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Souvenir Album - commemorating Newcastle United's Promotion to the first division of the football league - season 1947-1948, presented to George Lowrie, member of Newcastle's promotion winning team - A Limited Edition Publication, by the Newcastle Chronicle and Journal Ltd - 1948

2003 England Rugby World Cup commemorative medal in nice red presentation box. his unique Limited Edition memento has been masterfully hand-crafted and beautifully sculpted in Antique Gilt Finish. This wonderful example of coin art depicts the key moments, which helped the RFU England Team to beat Australia on their home ground in Sydney, to win the 2003 World Cup 17 points to 20. Obverse / Front The obverse clearly shows that moment in time when, with 26 seconds remaining on the clock before the end of extra time and with the scores tied at 17 all, the ball was given to Jonny Wilkinson who then drop-kicked England to its first, breath-taking, heart-stopping World Cup triumph. The medallion also shows the try by Jason Robinson, which gave England a commanding lead at half time, together with captain Martin Johnson lifting the Webb Ellis Trophy, while we remember the emotional Lawrence Dallaglio raising the St George flag, all watched and overseen by master tactician England coach Clive Woodward. Reverse / Back Depicts the Official Logo of the RFU, its registered mark together with the words - World Champions 2003. Comes in red hinged presentation box with English Rose on outside and Rugby Football Union Official Medallion inside. Good Condition. All signed pieces come with a Certificate of Authenticity. We combine postage on multiple winning lots and can ship worldwide. UK postage from £3.99, EU from £5.99, Rest of World from £7.99.

Collectors First Edition 'Torontoopoly' Board Game - Excellent Condition. Please See Accompanying Image.

Royal Doulton Hand Painted Limited and Numbered Edition Porcelain Figure (scarce) Lady Musicians series 'Harp' HN 2482. Modelled by Peggy Davies designer M Davies, Issued 1973 only, limited edition of only 750 figures issued. This figure is no 664. Height 8.75 inches -22.2 cms. This figure is first quality and mint condition.

Royal Doulton Limited Edition Porcelain Figure 'Sir Winston Churchill' HN 3057. Retired 1984. Modelled by Adrian Hughes First quality mint condition, Height 10.75 inches 26.5 cms.

Paragon Fine Bone China Impressive Ltd and Numbered Edition Twin Handled Loving Cup to Celebrate the Life of Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth, The Queen Mother, 1900-2002; Limited Edition of only 500, this Loving Cup is No.216; finished in 22ct Gold; comes with original box and certificate etc.; First quality & mint condition, never removed from box

Breeches Bible The Holy Bible. Printed by Christopher Barker in Pater noster Rowe, at the Signe of the Tygres head, [1577, no main title, dated from NT title]; with Sternhold and Hopkins, Printed at London by John Day, 1576. Folio, bound between boards, no spine, in custom made clamshell box; unpaginated, signed: OT: B6-3O6 (lacking title, prelims and A1-6); Apocrypha: 4A6-4M6, 4N6; NT: [2 (NT title, Description of Holy Land (with map vignette))], 5A6-5X6; Sternhold: A6-H1 (lacking to end, C2 mis-signed B2); map plates (originally double, lacking from central fold), woodcuts to text, floriated initials. Christopher Barker was printer to Elizabeth I and, likely through powerful friends at court such as the Walsingham family, acquired the privilege of printing the Geneva version of the Bible in England. He began printing bibles in 1576 and in 1577 obtained a patent which included the Old and New Testament in English, with or without notes, of any translation. Breeches Bibles are a variant of the Geneva Bible translation. Perhaps the most historically significant English translation of the Bible after the King James Version (KJV). The Geneva Bible (from where the first edition was published in 1560) was probably the first mechanically printed, mass-produced bible available to the general public - especially in a size suitable for non-liturgical use. It was immensely popular, owing in part to the power of its translation. The most significant theological aspect was the glossing and marginalia which were Puritan (and especially Calvinist) in manner - thus often in opposition to the ruling Anglicans of the Church of England and the English government. The popularity was such (Scotland even passing a law requiring households of sufficient means to own a copy) that it spurred Elizabeth I to produce the Bishops' Bible, the Catholics to produce the Douai and Rheims Bible, and ultimately James I to produce the Authorised Version in order to replace it. Such was the importance of the translation - despite official antipathy towards the glossing - the Geneva Bible was an approved source for the translators of the KJV. The Geneva translation was then the Bible of Shakespeare, Cromwell, Knox, Donne and Bunyan. This translation is known as a ''Breeches'' Bible owing to a curious translation of a passage from Genesis iii.7: ''Then the eyes of them both were opened, and they knew that they were naked, and they sewed figge tree leaves together, and made themselves breeches.'' In the 1611 KJV this was changed to ''aprons''. The Tomson revisions of the New Testament were completed in 1576 and would be later used by Barker for his Bibles (see Lots 2+3) Herbert 148.Spotting, marking, creasing etc internally, U3 with loss to lower corner slightly affecting text, U4 large loss to lower corner affecting text, 3A1-3B6 loose at head, 4T1-4N4 and NT title and map plate loose at foot, whole NT detached at foot, 5V1 loose but present, Order of Years detached at head. w.a.f.

Ancell (Samuel) A Journal of the Late and Important Blockade and Siege of Gibraltar from the Twelth of September 1779, to the Third Day of February 1783. Edinburgh: Printed for the Author, 1786. 8vo, full contemporary calf; 6 folding plates and maps, lacking port. frontis. Third edition. The Great Siege of Gibraltar remains the longest siege ever endured by the British Armed Forces, as well as one of the longest in history. Spain and France made an unsuccessful effort to dislodge the British from the Rock during the distraction of the American War of Independence. The garrison was first blockaded in June 1779. It proved ineffectual, as two relief convoys entered unmolested despite the Spanish fleet presence. Later Spanish assaults would prove similarly fruitless. French forces took over the operation in early 1782 and delivered a Grand Assault in September, which was equally disastrous. The blockade continued until a relief convoy slipped through the net in October. It was lifted in February 1783 and had a large effect on the Peace of Paris, then being negotiated. Samuel Ancell was a clerk to the 58th Regiment when it was stationed on the Rock during the siege. His first edition of his journal was published as an account of the ''long and tedious Blockade'', by this edition is had become the ''Late and Important Blockade'', whether because of military embarrassment or an eye to marketing can only be surmised. The journal was hugely popular, with several editions, and after retirement from service Ancell continued writing, producing a periodical called the Monthly Military Companion.Binding scuffed, upper joint cracking at head, upper board still attached, spotting and toning internally, some plates restored, marginal tears to three plates with a little loss, a good copy.

