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Bloomsbury Auctions (Godalming)
Lot 462

Conrad (Joseph) Tales of Hearsay first edition occasional spotting original cloth gilt spine dulled dust-jacket spine marked 1925; Last Essays first edition original green cloth gilt with blind-stamped motif to upper cover head and foot of spine rubbed 1926; The Rover first American edition some leaves becoming loose original cloth gilt spine rubbed gilt faded New York 1923; The Arrow of Gold first American edition title and fore-edges spotted original cloth gilt spine rubbed New York 1919; and 5 others by Conrad 8vo (9)(9)

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Bloomsbury Auctions (Godalming)
Lot 465

Fleming (Ian) For Your Eyes Only first edition occasional spotting W.H.Smith library bookplate original boards dust-jacket laid onto card browned 8vo 1961.

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Bloomsbury Auctions (Godalming)
Lot 467

Fleming (Ian) The Spy Who Loved Me first edition light creasing to a few upper corners not affecting text original boards dust-jacket spine a little browned otherwise a very good copy 8vo 1962.

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Bloomsbury Auctions (Godalming)
Lot 468

Fleming (Ian) The Spy Who Loved Me first edition 2 light spots to title original boards dust-jacket water stain to back panel rubbing to spine 8vo 1962.

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Bloomsbury Auctions (Godalming)
Lot 469

Fleming (Ian) On Her Majesty`s Secret Service first edition original boards spine head a little bumped dust-jacket spine rubbed few marks to back panel 8vo 1963.

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Bloomsbury Auctions (Godalming)
Lot 470

Fleming (Ian) You Only Live Twice first edition jacket rubbed to spine and with section of loss 1964; Goldfinger Book Club edition jacket interior a little watermarked 1959; For Your Eyes Only Book Club edition jacket creased and rubbed 1960 original boards dust-jackets 8vo (3)

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Bloomsbury Auctions (Godalming)
Lot 473

(Sir Henry Rider) Cetywayo and his White Neighbour (Sir Henry Rider) Cetywayo and his White Neighbours first edition half-title quotations on leaf facing title rather foxed at beginning and end with the author`s signature dated 1899 on Ditchingham House card loosely inserted in envelope mounted on front pastedown ink signature of Harry Rackham on front free endpaper original green cloth gilt spine slightly bumped at head and foot but a good copy [Scott I; Sadleir 1082; Wolff 2897] 8vo 1882. *** The author`s first book one of 750 copies published at the author`s and his father`s expense for £50. “In 1875 at the age of nineteen [Haggard] went out to South Africa as secretary Sir Henry Bulwer governor of Natal. At the time of the first annexation of the Transvaal (1877) he was on the staff of the special commissioner Sir Theophilus Shepstone and hoisted the Union flag in the square at Pretoria. In 1878 he became a master and registrar of the high court of the Transvaal. In 1879 he returned to England and married in 1880 a Norfolk heiress Mariana Louisa daughter of Major John Margitson 19th Regiment of Ditchingham House Norfolk...On going back to the Transvaal he witnessed its surrender to the Boers and the overthrow of Shepstone`s policy.” DNB

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Bloomsbury Auctions (Godalming)
Lot 477

Joyce (James) Pomes Penyeach first edition 1 of 13 copies errata slip at end leaves lightly browned original printed boards upper joints split [Slocum & Cahoon A24] 16mo Paris Shakespeare & Company 1927.

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Bloomsbury Auctions (Godalming)
Lot 478

Le Carre (John) The Spy Who Came in from the Cold first edition author`s double signature to bookplate mounted to title interior lightly browned occasional spotting original boards in excellent dust-jacket 8vo 1963.

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Bloomsbury Auctions (Godalming)
Lot 481

Maugham (William Somerset) Don Fernando first edition signed presentation copy ink ownership inscription to front free endpaper original cloth spine worn small 4to 1935. *** The inscription reads `The First Edition; the second Edition being greatly improved. W. Somerset Maugham`.

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Bloomsbury Auctions (Godalming)
Lot 482

Maugham (William Somerset) Of Human Bondage with first edition first state one of 500 copies signed by the author from an overall limitation of 800 original printed boards soil mark on upper cover slight browning to edges [Stott A65a] 8vo 1946.

