China.- Tibet.- Montgomery McGovern (William) To Lhasa in Disguise, first edition, 1924; and others

Heading: Author: Kircher, Athanasius Title: China Monumentis, qua Sacris qua Profanis, nec non variis naturae & artis spectaculis, aliarumque rerum memorabilium argumentis illustrata Place Published:

Gregory (Isabella Augusta, Lady).- Mr. Gregory's Letter-Box, 1813-1830, edited by Lady Gregory, first edition, William Robert Gregory's copy with his ink ownership inscription to endpaper dated 4/3/'9

Ireland.- Petty (William) Hiberniae Delineatio..., first edition of the first atlas of Ireland, engraved portrait frontispiece of Petty by Edwin Sandys, double-page engraved frontispiece and contents

Keats (John) Lamia, Isabella, The Eve of St. Agnes, and other Poems, first edition, half-title, 4 advertisement leaves at end, beautiful copy in red morocco, gilt, by Riviere, inner gilt dentelles, t.

STEDMAN, Charles (1753-1812). The History of the Origin, Progress, and Termination of the American War London: for the author, 1794. First edition. Comparable: Christie's, William Reese Sale, 2022 - $

NO RESERVE Voyages.- Dampier (William) A New Voyage Round the World, first edition, 5 engraved maps (4 folding), folding frontispiece wormed at lower margin, some marginal foxing or light soiling, ink

AUDUBON, John James (1785-1851). The Quadrupeds of North America. New York: V.G. Audubon, 1849-1854. First octavo edition. Comparable: Christie's, William Reese Sale, 2022 - $20,160. IN ORIGINAL PARTS

A first edition of The Right Stuff by Tom Wolfe (New York, 1979; signed by Wolfe on the FFEP). The original catalog sheet from Bauman Rare Books, which accompanies the lot, describes this copy as "Abo

This Jackie Robinson, My Own Story copy is First Edition with original red cloth and dust jacket. The documentation from Bauman Rare Books cites the Book as fine; trace of edge wear, small closed tear

ROUPELL, Arabella Elizabeth (illust.); William Henry Harvey (text) Specimens of the Flora of South Africa by a Lady. London: Printed by W. Nicol, 1849. Comparables: Sotheby's, 1999 - $17,250; Christie

[Americana] (Lewis, Meriwether, and William Clark): History of the Expedition Under the Command ofCaptains Lewis and Clark, to the Sources of the Missouri... First edition of the "definitive account o

Britain.- Pyne (William Henry) The History of the Royal Residences, 3 vol., first edition, 100 fine hand-coloured aquatint plates, one gathering in vol.2 lightly foxed, otherwise an excellent clean an

Extensive private collection of (english language) children's books in very good condition. We estimate there are over 600 first edition and signed/ inscribed books and over 300 other books. Provenanc

ROWLING (J.K.) Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone, FIRST EDITION, FIRST IMPRESSION, INSCRIBED BY THE AUTHOR 'To Jenny and Lucy, with best wishes, J.K. Rowling' and dated 6-9-97 on front free en

Birds of Asia. John Gould (1804-1881). London: Taylor and Francis for the Author, 1850-83. Physical Description: 7 volumes. Folio (21 5/8 x 14 1/2 inches). 530 hand-colored lithographs after John Goul

ELLIOT, Daniel Giraud (1835-1915). The New and Heretofore Unfigured Species of the Birds of North America. New York: Published for the Author, [1866]-1869. Comparable: Christie's, 2009 - $22,500. PROV

TOLKIEN (J.R.R.) The Lord of the Rings, 3 vol., FIRST EDITION, FIRST IMPRESSIONS, with 'sagging text' on p.49 of 'The Return', each with a folding map printed in red and black, publisher's red cloth

LE CARRÉ (JOHN) Call for the Dead, FIRST EDITION OF THE AUTHOR'S FIRST BOOK, SIGNED BY HIM on the title-page, half-title, publisher's brown cloth, dust-jacket (very faint light stain on rear cov

Heading: Author: Swift, Jonathan Title: Travels into Several Remote Nations of the World. In Four Parts. By Lemuel Gulliver, First a Surgeon, and then a Captain of Several Ships Author: Swift, Jona

Seguy (E.A.) Insectes, first edition, 20 superb pochoir coloured phototype plates, loose as issued with 4pp. letterpress in original cloth-backed pictorial board portfolio with ties, folio, Paris, Edi

MACKENZIE, Alexander (1763-1820). Voyages From Montreal, On the River St. Laurence, Through the Continent of North America, to the Frozen and Pacific Oceans London: T. Cadell, Jun., W. Davies; Cobbett

Greece.- Dodwell (Edward) Views in Greece, from Drawings, first edition, deluxe issue, title with aquatint vignette, 30 superb hand-coloured aquatint plates by R. Havell, T. Fielding, F.C. Lewis and o

Heading: Author: Homer Title: The Whole Works of Homer; Prince of Poetts. In his Iliads and Odysses. Translated according to the Greeke, by Geo. Chapman. [bound with] Batrachomyomachia Place Publishe

Shelley (Percy Bysshe) The Cenci. A tragedy, in five acts, first edition, one of 250 copies, 4 autograph corrections by Shelley on four pages, slightly browned, ALs from Neville Rogers loosely inserte