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Lot 578
MILITARY. Kitson, Frank. Prince Rupert. Portrait of a Soldier, first edition, Constable, London 1994. Boards, dustjacket, octavo, SIGNED BY AUTHOR; Kitson, Frank. Prince Rupert. Admiral and General-at-Sea, first edition, Constable, London 1998. Boards, dustjacket, octavo, SIGNED BY AUTHOR; Kitson, Frank. Old Ironsides. The Military Biography of Oliver Cromwell, first edition, Weidenfeld & Nicolson, London 2004. Boards, dustjacket, octavo, SIGNED BY AUTHOR; and assorted other works of military interest. Provenance: General Sir Frank Kitson.
Lot 584
SPORTING. Marchington, John, editor. A Portrait of Shooting, limited edition 641/1100, Anthony Atha / The Game Conservancy, Rugby 1979. Quarter leather and cloth, in slip-case, illustrations throughout, square quarto; Clayton, Michael, & King, John. The Golden Thread. Foxhunting Today, first edition, Methuen, London 1984. Cloth, illustrations throughout, oblong quarto, SIGNED BY AUTHORS; Mason, Finch. Sporting Recollections, fifth edition, Fores, London 1886. Pictorial crimson cloth, plate and text illustrations, octavo; and four other works of sporting interest, (7).
Lot 590
Spender, Stephen, & Lehmann, John. Poems for Spain, first edition, Hogarth Press, London 1939. Scarlet cloth, dustjacket, octavo (jacket chipped and rubbed, with some losses); Wedekind, Frank. Tragedies of Sex, Henderson, London no date. Black cloth, octavo, ASSOCIATION COPY SIGNED by Rutland Boughton (covers torn and damp stained); Owen, Trefor. Welsh Folk Customs, second edition, Cardiff 1968. Boards, dustjacket, octavo; and seventeen assorted other volumes, (20).
Lot 592
Yeats, W.B. Poems, fifth edition, Fisher Unwin, London 1908. Decorative navy cloth gilt, portrait frontispiece, octavo; Manning-Sanders, Ruth. Seaside England, first edition, Batsford, London 1951. Cloth, dustjacket, octavo; Muir, Percy. English Children`s Books 1600-1900, fourth impression, Batsford, London 1985. Boards, dustjacket, quarto; and assorted other works, (17).
Lot 594
Michaelis, Ronald. Old Domestic Base-Metal Candlesticks, first edition, Antique Collectors` Club, Woodbridge 1978. Boards, dustjacket, illustrations, quarto; Hajdamach, Charles. British Glass 1800-1914, reprint, Antique Collectors` Club, Woodbridge 1995. Boards, dustjacket, illustrations, quarto; and two other, unrelated books, (4).
Lot 597
Betjeman, John. Summoned by Bells, first edition, murray, London 1960. Green cloth, dustjacket, octavo; Ross, Alan. Time Was Away. A Notebook in Corsica, first edition, Lehmann, London 1948. Yellow cloth, illustrations by John Minton, octavo; and thirty-five assorted other works, many of countryside interest, (37).
Lot 603
Cundall, H.M. Birket Foster, first edition, Black, London 1906. Half blue morocco with gilt decorated spine, sevety-three paper-protected colour plate illustrations, further text illustrations, quarto; and Home, Gordon. Yorkshire, first edition, Black, London 1908. Decorative green cloth, seventy-one paper-protected colour plate illustrations, folding map, four page publisher`s catalogue, quarto, (2).
Lot 605
Tutuola, Amos. The Palm-Wine Drinkard, first edition, Faber & Faber, London 1952. Orange cloth, dustjacket, octavo; Tutuola, Amos. My Life in the Bush of Ghosts, first edition, Faber & Faber, London 1954. Red cloth, dustjacket, octavo; and Tutuola, Amos. Simbi & the Satyr of the Dark Jungle, first edition, Faber & Faber, London 1954. Brown cloth, dustjacket, octavo, (3).
