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Lot 288

Travers (P.L.) Friend Monkey, first edition, signed presentation inscription from the author dated 1972 to endpaper, original boards, dust-jacket, light sunning to spine, spine ends and corners a little rubbed and chipped, excellent otherwise, 8vo, 1972.⁂ Travers' favourite of her own works.

Lot 290

Vance (Jack) [The Durdane Trilogy], 3 vol., each signed by the author to title, 1983; Lyonesse The Green Pearl, deluxe limited first edition signed by the author, 1985, original boards or cloth, dust-jackets, fine copies, slip-cases, very minor mark to second, 8vo (4)

Lot 291

NO RESERVE War poets.- Brooke (Rupert) The Old Vicarage Grantchester, first edition, spotting, original grey printed wrappers, working loose, creased and lightly spotted, lower cover discoloured, 1916; "1914": Five Sonnets, first separate edition, original printed wrappers, lightly discoloured, extremities bumped and creased, 1915 § Sassoon (Siegfried) The Weald of Youth, very light scattered spotting, original cloth, dust-jacket, spotted, short tear along flap joint, spine faded; and 16 others, war poetry, including a duplicate of the second, v.s. (19)

Lot 292

Waugh (Evelyn) Scoop, first edition, first issue with 'as' in last line of p.88, end papers lightly browned, original patterned cloth, very light fading to spine, corners a little bumped, else fine, second state dust-jacket without the Daily Beast masthead, spine heavily sunned, spine ends and corners a little chipped, a few short tears and some creasing to head and foot, light rubbing to extremities, but a very good copy overall, 8vo, 1933.

Lot 293

Waugh (Evelyn) A Handful of Dust, first edition, frontispiece, light marginal browning to text and endpapers, original cloth, slight shelf-lean, spine darkened, spine ends and corners a little bumped, light rubbing to joints, 1934; and a proof copy of Unconditional Surrender, 8vo (2)

Lot 296

Wentworth (Patricia) Miss Silver Deals with Death, first edition, signed presentation inscription from the author "with so much appreciation of you help" dated "Xmas 1944" to endpaper, small patch of browning and minor chipping to foot of title, original cloth, spine ends and corners a little bumped and discoloured, dust-jacket, splitting to lower joints chipping, creasing and fraying to extremities, significant loss to head of upper panel, 8vo, New York, 1943.

Lot 299

NO RESERVE Williamson (Jack) Three From The Leigon, 1975 § Mcleod (Ken) Engine City, 2002 § Jeter (K.W.) Farewell Horizontal, 1989 § Heinlein (Robert A.) Stranger in a Strange Land, first English edition, 1991, first three signed by the author to title, original boards, dust-jackets, generally excellent or near fine; and 4 others, science-fiction, 8vo (8)

Lot 3

NO RESERVE Bookbinding.- Clements (Jeff) Bookbinding, first edition, signed by the author on title and with another's inscription to Faith Shannon on front free endpaper, 1963 § Roberts (M.T.) & Don Etherington. Bookbinding and the Conservation of Books: A Dictionary of Descriptive Terminology, Washington DC, 1982 § Farleigh (John, editor) Fifteen Craftsmen on their Crafts, wood-engraved frontispiece by Farleigh, 1945 § Robinson (Ivor) Introducing Bookbinding, London & New York, 1968 § Ikegami (Kojiro) Japanese Bookbinding, New York & Tokyo, 1986 § Salaman (R.A.) Dictionary of Leather-Working Tools, c.1700-1950, 1986, illustrations, original cloth or boards, al but the second and third with dust-jackets, the first a little rubbed, some others with faded spines; and c.45 others on the techniques of bookbinding, restoration, conservation etc., v.s. (c.50)

Lot 300

NO RESERVE Wodehouse (P.G.) Leave it to Psmith, first edition, some foxing and browning, original pictorial cloth, spine faded, 1924; and 7 others by Wodehouse, most first editions, 8vo (8)

Lot 302

Wodehouse (P.G.) America, I Like You, first edition, signed presentation inscription from the author to Angus Hall, illustrations by Marc Simont, original boards, spine browned, wear to joints and spine ends, New York, 1956.

Lot 306

Wright (Richard) Native Son, first edition, first issue with 'first edition' and publisher's code 'A-P' to title verso, light browning to endpapers, first issue blue cloth, stamped in red and white, first issue dust-jacket without blurb to spine, price-clipped, spine a little faded, spine ends and corners chipped, tape repairs to verso, a few short closed tears to head and foot, rubbing and creasing to extremities, 8vo, New York, 1940.⁂ Wright's most famous work, a key book in African American literature.

Lot 42

NO RESERVE Kerouac (Jack), Allen Ginsberg & others. Beatitude Anthology, first edition, original photographic wrappers, slightly soiled and creased, San Francisco, City Lights Books, 1960 § Tomlinson (Bernard) Feminine Rites, one of 100 copies, linocuts by Nicholas Parry printed in red, original cloth, label to upper cover, uncut, c.85 x 80mm., Market Drayton, Tern Press, 2001 § Decorative Arts Society (The). Journal, no.19-24 only (of 25, lacking no.22), illustrations, original wrappers, 1995-2019 § Ephemera Society (The). The Ephemerist, no.17-189 (lacking a few issues), unbound or original wrappers, 1978-2020; and a few other periodicals, newsletters etc., v.s. (2 boxes)

Lot 57

NO RESERVE Tinker (Chauncey) and Carl Rollins. Addresses Delivered in Commemoration of the One Hundredth Anniversary of the Birth of William Morris, first edition, one of 450 copies, decorative title in blue, light spotting, original buckram, spine faded, Overbrook Press, 1935 § Flower (Desmond) New Letters from Ernest Dowson, portrait frontispiece tipped in, Whittington Press, 1984 § Songs of the Gardens, edited by Peter Warlock, some spotting, original boards, dust-jacket, a little chipped to extremities, Nonesuch Press, 1925; and c.25 others, private press, including some pamphlets etc., v.s. c.30

Lot 61

Hirst (Damien).- Moynihan (Danny) Boogie-Woogie, first edition, one of 500 copies signed by the author on title, original cloth, dust-jacket designed by Damien Hirst and signed by him on rear panel, 8vo, 2000.⁂ Satirical novel set in the contemporary art world of 1990s New York. Hirst's dust-jacket includes references to several artists including Marc Quinn and Jeff Koons.

