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Omega Auctions
Lot 11

PINK FLOYD - THE FIRST XI - A highly limited edition box set of (as the name suggests) the first 11 x LPs from Floyd (PF 11). Both Dark Side Of The Moon and Wish You Were Here were made as unique Picture Disc releases. The records are all in clean Ex to Ex+ condition with all inserts where applicable. The sleeves are Ex with the exception of Wish You Were Here and Obscured By Clouds which are VG with spine damage. The inner box is in Ex condition. The outer box is in VG to VG+ condition. There are no rips or tears but there is sign of damp on the inside of the box leaving behind some residue that could possibly be cleaned. A nice example of a very rare box set.

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Biddle & Webb
Lot 90

DAVID SHEPHERD F.R.S.A.(b.1931) Framed, signed, numbered 853/1500 in pencil to margin, blindstamped, limited edition print on paper, with pencil sketch of tigers to margin, 'First Light at Savuti', 49cm x 78cm. (ARR).

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TW Gaze
Lot 5262

A 1958 First Edition volume of 'The Beauty of Modern Glass' by R.Stennett-Wilson with dust jacket

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Fieldings Auctioneers
Lot 725

CHARLES DICKENS- 'The Personal History of David Copperfield', published Bradbury & Evans, London, 1850, first edition, original green cloth boards, 8vo, cover loose, general wear, also Dickens - 'Martin Chuzzlewit', pub. Chapman and Hall, 1844, and Dickens - 'Dombey and Son, pub. Bradbury & Evans, 1848 (3)

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Fieldings Auctioneers
Lot 726

CHARLES DICKENS - 'Little Dorrit', published Bradbury & Evans, London, 1857, first edition, original green cloth boards, 8vo, general wear, also Dickens - 'Bleak House'', pub. Bradbury & Evans, London, 1853, first edition and Dickens - 'Oliver Twist', pub. Bradbury & Evans, London, 1846, first edition (3)

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Fieldings Auctioneers
Lot 727

CHARLES DICKENS - 'Barnaby Rudge', published Chapman & Hall, London, 1841,first separate edition, original maroon cloth boards, 8vo, general wear, also 'Sketches by Boz', pub. Chapman & Hall, 1856 (2)

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Charles Ross Fine Art Auctioneers & Valuers
Lot 85

An album containing a collection of limited edition of Automobile History Commemorative stamps embossed in 22 carat gold, together with a collection of First Day Covers also of motoring interest.

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Bishop & Miller Auctioneers Ltd
Lot 230

Mixed ephemera, to include First Edition City of London Volunteers, Aldershot Tattoo 1988, post cards for the 1938 Aldershot tattoo, seventeen War related postcards, RAF badge cigarette cards, Coldstream guards books, (qty)

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Chippenham Auction Rooms
Lot 700

An assortment of railway volumes including Somerset and Dorset, Wiltshire, Swindon and Bath, also a first edition 1962 British Railways Diesel Traction Manual for Enginemen.

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Chippenham Auction Rooms
Lot 780

A collection of fourteen plus one Observer Automobiles volumes, twelve with dust covers, of various ages - three 1950s, nine 1960s, including a 1955-56 first edition etc, mostly in good condition.

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McTear's
Lot 77

GOLFING STEP BY STEPby J. McAndrew, first edition, illustrated

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Dominic Winter Auctions
Lot 792

*Royal Flying Corps. Broomfield (Keith), colour print titled 'Flying this Armstrong Whitworth F.K.8. of No.8 Squadron, R.F.C., from a Amiens with Lt. J. Haslam as Observer, Capt. F.M.F. West gained his Victoria Cross on 10th August 1918', signed by the Pilot and Observer, 36 x 52.5cm, together with a limited edition print, no .437/1250, from the Fighter Aces Series 1, signed by Lieutenant George A. Vaugh JR (who had 13 victories), the print shows his first victory on 18 June 1918 near Beaucourt, France, 46 x 63.5cm, both framed and glazed (2)

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Dominic Winter Auctions
Lot 842

