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Click here to subscribeTwelve Dan Dare Pilot of the Future - The Deluxe Collector`s Edition (a facsimile reproduction of the first Dan Dare stories), The Illustrated Hitch Hiker`s Guide to the Galaxy produced by Harmony Books, New York, Barbarella, together with a further selection of science fiction and comic books
Fleming (Ian), The Man With the Golden Gun, 1965, first edition with black cover and gilt lettering to the spine and original dust jacket together with a 1964 first edition of You Only Live Twice with black cover and gilt Chinese lettering to the front and silver lettering to the spine, again with original dust jacket, both published by Jonathan Cape
Thirteen volumes of The Handy-volume Shakespeare published by Bradbury, Evans & Co 1871, The Merry Wives of Windsor by Shakespeare illustrated by Hugh Thomson, published by William Heinemann, London 1910, with original dust jacket, The Cloister and the Path by Charles Reade, illustrated by Gordon Browne, The Dictionary of Roman & Greek Antiquities by A Rich, published London 1893, The Road by Hilaire Belloc, published London 1923, etc together with a first edition of Ditties for the Nursery, edited and signed by Iona Opie, Christmas Cards and Pudding Flag from the household of Iona & Peter Opie and a 1959 programme for the Petersfield Musical Festival signed by Joseph Cooper
An extensive and interesting collection of novels and poetry including The Pearl by John Steinbeck, first edition 1948, published by William Heinemann Limited, Down There On A Visit by Christopher Isherwood, first edition 1962, published by Methuen & Company Limited, The Croquet Player by H G Wells, published 1936 Chatto & Windus, etc together with a quantity of The Orange Penguin paperbacks
The autobiography of Sir Alfred Munnings in three volumes, An Artist`s Life 1951, The Second Burst 1951, The Finish 1952, published by Museum Press Limited, Brown Jack by R C Lyle and illustrated by Lionel Edwards, first edition November 1934, The Worcestershire Hunt by Thomas Read Quarrel, etc together with The Life of John Mytton by Nimrod, published by Methuen & Company, London 1904
Six volumes of The Second World War by Winston S Churchill together with North Italian Folk by Mrs Comyns Carr, illustrated by Randolf Caldecott (special copy coloured by hand), published by Pickering & Chatto, London, edition 140/400 and First Over Everest - The Houston Mount Everest Expedition 1933, published London, John Lane The Bodley Head Limited and including the original pair of 3D cardboard spectacles included with the book
Twelve Dan Dare Pilot of the Future - The Deluxe Collector`s Edition (a facsimile reproduction of the first Dan Dare stories), The Illustrated Hitch Hiker`s Guide to the Galaxy produced by Harmony Books, New York, Barbarella, together with a further selection of science fiction and comic books
A pair of coloured signed limited edition prints after Mark Postlethwaite showing Second World War aviation subjects - Pride of the West Country showing a Spitfire over Westland Aircraft at Yeovil and Freedom Fighters showing Hurricanes and S pitfires returning from a patrol over the west country, both signed by the artist and the first also with signatures of squadron members, both editions out of 500, 37 x 48 cm in wooden and gilt frames
LONGROW 13 YEAR OLD SHERRY WOOD Single Campbeltown malt whisky. Distilled 1989, bottled November 2002. One of 2350 bottles. 70cl, 53.2% volume, in carton. HAZELBURN 8 YEAR OLD FIRST EDITION, Single Campeltown Malt Whisky. 1 of 5,100 bottles. 70cl, 46% volume, in carton. 2 bottles Good condition
SOLLEYSEL (J. De.) The Compleat Horseman: or Perfect Farrier . . . abridged from the folio. done into English by Sir William Hope . . . 3rd edition corrected. printed & engraved pictorial titles & 5 folded plates; contemp. blind-decorated calf, cr. 8vo. 1717. * the 'Art of Riding' with separate part title; although one plate appears to be missing, collates with the folio edition (see Mellon Catalogue); BERENGER (Richard) The History and Art of Horsemanship. First Edition, 2 vols. frontispieces & 15 copper-engraved plates, half titles; contemp. half calf & marbled boards, 4to. 1771. * major publication by the 'Gentleman of the Horse to His Majesty'; old armorial bookplates of Paul Beilby Thompson. Illustrated.
