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Click here to subscribeNew York: The Heritage Press, 1969. First edition black and white hardcover book with its original box sleeve. A 117-page novella with illustrations by Robert Shore. Artist: Joseph ConradIssued: 1969Dimensions: 7.5"W x 11.5"H x 1.25"DEdition Number: 1st edition Manufacturer: The Heritage PressCountry of Origin: United StatesCondition Good.
ROBERT GLEN (American, b. 1940) limited edition (4/6) bronze - camels drinking from a trough, signed and dated 1986, 39h x 48w x 31.5cms d, on black marble plinth.Provenance: private collection PembrokeshireAuctioneer's Note: Born in Kenya in 1940, Robert Glen’s interest in art and natural history began at an early age. At sixteen years old, he was accepted to serve an apprenticeship in taxidermy at the renowned studio of Coloman Jonas in Denver, Colorado. It was then that his interest in sculpture was born. Returning home after three years of training, he began a transition from taxidermy to sculpting animals in the European tradition of animaliers, working in various media before casting his first bronze in 1970. Since then, Robert Glen’s work has met with great success. His sculptures reside in many private collections including those of the late Queen, the Aga Khan, and the late Kenyan President Jomo Kenyatta. He has also held many one man shows in the USA, Canada, UK, Monte Carlo, Spain and South Africa. Robert Glen's public commissions include one of the largest equestrian sculptures in history, 'Mustangs of Las Colinas', in Texas.Comments: natural verdigris patina, very good overall.
An exceptional late 18th century French gilt and patinated bronze pendule à cercle tournant timepiece dated 1780Lepaute, ParisThe case surmounted by a 5 inch spherical gilt globe engraved with a map of the world and displaying the time at the equator via twin horizontal rotating bands, the uppermost with 12 white enamel five-minute Arabic cartouche numerals, over 24 larger Roman cartouche numerals (12 with black numerals on a white ground to denote daytime, 12 with white numerals on a black ground to denote night-time), the globe draped in a midnight blue metal cloth studded with brass stars, a flying cherub below holding a flaming torch to indicate the time; all supported on a crisply cast Corinthian reeded column on an octagonal base. The rectangular movement set within the column and accessed via a door to the font, with pin-wheel escapement driving a vertical arbor via a contrate wheel up into the globe, the striking via an outside countwheel strike on a bell. Signed along the lower edge LE PAUTE. H.ger DU ROI APARIS 1780. Together with a winding key and Insurance Certificate from J. Kugel, Antiquaires, Paris dated 1996. 16 wide x 16 deep x 42 high (6in wide x 6in deep x 16 1/2in high)Footnotes:The Lepaute family is rightly regarded as one of the foremost horological dynasties working in 18th century France. Perhaps the best known member is Jean-André Lepaute (also spelled Le Paute), born in 1720 in Thonne-la-Long, a small town in north-eastern France. Lepaute was one of nine children, who were supported by their father, a farrier. Lepaute served his horological apprenticeship in the nearby town of Carignan, before moving to Paris in 1740. He immediately established a workshop, which was evidently prosperous as he encouraged one of his younger brothers, Jean-Baptiste, to join him in 1747, around which time the workshop was well known for making turret clocks. Two years Jean-Andre married Nicole-Reine Étable de la Brière, who was a celebrated astronomer and savant. In 1759, she helped to predict the path of Halley's Comet and was described as 'a human calculator'. She was also responsible for any horological calculations needed in the workshop (e.g. pendulum oscillation, etc.). Two years after his marriage, Lepaute invented a clock which worked with only one wheel; he presented this to Louis XV, receiving the commendation of Horologist to the King. He also developed modifications to the double virgule escapement in 1753 although this caused controversy when another horologist, Pierre Augustin Caron, insisted he was the original maker. The Academie Royale des Sciences initially agreed that Caron was the original inventor, though this decision was later reversed and both were deemed to have created the escapement independently of one another. In 1755, the elder Lepaute published his Traité d'Horlogerie, with Nicole-Reine helping with the calculations. He was named maître in 1759, with Jean-Baptiste becoming maître in 1776, and he became increasingly involved with the Galeries du Louvre, where both he and Nicole-Reine had lived since 1756. Around this time, he appears to have left Jean-Baptiste to manage the workshop. Throughout this period Nicole-Reine continued to publish astronomical papers and contribute chapters