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Lot 6213
Stevenson, Robert Louis - 'A Child's Garden of Verses' illustrated by Willebeek le Mair published George Harrap 1931, first edition, Carroll, Lewis - 'Alice's Adventures in Wonderland' illustrated by Harry Rountree, 'Aesop's Fables' illustrated by Nora Fry, 'Humors of History with 160 coloured plates and Ralph Caldecott picture book 'Frog he Would a-Wooing go' (5)
Lot 497
John Le Carre 'A Most Wanted Man', signed limited edition, No. 723 of 1000 copies, in the original publisher's cloth binding and decorative slipcase (Hodder & Stoughton, 2008), with Dick Francis 'The Danger', signed first edition, first impression, in the original publisher's cloth binding and unclipped dust wrapper (Michael Joseph, 1983) (2 books)
Lot 496
Two art reference books, to include; Hughes, Graham - 'Gerald Benney Goldsmith, The Story of Fifty Years at the Bench' (Starcity Ltd., 1998) first edition, in the orignial publisher's paper wraps, with Livingston, Karen, and Parry, Linda (eds.) - 'International Arts and Crafts' (V&A Publications, 2005) first edition in the original publisher's cloth binding and unclipped dust wrapper
Lot 485
Major-General S. Woodburn Kirby - 'The War Against Japan' - First edition, five volumes complete, in the original cloth bindings and unclipped dust wrappers, published by Her Majesty's Stationary Office, London, 1957-1969, illustrated with maps, folding and in colour, and monochrome plates, published as part of the 'History of the Second World War United Kingdom Military Series', edited by Sir James Butler
Lot 503
Collection of fourteen books relating to war, mid twentieth century first and early editions, dust wrappers present, to include titles such as 'Across the High Frontier' by W. R. Lundgren, a review copy (Victor Gollancz Ltd, 1956), 'Wings of the Phoenix, the Official Story of the Air War in Burma', first edition (His Majesty's Stationary Office, 1949), 'Barnes Wallis, A Biography' by J. E. Morpurgo, first edition (Longman, 1972), etc
Lot 502
Lang, Andrew - Five Fairy and Animal books, first edition and later, to include; 'The Red Book of Animal Stories', first edition (1899), 'The Red Romance Book', first edition (1905), 'The Red Fairy Book', seventh impression (1901), 'The Blue Fairy Book', tenth impression (1903), and 'The Animal Story Book', a new impression (1903), with illustrations by H. J. Ford, all bound in the original publishers cloth with gilt decoration (a/f)
Lot 500
Collection of English literature, first and some early editions, to include; 'Jim Davis' by John Masefield, first edition [1911], published by Wells Gardner, Darton & Co., Ltd., 'The Midnight Folk' also by John Masefield, first edition (William Heinemann Ltd., 1927), first editions of 'The Small Miracle' and 'Thomasina' in the original dust wrappers (Michael Joseph, 1951, 1957), 'The Parasites' and 'Happy Christmas' by Daphne du Maurier, first editions, the latter with the original dust wrapper (Victor Gollancz Ltd, 1949 / Todd Publishing Group Ltd, 1952), etc (12 books)
Lot 532
