Omega - A steel 'Chronostop Driver Edition' flyback chronograph wristwatch, circa 1967, model 145.010, serial number 25869211, circular grey '12 o'clock at 3 o'clock' dial, with silvered batons, white hands and centre orange chronograph sweep, signed 17 jewel mechanical crown wind movement calibre 865, with crown at 1H and start/stop/reset pusher at 11H, case, 35mm diameter, to a black strap with pin buckle Omega first released the Chronostop in 1966, and it was well regarded within the watch industry - it won the 1967 Honour Prize for “Chronographs and Sport Watches”, sponsored by the Swiss Watchmaking Federation, and also took the first prize for Industrial Aesthetics at the Utrecht Spring Fair in 1968.It was selected as the official Omega timer at the Pan-American Games in Winnipeg and the 1968 Olympic Games in Mexico.Unlike conventional chronographs that record seconds, minutes, and hours with two or three subdials, the Chronostop was designed to be used for short interval timing - less than one minute - with a sweep hand for seconds and a single pusher. Pressing the pusher starts the timing hand, pressing again and holding stops the hand, and releasing will return the hand to the 12 o’clock position.The 145.010 is the most sought after of the 'Chronostop' series and was designed specifically for rally drivers. The dial has been moved through 90 degrees and the watch is worn under the wrist, allowing the driver to glance down at the time without having to remove the hands from the steering wheel. It was a unique attempt by Omega to completely change how a wristwatch was worn, and is now a rare and collectable item. Crystal - Complete. Minor scratches and one or two nicks all over, as to be expected and commensurate with age and use. Ω logo to the centreDial - Some spotting to the dial and the batons, visible under magnification. Some spotting and minor deterioration to the hands.Movement - Not currently fully operational. Ticks for one or two seconds, then stops.Case - Minor scratches and one or two nicks all over, as to be expected and commensurate with age and use.
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Corgi and other playworn diecast, including Corgi Toys Citron DS19, Corgi Toys Ford Consul Classic, Corgi Toys Renault Floride, Corgi Toys Mercedes Benz 300SL Roadster, Corgi Toys Riley Pathfinder, Exclusive First Edition Delaine double decker bus, Exclusive First Editions London Transport double decker bus, etc. (1 tray)
Collector Edition, first in the series. New in original sealed box. Designed by Carter Bryant, she is dressed in a light blue sleeveless satin ball gown with open front slit, ruched white satin undergown and long white gloves. Barbie Collectibles copyright 2000. Marked Mattel. Certificate of Authenticity included. This item has a base included. This item has its original box, 13.5"L x 11.75"W x 3.25"H. Issued: 20th centuryDimensions: 12"L x 2.75"W x 1.5"HManufacturer: MattelCondition: Age related wear.
Glossy porcelain Bunnykins duo, includes: Bunnie & Buntie Bunnykins Sleigh Ride, the first variation on blue, maroon and yellow. Based on a design by Walter Hayward, modelled by Albert Hallam, issued on 1972; Boy Skater Bunnykins, special edition 714 of 2500, produced exclusively for Colonial House of Collectibles, modeled on blue, red and white clothes. Designed by G. Tongue, circa 1998. Largest piece dimensions: 4''H x 2''dia. Royal Doulton Bunnykins backstamp. Manufacturer: Royal DoultonCountry of Origin: EnglandCondition: Age related wear.
Glossy porcelain duo, includes: Clown Bunnykins DB128 the First Variation in a special edition of 750, features a bunny in a white costume with black stars and pompons, red on the ruff around the neck and on the square of trousers, issued in 1992. Alongside, Juggler Bunnykins DB164 a especial edition of 1500, presents a bunny in a soft blue suit with black and red stars and black pompons, issued in 1996. Royal Doulton Bunnykins backstamp. Artist: Denisse AndrewsDimensions: 4.25''H x 2''dia, Each.Manufacturer: Royal DoultonCountry of Origin: EnglandCondition: Age related wear.
Glossy porcelain duo, includes: Mr. Punch Bunnykins DB234 a limited edition numbered 416 of 2500 from the Punch and Judy Collection of the Literary Characters Series, modeled on a blue, yellow and red striped costume. Designed by Kimberley Curtis, circa 2000. Alongside, Magician Bunnykins DB126 the First Variation, features a bunny on a black suit with maroon belt and yellow shirt and tablecloth. Designed by Graham Tongue, circa 1992. Largest piece dimensions: 2.25''L x 2.75''W x 4.5''H. Royal Doulton Bunnykins backstamp. Manufacturer: Royal DoultonCountry of Origin: EnglandCondition: Age related wear.
