YOSHIDA, Shigeru (1878-1967). The Yoshida Memoirs, Boston, 1962, large 8vo, original black buckram. FIRST EDITION, IMPORTANT PRESENTATION COPY, inscribed by the author to Anthony Eden.
YOSHIDA, Shigeru (1878-1967). The Yoshida Memoirs, Boston, 1962, large 8vo…
YOSHIDA, Shigeru (1878-1967).  The Yoshida Memoirs. The Story of Japan in Crisis ... Translated by Kenichi Yoshida. Boston [Mass.]: Houghton Mifflin Company, 1962. Large 8vo (212 x 145mm). Half title…
Hammer price: £200
Estimate: £300 - £500
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
BOOKS PRESENTED TO ANTHONY EDEN. Please see the full listing below. (c.90)
BOOKS PRESENTED TO ANTHONY EDEN. Please see the full listing below. (c.90)
BOOKS PRESENTED TO ANTHONY EDEN (arranged chronologically) - George MEREDITH. Modern Love, London, 1892, reprint, 8vo, dark blue buckram, inscribed, "From Dolly, Xmas 1892," and further inscribed in…
Hammer price: £2,400
Estimate: £3,000 - £5,000
13 July 2023 , 01:00 BST
13 July 2023 , 01:00 BST
SEGONZAC, André Dunoyer de (1884-1974) - A Collection of 13 works by André Dunoyer de Segonzac in 15 volumes, all except one PRESENTATION COPIES inscribed by the artist to Anthony or to Anthony and Clarissa Eden. Please see the full listing below. (15)
SEGONZAC, André Dunoyer de (1884-1974) - A Collection of 13 works by André…
SEGONZAC, André Dunoyer de (1884-1974) - A Collection of 13 works by André Dunoyer de Segonzac in 15 volumes, all except one PRESENTATION COPIES by the artist to Anthony or to Anthony and Clarissa…
Hammer price: £350
Estimate: £700 - £1,000
13 July 2023 , 01:00 BST
13 July 2023 , 01:00 BST
ARNOLD, Matthew (1822-88). Empedocles on Etna, London, [The Vale Press at] The Ballantyne Press, 1896, 8vo, printed in red and black, decorations by Charles Ricketts, original boards. With 8 other illustrated works in 9 vols. (10)
ARNOLD, Matthew (1822-88). Empedocles on Etna, London, [The Vale Press at]…
ARNOLD, Matthew (1822-88).  Empedocles on Etna. A Dramatic Poem. [Colophon:] London: [The Vale Press at] The Ballantyne Press, 1896 [?but 1897]. 8vo in 4s (190 x 125mm). The first page of text with…
Hammer price: £240
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
BERNARD, Claude (1813-78). Introduction à l' Étude de la Médecine Expérimentale, Paris, 1856, 8vo, original grey printed wrappers. FIRST EDITION, second issue.
BERNARD, Claude (1813-78). Introduction à l' Étude de la Médecine…
BERNARD, Claude (1813-78).  Introduction  l' Étude de la Médecine Expérimentale. Paris, London & Madrid: J. B. Baillière et Fils [on verso of half title and verso of p.400:] Imprimerie de E. Martinet…
Estimate: £150 - £200
13 July 2023 , 01:00 BST
13 July 2023 , 01:00 BST
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)
BOTELER, Thomas (1797-1929). Narrative of a Voyage of Discovery to Africa…
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. Under the Command of Capt. F. W. Owen,…
Hammer price: £300
Estimate: £400 - £600
13 July 2023 , 01:00 BST
13 July 2023 , 01:00 BST
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.
BRIGGS, Raymond (1934-2022). The Snowman, London: Hamish Hamilton, 1978,…
BRIGGS, Raymond (1934-2022, illustrator).  The Snowman. London: Hamish Hamilton, 1978. Small folio (300 x 210mm). Coloured illustrations by Raymond Briggs. Original coloured pictorial paper boards…
Hammer price: £70
Estimate: £100 - £150
13 July 2023 , 01:00 BST
13 July 2023 , 01:00 BST
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)
BUFFON, Georges-Louis Marie Leclerc, Comte de (1757-1840). Oeuvres…
BUFFON, Georges-Louis Marie Leclerc, Comte de (1757-1840).  Oeuvres Complètes ... Suivies de ses Continuateurs Daubenton, Lacépède, Cuvier, Duméril, Poiret, Lesson et Geoffrey-St-Hilaire. Brussels:…
Estimate: £400 - £600
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
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.
CHARLES I, King of England (1600-49, reign of) - An unusually large…
CHARLES I, King of England (1600-49, reign of) - An unusually large document in English on 10 sheets of vellum from the reign of Charles I, in a dense gothic bookhand, probably relating to the Manor…
Hammer price: £260
Estimate: £300 - £500
13 July 2023 , 01:00 BST
13 July 2023 , 01:00 BST
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.
CHORNY, Sasha [i.e. pseudonym of Aleksandr Mikhailovich GLIKBERG (1880…
CHORNY [or CHERNY], 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…
Estimate: £400 - £600
13 July 2023 , 01:00 BST
13 July 2023 , 01:00 BST
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)
CHURCHILL, Winston (1874-1965). The Collected Works [and] The Collected…
CHURCHILL, Winston Spencer (1874-1965).  The Collected Works [and] The Collected Essays, edited by Frederick Woods, Tom Hartman and Herbert Rees. London: Library of Imperial History in Association…
Hammer price: £2,600
Estimate: £1,500 - £2,500
13 July 2023 , 01:00 BST
13 July 2023 , 01:00 BST
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.
