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HALE, Sir MATTHEW. The Original Institution, Power and Jurisdicition of Parliments. In Two Parts...Being a Manuscript of the late Judge Hales. Printed for Jacob Tonson, 1707. 8 vo., cont. sprinkled panelled calf, spine gilt (joints cracking) When Sir Matthew Hale died in 1676, he left a great many unpublished manuscripts. A number were subsequently published, but this title, though listed in his entry in the DNB, is described as 'undoubtedly spurious' £80-120 | Nil |
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| 572 | HARDY, THOMAS. A collection of 33 vols., by or about Hardy, including Leas, Harmann. Thomas Hardy. First Edition, 1913. Mostly 8vo., orig. cloth (33) £60-80 | Nil |
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| 573 | HARDY, THOMAS. Novels. Pocket Editions, 20 vols., v.y. small 8vo., orig. cloth gilt, t.e.g. and Poetry, 6 vols., uniform with above (26) £150-200 | Nil |
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| 574 | HARDY, THOMAS. 41 various volumes about Hardy, mostly modern (41) £60-80 | Nil |
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| 575 | HISTORY AND PROCEEDINGS OF THE HOUSE OF LORDS. The. 8 vols., Printed for Ebenezer Timberland, 1742-43. 8vo., cont. claf, spines gilt (lacks labels, some chipping to spines). (8) £40-60 | Nil |
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| 576 | KELMSCOTT PRESS. KEATS, JOHN. The Poems. One of 300 copies, 1894. 8vo. , orig. vellum (slightly soiled, one tie defective). Decorative title adn initials by William Morris £500-800 | Nil |
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| 577 | KIPLING, RUDYARD. JAMES, DAVID H. The Seige of Port Arthur. First Edition, 1905. 8vo., orig. cloth gilt (short tear to upper joint). 4 folding map, portraits and plates. Presentation copy from Kipling, inscribed to J.F. Burne-Murdoch and signed. With autograph verse from his poem "Two Kopjes", signed with initials. The Verse contains several differences in wording and order in the lines from the printed version (Rudyard Kiplings Verse. Inclusive Edition, 1885-1918) See Illustration £200-300 | Nil |
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| 578 | LAUGHTON, JOHN KNOX. Studies in Naval History Biographies. 1887. Cont. blue stained calf gilt, prize binding of the United Services College Westward Ho; -- MEMORIE DEL SIGNOR GOLDONI per servire alla storia della sua vita.., 3 vols., Venice, 1788. Cont. qtr. calf. All 8vo. (4) £70-100 | Nil |
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| 579 | LAWRENCE. T.E. Printed ephemera collection, including St. Paul's Cathedral Offical invitation card and form of sevice for the unvieling of the memorial, 29th January 1936; eight sepia postcards of Clouds Hill and his grave at Moreton; pp. 13-16 of the Times, 20th may 1935 about his death; Picture Poat of 6th Jan. 1940 containing 3pp./ about the effigy at Wareham, and other clippings, photgraphs etc. (a quantity) £120-140 | Nil |
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| 580 | LAWRENCE, T.E. Oriental Assembly, First Edition, 1939. 8vo., orig. cloth d.w. Photographic plates; The Odyssey of Homoer Translated from the Greek by T.E. Shaw. New York 1940 Limited Edition, one of 2, 500. 8vo., orig. cloth (upper cover soiled). With 9 others by the same (11) £70-100 | Nil |
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| 581 | LAWRENCE, T.E. A Collection of 18 vols., about him including : T.E. Lawrence by His Friends. Edited by A.W. Lawrence. First Edition, 1937. Mostly 8vo., orig. bindings (18) £80-120 | Nil |
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| 582 | LAWRENCE, T.E. A similar lot, 18 vols., including Grosvenor, Charles. An Iconographhy; The Portraits of T.E. Lawrence. Limited Edition, No. 537 of 1,000 copes, signed. Ottenden Press, Pasadena 1988. Mostly 8vo. , orig. bindings (18) £80-120 | Nil |