Style One. Black, yellow and red coloration. This jug was issued in a limited edition of 2,500 to commemorate the 350th anniversary of the English Civil War in 1642. It is unusual in the sense that it is the first three-handled character jug ever produced by Doulton. On Charles's left Oliver Cromwell forms the handle, on his right, Queen Henrietta. The third handle, at the King's back and not seen in the photograph, is a plume.Series: Royalty. Royal Doulton backstamp. Come with certificate of authenticity. Artist: William K. HarperIssued: 1992Dimensions: 7"HEdition Number: 2094 Manufacturer: Royal DoultonCountry of Origin: EnglandCondition: Age related wear.
MURRAY, Charles Augustus. Travels in North America During the Years 1834, 1835, & 1836. Including A Summer Residence With the Pawnee Tribe of Indians… and a Visit to Cuba and the Azore Islands. London: Richard Bentley, 1839. 2 vols., first edition, 8vo (228 x 132mm.) 2 tinted lithographed frontispieces of American Indians. (Toning, lacking half-title to volume 1, lacking blanks, occasional spotting.) 21st century dark brown half calf over marbled paper-covered boards, two black morocco lettering pieces to the spines (endpapers replaced) (2).
CHURCHILL, Winston S. My African Journey. London: Hodder and Stoughton, 1908. First edition, 8vo (189 x 117mm.) 47 plates, 3 maps including 1 folding, 16pp. publisher’s advertisements to rear. (Occasional browning, light spotting to preliminaries.) Original pictorial cloth (some fading to spine, minor marks to spine panel and lower cover). Provenance: from the estate of Trevor Hives, thence by descent.
BOND, Michael. More About Paddington. London: Collins, 1959. First edition, 8vo (198 x 130mm.) Illustrations by Peggy Fortnum. (Light spotting to front-free endpaper.) Original green cloth (lightly bumped), dust-jacket (price-clipped, fading and some loss to extremities, ‘Book 2’ in pencil on inner flap). – And a further first edition by Michael Bond (‘Paddington Helps Out’, 1960, 8vo) (2).
LE FANU, Joseph Sheridan. A Chronicle of Golden Friars and Other Stories. London: Downey & Co. Limited, 1896. First illustrated edition, 8vo (189 x 119mm.) Illustrations by Brinsley Le Fanu and John O’Hea, 1p. publisher’s advertisement to rear. (Toning, some pencil annotations to preliminaries, spotting to rear pastedown.) Original blue cloth, gilt stamped to upper cover and spine (spine faded and covers slightly dust-soiled). – And a further volume by J. Sheridan Le Fanu (‘The Tenants of Malory’, [1895], 8vo) (2).
FOX, Shirley. An Art Student’s Reminiscences of Paris in the Eighties. London: Mills & Boon, 1909. First edition, 8vo (222 x 131mm.) 8 black and white plates by John Cameron, numerous illustrations in the text, 12pp. publisher’s advertisements to rear. (Toning, occasional light spotting.) Original brown and green blind-stamped cloth, gilt lettering to spine (lightly rubbed extremities). – And a further nine volumes by female authors (including, in a dust-jacket, Eliza Southgate Browne’s ‘A Girl’s Life Eighty Years Ago’, 1888, 8vo, and ‘By Daylight; or, Pictures From Real Life’ edited by Anne Pratt, 1865, 8vo) (10).
![CHILDREN’S BOOKS. – Graham GREENE. The Little Fire Engine… illustrated by Dorothy Craigie. London: Max Parrish, [1950.] First](https://cdn.globalauctionplatform.com/da5bde03-ce55-4c83-b135-b14c00ddf16d/599c37e9-c82f-420e-aa97-b150011c21e1/468x382.jpg)
CHILDREN’S BOOKS. – Graham GREENE. The Little Fire Engine… illustrated by Dorothy Craigie. London: Max Parrish, [1950.] First edition, oblong 8vo (178 x 273mm.) Numerous colour illustrations. (Browning to title-page, toning.) Original pictorial cloth (hinges weakened). Note: Greene’s second book for children, but the first to bear his name. – And a further twenty-five volumes for children (including Graham Greene’s ‘The Little Horse Bus’, 1952, 4to, and a signed copy of Edward Gorey’s ‘The Sopping Thursday’, 1979, 8vo, and ‘Grant Richards’s Children’s Annual for 1905’, 1905, 4to) (26).
BINDING. – Edward NEWMAN. A History of British Ferns, and Allied Plants. London: John van Voorst, 1844. First edition, 8vo (218 x 132mm.) Hand-drawn calligraphic dedication and armorial design in colours to the initial blank, illustrations in the text. (Toning.) Bound by Hayday in near contemporary full vellum, two black morocco lettering pieces to the spine, g.e. (upper joint splitting, dust-soiling). Provenance: Sarah Louisa Cocks (dedication on initial blank); Thomas Somers-Cocks, M.P. (dedication on initial blank); Edward Braxton Reynolds (bookplate to front pastedown).
