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Lot 612

[CLASSIC LITERATURE] Sassoon, Siegfried. Memoirs of an Infantry Officer, first edition, Faber & Faber, London, 1930, blue cloth, octavo; together with Siegfried's Journey 1916-1920, first edition, Faber & Faber, London, 1945, dark pink cloth, portrait frontispiece, title page wood engraving by Reynolds Stone, octavo; and four further volumes by the same, (6). Condition Report : Memoirs: lacking dustjacket; spine browned and slightly faded but retaining bright blocking; Journey: lacking dustjacket; corners knocked; spine slightly faded, with rubbed ends. Condition reports are offered as a guide only and we highly recommend inspecting (where possible) any lot to satisfy yourself as to its condition.

Lot 695

[TRAVEL]. INDIA & PAKISTAN Enriquez, C.M. The Pathan Borderland. A Consecutive Account of the Country and People on and Beyond the Indian Frontier from Chitral to Dera Ismail Khan, first edition, Thacker, Spink & Co., Calcutta & Simla, 1910, original decorative dark green cloth gilt, decorative endpapers, folding table, folding map, small octavo. Condition Report : Generally good condition; map detached and torn along fold-lines, without loss. Condition reports are offered as a guide only and we highly recommend inspecting (where possible) any lot to satisfy yourself as to its condition.

Lot 601

[ANTIQUES & COLLECTING] Haslam, Malcolm. The Martin Brothers Potters, first edition, Dennis, London, 1978, pictorial boards, illustrations throughout, tall quarto; Chinnery, Victor. Oak Furniture. The British Tradition, reprint, Antique Collectors Club, Woodbridge, 1980, cloth, dustjacket, illustrations throughout, quarto; and another six assorted works of furniture, ceramics and glass interest, (8).

Lot 680

[TOPOGRAPHY] Harper, Charles. The Cornish Coast (North), first edition, Chapman & Hall, London, 1910, original blue cloth, plate and text illustrations, octavo; together with The Cornish Coast (South) and the Isles of Scilly, first edition, 1910; The North Devon Coast, first edition, 1908; The South Devon Coast, first edition, 1907; The Somerset Coast, first edition, 1909; The Dorset Coast, first edition, 1905; and a further eight works by the same, all original cloth, all octavo (15 volumes).

Lot 690

[TRAVEL]. INDIA Oliver, Edward. Across the Border or Pathan and Biloch, first edition, Chapman and Hall, London, 1890, original pictorial crimson cloth (re-backed with new spine and blocking), thirty-seven illustrations by J.L. Kipling (as called for), octavo. Condition Report : Lacking maps; some foxing. Condition reports are offered as a guide only and we highly recommend inspecting (where possible) any lot to satisfy yourself as to its condition.

Lot 700

[TRAVEL]. Pearse, Major Hugh, editor. Memoirs of Alexander Gardner, Colonel of Artillery in the Service of Maharaja Ranjit Singh, Soldier and Traveller, first edition, Blackwood, Edinburgh & London, 1898, original brown cloth, tissue-guarded portrait frontispiece, one further portrait plate illustration, two maps, thirty-two page publisher's catalogue dated '12/97', octavo. Condition Report : Generally good condition; library label to upper cover but internally clean. Condition reports are offered as a guide only and we highly recommend inspecting (where possible) any lot to satisfy yourself as to its condition.

Lot 604

[ART & ARCHITECTURE] Greenhalgh, Paul, editor. Art Nouveau 1890-1914, reprint, V. & A. Publications, London, 2000, boards, dustjacket, illustrations throughout, quarto; Livingstone, Karen, & Parry, Linda, editors. International Arts and Crafts, first edition, V. & A. Publications, London, 2005, boards, dustjacket, illustrations throughout, quarto; and seven assorted other works, including two softbacks, (9).

Lot 721

[MISCELLANEOUS] Milne, A.A. The Christopher Robin Verses, first combined edition, Methuen, London, 1932, original pale blue cloth gilt, frontispiece, another eleven colour plate and further black and white illustrations by Ernest Shepard, octavo; Thomson, James. The Seasons, limited edition 854/1500, The Nonesuch Press, London, 1927, original marbled cloth, five plate illustrations by Jacquier, quarto; and seven assorted other works, including decorative cloth bindings, (9). Condition Report : Milne: generally good; Thomson: spine browned; spine label with loss; joints torn. Condition reports are offered as a guide only and we highly recommend inspecting (where possible) any lot to satisfy yourself as to its condition.

