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Lot 1341
DE PASS (Crispin) Hortus Floridus: the first book ... with a preface by Eleanour Sinclair Rohde ... limited edition, illustrated throughout with calligraphic printed text, original leather-backed marbled boards, oblong 8vo. Cresset Press, 1928, limitation of 500 numbered copies (on mould made paper).
Lot 207
R. Ackermann's Lithographic Press : Albert Durers Desjors of the Prayer book, one volume dated 1817. CONDITION REPORT: Interesting additional information provided at the time of consignment : THE FIRST MAJOR BOOK PRINTED IN BRITAIN BY MEANS OF LITHOGRAPHY. As documented by Abbey and Twyman, a few earlier attempts to print books using lithography were made in the Britain, but Ackermann s book is "the first serious attempt to popularize the new method" (Abbey). Dürer s marginal drawings for the manuscript prayer book of the Emperor Maximilian, now in the Bayerische Staatsbibliothek in Munich, were considered a national treasure in Germany, and lithography was used to produce several facsimile editions of it. Alois Senefelder, the inventor of lithography, printed an edition in Munich in 1808 entitled Albrecht Dürers Christlich-Mythologische Handzeichnungen, which included 43 border designs printed in several single colors matching those that Dürer had originally used. Ackermann s 1817 edition, the first important production from his lithographic press, used plates that were copied from Senefelder s 1808 edition by an unknown artist. The book s title page was printed in red and black, as was a single text page of the original manuscript. According to Michael Twyman, "These two pages may well be the earliest examples of colour lithography from separate stones to have been produced in Britain"
Lot 303
Parker, R.M.S Queen Elizabeth, a limited edition brass fountain pen, no. 1469/5000, the cap with gilt arrow clip, the medium nib stamped 14K, cartridge filling system, uninked, with a Park presentation box, bar converter, certificate and instruction leaflet The R.M.S Queen Elizabeth was originally built to be a luxury passenger liner, but its first voyage was used to transport allied troops during World War II. This Parker pen series was created from recovered brass from R.M.S Queen Elizabeth, after a disastrous fire in 1972 sunk the ship to the bottom of the Hong Kong harbour.
Lot 307
*MARK BRAZIER-JONES (b.1956),1998, an aluminium 'Lunar' lounge chair, a rare first edition large-scale version, cast in 'studio finish' aluminium with white wool upholstery, cast 'Mark Brazier-Jones', with certificate of authenticity signed by Mark Brazier-Jones, 78cm wide, 68cm deep, 78cm highProvenance: Acquired directly from the artist in 1999.*Artist's Resale Right may apply to this lot.
Lot 89
GERALD BROSSEAU GARDNER,The Meaning of Witchcraft, Aquarian Press, London, 1959. First edition, 8vo. 288pp. Frontispiece. Illustrations. Cloth binding and dust jacket.Thought to be the father of modern witchcraft, Gerald Gardner published The Meaning of Witchcraft in 1959, not long after laws punishing witches were repealed. It was the first sympathetic book written from the point of view of a practising witch. Chapters include: Witches' Memories and Beliefs, The Stone Age Origins of Witchcraft, Druidism and the Aryan Celts, Magic Thinking, Curious Beliefs about Witches, Signs and Symbols and The Black Mass.VAT is not applicable on books.
Lot 817
THE WORKS OF CHAUCER, published by Bernard Lintot, 1721, the first John Urry edition using Roman rather than the usual Gothic script, half leather binding with marbled boards, front board and preliminary pages detached but present condition: Sold as seen, page No.s 5 and 6 missing, pages 267, 269, 270, 271, 272 missing, no further pages checked as obviously incomplete
![[BOOKS]. MOTORING Sorensen, Lorin. The Ford Road, 75th Anniversary, Ford Motor Company 1903-1978, Silverado Publishing Co.,](https://cdn.globalauctionplatform.com/9dcf2b05-0524-4906-8b3f-a9d200f91b35/a66b72c6-8c55-4230-aabc-a9d90118fb2a/468x382.jpg)
Lot 687
[BOOKS]. MOTORING Sorensen, Lorin. The Ford Road, 75th Anniversary, Ford Motor Company 1903-1978, Silverado Publishing Co., 1978, padded leatherette gilt, illustrations throughout, oblong quarto; Richard, Yves. Renault 1898-1965, Pierre Tisne, 1965, cloth with pictorial onlay, English text, illustrations throughout, oblong quarto; Anon. Citroen 1919-1939, Grafinter, Madrid, 1980, boards, dustjacket, Spanish text, ten full-page colour illustrations, oblong quarto; Anet, Claude. Les Roses d'Ispahan. La Perse en Automobile a Travers la Russie et le Caucase, first edition, Juven, Paris, 1906, original pictorial boards (re-backed), French text, black and white plate illustrations, quarto; and Le Mecanicien Moderne, par un comite d'Ingenieurs specialistes, two volumes, Librairie Commerciale, Paris, no date [circa 1915], pictorial slate blue cloth, French text, colour sectional drawings, black and white and line-drawn vignette illustrations, tall quarto.
