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Mighty Eighth Coming Home multiple signed WW2 Robert Taylor print. 33 x 25 inches. Numbered 13/1250. A Golden Anniversary edition commemorating the 50th Anniversary of the Bomber Groups of the U.S. Eighth Air Force. From their first inauspicious raid on German airfields on 4th July 1942, to their ultimate air supremacy over the skies of Europe in 1945, the men of the U.S. Air Forces never wavered in their determination nor flinched from the frightening odds they faced. The vindication of their policy of high altitude daylight precision bombing came with the ultimate victory of the Allied forces in 1945. In three years of continual combat, the bomber crews of the USAAF overcame the worst odds: They often flew in atrocious weather, they ran the gauntlet of the Luftwaffe fighter Aces, and they pressed on through all the flak that anti-aircraft gunners could throw up at them. They paid the heavy price of war, but in so doing carved out a niche in history, and created a legend that will live so long as man takes to the skies. Commemorates the 50th Anniversary of the arrival in Europe of the men and machines of the Mighty Eighth. It evokes in a very special way the heroic deeds of the immortal men who flew the awesome combat missions of World War II and each provides a perpetual tribute to the debt owed to these intrepid aviators. Here the valiant bombers of the Eighth Air Force are coming home. Set in a majestic panorama of evening sunlight, a battle ­weary bomber force approaches the coast of Belgium. A B-17 Fortress sheds debris as it struggles to stay with the group, while three B-24 Liberators have joined the formation for the North Sea crossing. A lone P-51, low on fuel, flies close escort. Amazing autograph of the Artist and Robert MORGAN - He flew the legendary B-17 Memphis Belle on all 25 bombing missions to become the first B-17 in the 91st BG to complete the 'tour', Bob LANDRY - He has the distinction of being the only man in the 8th AF to command both a fighter and bomber group. As one of the 8th's commanders early in 1942, he achieved air victories flying P-47s against Fw190s while leading the 56th FG, and was Doolittle's Director of Fighters before taking over command of the 93rd and 493rd BGs. William LAWLEY - Flying a 305th BG B-17 on 20 Feb 1944, Lawley's co-pilot was killed in a head-on fighter attack. Injured in the face, weak and in shock, with 7 of his crew injured, Lawley flew his crew home, crash landing with only 1 engine. He was awarded the Medal of Honour Edward MICHAEL - Piloting a B-17 of the 305th BG on 11 April 1944, Michael and his co-pilot were badly injured in a frontal attack. With instruments wrecked and bomb doors jammed, he ordered 7 uninjured crew to bail out and flew the injured home in his severely damaged craft, crash landing in England. Michael was awarded the Medal of Honora for this action, Cliff PETERSON - Trained on B-17s but flew B-24s in combat in the E.T.O. with the 392nd BG, taking part in some of the historic raids of WWII - Bremen, Kiel, Gothe, and the first precision bombing raids on the V-1 rocket sites in Northern France. His B-24 was shot down in March 1944 and he became a POW. Albert SHOWER - The only Group Commander in the 8th AF to bring a Group to the UK and to command it until the end of hostilities. Condition report few tiny fox marks to borders and tiny crease marks to Rh edge. Very rare print. All autographs are genuine hand signed and come with a Certificate of Authenticity. We combine postage on multiple winning lots and can ship worldwide. UK postage from £4.99, EU from £6.99, Rest of World from £8.99.

Concorde A New Age Begins 1976 John Lidiard Signed Limited Edition Print. Commemorating the First Commercial Flight 24th January 1976. Only 250 issued signed by John Lidiard the Flight Engineer and only remaining flight crew member. He worked for BOAC British Airways from 1954 to 1981. He was involved with the development of Concorde from 1965, He was on the very first airline assessment flight in 1969 of the prototype French Concorde. John was the Flight Engineer on the first Commercial Supersonic Service, London Bahrain London in 1976. Also signed by Artist Ivan Berryman. Good Condition. All autographs are genuine hand signed and come with a Certificate of Authenticity. We combine postage on multiple winning lots and can ship worldwide. UK postage from £4.99, EU from £6.99, Rest of World from £8.99.

Concorde Pair of Matched Signed Limited Edition Prints Bannister and Lidiard. Concorde End of an Era Mike Bannister Signed Limited Edition Print Last Flight. Ending an historic chapter in Aviation History. Only 250 issued signed by Captain Mike Bannister who flew the last flight and Artist Ivan Berryman. Commemorating the First Commercial Flight 24th January 1976. Only 250 issued signed by John Lidiard the Flight Engineer and only remaining flight crew member. He worked for BOAC British Airways from 1954 to 1981. He was involved with the development of Concorde from 1965, He was on the very first airline assessment flight in 1969 of the prototype French Concorde. John was the Flight Engineer on the first Commercial Supersonic Service, London Bahrain London in 1976. Also signed by Artist Ivan Berryman. Good Condition. All autographs are genuine hand signed and come with a Certificate of Authenticity. We combine postage on multiple winning lots and can ship worldwide. UK postage from £4.99, EU from £6.99, Rest of World from £8.99.

