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Click here to subscribeRUSHDIE SALMAN: (1947- ) British-American novelist and essayist of Indian descent, author of the controversial novel The Satanic Verses (1988). Book signed, being a hardback edition of The Ground Beneath Her Feet, First edition published by Jonathan Cape, London, 1999. Signed by Rushdie with his name alone in black ink to the title page. Accompanied by the dust jacket. VG
ARMSTRONG NEIL: (1930-2012) American astronaut, Commander of Apollo XI (1969). The first man to walk on the moon. Signed Commemorative cover honouring man's third flight to the moon with Apollo XI and featuring portraits of the three crew members, Neil Armstrong, Buzz Aldrin and Michael Collins. A US postage stamp commemorating Apollo 8 is affixed to the cover and postally cancelled at Cape Canaveral, 16th July 1969, the date of the historic Apollo XI launch. Signed by Armstrong in bold black ink with his name alone to a clear area. About EX
FRASER BRUCE: (1888-1981) British Admiral of the Fleet of World War II. A good A.L.S., Fraser of North Cape, one page, 8vo, n.p. (London?), 17th June n.y. (1957), to [Major Peter] Petit ('My dear Petit'), on the blind embossed stationery of the House of Lords Library. Fraser writes 'I felt much honoured at being allowed to unveil the memorial window & may I heartily congratulate you on all the arrangements which went with military precision', and further thanks his correspondent for a book 'which I see is beautifully inscribed & which I shall read with much interest'. Together with a printed telegram (received copy) from a private secretary at Buckingham Palace, one page, oblong 8vo, London, 15th June 1957, to the organiser of the Lancastria Survivors reunion, the text stating, in full, 'Please convey to all survivors of the troopship Lancastria reunited today the sincere thanks of the Queen for their loyal message which Her Majesty greatly appreciates'. Some light age wear and minor creasing and with a few slight traces of mounting to the versos, about VG, 2 The British ocean liner HMS Lancastria was sunk on 17th June 1940 during Operation Aerial and saw the largest loss of life from a single engagement for British forces in World War II and also represents the largest loss of life in British maritime history. The ship had been involved in the evacuation of British troops from Northern France and whilst crammed with troops escaping from the advancing Wehrmacht was bombed by the Germans near the port of St. Nazaire. Approximately 4,000 men, women and children lost their lives in the sinking and fewer than 2,500 people survived.
NAVAL LEADERS: A rare multiple signed 8vo page removed from an autograph album individually signed by nineteen British and American naval officers, the majority of whom served in World War II, comprising Philip Vian (1894-1968) British Admiral of the Fleet, Dudley Pound (1877-1943) British Admiral of the Fleet, Andrew Cunningham (1883-1963) 1st Viscount Cunningham of Hyndhope, British Admiral of the Fleet, Charles Little (1882-1973) British Admiral, Second Sea Lord 1938-41, William Boyle (1873-1967) 12th Earl of Cork and Orrery, British Admiral of the Fleet, John Tovey (1885-1971) British Admiral of the Fleet, Henry Harwood (1888-1950) British Admiral, noted for his participation in the Battle of the River Plate, Louis Mountbatten (1900-1979) 1st Earl Mountbatten of Burma, British Admiral of the Fleet, Gordon Campbell VC (1886-1953) English Vice Admiral, Victoria Cross winner for his actions in the north Atlantic whilst commanding HMS Farnborough, 17th February 1917, Norman Holbrook VC (1888-1976) British Naval Commander, Victoria Cross winner for his actions as Commander of the submarine HMS B11 in the Dardanelles, 13th December 1914, thereby becoming the first submariner to receive a VC, also the first naval VC gazetted in World War I, Bruce Fraser (1888-1981) 1st Baron Fraser of North Cape, British Admiral of the Fleet, James Somerville (1882-1949) British Admiral of the Fleet, William Whitworth (1884-1973) British Admiral who served as Second Sea Lord and Chief of Naval Personnel 1941-44, Alan G. Kirk (1888-1963) American Admiral, Robert Ghormley (1883-1958) American Vice Admiral, Commander, South Pacific Area during World War II, Harold Stark (1880-1972) American Admiral, Chief of Naval Operations 1939-42, Emile Muselier (1882-1965) French Admiral who led the Free French Naval Forces during World War II, A. V. Alexander (1885-1965) 1st Earl Alexander of Hillsborough, British politician who served as First Lord of the Admiralty 1929-31, 1940-45 and 1945-46, and Johannes Furstner, Dutch Vice Admiral, commander of the Royal Dutch Navy and later a naval minister. All have signed in bold, dark fountain pen inks. An impressive grouping of signatures. Some very light, extremely minor age wear, VG
BARNARD CHRISTIAAN: (1922-2001) South-African cardiac Surgeon who performed the world´s first heart transplant and the first in which the patient regained consciousness. Signed 3.5 x 5.5 photograph `Chris Barnard´, the image showing the South-African surgeon in a head and shoulders pose. Signed in bold black ink to a clear area of the image. Accompanied by the original envelope posted from Cape Town. VG
An early 19th century silver sugar vase and cover, marks worn, possibly JS four times, possibly Cape, urn form, with three stylised Kudu antelope heads, the raised pull-off cover with a cone finial, on a raised circular foot, height 29cm, approx. weight 41oz. For an illustration of a script JS mark described as ' a debatable Cape silver mark', see Heller, D., A History of Cape Silver 1700-1870, Cape Town 1949, Page 161.
