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27 Nov 2012, starting at 10:30 GMT.

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NEW NATURALIST The New Naturalist, vol. 1-105 (lacking 84-86 and 95-100), 1945-2008; and 2 near complete sets comprising 43 vol ...

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LAWRENCE (T.E.) The Mint, FIRST EDITION, NUMBER 10 OF ONLY 50 COPIES, A.W. LAWRENCE AND EDWARD ELIOT'S ...

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SUTTON (CHRISTOPHER)] Disce Vivere: Learne to Live... Learne to Dye, 2 parts in one vol., 1626; and othrs, theology (16)

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DAGUERREOTYPES - STEREOVIEWS A group of 6 stereoscopic views, 4 of art and interiors, a nude, and a portrait contained within ...

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1	AGRICULTURE MARSHALL (WILLIAM) Minutes...on Agriculture in the Southern Counties, 2 vol., 1799; and others (11)	£499 US$ 761 €591
2	ALLESTREE (RICHARD)] The Ladies Calling... The Fifth Impression, contemporary red morocco gilt, 1677	£199 US$ 304 €236
3	APPERLEY (CHARLES)] Hunting Reminiscences... by Nimrod, FIRST EDITION, 1843; and 5 others (6)	£224 US$ 342 €266
4	BALLOONING A bound volume of 12 engraved plates, and 3 engraved text leaves relating to ballooning, mostly concerning Blanchard	£1,249 US$ 1,904 €1,479
5	BEWICK (THOMAS) A History of British Birds, 2 vol., 1832--BRITTON (JOHN) and E.W. BRAYLEY. Memoirs of the Tower of London, 1830; and 26 others (28)	£199 US$ 304 €236
6	BIBLE, Psalms, in Greek and Latin Davidis Regis ac Prophetae Psalmorum liber, Antwerp, Plantin, 1584; and Plantin missal, 1598 (2)	£274 US$ 418 €325
7	BIBLE, in English, Authorised version The New Testament, dos-a-dos binding, 1637	£1,874 US$ 2,856 €2,219
8	BIBLE, in English, Bishops and Rheims version The Text of the New Testament of Jesus Christ, edited by W. Fulke, 1633	£437 US$ 666 €517
9	BIBLE, in English, Authorised version The Holy Bible, 4to, 1613-14	£174 US$ 266 €207
10	BIBLE, in English, Geneva version The Bible, 1590	£1,749 US$ 2,665 €2,071
12	BIBLE, in English, Geneva Version The Bible, That is the Holy Scriptures Conteined in the Old and Newe Testament	£237 US$ 361 €281
13	BIBLE, in English, Geneva version The Bible, C. Barker, 1599 [but Amsterdam, c.1633]	£187 US$ 285 €221
14	BIBLE, in English, Geneva Version. The Bible, That is the Holy Scriptures Conteined in the Old and New Testament, [c.1633]; and 2 others	£499 US$ 761 €591
15	BIBLE, in French, Geneva version La Bible, pointille binding, 1635	£749 US$ 1,142 €887
16	BIBLE, in French, Geneva Version La Saincte Bible Françoise, 2 vol. in one, 1621	£199 US$ 304 €236
17	BIBLE, in Latin Testamenti veteris [-Testamentum novum] Biblia sacra, 3 parts in one vol., JOHN EVELYN'S COPY, 1624	£812 US$ 1,237 €961
18	BIBLE, in Latin and Greek Novum testamentum graecè & latine, 1559; and another (2)	£499 US$ 761 €591
19	BIBLE, in Syriac Epistolae quatuor, 1630; bound with another on Hebrew vowels, 1748	£124 US$ 190 €147
20	BIBLE, in Irish An Biobla Naomhtha, iona bhfuil Leabhair na Seintiomna, 2 parts in one vol.	£474 US$ 723 €562
21	BIBLIOGRAPHY - SPORTING The Edward S. Litchfield Collection. A Catalogue, NUMBER 29 OF 125 COPIES, 1986	£224 US$ 342 €266
