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BRUNEL (MARC ISAMBARD) Archive of designs for and watercolours of the Thames Tunnel by Marc Isambard Brunel, Chief Engineer and instigator of the project, by his son Isambard Kingdom Brunel, Resident Engineer, Joseph Pinchback, chief mechanical draftsman, Richard Beamish, Assistant Engineer, and others; plus related material. Sold for £200,000 inc. premium

ROWLING (J.K.) Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone, FIRST EDITION, FIRST ISSUE, AUTHOR'S PRESENTATION COPY, inscribed "27.7.97 For Meera, Donnie, Nastassia and Kai, with lots of love from Jo (also known as J.K. Rowling)", Bloomsbury, 1997. Sold for £106,250 inc. premium

SAXTON (CHRISTOPHER) An Atlas of England and Wales, FIRST EDITION, [Christopher Saxton], 1579. Sold for £106,250 inc. premium

ILLUMINATED MANUSCRIPT GOSPEL OF ST. MATTHEW, from a Bible, [Paris, c.1220-1240]. Sold for £75,000 inc. premium

LONDON BOWLES (JOHN, publisher) London Surveyed or a New Map of the Cities of London and Westminster..., with the Additional New Buildings to the Present Year 1736, John Bowles, [1736]. Sold for £2,500 inc. premium

ITALY - SICILY LA PLACA (PIETRO) La reggia in trionfo per l'acclamazione, e coronazione della Sacra Real Maesta' di Carlo Infante di Spagna, Palermo, nella Regia Stamperia d'Antonio Epiro, Stampatore di S.R.M., 1736. Sold for £2,250 inc. premium

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ALBUMS - NINETEENTH CENTURY
Sketch book of a Tour in the West Country and North Wales, together in 2 purpose-made box cases (6)

Sold for £1,875 inc. premium

AMERICA – THOMAS HOOKER OF CONNECTICUT Contemporary manuscript headed "Mr Hooker At Chelmsford on Wednesday the 17th of January. 1626." Chelmsford, 17 January 1626/27; 'PUT ON THE ARMOUR OF LIGHT AND WALKE AS CHILDREN OF THE LIGHT' – A SERMON BY THE FOUNDING FATHER OF CONNECTICUT

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AMERICA – THOMAS HOOKER OF CONNECTICUT
Contemporary manuscript headed "Mr Hooker At Chelmsford on Wednesday the 17th of January. 1626." Chelmsford, 17 January 1626/27; 'PUT ON THE ARMOUR OF LIGHT AND WALKE AS CHILDREN OF THE LIGHT' – A SERMON BY THE FOUNDING FATHER OF CONNECTICUT

Sold for £8,125 inc. premium

AMERICA - WILLIAM PENN Indenture signed ("Wm Penn"), granting to William Yardley, 500 acres in "that Tract or Part of Land in America with the Islands therein conteyned... erected... into a Province or Signory by the Name of Pensylvania", 21 March 1681[/2]

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AMERICA - WILLIAM PENN
Indenture signed ("Wm Penn"), granting to William Yardley, 500 acres in "that Tract or Part of Land in America with the Islands therein conteyned... erected... into a Province or Signory by the Name of Pensylvania", 21 March 1681[/2]

Sold for £2,375 inc. premium

AMERICA - THE CONTINENTAL CONGRESS Journals of Congress. Containing the Proceedings in the Year, 1776. Published by Order of Congress. Volume II [containing the Declaration of Independence], FIRST ISSUE, Philadelphia, Robert Aitken, 1777

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AMERICA - THE CONTINENTAL CONGRESS
Journals of Congress. Containing the Proceedings in the Year, 1776. Published by Order of Congress. Volume II [containing the Declaration of Independence], FIRST ISSUE, Philadelphia, Robert Aitken, 1777

Amended

Sold for £8,125 inc. premium

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AMERICA - CALIFORNIA GOLD RUSH
[FORRESTER (ALFRED HENRY)] "ALFRED CROWQUILL". A Good Natured Hint about California, FIRST EDITION, D. Bogue, [1849]

Sold for £1,187.50 inc. premium

ARCHITECTURE - NINETEENTH CENTURY ALBUMS SUTER (RICHARD) A collection of 17 albums of original watercolours and pencil and ink sketches of views, buildings, and architectural details and around England, Wales, Scotland, Ireland, France and Italy, [c.1820s-1870s]; and an album of pencil studies of flowers (17)

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ARCHITECTURE - NINETEENTH CENTURY ALBUMS
SUTER (RICHARD) A collection of 17 albums of original watercolours and pencil and ink sketches of views, buildings, and architectural details and around England, Wales, Scotland, Ireland, France and Italy, [c.1820s-1870s]; and an album of pencil studies of flowers (17)

Sold for £10,000 inc. premium

AUSTEN (JANE) Sense and Sensibility. A Novel. In Three Volumes. By a Lady, FIRST EDITION, 3 vol., Printed for the Author by C. Roworth... and Published by T. Egerton, 1811

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AUSTEN (JANE)
Sense and Sensibility. A Novel. In Three Volumes. By a Lady, FIRST EDITION, 3 vol., Printed for the Author by C. Roworth... and Published by T. Egerton, 1811

