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Lot 49
A box of volumes including Harry Potter and the order of the Pheonix first edition , To the ends of the earth by Ranulph Fiennes signed by the auther, a first edition of 'St Sergy of Radonezh', The illustrated Libary Shakespeare midpoint press, The Plague dogs by Richard Adams illustrated by Wainwright etc
Lot 350
ORIGINAL STAR WARS FIRST 12 FIGURES CONCEPT ART PRINT: A rare limited edition (No. 20/100) Star Wars Kenner ' First 12 ' action figure concept art print by Jim Swearingen, Kim DM Simmons and Bob Rahe. Original Artist Proof edition. Made by TMWSLS (the man who shot Luke Skywalker ) Editions. Professionally framed and glazed. With full certification. Large size, 50x116cm. Stunning original artist proof edition piece, showing the conceptual artwork for the first 12 action figures. Beautiful.
Lot 378
SMALL COLLECTION OF BOOKSincluding 'Shakespeare's Hamlet Prince of Denmark' Decorated by John Austen, Selwyn & Blount Ltd. London 1922, 'Rubaiyat of Omar Khayyam' translated by Edward Fitzgerald, Illustrations by Gilbert James, Adam and Charles Black, London 1909, and 'Tribute to Ballet' in poems by John Masefield and pictures by Edward Seago, Collins London, first edition 1938
Lot 563
Amundsen (Roald) The South Pole, and Account of the Norwegian Antarctic Expedition in the 'Fram' 1910-1912, two vols, John Murray 1912, frontispiece loose, red cloth with Norwegian flags (2) Condition report Report by GHVolume one - front board and spine slightly loose from binding and first page detached. Some foxing to opening pages and occasional spotting throughout. Plates generally clean and all appear present. Corners of boards and spine folded in and tops and bottoms of spine a little tatty. Volume two - boards, spine and binding generally nice and tight. Spine with a little fading and slightly tatty at the top and with some shelf wear at the bottom. Opening pages with browning and discolouration and some further browning and spotting throughout. Plates generally clean and appear complete. First edition.
Lot 709
1964/65 ECWC SEMI FINAL REAL ZARAGOZA v WEST HAM UTD / SPAIN v DERRY CITY (Northern Ireland) Friendly played 7 April 1965 at the Metropolitano Estadio, Madrid. Special edition of the daily Spanish football magazine/newspaper ''DICEN'' dated 8 April 1965 which includes pictures, reports and full team line-ups inside plus full front cover action and headline coverage. Also reviews inside the first leg of the ECWC Semi Final West Ham v Real Zaragoza with reports and team line-ups and includes second leg previews. Generally good
Lot 712
1968 INTERCONTINENTAL CUP Estudiantes v Manchester (1st Leg) played 25 September 1968 in Buenos Aires, Argentina. The daily ''DICEN'' edition football newspaper/magazine dated 27 September 1968 which reviews the first leg, includes match reports and pictures including the winning goal. Generally good
Lot 802
1969 INTERNATIONAL CUP AC Milan v Estudiantes played 8 Oct 1969 at the San Siro, Milan, Rare "Supersport" of Milan special edition dated Oct 1969. Title "Milan Mondiale" includes extensive coverage of the first leg and also previews the second leg due to be played in Buenos Aires, Argentina on 22 Oct 1969. No programme was produced for either leg. Generally good
Lot 52
Two silver commemorative dishes, the first celebrating the 30th Birthday of Prince Charles, limited edition plate number 33 of 1500, portrait of HRH by Pietro Annigoni to centre, by Danbury Mint, Birmingham 1978; the other commemorating the Royal Silver Jubilee in 1977, limited edition plate number 302 of 850, by HC, Birmingham 1977, both in original boxes, 682gms gross (2)
Lot 509
Flora by Pamela Bianco, with verses by Walter de la Mare, first edition, includes multiple illustration by Bianco (some of which have later been coloured in) dust jacket present, published by J.B. Lippincott and Company, William Heinemann, London 1919 (faults)This book was published after an exhibition of drawings by the twelve year old Pamela Bianco drew huge crowds - the press cooed over the quality of the drawings done by someone so young. After seeing the exhibition, Walter de la Mare was inspired to write the poems included in this volume.