Nansen, Fridtjof Farthest North. Archibald Constable, 1897. 8vo (2 vols). Org. green cloth gilt; illus. with full-page plates and charts and to text. First English edition. The account of Nansen's three-year expedition in a specially-designed ship. Given up for dead, he travelled further north than anyone in the preceding four hundred years.

Beaufort, Emily, Vicountess Strangford The Eastern Shores of the Adriatic in 1863. Richard Bentley, Publisher in Ordinary to Her Majesty, 1864. 8vo, org. green cloth; four chromolith. plates and mounted portrait photograph. First edition. The final anonymous chapter ''Chaos'' is attributed to her husband, Percy Smythe. with Dale, Thomas Aquila, Rough Sketch of Western Asia, Straker, 1835 (marked proof). Folding map in boards from Dale's translation of van Hammer's Campaigns of Osman Sultans.Edges show some shelf wear, white markings to upper board, some foxing or marking throughout but generally very good.

Beke, Charles The Late Dr Charles Beke's Discoveries of Sinai in Arabia and of Midian. Trubner & Co., 1878. 4to, org. red pebbled cloth, upper board with dual-ruled gilt-fillets enclosing central gilt block, lower board with fillets in blind, spine lettered in gilt, a.e.g.; pp. xviii, [2], 606; port. frontis., 13 wood-engr. plates, 2 geological sections,1 folding map at rear; provenance: Peter Dowding Prankerd (Bristol-born land developer and mine operator in Australia, bought The Knoll, Sneyd Park on his 1872 return; armorial bookplate to upper pastedown). First edition. Beke undertook his three month journey in 1874 at the age of 73 to locate Mount Sinai (which he believed was in Saudi Arabia). He died the same year after returning to announce the discovery of the capital of Midian. His book was completed by his wife Emily, edited from his letters. Spine a touch dulled with rubbing at head and foot, lower board detached from text block but still attached to spine, variable foxing, a good copy of a major work.

Burton, Lady Isabel A.E.I. Arabia Egypt India. A Narrative of Travel. William Mullan and Son, 1879. 8vo, org. decorative cloth with bevelled edges; pp. viii, 488; coloured map frontis., folding coloured map, 12 b/w plates some likely after drawings by Richard Burton. First edition. Isabel's second book is an account of her 1876 tour of India with her husband, touching on the places seen on the way there and back such as Jeddah and Trieste. Sections of the book (such as the political commentary on the Turkish partition) are generally held to be by her husband.head and foot of spine rubbed and bumped, edges foxed, prelims foxed with offsetting from maps, otherwise a very good copy.

Adanson, Michel A Voyage to Senegal, The Isle of Goree, and the River Gambia. Printed for J. Nourse in the Strand, and W. Johnston in Ludgate Street, 1759. 8vo, full calf, spine with morocco lettering-piece; folding map. First English edition (translated from the French). Adanson was an early proponent of the inheritance of acquired characters and a proto-evolutionist (although rejecting the concept of 'species'). This work comes from his five years in Senegal, mapping, exploring, recording, and collecting plants and animals.Binding scuffed and cracked, some marking and spotting internally but else very good.

Dalzel, Archibald The History of Dahomy an Inland Kingdom of Africa. Printed for the Author by T. Spilsbury & Co., 1793. 4to, calf-backed marbled boards by Poole and Harding, Chester, spine with morocco lettering-piece, marbled edges, marbled endpapers; folding map and 6 plates; provenance: Eyarth House (armorial bookplate to upper pastedown). First edition. Dalzel was born Dalziel and trained as a doctor, but changed his name after losing his fortune to a privateer and being made bankrupt. This trend to failure seems to have attended all his efforts (bookseller, wine merchant, pirate, and slave trader) except for the historical legacy left by this book. Despite being a straight apology for the slave trade (with the intriguing argument that taking slaves saved them from grisly execution instead) it is still widely praised as an acutely observed and seriously intended history of the Kingdom of Dahomy. At a time when the non-European cultures were seen as less advanced or important this book dealt fairly and fully with the customs and manners of the one African kingdom with which Europeans had direct contact for its entire history. Dalzel does not shrink from reporting the brutal nature of justice and warfare, and certainly is not slow to condemn viciousness, but he is also ready to remind the reader of the refined cruelty of cultures seen as more civilised. A fascinating and still authoritative account, which is amongst the best 18th-century histories of Africa.Binding a little rubbed and scuffed but still tight, clean internally, barring a musty air a very good copy.

Pasmore, Victor Burning Waters. Enitharmon Press, 1995. Oblong 4to, org. cloth; illus by Pasmore in black and white and colour. Second Version, limited edition of 375 (this one un-numbered). The first edition of this work was published by Progress Press Malta in 1988 in a limitation of 200 (although only 105 may have been produced). This edition was produced in a deluxe version as well, with a signed lithograph. This edition is un-numbered and contains pencil corrections to the colophon (adjusting the number of lithos to be present). It is possible that this was a copy for internal use (hence the lack of limitation number) and it was originally intended to only include one lithograph as in the original edition.Near fine.

Snelling, Thomas Snelling on the Coins of Great Britain, France and Ireland, &c. M. Young, 1823 (Seven parts variously dated 1762-1774, with later overall titlepage dated 1823). Later half red morocco over marbled boards, spine ruled in gilt, with morocco lettering-piece, red speckled edges, marbled endpapers; 61 full page plates and 10 eng. vignettes to text across all parts; provenance: Robert Wright Taylor - Charles W. Wass (armorial bookplates on upper pastedown), thence to Halifax Antiquarian Society (withdrawn stamp fly-leaf, small class mark foot of spine). First edition thus. Pen library markings to ffep and fly-leaf, and at foot of spine, withdrawn stamp fly-leaf but no other ex-library markings, some, variable, spotting or toning internally, but a very good copy of a comprehensive work in a handsome binding.

