Leon (Donna). Death at La Fenice, 1992, Death in a Strange Country, 1993, both UK 1st editions, both original cloth in dust jackets, spines lightly rubbed to head and foot, 8vo, plus 9 further Donna Leon volumes, all 1st editions, signed by the author, together with Murakami (Haruki), The Hard-Boiled Wonderland and the End of the World, 1st UK edition, 1991, original cloth in dust jacket, Kafka On The Shore, limited edition 182/1000, 2005, Blind Willow, Sleeping Woman, limited edition 694/1000, 2006, both signed by the author to the limitation pages, both original cloth in slipcases, 8vo, and other modern first edition fiction and literature, including Walter de la Mare, Desmond Bagley, A.S. Byatt, Isabel Allende, Joanna Trollope, all original cloth in dust jackets, some signed by the authors, G/VG, 8vo/4to (3 shelves)
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Nicholson (William). A Dictionary of Chemistry..., 2 volumes, 1st edition, 1795, 4 engraved plates including 2 folding at rear of volume 1, some light uniform browning to volume 2, contemporary polished calf gilt with contrasting leather labels to spines, slightly rubbed, 4to The first dictionary of chemistry by an Englishman. (2)
Hotten (John Camden). Bibliographical Account of Nearly Fifteen Hundred Curious and Rare Books, Tracts, MSS., and Engravings, Relating to the History and Topography of Yorkshire, privately printed, [1863], black & white illustrations, manuscript notes tipped-in front and rear, few ink stamps to interleaved blanks, some light spotting, contemporary calf-backed boards, rubbed, 8vo, one of only 50 copies (with a facsimile limited edition copy pub. A. Jackson, Leeds, 1970), together with A Catalogue of the Library of Wakefield Books in the Possession of Charles Skidmore, privately printed, 1897, a few spots, author's compliments bookplate, original moire cloth gilt, 8vo, plus Monthly Catalogue of Books, Prints, Mss., Antiquities, Coins &c. on Sale by Henry T. Wake, Antiquarian Bookseller, 1897-1911, numerous numbered lithograph facsimile catalogues, illustrations, some light toning, contemporary morocco-backed boards, 8vo, with other bibliography including A Catalogue of a Valuable and Select Collection of Books, containing Several Unique and Rare Articles..., now on Sale... at Thomas Edwards's Bookseller in Halifax, 1821, Robert Davies's A Memoir of the York Press, 1868, The Lancashire Library, 1875, and Charles Federer's Yorkshire Chap-Books, First Series (all published), 1889 (a carton)
Maugham (W. Somerset). Ashenden or the British Agent, 1st edition, 1928, original blue cloth, near fine dust jacket, with small loss at head of spine and slight toning to spine, contained in custom made morocco-backed foldover box, 8vo A fine copy of the author's highly influential collection of espionage stories, based on his own experiences in British Intelligence during the First World War, inspiring many later writers in the genre including Ian Fleming, John Le Carre, Graham Greene, Eric Ambler, Len Deighton among others. (1)
The Travels of Tom Thumb over England and Wales; Containing Descriptions of Whatever is Most Remarkable in Several Counties. Interspersed with Many Pleasant Adventures..., Written by Himself, printed for R. Amey, 1st edition, 1746, folding engraved map frontispiece hand-coloured in outline (with short closed tear), lacks half-title, some spotting and light browning, scattered old ink inscriptions and doodlings, recent quarter calf, 12mo Osborne, p.192. Osborne: 'Written in a jocular vein, as an autobiographical account by the conceited little hero who set out on the first of April from Hyde Park Corner'. (1)NB : Amendment - The folding map is not the original by Cowley, but a mid-19th century replacement
Milne (Alan Alexander). When We Were Very Young, 3rd edition, Methuen, 1924, numerous illustrations by E.H. Shepard, some spotting and marks, free endpapers toned, top edges gilt, remainder rough-trimmed, original gilt decorated dark blue cloth, spine ends and gilt rubbed, lower cover with some damp markings, 8vo Signed by Ernest H. Shepard on the title-page. Published just two months after the first edition. (1)