Lot 136
The Book of Old Sundials and Their Mottoes.With eight illustrations in colour by Alfred Rawlings and thirty-six drawings of some famous sundials by Warrington Hogg. Decorative binding, illustrated by Jessie M. King. Published by Foulis, London, October 1914, first edition Provenance: From the Estate of Alec Waugh and thence by descent through the family
Lot 183
Augustus Samuel Boult, (Fl. 1815-1853) Labourers quarrying and loading sand with shire horses, c.1840's, signed lower centre, oil on canvas, 45 x 56cmShire Horses were traditionally used by quarrymen to help with the process of extracting sand from countryside sand quarries. The horses who were bread to cope with heavy loads of quarried sand from the sand that was transported in robust carts to the network of canals and from the 1830's the growing network of railways. This painting by Augustus Boult illustrates this particular countryside activity.The Shire horse is a breed of draught horse. They are a tall breed, with mares standing 16 hands (64 inches, 163 cm) and over and stallions standing 17 hands (68 inches, 173 cm) and over. The breed has an enormous capacity for weight pulling, and Shires have held the world records for both largest overall horse and tallest horse at various times. Throughout its history, the breed has been popular for pulling brewery wagons that delivered ale to customers. This practice continues today, with the breed also being used for forestry, leisure and promotional pursuits. The breed descends from war horses brought to England by William the Conqueror in the 11th century. These were crossed with other breeds, including the Friesian, to create the Shire of today. In 1884, the organization now known as the British Shire Horse Society was created, with the American Shire Horse Association beginning in 1885. The breed was exported from Britain to the United States in large numbers during the late 19th and early 20th centuries, but popularity fell with the advent of mechanization, reaching a low point in the 1950s and 60s. Popularity began to increase again in the 1970s and after. However, population numbers are still considered to be at critical levels by both the UK-based Rare Breeds Survival Trust and the US-based American Livestock Breeds Conservancy. Shire stallions may be black, bay or gray. They may not be roan or have large amounts of white markings. Mares and geldings may be black, bay, gray or roan. In the UK stallions may not be chestnut but the color is allowed by the US registry. Stallions stand 17 hands (68 inches, 173 cm) high when mature, and they average around 17.2 hands (70 inches, 178 cm). Geldings stand at least 16.2 hands (66 inches, 168 cm) high and mares at least 16 hands (64 inches, 163 cm).[citation needed] The Shires' head is long and lean, with large eyes, set on a neck that is slightly arched and long in proportion to the body. The shoulder is deep and wide, the chest wide, the back muscular and short and the hindquarters long and wide. There is not to be too much feathering, and the hair is fine, straight and silky. Smaller horses, under 17 hands (68 inches, 173 cm), are generally preferred for working horses, while taller horses, especially those over 18.2 hands (74 inches, 188 cm), are used for show and promotional purposes. The breed is known for its easy-going temperament. The Shire has an enormous capacity for weight pulling. In 1924, at a British exhibition, a pair of horses was estimated to have pulled a starting load equal to 45 tons, although an exact estimate could not be made as they exceeded the maximum reading on the dynamometer. Working in slippery footing, the same pair of horses pulled 16.5 tons at a later exhibition. The largest horse in recorded history was probably a Shire named Mammoth, who was born in 1848. He stood 21.2 hands (86 inches, 218 cm) hands high, and his peak weight was estimated at 1,500 kilograms (3,300 lb). At over 19 hands (76 inches, 193 cm), a Shire gelding named Goliath was the Guinness Book of World Records record holder for the world's tallest horse until his death in 2001. Like its close relative, the Clydesdale, the Shire horse is descended from the Great Horse brought to England in 1066 by William the Conqueror.[dubious - discuss] Only stallions were imported, to carry knights in armour into battle-weighing up to 32 stones (450 lb or 205 kg)-and it is probable that they bred with native mares in the vicinity.