Royal Flying Corps. Technical Notes, R.F.C., printed for His Majesty's Stationery Office, 1916, numerous monochrome folding diagrams, original pale brown cloth, rubbed and some marks, 8vo, together with Air Board Technical Notes. Rigging Notes, circa 1917, numerous photographs and diagrams of biplanes, original printed wrappers with yapp edges, soiled, 8vo, plus Berriman (Algernon E., editor), 'Flight' Manual, A reference book of notes, formulae and tables for the use of those engaged in aviation, aeronautics..., 1910, original wallet-style maroon cloth gilt, some light surface marks, 8vo, and other pioneering and First World War period aviation publications, including R. Borlase Matthews, The Aviation Pocket-book for 1916, Gnome & Le Rhone Engine Co., The Care of the One Hundred h.p. Monosoupape Engine 9-cylinder, Type B2, 2 volumes, circa 1915, W. LeMaitre, Natural Stability and the Parachute Principle in Aeroplanes, 1911, The Aeronautical Directory of the World, 1920, The Aero Manual, 1st edition, 1909 (3 copies), and 2nd edition (3 copies), etc. (a carton)

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Dominic Winter Auctions
Lot 939

Crimea. First [and] Fifth Report from the Select Committee on the Army before Sebastopol..., ordered by the House of Commons to be printed, [1855], title and rear wrapper of fifth report detached, together with Index to Reports and Appendix to the Report of the Commission of Enquiry into the Supplies of the British Army in the Crimea, [1855], the latter with folding tables, all spotted and soiled with some marginal fraying to first two items, folio, plus [Mitchell, Albert, Sergeant in the 13th Hussars], Recollections of one of the Light Brigade, 1st edition, Canterbury, [1885], original printed wrappers gilt, spine worn and broken with upper wrapper and first leaves detached, 8vo, plus 3 related (8)

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Dominic Winter Auctions
Lot 952

WWI. Iraq in War Time, second edition, printed and engraved at the Government Press, Basrah, [1919], black and white illustrations from photographs throughout with captions in English and Arabic, some insect damage to lower outer corner of early leaves not affecting text, hinges broken and text block loose in original cloth gilt, rubbed and marked, several small tears to spine, folio First published in 1918, this uncommon book is divided into four parts: Groups and Portraits; Local Events; Views; A Tour through Central Arabia, this last part possibly by Harry St John Bridger Philby. (1)

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Smiths Newent Auctions
Lot 617

Mark Twain 'A Tramp Abroad' first edition 1880 and 'The Stolen White Elephant' first edition 1885

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Smiths Newent Auctions
Lot 618

Oscar Wilde 'De Profundis' third edition March 1905 published one month after the first edition

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Smiths Newent Auctions
Lot 619

Beatrix Potter 'The Tale of Mrs Tiggy-Winkle' first edition 1905, second issue

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Smiths Newent Auctions
Lot 635

Robert Louis Stevenson 'The Master of Ballantrae' first edition 1889

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Golding Young & Mawer
Lot 3402A

Action comics including 2000AD, Judge Caligula, Judge Dredd, Captain Marvel, Marvel Treasury Editions, DC Limited Editions, Brain Damage First Edition, Bent, Neon, Knockabout and Freak.

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Dominic Winter Auctions
Lot 130

Pekin to Paris by Barzini (Luigi). An Account of Prince Borghese's Journey across two Continents in a Motor-Car. First English Edition, published by E. Grant Richards, London, 645pp, 1907. A Presentation Copy from the Translator, Miss L. P. de Castelvecchio to the Hon. W. Warren Vernon, with an ink inscription in the top corner of the half-title and with an additional message on the reverse of the translator's business card, tipped in at the same point. A thick octavo volume, the navy blue cloth covers with gilt lettering and a four-colour pictorial panel on the front cover being rubbed and marked, with some wear to the spine and the joint between the photographic frontispiece and title page having been repaired with tape. A little dusty internally and with some page browning and scattered foxing throughout, but generally sound otherwise. Top edge gilt, front edge of the pages uncut, 645 pages, numerous black-and-white photographic illustrations, and a coloured folding map at the rear. Introduction by Prince Borghese. Together with a very good copy of the First German Edition of the book, Peking - Paris im Automobil - Eine Wettfahrt durch Asien and Europa in sechzig Tagen, published in Leipzig in 1908 by F. A. Brockhaus See also lot 315. (2)