RACKHAM, Arthur (illustrator). – William SHAKESPEARE. A Midsummer-Night’s Dream. London: William Heinemann, 1908. First trade edition, 4to (249 x 182mm.) 40 tipped-in plates with captioned tissue-guards, numerous uncoloured illustrations. (Light spotting to endpapers and half-title, toning.) Original beige cloth, pictorial gilt to upper cover (lightly rubbed extremities, minor mark to upper cover). – And a further four illustrated volumes (including William Edmondstoune Aytoun’s ‘Lays of the Scottish Cavaliers and Other Poems’, 1863, 4to, and Charles Johnson’s ‘A General History of the Robberies and Murders of the Most Notorious Pirates’, 1926, 8vo) (5).
![LE FANU, Joseph Sheridan. The Watcher and Other Weird Stories. London: Downey & Co., [1894.] First edition, 8vo (189 x 12](https://cdn.globalauctionplatform.com/da5bde03-ce55-4c83-b135-b14c00ddf16d/9b3e571d-10fb-49f1-a198-b150011ba26e/468x382.jpg)
LE FANU, Joseph Sheridan. The Watcher and Other Weird Stories. London: Downey & Co., [1894.] First edition, 8vo (189 x 120mm.) Title printed in red and black, 8pp. publisher’s advertisements, illustrations by Brinsley Le Fanu. (Toning, final advertisement leaf with large corner loss.) Original pictorial black and grey cloth, stamped in silver and black (some spine lean, corners rubbed, spine darkened). Provenance: Mrs. Davie (ink name inscribed to front-free endpaper).
CAMPBELL, Marie. Folks Do Get Born. New York and Toronto: Rinehart and Company Inc., 1946. First edition, 8vo (204 x 136mm.) Illustrations by Clare Leighton. (Mild toning.) Original grey cloth, dust-jacket (small closed tear to upper panel, minor chipping to extremities). Note: tales of mid-wifery from rural Georgia.
SHIP-WRECK. – John BULKELEY and John CUMMINS. A Voyage to the South-Seas in 1740-1. London: Jacob Robinson, 1743. First edition, 8vo (199 x 119mm.) Woodcut headpieces and initials. (Browning, light spotting throughout, blanks lacking.) 20th century full calf, gilt ruled, red morocco lettering piece to the spine (endpapers replaced). Note: Gunner John Bulkeley and carpenter John Cummins were crew members of the ‘Wager’ which was one of George Anson’s fleet. They were wrecked off the southern coast of Chile and, under Captain Cheap, they held together the mutinous crew until they arrived in Rio de Janeiro. [Sabin 9108.]
![CHILDREN’S BOOK. – Thomas ECKERSLEY (illustrator) and E.A. CABRELLY. Animals on Parade. London: Conrad Press Ltd., [1948.] Fi](https://cdn.globalauctionplatform.com/da5bde03-ce55-4c83-b135-b14c00ddf16d/0382dda1-6da3-4c24-81ce-b150011bc4f7/468x382.jpg)
CHILDREN’S BOOK. – Thomas ECKERSLEY (illustrator) and E.A. CABRELLY. Animals on Parade. London: Conrad Press Ltd., [1948.] First edition, inscribed by the author, 4to (278 x 226mm.) 16 full-page illustrations. (Mild toning, text-block loosening.) Original tan cloth, dust-jacket (minor chipping at top of spine panel, toned). Note: scarce. – And a further two volumes (including Luciana Roselli’s ‘The Polka Dot Child’, 1964, 4to) (3).
![[REMI, Georges.] HERGÉ. The Adventures of Tintin: Destination Moon. London: Methuen & Co. Ltd., 1959. First English editi](https://cdn.globalauctionplatform.com/da5bde03-ce55-4c83-b135-b14c00ddf16d/1d7bb5d6-6f86-46cf-8953-b150011c210e/468x382.jpg)
[REMI, Georges.] HERGÉ. The Adventures of Tintin: Destination Moon. London: Methuen & Co. Ltd., 1959. First English edition, 4to (295 x 226mm.) (Toning to margins.) Original pictorial paper-covered boards (minor wear to spine ends, extremities rubbed, sunning to spine panel). – And a further eight volumes of the first edition in English of ‘The Adventures of Tintin’ (including ‘King Ottakar’s Sceptre’, 1958, 4to; ‘The Crab With the Golden Claws’, 1958, 4to; ‘The Secret of the Unicorn’, 1959, 4to; ‘Red Rackham’s Treasure’, 1959, 4to; ‘Explorers on the Moon’, 1959, 4to; ‘The Calculus Affair’, 1960, 4to; ‘The Red Sea Sharks’, 1960, 4to, and ‘The Shooting Star’, 1961, 4to) (9).
