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(Kenneth Powell (1885-1915), Olympian & Wibledon tennis competitor.) 'The Legends of King Arthur and His Knights. Compiled and Arranged by James Knowles', L, Warne, 1895, 8th edition, original cloth gilt. Pen & ink ownership signature on half title of Kenneth Powell (1885-1915), British athlete and tennis player who competed in the 1908 and the 1912 Summer Olympics as well as at the Wimbledon Championships. Educated at Rugby School, Kenneth Powell was a fine all-round sportsman. He was honoured with the Victor Ludorum two years in succession for his athletic skills. He was captain of the rugby XV, a member of the school gymnastics team and reached the final of the public schools rackets competition in 1903. After going to King’s College Cambridge he became an athletics Blue (1905-08), and won the 120y hurdles vs. Oxford in 1907-08 and a Blue for lawn tennis (1905-07). A fellow member of the Cambridge University Lawn Tennis Club in 1905 was Wimbledon Champion, and fellow Olympian, Tony Wilding. In 1908 he won the singles title at the Queen's Club Championships, also winning the Covered Court Championships in Sweden that year. Between 1905 and 1913 Powell competed in eight editions of the Wimbledon Championships, making the singles quarter finals in 1913 and the doubles semi final in 1909 and final in 1910. At the 1908 Olympic Games in London he competed in the outdoor tennis singles event but lost his first round match to Otto Froitzheim. In the outdoor tennis doubles he and his partner Walter Crawley were eliminated in the quarterfinals. In the 1908 London Olympic Games he also participated in the 110 metre hurdles competition but was eliminated in the first round. Four years later at the 1912 Stockholm Olympics he finished fifth in the 110 metre hurdles competition. On 18 February 1915 Powell was killed in action during the First World War, serving as a private with the Honourable Artillery Company, when he was struck by a bullet near Ypres.[7] He is buried in the Commonwealth War Graves section of the churchyard at Loker.

Charles Lyell. 'The Geological Evidences of the Antiquity of Man. With Remarks on Theories of the Origin of Species by Variation' Illustrated by Woodcuts. John Murray, 1863, 1st edition, Half-title. Frontispiece. 32 pp catalogue at end dated January 1863. Original green pebbled cloth with blind-stamp border decoration and gilt illustration to upper board, rebacked retaining original spine, new endpapers. First edition.

John Petts; Alison Smith: 'John Petts and the Caseg Press', Aldershot, Ashgate, 2000, 1st edition, 127pp, extensively illustrated throughout, 4to (27 x 22cm), original cloth, dust wrapper. The first monograph on John Petts (1914-1991), one of the outstanding wood-engravers of the twentieth century, covering both his work for the Caseg Press, the private press he founded in Snowdonia in 1937, and for other publishers such as the Golden Cockerel Press; Bruce Rogers: 'Bruce Rogers Selected Letters 1915-1918', Caliban Press, 1988, limited edition, number 155 of 190 copies, handset in Garamont type and printed on Frankfurt cream paper, 5 illustrations, 16 letters (all but 3 previously unpublished) addressed mainly to H.W. Kent, Emery Walker and Sydney Cockerell, original quarter tan leather lettered in gilt, Rives paper-covered boards decorated with letter designs, top edge trimmed, others uncut (2)

Geoffrey Gorcock (Joseph Crawhall): 'Grouse Shooting Made Quite Easy', Shap, David A.H. Grayling, 1998, limited edition reprint of original 1827 edition, number 13 of 300 copies only, two colour plates & b/w illustrations by the author, two typed letters signed from the author to John Humphreys (1939-2012) loosely inserted, 4to, original quarter cloth gilt, glassine dust wrapper. The grandfather of famous sporting artist, Joseph Crawhall III, the author printed the first edition on his own press in 1827. It is excessively rare, there probably being fewer than twenty copies in existence. This edition has a new introduction by Duff Hart-Davis and much new information by David Grayling.From the estate of John Humphreys (1939-2012), distinguished sporting and countryside author who wrote for Shooting Times for more than 40 years – for much of that time contributing the weekly ‘Country Gun’ column. He was a much loved character of the shooting community who dedicated his life to the promotion of shooting, fishing and the countryside.

Abel Chapman, 2 titles: 'First Lessons in the Art of Wildfowling', London, Horace Cox, 1896, 1st edition, folding frontis + 22 full page plates (of which 4 folding) + 18 ills in text as called for, original cloth gilt, 'The Borders and Beyond. Arctic...Cheviot...Tropic', L, Gurney & Jackson, 1924, 1st edition, 19 colour plates + folding map & numerous other b/w ills. in text as called for, orig. cloth gilt, top edge gilt. (2)From the estate of John Humphreys (1939-2012), distinguished sporting and countryside author who wrote for Shooting Times for more than 40 years – for much of that time contributing the weekly ‘Country Gun’ column. He was a much loved character of the shooting community who dedicated his life to the promotion of shooting, fishing and the countryside.

Umberto Eco: 'The Name of the Rose', London, Secker & Warburg, 1983, 1st edition, half title inner joint reinforced, original quarter cloth, dust wrapper (price clipped, spine faded). Uncommon first impression of the English translation of Umberto Eco's best known work, a gripping historical murder mystery.

