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NEWTON (ISAAC) Philosophiae naturalis principia mathematica... Editio secunda auctior et emendatior, PRESENTATION COPY FROM NEWTON TO HIS CHAMBER-FELLOW JOHN WICKINS, Cambridge, [Cornelius Crownfield at the University Press], 1713. Sold for £47,750 inc. premium

KELMSCOTT PRESS - BINDING MORRIS (WILLIAM) The Story of the Glittering Plain or the Land of Living Men, Hammersmith, Kelmscott Press, 1894. Sold for £31,500 inc. premium

JOYCE (JAMES) Ulysses, ninth printing, AUTHOR'S PRESENTATION COPY TO H.G. WELLS, INSCRIBED "To H.G. Wells respectully James Joyce, 5 November 1928 Paris" on the front free endpaper, Paris, Shakespeare and Company, 1927. Sold for £25,250 inc. premium

PLATH (SYLVIA) The Bell Jar by Victoria Lucas, FIRST EDITION, SIGNED BY TED HUGHES on the front free endpaper, Heinemann, [1963]. Sold for £11,475 inc. premium

COPLAND (WILLIAM, PUBLISHER) Here begynneth the Boke of the Arte or Crafte of Graffynge and Plantyng of Trees, Imprinted at London in Lothbery over against S. Margarets church by me Wyllyam Copland, [?1565]. Sold for £11,475 inc. premium

PROUST (MARCEL) Six autograph letters signed ("Marcel Proust"), five to Thérèse Fould née Ephrussi ("Chère madame" or "Madame") and one to her husband Léon Fould ("Cher Monsieur"), no place or date [Paris, 1905?]. Sold for £9,562.50 inc. premium

PHOTOGRAPHY HILL (DAVID OCTAVIUS) AND ROBERT ADAMSON. Collection of 49 portraits, groups and landscapes (2) by Hill and Adamson printed by Jessie Bertram, [1840s, but printed later]. Sold for £8,925 inc. premium

ARDIZZONE (EDWARD) The complete original artwork by Ardizzone for "The Tunnel of Hugsy Goode" by Eleanor Estes, [1972]. Sold for £8,287.50 inc. premium

DOYLE (ARTHUR CONAN) The Hound of the Baskervilles. Another Adventure of Sherlock Holmes, FIRST EDITION, FIRST ISSUE, with 'you' for 'your' on page 13, line 3, George Newnes, 1902. Sold for £4,080 inc. premium

ORWELL (GEORGE) Nineteen Eighty-four, FIRST EDITION, Secker & Warburg, 1949. Sold for £2,805 inc. premium

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ARCHITECTURE - FRANCE Four fine original architectural designs for the four elevations of a fin-de-siècle brick town house in Rouen, "Dressé par l'architecte Soussigné, Rouen le 1[-15] mars 1902" (4)

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ARCHITECTURE - FRANCE
Four fine original architectural designs for the four elevations of a fin-de-siècle brick town house in Rouen, "Dressé par l'architecte Soussigné, Rouen le 1[-15] mars 1902" (4)

£800 - £1,200

ARMS AND ARMOUR MEYRICK (WILLIAM) An Illustrated Catalogue of Weapons and Detached Specimens of Armour, from the Collection of William Meyrick, Esq., FIRST EDITION, Joseph Clayton, 1861

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ARMS AND ARMOUR
MEYRICK (WILLIAM) An Illustrated Catalogue of Weapons and Detached Specimens of Armour, from the Collection of William Meyrick, Esq., FIRST EDITION, Joseph Clayton, 1861

Sold for £3,825 inc. premium

ARMS AND ARMOUR - BACHERAU An album of photographs of arms and armour, relating to the great Parisian dealer Louis Bachereau, [early twentieth century]

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ARMS AND ARMOUR - BACHERAU
An album of photographs of arms and armour, relating to the great Parisian dealer Louis Bachereau, [early twentieth century]

Sold for £2,550 inc. premium

ARMS AND ARMOUR - NAPOLEON III PENGUILLY L'HARIDON (OCTAVE) Catalogue des collections du cabinet d'armes des sa Majesté l'Empereur, Paris, J. Claye, 1867, FIRST EDITIONS (2)

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ARMS AND ARMOUR - NAPOLEON III
PENGUILLY L'HARIDON (OCTAVE) Catalogue des collections du cabinet d'armes des sa Majesté l'Empereur, Paris, J. Claye, 1867, FIRST EDITIONS (2)

