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Lot 1421

David Shepherd, by and after, First Light at Savuti, signed, limited edition 1,010/1,500

Lot 943

Football - books, Edwards (Duncan) Tackle Soccer This Way, hardback Stanley Paul, London 1958, first edition; Doherty (Peter), Spotlight on Football, hardback, foreword by Stanley Matthews, 1947, first edition; other football books and programmes, Derby County, The Champions with Brian Clough; Saint and Greavsie; The Ram; Alan Hinton and Alan Durban Testimonials; etc; Music History - Carey (Mike), I'll Sing You A Thousand Love Songs, The Denny Dennis Story, Pinnacle Printing, Friar Gate, Derby, 1992; Tracy (Sheila), Talking Swing, The British Big Bands, hardback, 1997 (13)

Lot 51

THE BEATLES IN MONO - LIMITED EDITION LP BOX SET (5099963379716). A fantastic addition to any Beatles collection with this 2014 extensive limited edition 14 LP box set. 'In Mono' includes all of the studio albums remastered from the original master mono mixes. The set comprises the group's 10 studio albums spread across 11 LPs, including the triple LP "Mono Masters", released for the first time on vinyl in this set. The Set also includes a 12x12 lavishly illustrated 108-page hardback book. All records and the book are M/ Factory sealed. The outer box is in lovely clean Ex+ condition. The outer slipcase is in VG condition with a couple of light tears. With original outer packaging with promo sticker.

Lot 802

A Collection of 11 Signed First Edition Books, all from the 'Franklin Library, Franklin Center, Pennsylvania' all leather bound, to include: The Finishing School, Gail Godwin, 1984, AFanatic Heart, Edna O'Brian, 1984, The Haj, Leon Uris, 1984, Leila, J. p. Donleavy, 1983, Decision, Allen Dury, 198lash, 1984, World of Love, Joseph P. Lash, 1984, Licoln, Gore Vidal, 1984, A Cloak of Light, Wright Morris, 1985, The Cider House Rules, John Irving, 1985, The Only Problem, Muriel Spark, 1984, The History of Henry Todd, William F. Buckley, Jr, 1984 x11

Lot 779

L'Art du Dessin démontré d'une manière claire et précise par Jean Cousin peintre Français L'Art du Dessin démontré d'une manière claire et précise par Jean Cousin peintre Français, Chez Jean, circa 1821, with engraved pictorial title page, 12 pp. text + 24 Engraved plates. (folio) 37x25.5 cm (14½x10"), in blue papers ready for binding, early 19th century edition of Jean Cousin the Younger's famous manual of artistic anatomy, first published as early as 1571, but most likely appearing first in 1595, this present edition, which is in itself scarce, was corrected and expanded by P.T. Le Clere, and is notable for the fine copper-engraved plates

Lot 1505

X-Men #1 (1963) - UK edition of the first issue of X-Men, with price of 9d to coverGeneral condition is fair. There is a tear across the top, and every page has a small slit in them at the centre of the bottom. Some discolouration. Spine is in tact Please see additional images

Lot 1664

Mr Young - The Farmers Guide in hiring and stocking farms, in two volumes, first edition 1770, calf binding, 21 x 13cm

Lot 1667

Arthur Young - The Farmers Tour through the East of England, in four volumes. W Strahan; W Nicoll, 1771, first edition, full calf binding, 21 x 13cm

Lot 1669

Garden Ornament by Gertrude Jekyll, published by Country Life 1918, first edition, 40 x 28cm

Lot 1671

Thomas Hale ‘A Compleat Body of Husbandry’, London, Osborne & Shipton, first edition 1756, folio, mottled calf binding

Lot 1672

Group of leather bound antiquarian agricultural books including Jethro Tull - The Horse-Hoing Husbandry, 2nd edition, A. Millar, 1743, together with Marshall - Experiments and Observations concerning Agriculture and the Weather, engraved map, first edition, 1779, also Course of Experimental Agriculture, three of the four-volume set, first Irish edition, Dublin 1771, also The Complete English Farmer….by a Practical farmer and friend of the Late Jethro Tull, 1771, George Winter - Compendiuous System of Husbandry 1787, various other leather and board bound volumes on similar theme. (3 boxes)

