RUSHDIE, Salman (b. 1947). Two Stories, Cambridge, Privately Printed, 1989, 5 woodcut and 3 linocut plates by Bhupen Khakhar, original cloth, slipcase. NUMBER 49 OF 60 COPIES SIGNED BY THE AUTHOR.
RUSHDIE, Salman (b. 1947). Two Stories, Cambridge, Privately Printed, 1989…
RUSHDIE, Salman (b. 1947).  Two Stories. [Colophon:] Cambridge: [Privately Printed at] The Rampant Lions Press, 1989. 4to (325 x 252mm). Half title, 5 woodcut and 3 linocut plates by Bhupen Khakhar.…
Hammer price: £650
Estimate: £200 - £300
9 December 2021 , 00:00 GMT
9 December 2021 , 00:00 GMT
THE BADMINTON LIBRARY OF SPORTS AND PASTIMES - Horace G. HUTCHINSON (1859-1932). Golf, London, 1890, original half dark blue morocco gilt. ONE OF 250 "LARGE PAPER COPIES." With 28 other vols. from the same series, all "large paper" copies. (29)
THE BADMINTON LIBRARY OF SPORTS AND PASTIMES - Horace G. HUTCHINSON (1859…
THE BADMINTON LIBRARY OF SPORTS AND PASTIMES, edited by His Grace the Duke of Beaufort - Horace G. Hutchinson (1859-1932). Golf. London: Longmans, Green, and Co., 1890. 4to (240 x 190mm). Half title,…
Hammer price: £600
Estimate: £400 - £600
9 December 2021 , 00:00 GMT
9 December 2021 , 00:00 GMT
MARVELL, Andrew (1621-78). The Rehearsal Transpos'd, London, 1672-73, 3 parts in 2 volumes including "A Common-place-Book Out of the Rehearsal Transpos'd" bound in at the end of the first part, contemporary calf (worn). (2)
MARVELL, Andrew (1621-78). The Rehearsal Transpos'd, London, 1672-73, 3…
[MARVELL, Andrew (1621-78)].  The Rehearsal Transpos'd; or, Animadversions upon a late Book, Intituled, A Preface, shewing what Grounds there are of Fears and Jealousies of Popery ... The second…
Hammer price: £1,200
Estimate: £70 - £100
9 December 2021 , 00:00 GMT
9 December 2021 , 00:00 GMT
CHURCHILL, Winston (1874-1965). The Second World War, London, 1948-54, 6 vols, maps, some folding, modern blue morocco gilt. FIRST ENGLISH TRADE EDITION. With 9 other works in 13 vols.  (19)
CHURCHILL, Winston (1874-1965). The Second World War, London, 1948-54, 6…
CHURCHILL, Winston (1874-1965).  The Second World War. London: Cassell and Co. Ltd., 1948-54. 6 volumes, large 8vo (211 x 140mm). Half titles, maps and plans, some folding, some printed in colours, …
Hammer price: £280
Estimate: £300 - £500
9 December 2021 , 00:00 GMT
9 December 2021 , 00:00 GMT
BACON, Francis (1561-1626). The Works, London, 1826, 10 vols., contemporary calf gilt. "New Edition". (10)
BACON, Francis (1561-1626). The Works, London, 1826, 10 vols.,…
BACON, Francis, 1st Viscount St. Alban (1561-1626).  The Works. London: Printed for C. and J. Rivington (and many others), 1826. 10 volumes, large 8vo (215 x 137mm). Engraved portrait of the author,…
Hammer price: £260
Estimate: £70 - £100
9 December 2021 , 00:00 GMT
9 December 2021 , 00:00 GMT
VIRGIL (17-90 BC). The Works, London, 1782, 4 vols., engraved plates, contemporary calf gilt. With 2 other 18th-century works in 3 vols. (7)
VIRGIL (17-90 BC). The Works, London, 1782, 4 vols., engraved plates,…
VIRGIL (17-90 BC).  The Works ... Translated into English Verse by Mr. Dryden. London: Printed for C. Bathurst (and others), 1782. 4 volumes, 8vo (176 x 105mm). Engraved frontispiece in vol. one, 17…
