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Lot 854
A first edition of The Letters of T E Lawrence of Arabia, edited by David Garnett, published London 1938 with dust jacket, together with T E Lawrence By His Friends, edited by A W Lawrence, published London 1938 (fourth impression), with dust jacket and The Seven Pillars of Wisdom, A Triumph By T E Lawrence, first published for general circulation 1935 by Jonathan Cape, London
Lot 300
`Gnomologia: Adagies and Proverbs, wise sentences and witty sayings, ancient and modern, foreign and British, collected by Thomas Fuller, M.D.`, Dublin: for Stearne Brock, 1733 [back board missing]; Samuel Johnson - `A Dictionary of the English Language`, London Stereotype Edition, 1823; `The law against bankrupts: or, a treatise wherein the statutes against bankrupts are explain`d.` fourth edition, Tho. Goodinge, printed for Tho. Ward, 1726; `The satires of Decimus Junius Juvenalis.translated by Mr Dryden.` London, 1713 [front and back boards missing]; `Select lives by Plutarch in two volumes: volume first`, London, no date [one volume only]; together with a small quantity of other 18th and 19th century books
Lot 107
LEIGH & OLIVIER: LEIGH VIVIEN (1913-1967) English Actress & OLIVIER LAURENCE: (1907-1989) English Actor, both Academy Award winners. Book signed by both Leigh and Olivier individually, a hardback edition of The Oliviers - A Biography by Felix Barker, First Edition published by Hamish Hamilton, London, 1953. Signed by both Leigh and Olivier with their names alone in bold blue fountain pen ink to the lower white border beneath their frontispiece portrait, the image depicting the couple standing in three quarter length poses together enjoying an amusing conversation over a telephone. Accompanied by the dust jacket. Some light foxing to the front free endpapers, otherwise VG
Lot 166
DAD'S ARMY: Signed First Day Cover by five cast members of Dad's Army individually, Clive Dunn (Lance Corporal Jack Jones), Ian Lavender (Private Frank Pike), Bill Pertwee (ARP Warden William Hodges), Frank Williams (Rev. Timothy Farthing), Pamela Cundell (Mrs Mildred Fox) and also signed by the two writers of the British sitcom, Jimmy Perry and David Croft. The limited edition cover commemorates the 30th Anniversary of Dad's Army and features an image of the main cast members in costume. Post marked 31st July 1998. Signed by each in blue and black inks with their names alone to clear areas of the cover. EX
Lot 289
ERTE: (1892-1990) Romain de Tirtoff. Russian-born French Artist & Designer. Book signed, a folio hardback edition of Erte at Ninety-Five - The Complete New Graphics, First Edition published by Weidenfeld and Nicolson, London, 1987. The book features over 150 full colour illustrations and a chronology etc. Limited Edition number 81 of 100 copies produced exclusively for sale in the United Kingdom (a further 250 copies produced for distribution to the rest of the world). Signed and numbered by Erte to the limitations page. Bound in full brown embossed cloth with silver title to spine and accompanied by the original acetate wrapper. Housed in the original slipcase. EX
Lot 301
KIPLING RUDYARD: (1865-1936) English Author, Nobel Prize winner for Literature, 1907. A.L.S., Rudyard Kipling, one page, 8vo, Maidencombe, St. Marychurch, 24th October 1896, to Alick Watt. Kipling writes, in full, 'Herewith for Pearson & McClure the whole of the end of C.C. (no longer present). I want the corrected galley proofs carefully read & as soon as may be, a proof of the M.S. portion.' Some creasing and light overall dust staining, about G Alexander Pollock Watt (1834-1914) Literary Agent and founder of A. P. Watt, the world's first literary agency. McClure's Magazine was an American illustrated monthly periodical which was published between 1893-1929. Kipling refers to his novel Captains Courageous (1897) that follows the adventures of Harvey Cheyne Jr., the spoiled son of a railroad tycoon, after he is saved from drowning by a fishing boat in the north Atlantic. It was originally serialised in McClure's, beginning with the November 1896 edition. Captains Courageous was made into a film in 1937 starring Spencer Tracy and Freddie Bartholomew. Tracy won a Best Actor Academy Award for his performance in the film.
