We found 106056 price guide item(s) matching your search

Erotica - - Érastène Ramiro. Félician Rops. Études sur quelques Artistes originaux. Mit 1 Umschlagsgravure, 1 Porträt, 23 Radierungen und Heliogravuren auf Tafeln und zahlr. Textabbildungen und Tafeln.. Paris 1905. 215 S. 1 Bl. 4°. Illustr. OUmschlag (Rücken mit kleinen Fehlstellen, Umschlag beschmutzt, die Kanten berieben). Erste Ausgabe - Umfangreichste Monographie mit vielen erotischen Abbildungen. Auf dem Umschlag die Darstellung "Eritis similes deo". - vgl. Thieme-B. XXVIII 588. - Exemplar papierbedingt in den Kanten zart gebräunt, das Vorsatzblatt lichtrandig, einzelne Bll. fingerfleckig, die Drucke sauber und in gutem Zustand. With 1 cover engraving, 1 portrait, 23 etchings and heliogravures on plates and numerous text illustrations and plates. First edition - Most comprehensive monograph with many erotic illustrations. On the cover the picture "Eritis similes deo". - original illustr. wrapper (spine with small missing parts, jacket soiled, edges rubbed). sheets delicately browned at edges due to paper, endpapers light-margined, some pp. fingerstained, prints clean and in good condition.

Didot - - Jean de La Fontaine. Les Amours de Psyché et de Cupidon, avec le poème d'Adonis. Mit 1 gestoch Frontispiz und 8 gestochenen Tafeln. Paris, Didot le Jeune pour Saugrain, L'An III (1795). 3 Bll., 234 (recte 240) S., 1 Bl. Gr.-4° Roter handgebd. Maroquin auf 5 Bünden mit Steh- und Innenkantenvergoldung sowie Kopfgoldschnitt (sign. La. Lib. Louis Conard)(min. fleckig). Rochambeau, Psyché, n°24. Cohen, 583. Ray, 98. - Majestätische typografische Ausgabe von Didot. Erste Ausgabe des von Audouin interpretierten Porträts von La Fontaine nach Hyacinthe Rigaud und der acht ganzseitigen Tafeln aus dem Text von Moreau le Jeune, die unter seiner Leitung von Dambrun, Duhamel, Dupréel, de Ghendt, Halbou, Petit und Simonet gestochen wurden. - Sehr schönes, breitrandiges, auf Vélin gedrucktes Exemplar in einem eleganten signierten Einband. With 1 engraved frontispiece and 8 engraved plates. (Later) Calf with golden spine title (signed L. Conrad). - Majestic typographic edition by Didot. First edition of the portrait of La Fontaine after Hyacinthe Rigaud interpreted by Audouin and the eight full-page plates from the text by Moreau le Jeune, engraved under his direction by Dambrun, Duhamel, Dupréel, de Ghendt, Halbou, Petit and Simonet. - Very fine, wide-margined copy printed on Vélin in an elegant handbound binding.

Medizin - Psychologie - - Carl Theodor Groddeck. De morbo democratico nova insaniae forma: dissertatio inauguralis medico-psychologica ... Adversariis: H. Reimer, Th. Migeod, H. Ruhdel. Berlin, Schlesinger, (1849). 32 S. (2 Bl.) 8°. Roter Lwd. d. Zt. mit floraler Blindprägung, schwarzer Deckelbordüre u. umlaufendem Goldschnitt (Rücken komplett abgerieben, obere Kante bestoßen, berieben, etwas lichtrandig, hinterer Deckel leicht fleckig u. mit kleinem Einriss). Sehr seltene erste lateinische Ausgabe der Satire auf das Scheitern der Revolution von 1848. - Carl Theodor Groddeck studierte Medizin in Berlin und promovierte im Jahr 1849 mit dieser Dissertation, in der die Grenzen von Medizin und Politik verschwimmen und das liberal-demokratische Denken als ansteckende Geisteskrankheit dargestellt wird. - Mit handschriftlicher Widmung des Verfassers an seinen Onkel Albrecht Martins. - Etwas gebräunt, stockfleckig u. durchgehend wasserrandig. Very rare first Latin edition of the satire on the failure of the revolution of 1848. - Carl Theodor Groddeck studied medicine in Berlin and received his doctorate in 1849 with this dissertation, which blurs the boundaries between medicine and politics and presents liberal democratic thinking as an infectious mental illness. - Contemporary red cloth with floral blind tooling, black frame on the board and gilt edges (spine completely scuffed, bumped to the top edge, rubbed, somewhat light stained, back board slightly stained and with a small tear). - With handwritten dedication of the author to his uncle Albrecht Martins and Bernhard Beyer's masonic ex-libris (Nuremberg 1911, artist: J. A. Luckmeyer). - Somewhat browned, foxed and throughout waterstained.

Geologie - - Adolf Schmidl. Die Grotten und Höhlen von Adelsberg, Lueg, Planina und Laas. 2 Bde., Text- und Tafelband. Mit 15 meist getönten doppelblattgr. lithogr. Tafeln. Wien, Braumüller, 1854. Gr.-8° u. Quer-Folio (29,5 x 42 cm). OBroschur u. schwarze HLwd. d. Zt. mit goldgepr. RTitel (etwas berieben und bestoßen). Erste Ausgabe, selten. Nebehay/Wagner III, 648. - Der österreichische Topograf und Geograph Adolf Schmidl (1802-1863) gilt als Begründer der Speläologie (Höhlenforschung). In der Karstlandschaft des heutigen Slowenien, in der sich auch die hier behandelten Adelsberger Grotten befinden, beschäftigte er sich intensiv mit den dortigen Höhlen. Die Tafeln zeigen neben einer Karte des Gebiets u.a. Ansichten der gothischen Halle in der Erzherzog-Johanns-Grotte, einen Plan der Lueger Höhlen und der Planina Höhle, den Eingang der Adelsberger Grotte und eine Tafel mit der örtlichen Insekten-Fauna. - Textband teils noch unaufgeschnitten und vereinzelt minimal stockfleckig. Tafelband durchgehend stockfleckig und mit geglättetem vertikalen Falz, Titelbl. hinterlegt und mit kl. Läsuren. Geology - With 15 mostly toned double-sheet lithographic plates. 2 vols., text and plate volume. Vienna, Braumüller, 1854. Orig. wrappers and cont. black half cloth with gilt title (somewhat rubbed and bumped). - First edition, rare. - The Austrian topographer and geographer Adolf Schmidl (1802-1863) is considered the founder of speleology. In the karst landscape of today's Slovenia, where the Adelsberg caves are also located, he intensively studied the local caves. The plates show a map of the area, views of the gothic hall in the Archduke Johanns Grotto, a plan of the Lueger Caves and the Planina Cave, the entrance of the Adelsberg Grotto and a plate with the local insect fauna. - Text volume partly still uncut and sporadically minimally foxed. The volume of plates foxed throughout and with smoothed vertical fold, title page backed and with small tears.

