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Lot 3084

NORDENSKJÖLD, Nils Otto, and [Johan] Gunnar ANDERSSON. Antarctica or Two Years Amongst the Ice of the South Pole. London: Hurst and Blackett, Limited, 1905. First U.K. edition, 8vo (228 x 153mm.) Frontispiece, 4 colour plates, numerous uncoloured illustrations, 4 colour maps (3 folding). (Light browning and spotting, occasional soiling, 1 map slightly soiled and torn with minor loss, 1 map torn and repaired without loss.) Original green pictorial cloth, lettering to upper-cover blocked in gilt, spine gilt (extremities bumped and scuffed, covers soiled, spine darkened, lower joint splitting, stitching weak). Spence 860. - And one other by Nordenskjöld. Provenance: The Michael Gilkes Collection (2).

Lot 3126

WRYDE, J. Saxby. British Lighthouses, Their History and Romance. London: T. Fisher Unwin, 1913. First edition, 8vo (220 x 138mm.) Numerous plates and illustrations. (Browning and spotting.) Original gilt pictorial cloth, t.e.g. (head and foot of spine lightly bumped, spine slightly faded).

Lot 3005

JOHN MURRAY (publisher). A Narrative of Lord Byron's Last Journey to Greece. Extracted from the Journal of Count Peter Gamba. London: 1825. First edition, 8vo (215 x 127mm.) (Light browning, occasional minor spotting.) Contemporary half-calf (extremities scuffed). Provenance: Ralph Ricardo (armorial bookplate to front pastedown); Alex Bridge (ink inscription to reverse of front-free endpaper dated 30.8.1949).

Lot 3190

RAILWAYS. - Robert E. CARLSON. The Liverpool & Manchester Railway Project 1821-1831. Newton Abbot: David & Charles, 1969. First edition, 8vo (248 x 155mm.) (Some light browning.) Original cloth (top-edge browning), dust-jacket (minor nicks, light browning to inner-flaps). Provenance: Fattorini (bookplate to front pastedown). - And a quantity of other volumes relating to railways published by David & Charles (a quantity).

Lot 3166

[WESTMACOTT, Charles Molloy] 'Bernard BLACKMANTLE'. The English Spy: An Original Work, Characteristic, Satirical, and Humorous… Being Portraits of the Illustrious, Eminent, Eccentric, and Notorious. London: Sherwood, Jones, and Co., 1825-1826. First edition in book form, 2 vols., 8vo (232 x 138mm.) 71 hand-coloured aquatint plates including frontispieces, 1 wood-engraved plate of the 'Five Orders', numerous wood engraved illustrations. (Light browning, some offsetting, spotting and occasional minor soiling, neat repairs to p.iii and p.107 in vol. I also title and p.213 in vol. II.) Later full crushed morocco, by Riviere & Son, spine gilt in six compartments with raised bands, lettered in the second and third, the others with repeat foliate decoration in gilt, gilt turn-ins, g.e. (extremities lightly bumped). Provenance: Hugh Sartorius Whitaker (armorial bookplate to front pastedowns); Peter & Margery Morris (bookplate to front-free endpapers); S. Davies (inscriptions to front pastedowns).

Lot 3286

ART REFERENCE. - Val WILLIAMS. Anna Fox Photographs 1983-2007. [N.p. but Brighton:] Photoworks, 2007. First edition, 4to (259 x 206mm.) Numerous colour illustrations. Original boards (extremities lightly bumped), dust-jacket (lightly scuffed). - And a quantity of other volumes of art reference mostly relating to photography and cinema (a quantity).

Lot 1368

CHURCHILL (W.S.) Marlborough: his life and times. First Edition, 4 vols. (reprint Oct. of vol. 1). num. plates & maps (some folded), text illus., 2 errata slips; recent Oxford blue half morocco & cloth, gilt-panelled spines, gilt tops, roy. 8vo. 1933 - (38)

Lot 1363

SHEPHERD (T.H.) Metropolitan Improvements; or London, in the Nineteenth Century . . . First Edition. pictorial engraved & printed titles, 158 steel-engraved illus. (on 79 plates) & a plan of 'The Regent's Park'; late 19th cent. half morocco & cloth, 4to. 1830.