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Dominic Winter Auctions
Lot 132

The Automobile edited by Paul Hasluck, fourth and final English edition (first being 1902), published by Cassell 1909. Three volumes in red simulated crocodile, gilt-blocked. Volume 1 with a dissected foldout frontispiece, 480pp, Volume 2, 451pp, Volume 3, 412pp, 6 1/4 x 8 3/4-inches. The subtitle, 'A Practical Treatise on the Construction of Modern Motor Cars, Steam, Petrol, Electric and Petrol-Electric' sums up the contents. Profusely illustrated, detailed line drawings a feature, fair condition. The text sequence of the Hasluck series is confusing, with an extended version of the list of 'petrol pleasure cars available in Great Britain' now forming Vol. I, with its own index. The main body of text is now Vols. II and III, with the index for both in Volume III. Pagination runs continuously through volumes II and III with Vol. I independently paginated. (3)

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Dominic Winter Auctions
Lot 193

The History of Brooklands Motor Course by William Boddy, 1957 first single volume edition with its DJ and a poor working copy of the same publication without DJ. Also, Brooklands Giants by the same author; Uphill Racers - The History of Speed Hill Climbing by Chris Mason; 432pp, 1990, with a DJ; South Harting Hill Climb by G Orme-Bannister, 263pp, 2006. The Racing Zborowskis by David Wilson, 185pp, 2002; The Great Savannah Races by J. K. Quattlebaum, 132pp, 1983 edition; La Course de C“te de Gaillon 1899-1928, a square-backed soft cover book and other titles covering competition motoring, all in very good order. (a quantity)

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Dominic Winter Auctions
Lot 196

Ten Years of Motors & Motor Racing by Charles Jarrott, 297pp, 1906 1st ed, with its original much worn cloth cover. The Motor Marine & Aircraft Red Book 1920, full of specifications for motorcycles, marine engines, scooters, motor-cars, aircraft and the like, much advertising, lists of associations, government departments, line drawings etcetera, circa 800pp. Also, Men Women and 10,000 Kites by Gabriel Voisin, 1963 first English edition, without DJ; The Motor by John Armstrong, 374pp, 1912 with good photographs and line drawings. The Complete Motorist and The Joy of the Road, both by A B Filson Young, 352pp, 1905 edition, with 138 illustrations, some fold-outs; Towards the Sunshine - A guide for South Bound Daimler Cars by Owen John, 1919, and other good and interesting titles. (a quantity)

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Dominic Winter Auctions
Lot 202

Charles Rolls of Rolls-Royce by Lawson (Bruce), 1st ed, 2013, hardback with DJ; Clement Bayard, Pionnier Industriel by Hartmann (Gerard), 1st ed, 2013, hardback in DJ (French text), Granville Bradshaw - a flawed genius? By Jones (Barry M.), 2008, paperback, Harker (Ronald W.), The Engines Were Rolls-Royce: An informal history of that famous company, First U.S. Edition, 1979, hardback in slightly worn dust jacket, plus two paperbacks in the Rolls-Royce Heritage Trust Series: Taylor (Douglas R.), Boxkite to Jet - the remarkable career of Frank B. Halford, and Clarke (Tom C.), Royce and the Vibration Damper, presentation copy signed by the author, and one in the Sir Henry Royce Memorial Foundation Series: Harvey-Bailey (Alec), Rolls-Royce: The Sons of Martha. All volumes in good condition. (7)

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Dominic Winter Auctions
Lot 228

The First Hundred Road Motors by R. W. Kidner. 58pp, 1950 published by Oakwood Press. A rare 8vo in the marketplace as it appears to have been privately printed. Together with: Horseless Carriage Days by Hiram Maxim (the younger), 175pp, 1937 1st ed, with good images of the early days of American motoring, also a 1962 paperback edition. Petrol Motors and Motor Cars by Hyler White, 197pp, 1909, the most useful element of the book being the folded 'Statistical Data of Petrol Engines 1907'. The Amateur Motorist by Max Pemberton, 319pp plus index and advertisements, together with eight other early titles. All 8vo, in fair condition. (12)

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Dominic Winter Auctions
Lot 350

