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NO RESERVE Hussey (Christopher) The Work of Sir Robert Lorimer, first edition, 1931 § Adam (William) Vitruvius Scoticus, facsimile reprint, one of 400 copies, Edinburgh, 1980 § Reed (Henry Hope, editor) The Works in Architecture of Robert & James Adam, facsimile reprint, New York, 1980 § Hill (Oliver) Scottish Castles of the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries, 1953 § Billcliffe (Roger) Charles Rennie Mackintosh: The Complete Furniture, Furniture Drawings & Interior Designs, second edition, Guildford & London, 1980, plates and illustrations, some colour, original cloth or cloth-backed boards, the second with slip-case, the last with dust-jacket and slip-case; and another on Scottish architecture, folio & 4to (6)

NO RESERVE Turkey.- Montagu (Lady Mary Wortley) The Letters and Works, 3 vol., first edition, engraved frontispieces, lacking half-titles, occasional scattered spotting, bookplate of Sir William Eden, contemporary half calf, spines gilt in compartments, light rubbing to extremities, some spotting to spine and corners, 8vo, Richard Bentley, 1837.

Shaw (Bernard) The Complete Plays, manuscript lending sheet pasted to front free endpaper, pages slightly toned, some loss of cloth to foot of spine, 1931 § Harris (Frank) Elder Conklin and Other Stories, title with armorial device printed in red and black, inscribed by the author in ink on half title, ownership inscription in ink to front free endpaper, edges dust stained, 1895 § Wilde (Oscar) The Happy Prince, Tauchnitz Edition, original wrappers, lightly spotted and rubbed, edges uncut, Leipzig, 1909, first two first editions in original cloth, lightly rubbed at extremities, and c.70 others, mainly first editions, by mainly Irish authors, 8vo (c.75)

NO RESERVE Loudon (John Claudius) An Encyclopaedia of Cottage, Farm, and Villa Architecture, first edition, contemporary half calf, spine slightly faded, 1833 § Villa and Cottage Architecture..., one plate becoming loose, contemporary half calf, boards a little damp-stained, 1871 § Brooks (S.H.) Designs for Cottage and Villa Architecture, lightly soiled and water-stained, small portion lacking from upper edge of title not affecting text, modern calf-backed boards, [1839] § Audsley (W.& G.) Cottage, Lodge, and Villa Architecture, decorative title in red & black, title water-stained, marginal soiling, modern half calf, [1870], plates and illustrations, the first two rubbed, the last with staining to spines; and 8 others, architecture, v.s. (12)

Polar.- Shackleton (Ernest H.) The Heart of the Antarctic. Being the story of the British Antarctic Expedition 1907-1909, 2 vol. (only of 3, lacking signature volume), first edition, one of 300 copies, 3 folding maps and 1 panorama in the rear cover pocket of vol.2, plates and illustrations, some light browning, original vellum with gilt penguin image to upper covers, t.e.g., others uncut, recased, endpapers renewed, soiled and marked, spines chipped, 4to, 1907.⁂ "The most luxurious publication ever to have appeared during the heroic age of Antarctic exploration, recording the exploits of the one British expedition to have been crowned with popular success" (Taurus).

NO RESERVE Paine (Thomas) A Letter to George Washington, on...the Late Treaty Concluded between Great Britain & The United States of America, some scattered foxing, modern calf-backed printed boards, uncut, [cf. Sabin 58224-8], Printed by W.T. Sherwin, 1817 § Cobbett (William) Letters to the Right Honourable Lord Hawkesbury...on the Peace with Buonaparté, second edition, folding tables, 4pp. advertisements at end, engraved Strathallan bookplate, some light browning and spotting, 1p. of Appendix with closed horizontal tear, contemporary mottled calf, rubbed at extremities with wear to corners, upper joint cracked but holding firm, 1802; and 3 others on various subjects, v.s. (5)⁂ The first is a bitter attack against Washington, triggered by his inaction during Paine's imprisonment in France, first published in Philadelphia in 1796 and in London the proceeding year.

Militaria.- Ward (Robert) Animadversions of Warre, or, a Militarie Magazine of the Truest Rules, and Ablest Instructions, for the Managing of Warre, 2 parts in 1, first edition, lacking additional engraved title but with letterpress title, 1 woodcut plate only (of 2, lacking folding plate but with double-page plate with letterpress explanation), folding table, woodcut initials, head-pieces and numerous illustrations, lacking final 2 leaves of Table at end, bookplate of Junior United Service Club, 19th century ink gift inscription to front free endpaper, a few instances of early ink marginalia, including to title, a couple leaves trimmed close at fore-edge, just shaving woodcut or printed side-note, the odd short tear, a couple times running into text but without loss (repaired to A1), some light soiling, the odd rust spot or stain, front free endpaper working loose, hinges cracked, 19th century half morocco, spine richly gilt, rubbed, [STC 25025], folio, John Dawson, and are to be sold by Francis Eglesfield, 1639.

