4 vintage James Bond 007 hardback novels written by Ian Fleming, published by Jonathan Cape, including 'On Her Majesty's Secret Service' missing dust jacket and with name written in biro on first page (First Published 1963) together with 'Octopussy and The Living Daylights', this edition First Published 1966, with dust jacket, price clipped. Two other Ian Fleming hardback 'James Bond' novels published by Cape, are also included, both have dust jackets although are ex-Library copies and have various stamps and marks throughout - 'Dr No' this edition being a 1970's reprint and 'The Man With The Golden Gun' ( Second Impression May 1965). This lot also includes a copy of 'The James Bond Dossier' by Kingsley Amis, also published by Cape, this edition First Published 1965, complete with dust jacket, price unclipped. (5) [NO RESERVE]
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Three autographed limited edition Manchester United limited prints,comprising: No.1 of 75 issued, measuring 18 by 12in. depicting players celebrating in the Upton Park dressing room after a 6-1 victory over West Ham confirmed United as First Division winners, signed in black marker by Law, Dunne, Foulkes, Crerand, Stepney, Aston and Sadler; together with a prints also No.1 of 75 issued depicting Nobby Stiles holding aloft the European Cup as he is surrounded by team mates Dunne, Crerand and Stepney, signed by all 4 in silver marker; and a superb image showing Crerand, Morgan and Aston posing at Old Trafford in 1971, signed by all 3 players in black marker, comes with a Certificate of Authenticity for each edition (6)
1985 Wimbledon Tennis Final Programme, when Boris Becker defeated Kevin Curran,sold together with a signed photograph of Becker with Queen's Club Trophy; signed photograph of Becker in black marker pen; the Lawn Tennis Championship 1985 Champion's Dinner; photograph of Curran and a Limited Edition signed print of Martina Navratilova, Ladies Champion, No. 10 of 1000; the lot also including a group from the 1988 Wimbledon Tennis Finals, when Stefan Edberg defeated Boris Becker and Steffi Graf defeated Martina Navratilova, comprising Official 1988 Programme, signed photographs of Edberg, Graf, each signed in marker pen; 1988 Seoul Olympic Games First Day Cover, signed by Steffi Graf, (11)
Two rare volumes of Modern Athletics by Henry Fazakerley Wilkinson,2nd & 3rd edtions published in 1875 & 1877 (the first edition was published 1867-8), history of ancient and rise of modern athletics, administration of athletics, training, running, jumping, throwing, laws, statistics, directory and record performances, published by The Field, London,
Jim Clark signed 1965 National Sporting Club menu,his ink signature on the front cover above his Indianapolis 500 winning Lotus, the dinner in his honour at the Cafe Royal on the 18 November, the 8-page menu including a 2-page celebration of his achievements; sold with a copy of Jim Clark At The Wheel, the 1965 revised and enlarged paperback edition by Pan Books (2)The 1965 World Champion, and first-ever Formula 1 driver to win the 'Indy 500', signed this for Club member Derrick Richard Hornby who sat on an adjacent table to him throughout the dinner.
