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Limited Editions

[004759] Acton, Harold & Norman Douglas. The Last of the Medici done into English by Harold Acton with Introduction by Norman Douglas. Florence: Privately Printed for Subscribers by G Orioli, 1930. 8vo. Cloth. Very Good / Good. d/w, b/w plates. No. 15 of a privately printed limited edition of 350. This copy signed by Acton and Douglas. Very slightly cocked; jacket slightly faded & chipped; tear to front (approx 25mm); 2 tears to back (10mm & 15mm approx) £395.00

[021143] Aubrey, John. Monumentua Britannica or A Miscellany of British Antiquites (Part One and Two). Boston/Toronto: Little Brown & Company, 1980. Limited. 4to. Cloth in Slipcase. As New Limited edition of 250 copies. This copy is no. 45. Signed by the editor John Fowles. £125.00

[019658] Baron Munchausen; Darton, F.J. Harvey (ed). The Surprising Adventures of Baron Munchausen. London: Avalon Press, 1930. 8vo. Cloth, Gilt. Good & Sound Fine, bright copy. Limited to 2000 copies. many illustrations. £65.00

[007170] Bartisch, Georg. Opthalmodouleia, Das ist Augendienst. Editions Medicina Rara, . Limited/Numbered. Small Folio. Half-Leather. Good n.d. In tan half-leather binding, with box. A facsimile reprint of the 1583 edition, in a limited ed. of 2800 copies, of which this is no. 2059. £195.00

[021149] Bland, Alexander. The Royal Ballet: The First 50 Years. London: Threshold Books, 1981. 4to. Half Leather in Slipcase. Good & Sound Special edition limited to 250 copies signed by Dame Ninette de Valois DBE. With many ilustrations. £300.00

[007178] Casserius. Tabulae Anatomicae of De Formato Foetu Tabulae. Editions Medicina Rara, Limited. Folio. Very Good n.d., in maroon quarter buckram binding, with box. A facsimile reprint of the original 1627 Venice edition, in a limited ed. of 2800 copies, of which this is copy no. 2477. £195.00

[007096] Dioscorides. Codex Vindobonensis Medicus Graecus I of the Austrian Natural Library, Viena : Twelwe Minitures from the Anicia Juliana Codex 6th C.. Editions Medicina Rara , Folio. Cloth. Very Good n.d. consisting of loose sections in a porfolio box. A Fascimile reprint, in a limited edition of 2800 of which this is copy no. 1157. £120.00

[007250] Donne, John. Ten Sermons...by...Johne Donne... . Chosen By Geoffrey Keynes.... London: The Nonesuch Press, 1930. Small 4to. Cloth. Good Half bound in blue leather, with woodcuts by John Buckland Wrigt. No. 80 of a limited edition of 375. Marginal tear to p.4. £195.00

[019110] Erte; Marshall Lee (ed). Erte at Ninety-Five: The Complete New Graphics. London: Weidenfeld and Nicolson, 1987. Limited/Numbered. 4to. Silk in Slipcase. Very Good & Sound Silk covers in slipcase. This is one of a limited edition of one hundred copies of Erte at Ninety-Five. Produced exclusively for sale in the UK. These copies are numbered I - C and signed by the artist. This copy is LXVII (67). With many colour illustrations. Introduction by Erte. Preface by David Rogath. £395.00

[008914] Fables, Gilbert H & William A Foyle. Modern First Editions: Prices and Values (Second Series) . London: W& G Foyle Ltd, 1931. Large 8vo. Cloth. Very Good / Good D/w. No 526 of a limited edition of 1000, with dedication by one of the authors. Jacket spine a little stained. £25.00

[020581] Flecker, James Elroy. Hassan: The Story of Hassan of Bagdad and How he Came to Make the Golden Journey to Samarkand. London: William Heinemann Ltd, 1923. . 8vo. Cloth. Good & Sound Limited edition 84/380. £35.00

[009972] Grant, M.H.. Jan Van Huysum 1682-1749: Including a Catalogue Raisonne of the Artist`s Fruit & Flower Paintings. Leigh-on-Sea: F Lewis Publishers Ltd, 1954. Limited/Numbered. Tall 4to. Cloth. Good and Sound No 30 of 500 limited edition. Catalogue Raissone. £185.00

[006197] Hergesheimer, Joseph. Triall By Armes. London: Elkin Mathews & Marrot, 1929. First Edition. Small 4to. Hard Cover. Signed by Author. Fair / Fair. d/w, with glasseine wrapper. No 156 of a limited edition of 530, signed by the author. Endpapers a little browned, jacket very slightly chipped. £24.00

[021033] Hill, Henry & Arthur F Hill. Antonio Stradivari: His Life and Work (1644-1737). London: William E. Hill & Sons, 1902. 4to. Quarter Vellum. Very Good & Sound Decorative quarter vellum binding with gilt to spine. With box. B/w illustrations. £600.00

[005169] Holland Day, F / James Crump. Suffering the Ideal. Santa Fe: Twin Palms Publishers, 1995. First Edition. Large 4to. Decorative Cloth. Very Good / Very Good. limited to 5000 copies, adapted from a design by Aubrey Beardsley, in acetate wraps, duotone plates, essay by James Crump £35.00

[019422] Kramer, Jacob. Kramer : A Memorial Volume. Leeds: E.J. Arnold & Son Limited, 1969. Limited/Numbered. 8vo. Cloth. Good and Sound / Good + D/w. Limited and numbered edition. This is copy no.553 of 1000 copies.79 reproductions, many are in full colour. £35.00

