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Lot 33

Bell (Alexander Graham) - Lectures upon the Mechanism of Speech, first edition in book form , illustrations, a couple of small pencil annotations, original cloth, spine slightly rubbed and faded, New York and London , 1906; and 8 parliamentary papers on telephones and telegraphy, 8vo & folio (9)

Lot 330

Graves (Robert) - John Kemp's Wager, first edition, number 1 of 100 copies signed by the author, original vellum-backed patterned boards, rather darkened and a little bumped, Oxford, 1925 § Rich (Adrienne Cecile) A Change of World, first edition, of the author's first book, ink ownership inscription of Anthony Thwaite to front endpaper, original boards, dust-jacket, spine browned, a little rubbed, otherwise excellent, New Haven, CT, 1951, 8vo (2)

Lot 333

Hughes (Langston) - Shakespeare in Harlem, first edition, signed presentation inscription from E.McKnight Kauffer to front free endpaper, illustrations by E.McKnight Kauffer, bookplate of Giles Alexander Esme Gordon to pastedown, original cloth, dust-jacket, spine browned, some creasing and chipping to extremities, New York, 1942.

Lot 343

Lessing (Doris) - The Habit of Loving, first edition, signed presentation inscription from the author to front free endpaper, some light spotting to prelims, original boards, spine ends and corners a little bumped, dust-jacket, some light rubing and creasing to head, light surface soiling, 1957; and an Iris Murdoch first edition with a signed bookplate, 8vo (2)

Lot 346

McAlmon (Robert) - Explorations, first edition, partially erased by still legible signed presentation inscription from the author to Djuna Barnes, ex libris bookplate of Shakespeare and Company, Paris, to pastedown, original cloth, spine ends and corners a little bumped, 1921 § Williams (William Carlos) The Collected Later Poems, first edition, signed presentation inscription from the author to Betty Stedman on front free endpaper, original cloth, dust-jacket, spine ends and corners a little chipped, excellent otherwise, Norfolk, CT, 1950, 8vo (2)

Lot 348

Miller (Henry) - Money and How it Gets That Way, first edition, signed presentation inscription from the author to half-title, several ff. detached or becoming loose, original stiff wrappers, spine split at foot, Paris, 1938; and a hand-made photograph album of Miller at a reception at a French publisher's in 1953, 8vo & 4to (2)

Lot 350

The Exile, 4 vol., first edition, original wrappers (Ezra, editor ) The Exile, 4 vol., first edition , original wrappers, spines a little creased and faded, some light rubbing to extremities, still an excellent set overall, preserved in custom drop-back box, 8vo, New York, 1927-28 . Includes works by Ernest Hemingway, W.B.Yeats and William Carlos Williams.

Lot 352

Pound (Ezra).- Bunting (Basil) - Poems: 1950, first edition, second issue with publisher's address stamped to lower cover, presentation inscription from Ezra Pound to Marcella [Spann Booth] to front endpaper, with 2 further notes in his hand to rear endpaper, original wrappers, light browning to spine and margins, 8vo, Galveston, TX, The Cleaner's Press, [1950]. Marcella Spann Booth (b.1933) avid Pound collector and scholar.

Lot 356

Rushdie (Salman) - Two Stories, number 48 of 60 copies signed by the author, woodcuts and linocuts by Bhupen Khakhar, original cloth, slip-case, Privately Printed, 1989 § Riding (Laura) Four Unposted Letters to Catherine, one of 200 copies signed by the author, initialled presentation inscription from the author to front endpaper, upper joint split with some ff. becoming loose, original morocco-backed boards, Paris, Hours Press, 1930 § Spark (Muriel) Harper and Wilson, number IV of X specially-bound copies for private distribution and signed by the author, from an edition limited to 110, original goatskin, Colophon Press, 1996; and 15 others, modern literature and first editions, some signed, folio & 8vo (18)

Lot 357

Shaw (George Bernard) - Three Plays for Puritans, first edition, signed presentation inscrition from the author to Gilbert Murray to title, foxing to prelims, bookplate of Gilbert Murray loosely inserted, photograph of author laid-down on pastedown, hinges starting, original cloth, cocked, spine browned, wear to spine ends and lower joint, 1901; and 13 others, theatre, some signed, 8vo & 4to (14) Gilbert Murray (1866-1957) classical scholar, intellectual and close friend of Bernard Shaw.

