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Lot 671
Du Maurier (Daphne). Rebecca , 1st edition, 1938, spotting (mainly to first few leaves and margins), stitching strained, front hinge cracked, front pastedown wtih contemporary ownership signature, original black cloth, somewhat rubbed, very lightly mottled in places, spine slightly cocked, toned du st jacket, some spotting and dust-soiling, split along upper joint, rubbed in places with some fraying and chips, 8vo (Qty: 1)
Lot 676
Fermor (Patrick Leigh). The Traveller's Tree. A Journey through the Caribbean Islands, illustrated by A. Costa, 1st edition, John Murray, 1950, frontispiece, double-page sketch-map on green paper, photographic plates, spotting to edges (encroaching on margins in preliminaries), original green cloth, spine slightly rolled, dust jacket (spine nicked and toned, a few nicks to panels, upper outer corner of front panel rubbed, rear panel spotted), 8vo (Qty: 1)The author's first book.
Lot 680
Fleming (Ian). Live and Let Die, 1954; Moonraker, 1955; Diamonds are Forever, 1956, 1st editions, a little light spotting, Live and Let Die endpapers renewed, original boards, slight fading, all in later dust jackets, 8vo, plus From Russia, With Love, 2 copies, 1st editions, 1957 in later jackets, Thunderball, 1st edition, 1961, later jacket, On Her Majesty's Secret Service, 1963 ,3 copies (two first editions and uncorrected proof), The Man With the Golden Gun, 1st edition, 1965 and later printings/reprints of a few others (Qty: 16)
Lot 688
Fleming (Ian). The Spy Who Loved Me, 1st edition, 1962, a little light spotting, original cloth, price-clipped dust jacket, spine a little rubbed, 8vo, together with On Her Majesty's Secret Service, 1st edition, 1963, a few light spots, original cloth, price-clipped dust jacket, head of spine repaired to verso, 8vo, with three other first editions: You Only Live Twice, 1964, The Man With the Golden Gun, 1965 and Octopussy and the Living Daylights, 1966 (Qty: 5)
Lot 697
Francis (Dick). Blood Sport, first edition, Michael Joseph, 1967, signed by author on title, original cloth in unclipped dust jacket, together with a spare dust jacket for the same book, plus an uncorrected proof copy of the same book, original printed wrappers, a little browned and soiled, plus Forfeit, 1968, Enquiry, 1969, (signed bookplate), Rat Race, 1970, Bonecrack 1971, all UK first editions, original cloth in dust jackets, some a little spotted or browned on lower panels, plus other UK and US mostly first editions plus proof copies of Dick Francis books and novels including a few anthologies and paperbacks, the majority original cloth in dust jackets, mostly VG or better (Qty: approx. 120)
Lot 701
Hamilton (Patrick). Twenty Thousand Streets Under The Sky, A London Trilogy, first collected edition, Constable & Co, 1935, original cloth (a little faded at spine ends) in dust jacket, slightly rubbed, chipped and soiled, spine toned and chipped with loss at head and foot, together with Twopence Coloured, first edition, Constable & Co, 1928 , pp.17-18 & 31-32 detached and the first leaf slightly creased at outer margins, original cloth lettered in purple, slightly rubbed both 8vo (Qty: 2)
![Harbou (Thea von). Metropolis, 1st English edition, Reader's Library, [1927], one leaf loose, a couple of others detaching at](https://cdn.globalauctionplatform.com/8a0f48ba-c89b-4765-8442-aa6500a61ff8/64cac23e-1fb0-4fca-b38d-aa650129b4d1/468x382.jpg)
Lot 702
Harbou (Thea von). Metropolis, 1st English edition, Reader's Library, [1927], one leaf loose, a couple of others detaching at gutter, minor stains to pastedowns (first leaf used as the front pastedown), original cloth gilt, slightly rubbed, dust jacket, small chips and tears at spine ends and folds,small closed tear at head of upper panel, 8vo (Qty: 1)First issue with no mention of Metropolis to list on p. 7 or rear flap of dust jacket. The iconic art deco dust jacket was designed by Aubrey Hammond with the film of the book released in the same year.
Lot 704
Hemingway (Ernest). A Farewell to Arms, 1st edition, Charles Scribner's Sons, New York, 1929, first issue without disclaimer to dedication verso, some spotting and toning, tape reinforcements front and rear, front flap of dust jacket tipped-in to front pastedown, original cloth, spine label chipped with loss, rubbed with some edge wear, 8vo (Qty: 1)Signed by the author to front endpaper.
Lot 705
Hemingway (Ernest). For Whom the Bell Tolls, 1st edition, Charles Scribner, New York, 1940, first issue with letter 'A' to copyright page, minor spotting to fore edges, original cloth (a couple of light stains), price-clipped dust jacket, a few tears and losses, old tape repairs, 8vo (Qty: 1)
Lot 709
Huxley (Aldous). Crome Yellow, 1st edition, 1921, spare label tipped-in at end, top edge green, original cloth, small bump to foot of spine and one corner, dust jacket, small chips and splits at spine ends and folds, tiny hole to rear panel margin, 8vo (Qty: 1)A good copy of the author's first novel.
