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A COLLECTION OF RECENT COLLECTORS ISSUES AND SETS. Two Westminster Mint Elizabeth II Coin covers, '2015 First Edition' and '2

Lawrences Auctioneers of Crewkerne

Lot 1149

A COLLECTION OF RECENT COLLECTORS ISSUES AND SETS. Two Westminster Mint Elizabeth II Coin covers, '2015 First Edition' and '2015 Final Edition', both with four first class stamps 'Tower Hill London 2 Mar'15', both numbered 741 from an edition of 995, in Westminster Mint folders, A 40th Anniversary of decimalisation 2011 Royal Mint 6 coin set, A 2013 50p 'Betjamin Britain' brilliant uncirculated coin in Royal Mint presentation pack, Four from an historic coins collection with two penny coins, halfpenny, and sixpence with gilt highlights and a 'New Coinage' portrait medal with six 2015 coins set in a gilt copper medal, encapsulated in presentation case with insert. 6 items.

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AN ELIZABETH II BRITANNIA AND SOVEREIGN TWO COIN SET. An Elizabeth II two coin set comprising a proof sovereign dated 2016, t

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Lot 1268

AN ELIZABETH II BRITANNIA AND SOVEREIGN TWO COIN SET. An Elizabeth II two coin set comprising a proof sovereign dated 2016, the obverse with the portrait by James Butler, slabbed and 'date stamped' with a first class stamp and postmark for 1 Jan 2016. 7.98g. And a 2016 Gold Britannia, similarly slabbed and postmarked. 31.10g. In presentation case and insert suggesting an edition size of 63 sets.

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AN ELIZABETH II BRITANNIA AND SOVEREIGN TWO COIN SET. An Elizabeth II two coin set comprising a 2015 Sovereign dated 2015, sl

Lawrences Auctioneers of Crewkerne

Lot 1270

AN ELIZABETH II BRITANNIA AND SOVEREIGN TWO COIN SET. An Elizabeth II two coin set comprising a 2015 Sovereign dated 2015, slabbed and 'date stamped' with a first class stamp and postmark for 1st January 2015. 7.98g. And a 2015 Gold Britannia, similarly slabbed and postmarked, 31.10g. In presentation case and insert suggesting an edition of 50 sets.

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A QUEEN ELIZABETH II St GEORGE'S DAY PROOF SOVEREIGN. A Queen Elizabeth II Proof sovereign dated 2015, slabbed and 'date' sta

Lawrences Auctioneers of Crewkerne

Lot 1272

A QUEEN ELIZABETH II St GEORGE'S DAY PROOF SOVEREIGN. A Queen Elizabeth II Proof sovereign dated 2015, slabbed and 'date' stamped with a first class stamp and postmark of 23 Apr 2015, St George's Day, from an edition of 195 with this presentation packaging. 7.98g.

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AN ELIZABETH II 500TH ANNIVERSARY PROOF SOVEREIGN. An Elizabeth II Proof gold sovereign dated 1989, 500th Anniversary of the

Lawrences Auctioneers of Crewkerne

Lot 1280

AN ELIZABETH II 500TH ANNIVERSARY PROOF SOVEREIGN. An Elizabeth II Proof gold sovereign dated 1989, 500th Anniversary of the First Gold Sovereign 1489-1989 edition, encapsulated and in Royal Mint presentation packaging with insert numbered 01536 and a suggested edition size of 12,500, 7.98g.

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A DATESTAMP SOVEREIGN. A Queen Elizabeth II Sovereign dated 2017, encapsulated with a first class stamp to the obverse marked

Lawrences Auctioneers of Crewkerne

Lot 1289

A DATESTAMP SOVEREIGN. A Queen Elizabeth II Sovereign dated 2017, encapsulated with a first class stamp to the obverse marked for 1st Jan 2017. In presentation case, from an edition of 995.

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'THE BRIDGE AT ARNHEM' PRINT SIGNED BY MAJOR GENERAL JOHN FROST. A colour print by Alan Fearnley 'The Bridge at Arnhem', sign

Lawrences Auctioneers of Crewkerne

Lot 617

'THE BRIDGE AT ARNHEM' PRINT SIGNED BY MAJOR GENERAL JOHN FROST. A colour print by Alan Fearnley 'The Bridge at Arnhem', signed in pencil in the margin 'John Frost' and titles 'First Edition print individually signed by Major general John Frost, CB, DSO, MC. framed and glazed, 56.5 x 66.5cm maximum dimensions.

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'METEOR STRIKES ITS FIRST BLOW' FRANK WOOTTON. A signed limited edition colour print after Frank Wootton 'Meter Strikes its F

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Lot 708

'METEOR STRIKES ITS FIRST BLOW' FRANK WOOTTON. A signed limited edition colour print after Frank Wootton 'Meter Strikes its First Blow' Meteor EE216 Flown by F/O Dean flipped over a Vi bomb with his wing scorig its first combat success on 4th August 1944. Published in an edition of 850, this an artists proof, signed by Dean, Frank Whittle and Wootton with a pencil sketch of a jet with wheels down. Framed and glazed, 57 x 67cm.

