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Greenslade Taylor Hunt
Lot 928

[BOOKS]. HISTORY & BIOGRAPHY Thompson, W.H. Sixty Minutes with Winston Churchill, first edition, Johnson, London, 1953, pictorial pale blue boards, SIGNED BY AUTHOR, octavo; Thompson, W.H. I Was Churchill`s Shadow, fifth impression, Johnson, London, 1959, black boards, dustjacket, SIGNED BY AUTHOR, octavo; MacGowan, Norman. My Years with Churchill, first edition, Souvenir Press, London, 1958, blue boards, dustjacket; Urquart, Fred. W.S.C. A Cartoon Biography, first edition, Cassell, London, 1955, black boards, dustjacket, illustrations throughout, quarto; and a further ten works of Churchill interest, (14).

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Greenslade Taylor Hunt
Lot 929

[BOOKS]. BIOGRAPHY & HISTORY Churchill, Randolph, & Gilbert, Martin. Winston S. Churchill 1874-1965, eight volumes, all but Volume Two a first edition, Heinemann, London, 1966-88, cloth / boards, dustjackets, quarto; together with thirteen companion volumes, Heinemann, London, 1967-82, cloth, dustjackets, quarto, (21).

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Greenslade Taylor Hunt
Lot 930

[BOOKS]. HISTORY Churchill, Winston. Lord Randolph Churchill, first edition, two volumes, Macmillan, London, 1906, armorial maroon cloth gilt, `Presentation Copy` blind-stamp to title pages, plate illustrations, quarto; Churchill, Winston. The Great War, three volumes, Newnes, London, no date, blue cloth gilt, illustrations from photographs, quarto; Churchill, Winston. The Second World War, six volumes, The Educational Book Company Limited, London, no date, quarter blue leather, illustrations, quarto; and Winston Churchill`s War Speeches: Into Battle / The Unrelenting Struggle / The End of the Beginning / Onwards to Victory / The Dawn of Liberation / Victory, six volumes, Volumes One, Four, Five and Six first editions, Cassell, London, 1941-46, cloth, dustjackets.

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Greenslade Taylor Hunt
Lot 931

[BOOKS]. HISTORY & BIOGRAPHY Gilbert, Martin. Churchill. A Life, first edition, Heinemann, London, 1991, boards, dustjacket, illustrations, quarto; Lamb, Richard. Churchill as War Leader - Right or Wrong?, first edition, Bloomsbury, London, 1991, boards, dustjacket, illustrations, quarto; Soames, Mary. Winston Churchill. His Life as a Painter, first edition, Collins, London, 1990, boards, dustjacket, illustrations, quarto; and a further thirty-two works of Churchill interest, (35).

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Greenslade Taylor Hunt
Lot 949

[ANTIQUES & COLLECTING]. CERAMICS Tilley, Frank. Teapots and Tea, limited edition of 1000, The Ceramic Book Company, Newport, 1957, maroon cloth, plate illustrations, quarto; John, W.D. Swansea Porcelain, first edition, The Ceramic Book Co., Newport, 1958, blue cloth, plate illustrations, quarto (upper cover damp marked); John, W.D. William Billingsley, first edition, The Ceramic Book Co., Newport, 1968, orange boards, plate illustrations, quarto; MacKenzie, Compton. The House of Coalport 1750-1950, limited edition 136/150, signed by author, Collins, London, 1951, illustrations, octavo; and a further nine assorted works, (13).

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Greenslade Taylor Hunt
Lot 950

[ANTIQUES & COLLECTING]. CERAMICS Mackenna, F. Severne. Chelsea Porcelain. The Gold Anchor Wares, limited edition 376/500, signed by author, Lewis, Leigh-on-Sea, 1952, yellow cloth, dustjacket, plate illustrations, quarto; Marshall, H. Rissik. Coloured Worcester Porcelain of the First Period, limited edition of 1200, Ceramic Book Company, Newport, 1954, blue cloth, plate illustrations, quarto; Sandon, Henry. Flight and Barr Worcester Porcelain 1783-1840, first edition, Antique Collectors Club, Woodbridge, 1978, boards, dustjacket, plate illustrations, quarto; Messenger, Michael. Coalport 1795-1926, first edition, Antique Collectors Club, Woodbridge, 1995, blue cloth, dustjacket, plate illustrations, quarto; and a further four assorted works, (8).

