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Click here to subscribeBerkeley (Anthony) Murder in the Basement, first edition, ink ownership inscription to front pastedown, original cyan cloth lettered in black, browning to spine, toning to cover margins, slight fraying to lower joint, light bumping to spine tips and corners, faint marking to upper cover, [Cooper & Pike pp.30-33; Johns A16], 8vo, Hodder and Stoughton, 1932.*** A rare Sheringham title, we can trace no example at auction.
Christie (Agatha) Parker Pyne Investigates, first edition, 6pp. advertisements, some very light edge-spotting, original purple cloth lettered in silver, very slight fading to spine, minor bumping to spine tips and corners, a near-fine example, [Cooper & Pike pp.82-9], 8vo, Collins, 1934.*** A collection of short stories featuring the unusual consulting detective Parker Pyne who specialises in solving emotional, rather than criminal, problems.
Christie (Agatha) The Hollow, first English edition, contemporary ink gift inscription and an ownership inscription in another hand on front free endpaper, original orange cloth lettered in black, light splash mark to upper cover, corners bumped, otherwise excellent cloth, dust-jacket, price-clipped, spine very slightly faded, the odd very light nick to edges but overall a very sharp and excellent copy, [Cooper & Pike pp.82-9], 8vo, The Crime Club, 1946. *** Scarce in this unusually bright dust-jacket. One of Christie's classic 'country house mysteries', and the first after a long gap of four years to feature Poirot. The setting for The Hollow was based on the house of Christie’s friends Francis L. Sullivan ('Larry') and his wife Danae, who lived in Haslemere, Surrey, where Agatha sometimes stayed during the War.
Brand (Christianna) Tour de Force, first edition, signed presentation inscription from the author to endpaper "Dear sweet Louli in this book - based on a great friend of mine." to front free endpaper, original black boards lettered in gilt, slight shelf-lean, very slight bowing to upper cover, dust-jacket by Freda Nichols, price-clipped, rubbed else near-fine, [Cooper & Pike pp. 44-46], 8vo, Michael Joseph, 1955.*** The final Cockerill novel, rare signed and in dust-jacket.
Sayers (Dorothy L.) Clouds of Witness, first edition, frontispiece, endpapers browned, some foxing on title and throughout but heavier to peripheral pages, slight splitting on upper hinge, original blue cloth lettered in black, water-stain on upper board, nick to spine head, slight bumping to spine ends, still overall a sharp copy, [Cooper & Pike pp. 271-3], 8vo, T. Fisher Unwin, 1926. *** The second Lord Peter Wimsey novel, rare, especially in this sharp condition.
KAWASE HASUI (1883-1957)Showa era (1926-1989), dated 1929A nagaban tate-e print, titled Ueno Toshogu no yuki (Snow at Tosho Shrine, Ueno), dated Showa yonen shichigatsu saku (Work of July Showa 4 [1929]), published by Sakai and Kawaguchi with the publishers' seals Sakai Kawaguchi gohan (Sakai and Kawaguchi joint publication) with their chrysanthemum and water seal on the bottom left margin above the edition number 95/100 written in pencil, carver's seal Maeda and printer's seal Komatsu, along the lower left, with paper limited edition seal hand-numbered and signed on verso, Shohan seisen, hyaku mai no uchi, dai kyujugo go, Hasui (From 100 carefully selected prints of the first edition, no.95, Hasui) and stamped with the Kawase seal; signed Hasui with Kawase seal. 38.7cm x 21.5cm (15 1/8in x 8½in).Footnotes:Among the fifteen designs between Sakai and Kawaguchi, this is the only design in a narrow format. The first prints were published in issues of 100, as seen in this print, for a comparable impression and numbered first edition of the same design in the Scholten Collection, see Chris Uhlenbeck, Jim Dwinger, and Philo Ouweleen, Shin Hanga, The New Prints of Japan 1900-1960, exhibition catalogue, Brussels, Ludion, 2022, p.188, no.172. No early first editions have hitherto been located in public institutions.This lot is subject to the following lot symbols: ** VAT on imported items at a preferential rate of 5% on Hammer Price and the prevailing rate on Buyer's Premium.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com
KAWASE HASUI (1883-1957)Showa era (1926-1989), dated 1927An oban tate-e print, titled Akita Karasunuma (Karasu Marsh, Akita), from the series Tabi miyage dai sanshu (Souvenirs of Travel, third series), dated Showa ninen saku (Work of Showa 2 [1927]), published by Watanabe Shozaburo, with Hanken Shoyu Watanabe Shozaburo seal at lower right; signed Hasui with Kawase seal. 38.2cm x 26cm (15in x 10¼in).Footnotes:A rare design and first edition that is seldom offered at auction, compare with a similar impression accompanied by Hasui's sketch book No. 16, depicting the same place in the collection of Watanabe Hangaten, see Rieko Tomokazu, Kenji Fujimoto and Satoru Matsushima eds., Kawase Hasui: Tabi to kyoshu no fukei (Kawase Hasui: Travel and Nostalgic Landscape), exhibition catalogue, Tokyo, Step East, 2021, p.107, no.135.This lot is subject to the following lot symbols: ** VAT on imported items at a preferential rate of 5% on Hammer Price and the prevailing rate on Buyer's Premium.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com
KAWASE HASUI (1883-1957)Showa era (1926-1989), dated 1929An oban tate-e print, titled Ueno Kiyomizudo no yuki (Snow at Kiyomizu Hall in Ueno), dated Showa yonen shichigatsu saku (Work of July Showa 4 [1929]), published by Sakai and Kawaguchi with the publishers' seals Sakai Kawaguchi gohan (Sakai Kawaguchi joint publication) with their chrysanthemum and water seal on the bottom left margin above the edition number 100/100 written in pencil, carver's seal Maeda and printer's seal Komatsu, along the lower left, with paper limited edition seal hand-numbered and signed on verso, Shohan seisen, hyaku mai no uchi, dai hyaku go, Hasui (From 100 carefully selected prints of the first edition, no.100, Hasui) and stamped with the Kawase seal, signed Hasui with Kawase seal. 39.7cm x 27.2cm (15 5/8in x 10¾in).Footnotes:This print is an early edition produced jointly by the Tokyo publishers Sakai and Kawaguchi initially issued in an edition of one hundred each with a numbered sticker adhered to the verso, together with the stamped kawase seal, as seen on this print. For a similar impression and numbered first edition of the same design in the collection of the Virginia Museum of Fine Arts, see vmfa.museum/piction/6027262-97093459/ Later known editions are more common and were published following the break-up of the Sakai-Kawaguchi collaboration in 1931.This lot is subject to the following lot symbols: ** VAT on imported items at a preferential rate of 5% on Hammer Price and the prevailing rate on Buyer's Premium.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com