A collection of mostly early to mid 20th century postcards, contained within a late 19th / early 20th century album, many depicting parts of UK and Ireland such as Donegal, Antrim and Giants Causeway, together with a group of four books comprising Biggles and the Leopards of Zinn, first edition, Biggles of the Special Air Police, Sergeant Bigglesworth C.I.D., and The Age-Old Kingdom Sinbad. (5)
A large collection of stamps, First Day Covers ad Presentation packs, including limited edition First Day Covers from the London 1980 International Stamp Exhibition, together with a large selection of World stamps, both loose and contained within various stamp albums including some mint Chinese stamps and a 1920s Russian 250 ruble stamp with overprinted 100000 ruble surcharge. (2 bags)
A mixed group of Royal Doulton figurines, comprising Disney Showcase Collection Dopey's First Kiss SW21, limited edition 1384/2000, signed base, boxed, HM Queen Elizabeth The Queen Mother HN4068, limited edition 877/2000, boxed, Richard the Lionheart HN3675, and The Guardsman HN2784, together with a group of three Walt Disney Productions Japan figurines of Snow White, Alice in Wonderland and the Mad Hatter, and a Walt Disney glass tray depicting Thumper, and two sundry boxes. (8)
A. A. Milne: a first edition copy of 'Winnie The Pooh', published 1926, pictorial gilt tooled green cloth, two early editions of 'When We Were Very Young', sixth edition December 1924 and eleventh edition, 1925, pictorial gilt tooled blue cloth, 'The House at Pooh Corner', third edition, 1929, gilt tooled red cloth and 'The Christopher Robin Story Book', thirteenth edition, 1945, pictorial silver tooled red cloth, all published by Methuen & Co Ltd, London, together with Robert Louis Stevenson 'A Child's Garden of Verses', illustrated by Charles Robinson, published John Lane, The Bodley Head, London and Charles Scribners's Sons, New York, 1899, pictorial tooled gilt green cloth, Rudyard Kipling, Captain's Courageous, Macmillan and Co, Limited, London, 1897, pictorial gilt tooled blue cloth, and J. R. R. Tolkein, 'Mr Bliss', published George Allen and Unwin, 1982, all 8vo. (8)
ANTHONY BOURDAIN A BELIEVED UNPUBLISHED HAND TYPED SHORT FICTION titled "Soup du Jour" comprising four pages of prose based around he and Nancy screening telephone calls, from their TV room and about being first into the Kitchen and preparing said soup, inscribed "to Braid" (co-worker in the kitchen) special edition early draft and signed "Tony"
James Bond - Five hardback books including Colonel Sun by Robert Markham published by Jonathan Cape 1968 first edition with dust jacket, The Adventures of James Bond Junior 003 1/2 by R.D. Mascott published by Jonathan Cape 1967 first edition with dustjacket, Doctor No by Ian Fleming published by The Macmillan Company 1958 first edition with no dust jacket, For Special Services by John Gardner published by Jonathan Cape 1982 first edition with dust jacket and Role of Honour by John Gardner published by Jonathan Cape 1984 first edition with dust jacket (5).
Africa.- Bruce (James) Travels to Discover the Source of the Nile, in the years 1768, 1769, 1770, 1771, 1772, and 1773, 5 vol., first edition, engraved title-vignettes and coat-of-arms at head of dedication, 3 folding engraved maps, 58 engraved plates (most of natural history but including 3 engraved battle plans, each with explanatory leaf of text), 4 letterpress leaves of Ethiopian dialects between pp.400 and 401 in vol.1, list of plates at end of vol.5, lacking all half-titles and final blank in vol.2, water-staining to some upper margins affecting a few plates, some foxing (heavy to some leaves in vol.2) and browning, a2 in vol.3 with short tear to lower margin (repaired) and defective at upper margin, light offsetting from some plates, engraved Leigh bookplate, handsome contemporary russia with borders in gilt and blind, a little rubbed at edges, rebacked preserving old gilt spines (rather rubbed and darkened), [Blackmer 221; Nissen ZBI 671], 4to, Edinburgh, J.Ruthven, 1790. ⁂ Description of Bruce's search for the source of the Nile. Much of the work concerns Egypt and Abyssinia, the latter being where he found the source of the Blue Nile although this was disputed on his return to Britain.
Voyages.- Harris (John) Navigantium atque Itinerantium Bibliotheca. Or, A Complete Collection of Voyages and Travels, [edited by John Campbell], 2 vol., second edition, licence leaf, titles in red and black, 22 engraved maps (15 double-page and/or folding) and 39 portraits, plates and plans, some light foxing or browning, a few stains, vol.1 with small tear to 6A2, stain to plate of Chinese prostitute and tear to foot of map of Africa at fold, vol.2 with a few plates/maps slightly shaved at edges (map of North Pole also a little damp-stained at upper edge), plate of Siberia/Skamansky waterfall soiled and frayed at edge with slight loss to lower outer corner, contemporary blind-stamped reversed calf, rather worn and scuffed, joints broken and frayed, [Hill 775; Sabin 30483], folio, T.Woodward [& others], 1744-48.⁂ The second and best edition of this important collection of voyages including Emmanuel Bowen's map of Georgia and the first English map of New Holland (Australia). "This is the revised and enlarged version of the 1705 first edition ...[This] edition, especially prized for its maps, has been called the most complete by several authorities. Particularly valuable is the inclusion of Tasman's original map and two short articles printed on the map ...". HillAs well as important accounts of voyages the plates include a view of Macao, plans of Canton and Peking, the Pharos at Alexandria, Cortes and Moctezuma, Bering's expedition, whaling and a portrait of Sir Francis Drake.
