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1. Book Of Hours. Heures a l’usaige de … (£30000 – £40000) unsold

2. Cottini (G.F.) L’Instruttioni di … (£600 – £800) unsold

3. Venice.- Bardi (Girolamo), Giacomo … (£600 – £800) £1600

4. Mocenigo (Piero, Captain-General of the … (£200 – £300) £400

5. Jungenickel (Andreas, engineer … (£2000 – £3000) unsold

6. Arnold (Benedict, American traitor … (£10000 – £15000) unsold

7. Russia/Napoleonic Wars/California.- Schmidt … (£1500 – £2000) unsold

8. Napoleon at St. Helena.- Melliss (John … (£1000 – £1500) unsold

9. Leonardus de Utino. Sermones … (£5000 – £7000) £5000

10. Ambrosius ( Saint ) Operum..., first … (£1500 – £2000) £2000

11. Middleton (Richard) In Quartus … (£800 – £1200) £750

12. Food & Drink.- Crescenzi (Piero de) De … (£1500 – £2000) £1500

13. Boethius (Anicius Manlius Severinus … (£500 – £700) £420

14. Dürer (Albrecht) [Institutiones … (£750 – £1000) £950

15. Holbein (Hans). - Historiarum Veteris … (£1800 – £2200) £2300

16. -. Imagines Mortis, woodcut printer’s … (£1500 – £2000) £2200

17. Diodorus Siculus. Bibliothecae historicae … (£400 – £600) £550

18. Bible, Latin . Biblia Sacra, title … (£600 – £800) £600

19. De Ales (Alexander) In duodecim … (£750 – £1000) unsold

20. Hierocles, of Alexandria. Commentarius in … (£1000 – £1500) unsold

21. Perez (Antonio) Relaciones, Paris … (£8000 – £10000) unsold

22. Juden (Der) zü Franckfurt Stattigkeit … (£3500 – £4500) unsold

23. [Ali Abençufian, pseudonym … (£1000 – £1500) unsold

24. Sully (Maximilien de Bethuen, Duc de … (£1000 – £1500) £1200

25. Kircher (Athanasius) Oedipus Aegyptiacus, 3 … (£3000 – £4000) £2200

26. O'Connor (Bonaventure) Lumen Orthodoxum … (£2000 – £3000) £2600

27. Hobbes (Thomas) [Opera Philosophica quae … (£300 – £400) £280

28. Steeb (Johann Christoph) Coelum sephiroticum … (£1000 – £1500) unsold

29. Charles VI, Holy Roman Emperor . Relation … (£2000 – £3000) unsold

30. Binding.- Seder Tephiloth, Hebrew, with … (£2000 – £3000) £1800

31. Charlevoix (Pierre Francois Xavier de … (£2000 – £3000) unsold

32. La Fontaine (Jean de) Fables Choises … (£2000 – £3000) £10000

33. Bonanni (Filippo) Descrizione … (£1200 – £1800) £1500

34. Passe (Crispin van de) Les Planches des … (£500 – £700) £550

35. Bible, English. The Holy Bible, that is The … (£750 – £1000) £800

36. Bible, English. The Holy Bible, 2 parts in … (£10000 – £15000) £5000

37. Aristotle. De rhetorica seu arte Discendi … (£400 – £600) £400

38. Montaigne (Michel Eyquem de) The Essayes or … (£1200 – £1400) £1800

39. Shakespeare (William) Comedies, Histories … (£70000 – £90000) £75000

40. D[onne] (J[ohn]) Poems, first edition … (£15000 – £20000) unsold

41. Puget de la Serre (Jean) Histoire de … (£1000 – £1500) unsold

42. Wilkins (John) An Essay towards a Real … (£1500 – £2000) £1500

43. Fore-edge Painting.- Bible, Latin . Biblia … (£500 – £700) unsold

44. -. Thomson (James) The Seasons … (£1500 – £2000) £1200

45. -. Cowper (William) Poems, 2 vol … (£800 – £1200) £750

46. [Ward (Edward)] The Dutch Riddle: or, A … (£5000 – £7000) unsold

47. Magna Carta.- By Permission of [the … (£4000 – £6000) £7000

48. Swift (Jonathan) On Poetry: a Rapsody … (£300 – £400) £400

49. Johnson (S[amuel], attributed to ) An Essay … (£1000 – £1500) unsold

50. [Hamilton (Alexander), James Madison and John … (£1500 – £2000) £8500

51. Malthus ( Rev. Thomas Robert) An Essay on … (£1000 – £1200) unsold