(Ashendene Press, St John Hornby.) A quantity of various Ashendene Press booklets, printed announcements, catalogues and ephemera/ALS, including 'A Chronological List, With Prices, of the Forty Books Printed at the Ashendene Press, MDCCCXCV-MCMXXXV', 1935, sole separate edition, printed in red and black, ff.4, 4to, original stitched blue wrappers, upper stitching loose from centre, discoloured at edges, edges trimmed good. With an ALS by C.H. St. J. Hornby explaining the status of the press loosely inserted, written in black ink on headed paper and dated 13 February 1939. Hornby explains in his reply that the press closed three years ago, and that he is enclosing the present list for the recipient's interest - with the books themselves being 'all "out of print"'. The list itself is a slightly altered version of that featured in 'The Descriptive Bibliography of the Ashendene Press' from the same year - differing partly in that it closes with a reference to that larger work, but more substantially in respect of the preceding 'Note', which lists twelve additional 'minor pieces' printed for private circulation only; 'A Hand-list of the Books Printed at the Ashendene Press MDCCCXCV-MCMXXV', 1925, one of approximately 400 copies on specially watermarked Batchelor handmade paper, printed in the month of December 1925 on the thirty-first anniversary of the founding of the Press, manuscript pen & ink correction by Hornby on p.[10] (correcting 1923 to 1913), [16]pp, printed in red and black, original stitched printed blue wraps, with the single leaf announcement for I Fioretti di San Francesco, February, 1922, printed on recto in red & black, verso blank; 21.8 cm. x 14.9 cm.; [Franklin Announcements 28], and the order form for same [Franklin Announcements 30], both loosely inserted as issued; Charles Harry St. John Hornby: 'Hymns and Prayers for Use at the Marriage of Michael Hornby and Nicolette Ward at St Margaret's Church Westminster', Chelsea, Ashendene Press, 1928, one of approximately 250 copies, [12]pp, the bride's copy, with her contemporary manuscript signature on first page, original stitched printed blue wraps; St. John & Cicely Hornby's Christmas Card for 1916, Chelsea, Shelley House, [4]pp, not printed at Ashendene, the verses are by Edgar Bowen (Hornby's housemaster at Harrow); Christmas Card for 1922 'With All Good Wishes from St. John & Cicely Hornby Chantmarle, Dorset Christmas, MCMXXII.', single page, wood engraved illustration of Chantmarle Manor (printed area approx. 13.5 x 14cm, marginal closed tear professionally repaired verso just affecting image); an interesting ALS from St. John Hornby to Dundas, 1923, with his thoughts on how to re-bind an Ashendene book, [3]pp, Shelley House, Chelsea headed paper; 'The Ashendene Press. Announcement of the Last Books to be Issued from the Press. Shelley House, Chelsea, March MCMXXXIII', 1933, printed in red and black, 4to (28 x 19.5cm); various announcements, some with corresponding order forms, including 'Il Decameron di Giovanni Boccaccio', November 1920, single leaf, tall 8vo (26 x 17cm), plus 5 further duplicate copies of the same announcement, 'The Golden Asse', single leaf, October 1924 (20.5 x 14cm), plus 2 further duplicate copies of the same announcement, 'Spenser's Faerie Queene', single leaf, January 1924, the first version listed in Franklin with prices in one paragraph, together with the order form, 'Spenser's Minor Poems', single leaf, announcement that "The Ashendene Press is now engaged on the printing of an edition of...", 'The Historie of Don Quixote', four page announcement, January 1926, m/s pencil corrections to prices, etc, several of the announcements housed in a blue cloth portfolio, boards approx. 29 x 20cm, "Ashendene Press Announcements" in gilt to front cover, other items in sleeves and acid free film front packets, all housed together in blue cloth clamshell box (36 x 26 x 5cm), gilt lettered on spine

Detective fiction, 5 titles, Dorothy L. Sayers. 'Busman's Honeymoon', Gollancz, 1937, original cloth, rubbed, head of spine snagged, first edition, (exclamation mark on page 378 line 30; 'errific' page 227 last line; erratum slip at page 335.)(with) Sayers. 'In the Teeth of the Evidence . And Other Stories', Gollancz, 1939, original cloth rubbed, 'Boots' label to board, first edition.(with) Sayers and Robert Eustace. 'The Documents in the Case', Benn, 1930, original cloth, spine detached, first edition.(with) Agatha Christie. 'Parker Pyne Investigates' 1934, 2nd impression (same month as the first), 6 pp ads., original cloth, ex-circulating library, lacks half-title and front free endpaper, stamp to title, remains of dust jacket on inside boards.(with) Christie. 'They Came to Baghdad', Thriller Book Club, 1951, original cloth, dust jacket.(5)

Sir Ralph Payne-Gallwey: 'The Fowler in Ireland', London, John Van Voorst, 1882, half title, b/w frontis + plates and ills. in text as called for, original cloth gilt, 'Letters to Young Shooters. First Series: On the Choice and Use of a Gun; Second Series: The Production, Preservation, and Killing of Game; Third Series: A Short Natural History of British Wildfowl and Complete Directions in Shooting Wildfowl on the Coast and Inland', L, Longmans, 1899, 5th edition revised; 1894, 2nd edition; 1896, 1st edition, 3 volumes, b/w plates & illustrations by Whymper, Millais, de Bree and the author, uniform original cloth gilt, 'High Pheasants in Theory and Practice', Richmond Publishing Co, 1972, 2nd facsimile edition of the original 1913 edition, orig. cloth gilt, dust wrapper (5).From the estate of John Humphreys (1939-2012), distinguished sporting and countryside author who wrote for Shooting Times for more than 40 years – for much of that time contributing the weekly ‘Country Gun’ column. He was a much loved character of the shooting community who dedicated his life to the promotion of shooting, fishing and the countryside.

Tove Jansson: 'Comet in Moominland', translated Elizabeth Portch, London, Ernest Benn Ltd, 1951, 1st English language edition, black & white illustrations by Tove Jansson throughout, original pictorial cloth, dust wrapper (edge worn, part loss at foot of spine, publisher's 8/6 net price sticker attched to inside front flap). The second novel in Finnish author and illustrator Tove Jansson's celebrated series of Moomin books, contains the first appearance of several main characters, such as Snufkin and the Snork Maiden. Very scarce