ROBERT HICHENS "The Green Carnation" first edition published 1894 by William Heinemann London

Milne (A A) Now We Are Six, first edition, London 1927, and five others by the same (6)Report by GHWhen We Were Very Young: 6th editionHouse At Pooh Corner: 2nd edition with dust wrapperWinnie The Pooh: 1st edition 1926. Tatty.Now we are six - First Edition.Others are later 1930's editions.All shelf worn and in well read conditiion.Pages with owner's names torn out.

Butler, Arthur G. Birds of Great Britain and Ireland, illustrated by H. Gronvold and W. F. Frohawk, first edition, complete in two volumes, Hull and London: Brumby & Clarke [1907]. Quarto, publisher's quarter buckram lettered in gilt, illustrated with vibrant chromolithographic plates of birds and eggs. Contents generally good and bright; bindings good, tight and solid. Natural History / Ornithology Interest (2)

Rowling, J.K. Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets, signed first edition, first issue, London: Bloomsbury, 1998, hardback, publisher's pictorial boards complete with unclipped dust-jacket, print line reads '10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1'. Signed by the author in black ink to dedication page, 'To Alexandra (again!) J. K. Rowling'. Contents good, clean, bright; binding tight and solid; covers clean and vibrant; dust-jacket good and bright, not price clipped. The second novel in the Harry Potter series

Rowling, J.K. Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone, first edition, first issue, London: Bloomsbury, 1997, paperback, print line on copyright page reads '10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1'; '1 wand' appears twice on p.53; 'Philosopher's' is misspelled 'Philospher's' to rear cover; 'Wizardry and Witchcraft' [rather than 'Witchcraft and Wizardry'] to rear cover. Contents very good, clean, bright; binding tight and solid; very faint wear to extremities, laminate peeling at edges/corner; slight discolouration to spine; owner inscription to title page

Bewick, Thomas. History of British Birds, first edition in two volumes, Newcastle: Hodgson for Beilby & Bewick, 1797-1804, half crushed morocco bindings lettered in gilt with marbled endpapers. Together with A Supplement to the History of British Birds, two parts bound as one, Newcastle: Edward Walker, 1821, contemporary half-calf with green morocco title labels, marbled boards and marbled endpapers, including loosely inserted invoice from Robert D. Steedman (3)

Rowling, J. K. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows, first edition, signed by the author in black ink on title page ('To Sandra, J K Rowling', with hologram sticker), London: Bloomsbury, 2007. Hardback with dust-jacket. Together with provenance: original admittance card/ticket for the signing event at Natural History Museum, 21 July 2007; unused activities sheet from the event; three deflated/unused balloons from the event; three unused stickers; 'Moonlight Signing' ticket with handwritten number; original orange paper gift bag from the event; original poster. Book in very good condition, binding tight and solid with vibrant well-preserved dust-jacket (unread); contents good, clean, bright, with some very pale yellow spotting to outer page edges, just encroaching on the top of title page

Rackham, Arthur (Illus.). A Midsummer Night's Dream, first trade edition, London: William Heinemann, 1908. Quarto, publisher's pictorial gilt cloth, tipped-in colour plates with protective tissue-guards. Contents generally good with occasional foxing; rebacked with original spine laid down

Rowling, J.K. Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets, first edition, first issue, London: Bloomsbury, 1998, hardback, publisher's pictorial boards complete with dust-jacket, print line reads '10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1'. Contents good, clean, bright; binding tight and solid; covers clean and vibrant; dust-jacket good and bright, not clipped (and no price stated beneath 'Age 10'). The second novel in the Harry Potter series

Crompton, Richmal. William the Superman, first edition, London: George Newnes, 1968. Publisher's gilt green cloth complete with very well-preserved and vibrant unclipped dust-jacket. Together with seven other first editions in dust-jackets (William and the Space Animal, 1956; William's Television Show, 1958; William the Explorer, 1960; William's Treasure Trove, 1962; William and the Witch, 1964; William and the Pop Singers, 1965; William and the Masked Ranger, 1966), and 34 other William books (predominantly 1930s/40s reprints) (42)

Goble, Warwick (Illus.). The Water Babies, by Charles Kingsley, first edition, London: Macmillan, 1909. Quarto, publisher's gilt green cloth, tipped-in colour plates with captioned tissue-guards. Contents clean and bright; gift inscription dated 1909; rebacked with original spine laid down

Collection of five books: 1) Yarrow Revisited, by William Wordsworth, first edition, London: Longman, 1835, contemporary quarter leather binding with marbled endpapers, errata, two leaves of advertisements. 2) Within Four Walls, by Wilfrid Gibson, London: Fortune Press, 1950, presentation copy signed by the author with additional loosely inserted autograph letter in blue ink on headed paper (White House, Surrey), publisher's quarter cloth. 3) A Pair of Blue Eyes, by Thomas Hardy, Leipzig: Bernhard Tauchnitz, 1884, two parts bound as one, bearing prisoner-of-war library stamps, 'Stalag XVIII'. 4 & 5) Tess of the D'Urbervilles and The Mayor of Casterbridge, Thomas Hardy, London: Osgood, McIlvaine and Co., 1895, etched frontispiece to each volume by H. Macbeth Raeburn, publisher's gilt green cloth (5)

Lang, Andrew. The Yellow Fairy Book, first edition, London: Longmans, 1894. Publisher's gilt pictorial cloth. Contents good and bright with occasional light spotting; binding tight and solid with general discolouration

