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41 Hoare (Sir Richard Colt) Monastic Remains of the Religious Houses at Witham, Bruton, & Stavordale, one of 50 copies, with additional drawing ?by the author

Lot 41

Hoare (Sir Richard Colt) Monastic Remains of the Religious Houses at Witham, Bruton, & Stavordale, one of 50 copies, with additional drawing ?by the author, Frome, 1824 & another by Colt Hoare, 4to & folio (2)

Estimate: £200 - 300

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42 Hoare (Sir Richard Colt) Registrum Wiltunense, saxonicum et latinum, 1827; Chronicon Vilodunense, 1830, each one of 100 copies, signed presentation copies from

Lot 42

Hoare (Sir Richard Colt) Registrum Wiltunense, saxonicum et latinum, 1827; Chronicon Vilodunense, 1830, each one of 100 copies, signed presentation copies from the author, original wrappers, folio (2)

Hammer Price: £100

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43 [Evans (Arthur Benoni)] The Cutter, in Five Lectures upon the Art and Practice of Cutting Friends..., first edition, hand-col. frontispiece and 5 folding plate

Lot 43

[Evans (Arthur Benoni)] The Cutter, in Five Lectures upon the Art and Practice of Cutting Friends..., first edition, hand-col. frontispiece and 5 folding plates by Atkinson, modern calf-backed boards, 8vo, J.Carpenter, 1808.

Hammer Price: £200

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44 Slavery.- Clarkson (Thomas) The History of the Rise, Progress, and Accomplishment of the Abolition of the African Slave-Trade by the British Parliament, 2 vol.

Lot 44

Slavery.- Clarkson (Thomas) The History of the Rise, Progress, and Accomplishment of the Abolition of the African Slave-Trade by the British Parliament, 2 vol., first edition, presentation copy to William Wilberforce with long inscription, modern half calf, 8vo, 1808.

Hammer Price: £2,800

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45 Lee Priory Press.- Brydges (Sir Egerton) Breton's Longing of a Blessed Heart, one of 100 copies, original boards, uncut, 4to, [Ickham], Lee Priory Press, 1

Lot 45

Lee Priory Press.- Brydges (Sir Egerton) Breton's Longing of a Blessed Heart, one of 100 copies, original boards, uncut, 4to, [Ickham], Lee Priory Press, 1814.

Estimate: £100 - 150

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46 Bewick (Thomas).- Aesop and others. The Fables..., receipt, wood-engraved illustrations and vignettes, contemporary calf, Demy 8vo, Newcastle, 1818.

Lot 46

Bewick (Thomas).- Aesop and others. The Fables..., receipt, wood-engraved illustrations and vignettes, contemporary calf, Demy 8vo, Newcastle, 1818.

Hammer Price: £120

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47 Bewick (Thomas) Select Fables..., contemporary green morocco, gilt, Royal 8vo, Newcastle, 1820.

Lot 47

Bewick (Thomas) Select Fables..., contemporary green morocco, gilt, Royal 8vo, Newcastle, 1820.

Hammer Price: £160

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48 Egyptology.- Champollion (Jean Francois) Grammaire Égyptienne, ou Principes Generaux de l'Ecriture Sacree Egyptienne..., first edition, lithographed h

Lot 48

Egyptology.- Champollion (Jean Francois) Grammaire Égyptienne, ou Principes Generaux de l'Ecriture Sacree Egyptienne..., first edition, lithographed hieroglyphs, a few hand-coloured, modern calf, folio, Paris, Firmin Didot, 1836.

Hammer Price: £1,000

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49 Egyptology.- Champollion (Jean Francois) Dictionnaire Égyptienne en Écriture Hiéroglyphique, first edition, lithographed facsimile of manuscript

Lot 49

Egyptology.- Champollion (Jean Francois) Dictionnaire Égyptienne en Écriture Hiéroglyphique, first edition, lithographed facsimile of manuscript with hieroglyphs, modern calf, folio, Paris, Firmin Didot, 1841.