[citation needed] Though oxen were used for most farm work into the 18th century, horses 'fit for the dray, the plough, or the chariot' were on sale at Smithfield Market in London as early as 1145. The English Great Horse was valued during the reign of Henry VIII, when stallions measuring less than 'fifteen handfuls' could not be kept, but the advent of gunpowder in the late 16th century brought an end to the use of heavy horses in battle. Oliver Cromwell's cavalry favoured lighter, faster mounts and the big horses began to be used for draught work instead. Stage coaches needed strong horses to draw them and the Great Horse found a new niche. During the 16th century, Dutch engineers brought Friesian horses with them when they came to England to drain the fens, and it is probable that these horses had a significant influence on what became the Shire breed.From this medieval horse came an animal called the Old English Black Horse in the 17th century. The Black Horse was improved by the followers of Robert Bakewell, of Dishley Grange in Leicestershire, resulting in a horse commonly known as the "Bakewell Black."[9] Bakewell imported six Dutch or Flanders mares, notable since breeders tended to concentrate on improving the male line. Two different types of black horse developed: the Fen or Lincolnshire type and the Leicester or Midlands type. The Fen type tended to be larger, with more bone and extra hair, while the Midlands type tended to have more endurance while being of a finer appearance. The term "Shire horse" was first used in the mid-17th century, and incomplete records begin to appear near the end of the 18th century. The "Packington Blind Horse", from Leicestershire, is one of the best-known horses of the era, with direct descendents being recorded from 1770 to 1832. This horse is usually recognized as the foundation stallion for the Shire breed, and he stood at stud from 1755 to 1770. During the 1800s, Shires were used extensively as cart horses to move goods from the docks through the cities and countryside. The rough roads created a need for large horses with extensive musculature. A bay-colored Shire, showing Clydesdale influence in colour and markingsIn 1878, the English Cart Horse Society was formed, and in 1884 changed its name to the Shire Horse Society. The Society published a stud book, with the first edition in 1878 containing 2,381 stallions and records dating back to 1770. Between 1901 and 1914, 5,000 Shires were registered each year with the British registry.The first Shires were imported to the United States in 1853, with large numbers of horses being imported in the 1880s. The American Shire Horse Association was established in 1885 to register and promote the breed. The Shire soon became popular in the United States, and almost 4,000 Shires were imported between 1900 and 1918. Approximately 6,700 Shires were registered with the US registry between 1909 and 1911. Around the time of World War II, increasing mechanization and strict regulations on the purchase of livestock feed reduced the need for and ability to keep draft horses. Thousands of Shires were slaughtered and several large breeding studs closed. The breed fell to its lowest point in the 1950s and 1960s, and in 1955 fewer than 100 horses were shown at the annual British Spring Show.Today, the British Shire Horse Society receives around 500 annual registrations. Shire horse was originally the staple breed used to draw carts to deliver ale from the brewery to the public houses. A few breweries still maintain this tradition in the UK. These include the Wadworth Brewery in Devizes Wiltshire, the Hook Norton Brewery, the Samuel Smith Brewery in Tadcaster, and Thwaites Brewery in Blackburn, which resumed horse-drawn deliveries in 2008. Several breweries have recently withdrawn their Shire horse teams, including the Tetley brewery in Leeds.
Lot 286
Maltese Shackleton Limited edition print - 1/1000. THE FIRST IN THE EDITION. Very rare, your chance to own number 1 of 1000. Maltese Shackleton is taken from a painting by Timothy O'Brien and is signed by the artist, as well as Stuart Stephenson, Wing Commander G A King, Wing Commander D White, Flt Lt C Kitching and Flt Lt G Shine. Good condition. All items come with a Certificate of Authenticity and can be shipped worldwide.
Lot 905
Concorde Limited Edition Match Numbered Pair of signed prints. We can also offer a match numbered pair of signed prints. This means both prints will have an identical edition number:_for instance 5/250. The first is signed by Bannister and Berryman, and the second is signed by Lidiard and Berryman. Good condition. All items come with a Certificate of Authenticity and can be shipped worldwide.
Lot 51
SMASHING PUMPKINS - A really smashing collection of 3 x hard to find 7" singles, with two signed! Titles are I Am One (their first release on Limited Potential Records - Limp006, fantastic Ex+ condition and signed on front sleeve) and Tristessa x2 (SP90 US stock and limited edition pink vinyl which is signed on the front cover, both Ex+).