to astronomical books, including a widely circulated table in 1764 for the calculation of the solar eclipse occurring on 1 April. In 1774, Jean-Andre Lepaute formally retired from the workshop, and both he and Nicole-Reine moved to St. Cloud. He died in 1788, a year after his wife. Jean-Baptiste retired in 1789, leaving the workshop to his two nephews, both of whom were trained horologists. Jean Baptiste died in 1802, though the Lepaute workshop carried on under first the two nephews, and then their descendants, until 1952. The Lepautes supplied clocks to some of the most prestigious sittes, including the Luxembourg Palace in Paris, the Palais Royal and the Military Academy in St. Hubert, among others. In addition to turret clocks, the workshop produced a multitude of mantel clocks, usually with a figural bronze case, often featuring characters from Ancient Greek or Roman mythology. A version of the globe clock was offered for sale from their workshop in 1766 for 2,500 livres; one of the costliest mantel clocks they produced at that time. Literature A Chapiro, La Montre Française. Paris: Éditions de l'Amateur, 1991.Tardy, Dictionnaire des Horlogers Français, 127th edition, Aubenas: Lienhart et Cie, 1972.P. Garcelon, Nicole-Reine Lepaute (1723-1788), 2022. Available at: https://pg-astro.fr/grands-astronomes/le-grand-siecle/nicole-reine-lepaute.htmlUniversity of St. Andrews School of Mathematics and Statistics, Nicole-Reine Etable de Labrière Lepaute, 2008. Available at: https://mathshistory.st-andrews.ac.uk/Biographies/Lepaute/Comparable literature J-D. Augarde, Les Ouvriers du Temps, Antiquorum and the Trustees of the Wallace Collection, p.26, fig.12. A similar case but with patinated column was sold Christies, New York, Dalva Brothers: Parisian Taste in New York, 22 October 2020, lot 171.This lot is subject to the following lot symbols: ** VAT on imported items at a preferential rate of 5% on Hammer Price and the prevailing rate on Buyer's Premium.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com
An extensive library of horological reference booksA large quantity of approximately seventy-five reference books on clocks and barometers including: The Knibb Family - Clockmakers by Ronald A Lee, First Edition, edition number 101, published by Manor House Press in 1964; Early English Clocks by Percy G. Dawson, C.B. Drover & D.W. Parkes; The Golden Age of Horology - Masterpieces from the Tom Scott Collection, edition 30/85, published in 2015 by Richard Garnier and Jonathan Carter; The Wetherfield Collection of Clocks by Eric Bruton; Spring-driven Dutch pendulum clocks 1657-1710 by Dr. R. Plomp; Clocks: Their Origin and Development 1320-1880 (vol. 1 - 2) by H.M Vehmeyer; The Georgian Bracket Clock 1714-1830 by Richard C. B. Barder; Thomas Tompion: 300 years by Jeremy Evans, John Carter and Ben Wright, qtyThis lot is subject to the following lot symbols: • TP• Zero rated for VAT, no VAT will be added to the Hammer Price or the Buyer's Premium.TP For auctions held in Scotland: Lots will be moved to an offsite storage location (Constantine, Constantine House, North Caldeen Road, Coatbridge ML5 4EF, Scotland, UK) and will only be available for collection from this location at the date stated in the catalogue. Please refer to the catalogue for further information.For all other auctions: Lots will be moved to an offsite storage location (Cadogan Tate, Auction House Services, 241 Acton Lane, London NW10 7NP, UK) and will only be available for collection from this location at the date stated in the catalogue. Please note transfer and storage charges will apply to any lots not collected after 14 calendar days from the auction date.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com
Small collection of Agatha Christie books, including; Taken at the flood, 1st edition, A Pocket Full of Rye, 1st edition, Parker Pyne Investigates, 1st edition, At Bertram's Hotel, 1st edition, other novels and some paperbacks.Condition report:Parker Pyne - no dust jacket, the spine heavily faded and discoloured, the boards retain a good shape and the binding on the whole is ok. A name in pen on the first leaf. Interior leaves are good otherwise.Pocket full of Rye - slight tear lower margin adjacent to the spine on the front cover, approx 2cm in length. Other shorter tears to the jacket on the back and some creasing near the margins. Foxing to the ends of the leaves and some internally. Not marked or dedicated in pen and appears unmarked throughout. Binding is good.Taken at the flood - Blackwells Oxford label pasted to inner front board. Jacket has price cut out of the corner on the inner wrap-around. Some light creases to the margins or the spine. Otherwise in very similar condition to Pocket Full or Rye.All three 1st editions with loose receipts from Blackwells Oxford.Most other paperbacks are very heavily thumbed and with weak bindings.