Lot 1673

Duhamel du Monceau - A Practical Treatise of Husbandry, 1759 first edition in English, contemporary calf binding, 26 x 21cm

Lot 1683

Beatrix Potter - The Tale of Little Pig Robinson, 1930 first edition, with dust jacket

Lot 1702

Joseph Foreshaw - Parrots of the World, first edition, Landsdowne 1973, folio, together with four further works by Forshaw and facsimile edition of Histoire Naturelle des Perroquets, 1989, limited edition of 1000. (6)Provenance: The Bernard Sayers Collection of Natural History books

Lot 1708

W. B Mershon - The Passenger Pigeon, 1907 first edition, cloth binding, together with two further works on passenger pigeons. (3)Provenance: The Bernard Sayers Collection of Natural History books

Lot 1710

Julius L. Brenchley - Jottings during the Cruise of H.M.S. Curaçoa among the South Sea Islands in 1865. London: Longmans, Green & Co., 1873. First edition, repaired green cloth bindingProvenance: The Bernard Sayers Collection of Natural History books

Lot 1721

Thomas Meehan - The Native Flowers and Ferns of the United States. Boston: L. Prang and Company, 1878-1879 first edition. 2 vols., 4toProvenance: The Bernard Sayers Collection of Natural History books

Lot 1760

Vicar of Wakefield, illustrated by Arthur Rackham, 1929 first edition, tooled cloth binding, plates all present

Lot 1761

Arthur Rackham - The Springtide of Life by Algernon Charles Swinburne, green tooled cloth, 1918 first edition

Lot 1766

Ian Fleming - You Only Live Twice. 1964 first edition, with dust jacket, together with Compton Mackenzie - Whisky Galore, first edition, also Clifford Baz - Pretty Little Nell, signed and inscribed by the author, also George Melly - Run bum and Concertina, 1977 (with David Hockney dust jacket). (4)

Lot 1794

Box of collectable books, including Winston Churchill - Second World War series, 1948-1952 first editions, Major J.H. Leslie: 'The History of Landguard Fort, in Suffolk', London, 1898, 1st edition, various others

Lot 10

UNITED KINGDOM - The Royal Mint - Queen Elizabeth II, 2015, 22ct gold Jody Clark gold proof sovereign, fifth portrait- first edition. Royal Mint wooden box with outer box and slip cover. Certificate of provenance and certificate of authenticity, together with booklet. No. 2566. Weights 17.98g approximately.

Lot 305

Maisto - First Gear - Matchbox - Rextoys - Others - A mixed collection of boxed and unboxed diecast and tinplate model vehicles in various scales, with a Matchbox Preston Tram in Picture Frame plus a boxed Leonardo collectable doll. Lot includes a Matchbox #11920 Limited Edition Corvette Anniversary Set; Maisto 1:12 Jagaur XJ220; First Gear 1:64 Mack Granite with Tri-Axle Lowboy Trailer; Onyx #160B Newman Hass Lola 'Nigel Mansell' and similar. Boxed items appear Excellent - Mint in Fair Plus - Good boxes with storage imperfections. Unboxed models generally Good with signs of display. All items unchecked for completeness. (This does not constitute a guarantee)

Lot 224

Macallan Home Collection - The Distillery - Single Malt Whisky - including Limited Edition printsThe first in the series titled the Home Collection.includes a set of three limited giclée prints which were created from a Watercolour by Macallan employee Colin Rizza.43.5% 70cl

Lot 127

One of 1,000 special edition Campaign models officially allocated to the UK dealer network and with less than 77,000 miles.Introduced towards the end of the Mk1 GTi’s production, and only available with three-door 'hatch' bodywork, around 1,000 ‘Campaign Edition’ models were produced for the UKThey featured a factory-installed sliding sun roof, green-tinted glass all round, matt black A-pillars, a four-light front grille with inner fog lights and 14" Pirelli alloy wheelsThis is an original UK-supplied car in Diamond Silver that was first registered on 03/11/1983From seven years current ownership, it's had three previous registered keepers and has covered 76,815 miles from new (at time of cataloguing)Supplied with a folder full of history, original books/manuals, spare keys and will have a fresh MOT prior to the sale  SpecificationMake: VOLKSWAGENModel: GOLF 3-DOORYear: 1983Chassis Number: 17EW094331Registration Number: A908 CPHTransmission: ManualEngine Number: DX100157 Drive Side: Right-hand DriveOdometer Reading: 76815 MilesMake: RHDClick here for more details, condition report and images

Lot 109

GB & Worldwide Mint & Used Stamp collection with Price Guide and Collector Books. 19th and 20th century. A Stanley Gibbons 'The Strand' green Album(29th edition) which is somewhat filled, *note* Every page with a stamp has been photographed for reference, A quantity of loose stamps and postmarks, 4 x Stock Cards with New Zealand, U.S.A. and British Stamps, 3 x Guide Books, Hong Kong First Day Cover 1985 and Spanish Envelope with postmark & a row of stamps.