Sold for £2,550 inc. premium

ARMS AND ARMOUR - RIGGS Three albums of photographs of armour and weapons formerly in the collection of William H. Riggs, [early twentieth century], modern half morocco, gilt red lettering label ("Riggs Collection") on spines, folio (4)

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ARMS AND ARMOUR - RIGGS
Three albums of photographs of armour and weapons formerly in the collection of William H. Riggs, [early twentieth century], modern half morocco, gilt red lettering label ("Riggs Collection") on spines, folio (4)

Sold for £3,187.50 inc. premium

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BANKING
BAGEHOT (WALTER) Lombard Street. A Description of the Money Market, FIRST EDITION, Henry S. King & Co., 1873

Sold for £701.25 inc. premium

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BINDINGS
COLLIER (JEREMY) An Ecclesiastical History, 9 vol., 1840

£400 - £600

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BINDINGS
WORDSWORTH (WILLIAM) The Poetical Works, 11 vol. (including "The Life"), Edinburgh, William Paterson, 1882-1889

Sold for £892.50 inc. premium

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BOYDELL (JOHN AND JOSIAH)
An History of the River Thames, 2 vol., FIRST EDITION, W. Bulmer & Co., for John and Josiah Boydell, 1794-1796 [but watermarked 1825]

Sold for £2,550 inc. premium

CREALOCK (HENRY HOPE) "Among the Red Deer:" Sketches from Nature in the Forest, 2 vol. (text and portfolio of plates), FIRST EDITION, 1870; Deer-stalking in Scotland, ltd to 250 copies, 1892 (3)

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CREALOCK (HENRY HOPE)
"Among the Red Deer:" Sketches from Nature in the Forest, 2 vol. (text and portfolio of plates), FIRST EDITION, 1870; Deer-stalking in Scotland, ltd to 250 copies, 1892 (3)

Sold for £446.25 inc. premium

ERASMUS (DESIDERIUS) Moriae encomium nunc postremum ab ipso autore religiose recognitum, una cum aliis aliquot libellis, Basle, [Froben], [July], 1522

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ERASMUS (DESIDERIUS)
Moriae encomium nunc postremum ab ipso autore religiose recognitum, una cum aliis aliquot libellis, Basle, [Froben], [July], 1522

Sold for £4,845 inc. premium

FABRI (ALESSANDRO) Diversarum nationum ornatus [-Diversar nationum habitus], vol. 1 and 2 (of 3) bound in 1 vol., 193 engraved costume plates, [Padua, 1593], sold not subject to return

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FABRI (ALESSANDRO)
Diversarum nationum ornatus [-Diversar nationum habitus], vol. 1 and 2 (of 3) bound in 1 vol., 193 engraved costume plates, [Padua, 1593], sold not subject to return

Sold for £1,402.50 inc. premium

FIRST BOER WAR 1880-1881 Group of five autograph letters from Lieutenant Colonel Hardin Burnley-Campbell (1843-1920) to his father including a first-hand account of the Battle of Majuba Hill, 1881

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FIRST BOER WAR 1880-1881
Group of five autograph letters from Lieutenant Colonel Hardin Burnley-Campbell (1843-1920) to his father including a first-hand account of the Battle of Majuba Hill, 1881

Sold for £1,785 inc. premium

GARDENS - FRANCE Five original bird's-eye view designs for grand public gardens in the Swiss, German, English styles, for locations near Mantes, Seine et Oise (2), and in the region of Louviers, Eure (3), [France, late nineteenth century] (5)

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GARDENS - FRANCE
Five original bird's-eye view designs for grand public gardens in the Swiss, German, English styles, for locations near Mantes, Seine et Oise (2), and in the region of Louviers, Eure (3), [France, late nineteenth century] (5)

Sold for £1,020 inc. premium

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GOULD (JOHN)
A group of 13 hand-coloured lithographs of falcons and birds of prey, and 3 others, [c.1873] (16)

Sold for £1,275 inc. premium

GRIMBLE (AUGUSTUS) Deer-Stalking, LIMITED TO 250 COPIES, 18 plates after the author, errata slip, 1892; and 13 others by Grimble, half morocco or half parchment (14)

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GRIMBLE (AUGUSTUS)
Deer-Stalking, LIMITED TO 250 COPIES, 18 plates after the author, errata slip, 1892; and 13 others by Grimble, half morocco or half parchment (14)

Sold for £484.50 inc. premium

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HEATH (HENRY)
Characteristics. In Twenty Six Plates, Printed by Lefevre & Kohler, for I.B. Brooks, 9 New Bond St., [c.1834]

£400 - £600

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JUDAICA - GAME
The New Game of the Jew, J. Wallis, 27 May 1807