![ROWLANDSON, Thomas (illustrator). – [after William COMBE.] The Adventures of Doctor Comicus or the Frolicks of Fortune, A Com](https://cdn.globalauctionplatform.com/da5bde03-ce55-4c83-b135-b14c00ddf16d/5e8a0213-c1ae-4dc5-895f-b150011bbfdb/468x382.jpg)
ROWLANDSON, Thomas (illustrator). – [after William COMBE.] The Adventures of Doctor Comicus or the Frolicks of Fortune, A Comic Satirical Poem for the Squeamish & the Queer. London: B. Blake, [1815.] First edition, 4to (219 x 131mm.) 15 hand-coloured aquatint plates, including the frontispiece and additional title, original paper wrappers bound-in. (Browning and occasional light spotting.) Early 20th century brown full calf, brown morocco lettering piece to spine, t.e.g. (lightly rubbed, occasional scuffing to covers). Provenance: Sybil and Wallace Warner (bookplate to front pastedown). [Tooley, 431].
BIBLIOGRAPHY. – John MARTIN. A Bibliographical Catalogue of Books Privately Printed. London: J. and A. Arch et al., 1834. Vol. 1 (only, of 2). First edition, large paper copy, 4to (276 x 182mm.) Engraved frontispiece. (Toning, large damp-stain to preliminaries.) Original brown cloth, gilt lettering to spine (wear to spine ends). Provenance: Joseph Neeld (bookplate to front pastedown). – And a further four volumes of bibliography (including Patrick J. Kearney’s ‘The Private Case’, 1981, 8vo) (5).
POE, Edgar Allan. The Poetical Works… with a Notice of his Life and Genius by James Hannay. London: Addey and Co., 1853. First London edition, 8vo (167 x 103mm.) Wood-engraved frontispiece and vignettes in the text. (Toning, occasional light spotting, lacking publisher’s advertisements and preliminaries before frontispiece.) Near contemporary half burgundy morocco, g.e. (heavily rubbed, fading to covers). – And a further sixteen miscellaneous volumes (including Wilkie Collins’s ‘The Queen of Hearts’, 1862, 8vo, and William Buchan’s ‘Domestic Medicine: or, A Treatise on the Prevention and Cure of Diseases by Regimen and Simple Medicines’, 1779, 8vo) (17).
CHURCHILL, Winston S. The River War, an Historical Account of the Reconquest of the Soudan. London: Longmans, Green, and Co., 1899. 2 vols., first edition, 8vo (224 x 141mm.) Half-titles, numerous illustrations, plates and maps, including 20 folding. (Toning, blanks replaced.) Mid-20th century green half morocco bound by Bayntun-Rivière, t.e.g. (sunning to spines, endpapers replaced). Note: Churchill’s second book as a young war correspondent. Provenance: from the estate of Trevor Hives, thence by descent (2).
CHURCHILL, Winston S. Great Contemporaries. London: Thornton Butterworth Ltd., 1937. First edition, 8vo (213 x 137mm.) Numerous photographic illustrations. (Mild toning.) Original blue cloth (fading to spine). – And a further three first edition volumes by Winston S. Churchill (‘Arms and the Covenant’, 1938, 8vo, and ‘Lord Randolph Churchill’, 1906, 2 vols., 8vo). Provenance: from the estate of Trevor Hives, thence by descent (4).
![WINE. – [William ELLIS.] The London and Country Brewer. Containing the Whole Art of Brewing all Sorts of Malt-Liquors, as pra](https://cdn.globalauctionplatform.com/da5bde03-ce55-4c83-b135-b14c00ddf16d/e1f76199-2dde-45f5-9ad4-b150011c2337/468x382.jpg)
WINE. – [William ELLIS.] The London and Country Brewer. Containing the Whole Art of Brewing all Sorts of Malt-Liquors, as practiced both in Town and Country… in Three Parts. To Which is added A Supplement. London: Thomas Astley, 1742. Fourth edition, 8vo (198 x 120mm.) 3 parts and ‘A Supplement’, separate titles to each part, continuous register and pagination, 4pp. ‘Index’ and 16pp. publisher’s advertisements to rear. (Browning, moderate spotting throughout, some leaves heavily, corner creases to several leaves.) Contemporary calf (rebacked with original lettering piece retained, covers and extremities rubbed, scuffing). Note: parts 2-3 and the ‘Supplement’ are second editions and dated 1743. Provenance: Edward Braxton Reynolds (bookplate to front pastedown). – And a further seven volumes relating to wine and brewing (including a first edition of William Robert Loftus’s ‘The Brewer: A Familiar Treatise on the Art of Brewing’, 1856, 12mo, and a third edition of Thomas A. Knight’s ‘A Treatise on the Culture of the Apple and Pear, and on the Manufacture of Cider and Perry’, 1809, 12mo, and Joseph J. White’s ‘Cranberry Culture’, 1870, 8vo) (8).
NASH, Paul (illustrator). Genesis. Twelve Woodcuts by Paul Nash with the First Chapter of Genesis in the Authorised Version. [London:] by the Curwen Press for the Nonesuch Press, 1924. Limited edition, this being number 80 of 375 copies, 4to (266 x 187mm.) 12 woodcuts, text in Rudolf Koch’s Neuland type. (Mild toning, some uncut leaves.) Original black boards, gilt title to upper cover (slight rubbing to spine ends, minor abrasions). Provenance: Eva Le Gallienne, actress and director (bookplate to front pastedown).