Kazuo Ishiguro, a collection of 13 works, all first editions, first impressions, ALL SIGNED, comprising 'Introduction 7. Stories by New Writers', London, Faber & Faber, 1981, 1st edition, signed piece mounted at front, includes three stories by Kazuo Ishiguro, his first appearance in hardcover, original cloth gilt, dust wrapper, very scarce, 'A Pale View of Hills', L, Faber, 1982, 1st edition, blank leaf signed by Ishiguro inserted after FFEP, original cloth gilt, d/w, 'An Artist of the Floating World', L, Faber, 1986, 1st edition, signed on title page, original cloth gilt, dust wrapper, 'The Remains of the Day', L, Faber, 1989, 1st edition, signed on title page, orig. cloth, d/w, 'The Unconsoled', L, Faber, 1995, 1st edition, signed on title page, orig. cloth, d/w, 'When We Were Orphans', L, Faber, 2000, 1st edition, signed & inscribed on title page, orig. cloth, d/w, 'Never Let Me Go', L, Faber, 2005, 1st edition, signed on title page, orig. cloth, d/w, plus a signed limited edition copy of the same title, orig. cloth, d/w, orig. slipcase, unopened in orig. shrinkwrap, 'Nocturnes', L, Faber, 2009, 1st edition, signed on title page, orig. cloth, d/w, orig. slipcase, 'The Buried Giant', L, Faber, 2015, 1st edition, signed on title page, orig. boards gilt, d/w, orig. wraparound band, 'My Twentieth Century Evening and Other Small Breakthroughs. Nobel Lecture Delivered in Stockholm on 7 December 2017', L, Faber, 2017, 1st edition, signed on title page, orig. wraps, 'Klara and the Sun', L, Faber, 2021, signed on half title, orig. boards, red dust wrapper, bookmark loosely inserted, plus another copy of the same work, L, Faber, 2021, 1st edition, signed on half title, orig. boards, d/w (blue variant), all in fine/fine or very near fine, collectable condition, all dust wrappers with prices intact (13)NB: ALL SIGNED 

(Whittington Press.) Nigel Hamway & Peter Lawrence: '2020 Vision: Nineteen Wood Engravers, One Collector, and the Artists Who Inspired Them.', Cheltenham, Nomad Letterpress & the Society of Wood Engravers, 2020, limited edition, number 152 of 340 copies, set in Perpetua and printed by Anna Parker and Pat Randle at the Whittington Press on Zerkall Paper, published to mark the Centenary of the Society of Wood Engravers, a year on press, this book links past with present. Nigel Hamway selected nineteen of his favourite contemporary wood engravers and asked them for work (many of whom produced a new engraving for the project), they in turn chose a significant artistic influence to be included alongside their work. Numerous full page illustrations throughout, several tipped in/folding, including illustrations by Neil Bousfield & Paul Nash, Anne Desmet & Edward Wadsworth, Hilary Payner & Henry Moore, Sarah Van Niekerk & Gertrude Hermes, Howard Phipps & Eric Ravilious, Andy English & Reynolds Stone, etc etc, folio (34 x 26cm), original quarter cloth, patterned paper covered boards, printed label to spine, original slipcase; Sandy Connors: 'Busy as a Bee. Recipes and Labels for the Kitchen Garden', Whittington Press, 2002, limited edition, number xlix of 55 special editions, signed by the author, 12 wood engraved illustrations (some coloured), 8vo (20 x 14cm), original half tan morocco gilt, patterned paper covered boards, with accompanying folder containing 12 proofs of the engravings and a decorated seed saving envelope, half cloth, paper covered boards, housed together in original slipcase; Rosalind Randle & Judith Verity: 'Rose's Aga Recipes', Whittington Press, 1995, limited edition, number 7 of 30 specials signed by the author and illustrator, 6 hand coloured linocut ills. by Judith Verity, bound in the style of the 30 specials of the first edition of 1984 by Brian Settle of his Ludlow Bookbinders, original floral decorated American cotton, oval blue leather gilt title label to front cover, original cloth solander box lined with floral cloth and backed with blue leather gilt; Hellmuth Weissenborn (ill.); Rupert Brooke: 'Country Scenes 1 & 2 : Wood-engravings by Hellmuth Weissenborn, with an Introduction by John Randle', Whittington Press, 2001, limited edition, one of 50 specials, two volumes, each of 12 wood engravings, each original pictorial printed wraps, accompanied by an additional small paper portfolio with a set of proofs of all the engravings, all housed together in original dark red paper-covered slip case; 'Matrix 36. A Review for Printers & Bibliophiles', Whittington Press, Summer 2020, limited to 660 copies, of which this copy is one of 600 regular copies bound in wrappers, the final full issue of the series which was first produced in 1981, tipped-in and bound-in inserts of wood engravings, type specimens, sample pages, photographs etc., content/contributors includes Miriam Macgregor, John Randle, Russell Maret, Paul W. Nash, Alan Powers, Jerry Kelly, Sebastian Carter etc, 4to (28 x 20cm) original pictorial card covers, dust wrapper; 'People & Places. Wood-Engravings by John O'Connor', Whittington Press, 1999, limited edition, number 92 of 375 copies, 36 wood engraved illustrations by John O'Connor, original quarter cloth, pictorial paper covered boards; John Randle: 'One Rainy Day', Whittington Press, 2000, limited edition, number 5 of 40 special copies with a signed engraving by Miriam Macgregor and an engraving by Edward Walters, [4],6,[4]pp, original sewn brown Japanese paper wrappers, wood engraved vignette to upper cover, housed in the original burgundy paper slipcase; plus an editioned hand coloured wood engraving by John Lawrence entitled 'All Afloat: Coat', printed from the original block by Simon Lawrence of the Fleece Press, pencil signed by John Lawrence and dated 1994, number 48/60, printed area approx. 12 x 15cm, and a signed and numbered engraving by Simon Brett (9)

(Old School Press.) John Ruskin: 'Venice approached', Bath, The Old School Press, 2014, limited edition, number 17 of 50 copies for sale, "An extended reprint of the first text published by The Old School Press, being an extract from chapter 30 of book one and chapter I of book two of Ruskin's The Stones of Venice", 14pp, text hand-set in Hunt Roman on Hodgkinson hand-made paper, large 4to (32 x 22 cm), cases furnished by Ludlow Bookbinders, marbled paper covered boards by Ann Muir; Ferdinand P. Ulrich: 'Zapf and Stauffacher. Collaborations between type designer and typographer', The Old School Press, 2018, limited edition, number 36 of 125 copies, tipped in photo frontis of Zapf and Stauffacher from a film in the archives of the Greenwood Press, 14pp, text hand-set in Hunt Roman on Losin hand-made paper, large 4to (32 x 22 cm), cases furnished by Ludlow Bookbinders, green paper covered boards; 'An Italian Dream being chapter VII pf 'Pictures of Italy' by Charles Dickens', The Old School Press, 2008, number 98 of 135 copies, on an Amalfi hand made paper originally purchased by Christopher Skelton's September Press, cases furniched by Ludlow Bookbinding, paper covered boards with front cover illustration by Martyn Ould; Peter Davidson; Paul Kershaw (ill.): 'At nightfall on the shortest day', Old School Press, 2020, limited edition, number 40 of 55 copies numbered and signed by Davidson and Kershaw, tipped in wood engraving by Paul Kershaw, text hand-set in Monotype Fournier, text paper probably hand-made Kelmscott Antique from the Batchelor mill, dating from the 1930s, original stitched wraps, cover paper from Moulin de Larroque, printed title label to front cover; Lafcadio Hearn: 'Blue & Grey. Lafcadio Hearn. Exotic II: Fuji-no-yama from 'Exotics and retrospectives' of 1898', Old School Press, 2019, number 8 of 40 copies only, hand-set in Octavian and printed on a Japanese hand-made paper, original Japanese patterned paper stab binding (5)

