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Click here to subscribeFleming, Ian Goldfinger. London, 1959. First edition, 8vo, dustwrapper, not price clipped, some fading to backstrip, short closed tear to lower edge of wrapper, original black cloth with skull in gilt and blind on upper board; For your eyes only. London, 1960. First edition, 8vo, lacking dustwrapper, original black cloth with white eye on upper board (2) Note: This lot will only be offered if the collection fails to sell as a group [lot 123].
Johnson, Samuel A dictionary of the English language. London: J.F. & C. Rivington, [&c.], 1785. Sixth edition, 2 volumes, 4to, engraved frontispiece portrait, half-title in volume 1, contemporary reversed calf, worn, joints splitting; Hume, David Essays and treatises on several subjects. London: T. Cadell, Edinburgh: A. Donaldson & W. Creech, 1777. 2 volumes, 8vo, contemporary calf, some spotting, rubbed, one cover detached; Brookes, R. The general gazetteer. London: 1797. 8vo, 8 folding engraved maps, contemporary calf, spine gilt; Clarke, E.D. Travels in various countries of Europe, Asia and Africa. Part the Second: Greece Eygpt and the Holy Land. Section the First. London: T. Cadell, 1812. 4to, 33 engraved maps and plates, engraved illustrations, original boards, uncut, offsetting onto text, crudely rebacked, worn (6)
Lewis, C.S. The lion, the witch and the wardrobe. 1950. Dust-jacket chipped, closed split at inner edge of upper wrapper repaired on verso, chips to upper and lower edge of wrappers, cloth slightly soiled; Prince Caspian. 1951. The voyage of the dawn treader. 1952; The silver chair. 1953. Owner`s name on, and some spotting of, front endpaper, dust-jacket with slight loss to head and foot of spine and at lower edge of upper wrapper; The horse and his boy. 1954. Spine of dust-jacket slightly faded; The magician`s nephew. 1955. Owner`s name and address on front endpaper, postcard of the Pauline Baynes`s front cover of the first Puffin Book`s edition, signed by Pauline Baynes, loosely inserted, price-clipped; The last battle. 1956. Dust-jacket price-clipped, slight stain to spine and lower wrapper; all first editions, all with dust-jackets, slight marking or soiling to dust-jackets
Queen Victoria Leaves from the journal of our life in the Highlands. London, 1868. First published edition, 8vo, 2 plates, original green cloth gilt, rubbed, rear board stained, frontispiece stained; [Idem] More leaves from the journal of a life in the Highlands. London, 1884. Second edition, 8vo, 13 plates, original green cloth gilt, some rubbing (2)
Sassoon, Siegfried Memoirs of a fox-hunting man. London: Faber & Gwyer, 1928. First edition, 8vo, original blue cloth, dustwrapper, torn at head and tail, some spotting to wrappers; [Idem] The road to ruin. London, 1933. 8vo, original cloth, dustwrapper, some fading to backstrip; [Idem] Vigils. London, 1935. 8vo, original cloth, dustwrapper, chipped along upper edge; [Idem] The old huntsman. London, 1917. 8vo, original boards, lacking wrapper; [Idem] Siegfried`s journey 1916-1920. 8vo, original cloth, dustwrapper, torn [section lacking at base of backstrip; and 3 others by Sassoon (8)
Scott, Sir Walter The Lord of the isles, a poem. Edinburgh: A. Constable, 1815. First edition, 4to, large paper copy, [? one of 25 royal copies], inscribed in a secretarial hand "from the author" on front endpaper, original boards, uncut, somewhat spotted, old boards detached, lacking paper covers, spine detached and defective
Signed copy - Rowling, J.K. Harry Potter and the philosopher`s stone. London: Bloomsbury, 1997. First paperback edition, 8vo, inscribed by the author on dedication leaf "To Rowan/ I hear you are a very good judge of literature, so I want to know what you think of it!/ Lots of love Jo/ (J.K. Rowling!)", original soft covers, some slight rubbing to lower edge, crease from lower edge, small pen mark to top edge [above large letter A], some slight fading to backstrip Provenance: This, and the following three lots, were received directly by the vendor from the author, who was a family friend.
