VIETNAM - Victor BATOR (1891-1967).  Vietnam, New York, 1965, 8vo, morocco. FIRST EDITION, PRESENTATION COPY, inscribed by the author to Anthony Eden. With 6 other books related, one inscribed by Eden, the others ANNOTATED by him. (7)
VIETNAM - Victor BATOR (1891-1967). Vietnam, New York, 1965, 8vo, morocco…
VIETNAM - Victor BATOR (1891-1967).  Vietnam. A Diplomatic Tragedy. The Origins of The U.S. Involvement. New York: Oceana Publications, Inc., 1965. 8vo (218 x 140mm). Half title, frontispiece map,…
Hammer price: £320
Estimate: £300 - £500
13 July 2023 , 01:00 BST
13 July 2023 , 01:00 BST
VOLTAIRE (1694-1778). Memoires, "Londres", 1784, 8vo, FINELY BOUND in contemporary blue calf elaborately decorated in gilt and blind, the covers with central crowned initial "P" stamped in gilt. With another work by the same author in 2 vols. (3)
VOLTAIRE (1694-1778). Memoires, "Londres", 1784, 8vo, FINELY BOUND in…
VOLTAIRE [i.e. François-Marie AROUET (1694-1778)].  Memoires ... Écrits par lui-même. "Londres: chez Robinson," 1784. 8vo (185 x 112mm). Wood-engraved ornament on title (some light mainly marginal…
Hammer price: £100
Estimate: £200 - £300
13 July 2023 , 01:00 BST
13 July 2023 , 01:00 BST
WILLOUGHBY DE BROKE, Richard, Baron (1869-1923). The Sport of our Ancestors, London, 1921, 4to, 20 plates by G. D. Armour, boards. NO. 4 OF 150 COPIES SIGNED BY THE AUTHOR AND ILLUSTRATOR, PRESENTATION COPY inscribed by the author to Anthony Eden.
WILLOUGHBY DE BROKE, Richard, Baron (1869-1923). The Sport of our…
WILLOUGHBY DE BROKE, Richard Greville Verney, Baron (1869-1923, editor).  The Sport of our Ancestors bring a Collection of Prose and Verse setting forth the Sport of Fox-Hunting as they Knew It.…
Hammer price: £120
Estimate: £70 - £100
13 July 2023 , 01:00 BST
13 July 2023 , 01:00 BST
EDEN, Anthony (1897-1977), 1st Earl of Avon - Books annotated by, or otherwise associated with, Anthony Eden. Please see the full listing below. Sold not subject to return. (c.60)
BOOKS ANNOTATED BY, OR OTHERWISE ASSOCIATED WITH, ANTHONY EDEN. Please see…
BOOKS ANNOTATED BY, OR OTHERWISE ASSOCIATED WITH, ANTHONY EDEN (arranged chronologically) - L. J. TROTTER. Rulers of India. The Earl of Auckland, Oxford, 1893, 8vo, cloth, annotated and underlined in…
Estimate: £3,000 - £5,000
13 July 2023 , 01:00 BST
13 July 2023 , 01:00 BST
ACKERMANN, Rudolph (1764-1834, publisher). The History of the Abbey Church of St. Peter's Westminster, London, 1812, 2 vols., folio, portrait, plan, 82 hand-coloured aquatint plates, contemporary morocco (rubbed). FIRST EDITION. With another book. (3)
ACKERMANN, Rudolph (1764-1834, publisher). The History of the Abbey Church…
ACKERMANN, Rudolph (1764-1834, publisher) & William COMBE (1742-1823).  The History of the Abbey Church of St. Peter's Westminster, its Antiquities and Monuments. London: Printed for R. Ackermann,…
Hammer price: £280
Estimate: £300 - £500
13 July 2023 , 01:00 BST
13 July 2023 , 01:00 BST
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.
