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Ghost Stories of an Antiquary by M R James, published by Edward Arnold in 1906, first edition and third impression, binding as for first impression

Flowers from Shakespeare`s Garden pictured by Walter Crane - Cassell 1906, First edition

Manon Lescaut by DC Moylan with eleven illustrations by Alastair, first edition 1928 and limited to 1850 copies

A First Edition - Reach for the sky by Paul Brickhill - signed in pen by Douglas Bader 1954 with dust jacket - stained rubbed and torn - along with First Editions of Wing Leader by Johnnie - Group Captain J.E - Johnson and On Going to the Wars by Godfrey Winn - both with damaged dust jackets

Maclean, Alistair. `The Guns of Navarone`, Collins, St. James`s Place, London, 1957, 318pp, with dust jacket.(first edition)

Maclean, Alistair. `South by Java Head`, Collins, St. James`s Place, London 1958, 320pp, with dust jacket, (first edition).

Maclean, Alistair. `H.M.S Ulysses` Collins St James` Place London, 1955, 120pp with diagram and dust jacket. (first edition)

NUMISMATIC BOOKS, ANCIENT COINS [Sotheby’s] Catalogue of the Collection of Highly Important Greek and Roman Coins Formed by Patrick A Doheny, London, 1979, 245 lots, each lot individually illustrated with some full page colour enlargements, original boards, neatly priced throughout with some buyer’s names, nearly fine; [Christies] Highly Important Ancient Coins, London, 9 October 1984, 98pp, 313 lots, each individually illustrated in b/w, 6 further colour plates, cloth, jacket, hand priced throughout with the printed prices loosely inserted, nearly fine; [Christie’s] Important Ancient Coins, London, 8 October 1985, 108pp, 436 lots each individually illustrated, 5 further colour plates at end, cloth, jacket, very good; [Sotheby’s] The Brand Collection Part 5 – Greek and Roman Coins, London, 1-2 February 1984, 718 lots, 24 b/w plates, card covers, very good; [Christies] The Blackmoor Hoard of Third Century Roman Bronze Coins, London, 9 December 1975, 39pp, 385 lots, 5 b/w plates, card covers, heavily annotated throughout, very good; Head, B V, A Guide to the Principal Gold and Silver Coins of the Ancients, Third Edition, London, 1889, 128pp, 70 fine plates, original publishers cloth, armorial ex-libris on first pastedown, very good; Hirmer, M, Die Schönsten Griechenmünzen Siziliens, Leipzig, 1940, 66pp, 48 excellent plates, original boards, nearly fine; Hirmer, M, Römische Kaisermünzen, Leipzig, 1941, 66pp, 48 excellent plates, original boards, nearly fine; Babelon, E, Les Monnaies Grècques Aperçu Historique, Paris, 1921, 160pp, line drawings in the text, original printed boards, spine chipped, very good. (9)

NUMISMATIC BOOKS, WORLD COINS Breen, W, Walter Breen’s Encyclopedia of US and Colonial Proof Coins 1722-1977, New York, 1977, 324pp, b/w illustrations in the text, the original hardback edition, very good; Kleeberg, J M, America’s Large Cent, American Numismatic Society, New York, 1996, 190pp, b/w illustrations in the text, original cloth, almost as new; [Coin World] Comprehensive Catalog & Encyclopedia of United States Coins, Ohio, 1990, 456pp, illustrations in the text, card covers, good; Criswell, G, & Romerstein, H, The Official Guide to Confederate Money & Civil War Tokens Tradesmen & Patriotic, first edition, New York, 1971, 144pp, b/w illustrations; [Stacks] Fixed Price List Colonial Coins and Medals, New York, 1990, 68pp, b/w illustrations, card covers, good. (5)

NUMISMATIC BOOKS, GENERAL NUMISMATICS Carson, R A G, Coins - Ancient, Mediaeval, Modern, London, third impression, 1966, 642pp, 64 fine plates, cloth, jacket, very good with an inscription on first pastedown; Cribb, J, Cook, B & Carradice, I, The Coin Atlas, London, 1990, 337pp, colour illustrations, casebound, jacket, very good; Williams, J, Money – A History, (British Museum) London, 1997, 256pp, card covers, very good; Angell, N, The Story of Money, New York, 1929, 411pp, b/w illustrations, casebound, very good; Linecar, H, An Advanced Guide to Coin Collecting, London, 1970, 289pp, 68 b/w plates, casebound, jacket, very good; Carson, R A G, Coins Volume Two; Coins of Europe, London, 1971, 411pp, 47 b/w plates, card covers, good; Coins Volume Three; Coins of America, Africa, Australasia and Asia, London, 1962, 559pp, 63 b/w plates, card covers, good; Yoeman, R S, A Catalogue of Modern World Coins, Wisconsin, 1961, 509pp, casebound, spine taped, binding weak; [Krause/Mischler] Standard Catalog of World Coins 1801-1900, First Edition, 1152pp, illustrated, printed card covers, worn; Craig, W D, Coins of the World 1750-1850, Wisconsin, 1976, 478pp, illustrated, boards detached, poor. (10)