Beatrix Potter, The Story of Miss Moppet, Frederick Warne & Co, 1906, 1st edition, 2nd printing, concertina-style book in original cloth binding with dark blue lettering, mounted oval colour illustration and tab fastening to front.Condition report:Overall the book remains intact and without any significant tears to the folded sheet. The crease of the first fold looks the weakest, but is still stable. There are some stain marks to the back of the folding sheet. The last few leaves (at the end of the fold-out) have some additional full-height creases. Some discolouration and light foxing through handling and age internally. The outer cover is generally discoloured through handling; you can see a clear shadow where the purse cover foldover. There are some random black spots to the front "cover". Fountain pen ink dedication to the back of the sheet facing the inner title page. The flap of the "latch" is a little delicate, but again not torn through.
A First Edition Ian Fleming Gold Finger with dust jacket CONDITION REPORT Condition disclaimerOur team of trusted experts are on hand to help and always endeavour to provide an accurate judgement. The ultimate responsibility lies with the buyer however, and we recommend that you make every effort to inspect the lot yourself.To that end, we have provided a number of additional images for your attention to showcase the lot in more detail.
A First Edition Ian Fleming Thunderball with dust jacket CONDITION REPORT Condition disclaimerOur team of trusted experts are on hand to help and always endeavour to provide an accurate judgement. The ultimate responsibility lies with the buyer however, and we recommend that you make every effort to inspect the lot yourself.To that end, we have provided a number of additional images for your attention to showcase the lot in more detail.
FIVE BOXES OF BOOKS containing over 200 miscellaneous titles in paperback format, subjects include mostly classic and contemporary novels, poetry, plays, history and others, authors include Arthur C. Clarke, Clive Cussler, Alexander Kent, Dick Francis, Mary Stewart, Bernard Cornwell, Dan Brown, C.S. Lewis and J.R.R Tolkien, including a hardback first American edition of The Silmarillion
SIX ROYAL DOULTON 'HOUSE OF NISBET' PORCELAIN COLLECTOR'S DOLLS, comprising a boxed 'Melanie', 'Wedding Day', 'HRH Prince William', 'First Born' and 'The Royal Baby' with certificates of authenticity, together with three limited edition Bradford Exchange Reflections of paradise sconce collection by artist Christian Riese Lassen, 'Tropical Treasures', 'Shimmering Tides', 'Deep Blue wonder' (8 + boxes) (Condition report: good condition, stored in boxes)
Colin Cole Signed Book - Living with Heroes - The Story of the Dambusters by Harry Humphries (Adjutant 617 Squadron 1943 - 45) 2003 Hardback Book First Edition with 129 pages Signed by Colin Cole and Harry Humphries on the Third and Title page published by The Erskine Press, good condition. Good condition. All autographs come with a Certificate of Authenticity. We combine postage on multiple winning lots and can ship worldwide. UK postage from £5.99, EU from £7.99, Rest of World from £9.99
