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Toovey's

Lot 3248

FILM & THEATRE. – Eric BARKER. Steady, Barker!. London: Secker & Warburg, 1956. First edition, 8vo (196 x 127mm.) Occasional illustrations. (Light browning.) Original cloth, dust-jacket. Provenance: Vivian Cox (presentation inscription signed by Barker ‘This isn’t conceit. Just a personal souvenir to that very erudite man with thanks for having me and all the fun off the set. Eric August ‘58’). – And a quantity of others, a number relating to films, the theatre and plays or poetry (a quantity).

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TROLLOPE, Anthony. He Knew he was Right. London: Strahan and Company, 1869. First edition in book form, 2 vols., 8vo (212 x 1

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Lot 3259

TROLLOPE, Anthony. He Knew he was Right. London: Strahan and Company, 1869. First edition in book form, 2 vols., 8vo (212 x 130mm.) Plates and illustrations by Marcus Stone. (Some spotting and browning.) Contemporary half-calf (slightly rubbed and scuffed).

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Toovey's

Lot 3276

LANG, Andrew (editor). The Yellow Fairy Book. London & New York: 1894. First edition, 8vo (182 x 116mm.) Numerous illustrations by H.J. Ford. (Slightly affected by damp, some spotting or browning.) Original decorative cloth blocked in gilt, g.e. (extremities bumped, spine slightly darkened). – And two others by Lang (3).

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Toovey's

Lot 3307

HAYWARD, R.L. We Were the Foreigners. Shrewsbury: 1944. ‘Limited First Edition’, signed by the author to title-page, 8vo (224 x 138mm.) Occasional full-page illustrations by George Hooper. Original cloth (extremities bumped, spine faded). – And fifty-two others (53).

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Toovey's

Lot 3308

BIOGRAPHIES. – Lucy NORTON. First Lady of Versailles. Philadelphia & New York: J.B. Lippincott Company, 1978. First edition, 8vo (215 x 126mm.) Occasional illustrations. (Occasional soiling.) Original cloth, dust-jacket. Provenance: ‘Bill’ (presentation inscription signed by the author, dated ‘Christmas 1980’ to half-title). – And forty-two others, all biographies, all 20th Century (43).

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NELSON, Robert. A Companion for the Festivals and Fasts of the Church of England… the twentieth edition. London: 1752.

Toovey's

Lot 3313

NELSON, Robert. A Companion for the Festivals and Fasts of the Church of England… the twentieth edition. London: 1752. 8vo (201 x 122mm.) Engraved frontispiece. (Title-page and some other leaves torn without loss, Qq7 torn with slight loss and repaired with tape to margin, some spotting and browning.) Contemporary calf (worn, upper cover detached, stitching broken, frontispiece and first quire now loosely inserted).

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Toovey's

Lot 3331

ROMANTIC FICTION. – Katherine SIM. The Moon at my Feet. London: Hodder and Stoughton, 1959. First edition, 8vo (192 x 125mm.) Occasional illustrations. Original cloth, dust-jacket. – And a quantity of others, all of similar interest, all 20th Century (a quantity).

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Somerville, E. OE., & Ross, M. Some Irish Yesterdays, first edition, Longmans, Green & Co., London 1906. Cream cloth

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Lot 453

Somerville, E. OE., & Ross, M. Some Irish Yesterdays, first edition, Longmans, Green & Co., London 1906. Cream cloth with pictorial onlay, illustrations, octavo (spine browned); In Mr Knox`s Country, first edition, 1915. Green cloth, illustrations, octavo; and fifteen others by or on the same, (17).

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[Archery]. Elmer, Robert. Target Archery, first edition, Hutchinson`s Library of Sports and Pastimes, London 1952. Blue buckr

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Lot 456

[Archery]. Elmer, Robert. Target Archery, first edition, Hutchinson`s Library of Sports and Pastimes, London 1952. Blue buckram, plate illustrations, octavo; Hodgkin, Adrian. The Archer`s Craft, first edition, Faber & Faber, London 1951. Green cloth, dustjacket, plate illustrations, quarto; Edwards, C.B. An Archer`s Notes, first edition, Petty & Sons, Leeds 1949. Blue cloth, dustjacket, octavo; and four other works of related interest, (7).