Edward Ardizzone: 'Tim to the Rescue', London, Oxford University Press, 1949, 1st edition, colour illustrations by Ardizzone throughout, original pictorial paper covered boards (worn), together with 14 Puffin Story Books 1940's/50's, all first Puffin Story editions, including Barbara Euphan Todd: 'Worzel Gummidge & Saucy Nancy', 1947, illustrated John Harwood, (2 copies), Thames Williamson: 'North After Seals', 1946, plus others illustrated/cover illustrations by Claudia Freedman, Richard Floethe, Geoffrey Whittam etc, all original wraps, plus 13 King Penguin books 1940's/50's, 12 of which 1st King Penguin editions, including John Piper: 'Romney Marsh', 1950, 16 colour plates by John Piper as called for, plus others with ills./cover art by Enid Marx, Lynton Lamb, Clarke Hutton, Kay Ambrose, Rosemary & Clifford Ellis, Rose Ellenby, Charles Paine etc., all original paper covered boards, 1 in dust wrapper (28)

(Africa, Big Game, Travel.) W.D.M. Bell, 2 titles: 'The Wanderings of an Elephant Hunter', London, Country Life Ltd., 1923, 1st edition, frontispiece + 42 plates, 38 with illustrations recto and verso, plus illustrations in text as called for, ix, [1], 187, [1 (index)]; title in red and black, 4to, original quarter yellow buckram gilt, cloth gilt title label to front cover, 6 page photocopy of an obituary of the author "Karamoja" Bell by Maj. BG Kinloch, Chief Game Warden, Uganda, published in the Uganda Journal, 1954, loosely inserted, 'Karamojo Safari', NY, Harcourt Brace, 1949, 1st US edition, orig. pictorial cloth; together with an autograph letter signed by one Dave Southwood, from Shire River, Malawi, to John Humphreys (1939-2012), c.1990's, on elephant dung paper, with 4 associated colour photographs African elephants, loosely inserted. Scarce first edition of Bell's first work, describing his 'early elephant hunting days in the Karamojo region' of Africa, in modern-day Uganda; together with Frederick Courteney Selous, 2 titles: 'Travel and Adventure in South-East Africa', London, Rowland Ward, 1893, 1st edition, half-title, portrait frontispiece + 21 plates, folding map + ills. in text as called for, [4]pp adverts at end, original pictorial cloth gilt, inner joints reinforced. "In this work recounting eleven years of exploration, work and sport in the 1880s and 1890s, Selous describes numerous adventures with lion and leopards, particularly near the Zambezi, Zweswi, and Manyami rivers ..." (Czech), 'A Hunter's Wanderings in Africa. Being a narrative of nine years spent amongst the game of the far interior of South Africa.', L, Macmillan, 1907, 5th edition, frontispiece, title vignette, folding map, 17 full-page plates + 6 illustrations in text as called for, original pictorial cloth gilt, top edge gilt, replenished EP's. (4)From the estate of John Humphreys (1939-2012), distinguished sporting and countryside author who wrote for Shooting Times for more than 40 years – for much of that time contributing the weekly ‘Country Gun’ column. He was a much loved character of the shooting community who dedicated his life to the promotion of shooting, fishing and the countryside.

(Harsimus Press.) Barbara Henry, 2 titles: 'The Playbook', Jersey City, NJ, 2014, Harsimus Press, limited edition, number 24 of 50 copies, numbered & signed by Barbara Henry, designed, printed and illustrated with linocuts by Barbara Henry, letterpress printed by Harsimus Press on a Vandercook proof press, onto Zerkall and Hahnemuhle papers from a variety of types and illustrated with linocuts, 27.5 x 18cm, original full line, printed paper label, by the Campbell-Logan Bindery, two original prospectuses and another Harsimus Press printed item/broadsheet loosely inserted, 'The Workbook', Jersey City, NJ, 2010, Harsimus Press, limited edition, number 27 of 47 copies, numbered and signed by Barbara Henry, printed on a Vandercook Universal Iusing Bulmer and Gothic 544 types, [20]pp, full page linocut colour ills. of birds (of which 1 double page), designed and printed by Barbara Henry, original wraps, printed label, linocut colour illustration of a Thrush plus a Harsimus Press printed item/broadsheet loosely inserted (2). The Playbook, 2014, is a sequel to The Workbook, 2010, in which I first explored alternative symbols for fricatives and the opportunities it provided for re-imagining the alphabet. Setting type by hand, letter by letter, invites revery, and this book is the result of following the revery wherever it leads, finding or creating and setting the sorts of used for th throughout history, taking an ancient or new path.

[Otto Dettmer] ottoGraphic: 'The Modern Constructivist', Bath, Marshfield Screen Print, 2013, limited edition, number 7 of 20 copies only, pencil numbered and signed by Otto Dettmer, the 'original' pochoir stencilled edition, [24]pp, pochoir colour illustrations/printing throughout, plus loose folding pochoir poster at end, 58 x 41cm unfolded, 4to (29 x 21cm), original pochoir stencilled pictorial wraps, together with the two other smaller screenprinted 'copies' forming the complete 3 parts of the set, each limited editions of 100 copies, version 1 number 69 of 100, pencil numbered and signed by Otoo Dettmer, version 2 slightly varying from the first, some of the stencils reversed "and the result is more dreamlike", each 15 x 11cm, original pictorial wraps (3). Otto Dettmer is a Graphic Artist who practices as book artist, screen printer and illustrator. Twenty years ago Otto began creating and publishing screen printed books. His first participation at an artists’ book fair was at the Barbican in 1996 where he showed his conceptual visual narrative ‘Helping you back to work’. Since then he has been presenting books at major artists’ book fairs around the world and has now published in excess of 80 titles. Otto's image-making is derived from screen-printing which is digitalised since 1997. His technique is particularly affected by polish poster art and psychedelic designs of the sixties. The image composition is largely influenced by Russian Constructivist Designers, with their montage of photos, type and flat design elements. Baroque painting and sculpture has to a large degree informed Otto's treatment of the human figure.