Multi-Signed Book - The Hawker Hurricane by Francis K Mason 1962 Hardback Book First Edition with 175 pages Multi-Signed by 5 on the Title page published by Macdonald and Co (Publishers) Ltd, good condition. Good condition. All autographs come with a Certificate of Authenticity. We combine postage on multiple winning lots and can ship worldwide. UK postage from £5.99, EU from £7.99, Rest of World from £9.99
Paul Gordon Royle (Great Escape) Signed Book - The Great Escaper - The Life and Death of Roger Bushell - Love, Betrayal, Big X and The Great Escape by Simon Pearson 2013 Hardback Book First edition with 435 pages Signed by Paul Gordon Royle on a photo on the Seventh page published by Hodder and Stoughton, good condition. Good condition. All autographs come with a Certificate of Authenticity. We combine postage on multiple winning lots and can ship worldwide. UK postage from £5.99, EU from £7.99, Rest of World from £9.99
Signed Sir Geoffrey Boycott Second Edition paperback book. David Cooke. 'Was grace better than Bradman'? A new way to rank ashes cricketers. First published December 2017, Revised edition published November 2020. Ockley Books. Good condition. All autographs come with a Certificate of Authenticity. We combine postage on multiple winning lots and can ship worldwide. UK postage from £5.99, EU from £7.99, Rest of World from £9.99
Glossy finish; first annual edition of the Lladro Privilege Collection in a series of three entitled The Enchanted Forest. Lladro backstamp. This item has its original box. Box measures: 12.75"L x 9"W x 7"H. Artist: Joan CoderchIssued: 2001-2003Dimensions: 3"L x 6"W x 9"HManufacturer: LladroCountry of Origin: SpainCondition: Age related wear.
Books (5) John Fowles - The Collector - first edition 1963 - good condition with fine unclipped dj present, t/w Thomas Armstrong - King Cotton 1947, second impression, signed and inscribed by Armstrong on the title page, The Da Vinci Code by Dan Brown, 2003. 1st ed by probably 10th printing. Good condition with dj in good condition, signed by Brown to title page., Edward Plantagenet or the Making of Common Law, by Edward Jenks, 1902, first edition. Slight sunning to cover, otherwise appears good throughout and William Pitt, Earl of Chatham, by Walford Davis Green, first edition, 1906. Good condition
Charles Dickens - The Story of Little Dombey, 1858 first edition. 16mo with original green decorative wrappers in good clean condition. This was produced by Dickens from passages taken from Dombey & Son, in order to provide a text for him in his celebrated readings from his works. It was first read in London on June 10 1858 and proved so popular that Dickens kept it in his repertoire thereafter.
WWII - Field Marshall Montgomery - Normandy to the Baltic, published for private circulation in the British Army, first edition 1946 (a year before the first edition proper of this book). Red cloth covers, spine a little distressed, but otherwise in good condition throughout, with many folded colour plans and maps. 279pp. Montgomery's famous personal account of the triumphal progress of the allies from D-Day to the end of the war.