Lot 302
WALLACE EDGAR: (1875-1932) British Crime Writer. Book signed and inscribed, a hardback edition of The Flying Fifty-Five, First Edition (?) published by Hutchinson & Co., London, n.d. (1922). Signed by Wallace in dark fountain pen ink to the front free endpaper, 'To my very good friend and colleague Jack Boys who has brought dignity to racing journalism, Edgar Wallace', and dated September 1922 in his hand. Bound in publisher's cloth with black title to spine (faded). Lacking the dust jacket. Some light age wear and foxing to the pages, G
Lot 307
BETJEMAN JOHN: (1906-1984) British Poet Laureate 1972-84. Illustrated T.L.S., John Betjeman, with holograph salutation and subscription and six holograph lines of text, one page, 8vo, Wantage, Berkshire, 13th January 1960, to [William Iveson] Croome. The form letter sends thanks for Croome's message of congratulations and Betjeman continues, in holograph, 'I have had to resort to this unworthy duplicated letter, but must thank you especially & personally. I'd rather be a peer, wouldn't you?' further adding an original pen and ink drawing of a crown in his hand. Together with a hardback edition of Collins Guide to English Parish Churches, edited and with an introduction by John Betjeman, First Edition published by Collins, London, 1958. Bearing the bookplate of William Iveson Croome. Accompanied by the dust jacket (heavy tears and some areas of paper loss). G to VG, 2 Betjeman had been made a Commander of the Order of the British Empire (CBE) in 1960. William Iveson Croome (1891-1967) English Churchwarden in Gloucestershire who shared Betjeman's passion and interest in ecclesiastical buildings.
Lot 315
LE CARRE JOHN: (1931- ) British Author of Espionage novels. A good A.L.S., David Cornwell (his real name) and John Le Carre, two pages, 4to, Penzance, Cornwall, 16th May 2006, to Stacey. Le Carre thanks his correspondent for their letter and continues 'As to finding first editions: if you look in the 'prelim' pages before the title page, usually on the left side, you will find a note of the books' publishing history - not always, perhaps, but usually. It will run 'First published by Hodder & Stoughton 1986' or something of that kind. Then it will tell you when it was reprinted, or reissued - or it should. If there is no history of reprinting after first publication, then you have a first edition.' He further offers more advice, 'First editions aren't always a good investment: a successful author has so many copies printed in a first run that the unit value is reduced. The real trick is to spot a relatively unknown writer with a small sale, and buy his 'firsts' and keep them in good condition, which is vital. The book's cover, or jacket, is an important feature, and again, condition is all. If you want to get a book signed, most authors will do that for you…..Don't ask for your book to be 'personalised' because that will reduce its market value.' A letter of interesting content. VG
Lot 333
LITERATURE: Small selection of signed photographs of various sizes and letters comprising Richard Adams (signed postcard photograph and T.L.S. with interesting content discussing books and stating, in part, 'I am puzzled that you tell me you have been told to buy first editions. This is nonsense. If you want a book, it is perfectly all right to buy it in any edition.'), P. D. James (signed colour 9 x 6 photograph, with an additional A.Q.S. from The Lighthouse to the verso) and H. R. F. Keating (A.L.S. with good content making references to his Inspector Ghote stories). VG to EX, 4
Lot 362
BURGESS GUY: (1911-1963) British Intelligence Officer, a member of the Cambridge Five spy ring that passed secrets to the Soviets before and during the Cold War. Book signed, a hardback edition of Thomas J. Wise in The Original Cloth - The Life and Record of the Forger of the Nineteenth Century Pamphlets by Wilfred Partington, First Edition published by Robert Hale Limited, London, 1946. Bearing the ownership signature ('Guy Burgess') of Burgess in dark fountain pen ink to the front free endpaper, dated 1948 in his hand. Also featuring the ownership bookplate of Kim Philby to the pastedown. Philby's small oblong 12mo bookplate bears his printed name H. A. R. Philby within a decorative border. Rare and a book with interesting associations originating from the libraries of two members of the Cambridge Five. Lacking the dust jacket. Some age wear and staining to the boards, otherwise VG H. A. R. 'Kim' Philby (1912-1988) British Intelligence Officer, a Double Agent and member of the spy ring known as the Cambridge Five. Philby defected to the Soviet Union in 1963.