Motoring in England, France and Spain. A good selection of octavo hardback titles, comprising: Motor Days in England by John M. Dillon, First U.S. Edition, 1908; The Road by Hilaire Belloc, special edition by The British Reinforced Concrete Engineering Co. Ltd., 1923; The Motor Routes of England: Southern Section (1909), Western Section (1911), and France Part I -To the Chateaux of Touraine, The Pyrenees and the Rhone Valley (1910), all by Gordon Home and all 1st eds; A Motor Tour Through France and England by Elizabeth Yardley, two copies, First Impressions, U.K. and U.S. Editions; The South-Bound Car by Owen Llewellyn and L. Ravenhill, 1st ed,1907; The Lightning Conductor by C. N. and A. M. Williamson, Fourth Edition, 1904, Motor Roads to London, published by the Mitchell Motor Works & Garage, Third Edition, 1912 (including coloured folding map); and Motoring in the North of England by Charles G. Harper, paperback, circa 1911, with folding maps and numerous period advertisements. Some volumes a little worn, but mostly sound and clean copies. (11)

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Dominic Winter Auctions
Lot 351

Motoring in Europe. A good selection of octavo hardback volumes, comprising: Through the Alps to the Apennines by P. G. Konody, 1st ed, 1911(93 illustrations from photographs and pencil sketches by E. A. Rickards and colour frontispiece by Robert Little); Motoring Abroad by Frank Presbrey, First U. S. Edition,1908; Seeing Europe by Automobile by Lee Meriwether, First U. S. Edition, 1911; The Automobilist Abroad by Francis Miltoun, 1st ed, 1907; Abroad in a Runabout by A. J. and F. H. Hand, First U. S. Edition, 1911 (all of the foregoing with pictorial cloth covers); A Motor-Flight Through France by Edith Wharton, First U. S. Edition, 1908; A Motor Car Divorce by Louise Closser Hale, 1st ed, 1906; Three Men in a Motor Car by Winthrop E. Scarritt, First U. S. Edition, 1906 (some wear to base of spine); Europe from a Motor Car by Russell Richardson, First U. S. Edition, 1914; and The Escape from Monotony by L. H. Lovegrove, paperback, Number 154 of a Limited Edition First Reprint of 512 copies. Generally sound and clean copies. (10)

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Dominic Winter Auctions
Lot 371

La Belle Epoque et Les Pionniers de L'Automobile. A horizontal format (26 x 34cm) volume, the 'Deuxieme Collection' in the 'Encyclopedie Calberson de la Locomotion', with dust jacket over board covers, a Preface in French by Andre de Fouquieres and further text by the Editor, Thibault de Champrosay, 'En Souvenir de nos Premieres Voitures', and holding sixteen delightful coloured lithographic prints by Guy Sabran showing French automobiles (Panhard Levassor, Peugeot, Delahaye, Renault, etcetera) dating between 1878 and 1911 in city, town and country settings. The edge of the outer margin of the last plate is slightly feathered, otherwise the volume is in very good condition, held in a slightly worn, marked and rubbed card slipcase. First Edition, Paris, 1955. (1)

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Dominic Winter Auctions
Lot 404

A Record of Grand Prix and Voiturette Racing. Six hardback quarto volumes in this series compiled by Paul Sheldon assisted by Duncan Rabagliati (and others). The volumes here, all uniformy bound in black cloth with silver lettering to the front cover and spines, comprise: Vol. 1 (1900-1925); Vol. 2 (1926-1931); Vol. 4 (1937-1949); Vol. 5 (1950-1953); Vol. 6 (1954-1959); and Vol. 9 (1970-1973). All are in very good condition and First Editions, Volume 9 with a certificate on the front paste-down end-paper, signed by Sheldon and Rabagliati, recording the volume as Number 296 of a limited edition of 500 copies. Content varies between about 300 and 400 pp. (6)

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Dominic Winter Auctions
Lot 411

Touring Superleggera: Giant Among Classic Italian Coachbuilders. A very good hardback copy in dust jacket of the First English Edition, 1983, of a superbly produced monograph by Carlo Felice Bianchi Anderloni and Angelo Tito Anselmi. Square quarto format (26.5 x 26.5cm), blue cloth with silver lettering to the spine, 352 pages, very well-illustrated, published by Edizioni di Autocritica. (1)