A limited edition by PIET MONDRIAN (1872-1944) titled "Composition in red, yellow, blue and black, 1921" This actual print was printed in London and is one from the published edition which was strictly limited to 85 copies Worldwide (numbered in the publishers frank). It will be supplied with a replacement valuation for £1800 (free of charge). It will be accompanied with a certificate of authenticity which verifies this is number of the edition. It has also been signed by the Master Printer. It has been printed to the highest standard with lightfast inks onto acid-free calcium carbonate-buffered stock, mould-made from 100% cotton. It has been professionally mounted and framed. Mondrian was born in Holland in 1872 and was determined to become a painter from a young age. He qualified with a teaching degree in 1892, but enrolled for painting lessons, before moving to Amsterdam and registering at the Rijksacademie. Mondrian became a member of the art society Kunstliefde "Art Lovers" in Utrecht, where his first paintings were exhibited in 1893. He experimented with many different styles including naturalistic, impressionist and painting many landscapes of his native country. In 1911 he moved to Paris and the influence of Cubism, as evidenced by Picasso and Braque, started to appear almost immediately in his work. He spent the duration of the First World War back in Holland and continued his journey towards abstraction. After the War had finished Mondrian returned to France. He then moved to London in 1938 but relocated to New York just two years later in 1940, where he remained until his death. Mondrian is well known for his contribution to the development of modern abstract art. He strove to portray an extreme formal purity through his combination of simplistic straight lines and bold primary colours. The Image: Mondrian spent the period 1914-1918 (World War I) back at his home in Holland and during this time, he decided to work on an abstract art form which was later classified as Neoplastic style. This work was depicted by lighter colours, simplified colour selection and forms that were balanced in their composition. This work is a result of Mondrian joining the abstraction-creation line which was open to new styles, new techniques and at this time Mondrian began to be fascinated with the idea of the line and dismantling the very definition of painting. He argued that drawing and draughtsmanship which were exemplified in the line, had always lain at the heart of painting from the Renaissance artists to the Impressionists to the Modernists and no one had ever thought to challenge that.. H: 96cm W: 93cm D: 4cm
A limited edition on canvas of J.M.W. TURNER's "Fighting Temeraire" from a sold out published edition of only 60 on canvas Worldwide. It will be supplied with an a replacement valuation certificate for £1500 (free of charge). The quality of this print is of the highest standard, please see photographs which actually pick up the cracking in the paint from the original. Condition is excellent. Please note that the full title is `The Fighting Temeraire Tugged to her Last Birth to be Broken-up, 1838` The original painting was produced in 1839. Turner`s elegy for the age of sail and British Oak embodied in seamen, man-of-war and ships of the line, also ushers in the steam age. Sold like other outdated war ships for the price of her timber, the Temeraire is towed to the breakers by a steam tug. Much later, Turner`s picture was described as his first, almost prophetic idea of smoke, soot, iron and steam. Turner called it his `darling` and refused to sell it. He intended it for the National Gallery which sits in Trafalgar Square named after the battle in which the Temeraire had served and to this day the painting remains in the collection of the National Gallery.. H: 76cm W: 101cm D: 1cm
This WASSILY KANDINSKY limited edition titled "Impression III (Concert), 1911" was published as a numbered edition of only 75 Worldwide of which this print is one from the edition. Complete with a certificate of authenticity signed by the "Master Printer". Each print in this edition has been hand sorted and fully inspected by the Master Printer. Professionally framed to a high standard in a bespoke frame and art mounted. Note: supplied with replacement valuation certificate for £1800 along with biographical details on the artist (free of charge). Condition is excellent. On January 2nd, 1911, Kandinsky and other members of the Neue Kunstlervereinigung Munchen, attended a concert featuring works by Arnold Schoenberg. This painting is reality in dissolution, but still present with the grand piano, audience shapes, yellow representing irrepressible vitality and colours and sound going together. This was the first painting that he made after the concert and the word impression referred to paintings that reproduced a direct expression of an internal nature. This picture is not the particular concert he heard, but his overall impression of the music performance however the central image of the painting is the black angular block representing the piano, so this particular concert is at the heart of the picture. It floats on a yellow sound. The listeners, shown as circles and arcs, are covered in the sound but at the same time are focusing on the piano. The music that so influenced Kandinsky was three piano pieces from 1909.. H: 110cm W: 130cm D: 4cm
