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Lot 112
Louis Wain. Pussies and Puppies, first edition, cloth with pictorial boards, published by S W Partridge & Co, London, c1899., together with Animal Picture-Land, illustrated by Louis Wain et el, first edition, cloth with pictorial boards, published by James Clarke & Company, London, c1914. (2)
Lot 120
Joseph Pennell & J C Squire. A London Reverie, first edition, gilt tooled brown cloth, published by MacMillan & Company, London 1928., H R Robertson. Life On The Upper Thames, published by Virtue, Spalding & Co, London 1875., Oliver Goldsmith. The Vicar of Wakefield, illustrated by Edmund J Sullivan, gilt tooled green cloth, published by Constable & Co Ltd, London 1914., and The Surprising Adventures of Baron Munchausen, privately printed for The Navarre Society Ltd, London 1930. (4)
Lot 331
Cyril Wray. Merry England, first edition, illustrated by Edward Ardizzone, published by Vista Books, London 1960., The James Reeves Story Book, first edition, illustrated by Edward Ardizzone, published by Books For Children, William Heinemann Ltd, London 1978., Helena Farjeon. The Little Book Room, first edition, illustrated by Edward Ardizzone, published by The Oxford University Press, London 1955., and Ardizzone's English Fairy Tales, Taken From The Collection of Joseph Jacobs, first edition, published by Andre Deutsch Ltd, London 1980. (4)
Lot 1
NO RESERVE British Art.- Butlin (Martin) & Evelyn Joll. The Paintings of J.M.W.Turner, 2 vol., revised edition, New Haven & London, 1984; Turner at Petworth: Painter & Patron, 1989 § Finberg (A.J.) In Venice with Turner, one of 500 copies printed at the Alcuin Press, 1930 § Wilton (Andrew) Turner in his Time, 1987 § Gage (John) J.M.W.Turner: 'A Wonderful Range of Mind', New Haven & London, 1987 § Riding (C.) & Richard Johns. Turner & the Sea, 2014, plates or illustrations, many colour, original cloth or boards, the third pictorial gilt, the rest with dust-jackets, the first a little frayed; and c.70 others on Turner, v.s. (c.75)
Lot 100
NO RESERVE Greene (Graham) A Visit to Morin, first edition, presentation inscription from the author, one of 250 copies, original cloth, slight bumping to spine extremities, dust-jacket, stain to upper edge, slight chipping to spine extremities, 1959; The Heart of the Matter, first edition, remnants of paper label to front pastedown, original cloth, rubbed spine, slight bumping to corners, 1948; and another by the same, 8vo (3)
Lot 104
James (M.R.) Ghost Stories of an Antiquary, first edition, frontispiece and 3 plates by James McBride, advertisements, occasional spotting, hinges starting but holding firm, original buckram, ruled in red and lettered in black yapp edges, spine slightly darkened, light rubbing and minor bumping to spine ends and corners, [Lovecraft, Supernatural Horror in Literature, 1973, pp.100-105; Tymn 3-125], 8vo, 1904.
Lot 105
Johns (W.E. Johns Cpt.) Biggles Air Commodore, first edition, colour frontispiece, illustrations, occasional spotting, original pictorial cloth, spine marked and faded, 1937; Biggles Forms a Syndicate, first edition, colour frontispiece, title vignette and illustrations, some damp-staining to front free endpapers, original boards, dust-jacket, slightly rubbed,1961; Biggles Goes Alone, coloured frontispiece, illustrations, original boards, dust-jacket with wear to corners, 1962; and 14 others, mostly Biggles and Just William, some with dust-jackets, 8vo (16)
Lot 106
NO RESERVE Joyce (James) Pomes Penyeach, first edition, half-title, final leaf with tipped-in 3-line errata, pencil note of acquisition to front free endpaper, original boards, upper cover rubbed and stained, lower lacking, first two leaves and last loose and frayed at edges, [Slocum & Cahoon A24], Paris, Shakespeare and Company, 1927 § Broadside (The), Second Year No.8, one of 300 copies, 3 woodcuts by Jack B.Yeats, 2 hand-coloured, one full-page, lightly spotted and browned, one or two marginal tears, Dundrum, Cuala Press, January 1910; and 4 others, 8vo & 4to (6)
Lot 117
Maugham (William Somerset) A Writer's Notebook, first American edition, one of 1000 copies signed by the author, frontispiece, original cloth, spine very slightly faded, board slip-case (rubbed), Garden City, NY, 1949; The Vagrant Mood, first edition, one of 500 copies signed by the author, original two-tone calf, spine rubbed and worn at head and foot, 1952, both t.e.g., others uncut; and 9 others, 8vo & 4to (11)
