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Orme's Collection of British Field Sports, illustrated in twenty coloured lithograph plates from designs by S. Howitt,  an exact facsimile of the first and only edition of one of the rarest of all sporting books, printed by W. S. Cowell Ltd, Ipswich, published by Charles W. Traylen, Guildford, 56cm x 44cm 

PELE Hand signed 20x16in size. Colourised Print. Limited Edition 85/100. Sporting Legends, Autograph Editions. Signature Slightly weeping. Photo Shows 17 Year Old Pele jumping into the arms of Nilton Santos after Brazil claimed World Cup Title in 1958, the first ever for Brazil. 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

Major General Michael Collins signed 40th Anniversary of Man on the Moon coin cover PM 16 July 2009 limited edition 1 0f 20 copies. Michael Collins (October 31, 1930 – April 28, 2021) was an American astronaut who flew the Apollo 11 command module Columbia around the Moon in 1969 while his crewmates, Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin, made the first crewed landing on the surface. He was also a test pilot and major general in the U.S. Air Force Reserves. 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

JAVIER RODRÍGUEZ PÉREZ (Cantillana, Seville, 1986)."Light in the windows".Oil on wood.Signed in the lower central area.Measurements: 41 x 125 cm.Javi Rodríguez began to make himself known in 2007 with his participation in the exhibition "Pequeños formatos" at the Benedito gallery in Málaga, where he will participate again in group exhibitions in 2008, 2010, 2012 and 2013. In 2008 he held his first individual exhibition in the same gallery, and before the end of the year he held his second in the Hospital de Todos los Santos in Cantillana, his hometown. He will exhibit there again in 2010 and 2012. He has also shown his work at the Aitor Urdangarín gallery in Victoria, in a group exhibition in 2009 and individually in 2013. He has also participated in various competitions, being distinguished with the acquisition prize in the Virgen de las Viñas 2014 and finalist in its 2015 edition and in the Certamen Ciudad de Antequera of the same year. He is currently represented at the Haurie gallery in Seville.

JOAN RIPOLLÉS (Castellón, 1932)."La chica del gallo".Mixed media on canvas.Signed in the lower left corner.Measurements: 130 x 97 cm.Known by his second surname or as "the Blessed Ripo", Joan García Ripollés discovered his passion for painting when, when he was still very young and in the middle of the post-war period, he started working in an industrial painting workshop. From then on he devoted himself to painting at night, and later took drawing classes at the Ribalta secondary school in Castellón. After his debut in a group exhibition held in 1951 at the Caja de Ahorros de Castellón, 1954 was a turning point in his career, as a result of a trip to Paris where he made contact with the artistic circles of the city. He remained in the French capital until 1963, and during these years he produced twelve paintings for the church of Saint-Paul de Trigan in the Commune des Chaulegnes. However, he was unable to give up industrial painting until 1958, when he joined the Drouand David gallery in Paris, one of the most prestigious in the world. He organised his first major solo exhibition at MACBA in 1962, and in 1967 he travelled to New York, where he exhibited and sold his entire collection to The William Haber Art Collection. That same year, the New York dealer Leon Amiel, of the Larrouse gallery, acquired all his work, something which was repeated on his trip to Japan. From that moment on, he embarked on a dazzling international career that has taken his work all over the world. In 1977 he moved to Holland, where he produced the engravings for the book in homage to Josep Plà. Between 1986 and 1987 he devoted himself to sculpture, producing sixty-two works in ceramic and bronze which were exhibited at the 1988 edition of ARCO. He has organised solo exhibitions not only in Spain, Paris and New York, but also in Mexico, Holland, Belgium, Italy, Switzerland, Sweden, various American cities, Germany and Japan. He is currently the exclusive artist of The William Haber Art in New York and the Galerie Drouand in Paris. In 2000 he was awarded the Premio de las Artes de la Comunidad Valenciana. Ripollés is today one of the most international Spanish artists, and also one of the most complete, as he has worked brilliantly in painting, sculpture and engraving. After an initial stage of correct figuration in which he recreated the landscape of his homeland, his work began to lean first towards dramatic expressionism and then towards a simplified painting based on the imaginative and poetic recreation of reality. Within this lyrical, ironic and somewhat erotic world, he developed a body of work whose roots conceal a deep admiration for Picasso and Chagall. Ripollés is represented in the IVAM, the MOMA in New York, the Museum of the University of Alicante, the Museum of Fine Arts in Seville and the MACBA.