NUMISMATIC BOOKS, COMMEMORATIVE MEDALS Brown, L, British Historical Medals Volume 1; The Accession of George III to the Death of William IV, London, 1980, 469pp, illustrated, cloth, jacket, good; Brown, L, British Historical Medals Volume 2; The Reign of Queen Victoria, London, 1987, 516pp, illustrated, cloth, jacket, good; Eimer, C, British Commemorative Medals and Their Values, London, 1987, 265pp, 53 b/w plates, cloth, jacket, the latter torn, inscribed by the author, good; [British Museum] Medallic Illustrations of the History of Great Britain and Ireland to the Death of George II, (1885) reprinted 1969, volume 2 only, 866pp, casebound; Whittlestone, A & Ewing, M, Royal Commemorative Medals 1837-1977 Volume 6; The Duke of Windsor, First Edition, 1997, 120pp, illustrated, card covers, good; Whittlestone, A & Ewing, M, Royal Commemorative Medals 1837-1977 Volume 3; Medals Commemorating Queen Victoria’s Diamond Jubilee 1897, first edition, 1998, card covers, good; Joslin, E C, Spink’s Catalogue of British and Associated Orders, Decorations and Medals with Valuations, London, 1983, 191pp, illustrated, cloth, jacket, very good. (7)

NUMISMATIC BOOKS, FREEMASONRY Gould, R F, The History of Freemasonry Its Antiquities, Symbols, Constitution, Customs Etc, Six Volumes, The Caxton Publishing Company, London, no date (c.1920?), 1500+pp, 36 colour plates each with tissue guard, all volumes in the original decorated boards, gilt, some wear to extremities, marginal browning, nearly fine overall; and Volumes 3, 4 and 5 of an earlier edition (no date), original blue silk boards, bevelled edges, gilt, all edges gilt, all copies water damaged and discoloured, spines missing, endpapers foxed, reading copies; Newton, J F, The Builders; A Story and Study of Masonry, Iowa, 1916, 317pp, pages untrimmed and unopened, original blue cloth in protective wrapper, inscription on first free endpaper, a good copy. (10)

[MISCELLANEOUS]. HISTORY & OTHER Runciman, Steven. A History of the Crusades, three volumes, reprint, Cambridge University Press, 1988, boards, dustjacket, plate illustrations, octavo; Kapelle, William. The Norman Conquest of the North, first British edition, Croom Helm, London, 1979, boards, dustjacket, maps, quarto; Bird, Anthony, & Hallows, Ian. The Rolls-Royce Motor Car, first edition, Batsford, London, 1964, cloth, dustjacket, illustrations, quarto; and a further six assorted works, (11).

[MISCELLANEOUS] Saber, Clifford. Desert Rat Sketch Book, first edition, Sketchbook Press, New York, 1959, cloth, illustrations throughout, oblong quarto, in slip-case; Murray, Margaret. The God of the Witches, Sampson Low, Marston & Co., London, no date, cloth, dustjacket, plate illustrations, quarto; Thorold, Henry, & Yates, Jack. Lincolnshire. A Shell Guide, first edition, Faber & Faber, London, 1965, cloth, dustjacket, illustrations from photographs, quarto; and a fourther thirty-six works, (39).

[SAILING] Carr, Frank. Leslie A. Wilcox, first (limited) edition of 600 copies, Lewis, Leigh-on-Sea, 1977, boards, dustjacket with pictorial onlay, tipped-in colour plate and black and white full-plate illustrations, SIGNED BY ARTIST, quarto; Rayner, Ranulf. The Paintings of the America`s Cup 1851-1987, first edition, David & Charles, Newton Abbot, 1987, boards, dustjacket, full-page colour illustrations, oblong quarto; together with assorted other works; a quantity of luxury yacht brochures; and four photographs of yachts.

[ANTIQUES & COLLECTING]. CERAMICS Eriksen, Svend, & Bellaigue, Geoffrey de. Sevres Porcelain. Vincennes and Sevres 1740-1800, first edition, Faber & Faber, London, 1987, cloth, dustjacket, illustrations, quarto; Adams, Len & Yvonne. Meissen Portrait Figures, first edition, Barrie & Jenkins, London, 1987, boards, dustjacket, illustrations, quarto; Rice, Dennis. Derby Porcelain. The Golden Years 1750-1770, first edition, David & Charles, Newton Abbot, 1983, cloth, dustjacket, illustrations, quarto; Bradshaw, Peter. 18th Century English Porcelain Figures 1745-1795, first edition, Antique Collectors Club, Woodbridge, 1981, cloth, dustjacket, illustrations, quarto; and a further four assorted works, (8).

Charles Dickens; "David Copperfield" published by Bradbury & Evans, 1850, first edition, all plates present, bound in half calf with marble boards and end pages.

Richard Ball, "Hounds will Meet" illustrated by Lionel Edwards, first edition, published 1931; Cecil Aldin, "Ratcatcher to Scarlet", third edition, 1933; Coronet, "Wit and Wisdom of the Shires" published 1932 and other books on hunting. £30-50

Charles Knight; "A History of the City of York" first edition, 1944, G Bernard Wood; "Historic Homes of Yorkshire" and other books.

