Cox (Palmer) The Brownies at Home first edition illustrations original decorated glazed boards rare dust-jacket chipped and torn with some loss New York 1893; Brownie Year Book first edition illustrations lacking front and rear free endpapers original cloth-backed decorated cover New York 1895; The Brownies in Fairyland A Cantata in Two Acts [A Play] illustration to front cover recently bound into modern marbled boards New York [1925]; How Columbus found America illustrations original decorated wrappers New York 1877; and 4 others by Palmer Cox v.s.(8)
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Milne (A.A.) Winnie the Pooh sixth edition ownership inscription on front free endpaper and half-title occasional slight soiling small stain on upper cover 1926; Now We Are Six first edition ownership inscription on front free endpaper slightly worn 1927 all original pictorial cloth t.e.g. gilt extremities a little frayed spines slightly faded; and 5 others by the same including 2 in Latin 8vo(7)
Potter (Beatrix) The Tale of Flopsy Bunnies first edition first or second printing colour illustrations notice board present on p.14 pictorial endpapers ownership inscription on front free endpaper tape reinforcement to upper hinge original board with mounted colour illustration spine worn with loss and becoming detached 16mo 1909.
Seuss (Dr.).- Le Sieg (Theo) I Wish I Had Duck Fee first edition illustrations by B.Tobey original decorated glazed boards dust-jacket worn some minor tape repairs some foxing to fore-edge ownership signature in a young hand to verso of front and rear endpapers New York 1965 § Seuss (Dr.) Happy Birthday to You first edition illustrations original decorated glazed boards dust-jacket worn young persons presentation inscription to front endpaper New York 1959; and another v.s.(3)
Trimmer.Series of Prints..Ancient History... together 8 vol. in 9 engraved plates modern roan-backed boards together in cloth slip-case 1821-23 § Ronge (J.& B.) A Practical Guide to the English Kinder Garten... second edition lithographed frontispiece 65 plates 3 colour lacking 30pp. music at end contemporary cloth rubbed and stained split to joint 1858 § Harte (Bret) The Queen of the Pirate Isle first edition colour illustrations by Kate Greenaway original pictorial cloth boards slightly warped [Schuster 165.1a] [1886] § Planché (J.R.) An Old Fairy Tale wood-engraved illustrations by Richard Doyle light foxing original cloth gilt n.d. all a little rubbed; and c.55 others children`s and illustrated mostly 19th century including a bound volume of music with lithographed pictorial covers and an album with illuminated leaves v.s.; sold not subject to return(c.60)
Martin (Cornelis) Les Genealogies... engraved title with architectural border dedication f. map with coats-of-arms 40 full-page portraits and a plate Anvers Jacques Mesens for Jean Baptist Vrints [1598] bound with [Galle (Philip)] Les Vies et Alliances des Comtes de Hollande et Zelande Seigneurs de Frise first edition in French engraved vignette to title and 36 full-page portraits [Brunet V 1373; Hiler p.350; cf. Lipperheide 923] Anvers Christofle Plantin for Philip Galle 1586 bound with Henningus (Marcus) Tirolensium Principum Comitum first edition engraved pictorial title with dedication on verso full-page coat-of-arms map and 28 full-page portraits only (of 30) lacks 2 leaves of chronology colophon and final blank [Adams H229; Hiler p.209; Lipperheide 846] [Augsburg 1599] together 3 works in 1 vol. lightly browned throughout some marginal staining antique style panelled red morocco gilt small folio; sold not subject to return.
Ireland.Picturesque Views on the Upper..Avon first edition sepia-printed aquatint additional pictorial title and 29 plates engraved map and 2 etched portraits lightly foxed later tree calf rubbed rebacked preserving old gilt spine 1795; and 2 others including a volume of selections including plates from Jones`s Seats etc. 4to & 8vo(3)
Robinson (W.J) West Country Manors first edition illustrations original cloth slightly rubbed Bristol 1930 § Lodge (R.B.) Pictures of Bird Life second edition photographic illustrations original pictorial cloth slightly rubbed n.d. § Cundall (Joseph) Examples of Ornament pictorial title-page printed title illustrations many in colour contemporary half calf heavily rubbed joints cracking lose to tail of spine 1855 § Humber (William) A Comprehensive Treatise on the Water Supply of Cities and Towns.... numerous illustrations 50 folding contemporary half morocco bookplates library stamp to half title rubbed upper joint cracked 1876 § Wilke (Arther) and Dr. W.Borchers. Zeitschrift für Electrotechnik und Elekrochemie vol.1 2 3 5 -16 18 19 illustrations contemporary half calf gilt rubbed some joints cracked Halle 1894-1912; and 37 volumes various. v.s. (48)
Judson.Acct.Am.Baptist Mission..Burman Empire second edition folding engraved map of Burma short tear to inner margin not affecting plate (repaired) very light staining to title and first few leaves engraved bookplate of Richard Potenger on pastedown partly obscured by St.Peter Port Lending Library label contemporary half calf rubbed library label on upper cover 8vo 1827.
