets and shields, title little frayed, soiled and laid down, preface f. with outer margin repaired, a few areas of marginal loss to final plate, just touching engraved border in top corner, water-stained, some spotting, 20th century buckram-backed boards, printed paper label to spine, little marked, scarce, Printed for Samuel Sympson Engraver in Catherine-Street in the Strand..., 1726; and 2 others, Art & Antiquities, v.s. (3) sold not subject to return.

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Lot 246

NO RESERVE Africa.- Chapman (Abel) Retrospect: Reminiscences and Impressions of a Hunter-Naturalist, first edition, frontispiece, plates, captioned tissue-guards, illustrations, press reviews of author's works at end, previous owner's pencil inscription, bookplate, original cloth, slight bumping to corners and extremities, 1928 § O'Shea (T. J., editor) Farming & Planting in British East Africa, frontispiece, full-page illustrations, folding map at end, short tear at gutter, advertisements, scattered spotting, cracked hinges, original pictorial cloth, slight bumping to corners and extremities, 1917 § Meinertzhagen (Colonel R.) Pirates and Predators: the Piratical and Predatory Habits of Birds, first edition, 44 plates, several colour, scattered faint marginal spotting, previous owner's ink inscription to front free endpaper, original cloth, gilt, slight bumping to spine extremities, dust-jacket, faint spotting, light creasing to top edge, fractional chipping to corners and spine extremities, Edinburgh & London, 1959; and others similar, v.s. (18)

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Lot 308

Tennis.- Noel (E.B.) & J.O.M. Clark. A History of Tennis, 2 vol., first edition, colour frontispiece to vol.1, plain plates, original blue cloth, spines faded (as usual), still overall a good clean copy, 4to, 1924.

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Music.- Rousseau (Jean Jacques) Dictionnaire de musique, engraved title vignette and 13 folding plates at end, errata and approbation ff., water-stained, causing a little marginal fraying at head of first plate, some spotting or mostly light foxing, lightly browned, contemporary marbled boards, rebacked in modern pale calf in compartments with red morocco label (dulled), 4to, Paris, Widow Duchesne, 1768.

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Lot 109

Spain.- Gibraltar.- Drinkwater (John) A History of the late Siege of Gibraltar, fourth edition, engraved device to title, 4 folding engraved maps (1 with small tear), 6 folding engraved plates, bookplate, some light off-setting and foxing to maps and plates, uniform browning to some ff., full red morocco, gilt, spine sunned, extremities lightly rubbed, g.e., 4to, by T. Spilsbury and son, 1790.⁂ Provenance: John Rushout, 2nd Baron Northwick [bookplate].

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Lot 292

Medicine.- Adams (Joseph) Observations on Morbid Posions, Phagedæna, and Cancer, first edition, title with a few chips to edges, near contemporary ink inscription "A Present from the author to J.C. ?Waehsel" to head, some light browning and spotting, hinges repaired, rebacked, Printed for J. Johnson, 1795 § [Hooper (Robert)] The Surgeon's Vade-Mecum, second enlarged edition, 12 engraved plates, some light spotting and soiling, foxing to plates, 1 with minor damp-stain, hinges tender but holding, some loss to spine, uncut, 1814, original boards, worn; and others medicine, including a 1739 edition of Ramazzini's Opera Medica et Physiologica, v.s. (7)

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Lot 226

Lang (Andrew, editor) The Crimson Fairy Book, 1903; The Pink Fairy Book, front tissue-guard torn away, 1897; The Blue Fairy Book, 1889; The Green Fairy Book, 1892; The Violet Fairy Book, 1901, first editions, plates, all but the first with contemporary ink ownership inscription to front free endpapers, some foxing, original pictorial cloth, gilt, spine ends a little creased or frayed but overall remarkably tight and bright copies; and 4 others by Lang from similar series, 8vo (9)

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Lot 154

Sterne (Laurence) The Works, 10 vol., 11 engraved plates, single colour marbled plate, small ink ownership inscriptions to front endpapers, contemporary tree calf, spines gilt, with later red morocco labels, vol. 1 upper joint broken (holding at foot), a few others with slight cracking, light wear to spine ends and corners, 8vo, for W. Strahan et al., 1783.