J F Robinson; "The Flora of the East Riding of Yorkshire", 1902, first edition, decorated boards, etc. (1) £20-30

Signed Robert Taylor Military Print by Famous Aviators: This 1st Edition Print is titled Hurricane and Signed by Wing Commander Bob Stanford Tuck boldly in pencil to bottom right hand corner. Wing Commander Roland Robert Stanford Tuck DSO, DFC & Two Bars, AFC (1 July 1916 – 5 May 1987) was a British fighter pilot and test pilot. Tuck joined the RAF in 1935. Tuck first engaged in combat during the Battle of France, over Dunkirk, claiming his first victories. In September 1940 he was promoted to Squadron Leader and commanded a Hawker Hurricane squadron. In 1941-1942, Tuck participated in fighter sweeps over northern France. On 28 January 1942, Tuck was hit by anti-aircraft fire and forced landed in France and was taken prisoner. At the time of his capture, Tuck had claimed 29 enemy aircraft destroyed, two shared destroyed, six probably destroyed, six damaged and one shared damaged.60 x 50cm Ready for Framing

Superb Concorde model made by Royal Worcester for Compton & Woodhouse: The base reads ; The First Flight of Concorde. 21st January 1976 An English fine bone china model. Issued in a strictly limited edition of 750. Officially authorised by British Airways 2005 for Compton & Woodhouse. Number 116. 360mm. long and stands110mm. High at highest point. Comes with Certificate and 2003 Concorde

Proof Gold Sovereign 1979: Genuine, proof full gold sovereign of Queen Elizabeth, II dated 1979. A limited edition of 50,000 coins were struck by The Royal Mint in the year 1979, the first year The Royal Mint offered for sale proof gold sovereigns to the general public. Comes with its original presentation box. The coin is in a sealed clear plastic case£200-220

A. Thorburn - Game Birds and Wild-Fowl, first edition, pub. Longmans, Green and Co., 1923, thirty colour plates, folio, red cloth and gilt

A. Thorburn - A Naturalist`s Sketch Book, first edition, pub. Longman`s Green and Co., 1919, sixty plates, cloth and gilt

ACTORS: Small selection of signed hardback books by various actors comprising My Life by David Jason, First Edition published by Century, London, 2013 (signed to custom bookplate neatly affixed to the front free endpaper); American Prince - My Autobiography by Tony Curtis, First Edition published by Virgin Books, London, 2008. Limited Edition number 270 of 1000. Signed by Curtis in black ink with his name alone to the limitations page. Bound in blue and white cloth and contained in the original slipcase; The World was My Lobster - My Autobiography by George Cole, published by John Blake, London, 2013. Signed by Cole with his name alone in black ink to the title page. Accompanied by the dust jackets (2). VG to EX, 3

EMPIRE STRIKES BACK THE: A paperback edition of The Empire Strikes Back by Donald F. Glut, based on a story by George Lucas, published by Sphere Books Ltd., London, 1980, individually signed to the first page and inside front cover by seven cast members of the film of the same name, comprising Mark Hamill (Luke Skywalker), Harrison Ford (Han Solo), Carrie Fisher (Princess Leia Organa), Billy Dee Williams (Lando Calrissian), Anthony Daniels (C-3PO), Dave Prowse (Darth Vader) and Peter Mayhew (Chewbacca). All have signed with their names alone in blue or black inks. Neatly laminated, causing slight ink bleeding to two of the signatures. With a small ownership signature in the upper left corner of the inside front cover. G

ONE DIRECTION: Signed hardback edition of Where We Are - Our Band, Our Story by all five members of the English-Irish pop boy band individually, Harry Styles, Niall Horan, Zayn Malik, Liam Payne and Louis Tomlinson, First Edition published by Harper Collins, London, 2013. Signed by each with their first names in bold black inks to the front free endpaper. Together with an autograph album containing over 50 signatures by various entertainers, comedians and musicians etc., including Sugar Chile Robinson, Edmundo Ros, Ted Ray, Vic Oliver, Charlie Kunz, Herb Reed & The Platters, Jack Train, Anona Winn, Arthur English, Michael Bentine, Shirley Eaton, Eddie Gray, Dick Emery, Roy Hudd, Arthur Askey, Alma Cogan, Dickie Valentine, Peter Brough, Lonnie Donegan etc. Some pages are multiple signed. Binding loose. Generally VG, 2

LIVE AID: A 4to printed paperback edition of Live Aid - The Concert by Peter Hillmore, with an introduction by Bob Geldof, First Edition published by Sidgwick & Jackson, London, 1985, individually signed to the inside photo pages by over 40 pop singers who performed at the events in London and Philadelphia, including Queen (Freddie Mercury, Brian May, Roger Taylor and John Deacon; two sets), Tina Turner, David Bowie, Bob Geldof, Status Quo, Midge Ure, Spandau Ballet (Tony Hadley, Steve Norman, Gary Kemp etc.), Joan Baez, Nik Kershaw, Sting, Phil Collins, Paul Young, Bono, Bo Diddley, Carlos Santana, Elton John, Brian May, Rik Ocasek, Duran Duran (Simon Le Bon, Nick Rhodes etc.) and others. Rare in this form. Some very light, minor age wear, otherwise VG

ROWLING J. K.: (1965- ) British Author of the Harry Potter books. Book signed, a hardback edition of Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows, First Edition published by Bloomsbury, London, 2007. Signed by Rowling in bold black ink with her name alone to the title page. Accompanied by the dust jacket. About EX