NO RESERVE Ruskin (John) The Stones of Venice, 3 vol., first edition, 1851-53; The Seven Lamps of Architecture, second edition, 1855, together 4 vol., plates, contemporary signature to head of title and bookplate of F.D.Astley, uniform contemporary half calf, spines gilt with red & green roan labels; and 17 others by or about Ruskin, 8vo & 4to (21)

NO RESERVE Billings (Robert William) The Baronial and Ecclesiastical Antiquities of Scotland, 4 vol., India Proofs edition, wood-engraved pictorial titles, list of subscribers, 240 engraved plates after Billings, all on india paper and mounted, tissue guards, foxing, mostly to mounts or guards, wood-engraved illustrations, later half morocco, by Ramage, t.e.g., a little rubbed, spines faded, Edinburgh & London, [1848-52] § Macgibbon (A.) & Thomas Ross. The Ecclesiastical Architecture of Scotland, 3 vol., first edition, contemporary half calf, roan labels, slightly rubbed, spines a little faded, 1896-96; The Castellated and Domestic Architecture of Scotland, 5 vol., reprint, original cloth, Mercat Press, 1971, the last two with illustrations, all Edinburgh; and 4 others, Scotland and Scottish architecture, 4to & 8vo (16)

Johnsoniana.- Johnson (Samuel) A Journey to the Western Islands of Scotland, 2 vol. in 1, contemporary ink ownership inscription to title, contemporary calf, rebacked, also with repairs to upper corners, Dublin, for A. Leathley, et al., 1775; The Lives of the most eminent English Poets..., 4 vol., portrait frontispiece, bookplates to pastedowns, vol. 3 lacking front endpaper, contemporary tree calf, sympathetically rebacked, for J. Buckland, 1793, 8vo (5)⁂ First mentioned is the second pirated Dublin edition, published swiftly after the first Dublin edition which itself was an unauthorised pirated printing of the London first edition.

NO RESERVE L[angley] (B[atty]) The City and Country Builder's and Workman's Treasury of Designs, 199 engraved plates only (of 200, lacking plate 17), rather soiled and stained, plate 12 with short tear to fore-edge just extending into plate but not affecting image, contemporary calf, rubbed, corners worn, rebacked (stained), new endpapers, [Harris 452; cf.Berlin Kat. 2276, first edition], S.Harding, 1756; and vol.2 only (of 5) of Horace Walpole's Works of 1798, 4to (2)⁂ Popular pattern book including designs for doors, windows, chimneypieces, pavements, church fittings, obelisks, pedestals, bookcases, ceilings and ironwork.

South America.- Gardiner (Capt. Allen F.) A Visit to the Indians on the Frontiers of Chili, first edition, half-title, map frontispiece, 3 lithographs, 4pp. advertisements at end, yellow endpapers, original cloth, a little rubbed, bumping and chipping to corners and extremities, 8vo, 1841.

Burton (Sir Richard Francis) Il Pentamerone; or the Tale of Tales, 2 vol., first edition, half-titles, scattered faint spotting, modern cloth, 1893; The Carmina of Caius Valerius Catullus ..., first edition, one of 1000 copies, frontispiece, title in red and black, spotting to frontispiece, original cloth-backed boards, slight bumping to corners and spine extremities, printed for the translators ..., 1894; Tales from the Gulistân or Rose-Garden of the Sheikh Sa'di of Shirâz, frontispiece and plates by John Kettlewell, title in red and black, partially unopened, bookplate, original cloth, fractional bumping to corners and spine extremities, 1928, [Penzer p.155-57], 8vo & 4to (4).

NO RESERVE Golding (William) The Inheritors, first edition, half-title, previous owner's ink inscription, Foyles ink stamp to front free endpaper, original cloth, slight bumping to corners and extremities, dust-jacket, slight creasing and chipping to corners and edges, sunned spine, 1955 § Shaw (Bernard) The Apple Cart: a Political Extravaganza, first edition, one or two faint spots, original cloth, slight bumping to corners and extremities, 1930 § Thigpen (Corbett H.) The Three Faces of Eve, first edition, second printing, plates, original cloth, slight bumping to corners and extremities, dust-jacket, one or two short tears, chipping and creasing to corners and edges, New York, 1957; 8vo (3).

Birds.- Lilford (Lord) Notes on the Birds of Northamptonshire and Neighbourhood, 2 vol., illustrated by Thorburn & Lodge, 1895 § Macpherson (Rev. H.A.) & William Duckworth. The Birds of Cumberland...[&] Westmorland, hand-coloured lithographed frontispiece by Keulemans, Carlisle, 1886 § Stevenson (Henry) The Birds of Norfolk, vol.1 & 2 only (of 3, vol.3 published in 1890), lithographed plates, one hand-coloured, errata slips, London & Norwich, 1866-70 § d'Urban (W.S.M.) & Rev. Murray A.Mathew. The Birds of Devon, chromolithographed frontispiece, plates including 4 hand-coloured lithographs by Keulemans and 2 mounted photographs, 1892 § Dixon (Charles) The Game Birds and Wild Fowl of the British Islands, 1895 § Yarrell (William) A History of British Birds, 3 vol., second edition, wood-engraved illustrations, 1845 § Thorburn (Archibald) British Birds, 4 vol., new edition, 1925, all but the last two first editions, plates and illustrations, some colour, occasional spotting, original cloth, a little rubbed, the second damp-stained, the last two with faded spines; and c.20 others on British birds, 8vo & 4to (c.35)

Ziehbilderbuch - - Meggendorfer, Lothar. Prinz Liliput. Ein lustiges Ziehbilderbuch. Mit Text von Ferdinand Feldigl. 2. Auflage. Mit 7 (6 beweglichen) chromolithographischen Tafeln und zahlreichen Textillustrationen. Esslingen und München, Schreiber, 1906. 20 nn. S. 37 x 26 cm. Farbig illustrierte Original-Halbleinwand (Ecken und Kapitale etwas bestoßen, etwas fleckig und berieben).Krahé, Marginalien 122 - Krahé, Spielwelt 114 - Bilderwelt 2051: "Dieses Ziehbilderbuch zählt mit zu den schönsten Beispielen dieser Gattung. Auf den sechs beweglichen Tafeln breitet sich eine Tier- und Pflanzenwelt aus, in deren Mittelpunkt der daumengroße Prinz Liliput und seine abenteuerlichen Erlebnisse stehen." - Ziehmechanismen sind voll funktionsfähig, lediglich ein Arm in Bild 6 starr. - Fußsteg mit teils geklebten Einrissen (bei einer Tafel bis in die Darstellung), etwas gebräunt und leicht fleckig, Titel und letztes Blatt angerändert, Block gelockert.First edition. - 14 unnumbered leaves. Original colour illustrated half cloth (corners and spine ends bumped and with rubbing). - Some plates repaired or with small pieces missing, lightly browned and spotted.

