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Click here to subscribeJohns, Capt. W.E. No Rest for Biggles, first edition, Hodder & Stoughton, London 1956. Boards, dustjacket, six colour plate illustrations by `Studio` Stead, octavo (jacket price-clipped and worn at extremities); and Lion Annuals, 1956, 1957 & 1958, (4). Visit www.dnfa.com for condition reports. Best Bid
Messel, M. A Garden Flora. Trees and Flowers Grown in the Gardens at Nymans by L. Messel 1890-1915, first edition, Country Life / Newnes, London 1918. Half ivory buckram, illustrations after Alfred Parsons, octavo, INSCRIBED & SIGNED BY LEONARD MESSEL; Vick`s Flower and Vegetable Garden, Vick, Rochester, New York no date [circa 1880]. Decorative green cloth gilt, four (of six) coloured plate illustrations, 166 pages, octavo; Farrer, Reginald. Among the Hills. A Book of Joy in High Places, Headley Brothers, London no date [circa 1910]. Blue cloth, fourteen tipped-in colour plate illustrations, one page of publisher`s advertisements, octavo (postcard laid-down on front pastedown); Farrer, Reginald. My Rock-Garden, second edition, Arnold, London 1908. Black cloth gilt, plate illustrations from photographs, eight pages of publisher`s advertisements, octavo; and a further nine works of gardening interest, (13). Visit www.dnfa.com for condition reports.
Jekyll, Gertrude. Lilies for English Gardens, first edition, Country Life / Newnes, London 1901. Brown buckram gilt, plate illustrations, octavo; Jekyll, Gertrude, & Mawley, Edward. Roses for English Gardens, first edition, Country Life / Newnes, London 1902. Brick red buckram gilt, plate illustrations, octavo; Jekyll, Gertrude. Colour in the Flower Garden, first edition, Country Life / Newnes, London 1908. Blue cloth gilt, plate illustrations, octavo; and two other works by the same, (5). Visit www.dnfa.com for condition reports.
The Three Voyages of Martin Frobisher in search of a passage to Cathay and India by the north-west, 1576-8. From the original 1578 text of George Best, edited by Vilhjalmur Stefansson, two volumes, The Argonaut Press, London 1938. Quarter vellum, illustrations, maps, quarto; Poole, Geo. Ayliffe, & Hugall, J.W. An Historical & Descriptive Guide to York Cathedral and its Antiquities, Sunter, York no date. Boards (rebacked), plate illustrations, quarto; Smith, H. Clifford. Buckingham Palace, its Furniture, Decoration & History, first edition, Country Life, London 1931. Two-tone blue cloth, plate illustrations, large quarto; and two other works, (all works in this lot ex-library). Visit www.dnfa.com for condition reports.
Hitchens, Robert. Egypt and its Monuments, first edition, Hodder & Stoughton, London 1908. Pictorial tan cloth, plate illustrations by Jules Guerin and from photographs, quarto; Maspero, Gaston. Egypt: Ancient Sites and Modern Scenes, Fisher Unwin, London 1910. Decorative blue cloth, English text, plate illustrations, octavo; Caminos, Ricardo. The Shrines and Rock Inscriptions of Ibrim, Egypt Exploration Society, London 1968. Cloth, illustrations, quarto; and assorted other works of Egyptology interest, including further titles from the Archaeological Survey of Egypt series, (17). Visit www.dnfa.com for condition reports.
`Snaffles` [Charlie Johnson Payne]. A Half Century of Memories, first edition, Collins, London 1949. Cloth, five colour plate illustrations, further black and white full-page illustrations, quarto; and Stanford, J.K. Mixed Bagmen, first edition, Jenkins, London no date. Dark grey-green cloth, illustrations after `Snaffles`, two pages of publisher`s advertisements, octavo, (2). Visit www.dnfa.com for condition reports.