Signed Copy - Rowling, J.K. Harry Potter and the chamber of secrets. London: Bloomsbury, 1998. First edition, 8vo, inscribed by the author "To Rowan,/ who is definitely not a Muggle, with lots of love/ from Jo/ (or J.K Rowling/ as I`m sometimes/ known), original boards, dustwrapper, slight fading to backstrip of wrapper
Southey, Robert A tale of Paraguay. London: Longman, et al, 1825. First edition, 8vo, frontispiece, uncut, bound in decorative cloth by Mrs. Caroline Southey, bookplate, loosely inserted engraving of the view from the author`s study, some foxing to frontispiece Provenance: From the author`s own "Cottonian Library" at Greta Hall with his bookplate [designed by Thomas Bewick].
Tranter, Nigel Robert the Bruce. 1969-71, First editions, first impressions, 3 volumes, volume 1 price clipped and very slight wear at head of spine; Montrose: the Captain-General. 1973. First edition, title slightly spotted, dust-jacket chipped with slight loss at head of upper wrapper; The Young Montrose. 1972. First edtion, dust-jacket; Rio d`Oro. 1955. First edition, dust-jacket slightly chipped and split at spine fold; Drug on the market. 1962. First edition, dust-jacket; Margaret the Queen, 1979. First edition, dust-jacket price clipped; Kenneth. 1990. First edition, dust-jacket; The Wallace. 1975. 2 copies. First editions, dust-jackets, one dust-jacket spine faded (11)
Waugh, Evelyn Put out more flags. London: Chapman & Hall, 1942. First edition, 8vo, original cloth, dustwrapper, chipped at edges, bookplate; Lee, Laurie Cider with Rosie. London: Hogarth Press, 1959. First edition, 8vo, illustrated by John Ward, original cloth, dustwrapper, a fine copy; Wodehouse, P.G. Quick service. London: Herbert Jenkins, 1940. First edition, 8vo, original cloth, dustwrapper, previous ink inscription to front endpaper (3)
Bewick, Thomas The fables of Aesop and others. Newcastle, 1818. 8vo, subscriber`s edition, signed by Bewick, frontispiece, full grained morocco gilt, heavily damp stained on early leaves, frontispiece loose; [Idem] A general history of quadrupeds. Newcastle, 1791. Second edition, full morocco gilt, some dampstaining; [Idem] History of British birds. Newcastle, 1797-1804. First edition, 2 volumes, rude engraving on page 285 [inked over], later full morocco gilt, patch of wear to upper hinge of volume 2, dampstaining; Robinson, Robert Thomas Bewick his life and times. Newcastle, 1887. 4to, frontispiece, original green cloth, boards and early leaves heavily dampstained; and a selection of leaflets relating to Bewick. Sold not subject to return. (9)
Ceylon - Legge, W. Vincent A history of the birds of Ceylon. London: published by the author, 1880. First edition, 4to, hand-coloured engraved map of Ceylon, uncoloured lithographed plate and 34 finely hand-coloured lithographed plates by J.G. Keulemans, list of subscribers, modern half calf, rather foxed at beginning and end, last 2 leaves with tears repaired without loss, small split to head of upper joint
Disney, Walt Walt Disney`s version of Pinocchio. London: Collins, 1939. 4to, number 80 of 100 copies, including 29 pages of photographic illustrations of storyboard sequences, animation cell shots, character models, etc., facsimile typescript of animators` sequence, original plastic ring-bound boards with title label on upper cover, minor spotting and browning, minor wear to binding, some loss to plastic spine; Pinocchio Souvenir programme. [No place]: [Walt Disney Productions, c.1940?]. 4to, colour illustrations, original wrappers, some soiling, remnants of cinema seat adhesive paper clasp; Taylor, Deems Walt Disney`s Fantasia. New York: Simon and Schuster, 1940. First edition, 4to, numerous plates and other illustrations, original cloth, pictorial endpapers, dustwrapper, some browning, wrapper worn at extremities (3)
Seuss, Dr. [Theodore Geisel] The seven Lady Godivas. New York: Random House. First edition ("first printing" on imprint), presentation copy inscribed by the author ("For Hope Godiva, with love from Peeping Seuss"), on half-title, numerous illustrations by Dr. Seuss, original salmon cloth, illustrated endpapers, some soiling throughout, lacking publisher`s bookmark
Camden, William Britannia: or a chorographicall description of the flourishing kingdoms of England, Scotland and Ireland. London: T. Payne, G.G.J. and J. Robinson, 1789. First Gough edition, 3 volumes, folio, engraved portrait, 56 maps and 94 engraved plates, 1 folding pedigree, contemporary calf, neatly rebacked, spines gilt, occasional spotting and offsetting
Lisiansky, Urey Fyodorovich A voyage round the world, in the years 1803, 4, 5, & 6... in the ship Neva. London: John Booth, Longman, Hurst, Rees &c., 1814. First English edition, 4to, xxi, [ii], 384, engraved portrait frontispiece, 8 hand-coloured charts, 3 folding and laid down on linen, 2 hand-coloured aquatint views, 3 engraved plates, nineteenth century calf, spine gilt, lacks final two leaves: pp. 385-388, some spotting and offsetting, slight discolouration to charts and text, waterstain to frontispiece, some dust-soiling to title and a few other leaves Note: "A highly important work on Sitka, Kodiak and other parts of the northwest coast" (Graff). Hill p.361; Sabin 41416 Provenance: To be sold on behalf of the Northern Lighthouse Heritage Trust.