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Greenslade Taylor Hunt
Lot 951

[CHILDRENS] Crompton, Richmal. William`s Treasure Trove, first edition, Newnes, London, 1962, boards, dustjacket, illustrations by Thomas Henry, octavo; together with a further nine `William` titles, all reprints, all with dustjackets; Richards, Frank. Bunter the Ventriloquist, first edition, Cassell, London, 1961, boards, dustjacket, illustrations by C.H. Chapman, octavo; and a further two `Bunter` titles, both reprints, both with dustjackets; Buckeridge, Anthony. The Trouble with Jennings, first edition, Collins, London, 1960, boards, dustjacket, illustrations by Mays, octavo; Buckeridge, Anthony. Leave it to Jennings, first edition, Collins, London, 1963, boards, dustjacket, illustrations by Mays, octavo; and a further five `Jennings` titles, all reprints, all with dustjackets; and nineteen other childrens books, including seven titles by Arthur Ransome, all reprints, (39).

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Greenslade Taylor Hunt
Lot 952

[LITERATURE] De La Mare, Walter. Told Again. Traditional Tales, limited edition 220/260, signed by author, Blackwell, Oxford, 1927, bevelled ivory buckram gilt with Rapunzel motif to upper cover, top edges gilt, colour plate and black and white full-page illustrations by A.H. Watson, quarto (spine browned); and De La Mare, Walter. Early One Morning in the Spring, first edition, Faber & Faber, London, 1935, red cloth, top edges gilt, monochrome plate illustrations, quarto, (2).

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Greenslade Taylor Hunt
Lot 990

[TRAVEL] Baker, Samuel White. The Albert N`Yanza, Great Basin of the Nile, and Explorations of the Nile Sources, first edition, two volumes, Macmillan, London, 1866, half calf, thirty-six plate and text illustrations, folding map, octavo (map torn, without loss; both frontispieces stained, together with Volume 1 title page).

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Greenslade Taylor Hunt
Lot 992

[TRAVEL] Barneby, W. Henry. The New Far West and the Old Far East, being Notes of a Tour in North America, Japan, China, Ceylon, etc, first edition, Stanford, London, 1889, pictorial dark blue-green cloth gilt, eight plate illustrations, three folding maps, four page publisher`s list, quarto (pages 59-60 with upper corner loss, not affecting text).

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Greenslade Taylor Hunt
Lot 993

[MISCELLANEOUS] Paul, Evelyn, (illustrator). The Romance of Tristram of Lyones & La Beale Isoude, Harrap, London, no date, blind-stamped full leather, colour plate and black and white text illustrations, quarto (spine scuffed); Balzac, Honore de. Ten Droll Tales, translated into English by J. Lewis May, limited edition 2177/3000, Bodley Head, London, 1926, orange cloth with gilt blocked motif, twenty-four colour and black and white plate illustrations by Jean de Bosschere, quarto (spine faded; corners marked; hinges tender; foxed); Irving, Washington. Rip van Winkle, Harrap, London, no date, brown cloth with pictorial onlay, eight colour plate illustrations by N.C. Wyeth, quarto; and Reade, Charles. The Cloister and the Hearth. A Tale of the Middle Ages, Harrap, London, 1922, full blind-stamped leather, sixteen colour plate illustrations by Evelyn Paul, quarto (spine scuffed); and Barrie, J.M. Peter Pan; or, The Boy Who Would Not Grow Up, Uniform Edition first, Hodder & Stoughton, London, 1928, blue cloth with applied paper labels, octavo (upper cover with faded fore edge; light toning / soiling to spine), (5).

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Mulberry Bank Auctions
Lot 390

COLLECTION OF SCOTTISH SUBJECT BOOKS titles include 'Aberdeen Fifty Years Ago' a series of twenty-one engravings 1868, 'Montrose' by John Buchan 1936, 'Scottish Railways' O S Nock, first edition 1950, 'Scots Fisherfolk' by Peter F.Anson - The Saltire Society 1950, 'The Highlands & Islands' F.Fraser Darling & J.Morton Boyd, first edition 1964, 'The Scots Book of lore & Folklore' 1953, and various regional historical and geographical books 1950s - 1980s

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Mulberry Bank Auctions
Lot 511

BRITISH BATTLES AND MEDALS by Major Lawrence L. Gordon, first edition 1947 with colour plates

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Greenslade Taylor Hunt
Lot 733

[BOOKS]. THE R.A.F. & THE SECOND WORLD WAR Forrester, Larry. Fly for Your Life. The Story of R.R. Stanford Tuck, Muller, London, 1956, boards, dustjacket, illustrations from photographs, SIGNED BY STANFORD TUCK, octavo; a facsimile edition of Wing Commander Robert Stanford Tuck`s Pilot`s Flying Log Book, limited edition 315/2500, After the Battle, London, no date, brown cloth, octavo; `No.13 Group R.A.F.`, Forget-Me-Nots for Fighters, first edition, 1940, pictorial boards, illustrations throughout, quarto; Lucas, `Laddie`. Flying Colours. The Epic Story of Douglas Bader, first edition, Hutchinson, London, 1981, boards, dustjacket, illustrations from photographs, SIGNED BY BADER & LUCAS, octavo; and a further four works, (8).