Lot 445
PUBLIC IMAGE LIMITED - Smashing selection of 11 x LPs/12" with limited edition releases. Titles include Commercial Zone Limited Edition (XYZ-007), An Interview With John Lydon (LSM 01), Live In Tokyo (original Japanese issue YS-7148/49 with poster insert and printed inners), This Is Not A Love Song (limited edition all white embossed sleeve with sticker VS529-12), The Flowers Of Romance (German issue 203 410-320 with insert), Bad Life (VS675-12) and Public Image (First Issue) (V 2114). Condition is Ex to Ex+.
Lot 505
FRONT 242 - Superb selection of 5 x LP/12" releases from the Belgian masters. Titles are Geography (HIM 015 Belgian original pressing), Endless Riddance (HIM 006 2nd edition), Two In One (NEW D 009 with 2 inserts, limited to 1000 copies), No Comment (SIDE 8419 double 12" with limited edition A3 sized poster) and Official Version (first edition with extra thick black plastic outer cover with 'FRONT 242' stenciled on front, RRELP 5). Condition rarely drops anything below Ex+.
Lot 405
SONIC YOUTH - A great selection of 4 x limited edition LPs. Titles are S/T (German issue with blue sleeve on Zensor), Walls Have Ears - NOT ONE (BUT TWO) (limited edition double LP numbered 1133), Confusion Is Sex (German issue, VG with mostly clean vinyl with the exception of light markings at the end of the second side, these cannot be 'felt'), and Bad Moon Rising (original Blast First/Homestead BFFP 1 with lyric sheet). Condition where not stated is Ex or Ex+.
Lot 448
PUNK/NEW WAVE COMPS - 2 x essential compilations here... First up is a very rare orange vinyl issue of Short Circuit Live At The Electric Circus (VCL 5003) and contains the limited edition poster and John Dowie's Another Close Shave 7". Also to include a test pressing of Earcom 2 ('Hey Peel Kick Out The Jams' etched, with printed inner). Condition is both Ex+/Ex.
Lot 299
THE JAM - 'THE SINGLES' BOX SETS - 2 x fantastic 7" singles box sets providing a brilliant instant collection. The first is 1977-1979 (983 117-0) and contains 9 singles (picture sleeves) with booklet and limited edition print. All contents are Ex+. The second is 1980-1982 (983 140-4) and contains similarly 9 x singles (2 of them doubles), booklet and limited edition print. Condition is again Ex+ throughout.
Lot 641
Treatise: Cornelius Cardew; Published by The Gallery Upstairs Press, Buffalo NY (1967) First Edition. 194 pages, without words, of a graphic music score written in the mid-60s and very much in the "mainstream" of experimental music at that time. It has been performed, but since each performance is unique because it depends on the interpretation of the players, no one really knows what it's supposed to sound like, including Cardew (who died in 1981).
Lot 1058
KOLLONTAI ALEXANDRA: (1872-1952) Russian Communist Revolutionary. A member of the Mensheviks first, and further Bolshevik Party, she was one of the first and few women appointed as Soviet Ambassador. Rare book signed and inscribed, a 4to paperback edition of The State of the Working Class in Finland by Kollontai, the Russian text edition, in Cyrillic, published and printed in Saint Petersburg, 1903. The 335 pages book is signed and inscribed in bold black ink to the upper right front cover, in Cyrillic, `To Ekaterina Vasilievna, from the author, A. Kollontai´, also dated October 1903 in her hand. Overall age wear and staining, F to G £400-600
Lot 844
CHUKOVSKY KORNEY: (1882-1969) Russian Poet. Best known for his popular poems for children. A.L.S., Korney Chukovsky, three pages, 8vo, n.p., n.d., to Nikolai Alexeievich, in Cyrillic. Chukovsky explains to his correspondent that `At the present time in Moscow, an 8 volume collection of works by Al. Blok is being released… The subscription to this edition is massive. During the first days, more than 200,000 people subscribed to it. Three men of letters are copy-reading this collection: Vl. Nik. Orlov, A. A. Surkov, and me.