Rowling, Joanne K.. Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire. Mit eigenhändiger Filzstift-Signatur der Autorin. London, Bloomsbury, 2000. 636 S., 2 weiße Bl. 20,5 x 13,5 cm. Illustrierter Original-Pappband mit Original-Schutzumschlag (Rückenenden gering gestaucht, Umschlag mit leichten Randknicken).Erste Ausgabe ("First edition" im Druckvermerk), hier die fest gebundene Variante. Mit prominenter Signatur von Rowling auf dem Widmungsblatt. - Schwach gebräunt, Kopfschnitt mit schwachen Kratzspuren.

Britains - Tree Models, First Edition, 1965 Issues, comprising: 2 x Model No' 1810 - Scots Pine, Model No' 1807 - Young Beech & Model No' 1806 - Silver Birch. Near Mint overall, contained in generally Very Good to Excellent [some storage wear] first issue illustrated window boxes. Together with: Second Edition, early 1970's Issue Model No' 1808 - Weeping Willow, 2 x Model No' 1806 - Silver Birch & Model No' 1808 - Willow & 2 Empty set bags [Oaks]. Near Mint overall, contained in generally Excellent [some minor age wear] second issue carded bags. [10 Pieces]

Britains Rorkes Drift Series - Set 00143 - Rorkes Drift Hospital Diorama [First Issue - limited edition 0274/2000]. Mint overall, contained in A near Mint set box & outer.

Britains - Heritage Collection, 2009 Issue, comprising: Limited Edition Set [069/600] The Hunt Set. Mint overall, contained in near Mint H/C set box & outer, complete with Limited Edition Certificate. Rare, the First Example to be Sold by Vectis

Britains - The War Along the Nile Series, comprising: Set 27038 - British Naval Brigade Gatling Gun & Crew, Limited Edition [103/200] Connoisseur Collection [2009] Set 39003 - British Camel Corps Medic & Camel, Khartoum, 1885 & Limited Edition [034/200] Connoisseur Collection Set 39005 - British Camel Corps Medic Stretcher Bearer, Khartoum, 1885. Mint overall, contained in near Mint set boxes. Rare, the First Examples to be Sold by Vectis. [3]

WILLIAM M THACKERAY, "Vanity Fair" 1848 first edition in book form, together with 7 volumes of Charles Dickens "All the Year Round"

"Rolex - Timeless Elegance" by George Gordon, first edition No. 19443, published December 1988, hardback with hard dust cover

The Complete Frank Miller Batman (Hardback) First Edition 1989, slight marking/tears to top left otherwise very good condition.

DC Comics - Batman The Killing Joke, First Titan Edition 1988, a very presentable copy of this iconic book (slight corner creasing).

Winnie-the-Pooh by AA Milne 1926 first edition

Original 1972 Pirelli calendar. The 1972 Pirelli Calendar was the first to be photographed by a woman and marked a radical shift in tone and style from what had gone before. Though it was not universally praised at the time, the edition now ranks among the most prized for its artistry and originality. Age related wear / monthly photo shots have become detached from calendar days/months but is complete

Superb The London Mint ' Your Country Needs You ' Posters of the First World War Ingot Set Together with a Collection of Postcards and Certificates of Authenticity, Complete In In Its Original Folder. The Collection Includes ( 8 ) Limited Edition Bronze Ingots Layered In Either Silver or Gold Plate, All With Different Scenes of that Era, Also Included In The Set Is - The Official Imperial War Museums Solid Gold Centenary Ingot, 24ct Proof Coin, Weight 2,5 grams. Great Set All In Limited Editions - Please Confirm with Photo. From a Gentleman's Own Private Estate.

Royal Crown Derby - First Limited Edition Christmas Plate 1991 No 349 of 1500 Pieces. Boxed and Certificate, In As New Condition.

Five black and white postcards, featuring notable ballet dancers, including two of Russian ballerina Nadezhda Bakerkina principal dancer in Marius Petipa 'Les Deux Étoile' nr 173 and 222 Edition Richard St Petersbourg, approx 9 x 4 cms; one postcard of Russian ballerina Olga Losifovna Preobrajenska who against all odds became a prima ballerina despite having a crooked spine, nr 0302 approx 9 x 4 cms. A postcard of Marie Mariusovna Petipa, a noted Russian ballerina daughter of Marius Petipa, she had a short-lived but notable dance career and died in  Paris. The last postcard in this group is that of Mikhail Mordkin (1880-1944) graduated from the Bolshoi Ballet School in 1899, and in the same year was appointed ballet master. He joined Diaghilev's ballet in 1909 as a leading dancer. After the first season he remained in Paris to dance with Anna Pavlova. 

