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Lot 600
A COLLECTION OF GLASSWARE to include a pair of ceiling lights acid etched with foliate and satin peach finish with a Michael Yates limited edition 14,402 first issue 'Country Ladies' mounted glass plate, signed by Michael Yates, a glass Pukeberg figure of a Viking, cut glass tumblers, wine glasses, decanters etc, including Royal Brierley, most pieces unmarked
Lot 618
British Flowering Plants in four volumes, illustrated by three hundred full-page coloured plates reproduced from drawings by Mrs. Henry Perrin, with detailed descriptive notes and introduction by Professor Boulger, F.L.S , the first volume being a limited edition number 765 of 1000, published by Bernard Quaritch, 11 Grafton Street, New Bond Street London W, 1914. Some staining to the buckram exteriors and yellowing to pages, otherwise generally good.
Lot 773
A collection of books, some with Nottingham connections, including Nottingham Lost Landmarks, Bingham Town Guide, Discover Grantham Canal, Wollaton Hall An Archaeological Survey, Nelson's Victory, Richard Trevithick Giant of Steam, Britains Greatest Awards for Gallantry with First World War, HM Queen Elizabeth II 50 Years Jubilee Edition, and a DM Coronation souvenir
Lot 635
The "District Railway" Map of London, 5th edition, c1893, a large-scale, full-colour map, 42in x 26in (107cm x 66cm), linen-backed and folded, shows the un-named Regent's Canal, City & Docks Railway and the City Lines route to Barbican as proposed and Barnsbury station on the North London Railway, also shows London's first tube line, the C&SLR, from City to Stockwell plus the planned extension to Clapham, worn condition, lacks front cover.
Lot 314
Album National de la Guerre publie par le Comite de la Fraternite des Artistes sous le haut patronage de Monsieur Raymond Poincare President de la République A limited edition of 200 copies. Unpaginated. Full page plates, each with tissue sheet for protection. About 60 plates including work by Monet, Degas, Renoir, Rodin, Bonnard, Vuillard and many more. Plates are black and white lithographs. The book measures 11.25 x 14.5 inches. A remarkable collection by many artists whom we did not realize lived through the first World War. Quarter leather raised band spine, marbled boards. Gilt top edge. 198 of 200 copies VG
Lot 1
Auden (W.H.) Poems, signed by the author to title, original wrappers, small tears to upper and lower panels, extremities a little chipped, 4to, 1930; The Dance of Death, first edition, original boards, dust-jacket, spine rubbed, extremities chipped and creased, 8vo, 1933 (2)⁂ The first is Auden's first publicly published book after the very scarce 1928 edition of Poems, which was privately printed by Stephen Spender.
Lot 103
Gibbings (Robert).- Morrison (James) The Journal...Boatswain's Mate of The Bounty, number 245 of 325 copies, woodcut illustrations by Robert Gibbings, original two-tone cloth, marked and a little browned, some wear to spine ends, extremities rubbed, Golden Cockerel Press, 1935 § Gibbings (Robert) Iorana! A Tahitian Journal, first edition, signed presentation inscription from the author "Blue fish have played in the pool and we have found the lake at the head of the stream" to endpaper, woodcut illustrations by the author, original cloth-backed boards, spine ends and corners a little bumped, extremities rubbed, dust-jacket, chipping and creasing to head and foot, extremities rubbed, 1932; and 5 others, Gibbings, small folio & 8vo (7)
Lot 107
Gogmagog Press.- Cox (Morris) Conversation Pieces, number 10 of 11 out-of-series copies (slightly smaller), from an edition limited to 50, signed by the author/artist, reverse/direct offset prints by Cox, original patterned boards, 1962; 14 Triads, number 6 of 40 copies bound in Japanese Hana-asa paper, from an edition limited to 100, illustrations, prospectus loosely inserted, original white lace Japanese paper boards, 1967, both printed on Japanese hand-made paper and signed by the artist, transparent wrappers, [Chambers 8 & 18], Gogmagog Press ; and an ordinary version of the first, 8vo (3)