London -- Colour plates -- Ackermann, Rudolph The history of the abbey church of St. Peter`s Westminster, its antiquities and monuments. London: R. Ackermann, 1812. First edition, 2 volumes, 4to, list of subscribers, engraved plan, portrait and 81 hand-coloured aquatint plates by J. Bluck, J. Hamble, T. Sutherland & others after A. Pugin, F. Mackenzie, H. Villiers &c., attractive period style half calf, spines gilt, red and black morocco lettering pieces
Scotland - Forsyth, Robert The beauties of Scotland. Edinburgh: Bonar and Brown, 1805-8. 8vo, 5 volumes, engraved titles, engraved plates, lacking map, contemporary half calf gilt, worn, sections of backstrips loose, foxing; Wilson, Professor Scotland illustrated. London, 1850. 4to, engraved plates, later cloth gilt, inner hinges split; Johnston, T.B. Historical geography of the clans of Scotland. Edinburgh, 1899. Third edition, 4to, folding map frontispiece, original red cloth gilt, and another copy; White, Captain T. Archaeological sketches in Scotland. Edinburgh, 1875. Folio, 49 plates, original brown cloth gilt, rubbed at edges, inner hinges strengthened; Billings, Robert William The baronial and ecclesiastical antiquities of Scotland. Edinburgh, 1901. 4to, 4 volumes, plates, original blue cloth gilt, corners bumped; Anderson, John Tourist`s guide through Scotland. Edinburgh, 1838. Second edition, 8vo, folding map, original cloth, map and first few leaves loose, ink stain to upper boards; and 17 others on Scotland (31)
Scottish history and archaeology -- Thornton, T. A sporting tour through the northern parts of England, and great part of the Highlands of Scotland. London: Vernor & Hood, 1804. First edition, 4to, 16 engraved plates, morocco-backed cloth, some dampstaining, boards slightly marked; Crawfurd, G. & W. Semple The history of the shire of Renfrew. Paisley: A. Weir, 1782. 4to, errata slip, contemporary calf, some dampstaining, hinges weak, rubbed; Scott, G. The memoires of Sir James Melvil of Hal-Hill. London: R. Boulter, 1683. 4to, modern calf-backed cloth, spine gilt, title spotted; Pont, T. Cuninghame... continued by the late James Dobie of Crummock. Glasgow, 1876. 4to, plates, folding map, contemporary blue half morocco, rubbed; Cunninghame Graham, R.B. The district of Menteith. Stirling, 1930. Folio, edition de luxe, number 96 of 225 copies signed by the author and D.Y. Cameron, original signed etching by D.Y. Cameron, original calf-backed cloth, dust-jacket, in original (broken) box; Balfour, J.A. The book of Arran. Glasgow, 1910. 4to, map in pocket repaired, original buckram; Anderson, D.B. The vale of Anworth. 1899. 8vo, original cloth, rubbed; Macleod, W. Royal letters and other historical documents selected from the family papers of Dundas of Dundas. Edinburgh, 1897. 4to, number 125 of 135 copies, plates, original cloth, a few ink annotations, very worn; and 17 others on Scottish history and topography (25)
A large quantity of Bentley related items to include radiator shell for a 3 litre black label, front bar with Bentley drivers club badge and Alvis owners badge, silk handkerchief marked Metropolitan Police School Hendon, with various signatures and Bentley related decoration, fine cast metal products, historical cars 1:24 scale model of a 1928 Bentley Le Mans 4.5 litre, quantity of assorted books and ephemera comprising Rolls Royce service manual 1970 Silver Wraith, Silver Dawn Mark Six and Phantom Mark Four, Bentley 50 year guide of the mark by Johnny Green, racing history of Bentley 1920-1931 by Darrell Berthon, signed and inscribed to Ena and Ken Frith with Love, Darrell Berthon, `Motoring My Way` by Stanley Sedgwick, `The How and Where of the 8 Litre Bentley` by S Sedgwick, `All The Pre-war Bentley`s as New` by S Sedgwick, `R-type Continental` by S Sedgwick, `Where Have All the Blowers Gone` by S Sedgwick, `20 Years of Crewe Bentley 1946-1965` by BDC, `A Brief Guide to Rolls Royce and Bentley Cars 1925-1955`, `My Wife and My Cars` by WO Bentley, `Bentleys Centenary 1885-1985`, also a large Perspex winged bee emblem and a picture of 1936 era Remus type-BRA, first impression limited edition of 500 dated February `69, framed and glazed, formally the property of Mr Ken Frith, who was the regional chairman of the North Western group of Bentley drivers club and a member of the Alvis owners club and well known within the Bentley collectors societies (illustrated)