Hammer price: £240
Estimate: £70 - £100
9 December 2021 , 00:00 GMT
9 December 2021 , 00:00 GMT
WODEHOUSE, P. G. (1881-1975).  The Gold Bat. London, "Reprinted August 1911", 8 plates, original coloured pictorial cloth. With 3 other books by the same author, early reprints without dust-jackets. (4)
WODEHOUSE, P. G. (1881-1975). The Gold Bat. London, "Reprinted August…
WODEHOUSE, P. G. (1881-1975).  The Gold Bat. London: Adam and Charles Black, "Reprinted August 1911." 8vo (193 x 135mm). Half title, 8 half tone plates by T. M. R. Whitwell, 2-pages of publisher's…
Hammer price: £100
Estimate: £100 - £150
9 December 2021 , 00:00 GMT
9 December 2021 , 00:00 GMT
WODEHOUSE, P. G. (1881-1975). Piccadilly Jim, London, [n.d. but after 1919], original green cloth. Reprint. With 19 other books by the same author, mixed editions, without dust-jackets. (20)
WODEHOUSE, P. G. (1881-1975). Piccadilly Jim, London, [n.d. but after 1919…
WODEHOUSE, P. G. (1881-1975).  Piccadilly Jim.  London: Herbert Jenkins Limited, [n.d. but after 1919]. 8vo (186 x 125mm). Half title (without illustrations, as issued). Original green cloth.…
Hammer price: £250
Estimate: £400 - £600
9 December 2021 , 00:00 GMT
9 December 2021 , 00:00 GMT
WODEHOUSE, P. G. (1881-1975). Pigs Have Wings, London, 1952, original red cloth, dust-jacket. FIRST EDITION. With 10 other books by the same author, all FIRST EDITIONS (except one) in dust-jackets. (11)
WODEHOUSE, P. G. (1881-1975). Pigs Have Wings, London, 1952, original red…
WODEHOUSE, P. G. (1881-1975).  Pigs Have Wings. London: Herbert Jenkins, 1952. 8vo (184 x 125mm). Half title, 2-pages of publisher's advertisements at the end. Original red cloth, spine lettered in…
Hammer price: £350
Estimate: £200 - £300
9 December 2021 , 00:00 GMT
9 December 2021 , 00:00 GMT
MISCELLANY - Observations sur la Physique, sur l' Histoire Naturelle et sur les Arts, Paris, 1786, vol. XXVIII [only], engraved plates, contemporary calf. With 15 other books. (16)
MISCELLANY - Observations sur la Physique, sur l' Histoire Naturelle et…
MISCELLANY - Observations sur la Physique, sur l' Histoire Naturelle et sur les Arts. Paris: Au Bureau du Journal de Physique, Janvier-Juin, 1786. Volume XXVIII [only], 4to (253 x  195mm). Woodcut…
Hammer price: £320
Estimate: £300 - £500
9 December 2021 , 00:00 GMT
9 December 2021 , 00:00 GMT
MARGUERITE DE LAUNAY, baronne de Staal (1684-1750).  Mémoires, Paris, 1891, etched illustrations in 2 states, VERY FINELY BOUND in contemporary crushed burgundy morocco gilt by Marius Michel.
MARGUERITE DE LAUNAY, baronne de Staal (1684-1750). Mémoires, Paris, 1891…
MARGUERITE DE LAUNAY, baronne de Staal (1684-1750).  Mémoires. Paris: Librairie L. Conquet, 1891. Large 8vo (226 x 150mm). Etched illustrations by Léon Boisson after Charles Delort in 2 states, one…
Hammer price: £220
Estimate: £200 - £300
9 December 2021 , 00:00 GMT
9 December 2021 , 00:00 GMT
[BELOT, Louis Marc Adolphe (1829-90)]. Les Péchés de Minette, Montréal [?but Paris], [c. 1902], black crushed morocco gilt.
