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Click here to subscribeBoxing.- Miles (Henry Downes) Pugilistica: The History of British Boxing, 3 vol., first edition, half-titles, frontispieces, plates and illustrations, occasional spotting, cracked hinges (vol. 3 only), partially unopened, original decorative cloth, slight bumping to spine extremities, 8vo, Edinburgh, 1906.
Cricket.- [Wanostrocht (Nicholas)] Felix on the Bat, third edition, 7 hand-coloured lithographd plates, wood-engraved illustrations, some very light soiling or browning, original pictorial cloth, gilt, a little rubbed and damp-stained, [Padwick 397], 1845; and 3 others, sporting, v.s. (4)⁂ The first cricket book to be illustrated with hand-coloured lithographs. The frontispiece depicts the author flying over a cricket pitch on a giant bat.
NO RESERVE Agriculture.- Maxwell (Robert) The Practical Husbandman: Being a Collection of Miscellaneous Papers on Husbandry, &c., first edition, author's authentication signature on verso of title, engraved folding plate, 2ff. index, 1f. with plate key, Dalhousie armorial bookplate, a little browning to endpapers, later half calf, a little rubbed, spine gilt in compartments, red morocco title label, [Fussell II, pp.20-21], Edinburgh, by C.Wright and Company, for the author, 8vo, 1757.
Birds.- Sitwell (Sacheverell), Handasyde Buchanan and James Fisher, Fine Bird Books 1700-1900, first edition, signed limited edition number 185 of 295, frontispiece and 15 colour plates, 1 folding, tissue-guards, full-page illustrations, faint spotting to frontispiece and endpapers, original half morocco, lightly faded spine, slipcase, a little rubbed and worn, folio, 1953.
NO RESERVE Birds.- Yarrell (William) A History of British Birds, 3 vol., first edition, with Supplements with divisional titles bound-in, half-titles, wood-engraved illustrations, spotting to peripheral ff., contemporary full green morocco, spine and dentelles richly gilt, g.e., a little worn along edges and at spine foot, spine faded, 8vo, 1843.Provenance: Madelaine Jay (bookplates)
NO RESERVE Darwin (Erasmus) The Botanic Garden. A Poem in Two Parts, 2 parts in 1, third edition of Part II, with general title to both parts, engraved frontispieces and 18 plates including 5 by William Blake (one after Fuseli and 4 of the Portland Vase) and several botanical, 2 hand-coloured, 3 folding, vol.2 with half-title, directions to binder/errata leaf at end of each part, contemporary ink signature to head of titles, frontispieces offset onto titles, occasional spotting but generally clean, contemporary calf, worn and defective, endpapers damp-stained, J.Johnson, 1791; and a damp-stained first edition of Darwin's Phytologia, 4to; sold not subject to return (2)
NO RESERVE [Hey (Rebecca)] The Moral of Flowers, first edition, half-title, hand-coloured engraved frontispiece and 23 plates, tissue guards, errata slip bound-in, a very little spotting, most to endpapers, contents separating a little, upper hinge splitting, contemporary green half morocco, t.e.g., others uncut, spine gilt, a little worn, board margins faded, 8vo, 1833.Provenance: Earl of Kenmare and Madelaine Jay (bookplates)
Astronomy.- Postel (Guillaume) De Universitate libri duo: in quibus Astronomiae, Doctrinaeve Coelestis Compendium, third edition, two titles at start, the first in red and black and with woodcut printer's device, full-page engraved portrait of the author, contemporary red morocco, gilt, spine in compartments richly so, lower cover upper half faded, g.e., 16mo, Leiden, Joannis Maire, 1635.
NO RESERVE Customs & Tariffs.- Edgar (William) Vectigalium Systema: Or, A Complete View of that Part of the Revenue of Great Britain, commonly called Customs..., first edition, large folding double-sided table, all ff. within single- or double-lined woodcut border, woodcut initial, a very little occasional faint spotting, contemporary full navy blue morocco, g.e., spine gilt in compartments, boards attractively ruled and tooled, a little rubbed at spine ends and fore corners, a few scuffs elsewhere, [Goldsmiths', 5143; Hanson, 2042], by John Baskett, 8vo, 1714.
