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Lot 11

BEAUCHAMP, Alphonse De. AN AUTHENTIC NARRATIVE OF THE INVASION OF FRANCE IN 1814. Henry Colburn, London 1815. First edition. 2 volumes 8vo. Contemporary full polished tree calf, red morocco title labels. Light shelf wear, spotting to endpapers. MARSH, Herbert. THE HISTORY OF THE POLITICKS OF GREAT BRITAIN AND FRANCE, from the Time of the Conference at Pillnitz to the Declaration of War against Great Britain.. John Stockdale, London 1800. First edition. 2 volumes. 8vo. Contemporary full polished tree calf; joints cracking, small repair to head of spine vol. 2. (4) Estimates £150.00 - £200.00

Lot 12

BERNARDIN DE SAINT PIERRE, J.-H. PAUL ET VIRGINIE. L. Curmer, Paris, 1838. Large 8vo. First edition, thus. Former owner's name to the front free endpaper, otherwise a clean bright copy in full leather. Sumptuously illustrated. The list of illustrations itself occupies twelve pages. 'One of the key books in the history of modern book illustration. The second and most notable of the lavishly illustrated books issued in France just after the introduction of wood engraving in that country...the finest specimen of French romantic bookmaking'. [W.M. Ivins, Jr] With Le Sage, Histoire de Gil Blas de Santillane, illustrated by Gigoux. (2) Estimates £120.00 - £180.00

Lot 13

[BIBLIOGRAPHY] - SAWYER, Charles J. & DARTON, F.J. Harvey. ENGLISH BOOKS 1475 - 1900. A SIGNPOST FOR COLLECTORS. Chas. J. Sawyer Ltd, London 1927. First edition. 2 vols. 8vo. Red cloth. Spines slightly faded. MUIR, Percy. VICTORIAN ILLUSTRATED BOOKS. B.T. Batsford Ltd, London 1985. Revised edition. 4to. Dustwrapper. Colour and b/w illustrations. THOMAS, Isaiah. THE HISTORY OF PRINTING IN AMERICA. Weathervane Books, New York 1970. Large 8vo. Dustwrapper. Plus 17 other volumes, similar. (21) Estimates £80.00 - £120.00

Lot 14

BITTING, Katherine Golden. GASTRONOMIC BIBLIOGRAPHY. Gryphon Books, Ann Arbor, MI., 1971. 8vo. Facsimile reprint of the edition published San Francisco, 1939. Small tear to the head of the front inner hinge,otherwise a clean bright copy in the publisher's blue cloth with printed paper spine label. VICAIRE, Georges. BIBLIOGRAPHIE GASTRONOMIQUE. Holland Press, London, 1978. 8vo. Facsimile reprint of the edition published by Rouquette, Paris, 1890. A fine copy in dustwrapper of the celebrated bibliography. (2) Estimates £40.00 - £60.00

Lot 15

BRADBURY, Frederick. HISTORY OF OLD SHEFFIELD PLATE. Macmillan, London, 1912. First edition, first printing. Quarto. Endpapers and the first and last couple of leaves slightly marked, otherwise a clean bright copy in the original dark-blue publisher's cloth, lettered and decorated gilt on the upper cover and spine. (1) Estimates £60.00 - £80.00

Lot 16

BRITTON, N.L. and ROSE, J.N. THE CACTACEAE. DESCRIPTIONS AND ILLUSTRATIONS OF PLANTS OF THE CACTUS FAMILY. Dover Publications, New York, 1963. 4to. A reprint of the second edition published in 1937. Four volumes in two. Former owners's name and date to the front free endpaper of each volume, otherwise a fine set in dustwrapper. Still the definitive work. (2) Estimates £40.00 - £60.00

Lot 17

BROWNING, Robert. THE POETICAL WORKS OF ROBERT BROWNING. Smith, Elder, London, 1889. Second edition. Sixteen volumes. 8vo. Overall, a clean attractive set in the publisher's uniform binding with quarter morocco-finish olive-green cloth, lettered/decorated gilt and plain olive-green sides. The spines of the last four volumes have had labels removed leaving a slight residue, their paste-downs also contain a library label and abrasions from the removal of another label. The last edition over which the poet exercised any editorial control. (16) Estimates £80.00 - £120.00

Lot 18

BURNS, Robert. THE POETICAL WORKS OF ROBERT BURNS. Oxford U.P., London and New York, 1896. Octavo. Edited by J. Logie Robertson. With notes, glossary, index of first lines and chronological list. A clean bright tight copy in the publisher's black leather binding, lettered gilt. All edges gilt. With marbled endpapers and ribbon page-marker. With the Oxford Edition of the Poems of Robert Browning in a matching red leather binding. (2) Estimates £20.00 - £40.00

Lot 19

CALDECOTT, R. R. CALDECOTT'S SECOND COLLECTION OF PICTURES AND SONGS. Frederick Warne, London, n.d. Oblong octavo. Slight browning to the endpapers, occasional light fox mark, otherwise internally very clean and bright in the original decorated bevelled boards which show some wear to the spine extremities, corners and lower edges. Estimates £30.00 - £50.00

Lot 20

CALDECOTT, Randolph. 'GRAPHIC' PICTURES [AND] GLEANINGS FROM THE 'GRAPHIC' [AND] MORE 'GRAPHIC' PICTURES [AND] LAST 'GRAPHIC' PICTURES. George Routledge, London, 1887-1889. Four volumes. Oblong quarto. Internally clean and bright in the original publisher's bindings with cloth spines lettered gilt and pictorial upper and lower boards which have slight wear to the corners and are a little rubbed along the edges. A nice bright set. (4) Estimates £120.00 - £180.00

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