Expressionismus - - Gottfried Benn. Fleisch. Gesammelte Lyrik. Mit zwei blattgroßen Illustrationen sowie einer Umschlagillustration von Max Oppenheimer. Berlin, Verlag der Wochenschrift DIE AKTION (Franz Pfemfert), 1917. 87 S., 4 Bll. 8°. Roter OHPergaminband mit DTitel u. RTitel (etw. berieben, bestoßen u. fleckig). Erste Ausgabe dieser frühen Lyrik-Sammlung. - Die Aktions-Lyrik, Band 3. - In der berühmten expressionistischen Buchreihe erschienen lediglich sieben Titel. - Papierbedingt zart u. gleichmäßig gebräunt, die ersten 5 Bll. im oberen Rand etw. stockfleckig, insgesamt wohlerhalten. With two full-page illustrations and a cover illustration by Max Oppenheimer. Red original half glassine binding with cover- and spine title (somewhat rubbed, bumped u. stained). - First edition of this early poetry collection. - Only seven titles appeared in the famous expressionist book series. - Paper delicately & evenly browned, the first 5 leaves in the upper margin somewhat foxed, overall in good condition.

Zoologie - Ornithologie - - Christian Gottfried u. Friedrich Wilhelm Hemprich Ehrenberg. Symbolae physicae seu icones et descriptiones avium quae ex itinere per Africam Borealem et Asiam Occidentalem ... redierunt. Decas secunda (von 2). Mit 10 kolor. lithogr. Tafeln. Berlin, Mittler, 1829. Gr.-Folio. Verzierte OPp.-Mappe (Schließbänder fehlen, Rücken mit Läsuren, berieben und bestoßen). Erste u. einzige Ausgabe des ornithologischen Teils von Ehrenbergs Berichten über seine und F.W. Hemprichs Naturaliensammlung wahrend ihrer Reisen in Nord-Afrika und West-Asien. - Junk, Rara, 138 - vgl. Nissen 290, Zimmer 204 u. Brunet II, 954 (alle nur Teil 1 mit 10 Tafeln). - "Numerous new species were described" (Zimmer), Gebhardt S. 82. - Der 1. Teil erschien mit einem Textteil, der vorliegende 2. Teil wurde ohne beschreibenden Text ausgeliefert. - Die schönen Tafeln nach W. Müller zeigen Vogel in ihrer naturlichen Umgebung. - Unbeschnitten, teilw. etw. fingerfleckig gering gebräunt u. stockfleckig (Motive nicht betroffen), die Farben leuchtstark. With 10 col. lithogr. plates. - Illustrated original cardboard folder (without closing straps, spine with tears, rubbed and bumped). - First and only edition of the ornithological part of Ehrenberg's reports on his and F.W. Hemprich's collection of naturalia during their travels in North Africa and West Asia. - Junk, Rara, 138 - cf. Nissen 290, Zimmer 204 u. Brunet II, 954 (only part 1 with 10 plates). - "Numerous new species were described" (Zimmer). - The 1st part appeared with a text part, the present 2nd part was supplied without descriptive text. - The beautiful plates after W. Müller show birds in their natural environment. - Untrimmed, partly a bit fingerstained slightly browned and foxed (motifs not affected), the colors bright.

Art Déco - - Jean de Baroncelli. Ving-Six Hommes. Mit 39 Originallithographien und einer Extrasuite aller 39 Lithographien in Bistre André Planson. Paris, Archat, 1942. 10, 257, 1 S. u. Extrasuite. 4° Roter Maroquineinband mit reicher Fileten und Punktvergoldung im Art Déco Stil. Innendeckel mit Moiréseide und Punkt- und Filetenvergoldung. Signiert: Gruel. OUmschlag miteingebunden. Monod 998. - Eins von 50 Exemplaren der Vorzugsausgabe mit der Extrasuite der Graphiken. - Berühmter Kriegsroman von Baroncelli (1914-1998), der wenige Monate vor Ausbruch des Ersten Weltkriegs in Paris geboren wurde. - Wohlerhalten und im Meistereinband des Art Déco. With 39 original lithographs and an extra suite of all 39 lithographs in Bistre André Planson. Red morocco binding with rich fillets and dotted gilt in Art Deco style. Inner cover with moiré silk and dot and fillet gilt. Signed: Gruel OUmschlag bound in. One of 50 copies of the special edition with the extra suite of prints. - Famous war novel by Baroncelli (1914-1998), who was born in Paris a few months before the outbreak of the First World War. - Well preserved and in the master binding of the Art Deco.

Fluxus - - Bernhard Höke (Hrsg.). Edition et. Nr. 1-4. Mit 171 teils doppelblattgr., teils mehrfach gefalteten losen Tafeln. Berlin, Christian Grützmacher, 1966-1967. Gr.-8 °. Lose eingelegt in ill. OKt.-Flügelmappen (etw. randgebräunt, Ränder etw. berieben). Die ersten vier Ausgaben der Fluxus-Publikation samt aller Beilagen. Mit zahlreichen Tafeln nach Werken der konkreten Poesie, Op-Art, Pop-Art u.a. Mit Beiträgen von Robert Indiana, Ferdinand Kriwet, Ben Vautier, Wolf Vostell, Jiri Kolar, Roy Lichtenstein, Name June Paik, Diter Rot, Christo, Meret Oppenheim, Arnulf Rainer, Emmett Williams, Josef Beuys, Fritz Köthe, Otto Piene, Sigmar Polke, u.v.a. - Der Herausgeber Rochus Kowalk merkt in Ausgabe Nr. 4 an: "Der Besitzer dieser und anderer Ausgaben der edition et, kann in selbst gewählten Zeitabständen Ausstellungen seiner Wahl veranstalten. Zu diesem Zweck entfernt er den Schutzumschlag, nimmt die Blätter seiner Wahl, befestigt sie an der Wand, auch mittels Wechselrahmen, - und gibt eine Party." - In den Rändern etwas gebräunt. Gute Exemplare. Issues 1-4. With 171 partly doublepage, party folded loose plates. - Orig. ill. paper portfolios. - The first complete four issues of the fluxus publication. With numerous plates after original works by famous artists of the time (see above). - Margins slightly browned. Well preserved.