![[McBain (Ed)], "Richard Marsten". Rocket to Luna, first edition, signed presentation inscription from the author to half-titl](https://cdn.globalauctionplatform.com/4c83b072-5f96-461c-9905-ab1800aebb79/53465db1-1eed-4b54-83a6-ab1800afd9ae/468x382.jpg)
![Milne (A. A.) [The Christopher Robin Books], 4 vol., comprising When We Were Very Young, ninth edition, light browning to end](https://cdn.globalauctionplatform.com/4c83b072-5f96-461c-9905-ab1800aebb79/db320191-8147-4112-a346-ab1800b08bf5/468x382.jpg)
Lot 120
Milne (A. A.) [The Christopher Robin Books], 4 vol., comprising When We Were Very Young, ninth edition, light browning to endpapers, spine ends and corners a little bumped and frayed, 1924; Winnie the Pooh, first edition, bookplate to endpaper, original deluxe blue limp calf, gilt, spine faded, spine ends chipped, 1926; Now We Are Six, first edition, light fading to spine, minor bumping to spine ends and corners, 1927; The House at Pooh Corner, first edition, ink name to half-title, browning to endpapers, light fading to spine, facsimile dust-jacket, 1928, illustrations by E.H. Shepard, map and pictorial endpapers, all but the second original pictorial cloth, gilt, 8vo, 1925-28.
Lot 121
Milne (A. A.) Now We Are Six, first edition, illustrations and pictorial endpapers by E.H. Shepard, half-title and endpapers browned, original cloth, t.e.g., extremities and spine ends rubbed, lower cover lightly faded, 1927 § Potter (Beatrix) The Tale of Pigling Bland, first edition, first printing with date on title, colour frontispiece, plain title vignette, 26 colour plates, pictorial endpapers, original green boards with mounted colour illustration, 1913; The Pie and the Patty-pan, first edition with mottled lavender endpapers, colour frontispiece and 9 plates, occasional foxing, original maroon boards with mounted colour illustration, spine very slightly faded, 1905, 8vo & 16mo (3)
Lot 125
Pemberton (Max) The Queen of the Jesters, first edition, signed presentation inscription from the author to front free endpaper, A.L.s. from the author tipped onto front pastedown, frontispiece, upper hinge weak, original decorative cloth, gilt, spine faded, spine ends and corners a little bumped, 8vo, 1897.
Lot 126
Potter (Beatrix) The Tale of Benjamin Bunny, first edition, first or second printing with "we" in roman and "muffatees" to p.15, colour frontispiece detached, ownership inscription, title vignette and colour illustrations, pictorial endpapers, original grey boards with mounted colour illustration, a fine copy, [Linder, p.424], 16mo, 1904.
Lot 136
Spence (Lewis) The Archer in the Arras, first edition, occasional spotting or foxing, small ink stamp to front free endpaper, original cloth, dust-jacket, price-clipped, discolouration to spine very minor chipping to spine ends and corners, light creasing to head and foot, but an excellent example overall, 8vo, 1932.⁂ An excellent copy of a rare collection of occult and supernatural tales.
![[Street (John)], "John Rhode". Dead of the Night, first American edition, ink stamp to title, jacket spine slightly browned,](https://cdn.globalauctionplatform.com/4c83b072-5f96-461c-9905-ab1800aebb79/ca737a85-2618-4546-9364-ab1800b08673/468x382.jpg)
Lot 138
[Street (John)], "John Rhode". Dead of the Night, first American edition, ink stamp to title, jacket spine slightly browned, spine ends and corners a little chipped, extremities rubbed, New York, 1942 § Upfield (Arthur W.) Death of a Swagman, first English edition, jacket spine slightly faded, light rubbing to head and foot, 1946 § Atkey (Bertram) Arsenic and Gold, first edition, spotting to endpapers, jacket chipped at head and foot with loss, creasing and tears, 1939, original cloth, dust-jackets; and 7 others, crime and thrillers, 8vo (10)
Lot 141
Verne (Jules) From the Earth to the Moon...and a Trip Round it, first English edition, 77 wood-engraved plates only (of 80), light foxing, contemporary ink inscription to head of title, original blue pictorial cloth, gilt, g.e., rubbed, slight damp-staining to corner of lower cover, spine faded and worn at ends, 8vo, Sampson Low [&c.], 1873.
