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GLENMORANGiE MADEIRA MATURED-1988 Distilled1988, bottled 2003. Distilled and bottled by The Glenmorangie Distillery Coy. Limi

McTear's

Lot 557

GLENMORANGiE MADEIRA MATURED-1988 Distilled1988, bottled 2003. Distilled and bottled by The Glenmorangie Distillery Coy. Limited edition, bottle no. 715 of 856 from Cask no. 3078. Single malt, 70cl, 56.6% volume. GLENMORANGIE DISTILLERY MANAGER`S CHOICE-1991 Distilled 24th June 1991, bottled 15th May 2006. Distilled and bottled as above. Limited edition, all bottles from Cask no. 7581-First Fill ex-bourbon cask. Signed by Dr Bill Lumsden. Single malt, 70cl, 55.5% volume. 2 bottles.

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Important Moorcroft Collector`s Item. A one-off special edition vase painted by Paul Martin, presenter of BBC Flog It!, with

Golding Young & Thos. Mawer

Lot 50

Important Moorcroft Collector`s Item. A one-off special edition vase painted by Paul Martin, presenter of BBC Flog It!, with the proceeds of sale going to Children in Need. This lot is a special commission and will feature a `Pudsey` variant of the `Cows` pattern with the use of carefully selected alternative colour palettes. It will remain a truly unique piece of Moorcroft to enhance any collection. The lot will be sold with a series of accompanying photographs of Paul decorating the piece, autograph and signature photograph of Paul and the vase designer. The vase was decorated on Tuesday 27th October, 2009. The finished product will be kept under wraps until the view day of the auction. First sight will be at WWW.GOLDINGYOUNG.COM on Tuesday 3rd November and physically on view at Golding Young`s auction rooms in Grantham from 2pm the same day. What`s it Worth? There is no estimate. You will be able to find out by bidding for it on Wednesday 4th November at approximately 10.20am. Telephone bid requests can be registered by email to bids@goldingyoung.com stating your opening bid, the top five opening bids will secure a line. If you cannot attend the sale and did not secure a telephone bid, you may leave Absentee Commission Bids with the auctioneers or bid live on-line at www.the-saleroom.com/goldingyoung. All bidders must be registered by 6pm Tuesday. All enquiries to Colin Young MRICS FNAVA on 07976 977169. NB. There is no buyer`s premium and no seller`s charges. The full hammer price will go to BBC Children in Need.

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Munnings [Sir Alfred] - Ballards and poems, signed limited edition copy no. 71/250, first edition, 1957, with dust jacket; an

Golding Young & Thos. Mawer

Lot 409

Munnings [Sir Alfred] - Ballards and poems, signed limited edition copy no. 71/250, first edition, 1957, with dust jacket; and Brook [Rupert] - Complete book of poems, published 1933. (2).

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Lot 1001

Du Chaillu (Paul B.) EXPLORATIONS & ADVENTURES IN EQUATORIAL AFRICA, folding engraved frontispiece, engraved title vignette, 27 engraved plates (one with short tear), several smaller engraved illustrations, folding map at rear (repaired), marbled edges and endpapers, some spotting but pages generally clean, half calf, marbled boards, contrasting spine label (edge wear, marks), 8vo, London: John Murray, 1861, FIRST EDITION; Edwards (Amelia B.) PHARAOHS, FELLAHS AND EXPLORERS, frontispiece portrait, numerous illustrations within text, spotting particularly to preliminaries, half calf, marbled boards, contrasting spine label, 8vo, London: Osgood McIlvaine, 1891, FIRST EDITION.

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Lot 1014

Dickens (Charles) MARTIN CHUZZLEWIT, first edition, second issue, frontispiece, additional engraved title, 38 plates (spotted), half calf, marbled boards and edges, raised bands (binding worn), 8vo, London: Chapman & Hall, 1844; -- THE CAPTAIN: A MAGAZINE FOR BOYS & "OLD BOYS" Vol.XI, April-September 1904, publisher`s pictorial cloth, bevilled edges (worn, hinges splitting), London: George Newnes, 1904, contains P.G. Wodehouse`s short story `Blenkinsop`s Benefit`; with 3 children`s annuals and 10 other volumes.