Sold for £35,000 inc. premium

BATE (JOHN) The Mysteryes of Nature and Art: Conteined in Foure Severall Tretises, the First of Water Workes. The Second of Fyer Workes, the Third of Drawing, Colouring, Painting, and Engraving, the Fourth of Divers Experiments, as Wel Servicable as Delightful: partly collected, and partly of the Authors Peculiar Practice, and Invention by J * B, 4 parts in 1, FIRST EDITION, Ralph Mab, and are to be sold by John Jackson and Francis Church, 1634

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BATE (JOHN)
The Mysteryes of Nature and Art: Conteined in Foure Severall Tretises, the First of Water Workes. The Second of Fyer Workes, the Third of Drawing, Colouring, Painting, and Engraving, the Fourth of Divers Experiments, as Wel Servicable as Delightful: partly collected, and partly of the Authors Peculiar Practice, and Invention by J * B, 4 parts in 1, FIRST EDITION, Ralph Mab, and are to be sold by John Jackson and Francis Church, 1634

Sold for £3,125 inc. premium

BINDING POYNTZ (ROBERT) Testimonies for the Real Presence of Christes Body and Blood in the Blessed Sacrame[n]t, FIRST EDITION, Louvain, John Fouler, 1566

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BINDING POYNTZ (ROBERT)
Testimonies for the Real Presence of Christes Body and Blood in the Blessed Sacrame[n]t, FIRST EDITION, Louvain, John Fouler, 1566

Sold for £2,500 inc. premium

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BINDING - SHORTHAND
MACAULAY (AULAY) Polygraphy or Short-hand Made Easy to the Meanest Capacity, for the Author, 26 July 1756

Sold for £500 inc. premium

BINDINGS [ARABIAN NIGHTS] The Book of the Thousand Nights and a Night [-Supplemental Nights], 17 vol., "DE LUXE EDITION", NUMBER 124 OF 250 COPIES, The Burton Club for Private Subscribers Only, [c.1904]

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BINDINGS
[ARABIAN NIGHTS] The Book of the Thousand Nights and a Night [-Supplemental Nights], 17 vol., "DE LUXE EDITION", NUMBER 124 OF 250 COPIES, The Burton Club for Private Subscribers Only, [c.1904]

Sold for £2,250 inc. premium

BINDINGS LECKY (WILLIAM E.H.) [The Works], 19 vol. (including a "Memoir" by his wife), FIRST EDITIONS, AUTOGRAPH LETTER SIGNED BY LECKY tipped-in at front of the first volume, Longmans, 1865[-1909]

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BINDINGS
LECKY (WILLIAM E.H.) [The Works], 19 vol. (including a "Memoir" by his wife), FIRST EDITIONS, AUTOGRAPH LETTER SIGNED BY LECKY tipped-in at front of the first volume, Longmans, 1865[-1909]

Sold for £1,125 inc. premium

BINDINGS ELIOT (GEORGE) The Writings, 25 vol. (complete, including "The Life"), "LARGE PAPER EDITION", LIMITED TO 750 SETS, Boston and New York, Houghton Mifflin, 1908

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BINDINGS
ELIOT (GEORGE) The Writings, 25 vol. (complete, including "The Life"), "LARGE PAPER EDITION", LIMITED TO 750 SETS, Boston and New York, Houghton Mifflin, 1908

Sold for £2,500 inc. premium

BINDINGS BROWNING (ROBERT) The Works... with Introductions by F.G. Kenyon, 10 vol., "Centenary Edition", NUMBER 168 OF 500 COPIES on antique laid paper, from an overall edition of 526, Smith, Elder, 1912

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BINDINGS
BROWNING (ROBERT) The Works... with Introductions by F.G. Kenyon, 10 vol., "Centenary Edition", NUMBER 168 OF 500 COPIES on antique laid paper, from an overall edition of 526, Smith, Elder, 1912

Sold for £1,500 inc. premium

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BINDINGS
PRESCOTT (WILLIAM H.) The Works, 22 vol. (complete), "Montezuma Edition", Philadelphia, J.B. Lippincott, [1904]

Sold for £625 inc. premium

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BINDINGS
SCOTT (WALTER) Waverley Novels, 'Border edition', 48 vol., NUMBER 174 OF 365 SETS, John C. Nimmo, 1892-1894

Sold for £2,000 inc. premium

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BINDINGS
SURTEES (ROBERT) [Sporting Novels], 5 vol., 1853-1865; and 15 others

Sold for £1,125 inc. premium

BOOK OF COMMON PRAYER The Book of Common Prayer [-The Psalter or Psalmes of David], folio (280 x 190mm.), [Richard Jugge, 1577]; Pslames, 1575, 2 works in 1, extensive early annnotations, English blindstamped binding

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BOOK OF COMMON PRAYER
The Book of Common Prayer [-The Psalter or Psalmes of David], folio (280 x 190mm.), [Richard Jugge, 1577]; Pslames, 1575, 2 works in 1, extensive early annnotations, English blindstamped binding

Sold for £13,750 inc. premium

BROWNE (THOMAS] A True and Full Copy of that which was Most Imperfectly and Surreptitiously Printed before under the Name of Religio medici, 1645; DIGBY (KENELM) Observations upon Religio Medici, 1644, 2 works in 1 vol.