GOLBERRY, Silvester Meinrad Xavier. Travels in Africa. Performed During the Years 1785, 1786, and 1787, in the Western Countries of This Continent… translated by William Mudford. London: M. Jones, 1803. 2 vols., first English edition, 12mo (176 x 101mm.) 3 engraved folding maps, 7 engraved plates, 14pp. ‘Index’ to rear of volume two, errata verso last leaf. (Toning, occasional light spotting, short closed tear to B2 of volume two.) Contemporary calf (extremities rubbed, lacking lettering pieces to spines). Note: Louis XVI, irritated by Captain Cook’s naval exploits for England, encouraged Golberry to travel to Africa. At the end of his account, Golberry celebrates the end of French slavery in Africa. However, Napoleon soon restored it (2).
DE LA MARE, Walter. Desert Islands and Robinson Crusoe. London: Faber and Faber, 1930. First edition, signed and inscribed by Walter de la Mare and 14 typed letters from the author to G.E. Manwaring tipped-in, 8vo (254 x 155mm.) Illustrations by Rex Whistler. (Scattered light spotting.) Original cloth (worn). Note: The letters span the years 1929-1936 and are all typed on ‘Hill House, Taplow’ headed writing-paper. G.E. Manwaring was a librarian at the London Library and the first letter is de la Mare reminding Manwaring of his offer to read the proofs of his book ‘Desert Islands’. Later, he mentions that his son [Richard] works at Faber and Faber and that his book ‘owes all it looks to him’. Walter also asks for recommendations as he is researching a book on juvenilia. In April 1932, Walter invites George to tea and gives convoluted instructions on how to get to his home. He would be ‘delighted’ to pick him up from the station but, alas, he ‘can’t drive’. Later, he critiques some poems that Manwaring has sent him saying, soothingly, that this is ‘only a personal criticism’. Provenance: G.E. Manwaring (bookplate to the front pastedown and ink inscription from the author on the half-title). – And a further volume by Walter de la Mare (‘Behold, This Dreamer!’, 1939, 8vo) (2).
![COOKERY. – T. Percy LEWIS and A.G. BROMLEY. The Book of Cakes. London: Maclaren & Sons, [1903.] First edition, 4to (284 x](https://cdn.globalauctionplatform.com/da5bde03-ce55-4c83-b135-b14c00ddf16d/1b52a44e-d1d1-4feb-bd58-b150011bca8d/468x382.jpg)
COOKERY. – T. Percy LEWIS and A.G. BROMLEY. The Book of Cakes. London: Maclaren & Sons, [1903.] First edition, 4to (284 x 223mm.) Half-title, 48 chromolithographed plates, several heightened in silver or gold, advertisements to rear. (Toning, browning to half-title.) Original green cloth, gilt lettering to upper cover (rebacked with original spine laid-down, spine darkened, extremities rubbed, endpapers replaced). Provenance: Edward Braxton Reynolds (bookplate to front pastedown).
SEARLE, Ronald (illustrator) and Bill RICHARDSON and ALLEN ANDREWS. Those Magnificent Men In Their Flying Machines. London: Dennis Dobson, 1965. First edition, signed by Ronald Searle, 4to (229 x 224mm.) Numerous coloured and black and white illustrations. (Mild toning.) Original blue cloth, dust-jacket. – And a further sixteen volumes (including a signed limited first edition of Osbert Lancaster’s ‘Classical Landscape With Figures’, 1947, 8vo, and Robin Maugham’s ‘The Servant’, 1948, 8vo, and ‘The Technique of a Life Affair’ by ‘A Gentlewoman’ [Doris Langley Moore], 1928, 8vo) (17).
TROLLOPE, Anthony. Mr. Scarborough’s Family. London: Chatto & Windus, 1883. First edition in book form, 8vo (185 x 122mm.) Half-titles, 32pp. of publisher’s advertisements dated March 1883 to rear of vol. 1. (Spotting to endpapers, rear leaves loosening in vol. 2, toning, occasional minor soiling.) Original blue cloth decorated in brown (all inner hinges weakened, outer hinge of vol. 3 cracked, covers of vols. 2 and 3 with heavy spotting). Provenance: F. Astle (ink name inscribed to front pastedown of vol. 3 and initial blank of vol. 2) [Sadlier, 66.] (3).
