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Lot 1

Sherlock Holmes. The Strand Magazine, January 1891 to June 1895 inclusive, in nine bound volumes, notably featuring The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle. Blue half-calf with red morocco title labels lettered in gilt, marbled boards, endpapers and page edges. Contents generally good and bright, some volumes with pale spotting, heavier in places, bindings solid with some bumping and wear

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Lot 2

Collection of three signed books comprising: Memoirs, by Kingsley Amis, signed on tipped-in publisher's bookplate, London: Hutchinson, 1991, hardback; Fair Stood the Wind for France, by H. E. Bates, first edition, signed in blue ink on half-title, London: Michael Joseph Limited, 1944, publisher's cloth, lacking dust-jacket; The Devil was Handsome, by Maurice Procter, first edition, presentation copy, inscribed & signed on title, 1961, London: Hutchinson, 1961, publisher's cloth, lacking d.j. (3)

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Lot 3

Collection of signed books, comprising: Restoration, by Rose Tremain, London: Hamish Hamilton, 1989, hardback, clipped dust-jacket; Atonement, by Ian McEwan, London: Vintage, 2002, paperback; Death in Holy Orders, by P. D. James, London: Faber & Faber, 2001, hardback, unclipped d.j.; Minding Frankie, by Maeve Binchy, London: Orion, 2010, hardback, unclipped d.j.; Tara Road, by Maeve Binchy, London: Orion, 1998, hardback, unclipped d.j.; 'Tis, by Frank McCourt, London: Flamingo, 1999, hardback, u

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Lot 4

Rowling, J. K. Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone, first edition, first issue [one of only 500], London: Bloomsbury, 1997, hardback, publisher's laminated pictorial boards, print line on copyright page reads '10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1'; '1 wand' appears twice on p.53; 'Philosopher's' is misspelled 'Philospher's' to rear cover; 'Wizardry and Witchcraft' [rather than 'Witchcraft and Wizardry'] to rear cover. Excellent condition, unread and almost as new, slightest wear to extremities, incredibly

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Rowling, J. K. Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone, first edition, first issue [one of only 500], London: Bloomsbury, 1997, hardback, publisher's pictorial boards; 'Philosopher's' is misspelled 'Philospher's' to rear cover; 'Wizardry and Witchcraft' [rather than 'Witchcraft and Wizardry'] to rear cover; '1 wand' appears twice on p.53. Lacking title page (and therefore imprint), but the issue points on boards indicate a true first printing. Contents generally good with slight toning; slight

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Lot 6

Sackville-West, Vita. Sissinghurst, signed limited edition numbered 473 of 500, London: Printed by hand by Leonard & Virginia Woolf and published at The Hogarth Press, 1931, small quarto, publisher's paper boards. Together with a loosely inserted autograph letter signed by Nancy Mitford, 7 Rue Monsieur VII letterhead bearing manufacturer's watermark (The Westminster Note), 11 March 1954, 'Dear Miss Sackville-West, Oh what an angel idea! No, I think I knew in the back of my mind that you are "doi

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Manuscript receipt book for C. Winstanley Esq., Leicester [believed to be the Winstanley family of Braunstone Hall], bought of Sarson & Co., beginning Christmas eve, 1836, and closing October, 1838. 28pp. listing various items & prices, including best raisins; best currants; lemons; peel; tea; Turkey coffee; ginger; raw sugar; almonds; best rice; semolina; nutmegs; mustard; starch; balls of twine; turpentine; soft soap; vermicelli; peppercorns; oranges; soda; camomiles; blue paper; hand brushes;

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Harry Potter. Association copies & ephemera from Matthew LaCroix (author of the fan mail that was famously used on the dust-jacket of Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire), this being a collection of gifts from Bloomsbury to Matthew, together with correspondence and contemporary newspaper clippings recording his story. Collection comprising: Rowling, J. K. Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire, first edition, London: Bloomsbury, 2000, hardback, featuring Bloomsbury plate signed in black ink by the

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Clementine Churchill (1885-1977). Typed letter signed, 12 November 1941, 10 Downing Street letterhead, thanking Mr Fielding-Clark and his parishioners for their contribution to the Russian aid fund, signed in black ink, 'Clementine S Churchill'. Together with a poster, Aid for Russia Week, printed in red & black by Durrants of Edenbridge, and A Speech by The Prime Minister the Right Honourable Winston Churchill in the House of Commons, August 20th, 1940, printed by The Baynard Press (3)