MANUEL MATEO CUENCA (La peraleja, Cuenca ,1951)."El peinado".Bronze and stone base. Exemplary 2/8.Enclosed author's certificate.CAPA FoundationSigned and justified.Measurements: 29,5 x 13,5 x 18 cm; 5 x 11 x 14,5 cm (base).Round work made in bronze where he plays with the combination of empty spaces, transparency, lightness and solidity. In such a way that it reminds the spectator of the sculpture Apollinaire wrote about. The author thus demonstrates that "his artistic premises are linked to a whole range of cultural problems with deep European roots which have been with us since the end of the 19th century and which are continually enriched with new contributions in the 20th century", as Sanchez Rojas Fenol points out in relation to the work of Mateo Cuenca. Manuel Mateo Cuenca began his artistic training in his youth and worked with artists such as Antonio Galán del Amo, José Carrilero, Venancio Blanco, Joaquín García Donaire, José Castro Llamas, Cristino Mallo, Otero Besteiro, Jesús Valverde, Pablo Palazuelo. He began to exhibit in 1973 when he held a group exhibition at the Banco Americano (Ameribank) in Madrid. He also exhibited at the Tolmo Gallery in Toledo, and that same year he was awarded the National Salcillo Prize in Murcia. With regard to his first individual exhibition in 2000, in the Ra del Rey gallery in Madrid, it is worth mentioning that the artist already had a long career as an exhibitor. Both nationally and internationally, with his participation in exhibitions such as Avant Premiere. Capa Esculturas, Brussels in 2015, Affordable Art Fair London Spring Edition, London in 2008 or Estampa, the International Exhibition of Contemporary Art Printmaking and Publishing. Capa Sculptures. Madrid in 2004 among others. These exhibitions, which have confirmed his artistic recognition, have been followed by various awards, such as the II Prize for Sculpture at the II International Biennial El Baloncesto en las Bellas Artes in 2000, the XXVII Special Mention for Sculpture, the Plastic Arts Competition in Getafe, (Madrid) in 1979, the gold medal at the XVIII National Sculpture Exhibition and the Julio Antonio Prize, Tarragona in 1974, among many others. Nowadays his works are divided in different private collections such as the Ros Urigüen collections (Madrid), and many artistic centres of great cultural relevance among which the Diputación de Cuenca, the Pedro Ferrándiz Foundation in Madrid, the Eduardo Capa Foundation in Alicante, the Ministry of Culture in Madrid, the Reina Sofía Museum and the Museum of Cuenca stand out, his work is characterised by an approach to geometric constructivism that is never confused with a rigid schematism. Even in his most voluptuous volumes, line, light or shadow, and sometimes the hollow, mark a geometric counterpoint that orders and gathers the composition and enriches his points of view. Through an expressive and successful play of volumes and lines, of tones and textures, of supports and challenges to gravity, Manuel Mateo's sculpture transmits an artistic serenity that is instantly transmitted to the spectator. Within a stylistic schematism that inevitably recalls the avant-garde movements of the last century.

Charles Arthur Salvador, 'Charlie' (British, b.1952). Born Michael Gordon Peterson, also known as Charles Bronson. 'Birdman Open His Mind The Charles Bronson Book of Poems'. First edition hardback book, 1999. Signed by sticker on the first blank page Charles Bronson, with spider sketch. Provenance: Consigned for sale by the author Richard Booth. Gifted to Richard by the artist. Richard has co written books with Bronson, including 'Hell on Earth' and 'Words from the Soul'. Charles Arthur Salvador, 'Charlie', (born Michael Gordon Peterson also known as Charles Bronson), was born 6 December 1952. He is an English criminal who is often referred to in the British press as the "most violent prisoner in Britain" and "Britain's most notorious prisoner". Charlie is one of the highest-profile criminals in Britain and has been featured in books, interviews, and studies in prison reform and treatment. He was the subject of the 2008 film Bronson starring Tom Hardy, a biopic based loosely around his life. Bronson has written many books about his experiences and famous prisoners he has met throughout his incarceration. A self-declared fitness fanatic who has spent many years in segregation, Bronson dedicated a book to exercising in confined spaces. He has also cultivated a reputation as an outsider artist, with his paintings and illustrations of prison and psychiatric hospital life being publicly exhibited and winning him multiple awards. Charlie has 11 Koestler Trust awards for his art and poetry. Some people say the artwork shows the dark corners of a disturbed mind, but supporters say the scenes reflect the events he has witnessed and lived. It is art that has come straight from his soul. It was in 1994 at HMP Wakefield that prison officer Mick O'Hagan encouraged him to take up art, and his lifelong love of art has been his saviour ever since. Charles, who changed his surname as a mark of respect to one of his favourite artists Salvador Dali, is said to have drawn "the madness he has come in contact with." "Nobody condones criminality, but I do believe that offenders can be helped to break the cycle of reoffending. Charlie himself has used his art to help rehabilitate himself. Helping young offenders has become increasingly important to Charles he wants to use his experience to prevent others following the same path" - Richard Booth.

