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596
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QUEEN ELIZABETH II (1926-2022) - "Hardy Amies Ltd. Her Majesty the Queen. Order Book", 4to, 1962-68, 95-pages with carbon copy orders, including descriptions, prices, and sometimes the occasions on which the clothes were to be worn, original wrappers.
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£200 - £300
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£200
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597
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ROWLING, J. K. (b.1965). Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets, London, 1998, 8vo, original boards, dust-jacket. FIRST EDITION, third impression. With Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban (London, 1999, boards, FIRST EDITION, second impression. (2)
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£70 - £100
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598
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"SALLUST" (86-35BCE). De L. Sergii Catilinæ coniuratione, ac bello Iugurthino historiæ, Lyon, 1545, 8vo, woodcut printer's devices and initials (some mainly marginal spotting, staining and browning). Contemporary vellum.
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£50 - £80
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£140
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599
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SANSOVINO, Francesco (1521-83). Historia Universale dell' Origine, et Imperio de' Turchi, Venice, 1582, 4to, 14 woodcut illustrations of Turkish costume (variable browning and staining), contemporary full vellum.
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£400 - £600
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£220
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600
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SPEED, John (1552-1629). Barkshire Described, [London: 1629 or later], hand-coloured engraved map of Berkshire, title within baroque cartouche, panoramic view of Windsor Castle at the top, 380 x 510mm., framed and glazed. A FINE COPY.
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£200 - £300
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£180
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601
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SPEED, John (1552-1629). Dorsetshyre, [London: 1611 or later], hand-coloured engraved map of Dorset, baroque cartouches, inset bird's-eye-view of Dorchester, sea monsters and galleons, 380 x 510mm., framed and glazed. A FINE COPY.
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£200 - £300
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£200
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602
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SUFFRAGETTES - Helen BLACKBURN (1842-1903). Women's Suffrage, London, 1902, 8vo, plates and tables, original buckram. FIRST EDITION. With another related (defective) book, a collection of 15 SUFFRAGETTE POSTCARDS, and a related badge. (18)
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£300 - £500
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£260
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603
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TARTAGLIA, Nicolo (c.1499-1557). La Nova Scientia, Venice, 1558, woodcut illustrations, diagrams and initials [bound with 2 other works by the same author], 4to, contemporary vellum. Please see the full description below.
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£500 - £800
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£450
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604
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TENNANT, Stephen (1906-87) & Pamela GREY (1871-1928). The Vein in The Marble, London, 1925, 4to, 32 plates by Tennant, original boards. FIRST EDITION, PRESENTATION COPY, inscribed by Pamela Grey to Clare Mackail. With 3 other related books. (4)
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£200 - £300
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£70
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605
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"TWAIN, Mark" (1835-1910). Adventures of Huckleberry Finn, New York, 1885, 8vo, frontispiece, heliotype portrait, illustrations by E. W. Kemble, original green cloth. FIRST AMERICAN EDITION, FIRST ISSUE, of "one of the great works of American fiction."
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£1,500 - £2,000
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£1,200
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606
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WAUGH, Evelyn (1903-66). Remote People, London, Duckworth, 1931, 8vo, original burgundy buckram gilt, dust-jacket (jacket torn with loss). FIRST EDITION, IMPORTANT PRESENTATION COPY, inscribed, "For Gerald Duckworth with best wishes from Evelyn Waugh."
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£700 - £1,000
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£600
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607
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WILLIAM, Alexander, Earl of Crawford and Balcarres, Lord Lindsay (1812-80). The Creed of Japhet, London, "Printed for Private Circulation", 1891, large 8vo, lightly browned and stained, original cloth. FIRST EDITION. "COPY 3" OF 150 COPIES. VERY RARE.
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£700 - £1,000
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608
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WYATT, C. W. (1842-1900). British Birds, London, 1894-99, 2 volumes bound in one, 4to, 67 fine hand-coloured lithographed plates by C. W. Wyatt (some very faint spotting and staining), contemporary green half morocco gilt (spine faded). FIRST EDITION.
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£700 - £1,000
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£1,200
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