Queen’s South Africa Medal 1899, with clasp “Cape Colony”, awarded to 977 Pte G. Bacon, 1st City Volunteers; King’s South Africa Medal 1902, with clasps “South Africa 1901” & “South Africa 1902”, awarded to 5107 Pte J. Penfold, Hampshire Regt.; Africa Service Medal 1943, awarded to 608310 C.J. Barnard; two other medals; & various regimental cap badges, etc.
Harry Tittensor for Royal Doulton,'Spook', a rare ceramic model c.1916-1936, with a black cap and a mottled red and blue cape, painted mark 'Painted by Doulton and Co. Ltd., Spook, incised probably 714, printed Doulton stamp,10.5cm highCondition ReportNo obvious major faults.Crazing to the face and across the cloak. The marks on the rim are slightly worn.Patially printed mark.Further close up photos added to our website.
P. WEBLEY & SON, BIRMINGHAM A .450 SIX-SHOT REVOLVER, MODEL 'WEBLEY'S No.5', serial no. 95056, circa 1890, with 5 1/2in. blued barrel, raised sighting rib with crescent fore-sight, the top-strap signed 'P. WEBLEY & SON, BIRMINGHAM', the solid frame marked 'WEBLEY'S No5' .450', fluted cylinder, double action mechanism (action at fault), gate loading, chequered walnut grips, the grip-profile similar to that issued to the Cape Rifles, ejector rod mounted to right side of barrel, strong amount of finish remaining S5 - Sold as a Section 5 Firearm under the 1968 Firearms Act, Sections 7.3 and 7.1 Eligible.Unless prior arrangement has been made, two weeks after the Sealed bid sale, all Section 5 (and Section 7.1 / 7.3) items will be moved to a Section 5 carriers where storage charges will be incurred.Goods will not be released until all outstanding charges have been met. Collection will be by arrangement. * Please note this item is subject to 5% VAT on the hammer price (UK Buyers only).
UNION METALLIC CARTRIDGE CO., USA A FRAMED AND GLAZED RARE POSTER WITH TEAR-OFF CALENDAR, dated for 1891, the later frame measuring 33in. x 20in. the polychromatic image featuring a young girl holding a hammer action shotgun and dressed in a riding cape and hat surrounded by hunting hounds, a buff-coloured calendar with tear off pages for the months (believed complete) mounted below, the side of calendar with 'FACTORY BRIDGEPORT CONN, USA' and 'AGENCIES NEW YORK SAN FRANCISCO', good colour with some creasing
A FULL DRESS UNIFORM FOR THE ROYAL COMPANY OF ARCHERS, WITH ACCOUTREMENTS, post 1953 and including the green dress jacket and trousers, dress tam-o-shanter hat with gilt badge, dress belt and sash, the belt with gilt buckle, rolled cape with straps, an assortment of gloves, Wilkinson Sword sidearm with gilt fittings in its black leather scabbard with gilt brass fittings and the longbow complete with a box of arrows, all in fine condition, together with a metal trunk to take the whole bar the bow
AN 8-BORE PERCUSSION SINGLE-SHOT RIFLE FOR DANGEROUS GAME SIGNED 'J.S.F. BOTHA, CAPE TOWN', no visible serial number, circa 1865, with rebrowned twist 28 1/4in. octagonal barrel (possibly slightly shortened) and signed on the top-flat 'J.S.F. BOTHA, CAPE TOWN', dove-tailed fore-sight, rear-sight of three flush folding un-notched leaves, borderline engraved long top-tang (repaired at tip), borderline engraved bar-action lock signed 'J.S.F. BOTHA with scroll engraving around the pin apertures, borderline engraved hammer, walnut half-stock chequered at the wrist, iron furniture except white metal nose-cap and barrel key escutcheons and replacement brass tipped wood ramrod
W.G. RAWBONE, CAPETOWN A 13-BORE & .700 PERCUSSION DOUBLE-BARRELLED CAPE-RIFLE, no visible serial number, circa 1860, with heavy re-browned 32in. barrels, the flat top-rib signed 'W.G. RAWBONE, MAKER CAPE TOWN', dove-tailed nickel blade fore-sight, rear-sight with three folding leaves, engraved rib-end at breech inlet with a gold poincon amateurly initialled 'E.B.', nickel plugs, engraved top-tang, borderline and scroll engraved bar-action locks signed 'W.G. RAWBONE', walnut half-stock chequered at the wrist, iron furniture, two plain iron ramrod thimbles and period wood ramrod
