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Nicolas Trudgian D-Day Armada D-Day Anniversary Edition signed by 8 USAAF pilots who all flew in combat on 6th June 1944 - D-Day. This is the D-Day Anniversary Edition number 76 / 150 issued to commemorate the 60th Anniversary and is supplied with the original Certificate of Authenticity. The print is signed by the artist Nicolas Trudgian and Captain Clayton Gross, Colonel Maurice Long, Major General Donald Strait, Colonel Richard 'Dick' Denison, First Lieutenant Wayne E Downing, Captain John L Minech, Lieutenant Colonel Arthur Milow and Lieutenant Colonel William 'Bill' D Mitchell. The print measures approximately 35 x 23.5 inches and has been stored flat, out of the light and is in very good condition. Print historical detail : As the sun begins to sink on the late afternoon of D-Day Plus 1, a mighty Allied aerial armada heads inland over the Normandy invasion beaches, 7th June 1944. In the company of P51s of the 354th Fighter Group, B26 Marauders from the 397th Bomb Group prepare to bomb heavily defended German positions lying ahead of the Allied advance up from the beach-head. 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 £8.99. This print can be sent tubed or flat packed any additional shipping is charged at cost.

Robert Taylor Band of Brothers RAF Bomber Command Edition signed by 10 WW2 RAF Bomber Command veterans. This is the RAF Bomber Command Issue number 173 / 250 published in 2002 and is supplied with the original Certificate of Authenticity. It is the first print in the Band of Brothers Portfolio. Signed by the artist Robert Taylor and Flight Lieutenant John Petrie-Andrews DFC DFM, Squadron Leader Tony Iveson DFC AE, Flight Lieutenant Harry Hughes DFC DFM AE, Marshal of the RAF Sir Michael Beetham GCB CBE DFC AFC FRAeS, Squadron Leader E. Gray Ward DFC, Squadron Leader Harry Wright DFC, Squadron Leader Mac Hamilton DFC, Squadron Leader Reg Lewis DFC, Air Marshal Sir John Curtiss KCB KBE and Lord Mackie of Benshie George Mackie CBE DSO DFC. The print measures approximately 30.5 x 23.5 inches and has been stored flat, out of the light and is in very good condition. Print historical detail : The mighty Lancaster, the mainstay of RAF Bomber Command, crewed by volunteers from Britain, Australia, Canada, New Zealand, Rhodesia, South Africa, and many other nations opposed to Nazi rule, flew day and night sorties whenever there was a chance of reaching the target. Their unflinching courage, and selfless devotion to duty paved the way for the D-Day invasion, and the ultimate liberation of Nazi occupied Europe. Embellished with Goering's infamous quotation No Enemy Plane Will Fly Over The Reich Territory, S for Sugar took her bombs to Berlin, Hamburg, Schweinfurt, Bremen, Hanover, Wurzburg, Munich, Stuttgart, Frankfurt, Dusseldorf, and other prime targets, flying the second greatest number of operational sorties of any bomber in the Command. Time and again Sugar brought her crew home, often limping back riddled with flak and bullet holes, occasionally on three engines, and once all the way back from the German capital with a badly damaged wing following a mid-air collision over the target. Robert Taylor's emotive painting shows S for Sugar on the morning of 27th April 1944 after her 95th sortie - a raid on the ball-bearing factory at Schweinfurt. As the battle-scarred bomber taxis in at RAF Waddington, other 467 Squadron Lancasters follow, heading for their dispersal points. Already the weary crews begin their informal debriefing. By the war's end this trusty bomber had completed no fewer than 137 operations over enemy territory, bringing her crew home every time. Now magnificently restored to her former glory, S for Sugar resides in the RAF Museum at Hendon, providing a lasting tribute to the gallant men of RAF Bomber Command. This famous aircraft was typical of, and ultimately came to symbolise, the men and machines of Royal Air Force Bomber Command. Flying initially with 83 Squadron Pathfinder Force, then 467 Squadron RAAF, Avro Lancaster serial number R5868, call sign S for Sugar, took part in almost every major attack on Germany between the summer of 1942 and the end of hostilities. With the life expectancy of a new Lancaster being just a few months, it was a miracle she survived the war. 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 £8.99. This print can be sent tubed or flat packed any additional shipping is charged at cost.

Robert Taylor Contact Bearing 190 carrying the signature of Earl Mountbatten of Burma and Admiral Philip W Burnett. This print was originally from a Limited Edition of 1500 published in 1983 signed by the artist Robert Taylor and Admiral Philip W Burnett who was First Officer on HMS Kelly under the command of Lord Louis Mountbatten during WW2. The original print has been conservation matted and the signature of His Excellency Earl Mountbatten of Burma has been added at this time. Supplied with an Artistic Flight Certificate of Authenticity confirming that the matted signature of Mountbatten of Burma is genuine. A nicely presented piece of Royal Navy history, the overall size is approximately 20.5 x 17 inches, it has been stored flat, out of the light and is in very good condition. Print historical detail : During the Battle of the Atlantic the defence of Britain's supply convoys rested squarely on the shoulders of the Royal Navy, especially the destroyers. Contact Bearing 190 shows the destroyer HMS Kelly, commanded by Lord Louis Mountbatten, steaming at full speed to intercept a U-boat that is bearing down on the convoy. This is one of Robert Taylor's earliest published works and good copies are becoming rarer and increasingly hard to find. Probably the only print edition signed by Mountbatten's First Officer on HMS Kelly, Lieutenant Commander - later to become Rear Admiral - Philip Burnett who later wrote As Louis Mountbatten's First Officer aboard the Kelly, I congratulate you on a superb painting of our beloved destroyer. 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 £8.99. This print can be sent tubed or flat packed any additional shipping is charged at cost.