Mathematics.- Euclid. Elementos Geometricos de Euclides...Con Algunos Selectos Teoremas de Archimedes, Spanish translation and notes by Jakob Kresa, 7 folding engraved plates (laid down), woodcut initials and head-pieces, occasional ink notes in a contemporary hand to margins, occasional light damp-staining or marginal staining, final gathering and plates working loose, Clongowes Wood College ink stamp to title, contemporary limp vellum, ties partly defective, 4to, Brussels, Francisco Foppens, 1689.⁂ First Kresa edition of books 1-6, 11, and 12 of the Elements.
NO RESERVE South African Imprint.- Childe (Rev. George Frederick) Investigations in the Theory of Reflected Ray Surfaces..., first edition, author's presentation copy, 3 engraved plates, 2 double-page, most ff. unopened, some spotting to peripheral ff., affecting margins of plates, contents separating a little, hinges splitting, original boards, a little worn, staining, 8vo, Cape Town, J.C. Juta, 1857.
NO RESERVE Europe.- Mills (Charles) The Travels of Theodore Ducas in various countries in Europe, 2 vol., first edition, half-titles, contemporary dark blue calf, gilt, roan labels chipped, 1822 § Raumer (Frédéric) L'Angleterre en 1835. Lettres écrites a ses amis en Allemagne, 2 vol., first edition in French, half-titles, foxing bookplates of Comte Frédéric de Pourtales and Camille Aboussouan, contemporary red calf-backed boards, spines gilt, Paris, 1836, both slightly rubbed, 8vo (4)⁂ The first is an account of an imaginary journey; the second is by the historian von Raumer who was interested in industry and statistics and visited many of the cities of the industrial North of England. He also met Babbage and was shown his calculating machine.
FitzGerald (Edward).- Petit (Rev. Jean Louis) Remarks on Church Architecture, 2 vol., first edition, frontispieces, plates and illustrations, 3 original ink sketches by FitzGerald tipped-in, marginal pencil annotations, spotting, bookplate, previous owner's inscription tipped-in, contemporary morocco backed boards, upper covers detached, vol. 1 lacking spine foot, rubbed and worn, 8vo, John Petheram, [1841].⁂ Bookplate of Edward FitzGerald, translator of the Rubáiyát of Omar Khayyám. His bookplate was designed by W. M. Thackeray. FitzGerald gave the books to the painter and etcher Edwin Edwards in 1872, whose widow then gave them to Herbert Thompson in 1903.
NO RESERVE Herculaneum.- Piroli (Tommaso) Le Antichita di Ercolano, vol.1-6 & 8 only (of 9) bound in 2 vol. (vol.1-6 in 1 vol.), 7 engraved titles and c.400 sheets of plates (many with multiple images), 3 folding, no text, some light spotting or soiling, water-staining towards end of vol.6, contemporary half sheep, worn, upper covers detached, Augsburg, [c.1780] § Furietti (J.A.) De musivis, first edition, half-title, title in red & black with engraved vignette, 5 engraved plates only (of 6, lacking doves mosaic), 3 folding ,foxed, contemporary boards, uncut, rubbed, spine torn, Rome, J.M.Salvioni, 1752, folio & 4to; sold not subject to return
Adams (Ansel) My Camera in the National Parks, first edition, signed by author on blank, plates, one or two spots to text, original wrappers, detached, rubbed and worn, original spiral binding, Boston, 1950; My Camera in Yosemite Valley, first edition author's dedication and signature to blank, plates, original wrappers, spiral binding, upper cover detached, rubbed and worn, small loss to extremities, Boston, 1949 § Porter (Eliot) Intimate Landscapes, plates, original cloth, New York, 1979; The Place No One Knew: Glen Canyon on the Colorado, colour plates, original cloth, dust-jacket, a little rubbed, slight chipping to corners and extremities, 1966 § Cahn (Robert) & Robert Glenn Ketchum, American Photographs and the National Parks, first edition, signed by Ketchum, plates and illustrations, original cloth, slipcase, a little rubbed, New York, 1981; and others, photography, folio & 4to (c.33)
Rowlandson (Thomas).- "Quizem (Caleb)" Annals of Sporting..., first edition, hand-coloured folding frontispiece, title vignette, and 27 plates by Rowlandson after Woodward or Bunbury, soiling, offsetting, original printed boards, rebacked, edges uncut, rubbed and bumped, [Schwerdt II p.119], 12mo, by Thomas Tegg, 1809.