HUGHES (Ted): 'The Iron Man': First Edition, Faber & Faber, 1968: pub. pink cloth with dustjacket, sunned and a little nicked to extrems, contemporary blue ink ownership to FFE, a good copy. (1)

RICHARD JEFFERIES: 'The Dewy Morn. A Novel..': FIRST EDITION, inscribed by Henry Williamson at head of title page 'given to by E.W 26.7.1921', his owl monogram beside: London, Richard Bentley, 1884: 2 vols, publishers green cloth, spines gilt lettered, a little rubbed and marked: 'The Life of the Fields..', London 1884: inscribed to half title 'Henry Williamson Shallowford 1931': publishers decorative brown cloth, spine browned, nicks to spine ends: 'The Hills and the Vale...introduction by Edward Thomas': ownership and monogram of Henry Williamson dated 1920 to FFE: London, Duckworth, 1909, publishers blue cloth, 8vo: 'World's End. A Story in Three Books': London, Tinsley, 1877: FIRST EDITION: 3 vols, publishers brown cloth blocked in black, a little skewed and contents shaken: together with approx 72 others over 2 shelves, works by Richard Jefferies from the estate of the Williamson family. (2 shelves)

GREENE (Graham): 'Our Man in Havana': London, Heinemann, 1958: FIRST EDITION, publishers blue cloth with dustjacket, very light edge wear and some soiling to lower panel, 8vo: LEE (Laurie): 'Cider with Rosie', FIRST EDITION, Hogarth Press 1959, dustjacket with a few small chips and abrasions, a good copy: with 23 others on one shelf, 20th century fiction, majority in dustjackets. (25)

CONAN DOYLE (Arthur): 'His Last Bow...some Reminiscences of Sherlock Holmes': London, John Murray, 1917: FIRST EDITION: 8vo, publishers red cloth gilt lettered, spines sunned, a good copy: RACKHAM (Arthur, illustrator) 'Rip Van Winkle', Toronto, S B Gundy, n.d: publishers brown boards with dustjacket, torn and chipped with head of spine snagged: together with 30 other volumes over one shelf, literature. (32)

WATKINS-PITCHFORD (Denise): 'At the Back O'Ben Dee..', London, Ernest Benn, 1968: FIRST EDITION, publishers orange cloth with dustjacket, a little rubbed to extrems: with 6 others, 'BB'. (7)

WATKINS PITCHFORD (Denise): 'Tide's Ending by BB': London, Hollis & Carter, 1950: FIRST EDITION: publishers grey cloth gilt, light wear and a few minor marks: VESEY-FITZGERALD (Brian) 'It's My Delight', illustrations by Watkins Pitchford, London, 1947: publishers blue cloth with dustjacket, a good copy: together with 10 other volumes by BB. (12)

TRAVEL: BURKE (W S, compiler):'The Indian Field Shikar Book...': 5th edition, Calcutta, Thacker Spink & Co, 1920: oblong 8vo, publishers green cloth, gilt lettered to upper board: GRESWELL (W) 'Our South African Empire', London, Chapman & Hall, 1885: 2 vols, publishers brown cloth gilt lettered, 8vo: together with a quantity of other books over 2 shelves, largely 19th & 20thc travel and related, to include a second copy of the first named item in variant green cloth, various sizes and condition. (2 shelves)

LITERATURE FROM THE LIBRARY OF HENRY WILLIAMSON: a large collection of 20th century literature from the library of Henry Williamson, over 6 shelves, to include no fewer than 58 books either dedicated to Williamson from authors or with his own ownership marks or annotations, some with notes or correspondence loosely inserted, to include: HEMINGWAY (Ernest) 'A Farewell to Arms': FIRST ENGLISH EDITION: London, Jonathan Cape, 1929, contemporaneously dated ownership in red ink to FFE, publishers purple cloth with dustjacket (frayed to extrems), 8vo: BORROW (George) 'The Bible in Spain', a Macdonald edition of 1959, with extensive blue ink presentation to 'Bilson' in Williamson's hand, writing as Borrow through assumed psychic communication, marked to opposing endpaper as 'genuine automatic writing': JOHN (Augustus) 'Chiaroscuro': London, 1952, Williamson's pencil ownership and annotations to FFE, dustjacket, 8vo: WILLIAMS (Alfred) 'Cor Cordium', London, Erskine Macdonald, 1913: signed by author to title page and with letter to Williamson loosely inserted: publishers green cloth gilt, 8vo: MANNIN (Ethel) 'The Dark Forest', London, Jarrolds, 1946: red ink dedication from author to Henry Williamson on title page: publishers black cloth with dustjacket, chipped to extrems, 8vo: KERSHAW (Alister): 'The Lonely Verge': The Warlock Press, for subscribers only, No.148/150 copies signed by author, with 10 line ms dedication to Williamson on front FE: publishers red cloth with dustjacket, 8vo. (6 shelves)