Robert Taylor Remember Pearl Harbor Limited Edition signed by 4 WW2 USN veterans who served on board USS Nevada at Pearl Harbor, December 7, 1941. This is a limited edition print number 57 / 750 published in 1998 and supplied with the original Certificate of Authenticity. The print is signed by the artist Robert Taylor and Private First Class Paul M. Adams, Chief Petty Officer Woodrow Wilson Derby, Master Chief Basil Paul Pratt and Chief Warrant Officer 3 Melvin Ellis. The print measures approximately 33.5 x 23.5 inches and has been stored flat, out of the light and is in very good condition. Print historical detail : Aichi D-3A1 dive bombers from the Japanese carrier Kaga attack the battleship Nevada, already holed by torpedoes and beached at Hospital Point. The destroyer Shaw is on fire, and behind her the battleship Pennsylvania, the cruiser Helena, and the Base Force Flagship Argonne, can be seen in the turmoil of Pearl Harbor, December 7, 1941. 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 £8.99. This print can be sent tubed or flat packed any additional shipping is charged at cost.

RARE Nicolas Trudgian The Storm Clouds Gather signed by 5 Luftwaffe WW2 Aces and 3 RAF Battle of Britain Blenheim crew. This is the Portfolio Proof Edition number 97 / 200 and is supplied with the original Military Gallery Certificate of Authenticity. This certificate shows the print when first issued was signed by the artist Nicolas Trudgian, who has also written Portfolio Proof in pencil above his name, Oberleutnant Gunther Seeger and Oberleutnant Siegfried Bethke. This print has then been greatly enhanced by the addition of six further signatures and is supplied with a second Certificate of Authenticity by Artistic Flight detailing the six extra signatures as three Luftwaffe Aces, Hajo Herman KC (9 victories), Hugo Broch KC (81 victories) and Walter Schuck KC (206 victories) together with three Battle of Britain Blenheim aircrew, Fl. Of. Alan Burdekin, Fl. Lt. WTM Clark DFM and W O Albert Gregory. This is a really nicely signed print which measures approximately 27 x 18.5 inches and has been stored flat, out of the light and is in very good condition. Print historical detail : Helmut Wick, the Luftwaffe's top-scoring ace of the Battle of Britain, leads Me109E's of I.JG2 ''Richthofen'' on a fighter escort mission, September 1940. Heinkel 111's of the Kampfgeschwadern mass for another raid on England, while below a Blenheim of No.2 Group has force-landed on the northern French beach, testimony to RAF Bomber Command's contribution to the famous battle. 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 £8.99. This print can be sent tubed or flat packed any additional shipping is charged at cost.

Cézanne Paul Portrait du peintre Armand Guillaumin au pendu, 1873 Kaltnadelradierung auf geripptem Büttenpapier Blattgröße: 25,1 x 16,3 cm / Plattengröße: 15,5 x 11,8 cm Cézanne hat in seinem Lebenswerk nur 5 Radierungen geschaffen, die alle im Juli 1873 entstanden, als Cézanne mit Camille Pissarro und seinem Freund dem Maler und Poeten Armand Guillaumin in Auvers-sur-Oise in dieser Technik experimentierte. Alle drei haben dabei ein Symbol als Signatur verwendet, Cézanne das Zeichen des Gehängten. In „Guillaumin au pendu“ wird eben dieser Maler von Cézanne portraitiert. Die genaue Auflage der Arbeit ist unbekannt, dürfte bei ca. 1000 Stück liegen. Cézanne hat die Radierungen im Atelier von Dr. Gachet gedruckt, der über eine Radierpresse verfügte. Im Jahr darauf malt Cézanne sein berühmtes Werk „La Maison du Pendu“ (das Haus des Gehängten). Die Idee dazu kündigt sich erstmals in dieser Radierung an. Die Spontanität der Arbeit lässt darauf schließen, dass Cézanne direkt auf der Platte arbeitete. Im Unterrand sowie Verso mit Bleistift-Annotation. Im weißen Rand schwach gebräunt. Sonst guter Gesamteindruck. Cézanne Paul Portrait du peintre Armand Guillaumin au pendu, 1873 Dry point etching on ripped handmade paper Sheet Size: 9,9 x 6,4 in / Plate Size: 6,1 x 4,6 in In his life's work, Cézanne only created 5 etchings, all of which were created in July 1873 when Cézanne experimented with this technique with Camille Pissarro and his friend the painter and poet Armand Guillaumin in Auvers-sur-Oise. All three used a symbol as a signature, Cézanne the sign of the hanged man. In “Guillaumin au pendu” this painter is portrayed by Cézanne. The exact edition of the work is unknown, it should be around 1000 pieces. Cézanne printed the etchings in Dr. Gachet's studio, who had an etching press. The following year, Cézanne painted his famous work “La Maison du Pendu” (the house of the hanged man). The idea for this is announced for the first time in this etching. The spontaneity of the work suggests that Cézanne was working directly on the plate. With pencil annotation in the lower margin and verso. Slightly browned in the white margin. Otherwise good overall impression.