Lot 715
James (Henry). The Real Thing and Other Tales, 1st edition, 1st issue, Macmillan, 1893, 47 pp. publisher's catalogue at end (last leaf with marginal tear and loss), one or two marginal spots, original blue cloth gilt, spine faded to green with small nicks and splits at ends and lower joint, joints and edges a little rubbed, 8vo (Qty: 1)Edel & Laurence A37. Very rare first issue copy with 'Copyright 1892, by Macmillan & Co.' to title verso. On the cancel title-leaf in the second state the copyright date is altered to 1893. "With a single exception, all copies examined contain a cancel title-leaf. An apparently unique copy, discovered by I.R. Brussel and recently added to the Collamore Collection at Colby, contains a first-state title-leaf..." (Edel & Laurence).
Lot 758
Wilde (Oscar). The Importance of Being Earnest. A Trivial Comedy for Serious People, 1st edition, Leonard Smithers, 1899, scattered light spotting, early owner signature, original lavender cloth gilt, spine a little faded and rubbed at ends, corners bumped, a few minor stains, small 4to, limited edition of 1000 (this copy unumbered), together with The Ballad of Reading Gaol, by C. 3.3. [Oscar Wilde], Leonard Smithers, 1899, some light spotting, original cloth, lower joint splitting, spine toned, 8vo (unauthorized Smithers edition) . (Qty: 2)First work Mason 381.
![Woolf (Virginia). Kew Gardens, Decorated by Vanessa Bell, Hogarth Press, [1927], border decorations throughout, some spotting](https://cdn.globalauctionplatform.com/8a0f48ba-c89b-4765-8442-aa6500a61ff8/5da8616c-a0ac-4719-9b6f-aa650129d3d6/468x382.jpg)
Lot 768
Woolf (Virginia). Kew Gardens, Decorated by Vanessa Bell, Hogarth Press, [1927], border decorations throughout, some spotting, original decorative boards, some rubbing and soiling and a little edge and corner wear, lacks spine, 4to (Qty: 1)Limited edition, 54/500 copies, signed by Virginia Woolf and Vanessa Bell in purple ink. Kirkpatrick A3a; the third English (limited) edition, the first and second editions having been published by Hogarth Press in 1919.
Lot 772
Woolf (Virginia). The Years, [and] Three Guineas, first editions, Hogarth Press, 1937 & 1938, original cloth in pictorial dust jackets from designs by Vanessa Bell, spines heavily browned (The Years with significant loss), a little rubbed and frayed at edges, together with Huxley (Aldous) , Brief Candles, first American edition, New York: Fountain Press, 1930, armorial bookplate of Christopher Michael Cadogan (slightly offset to facing endpaper with pencil inscription above), original cloth, rubbed, (signed limited edition, 708/842 copies, plus four further Virginia Woolf first editions: A Room of One's Own, 1929; A Haunted House, 1943 (ownership signature of Daphne Fielding); A Letter to a Young Poet, 1932; Walter Sickert, 1934, the latter two in wrappers, all a little marked and soiled, 8vo (Qty: 7)
![KAMES, HENRY HOME - TYTLER [ALEXANDER FRASER]MEMOIRS OF THE LIFE AND WRITINGS OF THE HONOURABLE HENRY HOME OF KAMES Edinburgh](https://cdn.globalauctionplatform.com/557c0233-d28e-48aa-b1c9-aa2a00fd65ee/40af3d7d-79c7-4822-be35-aa5700975eb7/468x382.jpg)
Lot 107
KAMES, HENRY HOME - TYTLER [ALEXANDER FRASER]MEMOIRS OF THE LIFE AND WRITINGS OF THE HONOURABLE HENRY HOME OF KAMES Edinburgh: William Creech, 1807-1809. First edition, 2 volumes, 4to, inscribed to John Ramsay Esq. of Ochertyre from the author, portrait frontispiece, 2 plates with handwriting specimens, 2 half-titles, contemporary calf gilt with blue and olive green morocco labels to spines, some slight browningNote: An important association copy of the work. The title verso to volume 1 is inscribed: "To John Ramsay Esqr. of Ochertyre/ as a Testimony of sincere friendship/ and Esteem/ from The Author", with the title verso of the 1809 Supplement also inscribed and a manuscript eight line eulogy in Latin, addressed to Ramsay and signed AFT, bound in.Ramsay was Kames's closest friend and neighbour, and may have written Kames's biography himself. He is certainly very favourably acknowledged several times in the work.
