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Click here to subscribeTwain (Mark). Life on the Mississippi, first edition, second impression, Boston: James R. Osgood and Company, 1883, engraved frontispiece, numerous b & w illustrations, ownership inscription to front free endpaper, original decorated cloth, gilt, slightly bumped to corners, overall good condition, 8vo -1
A signed coloured limited edition print after Anthony Gibbs showing a resting leopard - Dawn First Scent, signed in pencil bottom right Anthony Gibbs, edition 988/1100, 49 x 80 cm in wooden frame together with a reproduction 19th century geographical map of Gloucestershire by W Smith, published by The Natural History Museum 1974, 65 x 53 cm in simple black frame
Fleming (Ian), Thunderball, first edition with black cover and impressed skeletal hand to the front and gilt lettering to the spine with original dust cover together with a first edition (third impression May 1963) of On Her Majesty`s Secret Service with black cover and impressed white line design to the front and gilt lettering to the spine with original dust cover
An interesting collection of books including a first edition of Mike, A Public School Story by P G Wodehouse with illustrations by T M R Whitwell (for repair), Hoyle`s Games, published London 1835, David Copperfield (volume 1), published Chapman & Hall, London together with The Autocrat of the Breakfast Table and The Professor at the Breakfast Table, both by Oliver Wendell Holmes with illustrations by H M Brock, published by J M Dent & Company 1902/3
An extensive collection of books about James Bond and related subjects including a number of first edition Book Club Editions of You Only Live Twice and For Your Eyes Only, two books on Bond Girls, one signed by the writer Graham Rye, two copies of Scripts For Goldeneye and The Spy Who Loved Me, a collection of Bond posters, etc
ALDISS Brian W, Report on Probability, New York 1969, 1st edition in dustwrapper, author signed; and 5 other author signed books; unsigned first English editions of Angus WILSON, Old Men at the Zoo, 1961; C S LEWIS, Miracles, 1947; P G WODEHOUSE, Sunset at Blandings, 1977; and 5 others, all in dustwrappers (14)
A Special Limited Edition of thirty-nine Postage Stamps in 22 k gold commemorating the Greatest Sports Spectacle in History - The 1984 Games - The Worlds First Gold & Silver Banknotes - and four 23 K Olympic Godl Stamp First Day Covers Limited Edition 168/8000 Condition report: No condition report available on this lot
A John Pinches Limited 100 Greatest Cars Silver miniature collection, with booklet together with two Limited Edition silver medals - Sir Walter Scott Bicentenary Commemorative no'd 17/500 and various First Day Covers - Weight approx. 8.20 troy oz Condition report: No condition available on this lot
Six Coalport limited edition `The Snowman` figures, comprising `Dinner For Two`, `Goodbye My Friend`, `Strumming Away`, `Party Time`, `The Soloist` and `The Drummer`, all certificates and boxed, together with a Coalport The Snowman `Hug For Mum` first edition, boxed, two snow globes, boxed, four Coalport Paddington Bear figures, limited editions, comprising `Good Life`, `Bear Necessities`, `Bath Time`, `Paddington On Line`, all with certificates and boxes, and a Wedgwood Mil-Looney-Um 2000 Celebration Countdown figure group of Bugs Bunny and Dafy Duck, limited edition `554` of 2000, with certificate, boxed.
[OO GAUGE]. A WRENN COLLECTION comprising No.2221, renamed and numbered as G.W.R. Castle Class 4-6-0 tender locomotive `Cardiff Castle`, 4075, lined green livery, boxed; twenty-two assorted wagons (Nos W4360, 4365P, 4652/A, 5003, 5004, 5018, 5019, 5022, 5024, 5029 x2, 5039, 5040, 5042, 5049, 5053, 5056, 5057, 5058, 5062 x2, and 5075), each boxed; and a book, Gunter, Maurice. The Story of Wrenn, From Binns Road to Basildon, first edition, Irwell Press, Clophill, 2004, pictorial boards, illustrations, tall quarto, (24).
[ARCHITECTURE] Allen, Frank. The Great Church Towers of England, chiefly of the Perpendicular Period, first edition, Cambridge University Press, 1932, brown cloth, plate illustrations from photographs, quarto; Lloyd, Nathaniel. A History of the English House, first edition, The Architectural Press, London, 1931, green cloth gilt, illustrations from photographs, tall quarto; Howard, F.E., & Crossley, F.H. English Church Woodwork. A Study in Craftsmanship During the Mediaeval Period 1250-1550, second edition, Batsford, London, 1927, blue buckram gilt, illustrations from photographs, quarto; Green, David. Grinling Gibbons, His Work as Carver and Statuary 1648-1721, first edition, Country Life, London, 1964, vermilion buckram gilt, illustrations from photographs, quarto (spine faded; covers damp marked); Cooke, Robert. West Country Houses. An Illustrated Account of some Country Houses and their Owners, in the Counties of Bristol, Gloucester, Somerset and Wiltshire, first edition, Batsford, London, 1957, navy blue cloth gilt, illustrations from photographs, tall quarto; and six other works of related interest, (11).