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| 583 | LAWRENCE, T.E. Journal of the...Society. 19 vols., 1991-2000, and Occasional monograph No. 1. Pateman, John. T.E. Lawrence * Rudyard Kipling. 1985. 8vo., orig. wraps (20) £30-50 | Nil |
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| 584 | LINGARD, JOAN. A History of England From the First Invasion by the Romas. Third Edition, and Second Edition, 14 vols., 1825-31 8vo., cont. calf gilt, spines gilt with coloured moroccco labels and floral emblems (14) £150-200 | Nil |
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| 585 | LYTTON, EDWARD. G.E.B., Lord. A collection of works, 35 vols., v.y. 8vo., cont. calf gilt by Bickers (lacks What Will He Do With It, vol 1 and another vol, with stained sides). Plates Bookplates of Sir William A.H. Bass, Bart. Sold as bindings not subject to return (35) £200-300 | Nil |
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| 586 | MAVROGORDATO, JOHN, trans. The Shepherdess a Cretan ballan first printed in Venice in 1627. 33pp. autograph manuscript, signed. 1930. Small folio, note book, orig. decorative paper boards (spine defective). With a number of corrections and alterations in the author's hand and pencilled directions on the last page as though for printing. Apparently unpublished; not in his Elegies and Songs, 1934 £80-120 | Nil |
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| 587 | MEMOIRS OF THE SHAKESPEAR'S HEAD IN CONVENT-GARDEN..by the Ghost of Shakespeare. 2 vols., 1755. (K3 supplied in ms. in vol 1.) Bookplate of Francis Longe, Spixworth Park, Norfolk -- MANLEY, Mrs. MARY L A RIVIERE. Secret Memoirs and Manners..From the New Atlantis. Seventh Edition, 4 vols., 1736. Engraved frontis. in vol 1. Bookplate of Francis Pigott. -- WARD, NED. A Compleat and Humours Account of all the Remarkable Clubs and Socities in the Cities of London and Westminster. Seventh Edition, 1746. 12mo., cont (7 £200-300 | Nil |
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| 588 | MISCELLANEOUS BOOKS. 32 vols., including Dampier, William. New Voyage Round the World, Argonaut PRess, 1927. No. 1961 of 975 copies, 4to., orig. qtr. vellum gilt. Maps and plates -- Blundel, Edmund. Votive Tablets. 1931. N. 48 of 60 copies, numbers and signed by the author. 8vo., orig. cloth. (32) £80-120 | Nil |
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| 589 | MISCELLANEOUS BOOKS. 24 various vols., mostly leather bindings (24) | Nil |
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| 590 | MITFORD, NANCY. The Blessing, 1951 (d.w. torn at spine); Don't Tell Alfred, 1960. First Edition, 8vo., orig. cloth d.ws. With 16 other various volumes (G) (18) £20-30 | Nil |
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| 591 | NICHOLAS, JOHN. ed. A Collection of all the Wills..of the Kings and Queens of England...From the Reign of William the Conqueror to that of Henry the Seventh exclusive. 1780. 4to., modern calf backed boards -- LENGLET DE FRESNOY, L'Abbe. Principes de L'Histoire pour l'Education de la Jeunesse. 3 vols., Paris 1736. 8 vo., cont. calf (joints worn, one cover detached) (4) £30-40 | Nil |
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| 592 | NONESUCH PRESS. Wycherley, William. The Complete Works. 4 vols., 1924. No. 161 of 900 sets -- Otwat, Thomas. The Complete Works. 3 vols. 1926. No. 278 of 1250 stes -- Cowley, Abraham. The Mistress With Other Select Poems. Edited by John Sparrow. 1926. No. 219 of 1050 copies. Engraved portrait medallion on title. -- Wilmot, John, Ealr of Rochester. Collected Works. 1926. No. 225 of 1050 copies -- Vanburgh, Sir John. The Complete Works. Edited by Bonamy Dobree and Geoffrey Webb. 4 vols., 1927-28 (15) £100-200 | Nil |
