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Neuentdeckte Schachspielgeheimnisse, oder, Sammlung der schonsten, meist noch unbekannten Zuge beym Schachspiel, Alfred Montigny; Echecs-Schaken, Book published by Straszburg: Amand Konig, 1802. First edition in German. The second part of the book contains over 100 colour plates of chess diagrams printed in ochre, red and black. The chess pieces are represented by various letters printed in red and black.  Book plate reads: Xaver Göldlin Von Tieffenau. Full leather bound, marbled boards, gilt lettering to spine.  Spine rubbed, board edges bumped and rubbed. 

Games played in the London International Chess Tournament 1883 (First Edition), London, Jas Wade. lvi+371 pages with two tables and diagrams. Royal octavo (9 3/4" x 6 1/2")  book bound in original publisher's red cloth with gilt decoration and lettering to spine and embossed chess board, pieces and lettering on cover. Edited with the assistance of the English Masters, Zukertort, Steinitz, Mason and Bird. Annotated by Zukertort, Steinitz, Mason and Bird. (Betts 25-16) (Van der Linde-Niemeijeriana 5216) First edition.

The Book of the London International Chess Congress 1899 - Frederick Williams Lord (c1856-1937) and W Ward-Higgs (editors) - Longmans, Green & Company, London, 1900. lii+232 pages with diagrams, index and tables. Cloth bound book with gilt lettered spine label and original vignette affixed to front cover. Limited to 500 copies. First edition. Spine cover detached, board edges bumped and worn.

A collection of chess books.  (1) Books are: Common Sense in Chess, Emanuel Lasker, Will H Lyons, 1909. (2) Chess Openings, J Du Mont, G Bell, 1920 (3) Test you Chess IQ, A Livshitz, Pergamon Press, 1981. (4) Adolf Anderssen der Altmeister deutscher Schachspielkunst, Leipzig, 1912 (first edition). (5) B.C.M Quarterly, No. 3, 4th Candidates Tournament, Bled_Zagreb- Belgrade, 1959. (6) Master Chess Play, P Wenman, Vawser & Wiles, 1951 (7) The Chess Sacrafice, Vladimir Vukovic, G Bell & Son, 1968. (8) Modern Ideas in Chess, Richard Reti, G Bell & Sons, 1924. (9) The Book of Chess Containing the Rudiments of the Game and Elementary Analysises of the Most Popular Openings Agnel, H. R., published by D. Appleton and Company, New York, 1859 (10) The Year Book of Chess 1970-71, published by G H Simmons. (11) Analysis of the Game of Chess by Mr Philidor, London, printed by P Elmsly 1790.   8vo. 1790. 3rd edition ( ' new edition improved and greatly englarged '). (223) Light foxing to sporadic foxing to text. Full leather bound, boards are heavily worn, front board and title page detached. 

The Royal Game of Chesse-Play, Gioachino Greco, London: for Henry Herringman, 1656, 8°, first edition. Illustrated with almost a hundred gambetts,  engraved frontispiece portrait of Charles II, woodcut title border. Full leather bound, tooled boarders front and rear, raised banded spine, spine (upper) label damaged. Provenance: Leonard James Shrubsall (1879-1952, book collector, bookplate to front pastedown). Marbled end papers. Bookers sellers pencilled comments on endpapers, and penned comments from previous owner to Shrubsall dated 1857. 

A collection of chess books.  Books are: (1) The Exploits and Triumphs in Europe of Paul Morphy, Paul Morphy's Late Secretary. Published by First edition, published by D. Appleton and Co., New York, 1859. (2)  Stratagems of Chess, or, A Collection of Critical and Remarkable Situations selected from the Works of eminent masters, illustrated on plates, describing the ingenious moves by which the game is either won, drawn, or stalemate. Montigny, Sieur de. Published by T and J Allman, London, 1817. (3) An Easy Introduction to the Game of Chess: containing one hindered Examples of Games, and a Great Variety of Critical Situations and Conclusions; including the whole of Philidor.  Published by H C Carey & I Lea, and Abraham Small, Philadelphia and New York, 1824

The Noble Game of Chess.-  Philip Stamma, 2 parts in 1, first edition, Printed for J. Brindley, 1745.  First edition book, folding diagram, endpapers title slightly foxed. Signed by the author at finis (115). Comtemporary full leather bound, with raised banded spine with a floral motifs in each compartment and gilt lettering for title. 

Le Jeu des Eschets, traduit de l'italien de Gioachino Greco, Calabrois.  Greco, Gioachino.  Published by Jacques Le Febvre, Paris, 1689. Second French edition. [24], 344 pp. 1 vols. 12mo. Book translated from the Italian of Gioachino Greco (c.1600-1634), considered by some to be the first professional chess player. Greco was one of the most celebrated players of the seventeenth century and importantly recorded many of his matches as he travelled across Europe. A complete copy of one of the most famous early chess books.  Full leather bound with raised banded.  Rubbed and bumped spine and boards. 

Le Jeu des Eschets, traduit de l'italien de Gioachino Greco, Calabrois.  Greco, Gioachino.  Published by Jacques Le Febvre, Paris, 1689. Second French edition. [24], 344 pp. 1 vols. 12mo. Translated from the Italian of Gioachino Greco (c.1600-1634), considered by some to be the first professional chess player. Greco was one of the most celebrated players of the seventeenth century and importantly recorded many of his matches as he travelled across Europe. A complete copy of one of the most famous early chess books.  Full leather bound with raised banded (worn). 

A Treatise of the Game of Chess: containing a regular system of attack and defence in two book volumes by J H Sarratt, published by William Miller, 1808.  UK first edition. Full leather bound book, marbled front and rear boards, raised banded spine with gilt lettering. Together with " The Works of Damiano, Ruy-Lopez and Salbio on the game of chess ", by J H Sarratt published by T Boosey, 1813.  

Macallan - The Definitive Guide to Buying Vintage Macallan, First Edition, published 2002.

Royal Mint 2009 UK Kew Gardens fifty pence silver proof coin, limited edition of 7500, encapsulated, in inner and outer presentation boxes, with certificate. P&P Group 0 (£5+VAT for the first lot and £1+VAT for subsequent lots)

Joseph Davey Cunningham, A History of the Sikhs, from the Origin of the Nation to the Battles of the Sutlej, the first (suppressed) edition John Murray, London, 1849425pp., two hand-coloured engraved maps, one folding, one folding genealogical tree of the Gurus, contemporary stamped leather 230 x 155 mm.Footnotes:ProvenanceBookplate of Norah Lydall.Inscribed GSL, 8/10/38.Stamped Director: C. W. M. Gell, BA (Cantab.).J. D. Cunningham (1812-51) was, as the title page has it, 'Lieutenant of Engineers, and Captain in the Army of India'. In 1837 he was appointed assistant to Colonel Claude Wade, the political agent for the Sikhs, and held various positions in the Punjab until 1845. When the first Anglo-Sikh War began in December of that year he was attached to the staff of Sir Charles Napier and then to that of Sir Hugh Gough, Commander-in-chief in India. He was present at the battles of Buddawal (22 January 1846) and Aliwal (28 January 1846). At Sobraon (10 February 1846), he served as an additional aide-de-camp to the Governor-General, Sir Henry Hardinge. Later he was political agent to the state of Bhopal from 1846 to 1850.This first edition of A History of the Sikhs contains criticism of Hardinge's actions in the conduct of the Anglo-Sikh War and this led to Cunningham's dismissal from the political service. The second edition of the book was published in 1853 after Cunningham's death at the age of 38 (which was supposed to have been partially caused by this disgrace).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

Star Wars Tales of the Jedi US Cent variants issues 1-5, X-Wing Rogue Squadron Battleground: Tatooine, Shadows of the Empire, Star wars classic and first edition of the 1997 Star Wars first hope comic.

Moorcroft Pottery - a limited edition 'Othello' pattern lidded ginger jar, from the Shakespeare range designed by Rachel Bishop for B&W Thornton of Stratford upon Avon, ltd ed 84/250, signed and dated 2005, additional stamp for B&W Thornton, 16cm.Condition report:There are no cracks or chips, just very light crazing on the lid. It appears to be first quality. Please see additional uploaded image.

A FIRST EDITION HARD BACK VOLUME “INTO THE WATER BARRIER” BY DONALD CAMPBELL (former British Speed Racer 1921-1967), autographed by the author, with dust jacket, & dated 1955.

ROWLING, J.K. “Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban”, soft covers, publ. 1999, First Edition, 17th printing; & three hard-back editions “…Order of the Phoenix” (2003), “…Half-Blood Prince” (2005), & “…Deathly Hallows” (2007), all First Editions with un-clipped dust jackets.

1966 England world cup signed shirt, 40th anniversary edition. P&P Group 1 (£14+VAT for the first lot and £1+VAT for subsequent lots) EXCLUDING FRAME

Hitlers Mein Kampf, unexpurgated edition, sold on behalf of the Red Cross, with dust jacket pub. Hurst and Blackett. P&P Group 1 (£14+VAT for the first lot and £1+VAT for subsequent lots)

Approx. 50 various Churchill titles, inc. A 2nd edition of ‘Savrola’ (Churchill’s only fiction title, first illustrated one),

‘When We Were Very Young’ by A. A. Milne. 12th edition, published Dec. 1925 (1 year after first edition). No dust wrapper. Personal inscription from 1926. Slight rubbing to gilt, spine gilt dulled

‘Now We Are Six’ by A. A. Milne. 4th edition 1928 (1 year after first edition). No dust wrapper. Personal inscription from 1929. Spine gilt somewhat faded

RARE STATUETTE DE BODHISTTAVA EN PIERRE SCULPTÉEDynastie des Zhou du Nord/dynastie Sui (557-581/589-618)AN EXCEPTIONALLY RARE STONE FIGURE OF A BODHISATTVANorthern Zhou/Sui Dynasty (557-581 AD/589-618 AD)The deity, probably representing Avalokiteshvara, standing with its body naturalistically slightly swayed to the front and right, holding a vase in its left hand containing the nectar of Immortality, wearing flowing robes naturalistically draped in folds around its shoulders and arms, folded over its waist and reaching its bare feet, adorned with beaded bejewelled and tasselled necklaces with a central lotus pendant, the right arm raised, the serene face gazing forward with well detailed features flanked by pendulous ears with adorned with earrings, below the high beaded and bejewelled tiara with ribbons set around the coiffure, the back displaying the robe with its folds and overlapping pleats, tied below the neck and folded over the waist, with a bracket section on the back of the head, with red, green and black pigments and gilding, supported on an inverted circular base, stand. 54.3cm (21 1/2in) high. (2).Footnotes:Provenance:Robert Rousset, Paris (1901-1981), according to a family note, acquired from Tchou Teh Hoo, Beijing, 10 January 1925Jean-Pierre Rousset, Paris (1936-2021) Characterised by regal countenance and adornment, the present figure bridges the aesthetic style of the Northern Zhou and Sui dynasties. The Sui dynasty utilised the patronism of Buddhism to unify China in 589, with craftsmen merging the artistic achievements of the preceding quarter century of the Northern Qi and Northern Zhou styles.See a stone figure of Guanyin, Northern Zhou dynasty (550-581), with similar proportions of large head atop narrow shoulders, illustrated by O.Siren, Chinese Sculpture from the Fifth to the Fourteenth Century, vol.I, Bangkok, 1998, pl.266A (reprinted from the Ernest Benn 1925 edition). Sculptures from this period are rare and the closest example to the present lot may be a pair of standing bodhisattvas, Northern Zhou dynasty, discovered in 1992 in Xi'an, Shaanxi Province, illustrated in China: Dawn of a Golden Age, 200-750 AD, New York, 2004, no.170. The present exceptional figure with its opulent decoration and rich jewels was thus clearly influenced by the Northern Zhou style.The bodhisattva most likely represents Avalokiteshvara, known as Guanyin in China. Characteristically, the deity carries in her left hand a vase, a 'pure water bottle', one of the eight symbols of good fortune. The vase was believed to contain pure water capable of relieving suffering. The right hand probably once held a willow branch used to sprinkle the divine water. Compare with a related stone figure of Guanyin similarly holding a bottle vase and draped with long necklace, Sui dynasty, and another related stone figure of Guanyin, Sui dynasty, illustrated by O.Siren, ibid., pls.311 and 316. See also two limestone figures of a bodhisattva, Sui dynasty, from the Avery Brundage collection, in the Asian Art Museum San Francisco (acc.nos.B60S37 and B60S423). Compare also two stone figures of Bodhisattva Avalokiteshvara (Guanyin), in the Freer Gallery of Art, Washington DC, the first dated by inscription to 592 AD, (acc.no.FSC-S-52), and the second to the Sui dynasty (acc.no.S2012.9.4531).Caractérisé par une attitude majestueuse et sa parure, cette statue fait le lien entre le style esthétique des Zhou du Nord et celui des Sui. La dynastie des Sui fit de son patronage du bouddhisme un outil de l'unification de la Chine en 589, ses artisans mêlant les styles développés durant le quart de siècle précédent par les Qi du Nord et des Zhou du Nord.Voir une statue de Guanyin en pierre, dynastie des Zhou du Nord (550-581), aux proportions similaires, une large tête et des épaules étroites, illustrée dans O. Siren, Chinese Sculpture from the Fifth to the Fourteenth Century, vol. I, Bangkok, 1998, ill. .266A (réédition de l'original 1925 chez Ernest Benn). Les sculptures de cette époque sont rares et l'exemple le plus proche de ce lot pourrait être une paire de bodhisattvas debouts, dynastie des Zhou du Nord, découvert en 1992 à Xi'an, au Shaanxi, illustrée dans China : Dawn of a Golden Age, 200-750 AD, New-York, 2004, n°170. L'exceptionnelle statue présentée ici, avec ses riches ornements et joyaux, est ainsi clairement influencée par le style des Zhou du Nord.Le bodhisattva représente probablement Avalokiteshvara, appelé Guanyin en Chine. Il porte de façon caractéristique dans sa main gauche un vase, « bouteille à eau lustrale », un des huit symboles auspicieux. Ce vase était censé contenir une eau pure pouvant soulager les souffrances. La main droite tenait probablement une branche de saule, utilisée pour asperger cette eau sacrée.A comparer avec une sculpture de Guanyin tenant de la même manière un vase et portant de longs colliers, dynastie Sui, et une sculpture comparable de Guanyin, dynastie Sui, illustré dans O. Siren, Ibid., ill. 311 et 316. Voir aussi deux statues en calcaire de bodhisattva, dynastie Sui, dans l'Avery Brundage Collection, à l'Asian Art Museum de San Francisco (inv. n° B60S37 et B60S423). Comparer encore avec deux statues de bodhisattva Avalokiteshvara (Guanyin) à la Freer Gallery of Art, Washington DC, la première datée par une inscription de l'an 592 (inv. n° FSC-S-52), la seconde de la dynastie Sui (inv. n° S2012.9.4531).北周/隋 石雕菩薩立像來源：巴黎Robert Rousset（1901-1981）舊藏據家族記錄，於1925年1月10日購自北京Tchou Teh Hoo巴黎Jean-Pierre Rousset（1936-2021）舊藏該立像寶相莊嚴，衣飾華麗，集北周與隋之韻致於一身。隋代在589年重新統一中國，其帝王皆護持佛法，並以佛教作為鞏固統治手段之一。因此隋代二帝時全國建立經像，盛極一時。此時佛教造像發展及技藝亦臻於完善，上承北齊、北周之大成，下啟盛唐風氣。與本像頭闊肩窄之比例相似者，可參見一例北周石雕觀音像 ，收錄於喜仁龍（O. Siren），Chinese Sculpture from the Fifth to the Fourteenth Century（五至十四世紀之中國雕塑），卷一，曼谷，1998年，圖版266A（重印自1925年Ernest Benn版）。本拍品應為觀音造像。其左手所持'淨瓶'為八吉祥之一。右手或曾持楊柳枝，&#... For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com

TRÈS RARE TÊTE DE BODHISATTVA EN PIERRELongmen, Dynastie des Wei du Nord (386-535 ap. J.-C)A VERY RARE STONE HEAD OF A BODHISATTVA Longmen, Northern Wei Dynasty (386-535 AD)Exquisitely carved with eyes downcast in a serene expression, with high arched brown and well defined facial features flanked by a pair of pendulous ears, below the incised hair, plaited and parted in the centre above the high forehead, adorned with a tall tiara set with a floral medallion flanked by palmettes and circular floriform motif, secured to the head by a twist rope tied with a ribbon, stand. 24.4cm (9 1/2in) high. (2).Footnotes:Provenance:Robert Rousset, Paris (1901-1981), acquired on 22 November 1940Jean-Pierre Rousset, Paris (1936-2021) The distinctive features characterising the present sculpture, such as the long and narrow head, the arching brows, the broad nose and hair neatly arranged over the ushnisha, closely resemble examples of the Buddha Maitreya executed at Longmen, Henan Province, dating to the Northern Wei period. According to both Mahayana and Theravada Buddhism, Maitreya is regarded as the Buddha of the Future and believed to reside in Tushita Heaven, where devotees seek to be reborn after death. Longmen is a large Buddhist site consisting of hundreds of cave temples whose magnificence is largely attributed to the patronage of the site by the foreign Tuoba rulers of North China between 386 and 535 AD.During the Northern Wei dynasty, state-sponsorship of Buddhism enabled the rapid spread of the religion throughout Northern China. The Northern Wei rulers were not originally Buddhist but were a nomadic people from the northwest (known as the Tuoba). They adopted Buddhism as a political unifying force. As one non-Han ruler in 335 said: 'we were born out of the marches and though We are unworthy, We have complied with our appointed destiny to govern the Chinese as their Prince...Buddha being a barbarian god is the very one We should worship...', by 477, there were an estimated 6478 Buddhist temples in Northern China and over 70,000 monks and nuns; see A.Paluduan, Chinese Sculpture: A Great Tradition, Chicago, 1996, p.187. The Northern Wei rulers began to identify themselves as Buddha incarnate and dedicated caves and cliff shrines to Buddhism, commissioning stone sculptures, such as the present lot, to adorn them. The Longmen grottoes which were first established by emperor Xiaowen of the Northern Wei dynasty, contain some of the finest examples of Chinese Buddhist art. At Longmen, the Northern Wei style reached its peak. This was due to the excellent quality of the stone, that nearby Luoyang was a centre of classical Chinese sculpture, and influences from the Southern dynasties developments in painting. Carved figures at Longmen are typically characterised by slender bodies with sloping shoulders and delicate features such as the curved 'butterfly' eyebrows. Compare with a similar stone head from the Longmen site, Northern Wei dynasty, illustrated by R.Y.Lefebvre d'Argencé, Chinese, Korean, and Japanese Sculpture: The Avery Brundage Collection, San Francisco, 1974, pl.30; another similar example is illustrated by S.Di, Comprehensive Illustrated Catalogue of Chinese Buddhist Statues in Overseas Collections, vol.1, Beijing, 2005, p.167. See also two related stone heads of bodhisattvas, Northern Wei dynasty, illustrated by O.Siren, Chinese Sculpture, vol.I, Bangkok, 1998, pls.113A and 113B (reprinted from the 1925 edition).Les traits caractéristiques de cette sculpture, comme la tête longue et étroite, les sourcils arqués, le large né et les cheveux soigneusement coiffés autour de l'ushnisha, ressemblent étroitement aux représentations du Bouddha Maitreya réalisées à Longmen, dans la province du Henan, et datant de la dynastie des Wei du Nord. Dans le bouddhisme Mahayana comme dans le bouddhisme Theravada, Maitreya est considéré comme le Bouddha du futur et résiderait dans le paradis Tushita, où les fidèles cherchent à renaître après leur mort. Longmen est un vaste site bouddhique formé de centaines de caves dont la magnificence est largement due au patronage des Tuoba, ces étrangers qui gouvernèrent le Nord de la Chine entre 386 et 535 de notre ère.Durant la dynastie des Wei du Nord, le soutien officiel du bouddhisme permit la rapide diffusion de la religion à travers le Nord de la Chine. A l'origine, les empereurs des Wei du Nord, issus d'un peuple nomade du Nord-Ouest appelé Tuoba, ne pratiquaient pas le bouddhisme. Ils adoptèrent le bouddhisme, qui devait servir de force politique unificatrice. Comme évoqué par un de ces chefs non Han en 335 : « Nous sommes nés dans les marécages et, bien que nous en soyons indignes, nous avons accompli notre destin de gouverner les chinois comme leurs princes... Bouddha étant un dieu barbare, il est celui que nous devrions vénérer. » En 477, on estime qu'il y avait 6.478 temple bouddhistes dans le Nord de la Chine, et plus de 70.000 moines et nonnes - cf. A. Paludan, Chine Sculpture : A Great Tradition, Chicago, 1996, p.187.Les empereurs des Wei du Nord commencèrent à se considérer comme des Bouddha incarnés et dédièrent au bouddhisme des sanctuaires à flanc de falaise et dans des grottes, commandant des sculptures en pierre, comme notre lot, pour les décorer. Les grottes de Longmen, fondées par l'empereur Xiaowen de la dynastie des Wei du Nord, contiennent parmi les plus beaux exemples de l'art bouddhique chinois.Le style des Wei du Nord atteignit son apogée à Longmen. On peut l'expliquer par l'excellente qualité de la pierre, la proximité de Luoyang, un centre de la sculpture chinoise classique, et l'influence des développements de la peinture des Dynasties du Sud. Les personnages sculptés à Longmen se caractérisent typiquement par des corps sveltes aux épaules tombantes et des traits délicats, tels les sourcils incurvés « en papillon ».Comparer avec une tête en pierre similaire du site de Longmen, dynastie des Wei du Nord, illustré dans R.Y. Lefebvre d'Argencé, Chinese, Korean and Japanese Sculpture : The Avery Brundage Collection, San Francisco, 1974, pl. 30 ; un autre exemple semblable est illustré dans S. Di, Comprehensive Illustrated Catalogue of Chinese Buddhist Statues in Overseas Collections, vol.1, Beijing, 2005, p.167. Voir aussi deux autres têtes de boddhisattva en pierre comparables, dynastie des Wei du Nord, illustrées dans O. Siren, Chinese Sculpture, vol.I, Bangkok, 1998, pls.113A et 113B (réimpression de l'édition de 1925). 北魏 石雕菩薩首來源：巴黎Robert Rousset（1901-1981）舊藏，於1940年11月22日入藏巴黎Jean-Pierre Rousset（1936-2021）舊藏本像具數處顯著特徵，像首瘦長，眉彎如月，鼻稍寛，髮髻整齊，與北魏時期河南龍門地區的彌勒佛尤爲相近。 大乘佛教和小乘佛教均奉彌勒佛為未來佛，居兜率天，即佛教徒追求死後得以重生所往之極... 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The Age Of Austerity 1945 1951 edited by Michael Sissons and Philip French 1964 First Penguin Edition Softback Book with 361 pages published by Penguin Books Ltd some ageing good condition. Sold on behalf of Michael Sobell Cancer Charity. We combine shipping on all lots. Single book £5.99 UK, £7.99 Europe, £9.99 ROW. We can ship a parcel up to 20kg which will take approx. 40 books in UK £12, EUROPE £39.99, ROW, £59.99

Fish The Impossible Places The Story of the Keel Fly by Dick Pobst 1974 First Edition Hardback Book with 160 pages published by Freshet Press some ageing good condition. Sold on behalf of Michael Sobell Cancer Charity. We combine shipping on all lots. Single book £5.99 UK, £7.99 Europe, £9.99 ROW. We can ship a parcel up to 20kg which will take approx. 40 books in UK £12, EUROPE £39.99, ROW, £59.99

Gaudy Welsh A Visual Reference Book by Monica A South 1997 First Edition Hardback Book with 256 pages published by Monica A South some ageing good condition. Sold on behalf of Michael Sobell Cancer Charity. We combine shipping on all lots. Single book £5.99 UK, £7.99 Europe, £9.99 ROW. We can ship a parcel up to 20kg which will take approx. 40 books in UK £12, EUROPE £39.99, ROW, £59.99

Harry Potter and the Cursed Child Parts one and two (Based on an Original New Story by J K Rowling) 2016 First Edition Hardback Book with 343 pages published by Little, Brown Book Group some ageing good condition. Sold on behalf of Michael Sobell Cancer Charity. We combine shipping on all lots. Single book £5.99 UK, £7.99 Europe, £9.99 ROW. We can ship a parcel up to 20kg which will take approx. 40 books in UK £12, EUROPE £39.99, ROW, £59.99

Archdale Machine Tools 1868 1948 First Edition Hardback Book with 99 pages published by James Archdale and Co Ltd some ageing good condition. Sold on behalf of Michael Sobell Cancer Charity. We combine shipping on all lots. Single book £5.99 UK, £7.99 Europe, £9.99 ROW. We can ship a parcel up to 20kg which will take approx. 40 books in UK £12, EUROPE £39.99, ROW, £59.99

The Wayward Wife And Other Stories by Alberto Moravia 1963 First Penguin Books Edition Softback Book with 216 pages published by Penguin Books Ltd some ageing good condition. Sold on behalf of Michael Sobell Cancer Charity. We combine shipping on all lots. Single book £5.99 UK, £7.99 Europe, £9.99 ROW. We can ship a parcel up to 20kg which will take approx. 40 books in UK £12, EUROPE £39.99, ROW, £59.99

Lions Down Under by Vivian Jenkins 1960 First Edition Hardback Book with 288 pages published by Cassell and Co Ltd some ageing good condition. Sold on behalf of Michael Sobell Cancer Charity. We combine shipping on all lots. Single book £5.99 UK, £7.99 Europe, £9.99 ROW. We can ship a parcel up to 20kg which will take approx. 40 books in UK £12, EUROPE £39.99, ROW, £59.99

Fleming, Ian: You Only Live Twice, 1964 first edition, Jonathan Cape Ltd, 30 Bedford Square, London WC1, in publishers cloth, no dustjacket.

A limited edition signed and dated 1966 World Cup England World Champions first day cover, 116 of 150, framed; together with another for The Commonwealth Games

Synge J. M and T R Henn, Plays and Poems, first edition 1963, Seamus Heaney - Human Chain, 2 vols and another work (4)

First edition book, WW2 dagger and binoculars

Fowles, John. The French Lieutenant's Woman, first edition, London: Jonathan Cape, 1969; The Magus, London: World Books, 1967; Daniel Martin, first edition, London: Jonathan Cape, 1977. All with unclipped dust-jackets, contents generally good and bright with occasional pale marks, some ink annotation to the first title, wear to jackets (3)

Doyle, Arthur Conan. The Lost World, first film edition, London: Hodder and Stoughton, n.d. [c.1925]. Octavo, publisher's red cloth, unclipped yellow dust-jacket. Contents generally good with toning and occasional pale marks, text-block becoming loose from binding, dust-jacket with wear/loss in protective cellophane wrappers

A hardback first edition in two volumes 'Voyages', cover a/f. and Around The World Performed by Capt. James Cook 1826 by A. Kippis, D.D., F.R.S. and S.A.

The Handbook for the Rolls Royce Silver Shadow and Bentley T Series, first edition,  publication No. 2394.

RAF, Paul Tibbets signed 50th Anniversary of the US Air Force flown FDC. Limited edition number 123 of 250. Tibbets Jr. (23 February 1915 - 1 November 2007) was a brigadier general in the United States Air Force. He is best known as the aircraft captain who flew the B 29 Superfortress known as the Enola Gay (named after his mother) when it dropped a Little Boy, the first of two atomic bombs used in warfare, on the Japanese city of Hiroshima. 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

Brayley Edward Wedlake: A Picturesque Tour Through .... Yorkshire & Derbyshire; By the late Edward Dayes. 1825 Second Edition. Illustrated. Rebound in plain red cloth; Humfreville J. Lee: Twenty Years Among Our Hostile Indians. 1899. Fully illustrated; Williams-Ellis: In And Out Of Doors. 1937 First Edition. Pocket inside back board containing Magic Carpet and cards; and Holden's Pocket Almanack 1915 with folding chart (4)

First edition The Frost by Jane Austen's book .

Jimmy Greaves Signed hardback book titled- Football Sporting Almanac. Greaves personally signed on his bio page on page 65. A First Edition Hardback Book. Photos By the Daily Mail. Published in 2003. 128 pages. 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

(BOOK) THE BRITISH HERBAL: AN HISTORY OF PLANTS AND TREES by John Hill (T. Osborne & J. Shipton et al, 1756) 1st edition, engraved vignette title, engraved allegorical frontispiece, and with 74 (?) engraved plates to the back, folio size (42.5 x 28cm), full calf gilt with oxblood morocco gilt title band to spine, together with VARIOUS BOOKS including 'Gynaecology' by Eden and Lockyer (2nd edition), 'Ecclesiastical Curiosities' (8 x volumes total, titles of each on request, or see images)Provenance: deceased estate CarmarthenshireAuctioneer's Note: an important work by the botanist and polymath Sir John Hill, being one of the first publications to appear after Carl Linnaeus' 'Species Plantarum' of 1753 which was the year internationally accepted as the beginning of modern botanical nomenclature.Condition Report:No plates are colour.There is some damage to the spine.All pages look attachedMost pages have foxing

Approx. 37 Shell County Guides, including early first editions of Hampshire by John Rayner, 1937; Oxon by John Piper (nd), circa 1930's; Wiltshire, 1935, 1st edition; Cornwall, 1934, 1st; Derbs., 1935, 1st, etc.

Assorted literative and modern first editions, etc including Jane Austen's Works, 6 volumes, Watts Ultratype Edition, 1971, 6 volumes in dust wrappers; Graham Greene "The Comedians", 1966, 1st in d/w; Iris Murdoch "Bruno's Dream", 1969, 1st in d/w; plus others Lawrence Durrell, H.G. Wells, Joseph Conrad, etc

Coldplay / ParisMylo Xyloto 1, 2013signed Digital Art Print, from an edition of 8, created following the release of the band's album, signed by each member of the group and by the artist, framed and glazed, accompanied by a Kids Company Charity certificate additionally signed by each member of the band 100 x 100cm (39 x 39in).Footnotes:ProvenancePurchased by the vendor at the Kids Company Under One Roof Charity Auction in 2013.Coldplay and street artist Paris created original and limited edition 'Mylo Xyloto' artworks to raise funds for the Kids Company in collaboration with Album Artists. The original exhibition raised over £630,000 for Kids Company and the last limited editions and final one original painting were then auctioned with all proceeds being donated to Kids Company to fund their work helping disadvantaged children in Britain. The auction ran from July 15th-July 25th 2013.Paris is a veteran in the world of graffiti, long loved in his home town of Bristol, not only for his work but for bringing the beauty of street art to the youth of his City. It was in this aspect of a teacher of graffiti that Paris was first introduced to Coldplay – initially being told he was to meet some band to teach them graffiti, much to his surprise when he walked in that room and found Coldplay as his students. Paris so impressed the band that what was initially to be an instruction session turned into more than a year long project with Paris directing and doing much of the work for the bands worldwide number one album Mylo Xyloto, as well as painting the albums imagery on 80 foot concert backdrops, the band's instruments and even the bands stage for the Olympics closing ceremony.This lot is subject to the following lot symbols: ** VAT on imported items at a preferential rate of 5% on Hammer Price and the prevailing rate on Buyer's Premium.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com

Accum (Fredrick) A Practical Treatise on Gas-Light..., second edition, 7 hand-coloured engraved plates, 4 aquatint, 2 folding (slightly shaved), modern morocco-backed cloth, red & green roan labels, [cf.Abbey, Life 436, first edition], 8vo, R..Ackermann, 1815.⁂ Iconic work on gas-light technology with fine plates depicting machinery, apparatus, and light fittings & chandeliers. "The adoption of gas lighting in London was largely due to this book. The famous publisher, R.Ackermann, was one of the earliest to adopt gas lighting; in a letter printed on pages 71-2 he gives an account of his cost in producing gas for the whole of his establishment and private house, that had been in use since 1811. His cost per year for gas lighting is given at £40.5s.0d., against a previous expense of £160." (Abbey).

Grose (Francis) The Antiquities of England and Wales, 5 vol. including supplement, first edition, printed on thick paper, engraved frontispieces, vignette titles, plates and numerous illustrations, with additional engraved portrait of the author bound in at beginning of vol.1 (soiled and frayed at edge, mounted on stub), an excellent clean set, book-label of the architect Sir A.E.Richardson, contemporary calf, gilt, spines gilt with red & green labels, rubbed, a few scuffs and marks, spine ends and corners a little worn, 4to, S.Hooper, 1773-1777.

Guarini (Guarino) Architettura Civile, edited by Bernardo Vittone, first complete edition, engraved portrait, title with large woodcut of Savoy coat-of-arms, woodcut head- & tail-pieces and historiated initials, 79 engraved plates, an excellent crisp and clean copy, contemporary vellum, yapp edges, spine titled in gilt, edges stained blue, [Berlin Kat. 2620; Fowler 150; Millard Italian 50], folio, Turin, Gianfrancesco Mairesse, 1737.

Gwynn (John) London and Westminster Improved, first edition, 4 folding engraved plans of Hyde Park, Leicester Square & Covent Garden, Mansion House & Royal Exchange, London Bridge, Customs House & the Tower, all with partial hand-colouring, one with short tear to fold, ex-library copy with small ink stamp to title and a couple of leaves, modern half calf, spine ruled in gilt with red morocco label, rubbed, 4to, for the Author, 1766. ⁂ The dedication to the King was written by Samuel Johnson.

Gyfford (Edward) Designs for Elegant Cottages and Small Villas, first edition, half-title, 16 aquatint plates printed in sepia and 10 engraved plans, 8pp. publisher's catalogue bound in at end, light marginal foxing, book-label of Elianore Marn, original boards, uncut, rebacked and recornered in sheep, a little rubbed and marked, spine ends chipped, [Abbey, Life 22; Berlin Kat. 2316], 4to, J.Taylor, 1806.

Halfpenny (William) The Art of Sound Building..., second edition, engraved allegorical frontispiece and 25 folding plates, advertisement leaf at end, rather soiled and stained, title lacking small portion from fore-margin (repaired), several plates torn and frayed at edges, small hole to plate 14, contemporary panelled calf tooled in blind, rubbed, rebacked and recornered, new endpapers, [Berlin Kat. 2266; Harris 282], folio, for Sam.Birt and B.Motte, 1725.⁂ The first book in English on the geometry of arches; this is an expanded version of the first edition issued earlier the same year.

Halfpenny (William) Magnum in Parvo; or, The Marrow of Architecture, first edition, engraved title and 15 folding plates, contemporary ink inscription at head of title, a very clean copy but with worming to lower and outer margins, later half calf, spine ruled in gilt with red morocco label, rubbed, [Berlin Kat. 2269; Harris 291], 4to, for John Wilcox and Thomas Heath, 1728.

Hancock (Walter) Narrative of Twelve Years' Experiments...Steam-Carriages on Common Roads, first edition, engraved frontispiece and 11 plates, one with overslip, errata slip bound in at end, illustration, modern buckram, 1838 § McAdam (John Loudon) Remarks on the present System of Road Making..., seventh edition, half-title, old ink inscription to head of title, contemporary half morocco, 1823 § Parnell (Sir Henry) A Treatise on Roads..., second edition, 9 folding engraved plates, small ownership stamp to title, contemporary half calf, 1838, some light foxing, the last two rubbed, 8vo (3)

[Hardouin-Mansart (Jules)] [L'Eglise des Invalides], only edition, 14 fine etched and engraved plates & plans, 4 double-page and 8 folding, 4 very large, all mounted on stubs, first large plate with short tear to central fold, a few other repairs to folds, handsome contemporary mottled calf with central gilt arms of Louis XIV, rubbed, rebacked preserving most of old gilt spine, new red morocco label, corners repaired, [Millard French 112; not in Berlin Kat.], folio, [Paris], [c.1680].⁂ Rare. "These very elegant, beautifully engraved, large-scale sections of the chapel of the Invalides, built by Jules Hardouin-Mansart from 1680 to 1691, were used to calculate estimates of the material needed for the construction of the chapel. The original plates were never sold and are now in the Chalcographie du Louvre." Millard.

Baskerville (John).- Virgilius Maro (Publius) Bucolica, Georgica et Aeneis, first Baskerville edition, list of subscribers, lacking initial blank, a crisp and clean copy, engraved bookplate of A.G-du Plessis, contemporary calf, gilt, rubbed and scuffed, upper cover a little worn, rebacked preserving part of old label, corners repaired, [Gaskell 1], 4to, Birmingham, John Baskerville, 1757.

Harris (John) Lexicon Technicum: or an Universal English Dictionary of Arts and Sciences, 2 vol., vol.1 third edition, vol.2 first edition, titles in red & black, engraved portrait frontispiece and 10 plates only (of 14), 6 folding, numerous woodcut illustrations, list of subscribers, vol.1 lacking 2M1 (Eng-Ent), some water-staining, small hole to 5E1 of vol.2 affecting part of a stave of music, 2 plates torn and repaired, contemporary ink inscription "Charles Lloyde: David Lloyde A:M. e Coll: Jesu.Oxon 1730" to head of title of vol.1 but another above cut away, engraved bookplate of John Lloyd clerk to Jesus College, Oxford with manuscript note to front pastedown and remains of wax seals, contemporary panelled calf, rubbed, spine ends and corners worn, joints split, new morocco labels, [PMM 171a], folio, for Dan. Browne [& others], 1716-1710.⁂ "The first technical dictionary in any language." (PMM). Sir Isaac Newton is included in the list of subscribers. According to the manuscript note on the front pastedown John Lloyd was chaplain to His Royal Highness George Prince of Wales 1791.

Hassell (John) Tour of the Grand Junction, first edition, 24 fine hand-coloured aquatint plates, paper guards, some light offsetting to title, bookplate of John Wayland Leslie, a handsome copy, later mottled calf, gilt, spine gilt with red & green morocco labels, g.e., very slightly rubbed at edges, [Abbey, Scenery 30; Tooley 252], 8vo, 1819.

Heineken (Paul) Lucidum prospectivae speculum, Das ist: Ein heller Spiegel der Perspective..., first edition, Gothic text, 86 engraved plates only (of 95, lacking plates 64-72, also lacking additional engraved title), 13 plates folding, title soiled, otherwise bright and clean, contemporary half calf, rubbed, rebacked preserving most of old spine, corners repaired, [Berlin Kat. 4730], folio, Augsburg, heirs of Jeremiah Wolff, 1727.⁂ Comprehensive treatise on perspective including several plates at end for painting trompe-l'oeil ceilings.