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Lot 76
A collection of literary interest books to include: Goldsmith, Oliver, The Traveller, Art Union of London 1851; Sitwell, Sacheverell, Conversation Pieces, First Edition 1936; Havell, H L, Stories from the Iliad, Harrap 1909; Farrar, F A, Old Greek Nature Stories, Harrap 1910; Stein, Palma, Hungarian Songs (5)
Lot 457
Richard William Hamilton CH, British 1922-2011- `Five Tyres Remoulded`, seven sheets (from the suite of eight) plus text sheet, published 1972 Professional Prints & Eye Editions, Switzerland, distributed by Petersburg Press, London; one relief cast in white silicone elastomer, signed and numbered 2/150 to the reverse, six serigraphs in monochrome on translucent mylar sheeting, one signed and numbered 4/150, with the text sheet, ea. 60x85cm, (8) (unframed) (may be subject to Droit de Suite) Note: "This suite of screenprints, which began with a drawing copied, in 1963, from an illustration of the development of tyre treads from 1902 -1950, in a 1951 edition of the magazine `Technique et Architecture`, demonstrates his interest in design technology… He developed the drawing first as a single screenprint in 1964 and again in 1970 when he was offered the services of an American computer programmer to plot the perspective of the drawings. A 3-d relief cast was produced as part of the suite and textual documentation is also an integral part of the work." Taken from V & A Collections description
Lot 3001
GRAVES, Robert. Poems (1914-27). London: William Heinemann, Ltd., 1927. Limited edition of 115 copies, this number 51 signed by the author, 8vo (220 x 140mm.) (Minor browning to first and last few leaves.) Original vellum-backed boards, t.e.g. (extremities lightly scuffed and soiled, boards lightly browned).
![THE NONESUCH PRESS (publishers). - HOMER. The Iliad [and] Odyssey, translated by Alexander Pope. [London:] 1931. Limited edit](http://lot-images.atgmedia.com/SR/10123/2862175/3003-2012103131539_468x382.jpg)
Lot 3003
THE NONESUCH PRESS (publishers). - HOMER. The Iliad [and] Odyssey, translated by Alexander Pope. [London:] 1931. Limited edition, number 448 of 1450 and 67 of 1300 respectively, together 2 vols., 8vo (263 x 148mm.) Text in Greek and English, wood-engraved head-piece by Randolph Koch and Fritz Kredel, with Meynell`s note `On first looking into Pope`s Homer` loosely inserted in each volume. Original morocco, t.e.g. (slightly affected by damp, slightly soiled and faded).
Lot 3010
RANSOME, Arthur. Swallows & Amazons. London & Toronto: Jonathan Cape, 1932. Second impression of the illustrated edition, 8vo (200 x 133mm.) Illustrations, many full-page, by Clifford Webb. (Occasional light spotting.) Original green cloth (spine slightly faded), dust-jacket (soiled, discoloured and torn with some loss). – And eleven others by Ransome, including five first editions with dust-jackets (‘Winter Holiday’, 1933; ‘Coot Club’, 1934; ‘Pigeon Post’, 1936; ‘Secret Water’, 1939; and ‘The Big Six’, 1940) (12).
Lot 3012
BLYTON, Enid. Last Term at Malory Towers. London: Methuen & Co, Ltd., 1951. First edition, 8vo (187 x 118mm.) Frontispiece and full-page illustrations by Stanley Lloyd. (Minor light browning, small nick to top edge of first few pages.) Original cloth (head and foot of spine lightly bumped), dust-jacket (nicks, small tears with loss and creases). – And twenty-two others by Blyton, including a few other first editions (23).
![OXENHAM, Elsie Jeanette. Maidlin Bears the Torch, an Abbey Story. London: The Girl’s Own Paper Office, [n.d. but 1937.]](http://lot-images.atgmedia.com/SR/10123/2862175/3016-201210313161_468x382.jpg)
Lot 3016
OXENHAM, Elsie Jeanette. Maidlin Bears the Torch, an Abbey Story. London: The Girl’s Own Paper Office, [n.d. but 1937.] First edition, 8vo (184 x 117mm.) Colour frontispiece. (Some light spotting.) Original cloth (extremities lightly bumped, upper cover slightly faded along top edge), dust-jacket (slightly soiled and creased, minor nicks).
![OXENHAM, Elsie Jeanette. Rosamund’s Tuck-Shop. London: The Girl’s Own Paper Office, [n.d. but 1937.] First editio](http://lot-images.atgmedia.com/SR/10123/2862175/3017-201210313162_468x382.jpg)
Lot 3018
OXENHAM, Elsie Jeanette. Rosamund’s Victory, a Romance of the Abbey Girls. London, Bombay, etc.: George G. Harrap & Co. Ltd., 1933. First edition, 4to (197 x 140mm.) Colour frontispiece. (Some spotting, light browning to frontispiece.) Original blue cloth (extremities bumped and soiled, spine slightly faded). – And three others by Oxenham (4).
