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Dominic Winter Auctions
Lot 537

Milne (Alan Alexander). Toad of Toad Hall. A Play from Kenneth Grahame's Book 'The Wind in the Willows', 1st edition, 1929, uncut and largely unopened, original cloth-backed boards with printed paper label to upper cover (spare tipped in at rear), off-white dust jacket lettered in green, a little rubbed and dust-soiled, lower outer corners slightly bumped, 4to Limited edition, 21/200 copies, signed by Kenneth Grahame and A.A. Milne. This was the first adaptation of the novel, the play having its premiere at the Lyric Theatre on 17 December 1929. (1)

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Dominic Winter Auctions
Lot 54

Gerard (John). The Herball or Generall Historie of Plantes..., very much Enlarged snd Amended by Thomas Johnson..., 2nd edition, London: Adam Islip , Joice Norton and Richard Whitakers, 1633, engraved title lined to verso, numerous woodcut illustrations, early ownership signature Lancelot Hutchinson to fore-edge margin of 6C4, ink stamp to fore-edge margin of dedication, final leaf of text lined to verso, lacking front & rear blanks, 5A7 torn at foot with loss to last 2 lines of text, few closed tears etc., fraying and marginal tears to first & last few leaves, occasional minor spotting and marginal toning, light dampstain to lower margins, cloth hinges to endpapers, contemporary gilt panelled and decorated calf, rebacked preserving original spine, repaired corners and patch repair to centre of upper board, lacking ties, folio Henrey 155. (1)

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Dominic Winter Auctions
Lot 545

Mother Goose's Nursery Rhymes: A Collection of Alphabets, Rhymes, Tales and Jingles, illustrations by Sir John Gilbert, John Tenniel, Harrison Weir, Walter Crane, and others, George Routledge and Sons, 1877, wood-engraved frontispiece and illustrations throughout including some full page, some occasional spotting, finger soiling and a few small marginal splits, pp. 81-82 near detached and a little frayed at extremities, final leaf slightly soiled and frayed at edges and rehinged with slight paper loss to inner margin, old pencil ownership name of Kathleen Hollis to front pastedown, contemporary green half morocco, slightly rubbed and soiled on upper cover, spine darkened, 4to A seemingly very uncommon edition of this book published under this title for the first time. The copy in the Osborne collection has a coloured frontispiece using the same illustration as here. (1)

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Dominic Winter Auctions
Lot 552

Pogany (Willy, illustrator). Rubaiyat of Omar Khayyam. The First and Fourth Renderings in English Verse by Edward Fitzgerald, 1930, 12 tipped-in colour plates, a few light spots, top edge gilt, original green morocco gilt, spine faded, 4to, limited edition, 59/750 signed by the artist, with an extra signed etching at front, together with The Rime of the Ancient Mariner in Seven Parts, by Samuel Taylor Coleridge, 1910, 20 tipped-in colour plates, top edge gilt, original green cloth gilt, edges a little rubbed, 4to (2)

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Dominic Winter Auctions
Lot 584

Timlin (William M.). The Ship that Sailed to Mars, A Fantasy, 1st edition, Harrap, [1923], forty-eight text leaves and forty-eight colour plates, all mounted on grey paper, first few leaves with a few faint fox spots, free endpapers toned, original quarter vellum gilt, rubbed and a few light marks, corners showing, folio (1)

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Dominic Winter Auctions
Lot 615

Ashbee (C.R., editor). The Manual of the Guild and School of Handicraft: being a guide to county councils and technical teachers, Cassell & Company, 1892, publisher's catalogue at rear, uncut and untrimmed, original printed pale brown wrappers, in very good condition, 8vo, together with Ashbee (C.R.), A Report by Mr. C.R. Ashbee to the Council of the National Trust for places of historic interest and natural beauty, on his visit to the United States in the council's behalf, October 1900 to February 1901, Essex House Press, March 1901, printed in red and black in Endeavour type, single large woodcut initial, untrimmed, later green cloth gilt, with original brown paper wrappers bound in, slim folio Tomkinson 17 for the second work, printed in an edition of 350 copies of which the first 50 are printed on Essex House paper, this copy being number 32. (2)

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Dominic Winter Auctions
Lot 621