Lot 36

Computing.- Marshall (William P.) - Babbage's Calculating Machine, contained in 'Proceedings of the Birmingham Philosophical Society' vol.1 Part II p.33-48, 5 plates, ex-library copy with stamp on periodical title, contemporary half calf, Birmingham, 1879 § Williams ( Prof. F.C.), T.Kilburn & G.C.Toothill. Universal High-Speed Digital Computers: A Small-Scale Experimental Machine, contained in 'Proceedings of the Institution of Electrical Engineers' vol.98 Part II No.61 pp.13-28, diagrams, disbound, 1951 § Wiener (Norbert) Cybernetics, first edition, first printing , original cloth, very slightly soiled, New York & Paris, 1948; and a small quantity of others, some on computers, 8vo & 4to (sm.qty) The first volume also includes 'On the existence in Mammalian Blood of a new Morphological Element which explains the origin of the Red Disc, and the formation of Fibrin' by Richard Norris (Part III pp.3-36) with 48 mounted microphotographs; and with the lot are vol.3-15 of Proccedings of the Birmingham Philosophical Society bound in 10 vol. containing , inter alia, an article by E.A.Sonnenschein on Jevons' Logical Machine of 1883.

Lot 360

Verne (Jules) - The Green Ray, first English edition, illustrations, publisher's catalogue dated September 1883, a few ff. becoming loose, floral endpapers, original grey-green and brown pictorial cloth, lettered in gilt, spine slightly discoloured, spine ends and corners a little bumped, still very good overall, 8vo, 1883. A seemingly scarce variant binding.

Lot 361

Weber (Max) - Essays on Art, first edition, signed presentation inscription from the author to title, review slip tipped-in on title, original pictorial wrappers, yapp edges, light creasing to extremities, otherwise excellent, preserved in custom drop-back box, New York, 1916.

Lot 362

The First Men in the Moon, first edition, second issue,12 plates, half-title The First Men in the Moon, first edition, second issue,12 plates, half-title, last plate working loose, slightly foxed and browned, original dark blue cloth lettered and decorated in black, some rubbing, upper cover with edges nicked, joints splitting, 1901 § Eco (Umberto) The Name of the Rose, first English edition, dust-jacket spine slightly faded, 1983 § Boyd (William) Brazzaville Beach, first edition, signed by the author, 1990, original cloth or boards, all but the first dust-jackets, 8vo (3).

Lot 363

Wells (H.G.), "Reginald Bliss". - Boon, The Mind of the Race..., first American edition, original cloth with paper label to upper cover, dust-jacket, spine slightly darkened, spine ends and corners a little chipped, some light rubbing and surface soiling, still a very good example of a scarce jacket, New York, 1915 § Wells (H.G.) The Wonderful Visit, first edition, light spotting or foxing to prelims, ink ownership inscription, orignal pictorial cloth, gilt, slight shelf-lean, spine a little faded, 1895 § Ford (Maddox Ford) "Ford Maddox Hueffer". The 'Half Moon', first edition, 6pp. advertisements, signed bookplate of Malcolm Bradbury to front free endpaper, original cloth, spine a little browned, 1909 ; and 4 others, 19th century, 4to & 8vo, (7)

