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Click here to subscribe[Badminton Library]. Shearman, Montague. Athletics and Football, first edition, Longmans, Green & Co., London 1887. Pictorial brown cloth, illustrations, two pages of publisher's advertisements, octavo (lacking front flyleaf); and Steel, A.G., & Lyttelton, R.H. Cricket, first edition, Longmans, Green & Co., London 1888. Pictorial brown cloth, illustrations, two pages of publisher's advertisements, octavo, (2). Visit www.dnfa.com for condition reports.
Lawrence, T.E., 352087 A/c Ross, The Mint. A day-book of an R.A.F. depot between August and December 1922 with later notes, first edition, Cape, London 1955. Blue cloth, quarto (spine faded); Seago, Edward. Caravan, first edition, Collins, London 1937. Grey cloth, ilustrations, quarto (covers soiled; spine browned; front free endpaper torn, without loss); with two pictorial surveys of Prague and another work, (5). Visit www.dnfa.com for condition reports. Best Bid
Hill, Oliver. Scottish Castles of the Sixteenth and Seventeenth Centuries, first edition, Country Life, London 1953. Cloth, dustjacket, illustrations, tall quarto; Marshall, Mrs A.B. Large Cookery Book of Extra Recipes, London no date [circa 1902]. Green cloth, portrait frontispiece, illustrations, quarto (hinges weak; spine ends torn and frayed); and twenty-one assorted other works, (23). Visit www.dnfa.com for condition reports.
RUBINSTEIN ARTUR: (1887-1982) Polish-American Pianist. Book signed and inscribed, a paperback edition of Rubinstein, part of Les Grands Interpretes, by Bernard Gavoty, published by Editions Rene Kister, Geneva, 1955. The 4to edition, with photographs by Roger Hauert, in French, has been signed by Rubinstein with his first name only ('Artura') to the front free endpaper and dated Paris, 15th June 1957 in his hand. With the illustrated dust wrapper (some small tears and age wear). About VG
WHITTLE FRANK: (1907-1996) English Royal Air Force Officer, inventor of the jet engine. Signed 26 x 22.5 colour print entitled Meteor strikes its first blow by artist Frank Wootton, depicting a Meteor EE216 flown by F/O Dean flipping over a V1 bomb with its wing to score its first combat success on 4th August 1944. Limited Edition number 122 of 850 published to benefit the Battle of Britain museum, 1981. Signed in bold pencil to the lower border by Frank Whittle, F/O Dean and the artist, Frank Wootton. EX
SPITFIRE: Two identical 32 x 26 colour prints entitled The First for The Few by artist Frank Wootton, depicting the first flight of the Spitfire by Chief Test pilot Jeffrey Quill on 14th May 1938. Limited Edition Artist's Proofs numbers 12 and 14 of 25, published to benefit the Battle of Britain museum, 1980. Signed in bold pencil to the lower border by various individuals associated with the Spitfire, Jeffrey Quill, Alan Clifton, Arthur Rubbra, Stanley Hooker and artist Frank Wootton. Rolled, VG, 2
CRICKET: Selection of signed hardback editions by various cricketers including Pace Like Fire by Wes Hall, Menace-The Autobiography by Dennis Lillee (First Edition, 2003), Boycott-The Autobiography by Geoff Boycott (First Edition, 1987), My Autobiography by Shane Warne (First Edition, 2001), Shep by David Shepherd (First Edition, 2001), Flying Stumps by Ray Lindwall (signed piece affixed to title page), Fred-Portrait of a Fast Bowler by Fred Trueman, Three Straight Sticks by R. E. S. Wyatt (signed piece affixed to title page), Just My Story by Len Hutton (signed piece affixed to title page), Batting by Herbert Sutcliffe (First Edition, 1937) etc. Most are accompanied by the dust jackets (a few FR), G to VG, 15