Lot 5

From the library of Henry Charles Tomlinson, son of British author H M Tomlinson, also known as 'Tommy' and who was an illustrator for Harper & Bros: Edmund Blunden, 'Near and Far', published by Golden Hind Press, 1930, limited first edition numbered 29/105 with frontispiece by H C Tomlinson, signed by author and illustrator, with letter to Tomlinson from Blunden, housed in original box.  John Masefield, 'Poetry, a lecture given at the Queens Hall in London...', published by William Heinemann Ltd, limited edition numbered 80/275, signed by the author, hardback.  J J Bell, 'Thread O' Scarlett', published by Gowans & Gray Ltd, with inscription to H M Tomlinson from the author dated '23.  Two volumes with inscription by H M Tomlinson to one of his children, 'The New Forget-Me-Not, a calendar published by Cobden-Sanderson, signed by H M Tomlinson, hardback with dust cover, and two other poetry volumes published by Harper & Bros (8 volumes)CONDITION REPORTS & PAYMENT DETAILSIMPORTANT* Descriptions do not include condition reports.  Please contact us to if you require further information or images.*  Please consider shipping costs before bidding as this may affect your decision to bid*  Please familiarise yourself with our payment methods.  Our preferred method of payment is by bank transfer.  We do not take cash or card payments.

Lot 8

Richard de Bury, 'Philobiblon, a treatise on the love of books', translated from the first edition, published by Thomas Rodd, 1832, fully leather bound volumeCONDITION REPORTS & PAYMENT DETAILSIMPORTANT* Descriptions do not include condition reports.  Please contact us to if you require further information or images.*  Please consider shipping costs before bidding as this may affect your decision to bid*  Please familiarise yourself with our payment methods.  Our preferred method of payment is by bank transfer.  We do not take cash or card payments.

Lot 20

Japanese Fairy Tale Series No. 24. 'The Old Woman who lost her Dumpling', rendered into English by Lafcadio Hearn, published by T Hasegawa.  Dora Amsden, 'Impressions of Ukiyo-Ye', published by Paul Elder & Co., 1905, first edition, hardbackCONDITION REPORTS & PAYMENT DETAILSIMPORTANT* Descriptions do not include condition reports.  Please contact us to if you require further information or images.*  Please consider shipping costs before bidding as this may affect your decision to bid*  Please familiarise yourself with our payment methods.  Our preferred method of payment is by bank transfer.  We do not take cash or card payments.

Lot 28

William Kip, 'Cornwall Olim pars Danmoniorum', after Christopher Saxton, published in 1607 (first edition) for Camden's Britannia, hand-coloured engraved map, with inset view of Launceston, 30cm x 39.5cm, framed and glazedCONDITION REPORTS & PAYMENT DETAILSIMPORTANT* Descriptions do not include condition reports.  Please contact us to if you require further information or images.*  Please consider shipping costs before bidding as this may affect your decision to bid*  Please familiarise yourself with our payment methods.  Our preferred method of payment is by bank transfer.  We do not take cash or card payments.