HOYLE EDMOND: (1672-1769) English Authority on the rules and play of Card Games. Rare book signed, a hardback edition of Mr. Hoyle's Games of Whist, Quadrille, Piquet, Chess and Back-Gammon, Complete Fourteenth Edition, including the laws of the several games and 'To which is now first added, Two new Cases at Whist, never before printed; also The New Laws of the Game at Whist, As played at White's and Saunders's Chocolate-Houses', printed for Thomas Osborne in Gray's Inn and Henry Woodfall and Richard Baldwin of Pater-noster-Row, London (1765). Signed ('Edmond Hoyle') in bold ink with his name alone to the lower margin beneath an advertisement declaring, in part, 'No Copies of this Book are genuine, but what are signed by the Author'. The small 8vo edition has the original tan calf boards although with a rebound spine, with raised bands and gilt lettering ('Hoyle's Games'). Some light age wear and staining, G

FAMOUS MEN & WOMEN: Selection of signed pieces, cards, multiple signed 8vo sheets, a few letters etc., by various famous men and women (many Sportsmen) including Desmond Tutu, F. W. De Klerk, Lord Snowdon, Joan Sutherland, Edna O'Brien, J. Enoch Powell (signed edition of First Poems - Fifty Short Lyrics, 1937), Steve Perryman, Lou Macari, David Pleat, Adrian Moorhouse, Howard Wilkinson, Ian Rush, Mark Lawrenson, Trevor Brooking, Terry Butcher, Charlie Nicholas, Tony Woodcock, Paul Gascoigne, Dennis Wise, Lester Piggott, Richard Dunwoody, Bill Beaumont etc. Some slightly irregularly clipped. G to VG, 39

EVEREST EXPEDITION 1953: A hardback edition of The Ascent of Everest by John Hunt, First Edition published by Hodder and Stoughton, London, 1953, featuring two 12mo signed pieces neatly laid down to the front free endpaper and bearing the signatures of eleven members of the Mount Everest Expedition of 1953 including Edmund Hillary, Tenzing Norgay, Alfred Gregory, Michael Ward, Tom Stobart, Michael Westmacott, George Lowe, Griffith Pugh, Charles Wylie, George Band and one other. All have signed in fountain pen inks with their names alone. With an ownership signature, address and inscription opposite dated 28th December 1953. Lacking the dust jacket and with some wear and staining to the blue cloth boards. Together with three pieces of related printed ephemera including two invitations, one to a ceremony for the presentation of a special medal by the President of India to Hunt, Hillary and Norgay, 29th June 1953, and an English translation of Maulana Abul Kalam Azad's speech made on the same occasion. Some light overall age wear, minor stains and small tears etc., G, 4

THATCHER MARGARET: (1925-2013) British Prime Minister 1979-90. Book signed, a paperback edition of Statecraft - Strategies for a Changing World, published by Harper Collins, London, 2003. Signed by Thatcher with her name alone in bold blue ink to the title page. Together with John Major (1943- ) British Prime Minister 1990-97. Book signed and inscribed, a hardback edition of The Autobiography, First Edition published by Harper Collins, London, 1999. Signed by Major in black ink to the title page. Accompanied by the dust jacket. VG, 2

THATCHER MARGARET: (1925-2013) British Prime Minister 1979-90. Signed hardback edition of The Path to Power, First Edition published by Harper Collins, London, 1995. Signed by Thatcher in bold blue ink with her name alone to a preliminary blank page. Accompanied by the dust jacket. An upper portion of the dark blue front free endpaper has been cut away. Together with a second signed hardback edition of The Path to Power, First U.S. Edition published by Harper Collins, New York, 1995. Bearing a bookplate featuring an illustration of the Houses of Parliament signed in bold blue ink by Thatcher with her name alone, neatly laid down to the half title page. Accompanied by the dust jacket. Also including a signed paperback edition of Statecraft - Strategies For a Changing World, published by Harper Collins, London, 2003. Bearing a custom printed bookplate signed in bold blue ink by Thatcher with her name alone, neatly laid down to the title page. G to VG, 3

MANCHESTER UNITED: A hardback edition of The Manchester United Football Book, edited by David Meek and with a foreword by Matt Busby, First Edition published by Stanley Paul, London, 1966, individually signed by eighteen Manchester United footballers to the front free endpaper including George Best, Denis Law, Bobby Charlton, Alex Stepney, Pat Crerand, Nobby Stiles, Bill Foulkes, David Sadler, Brian Kidd, Shay Brennan, Alan Gowling, Francis Burns, Tony Dunne, John Aston, David Herd, Jimmy Murphy etc. All have signed with their names alone in blue inks. Lacking the dustjacket. Some light age wear and minor staining to the red cloth boards, otherwise VG The signatories in the present book include all eleven members of the Manchester United team who won the European Cup in 1968, thus becoming the first English team to lift the trophy.