Lot 145
Wells (H.G.) Christina Alberta's Father, first edition, initialed presentation inscription from the author to "V. H.... as ever" to endpaper, browning to endpapers, original cloth, spine slightly faded, spine ends and corners a little bumped, [Hammond A19], 8vo, 1925.⁂ Likely inscribed to Violet Hunt (1862-1942), British author and literary hostess. She was Wells' lover for a period and also had affairs with Ford Madox For and Somerset Maugham.
Lot 146
NO RESERVE Wilde (Oscar) The Picture of Dorian Gray, first illustrated edition with publisher's note in red tipped in at beginning, title in red and black, wood-engraved plates by Eugene Dété after Paul Thiriat, captioned tissue guards, frontispiece detached, original half parchment boards, t.e.g., others uncut, a little rubbed and browned, 4to, Paris, Charles Carrington, 1908 [1910].⁂ Publication was delayed due to the artist's poor health.
Lot 148
NO RESERVE Maritime.- Bugler (Arthur) H. M. S. Victory: Building, restoration & repair, 2 vol., comprising text and plates, first edition, frontispiece, plates and illustrations, original cloth, a little rubbed, vol. 2 comprises 17 folding plates loose as issued, housed in original cloth dropback box, dust-jackets, lightly browned spines, tear and short tape mark to vol. 2 dust-jacket, 4to, 1966.
Lot 150
NO RESERVE Photography.- Brandt (Bill) Nudes 1945-1980, first edition, illustrations, original cloth, dust-jacket, price-clipped, slight chipping to top edge, 1980; Literary Britain, illustrations, original cloth, dust-jacket, a little rubbed, 1984 § Leibowitz (Annie) and Susan Sontag, Women, first edition, illustrations, original boards, a little rubbed, dust-jacket, slight rubbing to corners and extremities, 1999 § McCullin (Don) Perspectives, first edition, illustrations, original cloth, dust-jacket, slight creasing to top edge, 1987 § Westerbeck (Colin) and Joel Meyerowitz, Bystander a History of Street Photography, first edition, illustrations, original cloth, dust-jacket, 1994; and 11 others, photography, 4to & folio (16)
Lot 159
NO RESERVE Fine art.- Gautier (Henri) L'Arte di Acquerellare, first edition in Italian, engraved folding plate, errata f., ink monogram stamp to title, N3 paper flaw at foot, some browning and spotting, contemporary calf, gilt, spine in compartments and with red morocco and paper labels, rubbed, Lucca, Giuseppe Rocchi, 1760; and 3 others, Fine Art (4)
Lot 175
England.- Habington (William) The Historie of Edward the Fourth, King of England, first edition, woodcut device to title, lacking portrait, previous owner's ink signature to title, lacking front endpapers, occasional dampstaining and finger-soiling, additional engraved portrait loosely inserted, chipped edges, later calf, rubbed and worn, [STC 12586], Thos. Cotes, for William Cooke, 1640 § Henderson (Andrew) The History of the Rebellion, spotting, later calf, broken spine, for A. Miller, 1753; and another, folio & 8vo (3)
Lot 176
Dewsbery (William) The Faithful Testimony of that Antient Servant of the Lord ..., first edition, ink signature to title, occasional marginal ink annotations, trimmed, lacks 2K1 and final leaf, short tear (3F4), occasional spotting and staining, ex-library with occasional marginal ink-stamps, book plate, later calf, upper cover detached, tape marks to boards, rubbed, [Wing D1267], Andrew Sowle, 1689 § Cave (William) Primitive Christianity: or, the Religion of the Ancient Christians ..., fourth edition, additional engraved title, Imprimatur bound at beginning, occasional marginal dampstaining, ex-library with 2 perforated blind-stamps and ink-stamps, bookplates, front pastedown detached, E1 small loss to corner, one or two short marginal tears, later calf, cracked upper joint, rubbed and worn, 1682, 8vo (2)
Lot 177
NO RESERVE Economics.- Jus Regium: or, the King's right to grant forfeitures, and other revenues of the crown, fully set forth and trac'd from the beginning. His Majesty vindicated as to his Promise concerning his disposal of the Forfeited Estates.The manifold hardships of the resumption, and the little advantage we shall reap by it, plainly demonstrated, ?first edition, occasional staining, heavier to last few ff., modern boards, [Not in Kress; Goldsmiths' 3763; Hanson 23 (giving precedence to the 63pp. edition)], small 4to, 1701.⁂ This pamphlet, which is rare in commerce, is the response to Davenant's Discourse on Grants and Resumptions, 1700. It is sometime attributed to John, Baron Somers.
