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Lot 243
Ian Fleming, On Her Majesty's Secret Service,1963 first edition, states "An edition of 250 numbered copies has been printed on special paper, with a frontispiece portrait by Amherst Villiers, and signed by the author" this book does not have the portrait or the signature or a limited number, Jonathan Cape, Thirty Bedford Square, London, with dust jacket
Lot 283
Collection of First Edition books, Book Society and others, to include John Masters, Bhowano Junction, Ghun Ghan Yeh, The Mountain Village, Sadio Garavini di Turno, Diamond River, Erich Maria Remarque, The Night in Lisbon, Gerald Hanley, The Journey Homeward, Romain Gary, The Roots of Heaven, Taylor Caldwell, Dynasty of Death, Margaret Kennedy, Te Feast, Sarah Gainham, Night Falls on the City, Storm Jameson The Road From the Monument, John Steinbeck, The Moo is Down, Ernest Gann, Twilight for the Gods, Balachandra Rajan, The Dark Dancer, Dodie Smith, Capture the Castle, Leslie Harteris, Featuring the Saint, Somerset Maughan, The Mixture as Before, Phillip Glasier As The Falcon Her Bells, J.B. Priestley, Festival at Fairbridge, Norman Collins, Anna, together some later editions, to include Oldhams Press Limited series, Winston Churchill The Second World War, etc. (qty)
Lot 286
Collection of author signed first edition, mainly The Book Society, to include Richard Mason, The Wind Cannot Read, Geoffrey Cotterell, Strait and Narrow, Gerald Hanley, Without Love, John Mortimer, Like Men Betrayed, Ommanney, South Latitude, George Blake, The Westering Sun, Nigel Balchin, A Sort of Traitors, George Millar, Horned Pigeon, Margaret, Gay Galliard, R.C. Hutchinson, March The Ninth, Pamela Hansford Johnson, the Humbler Creation, John Verney, Going to the Wars, Louis Bromfield, The rains came, Marguerite Steen, The sun is my undoing, Anthony Glyn, I can take it all, Margaret Kennedy, Lucy Carmichael, Howard Clewes, The long memory, H.E. Bates, The Jacaranda Tree, Ian Anstruther, the knight and the umbrella, P.H. Newby, A guest and his going, Storm James, The hidden river and Pamela Frankau, The devil we know, (22)
Lot 294
Collection of first edition books, The Book Society and others, to include Lacey Baldwin Smith, Phillip Woodruff, Call the Next Witness, Alastair MacLean Ice Station Zebra, Tomas Firbank I Bought a Star, Jean Ware, Rowdy House, Gil Buhet The Grand Catch, Denys Val Baker, The House on the Creek, Andre Maurois No Man Happy, Han Suyin, And the Rain My Drink, Norman Lewis Dragon Apparent, Hester Chapman, Lucy, Taylor Caoldwell, The Earth is the Lord's, Patrick White, Voss, J B Priestley, Lost Empires, Lesley Blanche, The Wilder Shores of Love, Han Suyin, A Many Splendoured Thing, Christine Weston, Indigo, Ethel Vance, Escape, Hester Chapman Lady Jane Grey, Giuseppe Lampedusa The Leopard, Robert Wilder, Fruit of the Poppy, John Hadfield, Love for Life, John Fowles, The Magus, Irwin Shaw Two Weeks in Another Town, Neville Cardus, Nigel Balchin, The Fall of the Sparrow, Elizabeth Eliot, Alice, Roasamond Lehmann, The Ballard and the Source (30)
Lot 295
Collection of first edition books, The Book Society and others, to include Louis Romfield, Night in Bombay, A P Wavell, Other Men's Flowers, Christine Weston, The World is Bridge, Mary Renault, The King Must Die, David Beaty The Wind of the Sea, Lin Yutang A Leaf in the Storm, C.S. Forester Ye Earthly Paradise, Trevor Roper, The Last Days of Hitler, C S Forester The Sky and the Forest, Herold, Bonaparte in Egypt, Joseph Kessel The Lion, Richard Llewllyn How Green Was My Vvalley, Hugh MacLemann, Barometer Rising, D'arcy Niland The Shiralee, Herold, Mistress to an Age, Heinemann Madame Solario, John Master Bugles and a Tiger, Yourcenar Memoirs of Hadrian, Elliot West The Night is a Time for Listening, C S Forester, Hornblower and the Hotspur, Lawrence Durrell Bitter Lemons, Norman Collins, London Belongs to Me, John Marquand, H.M. Pulham Esquire, Alan Moorhead, The Faith Impact and John Murray With an Eye to the Future (28)