![SCOTTISH PAMPHLETS, A COLLECTIONCOMPRISING 1) [Brebner, John: deposition.] [Caption title:] Information for John Brebner late](https://cdn.globalauctionplatform.com/557c0233-d28e-48aa-b1c9-aa2a00fd65ee/05b132ab-4ebf-4a25-b49d-aa57009776a2/468x382.jpg)
Lot 118
SCOTTISH PAMPHLETS, A COLLECTIONCOMPRISING 1) [Brebner, John: deposition.] [Caption title:] Information for John Brebner late merchant in Halifax, now residing in Aberdeen, defender and pursuer, against William Sibbald, merchant in Leith, pursuer and defender. [Edinburgh: 1785.] 4to; 33(1); 16 pp.; dated at the top: July 12, 1785. Lord Hailes, reporter. Unrecorded2) ) [Stein, James: indictment.] [Caption title:] George &c. Forasmuchas it is humbly meaned and complained upon us, by our right trusty Ilay Campbell, Esq; our advocate for our interest, upon James Stein distiller at Kilbagie, in the county of Clackmannan, that whereas, by the laws of this realm, bribery and corruption, especially when practiced by a distiller . . . [Edinburgh: 1785.] 4to; 8 pp. Unrecorded3) [Campbell, Ilay: deposition.] [Caption title:] Information for Ilay Campbell, Esq; His Majesty's Advocate of Scotland, against James Stein distiller in Kilbagie. [Edinburgh: 1786.] 4to; 16; 15 pp., dated at the top: September 23, 1786. Unrecorded4) [Stein, James: deposition.] Information for James Stein, distiller at Kilbeggie; against Ilay Campbell, Esq; his Majesty's Advocate of Scotland. [Edinburgh: 1786.] 4to; (2), 33 pp. Dated at the top of p. 1, October 31, 1786. [Not in the ESTC or Copac. WorldCat lists a copy at the British Library]5) [Drummond, Robert, Henry, George, and Andrew-Berkley: deposition.] [Caption title:] Information for Robert, Henry, George, and Andrew-Berkley Drummond, bankers in London, defenders; against Sir William Erskine, and others, creditors of Hugh and Archibald Seton, pursuers. [Edinburgh: 1787.] 4to; 29 pp., dated at the top, April 20, 1787. Unrecorded6) [Erskine, Sir William, of Torry, and others: deposition.] [Caption title:] Information for Sir William Erskine of Torry, and for other creditors of Hugh Seton of Touch, Esq; and of Archibald Seton, Esq; his eldest son, pursuers; against Hugh Powell, Esq; of Aldergate-street, and Robert, Henry, George, and Andrew-Berkley Drummond, Esqrs, of Charing-cross, London, bankers, defenders. [Edinburgh: 1787.] 4to; 39 pp., dated at the top, April 20, 1787. Unrecorded7) [Erskine, Sir William: deposition.] Reports and exhibits in the process, Sir William Erskine, &c. against Robert, Henry, &c. Drummonds, Esqrs.. [Edinburgh: 1786.] 4to; (2), 75 pp. Unrecorded8) [Leslie, William: indictment.] [Caption title:] Criminal letters against the Reverend Mr. William Leslie. [Edinburgh: 1786.] 4to; 8 pp., dated at the end, September 14, 1786. 9) [Leslie, William: deposition.] [Caption title:] Information for the Rev. Mr. William Leslie, minister of the parish of St. Andrews and Longbride, pannel; against Alexander Penrose-Cumming of Altyre, Esq; with concourse of his Majesty's Advocate, prosecutor. [Edinburgh: 1787.] 4to; 28 pp., dated at the top of the first page, January 15, 1787. The next deposition in this volume is imperfect10) [Forbes, Sir William, James Hunter and Company.] [Caption title:] Unto the Right Honourable the Lords of Council, the petition of Sir William Forbes, James Hunter, and Company, bankers in Edinburgh. [Edinburgh: 1788.] 4to; 21 pp.; dated at the top of the first page, February 29, 1788, Forbes's own copy. Unrecorded11) [Brierly, Joseph, and George-Stevens Sutherland.] [Caption title:] Memorial for Joseph Brierly and George-Stevens Sutherland, musicians, suspenders; against George Forbes, procurator-fiscal of the borough of Aberdeen, charger. [Edinburgh: 1787.] 4to; 12; 6 pp. , dated at the top of the first page: March 8, 1787. Unrecorded 12) [Fraser, Alexander.] Articles and conditions relative to the tacks of Alexander Fraser, Esq; of Strichen. [Aberdeen? 1781?] 4to, 14 pp., [ESTC: ABu. The same copy is listed in Copac and WorldCat]13) [Great Britain. Parliament. House of Commons.] Copy of a letter from the Right Honourable Lord Sydney, one of his Majesty's principal secretaries of state, to His Grace the Duke of Richmond, bearing date the 8th April 1785. Folio; 19 pp. [With:] [Docket title:] Copy of an estimate of the expense of fortifying His Majesty's dock yards at Portsmouth and Plymouth. Folio; 6 pp. + a final leaf blank save for the docket title on the verso, [ESTC: 5 copies]14) [College of Justice: Scotland.] [Caption title:] The case of the dean and Faculty of Advocates, clerks to his Majesty's Signet, and other members of the College of Justice, in Scotland. [Edinburgh: 1786.] First & only edition, folio; 4 pp., [not in the ESTC]15) [Edinburgh.] [Caption title:] Case of the Lord Provost, magistrates, Council, burgesses, and inhabitants of the city of Edinburgh; and of the poor of the said city. [Edinburgh: 1786.] Folio; 12 pp., [not in the ESTC], 15 works in one volume, contemporary quarter calf, red morocco label "Miscellanies" gilt numbered "67" on spine