Sold for £2,422.50 inc. premium

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LILFORD (THOMAS POWYS, FOURTH BARON)
Coloured Figures of the Birds of the British Islands, 7 vol., FIRST EDITION, R.H. Porter, 1885-1897

Sold for £2,167.50 inc. premium

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LYDEKKER (RICHARD)
The Great and Small Game of India, Burma & Tibet, NUMBER 26 OF 250 COPIES SIGNED BY THE PUBLISHER, Rowland Ward, 1900

Sold for £765 inc. premium

MONET (CLAUDE) Autograph letter signed ("Claude Monet") to "Cher Ami" [Paul César Helleu], in French, asking if he is still in Paris and asking when he will visit, Giverny par Vernon, Eure, 9 July [18]93

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MONET (CLAUDE)
Autograph letter signed ("Claude Monet") to "Cher Ami" [Paul César Helleu], in French, asking if he is still in Paris and asking when he will visit, Giverny par Vernon, Eure, 9 July [18]93

£2,000 - £3,000

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MUSIC - RACHMANINOV
RACHMANINOV (SERGEI) Second concerto pour le piano avec orchestre, printed score, COMPOSER'S PRESENTATION COPY, [c.1901-1902]

Sold for £3,187.50 inc. premium

OVID - ANTONIO TEMPESTA Metamorphoseon sive tranformationium Ovidianarum libri... Antonio Tempesta inventor, Paris, Baltazar Moncornet, [c.1625]

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OVID - ANTONIO TEMPESTA
Metamorphoseon sive tranformationium Ovidianarum libri... Antonio Tempesta inventor, Paris, Baltazar Moncornet, [c.1625]

Sold for £701.25 inc. premium

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PHOTOGRAPHY
COLE (ALAN SUMMERLY) Ancient Needlepoint and Pillow Lace, 20 WOODBURYTYPE PLATES, 1875

£400 - £600

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PHOTOGRAPHY
HILL (DAVID OCTAVIUS) AND ROBERT ADAMSON. Collection of 49 portraits, groups and landscapes (2) by Hill and Adamson printed by Jessie Bertram, [1840s, but printed later]

Sold for £8,925 inc. premium

PHOTOGRAPHY MUYBRIDGE (EADWEARD) Autograph letter signed ("Eadweard Muybridge"), to W.J. Chadwick Esq., Hon. Secretary of the Manchester Photographic Society, November [18]89

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PHOTOGRAPHY
MUYBRIDGE (EADWEARD) Autograph letter signed ("Eadweard Muybridge"), to W.J. Chadwick Esq., Hon. Secretary of the Manchester Photographic Society, November [18]89

Sold for £5,100 inc. premium

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PHOTOGRAPHY - SCOTLAND
ANNAN (THOMAS) Glasgow City Improvement Trust. Old Closes and streets of Glasgow, T. & R. Annan & Sons, 1900

Sold for £1,657.50 inc. premium

SECOND ANGLO-AFGHAN WAR 1878-1881 Papers of Lieutenant Colonel Hardin Burnley-Campbell (1843-1920) of the 6th Dragoon Guards (Carabiniers), relating to his service in India during the second Afghan Campaign of 1878-1881

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SECOND ANGLO-AFGHAN WAR 1878-1881
Papers of Lieutenant Colonel Hardin Burnley-Campbell (1843-1920) of the 6th Dragoon Guards (Carabiniers), relating to his service in India during the second Afghan Campaign of 1878-1881

Sold for £4,845 inc. premium

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THORBURN (ARCHIBALD)
A Naturalist's Sketch Book, 1919; and 7 others by Kinloch, Millais, Scrope, (8)

Sold for £382.50 inc. premium

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TURNER (JOSEPH MALLORD WILLIAM)
Liber Studiorum, for the Author, [1807-1819]

£15,000 - £20,000

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AMERICA
HONDIUS (JODOCUS) America noviter delineata, [Amsterdam, c.1629-1630]

£600 - £800

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AMERICA
SEILE (ANNE) Americae nova descriptio, [London], 1663

Sold for £382.50 inc. premium

ISLAM The Rise of Islam and the Caliphate. The Pan-Islamic Movement, FIRST EDITION, FIRST ISSUE, with "Confidential" printed in upper right corner of title and front wrapper, Handbooks Prepared Under the Direction of the Historical Section of the Foreign Office, January 1919

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ISLAM
The Rise of Islam and the Caliphate. The Pan-Islamic Movement, FIRST EDITION, FIRST ISSUE, with "Confidential" printed in upper right corner of title and front wrapper, Handbooks Prepared Under the Direction of the Historical Section of the Foreign Office, January 1919