Ferri (Alfonso). De ligni sancti multiplic medicina, & vini exhibitione, libri quatuor, 2nd edition, Basel: Bebel, 1538, printer's woodcut device to title, some dampstaining mostly to margins, occasional spotting, 18th century speckled sheep, insect hole to lower panel of spine, 8vo Durling 1507; Wellcome I, 2240. The first edition was published at Rome in 1537, a treatise on the medicinal uses written by Pope Paul III's chief surgeon. Includes the treatment of syphilis, and the benfits of the guaiacum tree of the West Indies. (1)
Gurney (Ivor, 1890-1937). Severn & Somme, 1st edition, 1917, author's signed presentation inscription to front free endpaper, 'To Marion Scott, dear friend and good business agent, November 6th 1917', two poems ('Purple and Black' and 'Song at Morning') inscribed 'To Marion Scott' in the author's holograph to upper margins, further poems inscribed by Gurney with place of composition at foot of page or poem, 'Carol' "Chelmsford"; 'Strange Service', "Written in trenches, July 1916 (the same day as "By a Bierside")"; 'Serenity', "Written in trenches?"; 'Letters', "In trenches"; 'Strafe', "In trenches"; 'June - to - come', "In trenches, March 1917"; 'Song at Morning', "In trenches"; 'Sonnets 1917 (The Memory of Rupert Brooke) 5. England the Mother', "In trenches", small cutting tipped on to rear endpaper, original cloth with printed paper label to spine (rubbed and slightly soiled), spine faded and label chipped with some loss, together with War's Embers and Other Verses, 1st edition, 1919, author's signed presentation inscription to half-title, 'To M.M.S. [the book's dedicatee], to whose encouragement this and my first book are due, from the diffident but grateful author, Ivor Gurney, June 1919', half-title and final page browned, original boards with printed paper label to spine, rubbed, spine darkened and chipped at foot, small tear to upper joint and label torn with slight loss (spare label at rear of volume retained), both 8vo Having enlisted as a private soldier in the Gloucestershire regiment in February 1915, Gurney began writing poetry seriously at the front, sending poems to his close friend, the musicologist and critic Marion Scott, who worked with Gurney as his editor and business manager. While writing the poems for what would become his first book 'Severn and Somme' he was wounded in the shoulder in April 1917. However, he returned to battle and continued to work on his book and composing music. He was gassed in September 1917 and sent to the Edinburgh War Hospital. His book was published in November 1917. Scott continued to champion Gurney's music and poetry throughout Gurney's mentally troubled life up until her own death in 1953. Scott helped Gurney deal with his doctors, made decisions about his care, took him on trips and provided financial support. After Gurney's death in 1937 she gained full control of his estate and their biographies are covered in Pamela Blevins, 'Ivor Gurney & Marion Scott: Song of Pain and Beauty' (2008). Important association copies. (2)
Searle (Ronald). Forty Drawings, 1st edition, CUP, 1946, monochrome illustrations, previous owner inscription, original limp boards, small split at upper joint, a little rubbed, 4to, together with Souls in Torment, 1st edition, 1953, black and white illustrations, previous owner inscription, original cloth, dust jacket, a little rubbed with small chips, 4to, plus The Rake's Progress, 1st edition, 1955, black and white illustrations, original cloth, dust jacket, small tears to spine, 4to, with others illustrated by Ronald Searle including Co-Operation in a University Town, by W. Henry Brown, [1939], (Searle's first illustrated book), The Inconstant Moon, by Noel Langley, 1949, Whizz for Atoms, 1956, The Big City, 1958, The St Trinian's Story, 1959, and USA for Beginners, 1959 (48)
