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![THE 17th CENTURY, CIVIL WAR AND RESTORATION, A COLLECTION i) [Verstegan (Richard)] [A Restitution of Decayed Intelligence:](https://cdn.globalauctionplatform.com/a91258f8-b4cd-43e6-a448-a6e100b36857/10999e3d-8f01-452c-ccb9-cc721f28fd94/468x382.jpg)
Lot 20
THE 17th CENTURY, CIVIL WAR AND RESTORATION, A COLLECTION i) [Verstegan (Richard)] [A Restitution of Decayed Intelligence: in Antiquities. Concerning the Most Noble and Renowned English Nation], 1628, London, J. Bill, 8vo, lacking prelims and title, preserving contemporary 'Thomas Barrow' ownership inscription, engraved illustrations in the text, contemp. ink annotations and doodles, smart later purple morocco gilt, a.e.g. CIVIL WAR DECLARATION ii) Browne (John, Clerk to Parliament) Official Declaration dated November 12th 1642 on four disbound 12mo sheets commending the military service of Robert Devereux, third earl of Essex (1591-1646), and ordering his troops to muster in central London. Letterpress with woodcut vignettes and initial. Essex's forces were later to intercept the King at Turnham Green as royalists marched on London. iii) [Bowles (Edward)] Manifest Truths or an inversion of Truths Manifest containing a narration of the proceedings of the Scottish army and a vindication of the Parliament and Kingdom of England… 1646, 'Published by Authoritie', H. Overton and G. Calvert, slim 8vo, Preface (shaved at bottom with some loss) and pp.74 plus postscript with 1787 British Museum Sale Duplicate stamp to verso of title, woodcut decorations and initials, modern three-quarter calf over marbled boards iv) [Markham (Gervase)] Country Contentments or, the Husbandmans Recreation, 1649, London, W. Wilson for J. Harrison, 8vo sixth edition, pp. 118, numerous mss. notes to rear in contemporary hand, browning, soiling and staining, modern three-quarter calf over cloth boards. v) [Blith (Walter)] [The English Improver Improved or the Survey of Husbandry Surveyed…] 1653, London, J. Wright, slim 8vo, lacking prelims including engraved title, one printed title preserved; Dedication and Epistle to the Reader, pp.274 trimmed without loss and edged in red, one engraved folding plate, two full-page woodcut illustrations, later calf. vi) H[eath] (J[ames]) A Brief Chronicle of the Late Intestine Warr in the Three Kingdoms… 1663, London, W. Lee, thick 12mo, second impression, pp.864, engraved plates, leaves shaved close to text in places, lacking some index leaves to rear and original e.p.s, modern calf gilt. vii) Grotius (Hugo) De Rebus Belgicis: or, the Annals, and History of the Low-Countrey-Warrs. Wherein is Manifested, that the United Netherlands, are Indebted for the Glory of their Conquests, to the Valour of the English… 1665, London, H. Twyford, 8vo, prelims, pp.974 plus index and Errata. Lacking original e.p.s, later calf. viii) [Cavendish (Margaret, Countess of Newcastle)] The Life of the Thrice Noble, High and Puissant Prince William Cavendishe… 1667, London, A. Maxwell, first edition, pp.199, slim 4to, woodcut decorations and initials, two lines p.9 and marginal notation p.26 'redacted', Philip Barker Webb bookplate, rebacked speckled calf. ix) MARTYRDOM OF CHARLES I England's Black Tribunal. Set forth in the Tryal of King Charles I, 1703, London, H. Playford, 8vo sixth edition, engraved frontis portrait, Preface, Adverts plus pp.180, some leaves shaved close to upper edge of typeset, soiling and staining, modern calf over marbled boards. [TOGETHER WITH:] x) [Latimer (Hugh)] [Collected Sermons] [c.1549], 8vo, lacking prelims and title, dedication to Duchess of Suffolk preserved, pp.329 trimmed without loss, edges red. Woodcut headpiece and initials, later blind-tooled calf, lacking spine label [&] xi) Hutchinson (Lucy) Memoirs Of The Life Of Colonel Hutchinson, Governor Of Nottingham Castle And Town. . .With Original Anecdotes Of Many Of The Most Distinguished Of His Contemporaries And A Summary Review Of Public Affairs… 1808, London, Longman, Hurst, Rees, & Orme, 4to Second Edition, frontis. portrait, four plates and folding pedigree, xiv + pp.18 + pp.452 plus publisher's advertisement leaf, rebacked diced calf. Includes some rare tracts and pamphlets. Sold not subject to return, w.a.f. (11).
