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Peter Scott "The Eye Of The Wind", First Edition with dust cover

W E Johns, "Biggles" First Edition with dust jackets (2)

The red Liverpool No.28 jersey worn by Steven Gerrard on his first full competitive start for the club in the UEFA Cup 3rd Round 2nd Leg tie v Celta Vigo played at Anfield 8th December 1998,long-sleeved, the reverse lettered GERRARD; sold with two supporting provenance documents which feature this shirt, a Wirral Echo newspaper and an edition of The Koppite magazine (3) Steven Gerrard was born in Whiston, Merseyside, 30th May 1980. He was playing for hometown team Whiston Juniors when he was noticed by Liverpool scouts and joined the Liverpool Academy aged 9. Gerrard signed his first professional contract with Liverpool on 5 November 1997 and made his first-team debut as a last minute substitute in the Premier League game v Blackburn Rovers at Anfield 19th November 1998. The present jersey represents Gerrard's first full start for Liverpool FC where for the record Celta Vigo beat Liverpool 1-0. And so began the career of a player who would be an all-time club legend playing in over 500 Premier League games and afforded winner's medals for the Champions League, UEFA Cup, UEFA Super Cup, F.A. Cup, three Football League Cups and a F.A. Community Shield.After the match with Celta Vigo Gerrard swapped shirts with opponent Goran Djorovic who in turn gifted it to a friend in Serbia. It was later acquired by a Liverpool supporter, the present consignor.

A unique autographs edition of "The Bodyline Tour, England v Australia, 1932-33", a portfolio of replica archive materials from the collection of the Marylebone Cricket Club Museum at Lord's Cricket Ground,published by Timeframed Ltd, Oxford, this being a production sample prior to publication of the limited edition of 500, and with pasted cut-out signatures of the Australia and England cricketers who participated in the notorious 'Bodyline' Ashes Series of 1932-33, laid down neatly on the first two [blank] left hand pages of the portfolio, in slip casesignatures comprising for Australia comprise Woodfull, Ponsford, Wall, Darling, McCabe, Bradman, Grimmett, O'Brien, Alexander, Fingleton, Oldfield & O'Reilly.The England signatures comprise Jardine (captain), Wyatt (vice-captain), Allen, Ames, Bowes, Brown, Duckworth, Hammond, Larwood, Leyland, Mitchell, Nawab of Pataudi, Paynter, Sutcliffe, Tate, Verity & Voce, together with the signatures of joint-managers Pelham Warner & Richard Palairet, and the scorer W. Ferguson

Three signed limited edition books relating to the cricketer Graham Goochi) Graham Gooch & Michael Down's "For Essex and England", a limited edition of 333, this being from the first 100 which has a signed dedication to a particular career century, this No.86 Essex v Northants August 1991 (score 173), in slipcase;ii) Bill Frindall's "Gooch's Golden Summer" signed by Gooch, Frindall and also Trevor Baileyiii) Bill Frindall's "A Tale of Two Captains" signed by Gooch, Frindall and additionally by Ted Dexter and Sir Viv Richards;sold together with two regular hardbacks written by Gooch, "Captaincy" and the autobiography "Gooch" (5)not illustrated

A presentation copy of C.B. Fry's Magazine of Action and Outdoor Life Vol. 1 April to September 1904,the first right-hand page pasted with paper label signed by C.B. Fry and with typescript dedication PRESENTED TO MR HENRY WHITE ON THE OCCASION OF HIS SCORING, ON JUNE 29th 1905, 106 RUNS (NOT OUT) FOR St THOMAS v St CROSS (WINCHESTER CRICKET LEAGUE); sold with C.B. Fry's Life Worth Living, Some Phases of an Englishman, first edition, Eyre & Spottiswoode, London, 1939 (2)not illustrated

Books on books and book collecting: Jackson (Holbrook) The Anatomy of Bibliomania, 1930-31, Soncino Press, 2 vols., first edition, dust jackets; Cruse (Amy) The Englishman and his Books in the Early Nineteenth Century, 1930, Harrap & Co.; plus eight others (11)

A selection of Lilliput Lane models from the Christmas Collection including limited edition 'First Snow at Bluebell', 2004 special edition 'Sleighbells', 'St Josephs Church', 'Christmas Lights at Sweet Delights', 'Christmas time', etc. (23)

P G Wodehouse; Right-Ho Jeeves, single volume, Herbert Jenkins 1934 first edition, first impression, 8vo

Two boxes of mainly Dick Francis and George MacDonald Fraser first edition volumes

Agatha Christie, The Hollow, 1946 Crime Club, first UK edition, signed by the author

Diecast - a collection of diecast model motor vehicles to include a Corgi Guide Friday open top bus model No. 33501, a Premier Edition model No. 16602, three Quartzo collectable diecast racing cars, a Corgi Classics model, a OO gauge EFE Exclusive First Edition open top bus and other, all appear mint in box

RAILWAY KITS a qty of boxed kits (buildings and accessories), including Wills, Peco, Ratio Models, Ian Kirk, Gaugemaster etc. Also with a boxed set, Replica Railways 12593 Suburban 3 Car Set (Southern), and some boxed Exclusive First Edition buses.