Lot 701

[TRAVEL]. INDIA Pottinger, Lieut. Henry. Travels in Beloochistan and Sinde; Accompanied by a Geographical and Historical Account of those Countries, first edition, for Longman et al., London, 1816, half dark green leather with marbled boards, all edges gilt, hand-coloured frontispiece, engraved map hand-coloured in outline, quarto. Note: Association copy. Bookplate to front pastedown for Sir John Kennaway, Baronet (1758-1836, soldier and diplomat), Escot [House, near Ottery St. Mary, Devon]. Condition Report : Generally good condition; spine evenly browned but retaining reasonably bright blocking; upper and lower edges of boards rubbed. Condition reports are offered as a guide only and we highly recommend inspecting (where possible) any lot to satisfy yourself as to its condition.

Lot 641

[HISTORY] Webster, Sir Charles, & Frankland, Noble. The Strategic Air Offensive against Germany 1939-1945, first edition, four volumes, H.M.S.O., London, 1961, green cloth, dustjackets, plate illustrations, quarto; together with Richards, Denis, & Saunders, Hilary St. G. Royal Air Force 1939-1945, sixth impression / third impression / second impression, three volumes, H.M.S.O., London, 1955 / 1955 / 1954, blue boards, dustjackets, plate illustrations, maps (some folding), octavo, (7).

Lot 617

[CLASSIC LITERATURE]. POETRY Housman, A.E. More Poems, first edition, Cape, London, 1936, dark blue cloth, portrait frontispiece, octavo; Young, Andrew. Winter Harvest, first edition, The Nonesuch Press, London, 1933, quarter crimson cloth and deep pink boards, octavo; Eliot, T.S. Four Quartets, first collected edition, Faber & Faber, London, 1944, buff cloth, dustjacket, octavo; and ten assorted other works, (13). Condition Report : Housman: spine evenly browned; Eliot: jacket worn, with loss along lower spine; endpapers and blanks foxed. Condition reports are offered as a guide only and we highly recommend inspecting (where possible) any lot to satisfy yourself as to its condition.

Lot 628

[HISTORY]. INDIA Malcolm, John. Sketch of the Political History of India, from the Introduction of Mr Pitt's Bill, A.D. 1784, to the Present Date, first edition, for Miller, London, 1811, full speckled calf, two-page publisher's list, octavo. Condition Report : Generally good condition; upper hinge with crack from head to first raised band. Condition reports are offered as a guide only and we highly recommend inspecting (where possible) any lot to satisfy yourself as to its condition.

Lot 716

[TRAVEL]. INDIA, AFGHANISTAN & THE NORTH-WEST FRONTIER Gore, F. St.J. Lights & Shades of Hill Life in the Afghan and Hindu Highlands of the Punjab, first edition, Murray, London, 1895, original bevelled two-tone green cloth, top edges gilt, tissue-guarded frontispiece, numerous further plate and text illustrations, two folding maps, two-page publisher's list, octavo; together with Holdich, Colonel Sir T. Hungerford. The Indian Borderland 1880-1900, first edition, modern quarter navy blue buckram and grey cloth, tissue-guarded frontispiece, a further twenty-one plate illustrations (as called for), forty-two page publisher's catalogue dated April 1901, octavo; and another eight works in nine volumes, (11). Condition Report : Gore: spine ends nicked; lower joint with 4.5cm tear; Holdich: lacking map. Condition reports are offered as a guide only and we highly recommend inspecting (where possible) any lot to satisfy yourself as to its condition.

Lot 709

[TRAVEL] Haughton, Capt. H.L. Sport & Folklore in the Himalaya, first edition, Arnold, London, 1913, original maroon cloth gilt, frontispiece and a further sixteen plate illustrations (some with two images, as called for), sixteen pages of publisher's announcements dated October 1913, octavo. Condition Report : Generally good condition; rubbed; neat ownership inscription to front free endpaper; intermittent foxing. Condition reports are offered as a guide only and we highly recommend inspecting (where possible) any lot to satisfy yourself as to its condition.

Lot 648

[MODERN FIRST EDITIONS] Fleming, Ian. You Only Live Twice, first edition, Cape, London, 1964, boards, dustjacket (non price-clipped), the title page verso printed 'First published March 1964', octavo; together with On Her Majesty's Secret Service, third impression, Cape, London, May 1963, boards, dustjacket (non price-clipped), octavo, (2). Condition Report : You Only Live Twice: generally good condition; a few spots to jacket; O.H.M.S.S.: jacket with fading and foxing and chipped at head; ink ownership inscription to front free endpaper; ink verse added to rear blank. Condition reports are offered as a guide only and we highly recommend inspecting (where possible) any lot to satisfy yourself as to its condition.