Collection of poetry books by Poet Laureate John Masefield, including 1st edition title Shopping in Oxford wonderfully inscribed: For Beryl Grey Wishing her most happy and glad Fortune, now and always, with a drawing of a sailing ship; 1st edition title First Chum inscribed 'For Beryl, from John Masefield Christmas 1944; 1st edition title A Play of St. George wonderfully inscribed 'For Beryl Grey from John Masefield November 1948 'Heaven will ring the bells To Man's Endeavor'; 1st edition title Basilissa wonderfully inscribed: 'For Beryl Grey (The Prelude) from John Masefield 1st March 1949'; 1st edition title The Bluebells & other Verses inscribed 'For Beryl from the author with very best wishes September 6th 1961' and lastly 1st edition title 'Grace before Ploughing' 'For Beryl from John, 21st of August 1966 'The Thought for others has reward unseen, it makes the world anew'! This lot includes a collection of plates by John Churchill Simpson of the South African city Durban, plates include (i) City Hall, (ii) Post Office, (iii) Dick Kings' Statue, (iv) The Beach Front housed in the original folder. Note: Property of Dame Beryl Grey CH, DBE, FRSA Prima Ballerina.

The Art of E A Rickard published 1920, first edition

Summoned by Bells by John Betjeman, first edition together with 'Betjeman' by A N Wilson

Friedrich Engels (1820 - 1895) - bedeutender eigenhändiger Brief an den sozialdemokratischen Journalisten Carl Hirsch vom 19. März 1895 Kleiner Doppelbogen Briefpapier (Maße 17,8 x 11,2 cm) mit gedruckter Adresse "41, Regent's Park Road, N.W.". Einmal gefaltet, kleine Falzeinrisse, leicht brüniert. Antwort auf Carl Hirschs Brief vom 16. März 1895, in dem dieser Engels vier seiner Artikel mit der Bitte geschickt hatte, diese zu redigieren. Eigenhändig in Tinte verfasst, über der Adresse datiert "London 19. März 95". Text: "Lieber Hirsch - Ich will Dir den Gefallen thun aber nur unter zwei Bedingungen: 1/Die Sache bleibt ganz unter uns, denn sonst krieg' ich 100 dergleichen zur Vorkritik zugeschickt; [..] 2/daß dies das letztemal ist, daß Du mich um so etwas angehst. Ich bekomme mehr Sachen in einer Woche zugeschickt als ich in einem Monat lesen kann, aber wenn ich dazu noch kritisiren soll, komm ich noch viel weniger durch.S. 4. "Einseitig." Dies ist in der großen Industrie weit weniger der Fall als in der Manufaktur. Im Gegentheil, die große Industrie beseitigt großentheils die Manuf.Verkrüppelung, wenn sie auch ihre eigene neu erzeugt; diese letzte kann durch Intensifikation der Arbeit gesteigert werden. Soweit ich die große Industrie kenne, scheint mir dieser Punkt hier mehr betont als der Sachlage entspricht. Die Theilung der Arbeit ist & bleibt die Grundursache der Arbeitsverkrüppelung. [..] S. 18. "Das Kapital des Arbeiters ist er selbst." Dies klingt sehr schön, aber das Wort Kapital verliert hier den letzten Rest seines Sinns. Was Teufel hast Du vernünftige Dinge in unvernünftige Philisterphrasen zu übersetzen; - was Du da sagst, ist mir rein unverständlich. [..] Wenn Du später einmal eine zweite Auflage machst so würde ich Dir rathen, diese immerhin sehr allgemeinen Auseinandersetzungen durch spezielle Beispiele zu begründen, Thatsachen aus verschiedenen Industriezweigen anzuführen, & überhaupt zu sagen, auf welche Industrien Du Dich beziehst. Z.B. von der entwickelten engl. Textilindustrie gelten Deine Sätze nur in einem sehr geringen Maß. Dagegen mögen sie viel mehr Geltung haben für Deutschland, wo die große Industrie noch jung ist & sich eben erst in einer ganzen Reihe von Produktionszweigen durchsetzt, unter Verdrängung alter Methoden & plötzlicher Steigerung der Intensität der Arbeit. [..] Ihr führt Euren Kampf mit dem Zentrum soweit ganz nett, aber ich meine, Du könntest doch die Haltung der Lieber & Co. im Reichstag etwas öfter in Leitartikeln annageln. Viele Grüße. Dein F.E.". Die letzte Seite am Unterrand in Tinte von dritter Hand bezeichnet "Friedrich Engels", daneben sowie auf der ersten Seite oben Zahlen in Bleistift. Die vier Artikel von Carl Hirsch ("Intensifikation der Arbeit und Verkürzung der Arbeitszeit", "Die Intensifikation der Arbeit und ihr Widerstand", "Die ökonomische und die sozialpolitische Schätzung der Arbeitskraft" und "Die Verdichtung der Arbeit unter sozialpolitischem Gesichtspunkt") waren bereits im Frühjahr 1894 bzw. 1895 im "Sozialpolitischen Centralblatt" erschienen, doch wollte er sie, nach Überarbeitung durch Engels, neu in einer Broschüre herausgeben.Publiziert wurde dieser Brief "nach einer maschinengeschriebenen Abschrift" in "Karl Marx - Friedrich Engels - Werke - Band 39", S. 441, herausgegeben vom Institut für Marxismus-Leninismus beim ZK der SED 1968 in Berlin.Provenienz: Aus einer deutschen Privatsammlung. Friedrich Engels (1820 - 1895) – an important handwritten letter to the social-democratic journalist Carl Hirsch, dated 19 March 1895 Friedrich Engels (1820 - 1895) – an important handwritten letter to the social-democratic journalist Carl Hirsch, dated 19 March 1895A small double sheet of notepaper (measuring 17.8 x 11.2 cm) printed with the address "41, Regent's Park Road, N.W.". Folded once, minor tears to the fold, slightly darkened. In reply to Carl Hirsch's letter dated 16 March 1895, in which he had enclosed four of his articles, requesting that Engels edit them. Handwritten in ink, dated "London 19. März 95" above the address. Text (tr): "My dear Hirsch – I'm willing to do this favour for you on two conditions, however: 1/The matter shall remain entirely between us, otherwise I'll be inundated with 100 such articles for prior editing; [..] 2/That this is the last time you ask for my help in such a matter. I receive more manuscripts in a week than I can read in a month, but if I have to review them as well, I'll hardly get through any.P. 4. "One-sided." This applies much less often to major industry than to manufactories. On the contrary, mass industry is doing away with most of the manufactories' incapacitation, even though it also reproduces its own incapacitation; the latter can be increased by intensifying the work. As far as I am familiar with major industry, this point appears to me to be emphasised more here than is actually the case. The division of labour remains the root cause of the incapacitation of work. [..] P. 18. "The worker is his own capital." This is all very fine but the word capital loses the last vestiges of its meaning here. Why the devil have you translated sensible things into irrational Philistine phrases? What you are saying is incomprehensible to me. [..]Should you intend to publish a second edition in the future, I would advise you to substantiate these rather general arguments by providing specific examples, citing facts from different branches of industry, & to state what industries you are referring to in the first place. In the example of the developed English textile industry, your principles only apply to a very limited extent. By contrast, they may be a great deal more valid in Germany, where major industry is still in its infancy & only just becoming established in a plethora of manufacturing sectors, displacing old methods & resulting in a sudden increase in the intensity of labour. [..] You are conducting your campaign with the Centre quite nicely, however I believe you could nail the position of Lieber & Co. in the Reichstag more frequently in editorials. Best wishes. Your F.E.". The bottom of the last page annotated "Friedrich Engels" in ink in a third hand, next to numbers in pencil here and at the top of the first page. The four articles by Carl Hirsch ("Intensification of work and reduction of working hours", "The intensification of work and its resistance", "The economic and sociopolitical evaluation of manpower" and "The consolidation of work from a sociopolitical perspective") had already been published in "Sozialpolitisches Centralblatt" in spring 1894 and 1895. However, he intended to re-publish them in a new brochure after Engels had edited them.This letter was included "from a typewritten copy" in "Karl Marx - Friedrich Engels - Works - Volume 39", p. 441, published by the Institute for Marxism-Leninism at the Central Committee of the SED in Berlin in 1968.Provenance: From a private German collection.Condition: II -