Harrison, Florence (Illus.). Poems, by Christina Rossetti, first edition, London: Blackie and Son Limited, [1910]. Quarto, publisher's gilt pictorial cloth, top edge gilt (remainder untrimmed), tipped-in colour plates with captioned tissue-guards. Contents good, clean, bright, some light spotting/dampstaining to endleaves, light wear to untrimmed edges; binding tight and solid with light discolouration/marks

Rowling, J. K. Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone, London: Bloomsbury, 1997. Six copies of the first edition hardback, comprising: third impression ('10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3'); fourth impression ('10 9 8 7 6 5 4'); fifth impression ('10 9 8 7 6 5'); eighth impression ('10 9 8'); ninth impression ('10 9'); tenth impression ('10'). Condition generally very good, unclipped dust-jackets. The eighth and ninth impressions include the '1 wand' error on p.57  (6)

Walton, Izaak; Charles Cotton. Complete Angler, first major edition, large paper copy, plates on India paper, London: John Major, 1823, full green leather binding with gilt angling motifs, red endpapers, armorial bookplate for Robert Walters [Coigney 23]

Munnings, Alfred James. Pictures of Horses and English Life, first edition, London: Eyre and Spottiswoode, 1927, presentation copy signed by the author and dedicated to Reginald Eves (presumably the painter), publisher's cloth, 28 colour plates with captioned tissue-guards, 107 monochrome illustrations. Contents good, clean, bright; binding tight and solid with general discolouration/scuffs

Pogany, Willy (Illus.). The Rime of the Ancient Mariner, by Samuel Taylor Coleridge, first edition thus, London: George G. Harrap, [1910]. Quarto, publisher's embossed gilt pictorial cloth, top edge gilt (remainder untrimmed). Contents good, clean, bright; binding good, tight and solid

Harris, John. Lexicon Technicum: Or, An Universal English Dictionary of Arts and Sciences, first edition of the second volume, London: Daniel Brown et al., 1710, red & black title page, seven engraved plates (six folding), plus numerous smaller illustrations within the text, 12 pages of subscribers. Folio, full contemporary panelled calf with raised bands, armorial bookplate to front pastedown for Thomas Wallis, M.D., plus ownership inscription for the same on front free endpaper (Magdalene College, Cambridge, 1717). Contents generally very good and bright, occasional pale spotting; binding tight and solid, some wear to calf, lacking title label. Together with another edition of the second volume, published 1736 for J. Walthoe et al., with engraved frontispiece portrait; folio, full contemporary calf with oxblood morocco title label (2)NB: Lexicon Technicum is considered the first alphabetical encyclopedia written in English

Rackham, Arthur (Illus.). The Romance of King Arthur and his Knights of the Round Table, first edition, London: Macmillan, 1917. Publisher's gilt cloth, colour plates with captioned tissue-guards. Contents good and bright with light spotting to outer page edges and offsetting to endpapers; binding good with light wear to extremities

Nielsen, Kay (Illus.). Fairy Tales, by Hans Andersen, first trade edition, London: Hodder & Stoughton, [1924]. Publisher's gilt green cloth, tipped-in colour plates with captioned tissue-guards. Contents good with regular spotting; binding good with general discolouration to spine and a little wear to headcaps

Grogan, Ewart S; Arthur H. Sharp. From the Cape to Cairo: The First Traverse of Africa from South to North, first edition, London: Hurst and Blackett, 1900, quarto, publisher's pictorial cloth, folding map at rear, top edge gilt

Tolkien, J. R. R. Sir Gawain and the Green Knight, first edition, 1925, publisher's green cloth and gilt, together with a small group of other Tolkien related books

Solon, L. M. The Art of the Old English Potter, two copies, first edition, 1883, limited edition numbered 169/250, and 1885 folio

Bindings. Collection of leather-bound books, to include The Works of Fiona Macleod, uniform edition in seven volumes, London: Heinemann, 1923-25, half-calf with marbled boards by J. & E. Bumpus; The Book of Snobs, by William Makepeace Thackeray, first edition, London: Punch Office, 1848, contemporary half-calf with marbled boards and black title label lettered in gilt (p.126 misnumbered); The Infallibility of Human Judgment, by Mr. Lyons, London: Brotherton, 1724, full speckled calf, and others, including works by Ruskin, Badminton Library, and school prize books bearing gilt crests (King Edward's, Birmingham) (23)

by Thomas Havers, maker's mark double struck, circa 1680, of round baluster form with high straight sided and reeded rim, the simple scroll handle reeded to match, crested, 4.7ozt (Dimensions: h: 9cm w: 8.50cm)(h: 9cm w: 8.50cm)Footnote: Provenance: From the collection of Lord Hastings Norwich is one of many English provincial assay offices which have now closed. The first hallmarks there were recorded in 1565, though silversmiths are recorded to have been working in the town as far back as 1141. Between 1642 and 1688 no cycle of date letters was found, as in this example. The office ceased marking in 1706. The marks on this example are listed in 'Jacksons', p 338. Literature: Sir Charles Jackson, Silver & Gold Marks of England, Scotland and Ireland, Antique Collectors Club, 3rd Edition, 1994 p 338

by John McQueen, 1830, 'Fiddle' pattern with circular bowl, 0.97ozt (Dimensions: h: 16cm)(h: 16cm)Footnote: Other notes: Silver items marked in Banff are extremely rare and seldom appear for auction. First marks were recorded in 1680, with the last mention of marks in 1880, when the office appears to have closed. The town's recent revival of silversmithing has sparked a major resurgence of interest in Banff silver. The set of marks struck on this example are illustrated in 'Jackson's' page 592 Literature: Sir Charles Jackson, Silver & Gold marks of England, Scotland & Ireland, Antiques Collectors Club, 3rd Edition, 1994, p592

ROYAL CROWN DERBY; a boxed limited edition One Hundred Royal Years paperweight, with gold plug and limited to an edition of 1990.Additional InformationAppears good with no obvious signs of faults, damage or restoration. This is a first.

