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Badia Y. Leblich (Domingo, 'Ali Bey el Abbasi'). Explication des planches composant L'Atlas des Voyages d'Ali Bey, atlas volume only, Paris: L'Imprimerie de P. Didot L'Aine, 1814, 85 engraved plates, 5 maps plus an unnumbered plan (4 maps large & folding), lightly spotted, front hinge cracked, original blue boards, untrimmed, later red morocco label and gilt to spine, rubbed & marked with corners, worn, oblong 4to (26.5 x 34.5 cm)QTY: (1)NOTE:Blackmer 62 (for English edition); Palau 21683.Ali Bey was a Spanish explorer who disguised himself as a Muslim in order to gain access to places few non-Muslims had seen. He is said to be the first Christian to see Mecca in detail. His expedition began in 1803 in Tangier and after travelling through North Africa and Cyprus he arrived in Mecca in 1807. He returned to Spain via Jerusalem, Damascus and Constantinople.

Ross-of-Bladensburg (Sir John). The Coldstream Guards, 3 volumes, including maps volume, OUP, 1928, photogravure portrait frontispiece to volume I, folding maps in maps volume, a little minor spotting, original cloth, dust jackets, spines a little toned, one or two small chips, 8vo, together with Headlam (Cuthbert). History of the Guards Division in the Great War 1915-1918, 2 volumes, 1st edition, London: John Murray, 1924, colour frontispieces, folding maps, a few light spots, original cloth gilt, spines a little faded, 8vo, plus other regimental histories including The History of the Eighth Battalion the Queen's Own Royal West Kent Regiment 1914-1919, 1921, Captain P.L. Wright's The First Buckinghamshire Battalion 1914-1919, 1920, The 42nd (East Lancashire) Division 1914-1918, by Frederick P. Gibbon, 1920, The War History of the 4th Battalion the London Regiment (Roal Fusiliers) 1914-1919, by Captain F. Clive Grimwade, 1922, The Regimental Roll of Honour and War Record of the Artist's Rifles, 3rd edition, 1922, and The Scots Guards in the Great War 1914-1918, by F. Loraine Petre, Wilfred Ewart and Major-General Sir Cecil Lowther, 1925, QTY: (19)

* Austrian Shooting Festival Piquet cards, Schützenfest, Vienna, F. Piatnik, circa 1868, the complete deck of 32 stencil coloured engraved cards, comprising 4 suits of 8 (French suits), each with pip cards ace & 7-10 and 3 single-figured court cards, the aces showing scenes of the festival buildings, the kings depicting men involved in organising the event, the queens are allegorical characters, two representing Austria and Germany, knave of hearts with maker's name, 7 of hearts with Austrian tax stamp, some very light toning or dust-soiling (mainly to margins), versos fuzzy red cells, each card 97 x 59 mm, together with: Austrian Hunting Tarock. Comic Hunting Tarock, 1st edition, Vienna, Austria: Ferdinand Piatnik, circa 1858, the complete deck of 54 stencil coloured (with some hand-colouring) engraved cards, comprising 4 suits of 8 (French suits), each with pip cards ace-4 (red) or 7-10 (black) and 4 double-ended court cards, ace of hearts with maker's emblem and with two tax stamps, plus 22 trump cards, comprising 21 trumps (bearing double-ended Roman numerals I-XXI) depicting humerous hunting scenes, except trump XXI which shows the young Franz Josef I standing near a woodgrouse he has shot, and Fool card, trumps III, VII & XVII with engraver's name 'J. Surch', the latter dated 1856, variable toning to most cards, occasional light finger-soiling, 1 pip card and trump VII (to blank margin) with tiny adhesion from a card verso, versos red asterisk pattern, each card 104 x 58 mm, plus a later deck of the same, 3rd edition, Vienna: Ferd. Piatnik & Söhne, circa 1891, the complete deck (54 cards) as above, trump XXI depicting the older Kaiser Franz Joseph I, ace of hearts with Austrian tax stamp and Piatnik jockey logo, lighly toned and dusty, rounded corners, versos red asterisk pattern, each card 110 x 63 mm, 41 cards from each tarock pack and 18 from the picquet pack corner mounted onto 5 display boards, encapsulated in clear plastic (not examined out of display boards), the remainder loosely contained in 3 clear plastic bags, the display boards 55 x 39.5 cmQTY: (3)NOTE:First item: a rare pack celebrating the Shooting Festival held in the Prater, Vienna in 1868. The aces depict the buildings erected specially for the event: a large shooting or 'Festival' hall, the main gate, the 'Temple of Gifts' where prizes were awarded, and an overview of the whole festival site. The kings depict: President Dr. Kopp (hearts), Vice-presidents Maurer (spades) and Schmidt (diamonds), and the Bürgermeister of Vienna (clubs).Second item: Cary collection, AUS 227; Kaplan, II, p.452 & 458-459 (illustrated); World Web Playing Cards Museum, 02069/01.This particular deck has been used for a 42 card game, as the pip cards (excepting the red aces and black 10s) appear unused.

* Austrian Tressette cards. Allied Military Leaders, Vienna, Austria: Mathias Koller, circa 1820, the complete deck of 40 stencil coloured engraved cards, comprising 4 suits of 10 (Spanish suits), each with pip cards ace-7 and 3 double-ended court cards (king, knight, knave), 2 of swords and 3 of clubs with maker's details, the courts depicting military leaders, some toning, occasional foxing, versos red dots zig-zag pattern, each card 100 x 57 mm, together with: Austrian Military Tarock, 3rd edition, Vienna, Austria: Josef Glanz, circa 1903-1905, the complete deck of 54 stencil coloured engraved cards, comprising 4 suits of 8 (French suits), each with pip cards ace-4 (red) or 7-10 (black) and 4 double-ended court cards, ace of hearts with tax and maker's stamps (tax stamp valid 1900-1920), knave of hearts with maker's name and address: I, Graben 17, the courts depicting named medieval figures (both real & literary), plus 22 trump cards, comprising 21 trumps (bearing double-ended Roman numerals I-XXI) trumps II-XXI depicting military figures and scenes, and Fool card, pip cards and margins of court/trump cards lightly toned, trump II with minor corner crease, rounded corners, versos dark red & green plaid, each card 106 x 55 mm, 20 cards from the first deck and 41 from the second corner mounted onto 3 display boards, encapsulated in clear plastic (not examined out of display boards), the remainder loosely contained in 2 clear plastic bags, the display boards 59.5 x 42 cm and smallerQTY: (2)NOTE:Second item: Cary collection, AUS 211; Kaplan, II, p.452 (see also pp.455-456); Mann (All Cards on the Table), p.348.Although the tax stamp was valid until 1920, the takeover of the Josef Glanz firm was in 1912, and the given address further narrows the date of production to between 1903-1905. This is the reissue of the 3rd (1865) edition of this Military Tarot.