John (W.D.). The Nantgarw Porcelain Album, Ceramic Book Company, Newporrt, 1975, colour illustrations, previous owner signature, a few spots to enfpapers, top edge gilt, original tan morocco gilt, 4to, together with In Search of James Giles (1718-1780), by Gerald Coke, 1983, colour and monochrome illustrations, original morocco gilt, slipcase, 4to, limited edition 244/250, with other ceramic related including W.D. John's William Billingsley (1758-1828), 1968, Nicholas Gent's The Shapes and Patterns of the Pinxton China Factory 1796-1813, 1996 (signed) and Joan Jones' Minton. The First Two Hundred Years of Design & Production, 1993 (15)
Rupert Bear. The New Adventures of Rupert, 1st edition, Daily Express Publications, 1936, duotone illustrations throughout, the five full-page illustrations not coloured in, 'belongs to' box filled in, one leaf with 3" closed tear in fore-margin, some spotting, including to endpapers and edges, original red cloth, spine faded, upper cover with slight bump to fore-edge, 4to A good copy of the first Rupert annual. (1)
Milne (Alan Alexander). The World of Pooh, Containing Winnie-the-Pooh and The House at Pooh Corner, Methuen, 1961, eight colour plates and numerous black and white illustrations by E.H. Shepard, signed by the artist on the title-page, original orange cloth, spine lightly faded, 8vo, together with Shepard (Ernest H.), Drawn From Memory, 1st edition, 1957, signed by Shepard on the title-page and dated Sept. 1957, numerous illustrations, some full-page, top edges red, remainder a little spotted, free endpapers partially toned, original green cloth, gilt on spine rubbed, 8vo, plus two others by Milne, later editions, and a first edition of Children of the Frost, by Jack London, New York, 1902, lacking free endpapers (5)
Krusenstern (Adam J. von). Voyage Round the World, in the Years 1803, 1804, 1805, & 1806, by the order of His Imperial Majesty Alexander the First, on Board the Ships Nadeshda and Neva, under the Command of the Captain A.J. Von Krusenstern, translated from the original German by Richard Belgrave Hoppner, 2 volumes in one, 1st edition, 1813, two hand-coloured etched frontispieces, folding engraved chart, some light offsetting to titles, a little light spotting, untrimmed in modern burgundy morocco-backed boards, 4to Abbey Travel 1; Hill 952; Sabin 38331. The first English edition of the first Russian circumnavigation. (1)
Sforza (Isabella). Della Vera Tranquilita dell'Animo. Opera utilissima, & nuovamente composta dalla Illustrissima Signora... Isabella Sforza, Venice, heirs of Aldus Manutius, July 1544, 54 leaves, title with printer's woodcut device, final leaf with printer's woodcut device to verso, contents generally clean, old patterned endpapers, later half calf, gilt decorated spine, very slightly rubbed, small 4to Adams S1044. First and only Aldine edition of this treatise on the tranquility of the soul by Isabella Sforza (1503-1563), of the famous Sforza family of Milan, edited by the scholar Ortensio Lando. In his preface, Lando offers the work as a demonstration of 'what the feminine sex can accomplish if properly instructed in literature'. (1)
Mayerne (Theodore Turquet de). Opera Medica..., edited by Joseph Browne, 1700, half-title with near-contemporary ownership inscription to verso, engraved portrait frontispiece, title printed in red and black, the two books paginated as three, double column, some spotting and old damp staining, worsening at front and rear with some discoloration to paper, recent half morocco gilt, folio Rare first edition of Mayerne's Opera Medica. (1)
Finlaison (John). An Account of Some Remarkable Applications of the Electric Fluid to the Useful Arts, by Mr Alexander Pain, with a Vindication of his Claim to be the first Inventor of the Electro-Magnetic Printing Telegraph, and also of the Electro-Magnetic Clock, 1st edition, 1843, 5 folding engraved plates, contemporary presentation inscription at head of title, later presentation stamp and ink name to half-title, 2 oval ink library stamps to title and drop-title on page 1, old wrappers with original printed paper label to upper cover, chipped and soiled, library stamp to upper cover, 8vo (1)