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[Archery]. Moseley, Walter Michael. An Essay on Archery: Describing the Practice of that Art, in All Ages and Nations, first

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Lot 457

[Archery]. Moseley, Walter Michael. An Essay on Archery: Describing the Practice of that Art, in All Ages and Nations, first edition, sold by Robson, London 1792. Later half green morocco gilt by Morrell of London, frontispiece, vignette title page, errata slip, octavo.

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[Archery]. Roberts, T. The English Bowman, or Tracts on Archery: to which is added the second part of the Bowman`s Glory, fir

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Lot 467

[Archery]. Roberts, T. The English Bowman, or Tracts on Archery: to which is added the second part of the Bowman`s Glory, first edition, for the author, London 1801. Later half green morocco gilt by Morrell of London, frontispiece, errata leaf, octavo.

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[Archery]. Hastings, Thomas. The British Archer; or, Tracts on Archery, first edition, Ackermann, London 1831. Later scarlet

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Lot 468

[Archery]. Hastings, Thomas. The British Archer; or, Tracts on Archery, first edition, Ackermann, London 1831. Later scarlet cloth, frontispiece, a further five plate illustrations, quarto.

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[Archery]. Hay, Ian. The Royal Company of Archers 1676-1951, first edition, Blackwood, Edinburgh & London 1951. Green clo

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Lot 476

[Archery]. Hay, Ian. The Royal Company of Archers 1676-1951, first edition, Blackwood, Edinburgh & London 1951. Green cloth gilt, frontispiece, plate illustrations, quarto; Oxley, James. The Fletchers and Longbowstringmakers of London, first edition, The Worshipful Company of Fletchers, London 1968. Black cloth gilt, armorial frontispiece, plate illustrations, quarto; and Lake, Fred, & Wright, Hal. A Bibliography of Archery, first edition, The Simon Archery Foundation, Manchester 1974. Boards, dustjacket, quarto, INSCRIBED BY ONE AUTHOR, (3).

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[Archery]. Elmer, Robert. Target Archery, first edition, Hutchinson`s Library of Sports and Pastimes, London 1952. Pale blue

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Lot 477

[Archery]. Elmer, Robert. Target Archery, first edition, Hutchinson`s Library of Sports and Pastimes, London 1952. Pale blue boards, dustjacket, plate illustrations, octavo; Edwards, C.B., & Heath, E.G. In Pursuit of Archery, first edition, Kaye, London 1962. Boards, dustjacket, plate and text illustrations, octavo; Edwards, C.B. An Archer`s Notes, first edition, Petty & Sons, Leeds 1949. Blue cloth, dustjacket, octavo; Edwards, C.B. The "Tox" Story. An Account in Brief of The Royal Toxophilite Society, R.T.S., Burnham 1968. Stiff card covers, small octavo; and five further works of related interest, (9).

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[Archery]. Roberts, T. The English Bowman (facsimile of 1801 edition), EP Publishing, Wakefield 1973. Boards, dustjacket, oct

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Lot 480

[Archery]. Roberts, T. The English Bowman (facsimile of 1801 edition), EP Publishing, Wakefield 1973. Boards, dustjacket, octavo; Moseley, Walter Michael. An Essay on Archery, (facsimile of 1792 edition), EP Publishing, 1974. Cloth, dustjacket, octavo; Heath, E.G. A History of Target Archery, first edition, David & Charles, Newton Abbot 1973. Boards, dustjacket, illustrations, octavo; Latham, J.D., & Lt. Cdr. W.F. Paterson, (editors). Saracen Archery. An English Version and Exposition of a Mameluke Work on Archery (ca. A.D. 1368), first edition, The Holland Press, London 1970. Boards, dustjacket, illustrations, quarto; Hodgkin, Adrian Eliot. The Archer`s Craft, second edition, Faber & faber, london 1974. Boards, dustjacket, illustrations, quarto; and Rausing, Gad. The Bow. Some Notes on its Origin and Development, Acta Archaeologica Lundensia, Bonn / Lund 1967. Cloth backed boards, illustrations, quarto, (6).