Lot 299
Collection of First Edition books, Book Society and others, to include Iris Murdoch, An Unoffical Rose, Joseph Conrad, Victory, Jean Renoir, Renoir my father, John Marquand, Women & Thomas Harrow, John Wiles, Delhi is Far Away, Paul Galligo The Hand of Mary Constable, Heinrich Harrer, Seven Years in Tibet, Mark Aldanov, Before the Deluge, Alan Moorehead The White Nile, Stanley Loomis, Paris in Terror, Bruce Catton, This Hallowed Ground, Frank Werfel, The Song of Bernadette, Lionel Davidson, A Long Way to Shilon, Winged Words, Maurice Herzog, Anna-Purna, Charles Morgan, The Voyage, Bettina Linn, A Letter to Elizabeth, James Bridge, One Way of Living, Bryher, The Coin of Carthage, Nevil Shute, No Highway, Glendon Swarthout, They Came To Cordura, Robin Maugham, Somerset and All the Maughams, Robert Henriques, Through the Valley and Mary Renault, The Bull from the Sea, (24)
Lot 177
J. K. ROWLING - SEVEN HARRY POTTER DELUXE EDITIONS, six shrink wrapped including 'Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone', 'Harry Potter and The Chamber of Secrets', 'Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire' labelled first edition, Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix', 'Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince' labelled first edition, and 'Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows' labelled first edition, not shrink wrapped - 'Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban' 1999 first edition (7)
Lot 186
POETRY AND PLAYS to include 'Shakespeare's The Tragedie of Macbeth' Printed from the Folio of 1623 London 1923, Limited Edition 492/450 (numbered 101 - 550), Bernard Shaw - 'The Apple Cart' first edition 1930, and Austin Dobson - Poems on Several Occasions', two vols, Kegan Paul, Trench, Trubner & Co. Ltd. 1895, together with Elijah Fenton: 'His Poetry and Friends', a monograph by William Watkiss LLoyd 1894 and John Hicklin - 'Leisure Hours', 1826 (6)Condition Report:Please note: every page of every book is not checked, if you are unable to view yourself please ask for detailed information
Lot 200
CHARLES HAMBLETT & JANE DEVERSON - 'GENERATION X', rare hardback first edition published by Anthony Gibbs & Phillips Ltd., First Library 33 1964 with dust jacketCondition Report:One section of pages detached but book complete.Dust jacket has small losses to corners, is not price clipped and is now covered in a loose protective jacket
Lot 203
CHARLES DICKENS - two volumes of Household Edition published by Chapman & Hall, 'David Copperfield' and 'Pickwick Papers', 'A Christmas Carol in Prose', Author's Copyright Edition, George Routledge & Sons, lacking cover but with information about Charles Dickens' first ever public reading at Birmingham Town Hall in 1853, together with 'The Life and Explorations of David Livingstone, LL.D.', Adam & Co. no date (4)Condition Report:Please note: every page of every book is not checked, if you are unable to view yourself please ask for detailed information
Lot 50
BOXED POBJOY ISLE OF MAN MINT 1980 OLYMPICS COMMEMORATION SET, Isle of Man proof set 1977, Royal Mint Jubilee Crown 1977, Royal Canadian Mint Fiji $25 proof coin, Turks & Caicos 20 Crown coin George III and 20 Crowns silver coin, Danbury Mint Silver Jubilee Post Office Commemorative Stamp Edition, Coronation 25th Anniversary and Tower of London 900th Anniversary, Birmingham Mint metallic cricket First Day Cover, Bicentenary of USA and 200th Epsom Derby etc.