Peplow, S. H. Hong Kong About & Around, first edition, signed presentation copy inscribed by the author, 'To Edna, With affection from Uncle Peps, Sept. 1930', Hong Kong: Commercial Press Ltd., 1930. Octavo, publisher's red cloth

Architecture. A collection of books on ecclesiastical architecture, stately homes, castles & ruins, furniture, to include Cathedrals, first impression, London: Great Western Railway, [1924]; Screens and Galleries in English Churches, by Francis Bond, London: Henry Frowde, 1908; Old Manor Houses, by Cecil Aldin, first edition, London: Heinemann, 1923; The Castles and Abbeys of Yorkshire, by William Grainge, York: John Sampson, 1855, and others, condition varied, sold with all faults (14)

Mountaineering. A collection of books comprising: Travels Amongst the Great Andes of the Equator, by Edward Whymper, second edition, folding map in rear wallet, plus Supplementary Appendix, London: John Murray, 1891-92, small quarto, publisher's gilt cloth; Scrambles Amongst the Alps in the Years 1860-69, by Edward Whymper, fourth thousand, folding maps at rear, London: John Murray, 1871, small quarto, full calf, rebacked; Edward Whymper, by F. S. Smythe, first edition, folding maps at rear, London: Hodder & Stoughton, 1940, octavo, red cloth with clipped dust-jacket; The Alps in 1864, A Private Journal, by A. W. Moore, first edition, Edinburgh: David Douglas, 1902, tall octavo, publisher's gilt green buckram, untrimmed edges; The Tour of Mont Blanc and of Monte Rosa, by James D. Forbes, first edition, Edinburgh: Adam & Charles Black, 1855, octavo, publisher's gilt green cloth, folding map frontispiece; The Early Mountaineers, by Francis Gribble, ex-library with stamps & labels, London: T. Fisher Unwin, 1899, blue library cloth, and A Short History of England, by Cyril Ransome, 12th edition, London: Longmans, 1901, blue cloth. Condition appears to be mostly good, internally clean & bright, but varied and sold with all faults (8)

Gillingwater, Edmund. An Historical Account of the Ancient Town of Lowestoft, in the County of Suffolk, first edition, London: Robinson & Nichols, [1790]. Quarto, pp. [iii-xv], 485, [vi], lacking half-title, rebound in half crushed morocco, untrimmed edges, contents mostly good, title & preface with creasing and closed tears, sold with all faults

RMS Titanic & White Star Line. A collection of 91 postcards, 46 of which have been auto-signed by Titanic survivors; three First Day Covers published by Rembrandt, again with survivors’ signatures; a facsimile Titanic card signed by Millvina Dean [youngest survivor], limited edition numbered 34/100, plus another similar signed by Edith Haisman [oldest survivor], numbered 38/100, together with other colour printed postcards of RMS Ceramic, Megantic, Oceanic, Majestic, Calgaric, Laurentic, Baltic and similar SS ships   