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BROWNE (THOMAS]
A True and Full Copy of that which was Most Imperfectly and Surreptitiously Printed before under the Name of Religio medici, 1645; DIGBY (KENELM) Observations upon Religio Medici, 1644, 2 works in 1 vol.

Sold for £625 inc. premium

CAMERON (JULIA MARGARET) "Sappho" [Mary Hillier]; [Prospero and Miranda], 1865, 2 albumen prints signed and captioned, [1865]; and a salt print of Brading Church by an unidentified photographer (3)

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CAMERON (JULIA MARGARET)
"Sappho" [Mary Hillier]; [Prospero and Miranda], 1865, 2 albumen prints signed and captioned, [1865]; and a salt print of Brading Church by an unidentified photographer (3)

Sold for £2,125 inc. premium

COLLECTION Collection relating to music, literature and history, comprising autograph letters etc. by Joseph Joachim, Clara Schumann, George III, A. W. Kinglake, Sir John Cope and others

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COLLECTION
Collection relating to music, literature and history, comprising autograph letters etc. by Joseph Joachim, Clara Schumann, George III, A. W. Kinglake, Sir John Cope and others

Sold for £3,500 inc. premium

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[COLLINS (WILKIE)]
DICKENS (CHARLES) The Posthumous Papers of the Pickwick Club, first edition in book form, WILKIE COLLINS'S COPY, Chapman & Hall, 1837

Amended

Sold for £4,750 inc. premium

COOKERY [WOOLLEY (HANNAH)] The Compleat Servant-maid: or, the Young Maidens Tutor. Directing Them How They May Fit, and Qualifie Themselves for Any of These Employments... the Fifth Edition Corrected and Amended, Thomas Passenger, 1691

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COOKERY
[WOOLLEY (HANNAH)] The Compleat Servant-maid: or, the Young Maidens Tutor. Directing Them How They May Fit, and Qualifie Themselves for Any of These Employments... the Fifth Edition Corrected and Amended, Thomas Passenger, 1691

Sold for £1,250 inc. premium

COOKERY AND MEDICINE Recipe and medical prescription book, the main part evidently kept by a professional physician, with notes of cures (entered in a mixture of English and Latin, with medical symbols), medical observations, etc., [Greenmeadow, mid eighteenth century]

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COOKERY AND MEDICINE
Recipe and medical prescription book, the main part evidently kept by a professional physician, with notes of cures (entered in a mixture of English and Latin, with medical symbols), medical observations, etc., [Greenmeadow, mid eighteenth century]

Sold for £4,750 inc. premium

COX (DAVID) A Treatise on Landscape Painting and Effect in Water Colours... With Examples in Outline, Effect and Colouring, FIRST EDITION, S. and J. Fuller, 1814

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COX (DAVID)
A Treatise on Landscape Painting and Effect in Water Colours... With Examples in Outline, Effect and Colouring, FIRST EDITION, S. and J. Fuller, 1814

Sold for £375 inc. premium

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CRICKET
WISDEN (JOHN) Cricketer's Almanac for 1870. Seventh Edition, John Wisden & Co., 1870

Sold for £2,750 inc. premium

CRICKET WISDEN (JOHN) Cricketer's Almanack, a long run comprising the years 1885, 1887-1888, 1890, and 1892-2011, 8vo; and the index volume for years 1864-1964, sold as a periodical (125)

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CRICKET
WISDEN (JOHN) Cricketer's Almanack, a long run comprising the years 1885, 1887-1888, 1890, and 1892-2011, 8vo; and the index volume for years 1864-1964, sold as a periodical (125)

Sold for £4,750 inc. premium

DANIELL (WILLIAM) A Voyage Round Great Britain, Undertaken in the Summer of the Year 1813, and Commencing From the Land's-End in Cornwall, by Richard Ayton, With a Series of Views Illustrative of the Character and Prominent Features of the Coast, 8 vol., Longman, Hurst, 1814-1825

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DANIELL (WILLIAM)
A Voyage Round Great Britain, Undertaken in the Summer of the Year 1813, and Commencing From the Land's-End in Cornwall, by Richard Ayton, With a Series of Views Illustrative of the Character and Prominent Features of the Coast, 8 vol., Longman, Hurst, 1814-1825

Sold for £8,750 inc. premium

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DANIELL (WILLIAM)
A collection of 62 views from Daniell's "A Voyage Round Great Britain, Undertaken in the Summer of the Year 1813", [c.1814-1825]

Sold for £1,625 inc. premium

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DAUMIER (HONORÉ)
Galerie physionomique; Croquis d'expressions, 45 hand-coloured plates, [1836-1838], sold as a collection of plates

Sold for £1,500 inc. premium

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DICKENS (CHARLES)
Hard Times. For These Times, 8vo (7)

Sold for £750 inc. premium

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DICKENS (CHARLES)
The Tale of Two Cities, FIRST EDITION IN BOOK FORM, FIRST ISSUE, with p.213 misnumbered 113, Chapman and Hall, 1859