52. Austen (Jane) Emma, 3 vol., first … (£6000 – £8000) £6500

53. Austen (Jane) Northanger Abbey: and … (£3000 – £4000) £3800

54. Keats (John) Lamia, Isabella, The Eve of … (£3000 – £4000) £2400

55. Canning (George) Substance of the … (£300 – £500) unsold

56. Tennyson (Alfred, Lord & Charles … (£1500 – £2000) £1900

57. Read (Samuel) Political Economy. An … (£1200 – £1800) unsold

58. Brontë (Charlotte) “Alexander … (£10000 – £15000) £9800

59. Dickens (Charles) The Posthumous Papers of … (£2000 – £3000) £1900

60. Poe (Edgar Allan) The Raven and Other Poems … (£1500 – £2000) £2600

61. Binding.- Moore (Thomas) Irish … (£2000 – £3000) £3600

62. Wood ( Mrs Henry) Anne Hereford, 3 … (£3000 – £4000) £2200

63. Marx (Karl) Kapital. Kritika Poleticeskoj … (£4000 – £6000) £2400

64. Flaubert (Gustave) Madame Bovary … (£800 – £1200) £1700

65. Stevenson (Robert Louis) Strange Case of … (£800 – £1200) £1000

66. Keynes (John Maynard) The General Theory … (£1200 – £1800) £1300

67. Churchill ( Sir Winston Spencer) The … (£3000 – £4000) unsold

68. Booker Prize for Fiction.- A complete run of … (£4000 – £6000) unsold

69. Orange Prize for Fiction.- A complete run of … (£400 – £600) unsold

70. Whitbread/Costa First Novel Prize.- A … (£1000 – £1500) £750

71. Cornwell (Patricia D.) Postmortem, first … (£600 – £800) unsold

72. Doyle ( Sir Arthur Conan) The Land of Mist … (£1500 – £2000) unsold

73. Golding (William) Lord of the Flies … (£1200 – £1800) unsold

74. Grafton (Sue) [A complete run of the … (£1200 – £1800) unsold

75. Hemingway (Ernest) A Farewell to Arms … (£4000 – £5000) unsold

76. Lee (Harper) To Kill a Mockingbird, first … (£4000 – £6000) £3600

77. Lewis (C.S.) The Lion, the Witch and the … (£4000 – £5000) unsold

78. Mitchell (Margaret) Gone with the Wind … (£1500 – £2000) £3000

79. Nabokov (Vladimir) Lolita, 2 vol., first … (£2000 – £2500) unsold

80. Owen (Wilfred) Poems, first edition … (£2000 – £3000) £2800

81. Playboy: Entertainment for Men, first … (£1500 – £2000) £2000

82. Powell (Anthony) What’s Become of … (£4000 – £6000) £4000

83. Tolkien (J.R.R.) The Hobbit, or, There and … (£6000 – £8000) £7500

84. Tolkien (J.R.R.) The Lord of the Rings, 3 … (£6000 – £8000) unsold

85. Vonnegut, Jr. (Kurt) Player Piano, first … (£750 – £1000) £850

86. Attwell (Mabel Lucie) Lucie Attwell … (£1800 – £2200) £6500

87. Disney (Walt) Autographed sketch … (£4000 – £4500) £3800

88. [Dodgson (Charles Lutwidge)], “Lewis … (£1000 – £1500) £1500

89. Grahame (Kenneth) The Wind in the … (£1500 – £2000) £1900

90. Greenaway (Kate) Almanacks for 1883 - 1895 … (£800 – £1200) £1050

91. Macleod (Jessie) and Mary Elizabeth. Fifteen … (£200 – £300) £220

92. Milne (A.A.) [Set of the Christopher Robin … (£3500 – £4500) unsold

93. Milne (A.A.) Winnie-the-Pooh, number 268 of … (£6000 – £8000) £5000

94. Nielsen (Kay).- Quiller-Couch ( Sir Arthur … (£1000 – £1500) £1700

95. -. Grimm (Jakob Ludwig & Wilhelm Carl … (£800 – £1200) £1600

96. Potter (Beatrix) The Tale of Peter … (£5000 – £7000) unsold

97. Rackham (Arthur).- Barrie (J.M.) Peter Pan … (£1500 – £2000) £1900

98. Rackham (Arthur) The Peter Pan Portfolio … (£3500 – £4500) £3000

99. Rackham (Arthur).- Browning (Robert) The … (£12000 – £18000) £12000

100. -. Ibsen (Henrik) Peer Gynt, number 155 … (£300 – £400) £460

101. Rupert the Bear.- A continuous run of the … (£3000 – £4000) unsold