Lot 364

Williams (Tennessee) - A Street Car Named Desire, first edition , publisher's pictorial paper covered boards, spine faded and extremities rubbed, original dust jacket, clipped, covers and spine faded, extremities creased, New York, 1947 § Beckett (Samuel) Waiting for Godot, first edition , tipped-in publisher's note, endpapers a little browned, original cloth, dust jacket lightly soiled and rubbed , n.d. [1956] § Poem-of-the-month Club, 19 broadside poems only (of 48), limited editions signed by the poets, minor surface dust, some corners a little creased , [c.1970]; and 1 other, 'Macbeth' theatre program signed by Vivien Leigh and Laurence Olivier , v.s. (4)

Lot 367

Wodehouse (P.G.) - Heavy Weather, first edition, bookplate, original cloth, dust-jacket, spine ends and corners a little chipped, a few short closed tears with accompanying creasing to head and foot, a little rubbed, very good otherwise, [McIlvaine A50a], 8vo, Boston, 1933.

Lot 368

Yeats (W.B.) - The Shadowy Waters, first American edition, bookplate of J.O.Edwards to pastedown, original grey boards with paper label to upper cover, spine ends and corners a little bumped, New York, 1901; A Book of Irish Verse, first edition, original green buckram, 1895; and another by the same, 4to & 8vo (3)

Lot 37

Denny (Henry) - Monographia Anoplurorum Britanniae, first edition , 26 hand-coloured engraved plates, original cloth, spine faded , 1842 § Bodenheimer ( Dr F.S.) Materielien zur Geschichte der Entomologie bis Linné, 2 vol., contemporary half morocco , Berlin, 1928-29 § Percheron (A) Bibliographie Entomologique, 2 vol. in 1, light foxing at beginning and end, contemporary half calf, rebacked preserving old spine, Paris and London , 1837, the last two ex-library copies with stamps, all rubbed ; and 6 others on entomology, 8vo & 4to (10) The first is a monograph on the louse, one of the most important works on the subject.

Lot 370

Yeats (W.B.) - New Poems, first edition , one of 450 copies, inscribed by the author Olivia from WBY May 24 1935 on front free endpaper, leaping unicorn device by T.Sturge Moore on title, musical notation at end, colophon printed in red, original cloth-backed boards, uncut, slightly rubbed, label a little worn, [Miller 59; Wade 197], Dublin, Cuala Press, 1938 § Blunden (Edmund) Near and Far, New Poems, second impression, signed and inscribed by the author to G.D.Ramsay the historian with 4-line quotation from poem 'The Geographer's Glory' p.13 on front free endpaper, original buckram, uncut, dust-jacket, a little rubbed and soiled, spine browned, 1929; and 3 others, 8vo (5)

Lot 380

James (Grace) - Green Willow and other Japanese Fairy Tales, first edition , 40 tipped-in colour plates by Warwick Goble, a few plates slightly creased along edges, light scattered foxing, ink inscription to front free endpaper, original gilt pictorial cloth, spine slightly faded, rubbed, 1910 § Tennyson ( Lord Alfred) Maud, a monodrama, limited edition signed by the artist, frontispiece and illustrations by Edmund J.Sullivan, endpapers browned, original cloth-backed boards, lightly rubbed, 1922, 4to (2)

Lot 381

Peake (Mervyn) - Captain Slaughterboard, second edition, a few short closed tears to margins, ink ownership inscription, original cloth, dust-jacket, closed tears and accompanying creasing to head and foot, 1945; Ride a Cock-Horse, first edition, original pictorial boards, some light browning to head and foot, spine with chip to head, dust-jacket, chipped at head, large portion of loss to rear panel, 1940, illustrations by Mervyn Peake, and 4 others, illustrated, 4to & 8vo (6)

Lot 386

Steadman (Ralph) - Dogs Bodies, first edition, signed by the artist/author on the first illustration, original wrappers, slightly soiled , 1970; Mickey Mouse in Disneyland and White Rabbit prints signed in ink by the artist and two others also signed by the artist one in full colour possibly a proof, all slightly creased and with minor soiling, n.d. v.s.