Sold for £2,750 inc. premium

DODGSON (CHARLES LUTWIDGE) "LEWIS CARROLL" Portrait photograph of Emily "Emmie" Drury-, [June 1874]; and another portrait (number "2271") by Dodgson, thought to be Mary "Minnie" Drury (2)

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DODGSON (CHARLES LUTWIDGE) "LEWIS CARROLL"
Portrait photograph of Emily "Emmie" Drury-, [June 1874]; and another portrait (number "2271") by Dodgson, thought to be Mary "Minnie" Drury (2)

Sold for £2,375 inc. premium

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DODGSON (CHARLES LUTWIDGE) "LEWIS CARROLL"
Fame's Penny-trumpet. [Not Published.], FIRST EDITION, [Privately Printed, July 1876]

Sold for £3,125 inc. premium

DOMESDAY BOOK Great Domesday Book, 'Millennium edition', 6 vol. (Facsimile, 2 vol.; Translation, 2 vol.; Introduction and Indexes; Maps), ONE OF 450 SPECIALLY BOUND COPIES, Alecto, 1992-2000

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DOMESDAY BOOK
Great Domesday Book, 'Millennium edition', 6 vol. (Facsimile, 2 vol.; Translation, 2 vol.; Introduction and Indexes; Maps), ONE OF 450 SPECIALLY BOUND COPIES, Alecto, 1992-2000

Sold for £687.50 inc. premium

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EDWARDS (EDWIN)
Old Inns, 3 vol. (all published), FIRST AND ONLY EDITION, LIMITED TO 150 COPIES, [no place or publisher], 1873-1881

Sold for £1,000 inc. premium

ELIZABETH I – PRIVY COUNCIL, ESSEX AND IRELAND Letter by Queen Elizabeth I's Privy Council signed by the Earl of Essex (favourite of Elizabeth I, Master of the Horse and of the Ordnance), Sir Robert Cecil (Secretary of State), Lord Hunsden (Lord Chamberlain and patron of Shakespeare's company), Lord Howard of Effingham and Earl of Nottingham (Lord High Admiral and victor over the Spanish Armada), John Whitgift (Archbishop of Canterbury), Roger Lord North (Treasurer of the Household), and William Knollys (Comptroller of the Household), Richmond, 23 March 1598[/99]

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ELIZABETH I – PRIVY COUNCIL, ESSEX AND IRELAND
Letter by Queen Elizabeth I's Privy Council signed by the Earl of Essex (favourite of Elizabeth I, Master of the Horse and of the Ordnance), Sir Robert Cecil (Secretary of State), Lord Hunsden (Lord Chamberlain and patron of Shakespeare's company), Lord Howard of Effingham and Earl of Nottingham (Lord High Admiral and victor over the Spanish Armada), John Whitgift (Archbishop of Canterbury), Roger Lord North (Treasurer of the Household), and William Knollys (Comptroller of the Household), Richmond, 23 March 1598[/99]

Sold for £2,250 inc. premium

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FRØLICH (LORENZ)
Series of five original illustrations, c.1859-60 (5)

£2,000 - £3,000

GARRICK (DAVID) Archive of manuscripts and artefacts from the estate of David Garrick's widow, (Eva) Maria, and held by her executor the Revd Thomas Rackett

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GARRICK (DAVID)
Archive of manuscripts and artefacts from the estate of David Garrick's widow, (Eva) Maria, and held by her executor the Revd Thomas Rackett

Sold for £112,500 inc. premium

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GARRICK (EVA MARIA)
Six admission counters for her private box at the Drury Lane Theatre, Letter F, for the season 1804-5;

Sold for £4,000 inc. premium

GARRICK AND GEORGE III Heart-shaped bloodstone and white glass paste double-sided cameo in mid-relief by James Tassie depicting George III and Queen Charlotte, almost certainly a gift from George III and Queen Charlotte to Eva Maria Garrick, [c.1775]

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GARRICK AND GEORGE III
Heart-shaped bloodstone and white glass paste double-sided cameo in mid-relief by James Tassie depicting George III and Queen Charlotte, almost certainly a gift from George III and Queen Charlotte to Eva Maria Garrick, [c.1775]

Sold for £2,250 inc. premium

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HARRIS (JACK)
Harris's List of Covent-Garden Ladies: or, Man of Pleasure's Kalendar, for the Year 1786, H. Ranger, [1786]

Sold for £20,000 inc. premium

[HARRISON (JOHN)] Memoirs of a Trait in the Character of George III of these United Kingdoms... by Johan Horrins, FIRST EDITION, W. Edwards and sold by Oliver and Boyd, 1835

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[HARRISON (JOHN)]
Memoirs of a Trait in the Character of George III of these United Kingdoms... by Johan Horrins, FIRST EDITION, W. Edwards and sold by Oliver and Boyd, 1835

Sold for £1,250 inc. premium

HAWKSMOOR (NICHOLAS) Autograph letter signed ("N. Hawksmoor"), to "Mr Willm Townsend Mason in Oxon" [the master mason and architect William Townesend], discussing their work at Blenheim on the Triumphal Arch, 14 November 1722