Vinyl - Goth Rock - 8 Goth Rock albums, 6 x 12” and one 10” box set to include: The Mission – Children (UK 1988, Mercury – 834 263-1), Play Dead – The First Flower (UK 1983, Jungle Records – FREUD 3), Sex Gang Children – Song And Legend (UK 1983, Illuminated Records – JAMS 666), Skeletal Family – Futile Combat (UK 1985, textured sleeve, Red Rhino Records – RED LP 57), Skeletal Family – Burning Oil (UK 1984, REDLP 44), Gene Loves Jezebel – Promise (UK 1983, SITU 7), Flesh For Lulu – Flesh For Lulu (UK 1984, POLD 5165), All About Eve – All About Eve (UK 1988, MERH 119), Paradise Lost – Say Just Words (UK 1997 12”, Music For Nations – 12KUT 174), Tones On Tail – Burning Skies (UK 1983, 12”, Situation Two – SIT 21T), Skeletal Family – Promised Land (UK 1985 12”, Red Rhino Records – REDT 54), The March Violets – Snake Dance (UK 1985 12”, snake skin design textured cover, Rebirth International – RB INT 2112), Crown Of Thorns – Pictures (Extended Version) (UK 1983 12”, I.R.S. Records – PFSX 1029), Belfegore – Belfegore (German 1983 12”, Pure Freude – PF 32 CK 16), The Mission – Butterfly On A Wheel (UK 1990 limited edition 10” Box set with 30" x 20” poster, Mercury – MYTH8 10). Condition at least EX overall
Lot 1204
Michael Bond Paddington Bear interest, a collection of books to include A Bear Called Paddington 1968 with inserted card signed in blue biro by Michael Bond, Paddington Abroad 1974 with penned Michael Bond signature to the interior, More About Paddington 1968, Paddington Helps Out 1968, Paddington Abroad 1968, Paddington at Large 1968, Paddington Marches On 1968, Paddington at Work 1968, Paddington Goes To Town 1968 first edition?, Paddington Takes the Air 1970 first edition? Paddington on Top 1974 first edition?, Paddington Takes the Test 1979 first edition? Paddington's Blue Peter Story 1973, and other books, also a watercolour sketch of Paddington by C Sharpe, other pen sketches etc.
Lot 400
Very rare Rolex platinum Cosmograph Daytona wristwatch, reference 116506, purchased 06/2019, 44 jewel calibre .4130 automatic movement adjusted to 5 positions and temperature, ice blue sunburst dial with three subsidiary dials including seconds dial at 6 o'clock, 30 minute and 12 hour recording dials, centre chronograph hand, brown Cerachrom bezel with tachymeter, twin screw down pushers, Oyster crown, polished case, 40mm, with original brushed and polished oyster link bracelet, marked 950PT, gross weight approx. 279g (with one extra bracelet link), serial number 955K****, with international guarantee, service manual, manual, green leather wallet, swing tags, box, outer card boxPlease note our special conditions regarding clocks and watchesFootnote: The first Rolex Cosmograph Daytona was introduced in 1963. Following this, on the 50th Anniversary of this iconic chronograph, Rolex neglected to introduce a limited or special anniversary edition that many expected. They did, however, introduce, for the very first time, in 2013, a platinum version and gave it the reference number 116506. (Please note condition is not noted. We strongly advise viewing to satsify yourself as to condition. If you are unable to view please request a condition report, which will be provided in writing).
Lot 55
Fleming (Ian).The Man with the Golden Gun.Jonathan Cape, 1965, first edition, dust jacket (priced 18s.), Jonkers Rare Books presentation box.Spine slightly slanted, top edge lightly spotted and dustmarked. Contents Fine and free of inscriptions. Small bookseller's label to rear pastedown. 15mm tear to rear bottom edge of dust jackets (see images).
![[Sterne (Laurence)]. The Life and Opinions of Tristram Shandy, Gentleman. Volumes I - IX. R. & J. Dodsley, 1763-61, T. Becket](https://cdn.globalauctionplatform.com/0fb506f0-bb70-4452-a7d8-b0b700db50ba/3ec7d3b7-fb1b-44e0-a432-b1470100c41a/468x382.jpg)
Lot 61