Lot 572
WHEATLEY, Dennis (1879-1977), A Collection of seventeen First Edition books inc. ten with dust covers, with dedication by the author to Miss Lucas, 8 vo., HUTCHINSON, plus Mediterranean Nights, War Economy Edition and a proof copy 1957, The Prisoner in the Mask (19) Note: The 'Miss Lucas' referred to was a bookseller for PHILIP SON & NEPHEW LTD. WHITECHAPEL, LIVERPOOL c. 1950
Lot 10
Bry (Johann Theodor & Johann Israel de). Warhafftige Vorbildung der V”lcker, sampt iren K”nigen mit iren Ceremonien, G”tzendienst, Sitten und Polecey-Ordnung, beyder Reysen oder Schiffarten so in diesem Buchbeschrieben sindt..., Frankfurt: Matthias Beckern, 1605, 22 engraved illustrations including two double-page (bird's-eye view of city of Kandy, Ceylon, and map of Ceylon), some soiling, damp-staining and damp fraying, several closed tears with old paper repairs to versos, repairs to upper outer corner of f2 and lower outer corner of g4, the latter with significant text loss affecting all but first three lines, red wax seal with crown affixed to title, later wrappers, slim folio Collation: a-b4, c-d2, e-g4, [1]. The final part of volume 7 of the first German edition of De Bry's Great Voyages: Der Orientalischen Indien, published in 13 volumes. (1)
Lot 18
Fortis (Alberto). Travels into Dalmatia; containing General Observations on the Natural History of that Country and the Neighbouring Islands; the Natural Productions, Arts, Manners and Customs of the Inhabitants, 1st English edition, London: J. Robson, 1778, half-title, 17 engraved plates (including 12 folding), 2 folding maps and one illustration to letterpress, margin of H2 torn to lower outer corner, occasional dampstaining mostly to lower margins, some spotting, offsetting and toning, armorial bookplate of Sir Joseph Copley Bart. to upper pastedown, contemporary marbled tree calf, gilt decorated spine lacking title label, upper board detached, lower board loose, spine and extremities worn, 4to Blackmer 618. The first English edition, translated from the Italian. The English edition consists of two works originally published separately. Fortis was an Italian voyager and naturalist who travelled in Dalmatia from 1771 to 1774. (1)
Lot 23
Johnston (Alexander Keith). The Physical Atlas. A Series of Maps and Notes illustrating the Geographical Distribution of Natural Phenomena..., published William Blackwood & Sons, 1st. edition, 1848, calligraphic title, dedication and preface, thirty (complete) double page engraved maps with contemporary outline colouring, some offsetting, hinges strengthened, all edges gilt, contemporary half morocco gilt, some wear to extremities, folio The first edition to contain the palaeontologial and geological map of the British Isles. (1)
Lot 25
Knolles (Richard). The Turkish History, from the Original of that Nation to the Growth of the Ottoman Empire: with the Lives and Conquests of their Princes and Emperors, with a Continuation to this Present Year. Whereunto is added The Present State of the Ottoman Empire by Sir Paul Rycaut. The Sixth Edition ... The First Volume [... The Second Volume], printed for Robert Clavel, 1687, together with, as issued: Rycaut (Paul), The History of the Turkish Empire, from the Year 1623, to the Year 1677, 2nd edition, printed by J. D. for Tho. Basset [and others], 1687; The Present State of the Ottoman Empire. Containing the Maxims of the Turkish Polity, printed by J. D., 1687; The History of the Turks. Beginning with the Year 1679 ... until the End of the Year 1698, and 1699 ... which compleats the Sixth and Last Edition of the History of the Turks. In Two Vol. in Folio, 1st edition, printed for Robert Clavell and Abel Roper, 1700, 5 parts in 2 volumes, Knolles's work in 2 parts, part 2 with a separate title page