Joseph Roth. Der Antichrist. Mit hs. Widmung des Autors. Amsterdam, Allert de Lange, 1934. 248 S. Gr.-8°. OLwd. mit goldenem DTitel und RTitel (etwas berieben und lichtrandig). Erste Ausgabe. Sternfeld-Tiedemann 427. - Mit hs. Widmung auf dem Titel, signiert, datiert und lokalisiert "Wien im Mai 1935". Erste Exilveröffentlichung Roths, in der seine zivilisationsfeindliche Haltung und seine radikal konservative Entwicklung veranschaulicht werden. Der Schriftsteller beschwört den Niedergang der Welt in der allgemeinen Technisierung sowie in den Ideologien des Kommunismus und Nationalsozialismus und im religiösen Unglauben.- Etwas braunfleckig. Wohlerhalten. With autograph. Dedication of the author. Orig. cloth with golden title on cover and spine (somewhat rubbed and with light margins). - First edition. Handwritten dedication on title, signed, dated and located. Roth's first publication in exile, illustrating his hostile attitude towards civilisation and his radically conservative development. The writer evokes the decline of the world in general mechanisation as well as in the ideologies of communism and national socialism and in religious unbelief.- Somewhat brown-stained. Well preserved.

André Maurois. La Vie de Disraeli. Handschriftliches Manuskript des Autors. Um 1925/1926. 204 hs. numm. Bll. Gr.-8°. Signierter brauner Ganzmaroquin von G. Levitzky auf vier Bünden mt goldgepr. RTitel, Steh- und Innenkantenfileten, dreis. Goldschnitt. Vordrer Innenspiegel mit goldgepr. vegetabiler MOnogrammvignette, fliegende Vorsätze aus Moiré-Seide. OKarton miteingebunden. In marmoriertem OSchuber. (oberes Kapital unscheinbar angeplatzt) Der aus dem Elsass stammende André Maurois, eigentlich Émile Salomon Wilhelm Herzog (1885-1967), veröffentlichte die vorliegende Biographie des britischen Staatsmanns und Premierministers Benjamin Disraeli, Lord Beaconsfield, im Jahr 1927. Das Manuskript, welches bereits in die drei finalen Kapitel gegliedert ist, illustriert anhand zahlreicher Korrekturen wunderbar die Genese des Buches. Auf einseitig beschriebenem linierten Papier. - In einem ausgezeichneten zeitgenössischen Einband des russischstämmigen Buchbinders Grégoire Levitzky (oder Georges Levitsky), der seit 1907 in Paris arbeitete. - Dabei: André Maurois. La Vie de Disraeli. Widmungsexemplar der ersten Ausgabe. Paris, Grasset, 1929. 344 S., 1 Bl. 8°. HLdr. d. Zt. mit RVergoldung und Kopfgoldschnitt. OBroschur miteingebunden. Nummeriertes Exemplar auf vélin pur chiffon. Handwritten manuscript by the author. Circa 1925/1926. 204 numb. leaves. Signed brown full morocco by G. Levitzky on four bands with gilt title, standing and inner edge fillets, gilt edges. Inside front board with gilt vignette of vegetal motifs, flyleaf endpapers of moiré silk. Orig. notebook wrappers bound in. In marbled slipcase. (Upper capital inconspicuously chipped.) - André Maurois, originally from Alsace, actually Émile Salomon Wilhelm Herzog (1885-1967), published the present biography of the British statesman and Prime Minister Benjamin Disraeli, Lord Beaconsfield, in 1927. The manuscript, already divided into the three final chapters, beautifully illustrates the genesis of the book by means of numerous corrections. On lined paper with writing on one side. - In an excellent contemporary binding by the Russian-born bookbinder Grégoire Levitzky (or Georges Levitsky), who worked in Paris from 1907. - Added: André Maurois. La Vie de Disraeli. Dedication copy of the first edition. Paris, Grasset, 1929. Cont. half leather with gilt top edge and gilt spine decor. Orig. wrappers bound in. Numbered copy on vélin pur chiffon.

Medizin - - Julius Caesar Scaliger. Exotericarum exercitationum liber XV. De Subtilitate, ad Hieronymum Cardanum. Paris, Vascosan 1557. F 4 Bl., 476 num. Bl., 31 Bl., 1 w. Bl., einige Holzschnitte im Text. Flexibler Prgt. mit hs. RTitel (Einband leicht fleckig, etwas beschabt, Vorsatz erneuert, innen teils leicht fleckig und gebräunt.) Erste Ausgabe. - STC 396. - Adams S 579. - Durling 4091. - Wellcome I, 5806. - Provenienz: Maynier (gelöschter Namenseintrag auf Titelblatt), vermutl. der Arzt Pierre Maynier aus dem okzitanischen Mende (Lozère), Antoine Mérindol (1570-1624), Medizinprofessor in Aix-Marseille und von 1610 bis 1643 Leibarzt von König Ludwig XIII., mit eh. Namenseintrag auf dem Titelblatt. Im Text finden sich zahlreiche handschriftliche Marginalien von Maynier und Mérindol. - Erstausgabe des berühmten Werks des bedeutenden Humanisten und Naturforschers Giulio Cesare Scaligero (1484-1558), das, als Streitschrift gegen Cardano angelegt, zu einem Kompendium der gesamten Naturphilosophie wurde und Scaliger die Bewunderung u.a. von Lipsius, Bacon und Leibniz einbrachte. - Durchgehend etwas braunfleckig, wenige Bll. am oberen Rand wasserfleckig, Vorsätze erneuert. Medicine. - First edition. - Provenance: Maynier (deleted name entry on title page), presumably the physician Pierre Maynier from the Occitan Mende (Lozère), Antoine Mérindol (1570-1624), professor of medicine in Aix-Marseille and from 1610 to 1643 personal physician to King Louis XIII, with eighteenth century background. Name inscription on the title page. The text contains numerous handwritten marginalia of Maynier and Mérindol. - First edition of the famous work of the famous humanist and naturalist Giulio Cesare Scaligero (1484-1558), which was written as a polemic against Cardano, and became a compendium of the whole philosophy of nature. Scaligero was admired by Lipsius, Bacon and Leibniz. - Throughout a little bit brownstained, a few upper margin waterstained, flyleaves renewed.