[MP] The Histories of More Children than One of Goodness Better Than Beauty. Printed and Sold by John Marshall and Co. at No. 4, Aldermary Church-Yard, in Bow Lane, [between 1779 and 1789]. 12mo, contemporary boards (held by tape), frontis and catalogue pasted onto boards; pp. [2], vii-vii, 9-69, [3]; hand-coloured frontis, 17 illus to text, some hand-coloured. Early children's instructional tale by Dorothy Kilner. Whilst the Kilners played a part in the development of the moral children's tale, theirs were not cautionary tales where the whims of fate acted to punish unruly behaviour. Rather they sought a realistic approach, with parental punishment offered as an example to children and parents alike. Dating copies of this work is difficult. The above date is likely as John Marshall dropped the ''and Co.'' from the imprint after 1789. The edition agrees with ESTC N61309, however this copy was produced before Marshall added the 17, Queen-Street premises to the imprint. Interestingly, although the pagination agrees with British Library copy on Google Books (likely T92775) the type-setting varies in small details.A worn copy, boards present but held together with tape, some foxing and marking, mss owner's details crossed out last blank, first leaves loose.

Travers, PL. Mary Poppins Comes Back. Lovat Dickson & Thompson, 1935. 8vo, org. cloth; illus to text by Mary Shepard (frontis. coloured in). First edition.

Homer Iliad and Odyssey, With a Collation of Harleian MSS 5674 by Richard Porson at rear of IV. Oxford: OUP [Clarendon Press], 1800. 8vo (4 vols). Full straight-grain red morocco, boards ruled in gilt, spine gilt in compartments, lettered directly in gilt in three, gilt-ruled board edges and turn-ins, mustard endpapers, a.e.g.; pp. I: vii, 396, II: vi, 421, III: vi, 328, IV: vi, 314, [2], 88; Iliad Tome A two eng. frontis, Odyssey Tome A with one; provenance: James Henry Monk (Bishop of Gloucester and Bristol, succeeded Richard Porson as Regius Prof. Greek Lit. at Cambridge where he was the main driver of the establishment of the Classical Tripos, armorial bookplate upper pastedowns). Standard edition (there was also a limited L.P. copy). With Euripides; Monk, James Henry (annotator) Hippolytus bound with Alcestis. Cambridge: CUP, 1813-16. 8vo, full red straight-grain morocco gilt, board with triple gilt-fillet borders around gilt roll-tooled borders, spine gilt in compartments, lettered directly in gilt in three, gilt roll-tooled board edges and turn-ins, green endpapers, a.e.g.; pp: x, [6], 188, [10], 176. Second ed. of Hippolytus, first of Alcestis. With extensive annotations in footnotes by Monk.Rubbing and bumping to bindings.

[Osborne, Francis] Advice to a Son; Or, Directions For your better Conduct Through the various and most important Encounters of this Life. Oxford: Printed by Hen. Hall Printer to the University for Thomas Robinson, 1656. 16mo, full contemporary leather; head- and tailpieces, floriated initials. Published anonymously in this first edition, Advice became controversial for seeming aetheism, anti-monarchism and opposition to marriage. In 1658 the vice-chancellor of Oxford, John Conant, ordered the Oxford booksellers to sell no more copies of the work. As might be expected this move only increased the book's popularity amongst the students. Boards rubbed and scuffed with loss, hinges cracked but boards still attached, but a very good copy of a scarce book.

Hume, David An Enquiry Concerning the Principles of Morals. Printed for A. Millar, over-against Catherine Street in the Strand, 1751. First edition. 8vo, full calf, gilt roll-tooled board edges, speckled edges; pp. [8 (half-title, verso blank, title, verso blank, Errata, verso blank, Contents, verso blank)], 253, [3 (advertisements)]; provenance: ex-Baggrave Library. First edition, L3r with catchword ''than''. Shelf wear to binding, with small patches of loss, some variable marking, toning and spotting internally, else very good.

Settle, Elkanah Threnodia hymenæa. A Funeral Poem to the Memory of the Right Honourable William Earl of Kingston. Printed for the Author, 1713. 4to, paper wrappers; pp. [2 (title, verso blank)], 12. First edition (at least of this version, vide infra). Settle was by no means one of the masters of poesy; he found success however, not through art, but rather what has been called ''a successful racket''. He offered up eulogies and nuptial hymns to great families, using his anonymous but now-celebrated binder to produce fabulous works ostentatiously featuring his hoped-for patron's arms. Should the work be rejected, he would simply have a new binding commissioned and try again - if necessary, changing a few details to better suit the next target. This was easier with wedding poems (F.C. Brown as estimated that as many as two-thirds of these poems are common to all), but it did not hold him back with his memoriams. This work is a Threnody to William, Earl of Kingston, presumably William Pierrepont, who died of smallpox in 1713 at about the age of 20. William was styled Earl of Kingston as his father Evelyn, the 5th Earl, had been raised to the Dukedom of Kingston-Upon-Hull, making the Earldom the courtesy title. Fascinatingly, hints of Settle's recycling practice can be seen in the text. Some of the words in the poem are capitalized - notably many of those relating to William directly. Words such as ''KINGSTON'' and ''PIERPOINT'' are the most obvious, but also the reference to ''the dark Cloud that wraps a FATHER's Brow [sic]'' and the insertion of his wife's details - ''Yes, here behold his Bridal Bed t'adorn/That Western FLOWR, a lovely BAYNTON born,'' William having married Rachel Baynton in 1711. Barring these, and other, obvious ''Insert name here'' references which give the whole a somewhat madlib feel, the rest is straight out of the 17th/18th-century high poetry how to, with airy references to the Muses, ''the Destroyer's cruel Bolt'' and the ''dread Tyrant to the Fair and Young'', the ''dire Disease'', blighting the marriage bed. Settle bindings are distinctive and impressive, and their survival marks his successful sales. It would seem plausible to suggest that survivals in their wrappers are comparatively uncommon, there having been little point to them if they were not being bound and sold (nor presumably after a successful sale). More poems titled Threnodia Hymenaea appear to exist as well. ESTC lists ones, both from 1712, for ''the honoured George Carter'' and the Right Honourable Francis, Viscount Weymouth'', and more are mentioned by Fairweather Foxon, which leads to inevitable speculation as to the similarities in their contents.