MILNE, AA; 'The House at Pooh Corner', published by Methuen & Co Ltd, London 1928, 'Now We Are Six', London 1927, and 'When We Were Very Young', London 1926, all in gilt tooled cloth boards (3).Additional InformationNo dust covers. Title page illustrations coloured in, general wear, discolouration. House at Pooh Corner and Now We Are Six appear to be first editions but judge this from the picture of the publication page and When We Were Very Young is a thirteenth edition.

ESCOFFIER, A; 'A Guide to Modern Cookery', pub. William Heinemann, London 1907 (the first edition of the English translation) and 'Mrs Beetons All About Cookery New Edition' (2).

JOHN PINCHES LTD; 'The Kings and Queens of England First Edition Sterling Silver Proof Set', a complete set containing forty-three medallions with various certificates and receipts.

CORGI; a group of boxed vehicle models including D949/17 Bedford type OB coach, 97100, etc, also exclusive first edition boxed vehicles.

CORGI; a group of boxed model buses including C949/9 Bedford Type OB coach, Q949/30, etc, also exclusive first edition boxed branded models.

DEREK WILKINSON (1929-2001); five signed limited edition coloured prints comprising 'Raised Beds', 'Hill Barn', 'Seascape', 'Lake' and 'Grasses-hayfield', dated from the 1970's to 1990's, the first three in editions of 25, dimension of first example 24.8 x 45.3cm, all unframed (5). (D)Additional InformationThis lot qualifies for Artist Resale Rights. For further information, please visit http://www.dacs.org.uk

Dumas (Alexandre). The Count of Monte Christo, 3 volumes, Belfast: Simms and McIntyre, 1846, [2] 400, [2] 5-448, [2] 5-464, signatures [pi]2 A-2B8 (2B8=blank?), A7 B-2E8, A7 B-2F8, without engraved series-title and letterpress half-title to each volume (see Sadleir) and preface leaf to volume 1, light staining to volume 1 pp. 3-5, volume 3 pp. 446-7 sometime stuck together and now separated obscuring a few letters, a few other trivial marks, contemporary ownership inscriptions 'Mrs Wm Bowie' and 'Douglas S Brown' to front free endpapers, contemporary half calf, rubbed overall, spines worn with loss to ends, joints cracked, volume 1 front board near detached (just held by top cord), 8vo (16.3 x 9.6 cm) (Qty: 3)NOTESSadleir 3754. The first volume is the first edition in English of any part of Le Comte de Monte-Cristo; Sadleir concluded that the second and third volumes 'in all likelihood post-dated the Chapman & Hall edition [but the first volume] pre -dated it by two or three months'. Rare: OCLC traces seven copies for the first volume, and four sets of the second and third. The three volumes were all issued as part of Simms and McIntyre's Parlour Novelist series, a 'revolution in cheap-novel publishing' (Sadleir). The first appeared in April 1846 with the title-page reading 'Chateau d'If. A Romance ... translated from the French by Emma Hardy', with volumes two and three following in September and October, with title-pages reading 'The Count of Monte Christo ... In Two Volumes, being a Sequel to "The Chateau d'If"'. This set appears to contain uniform cancel title-pages which are otherwise unrecorded; volume one retains the caption-title 'The Chateau d'If' on page 1 and colophon 'End of the Chateau d'If'; volume two retains the colophon 'End of volume the first'. It is evidently not an example of the 1848 re-issue under the Parlour Library series, which is easily distinguishable by its pagination (319, 320, 363 pp.).

Melville (Herman). White Jacket; or, the World in a Man-of-War, 2 volumes, 1st edition, London: Richard Bentley, 1850, a few minor spots and pale stains, yellow endpapers and pastedowns with publisher's advertisements (front pastedowns and volume II rear pastedown with small adhesion residue and abrasions with resultant loss of lettering, very small shelf number and annotations to volume I front and rear pastedowns), original blue cloth, upper covers with square-rigged ship decoration in blind and anchor in blind to lower covers, spines (faded to green) lettered in gilt, small light stains to volume I upper cover, 8vo (Qty: 2)NOTESBAL 13661. Very scarce, only two copies sold at auction in the last 50 years in 2003 and 2006. Fine copy of the true first edition, preceeding the first American edition by two months and one of only 1,000 copies printed, The first American edition was published by Harper & Brothers, New York in an edition of 4524 copies, and a second issue, with cancel title-pages was published by Richard Bentley in a single volume in London in 1853. Melville's fifth novel, published a year before Moby Dick, drew on his experiences aboard the frigate USS United States from 1843-44, the title derived from the main character's coat which he had fashioned to withstand the rounding of Cape Horn. The novel, with its graphic depictions of the harshness of naval life and arbitrary use of flogging was very influential in the abolition of flogging as a punishment in the US navy by the US Congress in September 1850.