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Lot 1016

Gratianus. DECRETUM [CUM APPARATU BARTHOLOMAEI BRIXIENSIS], printed in red and black, 2 columns, 62 lines of gloss surrounding text, lacks first blank, some leaves from the first 4 quires supplied from 1486 edition, quires c and T misbound, initial cut from first leaf, some headlines trimmed, some waterstaining and light worming, occasional marginal annotation and underlining, the blank verso of the last leaf with some contemporary ms notes about ecclesiastical vestments and buildings, 17-century vellum boards (worn, lower board repaired), 4to (in 12s), Venice: Thome de blauis de alexandria, 6 February 1489. Provenance: Carthusian Abbey of St Saviour, Montbrac, Italy (ink inscription `Cartusiae Montisbrachii` on first leaf), Rudolf Graupner (book plate on front endpaper; with remains of another library plate). BMC V, 318; Hain-Copinger 7908; Goff G379.

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Lot 1026

Carroll (Lewis) ALICE`S ADVENTURES UNDER GROUND, BEING A FACSIMILE OF THE ORIGINAL MS. BOOK AFTERWARDS DEVELOPED INTO "ALICE`S ADVENTURES IN WONDERLAND", illustrations by the author, some soiling/browning, publisher`s plum cloth gilt (waterstaining, edges worn), 8vo, London: Macmillan, 1886, FIRST EDITION; with an early printing of ALICE`S ADVENTURES IN WONDERLAND and 1 other by Carroll.

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Lot 1027

Christie (Agatha) THE MYSTERY OF THE BLUE TRAIN, publisher`s blue cloth, small section missing from tail margin of R1, some short marginal tears, none affecting text, 8vo, London: Collins, [1928]. FIRST EDITION.

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Lot 1028

Christie (Agatha) THE LABOURS OF HERCULES, publisher`s orange cloth, dustjacket (price clipped, chipping and short tears), 8vo, London: Collins Crime Club, 1947. FIRST EDITION.

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Lot 1029

Christie (Agatha) DEATH COMES AS THE END, publisher`s orange cloth, dustjacket (price clipped), 8vo, London: Collins Crime Club, 1945. FIRST EDITION.

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Lot 1030

Christie (Agatha) TEN LITTLE NIGGERS, publisher`s orange cloth (soiled, spine faded), new endpapers, facsimile dustjacket, 8vo, London: Collins Crime Club, [1939]. FIRST EDITION; with a heavily annotated Samuel French edition of the stage version of the story.

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Lot 1031

Christie (Agatha) TYPED AUTOGRAPH LETTER SIGNED, single sheet folded twice, paper headed `Winterbrook House, Wallingford`, dated 3rd January 1975, regarding a reader`s query ("The joke that puzzles you goes back to Victorian times ..."); A CARIBBEAN MYSTERY, publisher`s red cloth, dustjacket, edges spotted, 8vo, London: Collins Crime Club, 1964. FIRST EDITION, inscribed by Chris Petit (`From the Corpse to the Cardinal`), who directed a TV version of the book; with 2 other firsts and 1 other book by Christie, and a typed letter from Christie`s agent, Hughes Massie Limited, dated 10th March 1976, enclosing a facsimile signature of the author.

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Lot 1033

Doyle (A. Conan) THE HOUND OF THE BASKERVILLES, frontispiece (loose) and 7 additional black-and-white plates by Sidney Paget, title printed in black-and-red, preliminaries browned, perforated crease to the upper corner of p19/20 affecting headline, first quire loose, owner`s ink inscription on ffe, publisher`s pink cloth with vignette portrait of Holmes (marks, backstrip waterstained), 8vo, New York: McClure, Phillips & Co, 1902. FIRST EDITION, with `Published March, 1902, R` on copyright page; with an early Grosset & Dunlap edition of Bram Stoker`s DRACULA.