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Bloomsbury Auctions (Godalming)
Lot 483

McEwan (Ian) First Love Last Rites first edition signed by the author to title ownership inscription to endpaper original boards spotting to top edge dust-jacket light browning to flaps otherwise a good copy 8vo 1975. *** The author`s first book.

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Anderson & Garland Newcastle
Lot 16

Daniel Defoe, 2 vols. Robinson Crusoe from the 19th Century; and Bernard Shaw: The Adventures of the Black Girl In Her Search For God, first edition; and three other books-various.

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Rosebery's
Lot 553

Jacques Villon 1875-1963- "Mon Vieux, Luxembourg" (G./P. 384, III, V, IV) three drypoints, 1935, the third, fifth and sixth final states, each signed in pencil, the last inscribed essai (aside from the edition of 40) on laid and wove papers, with full margin, in good condition: Jacques Villon 1875-1963- "La Lecture Sur L`Herbe and Les Territoriaux (G./P. 254 and 268) two soft-ground etchings, one with aquatint, 1910-11, each signed in pencil, the first titled and inscribed épreuve unique, (an unrecorded proof, Ginestet and Pouillon only recorded a few impressions printed in colours) the second unnumbered the edition was 30, on laid and Japan papers respectively, with full margins, some creasing to the first, discolouration and minor staining to the second, 30.5x39cm and 25.8x39cm, (5) (unframed)

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Nigel Ward & Company
Lot 1303

A collection of eight exclusive first edition Coaches and Buses, including models Bristol Crosville 14003, Cheltenham district Gloucestershire echo 14004, Ford Thames Valley 14007, Brighton and Hovel Festival 14001, Midland Red 16005, Orange Luxury 18701, Bristol 16311 and Grenadier Coach premier travel

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Nigel Ward & Company
Lot 1304

A collection of nine exclusive First Edition Coaches and Buses, including models Greater Manchester Tram 14402, Hants and Dorset 15101, Bristol Greyhound 16201, Royal Blue 16203, Ellen Smith 12305, Orange luxury 12204, Grey Green Herrington 11903, Leicester City 16509, Black Prince 15603.

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Nigel Ward & Company
Lot 1334

A collection of eight exclusive First Edition model buses, including Eastern National 14002, Bristol South Wales Skyrider open top 18601, McGills Leyland National 14701,Southwest National Express 15701, Reading Buses 170301, Metroline 20601, Leyland National Green Line 14401, and Southdown 15709.

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Nigel Ward & Company
Lot 1335

A collection of eight exclusive First Edition model buses, including Clydeside 15607, Mansfield district 15609, East Yorkshire 15606, Eastenders Burnley and Pendle 15611, B.O.A.C. London transport 15601, Alexander Midland Bristol 14201, United Bristol 14101, Lincolnshire 14006.

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Nigel Ward & Company
Lot 1338

A collection of eight exclusive First Edition Model Buses, including Mercedes Benz 709 Reeve Burgess Beaver Brewers 24901, Grey cars 20104, Southern vectis 20101, Bristol Badgerline 20401, Bristol 20302, United Counties Routemaster 15615, and an East Yorkshire 20301.

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Nigel Ward & Company
Lot 1339

A collection of eight exclusive First Edition Model Buses, including Stagecoach East London 15617, Air France double deck 10116, Bristol Lodekka 13901, Cavalier coach Neath and Cardiff 12105, Hebble 12103, Southdown 12304, East Yorkshire 12102, and Grey cars Harrington Grenadier 12302.

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Nigel Ward & Company
Lot 1342

A collection of exclusive First edition Model Buses including Bristol Southern Vectis 25105, National Lincolnshire 29406, Maidstone B district Harrington Grenadier 12301, Southdown Harrington 12101, Yelloways Harrington 11902 plus a twin pack Harrington Cavalier and Grenadier Surrey Motors and Timpsons

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Nigel Ward & Company
Lot 1480

A book `The Blue Book of Gardening` catalogue 1931 and `A year in the garden` first edition 1916 `Secrets of successul gardening` and `Carnations for every man`.

