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"Signal Book for the Ships of War under the Command of Admiral Earl Howe 1790 And continued by Vice Admiral Lord Hood 1791." [No place, 1791 or later], 8vo (160 x 125mm), autograph manuscript on c.150 leaves, with hand-coloured flags, calf (disbound).
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£100 - £150
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£3,800
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SLAVERY - James RAMSAY (1733-89). An Essay on the Treatment and Conversion of African Slaves in the British Sugar Colonies, London, 1784, 8vo, errata and advertisement leaf, unbound but spine solid and text-block holding. FIRST EDITION.
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£400 - £600
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£950
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186
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SLAVERY - William WILBERFORCE (1759-1833). A Letter on the Abolition of the Slave Trade; Addressed to the Freeholders of Yorkshire, London, 1807, 8vo, contemporary half calf (very worn, covers detached). FIRST EDITION. PMM 232(b); Sabin 103953.
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£500 - £800
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£1,400
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187
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SOLVYNS, Frans Balthazar (1760-1824). The Costume of Hindostan, London, 1804, folio, text in English and French, 60 hand-coloured aquatint plates, contemporary red half roan (rubbed). FIRST EUROPEAN EDITION.
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£300 - £500
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£1,900
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188
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SOMMER, Giorgio (1834-1914, photographer) [?] & others. A collection of 87 original mounted photographs of Italy, mostly views of Rome, Naples and Vesuvius etc., 210 x 260mm., in a contemporary vellum album, the photographs dating from c.1860-80.
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£200 - £300
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£60
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189
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SPEED, John (1552-1629). Barkshire Described, London, 1676, hand-coloured engraved map of Berkshire, panoramic view of Windsor Castle at the top, title within baroque figural cartouche, coats-of-arms, compass rose, 382 x 510mm., framed and glazed.
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£100 - £150
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£20
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190
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STANFORD, Edward (1827-1904, publisher) - The Family Atlas ... including the Geological Map of England and Wales, by Sir I. Murchison, London, 1865, folio, 80 hand-coloured engraved maps, half morocco (worn). With a folding map of London (c.1854). (2).
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£70 - £100
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£320
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191
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STANLEY, Henry Morton (1841-1904) - The American Testimonial Banquet to Henry M. Stanley, London, 1890, 6 photographs and the text on blue paper laid down on thick card, original "relievo"-style calf. FIRST AND ONLY EDITION. RARE.
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£100 - £150
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£35
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192
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STOW, John (1525-1605), SEYMOUR, R. & J. MARCHANT. The History and Survey of ... London and Westminster, London, 1754, 2 vols., 82 engraved plates ([?]only), all FINELY COLOURED BY HAND, modern morocco. With another related but defective work. (3)
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£300 - £500
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£1,500
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193
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The Jubilee, and Civic Debates on the Jubilee Dinner, Travestis ... Second Edition, London, 1809, 8vo, hand-coloured frontispiece by Cruikshank, old wrappers, stitched. VERY RARE, with no copy in the British Library or on-line.
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£200 - £300
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£160
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194
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The Lord of Hardivyle. An Historical Legend, [London], 1800, 12mo (lacks all before title and all after final text leaf), boards (rubbed). FIRST EDITION. RARE. With 8 other works in 11 vols. The lot sold not subject to return. (12)
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£400 - £600
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£350
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195
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The Pelman System of Mind and Memory Training. London, [1914]. Numbers 1 - 12 bound in one volume, tall 8vo, contemporary red morocco by Zaehnsdorf, with presentation stamp to L. G. Chiozza Money on the upper cover.
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£70 - £100
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£260
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196
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TIMKOWSKI, Egor Fedorovitch (1790-1975). Travels of the Russian Mission through Mongolia to China, London,1827, 2 volumes, 8vo, frontispiece, folding map, plan of Peking, old half calf. FIRST U.K. EDITION. With 2 other related works in 3 vols. (5)
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£100 - £200
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£220
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197
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VAN ALPHEN, Hieronymous (1746-1803). Kleine Gedichten voor Kinderen, Utrecht, 1787 [?but later], small 8vo, engraved portrait of the author, title with vignette, 66 plates, contemporary calf. With a miniature Almanac (Utrecht, 1836). (2)
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£100 - £150
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£100
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198
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VICTORIA, Queen (1819-1901). A document, SIGNED "Victoria R.", appointing William Turner Thiselton-Dyer as a Fellow of the University of London, with a portrait of Queen Victoria, in common mount, framed and glazed, 360 x 445mm., 1887.
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£100 - £150
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£110
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199
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WAUGH, Evelyn (1903-66). Brideshead Revisited, London, 1945, 8vo, original pink cloth, dust-jacket (torn with some loss at corners). FIRST EDITION.
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£500 - £800
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£450
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200
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WAUGH, Evelyn (1903-66). Scoop, London, 1939, 8vo, original cloth, dust-jacket (torn at corners with some loss). FIRST EDITION, in the dust-jacket without the 'Daily Beast' masthead.
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£100 - £150
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£240
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