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Click here to subscribeGIBBS, HENRY HUCKS, first Lord Aldenham, compiler. Pedigree of the Family of Gibbs..., P.P., 1890. Folio, cont. calf gilt with Gibbs arms on upper cover (upper cover slightly faded). Engraved frontispiece and 10 plates. Bookplate of Henry Lloyd Gibbs; The Game of Ombre, Third Edition, P.P., 1902. 4to., orig. cloth gilt. Plates, 2 of them coloured. Presentation copy from the author to his son Henry Lloyd Gibbs. (2)
DODGSON, Rev. CHARLES LUTWIDGE. LEWIS CAROLL. Alice`s Adventures Under Ground, First Edition, 1886. 8vo., orig. red cloth gilt. Illustrations by the author. (inner upper joint cracked. Presentation copy from the author, inscribed on half title, "J. Wilkes from the Author Jan. 1887". See also lots See illustration.
DODGSON, Rev. CHARLES LUTWIDGE. LEWIS CARROLL. Rhyme ? and Reason ?, First Edition, 1883. 8vo., orig. green cloth gilt (slightly soiled). Illustrations by Arthur B. Frost and Henry Holiday. (inner upper joint cracked). Presentation copy from the author, inscribed on half title "J. Wilkes with the Author`s sincere regards", signed with initials, dated Dec. 7/83. Dr. James Wilkes (1811 - 94) F.R.C.S. was a Lunacy Commissioner between 1855 and 1878. Fellow commissioners included Robert Lutwidge, a cousin of Charles Dodgson, and Lord Shaftesbury. The Hunting of the Snark is reputed to relate to the Lunacy Commission, with Wilkes depicted as the character "Butcher". See also 1 of 5 See illustration.
KIPLING, RUDYARD. The Second Jungle Book, First Edition, 1895. 8vo., orig. cloth gilt (wear to head and tail of spine and lower joint). Illus. by J. Lockwood Kipling (signatures on half title). With 7 others, including The Four Gardens by Handasyde, 1912. Colour plates by Charles Robinson. (8)
KIPLING, RUDYARD. Just So Stories For Little Children, First Edition 1902. 4to., orig. cloth (worn). Illustrations by the author (B1 loose and frayed). With 5 others including Davey, Doris and Helen Waite. My Dolly`s Home [1921] with opening flaps (lacking some cut-out figures from pocket at front), and Bookano Stories. No.12 ed. S. Louis Giraud, with pop-up illustrations. (6) Sold not subject to return.
COLLINSON, Rev. JOHN. The History and Antiquities of the County of Somerset. First Edition, 3 vols., Bath 1791. Subscriber`s copy, that of S.C. Edwards with name on title of vol 1. Cont. tree calf gilt (old rebacks, some wear to heads of spines). Folding engraved map and 40 plates (short tear at lower margin to map and one plate, spotting to text and plates). Bookplates of George Troyte Bullock. With Index, Taunton, 1898. Cont. mottled calf. All 4to. (4)
PLOT, ROBERT. The Natural History of Oxfordshire, Second Edition, Oxford 1705. Folio, cont. panelled calf (old reback with orig. backstrip laid down, endpapers renewed, lower joint cracking. Folding engraved map and 16 plates. 18th c. name "D: Rich..." on recto of first blank and 2 lines of notes on final blank in the same hand. See illustration.
AFRICANA. Prichard, H. Hesketh. Hunting Camps in Wood and Wilderness. 1910. Presentation copy inscribed on flyleaf, "F.E. Lacey 1910 from the Author". Portrait, plates, some coloured, by Lady Helen Graham and E.G. Caldwell and from photographs. - Stanley, H.M. In Darkest Africa, Colonial Edition, 1890. (spine faded and frayed). Five maps, 4 of them folding (2 torn), numerous woodcut illustrations - Steevens, G.W. From Capetown to Ladysmith, ed. Vernon Blackburn, Edinburgh and London, 1900. 2 maps, one of them folding and coloured. With a reprint of Roosevelt. African Game Trails, November 1910, and Michell. The Life of...Rhodes, 2 vols., 1910. 8vo., orig. cloth. (6) Sir Francis Lacey was the first man to be knighted for services to cricket.