Lot 397

Cotman (John Sell) - Engravings of...the Sepulchral Brasses in Norfolk, first edition , 111 engraved plates, most tinted by hand with pale green wash, 11 folding, later half pigskin, rubbed and faded, small folio, London, Norwich and Yarmouth, 1819.

Lot 400

Cramer (Patrick) - Joan Miró the Illustrated Books: Catalogue Raisonné, first edition, plates and illustrations, many colour, original cloth, dust-jacket, slip-case, large 8vo, Geneva, 1989.

Lot 405

Crawhall (Joseph) - A Beuk o' Newcassel Sangs, first edition , list of subscribers at beginning, woodcut illustrations, old ink signatures on front free endpaper, original buckram-backed pictorial boards, woodcut coat-of-arms on upper cover hand-coloured, a little rubbed and browned, small 4to, Newcastle upon Tyne, 1888.

Lot 41

Ferguson (John) - Bibliotheca Chemica.., A Catalogue of the Alchemical, Chemical and Pharmaceutical Books in the Collection of the late James Young , 2 vol., first edition , photogravure portraits, titles in red and black, ex-library copy with a few small unobtrusive stamps, modern half calf, uncut, a little rubbed and faded, Glasgow, 1906 § Honeyman Collection (The) of Scientific Books and Manuscripts, 7 vol., original wrappers, Sotheby's, 1978-81 § Kenney (C.E.) Catalogue of the Celebrated Collection, 8 vol., original wrappers, Sotheby's, 1965-68; and a quantity of others, bibliography and catalogues, 4to & 8vo (Qty)

Lot 421

Ross (Robert, editor) - Forty-Three Drawings by Alastair, limited Edition 147/500, colour and other plates, gutta percha binding perished, foxing, original white cloth gilt, dulled and soiled, John Lane The Bodley Head, 1914 § Marillier (H.C., editor) the Early Works of Aubrey Beardlsley & The Later Works of Aubrey Beardsley, 2 vol., first few pages loose in earlier vol., original cloth, slight dulling and soiling, John Lane The Bodley Head, 1899 & 1901 § Rackham (Arthur, illustrator) The Ingoldsby Legends or Mirth & Marvels by Thomas Ingoldsby Esq., tipped in colour plates, original cloth, marked, J.M. Dent & Co., 1907, plus 16 similar vol., v.s. (20)

Lot 44

Plaidoyer…contre l'introduction des Cadenats, ou Seintures de Chasteté ( M .) Plaidoyer contre l'introduction des Cadenats, ou Seintures de Chasteté, first edition , with engraving of a woman being fitted with a chastity belt cut down and mounted as frontispiece, A.-F. Rochard, Montpellier, 1750 bound with [Rigoley de Juvigny (J.A.)] Cause Célébre: Mémoire pour l'Asne de Jacques Féron contre l'Asnesse de Pierre le Clerc , engraved head-piece, n.p., n.d. and [?Le Clerc (P.)] Lettre d'une Asnesse, servant de réponse au Mémoire de Jacques Féron, pour son Asne, n.p., n.d., together 3 vol. in 1, light spotting, contemporary calf, gilt, spine gilt with red morocco label, rubbed, wormed, 8vo ; sold not subject to return Three rare eighteenth century libertine pamphlets. The first concerns the case of a young girl, Marie Lajon, who was kidnapped and imprisoned by Pierre Berlhe and forced to wear a chastity belt when he was absent. It is sometimes found with 3 engraved plates but was apparently issued as text only.