[BELOT, Louis Marc Adolphe (1829-90)]. Les Péchés de Minette, Montréal […
[BELOT, Louis Marc Adolphe (1829-90), attributed]. Les Péchés de Minette. Par l' Auteur de La Passion de Gilberte. Montréal [?but Paris]: G. Lebaucher [?but Malakoff], [c. 1902]. Small 8vo (162 x…
Hammer price: £150
Estimate: £150 - £250
9 December 2021 , 00:00 GMT
9 December 2021 , 00:00 GMT
WOOLF, Virginia (1882-1941). The Years, London, The Hogarth Press, 1937, original turquoise cloth, dust-jacket designed by Vanessa Bell. FIRST EDITION. With the same author's Flush (London, 1933, modern green half morocco gilt, FIRST EDITION). (2)
WOOLF, Virginia (1882-1941). The Years, London, The Hogarth Press, 1937,…
WOOLF, Virginia (1882-1941).  The Years. London: The Hogarth Press, 1937. 8vo (180 x 120mm). Half title. Original turquoise cloth, the spine lettered in gilt, the dust-jacket designed by Vanessa Bell…
Hammer price: £380
Estimate: £300 - £500
9 December 2021 , 00:00 GMT
9 December 2021 , 00:00 GMT
ST. JOHN HOPE, William Henry (1854-1919). Cowdray and Easebourne Priory in the County of Sussex, London, 1919, plates and plans, original half vellum. FIRST EDITION, ONE OF 400 COPIES. INSCRIBED BY LORD COWDRAY.
ST. JOHN HOPE, William Henry (1854-1919). Cowdray and Easebourne Priory in…
ST. JOHN HOPE, William Henry (1854-1919).  Cowdray and Easebourne Priory in the County of Sussex. London: Country Life, 1919. Folio (365 x 250mm). Half title, mounted coloured portrait frontispiece…
Estimate: £70 - £100
9 December 2021 , 00:01 GMT
9 December 2021 , 00:01 GMT
GEHLER, Johann Samuel Traugott (1751-95). Physikalisches Wörterbuch, Leipzig, 1825-45, 24 vols. including plate vol., 8vo and 4to, plates, contemporary half calf. (24)
GEHLER, Johann Samuel Traugott (1751-95). Physikalisches Wörterbuch,…
GEHLER, Johann Samuel Traugott (1751-95).  Physikalisches Wörterbuch. Neu bearbeitet von Brandes. Gmelin. Herner. Muncke. Pfaff. Leipzig: E. B. Schwickert, 1825-45. 11 volumes bound in 24 including…
Estimate: £200 - £300
9 December 2021 , 17:00 GMT
9 December 2021 , 17:00 GMT
PRONY, Gaspard Clair François Marie Riche de (1755-1839). Neue Architektur Hydraulika, 1801, vol. II only (of 2), engraved plates, contemporary paper boards. With another book. (2)
PRONY, Gaspard Clair François Marie Riche de (1755-1839). Neue Architektur…
PRONY, Gaspard Clair François Marie Riche de (1755-1839).  Neue Architektura Hydraulika ... Zweiter Theil welcher die umstandliche Beschreibung der Dampfmafchinen enthalt. Aus dem Franzöfifchen von…
Hammer price: £20
Estimate: £200 - £300
9 December 2021 , 17:00 GMT
9 December 2021 , 17:00 GMT
WELLS, H. G. (1866-1946). The Time Machine, London, 1895, original publisher's buckram. FIRST EDITION.
WELLS, H. G. (1866-1946). The Time Machine, London, 1895, original…
WELLS, H. G. (1866-1946).  The Time Machine. An Invention. London: William Heinemann, 1895. 8vo (177 x 115mm). Half title with one-page advertisement for "The Pioneer series" on the verso, 32-pages …
Estimate: £1,500 - £2,500
9 December 2021 , 00:00 GMT
9 December 2021 , 00:00 GMT
WINE - [Alexander HENDERSON (1780-1863)].  The History of Ancient and Modern Wines. London, 1824, modern half calf. FIRST EDITION.
WINE - [Alexander HENDERSON (1780-1863)]. The History of Ancient and…
WINE - [Alexander HENDERSON (1780-1863)].  The History of Ancient and Modern Wines. London: Baldwin, Cradock, and Joy, 1824. 4to (269 x 210mm). Wood-engraved title vignette on india paper, laid down,…
Hammer price: £240
Estimate: £200 - £300
9 December 2021 , 00:00 GMT
9 December 2021 , 00:00 GMT
SANGUINETTI, Antoni (b. 1829). La Serrurerie au XIXe Siècle, Paris, [1875], 124 lithographed plates of ornamental French ironwork, original cloth gilt.