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Lot 1034

Einstein (Albert) RELATIVITY: THE SPECIAL AND GENERAL THEORY, frontispiece portrait, owner`s inscription on ffe, staining on rear fe, publisher`s ribbed navy cloth, backstrip worn at upper and lower edges, 8vo, New York: Henry Holt and Company, 1920. FIRST AMERICAN EDITION OF EINSTEIN`S BEST-KNOWN WORK.

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Rosebery's

Lot 1035

Fleming (Ian) DR NO, first state boards without silhouette (spine ends repaired), facsimile dustjacket, edges soiled, 8vo, London: Jonathan Cape, 1958. FIRST EDITION. With another copy of the same book in the second state boards and with a dustjacket.

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Lot 1037

Fleming (Ian) CASINO ROYALE, publisher`s baize green cloth, dustjacket (short creases and tears, tear and spine head repaired with tape), 8vo, New York: Macmillan, 1954. FIRST US EDITION OF THE FIRST `JAMES BOND` BOOK.

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Lot 1038

Fleming (Ian) THUNDBALL, publisher`s embossed black cloth, dustjacket (light edge wear and chipping), 8vo, London: Jonathan Cape, 1961. FIRST EDITION. With 4 others by or about Fleming.

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Rosebery's

Lot 1039

Forsyth (Frederick) THE DOGS OF WAR, corrected proof copy on proofing paper (edges spotted, corners creased), publisher`s plain orange wrappers (edge wear, corners creased), custom-made marbled slipcase, INSCRIBED BY THE AUTHOR IN INK ON THE TITLE-PAGE, `For John Carville, with warmest best wishes, Frederick Forsyth, Oct 1984`, 8vo, London: Hutchinson, 1974. FIRST EDITION; Dahl (Roald) OVER TO YOU, publisher`s blue cloth, dustjacket (spine ends chipped, short tears, spotting, price clipped with ink-stamped remainder price), 8vo, London: Hamish Hamilton, 1946. FIRST EDITION. With 4 other works.

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Lot 1040

Hemingway (Ernest) THE OLD MAN AND THE SEA, publisher`s pale blue cloth, lacks dustjacket, A FINE COPY, 8vo, New York: Charles Scribner`s Sons, 1952. FIRST EDITION, FIRST ISSUE, with publisher`s emblem and letter `A` on copyright page.

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Lot 1041

Hemingway (Ernest) FOR WHOM THE BELL TOLLS, rear endpapers separated, publisher`s fawn cloth with author`s facsimile signature on upper cover, dustjacket (worn and creased with loss to corners and spine ends), 8vo, New York: Charles Scribner`s Sons, 1940. FIRST EDITION. With 3 others by Hemingway.

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Lot 1042

Burroughs (Edgar Rice) THE TARZAN TWINS, plates and text illustrations by Douglas Grant, cloth-backed pictorial boards, dustjacket (corners & spine ends chipped, upper edges creased), pictorial endpapers, 4to, Joliet, Illinois: The P.F. Volland Company: `Golden Youth` series, 1927. FIRST EDITION; Johns (Captain W.E.) BIGGLES AND THE LEOPARDS OF ZINN, colour frontispiece and plates by Leslie Stead, publisher`s sky-blue boards, pictorial dustjacket (a few short tears and creases, chipping to spine head), INSCRIBED IN BIRO BY THE AUTHOR ON THE FFE, `Yours Sincerely W.E. Johns`, with a small sketch of an aeroplane, 8vo, Leicester: Brockhampton Press, 1960. FIRST EDITION.

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Lot 1043

Milne (A.A.) WINNIE-THE-POOH; NOW WE ARE SIX; THE HOUSE AT POOH CORNER, all with illustrations & pictorial endpapers by E.H. Shepard, publisher`s cloth gilt, the first and third lacking dustjackets, all with some marks/spotting and wear/fading to the boards, dustjacket marked and chipped with section missing from spine head, all 8vo, London: Methuen, 1926/27/28. FIRST EDITIONS. With another defective first of `Winnie-the-Pooh` and one other first edition by Milne.