Twain (Mark). The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn (Tom Sawyer's Comrade), 1st edition, London: Chatto & Windus, 1884, half-title, wood-engraved frontispiece and numerous text illustrations by E. W. Kemble, 32 pp. publisher's catalogue to rear dated October 1884, some light spotting (mainly to fore-edge), original staples failing with some sections detached, original red pictorial cloth, spine toned, some pale marks to covers, extremities somewhat worn, 8vo, and another copy of the same, most of textblock detached, with some marks and edge tears, original red pictorial cloth, marked, spine toned, some wear to extremities, 8vo, plus A Yankee at the Court of King Arthur, London: Chatto & Windus, 1889, half-title, wood-engraved frontispiece and numerous text illustrations, publisher's catalogue at rear dated June 1889, some spotting to endpapers and first few leaves, original red pictorial cloth, lightly marked, spine toned, minor wear to corners, 8vo, and 3 other Mark Twain 1st UK editions: Life on the Mississippi (1883), The Prince and the Pauper (1881), Roughing It and the Innocents at Home (1882) (Qty: 6)

Bible; hieroglyphic. A New Hieroglyphical Bible, for the Amusement and Instruction of Children: being a Selection of the most Useful Lessons and most Interesting Narratives ... Embellished with Familiar Figures and Striking Emblems: Elegantly Engraved. To the whole is added a Sketch of the Life of Our Blessed Saviour, the Holy Apostles, etc. Recommended by the Revd. Rowland Hill, 1st edition thus, G. Thompson, 1794, engraved frontispiece and title-page, woodcut illustrations throughout the text, 2 full-page, light staining to lower outer corners of a few leaves, a few other marks, ownership inscription 'J. C. Gething, 1808' to front free endpaper, contemporary mottled calf, gilt spine, rubbed, 12mo (13.2 x 8.2 cm) (Qty: 1)NOTESESTC T123482; Sabin 53013 for the first US edition (published in Boston later the same year). Hieroglyphic bibles have key words replaced with a rebus for educational purposes. ESTC traces eight copies in UK libraries, and six in the US.

[Cooper, James Fenimore]. The Water Witch; or the Skimmer of the Seas. A Tale, 3 volumes, 1st UK edition, 1830, advertisements front and rear of volume 1, a little minor spotting, original boards, a few splits along joints and small tears at spine ends, 8vo, together with The Last of the Mohicans: A Narrative of 1757, 3 volumes, 2nd UK edition, 1828, a little minor spotting, original boards, one or two small nicks and tears to spines, 8vo (Qty: 6)NOTESFrom the Library of Alan and Joan Tucker, Stroud, Gloucestershire. The Water Witch first UK edition precedes the US first edition, but was first published in Dresden in 1830 with only a handful, possibly eight, copies printed.

Defoe (Daniel). The Wonderful Life, and Surprizing Adventures of that Renowned Hero, Robinson Crusoe, who lived Twenty-eight Years on an Uninhabited Island, whic he afterwards colonised, [London]: printed for the Inhabitants of this Island, and sold by all the Booksellers in the World, [1794], 144 pp., 7 full-page woodcuts, a few leaves unopened, title-page watermarked 1794, 19th-century maroon moiré cloth, 12mo (12.2 x 7.2 cm) (Qty: 1)NOTESESTC N25019. Rare edition of the abridged juvenile version of Robinson Crusoe first issued by Newbery probably in 1768 (see Roscoe J93). ESTC traces three copies in libraries world-wide.

Newbery (Francis, publisher). The Compleat Horseman; or, the Art of Riding made Easy: illustrated by Rules drawn from Nature and confirmed by Experience; with Directions to the Ladies to fit gracefully, and ride with Safety ... By Charles Hughes, 1st edition, London: printed for F. Newbery, and sold at Hughes's Riding-School, [1772], engraved plate, 9 woodcuts in text, lacking frontispiece, morocco book-label to front pastedown, inner hinges repaired, all edges gilt, 19th-century calf, top spine compartment replaced in facsimile, loss to foot of spine, wear to tips, 12mo in 6s (15.6 x 9.9 cm) (Qty: 1)NOTESESTC T116463; Roscoe A245. ESTC traces six copies in libraries world-wide. Another issue of the same year is of comparable rarity. Hughes 'first came to notice as an accomplished rider performing at Philip Astley's British Riding School, Westminster Bridge Road, London, from June 1771 until 1772 ... In the same year he published The Complete Horseman , a manual of equestrianism. Astley was outraged and from then on he and Hughes were fierce rivals, seeking to disparage and outdo each other at every turn' (ODNB).