![SCOTTISH PAMPHLETS, A COLLECTION,COMPRISING 1) [Walker, John, Baillie of Edinburgh.] [Caption title:] To the Right Honourable](https://cdn.globalauctionplatform.com/557c0233-d28e-48aa-b1c9-aa2a00fd65ee/444bca12-453e-449b-9439-aa5700977f66/468x382.jpg)
Lot 120
SCOTTISH PAMPHLETS, A COLLECTION,COMPRISING 1) [Walker, John, Baillie of Edinburgh.] [Caption title:] To the Right Honourable James Stoddart, Esq. Lord Provost of Edinburgh. [Edinburgh: 1776.] 4to; 6 pp.; signed "John Walker" at the end; dated at the head of the first page, September 18, 1776., ESTC: 2 copies2) [Stoddart, James.] [Caption title:] To Baillie John Walker. [Edinburgh: 1776.] 4to; 8 pp., signed "Jas. Stoddart" at the end; dated at the head of the first page, September 24, 1776. [ESTC: E only]3) [Anon.] [Caption title:] To the D[uke]. of B[uccleuch]. [Edinburgh: 1777.] 4to; 12 pp., signed at the end, "One of your best friends", ESTC: 5 copies4) [Arnot, Hugo.] A letter to the Lord Advocate of Scotland. [Edinburgh: 1777.] First edition, 4to; 16 pp., dated at end: Edinburgh, Nov. 18. 1777, and signed: Eugene, i.e. Hugo Arnot, [ESTC: 7 copies, Kress B7]5) [Anon.] The history of the rise, opposition to, and establishment of the Edinburgh Regiment. [Edinburgh: 1778.] 4to; 18, 2 pp., dated on p.18: Edinburgh, January 24. 1778. Includes a supplement, with separate pagination, dated: January 29. 1778, ESTC, 7 copies]6) [Stuart, Gilbert.] Faction displayed: or, a genuine relation of the representation of the trades, and of the late political contentions in the city of Edinburgh. [Edinburgh: 1777.] First edition, 4to; 25 pp., [ESTC: 4 copies]; 6 works in one volume, 4to, contemporary half calf, red morocco label "Miscellanies", numbered "53" in gilt on spine, bookplate of Sir William Forbes Bart. of Pitsligo
![[WILKES, JOHN.]A LETTER TO HIS GRACE THE DUKE OF GRAFTON, FIRST COMMISSIONER OF HIS MAJESTY'S TREASURY Paris: 1767. First edi](https://cdn.globalauctionplatform.com/557c0233-d28e-48aa-b1c9-aa2a00fd65ee/5140e715-d596-4f29-803b-aa57009785e4/468x382.jpg)
Lot 124
[WILKES, JOHN.]A LETTER TO HIS GRACE THE DUKE OF GRAFTON, FIRST COMMISSIONER OF HIS MAJESTY'S TREASURY Paris: 1767. First edition, 12mo; 33 pp., printed on thick paper, [ESTC T75276 : 7 copies], text is signed in print by Wilkes at the end; [Wilkes, John, editor.] Letters between the Duke of Grafton, the Earls of Halifax, Egremont, Chatham, Temple, and Talbot, Baron Bottetourt, Right Hon. Henry Bilson Legge, Right Hon. Sir John Cust, Bart. Mr. Charles Churchill, Monsieur Voltaire, the Abbé Winckelman, &c. &c. and John Wilkes, Esq. With explanatory notes. Vol. I [all published]. N.p. (London): 1760. First edition, small 8vo; 335 pp., half-title present, [ESTC T96941 , 11 copies]; [Wilkes, John.] A collection of pieces relative to the inhuman massacre in St. George's Fields, on the 10th of May 1768. N.p. (London): printed in the year 1769. First (& only) edition, small 8vo; 129 pp.; [ESTC T184993, 6 copies, gives the pagination as (2), 129 pp., but this is almost certainly an error, and four of the six copies are noted as "lacking" a preliminary leaf]; ) [Arnot, Hugo.] An essay on nothing. A discourse delivered in a society. London: printed for J. Murray; and C. Eliot, 1776. First edition, small 8vo; (2), vi, (5)-100 pp., lacking a final leaf of advertisements, [ESTC T91222, 17 copies]; 4 works bound in one volume, bookplate of Sir William Forbes Bart. of Pitsligo, contemporary quarter calf, red morocco label "Miscellanies", numbered 308 in gilt on spine
![BLIXEN, KAREN' [ISAK DINESEN]OUT OF AFRICA London: Putnam, 1937. First edition, 8vo, original red cloth gilt, a little foxing](https://cdn.globalauctionplatform.com/557c0233-d28e-48aa-b1c9-aa2a00fd65ee/b2f4df6f-0463-4293-904a-aa570097902d/468x382.jpg)
![BUCHAN, JOHNTHE DANCING FLOOR London: Hodder and Stoughton, [1926] First edition, 8vo, blue cloth, dust-jacket repaired and s](https://cdn.globalauctionplatform.com/557c0233-d28e-48aa-b1c9-aa2a00fd65ee/a33ef13a-2dd8-4f96-9e6c-aa5700979822/468x382.jpg)
Lot 134
BUCHAN, JOHNTHE THREE HOSTAGES Boston/New York: Houghton Mifflin Company, 1924. First edition (published in the USA prior to UK publication), 8vo, original grey cloth with red printing, dust-jacket price-clipped, slightly soiled, a little chipped to spine with small closed tear to upper cover, ownership inscription to free-endpaper, blindstamp of the Library of Thomas D. Eisele to rear flyleaf
Lot 14