Muret (Marc Antoine) Variarum Lectionum libri octo, first edition, woodcut printer's device to title. Bb4 blank, errata f. at end, occasional light staining or spotting, new endpapers, 17th century calf, rebacked, stained and marked [Adams M1966], small 4to, Venice, Giordano Ziletti, 1559.⁂ Provenance: Guillaume Fournier (d.1584), Rector of the University of Orléans (ink inscription to title); 'Hodgson [Rooms] Nov. 19, 1915' (pencil inscription to front endpaper); The Hartland LIbrary, 1936 (large bookplate to front pastedown).
Fortification.- Lanteri (Giacomo) G.B. Zanchi & A.Lucini. Delle Offese et Diffese delle Citta, et Fortezze...con due discorsi d'Architettura Militare..., edited by Tomaso Baglioni, woodcut device on title, woodcut initials, decorations, diagrams and illustrations, some full- or double-page, 3 folding, contemporary ink signature of Raphael Gualterius on title and preliminary leaf, some browning and light water-staining, contemporary limp vellum, spine titled in manuscript and with old paper shelf label, lacking ties, rubbed and browned, slight worming, 4to, Venice, Roberto Meietti, 1601.⁂ First collected edition of three early works on fortification and the siege of fortresses, originally published in 1557, 1554 & 1582 respectively.
Linguistics.- Schindler (Valentin) Lexicon Pentaglotton, Hebraicum, Chaldaicum, Syriacum, Talmudico-Rabbinicum, & Arabicum, first edition, double-column, woodcut ornaments, a little browned, handsome early English 19th century calf, gilt, spine gilt with black roan label, a little rubbed at edges, slight worming to edge of upper board, folio, Hanau, J.J.Hennei, 1612 § Parsons (James) Remains of Japhet: being Historical Enquiries into...European Languages, first edition, list of subscribers, 2 folding engraved plates, folding letterpress table, old ink inscription of V.Lanjuinais dated 1827 to title, with his father's bookplate and several ink annotations and underlinings to preface, contemporary mottled calf, spine gilt with red roan label, rubbed, slight worming, spine worn at foot, [Alston III. 836; Sabin 58886], for the Author, 1767, folio & 4to (2)⁂ The first is an important polyglot lexicon of Semitic languages by the professor of oriental languages at Wittenberg and later Helmstadt. The second is an early work on comparative Indo-European linguistics by the physician and antiquary James Parsons who had taught himself old Welsh and old Irish.Comte de Lanjuinais (1753-1827), politician, jurist and student of oriental religions.
Bernard of Clairvaux (Saint) Opera omnia, 6 vol. in 2, half-title with engraved full-page portrait verso, first and fourth titles in red and black, all title with engraved ship device, half title strengthened at head and foot recto, some spotting or staining, lightly browned, contemporary calf, sympathetically rebacked, edges repaired, covers rubbed and scuffed, Paris, [Compagnie du Grande Navire], 1645 § Zornius (Petrus) Historia Eucharistiae infantium, ex antiquitatibus ecclesiarum tum Occidentalium tum Orientalium, first edition, engraved plate and title vignette, soem spotting, lightly browned, contemporary vellum, Berlin, J.P.Schmid, 1736 § Ignatius of Antioch (Saint) Epistolæ Genuinæ, Juxta Exemplar Medicéum ..., edited by John Pearson and Thomas Smith, 2 parts bound in 1, engraved title vignette, ink signature to title, occasional ink marginal notes, small tear (D4), additional copy of D4 misbound, bookplate, contemporary calf, rebacked, rubbed and worn, Oxford, E. Theatro Sheldoniano, 1709. and 8 others, 19th century Religion, folio et infra (12)
Forgery.- Peringskiold (Johan) Historia Hialmari regis Biarmlandiae atque Thulemarkiae, ex fragmento Ruinici MS.ti literis recentioribus descripta, first edition, text in Swedish and Latin with woodcut runes and some printing in red, lightly browned, paper flaw tear to K1 but no loss, old inscription of Victor von Stedingk on front pastedown and old Swedish bookseller's slip on rear (suggesting this copy is from the library of King Carl XIII of Sweden), contemporary half sheep with shaped red paper printed label to upper cover, rubbed, lower corners worn, [Bibliotheca Fictiva 347], folio, [?Stockholm, Olof Enaeus], [?1701].⁂ Purporting to be a fragment of an unknown Icelandic saga discovered in 1690 but exposed by the Uppsala scholar C.G.Nordin as a forgery.
NO RESERVE Music.- [Esteve (Pierre)] L'Esprit des Beaux Arts, 2 vol., first edition, half-titles, charming engraved title vignettes of putti, errata leaf at end of vol.1, errata, privilege and 17pp. publisher's catalogue at end of vol.2, light spotting and browning, contemporary limp boards, uncut, old library labels to spines, rubbed, 8vo, Paris, C.J.Baptiste Bauche fils, 1753.⁂ Study on aesthetics and taste, with particular reference to music and harmony.