[Otto Dettmer] ottoGraphic, a set of 5 screen-printing manuals published 2016-2018, comprising 'Screen Printing Manual', 'Screen Printing in Photoshop', 'Multichannel for Screen Printing', 'Image Making for Screen Printing', this a limited edition, number 30 of 45 copies, numbered and signed in pencil by the author, 'Advanced Screen Printing', all published otooBooks 2016-2018, all 26pp, screenprinted ills./text throughout, 22 x 15cm, original pictorial wraps, plus others by the graphic artist Otto Dettmer, including 'Dark Matter', Bath, 2018, limited edition, number 2 of 100 copies, pencil numbered and signed, [24] panel screen printed folded book, folded: 21 x 19 cm. unfolded: 38 x 84 cm. “Some years ago I made the book Dot Screen Print and the associated print "Molecules”. Dark Matter picks up the subject and explores the issue of super-imposing patterns further, touching on issues relating to quantum physics and astronomy.“ - Otto Dettmer is a Graphic Artist who practices as book artist, screen printer and illustrator. Twenty years ago Otto began creating and publishing screen printed books. His first participation at an artists’ book fair was at the Barbican in 1996 where he showed his conceptual visual narrative ‘Helping you back to work’. Since then he has been presenting books at major artists’ book fairs around the world and has now published in excess of 80 titles. Otto's image-making is derived from screen-printing which is digitalised since 1997. His technique is particularly affected by polish poster art and psychedelic designs of the sixties. The image composition is largely influenced by Russian Constructivist Designers, with their montage of photos, type and flat design elements. Baroque painting and sculpture has to a large degree informed Otto's treatment of the human figure.

(Ornithology.) James M. Harrison: 'The Birds of Kent. Volume One: Black-throated Diver to Puffin. Volume Two: Pallas's Sand-Grouse to Snow-finch.', London, Witherby, 1953, 1st edition, first issue, volume 2 signed by the author in blue ink on half title, 82 illustrations, maps, graphs etc (of which majority full page colour plates) as called for, 4to, uniform original blue cloth gilt, dust wrappers (2)

Star Trek Starship collection by Eaglemoss, five special edition larger starship models, boxed with magazine comprising USS Kelvin, Spoks Jellyfish, NCC 1701, Bird of Prey, NY class re-fit, all near mint, wear to boxes. UK P&P Group 3 (£30+VAT for the first lot and £8+VAT for subsequent lots)

A Royal Crown Derby Puffin paperweight, silver stopper; a Goldcrest paperweight, gold stopper; a Caithness Starwatch glass paperweight; a Lladro figurine of a shepherd boy with a lamb; another of a cat; a John Beswick Swan; a Coalport First Edition The Snowman The Greeting figurine; and a small enamel ring box.Qty: 8

Alan Bennett, Untold Stories, Faber & Faber, London 2005, ltd ed 53 /250, signed, in slipcase; Writing Home, Faber & Faber, London 1994, 1st edition, with dust jacket, signed & inscribed; Keeping On, Keeping On, Faber & Faber, London 2016, 1st edition, with dust jacket; The Madness of George III, Faber & Faber, London 1992, signed, softcover as issued, the play which was the basis for the Oscar-winning film; Talking Heads, BBC Books, London 1992, softcover as issued, signed and inscribed, later printing; Telling Tales, BBC Books, London 2001, first paperback ed, signed and inscribed; The Uncommon Reader, Faber & Faber, London 2007, with dust jacket; and House Arrest - Pandemic Diaries, Faber & Faber, London 2022, with dust jacket.Qty: 8

A selection of presentation coins commemorating decimalisation in the UK, to include: Westminster, The Decimalisation of Historic framed collection including, a UK 2021 silver proof 50p coin, with certificate and box; The Historic Decimal coin collection including, a 2021 UK 50p coin and the first decimal coin wallet pack limited edition 5000, with certificate, boxed; The 50th Anniversary of Decimalisation proof four coin set, limited edition 0447/4,995, with certificate and box, together with a change checker pre and post decimal set (missing half-crown).

The Royal Mint Queen Elizabeth II ‘The 100th Anniversary of the First World War’ UK £10 pounds silver proof coin, 2017, 5oz, limited edition 184/450, encapsulated, in box, with certificate and outer box.

2015 First Edition gold proof sovereign. Postage B

Seventy three boxed Gilbow exclusive first edition Omnibus 1:76 Diecast Collectors Models.

Sixty three boxed mostly Gilbow exclusive first edition Omnibus 1:76 Diecast Models.

The Canada 150 Historic Silver Coin Set, limited edition 23 of 150. The set comprising First Voyageur Dollar, Goose Dollar, Coat of Arms 50 Cents 1953-1964, Coat of Arms 50 Cents 1996-2002. Sailing Ship 10 Cents, Heart of Our Nation Coin. In original case. 

1931 The Melton Mowbray of John Ferneley, Major Guy Paget. The first edition of this work of sporting / hunting interest, presented in original dust wrapper. Complete with publisher's order sheet, dedicated to H. R. H. The Prince of Wales. Illustrated with plates in colour, photogravures & half-tones. Some light discolouration & bumping to the book, d/w has noticeable sunning to the spine and a tear to the head of the spine. 4to.

De La Mare, Walter - collection of ten first edition & later works. The lot comprising 1925 Broomsticks & Other Tales first edition publ. Constable, 1935 Told Again publ. Blackwell, 1924 The Three Royal Monkeys in dust wrapper publ. Faber & Faber, undated Henry Brocken publ. Collins, 1955 A Beginning and Other Stories first edition publ. Faber and Faber, undated Tom Tiddler's Ground publ. Collins, The Connoisseur publ. Collins Clear-Type Press & matched The Return. 8vo.