Burney (William) The Naval Heroes of Great Britain; or accounts of the lives and actions of the distinguished admirals and commanders who have contributed to confer on Great-Britain The Empire of the Ocean, Printed for Richard Phillips, London, 1806, together with A Brief inquiry into the present condition of the Navy of Great Britain and its resources, printed for S Highley, London, 1804, A Narrative of the Proceedings of His Majesty's Fleet under the command of Earl Howe, Printed by T.Burton, 1796, Tytler (Patrick Fraser) Life of James Crichton of Cluny, commonly call The Admiral Crichton, Printed by James Ballantyne and company, Edinburgh, 1819, Annals of Lloyds Shipping Register, 1884, Findlay (Alexander) A Hand-book for the navigation of the different channels of the Thames and Medway, a book of abstracts of the ships and vessels belonging to the British Navy between 1794 and 1820,Weynton (O) Elements of Navigation acquired during his education in the Royal Mathematical School of Christ's Hospital, De Lolme (J.L) The Constitution of England, or an account of the English Government, in which it is compared, both with the republican form of government, and the other monarchies in Europe, Printed for G.G.J and J Robinson, London, 1788, together with The Present State of Great Britain and Ireland, eighth edition, printed for J. Robertson, London, 1738, Rees (Rev.T) A Topographical and Historical Description of South Wales, printed for Sherwood, Neely and Jones, London, pull out map of South Wales inside front cover, circa 1815, Rogers (Rev. Charles) The Poetical Remains of King James The First of Scotland, one of one hundred and fifty copies, printed for the editor, 1873, Duhigg (Bartholemew Thomas) History of the King's Inns: or an account of the legal body in Ireland, printed by John Barlow, Bolton Street, 1806, Archer (Thomas) Our Sovereign Lady Queen Victoria, Her Life and Jubilee, volumes 1-4 (in two volumes) Blackie and Son, London, 1888, Whiston (William) The Genuine Works of Flavius Josephus The Jewish Historian, two volumes bound in one, Albion Press, London, Matthews (W.R) Saint Paul's Cathedral in Wartime 1939-1945, Hutchinson & Co, 1946, Morgan (Iwan) University College of Wales Aberystwyth, The College By The Sea, 1928, and a biographical memoir of Dr. John Douglas, bishop of Salisbury

Morris ( Rev W.M Meredith) British Violin Makers Classical and Modern, First Edition, leather bound in cardboard case, Chatto & Windus, London, 1904, together with Stoeving (Paul) What Violinists Ought to Know, Brimsmead (Edgar) History of the Pianoforte, Koechlin (Charles) Gabriel Faure, Mill (Henry) Antonio Stradivari, his life and work, 1909, Hadden (Cuthbert) Biography of George Frederick Handel, 1888, and bound volumes of sheet music including Mendelssohn, Wagner, Cassell's nation's music etc

Two Robert Taylor signed first edition prints 'Spitfire' signed by Douglas Bader and Johnnie Johnson and 'Hurricane' signed by RR Stanford -TuckLocation:

The Chawton Edition - a Jane Austin six volume book set, pub Allen Wingate circa 1948, first editionLocation:

David Shepherd: a signed limited edition colour print, "First Light at Savuti", 468/1500, two other David Shepherd signed limited edition colour prints and three other animal prints, in strip frames

GIBRALTAR, ELIZABETH II GOLD PROOF DOUBLE SOVEREIGN 2019 Commemorative issue for 50th anniversary of Concorde's first supersonic flight, 16g, in plush fitted case from Hattons with certificate, edition limited to 349 specimens. As issued.  

Eight boxes of various books including various childrens books, coffee table books including WILLIE G DAVIDSON "100 years Harley Davidson Motorcycles", TILMAN OSTERWOLD "Pop Art", various other novels, books on art, Debrett's Peerage 1995, LYNDA LA PLANTE "Royal Flush", published MacMillan 2002, signed "Lynda La Plante", MARY WESLEY - three novels bound as one "Jumping the Queue", "The Camomile Lawn" and "Harnessing Peacocks", published MacMillan 1992, signed "Mary Wesley", ALLISON PEARSON "I don't know how she does it", first edition, published Chatto & Windus 2002, signed "Allison Pearson" and TIM WINTON "Eyrie", published Picador, signed "Tim Winton" and inscribed "To (her) dad!", etc

Boxed Royal Doulton limited edition figurine, The Milkybar Kid, H: 15 cm, with certificate 1269/2000, no cracks or chips. P&P Group 1 (£14+VAT for the first lot and £1+VAT for subsequent lots)

A boxed OM41304 Wright Eclipse Fusion First London diecast bus from The Original Omnibus Company range by Corgi. Limited edition, 1:76th scale, No. 3170/3600, complete with CoA.

A boxed OM46103 Plaxton Paragon First Eastern Counties diecast bus from The Original Omnibus Company range by Corgi. Limited edition, 1:76th scale, No. 1854/2060, complete with CoA.