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Special Auction Services
Lot 359

Concorde: A collection of 7 limited edition Concorde covers from 2003, each one individually signed, three ‘Great Concorde Destinations, Egypt: Land of the Pharaohs’, 7 Oct, signed by Capt Chris Norris, Senior First Officer Barbara Harmer & Engineering Manager Claud Freeman, plus four from ‘Concorde Christmas New York, Central Park’ (ex) (7)

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Special Auction Services
Lot 360

Concorde: A collection of 5 limited edition signed Concorde Covers, Leap Year29 Feb 2004, signed by Capt Les Evans & Capt Paul Bandall, two ‘Chasing the Eclipse’, 24 Sept 2002, one signed by Capt J. Hutchinson & Capt R. Westray, the other signed by Capt H. Linfield & SEO T. Norcott, ‘Columbus Day’ 12 Oct 2004 signed by Capt. P. Bandall & SEO P. Griffin and ‘First Flight Keflavik-London’ anniversary 18 Aug 2004 signed by Capt J. Massie & SEO T. Norcott (vg) (5)

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Special Auction Services
Lot 537

Railways: Book, ‘A History of the Southern Railway’ by C.F. Dendy Marshall, 1936, first edition, 708 pages with two folding maps, illustrated throughout, bound in green board with Company arms blocked to front cover (gd) (1)

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Mellors & Kirk
Lot 259

MILNE AA AND E A SHEPARD (ILLUSTRATOR) - WINNIE-THE-POOH FIRST EDITION, WITH AN INSCRIPTION DATED JUNE 1928 ON THE HALF TITLE, GREEN CLOTH GILT, STAINED DUST JACKET, LONDON 1926

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Rye Auction Galleries
Lot 128

A first edition preface copy of `The Life and Adventures of Robinson Crusoe’ by Daniel Defoe, `Novels and Tales, the Antiquary`, and `Rob Roy`,

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International Autograph Auctions Ltd.
Lot 171

MORECAMBE ERIC: (1926-1984) & WISE ERNIE: (1925-1999) British Comedians. Book signed and inscribed by both Morecambe and Wise individually, being a hardback edition of Eric & Ernie-The Autobiography of Morecambe & Wise, First Edition published by W. H. Allen, London, 1973. Signed by both Morecambe and Wise in bold black ink to the blank frontispiece and inscribed in Morecambe`s hand. Also signed in blue ink by the actresses Margaret Lockwood and Thora Hird, both with their names alone. With the dust jacket (very small minor stain to front). VG

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International Autograph Auctions Ltd.
Lot 266

CINEMA: Selection of signed 8 x 10 photographs and slightly larger etc., by various film and television actors who have starred in Science Fiction or Fantasy films including Tom Baker, Peter Davison, Colin Baker & Sylvester McCoy (Limited Edition Doctor Who First Day Cover signed by all four individually), Marina Sirtis, Brent Spiner, William Shatner & Leonard Nimoy, Dave Prowse, Ewan McGregor, Christopher Lee, Orlando Bloom, Gary Lockwood, Keir Dullea etc. Many of the images are colour and show the actors in character costume. Framed and glazed (6). G to generally VG, 19

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International Autograph Auctions Ltd.
Lot 335

FLEMING ALEXANDER: (1881-1955) Scottish Biologist, Nobel Prize winner for Physiology or Medicine, 1945. Book signed, a hardback edition of The Nature of the Bacterial Surface-A Symposium of The Society for General Microbiology, April 1949, edited by A. A. Miles and N. W. Pirie, First Edition published by Blackwell Scientific Publications, Oxford, November 1949. With a Preface by Alexander Fleming. Signed by Fleming to the front free endpaper and dated 1st January 1950 in his hand. With the stamp of the Wright-Fleming Institute Library alongside his signature and various other Library stamps etc. to the front pastedown. Blue cloth binding (spine faded) and lacking the dustjacket. About VG

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International Autograph Auctions Ltd.
Lot 350