* German playing cards. Deutsche Spielkarte No.303, Frankfurt am Main: B. Dondorf, circa 1900, a complete deck of 36 chromolithographed playing cards, comprising 4 suits of 9 (German suits), each with pip cards daus & 6-10, and 3 full-length court cards, pip cards with rural scenes at the foot, rank given at top of obers, daus of acorns with intials BD, daus of hearts wiht tax stamp, daus of leaves with company name, no condition points to note, rounded gilt corners, versos blue ornamental design, each card 104 x 62 mm, with original printed and titled box, Dondorf dragon logo on front, lightly soiled, a little wear to edges, together with: Rokoko-Bild, Whist no.158, Frankfurt am Main: B. Dondorf, circa 1890, a complete deck of 52 chromolithographed playing cards, comprising 4 suits of 13 (French suits), each with pip cards ace-10, and 3 double-ended court cards, the aces with decorative border of roses (spades & diamonds) or rose hips (hearts & clubs), jack of clubs with maker's details, ace of hearts with Swiss tax stamp (Berne), toned and lightly rubbed in places, few minor marks, a little dusty, rounded gilt corners, versos floral honeysuckle design with white border, each card 83 x 57 mm, with original decorative titled box, company name on front and top, toned and lightly marked, edges a little rubbed, plus: Patience Karten No.240, Frankfurt am Main: C.L. Wüst, circa 1910, a complete deck of 52 chromolithographed oval playing cards (French suits), double-ended court cards with German indices, one Wüst star to jack of clubs, ace of hearts with tax stamp, lightly dusty, very slightly bowed, versos pink pattern of Edelwiess with company name to border, each card 84 x 55 mm, with original pink box (faded, rubbed and dusty) with lift-off lid, box inner with remnant of pink silk ribbon, box lid with title, manufacturer and Reichs patent number, box base with label of a Berlin perfume shop and price ticket, with 12 other German packs, all 20th-century, including: Swiss costume patience cards no.90, by C.L. Wüst, circa 1910, French suits, 52 complete with original box; German War Cards, by ASS (Altenburg), 1917, German suits, 32 complete (5 cards from other packs); Military Cards, by F.A. Lattmann, 1915, 36 complete with original box; Reichs-Karte, by ASS (Altenburg), circa 1915, French suits, 52 complete with joker and original box; Bergbaukarte, or Mining Cards, by ASS (Altenburg), 1925, German suits, 32 complete; also 2 miniature packs, and a limited edition deck Jubiläumspiel, 1985, signed and numbered (499/500) by the artist Jüngen Pankarz, a quantity of cards from each deck mounted (not adhered) to 15 display boards, several encapsulated in clear plastic (none examined out of boards), the remainder in plastic bags, the boards 54.5 x 40 cm and smallerQTY: (16)NOTE:First and second items: Braun (Schriftenreihe 'Spielkarten' band 4) BD 1900/3 (p.88), and BD 1889/1 (pp.68-69) respectively.Third item: Bube Dame König (1982) 164.

Solis y Ribadeneyra (Antonio de). Histoire de la Conquete du Mexique, ou de la Nouvelle Espagne, 1st edition in French, Paris: Jean Couterot and Louis Guerin, 1691, title with woodcut device, 2 engraved maps, 12 engraved plates, including 10 folding, a few light spots, contemporary sprinkled calf gilt, joints cracking, a little rubbed, 4to, together with 2 others: Incidents of Travel in Yucatan, by John L. Stephens, 2 volumes, New York, 1848, and Incidents of Travel in Central America, Chiapas and Yucatan, 2 volumes, new edition, London, 1842QTY: (5)NOTE:First work Hill p.278; Sabin 86475. First published in Madrid in 1684. "This was the most popular history that had then been written. The sources were the letters of Hernando Cortes, the works of Francisco Lopez de Gomara, Bernal Diaz del Castillo, and some miscellaneous documents. There is a full account of the relations between Cortes and Montezuma, and an abundance of data concerning the intimate lives of the Indians. The author, a Spanish dramatist and historian, was secretary to the Count of Oropeza and later secretary of state and private secretary to Philip IV. He obtained the lucrative post of chronicler of the Indies in 1667." (Hill).

Valentia (George). Voyages and Travels to India, Ceylon, The Red Sea, Abyssinia, and Egypt, in the years 1802, 1803, 1804, 1805, and 1806, 3 volumes, 1st edition, large paper copy, edition-de-luxe, London: William Miller, 1809, 3 engraved vignettes, 69 engraved plates (including 7 folding maps & 2 folding plans, many after Henry Salt), 44 additional proof plates, armorial bookplate of Sir Thomas Stamford Raffles to a front pastedown, The Methodist College Library Belfast blindstamps to titles and bookplate to a pastedown, some preliminaries browned, occasional light spotting, contemporary half calf, lacking spines & 3 boards, worn, 4to (34.5 x 25 cm), one of 50 large paper copiesQTY: (3)NOTE:Abbey, Travel 515 (note).Provenance: Sir Thomas Stamford Raffles, founder of modern Singapore and Malaysia, author of 'The History of Java' (1807). A scarce edition-de-luxe, large paper copy of this monumental work, with a fine provenance. 'The first British mission to Abyssinia, sent to conclude an alliance to obtain a port in the Red Sea in case France, under Napoleon, should seize Egypt... The text of the work, ostensibly by Lord Valentia, is said to be by [Henry] Salt'. (Abbey)

James I (King of England). The Narrative history of King James for the first fourteen years, in four parts. I. The State of England at his Majesties entrance..., II. The Proceedings touching the Divorce betwixt the Lady Frances Howard, and Robert Earl of Essex..., III. A Declaration of his Majesties Revenue with Assignations and Defalcations upon the same..., IV. The Commissions and Warrants for the Burning of two Hereticks..., 1st edition, London: Printed for Michael Sparke, 1651, additional engraved allegorical title with facing letterpress explanatory leaf (engraved title remargined), engraved portrait plate of Sir Thomas Overbury, engraved portrait plate of Robert Earl of Somerset and Lady Frances Howard (trimmed to ruled border and remargined), without blank V4, "A compleat table of the several chapters of this historical narration ... which may serve in stead of an index" bound at the beginning (following "The stationer to the impartial reader", the complete table is sometimes bound at the rear of the volume), repairs to outer blank corners of last two leaves, occasional light dust-soiling, later endpapers with bookplates of the Russell family (bearing motto 'che sara sara'), C.A.O. Fox and Egerton Parker, early 19th-century calf, rebacked, 4to, together with: Prideaux (Mathias), An Easy and Compendious Introduction for Reading all sorts of Histories: contrived, in a more facile way then heretofore hath been published, out of the papers of Mathias Prideaux Mr of Arts and sometime fellow of Exeter Colledge in Oxford, Oxford: Leonard Lichfield, and are to be sold by Thomas Robinson, 1650, title in red and black with early marginalia (modern bookplate of Egerton Parker to verso), small hole to final leaf of index, light damp staining, contemporary calf, joints split, rubbed, 4to, plus a defective copy of Howell (James), Epistolae Ho-Elianae. Familiar Letters Domestic and Forren. Divided into sundry Sections, Partly Historicall, Politicall, Philosophicall, 3rd edition, with a fourth volume of new letters, never published before, London: Humphrey Moseley, 1655, title in red & black, without folding engraved frontispiece, index incomplete at rear (lacking final 8 pages), sewing weak, contemporary calf, covers near detached, 8vo, and two others, The True Secret History of the Lives and Reigns of all the Kings and Queens of England... by a Person of Honour, 1702, and [Mandeville, Bernard], The Fable of the Bees: or, Private Vices, Publick Benefits. With an Essay on Charity and Charity-Schools, 5th edition, London: J. Tonson, 1728, and A Rod for the Eaton School-Master's Back: or, A Letter from a Country School-Boy to Dr. Snape, occasion'd by one from him to the Bishop of Bangor..., London: J. Roberts, 1717QTY: (6)NOTE:James I - Wing S4818; Goldsmiths 1238.Prideaux - Wing P3440.

Menestrier (Claude-François). L'Autel de Lyon consacré à Louys Auguste et placé dans le Temple de la Gloire. Ballet. Lyon: Jean Molin, 1658, engraved vignette title, woodcut headpieces & initials, leaves lightly toned, early 20th-century blue paper covered boards, rubbed & lightly marked, 8voQTY: (1)NOTE:First edition of this ballet written by Father Menestrier and performed at the Jesuit College on the occasion of the visit to Lyon of the young King Louis XIV, on November 25, 1658.

Ireland. Rules and Articles for the better Government of their Majesties Land-Forces within the Kingdom of Ireland during the Present Rebellion, published by their Majesties Command, Dublin: re-printed by Andrew Crook, assignee of Benjamin Tooke, printer to the King and Queens Most Excellent Majesties on Ormond-Key, 1691, 40 pp., printed in black letter, blank leaves front and rear (small area of worming to first rear endpaper), all edges gilt, later tooled calf gilt, gilt rubbed away in places, 12moQTY: (1)NOTE:Wing R2242. Very scarce, no records at auction and only two institutional copies located. Likely an updated edition of the 1685 edition titled Rules and Articles for the better government of His Majesties army in this Kingdom, printed by Benjamin Tooke in Dublin, during the reign of King James II, the present work's title follows the change of monarchy during the Glorious Revolution of 1689 and accession of William III and Mary.