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Lot 1044

Miles (Colonel W.) THE HISTORY OF HYDUR NAIK ... WRITTEN BY MEER HUSSEIN ALI KHAN KIRMANI, folding linen-backed map of India hand-coloured in outline (some wear to folds), light marks to title, half calf gilt, pebbled cloth boards, raised bands (some wear), marbled endpapers and edges, 8vo, London: Oriental Translation Fund/W.H. Allen, 1842. FIRST EDITION.

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Lot 1045

Orwell (George) ANIMAL FARM, publisher`s black cloth (edge wear, marks, lacks most of the gilt lettering to backstrip), photographic dustjacket (chipping at head and tail of spine and flap folds, small section missing from lower edge of upper jacket), dust soiling to first page of text, 8vo, New York: Harcourt, Brace and Company, 1946. FIRST US EDITION. Provenance: Max Nalven (bookplate). With an Advance Review Copy of the first American edition of Orwell`s NINETEEN EIGHTY-FOUR (New York: Harcourt, Brace and Company, 1949) in soiled paper wrappers.

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Lot 1047

Rackham (Arthur) THE FAIRY TALES OF THE BROTHERS GRIMM,Translated by Mrs Edgar Lucas, 40 colour plates, pictorial endpapers and black-and-white illustrations/tail vignettes by Rackham, title printed in black and red and with a decorative border by Rackham (some colour plates with small creases, one detached, lacks ffe), publisher`s red cloth gilt (edgewear, marks, spine faded), lacks dustjacket, large 4to, London: Constable & Company, 1909. FIRST EDITION; Rackham/Ruskin (John) THE KING OF THE GOLDEN RIVER, 4 colour plates and black-and-white text illustrations/tail vignettes by Rackham, title printed in black and red with vignette by Rackham, pictorial paper wrappers, dustjacket and endpapers by Rackham (jacket price-clipped and with edgewear), 8vo, London: George Harrap, 1932. FIRST EDITION. With 2 others illustrated by Rackham.

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Lot 1051

Steinbeck (John) OF MICE AND MEN, first edition, second impression, with correct text on p.9, publisher`s fawn cloth, second issue pictorial dustjacket without $2 price on front flap (small hole on spine, chipping to spine ends and corners, some creasing), 8vo, New York: Covici Friede, 1937; THE GRAPES OF WRATH, pictorial light brown cloth, facsimile dustjacket, pictorial endpapers (owner`s ink inscription on ffe), 8vo, New York: The Viking Press, 1939. FIRST EDITION

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Lot 1054

[Clemens (Samuel Langhorne)] "Mark Twain". A TRAMP ABROAD, first edition, second state, with first plate titled `Titian`s Moses`, frontispiece portrait, illustrated throughout, ad at rear for `The Innocents Abroad`, publisher`s brown cloth gilt (edge wear, particularly to tail of spine, tears to rear endpaper), 8vo, Hartford, Connecticut: American Publishing Company/London: Chatto & Windus, 1880. With 3 others by Twain.

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Lot 1055

Vonnegut (Kurt) PLAYER PIANO, first issue with publisher`s emblem and letter `A` on copyright page, ex-library, number stamps to front and rear endpapers, remains of paper label on rear free end, publisher`s green cloth (edge wear), pictorial dustjacket (trimmed, stuck down at flaps, spine slightly browned, label damage on lower cover), 8vo, New York: Charles Scribner`s Sons, 1952. FIRST EDITION OF THE AUTHOR`S FIRST NOVEL. With a Fine facsimile first edition of Joseph Heller`s `Catch-22` (The First Edition Library, 1989) and 3 others.