MARTIN, R. MONTGOMERY. China; Political, Commercial, and Social. 2 vols., First Edition, 1847. 8vo., cont. calf gilt by Bickers. Three folding engraved maps, one of them hand coloured in outline, folding tables (creased). Eton leaving present inscribed to Francis Henry Hodgson with photograph. (2)
MORRIS, Rev. F.O. A History of British Birds, First Edition, 6 vols., 1851 - 57. 358 coloured plates; A Natural History of the Nests and Eggs of British Birds, 3 vols., 1861 - 64. 225 coloured plates; A History of British Butterflies, Fifth Edition, 1870. 72 coloured plates. Together 10 vols., 8vo., cont. half green stained calf (upper joint of vol 2 of Birds split, spines rubbed, 3 labels lacking, another partly defective, some spotting to plates). Bookplates of George Troyte-Bullock in Birds. (!0)
[ARNOLD, MATTHEW] Empedocles on Etna, and Other Poems, First Edition, 1852. With A.L.S. from Frances Arnold-Foster, Fox How, Ambleside, Jan 21, 1900 loosely inserted, presenting the volume to Mr. Maskelyne and "...remembering how my dearest Mother all her life long treasured an old letter of yours to Uncle Matt - one of the very earliest of the congratulations that were afterwards to pour in upon him so freely..." With 13 other vols. poetry by Tennyson and others. Mostly 8vo., orig. cloth. (14)
DICKENS, CHARLES. Dealings with the Firm of Dombey and Son, First Edition in Book form, 1848. 8vo., cont. half green stained calf, spine gilt. Additional engraved title, frontispiece and plates (spotting, a few with stain in lower margin). Half title and errata leaf. With Pickwick Papers, 1837 (issue with W not V on title); the same, 1838; ...David Copperfield, 1850; Bleak House, 1853; Little Dorrit, 1857, (all worn with browned plates and lacking half titles). (6)
DRINKWATER, JOHN. A History of the late Siege of Gibraltar, First Edition, 1785. 4to. Large Paper, cont. straight grained red morocco gilt, with gilt crest on spine, a.e.g. (front endpaper loosening). Bookplate of Sir Trayton F. Eliot Drake, Bart. 4 folding engraved maps, partly hand coloured (one with split at fold), and 6 folding plates (some spotting). With pencil note on first blank, "Sir J. Drake bought this History at the sale in London of Lord Heathfield`s Library". Sir Thomas Trayton Fuller Eliot Drake (1785 - 1870), grandson of the first Lord Heathfield, who inherited Buckland Abbey and Nutwell Court, Devon. He was an officer in the 52nd (Oxfordshire) Regiment of Foot, and served under Sir John Moore during the expedition to Sweden in 1808 an at the Battle of Corunna and other battles in the Peninsula War. See illustration.
FUNCK, JACOB and MARC GUERARD D`ILLENS. Plans et Journeaux des Sieges de la Derniere Guerre de Flandres..., Strassburg 1750. First Edition. 4to., cont. calf (worn, spine defective). Folding engraved map and 24 folding plans, partly hand coloured. Woodcut ornaments (title stained at head). See illustration.
JOHNSONIANA. A collection of pamphlets relating to Dr. Samuel Johnson: A Cursory Examination of Dr. Johnson`s Strictures on the Lyric Performances of Gray. Printed for S. Crowder 1781. Disbound. Signature "J. Rawlins" on title -- [Tindal, William]. Remarks on Dr. Johnson`s Life, and Critical Observations on the Works of Mr. Gray. Printed for the Author, 1782. Stitched (edges dustsoiled). First Editions -- Johnson, Dr. S. Marmor Norfolciense...New Edition, Printed for J. Williams, 1775. Disbound -- [Knowles, Mrs. Mary]. Dialogue Between Mrs. Knowles and Dr. Johnson. Printed by C. Stower, 1805. Orig. blue wraps., stitched. -- Christie, Manson & Woods Catalogue of "A Unique Collection of Johnsoniana...", The Property of Major Ross, 5th June 1888. With another incomplete pamphlet. All 8vo. (6)
LEATHER BINDINGS, 19th c., 43 vols., literature, including Eliot, George. Novels, 6 vols., Blackwood, n.d. Half brown morocco gilt by Morrell. -- Dryden, John. The Poetical Works, 4 vols., William Pickering, 1832. Full maroon morocco, a.e.g. -- Meredith, George. The Shaving of Shagpat, First Edition, 1856. Bookplates of Henry Lloyd Gibbs. (43)
PILKINGTON, Rev. MATTHEW. Poems on Several Occasions, First Edition, Dublin 1730. 8vo., cont. calf gilt (slight wear, bookplate removed, cont. inscription on title). The Rev. Matthew Pilkington (1701 - 74) and his wife Laetitia were patronized by Jonathan Swift, who obtained for him the position of chaplain to the Lord Mayor of London. See illustration.
