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Books & Prints Sale To include "The Vessey Collection" on Thursday 17th January 2008

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241-270 of 589

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241

HUMBERT, L.M. Memorials of the Hospital of St Cross and Alms Houses of Noble Poverty. [Photographs, woodcuts.] Wm Savage, Winchester, 1868. Cloth; HEATH, Sidney. Old English Houses of Alms, a pictorial record. Francis Griffiths, 1910. 4to, quarter buckram, boards; and another. (3) £50-80

Nil

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242 WATMOUGH, A. A History of Methodism in the Neighbourhood and City of Lincoln. J.Mason, 1829. 12mo, boards; 2 more on Lincolnshire and 3 others. (6) £50-80

Nil

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243 SHAW, P.J. An Old York Church, All Hallows in North Street. [Colour and black and white plates.] Published at the Church Shop, York, 1908. One of 500 numbered copies. Folio, cloth; COLLINGWOOD, W.G. Northumbrian Crosses of the Pre-Norman Age. Faber & Gwyer, 1927. 4to, cloth; CREENY, W.F. Illustrations of Incised Slabs on the Continent of Europe from rubbings and tracings. For the Author, Norwich 1891. Folio, printed boards. (3) £80-120

Nil

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244 ROSCOE, Thomas. Wanderings and Excursions in North Wales. 51 engravings. Tilt and Simpkin, [ca. 1836]. Maroon morocco gilt; LANDMANN, G. A Universal Gazetteer or Geographical Dictionary. [Eight folding maps.] Longman, 1840. Calf. (2) £50-100

Nil

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245 McCLINTOCK, F.L. A Narrative of the Discovery of the Fate of Sir John Franklin and his Companions. With maps and illustrations. John Murray, 1859. Cloth, recased, folding map in pocket at end; NANSEN, Fridtjof. Farthest North. Newnes, 1898. 2 vols, cloth gilt; and 4 others on polar exploration. (7) £150-250

Nil

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246 KELLER, Franz. The Amazon and Madeira Rivers, with sixty-eight illustrations on wood. Chapman and Hall, 1874. 4to, cloth gilt; BATES, Henry Walter. The Naturalist on the River Amazons. John Murray, 1864. Second edn, cloth gilt, recased. HOEHNE, F.C. Album de Orchidaceas Brasileiras. Sao Paolo, 1930. Oblong 4to, pictorial boards; SLACK, Henry J. Marvels of Pond-Life. Groombridge, 1861. Cloth; and 3 others. (7) £100-150

Nil

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247 REYNOLDS, William. Voyage to the Southern Oceans. Letters…from the U.S. Exploring Expedition 1838-1842. Naval Institute, Annapolis, 1988. Cloth, dust-wrapper; and 16 others, travel. (Box) £50-80

Nil

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248 MONTORGUEIL, G. Les Trois Couleurs: France, son Histoire. Colour illustrations. Charavay, Martin, Paris, [ca. 1880]. 4to, decorated cloth; SPIES, Paul, et al. The Canals of Amsterdam. SDU, The Hague, 1993. 4to, boards; and 10 others, European history and travel. (12) £50-80

Nil

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249 RUTTER, Owen. If Crab No Walk: a traveller in the West Indies. Hutchinson, 1933. Cloth; REVILL, W. Chaco Chapters. Hodder & Stoughton, 1947. Cloth, dust-wrapper; and 18 others, America and West Indies. (Box) £50-80

Nil

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250 STARK, Freya. The Lycian Shore. John Murray, 1956. Cloth, dust-wrapper; LEVI, Peter. The Hill of Kronos. Collins, 1980. Boards, dust-wrapper, postcard from author inserted; FORMILLI, C. The Castles of Italy. A. & C. Black, 1933. Cloth; and 17 others, most on Italy, Greece and Turkey. (Box) £40-60

Nil

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251 FILIPPI, F. de, ed. An Account of Tibet: the travels of Ippolito Desideri. Routledge, 1937. Cloth; GORER, Geoffrey. Himalayan Village: an account of the Lepchas of Sikkim. Michael Joseph, 1938. Cloth, dust-wrapper; and 15 others on China and Tibet. (Box) £50-80

Nil

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252 MARCO POLO. The Most Nobel and Famous Travels of Marco Polo, ed. N.M. Penzer. Argonaut Press, 1929. One of 1050 numbered copies. Quarter vellum; FURRER-HAIMENDORF, Christoph. The Naked Nagas: Head-Hunters of Assam. Thacker, Spink, Calcutta, 1946. Cloth; and 11 others, central Asia and Far East. (Box) £50-80

Nil

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253 DEVONSHIRE, Henriette. Rambles in Cairo. Schindler, Cairo, 1931. Cloth, dust-wrapper; and 12 others on (mostly north) Africa. (13) £50-80