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| 593 | NONESUCH PRESS. Burton, Robert. The Anatomie of Melancholy. 2 vols., 1925. No. 633 of 750. Large 8vo., orig. vellum backed decorative boards, uncut (slightly soiled). Illustrated byy E. McKnight Kauffer (2) £100-200 | Nil |
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| 594 | NONESUCH PRESS. King, Henry Bp. The Poems. edited by JOhn Sparrow. 1925. No. 738 of 900. -- Songs of the Gardens. Edited by Peter Warlock. 1925. No. 522 of 875. Engraving on title by Stephen Gooden, and ornaments by W.M.R. Quick. Both orig. parchmant. -- Thomson, James. The Seasons. 1927. No. 591 of 1500. Orig. baords (some wear to spine). Illustrations by Jacquier. With 4 others similar, mostly 4to. (7) £80-120 | Nil |
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| 595 | NONESUCH PRESS. Plutarch. The Lives of the Noble Grecians & Romanes. Trans. James Amyot and Thomas North. 5 vols., 1929-30. No. 786 of 1550 sets. Large 8vo., orig. cloth Portaits by T. L. Poulton (5) £80-120 | Nil |
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| 596 | NONESUCH PRESS. Cervantes Saavedra, Miguel de: Don Quixote de la Mancha. 2 vols., 1930. 8vo., orig. pigskin (spines darkened and some further soiling). No. 652 of 1475. Coloured illustrations by E. McKnight Kauffer. -- Beddome, Thomas. Select Poems Divine and Humane. 1928. No. 292 of 1250. 8vo., orig. vellum gilt. slipcase -- Donne, John, The Courtier's Library. Edited by Evelyn Mary Simpson, 1930. No. 18 of 950 copies. small 8vo., orig boards (spine faded). With 3 others similar (7) £100-150 | Nil |
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| 597 | PALLAVICINO, FERRANTE. Opere Scelte..Cioe II Divortio Celeste..Di nuovo ristampato, corretto, & aggiuntoui la Viat dell' Autore.. Villafranca (Amsterdam) 1660. In 4 parts, but lacking II Carriero Sualiggiate, Le Rete di Vulcano and L'Anima as listed on title, but including La Disgratia del Conte d'Oliverez. The British Library copy is also imperfect. 12 mo., cont. calf (head of spine torn).The author, a satirist of the Roman Catholic Church was beheaded in Avignon in 1644. SOLD NOT SUBJECT TO RETURN £80-120 | Nil |
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| 598 | POPE, ALEXANDER. The Dunciad, in Four Books...With the Prolegomena of Scriblerus, and Notes Variorum. rinted for M. Cooper, 1743. 4to., cont. calf gilt (some wear, spotting to margins). Bookplate of Minto Wilson £60-80 | Nil |
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| 599 | RAMBLER'S MAGAZINE, The. Or, The Annals of Gallantry, Glee, Pleasure, and the Bon Ton. vols 1-4, 1783-86. cont. half calf (worn, 3 covers detached) 145 engraved plates (ex 152, vol 3 lacks pp. 55-72, one plate torn) one text leaf with corner torn away in vol 4); with 9 numbers of the same for 1826-27 in later half calf. Each with frontispiece. -- THE WIT'S MAGAZINE.., vols 1 & 2 bound together, 1784. later half calf. 15 folding engraved plates, after blake and other (some repairs); All 8vo. Sold w.a.f (8) £2000-4000 | Nil |
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| 600 | SCANDAL, 10 vols., including: Volume of pamplets about the Duke of York, 1809-10, his own copy - Essai Historique sur la Vie Privee de Marie_Antoinette D'Autriche. 2 vols., in one, Rome, 1789 (apparently scare) -- Memiors... of the Duke' of Grafton, with Miss Parsons. 1769. Signed "A Persons" on title -- The Lovers: Or the memoirs of Lady Sarah Bunbury and the Countess Percy. Published by Mr. Treyssac de Vergy 2 vols. in one, 1769-72. Signed by the publisher on title of vol 1. (10) £300-500 | Nil |
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