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HAWKSMOOR (NICHOLAS)
Autograph letter signed ("N. Hawksmoor"), to "Mr Willm Townsend Mason in Oxon" [the master mason and architect William Townesend], discussing their work at Blenheim on the Triumphal Arch, 14 November 1722

Sold for £2,250 inc. premium

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HERTFORDSHIRE
CHAUNCY (HENRY) The Historical Antiquities of Hertfordshire, FIRST EDITION, Ben. Griffin, [and others], 1700

£600 - £800

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HOROLOGY - JAPAN
MODY (N.H.N.) A Collection of Japanese Clocks, FIRST EDITION, NUMBER 161 OF 200 COPIES, Kegan Paul, 1932

£600 - £800

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IRELAND
QUIN (EDWIN RICHARD WINDHAM, third Earl of Dunraven) Notes on Irish Architecture, 2 vol., FIRST EDITION, George Bell, 1875-1877

Sold for £2,250 inc. premium

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IRELAND
STAFFORD (THOMAS) Pacata Hibernia, Ireland Appeased and Reduced, 1680; and another (4)

Sold for £1,062.50 inc. premium

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Fine Books, Atlases, Manuscripts and Photographs

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1 — ALBUMS - NINETEENTH CENTURY Sketch book of a Tour in the West Country and North Wales, together in 2 purpose-made box cases (6)

2• — AMERICA – THOMAS HOOKER OF CONNECTICUT Contemporary manuscript headed "Mr Hooker At Chelmsford on Wednesday the 17th of January. 1626." Chelmsford, 17 January 1626/27; 'PUT ON THE ARMOUR OF LIGHT AND WALKE AS CHILDREN OF THE LIGHT' – A SERMON BY THE FOUNDING FATHER OF CONNECTICUT

3 — AMERICA - WILLIAM PENN Indenture signed ("Wm Penn"), granting to William Yardley, 500 acres in "that Tract or Part of Land in America with the Islands therein conteyned... erected... into a Province or Signory by the Name of Pensylvania", 21 March 1681[/2]

4• — AMERICA - THE CONTINENTAL CONGRESS Journals of Congress. Containing the Proceedings in the Year, 1776. Published by Order of Congress. Volume II [containing the Declaration of Independence], FIRST ISSUE, Philadelphia, Robert Aitken, 1777

5• — AMERICA - CALIFORNIA GOLD RUSH [FORRESTER (ALFRED HENRY)] "ALFRED CROWQUILL". A Good Natured Hint about California, FIRST EDITION, D. Bogue, [1849]

7• — AUSTEN (JANE) Sense and Sensibility. A Novel. In Three Volumes. By a Lady, FIRST EDITION, 3 vol., Printed for the Author by C. Roworth... and Published by T. Egerton, 1811

9• — BINDING POYNTZ (ROBERT) Testimonies for the Real Presence of Christes Body and Blood in the Blessed Sacrame[n]t, FIRST EDITION, Louvain, John Fouler, 1566

10• — BINDING - SHORTHAND MACAULAY (AULAY) Polygraphy or Short-hand Made Easy to the Meanest Capacity, for the Author, 26 July 1756

11• — BINDINGS [ARABIAN NIGHTS] The Book of the Thousand Nights and a Night [-Supplemental Nights], 17 vol., "DE LUXE EDITION", NUMBER 124 OF 250 COPIES, The Burton Club for Private Subscribers Only, [c.1904]

12• — BINDINGS LECKY (WILLIAM E.H.) [The Works], 19 vol. (including a "Memoir" by his wife), FIRST EDITIONS, AUTOGRAPH LETTER SIGNED BY LECKY tipped-in at front of the first volume, Longmans, 1865[-1909]

13• — BINDINGS ELIOT (GEORGE) The Writings, 25 vol. (complete, including "The Life"), "LARGE PAPER EDITION", LIMITED TO 750 SETS, Boston and New York, Houghton Mifflin, 1908

14• — BINDINGS BROWNING (ROBERT) The Works... with Introductions by F.G. Kenyon, 10 vol., "Centenary Edition", NUMBER 168 OF 500 COPIES on antique laid paper, from an overall edition of 526, Smith, Elder, 1912

15• — BINDINGS PRESCOTT (WILLIAM H.) The Works, 22 vol. (complete), "Montezuma Edition", Philadelphia, J.B. Lippincott, [1904]

16• — BINDINGS SCOTT (WALTER) Waverley Novels, 'Border edition', 48 vol., NUMBER 174 OF 365 SETS, John C. Nimmo, 1892-1894

17• — BINDINGSSURTEES (ROBERT) [Sporting Novels], 5 vol., 1853-1865; and 15 others

18• — BOOK OF COMMON PRAYER The Book of Common Prayer [-The Psalter or Psalmes of David], folio (280 x 190mm.), [Richard Jugge, 1577]; Pslames, 1575, 2 works in 1, extensive early annnotations, English blindstamped binding

19• — BROWNE (THOMAS] A True and Full Copy of that which was Most Imperfectly and Surreptitiously Printed before under the Name of Religio medici, 1645; DIGBY (KENELM) Observations upon Religio Medici, 1644, 2 works in 1 vol.