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[Archery]. Hodgkin, Adrian Eliot. The Archer`s Craft. A Sheaf of Notes on certain Matters concerning Archers and Archery, the

Dreweatts Bristol Salerooms (The Apsley Road Saleroom)

Lot 481

[Archery]. Hodgkin, Adrian Eliot. The Archer`s Craft. A Sheaf of Notes on certain Matters concerning Archers and Archery, the Making of Archers` Tackle and the Art of Hunting with the Bow, first edition, Faber & Faber, London 1951. Green cloth, dustjacket, illustrations, quarto; Elmer, Robert. Target Archery, first edition, Hutchinson`s Library of Sports and Pastimes, London 1952. Blue buckram, plate illustrations, octavo; Duff, James. Bows and Arrows: How they are Best Made for All Kinds of Target Shooting, (facsimile of 1927 edition), Simon Archery Foundation, Manchester 1992. Boards, dustjacket, illustrations, octavo; Rounseville, Phillip. Archery Simplified, first edition, Barnes, New York 1931. Green cloth with target motif, plate and text illustrations, octavo; Grimley, Gordon. The Book of the Bow, first edition, Putnam, London 1958. Cloth, dustjacket, plate illustrations, octavo; Edwards, C.B. An Archer`s Notes, first edition, Petty & Sons, Leeds 1949. Blue cloth, dustjacket, octavo; and two other works of related interest, (8).

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[Archery]. Heath, E.G. The Grey Goose Wing, first edition, Osprey, Reading 1971. Boards, dustjacket, illustrations throughout

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Lot 483

[Archery]. Heath, E.G. The Grey Goose Wing, first edition, Osprey, Reading 1971. Boards, dustjacket, illustrations throughout, quarto; Hill, Howard. Wild Adventure, First British edition, Hale, London 1955. Maroon cloth, plate illustrations from photographs, octavo; and a further thirty-six assorted works of archery interest, (38).

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MacKenzie, W.M. Pompeii, first edition, Black, London 1910. Cloth, plate illustrations by Alberto Pisa, eight page publisher`

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Lot 495

MacKenzie, W.M. Pompeii, first edition, Black, London 1910. Cloth, plate illustrations by Alberto Pisa, eight page publisher`s catalogue, quarto; Tuker, M.A.R., & Malleson, Hope. Rome, Black 1925. Cloth, dustjacket, colour plate illustrations by Alberto Pisa, octavo; and eleven other works of Italian interest, (13).

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Novgorod Icons, 12th-17th Century, first edition, Phaidon, Oxford 1980. Cloth, dustjacket, large quarto; Architecture of the

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Lot 496

Novgorod Icons, 12th-17th Century, first edition, Phaidon, Oxford 1980. Cloth, dustjacket, large quarto; Architecture of the Russian North, 12th-19th Centuries, first edition, Aurora Art Publishers, Leningrad 1976. Boards, dustjacket, quarto, in plain card slip-case; Bizjak, Milko. Pipe Organs in Slovenia, first edition, Ljubljana 1985. Cloth, dustjacket, quarto; and twelve other volumes, including others in icons, (15).

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Ison, Walter. The Georgian Buildings of Bath, first edition, Spire Books Ltd, Reading 2004. Boards, dustjacket, illustrations

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Lot 498

Ison, Walter. The Georgian Buildings of Bath, first edition, Spire Books Ltd, Reading 2004. Boards, dustjacket, illustrations, quarto; Hinchcliffe, Tanis. North Oxford, second impression, Yale University Press, New Haven & London 1992. Cloth, dustjacket, illustrations, quarto; Booth, General. In Darkest England and the Way Out, Salvation Army, London no date [circa 1890]. Black cloth gilt, folding colour frontispiece, six pages of advertisements, octavo; and a further twenty-six works of topographical and social historical interest, (29).

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Johns, Capt. W.E. Biggles Sees it Through, first edition, Oxford University Press, London 1941. Pictorial orange cloth, dark

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Lot 503

Johns, Capt. W.E. Biggles Sees it Through, first edition, Oxford University Press, London 1941. Pictorial orange cloth, dark maroon top edges, colour plate frontispiece (detached) and six black and white illustrations by Howard Leigh and Alfred Sindall, octavo.

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Johns, Capt. W.E. Biggles Goes to War, first edition, Oxford University Press, London 1938. Pictorial grey cloth, maroon top

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Lot 504

Johns, Capt. W.E. Biggles Goes to War, first edition, Oxford University Press, London 1938. Pictorial grey cloth, maroon top edges, colour plate frontispiece and six black and white illustrations by Howard Leigh and Martin Tyas, octavo.