Lot 3

Nine hardback volumes by Edward Crankshaw, comprised of 'Putting up with the Russians 1947-1984', 1984 first edition, signed and with inscription from the author, 'Maria Theresa', 1969 first edition, with inscription from author, 'Bismark', 1981 first edition, 'The Shadow of the Winter Palace, the drift to Revolution 1825-1917', 1976 first edition, 'The Habsburgs Portrait of a Dynasty', 1971 first edition with inscription from the author, 'Tolstoy the making of a Novelist' 1974 first edition, 'The Fall of the House of Hapsburg' 1963 first edition with inscription from the author, 'Khrushchev', 1966 first edition with inscription from the author, 'Khrushchev Remembers  with Introduction, Commentary and Notes by Edward Crankwhaw', 1971 first edition with inscription from the author, and two paperback volumes both inscribed by the author, along with a publication by The Observer entitled 'The Great Schism', published 1959, and newspaper cuttings and other papers  Originally owned by Crankshaw's secretary, to whom the many inscriptions are made, the collection has is being offered by her familyCONDITION REPORTS & PAYMENT DETAILSIMPORTANT* Descriptions do not include condition reports.  Please contact us to if you require further information or images.*  Please consider shipping costs before bidding as this may affect your decision to bid*  Please familiarise yourself with our payment methods.  Our preferred method of payment is by bank transfer.  We do not take cash or card payments.

Lot 117

A quantity of Coalport limited edition Figures, comprising Beatrice at the Garden Party, Eugenie First Night at the Opera, Lady Harriet, The Ascot Lady, Louisa at Ascot and Lady Rose at Royal Ascot (6)

Lot 780

Four Harry Potter novels, one first edition

Lot 769

Four Harry Potter novels, two first edition

Lot 190

Bairnsfather, Bruce. Fragments from France, Nos. 1-8, mixed editions, Vol. I stated tenth edition, others not stated, the first three volumes slightly taller than the rest, London: The Bystander, [c. 1919]. Small folio, publisher's paper wrappers, condition appears good, well-preserved, some splitting to a couple of spines, covers of No. 3 detached, sold with all faults (8)

Lot 165

Bodrero, James [Walt Disney animator for Fantasia & Dumbo]. Long Ride to Granada, signed first edition, New York: Reynal & Company, 1965. Quarto, neatly price-clipped dust-jacket, signed by the author on verso of half-title, pp. [i-vi], 7-126, [i]. Contents very good, clean, bright, a few pale spots in places, armorial bookplate pasted beneath signature has caused some cockling to paper, binding tight & square, jacket good with slight surface wear fading to spine, protective mylar covers

Lot 153

Price, George. A Treatise on Fire & Thief-Proof Depositories and Locks and Keys, first edition, London: Simpkin, Marshall & Co., E. & F. N. Spon, 1856. Scarce. This highly detailed work, which is copiously illustrated with diagrams of locks, is considered 'the Locksmith's Bible', though some bankers called it 'the Burglars' Bible'. Octavo, publisher's gilt illustrated cloth, viii, 916pp., 6pp. index, 48pp. advertisements. Numerous illustrations including the chromolithographic plate of a parchment deed, various masonic symbolism. Internally very good & bright, some pale spotting in just a few places, cloth binding worn with lower board detached. Together with a 19th-century slamlock with brass nameplate escutcheon for George Price, Cleveland Works, Wolverhampton (2)

Lot 180

Townend, Jack (Illust.). A Railway ABC, first edition, London: Faber & Faber, [1942]. Contents very good, vibrant lithographs, a few faint creases & pale spots in places, gutters of 'A' joined at some point but not affecting text or plate, stitched binding feeling a little loose with some loss to spine. Together with Orlando (The Marmalade Cat): The Frisky Housewife, by Kathleen Hale, first edition, London: Country Life, 1956, contents good & bright with vibrant litho illustrations, some pale spotting in places, binding tight & square, bright, slight wear to extremities (2)

Lot 179

Rowling, J. K. Collection comprising: Harri Potter a Maen yr Athronydd [Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone], first Welsh edition, first issue, Bloomsbury, 2003, hardback with dust-jacket and protective mylar cover, in fine/unread condition; Chamber of Secrets, first adult edition, second issue, Bloomsbury, 1998, paperback, creased at corners, otherwise fine; Prisoner of Azkaban, first edition, first issue, Bloomsbury, 1999, paperback, full number line, '10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1', very good, unread condition, slight scuff along top corner of text-block; Goblet of Fire, two first editions, Bloomsbury, 2000, paperback, fine/unread; Goblet of Fire, two first issue Ted Smart hardbacks, 2000, very good; Fantastic Beasts & Where to Find Them, plus Quidditch Through the Ages, the two together sealed in original cellophane; J. K. Rowling: A Bibliography, by Philip W. Errington, updated edition, 2017, used but good; three Bloomsbury promotional posters advertising the release of Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix, 21 June 2003, rolled, good (12)

Lot 176

Sam Toft (British, b. 1964). We Came, We Looked, We Liked the View, Hove: Mustard Editions, 2016, first edition book with original wrapping

Lot 634

The Royal Mint The Sovereign 2015 Fifth Portrait First Edition Gold Proof coin, boxed with paperwork.