Map - after Francesco Roselli, The World 1508, first drawn in Venice, a limited edition 419/7,500, mounted and framed, 48cm x 69cm overall

Ali (Shahamat). An Historical Account of the Sikhs and Afghans, in connexion with India and Persia, from the journal of an expedition to Kabul, through the Panjab and the Khaibar Pass, London: John Murray, [circa 1850], hand-coloured frontispiece, ownership inscription 'E. Roberts' to front blank, lightly spotted, all edges gilt, original blue pictorial cloth, rubbed, 8vo, together with:Gleig (G.R). Sale's Brigade in Afghanistan, with an account of the seisure and defence of Jellalabad, new edition, London: John Murray, 1879, ownership inscription of Charles J Pearce to front free endpaper, half-title, preliminary leaves lightly spotted, 20th-century green morocco gilt, Library blindstamps to covers, portion of covers stained, rubbed, 8vo, plusEyre (Vincent). The Military Operations at Cabul, which ended in the retreat and destruction of the British Army, January 1842, with a journal of imprisonment in Afghanistan, 2nd edition, London: John Murray, 1843, folding map, 2 leaves of publisher's advertisements at rear, a few light spots, original green pictorial cloth gilt, rebacked with original spine relaid (endpapers and blanks renewed), rubbed, 8vo, with another copy of Eyre's Cabul (2nd edition, 1843) and Lady Sale's A Journal of the Disasters in Afghanistan, 1841-2 (Eighth thousand, 1844)QTY: (5)NOTE:The first title is scarce in any form. We can only trace two copies of the title appearing at auction in the last 35 years.

[Wallace, Robert Grenville]. Fifteen Years in India; or, Sketches of a Soldier's Life, being an attempt to describe persons and things in various parts of Hindostan, 1st edition, London: Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme & Brown, 1822, contemporary full sprinkled calf gilt, rubbed and some wear to joints, 8vo, together with Mundy (Captain Godfrey Charles). Pen and Pencil Sketches, being the Journal of a Tour in India, 2 volumes, 2nd edition, London: John Murray, 1833, without half-titles, frontispiece to each volume, and 14 engraved plates, engraved folding map with outline hand-colouring to rear of first volume, some spotting and occasional minor marginal stains, frontispiece to first volume torn and repaired to verso with tape, contemporary black half morocco gilt, rubbed and wear, 8vo, plus[Sherer, J. M.]. Sketches of India: written by an Officer for Fire-Side Travellers at home, 2nd edition, with additions, London: Longman, Hurst, Rees..., 1824, contemporary full calf gilt, rubbed and somewhat worn with lossQTY: (8)

Waters (Major R. S.). History of the 5th Battalion (Pathans) 14th Punjab Regiment formerly 40th Pathans ('The Forty Thieves'), 1st edition, London: James Bain, 1936, monochrome plates from photographs and folding plans, folding sketch maps, original green cloth gilt, a few minor marks to extremities (generally in very good condition), large 8vo, together with Talbot (Colonel F. E. G.). The 14th King George's Own Sikhs: The 1st Battalion (K.G.O.) (Ferozepore Sikhs), The 11th Sikh Regiment, 1846-1933, 1st edition, London: Royal United Services Institute, 1937, monochrome plates and maps, some scattered spotting to preliminary leaves, bookplate of Reginald Arthur Savory to front pastedown, original red cloth gilt, lightly rubbed, large 8vo, plus History of the Guides 1846-1922 & 1922-1947, 2 volumes, Aldershot: Gale & Ploden, 1938/50 respectively, monochrome plates, folding maps (some contained in pocket at rear of first volume, modern presentation inscription to Bill Beynon, dated Xmas 1952-53 to half-title of each volume, original light brown and red cloth gilt, rubbed and a few marks, large 8vo, and Lawford (Lieutenant-Colonel J. P., and Catto, Major W. E.). Solah Punjab, The History of the 16th Punjab Regiment, 1st edition, Aldershot: Gale & Polden, 1967, monochrome plates and illustrations, map endpapers, original green cloth gilt in dust wrapper, a little rubbed to extremities, 8voQTY: (5 )

Bamford (P.G). 1st King George V's Own Battalion, The Sikh Regiment, The 14th King George's Own Ferozepore Sikhs, 1st edition, Aldershot: Gale & Polden, 1948, 11 full-page colour plates, 17 maps, further black & white illustrations, original green cloth gilt, lightly rubbed, 8vo, together with:The Story of the 1st. & 2nd. Battalions, 41st Dogras, volume 1. October 1900 to December 1923 & October 1917 to March 1922, for private circulation only, Bombay: Thacker & Co, [circa 1923], 11 black & white illustrations after photographs (including frontispiece), 5 folding maps, near-contemporary black morocco gilt, 8vo, withRawlinson (H.G). The History of the 3rd Battalion 7th Rajput Regiment (The Duke of Connaught's Own), 1st edition, Oxford: Oxford University Press, 1941, portrait frontispiece, further black & white illustrations, errata leaf, original green cloth gilt, 8vo, with 7 others related including H.F. Murland's Baillie-Ki-Paltan (1932), Reginald Hennell's A Famous Indian Regiment (1927), W.B.P. Tugwell's History of the Bombay Pioneers (1938) & Mohamed Ibrahim Qureshi's History of the First Punjabi Regiment (1958)QTY: (10)

Burton (Richard F). Personal Narrative of a Pilgrimage to El Medinah and Meccah, 2 volumes in 1, 2nd edition, London: Longman, Brown, Green, Longmans, and Roberts, 1857, half-titles, 14 plates (8 tinted lithographs, 5 chromolithographs), 3 maps (lacking 'Plan of the Haram in volume 1), smaller illustrations to text, occasional spotting & light toning, original blindstamped terracotta cloth gilt, all edges gilt, rebacked with original spine laid on, rubbed & faded, 8voQTY: (1)NOTE:Macro 640 (for the first edition of 1855-56).