[Cricket]. Wynne-Thomas, Peter. Nottinghamshire Cricketers 1919-1939, first edition, Nottinghamshire County Cricket Club, Nottingham 1980. Green cloth gilt, plate illustrations, octavo, SIGNED BY AUTHOR: and Wynne-Thomas, Peter. Trent Bridge. A History of the Ground to Commemorate the 150th Anniversary (1838-1988), first edition, Nottinghamshire County Council, Nottingham 1987. Green boards, plate illustrations, octavo, (2). Visit www.dnfa.com for condition reports. Best Bid
Godfrey, Walter. The English Staircase. An Historical Account of its Characteristic Types to the End of the XVIIIth Century, first edition, Batsford, London 1911. Bevelled crimson cloth gilt, sixty-three plate illustrations, further text illustrations, four page publisher`s list, quarto (spine faded and nicked at head); and Tyrwhitt-Drake, Sir Garrard. The English Circus and Fair Ground, first edition, Methuen, London 1946. Green cloth, dustjacket, plate and text illustrations, octavo (jacket nicked, chipped, and faded at spine), (2). Visit www.dnfa.com for condition reports.
Churchill, Randolph S. Fifteen Famous English Homes, first edition, Verschoyle, London 1954. Brown-grey cloth, plate illustrations from photographs, quarto, SIGNED BY AUTHOR; and Roberts, Cecil. Havana Bound, reprint, Hodder & Stoughton, London 1933. Two-tone yellow and blue cloth, octavo, INSCRIBED & SIGNED BY AUTHOR, (2). Visit www.dnfa.com for condition reports. Best Bid
Aldin, Cecil, (illustrator), & Howe-Nurse, Wilfrid. Berkshire Vale, limited edition 71/250, signed by artist and author, Blackwell, Oxford 1927. Cream cloth, full-page illustrations, folio (with remains of dustjacket; upper cover with stained at edges); Smith-Masters, Rev. J.E. Yattendon and its Church, The Cornwall Press, London no date. Dark red cloth gilt, plate illustrations from photographs, octavo; Sharp, Thomas. Oxford Replanned, first edition, Oxford City Council / Architectural Press 1948. Blue cloth, illustrations throughout, octavo; and three other works, (6). Visit www.dnfa.com for condition reports.
Housman, Laurence. Trimblerigg. A Book of Revelation, first edition, Cape, London 1924. Cloth backed boards, frontispiece, octavo; Strachey, Lytton. Elizabeth and Essex, first edition, Chatto & Windus, London 1928. Tan buckram, octavo; The Obituary Book of Queens College, Oxford. An Ancient Sarum Calendar, introduced by John Magrath, Clarendon Press, Oxford 1910. Limp art vellum, tall quarto; and assorted other works. Visit www.dnfa.com for condition reports.
Harvey, John. Early Gardening Catalogues, first edition, Phillimore, Chichester 1972. Boards, dustjacket, plate illustrations, octavo; Harvey, John. Early Nurserymen, first edition, Phillimore, Chichester 1974. Boards, dustjacket, plate illustrations, octavo; Fussell, G.E. Old English Farming Books 1523-1793 (a one volume facsimile of Old English Farming Books and More Old English Farming Books), limited edition 310/500, Aberdeen Rare Books, Collieston 1978. Cloth, dustjacket, plate illustrations, octavo; and ten other assorted works, (13). Visit www.dnfa.com for condition reports.
Thomas, Dylan. Under Milk Wood. A Play for Voices, first edition, Dent, London 1954. Brown cloth, dustjacket, octavo; Thomas, Dylan. Adventures in the Skin Trade, first edition, Putnam, London 1955. Black boards, octavo; and Thomas, Dylan. A Prospect of the Sea, reprint, Dent, London 1955. Blue cloth, dustjacket, octavo, (3). Visit www.dnfa.com for condition reports.
Hughes, Ted. Crow, first edition, Faber & Faber, London 1970. Black cloth, dustjacket, octavo; Lowell, Robert. For the Union Dead, first edition, Faber & Faber, London 1965. Black cloth, dustjacket, octavo; and Genet, Jean. The Balcony, first edition, Faber & Faber, London 1958. Orange cloth, dustjacket, octavo, (3). Visit www.dnfa.com for condition reports.
