Barrie (J.M.) Peter and Wendy first edition frontispiece pictorial title and 11 plates by F.D.Bedford minor spotting to endpapers preliminaries and page extremties 1 f. torn at lower fore-corner but otherwise internally very good original green gilt-pictorial cloth very slight rubbing to corner tips but overall an unusually fine copy original dust-jacket gilt spine slightly dulled with fading to gilt frayed at spine ends with minor loss to corners overall a fine example 8vo [1911]. ***J.M.Barrie`s classic children`s book extended &developed in response to the success of both his 1906 book Peter Pan in Kensington Gardens (illustrated by Arthur Rackham) and the play Peter Pan that ran from 1904; this edition features the first inclusion of Peter`s visit to Wendy Darling when she has grown up and married. Scarce in such condition..
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[Martin (Sarah Catherine)] The Comic Adventures of first edition pictorial title dedication and 14 illustrations each with accompanying verse engraved throughout near contemporary ownership inscription to verso of title-page original printed wrappers slightly soiled spine worn [Moon: Harris 559 1C locating only one copy] 16mo J. Harris 1805 (upper cover dated 1805). ***Very rare this seems to be the only copy with a date of 1805 on the cover to have appeared at auction in the last 25 years. .
Szyk (Arthur) The Haggadah edited by Cecil Roth first Szyk edition English &Hebrew printed in russet and black number 43 of 125 numbered copies signed by the artist &editor and printed on vellum colour illustrations decorations and illuminations by Arthur Szyk illustrated silk doublures within gilt dentelles original blue crushed gilt-pictorial morocco by Sangorski &Sutcliffe preserved in original blue half morocco velvet-lined drop-back box 4to Beaconsfield Press 1939. ***An excellent copy of Arthur Szyk`s most celebrated illustrated work. A magnificent deluxe version of one of the most important books in the canon of the Jewish faith a prayerbook designed to integrate the whole family but especially the children hence the importance of illustration..
Dexter (Colin) Last Bus to Woodstock first edition usual even browning to text block original boards fine dust-jacket minor rubbing to extreme top edge slight discolouration to head of spine but overall an unusually fine example 8vo 1975. ***The first Inspector Morse title scarce in such condition..
Doyle (Arthur Conan) Hound of Baskervilles first edition with “you” for “your” on p.13 line 3 16 plates by Sidney Paget signed card with author`s printed header loosely inserted A.L.s. from George Newnes to the House of Commons Speaker`s secretary and dated 1903 tipped onto front pastedown red from covers bleeding slightly onto rear endpapers otherwise internally very good original red cloth decorated in gilt &black spine slightly dulled minor mottling to lower cover otherwise very good [Green &Gibson A26a] 8vo 1902.
Fleming (Ian) Casino Royale first edition second impression original boards an excellent copy dust-jacket signed by the jacket artist Kenneth Lewis on inside front flap price-clipping to same a little minor spotting negligible chipping to corner-tips and spine ends an unusually fine example preserved in modern morocco-backed drop-back box utilising the jacket`s colour scheme 8vo 1953.
Heaney (Seamus) Anything can Happen first edition signed full-page autograph stanza by Heaney on p.7 original blue wrappers 8vo Art for Amnesty 2004. ***Heaney`s verse translation of Horace`s Odes 1 34 made in response to the 9/11 terrorist attacks. A fine copy scarce signed let alone with such an autograph addition..
Kerouac (Jack) On the Road first edition bookplate of bibliophile A.S.A. Struik on front pastedown ink inscription on front free endpaper original black cloth lettered in white a fine copy dust-jacket with price $3.95 on inside front flap and red &blue bars on lower panel a few small closed nicks slight edge rubbing but overall an unusually good example 8vo New York 1957. ***A key work in the Beat Generation canon..