Lot 127
Jones (David) In Parenthesis, first edition, frontispiece, plate and map by the author, a few pencil annotations to preface and small markings to text, small book-label to rear pastedown, original beige cloth, spine a little browned but a good copy, 1937; The Anathemata, first edition, plates, Evan Gill's copy with his book-label, original cloth, dust-jacket, not price-clipped, spine lightly browned, 1952; The Sleeping Lord, number 143 of 150 copies signed by the author, frontispiece, original cloth, slip-case, 1974 § Jones (Huw Ceiriog) The Library of David Jones (1895-1974): A Catalogue, original cloth, dust-jacket, Aberystwyth, 1995 § Coventry (Francis) The History of Pompey the Little..., one of 400 copies, wood-engraved frontispiece and tail-piece by David Jones, leather book-label of Micheline & Mervyn Parkhouse, original cloth-backed boards, uncut, lower corners slightly bumped, slip-case, Waltham St. Lawrence, Golden Cockerel Press, 1926 § Leslie (Shane) Fleet Street, The New Broadside No.16, 2 colour illustrations by David Jones, c.430 x 190mm., tipped into aperture mount, Poetry Bookshop, [c.1926]; and a bundle of others by or relating to Jones including several prospectuses for his works, v.s. (sm.qty)
Lot 13
Du Maurier (Daphne) Rebecca, first edition, spine ends bumped, 1938 § Lewis (C.S.) Till We Have Faces, fore-edge lightly spotted, 1956 § Hemingway (Ernest) A Farewell to Arms, first English edition, second impression, lightly soiled, 1929 § Waugh (Evelyn) Unconditional Surrender, 1961, original cloth or boards, some endpapers browned, all but the first with ink ownership signatures to front free endpaper, all but the first with dust-jacket, some with bumping and chipping to edges, the last a tight, clean copy; and 164 others, 20th century, v.s. (168)
![NO RESERVE Nyns (Jacques, editor) Le Code Pénal, pochoir illustrations by Jean Dratz, Brussels, [1950] § Code de la Route: Te](https://cdn.globalauctionplatform.com/c80d5540-6644-4de5-a369-ac2400b1ba5c/2c88db84-cb50-471e-a6a1-ac2400b381fe/468x382.jpg)
Lot 157
NO RESERVE Nyns (Jacques, editor) Le Code Pénal, pochoir illustrations by Jean Dratz, Brussels, [1950] § Code de la Route: Texte Officiel et complet, limited edition, pochoir illustrations by Dubout, Paris, 1955 § Code du Voyage et du Tourisme, number 26 of 25 copies with an additional suite of plates in black, from an edition limited to 850, colour plates by Dubout, one folding, Paris, [c.1958], limited editions, some loose as issued, original printed wrappers, uncut, the first and last with board folders, all with slip-cases, the first rubbed and defective; and another illustrated by Dubout, 4to (4)
Lot 168
NO RESERVE Frimberger (Marianne) Wiener Bilderbuch, first edition, 8 colour lithographed plates, 1 detached (loosely inserted), occasional faint spotting, publisher's advertisement at end, previous owner's ink inscription to front free endpaper verso, original decorative boards, rubbed and worn, slight bumping to corners and extremities, 4to, Stuttgart, Gustav Weise, 1912.
Lot 169
Jones (David).- Farjeon (Eleanor) The Town Child's Alphabet, first edition, illustrations by David Jones in turquoise and black, 4pp. advertisements at end, signature removed from head of title, light foxing and browning at beginning and end, a few other spots, original pictorial boards designed by Jones, a little rubbed and browned, slight wear to foot of spine, small 4to, The Poetry Bookshop, 1924.⁂ A good copy of a fragile book, this copy issued in the more expensive boards rather than wrappers.
Lot 173
Potter (Beatrix) Peter Rabbit's Almanac for 1929, first edition, colour frontispiece, title vignette and 12 plates, plain illustrations and decorations, occasional light spotting, original boards with mounted colour illustration, some light rubbing and spotting, [Linder pp.254-255; Quinby 28], 16mo, 1929.
