Donaldson (Julia) A Squash and a Squeeze, first edition, illustrations by Axel Scheffler, original pictorial boards, spine faded with one or two nicks to ends, otherwise fine, 4to, 1993.⁂ The author's first book, rare in commerce.Due to the infrequency of its appearance in commerce, is likely to have had a very limited print run. It also marks the first collaboration between the author and illustrator, whose partnership would later go on to create The Gruffalo, Stick Man, Zog and Room on the Broom amongst others.
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Rudyard Kipling - Eight first edition books - six of these Publ. MacMillan & Co in blue cloth gilt, comprising: The Second Jungle Book, 1895, with gilt cobra to front board; Captains Courageous, 1897, gilt sailors to front board; Life's Handicap, 1891; Soldiers Three (The Story of the Gadsbys in Black and White), 1892; Many Inventions, 1893 (spine a/f); The Day's Work, 1898, plus two in tan cloth, Publ. Methuen, comprising: Barrack-Room Ballads and Other Verses, 1894; and The Seven Seas, 1896, (8)
ASSORTED CHILDRENS BOOKS & ANNUALS comprising Captain Scarlet and Thunderbirds, circa 1969; Transformers, circa 1986 & 1987; Starsky & Hutch, 1979; Star Trek, 1977; Six Million Dollar Man, 1977; four Dean pop-up books, including Camberwick Green, No.2; Blyton, Enid. Good Old Secret Seven, first edition, Brockhampton Press, Leicester, 1960, boards, dustjacket, illustrations by Burgess Sharrocks, octavo; and others, (31).
[MODERN FIRST EDITIONS] Fleming, Ian. You Only Live Twice, first edition, Cape, London, 1964, boards, dustjacket (non price-clipped), octavo (jacket slightly browned and chipped; neat ownership inscription to front free endpaper); together with Le Carre, John. Smiley's People, first edition, Hodder & Stoughton, London, 1980; Cornwell, Bernard. Sharpe's Prey, first edition, Harper Collins, London, 2001, SIGNED BY THE AUTHOR; and Cornwell, Bernard. Sharpe's Fury, first edition (fifth impression), Harper Collins, London, 2006, (4).
[MODERN FIRST EDITIONS] Rowling, J.K. Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets, first edition (24th impression), Bloomsbury, London, 1998, boards, dustjacket, octavo; together with Rowling, J.K. Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix, adult cover first edition (third impression), Bloomsbury, London, 2003, boards, octavo; Rowling, J.K. Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince, first edition, Bloomsbury, London, 2005, with printing error to p.99 ('eleven O.W.L.s'), boards, dustjacket, octavo; Rowling, J.K. Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince, adult cover first edition, Bloomsbury, London, 2005, with printing error to p.99 ('eleven O.W.L.s'), boards, dustjacket, octavo; Rowling, J.K. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows, first edition, Bloomsbury, London, 2007, boards, dustjacket, octavo; and Rowling, J.K. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows, adult cover first edition, Bloomsbury, London, 2007, boards, dustjacket, octavo, (6).
[SPORTING]. 'B.B.' 'B.B.' [Watkins-Pitchford, D.J.]. Tide's Ending, first edition, Hollis & Carter, London, 1950, grey cloth, colour full-page and black and white text illustrations, quarto; together with Dark Estuary, first edition, Hollis & Carter, 1953, red cloth, colour full-page and black and white text illustrations, quarto; Brendon Chase, first edition, 1944; A Child Alone, first edition, 1978; The Quiet Fields, first edition, 1980; and three other works by the same, (8).
[MISCELLANEOUS]. RURAL LIFE Twenty-five assorted works, including Niall, Ian. Pastures New, first edition, Heinemann, London, 1952, cloth, dustjacket (price-clipped), wood-engraved illustrations by Barbara Greg, octavo; and Niall, Ian. A Fowler's World. An Account of Days on the Marsh and Estuary, first edition, Heinemann, London, 1968, boards, dustjacket, illustrations by C.F. Tunnicliffe, octavo.