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Greenslade Taylor Hunt
Lot 824

ASSORTED MATCHBOX DIECAST MODELS circa 1950s-60s, including a Major Pack No.5, Massey Ferguson Combine Harvester, red, silver plastic front hubs, very good condition, unboxed; `Models of Yesteryear` No.Y-4, Shand Mason Horse-Drawn Fire Engine `London Fire Brigade`, red, white horses, good condition, boxed, the box generally good (slightly creased); `Models of Yesteryear` No.2, B Type Bus, red, excellent condition, boxed, the box generally good (slightly creased; one end flap torn at crease); and assorted others, mainly 1-75 Series, variable condition, all unboxed; together with a TRI-ANG MINIC SHIPS NO.M891, R.M.S. QUEEN ELIZABETH PRESENTATION SET, generally good condition, complete with first edition product range leaflet, boxed, the box generally good.

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Greenslade Taylor Hunt
Lot 896

TWO KEVIN FRANCIS POTTERY TOBY JUGS, MODELLED AS WINSTON CHURCHILL the first in city attire, limited edition 248/5000, the second variantly coloured in country attire, limited edition 161/5000, both with inscriptions to the base including `Tantum mirabile est`, brown backstamps, each 22.5cm high.

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Greenslade Taylor Hunt
Lot 920

[BOOK]. HISTORY Churchill, Winston. The Story of the Malakand Field Force. An Episode of Frontier War, first edition, Longmans, Green & Co., London, 1898, green cloth gilt, tissue-guarded portrait frontispiece, errata slip, six maps (two folding), thirty-two page publisher`s catalogue, octavo (spine browned; upper cover with mug ring; one foldng map with nicked fore-edge; few pages with fold-lines to upper corners; bookplate to front pastedown).

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Greenslade Taylor Hunt
Lot 921

[BOOK]. HISTORY Churchill, Winston. London to Ladysmith via Pretoria, first edition, Longmans, Green & Co., London & Bombay, 1900, pictorial buff cloth, folding colur map, three further maps (two folding), four plans, thirty-two page publisher`s catalogue, octavo (spine dulled; covers soiled; upper hinge tender; lacking front and rear blanks; corners bumped; ownership inscription).

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Greenslade Taylor Hunt
Lot 922

[BOOK]. HISTORY Churchill, Winston. Ian Hamilton`s March, first edition, Longmans, Green & Co., London & Bombay, 1900, crimson cloth gilt, tissue-guarded portrait frontispiece, ten maps and plans (one coloured and folding), thirty-two page publisher`s catalogue, octavo (bookplate to front pastedown).

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Greenslade Taylor Hunt
Lot 923

[BOOK]. HISTORY Churchill, Winston. My African Journey, first edition, Hodder & Stoughton, London, 1908, pictorial scarlet cloth, tissue-guarded portrait frontispiece and a further sixty illustrations from photographs (as called for), three maps (one folding), sixteen-page publisher`s list, octavo (ownership inscription to front free endpaper, with another erased by rubbing; upper cover slightly rubbed, with traces of label scar).

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Greenslade Taylor Hunt
Lot 924

[BOOKS]. HISTORY Churchill, Winston. The World Crisis 1911-1914, first edition, Butterworth, London, 1923, navy cloth, quarto; Churchill, The Aftermath. The World Crisis 1918-1928, first U.S. Edition, Scribner`s, New York, 1929, dark maroon cloth, quarto; Churchill, My Early Life. A Roving Commission, first edition, Butterworth, London, 1930, rose pink cloth, dustjacket, quarto; Churchill, Amid These Storms. Thoughts and Adventures, first U.S. Edition, Scribner`s, New York, 1932, red cloth, quarto; Churchill, Arms and the Covenant, first edition, Harrap, London, 1938, dark blue cloth, quarto; Churchill, Step by Step 1936-1939, first edition, Butterworth, London, 1939, green cloth, quarto; Churchill, The Sinews of Peace. Post-War Speeches, first edition, Cassell, London, 1948, brick red cloth, dustjacket, octavo; and Churchill, In the Balance. Speeches 1949 and 1950, first edition, Cassell, London, 1951, dark blue cloth, octavo, (8).

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Greenslade Taylor Hunt
Lot 926

[BOOKS]. BIBLIOGRAPHY & NUMISMATICS Langworth, Richard M. A Connoisseur`s Guide to the Books of Sir Winston Churchill, first English edition, London, 1998, boards, dustjacket, illustrations, quarto; and Engstrom, J. Eric. The Medallic Portraits of Sir Winston Churchill, first edition, Spink, London, 1972, orange cloth, dustjacket, illustrations throughout, quarto.