Avantgarde - 1968 - - Brigitte Wengoborski. Fünf Finger sind eine Faust. Mit 18 ganzseitigen Farbillustrationen. Berlin, Basis, (1969). 19 Bll. 4°. Ill. OBroschur (etwas gebräunt u. fleckig sowie leicht bestoßen). Erste Auflage, selten. Bilderwelt 1871. - Entwurf und Druck durch das sozialistische Verlagskollektiv im Basis Verlag Birnstiel, Reinke, Schilling. - Die nach oben gereckte Faust als Symbol der Arbeiterklasse, die gegen die Kapitalisten und das Großbürgertum kämpft, taucht in antiautoritären deutschen Bilderbüchern dieser Zeit regelmäßig auf. Sie macht auf die prekäre Situation des arbeitenden Volks aufmerksam und fordert den kindlichen Leser auf, mit dem Kampf der Arbeiterklasse um Freiheit, Solidarität und Gleichberechtigung zu sympathisieren. Die einfachen Zeichnungen verweisen auf die zeitgenössische politische Plakatkunst und entsprechen der ideologischen und zugleich propagandistischen Botschaft: Die Menschen müssen sich zusammenschließen, um die unbefriedigenden sozialen und politischen Verhältnisse zu ändern. - Papierbedingt gebräunt. With 18 full page colour illustrations. Original paperback (somewhat browned and stained and lightly bumped). - First edition, rare.

Jean Cocteau. Les Monstres sacrés. Mit 3 lithographischen Tafeln nach Zeichnungen von Christian Bérard. Paris, Gallimard, Impr. Grévin & fils Lagny-sur-Marne, (28 avril) 1940. 211 S., (2) u. 2 Bll. 8° Broschur. Im Schuber. Erste Ausgabe. - Eins von 6 Exemplaren auf China Papier, hier das einzige Exemplar auf China H.C. - Das Drama, das während des "Drôle de guerre" geschrieben wurde, handelte von einem Schauspielerpaar, das in einer Ménage à trois gefangen war. Die Besetzung umfasste Yvonne de Bray, die Amazone Violette Morris und Jean Marais. Das Stück wurde im Februar 1940 im Théâtre Michel aufgeführt und war ein großer Erfolg. Teils unregelmäßig beschnitten und wenige Seiten unaufgeschnitten. Gutes Exemplar der seltenen Vorzugsausgabe des Malers und Dichters Cocteau. With 3 lithographic plates after drawings by Christian Bérard. Softcover. In slipcase. First edition. - One of 6 copies on China paper, here the only copy on China H.C. - The drama, written during the "drôle de guerre", was about a pair of actors caught in a ménage à trois. The cast included Yvonne de Bray, the Amazon Violette Morris and Jean Marais. The play was performed at the Théâtre Michel in February 1940 and was a great success. Partly irregularly trimmed and a few pages uncut. Good copy of the scarce preferred edition of the painter and poet Cocteau.

Quantity of Hornby OO gauge, to include Duchess of Abercorn locomotive with tender, 0-6-0 Locomotive with LMS tender, Flying Scotsman with Tender, 0-6-0 Terrier Locomotive (southern), 4x Olive four wheel coach (southern), Conflat and container, (southern), Triang Hornby, L.M.S first/third Composite coach, Triang Hornby Calidonian Coach, G.W.R. 4 wheel coach, 3x Hornby corrugated Nissen hut, Hornby Anderson shelter, Special Edition Pugh & Co. Coal Wagon, and other items. boxed, with some end flaps missing, and wear. Contents £70- £90 .

Decorative Ceramics - Four limited edition Coalport 'The Coalport Church Bell' series examples, with certificates; A Royal Doulton Flower Sellers Children, first quality, marked HN 1342 to base;  Royal Crown Derby robin signed L.Purdy in box; Royal Doulton Springflowers HN1807 figure; Royal Doulton Christmas Morn figure; Royal Worcester model birds; etc

Mein Kampf by Adolf Hitler, 1942 edition, in English. P&P Group 1 (£14+VAT for the first lot and £1+VAT for subsequent lots)

Mein Kampf by Adolf Hitler, 1936 edition in German, named to MA Avis. P&P Group 1 (£14+VAT for the first lot and £1+VAT for subsequent lots)

Two commemorative cathedral silver quaichs, the first celebrating 500th anniversary of the completion of York Minster, produced by Aurum, numbered 694 from an edition of 1000, together with another similar commemorating the 300th anniversary of the laying of the foundation stone of St Paul's Cathedral numbered 379/900, both boxed and with certificates, total silver weight approximately 19oz. Provenance: By descent from Douglas Shepherd (1922-1989), a designer and architect working on public houses for the brewery firm Ind Coope. He was heavily influenced by and was a serious collector of Arts and Crafts and Art Nouveau, including leading designers and artists such as Charles Ashlee and Jessie M King. He assembled a large collection from the 1950s to 1970s. His book collection was subsequently sold through Sotherby’s and in 2013 his magnificent silver collection by Archibald Knox and others was sold through these rooms.Approximately 17oz combined weight

Brass printing block for Aubrey Beardsley’s Morte D'Arthur, 6 x 3.7cm, an accompanying note states, P.375, Ch.10, Bk. 9, in the 1899 first edition. Provenance: By descent from Douglas Shepherd (1922-1989), a designer and architect working on public houses for the brewery firm Ind Coope. He was heavily influenced by and was a serious collector of Arts and Crafts and Art Nouveau, including leading designers and artists such as Charles Ashlee and Jessie M King. He assembled a large collection from the 1950s to 1970s. His book collection was subsequently sold through Sotherby’s and in 2013 his magnificent silver collection by Archibald Knox and others was sold through these rooms.

Virginia Woolf - Monday or Tuesday, 1921 first edition, published by Hogarth Press, with woodcuts by Vanessa Bell, board ends. Provenance: By descent from Douglas Shepherd (1922-1989), a designer and architect working on public houses for the brewery firm Ind Coope. He was heavily influenced by and was a serious collector of Arts and Crafts and Art Nouveau, including leading designers and artists such as Charles Ashlee and Jessie M King. He assembled a large collection from the 1950s to 1970s. His book collection was subsequently sold through Sotherby’s and in 2013 his magnificent silver collection by Archibald Knox and others was sold through these rooms.Board ends have some discoloration, time staining and wear, slight buckling at corners, but intact, some time staining snd foxing particularly to end papers and a little throughout but contents mostly good

Bernard Mason, Clock and Watchmaking in Colchester, 1969 first edition, cloth binding

Hilda Grieve - The Story of the 1953 flood disaster in Essex, 1959 first edition, with dust jacket, together with The East Anglian Earthquake of 1884 by Raphael Meldola and William White, 1885. (2)

Charles Vancouver - General View of the Agriculture in the County of Cambridge, 1794 first edition, with folding map, cloth binding

Suffolk Interest: Including Suffolk Scene by Julian Tennyson, 1939 first edition, Unknown Suffolk by Donald Maxwell, numerous other Suffolk rememberences and local history. (1 box)

Essex interest: History and reference books including Bettley and Pevsner - The Buildings of England - Essex, John Drury - Essex Workhouses, Simon Dewes - Essex Schooldays, 1960 first edition, Carlyon Hughes - Harwich Harbour, 1939, The Church of St Ouen, Fingringhoe, Essex, 1938, Victorian History of Essex (two volumes) various others (approximately 35, and quantity of pamphlets)