Lot 45

Gernsheim (H.& A.) - The History of Photography..., revised edition , 1969 § Friedman (J.S.) History of Color Photography, Boston , 1944 § Wilson (E.L.) Wilson's Quarter Century in Photography, New York , 1887 § Meldola (R.) The Chemistry of Photography, 1901 § Boni (A., editor ) Photographic Literature, one of 150 facsimile reprints , Mansfield, CT & New York , n.d., illustrations, original cloth, first two with dust-jackets, a little rubbed ; and 15 others on photography, 4to & 8vo (20)

Lot 46

Gerson (Elias) - Melekhet Mahashevet [Hebrew] i.e. Opus bipartitum... arithmeticam & algebram geometriam , 2 parts in 1, diagrams in text, title soiled and with corners and small hole (no loss) repaired, rather browned, cropped with slight loss to bottom line of first leaf of part 2, final leaf frayed and defective with loss to final six lines, later reversed calf, small nick to head of spine, 4to, Frankfurt & Berlin, 1765 § Laplace (P.-S.) Essai Philosophique sur les Probabilités, fourth edition, modern wrappers preserving original covers, uncut, faded, Paris, 1819 § Cournot (A.A.) Traité Élémentaire de la Théorie des Fonctions e du Calcul Infinitésimal, 2 vol., later half morocco, Paris, 1841; De l'Origine et des Limites de la Correspondance entre l'Algèbre et la Géométrie, modern cloth, Paris, 1847 § Lacroix (S.F.) Essais sur l'Enseignement en Général, et sur celui des Mathématiques en particulier, contemporary half sheep, spine chipped, Paris, 1805, some browning, all rubbed ; and c.40 others, mathematics, some pamphlets, 4to & 8vo (c.45)

Lot 47

Gwynne (James Stuart) - Gwynne's Patent Reaction Pump, and Gwynne's Pumping Engine, wood-engraved illustrations, a little browned, original printed wrappers, lighlty stained and frayed at edges, spine worn, upper cover detached, with advertisement for the pump from 'Engineering' (folded), together preserved in cloth portfolio, New York, 1855 § Tredgold (Thomas) The Steam Engine, first edition , engraved plates, some double-page, old manuscript calculations on front free endpaper and some notes loosely inserted, original boards, rubbed, rebacked, 1827 § Lean (Thomas) Historical Statement of he Improvements made in Steam Engines in Cornwall, tables, one folding, spotting, ex-library copy with stamps, original cloth, paper label on upper cover, a little worn, spine torn and faded, 1839, 8vo & 4to (3)

Lot 5

Cheyne (George) - An Essay on Regimen, first edition , contemporary calf, 1740 § Salzmann (C.G.) Gymnastics for Youth, ?translated by Mary Wollstonecraft, folding engraved frontispiece and plates (?after William Blake), browned and water-stained, frontispiece with small hole repaired causing slight loss, contemporary tree sheep, rebacked, Philadelphia, 1802 § Willich (.F.M.) Lectures on Diet and Regimen, fourth edition, 3pp. advertisements at end, contemporary sheep, 1809 § Smith (John) The Pourtract of Old Age, second edition, imprimatur leaf, folding table, old ink signature on title, lightly water-stained, some worming, modern half cloth, 1676, the first three rubbed ; and 5 others on health and regimen, 8vo et infra (9) The first advocates moderation in both food and drink, and a diet of milk and vegetables by which the author himself had reduced his weight from thirty-two stone.

Lot 51

L'Art du Tourneur Mecanicien, Premiere Partie [all published], first edition (Antoine, Père ) L'Art du Tourneur Mecanicien , Premiere Partie [all published], first edition , 45 engraved plates, some light water-staining, later morocco-backed boards, Paris, 1775 § Holtzapffel (J.J.) Turning and Mechanical Manipulation on the Lathe, 5 vol. in 3 [all published, intended 6th vol. never appeared], vol.4 inscribed by the author, some ink annotations, modern cloth, 1852-84 § Gutsmuths (J.C.F.) Mechanische Nebensbeschäftigungen für Jünglinge und Männer, first edition , folding engraved plates, modern cloth, Wittenburg, 1801, the first two rubbed ; and 10 others on tools and machines, v.s. (15)