Lot 183
NO RESERVE Bullman (E.) The Medical Directory; or, Family Physician, second edition, occasional faint spotting, previous owner's ink signature to title, initials scored out to front free endpaper, contemporary calf, rubbed, slight bumping to corners and extremities, [?Faversham], for the Author and D. T. Dulmar, 1810 § Hill (Sir John) The Family Herbal ...,. 54 hand-coloured plates, occasional spotting, occasional marginal damp-staining, contemporary calf, rebacked in morocco, upper cover detached, loss to spine head, rubbed and worn, Bungay, 1812; 12mo & 8vo (2)⁂ The first is scarce with only 4 on COPAC.
Lot 184
Scott (Sir Walter) Ivanhoe, 3 vol., first edition, first issue, with pp.159-306 in vol. 1 misnumbered 151-298, half-titles, occsaional damp-staining, bookplates, previous owner's ink signature, 1 or 2 faint spots, contemporary half-calf, a little rubbed, Edinburgh, 1820; Minstrelsy of the Scottish Border, 3 vol., vol 1-2 first editions, vol 3 second edition, occasional faint spotting, bookplates, previous owner's ink signature, contemporary half-calf, a little rubbed, Kelso and Edinburgh, 1802-03; Marmion, second edition, 1 leaf loose, occasional faint spotting, previous owner's ink signature to half-title, front free endpaper becoming loose, contemporaru calf, cracked upper joint, rubbed and worn, Edinburgh, 1808; and others by the same, 8vo (25)
Lot 187
Trollope (Anthony) Barchester Towers, 3 vol., first edition, with "tattooed" for "tabooed" on p.269 vol. 2, lacking advertisements and half-titles, occasional spotting, contemporary half-calf, a little rubbed, slight bumping to corners and extremities, 1857 § Crawford (F. Marion) A Cigarette-Maker's Romance, 2 vol., first edition, original cloth, rubbed, bumping to corners and extremities, browned spines, 1890; and 5 others, 8vo (10)
Lot 190
Binding.- Austen-Leigh (Rev. James Edward) A Memoir of Jane Austen, first edition, engraved frontispiece and 4 plates, extra-illustrated with 30 engraved plates, of which 2 hand-coloured, small tear to 1 plate neatly repaired and laid down, occasional faint spotting, later morocco by Riviere & Son, original cloth bound in at end, browned spine, slight bumping to corners and extremities, 8vo, 1870.
Lot 194
Kipling (Rudyard) The Works ..., 25 vol. only (of 31), Bombay Edition limited to 1050 copies, vol. 1 signed by Kipling, half-titles, faint browning and spotting to first and last few leaves, original spine labels bound at end, original cloth-backed boards, rubbed, browned spines, 4 vol. with broken joints, 1913-19 § Durand (Ralph) A Handbook to the Poetry of Rudyard Kipling, first edition, light spotting to first and last few leaves, original cloth-backed boards, rubbed, browned spine, slight chipping to spine head, 1914; 8vo (26)⁂ This edition was originally published as 20 volumes, before eventually being extended to 31 volumes.
Lot 201
NO RESERVE Africa.- Thesiger (Wilfred) The Life of My Choice, first edition, signed by author to title, previous owner's ink inscription to front free endpaper, plates, original boards, slight bumping to spine extremities, dust-jacket, 1987; My Kenya Days, first edition, illustrations, original cloth, slight bumping to spine extremities, dust-jacket, a little rubbed, 1994 § Lawrence (T. E.) Seven Pillars of Wisdom, first trade edition, portrait frontispiece, plates, maps, occasional spotting, original cloth, a little rubbed, slight bumping to corners and extremities, 1935; and another on Wilfred Thesiger in Africa, 4to & 8vo (4)
Lot 204
Americas.- Brazil.- Dickinson (Capt. Thomas) A Narrative of the Operations for the Recovery of the Public Stores and Treasure sunk in H.M.S. Thetis, at Cape Frio, on the Coast of Brazil..., first edition, lithographed frontispiece, 4 maps & plates, one folding, list of subscribers, some spotting, light water-staining at beginning and end, ex-library copy with one or two stamps, contemporary cloth, a little worn, upper joint split, [Sabin 20076], 8vo, 1836.
Lot 229
Botany.- Robinson (William, editor) Flora and Sylva: A Monthly Review for Lovers of Garden, Woodland, Tree or Flower, 3 vol. [all published], first edition, 66 chromolithographed plates after H.G.Moon, tissue guards, wood-engraved illustrations, some spotting, mostly to guards, very occasional damp-staining, original cloth, t.e.g., others uncut, rubbed, spine ends a little worn, 4to, 1903-05.