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Lot 1056

Waugh (Evelyn) THE ORDEAL OF GILBERT PINFOLD, FIRST EDITION PROOF COPY, printed white wrappers (light stains to top edge of upper cover), proof pictorial dustjacket (small sections missing from upper edge and head of spine [repaired], edge wear/creasing), edges dusty, 8vo, London: Chapman & Hall, 1957; Huxley (Aldous) BRAVE NEW WORLD, publisher`s light blue cloth (patches of water staining on top edges of upper and lower cover, edge wear), facsimile dustjacket, some light spotting/marks, 8vo, London: Chatto & Windus, 1932. FIRST EDITION, with a CUT SIGNATURE of Huxley. With 9 others.

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Lot 1057

Kipling (Rudyard) CAPTAINS COURAGEOUS, plates by I.W. Taber, light spotting throughout, inscriptions in ink and pencil on verso of half title, publisher`s blue pictorial cloth gilt (edge wear), aeg, 8vo, London: Macmillan, 1897. FIRST EDITION. With one other by Kipling and 2 works by H.G. Wells.

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Lot 1058

White (E.B.) CHARLOTTE`S WEB, illustrated by Garth Williams, publisher`s olive binding (light edge wear, small stain on fore-edge of upper cover), pictorial dustjacket (worn and waterstained with front flap detached and sections missing from top and bottom of spine), pictorial endpapers (light browning), 8vo, New York: Harper & Brothers, 1952. FIRST EDITION. With 14 other children`s works.

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Lot 1059

Woolf (Virginia) A ROOM OF ONE`S OWN, bookplate, small bookshop label on rear endpaper, top edges dusty, publisher`s brown cloth binding (edge wear, some separation at hinges), facsimile dustjacket, 8vo, London: The Hogarth Press, 1929. FIRST EDITION. With 4 other volumes by Woolf.

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Lot 1061

Wells (H.G.) THE WONDERFUL VISIT, lacks ffe and half title, ownership inscriptions on title, publisher`s red cloth gilt with cover vignette by Arthur Rackham (worn, waterstained), 8vo, London: Dent, 1895. FIRST EDITION. With approximately 46 volumes by Wells, including several first editions, and 2 related works. Sold not subject to return.

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Lot 1077

Charcot (J.M.) CLINICAL LECTURES ON SENILE AND CHRONIC DISEASES. Translated by William S. Tuke, M.R.C.S., 6 plates, coloured edges, spotting, publisher`s blindstamped brown cloth, gilt lettering and cover vignette, 8vo, London: The New Sydenham Society, 1881. FIRST EDITION. With 8 other medical works. Provenance: Charles Noon (some with bookplates).

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Anderson & Garland Ltd. Newcastle

Lot 1738

Buchan (John) The power-house, 12mo, cloth, 1916, first edition; The gap in the curtain, 12mo, cloth, 1932, first edition; Lord Minto, a memoir, 8vo, cloth, uncut, portrait, 1924, first edition, 3rd impression; Memory hold-the-door, 8vo, cloth, d-j, portrait, 1941; another edition, 8vo, cloth, no d-j, portrait, 1947; Turner (A.C.) Mr Buchan, writer, 12mo, cloth, d-j, portrait, 1949, together with 16 volumes of works by Buchan, published by Nelson (22).

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Anderson & Garland Ltd. Newcastle

Lot 1743

Beerbohm (Max) The dreadful dragon of Hay Hill, 8vo, cloth, d-j, colour frontispiece, 1928, first edition; Hazlitt (W.) Liber amoris, 12mo, wrappers, slipcase, one of 925 copies on Van Gelder, Portland, Maine, 1908; Wilde (O.) The soul of man under socialism, with a preface by Robert Ross, 12mo, cloth, 1919, new impression; Chesterton (G.K.) The everlasting man, 8vo, cloth, [1925], first edition; Forester (C.S., editor) The adventures of John Wetherell, 8vo, cloth, d-j, 1954, first edition; Lewis (C.S.) Surprised by joy, the shape of my early life, 8vo, cloth, d-j, 1955, first edition; Wilson (A.) The middle age of Mrs Eliot, 12mo, cloth, 1958, first edition; Ackroyd (P.) The last testament of Oscar Wilde, 8vo, cloth, d-j, 1983, first edition, and 2 others (10).