Lyell (Denis D), Hunting Trips in Northern Rhodesia, with Accounts of Sport and Travel in Nyasaland and Portuguese East Africa and Also Notes on the Game Animals and Their Distribution, published by Horace Cox 1910, first edition, photographic illustrations by G Garden, dark green simulated crocodile cloth with mounted photographic illustration on the front board See illustration
Meinertzhagen (Col Richard), Kenya Diary 1902-1906, first edition, photographic illustrations, brown cloth cover; Daly (Marcus), Big Game Hunting and Adventure 1897-1936, Macmillan and Co, London, first edition 1937, original gilt pictorial green cloth and dust wrapper, photographic illustrations (2)
A Set of Six Royal Crown Derby Porcelain British Bird Painted Coffee Cans and Stands, late 20th century, limited edition of 50 sets, decorated with a first series of hand painted British birds in their natural habitats, comprising Lapwing, Oystercatcher, Common Sandpiper, Tufted Duck, Mallard, and Dipper, set number 26, the cans 6.2cm high, in original fitted case with signed factory certificate and connoisseurs` collection brochure
Ramsay History of the American Revolution 2 vol. in 1 first English edition 2 errata ff. narrow ink stain to inner margin of title lower corner I1 repaired T2 short tear to lower margin just touching 1 word recto and verso no loss lightly browned later vellum-backed marbled boards rubbed and soiled [Howes R35; Sabin 67687] J.Johnson and J.Stockdale 1791 § (Morris) Notes on a Journey in America from the Coast of Virginia to the Territory of Illinois folding map hand-coloured in outline split along folds lightly browned and spotted modern plain wrappers 8vo Dublin 1818 8vo (2) ***A Yorkshireman by birth Birkbeck eventually became Secretary of State for Illinois..
Trollope (Anthony) The West Indies Trollope (Anthony) The West Indies and the Spanish Main second edition colour map 32 pp. advertisments without half-title some marking. original blind-stamped cloth worn and marked 8vo 1860 § Pritchett (R.T.) "Gamle Norge" Rambles and Scrambles in Norway first edition plates illustrations original pictorial cloth worn & marked fly-leaf adhering to endpaper 4to 1879 and 18 others v.s.(20)
Australia.- Collingridge Discovery Australia first edition plates maps and illustrations ink stamps to versos of plates later library half morocco spine gilt rubbed [Ferguson 8465] Sydney 1895 § Pascoe (J.J.) History of Adelaide and Vicinity frontispiece and illustrations library ink stamps original cloth gilt faded small label to foot of spine Adelaide 1901; and c.18 others Australia some defective v.s.(C.20)
Baddeley.The Russian Conquest of the Caucasus first edition plates folding maps ex-library copy with ink stamps original cloth 1908 § Nolan (E.H.) The History of the British Empire in India 8 divisional vol. engraved plates portraits and double-page maps tissue guards taking most of the foxing original pictorial cloth gilt vol.1 head of spine torn [c.1878]; and 2 others Travel 8vo(11)
Perry China Seas and Japan 1852 3 vol. first edition 84 tinted lithographed plates 26 maps and charts including 14 large folding 21 hand-coloured lithographed natural history plates 2 colour facsimiles of Japanese paintings 16 meteorological diagrams and 352 full-page wood-engraved astronomical charts original cloth without the nude bathers plate a few repairs to maps some offsetting occasional spotting original blind-stamped pictorial cloth vol.1 rebacked 4to Washington 1856.
Nourse (Prof. J.E.) American Explorations... first edition plates and illustrations large folding map in pocket at end browned hinges a little weak original pictorial cloth decorated in silver gilt spine browned [Spence 867] Boston 1884; and 14 others Polar including 2 vol. first edition of Nansen`s Farthest North 8vo(15)
Ross Second Voyage in Search of North-West 1st 2 vol. including Appendix first edition 51 maps charts and plates lists of subscribers 2 errata ff. portrait to appendix with a few small marginal repairs and ink inscription to verso 1 hand-coloured plate with large repaired tear mostly marginal but touching image plates foxed some offsetting and spotting original cloth vol.1 rebacked preserving original backstrip vol.2 recased and with a couple of splits to spine rubbed and slight soiled housed in modern slip-case [Abbey Travel 636; Sabin 73381 & 73384] 4to 1835.