A small lot of hunting interest books to include Lord Willoughby De Broke, 'The Sport of Our Ancestors', (2nd ed. 1925, Constable, London) & Hunting The Fox (1920 Constable 2nd Ed.); Cuthbert Bradley, Good Sport seen with some Famous Packs 1885 to 1910, first edition, (Routledge 1912); William C. A. Blew 'The Quorn Hunt and its Masters' (1899, Nimmo London); Daphne Moore, The Book of the Foxhound (1964, J.A.Allen); Sir W. Beach Thomas, Hunting England (B. T. Batsford 1936); Hunting Lore Shocks for Fox and Field by Crascredo & The Wag (1928 Country Life); Strawson, On Drag-Hunting; David Brock, To Hunt The Fox (Seeley, London)
A Corgi Toys model of The Saint's car Volvo P.1800Corgi Club 258, Corgi's first licensed product with The Saint decal to the bonnet, likely the second edition, with miniature Simon Templar (Sir Roger Moore) figure in red interior, underside embossed VOLVO P. 1800, CORGI TOYS, PATENT APPLICATION 21101/59., MADE IN GT. BRITAIN, unboxed; together with a brown leather wallet embossed with The Saint's Volvo, the interior marked Sir Roger Moore KBE, the model: 2.5cm high, 9cm wide, 4cm deep (1in high, 3 1/2in high, 1/2in deep) (2)This lot is subject to the following lot symbols: ** VAT on imported items at a preferential rate of 5% on Hammer Price and the prevailing rate on Buyer's Premium.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com
A group of Coalport figures, comprising two clowns; a tinker; rare model of 'Her Ladyship'; 'Balloon Seller'; 'Balloon Man'; 'Holy Friar'; 'Bridesmaid'; 'Paddington at the Wicket' (cracked); 'Spring Song', 'Sophie' (Ladies of Fashion) and 'Romance of Henley - First Visit', limited edition 148/1000 (11)Provenance: Ivor Southorn Collection.Condition:Green clown- hand brokenPaddington Cricketer - head badly crackedFirst Visit figure - flower to hat possibly restuckHer Ladyship - cracked across neck.No other damages or repairs.
Sharon Stone signed Binding: Hardcover book Title the Beauty of Living Twice First Edition Publisher: Allen & Unwin. Good condition. All autographs are genuine hand signed and come with a Certificate of Authenticity. We combine postage on multiple winning lots and can ship worldwide. UK postage from £5.99, EU from £7.99, Rest of World from £10
Roger Daltrey signed Binding: Hardcover book Title Thanks A Lot Mr Kibblewhite First Edition Publisher: Blink Publishing. Good condition. All autographs are genuine hand signed and come with a Certificate of Authenticity. We combine postage on multiple winning lots and can ship worldwide. UK postage from £5.99, EU from £7.99, Rest of World from £10
Hardiman Scott Signed Book - Deadly Nature by Hardiman Scott 1985 Hardback Book First Edition with 239 pages Signed by Hardiman Scott on the First page (dedicated) also includes TLS to Leslie Bear (Station Manager - Sizewell Power Station) dated 1985, published by The Bodley Head Ltd London, good condition. Good condition. All autographs are genuine hand signed and come with a Certificate of Authenticity. We combine postage on multiple winning lots and can ship worldwide. UK postage from £5.99, EU from £7.99, Rest of World from £10
Phil Tufnell Signed Book - Tuffers' Cricket Tales 2012 Hardback Book First Edition with 342 pages Signed by Phil Tufnell on the Title page published by Headline Publishing Group, good condition. Good condition. All autographs are genuine hand signed and come with a Certificate of Authenticity. We combine postage on multiple winning lots and can ship worldwide. UK postage from £5.99, EU from £7.99, Rest of World from £10
Martin Kemp Signed Book - The Autobiography of Martin Kemp - True by Martin Kemp 2000 Hardback Book First Edition with 276 pages Signed by Martin Kemp on the Title page published by The Orion Publishing Group Ltd, good condition. Good condition. All autographs are genuine hand signed and come with a Certificate of Authenticity. We combine postage on multiple winning lots and can ship worldwide. UK postage from £5.99, EU from £7.99, Rest of World from £10
Nancy Cartwright (Voice of Bart Simpson) Signed Book - My Life as A Ten-Year-Old Boy by Nancy Cartwright 2000 Hardback Book First Edition with 271 pages Signed by Nancy Cartwright on the Title page published by Bloomsbury Publishing Plc, good condition. Good condition. All autographs are genuine hand signed and come with a Certificate of Authenticity. We combine postage on multiple winning lots and can ship worldwide. UK postage from £5.99, EU from £7.99, Rest of World from £10