Mixed collection of books, some first editions, to include The Old Man and Mr Smith, by Peter Ustinov, first edition, London: Michael O'Mara, 1990, signed by the author, hardback, well-preserved with dust-jacket; Love of Seven Dolls, by Paul Gallico, first edition, London: Michael Joseph, 1954, signed by the author, hardback, well-preserved but slight wear to d.j., some shelf-lean; Shooting an Elephant, by George Orwell, first edition, London: Secker and Warburg, 1950, contents generally good but lacking d.j., cloth discoloured, wear to endpapers; Menagerie Manor, by Gerald Durrell, first edition, London: Rupert Hart-Davies, 1964, bearing armorial bookplate for Sir Val Duncan, pasted photograph to ffep, good with some pale spotting and light wear to d.j.; The Darling Buds of May, by H. E. Bates, first edition, London: Michael Joseph, 1958, good with light wear to headcaps, offsetting to endpapers, wear to d.j.; My Uncle Silas, by H. E. Bates, illustrated by Edward Ardizzone, first edition, London: Jonathan Cape, 1939, good with some wear/loss to d.j., and others, condition varied as found (32)

Rowling, J. K. Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone, first edition, first issue [one of only 500], London: Bloomsbury, 1997, hardback, publisher's laminated pictorial boards, print line on copyright page reads '10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1'; '1 wand' appears twice on p.53; 'Philosopher's' is misspelled 'Philospher's' to rear cover; 'Wizardry and Witchcraft' [rather than 'Witchcraft and Wizardry'] to rear cover. Contents good, clean, bright; usual light toning to page edges; pale dampstain through top of opening leaves; a couple of tiny scuffs to edges of text-block; some dust and very pale spotting to top edge; binding good, tight, solid, laminate entirely present, boards bold and vibrant; some discolouration/fading to spine; very light wear and bumping to corners and extremities; heavier bumping with very slight loss at top of spine; incredibly faint rubbing to laminate with a couple of light creases to upper board. The author's debut novel and first in the Harry Potter series. Very scarce. Only 500 copies were printed of this true first issue hardback, and 300 of those were sent to schools and libraries - this being one of the more desirable 200

Kipling, Rudyard. Kim, first edition, London: Macmillan, 1901. Red & black title page, frontispiece, all plates as called for, two pages of publisher's advertisements at rear. Octavo, publisher's red cloth lettered in gilt, top edge gilt. Contents good, clean, bright; some light spotting to protective tissue-guard and title; some discolouration and offsetting to endpapers; owner inscriptions for 1901 and 1915; binding solid with discolouration and wear to extremities and headcaps

Rowling, J. K. Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets, first edition, fifth issue, hardback, London: Bloomsbury, 1998, signed by the author in bold blue ink on dedication page, 'To Rory, Sorry I missed you! J K Rowling'. Contents very good, clean, bright; binding tight and solid, boards clean and vibrant with a couple of bumps at lower edges; dust-jacket clean and bold, well-preserved with some light knocks at edges. The second novel in the Harry Potter seriesProvenance: Edinburgh Book Festival, 1998. Vendor was meant to attend with a friend (who took the book along in his absence), hence the inscription from Rowling

Rowling, J. K. Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone, first edition, first issue, London: Bloomsbury, 1997, paperback, print line on copyright page reads '10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1'; '1 wand' appears twice on p.53; 'Philosopher's' is misspelled 'Philospher's' to rear cover; 'Wizardry and Witchcraft' [rather than 'Witchcraft and Wizardry'] to rear cover. Contents very good, clean, bright; a very pale stain at the top edge of a few pages; light owner inscription in pencil; binding tight and solid, very well-preserved (appears unread); faint crease at lower front cover with knock to extreme corner; a couple of very faint marks/scratches to cover. A very good example

Kelmscott Press. Morris, William. A Note by William Morris on His Aims in Founding the Kelmscott Press, facsimile of the last book printed at the Kelmscott Press, Irish University Press, 1969. Limited edition numbered 69 of 100 copies bound in vellum by Desmond Smith at the Irish University Press bindery, housed in slipcase. Very well-preserved, clean, bright. Together with Some Hints on Pattern Designing, by William Morris, first edition, London: Longmans, 1899, printed at the Chiswick Press, and Some Great Churches in France, by William Morris and Walter Pater, Maine: Thomas B Mosher, 1903, one of 425 copies printed on Japan Vellum (3)

Du Maurier, Daphne. Rebecca, first edition, London: Victor Gollancz Limited, 1938. Octavo, publisher's cloth lettered in gilt. Contents generally good with toning and occasional light spotting; slight wear and small crease to blank leaves at rear; binding solid with light rubbing to spine and light wear to corners; a little dusty

Harris, Moses. Natural System of Colours, [second edition, considered almost as scarce as the first], London: Printed by L. Harrison and J. C. Leigh, 1811. Edited by Thomas Martyn and dedicated to the second President of the Royal Academy, Benjamin West. Association copy, originally belonging to Benjamin West but not inscribed. Quarto, half crushed morocco with paper-covered boards and morocco title label lettered in gilt. Title, dedication, address (two pages), text complete in 11 pages, and complete with three hand-coloured plates: Prismatic, Compound, Examples. Loosely inserted sheet of pencil-sketched circles. Contents generally very good, the hand-colouring well-preserved and vibrant; dedication page bearing manufacturer's watermark (J Whatman 1808); some light, even toning (more noticeable in some places than others); protective tissue-guards present for the first two plates; tissue-guards foxed; occasional pale marks/spots in places; very faint creasing and light wear to edges in places; boards rubbed and worn, contents loose, loss to the leather at spineVery scarce. Only a few copies of the first edition are known to exist (including the Royal Academy's copy, which is lacking the third plate). In 1963, Faber Birren published 'a facsimile edition of what is perhaps the rarest known book in the literature of color'. This second edition is considered almost as rare as the firstProvenance: By descent. Vendor's late husband was descended on his mother's side from noted artist Benjamin West PRA (American, 1738-1820). It is known that West was greatly interested in the discipline of colour theoryDr Alexandra Loske has kindly provided the following comments for inclusion in this catalogue:'This is a very exciting book to appear in a public auction. It may be a short work, but it is one the most influential and beautiful books in Western colour history. The entomologist Moses Harris was the first to introduce detailed colour wheels in English literature on colour, in the late 18th century. This splendid second edition, published posthumously in 1811, is evidence of the increasing interest in colour in the 19th century, and in Enlightenment sources. Only a year earlier the German polymath Johann Wolfgang von Goethe had published his substantial Zur Farbenlehre (On the Doctrine of Colours), and shortly after the British "Colourman" George Field wrote his first of many books on colour theory. Fewer than ten copies of the first and second editions of Harris's book are recorded. I have inspected almost all of them, and the quality of the hand-coloured plates in this copy is outstanding.'Dr Alexandra Loske, colour historian and author of Colour: A Visual History (2019), University of Sussex and Royal Pavilion & Brighton Museums