Lot 56

Malebranche (Nicolas) - Father Malebranche His Treatise Concerning the Search after Truth, translated by T. Taylor, second edition, 2 parts in 1 vol., contemporary ink signature at head of title, slight worming to lower margin, a little soiled, old library label on front pastedown, contemporary calf, spine gilt, joints crudely reinforced, by W. Bowyer for Thomas Bennet , 1700 § [Baker (Thomas)] Reflections upon Learning , first edition , old ink annotations to endpapers and some leaves of text (different hands), book-label of John Lawson, contemporary calf, for A. Bosvile, 1700, rubbed, spine ends and corners a little worn ; and 3 others, v.s . (5)

Lot 66

Nollet (J.A.) - Lettres sur l'Electricité, 3 vol. (including scarce first edition of vol.3), contemporary half calf, labels worn , 1764-67; L'Art des Expériences, ou Avis aux Amateurs de la Physique, 3 vol., second edition, contemporary mottled calf , 1760, folding engraved plates, rather worn , 8vo, Paris (5)

Lot 7

Court de Gebelin (Antoine) - Histoire Naturelle de la Parole, ou Précis de l'Origine du Langage & de la Grammaire Universelle, first separate edition, half-title, engraved frontispiece and folding plate of pictograms, folding colour-printed mezzotint of organs of speech by J.-F.Gautier d'Agoty, light spotting, contemporary vellum-bcked boards, uncut, rubbed, new label on spine, 8vo, Paris, 1776.

Lot 81

Willich (A.F.M.) - The Domestic Encyclopaedia..., 4 vol., some foxing, modern cloth, 1802 § Davy (Humphrey) Elements of Agricultural Chemistry, offsetting and browning, modern cloth, 1813 § Board of Agriculture. Communications to , vol.1-3 only (of 7), ex-Crerar library copy with stamps, contemporary half calf, covers detached, 1797-1802 § Graumann (P.B.C.) Diätetisches Wochenblatt für all Stände, vol.1 & 2 only (of 3), contemporary half sheep, Rostock, 1781-82 § Watt (G.) The Pests and Blights of the Tea Plant, Calcutta, 1898 § Seeligmann (T.) & others. Indiarubber and Gutta Percha, second edition, 1910 § Ville (M.Georges) On Artificial Manures, 1879, plates and illustrations, some engraved, some folding, the last three original cloth, the first of those with nick to spine, rubbed or worn ; and c.30 others, agriculture, food and drink, some pamphlets, v.s. (c.40)

Lot 82

Nanook of the North, first edition, frontispiece and plates, original cloth Nanook of the North, first edition, frontispiece and plates, original cloth, slightly marked on upper cover, dust-jacket, torn, edges chipped, slightly foxed and browned, 8vo, 1925.

Lot 88

Gomez Ken Russell: The Adaptor as Creator, first edition Gomez (Joseph A.) Ken Russell: The Adaptor as Creator, first edition, signed by Ken Russell on front free endpaper, plates, original cloth dust-jacket , 1976; and c. 35 others, v.s., v.d. (c. 35).

Lot 9

& others, editors . The Psychoanalytic Study of the Child, vol (Anna) & others, editors . The Psychoanalytic Study of the Child, vol.1-13 only in 12, some vol. second or third printings, original cloth, vol.5 spine faded, New York, 1947-58 § Freud (Sigmund) Zeitmässes über Krieg und Tod, original boards, edges rubbed and browned, Leipzig, 1924 § Jung (C.G.) Psychologische Typen, first edition , hinges weak, original cloth, head of spine a little worn, Zurich, 1921, all a little rubbed ; and c.30 others, psychology & psychiatry, 8vo & 4to (c.45)

Lot 98

.- Capra The Name Above the Title, first edition (Stanley, film director, 1928-99).- Capra (Frank) The Name Above the Title, first edition, presentation copy from Stanley Kubrick to David Samuelson with TLs loosely inserted, original cloth, dust-jacket slightly stained, 8vo, New York, 1971.