A Group Of Six Horse Related Pictures To include a signed colour print by Sir Alfred Munnings, 37cm x 43.5cm; two colour lithographs after Dean Wolstenhole (1757-1837), both titled 'The First Of September', 36cm x 42cm; a limited edition print after Gilbert Haliday, 24.5cm x 35.5cm; Two signed limited edition prints by Bob Farndon titled 'The Last Grand National' and 'A Found', numbered 26/350 and 177/350, 23cm x 31cm (6)Provenance:Frost & Reed Ltd Gallery - 1951 (Munnings Print)
The outstanding and excessively rare post-War ‘Yangtze Incident’ D.S.C. pair awarded to Flight Lieutenant M. E. Fearnley, Royal Air Force, who was flown-in under heavy fire in a Sunderland to take up appointment as Medical Officer in the stranded H.M.S. Amethyst, remaining aboard until the Amethyst ‘rejoined the Fleet’ Distinguished Service Cross, G.VI.R., 2nd issue, reverse with hallmarks for London 1949 and officially dated ‘1949’; Naval General Service 1915-62, 1 clasp, Yangtze 1949 (Flt. Lt. M. E. Fearnley, R.A.F.) mounted for wear, extremely fine (2) £14,000-£18,000 --- Importation Duty This lot is subject to importation duty of 5% on the hammer price unless exported outside the UK --- --- D.S.C. London Gazette 1 November 1949. The original recommendation states: ‘This Officer joined Amethyst when the R.A.F. Sunderland Flying Boat was under fire. Without his assistance I doubt whether we could have kept going for so long. His mere presence gave considerable moral uplift to all Ratings. Though short of medical supplies he managed to keep going, and it is to his credit that the physical condition of all on board was maintained at such a high standard.’ Michael Edward Fearnley was born in Greenwich, London in January 1924, and was serving as an R.A.F. Medical Officer at Kai Tak, Far East Air Force Command, at the time of the famous Yangtze incident. The Yangtze Incident On 20 April 1949, H.M.S. Amethyst was shelled by the Chinese People’s Liberation Army (C.P.L.A.) from concealed positions on the north bank of the Yangtze River and driven aground on Rose Island with numerous casualties. Under an unrelenting Communist fire, orders were given aboard the frigate to get the wounded across to Nationalist-held ground in the starboard whaler, the only undamaged boat. But as the injured were being collected on the quarter deck another direct hit rocked Amethyst killing the ship’s doctor, Surgeon Lieutenant Alderton, and his Sick Berth Attendant, S.B.A. Baker. To prevent yet more casualties, a white flag was hoisted on Amethyst’s yard arm and the order to abandon ship was given. Some 60 ratings swam ashore, of whom about 50 eventually reached Shanghai. Next morning the frigate cleared the mud and proceeded upstream under small arms fire to a sheltered position at Ta Hsen We, where Chinese Nationalist Officers offered to evacuate the wounded by sampans to an R.A.F. Sunderland from Kai Tak which was expected that afternoon. The Sunderland, captained by Flight Lieutenant Lettford of 88 Squadron, and with Group Captain Jefferson, Flight Lieutenant Fearnley and a ‘naval doctor’ on board, touched down near Amethyst, cut engines and dropped anchor at 16.30. There was no activity on the Communist north bank, though Nationalist troops could be seen digging in on the south bank. A sampan carrying five Chinese and Amethyst’s Gunner approached and on reaching the Sunderland the Gunner boarded the aircraft, exchanging places with Fearnley. ‘Accurate shell fire then began,’ Jefferson afterwards reported, ‘and the sampan pulled away with Flight Lieutenant Fearnley and the morphia supply only; aircraft straddled by shell fire uncomfortably close. About ten shells burst nearby and the aircraft would certainly have been hit had a rapid take off not been made down wind and down [a] seven knot current’. As soon as Fearnley was aboard the frigate, his first duty was to go straight to the large number of injured, who, according to one member of Amethyst, then numbered 25. As Fearnley went about his work, the frigate weighed anchor and proceeded up river still under fire to Hsiao Ho Creek with her ‘Gunner stranded on the aircraft’. That evening, Fearnley arranged with a Chinese doctor for the evacuation of the serious cases in 12 sampans. 20 wounded were landed in total, including the frigate’s mortally wounded Commanding Officer, Lieutenant-Commander Skinner, and able Seaman Winter, who was also to die of his wounds. Of the badly wounded only the Number One, Lieutenant Weston, D.S.C., remained on board, together with those suffering from minor injuries, and Weston only until the following day when Lieutenant-Commander Kerans arrived from Nanking to take command. An attempt by the flying boat to assist that afternoon was prevented by accurate small arms fire and heavy shell fire from Pu Shun Wei, and, as the C.P.L.A. made gradual territorial gains, Amethyst became effectively isolated. Three months of deadlock ensued, with Kerans struggling in vain to secure unconditional safe passage. Fearnley’s presence aboard during those uncertain weeks was warmly appreciated, as the private log of Petty Officer Leslie Frank, D.S.M., Amethyst’s Coxswain, testifies: ‘Thursday 9 June: King’s Birthday, but not for Amethyst, no flags, no holiday, no salute, in fact no nothings ... We learnt today that our mail has reached Shanghai, and that the Air Attaché [at Nanking] is going to try and bring it up for us by jeep. Good Luck to the Air Force, we already have one of their doctors staying with us, and how thankful we are that he is here.’ ‘Monday 20 June: ... Then we had a medical inspection by our R.A.F. Doctor, thank heavens he got on board here, but what a time to spend with us ...’ ‘Sunday 3 July: ... Today we heard a programme of records played for us by the B.B.C in Listeners Choice request programme. Conditions are excellent and we heard it loud and clear, we all really enjoyed it, but I think the first one was the masterpiece, A Life on the Ocean Wave, played for Fearnley our R.A.F. Doctor’. When Amethyst finally broke out of the Yangtze on 31 July to rejoin the Fleet in spectacular style and make world headlines, Fearnley made his own entry in Frank’s private log: ‘Thanks for steering us down so well. The very best of luck,’ to which Frank responded, ‘All I can say is “Thanks for coming, Sir”, may you too, either in the R.A.F. or as a civilian doctor, have all the success you deserve’. In the first instance Fearnley was recommended for the M.B.E., though it was later thought by the Air Ministry that this award was not ‘sufficiently high’ for his services aboard Amethyst and ‘at the last moment’ the Admiralty acted promptly to include the award of a D.S.C. in the list of honours for the Yangtze operation. Fearnley returned to civilian life in 1950 and specialised in the treatment of rheumatic diseases in London until 1969, when he emigrated to Canada. He died at Windsor, Ontario, in June 1972. Sold with a quantity of original and copy documentation, including newspaper cuttings and photographs; and a facsimile edition of Coxswain Frank’s Private Journal.