Birmingham Guild of Handicraft, 2 volumes, Numbers 1-6 (complete), November 1894 - July 1896, numerous woodcut illustrations by Edmund H. New, Charles M. Gere, Ernest G. Treglown, Sydney Meteyard, Joseph Southall and others, untrimmed, all in original printed wrappers with woodcut design to upper cover, all in very good condition, loosely contained, with additional separate prospectus bound in original publisher's matching cloth portfolios, a few minor marks and spines lightly sunned, 8vo A fine, complete set of the magazine of the Birmingham Guild of Handicraft, which contains contributions by Arthur Gaskin, Bernard Sleigh, A.S. Dixon, Claude Napier-Clavering, S. Baring Gould, William Morris on Kelmscott House, W.R. Letherby on the function of guilds, etc. The first three issues numbered 41 from an edition of 300 copies, the second three issues numbered 4 from an unspecified edition. Issue number 3 has the signature of Arthur Fowler to upper cover in pencil, who designed woodcut initials for the magazine. (2)

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Dominic Winter Auctions
Lot 625

Doves Press. Cornelii Taciti de Vita et Moribus Julii Agricolae Liber, edited by J.W. Mackail, Doves Press, 1900, xxxii pp., one or two light marginal spots, original limp vellum, spine titled in gilt, 8vo, limited edition, one of 225 copies on paper Tidcombe DP1; Tomkinson 1. The first book published by the Doves Press. (1)

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Dominic Winter Auctions
Lot 638

Eragny Press. Histoire de Peau D'Ane, by Charles Perrault, Eragny Press, 1902, wood-engraved frontispiece, borders and initials designed by Lucien Pissarro, woodcut illustrations by T. Sturge Moore, printed in black and red, some toning to endpapers, booklabel of Ken Tomkinson, original boards with repeat palm pattern in blue, some toning to joints and extremities, 8vo, limited edition, one of 230 copies Tomkinson 14. With two loose 1 pp. autograph letters from Lucien Pissarro to Geoffrey Tomkinson, dated 23 February and 27 February 1928; the first requesting a copy of Tomkinson's Select Bibliography of the Principal Modern Presses... (1928), and discussing the Eragny Press, signed at foot, the other letter thanking Tomkinson for his book and offering to send him a book in return (incomplete? and unsigned), plus a postcard from Esther Pissarro to Tomkinson stating her husband was away in Paris and would answer his letter on his return. (1)

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Dominic Winter Auctions
Lot 673

Doves Press. Men & Women, 1908, flourished in green and blue ink by Edward Johnston, edges untrimmed, original full limp vellum, spines titled in gilt, 8vo Limited edition of 250 on paper printed by T.J. Cobden-Sanderson and Emery Walker from the 1855 first edition. Each volume signed and dated by Edward Johnston at the colophon, and dated December 1908. One of only a small number with ink flourishes. (2)

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Dominic Winter Auctions
Lot 674

Doves Press. Dramatis Personae by Robert Browning, 1910, printed in red & black, edges untrimmed, original full limp vellum, gilt title to spine, without ties (never present), 8vo Limited edition of 250 copies printed on paper by T.J. Cobden-Sanderson from the 1864 first edition. (1)

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Dominic Winter Auctions
Lot 699

Nonesuch Press. The Works of Shakespeare. The text of the First Folio with Quarto variants and a selection of modern readings, edited by Herbert Farjeon, 7 vols., printed by Walter Lewis at the Cambridge University Press for the Nonesuch Press, 1929-33, decorative borders to titles, top edge gilt, remainder untrimmed, original russet morocco gilt, occasional light fading, upper board of vol. 6 scuffed & worn to upper outer corner, 8vo Limited edition 1261/1600. (7)

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Dominic Winter Auctions
Lot 701

