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4:00 AM PT - Sep 3rd, 2009

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Bloomsbury House
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Mayfair, London, W1 S1PP
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Without Reserve Sale

448 items

Lot Description Estimates
(GBP)
1
Lot 1
A'Beckett (Gilbert Abbott) The Comic History of Ro

me,1849; The Comic History of England, 2 vol., original cloth...

70
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100
2
Lot 2
Addison (Joseph), Richard Steele and others. The S

pectator,8 vol., browned, engraved booktickets of Jas. Coldham on...

100
-
150
3
Lot 3
Addison (Joseph), Richard Steele and others. The S

pectator,8 vol., contemporary calf, gilt, some slight rubbing head...

70
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100
4
Lot 4
Alastair [Voight (Hans Henning)].- Sebastian Van S

torck,number 25 of 1050 copies, 8 colour plates by Alastair, one...

70
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100
5
Lot 5
American Etchers


American Etchers, 7 vol. only (lacking vol...

180
-
220
6
Lot 6
Anderson (Adam) An Historical and Chronological De

duction of the Origin of Commerce...,vol.1-3 only (of 4), engraved...

150
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200
7
Lot 7
Appleton (Honor C.) He Struck into the Mountain, g


Appleton (Honor C.) "He Struck into the Mountain, going wither his...

200
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400
8
Lot 8
Armstrong (Walter) Celebrated Pictures exhibited a

t the Manchester Royal Jubilee ExhibitionArmstrong...

40
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60
9
Lot 9
Arthurs (Stanley) The American Historical Scene

, plates, some colour, including one by N.C. Wyeth, original...

100
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150
10
Lot 10
Attwell (Mabel Lucie) Betsy Bunny's New Rompers


Attwell (Mabel Lucie) "Betsy Bunny's New Rompers",original drawing...

150
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250
11
Lot 11
Aunt Louisa's Big Picture Series.


Aunt Louisa's Big Picture Series.2 vol., 11 titles bound together...

150
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180
12
Lot 12
Bakhnova (Anna) The Bear, Fox and the Badger at ho


Bakhnova (Anna) "The Bear, Fox and the Badger at home",original...

25
-
35
13
Lot 13
Baric (Jules Jean Antoine) Polichinelle et son ami

Pierrot,lithographed pictorial title and 15 plates by Roche after...

80
-
120
14
Lot 14
Baric (Jules Jean Antoine) La Fée Carabosse

, hand-coloured lithographed title and 15 plates, occasional...

100
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150
15
Lot 15
Barrie (J.M.) The Admirable Crichton

,one of 500 copies signed by the artist, tipped-in colour plates...

80
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120
16
Lot 16
Baum (L.Frank) The New Wizard of Oz

, fifth edition, 8 colour plates, pastedowns and endpapers foxed...

100
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150
17
Lot 17
Baum (L.Frank) John Dough and the Cherub

, first edition, first issue with "cage" instead of "cave" on p...

100
-
150
18
Lot 18
Beaumont (Francis and John Fletcher) Songs & L

yricsone of 45 copies on handmade paper, original quarter vellum...

100
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150
19
Lot 19
Bédier (Joseph) Le Roman de Tristan et Iseut

one of 525 copies on papier japon, colour illustrations by Robert...

180
-
220
20
Lot 20
Bédier (Joseph) Le Roman de Tristan et Iseut

one of 525 copies on papier japon, colour illustrations by Robert...

150
-
200
21
Lot 21
Beerbohm (Max) Heroes and Heroines of Bitter Sweet

,one of 900 copies, 5 mounted colour plates, loose as issued in...

70
-
100
22
Lot 22
Bell (John) New Pantheon

, 2 vol. in 1, illustrations, later half brown morocco, rebacked...

30
-
50
23
Lot 23
Bellows (George W) His Lithographs

, first edition, illustrations, original cloth, glassine wrapper...

100
-
150
24
Lot 24
Belsham (William) Memoirs of the Kings of Great Br

itain....[with] Memoirs of the Reign of George III,third edition...

150
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200
25
Lot 25
Bennett (Harriet M.) Snowflakes

, colour frontispiece, illustrations, original cloth-backed...