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Johns, Capt. W.E. Biggles Defies the Swastika, first edition, Oxford University Press, London 1941. Pictorial red cloth, red

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Lot 505

Johns, Capt. W.E. Biggles Defies the Swastika, first edition, Oxford University Press, London 1941. Pictorial red cloth, red top edges, colour plate frontispiece (detached) and six black and white illustrations by Howard Leigh and Alfred Sindall, octavo.

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Rust, Brian. The American Record Label Book from the 19th Century Through 1942, first edition, Arlington House, New Rochelle

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Lot 514

Rust, Brian. The American Record Label Book from the 19th Century Through 1942, first edition, Arlington House, New Rochelle (New York) 1978. Boards, dustjacket, illustrations, quarto; and assorted other books and booklets of jazz interest, including discographies and issues of Storyville.

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Potter, Beatrix. The World of Peter Rabbit, twenty-three volumes, Warne, London 1988. Pictorial boards, dustjackets, each ill

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Lot 515

Potter, Beatrix. The World of Peter Rabbit, twenty-three volumes, Warne, London 1988. Pictorial boards, dustjackets, each illustrated, the whole in a presentation box; Austwick, J. & B. The Decorated Tile. An Illustrated History of English Tile-Making and Design, first edition, Pitman House, London 1980. Boards, dustjacket, illustrations, quarto; Peppin, Brigid, & Micklethwait, Lucy. Dictionary of British Book Illustrators: The Twentieth Century, first edition, Murray, London 1983. Boards, dustjacket, illustrations, quarto; and a further seven assorted works, (10).Best Bid

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Thomson, William. A Practical Treatise on the Cultivation of the Grape Vine, first edition, Blackwood, Edinburgh & London

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Lot 517

Thomson, William. A Practical Treatise on the Cultivation of the Grape Vine, first edition, Blackwood, Edinburgh & London 1862. Blind stamped green cloth, thirty-two page publisher`s catalogue, octavo; and Redding, Cyrus. A History and Description of Modern Wines, first edition, first edition, Whittaker, Treacher, & Arnot, London 1833. Full calf, vignette illustrations, octavo, (2).

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Sassoon, Siegfried. Siegfried`s Journey 1916-1920, first edition, Faber & Faber, London 1945. Pink cloth, portrait fronti

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Lot 518

Sassoon, Siegfried. Siegfried`s Journey 1916-1920, first edition, Faber & Faber, London 1945. Pink cloth, portrait frontispiece, octavo; Langley, Noel. The Inconstant Moon, first edition, Barker, London 1949. Pictorial boards, illustrated by Ronald Searle, octavo (lacking front free endpaper and with scarred front pastedown); Homer, The Odyssey, translated by Butcher, S.H. & Lang, Andrew, The Medici Society, London 1949. Blue cloth, dustjacket, colour plate illustrations by W. Russell Flint, square octavo (lacking front free endpaper); and assorted other works.

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[Wine]. Allen, H. Warner. The Wines of Portugal, new edition, Rainbird, London 1963. Blue cloth with an art vellum spine, ill

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Lot 524

[Wine]. Allen, H. Warner. The Wines of Portugal, new edition, Rainbird, London 1963. Blue cloth with an art vellum spine, illustrations, quarto; Simon, Andre. The History of Champagne, first edition, Ebury Press, London 1962. Yellow cloth with an art vellum spine, illustrations, quarto (pp. 87-90 detached); Fletcher, Wyndham. Port. An Introduction to its History and Delights, first edition, Sotheby Parke Bernet, London 1978. Boards, dustjacket, quarto; and assorted other works of related interest.

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Williamson, Henry. The Patriot`s Progress; being the Vicissitudes of Pte. John Bullock, first edition, Bles, London 1930. Mar

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Lot 525

Williamson, Henry. The Patriot`s Progress; being the Vicissitudes of Pte. John Bullock, first edition, Bles, London 1930. Maroon cloth, illustrations by William Kermode, octavo (covers faded and damp marked); with The Village Book, first edition, Cape, London 1930. Tan cloth, octavo; A Clear Water Stream, first edition, Faber & Faber, London 1958. Blue cloth, dustjacket, octavo; and a further twenty-five titles by the same, including first editions, (28).