BEAUMARCHAIS, Pierre-Augustin Caron de (1732-99). La Folle Journée, ou Le…
BEAUMARCHAIS, Pierre-Augustin Caron de (1732-99).  La Folle Journée, ou Le Mariage de Figaro, Comédie en Cinq Actes, en Prose. Paris: Chez Ruault, 1785. Large 8vo (258 x 165mm). Half title with list…
Hammer price: £100
Estimate: £200 - £300
13 July 2023 , 01:00 BST
13 July 2023 , 01:00 BST
BROWNING, Elizabeth Barrett (1806-61).  Poems Before Congress, London, 1860, 8vo, half title, contemporary crushed morocco by R. D. Canape. FIRST EDITION.
BROWNING, Elizabeth Barrett (1806-61). Poems Before Congress, London,…
BROWNING, Elizabeth Barrett (1806-61).  Poems Before Congress. London: Chapman and Hall, 1860. 8vo (188 x 125mm). Half title, one-page of publisher's advertisements at the end (clean closed marginal…
Hammer price: £25
Estimate: £100 - £150
13 July 2023 , 01:00 BST
13 July 2023 , 01:00 BST
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.
BURNETT, Frances Hodgson (1849-1924). The Secret Garden, London, 1911,…
BURNETT, Frances Hodgson (1849-1924).  The Secret Garden. London: William Heinemann, 1911. Square 8vo (202 x 150mm). Half title, title printed in red and black with foliate border and small…
Hammer price: £380
Estimate: £200 - £300
13 July 2023 , 01:00 BST
13 July 2023 , 01:00 BST
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)
CHAPBOOKS - Literary Miscellany: containing Humourous Pieces, Poughnill,…
CHAPBOOKS - [Upper wrapper:] Literary Miscellany: containing Humourous Pieces; viz. Sermon on the Word Malt, - Paris Jobbing, - &c. &c. [Title page:] Humourous & Satirical. A Sermon on the Word Malt;…
Hammer price: £260
Estimate: £200 - £300
13 July 2023 , 01:00 BST
13 July 2023 , 01:00 BST
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."
COATS, William Allan (1853-1926) - Catalogue of the Collection of Pictures…
COATS, William Allan (1853-1926, collector) - Catalogue of the Collection of Pictures of the French, Dutch, British and Other Schools belonging to W. A. Coats. Glasgow: Wm. B. Paterson, 1904. Large…
Hammer price: £20
Estimate: £100 - £150
13 July 2023 , 01:00 BST
13 July 2023 , 01:00 BST
DOLL, Catharina (1750-1824). Almanak voor Vrouwen door Vrouwen, Amsterdam, [?1791], small square 8vo, title and 5 plates, bound in old silk boards with watercolour decorations, slipcase. The first in this series of "Almanacs for Women by Women".
DOLL, Catharina (1750-1824). Almanak voor Vrouwen door Vrouwen, Amsterdam,…
DOLL, Catharina (1750-1824).  Almanak voor Vrouwen door Vrouwen. MDCCXCII. Amsterdam: De Wed. J. Doll, [?1791]. Small square 8vo (98 x 80mm). Half title, engraved title, 5 engraved plates, one of…
Hammer price: £350
Estimate: £300 - £500
13 July 2023 , 01:00 BST
13 July 2023 , 01:00 BST
DOVES PRESS - William SHAKESPEARE (1564-1616). The Tragedy of Julius Caesar, Hammersmith, The Doves Press, 1913, 4to (233 x 165mm), printed in red and black, contemporary dark blue morocco gilt by the Doves Bindery. ONE OF 200 COPIES ON PAPER.
DOVES PRESS - William SHAKESPEARE (1564-1616). The Tragedy of Julius…
DOVES PRESS - William Shakespeare (1564-1616).  The Tragedie of Julius Caesar. Hammersmith [London]: The Doves Press, 1913. 4to (233 x 165mm). Printed in red and black throughout, 4-pages of errata…
Hammer price: £1,500
Estimate: £400 - £600
13 July 2023 , 01:00 BST
13 July 2023 , 01:00 BST
DUMOURIEZ, Charles François du Périer (1739-1823). Thoughts on the French Invasion of England ... Translated from the French ... The Third Edition, London, 1798, 4to, folding hand-coloured engraved chart, contemporary wrappers. VERY RARE.