[Sterne (Laurence)]. The Life and Opinions of Tristram Shandy, Gentleman. Volumes I - IX. R. & J. Dodsley, 1763-61, T. Becket & P.A. Dehondt/Dehont, 1767-65-67, nine volumes, first two volumes state ‘Fifth Edition’, volume III & V, ’Second Edition’ , frontis, [6], 179, frontis, [1]; 184; 3-202 (including marbled paper leaf); [4], 146, 156-220, [1] (text and register continuous); [6], 150; [4], 155 [1]; [2], 160; [2], 156; [8], 145, [1] pages. Previous owner’s name to beginning of text in each volume, contemporary calf gilt, (restoration to spines); idem, The Sermons of Mr Yorick, Volumes I - IV, Sermons by The Late Rev. Mr Sterne, Vol V - VII. R. and J. Dodsley, 1760; T. Becket & P.A. De Hondt, 1766; W. Strahan, T. Cadell et al. 1769, seven volumes, first two volumes state ‘Second Edition’, portrait frontis (counted as first leaf), xi, [9], 203, [1]; 216; [32], 192; [4], 207, [1]; [28], 172; [4], 174; [4], 160 pages, contemporary calf; [Sterne (Laurence)] and [Stevenson (John Hall)], A Sentimental Journey Through France and Italy by Mr. Yorick. Volumes I & II [with] Yorick’s Sentimental Journey, Continued. To Which is Prefixed, Some Account of the Life and Writings of Mr Sterne. Volumes III & IV. T. Becket and P.A. De Hondt, 1768 and S. Blaydon, 1769, four volumes, small octavo, [2], 203; [2], 208; xviii, 144, 161-166; [2], 175 pages, contemporary calf gilt (volume I skilfully re-backed retaining original labels and back-strip gilt); Sterne [Laurence], Letters from York to Eliza and Sterne’s Lettersto his Friends on Various Occasions to which is added his Watch Coat. Dublin: R. Steuart, 1776, two volumes bound as one, duodecimo in sixes, [2], 62, 61-140 pages, worn calf binding, upper board detached. (21) Shandy - staining to endpaper edges, occasional spotting or light staining, a little dust marking, top edges dust marked.Sermons - Occasional foxing spots, a little text offsetting in places, edge-stained endpapers, top edges dust marked. Spines rubbed, wear to three spine heads, restoration to others, small cracks to several joints.Journey - Occasional foxing. Some print offsetting in volume I. Gather L not present in volume III, however text appears continuous. Small hole in head margin of K2 (vol III), one joint starting.Letters - bookplate and staining to endpapers, light foxing, a few closed tears.
Lot 1
Kandinsky (Wassily).The Art of Spiritual Harmony. Translated with an Introduction by M.T.H. Sadler.Constable, 1914, first English edition, xxviii, 112 pages, nine pictorial plates and three figure plates, damp staining to preliminary and final leaves, name and a few comments in pencil, original cloth-backed boards (worn).[Provenance - The Fred Gettings Library].
Lot 56
Le Carre (John).A Small Town in Germany.Heinemann, 1968, first edition, signed by the author on the title page, price-clipped dust jacket;idem, The Russia House.Hodder & Stoughton, 1989, first edition, signed by the author on the title page, dust jacket (priced £12.95);idem, The Tailor of Panama.Hodder & Stoughton, 1996, first edition, signed by the author on the title page, price-clipped dust jacket.
Lot 66
Tolkien (J.R.R.) et al. A Northern Venture: Verses by Members of the Leeds University English School Association.Leeds; Swan Press, 1923, first edition, [6], 26 pages, first leaf blank with 'Poetry Shop' stamp to lower edge, ex public library with blindstamp to front cover, title and the following four leaves, label tipped-in to inside front cover with withdrawal stamp, ink stamp to title verso, original card covers.