WWII Aeronautic Interest A Collection Of Limited Edition Artist Signed Framed Prints Each framed and glazed to include 'Hurricane!' by Bill Perring, number 159/850, artist signed to lower right margin, published by D'Arcy Collection 1992, 22 x 12 inches, framed size, 20 x 24 inches, certificated to verso. Along with 'Spitfire' by Bill Perring, number 159/850, artist signed to lower right margin, published by D'Arcy Collection 1992, 22 x 12 inches, framed size, 20 x 24 inches, certificated to verso - some damage to glazing at top left. Also, 'First Of Many' by Robert Taylor - unsigned, indistinct monogramme to lower right margin, published by Military Gallery, Bath, 1981, 12 x 18 inches, framed size, 20 x 24 inches. Please see accompanying image
Stamp Interest - Rare limited edition (no. 7785) Westminster collection of 'Autographed Editions' signed first day covers in pristine condition. Includes Kenneth Wolstenhulme footballer, Petr Alliss golfer, Murray Wiker racing driver, Barry Davies sports commentator, Bobby Charlton footballer, and Trevor Bayliss inventor of the clockwork radio amongst other things.
Coalport Fine Bone China Collection of Handpainted House/Cottages Five (5) in Total. Comprising:1. 'Shakespeare's Birthplace' Stratford on Avon 7" - 17.5 cm wide.2. 'The Old Curiosity Shop' 3. 'Summerhouse' 1991 Limited Edition of only 500 pieces. 4. 'Red House' 5.25" - 1320 cm high.5. 'The Fisherman's Cottage' 5" - 12.5 cm high. All pieces are first quality and in mint condition.
[ANTIQUES, ART & ARCHITECTURE] Williamson, G.C. The Book of Famille Rose, limited edition of 750, Methuen, London, 1927, navy blue cloth, dustjacket, paper-protected colour and black and white plate illustrations, quarto; Hobson, R.L. The Later Ceramic Wares of China, first edition, Scribner, New York, 1925, grey cloth, paper-protected plate illustrations, quarto; Westropp, M.S. Dudley. Irish Glass: An Account of Glass-Making in Ireland from the XVIth Century to the Present Day, Jenkins, London, no date, bevelled green buckram, quarto; Wainwright, David, & Dinn, Catherine. Henry Scott Tuke 1858-1929 Under Canvas, first edition, Sarema Press, London, 1989, boards, dustjacket, colour and black and white illustrations throughout, quarto; Weaver, Lawrence. Small Country Houses of To-Day, Second Series, Country Life, London, 1919, green cloth, black and white illustrations throughout, quarto; and Phillips, R. Randal. Small Country Houses of To-Day, Volume Three, Country Life, London, 1925, green cloth, black and white illustrations throughout, quarto, (6).
[ART]. WOOD-ENGRAVING Stone, Reynolds, intro. The Wood Engravings of Gwen Raverat, first edition, Faber & Faber, London, 1959, cloth, dustjacket, illustrations throughout, quarto; with George Mackley, Wood Engraver, first edition, Gresham Books Limited, Old Woking, 1981, cloth, dustjacket, illustrations throughout, quarto; and two other works of related interest, (4).
[CHILDRENS] Palmer, Juliette. Cockles and Shrimps, first edition, Macmillan, London, 1973, pictorial boards, dustjacket, illustrations throughout, oblong quarto; with Swan Upping, first edition, Macmillan, London, 1974, pictorial boards, dustjacket, illustrations throughout, oblong quarto; Mountain Wool, first edition, Macmillan, London, 1974, pictorial boards, dustjacket, illustrations throughout, oblong quarto; Stow Horse Fair, first edition, Macmillan, London, 1976, pictorial boards, dustjacket, illustrations throughout, oblong quarto; and Barley Sow, Barley Mow, first edition, Macmillan, London, 1978, pictorial boards, dustjacket, illustrations throughout, oblong quarto, (5).