HOCKNEY, DAVIDNEW PAINTINGS, DRAWINGS AND GRAPHICS OCTOBER 29 - NOVEMBER 16, 1977 New York: André Emmerich Gallery, 1977. 4to, signed on leaf after title "For Jonathan, David", original pictorial wrappers, wrappers slightly discoloured; Hockney, David Another copy. 1977, signed on leaf after title "For Tom, David"; Hockney, David On Photography. With Hockney's "Squiggle" signature: "[Squiggle] was here, 18, 19 20 July 1985 Bradford" on leaf before title. 8vo, National Museum of Photography, 1985. 8vo; Hockney, David Six Fairy Tales. Petersburg Press. First edition, 32mo, original leatherette, slightly rubbed (4)
Lot 141
DICKENS, CHARLESTHREE FIRST EDITIONS Little Dorrit. London: Bradbury and Evans, 1857. First edition, 8vo, frontispiece, additional engraved title-page, 35 engraved plates, original blue upper wrapper for part two bound in, contemporary half calf, bookplate, a little light dampstaining, many plates darkened; [Idem] Bleak House. London: Bradbury & Evans, 1853. First edition bound from parts, 8vo, frontispiece, additional engraved title-page, 38 engraved plates, contemporary green half calf gilt, a little foxing and darkening throughout; [Idem] Our Mutual Friend. London: Chapman and Hall, 1865. First edition, two volumes bound in one, 8vo, 2 frontispieces and 38 plates, quarter green calf gilt, slightly rubbed, a little light foxing (3)
Lot 142
DICKENS, CHARLESTWO FIRST EDITIONS Little Dorrit. London: Bradbury & Evans, 1857. First edition bound from parts, engraved frontispiece, additional engraved title-page, 38 engraved plates, contemporary half calf gilt, some foxing; [Idem] David Copperfield. London: Bradbury and Evans, 1850. First edition in book form, 2 volumes, 8vo, frontispiece, additional engraved title-page, 38 engraved plates, contemporary red half calf, rubbed, a little foxing, a couple of small tears to page edges (3)
Lot 143
DURRELL, LAWRENCEINSCRIBED TO GEORGE WILKINSON Transition: Poems. London: The Caduceus Press, 1934. First edition, 8vo, inscribed "it's a sign, my sweets, that the delightful genius which I derive from an holy age of colonial warblers, still spates in an unbroken torrent of capricious continuity. Love to Corfu, Larry", with stamp "Centre d'Etudes et de Recherches. Propriété de F. Kestsman. Lawrence Durrell, Sommieres 15 Gard 30250 France" and name "George Wilkinson" in another hand, original black boards with lettering label on upper boardNote: Inscribed by the author the fellow writer who persuaded Durrell to move his entire family to Greece following their meeting on Corfu in July 1934. Although the precise number of copies of Transition printed is not known (probably fewer than 100) much of the print run was destroyed, along with copies of the author's Ten Poems, in the same warehouse during the Blitz.
Lot 147
FLEMING, IANTHE JAMES BOND NOVELS, A SET OF LATER EDITIONS with The Man with the Golden Gun in first edition. London: Jonathan Cape, 1965, dust-jacket not price-clipped; not including Octopussy and the Living Daylights; comprising: Casino Royale, 1963, eighth edition; Live and Let Die, 1963, ninth edition; Moonraker, 1963, sixth edition; Diamonds are Forever, 1964, sixth edition; From Russia with Love, 1965, eighth edition; Dr No, 1963, fifth edition; Goldfinger, 1963, fifth edition; For Your Eyes Only, 1964, fourth edition; Thunderball, 1964, second impression; The Spy who Loved Me, 1964, sixth impression; On Her Majesty's Secret Service, 1964, eighth impression; You Only Live Twice, 1964, second impression; all 8vo, original cloth, dust-jackets not price-clipped; Amis, Kingsley The James Bond Dossier, 1965. First edition, 8vo, dust-jacket not price-clipped; Markham, Robert Colonel Sun, 1968. First edition, 8vo, dust-jacket price-clipped; Gardner, John Licence Renewed, 1981. First edition, 8vo, dust-jacket not price-clipped; and a variant copy in clipped jacket (17)
Lot 151
FRASER, GEORGE MACDONALD21 BOOKS INCLUDING The Reavers. London: Harper Collins, 2007. First edition, 8vo, signed by the author; Royal Flash. New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1970. First US edition, 8vo; Flash for Freedom, 1971, first edition; Flashman's Lady, 1977, first edition; Flashman and the Dragon, 1985, first edition; Flashman in the Great Game, 1975, first edition; Flashman and the Mountain of Light 1990, first edition; The Candlemass Road, 1993, first edition; The Light's on at Signpost, 2002, first edition; Flashman and the March, 2005, first edition; and 11 others, some ex-library, all with dust-jackets
Lot 159