102. Salten (Felix) Bambi: Eine … (£1800 – £2200) £2300

103. Seuss ( Dr ) The Cat in the Hat, head and … (£1000 – £1500) £1600

104. Seuss ( Dr ) The Cat in the Hat, first … (£800 – £1200) £1200

105. [Shelley (Mary)] Mounseer Nongtongpaw: A New … (£5000 – £7000) unsold

106. Spielmann (M.H.) and G. S. Layard. Kate … (£400 – £500) unsold

107. Spyri (Johanna) Heidi’s Early … (£4000 – £5000) £3600

108. Balzac (Honoré de) La Belle … (£3000 – £4000) £3500

109. Ambert (Joachim) Esquisses Historiques des … (£1500 – £2000) unsold

110. Characters in the Grand Fancy Ball given by … (£500 – £700) unsold

111. Curmer (L., publisher ) Les … (£1000 – £1500) £3000

112. Cyclopædia of the British Costumes … (£1000 – £1500) £1200

113. Dressmaker’s sample book.- French … (£600 – £800) £1200

114. Egerton (Daniel Thomas) Fashionable Bores … (£750 – £1000) £950

115. Festival Book.- Jenny (Heinrich … (£1000 – £1500) £2400

116. Forssell (Christian) Une Année en … (£500 – £700) unsold

117. Greeven (H.) Collection des Costumes des … (£400 – £600) £350

118. Hutton (Catherine) A large collection of … (£10000 – £15000) unsold

119. Jeffries (David) Traite des diamants et … (£300 – £400) £300

120. Kurck (Arvid) Skånska … (£400 – £600) unsold

121. Lace Samples.- A collection of Lace samples … (£300 – £400) £300

122. Lanté (Louis Marie) and George Jacques … (£3000 – £4000) unsold

123. Lieder (Friedrich) Darstellung der … (£3000 – £4000) unsold

124. Maaskamp (E.) Afbeeldingen van de … (£800 – £1200) unsold

125. Meyrick ( Sir Samuel Rush) and Charles … (£400 – £600) unsold

126. Military.- [Englishces Militair I], first … (£500 – £700) unsold

127. Pistrucci (Filippo) Iconology; or, the Art … (£600 – £800) unsold

128. Smith (Charles Hamilton) The Ancient Costume … (£500 – £700) unsold

129. Teupken (J. F.) Beschrijving hoedanig de … (£3000 – £4000) unsold

130. [Wageman (Thomas Charles)] The Military … (£800 – £1200) £800

131. Walker (George, illustrator ) The Costume … (£1200 – £1800) £2200

132. Cruikshank (George) and others. A Collection … (£4000 – £6000) £5400

133. Egan (Pierce, imitation ) Original … (£1000 – £1500) £1000

134. Fielding (Theodore Henry) Cumberland … (£1500 – £2000) £1900

135. Goupy (Joseph) Attributed to. A … (£3000 – £4000) £2000

136. [Gillray (James)] Hollandia Regenerata, the … (£400 – £600) £650

137. Hearne (Thomas) Antiquities of Great-Britain … (£1000 – £1500) £1200

138. Howitt (Samuel) The British Sportsman … (£1000 – £1500) unsold

139. [Jenkins (James)] The Martial Achievements … (£2000 – £3000) £2500

140. Jenkins (James) The Naval Achievements of … (£4000 – £6000) £4000

141. Lecomte (Hyacinthe) Contes de Perrault … (£1500 – £2000) £1500

142. Leech (John) Collection of six pencil and … (£500 – £750) unsold

143. [Mason (George Henry)] The Punishments of … (£500 – £700) £550

144. Mason (G. Finch) Tit Bits of the Turf … (£400 – £600) unsold

145. Monnier (Henry) Les Petites Felecites … (£600 – £800) unsold

146. New Bon Ton Magazine (The); or, Telescope … (£1500 – £2000) £1600

147. Ogilby (John) and Emanuel Bowen. Britannia … (£600 – £800) £500

148. Palmer (Samuel).- An English Version of … (£800 – £1200) £2200

149. Paris Comique, Revue Amusante des … (£800 – £1200) £1100

150. [Pigal (Edme Jean)] An Album, 75 … (£600 – £800) £800

151. Porter (Ker) [Historical Studies, from … (£1000 – £1500) unsold