Lot 3020
SHEPARD, E.H. (illustrator). – A.A. MILNE. The House at Pooh Corner. London: Methuen & Co. Ltd., 1928. First edition, 8vo (190 x 124mm.) Numerous illustrations by Shepard. (Occasional pencil scribbles to several illustrations, occasional light browning or spotting.) Original pink cloth blocked in gilt, t.e.g. (slightly unevenly faded), dust-jacket (slightly soiled, torn with slight loss to head and foot of back-strip, other minor nicks).
Lot 3021
SHEPARD, E.H. (illustrator). – Kenneth GRAHAME. The Wind in the Willows. London: Methuen & Co Ltd., 1931. Thirty-eighth edition (but the first illustrated by Shepard), 8vo (188 x 123mm.) Numerous illustrations, publisher’s advertisements at rear. (Spotting, heavier to first and last few leaves.) Original green cloth (extremities bumped and slightly soiled, nicks to head and foot of spine).
Lot 3025
JOHNS, W.E. Biggles Fails to Return. London: Hodder & Stoughton Limited, 1943. First edition, 8vo (185 x 118mm.) Colour frontispiece and occasional uncoloured illustrations by Stead. (Minor spotting.) Original cloth (slightly affected by damp and discoloured), dust-jacket (torn with minor loss). – And forty-two others by Captain W.E. Johns, most featuring Biggles (43).
Lot 3026
TUNNICLIFFE, C.F. (illustrator). – Henry WILLIAMSON. Tarka the Otter. London & New York: G.P. Putnam’s Sons, 1932. First illustrated edition, 8vo (184 x 121mm.) Numerous illustrations by Tunnicliffe. (Occasional spotting to fore-edge.) Original cloth, dust-jacket (browned, heavier to back-strip, nicks and tears). – And twenty-nine other children’s books (30).
Lot 3039
BRENT-DYER, Elinor M. Jo Returns to the Chalet School. London & Edinburgh: 1936. First edition, 8vo (183 x 124mm.) Frontispiece and 3 plates by Nina K. Brisley. (Some spotting.) Original cloth (faded, extremities bumped, stitching weak). – And nine others by Brent-Dyer, including four first editions (10).
Lot 3040
BRENT-DYER, Elinor M. The Chalet School Reunion. Edinburgh & London: 1963. First edition, 8vo (185 x 121mm.) Colour frontispiece, 4 colour plates. Original cloth (head and foot of spine lightly bumped), dust-jacket (minor light creasing). – And original ‘Chalet School Club Member’ flyer with key to dust-jacket loosely inserted.
Lot 3043
BRENT-DYER, Elinor M. The Chalet School and Richenda. Edinburgh & London: 1958. First edition, 8vo (185 x 119mm.) Frontispiece. (Occasional minor soiling.) Original cloth (slightly soiled and faded, lightly bumped to head and foot of spine). – And thirty-two others by Brent-Dyer, including a few other first editions (33).
Lot 3053
DICKENS, Charles. The Life and Adventures of Nicholas Nickleby. London: Chapman and Hall, 1839. First edition in book form, 8vo (209 x 127mm.) Engraved portrait frontispiece, 39 engraved plates. (Some light spotting and light browning, heavier to plates.) Contemporary half-calf, spine gilt (rubbed and scuffed). – And five others by Dickens, all first or early editions in book form (6).
Lot 3060
BOSWELL, James. The Life of Samuel Johnson. Dublin: 1792. 3 vols., 8vo (214 x 123mm.) 1 Folding plate of facsimiles of Johnson’s handwriting bound at rear of vol. III only (lacking “Round Robin” folding plate.) (Occasional spotting or light browning.) Contemporary tree calf gilt (spines slightly rubbed and scuffed). Provenance: Samuel Spaight Reeves (armorial bookplates to front pastedowns). Note: the first Irish edition.
Lot 3072
GILMOUR, John, and Max WALTERS. The New Naturalist Wild Flowers, Botanising in Britain. London: Collins, 1954. First edition, 8vo (215 x 145mm.) Numerous illustrations, many colour. (Some spotting.) Original cloth (head and foot of spine lightly bumped), dust-jacket (browned, torn to lower panel, abrasion marks recoloured). – And twenty-three others from the New Naturalist Series, including a number of first editions (24).
Lot 3078
SHACKLETON, E.H. The Heart of the Antarctic. London: William Heinemann, 1909. First edition, 2 vols., 8vo (240 x 167mm.) Titles printed in brown and black, plates (12 colour), numerous illustrations, panorama and 3 folding maps in pocket at rear of vol. II. (Some light spotting, one plate browned, p.211 with small marginal tear.) Original cloth blocked in silver, t.e.g. (extremities bumped, spines faded, lower joint of vol. I split).