Vernon (Paul E.) Morocco from a Motor Car first edition colour illustrations lacking front endpaper signature on half-title original decorated cloth A.& C. Black 1927 § Jungman (Nico) Holland first edition colour illustrations original decorated cloth A. & C. Black 1904 § Varagnac (Andre) National Costumes Austria Hungary etc. illustrations by E.Lepage-Medvey original cloth dust-jacket 1939 § Hornby (Lester G.) Balkan Sketches illustrations by the author original cloth-backed boards slightly rubbed n.d.; and 6 others similar v.s. (10)
Wendt (Lionel) Ceylon first edition photographic illustrations origional cloth rubbed 1950 § Willis (J.C.) Ceylon first edition maps and photographic illustrations some folding original cloth slightly rubbed 1907 § Cave (Henry W.) The Book of Ceylon Part II Kandy and the Highlands first edition maps and illustrations original cloth gilt [1908]; Golden Tips new edition illustrations original cloth gilt recased new endpapers pencil inscriptions one to half-title 1901 § Brooke-Elliot (C.) The Real Ceylon new edition illustrations original printed boards slightly rubbed `stamp` to front free endpaper Columbo Ceylon [c.1936] § Atkinson (Capt. Geo. F.) Curry & Rice colour illustrations original cloth gilt some page edges rubbed cloth slightly speckled with white spots? gilt edges 1911; and 3 others similar v.s. (10 )
Cartier-Bresson (Henri) China Gestern und Heute first German edition photographic illustrations original photographic boards back-strip slightly chipped Düsseldorf 1955 § Harada (Jiro) The Gardens of Japan first edition photographic illustrations modern half morocco gilt original wrappers bound-in bookplate 1928 § De Garis (Frederic) We Japanese second printing illustrations original green silk covers with cloth chemise and fastenings Fujiya Hotel Miyanoshita/Hakone 1935; and another v.s. (4)
Marsh Two Seasons in Switzerland 1st first edition half-title frontispiece plates title with ink inscription of Oliver K. Williamson (member of the Alpine Club) 1 gathering loose original pictorial cloth some fading and rubbing 1895 § Trenker (Luis) Brothers of the Snow first edition frontispiece plates original cloth dust-jacket chipped a few very short tears slightly soiled 1934 § Engel (Claire-Eliane) La Littérature Alpestre en France et en Angleterre aux XVIII et XIX siècles plates original printed wrappers Chambéry 1930 § Burlingham (Frederick) How to become an Alpinist half-title frontispiece plates advertisements at end original cloth n.d.; and a small quantity of others Alpine some journals including a run of the Cairn v.s.(Sm.Qty.)
Whymper Great Andes of the Equator 2 vol. including Supplementary Appendix folding map in pocket at end of first vol. maps plates and illustrations original cloth gilt vol.1 rebacked preserving original backstrip (rather worn) some fraying and rubbing [Neate W66] 1892-91; and a copy of the second edition with folding map 8vo(3)
Shackleton (Ernest H.) The Hearth of the Antarctic 2 vol. first edition half-titles photogravure frontispieces plates some colour folding panorama and 3 folding maps in pocket at end of vol. 2 little spotting original pictorial cloth blocked in silver t.e.g. others uncut spines faded rubbed lower joint of vol.1 cracked 8vo 1909.