QIANLONG, EMPEROR OF CHINA (1711-1799); GIUSEPPE CASTIGLIONE (1688-1766 ET AL, ARTIST), AND CHARLES-NICOLAS COCHIN (1715-1790, ENGRAVER)A suite of fifteen Imperially inscribed and sealed engravings commemorating the Qianlong Emperor's victorious campaigns in Central Asia between 1755-1759. Completed 1769-1774.First French edition, 15 copper engraved plates, partially mounted. 88.7cm (35in) wide x 51.3cm (20 1/4in) long. (15).Footnotes:1769-1774年 「乾隆平定西域得勝圖」版畫十五幅 Provenance: Arthur Probsthain bookshop, London, possibly before 1927來源: Arthur Probsthain 書店，或於1927年前獲得The iconic London bookshop, founded by the Probsthain family in 1903, has been a fixture at 41 Great Russell Street, opposite the British Museum, since 1905. Initially managed by Arthur Probsthain, it later passed to his nephew, Walter Sheringham, who took over in 1941. He was soon joined by his wife in 1943. Their children, Michael and Lesley, became involved in the 1970s, ensuring the continuity of this renowned family business. For decades, Probsthain's has been considered one of the foremost dealers in Chinese books in the Western world.In a report presented at the Guimet Museum in 1927, the French sinologist Paul Pelliot claimed to know the storage places of five copies stating one was held by a bookshop in London. He did not give specific details and it is possible that this is the work he referenced. See P.Pelliot, Les influences européennes sur l'art chinois au XVIIe et au XVIIIe siècle, Conférence faite au Musée Guimet le 20 février 1927, Paris, 1948, pp.12 and 27.This suite of engravings represents a remarkable and unprecedented collaboration between East and West, at the height of the military power, artistic ambition and international collaboration of the Qing dynasty under the Qianlong Emperor. The set of engravings, originally sixteen, marks the successful campaigns in Eastern Turkestan that the Qianlong Emperor embarked upon between 1755 and 1759. These campaigns, ending with the suppression of a revolt of the Muslim Altishahr Khojas (1757-1759), led to the creation of the Western province of Xinjiang, under the control of the Qing empire. A ceremony was held in the Spring of the following year during which the two generals who had successfully led the campaigns, Zhaohui (1708-1764) and Fude (d.1776) were honoured and sixteen large-scale paintings recording the events were commissioned to be executed and installed in the Ziguangge (Hall of Purple Splendour), a building in the Imperial garden adjacent to the Forbidden City, which was to become the location of reception of foreign envoys and public display of the Qianlong Emperor's military conquests.The paintings were planned and executed by the Jesuits Giuseppe Castiglione (郎世寧 1688-1766), Jean-Denis Attiret (王致誠 1702-1768), Ignatius Sichelbarth (艾啟蒙 1708-1780) and the Augustinian Jean Damascene Sallusti (安德義 ?-1781). These formed the basis for the original set commissioned by the Qianlong Emperor of sixteen engravings commemorating his military victories in 1765 based on the wall paintings of the battles, conquests and ceremonies that marked his successful campaigns in the Western Region. They comprise:1.Receiving the Surrender of the Yili (preparatory drawing by Ignatius Sickltart (艾啟蒙 1708-1780), completed 1769) (1); 2.Storming of the Camp at Gädän-Ola (preparatory drawing by Giuseppe Castiglione (郎世寧 1688-1766), completed 1769); 3.The Battle of Oroi-jalatu (completed 1770); 4.The Victory of Khorgos (preparatory drawing by Jean-Denis Attiret (王致誠 1702-1768), completed 1774); 5.The Battle of Khurungui;6.The Chief of Us (Turfan) Surrenders with His City (preparatory drawing by Joannes Damasceuns Salusri (安徳義 ?-1781), completed 1774); 7.Lifting of the Siege at the Black Water River (preparatory drawing by Giuseppe Castiglione (郎世寧 1688-1766), completed 1771); 8.The Great Victory of Qurman (preparatory drawing by Joannes Damasceuns Salusri (安徳義 ?-1781), completed 1770); 9.The Battle of Tonguzluq (completed 1773); 10.The Battle of Qos-qulaq (completed 1774); 11.The Battle of Arcul (preparatory drawing by Jean-Denis Attiret (王致誠1702-1768)); 12.The Battle of Yesil-köl-nor (preparatory drawing by Joannes Damasceuns Salusri (安徳義 ?-1781), completed 1772); 13.The Chef of Badakhsan Asks to Surrender (preparatory drawing by Joannes Damasceuns Salusri (安徳義 ?-1781), completed 1772); 14.The Emperor is presented with Prisoners from the Pacification of the Muslim Tribes (preparatory drawing by Jean-Denis Attiret (王致誠1702-1768)); 15.The Emperor in the Suburbs Personally Receives News of the Officers and Soldiers Distinguished in the Campaign against the Muslim Tribes (preparatory drawing by Joannes Damasceuns Salusri (安徳義 ?-1781), completed 1772); 16.A Victory Banquet Given by the Emperor for the Distinguished Officers and Soldiers (completed 1770).In commissioning the engravings, the Emperor was inspired by prints of battles by the Augsburg engraver Georg Philipp Rugendas the Elder (1666-1742) and followed guidance from Louis-Joseph Le Febvre, head of the French Jesuit mission to China. To prepare the engravings, drawings were first created in China by Giuseppe Castiglione with the assistance of Jean-Denis Attiret, Ignatius Sichelbarth, Jean-Damascène Sallusti and Ding Guanpeng. These were then sent to France to be transformed into copper plate engravings under the direction of Charles-Nicolas Cochin, engraver to King Louis XV, by a team of engravers, including Jacques-Philippe Le Bas (1707-1783), Augustin de Saint-Aubin (1736-1807), Benoît-Louis Prévost (1747-1804) and Jean-Jacques Aliamet (1726-1788).The Qianlong Emperor requested an edition of one hundred copies but double that were printed and distributed across two ships, to reduce the chances of their being lost. The entire edition was received in China by 1775 for which the Compagnie Française des Indes in Canton was paid the sum of 240,000 pounds. Only a very limited number of extra copies was printed for the French King, his ministers and some members of the Court. The present set is of particular significance for bearing hand-written Imperial inscription and seals of the Emperor meaning that it was clearly one of the sets sent back to China.The Qianlong Emperor created a series of albums incorporating the engravings and his own poems. Two types existed: the first appended the inscriptions and Imperial poem to each engraving on a separate sheet, and the second, of which the present lot is an example, inscribed the poems directly onto the sheets of engravings. One of these sets was mentioned in the Catalogue of Books from the Tianyi Pavilion (天一閣書目) as having been gifted by the Qianlong Emperor in the 44th year of his reign (1780).Compare with one of a series of 16 engravings of the Turkestan campaign, 1764-1772, with added inscriptions, in the British Museum, illustrated by J.Rawson, The British Museum Book of Chinese Art, London, 1992, p.283, no.212.Compare with also 25 engravings, including 16 of the Turkestan campaign, 1755-1759, with added inscriptions which were sold at Sotheby's Paris, 18 December 2012, lot 172.