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Fraser, George MacDonald. Flashman, first edition, Jenkins, London 1969. Red boards, dustjacket, octavo; Royal Flash, first e

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Lot 526

Fraser, George MacDonald. Flashman, first edition, Jenkins, London 1969. Red boards, dustjacket, octavo; Royal Flash, first edition, Barrie & Jenkins, London 1970. Red boards, dustjacket, octavo; and Flash for Freedom, first edition, Barrie & Jenkins, London 1971. Red boards, dustjacket, octavo (jacket price clipped and chipped at spine head), (3).

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Amis, Kingsley. The Green Man, first edition, Cape, London 1969. Blue Boards, dustjacket, octavo (jacket slightly faded at sp

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Lot 527

Amis, Kingsley. The Green Man, first edition, Cape, London 1969. Blue Boards, dustjacket, octavo (jacket slightly faded at spine and creased to front flap); Sillitoe, Alan. A Tree on Fire, first edition, Macmillan, London 1967. Grey boards, dustjacket, octavo; Braine, John. The Jealous God, first edition, Eyre & Spottiswoode, London 1964. Green boards, dustjacket, octavo (jacket nicked and chipped); and assorted other titles by John Fowles, Gore Vidal, Edna O`Brien and others, (10).

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Autographs - Red Dwarf. A paperback book, Naylor, Grant. Infinity Welcomes Careful Drivers, Roc, New York 1992, first U.S. ed

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Lot 289

Autographs - Red Dwarf. A paperback book, Naylor, Grant. Infinity Welcomes Careful Drivers, Roc, New York 1992, first U.S. edition, signed by Chris Barrie (Rimmer), Craig Charles (Lister), Danny John-Jules (The Cat), Chloe Annett (Kochanski), Robert Llewellyn (Kryten), and Norman Lovett (Holly); a Red Dwarf Official Fan Club programme, Dimension Jump `98, signed by Chloe Annett, Chris Barrie, Ed Bye, Craig Charles, Hattie Hayridge, Danny John-Jules, Robert Llewellyn, Norman Lovett, and Doug Naylor; and a signed black and white portrait photograph of Danny John-Jules, (3). Note: Sold in aid of Stepping Stones (Notts), a community-based residential complex for adults with learning difficulties.Best Bid

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William Burton, "The Description of Leicester Shire. Containing Matters of Antiquitye, Historye, Armorye and Geoneology&

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Lot 175

William Burton, "The Description of Leicester Shire. Containing Matters of Antiquitye, Historye, Armorye and Geoneology", first edition, folding county map of William Kip after Saxton, London (17th century) cf. defective.

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Hutchins History of Dorset; two volumes; First Edition 1774,leather tooled and gilt spines with list of subscribers within.

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Lot 484

Hutchins History of Dorset; two volumes; First Edition 1774,leather tooled and gilt spines with list of subscribers within.

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WILLA CATHER: THE NOVELS AND STORIES OF WILLA CATHER; The Autograph Edition: Houghton Mifflin Company, Boston, 1937. Cloth. B

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Lot 501

WILLA CATHER: THE NOVELS AND STORIES OF WILLA CATHER; The Autograph Edition: Houghton Mifflin Company, Boston, 1937. Cloth. Book Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. Various (illustrator). First Edition. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. White cloth spine with blue cloth boards with gold decoration on front covers and black label spines with gold printing. "This is a limited signed edition by the author 970 copies of this edition have been printed from type at the Riverside Press Cambridge Massachusetts of which nine hundred and fifty signed and numbered copies are for sale. This copy is number 491 Signed underneath by Willa Cather in volume 1. Twelve volumes of 13 volume set (9th volume missing) each volume has the pages uncut and top page edges in gilt a few of the spine labels have minor chipping otherwise the set is clean complete and tight. The first volume which is signed by the author is volume 1 "O Pioneers!" 262 pages; volume 2 "The Song of the Lark" 581 pages; volume 3 "Alexander`s Bridge & April Twilights" 217 pages; volume 4 My Antonia 371 pages; volume 5 "One of Ours" 514 pages; volume 6 "Youth and the Bright Medusa" 289 pages; volume 7 "A Lost Lady" 173 pages; volume 8; "The Professor`s House" 281 pages;( volume 9 "Death comes for the Archbishop" 348 pages- missing); volume 10 "Shadows on the Rock" 325 pages; Volume 11 Lucy Gayheart & My Mortal Enemy 329 pages; volume 12 "Obscure Destiny & Literary Encounters" 328 pages; volume 13 "Sapphira and the Slave Girl" 285 pages. All volumes with the number 491 present/matching together with another Willa Cather Her Life and Art by James Woodress; publ. Pegasus New York 1970.