[Vale Press]. De Cupidinis et Psyches Amoribus Fabula Anilis, 1st edition, Hacon & Ricketts, printed at the Ballantyne Press, 1901, woodcut border to first text page and 5 wood-engravings by Charles Ricketts, uncut, original holland-backed blue boards with printed paper label, folio, (one of 310 copies), together with 3 other similarly-bound Vale Press publications: The Amber Witch... , translated from the German by Lady Duff Gordon, 1903, folio, (one of 300 copies); Danae [and] The Kingis Quair, both 1903, both 8vo, (one of 230 & 260 copies on paper respectively), (4)Condition ReportJohn Gray bookplate only in 'Danae'. A touch bumped to the head and tail of the spine, cloth a touch discoloured, as are paper labels. Ownership stamp to 'The Kingis Quair' ffep and John Gray bookplate to the front pastedown of 'Danae'. Internally, firmly bound. Pages are uncut, occasionally unopened and with the odd spot.

Pratchett, Terry - Pyramids, first edition 1989 and signed by the author (1) (displayed in cabinet upstairs)

Pratchett, Terry - Wyrd Sisters, first edition 1988 and signed by the author (1) (displayed in cabinet upstairs)

Lee, Laurie - Cider With Rosie, first edition, 1959 The Hogarth Press, As I Walked Out One Mid Summer Morning first edition, 1969 Andre Deutsch Ltd, I Cant Stay Long, first edition 1975, Andrew Deutsch Ltd, together with a collection of books by or about the author Laurie Lee (31)

The Earlier Letters of Gertrude Bell, first edition 1937, The Natural History of Selbourne by Gilbert White, published Humphrey Milford, London 1937, together with further mixed books (17)

Coins - WWI First World War - x3 WW1 related coin / medal presentation sets, comprising; VE Day Victory 50p Coin Collection 75 Years - complete set of commemorative 50ps, RAF issued 2018 Royal Air Force Limited Edition ' 100 Years ' commemorative plaque, and an Isle Of Man issued ' Lest We Forget ' Limited Edition 100th Anniversary of the Great War medal No. 242/750. All as new, housed in their original presentation boxes. 

Coins - The Centenary Of The First World War British Isles Three Coin Set - 2018 - presentation box featuring two Five Pound coins and one Crown. Limited Edition of 9,995. With certificate and presentation box. As new. 

Stamps - First Day Covers - two albums of 2017-2019 (inclusive) Royal Mail issued First Day covers / FDCs. Includes; Star Wars, Christmas, Game Of Thrones, Platinum Anniversary 2017 (with £20 Silver Proof Coin), Votes For Women, RAF Centenary, Owls, Dad's Army, Hampton Court, The Great War, Harry Potter (many - including the larger scale Limited Edition issues), Marvel, Leonardo Da Vinci, Birds Of Prey and others. All mint / as new, housed in official Royal Mail albums. Small amount of unused decimal First Class stamps also present (<£10)

Jan des Bouvrie (1942-2020)Chromed tubular frame arm chair with black leather removable cushions, design Jan des Bouvrie for Gelderland, 'Mr. Oberman 601', first edition 1970s

Jan des Bouvrie (1942-2020)Chromed tubular frame footstool/footstool with black leather removable cushion, design Jan des Bouvrie for Gelderland, 'Mr. Oberman 601', first edition 1970s

Jan des Bouvrie (1942-2020)Chromed tubular frame arm chair with black leather removable cushions, design Jan des Bouvrie for Gelderland, 'Mr. Oberman 601', first edition 1970s

CAMÕES, Luís de.- OS | LVSIADAS | DO GRANDE | LVIS DE CAMOENS. | PRINCIPE DA POESIA HEROICA. | Commentados pelo Licenciado Manoel Correa, Examinador synodal | do Arcebispado de Lisboa, & Cura da Igreja de S. Sebastião da | Mouraria, natural da cidade de Eluas. Dedicados ao Doctor D. Rodrigo d'Acunha, Inquisidor Apostolico | do Sancto Officio de Lisboa. | Per Domingos Fernandez seu Liureiro. | (gravuras com as armas de Portugal) | Com licença do S. Officio, Ordinário, y Paço.- Em Lisboa: Por Pedro Craesbeek, Anno 1613.- [6], 308 f.; 19 cm.- E., Edited commented by Manuel Correa, priest of Mouraria and a personal friend of Camões, whose comments, published posthumously, were reformed by Pedro de Mariz who bought them in auction after the death of their author. The biographical summary of Camões that Mariz outlines in his introduction was the first news about the Poet's life and contains almost all the data that is known about his life today. Copy with slight browning and other imperfections: excessive cropping, without affecting the current titles; restoration with adhesive paper on the outer edge of the cover sheet, without loss of support; rudimentary marginal restoration on the sixth preliminary sheet; last page handled, with old restoration, affecting about 30 letters in the final four lines (rebuilt by hand) along the outer margin. Binding from the 19th century, in full sheepskin, with endpapers in printed paper; weak joints. Regarding this edition, of which there are at least two variants, one should see the extensive comments dedicated to it by José do Canto (18) and Inocêncio (XIV, nº 18, p. 49). Samodães, 533. Arouca, C 50.

VERNEY, Pe. Luís António, O.F.M. Cap.- [...] De re logica ad usum lusitanorum adolescentium libri quinque.- Romae: Ex Typographia Palladis apud Nicolaum, et Marcum Palearinos- M. D. CCLI. [1751].- XI, [1], 16, 388, [2] p.: 1 retrato; 20 cm.- E., First edition of one of the most important texts of the Pombaline reform of education in Portugal. Luís António Verney (1713-1792), son of French parents, but born in Lisbon, maximum exponent of the Enlightenment in Portugal and one of the most famous Portuguese "foreigners", studied at Santo Antão College in Lisbon and at the Congregation of the Oratory, before getting a degree in Theology at the University of Évora. Ownership manuscript of the time, on the title page: Coll: Anglor: Ulyssip: — Preston. Small marginal cut in the last 10 sheets. Otherwise, in a very clean copy with large margins, preserving the rare portrait of the author with the subscription Nolly Pinx-Sc. (Ernesto Soares, História, 1368). Remarkable binding of the period, in “vieux rouge” shagreen, slightly worn and with a slightly dehydrated spine; covers with elaborate loose tooling lace (dentelle), with the coat of arms of Portugal, gold-engraved in the reserve of the central finial; the endpapers are preserved in marbled paper, probably from the 19th century. Verneian Bibliography, 38 (p. 473).