Lot 63

NO RESERVE Koolhaas (Rem) Stefano Boeri & Sanford Kwinter. Mutations, first edition, photographic illustrations, many colour, with CD in pocket at end, original yellow plastic wrappers with colour-printed cloth label mounted on upper cover, 8vo, Bordeaux & Barcelona, 2000.⁂ Concerning urbanism and the rising population of cities around the world.

Lot 7

Bookbinding.- Goldschmidt (E.Ph.) Gothic & Renaissance Bookbindings, 2 vol., facsimile reprint, second unchanged edition, Nieuwkoop & Amsterdam, 1967 § Maggs Bros. A Collection of French XVIIIth Century Illustrated Books...in Superb Contemporary Bindings, contemporary roan-backed marbled boards, original wrappers bound in, rubbed, spine faded, 1930 § Rabenau (Konrad von, editor) Deutsche Bucheinbände der Renaissance um Jacob Krause Hofbuchbinder des Kurfürsten August I. von Sachsen, 2 vol., loose as issued in original wrappers, Berlin, 1994 § [Nixon (H.M.)] Bookbindings from the Library of Jean Grolier, original pictorial rexine, gilt, 1965 § Culot (Paul) Jean-Claude Bozerian, signed presentation copy from the author inscribed "Pour Miss F.Shannon avec l'admiration pour l'oeuvre qu'elle accomplit..." on half-title, Brussels, 1979 § Waterer (J.W.) Spanish Leather, 1971, plates and illustrations, a few colour, the first and last original cloth, the first a little faded, the last with dust-jacket; and a bundle of extracts/pamphlets/catalogues on continental bookbinding, v.s. (c.15)

Lot 75

Bohman (Hanus) Kreatury "Nové Evropy" , first edition, 12 illustrated plates of political cartoons satirising Adolf Hitler, the leaders of Nazi Germany and the Axis powers, occasional light finger soiling, each 334 x 245mm, loose as issued in colour-printed portfolio, very lightly scuffed and chipped to extremities, else an excellent copy, Nymburk, M. Hrádek, 1945.

Lot 8

Bookbinding.- Greenhill (Elizabeth) Elizabeth Greenhill Bookbinder: A Catalogue Raisonné, number 167 of 500 copies, inscribed by the author "For Faith Shannon with love...", Foss, 1986 § Nixon (H.M.) Roger Powell & Peter Waters, one of 400 copies, original calf-backed boards, gilt, spine a little rubbed, Froxfield, 1965; Modern Design in Bookbinding: The Work of Edgar Mansfield, 1966 § Jones (P.) & Mirjam M.Foot. The Bindings of Trevor Jones, one of 500 copies, Foss, 2015 § Robinson (Ivor) Introducing Bookbinding, revised edition, inscribed by the author "For Faith - with respect and affection from Ivor..." on front free endpaper, Oxford, 1984 § Smith (Philip) New Directions in Bookbinding, signed and inscribed by the author to Faith Shannon at end of preface, 1974, illustrations, some colour, all but the second original cloth or boards, the last four with dust-jackets, the third a little rubbed; and c.30 others on modern British bookbinding and binders, including another inscribed copy of the first in loose sheets for binding, mostly catalogues, 4to & 8vo (c.35)

Lot 83

NO RESERVE Messel (Oliver) .- Shakespeare (William) Romeo and Juliet, first edition, signed by Oliver Messel below dedication, 8 mounted colour plates, original cloth, dust-jacket spine browned, spine ends and corners a little chipped, 1936; and The Vein in the Marble, 4to (2)

Lot 88

Thorbecke (Ellen) People in China, first edition, 32 mounted photographic plates, some foxing, half-title browned, original cloth-backed pictorial boards, dust-jacket rubbed and slightly spotted, 4to, 1935.

Lot 95

NO RESERVE Dahl (Roald) Charlie and the Great Glass Elevator, first UK edition, illustrations by Faith Jaques, signed by the artist on front free endpaper, endpapers very lightly browned, original laminated pictorial boards, with "£1.25" gold price sticker to foot of rear cover, spine lightly faded and with very slight rubbing to ends, a good copy, 1973 § [Allan (Philip)], "Francis Cabochon". The Golden Ladies of Pampeluna, first edition, signed and inscribed by the author (as Cabochon) to P.G.Taylor, original cloth, pictorial dust-jacket by Richard Ogle, a little rubbed, slightly frayed at edges, small rust stain to upper panel, 1934; and 2 others, 8vo (4)

Lot 96

NO RESERVE Dulac (Edmund) Picture Book, first edition, 1910 § Lang (Andrew) The Library, one of 300 large paper edition copies, 1892 § Hardy (Thomas), Mrs Oliphant, J.M. Barrie, and others. Stories from "Black and White", 1893, illustrations and plates, the first colour-printed and tipped-in, occasional spotting, endpapers browned, original decorative cloth, gilt, first rather rubbed and discoloured, spine worn, others with extremities lightly rubbed but overall clean copies; and c.95 others, children's and illustrated, v.s. (c.100)

Lot 98

NO RESERVE Masefield (John) Minnie Maylow's Story, first edition, signed presentation inscription from the author to endpaper, half title browned, spine discoloured and slightly scuffed, dust-jacket, spine very lightly darkened, spine ends and corners a little chipped, near-fine generally, 1931; Good Friday, signed presentation inscription from author to end paper, extremities slightly scuffed, 1955 § Masefield (John) and Seago (Edward). A Generation Risen, first edition, signed presentation inscription from author to end paper, black and white illustrations, end papers browned, book-plate, covers lightly stained, extremities scuffed, 1942, original cloth or boards; and another by Seago, also signed by the author, including a free-hand drawing, v.s. (4)

Lot 1400B

Harry Potter Rare 2002 Hollywood Magazine Advert Signed By John Williams Star Wars Composer and Acclaimed Director Chris Columbus. This is something amazingly rare & special, it is a must for any Harry Potter fan. It is a first edition 2002 Hollywood Reporter magazing advert to advertise ask for Oscar consideration for Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets. It was signed at a private Warner event in 2002 by John Williams (composer) and the films director Chris Columbus.