Maugham (W. Somerset). The Merry-go-round, 1st edition, 1904, light spotting to fore edges, original cloth gilt, one or two small bumps, 8vo, together with On a Chinese Screen, 1st edition, 1922, light toning to endpapers, original cloth gilt, dust jacket, some chips and tears to spine ends, some toning, 8vo, plus The Constant Wife, 1st edition, 1927, portrait frontispiece, original cloth, dust jacket, spine slightly rubbed, 8vo, with others by Maugham including The Sacred Flame. A Play in Three Acts, 1928, Six Stories Written in the First Person Singular, 1931, The Razor's Edge, 1944, Creatures of Circumstance, 1947, plus Lady Frederick. A Comedy in Two Acts, 1912 and Loaves and Fishes, 1924 (both wrapper editions) and The Vagrant Mood, 1952 (3 limited signed edition copies of 500) (28)
Drake (James). Anthropologia Nova: or, a New System of Anatomy. Describing the Animal Oeconomy, and a Short Rationale of Many Distempers Incident to Human Bodies..., 2 volumes, 3rd edition, 1727, portrait frontispiece, 27 engraved plates and five outline plates, most plates folding, a few plates with tears, some repaired, titles with early ink ownership name at head, occasional spotting mainly to fore-edges and first and last leaves, together with The Appendix to Dr. Drake's Anthropologia Nova, 1728, 51 engraved plates, each volume with embossed library stamp to title and front free endpaper, contemporary uniform sprinkled calf, rebacked and some corners repaired, 8vo (3)
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Nightingale (Florence). Notes on Nursing, What it is, and What it is not, 1st edition, 1st issue, Harrison, [1859], contemporary ownership inscription of Charles Cat, 44 Middle St. to front pastedown, original limp cloth, gilt-titled to upper cover, a little rubbed at extremities, slim 8vo Bishop & Goldie, pp. 15-18; Garrison Morton 1612. The very rare first issue, without the words 'Right of Translation Reserved' to title, and with pale yellow endpapers. The owner inscription would have been Charles Cat (1817-1885), brewer, who resided at 44 Middle Street, Brighton. (1)
Jones (Henry, pseud "Cavendish"). The Laws of Piquet... with a Treatise on the Game..., 1st edition, Thomas De La Rue, 1873, illustrations of playing cards on letterpress, errata slip tipped-in, 4pp. publisher's advertisements at rear, first and final leaves spotted, gilt star-patterned endpapers, verso of front free endpaper with early ownership inscription, all edges gilt, original blindstamped green cloth gilt, slightly rubbed and marked at edges, small 8vo, together with Benham (W. Gurney), Playing Cards, History of the Pack and Explanations of its Many Secrets, 1st edition, 1931, numerous colour and black & white illustrations, original red cloth stamped in black, spine lightly faded, 4to, plus nine other books about playing cards, 20th century, including: The Playing Card, by Detlef Hoffmann, 1973; Playing Cards of the World, by Kathleen Wowk, 1983; Collecting Playing Cards, by Sylvia Mann, 1973; A History of Playing Cards, by Roger Tilley, 1973, together with twelve related Stanley Gibbons auction catalogues, 1977-1980, plus a double Bakelite card box containing ten printed rule booklets for various games (Bezique, Patience, Bridge, etc.), 1871-1931 (24)
Stael-Holstein (Anna Louise Germaine de Necker Baronne de). Delphine, 4 volumes, 1st edition, Geneva, J.J. Paschoud, 1802, half-title to each volume, engraved bookplate to front pastedown of each volume, contemporary half calf, rubbed and minor wear to extremities, 8vo Longchamp 42. First edition of Madame de Stael's first novel in which she analyses the constraints on the freedom of women in an aristocratic society. The work was sufficiently controversial for the author to be exiled by Napoleon. (4)