Salvador Dali (1904-1989). "Gladiolus cum Aurium Corymbo Expertatium". 1981-1983. Part of the "Dalinian Flowers" series. This piece is in porcelain, painted in polychrome, with a gilded border, Plexiglas and brass. The word "Dali" is inscribed on the plate. This piece was produced in a limited edition of 1,000 by Berlin Design GmbH. The plate - Weight: 310 g - Shipping available - Region: Spain - Sizes: d 190 mm - At first glance: very good condition
Salvador Dali (1904-1989). "Dianthus Caryophyllius Cum Clavibus Multifidis". 1981-1983. From the "Las Flores Dalinianas" series. Porcelain, polychrome-painted, gilded border, Plexiglas, brass. Inscribed "Dali" in gilding on the Plexiglas side, "Dali" on the plate. Issued by Berlin Design GmbH in a limited edition of 1,000. Plate diameter - Weight: 700 g - Shipping unavailable - Region: Spain - Sizes: h 240 mm l 240 mm assiette d 190 mm - At first glance: very good condition
Salvador Dali (1904-1989). "Allium Christophi Pilique". 1981-1983. Part of the "Dalinian Flowers" series. Made in porcelain, painted in polychrome, with a gilded border, Plexiglas, and brass. The word "Dali" is inscribed in gold on the Plexiglas side, and "Dali" is also inscribed on the plate itself. Published by Berlin Design GmbH in a limited edition. - Weight: 700 g - Shipping unavailable - Region: Spain - Sizes: h 240 mm l 240 mm assiette d 190 mm - At first glance: very good condition
Salvador Dali (1904-1989). "Anemone per Anti Pasti". 1981-1983. From the "Dalinian Flowers" series. Porcelain, painted in polychrome, gilded border, Plexiglas, brass. Inscription "Dali" in gilding on the Plexiglas side, as well as on the plate. Published by Berlin Design GmbH in a limited edition of 1,000. Plate diameter 19 cm, Plexiglas frame 24 x 24 cm. With - Weight: 690 g - Shipping unavailable - Region: Esapgne - Sizes: h 240 mm l 240 mm assiette 190 mm - At first glance: very good condition
Jean Cocteau (1889-1963). 1958-1959. "Ve" 4th Variant. V-shaped pendant in white and blue clay. Edition: unnumbered, number undetermined, discontinued since 1959. Signed "Jean Cocteau" by hand on the back. Dimensions: 7 x 5.5 x 0.5 cm. Referenced in the catalog "Jean Cocteau - Poterie - Catalogue des ceramiques 1957-1963" by Madame Annie Guedras, on page 212, reference 311. In - Weight: 18 g - Shipping available - Region: FRANCE - Sizes: h 65 mm l 50 mm - At first glance: good condition
Jean Cocteau (1889-1963). 1958-1959. "Ve" 5th Variant. V-shaped pendant in white and brown inlaid clay. Edition: unnumbered, number undetermined, discontinued since 1959. Signed "Jean Cocteau" by hand on the back. Dimensions: 7 x 5.5 x 0.5 cm. Referenced in the catalog "Jean Cocteau - Poterie - Catalogue des ceramiques 1957-1963" by Madame Annie Guedras, on pages 212, referen - Weight: 18 g - Shipping available - Region: FRANCE - Sizes: h 70 mm l 50 mm - At first glance: good condition
TWO CERI RICHARDS / DYLAN THOMAS BOOKS both by Enitharmon Press and being (1) a first edition of 'Keys to Transformation - A Monograph by Richard Burns', 1981 with d-j, (2) limited edition (162/180) 1980 copy of 'Drawings to Poems by Dylan Thomas' complete with separate edition details card and slip-caseProvenance: private collection Cheshire
A collection of nineteen First Edition hardback novels complete with dust jackets from the following authors, Alastair Maclean including Where Eagles Dare and Bear Island, Jack Higgins including The Eagle Has Landed, Agatha Christie including Elephants Can Remember and Passenger to Frankfurt, etc.
Wheatley (Dennis) - a collection of presentation first edition copies, each signed and with dedicated inscription by the author to the title, with dust wrappers, all published London: Hutchinson & Co. Ltd., comprising The Satanist, 1st ed. 1960; Gateway to Hell, 1st ed. 1970; The White Witch of the South Seas, 1st ed. 1968; The Prisoner in the Mask, 1st ed. 1957; The Irish Witch, 1st ed. 1973; They Used Dark Forces, 1st ed. 1964; Evil in a Mask, 1st ed. 1969; The Rape of Venice, 1st ed. 1959; The Strange Story of Linda Lee, 1st ed. 1972; Desperate Measures, 1st ed. 1974; The Man Who Killed the King, 1st ed. 1951; and The Ravishing of Lady Mary Ware, 1st ed. 1971. (12)
Five reels, three rods, a gaff and three books on fishing: Reels - Shakespeare Alpha 2260-050, Shakespeare 'Graflite 2756', J.W. Young 'Pridex', Daiwa No. 7300 and Zebco 89. Rods - Fisherman 5.5 foot, A.E. Rudge 11-foot and Zebco 'Zebflex' 7-foot; The gaff by Sharpe's of Aberdeen and the books to include Hugh Falkus' 'Salmon Fishing - A Practical Guide' (H.F. Witherby 1984 first edition).