Lot 1345

FORESTER (C.S.) The Happy Return. First Edition. d/wrapper (by Roland Hilder). 1937. Illustrated

Lot 1404

POTTER (B.) The Tale of Peter Rabbit. First Trade Edition. coloured illus. throughout, 98pp. (incl. half title); original dark brown paper boards, white-lettered on spine & upper board & with the rectangular coloured illus. mounted within blind-ruled panel on upper one, grey leaf-patterned e/ps., sm. 8vo. Frederick Warne and Co., (1902). * i.e. Oct., Nov. or Dec. 1902 - ' there are no recognizable differences between the first three printings ' - Linder; Xmas 1903 inscription at front. Illustrated

Lot 1393A

GLEICHEN (W.F.) Auserlesene Mikroscopische Entdeckungen bey den Planzen, Blumen and Bluthen, Inseckten und andern Merkwurdigkeiten . . . First Edition. 83 engraved plates (81 hand-coloured); rebound 20th cent. quarter calf & marbled boards, gilt-lettered & panelled spine (by Gray of Cambridge), 4to. Nuremberg, 1777. * lacks portrait; 6 plates are of the microscope. Illustrated

Lot 1453

CAMDEN (Wm.) Remaines Concerning Britaine . . . The first impression, with many rare antiquities never before imprinted. By . . . John Philpot . . . portrait frontis., text armorials; old calf. 1637. * the second Philpot edition.

Lot 1369

CHURCHILL (W.S.) The Second World War. First Edition, 6 vols. num. folded maps & other illus., errata & author's note slips (vol. 1); recent Oxford blue half calf morocco & cloth, gilt-panelled spines & gilt tops. 1948-54.

Lot 1346

FORESTER (C.S.) Flying Colours including A Ship of the Line. First Edition. d/wrapper, 1938. * ' this special first-edition of "Flying Colours" is issued on the day before that novel's publication as a single volume ' - d/wrapper. Illustrated

Lot 1348

WOOLF (V.) Three Guineas. First Edition. d/wrapper. Hogarth Press, 1938.

Lot 1443

POTTER (B.) The Tale of Mr. Tod. First Edition. coloured & other illus. green-printed grey boards with coloured mounted illus., pictorial e/ps. (Oct. / Nov.) 1912. * these first issues apparently identical; Xmas 1912 inscription; sold with 3 other first editions by this author - Ginger & Pickles, Tom Kitten, Flopsy Bunnies and 2 reprints.

Lot 1405

POTTER (B.) The Pie and the Patty-Pan. First Edition. coloured & b/w. illus., 52pp. (incl. half title); white-lettered maroon boards with the circular coloured illus. mounted within white decorative surround. Frederick Warne and Co., 1905. * the first issue (October); sold with early editions of three other titles in the series.

Lot 1386

WYATT (C.W.) British Birds: being coloured illustrations of all the species of passerine birds resident in the British Isles, with notes in reference to their plumage. First Edition, 2 vols. (in one). 67 hand-coloured lithographed plates; near contemp. red half morocco & cloth, gilt-panelled spine, folio. William Wesley & Son, 1894-99. * birds of prey are included in the second volume. Illustrated

Lot 1382

MONRO (H.) Strange Meetings. First Edition. coloured pictorial wrappers. The Poetry Bookshop, 1917; with some other poetry of the period.

Lot 1351

O'BRIAN (P.) The Surgeon's Mate. First Edition. d/w., 1980.