Lot 812

TONY BIRKS, 'Hans Coper' published by Harper & Row, New York, first US edition, 1983, and Paul Rice, 'British Studio Ceramics' published by Crowood Press, Marlborough, 2002 (2).Condition Report: Dust jackets dirty, internally very good.

Lot 225

A vintage 1990s (1992) First Edition hardback book ' Sled Driver - Flying The Worlds Fastest Jet ' by Brian Shul. The book containing stories and photos from Shuls experience as a ' sled driver ' SR-71 Blackbird pilot. With dust cover, appearing VG.

Lot 481

From the Ferdinand Otto Miksche collection. Ten signed and dedicated books by F. O. Miksche mostly inscribed to the author's daughter, Olga. To include German and English works including 1979 'Bis 2000' (Seewald Verlag Stuttgart), 'Danubian Federation' (n.d., published not stated, uncommon), 'Atomwaffen und Streitkrafte' (n.d., Verlag Westunion), 'The Failure of Atomic Strategy' (n. d., Frederick A. Praeger), and 1945 'Atomic Weapons and Armies' (Faber and Faber Ltd.). Including a heavily annotated first edition (board lacking) of 'War Between Continents' by Miksche and E. Combaux, presumably this copy annotated to create the later second edition, with typed paper inserts, slips and annotations. Ferdinand Otto Miksche was a Lt Colonel in the French Amy and the holder of the French Legion D'honneur. Born in Austria he became and Officer in the Czech Army and in 1945 the Czech Military attache in Paris. He spent time in England with De Gaulle at the time of establishing the Free French Forces. He returned to France with De Gaulle and became a French citizen and the Lt Colonel on the Foreign Legion. Miksche spent 8 years in Portugal in the 1950s and received their highest honour (Order of the Portuguese Empire) for his work teaching in the Military academy in Caxias. In later years he was a frequent  guest on German TV and became a liason attache to Strauss and the Bavarian Government.

Lot 256

Rudyard Kipling, "The Jungle Book", London, Macmillan and Co, 1894, first edition, first impression, [printer R & R Clark lacking Ltd status]; together with an 1895 first edition, first impression of "The Second Jungle Book", in later bespoke case

Lot 261

William de Morgan (English potter, tile designer and novelist), "Joseph Vance, An Ill-written Autobiography", London, Heinemann, 1906, first edition, second impression of the author's first novel, half calf with raised bands, gilt-tooled spine and Aesthetic Movement influenced printed paper boards

Lot 266

Vita Sackville-West, "Heritage", Collins, 1919, first edition in dust jacket, advance copy with publisher's compliment slip, author's bookplate and autograph letter signed on the author's letterheaded stationery, addressed to "My Dear Lord Berwick", and a typewritten presentation letter signed by Aileen Pippett, circa 1955. [Aileen Pippett (1895- 1974), British journalist and biographer resident in the United States, author of the first full-length biography of Virginia Woolf]

Lot 265

Virginia Woolf, "The Voyage Out", London, Duckworth, 1915, first edition; together with "Flush, a Biography", 1933, first; "Nurse Lugton's Golden Thimble", 1966, first; Woolmer's "A Checklist of The Hogarth Press 1917-1946" and three Bloomsbury Heritage titles

Lot 257

Margaret Mitchell, "Gone with the Wind", New York, MacMillan, May 1936, first edition, first issue, in un-clipped dustjacket [the title listed in second column verso], in bespoke gilt-tooled calf and cloth double slip case

Lot 252

Andy McNab, "Aggressor", 2005 first edition bearing the author's autograph signature [Andy McNab, ex-22 SAS and author of the memoir Bravo Two Zero]

Lot 329

L'HÉRITIER de Brutelle, Charles Louis (1746-1800)Stirpes novae, aut minus cognitae, quas descriptionibus et iconibus illustravit. Paris: Philippe-Dionysius Pierres, 1784-1785. The first edition of L'Héritier's first botanical publication with engravings in 3 parts in one volume, folio (61cm x 46.5cm) engraved plates of flowers and botanical interest by Juillet, Milsan and others numbered up to XXXb in black and white. Boards loose with marbled end papers and remains of leather binding and label, some water damage to edge of pages but main body of the paperwork including the engravings are in good order. 

