Two Day Books & Ephemera Auction

Box: W E JOHNS: BIGGLES GIMLET WORRALS etc titles

Box: Children's, mainly "Told to the Children" and "Shown to the Children" series

Box: MARY TOURTEL, RUPERT LITTLE BEAR LIBRARY SERIES, 17 titles, all 1st edition, usual mixed condition + HANS CHRISTIEN ANDERSEN: THE TINDER-BOX ...

Box: assorted children's annuals, BEANO, DANDY, RUPERT, WARLORD etc

Box: W E JOHNS, mainly BIGGLES titles

Box: children's

Vintage wooden Pollock's Toy Theatre and three boxes assorted backdrops, scenery, characters, scripts etc, various periods

STANISLAW LEM: 12 titles: THE CYBERIAD, London, 1975, 1st edition, original cloth, dust wrapper; A PERFECT VACUUM, New York and London, 1979, orig...

DICK FRANCIS: 3 titles: FLYING FINISH, 1966, 1st edition, signed, original cloth, dust wrapper; BLOOD SPORT, 1967, 1st edition, signed, original c...

NICK HORNBY: 3 titles: ABOUT A BOY, London, 1998, 1st edition, original cloth, dust wrapper + another copy, 6th printing, original cloth, dust wra...

COLIN DEXTER: LAST BUS TO WOODSTOCK, 1975, 1st edition, ex-lib, original cloth, dust wrapper + another copy, 1975, 1st edition, ex-lib, original c...

IAN FLEMING: OCTOPUSSY, London, Jonathan Cape, 1966, 1st edition, original cloth, dust wrapper

IAN FLEMING: THE MAN WITH THE GOLDEN GUN, London, Jonathan Cape, 1965, 2nd impression, original cloth, dust wrapper

BERNARD CORNWELL: 3 titles: SHARPE'S WATERLOO, London, Collins, 1990, 1st edition, original cloth, dust-wrapper; SHARPE'S DEVIL, London, Harper Co...

IAN FLEMING: 4 titles: THE SPY WHO LOVED ME, London, Jonathan Cape, 1963, 5th impression, original cloth, dust wrapper; YOU ONLY LIVE TWICE, Londo...

A P HERBERT: 8 titles: POOR POEMS AND ROTTEN RHYMES, Winchester, P & G Wells, 1910, 1st edition, original printed wraps; HALF-HOURS AT HELLES, Oxf...

EDWARD BRADLEY "CUTHBERT BEDE": NEARER AND DEARER, A TALE OUT OF SCHOOL, London, Richard Bentley, 1857, 1st edition, frontis and 9 plates as calle...

ANGELA THIRKELL: 25 titles: MARLING HALL, London, 1942, 1st edition, original cloth, dust-wrapper; MISS BUNTING, London, 1945, 1st edition, origin...

ISAAC F MARCOSSON: BEFORE I FORGET, A PILGRIMAGE TO THE PAST, New York, Dodd, Mead & Co, 1959, 1st edition, signed and inscribed, original cloth g...

SIR ARTHUR CONAN-DOYLE: THE HOUND OF THE BASKERVILLES, London, George Newnes, 1902, 1st edition, 14 (of 16) plates, lacking frontis and plate oppo...

STIG LARSSON: 3 titles: THE GIRL WITH THE DRAGON TATTOO, London, 2008, 1st edition, original cloth, dust wrapper; THE GIRL WHO PLAYED WITH FIRE, L...

JEROME K JEROME: THREE MEN IN A BOAT, Bristol and London, 1889, [1909], (5000), original cloth

CONSTANCE SITWELL: FROLIC YOUTH, London, 1964, 1st edition, signed and inscribed, original printed wraps

CHRISTOPHER BUSH: 7 titles: THE CASE OF THE THREE-RING PUZZLE, London, MacDonald, 1962, 1st edition, original cloth, dust wrapper (small part loss...

CHRISTOPHER BUSH: 5 titles: THE CASE OF THE HAPPY WARRIOR, London, MacDonald, 1950, 1st edition, original cloth; THE CASE OF THE CORNER COTTAGE, L...

CHRISTOPHER BUSH: 4 titles: THE CASE OF THE COUNTERFEIT COLONEL, London, MacDonald, 1952, 1st edition, original cloth, dust wrapper, ex-Marrott's ...

CHRISTOPHER BUSH: 5 titles; THE CASE OF THE RED BRUNETTE, London, MacDonald, 1954, 1st edition, original cloth, dust wrapper (large part losses); ...

CHRISTOPHER BUSH: 7 titles: THE CASE OF THE RUSSIAN CROSS, London, MacDonald, 1957, 1st edition, original cloth, dust wrapper; THE CASE OF THE TRE...

CHRISTOPHER BUSH: 3 titles: THE CASE OF THE RUNNING MOUSE, London, Cassell, 1944, 1st edition, original cloth soiled, dust wrapper (unpriced, part...

CHRISTOPHER BUSH: 5 titles: THE PERFECT MURDER CASE, London, William Heinemann, 1929, new impression [2nd edition], original cloth worn, inner joi...

CHRISTOPHER BUSH: 7 titles: THE CASE OF THE TUDOR QUEEN, London, Cassell, 1938, 1st edition, limp cloth; THE CASE OF THE HANGING ROPE, London, Cas...