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Greenslade Taylor Hunt
Lot 927

[BOOKS]. HISTORY Churchill, Winston. A History of the English-Speaking Peoples, `Chartwell` edition first printing, four volumes, The Educational Book Company Ltd, London, 1956-58, navy blue buckram gilt, SIGNED BY AUTHOR in black ink `Inscribed by Winston S. Churchill` to a sheet of paper pasted to front free endpaper of Volume One, quarto; together with a letter, on Chartwell headed notepaper, from Churchill`s Private Secretary, dated 29th April 1957, to a Mrs F.D. Brooks: `Dear Mrs Brooks, I am extremely sorry that a mistake was made in replying to your recent letter to Sir Winston Churchill. Sir Winston was very glad to sign the enclosed piece of paper for you to insert in the book which you are giving to Lord Selkirk... `.

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Greenslade Taylor Hunt
Lot 928

[BOOKS]. HISTORY & BIOGRAPHY Thompson, W.H. Sixty Minutes with Winston Churchill, first edition, Johnson, London, 1953, pictorial pale blue boards, SIGNED BY AUTHOR, octavo; Thompson, W.H. I Was Churchill`s Shadow, fifth impression, Johnson, London, 1959, black boards, dustjacket, SIGNED BY AUTHOR, octavo; MacGowan, Norman. My Years with Churchill, first edition, Souvenir Press, London, 1958, blue boards, dustjacket; Urquart, Fred. W.S.C. A Cartoon Biography, first edition, Cassell, London, 1955, black boards, dustjacket, illustrations throughout, quarto; and a further ten works of Churchill interest, (14).

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Greenslade Taylor Hunt
Lot 929

[BOOKS]. BIOGRAPHY & HISTORY Churchill, Randolph, & Gilbert, Martin. Winston S. Churchill 1874-1965, eight volumes, all but Volume Two a first edition, Heinemann, London, 1966-88, cloth / boards, dustjackets, quarto; together with thirteen companion volumes, Heinemann, London, 1967-82, cloth, dustjackets, quarto, (21).

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Greenslade Taylor Hunt
Lot 930

[BOOKS]. HISTORY Churchill, Winston. Lord Randolph Churchill, first edition, two volumes, Macmillan, London, 1906, armorial maroon cloth gilt, `Presentation Copy` blind-stamp to title pages, plate illustrations, quarto; Churchill, Winston. The Great War, three volumes, Newnes, London, no date, blue cloth gilt, illustrations from photographs, quarto; Churchill, Winston. The Second World War, six volumes, The Educational Book Company Limited, London, no date, quarter blue leather, illustrations, quarto; and Winston Churchill`s War Speeches: Into Battle / The Unrelenting Struggle / The End of the Beginning / Onwards to Victory / The Dawn of Liberation / Victory, six volumes, Volumes One, Four, Five and Six first editions, Cassell, London, 1941-46, cloth, dustjackets.

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Greenslade Taylor Hunt
Lot 931

[BOOKS]. HISTORY & BIOGRAPHY Gilbert, Martin. Churchill. A Life, first edition, Heinemann, London, 1991, boards, dustjacket, illustrations, quarto; Lamb, Richard. Churchill as War Leader - Right or Wrong?, first edition, Bloomsbury, London, 1991, boards, dustjacket, illustrations, quarto; Soames, Mary. Winston Churchill. His Life as a Painter, first edition, Collins, London, 1990, boards, dustjacket, illustrations, quarto; and a further thirty-two works of Churchill interest, (35).

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Greenslade Taylor Hunt
Lot 949

[ANTIQUES & COLLECTING]. CERAMICS Tilley, Frank. Teapots and Tea, limited edition of 1000, The Ceramic Book Company, Newport, 1957, maroon cloth, plate illustrations, quarto; John, W.D. Swansea Porcelain, first edition, The Ceramic Book Co., Newport, 1958, blue cloth, plate illustrations, quarto (upper cover damp marked); John, W.D. William Billingsley, first edition, The Ceramic Book Co., Newport, 1968, orange boards, plate illustrations, quarto; MacKenzie, Compton. The House of Coalport 1750-1950, limited edition 136/150, signed by author, Collins, London, 1951, illustrations, octavo; and a further nine assorted works, (13).