Robert Morden Miniature Map Playing Cards. [The 52 Counties of England and Wales, Geographically Described in a Pack of Cards, 1st edition, 1st state, London: Robert Morden, 1676], 37 (of 52) suit cards, engraved maps with outline hand-colouring, suit symbols stencilled and coloured, versos plain, close-trimmed, somewhat finger-soiled, a few scattered marks and marginal dings, upper right corner of 2 of Clubs (Cumberland) snipped with loss of Roman numerals, now written in pencil, 95 x 55mm Very rare coloured first state group (adjacent counties not named) of these educational, cartographic playing cards, many the first to feature roads of their respective counties. In addition to the 52 playing cards which effectively formed a miniature pocket atlas, the full pack contained two further cards, a general map of England and an explanatory card. The court cards have the king depicted as Charles II, the Queen as his wife, Catherine of Braganza, and various male heads as the Jack. Cary Collection 109; King, Miniature Antique maps, p.116; Ortiz-Pati¤o 123; Skelton. County Atlases of the British Isles 94. The lot offered here contains: 8 x Hearts (Eastern Counties): I Northampton Sh; III Bedford Sh; IV Cambridge Sh; V Norfolk; VII Essex; X Surrey; Queen Huntingdon S; King Middlesex.[Wanting II Buckingham Sh; VI Suffolk; VIII Hartford Sh; IX Kent; Jack Rutland.] 9 x Diamonds (Southern Counties): II Oxford Sh; III Barke Sh; IV Sussex; V Hant Sh; VI Wilt Sh; VIII Somerset Sh; IX Devon Sh; Jack Glocester Sh; Queen Worcester Sh. [Wanting I Warwick Sh; VII Wilts Sh; X Cornwall; King Hereford Sh.]8 x Clubs (Northern Counties): I Westmorland; II Cumberland (upper right corner snipped); III Lancaster Sh; VI Northumberland; VII Nottingham Sh; VIII Lincolne Sh; X Shrop Shire; King York Sh.[Wanting IV Cheshire; V Darby Sh; IX Stafford Sh; Jack Lecester Sh; Queen Durham.] 12 x Spades (Western Counties): I Flint Shire; II Carnarvon Sh; III Denbigh Sh; IV Merioneth Sh; V Montgomery Sh; VI Cardigan Sh; VII Brecknock Sh; VIII Glamorgan Sh; IX Carmarthen Sh; Jack Anglesey; Queen Radnor Sh; King Montgomery Sh. [Wanting X Penbrok Sh.]. (37)
Masefield (John). With The Living Voice, 1925, limited edition 248/250, signed by the author to the limitation page, some minor toning, original quarter vellum to blue boards in dust jacket, spine slightly faded, 8vo, together with Garnett (David), The Old Dovecote, 1928, limited edition 508/530, signed by the author to the limitation page, decorated endpapers, some minor toning, original boards in dust jacket, spine slightly faded, 8vo, and Watkins (Shirley), This Poor Player, 1st edition, 1929, some minor spotting, original black cloth in dust jacket, spine lightly rubbed to head and foot, 8vo, plus other early to mid 20th century and modern first edition fiction and poetry, including P.G. Wodehouse, Murial Spark, Edith Sitwell, Rudyard Kipling, mostly original cloth, many in dust jackets, G/VG, 8vo (6 shelves)
Greene (Graham). Babbling April, 1st edition, Basil Blackwell, Oxford, 1925, light toning to page 32, a few minor spots, original boards, spine a little rubbed and faded, 8vo, together with Oxford Poetry 1923 & 1924, 2 volumes, Basil Blackwell, Oxford, 1923-24 The author's first book. Each poem is dated in pencil at its foot, subsequently erased but most legible under angled light, with a pencil insertion of a dropped word in the poem on page 6. These are most probably in the hand of Graham Greene, with their characteristic neatness and form of figures, with no one else likely to have been able to date the poems so accurately, i.e. the poem on page 12 is dated to Christmas Day 1924. Six of the poems were published in Oxford Poetry, 1923-25, with the dates in this copy tallying accordingly. (3)
A collection of hardback books, including some first and second editions, to include: The Sources Of Modern Art, by Jean Cassou/Emile Langui, 1962 first edition; a 1939 first edition Croise Images, French Library of Fine Arts; a catalogue of Rembrandt's Etchings, by Arthur M. Hind; Carpaccio, by Guido Perocco, 1975 first edition, signed and inscribed.
An unusual collection of art related books including first edition of The Letters of Eric Gill, published by Jonathan Cape, London 1947, How To Draw Horses by John Skeaping, published by The Studio, Liechtenstein's Picassos; 1962-1964 produced by the Gagosian Gallery, New York, a boxed Miniature History of England (on display in cabinet), etc.