Sueter (Rear-Admiral Murray F.). Airmen or Noahs. Fair Play for our Airmen. The Great "Neon" Air Myth Exposed, 1st edition, 1928, four colour illustrations by W. Russell Flint, half-tone illustrations, a few minor spots, original blue cloth gilt, spine slightly darkened and rubbed at ends, 8vo, together with Bibliography of Aeronautics 1909-1916, Washington, Government Printing Office, 1921, some toning, contemporary blue cloth, thick 8vo, with others related including The Aero Manual, First edition (Revised), 1909, Jane's All the World's Aircraft, 4 volumes 1941-46, An Airman's Wife, 2nd edition, 1918 and A,J, Jackson's British Civil Aircraft since 1919, 3 volumes, 2nd edition, Putnam, 1973-74 (17)

Gorges (Brig. Gen. E. Howard). The Great War in West Africa, 1st edition, Hutchinson, [1918], numerous monochrome illustrations after photographs, original red cloth, spine lettered in black, rubbed, together with Cartmell (H.), For Remembrance. An account of some faithful years, Preston, [1919], monochrome illustrations after photographs, original red cloth gilt, plus Lavery (Felix), Irish Heroes in the War, The Irish in Great Britain by T.P. O'Connor, The Tyneside Irish Brigade by Joseph Keating, Everett & Co., 1917, monochrome illustrations after photographs, original green cloth gilt, a few minor marks, and Carrington (C.E.), The War Record of the 1/5th Battalion The Royal Warwickshire Regiment, 1st edition, Birmingham, Cornish Brothers, 1922, 4 single-page map illustrations, with original group portrait photograph, taken at Valdagno in Italy, on 18th November 1918, possibly taken by Major H.S. Bloomer, M.C., loosely inserted, original blue cloth gilt, some marks and minor stains, all 8vo, plus other first world war history and memoirs, including Captain G.K. Rose, The Story of the 2/4th Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry, Oxford, 1920, Swindon's War Record, by W.D. Bavin, 1922, Sir Arnold T. Wilson, Loyalties, Mesopotamia, 1914-1917, 1st edition, 1930, J. Devereux & G. Sacker, Leaving All That Was Dear, Cheltenham and the Great War, 1st edition, 1997, Bruce Bairnsfather, Fragments from France, General Sir Hubert Gough, The Fifth Army, 1st edition, 1931, signed to front endpaper by Colonel J.C. Barrett (bright copy), etc. (70)

Humbley (W.W.W.). Journal of a Cavalry Officer; Including the Memorable Sikh Campaign of 1845-1846, 1st edition, 1854, three folding maps and plans, light offsetting and a few spots, hinges a little tender, original red blindstamped cloth, upper joint splitting, small tears and chips at spine ends, thick 8vo Important account of the first Anglo-Sikh War, an offensive launched by the East India Company to take control of the Punjab following the death of Maharajah Ranjit Singh in 1839. (1)

Orme (Robert). A History of the Military Transactions of the British Nation in Indostan, from the Year MDCCXLV to which is prefixed a Dissertation on the Establishments made by Mahomedan Conquerors in Indostan, 3 volumes, including atlas, 4th edition, revised by the author, re-printed by Pharoah and Co., Madras, 1861, 35 folding lithographed maps, plates and plans (first map re-guarded, a few archival tissue repairs and some marginal insect damage), previous owner signatures and stamps to titles, a few annotations, some light spotting and soiling, modern half calf, spines with red and green labels, 8vo (3)

T E Lawrence "Seven Pillars of Wisdom" first trade edition 1935 and "The Mint" first edition 1955

Dark Estuary by "B.B" illustrated by D J Watkins-Pitchford published by Hollis and Carter 1953 first edition with dust jacket

Two First Edition Roald Dahl 'Kiss Kiss' and Dennis Whatley "The Satanist" and four First Edition Ladybird books

Agatha Christie "4.50 from Paddington" first edition 1957 and Victor Canning "The Crimson Chalice" first edition 1978 - signed and inscribed

The Story of The Royal Army Service Corps 1939-1945 published by G Bell 1955 first edition

The Little Pot Boiler by Spike Milligan, first edition 1963 with dust cover

The Phil May Album published Methuen 1900 first edition together with Phil May The Artist and His Wit by David Cuppleditch 1981 first edition - both in good condition

Four first edition Observer books: Motorcycles 1976, Glass 1976, Tourist Atlas of Great Britain 1976 and Small Craft 1976

The Life of John Wesley 1792, first edition,

Feersum Endjinn by Iain M Banks published Orbit 1994, first edition signed copy

A Kaiser "The Royal Silhouette Vase", limited edition vase 383/500 in a presentation box, together with a Royal Doulton figurine HN2103 "The Mask Seller", a Royal Doulton lady HN2803 "First Dance", three Continental figures and a Capodimonte figural group of a young couple playing chess