Lot 111
Tarot Cards. Dummett (Michael), The Game of Tarot, from Ferrara to Salt Lake City. Duckworth, 1980, first edition, quarto, worn dust jacket; Waite (Arthur Edward), The Pictorial Key to the Tarot ... William Rider, 1911, first edition, original cloth; Wirth (Oswald), Le Tarot, Des Imagiers du Moyen Age ... Planches Paris: Le Symbolisme, 1926, eleven colour plates, each with two card illustrations,in original card folder (text volume not present); with a collection of Tarot and fortune telling cards, various modern packs, including Akron & Giger's Baphomet (boxed) and Aleister Crowley's Thoth Tarot Cards (boxed). One earlier pack present, in a later folding card cover with the label 'Tarocchi di Firenze'. [Provenance - The Fred Gettings Library]. (qty)
Lot 95
Magic, Prophecy, Hermetics and the Occult.Bennett (Sir Ernest), Apparitions and Haunted Houses, A Survey of Evidence.Faber and Faber, August 1939, first edition, foxing to endapers, contents VG, original cloth (spine slightly faded, top edge dust marked).Grant (Kenneth & Steffi), Hidden Lore, The Carfax Monographs.Skoob, 1989, numbered limited edition of 1000, folio, ten mounted colour plates, Fine, original cloth gilt.Vaughan (Thomas) & Waite (Arthur Edward), The Magical Writings of Thomas Vaughan …George Redway, 1888, first edition thus, large taped repair to page 5, marginal tears, tanning, front endpaper split at hinge, Perkins Collection bookplate, original cloth dust marked with darkened spine;Gettings (Fred), Dictionary of Occult, Hermetic and Alchemical Sigils.Routledge & Kegan Paul, 1981, first edition, ex public library copy from the collection of the author, dust jacket;Barrett (Francis), The Magus, or Celestial Intelligencer, Being a Complete System of Occult Philosophy .... Volumes 1 - 9.Helios, 1964-66, numbered limited edition of 200, nine volumes, illustrated, original cloth-backed boards (some foxing to covers and edges);Steiner (Dr. Rudolf), A small collection of lectures given in 1924, typescript with colour illustrations, a 'Private Manuscript' for members of the Anthroposophical Society, worn wraps; with a small quantity of others.[Provenance - The Fred Gettings Library]. (qty)
Lot 107
Nostradamus (Michel).Les Vrayes Centuries et Propheties de Maistre Michel Nostradamus …Rouen: Jean-B. Besongne, 1710, French text, [36], 216 pages including frontis and two full page portraits within pagination, gutter gaping in places, front endpaper creased, manuscript on rear pastedown, small bookplate to front pastedown with name scratched off, worn calf gilt (backstrip partially detached with loss to head);idem, Les Vrayes Centuries et Propheties de Maistre Michel Nostradamus …Rouen: Jean-B. Besongne, 1710, French text, [34], 216 pages including frontis and two full page portraits within pagination, lacking a preliminary leaf (a11), small hole in frontis, obscured annotation to title and frontis recto, vellum binding, modern slipcase;idem, Les Vraies Centuries, Presages et Predictions de Maitre Michel Nostradamus …Anvers: Peter wan Duren, 1792, French text, x, [2], xii, 136, xxii, 137-312 pages, some foxing/staining, small bookplate to title verso, marbled endpapers, quarter calf binding;With a modern facsimile of the 1557 first edition in faux leather binding with slipcase.[Provenance - The Fred Gettings Library]. (4)
Lot 79
Whales and Whaling.Markham (Albert Hastings), A Whaling Cruise to Baffin’s Bay and the Gulf of Boothia and an Account of the Rescue of the Crew of the ‘Polaris’.Sampson Low, Marston …, 1875, second edition, plates as called for, original cloth gilt;Bullen (Frank T.), The Cruise of the ‘Cachalot’, Round the World After Sperm Whales.Smith Elder, 1898, first edition, folding map and plates as called for, original cloth gilt;Struthers (John), Memoir on the Anatomy of the Humpback Whale ...Edinburgh: MacLachlan and Stewart, 1889, reprint from the ‘Journal of Anatomy and Physiology’, six lithographic plates, presentation slip ‘From the author’, original cloth;Beale (Thomas), The Natural History of the Sperm Whale …. To which is added, A Sketch of a South-Sea Whaling Voyage …Holland Press, 1973, facsimile edition, dust jacket;Elliott (Gerald), A Whaling Enterprise, Salvesen in the Antarctic.Michael Russell, 1998, first edition, dust jacket;With Fifteen Others. [not collated]. (20)
Lot 62
Lee (Harper).To Kill A Mockingbird.Heinemann, 1960, first British edition, gift inscription to front free endpaper, small address label to front pastedown under jacket flap, dust jacket (priced 16s., a little wear to corners).Contents generally VG, single spot to lower fore-edge margin of las few leaves (see image), closed edges tanned with some very light spotting. Dust jacket worn with splitting to jacket joints and wear to corners (see multiple images).