152. [Sherborn (Charles William, etcher & … (£500 – £700) £480

153. Smart (John) A Round of the Links: Views … (£5000 – £7000) £6500

154. Smith (Thomas) [A Collection of Views … (£3000 – £4000) unsold

155. Wagrez (Jacques).- Dumas (Alexandre … (£30000 – £40000) unsold

156. Westall (Richard) Victories of the Duke of … (£800 – £1200) £1200

157. Brangwyn (Frank) Work..., number 23 of 25 … (£2000 – £3000) unsold

158. Buckland Wright (John) Keats’ Sonnets … (£2000 – £3000) £2000

159. Buckland Wright (John) The Masque of the Red … (£1500 – £2000) £1900

160. Buckland Wright (John) Cupid’s … (£1500 – £2000) £1500

161. Buckland Wright (John) Love Night, complete … (£1000 – £1500) £1000

162. Buckland Wright (John) Hymn to … (£1000 – £1500) £1600

163. Buckland Wright (John) Hero & … (£600 – £800) £1100

164. Buckland Wright (John) The Grecian … (£600 – £800) £1000

165. Buckland Wright (John).- Swinburne … (£6000 – £8000) £5500

166. Cranach Press.- Vergilius Maro (Publius) Les … (£1500 – £2000) £2400

167. -. Shakespeare (William) The Tragedie of … (£6000 – £8000) £8500

168. Goble (Warwick).- Basile (Giambattista … (£300 – £400) £260

169. Herman (Josef) Song of the Migrant Bird … (£1000 – £1500) £1500

170. Hyams (Edward) The Car Snob, unique copy … (£500 – £700) £1200

171. Morris (William, translator ) The Tale of … (£1500 – £2000) unsold

172. Serre ( Abbé de la) Le Livre de … (£1000 – £1500) unsold

173. Shakespeare (William) The Sonnets, number 3 … (£1000 – £1500) £1800

174. Shakespeare (William) King Richard III … (£600 – £800) £750

175. Van de Velde (Henry).- Nietzsche (Friedrich … (£750 – £1000) unsold

176. -. Nietzsche (Friedrich Wilhelm) Also Sprach … (£3000 – £4000) unsold

177. Whitman (Walt) Leaves of Grass..., number … (£600 – £800) £550

178. Blondel (Jacques-François) De la … (£1200 – £1800) £1200

179. Chambers ( Sir William) Desseins des … (£1500 – £2000) unsold

180. Piranesi (Giovanni Battista) Alcune Vedute … (£2000 – £3000) £2000

181. Silver.- [An Album of Silver Designs … (£1500 – £2000) £1600

182. Agricola (Georgius) De re Metallica, over … (£3500 – £4000) unsold

183. Angeli (Stefano degli) De Infinitis … (£1000 – £1500) unsold

184. Bellinger (F.) Tractatus de Foetu Nutrito … (£400 – £600) unsold

185. Borelli (Giovanni Alfonso) De motu … (£3000 – £4000) unsold

186. Boyle ( Hon. Robert) Medicina Hydrostatica … (£3500 – £4500) unsold

187. Della Casa (Lorenzo) Considerazioni … (£250 – £350) unsold

188. Douglas (James) Myographiae Comparatae … (£300 – £400) unsold

189. Einstein (Albert) A collection of 49 … (£3500 – £4500) unsold

190. Grapengiesser (Carl J.C.) Versuche den … (£300 – £400) unsold

191. Guglielmini (Giovanni Battista) De diurno … (£300 – £400) unsold

192. Harrison (John) A Narrative of the … (£25000 – £35000) £20000

193. Histoire de L’Academie Royale des … (£3500 – £4500) unsold

194. Huarte (Juan) Examen de ingenios. The … (£1500 – £2000) £1500

195. Landriani (Marsilio) Dell’ Utilita dei … (£600 – £800) £700

196. Le Pois (Nicolas) De cognoscendis et … (£400 – £600) unsold

197. Maupertuis (Pierre Louis Moreau de) and … (£400 – £600) £380

198. Montanari (Geminiano) Pensieri … (£600 – £800) unsold

199. Noceti (Carlo) De Iride et Aurora Boreali … (£400 – £600) £380

200. Regimen Sanitatis.- Das Buch Regimen … (£3000 – £4000) £2400

201. Scarpa (Antonio) Memoria Chirurgica sui … (£800 – £1200) £700