[CHILDRENS] Oakley, Graham. The Church Mouse, first edition, Macmillan, London, 1972, pictorial boards, dustjacket, illustrations throughout, oblong quarto; with The Church Cat Abroad, first edition, Macmillan, London, 1973, pictorial boards, dustjacket, illustrations throughout, oblong quarto; The Church Mice and the Moon, first edition, Macmillan, London, 1974, pictorial boards, dustjacket, illustrations throughout, oblong quarto; The Church Mice Spread their Wings, first edition, Macmillan, London, 1975, pictorial boards, dustjacket, illustrations throughout, oblong quarto; The Church Mice Adrift, first edition, Macmillan, London, 1976, pictorial boards, dustjacket, illustrations throughout, oblong quarto; The Church Mice at Bay, first edition, Macmillan, London, 1978, pictorial boards, dustjacket, illustrations throughout, oblong quarto; and The Church Mice at Christmas, first edition, Macmillan, London, 1980, pictorial boards, dustjacket, illustrations throughout, oblong quarto, (7).
[CHILDRENS] Norton, Mary. The Borrowers Afield, first edition, Dent, London, 1955, cloth, dustjacket (torn, with losses), illustrated by Diana Stanley, octavo; with The Borrowers Afloat, first edition, Dent, London, 1959, cloth, dustjacket, illustrated by Diana Stanley, octavo; The Borrowers Aloft, first edition, Dent, London, 1961, cloth, dustjacket, illustrated by Diana Stanley, octavo; The Borrowers, fourth edition, Dent, London, 1956, cloth, dustjacket, illustrated by Diana Stanley, octavo; and Poor Stainless, new edition, Dent, London, 1971, cloth, dustjacket, illustrated by Diana Stanley, octavo, (5).
[CHILDRENS] Sharp, Margery. The Rescuers, first edition, Collins, London, 1959, boards, dustjacket, illustrations by Judith Brook, octavo; with Miss Bianca, first edition, Collins, London, 1962, boards, dustjacket, illustrations by Garth Williams, octavo; Miss Bianca in the Salt Mines, first edition, Heinemann, London, 1966, boards, dustjacket, illustrations by Garth Williams, octavo; Miss Bianca in the Orient, first edition, Heinemann, London, 1970, boards, dustjacket, illustrations by Erik Blegvad, octavo; Miss Bianca in the Antarctic, first edition, Heinemann, London, 1971, boards, dustjacket, illustrations by Erik Blegvad, octavo; Miss Bianca and the Bridesmaid, first edition, Heinemann, London, 1972, boards, dustjacket, illustrations by Erik Blegvad, octavo; Bernard the Brave, first edition, Heinemann, London, 1976, boards, dustjacket, illustrations by Faith Jaques, octavo; and Bernard into Battle, first edition, Heinemann, London, 1979, boards, dustjacket, illustrations by Leslie Morrill, octavo, (8).
[CHILDRENS] Sendak, Maurice. Higglety Pigglety Pop! Or There Must Be More To Life, first British edition, The Bodley Head, London, 1969, boards, dustjacket, illustrations by author, square octavo; with Stockton, Frank R. The Bee-Man of Orn, first British edition, Collins, London, 1967, boards, dustjacket, illustrations by Maurice Sendak, square octavo; Sendak, Maurice. The Sign on Rosie's Door, first British edition, The Bodley Head, London, 1969, boards, dustjacket, illustrations by author, octavo; Marshall, James. Swine Lake, first edition, Harper Collins, London, 1999, cloth, dustjacket, illustrations by Maurice Sendak, square octavo; and six other works illustrated by Sendak, (10).
[CHILDRENS] Buckeridge, Anthony. Trust Jennings, first edition, Collins, London, 1969, boards, dustjacket, illustrations by Mays, octavo; with The Jennings Report, first edition, Collins, London, 1970, boards, dustjacket, illustrations by Mays, octavo; Speaking of Jennings, first edition, Collins, London, 1973, boards, dustjacket, octavo; and a further thirteen Jennings titles, all reprints, all with dustjackets, (16).
[CHILDRENS] Reeves, James. Prefabulous Animiles, first edition, Heinemann, London, 1957, boards, dustjacket, illustrations by Edward Ardizzone, octavo; White, T.H. The Godstone and the Blackymor, first edition, Cape, London, 1959, boards, dustjacket, illustrations by Edward Ardizzone, octavo; Brand, Christianna. Nurse Matilda, first edition, The Brockhampton Press, Leicester, 1964, boards, dustjacket, illustrations by Edward Ardizzone, sextodecimo; Brand, Christianna. Nurse Matilda Goes to Town, first edition, The Brockhampton Press, Leicester, 1967, boards, dustjacket, illustrations by Edward Ardizzone, sextodecimo; Graves, Robert. Ann at Highwood Hall. Poems for Children, first edition, Cassell, London, 1964, boards, dustjacket, illustrations by Edward Ardizzone, square octavo; and a further ten works illustrated by Ardizzone, four of them first editions; together with two other works by / on Ardizzone, (17).
