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Lot 654

Seebohm (Henry) The Geographical Distribution of the Family Charadriidae or the Plovers Sandpipers Snipes and their allies first edition second issue (with page references to list of plates) 21 hand-coloured lithographed plates by Keulemans wood-engraved illustrations by J.G.Millais and others pencil signature at head of title very slight staining to edge of frontispiece original cloth uncut slightly rubbed rebacked preserving original spine new endpapers [Anker 455; Fine Bird Books p.141; Nissen IVB 850] 4to [1888].

Lot 655

Serventy (Vincent N.) and others editors. National Photographic Index of Australian Wildlife 10 vol. first edition colour illustrations original boards dust-jackets 4to 1982-96. *** Comprising: Wrens Warblers; Waterbirds; Seabirds; Shorebirds; Robins Flycatchers; Honeyeaters Their Allies; Parrots Pigeons; Birds of Prey Ground Birds; Cuckoos Nightbirds Kingfishers; Finches Bowerbirds Other Passerines.

Lot 669

Layard (Edgar Leopold) The Birds of South Africa new edition by R.Bowdler Sharpe 12 hand-coloured lithographed plates by J.G.Keulemans hinges weak first and last few leaves loose and chipped at edges bookplate of Henry Boardman Conover ex-library copy with stamps on verso of title and label on front free endpaper original half roan uncut rather worn [Anker 281; Fine Bird Books p.115; Nissen 534]8vo 1875-1884.

Lot 673

Meinertzhagen (Col. R.) Birds of Arabia first edition colour plates by G.E.Lodge illustrations original buckram spine faded 4to Edinburgh London 1954.

Lot 679

Chanter (Charlotte) Ferny Combes first edition 2 copies 1856; another copy third edition map and 8 hand-coloured plates original green cloth one in purple is probably a remainder binding 1857 § Edwards (Z.J.) The Ferns of the Axe first edition 4 lithographed plates 1862; another copy second edition 4 lithographed plates 1866 § Cullen (W.H.) Flora Sidostiensis original boards rebacked Sidmouth 1849 § C[resswell] (R) The Flowering Plants and Ferns of Sidmouth original printed boards cloth spine [not in Freeman Simpson p.114 suggests an alternative attribution to R. Caspary] 1846 all original cloth except as stated head and foot of spines weak; and 2 others Sidmouth 8vo oblong 8vo (16) (16)

Lot 107

FENN (John) Original Letters Written During the Reigns of Henry VI, Edward IV and Richard III, 2nd edition London 1787, 2 vols, 4to, large paper copy, handcoloured frontispiece to both volumes, upper board detached on vol 1 (first and last leaves spotted) (2)

Lot 133

HOBBES (Thomas) Leviathan or the Matter, Forme and Power of a Commonwealth Ecclesiasticall and Civil, 2nd edition, London: for Andrew Crooke 1651, folio, added engraved title, bear device to printed title, folding table, first free end paper with early Latin and English inscriptions about Hobbes by former owners dated 1702 and 1729 (one signed Willm. Hardlayne e Coll.Trin. Oxon), internally generally clean with very minor stains, contemporary calf (skilfully repaired) and possibly later spine lettering piece

Lot 134

DODOENS (Rembert) A Niewe Herball, or Historie of Plantes: wherin is contayned the whole discourse and perfect description of all sortes of Herbes and Plantes.. translated into English by Henry Lyte Esquyer, first English edition London: Henry Loe at Antwerpe for Gerard Dewes 1578, folio, title with woodcut border, portrait, woodcut printer`s motif at end, black letter with woodcut illustrations throughout, the first leaves, table and index at end skillfully repaired with part renewed margins (some loss to index text), some early ink marginal notes, all somewhat age and finger soiled, 20th century morocco backed boards

Lot 137

SAUNDERS (Richard) Physiognomie, and Chiromancie, Metoposcopie, the Symmetrical Proportions and Signal Moles of the Body..., second edition, London: H. Brugis for Nathaniel Brook 1671, folio, lacks portrait frontispiece, with one engraved plate, 2 paginated full page woodcuts, woodcut vignettes on first title, numerous woodcut illustrations, `Peroratio` leaf bound in at end of part III, 7pp adverts at end, signs of staining throughout, with fore-margin worst affected and somewhat frayed and weak throughout, particularly the second half, worn contemporary calf with old reback and repairs

Lot 160

BANIER (Abbe) The Mythology and Fables of The Ancients Explain`d from History, 4 vols first English edition 1739-40, 8vo, calf rubbed (scarce) (4)