FIVE LADIES FUR JACKETS, consisting of a pure white fur jacket, a brown fur jacket, a faux fur mid-length coat, a faux fur cape, a brown overcoat with a black fur collar (most are size L), a brown fur stole and a fox fur pelt (7) (Condition report: faux furs show signs of wear, real fur is good condition, appear O.K.)
A GROUP OF VICTORIAN FUR STOLES, comprising one black (signs of wear around neck area), one brown, one cream & brown, two black Victorian 'mourning' capes, one is satin and lace with beading around the collar, the other is silk and lace (the silk has become frayed and badly damaged, the satin cape is in fair condition ,ribbon detail is a little faded), a small mink collar, together with a man's bowler hat 'Lincoln Bennett & Co' size 55cm (7) (Condition report: in good condition except where mentioned)
A collection of WW2 Medals, nine Stars comprising 39-45 x2, Italy, Burma, Pacific, Atlantic x2, France & Germany and Africa, Defence x2, War 39-45 x2, India Service 1945, German West Wall Medal, Queen Alexandra`s Imperial Military Nursing Service Reserve cape badge 1942 to P/23B 43B Sister Margaret Gorringe Q.A.I.M.N.S.R with paperwork along with two WW1 Medals, War and Victory to 192983 GNR J.Allison RA, all with ribbons and a Coronation Medal Edward VIII in box
The Imperial Postage Stamp Album, Arranged and Compiled by E.S.Gibbons, Sixth Edition, Vols I & II bound as one, Vol I Aalborg - Zurich to include Great Britain 1841 1d red, 2d blue, 1858 1d red, 1881 1d lilac and £2 Foreign Bill etc. Vol II, Africa - Zululand to include 1857-64 Cape of Good Hope fourpence blue, Orange Free State 1868 6 pence rose and Salvador 1867 2 reals green etc., together with a Jet "De Luxe" Album with 19th century and later contents, various other schoolboy albums and loose stamps.Many of the stamps are glued
Amazon Adventure by Willard Price 1951 First Edition Hardback Book published by Jonathan Cape soma ageing good condition. Good condition. All autographs come with a Certificate of Authenticity. We combine postage on multiple winning lots and can ship worldwide. UK postage from £4.99, EU from £6.99, Rest of World from £9.99
Shakespeare [William]: The Merry Wives of Windsor, pub by George D Sproul, New York, 1907, vol VIII, editors Autograph edition, grey and blue cloth boards; Lawrence [T.E.]: Seven Pillars of Wisdom, pub by Jonathan Cape, 30 Bedford Square, fifth impression Sept 1935, and miscellaneous other books including Childrens Folio, Gilbert and Sullivan, etc. (12)
"Bishop Saint". Hispanic-Flemish. Anonymous. Circa 1500. White wooden sculpture, not polychromed. 95 x 28 x 20 cm. The anonymous Bishop Saint is outstanding due to the skill displayed in the sculptor’s treatment of the luxurious elements of the clothing. We do not know the identity of the portrayed saint because he does not have any attributes other than the staff and the book, which are shared by a multitude of saints. Perhaps it could be Saint Blaise, bishop of Sebaste and martyr, who was one of the most popular saints of the Western Middle Ages, thanks to the fame that the proliferation of his relics, most of them false, and his character as a miracle worker and healer gave him. The saint features a stylized canon combined with pronounced stiffness and rigidity. Likewise, his body forms a compact block, ensuring that the extremities and the elements that accompany it remain attached to the body and protrude as little as possible. It does not have a carved back, body, mitre or staff, which indicates that it was probably conceived to be an altarpiece image. His face is inexpressive with a serious countenance, as if the character were concentrating. His facial features comprise