20 — CAMERON (JULIA MARGARET) "Sappho" [Mary Hillier]; [Prospero and Miranda], 1865, 2 albumen prints signed and captioned, [1865]; and a salt print of Brading Church by an unidentified photographer (3)

21 — COLLECTION Collection relating to music, literature and history, comprising autograph letters etc. by Joseph Joachim, Clara Schumann, George III, A. W. Kinglake, Sir John Cope and others

22• — [COLLINS (WILKIE)] DICKENS (CHARLES) The Posthumous Papers of the Pickwick Club, first edition in book form, WILKIE COLLINS'S COPY, Chapman & Hall, 1837

23• — COOKERY [WOOLLEY (HANNAH)] The Compleat Servant-maid: or, the Young Maidens Tutor. Directing Them How They May Fit, and Qualifie Themselves for Any of These Employments... the Fifth Edition Corrected and Amended, Thomas Passenger, 1691

24• — COOKERY AND MEDICINE Recipe and medical prescription book, the main part evidently kept by a professional physician, with notes of cures (entered in a mixture of English and Latin, with medical symbols), medical observations, etc., [Greenmeadow, mid eighteenth century]

25• — COX (DAVID) A Treatise on Landscape Painting and Effect in Water Colours... With Examples in Outline, Effect and Colouring, FIRST EDITION, S. and J. Fuller, 1814

26• — CRICKET WISDEN (JOHN) Cricketer's Almanac for 1870. Seventh Edition, John Wisden & Co., 1870

27• — CRICKET WISDEN (JOHN) Cricketer's Almanack, a long run comprising the years 1885, 1887-1888, 1890, and 1892-2011, 8vo; and the index volume for years 1864-1964, sold as a periodical (125)

28• — DANIELL (WILLIAM) A Voyage Round Great Britain, Undertaken in the Summer of the Year 1813, and Commencing From the Land's-End in Cornwall, by Richard Ayton, With a Series of Views Illustrative of the Character and Prominent Features of the Coast, 8 vol., Longman, Hurst, 1814-1825

29• — DANIELL (WILLIAM) A collection of 62 views from Daniell's "A Voyage Round Great Britain, Undertaken in the Summer of the Year 1813", [c.1814-1825]

30• — DAUMIER (HONORÉ) Galerie physionomique; Croquis d'expressions, 45 hand-coloured plates, [1836-1838], sold as a collection of plates

31• — DICKENS (CHARLES) Hard Times. For These Times, 8vo (7)

32• — DICKENS (CHARLES) The Tale of Two Cities, FIRST EDITION IN BOOK FORM, FIRST ISSUE, with p.213 misnumbered 113, Chapman and Hall, 1859

33 — DODGSON (CHARLES LUTWIDGE) "LEWIS CARROLL" Portrait photograph of Emily "Emmie" Drury-, [June 1874]; and another portrait (number "2271") by Dodgson, thought to be Mary "Minnie" Drury (2)

34• — DODGSON (CHARLES LUTWIDGE) "LEWIS CARROLL" Fame's Penny-trumpet. [Not Published.], FIRST EDITION, [Privately Printed, July 1876]

35• — DOMESDAY BOOK Great Domesday Book, 'Millennium edition', 6 vol. (Facsimile, 2 vol.; Translation, 2 vol.; Introduction and Indexes; Maps), ONE OF 450 SPECIALLY BOUND COPIES, Alecto, 1992-2000

36• — EDWARDS (EDWIN) Old Inns, 3 vol. (all published), FIRST AND ONLY EDITION, LIMITED TO 150 COPIES, [no place or publisher], 1873-1881

38 — FRØLICH (LORENZ) Series of five original illustrations, c.1859-60 (5)

39 — GARRICK (DAVID) Archive of manuscripts and artefacts from the estate of David Garrick's widow, (Eva) Maria, and held by her executor the Revd Thomas Rackett

40Ф,Y — GARRICK (EVA MARIA) Six admission counters for her private box at the Drury Lane Theatre, Letter F, for the season 1804-5;

41 — GARRICK AND GEORGE III Heart-shaped bloodstone and white glass paste double-sided cameo in mid-relief by James Tassie depicting George III and Queen Charlotte, almost certainly a gift from George III and Queen Charlotte to Eva Maria Garrick, [c.1775]

42• — HARRIS (JACK) Harris's List of Covent-Garden Ladies: or, Man of Pleasure's Kalendar, for the Year 1786, H. Ranger, [1786]

43• — [HARRISON (JOHN)] Memoirs of a Trait in the Character of George III of these United Kingdoms... by Johan Horrins, FIRST EDITION, W. Edwards and sold by Oliver and Boyd, 1835

44 — HAWKSMOOR (NICHOLAS) Autograph letter signed ("N. Hawksmoor"), to "Mr Willm Townsend Mason in Oxon" [the master mason and architect William Townesend], discussing their work at Blenheim on the Triumphal Arch, 14 November 1722

45• — HERTFORDSHIRE CHAUNCY (HENRY) The Historical Antiquities of Hertfordshire, FIRST EDITION, Ben. Griffin, [and others], 1700

46• — HOROLOGY - JAPAN MODY (N.H.N.) A Collection of Japanese Clocks, FIRST EDITION, NUMBER 161 OF 200 COPIES, Kegan Paul, 1932