MODERN LITERATURE, A COLLECTION, INCLUDING MANY SIGNED WORKS112 BOOKS Rushdie, Salman The Enchantress of Florence. London: Jonathan Cape, 2008. First edition, 8vo, signed by author to the title-page, dust-jacket not price-clipped; Rankin, Ian The Flood. London: Orion, 2005. 8vo, signed and inscribed by Rankin to title-page, dust-jacket not price-clipped; McCourt, Frank 'Tis. London: Flamingo, 1999. First edition, 8vo, author's signature to title-page, dust-jacket not price-clipped; James, P.D. Original Sin. London: Faber and Faber, 1994. First edition, 8vo, signed by author to title-page, dust-jacket price-clipped; Welsh, Irvine The Blade Artist. London: Jonathan Cape, 2016. First edition, 8vo, dust-jacket not price-clipped; Ackroyd, Peter Chatterton. London: Hamish Hamilton, 1987. 8vo, author's signature to title-page, dust-jacket not price-clipped; Costain, Thomas B. The Silver Chalice. New York: Doubleday & Company, 1952. 8vo, number 750 of 750 signed copies, original cloth gilt, dust-jacket; Barstow, Stan A Raging Calm. London: Michael Joseph Ltd., 1968. First edition, 8vo, inscribed to free-endpaper: "To David, with love and best wishes, Stan. October 1968", dust-jacket torn but not price-clipped, some worming; Levin, Bernard Now Read on. London: Jonathan Cape, 1990. First edition, 8vo, author's signature to title-page; Widdecombe, Ann An Act of Treachery. London: Weinfeld & Nicolson, 2002. First edition, second impression, 8vo, signed and inscribed to title-page; and 102 others (112)
Lot 161
PRATCHETT, TERRY33 BOOKS, INCLUDING Moving Pictures. London: Victor Gollancz, 1990. First edition, dust-jacket price-clipped; Maskerade, 1995, first edition, some dampstaining; Hogfather, 1996, first edition, later impression; Jingo, 1997, first edition; The Truth. London: Doubleday, 2000. First edition; Thief of Time, 2001, first edition; and another copy; Monstrous Regiment, 2003, first edition, ex-library; Making Money, 2007, first edition; Unseen Academicals, 2009, first edition; and 23 others, all with dust-jackets, several ex-library copies
Lot 163
ROSSETTI, CHRISTINA GEORGINATHE PRINCE'S PROGRESS AND OTHER POEMS London: Macmillan, 1866. First edition, 8vo, frontispiece and additional title-page by Dante Gabriel Rossetti, with envelope addressed in D.G. Rossetti's hand to Sir John Skelton attached to front endpapers, original green cloth gilt, slightly spotted; [Idem] Goblin Market. London: Macmillan & Co., 1893. 12mo, woodcuts by Laurence Housman, original decorative green cloth gilt (2)
Lot 167
STEVENSON, ROBERT LOUISKIDNAPPED London: Cassell & Company, Limited, 1886. 8vo, first edition, first issue, with "business" p.40 line 11, "nine o'clock" p.64 line 1, "Long Islands" p.101 lines 9/10 and 16pp. of adverts at rear dated 5G.4.86, folding map, original red cloth gilt, covers and spine faded with a little soiling and shelf lean, lacking front free-endpaper, map a little torn
![VONNEGUT, KURTSLAUGHTERHOUSE-FIVE OR THE CHILDREN'S CRUSADE [New York:] Delacorte Press, 1969. First edition, later printing](https://cdn.globalauctionplatform.com/557c0233-d28e-48aa-b1c9-aa2a00fd65ee/225101a5-16ff-4381-bb06-aa570097d431/468x382.jpg)
Lot 169
VONNEGUT, KURTSLAUGHTERHOUSE-FIVE OR THE CHILDREN'S CRUSADE [New York:] Delacorte Press, 1969. First edition, later printing with date mark '1923' on rear-flap of dust-jacket, original blue cloth, dust-jacket price-clipped, ownership stamp reading 'Butler' to title-page and fore-edge; [Idem] Slaughterhouse-Five, or the Children's Crusade. London: Jonathan Cape, 1970. First UK edition, first issue, original green cloth gilt, dust-jacket price-clipped, ownership signature to paste-down endpaper (2)
Lot 269
11 MISCELLANEOUS VOLUMES, COMPRISINGSELECTIONS FROM THE COMMUNICATIONS RECEIVED BY THE LADIES COMMITTEE London: printed for the Society. June 1806. No. 2 (only), [iv], pp.88; The Society for Bettering the Condition and Increasing the Comforts of the Poor. The Twenty-Eighth Report. London, Dec. 1806. [iv], pp. 141-176, 101-132; The Twenty-Ninth Report. London, Nov. 1807, [iv], 177-210, 133-170; The Thirtieth Report. Dec. 1807, [iv], [viii], 211-241, 171-234, [vi - index]; The Thirty Second Report. 1811, [viii], 65-114;37-76; Bernard, Thomas The New School. London: for the Society for Bettering the Condition of the Poor. Dec. 1809, [viii], 111, [iii]; contemporary quarter calf, rubbed, upper board detached; Lawrence, T.E. Seven Pillars of Wisdom, 1935. 4to, plates, maps, original buckram gilt, spine lightly faded, owner's name to front free endpaper; Vischer, Hanns Across the Sahara from Tripoli to Bornu. 1910. 8vo, plates, folding map, (plate misplaced at p.8) original cloth, upper hinge weak; Muhlhauser, G.H.P. The Cruise of the Amaryllis. 1924. First edition, 8vo, plates, original cloth; Francke, A.H. A History of Western Tibet. S.W. Partridge, [1907], original pictorial cloth; 8vo, plates, maps; Gibb, H.A.R. & J.H. Kramers Shorter Encyclopaedia of Islam. Leiden, 1933. 8vo, original cloth; Thesiger, W. The Marsh Arabs. 1964. First edition, dust-jacket a bit frayed; Richards, V. Portrait of T.E. Lawrence. 1936, original cloth; Banks, M. Rakaposhi. 1959. First edition, dustwrapper; West, Rebecca Black Lamb and Grey Falcon. 1946, 2 volumes, original cloth sold not subject to return (11)