almond-shaped eyes with very marked eyelids, bulging cheeks and cheekbones, a sharp nose with a rounded tip that takes the shape of an isosceles triangle, a very deep nasolabial fold, marked, thin lips, a closed mouth and a prominent chin. The mitre hides most of his hair, releasing only the unruly locks that cover his ears. According to his episcopal status he wears an alb, chasuble and cape richly adorned at the edge with a decorative fringe (rhomboid motifs alternately separated by three circles or by two equilateral triangles with the points facing each other) topped by fringes and fastened to the chest by means of a medallion and carries a short mitre inlaid with precious stones, as well as a staff. The grandiose garments are characterized by their deep perpendicular folds that form rounded volumes, and by the details of an anecdotal-decorative nuance that has led the anonymous sculptor to faithfully imitate the qualities of the garments and especially of the brocades, resolved through elaborate designs with which he seeks to indicate the nobility of the fabrics. Especially interesting is the way in which the staff has been conceived, with the lower part covered by a narrow helical strip decorated with circular motifs, and a more elaborate and decorated upper part that ends in a curve with a large rosette. Its state of preservation is exceptional, with only a slight crack on the back. The work would have been made by an anonymous Hispano-Flemish Gothic sculptor around the year 1500.
A Nymphenburg white figure of Anselmo, circa 1760Modelled by F.A. Bustelli, standing leaning on a stick, hunched forward slightly, bringing his left forefinger to his mouth in a silencing motion, wearing a hat, three-quarter length cape, lace collar, jacket and breeches, scroll-moulded base, 17.5cm high, impressed shield mark on top of base (finger and stick restored, section of base next to foot restuck)Footnotes:Provenance: European Private Collection since circa 1980Bustelli created 16 paired figures from the Commedia dell'Arte which appear in the factory's Inventory of Moulds in 1760. The source for this figure is a copperplate engraving by Martin Engelbrecht (dated to the mid 18th century, titled Sieur Geronte) a copy of which is known to have been in Bustelli's possession. Anselmo is depicted as an older man, soberly dressed, wearing a cape and holding his hat and cane. Bustelli animated his character and paired him with Corinne, the lady's maid who stands reading or singing aloud. His gesture to her hints at intrigue and may be to warn her to whisper or stop making a noise. Not much is known about the role of Anselmo, but some clues can be found in the dress and name of the figure as published by Engelbrecht. The clerical style of his hat and dress have led him to be named as the Abbé, or, as in the case of the Engelbrecht print 'Sieur [Seigneur] Géronte'. Géronte appears in Molière's Les Fourberies de Scapin or Scapin the Schemer, a three-act comedy of intrique, first staged on 24 May 1671 in the theatre of the Palais Royal in Paris. In the play, Scapino taunts Géronte and asks 'Quoi! jé n'aurai pas l'abantage dé tuer cé Géronte? et quelqu'un, par charité, né m'enseignera pas où il est? [What! I won't have the privilege of killing that Geronte? and someone, out of pity, will not tell me where he is?], and an exasperated Géronte answers: Ah! Scapin, je n'en puis plus. [Ah! Scapin, I can't take it anymore.]Two other examples of this rare model, one decorated in black enamel and another in the white are in the Bayerisches Nationalmuseum , Munich, and are illustrated by Katharina Hantschmann, Alfred Ziffer, Franz Anton Bustelli, Nymphenburger Porzellanfiguren des Rokoko, Exhibition Catalogue, 24 November 2004 - 13 March 2005 Munich, 2004, pp. 306 and 307. For another example of the figure see R. Rückert, Bustelli Munich, 1963, pl. 40. Another Anselmo is in the collection of the Victoria and Albert Museum, London.The most recent example of this rare figure to have been sold at auction appeared at Christie's London, 6 November 2008, lot 290, from a South German private collection.This lot is subject to the following lot symbols: ** VAT on imported items at a preferential rate of 5% on Hammer Price and the prevailing rate on Buyer's Premium.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com
