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Churchill (Winston S.) - [The War Speeches],

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Politics.- [Wade (John)] - The Black Book, or: 12 pp. announcements & advertisments at end , 1820 § [Hone (William)] The Political House that Jack Built, 1819 ; The Man in the Moon, 1820; A Political Christmas Carol, n.d., woodcuts by

0097: Politics.- [Wade (John)] - The Black Book, orEst. £75-£100

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Willement (Thomas) - Regal Heraldry,: engraved frontispiece and 36 plates, all but a few hand-coloured or partly so, head-pieces on india paper and mounted, some pencil annotations, light offsetting, contemporary half morocco, t.e.g.,

0098: Willement (Thomas) - Regal Heraldry,Est. £200-£300

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Meyrick - A Critical Inquiry into Antient Armour…: ( Sir Samuel Rush) A Critical Inquiry into Antient Armour , 3 vol., additional engraved vignette titles, 80 engraved plates, 70 hand-coloured, most with tissue guards, hand-coloured initials,

0099: Meyrick - A Critical Inquiry into Antient Armour…Est. £200-£300

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Trollope (Frances) - Belgium and Western Germany in: 2 vol., lacking half-titles and advertisement/imprint leaf at end of vol.1 & 2 respectively, foxing at beginning and end, contemporary half calf, rubbed, [Sadleir 3215], 1834; Paris and the

0100: Trollope (Frances) - Belgium and Western Germany inEst. £100-£150

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Muggletonians.- Frost (Isaac) - Suite of Six Plates,: 6 engraved colour plates by W.P. Clubb after drawings by Frost, printed in oil colours by George Baxter, plates numbered 1, 3, 6, 7, 9, and 10 respectively, edges browned and a little stained, some

0101: Muggletonians.- Frost (Isaac) - Suite of Six Plates,Est. £250-£350

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Ainsworth (William Harrison) - The Lancashire Witches.: A Romance of Pendle Forest, 3 vol., 2pp. advertisements, some foxing, ink stain to one f., original cloth-backed boards, printed spine labels, worn and darkened, 1849; The Lord Mayor of London:

0102: Ainsworth (William Harrison) - The Lancashire Witches.Est. £200-£300Lot Passed

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Emerson ( R[alph] W[aldo]) - Representative Men: Seven: first edition, first issue , ownership ink inscription to front pastedown, original blind stamped brown cloth, gilt, spine chipped, joints starting, rubbed, [BAL 5219], Boston , 1850 § Hunt

0103: Emerson ( R[alph] W[aldo]) - Representative Men: SevenEst. £150-£200

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Ruskin (John) - Works,: 24 vol., contemporary half calf, red and black labels, gilt, rubbed, New York, n.d. [c.1900] § Goethe (Johann Wolfgang) Works, 7 vol, contemporary half calf, red label, gilt, slightly

0104: Ruskin (John) - Works,Est. £200-£300

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Wordsworth (William) - The Prelude,: 7pp. publisher's catalogue at front dated July 1850, 2pp. notes and further advertisement p. at end, new endpapers to style, original blind-stamped brown cloth, sympathetically rebacked in brown

0105: Wordsworth (William) - The Prelude,Est. £200-£300

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Photographic Portraits.- - Comprising 9: including portraits of Ruskin, Tennyson, Robert Browning, Carlyle & Ellen Terry, mostly woodburytypes, plus 3 cabinet card portraits, late 19th century, v.s. (12)

0106: Photographic Portraits.- - Comprising 9Est. £120-£180

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Verne (Jules Gabriel) - The Field of Ice,: first separate edition for the American market , numerous illustrations by Riou, publisher's advertisements at the end, ink ownership inscription on front pastedown, light spotting, original

0107: Verne (Jules Gabriel) - The Field of Ice,Est. £150-£200

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Burton (Richard F.) - The Book of the Thousand nights: and Supplementary Nights, together 16 vol., titles printed in red and black, some scattered spotting, modern cloth with paper labels pasted to spines, Benares, 1885-86 § Lane (Edward