A collection of coloured framed and glazed maps of Wales comprising map of Montgomeryshire and Merionethshire, from a folio map from Novus Atlas by Joannes Janssonius c.1646, being a double glazed map showing the scripts on the verso, from the edition a New Description of England and Wales c.1724, 38x49cm, South Wales by Herman Moll c.1724, 23x34cm, North Wales by H Moll from the edition a New Description of England and Wales c.1724, 22x34cm, North Wales, a new map of North Wales drawn from Best Authorities by Thomas Kitchin c.1764, 23x29cm, South Wales engraved by R Scott c.1836, 20x25cm and North Wales published by John Cary Engraver & Map Seller, Strand, London, from Curries New and Correct English Atlas first published 1787, this being a copy from the 1818 or later edition, 24x28cm (6) (illustrated)
FitzRoy, Rear Admiral Robert THE WEATHER BOOK: A MANUAL OF PRACTICAL METEOROLOGY Longman, Green, Longman, Roberts, & Green, London 1st edition 1863, 16 lithographed charts, tables and plates at end, including many folding or double-page and two on blue paper, bound in tooled blue cloth; with a group of 14 further meteorological related works including Steinmetz, Andrew SUNSHINE AND SHOWERS, Reeve & Co., London 1867; Reid, Lieut-Colonel William THE PROGRESS of the DEVELOPEMENT of THE LAW OF STORMS and of THE VARIABLE WINDS John Weale, London 1849 (binding incomplete); Buchan, Alexander M.A. A HANDY BOOK OF METEOROLOGY William Blackwood and Sons, Edinburgh and London 1867 and Lowe, Edward Joseph A TREATISE on ATMOSPHERIC PHAENOMENA Longman, Brown, Green and Longmans, Nottingham 1846, (15). Vice Admiral Robert Fitzroy started his colourful Naval career at the age of twelve in 1818, he later became Captain of the Beagle, and in 1831 made history when he agreed to accept Charles Darwin to accompany him on a voyage of scientific discovery. Although Fitzroy became good friends with Darwin he later regretted their association due to his strong Christian beliefs. In 1841 Fitzroy was elected MP for Durham before being recommended by The Church Missionary Society to be appointed Governor of New Zealand, a position which he took up in 1843. Unfortunately tensions which led to the First New Zealand War resulted in him being replaced by Governor George Grey in 1848. On his return he was given his last Naval Command before retiring to shore duty in 1851. It was during these later years that he was able to focus on his lifelong interest in meteorology. In 1854 he was appointed head of the department that was later to become The Meteorological Office and, after the severe storm of 1859 (which resulted in the loss of the vessel the Royal Charter), he co-ordinated the creation of fifteen weather stations around the country and the publication of daily weather forecasts in The Times. His research into weather forecasting led to the development of improved barometers and methods of interpretation of data culminating in the publication of The Weather Book in 1863. Unfortunately debt and his lifelong struggle with depression got the better of him as he comitted suicide on 30th April 1865.
A pair of horological limited edition photolithographic reproductions David Penney, 1981 The first of a phase II Roman striking table clock by Joseph Knibb, with The Clockmakers Company 350th year commemorative blindstamp, signed and numbered 219/250; the second of an early marine timekeeper by John Arnold & Son (number 50), also signed, with blindstamp and numbered 250/250, each 37 x 58cm to mount.
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