Lot 3085
ANNESLEY, George, Viscount Valentia & Earl of Mountnorris. Voyages and Travels to India, Ceylon, the Red Sea, Abyssinia, and Egypt, in the Years 1802, 1803, 1804, 1805, and 1806. London: William Miller, 1809. First edition, 3 vols., 4to (295 x 232mm.) 69 engraved plates, plans and maps (12 folding). (Some spotting or browning, 1 folding map torn with minor loss to margin, marginal worm damage to final 7 leaves of vol. III.) Contemporary speckled calf (rubbed and scuffed, chipped to head and foot of spine, boards detached).
Lot 3096
FERGUSSON, James. A History of Architecture in all Countries… second edition. London: 1874-1873. 4 vols., 8vo (217 x 143mm.) Frontispieces, numerous illustrations, 2 folding maps. (Some spotting to first and last few leaves.) Contemporary calf, g.e. (extremities lightly scuffed, spines recoloured). Provenance: J. Blundell Maple (bookplates to front-free endpaper and signatures to title-pages).
![CAESAR, Gaius Julius. [The Commentaries.] Hoc Volumine Continentur Haec. Commentariorum de Bello Gallico libri VIII. De Bello](http://lot-images.atgmedia.com/SR/10123/2862175/3100-2012103131821_468x382.jpg)
Lot 3100
CAESAR, Gaius Julius. [The Commentaries.] Hoc Volumine Continentur Haec. Commentariorum de Bello Gallico libri VIII. De Bello Civili Pompeiano libri IIII. De Bello Alexandrino liber I. De Bello Africano liber I. De Bello Hispaniensi liber I. Venice: in aedibus Aldi, et Andreae Soceri, 1518 [but index dated 1519.] Second Aldine edition, 8vo (166 x 99mm.) Woodcut dolphin and anchor Aldus device on title-page and two colophons, 2 double-page woodcut maps and 5 full-page woodcut illustrations, italic type, initial spaces with guide letters. (Lacking all leaves prior to title, some soiling, browning and occasional light spotting, a few ink marginalia and occasional ink stains.) Near contemporary calf, elaborately panelled in blind to a foliate scroll design, the upper cover lettered in gilt ‘Coment.ce’ (rebacked and cornered, minor scuffs and holes). Provenance: unidentified early signatures to front pastedown and title; W. Deane Butcher (ink stamp to front pastedown). Note: the first Aldine edition was published in 1513. The text in this second edition uses the same preface by Aldus and the architect J. Jucundus, and the same woodcuts are used.
Lot 3115
UTTLEY, Alison. A Traveller in Time. London: Faber and Faber Ltd., 1939. First edition, 8vo (203 x 127mm.) Occasional illustrations. (Spotting to first and last few leaves.) Original cloth (extremities bumped and slightly faded), dust-jacket (torn with minor loss, back-strip darkened, scribble to lower panel).
Lot 3122
JOHNSON, Samuel. A Dictionary of the English Language… the sixth edition. London: 1785. 2 vols., 4to (275 x 210mm.) Portrait frontispiece to vol. I. (Some browning and damp-staining, minor worm damage to first few leaves of vol. III) 19th Century calf (extremities scuffed and bumped, hinges split, reinforced to vol. I). Provenance: Montague Williams (armorial bookplates to front pastedowns); S.E. Williams (bookplate to front pastedowns).
![PENGUIN BOOKS. – Christian BARMAN. Early British Railways [King Penguin Book 56]. Harmondsworth, Middlesex: 1950. First](http://lot-images.atgmedia.com/SR/10123/2862175/3128-201210313198_468x382.jpg)
Lot 3128
PENGUIN BOOKS. – Christian BARMAN. Early British Railways [King Penguin Book 56]. Harmondsworth, Middlesex: 1950. First edition, 8vo (180 x 119mm.) 16 full-page colour illustrations. Original pictorial boards, dust-jacket. (torn with minor loss). – And a quantity of others published by Penguin, including other King Penguins and paperbacks with covers designed by Edward Young (a quantity).
Lot 3134
FRANCIS, Dick. In the Frame. London: Michael Joseph, 1976. First edition, 8vo (195 x 120mm.) Double-page map (Occasional minor light browning.) Original cloth, dust-jacket. Provenance: ‘Reg’ (presentation inscription signed by the author, dated ‘Christmas ’76’ to front-free endpaper). – And twenty-five others (26).