Gardens.- Evelyn (John).- Quintinye (Jean de la) The Compleat Gard'ner: or, Directions for Cultivating and Right Ordering of Fruit Gardens and Kitchen-Gardens...to which is added His Treatise of Orange-Trees, with the Raising of Melons, translated by John Evelyn, first English edition, engraved portrait frontispiece, title printed in red and black, 11 engraved plates, of which 2 double-page, charming engraved vignettes, a few small engraved or woodcut illustrations within text, some light foxing or staining, 20th century calf-backed marbled boards, gilt spine in compartments and with red morocco label, [Henrey 218; Hunt 388; Keynes 103; Wing L431], folio, Printed for Matthew Gillyflower...and James Partridge, 1693.⁂ The author was director of the fruit and kitchen gardens of the French royal households from 1670 to 1688. Includes a section on Orange-Trees and Melons, not found in the French editions..
Hooker (Sir William Jackson) Niger Flora, or, an enumeration of the plants of western tropical Africa, collected by the late Dr.Theodore Vogel..., first edition, tinted lithographed frontispiece, lithographed plate with 2 views, map and 43 lithographed plates (numbered to 50, 7 folding), without publisher's catalogue, some foxing, original cloth, unopened, spine ends and corners a little bumped, upper cover marked, spotting, new endpapers, [Nissen 926], 8vo, 1849.⁂ Rare, Hooker undertook the editing and publication following the death of Vogel.
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Insects.- [Johnson (Theophilus)] Illustrations of British Hawk Moths and their Larvæ, first edition, 36 original hand-coloured pencil drawings on 35 sheets, tissue-guards, occasional pencil annotations, occasional spotting, contemporary half morocco, gilt, a little rubbed, 8vo, [Nissen ZB1 2119], 1874.⁂ Scarce. Only 3 copies listed on COPAC, with 2 at the Natural History Museum. Theophilus Johnson (1836-1919) was born in Tottenham. He was an amateur naturalist and artist, privately printing a large number of natural history titles. He illustrated all of his works with original watercolours and drawings. A pencil note under the text for Plate IV reads, "The Larva is drawn on the previous Plate III. The author in some copies drew the Larva and Moth on separate leaves, making two plates."
World.- Porcacchi (Tommaso) L'Isole piu famose del Mondo, fourth edition, engraved architectural title, 48 engraved maps by Girolamo Porro in text, woodcut ornaments and initials, lacking N3 & 4 (pp.149-152), title with a few small ink annotations and small strip of paper pasted over at foot of panel with title, browning in parts, some water-staining to lower margin, small paper flaw hole to O3, contemporary vellum, a little rubbed, lower cover stained, folio, Venice, Heirs of Simon Galignani, 1604.⁂ Atlas of the islands of the world, with several of the New World including Temistitan (Mexico), Hispaniola, Cuba and Jamaica. It was originally published in 1572 with 30 maps, expanded to 47 in 1576; this fourth edition is the first to include the final map of Istria.
Astronomy.- Gassendi (Pierre) Tychonis Brahei, equitis Dani, astronomorum coryphaei, vita. Accessit Nicolai Copernici, Georgii Peurbachii, & Joannis Regiomontani, astronomorum celebrium, 2 parts in 1, engraved crown device to title and portraits of Brahe and Copernicus, woodcut diagrams of the solar system, woodcut head- and tail-pieces and decorative initials, outer margin of title repaired, with little loss to lower blank corner, some spotting and light staining, modern vellum, red morocco label to spine, [Houzeau and Lancaster 6190], small 4to, Paris, Widow of M. Dupuis, 1654.⁂ First edition of these biographies of celebrated astronomers. Includes descriptions of the duel following a mathematical dispute in which Tycho Brahe famously lost his nose, and of the story of the same's pet elk, which, after drinking beer at a banquet fell down some stairs and died.