Lot 171

HASSELL (J) Picturesque Rides and Walks, 2 vols, first edition London 1817-1818, 8vo, 120 hand coloured aquatint plates (one remounted), finely gilt tooled morocco with Prince of Wales feathers to covers, a.e.g (2)

Lot 193

Childrens. POTTER (B) The Tale of Squirrel Nutkin, first edition 1903, inner hinge broken, slightly loose and dusty, head of spine torn; NESBIT (E) Five Children and It, 2nd impression 1904, cloth gilt; ALDIN (C) The Mongrel Puppy Book; A Dog Day; a few others, rather dusty and worn (a small box)

Lot 202

MILNE (A. A) Winnie-The-Pooh, first edition, London 1926, 8vo, de luxe binding with damaged upper cover; The House at Pooh Corner, first edition, London 1928, 8vo, some spotting and foxing, t.e.g. cloth (worn); When we were very young, first edition London 1924, gift inscription to first leaf; Now We Are Six, third edition 1927 (4)

Lot 283

EVELYN (John) Memoirs Illustrative of the Life and Writings of.. edited by William Bray, in 2 vols 2nd edition 1819, 4to, bookplate of Austin Dobson to first pastedown, plates, slight staining, half calf; with - Miscellaneous Writings, 1825, Dobson`s bookplate, stained and worn (3)

Lot 309

SEBALD (W G) The Rings of Saturn, first edition and first impression 1998, a pristine copy in dust wrapper

Lot 310

PEAKE (Mervin) Titus Groan, first edition 1946, in 2nd impression dust wrapper (slightly darkened and dust marked); Gormenghast, first edition 1950, dust wrapper slightly worn and darkened; Titus Alone, first edition 1959, in slightly sunned dust wrapper (3)

Lot 311

CONAN DOYLE (Sir Arthur) The Hound of the Baskervilles, first edition London: George Newnes 1902, 8vo, 16 plates, with `you` for `yours` on p.13, lacking first free end paper, occasional slight staining, cloth gilt, spine a little faded, corners worn, edges dusty

Lot 317

LEWIS (Wyndham) Hitler, 1931, first edition, cloth; with 17 others by Wyndham Lewis including first editions (18)

Lot 318

ELLIS (Sarah) Family Secrets, 3 vols in 1, 8vo, [1843?], frontispiece, added engraved titles,some foxing mainly to plates, half worn calf; BUSK (Rachel Henriette) Sagas from the Far East, first edition, Griffith & Farran 1873, 8vo, red cloth; and various others by Charles Kingsley, Coventry Patmore, etc. condition varies (17)

Lot 326

JOYCE (James) Dedalus, first French edition Paris: Editions de la Sirene 1924, 8vo, paper wrapper, contents typically discoloured

Lot 350

BYRON (Lord) Childe Harold`s Pilgrimmage Canto the Fourth, 1818, 8vo, 2pp adverts at end; MOORE (Thomas) The Loves of the Angels, First Edition, 1823, uncut in boards, cloth case;

Lot 351

BYRON (Lord Noel) The Prisoner of Chillon and Other Poems London: John Murray, 1816, 8vo, first edition, first issue with E8 recto blank, 4-page publisher`s advertisements dated November 1816 at end, uncut in original paper wrappers (lightly chipped at spine ends); with - The Siege of Corinth, A Poem, Parisina, A Poem, 2nd edition 1816, uncut in paper wraps, 4pp adverts at end dated February 1816, in folding cloth case (2)

Lot 357

LEE (Laurie) Cider with Rosie, first edition, London: the Hogarth Press 1959, unclipped dust wrapper, some dust staining to top edge otherwise good; with - As I Walked Out One Midsummer Morning, first ediiton 1969, generally good in unclipped dust wrapper (2)

Lot 375

Literature, various including works by LE CARRE; also - HEMINGWAY (E) A Moveable Feast, first edition 1964 in dust wrapper; other spy novels etc. (a box)

Lot 376

JENKINS (James) The Martial Achievements of Great Britain and her Allies, from 1799 to 1815, first edition [1815], 4to, engraved vignette title (uncoloured as issued), hand coloured engraved dedication with coat-of-arms, 52 hand coloured aquatint plates watermarked 1812, tissue guards, some finger and dust soiling, morocco gilt (rubbed, nicely rebacked), spine gilt in compartments, a.e.g.

Lot 388

History of Building and Topography. various 20th Century works including The Cambridge Guide to the Arts in Britain, 9 vols, first edition 1988-1989 etc. (a box)

Lot 396

The First World War,various periodicals and part works, some bound, including `The Wipers Times`, 1918, 2nd edition (repaired binding); Fragments from France, and, Fragments No.5; The Western Front, parts 1 and 2, illustrated by Muirhead Bone; etc.