HILLARY EDMUND: (1919-2008) New Zealand Mountaineer, the first man, with Tenzing Norgay, to reach the summit of Mount Everest, 1953. Book signed and inscribed, a hardback edition of High Adventure, First Edition published by Hodder & Stoughton, London, 1955. Signed to the half title page by Hillary in blue ink. Lacking the dustjacket. Together with a hardback edition of The Spencers on Spas by Raine Spencer, with photographs by John Spencer, First Edition published by Weidenfeld and Nicolson, London, 1983. Signed in blue ink by Raine Spencer to the title page and additionally signed and inscribed in black fountain pen ink by John Spencer, `To Diana....John Spencer, Althorp, September 24th 1984`, also to the title page. Accompanied by the dustjacket. Some foxing to Hillary`s book, FR to VG, 2

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International Autograph Auctions Ltd.
Lot 355

JOHN PAUL II: (1978-2005) Pope of the Catholic Church 1978-2005. Book signed, a hardback edition of Crossing the Threshold of Hope, First Edition published by Jonathan Cape, London, 1994. Signed (`Johannes Paulus II`) in blue ink to the title page and dated 17th January 1995 in his hand. Accompanied by the dust jacket. Rare in this form. VG The signature was obtained personally by the vendor in Papua New Guinea on 17th January 1995 when the Pope performed the beatification of Blessed Peter ToRot (1912-1945). Accompanied by a colour printed brochure entitled Blessed Peter ToRot-A Martyr of the Church.

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International Autograph Auctions Ltd.
Lot 358

REID THOMAS: (1710-1796) Scottish Philosopher, a contemporary of David Hume. Founder of the Scottish School of Common Sense. A.L.S., Tho. Reid, one page, small 4to, Glasgow College, 28th June 1796, to [John Bell, his publisher]. Reid acknowledges receipt of `the two books sent by Gabriel Watson, & these handsomely bound which was more than I asked.` and continues `You may please to present Mr. Dugald Stewart with a copy of the new edition from me, & Dr. Gregory with another. I shall want a third for myself.` In concluding Reid writes `I wrote you when I sent the first Vol. corrected, that I had the second corrected by me which I should send when it was wanted. I send it now by Gabriel Watson.` With partial blank integral leaf. Rare. VG Published in the Correspondence of Thomas Reid (Edinburgh Edition, Vol. 4, letter no. 125, p.236, edited by Paul Wood). It is believed to be the only letter in the collection which remains in private hands, making its appearance at auction a rare opportunity for a collector to acquire an autograph by Reid.

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International Autograph Auctions Ltd.
Lot 454

BALZAC HONORE DE: (1799-1850) French Novelist & Playwright. Rare book signed and inscribed, a hardback edition of Le Livre Mystique, First Edition published by Werdet, Paris, 1st December 1835. Signed in bold, dark fountain pen ink by Balzac to the half title page, `A Madame la Comtesse Appony, homage de l`auteur, de Balzac`. Half brown leather with gilt title to spine, six raised bands and green marbled boards. Volume One, with the circular blindstamp of the Alexandre Gourdon collection to the half title page. Some light foxing to the inside pages and minor age wear, about VG A fine presentation copy, inscribed to one of the authors closest female friends, Comtesse Appony, the wife of the Austrian Ambassador and the hostess of a famous salon at which Balzac was a frequent guest.

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International Autograph Auctions Ltd.
Lot 461

GRAHAME KENNETH (1859-1932) Scottish Writer of The Wind in the Willows & SHEPARD ERNEST H. (1879-1976) English Artist & Book Illustrator. Book signed by both Grahame and Shepard individually, being a hardback edition of The Golden Age, by Kenneth Grahame, with illustrations and decorations by Ernest H. Shepard, First Edition published by John Lane, The Bodley Head Ltd., London, 1928. The large paper edition, printed on specially made rag paper, is number 83 of a limited edition of 275. Signed by both Grahame and Shepard with their names alone in dark fountain pen ink to the limitations page. Vellum spine with gilt titles and marbled boards, top edge gilt, uncut pages. Lacking the original slipcase. Some light wear to the spine, with slight loss of gilt lettering, and some slight foxing to the endpapers, otherwise VG

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International Autograph Auctions Ltd.
Lot 592