Astronomy.- Newton.- Muggletonians.- Frost (Isaac) Two Systems of Astronomy: first, the Newtonian System, showing the rise and progress thereof, by a short historical account: the general theory, with a variety of remarks thereon. Second, the system in accordance with the Holy Scriptures, first edition, 11 fine plates, engraved by W.P. Chubb & Son and printed in colours by George Baxter, little spotting to text, plates with the odd spot, but generally clean and bright, original cloth, ring stain to upper cover, spine ends, corners and small areas of joints frayed, little rubbed, 4to, Simpkin, Marshall, & Co., 1846.⁂ Rare first edition. Only three copies have appeared at auction since 1984 (that at Christie's in 2016 making £7,500). Frost was a practicing Muggletonian, the religious sect founded in the aftermath of the English Civil War by Lodowicke Muggleton and his cousin John Reeve, who believed themselves to be the "two witnesses" mentioned in the Book of Revelations. The Muggletonians refuted modern scientific views on the order of the universe and rejected Newtonian physics. The present work compares Newton's heliocentric astronomy to the Muggletonian's preferred geocentric view. Provenance: Alan Dower (ink stamp to front pastedown).
Christmas lectures.- Faraday (Michael) A Course of Six Lectures on the Chemical History of a Candle: to Which is Added a Lecture on Platinum, first edition, illustrations, ink ownership inscription to front free endpaper, original cloth, spine darkened, spine ends and corners a little bumped, small bump to lower fore-edge and joint some light marking to covers, but still a very good copy, 8vo, 1861.⁂ Rare first edition of the last and most famous of Faraday's Royal Institution Christmas Lectures one of the first and most successful attempts to popularise science for the masses. Faraday himself began the Christmas Lecture series in 1825, designed to present scientific subjects to a wide audience and especially to children, they were presented in an entertaining manner with an emphasis on experiments that could be duplicated by children in the home. The series quickly became an institution continued to this day and has featured lectures by Desmond Morris, Sir David Attenborough, Carl Sagan and Heinz Wolff.
Gas-lighting.- Accum (Fredrick) A Practical Treatise on Gas-Light..., first edition, 7 hand-coloured engraved plates, most with aquatint, 2 folding, some light soiling and offsetting, modern half calf over marbled boards, [Abbey Life 436], 8vo, 1815.⁂ "The adoption of gas lighting in London was largely due to this book. The famous publisher, R.Ackermann, was one of the earliest to adopt gas lighting; in a letter printed on pages 71-2 he gives an account of his cost in producing gas for the whole of his establishment and private house, that had been in use since 1811. His cost per year for gas lighting is given at £40.5s.0d., against a previous expense of £160." Abbey
Lovelace (Ada).- [Byron (Augusta Ada, married name Augusta Ada King, Countess of Lovelace, mathematician and computer pioneer, 1815-52)].- Lacroix (Silvestre François) An Elementary Treatise on the Differential and Integral Calculus, translated from the French [by John F.W. Herschel, Charles Babbage, & George Peacock], first edition in English, Ada Lovelace's copy with East Horsley Tower blind-stamps on front free endpaper and title and gold initials AAL at tail of spine, 5 folding engraved plates at rear, very small hole in Advertisement leaf text, a few ff. with slight staining in upper margins, some foxing and browning throughout, with 42 pages of ink and pencil corrections (mostly mathematical corrections) and including a few notes in pencil in a contemporary unidentified hand possibly by ?Ada Lovelace, contemporary half calf gilt, slightly rubbed, 8vo, Cambridge, for J. Deighton and Sons, 1816.⁂ Ada Lovelace's copy of Babbage's first important publication, exposing English students to 'continental mathematics'. "... Charles Babbage, George Peacock and John Herschel... translated Lacroix Treatise on Calculus and touted the superiority of Leibnitz's differential notation over Newton's (then widely regarded in England as sacrosanct)." - Dictionary of Scientific Biography.With a pencil inscription at end of the Advertisement leaf: "How vain are the affectations of Man! Four years later this book was printed." Also, seemingly random pencil note at tail of page 635, perhaps a draft of a note or letter: "You must not trouble yourself - I shall not read the one or the other - and I'll be - A?--."Ada Byron, the only legitimate daughter of Lord Byron was solely brought up by her mother, Anne, after her parents separated. Determined that her daughter should not become a poet, she was trained as a mathematician and scientist, eventually leading to a close friendship with Charles Babbage. "In 1843 she translated a paper by General L. F. Menabrea, later to be prime minister of Italy, describing Babbage's main attempt to implement this notion, the projected analytical engine (which was to supersede the aborted difference engine but which was never built). She added extensive notes to Menabrea's paper which contain not only what is regarded as one of the earliest computer programs but also prescient comments about the future of such an engine, which have stood the test of time." (Oxford DNB). She married, in 1835, William King, eighth Baron King of Ockham, Earl of Lovelace, and they had two sons and a daughter. In she went to live in East Horsley Tower which the above books were bound.