in red and black, pagination and register continuous, 27 engraved plates (of 28, lacking portrait of Murad III in Knolles), mainly portraits, light browning, occasional mild spotting and soiling, marginal repairs to Knolles frontispiece and small hole in leaf 4B1 affecting a few letters, closed tears in The History of the Turkish Empire leaf Z1 and to margin of The Present State leaf A1, minor damp-staining towards rear of volume 1 and final leaf (index) repaired in margins, contemporary calf, rebacked, sides scuffed and pitted, craquelure, restoration to extremities, folio (38 x 23.5 cm) Atabey 1076-7, Blackmer 1466 (27 plates only), Lowndes II p. 1286 ('best edition'); Wing K703A for Knolles, R2407 for Rycaut's History of the Turkish Empire, R2414A for The Present State of the Ottoman Empire, R2408 for The History of the Turks beginning with the Year 1679. 'First collected edition ... The illustrations are not the same as those in earlier editions ... Rycaut's history constitutes a fitting adjunct to Knolles' great work in an edition which brings together the two men most associated in the English literary world with Turkey' (Blackmer). (2)
Lot 299
Aristotle. Organon [Greek title] ... Graece et Latina. Jul. Pacius recensuit, Frankfurt: heirs of Andreas Wechel, Claude de Marne and Jean Aubry, 1598, woodcut title device and text diagrams, contents toned, title page with short closed tear into first 3 lines, a large section of paper restoration not affecting text or device, various effaced contemporary inscriptions and later bookseller's ink-stamps, similar stamps and inscriptions to front pastedown, worm-track in gutter of last 2 leaves not affecting text, frequent contemporary annotations and underlining in red or black ink, contemporary vellum, manuscript spine title, yapp edges, slightly soiled, 8vo (16.5 x 11 cm) This edition not in Adams but cf. A1866-7. Giulio Pace's influential edition of the Organon was first published in 1584. (1)
Lot 30
Minadoi (Giovanni Tommaso). Historia della guerra fra Turchi et Persiani, 1st edition, Venice: Andrea Muschio and Barezzo Barezzi, 1588, woodcut title vignette, head- and tailpieces and initial figures, engraved double-page map of the Middle East, light marginal damp-staining from title page to quire D, worming in gutter of quires L and M, closed tear in leaf P2 touching side-note recto, later half vellum incorporating a fragment of an antiphonary leaf for the backstrip, marbled sides, 4to in 8s (21.5 x 15.5 cm) Adams M1455, Atabey 816, BM Italian 1465-1600 p. 439. 'Minadoi travelled in the East for seven years (1577-1585): much of his account is based on first hand knowledge' (Atabey). (1)
Lot 303
Beaumont (George). Fixed Stars: or, an Analyzation and Refutation of Astrology ... second edition, greatly enlarged, Norwich: printed by C. Berry, and sold by Baynes [etc.], 1814, iv + 144 pp., mild browning, occasional light spotting and damp-staining, original printed wrappers, chipped and soiled, 12mo Scarce: Copac traces five copies for this second edition, and three for the first edition of 1803, a considerably shorter work at 40 pages. The author was a nonconformist preacher and controversialist. (1)
Lot 314
Binding. Itinerarium nobiliorum Italiae regionum, urbium, oppidorus, et locorum ... auctoribus Francisco Schotto, 2nd edition, Vicenza: Pietro Bertelli, 1610, 3 parts in 1 volume, folding map frontispiece, bound without the 5 folding plates, front inner hinge and frontispiece repaired, small worm-track in first gathering, just touching a couple of letters in the title page, shallow chip in fore edges of part 3 quire R, bound using a leaf from a [?]14th-century Latin manuscript in red and black ink on vellum with decorative initials, 8vo (14.5 x 9.5 cm) (1)
Lot 323
