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EDEN, Anthony (1897-1977), 1st Earl of Avon - Books annotated by, or otherwise associated with, Anthony Eden (arranged chronologically) - L. J. TROTTER. Rulers of India. The Earl of Auckland, Oxford,…

[?EGAN, Pierce (1772-1849), and others].  Real Life in London; or, the Rambles and Adventures of Bib Tallyho, Esq. and his Cousin the Hon. Tom. Dashall, through the Metropolis; Exhibiting a Living…

"FOUGASSE" [i.e. Cyril Kenneth BIRD (1887-1965), artist].  Drawing the Line Somewhere. London: Methuen & Co. Ltd., 1937. 8vo (186 x 120mm). Half title, illustrations by "Fougasse". Original yellow…

GUICCIARDINI, Lodovico (1521-89).  Commentarii ... Delle cose più memorabili seguite in Europa: specialmente in questi paesi bassi; dalla pace di Cambriai, del M.D.XXIX. infino à tutto l' Anno M. D.…

[HAZLITT, William (1778-1830)].  Liber Amoris; Or, the New Pygmalion. London: "Printed for John Hunt ... by C. H. Reynell," 1823. 12mo (172 x 195mm). Engraved title with a small oval portrait of…

KING, Jessie Marion (1875-1949, illustrator) - The High History of the Holy Graal. Translated from the Old French by Sebastian Evans. London: J. M. Dent & Co., 1903. Large 8vo (220 x 150mm).…

LEWIS, C. S. (1898-1963).  The Silver Chair. London: Geoffrey Bles, 1953. 8vo (198 x 135mm). Half title, monochrome frontispiece and illustrations by Pauline Baynes. Original dark blue cloth, the…

LEWIS, C. S. (1898-1963).  The Horse and His Boy. London: Geoffrey Bles, 1954. 8vo (198 x 135mm). Half title, monochrome frontispiece and illustrations by Pauline Baynes (some very light staining to…

LOBB, John (1840-1921, editor).  Talks with the Dead. Luminous Rays from the Unseen World. Illustrated with Spirit Photographs ... New Edition, Revised and Enlarged. London: John Lobb, 1907. 8vo (185…

LOUDON, Jane Webb (1807-58).  The Ladies' Flower-Garden of Ornamental Annuals ... Second Edition. London: William S. Orr and Co., [n.d. but preface dated 1849]. 4to (288 x 232mm). Half title, 50 fine…

MAVOR, William Fordyce (1758-1837).  Historical Accounts of the most Celebrated Voyages, Travels and Discoveries, from the Time of Columbus to the Present Period. London: Printed for E. Newbery, 1796…

MIDDLETON, Charles Theodore (1726-1813), & others.  A New and Complete System of Geography. London: Printed for J. Cooke, [1777]. Volume one only (of 2), folio (344 x 230mm). Title printed in red…

NIGHTINGALE, Florence (1820-1910).  Florence Nightingale to her Nurses. A Selection from Miss Nightingale's Addresses to Probationers and Nurses of the Nightingale School at St. Thomas's Hospital.…

OXENHAM, Elsie Jeanette [pseudonym of Elsie Jeanette DUNKERLEY (1880-1960)] -  A Collection of 43 books comprising: The Abbey Girls (London, Collins' Clear-Type Press, [n.d. but a reprint], 8vo,…

Rubaiyat of Omar Khayyam. Translated into English by Edward Fitzgerald with an Introduction by A. C. Benson ... Reproduced from a Manuscript Written and Illuminated by F. Sangorski & G. Sutcliffe.…

SETON-WATSON, Robert William (1879-1951).  Britain and the Dictators. A Survey of Post-War British Policy. Cambridge: At the University Press, 1938. 8vo (217 x 140mm). Half title. Original blue…

SIMLA [now SHIMLA], INDIA - J. G. BRYNING (dates unknown, artist).  An album on c.27 leaves of original watercolour studies mainly of Auckland House School, Simla, India, including one captioned, …

STEINBECK, John (1902-68).  Cannery Row. London: William Heinemann Ltd., 1945. 8vo (184 x 125mm). Half title. Original mustard yellow buckram lettered in black (corners very lightly bumped), dust…

[VOLTAIRE, François Marie Arouet de (1694-1778)].  Candide, ou l' Optimisme, Traduit de l' Allemand de Mr. le Docteur Ralph. [?Geneva: no publisher but [?]Gabriel Cramer], 1759. 12mo (139 x 80mm).…

WILCOX, Ella Wheeler (1850-1919).  Poems of Passion and Pleasure. London: Gay & Hancock, [1912]. 4to (290 X 230mm). Half title, mounted coloured frontispiece and 19 plates by Dudley Tennant (a few…

WYLD, James (1790-1836), the elder.  A General Atlas, Containing Maps illustrating some important periods in Ancient History and distinct Maps of the Several Empires, Kingdoms and States in the World…

Provenance: Acquired from Bonhams, London, 4th June 2008, lot 89. Previously owned by descendants of a Naval Attaché to the British Embassy in Singapore in the 1940s. C.A Llewelyn Roberts was the…

This ‘globe du mariage’ or ‘globe de mariee’ was a French tradition, established in the early 19th Century, to record the marriage day of newly weds and their life together. Each mirror, pressed…