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Greenslade Taylor Hunt
Lot 950

[ANTIQUES & COLLECTING]. CERAMICS Mackenna, F. Severne. Chelsea Porcelain. The Gold Anchor Wares, limited edition 376/500, signed by author, Lewis, Leigh-on-Sea, 1952, yellow cloth, dustjacket, plate illustrations, quarto; Marshall, H. Rissik. Coloured Worcester Porcelain of the First Period, limited edition of 1200, Ceramic Book Company, Newport, 1954, blue cloth, plate illustrations, quarto; Sandon, Henry. Flight and Barr Worcester Porcelain 1783-1840, first edition, Antique Collectors Club, Woodbridge, 1978, boards, dustjacket, plate illustrations, quarto; Messenger, Michael. Coalport 1795-1926, first edition, Antique Collectors Club, Woodbridge, 1995, blue cloth, dustjacket, plate illustrations, quarto; and a further four assorted works, (8).

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Greenslade Taylor Hunt
Lot 951

[CHILDRENS] Crompton, Richmal. William`s Treasure Trove, first edition, Newnes, London, 1962, boards, dustjacket, illustrations by Thomas Henry, octavo; together with a further nine `William` titles, all reprints, all with dustjackets; Richards, Frank. Bunter the Ventriloquist, first edition, Cassell, London, 1961, boards, dustjacket, illustrations by C.H. Chapman, octavo; and a further two `Bunter` titles, both reprints, both with dustjackets; Buckeridge, Anthony. The Trouble with Jennings, first edition, Collins, London, 1960, boards, dustjacket, illustrations by Mays, octavo; Buckeridge, Anthony. Leave it to Jennings, first edition, Collins, London, 1963, boards, dustjacket, illustrations by Mays, octavo; and a further five `Jennings` titles, all reprints, all with dustjackets; and nineteen other childrens books, including seven titles by Arthur Ransome, all reprints, (39).

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Greenslade Taylor Hunt
Lot 952

[LITERATURE] De La Mare, Walter. Told Again. Traditional Tales, limited edition 220/260, signed by author, Blackwell, Oxford, 1927, bevelled ivory buckram gilt with Rapunzel motif to upper cover, top edges gilt, colour plate and black and white full-page illustrations by A.H. Watson, quarto (spine browned); and De La Mare, Walter. Early One Morning in the Spring, first edition, Faber & Faber, London, 1935, red cloth, top edges gilt, monochrome plate illustrations, quarto, (2).

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Greenslade Taylor Hunt
Lot 990

[TRAVEL] Baker, Samuel White. The Albert N`Yanza, Great Basin of the Nile, and Explorations of the Nile Sources, first edition, two volumes, Macmillan, London, 1866, half calf, thirty-six plate and text illustrations, folding map, octavo (map torn, without loss; both frontispieces stained, together with Volume 1 title page).

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Greenslade Taylor Hunt
Lot 992

[TRAVEL] Barneby, W. Henry. The New Far West and the Old Far East, being Notes of a Tour in North America, Japan, China, Ceylon, etc, first edition, Stanford, London, 1889, pictorial dark blue-green cloth gilt, eight plate illustrations, three folding maps, four page publisher`s list, quarto (pages 59-60 with upper corner loss, not affecting text).

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Greenslade Taylor Hunt
Lot 993

[MISCELLANEOUS] Paul, Evelyn, (illustrator). The Romance of Tristram of Lyones & La Beale Isoude, Harrap, London, no date, blind-stamped full leather, colour plate and black and white text illustrations, quarto (spine scuffed); Balzac, Honore de. Ten Droll Tales, translated into English by J. Lewis May, limited edition 2177/3000, Bodley Head, London, 1926, orange cloth with gilt blocked motif, twenty-four colour and black and white plate illustrations by Jean de Bosschere, quarto (spine faded; corners marked; hinges tender; foxed); Irving, Washington. Rip van Winkle, Harrap, London, no date, brown cloth with pictorial onlay, eight colour plate illustrations by N.C. Wyeth, quarto; and Reade, Charles. The Cloister and the Hearth. A Tale of the Middle Ages, Harrap, London, 1922, full blind-stamped leather, sixteen colour plate illustrations by Evelyn Paul, quarto (spine scuffed); and Barrie, J.M. Peter Pan; or, The Boy Who Would Not Grow Up, Uniform Edition first, Hodder & Stoughton, London, 1928, blue cloth with applied paper labels, octavo (upper cover with faded fore edge; light toning / soiling to spine), (5).

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Henry Adams Auctions
Lot 284

Salman Rushdie, The Satanic Verses, first edition signed by the author in Platters Restaurant, Chichester, dated 25th July `92, published by Viking, with original cover concealed in a paper wrapper

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Greenslade Taylor Hunt
Lot 374

[MISCELLANEOUS] James, Rev. J.T. The Italian Schools of Painting, with Observations on the Present State of the Art, first edition, Murray, London, 1820, full vellum, octavo; Galsworthy, John. Memories, reprint, Heinemann, London, 1932, boards, illustrations by Maud Earl, quarto; and a further fourteen assorted works, (16).