DUMOURIEZ, Charles François du Périer (1739-1823). Thoughts on the French…
DUMOURIEZ, Charles François du Périer (1739-1823).  Thoughts on the French Invasion of England ... Translated from the French. Illustrated ... The Third Edition. London: Printed for John Stockdale,…
Hammer price: £200
Estimate: £200 - £300
13 July 2023 , 01:00 BST
13 July 2023 , 01:00 BST
ELLIS, Henry (1788-1855). Journal of the Proceedings of the Late Embassy to China, London, 1817, 4to, 7 hand-coloured aquatint plates, 2 engraved maps only (lacks folding map), calf (worn). FIRST EDITION. With another related book (incomplete). (2)
ELLIS, Henry (1788-1855). Journal of the Proceedings of the Late Embassy…
ELLIS, Henry (1788-1855).  Journal of the Proceedings of the Late Embassy to China; Comprising a Correct Narrative of the Public Transactions of the Embassy. Of the Voyage to and from China, and of…
Hammer price: £60
Estimate: £200 - £300
13 July 2023 , 01:00 BST
13 July 2023 , 01:00 BST
EMMANUEL-AUGUSTIN-DIEUDONNE-JOSEPH, Comte de (1766-1842). Memorial de Saint Helene, London, 1823-35, 8 parts in 8 vols., 8vo, 20 plates and maps, attractively bound in 19th-century half red morocco gilt by Bumpus. (8)
EMMANUEL-AUGUSTIN-DIEUDONNE-JOSEPH, Comte de (1766-1842). Memorial de…
EMMANUEL-AUGUSTIN-DIEUDONNE-JOSEPH, Comte de (1766-1842).  Memorial de Saint Helene. Journal of the Private Life and Conversations of the Emperor Napoleon at Saint Helena. London: Printed for Henry…
Hammer price: £80
Estimate: £100 - £150
13 July 2023 , 01:00 BST
13 July 2023 , 01:00 BST
LACE - Augusta Godin, Baronne LIEDTS (1850-85). Anciennes Dentelles Belges, Anvers, 1889, folio, 185 phototype plates of lace, contemporary dark blue half morocco. FIRST EDITION.
LACE - Augusta Godin, Baronne LIEDTS (1850-85). Anciennes Dentelles Belges…
LACE - Augusta Godin, Baronne LIEDTS (1850-85). Anciennes Dentelles Belges, formant la Collection de Feue Madame Augusta Bnne. Liedts, et donnée au Musée de Gruuthuus à Bruges. Anvers: Phototypies…
Hammer price: £100
Estimate: £100 - £150
13 July 2023 , 01:00 BST
13 July 2023 , 01:00 BST
LAMPEDUSA, Giuseppe Tomasi di (1896-1957). The Leopard, London, 1960, 8vo, original green cloth, dust-jacket. AN EXCEPTIONALLY FINE COPY OF THE FIRST EDITION.
LAMPEDUSA, Giuseppe Tomasi di (1896-1957). The Leopard, London, 1960, 8vo,…
LAMPEDUSA, Giuseppe Tomasi di (1896-1957).  The Leopard ... Translated from the Italian by Archibald Colquhoun. London: Collins and Harvill Press, 1960. 8vo (209 x 140mm). Half title. Original green…
Hammer price: £280
Estimate: £70 - £100
13 July 2023 , 01:00 BST
13 July 2023 , 01:00 BST
LYELL, Charles (1797-1875). Geological Evidences of the Antiquity of Man with Remarks on Theories of the Origin of Species by Variation, London, 1863, 8vo, 2 plates, illustrations, later half calf gilt. FIRST EDITION.
LYELL, Charles (1797-1875). Geological Evidences of the Antiquity of Man…
LYELL, Charles (1797-1875).  The Geological Evidences of the Antiquity of Man with Remarks on Theories of the Origin of Species by Variation. London: John Murray, 1863. 8vo (215 x 135mm). Half title,…
Hammer price: £130
Estimate: £200 - £300
13 July 2023 , 01:00 BST
13 July 2023 , 01:00 BST
MORGAGNI, Giovanni Battista (1682-1771). Adversaria anatomica omnia, Venice, 1762, 6 parts in one volume, folio, 11 engraved plates, later half calf.