Richardson (Joseph); Ellis (George); Tickell (Richard) et al Criticisms on the Rolliad Part the First and Part the Second bound with Probationary Odes for the Laureatship and Political Miscellanies by the authors of the Rolliad and Probationary Odes. James Ridgway, 1790-91. 8vo, full calf, spine with morocco lettering-piece, gilt-rolled board edges; frontis. and eng. vignette on first title; provenance John Grimston Neswick (armorial bookplate upper pastedown). Ninth edition of Criticisms Part One; Fourth edition Part Two; Ninth edition Probationary Odes; First edition Political Miscellanies. Complete set of satires on Pitt the Younger's administration. They were widely hailed after their original publication in the Morning Herald and the first collected book went into many editions. Scarce as a complete collection of pamphlets.Edges of binding and joints at foot of spine with a little cracking but a very good copy, clean internally.

Irving, Washington A Chronicle of the Conquest of Granada. John Murray, 1829. 8vo (2 vols). Half green leather over marbled boards, silk markers. First English edition.

Dickens, Charles The Nonesuch Dickens. The Nonesuch Press, 1937-9. 8vo (24 vols). Org. buckram, black morocco labels to spines, t.e.g; illus. after the original plates. Limited, no. 845 of 877. The curious limitation came from the inclusion with the set of an original plate from Chapman & Hall's first printing. There were 877 plates available. The plate is housed in the 24th volume with a letter of authentication and a mounted print from the plate. This set includes the Marcus Stone woodcut ''Threepenn'orth Rum'' from Our Mutual Friend. With the Nonesuch Dickensiana issued with the set, containing bibliographical detail and the prospectus for the set. Spines uniformly faded, with occasional marking and very slight loss to a few labels, internally clean bar very slight occasional foxing and offsetting. A very handsome set of the finest edition of Dickens.

Dickens, Charles Nicholas Nickleby. Chapman and Hall, 1839. 8vo, half calf; frontis. and 39 plates. First edition, mixed issue. With 'visiter' corrected to 'sister' p.123 line 17 but 'latter' for 'letter' (160.43); 'flys' for 'flies' (245.10); 'visiters' for 'visitors' (272.2) 'incontestible' for 'incontestable' (297.22), and 'suprise' not 'surprise' (586.24). Frontis. and first four plates bear Chapman and Hall imprint at foot. idem. The Cricket on the Heart. Bradbury and Evans, 1846. 8vo, org. red decorative cloth, frontis. and additional title, illus. to text as called for. Second state advertisements with ''New Edition of Oliver Twist'' and 11 lines of copy (''No. I. of'' on separate line). with three others.Nickleby binding rubbed and bumped with short split upper joint at head of spine, slight loss corner of list of plates, plates spotted as not uncommon but very good. Cricket with slight loss head and foot of spine else very good.

Dickens, Charles The Pickwick Club. Chapman and Hall, 1837. 42 plates by Seymour, Phiz and Buss (the two suppressed plates opp. pp. 69 + 74) without captions. First edition, mixed issue. Page 25: the signature 'E' is present; on page 260, line 29 reads 'holding'; p. 267, the figure '7' is aligned with the other numbers; p. 341 has correct readings of 'inde-licate' and 'inscription'; p. 342, line 5, has uncorrected ''S. Veller''; p. 400, has 'his friends'; p. 432, the 'F' in headline is imperfect. In addition, the vignette title page has sign reading 'Weller'. Idem Our Mutual Friend. Chapman and Hall, 1865. 2 vols bound in one, eng. title and 40 illus across both vols. First edition in book form. Idem Martin Chuzzlewit. Chapman and Hall, 1844. Frontis., eng. title (sign is equal variant reading '£100'), 38 plates. First edition in book form.No errata page. Idem Nicholas Nickleby. Chapman and Hall, 1839. First ed, with misprint 'visiter' on p.123, lacking all plates. w.a.f.

Kipling (Rudyard) The Jungle Book, reprint and 'The Second Jungle Book' first edition, ex libris William W Hunter Denny (2) blue cloth cover (a.f.)

Ishiguro (Kazuo), The Remains of the Day, 1989, Faber, first edition, dust wrapper (priced £10.99); Solzhenitsyn, Alexander, One Day in the Life of Ivan Denisovich, Gollancz, 1963, first English edition; Huxley (Aldous), The Doors of Perception, 1954, Chatto & Windus, first edition, dust wrapper (priced 6s. net); Beckett (Samuel), Waiting for Godot, 1956, Faber, first edition, dust wrapper (priced 9s 6d net); Le Guin (Ursula), Tombs of Atuan, 1971, Victor Gollancz, first edition, dust wrapper (priced £1.25); Amis (Martin), Money, 1984, Cape, first edition, dust wrapper (priced £8.95); Rice (Anne), Interview with the Vampire, 1976, Raven, first edition, dust wrapper (priced £3.95); with twenty-five others (31)

Fleming, Ian On Her Majesty's Secret Service, 1963 Jonathan Cape. First edition in browned dustwrapper, not price-clipped. Idem The Man With The Golden Gun, 1965, Jonathan Cape. First edition, second impression, in dustwrapper. Ownership inscription. Nice copy.

Kafka, Franz The Castle. Martin Secker, 1930. 8vo, org. cloth in unclipped dj (priced 7s 6d). First UK edition. Some very slight edge wear to jacket, more noticeable at head and foot of spine, small loss to upper left corner of upper panel at head of spine, spine of dj perhaps less tanned than usual and panels bright, slight bumping head and foot of spine, foxing to edges but clean internally. A nice copy of a scarce book.

Shute, Nevil On the Beach. Heinemann, 1957. Org. cloth in unclipped dj (priced 15s). First edition. With a second copy. idem. The Rainbow and the Rose. Heinemann, 1958. Org. cloth in unclipped dj (16s). First ed. idem. Shute, Neil. Beyond the Black Stump. Heinemann, 1956. Org. cloth in clipped dj. First ed.Beach dj slightly marked with toned spine, a little shelfwear to edges, boards a little bumped at head and foot of spine, ink ownership inscription ffep, otherwise internally clean. Other copy in used jacket, foxed edges, ink owner's inscript. to ffep. Other two very good in worn jackets.