Lot 75
Polar Exploration.A large quantity of books on exploration, predominantly polar exploration, including;Rymill (John), Southern Lights, The Official Account of the British Graham Land Expedition 1934-1937.Chatto and Windus, 1938, first edition, plates, folding map, torn and price-clipped dust jacket;Nansen (Fridtjof), 'Farthest North' Being the Record of a Voyage of Exploration of the Ship Fram 1893-96 ....Archibald Constable, 1897, first edition, two volumes, plates and maps, original cloth (worn);Bagshawe (Thomas Wyatt), Two Men in the Antarctic, An Expedition to Graham Land, 1920-1922.Cambridge University Press, 1939, first edition, plates, folding panoramas, original cloth;Scoresby (Rev. W.), Journal of a Voyage to Australia and Round the World for Magnetical Research.Longman Green ... 1859, first edition, portrait frontis, publisher's presentation stamps, orginal cloth;Anon., Cook's Voyages Round the World, for Making Discoveries towards the North and South Poles.Manchester: Sowler and Russell, 1799, portrait frontis in facsimile, five plates as called for, modern quarter calf; Thomson (C. Wyville), The Depths of the Sea. An Account of the General Results of the Dredging Cruises of H.M.SS 'Porcupine' and 'Lightning' ...Macmillan, 1874, second edition, maps and plates, original cloth;Scott (Capt. Robert F.), The Voyage of the 'Discovery'.Macmillan, 1905, two volumes, maps and plates, original cloth.[not collated]. (qty)
Lot 58
Clarendon (Edward, Earl of). The History of the Rebellion and Civil Wars in England, Begun in the Year 1641 ... Oxford, printed at the Theater, 1702-03-04, first edition, three large-paper folio volumes (printed in fours), portrait frontis to each, [4], xxiii, [1], 557, [1]; [16], 581, [1]; [24], 603, [23] pages, page size 437mm x 280mm; 452mm x 280mm and 445mm x 280mm. Contemporary panelled sprinkled calf (re-backed, joint cracks in places). ESTC N9847, N9850, T147811.idem, The Life of Edward Earl of Clarendon, Lord High Chancellor of England ……Written by Himself.Oxford: Clarendon Printing House, 1759, large folio, possibly large paper copy, page size 452mm x 285mm, portrait frontis, [8], 133, [3], 523, [13] pages, worn contemporary calf gilt. Vol I: water stain to lower margin corner, occasional spotting, some age toning, marginal tear to F4, gutter gaping after half-title which is a little pulled. Some restoration to head and tail of spine but front joint cracking.Vol II, small stain to 3H4, occasional spotting, lower corner stain to later leaves, nibbled fore-edge of last few leaves, gutter gaping after half title.Vol III, water stain to A4, occasional spotting, dust marking to head margin in places, .Life - occasional dust marking to head margins.
Lot 92
Thorburn (Archibald).Game Birds and Wild-Fowl of Great Britain and Ireland.Longmans, Green, 1923, first edition, folio, thirty colour plates, foxing, top edge gilt, red cloth gilt;idem, A Naturalist’s Sketch Book.Longmans, Green, 1919, first edition, quarto, sixty plates (colour and monochrome), foxing, top edge gilt, red cloth gilt;idem, British Mammals.Longmans, Green, 1920, first edition, two quarto volumes, fifty colour plates, foxing, top edges gilt, red cloth gilt.idem, British Birds.Longmans, Green, 1918, fourth and third editions, four quarto volumes, eighty-two colour plates, foxing to pages, pastedown rippled, top edges gilt, red cloth gilt. (8)[Provenance - Dutton Manor, Lancs.]