A collection of UK & foreign proof & non-proof silver coins & sets. The lot to include a 2020 Queen Elizabeth II Britannia 1oz .999 fine silver coin; a Diamond Jubilee H.M. Queen Elizabeth II The Guernsey 2012 Diamond Jubilee silver £5 Coin with certificate; a 1951-2001 Festival of Britain 50th Anniversary commemorative Crown & Silver Ingot Set; a Brunel £2 Commemorative Coin Cover; a Brunel Anniversary £2 Double Silver Coin First Day Cover, limited edition 250; a 1/2 silver German Mark, 10 silver Centavos Philippines, a 50 silver Centimes France, a Mercury silver dime 1916-1945, a 20 Leva Boris III Bulgaria coin.

ELIZABETH FRY / KATHERINE FRY, RACHEL ELIZABETH CRESSWELL (Eds): MEMOIR OF THE LIFE OF ELIZABETH FRY WITH EXTRACTS FROM HER JOURNAL AND LETTERS, London, Charles Gilpin, 1847. First edition, 2 volumes. Cloth decorated with gilt detail to spine. Some tearing and wear to spines/edges (2)

RANSOME, (Arthur). 'Swallows and Amazons' first edition, cloth, gilt, spine split in places, boards are bleached out in places.

LANG, Andrew. The Arabian Nights Entertainments, first Lang edition, illustrated by Henry Justice Ford, London: Longmans, Green & Co., 1898. Octavo, publisher's gilt blue cloth, all edges gilt, owner inscription on half-title dated 1901, some pale spotting and folded corners, slight shelf-lean & wear to extremities. Together with a first edition of The Animal Story Book, 1896, and a fourth impression of The True Story Book, 1900, in similar condition (3)

Gaskell, Elizabeth. Cranford, first illustrated edition [designed by George du Maurier], London: Smith, Elder & Co., 1867. Octavo, half-calf with morocco title label lettered in gilt, marbled boards, bearing armorial bookplate for Richard Mercer, binder's ticket for W. G. Chamberlain, West Malling, pp. [1-5], 6-243, [i], illustrated with four plates (including frontispiece & pictorial title). Internally good & bright, occasional pale spotting, heavier at endpapers, owner inscriptions on front blank, binding tight & square, calf worn at corners & headcaps. Scarce

TOURTEL, Mary. More Adventures of Rupert, first edition, Daily Express, [1937], internally good & bright, no doodles or colouring, one neat inscription in ownership box, some pale spotting to title, a few marginals splits and dirt/marks in places, binding good with rubbing/wear to corners/extremities, a couple of pale marks to cloth spine. The New Rupert Book, first edition, Daily Express, [1938], in similar condition to previous but with some creasing and marginal tears in places. The Adventures of Rupert, first edition, Daily Express, [1939], in similar condition to the first title but with a marginal gutter tear just coming into the text at p. 36. Good examples of the second, third and fourth Rupert annuals (3)

ROWLING, J. K. Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone, an "Uncorrected Proof Copy" of the first novel in the Harry Potter series [pre-dating even the first edition], octavo, printed card wrappers in yellow & black, London: Bloomsbury, 1997. All requisite issue points present: the title page gives the author as 'J. A Rowling'; the copyright page states 'Joanne Rowling'; full number line, '10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1'; '1 wand' appears twice in the list on p. 53. Internally very well-preserved with organic, creamy toning to the pages, the edges of text-block with a few pale marks, a few page-corners with light fold-lines, card wrappers with some light handling marks and a few faint surface scuffs, one heavier scuff at front-edge of spine, the wrappers appearing untidily bound (which is in keeping with the uncorrected proofs), shelf-lean, the extreme corners faintly rubbed, some very light creasing to corners. Very scarce NB. This is the first appearance in print of Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone. 'An unconfirmed print-run of 200 copies is generally accepted.' [Errington, AA1 (a)]

CARROLL, Lewis [Charles Lutwidge Dodgson]. Through the Looking-Glass, and What Alice Found There, first edition, first issue with "wade" on p. 21 and no page number on p. [98], London: Macmillan & Co., 1872 [December 1871]. Octavo, handsomely bound by Bayntun-Riviere in crimson crushed morocco lettered in gilt with raised bands, gilt illustrations after Tenniel on upper & lower boards and spine compartments, all edges gilt, marbled endpapers, the original cloth covers & spine presented at rear, the frontispiece with protective tissue-guard. Internally very well-preserved, clean & bright, the occasional faint crease, only incredibly faint spotting in places, heavier on the recent opening blank leaves, a faint owner inscription to margin of title, in all a beautiful example of this popular children's classic

SWIFT, Jonathan. A Tale of a Tub, Second Edition Corrected [published same year as first], "Uterinus" on p. 320, London: John Nutt, 1704. Octavo, contemporary panelled calf, rebacked with original spine laid down, morocco title label to style, pp. [xii], 322, advertisement facing title. Contents generally good & bright, some light creasing and handling marks, marginal worm and loss in places, more significant at pp. 229/230 & 305/306 (just affecting two letters), early annotation to margins of pp. 14/15, calf worn but strong

A miscellaneous collection of leather-bound books to include The Works of Shakespeare, seven volumes, mixed editions, four bearing armorial bookplates for John Pasley, two inscribed, 'Robert Pasley & Company 1769', London: Lintott, Tonson, Bathurst et al., 1740-1767-1773; The Vicar of Wakefield, by Oliver Goldsmith, two volumes bound as one, illustrated with several woodcuts by Thomas Bewick, London: Albion Press, J. & J. Cundee, [1812]; The Waverley Novels, by Sir Walter Scott, in in four volumes, Edinburgh: Adam & Charles Black, 1877, and others, together with The Inside of the Cup, by Winston Churchill, first edition, London: Macmillan, 1913. Condition varied, sold as one collection with all faults (17)

MILNE, A. A. The House at Pooh Corner, first edition, first printing, London: Methuen, 1928. Octavo, publisher's salmon pink cloth, top edge gilt, worn dust-jacket priced 7/6. Contents with handling marks, folded corners, several tears, occasional spotting & marks, cloth heavily discoloured, top edge dusty, jacket worn. Sold with all faults

ROWLING, J. K. Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets, signed first edition, first issue, full number line, '10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1', London: Bloomsbury, 1998. Octavo, hardback, publisher's pictorial boards with unclipped dust-jacket, signed by the author on dedication page. Very well-preserved, clean & bright, usual light toning to page edges, one light crease to corner of front flap, a bump to lower corner of front board, light pushing to edges of spine, pencil on front pastedown, housed in protective mylar covers. An excellent example Provenance: Purchased by the vendor from Peter Harrington, London. A copy of their catalogue entry is included with the book and states, 'The book was signed for the original owner at an event in Glasgow.'