Hudson (W.H.) The Land`s End... 1908; Birds in a Village 1893; Adventures Among Birds 1913; The Book of the Naturalist 1919; The Naturalist in La Plata second edition 1892 § Coues (Elliott) Birds of the North-West.... region drained by the Missouri River and its Tributaries Washington 1874 § Dixon (Charles) Bird-Life in a Southern County illustrations by Charles Whymper 1899 § Macpherson (Rev.H.A.) A Vertebrate Fauna of Lakeland dampstained 1892 all but the fifth first editions illustrations original cloth some worn and rubbed; and 24 others similar birds v.s.(32)
Gerard (John) The Herball first edition engraved pictorial title (repaired and torn at edges with loss) engraved portrait numerous woodcut illustrations throughout lacking A1 2Z2-3A1 and all after 4T8 water-staining and soiling to many leaves X1-3 with tears (repaired on X1 & 2) V8 torn with loss 2X2 & 3H2 closed tear affecting text with marginal repair 3B6 closed tear affecting text 4M7 tear affecting text but with loss to margin only 4N6 marginal tear with loss a few other small tears and marginal defects hinges weak modern calf rubbed [STC 11750; Nissen 698; Henrey 154; Hunt 175] folio John Norton 1597; sold not subject to return
Dumas Grand Dictionnaire de Cuisine 1st first edition half-title title printed in red and black 2 engraved portraits ink ownership inscription to title lengthy ink notes to p.2 of preliminaries occasional light spotting contemporary half calf spine gilt and with double morocco labels 1 worn rubbed [Bitting 135; Vicaire 297] 4to Paris 1873.
Food & health.- Salerno edited by Sir Alexander Croke half-titles engraved frontispiece and plates some spotting and offsetting contemporary half morocco rubbed Oxford 1830 § Brinton (William) On Food and Digestion first edition half-title illustrations original cloth rebacked preserving original backstrip faded and soiled 1861; and 5 others Food and Health including a duplicate of the first mentioned 8vo(7) *** .
Goswami (S.M.) Everest Is It Conquered? first edition, signed presentation copy from the author, plate, errata slip at end, original wrappers, spine and lower cover with slight worm damage, [Yakushi G202], 8vo, [1954]. ***The author claims that the British expedition of 1953 did not ascend Mount Everest! - Yakushi..
Hillary (Sir Edmund) High Adventure ink inscription on front free endpaper 1955 § Kurz (Marcel editor) The Mountain World 1953 § Styles (Showell) Mallory of Everest first American edition New York 1967 § Haston (Dougal) In High Places third impression 1973 § Hutchison (Robert A.) In the Tracks of the Yeti 1989 all but the fourth first editions plates some colour original boards dust-jackets; and c. 30 others 8vo
Hillary (Sir Edmund) View from the Summit first edition signed by the author plates some colour original boards dust-jacket 8vo 1999. ***With the printed legend on verso of title: "All the characters in this book are fictitious and any resemblance to actual persons living or dead is purely coincidental.".
Howard-Bury (Lt. Col. C.K.) Mount Everest 1922 § Bruce (Brigadier-General Hon. C.G.) The Assault on Mount Everest 1922 1923 § Norton (Lt.-Col. E.F.) The Fight for Everest: 1924 ex-library copy with stamps library buckram 1925 first editions the first two with photogravure frontispieces all with plates and folding maps some foxing (particularly to the first) all but the last original cloth all rubbed [Neate H120 B196 & N31; Yakushi R213-215]; and 2 others (first German edition of the first and first French of the second) 8vo(5)
Krakauer (Jon) Into Thin Air New York 1988 § Amatt (John) Straight to the Top and Beyond 1995 § Rice (Jonathan) 1953: The Crowning Year of Sport first edition 2003 all but the first signed by the authors plates some colour original boards dust-jackets; and 25 others Mountaineering paperbacks most signed by the authors 8vo & 4to(28)
Mason (Kenneth) Abode of Snow signed by Charles Wylie and George Lowe 1955 § Norgay (Tenzing) & James Ramsey Ullman. Tiger of the Snows first American edition signed by Charles Wylie and George Lowe 1955; Man of Everest signed by Charles Wylie and George Lowe 1955 § Noyce (Wilfrid) South Col reprint 1955 § Stobart (Tom) Adventurer`s Eye signed by Charles Wylie and George 1958 all but the fourth first editions plates original boards dust-jackets some rubbing and chipping 8vo(5)
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