Wooster, David. Alpine Plants, first & second series (two volumes), second edition, London: George Bell & Sons, 1874, publisher's blue embossed buckram lettered in gilt, illustrated with numerous chromolithographic plates. Together with A New British Flora: British Wild Flowers In Their Natural Haunts, in six volumes, London: Gresham Publishing Company, 1919, publisher's gilt blue cloth. Contents generally good, clean, bright, occasional light marks and wear; bindings generally solid with bumps and wear in places (8)

Rowling, J. K. Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets, first edition, first issue, London: Bloomsbury, 1998, hardback, publisher's pictorial boards complete with dust-jacket, print line reads '10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1'. Contents very good, clean, bright; binding tight and solid; covers clean and vibrant; dust-jacket very good and vibrant; very faint knocks to edges of dust-jacket. An excellent copy. The second novel in the Harry Potter series

Morris, Rev. F. O. A History of British Butterflies, first edition, London: Groombridge & Sons, 1857. Octavo, contemporary half crushed morocco lettered in gilt, all page edges gilt, marbled endpapers, illustrated with 71 hand-coloured lithographic plates, plus two uncoloured lithographic plates, bearing bookplates for Thomas W. Daltry and The Daltry Library, plus various pasted ephemera relating to the North Staffordshire Field Club. Plates generally well-preserved and vibrant; intermittent foxing throughout (mostly confined to text pages); binding tight and solid with slight wear to extremities

Rackham, Arthur (Illus.). The Legend of Sleepy Hollow, by Washington Irving, first edition thus, London: Harrap, 1928. Quarto, publisher's gilt green cloth, top edge gilt, eight colour plates and 30 black & white illustrations within the text. Contents good and bright with spotting to opening leaves and outer page edges; Ex Libris bookplate obscuring owner inscription on front free endpaper; binding good, tight, solid, light wear to cloth at extremities

Bacon, Francis. The Essayes or Counsels, Civill and Morall, first complete edition, first issue, London: Printed by John Haviland for Hanna Barret and Richard Whitaker, 1625. Small quarto, contemporary calf boards, rebacked. Text complete in 340 pages, plus opening blank leaf, title page, and Epistle Dedicatorie to Duke of Buckingham; lacking The Table (two leaves). Owner inscription on title page, 'John Cranch, 1796'; heavily inscribed to opening endpapers, blank leaf and verso of title, 'Elogies on the illustrious author'; occasional marginalia throughout; the second leaf of Dedication with trimmed margins and pasted copper-engraved portrait of the author. Pale dampstaining to pages; old tape hinging title to blank leaf; loosely inserted auction/catalogue clipping

Rutherforth, Thomas. A System of Natural Philosophy, first edition, Vol.II only, Cambridge: J. Bentham, 1748, illustrated with engraved scientific plates and folding world map, full contemporary panelled calf, lower board detached. Scarce. Astronomy Interest

Johnson, John. Typographia or the Printers' Instructor, first edition, in two volumes, London: Longman, 1824. Contemporary cloth with recent paper title labels. Contents generally good, clean, bright, occasional light spots/marks; cloth with wear, splitting to joints, corners bumped (2)

Collection of three signed books, comprising: 1. Rosen, Michael. Michael Rosen's Sad Book, illustrated by Quentin Blake, first edition, hardback, London: Walker Books Ltd., 2004, signed by the author in bold blue ink on title page. Contents very good, clean, bright; covers good and bright with several bumps to edges of boards/spine. 2. Awdry, Rev W. Small Railway Engines, first edition, London: Kaye & Ward Limited, 1967, signed by the author in blue ink on title page. No. 22 in the Railway Series. Publisher's brown cloth, lacking dust-jacket; internally good, clean, bright. 3. Briggs, Raymond. Ethel & Ernest, hardback, London: Jonathan Cape, 1999, signed by the author in blue ink on title page. Contents very good, clean, bright; binding very good (3)

J. K. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows, first edition, hardback, signed by the author in black ink on title page ('To Joely, J K Rowling', with hologram sticker), London: Bloomsbury, 2007. Contents very good, clean, bright; small pale mark on title page and again opposite with faint wear to gutter; one very small ink mark to lower edge of text block; binding tight and solid, boards very good and bright; vibrant well-preserved dust-jacket with light bumping at edges and a couple of very faint marks. The seventh and final novel of the Harry Potter series

