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Le Gendre (Antione) The Manner of Ordering Fruit-Trees..., Wherein is Treated of Nurseries, Wall-Fruits, Hedges of Fruit Trees, Dwarf-Trees, High Standers, &c., [translation attributed to John Evelyn], first English edition, engraved frontispiece, contemporary sheep, spine chipped at head, [Fussell p.50; Henrey 229; Janson pp.69-71; Wing L943A], 12mo, Printed for Humphrey Moseley, at the Prince's Armes in S. Paul's Church-yard, 1660.⁂ Rare. Only 3 copies at auction in the last 70 years, one of which lacked the frontispiece. Le Gendre was inspector of gardens and almoner to Louis XIII. In 1622 he became curate of Henouville, near Rouen, an area renowned for the quality of its fruit. He was visited here by his friend the writer Pierre Corneille.

Somner (William) A Treatise of Gavelkind, Both Name and Thing. Shewing the True Etymologie and Derivation of the One, the Nature, Antiquity, and Original of the Other, first edition, woodcut initials and decorations, lacking initial blank, contemporary sheep, upper cover rehinged with old tape, rubbed, [Goldsmiths 1512; Wing S4668], small 4to, R. and W. Leybourn for the Author, 1660.

Stevenson (Matthew) The Twelve Moneths, first edition, one engraved plate and 11 full-page engraved illustrations, soiled, lower corner of sig.I1 restored, just touching a couple of words of text, a few other marginal repairs, later crushed red morocco, gilt, by F. Bedford, g.e., inner gilt dentelles, [Wing S5510; Fussell I, pp.72-73; Schwerdt II, p.225], small 4to, Printed by M.S. for Thomas Jenner, 1661.⁂ Scarce first edition of this charmingly illustrated work which not only covers husbandry and gardening but also "Recreations, as Hunting, Hawking, Fishing, Fowling, Coursing, Cockfighting." As well as the engravings depicting the rural activities, there is also a list of "The Principall Fairs in England and Wales" for each month.Rothamsted acquisition date 1922.

Pollution.- Evelyn (John) Fumifugium: or, The Inconveniencie of the Aer and Smoak of London Dissipated..., first edition, first issue with "Published by His Majesties Command" on title, first and last leaves lightly soiled and reinforced at inner margins, small stain to D3, cropped shaving signature at end of dedication, modern calf, spine faded, [Keynes 23; Wing E3488], 4to, by W. Godbid for Gabriel Bedel, and Thomas Collins, 1661.⁂ The first English book on pollution with suggestions on how to improve the poor air quality of London, including planting trees and relocating industries such as brewing, dyeing and lime-burning.

Estienne (Charles), Jean Liébault & others. Hof-stede en Landt-huys, additional engraved pictorial title, letterpress title with woodcut printer's device, 4 engraved illustrations of a farm scene and parts of the body of a man & woman, a cow and a horse, one-full page, engraved title a little soiled & marked and trimmed close & slightly short, some other light soiling and water-staining, mostly marginal, later vellum-backed sprinkled boards, small 4to, Dordrecht, [printed by Gillis Neering for] Abraham Andriesz, 1662.⁂ Scarce Dutch edition of this popular guide to running a country estate and household, first published in Latin in 1554 and in French in 1564, covering gardens and vines to bee-keeping, distilling and cheese-making.

Drainage.- Dugdale (Sir William) The History of Imbanking and Drayning of Divers Fenns and Marshes, both in Foreign Parts and in this Kingdom, first edition, title in red and black, 11 double-page engraved maps, dampstaining to lower corner, heavier towards end, contemporary calf, rebacked, [Wing D2481], folio, Alice Warren, 1662.⁂ The scarcest of Dugdale's works, many of the copies were allegedly destroyed in the Great Fire of London.

America.- Forster (John) Englands Happiness Increased...by A Plantation of Roots called Potatoes, first edition, initial licence leaf present, lacking final blank, small marginal holes to D3, a couple of headlines just shaved, [Wing F1601; Henrey 145; Fussell I, pp.60-61; Goldsmiths' 1724], Printed for A. Seile, over against St. Dunstans Church in Fleetstreet, 1664; bound with Lawrence (Anthony) Nurseries, Orchards, Profitable Gardens, and Vineyards Encouraged, first edition, lacking final blank leaf, slight worming to lower margin, occasionally slightly affecting text (mostly catchwords), fore-edge trimmed close, affecting ruled border to title but just avoiding text, [Wing L651; Henrey 225; Fussell I, p.58], Printed for Henry Brome at the Gun in St. Pauls Church-Yard, the West End, 1677; bound with The Orchard, and the Garden..., 22pp. only (of 61), largely printed in black letter, woodcut title vignette and illustration, ownership signature of Thomas Faxon to title, [STC 14106.5; Henrey 275; Fussell I, p.37 for 1594 1st ed.], Printed by Adam Islip, 1597; all bound after C[lark] (W[illiam]) Decimarum & Oblationum Tabula. A Tithing-Table, lacking initial leaf, shaved with loss to side-notes and pagination throughout, [Wing C148H], for R. Scot, T. Basset, J. Wright, R. Chiswell, 1683, together 4 works in 1, modern cloth, spine lettered in gilt "Old Pamphlets 1", small 4to⁂ Includes two great rarities. Forster's work is the first treatise devoted exclusively to the potato and refers to the Virginia Potatoes, giving recipes for making puddings, cakes, bread etc. The Lawrence includes references to orchards and vineyards in America.