Lot 67
Georgano (Nick) edit. The Beaulieu Encyclopaedia of the Automobile, Volumes 1, A-L & 2, M-Z. The Stationary Office, 2000, first edition, two large quarto volumes, dust jackets; Bayley (Stephen), Cars - Freedom, Style, Sex, Power, Motion, Colour, Everything. Conran Octopus, 2008, first edition, quarto, suede binding, original slipcase. (3)
Lot 80
Whales and Whaling.Scoresby (William).An Account of the Arctic Regions, with a History and Description of the Northern Whale-Fishery.Edinburgh: Archibald Constable .., 1820, first edition, two volumes, xx, 551, [1], 82; viii, 574 pages plus advert leaf, three folding tables, twenty four plates including folding chart and two folding frontispieces, extensive corner turning to volume I which also has some intelligent annotation in erasable pencil, dust marked edges, particularly the top edges, original boards (spines worn and cracked, upper board detached from volume I);idem, Journal of A Voyage to the Northern Whale-Fishery; including Researches and Discoveries on the Eastern Coast of West Greenland made in the Summer of 1822, in the Ship Baffin of Liverpool.Edinburgh: Archibald Constable .., 1823, first edition, xliv, 472 pages, seven of eight plates (lacking first chart), some corner turning and annotation in erasable pencil, dust marked top edge, original boards (spine worn and cracked);Scoresby (Rev. William), Memorials of the Sea. My Father: Being Records of the Adventurous Life of the Late William Scoresby, Esq. of Whitby.Longman, Brown, Green and Longmans, 1851, first edition, viii, 232 pages, may lack a portrait*, [bound with]idem, Memorials of the Sea. Sabbaths in the Arctic Regions.Longman, Brown, Green and Longmans, 1850, second edition, viii, 155, [1] pages, dust marked top edge, endpapers splitting at hinge, original cloth original cloth.[*Copac calls for a portrait, however this appears uncommon, all copies previously examined and those found currently in commerce also lack this.]
Lot 76
Polar Exploration.The South Polar Times, 1902 - 1911. Centenary Edition. Orskey-Bonham-Niner, 2002, numbered limited edition of 350, three quarto volumes, original cloth with inset pictorial panel;Cherry-Garrard (Apsley) edit., The South Polar Times, 1912, The First Facsimile of Volume IV.Scott Polar Research Institute-Bonham, 2010, numbered limited edition of 500, quarto, original cloth uniform with first three volumes.Some rubbing to outer bottom edges of text block (see image on website), otherwise Fine copies, free of inscriptions.
Lot 70
Fielding (Xan).The Stronghold, An Account of the Four Seasons in The White Mountains of Crete.Secker & Warburg, 1953, first edition, frontis and plates as called for, map endpapers, dust jacket (priced 21s.);idem, Hide and Seek, The Story of a War-time Agent.Secker & Warburg, 1954, first edition, signed presentation inscription from the author on half title, additionally signed on the title page, plates as called for, map endpapers, dust jacket (priced 15s.).[Major Xan Fielding, DSO, CdeG., was a Special Operations Executive agent in WWII, serving in Crete (with Patrick Leigh Fermor), France and the Far East.]
Lot 43
Mackesy (Charlie).The Boy, the Mole, the Fox and the Horse.Ebury Press (Penguin), 2020, first printing of this limited edition, signed 'Charlie x' on label at head of half title, lower corners bumped, original cloth-backed boards;idem, The Boy, the Mole, the Fox and the Horse.Harper One, 2021, a 2021 printing of the 2019 first edition, signed 'Charlie Mackesy x' on label at tail of half title, original cloth-backed boards;idem, The Boy, the Mole, the Fox and the Horse.Ebury Press (Penguin), 2022, first printing of this edition, signed 'Charlie Mackesy x' on label at tail of half title, original boards. (3)2020 - Lower corners bumped, very slight dent to fore-edge of rear board. Otherwise Fine.2021 - Fine2021 - Fine
Lot 73
Polar Exploration.Bull (Colin) & Wright (Pat F.) edits.Silas. The Antarctic Diaries and Memoir of Charles S. Wright.Ohio State University Press, 1992, numbered limited edition of 150 copies, signed by the editors, cloth, slipcase;Wilson (D.M.) & Elder (D.B.), Cheltenham in Antarctica, the Life of Edward Wilson.Reardon Publishing, 2000, numbered limited edition of 500, signed by the authors, bonded leather binding with inset portrait, slipcase;Ludecke (Cornelia) & Summerhayes (Colin), The Third Reich in Antarctica, The German Antarctic Expedition, 1938-39.Bluntisham Books, 2012, signed by one of the authors, dust jacket;Mills (Leif), Frank Wild.Caedmon of Whitby, 1999, first edition, signed by the author, dust jacket;Skelton (J.V.) & Wilson (D.M.), Discovery Illustrated, Pictures from Captain Scott's First Antarctic Expedition.Reardon Publishing, 2001, Centenary Edition, folio, signed by the authors, dust jacket. (5)
![Fitzgerald (Edward) transl.Rubaiyat of Omar Khayyam. With Illustrations by Edmund Dulac.Hodder and Stoughton, no date [1909],](https://cdn.globalauctionplatform.com/0fb506f0-bb70-4452-a7d8-b0b700db50ba/975378af-d5ba-474a-8c8c-b14d00b5defe/468x382.jpg)
Lot 47
Fitzgerald (Edward) transl.Rubaiyat of Omar Khayyam. With Illustrations by Edmund Dulac.Hodder and Stoughton, no date [1909], numbered limited edition of 750 copies, signed by the artist, twenty mounted colour plates with printed tissue guards, top edge gilt, outstanding vellum gilt binding with silk ties.Free of inscriptions, the first plate has a light corner crease, otherwise Fine contents, tanning to extremes of uncut edges, bookplate to front pastedown, top edge dust marked, very clean vellum.