[CHILDRENS] Ardizzone, Edward. Tim All Alone, first edition, Oxford University Press, 1956, pictorial boards, dustjacket, illustrations by author, quarto; with Johnny the Clockmaker, first edition, Oxford University Press, 1960, pictorial boards, dustjacket, illustrations by author, quarto; Tim's Friend Towser, first edition, Oxford University Press, 1962, pictorial boards, dustjacket, illustrations by author, quarto; Tim and Ginger, first edition, Oxford University Press, 1965, pictorial boards, dustjacket, illustrations by author, quarto; Tim to the Lighthouse, first edition, Oxford University Press, 1968, pictorial boards, dustjacket, illustrations by author, quarto; Tim's Last Voyage, first edition, The Bodley Head, London, 1972, pictorial boards, dustjacket, illustrations by author, quarto; Ship's Cook Ginger, first edition, The Bodley Head, London, 1977, pictorial boards, illustrations by author, quarto (without dustjacket); and a further eight illustrated titles by the same, none first editions, (15).
[CHILDRENS] Herge, The Adventures of Tintin, comprising The Secret of the Unicorn, first British edition, Methuen, London, 1959, cloth-backed pictorial boards, illustrations throughout, quarto; Red Rackham's Treasure, first British edition, Methuen, London, 1959, cloth-backed pictorial boards, illustrations throughout, quarto; The Seven Crystal Balls, first British edition, Methuen, London, 1962, cloth-backed pictorial boards, illustrations throughout, quarto; The Castafiore Emerald, first British edition, Methuen, London, 1963, cloth-backed pictorial boards, illustrations throughout, quarto; The Black Island, first British edition, Methuen, London, 1966, cloth-backed pictorial boards, illustrations throughout, quarto; Flight 714, first British edition, Methuen, London, 1968, pictorial boards, illustrations throughout, quarto; Cigars of the Pharoah, first British edition, Methuen, London, 1971, pictorial boards, illustrations throughout, quarto; Land of Black Gold, first British edition, Methuen, London, 1972, pictorial boards, illustrations throughout, quarto; The Broken Ear, first British edition, Methuen, London, 1975, pictorial boards, illustrations throughout, quarto; and a further nine British titles from the series, all reprints; together with L'Affaire Tournesol, Casterman / Methuen, circa 1956, cloth-backed pictorial boards, French text, illustrations throughout, quarto, (19).
[CHILDRENS] Briggs, Raymond. The White Land, first edition, Hamish Hamilton, London, 1963, pictorial boards, dustjacket, illustrations throughout, oblong quarto; Herge, Popol Out West, first British edition, Methuen, London, 1969, pictorial boards, illustrations throughout, quarto; Cresswell, Helen. The Bird Fancier, first edition, Benn, London, 1971, pictorial boards, illustrations by Renate Meyer, oblong quarto; and a further fourteen assorted works, all reprints, (17).
[CHILDRENS] Crompton, Richmal. William - In Trouble, first edition, Newnes, London, no date [1927], red cloth, illustrations by Thomas Henry, octavo; with Just William's Luck, first edition, Newnes, London, 1948, green cloth, illustrations by Thomas Henry (some with later colouring), octavo (lower hinge weak); William - The Explorer, first edition, Newnes, London, 1960, dark green boards, dustjacket, illustrations by Thomas Henry, octavo; a further eight hardbacks, all reprints, four of them with dustjackets; and a boxed set of ten paperbacks.
[CHILDRENS] Milne, A.A. Winnie-the-Pooh, second edition, Methuen, London, 1926, dark green cloth gilt, top edges gilt, map endpapers, illustrations by Ernest Shepard, octavo; with Now We Are Six, first edition, Methuen, London, 1927, maroon cloth gilt, top edges gilt, illustrated endpapers, illustrations by Ernest Shepard, octavo; The House at Pooh Corner, first edition, Methuen, London, 1928, pink cloth gilt, top edges gilt, silhouette endpapers, illustrations by Ernest Shepard, octavo; and When We Were Very Young, third edition, Methuen, London, 1924, navy blue cloth gilt, top edges gilt, illustrated endpapers, illustrations by Ernest Shepard, octavo, (4).