Lot 646

[MODERN FIRST EDITIONS] Wodehouse, P.G. The Code of the Woosters, first edition, Jenkins, London, 1938, original green cloth, eight-page list of author's works, octavo; together with Very Good Jeeves, second printing; Carry on Jeeves, eleventh printing; The Inimitable Jeeves, twelfth printing; and Summer Lightning, tenth printing, all in original orange cloth, all octavo, (5). Condition Report : Code of Woosters: lacking dustjacket; spine browned and nicked at ends of lower joint; others all lacking dustjackets. Condition reports are offered as a guide only and we highly recommend inspecting (where possible) any lot to satisfy yourself as to its condition.

Lot 651

[NATURAL HISTORY]. BOTANY & GARDENING Desmond, Ray. Sir Joseph Dalton Hooker, Traveller and Plant Collector, first edition, Antique Collectors Club, Woodbridge, 1999, boards, dustjacket, illustrations throughout, quarto; and thirteen assorted other works, (14).

Lot 699

[TRAVEL]. TURKEY Mac Farlane, Charles. Constantinople in 1828. A Residence of Sixteen Months in the Turkish Capital and Provinces: with an Account of the Present State of the Naval and Military Power, and of the Resources of the Ottoman Empire, first edition, Saunders & Otley, London, 1829, later quarter scarlet calf and matching buckram, frontispiece and a further four plate illustrations (three hand-coloured; one double-page), two-page publisher's list, quarto. Condition Report : Generally good condition; lightly foxed; half title page creased, with rebuilt upper corner and reinforcement patch top fore-edge; spine evenly faded. Condition reports are offered as a guide only and we highly recommend inspecting (where possible) any lot to satisfy yourself as to its condition.

Lot 702

[TRAVEL]. INDIA Tod, Lieut.-Colonel James. Travels in Western India, embracing A Visit to the Sacred Mounts of the Jains, and the most Celebrated Shrines of the Hindu Faith between Rajpootana and the Indus; with an Account of the Ancient City of Nehrwalla, first edition, Allen & Co., London, 1839, half leather and blue cloth, frontispiece, a further eight plate and four vignette illustrations (as called for), large quarto. Condition Report : Covers with some fading; frontispiece splash-marked and detached; title page with indistinct Residency Library stamp (otherwise internally clean); small loss to upper corner of pp.xxvii-xxviii, not affecting text, with slight snagging to preceding and following leaves; one plate torn and partially detached, without loss. Condition reports are offered as a guide only and we highly recommend inspecting (where possible) any lot to satisfy yourself as to its condition.

Lot 688

[TRAVEL] Stark, Freya. Traveller's Prelude. An Autobiography, first edition, Murray, London, 1950, green buckram, dustjacket, plate illustrations, map, octavo; together with The Coast of Incense. Autobiography 1933-1939, Murray, London, 1953, green buckram, dustjacket (price-clipped), plate illustrations, map, octavo; and nine other works by the same, all but one first editions, most lacking dustjackets, (11). Condition Report : Prelude: jacket chipped and torn, with loss. Condition reports are offered as a guide only and we highly recommend inspecting (where possible) any lot to satisfy yourself as to its condition.

Lot 609

[CHILDRENS] Potter, Beatrix. The Story of Miss Moppet, first edition, Warne, London, 1906, pale blue-grey cloth wallet style covers with pictorial onlay, the reverse marked 'Frederick / Warne & Co. / London & / New York', concertina text with fourteen colour illustrations, 11.5cm x 9.5cm. Condition Report : Worn; covers rubbed; flap partially split along hinge; tab re-built; pages creased, with taped repairs to old tears. Condition reports are offered as a guide only and we highly recommend inspecting (where possible) any lot to satisfy yourself as to its condition.

Lot 670

[TOPOGRAPHY]. CARHAMPTON, SOMERSET Savage, James. History of the Hundred of Carhampton, first edition, Strong / Longman et al., Bristol / London, 1830, modern quarter brown buckram and oatmeal boards, frontispiece, vignette title page, hand-coloured map, list of subscribers, octavo. Condition Report : Generally good condition; light occasional foxing. Condition reports are offered as a guide only and we highly recommend inspecting (where possible) any lot to satisfy yourself as to its condition.