Lot 271

A boxed Britains limited edition "The Regimental Band of the First Battalion The Royal Anglian Regiment" 12 piece collectors set (Numbered 1494 of 5000)

Lot 103

A Chinese Export Silver Cigarette-Case, Retailed by Ye Chang, Tianjin, First Quarter 20th Century, square with an overall hammered finish, one side applied with a Chinese memento dollar, the other with a 'Fat Man' dollar, 8.5cm square, 4oz 18dwt, 152grThe mark is somewhat poorly struck but is almost certainly the Y.C. Co mark illustrated by A. von Ferscht in his extensive work Chinese Export Silver 1785-1940 The Definitive Collectors Guide, 4th Edition, 2015, unpaginated. Since the catalogue for the present cigarette-case was published online Tennants are grateful to Adrien von Ferscht for identifying the mark as that of Ye Chang of Tianjin and not connected to Yung Lei as originally suggested

Lot 2180

'The First Folio of Shakespeare', prepared by Charlton Hinman, second edition, New York and London: W. W. Norton, 1996, ed. 128/1000, in original slipcase.

Lot 2247

Rackham, Arthur (illustrator), 'The Tempest' by William Shakespeare, London, William Heinemann, 1926, first trade edition, original pictorial gilt cloth, 4to, with wrapper; 'Poor Cecco' by Margery Williams Bianco, London, Chatto and Windus, 1925, original pictorial buckram, 4to; 'Comus' by John Milton, first trade edition, London, William Heinemann, 1921, original cloth gilt, with wrapper, 4to. (3)

Lot 2238

Rackham, Arthur, 'The Allies' Fairy Book', with an introduction by Edmund Gosse, first edition, London, William Heinemann [1916], with a signed pen and ink sketch by the illustrator to second page, dated 6/12/16, 8vo, original blue cloth boards.

Lot 2153

Chandler (Richard), 'Travels in Asia Minor: or an Account of a Tour Made at the Expense of the Society of Dilettanti', first edition, 4to, Oxford, Clarendon Press, 1775, folding engraved map, raised bands to spine with marbled boards (rebound).Condition Report: Clear wear to binding, including rubbing, cracking and fading to marbled boards. Internally in good condition, with limited foxing consistent with age. 5cm-long tear to corner of folding map.

Lot 2177

Blyton, Enid, hardback novels, mainly first editions, including: Five on a Kirrin Island Again (first edition, Hodder and Stoughton, 1947, original d/j with wear and some tearing), Five Fall Into Adventure (first edition, 1950 with reproduction d/j along with two additional first editions of the same volume without d/js), Five on a Treasure Island (first edition, 1942, with reproduction d/j) Five Get Into Trouble (first edition, 1948, no d/j), Five Off to Camp, Five on a Secret Trail (first edition, 1956, with d/j), Five Go to Mystery Moor (first edition, 1954, with price-clipped d/j and another first edition of the same volume with no d/j), Five Have Plenty of Fun (first edition, 1955, no d/j), Five Have Plenty of Fun (first edition, 1955, with worn d/j) The Enchanted Wood (first edition, 1939, no d/j), Five Have a Wonderful Time (first edition, 1952, with d/j and another first edition of the same volume with no d/j), Five Are Together Again (first edition, 1963, with price-clipped d/j and another first edition of the same volume with d/j), FIve Go on a Hike Together (first edition, 1951, torn d/j), The Mystery of the Spiteful Letters (first edition, 9th impression, 1956), Five Get Into a Fix, Five Go to Billycock Hill, Five Go On Kirrin Island Again (first edition, 14th impression, 1970, with d/j), Five Go Off in a Caravan (third impression, 1949, with d/j), Five Run Away Together(sixth impression, 1952, with d/j), Five Go Adventuring Again (third impression, 1949, with d/j), The Mystery of the Hidden House (second edition, 1949), among other volumes by Blyton, some with original dust jackets. (2 boxes)Condition Report: Generally good condition overall, with some wear and rubbing to the covers. Please enquire if you require a more specific condition report, or further general information, on any particular volume in the lot.