Sold for £2,805 inc. premium

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LEAR (EDWARD)
Illustrated Excursions in Italy, 2 vol. [First-Second series], FIRST EDITION, Thomas M'Lean, 1846; with other items (4)

Sold for £3,187.50 inc. premium

MOUNTAINEERING - EVERESTBRUCE (CHARLES GRANVILLE) The Assault on Mount Everest 1922, PRESENTATION COPY INSCRIBED BY THE EXPEDITION'S DOCTOR 1922; Photo album of Expedition; and another (3)

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MOUNTAINEERING - EVEREST
BRUCE (CHARLES GRANVILLE) The Assault on Mount Everest 1922, PRESENTATION COPY INSCRIBED BY THE EXPEDITION'S DOCTOR 1922; Photo album of Expedition; and another (3)

Sold for £3,825 inc. premium

PERSIAN GULF AND ARABIA Persian Gulf, large colour-printed map of "Persian Gulf and Adjacent Countries... Additions Feby. 1919" loosely inserted as issued in pocket at end, June, 1919; Persia, June 1919; Arabia, Handbooks Prepared Under the Direction of the Historical Section of the Foreign Office, 1919 (3)

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PERSIAN GULF AND ARABIA
Persian Gulf, large colour-printed map of "Persian Gulf and Adjacent Countries... Additions Feby. 1919" loosely inserted as issued in pocket at end, June, 1919; Persia, June 1919; Arabia, Handbooks Prepared Under the Direction of the Historical Section of the Foreign Office, 1919 (3)

Sold for £7,012.50 inc. premium

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PORTER (DAVID)
A Voyage In The South Seas... With Particular Details Of The Gallipagos and Washington Islands, 1823; and 7 others

Sold for £892.50 inc. premium

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SOUTH AFRICA
BURCHELL (WILLIAM JOHN) Travels in the Interior of Southern Africa, 2 vol., FIRST EDITION, Longman, Hurst, 1822-1824

£1,000 - £1,500

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SOUTH AFRICA
HARRIS (WILLIAM CORNWALLIS) Wild Sports of Southern Africa, 1841; and 2 others

Sold for £892.50 inc. premium

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SOUTH AFRICA
LE VAILLANT (FRANCOIS) New Travels into the Interior Parts of Africa, 3 vol., 1796; and 3 others

Sold for £956.25 inc. premium

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SOUTH AFRICA
SEMPLE (ROBERT) Walks and Sketches at the Cape of Good Hope, FIRST EDITION, Edwards and Knibb, 1820, 8vo (2)

£500 - £700

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SOUTH AFRICA
The Cape of Good Hope Calendar, and Agriculturist's Guide, FIRST EDITION, T. and J. Allman, 1819.

£400 - £600

ALBUMS - LITERATURE, ABOLITION, METHODISM & SCIENCE Two nineteenth century albums, the first containing collection of c.70 autograph letters, envelopes and cut signatures (2)

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ALBUMS - LITERATURE, ABOLITION, METHODISM & SCIENCE
Two nineteenth century albums, the first containing collection of c.70 autograph letters, envelopes and cut signatures (2)

Sold for £4,845 inc. premium

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[BARLOW (WILLIAM)]
The Navigator's Supply. G. Bishop, R. Newbery, and R. Barker, 1597

Sold for £1,275 inc. premium

BIBLE - EMBROIDERED BINDING The Whole Book of Psalmes Collected into English Meeter by T. Sternhold, I. Hopkins, and Others, The Company of Stationers, 1630

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BIBLE - EMBROIDERED BINDING
The Whole Book of Psalmes Collected into English Meeter by T. Sternhold, I. Hopkins, and Others, The Company of Stationers, 1630

Sold for £1,530 inc. premium

BIBLE- FRANCIS FRY The First New Testament Printed in the English Language, PRESENTATION COPY, INSCRIBED BY FRANCIS FRY, Bristol, Printed for the Editor, 1862

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BIBLE- FRANCIS FRY
The First New Testament Printed in the English Language, PRESENTATION COPY, INSCRIBED BY FRANCIS FRY, Bristol, Printed for the Editor, 1862

Sold for £1,083.75 inc. premium

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BRINSLEY (JOHN)
Ludus Literarius: or, The Grammar Schoole, FIRST EDITION, 1612

Sold for £2,167.50 inc. premium

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CAMDEN (WILLIAM)
Britannia, Newly Translated into English: With Large Additions and Improvements... by Edmund Gibson, A. Swalle, A. & J. Churchill, 1695