ROONEY WAYNE: (1985- ) English Footballer. Book signed, a hardback edition of My Decade in the Premier League, First Edition published by Harper Sport, London, 2012. Signed by Rooney in bold black ink to the front free endpaper, adding his squad number 10 beneath his signature. Accompanied by the dust jacket. Together with Mo Farah (1983- ) Somali-born British Athlete, Olympic Gold medallist. Book signed, a hardback edition of Twin Ambitions - My Autobiography, First Edition published by Hodder and Stoughton, 2013. Signed by Farah to a custom designed bookplate illustrated with his portrait and neatly laid down to the half title page. Accompanied by the dust jacket. Also including Ian Botham (1955- ) English Cricketer. Book signed, a paperback edition of Head On - The Autobiography, published by Ebury Press, 2008. Signed by Botham with his name alone to the half title page. VG to EX, 3

O’TOOLE PETER: (1932-2013) Anglo-Irish Actor, Academy Award winner. Book signed, a paperback edition of More Low Life by Jeffrey Bernard, First Edition published by Pan Books Ltd., London, 1989. Signed by O’Toole with his name alone in black ink to the half title page and also signed by Jeffrey Bernard (1932-1997) British Journalist, known for his weekly Low Life column in The Spectator. Later immortalised in the play Jeffrey Bernard is Unwell by Keith Waterhouse. Together with an unsigned printed 8vo Foyles Luncheon seating plan for A Tribute to Mr Peter O'Toole at Grosvenor House, Park Lane, 7th February 1990, attended by Bernard and presumably where the two signatures were obtained, and two related newspaper articles. VG O’Toole portrayed Bernard in Waterhouse's play in 1989, 1991 & 1999 Sold on behalf of Oxfam

Three Ian Fleming James Bond First Edition novels - You only live twice - Man with the Golden Gun - On Her Majesty's Secret Service - along with six other First Edition novels including two Len Deighton, John Le Carre, Gavin Lyall, James Mayo and Kenneth Orvis - owners name on fly leaf in ink to O.H.M. S.S. - spline torn Condition report: All missing their dust jackets

Four A A Milne 'Winnie The Pooh' books including - Now We Are Six - 1927 First Edition - all with inscriptions

Woodward, William, French Quarter Etchings of Old New Orleans, 1938, The Magnolia Press, New Orleans, first edition, with dust jacket.

AFTER GRAHAM ISOM ""To The First Draw"" The Warwickshire Hunt, a limited edition print, numbered 23/375, remarked in pencil with hound, and signed by the artist, 34cm x 50cm in glazed frame

Lawrence Green 4 x Lawrence Green titles Four rare to find editions of Green. 1. Karoo, Land van Weerbegin: 1964 Afrikaans edition hardcover with dust jacket in good condition. Name of previous owner in front. 209 pages. Min Mense is vry: Afrikaans title of the original `So few are free`. 1948 first Afrikaans edition in hardcover. The publishers here gave Green the name of Laurie! In good condition with few minor marks on outer boards. 234 pages. Name in ink in front. The Coast of treasure: 1933 first edition by Putnam. 269 pages. In good condition. Panther Head: The story of South African Bird Islands. 1955 first edition under this name. Hardcover with injuries to the top and bottom of spine. Dust jacket is a facsimile copy. Click here to view further details and to bid

Various Lot of Five Books-The Anglo-Zulu War As Listed Lot of Five Books covering aspects and detail of the Anglo-Zulu War of 1879 as listed below. The African Wars-Warriors and Soldiers of the Colonial Campaigns by Chris Peers. Published by Pen & Sword-Military-Barnsley 2010. Hardback with unclipped dustcover. ISBN 978 1 84884 121 5, First Edition. iv plus 236 pages text with photographs, illustrations and maps. 16 X 24cm. As New. The Red Soldier-Letters from the Zulu War, 1879 by Frank Emery. Published by Hodder & Stoughton-London. 1977. First Edition. ISBN 0 340 20672 1. Hardback with unclipped dustcover(rubbed and chipped) 288 pages text with photographs, illustrations as map.Dustcover only fair, odd spot- Good reading/reference copy. Voices From The Zulu War-Campaigning through the Eyes of the British Soldier, 1879, by Ian Knight. Published by Frontline Books-Barnsley 1992.Trade paperback format 13.5 X 21.5cm. ISBN 978 1 84832 590 6. 272 pages text with 17 photographs/illustrations and maps. As New. Zulu Frontiersman by Major C.G.Dennison,Edited by Ron Lock & Peter Quantrill. Published by Frontline Books-Barnsley 2008. New Edition. Hardback with unclipped dustcover. 16 X 24cm.ISBN 978 1 84832 518 0. Frontispiece- xi plus 255 pages text and includes thirty nine illustrations/photographs. As New. Zulu Vanquished-The Destruction of the Zulu Kingdom, by Ron Lock & Peter Quantrill-Foreward by David Rattray.Published by Greenhill Books-London. 2005 First Edition. ISBN 1 85367 660 8.16 X 24cm.Hardback with Dustcover-304 pages text with 77 illustrations and 12 maps. As New, 1 Good- to 4 As New As Listed As Listed As Listed Click here to view further details and to bid