LEÃO, Duarte Nunes de.- DESCRPÇAO [sic] | DO REINO | DE PORTVGAL. | Per Duarte Nunez do Leão, desembarga- | dor da casa da supplicação. | Dirigida ao illustrissimo & muito excellente sñor | Dom Diogo da Sylua, Duque de Francauilla, Con- | de Salinas & Riuadeo, Presidente do conse- | lho da coroa de Portugal.- Em Lisboa: Impresso com licença, por Iorge Rodriguez, Anno. 1610.- [12], 161 (i. é 162) f.; 19 cm.- E., Duarte Nunes (1530-1608), erudite historian, graduated in Law and judge of the Casa da Suplicação; after the death of King Cardinal Henrique he warmly embraced the cause of Philip I, whose right to succession he defended in writing against those who impugned him. Posthumous edition by the author's nephew, Gil Nunes de Leão. Variant with error in the first word of the title, later corrected. The last two sheets have the same number 161. Copy slightly cropped, but clean, with good margins. White seal of a foreign religious institution, on the first and last pages. Contemporary binding, full flexible parchment, slightly worn and missing ties. Inocencio, II, p. 211. Ameal 1648. Arouca, L 30.

BARROS, João de; COUTO, Diogo do.- Da Asia de João de Barros e Diogo de Couto.- Nova edição.- Lisboa: Na Regia Officina Typografica, 1778-1788.- 24 vols: il.; 16 cm.- E., Complete set of the beautiful edition of the Decadas printed at the Oficina Régia. The four "Decades" by João de Barros are part of the first eight volumes, followed by a general index (and biography) and illustrated with three portraits (author, Prince Henry and Afonso de Albuquerque) and five folding maps; also the remaining nine decades of Diogo do Couto, illustrated only with his portrait, are presented in 14 volumes plus the respective index. In 1808, António Lourenço Caminha published a volume with unpublished works by Diogo do Couto, which this collection does not include. It should be noted that the Tenth Decade is now printed for the first time. Very clean set, with all portraits and maps, covered in 19th century bindings, full sheepskin, with mottled patina with smooth spines. Inocêncio, III, p. 322 and II, p. 154.

HISTOREA | DA VIDA E MARTYRIO | do glorioso sancto Thomas Arcebispo, se- | nhor de Cantuaria, Primas de Inglater- | ra, Legado perpetuo da sancta see A- | postolica, tresladada nouamen | te de latim em lingoage[m] | Portugues.- Coimbra: Per João Alvarez, impressor da vniversidade de Coimbra, M. D. LIIII. [1554].- [8], cccj [i. é ccciij], [1 br., 20] p.; 20 cm.- E., First and only Portuguese edition of a free translation from Latin, attributed to Diego Afonso de Miranda, of the oldest biography of Saint Thomas Becket (circa 1118-1170), Archbishop of Canterbury, murdered in his cathedral by followers of Henry II, and canonized just three years after his death by Pope Alexander III. With the exception of the preliminary sheets, the first lines of the text (p. 1), the colophon (p. cccj) and the current titles and first line of the final Tavoada, all the rest of the text is composed in Gothic rotunda characters. Copy slightly cropped, probably washed. Cover page with restoration in the lower outer corner; other minor marginal restorations. Recent binding, full of rigid parchment. Inocêncio, II, p. 141. Anselmo, 60. BN (16th century), 314. King D. Manuel II Library, 194.

SOUSA, Manuel de Faria e.- ASIA | PORTVGVESA. | TOMO I. [II & III] | DE MANUEL DE FARIA, Y SOUSA | Cavallero de la Orden de Christo, | y de la Casa Real.- Lisboa: En la Officina de Henrique Valente de Oliveira, 1666-1675.- 3 vols.: il.; 27 cm.- E, Original edition of one of the most appreciated works by the author (1590-1649), a nobleman, humanist, poet and historian, born in Felgueiras. The copy presents the following 19 prints separately printed, fresh and well preserved (those of the first volume in copperplate and the remaining xylographies): Volume I - Saint Helena, Cochin, Quiloa, Cananor, Sofala, Goa, Malacca, Ormuz, Chaul, Vasai and Diu; Volume II - Island of Mozambique, Damão, Manar, Mangalor, Onor and Bargalor; Volume III - Muscat and Macau. The collation of each volume is as follows: I - [32], 396, [42] p; volume II - [8], 968, [2] p. III - [8], 564, [6] p. The three volumes also feature three copperplate printed frontispieces (integrated into the opening sections) and numerous copperplate figures and xilographies in the text, depicting viceroys and other historical figures. Although the bibliographies and catalogues consulted do not provide rigorous indications as to the number and distribution of illustrations, we are not aware of any copy with a greater number of engravings. Copy a little trimmed, with occasional minor stains, but overall clean. Bindings from the 19th century, full sheepskin, with mottled patina, preserving the endpapers of the time, in marbled paper. Inocencio, V, p. 416. Auvermann, 493. Arouca, S 530, 531 and 532.

LUÍS DE GRANADA, Frei, O.P.- COMPENDIO | De doctrina Christãa re- | copilado de diuersos autores que desta mate- | ria escreuerão, pelo R. P. F. Luys de Gra- | nada, Prouincial da ordem de | S. Domingos. | Acrescentarãose ao cabo treze Sermões das principaes | festas do anno: pelo mesmo Autor.- Foy impresso em Lixboaem casa de Joannes Blauio de Agripina Colonia, Impressor Delrey nosso senhor. Acabouse aos XXV. dias Dabril. Anno. 1559.- [4], CLXXIIII, [2], LIIII f.; 19 cm.- E., First edition of a classic work of devotion, written in Portuguese, by a Dominican who left us a vast work that was reprinted multiple times, at least, until the end of the 19th century. Luís de Granada (1504-1588) lived in Portugal for the last 47 years of his life, he was confessor to King D. João III, Queen D. Catarina and King Cardinal D. Henrique. Bibliographer António Palau dedicates more than a thousand entries to it in about 40 pages of his “Manual del librero hispano-americano”. The text is almost entirely printed in Gothic rotunda characters. The thirteen sermons have their own title page and pagination. On the back of the last pages of each of the parts, the mark of the printer João Blávio de Colónia. Copy with slight browning, sometimes accentuated and occasional old marginal notes, harmed by the edging. Recent binding, full rigid parchment. Samodães, 1458. Palau, 107874. BN (16th century), 439. King D. Manuel II Library, 264.