MORGAGNI, Giovanni Battista (1682-1771). Adversaria anatomica omnia,…
MORGAGNI, Giovanni Battista (1682-1771).  Adversaria anatomica omnia. Archetypis æris tabulis cominianis ab auctore ipso communicatis, & universali accuratissimo indice ornata. Opus nunc vere…
Hammer price: £150
Estimate: £200 - £300
13 July 2023 , 01:00 BST
13 July 2023 , 01:00 BST
MORRIS, Francis Orpen (1810-93).  A Series of Picturesque Views of Seats of the Noblemen and Gentlemen of Great Britain and Ireland, London, [1870]. 6 volumes, 4to, 6 title vignettes and 234 coloured lithographed plates, original decorated cloth gilt. (6)
MORRIS, Francis Orpen (1810-93). A Series of Picturesque Views of Seats…
MORRIS, Francis Orpen (1810-93).  A Series of Picturesque Views of Seats of the Noblemen and Gentlemen of Great Britain and Ireland with Descriptive and Historical Letterpress. London: William…
Hammer price: £130
Estimate: £100 - £150
13 July 2023 , 01:00 BST
13 July 2023 , 01:00 BST
NELSON, Horatio (1758-1805) - The Letters of Lord Nelson to Lady Hamilton, London, 1814, 2 vols., 8vo, contemporary half morocco gilt. FIRST EDITION. With 5 other works of related interest in 12 vols. (14)
NELSON, Horatio (1758-1805) - The Letters of Lord Nelson to Lady Hamilton,…
NELSON, Horatio, 1st Viscount Nelson (1758-1805) - The Letters of Lord Nelson to Lady Hamilton; with a Supplement of Interesting Letters, by Distinguished Characters. London: For Thomas Lovewell & Co…
Hammer price: £550
Estimate: £200 - £300
13 July 2023 , 01:00 BST
13 July 2023 , 01:00 BST
NORTHUMBERLAND - Christopher SAXTON (c.1540-c.1610) & [John SPEED (c.1551-1629)].  Northumberland Truely Drawne & Described. Anno: 1642. [London: William Web], 1642 [but 1645], engraved map, 380 x 460mm., unframed. RARE.
NORTHUMBERLAND - Christopher SAXTON (c.1540-c.1610) & [John SPEED (c.1551…
NORTHUMBERLAND - Christopher SAXTON (c.1540-c.1610) & [John SPEED (c.1551-1629)].  Northumberland Truely Drawne & Described. Anno: 1642. Christophorus Saxton descripsit. [London: William Web], 1642 …
Hammer price: £420
Estimate: £500 - £800
13 July 2023 , 01:00 BST
13 July 2023 , 01:00 BST
The Oracles of the Ancients Explained: wherein a True Answer May be Obtained to any Question Whatsoever, on the Same Principle as Questions were Answered by the Oracles of the Ancient Grecians, London, 1815, 4to, tables, contemporary boards (worn). RARE.
The Oracles of the Ancients Explained: wherein a True Answer May be…
The Oracles of the Ancients Explained: Wherein a True Answer May be Obtained to any Question Whatsoever, on the Same Principle as Questions were Answered by the Oracles of the Ancient Grecians.…
Hammer price: £100
Estimate: £300 - £500
13 July 2023 , 01:00 BST
13 July 2023 , 01:00 BST
Portraits des Généraux Français, faisant Suite aux Victoires et Conquêtes des Français, Paris, 1818, 2 vols., 8vo, 152 engraved portraits, contemporary calf. With 5 other miscellaneous early 19th-century books. (7)
Portraits des Généraux Français, faisant Suite aux Victoires et Conquêtes…
Portraits des Généraux Français, faisant Suite aux Victoires et Conquêtes des Français. Cette Collection sera Jointe a la Biographie Militaire Française qui Termine l' Ouvrage. Paris: C. L. F.…
Hammer price: £45
Estimate: £200 - £200
13 July 2023 , 01:00 BST
13 July 2023 , 01:00 BST

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