A first edition of Half-Hours with the Highwayman in two volumes by C G Harper, published by Chapman & Hall Limited, London 1908, a collection of local topographical books, a boxed set of three LPs entitled Cotswold Voices, Cotswold Characters and Cotswold Craftsmen and Volume 31 of The Illustrated London News.
BSA Bantam D14/4 175cc 1968 Registration Number: STN 151F Date Of First Registration: 01/01/1968 Vin/Frame Number: D14B5428 Engine Number: D13263 V5C Present Listing Former Keepers 3 Current Mileage Shown: 21846 Extensive paper work detailing major restoration carried out in 2012. No current M.O.T. Bike seen running, painted in red and chrome (states Black on V5). The introduction of the 172cc D10 model in 1966 marked a number of technical developments for the ever-popular Bantam which included a changed coil ignition and the edition of a four speed gear box with increased maximum power to 10bhp and top speeds of 62mph. This example has extensive paperwork detailing major restoration carried out in 2012. Buyer's premium of 10% (+VAT) applies to this lot
2001 Bentley Arnage Red Label Registration Number: Y278 SEO Date Of First Registration: 01/03/2001 Vin Number: SCBLC31E41CH06054 Engine Number: L675102047 MOT Expiry: 05/07/2017 V5C Present Listing: 9 Former Keepers Current Mileage Shown: 83,281 miles 6750 CC Black Built by Bentley Motors in Crewe Cheshire between 1998-2009 the Bentley Arnage began production fitted with a BMW 4.4L V8 engine which was then replaced by the 6750 CC Bentley unit with single turbocharger making it for a time the most powerful and fastest four door production saloon car. This Bentley Arnage Red Label is presented in Mason's Black with full black leather interior and Le Mans Chrome wheels. Complete with electric front and rear heated memory seats, electric windows, cruise control, climate control, alpine dvd-sat nav system with pop up screen in the dash and two rear mounted monitors etc (too many to list). The limited edition chrome wheels have recently been refurbished (receipt within the file) (new centre caps included but not fitted). The Bentley comes with a fully stamped service book initially with Bentley main dealers and then specialist (18 stamps within the book listed within the condition report). Complete with service books etc within a file and 1 x key with remote fob. A truly beautiful and luxurious motor car. Buyer's premium of 10% (+VAT) applies to this lot The overall body condition is very nice with only one area of repair/damage to note on the n/s/r just near to the light unit.(small ripple) There are small marks and scratches consistent with age and use but nothing major noticeable. The interior is in excellent order with no signs of any problems. Wheels have been refurbished 23/02/2016 cost of £615.00 receipt present.(some blisters present) All tyres are Kumho with good tread. Mot history present with vehicle as follows: 2016 @ 82800 2015 @ 79996 2014 missing 2013 @ 79345 2012 @ 78106 2011 @ 76078 2010 @ 74148 2009 @ 71486 2008 @ 69431 2007 @ 65605 2006 missing 2005 @ 50453 2005 @ 49461 Two tests have been carried out in 2005 for some reason 2004 @ 44589 Service History stamps as follows: 28/02/01 @ 000085 Bentley 18/09/01 @ 009538 Bentley 21/10/02 @ 023133 Bentley 29/05/03 @ 032449 Bentley 04/12/03 @ 041943 Bentley 18/08/04 @ 048031 Bentley 27/07/05 @ 050453 Specialist 09/02/06 @ 058525 Specialist 19/08/06 @ 065605 Specialist 21/09/07 @ 069605 Specialist 31/07/08 @ 071486 Specialist 16/04/09 @ 073308 Specialist 24/08/10 @ 075410 Specialist 11/11/11 @ 076078 Specialist 01/11/12 @ 078113 Specialist 21/11/13 @ 079345 Specialist 08/07/15 @ 079996 Specialist 11/07/16 @ 082800 Specialist No further history.