Lot 1401

Indiana Jones Harrison Ford Rare Signed 1985 Hollywood Magazine Advert .This is something amazingly rare & special, it is a must for any Indiana Jones fan. It is a first edition 1985 Hollywood Reporter magazing advert to advertise ask for Oscar consideration for Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom. It was signed at a private Paramount & Bafta event in 2005 by leading actor Harrison Ford. It would look stunning framed.

Lot 1402

Tom Cruise Oliver Stone Rare Signed 1990 Hollywood Magazine Advert. This is something amazingly rare & special, it is a must for any film fan. It is a first edition 1990 Hollywood Reporter magazing advert to advertise ask for Oscar consideration for Born on the Fouth of July. It was signed at a private Universal & Bafta LA event in 1990 by leading actor Tom Cruise and acclaimed director Oliver Stone. It would look stunning framed.

Lot 1403

E.T. Steven Spielberg Signed Rare 1983 Hollywood Magazine Advert Also Signed By John Williams Star Wars Composer and Creator Carlo Rambaldi. This is something amazingly rare & special, it is a must for any film fan. It is a first edition 1983 Hollywood Reporter magazing advert to advertise ask for Oscar consideration for E.T. The Extra Terrestrial. It was signed at a private Hollywood Reporter press event in 1983 by John Williams (composer) and the films director Steven Spielberg plus the ET creator Carlo Rambaldi. This really is a piece of history and would look stunning framed.

Lot 1404

Star Wars Return Of The Jedi Rare Variety 1984 Magazine Advert Signed By George Lucas. This is something amazingly rare & special, it is a must for any Star Wars fan. It is a first edition 1984 Variety magazing advert to advertise ask for Oscar consideration for Return Of The Jedi. It was signed at the Star Wars Episide 3 Premiere 1995 in London by the distinquished director and Star Wars creator George Lucas. It would look stunning framed.

Lot 1405

Star Wars The Rise Of Skywalker Rare First Edition Maxi Promo Poster Signed By Adam Driver and Daisy Ridley. This item is very special indeed, and a must for any Sci-fi or Star Wars fan. It is a Lucasfilm Ltd maxi promo poster (36”x24”) for 'Star Wars The Rise Of Skywalker'. It was signed at a press PR junket in London 2019 around the time of the films release by Daisy Ridley and Adam Driver who feature prominently on the poster.

Lot 1406

Star Wars The Force Awakens Rare First Edition Maxi Promo Poster Signed By Acclaimed Director and Screenwriter. This item is very special indeed, and a must for any Sci-fi or Star Wars fan. It is a Lucasfilm Ltd maxi promo poster (36”x24”) for 'Star Wars The Force Awakens'. It was signed at a press PR junket in London 2015 around the time of the films release by acclaimed director J J Abrams and the co-screen writer Lawrence Kasdan.

Lot 1406A

Harry Potter Fantastic Beasts Crimes Of Grindelwald Quad Fully Signed Inc J K RowlingThis item is a very rare & special item, and a must for any Harry Potter fan. It is a first edition cinema quad poster for 'Fantastic Beasts Crimes Of Grindelwald''. It was signed at the films UK Premiere and a number of marketing events by Johnny Depp, Jude Law, Eddie Redmayne, James Newton Howard (Composer), David Yates (Director) and creator/writer J K Rowling.

Lot 383

'The Mantons, Gunmakers', by Keith W. Neal and & D H L Back, published by Herbert Jenkins Ltd, London, 1967, first edition, blue cloth boards, with dust jacket (price clipped), 4to, with two copies of 'The Manton Supplement', also 'The Early Purdeys' by L. Patrick Unsworth, signed by the author and eleven other various volumes relating to gunsmiths and gunmaking. (15)

Lot 386

'Japanese inro from the Brozman Collection', by Louis Lawrence and Shep Brozman, published by Genlux Holdings Ltd., London, 1993, first edition, black cloth boards with dust jacket and slip case, 4to, also 'Pastry Jiggers' by Michael Finlay and twelve other volumes relating to antique collecting. (14)

Lot 820A

A FIRST EDITION 'HARRY POTTER AND THE DEATHLY HALLOWS, BY J K ROWLING

Lot 822A

A FIRST EDITION COPY OF J K ROWLING'S 'HARRY POTTER AND THE ORDER OF THE PHOENIX'

Lot 10

Fletcher (James Phillips ). Narrative of a Two Years’ Residence at Nineveh, and Travels in Mesopotamia, Assyria, and Syria, 2 volumes, 2nd edition, London: Henry Colburn, 1850, scarce minor spots or marks, volume 1 preliminary blank (spotted) with near contemporary ink manuscript presentation inscription, each front pastedown with book ticket of John Wycliffe Wilson, Sheffield, front hinges cracked after endpapers, contemporary green half calf, rubbed with some wear, spines darkened, volume 1 joints cracking at head, front cover creased at foot, 8voQty: (2)NOTESBlackmer 608. The first edition of this work was published in the same year under the title 'Notes from Nineveh and Travels in Mesopotamia, Assyria and Syria'.

Lot 183

Butler (Samuel). Hudibras. A Poem Written in the Time of the Civil Wars, 3 volumes, London, 1757, titles & text in English & French, 15 engraved plates (including portrait & 3 folding), bookplates of Lytton Stachey (1880-1932), Fletcher of Ashford?, Michael Tomkinson of Franche Hall, Worcestershire, and the Brother Julian Collection, to front endpapers, all edges gilt, contemporary calf, gilt decorated spines without labels, joints cracked and some wear to extremities, 12mo, together with: ibid., Hudibras, the Third and last Part, written by the author of the first and second parts, 1st edition, London: for Simon Miller, 1678, title with early ink manuscript signature, generally toned, front endpapers with early ink manuscript inscriptions and pen trials, also armorial bookplate of Ralph Bates Esqr. 6th Dragoons 1787, rear free endpaper with early ink manuscript pen trials, contemporary mottled calf, worn, rear cover nearly detached, front cover and first 2 gatherings detached, with remnants of old repairs to spine area, 8vo, plus: ibid., Hudibras, in three parts, written in the time of the late wars, 3 parts in 2, Glasgow: Foulis, 1774, 2nd volume with front free endpapers detached and with bookplate of the Brother Julian Collection, contemporary calf, worn, first volume lacking front cover, remaining covers loose, 12mo, and: ibid., The Genuine Remains in Verse and Prose of Mr. Samuel Butler, author of Hudibras ..., with notes by R. Thyer, 2 volumes, 1st edition, London: for J. and R. Tonson, 1759, subscribers list, volume 1 title with closed tear at gutter, each volume with bookplate of the Brother Julian Collection, volume 1 with engraved and ink manuscript armorial presentation label from Trinity College Dublin, dated 1779, contemporary calf gilt, worn, front and rear covers with gilt-stamped arms of Trinity College Dublin, volume 1 front cover detached (with title attached), rear joint cracked, volume 2 with clear adhesive tape over cracked spine, 8vo, with 4 other 12mo antiquarian (some defective)Qty: (12)