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com
WW2 Capt Eric Winkle Brown DFC AFC signed scarce Grumman Martlet 802 sqn Biography Card. 7 x 5 inch limited edition Printed card with border, perfect for matting or use as bookplate. Captain Eric Melrose Winkle Brown, CBE, DSC, AFC, Hon FRAeS (21 January 1920 - 21 February 2016) was a British Royal Navy officer and test pilot who flew 487 types of aircraft, more than anyone else in history. Brown held the world record for the most aircraft carrier deck take-offs and landings performed (2, 407 and 2, 271 respectively) and achieved several firsts in naval aviation, including the first landings on an aircraft carrier of a twin-engined aircraft, an aircraft with a tricycle undercarriage, a jet aircraft, and a rotary-wing aircraft. Brown flew almost every category of Royal Navy and Royal Air Force aircraft: glider, fighter, bomber, airliner, amphibian, flying boat and helicopter. During the Second World War, he flew many types of captured German, Italian, and Japanese aircraft, including new jet and rocket aircraft. He was a pioneer of jet technology into the postwar era. Good condition. All autographs come with a Certificate of Authenticity. We combine postage on multiple winning lots and can ship worldwide. UK postage from £5.99, EU from £7.99, Rest of World from £9.99
WW2 Capt Eric Winkle Brown DFC AFC signed scarce Hawker Tempest Biography Card. 7 x 5 inch limited edition Printed card with border, perfect for matting or use as bookplate. Captain Eric Melrose Winkle Brown, CBE, DSC, AFC, Hon FRAeS (21 January 1920 - 21 February 2016) was a British Royal Navy officer and test pilot who flew 487 types of aircraft, more than anyone else in history. Brown held the world record for the most aircraft carrier deck take-offs and landings performed (2, 407 and 2, 271 respectively) and achieved several firsts in naval aviation, including the first landings on an aircraft carrier of a twin-engined aircraft, an aircraft with a tricycle undercarriage, a jet aircraft, and a rotary-wing aircraft. Brown flew almost every category of Royal Navy and Royal Air Force aircraft: glider, fighter, bomber, airliner, amphibian, flying boat and helicopter. During the Second World War, he flew many types of captured German, Italian, and Japanese aircraft, including new jet and rocket aircraft. He was a pioneer of jet technology into the postwar era. Good condition. All autographs come with a Certificate of Authenticity. We combine postage on multiple winning lots and can ship worldwide. UK postage from £5.99, EU from £7.99, Rest of World from £9.99
WW2 Capt Eric Winkle Brown DFC AFC signed De Havilland Sea Hornet 802 sqn Biography Card. 7 x 5 inch limited edition Printed card with border, perfect for matting or use as bookplate. Captain Eric Melrose Winkle Brown, CBE, DSC, AFC, Hon FRAeS (21 January 1920 - 21 February 2016) was a British Royal Navy officer and test pilot who flew 487 types of aircraft, more than anyone else in history. Brown held the world record for the most aircraft carrier deck take-offs and landings performed (2, 407 and 2, 271 respectively) and achieved several firsts in naval aviation, including the first landings on an aircraft carrier of a twin-engined aircraft, an aircraft with a tricycle undercarriage, a jet aircraft, and a rotary-wing aircraft. Brown flew almost every category of Royal Navy and Royal Air Force aircraft: glider, fighter, bomber, airliner, amphibian, flying boat and helicopter. During the Second World War, he flew many types of captured German, Italian, and Japanese aircraft, including new jet and rocket aircraft. He was a pioneer of jet technology into the postwar era. Good condition. All autographs come with a Certificate of Authenticity. We combine postage on multiple winning lots and can ship worldwide. UK postage from £5.99, EU from £7.99, Rest of World from £9.99
Commemorative coins, medallions, sets and part sets, including 2015 'The New Portrait Coinage Medal' and 'The Fourth Portrait Coinage Medal', various five pound coins, first and second 'The World of Peter Rabbit Gold-Plated Ingot Collection', Tristan Da Cunha 2012 'Super Crown to celebrate the Thames Diamond Pageant', 'The Changing Face of Britain's Coinage Golden Edition' etc
P. Endsleigh Castle (British, 1918-2008) ARAes 'Major Martin Drewes - Messerschmitt BF 110G-4/R3', watercolour / gouache, dated 1966, framed. Also a print of Ulrich Steinhilper signed, limited edition number 263/500. The reverse of the frame is applied with a letter from Martin Drewes giving possession of the watercolour to a collector Anthony Flitter. The first 37cm x 46cm, the second 35cm x 45cm
THE BEATLES IN MONO - LIMITED EDITION LP BOX SET (5099963379716). A stunning example of the 2014 extensive Limited Edition 14 LP box set by The Beatles. In Mono and including all of the studio albums remastered from the original master mono mixes. The set comprises the group's 10 studio albums spread across 11 LPs, including the triple LP "Mono Masters", released for the first time on vinyl in this set. The Set also includes a 12x12 lavishly illustrated 108-page hardback book. Housed in its original packaging and never taken out of the box - both the LPs and box are therefore still in Mint condition.