Tooke (William) History of Russia from the Foundat to the Accession of Catharine the Second 2 vol. first edition folding map and 4 plates contemporary half calf joint splitting upper board of vol. 2 detached 1800 § Labaume (Eugene) A Circumstantial Narrative of the Campaign in Russia... second edition full calf 2 maps only (of 3) 1815 8vo(3)
Mandeville (Sir John) The Voiage and Travaille Reprinted from the Edition of 1725...[edited by] J.O. Halliwell frontispiece text-illustrations some spotting original cloth rebacked faded 1839 § Thesiger (Wilfred) The Marsh Arabs first edition plates library stamp on title original cloth marked and rubbed frayed dust-jacket 1964 8vo (2)
Buffon.History of Singing Birds 1791 engraved title and plates engraved half-title and title water-stained modern sheep old roan label Edinburgh 1791 § Millais (J.G.) Game Birds and Shooting-Sketches second edition 1894 § Adams (W.H. Davenport) and H.Giacomelli. The Bird World 1885 § [Drewitt (Caroline Mary)] Lord Lilford 1900 § Evans (A.H.) Birds 1899 plates and illustrations the last foxed all but the first original cloth some pictorial rubbed 8vo(5)
Parker Comparative Anatomy of Vertebrates half-title illustrations original cloth damp-stained 1886 § Fabre (Jean Henri) The Wonders of Instinct. Chapters in the Psychology of Insects first edition 1918 § Whitehead (Stanley B.) Bees to Heather first edition 1954 plates original cloth the last with dust-jacket some dust-soiling; and 12 others Insects a few on bees v.s.(15)
Boyle.Tracts..New Experiments..Explosions first edition with blank A1 and x7 & 8 but lacking G3 & 4 (pp.85-88) with gatherings (*) & (**) and k-x8 misbound at end instead of between K1 & 2 as directed browned a few ink calculations in contemporary hand on front free endpaper engraved bookplate of Beilby Thompson of Escrick on front pastedown contemporary calf rubbed joints repaired new label [Wing B4060] 8vo for Richard Davis 1672.
Bunsen (Robert) Gasometrische Methoden first edition errata leaf at end old ink inscription on half-title foxed contemporary half cloth Braunschweig 1857 § Peschel (C.F.) Elements of Physics 3 vol. 1845-46 § Roberts (Morley) The Serpent`s Fang: Essays in Biological Criticism signed and inscribed by the author to Julian Huxley at head of title 1930 § Talbot (F.A.) Railway Wonders of the World 4 vol. 1913-14 § Livesley (R.K.) An Introduction to Automatic Digital Computers Cambridge 1957 § Voronoff (Dr. Serge) Rejuvenation by Grafting 1925 some plates and illustrations all but the first original cloth the last two with dust-jackets the last stained most a little rubbed some spines faded; and others science medicine etc. v.s. (c.40)
[Cassin-De la Grandeur et la Figure... ] first edition title with elaborate woodcut device woodcut head- and tail-pieces 5 folding engraved maps and 15 folding engraved plates lacking frontispiece old ink library stamp on title some light spotting occasional browning 2 plates with slight marginal water-staining contemporary mottled calf spine gilt in compartments with red morocco label and later paper label a little rubbed 4to Paris 1720. ***Suite des Memoires de l`Academie Royale des Sciences Année MDCCXVIII. The official account of Cassini`s geodetic survey in which he determined the meridian of Paris..
BANNISTER ROGER: (1929- ) English Athlete, the first man in history to run the mile in less than four minutes. Book signed, a hardback edition of First Four Minutes, published by Putnam, London, October 1955 (second impression). Signed by Bannister in bold blue ink with his name alone to a clear area of the front cover of the dust jacket which features a full length image of him running. Some light age wear and minor scuffing to the edges and spine of the dust jacket, about VG
LEIGH VIVIEN (1913-1967) English Actress & OLIVIER LAURENCE (1907-1989) English Actor, both Academy Award winners. T.L.S., Vivien Leigh, one page, 8vo, n.p. (London), 5th August 1958, to Miss. Judith Hoare, on her personal blue printed stationery. Leigh thanks her correspondent for her charming letter and adds that she was delighted to hear that she had enjoyed Duel of Angels. Accompanied by the original envelope (stamp torn away). Together with a book signed by both Leigh and Olivier individually, being a hardback edition of The Oliviers, a biography by Felix Barker, First Edition published by Hamish Hamilton Ltd., London, 1953. Signed by both Leigh and Olivier with their names alone in bold blue ink to the white border beneath an image of the couple opposite the title page. Accompanied by the dust jacket (large tears, only FR). Also included is a hardback edition of Laurence Olivier by W. A. Darlington, part of the Great Contemporaries series published by Morgan Grampian Books Ltd., London, 1968. Signed and inscribed by Olivier to the fly leaf, `For Judith, Every good wish & kind remembrance, L O`. G to VG, 3