[Swift, Jonathan]. Travels into Several Remote Nations of the World. In Four Parts. By Lemuel Gulliver, First a Surgeon, and then a Captain of Several Ships, 5th edition, corrected, London: Charles Bathurst, 1747, title in red and black, six engraved maps and plates, occasional light toning mostly to margins at front and rear, ownership book label to front free endpaper 'This book belongs to E. M. Forster' and upper pastedown with early ownership signature R. Coke and bookplate of Laura Mary Forster, contemporary mottled calf, modern neat reback with gilt decorated spine (faded) and board corners repaired, 8voQTY: (1)

Clermont [Menon]. The Professed Cook: Or, the Modern Art of Cookery, Pastry, and Confectionary, made plain and easy. Consisting of the most approved Methods in the French as well as English Cookery. In which The French Names of all the different Dishes are given and explained, whereby every Bill of Fare becomes intelligible and familiar .... Including a Translation of Les Soupers de la Cour; with the Addition of the best Receipts which have appeared in the French or English Languages, and adapted to the London Markets, 3rd ed., revised and much enlarged, London, 1776, contemporary ownership inscription to head of title ' A. H. Penruddocke, A Gift of a Dear Friend', additionally signed bu A. H. Penruddocke to front endpaper, a few minor spots, contemporary full calf, rubbed and some wear to joints and edges, with joints partly cracked, 8vo QTY: (1)NOTE:MacLean 99. Cagle 606. Simon 355.This is in part a translation and adaption of Menon's French work 'Les Soupers de la Cour' by B. Clermont, who describes himself for the first time in this third edition as having been for 'many Years Clerk of the Kitchen in some of the first Families of this Kingdom, and lately to the Right Hon. the Earl of Abingdon'. The French names of all dishes are given and explained. It was originally published 1767 in two volumes under the title 'The Art of Modern Cookery Displayed'.

[Burney, Frances, "Fanny"]. Camilla: or, a Picture of Youth, 5 volumes, 1st edition, London: printed for T. Payne, T. Cadell jun. and W, Davies, 1796, volume II title laid down, rear endpaper and pastedown of volume V renewed, some worming to pp. 217-222 without loss of text, marginal worming to volume IV title and last leaf, marginal repair to last leaf of volume II, occasional spotting and water stains, bookplates, contemporary red half morocco, spines a little faded, 8voQTY: (5)NOTE:Rothschild 550. The list of subscribers includes a young (and then unknown) Jane Austen aged 20. Other subscribers include Sir Joseph Banks, Edmund Burke, Sir William Chambers, Maria Edgeworth, Warren Hastings (godfather to Austen's first cousin and sister-in-law Eliza de Feuillide), Rev. Thomas Leigh of Adlestrop (cousin of Austen's mother), Hannah More, Mrs Piozzi, Mrs Radcliffe, Humphrey Repton, and Mrs Siddons.Austen was an admirer of Fanny Burney's novels, and following the issue of Camilla in 1796, was spurred on in October of that year to begin a novel titled False Impressions, later to become Pride and Prejudice, a title possibly taken from a quotation in Burney's Cecilia.

Clarke (James Stanier, & McArthur, John). The Life of Admiral Lord Nelson, K.B. from His Lordship's Manuscripts, 2 volumes, 1st edition, London: T. Cadell and W. Davies, 1809, frontispiece to volume 1, 11 plates (4 of them accompanied by plans), headpieces, vignettes and facsimiles to text, late 19th-century gift inscriptions to front free endpapers, lightly spotted, hinges repaired, contemporary diced calf, elaborate gilt foliate borders, rebacked, spine lettered & decorated in gilt with morocco labels, rubbed, 4toQTY: (2)NOTE:Lowndes II p. 473.First edition of 'the fullest, and in many respects the best biography' of Nelson (DNB). Sumptuously produced by one of the best printers of the day.

Bewick (Thomas). A History of British Birds, 2nd & 1st edition, 2 volumes, Newcastle: Edward Walker, 1797-1804, vignette titles to each, armorial bookplate of W.M. Harby to front pastedown of first volume, woodcut illustrations throughout, lightly spotted & dust-soiled, early 20th-century terracotta half morocco gilt over turquoise marbled boards, rubbed, 8vo, together with:A Supplement to the History of British Birds, 2 parts in 1, Newcastle: Edward Walker, 1821, vignette titles, woodcut illustrations, toned, contemporary green half morocco gilt over red marbled boards, 8voQTY: (3)NOTE:Roscoe 15c & 17c respectively.

Hondius (Hendrik). Les Cinq Rangs de l'Architecture, a scavoir Tuscane, Dorique, Ionique, Corinthiaque, Amsterdam: J. Jansson, 1617, title with woodcut vignette, 30 double-page engraved plates (complete), a few tears and repairs to plates, plate KK right side laid down, some toning and water stains, contemporary annotations in French to endpapers, later sheep, some wear at spine ends, a few stains, folio QTY: (1)NOTE:Berlin Kat 2221; Cicognara pp. 745-747; Fowler 434. First edition in French, first published in Antwerp in 1565.

Paine (James). Plans, Elevations and Sections, of Noblemen and Gentlemen’s Houses, and also of stabling, bridges, public and private, temples and other garden buildings; executed In the counties of Derby, Durham, Middlesex, Northumberland, Nottingham, and York. By James Paine, Architect, One of the Directors of the Society of Artists of Great-Britain. Part the first. Illustrated by seventy-four large folio plates, London: Printed for the author, and sold by Mr. Davies, in Russel-Street, Covent-Garden; Mr. Dodsley, Pall-Mall; Mr. Brotherton, Cornhill; Mr. Webley, near Chancery-Lane, Holborn; and at the author’s house, Salisbury-Street, Strand, 1767, 55 engraved plates numbered I-LXXIV (complete, comprising 36 single-page and 19 double-page which are given 2 numbers each), list of subscribers, bookplates of Richard Henry Roundell & John Currer de Kildwick Arm to front pastedown, occasional light spotting & offsetting, hinges cracked, contemporary speckled calf gilt, red morocco title label, spine separated into 8 compartments by raised bands, 7 compartments with elaborate gilt foliate decoration, some wear, folioQTY: (1)NOTE:ESTC T135969; Archer 243.1; Fowler 207; Harris 664.The first edition of architectural designs by James Paine (1717-1789), including Chatsworth, Sandbeck, and Axwell Park. Volume two appeared in 1783, accompanied by the second edition of volume one.

Buffon (Georges Louis Leclerc, comte de). Oeuvres complètes de Buffon. Par M. Le Comte de Lacepède, nouvelle edition, 12 volumes plus 5 volume supplement, Paris: Rapet et Ce, 1817-19, half-titles (verso of half-title to first volume with publisher's manuscript note 'R & Cie, No. 1001'), 333 engraved plates and maps (including two engraved portrait frontispieces, and 4 folding maps, lacking one plate), occasional scattered spotting, armorial bookplate of William Fullarton Lindsay Carnegie of Spynie & Boysack to upper pastedowns, uniform contemporary calf, gilt decorated spines with dark green morocco labels, few joints lightly cracked, 8voQTY: (17)

Grey (Zane). Tales of the Angler's Eldorado New Zealand, New York: Harper & Bros, 1st edition, 1926, additional half title, numerous illustrations throughout, many with captioned tissue guards, last few images with marginal closed tears and slight adhesion damage, 4to, together with Tales of Fishing Virgin Sea, 1st edition, published Harper & Brothers, New York & London, 1925, additional half title, numerous illustrations throughout, 4to, with Tales of Tahitian Waters, 1st edition, published Hodder & Stoughton Limited, 1931, additional half title, title page with slight adhesion damage and biro numbers to verso and recto, later endpapers, the three volumes bound in uniform modern quarter calf gilt, 4to, plus Tales of Southern Rivers, 1st edition, published Hodder & Stoughton, 1924, additional half title, numerous illustrations throughout, later endpapers, modern quarter calf gilt, 8vo, and Tales of Fishes, 1st edition, published Hodder & Stoughton, 1919, colour frontispiece and numerous black and white illustrations throughout, later end papers, modern quarter calf, 8vo, with An American Angler in Australia, published Hodder & Stoughton, first English edition, [1937], additional half title, numerous illustrations, mostly bound at rear, some spotting throughout, later endpapers, modern quarter calf gilt, 8vo, all bound uniformlyQTY: (6)

Salvin (Francis Henry, & William Brodrick). Falconry in the British Isles, 2nd edition ('revised and enlarged'), London: John van Voorst, 1873, half-title, 28 hand-coloured lithographic plates, advertisement leaf to rear, ownership inscription to front free endpaper verso, plate 1 browned with tape repair to gutter, list of plates frayed with loss, occasional dust-soiling, a few other leaves frayed with small marginal loss, endpapers relined, original pictorial green cloth gilt, rebacked with original spine laid on, rubbed, 4toQTY: (1)NOTE:Mullens & Swann p. 96; Nissen IVB 146; Schwerdt II p. 145; Wood p. 549; Zimmer p. 541.'The best English book on falconry' (Schwerdt). 'This is the "best" edition, the plates of the first issue [1855] having been redrawn and several new ones added' (Wood).