Lot 1438

MILNE (A.A.) The House at Pooh Corner. With decorations by Ernest H. Shepard. First Edition. illus. throughout. gilt-pictorial & ruled pink cloth, gilt top & pictorial e/ps. 1928; sold with early editions of 4 others in this series

Lot 1417

BEWICK (T.) The Fables of Aesop, and Others, with designs on wood, by Thomas Bewick. First Edition. title vignette & wood-engraved illus. throughout; old half calf & marbled boards. Newcastle, 1818. * the demy octavo issue, with the pictorial 'thumb receipt' leaf at front.

Lot 1403

POTTER (B.) The Tale of Johnny Town-Mouse. First Edition (early issue). coloured illus., green-lettered grey boards with the shaped illus. (within ruled mount); coloured e/ps. Frederick Warne and Co. (? 1918-20)

Lot 1374

PAMPHLETS - 11, of a Pious Nature, in a modern cloth binding, all published by Joseph Downing, 1701-31. * includes: A Present for Servants, from their ministers, masters, or other friends . . . (12), 84pp. 2nd edition, 1726; BLACKWELL (S.) A Brief Scheme of Parochial Government . . . 48pp. 3rd edition, 1722; A Kind Caution to Watermen, and Such as Go upon the River. 12pp. first edition, 1707. * naturally emphasising the 'straight & narrow' - and a definite avoidance of 'Gin Lane' & other Hogarthian pursuits, the publisher being associated with the SPCK.; (see further details on internet catalogue). Illustrated

Lot 206

After John Ogilby, late 17th century strip map of The Continuation of ye Extended Road from Barnstable to Truro from the "Britannia" by John Ogilby, published in 1675 with later hand colouring . This map is Number 34 of 100 maps in the atlas and is entitled "The Continuation of ye Extended Road from Barnstable to Truro." From Hatherley to Ivy to Newport to Hall Drunkard to Cambleford to St. Indullion to Padstow to St. Colom to St. Michaell to Truro 35.5cm x 45.5cm, framed and glazed; together with a Robert Morden (fl. 1668 - 1703) Cornwall Map, possibly first edition c.1695 from Camden's Britannia, features a 'A Table of ye Explanation of ye figures in ye Map' and a further key with the note 'Here Note ye in all ye Maps Thefe Marks Signifie' and a list of symbols representing, towns villages, castles etc. 36.5cm x 43.5cm, framed and glazed (2) The Morden map trimmed to the plate marks and laid down

Lot 209

Dante A Lighieri 'La Vida Nuova: The New Life' Translated by Dante Gabriel Rossetti, Pictured by Evelyn Paul with Music by Alfred Mercer. First edition thus, in medieval hinged leather boards with thirty rivets, title cover with relief image of author within medieval letter "D", above and below "La Vita Nuiva"with the top edge gilt and all other edges uncut, marked to the rear page: "Empryntit at Ye Camperfield Presse in ye abbye toun of Saynt Albans England" 25 cm x 19 cm; together with Hulme's Ornamental Art (2) Top hinge with tear, some occasional spotting to early pages

Lot 601

Johan Nieuhof (1618-1672) - Thirteen copper engravings - Views of Chinese towns and cities from his "Journey to China", First Dutch edition 1665, each 7.75ins (19.685cm) x 12.25ins (31.115cm), (unframed and in silk covered folio)

Lot 293

Seven limited edition porcelain figures, comprising thee Coalport 'Femmes Fatales', two Royal Worcester figures 'Queen of Hearts' and 'The First Quadrille', a Royal Doulton figure 'La Loge', and two Chinese pottery figures

Lot 909

A Limited Edition print after Steven Townsend, First Light, signed, 16x22', framed and glazed

Lot 495

A signed letter, dated November 27th 1929, written to Miss Roberts of H Roberts Booksellers of Kendal by Beatrix Heelis (Potter), outlining her reasons for not publishing The Fairy Caravan book in the UK and a volume, Beatrix Potter The Fairy Caravan 1929, American First Edition

Lot 2003

Whole Earth Epilog Access to Tools a First Edition Published in September 1974 Closing Stay Hungry. Stay Foolish. As Quoted by Steve Jobs in his 2005 Stanford Commencement Speech.