Hornby, Nick Fever Pitch. Victor Gollancz, 1992. Org. cloth in unclipped dj. First ed. idem. High Fidelity. Victor Gollancz, 1995. Org. cloth in dj. First edition, signed by Hornby on title page. idem. About a Boy. Victor Gollancz, 1998. Org. cloth in unclipped dj. First edition, signed by Hornby on title page. About a Boy has gift inscription on ffep, else all near fine or better

Rowling, J.K. Five Bloomsbury Deluxe editions of Harry Potter stories, comprising Philosopher's Stone, Goblet of Fire, Order of the Phoenix, Half-Blood Prince and Deathly Hallows. Philospher's Stone first impression (number line with 1), others unknown (still unread in cellophane); all org. decorative cloth. With idem The Tales of Beedle the Bard. Children's High Level Group, 2008. 8vo, brown faux-leather, metal corner-pieces, upper board with central metal skull and clasp in velvet bag, housed in book-shaped clamshell case, boards blocked in blind, lettered in gilt on spine; with inserted envelope containing Collector's Edition prints. Unopened copy in org. white slipcase marked ''This side up''. [6]

Rowling, J.K Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets. Bloomsbury, 1998. 8vo, org. pictorial boards in dustwrapper (£10.99, later state with amended formatting of reviews on flap). First edition, first printing, with later issue jacket. idem Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban. Bloomsbury, 1999. 8vo, org. pictorial boards in dustwrapper (£10.99). First edition, first impression (with complete number line) but with ''J.K Rowling'' copyright and corrected line break on page 7. With three other first edition novels and The Tales of Beedle the Bard, Children's High Level Group, 2008. First of the standard edition. 8vo, org. pictorial boards. [6]

[Wilkins, John] The Discovery of a World in the Moone. Or, A Discourse Tending to Prove that 'tis probable there may be another Habitable World in that Planet. [Oxford]: Printed by E[dward].G[riffin]. for Michael Sparke and Edward Forrest, 1638. 8vo, half calf; pp. [8], 209, [5]; two-page title with wood cut illus., woodcuts to text. First edition, issue with ''at'' reading line 3 from bottom B1r. John Wilkins, clergyman, polymath and brother-in-law of Cromwell, appears to have been genuinely liked by both sides during an era of controversy and civil war. Although a founder of the Royal Society, his early scientific works were in a popular vein with flights of fancy and suggestion. This is no exception, arguing in favour of dwellers on the moon and proposing that ''the strangeness of this opinion is no sufficient reason why it should be rejected, because other certaine truths have beene formerly esteemed ridiculous, and great absurdities entertayned by common consent.'' Binding scuffed with loss, especially to head of spine, but clean internally.

Breeches Bible The Bible, that is The holy Scriptures conteined in the Olde and Newe Testament. OT: Imprinted at London by the Deputies of Christopher Barker, 1599. NT (Englished by Tomson from Beza's translation, with Junius Revelation): Deputies of Christopher Barker, 1599. Sternhold and Hopkins: no imprint. 4to, full early calf, spine with morocco lettering piece; unpaginated, signed: Prelims: ¶4 (lacking first title Herbert 247), OT: A8-Z8, &6; Second Part OT: 2A8-2Q8 (2K5-2K6 lacking); NT: 3A8-3Q8, 3R4; Sternhold: A8-G8; woodcut maps, plans, and illus to text, floriated initials and head- and tail-pieces, small letterpress tables of Consanguinity and Affinity to text Lev. XVIII. This 1599 edition uses Francis Junius' notes to Revelation, which replaced the original notes for the first time in this edition. (See Lot 1 for Breeches Bible, Lot 2 for the Englished NT, and Lot 17 for Beza) Herbert 247 (Apocrypha called for but not present, seemingly as usual with 1599).Binding scuffed with cracked joints, head of upper board detached but board still sttached, edges a little dirty, tops of some leaves closely shaved, modern blue pen to 2nd leaf, old black ink mark to lower corner B8r, affecting B7v, tear with some loss to text lower corner N, marginal tear with no loss affecting text T4, small brown stain affecting text 2H3v and corresponding 2H4v + 2H5r, top of 2I2 detached but still attached, ink mark 2I6v marginal with some affect to text, loss of inner margins 2K3 + 2K4, attached but loose with loss of marginalia, 2K5 + 2K6 missing, small worm holes foot of 2Q8, 3A1-3B3, small stain head of 3H5-3I1, loss of lower corner 3O8 small loss to annotation, modern ink marking to 3Q1v, G8 separated but still attached at foot, verso and pastedown with modern ink scrawl, variable marking, spotting, creasing etc, but a very good copy nonetheless.

Boyle, Robert Hydrostatical Paradoxes Made out by New Experiments (For the most part Physical and Easie). Oxford: Printed by William Hall, for Richard Davis, 1666. 8vo, full calf, speckled edges; title printed in red and black, 3 plates folded to throw clear. First edition. Boyle was one of the most important scientists of his era and a founder member of the Royal Society. Boyle was a firm believer in experiment and often used critique of others work (in this case Pascal's) to present his own ingenious experiments. An important work on fluid dynamics. Binding worn with cracking to upper hinge, board detached by held on by spine, lower hinge cracking, first plate with small tear, slightly affecting image, otherwise a good copy.