Lot 40
Ishiguro (Kazuo) The Remains of the Day, 1989, London, Faber & Faber, first edition, signed by the author, dust jacket, a good copy; An Artist of the Floating World, 1986, Faber, first edition, d.j., with promotional band printed 'Signed copy'; signed and dedicated by the author to the British Council, Tokyo, November 1989, a fine copy; A Pale View of the Hills, 1982, Faber, first edition, d.j., a good copy with Cumbria County Library stamp to verso of title [with:] two copies of Never Let me Go, 2005, Faber, signed limited editions in original boards, d.j.s and slipcases, one copy with cling wrap preserved (5).
Lot 50
YORKSHIRE/NORTH EAST HISTORY AND ANTIQUITIES Ord (John Walker) The History and Antiquities of Cleveland, 1846, London, Simpkin & Marshall, 4to., first edition, rebacked polished calf. With portrait frontispiece, additional pictorial title, plates, and folding map and pedigree. List of Subscribers to rear. Plates with some foxing/staining; Graves (Rev. John) The History of Cleveland, 1808, Carlisle, Jollie & Sons, 4to., frontispiece and additional pictorial title, engraved plates, folding pedigree and folding map, hand-coloured in outline. Bound to style in 20th century leather over marbled boards; Speight (Harry) Romantic Richmondshire, 1897, London, Elliot Stock, 4to, plates, folding map. Smart late 20th century binding by Conway of Halifax (with their label inside rear cover); Baker (Joseph Brogden) The History of Scarborough from the Earliest Date, 1882, London, Longmans, Green & Co., 4to, number 4 from an edition limited to 100 copies, multiple plates and a folding map, contemporary morocco over purple cloth, with armorial in gilt to upper cover; Hinderwell (Thomas) The History and Antiquities of Scarborough and the Vicinity, 1811, York, 8vo, mottled calf, rebacked. Facsimile replacement folding map Vicinity of Scarboro (5).
![Thomas (Dylan) Under Milk Wood, 1954, Dent, London, 8vo First edition, dust jacket, a little frayed and chipped at spine [&]](https://cdn.globalauctionplatform.com/a91258f8-b4cd-43e6-a448-a6e100b36857/afa3bf84-1e31-47ef-d0de-31a789910143/468x382.jpg)
Lot 39
Thomas (Dylan) Under Milk Wood, 1954, Dent, London, 8vo First edition, dust jacket, a little frayed and chipped at spine [&] Adventures in the Skin Trade, 1955, London, Putnam, 8vo First Edition, d.j. designed by Gross-Andre, tear to upper cover. [With:] Rushdie (Salman) The Satanic Verses, large 8vo first edition, 1988, London, Viking, uncorrected advance proof copy, publisher's rubbed wraps; O'Hagan (Andrew) Be Near Me, 2006, limited edition of 50 in full cloth signed by the author, with slipcase; Barnes (Julian) Arthur & George, 2005, London, Cape, number 13 of 125 copies signed by the author with decorated boards, slipcase and Ellroy (James) two first UK editions by Century, My Dark Places [&] American Tabloid, signed by the author, d.j.s, still with Waterstone's Manchester promotional bands and wrapped in cellophane (7).
Lot 62
Bertram (Charles) Isn't it Wonderful? A History of Magic and Mystery, 1896, London, Swan Sonnenschein, 8vo First Edition, signed by Bertram on the frontispiece with his dedication 'To G.H. Adcock Esq with the ''Author's'' kind regards Sep 5th 1902' to titlepage. pp. 300, [2], plus advert leaf, original rubbed and bumped pictorial red cloth gilt, cracked upper hinge, reinforced lower hinge, some weak guttering. T. Wright Adcock bookplate to front pastedown.
![Jones (Owen) The Grammar of Ornament, First Edition, folio [1856], London, Day & Son, additional illuminated chromolithograp](https://cdn.globalauctionplatform.com/a91258f8-b4cd-43e6-a448-a6e100b36857/c0a0f0c1-2f23-42b6-b809-51a3637d9640/468x382.jpg)
Lot 1
Jones (Owen) The Grammar of Ornament, First Edition, folio [1856], London, Day & Son, additional illuminated chromolithograph title, pp. 157 and 100 chromo plates (many illuminated), with tissue guards, letterpress illustrations. Later plain maroon cloth, ownership inscriptions to titlepage, some generally light soiling and staining throughout, a.e.g.