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Lot 284

Birds.- Morris (Rev. F.O.) A Natural History of the Nests and Eggs of British Birds, 3 vol., second edition, 233 hand-coloured lithographed plates, vol. 1 with prize bookplate, the odd spot but overall crisp copies, attractively bound in half calf, gilt, by Bickers & Son, London School Of Dental Surgery in gilt to upper covers, spines a little sunned, some rubbing, vol. 3 with subtle stain to upper cover, g.e., 1875; with another illustrated work on birds, 8vo (4)

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Architecture.- Copenhagen.- Thurah (Laurids de) Hafnia hodierna eller Udforlig Beskrivelse om den Kongelige Residente- og Hoved-Stad Kiobenhaven, first edition, title and text in Danish, French and German, engraved frontispiece incorporating the arms of Copenhagen, 110 plates (including a large folding panorama), and charming vignette head- and tail-pieces, frontispiece trimmed to border and laid down, some spotting or foxing, occasional mostly light staining, lightly browned, contemporary calf, richly gilt spine in compartments and with leather label, joints starting, but holding firm, foot of spine little chipped, rubbed and marked, scuffed, with small areas of loss to leather at foot, [Berlin Kat. 2260; Bruun II, 606], 4to, Copenhagen, Ernst Henrich Berling, 1748.⁂ Laurids de Thurah (1706-1759) was the foremost architect in Denmark during the reign of Christian VI (1730-1746). He received a military education and studied in Germany and Italy, where he was attracted to the large scale baroque and the decorative possibilities offered by the rococo. His most original work was the famous spiral tower added to Lambert van Haven's Our Saviour Church at Christianshavn in 1749-1752, inspired by Boromini's work in Rome. Thurah retired in 1750 to the mediaeval abbey at Borgumkloster, which he rebuilt with larger windows and gables. (see T. Faber, A History of Danish Architecture, Copenhagen, 1978).

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Lot 178

NO RESERVE [White (William H.)] The Book of Job, limited edition, frontispiece, plates and illustrations, limp vellum, splayed as usual, lacking ties, rubbed, Edinburgh, 1902 § Maugham (W. S.) Ah King, first edition, previous owner's ink inscription, original cloth, slight bumping to spine extremities, 1933 § Turgenev (Ivan) A Sportsman's Sketches, frontispiece, original cloth, slight bumping to spine extremities, dust-jacket, abrasion mark where label removed, rubbed, chipping and small tears to edges, 1932; previous owner's discreet blind-stamp at end, and others, v.s. (28)

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Lot 98

Cervantès Saavedra (Miguel de) Don Quixote de la Mancha, 4 vol., translated by Charles Jarvis, half-titles, 25 hand-coloured engraved plates, ink ownership inscription to front endpaper, occasional light off-setting from plates and occasional ff. with light foxing, later cloth-backed boards, corners a little bumped, uncut, 8vo, for T. M'Lean, 1819

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Lot 261

Costume.- De Moleville (M. Bertrand) The Costume of the Hereditary States of The House of Austria, 59 hand-coloured plates, bookplate, creasing to endpapers, contemporary straight-grain morocco blind-stamped with panelled classical rolls, spine gilt in compartments, gilt inner dentelles, g.e., light rubbing and scuffing, folio, 1804.⁂ Attractive plates of people's costumes of Alpine, Bohemian, Moravian and Hungarian cultures.

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Guarini (Battista) Il Pastor fido. Le Berger fidelle, parallel Italian and French text, half-title, engraved additional pictorial title and 5 plates, woodcut head- and tail-pieces and decorative initials, water-stained, engraved armorial bookplate of Lauder of Fountain Hall, ink inscription to head of half-title 'Hedley Hope Nicholson, Edinburgh, 1920', contemporary vellum, a few green ink marks to upper cover, soiled, Lyon, Jean-Baptiste & Nicolas de Ville, 1699; and 17 others, French, most 18th century, some with music, v.s. (18)

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Lot 92

Morris (Rev. F.O.) A Natural History of British Moths, 4 vol., 132 hand-coloured lithographed plates with tissue-guards, armorial bookplate of Edward Geoffrey Sergeant, some light foxing, slight browning to some plates and a few pp. of text, original pictorial cloth, gilt, spines slightly faded, a little rubbed at extremities, a few minor marks, still a very good and bright set, [Nissen 2893], 1871; and others by the same, including a fourth edition set of A History of British Birds, large 8vo & 4to (11)

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Lot 76

Blake (William).- Hayley (William) The Triumphs of Temper. A Poem, twelfth edition, lacking half-title, 6 engraved plates by William Blake after Maria Flaxman, offsetting, infrequent light foxing, some faint marginal water-staining to a couple of plates, contemporary calf, gilt, spine with red morocco label, rubbed, mostly to corners and spine, [Bentley 471A], Chichester, Printed by J. Seagrave, 1803; with a 3 vol. first edition set of A Select Collection of English Songs, containing illustrations by Blake, 8vo (4)⁂ The first appearance of Blake's engravings to accompany the twelfth edition of Hayley's poem, first published in 1781.