[004408] Leder, Carolyn. Stanley Spencer: The Astor Collection. London: Thomas Gibson Publishing Ltd, 1976. 4to. Cloth. As New / As New. in box, d/w, duotone No 575 of a limited edition of 950 £29.95

[021147] Lowry, L.S.. Drawings of L.S. Lowry. London: Jupiter Books, 1973. 4to. Cloth. Good & Sound / Good. Signed by the artist. With many b/w illustrations. £300.00

[015027] Malkani, Gautam. Londonistani. London: Fourth Estate, 2006. 8vo. Cloth. Fine / Fine D/w. No 98 of a limited edition of 500 signed and dated by the author. In slipcase. £45.00

[016350] Masefield, John. Melloney Hotspur. London: William Heinemann, 1922. 8vo. Quarter Vellum. Good In quarter vellum, no 152 of a limited edtion of 500 signed by the author. £35.00

[005150] Moore, George. Aphrodite in Aulis. London: William Heinemann Ltd, 1930. First Edition. Large 8vo. in full vellum binding with gilt lettering to spine & gilt decoration to spine & front. No.356 of a limited edition of 1825. Some discolouring to boards & spine o/w very good £45.00

[007095] Pugh, John. A Treatise on the Science of Muscular Action. Editions Medicina Rara Ltd, Small Folio. Cloth. Very Good In burgundy 3/4 leather binding, with box. A fascimile reprint of the 1794. London edtion, in a limited edition of 2800 of which this is no. 2059. £95.00

[014123] Sidney, Sir Philip (ed By Rev Alexander B Grosart). The Complete Poems of Sir Philip Sidney. Privately Printed, 1873. Small 4to. Half Tan Leather. Very Good A limited edition of 100 copies only, edited in 2 vols by the Rev Alexander B Grosart, with an Essay on the Life and Writings, and rebound in half tan leather, with gilt lettering and decoration to spine £500.00

[004603] Sitwell, Sacheverell. To Henry Woodward. London: Covent Garden Press, 1972. 4to. Cloth. Very Good / Good. d/w, marbled end-papers; no. 53 of a limited edition of 376 copies, signed by the author. Jacket v. slightly chipped, with tear (approx 4cm) to front; wear to edges £50.00

[019111] Snowdon. Snowdon Stills: 1984-1984. London: Weidenfeld and Nicolson, 1987. Limited/Numbered. 8vo. Hard Cover in Slipcase. Very Good & Sound Hardcover in slipcase. With many colour & b/w photographs. This is book number 220 from a limited edition of two hundred and fifty copies. Introduction by Harold Evans. £95.00

[001202] Solon, M. L. . A History and Description of the Old French Faience with an Account of the Revival of Faience Painting in France . London: Cassell & Co, 1903. 8vo. Brown Cloth, Gilt. Fair With a preface by William Burton. Slightly worn and recased. B/w and colour illustrations.No 27 of a limited edition of 1200. £125.00

[021263] Stark, Freya. Space, Time & Movement in Landscape. London: Her Godson, Oblong 4to. Quarter Leather in a Slipcase. Signed by Author. Good and Sound This edition of Space, Time and Movement in Landscape is limited to 500 copies of which this is number 255. With many illustrations. Slipcase with a minor square discolouration. £125.00

[021262] Stark, Freya. Space, Time & Movement in Landscape. London: Her Godson, . Oblong 4to. Quarter Leather in a Slipcase. Signed by Author. Very Good This edition of Space, Time and Movement in Landscape is limited to 500 copies of which this is number 465. Slipcase with a minor watermark. £125.00

[021032] Stradivari, Antonio. The Eternal Influence of Antonio Stradivari. London: Ealing Strings, 1987. 4to. Full Leather Wiith Slipcase. As New / . Ltd edition no 14 0f 100 copies. Bound in full leather, gilt. With many b/w illustrations. £120.00

[005246] Sydenham, Thomas. Observationes Medicae, and His Medical Observations (Manuscript 572 of Royal Coll. of Physicians), with New Transcripts of Related Locke. mss. in the Bodleian Library. Folkestone: Winterdown Books, 1991. Folio. As New red cloth, limited edition of 200 copies, with additional insert - A Vindication of Sydenham's 'Processus Integri' £30.00

[005245] Sydenham, Thomas. Methodus Curandi Febres, Propriis Observations Superstructure. Folkestone: Winterdown Books, 1987. 8vo. Cloth. As New / As New. with English translation by RG Latham. Introduction, notes & index by GG Meynell . Limited edition of 275 copies £18.00

[005378] Taverner, John; Brian Keeble (ed). The Music of Silence: A Composer's Testament. London: Faber & Faber, 1999. 8vo. As New quarter cloth binding in box with cloth to top and bottom, b/w plates, numbered & limited edition of 210 copies signed by the author £35.00

[003554] Thackery, WM. The Paris Sketchbook. London: Smith & Elder, 1879. 4to. Good limited edition. With engravings on India paper by the author. Finely bound in modern 1/2 red leather, spine gilt with raised bands £195.00

[005830] Tremain, Rose. Sacred Country. London: Sinclair-Stevenson, 1992. Very Good no. 143 of 150 copies of the first edition signed by the author & specially bound; quarter cloth over marbled boards with glasseine wrappers £35.00

[007317] Westall, William. Drawings By William Westall : Landscape Artist on Board HMS Investigator During the Circumnavigation of Australia...1801-1803. London: The Royal Commonwealth Society, 1962. Small Folio. Cloth. Good With numerous b/w ills. + several maps. A limited ed. of 1000 copies. Some fading to spine + boards. o/w good. £95.00