Lot 663

A first edition of J. M. Barrie's 'Peter Pan in Kensington Gardens illustrated by Arthur Rackham', Hodder and Stoughton, London 1906, London: Hodder and Stoughton, 1906, russet cloth with pictorial gilt design to upper and gilt titles to spine; grey end papers with map to flyleaf, complete with fifty mounted colour plates with captioned tissues bound at rear and frontispiece, 4to, some rubbing and wear to front cover, spine missing, some fly pages loose, foxing, dedication to title page dated Christmas 1906, together with a copy of 'The Water Babies' by Charles Kingsley, illustrated by Jessie Willcox Smith published by Boots the Chemist, no date but inscription to front cover dated 1929, gilt pictorial green cloth, 4vo, some foxing throughout. (2)

Lot 660

A first edition copy of Laurie Lee's, 'As I Walked out One Summer Morning', 1969, illustrated by Leonard Rosoman and published by Andre Deutsch.

Lot 633

Gluck, Christoph Willibald: 'Iphigenie en Tauride, Tragedie en quatre Actes, par Mr Guillard, mise en musique & dediee par Mr Le CHer Gluck, Representee pour la premiere fois par L'Academie Royale de Musique le Mardy 18 May 1779, Prix 24', music in manuscript, first edition, folio, 200 pages, green backed boards, internal paper slip for A Aubry, libraire, 16 Rue Dauphine, Paris, owners name to frontis of A S Sartoris, Rushden Hall, Rushden.

Lot 631

Local interest books: John Clare 'The Village Minstrel and other poems', volume one only, first edition dated 1821. printed for Taylor and Hessey Fleet street and E. Drury Stamford, printed T. Miller Cheapside. 8vo marbled covers leather gilt spine, The Rev. H.K Bonney 'Historic Notices in reference to Fotheringhay illustrated by engravings', hard card covers, printed T. Bell, Oundle 1821, Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme & Brown, 'The Antiquarian annals of Stanford' by Francis Peck, green hardback pub 1979 intro by Rogers and Hartley, along with six mounted prints of local topographical scenes and several images of local interest.

Lot 156

A quantity of mainly first edition golfing related books, to include a first edition of 'The World of Professional Golf 195', a first edition of 'Great Golfers in the Making 1932', a first edition of 'X-Ray Way to Master Golf', a first edition of 'A New Way to Better Golf' by Alex J Morrison and a first edition of '80 Five Minute Golf Lessons' etc (21)

Lot 428

A selection of first edition books to include; CONNOLLY Cyril, The Condemned Playground, London 1945, inscribed by author on front free endpaper; ALLSOP Kenneth, Hard Travellin', New American Library, New York (1967), in dustwrapper, signed and inscribed by author to Emma Rothschild commenting on his treatment of Joe Hill in the book; PATON Alan, Towards the Mountain, Cape Town 1981, dustwrapper, signed and inscribed by author; ANDREWS P.S.W. and BRUNNER E., Life of Lord Nuffield, Oxford 1955, 1st edition in dustwrapper, signed 'Nuffield' with Viscount Nuffield compliment card; ARUNDEL's Rembrances, privately printed for the members of the Roxburghe Club, London 1987, half red calf, gilt; and FLOWER Desmond (Ed.), Voltaire's Essay on Milton, privately printed Cambridge 1954, limited to 400 copies, half cloth, marbled paper on boards

Lot 243B

Books - 1837 leather bound edition of Oliver Twist, 'The Pirate and the Three Cutters' 1836 first edition, other leather bound 19th and early 20th Century books (7) Condition Report Click here for further images, condition, auction times & delivery costs