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After Robert Taylor - `Spitfire`, first edition colour print, pencil signed to fore-edge by Group Captain Sir Douglas Bader C

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After Robert Taylor - `Spitfire`, first edition colour print, pencil signed to fore-edge by Group Captain Sir Douglas Bader CBE, DSO, DFC, and Air Vice-Marshall Johnnie Johnson CB, CBE, DSO, DFC, 40 x 52 cm

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Seven limited edition spitfire prints - After Frank Wootton - `Hurricane MK1: Bob Stanford Tuck leading 257 Squadron into act

Andrew Smith & Son

Lot 98

Seven limited edition spitfire prints - After Frank Wootton - `Hurricane MK1: Bob Stanford Tuck leading 257 Squadron into action during the Battle of Britain`, ltd ed 790/850, pencil signed to margin by artist and Bob Stanford Tuck c/w certificate of authenticity; John Young - `Boeing B17E Fortress...`, ltd ed 167/850, pencil signed to margin by the artist and Lt. General Ira C. Eaker; Frank Wootton - `Meteor strikes its first blow`, ltd ed 189/850, pencil signed to margin by the artist and Frank Whittle; John Young - `North American B-25B Mitchell`, ltd ed 167/850, pencil signed to margin by the artist and Lt General James H. Doolittle; Terence Cuneo - `Mosquito Mk VI`, ltd ed 86/850, pencil signed to margin by the artist and Group Captain Leonard Cheshire VC DSO DFC RAF (Ret`d); Denis Pannett - `Westland Lysander Mk III`, ltd ed 116/850, pencil signed to margin by the artist and Odette Hallowes GC MBE; and John Young - `Short Sunderland`, ltd ed 116/850, pencil signed to margin by the artist (7)

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Two pocket Playboys, one first edition and a selection of large coloured cards.

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Lot 194

Two pocket Playboys, one first edition and a selection of large coloured cards.

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A Border Fine Arts David Brown Cropmaster `The First Cut`, model No. JH70 by Ray Ayres, issued 1993, Ltd. edition No. 1228/15

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Lot 211

A Border Fine Arts David Brown Cropmaster `The First Cut`, model No. JH70 by Ray Ayres, issued 1993, Ltd. edition No. 1228/1500, 14.6cm high on wood base with box and certificate

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Sportingold Limited

Lot 379

ENGLAND Rare Italian weekly sports magazine "La Gazzetta Dello Sport" 16-page special supplement edition, reviewing the friendly match, Italy v England, played in Turin 16 May 198. England gained their first ever victory on Italian soil winning 4-0.

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Sportingold Limited

Lot 387

1966 FAIRS CUP FINAL Real Zaragoza v Barcelona, 2nd leg played 25 Sep. Two official Barcelona Revistas: "Barca" edition first released on the day of the match entitled "Hoy en Zaragoza Acto Final de la V111 Copa de Ferias" (there was no official prog

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Lot 390

1960 INTERCONTINENTAL CUP Penarol v Real Madrid, two editions of El Grafico magazine: edition dated 06 July reviewing the first leg played I South America (highly regarded as the programme for the match); edition dated 21 Sep covers the second leg in

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Vassall.Football. The Rugby Game 1889 with a Chapter on Professionalism by Arthur Budd first edition contemporary ink signatu

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Lot 8

Vassall.Football. The Rugby Game 1889 with a Chapter on Professionalism by Arthur Budd first edition contemporary ink signature on half-title advertisements on endpapers (a little browned) original pictorial cloth a little rubbed one or two small marks to lower cover 8vo 1889. ***Scarce; the sixth earliest work on rugby..