Collectors edition Predator wall mask, H: 32 cm. P&P Group 2 (£18+VAT for the first lot and £3+VAT for subsequent lots)

Antiquarian books including The Ballad of the Iron Cross (First Edition 1918) Waverley Novels (published Robert Cadell) Colburns Standard Novelists and others. Not available for in-house P&P

Jonny Wilkinson Signed in his own Book Titled Jonny Wilkinson -Tackling Life. A Hardback book Published in 2008. First Edition, Third Impression. 323 Pages. Spine and Dust jacket in Fair Condition. 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

NELSON MANDELA; 'Long Road to Freedom', bearing signatures of Nelson Mandela and FW de Klerk, and a commemorative replica key from Robben Island Museum (2).Condition Report: We have not authenticated these signatures, please satisfy yourself as to the veracity of the item prior to bidding.First Edition

Box of books to include: 'African Jungle Life' by Major Dugmore 1928, 'Once a Week' by A.A Milne 1914 first edition, published by Methuen & Co, 'Zoo Quest for a dragon' David Attenborough, 'Good Farm workmanship', 'Baby's Opera' by Walter Crane, 'Roadmender' Michael Fairless, Nurses Dictionary, 'Wakeful Comes to Stay' by Robert Hartman 1947 first edition, various W.R.U handbooks, 'Island of Skomer' by John Buxton & R.M Lockley first edition 1950, 'Rugby Recollections', 'Pleasant Valley' by Louis Bromfield first edition 1946, 'Onions in the Stew' Betty Macdonald, 1955 first edition, Hammond, Hammond & Co, with dust jacket etc. (B.P. 21% + VAT)

Box of vintage books: late 19th century copy of 'The Bride of Lammermoor' by Scott, 'Bedside Lilliput' first edition of a collection of stories published 1950, 'The Dangerous Skies', Air Commodore Clouston published 1954, 'Bitter Monsoon' the memoirs of a fighter pilot Oliver Moxon first edition published 1955, 'First Person Singular' W S Maugham published 1931, 'The Esquire Treasury' Arnold Gingrich published 1954, 'Jump For It' stories of the Caterpillar club Gerald Bowman published 1955, 'Slide Rule' the autobiography of an engineer Neville Shute published 1954, 'HMS Ulises' Alistair McClain 1955 etc. and three reels of 8mm film: slapstick comedy and Flintstone Dino and one labelled 'Gevacolor', together with a collection of Viewmaster stereo pictures. (B.P. 21% + VAT)

Hawthorne Nathaniel, 'A Wonder book for Girls and Boys, with 60 designs Walter Crane', first edition, printed by London Osgood Mcilvaine, 1892. (B.P. 21% + VAT)

Collection of hardback books some first editions relating to the Middle East to include: 'The Heart of the Middle East' by Richard Coke, 1925, 'Caliph's Last Heritage' by Sir Mark Sykes, published Macmillan & Co Ltd 1915, 'Haji Rikkan Marsh Arab' by Fulanain, printed by Chatto & Windus, 1927, 'The Vanished Cities of Arabia' by Mrs Steuart Erskine, illustrated, published by Hutchinson & Co, 'Revolt in the Desert' by T.E Lawrence, 1927, 'Khalid a tale of Arabia'by F.Marion Crawford, printed Macmillan & Co 1892, 'The Ancient East' T.G Hogarth 1919 edition printed by Williams & Norgate and two 'The Iran Society, London' pamphlets. (B.P. 21% + VAT)

Great Britain collection of First Day Covers in various albums, two albums of Benham small silk covers and box file of Limited Edition First Day Lithographs. (B.P. 21% + VAT)

A FIRST EDITION 1902 BOOK - RUDYARD KIPLING, JUST SO STORIES

A 1909 FIRST EDITION BOOK 'UNDINE' ILLUSTRATED BY ARTHUR RACKHAM

A FIRST EDITION 1913COPY OF HANS ANDERSEN'S FAIRY TALES ILLUSTRATED BY W HEATH ROBINSON

Three Heinrich Villeroy & Boch limited edition plates, The Russian Fairytales, D: 21 cm. P&P Group 2 (£18+VAT for the first lot and £3+VAT for subsequent lots)

A 1912 clothbound edition of 'Egypt Painted and Described' by R. Talbot Kelly, published in London Adam & Charles Black. First published November 1902 and with added preface.

A clothbound edition of Southend-on-Sea and District: Historical Notes. By John William Burrows (1909). A Clothbound and paper covered edition of The Tramways of Southend-on-Sea V.E. Burrows (first published 1965) and a paperbound volume of The History of Cliff Town Congregational Church Southend on Sea 1799-1972 by John R Hodgkins (published 1974).

Walton, Izaak "The Compleat Angler or The Contemplative Mans Recreation", this edition has been drawn by Walter Wilton and Priestner, published by Hanborough Parrot of the Foundry, Church Hanborough, Oxford, 63/135 signed by the illustrator, printed litho by the Didcot Press on Zerkalll Mould-Made paper in an edition of 135 copies, uncut, numerous illustrations throughout, pictorial ep, pictorial boardsHillier, Bevis"Punorama ...", ilustrated by Peter MacCarell, the Whittington Press 1974, limited to 750 copies, 607/750, purple ep, blue cloth, purple dj not price clippedKennedy, Richard"A Parcel of Time, a First World War Childhood illustrated by the Author", The Whittington Press 1977, yellow ep, brown cloth, dj not price clippedUttley, Alison "Here's a New Day", illustrated by C. F. Tunnicliffe, Faber & Faber 1956, inscription and dated 1956 on ep, offsetting on ep from the dj which is price clipped, green clothLocke, William"The Golden Journey of Mr Paradyne", illustrated in colour and black and white by Marcia Lane Foster, John Lane, The Bodley Head 1924, inscription dated 1927 on half-title, pictorial ep, pictorial boards which are rather soiled Gwynn, Stephen & Biddington, Roy"Two In a Valley", Rich & Cowan, printed by the Camelot Press, plates and illustrations, green cloth, gilt titles, dj price clipped and has some loss to the spine (6) 

Gentle Giant Star Wars The Force Awakens First Order Strom Trooper collectible mini bust limited edition number 1608/3700 Near Mint, Within Near Mint opened packaging, includes insert and certificate.