Lot 606
Gunn, Thom. Touch, first edition, Faber & Faber, London 1967. Black cloth, dustjacket, octavo; Gunn, Thom. Molly, first edition, Faber & Faber, London 1971. Yellow cloth, dustjacket, octavo; Lee, Laurie. My Many-Coated Man, first edition, Deutsch, London 1955. Boards, dustjacket, octavo; Watkins, Vernon. The Death Bell, first edition, Faber & Faber, London 1954. Maroon cloth, dustjacket, octavo; and eight other assorted works of poetry, (12).
Lot 610
Murdoch, Iris. The Bell, first edition, Chatto & Windus, London 1958. Green boards, dustjacket, octavo; Murdoch, Iris. The Unicorn, first edition, Chatto & windus, London 1963. Oatmeal cloth, dustjacket, octavo; Murdoch, Iris. The Italian Girl, first edition, Chatto & Windus, London 1964. Sea green boards, dustjacket, octavo; and Murdoch, Iris. The Sandcastle, first edition, second impression, Chatto & Windus, London 1957. Green boards, dustjacket, octavo, (4).
Lot 612
Golding, William. The Inheritors, first edition, Faber & Faber, London 1955. Blue cloth, dustjacket, octavo; Golding, William. Pincher Martin, first edition, Faber & Faber, London 1956. Crimson cloth, dustjacket, octavo; Golding, William. Free Fall, first edition, Faber & Faber, London 1959. Maroon cloth, dustjacket, octavo; and Golding, William. The Spire, first edition, Faber & Faber, London 1964. Mulberry cloth, dustjacket, octavo, (4).
Lot 613
Auden, W.H. Look, Stranger!, first edition, Faber & Faber, London 1936. Grey cloth, dustjacket, octavo; Auden, W.H. Collected Shorter Poems 1930-1944, first edition, Faber & Faber, London 1950. Blue cloth, dustjacket, octavo; Auden, W.H. The Enchafed Flood, first edition, Faber & Faber, London 1951. Blue cloth, dustjacket, octavo; Auden, W.H. The Shield of Achilles, first edition, Faber & Faber, London 1955. Brown cloth, dustjacket, octavo, (4).
Lot 614
Larkin, Philip. The Whitsun Weddings, first edition, Faber & Faber, London 1964. Brown cloth, dustjacket, octavo; MacNiece, Louis. Visitations, first edition, Faber & Faber, London 1957. Blue cloth, dusatjacket, octavo; Abse, Dannie. Poems, Golders Green, first edition, Hutchinson, London 1962. Quarter cloth, dustjacket, octavo; Dunn, Douglas. Terry Street, first edition, Faber & Faber, London 1969. Black cloth, dustjacket, octavo; Redgrove, Peter. The Nature of Cold Weather and Other Poems, first edition, Routledge and Kegan Paul, London 1961. Boards, dustjacket, octavo; Redgrove, Peter. The Force and Other Poems, first edition, Routledge and Kegan Paul, London 1966. Boards, dustjacket, octavo; and assorted other works of poetry, (37).
Lot 615
Woolf, Leonard, editor. A Writer`s Diary, Being Extracts from the Diary of Virginia Woolf, first edition, Hogarth Press, London 1953. Orange cloth, dustjacket, octavo; Muir, Edwin. The Voyage and Other Poems, first edition, Faber & faber, London 1946. Blue cloth, dustjacket, octavo; Muir, Edwin. Collected Poems, 1921-1951, first edition, Faber & Faber, London 1952. Blue cloth, dustjacket, octavo; Muir, Edwin. One Foot in Eden, first edition, Faber & Faber, London 1956. Maroon cloth, dustjacket, octavo; and assorted other works, including five by Lawrence Durrell, (18).