![[Anderson (James)] Essays Relating to Agriculture and Rural Affairs in Two Parts, Ilustrated with Copperplates, By a Farmer,](https://cdn.globalauctionplatform.com/a91258f8-b4cd-43e6-a448-a6e100b36857/a30e0d6a-9510-40df-87be-fd7b68bd0ae7/468x382.jpg)
Lot 118
[Anderson (James)] Essays Relating to Agriculture and Rural Affairs in Two Parts, Ilustrated with Copperplates, By a Farmer, 1775, London, Cadell & Edinburgh, Creech. 2 vols. in one, First edition, 8vo. Half title and title page, xxxiii [1] + pp. 472 with three engraved folding plates, complete as list. Title to Second Part inserted in front of final Essay VI. Full contemporary calf with five raised bands to spine (boards a little rubbed). A sound copy. Six essays by James Anderson (1739-1808), Scottish agriculturist and political economist. He produced some important pamphlets and contributed articles to other people's works, under at least fourteen aliases.
Lot 97
Ramazzini (Bernardino) James (Robert, Translator/Editor) Health Preserved, in Two Treatises... 1750, London, for John Whiston and John Woodyer, 12mo, Second Edition; xv (inc. title), [1], 296, pp.[8] Index, pp.[397]- 432, complete despite pagination. Full brown tree calf with gilt-lettered red spine label, bumped and a little rubbed but sound; small tear to fore edge pp.41 & 42, Selborne Library stamp to verso of title, contents generally clean, a good copy. The first comprehensive and systematic treatise on occupational diseases. The Appendix by Robert James and additional contribution by Friederich Hoffman, Physician to the King of Prussia.
Lot 30
Waugh (Evelyn) A collection of fictional works published by Chapman & Hall, London: Put Out More Flags 1942; Men at Arms, 1952; Officers and Gentlemen, 1955; A Tourist in Africa 1960; Unconditional Surrender, 1961; 8vo. 1st editions in publisher's cloth and dust jackets. Men at Arms with jacket split, previous owner signature to Officers and small loss at head and tail of d.j. spine, the other jackets with minor chips and wear to extremities. Offered with other titles by Waugh including: The Loved One. An Anglo-American Tragedy, 1948 (one first and one third impression); The Ordeal of Gilbert Pinfold, 1957; Basil Seal Rides Again, 1958 (limited edition, signed by the author); A Little Learning 1964; Wine in Peace and War, ill. by Rex Whistler, Saccone & Speed, with misc. others (20).
Lot 42
Purton (Thomas) A Midland Flora. A Botanical Description of British Plants in the Midland Counties...,1817-21, Stratford-upon-Avon, J. Ward. First Edition, complete in four 8vo. volumes (with Appendix in two parts bound separately). Smart contemporary rebacked calf gilt. With 38 hand-coloured plates by James Sowerby, most with original tissues.
Lot 38
Heaney (Seamus) A Lough Neagh Sequence, 1969, Phoenix Pamphlet Poets Press, Didsbury Manchester; 8vo booklet from a first edition limited to 1000 copies, pp. 11, publisher's white card wrappers. Gift inscription to verso of upper cover and to loosely inserted ANS. Offered with ten other Heaney titles, Faber Paperbacks (11).
Lot 104
Shackleton (Ernest) Aurora Australis, 1988, SeTo, Auckland, NZ, 4to, number 10 from the limited edition of 375 facsimiles of the Alexander Turnbull Library copy of first book printed in Antarctica (1908). Uncut leaves bound with string into replica packing-case boards stencilled '[J]ULIENNE SOUP' to inside rear cover, blindstamped leather backstrip. Excellent condition, lacking wooden box.