Collection of Big Chief Studios and Ikon Collectibles Doctor Who Figures and Bobble Heads including, Big Chief Studios Doctor Who Dynamix Eleventh Doctor, Collectors Limited Edition Ultra Stylised Vinyl Figure, Mint Unopened complete, Big Chief Studios Doctor Who Dynamix Eleventh Doctor (Purple Jacket Version), Collectors Limited Edition Ultra Stylised Vinyl Figure, Mint Unopened complete, Ikon Collectibles Doctor Who The First Doctor And Tardis Bobble Head, Mint Unopened complete, Ikon Collectibles Doctor Who The War Doctor Bobble Head Near Mint, Within Good opened packaging. (4)

Henry Moore O.M., C.H. (British, 1898-1986), original grey linen covered portfolio containing two original prints signed and numbered by Henry Moore, comprising etching entitled 'Composition for a Poem by Herbert Read', on Auvergne paper, 535 x 387mm, and lithograph entitled 'Two Seated Women on Beach', on Rives paper, 500 x 650mm, both signed by Henry Moore and numbered 27 of 50 copies only, accompanied by the deluxe limited edition companion book 'Henry Moore: Prints and Portfolios', Introduction by David Mitchinson, Geneva, Patrick Cramer, 2010, deluxe edition, numbered 47 (of 50 copies only) to limitation page (p.406), 829 illustrations of works by Henry Moore in colour and black & white throughout, 407pp, large 4to, original grey linen covered boards lettered in silver, dust wrapper, orig. grey linen covered slipcase, orig. prospectus loosely inserted (numbered 27/50). The two signed original prints being Henry Moore's first etching ('Composition for a Poem by Herbert Read', c.1946, CGM 4), and his last lithograph ('Two Women Seated on Beach', 1984, CGM719). (2)

Ezra Pound: 'Gaudier-Brzeska: A Memoir by Ezra Pound including the published writings of the sculptor, and a selection from his letters', London, John Lane, The Bodley Head, 1916, 1st edition, 1st issue, 38 b/w plates as called for comprising portraits and mainly photographs of the artist's sculpture, 4to, original green cloth gilt, professionally recased, replenished EP's/pastedowns, embossed in blind with a reproduction of a green stone charm by Gaudier-Brzkska on front cover (denoting first issue). One of only about 450 first issue copies

Joanna Field [i.e. Marion Milner]: 'A Life of One's Own', London, Chatto & Windus, 1934, 1st edition, signed & inscribed to FFEP "for John Yeoman from Marion Milner November 1969", with an earlier inscription by Milner also on FFEP "D.B.R. with love from the author November 1934" (this neatly crossed out by author), original cloth, dust wrapper. From the estate of John Richard Harding Yeoman (1916-1988), Copy Writer and Director for several Advertising Agencies, Assistant Secretary (Publicity) for the Council for the Protection of Rural England, Borough Councillor for Kensington and Chelsea, Governor of the Chelsea School of Art, and lover of art, poetry and books. John Yeoman’s first wife was Antonia Yeoman, née Beryl Antonia Thompson (1907-1970), the Australian-English commercial artist, cartoonist and illustrator who worked under the name “Anton”

Arthur Rimbaud; Keith Vaughan (illustrated): 'A Season in Hell', London, John Lehmann Ltd, 1949, 1st edition, translated by Norman Cameron, 8 full page colour lithograph plates by Keith Vaughan as called for, original cloth gilt, pictorial colour lithograph dust wrapper by Vaughan (slightly worn, 15s price intact). From the estate of John Richard Harding Yeoman (1916-1988), Copy Writer and Director for several Advertising Agencies, Assistant Secretary (Publicity) for the Council for the Protection of Rural England, Borough Councillor for Kensington and Chelsea, Governor of the Chelsea School of Art, and lover of art, poetry and books. John Yeoman’s first wife was Antonia Yeoman, née Beryl Antonia Thompson (1907-1970), the Australian-English commercial artist, cartoonist and illustrator who worked under the name "Anton"

Geoffrey Grigson; John Craxton (illustrated): 'The Poet's Eye, Visionary Poems and Passages', London, Frederick Muller Ltd, 1944, 1st edition, 16 full page colour lithograph plates and some black & white illustrations in text by John Craxton as called for, original pictorial cloth, ownership signature of John R.H. Yeoman to FFEP; together with Phoebe Pool; Michael Ayrton (illustrated): 'Poems of Death', L, Frederick Muller Ltd, 1945, 1st edition, 16 full page lithograph plates by Michael Ayrton as called for, these mainly in colour, original pictorial cloth, ownership signature of John R.H. Yeoman to front pastedown, lithograph pictorial dust wrapper by Ayrton (generally VGC, 10/6 net price intact); David Gascoyne; Graham Sutherland (illustrated): 'Poems 1937-1942', London, PL Editions/Nicholson & Watson, 1943, 1st edition, signed & inscribed by Gascoyne [to John Yeoman] on half title "Sincerely Yours, David Gascoyne. May 1967", title page + 5 full page plates by Graham Sutherland as called for (title page loose but present), original cloth backed pictorial paper covered boards by Sutherland. From the estate of John Richard Harding Yeoman (1916-1988), Copy Writer and Director for several Advertising Agencies, Assistant Secretary (Publicity) for the Council for the Protection of Rural England, Borough Councillor for Kensington and Chelsea, Governor of the Chelsea School of Art, and lover of art, poetry and books. John Yeoman’s first wife was Antonia Yeoman, née Beryl Antonia Thompson (1907-1970), the Australian-English commercial artist, cartoonist and illustrator who worked under the name “Anton” (3)

A collection of twelve works of mid 20th Century poetry, several by members of "The Movement", comprising Philip Larkin: 'The Whitsun Weddings', London, Faber & Faber, 1964, 1st edition, original cloth gilt, dust wrapper (12s 6d price intact); Ted Hughes, 2 titles: 'Lupercal', L, Faber & Faber, 1960, 1st edition, printed dedication "To Sylvia [Plath]", original maroon cloth gilt, dust wrapper (12s 6d price intact). First edition of Hughes's second book, one of 2,250 copies printed, 'Season Songs', L, Faber, 1976, 1st edition, orig. cloth, d/w; Thom Gunn, 2 titles: 'My Sad Captains', L, Faber, 1961, 1st edition, orig. cloth gilt, d/w (12s 6d price intact), 'Moly', L, Faber, 1971, 1st edition, orig. cloth gilt (laminated); Elizabeth Jennings: 'A Sense of the World', L, Andre Deutsch, 1958, 1st edition, signed & inscribed by author to FFEP "Elizabeth Jennings. Inscribed on a June evening in London 1960.", orig. cloth gilt, d/w; Kingsley Amis: 'The Evans Country', Fantasy Press, November 1962, 1st edition, part of the Fantasy Poets series, this volume contains 6 poems on Wales which had previously appeared in The Spectator, original printed stapled wraps; Muriel Spark: 'Collected Poems I', L, Macmillan, 1967, 1st edition, original cloth gilt, dust wrapper; Robert Lowell: 'Near the Ocean', L, Faber, 1967, 1st edition, orig. cloth gilt, d/w; Larence Durrell, 2 titles: 'The Ikons and other poems', L, Faber, 1966, 1st edition, orig. cloth gilt, d/w, 'Collected Poems', L, Faber, 1960, 1st edition, orig. cloth gilt, d/w; W.S. Merwin: 'Green with Beasts', L, Rupert Hart-Davis, 1956, 1st edition, orig. paper covered boards, d/w, majority of titles with ownership signature of John R.H. Yeoman to front pastedown. From the estate of John Richard Harding Yeoman (1916-1988), Copy Writer and Director for several Advertising Agencies, Assistant Secretary (Publicity) for the Council for the Protection of Rural England, Borough Councillor for Kensington and Chelsea, Governor of the Chelsea School of Art, and lover of art, poetry and books. John Yeoman’s first wife was Antonia Yeoman, née Beryl Antonia Thompson (1907-1970), the Australian-English commercial artist, cartoonist and illustrator who worked under the name “Anton” (12)