Lot 247

Campbell, Donald "Into the Water Barrier", first edition 1955, dustjacket.

Lot 444

DICKENS, Charles, A Collection of First Edition book form novels by same. `Pickwick Papers` Chapman & Hall, 1837, engrd. frontis & Tp. 40 plts. `Nicholas Nickleby` Chapman & Hall, 1839, plts. a.c.f. foxed. Bleak House`, 1839, plts. a.c.f. bd. det. `Dombey & Son`, Bradbury & Evans, 1848, plts. a.c.f. ` David Copperfield`, 1850. plts. a.c.f. errata lf. bds. det. `Martin Chuzzlewit`, 1845, lacks 1/2.tp., errata lf. plts.a.c.f. (1 rep). `Little Dorrit,` 1857, (def). and `A Tale of Two Cities, 1859. (def.) and others. Mixed condition, most with foxing to plates, bds. worn and scuffed. 14

Lot 85

First Edition Beatrix Potter "The Pie & the Patty Pan", "The Tale of Mr Tod" & other Beatrix Potter books (9)

Lot 876

AA Milne: The House at Pooh Corner" first edition 1928 and two copies of "Winnie the Pooh" & a Noddy book"

Lot 893

Thomas the Tank Engine 1979 Annual" (signed by the Rev W Awdry) & "A Guide to the Steam Railways of Great Britain" (edited & signed by the Rev W Awdry) & a Ladybird book "British Railway locomotives" (first edition 1958)"

Lot 897

Thirty-plus Ladybird books incl some early editions with dustcovers & 17 Ladybird Puddle Lane" series - also "Tootles the Taxi" first edition"

Lot 371

1989 gold proof four coin sovereign collection issued for the 500th anniversary of the first gold sovereign limited edition No 4189 set contains £5, double sovereign, sovereign & half-sovereign (cased & certificate - all uncirculated)

Lot 820

Two prints, one of Flying Scotsman and other first edition in PJ Steam together with another of Rover" train 4/3 series"

Lot 440

[Book]. Franklin, M.J. British Biscuit Tins 1868-1939. An Aspect of Decorative Packaging, first edition, New Cavendish, London 1979. Boards, colour illustrations throughout, oblong quarto, in slip-case.

Lot 6

Wisden Cricketers` Almanack, 1884, twenty-first edition, original paper wrappers, spine intact with slight loss to base.

Lot 16

Wisden Cricketers` Almanack, 1894, thirty-first edition, rebound in red cloth, lacking wrappers.

Lot 26

Wisden Cricketers` Almanack, 1904, forty-first edition, original paper wrappers, cover heavily soiled, original spine replaced, a well-worn copy.

Lot 36

Wisden Cricketers` Almanack, 1914, fifty-first edition, original paper labels, original paper spine cracked and losses.

Lot 51

Wisden Cricketers` Almanack, 1944, eighty-first edition, original linen cloth, tight copy. Only 5600 limp copies produced during this war year.

Lot 66

Wisden Cricketers` Almanack, 1884, twenty-first edition, rebound, retaining wrappers and advertisements, rear cover torn, several pages creased and bumped.

Lot 81

Wisden Cricketers` Almanack, 1904, forty-first edition, original cloth hardback, spine bumped and worn, missing yellow advertisements to inside of both covers and replaced with white paper, hinges loose.

Lot 87

Wisden Cricketers` Almanack, 1913, fiftieth edition, rebound in brown cloth, lacking front wrapper, pages loose; Wisden Cricketers` Almanack, 1914, fifty-first edition, rebound in brown cloth, photographic plate loose; and Wisden Cricketers` Almanack, 1915, fifty-second edition, rebound in brown cloth, lacking wrappers, (3).

Lot 92

Wisden Cricketers` Almanack, 1920, fifty-seventh edition, lacking wrappers, tatty; Wisden Cricketers` Almanack, 1922, fifty-ninth edition, original cloth hardback covered in transparent tape, covers loose; Wisden Cricketers` Almanack, 1923, sixtieth edition, rebound in brown cloth, original paper wrappers and advertisements; Wisden Cricketers` Almanack, 1924, sixty-first edition, rebound in brown cloth, original paper wrappers and advertisements; Wisden Cricketers` Almanack, 1925, sixty-second edition, rebound in brown cloth, original paper wrappers and advertisements; Wisden Cricketers` Almanack, 1927, sixty-fourth edition, rebound in brown cloth, original paper wrappers and advertisements, covers rubbed and torn; and Wisden Cricketers` Almanack, 1928, sixty-fifth edition, rebound in red cloth, lacking wrappers and advertisements, (7).