Sold for £1,020 inc. premium

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1 — ARCHITECTURE - FRANCE Four fine original architectural designs for the four elevations of a fin-de-siècle brick town house in Rouen, "Dressé par l'architecte Soussigné, Rouen le 1[-15] mars 1902" (4)

2• — ARMS AND ARMOUR MEYRICK (WILLIAM) An Illustrated Catalogue of Weapons and Detached Specimens of Armour, from the Collection of William Meyrick, Esq., FIRST EDITION, Joseph Clayton, 1861

3 — ARMS AND ARMOUR - BACHERAU An album of photographs of arms and armour, relating to the great Parisian dealer Louis Bachereau, [early twentieth century]

4• — ARMS AND ARMOUR - NAPOLEON III PENGUILLY L'HARIDON (OCTAVE) Catalogue des collections du cabinet d'armes des sa Majesté l'Empereur, Paris, J. Claye, 1867, FIRST EDITIONS (2)

5 — ARMS AND ARMOUR - RIGGS Three albums of photographs of armour and weapons formerly in the collection of William H. Riggs, [early twentieth century], modern half morocco, gilt red lettering label ("Riggs Collection") on spines, folio (4)

6• — BANKING BAGEHOT (WALTER) Lombard Street. A Description of the Money Market, FIRST EDITION, Henry S. King & Co., 1873

7• — BINDINGS COLLIER (JEREMY) An Ecclesiastical History, 9 vol., 1840

8• — BINDINGS WORDSWORTH (WILLIAM) The Poetical Works, 11 vol. (including "The Life"), Edinburgh, William Paterson, 1882-1889

9• — BOYDELL (JOHN AND JOSIAH) An History of the River Thames, 2 vol., FIRST EDITION, W. Bulmer & Co., for John and Josiah Boydell, 1794-1796 [but watermarked 1825]

10• — CREALOCK (HENRY HOPE) "Among the Red Deer:" Sketches from Nature in the Forest, 2 vol. (text and portfolio of plates), FIRST EDITION, 1870; Deer-stalking in Scotland, ltd to 250 copies, 1892 (3)

11• — ERASMUS (DESIDERIUS) Moriae encomium nunc postremum ab ipso autore religiose recognitum, una cum aliis aliquot libellis, Basle, [Froben], [July], 1522

12• — FABRI (ALESSANDRO) Diversarum nationum ornatus [-Diversar nationum habitus], vol. 1 and 2 (of 3) bound in 1 vol., 193 engraved costume plates, [Padua, 1593], sold not subject to return

13 — FIRST BOER WAR 1880-1881 Group of five autograph letters from Lieutenant Colonel Hardin Burnley-Campbell (1843-1920) to his father including a first-hand account of the Battle of Majuba Hill, 1881

14 — GARDENS - FRANCE Five original bird's-eye view designs for grand public gardens in the Swiss, German, English styles, for locations near Mantes, Seine et Oise (2), and in the region of Louviers, Eure (3), [France, late nineteenth century] (5)

15 — GOULD (JOHN) A group of 13 hand-coloured lithographs of falcons and birds of prey, and 3 others, [c.1873] (16)

16• — GRIMBLE (AUGUSTUS) Deer-Stalking, LIMITED TO 250 COPIES, 18 plates after the author, errata slip, 1892; and 13 others by Grimble, half morocco or half parchment (14)

17• — HEATH (HENRY) Characteristics. In Twenty Six Plates, Printed by Lefevre & Kohler, for I.B. Brooks, 9 New Bond St., [c.1834]

18• — JUDAICA - GAME The New Game of the Jew, J. Wallis, 27 May 1807

19• — LILFORD (THOMAS POWYS, FOURTH BARON) Coloured Figures of the Birds of the British Islands, 7 vol., FIRST EDITION, R.H. Porter, 1885-1897

20• — LYDEKKER (RICHARD) The Great and Small Game of India, Burma & Tibet, NUMBER 26 OF 250 COPIES SIGNED BY THE PUBLISHER, Rowland Ward, 1900

21 — MONET (CLAUDE) Autograph letter signed ("Claude Monet") to "Cher Ami" [Paul César Helleu], in French, asking if he is still in Paris and asking when he will visit, Giverny par Vernon, Eure, 9 July [18]93

22• — MUSIC - RACHMANINOV RACHMANINOV (SERGEI) Second concerto pour le piano avec orchestre, printed score, COMPOSER'S PRESENTATION COPY, [c.1901-1902]

23• — OVID - ANTONIO TEMPESTA Metamorphoseon sive tranformationium Ovidianarum libri... Antonio Tempesta inventor, Paris, Baltazar Moncornet, [c.1625]