Lot 178
Timlin (William M.) The Ship That Sailed to Mars, first edition, calligraphic text and 48 coloured plates after Timlin, text and plates mounted recto only as issued, contemporary ink ownership inscription to front free endpaper, endpapers lightly browned, very minor foxing to final pastedown, some short tears to leaves not affecting the pastedowns, original vellum-backed boards, gilt-tooled spine, lightly discoloured, else an excellent copy, 4to, George G. Harrap, [1923].
Lot 179
NO RESERVE Tugendhold (J.) Alexandra Exter, plates, some colour and tipped in, original printed wrappers, spine a little rubbed and faded, tear at foot, Berlin, Sarja, 1922 § Weterings (Joseph) Zodiaque, les Jours, les Heures, one of 500 copies, plates by Edgard Tytgat (frontispiece loose), original printed wrappers, Antwerp, 1942, 8vo (2)⁂ The first is a monograph on the Russian avant-garde artist and theatre designer. It is the German translation of the first edition published simultaneously in Russian in Berlin.
Lot 2
Binyon (Laurence) The Winnowing Fan: Poems on the Great War, first edition, endpapers browned, faint spotting, original cloth, dust-jacket, light creasing and bumping to spine ends, 8vo, 1914.⁂ Includes the first book appearance of "For the Fallen" (which made its first appearance in The Times 21 September 1914), considered one of the most famous memorial poems of the Great War.
Lot 23
Greene (Graham) It's a Battlefield, first edition, very light spotting to endpapers and half title, ink ownership inscription to pastedown, original boards, light toning to upper panel, second issue dust-jacket priced at 3/6, spine ends and corners chipped with some loss, upper panel a little creased at foot, some fraying to head and foot, light surface soiling to lower panel, rubbing to extremities, still a good example overall, 8vo, 1934.
Lot 33
Hornung (E. W.) Mr. Justice Raffles, 1909; The Crime Doctor, 1914; Raffles: The Amateur Cracksman, 1910, first editions, the last first US edition, ink ownership inscriptions to front free endpaper, some foxing to endpapers and title, original cloth, the first pictorial, some light discolouration, spines bumped, else very clean, tight copies; and 2 others by the same, 8vo (5)
Lot 39
Hughes (Ted) The Martyrdom of Bishop Farrar, number 41 of 87 copies signed by the author to title, from an edition of 100, original pictorial wrappers, very lightly creased but overall an excellent example, 1970; and a first edition of the same, ?one of 100 copies, 1970; and a proof copy of the cover, manuscript note to lower panel, possibly in the author's hand: 'one of four proof copies - never got beyond proof stage - the block (but without lettering) was used as the leaves of the pamphlet', minor creasing, [Sagar and Tabor, A21 a.1 & a.2], v.s. (3)⁂ Richard Gilbertson wrote of his original intentions that it was meant to be a woodcut blown up in the style of a broadside: 'then I found the marbled paper and changed my plans, for it seemed to me that if the woodcut were imposed on the flames-and-blue-sky of the paper that it could be very effective. But unfortunately it reminded Ted on an old school exercise book!...[this] made it necessary to do it again.' Sagar and Tabor, p.47
Lot 4
NO RESERVE Bramah (Ernest) The Wallet of Kai Lung, first edition, title and endpapers browned, original pictorial cloth, spine ends and corners a little bumped, light rubbing to extremities, 1900; The Wallet of Kai Lung, number 143 of 200 copies signed by the author, browning to endpapers, original cloth-backed boards, corners bumped, spine label chipped, rubbed, 1923; The Transmutation of Ling, limited edition, plates and decorations by Ilbery Lynch, captioned tissue-guards, spotting to endpapers, original buckram, lettered in gilt, rubbed, 1911; and 3 others, Kai Lung, 8vo & 4to (6)
Lot 40
Hughes (Ted, editor) With Fairest Flowers Whilst Summer Lasts: Poems from Shakespeare, first edition, signed by the author to half title, title illustration and wrappers by Leonard Baskin, original pictorial wrappers, packaged in folding wrapper with script reading 'Merry Christmas from Doubleday', some creases but else fine, [Sagar and Tobor, B53 a.], 8vo, 1971.⁂Sagar and Tobor note that the rare copies of this come in two states, 'some of these were issued as Christmas keepsakes by Doubleday', p.209.