HUGHES (Ted): INSCRIBED TO HENRY WILLIAMSON, 'Wodwo...', London, Faber & Faber: FIRST EDITION: inscribed in black ink to FFE 'To Henry always with thanks..'we that are young shall never see so much nor live so long..only the owl knows the worth of an owl..from Ted, 15th May 1967': 8vo, dustjacket, VG with small tears at head of spine: together with a copy of Keith Douglas' 'Selected Poems' with introduction by Ted Hughes, green ink inscription to FFE by Richard Williamson (son of Henry) describing the gifting of the book to him by Ted Hughes at Exeter University in 1966. (2)

YEATS (William Butler): 'The Tables of the Law and the Adoration of the Magi..', London, Elkin Mathews, 1904: FIRST EDITION: 12mo, publishers blue printed wrappers, nicks to edges with some loss to foot of spin: together with 'Deirdre', Shakespeare Head Press, 1911: first theatre edition, grey printed wrappers, 32pp. (2)

ICE-CAP JOURNAL (THE), being the journal of the Mountain Club of East Africa...: No.1, 1932, FIRST EDITION: inscribed 'G F Freeman Esq with the editor's compliments' inside upper cover, grey printed wrappers, 8vo, minor wear and creases else VG. (1)

GRACE (W G): 'Cricket': Bristol, J W Arrowsmith, 1891: publishers green cloth gilt, a little rubbed else a bright copy, 8vo: WILLIAMS (Susan) 'Elephant Boy': London, William Kimber, 1963: FIRST EDITION, 8vo in dustjacket, VG: with two cartons of misc. other books, chiefly 20th century juvenile/illustrated and literature, some in dustjackets. (2 boxes)

AMIS (Martin): 'The Rachel Papers..': London, Jonathan Cape, 1973: FIRST EDITION: publishers black cloth with dustjacket, price clipped and chipped to extrems with spine sunned, else a good copy. (1)

INSCRIBED AND WITH DRAWING FROM EDWARD SEAGO TO HENRY WILLIAMSON: SEAGO (Edward): 'Tideline', London, Collins 1948, FIRST EDITION: upper FFE inscribed in blue ink 'To Henry & Christine, with my best wishes from Ted, The Dutch House April 1949', with blue ink drawing of the house and trees by the artist: 8vo, publishers green cloth with dustjacket, somewhat spotted and chipped, a good copy. (1)

ATLAS: CARY (John): 'Cary's New and Correct English Atlas: being a new set of county maps from actual surveys...', London, printed for John Cary, 1787: FIRST EDITION: with engraved title & 47 maps hand-coloured in outline, tissue guards, scattered foxing and toning, a good copy. (1)

RUTTLEDGE (Hugh): 'Everest 1933': London, Hodder & Stoughton, 1934: FIRST EDITION, with 2 folding maps & 63 photographic illustrations, publishers black cloth with dustjacket (spine browned and with losses at head/foot), large 8vo: PEARY (Robert) 'The North Pole': London, 1910: publishers blue cloth gilt blocked in white, a very good copy with foxing to edges and end leaves: together with a defective copy of Franklin's Voyage, and one other. (4)

SAUNDERS (John Cunningham): 'A Treatise on some practical points relating to the diseases of the eye...', London, Longman, Hurst et al, 1811: FIRST EDITION: portrait frontispiece & 8 uncoloured plates, contemporary half calf gilt with marbled edges, 8vo: with 5 others, medical. (6)

EVELYN WAUGH'S FIRST BOOK: WAUGH (Evelyn): 'P.R.B: Essay on the Pre-Raphaelite Brotherhood 1847-1854': London, Alastair Graham, 1926: FIRST EDITION, 1 of 50 copies, with extensive 16 line inscription from writer John Heygate to Henry Williamson on FFE beginning: 'not having a book of my own to give my old friend, Henry Williamson, on the occasion of his first visit...': publishers cloth backed boards, spine gilt lettered, some light wear and marking, contained within old brown envelope addressed to Williamson in Heygate's hand, black wax seal to verso. A dedication copy of Waugh's first book, inscribed from the man who stole the author's first wife at a party given by Anthony Powell and Constance Lambert in 1929. (1)

RAND (Ayn): 'Atlas Shrugged', New York, Random House, 1957: early edition: thick 8vo, publishers black cloth with dustjacket, a few tears and chips: LEWIS (C S): 'Perelandra..', London, John Lane, 1943: FIRST EDITION, publishers blue cloth without dustjacket, 8vo: with 15 others, 20th century literature in dustjackets. (17)

LADD (Tony): 'An Oological Record of British Raptors..': FIRST EDITION, 2015: pictorial laminated boards simulating an old quarter leather binding, titled in gilt, edition limited to 400 copies, ms dedication from the author to Richard Williamson on title page, folio, VG. (1)

JOHN LENNON: 'A Spaniard in the Works', London, Jonathan Cape, 1965: FIRST EDITION, with original ticket for Beatles Christmas show at Odeon Hammersmith, Wed. Jan 6th 1965, loosely inserted: publishers boards, VG, small 8vo: together with another copy in similar condition, plus a small quantity of miscellaneous other books, unrelated. (One box)