LABOUR POLITICS: An autograph album containing over 20 signatures by various British Labour party politicians including Hugh Dalton, Emanuel Shinwell, James Callaghan, Edward Shackleton, Herbert Morrison, Aneurin Bevan, George Brown, Sam Watson, George Thomas, Hartley Shawcross, Geoffrey Bing, Alice Bacon, Tom Driberg etc., also including other signatures of much less significance. Most pages multiple signed. Together with a signed hardback edition of In Place of Fear by Aneurin Bevan, First Edition published by William Heinemann Ltd., London, 1952. Signed by Bevan with his name alone in dark ink to the title page and additionally signed and inscribed to the fly leaf by Desmond Donnelly (1920-1974, British Politician), ‘To Trevor, in token of appreciation as the architect of a majority of 9026 from Desmond Donnelly’ and dated 4th April 1952 in his hand. Lacking the dust jacket. G to VG, 2

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International Autograph Auctions Ltd.
Lot 610

YELTSIN BORIS: (1931-2007) First President of the Russian Federation 1991-99. Book signed, a hardback edition of Confession on an Assigned Theme, published in Russian, 1991. Signed by Yeltsin (`From the author, Boris Yeltsin`, in Cyrillic) in bold black fountain pen ink to the title page and dated 15th February 1992 in his hand. Accompanied by the dust jacket. VG

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International Autograph Auctions Ltd.
Lot 643

KENNEDY JOHN F.: (1917-1963) American President 1961-63. Book signed, being a paperback edition of The Strategy of Peace, published by Harper & Brothers, New York, 1960 (First Edition of the paperback), signed (`John Kennedy`) in blue ink with his name alone to the title page. Some scuffing, light discoloration and creasing to the covers (FR), the interior VG

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International Autograph Auctions Ltd.
Lot 644

[KENNEDY JOHN F.]: (1917-1963) American President 1961-63. Hardback edition of The Robot that Helped to Make a President-A reconnaissance into the mysteries of John F. Kennedy`s signature by Charles Hamilton, First Limited Edition published by H. Keith Thompson, New York, 1965. With two loose inserts. Accompanied by the dust jacket. A scarce and invaluable reference work. Some light age wear to the dust jacket, otherwise VG

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International Autograph Auctions Ltd.
Lot 647

OBAMA BARACK: (1961- ) American President 2009- . Nobel Peace Prize winner, 2009. Book signed, a hardback edition of Dreams from My Father-A Story of Race and Inheritance, First Edition published by Crown Publishers, New York, 2004. Signed by Obama in bold black ink with his name alone to the title page. With a small silver authentication sticker affixed at the base of the title page. With the dust jacket. VG

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International Autograph Auctions Ltd.
Lot 648

CLINTON HILLARY: (1947- ) American First Lady 1993-2001. Secretary of State 2009- . Book signed, a hardback edition of Invitation to the White House, Limited Edition published by Simon & Schuster, New York, 2000. Signed (`Hillary Rodham Clinton`) in bold black ink with her name alone to the preliminary blank. One of a Deluxe Flat Signed Limited Edition of fifty, bound in maroon leather with gilt lettering and decoration to cover and spine. EX

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International Autograph Auctions Ltd.
Lot 656

LINDBERGH CHARLES: (1902-1974) American Aviator who made the first solo non-stop flight across the Atlantic Ocean, 20th-21st May 1927. Book signed and inscribed, a hardback edition of We-The Famous Flier`s own story of his life and his transatlantic flight, together with his views on the future of aviation, published by G. B. Putnam`s Sons, New York, July 1927 (second impression), blue cloth with gilt lettering and image of the Spirit of St. Louis to the front cover. Signed by Lindbergh to the title page, `To Gerta Friedler, with best wishes, Charles A. Lindbergh`. The signature is a little scratchy in places although completely legible. Lacking the dustjacket. Spine loose and with some age wear, about G Inscribed to Gerta Friedler who, with her husband Heinz, were employed by Juan Trippe, the founder of Pan American Airways and a close business associate and friend of Lindbergh. The lot includes a small selection of greetings cards and letters etc. sent to the Friedler`s by various relatives and friends, not associated with Lindbergh.