Carr (John). A Northern Summer; or Travels round the Baltic through Denmark. Sweden, Russia, Prussia and part of Germany, in the year 1804, 1st edition, London: printed for Richard Phillips, 1805, half title, 11 sepia aquatint plates, some toning and light offsetting, later half calf, spine a little faded, 4to, together with Brooke (A. de Capell). Travels through Sweden, Norway, and Finmark to the North Cape in the Summer of 1820, 1st edition, London: printed for Rodwell and Martin, 1823, half title, lithograph frontispiece, map, and 20 lithograph plates, including 2 colour, some spotting and light offsetting, annotations to front endpaper, contemporary half calf, some edge wear, 4to, plus A Winter in Lapland and Sweden, with various observations relating to Finmark and its Inhabitants; made during a residence at Hammerfest, near the North Cape, 1st edition, London: John Murray, 1827, large folding map, 21 lithograph plates, a few tinted, last plate reinforced at gutter, occasional light offsetting and spotting, modern cloth-backed boards, 4to, with others including An Account of Denmark as it was in the year 1692, [by Robert Molesworth], 4th edition, 1738, Field Sports of the North of Europe; comprised in a personal narrative of a residence in Sweden and Norway, in the years 1827-28, by L. Lloyd, 2 volumes, 1830, A Tour in Sweden in 1838, by Samuel Laing, 1839, and Excursions in Denmark, Norway and Sweden, by Robert Bremner, 2 volumes, 1840QTY: (13)NOTE:First three titles Abbey Travel 73, 248 & 250 respectively.

Doorly (Gerald S). The Voyages of the 'Morning', 1st edition, London: Smith, Elder & Co, 1916, half-title, 16 plates after photographs (some two per page, many loose or loosening), folding map, 6pp. of musical scores, a few light spots, pen marks to rear free endpaper, closed tear to folding map inner fold, original blue pictorial cloth, lightly rubbed & marked, 8voQTY: (1)NOTE:Renard 450; Rosove 96.A1. Taurus 142."One of the scarcest books of Antarctic exploration". The work “records the discovery of Scott Island and the first landing on Beaufort Island, and personal impressions of the Southern party upon their return”. (Rosove)"It must have been a rarity to find someone interested in reading the title in the midst of the First World War". (Taurus)

Drake (Edward Cavendish). A New Universal Collection of Authentic and Entertaining Voyages and Travels, from the earliest accounts to the present time... The whole forming a history of whatever is most worthy of notice in Europe, Asia, Africa and America, 1st edition, London: J. Cooke, 1768, imprimatur leaf signed by Shelburne at front, engraved frontispiece, title printed in red and black, 9 engraved maps, 54 engraved plates, subscribers list, World map with marginal repair Asia map with marginal loss from insect predation, small marginal wormtracks to first few leaves and at end, a few marginal wormholes, occasional light water stains, previous owner inscription, contemporary calf, joints cracking, some edge wear and stains, folio QTY: (1)NOTE:Cox I, 18; ESTC T124554; Hill 492; Sabin 20826 (citing editions of 1767, 1770, and 1771 only).'A collection of voyages and relations of experiences by travelers from the time of the Portuguese navigators to the middle of the eighteenth century, including those of Magellan Drake, Cavendish, Olivier van Noort, William Dampier, Woods Rogers, John Clipperton, George Anson, and Lionel Wafer' (Hill).

Elphinstone (Mountstuart). An Account of the Kingdom of Caubul, and its Dependencies in Persia, Tartary, and India; comprising a view of the Afghaun Nation, and a History of the Dooraunee Monarchy, 1st edition, London: Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme, and Brown, 1815, contemporary manuscript inscription (possibly in Elphinstone's hand) in brown ink to head of title ‘Board of Commissioners for the Affairs of India’, errata leaf, large folding engraved map of the Kingdom of Caubul, with contemporary outline colouring (folds neatly strengthened with brown paper to verso), one smaller engraved map with outline colouring, and 14 aquatint plates, all but one hand-coloured, four-page publisher’s catalogue at end, occasional minor spotting, leaves untrimmed throughout, 20th-century half morocco gilt over cloth boards, edges lightly rubbed, 4toQTY: (1)NOTE:Abbey Travel 504; Tooley 209; Yakushi E63.Provenance: The Board of Commissioners for the Affairs of India (commonly known as the India Board or the Board of Control) was an arm of the Government of the United Kingdom responsible for managing the government's interest in British India and the East India Company between 1784 and 1858. It was abolished by the Government of India Act 1858 and replaced by the India Office.Elphinstone's account of his mission to the Court of Shah Shuja-ul-Mulk, King of Kabul, containing the first full description of Afghanistan and its people. Elphinstone was appointed British ambassador to the Afghan court in 1808.

Francklin (William). Observations made on a Tour from Bengal to Persia in the years 1786-7. With a short account of the remains of the celebrated Palace of Persepolis, and other interesting events, 1st edition, London: printed for T. Cadell, 1790, a little light spotting, some pencil underlining and annotations (a few in red pencil), hinges reinforced, contemporary tree calf, rebacked, two corners repaired, a little rubbed, 8vo, together with Ferrier (J.P.) Caravan Journeys and Wanderings in Persia, Afghanistan, Turkistan, and Beloochistan; with historical notices of the countries lying between Russia and India... translated from the original unpublished manuscript by Capt. William Jesse, edited by H.D. Seymour, 2nd edition, London: John Murray, 1857, folding map (slight fraying at fore edge) and 3 plates, small ink stamp to final leaf, light stains at gutter of frontispiece and title, moder calf-backed boards, 8voQTY: (2)NOTE:Ghani 138 (Francklin). The first London edition, following the Calcutta edition of 1788.