Lot 366
KRAY TWINS THE: KRAY REG (1933-2000) & KRAY RON (1933-1995) English Gangsters, the foremost perpetrators of organised crime in London during the 1950s & 60s. Book signed by both Reg and Ron Kray individually, a hardback edition of Our Story, published by Sidgwick & Jackson, London, September 1988 (first reprint). The front free endpaper features two white stickers which have been neatly affixed to the page and signed by Reg and Ron Kray in bold black inks. Together with Frankie Fraser (1923- ) English Criminal associated with the Richardson Gang, rivals to the Krays in the 1960s. Book signed, a hardback edition of Mad Frank - Memoirs of a Life of Crime, First Edition published by Little, Brown & Company, London, 1944. Signed by Fraser in blue ink to the title page. Both books are accompanied by their dust jackets. VG, 2
Lot 367
BIGGS RONNIE: (1929-2013) English Criminal, known for his role in the Great Train Robbery of 1963. Book signed, a hardback edition of Odd Man Out - My Life on The Loose and The Truth about The Great Train Robbery, First Edition published by Bloomsbury, London, 1994. A white 12mo card is neatly affixed to the title page, the card signed by Biggs in bold blue ink, with an original sketch of a train in his hand above the signature. The train bears the initials E R and the carriage it is pulling bears the word CA$H, both in Biggs' hand. He has further added the title of his book, Odd Man Out, beneath his signature. Accompanied by the dust jacket. VG
Lot 401
GEORGE V: (1865-1936) King of the United Kingdom 1910-36. D.S., Appd. G. R. I., as King, at the head, one page, 4to, 10 Downing Street, Whitehall, 11th June 1921, on the blind embossed stationery of the First Lord of the Treasury. The typed document is a dictated letter to the King from Austen Chamberlain at the request of the Prime Minister and recommends that a Knighthood be conferred upon George Branson on the occasion of his appointment to be a judge of the High Court of Justice. Signed by Austen Chamberlain at the foot. One file hole in the upper corner and very light, minor age wear. Together with Queen Mary(1867-1953) Queen Consort of the United Kingdom. Book signed and inscribed, a hardback edition of Great Flights by C. St. John Sprigg, published by Thomas Nelson & Sons Ltd., January 1936 (reprinted). A presentation copy inscribed in bold, dark fountain pen ink by Queen Mary to the front free endpaper, 'For Jamie Douglas from Mary R' and dated Christmas 1940 in her hand. Some light foxing and some slight damp staining to the head of a few pages and cloth boards. Lacking the dust jacket. G to VG, 2 Austen Chamberlain (1863-1937) British Politician, Nobel Peace Prize winner, 1925. Sir George Branson (1871-1951) British Judge at the High Court of Justice 1921-39.