Various Lot of Four Books- Rock Engravings/Rock Art in Southern Africa As Listed Lot of Four Books-Rock Engravings/ Rock Art in Southern Africa. Rock Engravings From Driekops Eiland and other sites south-west of Johannesburg.Written by Lina M,Slack.Compiled by Penelope A.Bennett with an Introductory paper by Professor C. Van Riet Lowe. 23 X 31cm.Published by Centaur Press Limited-London/Johannesburg. Hardback with Dustcover over original boards-Unclipped. 103 pages of text with supporting photographs and illustrations. Very clean copy. The Rock Art of South Africa, by A.R. Willcox. with a Foreward by Professor J.Desmond Clark. Published by Thomas Nelson & Sons-Johannesburg 1963. First Edition. Hardback with Unclipped Dustcover over original boards.24 X 31.5cm xiv- 96 pages text supported by photographs, illustrations and maps.Some chips to dustcover. Very clean copy. The South African Archaeological Society Goodwin Series- New Approaches to Southern African Rock Art, edited by J.D.Lewis-Williams. Volume 4 June 1983. Large paperback 21 X 29.5cm Paper and Wire Wraps. ISBN 0 620 05489 1. 60 pages text supported by illustrations,maps and data. Very clean copy. The Rain & Its Creatures-As The Bushmen painted them, by Bert Woodhouse. Hardback with dustcover,and illustrated endpapers. Published by William Waterman Publications.Rivonia 1992. First Edition. ISBN 0 958325227. Oblong- 30 X 21.5cm. viii plus 100 pages text with photographs, both black and white and colour. Very clean copy. Very Good As Listed As Listed As Listed Click here to view further details and to bid

Henry John May Music of the Guns: Based on two journals of the Boer War This most unusual book about the Anglo-Boer War is based on two remarkable interlocking journals; one by Freda Schlosberg, a farmer`s 14-year old daughter, and the other by James Alexander Kay, an English Doctor. 1970 first edition hardcover with dust jacket in very neat condition. 170 pages and then another 20 pages with appendix, notes, biographical sketches, glossary and index. Very good Hutchinson Group 1970 Click here to view further details and to bid

Various 4 x Hunting Titles 1. Wild Life in South Africa by Stevenson-Hamilton: 1947 first edition. Hardcover in good condition. Dust jacket has some wear around edges and spine is sun-faded. Name of previous owner in front. Minimal foxing to first 3 pages. 2. The adventurous life of a Vagabond Hunter: From South America to East Africa, the Life of a Professional Hunter by Sten Cedergren. 2000 first edition hardcover with dust jacket in very good condition. 326 pages. Inscribed in front to another great hunter and writer: Brian Marsh. It reads: To my good friends Brian and Jillie Marsh, best wishes - Sten. In addition, two pictures of Sten is pasted in this book. 3. Safari Sam by Gordon Makepeace: `Makepeace`, a journalist, recorded the experiences of `Safari Sam` during a long interview. Sam evidently spent much time in the Northern Rhodesian brush country and relates incidents of encounters with rhinoceros, lion, leopard and crocodile, as well as conversation with a veteran elephant hunter. The frontispiece and plates reveal a bright-eyed Sam in various poses.` 1933 first edition in good condition. Dust jacket has wear to edges. 4. The Large Game and natural history of South and South-East Asia. From the journals of the Hon. W.H. Drummond. Number 564 of a limited edition of 1000 numbered copies. A 1972 facsimile reprint by The Pioneer Head in Rhodesia of the original. 428 pages and in good condition. Inscription of previous owner in front. Click here to view further details and to bid

Holub (Emil) SEVEN YEARS IN SOUTH AFRICA 8vo (225 x 145 mm) Travels, Researches and Hunting Adventures between the Diamond Fields and the Zambesi (1872-79), translated by Ellen E. Frewer. 2 volumes, 426 + 479 pages, 8vo (228 x 152 mm), frontispiece in each volumes (volume 1 a portrait of the author), large folding map, numerous engraved plates and illustrations in the text, original pictorial brown cloth gilt – volume 2 has been recased with new endpapers added and the corners repaired, a library label has been removed from the front cover of each volume leaving slight residue, contents good. Holub describes his first three expeditions to the remoter regions of southern Africa in the 1870`s. Emil Holub`s compelling ambition was to follow in the footsteps of Dr Livingstone and, specifically, to reach Luanda by way of the Zambesi valley and across Angola. That he failed in his principle objective does not diminish his stature as a traveller-explorer nor, indeed, the fascination which modern readers will derive from his meticulous accounts of the journeys, the third of which took him to the upper reaches of the Zambesi River. Holub was eminently qualified to undertake travel in the Africa of his day. He was a doctor of medicine, a zoologist, a botanist, a hunter and taxidermist, an artist and cartographer, an avid collector of specimens and, above all, a keen observer. Where Livingstone broke new ground Holub followed to consolidate, to record, to add detail to the broad canvas painted by his eminent predecessor.` Editor`s note to the reprint edition, Johannesburg, 1975. Good London Sampson, Low, Marston, Searle & Rivington 1881 Click here to view further details and to bid

Baldwin (W.C.) AFRICAN HUNTING AND ADVENTURE FROM NATAL TO THE ZAMBESI. 8vo (220 x 140 mm) Including Lake Ngami, the Kalahari Desert, Etc., from 1852 to 1860including Lake Ngami, the Kalahari Desert, Etc., from 1852 to 1860. Second edition (published in the same year as the first edition): 451 pages, folding map, engraved frontispiece portrait of the author, 6 tinted lithographic plates by Wolf, 40 wood engraved plates and text illustrations, contemporary full calf (bound by Jenkins & Cecil, Bloomsbury St.), red leather title label, spine decorated in gilt in panels, marbled edges and endpapers, occasional light foxing, a good copy. Dictionary of South African Biography, volume 3, pages42/3. ‘Baldwin arrived in Durban in 1851 having been attracted to South African by Cumming’s `Five Years of a Hunter’s Life` published in 1850. He made several hunting expeditions to Zululand, Marico, Matabeleland and Lake Ngami. In April 1860 he again left for Potchefstroom intent on reaching the Victoria Falls, which he succeeded in doing more by luck than good management on August 3rd. He was the second white man to see the falls, the first to have reached them from the east coast (Natal), and the first to describe them with exactness and give their true dimensions, the accuracy of which he vouched for to David Livingstone himself, when the great explorer arrived about 8th or 9th August.’ Good London Richard Bentley 1863 Click here to view further details and to bid