Nil

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254 d'ORLEANS, Prince Henri. Du Tonkin aux Indes. Illustrations de G. Vuillier, cartes et appendice geographique. Calmann Levy, Paris, 1898. 4to, contemporary quarter morocco gilt; WINKLES, B. French Cathedrals. [Steel engravings.] Tilt, 1837. 4to, new half morocco. (2) £60-100

Nil

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255 LANGALLERY, Marquis de. Memoires. Daniel Aillaud, Hague, 1743. 12mo, contemporary panelled calf; LA MOTTE, Houdart de. L'Iliade, poeme avec discourse sur Homere. Dupuis, Paris, 1714. Contemporary sprinkled calf gilt; and 3 others, eighteenth century French. (5) £50-100

Nil

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256 BOSSUET, J.B. An Exposition of the Doctrine of the Catholic Church in Matters of Controversie. Henry Hill, 1686. 4to, contemporary calf, worn; PARKER. Bishop Parker's History of his own Time. Charles Rivington, 1727. Contemporary sprinkled calf. (2) £80-120

Nil

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257 BEHN, Aphra. All the Histories and Novels written by the late ingenious Mrs. Behn, entire in one volume. Fifth Edition. R. Wellington, 1705. Old calf, rebacked, some marginal tears and repairs. £300-500

Nil

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258 MILTON, John. Paradis Perdu, traduit par Jacques Delille. Giguet et Michaud, Paris, 1805. 3 vols 12mo, contemporary calf, chipped; and 10 others, French. (13) £80-120

Nil

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259 CARACCIOLI, Charles. The Antiquities of Arundel; The Peculiar Privilege of its Castle and Lordship…by the Master of the Grammar-School. For the author, 1766. Contemporary calf; PARKYNS, G.J. Monastic and Baronial Remains, with other interesting fragments of antiquity. [100 sepia aquatint plates.] Longman, 1816. 2 vols in one, contemporary diced calf, rebacked; CHURCHYARD, Thomas, ed. G. Chalmers. Churchyard's Chips concerning Scotland. Longman, 1817. Half calf. (3) £250-350

Nil

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260 TOLPUDDLE MARTYRS. The Book of the Martyrs of Tolpuddle. TUC, 1934. 4to, half leather; DOWNES, Kerry. Sir John Vanbrugh. Sidgwick & Jackson, 1987. Boards, dust-wrapper; and 31 others, miscellaneous biography and history. (33) £50-100

Nil

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261 STIRLING-MAXWELL, William. Don John of Austria. Longmans, 1883. 2 vols, cloth; BLUNT, W. The Dream King: Ludwig II of Bavaria. Hamish Hamilton, 1970. 4to, cloth, dust-wrapper; and 26 others, biographies of European royalty and aristocracy. (29) £50-100

Nil

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262 COLVILLE, Mrs Arthur. Duchess Sarah being the social history of the times of Sarah Jennings Duchess of Marlborough. Longmans, 1904. Cloth; and 28 others, biographies, letters &c of British royalty and aristocracy. (29) £50-80

Nil

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263 CREIGHTON, Mandell. Queen Elizabeth. Boussod, Valadon & Cie, 1896. 4to, quarter roan; and 17 others, royalty &c. (18) £50-80

Nil

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264 FRANKLYN, Julian. Shield and Crest. MacGibbon & Kee, 1970. Buckram, dust-wrapper; and 30 others on heraldry. (2 boxes) £50-80

Nil

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265 BRYDSON, Thomas. A Summary View of Heraldry in reference to the usages of Chivalry. Mundell, Edinburgh, 1795. Contemporary half calf; and 3 others, heraldry. (4) £60-100

Nil

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266 GIBBON, Edward. The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire. Allen Lane, 1994. 3 vols boxed. Boards, dust-wrappers; and 12 others, early civilisations. (15) £50-80

Nil

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267 GAUTIER, Leon. Chivalry. Routledge, 1891. Illustrated boards; THIERRY, Augustin. History of the Conquest of England by the Normans. David Bogue, 1847. 2 vols, cloth; and 25 others, Middle Ages. (28) £80-120

Nil

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268 COLVIN, H.M. The History of the King's Works. HMSO, 1963. 2 vols and boxed plans, boards, dust-wrappers; LACROIX, P. Military and Religious Life in the Middle Ages and at the Period of the Renaissance. Bickers, nd. Cloth gilt. (4) £50-80

Nil

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269 KLINKENBORG, Verlyn, ed. The Drake Manuscript. Deutsch, 1996. Boards, dust-wrapper; HANCOX, Joy. The Byrom Collection. Jonathan Cape, 1992. Boards, dust-wrapper; and 23 others, Tudor period. (25) £50-100

Nil

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GAIRDNER, James. The Paston Letters. Edward Arber, 1872. 3 vols, full vellum; WISE, D. Diary of William Tayler, Footman 1837. St Marylebone Society, 1962; and 6 others, reproduced sources (10) £50-80

Nil

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