Lot 419
CHARLES & DIANA: CHARLES (1948- ) Prince of Wales & DIANA (1961-1997) Princess of Wales. Book signed and inscribed, by both Prince Charles and Princess Diana individually, a hardback edition of Watercolours by HRH The Prince of Wales, First Edition published by Little, Brown and Company, London, 1991. Signed in fountain pen ink by Prince Charles to the half title page, 'For Ken, with very best wishes for Xmas 1991 from Charles', the Princess adding 'and Diana' in her hand in fountain pen ink. With the dust wrapper. Accompanied by the Prince's blue crested correspondence card with a typed note, 'This comes with their Royal Highnesses The Prince and Princess of Wales's sincere thanks and best wishes for a very Happy Christmas and New Year'. Contained in a custom burgundy solander case with gilt decoration. EX
Lot 491
LINDBERGH CHARLES: (1902-1974) American Aviator who made the first solo non-stop flight across the Atlantic Ocean, 20th - 21st May 1927. Book signed, a hardback edition of Listen! The Wind by Anne Morrow Lindbergh, with a foreword and maps by Charles Lindbergh, First English edition published by Chatto & Windus, London, 1938. Signed and inscribed by Anne Morrow Lindbergh in fountain pen ink to the illustrated half title page and also signed by Charles Lindbergh in bold dark fountain pen ink beneath his wife’s signature. Dated Illiec, 1938 in his hand. Blue cloth binding, lacking the dust jacket. Some very light, minor age wear, about VG
Lot 509
MACROBERTSON AIR RACE: Individual clipped signed pieces by Tom Campbell Black (1899-1936) English Pioneer Aviator and Charles W. A. Scott (1903-1946) English Pioneer Aviator who, together, won the London to Melbourne Centenary Air Race in 1934. Both signatures are in bold, dark fountain pen ink. Autographs of Campbell Black are rare following his tragically early death in an aviation accident. Scott's piece is slightly irregularly clipped, very close to the signature. Neatly laid down alongside each other to a 4to sheet bearing a printed biography of Campbell Black. Together with an A.L.S., Charles W. A. Scott, one page, oblong 8vo, n.p., March 1937, to Marjorie Scott. The aviator writes, in full, 'We used to think of yours as being the weaker sex Marjorie. But now with Amelia Earhart, & Jean Batten & Amy (Johnson) this seems hardly to be the case'. An interesting statement for its references to various aviatrix. Also including book signed, a hardback edition of Scott's Book - The Life and Mildenhall-Melbourne Flight of C.W.A. Scott, published by Hodder & Stoughton Ltd., London, December 1934 (reprinted). Signed by Scott with his name alone in bold fountain pen ink to the front free endpaper. Cloth boards and no dust jacket. Frontispiece illustration detached. Some light age wear and minor staining and discoloration to cloth. Further including a bold, dark fountain pen ink signature ('Charles W. A. Scott') on a piece. The lot also features [Bert Hinkler] (1892-1933) Australian Pioneer Aviator, the first pilot to fly solo from England to Australia (1928) and the first to fly solo across the Southern Atlantic Ocean (1931). An original small 4to printed menu for a dinner in honour of Hinkler, given by Sir Charles Wakefield at the Savoy Hotel, 28th November 1928. The attractive printed menu features an illustration of Hinkler by artist Fred Roe to the cover, a printed narrative of Hinkler's record flight from London to Australia and three photographs, as well as map of the route, to the inside. Cover detached, although with the scarlet ribbon still present that originally tied it to the contents. Generally G to VG, 5
Lot 529
CHESHIRE LEONARD (1917-1992) British RAF Pilot of World War II, Victoria Cross Winner. A colour 23.5 x 20 first edition print entitled Lancaster by artist Robert Taylor, signed by Leonard Cheshire VC with his name alone in bold pencil to the lower border. Together with a colour 25 x 19.5 print entitled The Hunters by artist Geoff Nutkins, individually signed in bold pencil to the lower white border by the Knight's Cross winners Fritz Karch, Julius Meimberg, Gunter Seeger and Bruno Stolle, and also signed in pencil by the artist. Limited Edition number 39 of 200; a third aviation print bearing facsimile signatures, and also including a small selection of signed First Day Covers etc., by Leonard Cheshire VC, Richard Todd, Roy Plomley (A.L.S. stating that he remembers well a broadcast with Guy Gibson), J. Enoch Powell (referring to the Race Relations Act) etc. Both of the letters are accompanied by the original envelopes. Each of the prints are rolled. A few minor faults, generally VG, 8