FORD MADOX FORD, HENRY WILLIAMSON'S COPIES: 'Some Do Not', London 1924 (3rd impression): 'No More Parades', 1925 FIRST EDITION: 'Last Post', London 1928, FIRST EDITION: 8vo, publishers green cloth, retaining dustjackets (first named more heavily chipped and torn), nicks and bumps to edges, smudges and stains: with ownership inscription of Henry Williamson to all 3 volume on front free endpaper. (3)

THOMAS (Edward): 'In Pursuit of Spring..', London, Nelson, 1914: FIRST EDITION, publishers blue cloth gilt, light wear and marking: 'Collected Poems, with a foreword by Walter de la Mare': London, 1929: inscribed on FFE to Henry Williamson ...'to HW, in remembrance of things past, and of E.T., and his 'daughter the younger'', probably in Walter de la Mare's hand, publishers red cloth with dustjacket (chipped to extrems), 8vo: 'The Icknield Way', London, Constable, 1913: FIRST EDITION, publishers green cloth gilt, 8vo: with one other related, from the estate of the Williamson family. (4)

Books and other collectables to include books and souvenirs on Royal memorabilia, National Geographic magazines, children's annuals, Audubon Nature programme set, and others to include a first edition Nov. 1939 Nonesuch edition of the complete works of Lewis Carroll, and a approved souvenir programme of the Coronation of Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II, various games to include Cupid's Luck, vintage monopoly game with metal figures, and other items Location: 1-2

A Collection of British and World stamps. Limited edition sets for the flags of the states of America. The state seals of the original thirteen states and other first day covers. Several albums. (a lot)

Books - Enid Blyton, The Secret Seven, first edition 1949; others, The Mystery Of The Pantomime Cat, first edition; The Mystery Of The Pantomime Prince, first edition 1951; others, mid 20th century and later, including The Castle of Adventure, The Mountain of Adventure, In The Fifth At Malory Towers, etc; Enid Blyton Magazine collection, etc; The Derbyshire Countryside magazine bound volumes 1931-1965; Kelly's Directory, etc

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

Norwich Union- The First 200 years by Jonathan Mantle, James & James Publishers; 1st edition (1 Jan. 1997)

The Seven Pillars of Wisdom by T.E. Lawrence First Edition, published by London: Jonathan Cape, 1935. Quarto, original cloth, illustration with photogravures and maps. Laid in is a pamphlet from the dedication of the Lawrence of Arabia Memorial in St. Paul’s Cathedral. In near fine condition

WINSTON GRAHAM, "Demelza" 1946 first edition; also "Ross Poldark" 1947, 3rd impression with dust jacket

DAPHNE DU' MAURIER, "The Apple Tree" 1952 first edition with pictorial dust jacket; also "Rebecca" 1938, 4th impression together with "Rebecca - Play in 3 Acts" 1940 with original board covers

TWO ALBUMS OF LIMITED EDITION FIRST DAY LITHOGRAPHS STAMPS

BINDINGS. - Claire de Kersaint, Duchesse de DURAS. Ourika. Paris: Ladvocat, 1826. Third edition, 8vo (169 x 93mm.) Half-title, engraved frontispiece, additional title with engraved vignette. (Spotting to preliminaries and last leaves.) Mid-19th century green half morocco over marbled paper-covered boards (some wear to top of spine). Note: the first edition was published in 1823. This work inspired John Fowles' to write 'The French Lieutenant's Woman'. - And a further forty-one volumes of French literature (42).Buyer’s Premium 24.5% (including VAT @ 0%) of the hammer price. Lots purchased online via the-saleroom.com will attract an additional premium of 5% (including VAT @ 0%) of the hammer price.

AFRICA. - Charles John ANDERSSON. Notes on the Birds of Damara Land and the Adjacent Countries of South-West Africa… arranged and edited by John Henry Gurney. London: John Van Voorst, 1872. First edition, inscribed by the editor, 8vo (214 x 134mm.) 1 lithographed map with hand-coloured outlining, 4 lithographed plates to rear, 2pp. publisher's advertisements to rear. (Toning.) Original green cloth, gilt lettering to spine (rubbing to spine ends). Provenance: by descent, from the estate of Rendel Williams.Buyer’s Premium 24.5% (including VAT @ 0%) of the hammer price. Lots purchased online via the-saleroom.com will attract an additional premium of 5% (including VAT @ 0%) of the hammer price.