Ernest Dade - Whitby Harbour, pen and ink, signed, the frontispiece for the book, Sail & Oar with a 1933 First Edition copy of the book with the Obituary of Ernest Dade from the Whitby Gazette and various other correspondence. Provenance; By Family Descent Condition Report Click here for further images, condition, auction times & delivery costs
Leicester City selection. Away programmes at Man City 28/12/1946 Millwall 04/04/1947 and at Notts Forrest 28/02/1948. Sold with Leicester Evening Mail handbook, 192 pages with many pictures relating to 1949 Cup Final and large H/Backed book with dust jacket of the complete history of Leicester City "Fossils and Foxes" 384 pages. Rare first edition subscribers copy (5)
GWR Running Powers Book No 22. A quite stunning hardback book first printed in 1902 this is the second edition printed in May 1927. It shows the Companies Powers running over other Companies Lines and the rights of other Companies over GWR Lines. Contains 291 pages with almost each one with a coloured plan of lines with information. Very good condition.
The Set of Ten Capt. W.E. Johns Science Fiction Books - Kings of Space, 1954, first edition, Hodder & Staughton; Return to Mars (Children's Book Club); Now to The Stars, 1956 first edition, Hodder & Stoughton; To Outer Space, 1957 first edition, Hodder & Stoughton; The Edge of Beyond, 1958, first edition, Hodder & Stoughton; The Death Rays of Ardella, 1959, Children's Book Club; The Worlds Unknown, 1960 first edition, Hodder & Stoughton; The Quest for The Perfect Planet, 1961, Children's Book Club; Worlds of Wonder, 1962, Childrens Book Club; The Man Who Vanished Into Space, 1963, Childrens Book Club, all in dustjackets; plus two further science fiction hardbacks by Isaac Asimov.
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Ransome [Arthur] : Great Northern?, 1947 fourth impression, Jonothan Cape, signed by the author, green cloth, dustjacket; Walmsley [Leo] : The Golden Water Wheel, 1954, Collins, dj and Three Fevers, 1946, first edition, Collins, dj; Montserrat [ Nicholas] : HMS Marlborough Will Enter Harbour, illus. James Holland; plus other mid XX Century crime novels, including Agatha Christie, Maigret and Leslie Charteris 'The Saint'.
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Barrie [J.M.] : Peter Pan in Kensington Gardens, illus. Arthur Rackham, pub. Hodder & Stoughton, undated, colour plates, gilt tooled olive green cloth; Shepherd [Ernest] : Drawn From Life, illus by the author, 1961, first edition, Pub. Methuen & Co Ltd., blue cloth, dj and Drawn From Memory, 1957 first edition, green cloth, dj; plus three other children's books. (6)
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Johns [ Capt. W.E.] : Biggles in the Blue, 1953 first edition, Brockhampton Press, dj; Biggles Presses On, 1958 first edition, dj; Biggles in Mexico, 1959 first edition; Biggles and the Penitent Thief, 1967 first edition; Biggles Sees Too Much, 1970 first edition; Biggled Chinese Puzzle, 1955 first edition, dj; Orchids For Biggles, 1962 first edition, dj; Biggles Takes It Rough, 1963 first editiobn; plus others, mainly in dustjackets by the Brockhampton Press, conditions various:- One Box
![Johns [Capt. W.E.] : Worrals Goes Afoot, 1949 first edition, Lutterworth Press; Worrals Down Under, 1948 first edition, Lutte](https://cdn.globalauctionplatform.com/ea444a08-6433-4901-b7a2-a7a500ea96d9/a824aefc-1999-4696-cff3-10abc0ec1a79/468x382.jpg)