Pim, Sheila. Common or Garden Crime, first edition, Hodder & Stoughton, London 1945. Maroon cloth, dustjacket, octavo (jacket chipped, with loss; inscription to front free endpaper); Dominic, R.B. (Lathen, Emma). Murder in High Place, first edition, Macmillan, London 1969 (copyrighted 1970). Boards, dustjacket, octavo (mug ring to lower side of jacket); Dominic, R.B. (Lathen, Emma). The Attending Physician, first edition, Macmillan, London 1980. Boards, dustjacket, octavo; and a further eleven works, including eight titles by Conyth Little, (15). Visit www.dnfa.com for condition reports.
Football - Playfair Football Annuals, 1948-49, 1949-50, 1950-51, 1951-52, 1952-53, 1953-54 and 1955-56; together with five books, including Matthews, Stanley. Feet First, first edition, Ewen & Dale, London 1948. Cloth, dustjacket, plate illustrations, octavo; two booklets, including The [Manchester] "United" Story, 1958; and a Playfair Cricket Annual, 1948, (15). Visit www.dnfa.com for condition reports. Best Bid
A limited edition print "Dawn of the Spitfire", depicting the first production Spitfire K9787 flying against an evening sky, being a Proof Copy of a limited edition of 250, signed by various pilots, including Laddie Lucas, Johnnie Johnson, Alan Deere and Neville Duke, and also by Gordon Mitchell, son of the designer, in ebonised frame, 27" x 23" overall. GC
1966 World Cup, An Autographed Editions Large Souvenir First Day Cover, Franked `Entertainers Tale` Wembley Stadium 01/06/1999. The Cover Is Autographed By Stiles, Hunt, Banks, Jack Charlton, Cohen, Wilson, Peters, Hurst, Ball & Bobby Charlton. It Is Franked And Glazed Within A Limited Edition Print 7/500 Signed By C Ellingham.
Everton, A Very Large Selection Of Mainly Everton Memorabilia, Including A First Edition Of The Breedon Book, Pennants, Brochures, Newspapers, Annuals, Commemorative Covers, Plus 2 Rare Commemorative Medals, 1984 FA Cup Final, 1984/1985 Canon League Championship Medal, Commemorative Badges, Plus Plenty More! High Resale Value.
DAVIS, PETER; DE RIN, VICTORIA; MACMILLAN, DAVID & RANKINE, ROBERT WEMYSS WARE, A DECORATIVE SCOTTISH POTTERY Edinburgh: Scottish Academic Press, 1986. First edition, oblong 4to, original cloth, dustwrapper, interior clean; also WEMYSS WARE C.1880-1930, Exhibition Catalogue, Rogers de Rin at Sothebys Belgravia, 17th - 23rd November 1976 (2)
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. 05051. In original box. Single malt, 75cl, 43% volume.
MANNOCHMORE-1977 Distilled 24th November 1977, aged 22 years. Bottled by First Cask. Limited edition, bottle no. 65 from Cask no. 95/23/13. With original information sheet. Single malt, 70cl, 46% volume. STRATHMILL-1974 Distilled 14th May 1974, aged 26 years. As above. Limited edition, bottle no. 90 from Cask no. 1223. With original information sheet. Single malt, 70cl, 46% volume. 2 Bottles.
GLENLIVET-1976 Distilled 26th March 1976, aged 24 years. Bottled by First Cask. Limited edition, bottle no. 464 from Cask no. 5525. With original information sheet. Single malt, 70cl, 46% volume. GLENTAUCHERS-1976 Distilled 27th October 1976, aged 24 years. As above. Limited edition, bottle no. 95 from Cask no. 7648. With original information sheet. Single malt, 70cl, 46% volume. 2 Bottles.
GLEN ALBYN-1974 Distilled 17th April 1974, aged 26 years. Bottled by First Cask. Limited edition, bottle no. 120 from Cask no. 1590. With original information sheet. Single malt, 70cl, 46% volume. GLENTURRET-1978 Distilled 27th October 1976, aged 21 years. As above. Limited edition, bottle no. 68 from Cask no. 372. With original information sheet. Single malt, 70cl, 46% volume. 2 Bottles.
GLEN GRANT-1976 Distilled 19th March 1976, aged 24 years. Bottled by First Cask. Limited edition, bottle no. 298 from Cask no. 2884. With original information sheet. Single malt, 70cl, 46% volume. NORTH PORT BRECHIN-1976 Distilled 27th December 1976, aged 24 years. As above. Limited edition, bottle no. 145 from Cask no. 3907. With original information sheet. Single malt, 70cl, 46% volume. 2 Bottles.