![‘CHASE, Beatrice’ [Olive Katharine PARR.] The Passing of the Rainbow Maker. Bristol: The Burleigh Press, 1926. Fi](http://lot-images.atgmedia.com/SR/10123/2862175/3158-2012103131957_468x382.jpg)
Lot 3158
‘CHASE, Beatrice’ [Olive Katharine PARR.] The Passing of the Rainbow Maker. Bristol: The Burleigh Press, 1926. First edition, 8vo (178 x 115mm.) 6 plates. (Minor light spotting or browning.) Original card boards (slightly soiled and rubbed, back-strip faded). Note: signed by the author to front free endpaper. – And six others by Chase, including five signed (7).
Lot 3181
DICKENS, Charles. Little Dorrit. London: Bradbury & Evans, 1857. First edition, 8vo (210 x 133mm.) Additional decorative title, 39 plates. (Some spotting or browning, heavier to plates.) Contemporary half-calf (extremities scuffed, head of spine slightly chipped, upper joint splitting). – And seven other volumes (8).
Lot 3189
GUGGENHEIM, Harry F. The Seven Skies. New York & London: 1930. First edition, 8vo (205 x 133mm.) Numerous full-page illustrations. (Some spotting.) Original cloth (extremities bumped, spine faded). Provenance: Miss Annie O’Callaghan (presentation inscription signed by the author and dated ‘August 1920’ to half-title). – And one other signed volume by Guggenheim; together with three photographs of related interest (5).
Lot 601
A quantity of printed ephemera relating to Wembley Exhibitions, comprising `Ideal Home 1924`, first edition sale catalogue for the disposal of the British Empire Exhibition 1926, Graphic Empire Exhibition Number, Might London in 1924, Lest we Forget Empire Souvenir 1924, and a Great Exhibition of 1851 commemorative album published by the Victoria & Albert Museum.
Lot 61
Two boxed Merrythought Limited edition teddy bears, the first a golden mohair teddy, this version a shop exclusive number 92 of a limited run, the teddy still in its original presentation box measures approximately 35cm in height complete with outer shipping box, the second a large limited edition teddy bear measuring 90cm in height has a catalogue reference of XAE32B and bears the certificate number 54 of a run of 250, the teddy complete in presentation clear topped box with original card shipping outer box (2)
Lot 354
Colour Print Stephen Brown with 4 signatures "Concorde- Second to None" Limited edition 374/400. Having passed over Bristol outbound at 26,000ft, G-BOAC is seen on reheat as she accelerates towards Mach 2 whilst climbing to 60,000 ft. The First Concorde prototype flew on 2nd March 1969 and entered service in 1976, continuing for 27 years. This print is signed by the artist Stephen Brown and Christopher Orlebar, David Leney and John Lidiard, framed, print area 390h x 635. Frame size 570 x 670
Lot 364
Colour Print Robert Taylor, signed by the artist and nine famous German aces including Eric Hartmann "Sting of the Black Tulip" The Sting of the Black Tulip was the first in Robert Taylor's 'Hartmann Trilogy', and portrayed events on 7 August 1943 when Erich Hartmann, the world's highest scoring Ace, claimed seven victories in a day. Erich Hartmann - nicknamed The Black Tulip by the Russians on account of the black tulip icon on the nose of his Bf109 - is one of the many famous signatories on this original paper limited edition. It is now highly sought after on the secondary market. Print area 445h x 670, overall size including signatures 640 x 840. Unframed
Lot 374
Colour Print William S. Phillips "Alone no More" Limited edition 654/850. Signed by the artist. B-17G-5-VE Sweet Rose O'Grady of 427 Squadron First Airborne Division is joined by 2 Mk IX Spitfire's of 241 Squadron as she returns, damaged from a mission. Print 850 x 275, total size 960 x 360. Unframed.
Lot 382
Colour Print William S. Phillips "Return of the Red Gremlin" Limited edition 227/1000. This B-17 named after the unique nose art, led the first 100-airplane daylight raid on occupied France with Tibbets, Ferebee, and Van Kirk on the flight deck. Signed by the artist and by pilot Paul W. Tibbets, bombardier Thomas W. Ferebee, navigator Theodore J. Van Kirk, flight engineer/top turret gunner Herman Haag, ball turret gunner Zackie T. Gowan, Jr.; and assistant crew chief Charles H. Peach. Print area 370h x 550. Overall size 550 x 650. Unframed.
Lot 420
T. E. Lawrence, Seven Pillars of Wisdom, publ. Cape, 1935 (owner’s inscription in ink) together with two first editions by Virginia Woolf, The Years, and Orlando, Aldous Huxley, Those Barren Leaves, 1925, Robert Graves, Good-Bye to All That, second edition, Tolkien, Two Towers third edition, and Return of the King second edition, The Noel Cowards Song Book, publ. Michael Joseph, 1953, Playtime and Company, ill. Ernest Shepard, publ. Methuen, 1925, The Water Beetle by Nancy Mitford, publ. Hamilton 1962 and other various books.
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