Darwin, Erasmus A Plan for the Conduct of Female Education in Boarding Schools. Derby: Printed by J. Drewry; For J. Johnson, St. Paul's Church-yard, London, 1797. 4to, contemporary calf-backed marbled boards, spine with contrasting morocco lettering-piece; eng. frontis., lacking half-title; provenance: Richard Aklom (armorial bookplate to upper pastedown). First edition. Erasmus Darwin is perhaps unfairly remembered more in relation to his famous grandson, but in his time he was a noted figure of the Midlands Enlightenment. A natural philosopher, abolitionist, physiologist, inventor and poet, he was a founding member of the Lunar Society of Birmingham. Amongst his many controversial causes was the education of women, believing that a happy marriage was best based on a shared - if still differently ordered - education. He advocated a wide-ranging curriculum including physiognomy, mineralogy and an understanding of manufacturing processes. For all his forward thinking he still saw woman as an adjunct and helper to man, educated about the world but not fully participating in it. That said, this was still a major text in support of the rights of women to education beyond simple manners, dress and deportment. The text may have owed something of its existence to Darwin's support of his illegitimate daughters Susanna and Mary Parker, for whose school it was originally written, and for whose school there is a glowing, thinly-disguised advertisement at the rear. The difficult position of early reformers is shown in part by a single line at the close of the recommended reading lists. After lists of works of scientific and moral interest he closes the religion list with the caveat that ''Books of controversial divinity are not recommended to Ladies.''Boards with shelf wear, joints cracking but boards till tight, slight worm damage to prelims affecting margin of plate, offsetting to title from plate, otherwise a very good, internally clean copy.

Tyson, Edward Orang-Outang, Sive Homo Sylvestris or, the Anatomy of a Pygmie Compared with that of a Monkey, an Ape, and a Man. Printed for Thomas Bennet at the Half Moon in St. Paul's Church-yard; and Daniel Brown at the Black Swan and Bible without Temple-Bar and are to be had of Mr. Hunt at the Repository in Gresham-Colledge, 1699. 4to (2 vols in one), no binding (but not loose), retaining endpapers; 7 of 8 folding plates. First edition. Hugely important and seminal text on anatomy, which led to Tyson becoming known as the ''Father of Anatomy''. Tyson quotes large blocks of text from the Ancients, largely to oppose and dismiss them as hearsay and error. This breaking from ancient knowledge through detailed work was a hallmark of the developing scientific thinking arising from similar trends in natural philosophy.Small tear at margin figs 3 and 5 not affecting image, and longer tear 4 affecting image, fig. 9 stained, short tear margin fig 13 just touching image, w.a.f.

A Country Gentleman The Complete Grazier: or, Gentleman and Farmer's Directory. Printed for J. Almon, opposite Burlington House in Piccadilly, 1767. 8vo, full calf, spine with contrasting morocco lettering-piece; pp. xii, 252; decorative head-pieces and one woodcut to text. First edition. With prelim. advert leaf and half-title (part of pagination).Binding rubbed and scuffed, a little foxing internally but very good.

De Grey (Thomas) The Compleat Horse-Man and Expert Ferrier. Printed for Thomas Harper and Nicholas Fussell, 1651. 8vo, full contemporary calf, sometime rebacked; one woodcut to text, decorative initials to both Books, missing frontis. Second edition, intended to have additions and corrections, however the untimely death of the author led to his missing his deadline. The first part is devoted to the breeding and raising of horses ''for running as hunting, and how the rider ought to behave himselfe in the breaking and riding of colts, as also teaching the groome and keeper his true office'', and the second to diseases of horses with their cures, listing hundreds of recipes.Binding worn with upper hinge cracked, 2Q2-3 loose but present, stain v4I1 and r4I2, tear 4R1-2 affecting text, missing port. frontis.

Brookes, Richard The Art of Angling. Printed by and for John Watts at the Printing-Office in Wild Court near Lincoln's-Inn Fields, 1740. 8vo, full leather; pp. [16 (title, verso blank, Dedication (4), Preface (5), Contents (5)], [1]-249, [11 (Index (6), Advertisments (5)]; title printed in red and black, head- and tail-pieces, floriated initials, 133 woodcut illus to text. First edition. A hugely popular 18th-century angling manual, extensively covering sea-fish like flying-fish, swordfish and shark along with the more usual river fish.Binding rubbed and scuffed with cracking joints, but a very good copy.

The Holy Bible [KJV]. ?Robert Barker and Assignes of John Bill, 1634 (no title-page vide infra). Folio, full calf; head- and tail-pieces, decorated initials; incomplete, signatures begin at B2 (lacking A1-4 and B1 according to Herbert 353), missing G4, Z3, 2H3, 2O5, 2P4, 3C4, 3D6, 3H6, 3K3+4, 3T5, 4C2, 4N2, 5M1, 5T5, 6D1-6 (end according to Herbert). Black letter. The King James Version of the Bible is seen as one of the most important and influential texts in the English language. It was published at first to challenge the multiplicity of competing editions, not least the Calvinist Geneva Bible (See Lots 1-5) and the Catholic Douai-Rheims Bible. The committee selected what they saw as the best of all of the previous translations to achieve the best possible version of the Bible they could. It may not have originated as many idioms as popular thought would hold, but it did popularise them beyond all previous conception. Main title missing but the ''Almanacke for xxxix. yeeres.'' opens at 1632, Barker still held the licence to print the Bible at this point (before the Star Chamber deprived him for printing the ''Wicked'' Bible). Herbert lists no distinct folio edition for 1632, however there is one for 1634 (487) agreeing with this one in locations of ''These to bee observed...'' and ''To finde Easter for euer'' and with version of Heb. xii. I. Signature details agree with 1617 folio (353). (See Lot 4 for Robert Barker) Herbert 487.w.a.f.

Repton (Humphry) Designs for the Pavillon at Brighton, Printed for J.C. Stadler, No. 15, Villiers Street, The Strand, 1808. Folio, half red morocco over marbled boards by T. Mullen, Anglesea Street, [Dublin], sometime sympathetically rebacked retaining original spine, upper board with paper label, spine gilt in compartments, speckled edges; eng. frontis. (bound with text), hand-coloured plan, 18 aquatints, nine hand-coloured and six with overslips, one with overpage, one double-page, one folding, two with sepia wash; provenance: Countess of Mayo (leather book label to upper board). First edition, pages watermarked 1807. By the late-eighteenth century, the natural panoramic gardens approach of 'Capability' Brown had started to fall out of fashion. Gardeners such as Humphrey Repton looked instead to elements of informality to give character to gardens. Repton's genius was in marketing. His 'little red-books' showed landowners, and thus prospective customers, 'before' and 'after' views via a 'lift the flap' device to reveal comparisons. Repton was very successful and, in 1805, the future George IV asked him to redevelop the Royal Pavilion at Brighton. The red book replaced the Pavilion's neoclassical façade with one based upon a fantasy Mughal palace, complete with an extensive flower garden of exotic flowers. Unfortunately the project was never begun due to the Prince's financial problems. It was partially realised when the Pavilion was finally redeveloped by John Nash from 1814. With two additional loose prints of the Pavilion.Binding rubbed and scuffed though still tight, ffep creased, small marginal tear to folding plate at fold, not affecting image, plate still intact, otherwise bar slight, occasional foxing and marking, a clean, intact copy of an impressive work.