Lot 205
`Paxton`s Magazine of Botany and Register of Flowering Plants`, volume I-VI, being a first edition with many hand coloured plates, some folding, printed by Orr & Smith, Paternoster-Row, London 1834, bound in green half calf with marbled boards, gilt lettering and decoration (some af) (6) (illustrated)
Lot 329
A collection of nine items of Busby Babes memorabilia, the match programme for the first match after Munich v Sheffield Wednesday 19.2.58 (no writing on blank line-ups page, token complete); a signed picture of Matt Busby; the signature of Duncan Edwards, on a page removed from an album); Duncan Edwards`s book `Tackle Soccer This Way`, with d/j, published by the Soccer Book Club; an artist drawn cartoon, dated `56, featuring Thomas Rigby`s Pub in Dale Street, Liverpool, signed in ink by Duncan Edwards, Roger Byrne, Eddie Colman, Bill Foulkes, Dennis Violett and others; a St Mary`s Parish Church, Crumpsall, 1951 Festival of Britain Gale programme, signed by Frank Swift; a copy of Bobby Charlton`s book `My Soccer Life` signed by Charlton, Cantwell, Brennan, Law, Stiles, Sadler, Crerand, Foulkes, Best, Stepney, Dunne, Gregg, Dunne and Aston; a sheet of facsimile Busby Babe signatures on United letterhead; and an edition of Soccer Star magazine featuring the post-Munich team, signed by Busby and by nine of the eleven featured players, Scanlon, Goodwin, Gregg, Greaves, Cope, Charlton, Foulkes, Violett & McGuinness
Lot 395
A Royal Box edition of the 1914 F.A. Cup final programme Burnley v Liverpool played at the Crystal Palace 25th April 1914, the regular 4-pager printed on card, held in place by blue silk chord within royal blue leather binding with gilt-tooled Royal Coat of Arms, wear and damage along binder spine, and to a lesser extent around other perimeters, the inner silk chord causing tears along the upper and lower sections of the printed programme`s central fold. The 1914 F.A. Cup final was the first to be played in the presence of a reigning monarch, King George V. Burnley won the game by a single goal, scored by Bert Freeman.
Lot 473
A collection of 13 Ipswich Town 1930s home programmes, comprising: v Tunbridge Wells Rangers, souvenir edition official programme marking Ipswich`s first match as a professional football club 29th August 1936; three F.A. Cup tie programmes v Spennymoor United 12.12.36, Street 10.12.38 & Torquay 10.12.38; and nine editions from Ipswich`s first Football League season of 1938-39, comprising F.L. fixtures v Southend United 27th August (first match), Bristol Rovers, Northampton, Torquay United, Newport County, Cardiff City & Port Vale, together with the Ipswich Hospital Cup match v Aston Villa 8th May, and Ipswich reserves v Colchester United 6th May
Lot 895
Race badges and race cards, comprising: 27 various race badges from the 1970s & 1980s, comprising two gilt-metal & enamel members` badges for Leopardstown in 1977 and The Curragh 1978, and cardboard day passes for Fairyhouse (7), Punchestown (6), Leopardstown (4), Cheltenham Festival (4) and Ascot (2) and two stamped S.G.C.; together with 23 racecards including Grand Nationals for 1989, 2000 & 2006, the 1999 Cheltenham Gold Cup, the 2003 Irish Derby, the Irish 1,000 Guineas for 1998 & 2000, and the 1999 Champion Hurdle; the lot also including a first edition of Clive Graham and Bill Curling`s The Grand National, in slip case
Lot 917
Miscellaneous racing memorabilia, including: a dinner menu at the Ritz Hotel, 20th April 1921, to congratulate Mr Tom M McAlpine owner of the Grand National Winner `Shaun Spadah`; Derby Club Dinner Menus at the Savoy Hotel for 1935 & 1952; an engraving of the trophies on offer at Ascot in 1855; various ephemera including an old autographed manuscript letter from John Bell, Hon. Sec. of Carlisle Racecourse; miscellaneous prints & bookplates; a John Oaksey-signed b&w press photograph of him jumping the last at Sandown to win on Carrickbeg in 1964; a signed typescript letter from Brough Scott dated 19th May 1981; the very first edition of the Racing Post 15th April 1986 and the Sporting Life carrying the story of Lester Piggott`s [first] retirement in 1985; and a qty. of photographs including press issues with captions to the reverse and some glass photographic slides (a qty.)