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Gray, Bernard. War Reporter, first edition, London: Robert Hale Limited, 1942, octavo, publisher's red cloth with unclipped dust-jacket, featuring loosely-inserted typed letter signed by the author, 25 October 1939, addressed to 'Cousin Nellie', signed in pencil ('signed in full to aid censor'). War correspondent Bernard Gray was killed on submarine HMS Urge in April 1942, something that has only been uncovered in recent years. The book's prologue, by Anthony Hern, states, 'Gray is one of the sm

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Lot 11

Tolkien, J. R. R. The Hobbit, deluxe edition, London: George Allen & Unwin, 1979, publisher's gilt decorated cloth, very good, clean, bright, appears unread, housed in box bearing paper label, some scuffs and slight wear to box. Together with The Lord of the Rings, deluxe edition, 1979, clean and bright, slight creasing to the very fine paper pages, slight wear to box (2)

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Lot 12

[Dodgson, Charles Lutwidge], "Lewis Carroll". Alice's Adventures in Wonderland, and Through the Looking-Glass, illustrated by Peter Newell, New York & London: Harper & Brothers, 1902, publisher's cream paper-covered boards illustrated and lettered in gilt, untrimmed page edges, top edge gilt, frontispiece portrait with protective tissue-guard to each volume. Contents generally good and bright, pale spotting to covers and opening leaves of each book, wear to the edges of some pages where they hav

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FRANKENSTEIN. Milner, Henry M. The Man and the Monster! Or, The Fate of Frankenstein; A Peculiar Romantic Melo-dramatic Pantomimic Spectacle, In Two Acts, Founded principally on Mrs. Shelly's [Mary Shelley] singular Work, entitled, "Frankenstein; Or, The Modern Prometheus"...As it is Performed at The London Theatres, London: John Duncombe, [1826]. Stipple-engraved frontispiece portrait of Mr O. Smith as the Monster [the first illustration of the monster in print], and final page with Disposition

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Greenwell, G. C. A Practical Treatise on Mine Engineering, second edition, Newcastle-upon-Tyne: Lambert, 1869. Quarto, half-calf, all edges gilt, illustrated with 64 colour lithographic plates. Contents generally good with slight toning, occasional pale marks/spots (more pronounced at endleaves and beginning, including title), p.1 removed, ffep detached, binding worn and becoming loose, sold as found with all faults

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Lot 15

An extensive archive of 18th & 19th-century newspapers, including reports of murders and escaped convicts, various conflicts, including American Revolutionary War, Fourth Anglo-Dutch War, Napoleonic Wars, Crimean War, Opium War, various laws being passed, numerous advertisements for quack cures, new books being published, food stuffs (including turtle). The Morning Chronicle, 77 issues (14 from 1782, 63 from 1784); Evening Mail, 13 issues, January & February 1815; The Times, eight issues, 1813 &

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A New Biblia Pauperum, London: Unwin Brothers, The Gresham Press, 1877, limited edition, prospectus & book numbered 197 of 257, each signed by the publishers (Unwin Brothers), paper boards in imitation vellum. Contents very good, clean, bright; offsetting and a few pale marks to paper covers of prospectus; armorial bookplate for J. S. Larecombe on front pastedown; boards attractive, some splitting to joints and bumping/wear to extremities; brass clasps detached but present

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Lot 17

Rowling, J. K. Telling Tales, An Interview with J. K. Rowling, by Lindsey Fraser, London: Mammoth, 2000, paperback, signed by Rowling in bold black ink on title page, together with two tickets for J. K. Rowling: Harry's Back, Edinburgh International Book Festival, 13 August 2000, where the book was signed. Very well-preserved, unread

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Lot 18

Dahl, Roald. Charlie and the Chocolate Factory, London: Unwin Hayman Ltd., 1986, hardback, signed & inscribed by the author, 'To Stephen, with love, Roald Dahl, 1989'. Together with a loosely-inserted ticket for the premiere of Danny the Champion of the World, Odeon, West End, 27 July 1989, and Dahl's original trophy for winning the Junior Myers Fives Cup at Repton School in 1932, as described in his autobiographical book, Boy, 'Fives is possibly the fastest ball-game on earth, far faster than s

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Lot 19

Rowling, J. K. Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone, first edition, fourth issue, London: Bloomsbury, 1997, hardback, print line on copyright page reads '10 9 8 7 6 5 4'. Contents incredibly good, clean, bright; one tiny, faint ink mark on front free endpaper; binding tight and square, boards incredibly well-preserved (the book appears unread); dust-jacket very well-preserved, bold and vibrant with only very faint bumping/wear to extreme edges. An excellent copy. Together with two paperback