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Lot 250

Alps.- Brockedon (William) Illustrations of the Passes of the Alps, 2 vol., 96 engraved plates by E. Finden & others after Brockedon, 13 engraved maps, 1 double-page, the rest with routes supplied by hand in yellow, plates with small unobtrusive blind-stamp of artist's initials at edge, some scattered foxing and offsetting, vol. 2 with light damp-stain to fore-margin towards end, contemporary plum morocco, gilt, spines a little sunned with a few small marks, rubbed at extremities, g.e., [Neate B170], 4to (290 x 200mm.), for the Author, 1828-29.⁂ Brockedon (1787-1854) was a painter who travelled through the Alps by numerous different passes nearly sixty times during his research, originally with the idea of tracing Hannibal's route. Originally published during 1827-29 in 12 parts, the work was issued in several different formats.

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Drayton (Michael) Poly-Olbion. or A chorographicall description of tracts, riuers, mountaines, forests, and other parts of this renowned isle of Great Britaine, title with woodcut printer's device, woodcut head- and tail-pieces and decorative initials, lacking additional pictorial title and all plates and maps, preliminaries present are 'Upon the Frontispiece' (misbound), letterpress title, dedication f. to Henry, Prince of Wales, and 4ff. 'To the reader' only, main text and table complete, small area of marginal worming to first c.100pp., or so, some spotting or staining, a few tears, contemporary blind-ruled calf, sympathetically rebacked, gilt spine in compartments, corners repaired, some worming, rubbed and scuffed, [STC 7227], Printed by H[umphrey] L[ownes] for Mathew Lownes, 1613; and 2 defective 17th century editions of Sydney's Arcadia, small folio (3) sold not subject to return. ⁂ Provenance: David Garnett (1892-1981), Hilton Hall, Huntingdon, English writer, publisher and member of the Bloomsbury Group. As a child wore a cloak made of rabbit skin, earning him the nickname 'Bunny'. He received literary recognition when his novel Lady into Fox, an allegorical fantasy, was awarded the 1922 James Tait Black Memorial Prize for fiction (engraved armorial bookplate).

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Architecture.- Library.- Gibbs (James) Bibliotheca Radcliviana: or, a short description of the Radcliffe Library, at Oxford, first edition, engraved portrait of Radcliffe by Fourdrinier after Kneller and 21 plates, engraved portrait of Gibbs by Baron after Hogarth tipped-in to front free endpaper (from another work, and slightly different to that called for in this volume), water-stained, heavier to upper corners, mostly marginal foxing, modern calf-backed marbled boards, spine in compartments and with double claret morocco labels, spine faded, [Berlin Kat. 2334; Fowler 139; Harris 256], folio, Printed for the Author, 1747.⁂ 'Although Gibbs was ultimately appointed as architect after Hawksmoor's death in 1736, there is reason to think that it was to Hawksmoor that he owed the idea of a centrally planned domed building... Having adopted the idea he transformed Hawksmoor's essentially classical conception of a stately colonaded drum into a sophisticated piece of Italianate architecture of which Maderno or Fontana would not have disapproved' (Colvin p.400).

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Lot 192

Conrad (Joseph) Project by Fiona Banner; Photographs by Paolo Pellegrin, Heart of Darkness, Four Corners Familiars, signed by Fiona Banner, numerous photographic illustrations, original wrappers, tear to upper cover repaired on inner wrapper with tape, light rubbing and marking to extremities and covers, The Vanity Press, 2015 § Fraenkel (Michael) & Miller (Henry), Correspondence called Hamlet, vol. I & II, photographic plates, illustrations, pages unopened along edges, original wrappers, toned and very lightly foxed, bound with red braided ribbon over spine, 1962 § Flaubert (Gustav), Salammbô, illustrations by Haydn Mackey, one of 500 copies, plates and illustrations, pages lightly toned, some foxing to first and last few pages, original cloth, title gilt to spine, very lightly rubbed at extremities, 1930; and c.55 others, v.s. (c.60)