CAPT G A PRIDEAUX, MC: A SOLDIER'S DIARY OF THE GREAT WAR 1914-1917, London, The Chiswick Press, 1980, 1st edition, printed for private circulation, portfrontis folding map at end as called for, original cloth backed boards, spine dulled + FRANK PERCY CROZIER: A BRASS HAT IN NO MANS LAND, London, Jonathan Cape, 1930, 1st edition, original cloth, d/w (small part losses) + REV GEORGE THOMPSON: WAR MEMORIES AND SKETCHES, Paisley, Alexander Gardner, 1916, 1st edition, original cloth + RICHARD ALLEYN LLOYD: A TROOPER IN THE 'TINS', AUTOBIOGRAPHY OF A LIFEGUARDSMAN, London, Hurst & Blackett, [1938], 1st edition, original cloth + SIR ARTHUR BINNY SCOTT & PERCY MIDDLETON BRUMWELL (EDS): HISTORY OF THE 12TH (EASTERN) DIVISION IN THE GREAT WAR 1914-1918, London, Nisbet, 1923, 1st edition, plates and maps collated complete, original cloth worn and v soiled (5)
ROALD DAHL: 2 titles: THE WITCHES, ill Quentin Blake, London, Jonathan Cape, 1983, 1st edition, original cloth, d/w; THE VICAR OF NIBBLESWICKE, London, Century, 1991, 1st edition, original cloth, d/w + QUENTIN BLAKE: 6 titles: QUENTIN BLAKE'S ABC, London, Jonathan Cape, 1989, 1st edition, fo, original pictorial laminated boards; ZAGAZOO, London, Red Fox, 2000, 3rd impression, signed, fo, original pictorial wraps; A SAILING BOAT IN THE SKY, Londn, Jonathan Cape, 2002, 1st edition, oblong, 4to, original pictorial boards; FANTASTIC DAISY ARTICHOKE, London, Red Fox, 2001, 2nd impression, signed, fo, original pictorial wraps; MRS ARMITAGE QUEEN OF THE ROAD, London, Jonathan Cape, 2003, 1st edition, 4to, original pictorial laminated boards; THE LIFE OF BIRDS, London, Doubleday, 2005, 1st edition, oblong, 4to, original cloth, d/w, all titles vgc (8)
ROALD DAHL: 6 titles: THE MINPINS, ill Patrick Benson, London, Jonathan Cape, 1991, 1st edition, 4to, original pictorial laminated boards; ROALD DAHL'S GUIDE TO RAILWAY SAFETY, ill Quentin Blake, British Rail, 1991, 1st edition, original pictorial wraps; CHARLIE AND THE CHOCOLATE FACTORY, ill Quentin Blake, London, Viking, 1995, 1st edition, original cloth, d/w; THE MAGIC FINGER, ill Quentin Blake, London, Viking, 1995, 1st edition, original cloth, d/w; CHARLIE AND THE GREAT GLASS ELEVATOR, ill Quentin Blake, London, Viking, 1995, 1st edition, original cloth, d/w; MATILDA, ill Quentin Blake, London, Jonathan Cape, 1996 reprint, original cloth, d/w, all titles vgc + JOHN BURNINGHAM: 2 titles: THE SNOW, London, Jonathan Cape, 1974, 1st edition, original pictorial laminated boards; THE DOG, London, Jonathan Cape, 1975, 1st edition, original pictorial laminated boards + JANE THAYER: I'M NOT A CAT SAID EMERALD, ill Seymour Fleishman, Tadworth, Surrey, World's Work, 1976, 2nd impression, 4to, original pictorial laminated boards (9)
KIT WILLIAMS: 3 titles: MASQUERADE, London, Jonathan Cape, 1982, (1000) numbered (996) and signed, original pictorial boards, glassine d/w + a 1981 edition, 4to, original pictorial laminated boards; [THE BEE BOOK], London, Jonathan Cape, 1984, 1st edition, 4to, original pictorial laminated boards (3)
RICHARD M ICEMONGER: SNAKES AND SNAKE CATCHING IN SOUTHERN AFRICA, Cape Town, Howard Timmins [1955], 1st edition, signed and inscribed to Anthony [Micheli] '...many thanks for your assistance in the Salisbury snake park...', original cloth backed boards, d/w (losses), one copy only on COPAC + WALTER ROSE: SNAKES, MAINLY SOUTH AFRICAN, Cape Town, Maskew Miller, 1955, 1st edition, original cloth, d/w (soiled and part losses) (2)