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Lot 685
[BOOKS]. U.S. MARITIME & SHIPPING Chapelle, Howard. The History of the American Sailing Navy, Bonanza Books, New York, no date, boards, dustjacket, illustrations, quarto; Sutphin, Gerald, & Andre, Richard. Stern Wheelers on the Great Kanawha River, first edition, 1991, boards, dustjacket, illustrations, quarto; Anderson, Barry. Lifeline to the Yukon. A History of Yukon River Navigation, first edition, Superior Publishing Co., 1983, boards, dustjacket, illustrations, quarto; and eleven other works, (14).
![[BOOKS]. MOTORING Weernink, Wim Oude. Spyker, Made in Holland, second (revised) edition, The Instituut Trompenburg Foundatio](https://cdn.globalauctionplatform.com/9dcf2b05-0524-4906-8b3f-a9d200f91b35/ed7dbb94-da83-486f-aeec-a9d90118f90f/468x382.jpg)
Lot 686
[BOOKS]. MOTORING Weernink, Wim Oude. Spyker, Made in Holland, second (revised) edition, The Instituut Trompenburg Foundation, Wassenaar, 1998, two-tone cloth, dustjacket, English text, illustrations throughout, tall quarto; and Schrader, Halwart. The Supercharged Mercedes, first British edition, Stephens, Cambridge, 1979, boards, dustjacket, English text, illustrations throughout, square quarto, (2).
Lot 659
J.W. MITCHELL (BRITISH, CONTEMPORARY) 'Debut at Duxford'. The first Spitfire to enter Squadron service, August 11th 1938, colour print, limited edition 209/450, published by Mirage Fine Art Ltd, 1988, signed by the artist and Air Cdre H.I. Cozens, C.B.E., A.F.C. (Commanding Officer - Pilot), 50cm x 64cm, unframed.
Lot 122
Topsell, Edward - The Histoire of Four-Footed Beastes, bound with The Histoire of Serpents; or, The Second Booke of Living Creatures, first edition of both parts, with numerous woodcuts, some full page, 2 vols in one, folio, old sprinkled calf gilt, upper joint repaired, William Jagger, London 1607-8
Lot 112
Tolkien, John Ronald Reuel - The Return of the King, first edition, original cloth in d.j., inner fly leaf with darkened strip, with folding map at rear, London 1955, together with The Fellowship of the Ring, 5th impression 1956 and The Two Towers, 4th impression, 1956, both cloth with d.j.'s (3)
Lot 128
A 1995 Rover 100 Kensington, registration number M356 MHO, red. This smartly presented limited edition Kensington was originally supplied by FJ Chalke, Mere, Wiltshire. It has 31 stamps in the service book and would make a perfect starter classic or economical first car. V5C, MOT to October 2019 See illustrationThis manual car had 37356 miles recorded at its last MOT inspection in October.
Lot 459
Eleven Royal Doulton Bunnykins, comprising; Boy Skater in blue DB187 1998, limited edition of 958 of 2500, produced exclusively for Colonial House of Collectibles, Boy skater DB152 1995, Girl Skater DB153 1995, Billie and Buntie Sleighride DB4 1972, Paper Boy DB77 1989, Cowboy Bunny DB201 1999, limited edition no 2370 of 2500, Mystic Bunnykins DB197 1999 (millennium backstamp), Sundial Bunny DB213 2000 first in the 'Time' series, Fortune Teller DB218 2000, Sands of Time DB229, Indian Bunnykins DB202 1999 limited edition number 2274 of 2500, nine boxed (11) CONDITION REPORT: All appear in rather good condition.
Lot 1195
Twenty-two boxes of various books prinipally literature including: children's books; (such as early impressions of Famous Five stories and later Potter firsts) thrillers; (such as Deighton's Expensive Place to Die, first edition with top secret transit documents, and first edition Second State Many with Man with the Golden Gun)
Lot 172
Shakespeare, William; Theobald, L. (ed.), the Works of Shakespeare in eight volumes collated with the Oldest Copies, and Corrected: With Notes, Explanatory and Critical By Mr Theobald. London: Printed for C. Hitch and L. Hawes, J. and R. Tonson, B. Dod, G. Woodfall, J. Rivington, R. Baldwin, T. Longman, S. Crowder and Co., W. Johnston, C. Corbet, T. Lownds, and T. Caslon, 1762. 12mo (8 vols). Full calf; engraved frontis. and 36 plates (one for each play). Theobald's Shakespeare Restored appeared in 1726, correcting Pope's edition of the previous year. Pope used Theobald's work for his own second edition and then attacked him in the Dunciad. Theobald's own edition of this eight volume Shakespeare was first published in 1733 and remains a valuable work. He corrected corruptions and made use of marginal notes to explain his opinions, grounding them in close study of early printings and Shakespeare's original sources. A second edition was printed in 1740, and a new issue in 1752 from which this descends as it includes Shakespeare's will, first included in the prefatory notes in 1752.A scuffed and read set with cracking of joints - although all boards remain attached - however despite some foxing and offsetting from plates, a generally good set.