A collection of sixteen titles by Kathleen Raine, poet, critic and William Blake scholar, many of which signed/signed & inscribed by her, including 'Stone and Flower poems 1935-43', London, Editions PL/Nicholson & Watson, 1945 reprint, signed to title page, colour frontis + 3 plates by Barbara Hepworth as called for, original cloth gilt, dust wrapper (worn with part losses), 'A Question of Poetry', Richard Gilbertson, April 1969, limited edition (250), this numbered 32 and one of 100 copies signed by the author to limitation page, further signed & inscribed to John Yeoman verso of FFEP, orig. printed wraps, 'The Lost Country', L, Dolmen Press, 1971, 1st edition, signed & inscribed to John Yeoman on title page, original cloth, dust wrapper, 'The Oval Portrait', L, Enitharmon Press, 1977, signed & inscribed to John Yeoman on half title, orig. cloth, d/w, 'The Hollow Hill', L, Hamish Hamilton, 1965, 1st edition, signed to title page, orig. cloth, d/w, 'On a Deserted Shore', L, Dolmen Press, signed & inscribed to John Yeoman on title page, orig. cloth, d/w, 'The Collected Poems of Kathleen Raine', L, Hamish Hamilton, 1963 reprint, signed & inscribed to John Yeoman, orig. cloth, d/w, 'The Lion's Mouth', L, H.H., 1977, 1st edition, signed to FFEP, orig. cloth, d/w, 'Collected Poems 1935-1980', L, George Allen & Unwin, 1981, 1st edition, signed & inscribed to John Yeoman on title page, orig. cloth, d/w, 'Farewell Happy Fields', L, H.H., 1974, 2nd impression, signed & inscribed to John Yeoman on FFEP, orig. cloth, d/w, 'From Blake to A Vision', Dolmen Press, 1979, 1st edition, signed to half title, orig. pictorial wraps, 'The Inner Journey of the Poet', L, 1982, 1st edition, signed & inscribed to John Yeoman on FFEP, orig. cloth, d/w, 'Blake and the New Age', L, 1979, 1st edition, signed to half title, orig. cloth, d/w, plus 3 others Kathleen Raine, plus Robert Blair: 'The Grave A Poem', Methuen, 1903, new edition, one of 100 copies only, port frontis + 12 etchings by Louis Schiavonetti after William Blake, plus a duplicate of the etched title loosely inserted, orig. quarter cloth, printed paper label to spine. From the estate of John Richard Harding Yeoman (1916-1988), Copy Writer and Director for several Advertising Agencies, Assistant Secretary (Publicity) for the Council for the Protection of Rural England, Borough Councillor for Kensington and Chelsea, Governor of the Chelsea School of Art, and lover of art, poetry and books. John Yeoman’s first wife was Antonia Yeoman, née Beryl Antonia Thompson (1907-1970), the Australian-English commercial artist, cartoonist and illustrator who worked under the name “Anton” (17)

John Crowe Ransom: 'Grace After Meat', Intro. Robert Graves, Leonard & Virginia Woolf at the Hogarth Press, 1924, 1st edition, one of 400 copies, ownership signature of the poet and crime writer Julian Symons to FFEP "Julian Symons, Putney, October 1940", original decorative paper covered boards, printed title label to front cover; Robert Graves: 'Over the Brazier', London, The Poetry Bookshop, 1920, 3rd printing, original cloth backed pictorial paper covered boards, woodcut illustration to front cover by Claud Lovat Fraser, dust wrapper (slightly worn); Edward Thomas: 'Last Poems', London, Selwyn & Blount, 1918, 1st edition, 8pp publishers catalogue of adverts at end dated Autumn 1918, original paper covered boards, remnants of printed paper label to spine. From the estate of John Richard Harding Yeoman (1916-1988), Copy Writer and Director for several Advertising Agencies, Assistant Secretary (Publicity) for the Council for the Protection of Rural England, Borough Councillor for Kensington and Chelsea, Governor of the Chelsea School of Art, and lover of art, poetry and books. John Yeoman’s first wife was Antonia Yeoman, née Beryl Antonia Thompson (1907-1970), the Australian-English commercial artist, cartoonist and illustrator who worked under the name “Anton” (3)

Harold Pinter: 'No Man's Land', London, H. Karnac (Books) Ltd, 1975, 1st edition, signed limited issue, number 5 of 150 copies, numbered and signed by Harold Pinter to limitation page, original red and black cloth lettered in gilt. Pinter's play was first performed at the National Theatre on 23 April 1975 with a cast that included John Gielgud and Ralph Richardson

Dylan Thomas: 'Under Milk Wood', London, J.M. Dent, 1954, 1st edition, ownership signature "John R.H. Yeoman March 1954" to front pastedown, m/s note in his hand verso title page "The name of the town, as written by Dylan Thomas, was Llaregub.", original cloth gilt (generally VGC), dust wrapper (slightly worn, 8s 6d price intact); W.S. Graham: 'The Nightfishing', L, Faber, 1955, 1st edition, tipped in typed page of beginnings of poems by W.S. Graham, this signed & inscribed by Graham at foot "Dear John Yeoman, It's good to believe in good beginnings WS Graham C.W.", the page with typed heading "WS Graham First Lines of poems - 1940.", but with "First Lines" crossed through and amended in pen & ink by Graham to "Beginnings", beneath are nine typed opening stanzas of poems, these ranging from between one and five lines, with manuscript ruled lines between, including "As if in an instant parapets of plantsWould squander the tricks of summerAnd sprout in a madman's enterprise,My leashed pigeon in theatres of hawksCreeps down the bowback rafters to my hair."etc etc, ownership signature of John R.H. Yeoman to front pastedown, orig. cloth gilt, dust wrapper (worn with part losses); George Barker, 3 titles: 'A Vision of Beasts and Gods', L, Faber, 1954, 1st edition, orig. cloth, d/w, 'Collected Poems 1930-1955', L, Faber, 1957, 1st edition, orig. cloth, d/w, 'The View from a Blind I', L, Faber, 1962, 1st edition, orig. cloth, d/w; Vernon Watkins, 3 titles: 'The Death Bell', L, Faber, 1954, orig. cloth gilt, d/w, 'Cypress and Acacia', L, Faber, 1959, 1st edition, orig. cloth, d/w, 'The Breaking of the Wave', Ipswich, Golgonooza Press, 1979, 1st edition, original printed wraps. From the estate of John Richard Harding Yeoman (1916-1988), Copy Writer and Director for several Advertising Agencies, Assistant Secretary (Publicity) for the Council for the Protection of Rural England, Borough Councillor for Kensington and Chelsea, Governor of the Chelsea School of Art, and lover of art, poetry and books. John Yeoman’s first wife was Antonia Yeoman, née Beryl Antonia Thompson (1907-1970), the Australian-English commercial artist, cartoonist and illustrator who worked under the name “Anton” (8)

Ruthven Todd, 4 titles, all signed & inscribed by him to John R.H. Yeoman, comprising: 'Over the Mountain', L, Falcon Press, 1946, new edition, signed & inscribed to FFEP "John with all the best, Ruthven 1967 - 21 years after!", with postcard sized portrait of the author loosely inserted, this signed & inscribed verso "For John & Toni with love from Ruthven Jan 1969", original cloth gilt, dust wrapper, 'The geography of faces', Madrid/Palma de Mallorca, 1965, limited edition (14/50), numbered and signed & inscribed "for John Yeoman from Ruthven 28 de junio de 1966", orig. printed wraps, 'Garland for the Winter Solstice', L, Dent, 1961, 1st edition, signed & inscribed to FFEP "for John & Toni from Ruthven Galilea 28 de junio de 1966", orig. cloth, d/w, 'The Lost Traveller', Grey Walls Press, 1944, 2nd impression, signed & inscribed to title page "for John - Ruthven Todd, Ruthven 1967", frontis by John Craxton, orig. cloth; plus David Gascoyne, 2 titles: 'Collected Poems', OUP, 1966, 1st reprint, signed & inscribed to FFEP "To John Yeoman, Affectionately, David Gascoyne. March 68.", orig. cloth, d/w, 'The Sun at Midnight', L, Enitharmon Press, 1970, 1st edition, signed and inscribed to John Yeoman on FFEP, orig. quarter cloth; plus Geoffrey Grigson: 'A Skull in Salop', 1967, 1st edition, and 'Collected Poems of Norman Cameron', L, Hogarth Press, 1957, 1st edition, each original cloth, dust wrappers. From the estate of John Richard Harding Yeoman (1916-1988), Copy Writer and Director for several Advertising Agencies, Assistant Secretary (Publicity) for the Council for the Protection of Rural England, Borough Councillor for Kensington and Chelsea, Governor of the Chelsea School of Art, and lover of art, poetry and books. John Yeoman’s first wife was Antonia Yeoman, née Beryl Antonia Thompson (1907-1970), the Australian-English commercial artist, cartoonist and illustrator who worked under the name “Anton” (8)