Rossetti (Christina). Poems chosed by Walter de la Mare, published The Gregynog Press, 1930, additional half title, wood engraved portrait by R.A.Maynard from a drawing by D.G.Rossetti above the introduction, printed on Japanese vellum, partially uncut, limited edition 203/300, publisher's quarter pigskin gilt with marbled boards, 8vo, together with The Nonesuch Press, publishers, Love Poems of John Donne, with some account of his life taken from the writings in 1639 of Izaak Walton, 1923, portrait frontispiece, limited edition 242/1250 on hand-made Vidalon paper, partially untrimmed, paper with extensive watermarks, contemporary manuscript note to first front blank 'Herbert Simon from the Nonesuch Press, 1923', printed endpapers, quarter vellum with printed boards, 8vo, with Wright (John Buckland, illustrator), The Collected Sonnets of John Keats, published The Halcyon Press. A.A.M.Stols, Maastricht, 1930, woodcut portrait frontispiece, additional half title, woodcut illustrations throughout, limited edition 92/376, partially untrimmed, endpapers a little browned, publisher's blue cloth with gilt design to upper board, spin a little faded, 8vo, plus Bell (George, publisher), Poems by John Keats, Illustrations by Robert Anning Bell, 1898, additional decorative half title, numerous illustrations throughout, printed on Japanese vellum, some pencil marginalia, limited edition 5/125, publisher's canvas boards, spine sunned, 8vo, and The Nonesuch Press, (publisher), X Sermons preached by that late learned and Rev. divine John Donne, Doctor in Divinity, once Dean of the Cathedral Church of Saint Pauls..., chosen by Geoffrey Keynes, 1923, title printed in red & black, additional half title, uncut and partially untrimmed, limited edition 701/725, publiser's quarter canvas with paper label to spine, spine sunned, large 8vo (5)

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Dominic Winter Auctions
Lot 703

Shakespeare Head Press. The Whole Works of Homer; Prince of Poetts, in his Iliads, and Odysses, Translated according to the Greeke by George Chapman, 5 volumes, Oxford, 1930-31, 48 full-page woodcut illustrations by John Farleigh, woodcut title border for "Achilles Shield", woodcut frontispiece portraits of Homer and woodcut title-page borders in the first and fifth volumes, woodcut dedication page, partly uncut, original crushed red half morocco gilt over buckram boards, spines slightly rubbed and faded with some marks, small folio Limited edition, 125/450 copies on paper. (5)

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Dominic Winter Auctions
Lot 712

Auden (Wystan Hugh). Poems, 1st edition, Faber, 1930, ink inscription to half-title in an unknown hand, untrimmed, original printed wrappers, splits to folds and joints, a little loss to spine and minor creasing and wear to extremities, contained in a later cloth chemise and slipcase, 4to The author's first book. (1)

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Dominic Winter Auctions
Lot 739

Gilbert (Michael). Close Quarters, 1st edition, 1947, original cloth (one or two faint stains, small indentation to spine), dust jacket, small closed tear to spine and front and rear panels, 8vo The author's first book. (1)

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Dominic Winter Auctions
Lot 748

Hughes (Ted). The Hawk in the Rain, 1st edition, 1957, scattered light spotting, original cloth, some light mottled stains, dust jacket with wraparound Choice of the Poetry Book Society band, spine faded, a few nicks and spots, 8vo The poet's first book. (1)

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Dominic Winter Auctions
Lot 750

James (P.D.). Cover Her Face, 1st edition, Faber & Faber, 1962, original green cloth, small faint stain to upper cover, price-clipped d.j., two small holes to lower joint, spine slightly toned with small creases at ends, 8vo Surprisingly scarce copy of the author's first novel, most copies sent to public libraries upon publication. (1)

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Dominic Winter Auctions
Lot 751

Kafka (Franz). The Castle, Translated from the German by Willa and Edwin Muir, 1st UK edition, 1930, partly untrimmed, early ownership name to front endpaper, original blue cloth gilt, spine slightly spotted and faded, upper board a little bleached at lower edge, 8vo Kafka's first book to be translated into English; the original German edition was published in 1926. (1)

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Dominic Winter Auctions
Lot 760