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Dominic Winter Auctions
Lot 412

Mercedes-Benz - Grand Prix Racing 1934-1955. A very good hardback copy in transparent dust jacket and cardboard slipcase of the First White Mouse Edition, 1983, of a superbly produced work by George C. Monkhouse, Edited by Cyril Posthumus and with a Foreword by Dipl. Ing. Rudolf Uhlenhaut. Horizontal format (27 x 33.5cm), silvered covers with black lettering/decoration, very well-illustrated, 208 pages. (1)

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Dominic Winter Auctions
Lot 413

The History of English Racing Automobiles Ltd., by Weguelin. A very good hardback copy of the First White Mouse Edition, 1980, of the standard work. Quarter-bound with a yellow cloth spine with black titling and blue cloth covers with the 'ERA' insignia in raised circles on the front cover, the volume coming with a pictorial cloth-backed card slipcase. Horizontal format (27 x 33cm), 288 pages, over 500 illustrations, including some 75 in colour. (1)

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Dominic Winter Auctions
Lot 415

Trieste-Opicina - Sessant' anni di epopee, by A. De Rota (Photographer): Two horizontal format (25 x 28cm) hardback volumes in dust jackets, plus a similar format paperback (Rankings 1911-1971 and Entry List 1926-1971), the three held in a sturdy slipcase, of the First Edition, 2003, of a major work celebrating the history of the Trieste-Opicina Motor Car Races and especially the photography of Adriano De Rota. The hardbacks have red cloth covers with white lettering to the spines, map end-papers and a total of 496 pages; the paperback volume has 96 pages. The first volume is numbered 0193 on the title page. Condition is excellent throughout. (1)

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Gerrards Auction Rooms
Lot 635

Collection of Four Heinrich First Edition Fairy Plates In Original Box

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Gerrards Auction Rooms
Lot 639

Spode First Edition Christmas Plate 1970. Very rare.

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East Bristol Auctions
Lot 396

A pair of boxed Robert Harrop figure groups from the Beano and Dandy Collection. ' The See- saw Scallywags ' BDMB3 limited edition 500 first series along with ' The roundabout Rascals ' BDMB1 limited edition 1000 first edition. Both in original boxes.

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East Bristol Auctions
Lot 692

Seabrook, WB; Adventures In Arabia; 1937 First Edition book. Pub; Harcourt, Brace & Co, New York. Black cloth with red and green titles, illustrated with black and white photos and drawings. 347pp.

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Maxwells
Lot 623

A modern Merrythought limited edition mohair "Chummy First Ever Merrythought Replica Bear", with growl, in original box, 77/250, eyes from remaining stock of 1930's, with anniversary pin, length 16"

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Stroud Auctions Ltd.
Lot 1755

T.E Lawrence, Seven Pillars of Wisdom (London, Jonathan Cape, 1935) brown cloth with crossed swords motif on the front board, gilt lettering to the spine. First edition, first printing together with T.E Lawrence, Revolt in the Desert and paperback editions of Seven Pillars of Wisdom.

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Stroud Auctions Ltd.
Lot 1757

Winston Churchill, The World Crisis 1911-1914 (London, Thornton Butterworth, 1923) Dark blue cloth, embossed lettering to spine. First edition, first printing, includes fold-out maps

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Stroud Auctions Ltd.
Lot 1761

T.E. Lawrence, Seven Pillars of Wisdom (London, Jonathan Cape 1935) brown cloth crossed sword motif on front board, gilt lettering to spine. First edition, first printing

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Stroud Auctions Ltd.
Lot 1764

Freya Stark, The Southern Gates of Arabia (London, John Murray, 1936) first edition; East is West (London, John Murray, 1945) first edition, A Winter in Arabia (1941), plus Charles Doughty, Wanderings in Arabia and H.C.Armstrong, Lord of Arabia. Plus The Selected Letters of Freya Stark

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Stroud Auctions Ltd.
Lot 580

Fifteen Exclusive First Edition (EFE) diecast model buses and car sets, all in original boxes.