Caesar (Julius). The Commentaries ... of his Wars in Gallia; and the Civil Wars betwixt him and Pompey. Translated into English ... by Clement Edmonds, 1st edition, printed by Tho. Newcomb, for Jonathan Edwin, 1677, engraved frontispiece, 14 plates (9 double-page), bound without the index (8 pp.), one plate ('The Battle which Caesar had with the Helvetians') loose and partially split along fold, occasional light soiling and marginal water-staining, closed tears to margin and gutter of leaf 2K1, recent bookplate, contemporary calf, rebacked, sides slightly pitted, together with Montluc (Blaise de), The Commentaries, 1st edition in English, for Henry Brome, 1674, engraved frontispiece, front free endpaper renewed, contemporary calf, slightly rubbed, plusBentivoglio (Guido), The History of the Warrs of Flanders ... Englished by Henry, Earl of Monmouth, 2nd edition, engraved portrait frontispiece, 23 portraits in the text (of which 5 are slip cancels; portrait on p. 9 uncancelled), lacking map, bookplate of Walter Charles James, 1st Baron Northbourne (1816-1893), recent calf to style, and [Sprat, Thomas], A True Account and Declaration of the Horrid Conspiracy against the King, printed by Thomas Newcomb, to be sold by Sam. Lowndes, 1685, bound with Copies of the Informations and Original Papers relating to the Proof of the Horrid Conspiracy against the Late King, printed by Thomas Newcomb, 1685, 2 works in 1 volume, small mark to first title page, leaf X1 repaired in margin, contemporary calf, rebacked, corners restored, and 1 similar work, all folio Wing C200, M2506, B1912, S5066 and S5029A. (5)
Lot 328
Clarendon (Edward Hyde, Earl of). The History of the Rebellion and Civil Wars in England, begun in the Year 1641, 3 volumes, 1st edition, large-paper issue, Oxford: printed at the Theater, 1702-4, half-titles, engraved frontispieces, title vignettes, initials and head- and tailpieces, damp-staining and occasional concomitant mottling and soiling, volume 1 frontispiece and title-page slightly frayed along lower edges and front free endpaper tape-repaired, bookplates of Gloucestershire clergyman and landowner William Lloyd Baker (1752-1830) and one B. C. Browne (possibly the noted geologist, 1901-1968), contemporary mottled calf, rebacked and recornered, blind panels to sides, rubbed and scuffed, folio (45 x 28.5 cm), together with: Camden (William), Britannia: or a Chorographical Description of Great Britain and Ireland ... translated ... revised, digested, and published, with large additions, by Edmund Gibson, the second edition, 2 volumes, printed for James and John Kanpton [and others], [1730], engraved portrait frontispiece, title pages in red and black, 9 engraved plates of coins, 1 further plate, engraved vignette of Stonehenge and numerous woodcuts to text, lacking maps, endpapers and blanks renewed, volume 2 with occasional marginal damp-staining and last 2 leaves repaired with partial loss of text, volume 2 title page browned and soiled, marginal worming towards rear, contemporary calf, rebacked to style and restored, sides pitted and scuffed, folio; Wood (Anthony), Athenae Oxonienses. An Exact History of all the Writers and Bishops who have had their Education in the most Antient and Famous University of Oxford, 2 volumes, 2nd edition, corrected and enlarged, printed for R. Knaplock, D. Midwinter, and J. Tonson, 1721, title pages in red and black, spotting towards front and rear, contemporary cat's-paw calf, rebacked and recornered, rubbed and scuffed, folio; and 3 other 18th-century English folios Volume one of Clarendon's History has 'Counsellour' on line 14 of the title page and lacks the royal privilege leaf, as called for in the first edition. (10)
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