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Anderson & Garland Ltd. Newcastle

Lot 1745

Fraser (George MacDonald) Flash for Freedom!, 8vo, 1971, first edition; McMurty (L.) Cadillac Jack, 12mo, New York, 1982, first edition; Hudson (W.H.) South American Romances, 12mo, cloth, 1930, first edition; Doctorow (E.L.) The waterworks, 8vo, 1994, first edition; Baldwin (J.) Tell me how long the train`s been gone, 12mo, 1968, first edition; Plante (D.) The Family, 12mo, 1978, first edition; Agee (J.) A death in the family, 12mo, no d-j, 1958, first English edition; Condon (R.) The Manchurian Candidate, 12mo, 1960, first English edition; Styron (W.) The confessions of Nat Turner, 8vo, 1968, first English edition; Pynchon (T.) Slow learner, 1985, first English edition, cloth, d-js (10). See illustration.

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Anderson & Garland Ltd. Newcastle

Lot 1754

Pound (Ezra) The Pisan cantos, 12mo, cloth, d-j (torn), 1949, first English edition; Cornford (Frances) On a calm shore, 8vo, cloth, d-j, colour illustrations by Christopher Cornford, 1960; MacNeice (L.) Collected poems, 8vo, cloth, d-j, 1966; Enright (D.J.) Collected poems, 8vo, cloth, d-j, Oxford, 1981; Fenton (J.) The memory of war, poems 198-1982, 8vo, cloth, d-j, Edinburgh, 1982; Children in exile, 8vo, cloth-backed boards, Edinburgh, 1983; Wilmot (J., Earl of Rochester) Collected works, 4to, cloth-backed boards, copy no. 120 of 957 on antique paper, Nonesuch Press, 1926, and 12 others, all poetry (19).

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Anderson & Garland Ltd. Newcastle

Lot 1765

Rostovtzeff (M.) Iranians & Greeks in South Russia, 4to, original cloth gilt, plates, Oxford, 1922, first edition.

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Anderson & Garland Ltd. Newcastle

Lot 1768

Merleau-Ponty (Maurice) Phénoménologie de la perception, 8vo, wrappers, uncut, cloth box, Paris, 1945, first edition, presentation copy, inscribed by author to François Erval, and 8 others (9).

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Anderson & Garland Ltd. Newcastle

Lot 1788

Uttley (Alison) Wild honey, 8vo, cloth, d-j, illustrations by C.F. Tunnicliffe, 1962, first edition; Uttley (A.) Cuckoo in June, 8vo, cloth, d-j, illustrations by C.F. Tunnicliffe, 1964, first edition; Greene (G.) A sense of reality, 8vo, cloth, d-j, 1963, first edition; Greene (G.) The man within, 12mo, cloth, no d-j, 1929; Greene (G.) The human factor, 8vo, cloth, d-j, 1978; Hemingway (E.) To have and have not, 8vo, cloth, no d-j, 1937; Smith (Lady Eleanor) The Spanish house, 12mo, cloth, no d-j, [1938], typed compliment slip from the author clipped to flyleaf; Lewis (C.S.) A mind awake, an anthology... edited by Clyde S. Kilby, 8vo, cloth, d-j, 1968, first edition; Waugh (E.) Sword of Honour trilogy, 3 vols, 8vo, pictorial boards, slipcase, colour plates, illustrations, 1990 (9).

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Anderson & Garland Ltd. Newcastle

Lot 1801

Shackleton (Sir Ernest) South, 8vo, cloth decorated in silver, colour frontispiece, plates, December 1919, first edition, second impression.

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Art in Industry-A Clarice Cliff shape 463 match and cigarette holder circa 1934 decorated with a stylised running band motif

Fieldings Auctioneers Ltd.