BALZAC, Honoré de. La Peau de Chagrin. Études Sociales. Paris: H. Delloye and Victor Lecu, 1838. First illustrated edition, 8vo (242 x 150mm.) Numerous wood-engraved illustrations in the text. (Spotting to title and occasionally within, marginal damp-staining throughout.) Contemporary green half morocco over marbled paper-covered boards, black morocco lettering piece (rubbing to extremities). Provenance: Charles White (name inscribed to title). - And a further thirty volumes of French literature (31).Buyer’s Premium 24.5% (including VAT @ 0%) of the hammer price. Lots purchased online via the-saleroom.com will attract an additional premium of 5% (including VAT @ 0%) of the hammer price.

[TOLSTOY, Leo.] Count Lyof N. TOLSTOI. War and Peace… from the Russian by Nathan Haskell Dole. London: Walter Scott, [1889.] 4 vols., first UK edition, 8vo (184 x 120mm.) 4pp. publisher's advertisements to rear of each volume, publisher's note tipped-in to front of volumes 1 and 2. (Spotting to pastedowns and endpapers, toning.) Original blue cloth, gilt ornaments and lettering to upper covers and spines (some wear to spine ends, especially to volume 2, scuffing, minor staining to spines). Note: the first UK edition, based on Nathan Haskell Dole's American translation of the same year but without his preface. Provenance: Henry Burdett, financier and philanthropist (name stamped to all front-free endpapers) (4).Buyer’s Premium 24.5% (including VAT @ 0%) of the hammer price. Lots purchased online via the-saleroom.com will attract an additional premium of 5% (including VAT @ 0%) of the hammer price.

BRIGGS, Raymond. When the Wind Blows. London: Hamish Hamilton, 1982. First edition reprinted before publication, signed and inscribed by the author, 4to (299 x 224mm.) Numerous illustrations in colour. Original pictorial boards (slight fading). Provenance: 'The Williamses' (ink inscribed by the author verso the front-free endpaper).Buyer’s Premium 24.5% (including VAT @ 0%) of the hammer price. Lots purchased online via the-saleroom.com will attract an additional premium of 5% (including VAT @ 0%) of the hammer price.

MANTELL, Gideon Algernon. The Geology of the South-East of England. London: Longman, Rees, Orme, Brown, Green, & Longman, 1833. First edition, 8vo (215 x 128mm.) Wood-engraved vignette to title, 5 lithographed plates, including 1 folding, 1 folding geological map with hand-colouring, 9pp. publisher's advertisements to rear. (Lacking half-title, marginal annotation in ink to pp.xiv-xv and p.343, spotting to 3 plates, corner creasing to rear leaves, toning.) Near contemporary brown half calf, black morocco lettering piece to the spine (scuffing to spine and lower cover, minor rubbing). Provenance: T.H.T. Hopkins (stamp to front pastedown); by descent, from the estate of Rendel Williams.Buyer’s Premium 24.5% (including VAT @ 0%) of the hammer price. Lots purchased online via the-saleroom.com will attract an additional premium of 5% (including VAT @ 0%) of the hammer price.

INDONESIA. - Tony WHITTEN and Roehayat Emon SOERIAATMADJA and Suraya A. AFIFF. The Ecology of Java and Bali. Oxford: University Press, 1997. First edition, vol. 2 of 'The Ecology of Indonesia Series', 8vo (228 x 149mm.) Numerous photographic illustrations. (Toning.) Original brown cloth, dust-jacket. - And a further twenty-six related volumes (including two further volumes from the 'The Ecology of Indonesia Series', 1997, 8vo). Provenance: by descent, from the estate of Rendel Williams (27).Buyer’s Premium 24.5% (including VAT @ 0%) of the hammer price. Lots purchased online via the-saleroom.com will attract an additional premium of 5% (including VAT @ 0%) of the hammer price.

MANTELL, Gideon. A Narrative of the Visit of their Most Gracious Majesties William IV and Queen Adelaide, to the Ancient Borough of Lewes, on the 22nd October 1830. London: Lupton Relfe, 1831. First edition, 8vo (216 x 134mm.) (Lacking frontispiece, damp-stain to lower margins, occasional spotting.) Original boards, paper label to upper cover (upper cover detached, lacking top of spine panel, staining). Note: scarce. Provenance: by descent, from the estate of Rendel Williams.Buyer’s Premium 24.5% (including VAT @ 0%) of the hammer price. Lots purchased online via the-saleroom.com will attract an additional premium of 5% (including VAT @ 0%) of the hammer price.

SPORT. - John CAIRNIE. Essay on Curling and Artificial Pond Making. Glasgow: W.R. M'Phun, 1833. First edition, 8vo (218 x 135mm.) 4 lithographed plates. (Toning, spotting to verso and to margins of frontispiece, occasional pencil annotation.) Contemporary green cloth boards, paper label mounted to spine (lightly rubbed, a few marks). Note: an early and influential essay on the sport of curling which described the 'Cairnie lake' - an artificially made surface for playing when natural lochs or deep water were not suitable.Buyer’s Premium 24.5% (including VAT @ 0%) of the hammer price. Lots purchased online via the-saleroom.com will attract an additional premium of 5% (including VAT @ 0%) of the hammer price.