VITRUVIUS (Marcus Vitruvius Pollio).- I DIECI LIBRI | DELL’ARCHITETTVRA | DI M. VITVVIO, | TRADOTTI E COMMENTATI | da Monsig. Daniel Barbaro elleto Pa- | triarca d’Aquileia, da lui reuedu- | ti ampliati; & hora in | piu commoda da for- | ma ridotti.- In Venetia: Apresso Francesco de’ Franceschi Senese. M. D. LXXIIII. [1584].- [8], 505, [1 br.] p.: il.; 24 cm.- E., Marcus Vitruvius Pollio, Roman civil and military architect and engineer, from the first century BC; his treatise, divided into 10 books, would come to influence the entire Renaissance and Classical treatise, being considered the only architectural treatise from the Greco-Roman period that has survived to the present day. Venetian edition from the last quarter of the 16th century, the third with the comments and additions of Daniel Barbaro (1513-1570), a Venetian humanist and diplomat, friend of Palladio, Pietro Bembo and Torquato Tasso (the two previous editions date from 1556 and 1567 ). Barbaro, who was assistant to the Patriarch of Aquileia and portrayed by Veronese, represented the Republic of Venice at the Council of Trent. Illustrated edition with more than a hundred xilograpy figures in the text, most of them full-page, two of which are folders. Copy slightly handled, with some underlining and annotations of the time, especially in the first and last two books. Title page and last 10 sheets with some stains and irregular edges. Non-contemporary binding (18th century?), entire worn sheepskin with multiple ornamental borders and a gold decorated central rectangle, on both covers (new endpapers). Brunet, V, 1330. Cicognara, 720.

SANTOS, Frei João dos, O.P.- ETHIOPIA ORIENTAL, | E VARIA HISTORIA DE COVSAS | notaueis do Oriente. | COMPOSTA POLLO PADRE FR. IOÃO | dos Santos da Ordem dos Pregadores | natural da Cidade de Euora.- Impressa no Conuento de S. Domingos de Euora: por Manoel de Lira impressor, 1609.- [8], 140 f.; 27 cm. Junto com: -----.- VARIA HISTO | RIA DE COVSAS NO- | TAVEIS DO ORIENTE. | E da Christandade que os Religiosos da | Orde[m] dos Prègadores nelle fizerão. | SEGVNDA PARTE...- Impressa no Conuento de S. Domingos de Euora: por Manoel de Lira. Anno de 1609.- [3, 1 br.], 123 f.; 27 cm.- E., An important account of missionary activity in the East, written by a Dominican who died in Goa, in 1622. The edition includes a beautiful copperplate printed architectural frontispiece, signed Bras Nvnes Fecit (Ernesto de Sousa, 1374) . The second part has its own pagination and a xilography frontispiece, being considered an autonomous species by the bibliographer João Arouca. Untrimmed copy, slightly used, with occasional restorations, namely on the first frontispiece. It is, however, complete and solid. Provenance: Silva’s / Pedro de Azevedo auction, November 2000, lot 736. Bound from the 20th century, entirely in rigid parchment, with “à la grotesque” gold tooling on the spine. Inocêncio, IV, p. 33. Samodães (with facsimile face), 3056. Ávila Perez, 7001. Palha, 4222. Palau, 300592. Arouca, S 176, 177.

VOULTON, Mons.- Verdadeira e exacta noticia dos progressos de Thamas Kouli Khan Schah [sic] da Persia no Imperio do Gram Mogol, escrita em lingua Persiana em Delby em 21. de Abril de 1739. e mandada a Roma por Mons. Voulton. Accrescentada com outras chegadas por varias partes, com hum Mapa do Thesouro do Gram Mogôr levado de Hispahan pelo mesmo Schah.- Lisboa Occidental: Na Officina de Antonio Correa Lemos, 1740.- 19, [1 br.] p.; 20 cm.- E., First edition [and only?] of a report recounting the military campaign of the Shah of Persia, Thamas Kouli Khan (1688-1747), against the Mughal Empire of South Asia. The pamphlet includes not only a translation of the original Persian, written in Delhi by Voulton in 1739, but also other documents and a description of the Mughal treasure (Map of the Spoils) captured in the expedition (p. 16/17), including the imperial throne studded with diamonds. Little is known about the author, apart from having deserted the French army in Pondicherry (India) to enlist in the Persian forces. Last leaf with minor imperfections. Recent binding, full sheepskin. Leaflet not registered in the consulted bibliographies. Laurence Lockhart, “De Voulton’s noticia”, in Bulletin of the School of Oriental Studies, University of London 4:2 (1926), pp. 223-45. Apparently only two copies are known in Portugal, one in the National Library, the other in the BGUC.

PARRY, Cap. William Edward.- Journal of a voyage for the discovery of a north-west passage from the Atlantic to the Pacific; performed in the years 1819-20, in His Majesty’s Ships Hecla and Griper, under the orders of William Edward, R.N., F.R.S., and commander of the expedition. With an appendix, containing the scientific and other observations.- The second edition.- London: John Murray, 1821.- 2 vols.: il.; 26 cm.- E., Sir William Edward Parry (1790-1855), English explorer, born in Bath, became famous for his travels in the Arctic, in an attempt to find the famous Northwest Passage, a feat that would only be achieved in 1906 by the Norwegian Roald Amundsen. The collation of the two volumes is as follows: I - [8], XXIX, [3], 310, [2], clxxix, [1] p.: XX engravings and maps; II - XXVI, [1], 186, [2], 151, [1] p.: [11] engravings and maps. Complete copy, with all 31 illustrations, according to the respective indexes (except in print XV, next to the title page and in the first map, on p. XXIV), nine aquatints (vol. I), six steel engravings (vol. II), 10 maps (5 splits) and six engravings with profiles of Arctic levels (1 splits). Copy slightly trimmed, with some browning, but generally clean. Cut at the fold of the fold-out map on p. 29, resulting from the trim; map XVIII badly folded; some imperfections along the backbone on the first and last leaves of each volume. White stamp from the J.G. Mazziotti Salema Garção Bookstore, on both front pages. Recent bindings, complete in green morocco, with closed panels on the smooth spines, rolls on the squares and top gilt edges. Protective cases.

AMÉLIA DE ORLEÃES, D. (Rainha de Portugal).- Mes dessins = Os meus desenhos.- Paris; Londres: Le Goupy; Maggs Bros., 1927-1928.- 2 vols.: muito il.; 40 cm.- E., One of the mythical books of the first half of the 20th century, entirely lithographed and calligraphed, presenting the drawings with a very special charm. Its product was destined for the National Assistance to Tuberculosis, an institution founded by Queen D. Amélia of Portugal, in 1899. The Count of Sabugosa, a great and erudite bibliophile, directed the edition, who did not see the work completed. The first volume with the subtitle “Mes endroits préférés”, presents the following justification: “Cet album a été tiré à deux cent cinquante exemplaires numerotés. Nº 92. Exemplaire imprimé pour O Conde de Castro Guimarães”. The second volume, subtitled “Art et archéologie”, had a circulation of 375 copies (this one with the number 103) and presents the name Eugénio Brandão de Mello added in ink. First volume take with missing illustrations 14, 29, 32, 34 and 83, of the 119 it should contain (print 115 with small marginal damage); the second is complete with 100 lithographed illustrations. Loose-leaf copy, with the parchment portfolios, proper to the edition, missing the ivory clasps, but retaining the parchment straps.