PATRICK MILLINGTON SYNGE: MOUNTAINS OF THE MOON, AN EXPEDITION TO THE EQUATORIAL MOUNTAINS OF AFRICA, London, Lindsay Drummond, 1937, 1st edition, plates including 2 coloured and 2 maps as list, original cloth + MALCOLM MACDONALD: BORNEO PEOPLE, London, Jonathan Cape, 1956, 1st edition, original cloth, d/w (losses) + COLIN SIMPSON: ADAM IN PLUMES, Sydney, Angus & Robertson, 1955, 1st edition, original cloth, d/w (tatty) + FRANCIS DOWNES OMMANNEY: THE SHOALS OF CAPRICORN, London, Longmans, Green, 1952, 1st edition, original cloth (4)
LAWRENCE G GREEN: 5 titles: BEYOND THE CITY LIGHTS, Cape Town, Howard Timmins, 1957, 1st edition, inscription on ffep, original cloth (price clipped and part losses); SOUTH AFRICAN BEACHCOMBER, Cape Town, Howard B Timmins, 1958, 1st edition, leaves browned, original cloth, d/w (small part losses); THESE WONDERS TO BEHOLD, Cape Town, Howard Timmins, 1959, 1st edition, original cloth, d/w (price clipped and part losses); OLD AFRICA'S LAST SECRETS, London, Putnam, 1961, 1st edition, original cloth, d/w; SOMETHING RICH AND STRANGE, Cape Town, Howard Timmins, 1962, 1st edition, original cloth, d/w (part losses) (5)
LAWRENCE G GREEN: 6 titles: TO THE RIVER'S END, Cape Town, Howard B Timmins, 1948, 1st edition, inscription on half title, original cloth, spine darkened; IN THE LAND OF AFTERNOON, Cape Town, Howard B Timmins, 1949, 1st edition, original cloth, splits at spine; LORDS OF THE LAST FRONTIER, London, Stanley Paul, 1953, 1st edition, original cloth, spine faded, remnants of Boots label on top board; UNDER A SKY LIKE FLAME, Cape Town, Howard B Timmins, 1954, 1st edition, inscription on half title, original cloth; KAROO, Cape Town, Howard B Timmins, 1955, 1st edition, original cloth, spine a little worn at head and foot; THERE'S A SECRET HID AWAY, Cape Town, Howard Timmins, 1956, 1st edition, original cloth (6)
ERNEST HEMINGWAY: 3 titles: ACROSS THE RIVER AND INTO THE TREES, New York, Charles Scribner's Sons, 1950, 1st edition, original cloth gilt, spine faded; ACROSS THE RIVER AND INTO THE TREES, London, Jonathan Cape, 1950, 1st edition, original cloth, d/w; THE OLD MAN AND THE SEA, London, Jonathan Cape, 1952, 1st edition, original cloth, d/w (price clipped) (3)
T H WHITE: 4 titles: BURKE'S STEERAGE, London, Collins, 1938, 1st edition, bookplate on ffep, original cloth, d/w (part losses); THE GOSHAWK, London, Jonathan Cape, 1951, 1st edition, bookplate on ffep, original cloth, d/w (price clipped and small part losses); THE WINTER ABROAD, London, Chatto & Windus, 1969, bookplate on ffep, original cloth, d/w; THE BOOK OF MERLIN, Austin and London, University of Texas Press, 1977, 4to, original cloth, d/w (4)
ALAN PATON: TOO LATE THE PHALAROPE, London, Jonathan Cape, 1955, 1st edition, original cloth, d/w, vgc + FRANCOISE SAGAN: AIMEZ-VOUS BRAHMS, trans Peter Wiles, London, John Murray, 1960, 1st edition, W H Smith subscription label on front paste down, original cloth, d/w (vgc) + ROSE ALLATINI 'EUNICE BUCKLEY': RHAPSODY FOR STRINGS, London, Andrew Dakers, 1945, 1st edition, original cloth, d/w, vgc + VALENTINE PALMER: TITANIC AND THE STRANGE CASE OF GREAT UNCLE BERTIE, Phantom Publishing, 2012, 1st edition, signed and inscribed, original cloth, d/w, vgc + ALAAL EL ASWANY: CHICAGO, London, Fourth Estate, 2007, 1st edition, signed, original cloth, d/w, vgc (5)
GEORGE THOMAS: 3 titles: A TENEMENT IN SOHO, OR TWO FLIGHTS UP, foreword John Oxenham, London, Jonathan Cape, 1931, 1st edition, pencil inscription on ffep, original cloth soiled, pencil inscription on top board; NEIGHBOURS, London, Williams & Norgate, 1935, 1st edition, original cloth, d/w (spine toned and v minor losses), otherwise vgc, scarce; MY MIND, A KINGDOM, intro Vita Sackville-West, London, Jonathan Cape, 1938, 1st edition, original cloth worn + DAME FELICITAS CORRIGAN: GEORGE THOMAS OF SOHO, foreword Sir Alec Guinness, London, Secker & Warburg, 1970, 1st edition, original cloth, d/w (v small part losses) (4)