A first edition copy of The Eagle comic, dated 14th April No 1

Motoring Handbooks and Manuals. Another good selection, comprising large 8vo hardback volumes in good condition, as follows: Motor Transport and the Empire: The Proceedings of the First Imperial Motor Transport Conference, 1913; The Motor Car: A Practical Manual, by Robert W. A. Brewer, 1st Ed, 1909; Dust Preventives and Road Binders, by Prevost Hubbard, 1st Ed, 1910; Motors in Principle and Practice, by T. H. Hawley, 2nd Ed, 1902; The Calculation of Horse Power Made Easy: Steam, Gas, Gasoline, Oil Engines and Electric Motors, by L. Elliott Brookes, 1st U. S. Edition, 1905; Modern Motor Car Practice, edited by W. H. Berry, 1st Ed, 1921; and The Merry Old Motors, by Larry Freeman, 1st U. S. Edition, 1949 (7)

Motor Shows and Motoring. A good selection of hardback and paperback books, including: Earls Court Motor Show Official Catalogues for October 1955 and October 1956; The Book of the Motor Museum 1912, founded by ''The Motor', and facsimile, 1984, of the work, excellent hardback in DJ; The Story of the S.M.M.T. 1902-1952, by St. John C. Nixon, printed privately, 1952, with a loosely enclosed letter, apparently signed by the then President, Henry Spurrier, and Director, R. Gresham Cooke, hardback in frayed DJ; The Joy of the Road: An Appreciation of the Motor Car, by Filson Young, 1947, one of a limited edition of 600 hardback copies, boards and spine soiled, but contents good; four 'as new' paperbacks by Bryan Goodman: American Cars in Europe, 1900-1940; American Cars in Prewar England; Motoring Around Surrey; and (with Tim Harding), Motoring Around Kent, the first three each signed by the author on the title page. Plus, about two dozen other similar volumes, most in good condition (a quantity)

General British Motoring & Motor Racing. A mixture of mainly larger format hardback volumes, most in good condition, several with their DJs, including very good copies in their DJs of: Motoring: A Pictorial History of the first 150 Years, by L. T. C. Rolt, 1st U.S. Edition, 1974; Motoring My Way, by Stanley Sedgwick, 2nd Edition, 1991; Roads to Oblivion: Triumphs and Tragedies of British Car Makers 1946-1956, by Christopher Balfour, 1st ed, 1996, signed by the author on the half-title page; One Hundred Years of Motoring: An RAC Social History of the Car, by R. Flower & M. Wynn Jones, 1st Ed, 1981; Thousand Mile Trial, by E. Bennett, and 19 other volumes (24)

The Motor Car in the First Decade of the Twentieth Century, by W. Eden Hooper. A 4to 'Souvenir and Historical Survey of Mechanical Road Locomotion in England from Early Times to the Present Day'. A deluxe edition of 650 printed, London & New York, 1908. With a portrait frontispiece, numerous well-defined colour and black and white plates including photogravures, personality images at the rear, top edge gilt, uncut fore-edge. Originally available bound in three colours, red, green and black. This example has been particularly well re-bound in the correct style (in some time past), with correct black morocco with gilt decoration & title. The cover a little rubbed, but in excellent condition (1)

Early Motoring Handbooks. Auto-Cars: Cars by D. Farman, translated from the French by Lucien Seraillier, 1st English ed, 1896, the first book on motoring in English, with 112 illustrations; A Catechism of the Motor Car by John Henry Knight, 1st ed, 1908, decorated board covers, 29 text figures; Motors and Motoring, by Henry J. Spooner, 1st ed, 1905, 21 illustrations; The Light Car Handbook, by 'Candidus', c.1916, numerous illustrations, preliminary pages loose, folding frontispiece split at centre-fold (but complete); The Chauffeur's Companion, by 'A 4 inch Driver', revised 2nd Edition, 1909, board covers worn; Chauffeur-Schule, by Julius Kuster, Berlin,1909, 146 text figures, German text; Krausz's ABC of Motoring, by Sigmund Krausz, 1st US Edition, 1906; Automobile Catechism, by Forrest R. Jones, revised 2nd Edition, New York, 1906, limp cloth covers; and The Motorist's A. B. C., by L. Elliott Brookes, 1906, loose in limp cloth covers. All 8vo volumes, in good condition, unless otherwise noted (9)

Early Motor Year-Books and The Light Car. Two early hardback copies of Methuen's The Motor Year Book for 1905 and 1906, both with decorated cloth covers, the first 8vo, with 53 illustrations, the other large 8vo, and sub-titled 'and Automobilist's Annual. Also, a good copy of The Book of the Light Car, by E. T. Brown, 1st ed, 156 pages, with text figures and several pages of photographic plates. The lot is completed by a 64-page brochure, somewhat worn, published by the RAC on Jan 1st, 1915, including a 'Table of Motor Cars Manufactured During the Years 1911, 1912, 1913, 1914, and 1915 inclusive; a French brochure from 1913, hardbound, including the thin card covers (orange with black lettering), in brown cloth with a leather title label to the spine, entitled Le Catalogue des Catalogues, Guide de l'Acheteur Automobile, 1re Edition, Tous les prix, Toutes les caracteristiques, De toutes les marques, with numerous period ads; and a thick French paperback, L'Automobile, by H. Petit & P. Meyan, 404 pages (largely unopened), numerous text figures and 40 pages of photographic illustrations, 7th ed, Paris, 1913. All in good, clean condition (6)