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International Autograph Auctions Ltd.
Lot 666

AVIATION: An excellent, large colour 24.5 x 32.5 print entitled Great Moments in Aviation History by artist William J. Reynolds, the image depicting over twenty aircraft and space rockets of different designs and periods in flight. Signed in bold pencil to the lower border by fifteen famous pilots comprising Neil Armstrong (1930- ) American Astronaut, Commander of Apollo XI (1969). The first man to walk on the moon, George A. Vaughn Jr. (1897-1989) American Fighter Ace of World War I, Leigh Wade (1897-1991) American Pioneer Aviator, flew around the world, 1924, James H. Doolittle (1896-1993) American Air Force General of World War II, Curtis LeMay (1906-1990) American Air Force General of World War II, George Gay (1917-1994) American Pilot of World War II, Joe Foss (1915-2003) American Fighter Ace of World War II, John W. Mitchell (d.1995) American Fighter Pilot of World War II, Chuck Yeager (1923- ) American Test Pilot, the first to travel faster than sound, 1947, Gail S. Halvorsen (1920- ) American Command Pilot, the original Candy Bomber, Paul W. Tibbets (1915-2007) American Brigadier General in the United States Air Force, pilot of the Enola Gay, the first aircraft to drop an atomic bomb in the history of warfare, Francis Gabreski (1919-2002) American Fighter Ace of World War II, William `Pete` Knight (1929-2004) American Test Pilot & Astronaut, Michael Novosel (1922-2006) American Air Force Pilot who served in World War II, Korea and Vietnam and Robin Olds (1922-2007) American Fighter Pilot of World War II. Also signed by the artist William J. Reynolds. Limited Edition number 54 of 1100. Professionally matted in two shades of blue to an overall size of 30 x 29. A rare and impressive collection of aviation signatures. EX

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International Autograph Auctions Ltd.
Lot 676

ALDRIN BUZZ: (1930- ) American Astronaut, Lunar Module Pilot of Apollo XI (1969). The second man to set foot on the moon. Book signed, a hardback edition of Encounter with Tiber, First Edition published by Warner Books, New York, July 1996. Signed by Aldrin with his name alone in blue ink to a clear area of the title page. Accompanied by the dust jacket. VG

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International Autograph Auctions Ltd.
Lot 679

COLLINS MICHAEL: (1930- ) American Astronaut, Command Module Pilot of Apollo XI, 1969. Book signed and inscribed, a hardback edition of Carrying the Fire-An Astronaut`s Journeys, First Edition published by Farrar, Straus and Giroux, New York, 1974. Signed by Collins in black ink to the title page, `For David Scott, with all good wishes, Michael Collins` and dated February 1976 in his hand. Accompanied by the dustjacket (tears at edges). With the ownership signature of David H. Scott to the fly leaf. Also included is a photocopy of a letter from Collins to Ira Eaker, making reference to Scott. G

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Bigwood Auctioneers & Valuers
Lot 293

PRINTS - "AFTER DAVID SHEPHERD "First Light at Savuti", Limited Edition Colour Print, signed and numbered in pencil with blind stamp, published Solomon & Whitehead, 50cm x 80cm"

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Dominic Winter Book Auctions
Lot 82

Golden Cockerel Press. The First Crusade, the Deeds of the Franks and other Jerusalemites...translated into English for the first time by Somerset de Chair, 1945,. wood engraved illusts. by Clifford Webb, t.e.g. remainder rough-trimmed, orig. half vellum gilt, 4to. Limited edition. Number 233 of 500 copies. (1)

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Dominic Winter Book Auctions
Lot 96

Tern Press. An Alphabet of Emblems, by Alan Halsey, printed by Nicholas Parry, Tern Press, Market Drayton, 1987,. linocuts throughout, orig. textured cloth in d.j., d.j. with sl. creasing and a few short edge-tears, sm. 4to, (limited edition, 44/70 copies, signed by Mary Parry and Nicholas Parry) together with Blore Heath, Tern Press, [Market Drayton], 1987, seven linocuts, incl. title, and three large initial letters, rough-trimmed, orig. cloth in d.j., d.j. very sl. creased and frayed at edges, 8vo, (limited edition 17/100 copies, signed by Nicholas Parry and Mary Parry), plus Five Odes of Anacreon, Translated into English by Thomas Moore, and First Published in 1800, illustrated with etchings by Nicholas Parry, Tern Press, Market Drayton, 1985, five etched and eng. copper plts., untrimmed, orig. qtr. cloth, printed paper label on faded spine, slim 4to, (limited edition, 5/75 copies, signed by Nicholas Parry), plus five other books printed at the Tern Press (8)