WATSON (Rev. J.) Memoirs of the Ancient Earls of Warren and Surrey, and their descendants to the present time. First Edition, 2 vols. 53 engraved portraits & plates (incl. tables, some folded), num. engraved text armorials & other vignettes (within plate marks); old quarter morocco & boards, 4to. Warrington, 1782. * a scarce antiquarian set.
[RACKHAM] Alice's Adventures in Wonderland, by Lewis Carroll . . . First Edition. 13 coloured plates (with captioned guards, by Arthur Rackham), full-page & other text illus.; gilt-pictorial cloth, pictorial e/ps. (1907); sold with some others of juvenile interest - incl. 'The Tale of Flopsy Bunnies' (1st Edition)
PARRY (J.D.) An Historical and Descriptive Account of the Coast of Sussex . . . forming also a Guide to all the Watering Places. First Edition, large paper issue. engraved title vignette, folded map & 6 engraved plates; later 19th cent. half morocco & marbled boards, marbled e/ps. & edges. Brighton: published for the author by Wright & Son . . . 1833. * extra illustrated with a few engraved plates. a 4pp. 'railway' pamphlet for a Shoreham excursion, some press cuttings, (unused) blanks for notes, & (principally) with 4 d-page lithographed St. Leonards plates (by John Foulton) - W. Marina & Victoria House, W. Ascent with Assembly Rooms (etc.), Edlin's Royal Hotel (etc.), & Subscription Gardens with Clock Tower (etc.): armorial bookplate of Sir Stephen Demetriadi (of Westmeston)
SHAKESPEARE (W.) Shakepeare's Loves Labour's Lost. Newly printed from the Folio of 1623. Limited Edition. 3pp. of plans & 5 coloured (facsimile collotype) plates (by Norman Wilkinson) with tissue guards & each with relevant quotation; publisher's chocolate oasis morocco, gilt & blind-ruled & gilt decorated covers, gilt decorated & panelled spine, gilt top with other edges uncut (by Riviere) 4to. Ernest Benn, 1924. * 'The Players' Shakespeare'; limitation of 100 numbered copies - signed by the artist, by Albert Rutherson ( the art editor of the series) & Harley Granville-Barker (who supplied the Prefaces): printed on hand-made paper at the Shakepeare Head Press; SHAKESPEARE (W.) Shakepeare's A Midsommer Nights Dream. newly printed from the first folio of 1623. Limited Edition. 9 text drawings, a coloured costume plate & 4 others coloured (by Paul Nash), with tissue guards & leaf of relevant quotation; format & binding uniform with previous. Ernest Benn. 1924. * 'The Players' Shakepspeare'; limitation (etc.) as previous (but with Paul Nash's signature); 7 other titles were published in this series
ATKINSON (T.W.) Travels in the Regions of the Upper and Lower Amoor and the Russian Acquisitions on the confines of India and China . . . First Edition. colour-printed lithographed frontis., folded map, num. engraved illus., gilt-pictorial & blind-decorated cloth. 1860. * Mudie's label on upper cover
MILTON (J.) Paradise Lost . . . the text of the first edition prepared for press by J. Isaacs. Limited Edition. engraved illus. & decorations (by Mary Groom); publisher's half morocco & marbled boards, gilt-panelled spine, gilt top & other edges uncut, roy. 4to. (by Zaehnsdorf). The Golden Cockrel Press, 1937. * limitation of 200 numbered copies; the type design was by Eric Gill Illustrated
FOLARD (M. de ) Histoire de Polybe. Nouvellement traduite du Grec par Dom Vincent Thuiller . . . avec un Commentaire ou un Corps de Science Militaire . . .First Edition, 6 vols. portrait frontis., 3 folded maps & 123 copper-engraved plates (61 folded), half titles, approbation leaf; contemp. calf, gilt-decorated & panelled spines, 4to. Paris, 1727-30
KAWAGUCHI (the Shramana Ekai) Three Years in Tibet. with the original Japanese illustrations. First English Edition. 11 photo. plates (1 folded), a folded map & num. text illus., half title; original printed wrappers (upper one loose) thick 8vo. Adyar. Madras; The Theosophist Office, 1909. * by the (buddhist) ' late rector of Gohyakurakan Monastery, Japan'; this edition was "printed by Annie Besant at the Vasanta Press, Adyar . . . " being also distributed by the Theosophyical Society in Benares & London ; with other more modern books on Tibet.