0108: Burton (Richard F.) - The Book of the Thousand nightsEst. £100-£150

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Caröe (W.D.) and E.A.J.Gordon - Sefton,: number 25 of 40 large paper copies signed by Caröe , frontispiece and numerous plates and illustrations, tissue-guards, final free endpapers a little spotted, some light finger-soiling

0109: Caröe (W.D.) and E.A.J.Gordon - Sefton,Est. £60-£80

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Pepys (Samuel) - The Diary...,: 10 vol., number 23 of 250 large paper copies, plates, some folding, occasional foxing, browning to endpapers, bookplate, original vellum-backed cloth, some light spotting or soiling, 1893-99

0110: Pepys (Samuel) - The Diary...,Est. £200-£300

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Bible, - English . Lovett The English Bible in the John: English . Lovett (Richard) The English Bible in the John Rylands Library 1525 to 1640, printed in red & black, plates, paper guards, bookplate on front pastedown, original full brown

0111: Bible, - English . Lovett The English Bible in the JohnEst. £200-£300

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Swinburne (Algernon Charles) - Songs Before Sunrise,: Songs Before Sunrise, number 11 of 650 copies, contemporary blind-stamped morocco, gilt, t.e.g., others uncut, The Florence Press, 1909 § Lawrence (T.E.) Revolt in the Desert, second

0112: Swinburne (Algernon Charles) - Songs Before Sunrise,Est. £200-£300

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Churchill - Marlborough: His Life and Times, 4 vol.,: ( Sir Winston Spencer) Marlborough: His Life and Times, 4 vol., first editions, maps, plates and illustrations, some foxing, original purple cloth, gilt, vol. I-III spines faded, t.e.g.,

0113: Churchill - Marlborough: His Life and Times, 4 vol.,Est. £100-£150

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Churchill (W.A.) - Watermarks in Paper,: illustrations, bookplate to front pastedown, original gilt cloth, extremities bumped and chipped, rubbed, Amsterdam, 1935; and 8 others on papermaking and book design, v.s. (9)

0114: Churchill (W.A.) - Watermarks in Paper,Est. £100-£150

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Churchill (Winston S.) - [The War Speeches],: Into Battle, 1941; The Unrelenting Struggle, 1942; The End of the Beginning, 1943; Onwards to Victory, 1944; The Dawn of Liberation, 1945; Victory, 1946; Secret Session Speeches, 1946, all

0115: Churchill (Winston S.) - [The War Speeches],Est. £400-£600

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Bookbinding.- Dudin (M.) - The Art of the Bookbinder: translated by Richard Macintyre Atkinson, original morocco-backed buckram, Leeds, The Elmete Press, 1977 § Pearson (David, editor ) 'For the Love of the Binding', original cloth-backed

0116: Bookbinding.- Dudin (M.) - The Art of the BookbinderEst. £150-£200

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Fleming (Ian) - On Her Majesty's Secret Service,: 1963; The Man With The Golden Gun [two copies], 1965, first editions , original boards, dust-jackets, small closed tears to heads of spines, light browning to spines and head of flaps, light

0117: Fleming (Ian) - On Her Majesty's Secret Service,Est. £150-£200

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Fleming (Ian) - The Spy Who Loved Me,: first edition, original boards with a few markings to head, dust-jacket spine browned, light wear to head, 1962 ; and a first edition of On Her Majesty's Secret Service, 8vo (2)

0118: Fleming (Ian) - The Spy Who Loved Me,Est. £150-£200

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Fleming (Ian) - Thunderball,: jacket spine a little browned, light wear to head, 1961; You Only Live Twice, first issue, jacket spine a little browned, spine ends and corners a little chipped, minor creasing to head, 1964,

0119: Fleming (Ian) - Thunderball,Est. £150-£200

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Fleming (Ian) - Goldfinger,: first edition, original boards, dust-jacket, old tape repairs to lower panel verso with colouring visible on recto, spine browned, spine ends and corners a little chipped, light rubbing to

0120: Fleming (Ian) - Goldfinger,Est. £150-£200

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