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Greenslade Taylor Hunt
Lot 375

[MISCELLANEOUS] Fleming, Ian. Thunderball, first edition, Cape, London, 1961, black boards, octavo (ex library; lacking dustjacket); Christie, Agatha. A Pocket Full of Rye, first edition, Collins Crime Club, London, 1953, red cloth, octavo (spine faded; base of joints split; remains of jacket taped to front pastedown); and assorted other works, including four further titles by Christie, and five by P.G. Wodehouse, all without dustjackets, (13).

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Gerrards Auction Rooms
Lot 1404

Dave Foord Limited Edition Framed Signed Print `Back On Track` Carl Fogarty Riding The Foggy Petronas Racing FP1 At It`s First Public Outing. Brands Hatch, July 2002. Copy 294/500. Signed By Carl Fogarty, 16x23 Inches. Complete With Framed Certificate Of Authenticity

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Greenslade Taylor Hunt
Lot 374

[MISCELLANEOUS] James, Rev. J.T. The Italian Schools of Painting, with Observations on the Present State of the Art, first edition, Murray, London, 1820, full vellum, octavo; Galsworthy, John. Memories, reprint, Heinemann, London, 1932, boards, illustrations by Maud Earl, quarto; and a further fourteen assorted works, (16).

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Greenslade Taylor Hunt
Lot 375

[MISCELLANEOUS] Fleming, Ian. Thunderball, first edition, Cape, London, 1961, black boards, octavo (ex library; lacking dustjacket); Christie, Agatha. A Pocket Full of Rye, first edition, Collins Crime Club, London, 1953, red cloth, octavo (spine faded; base of joints split; remains of jacket taped to front pastedown); and assorted other works, including four further titles by Christie, and five by P.G. Wodehouse, all without dustjackets, (13).

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Thomas Del Mar Ltd
Lot 265

A FINE 23-BORE GERMAN (THURINGIAN) WHEEL-LOCK SPORTING RIFLE, CIRCA 1660-70 built on an earlier swamped octagonal rifled barrel signed and dated "Friden Pucksen Hans Ruhr Coburgk (sic) 1650", struck with a mark towards the breech, decorated over the breech and about the sights with finely engraved bands of scrolls and flowers, the engraving about the back-sight also enclosing the barrelmaker`s monogram HR (Neue Støckel 953) and the back-sight formed with a single pierced shaped folding leaf, finely engraved flat lock decorated with a fanciful flower-filled landscape including a sportsman shooting a running stag, iron wheel-cover pierced and engraved with a rollwerk design carrying a Goddess mask and a pair of winged putti masks, fitted with sliding pan-cover with rosette button release and the dog decorated with a marine monster and a pierced dragon, walnut full stock inlaid over its entire length with running patterns of iron wire scrollwork heightened with minute iron nails and carrying a series of iron plaques finely engraved en suite with the barrel and the lock, including large flowerheads, a pair of monsters`head scrolls about the barrel tang, a crowned harpy opposite the lock, putto masks within complex enclosures of scrollwork both on the cheek-piece on the right-hand side of the butt, the rear portion of the stock additionally carved and pricked with small scrollwork designs in low relief and heightened with small iron nails, with thumb-rest and patch-box cover en suite, the latter inlaid with an engraved dragon plaque en suite with the dog, and fitted with iron butt-plate, pierced engraved iron trigger-guard, fore-end cap, and iron-capped ramrod (ramrod-pipe missing) 82cm; 32 ¼ in barrel Hans Ruhr is recorded in 1641 as Court Gunmaker (presumably to the court of Friedrich Wilhelm II, Duke of Saxe-Altenburg) but without membership of the Gunmakers` Guild; Ruhr died in 1657. The predominant themes within the engraved and inlaid decoration (the Thuringian hunting subject aside) are closely inspired by the respective engravings of the Paris gunmaker François Marcou and those of the engraver C. Jacquinet , the latter after the original designs of the royal gunmakers Thuraine and Le Hollandois. The title page of Marcou`s series of 16 engravings is dated 1657, the Thuraine and Le Hollandois engravings were possibly first published about this time also, prior to the known edition dated 1660. See Lenk 1965, p. 85 and Grancsay 1970, pp. 9-10