22	BIBLIOGRAPHY AND PRINTING DENHOLM-YOUNG (N., editor) The Liber Epistolaris of Richard De Bury, Roxburghe, 1950; and others (13)	£399 US$ 609 €473
23	BIBLIOGRAPHY AND PRINTING ESSLEMONT (DAVID) Inside the Book, NUMBER 22 OF 250 COPIES, Solmentes Press, 2002--LEE (BRIAN NORTH) Bookplates of Richard Shirley Smith, LIMITED TO 275 COPIES, Fleece Press, 2005; and others, mostly private and small press bibliography and comment (small qty)	£274 US$ 418 €325
24	BICKHAM (GEORGE, the elder) The Universal Penman; or, the Art of Writing	£237 US$ 361 €281
25	BINDINGS The Cornhill Magazine, vol. 1-8, 34-36, 20 vol., 1860-1882 (20)	£162 US$ 247 €192
26	BINDINGS AUSTEN (JANE) The Novels...Based on Collation of the Early Editions by R.W. Chapman. 5 vol.	£524 US$ 799 €621
27	BINDINGS BOWES (JAMES, Lord) Japanese Marks and Seals, 1872; and others (17)	£599 US$ 914 €710
28	BINDINGS DAHN (FELIX) En kamp om rom, 4 vol. in 2, 1881; and others (quantity)	£774 US$ 1,180 €917
29	BINDINGS FROUDE (JAMES ANTHONY) The English in Ireland in the Eighteenth Century, 3 vol., 1886; and 8 others	£237 US$ 361 €281
30	BINDINGS LOCKHART (J.G) Memoirs of Sir Walter Scott, 5 vol.	£349 US$ 533 €414
31	BINDINGS Le livre des milles nuits et une nuit. Traduction... par le Dr. J.C. Mardrus, 16 vol., 1900-1904	£199 US$ 304 €236
32	BINDINGS MARTY (ANDRÉ, editor) La dernière année de Marie-Antoinette, NUMBER 195 OF 200 COPIES, 1907; and 3 others, Louis XVII, and Vignettes (4)	£199 US$ 304 €236
33	BINDINGS SCHILLER (FRIEDRICH VON) Werke, 10 vol., 1844	£162 US$ 247 €192
34	BINDINGS SCOTT (WALTER) [The Works], 62 vol. only	£274 US$ 418 €325
35	BINDINGS SHAKESPEARE (WILLIAM) The Works, 6 vol.; and others (22)	£312 US$ 476 €369
36	BINDINGS SHOWER (JOHN) Of the Day of Grace: 1693; and 4 others, decorative morocco bindings (5)	£624 US$ 952 €739
37	BINDINGS STERNE (LAURENCE) Works, 4 vol.	£562 US$ 856 €665
38	BINDINGS TINDAL (MATTHEW) The Rights of the Christian Church Asserted, Against the Romish 1706; and 2 others (3)	£399 US$ 609 €473
39	BINDINGS TROLLOPE (ANTHONY) The Barsetshire Novels, 8 vol.	£249 US$ 380 €295
40	BINDINGS WANOSTROCHT (NICOLAS) La liturgie, morocco prize binding, 1794	£349 US$ 533 €414
41	BLAGRAVE (JOSEPH)] The Epitomie of the Art of Husbandry [-Additions], 2 parts in one vol., 1685	£374 US$ 571 €443
42	CANALS First [Second and Third] Report of the Royal Commission Appointed to Enquire into and to Report on the Canals and Inland Navigations of the United Kingdom, 7 vol. in 3, 1906-1909	£249 US$ 380 €295
43	COOKERY [GLASSE (HANNAH) The Art of Cookery, Made Plain and Easy], FIRST EDITION, folio, 1747	£687 US$ 1,047 €813
44	COSTUME Costume Parisien, 2 vol., c.1797-98	£2,249 US$ 3,427 €2,663
45	COSTUME Le moniteur de la mode, [Paris and London, c.1845]	£62 US$ 95 €73
46	DANIEL (WILLIAM BARKER) Rural Sports, 4 vol. (including Supplement), 4to, 1807-1813	£474 US$ 723 €562
47	DIET ROBINSON (NICHOLAS) A Treatise on the Virtues and Efficacy of a Crust of Bread, Eat Early in a Morning Fasting: to Which are Added, Some Particular Remarks Concerning Cures Accomplished by the Saliva, or Fasting-spittle, 1756	£249 US$ 380 €295
48	DRINK [SALLENGRE (ALBERT HENRI DE)] Ebrietatis encomium: or, the Praise of Drunkeness... by Boniface Oinophilus, 1723; and another (2)	£74 US$ 114 €88