Evelyn (John) Sylva, Or A Discourse Of Forest-Trees, and the Propagation of Timber, 3 parts in 1, first edition, initial licence leaf, title in red and black with engraved vignette of the arms of the Royal Society, errata leaf bound near beginning after prefatory matter, with the "Animadversion" and "Sir Paul Neiles second paper" leaves, part 3 printed in red and black, one woodcut illustration, without cancel leaf H1 as usual and without printed instruction to the binder, a crisp copy in near contemporary mottled calf, gilt, corners rubbed, joints cracking, [Wing E3516; Henrey 132; Keynes 40; Hunt 296], folio, Printed by Jo. Martyn, and Ja. Allestry, Printers to the Royal Society, 1664.⁂ "Evelyn's most celebrated horticultural work...Sylva contains a wealth of interesting information and practical instruction in the growth and management of trees. Most kind of tree found in the British Isles are systematically described" (Keynes).

Gardens.- Ferrari (Giovanni Battista) Flora, seu de florum cultura lib.IV, edited by Bernhard Rottendorff, engraved additional allegorical title, portrait and 45 full-page illustrations after Anna Maria Vaiani (?of 46), with the additional engraving 'Arbuscula corali' numbered 381 but possibly lacking the actual plate at 381 (catchword "Se-" on verso of additional plate does not conform to following text on p.385), lacking final blank, portrait with marginal staining, final leaf (Index) with short marginal tear, [Nissen 620, calling for 45 plates), Amsterdam, J. Jansson, 1664 bound with Joncquet (Denis) Hortus, sive index onomasticus plantarum, first edition, engraved additional pictorial title and portrait, woodcut initials, title defective at upper edge with slight loss to a couple of letters (repaired, also head of engraved title, portrait, dedication and one or two other leaves), some light browning, Paris, F. Clouzier, 1659, together 2 works in 1 vol., contemporary vellum, yapp edges, a little soiled, 4to ⁂ Ferrari, a Jesuit priest and botanist, was one of the first to describe contemporary flower gardens. This scarce work consists of sections on garden design and maintenance, individual species, horticultural techniques, and floral arrangements, the latter including the first known illustration of a specially adapted case for transporting cut flowers. There are also several allegorical engravings after Guido Reni, Pietro da Cortona etc.Joncquet was a French physician and Professor of botany who advised on improvements to the Royal Garden. This is a catalogue of the plants in his own garden.

Gardens.- Rea (John) Flora: seu, de florum cultura. Or, A Complete Florilege, first edition, engraved additional pictorial title by D.Loggan with facing letterpress 'Mind of the Front' explanatory leaf, title in red and black, 16 engraved plans of formal gardens on 8 plates, 2 folding, contemporary ink inscription to title "Ri: Sneyde pr. 7s. 6d.", engraved title torn and repaired, small ink stains to title and facing leaf, occasional other soiling but generally clean, contemporary mottled calf, rubbed, splits to joints, spine worn at head, [Henrey 325; Hunt 301; Wing R421], small folio, J[ohn] G[rismond] for Richard Marriott, 1665.⁂ "The most important English treatise on gardening to be published during the second half of the seventeenth century." Henrey p. 195. The work is enthusiastically referred to in the diaries of John Evelyn.

Gardens.- Nylandt (Pieter) and Jan van der Groen. Het Vermakelyck Landt-Leven, 3 vol. in 1 comprising: Nylandt (Pieter) Den Verstandigen Hovenier, engraved additional pictorial title, full-page engraving with 4 images of trees & grafting, full-page woodcut of gardening tools and small illustration of pressing and tasting wine; Groen (Jan van der) Den Nederlandtsen Hovenier, additional engraved pictorial title and 15 full-page illustrations of garden plans, fountains etc., a few woodcut illustrations of tools & equipment; Twee Hondert Modellen voor de Liefhebbers van Hoven en Thuynen, additional engraved pictorial title, 49 woodcut illustrations of flowerbeds, lattices, sundials etc., most full-page; Nylandt (P.) De Ervaten Huys-Houder, engraved title-vignette of a vet examining animals in front of his surgery by G.V.Eeckhout, woodcuts, one full-page; Den Naerstigen Byen-Houder, engraved title-vignette of man with row of skeps and swarm of bees by Eeckhout; De Verstandige Kock, engraved title-vignette of cooks in a kitchen, together 6 parts in 3 vol. bound in 1, first edition, second part of vol.2 ('Twee Hondert...') misbound at end of volume, lacking π1 at beginning (general half-title), also K4 at end of vol.2 part 1 'Nedelandtsten Hovenier' (after "Eynde van't Register") and B4 at end of vol.3 part 2 'Byen-houder' (after "Eynde"), some light foxing, contemporary vellum, yapp edges, spine with title in ink manuscript and number "56" in red, a little soiled and stained, [Hunt 314], 4to, Amsterdam, Marcus Doornick, 1669.⁂ Rare first edition of this collection of Dutch works on gardening, farming, bee-keeping and cooking. Jan van der Groen was gardener to the Prince of Orange and his work includes scenes of the gardens at Ryswick, Honsholredyck and Huys 'ten Bosch prior to alteration in the style of Le Nôtre. Pieter Nylandt was a doctor and horticulturist.Provenance: ?C.W.G. van Nyht (ink signature on first title and engraved bookplate). Rothamsted acquisition date 1935.