Lot 942
Hislop (John) The Brigadier THIS BEING A SIGNED, PRESENTATION COPY FROM THE AUTHOR JOHN HISLOP TO THE LEADING RACEHORSE OWNER JIM JOEL, a presentation copy bound in red leather, inscribed "To Jim, With Best Wishes From the Author, John Hislop, Christmas 1973, First Edition, Corrected by the Author, J.H.`; and sold together with a colour photograph of John Hislop aboard Brigadier Gerard, also signed and dedicated to Jim Joel, framed (2)
Lot 160
Roy Keane: a red Manchester United No.16 special edition 1993-94 F.A. Carling Premiership jersey issued for the final home game v Coventry City 8th May 1994, long-sleeved, F.A. Premier League `golden lion` 1992-93 Champions flashes, embroidered gold inscription below badge reading F.A. CARLING PREMIERSHIP CHAMPIONS 1993-94, the reverse lettered KEANE. With the Premier League title already retained, Manchester United played in these specially inscribed jerseys in their final match of the season v Coventry City at Old Trafford. After the 0-0 draw, the club and players were presented with the trophy and medals. This was Roy Keane`s first season at Old Trafford following his move from Nottingham Forest for a then record British transfer fee of
Lot 628
JULES RIMET BOOK "Histoire Merveilleuse de la Coupe du Monde", first edition 1954, produced in Switzerland during Rimet`s final year as President of F.I.F.A (1921-1954). Inside pages are still uncut, 190-pages with illustrations, original colour dust jacket. A rare and important book in world football. Good
Lot 297
Hans Burgkmair [Triumphal Procession of the Empero 7 plates to form two pairs and a group of 3 woodcuts each average 375 x 385mm. one edge a little frayed otherwise generally in good condition [Vienna] c.1796 (7) *** The plates to form a frieze celebrating the achievements of Maximilian I were first cut in 1526 but subsequently lost or forgotten. They were only rediscovered in two locations in Vienna around 1777 with the more famous edition being by Adam von Bartsch around 1796.
Lot 123
A collection of thirteen boxed toy vehicles including Oxford diecast Dunker 1940 Operation Dynamo, Original Omnibus Cardiff bus, four Models of Yesteryear, Original Omnibus Walsall Corporation, Models of Yesteryear 1922 Foden C-type steam wagon and trailer, Exclusive First Edition Bristol Greyhound and a Leeds Transport CWS tram, together with three Corgi Royal Mail Definitive Double Deckers.
Lot 310
A PRINT depicting Fred Trueman head and shoulders study after a picture by Denise Dean 1997, edition 74/100 un-mounted, a FIRST DAY COVER with four stamps "Silverstone 13.10.82", signed by Lord Hesketh with accompanying letter and ANOTHER COVER "Gill ette Cup Final 7.9.74", signed by Bob Woolmer, former Warwickshire and Pakistan Coach together with A SIGNED PHOTO OF THE ENGLAND CRICKET TEST SQUAD 2004 in gilt glazed frame
Lot 73
Susan Mary “Lily” embroiderer sister of W.B. Ye Susan Mary “Lily” embroiderer sister of W.B. Yeats 1866-1949).- Yeats (W.B.) The Tables of the Law and The Adoration of the Magi first edition signed presentation copy from Lily Yeats to Willy M. Gibson on half-title loose browned original blue wrappers loose edges chipped [Wade 25] sm. 8vo 1904; and another advertisement ticket for plays by A.E. and W.B. Yeats v.s. v.d. ((2))
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Lot 90
Bible English. [The Holy Byble...] Bishops` version third folio edition New Testament title in woodcut border woodcuts in the text lacks general title and next 19 preliminary ff. 2F 4/5 4A 1 4K 4/5 (4K 3/6 repeated) and the plate and map called for by Herbert 3A8 & 3O8 largely defective 3I8 torn with loss of text first 2 ff. holed first f. frayed & creased and margins restored last f. frayed few other tears mostly marginal few side-notes just trimmed some staining and marking near contemporary inscription on fly-leaf note at foot of NT title scribbles or pen-trials on OT part -titles bound with defective copy of John Marbeck`s `Lyves of holy Sainctes...` contemporary panelled calf worn rebacked spine damaged [Herbert 137] folio Richard Jugge 1574.