SPORT: Miscellaneous selection of signed hardback editions by various sportsmen including Bobby Charlton's Book of Soccer by Bobby Charlton (First Edition, 1960), The Good, the Bad and the Bubbly by George Best (paperback, also signed by Wilf McGuinness and Denis Law, FR), The Legends of Springbok Rugby 1889-1989 edited by Keith Clayton (First Edition 1989, Limited Edition number 566 of 1000, featuring 94 signatures on white stickers, each neatly affixed to autograph pages), An Autobiography by Gerald Davies (First Edition, 1979), JPR by J. P. R. Williams (First Edition, 1979), No. 8 by Mervyn Davies (First Edition, 1977), Muhammad Ali-A Thirty-Year Journey by Howard Bingham, signed by Ali and Bingham to bookplate (First English edition, 1993) etc. Five are accompanied by the dust jackets. FR (2), generally G to VG, 10
SIGNED BOOKS: Miscellaneous selection of signed hardback editions by various political and military leaders etc., including A Full Life by Brian Horrocks (First Edition, 1960), Fifty Years March-The Rise of the Labour Party signed by over twenty Labour politicians including James Callaghan, Aneurin Bevan, Emmanuel Shinwell, George Thomas, Jennie Lee, Hartley Shawcross etc., Farthest North by Fridtjof Nansen (clipped signature laid down to title page, First Edition, 1904), Auchinleck by Claude Auchinleck (First Edition, 1959, some damp staining), Wanderings & Excursions by J. Ramsay MacDonald (First Edition, 1935), The Autobiography by John Major (First Edition, 1999) etc. Five are accompanied by the dust jackets. About G to VG, 7
SIGNED BOOKS: Miscellaneous selection of signed hardback editions by various famous individuals, mainly actors and entertainers, including Monica's Story by Monica Lewinsky, (First English Edition, 1999), Best of Times, Worst of Times by Shelley Winters, (First English Edition, 1990) Swanson on Swanson by Gloria Swanson (First English Edition, 1981), Talking to Myself by Pearl Bailey (First American Edition, 1971), Caitlin-Life with Dylan Thomas by Caitlin Thomas (First Edition, 1986), Life with Picasso by Francoise Gilot, Snakes and Ladders by Dirk Bogarde (First Edition, 1978) etc. Paperback (1). Most are accompanied by the dust jackets. G to VG, 11
LITERATURE: Small selection of signed hardback editions by various novelists and writers including The Apple Tree by Daphne Du Maurier, Winter in Majorca by George Sand, translation by Robert Graves (Paperback First Edition, 1956, signed and inscribed by Graves, 1975), End and Beginning by John Masefield (First Edition, 1933, Limited Edition number 76 of 275), A Commentary by John Galsworthy (Limited Edition number 104 of 275, published 1930) etc. Two are accompanied by the dust jackets. G to VG, 7
GLENMORANGIE MOUNT EVEREST Distilled 1993, bottled 2003. Distilled and bottled by Glenmorangie Distillery Coy. Bottled to mark the 10 year anniversary of Rebecca Stephens becoming the first Brittish woman to reach the summit. Limited edition, bottle no. 216 of 408. Signed by the Distillery manager and Rebecca Stephens. Single malt, 70cl, 46% volume.
GLENFIDDICH CENTENARY Distilled and bottled by William Grant & Sons Limited. Specially filled and sealed on Christmas Day 1986, to commemorate one hundred years since the day Glenfiddich first ran from the stills. Limited edition, bottle no. 5140 of 12,000. In original box. Single malt, 75cl, 435 volume.