TOLKIEN, J. R. R. The Hobbit, first edition thus, first printing of the first appearance in paperback, issued for Puffin, PS 161, London: Penguin, 1961. A well-preserved example of this scarce and fragile book, internally good with usual age toning, no inscriptions or obvious marks, some page corners/edges with creases & nicks, covers good with light creasing to spine and slight wear to corners/extremities

Kipling, Rudyard. Kim, first edition, first printing, London: Macmillan, 1901. Octavo, publisher's red cloth lettered in gilt, top edge gilt, half-title, red & black title page, frontispiece with protective tissue-guard, all plates as called for, two pages of publisher's advertisements at rear. Contents good & bright, some pale spotting to endpapers, heavier at tissue-guard and title, occasional spot or mark within text, a couple of pages with a knock to extreme top edge, neat early owner inscription on front pastedown, binding square with some bumping & wear to headcaps/extremities

MILNE, A. A. When We Were Very Young, first edition, London: Methuen, 1924. Octavo, publisher's gilt blue cloth, top edge gilt. Internally very well-preserved, clean & bright, endpapers with light offsetting & pale spots/marks, binding good, cloth bold & clean with some pale marks, a couple of light wrinkles, corners/extremities lightly bumped/rubbed, shelf-lean

MILNE, A. A. The House at Pooh Corner, first Canadian edition, first issue, Toronto: McClelland & Stewart, 1928. Octavo, publisher's green cloth lettered in gilt, untrimmed edges. Internally good & bright, contemporary gift inscription from Xmas 1928 on ffep, gutters showing a little at half-title, binding good & square, a few marks & slight wear at top joint, the gilt dulled at spine. Together with Winnie-the-Pooh, ninth edition, London: Methuen, 1929, marked green cloth with unclipped dust-jacket, and When We Were Very Young, 11th edition, London: Methuen, 1925, well-preserved blue cloth with unclipped dust-jacket (3)

De Laune, Thomas. The Present State of London: Or, Memorials Comprehending A Full and Succinct Account Of the Ancient and Modern State thereof, first edition, London: George Larkin, 1681. 12mo., later C18/19 half-calf, engraved frontispiece and 12 plates, plus numerous woodcuts within the text, pp. [xii], 360, 385-396, 407-478. Internally good with general toning, some folded corners, light wear in places, one small area of loss on title affecting corresponding area of frontis. and first leaves of text, slight worm sporadically throughout, owner inscription to verso of frontis. dated 1798, sold with all faults

SMITH, Stevie. Harold's Leap, presentation copy signed & inscribed by the author for Walter J. Strachan, also bearing his owner inscription, first edition, first impression, author's corrections to text in four places, London: Chapman & Hall, 1950. Octavo, publisher's red cloth, dust-jacket present as front/flap only, internally good & bright, pale spotting to endleaves, binding good, slight discolouration & wear to spine, lightly bumped at corners. Together with The Frog Prince and Other Poems, first edition, London: Longmans, 1966, internally bright, spotting to inner flaps & endpapers, scuffs & wear to wrappers (2) Provenance: By descent of Walter J. Strachan (1903-1994), poet, translator and champion of the arts

ROWLING, J. K. Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone, first edition, first issue, London: Bloomsbury, 1997. Octavo, paperback, complete with all requisite issue points of a true first printing: full number line on copyright page, '10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1'; p. 53 with '1 wand' appearing twice in the list; the misspelling 'Philospher's' on rear cover; 'Wizardry and Witchcraft' [rather than 'Witchcraft and Wizardry'] on rear cover; no space between 'Taylor' and '1997' on copyright page. A superb and very well-preserved example with usual toning to page edges/margins, one folded page corner, a few other corners with incredibly faint folds, one marginal nick to final leaf, a couple of tiny marginal nicks elsewhere, binding tight & square, covers excellent, bold & bright, one incredibly faint crease at front lower-corner, the extreme corner of same lightly bumped, miniscule knocks to the absolute extreme edges. An exceptional example This book is being sold on behalf of the RSPCA who have kindly provided the following statement for inclusion in our catalogue entry: "All proceeds from the auction go to the Animal Centre of RSPCA Isle of Wight Branch. RSPCA Isle of Wight Branch is an independently registered Island based charity supporting the work of the RSPCA at a local community level. They provide care and assistance to the animals on the Isle of Wight with services supporting professional animal rescue, providing veterinary care, rehabilitation and rehoming or release to the wild. As an independently registered charity, RSPCA Isle of Wight is responsible for raising their own funds to support their animal welfare work and rely heavily on the support from their local community. They are hoping this kind donated gift will generate enough money to support the rescuing and rehoming of more dogs, cats, rabbits, guinea pigs, ferrets and small furries."