MORTON-CAMERON (W.H.) Present Day Impressions of Japan: the history, people, commerce, industries and resources of Japan . . . First Edition. folded & coloured map & 6 tissue guarded coloured plates, photo. illus. throughout (some full-page), gilt-decorated morocco, gilt top & marbled e/ps., thick 4to. Globe Encyclopedia Company, 1919. * a sumptuous production of some 940pp.
PRUDEN (D.) Silversmithing: its principles and practice in small workshops . . . First Edition. wood-engraved text illus., rebound grey levant morocco & green spine label, new ep/s. in custom-made cloth slipcase (by Delrue). Ditchling: St. Dominic's Press, 1933. * binder's invoice (1982) & some other relevant paperwork loosley inserted
ALBERTUS (Magnus, Bp. of Ratisbon). Metaphysica. First Edition. (4), 146ff. printed in d-column, initial letter spaces, incipit printed in red. Venice: Johannes et Gregorius de Gregoriis,, de Forlivio, 18 December 1494; bound with ALBERTUS (Magnus, Bp. of Ratisbon). Physica. 2nd Edition. (4), 124ff. printed in d-column, woodcut device end both works; disbound, roy. 8vo. Venice: Johannes et Gregorius de Gregoriis, 28 (31) January 1494. * the Aristolean philiosopher & teacher of St. Thomas Aquinas; from the Veneto Province Jesuit Library, with labels & stamps; incunables are rarely found in provincial book department catalogues Illustrated
[ARTHUR RACKHAM] The Rhinegold & the Valkyrie / Siegfried & the Twighlight of the Gods; by Richard Wagner. First Trade Editions. pictorial titles & 64 coloured plates mounted with captioned guards; gilt-pictorial buckram. 1910-11,. sold with a later impression of the first item, and a 1931 edition of the artist's 'Compleat Angler'. (4)
HORSEFIELD (Rev. T.W.) The History and Antiquities of Lewes and its Vicinity. With an Appendix . . . on the Natural History of the District, by Gideon Mantell. First Edition. 2 vols. engraved vignette titles, d-page view, folded plan, 39 lithographed & engraved plates, 12 genealogical tables (6 folded) & text engravings. 19th cent. half calf & marbled boards, gilt-rules & panelled spines, folio. Lewes: Sussex Press; printed & published by J. Baxter, 1824-27. * some especially attractive lithgraphed plates; with sm. labels of S. Aylen, North Street, Brighton. Illustrated
GREENE, Graham. Brighton Rock. London: William Heinemann Ltd., 1938. First edition, 8vo (190 x 120mm.) (Some browning and spotting, occasional soiling, 3 leaves with marginal repairs, 1 other leaf repaired with minor loss to text.) Modern brown morocco, the spine gilt in six compartments with raised bands, t.e.g. (minor rubbing to extremities, endpapers replaced). - And a clipped autograph by Graham Greene, loosely inserted.
HOLTBY, Winifred. South Riding: An English Landscape. London: Collins, 1936. First edition, 8vo (197 x 135mm.) (Light browning and occasional minor spotting.) Original cloth (head and foot of spine bumped, cloth faded and slightly soiled), dust-jacket (slightly discoloured and bumped with some repairs).