Churchill (Winston S.) MY EARLY LIFE – MY AFRICAN JOURNEY 8vo (240 x 155 mm) The Collected Works of Sir Winston Churchill, Centenary Limited Edition Volume I 386 + 134 pages, illustrations and maps, full vellum titled and decorated in gilt. all edges gilt, marbled endpapers, green silk place marker, in the original green simulated leather slip case.There is a nick in the gilding of the fore-edge, overall a very good copy. Cohen (Ronald I.) Bibliography of the Writings of Sir Winston Churchill, Volume I, (2006), pages 1098-1104, AA1.1, This is the first volume of the Collected Works published in 34 volumes. Cohen describes the ambitious aims of the grand publishing venture and its ultimate failure. Although it was originally intended to publish 3000 sets the print runs never exceeded 2000 and ultimately only 1750 sets were ever published. Very good London The Library of Imperial History 1973 Click here to view further details and to bid

Alf Wannenburgh-Text/ Peter Johnson & Antony Bannister(photography) The Bushmen- First Edition 25 X 31cm Even as this book goes to press, the last of the Kalahari Bushmen are being drawn irrevocably into the vortex of our civilization. Aware of the urgency of the task, the author and photographers searched deep in the Kalahari thirstlands to find those few remaining Bushmen who still live as their forefathers have done for the past 20,000 years. Their quest led them to a people who had never tried to conquer their environment, who had remained instead an integral part of it. The rhythms of the traditional Bushman are the rhythms of nature itself. The tempo of their lives fluctuates with its changes. It is integrated in their folklore, celebrated in their rituals and enshrined in their cosmology. All those thousands of years ago our own forefathers chose the path of conquest. In a sense the author and photographers wanted to experience the alternative they had forsaken. Hardback with Dustcover-64 pages of text with a further 171 colour photographs. Near Fine. Very Good Cape Town C Struik Publishers 1979 Click here to view further details and to bid

C De Bosdari ANTON ANREITH Africa`s First Sculptor 275 x 220 x 20 mm An authoritative and well-researched work on the life and works of the sculptor Anton Anreith. Includes chapters on doubtful authenticity of some works, on Anreith`s birth in Freiburg, in the south-west corner of Germany and his ancestry and of his eventual arrival in the Cape. A newspaper cutting discussing an article in the Argus of November 19, 1954 has been placed in the book. The writer bears the same name as that of the bookplate on the front paste-down endpaper, probably not a co-incidence. Limited Edition, No. 422 of 1000 copies. 131 photographs of Anreith`s work or diagrams. Pages [1-6]7-143 plus an unpaginated section with the photographs. Dust Jacket edgeworn with some closed tears at the corners and at the top of the spine. Spine slightly sunned. Brown cloth-covered boards with minimal marking or damage. Gilt Balkema logo on front, and title on spine. Book internally clean and binding firm. Photograph section clean and clear. Cape Town A A Balkema 1954 Click here to view further details and to bid

Lt, Col. Ron Reid Daly and Peter Stiff SELOUS SCOUTS - TOP SECRET WAR 248 x 176 x 32 mm An account of the work of the Scouts in the Rhodesian war. The regiment gained a very high number of honours and awards during its existence between 1973 and 1980 and is still revered for the bravery and daring of its members. First Standard Edition (2nd Edition) 1982. Pages [1-14]15-432 Dust Jacket illustrated with Lategan`s portrait of the Selous Scout. Jacket still white, but slight browning on edges. Brown boards, with white titles on spine. Illustrated with diagrams, maps, colour pictures and b/w photographs. Previous owner`s name and stamp. The book is generally in Very Good condition. Alberton Galago 1982 Click here to view further details and to bid

Thomas Pringle POEMS ILLUSTRATIVE OF SOUTH AFRICA 210 x 135 x 25 mm In February 1820 Pringle, as leader of a Scottish party, sailed for the Cape under the British Governments assisted emigration scheme. In the Baviaans River Valley, where he and his party settled, he wrote his first South African poems. This new edition of his South African poems contains 38 poems and sonnets, plus three additional poems, Pringle`s notes to the poems and the textual history of the poems. Limited Edition No.593 of 1000 copies. 2 b/w plates: the frontispiece, The Bechuana Boy and The Emigrants Cabin. Pages [i-vi]vii-xvii pp 1-180. Dust Jacket slightly rubbed with 1cm tear on lower front edge, near spine. Otherwise Very Good. Marbled paper-covered boards with leatherette spine, gilt Balkema logo on front cover, gilt titles on spine. All in Very Good condition, clean and well bound. Cape Town C Struik 1970 Click here to view further details and to bid