Gardens.- [Bonnefons (Nicolas de)] The French Gardiner: Instructing how to Cultivate all sorts of Fruit-Trees, and Herbs for the Garden, translated by John Evelyn, second edition in English, engraved additional pictorial title and 4 plates, one folding, one almost detached, browned, modern bookplate of John T. Beer, contemporary calf, [Henrey 146; Hunt 312; Keynes 8; Wing B3600], by J.M. for John Crooke, 1669 § Evelyn (John) Kalendarium Hortense: or, The Gard'ners Almanac, third edition, with initial and final blanks, contemporary ink signature at head of title and inscription (crossed out) to initial blank, contemporary sheep, red morocco label, rubbed and marked, upper joint split at foot, [Henrey 120; Keynes 59; Wing E3492], by Jo. Martyn and Ja. Allestry, 1669, 8vo (2)⁂ The first includes The English Vineyard Vindicated by John Rose at end; the second contains 14pp. Table and errata at end.

Gardens.- Meager (Leonard) The English Gardener: or, a Sure guide to young Planters and Gardeners...shewing the way and order of Planting and raising all sorts of Stocks, Fruit-trees, and Shrubs...how to order the Kitchin-Garden, for all sorts of herbs, roots, and sallads...[and] The ordering of the Garden of Pleasure, with variety of Knots, and Wilderness-work..., first edition, 24 engraved plates, contemporary ink calculation to title and various inscriptions of John, Elizabeth, Jane and Wm. Bridges to verso or head of some plates and with notes and calculations on final leaf, rather soiled and stained, one or two plates shaved, contemporary sheep, worn, small square patch cut from leather of upper cover, spine defective, covers almost detached, [Henrey 240; Hunt 316; Wing M1568], small 4to, for P.Parker, 1670. ⁂ Scarce. Meager was gardener to Sir Philip Hollman, at Warkworth in Northamptonshire; the work is aimed at the owners of medium-sized gardens and includes discussion of mazes and parterres. ESTC lists only 4 copies in the UK including this one.

Royal arms.- Rapin (Rene) Hortorum libri IV cum Disputatione de Cultura Hortensi, first edition, engraved frontispiece by Poilly after Le Brun, engraved title-vignette, head- and tail-pieces and initials, some light marginal browning towards end, one word inked out and manuscript correction to Q4 verso, contemporary red morocco with arms of Louis XIV, a little rubbed, ink stain to lower cover, 4to, Paris, E Typographia Regia, 1665.⁂ Written in imitation of Virgil's Georgics and divided into four books: on the flower garden, parkland & trees, water, and the orchard. In the final prose piece, a debate between the ancients and moderns on gardening styles, Rapin endorses the modern style.

Fens Drainage.- Dodson (Col. William) The Designe for the perfect Draining of the Great Level of the Fens, (called Bedford Level)...as it was delivered to the Honourable Corporation for the Drainage of the said Great Level, the 4th of June, 1664..., first edition, title with typographical border, woodcut initials, folding engraved map, lacking initial blank, a little browned, one or two stains, cropped, later half calf, spine chipped at head, [Wing D1801], small 4to, by R. Wood...so be sold by Henry Twiford...and by Rich. Marriott, 1665.⁂ Rare, with only 8 UK copies listed by ESTC (BL, 2 in Cambridge, 2 in Oxford, Petyt Library, Senate House Library and Sheffield University) and 2 locations in America (Folger and Harvard). The only auction record we have been able to find was the Kenney copy in 1965 (£50).

W[orlidge] (J[ohn]) Systema Agriculturae, being the Mystery of Husbandry Discovered and layd Open, first edition, initial 'The Explanation of the Frontispiece' f., engraved additional pictorial title, woodcut illustrations, 2pp. advertisements at end, O4 torn without loss, occasional browning, bookplate contemporary calf, rebacked, [Fussell pp.68-69; Goldsmiths 1898; Kress 1251; Wing W3598; cf. Perkins 1947 (2nd edition)], folio, Printed by T.Johnson for Samuel Speed, near the Inner Temple Gate in Fleet-Street, 1669. ⁂ One of the earliest works to consider the crop of turnips. Includes a dictionary of rustic words and terms.Provenance: Sir Thomas Woollaston White, 1st Baronet of Tuxford and Wallingwells, 1767-1817 (bookplate).