Mathematics.- Collins (John) The Sector on a Quadrant, 4 parts in 1, first edition, first issue, 6 engraved plates, one folding, woodcut diagrams, a few leaves with marginal defects, that on A2 causing slight loss of typographic device at head, some light water-staining and soiling, front free endpapers with circular cuts, contemporary sheep, corners worn and a few holes to leather on covers and spine, [Wing C5381; Tomash & Williams C122], 4to, Printed by J. Macock, 1658.⁂ Rarely found complete, in the first issue (with title dated 1658, not the 2nd issue of 1659) and in a contemporary binding. Provenance: Owen Phillips (ink name on title and B1); "John Carter att ye signe of ye Bible without Compter barr att ye corner of Essex Street" (ink inscription on rear pastedown).
Darwin (Charles) On the Origin of Species by Means of Natural Selection, third edition (seventh thousand), half-title, folding lithographed plate, advertisement leaf at end, 1861; Journal of Researches into the Natural History and Geology of the Countries visited during the Voyage of H.M.S. Beagle round the World, tenth thousand, 32pp. publisher's catalogue at end, illustrations, Contents leaves lightly browned and spotted, one or two small stains, 1860; The Formation of Vegetable Mould, through the Action of Worms..., eighth thousand (corrected), illustrations, advertisement leaf at end, light foxing to title, a few pencil markings, 1883, original green cloth, stamped or ruled in blind, the first two a little rubbed and lightly damp-stained, the first with another small stain to upper cover and short tear to head of spine, the second slightly spotted, [Freeman 381, 20 & 1366], 8vo (3) ⁂ On the Origin of Species has several alterations from earlier editions and contains a leaf listing the "Additions and Corrections to the Second and Third Editions"; it is also the first English edition to include 7pp. 'Historical Sketch of the Recent Progress of Opinion on the Origin of Species'. The Journal of Researches is the final definitive text, with new preliminaries and a postscript on p.vii.
Jones (Owen) Examples of Chinese Ornament, first edition, 100 fine chromolithograph plates (including additional title), printed title in red and black, ink number in upper corner of many plates, a few short tears, all leaves loose, covers and part of spine intact, preserved in modern cloth drop-back box, folio, 1867.⁂ Fine series of highly decorative plates.
Beerbohm (Max) Caricatures of Twenty-Five Gentlemen, first edition, second issue with "Leonard Smithers and Co" at foot of spine, [one of 500 copies], plates, original pictorial blue cloth, gilt, 4to, Leonard Smithers, 1896.⁂ A stunning copy of one of Beerbohm's best known works featuring many of the prominent writers of the day including Frank Harris, Rudyard Kipling, Aubrey Beardsley and George Bernard Shaw.
Fruit-Trees.- Drope (Francis) A Short and Sure Guid in the Practice of Raising and Ordering of Fruit-Trees, first edition, with initial imprimatur leaf, some light unobtrusive water-staining, contemporary calf, a little rubbed and stained, spine slightly faded and with one or two wormholes, [Henrey 115; Wing D2188], 8vo, Oxford, [by W.Hall] for Ric. Davis, 1672.