Lot 100
Darwin (Charles) The Descent of Man, and Selection in Relation to Sex, 1871, London, John Murray, two 8vo volumes, First Edition: Vol I viii, pp. 423; Vol II viii, [2], pp. 475; Half Titles and pp. 16 publisher's advertisements dated January 1871 to both; p. 297 Vol I beginning 'transmitted', Vol II with Errata to verso of title and Postscript leaf. Two old ownership inscriptions, a little spotting throughout, heaver to half titles, advert leaves and endpapers, Vol I hinges a little loose, Vol II upper hinge almost entirely split, dark green endpapers, publisher's green cloth gilt, binding a little soiled and stained, corners bumped and with fairly minor edge ware. Upper edge of text block soiled.
Lot 98
Barrough (Philip) The Method of Phisicke, containing the Causes, Signes and Cures of inward diseases in mans body... [1617 or later], London, pp. 477 + pp.[3] only, woodcut initials and headpieces, lacking Titlepage, prelims and two(?) leaves, incl. part of index, to rear. Stained, warped and tatty contemporary vellum wrapper, text block coming loose, leaves with some dampstaining and soiling, corners bumped. Some marginal annotations and scribbling/doodling by a 17th century hand. [together with:] Simpson (William) Hydrologia Chymica: or, the Chymical Anatomy of the Scarbrough, and other Spaws in York-Shire, 1669, London, Richard Chiswell, 12mo First Edition, [xx], pp. 374, lacking the two folding diagrams, contemporary wormed sheep, rebacked, corners worn [&] Russell (Richard) A Dissertation on the use of Sea Water in the Diseases of the Glands, 1750, London, W. Owen, 12mo; engraved frontispiece (bound opposite Advertisement), xii, pp.[6] Contents, engraved plate and pp. 229, near-contemporary marbled boards (scuffed) with leather spine with red label lettered gilt, corners bumped, joints/hinges cracked, spine chipped at tail (3).
Lot 59
Franklin (Benjamin) Political, Miscellaneous, and Philosophical Pieces, 1779, London, J. Johnson, 8vo, first collected edition, engraved frontispiece portrait, 3 plates, lacking folding table, xi, [1], pp.567 plus pp.[8] Addenda & Corrigenda. Ex libris label of Leonis S. Olschki to front pastedown. Some offsetting and foxing, contemp. bowed, scuffed and rubbed calf, fragile upper joint with banded spine badly chipped at head into gilt lettering, and at tail. Edited by Benjamin Vaughn (1751-1835) diplomatist and important mediator in Paris during the Anglo-American peace negotiations of 1782-3. [together with:] [Korb (J. G.)] Diary of an Austrian Secretary of Legation at the Court of Czar Peter the Great, translated… and Edited by the Count Mac Donnell, 1863, London, Bradbury & Evans, 8vo., 2 vols., First Edition, upper hinges very weak with text block detaching, bumped and rubbed original cloth gilt (2) Two scarce titles.
Lot 96
Knight, Frank & Rutley (Auctioneers) The Crystal Palace, Sydenham. To Be Sold by Auction…on Tuesday 28th day of November, 1911, at the Estate Room, 20, Hanover Square, London, W.... by Howard Frank of Messrs. Knight, Frank & Rutley… with John Roy Lancaster. First Edition folio brochure giving particulars of the 182-acre south London site and its amenities, lavishly illustrated with 50 sepia plates inside the publisher's pictorial wrappers; the large folding, chromolithograph plan present in its original printed envelope (some folds splitting but overall well preserved), so too the original (very tatty and browned) slipcase. Envelope and wrappers very browned, both with nicked and chipped extremities and the rear cover with tear, marginal foxing to contents, original tissues preserved, text block detached. The park as laid out by Joseph Paxton included a football ground which hosted a number of FA Cup Finals and the Lake surrounded by the giant models of dinosaurs that still stand on the site today. A rare survival, complete as issued (3).
Lot 87
Pritt (Thomas Evan) The Book of the Grayling: Being a Description of the Fish, and the Art of Angling for Him, as Practised Chiefly in the Midlands and the North of England, 1888, Leeds, Goodall and Suddick, First Edition, 4to, large paper copy, pp. 64 plus advert leaf, three chromolithographic plates, publisher's maroon cloth with Izaak Walton quote stamped in gilt to cover, t.e.g, Binding a little rubbed with some edge ware, some very light spotting, Aquatic Research Institute stamp dated 1970 to titlepage. Presented in a custom-made red cloth box also housing in matching cloth boards Pritt's original card cut out template of the real fish that is reproduced as the frontispiece, with the author's pencil testimony to verso (1).