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4 VOLUMES, INCLUDINGGRISWOLD, R.W. The Republican Court, or American Society in the Days of Washington. New York: D. Appleton, 1859. 4to, 25 engraved plates, contemporary brown morocco, ornately gilt, g.e.; Polo, Marco The Most Noble and Famous Travels of Marco Polo...edited by John Frampton. London: The Argonaut Press, 1929. 4to, number 483 of 1050 copies, original vellum-backed yellow buckram, binding slightly soiled; Seccombe, T.S. The Story of Prince Hildebrand and the Princess Ida. London: De La Rue, [188p], First edition, 4to, presentation copy from the author to Sir T. L. Seccombe, original pictorial cloth gilt, spine a little rubbed; [Robert Steavenson - Fellow of the Royal College of Physicians, Edinburgh] - Martyn, Thomas Thirty eight Plates with explanations intended to illustrate Linnaeus's System of Vegetables. London: B. White, 1788. 8vo, 38 hand-coloured plates, contemporary red half morocco, spine gilt, rubbed, upper cover detached, ownership inscription on title and armorial bookplate of Robert Steavenson, M.D. (4)
![MOZART, WOLFGANG AMADEUSARIA. IN DIESEN HEIL'GEN BEYUM CLAVIER AUS DER OPERA DIE ZAUBERFLÖTTE [Vienna: [Leopold Kozeluch], Mu](https://cdn.globalauctionplatform.com/557c0233-d28e-48aa-b1c9-aa2a00fd65ee/85f8f6b6-2e7a-4e27-86d9-aa570098a14e/468x382.jpg)
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MOZART, WOLFGANG AMADEUSARIA. IN DIESEN HEIL'GEN BEYUM CLAVIER AUS DER OPERA DIE ZAUBERFLÖTTE [Vienna: [Leopold Kozeluch], Musiklisches Magazin, November 1791.] Printed in his lifetime. From the first edition of the vocal score of The Magic Flute, 4pp. Aria only, oblong folio, a little light dust-soiling
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BERRY, R.J.THE NATURAL HISTORY OF ORKNEY - NEW NATURALIST SERIES NO.70 London: Collins, 1985. First edition, second state (i.e. the publisher took the soft back issue, and rebound them in cloth, as they had only bound 2/300 copies in cloth), hardcover with 'Collins' and 'NN' logo to spine, 8vo, green cloth gilt, dust-jacket not price-clipped
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BRADLEY, RICHARDA PHILOSOPHICAL ACCOUNT OF THE WORKS OF NATURE... London: W. Mears, 1721. First edition, 4to, 28 plates, modern half calf gilt, pp.171-174 replaced in facsimile, closed tear to pp.155-156, one plate partly coloured and another detached, some slight soiling and occasional small tears
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CURTIS, WILLIAMTHE BOTANICAL MAGAZINE; OR, FLOWER-GARDEN DISPLAYED In which the most Ornamental Foreign Plants, cultivated in the Open Ground, the Green-House, and the Stove, are accurately represented in their natural colours. London: Stephen Couchman for W. Curtis, 1793-1801 [but plates actually dated 1786-1801]. First edition, first issue, volumes 1-15, 8vo, 567 finely hand-coloured engraved plates, and 1 plain plate, contemporary mottled calf, gilt line border round sides, gilt tooled spines, double black lettering labels, sprinkled edges, armorial bookplates of Ralph RiddellNote: The Botanical Magazine is "the oldest current scientific periodical of its kind with coloured illustrations in the world... in the beauty of production and high standard of its contributions it can claim a unique place" (Patrick Synge. Journal of the Royal Horticultural Society (1948), p.73)Sydenham Edwards did most of the original drawings, engraved by Sansom, for the early volumes of the magazine. All of the illustrations were drawn from the living plant and "coloured as near to nature, as the imperfections of colouring will admit." Dunthorne calls the Curtis "a delightful work pictorially, never excelled as a periodical, most carefully coloured and a source of lasting interest and information." (p.190).The colouring of the plates in this set of the highest quality. The colourist took enormous pains to highlight each flower with subtle shades of colour rather than allow the engraving to designate tone and depth.Though the title-pages date from 1793-1801, the plates are dated from March 1786. According to Stafleu the first edition is determined by the date of the plates: "The plates in the early volumes are dated. These dates can usually be accepted as the dates of publication." (Stafleu. Taxonomic Literature, p.92-93. Hunt 689; Nissen BBI 2350; Dunthorne 99; Henry III, 472; Sitwell. Great Flower Books, 83-84; Blung 184-189) A very clean finely bound set.