24• — PHOTOGRAPHY COLE (ALAN SUMMERLY) Ancient Needlepoint and Pillow Lace, 20 WOODBURYTYPE PLATES, 1875

25 — PHOTOGRAPHY HILL (DAVID OCTAVIUS) AND ROBERT ADAMSON. Collection of 49 portraits, groups and landscapes (2) by Hill and Adamson printed by Jessie Bertram, [1840s, but printed later]

26 — PHOTOGRAPHY MUYBRIDGE (EADWEARD) Autograph letter signed ("Eadweard Muybridge"), to W.J. Chadwick Esq., Hon. Secretary of the Manchester Photographic Society, November [18]89

27• — PHOTOGRAPHY - SCOTLAND ANNAN (THOMAS) Glasgow City Improvement Trust. Old Closes and streets of Glasgow, T. & R. Annan & Sons, 1900

28 — SECOND ANGLO-AFGHAN WAR 1878-1881 Papers of Lieutenant Colonel Hardin Burnley-Campbell (1843-1920) of the 6th Dragoon Guards (Carabiniers), relating to his service in India during the second Afghan Campaign of 1878-1881

29• — THORBURN (ARCHIBALD) A Naturalist's Sketch Book, 1919; and 7 others by Kinloch, Millais, Scrope, (8)

30• — TURNER (JOSEPH MALLORD WILLIAM) Liber Studiorum, for the Author, [1807-1819]

31• — AMERICA HONDIUS (JODOCUS) America noviter delineata, [Amsterdam, c.1629-1630]

32• — AMERICA SEILE (ANNE) Americae nova descriptio, [London], 1663

33• — ISLAM The Rise of Islam and the Caliphate. The Pan-Islamic Movement, FIRST EDITION, FIRST ISSUE, with "Confidential" printed in upper right corner of title and front wrapper, Handbooks Prepared Under the Direction of the Historical Section of the Foreign Office, January 1919

34• — LEAR (EDWARD) Illustrated Excursions in Italy, 2 vol. [First-Second series], FIRST EDITION, Thomas M'Lean, 1846; with other items (4)

35• — MOUNTAINEERING - EVERESTBRUCE (CHARLES GRANVILLE) The Assault on Mount Everest 1922, PRESENTATION COPY INSCRIBED BY THE EXPEDITION'S DOCTOR 1922; Photo album of Expedition; and another (3)

37• — PORTER (DAVID) A Voyage In The South Seas... With Particular Details Of The Gallipagos and Washington Islands, 1823; and 7 others

38• — SOUTH AFRICA BURCHELL (WILLIAM JOHN) Travels in the Interior of Southern Africa, 2 vol., FIRST EDITION, Longman, Hurst, 1822-1824

39• — SOUTH AFRICA HARRIS (WILLIAM CORNWALLIS) Wild Sports of Southern Africa, 1841; and 2 others

40• — SOUTH AFRICA LE VAILLANT (FRANCOIS) New Travels into the Interior Parts of Africa, 3 vol., 1796; and 3 others

41• — SOUTH AFRICA SEMPLE (ROBERT) Walks and Sketches at the Cape of Good Hope, FIRST EDITION, Edwards and Knibb, 1820, 8vo (2)

42• — SOUTH AFRICA The Cape of Good Hope Calendar, and Agriculturist's Guide, FIRST EDITION, T. and J. Allman, 1819.

43• — ALBUMS - LITERATURE, ABOLITION, METHODISM & SCIENCE Two nineteenth century albums, the first containing collection of c.70 autograph letters, envelopes and cut signatures (2)

44• — [BARLOW (WILLIAM)] The Navigator's Supply. G. Bishop, R. Newbery, and R. Barker, 1597

45• — BIBLE - EMBROIDERED BINDING The Whole Book of Psalmes Collected into English Meeter by T. Sternhold, I. Hopkins, and Others, The Company of Stationers, 1630

46• — BIBLE- FRANCIS FRY The First New Testament Printed in the English Language, PRESENTATION COPY, INSCRIBED BY FRANCIS FRY, Bristol, Printed for the Editor, 1862

47• — BRINSLEY (JOHN) Ludus Literarius: or, The Grammar Schoole, FIRST EDITION, 1612

48• — CAMDEN (WILLIAM) Britannia, Newly Translated into English: With Large Additions and Improvements... by Edmund Gibson, A. Swalle, A. & J. Churchill, 1695

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ARCHITECTURE - FRANCE
Four fine original architectural designs for the four elevations of a fin-de-siècle brick town house in Rouen, "Dressé par l'architecte Soussigné, Rouen le 1[-15] mars 1902" (4)