T.S. Eliot, 3 titles: 'East Coker', 1940, 1st edition, 'The Dry Salvages', 1941, 1st edition, 'Little Gidding', 1942, 1st edition, each published London, Faber & Faber, each original printed wraps (East Coker wraps slightly worn and detached but present); W.H. Auden, 6 titles, all published London, Faber & Faber, comprising: 'Spain', 1937, 2nd impression, orig. printed wraps, 'Another Time', 1940, 1st edition, orig. cloth gilt, 'The Age of Anxiety', 1948, 1st edition, orig. cloth gilt, 'Nones', 1952, 1st edition, orig. cloth gilt, 'The Dance of Death', September 1935, reprint (2nd printing overall), orig. cloth gilt, 'Look, Stranger!', 1936, 2nd impression, orig. cloth gilt; Louis MacNeice, 4 titles, all published London, Faber & Faber, comprising: 'Poems', 1935, orig cloth gilt, 'Out of the Picture', 1937, 1st edition, signed & inscribed by the poet Bernard Gutteridge to John Yeoman on FFEP "John Best wishes Bernard 1937", orig. cloth, d/w, 'Plant and Phantom', 1951, 1st edition, orig. cloth gilt, d/w, 'Ten Burnt Offerings', 1952, 1st edition, signed & inscribed by Bernard Gutteridge to John Yeoman on FFEP "John Love from Bernard 14 August '52", orig. cloth. From the estate of John Richard Harding Yeoman (1916-1988), Copy Writer and Director for several Advertising Agencies, Assistant Secretary (Publicity) for the Council for the Protection of Rural England, Borough Councillor for Kensington and Chelsea, Governor of the Chelsea School of Art, and lover of art, poetry and books. John Yeoman’s first wife was Antonia Yeoman, née Beryl Antonia Thompson (1907-1970), the Australian-English commercial artist, cartoonist and illustrator who worked under the name “Anton” (13)

A collection of 28 mainly poetry titles circa mid to late 20th Century, several signed/signed & inscribed, including Cecil Collins: 'In the Solitude of this Land Poems 1940-81', Ipswich, Golgonooza Press, 1981, 1st edition, limited edition (56/100), numbered, pencil signed autolithograph frontis illustration, further signed "Cecil Collins 1984" to verso of frontis, original stitched printed wraps; Christopher Logue: 'Wand and Quadrant', Paris, Collection Merlin, 1953, limited edition, (600), (300), on paier d'arches, Autograph Letter Signed from the author to John Yeoman loosely inserted, orig. printed wraps; Francis Meynell: 'Poems & Pieces 1911 to 1961', L, Nonesuch Press, 1961, ltd edn (274/750), signed & inscribed by the author to John Yeoman on FFEP "John Yeoman's copy Francis Meynell (a comrade-in-words) 14 September 1961", orig. cloth gilt, d/w; John Heath-Stubs: 'A Charm against the Toothache',L, 1954, 1st edition, signed on FFEP, orig. cloth, d/w; Maureen Duffy: 'The Venus Touch', L, Weidenfeld, 1971, limited edition (237/500), numbered and signed by author, ills. reproduced from drawings by Egon Schiele and Gustav Klimt, orig. pictorial cloth gilt, glassine d/w; [Edward Gathorne-Hardy]: 'Inadvertencies', The Mill House Press, 1963, limited edition (173/200), orig. printed wraps; Gavin Ewart: 'Throwaway Lines', Keepsake Press, 1964, limited edition (36/200), signed and numbered, linocut ills. by Warwick Hutton, orig. wraps; Thea Holme: 'The Carlyles at Home', illustrated Lynton Lamb, 1965, 2nd printing, signed & inscribed to FFEP, orig. cloth, d/w; plus 20 others including A.S.J. Tessimond, Craig Raine, George Crabbe 'Peter Grimes', 1984, signed by publisher/illustrator James Dodds, Peter Johnson, J.A.B. Harrisson, Angela Carter 'Black Venus's Tale', 1980, 1st, signed, woodcuts by Philip Sutton, etc, several others signed. From the estate of John Richard Harding Yeoman (1916-1988), Copy Writer and Director for several Advertising Agencies, Assistant Secretary (Publicity) for the Council for the Protection of Rural England, Borough Councillor for Kensington and Chelsea, Governor of the Chelsea School of Art, and lover of art, poetry and books. John Yeoman’s first wife was Antonia Yeoman, née Beryl Antonia Thompson (1907-1970), the Australian-English commercial artist, cartoonist and illustrator who worked under the name “Anton” (28)

A collection of 80+ mainly works of poetry, plays, etc, some signed, including George Macbeth: 'The Screens', L, Turret Books, 1967, limited edition, number 83 of 300 copies in total, one of the first 100 copies numbered & signed by George Macbeth, six folding illustrated printed leaves, all housed loose in original portfolio as issued; Keith Harrison: 'Two Variations on a Ground', L, Turret Books, 1967, limited edition, number 31 of 150 copies in total, one of the first 50 copies numbered & signed by Harrison, orig. printed wraps; Peter Reading: 'Shitheads', L, Squirrelprick Press, 1989, limited edition (166/200), signed by the author and the publisher Michael Caine to limitation page, orig. pictorial printed wraps; Edward Lucie-Smith: 'Egyptian Ode', Daedalus Press, 1969, limited edition (197/226), signed & numbered to limitation page, further signed & inscribed to title page to Juliet Standing of Daedalus Press, orig. printed wraps; Edward Lowbury: 'Goldrush', The Celandine Press, 1983, limited edition (120/200), signed, orig. marbled paper wraps; Tony Harrison: 'Palladas: Poems', Anvil Press, 1975, 1st edition, signed, orig. wraps; Jeremy Hilton: 'To Poach River Country', 1977, limited edition, one of 25 copies only signed by author and three illustrators, this copy numbered 6, orig. printed wraps, ALS loosely inserted; Edgell Rickword: 'Collected Poems', L, Bodley Head, 1947, 1st edition, signed by author to FFEP, orig. cloth, d/w; Padriec Suemus O'Sullivan: 'Weep Not My Children', [1959], signed and inscribed to inside front cover, 17pp, original pictorial printed wraps; John Brandi: 'Poem Afternoon in a Square of Gudalajara', 1970, (300), orig. stitched wraps; Adrian Mitchell: 'Out Loud', Cape Goliard Press, 1969, 2nd edition, signed & inscribed and with pen & ink sketch to title page, orig. wraps; Hermon Ould: 'Time's Nemesis', Tring, The Porch, 1942, signed & inscribed, orig. wraps; Allen Ginsberg: 'T.V. Baby Poem', Beach Books in association with City Lights, 1968, orig. printed wraps; Phil Baines, David Blamey et al: 'bound image', 1988, limited edition (1010/2000), litho. ills. throughout, orig. pictorial wraps; John Wain: 'In the Beginning', 1979, limited edition (44/50), signed, linocut by Brenda Stones, orig. marbled paper wraps; plus others Turret Books, Bill Butler, Seamus Heaney, Samuel Beckett, Paul Gogarty, Barry MacSweeney, Christopher Logue, T.S. Eliot 'Little Gidding', Faber, 1942, 1st edition, orig. printed wraps, Unicorn Press, Crabgrass Press, Anvil Press, Grosseteste Press, Rivelin Press, The Ferry Press, Galloping Dog Press, Mandeville Press, John Welch, etc etc (800+)