Stuart Pearce Signed Book - Psycho - The Autobiography by Stuart Pearce with Bob Harris 2000 Hardback Book First Edition with 312 pages Signed by Stuart Pearce on the Front Cover (dedicated) published by Headline Book Publishing, good condition. Good condition. All autographs are genuine hand signed and come with a Certificate of Authenticity. We combine postage on multiple winning lots and can ship worldwide. UK postage from £5.99, EU from £7.99, Rest of World from £10
Terry Jones Signed Book - the Curse of The Vampire Socks by Terry Jones 1990 Softback Book First Puffin Edition with 127 pages Signed by Terry Jones on the Title page (dedicated) published by Puffin Books, good condition. Good condition. All autographs are genuine hand signed and come with a Certificate of Authenticity. We combine postage on multiple winning lots and can ship worldwide. UK postage from £5.99, EU from £7.99, Rest of World from £10
Ray Galton & Alan Simpson Signed Book -Hancock's Half Hour by Ray Galton and Alan Simpson 1974 Hardback Book First Edition with 136 pages Signed by Ray Galton & Alan Simpson on the Title page published by The Woburn Press London, good condition. Good condition. All autographs are genuine hand signed and come with a Certificate of Authenticity. We combine postage on multiple winning lots and can ship worldwide. UK postage from £5.99, EU from £7.99, Rest of World from £10
Joan Aiken Signed Book - Cold Shoulder Road by Joan Aiken 1997 Softback Book Reprinted First Edition with 283 pages Signed by Joan Aiken on the Title page published by Bantam Doubleday Publishing Group, good condition. Good condition. All autographs are genuine hand signed and come with a Certificate of Authenticity. We combine postage on multiple winning lots and can ship worldwide. UK postage from £5.99, EU from £7.99, Rest of World from £10
Katie Price Signed Book - Angel Uncovered by Katie Price 2008 Hardback Book First Edition with 326 pages Signed by Katie Price on the Title page(dedicated) published by Century London, good condition. Good condition. All autographs are genuine hand signed and come with a Certificate of Authenticity. We combine postage on multiple winning lots and can ship worldwide. UK postage from £5.99, EU from £7.99, Rest of World from £10
Barry Norman Signed Book - Talking Pictures by Barry Norman 1987 Hardback Book First Edition with 344 pages Signed by Barry Norman on the Title page published by BBC Books / Hodder and Stoughton, good condition. Good condition. All autographs are genuine hand signed and come with a Certificate of Authenticity. We combine postage on multiple winning lots and can ship worldwide. UK postage from £5.99, EU from £7.99, Rest of World from £10
A collection of Antique and other hardback books, including Sherlock Holmes The Later Adventures, copyright 1952, Cattermole's Civil War, leather-bound, 1841, Hogarth illustrated by John Ireland, Volume 1 of the second edition corrected first published 1793, Volume 2 and Volume 3, 3 volumes Winston Churchill, A History of The English Speaking Peoples
This Hummelscape Collection piece is a decorative way to display some candlelight. This candle holder from Hummel has a bit of carnival whimsy. It features a few animals, flowers, and a town clock. Mark #1025-D, limited edition. Goebel backstamp. Includes Hummel Parade on Lights, Hummel Figurine 616, first issue 1993 TMK7. Issued: 1999Dimensions: 6.5"L x 6"W x 9.25"HEdition Number: First edition figurine. Manufacturer: Goebel HummelCountry of Origin: GermanyCondition: Age related wear.
Goebel Hummel #458 Storybook Time figure, featuring a mother reading to her two young children. This is a First Issue from 1992. Goebel backstamp TMK 7. #goebel #hummel #figurine Issued: 1992Dimensions: 4.25"L x 3.25"W x 5.5"HEdition Number: First Issue Manufacturer: Goebel HummelCountry of Origin: GermanyCondition: Age related wear.
A figure of a young girl in a dress holding a heart shaped container and bouquet of flowers and a red wooden chair she can be placed on. Goebel Hummel backstamp. Signed H. Fischer. Dimensions of the figure: 2.5"L x 2"W x 4.25"H. Dimensions of the chair: 2"L x 2"W x 4"H. Issued: 1998Edition Number: First Issue Manufacturer: Goebel HummelCountry of Origin: GermanyCondition: Age related wear.