Miscellaneous collection of 20th-century books & some modern firsts, to include Strange Meeting, by Susan Hill, Penguin paperback, 1974, with loosely inserted typed letter signed by the author, addressed to Mr Woolgar, thanking him for recommending the works of E. H. Young, dated 23 March 1979; The Little Sister, by Raymond Chandler, first UK edition, London: Hamish Hamilton, 1949, red cloth; Molloy, by Samuel Beckett, Paris: Olympia Press, Collection Merlin, 1955, plain paper covers; Duffy, by Dan Kavanagh [Julian Barnes], first ed., London: Jonathan Cape, 1980, black cloth; Inner Circle, by Jerzy Peterkiewicz, first edition, London: Macmillan, 1966, green cloth with dust-jacket; Colour in the Flower Garden, by Gertrude Jekyll, London: Country Life & Newnes, 1908, gilt cloth; The English Association: six pamphlets (No.30, 1914; No.38, 1917; No.40, 1918; No.42, 1919; No.52, 1922; No.74, 1929) and three Presidential Addresses (1941, 1945, 1956), well-preserved in paper covers; One Fat Englishman, by Kingsley Amis, first ed., London: Gollancz, 1963, red cloth; The Firstborn, by Laurie Lee, 2nd imp., London: Hogarth Press, 1964; The Tin Men, by Michael Frayn, first ed., London: Collins, 1965, orange cloth; Sons of the Minstral, by Roy Campbell, London: Faber, 1941, including manuscript poems in an unknown hand, which have been copied out from Adamastor; Baa, Baa, Black Sheep, by Ian Hay & P. G. Wodehouse, London: Samuel French, 1930; Adolf Hitler: My Part in His Downfall, by Spike Milligan, first ed., London: Michael Joseph, 1971, black cloth; The Mint, by T. E. Lawrence, London: Jonathan Cape, 1955; Sumer is icumen in, by Jamieson B. Hurry, 2nd ed., London: Novello, 1914, presentation copy inscribed by author; Patten People No.1, by Mervyn Levy, Richmond: Patten Press, 1982, limited ed., 89/350, signed by author, red card covers; Tobruk to Turkey, by Frank Clune, London: Angus & Robertson, 1943, presentation copy signed & inscribed by author, and others. Condition varied, sold as found with all faults, in three small cartons (3)
Fleming, Ian. Thunderball, first edition, London: Jonathan Cape, 1961. Octavo, publisher's cloth lettered in gilt to spine with blind-embossed skeletal hand to upper board, lacking dust-jacket. Contents very good, clean, bright, a couple of spots to endleaves; cloth with slight discolouration and bumping/wear to corners/edges
Miscellaneous collection of children's books comprising: Black Bob, the Dandy Wonder Dog Annual [first Black Bob annual], D C Thompson, 1950 damage to spine and hinges but complete; The Beano Book 1972, D C Thomson, 1972, appears unread; The Beano Book 1973, D C Thomson, 1973, appears unread; Dennis the Menace Annual 1962, D C Thomson, 1962, good with some spotting to fore-edge; The Dandy Book 1974, D C Thomson, 1974, appears unread with slight wear at top of spine; The Dr Who Annual [first Dr Who Annual], World Distributors, 1965, very good with slight loss to laminate at spine hinges, corners slightly bumped; Blue Pete and the Pinto, by Luke Allan, 1st ed., Herbert Jenkins, 1948, very good, dust-jacket with some creasing & wear at edges; Garry Halliday and the Disappearing Diamonds, by Justin Blake, 1st ed., Faber & Faber, 1960, good with some spotting, d.j. with some wear & slight loss; The Summer of the Great Secret, by Monica Edwards, 1st ed., turquoise boards, Collins, 1948, very good, d.j. with wear at top of spine; The Twits, by Roald Dahl, 2nd printing, Jonathan Cape, 1981, very good with d.j.; Biggles Follows On, by Capt. W E Johns, 1st ed., Hodder, 1952, very good, d.j. with some repairs; Biggles Takes Charge, 1st ed., Hodder, 1956, very good with neat inscription, pale spotting to