[Nicol, George]. The Story of the Three Bears, 1st separate edition, London: Porter and Wright, 1837, half-title, vignette title, and eleven engraved plates, some light toning and marks, first plate slightly frayed at head and foot of gutter, stitching partially broken, with first few leaves and upper cover of later brown wrappers detached, lacking spine, oblong 8vo (105 x 138 mm), together with eight other 19th century children's books, including The Pence Table in Verse, published by D. Carvalho, circa 1830, hand coloured engravings, first leaf with horizontal tear, original printed wrappers, dusty and some wear, slim 8vo, The Interesting Story of the Children in the Wood, Banbury: J.G. Rusher, circa 1820, woodcuts to text, first and final leaves forming printed wrappers, and The Picture Alphabet, Religious Tract Society, woodcuts to text, original printed yellow wrappers, a little dusty and rubbed (Qty: 9)NOTESFrom the Library of Alan and Joan Tucker, Stroud, Gloucestershire. Rare first separate edition of this classic children's tale. The Osborne Collection has only the later edition of 1841, which combines the story with two others. The Story of the Three Bears was first recorded in narrative form and published by English author and poet Robert Southey, appearing in a volume of his writings in 1837. The same year, George Nicol published this version in rhyme based on Southey's prose tale, having obtained Southey's blessing to try and bring the story more exposure. Both versions tell of three bears and an old woman who trespasses upon their property. It wasn't until twelve years after the publication of Southey's tale that Joseph Cundall transformed the antagonist from an ugly old woman to a pretty little girl in his Treasury of Pleasure Books for Young Children published in 1849.

Paper doll book. Cinderella; or The Little Glass Slipper: beautifully versified and illustrated with figures, London: printed for S. and J. Fuller, Temple of Fancy, Rathbone Place, 1814, six cut-out hand-coloured figures and a cut-out hand-coloured folding coach and horses in aquatint (latter split at fold and sometime repaired with fabric strip on verso), with interchangeable head, but lacking head-pieces (as often), loosely contained in accompanying booklet, stitching strained, original printed wrappers (lacking ribbon tie as usual), without the printed slipcase, 16mo (Qty: 1)NOTESFrom the Library of Alan and Joan Tucker, Stroud, Gloucestershire. Gumuchian 1986 (6, of 7, cut-outs); Osborne, p.1051: neither reference makes mention of head-pieces. First edition of one of the scarcest of the paper doll books invented and issued by Fuller at the beginning of the nineteenth century.

Blyton (Enid). Child Whispers, 1923, lightly toned, some spotting to fore edges, front free endpaper with contemporary ink ownership signature, stitching slightly strained, original brown cloth, gilt lettering to front cover and spine, front cover a little bowed, dust jacket, somewhat soiled with some chips and edge fraying, rear panel with some spotting at head, 8vo (Qty: 1)NOTESEnid Blyton's first book. Originally published the previous year in pictorial card wrappers, this first edition in hardback is especially rare with the dust jacket.

Baum (L. Frank). The Marvelous Land of Oz. Being an Account of the Further Adventures of the Scarecrow and Tin Woodman... , Pictured by John R. Neill, 1st edition, 1st state, Chicago: The Reilly & Britton Co., 1904, 16 colour plates, monotone illustrations to text including some full-page, scattered spotting, pp. 273/274 detached, a little frayed at foremargin and with short split to lower margin, pictorial endpapers printed in dark green (slightly browned), inner hinges broken and final leaf of text separated with lower board, original red pictorial cloth, stamped in navy blue, silver and green, spine and upper cover carrying the full title and author's name, stamped only in blue, horizontal single rule at the top and double rule at the bottom of spine in blue with a picture of Jinjur in blue and green, publisher's imprint on the spine reading 'The Reilly & Britton Co.', a picture of Jack Pumpkinhead in blue to lower cover, rubbed, spine faded and slightly frayed at head and foot and along lower joint, 4to (23 x 17 cm) (Qty: 1)NOTESHanff & Greene, pp. 33-38. A generally good copy of the first date of the second Oz book. The covers appear in red or light green with no priority identified.

Cramer (Rie, illustrator). Alice's Avonturen in Wonderland, by Lewis Carroll, retold by M. C. van Oven-van Doorn, 's-Gravenhage: G. B. van Goor Zonen's U. M., [1934], six colour plates, black & white illustrations (some full page), some spotting, mainly to first and last few leaves, half-title with repair to upper corner, original pictorial boards, front cover with bump to top edge, dust jacket, extremities rubbed, some edge-fraying and chips, 8vo (Qty: 1)NOTESRare piece of Carrolliana, and particularly so with the dust jacket; this edition of Alice's Adventures in Wonderland was only printed in Dutch, so there was never an English edition with Rie Cramer's striking illustrations.

Disney (Walt). Season's Greetings [cover title], published: Hallmark under exclusive license granted by King Features Syndicate, 1935, 12 leaves, each with full-page colour illustration and lines of verse, inside rear cover with contemporary ink inscription to lower corner, original pictorial printed wrappers, front cover with ink annotation 'wheeeee-' in the same hand as inscription, spine a trifle chipped and torn at foot, oblong slim 8vo, together with Donald & Pluto Movie Book in 10 Reels, Collins, 1939, 10 separate flip-books (complete), toned, bound in original printed wrappers (extremities rubbed, spine ends lightly frayed), with folding flaps containing a description of each flip-book on the inside, and the story on the outside, 'Instructions for use of the Movie Book' slip loosely inserted (somewhat edge-frayed and chipped), 8vo, with another 5 Reels Movie Book (defective), plus Donald Duck, 1st edition (#978), Racine, Wisconsin: Whitman, 1935, 8 leaves, the outer forming the wrappers, colour illustrations, some soiling and marks, each leaf with a 2.5 cm closed tear at head, outer corners of wrapper creased (small loss to rear cover upper outer corner), rear cover fore-edge slightly frayed, spine splitting, slim folio (Qty: 4)NOTESSeason's Greetings : Extremely rare. Hallmark and King Features Syndicate, Disney’s newspaper strip distributor, teamed up to issue a Christmas card in 1935 using various characters from the King Features stable. The booklet-form card gives a humorous take on Clement Moore's classic poem 'The Night Before Christmas', with Mickey Mouse featuring on the first page, and other well-known characters including Popeye, Felix the Cat, and Olive Oyl. Donald Duck : this 1935 comic book is recognised to be the first time that Donald Duck was the main character in his own story.