Lot 104
Beckett (Samuel) Murphy, first French edition, original wrappers and spine bound in, faint even browning throughout, contemporary cloth by Ateliers Laurenchet, Paris, Bordas, 1947; Come and Go: A Dramaticule, photographic illustrations by Ilse Buhs, original printed wrappers, soiled and with a few nicks, 1968; and 3 others, Beckett, 8vo (5)⁂ The first scarce: of 3000 copies printed 295 were sold before Bordas closed; the sheets were later bought by Les Éditions de Minuit and issued with their imprint.
Lot 106
NO RESERVE Betjeman (John) Continual Dew, first edition, illustrations, original boards, dust-jacket, spine a little browned, spine ends and corners chipped, closed tear to rear panel, 1937 § Bronte (Charlotte, Emily and Branwell) The Orphans and other Poems, [one of 30 copies], original wrappers, spotted and faded, for Private Circulation Only, 1917; and c.75 others, modern literature, v.s. (c.75)
Lot 120
NO RESERVE Cheever (John) Bullet Park, first edition, signed presentation inscription from the author, promotional photograph and printed publisher's notice loosely inserted, original boards, dust-jacket, light damp-staining to foot, New York, 1969; The Stories..., first edition, signed by the author, original boards, dust-jacket, spine slightly faded, light damp-staining to foot, New York, 1978, excellent copies; and another inscribed by the same, 8vo (3)
Lot 125
Cocktails.- Craddock (Harry) The Savoy Cocktail Book, first edition, signed presentation inscription from the author "Best wishes and luck with the shaking" printed in black and colours with illustrations and decorations by Gilbert Rumbold, some light spotting and soiling, pictorial endpapers, tape marking to endpapers, hinges repaired, 3 cocktail-related brochures loosely inserted, original cloth-backed art deco texturised boards in black, gold and green, rebacked preserving original backstrip, rubbed, extremities a little worn, 8vo, 1930.⁂ Inscribed to 'Robert', a headwaiter at the Savoy in the 1920s.
Lot 127
Conroy (Pat) The Boo, first edition, signed by the author on title, illustrations, original cloth, dust-jacket, minor chipping to corners, light rubbing to extremities light creasing to head and foot, but still a near-fine example overall, 8vo, Verona, VA, 1970.⁂ Conroy's first book, a collection of letters, short stories, and anecdotes about Lt. Colonel Thomas "The Boo" Courvoisie. Scarce signed.
Lot 129
Cunard (Nancy) Grand Man. Memories of Norman Douglas, first edition, signed presentation inscription from the author to Louise Morgan and Otto Theis, illustrations, printed advertisement with stamp and address to verso loosely inserted, occasional light foxing, original boards, dust-jacket, light fading to spine minor chipping to spine ends and corners, 8vo, 1954.
Lot 132
NO RESERVE Deighton (Len) Horse Under Water, uncorrected proof copy, original wrappers, spine a little creased, 1963; Funeral in Berlin, first edition, original boards, dust-jacket, spine ends a little creased, 1965; Billion Dollar Brain, first edition, original boards, dust-jacket, some light rubbing and creasing, 1966; and 11 others, Deighton (14)
Lot 135
Dulac (Edmund).- Stevenson (Robert Louis) Treasure Island, first American edition, illustrations and 12 tipped-in colour plates by Dulac, original cloth, some damp-staining, dust-jacket, light browning and surface soiling, extremities a little rubbed and creased, New York, [1927] § Rosenthal (Léonard) The Kingdom of the Pearl, number 295 of 675 copies, 10 tipped-in colour plates by Dulac, captioned tissue-guards, original decorative cloth, gilt, spine a little darkened, New York, [1920]; and another illustrated by the same, 4to & 8vo (3)
Lot 15
Durrell (Lawrence) Six Poems from the Greek of Sekilianos and Seferis, first edition, photographic illustration to title, very light browning to text margins, original stiff printed wrappers, photographic illustration to upper cover, browning to margins, 8vo, Rhodes, 1946.⁂ Rare early work by Durrell, we can trace only 3 copies at auction in the last 50 years.