Rowling, J. K. Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone, first edition, first issue [one of only 500], London: Bloomsbury, 1997, hardback, publisher's laminated pictorial boards, print line on copyright page reads '10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1'; '1 wand' appears twice on p.53; 'Philosopher's' is misspelled 'Philospher's' to rear cover; 'Wizardry and Witchcraft' [rather than 'Witchcraft and Wizardry'] to rear cover. Contents very good, clean, bright; usual light toning to page edges; a small scuff to fore-edge just lightly chipping into the extreme edges of paper; binding very well-preserved, tight, solid, laminate entirely present, boards and spine bold and vibrant; the very faintest of wear to extreme corners; incredibly light bumping to headcaps; incredibly faint rubbing and tiny marks to laminate. The author's debut novel and first in the Harry Potter series. Very scarce. Only 500 copies were printed of this true first issue hardback, and 300 of those were sent to schools and libraries - this being one of the more desirable 200

Fawcett, Douglas. The Zermatt Dialogues: Constituting the Outlines of a Philosophy of Mysticism Mainly on Problems of Cosmic Import, first edition, London: Macmillan, 1931. Presentation copy signed by the author on front free endpaper. Octavo, gilt blue cloth, dust-jacket. Contents good, clean, bright; some toning/marks to outer edges of text-block and endpapers; binding tight and solid; some wear/loss to dust-jacket

Milne, A. A. The Christopher Robin Verses, first edition, London: Methuen, 1932. Octavo, publisher's gilt blue cloth, 12 colour plates plus further black & white illustrations within the text. Contents generally good with occasional spots, toning to endpapers, owner inscription on ffep; binding tight and solid with a couple of marks and a bump to rear corner; lacking dust-jacket. Together with Fifty Caricatures, by Max Beerbohm, London: Heinemann, 1913, publisher's gilt green cloth, and The Beach, by Alex Garland, uncorrected proof copy, London: Viking, 1996 (3)

Rowling, J. K. Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone, first edition, first issue [one of only 500], London: Bloomsbury, 1997, hardback, publisher's pictorial boards, print line on copyright page reads '10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1'; '1 wand' appears twice on p.53; 'Philosopher's' is misspelled 'Philospher's' to rear cover; 'Wizardry and Witchcraft' [rather than 'Witchcraft and Wizardry'] to rear cover. Contents very good, clean, bright; usual very light toning to page edges; a few pages with tiny nicks to extreme edges and light fold-lines to a few corners; a couple of very faint marks in places; a very faint diagonal crease and light cockling to opening leaves; binding badly worn with splitting/loss to joints/edges/corners; only remnants of publisher's laminate present at extreme inner edges of boards; a sticker across base of spine, with a small patch of loss to pictorial boards at either side (upper and lower board). The author's debut novel and first in the Harry Potter series. Very scarce. One of only 500 copies, 300 of which were sent to libraries and schoolsProvenance: Purchased by the vendor 15 years ago at a table-top sale. Bearing Edinburgh City Libraries label and barcode to front free endpaper, stamped 'WITHDRAWN', with a long list of date stamps ranging from 15 December 1997 to 12 October 1999. Edinburgh City Libraries stamp and pencil details on copyright pageEdinburgh has long been regarded by many as "the home of Harry Potter"

Rowling, J. K. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows, first edition, hardback, signed by the author in black ink on title page ('To Hazel, J K Rowling', with hologram sticker), London: Bloomsbury, 2007. Together with provenance: original admittance card/ticket for the signing event at Natural History Museum, 20 July 2007; unused activities sheet from the event; three deflated/unused balloons from the event; three unused stickers; 'Moonlight Signing' ticket with handwritten number; original orange paper gift bag from the event; original poster; red HB pencil, plus three cinema tickets for Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix (12/07/2007) and an advertisement for Deathly Hallows audiobook. Book contents very good, clean, bright; binding tight and solid with vibrant well-preserved dust-jacket (unread); a few light bumps to boards beneath dust-jacket; ephemera in excellent condition. The seventh and final novel of the Harry Potter series

Willoughby-Meade, G. Chinese Ghouls and Goblins, first UK edition, London: Constable, 1928. Octavo, publisher's cloth lettered in gilt. Contents generally good, clean, bright, some very pale spotting to opening leaves; binding with bumping to headcaps, splitting to cloth at joints, creasing to spine

Rowling, J. K. The Harry Potter Gift Set: Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone, first edition, fifth impression ("10 9 8 7 6 5"), hardback, London: Bloomsbury, 1997; Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets, first edition, tenth impression ("10"), hardback, London: Bloomsbury, 1998. Complete with slipcase depicting each cover (one on each side). Contents generally good and bright with some pale spotting to opening leaves of each volume; bindings tight and solid, boards well-preserved if a little dusty; dust-jackets with a couple of short tears, dirt to spines, a couple of light creases; slipcase well-preserved but dust/dirt along top edge

Rowling, J. K. Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone, first edition, first issue [one of only 500], London: Bloomsbury, 1997, hardback, publisher's pictorial boards, print line on copyright page reads '10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1'; '1 wand' appears twice on p.53; 'Philosopher's' is misspelled 'Philospher's' to rear cover; 'Wizardry and Witchcraft' [rather than 'Witchcraft and Wizardry'] to rear cover. Contents with usual light toning to page edges, pale spots and occasional marks; worm damage through corner of pages throughout; lacking front free endpaper and half-title (presumably a library copy at some point, but with no reference to this); binding badly worn, lacking laminate, loss to spine/edges/corners/headcaps; spine crudely reinforced with tape. As found. Very scarce. Only 500 copies were printed of this true first issue hardback, and 300 of those were sent to schools and libraries

[SOCIETY OF FRIENDS PHILADELPHIA YEARLY MEETING]: A COLLECTION OF MEMORIALS CONCERNING DIVERS DECEASED MINISTERS AND OTHERS OF THE PEOPLE CALLED QUAKERS IN PENNSYLVANIA, NEW JERSEY AND PARTS ADJACENT FROM NEARLY THE FIRST SETTLEMENT THEREOF TO THE YEAR 1787 WITH SOME OF THE LAST EXPRESSIONS AND EXHORTATIONS OF MANY OF THEM, Philadelphia printed, London reprinted and sold by J Phillips, 1788, 1st English edition, old calf worn, lacks blanks