Lot 83
EARLY BOOKS AND PAMPHLETS ON SCOUTING AND THE GIRL GUIDES Baden-Powell (Lord Robert) Scouting for Boys A Handbook for Instruction in Good Citizenship, 1908, London, C. Arthur Pearson Ltd. 8vo, Fourth Impression of the first collected edition in the publisher's spotted, chipped and frayed white pictorial wrappers. Clearly signed 'Baden-Powell of Gilwell' to Half Title. Closed tear from chip to upper wrap, with ownership inscription in pencil to upper corner; lower wrap detaching, spine very frayed [&] Baden-Powell (Agnes) The Handbook for Girl Guides or How Girls Can Help Build the Empire, [1912], London, Edinburgh etc., T. Nelson & Sons, publisher's 12mo pictorial blue cloth. Signed 'Agnes Baden-Powell' to loosely-inserted slip headed Girl Guides' Association Veteran's Camp, dated 1932 in pencil. Binding with edge ware, ink ownership inscription to foxed f.f.e.p., text block coming a little loose. [with:] Robinson (William Heath) A ''Jamboree'' of Laughter From a Boy Scout's Diary, [c.1918], London, A.V.N. Jones & Co., pp. [24] 4to booklet, original brown printed wraps, 20 full page cartoon illustrations by Robinson, publisher's adverts. Trace of diagonal crease, staples a little rusting, otherwise a well-preserved copy. [together with:] Campcraft for Girl Guides, 1947, 12mo, green pictorial cloth; Kerr (Rose, Compiler) The Story of a Million Girls Guiding and Girl Scouting Round the World, 1937, 8vo, Second Impression, rubbed plain blue cloth; two 12mo pamphlets in pictorial wraps, viz. Backwoods Cooking, 1954 [&] Lightweight Cooking, 1962, both Patrol Books no 17 (7). Scouting for Boys was originally published in fortnightly parts from January 1908. Through its many editions and translations it has remained continuously in print, and is estimated to have sold more copies worldwide than almost any other text, excluding the Bible. At first Baden-Powell seems to have anticipated a co-educational movement, but agreed to produce a separate training manual for girls, in association with his sister Agnes.
![CONJURING AND MAGIC Sachs (Edwin) Sleight of Hand: A Practical Manual of Legerdemain for Amateurs and Others [1885], London,](https://cdn.globalauctionplatform.com/a91258f8-b4cd-43e6-a448-a6e100b36857/f424d719-0063-47a3-9c81-a6655826f7d0/468x382.jpg)
Lot 61
CONJURING AND MAGIC Sachs (Edwin) Sleight of Hand: A Practical Manual of Legerdemain for Amateurs and Others [1885], London, L. Upcott Gill, 8vo, Second enlarged Edition: half title, titlepage, Contents, Preface plus pp. 408, diagrams and illustrations, with pp. 32 illustrated publisher's 'Catalogue of New and Practical Books' to rear. Original pictorial green cloth gilt, bumped and rubbed extremities, green patterned (scuffed) endpapers, tender hinges reinforced with old tape, old ownership inscription to f.f.e.p. [&] Cremer (W.H.) The Secret Out One Thousand Tricks in Drawing-Room or White Magic, 1907, London, Chatto & Windus, 8vo, half title, frontis., iv and pp. 307, pp. 4 adverts; original very rubbed and stained pictorial red cloth, edges bumped, rather foxed prelims, large spot to upper margin pp. 297 to end. [&] The Boy's Book of Conjuring, [c.1950], London, Ward, Lock & Co., 8vo, pp. 222, frontis., b&w plates, original pictorial brown cloth, rubbed and bumped, 'ring' marks to rear cover, some mostly marginal foxing, bookplate to front pastedown. [&] Stickland (W.G.) and Wilson (Eric) Wm. G. Stickland and Eric P. Wilson Invite You to ''Join the Party'', 1947, Burnley, Lancs., by the Authors, thin 8vo, pp. 72, two photographic portraits, illustrations and diagrams, original gilt-lettered black boards, marbled e.p.s., [with] eight other titles, including Scarne on Card Tricks, 1953 First English Editon, d.j.; Goldston Tricks and Illusions, 1955 reprint; Ladybird Books Series 633 Tricks and Magic; and three publications by the Supreme Magic Company, Bideford, Devon (hard cloth 8vos, d.j.s). [Offered with:] Sotheby's catalogues of Parts I and II of the J.B. Findlay Collection on Conjuring and the Allied Arts, 1979, two large 8vo pamphlets, blue printed wraps, plates, Price Lists inserted (13).