202. Tortebat (François) Abregé … (£1200 – £1800) £1000

203. Tortebat (Francois) Nouveau Traité … (£300 – £400) £200

204. Voigtel (Nicolaus) Vermehrte geometria … (£1000 – £1500) unsold

205. Watson (James D.) The Double Helix, first … (£750 – £1000) £1000

206. Audubon (John James) The Birds of America: A … (£750 – £1000) £900

207. Dubois (Alphonse) Synopsis Avium. Nouveau … (£500 – £700) £700

208. McKelvie (Colin Laurie) [Game Birds … (£3000 – £4000) £2300

209. Shelley (George Ernest) and William Lutley … (£3000 – £4000) unsold

210. Banks ( Sir Joseph) Florilegium, the … (£20000 – £30000) £5000

211. Gerard (John) The Herball or Generall … (£2000 – £3000) £5000

212. Hanham (Frederick, editor ) Natural … (£500 – £700) unsold

213. Kotschy (Theodore) Plantes Tinnéennes … (£2000 – £3000) £1500

214. Lemaire (Charles) Le Jardin Fleuriste, 4 … (£2000 – £3000) unsold

215. Sillett (J.) Grammar to Flower-Painting … (£400 – £600) £550

216. Stephenson (John) and James Morss Churchill … (£1000 – £1500) £800

217. Stephenson (John) and James Morss Churchill … (£750 – £1000) £2000

218. Syme (Patrick) Practical Directions for … (£400 – £600) unsold

219. Hanley (Sylvanus) and William Theobald … (£2000 – £3000) £2400

220. Darwin (Charles) The Expression of the … (£6000 – £8000) £17000

221. Darwin (Charles) On the Structure and … (£1500 – £2000) unsold

222. Darwin (Charles).- Darwin (Emma Wedgwood … (£600 – £800) unsold

223. Seaweeds.- Plantes Marines des Côtes … (£1000 – £1500) £1100

224. Buffon (George Louis le Clerc, Comte de … (£3000 – £4000) £2400

225. Huarte (Juan) Osservazioni … (£600 – £800) unsold

226. Jacob (Nicholas Henri) and P. Hugues. Storia … (£4000 – £6000) unsold

227. Bry (Johann Theodor de & Johann Israel … (£6000 – £8000) unsold

228. Andriveau-Goujon (J.) Atlas de choix, ou … (£3000 – £4000) unsold

229. Bonne (Rigobert) Atlas de toutes les Parties … (£1000 – £1500) £800

230. Homann (Johann Baptist) Atlas Homannianus … (£8000 – £12000) £6000

231. Kitchin (Thomas) A General Atlas, describing … (£6000 – £8000) £6000

232. Mercator (Gerard) [Tabulae Geographicae], 4 … (£18000 – £22000) unsold

233. Ptolemaeus (Claudius) Orbis antiqui … (£2000 – £3000) £2200

234. Moore ( Lt. Joseph) Eighteen Views taken at … (£4000 – £6000) unsold

235. Hickman (William) Sketches on the … (£2000 – £3000) £1500

236. Commission de Sciences et Arts … (£10000 – £15000) unsold

237. Nectoux (Hippolite) Voyage dans la Haute … (£1500 – £2000) unsold

238. Smith ( Rev. Alfred Charles) The … (£1000 – £1500) £1400

239. Nattes (John Claude) Versailles, Paris … (£5000 – £7000) £5500

240. Trier. An extensive collection of … (£800 – £1200) £600

241. Egerton (Michael) Here and There over the … (£500 – £700) £1150

242. Indian School.- An album of Indian views … (£2000 – £3000) unsold

243. Ino (Tadataka) [Coastal Atlas of Japan … (£15000 – £20000) unsold

244. Kaempfer (Engelbert) De Beschryving van … (£3000 – £4000) £3000

245. Burton ( Sir Richard Francis) Personal … (£3500 – £4500) £3000

246. Marsigli (Luigi Ferdinando, Count … (£1000 – £1500) £900

247. Rauwolf (Leonhard) Aigentliche … (£2000 – £3000) unsold

248. Dollfus (Gustave, editor ) [A la … (£1000 – £1500) £800

249. Meyer ( Dr Hans) Across East African … (£5000 – £6000) £5500

250. [Windham (William)] and Pierre Martel. An … (£3000 – £4000) unsold

251. Bodmer (Karl) and Heinrich Corrodi, artists … (£2000 – £3000) unsold