Lot 753
Mixed books, to include, T.S. Eliot, The Cocktail Party, published by Faber and Faber Ltd, The Pilgrims Progress by John Bunyan, Published by Oliphant, Anderson & Ferrier, Ring O` Bells Mystery by Enid Blyton, First Printed in this Edition in 1953, Five are Together Again by Enid Blyton, First Printed 1963, P.G. Wodehouse, The Mating Season, A Hubert Jenkins Book First Printing, Heartbreak House by Bernard Shaw, London 1919, Enid Blyton, Puzzle for the Secret Seven, A Journey to the Centre of the Earth by
Lot 1110
John Gay, Fables, two volumes, first editions of each, the first 1727, by Tonson and Watts, London, 1/4 leather, 9 1/2 in. x 7 1/2 in., with 51 vignettes by Wooten and Kent; the second 1738, Knapton and Cox, London, full calf, 7 7/8 in. x 4 3/4 in., with frontispiece and 16 plates; together with John Gay, The Beggar`s Opera. As it is Acted at the Theatre-Royal in Lincoln-in-Fields, 1735, fourth edition, [bound with], The Man of Taste, published anonymously by James Miller, 1735, second edition, with some later Beggar`s Opera editions and critiques.
Lot 1233
William Woodward (American/New Orleans, 1859-1939) and Olive Leonhardt (American/New Orleans, 1895-1963), Woodward, French Quarter Etchings of Old New Orleans, 1938, Magnolia Press, New Orleans, first edition, with dust jacket; together with Leonhardt, New Orleans Drawn and Quartered, 1938, Dale Press, Richmond, with a signed forward by Lyle Saxon, with 39 reproductions after her work.
Lot 563
Culpeper N. The Complete Herbal, nd. C.1840. Qto., hb. qtr. binding, gilt titling on spine, marbled eps. 20 hand coloured plates. Later Kelly edition incorporating "one hundred additional herbs", and " to which are now first annexed English Physician Enlarged and Key to Physic." CONDITION REPORT: Sound copy with some browning and minor soiling to plate margins.
Lot 178
Poe`s Tales of Mystery & Imagination illustrated by Arthur Rackham, London: George G. Harrap & Co., Ltd., 1935. Hard Cover. First Edition. Limited edition, number 278 of 460 signed by Rackham. Large quarto. Original publisher`s full vellum, decorated and lettered in gilt, top edge gilt, endpapers by Rackham. 12 color plates and 17 plates in black and white, and illustrations in the text by Rackham An excellent copy internally with the front board slightly bowed, mild soiling.
Lot 333
HB & S Ltd., Reading. An early 20th century novelty money box fashioned as a timber framed cottage, H. 12.5 cm, together with a Moko Toy Lesney coronation coach together with horses, L. 12 cm, together with a collection of commemorative ephemera, newspapers, to include the first edition Sun newspaper etc.
Lot 185
An unhappy marriage 1747 the Trial wherein Miss Dvs was plaintiff and the Rev Dr W-ln ^ defendant in an action of ten thousand pounds by the plaintiff against the defendant for the non performance of a marriage contract when the plaintiff had a verdict and recoverd seven thousand pounds damages. London [1747] disbound^ 8vo^ 24pp^ first edition^ with annotations in a contemporary hand filling in many of the concealed words including the names of the litigants^ Davis and Wilson (six copies only listed in ESTC). A curious 18th c pamphlet which might acquaint to a tabloid newspaper report today. The sorry tale was of a Parson with considerable estates throughout the country becoming infatuated with a young girl and then rashly proposing marriage he then changed his mind. A costly decision as the case ended in him having to pay over substantial damages for breach of promise equivalent to more than £600^000 in todays money.
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