Lot 656

[NATURAL HISTORY]. ORNITHOLOGY Turner, E.L. Bird Watching on Scolt Head, first edition, Country Life, London, 1928, quarter tan cloth, plate illustrations, bookplate for Victor Henry Sylvester Scratchley, small quarto. Association copy: SIGNED & INSCRIBED BY QUEEN MARY in black ink 'With best wishes / from / Mary R / Christmas / 1929'; the front pastedown additionally with an applied hand-written envelope containing a Christmas card SIGNED & INSCRIBED BY KING GEORGE V 'With every good wish / for Xmas + 1934 / G.R.I.'.

Lot 650

[NATURAL HISTORY]. ORNITHOLOGY & OTHER Fisher, James. The Fulmar, first edition, Collins New Naturalist, London, 1952, green buckram, dustjacket (price-clipped), plate illustrations, maps, diagrams, octavo; Shackleton, Keith. Wake, first edition, Lutterworth Press, London, 1954, original grey cloth, colour plate and black and white full-page and text illustrations, quarto; and a further sixteen works in seventeen volumes, (19).

Lot 710

[TRAVEL] Younghusband, Col. Francis Edward. The Heart of a Continent. A Narrative of Travels in Manchuria, Across the Gobi Desert, Through the Himalayas, the Pamirs, and Hunza 1884-1894, fourth edition, Murray, London, 1904, original decorative cloth, tissue-guarded portrait frontispiece, a further eight plate illustrations (as called for), folding map, octavo; together with Merrick, Henrietta Sand. In the World's Attic, first edition, Putnam, New York & London, 1831, original crimson cloth, paper-protected colour frontispiece, further colour and black and white illustrations (as called for), folding map, octavo, (2). Condition Report : Younghusband: generally good condition; head of lower joint torn; Merrick: good condition. Condition reports are offered as a guide only and we highly recommend inspecting (where possible) any lot to satisfy yourself as to its condition.

Lot 649

[NATURAL HISTORY]. GARDENING Jekyll, Gertrude. Old West Surrey. Some Notes and Memories, first edition, Longmans, Green & Co., London, 1904, green cloth gilt, full-page and text illustrations, large octavo; together with Home and Garden, new edition, Longmans, Green & Co., London, 1900, maroon cloth gilt, plate illustrations, octavo; Wood and Garden, fifth impression, Longmans, Green & Co., London, 1899, blue cloth gilt, plate illustrations, octavo; and three others by or about the same, (6). Condition Report : Home & Garden: spine evenly browned; one plate detached; Wood & Garden: spine evenly faded but retaining bright blocking; Condition reports are offered as a guide only and we highly recommend inspecting (where possible) any lot to satisfy yourself as to its condition.

Lot 645

[MODERN FIRST EDITIONS] Bradbury, Ray. The October Country, first edition, Hart-Davis, London, 1956, green boards, dustjacket (non price-clipped), illustrations by Joe Mugnaini, octavo. Condition Report : Jacket chipped around spine head and upper corners, with small losses, and with 2.5cm and 1.5cm upper edge tears, without loss; jacket lightly browned and with two splash marks to front. Condition reports are offered as a guide only and we highly recommend inspecting (where possible) any lot to satisfy yourself as to its condition.

Lot 712

[TRAVEL]. INDIA Tod, Lieut.-Colonel James. Annals and Antiquities of Rajast'han, or the Central and Western Rajpoot States, first edition, two volumes, Smith, Elder & Co. / Calkin & Budd, London, 1829 & 1832, half brown leather by Morrell, the spines in compartments gilt, fifty-three plate illustrations (including frontispieces, as called for, 30 + 23), folding map hand-coloured in outline, quarto. Condition Report : Generally good condition; three (of the seven) folding plates now linen-backed; map now linen-backed; Vol.II half-title page, frontispiece, title page and dedication now laid-down to support sheets. Condition reports are offered as a guide only and we highly recommend inspecting (where possible) any lot to satisfy yourself as to its condition.

Lot 703

[TRAVEL]. UDAIPUR, INDIA Holme, A.T., & Ogilvie, Lieut.-Colonel G.D. The Residency, Udaipur, first edition, State Printing Press, Udaipur, 1927, original dark green cloth, labelled to the front free endpaper 'With Compliments from the Resident in Mewar', octavo; together with Anon. Short Guide to a Few of the Principal Places of Interest in Udaipur, 1909, original stiff paper covers, 20.5cm x 16.5cm; and Udaipur State Gardens Plants, printed at the Government Printing Press, Udaipur, 1942, original paper covers, 24.5cm x 16cm, (3). Condition Report : Residency: a fine copy; Short Guide: covers torn along spine and with loss to lowr corners; Gardens: covers torn along spine and with old tape stains; pages with some under-lining and annotations. Condition reports are offered as a guide only and we highly recommend inspecting (where possible) any lot to satisfy yourself as to its condition.