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Lot 97
[Burton (Robert)] The Anatomy of Melancholy what and Several Cures of it first edition The A.Edward Newton copy errata leaf with woodcut head- and tail-pieces woodcut head-pieces and initials some ff. with small areas of early marginal ink scoring 2 short repaired tears to title no loss of text c8 short repaired tear within text very minor loss to part of 4 letters verso A1 a few small ink stains 1 touching text but with no loss 2L2 2 small burnholes minor loss of part of 1 letter recto and verso of running chapter titles and loss of 4 letters recto and verso within text but with no loss of sense a few sigs. with small wormholes or traces to lower margin not touching text sig. 2P very small worm trace to head just touching running `part/section` number water-stain to lower corners c.pp 317-end light for the most part heavier towards end a few ff. lightly soiled early 20th century dark green crushed morocco by De Sauty gilt spine in compartments spine faded to brown upper joint starting g.e. [STC 4159; Sterling 112; Madan 493; Pforzheimer 119] small 4to Oxford John Lichfield and James Short for Henry Cripps 1621. *** `if ever a single book deserved to be called the work of a lifetime it is this` (PMM). Though presented as a medical text this celebrated book is as much a work of literature as it is a scientific or philosophical text. It was greatly admired by Dr. Johnson who was induced to get out of bed two hours earlier than he had intended for it. Charles Lamb`s devotion to the work rescued it from a brief period of obscurity. (1)
Lot 101
[Pattenson] The image of bothe churches (Matthew)?] P.D.M. The image of bothe the churches Hierusalem and Babel unitie and confusion. early inscriptions SI Oxon and JHJ Oxon on title edition with reading more on p. 81 line 2 (the other edition reading mere is a different setting throughout) with the leaf at the end of author`s apology old vellum [A&R 588 much rarer than the other setting 589] Tournai Quinque 1623 § [Challoner (Richard)] R. C. The morality of the Bible 2 parts in 1 vol. separate title to NT (not called for by ESTC or Blom 609) minor marginal worming in first few leaves contemporary calf worn London printed in the year 1762 first editions; and 2 others one said to have belonged to Daniel O`Connell the liberator 8vo (4)
Lot 110
Howell (James) Londinopolis; an Historicall Discou first edition engraved portrait frontispiece and folding view of London by Wenceslaus Hollar title in red and black frontispiece trimmed to just outside border and laid down some browning contemporary mottled calf spine repaired a little loss corners worn rubbed [Wing H3091; Grolier 487] small folio J. Streater for Henry Twiford 1657.
Lot 111
Porta (Giovanni Battista della) Natural Magick... first Edition in English printed title in red and black with woodcut vignette numerous woodcut illustrations lacks engraved additional title pi2 C1 & 2 & 2H3 2C1 cut and partially repaired 2L3 margin partly torn numerous other tears mostly in margins extensively browned ink signatures of W.O. Wilkinson and Joseph King on title other ink inscription: “Edwd Johnson`s of Mile End Road London 1796 Cost-18s” and later ink signature of Peter MacEwan on front free endpaper hinges weak later boards rubbed corners worn rebacked in modern morocco [Wing P2982] sm. folio Thomas Young and Samuel Speed 1658; sold not subject to return.
![Sammes (Aylett) Britannia Antiqua Illustrata vol 1. [all published] first edition title in red and black engraved double-page](http://lot-images.atgmedia.com/SR/1574/2801768/121-2010101910136_468x382.jpg)
Lot 121
Sammes (Aylett) Britannia Antiqua Illustrata vol 1. [all published] first edition title in red and black engraved double-page map and illustrations 18th century ink onwnership inscriptions to title engraved bookplate of Sir Andrew Ward Hooton Pagnell contemporary speckled calf sympathetically rebacked corners reapired rubbed and scuffed [Wing S535] folio Thomas Toycroft for the author 1676.