A collection of 22 mainly poetry volumes from the early to mid 20th Century, including D.S. Savage: 'The Autumn World', London, The Fortune Press, [1939], 1st edition, signed & inscribed by the author to the poet & crime writer Julian Symons verso FFEP, original cloth gilt; Andrew Young: 'Speak to the Earth', L, Cape, 1939, 1st edition, signed to FFEP, orig. cloth; W.J. Turner: 'Pursuit of Psyche', L, Wishart, 1931, 1st edition, publishers compliment/review slip loosley inserted, orig. cloth, d/w (worn); Duff Cooper: 'Translations and Verses', L, The Dropmore Press, 1949, limited edition (421/600), orig. cloth, d/w (slightly worn); D.H. Lawrence: 'The Collected Poems of D.H. Lawrence. Volume One Rhyming Poems. Volume Two Unrhyming Poems', L, Martin Secker, September 1929, 2nd printing, 2 volumes, uniform original cloth gilt; C.H. Lay: 'In and Out', L, The Swan Press, 1930, 1st edition, orig. quarter vellum, dust wrapper, collection of 36 poems by the Suffolk poet; Bernard Gutteridge: 'Traveller's Eye. Poems', L, 1947, 1st edition, signed & inscribed by the author to John Yeoman on FFEP "John Yeoman with my love Bernard. West Knoyle '34 to Chelsea '47", orig. cloth gilt; Archibald MacLeish: 'Poems', L, 1935, 1st edition, ownership signature of Bernard Gutteridge at head of FFEP, with later inscription to John Yeoman beneath from Gutteridge, orig. cloth; 'The Chapbook A Miscellany (No.39) 1924', Poetry Bookshop, 1924, illustrations by Edward McKnight Kauffer and Terence Prentis, original pictorial paper covered boards (lacks backstrip); WIllem van Doorn: 'Of the Tribe of Homer', Amsterdam, 1932, signed and inscribed by author to John Yeoman on half title and with two Autograph Letters Signed by van Doorn to Yeoman loosely inserted, orig. wraps; T.R. Henn: 'The Lonely Tower. Studies on the Poetry of W.B. Yeats', L, Methuen, 1950, 1st edition, Typed Letter Signed by author to John Yeoman loosely inserted, orig. cloth, d/w (worn with losses); James Laver: 'Whistler', 1930, 1st edition, signed & inscribed to John Yeoman, orig. cloth gilt; plus 9 others. From the estate of John Richard Harding Yeoman (1916-1988), Copy Writer and Director for several Advertising Agencies, Assistant Secretary (Publicity) for the Council for the Protection of Rural England, Borough Councillor for Kensington and Chelsea, Governor of the Chelsea School of Art, and lover of art, poetry and books. John Yeoman’s first wife was Antonia Yeoman, née Beryl Antonia Thompson (1907-1970), the Australian-English commercial artist, cartoonist and illustrator who worked under the name “Anton” (22)

A collection of 50 circa mid 20th Century works of poetry, mainly 1st editions, including Patrick Kavanagh: 'The Great Hunger', London, Macgibbon & Kee, 1966, orig. printed wraps, plus 1 other Patrick Kavanagh; Jon Silkin: 'The Peaceable Kingdom', L, C & W, 1954, 1st edition, orig. cloth, d/w; George Seferis: 'The King of Asine', L, John Lehmann, 1948, 1st edition, orig. cloth, d/w (with part loss); William Empson: 'The Gathering Storm', Faber, 1940, 1st edition, orig. cloth gilt. Scarce; Richard Murphy: 'Sailing to an Island', Faber, 1963, 3rd impression, signed & inscribed by author to John Yeoman, orig. cloth, d/w; William McLeod Rivera: 'The End of Legend's String', Views Associates, 1960, signed and inscribed to John Yeoman on FFEP and with TLS to him loosely inserted, original quarter cloth gilt; plus others Cecila Day Lewis (2), R.S. Thomas (2), Edwin Muir (3), Charles Causley (2); Roy Fuller (4), John Fuller (2), Edward Thomas, Dannie Abse, Julian Symons, W.R. Rodgers, Keidrych Rhys etc etc. From the estate of John Richard Harding Yeoman (1916-1988), Copy Writer and Director for several Advertising Agencies, Assistant Secretary (Publicity) for the Council for the Protection of Rural England, Borough Councillor for Kensington and Chelsea, Governor of the Chelsea School of Art, and lover of art, poetry and books. John Yeoman’s first wife was Antonia Yeoman, née Beryl Antonia Thompson (1907-1970), the Australian-English commercial artist, cartoonist and illustrator who worked under the name “Anton” (50)

(Pre-Raphaelite), Florence Harrison (illustrated); William Morris: 'Early Poems of William Morris', London, Blackie, 1914, 16 tissue guarded tipped in coloured plates + 12 black & white plates by Harrison as called for, 4to, original decorative cloth gilt (slightly worn), top edge gilt; 'The Poems of Dante Gabriel Rossetti, with illustrations from his own pictures and designs', edited W.M. Rossetti, London, Ellis & Elvey, 1904, 2 volumes, 20 tissue guarded plates as called for, orig. quarter japanese vellum over blue cloth gilt; Ernest Rhys: 'Sir Frederic Leighton, Bart., P.R.A. An illustrated chronicle by Ernest Rhys, with prefatory essay by F.G. Stephens', L, George Bell, 1895, 1st edition, 15 photogravure plates + numerous other plates & ills. throughout as called for, large 4to, rebound cloth with title part of original cloth gilt affixed to front cover; Ernest Richard Hughes (illustrated); Straparola, Giovanni Francesco: 'The Nights of Straparola. Now first translated into English by W.G. Waters. Illustrated by E.R. Hughes. F.P.', L, Lawrence & Bullen, 1894, limited edition, this being number 10 of 210 copies printed on Japanese Vellum only, 2 volumes, 20 plates as called for, rebound cloth gilt; plus a 19th Century edition of Tennyson's Poems, illustrated by Millais and others, and 2 others William Blake (9)

A.A. Milne: 'When We Were Very Young', illustrated E.H. Shepard, London, Methuen, December 1924, 3rd edition, original pictorial cloth gilt (gilt bright, VGC), top edge gilt, dust wrapper (a few nicks and small closed tears, spine a little toned/sunned, else generally a generally VGC wrapper, and identical to the first edition dust wrapper in every way, rear inside flap does not state "3rd edition" as some other copies appear to)

Tennessee Williams: 'Baby Doll', London, Secker & Warburg, 1957, 1st edition; Christopher Isherwood: 'Down There on a Visit', L, Methuen, 1962, 1st edition; Brigid Brophy: 'Hackenfeller's Ape', ill. Asgeir Scott, L, Rupert Hart-Davis, 1953, 1st edition; Louis-Ferdinand Celine: 'North', L, The Bodley Head, 1972, 1st UK edition; Margaret Drabble: 'The Millstone', ill. Quentin Blake, L, Weidenfeld & Nicholson, [1965], 1st edition; Alexander Solzhenitsyn: 'The First Circle', L, Collins & Harvill, 1968, 1st UK edition, all original cloth, all in dust wrappers (6)

Kazuo Ishiguro, 3 titles: 'The Unconsoled', London, Faber & Faber, 1995, 1st edition, original cloth, dust wrapper, 'When We Were Orphans', L, Faber, 2000, 1st edition, orig. cloth, dust wrapper, 'The Remains of the Day', L, 1993, first film tie in paperback edition, orig. pictorial wraps (3)

Patrick Leigh Fermor: 'A Time to Keep Silence', London, John Murray, 1957, 1st edition, black & white chapter heading illustrations by John Craxton, 8 full page illustrations from photos, original cloth gilt, dust wrapper (by Peter Todd Mitchell). First edition of the author's third book, detailing his introspective experiences in some of Europe's oldest and most venerable monasteries.

Patrick Leigh Fermor: 'Between the Woods and the Water', London, John Murray, 1986, 1st edition, 1st impression, double page map, original cloth gilt, pictorial dust wrapper by John Craxton (a VGC+ internal and external copy, d/w with £13.95 price intact), together with 'A Time of Gifts', L, John Murray, 1987, 7th printing, and a 1986 3rd impression of 'Between the Woods and the Water', both orig. cloth gilt, both in pictorial dust wrappers by John Craxton. The first two books in Fermor's celebrated travel trilogy that recounts his walk from the Hook of Holland to Constantinople, both works are well known for their "blend of youthful joie de vivre, [and] erudition that enlightened the reader about the historical background of middle Europe" (ODNB). (3)