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94
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BAKER, Richard (c.1568-1645). A Chronicle of the Kings of England, London, 1674, folio, engraved title, lacking index leaves at the end, later half morocco. With 5 other works in 6 vols. The lot sold not subject to return. (7)
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95
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BEAUMARCHAIS, Pierre-Augustin Caron de (1732-99). La Folle Journée, ou Le Mariage de Figaro, Paris, 1785, large 8vo, 5 engraved plates, 19th-century red half morocco gilt. FIRST EDITION, later issue with illustrations.
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£100
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96
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BELL, Charles (1774-1842). An Exposition of the Natural System of the Nerves of the Human Body, London, 1824-27, 2 works including an "Appendix" bound in one, 3 folding plates [see note below], later half calf. FIRST EDITION. Sold not subject to return.
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£70 - £100
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£20
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97
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BERNARD, Claude (1813-78). Introduction à l' Étude de la Médecine Expérimentale, Paris, 1856, 8vo, original grey printed wrappers. FIRST EDITION, second issue.
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BINDING - Jane AUSTEN (1775-1817). Pride & Prejudice, London, 1894, 8vo, illustrations by Hugh Thomson, original highly elaborate pictorial cloth gilt with a peacock's tail design in gilt (lower cover dampstained). FIRST "PEACOCK" EDITION.
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99
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BINDINGS - Robert Smith SURTEES (1805-64). [Selected Works], London, 1888 [or c.1888], 7 volumes, 8vo, 102 hand-coloured vignettes and plates, FINELY BOUND in red half morocco gilt by Mudie. (7)
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£200 - £300
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£220
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100
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BOCK, Carl (1849-1932). The Head-Hunters of Borneo, London, 1881, large 8vo, folding map, 30 lithographed plates, of which 28 coloured, illustrations (some staining), original coloured pictorial cloth gilt (partly disbound). FIRST EDITION.
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£70 - £100
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£50
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101
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BOTELER, Thomas (1797-1929). Narrative of a Voyage of Discovery to Africa and Arabia, Performed in His Majesty's Ships Leven and Barracouta, from 1821 to 1826, London, 1835, 2 vols, 8vo, 4 lithographed plates, modern calf-backed boards. FIRST EDITION. (2)
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£400 - £600
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102
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BRIGGS, Raymond (1934-2022). The Snowman, London: Hamish Hamilton, 1978, small folio (300 x 210mm), coloured illustrations by Raymond Briggs, original coloured pictorial paper boards (head and foot of spine lightly bumped). FIRST EDITION.
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£100 - £150
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£70
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103
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BROWN, Thomas (dates unknown). A Letter in Reply to the Report of the Surgeons of the Vaccine Institutions, Edinburgh,1809, 8vo, contemporary or original grey paper-backed wrappers. FIRST EDITION of this anti-vaccination tract. RARE.
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£200 - £300
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104
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BROWNING, Elizabeth Barrett (1806-61). Poems Before Congress, London, 1860, 8vo, half title, contemporary crushed morocco by R. D. Canape. FIRST EDITION.
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£100 - £150
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£25
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104a
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BUFFON, Georges-Louis Marie Leclerc, Comte de (1757-1840). Oeuvres Complètes, Brussels, 1828-33, 20 volumes, large 8vo, 2 lithographed portraits, 2 maps, one table, 735 lithographed plates, many hand-coloured (one lacking), 19th-century calf gilt. (20)
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105
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BURNETT, Frances Hodgson (1849-1924). The Secret Garden, London, 1911, square 8vo, 8 coloured plates by Charles Robinson, original green pictorial buckram gilt. FIRST U.K. EDITION.
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£200 - £300
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£380
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106
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[BUTLER, John (1809-74)]. A Sketch of Assam, London, 1847, 8vo, 15 coloured lithographed plates only (of 16), contemporary calf (worn). FIRST EDITION, PRESENTATION COPY, inscribed, "Presented to Ja. Butler by his affectionate Brother, the Author."
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£320
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107
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[CELLARIUS, Andreas (1596-1665)]. Coeli stellati Christiani hæmisphærum posterius, Amsterdam: "G. Valk et P. Schenk," [1708], fine hand-coloured engraved hemispherical star chart, 440 x 520mm., unframed.
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£500 - £800
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£480
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108
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[CELLARIUS, Andreas (1596-1665)]. Planisphærium Braheum sive structura mundi totius, ex hypothesi Tychonis Brahei in plano delineata, Amsterdam: "Gerardum Valk et Petrum Schenk", [1708], fine hand-coloured engraved hemispherical star chart, 420 x 515mm.
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£400 - £600
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£950
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108a
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CHAPBOOKS - Literary Miscellany: containing Humourous Pieces, Poughnill, 1801, small 8vo, original printed wrappers. With 3 other similar chapbooks. RARE. Please see the full description below. (4)
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£200 - £300
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£260
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109
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CHARLES I, King of England (1600-49, reign of) - An unusually large document in English on 10 vellum sheets probably relating to the Manor of Knoll or Knowle [?in Warwickshire], the first sheet with elaborate calligraphic initials, in old oak scroll box.
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£300 - £500
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£260
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110
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CHORNY, Sasha [i.e. pseudonym of Aleksandr Mikhailovich GLIKBERG (1880-1932)]. An unpublished autograph couplet in pencil, with an original sketch in pencil beneath of a woman wearing a hat, [c.1925], 225 x 175mm., in modern window mount.
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111
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CHURCHILL, Winston (1874-1965). The Collected Works [and] The Collected Essays, London, 1973-76, 38 volumes, large 8vo, plates and maps, original armorial vellum (lacking the slipcases). A COMPLETE SET OF "THE CENTENARY EDITION". Limited edition. (38)
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£1,500 - £2,500
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£2,600
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112
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CLAVIUS, Christophorus (1537-1612). In sphaeram Ioannis de Sacro Bosco commentarius, Rome, 1581, large 8vo, woodcut diagrams and initials, tables, modern vellum with yapp edges. The work was first published in 1570.
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113
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COATS, William Allan (1853-1926) - Catalogue of the Collection of Pictures, Glasgow, 1904, large 4to, 138 photogravure plates, FINELY BOUND in contemporary turquoise crushed morocco gilt. FIRST EDITION, ONE OF 200 COPIES "PRINTED FOR PRIVATE CIRCULATION."
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£100 - £150
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£20
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114
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Code Civil des Français, Paris, 1804, 8vo, contemporary French calf-backed marbled boards. FIRST EDITION of the "Napoleonic Code".
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£200
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115
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DIGBY, Kenelm (1603-65). A Late Discourse made in Solemne Assembly ... Touching the Cure of Wounds by the Powder of Sympathy; with Instructions how to make the said Powder, London, 1658, 12mo, later calf. Second [English] edition. RARE.
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