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
WHEELER-BENNETT, John (1902-75). Munich. Prologue to Tragedy, London, 1948, 8vo, original cloth. FIRST EDITION, PRESENTATION COPY, A HIGHLY IMPORTANT COPY, ANNOTATED AND HIGHLIGHTED IN INK BY ANTHONY EDEN.
WHEELER-BENNETT, John (1902-75). Munich. Prologue to Tragedy, London, 1948…
WHEELER-BENNETT, John W. (1902-75).  Munich. Prologue to Tragedy. London: Macmillan & Co., 1948. Large 8vo (220 x 150mm). Half title, 9 full-page illustrations of contemporary cartoons from "Punch"…
Hammer price: £750
Estimate: £700 - £1,000
13 July 2023 , 01:00 BST
13 July 2023 , 01:00 BST
WHISTLER, James Abbott McNeill (1834-1903). Eden versus Whistler, Paris, 1899, large 8vo, original boards. FIRST EDITION, ASSOCIATION COPY, with the old armorial bookplate of Anthony Eden. With another book by Whistler, and a related album. (3)
WHISTLER, James Abbott McNeill (1834-1903). Eden versus Whistler, Paris,…
WHISTLER, James Abbott McNeill (1834-1903).  Eden versus Whistler. The Baronet and the Butterfly. A Valentine with a Verdict. Paris: Louis-Henry May, 1899. Large 8vo (203 x 160mm). Wood-engraved…
Hammer price: £160
Estimate: £100 - £150
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
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.
BELL, Charles (1774-1842). An Exposition of the Natural System of the…
BELL, Charles (1774-1842).  An Exposition of the Natural System of the Nerves of the Human Body. With a Republication of the Papers Delivered to the Royal Society, on the Subject of the Nerves.…
Hammer price: £20
Estimate: £70 - £100
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
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.
BROWN, Thomas (dates unknown). A Letter in Reply to the Report of the…
BROWN, Thomas (dates unknown).  A Letter in Reply to the Report of the Surgeons of the Vaccine Institution, Edinburgh; With an Appendix, Containing a Variety of Interesting Letters on the Subject of…
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
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
[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."
[BUTLER, John (1809-74)]. A Sketch of Assam, London, 1847, 8vo, 15…
[BUTLER, John (1809-74)].  A Sketch of Assam: with Some Account of the Hill Tribes. By an Officer in the Hon. East India Company's Bengal Native Infantry in Civil Employ. With Illustrations from…
Hammer price: £320
Estimate: £200 - £300
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
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
EHRLICH, Paul (1854-1915). Beiträge zur experimentellen Pathologie und Chemotherapie, Leipzig, 1909, large 8vo, original green cloth. FIRST EDITION.
EHRLICH, Paul (1854-1915). Beiträge zur experimentellen Pathologie und…
EHRLICH, Paul (1854-1915).  Beitrge zur experimentellen Pathologie und Chemotherapie. Leipzig: Akademische Verlagsgesellschaft m.b.h., 1909. Large 8vo (230 x 155mm). Half title. Original green cloth,…
Hammer price: £20
Estimate: £70 - £100
13 July 2023 , 01:00 BST
13 July 2023 , 01:00 BST
FLEMING, Ian (1908-64). On Her Majesty's Secret Service, London, 1963, 8vo, original dark brown cloth, dust-jacket. FIRST EDITION. With the same author's You Only Live Twice (London, 1964, 8vo, cloth, dust-jacket, FIRST EDITION). (2)
FLEMING, Ian (1908-64). On Her Majesty's Secret Service, London, 1963, 8vo…
FLEMING, Ian (1908-64).  On Her Majesty's Secret Service. London: Jonathan Cape, 1963. 8vo (189 x 125mm). Half title. Original dark brown cloth, the upper cover with ski tracks in white, the spine…
Hammer price: £150
Estimate: £100 - £150
13 July 2023 , 01:00 BST
13 July 2023 , 01:00 BST
FLOYER, John (1649-1734). A Treatise of the Asthma, London, 1698, small 8vo, some leaves mis-bound [see full description], but all present, later calf. FIRST EDITION. RARE.
