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78. Walpole (Horatio, Earl), A Catalogue of the Royal and Noble Authors, edited by Thomas Park, 5 vols., engraved portraits, contemporary straight grained morocco, gilt borders on sides, rubbed, 1823 - and 8 others (13) £150-200
79. Watson (Robert) & William Thomson, The History of the Reign of Philip the Third, Second Edition, 2 vols., contemporary sprinkled calf, 1786 - and 16 other leatherbound books including an imperfect copy of the Royal Standard Dictionary 1792 (18) £120-180
80. Welch (Charles), Coat-Armour of the London Livery Companies, numerous plates, original cloth-backed boards, slightly soiled, 4to, privately printed 1914 - and 3 others including Numismata Londinensia and Fox-Davies’ Armorial Families 1895 (4) £200-300
81.
Wilson (Charles), Lord Moran. Winston Churchill the struggle for survival 1940-1965, First Edition, presentation copy inscribed by the author “Moran
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Stark (Freya), The Lycian Shore, original cloth, dust-wrapper, [1956] - Lawrence (T.E.), The Mint, original cloth 4to., [1955] - and 11 others by, or about, Stark and Lawrence, including Alexander’s Path, [1958] and Riding to the Tigris, [1959] (13) £100-150
74.
Steinbeck (John). East of Eden, reprint of the English edition, presentation copy inscribed and signed on the front free endpaper by the author and dated 1959, thanking his hosts in Somerset, original cloth, slightly rubbed at head and foot, torn dust-wrapper wanting lower portion of spine [1958] £350-450
75. Terentius Afer (Publius), The Comedies of Terence, translated by George Colman, Second Edition, 2 vols., 8 engraved folding plates, full polished calf antique, gilt spines, morocco labels, 1768 - and 2 others: Fourth Editions of Arbuthnot’s An Essay concerning ... Ailments and Brown’s Manners of the Age (4) £100-150
76.
Thomson (James), The Seasons ... illustrated by F. Bartolozzi, first gathering loose, contemporary russia, gilt, rebacked, surface loss to covers, folio, 1807 - and a copy of Gray’s Poems, 1894 £150-250
77. Tolkein (J.R.R.), The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring, Fifth Impression, repaired dust-wrapper with rubbed spine and some fraying, [1956]; The Two Towers, Fourth impression, with Third impression torn dust-wrapper, [1956]; The Return of the King, First Edition, dust-wrapper with stains to spine and tears, 1955; all with small ownership signature on endpapers - and 3 others relating to Tolkien (6) £300-400
6 May 1968” on the front free endpaper and again on the front pastedown, with a personalised inscription dated 1972, original cloth, dust-wrapper, [1966]; 2 other copies signed “Moran”, another copy signed more informally by the author, and 2 others similar, also informally signed “Charles” (6)
Charles Wilson, Lord Moran, was Churchill’s personal physician who spent the war years with the Prime Minister. He is said to have saved Churchill’s life in 1943. £100-200
82.
Whitaker (Thomas D.), A History of the ... Parish of Whalley, 22 plates and tables, later half calf, worn, spine torn, 4to, 1800 - and one other, Povah’s The Annals of St. Olave’s 1894 (2) £150-200
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Wiltshire - Hoare (Sir Richard Colt), The History of Modern Wiltshire; The Hundred of Mere, 1822; Everley, Ambresbury & Underditch, 1826; Old & New Sarum, 1843; Trustfield, 1844 and Alderbury, together 5 vols., incomplete, lacking one or two plates including Stonehenge and with some repairs and staining, various bindings, folio - and one other similar; (6) £100-150
84. Wright (George Newenham), The Rhine, Italy and Greece, 2 vols. in one, 2 engraved titles and 71 plates, contemporary calf, gilt and blind borders on sides, gilt spine, slightly rubbed, 4to, [1841] - and Pardoe’s Beauties of the Bosphorus, 1838, spine defective, upper cover detached (2) £300-400
85. Wright (George Newenham), The Shores and Islands of the Mediterranean, additional engraved title, folding map and 63 plates, contemporary calf, gilt and blind borders on sides, gilt spine, (dry and headband torn), 4to, [1840] £250-300
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