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Dominic Winter Book Auctions
Lot 131

Dodgson (Rev. Charles Lutwidge, i.e. Lewis Carroll). The Nursery “Alice”, containing Twenty Coloured Enlargements from Tenniel’s Illustrations to “Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland” with text adapted to Nursery Readers..., 1st ed., early issue, Macmillan, 1889,. with ‘People’s Edition, Price Two Shillings’ at head of title-page, col. printed frontis. and illusts. to text, with Alice’s profile visible on p.34, pubs. ads. at rear, occn. light marks, half-title foxed, contents leaf with top outer blank corner torn away, orange endpapers, with early ms. ownership name on front free endpaper, orig. cloth-backed boards, rubbed and darkened, some wear to corners, 4to, together with another copy of The Nursery Alice, 2nd ed., 1890, and a 1st ed. of Rhyme? and Reason?, 1883, orig. cloth. Williams, Madan, Green 215 - ‘This first edition is not common’. (3)

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Dominic Winter Book Auctions
Lot 250

Dahl (Roald). James and the Giant Peach, 1st ed., 1st issue, pub. Knopf, New York, 1961, colour and b & w illustrations by Nancy Ekholm Burkert, presentation inscription to front endpaper, original red cloth, d.j., spine ends a little chipped and rubbed, one or two minor tears and creases, 8vo. A good copy of the author’s first children’s book, the U.S. first edition preceeding the first U.K. edition by six years.. (1)

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Dominic Winter Book Auctions
Lot 271

Raverat (Gwendolen, illust.). The Bird Talisman, An Eastern Tale, by Henry Allen Wedgwood, Faber, 1939, eight col. plts., and numerous b & w letterpress vigns., orig. marbled cloth gilt, tall 8vo, together with Leighton (Clare, illust.), Wuthering Heights, by Emily Bront?, 1931, 12 wood eng. plts., endpapers partially toned, top edges red, remainder rough-trimmed, orig. red cloth, some mottled fading and light marks, 4to, plus Sandford (Lettice, illust.), Dreams & Life, Le R?ve et la Vie, by Gérard de Nerval, Translation by Vyvyan Holland, The First Edition Club, 1933, addn. double-page eng. title, eng. plt., some foxing, mainly to endpapers and edges, orig. patterned cloth, tall 8vo (limited edition, 191/450 copies), plus five other illust. books similar, incl. Raverat, Joan Hassall, Tunnicliffe, and an eng. entitled Boy Bird’s Nesting, by Eric Ravilious, Merivale Editions, 238/500 copies (9)

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Dominic Winter Book Auctions
Lot 294

Brand (Christianna). Death in High Heels, 1st ed., John Lane, The Bodley Head, 1941, half-title with tip of top outer corner creased, early ms. ownership name on front free endpaper, orig. orange cloth, lettered in silver on spine, in sl. rubbed d.j., chipped and creased at edges, 8vo. Notoriously rare first edition of crime writer Christiana Brand’s first book, which wasn’t published in the US until 1954. Brand is also the author of the children’s series Nurse Matilda, which Emma Thompson adapted to film as Nanny McPhee (2005). (1)

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Dominic Winter Book Auctions
Lot 307

Deighton (Len). Only When I Larf, privately printed, 1967, title inscribed by the author “To Eric and Romilly, with love and best wishes Len Deighton”, orig. printed comb-bound limp boards featuring an English note on the front and rear covers, upper board inscribed by the cover designer Ray Hawkey “To Brian with best wishes Ray (Hawkey)... with now no fear of Bank of England interference”, lower cover slightly marked, folio. Eric Hiscock was for many years the Book Correspondent of the Evening Standard Newspaper. Limited edition 40/150 privately printed by the author to establish copyright while negotiating the motion picture deal with Paramount Pictures. The first trade edition was published a year later in 1968. (1)