47• — IRELAND QUIN (EDWIN RICHARD WINDHAM, third Earl of Dunraven) Notes on Irish Architecture, 2 vol., FIRST EDITION, George Bell, 1875-1877

48• — IRELAND STAFFORD (THOMAS) Pacata Hibernia, Ireland Appeased and Reduced, 1680; and another (4)

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ALBUMS - NINETEENTH CENTURY
Sketch book of a Tour in the West Country and North Wales, together in 2 purpose-made box cases (6)

2^• —
AMERICA – THOMAS HOOKER OF CONNECTICUT
Contemporary manuscript headed "Mr Hooker At Chelmsford on Wednesday the 17th of January. 1626." Chelmsford, 17 January 1626/27; 'PUT ON THE ARMOUR OF LIGHT AND WALKE AS CHILDREN OF THE LIGHT' – A SERMON BY THE FOUNDING FATHER OF CONNECTICUT

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AMERICA - WILLIAM PENN
Indenture signed ("Wm Penn"), granting to William Yardley, 500 acres in "that Tract or Part of Land in America with the Islands therein conteyned... erected... into a Province or Signory by the Name of Pensylvania", 21 March 1681[/2]

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AMERICA - THE CONTINENTAL CONGRESS
Journals of Congress. Containing the Proceedings in the Year, 1776. Published by Order of Congress. Volume II [containing the Declaration of Independence], FIRST ISSUE, Philadelphia, Robert Aitken, 1777

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AMERICA - CALIFORNIA GOLD RUSH
[FORRESTER (ALFRED HENRY)] "ALFRED CROWQUILL". A Good Natured Hint about California, FIRST EDITION, D. Bogue, [1849]

7^• —
AUSTEN (JANE)
Sense and Sensibility. A Novel. In Three Volumes. By a Lady, FIRST EDITION, 3 vol., Printed for the Author by C. Roworth... and Published by T. Egerton, 1811

9^• —
BINDING POYNTZ (ROBERT)
Testimonies for the Real Presence of Christes Body and Blood in the Blessed Sacrame[n]t, FIRST EDITION, Louvain, John Fouler, 1566

10^• —
BINDING - SHORTHAND
MACAULAY (AULAY) Polygraphy or Short-hand Made Easy to the Meanest Capacity, for the Author, 26 July 1756

11^• —
BINDINGS
[ARABIAN NIGHTS] The Book of the Thousand Nights and a Night [-Supplemental Nights], 17 vol., "DE LUXE EDITION", NUMBER 124 OF 250 COPIES, The Burton Club for Private Subscribers Only, [c.1904]

12^• —
BINDINGS
LECKY (WILLIAM E.H.) [The Works], 19 vol. (including a "Memoir" by his wife), FIRST EDITIONS, AUTOGRAPH LETTER SIGNED BY LECKY tipped-in at front of the first volume, Longmans, 1865[-1909]

13^• —
BINDINGS
ELIOT (GEORGE) The Writings, 25 vol. (complete, including "The Life"), "LARGE PAPER EDITION", LIMITED TO 750 SETS, Boston and New York, Houghton Mifflin, 1908

14^• —
BINDINGS
BROWNING (ROBERT) The Works... with Introductions by F.G. Kenyon, 10 vol., "Centenary Edition", NUMBER 168 OF 500 COPIES on antique laid paper, from an overall edition of 526, Smith, Elder, 1912

15^• —
BINDINGS
PRESCOTT (WILLIAM H.) The Works, 22 vol. (complete), "Montezuma Edition", Philadelphia, J.B. Lippincott, [1904]

16^• —
BINDINGS
SCOTT (WALTER) Waverley Novels, 'Border edition', 48 vol., NUMBER 174 OF 365 SETS, John C. Nimmo, 1892-1894

17^• —
BINDINGS
SURTEES (ROBERT) [Sporting Novels], 5 vol., 1853-1865; and 15 others

18^• —
BOOK OF COMMON PRAYER
The Book of Common Prayer [-The Psalter or Psalmes of David], folio (280 x 190mm.), [Richard Jugge, 1577]; Pslames, 1575, 2 works in 1, extensive early annnotations, English blindstamped binding

19^• —
BROWNE (THOMAS]
A True and Full Copy of that which was Most Imperfectly and Surreptitiously Printed before under the Name of Religio medici, 1645; DIGBY (KENELM) Observations upon Religio Medici, 1644, 2 works in 1 vol.