![PHOTO-BOOK. – Owen SIMMONS. The Book of Bread. London: Maclaren & Sons, [1903.] First edition, 4to (282 x 219mm.) 2 tippe](https://cdn.globalauctionplatform.com/da5bde03-ce55-4c83-b135-b14c00ddf16d/da99fa07-f681-4478-84fd-b150011bcb3f/468x382.jpg)
PHOTO-BOOK. – Owen SIMMONS. The Book of Bread. London: Maclaren & Sons, [1903.] First edition, 4to (282 x 219mm.) 2 tipped-in silver bromide prints on black card, 8 tipped-in black and white prints, 12 chromolithographed plates, photographic illustrations, advertisements and index to rear. (Offsetting from silver bromide prints, toning, small corner creases to first two black and white prints.) Original green cloth, gilt lettering to upper cover (extremities lightly rubbed, minor scuffing). Provenance: Edward Braxton Reynolds (bookplate to front pastedown). Note: Simmons was a lecturer at the National Bakery School in London and he commissioned the full-size photographs that appear in this work. As he wrote: ‘However critical readers may be they will be forced to admit that never before have they seen such a complete collection of prize loaves illustrated in such an excellent manner’.
MOUNTAINEERING. – Douglas W. FRESHFIELD. Travels in the Central Caucasus and Bashan: Including Visits to Ararat and Tabreez and Ascents of Kazbek and Elbruz. London: Longmans, Green, and Co., 1869. First edition, 8vo (209 x 138mm.) Half-title, chromolithographed frontispiece, 3 folding lithographed maps with outline hand-colouring, 4 plates, 2pp. publisher’s advertisements to rear. (Toning, light spotting to preliminaries and occasionally within, corner creasing to pp.4-8.) Original green cloth, pictorial gilt of Cossack to upper cover (hinges weakened, light rubbing, minor staining to covers). Provenance: David Forbes (bookplate to front pastedown and ink name to half-title); W.O. Pasture (ink name to half-title).
SOUTHEY, Thomas. A Chronological History of the West Indies. Longman, Rees et al., 1827. 3 vols., first edition, 8vo (214 x 130mm.) Half-titles to vols. 1 and 2, errata leaf bound-in at start of vol. 2. (Toning, blanks replaced.) Mid-20th century brown half morocco, gilt lettering to spines (browned to edges, endpapers replaced) (3).
EROTICA. – Raymond ABIGEO and Jean-Claude PERETZ. Erotoscope. Paris: Marie Concorde, 1970. First edition, 4to (270 x 209mm.) Photographic illustrations with leaves horizontally divided into three segments. (Mild toning.) Spiral-bound within original printed boards (some wear to top of spine). Note: conceived by advertising photographer Jean-Claude Peretz this innovative photo-book allows the reader to dress the three female models by changing the horizontal segments or the reader can, even, undress her. The lower cover tells us, in French, that with the three models a total of 26,568 different combinations are possible. – And a further seven related volumes (including ‘Canned Candies, The Exotic Women & Clothes of Paco Rabanne’ by Jean Clemmer, 1969, 4to) (8).
CHURCHILL, Winston S. Step by Step 1936-1939. London: Thornton Butterworth Ltd., 1939. First edition, 8vo (213 x 168mm.) 2 maps, including 1 folding to rear. (Mild toning.) Original green cloth (lightly bumped spine ends), dust-jacket (slight creasing to spine panel ends). Provenance: from the estate of Trevor Hives, thence by descent.
PIPER, John. Brighton Aquatints…with…an Introduction by Lord Alfred Douglas. London: Curwen Press for Duckworth, 1939. Limited edition, being one of 200 copies only, oblong folio (253 x 389mm.) 12 black and white aquatints with tissue-guards, accompanying text on blue paper. (Some light spotting to first text leaves, some offsetting to one plate.) Original red cloth-backed boards, paper label mounted to upper cover (toning to extremities, slight dust-soiling to lower cover).
PLANTIN PRESS. – CATULLUS, TIBULLUS & PROPERTIUS. Catullus, Tibullus, Propertius, Cor. Galli Fragmenta. Antwerp: Christopher Plantin, 1560. 16mo in 8s (112 x 68mm.) Woodcut printer’s device within wide decorative border, woodcut initials. (Marginal loss to last two text leaves T1-T2, browning, occasional light spotting.) Late 18th century calf, red morocco lettering piece to the spine (endpapers replaced, surface abrasions). Note: this was the first Plantin edition of these three poets. Provenance: William Milbourne (name-plate to front pastedown). – And a further volume (Caius Suetonius’s ‘Tranquillus cum annotate diversforum’, 1645, 16mo) (2).
CAREY, Henry Charles and Isaac LEA. The Geography, History and Statistics of America and the West Indies; Exhibiting a Correct Account of the Discovery, Settlement, and Progress of the Various Kingdoms, States and Provinces of the Western Hemisphere, to the Year 1822. London: Sherwood, Jones, and Co., 1823. First U.K. edition, 8vo (206 x 124mm.) Half-title, large engraved folding hand-coloured map of North America, 12 hand-coloured maps and charts, 4 folding engraved views, 1 folding engraved uncoloured map, 1 folding letterpress chart. (Toning, occasional light spotting or offsetting, blanks replaced.) 21st century brown half morocco, green morocco lettering piece to the spine (endpapers replaced). Note: includes maps or views of Quebec, Philadelphia, Cuba, Mexico, West Indies and Brazil.