A figure of a young boy wearing a white shirt and brown overalls holding a potted plant with a wooden wagon that he can be placed in. Goebel Hummel backstamp. Signed Gaby Torkel 10-13-98. Dimensions of the figure: 2.5"L x 2.25"W x 4.5"H. Dimensions of the wagon: 4.25"L x 3"W x 4.25"H. Issued: 1998Edition Number: First Issue Manufacturer: Goebel HummelCountry of Origin: GermanyCondition: Age related wear.
Collector's set if a collaboration between Goebel and Steiff. The figurine is the Wonder of Christmas (HUM2015) an authentic 7"H M.I. Hummel with a First Issue Backstamp. The matching mohair bear is a 7"H Limited Edition authentic Steiff. Largest piece measures 6"L x 4"W x 7.25"H. Certificate of Authenticity included. Issued: 1990-1999Manufacturer: Goebel HummelCountry of Origin: GermanyCondition: Age related wear.
This Collector's Set is a collaboration between Goebel and Steiff. The figurine is the Little Maestro (HUM826/I) an authentic 5.75"H Hummel figurine with a First Issue Backstamp. The matching mohair Steiff bear is a 5.25"H Limited Edition of 20,000 pieces. Every teddy bear has a consecutively numbered white ear tag and the famous button in ear. Certificate of Authenticity included. Largest piece measures 4.5"L x 3.5"W x 5.5"H. Issued: 2000Edition Number: 02539/20,000 Manufacturer: Goebel HummelCountry of Origin: GermanyCondition: Age related wear.
Clare, John. Poems Descriptive of Rural Life and Scenery, first edition, London: Taylor & Hessey, 1820. First edition with 10pp. publisher's advertisements at rear, complete with scarce 5-line errata slip. Half-title, title, 22pp. introduction, 4pp. contents, text pp. [iii] 4-222, 10pp. adverts. Contents well-preserved with a few spots in places, a couple of neat inscriptions in an early hand noting the poems that would be omitted in later editions, in worn C19 half-calf, boards detached, but internally good, 12mo. Together with second, third and fourth editions of the same, 1820-21 (4)
Clare, John. The Village Minstrel, and Other Poems, first edition in two volumes, London: Taylor & Hessey, 1821. Vol. I: pp. xxviii, [iii] 4-216, 4pp. advertisements; Vol. II: [viii], [iii] 4-211, 4pp. adverts. The first volume with a stipple-engraved frontispiece portrait of the author, the second volume lacking frontispiece of Clare's Cottage, both volumes complete with half-titles. Contents well-preserved & bright, some light pencil underlining, untrimmed page edges, contemporary blue paper-covered boards worn and lacking spines (though one is loosely-inserted), boards detached, but internally very good, 12mo. Together with a second edition of the same, again in two volumes, this time in pink paper-covered boards and with both engraved frontispieces present, pale spotting (4)
Clare, John. The Rural Muse, two first editions in variant bindings, London: Whittaker & Co., 1835, both with engraved frontispiece of 'The Poet's Cottage', vignette title, and wood-engraved illustration of the author's birthplace on p. 171, both ex-library, together with The Village Minstrel, second edition in two volumes (but bound as one), lacking first title, Taylor & Hessey, 1823, ex-library, and Life & Remains of John Clare, by J. L. Cherry, 1873, lacking covers, sold with all faults, 12mo (4)
Eric Gill (English, 1882-1940). Border: Lovers Facing Left, wood engraving, Claverdon edition, 1929, 21.5cm by 7.5cm, framed & glazed with Goldmark Gallery label verso. Together with Animals All, wood engraving, [first published 1916], 7.5cm by 7.5cm, framed & glazed with Limited Edition Certificate verso numbered 34/80, 1971 (2)
Comics , a collection of comics mostly Marvel but to include first edition E-MAN by Carlton Comics, Marvel Machine Man 10,12, 14,15,17, 18, Kull number 1, 8, 11, 10, 18, Power Man,57,90, Man Wolf ,46,Ant man 48, Wonder Man 55, Son of Satan 17,13, Marvel double feature Captain America and Iron man, 10, Marvel super hearos 21, 27, Tales of Suspense 95,99, The super Hearos 27 (approximately 24 copies )