[STEVENSON, JOHN HALL]. Two Lyric Epistles..., First Edition, R. and J. Dodsley, 1760. Half title; bound with Crazy Tales, First Edition, 1762. Engraved frontispiece (stained and shaved); Fables for Grown Gentlemen, Second Edition, R.and J. Dodsley, 1762; bound with Moral Tales..., New Edition, Printed for T. Beckett, 1783. Together 2 vols., 4to., later half blue stained calf (some wear). Bookplates of Thomas Bell 1797 and Henry Lloyd Gibbs. With 3 1/4 pp. ms. notes on the author, initialled "TB" in first volume. (2) John Stevenson Hall was Laurence Sterne`s notorious university friend, who appeared as the character Eugenius in Tristram Shandy, and A Sentimental Journey.
MILLS, CLIFFORD, author of Where the Rainbow Ends, (1861 - 1933). The archive of Emilie Clifford (nee Bennet, married Harold Mills Clifford in 1889) who used a variant of her husband`s name in order to get her work published. Contained in a large trunk, comprising: Where the Rainbow Ends, the original manuscript, c. 1911, approx. 130 pp. in ink including rough stage sketches; 2 typescripts of the same, one with ms. alterations and stage instructions; typescript of the book, published by Hodder & Stoughton; typescript of the revised edition by her daughter Evelyn Shillington, 1972; file of correspondence, contracts, press cuttings, poster, periodicals etc.; photographs including signed photograph of Anton Dolin (real name Patrick Kay, a famous St. George); Evelyn Shillington`s autograph album with signatures, and drawings including four watercolours of Red Indian head-dresses, signed photographs etc. of actors and others relating to performances of the play which was first produced on 21st December 1911, including two signatures of Noel Coward (William the page boy), Reginald Owen (St. George), Charles Hawtrey, (producer), Roger Quilter, (composer, with line of musical notation), John Gilpin, Valentine Dyall, Italia Conti and Alicia Markova. The original manuscript of The Basker, [1916] with typescript; The Luck of the Navy [1919], various typescripts, including screen adaptation by Evelyn Shillington, programme for the film, and printed version. Typescripts of seven further plays including Dr. Johnson at Home and The Dream Ship (2 of them incomplete). The original manuscripts of two short stories: The Departure of the Subaltern and God`s Sparrows, with typescripts of the same; typescripts of 6 further short stories, and a bundle of the periodicals in which they were published. Three printed copies of Dear Mr. Ghost, A Christmas Story, Dean & Son,n.d. (2 of them lacking a wrapper). Also included are typescripts of seventeen fairy stories by Evelyn Shillington, and two bundles of typescript diaries, 1931 - 47, with accounts of travels in Japan and China in 1934, and time spent in Italy after the war with her husband Brig. Rex Shillington, including an eye witness account of the trial of Field Marshal Albert Kesselring in Venice. The play Where the Rainbow Ends was phenomenally successful. It became an annual Christmas event, a rival to Peter Pan, and was staged every year until the early 1950`s. See illustrations.