*Motoring Prints. Two limited edition, vertical format coloured prints in an 'art nouveau' style. The first depicting people seated in a Bugatti outside Maxim's restaurant, with other figures, including the doorman and a page-boy, standing in the entrance. No 181 of 220. Also, an Edwardian couple standing by their open-drive limousine outside of 'Laperouse' on the Quai Des Grands Augustins. No 78 of 220 copies. Both signed by the artist in pencil in the lower right-hand corner. Framed and glazed with quality mounts, sheet size 75 x 58cm (2)

ORWELL (GEORGE), ANIMAL FARM A FAIRY STORY, FIRST EDITION, CLOTH, PART DUST JACKET, 1945 AND ONE SHELF OF BOOKS AND FOOTBALL PROGRAMMES, ETC

"Piper's Places", one vol, signed first edition December 1983, with dust jacket

Amedeo (Luigi, Duke of the Abruzzi). On the "Polar Star" in the Arctic Sea, 2 volumes, 1st English edition, Hutchinson, 1903, numerous monochrome photographic illustrations, plates and illustrations, top edge gilt, original blue-green cloth gilt, heavily rubbed, large 8vo, toghether with Nansen (Fridtjof), The First Crossing of Greenland, translated by Hubert Majendie Gepp, 2 volumes, 1st English edition, Longmans, Green, 1890, folding maps, numerous monochrome plates, some light scattered spotting, original blue cloth blocked in silver, rubbed and with one or two puncture marks to upper cover of first volume, some fading to spines and edges of covers, 8vo, plus Barrow (Sir John), Voyages of Discovery and Research within the Arctic regions, from the year 1818 to the present time, 1st edition, John Murray, 1846, engraved portrait frontispiece, single page map and large folding map (the latter with closed tear repaired) at end, 16-page publisher's list at rear, dated January 1846, original blindstamped cloth, rubbed and some soiling and discolouration to edges, modern reback, 8vo, and other polar travel and exploration, all North Pole interest, including Nansen, Through Siberia, 1914, Steen, Terrestrial Magnetism (Report of the Second Norwegian Arctic Expedition in the "Fram" 1898-1902, No. 6), Kristiania, 1907, Peary, Northward over the Great Ice, 2 volumes, 1898, Huish, The Last Voyage of Capt. Sir John Ross, 1835, Nansen, Farthest North, 2 volumes, 1898, etc., mostly original cloth, generally rubbed and marked, mostly 8vo (22)

Amundsen (Roald). My Life as an Explorer, 1st English edition, Heinemann, 1927, monochrome plates and illustrations, original dark blue cloth gilt, very slightly rubbed, together with Nansen (Fridtjof), Hunting & Adventure in the Arctic, 1st English edition, J.M. Dent, 1925, portrait frontispiece, monochrome illustrations, original dark green cloth, a little rubbed, plus Cook (Frederick A.), My Attainment of the Pole, being the record of the expedition that first reached the Boreal Center 1907-1909 with the final summary of the Polar Controversy, 1st edition, New York, Polar Publishing Co., 1911, numerous monochrome plates after photographs, original brown cloth gilt, rubbed and some marks, large 8vo, and other early 20th century polar biographies, and related, including Markham, Life of Admiral Sir Leopold McClintock, 1909, Traill, The Life of Sir John Franklin, 1896, Amundsen, My Polar Flight, circa 1927, Chapman, Northern Lights, 1934, The Voyage of the Chelyuskin, 1935, Chapman, Watkins' Last Expedition, 1934, etc., all original cloth, generally in good condition, 8vo (17)

Beechey (Frederick William). Narrative of a Voyage to the Pacific and Bering's Strait, to co-operate with the Polar Expeditions: performed in His Majesty's Ship Blossom, under the command of Captain F.W. Beechey, R.N., in the years 1825, 26, 27, 28, 2 volumes, New Edition, Henry Colburn and Richard Bentley, 1831, 3 folding or double-page engraved maps, 23 engraved and lithographed plates, some waterstaining and spotting to plates and maps (contents nevertheless generally in clean condition), marbled endpapers, 19th century dark green half calf gilt, with maroon morocco labels to spines, 8vo Arctic Bibliography 1228n. Forbes 774. Howes B309. A good copy of the second octavo edition, first published in quarto in the same year. Beechey's account is notable for descriptions of the coast of Alaska, as well as Pitcairn Island, Hawaii and California. (2)