[CLASSIC LITERATURE] Dickens, Charles. The Life and Adventures of Nicholas Nickleby, first edition in book form, Chapman & Hall, London, 1839, half leather, engraved portrait frontispiece, thirty-nine plate illustrations by 'Phiz' (as called for), uncorrected 'latter' for 'letter' p.160 six lines from bottom, corrected 'sister' for 'visiter' p123 line 17, octavo (first gathering, including frontispiece and title almost detached; list of plates detached).
[CLASSIC LITERATURE] Tennyson, Alfred. Maud, and Other Poems, first edition, Moxon, London, 1855, original blind-stamped green cloth, eight-page publisher's list of books, small octavo; Sullivan, T.D. Poems, Sullivan / Haverty, Dublin / New York, no date, original green cloth gilt, octavo; Slow, Edward. A Series of Poems in the Wiltshire Dialect, Simpkin, Marshall & Co. / Blake, London / Salisbury, 1881, quarter art vellum, octavo; and two other works, (5).
[CLASSIC LITERATURE] Kipling, Rudyard. The Jungle Book, first edition, Macmillan, London, 1894, pictorial dark blue cloth gilt, all edges gilt, illustrations by J.L. Kipling, W.H. Drake and P. Frenzeny, printer given as 'R. & R. Clark, Edinburgh', octavo (frontispiece lacking guard; ownership inscription to top left of front free endpaper; hinges tender; covers rubbed; spine ends nicked and torn; corners bumped; upper board with fore-edge crease).
[MILITARY & NAVAL] Atkinson, C.T. The History of the South Wales Borderers 1914-1918, first edition, The Medici Society, London, 1931, green cloth gilt, maps, quarto (base of joints torn); and Malins, Joseph. Edward: Selections from the Letters of Edward Francis Malins, late Second Lieutenant, 2nd Battalion, South Wales Borderers, Templar Printing Works, Birmingham, no date [1919], original cloth, tissue-guarded portrait frontispiece, further plate illustrations, octavo, (2).
[MODERN FIRST EDITIONS]. POETRY Warner, Sylvia Townsend. Boxwood, first edition, Chatto & Windus, London, 1960, cloth, dustjacket, twenty-one engraved illustrations by Reynolds Stone, octavo; Lee, Laurie. My Many-coated Man, first edition, Deutsch, London, 1955, boards, dustjacket, octavo; Pitter, Ruth. Still by Choice, first edition, The Cresset Press, London, 1966, boards, dustjacket, octavo; Harsent, David. A Violent Country, first edition, Oxford University Press, London, 1969, cloth, dustjacket, octavo; and a further four assorted works, all first editions, (8).
[MODERN FIRST EDITIONS]. POETRY Thomas, R.S. Poetry for Supper, first edition, Hart-Davis, London, 1958, boards, dustjacket, octavo; with Tares, first edition, Hart-Davis, London, 1961, boards, dustjacket, octavo; The Bread of Truth, first edition, Hart-Davis, London, 1963, boards, dustjacket, octavo; Pieta, first edition, Hart-Davis, London, 1966, boards, dustjacket, octavo; Not That He Brought Flowers, first edition, Hart-Davis, London, 1968, boards, dustjacket, octavo; Laboratories of the Spirit, first edition, Macmillan, London, 1975, boards, dustjacket, octavo; and a further eight assorted works by R.S. Thomas (3) and Kathleen Raine (5), five of them first editions, (14).
[MODERN FIRST EDITIONS]. POETRY Heaney, Seamus. Door into the Dark, first edition, Faber & Faber, London, 1969, cloth, dustjacket, octavo; with Whistler, Laurence. The View from this Window, first edition, Hart-Davis, London, 1956, boards, dustjacket, octavo; Brown, George Mackay. A Spell for Green Corn, first edition, The Hogarth Press, London, 1970, boards, dustjacket, octavo; Browm, George Mackay. Fishermen with Ploughs, first edition, The Hogarth Press, London, 1971, boards, dustjacket, octavo; and a further seven assorted works, all first editions, (11).
[MODERN FIRST EDITIONS]. POETRY Hughes, Ted. The Hawk in the Rain, first edition, Faber & Faber, London, 1957, blue cloth with yellow blocking to spine, dustjacket (priced '10s 6d net') with scarce 'The Choice of the Poetry Book Society' wrap-around band, octavo (jacket, pastedowns, endpapers, margins and edges foxed; jacket sunned at spine; jacket with loss at spine head and nicked and curled along top edge; neat ownership inscription to upper right corner of front free endpaper).