Lot 169

Tennis - WIMBLEDON, 1954-91. Twenty-one assorted programmes, comprising 1954 (10th day & Final); 1955 (4th & 6th day); 1956 (8th, 9th, 11th & 12th day); 1957 (Final); 1958 (Final); 1977 (1st & 4th day); 1978 (1st day); 1980 (3rd day); 1982 (1st day); 1986 (8th day & Final); 1987 (1st day & Final); 1991 (Middle Sunday x2); also Official Wimbledon Annuals, 1988, 1989, 1991, 1992 & 1994; and three other publications, including Tingay, Lance. 100 Years of Wimbledon. Official History of the Lawn Tennis Championships, first edition, Guinness Superlatives Limited, Enfield 1977, (29).

Lot 708

10 First Edition Books: Explorer/Climbing Chris Bonnington, Everest the Hard Way, Ranulph Fiennes Living Dangerously, Farley Mowat Sea of Slaughter etc.

Lot 1

Dodgson (Charles Lutwidge)], "Lewis Carroll." Alice`s Abenteuer in Wunderland, first German edition, first issue, illustrations by John Tenniel, ink inscription and stamp on half-title, foxed and browned, original gilt pictorial cloth, g.e., [Crutch 52], 1869; and c. 400 others, foreign editions of Alice in Wonderland & Through the Looking Glass, v.s., v.d. [mostly 20th century] (c. 400).

Lot 2

Dodgson (Charles Lutwidge)], "Lewis Carroll." Through the Looking-Glass, and What Alice Found There, first edition, frontispiece and illustrations by John Tenniel, half-title, advertisements at end, some foxing, endpapers worn, original cloth, worn and faded, [Crutch 84], 1872; and 7 others, various editions of the same, 8vo (8).

Lot 3

Dodgson (Charles Lutwidge)], "Lewis Carroll." The Hunting of the Snark: An Agony in Eight Fits, first edition, fronttispiece and illustrations by Henry Holiday, half-title, ink inscription on front free endpaper: "Hugh Lancaster Lithgow with Papa`s kind love May 15th 1876", hinges weak, original buff-coloured pictorial cloth, rubbed, spine faded, [Crutch 115], g.e., 1876; and 8 others, various editions of the same, 8vo (9).

Lot 4

Dodgson (Charles Lutwidge)], "Lewis Carroll." The Hunting of the Snark: An Agony in Eight Fits, first edition, frontispiece and illustrations by Henry Holiday, half-title, some slight foxing, juvenile ink inscription on half-title and recto of frontispiece, original buff-coloured pictorial cloth, slight surface wear on upper cover, very slight browning and staining to edges, wear at head of spine, g.e., [Crutch 115], 8vo, 1876.

Lot 5

Dodgson (Charles Lutwidge)], "Lewis Carroll." Rhyme? and Reason?, first edition, frontispiece and plates by Henry Holiday and Arthur B. Frost, half-title, title and some pp. foxed, [Crutch 131], 1883; and 4 others of the same, various editions including another first edition, 8vo (5).

Lot 6

Dodgson (Charles Lutwidge)], "Lewis Carroll." A Tangled Tale, first edition,frontispiece and illustrations by Arthur B. Frost, half-title, advertisements at end, front free endpaper loose, original gilt pictorial cloth, spine dulled, [Crutch 144], 1885; and 5 others, including other editions of A Tangled Tale (1 stamped "With the Publishers` Compliments"), and first editions of The Game of Logic and The Nursery Alice (1 defective), in poor condition, 8vo & 4to (6).

Lot 9

Dodgson (Charles Lutwidge)], "Lewis Carroll." Alice`s Adventures in Wonderland, Pitman`s Shorthand, New Era edition, illustrations by John Tenniel, original printed wrappers, n.d. [?1920s] ? Feeding the Mind, original cloth-backed printed wrappers, 1907 ? Frankie in Wonderland, New York, 1934 ? Alice in Police Court Land…, 1936 ? Evarts (R.C.) Alice`s Adventures in Cambridge, illustrations by E.L. Barron, some pencil underlining, original printed boards, head and tail of spine with wear, Cambridge, Mass., 1936 ? Fensch (Thomas) Alice in Acidland: Lewis Carroll Revisited, 1970 ? Debenham (Frank) Navigation with Alice, illustrations by Anne Scarisbrick, 1961, first four original wrappers, rest cloth or boards, last two dust-jackets, 8vo (7).