Millais, John G. A Breath from the Veldt 396mm x 310mm Copy number 191 of a facsimile edition limited to 750 copies.Contained in the original pictorial cardboard box as issued.The pictorial cream buckram binding is an excellent copy of the original 1895 first edition and the facsimile electro engraved plates are very well printed on stiff card to closely resemble the original printing.Top edge gilt. Additional frontis portrait, titles and the publisher`s 6 page introduction followed by the facsimile of the original edition with x prelims, 236 pages, 14 electro etchings with tissue guards, a further 12 full page plates and numerous in-text illustrations.CONDITION DETAILS:The cardboard box is soiled and worn. The lid has an edge tear and the top right hand corner is split. The base of the box also has a split corner. The tissue guards have a little creasing. The binding is still very attractive, but has edge bumps - the head and tail of the spine and the corners, a little soiling, etc. Attractive Bulawayo Books of Rhodesia 1974 Click here to view further details and to bid

Sack (Steven) Curator: THE NEGLECTED TRADITION. Towards a New History of South African Art (1930–1988) 4to (305 x 230 mm) 155 pages, profusely illustrated in colour and black & white, brown paper-covered boards, a very good copy in the dust jacket. Second edition after the original exhibition catalogue and the first in hardback. ‘The Neglected Tradition was a ground breaking exhibition held at the Johannesburg Art Gallery in late 1988 and early 1989. For the first time in South Africa, the work of nearly 100 black South African artists was presented in an exhibition hosted by an art museum. Hailed as a turning point in South African art history, this catalogue critically exposes and considers the art of black South African operating in a Western fine art tradition. The catalogue contains an historical overview by Steven Sack, biographies of each artist included in the exhibition compiled by Lesley Spiro, and an extensive bibliography itemising publications, newspaper articles and relevant research material compiled by Brendan Bell. This second printing has limited revisions, namely the correction of factual and certain typographical errors, and the inclusion of death dates of artists who have died since 1988.’ Editor’s notes. Very good Johannesburg Art Gallery 1991 Click here to view further details and to bid

Leverton (Basil J.T.) & Pringle (John A.) THE PIONEERS OF VRYHEID / DIE BAANBREKERS VAN VRYHEID - (Occasional Publications of the Natal Museum, Number 1. Signed limited edition) 286mm x 219mm x 21mm The Pioneers of Vryheid: the Nieuwe Republiek and its Staats Courant / Die Baanbrekers van Vryheid: die Nieuwe Republiek en sy Staats Courant Number 30 of an edition limited to 1000 copies. Signed by Pringle on the title page. 141pp. Original green rexine, lettered in gilt on spine, and with `Nieuwe Republiek` coat-of-arms in gilt to upper cover. Colour frontispiece. B/W plates. Bilingual publication: English text on verso, and Afrikaans on facing recto. Light foxing/toning to endpapers and outer leaves. Otherwise very good condition. `The publication of this book on the foundation and history of the Nieuwe Republiek, 1884 to 1886, and the pioneers of Vryheid marks a new departure from the usual work of the Museum . This book pays tribute to the pioneers of a part of the province which has contributed much towards the general welfare of the Republic of South Africa. . Most of the 1824 settlers of Natal were intent upon trade and they were followed into Natal by the Voortrekkers who were farmers at heart. Similarly the pioneers of the Nieuwe Republiek held mainly to the land for their livelihoods and the story of the infant state is here presented through the medium of the Nieuwe Republiek Staats Courant, now appearing for the first time in translated form.`. Very good Pietermaritzburg Council of the Natal Museum 1974 Click here to view further details and to bid

Roberts (Field-Marshal Lord Roberts of Kandahar) FORTY-ONE YEARS IN INDIA (1898 - First edition in one volume) 210mm x 143mm x 44mm First edition in one volume - A new edition being the twenty-ninth. xvii + 597pp. Original Cloth Hardcover. Forty B/W illustrations, folding maps & plans, appends., index. Sans frontis. Sun-faded spine and cover extremities. Cracking to cloth on spine hinges. Light foxing to EPS. Else a good clean copy with fine fold-out maps and plans. A fine account of the Indian Mutiny. Fair to good London Richard Bentley 1898 Click here to view further details and to bid

Edna & Frank Bradlow, (eds et el) Thomas Bowler of the Cape of Good Hope Quarto DJ is not clipped but has suffered some paperloss on the spine at head and tail with a 4cm patch missing from just below mid-point. The dj has been strenghthened on the reverse with a brown kraft paper liner. The dj is overwrapped with a thin plastic cover which has been affixed on the reverse. EPS are well tanned. FEP has 4 signatures. The text contains a commentary on the Bowler prints by A. Gordon-Brown. Limited edition # 1028 of an unstated quantity, but believed to have been 1100, the first hundred being quater leather binding and author signed. 248 pages of text and plates Good Cape Town A.A.Balkema, 1995 Click here to view further details and to bid

J W Grill (Translated from the first Swedish edition by Jalmar and Ione Rudner) J F VICTORIN`S TRAVELS IN THE CAPE 1853-1855 215 x 140mm Deluxe limited edition. i-xiii pages prelims and 125 pages text, with 9 full colour plates. Small octavo (215 x 140mm) bound in full green leather gilt on spine and front board. The text and pictures were taken from the late young naturalist`s letters and diaries. Victorin died in Sweden at the early age of 24 but left us a fascinating record of his visit to the Cape. Only 1 200 copies were printed of which 100 copies were specially bound in full leather. This very fine copy is number 87. Very Fine Cape Town, South Africa C Struik (Pty) Ltd 1968 Click here to view further details and to bid