Lot 150
Fleming (Ian) For Your Eyes Only, first edition, original boards, minor bumping to spine ends, dust-jacket, archival tape to verso, reinforcing joints and spine ends, light browning and damp-staining to spine, spine ends and corners a little chipped, a few short closed tears and accompanying creasing to head and foot, extremities rubbed, 8vo, 1960.
Lot 158
NO RESERVE Fowles (John) A Maggot, limited edition, signed by the author, glacine dust-jacket, creased, 1985 § Amis (Kingsley) The Old Devils, limited edition, signed by the author, glacine dust-jacket, a little creased and torn, 1986 § Masters (John) The Road Past Mandalay, first edition, dust-jacket, spine ends and corners a little chipped, 1961, original cloth or boards; and 44 others, modern literature, 8vo (47)
Lot 168
Grass (Günter) Die Vorzüge der Windhühner, first edition, presentation copy signed inscribed by the author on title, illustrations by the author, original pictorial wrappers, very slightly soiled and with small chip at head of spine, Berlin, Luchterhand, 1956; Die Blechtrommel, bookplate signed by the author on front free endpaper, original cloth, dust-jacket, spine slightly sunned and with slight nicks to extremities, Darmstadt etc., 1959; and 5 others on Grass and his writings and graphic work, all but one signed by Grass, v.s. (7)⁂ The first mentioned is the Nobel-prize winning author's first book; the second, translated into English as The Tin Drum, is his best-known and most critically acclaimed work.
Lot 169
Graves (Ida) Epithalamion, number 255 of 330 copies signed by the artist (but one of 150 copies issued later), wood-engravings by Blair Hughes-Stanton, original boards edged in brown morocco and with morocco label, spine a little faded, with accompanying booklet in original wrappers, together in board slip-case, Colchester, Gemini Press, 1934 and Basilisk Press, 1980 § Hopkins (G.M.) Pied Beauty, number 31 of 75 copies, woodcuts by Simon King, original cloth-backed boards, Simon King Press, 1994 § [Dodgson (C.L.)], "Lewis Carroll". The Hunting of the Snark, one of 430 copies, wood-engravings by Henry Holiday, original cloth-backed boards, sliop-case, 1993 § Green (Martin, editor) A Night with Fiona Pitt-Kethley, number 13 of 15 hand-coloured exemplary copies and one of 50 with 3 original etchings, from an edition limited to 250 signed by the editor and artist, hand-coloured illustrations by Michael Tingle, original pictorial boards, etchings numbered, titled & signed in pencil and loose as issued in original board folder with ties, together in slip-case, Newton Abbot, Avenue Press, n.d.; and 21 others, illustrated, v.s. (25)⁂ The first mentioned was published in 1980 from sheets printed by Hughes-Stanton in 1934 at his Gemini Press; 300 copies were printed, of which only 150 sold. In 1970 Hughes-Stanton gave the remaining sheets to the Basilisk Press.
Lot 172
Harbou (Thea von) Metropolis, first edition thus, third impression, illustrations, 2pp. publisher's advertisements, 3 ff. nicks and creases to fore-edge, pencil inscriptions to half-title and inside lower wrapper, original printed wrappers with design by Werner Graul, a very little light soiling and bumping, light creasing to upper fore corner of upper wrapper and lower fore corner of lower wrapper, otherwise a fine copy of a rare edition, Berlin, August Scherl, 8vo, 1926.⁂ Prepared for the press by von Harbou during the writing of the screenplay for the 1927 film; the illustrations are all from photographs taken on set.
Lot 178
Huxley (Aldous) The Burning Wheel, first edition, decorative title and frontispiece, original wrappers with printed labels to spine and upper cover, light creasing to fore-edge but a remarkably sharp and near-fine example overall, preserved in custom chemise, 8vo, Oxford, 1916.⁂ First edition of Huxley's first book.
Lot 181
James (Henry) A Passionate Pilgrim, and Other Tales, first edition, first printing, first binding state, contents separating a little, original red cloth, spine darkened, rubbed at corners and along joints, a few marks and scuffs, a little frayed and nicked at spine ends, Boston, 8vo, 1875.⁂ The state is marked by the gilt stamp to the foot of the spine: the publisher's name 'J.R.Osgood & Co' appears without a full stop.
Lot 183
Joyce (James) Haveth Childers Everywhere, first edition, number 101 of 685 copies, title printed in green and black, scattered spotting, contemporary ink ownership inscription to endpaper, original wrappers, wear to spine ends, glacine dust-jacket, browned, spine worn with loss, large 8vo, Paris & New York, The Fountain Press, 1930.
Lot 185
Kafka (Franz) Das Urteil, first edition, 1f. publisher's advertisements, small ink stamp to title, pencil inscriptions to front pastedown, contents separating a little, upper hinge strengthened, original paper-backed boards, corners a little worn, superficial split to spine, slip-case, Leipzig, 8vo, 1916.
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