Lot 20

Dodgson (Charles Lutwidge)], "Lewis Carroll." The Hunting of the Snark, number 6 of 36 signed by the artist, 3 extra plates signed by the artist, illustrations by John Vernon Lord, original morocco-backed pictorial boards, Artists` Choice Edition, Oxford, 2006 ? Goodacre (Selwyn) All the Snarks, The Illustrated Editions of The Hunting of the Snark, number 22 of 220 copies, signed by the author, original cloth, dust-jacket, housed together in original slipcase, Inky Parrot Press, 2006; Alice`s Adventures in Wonderland & Through the Looking Glass, first edition, signed by the artist on title, illustrations by Anne Bachelier, original cloth, dust-jacket, New York, 2005; Ceolin (Matt) the Mad Hatter`s Tea Book, number 22 of 25 signed by the author/artist, original cloth backed boards, Corosae Vespes Press, Ontario, Canada, 1999, v.s. (4).

Lot 29

Biography.- Fisher (John, editor) The Magic of Lewis Carroll, first edition, illustrations, original boards, dust-jacket, library stamps to title, small stain to corner of title, 1973 ? Jones (Jo Elwyn) & J.Francis Gladstone. The Red King`s Dream or Lewis Carroll in Wonderland, first edition, illustrations, original boards, dust-jacket, 1995 ? Sewell (Elizabeth) Lewis Carroll: Voices from France, original boards, LCSNA, 2008 ? Collingwood (Stuart Dodgson) The Life and Letters of Lewis Carroll, second edition, illustrations, original cloth, rubbed and strained, 1899; and quantity of others similar, v.s. (c.150).

Lot 32

Bibliography.- Jones (Jo Elwyn) and J. Francis Gladstone. The Alice Companion, first edition, illustrations, original boards, dust-jacket, 1998 ? Sigler (Carolyn) editor, Alternative Alice, first edition, illustrations, original cloth, Kentucky, 1997 ? Docherty (John) The Literary Productions of the Lewis Carroll - George MacDonald Friendship, first edition, inscribed by the author, illustrations, original cloth, The Edwin Mellen Press, New York, 1995 ? Wullschlager (Jackie) Inventing Wonderland, first edition, original boards, dust-jacket, 1995; and a quantity of others similar, v.s. (c.100).

Lot 33

Posters, prints, etc.- [Dodgson (Charles Lutwidge)], "Lewis Carroll." Geldart (William), Daresbury Church Garden Party, number 312 of 850 prints signed by the artist, 800 x 370mm. [c.2007] ? Butler (Damon.) The Lewis Carroll Picture Map, first British edition, limited edition signed by the artist, c. 1100 x 730mm. Halsted, 1992; and a quantity of other posters and prints. v.s. (c. 40).

Lot 34

Carroll`s Photographs of Nude Children, one of 5000 copies, illustrations, original cloth, Rosenbach Foundation, Philadelphia, 1978; Lewis Carroll and the Kitchins, one of 750 copies, lacking facsimile letter in pocket in rear, illustrations, original quarter calf, slipcase, New York, 1980 ? Gettings (Fred) Arthur Rackham, first edition, illustrations, original cloth, dust-jacket, 1975 ? Morris (Frankie) Artist of Wonderland, first edition, illustrations, original cloth, dust-jacket, Charlottesville, 2005; and a quantity of others similar with reference to illustrators and photographic works of Lewis Carroll, v.s. (qty).

Lot 40

Brook (Mrs.) A Dialogue between a Lady and her Pupils describing a Journey through England and Wales, contemporary sheep, upper cover loose, H.D. Symonds, 1802 ? W. (S.) A Visit to a Farm House, sixth edition, 10 engraved plates, slightly stained, modern half morocco, W. Darton Jun., 1815; Another copy, seventh edition, 10 engraved plates, William Darton, 1820 ? Brewer (J.N.) The Picture of England, 2 vol., first edition, 84 engraved plates, each with three illustrations, slightly offset and stained, contemporary calf, spine worn, one loose, [Moon 63], 8vo, Harris and Son, 1820 ? A Tour through England descibed in a series of letters from a young gentleman to his sister, fourth edition, engraved frontispiece, folding map and 5 plates,W. Darton,1821 ? Argus (Arabella) The Adventures of a Donkey, engraved frontispiece, presentation leaf and advertisement, William Darton, 1823 ? Town and Country Tales, engraved frontispiece and vignette title, John Territt, 1824 ? Travels in England and Wales, wood-engraved frontispiece, title vignette, and 3 illustrations, original sheep, joints worn, Dublin, R. Napper, 1825; original roan-backed boards unless otherwise described; and 8 others, 12mo (17)

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