Tobacco.- Stella (Benedetto) Il Tabacco...in Fumo, in Polvere, in Foglia, in Lambitivo, et in Medicina, first edition, half-title, woodcut initials and tail-pieces, 6 full-page woodcut illustrations, contemporary ink inscription of Can.co Carlo Barabuglini to foot of title, browning, tears to several leaves in L & M signatures, mostly to upper margins with slight loss but also affecting woodcut initial on L6, a few other minor marginal tears or defects, loose in binding, front free endpaper (with ink calculations) and half-title loose, contemporary limp vellum, spine titled in ink, rubbed and soiled, Rome, Filippo Maria Mancini, 1669 § Baruffaldi (Girolamo) La Tabaccheide Ditrambo, first edition, half-title, title with woodcut vignette, paper flaw holes to L2 with loss of a few letters, slight spotting, contemporary vellum, rubbed and soiled, a few wormholes, Ferrara, B. Pomatelli, 1714; and another on tobacco, 8vo (3)

Smith (Captain John) England's Improvement Reviv'd, first edition, woodcut decoration to title, woodcut initials and decorations, some light scattered spotting, bookplate, 19th century calf, a little rubbed and scuffed, [Goldsmiths 1933; Henrey 347; Kress 1274; Sabin 82864; Wing S4092], by Tho. Newcomb for the Author, 1670.⁂ Deals largely with forestry and timber, which was greatly in demand at the time for shipbuilding. Includes a description of the Orkneys and Shetlands and the Dutch fishing and trading in those areas.Provenance: Treasury Library (bookplate with ink cancel stamp).

Saltpetre.- Clarke (William) The Natural History of Nitre: or, a Philosphical Discourse of the Nature, Generation, Place, and Artificial Extraction of Nitre, with its Vertues and Uses, first edition, title slightly stained, last 2ff. soiled and stained, some other ff. stained in margins or at head, slightly browned, modern calf, label on spine, [Wing C4564], E. Okes for Nathaniel Brook, 1670 § [Lund (Carl Fredrich)] Afhandling, om Salpeter-Sjuderierne och Jord-Bruket, upper hinge broken, original silk-covered boards, rather worn and defective, Norrköping, Joh. B. Blume, 1770, 8vo (2).⁂ Saltpetre used in gunpowder. WorldCat lists only 2 copies of the second (Stockholm & Ballerup, Denmark).

Halfpenny (John) The Gentleman's Jocky, and Approved Farrier: Instructing, in the Natures, Causes, and Cures of all Diseases Incident to Horses, first edition, engraved folding frontispiece, 2 final advertisement ff., title spotted, some light foxing to a few ff., 19th century calf, gilt, upper cover becoming loose, lower joint split at foot, [Wing H283], 8vo, for Hen. Twyford, 1671.⁂ The rare first edition, we can trace no other copy at auction in the last 60 years.

[Pettus (Sir John, attrib.)] St. Foine Improved: A Discourse shewing the Utility and Benefit which England hath and may receive by the Grasse called St. Foine, first edition, with final blank, light surface soiling to title, library cloth, [Fussell p.74; Henrey 335], small 4to, printed by S[arah]. G[riffin]. and B[ennet]. G[riffin]. for Nath. Brooke, at the Angel in Cornhill, 1671.⁂ "a most interesting little book... Whoever wrote it knew what he was talking about, and had evidently made himself thoroughly acquainted with the peculiarities and value of the plant as a farmer's crop." - McDonald.

Grew (Nehemiah) The Anatomy of Vegetables, first edition, 3 folding engraved plates at end, lacking initial licence leaf and final blank, blank leaf N6 present, some light browning, title slightly chipped at edges, later mottled sheep-backed boards, [Wing G1946; Henrey I, 163; Norman 944; Pritzel 3554; Dibner 21], 8vo, Printed for Spencer Hickman, Printer to the R. Society, at the Rose in S. Pauls Church-Yard, 1672.⁂ First edition of Grew's first book. Grew (1641-1712) is considered one of the fathers of plant anatomy and this work includes detailed observations of wood, bark and roots.

Boyle (Robert) Essays of the Strange Subtilty, Great Efficacy, Determinate Nature of Effluviums, first edition, first issue, 2 advertisement leaves at end, ink underlining and a few annotations, notes on rear endpaper, some light foxing, contemporary calf, worn, upper cover detached, [Wing B3951; Fulton 105], 8vo, Printed by W.G. for M. Pitt, near the little North Door of St Paul's Church, 1673.⁂ The scarce first issue with lines 4-5 of title reading "Great Efficacy/ Determinate Nature" and with first line of imprint ending "little". Effluvium is here used to describe the area of influence around a solid body, such as the magnetic field around a lodestone.