Lot 50
Le Carré (John) Smiley's People, first edition, signed by the author to front free endpaper, 1980; Our Game, 1995; The Russian House, 1989; The Night Manager, uncorrected proof, 1993, presentation inscriptions to Sally Soames from the author to second and third, original boards or wrappers, the first two with dust-jackets, small tear to foot of spine to the first, lower panel stained, else clean copies, 8vo (4)⁂ Presentation copy from Le Carré to Sally Soames: "Dear Sally, I think you must be a very good photographer. It was fun..." and another signed with the scarce use of his real name, "David alias John le Carré".
Lot 59
Murdoch (Iris) A Severed Head, first edition, 1961 § Atwood (Margaret) Cat's Eye, 1989 § Bellow (Saul) Herzog, 1965 § Theroux (Paul) My Secret History, 1989, signed presentation inscriptions from the author to Sally Soames, original boards or cloth, dust-jackets, the first with very small chips to extremities; and 44 others, fiction, most with presentation inscriptions to Sally Soames, some with ownership inscriptions from Soames, v.s. (48)
![[Buchan (John & Susan)], "Cadmus and Harmonia". The Island of Sheep, first American edition, original cloth-backed pictor](https://cdn.globalauctionplatform.com/c80d5540-6644-4de5-a369-ac2400b1ba5c/6ba1d5a3-b8ea-40c0-8839-ac2400b43d57/468x382.jpg)
![[Sassoon (Siegfried)], "Saul Kain". The Daffodil Murderer, first edition, original yellow wrappers, spine and upper cover chi](https://cdn.globalauctionplatform.com/c80d5540-6644-4de5-a369-ac2400b1ba5c/f31dd013-8a7c-4729-828f-ac2400b34b28/468x382.jpg)
Lot 73
[Sassoon (Siegfried)], "Saul Kain". The Daffodil Murderer, first edition, original yellow wrappers, spine and upper cover chipped, lower quarter of lower cover torn away, modern cloth slip-case, [Keynes A10], 8vo, John Richmond, 1913.⁂ Anonymously written parody of John Masefield's poem Everlasting Mercy, with fake review "Brilliant Beyond Belief" on upper cover.
Lot 78
Sassoon (Siegfried) Picture-Show, first American edition, presentation copy signed by the author to E.M. Forster on verso of half-title, small book label of E.M. Forster, original grey boards, spine a little rubbed and lower joint just starting to crack, modern cloth slip-case, [Keynes A19b], 8vo, New York, 1920.⁂ An excellent association copy inscribed by Sassoon and dated August 26th 1920. This expanded edition includes 7 additional poems not included in the privately printed edition of the previous year.
Lot 81
Sassoon (Siegfried) Memoirs of an Infantry Officer, proof copy to the limited edition of 750 copies, original blue wrappers, edges soiled, spine repaired, modern cloth slip-case, 1930; Sherston's Progress, proof copy to the limited edition of 300 copies, original printed wrappers, modern cloth slip-case, 1936; Vigils, first edition, slight foxing, original cloth, dust-jacket slightly chipped and soiled, 1935; The Heart's Journey, first edition, original cloth, dust-jacket slightly soiled and spine tanned, 1928; Memoirs of a Fox-Hunting Man, first illustrated edition, illustrations by William Nicholson, endpapers browned, original pictorial cloth, 1929; Satirical Poems, first edition, presentation copy initialled by Edmund Blunden to "A.F.W." [presumably Archie F. Webling] and with a newspaper article by Blunden on the Poems of Clough loosely inserted and also inscribed by Blunden to A.F.W., original cloth, dust-jacket slightly chipped and soiled, 1926; and 18 others by Sassoon, many in dust-jackets, 8vo and oblong 4to (24)
Lot 87
NO RESERVE Tolkien (J.R.R.) The Lord of the Rings, 3 vol., the Readers Union edition, 1960; The Silmarillion, 1977, original cloth, the first lightly stained, all but vol.1 of the first with dust-jackets, vol.2 & 3 with chips and creases to extremities, minor bumps to spine ends to the last; and 10 others, by or relating to Tolkien, including vol. 1 and 4 of The History of Middle Earth, 8vo (14)
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