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Lot 229

NO RESERVE Artist's Books.- Higgins (Dick) Foew&ombwhnw, first edition, New York/Barton/Cologne, Something Else Press, inc., illustrations, original silk tie frayed and sunned, original silverlettered rexine, spine very slightly rubbed, red edges, 1969 § Resnick (Marcia) Tahitian Eve, 9 photographic plates, original wrappers, slightly spotted, 1975 § LeWitt (Sol) Systeme in Buchform, illustrations, original wrappers, slightly rubbed, 1994; and c.40 others relating to artist's books and catalogues, and Coracle Press, v.s. (c. 45)

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Lot 286

Gardening.- La Quintinie (Jean de) The Complete Gard'ner: or, Directions for Cultivating and right ordering of Fruit-Gardens and Kitchen-Gardens, edited by George London and Henry Wise, third edition, engraved frontispiece and 10 folding plates (1 torn), modern ink signature at head of title, modern typed label on recto of frontispiece, bookplate removed from front pastedown, contemporary panelled calf, rubbed, upper cover detached, rubbed, [Henrey 221], for Andrew Bell, 1701; and 3 others, botany, 8vo (4).

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Lot 277

Scandinavia.- Forbes (James D.) Norway and Its Glaciers visited in 1851, first edition, tinted lithograph frontispiece and 9 plates, illustrations, 2 maps, 1 folding, occasional marginal water-staining, cracked hinges, previous owner's ink signature, original cloth, rebacked retaining original backstrip, rubbed, bumping to corners and extremities, 8vo, Edinburgh, 1853.

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Lot 257

NO RESERVE Holy Land.- Roberts (David) The Holy Land, comprising Jerusalem and Gililee; The Jordan and Bethlehem; Idumea and Petra, together 3 vol. only (of 6, though a complete set of the Holy Land from this set), first quarto edition, lithograph plates, contemporary half morocco, g.e., extremities rubbed, 8vo, 1855.

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Architecture.- Ciampini (Giovanni) De sacris ædificiis a Constantino Magno Constructis. Synopsis historica, first edition, double column, engraved folding frontispiece, wood-engraved arms to title, 35 engraved plates, some folding, advertisement f. at end, woodcut head-pieces and decorative initials, a few plates trimmed to just within platemark, foxing, lightly browned, contemporary vellum, ?later gilt title to spine, corners worn, a few nicks, lightly soiled, [Berlin Kat. 2677; Cicognara 3672; Olschki 16710 (calling for only 34 plates)], folio, Rome, Giovanni Giacomo Komarek, 1693.⁂ Sacred buildings constructed during the the reign of Constantine the Great in Rome, Ravenna, Constantinople and Jerusalem. With much on St. Peter's and St. John Lateran.

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Lot 307

Lawrence (Richard) An Inquiry into the Structure & Animal Oeconomy of the Horse, plates, some folding, occasional light foxing, modern burgundy morocco, spines gilt in compartments, lightly scuffed, Birmingham, printed for the author, 1801 § Herbert (Ivor) Red Rum, plates and illustrations, some colour, modern red morocco, spine gilt in compartments, t.e.g., fine copy, 1974, first editions, 4to (2)

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Lot 42

Pirates.- West Indies.- Exquemelin (Alexandre Olivier) Bucaniers of America: or, a true account of the most remarkable assaults committed of late years upon the coasts of the West-Indies, by the bucaniers of Jamaica and Tortuga, parts 1-3 (of 4), first edition in English, 4 engraved portraits and 4 plates and maps only, of which 2 folding (including map of Panama), some water-staining, occasional spotting or marking, 19th century calf, rebacked, corners worn, rubbed, [Church 689; Goldsmiths' 2549; Hill 578; Sabin 23479; Wing E3894], small 4to, Printed for William Crooke at the Green Dragon without Temple Bar, 1684. sold not subject to return.

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Lot 116

Spain.- Talbot Dillon (John) Travels Through Spain, with a View to Illustrate the Natural History and Physical Geography of that Kingdom, first edition, engraved frontispiece, engraved dedication page, engraved folding map (small closed tear to blank border), 6 engraved plates (2 folding), original boards with paper label to spine, manuscript inscription to upper cover, slightly rubbed and soiled, uncut, 4to, for G. Robinson, 1780.