Lot 431

A silver Man's First Moon landing commemorative medallion / medal No. 1756 marked to the rim, issued in a limited edition of 2500, depicting and inscribed Neil Armstrong, Edwin Aldrin and Michael Collins, 20 - 7 - 1969.A.D Apollo 11 mission in presentation case with certificate of authenticity. Estimate £30 - £50

Lot 1122

CLARICE CLIFF BY BILLIE WATERS 'ART IN INDUSTRY' DEER PATTERN PLATE circa 1934, designed by Billie Waters (1896-1979), base stamped 'Designed by Billie Waters' with signature, 'Produced in Bizarre by Clarice Cliff, Wilkinson Ltd' and 'Copyright reserved, First Edition 1934', 25.5cm in diameter Note: In 1933 a project began to involve leading artists of the day in designing wares which were then produced by Clarice Cliff in the Bizarre workshops. The results were displayed in a Harrods tableware exhibition in 1934. The Art in Industry Exhibition then toured the country and the public could place orders for the exhibited designs.

Lot 602

CHRISTINA HOLE "English Sports and Pastimes" published by B.T. Batsford Ltd., first edition 1949, with dust wrapper, illustrated, and other country sports related volumes

Lot 255

THE COMPLETE SET OF TWELVE ROYAL WORCESTER "BIRDS OF DOROTHY DOUGHTY" DESSERT PLATES, includes "Redstarts and Beech", (the first of the series to appear annually in a limited edition from 1972), raised and painted designs, 23cm diameter, together wit h accompanying booklet

Lot 148

Rudyard Kipling, first edition hardback of "If", dated 1910 and published by Doubleday Page & Co New York, and a first edition of "On Dry-Cow Fishing As A Fine Art", published by Cleveland, The Rowfant Club 1926.

Lot 149

Four interesting first edition books / pamphlets.

Lot 683

A collection of various boxed Hot Wheel cars to include the 2007 First edition collection, 2006 series etc (qty)

Lot 127

A boxed Sunstar Routemaster Bus 2908 'RM870 The First Production Leyland Routemaster' in red, complete with limited edition certificate. The nearside mirror and indicator are missing, the offside mirror and indicator and the platform pole are bagged together with the upper deck offside central 'opening window' which has become detached, otherwise appears VG in G/VG box. (1)

Lot 97

140+ Hot Wheels carded diecast models together with a boxed Johnny Lightning twin model pack - 1956 Chevy Nomad including limited edition 'First Shot'. All appear VG/E in VG boxes

Lot 182

Mixed lot of boxed diecast models in various scales including a 1:34 scale First Gear Mack R Model Tow Truck - limited edition of 1000, a Universal Hobbies Scania Artic in 1:50 scale and two Minichamps models, a Mercedes Benz O 3500 Bus 'Bayern-Express' and a 2002 Bentley EXP Speed 8. All appear VG in VG boxes. (4)

Lot 64

Trade Cards, Star Trek, two modern Collectors Albums containing complete sets to name Star Trek 35 Starfleet File (Rittenhouse), Paramount Skybox Master Series, Skybox Star Trek The Next Generation, Skybox Star Trek First Contact, Skybox Star Trek Insurrection, Paramount Star Trek The Next Generation and Star Trek The Original Series Lenticular Cars (Premier Edition), also includes Star Trek Paramount 25th Anniversary Edition set in loose sleeves, and in bespoke folders The Legends of Star Trek (part J Kirk), Star Trek The Original Series 1967-1968 Season Two, Star Trek Nemesis and Star Trek Reflections of The Future, together with an empty Firth Contact Album and a vast quantity of loose cards, (vg, many autographed and rare cards)(qty)

Lot 1423

Princess Diana TY Beanie Baby First Edition. Circa 1997 - Retired. Made In Indonesia. Made With PVC Polyester Fibre Pellets, Only Hand Made In Indonesia For 3-4 Weeks In December 1997. Red And White Tush Tag With Red Star TY Logo. Unnumbered. Clear Protective Glass Case. Very Good Condition. Plus A Further Later Princess TY Beanie Baby, Made With P.E Polyester Fibre Pellets Not PVC Pellets, Also In Very Good Condition.