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GARDENING AND PLANTS4 WORKS, INCLUDING LOUDON, J.C. An Encyclopaedia of Gardening. London: Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme, and Brown, 1822. First edition, 8vo, original publisher's boards with green paper spine and publisher's label to spine; Hogg, Thomas A Concise and Practical Treatise on the Growth and Culture of the Carnation... London: Whittaker, Treacher, and Co., [n.d.] Fifth edition, 8vo, 6 hand-coloured plates, publisher's catalogue at rear, green cloth with publisher's label to spine; Thonger, Charles The Book of Garden Furniture. London: John Lane / The Bodley Head, 1903. 8vo, original cloth in the Arts & Crafts style by Edmund Hort New, bookplate of Laura K. Wangenheim; Culpeper, Nicholas The Complete Herbal. Birmingham: The Kynoch Press, 1953. 8vo, original red half morocco (4)
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MATTIOLI, PIETRO ANDREACOMMENTARII IN SEX LIBROS Pedacii Dioscordis Anazarbei de Medica Materia. Venice: Valgrisi, 1565. Folio, portrait and many woodcuts throughout text, later calf, bookplate, writing to initial blanks dated 1765 explaining a little about the book and its provenance, by Adam Donald, title-page laid down and trimmed to upper margin, some soiling throughout, all woodcuts visible but most covered in thin green wash paint, long closed tear to Kk4 repaired to lower margin only, small ink and pencil annotation to 5F2, final leaves, particularly 6H6 worn and soiled, creased and becoming loose, some rubbing to covers, lacking clasps [Hunt 94]Note: Pietro Andrea Mattioli was an Italian physician and botanist, living between 1500 and 1577. "First enlarged edition. The first edition was published in Italian in 1544, and the first in Latin in 1554, but the 1565 edition is the first augmented by Mattioli's fuller notes and has always been the most valued for its completeness." [Catalogue of Botanical Books in the Collection of Rachel McMasters Miller Hunt. Pittsburgh, 1958, volume 1, p.103]Provenance: 1765 in the possession of Adam Donald, physician and herbalist at Kirktown of Belhelvie[?], who received it from Ann Bigland, seemingly as thanks for restoring her health after no London physician could; Purchased from the heirs of Adam Donald "commonly called the Prophet of Belhelvie[?]" by K. Uq. [?] of Meldrum, May 22nd 1781; Bookplate of Keith Urquhart of Meldrum
![MEYER, HENRY LEONARDILLUSTRATIONS OF BRITISH BIRDS London: Longman & Co., [n.d., 1835-1841] First edition, 4 volumes, fol](https://cdn.globalauctionplatform.com/557c0233-d28e-48aa-b1c9-aa2a00fd65ee/993971e7-407e-4016-b28e-aa570098e1e8/468x382.jpg)
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MEYER, HENRY LEONARDILLUSTRATIONS OF BRITISH BIRDS London: Longman & Co., [n.d., 1835-1841] First edition, 4 volumes, folio, 320 hand-coloured plates, including egg plates, modern half calf gilt with red morocco gilt labels and bird motifs to spines, some light foxing (4)Note: Whilst no full-stop features following the publishers Longman & Co on the title-page, as would be in-keeping with the first issue of the work, this copy of Meyer's British Birds also features 320 plates, as are commonly found in the second issue.
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DISNEY, JOHN A VIEW OF ANCIENT LAWS AGAINST IMMORALITY AND PROFANENESS .. Lewdness; Profane Swearing, Cursing and Blasphemy, Perjury, Prophanation... Drunkneness, Gambling, Idleness, Vagrancy and Begging. Cambridge: for C. Crownfield, J. Crownfield; sold by J. and J. Knapton, 1729. First edition, folio, contemporary panelled calf, neatly rebacked, spine gilt, raised bands, corners neatly repaired
![HOLY BIBLE, KING JAMES VERSION.PRINTED BY R. Y[OUNG] Edinburgh: Printed by R. Y[oung], 1637. 12mo, 2 parts in one volume, tit](https://cdn.globalauctionplatform.com/557c0233-d28e-48aa-b1c9-aa2a00fd65ee/36589b81-50d8-4f43-b05f-aa570099549a/468x382.jpg)
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HOLY BIBLE, KING JAMES VERSION.PRINTED BY R. Y[OUNG] Edinburgh: Printed by R. Y[oung], 1637. 12mo, 2 parts in one volume, titles within typographic ornament border, final colophon leaf XX12, 18th century reversed calf, raised bands, black morocco label, [Herbert 512]Note: The second duodecimo edition of King James' version published in Scotland, the first duodecimo edition also being by published in Young in 1634.
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CARY, JOHNCARY'S NEW MAP OF ENGLAND AND WALES, WITH PART OF SCOTLAND London: J. Cary, 1794. First edition, 4to, hand-coloured engraved Sheets 1-80, comprising engraved title (which counts as sheet 80), dedication (sheet 71), General map (coloured), Explanations leaf (sheet 72), sheet 62 (blank map covering the German Ocean) not bound in, list of subscribers, contemporary half calf gilt, armorial bookplate of J. Chas. Crowle and paper advertisement for "Cary's New Itinerary" tipped onto front endpaper, new morocco lettering pieces, a clean copy
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HYDE FAMILY - BOLTON, ROBERTINSTRUCTIONS FOR A RIGHT COMFORTING AFFLICTED CONSCIENCES, with speciall Antidotes against some grievious temptations, delivered for the most part in the Lecture at Kettering in North-hamptonshire. London: Felix Kyngston for Thomas Weaver, 1631. First edition, 4to, collates: [26], 560, signed "Robt. Hyde" on title page, "Ann Hyde, Her Booke" on title verso, contemporary vellum, title lightly dust-soiled, front free endpaper torn and loose, K5 with marginal tear, binding somewhat soiled, [STC 3238, ESTC S106257]
![BANKING - [TENNANT, CHARLES]THE BANK OF ENGLAND: AND THE ORGANISATION OF CREDIT London: Longman, Green [&c.] First editio](https://cdn.globalauctionplatform.com/557c0233-d28e-48aa-b1c9-aa2a00fd65ee/af6490fb-35bf-4287-8dd3-aa570099b6f9/468x382.jpg)
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BANKING - [TENNANT, CHARLES]THE BANK OF ENGLAND: AND THE ORGANISATION OF CREDIT London: Longman, Green [&c.] First edition, 8vo, presentation copy "James Bibby Esq. from the Author", 2pp. advertisements at end, modern antique style quarter calf, spine giltNote: Very Rare. Only 1 copy recorded by COPAC: BL.
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