Farriery.- Almond (Robert) The English Horsman and Complete Farrier...with the Humours of a Smithfield Jockey, first edition, lacking engraved frontispiece but with folding table and final leaf (longitudinal half-title), with contemporary ink signature of William Osbaldeston at head of title and Richard Osbaldeston to verso of half-title, notes in contemporary hand "To licker bootes..." etc. on front pastedown, upper hinge broken, shaken, contemporary sheep, spine worn and faded, [Wing A2897], for Simon Miller, 1673; and 4 others, farriery, 8vo (5) ⁂ Very rare, with only the British Library copy listed by ESTC in the UK and 3 locations in America. We can find only one example appearing at auction, in 1945.

William Peraldus, Tractatus de Charitate, single leaf in situ on binding of a printed book, in Latin, manuscript on parchment [probably France, first half of the thirteenth century] Single large leaf, turned sideways and reused around both boards and spine of a smaller printed book (C.F. Ortrandus, Nachdruck von dem aller notigsten wie man Priester Prediger und Seelforger der Kirchen, Ingolstadt: D. Sartorium, 1575) with edges of leaves folded inward and pasted down to form a limp parchment binding, but with losses only to uppermost lines and outer edges of columns, remains of double column of 45 lines in a large and angular early gothic bookhand that on first impression retains much of the Romanesque, capitals touched with penstrokes and edged in red, remains of a white vine initial in red and iridescent yellow visible inside back board where pastedown is lifted, some spots, stains and small holes at spine, else in solid and presentable condition, the whole leaf 340 by 65+205+65 (the additions here the turned-in sections) This leaf presents a paleographical conundrum. The text is definitively that of William Peraldus’ work on charity, which formed a part of his larger Summa de virtutibus. However, the hand appears on first inspection to be from the very beginning of the thirteenth century, while the author was not born until c. 1190, and died in 1271. The Summa de virtutibus was written before 1249/50, and perhaps as early as the 1230s, and thus it would seem that this witness dates to the earliest wave of copying, and certainly within the life of the author. There is no modern critical edition of the text.

Andrew Lang (1844-1912) : The Princess Nobody, A Tale of Fairyland, illustrated by Richard Doyle, Longman's Green and Co, First Edition.

OO gauge. Bachmann 30-325 First World War Ambulance Train No. 40 Special Commemorative Edition, containing: 4-4-0 GWR 'City of Birmingham'; three Midland Railway ambulance coaches; six medical staff and soldiers. E, boxed.

Newton (Sir Isaac): The Chronology of Ancient Kingdoms Amended, First Edition, engraved head-piece and initial, three folding engraved plates, printed for for J Tonson, J Osborn and T Longman (1728)

5 First Edition Harry Potter books. 3 Harry Potter Order of the Phoenix, 1 Half Blood Prince and 1 Goblet of Fire

Jenny Brook (British, 20th century): a watercolour of blue hydrangeas, 35 by 25cm, framed and glazed 52 by 42cm, signed lower right, dated 1978 verso and a watercolour of poppies, 20 by 14cm, framed and glazed, 34 by 28cm, signed lower right, dated 1978 verso, together with a first edition book entitled, 'A Lifetime of Flowers', published in 2001, Pentland Books, signed by the author to the title page. (3)

A volume of 'A Gate or Door to the Holy Tongue, Opened in English by William Robertson, printed by J. Flesher for Joseph Cranford, London, 1653, English and Hebrew, first edition, being a Hebrew grammar book by the Hebraist William Robertson', calf bound, 15 by 10 by 2cm.

Tony Smith, "Il Leone" and "Monaco Challenge", a pair of signed limited edition colour prints, Washington Green 1993, the first signed in pencil Nigel Mansell lower left and Tony Smith lower right and numbered 895/1000, image 34.5 cm x 65.5cm, the second signed in pencil Sterling Moss lower left and Tony Smith lower right, numbered 90/500, image 37.5cm x 56cm, together with another print of Nigel Mansell. (3)

J M Barrie, Peter Pan and Wendy, First Edition, illustrated by F D Bedford, published by Hodder & Stoughton , London

Gustav Holst, The Planets, full orchestral score, published by Goodwin & Tabb Ltd, circa 1922, copy 119 of a first limited edition of 200, bearing the book plate of Keith Douglas of Farfield Hall, Addingham, Skipton, West Riding of Yorkshire, and bearing library labels from said hall, [Douglas a musician who led the Proms during the Second World War, and a close friend of the composer Frederick Delius]

Twenty-six boxed Exclusive First Edition diecast buses and coaches.

JAMES BOND: CARTE BLANCHE (2011) - Signed Ltd Edition Sealed Slipcase - Signed by the Author JEFFREY DEAVER to a limited edition of 750 copies. The number is unknown as the copy (is unopened and) remains sealed within the publishers original shrink wrap. (New and unread UK first edition, first impression print of this JAMES BOND book fully authorised by the IAN FLEMING estate.)