Lot 314

Art in Industry-A Clarice Cliff shape 463 match and cigarette holder circa 1934 decorated with a stylised running band motif in black and green after designs by Graham Sutherland, Bizarre and First Edition mark with facsimile Graham Sutherland signature, height 7 cms. Condition-No chips, cracks or restoration.

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Marine-Art In Industry-A Dod Proctor for Clarice Cliff dinner plate, 1934, painted with starfish and seaweed motifs in a gree

Fieldings Auctioneers Ltd.

Lot 344

Marine-Art In Industry-A Dod Proctor for Clarice Cliff dinner plate, 1934, painted with starfish and seaweed motifs in a green, turquoise and orange palette, printed signature, Bizarre, script and First Edition marks, 25.5cm diameter. Condition-No chips, cracks or restoration, paint losses mainly to the green enamels.

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Bigwood Auctioneers & Valuers

Lot 386

"CLIFFORD SATHER” "Desert Rat Sketch Book written and illustrated on the spot in full color", published by Sketchbook Press, Franklin Sq, First Edition, 1959, with original sleeve"

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Sportingold Limited

Lot 624

1950 WORLD CUP Tournament paper/magazine France Football edition dated 28 June 1950. Inside there are reviews, pictures and results for the first round of matches played in each group including Chile v England. Fair/good

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Sportingold Limited

Lot 629

MANCHESTER UTD/CELTIC Two rare editions of "Tuttosport" Italian newspapers. The 19 Feb 1969 edition previews Milan v Celtic Quarter Final First Leg match played at the San Siro and the 15 May 1969 covers Milan v Man Utd Semi-Final Second Leg. Go

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Sportingold Limited

Lot 652

EUROPEAN CUP Juventus v Rangers "Forza Juve" black and white edition, dated 13 Sept 1978, European Cup First Round First Leg. Very good

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Sportingold Limited

Lot 715

ROTHMANS 33 Yearbooks, all Rothmans, 1970/71 (First edition) onwards, used by a QPR club historian. Fair

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MANSUR (Abdullah) The Land of Uz, first edition 1911, illustrated, cloth gilt good

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Lot 451

MANSUR (Abdullah) The Land of Uz, first edition 1911, illustrated, cloth gilt good

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* TACITUS (C) and Richard Greenwey. The Annales of - The Description of Germanie, London: John Bill 1622, small folio, bound

Cheffins

Lot 106

* TACITUS (C) and Richard Greenwey. The Annales of - The Description of Germanie, London: John Bill 1622, small folio, bound with `The End of Nero and Beginning of Galba...`, fifth edition, first title somewhat grubby and with few tears without loss to text, some water staining, old calf (cracked and worn); MAYNE (Jasper) [Part of] Lucian Made English from the Originall in the Yeare 1638, Oxford: H Hall for R Davis 1663, 4to, bound with HICKES (F) Certain Select Dialogues of Lucian, 1663, first title cut, trimmed and mounted, occasional soiling, lacks portrait and `leaf of plates` (according to STC), Victorian half binding; FLORIO (John) A Worlde of Words... Dictionarie in Italian and English, London: A Hatfield for Edward Blunt 1598, folio in sixes, lacks title, all before a3 and final blank, very stained vellum (sold not subject to return) (3)

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PEACHAM (Henry) The Compleat Gentleman, first edition, small 4to, London: Francis Constable 1622, engraved title page, woodcu

Cheffins

Lot 116

PEACHAM (Henry) The Compleat Gentleman, first edition, small 4to, London: Francis Constable 1622, engraved title page, woodcut armorials, some pages mis-numbered, some slight worming to lower margins not affecting text, somewhat soiled and time stained, first blank leaf remounted and with name graffiti, and contemporary six line verse about Peacham signed `L Roberts`, old worn and stained vellum with arms to covers, scarce. Collation appears complete as per ESTC