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ARMS AND ARMOUR
MEYRICK (WILLIAM) An Illustrated Catalogue of Weapons and Detached Specimens of Armour, from the Collection of William Meyrick, Esq., FIRST EDITION, Joseph Clayton, 1861

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ARMS AND ARMOUR - BACHERAU
An album of photographs of arms and armour, relating to the great Parisian dealer Louis Bachereau, [early twentieth century]

4^• —
ARMS AND ARMOUR - NAPOLEON III
PENGUILLY L'HARIDON (OCTAVE) Catalogue des collections du cabinet d'armes des sa Majesté l'Empereur, Paris, J. Claye, 1867, FIRST EDITIONS (2)

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ARMS AND ARMOUR - RIGGS
Three albums of photographs of armour and weapons formerly in the collection of William H. Riggs, [early twentieth century], modern half morocco, gilt red lettering label ("Riggs Collection") on spines, folio (4)

6^• —
BANKING
BAGEHOT (WALTER) Lombard Street. A Description of the Money Market, FIRST EDITION, Henry S. King & Co., 1873

7^• —
BINDINGS
COLLIER (JEREMY) An Ecclesiastical History, 9 vol., 1840

8^• —
BINDINGS
WORDSWORTH (WILLIAM) The Poetical Works, 11 vol. (including "The Life"), Edinburgh, William Paterson, 1882-1889

9^• —
BOYDELL (JOHN AND JOSIAH)
An History of the River Thames, 2 vol., FIRST EDITION, W. Bulmer & Co., for John and Josiah Boydell, 1794-1796 [but watermarked 1825]

10^• —
CREALOCK (HENRY HOPE)
"Among the Red Deer:" Sketches from Nature in the Forest, 2 vol. (text and portfolio of plates), FIRST EDITION, 1870; Deer-stalking in Scotland, ltd to 250 copies, 1892 (3)

11^• —
ERASMUS (DESIDERIUS)
Moriae encomium nunc postremum ab ipso autore religiose recognitum, una cum aliis aliquot libellis, Basle, [Froben], [July], 1522

12^• —
FABRI (ALESSANDRO)
Diversarum nationum ornatus [-Diversar nationum habitus], vol. 1 and 2 (of 3) bound in 1 vol., 193 engraved costume plates, [Padua, 1593], sold not subject to return

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FIRST BOER WAR 1880-1881
Group of five autograph letters from Lieutenant Colonel Hardin Burnley-Campbell (1843-1920) to his father including a first-hand account of the Battle of Majuba Hill, 1881

14 —
GARDENS - FRANCE
Five original bird's-eye view designs for grand public gardens in the Swiss, German, English styles, for locations near Mantes, Seine et Oise (2), and in the region of Louviers, Eure (3), [France, late nineteenth century] (5)

15 —
GOULD (JOHN)
A group of 13 hand-coloured lithographs of falcons and birds of prey, and 3 others, [c.1873] (16)

16^• —
GRIMBLE (AUGUSTUS)
Deer-Stalking, LIMITED TO 250 COPIES, 18 plates after the author, errata slip, 1892; and 13 others by Grimble, half morocco or half parchment (14)

17^• —
HEATH (HENRY)
Characteristics. In Twenty Six Plates, Printed by Lefevre & Kohler, for I.B. Brooks, 9 New Bond St., [c.1834]

18^• —
JUDAICA - GAME
The New Game of the Jew, J. Wallis, 27 May 1807

19^• —
LILFORD (THOMAS POWYS, FOURTH BARON)
Coloured Figures of the Birds of the British Islands, 7 vol., FIRST EDITION, R.H. Porter, 1885-1897

20^• —
LYDEKKER (RICHARD)
The Great and Small Game of India, Burma & Tibet, NUMBER 26 OF 250 COPIES SIGNED BY THE PUBLISHER, Rowland Ward, 1900

21 —
MONET (CLAUDE)
Autograph letter signed ("Claude Monet") to "Cher Ami" [Paul César Helleu], in French, asking if he is still in Paris and asking when he will visit, Giverny par Vernon, Eure, 9 July [18]93

22^• —
MUSIC - RACHMANINOV
RACHMANINOV (SERGEI) Second concerto pour le piano avec orchestre, printed score, COMPOSER'S PRESENTATION COPY, [c.1901-1902]

23^• —
OVID - ANTONIO TEMPESTA
Metamorphoseon sive tranformationium Ovidianarum libri... Antonio Tempesta inventor, Paris, Baltazar Moncornet, [c.1625]