Lot 1344
Military History - WW2 - Hunt (Leslie C., 2nd Lieutenant, The East Surrey Regiment, No. 1351, of Oflag VII C, Germany), The Prisoners' Progress: An Illustrated Diary of the March Into Captivity of the Last of the British Army in France - June 1940, first edition, Hutchinson and Co. (Publishers) Ltd., London [1941], 'hb', dj, oblong 4to; Joe In Germany, Sketches by Jimmy Graham, Lyrics by Jack Thomas, The Surrey Fine Art Press, Redhill [1946], hb, original black cloth boards, 4to; Selections from The Quill: A Collection of Prose, Verse and Sketches by Officers Prisoner-of-War in Germany, 1940-1945, edited by Captain E.G.C. Beckwith, T.D., 8th Bn. The Sherwood Foresters, first and limited edition, signed and numbered 516/1750 in ink MS. by the editor, Country Life Limited, London 1947, hb, cloth boards, 4to [3]
Lot 66
Dai Rees signed book. Vintage 1961 hardback edition of The Key To Golf signed on the first blank page by famous golfer Dai Rees who is best remembered for captaining the Great Britain Ryder Cup team which defeated the USA in 1957 - this was the only defeat which the USA suffered between 1933 and 1985. Good condition. All items come with a Certificate of Authenticity and can be shipped worldwide.
Lot 414
Coalport Hand Painted First Edition Snowman Figurines ( 3 ) In Total. 1/ The Adventure Beginnings, Date 2001. 5 x 5.25 Inches. 1/ Adding a Smile, Date 2001. 5.5 Inches High. 3/ Highland Fling, Date 2002, Height 5.75 Inches. All Figurines with Original Boxes and Papers. All First Quality and Mint Condition.
Lot 416
Coalport Hand Painted Collection of First Edition Snowman Figurines ( 4 ) In Total. 1/ Snowman's Surprise. 5.5 Inches Tall. 2/ Building The Snowman, 3.25 Inches Tall. 3/ Cowboy Jig, 5.5 Inches Tall. 4/ The Wrong Nose, 5.5 Inches Tall. All Figures Come with Original Boxes and Papers. And All Figurines are 1st Quality and Mint Condition.
Lot 416
Coalport Hand Painted Collection of First Edition Snowman Figurines ( 4 ) In Total. 1/ Snowman's Surprise. 5.5 Inches Tall. 2/ Building The Snowman, 3.25 Inches Tall. 3/ Cowboy Jig, 5.5 Inches Tall. 4/ The Wrong Nose, 5.5 Inches Tall. All Figures Come with Original Boxes and Papers. And All Figurines are 1st Quality and Mint Condition.
Lot 417
Coalport Hand Painted Collection of First Edition Figures ( 4 ) In Total. 1/ The Special Moment, SM34. 5 Inches Tall. 2/ The Hug, Date 2001. 5.75 Inches Tall. 3/ Dancing At The Party, Date 2003. 5.25 Inches Tall. 4/ Dancing with Teddy, Date 2001. Height 5.5 Inches. All Figures are Mint Condition and 1st Quality and Come With Original Boxes and Papers.
Lot 414
Coalport Hand Painted First Edition Snowman Figurines ( 3 ) In Total. 1/ The Adventure Beginnings, Date 2001. 5 x 5.25 Inches. 1/ Adding a Smile, Date 2001. 5.5 Inches High. 3/ Highland Fling, Date 2002, Height 5.75 Inches. All Figurines with Original Boxes and Papers. All First Quality and Mint Condition.