Lot 127
Evelyn (John) Numismata. A Discourse of Medals An first edition title in red and black engraved illustrations 19th century ink ownership inscription to upper margin of title contemporary panelled speckled calf lower joint split spine and lower corners worn rubbed [Wing E3505; Keynes 104] folio for Benjamin Tooke 1697.
Lot 133
Berkeley (George) A Treatise Concerning the Princi To which are added Three Dialogues between Hylas and Philonous first collected edition Samuel Gee`s copy with his ink signature and a quotation from Henry More on front pastedown contemporary calf slightly rubbed rebacked in matching calf for J. Tonson 1734. (3) *** Samuel Gee (1839-1911) physician.(3)
Lot 134
Richards The compleat (William) The compleat penman; or young clerk`s companion first edition 96 (of 100?) engraved leaves a scruffy copy contemporary half calf worn crudely rebacked [cited by ESTC and Copac only from a reference in Heal Writing Masters p. 180 and a copy in the V&A] sold by the author also J. Wilcox and B. Cole [1738]; Ellis (John)Instructions for collectors of excise minor stains but a crisp copy in contemporary calf worn [ESTC records 6 copies] 1735; Price (Theophilus)Interest tables calculated frontispiece of Royal Exchange engraved title pp. 410 + 1 leaf ads.(which mentions a 1785 review) contemporary sheep bit worn [not in ESTC; Copac records Guildhall & Goldsmiths 13250] [1786] v.s. (3)(3)
Lot 135
Radcliffe (Sir George) Thomas Wentworth and William Knoller. The Earl of Strafforde`s Letters and Despatches 2 vol. first edition 2 engraved portrait frontispieces by George Vertue after A.Van Dyke contemporary half sheep over marbled boards spines a little rubbed but a very clean crisp copy folio for the editor by William Bowyer 1739.
Lot 155
Guarini (Giovanni Battista) Il Pastor Fido 2 parts in 1 first illustrated edition engraved title 6 full-page engravings lacks the portrait foot of title torn and restored with slight loss to engraved area slight worming to upper margins little marking later half calf decorated paper boards rubbed and marked corners worn [Brunet II 1775 `estimée et peu commune`] 4to in 8s Venice Gio. Battista Ciotti 1602 1601 § Tasso (Torquato) La Gerusalemme Liberata 2 vol. portrait some staining small bookplates and ownership inscription of M.Pakenham Edgeworth contemporary half calf rubbed rebacked 8vo Florence Molini 1818 (3) *** Michael Pakenham Edgeworth (1812-1881) distinguished botanist and Indian administrator and half-brother to Maris Edgeworth the novelist..
Lot 159
Dickens (Charles) The Life and Adventures of Nicho first edition first issue engraved portrait frontispiece in the first state 39 plates by `Phiz` old ownership name to title bookseller`s blindstamp to endpaper spotting to plates some browning few leaves becoming loose hinges cracked in later state publisher`s cloth spine faded and a little creased with a small tear corners rubbed [Smith 5] 8vo 1839.
Lot 161
Webster (Noah) An American Dictionary of the Engli engraved portrait frontispiece slightly offset onto title occasional foxing contemporary sheep rebacked preserving original spine rubbed 4to Springfield Mass. George and Charles Merriam 1848. *** First edition of the first Meriam-Webster dictionary.
Lot 173
Doyle (A.Conan) The Hound of the Baskervilles first edition 15 of 16 plates only by Sidney Paget fore- edges of 2 plates rubbed some foxing ownership inscription on front free endpaper original red cloth decorated and lettered in gilt & black rubbed at corners and edges damp spotts to front cover [Green & Gibson A26a] 1902.; Adventuires of Gerard first edition plates a little light foxing original blue cloth gilt extremities rubbed inscription to front free endpaper [Green & Gibson A27] George Newnes [1903].(2)
Lot 176
Wilde (Oscar) For Love of the King limited edition original white buckram gilt t.e.g other edges uncut dust-jacket a fine copy 1922; Poems together with his lecture on the English Renaissance number 246 of 250 copies original cream cloth soiled [Pirated edition] Paris 1903; De Profundis first edition original blue cloth gilt t.e.g. others uncut slightly rubbed 1905 8vo.(3)
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