49	EDUCATION ROTHWELL (JAMES, Master of the Free-School of Blackrod, Lancs.) A Comprehensive Grammar of the English Language, for the Use of Youth, FIRST EDITION, 1787	£624 US$ 952 €739
50	ENCYCLOPAEDIA BRITANNICA Encyclopaedia Britannica, 26 vol., (including 6 vol. supplement), 1815-1824	£187 US$ 285 €221
51	ENGINEERING HUMBER (WILLIAM) A Practical Treatise on Cast and Wrought Iron Bridge Construction. Including Iron Foundations, 2 vol., 1870; and others (23)	£812 US$ 1,237 €961
52	FAIRFAX (THOMAS) The Complete Sportsman; or, Country Gentleman's Recreation, 1744; and 2 others (3)	£137 US$ 209 €162
53	FINANCE HATTON (EDWARD) An Index to Interest, FIRST EDITION, 1711 and 2 others (3)	£137 US$ 209 €162
54	FREEMASONRY [BÉRAGE, M. De; KÖPPEN (KARL F.)] Les plus secrets mysteres des hauts grades de la maçonnerie devoiles, ou le vrai rose-croix, traduit de l'anglois; suivi du noachite, traduit de l'allemand, 1778	£399 US$ 609 €473
55	GENEALOGY and HERALDRY GUILLIM (JOHN) A Display of Heraldrie, 1724; and others (small quantity)	£687 US$ 1,047 €813
56	HARDING (JAMES DUFFIELD) The Park and the Forest, 1841	£437 US$ 666 €517
57	HUSBANDRY [WORLIDGE (JOHN)] Dictionarium Rusticum, Urbanicum, & Botanicum: or, a Dictionary of Husbandry, Gardening, Trade, Commerce, and all Sorts of Country-Affairs, 2 vol., 1726	£187 US$ 285 €221
58	HUSBANDRY [WORLIDGE (JOHN)] Systema Agriculturae; The Mystery of Husbandry Discovered, 1675	£199 US$ 304 €236
59	LANG (ANDREW, translator) Aucassin & Nicolette, 1905; and 2 others (3)	£62 US$ 95 €73
60	LAW - MIDDLE TEMPLE Catalogus librorum bibliothecae honorabilis societatis Medii Templi, 1734 and 1736	£312 US$ 476 €369
61	LAW CROMPTON (RICHARD) L'authoritie et jurisdiction des courts de la Maistie de la Roygne, 1594	£124 US$ 190 €147
62	LAW FITZHERBERT (ANTHONY) L'office et auctority de iustices de peace, 1606	£87 US$ 133 €103
63	LAW PULTON (FERDINAND) De pace regis et regni. Viz. A Treatise Declaring Which the Great and Generall Offences of the Realme, and Chiefe Impediments of the Peace of the King and Kingdome, 1609; and others (5)	£687 US$ 1,047 €813
65	LIVERPOOL IMPRINTS Rules and Orders of the Public Infirmary at Liverpool, 1809; and 8 others (9)	£874 US$ 1,332 €1,035
66	MANCHESTER - ILLEGITIMACY and ABUSE. BATTYE (THOMAS) The Red Basil Book, or, Parish Register of Arrears, for the Maintenance of the Unfortunate Offspring of Illicit Amours, 1796	£1,374 US$ 2,094 €1,627
67	MANUSCRIPT - ST WINIFREDE. Life of St Winefride (St Gwenfrewi), written in an early-to-mid seventeenth-century hand	£562 US$ 856 €665
68	MANUSCRIPT LEAF, Psalm 105, verses 9-42, [?c. 14th or 15th century]	£624 US$ 952 €739
69	MARKHAM (GERVASE) Markham's Master-Piece Revived: Containing all Knowledge Belonging to the Smith, Farrier or Horse-Leach, Touching the Curing all Diseases in Horses, 3 parts in one vol., 1675	£312 US$ 476 €369
70	MARKHAM (GERVASE) The Inrichment of the Weald of Kent: or, a Direction to the Husband-man, 1631	£62 US$ 95 €73
71	MARKHAM (GERVASE) The English House-Wife. 1631; and another by Markham (2)	£399 US$ 609 €473
72	MILITARY - VENN (THOMAS) Military & Maritine Discipline in Three Books... Military Observations on Tacticks, 1672	£1,249 US$ 1,904 €1,479
73	MILITARY MAXIM (HUDSON) Maxim Aerial Torpedo. A New System of Throwing High Explosives From Ordnance and Some Recent Improvements in Smokeless Powders, 1897	£237 US$ 361 €281