SIMON TAYLOR: JOHN GEORGE AND THE HWMS, THE FIRST RACING TEAM TO FLY THE FLAG FOR BRITAIN, Sherborne, Evero Publishing, 2019, 1st edition, 2 vols, both signed, original cloth, d/ws, slip-case (2)

EUGENE FIELD: LULLABY-LAND, SONGS OF CHILDHOOD, ed Kenneth Grahame, ill Charles Robinson, London, John Lane, New York, Charles Scribner's Sons [1898], 1st edition, inscription on half title, original pictorial cloth gilt + FRANCES HODGSON BURNETT: THE ONE I KNEW THE BEST OF ALL, ill Reginald B Birch, New York, Charles Scribner's Sons, 1893, 1st edition, illustrations collated complete, lacks half title, pencil inscription on half title, original pictorial cloth v worn, lacking part of spine + ALEXANDER DUMAS AND OTHERS: THE GOLDEN FAIRY BOOK, ill H R Millar, New York, D Appleton & Co, 1894, 1st edition, inscription on first blank, original cloth gilt + L J BRIDGMAN: GUESS, New York, Dodge Publishing Co, 1901, inscription on ffep, 4to, original cloth backed pictorial boards worn (4)

JULIAN STAFFORD CORBETT & HERBERT WILLIAM RICHMOND (EDS): PRIVATE PAPERS OF GEORGE SECOND EARL SPENCER, FIRST LORD OF THE ADMIRALTY 1794-1801, [London] for the Navy Records Society, 1913-24, 1st edition, 4 vols, original two-tone cloth gilt + WILLIAM GORDON PERRIN & CHRISTOPHER LLOYD (EDS): THE KEITH PAPERS, [London] for the Navy Records Society, 1927-60, 1st edition, 5 vols, vol 1 signed and inscribed by Warren Royal Dawson to C J Britton, original two-tone cloth gilt, (7)

GEORGE FOX: COMPASSION TO THE CAPTIVES WHEREIN IS SHEWN UNTO THEM THE WAY OF GOD WHICH IS BUT ONE, WHICH IS NOT KNOWN IN THE MANY SECTS AND OPINIONS THAT ARE IN THE DARK WORLD BUT IN THE LIGHT WHICH COMES FROM CHRIST WHICH CONDEMNS THE WORLD WITH ITS DEEDS SO THEY THAT LIVE IN THE MANY SECTS AND OPINIONS THEIR WAYS SEEN AND DENIED BY THE CHILDREN OF LIGHT WHO DWELL IN HIM WHO IS THE WAY, THE TRUTH AND THE LIFE..., London, printed for Robert Wilson, 1662, 1st edition, lacks first leaf of index bound in before title, otherwise complete, collates [4] 3-279 lacks blanks, contemporary calf worn, scarce

JOHN RUSKIN: 2 titles: THE ART OF ENGLAND, LECTURES GIVEN IN OXFORD, Orpington, Kent, George Allen, 1884, 4to, contemporary half calf worn; THE STORM CLOUD OF THE NINETEENTH CENTURY TWO LECTURES DELIVERED AT THE LONDON INSTITUTION, Orpington, Kent, George Allen, 1884, 1st edition, 4to, contemporary half calf worn, uniform with first work (2)

ERIC GILL: 4 titles: DRAWINGS FROM LIFE, London, Hague & Gill, 1940, 1st edition, original cloth, d/w; FIRST NUDES, London, Neville Spearman, 1954, 1st trade edition, original cloth; 25 NUDES, London, Cassell, 1988, 3rd edition, original cloth, d/w; THE ENGRAVINGS, ed Christopher Skelton, London, Herbert Press, 1990, 1st trade edition, book plate of Derek Cottam, 4to, original blind stamped cloth, d/w + DAVID PEACE: ERIC GILL, THE INSCRIPTIONS, A DESCRIPTIVE CATALOGUE, London, Herbert Press, 1994, 1st edition, original cloth, d/w + ANTHONY HOYLAND: ERIC GILL NUPTIALS OF GOD, Maidstone, Crescent Moon, 2008, 2nd edition, original pictorial wraps, all titles vgc and from the collection of Derek Cottam (6)

JOHN GOUGH: A HISTORY OF THE PEOPLE CALLED QUAKERS FROM THEIR FIRST RISE TO THE PRESENT TIME..., Dublin, printed for Robert Jackson, 1789-90, 1st edition, 4 vols, old calf worn, vol 3 calf darkened, lacks ffep and some soiling at front, vols 1-3 ex-Malton Friends Library, vol 4 Friends Meeting House library label on top board (4)

GEORGE FOX: A JOURNAL OR HISTORICAL ACCOUNT OF THE LIFE TRAVELS SUFFERINGS CHRISTIAN EXPERIENCE AND LABOUR OF LOVE IN THE WORK OF THE MINISTRY OF THAT ANCIENT EMINENT AND FAITHFUL SERVANT OF CHRIST, GEORGE FOX..., London for Thomas Northcott, 1694, 1st edition, lacks all before page 5, pages 5-10 detached, pages 5-8 damaged with some losses, first 2 leaves of "The First Table" only, large 4to, old quarter calf worn (a/f)