Busbecq (Augier Ghislain de). The Four Epistles of A.G. Busbequius, Concerning his Embassy into Turkey. Being Remarks upon the Religion, Customs, Riches, Strength and Government of that People. As also a Description of their Chief Cities, and Places of Trade and Commerce. To which is added, His Advice how to Manage War against the Turks, 1st English ed., printed for J. Taylor & J. Wyat, 1694, small hole to fore-edge margin of title, two leaves of pubs. ads. at rear, old ink library stamp of King’s Inn Library Dublin to verso of title and leaf T6, upper margin slightly trimmed affected a few page numbers, hinges cracked, bookseller’s label of T. Connolly, Dublin to upper pastedown, contemp. marbled calf, rebacked retaining orig. gilt dec. spine, 12mo. The first English edition of Busbecq’s Tukrish Letters, originally printed in Latin in 1581 and 1582 by Plantin. Later English editions appeared in 1744 and 1761. This edition contains the four Turkish letters, the ‘De Acie contra Turcam’ and the text of the peace treaty between the Porte and the Emperor Ferdinand negotiated by Busbecq. Wing B6219 & Blackmer 253. (1)
Zuallart (Jean). Il Devotissimo Viaggio di Gerusalemme. Fatto, & descritto in sei libri dal Sigr. Giovanni Zuallardo ... l’anno 1586. Aggiontovi i dissegni di varii luoghi di Terra Santa: & altri paesi. Intagliati da Natale Bonifacio Dalmata, Rome, F. Zanetti & Gia. Ruffinelli, 1587, fine eng. title, woodcut head- and tail-pieces, initials, etc., full- page eng. plate with portrait of the author, fifty-one copper eng. plates and maps to text, including two full-page, errata leaf at end with register to verso, library stamp to title verso, and small library inkstamp to foot of a2 and verso of errata leaf at end only, a.e.g., elaborate inside gilt dentelles, early 20th c. dark brown crushed morocco, in the style of Riviere, very sl. rubbed, small 4to. Blackmer 1873 (second edition). A fine copy of the first edition of this important illustrated account of Zuallart’s travels to the Levant, the first to contain illustrations of Jerusalem, as well as descriptions of Venice, Crete and Cyprus. (1)
Gerard (John). The Herball or Generall Historie of Plantes..., very much Enlarged and Amended by Thomas Johnson..., Adam Islip, Joice Norton & Richard Whitakers, 1636, eng. title (close-trimmed & closed-tear, laid-down onto front blank leaf), numerous woodcut botanical illusts., index leaves 7B2 & 7B3 at rear of volume torn to lower outer corners with slight loss, lacks final blank (leaf 7B6), some minor worming and worm trails, some light dampstaining to few leaves, inner hinges repaired, contemp. speckled sheep, rebacked, red morocco title label to spine, , leather on boards scuffed with some surface loss, folio. This volume is the “2nd edition of revised Gerard,” first published 1633. STC 11752. (1)
White (Gilbert). The Natural History and Antiquitites of Selborne, with a Naturalist’s Calendar; and miscellaneous obversations, extracted from his papers, new ed., with notes by Edward Turner Bennett, and others, 1837, numerous b&w wood eng. illusts., contemp. owner’s presentation inscription to front blank ‘Miss Bell Doran from her Cousin Wm. Slade. 1839’, a.e.g., marbled endpapers, contemp. full calf, gilt ruled to borders and spine, rubbed and a few marks, 8 vo, together with an 1813 edition of the same work in 2 vols., with four plates, including one hand-coloured, contemp. calf, some wear with covers det., 8vo, plus Chatterton (Thomas), Miscellanies in Prose and Verse, 1st ed., 1778, eng. frontis. of Alderman Beckford’s statue, ownership signature of Thomas H. Foxcroft to title, bookplate of Thomas Hammond Foxcroft to front pastedown, contemp. calf-backed marbled boards, rubbed and some wear to joints, 8vo, and Ecton (John), Liber Valorum & Decimarum. Being an account of such Ecclesiastical Benefices in England and Wales, as now stand charged with, or lately were discharged from the payment of first-fruits and tenths, 3rd ed., 1728, contemp. panelled calf, rubbed and with a little wear to spine with joints partly cracked, 8vo, plus Burke (Edmund), Reflections on the Revolution in France, and on the proceedings in certain societies in London relative to that event, 3rd ed., 1790, ownership signature of S. Day to head of title, early 19th c. half calf, rubbed and minor wear to extrems., 8vo, and other miscellaneous antiquarian literature, mostly later 18th c. and 19th c., including The Spectator, 8 vols., 1789, Thomas Hood, Winds & Oddities, 1st & 2nd Series, 3rd ed./2nd ed., respect., 1828-29, John Adams, Elegant Anecdotes, and Bons-Mots, new ed., 1790, owner’s signature of S. Skurray to front endpaper, etc., all leather-bound (38)