Lot 665

[SPORTING]. CANINE Dawson, Lucy. Neighbours, first edition, Collins, London, 1946, cloth, dustjacket, frontispiece, another eleven colour plate and further black and white illustrations (as called for), small quarto; together with Maeterlinck, Maurice, & Aldin, Cecil, illustrator. My Dog, translated by A. Teixeira de Mattos, George Allen, London, 1913, original cloth with pictorial onlay, frontispiece and a further five paper-protected colour plate illustrations, octavo; and another eight assorted works, (10). Condition Report : Dawson: jacket rubbed; Maeterlinck: foxed; ink gift inscription to front free endpaper. Condition reports are offered as a guide only and we highly recommend inspecting (where possible) any lot to satisfy yourself as to its condition.

Lot 654

[NATURAL HISTORY] Perrins, Christopher. British Tits, first edition, Collins New Naturalist, London, 1979, boards, dustjacket, plate illustrations, diagrams, octavo; together with a further nine titles from the series; and three other works, (13).

Lot 647

[MODERN FIRST EDITIONS] Durrell, Lawrence. Prospero's Cell. A Guide to the Landscape and Manners of the Island of Corcyra, first edition, Faber & Faber, London, 1945, yellow cloth, dustjacket (non price-clipped), seven plate illustrations (as called for), octavo; Lee, Laurie. Cider with Rosie, first edition, The Hogarth Press, London, 1959, green boards, illustrations by John Ward, reference to '...a fire at the piano-works almost every year...' on p.272, octavo; Hughes, Ted. Season Songs, first edition, Faber & Faber, London, 1976, boards, dustjacket (price-clipped), octavo; and three assorted other works, (6). Condition Report : Durrell: jacket nicked and chipped at peripheries and evenly faded along spine; Lee: lacking dustjacket; foxed; Hughes: jacket slightly but evenly faded along spine. Condition reports are offered as a guide only and we highly recommend inspecting (where possible) any lot to satisfy yourself as to its condition.

Lot 715

[TRAVEL]. TIBET Bell, Sir Charles. Tibet Past & Present, first edition, Clarendon Press, Oxford, 1924, navy blue cloth, colour frontispiece, numerous further plate illustrations, two folding maps, octavo; together with Filippi, Filippo de, editor. An Account of Tibet. The Travels of Ipolito Desideri of Pistoia, S.J., 1712-1727, first edition, Routledge, London, 1932, original maroon cloth, tipped-in colour frontispiece, twenty-two further illustrations (as called for), octavo, (2). Condition Report : Bell: generally good condition; folding map at rear creased; Desideri: generally good condition; spine evenly faded; rear cover splash-marked. Condition reports are offered as a guide only and we highly recommend inspecting (where possible) any lot to satisfy yourself as to its condition.

Lot 633

[HISTORY]. INDIA Malcolm, Major-General Sir John. The Political History of India, from 1784 to 1823, first edition, two volumes, Murray, London, 1826, half leather, octavo. Condition Report : Vol. 1: joints cracked but boards still holding firm; Vol. 2: with largely marginal upper edge staining. Condition reports are offered as a guide only and we highly recommend inspecting (where possible) any lot to satisfy yourself as to its condition.

Lot 711

[TRAVEL] Conway, William Martin. Climbing and Explorations in the Karakoram-Himalayas, first edition, Fisher Unwin, London, 1894, original pictorial brown cloth, frontispiece and numerous further illustrations, folding map, quarto. Condition Report : Covers damp-marked and poor; spine strip dulled, torn and incomplete; front hinge tape-repaired, with associated staining, including to frontispiece inner edge verso Condition reports are offered as a guide only and we highly recommend inspecting (where possible) any lot to satisfy yourself as to its condition.

Lot 671

[TOPOGRAPHY]. DARTMOOR, DEVON Rowe, Samuel. A Perambulation of the Antient and Royal Forest of Dartmoor, and the Venville Precincts, first edition, Rowe / Hamilton, Adams & Co., Plymouth / London, 1848, modern half calf, frontispiece, vignette half title page, folding map, a further nine plate illustrations (as called for), subscriber's list, octavo. Condition Report : Generally good condition; slight, even fading along spine and around head. Condition reports are offered as a guide only and we highly recommend inspecting (where possible) any lot to satisfy yourself as to its condition.