Lot 5355

An album of First Day Covers, royal commemorative, Queen's 80th birthday, Princess Diana, other coin proof sets; a Wentworth Diamond wedding pewter tankard, limited edition, boxed (4)

Lot 5402

Miscellaneous Books - The Saint Paul's Magazine, edited by Anthony Trollope, volumes I to X, 1868-1872, ten volumes, half-leather bindings; 1920s and 1930s fiction, Somerset Maugham and Adrian Bell first edition (2); others, later; children's annuals, various; Victorian leather and half leather bindings; others similar, later; folios of music; qty (4 boxes)

Lot 5437

Baines (Edward), History of The County Palatine And Duchy of Lancaster, first edition, Fisher, Son, & Co., London 1836, volumes I, II and III only, illustrated throughout with antiquarian engravings, pull-out genealogical tables of descent, armorial bearings, etc., quarter-leather bindings, large 4to

Lot 5147

A Royal Crown Derby Christmas plate, Limited Edition, certificate; a miniature mantel clock, second, boxed; a Robin trinket dish, first, boxed (3)

Lot 71

Scarce Limited Edition[Casement (Sir Roger)] Singleton-Gates (P.) & Girodias (M.) The Black Diaries, An Account of Roger Casement's Life and Times with a collection of his Diaries and Public Writings. Thick roy 8vo L. (The Olympia Press) 1959. First Lim. Edn. No. 1493 (1500). Profusely illustrated, orig. cloth, & d.w. prospectus & another item loosely inserted. (1)

Lot 111

Scarce Work on Republican LeadersHannan (M.J.) Irish Leaders of 1916 - Who were they? 8vo Butte, Montana, [1920] Part I. First (Sole) Edition. Preface by Prof. T.E. Hardy, late of St. Malachy's College, Belfast. Frontis port. of P.H. Pearse, 107pp orig. cloth backed boards. (1)* Presentation copy, inscribed and signed in Irish to 'Do mo cara Caitlin De Barra...' April 30 - 1922; [To Kathleen Barry, sister of the martyr Kevin Barry.]

Lot 117

Signed Limited Edition: 100 CopiesDurcan (Paul) The Art of Life, 8vo L. (Harvill Press) 2004. First Lim. Edn. No. 87 of 100 Copies. Signed by Author. A.e.g., full mor. gilt corners, & gilt letter spine, in orig. slipcase. Excellent Copy. (1)

Lot 290

With Attractive Coloured PlatesBarton (Rose) "Familiar London," 8vo L. 1904. First General Edition, cold. frontis & 60 cold. plts., t.e.g. fine orig. decor. cloth. (1)

Lot 25

Croker (T. Crofton)ed. The Popular Songs of Ireland, 8vo L. 1839. First Edn., engd. port. frontis, wd. cut map, & 5 wd.-cut illus., uncut, recent cloth, orig. label laid down; together with a copy of the 1886 Edition of the above with introduction by Henry Morley, unopened, vellum backed cloth. Both v. good. (2)

Lot 654

The Book of KellsFacsimile - Verlag, Luzern, Publishers: The Book of Kells, The Most precious illuminated manuscript of the early middle ages, now reproduced, The First and Only complete Fine Art Facsimile Edition, published by Authority of the Board of Trinity College, Dublin, lg. thick 4to, Luzern 1990, Ltd. Edn. 714 (1480) in fine tanned leather over wooden boards, in specially created presentation box, the embossed surface with blind and gilt tooled Celtic decoration and silver and brass mounts; together with the commentary vol., with illus., leather bodied cloth. a wonderful opportunity to acquire a complete facsimile of one of the world's greatest art treasurers. (2)

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