THE BEATLES IN MONO - LIMITED EDITION LP BOX SET (5099963379716). A stunning example of the 2014 extensive Limited Edition 14 LP box set by The Beatles. In Mono includes all of the studio albums remastered from the original master mono mixes. The set comprises the group's 10 studio albums spread across 11 LPs, including the triple LP "Mono Masters", released for the first time on vinyl in this set. The Set also includes a 12x12 lavishly illustrated 108-page hardback book. All contents (including the outer slipcase) are in 'as new' condition.
Eight Jimi Hendrix LPs - chiefly 00s pressings, to inc: First Days of the Rising Sun (2010 EU, Music on Vinyl, MOVLP076, 2xLP, Ex+/Ex+), Smash Hits (2016, 88985303081, sealed), Johnny B Goode (Japan, S18-5003, 1986, Ex/Ex), Studio Out Takes Vol 3 1969-1970 (827010004718, sealed), Alternate Electric Ladyland (yellow vinyl, 499/500 copies, sealed), LA Forum Concert (2xLP, 827010005210, ltd edition, sealed), 1967 Broadcast Album (33XX R&B60, sealed), DDR pressing of 'Jimi Hendrix' (Amiga, 8 55 378).
GREAT SHE BIBLE. Holy Bible, second folio edition of the King James Bible. Robert Barker 1613/1611. Black letter in two columns with 59 lines to a full column. With the reading 'and she went into the citie' in Ruth 3 v.15 and the 'Judas' for 'Jesus' error in Matthew 26 v. 36. Includes Apocrypha.Collation: 15 preliminary leaves (of 18). Lacks general title, first leaf of dedication and one leaf from 'The Translators to the Readers'. Kalendar etc complete (20pp). Genealogies 32pp (of 34: lacks p8/9). First two preliminary leaves detached and creased. Lacks map. New Testament ends on X5 (Hebrews 11 v. 35). Lacks X1 and 19 leaves at the end of the New Testament (from Hebrews 11 v. 36 to the end of Revelations) (X6-Aa6).Early reversed calf, remains of one brass clasp on lower board. Replacement spine has been rivetted on at some time. Good margins, ruled top border just occasionally clipped. Herbert 319.
COLLINS NEW NATURALIST. R J Berry, The Natural History of Orkney. NN no 70. 1st edition 1st state 1985. Fine copyCondition:This is the first state of the first edition with a case height of 223mm and a rounded spine. All four corners of the boards are sharp with no bumps. The book is in its original dust wrapper with the clear plastic Duraseal protector. There are no inscriptions or foxing. Pages and edges are very clean.
COLLINS NEW NATURALIST. Eric Simms, British Warblers. NN no 71. 1st edition 1st state 1985. Fine copyCondition:This is the first state of the first edition with a case height of 223mm and a rounded spine. All four corners of the boards are sharp with no bumps. The book is in its original dust wrapper with the clear plastic Duraseal protector. There are no inscriptions or foxing. Pages and edges are very clean.
‡ MILITARY / AVIATION CLUB HOUSE: ROBERT TAYLOR (British b.1946) limited edition (166/250) and (102/250) lithographs - 'Defiant To The Last' and 'Battle Over Dover', signed and numbered in pencil, first with additional signatures of Frederick Barker, D.F.M. and Herbert Green, M.B.E. in margin, (I) both around 22 x 37cms (2)Provenance: private collection CardiffComments: framed and glazed, ready to hang
Lord Sebastian Coe signed limited edition print with signing photo Sebastian Coe is one of the great names of British sport with eight world records and two Olympic gold medals during his career. Coe sensationally broke three world records in 1979 in just 41 days: the 800m and mile in Oslo and the 1500m in Zurich. This meant Coe was the first man in more than 50 years to set world records at both 800m and 1500m.The following July Coe added the 1000m record to his list in Oslo, making him the holder, for a short time, of four world records simultaneously.In 1981 Coe broke records again at 800m (Florence) 1000m (Oslo) and the mile (Zurich and Brussels) bringing his total to eight. His 800m world record of 1:41:73, set in Florence in June1981, remained unbroken until 1997. At the 1984 Olympics in Los Angeles Coe set an Olympic record at 1500m.He has now successfully led the bid to bring the Olympics to London in 2012.This stunning print shows Coe jubilant in crossing the line to win the Olympic gold medal in 1984. He has personally signed each print and you will receive a separate photo of the signing (as shown in the inset image).Actual Size 560mm x 410mm - limited edition of 250 and part of the Sporting Masters editions - Photo printed on 250gsm, high quality art board - The accompanying photo of the personality signing this item will include a copyright over the image and the edition number may vary. Good condition. All autographs come with a Certificate of Authenticity. We combine postage on multiple winning lots and can ship worldwide. UK postage from £5.99, EU from £7.99, Rest of World from £9.99
Mike Phillips - British Lions 2009 - Signed Limited edition photo montage - Considered by many to be the man of the series after playing in all three tests with performances that showed why he is one of the world's best number 9's.In an outstanding and sometimes controversial tour, the Lions outscored South Africa in both points and tries scored but narrowly lost the first two tests before winning the final test convincingly.The tour produced many great performances and heroes who helped to maintain the passion and ethos of the Lions, none more so than Mike Phillips.This superb limited edition signed print pays tribute to Mike Phillips performances with 3 photos - the centre one celebrating the final test win with Shane Williams - the left image of him breaking through the Boks defence - and the right image of him celebrating scoring in the first test.Each edition is uniquely number out of 250 with a full description under the centre image.They were personally signed by Mike in October 2009.A truly stunning item to celebrate one of the great Lions tours. Good condition. All autographs come with a Certificate of Authenticity. We combine postage on multiple winning lots and can ship worldwide. UK postage from £5.99, EU from £7.99, Rest of World from £9.99
Gary Kirsten signed limited edition print with signing photo. Gary Kirsten scored over 7, 000 Test Match runs at an average of 45.27 and currently shares the South African individual Test record of 275 with Daryll Cullinan haunted England in 2003 and scored a crucial 130 in the Headingley Test. His good form in that series persuaded him to postpone his retirement until the end of the New Zealand tour in 2003-04Fittingly, he scored a century in the first Test of that series - his 99th - and scored a typically gritty 76 in his final game to help South Africa tie the series This stunning print shows images of Kirsten scoring three double centuries for South Africa. He has personally signed each print and you will receive a photo of the signing (as shown in inset image)Actual Size 560mm x 410mm - limited edition of 250 and part of the Sporting Masters editions - Photo printed on 250gsm, high quality art board - The accompanying photo of the personality signing this item will include a copyright over the image. Edition number may vary. Good condition. All autographs come with a Certificate of Authenticity. We combine postage on multiple winning lots and can ship worldwide. UK postage from £5.99, EU from £7.99, Rest of World from £9.99
BERNARD SHAW; 'The Adventures of the Black Girl in Her Search for God', first edition December 1932, illustrated by John Farleigh, published by Constable & Company Ltd, London.Condition Report: - Light wear to the covers. Wear to the book edges. Creasing to the gutter. Light tanning to the spine. Foxing to some of the pages - particularly the first and last few. Inscription in black pen to the half-title page 'To Eric from Francis Xmas 1932'. Pencil writing to the preceding blank page.