EXTRACTS FROM THE MINUTES AND ADVICES OF THE YEARLY MEETING OF FRIENDS HELD IN LONDON FROM ITS FIRST INSTITUTION, London, W Phillips, 1802, 2nd edition, 4to, old half calf v worn, top board near detached + [ELIZABETH DUDLEY] [ED]: THE LIFE OF MARY DUDLEY INCLUDING AN ACCOUNT OF HER RELIGIOUS ENGAGEMENTS AND EXTRACTS FROM HER LETTERS WITH AN APPENDIX CONTAINING SOME ACCOUNT OF THE ILLNESS AND DEATH OF HER DAUGHTER HANNAH DUDLEY, London, printed for the editor, 1825, 1st edition, contemporary drab boards, lacks backstrip, top board ffep and title page detached + JOHN KENDALL: MEMOIRS OF THE LIFE AND RELIGIOUS EXPERIENCE OF JOHN KENDALL TO WHICH ARE ADDED LETTERS WRITTEN ON VARIOUS OCCASIONS TO HIS FRIENDS AND ACQUAINTANCE AND OTHER PIECES, London, William Phillips, 1815, 12mo, old calf ex-Lothersdale Skipton Friends library + DAVID FERRIS: MEMOIRS OF THE LIFE OF DAVID FERRERS, AN APPROVED MINISTER IN THE SOCIETY OF FRIENDS LATE OF WILMINGTON IN THE STATE OF DELAWARE, Philadelphia printed York re-printed and sold by W Alexander & Son, 1825, 1st edition, 2pp adverts at end, 12mo, contemporary drab boards, v worn, top board and a few early leaves detached (4)

A COLLECTION OF ACTS OF PARLIAMENT AND CLAUSES OF ACTS OF PARLIAMENT RELATING TO THOSE PROTESTANT DISSENTERS WHO ARE USUALLY CALLED BY THE NAME OF QUAKERS FROM THE YEAR 1688, London, Luke Hinde, 1767, 1st edition, some worm damage, mainly marginal but affecting some text, 4to, old blind stamped calf worn + EXTRACTS FROM THE MINUTES AND ADVICES OF THE YEARLY MEETING OF FRIENDS HELD IN LONDON FROM ITS FIRST INSTITUTION, London, W Phillips, 1802, 2nd edition, 4to, old calf worn, top board detached (2)

ROBERT BARCLAY: AN APOLOGY FOR THE TRUE CHRISTIAN DIVINITY AS THE SAME IS HELD FORTH AND PREACHED BY THE PEOPLE CALLED IN SCORN QUAKERS BEING A FULL EXPLANATION AND VINDICATION OF THEIR PRINCIPLES AND DOCTRINES, [Aberdeen, John Forbes], 1678, 1st edition in English, a translation of "Theologiae Vere Christianae Apologia", collates [24], 412, [28], text block weak between pages 292-293 resulting in pages 293-294 with small closed tear, contemporary ownership signatures on first (detached) blank and book plate of Bishop Samuel Kirschbaum Knight (1862-1932), earlier armorial book plate of Thomas Griffith, MA on front paste down, small 4to, contemporary calf, very worn, top board hanging by a thread

SIR THOMAS BYAM MARTIN: LETTERS AND PAPERS OF, ed Sir Richard Vesey Hamilton, 1903, 1898, 1901, 1st editions, 3 vols, original two-tone cloth gilt + JOHN JERVIS, VISCOUNT ST VINCENT: LETTERS OF ADMIRAL OF THE FLEET THE EARL OF ST VINCENT WHILST THE FIRST LORD OF THE ADMIRALTY 1801-1804, ed David Bonner Smith, 1922-27, 2 vols, original two-tone cloth gilt + HAROLD COOKE GUTTERIDGE: NELSON AND THE NEAPOLITAN JACOBINS, 1903, 1st edition, original two-tone cloth gilt + HORATIO NELSON, VISCOUNT NELSON: NELSON'S LETTERS TO HIS WIFE AND OTHER DOCUMENTS 1785-1831, ed George Prideaux Brabant Naish, 1958, 1st edition, original two-tone cloth gilt + CUTHBERT COLLINGWOOD, BARON COLLINGWOOD: THE PRIVATE CORRESPONDENCE OF, ed Edward Hughes, 1957, 1st edition, original two-tone cloth gilt, all vols published for The Navy Records Society (8)

EDWARD MILLIGEN BELOE: OUR BOROUGH, OUR CHURCHES (KINGS LYNN, NORFOLK) WITH AN AFTER-WORK THE ART OF THE RENAISSANCE IN KINGS LYNN, Cambridge, MacMilland & Bowes, 1899, 1st edition, frontis detached, 4to, original cloth gilt, top edges gilt + WALTER RYE: A LIST OF COAT ARMOUR USED IN NORFOLK BEFORE THE DATE OF THE FIRST HERALDS VISITATION OF 1563, Norwich, Roberts & Co, 1917 (25) (21) numbered (7) and signed, 4to, original printed boards worn (2)

Books - Farjeon, Eleanor, Martin Pippin in the Apple-Orchard, first edition 1921, W. Collins Sons & Co Ltd, dedicated and signed Easter 1960 by Farjeon, with typed letter of a previous book owner reminiscing about Farjeon, with newspaper clipping Condition: Wear to spine and front and back cover, some pages having stains, would advise viewing in person prior to bidding or telephone department for further information - **General condition consistent with age

Books - Fleming, Ian - Three first edition James Bond novels comprising; The Man with the Golden Gun (1965), You Only Live Twice (no dust jacket) (1964), For Your Eyes Only (no dust jacket) (1960) and later edition, together with Adventure No.1 and 2 of Chitty Chitty Bang Bang, The Magical Car (1964) 80 Condition: Some wear to the covers and spines of the Chitty Chitty Bang Bang editions, staining to some of the pages of some of the other editions with general wear. The Man with the Golden Gun having some wear to the corners of the dust jacket **General condition consistent with age