Disney (Walt) Mickey Mouse in Pigmyland, first edition, colour frontispiece, numerous illustrations, light browning to margins, ink name to head of title, contents otherwise clean, pictorial endpapers, original pictorial boards, spine ends and corners a little bumped, light rubbing to extremities, dust-jacket, 1" portion of loss to head of spine, closed tears and creasing to head and foot with some chipping, still a very good example of a scarce jacket, 4to, [1935].
Flight (Claude) Lino-Cuts: A Hand-book of Linoleum-cut Colour Printing, first edition, plates, some colour including 'Crossing the Road' printed from the original baska type blocks in red, blue and black, illustrations, original cloth decorated in red, some soiling, 1927; Animal, Vegetable or Mineral, first edition, illustrations, light spotting, original cloth-baked pictorial boards, a little rubbed and marked, 1931, 4to (2)
Grahame (Kenneth) The Wind in the Willows, first edition, half-title, frontispiece by Graham Robertson, tissue-guard, scattered spotting, neat ink name to head of title, endpapers browned, original pictorial cloth, spine ends and corners neatly and professionally repaired and retouched, light retouching to joints, two small wormholes to upper cover, in effect a sharp and excellent example, uncut, 8vo, 1908.⁂ An attractive example of this children's classic, difficult to find in good condition.
Insects.- Moffet (Thomas) Insectorum sive minimorum animalium theatrum, first edition, title with superb woodcut of a skep bee-hive surrounded by other insects, woodcut of skep repeated at end of preliminaries, numerous woodcut illustrations in text, light browning, a few rust-spots, engraved Hopetoun bookplate, contemporary calf, rather rubbed and scuffed, joints split at foot, [British Bee Books 25; Nissen ZBI 2852; STC 17993a], folio, Thomas Cotes...[and] William Hope, 1634.⁂ An excellent copy of the first book on insects published in England, and in a contemporary binding. Moffet was educated at Cambridge and Basel, where he obtained a degree in medicine, travelled widely in Europe before establishing a practice in Ipswich and London and serving as physician to Queen Elizabeth's forces in Normandy in 1591. The first edition has three variant imprints.It used to be said that the author's daughter, Patience, who was raised surrounded by insects and spiders, was the origin of Miss Muffet in the nursery rhyme, but this is now regarded as unlikely.
Photobook.- Warhol (Andy) and Gerard Malanga. Screen Test / A Diary, first edition, 54 black and white photographs printed on translucent paper, occasional finger-marking, original colour pictorial wrappers, spine lightly discoloured and creased, little creasing at edges, a few scratches, 4to (259 x 190mm.), New York, Kulchur Press, 1967.⁂ A very good copy of this scarce work celebrating Warhol's film work. Each of the 54 sitters, including Edie Sedgwick, Salvador Dali, Lou Reed, Allen Ginsberg, Nico, and Donovan was asked to sit still in front of the camera for four minutes.
Rackham (Arthur).- Hawthorne (Nathaniel) A Wonder Book, first edition, limited edition, number 442 of 600 signed by Rackham, tipped-in colour frontispiece and 23 plates, illustrations, occasional faint marginal spotting, bookplate, illustrated endpapers, cracked upper hinge, original publisher's cream cloth, gilt, a little rubbed, faint spots to upper cover, lightly browned spine, slight bumping to corners and extremities, 4to, 1922.
Wallace (Alfred Russel) Palm Trees of the Amazon and their uses, first edition, presentation copy from the author inscribed "George C.Silk from his sincere friend The Author" on front free endpaper, lithographed map & 47 plates by W.Fitch, some water-staining to plates (mostly marginal but affecting images of last few plates), original blind-stamped cloth, a little rubbed and affective by damp, [Nissen BBI 2097], 8vo, 1853.⁂ The author's first book, of which only 250 copies were printed, and the result of four years' exploring and collecting specimens in the Amazon rainforest. Unfortunately the ship on which he was returning to England in 1852 caught fire and his specimens were lost; he managed to save only a few notes and sketches. George Silk was Wallace's closest childhood friend. They met when Wallace's family move to Hertford when Wallace was five years old and remained friends all their lives.
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