ROWLING, J. K. Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone, first edition, 24th issue, signed by the following cast members: Richard Harris [Albus Dumbledore]; Rupert Grint [Ron Weasley]; Emma Watson [Hermione Granger]; Maggie Smith [Minerva McGonagall]; Alan Rickman [Severus Snape]; Tom Felton [Draco Malfoy]; Jamie Waylett [Vincent Crabbe]; Josh Herdman [Gregory Goyle]; Matthew Lewis [Neville Longbottom]; Devon Murray [Seamus Finnigan]; Sean Biggerstaff [Oliver Wood]; James Phelps [Fred Weasley]; Oliver Phelps [George Weasley]; Alfred Enoch [Dean Thomas]; Geraldine Somerville [Lily Potter]; Adrian Rawlins [James Potter]; Eleanor Columbus [Susan Bones]; Lauren York [Hannah Abbott], and Ben Borowiecki [Angus/Diagon Alley Boy]. Hardback with unclipped dust-jacket, very well-preserved, clean & bright, appears unread, a couple of light surface scuffs to extremities of rear board. London: Bloomsbury, 1997 Provenance: A state-funded secondary school in North-West London is auctioning this cast-signed copy of Harry Potter and The Philosopher's Stone, which is believed to have been a gift from an ex-student who appeared in the film series as a child actor. The school would like to improve the grounds for current students by creating a small quiet garden, installing native plants and a natural seating area (proceeds from the sale of this book will be used for this purpose)

[GLASSE, Hannah. The Art of Cookery Made Plain and Easy, London: Printed for the Author, 1747]. FIRST EDITION. Folio (30 x 18cm). Lacking the title only, otherwise textually complete and conforming to the collation of a first edition: pp. [14] (i.e. the presence of a title would've made this 16), iii, 4-65, 68-135, 138-166, all signatures following on correctly and without any loss of text. The book begins with subscribers & contents, A1 commencing at 'To the Reader'. Without O2, as per a true first issue. Interestingly, this copy has been bound with additional blank leaves throughout, 54 sides of which have been utilised for manuscript recipes in various early hands. This, therefore, is not only a first issue of one of the most important early cookery books in English, but also a unique collection of early handwritten recipes for dishes such as 'Vermicelly Soop', 'Oyster Pye', 'Turbot in Jelly', 'Patigonian Cucumber', and 'Green Grape Wine', as well as how to pot & pickle birds including curlews, wheatears and sparrows. The laid paper of these additional leaves includes watermarks depicting both a Royal Coat of Arms and a 'GR' cypher [George II or George III]. All pages (published & otherwise) are numbered in an early hand, amounting to 336. Contents generally well-preserved with occasional creasing & marks, a few marginal tears, a few leaves with foxing, the contemporary binding worn & lacking calf, the upper board detached. A unique copy of the most renowned English cookery book of the eighteenth century

MORPURGO, Michael. War Horse, first edition, Kingswood: Kaye & Ward, The Windmill Press, 1982. Octavo, hardback, publisher's illustrated boards designed by Victor Ambrus. In fine/near-fine, unread condition

AUSTEN, Jane. Novels by Miss Jane Austen [Standard Novels], first illustrated edition, complete, six novels in five volumes, comprising Sense and Sensibility, Pride and Prejudice, Emma, Mansfield Park, Northanger Abbey, and Persuasion, London: Richard Bentley, 1833. All titles & plates dated 1833. Final imprint of each volume stating 'London: Printed by A. Spottiswoode, New-Street-Square', Vols. III-V additionally stating on verso of title 'London: Printed by Samuel Bentley, Dorset Street, Fleet Street.' Octavo, full contemporary polished calf with morocco title labels lettered in gilt, marbled endpapers & page edges, each volume commencing with an opening blank leaf, engraved frontispiece, protective tissue-guard, engraved vignette title, and main title, each volume with a final blank leaf at rear, no advertisements. Internally well-preserved, good & bright, light fold-lines to some page corners, the occasional small mark or blemish, some pale spotting to endleaves and plates, neat owner inscriptions for "Isabella G. Allen, 1841" & "I. G. L. Phillips, 1842", a small paper patch at foot of Vol. IV title, bindings attractive, tight & square, discreet restoration to headcaps & joints, three of the morocco labels replaced to style. A very good example of this scarce and desirable set, being the first collected edition of Austen's novels. Early and important publications - no English reissue of Austen's novels is known after 1818, making these as follows: Emma, Northanger Abbey, and Persuasion (second editions overall); Sense and Sensibility (third edition overall); Pride and Prejudice (fourth edition overall). (5)

A BOXED ROYAL MINT FULL GOLD PROOF SOVEREIGN COIN 2015, fifth portrait first edition number 6375 of a max 8,800, .916.7, 7.98 gram, 22.05mm, with COA

Collection of books on varying interests to include a Christopher Robin story book (first edition 1929, missing dj), Aesops Fables, Thomas Nelson & Sons Ltd, The Loved One an Anglo American Tragedy by Evelyn Waugh illustrated by Stuart Boyle, 4th impression January 1949, Pottery and Porcelain by Marryat, 3rd edition, Flowers of the Field by Rev C A Johns 1949 and various others (3 boxes)

Ian Botham signed The Botham Report first edition hard back book. Published 1997. Good condition. All autographs come with a Certificate of Authenticity. We combine postage on multiple winning lots and can ship worldwide. UK postage from £5.99, EU from £7.99, Rest of World from £9.99

Barbara Erskine Whispers In The Sand signed first edition hardback book. Published 2000. Good condition. All autographs come with a Certificate of Authenticity. We combine postage on multiple winning lots and can ship worldwide. UK postage from £5.99, EU from £7.99, Rest of World from £9.99

Titled: The ABC of Collecting Old Continental Pottery. London: Stanley Paul & Co., 1913. Hardback cover book depicting an illustrated moon flask on the cover. First edition, 318-pages with black and white illustration, this book gives a history and guide on the different continental pottery. The author, James F. Blacker, an American writer is known best for writing knowledgeable books including Indian Art history, Salt-glaze pottery, etc. Artist: J. F. BlackerIssued: 1913Dimensions: 6"W x 8.25"H x 1.75"DManufacturer: Stanley Paul & Co.Country of Origin: EnglandCondition: Age related wear.

2019 B.I.O.T Set of 5 Turtle 50p Coins: In 2019 the British Indian Ocean Territory issued a series of five delightful colourised 50 pence coins featuring turtles that are indigenous to the Territory. The first coin features the Green Turtle with the subsequent coins fetauring the Hawksbill, Leatherback, Olive Ridley and Loggerhead Turtles. All five of the coins are presented in a special presentation wallet. The coins are issued in a limited edition of 7,500.

IPSWICH FIRST DAY CARD FRAMED: Framed Grenada stamp sheet marking the history of Ipswich Town Football Club. Limited edition of 2,000.