[LITERATURE] Combe, William. The First Tour of Doctor Syntax, in Search of the Picturesque, ninth edition; The Second Tour of Doctor Syntax, in Search of Consolation; and The Third Tour of Doctor Syntax, in Search of a Wife, three volumes, uniformly bound, Routledge, London, no date, half leather, top edges gilt, eighty hand-coloured plate illustrations after Thomas Rowlandson including frontispieces, volumes one and three with hand-coloured vignette half titles, octavo (scuffed; volume three with some repaired fore edges and tear at base of lower joint).
[LITERATURE] Blackmore, R.D. Christowell. A Dartmoor Tale, first edition, three volumes, Sampson Low, Marston, Searle & Rivington, London, 1882, crimson cloth, octavo (spines faded; foxed; volume one with tender hinges); together with Tales from the Telling-House, first edition, Sampson Low, Marston & Company, London, 1896, pale fawn cloth gilt, octavo (spine ends and joints nicked and frayed); Perlycross. A Tale of the Western Hills, first edition, three volumes, Sampson Low, Marston & Company, London, 1894, blue cloth gilt, octavo (rubbed; joints worn; foxed; front free endpapers with clipped upper corners); Kit and Kitty. A Story of Middlesex, second edition, Sampson Low, Marston & Company, London, 1891, dark green cloth gilt; and two other titles by the same, both new editions, (total six works in ten volumes).
[COOKERY] David, Elizabeth. French Country Cooking, first edition, Lehmann, London, 1951, grey cloth, dustjacket (non price-clipped) with rare `better than Mrs. Beeton` wrap-around paper banner, errata slip at foot of contents page, frontispiece and title by John Minton, further full-page and vignette illustrations, octavo.
[TOPOGRAPHY] Ibbetson, Julius Caesar, Laporte, John, & Hassell, John. A Picturesque Guide to Bath, Bristol Hot-Wells, the River Avon, and the Adjacent Country... , first edition, for Hookham and Carpenter, London, 1793, modern half calf, sixteen coloured aquatint plate illustrations (as per list, with minor variations in placement), some with tissue guards, errata list, quarto.
[NATURAL HISTORY / ORNITHOLOGY / COUNTRYSIDE] Niall, Ian. Portrait of a Country Artist: Charles Tunnicliffe R.A. 1901-1979, first edition, Gollancz, London, 1980, boards, dustjacket, illustrations throughout, tall quarto; Niall, Ian. The Way of a Countryman, White Lion Books, Cambridge, 1993, boards, dustjacket, illustrations by Charles Tunnicliffe, octavo; and twenty assorted other works, (22).
[MODERN LITERATURE] Crichton, Michael. The Terminal Man, first edition, Cape, London, 1972, boards, dustjacket, octavo; Crichton, Michael. Congo, first British edition, Lane, London, 1981, boards, dustjacket, octavo; Kent, Alexander. Sloop of War, first edition, Hutchinson, London, 1972, boards, dustjacket, octavo; Kent, Alexander. Command a King`s Ship, first edition, Hutchinson, London, 1973, boards, dustjacket, octavo; and thirty-five assorted other works, (39).
[FIREFIGHTING] Godley, John, et al. Somerset Fire Brigade. An Illustrated History, first edition, Somerset Books, Tiverton, 1998, boards, dustjacket, illustrations, tall quarto; Burgess-Wise, David. Fire Engines & Fire-Fighting, Bounty Books, London, 2006, boards, dustjacket, illustrations, quarto; and ten other works of related interest, (12).
India and the Punjab Durbar by Mortimer Menpes London: Adam and Charles Black^ October 1903. First edition^ 4to. 100 Plates. The illustrations have been engraved and printed at the Menpes Press under Mr. Menpes`s direction. 210 pp. Decorative boards slight foxing to title and prelims but generally good. The first Durbar was held in 1877 to proclaim Queen Victoria as Empress of India. This is the second Durbar to proclaim Edward VII as King^ in 1902 but was not attended by the King either. It was not until the 1911 Durbar^ when George V and Queen Mary went to India^ was the Emperor and his Empress proclaimed in person to the people of India.