Lot 152
MASEFIELD JOHN: (1878-1967) British Poet & Writer, Poet Laureate 1930-67. Series of five A.Ls.S., J. Masefield and John Masefield, eight pages (total), 8vo and one on a correspondence card, various places (Oxford, France, Connecticut etc.), 21st March 1916 - 26th January 1918, all to Miss. V. K. Spicer in Illinois. Masefield writes on a variety of subjects including his correspondent's poems and his own tour of America, in part, 'I daresay I shall avoid being knocked on the head (I have so far) & if I don't, it is all part of the game of life...Let us hope to meet some time after the war, & then, if we hope hard enough, it will no doubt happen' (at sea, 21st March 1916), 'So many thanks....for the kind things you say about Gallipoli. I am glad you liked the book. I much admire the lines of the schooner. I can't do those things myself, but can rig models fairly well when somebody will build them for me. Alas, not much time for rigging models now, out here....I like your poems very much indeed, especially the one about Overseas' (with the British Expeditionary Force in France, 9th April 1917), 'I'm afraid you have long since decided that I never write letters. This is....to say that I hope I may be able to see you during my coming visit to America.' (22nd November 1917), 'I hope that it may be possible for me to see you while I am near Chicago, but I am much afraid that a glimpse will be as much as Mr. Pond & my schedule will permit' (26th January 1918). Three of the letters are accompanied by the original envelopes hand addressed (and one signed) by Masefield. Together with a hardback edition of The Story of a Round House and Other Poems by Masefield, published by The Macmillan Company, New York, 1912, with a further A.L.S., John Masefield, one page, 8vo, Chicago, 6th February 1916, to Miss. Spicer, pasted to the detached front free endpaper. Masefield thanks his correspondent for her kind thought and letters 'and for the charming & generous sonnet of welcome'. The volume also features various ink annotations and newspaper clippings and magazine images related to Masefield, all laid down to various pages. Also including a small selection of unsigned printed ephemera etc., relating to Masefield's first American Tour including programmes, tickets and other promotional material, a duplicate contract for Masefield to appear at The Woman's Club in Chicago, Illinois, on 5th February 1916 for a fee of $150 etc. Some worm holes and other faults to the printed ephemera etc. (G), the letters generally VG, 16Although old enough to be exempt from military service during World War I, Masefield enlisted in the Reserves of the Royal Army Medical Corps (RAMC) joining the staff of a British hospital for French soldiers and serving for six weeks as an orderly in 1915. On returning to England Masefield campaigned for better medical facilities in the field, subsequently publishing books on Gallipoli (controversially used for propaganda purposes in America), and two books on the Somme.
Lot 195
BADER DOUGLAS: (1910-1982) British World War II Ace (22.5 victories), recognised for his important role during the Battle of Britain. A colour 18 x 12 Limited Edition print entitled First of Many by artist Robert Taylor depicting a RAF Hawker Hurricane engaging a German Dornier aircraft. Individually signed to the lower border by Douglas Bader, and also by artist Robert Taylor. Centred beneath the signatures is placed the embroidered wings of the RAF. Limited Edition numbered 24/50. Handsomely matted in red, black and light grey and framed and glazed in a metallic grey coloured wooden frame to an overall size of 30 x 26. EX
Lot 3
ALI MUHAMMAD: (1942-2016) American Boxer, World Heavyweight Champion. Book signed, a hardback edition of Muhammad Ali - A Thirty-Year Journey by Howard L. Bingham, First Edition published by Robson Books, London, 1993. Signed by both Muhammad Ali and Howard Bingham individually, both in bold black inks with their names alone to the half title page. Accompanied by the dust jacket (some slight creasing at the extreme edges). VG
Lot 326
HASAN (SYED ABID), WHITHER HYDERABAD, a brief study of some of the outstanding problems of the Premier Indian State, first edition signed by the author on the title page 'To my Dear Alice, with love, Abid, 5th April 1935', unclipped d.j, BN Press Madras, 1935 (1) A scare copy with only one listed in Britain - in the British Library
Lot 3086
Three first edition Malcolm Saville children's books 'The Riddle of the Painted Box' Noel Cammington, dust cover 1947, 'Trouble at Townsend' dust cover 1945 (war economy standard) Transatlantic Arts 'The Secret of Grey Walls' no dust cover 1947 George Newnes and two other, no dust covers (5)
Lot 1002
Engraved coat of arms of the Medici by Francesco Naccion the title page, 2 engraved folding plates with the view of Santa Croce square and the plan explaining the order of the teams(small defects). Contemporary bound in marble cardboard (tired). First edition of this rare volume printed in occasion of the wedding of Ferdinando de Medici with Violante Beatrice of Bavaria. The tournament saw two teams in the field, one European, the other one Asian. After the victory of the European team, the Asian players, during a dance held at Palazzo Pitti in the evening, asked for revenge, but without succes.