74	MILITARY AND NAVAL LOCHÉE (LEWIS, Master of the Military Academy, Little Chelsea) An Essay on Castramentation, 1778; and 3 others (4)	£749 US$ 1,142 €887
75	MILITARY HOLMES (RICHARD RIVINGTON) Naval and Military Trophies and Personal Relics of British Heroes, 1896; and others (quantity)	£687 US$ 1,047 €813
76	MILITARY LEECH (JOHN) The Trayne Souldier. A Sermon Preached Before the Worthy Societie of the Captaynes and Gentle Men that Exercise Armes in the Artillery Garden, 1619	£1,499 US$ 2,285 €1,775
77	MILITARY MOORE (JONAS) Modern Fortification: or, Elements of Military Architecture, 1673	£749 US$ 1,142 €887
78	MILITARY MORETTI (TOMASO) A General Treatise of Artillery: or, Great Ordnance, 1683	£499 US$ 761 €591
79	MILITARY WAYMOUTH (JOHN) Low-countrie Trayning: or, Certaine Demonstrations, Wherein is Represented the Order How a Company Should MarchFIRST EDITION, AUTHOR'S PRESENTATATION COPY inscribed on title "Ex dono autoris", 1617	£3,499 US$ 5,331 €4,143
80	MILITARY [CRUSO (JOHN)] Militarie Instructions for the Cavallrie, 1632	£499 US$ 761 €591
81	MINING BUSHELL (THOMAS) An Extract by Mr. Bushell of His Late Abridgment of the Lord Chancellor Bacons Philosophical Theory in Mineral Prosecutions, 1660	£437 US$ 666 €517
82	MINING HERTTWIG (CHRISTOPH) Neues und Vollkommenes Berg-Büch, bestehend in sehr vielen und raren Beerg-Händeln, 1734	£149 US$ 228 €177
83	MINING SCHLÜTTER (CHRISTOPHE-ANDRÉ) De la fonte, des mines, des fonderies, 2 vol., 1764-1753	£149 US$ 228 €177
84	MINING SCHREITER (JOHANNES) Nova Decas Metallica 1616; and 2 others (3)	£1,624 US$ 2,475 €1,923
85	MINING [HOUGHTON (THOMAS)] The Golden Treasury; or, the Compleat Minor. Being Royal Institutions or Proposals for Articles to Establish and Confirm Laws, Liberties & Customs of Silver & Gold Mines, to all the King's Subjects, in Such Parts of Africa and America, Which Are Now (or Shall be Annexed to, and Dependant on the Crown of England), 1699	£437 US$ 666 €517
86	MONTGOMERY (BERNARD LAW) Normandy to the Baltic, INSCRIBED BY THE AUTHOR TO MAJOR BUDD, April 1946; and 7 others, also relating to WWII (8)	£374 US$ 571 €443
87	NAVAL - PROSTITUTION. Statement Respecting the Prevalence of Certain Immoral Practices in His Majesty's Navy, 1821	£474 US$ 723 €562
89	RACKHAM (ARTHUR) WAGNER (RICHARD) The Ring of the Niblung, [1910]; Siegfried & the Twilight of the Gods, 1911, tipped-in colour plates by Rackham, publisher's pictorial cloth, unevenly faded; and others (12)	£274 US$ 418 €325
90	RAILWAYS WOOD (NICHOLAS) A Practical Treatise on Rail-Roads, and Interior Communication in General, 1825; and another (2)	£74 US$ 114 €88
91	RUNDELL (MARIA ELIZA)] A New System of Domestic Cookery... by a Lady. A New Edition, Corrected, 1813; and 5 others (6)	£62 US$ 95 €73
92	SLAVERY DICKSON (WILLIAM) Letters on Slavery... to Which Are Added, Addresses to the Whites, and to the Free Negroes of Barbadoes, FIRST EDITION, AUTHOR'S PRESENTATION COPY inscribed on front free endpaper "To Sir James Johnstone of Elphinstone and Westerhall... Member of Parliament for the Burgh of Dumfries... [from] his much obliged most obedient humble servant the Author", 1789; and 3 others (4)	£437 US$ 666 €517
93	SPORTING CHALMERS (PATRICK R.) Gun-Dogs, 1931; and 18 others (19)	£312 US$ 476 €369