India – Punjab – First Hand Account of the Sikh Wars. A Year on The Punjab Frontier in 1848-49 by Major Herbert B Edwardes London Richard Bentley 1st edition 1851. Vol I - xxiii 608 pp. Frontispiece engraved portrait of Edwardes & 4 plates (lacks map). Contents include: Vol II - xiv 734 pp. Colour frontispiece & 2 other colour plates & 2 folding. Major-General Sir Herbert Benjamin Edwardes (1819–1868) was an English administrator soldier and statesman active in the Punjab India. Edwardes served as ADC to Gough during the First Anglo-Sikh War and fought at Mudki on 18 December 1845 where he was wounded and at the final bloody rout of the Sikhs at Sobraon on 10 February 1846. Following the Sikh defeat in the First Anglo-Sikh War (1846–47) the Punjab came to be ruled by a British Resident seated at the historic capital of Lahore supported by a Council of Regency acting for the infant Maharaja Duleep Singh. In 1846 aged 27 Edwardes was appointed by the new British Resident Sir Henry Lawrence as Assistant Resident. He is best known as the “Hero of Multan” for securing the British victory in the Second Anglo-Sikh War. On 22 January 1849 Diwan Mulraj surrendered following negotiations directed by Edwardes. Sir Henry Lawrence praised Edwardes`s pivotal role in the war stating that “Since the days of Clive no man had done as Edwardes”
India – Catalogue of Library of the East India Company first edition catalogue of the library listing every book held on the subject of India and surrounding countries including Asia^ Persia^ Afghanistan^ Dutch East Company^ Tibet Burma^ China^ Tartary^ Indian Archipelago^ Bokhara. Published in London^ 1845^ bound in original cloth with gilt titles. The book is a fascinating list and bibliography and must-have for book collectors on India.
WWII – Hitler – Mein Kampf 1938 edition of the Edgar Dugdale translation of Mein Kampf^ Hurst and Blackett. Tan cloth boards^ a little wear^ ex libris Millicent & Sydney Ward-Williams. The first (abridged) English translation of Hitler’s book^ originally published in 1933. Together with a 1933 German edition^ and a copy of ‘Beautiful Britain’
Books - Ian Fleming - The Man with the Golden Gun 1965 and On Her Majesty's Secret Service 1963, both published by Cape, both jackets by Richard Chopping, selection of Fleming Bond books, Pan paperbacks and a quantity of Beatrix Potter books, by Warne (qty) CONDITION REPORT Goldfinger, paperback, 3rd edition. On Her Majesty's Secret Service, hardback, 1st edition. The Man With The Golden Gun, hardback, 1st edition. Paperbacks are not first edition, actual edition is not mentioned
Books - James Bond You Only Live Twice, Fleming, publisher Jonathan Cape, First Edition 1964, new dust jacket. Harry Potter First Edition hardback The Order of the Phoenix 2003, The Deathly Hallows 2007, both Bloomsbury, plus The Goblet of Fire Scholastic Press 2000 and some Lawrence Green books (6)
WILLIAM ROBERTSON SMITH STOTT (SCOTTISH 1870 - 1939), A DEMURE BEAUTY oil on canvas, signed and dated 1906 80cm x 60cm Framed Note: William Robertson Smith Stott, born in Aberdeen, Scotland, on 5 August 1878, the youngest of nine children of joiner/carpenter Alexander Stott and his wife Margaret (nee Petrie). Stott was raised in Aberdeen but subsequently moved to London. He was active as a portrait artist from around 1905 and, by the early 1920s, was living at 14 Cheyne Row, Chelsea, London, a very affluent area of the city and an indication of his commercial success. Whilst he continued to accept commissions as a painter, his skills as a book illustrator brought him a constant and substantial income. Numerous romantic historical adventures, including an edition of Kidnapped by Robert Louis Stevenson (Cassell, 1913) published with 8 colour plates by Stott. Other books illustrated by Stott include Pioneers of Australia (c.1910), The Romance of Canada (c.1910) and The Romance of India (c.1913), all edited by Herbert Strang, Two Dover Boys; or, Captured by Corsairs by Gertrude Hollis (1911), Hawkwood the Brave by William Beck (1911), The Ferry House Girls by Bessie Marchant (1912), The Air Scout by Herbert Strang (1912), The Adventurous Seven by Bessie Marchant (1914), Brave Deeds of the War by Donald A. Mackenzie (with others, 1916) and The History of Tom Jones by Henry Fielding (1934). A few of his original book illustrations have appeared at auction around Europe over recent years including at Bristol Auctions 25th March 2010 lot 208 ""South of Braemar"" selling for 2200 but so far as we can see from auction records, this is the first of his major paintings to be offered at auction. Stott died at a Belgravia Nursing Home on 19 December 1939, aged 61, a far cry from his humble roots. ]