Flint (Sir William Russell). The Heroes or Greek Fairy Tales for my Children, by Charles Kingsley, Illustrated after drawings by W. Russell Flint, Philip Lee Warner for The Medici Society, 1912, printed on handmade Riccardi Paper, 12 mounted colour plates, each with captioned tissue guard, top edge gilt, remainder untrimmed, original linen-backed boards, head and foot edges toned, dust jacket, partially toned, a few tears and small losses, 4to, (limited edition 228/500 copies), together with The Canterbury Tales of Geoffrey Chaucer, Illustrated after Drawings by W. Russell Flint, 3 volumes, Philip Lee Warner for The Medici Society, 1913, printed on handmade Riccardi Paper, 36 mounted colour plates, each with captioned tissue guard, top edges gilt, remainder untrimmed (spotted), original linen-backed boards, a few minor marks, volume 3 lightly spotted, spines toned, 4to, (limited edition 84/500 copies), plus The Thoughts of the Emperor Marcus Aurelius Antoninus, Translated by George Long, Illustrated by W. Russell Flint, Philip Lee Warner for The Medici Society, 1909, printed on handmade Riccardi Paper, 12 tipped-in colour plates, each with captioned tissue guard, light spotting to first and last few leaves, top edge gilt, remainder untrimmed (lightly spotted), original linen-backed boards, toned and spotted, some stains to spine, 4to, (limited edition 105/500 copies), with two other William Russell Flint limited editions: The Idyls of Theocritus, 2 volumes, 1922, 71/500 copies; Judith, 1928, 299/875 copies (Qty: 8)

Lang (Andrew). The Brown Fairy Book, 1st edition, London: Longmans, Green, and Co., 1904, 8 colour plates, including frontispiece, one with loss to blank tip of lower outer corner, black & white plates and letterpress illustrations, some spotting to first and last leaves, preliminary blank with contemporary ink ownership inscription,stitching showing between gatherings L & M, all edges gilt, original gilt-decorated brown cloth, extremities lightly rubbed, a little wear to front joint, spine ends a trifle frayed, some marks to rear cover, 8vo, together with The Arabian Nights Entertainments, 1st edition, 1898 , black & white plates and letterpress illustrations, some spotting, mainly to margins, all edges gilt, original gilt-decorated blue cloth, extremities somewhat rubbed, a few minor marks, with 3 other first editions comprising: The Crimson Fairy Book (lacking one colour plate), The Animal Story Book, The Red True Story Book, and seven Fairy Books, later editions, 8vo (Qty: 12)

McKee (David). Elmer, Dennis Dobson, circa 1970, colour illustrations throughout, including rear endpapers, original glazed colour illustrated boards, spine a trifle sunned, lower cover with small residue from sticker to upper outer corner, 4to (Qty: 1)NOTESA very good copy of a rare early printing of Elmer , in which David McKee's endearing multi-coloured elephant makes his first appearance. The book was first published in 1968, and went out of print quite quickly. It was not until it was republished in 1989 that Elmer become the international success he is today. Although the 1989 edition appears in commerce quite readily, we have not traced another copy of a Dennis Dobson issue at auction. COPAC lists only one copy of the first edition (British Library), and just four copies of this early reprint (Exeter University, Oxford University, Trinity College Dublin, and the V&A). The story, with its message of inclusivity, is arguably just as relevant now as when it was first published, perhaps accounting in part for its enduring popularity. The author went on to write and illustrate at least another 40 books about Elmer, a TV series was produced giving rise the the inevitable attendant range of merchandise, and Elmer is now published in more than 20 languages. More recently a musical puppet show, Elmer The Patchwork Elephant Show , has been touring Britian (in the first few months of 2019), celebrating the elephant that stands out, and embracing the message that it is always best to be yourself.