Machen (Arthur). The Great God Pan and the Inmost Light, 1st edition, 1894, 16 pp. publisher's list at end, some light toning and spotting, bookplate removed from front pastedown, original cloth, upper cover with decoration by Aubrey Beardsley, joints and edges rubbed, a few bumps to edges, 8vo, together with The Three Imposters or the Transmutations, 1st edition, 1895, 16 pp. advertisements at end, light toning and spotting, previous owner blindstamp, original cloth with decorations by Aubrey Beardsley, a little rubbed and bumped, 8vo, plus The Hill of Dreams, 1st edition, 1907, frontispiece by S.H. Sime, advertisement leaf at end, a few spots, presentation inscription to half title, top edge gilt, original red cloth, spine faded, 8vo, with other first editions by Arthur Machen including The Bowmen and Other Legends of the War, 1915, Things Near & Far, 1923, Precious Balms, 1924 (limited signed edition of 250), Dog and Duck. A London Calendar et Caetera, 1924 (limited edition of 900), Ornaments in Jade, Knopf, New York, 1924 (one of 1000 signed copies, this 'printer's copy') and the Caerleon Edition of the Works of Arthur Machen, 9 volumes, 1923 (one of 1000 signed copies), plus other biographies, reprints and related including Faunus. The Journal of the Friends of Arthur Machen, limited editions issues 1-32, 1998-2015 (approx 100)

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Dominic Winter Auctions
Lot 771

Stead (William Force). Verd Antique, Poems, 1st edition, Oxford, Basil Blackwell, 1920, untrimmed, original pale green printed wrappers, with author's presentation inscription to half-title 'Lady Ottoline Morrell with the compliments of the author', together with Fantasia, 1st edition, Oxford, Holywell Press, 1921, untrimmed, original printed wrappers, very slightly rubbed and browned to spine and upper margin of upper cover, author's presentation inscription to first leaf 'To the Lady Ottoline Morrell with the sincere regards of the author Nov. 27th 1921', plus Lyrics, 1st edition, printed for private circulation, Oxford, Holywell Press, 1992, untrimmed, original orange printed wrappers, frayed and chipped to spine with slight loss, edges darkened, author's presentation inscription to upper cover 'Lady Ottoline Morrell from the author Feb. 1923', and with an author's handwritten letter loosely inserted to Lady Ottoline, dated February 6th 1923, 4 pages, describing his travels in Italy, and referring to Oxford, and sense of spiritual alienation, and 3 other books of poetry by William Force Stead: Wayfaring Songs and Elegies, 1st edition, 1924, Four Poems, Oxford, 1928 & Uriel, A Hymn in Praise of Divine Immanence, 1st edition, Cobden-Sanderson, 1933, each inscribed to Lady Ottoline Morrell by the author, the first and third bound in original cloth, the latter with dust jacket, all slim 8vo William Force Stead (1884-1967) was an American Diplomat and Poet who became Anglican Clergyman and Chaplain of Worcester College, Oxford. He is best known for his editorial work on the poet Christopher Smart. He was born in Washington D.C. and educated at the University of Virginia. A student at Queen's College, Oxford, during the first world war, he was ordained and spent some time in Italy during the early 1920s before returning to Oxford as a fellow at Worcester College. (6)

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Dominic Winter Auctions
Lot 9

Cook (Captain James). An Account of the Voyages Undertaken by the Order of His Present Majesty for Making Discoveries in the Southern Hemisphere, and Successively Performed by Commodore Byron, Captain Wallis, Captain Carteret, and Captain Cook, in the Dolphin, the Swallow and the Endeavour: Drawn up from the Journals which were kept by the Several Commanders, and from the Papers of Joseph Banks, by John Hawkesworth, 3 volumes, 1st edition, 1773, 52 engraved maps, plates and charts, some folding, Chart of the Straights of Magellan chart and preliminary leaves of volume I detached, some scattered spotting, browning and offsetting, bookplates, contemporary mottled calf, rebacked and repaired, a little rubbed, 4to Hill 783; Sabin 30934. Cook's first voyage. (3)

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Hampstead Auctions
Lot 382

Books: Bracken, Henry M.D., ‘Farriery Improved: or a Compleat Treatise upon the Art of Farriery’, first edition, full contemporary leather, book plate for Richard Vesey, 1748, title page and ten further pages professionally restored, London 1737; Gibson, W., ‘The Farrier’s Dispensatory’, second edition, rebound with original calf boards, London 1727; Pick, W., ‘The Sportsman & Breeder’s Vade Mecum’, volume X, board cover (spine and edges worn), advertisement frontispiece, dated 1795 (3)

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Hampstead Auctions
Lot 384

Books: Lawrence, John, ‘A Philosophical and Practical Treatise on Horses and on the moral duties of man towards The Brute Creation’, first edition, two volumes, rebound leather with marble boards, London 1796 (2)

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Wright Marshall Ltd
Lot 157

The Kings and Queens of England sterling silver proof set Comprising forty three silver proof medals, commemorating the Kings and Queens of England, contained in a red album book with individual sections, first edition set produced by John Pinches (medalist) limited circa 1970, total silver weight approx 55oz.