Bible [English]. The Holy Bible, Containing the Old Testament, and the New; Newly Translated out of the Original Tongues: And with the Former Translations Diligently Compared and Revised, by his Maiesties Speciall Commandement. Imprinted at London by Robert Barker, Printer to the Kings Most Excellent Maiesty, 1616, roman letter text in double column, ruled in red throughout, general woodcut title and NT woodcut title both present (first title with a little loss to lower outer corner, full page woodcut of Adam & Eve in the Garden of Eden, Booke of Common Prayer (1616) bound in at front with woodcut title and double-page map of the Holy Land, Whole Booke of Psalmes (dated 1624), bound in at end, with final leaf repaired to lower outer corner, occ. marks and Nnnn3 with ink staining to verso, later full calf, rubbed and worn to joints and edges, folio. Herbert 349. The first small folio edition of King James’ version. (1)
[Brahe, Tycho, Astronomiae instauratae mechanica, 2nd ed., Nuremberg: Levinus Hulsius, 1602], five large engravings of astronomical instruments and text, eighteen large and seven smaller woodcuts, woodcut initials, head and tail pieces, lacks first two leaves (title with large engraved portrait of the author and first leaf of preface) and signature F (4 leaves including large engraving of Globus Magnus Orichalicus to F4v), old piece of paper tipped on to margin of folio C6v not affecting text, heavy browning throughout, disbound and broken with several leaves det., folio (300 x 200 mm). The first trade edition - the first was produced in 1598 for private distribution - of one of Brahe’s most important works, containing a description of his astronomical instruments and of the observatory at Hven, with an appendix in which the construction of those observatories is shown. Norman 320. Digital photocopies of the missing leaves are included with the lot. (1)
Morton (Thomas & Cadge, William). The Surgical Anatomy of the Principal Regions of the Human Body, 4 vols., 1st eds., 1838-39-41-45, a total of twenty-five hand-col. litho. plts. including eighteen folding or double-page, the six double-page plts. to second vol. somewhat browned and brittle and split along folds with occ. marginal chips, some spotting to text, pubs. cats. bound at rear of each vol., orig. cloth with remains of rubbed and browned printed paper labels to spines, rubbed, spines darkened and partly frayed with a little loss, tall 8vo. The four works are on the surgical anatomy of perinaeum, of the groin, the inguinal herniae, and of the head and neck, axilla, bend of the elbow, and wrist. The four works were first published as a collected edition in 1850. (4)
Owen (Robert). A New View of Society, or, Essays on the Formation of the Human Character, Preparatory to the Development of a Plan for Gradually Ameliorating the Condition of Mankind, printed for the Friends of the New System, and sold by the Store-keeper of the Orbiston Community... , 1826, viii, [5-]96 pp., ad. leaf at rear, a little spotting and soiling throughout, pencil presentation inscription to John Allison from M. Paull, Orbiston to front pastedown, contemp. half calf gilt, rubbed, 12mo. PMM 271 for the first edition of four essays published 1813-14. This edition follows the fourth edition of 1818 and the first American edition of 1825. Orbiston near Motherwell, was the first British Owenite community set up by Owenite followers in 1825. (1)