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Leaves of Gold - George M Whiley Ltd, designed by John Lewis, illustrated by John Minton, private limited edition no. 206, 19

Philip Serrell

Lot 307

Leaves of Gold - George M Whiley Ltd, designed by John Lewis, illustrated by John Minton, private limited edition no. 206, 1951 first edition in original slipcase, together with The Architects Journal, March - April 1933, The Wheelwrights Shop, by George Sturt 1923, Griffins Patent Cases, by Ralph Griffin 1887, and A Treatise on Practical Mensuration by A Nesbit 1845

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Stanley Gibbons Imperial Albums, Volume 1 & 2, 9th Edition, of British Empire & Foreign Countries of over 1300 pages

Smiths Newent Auctions

Lot 167

Stanley Gibbons Imperial Albums, Volume 1 & 2, 9th Edition, of British Empire & Foreign Countries of over 1300 pages partially filled with mainly QV- KEVII period issues, a few KGV - defin, commem, officials, postage due and fiscal. GB incl two 1d Blacks (Red and Black MC), first issue 2d Blue SG 5, higher values to 5/- and other LE, embossed and surface printed issues. In Empire, some Australian states, Canada and provinces, Ceylon, Hong Kong, India, NZ, Southern Africa countries/protectorates plus others to a lesser extent. Good Europe incl Austro-Hungarian, Belgian, Danish, French, German States and Swiss plus USA from 1850s on up to 50c, some Chinese coiling dragons, S. American such as Brazil & Paraguay. 1000s.

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Under The Sunset, Bram Stoker's first novel, second edition 1882 published by Sampson Low

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Lot 263

Under The Sunset, Bram Stoker's first novel, second edition 1882 published by Sampson Low

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First Edition Harry Potter and The Order of The Phoenix by J K Rowling with dust cover ISBN 0747551006

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Lot 273

First Edition Harry Potter and The Order of The Phoenix by J K Rowling with dust cover ISBN 0747551006

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First Edition Harry Potter and The Goblet of Fire by J K Rowling with dust cover, ISBN 074754624X

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Lot 274

First Edition Harry Potter and The Goblet of Fire by J K Rowling with dust cover, ISBN 074754624X

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Rowling, J. K. Collection of seven Harry Potter novels to include a first edition hardback of Deathly Hallows (adult edition)

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Lot 2328

Rowling, J. K. Collection of seven Harry Potter novels to include a first edition hardback of Deathly Hallows (adult edition), and a 53rd issue paperback of Philosopher's Stone. Together with The Tale of Pigling Bland, by Beatrix Potter, London: Warne & Co. Ltd., no date but not a first edition. Housed in a Hogwarts Express bag. Condition varied, sold as found with all faults (8)

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Handbook for the Armored-Car, DAIMLER I and IIChilwell Catalogue No. 60/117, First Edition, Printed in England by A. F. &

Auktionshaus Mehlis

Lot 1044

Handbook for the Armored-Car, DAIMLER I and IIChilwell Catalogue No. 60/117, First Edition, Printed in England by A. F. & S. Ltd. September 1945, Format Lex. 8°, 304 S. mit mehreren Falttafeln und teils farbigen Abbildungen, darauf Blaupausen, Schemata, Diagramme etc. der Panzerfahrzeuge Daimler I und II inklusive Schaltplan, Querschnitten verschiedener Munitionstypen sowie beigegebener Schmierplan, Ganzleinenmappe mit Front- und Rückenprägung sowie Druckknopfverschluss, normale Alters- und Gebrauchsspuren.

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Zwei Bücher RockgeschichteRolling Stone, Images of Rock &amp; Roll, First Edition, Edited and Designed by Fred Woodward,

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Lot 1031

Zwei Bücher RockgeschichteRolling Stone, Images of Rock & Roll, First Edition, Edited and Designed by Fred Woodward, Text by Anthony DeCurtis, Toronto bei Little, Brown and Company 1995, Format 4°, mit zahlreichen ganzseitigen, teilweise exklusiven Abbildungen diverser Rock-Legenden, Leineneinband mit Schutzumschlag, dieser mit Gebrauchsspuren und rückseitig kleinem Riss, sonst schöne Erhaltung; The Rolling Stones 50, mit über 1000 Abbildungen in s/w und Farbe, München bei Prestel 2012, Format 4°, 351 S., Pappeinband mit Schutzumschlag, geringe Gebrauchsspuren.