CHURCHILL, Winston S. London to Ladysmith via Pretoria. London: Longman, Green & Co., 1900. First edition, 8vo (190 x 123mm.) 3 folding maps, including 1 in colour, 2pp. advertisements and 32pp. publisher’s catalogue to rear, plans within text. (Toning.) Original pictorial cloth (some wear to spine seam, minor staining and finger-marking to covers). – And a related volume (a first edition of Winston S. Churchill’s ‘Ian Hamilton’s March’, 1900, 8vo). Provenance: from the estate of Trevor Hives, thence by descent (2).
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RICKETTS, Charles (illustrator) and [Katherine BRADLEY and Edith COOPER.] ‘Michael Field’. The Race of Leaves. [London:] printed at the Ballantyne Press, 1901. Limited edition, this being one of 280 copies, 8vo (232 x 140mm.) Wood-engraved border in red and black to first leaf of text and decorations by Charles Ricketts. (Some offsetting to front and rear leaves, toning.) Original paper-covered boards, paper label to spine. Provenance: Lord Battersea, M.P. (armorial bookplate to front pastedown).
CHURCHILL, Winston S. My Early Life, A Roving Commission. London: Thornton Butterworth Limited, 1930. First edition, second issue (220 x 139mm.) 16 plates, including photographic frontispiece, 1 folding map to rear. (Toning, occasional browning, a 3-inch closed tear to p.163.) Original pink cloth, gilt lettering to upper cover and blind-stamped (fading to spine and wear to spine ends, extremities rubbed, minor stain to lower cover). Note: 12 lines of Churchill titles verso the half-title. An entertaining account of the author’s early life and his most widely read book. Provenance: D.I.C. Ashton-Cross (bookplate to front pastedown); from the estate of Trevor Hives, thence by descent.
BEATON, Cecil. The Book of Beauty. London: Duckworth, 1930. First edition, 4to (278 x 216mm.) Colour frontispiece, 27 black and white photographic plates. (Mild toning.) Original pink cloth-backed boards (some soiling to extremities). Note: Beaton’s first book. – And a further twenty-six volumes (including Herbert Read’s ‘The Green Child’, 1945, 8vo, and Herbert Corey’s ‘Farewell, Mr. Gangster!’, 1936, 8vo) (27).
LOFTUS, William Kennett. Travels and Researches in Chaldaea and Susiana; with an Account of Excavations at Warka, the ‘Erech’ of Nimrod, and Shúsh, ‘Shushan The Palace’ of Esther, in 1849-52. London: James Nesbit, 1857. First edition, 8vo (227 x 133mm.) 3 folding lithographed maps, 4 plates, numerous illustrations in the text. (Toning, occasional fingermark, blanks replaced.) 21st century brown half calf over marbled paper-covered boards, two red morocco lettering pieces to the spine (endpapers replaced).
GIBSON, Edmund. Chronicon Saxonicum. Ex Mss Codicibus Nunc Primun Integrum Edidit, Ac Latinum Fecit. Oxford: Sheldon Theatre, 1692. First edition, 4to (238 x 185mm.) Title with engraved vignette, imprimatur verso title, 1 double-paged engraved map of England, 38pp. ‘Index Rerum’, ‘Addenda & Emendanda’ verso last leaf Uu4. (Toning, occasional annotation and marks in red pencil.) 19th century half calf over marbled paper-covered boards (lacking lettering piece, rubbing to spine and extremities). Provenance: Charles Chevalltooke (circular bookplate to front-free endpaper).
HASSALL, Arthur Hill. A History of the British Freshwater Algae. London: S. Highley and H. Bailliere, 1845. 2 vols., first edition, 8vo (217 x 132mm.) 103 chromolithographed plates, errata to rear of vol. 1. (Spotting to front and rear leaves and to several plates, toning.) 20th century green half morocco over marbled paper-covered boards bound by Hayday, g.e. (lightly rubbed). Provenance: Edward Braxton Reynolds (bookplates to the front pastedowns). – And a further five related volumes (including John Ralf’s and Edward Jenner’s ‘The British Desmidieae’, 1848, 8vo, and Francis Wolle’s ‘Fresh-Water Algae of the United States’, 2 vols., 1887, 8vo) (7).
ELIOT, T.S. The Sacred Wood. London: Faber and Faber, 1920. First edition, 8vo (169 x 100mm.) (Toning.) Original blue cloth (lightly rubbed extremities). – And a further thirty-four volumes, mainly 20th century poetry (including Cecil Day Lewis’s ‘Collected Poems’, 1954, 8vo, and Ted Hughes’s ‘Season Songs’, 1976, 8vo, and James Joyce’s ‘Anna Livia Plurabelle’, Criterion Miscellany No. 15, 1930, 8vo) (35).