20 —
CAMERON (JULIA MARGARET)
"Sappho" [Mary Hillier]; [Prospero and Miranda], 1865, 2 albumen prints signed and captioned, [1865]; and a salt print of Brading Church by an unidentified photographer (3)

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COLLECTION
Collection relating to music, literature and history, comprising autograph letters etc. by Joseph Joachim, Clara Schumann, George III, A. W. Kinglake, Sir John Cope and others

22^• —
[COLLINS (WILKIE)]
DICKENS (CHARLES) The Posthumous Papers of the Pickwick Club, first edition in book form, WILKIE COLLINS'S COPY, Chapman & Hall, 1837

23^• —
COOKERY
[WOOLLEY (HANNAH)] The Compleat Servant-maid: or, the Young Maidens Tutor. Directing Them How They May Fit, and Qualifie Themselves for Any of These Employments... the Fifth Edition Corrected and Amended, Thomas Passenger, 1691

24^• —
COOKERY AND MEDICINE
Recipe and medical prescription book, the main part evidently kept by a professional physician, with notes of cures (entered in a mixture of English and Latin, with medical symbols), medical observations, etc., [Greenmeadow, mid eighteenth century]

25^• —
COX (DAVID)
A Treatise on Landscape Painting and Effect in Water Colours... With Examples in Outline, Effect and Colouring, FIRST EDITION, S. and J. Fuller, 1814

26^• —
CRICKET
WISDEN (JOHN) Cricketer's Almanac for 1870. Seventh Edition, John Wisden & Co., 1870

27^• —
CRICKET
WISDEN (JOHN) Cricketer's Almanack, a long run comprising the years 1885, 1887-1888, 1890, and 1892-2011, 8vo; and the index volume for years 1864-1964, sold as a periodical (125)

28^• —
DANIELL (WILLIAM)
A Voyage Round Great Britain, Undertaken in the Summer of the Year 1813, and Commencing From the Land's-End in Cornwall, by Richard Ayton, With a Series of Views Illustrative of the Character and Prominent Features of the Coast, 8 vol., Longman, Hurst, 1814-1825

29^• —
DANIELL (WILLIAM)
A collection of 62 views from Daniell's "A Voyage Round Great Britain, Undertaken in the Summer of the Year 1813", [c.1814-1825]

30^• —
DAUMIER (HONORÉ)
Galerie physionomique; Croquis d'expressions, 45 hand-coloured plates, [1836-1838], sold as a collection of plates

31^• —
DICKENS (CHARLES)
Hard Times. For These Times, 8vo (7)

32^• —
DICKENS (CHARLES)
The Tale of Two Cities, FIRST EDITION IN BOOK FORM, FIRST ISSUE, with p.213 misnumbered 113, Chapman and Hall, 1859

33 —
DODGSON (CHARLES LUTWIDGE) "LEWIS CARROLL"
Portrait photograph of Emily "Emmie" Drury-, [June 1874]; and another portrait (number "2271") by Dodgson, thought to be Mary "Minnie" Drury (2)

34^• —
DODGSON (CHARLES LUTWIDGE) "LEWIS CARROLL"
Fame's Penny-trumpet. [Not Published.], FIRST EDITION, [Privately Printed, July 1876]

35^• —
DOMESDAY BOOK
Great Domesday Book, 'Millennium edition', 6 vol. (Facsimile, 2 vol.; Translation, 2 vol.; Introduction and Indexes; Maps), ONE OF 450 SPECIALLY BOUND COPIES, Alecto, 1992-2000

36^• —
EDWARDS (EDWIN)
Old Inns, 3 vol. (all published), FIRST AND ONLY EDITION, LIMITED TO 150 COPIES, [no place or publisher], 1873-1881

38 —
FRØLICH (LORENZ)
Series of five original illustrations, c.1859-60 (5)

39 —
GARRICK (DAVID)
Archive of manuscripts and artefacts from the estate of David Garrick's widow, (Eva) Maria, and held by her executor the Revd Thomas Rackett

40^Ф,Y —
GARRICK (EVA MARIA)
Six admission counters for her private box at the Drury Lane Theatre, Letter F, for the season 1804-5;

41 —
GARRICK AND GEORGE III
Heart-shaped bloodstone and white glass paste double-sided cameo in mid-relief by James Tassie depicting George III and Queen Charlotte, almost certainly a gift from George III and Queen Charlotte to Eva Maria Garrick, [c.1775]

42^• —
HARRIS (JACK)
Harris's List of Covent-Garden Ladies: or, Man of Pleasure's Kalendar, for the Year 1786, H. Ranger, [1786]

43^• —
[HARRISON (JOHN)]
Memoirs of a Trait in the Character of George III of these United Kingdoms... by Johan Horrins, FIRST EDITION, W. Edwards and sold by Oliver and Boyd, 1835

44 —
HAWKSMOOR (NICHOLAS)
Autograph letter signed ("N. Hawksmoor"), to "Mr Willm Townsend Mason in Oxon" [the master mason and architect William Townesend], discussing their work at Blenheim on the Triumphal Arch, 14 November 1722

45^• —
HERTFORDSHIRE
CHAUNCY (HENRY) The Historical Antiquities of Hertfordshire, FIRST EDITION, Ben. Griffin, [and others], 1700

46^• —
HOROLOGY - JAPAN
MODY (N.H.N.) A Collection of Japanese Clocks, FIRST EDITION, NUMBER 161 OF 200 COPIES, Kegan Paul, 1932

47^• —
IRELAND
QUIN (EDWIN RICHARD WINDHAM, third Earl of Dunraven) Notes on Irish Architecture, 2 vol., FIRST EDITION, George Bell, 1875-1877

48^• —
IRELAND
STAFFORD (THOMAS) Pacata Hibernia, Ireland Appeased and Reduced, 1680; and another (4)