Trollope (Anthony). Harry Heathcote of Gangoil. A Tale of Australian Bush Life, 1st ed., later (illustrated) edition, Sampson Low, 1874, wood eng. frontis., four wood eng. plts., lacking addn. eng. frontis., 40pp pubs. ads. at rear dated October 1874, some marks and finger-soiling, recased and endpapers renewed, orig. olive green cloth, decorated in black and gilt, extrems. rubbed and a little worn, repaired to spine and corners, 8vo. Sadleir, Trollope, 43. Harry Heathcote’s intial appearance in print was as the 1873 Christmas Number of The Graphic, accompanied by six illustrations. Sampson Low’s first edition was published in October 1874. Sadleir notes that two further issues appeared before the end of 1874: a so-called ‘second edition’, and this smaller volume containing the six Graphic illustrations reduced in size. Presumably the publisher’s plan was twofold: by dividing the first edition sheets into three groups and issuing them separately in quick succession the book would appear to be in great demand; and by issuing an illustrated edition at the end of the year the Christmas gift-book market could be targeted. The first issue of ‘Harry Heathcote’ is one of the scarcest of all Trollope’s works, and the subsequent two issues of the first edition sheets, including this first illustrated bookform edition, are also extremely difficult to come by. (1)
Trollope (Anthony). Dr. Wortle’s School. A Novel, 2 vols. in one, 1st ed., later issue, Chapman and Hall, 1881, half-title, title, and contents leaf re-attached at gutter, recased and endpapers renewed, orig. terracotta cloth (remainder binding), extrems. rubbed, rebacked preserving orig. spine, 8vo. Sadleir, Trollope, 59. Not reprinted in its original two-volume form; the unsold sheets of the first edition were bound up, two volumes in one, in secondary bindings. Both in its primary and secondary form it is an extremely scarce Trollope title. (1)
Renaissance Florentine Football: a rare 17th century volume by Giovanni de Bardi de Conti di Vernio (1534-1612) of the Accademia degli Alterati il Puro titled 'Discorso Sopra Il Giuoco Del Calcio Fiorentino', 2nd edition, published in Florence, 1673, with an updated chapter from the original 1580 work dedicated to the playing of the sport, the tile page with a copper plate engraving bearing the Medici coat of arms, 36 pages, two fold-out copper plate engravings, the first demonstrating the players' field formation, the other with a view of a game in progress in the Piazza Santa Croce in Florence, content including rules, playing field and team stipulations, dress code and other general matters. Calcio Fiorentino was an early form of football that originated in 16th century Italy. The Piazza Santa Croce of Florence is the cradle of this sport, that became known as Giuoco del Calcio Fiorentino ("Florentine kick game") or simply calcio ("kick"). The official rules of calcio were published for the first time in 1580 by the Florentine count Giovanni de Bardi de Conti di Vernio. It appears to have been directly influenced by the ancient Roman game of Harpastum, echoed the discipline and teamwork required on the battlefield, and was played in teams of 27, using both feet and hands. Goals could be scored by throwing the ball over a designated spot on the perimeter of the field. The playing field is a giant sand pit with a goal running the width of each end. There is a main referee, six linesmen and a field master. Each game is played out for 50 minutes with the winner being the team with the most points or 'cacce'. Originally, calcio was reserved for rich aristocrats who played every night between Epiphany and Lent. In the Vatican City, Popes including Clement VII, Leo XI and Urban VIII were known to play. Participation in the sport eventually ceased before being revived some two hundred years later when organised games began again in 1930. Today, three matches are played each year in Piazza Santa Croce, in the 3rd week of June. The modern version is extremely physical and allows tactics such as head-butting, punching, elbowing, and choking, although forbids sucker-punching and kicks to the head. Four teams take part, Santa Croce or the Azzuri (blue), Santa Maria Novella or the Rossi (red), Santo Spirito or the Bianchi (white) and San Giovanni or the Verdi (green).