Lot 718

[MISCELLANEOUS]. WOOD-ENGRAVINGS Stone, Reynolds. Engravings, first edition, Murray, London, 1977, navy blue buckram, dustjacket, illustrations throughout, tall quarto; Leighton, Clare. Four Hedges. A Gardener's Chronicle, first U.S. edition, Macmillan, New York, 1935, green cloth, full-page and text illustrations, quarto; Leighton, Clare. Country Matters, first edition, Gollancz, London, 1937, maroon cloth, full-page and text illustrations, quarto; and four assorted other works, (7). Condition Report : Stone: jacket lightly foxed, and with small area of loss to lower side near head of spine; Four Hedges: lacking dustjacket; Country Matters: lacking dustjacket; spine slightly faded; lower joint with tears. Condition reports are offered as a guide only and we highly recommend inspecting (where possible) any lot to satisfy yourself as to its condition.

Lot 687

[TRAVEL] Kipling, John Lockwood. Beast and Man in India, first edition, Macmillan, London, 1891, original brick red cloth gilt, illustrations, two page publisher's advertisement, fifty-five page publisher's catalogue, octavo; together with Lawrence, T.E. Seven Pillars of Wisdom, first trade edition, Cape, London, 1935, brown buckram gilt, portrait frontispiece, further plate illustrations (pagination error for 'A Forced Landing' in list of illustrations), maps, quarto; Lawrence, T.E. Letters, edited by David Garnett, first edition, Cape, London, 1938, original tan buckram, portrait frontispiece, further plate illustrations, maps, quarto; and four others works, (7). Condition Report : Kipling: rubbed; spine ends nicked; upper hinge tender; Seven Pillars: generally good; spine slightly but evenly faded, retaining bright blocking; Letters: generally good; spine slightly but evenly faded, retaining bright blocking; portrait and newspaper clipping pasted to front pastedown. Condition reports are offered as a guide only and we highly recommend inspecting (where possible) any lot to satisfy yourself as to its condition.

Lot 602

[ARCHITECTURE] Sandon, Eric. Suffolk Houses. A Study of Domestic Architecture, first edition, Baron Publishing, Woodbridge, 1977, blue boards, dustjacket, illustrations throughout, quarto; Stamp, Gavin. Edwin Lutyens Country Houses from the Archives of Country Life, Aurum Press, London, 2001, boards, dustjacket, illustrations throughout, quarto; and ten assorted other works, (12).

Lot 611

[CLASSIC LITERATURE] Sassoon, Siegfried. Memoirs of a Fox-Hunting Man, first illustrated edition, limited edition 258/300, SIGNED BY THE AUTHOR & ILLUSTRATOR, William Nicholson, Faber & Faber, London, 1929, full vellum, top edges gilt, seven tissue-guarded plate illustrations (as called for), octavo. Condition Report : Generally good condition; spine dried and cracked with minor flaking. Condition reports are offered as a guide only and we highly recommend inspecting (where possible) any lot to satisfy yourself as to its condition.

Lot 727

[MISCELLANEOUS]. OBSERVER BOOKS Thirty-one titles from the series, including Automobiles, fifth edition, 1959; Commercial Vehicles, new edition, 1978; Cricket, first edition, 1973; Motor Sport, revised edition, 1978; Golf, first edition, 1975; and Coins, first edition, 1977, all with dustjackets.

Lot 666

[SPORTING]. CANINE & OTHER Barker, K.F. Me and My Dog, the pedigree boxer and the alley kitten, first edition, Country Life, London, 1961, crimson cloth, dustjacket, illustrations throughout, quarto; together with Barker, K.F. Just Pups, reprint, Country Life, London, 1942, buff cloth, dustjacket, illustrations throughout, quarto; and another seven assorted works, (9). Condition Report : Me and My Dog: generally good condition; Just Pups: jacket torn, with losses along and around spine. Condition reports are offered as a guide only and we highly recommend inspecting (where possible) any lot to satisfy yourself as to its condition.

Lot 678

[TOPOGRAPHY] Harper, Charles. The Brighton Road, first edition, Chatto & Windus, London, 1892, original pink cloth, top edges gilt, plate and text illustrations, thirty-two page publisher's catalogue dated March 1895, octavo; together with The Exeter Road, first edition, 1899; The Oxford, Gloucester and Milford Haven Road, first edition, two volumes, 1905; The Norwich Road, first edition, 1901; The Newmarket, Bury, Thetford and Cromer Road, first edition, 1904; and Thames Valley Villages, first edition, two volumes, 1910, all original cloth, all octavo, (8).