fore-edge, price-clipped d.j. with loss at top of spine; Biggles Air Detective Omnibus, 1st ed., Hodder, 1956, internally very good, shelf-lean, wear to edges of d.j.; Voyage of the Dawn Treader, by C S Lewis, 3rd impression, Geoffrey Bles, 1960, good with occasional marks, some wear to d.j., neat inscription; Dinny Comes Home, by Angus MacVicar, 1st ed., Burke, 1955, internally very good, d.j. with slight wear & loss; Truckers, by Terry Pratchett, 1st ed., Doubleday, 1989, very good; Johnny and the Dead, by Terry Pratchett, 1st ed., Doubleday, 1993, very good with slight creasing along edges of d.j.; Bunter the Stowaway, by Frank Richards, 1st ed., Cassell, 1964, very good with spotting to edges of tex-block, price-clipped d.j. rubbed & slightly chipped (18)
Hemingway, Ernest. Across the River and into the Trees, first edition, first issue, London: Jonathan Cape, 1950. Octavo, publisher's green cloth, neatly price-clipped dust-jacket. Contents very good, clean & bright, a small ink mark on p.130, endpapers with very pale spotting, binding tight & square, cloth very good & bright, dust-jacket well-preserved & bold, very slight wear at corners & around edges of spine, a couple of nicks at top edge
Fleming, Ian. The Man with the Golden Gun, first edition, London: Jonathan Cape, 1965. Octavo, publisher's black cloth lettered in gilt, unclipped dust-jacket designed by Richard Chopping, priced 18s. Contents very good, clean, bright; cloth good, corners bumped, shelf-lean; dust-jacket good with bold colours, some wear to corners & edges of spine, one very short tear at lower edge, the verso with some very pale staining & marks
Fowles, John. The French Lieutenant's Woman, first edition, London: Jonathan Cape, 1969; The Magus, London: World Books, 1967; Daniel Martin, first edition, London: Jonathan Cape, 1977. All with unclipped dust-jackets, contents generally good and bright with occasional pale marks, some ink annotation to the first title, wear to jackets (3)
Medical Interest. Collection of six autograph letters comprising: James Currie (1756-1805), Scottish physician, autograph letter signed, Liverpool, 12 December 1802, prescribing the taking of the Bath waters for a patient, advising they drink 'half a pint' three times a day, 'bathe at first twice, & afterwards thrice a week', and 'keep your bowels regular with calcined magnesia, and take an airing in your carriage every fine day'; James Montgomery (1771-1854), Scottish-born poet, a.l.s., 3 January 1851, requesting a clergyman minister to a patient, laid on paper; Alexander L. Emerson, a.l.s., 1 June 1811, concerning money for someone in the Cape of Good Hope, on addressed cover to Mr Epps of White Chapel Road; [Anonymous], manuscript letter, unsigned, written on behalf of Bransby Blake Cooper (1792-1853), English surgeon, conveying his opinion that Horatio Goodday is 'fitted to fill any situation his profession can afford him', 21 October 1835; M. Ethel Florey, two a.l.s., Middlesex Hospital & Radcliffe Infirmary, 1944, sharing general news & conversation with Miss B. Traill, '5000 casualties passed through the hospital in 6 weeks'. Together with Clinical Records of "Light" & "X-Ray" Therapy, by G. G. Stopford Taylor, presentation copy for Dr Walker, 'with the author's kind regards', London: John Bale, 1904, octavo, publisher's cloth lettered in gilt, and a manuscript notebook recording abdominal wounds, 1942-45, including shell wounds, and the outcomes of the patients (8)
Fleming, Ian. The Spy Who Loved Me, first edition, London: Jonathan Cape, 1962, publisher's cloth; You Only Live Twice, two first editions, London: Jonathan Cape, 1964, publisher's cloth. Internally good & bright with pale spotting in places; edges of text-blocks with spotting; lacking dust-jackets. Together with a loose dust-jacket for OHMSS (4)
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