Lot 190

[Douglas, Robert]. The Form and Order of the Coronation of Charles the Second; King of Scotland, England, France and Ireland: as it was acted and done at Scoone, the first day of Ianuarie, 1651, Aberdene [sic]: Imprinted by James Brown, 1651, lacking final leaf N2 and also without portrait plate, some leaves mostly towards rear of volume torn and frayed to upper outer corner (particularly M2 & N1), soiled and dampstained, (Wing D2026, ESTC R25004), bound with at front an incomplete edition of The Saints Recreation by William Geddes, 1683, dampstaining and soiling, early 19th century half sheep, worn 4to, together with, Butler (Samuel), The Third and Last Volume of Posthumous Works, 3rd edition, corrected, London: Sam. Briscoe, 1719, contemporary calf, extremities rubbed, 12moQty: (2)NOTESSold with all faults, not subject to return.

Lot 193

Eliot (George, i.e. Marian Evans). Adam Bede, 2 volumes, 5th edition, William Blackwood, 1859, half-titles present, some light spots and a few marks to outer margins, original orange-brown blindstamped cloth gilt, lightly rubbed (generally in bright condition), with binder's ticket of Edmonds & Remnants to rear pastedown of first volume, contemporary ownership inscription in ink to yellow chalk-glazed endpaper of each volume of M. McNaughtan, dated 1859, 8vo, together with an autograph postally used envelope from George Eliot to Miss Hennell, Ivy Cottage, Radford Road, Coventry, with perforated Penny Red stamp and postmarks dated London (Wandsworth High Street) May 21, 1859, and Coventry May 22, 1859, to verso, later 19th century ink inscription to verso 'The handwriting of "George Eliot"', 68 x 120 mm (2.7 x 4.75 ins)Qty: (3)

Lot 195

[Fables; French]. Fabliaux or Tales, abridged from French Manuscripts of the XIIth and XIIIth Centuries by M. Le Grand, selected and translated into English Verse. With a Preface and Notes, 2 volumes, London: W. Bulmer and Co., 1796-1800, [4] xxxvii [3] 280, [2] 340 pp., woodcut illustrations throughout by John and Thomas Bewick, repaired closed tear in volume 2 signature H8, modern half morocco, 8vo (22.7 x 15.2 cm), together with: [Akenside, Mark]. The Pleasures of Imagination. A Poem. In Three Books, 1st edition, London: R. Dodsley, 1744, half-title, title-page in red and black with engraved vignette, advertisement leaf, spotting and toning, contemporary calf, covers detached, 4to (25 x 20 cm), Richardson (T. M.). Memorials of Old Newcastle-upon-Tyne, 1st edition, Newcastle-on-Tyne, 1897, 42 etched plates (some mounted), original cloth, rubbed, spine defective at head, large folio, and approximately 15 others (not collated), 19th-century English literature and British topography (including odd volumes of incomplete sets), bindings worn or defective, including Dickens, Master Humphrey's Clock, 3 volumes, 1st edition, 1840-1 (original cloth, bindings worn, volume 3 binding broken); Allom, Westmorland, Cumberland, Durham, & Northumberland, 1833 (rear cover detached); Finden's Views of the Ports, Harbours & Watering Places of Great Britain, 1839; two sets of Old and New London, London: Cassell Petter & Galpin, c.1880, 6 volumes (one set bound in 3); and similarQty: (approx. 30)NOTESESTC T35124 (Fables: the first volume is in fact re-issue of the first edition of 1796, with a cancel title-page); Foxon A139 (Akenside).

Lot 199

Grose (Francis). A Classical Dictionary of the Vulgar Tongue, 2nd edition, corrected and enlarged, printed for S. Hooper, 1788, title and final leaf lightly browned, occasional light spotting, modern antique-style half calf gilt, 8vo, together with: [Collier, Jane]. An Essay on the Art of Ingeniously Tormenting; with proper rules for the Exercise of that Pleasant Art. Humbly addressed, in the first part, to the master, husband, &c., in the second part to the wife, friend, &c., with some general instructions for plaguing all your acquaintance, 2nd edition, corrected, printed for A. Millar, 1757, engraved frontispiece by William Hogarth, contemporary ownership signature of Frances Ackland to title, contemporary calf, with modern antique-style reback, 8vo, plus: Herbert (George). A Priest to the Temple. Or, The Country Parson His Character, and Rule of Holy Life, 2nd edition, with a new preface by B.O., printed by T. Roycroft, for Benj. Tooke, 1671, imprimatur leaf (A1) before title, single-page advertisement leaf (O7) at rear, without final blank (O8), 17th century ink manuscript list of book titles to the lower portion of a title leaf from a1641 English bible loosely inserted at rear, 20th century bookplate of Reverend Douglas G. Matthews, Southover Rectory, Lewes, Sussex to front pastedown, contemporary panelled calf, 20th century reback with outer corners repaired, small 8vo, and: Waller (Edmond). Poems, &c. written upon several Occasions, and to several Persons, seventh edition, with several additions, never before printed, printed by T. W. for the Assignes of H.H. and sold by J. Thonson, 1705, engraved portrait frontispiece of the author by P. Vanderbank, 20th century light brown half calf, 8voQty: (4)