A quantity of vintage books, to include 'George Washington', Agatha Christie 'Destination Unknown' Crime Club, 'Guerrilla Warfare and Marxism', 'Carlyle: The French Revolution', 'Sherlock Holmes Short Stories', 'The Case of the Cottingley Fairies', and 'My Autobiography' by Charles Chaplin, first edition, together with a small pastel drawing of Charlie Chaplin by V. Rigby, 24 x 9.5cm.
11 2nd world war books inc signed first edition- The Goebels first edition 1978 by Hugh Trevor Roper, History of the SS by G.S Graber 1982, Inside the Third Reich Albert Speer, Berlin Diaries by William L Shirer 1941, The End by Ian Kershaw signed 1st edition, Antony Beaver Arnhem, Swansong 1945 Walter Kempowski, Travellers in the 3rd reich and 3 books on aircraft/tanks/ships
(Signed) Margaret Rule The Mary Rose. The Excavation and Raising of Henry VIII's Flagship Signed and inscribed by the author 'To my very good friend With every good wish....', first edition, unclipped, fine, Conway Maritime Press, 1982; Alexander McKee. 'King Henry VIII's Mary Rose. Its fate and future,' first edition, unclipped dj, vg, Souvenir Press, 1973; Ernle Bradford. 'the Story of the Mary Rose,' first edition, unclipped dj, vg, The Mary Rose Trust and Hamish Hamilton, London, 1982; With four other publications about the Mary Rose. (7)
U-Boats and Submarines An extensive collection of mostly reference works. Hessler, G., Withers, A.J. and Großbritannien (eds) (1992) The U-boat war in the Atlantic: 1939 - 1945. Facs. ed., 2. impr. London: HMSO (German naval history); Akermann, Paul. (2002) Encyclopeadia of British Submarines 1901-1955. 2nd ed. Penzance, Periscope Publishing; Stern, R.C. (2002) Type VII U-boats. Repr. London: Brockhampton Press; McCartney, I. (2003) Lost Patrols: Submarine Wrecks of the English Channel. Penzance: Periscope; Holt, P. (2015) HM Submarine A7: An Archaeological Assessment. A Report on the Results of the A7 Project 2014. Oxford (GB): Archaeopress (BAR, 613); Korganoff, Alexandre (1977) Sous-Marins de Poche et Torpilles Humaines 1914-1978. Forces Sous-Marines, Paris; Submarine Environmental Assessment (SEA) - Submarine Dismantling Project (SDP) (2011). MOD Abbey Wood, Bristol BS34 8JH; Aydemir, Oguz (2000) WW2 - U-Boats off the Turkish Black Sea Coast Istanbul, Turkey. Tina - Turkish Institute of Nautical Archaeology; Jurgen Rohwer. (1983) Axis Submarine Successes 1939-1945. 1st English ed. Cambridge, Patrick Stephens; Horton, E. (1974) The Illustrated History of the Submarine. London: Sidgwick and Jackson; Offringa, H. (2004) Raising the Kursk. 1st edn. Insch: Lipstick Pub; Showell, Mallmann1 (1973) U-Boats Under the Swastika - an introduction to German submarines 1935-1945. 1st edn. Purnell Book Services Ltd; Messimer, D.R. (2002) Verschollen: World War I U-boat losses. Annapolis, Md: Naval Institute Press; Niestlé, A. (1998) German U-boat losses during World War II: Details of Destruction. London: Greenhill Books; Compton-Hall, R. (1983) Submarine boats: the beginnings of underwater warfare. London: Conway Maritime Press; Nilsson, T. (1989) Ubåtsattack i södra Kalmarsund 1915. Karlskrona: Föreningen Marinmusei vänner i Karlskrona; Kemp, P. (1999) U-boats Destroyed: German Submarine Losses in the World Wars. London: Arms & Armour; McDonald, K. (2003) The Tin Openers: the ssecret underwater war against the U-Boats 1914-18. [First edition]. Storrington, West Sussex: Historic Military Press; Courageous Society (2013) HMS Courageous - a veteran of the Cold War (One vol). 1st. Plymouth; Keatts, H. (1987) Field reference to sunken U-boats. Kings Point, N.Y. : Eastport, NY: American Merchant Marine Museum Press, United States Merchant Marine Academy ; Distributed by Fathom Press; Skinner, R.W. (2003) The Saint and the Sparrow: the Sinking of U-309. Storrington: Historic Military Press; Bunch, J.W. (2017) U-boats off the Outer Banks: Shadows in the Moonlight. Charleston, SC: The History Press; Kemp, P. (1990) British submarines of World War One. London : New York, N.Y., USA: Arms and Armour Press ; Distributed in the USA by Sterling Pub. Co (Warships fotofax). With thirteen other works and facsimilie map titled The Graves of the U-Boats. Approximate Positions. (Q)
Armouries and Guns Fifteen works Ffoulkes, Charles. (1937) The Gun-Founders of England. rebound. Cambridge, At the Univerity Press; Blackmore, H.K. (1976) The Armouries of the Tower of London. first edition. London, Her Majesty's Stationery Office; Campbell, N.J.M. (no date) The Development of Naval Guns - 1850 - 1900. Royal Armouries; Jackson, Melvin H. and De Beer, Carel. (1973) Eighteenth Century Gunfounding. 1st edn. Newton Abbot, David & Charles; Carpenter, Austin C. (1999) Guns and Carriages, the Construction of the World's First Reproduction Moncrieff Depression Mounting. First UK edition. Tiverton, Halsgrove; Pope, Dudley. (1969) Guns. Reprint. London, Spring Books; Wilkinson-Latham. (n.d) Discovering Artillery. Limpback. Tring, Shire Publications; (1963) Catalogue of the Museum of Artillery in the Rotunda at Woolwich. Limpback. London, Her Majesty's Stationery Office; Munday, John. (1987) Naval Cannon. Aylesbury, Shire Album; With five other booklets. (15)