Twenty one first edition Herge, 'The Adventures of Tin Tin' books published by Casterman Bruxelles, with French text and coloured comic strip illustrations throughout; comprising Tintin Au Congo 1946, Tintin En Amerique 1946, Les Cigares du Pharaon 1955, Le Lotus Bleu 1946, L'Oreille Cassee 1943, L'ile Noire 1943, Le Sceptre d O'ttokar 1947, Le Crabe Aux Pinces D'or 1943, L'Etoile Mysterieuse 1942, Le Secret de la Licorne 1943, Le Tresors de Rackan Le Rouge 1945, Les 7 Boules de Cristal 1948, Le Temple du Soleil 1949, Au Pays de L'Or Noir 1950, Objectif Lune 1953, On a Marche sur la Lune 1954, L'Affaire Tournesol 1956, Coke en Stock 1958, Tintin au Tibet 1960, Les Bijous de la Castafiore 1963 and Vol 714 Pour Sydney 1968
4 boxed 1/72 scale diecast Corgi Supermarine Spitfire models (3 limited edition): 49005, 563/5600 Spitfire Mk1, 54 Sqn with authentic reproduction pilots' notes (1940-2000 60th anniversary of the Battle of Britain series). Model fair condition with broken aerial mast. Box good. AA31901, 221/4100 Spitfire MkIIC, 276 Air-Sea Rescue Squadron. Model in excellent condition, box very good. AA31934C, 229/1000 Spitfire MkVb, 'Great Escape Collection' P/O Jens Muller, 331 Sqn. Model near mint with sealed accessory bag, box in excellent condition. 49001 Spitfire Mk1, 'First skirmish of Battle of Britain', Flt Lt Adolf Malan. Model in fair condition with a broken aerial mast, box fair.
4 boxed 1/72 scale diecast Corgi Supermarine Spitfire models (3 limited edition): AA31934C, 147/1000 Spitfire Vb, P/O Jens Muller, 331 Sqn 'Great Escape Collection': Model near mint, damage to box insert (see photos). AA31934A, 193/1000 Spitfire Vb, Flt Lt Bram Der Stok, 41 Sqn 'Great Escape Collection'. Model mint, box excellent. AA39211, 123/3000 Spitfire Mk1, Sqn Ldr Rupert 'Lucky' Leigh, 66 Sqn, '60 Years of Corgi' anniversary edition. Model and box in excellent condition. 49001 Spitfire Mk1, 'First skirmish of Battle Of Britain', Flt Lt Adolf Malan. Model in excellent condition, box fair. No damage/factory flaws with any models.
1887-1888 - Two limited edition Victorian collections of the illustrations and cartoons of Randolph Caldecott. The lot comprising 1887 The Complete Collection of Pictures & Songs by Randolph Caldecott (with preface by Austin Dobson), and 1888 The Complete Collection of Randolph Caldecott's Contributions to the Graphic (with preface by Arthur Locker). Each a numbered limited edition signed by Edmund Evans, the first being No. 700 of 800, the latter No. 791 of 1,250. Illustrated throughout in colour. Presented in the publisher's smart original cloth bindings. Largest to measure approx. 39 x 33cm.