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Thomas Del Mar Ltd
Lot 266

A FINE 26-BORE GERMAN (THURINGIAN) WHEEL-LOCK SPORTING RIFLE CIRCA, 1660-70 built on an earlier rifled swamped octagonal barrel signed and dated "Friden Pücksen Hans Ruhr Coburgk (sic) 1650", decorated with finely engraved bands of flowers and scrolls at the breech and about both the fore-sight and the back-sight, the engraving about the back-sight also enclosing the engraved maker`s monogram HR (Neue Støckel 953) and the back-sight formed with a single pierced shaped folding leaf, finely engraved flat lock decorated with a fanciful flower-filled landscape including a sportsman shooting a stag, fitted with iron wheel-cover pierced and engraved with a rollwerk design issuant from a grotesque mask and carrying a pair of winged putti masks, sliding pan-cover with rosette button release, and the dog decorated with a marine monster and a pierced dragon, walnut full stock inlaid over its entire length with running patterns of brass wire scrollwork heightened with minute brass nails, carrying a series of brass plaques finely engraved en suite with the barrel and the lock, including large flowerheads, a pair of monsters`head scrolls about the barrel tang, a stag-shooting scene opposite the lock, the mounted figure of a general on the cheek-piece and a boar-hunting vignette on the opposite side, the rear portion of the stock additionally carved and pricked with small scrollwork designs in low relief and picked-out in small brass nails, the patch-box cover carved and inlaid en suite, and fitted with brass butt-plate, pierced engraved iron trigger-guard, and engraved brass ramrod-pipe (the fore-end repaired at the muzzle, the fore-end cap and ramrod missing) 81.9 cm; 32¼ in barrel Hans Ruhr is recorded in 1641 as Court Gunmaker (presumably to the court of Friedrich Wilhelm II, Duke of Saxe-Altenburg) but without membership of the Gunmakers` Guild; Ruhr died in 1657. The predominant themes within the engraved and inlaid decoration (the Thuringian hunting subjects aside) are closely inspired by the respective engravings of the Paris gunmaker François Marcou and the engraver C.Jacquinet, the latter after the original designs of the royal gunmakers Thuraine and Le Hollandois. The title page of Marcou`s series of 16 engravings is dated 1657, the Thuraine and Le Hollandois engravings were possibly first published about this time also, prior to the known edition dated 1660. See Lenk 1965, p.85 and Grancsay 1970, pp.9-10

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Bourne End Auction Rooms
Lot 513

Ernest H Shepard 1879-1976 - Shipped myself on board a small trading vessel` an original pen and ink illustration for The Wind in the Willows, with title and printers notations in pencil to the margins. Signed EHS to lower left corner and to reverse `E H Shepard Long Meadow Longdown` 7"" x 10 1/2"", to be sold with a later gallery print, after Pissarro in ebonized framed and backing board. Catalogue note: The drawing is marked to the reverse in Shepard`s own hand `E H Shepard Long Meadow Longdown`, it was usual for Shepard to annotate his drawings with his Guildford address to enable its safe return from the printers. The drawing is also marked `p202` in pencil to denote the page number, an anomaly as the illustration was used on page 112 of the edition illustrated by Shepard and first published in 1931.

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TimeLine Auctions Limited
Lot 861

Book Hilprecht, H. V. (Editor) - The Babylonian Expedition of the University of Pennsylvania, Series D, Volume IPublished Philadelphia, USA, 1904. Researches and treatises, series D, volume I, first edition, with two folding maps (in pocket to rear board) of Western Asia with Jerusalem and Plan of Babylon [fp., title, xx, 577 pages, 122 plates and illustrations]; original red cloth, gilt lettered, top edge gilt. 1.48 kg, 25 x 17cm (10 x 6 3/4"). From the collection of an eminent physician. [No Reserve]Fine condition; slight darkening to spine.

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TimeLine Auctions Limited
Lot 863

Book Ainsworth, William - Researches in Assyria, Babylonia and ChaldaeaPublished Parker, London, 1838. First edition, recording the Euphrates Expedition with folding cross-sections at back [fp., title, 343 pages, 4 plates]; original blue cloth. 595 grams, 23 x 15cm (9 x 6"). From the collection of an eminent physician; formerly New Book Club library (with printed and annotated membership list at front). [No Reserve]Fine condition; end papers discoloured. Rare.

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Lot 795

Corgi No261 James Bond Aston Martin first edition boxed with secret instructions.

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Lot 515

A first edition Daily Mail for Saturday 23rd November 1963, announcing the assassination of President John F. Kennedy.

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Lot 747

A group of four Matchbox Models of Yesteryear delivery vehicles for Harrods Department store, a special edition collectors model of a Crossley delivery truck "Sherwood Florist" and a 1938 Mercedes-Benz 770, also a hardback volume "Collecting Matchbox die cast cars - the first 40 years" by Kevin McGimpsey & Stewart Orr bearing the authors signatures to the frontispiece (7).