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Golf.- Jones/Keeler. Down the Fairway inscr. The Golf Life and Play of Robert T.Jones Jr. fifth printing signed and inscribed

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Lot 9

Golf.- Jones/Keeler. Down the Fairway inscr. The Golf Life and Play of Robert T.Jones Jr. fifth printing signed and inscribed by the author to Jack McLean on front free endpaper light marginal staining New York 1931 § Vardon (Harry) The Complete Golfer first edition 40pp. catalogue dated March 1905 at end photogravure portrait and some plates loose some spotting and soiling a little wrinkled by damp pencil numbers on endpapers 1905 § Hutchinson (Horace G.) Fifty Years of Golf first edition 1919 § Lang (Andrew) & others. A Batch of Golfing Papers edited by R.Barclay loose in binding n.d. § Golfer`s Handbook (The) 19th year loose in binding Edinburgh 1917 plates and illustrations original cloth all but the third rather rubbed the first two and last stained; and 8 other books and 13 magazines/pamphlets on golf 8vo & 4to(26) ***Jack McLean Scottish golfer Scottish Amateur Champion in 1932 1933 & 1934 winner of the Irish Open in 1932 and 1933 finalist in American Amateur Open in 1936. All the books in this lot belonged to McLean one or two have his name on front free endpaper..

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Lot 13

Sullivan (Sir Edward) & others. Yachting 2 vol. Badminton Library second edition reissue contemporary half roan 1901 § Lowe (G.) Gordon Lowe on Lawn Tennis [c.1920] § Morrison (A.J.) A New Way to Better Golf fourth edition 1932 § Smythe (F.S.) The Mountain Scene 1937 § Hunt (John) The Ascent of Everest 1953 plates and illustrations all but the first original cloth the last with dust-jacket all rubbed; and 12 others sport 8vo & 4to(18)

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Lot 18

Barrie (J.M.) Peter and Wendy first edition frontispiece pictorial title and 11 plates by F.D.Bedford one or two plates frayed at edges occasional foxing original pictorial cloth gilt spine slightly faded and with ends a little frayed gilt dulled 8vo [1911].

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Lot 23

Davey (Richard) The Pageant of London 2 vol. first edition colour plates contemporary red crushed morocco 1906 § Gladstone (Florence M.) Notting Hill in Bygone Days first edition frontispiece and plates original cloth gilt 1924; and a small quantity of others mostly London some Travel including a few Baedekers v.s.(Sm.Qty.)

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Dickens Memoirs of Joseph Grimaldi 1st ed. 2 vol. first edition first issue half-title engraved portrait frontispiece and 12

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Lot 24

Dickens Memoirs of Joseph Grimaldi 1st ed. 2 vol. first edition first issue half-title engraved portrait frontispiece and 12 plates lacking advertisements minor worm traces to lower margin of final plate some light browning occasional spotting attractive modern dark brown morocco gilt t.e.g. [Eckel p140ff] 12mo 1838.

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Lot 25

Dickens (Charles) Dombey and Son 1st book first edition in book form wood-engraved frontispiece additional pictorial title and 40 plates occasional foxing contemporary half calf slightly rubbed 1848 § Mathews (Mrs.) Memoirs of Charles Matthews Comedian 4 vol. half-titles frontispieces plates occasional spotting a few small stains original cloth spines repaired some fading 1838-1839 § Jones (Henry Arthur) The Crusaders: An Original Comedy of Modern London Life one of 30 copies this a signed presentation copy from the author original vellum lacking 1 set of ties slightly soiled 1893; and 21 others 19th century English Literature v.s.(27)

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Egan (Pierce) The Life of an Actor first edition 27 hand-coloured etched and aquatint plates including frontispiece wood-engr

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Lot 27

Egan (Pierce) The Life of an Actor first edition 27 hand-coloured etched and aquatint plates including frontispiece wood-engraved vignettes some spotting and soiling one or two scorch-marks contemporary calf gilt spine gilt a little rubbed corners slightly bumped [Abbey 414; Tooley 195] 8vo 1825.

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Lot 32

Moynet (Georges) Trucs et Décors hand-coloured frontispiece and 29 plates some foxing Paris [c.1890] § Thorne (Ross) Theatre Buildings in Australia to 1905; From the time of the First Settlement to arrival of cinema 2 vol. limited edition slip-case Sydney 1971 § Steinhauser (Monika) Die Architektur der Pariser Oper Munich 1969 § Sforza (Francesco) Grandi Teatri Italiani Rome 1993 § Graubner (Gerhard) Theaterbau Aufgabe und Planung ink stamp on half-title tape repairs to dust-jacket Munich 1968 § Mello (Bruno) Trattato di Scenotechnica embossed stamp on title Milan 1973 illustrations some colour original cloth all but the first two with dust-jackets; and 12 others continental theatre and stage design v.s.(19)

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Lot 36

Shakespeare (William) The First Folio 1968 Norton facsimile edition original leather-backed buckram gilt slightly rubbed slip-case rubbed folio New York 1968.