Book, Herb CaenBook, Only In San Francisco, Herb Caen, Doubleday & Co., Inc., Garden City, New York, 1960, hard cover, first Edition, 1st printing, inscription reads, For Renee- Greetings, back there in Kansas City! Hope you enjoy this, Herb Caen, 11-9-60 on front free endpaper, Indexed. 286 pp.Starting Price: $50
HUXLEY ALDOUS (1894-1963) English Writer. Signed hardback Crome Yellow, boldly signed by Huxley in dark fountain pen ink to the fly leaf and dated 1936 in his hand together with H. E. Bates (1905-1974) English Writer. Two signed hardback editions of Fair Stood the Wind for France, (First Edition, 1944 & Second Edition, 1944) both signed by Bates with his name alone to the half title pages. G to VG, 3
LITERATURE: Selection of signed books, paperback (3) and hardback (9) including A Century of Writers 1855-1955, a century volume chosen by D. M. Low and others (First Edition, 1955) signed by various writers including C. Day Lewis, Leonard Woolf, Harold Raymond, Ian Parsons, Piers Raymond, Peter Calvocoressi etc., Soho Centenary, A Gift from Artists, Writers and Musicians to the Soho Hospital for Women signed by 29 individuals and contributors including Roland Pertwee, Margaret Lane, Noel Streatfield, Virginia Graham, Charles Pears, William Nicholson etc., A Hope for Poetry by C. Day Lewis, The Ghosts of Highgate Hill by Robert Armstrong (First Edition, 1966), Songs of a Leaf by Alfred Noyes, Selected Poems by Mary Wilson (First Edition, 1970) etc. Five are accompanied by the dust jackets. G to VG, 12
LITERATURE: Selection of signed hardback books by various novelists and writers including Journeys End by R. C. Sherriff and Vernon Bartlett (Limited Edition number 97 of 600 printed on handmade paper) signed by both Sherriff and Bartlett on the limitations page, A Story like the Wind by Laurens van der Post (First Edition, 1972), Rabbit, Run and Pigeon Fathers and other Stories by John Updike, The Singer not the Song by Audrey Erskine Lindop, Room at the Top by John Braine (signed piece laid down to fly leaf), The Dark Half by Stephen King (First Edition, 1989) etc. All except one are accompanied by the dust jackets. G to VG, 13
LITERATURE: Selection of signed hardback books by various playwrights etc. including Maid in Waiting by John Galsworthy (First Edition, 1932) Limited Edition 38 of 525, signed by Galsworthy to the limitations page, Sard Harker by John Masefield (First Edition, 1924) signed by Masefield to the fly leaf and dated October 1924, The Barretts of Wimpole Street by Rudolf Besier (First US Edition, 1930), signed to the fly leaf and accompanied by an A.L.S., one page, 21st February 1931 to W.M. Shepherd, LittlePlats of St. Francis by Laurence Housman, Collected Plays by L. du Gurde Peach (Volumes I to IV, First Editions, First volume signed only), The Man of Kerioth by Robert Norwood (First US Edition, 1919), Plain Girl by Arthur Miller (First Edition, 1995), The Lion and the Unicorn by Clemence Dane (Limited Edition number 355 of 1000, 1943) etc. FR to VG, 15
TRAVEL: Selection of signed books, paperback (5) and hardback (27), relating to travel, exploration, places, countries and wildlife, including Gipsy Moth Circles the World by Francis Chichester (signed in red ink with his name alone to the title page), The Impossible Voyage by Chay Blyth (First Edition, 1971), The Art of Coarse Sailing by Michael Green, Upon That Mountain by Eric Shipton, The Stationary Ark by Gerald Durrell (First Edition, 1976), A Taste of Adventure by John Blashford-Snell (First Edition, 1963), On Safari by Armand Denis (First Edition, 1963), The Headless Valley by Ranulph Fiennes, Travels by Edward Heath (First Edition, 1977), And So to America by Cecil Roberts (First Edition, 1946) etc. Nineteen are accompanied by dust jackets. G to VG, 32
RELIGION VS. SCIENCE: Small selection of signed books, paperback (2) and hardback (7), including A New Translation of the Holy Bible by James Moffatt, with presentation inscription and signature of Donald Soper, China`s New Creative Age by Hewlett Johnson, The Fisherman`s Saint by Wilfred Grenfell (being a Rectorial Address delivered at St. Andrews University, 1929), Thirty Years a Spiritual Healer by Harry Edwards (First Edition, 1968), Evolution and Creation by Oliver Lodge (First Edition, 1926), Men Du Svarar Icke (In the Night Season) by Christiaan Barnard (German edition, 1981), Fables and Satires by Ronald Ross (1 of 250 copies, London 1928, inscribed to the fly leaf `With Sir Ronald Ross`s compliments` dated 11th December 1929) etc. Four are accompanied by dust jackets. G to VG, 9