Bergman (Sten). Through Kamchatka by Dog-Sled & Skis..., 1st English edition, Seeley, Service & Co., 1927, monochrome plates after photographs, title lightly spotted, original yellow cloth, slightly rubbed and marked, together with Bilby (Julian W.), Among Unknown Eskimo, an account of 12 years intimate relations with the primitive eskimo of ice-bound Baffin Land, 1st edition, Seeley, Service & Co., 1923, monochrome plates after photographs, original black cloth in good condition, plus Bergman (Brown R.N. Rudmose), A Naturalist at the Poles, The Life, Work & Voyages of Dr. W.S., Bruce, 1st edition, Seeley, Service & Co., 1923, monochrome plates after photographs, original black cloth lettered in blue, minor fraying to extremities, and Amundsen (Roald & Ellsworth, Lincoln), First Crossing of the Polar Sea, 1st American edition, New York, George H. Doran, 1927, monochrome plates after photographs, original blue cloth gilt, and other arctic travel and exploration, all early 20th century publications, including Lowell Thomas, Kabluk of the Eskimo, 1932, J. Douglas Hoare, Arctic Exploration, 1906, Ernest Thompson Seton, The Arctic Prairies, 1912, A.W. Greely, Handbook of Alaska, 1909, etc., all original cloth, generally in clean condition, 8vo (18)

Borchgrevink (C.E.). First on the Antarctic Continent. Being an Account of the British Antarctic Expedition 1898-1900, 1st edition, 1901, photogravure portrait frontispiece) detached, light offset to title), three folding colour maps at end, numerous half-tone illustrations, 32 pp. publisher's catalogue at end, top edge gilt, original blue cloth, upper cover blocked in gilt and silver, 8vo Spence 152. A bright copy. (1)

Bull (Henrik Johan). The Cruise of the 'Antarctic' to the South Polar Regions, 1st edition, Edward Arnold, 1896, 12 monochrome plates, including frontispiece (complete), 32-page publisher's catalogue at rear, front free endpaper removed, ownership signature to half-title of Will Colbeck, dated 1901, edges rough-trimmed, front hinge slightly cracked, original blue cloth with title and illustration to upper cover blocked in silver, slightly rubbed (generally a good copy), 8vo Spence 210. Taurus 14. Bull's two year whaling expedition took in Tristan da Cunha, the Prince Edward Islands, Kerguelen, Campbell and Possession Islands. His landing at Cape Adare was the first confirmed landing on the Antarctic Continental mainland. (1)

Dennett (John Frederick). The Voyages and Travels of Captains Ross, Parry, Franklin and Mr. Belzoni; forming an interesting history of the manners, customs, and characters of various nations, 2 volumes, William Wright, 1835, engraved title to first volume with vignette illustration of eskimos conversing on the ice, second volume with printed title, 11 engraved plates (complete), marbled edges and endpapers, inner hinges restrengthened, contemporary black half stained half calf gilt, 8vo See Sabin 19582 for the 1826 edition of this work. (2)

Greely (Adolphus W.). Three Years of Arctic Service, An account of the Lady Franklin Bay Expedition of 1881-84 and the attainment of the Farthest North, 2 volumes, 1st edition, New York, Scribner's, 1886, 9 maps (including one in pocket at rear of second volume) and wood engraved illustrations, with printed compliments slip from the author tipped in to title of first volume, original dark blue pictorial cloth gilt, a little rubbed and some marks, a little discolouration to foot of spine of second volume, thick 8vo, together with Amundsen (Roald), 'The North West Passage', being the record of the voyage of exploration of the ship 'Gjoa' 1903-1907, 2 volumes, 1st English edition, Archibald Constable, 1908, monochrome plates after photographs, original dark green cloth gilt, rubbed and some soiling, and some fraying to extremities, large 8vo, plus Kennan (George), Siberia and the Exile System, 1st edition, New York, Century Co., 1891, wood engraved illustrations, top edge gilt, original green cloth gilt, rubbed and some marks, 8vo, and other polar travel and exploration, all North Pole interest, including a copy of Markham's A Polar Reconnaissance, being the voyage of the 'Isbjorn' to Novaya Zemlya in 1879, 1st edition, 1881, lacking the plate of Gubina Bay, some soiling and wear, Johansen, With Nansen in the North, 1899, Nansen, Eskimo Life, 1st English edition, 1893, etc, mostly original cloth, generally marked or with some wear, mostly 8vo (23)

Koldewey (Robert Johann). The German Arctic Expedition of 1869-70, and Narrative of the Wreck of the 'Hansa' in the Ice, 1st English edition, Sampson Low, 1874, chromolithographed frontispiece and 3 chromolithographed plates, 2 coloured maps at rear, including one large folding (closed tear repaired), numerous wood engraved illustrations, inner hinges cracked, original green cloth gilt, heavily rubbed and some fraying and wear to extremities, thick 8vo, together with Payer (Julius), New Lands Within the Arctic Circle. Narrative of the Discoveries of the Austrian Ship 'Tegetthoff' in the years 1872-1874, 2 volumes, 1st English edition, Macmillan, 1876, chromolithographed frontispiece (with oval library inkstamp to upper outer corner), wood engraved illustrations, double-page map at front of second volume, occasional library inkstamp, some scattered spotting, original cloth, rubbed, fraying and wear to spines, with some loss (cloth partly detached), 8vo, plus Nares (George S.), Narrative of A Voyage to the Polar Sea during 1875-6 in HM Ships 'Alert' and 'Discovery', 2 volumes, 1st edition, Sampson Low, 1878, 6 mounted woodburytype photographs, one (of 2) maps, wood engraved illustrations, etc., some waterstains to first few leaves and to top margins, and occasional marks elsewhere, later green cloth gilt retaining original spines, soiled and marked, with a little fraying, 8vo (with small inkstamp to head of each title Ellesmere Land Expedition), and other arctic travel and exploration, including Nansen, In Northern Mists, 2 volumes, 1911, Greely, Three Years of Arctic Service, 2 volumes, 1886, Conway, The First Crossing of Spitsbergen, 1897, D. Murray Smith, Arctic Expeditions from British and Foreign Shores, from the earliest times to the expedition of 1875-76, Southampton, Charles H. Calvert, 1877, Nansen, The First Crossing of Greenland, 2 volumes, 1890, & Mawson, The Home of the Blizzard, 2 volumes, [1915], mostly original cloth, generally with some wear, mainly large 8vo (16)