Maritime History and Reference A very good collection Haws, D. and Hurst, A.A. (1985) The Maritime History of the World: A Chronological Survey of Maritime Events; from 5,000 B. C. until the present day, supplemented by commentaries. Vols 1 and 2. Brighton: Teredo Books; Cornwell, .. (no date) An Illustrated History of Ships. London: New English Library; Howard, F. (1979) Sailing Ships of War, 1400-1860. Greenwich [Eng.]: Conway Maritime Press; Archibald, E.H.H. and Woodward, R. (1984) The Fighting Ship in the Royal Navy AD 897 - 1984. Rev. ed. Poole: Blandford Press; Lavery, B. (1988) The Royal Navy’s First Invincible. Invincible Conservations (1744-1758) Ltd; Macintyre. Donald (1979) The Adventure of Sail - 1520 to 1914. London: Ferndale editions; Hogg, I.V. and Batchelor, J.H. (1978) Naval gun. Poole: Blandford Press; Collyer, P. (1998) Rain Later, good: Illustrating the Shipping Forecast. Bradford on Avon: Thomas Reed; Cross, Roy et al. (1998) The Tall Ship in Art. Reprint. London, Blanford; Deacon, G.E.R. (1968) Oceans. An Atlas-History of Man's Exploration of the Deep. 2nd edn. London, Paul Hamlyn; Wharton, Ric. (2000) The Salvage of the Sea. Signed 1st edition. Best Publishing Company; Deane, C.A. (2001) Submarine Researches on wrecks of His Majesty's late ships Royal George, Boyne, and others. No. 190/750. London, The Historical Diving Society; Triewald, Marten. (2004) The Art of Living under Water. No. 204/500. London, The Historical Diving Society; Rowe, Jacob. A Demonstration of the Diving Engine; Its Invention and various Uses. No. 211/750. London, The Historical Diving Society; with many more works. (Quantity in three boxes)
(Signed) Bevan, John The Infernal Diver The lives of John and Charles Deane, their invention of the diving helmet and its first application to salvage, treasure hunting, civil engineering and military uses. Signed and inscribed to Richard and Bridget Larn from the author/diver, limited edition 42/1000, 1996, London: Submex.
Treasure Hunting Sixteen works Sotheby & Co. (no date) Treasure Recovered from off the Shetland Isles - from the Wendela, 1737 - the Lastdrager - 1653; Curacao - 1729; Evstafii - 1780; and the Assurance - 1753. London: Sotheby & Co. Ltd; Newman, M.H. (1977) Four Centuries of Treasure - auction catalogue, W.H. Lane & Son, Penzance; (1980) Nautifacts & Treasure. auction catalogue, W.H. Lane & Son, Penzance; The Hollandia Treasure. auction catalogue, two copies, W.H. Lane & Son, Penzance; Cafiero, G. (1993) Sunken Treasures: The World’s Great Shipwrecks. London: Prion; Crothall, Allan C. (1993) Wealth from the Sea. first edition, Kent, Starr Line; Horner, D. (1973) The Treasure Galleons: Clues to Millions in Sunken Gold and Silver. London: Hale; Molen, S.J.Van der (1970) The Lutine Treasure - the 150 year search for gold in the wreck of the frigate HMS Lutine (1 vol). 1st edn. London: Adlard Coles Ltd; Roberts, G. (1986) Richard Knight’s Treasure! The True Story of His Extraordinary Quest for Captain Kidd’s Cache. 1st edn. New York, N.Y., U.S.A: Viking; Scott, David (1928) The Egypt’s Gold. 1st edn. London: Faber & Faber Ltd; Wagner, Kip & Taylor, L. (1966) Pieces of Eight - recovering the riches of a lost Spanish Treasure Fleet. 1967th edn. London: Longmans, Green & Co.Ltd; Hamilton-Paterson, J. (1998) Three miles down: A Hunt for Sunken Treasure. 1st edn. London: Cape; Booth, Tony. (2007) Admiralty Salvage in Peace & War 1906-2006. 1st edn. Barnsley, Pen & Sword. (16)
The Richard Larn Archive C.L. Peel. 'At the Court at Balmoral, The 13th day of October, 1897. Present, The Queen's Most Excellent Majesty in Council,' government announcement deeming the control of the Admiralty Harbour Works, Gibraltar, to the Captain of the Port of Gibraltar, pp.4, folded with slight tear to folds, vg; Fifteen 'BSAC Wreck Registers' covering the UK; Adrian Corkhill. 'Dictionary of Shipwrecks off the Isle of Man (1740-1995),' pp.222, first edition, 1995; Sixteen issues of 'Shipwrecks. diving into history,' all staple bound; H. M. Hignett. 'Index of (non-military) vessels mentioned in Sea Breezes volumes 1-24,' 1997; With many other reports, including a file titled 'Irish General & Treasure Wrecks', research notes &c. &c. (Q)
J. C. Dibdin and John Ayling The Book of the Lifeboat: With a Complete History of the Lifeboat Saturday Movement...... First edition, original pictorial cloth with gilt lettering, chips to spine with some staining, gilt edge, profuse with illustrations throughout, some light spotting to text block but generally vg, Oliphant, Anderson & Ferrier, Edinburgh & London, 1894.