Curwen Press. Collection comprising: Adam 300, 1966, pictorial cloth covers and dust-jacket by Jean Cocteau; Willobie His Avisa, 1926, pictorial cloth; How to Write a Village History, 1930, paper boards; The Child, by Rabindranath Tagore, 1931, paper boards with matching dust-jacket; Bibliographical Catalogue of the First Loan Exhibition, 1922 (two copies), limited edition of 500, paper boards (6)

Crompton, Richmal. William's Treasure Trove, first edition, London: George Newnes Limited, 1962. Signed by the author on front free endpaper, 'All good wishes, Richmal Crompton'. Octavo, gilt green cloth, lacking dust-jacket. Good, clean, bright

Rackham, Arthur (Illus.). Rip Van Winkle, by Washington Irving, first edition thus, London: Heinemann, 1905. Quarto, publisher's gilt green cloth, 50 tipped-in colour plates with captioned tissue guards, plus frontispiece. Plates generally well-preserved and bright, a couple of the tissue-guards with spotting/wear; text pages with foxing throughout; boards bumped, cloth with wear to extremities

Fleming, Ian. Thunderball, first edition, London: Jonathan Cape, 1961. Octavo, publisher's dark brown cloth lettered in gilt to spine with blind-embossed skeletal hand on upper board, unclipped dust-jacket. Contents very good, clean, bright; some light discolouration to outer edges of text-block; neat contemporary owner inscription on front free endpaper; a couple of very small, light marks on endpapers; binding very good, lightly bumped to corners; dust-jacket with splitting and short tears

Rossetti, Dante Gabriel. Hand and Soul, limited edition numbered 66 of 125 (110 issued for sale), Hilversum: Printed by S. H. de Roos at De Heuvelpers, 1929. Octavo, full vellum lettered in gilt, patterned endpapers (matching slipcase), title in red ink, first capital hand-coloured blue and red. Contents generally very good, a few light spots and marks; binding well-preserved. Complete with slipcase

Rackham, Arthur (Illus.). Alice's Adventures in Wonderland, by Lewis Carroll, first edition thus, London: Heinemann, [1907]. Octavo, publisher's gilt green cloth, 12 colour plates (all but one with captioned tissue-guards) plus further black & white illustrations within the text, publisher's advertisement for Rip Van Winkle at front, advertisement for The Children & The Pictures at rear, poem by Austin Dobson. Contents with occasional marks, spots, erased pencil; gift inscription for Christmas 1907 on verso of front free endpaper, later owner inscription (neat and small) on ffep; binding with discolouration to spine, wear and loss to cloth at headcaps/corners

Rowling, J. K. Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban, first edition, London: Bloomsbury, 1999, hardback, publisher's pictorial boards complete with dust-jacket, print line reads '10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1', no dropped line of text error on p.7. Contents very good, clean, bright; binding tight and solid; covers clean and vibrant; dust-jacket very good and vibrant. An excellent copy. The third novel in the Harry Potter series

λ Caroline Wallace (British), Lord Gyllene, 1999An impressive patinated bronze model of a race horse, portrayed standing, with a dog and cat resting by its feet; the rectangular plinth initialled and dated CW 99 to the maquette, and with central presentation inscription for the horse's owner STANLEY W. CLARKE ESQ. CBE and Mrs CLARKE, the horse life-sized, the base 300cm wide, 102cm deepProvenance: The Animal Health Trust, previously displayed at the National Horseracing MuseumCommissioned from the artist for the Animal Health Trust by Sir Stanley Clarke CBE, owner of Lord Gyllene. Sir Stanley commissioned two sculptures, one of which is presented here. The other stands in his own garden in Staffordshire.Lord Gyllene was a New Zealand-bred racehorse and winner of the 1997 Grand National at Aintree. The 1997 edition of the Grand National is perhaps best-remembered for being the first delayed instalment in the race's history, having been postponed for two days to a Monday due to suspected bomb threats at the racecourse. Caroline Wallace is regarded as one of the nation's foremost equine and sporting sculptors. Her previous commissions include Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth the Queen Mother's racehorse 'Special Cargo' for Sandown Park racecourse and 'Double Trigger' for Doncaster racecourse. She has exhibited across the UK and internationally, and a number of her works are said to be in the collection of Her Majesty the Queen. Condition Report: Please note a condition report is not currently available for this lot.Condition Report Disclaimer

Letters from Iceland, by W H Auden and Louis MacNeice, first edition published by Faber & Faber, 1937, together with Selected Poems by Louis MacNeice, published by Faber & Faber, 1953 edition, and The Collected Poems of C Day Lewis, published by Jonathan Cape & The Hogarth Press, 1954

Bitter Lemons by Lawrence Durrell, 1962, first edition, published by Faber & Faber

Siegfried's Journey, by Siegfried Sassoon, published by Faber & Faber, 1945 first edition, together with Meredith, by Siegfried Sassoon, published by Constable & Co, 1948 first edition, The Testament of Beauty, by Robert Bridges, published by the Clarendon Press, 1945 edition, The Ballard of Reading Gaol, by Oscar Wilde, 1899 edition, and Democracy & The Arts, by Rupert Brooke, published by Rupert Hart-Davis, 1946 first edition

A.A Milne, 'The House at Pooh Corner', first edition 1928, together with 'Winnie the Pooh', fourth edition; 'Now we are Six' and 'When We Were Very Young' (4)

A box of books and ordnance survey maps to include a first edition 'Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix'