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Lot 1423

A 1973 First Edition of 'Charlie and The Great Glass Elevator'.

Lot 75

A J K Rowling Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows First Edition

Lot 441

'The World's Greatest Racing Cars'- Franklin MintWooden box with three drawers, containing 75 silver ingots of the most famous racing cars in a satin finish on a shiny background, with a bilingual description (English/French) on the back. Franklin Mint edition. It is accompanied by a booklet describing the cars, dated 1977. Signed by Prince Metternich, President of the F.I.A. An engraved metal plate attests that this is a limited first edition. 46 x 31 cm.Coffret en ébénisterie présentant sur trois tiroirs 75 lingots d'argent des plus célèbre voitures de course en satinées en relief sur fond brillant avec sa description bilingue ( Anglais/Français) au verso. Edition Franklin Mint. Il est accompagné de son livret descriptif des voitures et daté de 1977. Signé par le prince Metternich, président de la F.I.A. Une plaque en métal gravée atteste qu'il s'agit bien de la première édition limité. 46 x 31 cm. 46 x 31 cmFor further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com

Lot 120

ROSS (JAMES CLARK)A Voyage of Discovery and Research in the Southern and Antarctic Regions During the Years 1839-43, 2 vol., FIRST EDITION, 8 tinted lithographed plates (one folding, with short tear), 8 engraved maps (3 folding), text illustrations, some spotting (occasionally heavy to maps), without advertisements, publisher's pictorial cloth gilt, spines faded with wear to extremities [Abbey Travel 610; Conrad, p.61; Ferguson 4636; Hill 1487; Sabin 73367], 8vo, John Murray, 1847Footnotes:'One of the most important works in the history of Antarctic exploration' (Hill). James Ross led this expedition for the purpose of Antarctic discovery and magnetic surveys, during which he circumnavigated the Antarctic continent, discovering the Ross Sea, Ross Island, the Ross Shelf Ice, Victoria Land, Erebus and Terror Gulf, and attempted to enter the Weddell Sea.Provenance: John Cookson Jun., 1850, with Meldon Park bookplate.This lot is subject to the following lot symbols: •• Zero rated for VAT, no VAT will be added to the Hammer Price or the Buyer's Premium.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com

Lot 121

MACGILLIVRAY (JOHN)Narrative of the Voyage of H.M.S. Rattlesnake, 2 vol., FIRST EDITION, 13 lithographed plates, one folding map with a small tear, woodcut illustrations throughout, with publisher's advertisements, spotting mostly to plates and to first and last leaves of both volumes, publisher's dark blue cloth, spines faded, hinges soft, some wear to covers, corners bumped, 8vo, T.W. Boone, 1852 (2)Footnotes:Provenance: Meldon Park, bookplate.This lot is subject to the following lot symbols: •• Zero rated for VAT, no VAT will be added to the Hammer Price or the Buyer's Premium.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com

Lot 123

BEWICK (THOMAS)Gleanings: edited by Julia Boyd, being impressions from copper plates and wood blocks engraved in the Bewick workshop, LIMITED EDITION, 214 of 250 copies signed by Julia Boyd, engraved frontispiece, 53 engraved plates, numerous woodcut illustrations throughout, printed in red and black, some spotting to first few leaves and fore-edges, t.e.g., dark-green morocco gilt, some wear, large paper copy (280 x 210mm.), Newcastle, Andrew Reid, 1886; A General History of Quadrupeds, fifth edition, woodcut illustrations throughout, some spotting, dark-blue morocco gilt, g.e., rubbed, 8vo, Newcastle, S. Hodgson, 1807--ROBINSON (ROBERT) Thomas Bewick, His Life and Times, engraved frontispiece, plates and illustrations throughout, some light spotting, publisher's green cloth, minor wear, 4to, Newcastle, for R. Robinson, 1847; and one other (4)Footnotes:Provenance: Meldon Park, bookplates.This lot is subject to the following lot symbols: •• Zero rated for VAT, no VAT will be added to the Hammer Price or the Buyer's Premium.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com

Lot 124

SCARLETT (PETER CAMPBELL)South America and the Pacific, FIRST EDITION, 2 vol., 2 lithographed frontispieces and 3 lithographed plates, 4 engraved folding maps, folding letterpress table, spotting and occasional offsetting, hinges starting, half calf gilt, minor wear, 8vo, Henry Colburn, 1838--MUNDY (GODFREY CHARLES) Pen and Pencil Sketches, being the Journal of a Tour in India, 2 vol., 2 engraved frontispieces plus 14 plates, one folding engraved map with routes supplied in red and blue, woodcut illustrations in the text, spotting and offsetting throughout, half calf gilt, spines sunned, 8vo, John Murray, 1832-- LEWIS (MATTHEW GREGORY) Journal of a West India Proprietor, kept during a residence in the Island of Jamaica, 2 vol., FIRST EDITION, with half-title, half-calf gilt, minor wear, spines sunned, 8vo, John Murray, 1834; and 4 others (10)Footnotes:Provenance: Meldon Park, bookplates.This lot is subject to the following lot symbols: •• Zero rated for VAT, no VAT will be added to the Hammer Price or the Buyer's Premium.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com

Lot 125

BURNES (ALEXANDER)Travels into Bokhara; Being the Account of a Journey from India to Cabool, Tartary, and Persia, 3 vol., FIRST EDITION, half-titles, 8 engraved or lithographed plates (one folding, some spotting and foxing), nineteenth century maroon half calf, gilt morocco spine labels (lacking 2 number labels), worn, 8vo, John Murray, 1834This lot is subject to the following lot symbols: •• Zero rated for VAT, no VAT will be added to the Hammer Price or the Buyer's Premium.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com

Lot 126

BOYDELL (JOHN AND JOSIAH)An History of the River Thames, 2 vol., FIRST EDITION, later issue (without engraved titles and dedication), 76 hand-coloured aquatint plates within grey wash borders (3 double-page on 2 sheets joined) by J.C. Stadler after J. Farington, 2 folding engraved maps ('The Course of the River Thames, from it's Source... by John Cooke of Hendon'), one engraved plate facing title, first few leaves of vol. 2 detached, occasional spotting and light offsetting, contemporary straight grained red morocco gilt, g.e., rubbed [Abbey Scenery 432; Tooley 102], folio, W. Bulmer & Co., for John and Josiah Boydell, 1794-1796Footnotes:Provenance: Meldon Park, bookplates.This lot is subject to the following lot symbols: •• Zero rated for VAT, no VAT will be added to the Hammer Price or the Buyer's Premium.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com

Lot 129

SURTEES (ROBERT)The History and Antiquities of the County Palatine of Durham; compiled from the original records, preserved in public repositories and private collections, 4 vol., FIRST EDITION, engraved plates and portraits, occasional foxing, contemporary half calf, spines gilt with black morocco labels, Nichols, Son and Bentley, 1816-1840--RAINE (JAMS) North Durham, in 2 original parts (as issued?), map and engraved plates (a couple damp-stained), publisher's printed cloth-backed wrappers, worn and stained, spines defective, one corner chipped, J.B. Nichols, 1830, folio (6)This lot is subject to the following lot symbols: •• Zero rated for VAT, no VAT will be added to the Hammer Price or the Buyer's Premium.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com

Lot 131

BRAND (JOHN)The History and Antiquities of the Town and County of the Town of Newcastle Upon Tyne, 2 vol., FIRST EDITION, engraved titles, engraved portrait frontispiece, engraved plates (some folding), offsetting and spotting, half calf gilt, spines faded, hinges starting, cover of vol. 2 nearly detached, 4to, B. White & Son, 1789; and 4 others (6)This lot is subject to the following lot symbols: •• Zero rated for VAT, no VAT will be added to the Hammer Price or the Buyer's Premium.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com

Lot 134

PROUT (SAMUEL)Facsimiles of Sketches Made in Flanders and Germany, FIRST EDITION, lithographed title and dedication plus 50 lithographed plates, some spotting mostly to first and final leaves, green half morocco gilt, rubbed, Hullmandel, [c.1830]--HAGHE (LOUIS) Sketches in Belgium and Germany, Second Series, lithographed title and 25 lithographed plates, title and some plates loose, spotting and offsetting, quarter calf gilt, worn, folio, Henry Graves, 1845 (2)This lot is subject to the following lot symbols: •• Zero rated for VAT, no VAT will be added to the Hammer Price or the Buyer's Premium.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com

Lot 135

PROUT (SAMUEL)Sketches in France, Switzerland and Italy, FIRST EDITION, 25 lithographed plates (including title-page), some with later hand-colouring, spotting throughout, contemporary half-green morocco, gilt, losses to spine, wear to covers, corners bumped [Abbey, Travel 34], folio, Hodgson & Graves, [1839]This lot is subject to the following lot symbols: •• Zero rated for VAT, no VAT will be added to the Hammer Price or the Buyer's Premium.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com

Lot 193

BOOKER PRIZE INTEREST - HOLLINGHURST, Alan, 'The Line of Beauty', 1st edition in at least VG/VG condition. D/J protected; SIGNED by the author without dedication. There is a gift inscription to 'Mummy'. Picador 2004. True 1st with complete number line. Booker Prize Winner (no mention of prize). 'Signed First Edition' band to jacket is present. Comes with SWIFT, G., 'Last Orders', 1996, Picador (1996 Booker Prize winner). A later printing but also signed without dedication by the author.

Lot 166

Danbury Mint Betty Boop pair of porcelain limited edition figurines, by sculptor Syd Hap: (1) Red Hot Betty is a Red Hat Lady! porcelain figurine, officially licensed, first in the series, with certificate, box, outer trade carton, 15"/38cm; (2) Over Fifty and Fabulous... Red Hat Society Betty! porcelain figurine, officially licensed, with certificate, box, outer trade carton; Near Mint to Mint; (2).

Lot 54

Pugilistica interest - the first album contains black and white photocards, promotional z-cards of boxers including Midget Wolgart (1930-35), Al Sugar, Ben Jeby, Micky Walker, Louis 'Kid' Kaplan, Jackie Jurich, Terry McGovern, Lon Salica, Johnny Jadick, Battling Levinsky, Ceferino Garcia George Chip, Mike o'Dowd, Mysterious Billy Smith, Sammy Mandel, Sid Smith, Vince Dundee, Billy Papke. Approx. 110 postcards of various world-wide boxers; some with dedications and some signed including Hal Bagwell 1948, dedication from Joe Bugner 1970, Jack Bodell, Jim Watt, Terry Downes, Harry Legge 1951, together with some promotional cards, ticket stubs and tickets, limited edition Mohammed Ali 'Sting Like a Bee' commemorative stamps and personal signed photo of Tommy Cooper and Lena Horne. The second album contains primarily cut-outs of boxing champions of the early 20th century. 

Lot 10

Kay Nielson Illustrations. 'Fairy Tales by Hans Anderson'. First edition, original green silk cloth with gilt embossed decorations, rubbed, staining to spine panel and extremities, twelve plates complete, sporadic light spotting, Hodder and Stoughton, London, circa 1924.

Lot 103

JOSEPH HELLER. GOD KNOWS By Joseph Heller (1984) Jonathan Cape First edition Price clipped. Some spotting to edges else VG copy and CLOSING TIME (1994) Simon & Schuster (2)

Lot 105

TED HUGHES MEET MY FOLKS By Ted Hughes (1961) Faber and Faber. First edition. VG copy in price clipped dust jacket. Contents clean. Inkstamps to end paper and on cover. Together with WODWO (1967) Faber and Faber. First edition. Dust wrapper toned. Contents clean. Not price clipped. (2)

Lot 106

JESSE JAMESON. SEAN WRIGHT : THE TWISTED ROOT OF JAARFINDOR By Sean Wright (2004) First edition Fine copy. Signed and dated 27/10/2004 by author. Together with the first four books of the Jesse Jameson Alpha to Omega series. All Published by Crowswing Books. Limited edition all signed and dated. Fine copies. None price clipped in protective covers (5)

Lot 107

Six illustrated works. GERALD GOULD and WILL DYSON. 'Lady Adela,' first edition, nibbles and loss to original pictorial boards, Cecil Palmer, London, 1920; F. CARRUTHERS GOULD Illustrations. 'Great Men,' by Harold Begbie, cloth backed original boards, textblock loose from binding, colour plates, blind stamp to titlepage, Grant Richards, London, 1901; Political Caricatures 1904,' large oblong with original cloth, Edward Arnold, London, 1904; With three illustrated works published by Mills & Boon. (6)

Lot 11

Harry Clarke Illustrations. 'The Fairy Tales of Perrault'. First edition, staining to original original cloth as is the norm, spotting to half title and front first leaves, coloure frontis, plate missing facing p104, scarce, George G. Harrap, London, August 1922.

Lot 120

EOIN O'BRIEN. THE BECKETT COUNTRY. SAMUEL BECKETT’S IRELAND By Eoin O’Brien (1986) Black Cat Press. Hardback. Photography by David H Davison. Foreward by Prof James Knowlson. First edition. Fine copy. Scholarly book scarce as hardback. (1)

Lot 121

PETER CAREY THE FAT MAN IN HISTORY By Peter Carey (1980) Faber and Faber. Signed first edition. Together with BLISS (1981) First edition. Small ink scribble on inside page else both fine copies in fine dust jackets. Author’s first two novels Together with ILLYWHACKER By Peter Carey (1985) and THEFT. A LOVE STORY (2006) Both first editions. Together with OSCAR AND LUCINDA (1988) and 30 DAYS IN SYDNEY (2001) Reprints. All published by Faber and Faber (6)

Lot 124

BERYL BAINBRIDGE ANOTHER PART OF THE WOOD By Beryl Bainbridge (1968) Hutchinson. First edition. Together with ENGLISH JOURNEY (1984), FILTHY LUCRE (1986), FOREVER ENGLAND (1987), THE BIRTHDAY BOYS (1991) and THE BOTTLE FACTORY OUTING (1974) and INJURY TIME (1977) Price clipped and WINTER GARDEN (1980) and MASTER GEORGIE (1998), All published by Duckworth. All First editions. Together with ACCORDING TO QUEENEY (2001) Little, Brown and Company. Reprint (10)

Lot 126

THOMAS PYNCHON VINELAND By Thomas Pynchon (1990) Secker and Warburg together with another copy (1990) 1st US edition published by Little, Brown and Company and MASON & DIXON (1997) Jonathan Cape. First editions Not price clipped (3)

Lot 128

JOHN FOWLES. DANIEL MARTIN By John Fowles (1977) First edition. Together with MANTISSA (1982) and WORMHOLES (1998). All published by Jonathan Cape. (3)

Lot 130

Walter De La Mare. Six works. 'Ding Dong Bell,' first edition, original cloth, unclipped dj, Selwyn & Blount, London, 1924; 'Songs of Childhood,' large paper edition, origijal cloth, plates and frontis, Longmens, Green and Co, London, 1923; 'Stuff and Nonsense and So On,' first edition, original cloth, some spotting, Constable and Co, 1927; With three other works. (6)

Lot 131

Lord Dunsany (Edward Plunkett). Three first editions. 'Time and the Gods,' first edition, cloth backed boards, turned corners and tears to cloth, some light spotting, plates by Sidney H. Sime, William Heinemann, London, 1906; 'The Gods of Pegana,' first edition, cloth backed boards, tide mark to fronts, cracked inner joint, plates by Sidney H. Sime, Elkin Mathews, London, 1905; 'The Sword of Welleran,' first edition, staining to original cloth, spotting throughout, illustrations by S. H. Sime, George Allen & Sons, London, 1908. (3)

Lot 132

Wilfrid Noyce. Three works. 'South Col,' first edition, original cloth, vibrant clipped dj, lacks frontis, some spotting, William Heinemann, 1954; 'To the Unknown Mountain,' original cloth, repair to unclipped dj, The Travel Book Club, 1963; 'The Gods Are Angry,' first edition, original cloth, clipped dj, Heinemann, London, 1957. (3)

Lot 137

James Thurber Illustrations. Seven works. 'The Thurber Carnival,' original pictorial cloth, spotting to edge of textblock, booksellor label 'Preece & MacKenzie of Southern Rhodesia', Hamis Hamilton, 1947; 'The Beast in Me and Other Animals,' first edition, staining to original cloth, Hamish Hamilton, 1949; With five other works. (7)

Lot 142

JILLY COOPER. JOLLY SUPER By Jilly Cooper (1971) First edition. Together with CLASS (1979) First edition with signed inscription. Both published by Methuen & Co. Fine copies not price clipped. (2)

Lot 143

MILAN KUNDERA THE FAREWELL PARTY By Milan Kundera (1977) John Murray. First edition. Fine copy (1)

Lot 145

TASH AW - SIGNED THE HARMONY SILK FACTORY By Tash Aw. (2005) Fourth estate. Signed first edition (1)

Lot 146

WILLIAM BURROUGHS NOVA EXPRESS By William Burroughs (1966) Jonathan Cape. Not price clipped. Water stain to top edge. First edition (1)

Lot 148

Nineteen illustrated books of Nonsense and other juvenile works. 'Nonsense for Somebody Anybody or Everybody Particularly the Baby-Body,' original pictorial cloth, illustrated throughout, rebacked, owner ink inscription to free endpaper, toning throughout, Gardner, Darton & Co, London, 1902 (?); 'The Book of Limericks,' by Taurus and Orion, first folio edition, original pictorial boards, cracked inner joints, Daily Express, London, 1916; 'A Nobody's Scrap Book. Nobody & Somebody,' original pictorial boards, remnants of dj loosley inserted, toning throughout, illustrations, Wells, Gardener, Darton & Co, London, 1902; With sixteen other juvenile illustrated works. (19)

Lot 155

George Cruikshank Illustrations. '1851: Or, The Adventures of Mr and Mrs Sandboys and Family Who Came Up to London....,' first edition, early issue, with p63 misnumbered as p65, eight parts bound as one, half polished calf with marbled boards by Riviere, loss to top of spine panel, ex libris label to pastedown, frontis and one other plate backed onto linen, David Bogue, London, [1851].

Lot 157

George Cruikshank Illustrations. 'The Queen's Matrimonial Ladder'. A rare survivor, thirty-first edition, leaves are loose and debound, nibbles and toning, William Hone, London, 1820.

Lot 159

Jean De Brunhoff Illustrations. Five works. 'Babar's Travels', second English edition, splitting to inner joint, Methuen & Co, 1936; 'Babar and Father Christmas,' first English edition, rebacked, Methuen & Co, 1940; 'Barbar at Home,' second English edition, rebacked, some light spotting, Methuen & Co, 1939; 'Babar the King,' second English edition, textblock loose from spine, spotting, Methuen & Co, 1937; 'Zephir's Holidays,' rubbing to edge of boards, toning to edges of leaves, Random House, New York, 1937. (5)

Lot 16

Stephen F. Geoffroy (1672-1731). 'A Treatise of the Fossil, Vegetable, and Animal Substances, That are made Use of in Physick...,' translated from manuscript copy of the authors lectures in paris by G. Douglas, first English edition, modern full calf, scarce, XXIV, 387pp, (13), W. Innys and R. Manby, London, 1736.

Lot 167

JOHN BANVILLE. ANCIENT LIGHT By John Banville (2012) Viking. Signed first edition. Together with ECLIPSE (2000) Picador. First edition VG copies (2)

Lot 176

MARGARET FORSTER THE SEDUCTION OF MRS PENDLEBURY By Margaret Forster (1974). Together with THE BRIDE OF LOWTHER FELL (1980) Secker & Warburg and PRIVATE PAPERS (1986), HAVE THE MEN HAD ENOUGH? (1989), THE BATTLE FOR CHRISTABEL (1991) Signed first edition. Price clipped and DAPHNE DU MAURIER (1993) First US edition. Together with MOTHER’S BOYS (1994), RICH DESSERTS & CAPTAIN’S THIN (1997), THE MEMORY BOX (1999), GOOD WIVES MARY FANNY JEANNIE AND ME (2001), DIARY OF AN ORDINARY WOMAN (2003) IS THERE ANYTHING YOU WANT (2005) Not price clipped. Together with HIDDEN LIVES (1995) and KEEPING THE WORLD AWAY (2006) All by Margaret Forster. Most first editions. Good run (14)

Lot 177

Nineteen diverse works VICTOR CANNING. 'His Bones are Coral,' first edition, original cloth and dj, Hodder & Stoughton, 1955; JAMES HADLEY CHASE. 'A Coffin from Hong Kong,' first edition, original cloth and dj, The Thriller Book Club, 1962; J.M BARRIE. 'Peter Pan & Wendy,' origianl cloth, some damage to dj, Hodder & Stoughton; FRANK CHARLESTON. 'Smugglers Luck,' original cloth, clipped dj, Blackie & Son; AUDIE MURPHY. 'To Hell and Back,' original cloth, clipped dj, Hammond Hammond Company, 1956 (19).Audie Murphy. 'To Hell and Back,' tape repairs to clipped dj, signs of mould to original cloth, ink inscription to free endpaper, reprint, 1956.Victor Canning. 'Castle Minerva,' tape repairs to unclipped dj, worm trail to rear board of original cloth and dj, spotting to edge of texblock, first edition, 1955'The Limbo Line,' tape reapairs to unclipped dj, vg original cloth, some spotting to endpapers and edge of texblock, firstedition, 1963.James Hadley Chase. 'Shock Treatment,' tape repairs to clipped dj, signs of mould to original cloth, spotting to endpapers and edge of textblock, first edition, 1959'The Guilty and Afraid,' tape repairs to unclipped dj, some light staining to spine panel cloth, toning to leaves up to p96, The Thrilller Book Club.'What's Better Than Money,' nibbles to edges and folds of unclipped dj, spotting to edge of textblock, The Thrilller Book Club edition.

Lot 180

Twenty diverse works. S.L BENSUSAN. 'My Woodland Friends,' original cloth, clipped dj, illustrations, first edition, Blandford Press, 1947; LESLIE PAUL. 'Heron Lake a Norfolk Year,' first edition, origianl cloth and dj, illustrations, The Batchworth Press, 1948; GEOFFREY MOORHOUSE. 'The Fearfull Void,' origianl cloth and dj, Hodder & Stoughton, 1975; LOWELL THOMAS. 'With Lawrence in Arabia,' original cloth and dj, Hutchinson & Co London; Twenty one books in total, good condition. (20)

Lot 181

Twenty-five 20th century popular crime novels. MICKY SPILLANE, 'Vengance is Mine,' original dj and cloth, some spotting, Morrison & Gibb Ltd, London, 1953; VICTOR CANNING. 'The Dragon Tree,' first edition, original dj and cloth, Hodder & Stoughton London, 1958; ERLE STANLEY GARDNER, 'Perry Mason in the case of the Grinning Gorillla,' original dj and cloth, The Windmill Press Ltd, Surrey, 1960; MANNING O'BRINE, 'Dagger Before Me,' original dj and cloth, n.d; Hammmod Hammond, twenty one other pulp crime fiction in very good condition. (25)

Lot 182

Sixteen works on travel. NINA MURDOCH. 'Vagrant in Summer: Holiday Memories of Nine European Towns,' first edition, original cloth, illustrations and frontis, spotting throughout, George G. Harrap & Co, London, 1937; 'Trolean June: A Summer Holiday in Austrian Tyrol,' first edition, original cloth, illustrations and frontis, George G Harrop & Co, London, 1936; WALLY HERBERT. 'Across the Top of The World, The British Trans-Artic Expedition,' origianl cloth, clipped dj, Illustrations, first edition, Longmans Group Ltd, London, 1969; ARTHUR SCHOLES. 'Seventh Continent,' original cloth and dj, illustrations, The Travel Book Club, London, 1954; With twelve other travel related works. (16)

Lot 184

Thirteen mid 20th century works. TO THE DEVIL-A DAUGHTER By Dennis Wheatley (1954) Together with AFTER THE FUNERAL By Agatha Christie (1954) and SECOND HARVEST, THE MORNING WILL COME and THE HEART OF THE HOUSE By Naomi Jacob. Together with BATH TANGLE By Georgette Heyer and THE TUMBLED HOUSE By Winston Graham (1959) Hodder and Stoughton and WARLEGGAN (1953) Ward, Lock & Co and five others (13)'The Crual Sea', is published by The Book Club and is not a first edition.

Lot 190

Travel and fiction from early to mid-century. BEVERLY NICHOLS. 'No Place Like Home,' original cloth and dj, Jonathan Cape, first edition,1936; JEAN GIONO. 'The Hussar on the Roof,' original cover and dj, Museum Press, first edition, 1953; ALAIN GHEERBRANT. 'Impossible Adventure, Journey to the Far Amazon,' original cloth and dj, illustrations, Victor Gollancz Ltd, 1953; JIM CORBETT. 'Man Eaters of Kumaon,' original cloth and dj, Oxford University Press, 1950; With nine others. (13)

Lot 191

PAUL THEROUX THE FAMILY ARSENAL By Paul Theroux (1976) Hamish Hamilton. First edition with OLD PATAGONIAN EXPRESS (1979) Price clipped. Together with MY SECRET HISTORY (1989), SIR VIDIA’S SHADOW (1998), THE HAPPY ISLES OF OCEANIA (1992), SUNRISE WITH SEAMONSTERS (1985), MY OTHER LIFE (1996), FRESH-AIR FIEND (2000) and THE STRANGER AT THE PALAZZO D’ORO (2009). All published by Hamish Hamilton and First editions. Together with RIDING THE IRON ROOSTER (1988) Second Impression (10)

Lot 198

Popular mid-century fiction. ALISTAIR MACLEAN. 'Guns of Navarone,' original cloth and dj, Collins, first edition, 1957; 'River of Death,' original cloth and dj, Collins, 1981; 'Puppet on a Chain,' origianl cloth and dj, Collins 1969 HAMMOND INNES. 'Atlantic Fury,' original cloth and dj, Collins, 1962; AGATHA CHRISTIE. 'Mrs Mcginty's Dead,' original cloth and dj, Collins, 1952; Thirty six books in total, most titles from MacLean and Innes. (36)

Lot 20

Signed Alan Garner. 'The Weirdstone of Brisingamen,' flat signed to title page, first edition, original cloth, unclipped dj with small nibbles to spine, vg, Collins, London, 1960.The dj is unclipped and the price reads 12s 6d.

Lot 21

A. A. Milne. 'Now We Are Six'. First edition, illustrated by Ernest H. Shepard, original burgundy cloth with gilt decorations, illustrated pink endpapers, very slight spotting to edge of textblock otherwise a vg copy, Methuan & Co, London, 1927.

Lot 22

Rosemary Sutcliff. 'The Eagle of the Ninth'. First edition, original blue cloth, small nibbles to unclipped dj, glassine wrap, illustrations by C. Walter Hodges, frontis, vg, an excellent copy of this increasingly hard to find first edition, Geoffrey Cumberledge, Oxford University Press, 1954.There are no inscriptions or library marks etc. There is a very small (light) amount of spotting to the edge of the textblock. The dj is unclippid and the price reads 10s 6d net.

Lot 247

John Masefield The Midnight Folk 327pp, 8vo cloth, VG in pictorially decorated d/j, Methuen first edition, 1927.

Lot 248

Enid Marx Bulgy - The Barrage Balloon First edition, owner inscription to verso of title page; Oxford University Press, 1941; together with The Little White Bear, first edition, Faber and Faber, London.

Lot 254

OXFORD INTEREST HISTORY OF THE UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD By HC Maxwell Lyte (1886) MacMillan and Co and THE HISTORY OF THE UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD Edited by JI Catto (1984) clarendon Press. Two volumes. Together with OXFORD. HISTORICAL AND PICTURESQUE NOTES By Andrew Lang (1890) Seeley and Co. Frontispiece partly missing and THE OXFORD & CAMBRIDGE BOAT RACE By Christopher Dodd (1983) Stanley Paul & Co and OXFORD By James Morris (1965) Faber and Faber. First edition and five others of Oxford Interest (11)

Lot 258

Twenty-six works of fiction. S. BARING GOULD. 'Mrs Curgenven of Curgenven,' three vols, original red cloth with staind spines, booksellor lables to front boards of which vol II is a different sellor, unclipped leaves, soe spotting, Methuen & Co, London, 1893; 'Int the Roar of the Sea. A Tale of the Cornish Coast,' first edition, sun bleaching to original blue cloth with gilt decorations, Rubbed and Bumped, advertisements, Methuen & Co, London, 1892; 'Curious Myths of the Middle Ages,' original cloth, split hinge with a loosening textblock, Rivingtons, London, 1873; T. LOVE PEACOCK. 'Nightmare Abbey,' original decorative cloth, frontis, some spotting, J. M. Dent & Co, London, 1891; 'Melin Court,' two vols, original decorative cloth, frontis, some spotting and toning, 1891; J. S. Le FANU. 'Uncle Silas. A Tale of Batram-Haugh. ' first thus, original cloth, vg, the Creset Press, London, 1947; 'In a Glass Darkly,' illustrated by Edward Ardizzone, original cloth, frontis, Peter Davis, London, 1929; With sixteen other works including six by John Masefield. (26)

Lot 266

Twenty-six titles covering mountaineering, climbing and caving JOHN HUNT, The Ascent of Everest; first edition, price-clipped, Hodder & Staunton, 1953; CHARLES EVANS, Kangchenjunga - The Untrodden Peak; first edition, price clipped, Hodder & Staunton, 1956; FRANK ILLINGWORTH, North of the Circle; first edition, William Hodge & Co, 1951; and other books related to the subject.

Lot 267

Thirty-two titles covering mountaineering, climbing, adventure and caving EDWARD C. PYATT, A Climber in the West Country, first edition, 1968; Climbing and Walking in South-East England, first edition, 1970; and other related books.

Lot 274

NATURAL HISTORY INTEREST Including EDWARD A. ARMSTRONG, New Naturalist Folklore of Birds, first edition, 1958; Kilvert's Diary, partial dustjackets, 1938, 39, 40; and other books related to the topic.

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