MICHAEL CAINE - THE ELEPHANT TO HOLLYWOOD (2010) - Signed Ltd Edition Sealed Slipcase - Signed by MICHAEL CAINE to a limited edition of 1,000 copies. The number is unknown as the copy (is unopened and) remains sealed within the publishers original shrink wrap. (New and unread UK first edition, first impression print of this Michael Caine autobiography)

20th Century School,various artists,a folio of first edition and other prints,many with gallery mounts,together with a framed and glazed print entitled 'Excuses'

 DYLAN BOB: (1941-  ) American Singer & Songwriter, Nobel Prize winner for Literature, 2016. A hardback bound 4to edition of Hematite, the yearbook of Hibbing High School, issued in 1959 and thus marking the 50th anniversary since the first yearbook was issued in 1909 (then entitled The Rail Splitter when the school was known as Lincoln High School), the present copy previously belonging to student Marietta Turk and bearing a number of signatures and inscriptions to her by various friends and fellow students including Bob Dylan. The front pastedown and front free endpaper feature nine individual blue ink signatures and inscriptions, Dylan's appearing just below the centre of the front free endpaper and stating, in full, 'I'll write under Echo's name. Good luck in your acting career. Everyone knows you'll make a good one. Sincerely, Bob Zimmerman'. Other signatures and inscriptions to the pages include those of Echo Helstrom (who dated Dylan whilst at Hibbing High School), 'Hi Turk, I don't have to bid you a fond farewell because I'll most likely see you in the L & B. It sure has been nice having you as a friend all these years. I hope we can continue to stay friends as the years progress. A pal, Echo', Rochelle Matonich ('Well, the last of our high school years is finally over. It was really nice having you in Dramatics. Remember "Sob Stuff". Boy was that play a blast. Don't forget our Winston breaks….'), Judith Hendrickson ('Remember the days when we were back at old Lincoln….How can we forget. The past twelve years have been long waited for to come to an end, and here we are…..') etc., and a few further signatures and inscriptions appear to other pages at both the front and back of the Yearbook, two also referring to an individual named Bob (Dylan?), 'I remember the first night I met Bob and I slept over your house because I would have come home late. The only trouble with that was that I didn't call my parents so they made me stay in for 2 weeks' and'Remember all the trips to the Y.M.C.A. to see Bob & Tom, when we got there we were too embarrassed to talk to them. Sure hope I see them again in the future'.The inside pages of the yearbook are profusely illustrated and with accompanying text relating to various school events etc., and also feature small portraits of the students, including the young Dylan ('Robert Zimmerman') whom the printed text states wishes 'to join "Little Richard"'. An extremely rare and early example of Dylan's autograph in a yearbook which also records his early musical ambition! Some light overall age wear, a few inside pages loose and with some small areas of paper loss to the lower right corners of the first pages (including the one signed by Dylan) caused by previous damp exposure, otherwise about VG   Provenance: the present yearbook is accompanied by a typed statement of provenance signed by Marietta Turk in August 2017, headed 'My Friendship with Bob Dylan' and stating, in part, '…I went to Hibbing High School with Robert Zimmerman aka Bob Dylan in 1957, 1958 and 1959. I had him in almost all of my classes and he sat behind me in auditorium, so we were in close proximity. His girl friend Echo Helstrom was a good friend of mine and they were "dating" for a period of time. We hung out at the L & B Café….at lunch or after school. We all wore black leather jackets. Sometimes Bob wore a shiny vest and a cowboy hat. There we talked, played the small jukebox in our booth, drank chocolate coca cola, and smoked cigarettes. In our senior year, 1959, Bob and I and some others had Dramatics Class together and were in a play called Sob Story….It must have been okay because the audience roared with laughter and applause. Hence, Bob wrote in my yearbook "Good luck in your acting career. Everyone knows you'll make a good one".'   Bob Dylan, born Robert Zimmerman, formed several bands while attending Hibbing High School in Minnesota, including one named the Golden Chords who performed covers of songs by Little Richard and Elvis Presley.  

HARING KEITH: (1958-1990) American Pop and Graffiti Artist. An excellent book signed and inscribed, a hardback edition of Eight Ball, First Edition published by Kyoto Shoin International Co. Ltd., Japan, 1989, as part of the Art Random series. The book features a preface by Haring, in both English and Japanese, and is illustrated throughout with full page colour plates. Signed and inscribed by Haring to the half title page in bold black ink, 'For Sean - Thanks for the drawing. Our collaboration is really turning out great. Nice working with ya', Keith xxx' with an additional pen and ink self caricature drawn by Haring beneath his signature, depicting himself in a head and shoulders pose. With decorated boards and no dust jacket as issued. An excellent example, enhanced by Haring's original self caricature. Some very light, extremely minor age wear, VG

Gerald Scarfe, a signed limited edition print of Ricky Hatton, produced for the first ever Sport Relief, together with a signed photograph and presentation DVD of Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix (Signed by Daniel Radcliffe, Rupert Grint and Emma Watson)

Battle Of Britain Interest - Signed First Edition print, Spitfire by Robert Taylor, signed by Group Captain Sir Douglas Bader, and Air Vice Marshal Johnnie Johnson, together with a framed limited edition stamp sheet commemorating the 70th Anniversary of same by Osborne & Allen Condition:

British Biscuit Tins 1868-1939, An Aspect of Decorative Packaging, by M. J. Franklin, first edition, published by New Cavendish, London 1979, colour illustrations throughout, oblong quarto, in slip-case

Antiquarian Book Interest Thomas Fairfax First Edition 1760 The Complete Sportsman; or, Country Gentleman's Recreation Published By J. Cooke, At Shakespear's-Head, In Pater-Noster-Row. Bound in pigskin with gilt trim, printed on laid paper, 11 page publisher's catalogue at end. Engraved frontispiece. ''Containing the Whole Arts: Of Breeding and Managing Game Cocks, with the best Methods of Fighting them. Of Rearing and Backing Colts. Of managing Race-Horses, Hunters. Of Horse-Racing. Of Bowling. Of Hare-hunting. Of Fox-hunting. Of Buck-hunting. Of Otter-hunting. Of Coursing. Of breeding and ordering Dogs for the Gun, or Chase, Of Angling in all its various Branches Of breeding Pigeons, Rabbets, Canary Birds, Of finding the Haunts of Partridges, Pheasants, and all manner of Game Of Shooting. Inscription in sepia ink to front paper top left 'S Fortescue 1776', (6 4/8 x 4 inches) some damage to spine and corners.

Antiquarian Book/Natural History Interest Charles St John, Short Sketches Of The Wild Sports & Natural History Of The Highlands First Edition, 1846, Published By John Murray, Albermarle Street, London. Half leather bound, severe damage to spine at top third (leather fallen away, small piece preserved inside). Turkish marble boards and page edges,some staining and foxing throughout, printed bookplate to inner front cover 'Yarker Of Leyburn. Co. York'. Inscribed to top title page in sepia ink 'Yanker, 1852'

Natural History/Rare Publications Interest Snowden Slights Wildfowler, First Edition 1912, Published By T A J Waddington, York. Hardcover, the boards finished in green buckram with gilt embossing to cover and spine, no dust jacket, mild scuffing to top and bottom of spine. The boards slightly stained/discoloured but otherwise good copy of a scarce book.

Examples of French Art By Temple, A G Published by Blades, East and Blades (1898) Thirty examples of the then most notable French artists with a brief biography of each, limited edition of 125, no. 88, 60pp.,30 monochrome plates, hand laid paper, subscribers list First edition, limited , covers a little marked, book in good condition , blue cloth with gilt titles and decoration to front and spine , Folio 30x41 cm Hardback SIGNED by publishers on limitation page

Beatrix Potter Interest. First Edition The Tale Of Benjamin Bunny. Hardcover With No Wrapper And 85 Numbered Pages. Second Impression With Muffetees Spelled Correctly On Page 15 And In Original Light Brown Boards And Titles To Front And Spine In Dark Green. By Frederick Warne London With Copyright 1904 Printed On Title Page. A Good Clean Copy With No Insertions On Any Blank Pages Other Than A Dedication Opposite The Title Page. Frontispiece And 26 Colour Insertions By The Author With Central Colour Pictorial Insert On Cover. Black And White Vignette On Title Page. No Tears But Some Leaves Slightly Detached From Binding But All Leaves Present. Together With Another First Edition - The Tale Of Squirrel Nutkin. Hardcover. No Wrapper And 84 Numbered Pages Second Impressions With Added Words Words "Author Of The Tale Of Peter Rabbit" And In Original Grey Boards And Titles To Front And Spine In White. By Frederick Wanre London. A Good Clean Copy With No Insertions On Any Of The Blank Pages. Frontispiece And 26 Colour Insertions By The Author With Central Colour Pictorial Insert On Cover. Black And White Vignette On Title Page. No Tears And Completely Intact With Very Minor Creasing To Ends Of Spine ends of spine.

Wartime Interest. A First edition May 1944 of ''Medical Administrative Instructions'' issued by Air Command South East Asia to a Flight Sergeant Smart. There are many hand written notes, an illustration or two and a map. A very interesting collection of wartime medical instructions.

[ART] Nineteen assorted works, comprising McConkey, Kenneth. Edwardian Portraits. Images of an Age of Opulence, first edition, Antique Collectors Club, Woodbridge, 1987, blue cloth, dustjacket, illustrations throughout, quarto; and Wood, Christopher. The Dictionary of Victorian Painters, second (revised and enlarged) edition, Antique Collectors Club, Woodbridge, 1981, cloth, dustjacket, quarto; and others, including exhibition booklets.