Miscellaneous Literature, including: Wells (H. G.), The First Men in the Moon, George Newnes, 1901, first UK edition, ex-library copy; idem, Men Like Gods, Cassell and Company, 1923, and others by Wells; Moorcock (Michael), The Oak & The Ram, 1973, The Bull & The Spear, 1973, The Sword & The Stallion, 1974, The Sleeping Sorceress, 1971, Elric of Melnibone, 1972, all first editions in dust jackets; Verne (Jules), A Voyage Around the World: South America, George Routledge and Sons, 1876; Fowles (John), The Collector, Jonathan Cape, 1963, second impression, dust jacket (priced 18s net); idem, The Magus, Jonathan Cape, 1966, first edition, dust jacket (priced 30s. net), and a small quanitiy of others by Fowles, including first editions; Carr (John Dickson), Deadly Hall, Harper & Row, 1971, first edition, dust jacket; idem, The 9 Wrong Answers, Harper & Brothers, 1952, first edition, dust jacket, and a quanity of others by Carr; Dalí (Salvador), Hidden Faces, Nicholas & Watson, 1947, dust jacket; Stendhal, Maxims of Love, Arthur L. Humphreys, 1906, morocco binding, gilt, by Riviere (spine sunned); and others, including detective fiction, mystery etc. (6 boxes).
A History of British Mollusca and Their Shells by Professor Edward Forbes, F.R.S. and Sylvanus Hanley, B.A. Published London, John Van Voorst, 1853, bound in four volumes, first edition. Beautiful hand coloured plates with tissue guards in volumes I and IV by G B Sowerby and J de C Sowerby . Full calf binding, raised bands to spine with gilt decorative tooling and labels. Marbled end papers and page edges, nice tight bindings, lightly rubbed at corners. A handsome set in very clean condition. Provenance: Sudeley Castle & Gardens, Winchcombe, Gloucestershire.
The Castle of Kenilworth, A Hand-Book for Visitors by Rev E H Knowles, published Henry T Cooke and Son, Warwick, 1872, first edition. Original purple cloth with gilt title and decoration, all edges gilt. Photographic frontispiece and vignette to title page, plus 22 mounted albumen photographs and four plans, all present. Corners bumped, some fading to spine, top inch of spine missing, light foxing. Together with Eridge Castle, two bound articles from The Connoisseur and The Badminton Magazine (mounted on pages), full leather binding with gilt titles on cover and spine. Book plate of Idina Brassey, 1865-1951, daughter of The Marquess of Abergavenny who owned Eridge, which was demolished in 1937. (2) Provenance: Sudeley Castle & Gardens, Winchcombe, Gloucestershire.
Clare Leighton (1898-1989), wood engraving printed from the block on paper, September, Apple-Picking, from The Farmer’s Year, 1933, 22cm x 28cm, mounted, glazed and framed. This original, full page wood block print is from the first edition of Clare Leighton’s most famous work, which she wrote, engraved and designed
Three sets of travel and topography books, to include: Ten volumes from Picturesque Europe, with illustrations on steel and wood by the most eminent artists, published by Cassell Peter and Galpin [1876-1879], including ‘British Isles I-III’, ‘Sweden’, ‘Old German Towns’, etc., in full morocco bindings; The first edition of Countries of the World, described by the leading travel writers of the day, edited by J. A. Hammerton, complete in six volumes rebound in half morocco, and densely illustrated with original photographs in colour and photogravure, including ‘Berlin to Congo’, ‘New York to Siam’, etc., published by The Waverley Book Company Ltd (1926); and the first edition of Hutchinson’s Britain Beautiful, complete in four volumes bound in the original publisher’s gilt decorated cloth, illustrated in black and white and with colour plates, published by Hutchinson & Co., 1924-1926.
Large collection of early-edition nineteenth and early twentieth century history books, mainly bound in leather, to include a new edition of The History of England by Lord Macaulay (1873), bound in full tree-calf and complete in two volumes, an early edition of Pioneers of Science by Sir Oliver Lodge (1926), the first edition of William Pitt Earl of Chatham and the Growth and Division of the British Empire 1708-1778 by Walford David Green (1900) in Maskew Miller signed half-calf binding, and others.
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