Lot 20

Selous (Frederick Courtney). A Hunter's Wanderings in Africa, being a Narrative of Nine Years Spent amongst the Game of the Far Interior of South Africa. 1st edition, London: Richard Bentley & Son, 1881, 18 wood-engraved or lithographic plates by J. Smit and others including frontispiece, folding map, toning, map repaired, a few spots and blemishes, modern leather, 8vo, together with: ibid. Sunshine and Storm in Rhodesia, 1st edition, London: Rowland Ward & Co., Limited, 1896, 9 plates, map, original cloth, spine-ends and front joint frayed, 8vo, ibid. Travel and Adventure in South-East Africa, 1st edition, London: Rowland and Co., Limited, 1893, 22 plates including frontispiece, folding map, text not collated, bookplate (Vernon S. Forbes), contemporary git inscription to half-title, original cloth, shaken, spine-ends badly frayed, and 2 others (not collated): Livingstone, Missionary Travels and Researches in Southern Africa, 1st edition, 1857 (with the colour lithographic frontispiece; original cloth, recased and relined), and Doughty, Travels in Arabia Deserta. With an Introduction by T. E. Lawrence, New and definitive edition, 1943 (original cloth, with dust jackets)Qty: (6)NOTESCzech Africa p. 251 (Selous, A Hunter's Wanderings and Travel and Adventure). The first edition of A Hunter's Wanderings in Africa, 'a true classic of the African sporting field' (Czech), is uncommon.

Lot 201

[Jacob, Giles]. The Compleat Parish Officer; containing, I. The Authority and Proceedings of High Constables... II. Of Church-Wardens... and an abstract of the act for building fifty new churches in London and Westminster. III. Of Overseers of the Poor... IV. Of Surveyors of the Highways, and Scavengers... Together with the Statutes relating to Hackney Coaches and Chairs, &c., 4th edition, [London] In the Savoy: Printed by E. & R. Nutt, and R. Gosling for Bernard Lintot & W. Mears, 1726, marginal browning to first & last leaves, lacking front free endpaper, contemporary sheep, upper board near detached, lower joint cracked, light wear, 12mo, together with: Bigland (Ralph), Observations on Marriages, Baptisms, and Burials, as Preserved in Parochial Registers, London: printed by W. Richardson and S. Clark, 1764, contemporary calf, gilt decorated spine with red morocco title label, slim 4toQty: (2)

Lot 205

Locke (John). An Essay Concerning Human Understanding, Eighth Edition, with large Additions, 2 volumes, printed for A. Churchill and A. Manship, 1721, engraved portrait frontispiece by Vertue after Kneller, title to first volume with contemporary ownership inscription to upper blank margin 'Sum e libris Johan: Feaver', occasional minor marks and minor spotting and edge-browning to first and last few leaves, contemporary full calf, rubbed and some wear, with partial loss to spine of first volume, together with another edition of Locke's Essay Concerning Human Understanding, 2 volumes, 16th edition, 1768, with engraved portrait to first volume, bound in contemporary sprinkled full calf, rubbed and some wear to joints and head and foot of spines, and outer corners, 8voQty: (4)NOTESESTC T63926 for the 8th edition.

Lot 206

Manwood (John). A Treatise of the Lawes of the Forest: Wherein is declared not onely those lLawes, as they are now in force, but also the originall and beginning of Forests... Also a Treatise of the Pourallee, declaring what Pourallee is, how the same first began... Collected, as well out of the Common Lawes and Statutes of this land, as also out of sundrie learned anncient authors, and out of the assises of Pickering and Lancaster... Whereunto are added the Statutes of the Forest..., 2nd edition, London: Printed for the Societie of Stationers, 1615, front and rear blanks present, pp. 258 and 259 misnumbered 237 and 258, p. 195 with repaired tear, eighteenth century previous owner signature and occasional annotations of David Congnard, occasional light toning and soiling, endpapers sometime renewed, contemporary calf, 3 corners worn, joints and edges rubbed, 8voQty: (1)NOTESSTC 17292. The second enlarged edition of Manwood's exhaustive work on English forest laws, with the addition of material from the1592 privately printed edition, not included in the first published edition of 1598.

Lot 209

Martin (John, illustrator). The Paradise Lost of Milton, with Illustrations by John Martin, London: Henry Washbourne, 1850, [8] 373 [3] pp., 24 mezzotint plates, light spotting to margins of plates, contemporary gift inscription to initial blank, contemporary cross-stitch sampler and a few plant-cuttings laid in, all edges gilt, contemporary purple morocco gilt, rubbing to joints and extremities, 4to (27.2 x 17.6 cm)Qty: (1)NOTESLowndes (1864) II p. 1560. Quarto edition of Martin's mezzotints, first published by Septimus Prowett in 1825-7.

Lot 215

[Pardon, George Frederick]. Backgammon: Its Theory and Practice; with Something of Its History, by Captain Crawley [pseud.], Illustrated by Kenny Meadows, C.H. Clarke, [1860?], 110 pages, 4pp. publisher's catalogue at end, several wood engravings to text, minor dust soiling, original red cloth gilt, rubbed and soiled, spine darkened and spine ends slightly frayed, 12moQty: (1)NOTESAn early edition, but possibly not the first, which may have been published by Bickers in 1858.