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Stroud Auctions Ltd.
Lot 605

Thirty one Exclusive First Editions diecast model buses including a limited edition 'The R.T.L Story' Volume III set, all in original boxes

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Golding Young & Mawer
Lot 451

Scott (Walter, Sir). Quentin Durward, 3 vol., FIRST EDITION, book plates on front paste downs, contemporary half calf over marbled boards, joins split but held by strings, 8vo, Edinburgh, 1823.

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Golding Young & Mawer
Lot 453

Fleming (Ian). Diamonds are Forever, FIRST EDITION, ink ownership signature on f.f.e.p., facsimile dust jacket, worn on corners, otherwise good, glascine wrapper, 8vo, 1956.

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Golding Young & Mawer
Lot 454

Rowling (J.K.). Harry Potter and The Goblet of Fire, Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban, Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince, three copies, Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows, and Harry Potter and the order of the Phoenix, first American edition, (7).

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Golding Young & Mawer
Lot 456

Anon.- Richmond; or, Scenes in the Life of a Bow Street Officer, drawn up from his private memoranda 3 vol., FIRST EDITION, occasional light spotting, publisher's boards, [Not in Sadleir or Wolff], 12mo, 1827. The first collection of detective stories in English, ascribed to both Thomas Skinner Surr and Thomas Gaspey.

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Golding Young & Mawer
Lot 469

Dixon (Clive, Cpt.). The Leaguer of Ladysmith Nov. 2nd 1899 to Feb 28th 1900, FIRST EDITION, 18 chromolithographed full-page illustrations, original cloth-backed pictorial boards, soiled, oblong 4to, 1900.

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Golding Young & Mawer
Lot 474

Cruikshank (George).- Combe (William, after) The Life of Napoleon, A Hudibrastic Poem in Fifteen Cantos, FIRST EDITION, hand-coloured aquatint pictorial title and 29 plates by George Cruikshank, light uniform browning, mostly to text, some offsetting, contemporary calf, [Abbey, Life 356; Tooley 151], 8vo , 1815.

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Anderson & Garland Ltd. Newcastle
Lot 465A

James Logan Mack: The Borderline - Solway Firth To The North Sea, first edition 1924, in blue cloth covers, Rintoul and Baxter: A Vertebrate Fauna Of Forth, first edition 1935, in green cloth cover; together with A.H. Evans: A Fauna Of The Tweed Area, Including The Farne Islands, in green cloth covers. (3)

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Dominic Winter Auctions
Lot 113

Tidcombe (Marianne). Women Bookbinders 1880-1920, Oak Knoll Press/British Library, 1996, colour and monochrome plates and illustrations, original green cloth-backed patterned boards, with paper label to upper cover, glassine protective wrapper, large 8vo, VG, together with Tomlinson (William, and Masters, Richard), Bookcloth 1823-1980, 1st edition, 1996, numerous cloth samples at rear of volume, some illustrations, original maroon cloth gilt, large 8vo, with slipcase, plus Middleton (Bernard C.), A History of English Craft Bookbinding Technique, 2nd edition, 1978, & A Bookbinder's Miscellany, Oxford, 2015, colour and monochrome illustrations to each, both original cloth gilt, the first title in dust wrapper, 8vo, and others on the history of bookbinding, bookbinding techniques, etc., a large run of modern book auction catalogues, including mainly Dominic Winter & Bonhams, circa 2000-2016, Sotheby's Macclesfield Library, Parts 5, 8 & 9, Maggs Bros. Bookbinding in the British Isles, Catalogue 1212, 2 volumes, 1996, etc. (approx. 100)

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Dominic Winter Auctions
Lot 124

Barrow (John). An Account of Travels into the Interior of Southern Africa in the Years 1797 and 1798..., 2 volumes, 1st edition, 1801-04, half-title and large folding engraved map frontispiece to first volume, hand-coloured in outline, folding aquatint frontispiece and 8 folding engraved maps and plans to volume 2, some maps with offsetting and/or spotting, titles lightly browned and with contemporary large ownership name of Thomas Kitson to upper margins, contemporary half calf over marbled boards with red morocco spine labels, rubbed, 4to (248 x 210 mm) An important account of the country, together with opinions of the inhabitants. Abbey Travel 320; Mendelssohn I p.140. (2)

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Dominic Winter Auctions
Lot 136