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Wright Marshall Ltd
Lot 364

1 Decanter Courvoisier 'Extra' Cognac “Edition 5” 'Degustation' Collection Erte In immaculate, pristine condition with presentation box, certification and in outer protective cover One of a set of limited edition Courvoisier bottlings designed by the leading Art Deco artist Erte, who sadly died shortly after the first edition was released. Some of the base cognacs used date back to 1892, the year of the artist's birth. These bottles are highly sought-after by collectors

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Potburys
Lot 175

A. Conan Doyle 'The Hound of the Baskervilles', George Newnes Limited, 1902 first edition (with 'you' for 'your' mis-print page 13 line 3, and the plate facing page 76 reversed). This is a worn copy, please request a condition report, personal inspection recommended

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Potburys
Lot 181

W Swaysland - Familiar Wild Birds, first, second and fourth series, Cassell & Company Ltd, 1883, pictorial cloth boards; and Sketches and Anecdotes of Animal Life by the Rev. J. G. Wood, third edition, George Routledge and Co, 1856, in a full leather binding

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Lawrences of Bletchingley
Lot 474

Three volumes, quarter red leather covered, ' Woodstock ' by Walter Scott, First Edition 1826, published by Archibald Constable & Co.

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Lawrences of Bletchingley
Lot 476

Charles Dickens, ' The Cricket on the Hearth ', First Edition 1846, having original decorative red cloth boards, published by Bradbury & Evans, Fleet Street

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Lawrences of Bletchingley
Lot 478

One volume, ' Vickram and The Vampire ' by Richard F. Burton, First Edition, 1870, published by Longmans Green

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Lawrences of Bletchingley
Lot 484

One volume, ' Discoveries in the Ruins of Nineveh and Babylon ' by A.H. Layard, 1853, First Edition published by John Murray, London

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Lawrences of Bletchingley
Lot 492

Sir Alfred Munnings, one volume ' An Artist's Life ', First Edition 1950, another ' The Finish ', First Edition 1952 and another ' The Second Burst ' First Edition 1951, together with a signed letter from Lady Munnings

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Trevanion & Dean
Lot 169

ADAMS (D), THE HITCH HIKER'S GUIDE TO THE GALAXY, first edition, blue cloth, d.j - no price and not cut to fold-over of jacket - probably a second issue dust jacket as there is no advert on the back, London, Arthur Baker 1979; THE RESTAURANT AT THE END OF THE UNIVERSE, first edition, un-clipped d.j, Arthur Baker, 1980 (2)

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Trevanion & Dean
Lot 168

JOHNS (CAPTAIN. W), SPITFIRE PARADE, first edition, original d.j, not clipped, pictorial blue cloth and colour frontis, Oxford University Press, 1941 (1)

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Trevanion & Dean
Lot 199

AN ABRIDGEMENT OF THE ARCHITECTURE OF VITRUVIUS, first edition in English, engraved frontis, [12], 158, [34], with 11 (one double) engraved plates, rebacked spine with original boards, later marbled end papers, London, Abel Swall and T. Child at The Unicorn, 1692 (1)

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Wessex Auction Rooms
Lot 465

A hardback Volume "The Anatomy of The Horse" by George Stubbs (the original 1766 Edition with a modern Veterinary paraphrase), with 24 plates of Stubb's drawings now published for the first time, this Edition J A Allen & Co., Limited (London), 1965

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McTear's
Lot 29

VINTAGE PICNIC SET together with a signed first edition of David Laidlaw's 'Growing Gladioli'

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Smiths Newent Auctions
Lot 540

Lloyds Weekly News, London 1912 'The Deathless Story of the Titanic' - first edition

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Smiths Newent Auctions
Lot 553

The Map of Love by Dylan Thomas - First Edition 1939 with dust cover

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Smiths Newent Auctions
Lot 573

Italian Pictures Drawn with Pen and Pencil - 1873 first edition

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Chaucer Auctions
Lot 453

Apollo 11 - Buzz Aldrin - First Moonlanding. Signed American first edition of Buzz Aldrins latest book, No Dream Is To High. Unread and opened only for signing. Excellent. Good condition. All signed items come with Certificate of Authenticity. Can be shipped worldwide.