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Lot 20

Fleming, Ian. Live and Let Die, London: Jonathan Cape, reprinted 1960. Octavo, publisher's cloth lettered in gilt, unclipped dust-jacket by Kenneth Lewis (priced 15s. net). Contents very good, clean, bright; some pale spotting to outer edges of text-block; dust jacket with general toning and handling marks, chipping and slight loss to corners and edges of spine, short tear to upper joint of spine

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Rowling, J. K. Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets, first edition, first issue, London: Bloomsbury, 1998, hardback, publisher's pictorial boards complete with dust-jacket, print line reads '10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1'. Signed by the author in bold blue ink on Bloomsbury bookplate mounted on front free endpapers. Contents very good, clean, bright; very faint patch of wear on rear pastedown; usual faint toning to outer edges of text-block; boards well-preserved, bold, vibrant; very slight shelf-lean

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Rowling, J. K. Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone, first edition, third issue, London: Bloomsbury, 1997, hardback, publisher's pictorial boards, print line on copyright page reads '10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3'. Contents very good, clean, bright; boards well-preserved, bold and vibrant; very light bumping and discolouration to extreme edges of spine; shelf-lean; dust-jacket with discolouration/fading and creasing to edges

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Lot 23

Order of Service for the Coronation of HM King George IV at Westminster Abbey, London: Eyre & Strahan, 1821, small quarto, blue paper covers, all edges gilt, and another similar for Edward VII, London: Eyre & Spottiswoode, 1902. Contents very good, clean, bright; covers of George IV very good with slight wear to extremities; covers of Edward VII with some light discolouration/scuffing and wear around spine/extremities (2)

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The Magic-Beano Book, London: D.C. Thompson & Co. Ltd., [1943]. Pictorial boards, 127pp., complete with all stories, no scribbling. Contents with usual toning, occasional tears, pages towards rear are loose but present; binding becoming loose, heavily worn to spine, corners bumped & worn, sold as found with all faults

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Rowling, J. K. Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban, signed by the author on Bloomsbury bookplate on front free endpaper, London: Bloomsbury, 1999, hardback, contents generally good with some lightly creased corners and a few pale marks in places, binding worn, lacking dust-jacket, sold as found with all faults

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Lot 26

Political Interest. Collection of four signed books comprising: The Governance of Britain, by Harold Wilson, London: Sphere, 1977, paperback; Music: A Joy for Life, by Edward Heath, London: Pavilion, 1997, hardback; H. G. The History of H. G. Wells, by Michael Foot, London: Black Swan, 1995, paperback. Together with Memories of Life and Living, by Walter Moorcroft, signed, Somerset: Richard Dennis, 1999, hardback (4)

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Lot 27

Dickens, Charles. The Works, Life and Letters, "The Charles Dickens Edition", London: Chapman & Hall, [c.1880s], bound in 16 volumes, octavo, half crushed morocco lettered in gilt, marbled endpapers & page edges, condition generally appears good. Together with The Works of William Makepeace Thackeray, in 26 volumes, London: Smith, Edler, 1880s, half morocco bindings lettered in gilt, and The Letters of Queen Victoria, in three volumes, London: John Murray, 1908, publisher's cloth. Condition vari

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Folio Society. Collection of popular modern classics, 29 volumes, all but two in slipcases. Together with a miscellaneous collection of books, to include Tennyson's Poetical Works, in two crushed morocco volumes lettered in gilt, Leipzig: Bernhard Tauchnitz, 1860; Time for a Tiger, by Anthony Burgess, first edition, London: Heinemann, 1956, lacking dust-jacket; That Uncertain Feeling, by Kingsley Amis, first edition, London: Victor Gollancz, 1955, ex-library, lacking d.j., and others, condition

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Lot 29

Watts, Charlie. Ode to a Highflying Bird, first edition, first impression, London: Beat Publications Ltd., [1964]. Illustrated children's book, being a tribute to jazz saxophonist Charlie "Yardbird" Parker by the late drummer of the Rolling Stones. Octavo, white paper-covered boards, colour illustrations. Contents generally bright with some light spotting in places, a few heavier marks on a couple of pages, slight wear around edges of spine, marks and light rubbing to boards