Lot 19
Williamson (Dr. George C.).Lady Anne Clifford, Countess of Dorset, Pembroke & Montgomery, 1590-1676. Her Life, Letters and Work …Kendal: Titus Wilson, 1922, numbered limited edition of 250, with author’s signature to limitation label, frontis, fifty-three plates (some printed recto and verso), two folding pedigrees, uncut edges, armorial bookplate, original quarter vellum binding. Front hinge a little weak, otherwise a VG copy. Ffinch (Michael), Westmorland Poems.Kendal: Titus Wilson, 1980, signed by the illustrator Caroline Metcalfe-Gibson, half morocco binding [with]idem, The Dame School at Raisbeck.Kendal: Titus Wilson, 1984, half morocco binding (spine faded), both volumes housed in double slipcase.Thompson (Ralph), An Artist’s Safari.Collins, 1979, one of twenty numbered copies reserved for fine binding by Zaehnsdorf, this copy for Hugh Fattorini, top edge gilt, quarter morocco with vellum corners, slipcase;Lancaster (Osbert) & Scott-James (Anne), The Pleasure Garden.John Murray, 1977, first edition, one of ten numbered copies reserved for fine binding by Zaehnsdorf, this copy for Hugh Fattorini, top edge gilt, quarter morocco with vellum corners, slipcase;Hartley (Marie), The Yorkshire Dales, Wood Engravings by Marie Hartley.Smith Settle, 1989, quarter cloth, slipcase;idem, The Yorkshire Dales, A Further Selection, Wood Engravings by Marie Hartley.Smith Settle, 1991, prospectus loosely inserted, quarter cloth, slipcase. (7)
Lot 74
Polar Exploration.Decleir (Hogo) edit., Roald Amundsen's Belgica Diary. The first scientific expedition to the Antarctic.Bluntisham Books, 1999, first English edition, dust jacket;Decleir (Hugo) & De Broyer (Claude) edits., The Belgica Expedition Centennial ...Brussels University Press, 2001, folio, original boards;Lagerbom (C.H.), The Fifth Man, Henry R. Bowers.Caedmon of Whitby, 1999, first edition, dust jacket;Back (June Debenham), The Quiet Land, The Diaries of Frank Debenham, Member of the British Antarctic Expedition 1910-1913.Bluntisham Books, 1992, first edition, dust jacket;Ludecke (Cornelia) & Summerhayes (Colin), The Third Reich in Antarctica, The German Antarctic Expedition, 1938-39.Bluntisham Books, 2012, first edition, dust jacket;von Drygalski (Erich), The Southern Ice-Continent, The German South Polar Expedition aboard the Gauss, 1901-1903.Bluntisham Books, 1989, first English edition, folio, cloth. (6)
Lot 42
Rowling (J.K.) - Signed.Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire.Bloomsbury, 2000, first edition, seventh printing, inscribed ‘to Katie, best wishes, J K Rowling’, previous owner’s name to front pastedown under jacket flap, front hinge a little weak, very light spotting to closed edges, some dust marking to top edge, printed by Mackays of Chatham, dust jacket (priced £14.99).[We are advised that the book was signed during a fundraising event at North Foreland Lodge in Sherfield on Loddon, Hampshire. The event was reported in ‘The Daily Echo’, 23rd Feb. 2001.]