Lot 694

[TRAVEL]. INDIA Wood, Lieut. John. A Personal Narrative of a Journey to the Source of the River Oxus, by the Route of the Indus, Kabul, and Badakhshan, Performed Under the Sanction of the Supreme Government of India, in the Years 1836, 1837, and 1838, first edition, Murray, London, 1841, original plain cloth with paper title label to spine, folding map, octavo. Condition Report : Spine faded; spine ends nicked; label browned and with loss; internally clean; pp.99-110 loose. Condition reports are offered as a guide only and we highly recommend inspecting (where possible) any lot to satisfy yourself as to its condition.

Lot 719

[MISCELLANEOUS]. ILLUSTRATED Tunnicliffe, Charles, illustrator, & Rogerson, Sidney. Both Sides of the Road. A Book About Farming, first edition, Collins, London, 1949, dark pink cloth, dustjacket, colour plate and black and white text illustrations, quarto; Vesey-Fitzgerald, Brian. Rivermouth, first edition, Eyre & Spottiswoode, London, 1949, brown cloth, dustjacket, illustrations by Charles Tunnicliffe, octavo; and five other works illustrated by the same, (7). Condition Report : Both Sides: foxed; jacket foxed, chipped and price-clipped, with some toning and one area of lower edge staining; Rivermouth: jacket chipped, browned along spine and price-clipped. Condition reports are offered as a guide only and we highly recommend inspecting (where possible) any lot to satisfy yourself as to its condition.

Lot 605

[ART] Kirby-Welch, David, & Lee, John Morton. Thomas Bush Hardy 1842-1897. A Master Painter of Marine and Coastal Watercolours, first edition, Antique Collectors Club, Woodbridge, 2009, boards, dustjacket, illustrations throughout, quarto; Wilcox, Scott, et al. Sun, Wind and Rain. The Art of David Cox, first edition, Yale Center for British Art et al., 2008, boards, dustjacket, illustrations throughout, quarto; Parris, Leslie, & Fleming-Williams, Ian. Constable, first edition, The Tate Gallery, London, 1991, red cloth, dustjacket, illustrations throughout, large quarto; and twelve assorted other works, (15). Condition Report : Constable: extra clipped illustration pasted to front pastedown; annotations, some in ink, to front free endpaper. Condition reports are offered as a guide only and we highly recommend inspecting (where possible) any lot to satisfy yourself as to its condition.

Lot 720

[MISCELLANEOUS] Uttley, Alison. The Swans Fly Over, first edition, Faber & Faber, London, 1959, green cloth, dustjacket, illustrations by Charles Tunnicliffe, octavo; together with Something for Nothing, first edition, Faber & Faber, London, 1960, green cloth, dustjacket (price-clipped), illustrations by Charles Tunnicliffe, octavo; Here's A New Day, first edition, Faber & Faber, London, 1956, green cloth, dustjacket, illustrations by Charles Tunnicliffe, octavo; and four others by the same, all but one first editions, all octavo, (7). Condition Report : Swans: brown stain to upper edge of lower cover; New Day: dustjacket faded along spine and chipped at head. Condition reports are offered as a guide only and we highly recommend inspecting (where possible) any lot to satisfy yourself as to its condition.

Lot 626

[HISTORY] Churchill, Winston. My African Journey, first edition, Hodder & Stoughton, London, 1908, original pictorial scarlet cloth, fifty-eight (of sixty-one) illustrations from photographs, three maps (one folding), sixteen-page publisher's list, octavo; and Churchill, Winston. London to Ladysmith via Pretoria, first edition, Longmans, Green & Co., London & Bombay, 1900, original pictorial buff cloth, folding colur map, three further maps (two folding), four plans, thirty-two page publisher's catalogue, octavo, (2). Condition Report : African Journey: lacking frontispiece and two further plates; five plates and one map detached; one plate torn, without loss; spine dulled and slightly soiled; London to Ladysmith: coversslightly soiled; spine browned, with holes to joints; fore edges foxed. Condition reports are offered as a guide only and we highly recommend inspecting (where possible) any lot to satisfy yourself as to its condition.

Lot 613

[CLASSIC LITERATURE] Davies, William. The Hour of Magic and Other Poems, first large paper limited edition 56/110, SIGNED BY THE AUTHOR & ILLUSTRATOR, William Nicholson, Cape, London, 1922, quarter cream cloth and blue boards with gold title labels, top edges gilt, octavo. Condition Report : Minor discolouration to fore edges of covers by generally a good, clean copy. Condition reports are offered as a guide only and we highly recommend inspecting (where possible) any lot to satisfy yourself as to its condition.