Lot 217

Person (David). Varieties: or, A surveigh of rare and excellent matters, necessary and delectable for all sorts of persons. Wherein the principall Heads of diverse Sciences are illustrated, rare secrets of Naturall things unfoulded, &c., 1st edition, Printed by Richard Badger, for Thomas Alchorn, and are to be sold at his shop, in Pauls Church-yard, at the signe of the grene-dragon, 1635, A1 present before title, with near-contemporary ink ownership inscription 'E Libris Hugonis Walsh 1669', title within decorative woodcut border, woodcut head-pieces, etc., early brown ink manuscript note on slip of paper, describing the difference between a partial and total eclipse, bound in after final leaf of text, and further contemporary ink manuscript to verso of blank leaf at rear, giving computations of the circumference of the earth, the distance from the earth and the sun, etc., small area of worming to head of inner margin at front of volume, and one or two wormholes to margins elsewhere, none affecting text, lacks signatures Mm-Nn4 (pages 87-102) from the separately paginated fifth part of the text, B8 misbound after B1 to first part of the volume, occasional pale waterstain (text block otherwise generally in good condition), marbled edges and endpapers, 19th-century blind-decorated full calf, spine lettered in gilt, a little wear to joints and head and foot of spine, small area of surface leather to upper cover lifted, small 4to (binding measures 185 x 140 mm, 7.25 x 5.5 ins), together with: Royal Society, The Philosophical Transactions from the year MDCC. (where Mr. Lowthorp ends) to the year MDCCXX. abridg'd, and dispos'd under general heads, by Benj. Motte., volume 1 only (of 2), London: R. Wilkin, R. Robinson, S. Ballard, et al., 1721, imprimatur leaf before title, numerous folding engraved plates and diagrams, contemporary panelled calf, gilt decorated spine, joints split, worn to extremities, 4to, Bartholinus (Thomas), Anatomia, ex Caspari Bartolini parentis institutionibus, The Hague: Adriani Vlacq, 1655, engraved frontispiece, engraved portrait and numerous full-page illustrations, eight folding plate plates, leaf D4 torn to lower outer corner with text loss (repaired, with text provided in manuscript), R8 & 2C3 torn to fore-edge blank margin, occasional light damp staining, contemporary calf, two old paper labels to spine, joints split and some wear, and others including an incomplete & wormed volume of Horological dialogues, by John Smith, 1675Qty: (6)NOTESSTC 19781; ESTC S114573; Wellcome 4918. The only published work of David Person, or Pierson 'of Loghlands in Scotland, Gentleman', being a series of five treatises on the physical and natural sciences: the nature and effect of the sun, moon and stars, circumference of the globe, the causes of meteors, comets, and weather, battles and combats, happiness, sleep and dreams, and miracles, prodigies, the philosopher's stone and metaphysics. Person "held that celestial bodies are incorruptible and did not believe that new stars were natural phenomena. Instead, they were 'extraordinary works of the great maker, threatening mortalls by their frownings'... He rejected Copernicus on the ground that the universe, as it resolves, must have an immovable centre which is the earth" (Dobrzycki, The Reception of Copernicus' Heliocentric Theory, 1973).

Lot 22

[Stephen, James]. War in Disguise; or, the Frauds of the Neutral Flags, 1st edition, London: printed by C. Whittingham, and sold by J. Hatchard, 1805, iv 215 pp., modern quarter calf, 8vo in half-sheets (20.7 x 12.2 cm), together with: [Napoleonic Wars]. The Correspondence between Great Britain and France on the Subject of the Late Negotiation presented by His Majesty's Command, to both Houses of Parliament, 18th May 1803, 1st edition, London: John Stockdale, 1803, pp. 168 [14], 6 pp. advertisements to rear, modern blue quarter calf, 8vo (20.9 x 12.2 cm), and 4 others similar including William James, Naval Occurrences of the Late War between Great Britain and the United States of America, 1st edition, 1817 (contemporary half calf, front board near detached, housed in a custom solander box)Qty: (6)NOTESHowes S937 & Sabin 91247 (Stephen). First item: scarce first edition of this immensely popular pamphlet which argued that neutrals were aiding the French by the illegal provision of war materials. The work has been identified as responsible for hardening British opinion towards neutral Americans in particular.

Lot 220

Rowlandson (Thomas, illustrator). Doctor Syntax in Paris, or a Tour in Search of the Grotesque, 1st edition, London: for W. Wright, 1820, 18 hand-coloured aquatint plates including frontispiece and vignette title-page, original boards, front board working loose, housed in a custom solander box, 4to, together with: Wrangham (Francis, translator). The Lyrics of Horace; being the first four books of his Odes, 1st edition thus, London: for Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme, and Brown, 1821, half-title, errata leaf, original boards, rebacked, 8vo, Hazlitt (W. Carew). A Manual for the Collector and Amateur of Old English Plays, 1st edition, London: Pickering and Chatto, 1892, title-page repaired, pencil annotation 'Ex libris Bertram Dobell with his notes in text' to front free endpaper, original cloth-backed boards, wear to extremities, 4to, and about 25 others, miscellaneous 19th and 20th century booksQty: (a carton)NOTESTooley 432 (Rowlandson).

Lot 252

Pen & Sword. The Fighting Cocks, 43 (Fighter) Squadron, by Jimmy Beedle, 2011, signed to the title page by 4 previous members of 43 Squadron, black & white illustrations, 8vo, Dowding's Eagles, Accounts of Twenty-Five Battle of Britain Veterans, by Norman Franks, 1st edition, 2015, black & white illustrations, includes a set of first day covers signed by Group Captain Bobby Oxspring 66 Squadron, 8vo In All Things First, No. 1 Squadron at War 1939-1945, by Peter Caygill, 1st edition, 2009, black & white illustrations, 8vo Bombers Over Sand and Snow, 205 Group RAF in World War II, by Alun Granfield, 1st edition, 2011, black & white illustrations, 8vo 1 Group Bomber Command, An Operational Record, by Chris Ward at al, 1st edition, 2014, black & white illustrations, 8vo Sniper Of The Skies, The story of George Frederick 'Screwball' Beurling DSO DFC DFM*, by Nick Thomas, 1st edition, 2015, black & white illustrations, 8vo U-48, The most successful U-Boat of the Second World War, by Franz Kurowski, 1st UK edition, 2012, black & white illustrations, 8vo, together with 47 further volumes of Pen & Sword and Frontline publications, 49 volumes in original cloth in dust jackets, 3 paperback editions, some signed by the authors, some spines lightly rubbed to head & foot, 8vo/4toQty: (52)

Lot 254

Grub Street. A History of the Mediterranean Air War, 1940-1945, 3 volumes, by Christopher Shores & Giovanni Massimello, 1st editions, 2012-16, numerous black & white illustrations, publishers uniform original cloth in dust jackets, minor rubbing to head & foot of volume 3, 8vo Aces High..., by Christopher Shores & Clive Williams, 1st edition, 1994, 34 signatures to the front endpaper & throughout, black & white illustrations, original cloth in dust jackets, 8vo Those Other Eagles...a companion volume to Aces High, by Christopher Shores, 1st edition, 2004, black & white illustrations, original cloth in dust jacket, 8vo Hornchurch Eagles, The Life Stories of Eight of the Airfield's distinguished WWII Fighter Pilots, by Richard C. Smith, 1st edition, 2002, black & white illustrations, includes a first day cover signed by Harry Broadhurst, original cloth in dust jacket, 8vo Twelve Days in May, by Brian Cull et al, 1st edition, 1995, signed by the authors & 5 members of 501 Squadron to the front endpaper, original cloth in price-clipped dust jacket, 8vo Above Flanders' Fields, A Complete Record of the Belgian Fighter Pilots and their Units during the Great War, 1914-1918, by Walter M. Pieters, 1st edition, 1998, black & white illustrations, includes a first day cover signed by Willy Coppins de Houthhulst, original cloth in dust jacket, 8vo, together with 28 further volumes of Grub Street publications, all original cloth in dust jackets, some spines lightly rubbed to head & foot, 8voQty: (35)