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Chaucer Auctions
Lot 456

Apollo 15 - Alfred Worden. First edition hardback copy of Wordens autobiography, Falling to Earth. Unread and opened only for signing. Excellent. Good condition. All signed items come with Certificate of Authenticity. Can be shipped worldwide.

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Sportingold Limited
Lot 817

1956 EUROPEAN CUP FINAL Real Madrid v Stade Reims played 13 June 1956 at Parc des Princes, Paris. Rare official Real Madrid revista edition dated July 1956. This was a European Cup Final special edition dedicated entirely to the first ever European Cup Final won by Real Madrid. The front cover is titled "El Real Madrid C De F Campeon De Europa". Good

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Sportingold Limited
Lot 323

1969 INTERNATIONAL CUP AC Milan v Estudiantes played 8 Oct 1969 at the San Siro, Milan, Rare "Supersport" of Milan special edition dated Oct 1969. Title "Milan Mondiale" includes extensive coverage of the first leg and also previews the second leg due to be played in Buenos Aires, Argentina on 22 Oct 1969. No programme was produced for either leg. Generally good

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Cheffins
Lot 372

TOLKIEN (J R R) Twelve vols., most in dust wrappers: The Return of the King, 4th impression, another copy (6th impression), and a first edition copy lacking jacket; The Fellowship of the Ring, 7th impression, another copy (5th impression), and a 1971 edition; The Two Towers 7th impression; Folio Society set 1977 in slip case; The Hobbit, Folio Society edition 1979; one other (12)

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Cheffins
Lot 362

HARDY (Thomas) Tess of the d'Urbervilles, first edition in three volumes, London: Osgood, McIlvaine & Co, 1891, half titles, sporadic light finger or dust staining, original cloth with some fading and wear (3)

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Cheffins
Lot 334

SHAKESPEARE. Folio Society editions, 37 vols. circa 1960-76, including reprints, lacking slip cases; BRAND (John) Observations on Popular Antiquities, Newcastle Upon Tyne: T. Saint, for J. Johnson, 1777, 8vo, first edition, half calf rubbed; HARDIE (M) Watercolour Painting in Britain, three vols., slip cases; dictionaries and references on printing etc by Prideaux, Holloway, Anderson and Redgrave.

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Cheffins
Lot 259

[LINDLEY, Augustus Frederick] TI-PING TIEN-KWOH, The History of the TI-PING REVOLUTION, including a Narrative of the Author's Personal Adventures, London: Day & Son, 1866, first edition, two volumes in one, large 8vo, chromolithographed views and plates, folding frontispiece and two folding maps, as called for, half contemporary calf lightly rubbed in places, gilt spine, marbled boards and edges, contents generally good with only very slight sporadic staining. Note: An important first-hand account of the Taiping revolution. In 1863, aged only twenty, Lindley resigned from the British merchant navy to fight on the side of the Taiping peasant rebels along with several other foreign volunteers. He engaged in the dramatic capture of one of Britain's best Yangzi gunships, the Firefly, which was handed to the Taiping leaders.

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Cheffins
Lot 384

BANVILLE (John), First Light, The Bridgewater Press, 2006, 8vo, original green calf backed cloth boards, lettered in gilt on spine, first edition, limited edition of 138 copies signed by the author, one of 12 specially bound copies, and with a duplicate copy (2)