M'Lean (John). Notes of a Twenty-Five Years' Service in the Hudson's Bay Territory, 2 volumes, 1st edition, Richard Bentley, 1849, half-title to first volume, occasional minor marks to margins, modern antique-style half morocco gilt, 8vo Sabin 43514. Working for the Hudson's Bay Company, M'Lean was the first white man to cross the Labrador Peninsular. His account is regarded as a classic of wilderness travel. (2)

Rymill (John). Southern Lights. The Official Account of the British Graham Land Expedition 1934-1937, 1st edition, 1938, numerous monochrome and sepia plates and illustrations after photographs, original green cloth, with gilt spine label, a very good copy, large 8vo, together with Hurley (Frank), Argonauts of the South, 1st American edition, Putnam's, 1925, folding map, monochrome plates after photographs, top edge gilt, original dark green cloth gilt, plus Ponting (Herbert G.), The Great White South, 1st edition, Duckworth, 1921, monochrome plates after photographs, original dark blue cloth gilt, spine very lightly faded, and with one or two short tears to extreme head and foot, and Thomson (Sir C. Wyville), The Voyage of the 'Challenger', The Atlantic, a preliminary account of the general results of the exploring voyage of HMS Challenger during the year 1873 and the early part of the year 1876, 2 volumes, 1st edition, Macmillan, 1877, monochrome wood engraved plates, maps, including many folding, occasional light spotting, top edge gilt, original gilt-decorated green cloth, rubbed, plus other Antarctic travel and exploration, including Hugh Mill, The Siege of the South Pole, 1905 (very good copy), J. Gordon Hayes, Antarctica, a treatise on the Southern Continent, 1st edition, 1928, John King Davis, With the "Aurora" in the Antarctic 1911-1914, circa 1919, Lars Christensen, Such is the Antarctic, 1st English edition, 1935, Elsie Bernacchi, Saga of the "Discovery", 1st edition, 1938, signed by the author and with presentation inscription to Walter Barlow to title, and with handwritten note dated November 12th 1938 by the author loosely inserted, etc., all original cloth, generally in good condition, 8vo Spence 1016 for the first work. (14)

Staehlin (J. von). An Account of the New Northern Archipelago, Lately Discovered by the Russians in the Seas of Kamtschatka and Anadir. To which is Added a Narrative of the Adventures of Four Russian Sailors, who were cast away on the Desert Island of East-Spitzbergen: Together with some Observations on the Productions of that Island, &c. Translated from the German Originals at the Desire of several Members of the Royal Society, 1st edition in English, 1774, half title, folding engraved map by Thomas Kitchin, hand-coloured in outline (restrengthened with contemporary paper to verso), title with engraved vignette (with light offsetting), advertisement leaf at end, blindstamps at front, contemporary owner signature to front pastedown, contemporary calf, upper cover detached, lower joint cracking, 8vo ESTC T110706; Howes S863; Sabin 90063. Staehlin's work is in two parts, the first compiled from Russian traders who explored the region between 1764 and 1767 and discovering the Aleutian, Kodiak and Unalashka islands, the second composed of reports to the Russian senate via chanceries in Irkutsk and Kamchatka, The map shows Alaska as an Island. (1)

Goodwin (William B.). The Truth About Leif Ericsson and the Greenland Voyages, 1st edition, Boston, Meador Publishing, 1941, monochrome illustrations after photographs, etc., original blue cloth gilt, minor fraying to extreme foot of spine, large 8vo, together with Green (Fitzhugh), Peary, The Man Who Refused to Fail, 1st edition, New York, G.P. Putnam's, 1926, monochrome illustrations after photographs, original blue cloth, slightly rubbed, plus Bilby (Julian W.), Nanook of the North, 1st edition, 1925, monochrome illustrations after photographs, original green cloth gilt, and Worsley (Commander Frank), First Voyage in a Square-Rigged Ship, 1st edition, 1938, original cloth in dust wrapper, plus other polar travel exploration, all 20th century publications, 8vo (approx. 70)