Lot 256

Australia In The War Of 1939-1945. Royal Australian Air Force 1939-1942, by George Gillison, 1st edition, Canberra, 1962, Air War Against Germany and Italy 1939-1943, by John Herington, reprint edition, 1962, Air Power Over Europe 1944-1945, by John Herington, 1st edition, 1963, Air War Against Japan 1943-1945, by George Odgers, reprint edition, 1968, numerous black & white illustrations & maps, publishers uniform original cloth in price-clipped dust jackets, covers slightly rubbed with minor loss, 8vo, together with; Wise (S. F.), Canadian Airmen and the First World War, The Official History of the Royal Canadian Airforce, 2 volumes, 1st edition, University of Toronto Press, 1980, black & white illustrations and colour maps, publishers uniform original cloth in dust jackets, spines lightly faded & rubbed to head & foot, 8vo, and Brown (Russell), Desert Warriors, Australian P-40 pilots at war in the Middle East and North Africa 1941-1943, 1st edition, Banner Books, Queensland, 2000, black & white illustrations, original cloth in dust jacket, 8vo, plus 38 further volumes of Australian, Canadian & Commonwealth aviation reference & related, mostly original cloth in dust jackets, 8vo/4toQty: (45)

Lot 263

Tibbets (Paul W. et al). 509th Composite Group, First Atomic Bombardment, 509th Pictorial Album, 1st edition, Tinian, 1945, numerous colour & black & white illustrations, bookplate to front pastedown, some minor toning & offsetting, publishers original decorated blue cloth, some minor rubbing to extremities, large 8voQty: (1)NOTESThe 509th Composite Group was a unit of the USAAF created during World War II and tasked with the operational deployment of nuclear weapons. It conducted the atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki, Japan, in August 1945.

Lot 268

Lindbergh (Anne Morrow). The Steep Ascent, 1st edition, New York, Harcourt, Brace and Company, 1944, front endpaper & half-title inscribed by the author, some toning & light spotting, with a handwritten letter from J.G. Wilson, original cloth in price-clipped dust jacket, covers slightly rubbed with minor loss to head & foot, 8vo, together with; Gentile (Don S.), One Man Air Force, 1st edition, L.B. Fischer Publishing Corp., 1944, black & white illustrations, previous owner inscription to the front endpaper, some minor toning & spotting, original cloth in dust jacket, covers slightly rubbed, 8vo, and Hager (Alice Roger), Wings for the Dragon, the air war in Asia, 1st edition, New York, Dodd, Mead & Company, 1945, inscription by the author to the front endpaper, some light toning, original cloth in price-clipped dust jacket, covers rubbed with some loss to head & foot, 8vo, plus other circa 1940s - 60s aviation & military reference & biographies, including The Attack On St. Nazaire, by R. E. D. Ryder, London: 1st edition, John Murray, 1947, signed copy, The Man With Two Hats, by Bruce Johnson, New York: Catlton Press Inc., 1st edition, 1968, signed copy, Independent Company,..., London: reprinted, William Heinemann, 1954, signed by Neville Shute, many first editions, some signed by the authors & others, all original cloth in dust jackets, covers rubbed with minor loss, 8voQty: (50)

Lot 269

Moore-Brabazon (John [Lord Brabazon of Tara]). The Brabazon Story, 1st edition, London: William Heinemann, 1956, period inscription by the author pasted down to the front endpaper, black & white illustrations, some minor toning & marks, original cloth in price-clipped dust jacket, minor marks to front & rear covers, spine slightly rubbed to head & foot with minor tears, 8vo, together with; Hart (Liddell), Through the Fog of War, 1st edition, New York: Random House, 1938, some light spotting & toning, original cloth in price-clipped dust jacket, covers slightly rubbed to head & foot, 8vo, and: Snyder (Earl), General Leemy's Circus, a navigator's story of the 20th Air Force in World War II, 1st edition, New York: Exposition Press, 1955, front endpaper inscribed by the author, minor marginal toning, original cloth in dust jacket, covers slightly toned, spine rubbed with minor loss to head, 8vo, plus other 1930s -60s aviation reference & biographies, including The First and The Last,..., by Adolf Galland, London: reprinted, Methuen & Co., 1955, signed by the author plus others, By Sea And By Stealth,.., by Burke Wilson, 1st edition, London: Peter Davies, 1957, inscribed by the author, some first editions, some signed by the author, all original cloth in dust jackets, 8voQty: (51)