Lot 2244

Rackham, Arthur (illustrator), 'Some British Ballads', London, Constable and Co., first trade edition, pictorial cloth gilt, 4to; 'The Compleat Angler', London, George Harrrap and Co., 1931, original pictorial cloth gilt, large 8vo; 'A Wonder Book' by Nathaniel Hawthorne, London, Hodder & Stoughton, first trade edition [1922], original pictorial cloth gilt, large 8vo. (3)

Lot 2406

Royal Airforce: Autograph Album signed by Guy Gibson, James Edgar Johnnie Johnson and other pilots, c. 1943; with an Original Leather Jerkin and related books - A pressed leather bound autograph album containing nine signatures, a typed ownership label to front pastedown reads Alan K. Bridewell, Godalming, Surrey, Squadron 1254 Air Training Corps, most autographs signed on a single page (a few with pencil sketches) include J.M. Beagby, Sgt./pilot, with a list of aircraft he had flown beneath, Guy Gibson, signed in blue ink and dated 21/2; Jean E. Caesar, G.T.C. dated December 11, 1943; Squadron Leader M.N. Namkins DFC., No.15 Heavy Bomber Squadron; A.G. Turley, dated July 11, 1943; E. Hardz? P/O., Ex 1254 Squadron ATC., dated 10/12/43; Organist, Reginald Foort, with a hand-written drawing of a music score above; B. Aikens. R.N.V.R.; two autographs are signed on the same page, the first dedicated to Alan and signed by Johnnie Johnson, W/Comdr., the second signature reads, J. Baldwin, DSO. & Bar, DFC. & Bar, DFC. (USA) Spitfire Pilot. 26 e/a., ? possibly Wing Commander John Robert Baldwin; a loosely inserted newspaper cutting, the article headed Portrait of a Bader Pupil, signed by J.E. Johnson; with numerous other newspaper cuttings loosely inserted, including several relating to the imminent release of Wing Commander Douglas Bader from Colditz prisoner-of- war camp in April 1945; Original Military WWII Tan Leather Jerkin, the leather made up of separate panels as per WWII austerity measures, four matching brown buttons to front and original green serge lining, no label present, Chest 21 ¾ inches, Shoulders 17 ¼ inches, Length 30 inches; a burgundy and navy-blue striped scarf, labels read, Silk Wert, Rayon Warp, Made in England; together with three related books including GIBSON (Guy). Dambusters! The inside story of the most famous bombing raid of WWII, Manchester, Crecy Publishing, 2014, second edition; Air Navigation Stages One & Two Notes for Students, Air Ministry 1944, with 'Effect of Visibility on Map Reading circular paper sheet loosely slipped in between pages; Learn A Trade in the Royal Airforce, Air Ministry [c. 1944] (6)Wing Commander Guy Penrose Gibson, VC., DSO & Bar, DFC. & Bar (1918-1944) was the first Commanding Officer of 617 Squadron which he led in May, 1943 during Operation Chastise. better known as the Dam Busters raid. Gibson was awarded the Victoria Cross for gallantry and became the most highly decorated British serviceman at that time. He completed over 170 war operations before he was killed in action at the age of 26. Air Vice Marshal James Edgar Johnson, CB., CBE., DSO. & Two Bars, DFC, & Bar, DL. (1915-2001) nicknamed Johnnie, was an English Royal Airforce pilot and the highest scoring Western Allied fighter ace against the German Luftwaffe. Johnson served in the Korean War before retiring in 1966 with the rank of Air Vice Marshal.Wing Commander John Robert Baldwin, DSO. & Bar, DFC. & Bar, AFC. (1918-1952) was a Royal Airforce fighter pilot and top scoring fighter ace who also flew Hawker Typhoon during WWII. He went missing during secondment service with the United States Airforce in the Korean War and was presumed killed.1254 Squadron, serving the Godalming and Guildford areas, was one of the first Air Training Corps established in 1941. No. 15 Squadron was first formed at Farnborough Airfield as a Royal Flying Corps training unit, March 1, 1915. The heavy bomber squadron were one of the first to fly the Stirling four engine bomber aircraft, later converting to Avro Lancasters in 1943.Reginald John Foort (1893-1980) was a cinema and theatre organist.

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