SANGUINETTI, Antoni (b. 1829). La Serrurerie au XIXe Siècle, Paris, [1875]…
SANGUINETTI, Antoni (b. 1829).  La Serrurerie au XIXe Siècle. Paris: Au Bureau des Publications, [1875]. 4 parts bound in one volume, oblong 4to (238 x 315mm). 124 lithographed plates by Zamor after…
Hammer price: £400
Estimate: £500 - £800
9 December 2021 , 00:00 GMT
9 December 2021 , 00:00 GMT
THE LAST SHAH OF IRAN (1919-80). "Visit of the Minister of the Chairman of Bulgaria Stanko Todorov in Iran 1972", photograph album, oblong 4to, one photograph signed by the Shah, pale blue buckram.
THE LAST SHAH OF IRAN (1919-80). "Visit of the Minister of the Chairman of…
THE LAST SHAH OF IRAN - Mohammed Reza PAHLAVI (1919-80) and Stanko Todorov GEORGIEV (1920-96).  "Visit of the Minister of the Chairman of Bulgaria Stanko Todorov in Iran 1972" [title in white on the…
Estimate: £400 - £600
9 December 2021 , 17:00 GMT
9 December 2021 , 17:00 GMT
[Petit Grimoire.] Lille: Imprimerie de Blocquerel, [c. 1840], woodcut plates, old vellum.
[Petit Grimoire.] Lille: Imprimerie de Blocquerel, [c. 1840], woodcut…
[Petit Grimoire.] [Colophon, possibly stamped:] Lille: Imprimerie de Blocquel, [c. 1840]. 8vo in 6s (148 x 100mm). 6 woodcut plates, all but one printed in red and black, illustrations and tables, 4…
Hammer price: £320
Estimate: £100 - £150
9 December 2021 , 17:00 GMT
9 December 2021 , 17:00 GMT
PAVLOV, Ivan (1849-1936). Die Arbeit der Verdauungsdrusen, Wiesbaden, 1898, original wrappers. FIRST EDITION IN GERMAN. With another copy in half buckram. (2).
PAVLOV, Ivan (1849-1936). Die Arbeit der Verdauungsdrusen, Wiesbaden, 1898…
PAVLOV, Ivan (1849-1936).  Die Arbeit der Verdauungsdrüsen ... Autorisierte Ubersetzung aus dem Russischen. Wiesbaden: Varlag von J. F. Bergmann, 1898. Large 8vo (257 x 175mm). Half title,…
Hammer price: £90
Estimate: £300 - £500
9 December 2021 , 17:00 GMT
9 December 2021 , 17:00 GMT
DINGLER, Johann Gottfried (1778-1855, editor), and others. Polytechnisches Journal, Stuttgart [and Berlin], 1820-1908, vols. 1 - 323 bound in 302 vols. and 2 index vols. (lacking vols. 69, 261 and 270), folding plates, various bindings. (304)
DINGLER, Johann Gottfried (1778-1855, editor), and others. Polytechnisches…
DINGLER, Johann Gottfried (1778-1855, editor), Emil Maximilian DINGLER (1806-74, editor), and others.  Polytechnisches Journal. Stuttgart and Berlin: In der J. G. Cotta'schen Buchhandlung [with…
Hammer price: £500
Estimate: £3,000 - £5,000
9 December 2021 , 17:00 GMT
9 December 2021 , 17:00 GMT
La Nature. Review des Sciences et de Leurs Applications aux Arts et l' Industrie, Paris, 1873-1912, 40 vols. bound in 39, 4to, illustrations, contemporary morocco-backed cloth. (39)
La Nature. Review des Sciences et de Leurs Applications aux Arts et l'…
La Nature. Revue des Sciences et de leurs Applications aux Arts et l' Industrie. Journal Hebdomadaire Illustré, edited by Gaston Tissander and others. Paris: G. Masson, 1873-1912. 40 volumes bound in…
Estimate: £200 - £300
9 December 2021 , 17:00 GMT
9 December 2021 , 17:00 GMT

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