CLAVIUS, Christophorus (1537-1612). In sphaeram Ioannis de Sacro Bosco…
CLAVIUS, Christophorus (1537-1612).  In sphaeram Ioannis de Sacro Bosco commentarius nunc iterum ab ipso auctore recognitus, & multis ac variis locis locupletatus. Rome: Ex Officina Dominici Basæ [On…
Hammer price: £450
Estimate: £400 - £600
13 July 2023 , 01:00 BST
13 July 2023 , 01:00 BST
Code Civil des Français, Paris, 1804, 8vo, contemporary French calf-backed marbled boards. FIRST EDITION of the "Napoleonic Code".
Code Civil des Français, Paris, 1804, 8vo, contemporary French calf-backed…
Code Civil des Français. Édition Originale et Seule Officielle. Paris: De l' Imprimerie de la Rpublique. An XII, 1804. 8vo (200 x 125mm). Half title, large woodcut allegorical device on the title…
Hammer price: £200
Estimate: £400 - £600
13 July 2023 , 01:00 BST
13 July 2023 , 01:00 BST
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.
DIGBY, Kenelm (1603-65). A Late Discourse made in Solemne Assembly ...…
DIGBY, Kenelm (1603-65).  A Late Discourse Made in a Solemne Assembly of Nobles and Learned Men at Montpellier in France ... Touching the Cure of Wounds by the Powder of Sympathy; with Instructions…
Hammer price: £350
Estimate: £300 - £500
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
DUNNE, John William (1866-1949). An Experiment with Time, London, 1927, 8vo, original blue buckram, dust-jacket. FIRST EDITION. RARE, particularly in the dust-jacket.
DUNNE, John William (1866-1949). An Experiment with Time, London, 1927,…
DUNNE, John William (1866-1949).  An Experiment with Time. London: A. & C. Black, 1927. 8vo (218 x 140mm). Half title, woodcut printer's device on title, diagrams. Original dark blue buckram, spine…
Hammer price: £220
Estimate: £200 - £300
13 July 2023 , 01:00 BST
13 July 2023 , 01:00 BST
EVELYN, John (1620-1706). Silva, London, 1776, 4to, 40 plates (lacks portrait), calf (rebacked). EDITOR'S PRESENTATION COPY, inscribed by A. Hunter to his son. With another edition in 2 vols. (3)
EVELYN, John (1620-1706). Silva, London, 1776, 4to, 40 plates (lacks…
EVELYN, John (1620-1706) & Alexander HUNTER (1729-1809, editor).  Silva: Or, A Discourse of Forest-Trees, and the Propagation of Timber in his Majesty's Dominions ... Together with An Historical…
Hammer price: £300
Estimate: £400 - £600
13 July 2023 , 01:00 BST
13 July 2023 , 01:00 BST
FREMONT, J. C. (1813-90). Report of the Exploring Expedition to the Rocky Mountains in the Year 1842, and to Oregon and North California, Washington, 1845, 8vo, 16 plates only, 5 maps including folding map by Fremont and Preuss, cloth. FIRST EDITION.
FREMONT, J. C. (1813-90). Report of the Exploring Expedition to the Rocky…
FREMONT, John Charles (1813-90).  Report of the Exploring Expedition to the Rocky Mountains in the Year 1842, and to Oregon and North California in the Years 1843-'44 ... Printed by Order of the…
Hammer price: £280
Estimate: £300 - £500
13 July 2023 , 01:00 BST
13 July 2023 , 01:00 BST
FREMONT, J. C. (1813-90). Narrative of the Exploring Expedition to the Rocky Mountains, London, 1846, 8vo, 4 lithographed plates, folding map, original cloth decorated in blind. FIRST U.K. EDITION. With 3 related works in 5 vols. (6)
FREMONT, J. C. (1813-90). Narrative of the Exploring Expedition to the…
FREMONT, John Charles (1813-90).  Narrative of the Exploring Expedition to the Rocky Mountains, in the Year 1842, and to Oregon and North California, In the Years 1843-44. London: Wiley and Putnam,…
Hammer price: £180
Estimate: £200 - £300
13 July 2023 , 01:00 BST
13 July 2023 , 01:00 BST
GAUSS, Carl Friedrich (1777-1855) & Wilhelm Eduard WEBER (1804-91). Resultate aus den Beobachtungen des magnetischen Vereins im Jahre 1836, Göttingen, 1837, [?Volume One only (of 6)], 8vo, 10 folding engraved plates, boards, modern box. FIRST EDITION.
GAUSS, Carl Friedrich (1777-1855) & Wilhelm Eduard WEBER (1804-91).…
GAUSS, Carl Friedrich (1777-1855) & Wilhelm Eduard WEBER (1804-91).  Resultate aus den Beobachtungen des magnetischen Vereins im Jahre 1836. Göttingen: im Verlage der Dieterichschen Buchhandlung,…
Hammer price: £20
Estimate: £100 - £150
13 July 2023 , 01:00 BST
13 July 2023 , 01:00 BST
GRAVES, Robert (1895-1985). I, Claudius, London, 1934, 8vo, half title, folding genealogical table at the end, original black cloth, spine lettered in gilt, dust-jacket (a few short tears at head of backstrip, some chipping to corners). FIRST EDITION.
GRAVES, Robert (1895-1985). I, Claudius, London, 1934, 8vo, half title,…
GRAVES, Robert (1895-1985).  I, Claudius. From the Autobiography of Tiberius Claudius. London: Arthur Barker, 1934. 8vo (218 x 135mm). Half title, folding genealogical table at the end. Original…
Hammer price: £500
Estimate: £400 - £600
13 July 2023 , 01:00 BST
13 July 2023 , 01:00 BST

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