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9 Darwin (Charles) On the Origin of Species by Means of Natural Selection, or the Preservation of Favoured Races in the Struggle for Life, first edition, one of
Lot 9

Darwin (Charles) On the Origin of Species by Means of Natural Selection, or the Preservation of Favoured Races in the Struggle for Life, first edition, one of 1,250 copies, John Murray, 1859

Hammer Price: £50,000

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119 Steinbeck (John) The Cup of Gold, Being The Life of a Pirate, With Occasional Historic Accuracies, original annotated typescript, with inscriptions signed and
Lot 119

Steinbeck (John) The Cup of Gold, Being The Life of a Pirate, With Occasional Historic Accuracies, original annotated typescript, with inscriptions signed and initialed by the author, annotated by the author and various hands, [1928].

Hammer Price: £24,000

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67 Baroque Venetian Silver Gilt binding.- Bible, Greek. [New Testament and Evangeliare], Venice, Nikolaos Glykis, 1718.
Lot 67

Baroque Venetian Silver Gilt binding.- Bible, Greek. [New Testament and Evangeliare], Venice, Nikolaos Glykis, 1718.

Hammer Price: £13,000

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45 Perottus (Nicolaus) Cornucopiæ, sive linguæ latinæ commentarii, rare first Aldine edition, Venice, Aldus Manutius, 1499.  
Lot 45

Perottus (Nicolaus) Cornucopiæ, sive linguæ latinæ commentarii, rare first Aldine edition, Venice, Aldus Manutius, 1499.

 

Hammer Price: £15,000

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136 Tolkien (J.R.R.) The Lord of the Rings, 3 vol., first editions, first impressions, a near-fine set, 1954-55.
Lot 136

Tolkien (J.R.R.) The Lord of the Rings, 3 vol., first editions, first impressions, a near-fine set, 1954-55.

Hammer Price: £35,000

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60 Strada (Jacopo) Imperatorum Romanorum omnium Orientalium et Occidentalium Verissimae Imagines ex Antiquis Numismatis quam Fidelissime Delineatae, first edition
Lot 60

Strada (Jacopo) Imperatorum Romanorum omnium Orientalium et Occidentalium Verissimae Imagines ex Antiquis Numismatis quam Fidelissime Delineatae, first edition, Zurich, Andreas Gessner, 1559

Hammer Price: £13,000

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182 West Indies .-Wilkinson (Robert) Atlas of the West-Indies, 28 engraved maps, [c. 1795]
Lot 182

West Indies .-Wilkinson (Robert) Atlas of the West-Indies, 28 engraved maps, [c. 1795]

Hammer Price: £55,000

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187 China.- Tingqua (1809-1870), School of. Collection of eight views of the Treaty ports of China, watercolour and gouache on pith, [c. 1840]  
Lot 187

China.- Tingqua (1809-1870), School of. Collection of eight views of the Treaty ports of China, watercolour and gouache on pith, [c. 1840]

 

Estimate: £8,000 - 12,000

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171 Doves Press.- English Bible (The), containing the Old Testament & the New Translated out of the Original Tongues by Special Command of His Majesty King Jam
Lot 171

Doves Press.- English Bible (The), containing the Old Testament & the New Translated out of the Original Tongues by Special Command of His Majesty King James the First, 5 vol., one of 500 copies, Hammersmith, Doves Press, 1903-05.

Hammer Price: £14,000

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65 Spirituality.- Desiderius [Spill de la Vida Religiosa] Emanuel Leabhar ina bhfuil modh Agus Fhagala Fhoirbhtheachda na Beathadh Riaghaltha, first edition in Ir
Lot 65

Spirituality.- Desiderius [Spill de la Vida Religiosa] Emanuel Leabhar ina bhfuil modh Agus Fhagala Fhoirbhtheachda na Beathadh Riaghaltha, first edition in Irish, Louvain, Press of the Irish Franciscans, 1616.

Hammer Price: £8,000

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