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Cheffins
Lot 279

CHILDREN'S ILLUSTRATED, RACKHAM (Arthur, illus.), The Sleeping Beauty retold by C. S. Evans, royal 8vo, first edition, London: William Heinemann 1920, illustrated in silhouettes by A. Rackham, one tipped-in coloured plate, red cloth-backed decorated boards, pictorial endpapers; GREENAWAY (Kate), Marigold Garden, London: George Routledge and Sons, no date, colour illustrations printed by Edmund Evans, cloth-backed decorative boards, light staining throughout; together with a collection of five books illustrated by BOUTET DE MONVEL(Maurice), to include Jeanne d'Arc, first edition, oblong 4to, Paris: Plon, Nourrit [1896], 48 pages, each with a colour illustration, original lavender cloth, stamped in gilt and green; another, no date, white cloth; La Fontaine: Fables; Vieilles chansons et rondes; Nos enfants par Anatole France, Paris: Hachette; and BOTREL (Théodore), Les Chansons des petits Bretons. Quinze chansons choisies pour la jeunesse, 32 illustrations by Madeleine Jacquier, Paris: Georges Ondet, 1902, cloth (8)

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Cheffins
Lot 378

BLIXEN (Karen) Out Of Africa, 1938 reprint, dust wrapper; another copy first edition lacking wrapper; The Angelic Avengers, first London edition 1946, dust wrapper; Last Tales, first edition 1957, dust wrapper; Anecdotes of Destiny, first edition 1958, dust wrapper (5)

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Cheffins
Lot 364

HUXLEY (Aldous) Brave New World, first edition, Chatto and Windus 1932, near fine in dust wrapper (priced 7s.6d), very slight foxing or spotting to prelims and half title, bright gilt blocking to spine, wrapper with minor wear to spine ends and corners, spine very slightly skewed

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Cheffins
Lot 366

CHRISTIE (Agatha), A collection of first editions, most with the original dust wrapper, to include: The Hound of Death and Other Stories, Odhams, 1933, light foxing throughout, lacking original dust wrapper, burgundy cloth; A Caribbean Mystery, 1964, original dust wrapper stained; Hickory Dickory Dock, 1955, original dust wrapper worn; Ordeal by Innocence, 1958; Nemesis, 1971; Miss Marple's Final Cases and Two Other Stories, 1979; Cat Among the Pigeons, 1959; Sleeping Murder, Miss Marple's Last Case, 1976; Elephants Can Remember, 1972; together with The Burden, second edition, 1973; a bibliographical guide to Agatha Christie and her works by Randall Toye; and The Life and Crimes of Agatha Christie by Charles Osborne (12)

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Cheffins
Lot 124

ELIOT (G) pseud. of Mary Ann EVANS. Middlemarch. A Study of Provincial Life, 4 vol., first edition, Edinburgh and London: William Blackwood and sons, 1871-72, small 8vo, without half titles, armorial bookplates, half calf (rubbed)

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Cheffins
Lot 381

BURROUGHS (W S) Early Routines, Cadmus Editions 1982, softback; The Wild Boys, A Book of the Dead, London: Calder & Boyars, first London edition 1972, dustwrapper; with typed letter signed by the author, dated 1973; Cities of the Red Night, London, 1981, softback (4)

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Cheffins
Lot 401

Uncorrected Proof Copies.WILSON (Angus), Henlock and After, Late Call, Anglo-Saxon Attitudes, The Wild Garden, The Mulberry Bush, The Middle Age of Mrs Elliot, The Old Men at the Zoo, A Bit off the Map; THOMAS (Edward), Four-and-Twenty Blackbirds; also with HUGHES (Ted), The Hawk in the Rain, first edition, 1957, signed by the author, dustwrapper, and few others including [SUTHERLAND (Graham)]Poetry London/Apple Magazine, vol. 1, no. 1, 1979, no. 54 of 150 copies, signed by Sutherland and Tambimuttu, with inserted record

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Cheffins
Lot 269

DULAC (Edmund, illustrator), Treasure Island, by Robert L. Stevenson, London: Ernest Benn Ltd, no date [1927], first edition, 4to, twelve colour plates and black-and-white illustrations, half calf, spine edges worn, t.e.g.

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Cheffins
Lot 379

CHRISTIE (Agatha) The Body in the Library, first edition 1942, chipped dust wrapper; Sad Cypress, first 2/6 Edition, damaged wrapper; The Murder at the Vicarage, first edition 1930, ex. library label to first paste-down, cover soiled and torn to spine (3)

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Cheffins
Lot 390

LAWS (Stephen), Macabre, Hodder & Stoughton 1994, first edition, 8vo., original cloth with dust wrapper. A little browning to margins.

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