Lot 27

[Brown, John]. Thoughts on Civil Liberty, on Licentiousness, and Faction. By the Author of Essays on the Characteristics, etc., 1st edition, Newcastle upon Tyne: by J. White and T. Saint, for L. Davis and C. Reymers, printers to the Royal Society, 1765, damp-staining to endpapers, title-page browned, a few other marks elsewhere, contemporary calf, rebacked, craquelure to sides, tips worn, 8vo (20.1 x 12.1 cm), together with: Brand (John). Observations on Popular Antiquities, 1st edition, Newcastle upon Tyne, by T. Saint, for J. Johnson, 1777, engraved title-vignette, errata leaf, occasional spotting, contemporary tree sheep, rebacked, rubbed, 8vo (20.8 x 12 cm), Bewick (Thomas, illustrator). The Hermit of Warkworth. A Northumberland Ballad in Three Fits. By Dr. Thos. Percy, Bishop of Dromore. With Designs by Mr. Craig: and engraved on Wood by Mr. Bewick, 2nd edition, large-paper issue, Alnwick: printed and sold by J. Catnach, 1807, half-title, ood-engraved frontispiece, vignettes throughout, toning, skilful marginal repair to M3, original front wrapper mounted to initial blank, top edge gilt, others untrimmed, 19th-century tan half morocco, gilt crest of the Barons Lilford (probably Thomas Littleton Powys, 4th Baron Lilford, noted ornithologist) to spine, rubbed, 4to (24.2 x 17 cm), [Newcastle]. Chorographia, or a Survey of Newcastle upon Tine, Newcastle: printed by S. B., 1649 [i.e. 1818], possibly a large-paper issue (a title-page of small 8vo dimensions is laid in), pp. [8] 48, signature A-G4, inscribed 'To John Trotter Brocket Esq, from the editor, Newcastle, Aug 20. 1818' on the initial blank, bookplate (John Crawford Hodgson), contemporary straight-grain tan morocco, gilt arms of John Trotter Brockett to sides, spine and extremities rubbed, 8vo (23.6 x 15.8 cm), Thompson (James). A New, Improved, and Authentic Life of James Allan, the Celebrated Northumbrian Piper, 1st edition, Newcastle upon Tyne: Mackenzie and Dent, 1828, 479 [1] pp., engraved portrait frontispiece, 5 engraved plates after Cruikshank, slightly browned, occasional light spotting, bookplate (Lawrence Waters Jenkins), top edge gilt, others untrimmed, c.1900 green half morocco by R. B. Sanford, 8vo (22.1 x 13.2 cm), Ornsby (George). Sketches of Durham, 1st edition, Durham: George Andrews, 1846, 226 [1] pp., 4 tinted lithographic plates including frontispiece, light spotting, contemporary red half calf, rubbed and worn, 8vo (21.1 x 13.1 cm), and 4 others, Newcastle and north-east interest: William Lee, Historical Notes of Haydon Bridge and District, Hexham, 1876; Thomas Bewick, A Memoir, 1862; George Neasham, North-Country Sketches, Durham, 1893Qty: (10)NOTESESTC T789 (Brown), T144127 (Brand). This first edition of John Brown's treatise is scarce; the second edition of the same year, with a London imprint, is more common. The original recipient of this facsimile edition of Chorographia (fourth item), John Trotter Brockett (1788-1842). was a noted Newcastle antiquary; the subsequent owner, John Crawford Hodgson, was the county historian of Northumberland.

Lot 270

Dedijer (Vladimir). With Tito Through the War 1941-1944, 1st edition, Alexander Hamilton, 1951, presentation copy to Fitzroy Maclean signed by the author, 15 black & white illustrations, some minor toning, piblishers original blue cloth, 8vo, together with; Casson (Stanley), Greece Against The Axis, 1st edition, American Council on Public Affairs, Washington D.C., 1943, inscription by the author to the front endpaper, some minor toning, publishers original cloth, boards lightly marked, 8vo, and Campbell (Arthur), Jungle Green, 2nd impression, George Allen and Unwin, 1953, inscription by the author to the front endpaper, black & white illustrations, some light toning & spotting, original cloth in dust jacket, spotting to rear cover, minor rubbing to head, 8vo, The Siege, A Story from Kohima, 1st edition, George Allen & Unwin, 1956, inscription to the half-title with a handwritten letter both to 'Cherry' by the author, black & white illustrations, original cloth in dust jacket, covers slightly toned & rubbed to head & foot, 8vo, plus other circa 1940s - 60s aviation & military reference & biographies, including Spearhead General..., by Henry Maule, Lobdon: 1st edition, Odhams Press, 1961, signed by members of 7th Indian Division at the 1974 reunion, The Eichmann Kommandos, by Michael A. Musmanno, Philadelphia: 1st edition, Macrae Smith Company, 1961, inscribed by the author, Hitler's Pilot, by Hans Baur, London: 1st edition, Frederick Muller, 1958, many first editions, some signed by the authors & others, all original cloth, many in dust jackets, spines & covers slightly rubbed to head & foot, 8voQty: (49)

Lot 271

Bowyer (Michael J. F.). 2 Group RAF, A Complete History, 1936-1945, 1st edition, Faber and Faber, 1974, signed by 6 former squadron pilots to the half-title, black & white illustrations, bookplate to the front endpaper, original cloth in price-clipped dust jacket, covers lightly rubbed to head & foot, 8vo, together with; Sherbrooke-Walker (Ronald), Khaki And Blue, 1st edition, The Saint Catherine Press Ltd., 1952, handwritten letter and inscription to the front endpaper to 'Gary Reath' from the author, black & white illustrations, some minor spotting & marginal toning, original cloth in dust jacket, covers slightly rubbed with minor tears to head & foot, tape to head & foot of the spine 8vo, Kimber (Charles T.), Son of Halton, Book 1, Memoirs of an ex-Brat, first edition, Thorley Publications, 1977, inscribed by the author to the half-title, black & white illustrations, original cloth in dust jacket, covers lightly rubbed to head & foot, 8vo, plus other circa 1940s-70s aviation & military reference & biographies, including Courage Honour Victory..., by Ian L. Hawkins, Washington: 1st edition, 95th Bomb Group (H) Association, 1987, signed copy, Vickers, A History, by J. D. Scott, London: 1st edition, Weidenfeld and Nicholson, 1962, many first editions, some signed by the authors & others, all original cloth in dust jackets, some covers slightly rubbed to head & foot, 8voQty: (54)

Lot 272

Cunningham (Andrew [Viscount of Hyndhope]). A Sailor's Odyssey, London: Hutchinson & Co., February 1952, period handwritten letter on headed notepaper by the author to 'My dear Stephen' stuck down to the half-title plus another inscription to the author to the front endpaper, monochrome maps & illustrations, some light spotting & toning, publishers original blue cloth, boards & spine lightly marked & rubbed, 8vo, together with; Zagorski (Waclaw), Seventy Days, 1st UK edition, London: Frederick Muller Ltd, 1957, title page inscribed by the author to 'Mr. Eugene Heimler', black & white illustrations plus map front endpapers, publishers original red cloth, spine slightly faded & rubbed to head & foot, 8vo, and Saundby (Robert), Air Bombardment, The Story of its Development, 1st edition, London: Chatto & Windus, 1961, front endpaper inscribed by the author 'For Lord Baldwin of Bewdley', black & white illustrations, publishers original blue cloth, boards & spine lightly faded & rubbed to head & foot, 8vo, plus other 1950s-70s aviation reference & biographies, including Scapa Flow, by Malcolm Brown & Patricia Meehan, 1st edition, London: Penguin Press, 1968, includes 5 typed & handwritten letters of correspondence from the author to Kenneth Stenner, Combine 13, by Clifford Hopewell, 1st edition, Dallas: Merrimore Press, 1990, signed copy, some first editions, some signed by the authors, all original cloth, many in dust jackets, 8voQty: (58)

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