BECHE, Henry T. de la. Sections and Views Illustrative of Geological Phaenomena. London: Truettel & Wurtz, 1830. First edition, 4to (272 x 219mm.) 40 plates, including 6 hand-coloured folding lithographed plates (with 'Mont Blanc from the Breven') and 1 uncoloured folding plate and 20 colour plates. (Browning, occasional spotting verso the plates, spotting to preliminaries.) Contemporary half calf (covers detached, spine lacking). Provenance: General Charles Cathcart ('Lord Greenock'), amateur geologist (name inscribed to title); L.R. Wager, geologist (name inscribed to initial blank). Provenance: by descent, from the estate of Rendel Williams.Buyer’s Premium 24.5% (including VAT @ 0%) of the hammer price. Lots purchased online via the-saleroom.com will attract an additional premium of 5% (including VAT @ 0%) of the hammer price.

DURRELL, Gerald. My Family and Other Animals. London: Rupert Hart-Davis, 1956. First edition, first impression, 8vo (214 x 134mm.) (Toning, small stamp marks to endpapers.) Original green cloth (bumped to spine ends), dust-jacket (some loss to spine ends and extremities). Provenance: Phillip F.R. Barrow (small stamp to front pastedown). - And a further thirty-three volumes of 20th century fiction (including C.S. Forester's 'The Good Shepherd', 1955, 8vo) (34).Buyer’s Premium 24.5% (including VAT @ 0%) of the hammer price. Lots purchased online via the-saleroom.com will attract an additional premium of 5% (including VAT @ 0%) of the hammer price.

SAMUELSON, James. Roumania, Past and Present. London: Longmans, Green and Co., 1882. First edition, 8vo (223 x 136mm.) 2 folding maps, 3 plates, numerous woodcut illustrations in the text, 2 mounted extra-illustrations, 2 extra-illustrations loosely inserted, 24pp. of publisher's advertisements. (Toning, minor spotting to front and rear leaves.) Original green cloth, pictorial gilt to upper cover (fading, rubbing to extremities). Provenance: André Bataillard (gift inscribed to on the half-title). - And a further three volumes relating to Romania (including 'Romania in Chipuri si Vederi', 1926, 4to) (4).Buyer’s Premium 24.5% (including VAT @ 0%) of the hammer price. Lots purchased online via the-saleroom.com will attract an additional premium of 5% (including VAT @ 0%) of the hammer price.

TRAVEL & EXPLORATION. - Austin Henry LAYARD. Discoveries in the Ruins of Nineveh and Babylon; with Travels in Armenia, Kurdistan and the Desert. London: John Murray, 1853. First edition, 8vo (219 x 138mm.) 16 plates, including 2 folding maps at rear, numerous illustrations in the text. (Spotting to preliminary and rear leaves and occasionally within, repair to one plate.) Original brown blind-stamped cloth (spine ends repaired, endpapers replaced, some fading, minor stain to lower cover). - And a further fourteen related volumes (including the second edition of Austin Henry Layard's 'Nineveh and Its Remains', 2 vols., 1849, 8vo, and John Barrow's 'Nouveau Voyage dans la Partie Méridionale de L'Afrique, 2 vols., 1806, 8vo) (15).Buyer’s Premium 24.5% (including VAT @ 0%) of the hammer price. Lots purchased online via the-saleroom.com will attract an additional premium of 5% (including VAT @ 0%) of the hammer price.

MANTELL, Gideon. A Pictorial Atlas of Fossil Remains, Consisting of Coloured Illustrations Selected from Parkinson's 'Organic Remains of a Former World' and Artis's 'Antediluvian Phytology'. London: H.G. Bohn, 1850. First edition, 4to (273 x 212mm.) Hand-coloured lithographed frontispiece, 74 hand-coloured engraved plates, 1 folding. (Toning, last few leaves loosening, minor spotting to frontispiece.) Contemporary calf, red morocco lettering piece (lower cover detached). Provenance: Lucius Herbert Ingham (name-plate to the front pastedown); by descent, from the estate of Rendel Williams.Buyer’s Premium 24.5% (including VAT @ 0%) of the hammer price. Lots purchased online via the-saleroom.com will attract an additional premium of 5% (including VAT @ 0%) of the hammer price.

BOWEN, Elizabeth. A Word of Love. London: Jonathan Cape, 1955. First edition, signed by the author, 8vo (188 x 121mm.) (Mild toning.) Original green decorative cloth (fading to spine ends), dust-jacket (sunning to spine, minor loss to bottom of spine panel). Provenance: 'Brian' (gift inscribed to on the front-free endpaper).Buyer’s Premium 24.5% (including VAT @ 0%) of the hammer price. Lots purchased online via the-saleroom.com will attract an additional premium of 5% (including VAT @ 0%) of the hammer price.