WODEHOUSE, P.G. Heavy Weather. London: Herbert Jenkins Limited, 1933. First UK edition, 8vo (180 x 112mm.) 8pp. publisher`s advertisements at rear. (Minor browning to half-title.) Modern green morocco gilt, the covers with line tools, the spine gilt in six compartments, lettered in the second and third, the other compartments with repeat decoration in gilt, t.e.g., contained within a modern cloth slipcase. - And four others by Wodehouse, including one other leather-bound (5).
SCOTT, Robert Falcon. Scott`s Last Expedition. London: Smith, Elder & Co., 1913. First edition, 2 vols., 8vo (236 x 158mm.) Photogravure frontispieces, numerous plates, 2 folding maps. (Spotted.) Original cloth, t.e.g. (extremities bumped). - And one other of related interest by Scott (`Captain Scott`s Message to England`. London: St. Catherine`s Press, 1913, 4to) (3).
DARWIN, Charles. The Origin of Species by Means of Natural SelectionÂ… sixth edition, with additions and corrections. London: John Murray, 1878. 8vo (188 x 114mm.) (Occasional light spotting.) Contemporary half-calf, the spine in six compartments with raised bands, lettering pieces in the second and fourth, the others with repeat decoration in gilt (extremities with minor scuffing). Provenance: R. Williams (signature to title-page, inscription to first few leaves and occasional annotations).
BURGESS, Anthony. Nothing Like the Sun: A Story of Shakespeare`s Love-life. London: Heinemann, 1964. First edition, 8vo (196 x 123mm.) (Light browning and spotting to edges.) Original boards (foot of spine lightly bumped), dust-jacket (minor soiling and slightly scuffed). Note: signed by Burgess. - And nineteen others, mostly signed by the authors (20).
LE CARRÉ, John. Our Game. [London:] Hodder and Stoughton, 1995. First edition, 8vo (233 x 148mm.) Original cloth, dust-jacket. Note: the first impression dust-jacket. - And eighty-five other volumes, the majority first editions, (including Boris PASTERNAK, `Doctor Zhivago`. London: 1958, 8vo; William GOLDING, `The Pyramid`. London: 1967, 8vo, with a clipped autograph by William Golding loosely inserted; Graham GREENE, `The End of the Affair`. London: 1951, 8vo; and seven volumes signed by their author) (86).
FISHING. - C.F. WALKER. Trout Flies: Natural and Artificial. London: Herbert Jenkins, 1965. First edition, 8vo (160 x 87mm.) (Light browning, some spotting to top-edge.) Original boards (slightly faded, extremities lightly bumped), dust-jacket (lightly soiled and chipped, folds scuffed). - And twenty-five others of fishing interest (26).
MORRIS, Francis Orpen. A Natural History of British Moths. London: 1872. First edition, 4 vols., 8vo (250 x 150mm.) 132 hand-coloured lithographed plates. Original cloth, blocked in gilt and blind (slightly soiled and bumped). Provenance: Bernard Leslie Jones (respected stockbroker in the City of London for over 40 years and a founder member of the Society of Technical Analysts) (4).
JEVONS, W. Stanley. Investigations in Currency & Finance. London: 1909. Second edition, 8vo (224 x 142mm.) Graphs. (Some folding, section of title-page blacked-out.) Original cloth (tape residue to free endpapers, tape repairs to inner hinges) - And A.C. PIGOU. Industrial Fluctuations. London: 1927. First edition, 8vo (217 x 137mm.) Folding coloured graphs. Original cloth (covers slightly affected by damp, tape residue on free endpapers); together with eleven others (six by Pigou, five by Jevons). Provenance: Bernard Leslie Jones (respected stockbroker in the City of London for over 40 years and a founder member of the Society of Technical Analysts) (13).
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