70
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100
26
Lot 26
Berdau (Emil) Uncle Sam's Nichte

,6 vol., complete, illustrations by Arno Grimm, original decorated...

150
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200
27
Lot 27
Bernard (Claude) Leçons de Physiologie Expérimenta

le,2 vol in 1*, first edition, half-titles, illustrations...

80
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120
28
Lot 28
Bible, Hebrew. Biblia Sacra Hebraica & Chaldai

ca cum Nasora....Revised and edited by J.Buxtorf, the elder, vol...

100
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150
29
Lot 29
Binyon (Strang) Western Flanders

ltd to 250 copies, etchings by William Strang, original cloth...

80
-
120
30
Lot 30
Blackmore (Katie), fl. 1920-1950 The Whirliground


Blackmore (Katie), fl. 1920-1950 "The Whirliground",original...

80
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120
31
Lot 31
Bonnet (Charles) Essai Analytique sur les Faculte'

s de Lame,first edition, title printed in red & black with...

100
-
150
32
Lot 32
Bragg (Charles) Collection of Legal prints;


Bragg (Charles) Collection of Legal prints,The...

50
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70
33
Lot 33
Bransom (Paul) [Churchill's Eagle]


Bransom (Paul) "[Churchill's Eagle]", original drawing, charcoal...

60
-
80
34
Lot 34
Brennan A Fireplace Warming the Room


Brennan. "A Fireplace Warming the Room",pen & ink drawing...

25
-
35
35
Lot 35
Brennan Waiting on the Couch


Brennan. "Waiting on the Couch",pen & ink drawing mounted on...

25
-
35
36
Lot 36
Brennan Man Reading at Cluttered Table


Brennan. "Man Reading at Cluttered Table",pen & ink drawing...

30
-
50
37
Lot 37
Brennan Four Rooms


Brennan. "Four Rooms",pen & ink drawing mounted on card...

40
-
60
38
Lot 38
[British Sports and Sportsmen] Shooting and Deerst


[British Sports and Sportsmen] Shooting and Deerstalking,one of...

80
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120
39
Lot 39
Brook (Richard) New Cyclopaedia of Botany and Comp

lete book of Herbs,2 vol., 100 hand-coloured plates, rebound in...

40
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60
40
Lot 40
Browning (Elizabeth Barrett).- Barrett (Elizabeth

Barrett) A Drama of Exile: and other poems,2 vol., first American...

100
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150
41
Lot 41
Brunhoff (Jean de) Les Vacances de Zéphir


Brunhoff (Jean de) Les Vacances de Zéphir, first edition, coloured...

100
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150
42
Lot 42
Bull (Charles Livingston) "Turtle on the Shore"

,original pen and charcoal drawing, image approx. 227 x 304mm...

100
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150
43
Lot 43
Burton (Robert) The Anatomy of Melancholy

2 vol., first American edition, from the thirteenth English...

70
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100
44
Lot 44
Burton (Sir Richard Francis) The Kasîdah (couplets

) of Hâjî Abdû El-Yezdî: A Lay of the Higher Law, second edition...

80
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120
45
Lot 45
Butler (Samuel) Hudibras [and Notes on Hudibras]

,2 vol. in 3, one of 200 copies, 2 engraved portrait frontispieces...

100
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150
46
Lot 46
Cady (Harrison) Mrs Quack proudly led forth for th


Cady (Harrison) "Mrs Quack proudly led forth for their first swim...

400
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600
47
Lot 47
Calapai (Letterio) (artist), 25 original wood engr

avings inspired by "Look Homeward, Angel",number 50 of 200 copies...

200
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300
48
Lot 48
Caldecott (Randolph) Caldecott's Picture Books

,8 titles bound in 2 vols., first editions, illustrations...

100
-
150
49
Lot 49
Cartwright (Fairfax L.) Olga Zanelli: A Tale of an

Imperial City, 3 vol., first edition, half-titles, occasional...

80
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120
50
Lot 50
Cauchy (Augustin-Louis) Memoire sur la theorie de

la lumiere, bound together with 7 other articles,24pp. Paris...

100
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150
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