Calvert (John). Vazeeri Rupi, the Silver Country of the Vazeers, in Kulu: Its Beauties, Antiquities, and Silver Mines. Including a Trip over the Lower Himalayah Range and Glaciers, 1st edition, 1873, tinted lithographed frontispiece, additional title and 34 lithographed plates, including 25 hand-coloured, a few detached, lacking the folding map, 4 page publisher's list at end (first leaf torn with loss to lower portion), scattered light spotting, original decorative cloth gilt, joints splitting, some wear at spine ends, 8vo Yakushi C20. (1)

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Dominic Winter Auctions
Lot 137

[Chimmo, William]. Euryalus: Tales of the Sea, A Few Leaves from the Diary of a Midshipman, 1st edition, J.D. Potter, 1860, 14 lithographed plates (mostly coloured or tinted), some spotting throughout, browning to first and last few leaves, author's signature to title and signed presentation inscription to front free endpaper, 'To my friend and for a short time mess mate Dr Smith (of Weymouth) in remembrance of our short but pleasant trip to the Suez Canal in May and June 1870, William Chimmo', additionally inscribed beneath, 'Cyril Chimmo Branson from Cousin Mary Chimmo, January 1944' and also to title verso, 'Given to me by Dr Lawrie about the year 1920', title heavily browned with see-through from endpaper inscription offset in white and some ink bleed from inscription to title verso also visible, lacks Introduction (pp. i-iv), disbound without covers, 8vo A rare work, with much material on Alaska, the Northwest and California, as well as Hawaii and China. Covering the expedition in the Herald under Captain Kellet during the years 1845-51, including voyages in search of Sir John Franklin's lost expedition. (1)

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Dominic Winter Auctions
Lot 138

[Chimmo, William]. Midshipman's diary: A few Notes Extracted from the Cockpit Journal of a Man-of-War; and Dedicated to Sir James Matheson, Bart, MP, by the Author, published J.D. Potter, 1862, 14 lithographed plates (mostly coloured or tinted), some heavy spotting, occasional light browning and dust-soiling throughout, final leaf split at upper margin, all edges gilt, contemporary morocco gilt, rubbed and some wear, covers (and final leaf) detached, loss at head and foot of spine, 8vo This is a second, and scarce, edition of the above-named work with a new title-page and additional errata listed to those in the first edition. (1)

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Dominic Winter Auctions
Lot 141

Colden (Cadwallader). The History of the Five Indian Nations of Canada, which are the Barrier between the English and French in that part of the World. With Particular Accounts of their Religion, Manners, Customs, Laws and Government; their Several Battles and Treaties with the European Nations; their Wars with other Indians; and a True Account of the Present State of our Trade with them... 2nd edition, 1750, folding engraved map (with small crossed-through annotation at top margin), advertisement leaf at front, a little minor spotting, armorial bookplate of James Dickson of Ednam, shelf label, contemporary calf, Society of Writers to the Signet oval gilt stamps to covers, upper cover detached, a little rubbed, 8vo Howes C560; Sabin 14274. Second English edition of 'the first history of the Iroquois Confederation' (Howes), first published in New York in 1727, with considerable additions. (1)

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Dominic Winter Auctions
Lot 154

Hedin (Sven). Trans-Himalaya, Discoveries and Adventures in Tibet, 3 volumes, mixed editions, 1910-13, numerous colour and black and white plates, four large folding maps (three with handling tears, two of which slightly encroach into printed area), light spotting throughout especially to maps, margins, and endpapers, top edge gilt, original red cloth gilt, a few light marks and extremities slightly rubbed, fading to spines and two adjacent joint areas, but overall good copies, 8vo See Neate H68. First two volumes are reprints of the 1909 1st edition, volume three is the 1913 1st edition. (3)

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Dominic Winter Auctions
Lot 207

Williams (Captain John). An Historical Account of the Rise and Progress of the Bengal Native Infantry, from its First Formation in 1757, to 1796, when the Present Regulations took place. Together with a detail of the services on which the Several Battalions have been employed during that period, 1st edition, 1817, four hand-coloured aquatint plates, some offsetting and scattered spotting, contemporary half calf, a little rubbed, 8vo (1)

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