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Lot 30

Darwin, Charles. The Origin of Species, sixth edition, 35th thousand, London: John Murray, 1888. Octavo, full calf prize binding by Bickers & Son, London, contrasting title labels lettered in gilt, marbled endpapers and all edges, prize inscription dated 1889. Contents generally good, clean, bright, some light handling marks & spotting in places; binding tight and square, a few scuffs, corners bumped/worn, wear to extremities and headcaps

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Lot 31

Brickhill, Paul. A typed or carbon copy of Tunnel to Freedom [later expanded by Brickhill into The Great Escape], by Flight Lieutenant Paul Brickhill, Royal Australian Air Forces, As told to Allan A. Michie, no date, c.1945, 7pp., thin paper, some loss affecting the final few lines on each sheet, 'As soon as we moved in, notices were posted asking for volunteers to play cricket and softball. The notices were signed "Big X". Everybody knew what that meant and 500 signed up for the tunnel work. It

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Lot 32

The World's Fair; Or Children's Prize Gift Book of the Great Exhibition of 1851, London: Thomas Dean & Son and Ackermann Brothers [1851]. Publisher's gilt decorated cloth, pale yellow endpapers with contemporary owner inscription, 'Master W H Johnson', hand-coloured frontispiece and pictorial title, main title, 106pp., numerous wood-engraved illustrations within the text, and 21pp. publisher's advertisements at rear. Contents generally good, occasional pale marks and faint creases to corners; so

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Lot 33

Oliver Fielding-Clarke's copiously annotated copy of Notes for Equipment Officers of the Royal Flying Corps, with loosely inserted photographic portrait of the same against a Communist propaganda backdrop; a small quantity of post-war pamphlets and propaganda publications relating to the Communist Party, to include Statements by Two Captured U.S. Air Force Officers on Their Participation in Germ Warfare in Korea, published by The World Council of Peace, and The Corporate State, by A. Raven Thoms

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Lot 34

Mist, Nathaniel. Mist's Weekly Journal, approximately 140 issues bound in one volume, January 1726 to December 1727. A frequently prosecuted opposition newspaper to the Whig administration, printed by this notable Jacobite journalist. The papers include reports of robberies, highwaymen, murders, executions, pirates, booksellers being arrested for printing 'obscene books'. There are numerous advertisements for quack cures, treatments for venereal disease, artificial teeth, care for 'lunaticks', h

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Lot 35

La Sainte Bible, Rouen: Pierre Amiot, 1681. Large octavo, 24.5cm, full contemporary calf, woodcut vignettes to titles and head-pieces at beginning of Old & New Testament. Crude restoration to binding, discolouration & wear, not collated, sold as found with all faults

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Lot 36

Tuer, Andrew W. London Cries, proof, signed by the author [one of 250 large paper copies], London: Field & Tuer, Ye Leadenhalle Presse, [1883]. Quarto, half-cloth with paper title label, 45pp., numerous hand-coloured illustrations. Contents generally good and bright, pale spotting and marks to first/last leaves (far more pronounced at endpapers); text-block detached from boards (loose); covers with some rubbing/marks and wear to extremities. Together with Changing London (Second Series), by Hans

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Lot 37

Frohawk, F. W. (Illust.). British Birds With Their Nests and Eggs, in six volumes, London: Brumby & Clarke, n.d. Quarto, publisher's gilt illustrated cloth, all edges gilt, numerous black & white illustrations and chromolithographic plates. Together with another set bound in blue half-calf with marbled boards and morocco title labels lettered in gilt, and two volumes of another set. Condition varied, sold as found with all faults (14)

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Lot 38

Fleming, Ian. From Russia With Love, first edition, London: Jonathan Cape, 1957. Octavo, publisher's decorated cloth, unclipped dust-jacket by Richard Chopping (priced 13s. 6d. net). Contents very good, clean, bright; ink inscription on ffep, 'James Bond 007'; a few tiny marks and faint pencil on endpapers; binding tight and square, very slight bumping to extremities; faint spotting to top edge; dust-jacket with some general toning and faint spotting; chipping and slight loss to corners and edge

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Lot 39

Rowling, J. K. Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets, first edition, first issue, London: Bloomsbury, 1998, hardback, publisher's pictorial boards complete with dust-jacket, print line reads '10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1'. Inscribed and signed by the author in bold blue ink on dedication page, 'To Angela, Happy 13th birthday! Have a much better birthday than Harry - J. K. Rowling'. Contents very good, clean, bright; very faint patch of wear on rear pastedown; boards good, bold, vibrant; corners bumped