Hamilton (Alexander, Madison, James & Jay, John). The Federalist: A Collection of Essays, written in favour of the New Constitution, as agreed upon by the Federal Convention, September 17, 1787, volume II only, 1st edition, New-York: printed and sold by J. and A. M'Lean, 1788, vi + 384 pages, first issue, with Essay No. LXX mis-numbered LXXX, and with the spine lettered '2', final leaf with short-closed tear to fore-margin, worm track near foot of lower inner margin to the rear endpaper, also affecting the final 3 leaves, and touching a few letters (without loss of legibility), minor soiling to first and last leaf, original publisher's paper-backed grey-blue boards, 12mo (162 x 102 mm) Printing and the Mind of Man 234. Sabin 23979. Church 1230. Evans 21127. First edition of the second volume of Essays explaining the newly drafted Federal Constitution of the United States, and described as 'one of the new Nation's most important contributions to the theory of Government' (Printing and the Mind of Man). This second volume also contains the complete text of the Constitution, together with the resolutions of the Constitutional Convention. Alexander Hamilton (1739-1802), James Madison (1751-1836) and John Jay (1745-1829) collaborated in the present work to support the new plan of government by countering the objections of its detractors in a highly detailed and reasoned manner. All copies in original boards are extremely rare. The Garden copy of both volumes I and II was sold at Sotheby's New York, 9 November 1989, lot 164, and the Davidson copy was sold at Christie's New York, 8 December 2015, lot 243. Christie's New York sold a further non-matching set on 14 December 2016, lot 134. (1)

[ArdŠne, Jean Paul de Rome d']. Trait‚ des Renoncules. Dans lequel outre ce qui concerne ces Fleurs, on trouvera des Observations Physiques, et Plusieurs Remarques utiles, soit pour l'Agriculture, soit pour le Jardinage, Paris: Ph. N. Lottin & Augustin-Martin Lottin, 1746, engraved frontispiece, six engraved plates (4 folding), some spotting mostly to margins, contemporary speckled sheep, gilt decorated spine, 8vo, together with Delille (Jacques), Les Jardins, Po‰me, new edition, Paris, 1801, engraved frontispiece, contemporary mottled calf, gilt decorated spine with green morocco labels, 8vo, plus Martyn (John), Publii Virgilii Maronis Georgicorum libri quatuor. The Georgicks of Virgil, with an English Translation and Notes, 3rd edition, 1811, ten engraved plates, contemporary calf, gilt decorated spine with green morocco title label, joints cracked, 8vo Hunt 526. One of the first French monographs of the genus ranunculus. (3)

Dezaillier d'Argenville (Antoine Joseph). La Theorie et la Pratique du Jardinage, oul'on traite a fond des beaux jardins appellez communement les jardins de plaisance et de proprete'..., 3rd edition, Paris: Jean Mariette, 1732, thirty-eight engraved plates (comprising 34 double-page and 4 folding), numerous woodcut illustrations to text, initial two plates close trimmed and third plate with short closed tear at fore-edge, occasional toning and spotting, contemporary mottled calf, gilt decorated spine, joints and spine cracked and worn at head & foot, board corners worn, 4to Hunt 421; Johnston 324 (first edition); cf. Henrey II: pp.491-493. The original French work appeared anonymously in Paris in 1709, and in the opinion of M.L. Gothein: 'Never before did a book lay down the principles of any style so surely and so intelligibly in instructive precepts.' The popularity of the work is attested by the fact that it was published five times in Paris, three times at the Hague and three times in London" (Henrey). (1)

Dodd (James Solas). An Essay Towards a Natural History of the Herring, 1st edition, 1752, half-title lacking, six leaves of contents & one leaf of 'Proposals for Printing by Subscription a Compleat Natural History of Esculent Fish' at rear, folding engraved frontispiece present (torn, repaired and re-lined), contemporary half calf, soiled and worn, with old adhesive repairs, 8vo, together with [Orson, B.], Facts and Experiments on the Use of Sugar in Feeding Cattle..., 1st edition, 1809, disbound, 8vo, plus three others related: The New Farmer's Kalendar; or Monthly Remembrancer, for all Kinds of Country Business..., by an Experienced Farmer [John Lawrence], 1st edition, extracted from Philip Miller's The Complete Gardener & Farmer, Dublin, 1800; On the Supply of Employment and Subsistence for the Labouring Classes, in Fisheries, Manufactures, and the Cultivation of Waste Lands..., by Thomas Bernard, 1st edition, 1817; Four Letters on Lowndes's Bay Salt..., by Thomas Lowndes, 1st edition, 1822, all disbound First item: ESTC T85866; Kress S.3915 & S.3916. Dodd's book is of importance for its detailed information concerning the herring and the British herring industry. (5)

