Lot: 112
The works of John Sheffield, Earl of Mulgrave, Marquis of Normanby, and Duke of Buckingham. In Two Volumes. John Barber,London, 1729, 2nd Edition, octavo, full calf, backstrips very worn & lacking title labels; Vol.1 with two folding engraved frontispieces. Clean text. (2)
Lot: 113
George Smith Green Oliver Cromwell: An Historical Play, J. Watts, London, 1752, First Edition, bound in late-19th Cent. half-leather over marbled boards, gilt, some wear at hinges, new endpapers; ownership and bookplate of John Burns, 1904; engraved portrait. Clean text. 134pp. Scarce.
Lot: 114
Christian de Thomas Becket Epistolae Et Vita Divi Thomae Martyris Et Archi-Episcopi Cantvariensis. Nec Non Epistolae Alexandri III. Pontificis, Galliae Regis Ludovici Septimi, Angliae Regis Henrici II. Aliarumque plurium Sublimium ex utroque Foro Personarum. Henrici Fricx, Brussels, 1682, quarto, 2 Volumes, 18th Cent polished calf, gilt, a little worn at hinges; bookplates of James Whatman. Occasional minor spotting o/w fine internally. (12), 905, (76)pp
Lot: 115
G.P.R. James The Jacquerie; or, The Lady and the Page: an Historical Romance London, 1841, First Edition in 3 Volumes; half-leather over marbled boards, some wear, gilt titles; good clean text. (3)
Lot: 116
[Marianne Spencer Hudson] Almack’s: a Novel, Saunders & Otley, 1826, 3 Volumes, 1st Edn, half-leather, backstrips worn; John Walker A Key to the Classical Pronunciation of Greek, Latin and Scripture Proper Names, 1804, 2nd Edn, engraved portrait; J. Thomson The Seasons, 1805, woodcuts by Bewick, tree-calf, spine repaired; and A Gallery of Portraits painted by an old and celebrated Master and re-touched by an Irish Artist, Dublin, 1813, bound with The New Bath Guide, 1807, quarter-leather, gilt. (6)
Lot: 136
John Dryden The Medall. A Satyre Against Sedition Jacob Tonson, London, 1682, First Edition (2nd Issue); small quarto, disbound from a combined colume; [12] + 20pp. Title page dust-affected o/w VG. (Wing D2311)
Lot: 137
The Works of Alexander Pope Esq. In Nine Volumes, Complete. With his last Corrections, Additions and Improvements As they were delivered to the Editor a little before his Death: together with the Commentary and Notes of Mr.Warburton, A. Millar, J. Tonson and others, 1760, nine volume set, worn leather bindings lacking title labels but good internally; engraved frontispiece to Vol.One. (9)
Lot: 138
Matthew Prior Poems on Several Occasions, S. Birt & W. Feales, 1734, 5th Edn, 3 Volume set, contemp. polished calf, backstrips worn and lacking title labels; later marbled endpapers & armorial bookplates; occasional woodcuts including engraved frontispiece to Vols. 1 and 3, and Vol. 3 with three additional engraved plates. VG internally.
Lot: 140
R.T. Vyner Notitia Venatica: A Treatise on Fox-Hunting, to Which is Added, a Compendious Kennel Stud Book, Rudolph Ackermann, 1842, rebound in fine attractive green half-leather, gilt, over marbled boards by Pennine Binding of Halifax; clean text, 7 (of 8) lithographed tissue-guarded plates with light foxing (!) which also affects the last few pages.
Lot: 142
19th Century Selection including Edgeworth Essay on Irish Bulls, 1815, 4th Edn; Charles Dickens The Chimes 1845, and The Battle of Life 1846, gilt cloth, some wear; and Castellan Letters on Italy, 1820, disbound, five hand-coloured engravings, 108pp. Fair to VG (8)