CHRISTOPHER BUSH: 4 titles: THE CASE OF THE HAVEN HOTEL, London, MacDonald, 1948, 1st edition, original cloth, dust wrapper; THE CASE OF THE PURLO...

Two boxes: DICK FRANCIS titles including some signed

Box: DICK FRANCIS titles

CHRISTOPHER BUSH: 6 titles: CUT THROAT, London, William Heinemann, 1932, 1st edition, original cloth gilt; THE CASE OF THE THREE STRANGE FACES, Lo...

CHRISTOPHER BUSH: 6 titles: DEAD MAN TWICE, London, William Heinemann, 1936, new edition, limp cloth; THE CASE OF THE BONFIRE BODY, London, Cassel...

EVELYN WAUGH: 2 titles: MEN AT ARMS, London, Chapman & Hall, 1952, 1st edition, original cloth, dust wrapper; OFFICERS AND GENTLEMEN, London, Chap...

ISAAC ASIMOV: 2 titles: UNDERSTANDING PHYSICS, London, George Allen & Unwin, 1966, 1st edition, 4 volumes, original cloth, dust-wrapper; ASIMOV'S ...

DICK FRANCIS: 7 titles: all signed: HOT MONEY, London, 1987, 1st edition, original cloth, dust wrapper; LONGSHOT, London, 1990, 1st edition, origi...

DICK FRANCIS: THE SPORT OF QUEENS, New York and Evanston, Harper & Row, 1969, 1st edition, original cloth backed boards gilt, dust wrapper + DICK ...

SIR WALTER SCOTT: WAVERLEY NOVELS, Edinburgh, Adam & Charles Black, 1871, Centenary edition, 25 vols, contemporary half calf marbled boards, spine...

JAMES GRANT WILSON: THE POETS AND POETRY OF SCOTLAND FROM THE EARLIEST TO THE PRESENT TIME..., London, Glasgow and Edinburgh, Blackie & Son, [1876...

OSCAR WILDE: WORKS, London, Methuen, 1909-11, 13 vols, uncut, uniform blue morocco gilt, watered silk dubleres, top edges gilt by Hatchards (13)

WILLIAM MAKEPEACE THACKERAY: THE WORKS, London, Smith Elder, 1902, 13 vols, half crimson morocco gilt, marbled boards, spines gilt in compartments...

THOMAS HARDY: WORKS, London, MacMillan, 1928, 26 vols, "Tess of the D'Urbervilles" signed and inscribed on front free end paper by Florence Hardy ...

Box: assorted literature including bindings

FREEMAN WILLS CROFTS: 12 titles: THE HOG'S BACK MYSTERY, London, 1935 reprint, original cloth, dust wrapper; MYSTERY ON SOUTHAMPTON WATER, London,...

BERNARD CORNWELL: 7 titles: THE LORDS OF THE NORTH, London, 2008, 1st edition, original cloth, dust wrapper; AZINCOURT, London, 2008, 1st edition,...

MORRIS CARGILL (ED): IAN FLEMING INTRODUCED TO JAMAICA, London, 1965, 1st edition, original cloth, dust wrapper + JAMES GARDNER: 6 titles: LICENCE...

Box: assorted mainly 1st editions, various authors, mainly signed and inscribed "To Jessica Mitford" from the library of Jessica Mitford and Bob T...

ROBERT BROWNING: THE POETICAL WORKS, London, Smith Elder 1902, 2 vols in one, port frontispieces, India paper + DANTE ALIGHIERI: THE DIVINE COMEDY...

MARY RUSSELL MITFORD: OUR VILLAGE, ill C E Brock, London, J M Dent, New York, E P Dutton, 1904, original decorative vellum gilt, top edges gilt + ...

JEAN JACQUES ROUSSEAU: THE CONFESSIONS OF, London, Gibbings, 1901 (1500), 4 vols, original cloth gilt and silvered, top edges gilt (4)

[HORACE WALPOLE]: A CATALOGUE OF THE ROYAL AND NOBLE AUTHORS OF ENGLAND WITH LISTS OF THEIR WORKS, London for R & J Dodsley and J Graham, 1759, 2n...

ANTHONY TROLLOPE: FRAMLEY PARSONAGE, ill J E Millais, London, Smith Elder & Co, 1861, 1st edition, 3 vols, 6 engraved plates as list, some foxing,...

TED HUGHES: GAUDETE, London, Faber & Faber, 1977, 1st edition, original cloth, dust wrapper ...[more]

WALT WHITMAN: LEAVES OF GRASS, Boston, Thayer & Eldridge, 1860-61 but later, presumed Richard Worlington pirated edition 1880?, engraved port fron...

JONATHAN SWIFT: THE WORKS, ed Thomas Sheridan, London printed for J Johnson et al, 1803, 24 vols corrected and revised by John Nichols, engraved p...

SAMUEL TAYLOR COLERIDGE: THE RIME OF THE ANCIENT MARINER, ill Willy Pogany, London, George G Harrap [1910], 1st edition, 4to, original decorative ...

DENNIS WHEATLEY: 6 titles: MURDER OFF MIAMI, [1936], 4to, original wraps, soiled and chipped; WHO KILLED ROBERT PRENTICE?, London [1937], 4to, ori...