Hammer Price: £1,000

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50 [Blocquel (Simon)], "Frinellan". Le Triple Vocabulaire Infernal: Manuel du Démonomane, 4 parts in 1 vol., woodcut plates and illustrations, cont

Lot 50

[Blocquel (Simon)], "Frinellan". Le Triple Vocabulaire Infernal: Manuel du Démonomane, 4 parts in 1 vol., woodcut plates and illustrations, contemporary calf-backed boards, 8vo, Paris [Lille], [1840] & 2 others, 8vo (3)

Hammer Price: £200

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51 Abbott (Edwin A.) Flatland, A Romance of Many Dimensions, first edition, original wrappers, dust-jacket, 4to, 1884.

Lot 51

Abbott (Edwin A.) Flatland, A Romance of Many Dimensions, first edition, original wrappers, dust-jacket, 4to, 1884.

Hammer Price: £650

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52 Stevenson (Robert Louis) A Child's Garden of Verses, first edition, original blue cloth, 8vo, 1885.

Lot 52

Stevenson (Robert Louis) A Child's Garden of Verses, first edition, original blue cloth, 8vo, 1885.

Hammer Price: £200

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53 Chess.- Fiske (Willard) Chess in Iceland and in Icelandic Literature, first edition, original cloth, 8vo, Florence, Florentine Typographical Society, 1905.

Lot 53

Chess.- Fiske (Willard) Chess in Iceland and in Icelandic Literature, first edition, original cloth, 8vo, Florence, Florentine Typographical Society, 1905.

Hammer Price: £200

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54 Ashendene Press.- Thucydides. () [History of the Peloponnesian War], one of 260 copies, inscribed by A.D.Power and C.H.St.John Hornby, original pigskin, folio,

Lot 54

Ashendene Press.- Thucydides. () [History of the Peloponnesian War], one of 260 copies, inscribed by A.D.Power and C.H.St.John Hornby, original pigskin, folio, Ashendene Press, 1930.

Hammer Price: £1,000

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55 Cresset Press.- [Bacon (Sir Francis)] The Essayes or Counsels Civill and Morall..., one of 250 copies, original vellum, folio, Cresset Press, 1928.

Lot 55

Cresset Press.- [Bacon (Sir Francis)] The Essayes or Counsels Civill and Morall..., one of 250 copies, original vellum, folio, Cresset Press, 1928.

Estimate: £150 - 200

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56 Gooden (Stephen).- Aesop. Fables, one of 525 copies, copper-engraved title and plates by Stephen Gooden, original pictorial vellum, gilt, 4to, 1936.

Lot 56

Gooden (Stephen).- Aesop. Fables, one of 525 copies, copper-engraved title and plates by Stephen Gooden, original pictorial vellum, gilt, 4to, 1936.

Hammer Price: £500

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57 Hamerton (Philip Gilbert) Landscape, number 116 of 525 large paper copies, 43 plates, mostly photogravure but including several etching and 2 mezzotints, origi

Lot 57

Hamerton (Philip Gilbert) Landscape, number 116 of 525 large paper copies, 43 plates, mostly photogravure but including several etching and 2 mezzotints, original boards, folio, 1885.

Estimate: £200 - 300

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58 Illustrated.- Hughes (Ted) Crow, from the Life and Songs of the Crow, second edition, number 384 of 400 copies signed by the author and artist, plates by Leona

Lot 58

Illustrated.- Hughes (Ted) Crow, from the Life and Songs of the Crow, second edition, number 384 of 400 copies signed by the author and artist, plates by Leonard Baskin, original buckram-backed cloth, 4to, 1973.

Hammer Price: £200

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59 Kelmscott Press.- Cockerell (Sydney C.) Some German Woodcuts of the Fifteenth Century, one of 225 copies, original holland-backed boards, large 4to, Kelmscott

Lot 59

Kelmscott Press.- Cockerell (Sydney C.) Some German Woodcuts of the Fifteenth Century, one of 225 copies, original holland-backed boards, large 4to, Kelmscott Press, 1898.

Hammer Price: £700

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60 Montaigne (Michel Eyquem de) Essays, 5 vol., one of 150 large paper de luxe sets, original vellum, gilt, uncut, 4to, Riverside Press for the Navarre Society, 1

Lot 60

Montaigne (Michel Eyquem de) Essays, 5 vol., one of 150 large paper de luxe sets, original vellum, gilt, uncut, 4to, Riverside Press for the Navarre Society, 1923.

Hammer Price: £350

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