EUROPE. - [Nina Elizabeth MAZUCHELLI.] 'Magyarland'; being the Narrative of our Travels Through the Highlands and Lowlands of Hungary. London: Sampson Low, Marston, Searle, & Rivington, 1881. 2 vols., first edition, 8vo (227 x 158mm.) Wood-engraved frontispieces, numerous illustrations in the text, 2 errata leaves. (Spotting to preliminaries and occasionally thereafter, hinges reinforced.) Original brown cloth, pictorial gilt to upper covers (fading, extremities bumped). And a further twelve volumes related to European travel and history (including the third edition of George Dennis' 'The Cities and Cemeteries of Etruris', 2 vols., 1883, 8vo, and Fritz Thyssen's 'I Paid Hitler', 1941, 8vo) (14).Buyer’s Premium 24.5% (including VAT @ 0%) of the hammer price. Lots purchased online via the-saleroom.com will attract an additional premium of 5% (including VAT @ 0%) of the hammer price.

LYELL, Charles. Travels in North America; with Geological Observations on the United States, Canada, and Nova Scotia. London: John Murray, 1845. 2 vols., first edition, 8vo (200 x 117mm.) Folding hand-coloured lithographic frontispiece of the Niagara Falls, 2 hand-coloured engraved maps, 1 folding, 4 uncoloured lithographic plates, 3 folding, 16pp. publisher's advertisements to rear of volume 2. (Browning, regular minor soiling and finger-marks throughout, spotting to 'Niagara Falls' frontispiece, lacking 1 coloured plate.) Original green cloth, blind-stamped (worn). - And a further three volumes by Charles Lyell (including 'A Second Visit to the United States of North America', 2 vols., 1849, 8vo). Provenance: by descent, from the estate of Rendel Williams (5).Buyer’s Premium 24.5% (including VAT @ 0%) of the hammer price. Lots purchased online via the-saleroom.com will attract an additional premium of 5% (including VAT @ 0%) of the hammer price.

MANTELL, Gideon Algernon. The Fossils of the South Downs; or Illustrations of the Geology of Sussex. London: Lupton Relfe, 1822. First edition. Half-title, 4pp. 'Subscribers', 42 aquatint plates engraved by Mrs. Mantell, including 4 hand-coloured and 2 folding, 1p. publisher's advertisement to rear. (Spotting to frontispiece, browning, marginal spotting to plates, some corner creases, toning.) [Bound with:] MANTELL, Gideon Algernon. Illustrations of the Geology of Sussex: Containing a General View of the Geological Relations of the South-Eastern Part of England; with Figures and Descriptions of the Fossils of Tilgate Forest. London: Lupton Relfe, 1827. First edition. 3pp. 'Subscribers', 1 folding colour lithographed sectional plan, 21 lithographed plates, including 2 folding. (Browning, mild to moderate spotting to plates, some offsetting.) 4to (293 x 201mm.) Near contemporary brown half calf over marbled paper-covered boards, two red morocco lettering pieces to the spine (surface loss to covers, rubbing to lower lettering piece). Note: Mantell's first two works- and considered the most important. Provenance: Richard Shuttleworth (armorial bookplate to the front pastedown); by descent, from the estate of Rendel Williams.Buyer’s Premium 24.5% (including VAT @ 0%) of the hammer price. Lots purchased online via the-saleroom.com will attract an additional premium of 5% (including VAT @ 0%) of the hammer price.

HEDIN, Sven. The Wandering Lake… translated from the Swedish by F.H. Lyon. New York: E.P. Dutton & Co., 1940. First edition, 8vo (237 x 156mm.) Numerous illustrations. (Toning, illegible name in pencil to the front-free endpaper.) Original blue cloth (spine ends bumped), dust-jacket (creasing, chipping and minor loss to margins, price-clipped, tear to spine panel). - And a further four books by Sven Hedin (including first editions of 'The Silk Road', 1938, 8vo, and 'Across the Gobi Desert', 1931, 8vo) (5).Buyer’s Premium 24.5% (including VAT @ 0%) of the hammer price. Lots purchased online via the-saleroom.com will attract an additional premium of 5% (including VAT @ 0%) of the hammer price.

NEW NATURALIST. - Edward A. ARMSTRONG. The Wren. London: Collins, 1955. First edition, no. 3 in the New Naturalist Monograph Series, 8vo (216 x 145mm.) Numerous uncoloured illustrations. (Toning.) Original green cloth, dust-jacket (spotting to lower panel). - And a further nine volumes from the New Naturalist series. Provenance: by descent, from the estate of Rendel Williams (10).Buyer’s Premium 24.5% (including VAT @ 0%) of the hammer price. Lots purchased online via the-saleroom.com will attract an additional premium of 5% (including VAT @ 0%) of the hammer price.