Early football publications, an early football annual dated 1883, published by the Midland Athletic Star and being a record for Birmingham and District Association Football; Football Who's Who with biographies of nearly 1000 players season 1900-1901, published by C. Arthur Pearson Limited, London; then two editions of Men Famous In Football, the first for season 1903-04, rebound in blue cloth but with the original wrappers removed, the other an incomplete edition of the same annual; Weddell's Record of League Football, two rebound in a common volume with original wrappers preserved for 1888-1904 and 1888-1905, and with a partial copy of the 1906 Weddell; The Southern Football League Portrait Album Season 1908-09; and two undated part-works containing 24 cabinet size photographs titled Our Footballers (8)
F.A. Cup final memorabilia relating to the Kennington Oval and Crystal Palace period, comprising: a Sunderland souvenir of the 1913 F.A. Cup final v Aston Villa at the Crystal Palace, printed on fine crepe paper with coloured flags and national emblems forming a border, centre depiction of a black cat, inscribed GOOD LUCK, SUNDERLAND, and Sunderland team-group portrait, in very good condition; together with various pages removed from magazines with artist-drawn and photographic images of F.A. Cup finals, publications comprising The Graphic, The Illustrated London News, Famous Footballers and Pall Mall Budget, also including some complete magazines, subjects including the finals of 1883, 1884, 1888, 1895, 1896, 1902, 1906, 1910 & 1911; together with an edition of the Accrington Gazette 6th April 1889 covering Preston's victory to complete the double in the first season of the Football League; and a Vanity Fair print of the F.A. President Lord Kinnaird (qty)
The Grand Prix Car by Laurence Pomeroy Vol.1 & 2, both in fine condition, with original dust jackets, the first complete with its slip-in 36-page addenda/index booklet; together with a copy of the 1952 British Racing Drivers' Club Silver Jubilee Book, stamped no. 2053 out of 2,500, some damage to the spine, and a 1949 2nd edition of 'A Record of Motor Racing 1894-1908' by Gerald Rose (4)
* Ando Hiroshige 1797-1858- "Hiratsuka", from the fifty-three stations of the Tokadio, Hoeido Edition, oban yokoye, Published by Takenouchi Magohachi (Hoeido) c.1831-1834, woodblock printed in colours, with inscriptions and two seals, 24x36cm,Note: Hiratsuka, the zigzag road, lined with a few trees, traversing fields, and a courier running along and passing two other travellers. In the background a dark, round-topped hill, behind which a white Fuji appears in the distance. The Tokaido Highway runs along a low causeway by the ocean. The man running is one of the professional couriers who worked in relays and covered the distance of 489 km between Edo and Kyoto in about 90 hours. Mitsuke travelling from Kyoto to Edo were able to get their first glimpse of Mount Fuji from here. The rapidly flowing river "Tenryu" flowed west of the station and travellers had to cross the river by ferryboat.
Bauchope, C Robertson (Ed) - "The Golfing Annual 1887-1888" volume No 1 published by the Field Office, London, in original red and gilt decorative cloth boards (spine faded and thumb stains to covers), c/w photograph illustrations, golf course plans including Royal Liverpool, St Andrews, North Berwick, Royal North Devon, et al, internally clean but rather tired with ex private library labels, hence well read but rare first edition (P/F). Illus.
Hamilton, David signed - "The Thorn Tree Clique - new analysis of Mathieson's poem The Goff" publ'd 2001 ltd edition no 127/280 copies in quarter leather and marbled boards and comes c/w slip case. The book contains the first line by line analysis of Mathieson's Edinburgh poem "The Goff" of 1742, not only casting new light on the play but also revealing it as an Enlightenment parable. The 4 wood engravings are by Kathleen Lindsley and an end pocket has a facsimile of this rare and valuable poem - appears unread hence (VG).
Gauger, M., Fires Improved or a New Method of Building Chimnies as to prevent their Smoking ...., second edition, London 1736, bound with Gay, John, Trivia, or the Art of Walking the Streets, second edition, London [1716], and nine other pamphlets in one volume, 8vo, the first with engraved plates, contemporary calf, worn, poor condition
[Scott, Sir Walter], Waverley Novels, Edinburgh 1815-29, 20 works only in 64 volumes, 12mo, some spotting, a few leaves loose, near uniform contemporary half calf, one in blue half calf, first editions except second of Rob Roy, The Antiquary, Tales of my Landlord, first series, Maid of Perth, third edition of Guy Mannering, sixth of Waverley (64)
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