GLENMORANGIE CLARET WOOD FINISH Distilled and bottled by Glenmorangie Distillery Coy. A vatting of whisky distilled between 1976 and 1979, aged in oak casks before being transferred to First Growth Claret Casks. Limited edition, bottle no. 1528. In original wooden box. Single malt, 70cl, 43% volume.
BUNYAN, JOHN "The Pilgrims Progress from this World...complete in two parts", the 32nd edition, adorned with curious sculptures engraven by J. Sturt, to which is added "The Life of the Author by a friend of thge Gospel", London, printed for J & F Rivington...1765, frontis portrait to first part, and another, full contemporary leather binding. This book and two others in this lot are signed Edward Bridges Knight and dated 1867 and 1850. Edward Knight was the brother of Jane Austen who was adopted by Mr Austen`s patron, Thomas and Katherine Knight. He eventually inherited their estate at Godmersham, Kent and then took the last name Knight. As part of his inheritance Edward also acquired Steventon, an estate in Chawton, a cottage attached to the latter he made available to his widowed mother and sisters and is now described as Jane Austen`s home. These books come from the family of Mr Edward Knight (4)
THE OLD CLOSES AND STREETS OF GLASGOW-FIRST EDITION engraved by Annan from photographs taken for The City of Glasgow Improvement Trust, with introduction by William Young RSW, published by James MacLehose, 1900; with bevelled rose cloth binding, gilt stamped Glasgow coat of arms, containing 50 photogravure plates; one of only a hundred copies specially printed for The Corporation of Glasgow
Bible [Hebrew]. Vetus Testamentum Hebraicum, cum Variis lectionibus, ed. Benjamin Kennicott, 2 vols., Oxford, 1776-80, list of subscribers, partly ruled in red, occn. foxing to some leaves, later half calf, raised bands to spine of each vol., rubbed and scuffed, rear cover to first vol. det. and upper joints to second vol. partly cracked, large folio. Darlow & Moule 5160. The earliest attempt to provide a large scale critical edition of the Old Testament, from collations of all the known Hebrew manuscripts and printed editions of the Bible, which took Kennicott and other participating scholars ten years to complete. (2)
[Chaucer, Geoffrey, The Workes of Geffrey Chaucer, newlie printed, with diuers addicions, whiche were neuer in print before... , compiled by Jhon Lidgate, 5th ed., edited by John Stowe, 1561], black letter double-column text with woodcut initials throughout, lacks all prelims. (fourteen or ten leaves depending on issue which is otherwise not determinable), final leaf of text with colophon supplied as modern facsimile, old neat manuscript copy of the final leaf signed by Thomas Cox bound in at end (dampstained), some old soiling and dampstaining and scattered contemp. marginal inscriptions, two closed tear repairs to first leaf including one archival tissue repair touching running head and woodcut of the knight on his horse, the woodcut with neat old ink addition to right border of the image and a few doodles to the left, a few marginal tears, four defective and repaired prelims. [from the 1598 edition] inserted at front, recent calf by Period Bookbinders, folio. STC 5075. (1)
Civil War. An Exact Collection of All Remonstrances, Declarations, Votes, Orders, Ordinances, Proclamations, Petitions, Messages, Answers and other Remarkable Passages betweene the Kings most Excellent Majesty, and his High Court of Parliament beginning at his Majesties return from Scotland, being in December 1641 and continued untill March the 21, 1643. Which were formerly published either by the Kings Majesty`sCommand or by Order from one or both Houses of Parliament, printed for Edward Husbands, T. Warren, R. Best, 1643, engraved frontis., title with woodcut decorative border, some underlining to one or two leaves at front of vol., two pages of contemp. index notes in ink to blanks at end, contemp. ownership signature of Fitzwilliam, and price 02s:06d in ink to front blank, 19th c. bookplates of General Fitzwilliam and Joseph Watson to front endpaper and front pastedown respectively, contemp. speckled calf, double lined rule to outer border of each cover, modern reback with raised bands and morocco title label, small thick 4to. Wing E1533. Enlarged edition of contemporary printed documents relating to the English Civil War, first published the previous year. (1)
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