24^• —
PHOTOGRAPHY
COLE (ALAN SUMMERLY) Ancient Needlepoint and Pillow Lace, 20 WOODBURYTYPE PLATES, 1875

25 —
PHOTOGRAPHY
HILL (DAVID OCTAVIUS) AND ROBERT ADAMSON. Collection of 49 portraits, groups and landscapes (2) by Hill and Adamson printed by Jessie Bertram, [1840s, but printed later]

26 —
PHOTOGRAPHY
MUYBRIDGE (EADWEARD) Autograph letter signed ("Eadweard Muybridge"), to W.J. Chadwick Esq., Hon. Secretary of the Manchester Photographic Society, November [18]89

27^• —
PHOTOGRAPHY - SCOTLAND
ANNAN (THOMAS) Glasgow City Improvement Trust. Old Closes and streets of Glasgow, T. & R. Annan & Sons, 1900

28 —
SECOND ANGLO-AFGHAN WAR 1878-1881
Papers of Lieutenant Colonel Hardin Burnley-Campbell (1843-1920) of the 6th Dragoon Guards (Carabiniers), relating to his service in India during the second Afghan Campaign of 1878-1881

29^• —
THORBURN (ARCHIBALD)
A Naturalist's Sketch Book, 1919; and 7 others by Kinloch, Millais, Scrope, (8)

30^• —
TURNER (JOSEPH MALLORD WILLIAM)
Liber Studiorum, for the Author, [1807-1819]

31^• —
AMERICA
HONDIUS (JODOCUS) America noviter delineata, [Amsterdam, c.1629-1630]

32^• —
AMERICA
SEILE (ANNE) Americae nova descriptio, [London], 1663

33^• —
ISLAM
The Rise of Islam and the Caliphate. The Pan-Islamic Movement, FIRST EDITION, FIRST ISSUE, with "Confidential" printed in upper right corner of title and front wrapper, Handbooks Prepared Under the Direction of the Historical Section of the Foreign Office, January 1919

34^• —
LEAR (EDWARD)
Illustrated Excursions in Italy, 2 vol. [First-Second series], FIRST EDITION, Thomas M'Lean, 1846; with other items (4)

35^• —
MOUNTAINEERING - EVEREST
BRUCE (CHARLES GRANVILLE) The Assault on Mount Everest 1922, PRESENTATION COPY INSCRIBED BY THE EXPEDITION'S DOCTOR 1922; Photo album of Expedition; and another (3)

37^• —
PORTER (DAVID)
A Voyage In The South Seas... With Particular Details Of The Gallipagos and Washington Islands, 1823; and 7 others

38^• —
SOUTH AFRICA
BURCHELL (WILLIAM JOHN) Travels in the Interior of Southern Africa, 2 vol., FIRST EDITION, Longman, Hurst, 1822-1824

39^• —
SOUTH AFRICA
HARRIS (WILLIAM CORNWALLIS) Wild Sports of Southern Africa, 1841; and 2 others

40^• —
SOUTH AFRICA
LE VAILLANT (FRANCOIS) New Travels into the Interior Parts of Africa, 3 vol., 1796; and 3 others

41^• —
SOUTH AFRICA
SEMPLE (ROBERT) Walks and Sketches at the Cape of Good Hope, FIRST EDITION, Edwards and Knibb, 1820, 8vo (2)

42^• —
SOUTH AFRICA
The Cape of Good Hope Calendar, and Agriculturist's Guide, FIRST EDITION, T. and J. Allman, 1819.

43^• —
ALBUMS - LITERATURE, ABOLITION, METHODISM & SCIENCE
Two nineteenth century albums, the first containing collection of c.70 autograph letters, envelopes and cut signatures (2)

44^• —
[BARLOW (WILLIAM)]
The Navigator's Supply. G. Bishop, R. Newbery, and R. Barker, 1597

45^• —
BIBLE - EMBROIDERED BINDING
The Whole Book of Psalmes Collected into English Meeter by T. Sternhold, I. Hopkins, and Others, The Company of Stationers, 1630

46^• —
BIBLE- FRANCIS FRY
The First New Testament Printed in the English Language, PRESENTATION COPY, INSCRIBED BY FRANCIS FRY, Bristol, Printed for the Editor, 1862

47^• —
BRINSLEY (JOHN)
Ludus Literarius: or, The Grammar Schoole, FIRST EDITION, 1612

48^• —
CAMDEN (WILLIAM)
Britannia, Newly Translated into English: With Large Additions and Improvements... by Edmund Gibson, A. Swalle, A. & J. Churchill, 1695