UNITED STATES. – James STUART. Three Years in North America. Edinburgh: Robert Cadell, 1833. 2 vols., first edition, 8vo (190 x 113mm.) Large folding engraved map. (Toning, browning to titles, blanks replaced.) 21st century brown half calf, grey morocco lettering pieces to the spines (endpapers replaced). Note: an account of travels around Eastern America via North Carolina. – And a related volume (Francis Lieber’s ‘The Stranger in America’, the first British edition, [1835], 8vo) (3).
COOKERY. – Francis COLLINGWOOD and John WOOLLAMS. The Universal Cook, and City and Country Housekeeper. London: R. Noble, 1792. First edition, 8vo (213 x 124mm.) Half-title, 12 engraved plates of ‘Bills of Fare’, 1 engraved plate of carving, 5pp. of contemporary manuscript recipes to rear. (Spotting to preliminaries and to plates and rear leaves, lacking frontispiece.) Near contemporary half morocco, red lettering piece to spine (endpapers replaced, rubbing to extremities). Provenance: Edward Braxton Reynolds (bookplate to front pastedown). [Bitting pp.94-95.]
SIGNED BOOKS. – Jonathan COE. Bournville. London: Viking, 2022. First edition, first impression, signed by the author, 8vo (233 x 150mm.) (Mild toning.) Original blue cloth, dust-jacket. – And a quantity of approximately seventy further volumes of contemporary novels, all signed (including Melvyn Bragg’s ‘The Soldier’s Return’, 1999, 8vo, and China Miéville’s ‘The Last Days of New Paris’, 2016, 8vo) (a quantity).
SIGNED BOOKS. – Rachel CUSK. Outline. London: Faber and Faber, 2014. First edition, third impression, signed by the author, 8vo (215 x 130mm.) (Mild toning.) Original yellow cloth, dust-jacket. Note: the first volume of Cusk’s ‘Outline’ trilogy. – And a further thirty-five signed volumes of contemporary fiction (including a first edition, first impression of J.G. Ballard’s ‘The Kindness of Women’, 1991, 8vo, and a first edition, first impression of Hilary Mantel’s ‘Bringing Up The Bodies’, 2012, 8vo) (36).
HALL, Basil. Travels in North America, in the Years 1827 and 1828. Edinburgh: Cadell and Co., 1829. 3 vols., first edition, 8vo (189 x 114mm.) Folding hand-coloured engraved map of the United States and Canada, 1 folding table. (Toning, lacking half-titles, a 3-inch tear to map.) 21st century half calf over marbled paper-covered boards, two red morocco lettering pieces to the spines (3).
CHILDREN’S BOOKS. – Mabel DEARMER. The Cockyolly Bird. The Book of the Play. London: Hodder and Stoughton, 1914. First edition, 4to (214 x 163mm.) 10 tipped-in colour plates. (Mild toning, minor staining to preliminaries and first leaves.) Original red pictorial cloth (inner hinge weakened). Provenance: Elizabeth Brown (pencil name to front-free endpaper). – And a further seven volumes (including Eleanor Vere Boyle’s ‘Beauty and the Beast’, [1875], 4to, and her ‘Child’s Play’, 1859, 4to, and ‘Moorland Mousie’, illustrated by Lionel Edwards, 1929, 4to, and Anna Sewell’s ‘Black Beauty’, 1936, 8vo) (8).
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LE FANU, Jospeh Sheridan. The Evil Guest. London: Downey & Co., [1895.] First edition, 8vo (187 x 118mm.) Frontispiece and title printed in sepia, wood-engraved illustrations by Brinsley Le Fanu, 8pp. publisher’s advertisements to rear [pp.7-8 blank] dated March 1895. (Light to moderate spotting throughout, a newspaper clipping mounted verso front-free endpaper.) Original cloth blocked in black and gold, t.e.g.
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RICKETTS, Charles (illustrator) and [Katherine BRADLEY and Edith COOPER.] ‘Michael Field’. Julia Domna. [London:] printed at the Ballantyne Press, 1903. Limited edition, this being one of 240 copies, 8vo (233 x 142mm.) Wood-engraved border in red and black to first leaf of text and decorations by Charles Ricketts. (Occasional light spotting, uncut leaves.) Original paper-covered boards, paper label to spine. Provenance: Lord Battersea, M.P. (armorial bookplate to front pastedown).
HANSARD, T.C. Typographia: an Historical Sketch of the Origin and Progress of the Art of Printing. London: Baldwin, Cradock and Joy, 1825. First edition, 8vo (242 x 140mm.) Engraved and woodcut plates, 3 folding, wood-engraved illustrations. (Toning, crease to last leaf.) Contemporary half calf, red morocco lettering piece to spine (some loss to top of spine, extremities lightly rubbed).
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