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0 Voyages.- Cook (Capt. James) [First Voyage].- [Magra (James), attributed to] A Journal of a Voyage round the World, In His Majesty's ship Endeavour..., first e

Voyages.- Cook (Capt. James) [First Voyage].- [Magra (James), attributed to] A Journal of a Voyage round the World, In His Majesty's ship Endeavour..., first edition, first issue, for T. Becket & P.A. De Hondt, 1771; bound with A Description of East Florida, 1769. 

Estimate: £8,000 - 12,000

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0 Virgilius Maro (Publius) The Thirteene Bookes of Aeneidos..., translated by Thomas Phaer & Thomas Twyne, Bernard Alsop, 1620.

Virgilius Maro (Publius) The Thirteene Bookes of Aeneidos..., translated by Thomas Phaer & Thomas Twyne, Bernard Alsop, 1620.

Estimate: £2,000 - 3,000

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0 India.- Railways.- Johnston and Hoffman, photographers.- New State Train, presentation inscription from Superintendant of Rolling Stock Herbert Kelway Bamber t

India.- Railways.- Johnston and Hoffman, photographers.- New State Train, presentation inscription from Superintendant of Rolling Stock Herbert Kelway Bamber to his wife, 1904

Estimate: £2,000 - 3,000

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0 Americana, Africana & Methodism.- Daniell (Marianne, compiler) Album of autograph manuscripts, watercolours and prints relating to England, Africa and Amer

Americana, Africana & Methodism.- Daniell (Marianne, compiler) Album of autograph manuscripts, watercolours and prints relating to England, Africa and America, including: "A verse in the Chippeway Langauge"; autograph hymn by David Livingstone; autograph fragments by John Wesley and Charles Wesley; watercolours of Egypt etc., original straight-grained morocco, gilt, 1831-56.

 

 

Estimate: £3,000 - 5,000

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0 Book of Hours, unidentified use, illuminated manuscript in gothic textura script, in Latin, on vellum, illuminated initials, 16th-century red velvet,

Book of Hours, unidentified use, illuminated manuscript in gothic textura script, in Latin, on vellum, illuminated initials, 16th-century red velvet, covers with gilt metal corner- and centre-pieces, [France, Angers], [c. 1460s].

Estimate: £5,000 - 7,000

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0 Rorke's Drift.- Chard (John Rouse Merriott).-Illuminated address presented to John Chard R.E., V.C. by the

Rorke's Drift.- Chard (John Rouse Merriott).-Illuminated address presented to John Chard R.E., V.C. by the "Inhabitants of North Curry, Othery [Somerset] and Neighbourhood, manuscript on vellum, black ink, illuminated in gold, red, blue and purple, mounted on original wooden rollers, housed in the original morocco cylinder case, 1879.

Estimate: £5,000 - 7,000

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0 Kipling (Rudyard) The Jungle Book [&] The Second Jungle Book, 2 vol., first editions, 1894-95

Kipling (Rudyard) The Jungle Book [&] The Second Jungle Book, 2 vol., first editions, 1894-95

Estimate: £1,500 - 2,000

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0 Photography.- Thomson (John) and Adolphe Smith. Street Life in London with Permanent Photographic Illustrations Taken from Life Expressly for this Publica

Photography.- Thomson (John) and Adolphe Smith. Street Life in London with Permanent Photographic Illustrations Taken from Life Expressly for this Publication, [1877-78]. 

Estimate: £3,000 - 4,000

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0 Tolkien (J.R.R.) The Lord of the Rings, 3 vol., first editions, first impressions, each volume signed by the author, 1954-55

Tolkien (J.R.R.) The Lord of the Rings, 3 vol., first editions, first impressions, each volume signed by the author, 1954-55

Estimate: £70,000 - 90,000

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0 Dinosaurs.- Hawkins (Thomas) The Book of the Great Sea-Dragons, Ichthyosauri and Plesiosauri, first edition, 1840.

Dinosaurs.- Hawkins (Thomas) The Book of the Great Sea-Dragons, Ichthyosauri and Plesiosauri, first edition, 1840.

Estimate: £1,500 - 2,000

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