Milne (A. A.). When We Were Very Young, 6th edition, December 1924, Winnie-the-Pooh, 1st edition, 1926, Now We Are Six, 1st edition, 1927 and The House at Pooh Corner, 1st edition, 1928, monochrome illustrations to each by E.H. Shepard, neat contemporary ownership inscription dated 1925 to half-title of the first title, top edge gilt, original blue, green, crimson and pink cloth gilt respectively, a few minor marks and minimal fading to spines of the last two titles (generally a clean bright set), 8vo (Qty: 4)

Milne (A. A.). When We Were Very Young, 2nd edition, 1924; Winnie-The-Pooh, 2nd edition, 1926, London: Methuen & Co., illustrations by E. H. Shepard, Winnie-The-Pooh p.1 with brown spot to fore margin (affecting facing page), and first blank page with contemporary ink ownership inscription, variable spotting and browning to endpapers, affecting adjacent pages in Winnie-The-Pooh, When We Were Very Young with contemporary ink ownership inscription to front free endpaper verso, and stitching showing in places, top edges gilt, original pictorial cloth gilt, extremities somewhat rubbed, spines a little darkened, When We Were Very Young with some pale spots and rear joint lightly faded, Winnie-The-Pooh with some pale marks at fore edge of front cover, 8vo (Qty: 2)

Nesbit (Edith). The Phoenix and the Carpet, 1st edition, London: George Newnes, [1904], half-title, colour frontispiece and letterpress vignettes by H.R. Millar, spotting mostly to first and last few leaves, contemporary gilt inscription to front free endpaper , top edge gilt (remainder lightly spotted), original decorative cloth, lightly rubbed to extremities, 8vo (Qty: 1)

Potter (Beatrix). Peter Rabbit's Almanac for 1929, Frederick Warne, [1928], 13 full-page colour illustrations (one for each month plus frontispiece), patterned endpapers, biro ownership name on front free endpaper, original beige boards with colour illustration inset to covers, lightly dust-soiled and marked, spine rubbed and a little chipped, joints cracked, 12mo, together with Wood (Lawson) , The Hamper of "Mr." Books, 1st edition, Frederick Warne, [1916], complete set of six booklets, each with colour illustrations and pictorial wrappers, staples rusty, plus a Warne advertisement booklet 'A Selected List of Picture Books for Children' (folded), contained together in original cardboard box (rubbed and broken), plus Nister (Ernest, publisher) , Our Darlings Surprise Pictures, circa 1895, eight chromolithograph slatted movable illustrations (all in working order), letterpress vignettes, some spotting and marks, soiled with area of loss to fore-margins (also affecting lower cover), patterned endpapers, hinges split, original cloth-backed glazed pictorial boards, rubbed and marked, folio, and a quantity of other children's books, including a defective copy in original wrappers of A True History of a Little Old Woman who found a Silver Penny , by Matthew Gregory Lewis, printed for Richard Phillips, 1812, a shaped book entitled Three Little Doggies, four titles by Louis Wain, three little books by Kate Greenaway (one modern), two by Kathleen Ainslie, several Dean Rag Books, and a movable entitled Fun in the Forest published by Raphael Tuck, some defective (Qty: 24)NOTESThe first item is the only Beatrix Potter almanac produced; the author was unhappy with the finished article, and so the planned series of almanacs did not go ahead.

Potter (Beatrix, and Sendak, Maurice). Beatrix Potter's The Tale of Peter Rabbit. A new printing from the original line-blocks made for the first Private Edition of 1901, introduced by Maurice Sendak, New York: Battledore, 1995, 34 separate prints of the original Beatrix Potter illustrations, on deckle-edged Arches paper, each numbered on verso, sheet size 13.5 x 10cm (5.25 x 4ins), each with tissue guard and enclosed in printed grey wrappers, together with 25pp. booklet in loose printed wrappers, 16mo, contained together in original grey cloth solander box, gilt titled on spine and with inset illustration on upper cover (Qty: 1)NOTESLimited edition, 121/250 copies, signed by Maurice Sendak and the printer Iain Bain.

* [Andersen, Hans Christian]. The Nightingale, 1924, watercolour on wove paper, depicting a scene from The Nightingale, showing Death being dissuaded from taking the Emperor of China's life, by the nightingale singing outside the window, title and date in contemporary pencil manuscript on verso, 33.5 x 24 cm (13.25 x 9.5 ins), window mounted and with loose back mount (Qty: 1)NOTESIt is possible that this apparently unpublished original illustration is by Edward Julius Detmold (1883-1957). It was evidently executed to accompany the Hans Andersen story ‘The Nightingale’, first published in Nye Eventyr ( New Fairy Tales ) in 1844. Detmold apparently produced a set of colour plates for a Hodder & Stoughton edition of Andersen's Fairy Tales which were never used. It is said that, being such a meticulous worker, Detmold took too long over the work, and the publisher, having already issued editions of the same work illustrated by Edmund Dulac, William Heath Robinson and Kay Nielsen (the latter in 1924), clearly decided to forgo producing a further edition and Detmold's plates remained unused. It is not inconceivable, then, that this watercolour is one of the paintings Detmold produced for Hodder, showing as it does similarities in palette and technique to other illustrative work by the artist.

* Folkard (Charles, 1878-1963). "On a sudden the door opened, and a droll-looking little man hobbled in", 1910, pen, ink & watercolour, depicting Rumpelstiltskin doffing his feathered cap to the miller's daughter, who sits before a spinning wheel surrounded by sheaves of straw, a make-shift red curtain pinned at the diamond lattice pane, and a scuttering mouse in the foreground, signed and dated lower left, 22.5 x 15 cm (8.75 x 6 ins), mounted, framed and glazed (Qty: 1)NOTESProvenance: From the artist's studio and thence by descent. Original illustration for the first Folkard edition of Grimm's Fairy Tales , which was published by A. & C. Black in 1911 with four colour plates; the artist was commissioned to provide additional illustrations for subsequent editions.