FLOYER, John (1649-1734). A Treatise of the Asthma, London, 1698, small…
[FLOYER, John (1649-1734)].  A Treatise of the Asthma. Divided into Four Parts. In the First is given A History of the fits ... In the Second, The Cacochymia which disposes to the Fit ... In the…
Estimate: £300 - £500
13 July 2023 , 01:00 BST
13 July 2023 , 01:00 BST
HALL, Marshall (1790-1857). On The Diseases and Derangements of the Nervous System, London, 1841, 8vo, 8 engraved plates, later half calf gilt. FIRST EDITION.
HALL, Marshall (1790-1857). On The Diseases and Derangements of the…
HALL, Marshall (1790-1857).  On The Diseases and Derangements of the Nervous System, in their Primary Forms and in their Modifications by Age, Sex, Constitution, Hereditary Predispositions, Excesses,…
Hammer price: £200
Estimate: £200 - £300
13 July 2023 , 01:00 BST
13 July 2023 , 01:00 BST
HARRISON, George (1943-2001) - Concert for George, Guildford, Genesis Publications Limited, 2004, 4to, coloured and monochrome photographs, various inserts [see below], original goatskin gilt, box. NUMBER 24 OF 350 DELUXE COPIES SIGNED BY OLIVIA HARRISON.
HARRISON, George (1943-2001) - Concert for George, Guildford, Genesis…
HARRISON, George (1943-2001) - Concert for George. The Royal Albert Hall, London, November 29th 2002. Edited by Olivia Harrison & Brian Roylance. Guildford: Genesis Publications Limited, 2004. 4to …
Hammer price: £420
Estimate: £300 - £500
13 July 2023 , 01:00 BST
13 July 2023 , 01:00 BST
HARVEY, William (1578-1657). Opera omnia, London, 1766, 4to, engraved portrait, plate, contemporary calf gilt (rebacked). "The best collected edition of his works is that published by the College of Physicians, edited by Dr Lawrence, in 1766" (see DNB).
HARVEY, William (1578-1657). Opera omnia, London, 1766, 4to, engraved…
HARVEY, William (1578-1657).  Opera omnia: a Collegio Medicorum Londinensi edita, edited by Thomas Lawrence and Mark Akenside. [From the colophon:] London: "Excudebat Guilielmus Bowyer," 1766. 4to …
Hammer price: £400
Estimate: £500 - £800
13 July 2023 , 01:00 BST
13 July 2023 , 01:00 BST
JENNER, Edward (1749-1823). An Inquiry into the Causes and Effects of the Variolæ Vaccinæ, London, 1801, 4to, 4 engraved hand-coloured plates, contemporary calf (rebacked). Third edition. With a facsimile of the 1798 edition and a related document. (3)
JENNER, Edward (1749-1823). An Inquiry into the Causes and Effects of the…
JENNER, Edward (1749-1823).  An Inquiry into the Causes and Effects of the Variolæ Vaccinæ, a Disease Discovered in Some of the Western Counties of England, Particularly Gloucestershire, and Known by…
Hammer price: £420
Estimate: £200 - £300
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
MACDONALD, Isabel (dates unknown). The Fairy Tradition in the Highlands and Some Psychological Problems, Keighley, 1938, 8vo, original wrappers. FIRST EDITION, inscribed on the upper wrapper by the author. RARE.
MACDONALD, Isabel (dates unknown). The Fairy Tradition in the Highlands…
MACDONALD, Isabel (dates unknown).  The Fairy Tradition in the Highlands and Some Psychological Problems. Keighley: The Rydal Press, 1938 [from the imprint on the verso of title]. 8vo (182 x 125mm).…
Hammer price: £110
Estimate: £50 - £80
13 July 2023 , 01:00 BST
13 July 2023 , 01:00 BST
MANTEL, Hilary (1952-2022). Wolf Hall, London, 2009, 8vo, original buckram, dust-jacket. FIRST EDITION. With the same author's Bring up the Bodies (London, 2012, 2 copies) and The Mirror and the Light (London, 2020). FIRST EDITIONS OF THE TRILOGY. (4)
MANTEL, Hilary (1952-2022). Wolf Hall, London, 2009, 8vo, original buckram…
MANTEL, Hilary (1952-2022).  Wolf Hall. London: Fourth Estate, 2009. 8vo (234 x 150mm). Half title. Original black buckram, the spine lettered in gilt, dust-jacket with the price of £18.99 unclipped,…
Hammer price: £280
Estimate: £100 - £150
13 July 2023 , 01:00 BST
13 July 2023 , 01:00 BST

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