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Lot 161
THE SILVER FAIRY BOOK, ill H R Millar, n d, 4th edn, orig pict cl silver + THE GOLDEN FAIRY BOOK, ill H R Millar, n d, 5th thou, orig pict cl gt + THE RUBY FAIRY BOOK, ill Frank C Pape, n d, insc dated 1921, orig cl pict paper label + THE DIAMOND FAIRY BOOK, ill Frank C Pape, n d, insc dated 1937, orig decor cl + one other (5)
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Shirley (John). The Accomplished Ladies Rich Closet of Rarities: or, the Ingenious Gentlewoman and Servant-Maids Delightful Companion..., 3rd ed., with Additions, Corrected and Amended, printed by W. and J. Wilde, for N. Boddington, 1691, lacking A1 (frontis.), F1-F3, F11-G12, H11-I1, and I12 (final leaf), contents browned and soiled, fraying and insect damage with consequent loss of text, lacking endpapers, sewing partially broken, contemp. sheep, worn, with loss to extrems., 12mo, together with a defective copy of Le Clerc's 'The Compleat Surgeon', early 18th c.. Sold with all faults, not subject to return. Oxford pp.43/4. All editions rare: only the British Library copy listed on COPAC. No edition in Cagle, Vicaire or Bitting. The book has a wider range of subjects than preceding ones. It contains recipes for making syrups, candying and drying fruits, making wine, pickling, confectioning, etc., as well as household and beauty tips, and recipes for the cure of ailments. For example, there is a recipe 'To restore a ruby face to its former complexion', and another 'To make a young face exceedingly beautiful, and an old face very tollerable'. Another is a cure for the Falling-Sickness, which consists of the powdered skull of a man 'that has not been above a year buried', a nutmeg, and the blood of a dog, taken in white wine or new milk every morning and evening. (2)
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Antarctic and Arctic Exploration Interest: A Russian Sapphire and Ruby set 84 Zolotnik notebook, the hinged cover decorate with a sapphire and ruby spider on engraved web, having a pierced foliate clasp and silver pencil, cyrillic makers mark r.k. note: By repute and family descent this notebook belonged to either Andrew or Harry Sparr-Brown, who was the husky man aboard the R.S.S. Discovery on Scott's exploration expeditions. In this notebook is an itinerary from 6th October 1915 to 2nd November 1915 detailing the passage from Uladivostok to Newcastle.
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A Victorian green glass decanter, with Mary Gregory style decoration; a similar water jug; a ruby tinted powder bowl and cover; a ruby tinted vase with crimped border; a pair of opaline glass "Jack in the pulpit" style vases, (damaged); a pair of blue glass ewers, AF; and various other coloured glassware, (10)
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