[MODERN FIRST EDITIONS]. POETRY Blunden, Edmund. Shells by a Stream, first edition, Macmillan, London, 1944, cloth octavo (lacking dustjacket); Roethke, Theodore. The Far Field, first edition, Faber & Faber, London, 1965, cloth, dustjacket, octavo; Bell, William. Mountains Beneath the Horizon, first edition, Faber & Faber, London, 1950, cloth, dustjacket, octavo; Scovell, E.J. The Space Between, first edition, Secker & Warburg, London, 1982, cloth, dustjacket, octavo; Fenton, James. Terminal Moraine, first edition, Secker & Warburg, London, 1972, cloth, dustjacket, octavo; and a further fifteen assorted works, all first editions, (20).
[MODERN FIRST EDITIONS]. POETRY Smith, Stevie. Not Waving but Drowning, first edition, Deutsch, London, 1957, boards, dustjacket, octavo; with Harold's Leap, first edition, Chapman & Hall, London, 1950, scarlet cloth, octavo (lacking dustjacket); Selected Poems, first edition, Longmans, London, 1962, boards, dustjacket, octavo; and The Frog Prince and Other Poems, first edition, Longmans, London, 1966, cloth, dustjacket, octavo, (4).
[MODERN FIRST EDITIONS] Murdoch, Iris. The Unicorn, first edition, Chatto & Windus, London, 1963, cloth, dustjacket, octavo; with Murdoch, Iris. The Italian Girl, first edition, Chatto & Windus, London, 1964, cloth, dustjacket, octavo; Huxley, Elspeth. The Red Rock Wilderness, first edition, Chatto & Windus, London, 1957, cloth, dustjacket, octavo; Liddell, Robert. Unreal City, first edition, Cape, London, 1952, boards, dustjacket, octavo; Stout, Rex. The Doorbell Rang, first British edition, Crime Club / Collins, London, 1966, boards, dustjacket, octavo; Stout, Rex. Gambit, first British edition, Crime Club / Collins, London, 1963, boards, dustjacket, octavo; and a further six assorted works, all but The Final Deduction first editions, all with dustjackets, (12).
[MODERN FIRST EDITIONS] Woolf, Virginia. Between the Acts, first edition, The Hogarth Press, London, 1941, blue cloth, octavo; The Death of the Moth and Other Essays, first edition, The Hogarth Press, London, 1942, blue buckram, octavo; The Moment and Other Essays, first edition, The Hogarth Press, London, 1947, maroon cloth, octavo; The Captain's Death Bed and Other Essays, first edition, The Hogarth Press, London, 1950, brown cloth, octavo; A Writer's Diary, edited by Leonard Woolf, first edition, The Hogarth Press, London, 1953, pale red cloth, dustjacket (torn, with significant loss at spine ends), octavo; and Granite and Rainbow, first edition, The Hogarth Press, London, 1958, blue cloth, dustjacket, octavo, (6).
[MODERN FIRST EDITIONS] O'Brian, Patrick. The Nutmeg of Consolation, first edition, Collins, London, 1991, boards, dustjacket, octavo; with Clarissa Oakes, first edition, Harper Collins, London, 1992, boards, dustjacket, octavo; The Yellow Admiral, first edition second impression, Harper Collins, London, 1997, boards, dustjacket, octavo; The Hundred Days, first edition second impression, Harper Collins, London, 1998, boards, dustjacket, octavo; Cunningham, A.E., editor. Patrick O'Brian, Critical Appreciations and a Bibliography, first edition, The British Library, Wetherby, 1994, boards, dustjacket, octavo; and King, Dean. Patrick O'Brian [A Life Revealed], Holt, New York, 2000, boards, dustjacket, plate illustrations from photographs, octavo, (6).
[MODERN FIRST EDITIONS] Fleming, Ian. You Only Live Twice, first edition, Cape, London, 1964, boards, dustjacket, octavo (jacket with silverfish damage to extremities); Forester, C.S. Lieutenant Hornblower, first edition, Joseph, London, 1952, cloth, dustjacket, octavo (jacket with spine-end wear); Forester, C.S. Hornblower and the Atropos, first edition, Joseph, London, 1953, cloth, dustjacket, octavo (jacket with spine-end wear); Amis, Kingsley. The Alteration, first edition, Cape, London, 1976, boards, dustjacket, octavo; and three other works, two of them first editions, (7).
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