ACTRESSES: Small selection of signed hardback books by various actresses including Me-Stories of My Life by Katharine Hepburn (T.L.S., K. Hepburn, one page, 8vo, 16th October 1991, additionally signed Katharine Hepburn at the base, lightly laid down to front free endpaper), Doris Day-Her Own Story by A. E. Hotchner, signed and inscribed by Day to front free endpaper (First U.S. Edition, 1976), My Story by Ingrid Bergman, signed and inscribed to front free endpaper (First U.S. Edition, 1980), `Tis Herself-A Memoir by Maureen O`Hara, No Bed of Roses by Joan Fontaine, signed and inscribed to half title page (First U.S. Edition, 1978) etc. All are accompanied by the dust jackets. G to generally VG, 7
CINEMA: Small collection of signed hardback books comprising This `N That-A Memoir by Bette Davis, First English Edition published by Sidgwick & Jackson, London, 1987. Signed in black ink with her name alone to the half title page; My Name Escapes Me-The Diary of a Retiring Actor by Alec Guinness, First Edition published by Hamish Hamilton, London, 1996. Signed by Guinness in blue ink with his name alone to the title page; A Hell of a War by Douglas Fairbanks Jr., First English Edition published by Robson Books, London, 1995. Signed by Fairbanks in blue ink to the title page and dated 1995 in his hand. Each book is accompanied by the dustwrapper, VG, 3
TENZING NORGAY: (1914-1986) Nepalese Sherpa Mountaineer, one of the first two individuals, alongside Edmund Hillary, to reach the summit of Mount Everest, 29th May 1953. Book signed, a hardback edition of After Everest, being Tenzing`s autobiography, First Edition published by George Allen & Unwin Ltd., London, 1977. Signed (`Tenzing`) in blue ink to the title page and dated 2nd June 1977 in his hand. With the dustjacket and ex-libris plate to front free endpaper. Rare in this form. VG
KENNEDY JACQUELINE: (1929-1994) Wife of American President John F. Kennedy, First Lady 1961-63. Book signed, a paperback edition of The Bhagavad Gita, translated from the Sanskrit and with an introduction by Juan Mascaro, published as a Penguin Classic, 1980 (reprinted). Signed by Kennedy to the title page, `Jacqueline Kennedy, from John, Jaipur January 1984`. With the printed Sotheby`s bookplate from the Kennedy Family Homes auction, New York, 15th-17th February 2005, laid down to the inside cover. Some heavy creasing and age wear to the paper covers, G
JORGENSEN CHRISTINE: (1926-1989) The World`s first widely-known individual to have sex reassignment surgery. Scarce T.L.S., Chris, one page, 4to, New York, 7th January 1959, to Hy Gardner, on the personal printed stationery of Miss Christine Jorgensen. Jorgensen states that she is enclosing a copy of a letter (no longer present) which she is sending to Earl Wilson and continues to apologise to her correspondent for any embarrassment she may have caused, referring to various individuals and her own family. Together with a signed and inscribed hardback edition of Jorgensen`s personal autobiography, published by Paul S. Eriksson Inc., New York, 1967. Signed in bold black ink opposite the title page, `To Frank-Thank you for joining me for lunch, Christine Jorgensen`. Accompanied by the dust jacket (slight age wear). About VG, 2
PANKHURST E. SYLVIA: (1882-1960) British Campaigner for the Suffragette Movement, daughter of Emmeline Pankhurst. Book signed and inscribed, a hardback edition of Save The Mothers, First Edition published by Alfred A. Knopf, London, 1930. Signed in blue fountain pen ink by Pankhurst to the half title page, `To Phyllis, with love from the authority, E. Sylvia Pankhurst`. Lacking the dust jacket. VG
PHILIP PRINCE: (1921- ) Duke of Edinburgh, husband of Queen Elizabeth II. Book signed and inscribed, a hardback edition of Down to Earth-Speeches and writings of the Duke of Edinburgh on the relationship of man with his environment, First Edition published by Collins, London, 1988. Signed by Prince Philip to the front free endpaper and dated Hong Kong, 1988 in his hand. Accompanied by the dust wrapper (minor faults). About VG
CHARLES (1948- ) Prince of Wales & DIANA (1961-1997) Princess of Wales. Book signed, by both Charles and Diana individually, a hardback edition of Watercolours by H.R.H. The Prince of Wales, First Edition published by Little, Brown and Co., 1991. Signed and inscribed in fountain pen ink by Prince Charles to the half title page, `For Steve, with very best wishes for Xmas 1991 from Charles`, the Princess adding her signature, `and Diana` alongside. Accompanied by the dust jacket. VG A very limited number of these books were presented by, and signed by, both Prince Charles and Princess Diana.