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Lot 40

Late-Victorian sample book of colours arranged into the following categories: Regimental; Cambridge Colleges; Oxford Colleges; Cricket; Schools; Tennis; Boating/Rowing; Various Clubs. The album includes a mounted clipping from an autograph letter signed by W. G. Grace (1848-1915), English cricketer, widely considered to be one of the greatest-ever players, which is lightly mounted at the corners facing the page of cricket colours (including MCC). A similar clipping from an autograph letter signe

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Rowling, J. K. Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone, first edition, fourth issue, London: Bloomsbury, 1997, hardback, publisher's pictorial boards, print line on copyright page reads '10 9 8 7 6 5 4'. Contents very good, clean, bright; boards well-preserved, bold and vibrant; a few tiny spots on top edge of text-block; dust-jacket good with very slight fading at spine and a short tear at rear fold

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Lot 42

Collection of children's & illustrated books to include seven stories by Dorothy Burroughes, first editions, London: John Lane, 1933, and Methuen, 1931-32; The Boo-Boos and Santa Claus, by Mabel Lucie Attwell, Valentine & Sons Ltd., n.d.; More Adventures of a Teddy Bear, illustrated by Joyce Lankester Brisley, first edition, London: Harrap, 1935 (and a further five reprinted stories by the same); The Voyage of the Mary Adair, by Frances E. Crompton, London: Nister, n.d.; six 1920s/30s Algonquin

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Lot 43

Collection of vintage children's books, to include The Monster Rupert, 1952, The Adventures of Larry the Lamb (Toy Town Series 1-8), a quantity of Ladybird books, and Mr Men books, condition varied, sold as found with all faults

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Lot 44

Camden, William. Remaines concerning Britaine, second edition, London: John Legatt for Simon Waterson, 1614. Full calf with black morocco title label lettered in gilt, marbled endpapers. Contents generally good and bright, occasional creases/marks; occasional neat contemporary marginalia; errors with page numbers at pp.181/190 & 332/338, but text following on correctly; final leaf (p.386) detached but present; binding with some wear and splitting to joints. The book features an essay by Richard

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Church, Richard. Collection of 14 books, mostly first editions, to include Over the Bridge, reprinted 1956, signed by the author on ffep; The Dangerous Years, Proof Copy, London: Heinemann, 1956; Twenty-five Lyrical Poems, signed limited edition numbered 338 of 500, London: Heinemann, 1967, and others, some lacking jackets, condition varied, collection sold as found with all faults (14)

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Lot 46

Dedekind, Friedrich. Grobianus et Grobiana, Hardervici: Nicolaum a Wieringen, 1650. Duodecimo, full polished calf with raised bands and morocco title label lettered in gilt, marbled endpapers, silk page marker, central woodcut device on title. A satirical poem in which the fictional Saint Grobian - patron saint of vulgar people - teaches people to avoid bad banners, gluttony and drunkenness. Contents very good, clean, bright, some very pale staining to a few pages, a few tiny marks; owner inscri

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Lot 47

The Most Extraordinary Trial of William Palmer, for the Rugeley Poisonings, London: Printed by the Company of Booksellers,[c.1856]. Octavo, contemporary quarter-calf with marbled boards, lettered in gilt to spine, pictorial title page with wood-engraved portrait of Palmer in the dock, memoir, list of counsel, 2pp. advertisements for works published by W. M. Clark, Warwick Lane, 148pp. text. Contents good and bright, slight cockling, spotting to endpapers; binding tight and square, corners bumped

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Lot 48

Aldin, Cecil (Illus.). A Gay Dog, first edition, London: William Heinemann, 1905. Quarto, publisher's quarter-cloth with illustrated boards, illustrated with 24 colour lithographic plates, bookseller's ticket on front pastedown (J J Banks & Son, Cheltenham). Contents very good, clean, bright; illustrations vibrant; slight toning to title and a few very pale spots in places; some rust marks to inner gutters at endpapers; binding solid, boards vibrant, corners/edges with bumping and wear, some dus

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La Sainte Bible, Rouen: Pierre Amiot, 1681. Large octavo, 24.5cm, full contemporary calf, woodcut vignettes to titles and head-pieces at beginning of Old & New Testament. Crude restoration to binding, discolouration & wear, not collated, sold as found with all faults

Collection of vintage children's books, to include The Monster Rupert, 1952, The Adventures of Larry the Lamb (Toy Town Series 1-8), a quantity of Ladybird books, and Mr Men books, condition varied, sold as found with all faults