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Lot 40

Tolkien (J.R.R.) The Lord of the Rings first 1 vol. india paper edition later impression folding maps original black buckram decorated in gilt silver & green a very good copy original slip-case rubbed 8vo 1984.

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Lot 58

Hamilton and others. Le Fédéraliste... 2 vol. first edition in French and second overall half-titles lacking pp.v-xx (introduction) second half-title with small area of blue paper stuck down and some feint offsetting from print contemporary sheep-backed pink boards spines gilt slightly rubbed [Sabin 23993; PMM 234 (first edition)] 8vo Paris Chez Buisson 1792. ***Rare. "When Alexander Hamilton invited his fellow New Yorker John Jay and James Madison a Virginian to join him in writing the series of essays published as The Federalist it was to meet the immediate need of convincing the reluctant New York state electorate of the necessity of ratifying the newly proposed Constitution of the United States." (PMM)..

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Lot 65

Simmel (Georg) Kant Sechsehn Vorlesungen first edition original cloth Leipzig 1905 § Podach (E.F.) Nietzsches Zusammenbruch original boards dust-jacket worn Heidelberg 1930 § Das Kamasutram des Vatsyayana contemporary half morocco Berlin 1915 § Ibsen (Henrik) Samtliche weke 5 vol. original cloth Berlin 1907 § Moralgedichte Bonifatius Keisewtter illustrations original cloth dust-jacket slip-case Hanua au Main 1966; and a large quantity of similar mostly in German of literature and philosophy v.s.(5 boxes Q)

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Lot 77

Beaumont and Fletcher. The Works 7 vol. first octavo edition 2 engraved portraits 50 plates name on some titles `J.T. Austen` contemporary panelled calf rubbed rebacked new endpapers 8vo Jacob Tonson 1711.

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Lot 90

Pamphlets.- Tunstall (James) A Vindication without half-title marbled wrappers J. & J. Rivington 1755 § Montesquieu (Charles de) A View of the English Constitution small tear and paper flaw to title B. White & H. Payne 1781 § Letter (A) to a late Noble Comander of the British Forces in Germany second edition R. Griffiths 1759 § [Walpole (Robert Earl of Orford)] Some Considerations concerning the Publick Funds the Publick Revenues and the Annual Supplies second edition price obliterated from imprint [Kress 4248] J. Roberts 1735 some spotting disbound except the first; and 10 others 8vo(14)

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Lot 102

Hayley (William) Plays of Three Acts first edition lacks half-title some spotting later morocco-backed cloth new endpapers 4to T. Cadell 1784 § Cibber (Colley) The Dramatic Works 5 vol. portrait Brynkinalt Library bookplates contemporary calf rubbed J. Rivington &c 1775 § Foote (Samuel) The Lame Lover a Comedy later cloth-backed boards rubbed Paul Vaillant 1770; and a quantity of others plays most disbound 8vo (c. 100)

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Australia.- An Historical Narrative first edition advertisements on verso of last f. title tear repaired lacks map new endpap

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Lot 104

Australia.- An Historical Narrative first edition advertisements on verso of last f. title tear repaired lacks map new endpapers modern half morocco slip-case [Ferguson 11] sm. 4to Printed for John Fielding [?1786]; and 2 copies of Parliamentary Report Convict Discipline and Transportation 1852 folio(3)

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Lot 115

Livingstone (David) Missionary Travels first edition folding lithographed frontispiece engraved portrait 24 plates (1 folding) and illustrations most wood-engraved folding map at end lacks folding map in pocket at end (facsimile map loosely inserted) 8pp. advertisements at end occasional foxing and browning title frontispiece and front free endpaper loose original blind-stamped cloth worn 1857 § Stanley (Henry M.) In Darkest Africa... 2 vol. first edition plates and 3 folding maps (2 torn and crudely repaired) hinges weak original pictorial cloth gilt slightly rubbed 1890; and c. 18 others Travel mostly odd vol. including 1 vol. only of Cook`s Voyages Round the World Hogg`s 8vo edition incomplete n.d. 8vo; sold not subject to return(c. 18)

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