Lot 192
50th Ann First Flight GB - Australia flown cover. 1969 RAF Museum SC11c 50th Anniversary of the First Flight Great Britain to Australia cover, carried in Auster J5P on a solo flight from England to Australia and signed by the pilot R.E. Rudd. Limited edition of 100. Good condition. All items come with a Certificate of Authenticity and can be shipped worldwide.
Lot 96
Nelson Mandela signed book. Hardback edition of Long Walk to Freedom signed by the late Nelson Mandela (1918 - 2013). He was of course President of South Africa from 1994 to 1999 and the first South African President to be elected in a fully representative democratic election. He won the Nobel Peace Prize in 1993. Good condition. All items come with a Certificate of Authenticity and can be shipped worldwide.
Lot 6
Great Britons Medallic First Day Covers Collection. A charming little blue presentation folder containing 4 limited edition Great Britons medal covers. Each cover contains a special medal produced by John Pinches Medallists. The four covers are Robert The Bruce, Owen Glendower, Henry V and Edward The Black Prince. Good condition. All items come with a Certificate of Authenticity and can be shipped worldwide.
![[Dodgson, Charles Lutwidge, 1832-1898]. A Tangled Tale, by Lewis Carroll, 1st edition, Macmillan & Co., 1885, 6 illustration](https://cdn.globalauctionplatform.com/89b51f02-b445-45fa-8b99-a6d000acba4b/6e062056-d553-40c9-b045-1f3492012293/468x382.jpg)
Lot 753
[Dodgson, Charles Lutwidge, 1832-1898]. A Tangled Tale, by Lewis Carroll, 1st edition, Macmillan & Co., 1885, 6 illustrations including frontispiece after Arthur B. Frost, advert page at rear, author's presentation inscription in purple ink to half-title, 'Lily Falle from the author, Feb 1886', armorial bookplate to front free endpaper, hinges slightly cracked, original red cloth gilt, a little rubbed and soiled, spine slightly faded, 8vo Albina 'Lily' Bertram (born 1859) was the second daughter of Joshua G. Falle (1820-1903), a judge and magistrate of the Royal Court of Jersey. Dodgson first met her in April 1884 while travelling to Jersey. Williams, Madan, Green and Crutch 182. (1)
Lot 973
Stevenson (Robert Louis). Strange Case of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde, 1st UK edition, 1886, publisher's advert leaf at rear with contemporary review from The Times tipped to verso, engraved bookplate of T.C. Venables to front pastedown, minor spotting to half-title and endpapers at front and rear, original salmon coloured cloth lettered in black, a little rubbed and soiled, 8vo Published in London on 9 January 1886, four days after the United States first edition. A good copy. Prideaux 17. (1)
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Lot 725
[Dodgson, Charles Lutwidge, 'Lewis Carroll']. The New Belfry of Christ Church, Oxford, 1st edition, 2nd issue, Oxford, 1874, 2nd issue with J.H. Stacy in imprint, vertical crease mark, original wrappers, small split and one or two light stains, 8vo, together with The Vision of the Three T's. A Threnody, 1st edition, Oxford, 1874, small stain to rear blank, original wrappers, previous owner signature and author name in manuscript to upper wrapper, losses at spine ends, small chips and splits, contained in later cloth portfolio and slipcase, 8vo (with another copy with lower wrapper only rebound in later boards), plus The Blank Cheque, a Fable, 1st edition, Oxford, 1874, previous owner blindstamp 'E.J.A. Balfour' to half title and title, bound without original wrappers in later boards, with three others in original wrappers: Notes by an Oxford Chiel. The New Method of Evaluation as Applied to Pi. First Printed in 1865, Oxford, 1874; Notes by an Oxford Chiel. The Dynamics of a Parti-cle. First Printed in 1865, Oxford, 1874 and Notes by an Oxford Chiel. Facts, Figures and Fancies... First Printed in 1866-1868, Oxford 1874, New Method lower wrapper detached, a few chips and tears to wrappers, 8vo Williams, Madan, Green and Crutch 88; 94; 97 & 98. The six pamphlets comprising 'Notes by an Oxford Chiel'. The first three titles are first editions (The New Belfry a second printing) issued separately; the following three titles were previously printed from 1865-1868 and reissued as parts I-III of the single volume work (see Williams, Madan, Green and Crutch 98). (7)
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