´ further stating `So, you, "the Musical Director of the Broadcast House" have read my book, and this has brought back memories about Bryusov, Blok, Leonid Andreyev, Jungmeister, Brambilla, and Zhitkov. I am afraid that just because of this you have found my book better than it really is. Unfortunately, I am painfully aware of its weak points. By God, I could have written better, in a more soulful and vivid way, but all this was written in a hurry for the anniversary. Now I am preparing a new edition of the book (under the title "Zimniaia Raduga" ("Winter Rainbow")). It deals about Shaliapin, Sobinov, Korolenko. If I live to see its publication, I will be happy to send it to you.´ Chukovsky concludes referring to Australian literature and to the writers of his interest. A letter of good content. EX £150-200 Alexander Blok (1880-1921) Russian Poet. In 1921 Blok´s health was getting worst and his doctors requested a medical treatment abroad, but Blok was not allowed to leave the Country. Gorki wrote to Anatoly Lunacharsky, Soviet People´s Commissar for education and culture, stating "Blok is Russia's finest poet. If you forbid him to go abroad, and he dies, you and your comrades will be guilty of his death". Permission was granted only three days after Blok had already died at the age of fourty. Chukovsky refers in the present letter to Aleksey Surkov (1899-1983) Russian Soviet Poet; Valery Bryusov (1873-1924) Russian Poet and Historian. A main figure in the Russian Symbolist movement; Leonid Andreyev (1871-1919) Russian Playwright and Novelist. Considered the father of the Russian expressionism; Boris Zhitkov (1882-1938) Russian Writer; Feodor Chaliapin (1873-1938) Russian opera Bass internationally acclaimed; Leonid Sobinov (1872-1934) Russian tenor, a leading figure in the 20th century Russian opera and Boris Sobinov (1895-1956) Russian Composer. Son of Leonid; Vladimir Korolenko (1853-1921) Russian short-story Writer.
Lot 371
GEORGE FARROW, six titles from the Wallypug series of children's nonsense books, comprising, THE WALLYPUG OF WHY, third edition, Hutcherson; ADVENTURES IN WALLYPUGLAND, first edition, Methuen, 1898; THE WALLYPUG IN LONDON, later edition, London, Pearson; IN SEARCH OF TE WALLYPUG, first edition, Pearson, 1903; THE WALLYPUG IN FOG-LAND, first edition, Pearson, 1904; THE WALLYPUG IN THE MOON OR HIS BADJESTY, first edition, Pearson, 1905, all in green cloth with gilt pictorial boards, frontis plates and other illustrations, with FARROW (G.E.), THE WALLYPUG BIRTHDAY BOOK, believed signed by the author on his birthday March 17th, pictorial red cloth, Routledge, 1904; and a Pearsons Childrens Library NO 1 Wallypug of Why; the books with illustrations by Alan Wright and Harry Furniss (8)George Edward Farrow (1862-1919), is a popular Children's author most noted for his Wallypug nonsense series which began with The Wallypug of Why in 1895. The series is sumptuous in word play and humour in the tradition of Lewis Carroll. Farrow wrote over thirty books, his last in 1915, and actively encouraged his young readers to write to him with their views and thoughts. His books have beautiful pictorial boards and are richly illustrated.
Lot 372
GEORGE FARROW, a collection of seven children's nonsense books, comprising, THE MISSING PRINCE, first edition, Hutchinson 1896; BAKER MINOR AND THE DRAGON, first edition, Pearson, 1902; THE NEW PANJANDRUM, first edition, Pearson, 1902; ABSURD DITTIES, first edition, Routledge, 1903; PROFESSOR PHILANDERPAN, first edition, Pearson, 1904; THE CINEMATOGRAPH TRAIN, first edition, Brimley Johnson, 1904; THE ESCAPE OF THE MULLIN-GONG, Blackie and Son, 1907, all with gilt pictorial colour cloth boards with frontis and other illustrations by Harry Furniss, John Hassall and Alan Wright (7)
Lot 373
FARROW (G), THE JUNGLE BABY, first edition, Raphael Tuck & Son, with a collection of five children's nonsense books, comprising, THE LITTLE PANJANDRUM'S DODO, London, Skeffington, 1899; THE MANDARINS KITE, London, Skeffington, 1900; THE MYSTERIOUS MR PUNCH, Society for promoting Christian knowledge; THE ADVENTURES OF A DODO, London, fisher Unwin, 2nd 1907; THE DWINDLEBERRY ZOO, Blackie and Son, 1909 (6)
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