![Bell (Currer) [Charlotte Bronte].Villette.Smith Elder, 1853, first edition, three volumes, [iv], 324; [iv], 319, [1]; [iv], 3](https://cdn.globalauctionplatform.com/0fb506f0-bb70-4452-a7d8-b0b700db50ba/4cd33f67-5948-4b6f-a49c-b1470100d81a/468x382.jpg)
Lot 65
Bell (Currer) [Charlotte Bronte].Villette.Smith Elder, 1853, first edition, three volumes, [iv], 324; [iv], 319, [1]; [iv], 350, [2] pages, last page blank, bound without catalogue, armorial bookplates, contemporary half calf. Later calf-edged slipcase. Smith 6.[From the library of John Gilbert Winant, US Ambassador to England, then to Gilbert Verney].Contents clean and free of inscriptions, minor stain to vol. 1 B4-5, slight gaping to gutter before contents page of vol. 1, very minor spotting/foxing to fore-edges, spines darkened, spines, joints and marbled boards rubbed.
Lot 235
Camden (William). Britannia siue Florentissimorum Regnorum, Angliæ, Scotiæ, Hiberniæ et Insularum adiacentium ex intima antiquiate Chorographica dsescriptio, Authore Guilielmo Camdeno, Nunc postremo recognita, & magna accessione post Germanicam aeditionem adaucta, 5th edition and 1st with maps, London: George Bishop, 1600, additional engraved title by William Rogers (repaired closed tear to lower left of image plus minor paper residue in the same area) letterpress title with large woodcut royal coat-of-arms bound in after dedication, additional title page for Hiberniæ et Insularum Briitanniæ Adiacentium descriptio..., 3 engraved maps by William Rogers; Britannia Provincia Romanorum, Englalond Anglia Anglosaxonum Heptarchia and Hibernia Antiqua (the latter printed to recto of Bbb8), full-page engraving of Stonehenge to P6, several full-page engraved illustrations of coins and antiquities, woodcut head-pieces, decorative initials, etc., contemporary ink marginal annotations to a few leaves including index and additional title page for Hiberniæ et Insularum, some water staining to margins, wormhole to top inner margin from first additional title to D1, tear with loss to outer top margin to Q3, later endpapers, contemporary blind stamped calf rebacked, lacking title label, boards rubbed, spine and corners worn & showing, upper board detached, small 4to QTY: (1)NOTE:STC 4507; Shirley 230.Bonar-Law pre-1612 P235 (for Hibernia Antiqua).Includes Rogers's map of Ireland copied from the 1595 Mercator map but showing Ireland in ancient times.
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Vergil (Polydore). Polydori Vergilii Urbinatis Anglicae Historiae libri vigintiseptem. Ab ipso autore postremu?m iam recogniti, ad[que] amussim, salua tamen historiae veritate, expoliti, Basel: Michael Isingrin, 1555, title with printer's woodcut device and with some early manuscript annotations and markings, upper outer corner of title with ownership signature of J. Hewitt dated 1760 (title repaired and reattached at gutter, lightly creased and slightly dust-soiled), decorative woodcut borders and initials to leaves a2 and a3, printer's woodcut device to verso of final leaf, early underscoring and annotations to margins throughout volume, light fraying to margins of first few leaves, short closed tear at foot of leaf H6, occasional damp-stains to margins of few leaves, contemporary blind panelled calf with blind arabesque to centre of each board, neatly rebacked and corners repaired, folioQTY: (1)NOTE:Adams V448.Polydore Vergil's Anglica Historia was commissioned by Henry VIII to chronicle England’s ancient past up to the early Tudor dynasty, ending with the advent of Henry VIII’s reign in 1509. It was first published in Basel in 1534 by Johann Bebel, and re-issued in 1546, but only with the 1555 edition (as here) was the reign of Henry VIII to 1538 added.
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