Lot 99

Mervyn LeRoy: Take One, first edition, signed by the author, plates Mervyn LeRoy: Take One, first edition, signed by the author, plates, front endpapers a little browned, original boards, dust-jacket, 8vo, 1974.

Lot 283

Anon [Daniel Defoe], Memoirs of the Church of Scotland, In Four Periods., Eman. Matthews, London 1717, first edition, 333pp + appendix (Of the State of the Church Since the Union), period calf spine and card boards, 8vo

Lot 286

Art History - Munnings (Sir Alfred), An Artist's Life, Museum Press Limited, London 1950, first edition, hb, dj; Gilbey, Bart. (Sir Walter), George Morland: His Life and Works, Adam and Charles Black, London 1907, hb; Cundall (H.M.), Birket Foster, Bracken Books, London 1986, hb, dj; Sutherland Gower (Lord Ronald), Sir Joshua Reynolds: His Life and Art, George Bell and Sons, London 1902, hb; Singer (H.W.), James McNeill Whistler, Siegle, Hill & Co., London 1910; etc (6)

Lot 298

Equestrian - Gibson (W.), The Farrier's New Guide. Containing First, The Anatomy of a Horse [and] An Account of all the Diseases.., S. Palmer, London 1722, third edition, discursive engraving to title-page, anatomical engravings and vignettes throughout, 260pp, full period calf binding

Lot 300

Fleming (Ian), On Her Majesty's Secret Service, Jonathan Cape London 1963, first edition, hb, dj (clipped as standard), 288pp, 8vo

Lot 303A

Grahame (Kenneth), The Wind in the Willows, Methuen and Co., London 1908, first edition, 302pp, hb, b/w frontispiece by Graham Robertson

Lot 317

Natural History - Blackburn (Mrs. Hugh), Birds: Drawn from Nature, Edmonston & Douglas, Edinburgh 1862, folio containing twenty-two lithographic plates published by Maclure & Macdonald, original boards; Seebohm (Henry), Coloured Figures of the Eggs of British Birds, With Descriptive Notices, edited by R. Bowlder Sharpe, Pawson and Brailsford, Sheffield 1896, first edition, 304pp, various chromolithographic plates, original red cloth binding, 4to; Marsh (Janet), Nature Diary, Michael Joseph, London 1979, full leather binding (3)

Lot 342A

Tolkien (J.R.R.), The Silmarillion, edited by Christopher Tolkien, George Allen & Unwin, Boston, Sydney and London 1977, first edition, 365pp, hb, dj, 8vo

Lot 1138

† STEPHEN BROADBENT (1962-) COMMUNICATION polished bronze, signed and dated 1989, on granite plinth, 24cm h No 7 from the edition of twelve. Communication was commissioned by Capital Bank in 1988 for its new computer building. It was the sculptor's first commission after leaving Arthur Dooley's studio. ++Tiny chip on plinth

Lot 1176

GRAHAME (KENNETH) THE GOLDEN AGE ILLUSTRATED BY E H SHEPARD first edition, pictorial cloth and dust jacket, worn, 1928, Ralph Hodgson, The Skylark and other poems, wood engravings by Reynolds Stone, 1958 and about twenty others, poetry, history, etc (22 approx)