William Matthews C.M.G Harbour of Refuge inquiry North Coast of Devon and Cornwall First edition, ex owner inscriptions to front pastedown one being F. E. Strike of Porthleven, boards detached with toning throughout, bound with appendix, 1 copy of memorandum by Commander G.C.Frederick R.N, large tear to fold of plan 5, all plans complete, fair, William Clowes and Son, London, 1906.
Maritime History Interest, including signed editions Rusbridger, J. and Nave, E. (1991) Betrayal at Pearl Harbor: how Churchill lured Roosevelt into World War II. First edition, signed with inscription to Richard Larn from James Rusbridger. New York: Summit Books. Hanson, N. (1999) The Custom of the Sea, signed by the author with Richard Larn ex-libris label. London: Doubleday. Bound, Mensun, (2022) The Ship Beneath The Ice - The Discovery of Shackleton's Endurance, signed with inscription to Richard and Bridget; Mariner, J. (2001) The Eaglet at the Battle of Minorca, signed with inscription Sussex, England: Book Guild; Clarke, J.D. (1999) The Men of HMS Victory at Trafalgar: including the Muster Roll of HMS Victory. Place of publication not identified: Vintage Naval Library; Bonnett. Stanley (1968) The Price of Admiralty - an indictment of the Royal Navy - 1805 to 1966. 1st edn, ex-libris Richard Larn bookplate. London: Robert Hale Ltd; Pearce, Frank, (1975) 'The Ship that Torpedoed Herself, Baron Jay Ltd Publishers; Kennedy, G. (1978) Bligh. 1st edition. London: Gerald; Harris, S. (2001) Sir Cloudesley Shovell: Stuart admiral. Staplehurst: Spellmount; Waldermar, Frederick (1944) The story of HMS. Victory - a Ship unsuppased in Naval History. 1st edn. London: Lindsay Drummond Ltd; together with further books related to the subject.
Maritime Reference and Shipwrecks Ortzen, L. (1974) Stories of Famous Disasters at Sea. London: ex-libris Richard Larn, Barker, Arthur Ltd, 1969; Wilson, Neil. (1998) Great Sea Disasters - The World's Worst Sea Accidents, Siena; Marriott, J. (1987) Disaster at sea. 1st edn. London: Allan Ltd; Zanelli, Leo. Unknown Shipwrecks around Britain, Kaye and Ward, 1974; Zanelli, Leo. Shipwrecks Around Britain - A Diver's Guide, Kaye and Ward, 1970; Zanelli, Leo. Shipwrecks Around Britain - A Diver's Guide, Kaye and Ward, 1978, with tip-ins; Harris, John. Without Trace - The Last Voyages of Eight Ships, 1982, Book Club Associates; Gjessing, Gutorm. The Viking Ship Finds, Guide Published by the Director of the Museum, 1955, Oslo; Wood, Walter. Survivors Tales of Famous Shipwrecks, first edition, ex libris Richard Larn label, 1932, Geoffrey Bles; McDonald, K. (1986) Great British wrecks: wreck diver’s guide. Vol. 1. 1st edn. London: Underwater World Publ (Diver guide series); Williams, David (1991) Salvage! Rescued From The Deep, Ian Allen Ltd; Wood, Walter (1974) Survivors Tales of Famous Shipwrecks, EP Publishing Ltd; Hood, Jean (2006) Come Hell and High Water, first edition, Burford Books; Forsberg, G. (1977) Salvage from the Sea. 1st edn. London: Routledge and Kegan Paul; Masters, David (1932) When Ships go Down. London: Eyre & Spottiswood; Ortzen, L. (1974) Stories of famous shipwrecks. London: Barker, Arthur Ltd; Wheeler, G.J.Captain (1958) Ship Salvage. 1st edn. London: George Philip & Son. Ltd; Edwards, B. (1990) The grey widow-maker. London: R. Hale; Together with further books. (Q)
Reference and Ships Lost Twelve works 'List of H.M. Ships Lost from all Causes Other The by the Enemy, from 1800 to 1905,' facsimile printed, bound in full faux leather with gilt lettering to spine; The Baltic Mercantile and Shipping Exchange (Limited) 1919-1920. Vol.I, leather bound. London, Lloyds Register of Shipping; Lloyd’s Register of Shipping - Sailing vessels - Vol.1 - 1919-20 (1919); O'Neil, T.P. and Furnley, T. F. (1968) Irish University Press Series of British Parliamentary Papers - Reports from Select Committees on Shipwrecks With Minutes of Evidence Appendices and Indices. First thus, quarter leather. Shannon, Irish University Press;l Barriskill, D.T. (2006) Guide to the Lloyd’s Marine Collection and Related Marine Sources at Guildhall Library. 3rd (rev.) ed. London: Guildhall Library; Fenton, R., Briody, N. and Macdonald, M. (2004) Maritime Information: A Guide to Libraries and Sources of Information in the United Kingdom. 4th ed. London: Maritime Information Assoc; 'Abstracts of the Returns Made to the Board of Trade of Wrecks, Casualties, and Collisions Which Occurred on and Near the Coasts of the United Kingdon, from the 1st July 1874 to the 30th June 1875....,' original printed wraps debound with the spine perishing, George Edward Eyre and William Spottiswode, London, 1875; Capt. Arthur R. Moore. (1985) A Careless Word....A Needless Sinking - A history of the staggering losses suffered by the U.S. Merchant Marine, both in ships and personnel, during World War II. Revised Edition with Addendum. New York, the American Merchant Marine Museum; Mitchell, W.H. and Sawyer, L.A. (1990) The Empire ships: a record of British-built and acquired merchant ships during the Second World War. 2. ed. London: Lloyd’s of London Press; Lenton, H.T. (1974) British escort ships. London: Macdonald and Jane’s (World War 2 fact files); With three other works. (12)
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