Original Bible Leaf from Latin Bibles and Bible Commentaries, including Biblia Latina, incunable work printed in Venice by Reynsburch and Novimagio dated 1478; Micah from Biblia Picturis Illustrata Paris 1540; two leaves from the Biblia Sacra Vulgate Editionis, Venice 1669; a leaf from the Biblia Sacra from the first edition of the first Latin Bible Henry Middleton, London, 1580; two leaves from the Latin version of the Bible, at Paris in 1558; Latin Version by Hieronymus de Paganini, at Venice 1497. (8)
Early horology, records of makers and related - twenty volumes:, Evans, Jeremy THOMAS TOMPION at the Dial and Three Crowns The Antiquarian Horological Society, Ticehurst 2006, dj; Symmonds, R.W. THOMAS TOMPION his life and work Spring Books, London 1969, dj; Neale, J.A. Joseph and Thomas Windmills clock and Watch Makers 1671-1737 The Antiquarian Horological Society, Ticehurst 1999, dj; Hana, W.F.J. English Lantern Clocks Blandford Press, Blandford 1979, dj; Edwards, Ernest L. The Grandfather Clock John Sherratt and Son, Altrincham 1952; Edwards, Ernest L. WEIGHT-DRIVEN DUTCH CLOCKS & THEIR JAPANESE CONNECTIONS Mayfield Books, Ashbourne 1996, dj; Barder, Richard C.R. ENGLISH COUNTRY GRANDFATHER CLOCKS Bracken Books, London 1983, dj; Clutton, C., Baillie, G.H. and Ilbert, C.A. BRITTENÂ’S OLD CLOCKS AND WATCHES AND THEIR MAKERS eighth edition, Eyre Methuen, London 1973; Britten, F.J. Former Clock & Watchmakers and their Work first edition, E. and F.N. Spon, London 1894; Baillie, G.H. WATCHMAKERS & CLOCKMAKERS OF THE WORLD N.A.G. Press Limited, London 1972, dj; Loomes, Brian Watchmakers & Clockmakers of the World Volume 2 N.A.G. Press, Suffolk 1984; Britten, F.J. Old Clocks & Watches AND THEIR MAKERS S.R. Publishers Limited, Wakefield, 1971, dj; Moore, Dennis BRITISH CLOCKMAKERS & WATCHMAKERS APPRENTICE RECORDS 1710-1810 Mayfield Books, Ashbourne 2003; Baillie, G.H. CLOCKS & WATCHES An Historical Bibliography, N.A.G. Press Limited, London 1951, dj; Jagger, Cedric ROYAL CLOCKS Robert Hale, London 1973, softbound; Turner, A.J. The Clockwork of the Heavens exhibition catalogue, Asprey and Company, London 1973, softbound; Beeson, C.F.C. PERPIGNAN 1356 The Making of a Clock and Bell for the KingÂ’s Castle The Antiquarian Horological Society, Ramsgate 1982, dj; Wright, Lawrence CLOCKWORK MAN Elek Books Limited, London 1968, dj; Landes, David S. REVOLUTION IN TIME The Belknap Press of Harvard University, Cambridge MA and London 1983, dj, (20)
Ernest Hemingway - 1940 first edition. 'For Whom The Bell Tolls' published in the USA. Klengenberg of the Arctic first edition - Jonathan Cape Ltd Adventures of Sherlock Holmes 1903 edition - George Newnes Ltd - 'The Adventures of a scandal in Bohemia' and other stories including The Sigh of Four.
An interesting collection of books about equestrian and agricultural subjects, titles include Jump For Joy by Pat Smythe, a first edition signed by the author, Sportsman`s Sketch Book by Lionel Edwards RI, Primrose McConnell`s The Agricultural Notebook (thirteenth edition 1958), The Book of the Horse, edited by Brian Vesey-Fitzgerald, etc
An extensive collection (on two shelves) of literature and biographical subjects including Ginger - My Story by Ginger Rogers, signed by the author, a first edition of Noblesse Oblige edited by Nancy Mitford, published Hamish Hamilton 1956, eight volumes of The Works of William Shakespeare, edited by Sir Henry Irving, printed by The Gresham Publishing Company Limited, various children`s books, etc together with seventeen orange cover paperback Penguin books
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