Manwood (John). A Treatise of the Lawes of the Forest: Wherein is declared not onely those Lawes, as they are now in force, but also the originall and beginning of Forests..., also a Treatise of the Pourallee, declaring what Pourallee is...., Collected, as well out of the Common Lawes and Statutes of this Land, as also out of sundrie learned anncient Authors, and out of the Assises of Pickering and Lancaster..., Whereunto are added the Statutes of the Forest..., London: Printed for the Societie of Stationers, 1615, lacking first & last blank leaves, black letter text, light worm trail to lower blank margins of initial few leaves, some early manuscript annotations and underscoring, scattered light spotting, early 20th century bookplate of Hon. John Wayland Leslie of Kininvie, Banffshire (1909-1991, Son of 19th Earl of Rothes) to upper pastedown, endpapers renewed, contemporary calf, neatly rebacked and some corners repaired, 4to STC 17292; Goldsmiths 434; Kress 345. The second and much enlarged edition of the earliest treatise on English Forest laws, by a barrister of Lincoln's Inn, who was also game-keeper of Waltham Forest, and Justice of the New Forest. (1)

Switzer (Stephen). The Nobleman, Gentleman, and Gardener's Recreation: or, an Introduction to Gardening, Planting, Agriculture, and the other Business and Pleasures of a Country Life, 1st edition, printed for B. Barker, and C. King, 1715, engraved frontispiece, single short worm-track towards fore-edge, affecting first few leaves, early ink ownership inscription of W.E. Mousley, Etwall Vicarage, dated 1842 to head of title, faint early ink ownership signature to front free endpaper, C2 and C3 with brown stain, contemporary Cambridge pannelled calf, front joint cracked, old adhesive repairs to upper cover, 8vo ESTC T60866. Henrey 1410. (1)

Madagascar. Journal of a voyage to Madagascar by Lieutenant Samuel Pasfield Oliver, RA and Aide de Camp, 1862, manuscript account written in a clear and neat hand with occasional pen and ink sketches and diagrams, a total of approximately 300 pp., initially numbered pp. 1-228 and ending mid sentence, followed by 2 contents leaves and a separately paginated 'Diary of our trip to Bourbon', interleaved with blanks, additionally 7 pp. notes on Madagascar, 6 pp. botanical notes and 16 pp. description of the revolution in Madagascar loosely inserted, original gilt-titled album label for Oliver dated 1862 pasted to modern front endpaper with modern typed notes of provenance, contents partly detached, old cloth with typed paper label to spine, rubbed and slightly marked, 8vo According to the typed notes at front, this manuscript on Madagascar was first published in Oliver's anonymous book 'Madagascar and the Malagasy' [1866], and the second edition was published in his book 'On and Off Duty, Leaves from an Officer's Note-book', 1881; the text of this manuscript is closer to that printed in this second edition. Though it looks as though a section of some sixty pages has been torn and removed from the end of the Madagascar section, this may largely be a description of Mauritius rather than the journal itself. Samuel Pasfield Oliver (1838-1907), geographer and antiquary, received a commission in the Royal Artillery in 1859 and then went out to China and Japan. In 1861 he was transferred to Mauritius, and went thence to Madagascar where he spent some months exploring, witnessing the King's coronation. An autograph letter signed from Major General M.C. Johnstone, under whom Oliver served on the mission, welcoming Oliver to the expedition is tipped in at the front of the volume. Oliver made a second brief visit to the island in June 1863 following the King's 'assassination'. (1)

Yorkshire. Ordnance Survey (publishers), First edition of the '1 inch' series, sheet numbers 85, 93, 94, 95, 96 & 104, together with sheets 91, 92, 97, 98, 99 & 101, published in the 1840s and 1850's but this is the 1865 electrotype form, together twelve large uncoloured maps, sectionalised and laid on linen, each sheet approximately 635 x 950 mm, marbled endpapers, contained in two contemporary cloth slip cases with dust caps and printed paper labels to spines, together with Stockdale (John), Untitled map sheet of part of the East Riding of Yorkshire, 1809, one (of twenty) large uncoloured engraved sheets that made up Stockdale's large scale map of Yorkshire, 615 x 700 mm, plus a collection of thirty-one 'Old Ordnance Survey Maps' of Yorkshire and its surroundings from 'The Godfrey Edition' and the reprint edition of the one-inch series, late 20th century, various sizes, with four other facsimile Yorkshire Ordnance survey maps, all in good or very good condition (38)

*Hong Kong & China. An assorted group of ephemera, 19th and mostly 20th century, including an original copy of The Morning Post, 13 February 1840, containing a report on the Opium Wars, 2 copies of St James's Chronicle and General Evening Post, 21-24 October & 2-5 December 1843, the first with a front page description of the day's events with Britain declaring Hong Kong a permanent possession of the British crown, the second with reports on the opium trade, plus a small group of documents and letters relating to Robert Styles, 1862/73, some from Hong Kong, Singapore and Shanghai, plus a disbandment parade programme of the Hong Kong regiment, 2 September 1991, signed by the last Governor Christopher Patten and General Sir Michael Rose, one issue of Navy and Army Illustrated magazine, 14 March 1887, including photographs of Hong Kong Volunteer Regiment, a Hong Kong club notice from 1903 listing rules for the billiard room, a group of 7 Hong Kong luggage labels, an original edition of Chairman Mao's 'Little Red Book', 1966, a circular relief plaque of Mao and a framed montage of badges of him, various guides, pamphlets and assorted ephemera (a carton)