Drummond, William Hamilton The Giant's Causeway, A Poem. Belfast: Printed by Joseph Smyth for Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme & Browne, London et al, 1811. 8vo, red half leather; pp. [i-v], vi-xxvii, [1 (errata)], [1-3], 4-204; 2 map frontis (one folding), 6 plates (3 folding). First edition. A historical, mythological, scientific poem on the Causeway with extensive notes to each of the three books of the poem at the rear.Binding scuffed but still solid, some light foxing and offsetting, pp. 136-7 with marginal marking and spotting, more foxing towards end of book.

A Quantity of First and Other Edition Books. The books dedicated to C. Lytheer VIP Services Coordinator for PAN America.The books are often signed and dedicated to her. This lot includes famous Motion Picture Actors and Musicians. Robert Wagner 'Pieces of my Heart' with Scott Eyman signed and dedicated, Deborah Kerr by Eric Braun signed, Keith Baxter 'My Sentiments Exactly' signed and dedicated, Ned Sherrin 'Theatrical Anecdotes' signed and dedicated, Bette Davis 'This & That' with articles in the book signed, Charlton Heston 'An Actor's Life' together with a personal photo on the inside cover, a personal dedication, Paul o Grady 'At My Mothers Knee and Other Joints' signed and dedicated, Anna Neagle Autobiography, signed and dedicated, Dick Kleiner 'The Two of Us' Cyd Charisse and Tony Martin' signed and dedicated by Cyd, Charlton Heston 'In the Arena' Autobiography signed and dedicated, Alan Jay Leaver 'On the Street Where I Live'.

George Orwell, 'Nineteen Eighty-Four'. The 1st Edition book published in 1949 by 'Secker & Warburg, London', with green cloth hardcover, some fading and wear to spine, no dust jacket, 'PSM July '49 from ERR' (ink) and '4/=' (pencil) written on first page. 

A Quantity of First and Other Edition Books. The books dedicated to C. Lytheer VIP Services Coordinator for PAN America. The books are often signed and others dedicated to her. This lot includes famous dancers and musicians. Matthew Bourne 'Adventures in Motion Pictures' signed and dedicated, Li Cunxin 'Mao's Last Dancer' signed and dedicated, Michael Flatley 'Lord of the Dance' signed and dedicated with personal photograph whilst signing, Irek Mukhamedov 'Authorized Biography' by Jeffrey Taylor signed and dedicated enclosing a theatre ticket and info pamphlet, Margo Fonteyn Autobiography signed and dedicated by Margot and Arias, Al Johnson by Michael Freedland signed and dedicated, Frank Westmore and Muriel Davidson 'The Westmores of Hollywood' signed and dedicated, Sir Geraint Evans 'Knight at The Opera' signed together with newspaper articles about Sir Geraint and notification of death, Sammy Cohen 'If I Should Care' written and dedicated, Michael Feinstein 'Nice Work if You Can Get It' signed and dedicated with additional book of music and memorabilia, together iwth a Thanksgiving Programme for the Life of Dame Thora Hird and another for Michael Dennison.

A Quantity of First and Other Edition Books. The books dedicated to C. Lytheer VIP Services Coordinator for PAN America. The books are often signed and dedicated to her. This lot includes Royalty and Authors of Royal Literature including Memoirs, Biographies and Autobiographies. Elizabeth Longford 'Elizabeth RA Biography' CL has left a very interest letter about her meeting with EL and the conversations held between them covering points about Mountbatten, Barbara Cartland and Raine Spencer. Elizabeth Longford 'The Pebbled Shore' Memoirs the book contains the Memorial Order of Service for Lady Longford held at Westminster Cathedral and various newspaper articles about Lady Longford her husband and family. Elizabeth Longford 'Royal Anecdotes' with dedication and signature by EL. Elizabeth Longford 'The Royal House of Windsor' with dedication. Elizabeth Longford 'Victoria RI with dedication. Antonia Fraser 'Dolls' dedicated and signed by Antonia, who was the daughter of Elizabeth Longford, Antonia Fraser 'Must You Go' signed and dedicated, Philip Ziegler 'King Edward VIII' Official Biography signed by the author, Elizabeth Longford 'Byron' signed and dedicated, Cherie Blair and Cate Haste 'The Goldfish Bowl' dedicated by Cherie Blair, Cherie Blair 'Speaking for Myself' signed and dedicated to CL, Anne de Courcy 'Snowdon The Biography', Peter Townsend 'Time and Chance' Autobiography written and dedicated by Peter Townsend. 

BLAIR ATHOL AGED 12 YEARS FLORA & FAUNA FIRST EDITION Active. Pitlochry, Perthshire. 70cl, 43% volume.

1891 First Edition - A Soldiers Experience by T Gowling

Wakeman [Rick] - Grumpy Old Rock Star, signed first edition 2008, hardback with dustwrapper

Lynn [Dame Vera] - Some Sunny Day, signed first edition, 2009, hardback with dustwrapper

A Wedgwood black basalt plaque depicting The Palace of Westminster in London, mounted in a walnut frame, the plaque is No 2 of a limited edition of 250.  Number One was presented to Parliament when first produced in 1986, date 1986, impressed WEDGWOOD, Made in England, plaque 30cm by 40cm, frame 51 cm by 41cmCondition: very good. No damage or restoration