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Dominic Winter Book Auctions
Lot 314

Dust Jackets. A collection of 30 original modern first edition jackets, 1920’s-60’s, including Ian Fleming’s On Her Majesty’s Secret Service, 1963, You Only Live Twice, 1964, The Man With the Golden Gun, 1965 (four copies), A.A. Milne’s Winnie-the-Pooh, 1926 and The House at Pooh Corner, 1928, Ernest Hemingway’s For Whom the Bell Tolls, Scribner’s, 1940 (first issue without photographer’s name on rear panel), John Steinbeck’s East of Eden, Viking, 1952 (first issue with author photo and no review), and Ayn Rand’s Atlas Shrugged, Random House, 1957, varying condition (30)

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Dominic Winter Book Auctions
Lot 317

[Fleming, Ian]. The Traveller’s Tree, A Journey through the Caribbean Islands, by Patrick Leigh Fermor, 1st ed., 1950,. author’s first book, b & w illusts., double-page map, b & w illusts. from photos at rear, a few neat ink corrections of French quotes (in author’s hand?), ownership signature of Ian Fleming, 16 Victoria Square, SW1, to front free endpaper, marginal pencil lines presumed to be in Ian Fleming’s hand with reference to sections on Haiti and voodoo (pp. 263 ff), orig. cloth, dampstained and worn with spine near-detached, 8vo. Patrick Leigh Fermor or Paddy as he was known to his friends including Ian Fleming and his wife, established his reputation as Britain’s greatest living travel writer with this account of his travels through the Caribbean in the 1940s. James Bond refers to this book in ‘Live and Let Die’ (1954) to get up to date with Haitian voodoo before setting off to New York. See pp. 29-33 of the first edition which acknowledges the origin of the work in the footnote to page 29: ‘This, one of the great travel books, is published by John Murray at 25s’. Provenance: From the family of Frank Beckett, gardener for Ian Fleming at his house in Sevenhampton, near Swindon, Wiltshire in the mid 1970s. Very good for rebinding. (1)

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Tolkien (J.R.R.). The Lord of the Rings, 3 vols., (The Fellowship of the Ring, The Two Towers, & The Return of the King), all 1st eds., 1954-55,. three folding maps (loose), pencil annotations and corrections to each vol. throughout, possibly by a proof reader or publisher’s editor, first copy with half-title and final leaf loose, with some marks and stains, all disbound without covers, 8vo. A set of Tolkien’s Lord of the Rings in the first edition, with annotations in pencil throughout. Sold not subject to return. (3)

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Tolkien (J.R.R.). The Hobbit, Or There and Back Again, 1st ed., 2nd imp., 1937, four coloured plates by the author, b & w illustrations, map endpapers, one or two light spots, previous owner inscription, original green pictorial cloth, joints and edges rubbed, slight lean, 8vo. The second impression was published in the same year as the first, and is the first edition with coloured plates.. (1)

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* Bambi. He Can Call Me Flower If He Wants To, WDCC, c. 2000; Whats Going On Around Here?, WDCC, c. 2000; Oh... Gosh, WDCC, c. 2000 & Did the Young Prince Fall Down?, WDCC, 2004, together four figurines, each with COA (except last two figurines), height approx. 8 inches and smaller, all mint in orig. boxes. First figurine limited edition 5225/10000. (4)

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* Bambi, Little April Shower, c. 2000; Purty Flowers, c. 2000; Knocked for a Loop, 2002; Walking on Air, 2002; Hello, Hello There, c. 2000 & Hee! Hee! Hee!, c. 2000, all WDCC,. together six figurines, each with COA (except last figurine), height approx. 6 inches and smaller, all mint in orig. boxes. First figurine limited edition 2640/7500. (6)

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* Cinderella. A Lovely Dress for Cinderelly, c. 2000s; They Can’t Stop Me From Dreaming, c. 1990s; Tea for Two, c. 1990s, all WDCC, together three figurines, each with COA, height approx. 8.5 inches and smaller, first figurine lacking polystyrene inserts, all mint in orig. boxes. First figurine limited edition 1879/5000. (3)

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