[ART] Watling, Sue, & Mellor, David Alan. Pauline Boty (1938-1966), The Only Blonde in the World, first edition, Whitford Fine Art / AM Publications, London, 1998, boards, dustjacket, illustrations throughout, square quarto.

[CLASSIC LITERATURE] Wodehouse, P.G. Meet Mr Mulliner, first edition, Jenkins, London, 1927, original green cloth, octavo; Buchan, John. The Four Adventures of Richard Hannay, first edition, Hodder & Stoughton, London, no date, original cloth, octavo; Marquis, Don. Archys Life of Mehitabel, first edition, Faber & Faber, London, 1934, original yellow cloth, octavo; and six other works, (9).

[MILITARY & NAVAL] Gladstone, E.W. The Shropshire Yeomanry 1795-1945.The Story of a Volunteer Cavalry Regiment, first edition, The Whitehorn Press, Manchester, 1953, two-tone cloth, top edges gilt, plate illustrations, maps, octavo; Macksey, Major K. A History of The Royal Armoured Corps and its Predecessors 1914 to 1975, first edition, Newtown Publications, Beaminster, 1983, crimson boards, plate and text illustrations, SIGNED BY AUTHOR, octavo; and three other works, (5).

[NATURAL HISTORY] Shaw, George. General Zoology or Systematic Natural History, Volume I, Part I & Volume II, Part I (only), by Thomas Davison for G. Kearsley, London, 1800-1801, full diced calf, vignette titles, further engraved plate illustrations, quarto; Whymper, Charles. Egyptian Birds, Black, London, 1909, decorative cloth, top edges gilt, fifty-one paper-protected colour plate illustrations, two-page publisher's advertisement, quarto; Summers-Smith, J.D. The House Sparrow, Collins (new Naturalist), London, 1963, first edition, green buckram, dustjacket, plate and text illustrations, octavo; and four other works, (8).

[MISCELLANEOUS]. ART & OTHER Burkhauser, Jude. Glasgow Girls. Women in Art and Design 1880-1920, first edition, Canongate, Edinburgh, 1990, pictorial soft covers, illustrations throughout, quarto; Lloyd, Nathaniel. A History of English Brickwork, Antique Collectors Club, Woodbridge, 1983, cloth, dustjacket, plate illustrations, large quarto; and five other works, (7).

[MISCELLANEOUS] West, W.J., editor. Orwell: The War Broadcasts, Duckworth / B.B.C., London, 1985, first edition, boards, dustjacket, plate illustrations, INSCRIBED & SIGNED BY EDITOR, octavo; with West, W.J., editor. Orwell: The War Commentaries, Duckworth / B.B.C., London, 1985, first edition, boards, dustjacket, INSCRIBED & SIGNED BY EDITOR, octavo; Gordon, Ruth. Years Ago, reprint, The Viking Press, New York, 1955, cloth, dustjacket, frontispiece, INSCRIBED & SIGNED BY AUTHOR and with a loosely inserted MANUSCRIPT LETTER from the same, octavo; and Gordon, Ruth. Shady Lady, first edition, Arbor House, New York, 1981, cloth-backed boards, dustjacket, SIGNED BY AUTHOR, octavo, (4).

ASSORTED TEDDY BEARS AND SOFT TOYS including a Steiff cat; Steiff Rupert Bear; a modern Merrythought teddy bear; and others; together with a set of six trade cards, 'Teddies by Golden Era', framed; and a book, Martin, Kathy. Merrythought Teddy Bears, first edition, Remember When, Barnsley, 2009, boards, dustjacket, illustrations, small quarto, (box).

BUTTON (Edward) A New Translation of the Persian Tales; from an original version of the Indian Comedies of Mocles... Designed for the service and amusement of the British Ladies. First edition, London: printed for W. Owen, 1754, large 12mo, title slightly toned, light spotting and age staining, 19th century half binding

Bindings. SPENSER (Edmund) The Poetical Works, in five volumes, 'first American edition' Boston: Charles C. Little and James Brown, 1848, 8vo, added title within coloured border dated 1842, bookplate of Nancy Astor, Cliveden, green half calf; BRITTON (J) The History and Antiquities of Norwich Cathedral, 1816, 4to, engraved plates, uncut, grained morocco backed boards (rubbed); MILLAY (Edna St Vincent) Three Plays, 1927, 8vo, crushed morocco a.e.g.; GALSWORTHY (J) The Forsyte Saga, 1956, 8vo, blue polished calf by Bayntun; Maximes de Napoleon, 1906, 12mo, in French and English, red half morocco by Sangorski and Surcliffe; and 8 others mainly literature (17)

HUMBOLDT (Alexander von) Views of Nature: or Contemplations on the Sublime Phenomena of Creation, with Scientific Illustrations. London: Henry G. Bohn, 1850, 8vo, first edition, with coloured frontispiece from a sketch by the author, half calf