Lot 305

Estate of Jeremy Bulloch - Flying Solo - Bulloch's personally un-numbered copy of his autobiography. 2004 First Edition. Only 2,000 copies were issued, this copy likely being one of Bulloch's personally kept editions. Unsigned but supplied with an autographed paper slip by Bulloch, and un-numbered. Housed within its original presentation case and mailing box. As new, unread. 

Lot 35

Estate of Jeremy Bulloch - Star Wars - Artwork - Joe Corroney (artist) - The First Thirty Years - Star Wars Celebration Europe exclusive Artist's Proof edition lithograph print artwork depicting the main characters from the franchise. Signed by the artist to the corner. AP/250. Gifted to Bulloch by the artist at the event. Rolled. Total size 61cm x 46cm. 

Lot 592

JAMES, William: The Principles of Psychology, Macmillan, 1890, in two vols. This is undated apart from at the end of the preface: Harvard University, August 1890. Green boards in at least Good condition. Thus, we think, the first UK edition (states printed in USA).

Lot 496

Fleming, Ian, 'The Man with the Golden Gun', London: Jonathan Cape Ltd, 1965, first edition

Lot 213

MILITARIA - ASSORTED comprising a Manual of Field Works (All Arms), 1921; Royal Army Medical Corps painted shield; a book, Crozier, Major S.F. The History of the Corps of Royal Military Police, first edition, Gale & Polden, Aldershot, 1951, original blue and scarlet cloth gilt, illustrations, folding maps, octavo; a trench art brass A.T.S. ashtray; trench art sweetheart bullet brooch; and other items; together with a quantity of civilian badges, including those for Devon Emergency Land Workers; Royal College of Nursing; and Amalgamated Engineering Union.

Lot 918

Four aviation prints, "First Of The Many" (Glass A/F), "Eagle Squadron Scramble" and "Memorial Flight" by Robert Taylor and a limited edition "The Battle Of Britain Memorial Flight Over Lincoln Cathedral" by Eric Day, 1692/2000. Signatories Paul Day, Leonard Cheshire, Johnnie Johnson and Peter Townsend.Largest picture (Memorial Flight) 72.5x54.8cm

Lot 427A

Books - Drawn to Life, Gordon King, signed first edition, 1999, HB; Hovsep Pushman, (1877-1966), by and after, Parian Modesty, signed print, 50cm x 36cm (2)

Lot 400

Quantity of Collectable Die-Cast Vehicle models, Including: Matchbox 1:48 Scale, Models of Yesteryear, YS-38 1920 Rolls-Royce Armoured Car, Special Edition, Vangards 1:62 Scale Models, Boots Delivery Trucks of the 1960’s, The Dinky Collection 1:50 Scale, DY-S 10 1950 Mercedes-Benz Diesel Omnibus Type 0-3500, Special Edition, Gilbow 1:72 Scale, Exclusive First editions Bus, nearly all in very good Near excellent condition, with slight wear and tear on packaging. (18 items)

Lot 26

A Quantity of H0/00 Gauge Trains, Hornby 00 Gauge R2684 LNER Mallard A4 Class Locomotive & Tender, 4-6-2 Limited Edition 70, with certificate 4417 of 5000 produced 1938-2008 seventieth Anniversary of the steam traction world speed record, 18ct gold plated metal parts, in mint boxed condition, some fading to box, R2338 Class A4 Locomotive ‘Sir Charles Newton’ Triang railways Double ended diesel Loco TC series a special Bachmann 00 gauge model first Great Western class 57 diesel locomotive Pendennis Castle 976/1000,2 H0 scale x Spectrum Bachmann New York observation/passenger coach, Bachmann H0 USRA 0-6-0 Loc with tender, two unboxed Marklin H0 scale locomotives, one red example and one green example. ( 9 items)

Lot 161

The Great Book of Corgi by Marcel Van Cleemput 1956-1983 first edition book is in excellent condition.

Lot 355

Selection of Foreign Coin Sets; comprising: USA, 'Legacies of Freedom' silver bullion coin set, featuring a fine silver American Eagle and a UK silver Britannia, both encapsulated and presented in envelope of issue; 2x Czech Republic proof sets, both 2004; Canada, silver $20 2015, Superman edition, encapsulated and in envelope of issue; Canada, 'First Coinage of Canadian Mint' coin and stamp set, 2008; Canada, proof set 1981, boxed and presented in leather case of issue; Mexico, 'Coinage and Mexican History' set, 10 coin set; Argentina, World Cup 1978 set of uncirculated coins; UK, Pattern/ Prototype Euro Coin Collection 2003; and a 24k gold leaf 500 euro note, presented in a perspex presentation block

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