 DYLAN BOB: (1941-  ) American Singer & Songwriter, Nobel Prize winner for Literature, 2016. A hardback bound 4to edition of Hematite, the yearbook of Hibbing High School, issued in 1959 and thus marking the 50th anniversary since the first yearbook was issued in 1909 (then entitled The Rail Splitter when the school was known as Lincoln High School), the present copy previously belonging to student Marietta Turk and bearing a number of signatures and inscriptions to her by various friends and fellow students including Bob Dylan. The front pastedown and front free endpaper feature nine individual blue ink signatures and inscriptions, Dylan's appearing just below the centre of the front free endpaper and stating, in full, 'I'll write under Echo's name. Good luck in your acting career. Everyone knows you'll make a good one. Sincerely, Bob Zimmerman'. Other signatures and inscriptions to the pages include those of Echo Helstrom (who dated Dylan whilst at Hibbing High School), 'Hi Turk, I don't have to bid you a fond farewell because I'll most likely see you in the L & B. It sure has been nice having you as a friend all these years. I hope we can continue to stay friends as the years progress. A pal, Echo', Rochelle Matonich ('Well, the last of our high school years is finally over. It was really nice having you in Dramatics. Remember "Sob Stuff". Boy was that play a blast. Don't forget our Winston breaks….'), Judith Hendrickson ('Remember the days when we were back at old Lincoln….How can we forget. The past twelve years have been long waited for to come to an end, and here we are…..') etc., and a few further signatures and inscriptions appear to other pages at both the front and back of the Yearbook, two also referring to an individual named Bob (Dylan?), 'I remember the first night I met Bob and I slept over your house because I would have come home late. The only trouble with that was that I didn't call my parents so they made me stay in for 2 weeks' and'Remember all the trips to the Y.M.C.A. to see Bob & Tom, when we got there we were too embarrassed to talk to them. Sure hope I see them again in the future'.The inside pages of the yearbook are profusely illustrated and with accompanying text relating to various school events etc., and also feature small portraits of the students, including the young Dylan ('Robert Zimmerman') whom the printed text states wishes 'to join "Little Richard"'. An extremely rare and early example of Dylan's autograph in a yearbook which also records his early musical ambition! Some light overall age wear, a few inside pages loose and with some small areas of paper loss to the lower right corners of the first pages (including the one signed by Dylan) caused by previous damp exposure, otherwise about VG   Provenance: the present yearbook is accompanied by a typed statement of provenance signed by Marietta Turk in August 2017, headed 'My Friendship with Bob Dylan' and stating, in part, '…I went to Hibbing High School with Robert Zimmerman aka Bob Dylan in 1957, 1958 and 1959. I had him in almost all of my classes and he sat behind me in auditorium, so we were in close proximity. His girl friend Echo Helstrom was a good friend of mine and they were "dating" for a period of time. We hung out at the L & B Café….at lunch or after school. We all wore black leather jackets. Sometimes Bob wore a shiny vest and a cowboy hat. There we talked, played the small jukebox in our booth, drank chocolate coca cola, and smoked cigarettes. In our senior year, 1959, Bob and I and some others had Dramatics Class together and were in a play called Sob Story….It must have been okay because the audience roared with laughter and applause. Hence, Bob wrote in my yearbook "Good luck in your acting career. Everyone knows you'll make a good one".'   Bob Dylan, born Robert Zimmerman, formed several bands while attending Hibbing High School in Minnesota, including one named the Golden Chords who performed covers of songs by Little Richard and Elvis Presley.  

 LYDON JOHN: (1956-    ) English Punk Singer and Musician, known as Johnny Rotten. Lead singer with the Sex Pistols in the 1970s. Book signed, a hardback edition of Rotten: No Irish, No Blacks, No Dogs, being the authorised autobiography of Johnny Rotten of the Sex Pistols, First Edition published by Hodder & Stoughton Ltd., London, 1994. Signed ('Johnny Rotten') by Lydon in bold green ink with his name alone to the title page. Accompanied by the dust jacket. VG 

HEMINGWAY ERNEST: (1899-1961) American Novelist, Nobel Prize winner for Literature, 1954. Book signed and inscribed, a paperback edition of Morte nel pomeriggio (Death in the Afternoon), Italian edition translated by Fernanda Pivano, published by Giulio Einaudi, Torino, 1947, ('Saggi 88'). Signed by Hemingway to the front free endpaper, 'To Paola, with all good wishes always, Ernest Hemingway'. Hemingway commenced his signature in dark fountain pen ink although, experiencing some pen trouble after the first four letters, continued in blue biro. The non-fiction work, concerning the ceremony and traditions of Spanish bullfighting, features a number of black and white illustrations and a glossary of terms and phrases. Bound in the publishers original orange paper. Some light overall age wear and minor creases and age toning and the front free endpapers (including the signed and inscribed page) neatly detached. G

[LE CARRE JOHN]: (1931-     ) British Author of espionage novels, a former officer with the Secret Intelligence Service. CORNWELL RONALD (1906-1975) English Confidence Trickster, father of John Le Carre. An unusual book signed and inscribed, a hardback edition of John Le Carre’s novel A Small Town in Germany, First Edition published by William Heinemann Ltd., London, 1968. Signed (‘Ronnie Cornwell’) by Cornwell to the front free endpaper in blue ink, with an inscription in his hand, ‘To Mr. Walters, with best wishes from the Father of the Author of this book, my son – David’, and also dated London, July 1969 in his hand. Accompanied by the dust jacket (price clipped). An interesting presentation copy. Some very light, minor discoloration to the front free endpaper, only very slightly affecting the inscription and signature, otherwise VG John Le Carre, born David Cornwell, had a difficult relationship with his father who was an associate of the Kray twins. Continually in debt, Ronnie Cornwell had been jailed for insurance fraud and, as one biographer has noted, it was Cornwell’s elaborate confidence tricks and schemes that led to Le Carre’s fascination with secrets. The scheming con man character Rick Pym, Magnus Pym’s father in A Perfect Spy, was based on Ronnie Cornwell.

LITERATURE: John Fowles (1926-2005) English Novelist. Book signed, being a hardback edition of A Maggot, First Edition published by Jonathan Cape, London, 1985. Signed by Fowles in black ink with his name alone to the title page. Accompanied by the dust jacket; Joseph Heller (1923-1999) American Writer. Book signed, being a hardback edition of Closing Time, the sequel to Catch 22, First Edition published by Simon & Schuster, London, 1994. Signed by Heller in black ink with his name alone to the title page. Accompanied by the dust jacket. VG, 2