Lot 333

BOXED DIE CAST MODELS - a collection of boxed die cast models to include Corgi x12 - a Rigid Tippers Davidsons Animal Feeds 1:50, a 100 YEARS OF FLIGHT, The Pioneering Years Limited Edition from Past Times featuring the Ryan NYP "Spirit of St Louis," the Wright Flyer "Kittyhawk", the Bae/Aerospatiale Concorde and the Boeing 315 Clipper, a Bedford 'O' Series Luton Van, detailing includes Lee Brothers Removers and Storers Bolton, a British Rail Bedford TK Low Loader, a Sentinel flatbed wagon - Guinness 1:50, an AEC 4 wheel flatbed with barrels - Federation Brewery, a BRS Leyland 4 wheel flatbed and container set 25101, a Foden 8 wheel rigid Robson's of Carlisle, a Ballantine's Albion Lorry 26001, a Bishop's Move 150th Anniversary, a Pollock CC10309 AEC Ergomatic Platform Lorry, a Bedford S Type Tractor Unit (cab sign missing and flat bed truck does not match), a Lledo Vanguards BRS Delivery Vans of the 1950s 1:64, a pair of 1:76 scale Exclusive First Editions Leyland PD2 Highbridge Wigan Corporation 16101 and Bedford OB coach West Yorkshire 20112 - boxes and OB coach show signs of wear, and a pair of Oxford Eddie Stobart Lorries 1:76 featuring Emily Kim and Karen Patricia.

Lot 72

I. COMPTON-BURNETT - a collection of nineteen of her published works in accordance with her wishes that Dolores, her first novel, was not to be included. The set was published posthumously in 1972 by Camelot Press. States edition number of the set as 51/500. Further includes the books Ivy Compton-Burnett A Memoir by Cicely Greig and Ivy: The Life of Ivy Compton-Burnett by Hilary Spurling.

Lot 507

19th Century leather bound Bible, three volumes ' History of the Great Western Railway ', First Edition T.E. Lawrence ' The Mint ', with a large volume of Dickens works and other various books and literature

Lot 229

WEST INDIES: A hardback edition of Days at the Cricket by John Arlott, First Edition published by Longmans, Green & Co. Ltd., London, 1951, being Arlott's account of the historic West Indies tour of England in 1950, signed by eighteen members of the West Indian team individually to the front free endpaper, including John Goddard, Robert Christiani, Gerry Gomez, Hines Johnson, Prior Jones, Roy Marshall, Allan Rae, Sonny Ramadhin, Jeff Stollmeyer, Alf Valentine, Clyde Walcott, Everton Weekes, Frank Worrell etc. All have signed with their names alone, most in blue fountain pen inks. Accompanied by the dust jacket. Together with a printed 8vo menu card for the Bicentenary of the Marylebone Cricket Club, MCC v Rest of the World, 24th August 1987, signed to the cover by Ray Lindwall and Graeme Pollock individually, and also including individual signed cards by the cricketers Godfrey Evans (pencil), Len Hutton and one other. G to generally VG, 5 The West Indies cricket team toured England in the 1950 season to play a four-match Test series, winning the series 3-1 with no matches drawn. The second Test at Lord's was the first time that the West Indies had won a match in England. 

Lot 34

First Edition Vicki in Venice by Lorna Hill 1962 hardback, together with three Bunty comic books nos. 33, 34, 36 and a True Life Comic book Reckless no. 334

Lot 41

Antiquarian books including Old England A Pictorial Museum edited by Charles Knight, Andrea Palladio The First Book of Architecture, Daniel Defoe History of the Plague in London published 1834, James Thomson The Seasons printed in 1746, British Curiosities in Art & Nature printed for Sam Illidge in 1721, The Griffins Book of Trades thirteenth edition 1861, Standard Ready Reckoner, tooled leather-bound autograph book with verse and illustrations circa 1898

Lot 1018

A limited edition Bachmann OO gauge tender locomotive. A BR Jubilee class 4-6-0 tender locomotive ‘Trafalgar’ RN 45682 in lined Brunswick green livery. Complete with certificate 282/1000 and ‘First day Cover of commemorative Trafalgar postage stamps issued by the Royal mail’. Presented in a polished wooden case with outer card cover. Mint. See internet

Lot 313

'The First Tram' limited edition screen print no. 2/100 signed J. Scarborough, two other pictures, brass fireside companion set, oriental parquetry box, two old suitcases,books, and other items in two boxes

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