FORD GERALD: (1913-2006) American President 1974-77. Ford was a member of the Warren Commission that investigated the assassination of John F. Kennedy. It was Ford`s responsibility to prepare a biography of Lee Harvey Oswald. Book signed, a hardback edition of Assassination Report of the Warren Commission, First American Edition published by The Flat Signed Press, Tennessee, 2004. Signed by Ford to the limitations page. The book, featuring exclusive new material and a foreword by Ford, is bound in dark burgundy leather with gilt lettering and decoration, four raised bands to spine, and all edges gilt. Limited Edition number 303 of 2948. Accompanied by a colour photograph of Ford signing the book. About EX
ALDRIN BUZZ: (1930- ) American Astronaut, Lunar Module Pilot of Apollo XI (1969). The second man to walk on the moon. Book signed, a hardback edition of Reaching for the Moon, First American Edition published by Harper Collins, 2005. Signed by Aldrin with his name alone in black ink at the head of the title page and also signed by the book`s illustrator, Wendell Minor. Accompanied by the dust jacket. Together with a very small swatch of kapton foil from the Columbia Command Module which carried Armstrong, Aldrin and Collins on their historic Apollo XI mission to the moon, neatly mounted to a 4to certificate of authenticity signed by Aldrin. VG, 2
SIGNED BOOKS: Miscellaneous selection of signed hardback books, and one paperback, by a variety of famous individuals including Memoirs by Mikhail Gorbachev, signed to the title page and also signed by Raisa Gorbachev, each with their names alone, Leadership by Rudolph Giuliani, Mysterious Stranger-A Book of Magic by David Blaine, First Edition, 2002, More About All About Eve by Joseph L. Mankiewicz, signed and inscribed by both Mankiewicz and Bette Davis individually, First U.S. Edition, 1972, Enid Bagnold`s Autobiography by Enid Bagnold, Crowned in a Far Country-Portraits of Eight Royal Brides by Princess Michael of Kent, First Edition 1986 etc. All of the hardback books are accompanied by the dust jackets. G to generally VG, 8
SIGNED BOOKS: Miscellaneous selection of signed hardback and paperback (2) books by a variety of famous people including If Only My People....Zionism in My Life by Immanuel Jakobovits, First Edition, 1984, an interesting presentation copy inscribed on the fly leaf, `To Cardinal Basil Hume, in deep esteem and warm friendship, Immanuel Jakobovits`, The Collected Works of Walter Bagehot, edited by Norman St. John-Stevas, Volumes 9 & 12 only, 1978 & 1986, each presentation copies inscribed to Cardinal Basil Hume by St. John-Stevas, The Rothschilds at Waddesdon Manor by Dorothy de Rothschild, First Edition, 1979, Scarfe`s Seven Deadly Sins by Gerald Scarfe, First Edition, 1987, Paparazzo by Richard Young, First Edition, 1989, Sophia-Living and Loving by A. E. Hotchner, First Edition, 1979, signed by Sophia Loren, Debbie-My Life by Debbie Reynolds, Best of Times, Worst of Times by Shelley Winters, First English Edition, 1990, Dance While You Can by Shirley MacLaine, My Turn by Nancy Reagan, First English Edition, 1989, with loosely inserted signed Harrods bookplate, Stone Alone by Bill Wyman, First Edition, 1990 etc. Ten are accompanied by the dustwrappers. VG, 17
A large collection of miscellaneous items, including books, programmes, handbooks, FA Cup Final replicas, magazines, tickets, etc. Noted items include 1963 ECWC Final programme, Atletico Madrid v Tottenham, 1920 to 1923 FA Cup Final replicas, a 1968/1969 Soccer Stars Sticker Album, complete, and the first edition of Spurs, A Complete Record Breedon Book.
CAOL ILA-1981 Distilled 20th January 1981. Aged 21 years. First Cask bottling by Direct Wines Ltd. Reading. Limited edition, bottle no. 290 from cask 251. With original booklet. Single malt, 70cl, 46% volume. CAOL ILA-1984 Distilled 27th November. Aged 18 years. As above. Limited edition, bottle no. 171 from cask 5758. With original booklet. Single malt, 70cl, 46% volume. 2 Bottles.
MORRISON BOWMORE CELEBRATION-8 YEAR-OLD A marriage of Bowmore, Auchentoshan and Glen Garioch. Bottled to celebrate Morrison Bowmore Distillers Ltd. being awarded the first ever I.W.S.C `Distiller of the Year`. Limited edition, only 200 bottles presented to the staff. This bottle bears the name Thomas Riddell. In original wooden box. Vatted malt.
GLENBURGIE-1985 Distilled 1985, bottled 2005. Distilled and bottled by Glenburgie Distillery. Bottled to celebrate the opening of the Distillery. Taking place on the 195th Anniversary of a distillery first being established on the site in 1810. Limited edition, less than 200 bottles released from a vatting of 2 Casks selected by the Master Blender Robert Hicks. In original box, with two Glencairn glasses and a menu from the event. Single malt 70cl, 57.3% volume.

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