NINETEEN BOXED 'CHRISTMAS MAGIC' DISNEY CHARACTER TREE DECORATIONS, comprising Mowgli, Little Mermaid, Minnie, Pinocchio, Goofy, Aladdin 'Genie', Dalmatians, Dumbo, Geppetto (broken legs), Donald Duck, Daisy Duck, Lady, Tramp, Tigger, a Grolier President's Edition Simba with certificate, Mulan with certificate, Grumpy with certificate, a special first issue Cinderella, special first issue Hunchback of Notre Dame (19 + 20 boxes)
ONE BOX OF MISCELLANEOUS SUNDRIES, to include a Midwinter 'Oranges and Lemons' pattern biscuit jar, two green and white Alfred Meakin 'Derwent' pattern covered tureens, two Aynsley collector's plates 'Honeysuckle' and 'Dog Rose' from the Fruits and Flowers of Somerset series, a Royal -35P No.67156 camera with a Tominor 2.8/45mm lens No.54276, iron hair curlers, a bone handled boot hook and glove stretcher, a boxed 1985 Royal Mail special stamps collection, an 1871 edition of Daisy's First Winter by Harriet Beecher Stowe, an Odhams Press Ltd 'Everybody's Home Recipe Book', an 1879 edition of The Little Miner, a large silk fringed throw decorated in a pale green and red Paisley pattern, together with two limited edition watercolour prints 'River Source' and 'Rural Warmth' pencil signed Ian Baxter (s.d) (1 box + loose)
THREE BOXES OF COLLECTABLE SOFT TOYS, to include two boxed and unused Furbies, a boxed limited edition Silver Tag Bear 'Suzi', a Hasbro 'Basil Brush', two boxed First Love Originals Orinoco and Alderney Wombles, a musical 'Gund' Winnie The Pooh, a boxed Georgio Beverley Hills bear, Garfield, a boxed limited edition Merrythought bear 'Hope' no.9946 with certificate, together with a black Merrythought bear, sewn label to right foot and cardboard label (3 boxes + loose) (Condition Report: the majority of bears appear in good condition with cardboard labels)
Blue Angels and Whales: A Record of Personal Experiences Below and Above Water. By Robert Gibbings. Illustrations by the Author. Published by J. M. Dent, London. 1st bound edition 1946. This is the first bound edition. It appeared briefly in 1938 as a Pelican Special, paper covers. 114 pages. Excellent copy. Publisher's blue boards, decorated and titled in tilt. 5¾" x 8¾". From single vendors book collection. We combine postage on multiple winning lots and can ship worldwide. UK postage from £5.99, EU from £7.99, Rest of World from £9.99. 30kg box UK £15, EU £40, ROW £60
**'In All Sincerity...Peter Cushing' by Christopher Gullo, hardback first edition, published 2004 with dust wrapper, with dedication by the author to Joyce Broughton to title page and 'Dracula, Celebrating 100 Years', edited by Leslie Shepard and Albert Power, one softback volume, published 1997, with dedication by the author to Joyce Broughton to title page Provenance: **Estate of the Late Mrs Joyce Broughton, Peter Cushing's personal secretary, produced after Peter Cushing's death in 1994
After Sir Henry Raeburn, a portrait of Sir Walter Scott, 19th century, oil on canvas, inscribed verso, unframed; together with Scott, Sir Walter, The Lady of the Lake, Edinburgh Ballantyne 1810, first edition 4to, engraved portrait frontspiece, half calf, marbled paper boards (generally poor condition, boards with losses and stains, spotting to pages). (2) Portrait 35.5cm by 30.5cm
rare Jesus Rafael Soto (on the back) signed "Spiral" screenprint an edition by "Edition Mat and Edition Seriaal" dd 1969 after the first edition of 1955 the upper plexi is missing ||SOTO JESUS RAPHAEL (1923 - 2005) zeldzame zeefdruk n° 66/70 dd 1969 : "La Spirale" - 49 x 49 op verso getekend editie van "Edition Mat and Edition Seriaal" - Amsterdam dit is de druk van 1969 naar de eerste druk van 1955 de bovenste plexiplaat ontbreekt hier
Jack London (1876-1916) - "Call of the Wild", First Edition, "Set up, electrotyped, and published July, 1903", published by Heinemann, illustrated by Philip R. Goodwin and Charles Livingstone Bull, decorated by Chas. Edw. Hooper, one dark blue ribbed cloth-bound edition with impressed and gilded front cover, with Heinemann logo impressed on the back cover
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