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Bindings. Hallam (H) History of Europe, 4 volumes Paris 1839, 8vo; Shorthouse (J H) John Inglesant, in 2 volumes 1881, first

Cheffins

Lot 166

Bindings. Hallam (H) History of Europe, 4 volumes Paris 1839, 8vo; Shorthouse (J H) John Inglesant, in 2 volumes 1881, first edition; others, history etc (a box)

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Children`s. MILNE (A A) Now We Are Six, third edition, London: Methuen & Co 1927, 8vo, in tatty wrapper; KIPLING (Rudyard

Cheffins

Lot 176

Children`s. MILNE (A A) Now We Are Six, third edition, London: Methuen & Co 1927, 8vo, in tatty wrapper; KIPLING (Rudyard) The Jungle Book, reprint first edition 1894; The Second Jungle Book, 1895, 8vo, aeg, blue cloth gilt (head and foot of spines worn); RANSOME (Arthur) Swallows and Amazons, 1932; Swallowdale, 1932; Secret Water, 1939; Pigeon Post, 1936, green cloth gilt (some age wear and discolouration); RUSKIN (J) The King of the Golden River, seventh edition, cloth (8)

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PAINE (Thomas) Rights of Man, second and fourth editions, two parts in one, London: for J S Jordan 1791-92, 8vo, some age sta

Cheffins

Lot 177

PAINE (Thomas) Rights of Man, second and fourth editions, two parts in one, London: for J S Jordan 1791-92, 8vo, some age staining, damaged calf with detached upper board; HARRIS (James) Hermes, third edition, London 1771; Three Treatises, third edition 1772 (some damage and staining to first part); Philosophical Arrangements, 1775; Philological Inquiries in Three Parts, 1781, all 8vo sprinkled calf with rubbed gilt spines (5)

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MILNE (A A) Now We Are Six, first edition, London: Methuen & Co 1927, 8vo, illustrated by E H Shepard, red cloth gilt (sp

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Lot 183

MILNE (A A) Now We Are Six, first edition, London: Methuen & Co 1927, 8vo, illustrated by E H Shepard, red cloth gilt (spine darkened) in dust wrapper (spine discoloured)

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ROWLING (J K) Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets, first edition 1998, author`s signature to applied `Bloomsbury` label t

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Lot 184

ROWLING (J K) Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets, first edition 1998, author`s signature to applied `Bloomsbury` label to third leaf, without jacket, some marginal toning, corners rubbed and spine ends bumped

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CARROLL (Lewis) [Dodgson, Charles L] Through the Looking Glass, first edition 1872, with `wade` for `wabe` on p.21, somewhat

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Lot 186

CARROLL (Lewis) [Dodgson, Charles L] Through the Looking Glass, first edition 1872, with `wade` for `wabe` on p.21, somewhat soiled and toned, cloth (worn); Alice`s Adventures Under Ground, first edition London 1886, spine ends a little frayed and inner hinge splitting, otherwise fair; A Tangled Tale, third thousand 1886, some foxing; Rhyme and Reason, first edition 1883, some light wear to covers (4)

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WELLS (Herbert George) In the Days of the Comet, first edition , second issue, London 1906, 8vo, AUTHOR`S INSCRIPTION TO HIS

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Lot 190

WELLS (Herbert George) In the Days of the Comet, first edition , second issue, London 1906, 8vo, AUTHOR`S INSCRIPTION TO HIS FATHER TO FIRST LEAF WITH DRAWING, `H G W To his Daddy with love / chip off the old block`, 14pp advertisements dated 20.8.06 at end, original blindstamped cloth, a very good copy, top edge gilt

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DARWIN (Charles) The Descent of Man, first edition, later issue, in 2 volumes, London: John Murray 1871, 8vo, Vol. 1 with lis

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Lot 192

DARWIN (Charles) The Descent of Man, first edition, later issue, in 2 volumes, London: John Murray 1871, 8vo, Vol. 1 with list of author`s works overleaf of title, without advert leaves, marbled fore-edges, half calf (rubbed and cracked)

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