ATTLEE CLEMENT: (1883-1967) British Prime Minister 1945-51. Book signed and inscribed, a hardback edition of Attlee`s autobiography As It Happened, First Edition published by William Heinemann Ltd., 1954. Signed by Attlee in bold, dark fountain pen ink to the front free endpaper. Also bearing a second signature to a fly leaf. Accompanied by the dust jacket (some tears and age wear). G
BADER DOUGLAS: (1910-1982) British World War II Ace (22.5 victories), recognised for his important role during the Battle of Britain & JOHNSON JOHNNIE (1915-2001) British World War II Ace (38 victories), the highest scoring Western Allied Pilot. A colour 23.5 x 20 first edition print entitled Spitfire by artist Robert Taylor, signed by both Douglas Bader and Johnnie Johnson individually with their names alone in bold pencil to the lower border. Rolled, and with some slight surface creasing to the edges, about VG
BADER DOUGLAS: (1910-1982) British World War II Ace (22.5 victories), recognised for his important role during the Battle of Britain & JOHNSON JOHNNIE (1915-2001) British World War II Ace (38 victories), the highest scoring Western Allied Pilot. A colour 23.5 x 20 first edition print entitled Spitfire by artist Robert Taylor, signed by both Douglas Bader and Johnnie Johnson individually with their names alone in bold pencil to the lower border. Rolled, and with some slight surface creasing to the edges, about VG
AVIATION: STANFORD-TUCK ROBERT: (1916-1987) British RAF Fighter Pilot of World War II. A colour 23.5 x 20 first edition print entitled Hurricane by artist Robert Taylor, signed by Robert Stanford-Tuck with his name alone in bold pencil to the lower border; & 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 17 print bearing 6 signatures of various pilots. Rolled, and with some slight surface creasing to the edges, about VG, 3
ROYAL AIR FORCE: A hardback edition of Royal Air Force at War, edited by ACM Sir Christopher Foxley-Norris, First Edition published by Ian Allan Ltd., London, 1983, signed to the front free endpaper by eleven Royal Air Force pilots including William F. Dickson, Mike Donnet, F.M.F. West VC, Roland Beamont, Christopher Foxley-Norris etc. Accompanied by the dust wrapper. VG
HAMILTON EMMA: (1765-1815) Wife of Sir William Hamilton and mistress of Lord Nelson. A signed folio edition of Musical Relicks of the Welsh Bards…. by Edward Jones, Second Part containing the Music of the First Volume, Second Edition, printed for the author, London, 1800. Bearing Emma Hamilton`s ownership signature (`Emma Hamilton`, a large example) and date, 1805, in her hand at the head of the title page. Incomplete and disbound. About G Provenance: Originally part of the Ray Rawlins Collection of Historical Documents and bearing his small circular sticker. Sold as part of the Rawlin`s Collection by Sotheby`s, 4th June 1980 (Lot 837, Estimate £40-60).
ALI MUHAMMAD: (1942-) American Boxer, World Heavyweight Champion. Signed colour 15 x 23.5 print entitled Muhammad Ali-The Peoples Champion by artist Paddy Monaghan, featuring composite images of Ali. Limited Edition number 780/850 signed in pencil to the lower white border by both Muhammad Ali and Paddy Monaghan individually. Together with a signed hardback edition of The Sunshine in my Life by Paddy Monaghan, First Edition published by Tony Williams, Somerset, 1993, with a foreword by Ali. The print rolled, VG, 2
SPORT: Selection of signed hardback books comprising Res Judicate-Papers and Essays by Augustine Birrell, signed and inscribed by the English Golfer Horace Hutchinson (British Amateur Champion 1886 & 1887), Dai Rees on Golf by Dai Rees (First Edition , 1959) signed by Rees to the fly leaf and Twenty Years signed by Freddie Mills with his name alone to the fly leaf. Together with Peter Alliss-An Autobiography in paperback signed by Alliss and Freddie Mills` Boxing Annual for Boys signed by Mills to the title page but missing the spine. G to VG, 5
GALTON RAY (1930-) & SIMPSON ALAN (1929-) British Comedy Scriptwriters. Two large 13 x 20.5 limited edition lithographs, the first showing Wilfrid Brambell and Harry H. Corbett together in a classic scene from an episode of Steptoe & Son and the second showing Tony Hancock in a classic scene from The Blood Donor, both featuring an extract from the scripts by Galton and Simpson relating to the images, and both signed by the scriptwriters individually in bold black inks with their names alone. Limited Editions numbered 328 and 331 of 950 each. Individually matted in black and white and framed and glazed in plain gold coloured frames to overall sizes of 18 x 24 each. EX, 2
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