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Lot 480

'Birdman of Alcatraz' (Robert Stroud) memorabilia comprising hand written letter dated 7th December 1949 from Robert Stroud whilst in Alcatraz, to one Fred E Daw of Florida, discussing the genetics of birds, mainly budgerigars; also Thomas E Gaddis signed first edition of the book 'Birdman of Alcatraz', pub. 1955; and two letters from Gaddis dated 1957 and 1958

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Bellmans Auctioneers & Valuers
Lot 162

SIMOND (L.) Journal of a Tour and Residence in Great Britain . . . First Edition, 2 vols. 7 engraved plates (2 folded), text engravings; earlier 19th cent. maroon half morocco & cloth, gilt-decorated & panelled spines, marbled e/ps. cr. 8vo. Edinburgh, 1817; sold with others - Cobbett's Rural Rides (3 vols., 1930); Daniell's Voyage Round Gt. Britain (2vols., slipcase, 1978); Defoe's Tour (4 vols., 1742) (11)

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Bellmans Auctioneers & Valuers
Lot 167

LISLE (E.) Observations in Husbandry. First Edition. engraved portrait frontis., contents/errata leaves at end; old gilt-ruled calf, rebacked with panelled spine (retaining old label), 4to. 1757. * the author was 'late of Crux-Easton, in Hampshire', & there is a 6pp. introduction by a kinsman, Thomas Lisle

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Lot 175

[EVELYN, John] Sylva, or a Discourse of Forest-Trees, and the Propagation of Timber in His Majesties Dominions. By J.E. Esq. . . . to which is annexed Pomona . . . also Kalendarium Hortense . . . First Edition. engraved title armorial, imprimatur & errata leaves, separate titles for Pomona & Kalendarium, few text engravings; contemp. gilt-ruled calf, 4to. 1664.

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Lot 176

MILLAR (G.H.) A New, Complete and Universal Body, or System of Natural History . . . First Edition. 83 copper-engraved plates (? ex 85); contemp. tree calf with gilt-decorated borders & panelled spine, marbled e/ps. folio. * includes list of subscribers'.

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Lot 181

WATSON (H.C.) - Cybele Britannica; or British Plants, and their Geographical Relations. First Edition, 4 vols. folded map, original blind-decorated cloth. 1847-59; with the Compendium volume. folded map, uniform publisher's binding. 1870. * author's presentation inscription in vol. 1; from the Norfolk & Norwich (Subscription) Library, with their labels on upper boards & pastedowns; BABINGTON (C.C.) Memorials Journal and Botanical Correspondence. First Edition. folded table in pocket; gilt cloth. Cambridge, 1897; with other botanical volumes (mostly 19th cent.)

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Lot 183

GODFERY (M.J.) Monograph and Iconograph of Native British Orchidaceae. First Edition. 58 coloured plates (by Hilda M. Godfery) with captioned guards, & 9 monochrome others; gilt cloth, roy. 4to. Cambridge University Press, 1933

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Lot 184

HOOKER (W.J.) Flora Scotica; or a Description of Scottish Plants . . . in Two Parts. First Edition. half title, uncut in original boards. 1821; GREVILLE (R.K.) Flora Edinensis: or a description of plants growing near Edinburgh . . . First Edition. 4 engraved plates; contemp. half calf & marbled boards. Edinburgh, 1824; with a few others of Scottish botanical interest (18)

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Lot 185

SCOTT-ELLIOT (G.F.) The Flora of Dumfriesshire . . . First Edition. folded map in end pocket, original gilt cloth. Dumfries, 1896; with other Scottish floras.

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Lot 187

GRIFFITH (G.E.) The Flora of Anglesey & Canarvonshire . . . First Edition. coloured & folded map, publisher's cloth. Bangor, (1895); CLARK (J.H.) The Flora of Monmouthshire. First Edition. original printed wrappers, sm. 8vo. Usk, (ca. 1870); with others related on the Principality (17)

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Lot 188

DICKIE (G.) A Flora of Ulster and Botanist's Guide to the North of Ireland. First Edition. original boards & paper label, cut flush, sm. 8vo. Belfast, 1864; HART (H.C.) The Flora of Howth . . . (also) an introduction on the geology and other features of the promontory. First Edition. lge, scale folded map, publisher's cloth, sm. 8vo. Dublin, 1887; with other related books (13)

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Lot 189

MURRAY (A.) The Northern Flora; or, a Description of the Wild Plants belonging to the North and East of Scotland . . . First Edition, Part 1 (all published). d-page lithographed facsimile, original blind-decorated & cloth-backed printed wrappers. Edinburgh, 1836. * with the xvipp. Appendix, the 2nd part of which by James Farquharson - whose ownership signature is at the head of title.

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