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Lot 163

Pepys (Samuel) Memoirs of ... comprising His Diary from 1659 to 1669 ... and a selection from his Private Correspondence, 2 vol., 1825 § Evelyn (John) Memoirs Illustrative of the Life and Writings of..., edited by William Bray, 2 vol., upper joint cracked to vol.1, 1818, first editions, half-titles, engraved portrait frontispieces and plates, some offsetting or light foxing, uniform in contemporary calf, spine gilt with red morocco spine labels, rebacked preserving original spine strip, a little rubbed along repairs, 4to (4)

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Lot 216

Milne (A. A.) Now We Are Six, first edition, half-title, illustrations by Ernest H. Shepard, previous owner's ink inscription, decorative pink endpapers, original cloth, gilt, slight bumping to corners and spine extremities, 1927 § Dickens (Charles) The Personal History of David Copperfield, one of 350 copies signed by artist, tipped-in colour plates and illustrations by Frank Reynolds, one or two odd spots, original vellum, gilt, lacking ties, slightly splayed as usual, n.d.; and others illustrated, 8vo & 4to (4)

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Lot 247

Africa.- Ethiopia.- Ludolf (Hiob) A new history of Ethiopia. Being a full and accurate description of the kingdom of Abessinia, second edition in English, 9 engraved plates (including 'An Ethiopic Alphabet'), of which 8 folding, folding letterpress genealogical table, lacking folding map, first 2 ff. loose and little chipped, plate at p.58 with small abrasion and repaired tear, some foxing, mostly lightly browned, occasional staining, a few short tears, 19th century half calf, worn, but holding firm, [Wing L3470], folio, Printed for Samuel Smith bookseller, at the Princes Arms in St. Paul's Church yard, 1684. sold not subject to return. ⁂ Hiob Ludolf (1624-1704) German philologist and historian; described by Edward Ullendorff as 'the most illustrious name in Ethiopic scholarship'.

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Lot 266

Spiers (R. Phené) Examples of Classic Ornament from Greece & Rome, Drawn from the Originals by Lewis Vulliamy, 20 engraved plates, ex-library copy with usual stamps and markings, preface leaf detached, light finger-soiling, contemporary boards, rather scuffed and frayed to edges, lightly rubbed, folio, Batsford, 1907.⁂ The plates originally appeared in "Examples of Ornamental Sculpture in Architecture, drawn from the Originals in the Years 1818-21," published in 1825 - though this edition is virtually unobtainable.

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NO RESERVE Dialling.- Leadbetter (Charles) Mechanick Dialling; or, the New Art of Shadows..., new edition, 13 engraved plates, of which 2 folding, plate at p.58 outer margin torn away, occasional spotting or light staining, lightly browned, contemporary sheep, sympathetically rebacked, spine in compartments and with red leather label, corners worn, covers scuffed, rubbed, Printed for Thomas Caslon, 1773; and Leybourn on Globes, 1675, lacking plate, but text complete, 8vo & 12mo (2)

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Lot 71

Paragon fine bone china dinner and tea service to include plates, bowls, serving dishes, cups and saucers (121)

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Lot 72

Royal Albert Lavender Rose dinner and teaset to include plates, bowls, cups, saucers, coffee pot and vegetable dishes (121)

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Lot 73

Royal Albert Old Country Roses dinner and tea service to include plates, bowls, platters, cups, saucers, coffee pot, teapot, serving dishes and egg cups (91)

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Lot 74

Wedgwood Silver Ermine dinner, coffee and tea service for eight place settings to include plates, bowls, meat platters, serving dishes, sauce boat and stand, coffee pot, cups and saucers (109)

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Lot 75

Minton Grasmere dinner and tea service to include plates, bowls, serving dishes, cups and saucers (71)

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Lot 77

Royal Doulton Hampton Court dinner service to include twelve dinner plates, twelve fish plates, twelve soup bowls and twelve side plates (48)

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Lot 78

Wedgwood Oberon dinner service for sixteen place settings to include plates, bowls, circular dishes and serving bowls (69)

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Lot 79

Crescent China dessert set to include plates, dishes and fruit stands decorated with roundels of flowers, fruits and leaves (12)

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Lot 83

Aynsley Fallen Fruit teaset for twelve place settings to include a teapot, milk jug, sugar bowl, a cake plate, cups, saucers and plates (39)

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Lot 86

Royal Albert Trent Rose teaset for six place settings to include cups, saucers, plates, milk jug and sugar bowl (19)

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Lot 87

Royal Albert American Beauty teaset to include cups, saucers, plates, teapot, coffee pot, sugar bowl, cake plates and a sandwich plate (41)

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Lot 88

Royal Albert Crown China teaset to include cups, saucers, plates, milk jug and sugar bowl (38)

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Lot 89

Royal Albert Lavender Rose teaset to include a teapot, milk jug, sugar bowl, hot water jug, plates, bowls, cups and saucers

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