Lot 41
NO RESERVE Illustrators.- Marchesseau (Daniel) Marie Laurencin 1883-1956: Catalogue Raisonné de l'Oeuvre Peint, Tokyo, 1986 § Reade (Brian) Aubrey Beardsley, reprint, Woodbridge, 1987 § Moore (A.C.) and E. & L.Linder. The Art of Beatrix Potter, revised edition, 1976 § Cundall (H.m.) Birket Foster, facsimile reprint, 1986, illustrations, some colour, original cloth or boards, the first with slip-case, the rest dust-jackets; and 5 others on illustrators, 4to (9)
Lot 6
NO RESERVE British Art.- Ruskin (John) The Works, edited by E.T.Cook and Alexander Wedderburn, 39 vol., "Library Edition", limited edition, some foxing, original morocco-backed cloth, t.e.g., others uncut, very worn, some spines torn or lacking, some covers detached or lacking, 1903-12; The Seven lamps of Architecture, first edition, contemporary blue calf, t.e.g., 1849; The Stones of Venice, 3 vol., fifth edition, contemporary blue straight-grain morocco, gilt, by Birdsall, t.e.g., others uncut, Orpington, 1893; Verona and other Lectures, one of 150 large paper copies on hand-made paper, original half parchment, uncut, Orpington, 1894; Modern Painters, edited by David Barrie, 3 vol. in 1, Yelvertoft, 1987 § Hewison (Robert) Ruskin on Venice 'The Paradise of Cities', New Haven & London, 2009 § Hilton (Tim) John Ruskin: The Later Years, New Haven & London, 2000, plates, some colour, all but the first and last a little rubbed; and a quantity of others by or about Ruskin, 8vo & 4to (c.100)
Lot 60
Pritchett (V. S.) Mr. Beluncle, first edition, initialed presentation inscription from the author to Frances and Ralph Partridge to endpaper, original cloth, dust-jacket, spine ends and corners a little chipped, chip to head of upper panel, 1951 § Connolly (Cyril) Previous Convictions, first edition, signed presentation inscription to Frances Partridge from the author "whom to she encouraged at a difficult moment" to endpaper, original cloth, spine faded, New York, 1963 § Strachey (Julia) and Frances Partridge. Julia, A Portrait of Julia Strachey, Frances Partridge's copy with her ink ownership inscription, original boards, dust-jacket, creased, 1983; and c.55 others, similar, 8vo (c.60)
Lot 61
NO RESERVE Strachey (Lytton) Pope, first American edition, author's own copy with his bookplate to pastedown, ownership inscription of Ralph Partridge to endpaper, scattered spotting, original boards, dust-jacket, spine browned, spine ends chipped with loss, New York, 1926; Characters and Commentaries, frontispiece, signed presentation inscription to Ralph Partridge from 'James' ?Strachey, original cloth, some mottling to upper cover, 1933, 8vo (2)
Lot 62
Trollope (Anthony) Is He Popenjoy? A Novel, 3 vol., first edition, half-titles, vol.1 with later front endpaper, ink ownership inscription "R. and F. Partridge", 1 leaf in vol.3 loose, original cloth, cocked, spines rubbed and faded, spine ends and corners bumped, 1878; and 5 others, Trollope, 8vo (8)
Lot 63
NO RESERVE Rogers (Samuel) Italy, a Poem, engraved illustrations after Turner & others, inscribed by Lord Berners "Mother from Gerald Xmas 1912" on front free endpaper, foxing, contemporary green morocco, gilt, g.e., 1836 § [Maurice (Thomas)] Richmond Hill; a Descriptive and Historical Poem, first edition, half-title, list of subscribers, 2 double-page engraved plates, some spotting, later cloth-backed boards, uncut, 1807 § Butler (Rev. Alban) The Lives of the Fathers, Martyrs and other principal Saints, 2 vol., chromolithographed plates, signature of Gerald Tyrwhitt with his pencil markings and annotations, original cloth, n.d., a little rubbed; and 2 others, 8vo & 4to (6)
Lot 66
Douglas (Norman) In the Beginning, limited edition signed by the author, original boards, spine rubbed and browned, Florence, 1927 § Aldington (Richard) Stepping Heavenward, limited edition signed by the author, original cloth-backed boards, dust-jacket, Florence, 1931 § Barton (Bruce) The Man Nobody Knows, first edition, signed by the author, original cloth, dust-jacket, spine ends and corners chipped, Indianapolis, 1925; and 30 others, art and literature,v.s. (33)
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