SOLIS RIVADENEYRA, Antonio de.- HISTOIRE | DE LA CONQUETE | DU | MEXIQUE, | OU | DE LA NOUVELLE ESPAGNE. | Traduite de l’Espagnol de Don ANTOINE | DE SOLIS.- A Paris: Chez Pierre Auboüin, Pierre Emery & Charles Clouzier, M. DC. XCI. [De l’Imprimerie de Laurent Rondet, 1691].- [30], 630, [26] p.: il.; 25 cm.- E., First French translation (by Samuel de Broë) of a classic work of Spanish-American historiography, the first edition of which was published just seven years earlier. The work acquired great popularity, having been reprinted in numerous editions and translations that followed one another over a period of more than two centuries. Antonio de Solis (1610-1686), was born in Alcalá where he did his first university studies; later he was appointed official of the Secretary of State by Filipe IV and chief chronicler of the Indies by D. Maria of Austria. Illustrated edition with two maps (Mexique Environs du Lac Mexique) and 12 copperplate prints, 10 of which are folders. Complete and clean copy, keeping the engravings well folded. Contemporary binding, full sheepskin, with closed gold panels on the spine (small imperfections at the turn ins and missing the back free endpaper). Brunet, V, col. 430. Sabin, 86475. Palau 318664.

DESCRIPTION des festes données par La Ville de Paris, a l’occasion du mariage de Madame Louise-Elisabeth de France, & et Dom Philippe, Infant & Grand Amiral d’Espagne, les vingt-neuviéme & trentiéme Août mil sept cent trente-neuf.- A Paris: De l’Imprimerie de P. G. Le Mercier, 1740.- [2], 22 p.: XIII gravuras; 63 cm.- E., Original edition, printed on heavyweight paper, in maximum folio format, of a sumptuous “party book” published on the occasion of the wedding of Louise-Elisabeth of France (1727-1759), eldest daughter of King Louis XV, with Infante Filipe, of Spain (1720-1765). The 12 typed sheets include a title page, with a large vignette with the coat of arms of the city of Paris, and the text with the description of the festivities, at the beginning of which is another large vignette (31x16 cm) representing Paris and the festivities on the Sena River. Then follow 13 copperplate prints (8 double and 5 full page), opened in copper plate by Jean-François Blondel, according to originals by himself, as well as by Salley, Rousset et Gabriel. The first part (p. 1 to 16) contains the description of the festivals in the city, as well as the fireworks; the second (p. 17 to 22) describes the gala that took place at the “Hotel de Ville” in Paris, on the night of the 30th to the 31st of August. The most spectacular engraving (planche IX) is, without a doubt, the one representing the “Veue générale des décorations, illuminations et feux d’artifice...”. Copy with slight browning and slight handling; small marginal tear in print VII, without lack of support; prints IX, XII and XIII with some imperfections along the folds; minor restoration on the back of the last print. Modern ex-libris by E. Mareuse. Contemporary binding, in full sheepskin, with some wear, a creased corner and some damage to the spine; peripheral gold ornamental border, with florets on the corners and circles on the squares. At the centre of both covers, the gold-engraved book stamps, with the coat of arms of the city of Paris. Keeps the original endpapers on marbled paper. Cohen (Livres à gravures), col. 149/150.

DOUG HYDE (BRITISH 1972) 'FIRST DATE', a limited edition sculpture depicting two figures leaning in for a first kiss, 71/295, with certificate and box, approximate height 19cm including base (Condition: scratch marks to head of the blue figure, would benefit from a dusting) (Artist resale rights apply)

Arthur Rackham, 1867 - 1939 (Illustrator) : Brains and Bravery, being stories told by G. A. Henty, Guy Boothby, L. T. Meade, J. Arthur Barry, Katharine Tynan, H. A. Bryden and Others, a volume, first edition, hardbound, blue cloth with gilt, 398 pages, published by Studio Vista, W. & R. Chambers, Limited, 1903. CONDITION REPORT: Condition report available if required. Please request via email.

Arthur Rackham, 1867 - 1939 (Illustrator) : The Compleat Angler by Izaak Walton, a volume, first edition, hardbound, green cloth, 224 pages, 1931, published by George G. Harrap & Co. Ltd., 1931. CONDITION REPORT: Condition report available if required. Please request via email.

Arthur Rackham, 1867 - 1939 (Illustrator) : Feats on the Fjords by Harriet Martineau, a volume, first edition, hardbound, blue cloth with decorative gilt, 128 pages, published by J. M. Dent & Sons Ltd. CONDITION REPORT: Condition report available if required. Please request via email.

Arthur Rackham, 1867 - 1939 (Illustrator) : Mother Goose - The Old Nursery Rhymes, with foreword by Arthur Rackham, a volume, first edition, grey cloth with decoration in the needlepoint style, 160 pages, published by William Heinemann, 1913. CONDITION REPORT: Condition report available if required. Please request via email.

Arthur Rackham, 1867 - 1939 (Illustrator) : Rondalles De Hans Andersen by Hans Andersen (First Catalan Edition), a volume, red cloth with decorative gilt, dust jacket, 287 pages, published by Editorial Joventut, Barcelona. CONDITION REPORT: Condition report available if required. Please request via email.

Arthur Rackham, 1867 - 1939 (Illustrator) : Two Old Ladies, Two Foolish Fairies and a Tom Cat - The Surprising Adventures of Tuppy and Tue by Maggie Browne, a volume, first edition, hardbound, red cloth with pictorial gilt, 192 pages, published by Cassell and Company, Limited, 1897. Note: The first book with colour illustrations by Arthur Rackham. CONDITION REPORT: Condition report available if required. Please request via email.

Arthur Rackham, 1867 - 1939 (Illustrator) : Where Flies the Flag by Henry Harbour, a volume, first edition, maroon cloth with pictorial gilt, 286 pages, published by Collins' Clear-Type Press, circa 1904. CONDITION REPORT: Condition report available if required. Please request via email.

First edition 'My Escort' magazine dated Jan/Feb 1959

Flora Britannica by Richard Maybey 1998 First Edition hardback Book with 271 pages published by Chatto and Windus some ageing good condition. All lots sold on behalf of the Michael Sobell Cancer Charity. UK shipping from £4.99, 20kg box £14.99, Europe from £6.99, ROW at cost from £9.99.