Johns [Capt. W.E.] : Worrals Goes Afoot, 1949 first edition, Lutterworth Press; Worrals Down Under, 1948 first edition, Lutterworth Press; Worrals in the Wilds, 1947 first edition, Hodder & Stoughton and a 2nd impression copy; Worrals Investigates, 1950 first edition, Lutterworth Press; plus other later reprints including Worrals Goes East, (1947), Worrals in the Wasteland (1950 New Illustrated version), Worrals in the W.A.A.F. (1948), Worrals Carries On (1950), Worrals of the Islands (1950), Worrals on the Warpath (1948) and Worrals Flies Again (1948), most with dustjackets; plus Comrades in Arms, 1947 first edition, Hodder & Stoughton, blue cloth, dj and Worrals Goes East (in German), conditions vary. (17)
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Johns [Capt. W.E.] : Gimlet Lends a Hand, 1949 first edition, dj; Gimlet Bores In, 1950 first edition, dj; Gimlet Mops Up, 1947 first edition and further reprint; Gimlets Oriental Quest, 1948, dj (2); Gimlet Goes Again, 1944, dj; Gimlet Comes Home, 1946, dj; Gimlet Gets The Answer, 1952, dj; Gimlet Takes a Job, 1954, dj; Gimlet Off The Map, 1951, dj; Gimlet Goes Again, 1944 (War Economy Standard) no dj. (12)
![Johns [ Capt. W.E.] : Where The Golden Eagle Soars, illus. Colin Gibson, 1960 first edition, pub. Hodder & Stoughton; Biggles](https://cdn.globalauctionplatform.com/ea444a08-6433-4901-b7a2-a7a500ea96d9/959575f0-64d4-4995-a058-5b9355580272/468x382.jpg)
Johns [ Capt. W.E.] : Where The Golden Eagle Soars, illus. Colin Gibson, 1960 first edition, pub. Hodder & Stoughton; Biggles Goes Alone, 1962 first edition, pub. Hodder & Stoughton; Biggles Forms a Syndicate, 1961 first edition, pub. Hodder & Stoughton; plus other Biggles books, mainly 1950's - 60's with dustjackets including omnibus editions etc:- One Box
![Johns [ Capt. W.E.] :Biggles Goes To School, 1951 first edition, Hodder & Stoughton, dj; Biggles Follows On, 1952, first edit](https://cdn.globalauctionplatform.com/ea444a08-6433-4901-b7a2-a7a500ea96d9/efd07e1c-c98f-4311-a51a-91471bebb21a/468x382.jpg)
Johns [ Capt. W.E.] :Biggles Goes To School, 1951 first edition, Hodder & Stoughton, dj; Biggles Follows On, 1952, first edition; Biggles Works It Out, 1951 first editon, dj; Biggles Takes a Holiday, 1949 first edition, dj; plus sixteen other Biggles, mainly first editions, most with dustjackets, conditions various. (20)
![Bainsfather [Bruce] : From Mud to Mufti, 1919, pub. Garden City Press, Letchworth; The Bairnsfather Case - Defence by Bruce B](https://cdn.globalauctionplatform.com/ea444a08-6433-4901-b7a2-a7a500ea96d9/fa2f8c47-8a6a-4e70-f3ff-6f656dbe4bfd/468x382.jpg)
Bainsfather [Bruce] : From Mud to Mufti, 1919, pub. Garden City Press, Letchworth; The Bairnsfather Case - Defence by Bruce Bairnsfather, Prosecution by W.A. Mutch, 1920, pub. John Bellows, Glos.; Kipling [Rudyard] : Sea Warfare, 1916, Macmillan & Co, London, rough cut pages, blue cloth; Priestley [J.B.] : British Women Go To War; Broome [Capt. Jack] : Services Wrendered by Sonia Snodgrass (a humourous view of life as a wren 1939-46), first edition c.1946, pub. Simpson, Low & Marston, dj; plus other related. (8)
![Blyton [Enid] : Five Have a Mystery to Solve, 1962 first edition and Five on Finniston Farm, 1960 first edition, both with du](https://cdn.globalauctionplatform.com/ea444a08-6433-4901-b7a2-a7a500ea96d9/8a71f2f8-70c6-4c38-acb1-363093590c52/468x382.jpg)
Blyton [Enid] : Five Have a Mystery to Solve, 1962 first edition and Five on Finniston Farm, 1960 first edition, both with dustjackets, pub. Hodder & Stoughton; plus twenty-one other 'Five' hardbacks, mainly early reprints in dustjackets; Seven Enid Blyton 'Secret Seven' hardbacks in dustjackets, Brockhampton Press and three other Enid Blyton Children's books:- Two Shelves.
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