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Bisquit Cognac Grande Champagne Baccarat Decanter, 1950s. This is our earliest edition of the decanter set Baccarat made for

Ewbank's

Lot 2103

Bisquit Cognac Grande Champagne Baccarat Decanter, 1950s. This is our earliest edition of the decanter set Baccarat made for Bisquit Circa 1950's, without the gold foil that would adorn them from the 1960s onwards. Bisquit was the first brand after Remy Martin to issue decanters from Baccarat

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St Dominic's Press. Old English Clocks. Being a Collector's Observations on some Seventeenth Century Clocks by F. H. Green, 1

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Lot 2001

St Dominic's Press. Old English Clocks. Being a Collector's Observations on some Seventeenth Century Clocks by F. H. Green, 1st edition, one of 300 copies only, Ditchling Common: St Dominics Press, 1931. 4to, later quarter calf, 49 halftone photographic plates (complete: the first 4 unnumbered, remaining plates numbered 1-51, but numbers 40-51 in fact on either side of 6 plates only; most plates tipped in as issued), errata slip, together with 3 other works on horology including James Ferguson, Select Mechnical Exercises: shewing how to construct different Clocks, Orreries, and Sun-Dials, 1st edition, 1773 (8vo, contemporary sheep, incomplete, lacking plate 4 and part of plate 5) (4)

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Wordsworth (William)The White Doe of Rylstone; or The Fate of the Nortons, A Poem. Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme, and Brown, 181

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Lot 2028

Wordsworth (William)The White Doe of Rylstone; or The Fate of the Nortons, A Poem. Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme, and Brown, 1815, quarto, first edition, xi, 162 pages, engraved frontis, half title present, original boards with linen spine (worn), presentation inscription from Basil Montagu who was 'on intimate terms with Coleridge and Wordsworth' (DNB). Loosely inserted is the lower part of an ALS by Wordsworth.Foxing to frontis and title page, engraved bookplate and bookseller's pencil inscription to front pastedown. Wear to spine which lacks the spine label. Corners bumped, boards rubbed.

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Dickens (Charles)The Posthumous Papers of the Pickwick Club, Chapman and Hall, 1838, half green morocco gilt by Riviere (spin

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Lot 2036

Dickens (Charles)The Posthumous Papers of the Pickwick Club, Chapman and Hall, 1838, half green morocco gilt by Riviere (spine tanned);idem, The Posthumous Papers of the Pickwick Club, Chapman and Hall, 1937, lacking half title, marbled edges and endpapers, full calf gilt;idem, Dombey and Son, Bradbury and Evans, 1848, first edition, issue not stated, marbled edges, half calf;idem, Dombey and Sons, Bradbury & Evans 1848, first edition, issue not stated, half morocco;idem, The Haunted Man and the Ghost's Bargain, Bradbury & Evans, 1848, first edition, issue not stated, original cloth (5)

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Arts and Crafts BindingLe livre d'or de J.-F. Millet. Par un ancien ami, Paris: A. Ferroud, E. Bénézit-Constant, [1891]. 4to

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Lot 2037

Arts and Crafts BindingLe livre d'or de J.-F. Millet. Par un ancien ami, Paris: A. Ferroud, E. Bénézit-Constant, [1891]. 4to (333 x 248 mm), near-contemporary tan morocco by the Marygold Bindery (dated 1924 on rear turn-in), overall design of massed leaves, interlacing fillets and interstitial dots in blind, corners of central panels with red morocco onlays gilt-tooled with sunburst design, pink morocco doublures with similar sunburst designs gilt to corners, hand-printed endpapers, edges untrimmed, half-title, 9 etched plates including frontispiece, etched vignettes to title-page and in text, extra-illustrated with a lithograph and 2 woodcuts after Millet (each mounted to an initial blank with manuscript caption in French mounted opposite), original wrappers bound in at rear, light staining to pp. 111-12. Together with 2 others (Cresset Press, The Shepheards Calendar, 1930, one of 350 copies on hand-made paper, and John Evelyn, Memoirs, 1827, 5 volumes, red dark half morocco for Sotheran's, these not collated) (qty: 7)First edition, one of 500 copies on hand-made Holland paper, this copy inscribed on the limitation page to 'Monsieur Vicaire, bien sincère hommage de l'editeur'; there were also 50 copies on japon. The Marygold Bindery was established by Sangorski and Sutcliffe trainee Rosamund Philpott in Cambridge c.1904, operating until 1932.

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Luther (Martin)A Commentarie or Exposition upon the twoo Epistles generall of Sainct Peter, and that of Sainct Jude ... famil

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Lot 2044

Luther (Martin)A Commentarie or Exposition upon the twoo Epistles generall of Sainct Peter, and that of Sainct Jude ... familiarlie translated into Englishe by Thomas Newton, London: for Abraham Veale, 1581. 4to (195 x 145 mm), contemporary vellum, text mainly in black leter, allegorical woodcut border to title-page, woodcut initials, later ownership inscriptions to front free endpaper, binding soiled, old ink-stain and partial loss to title-page, variable worming to lower margins from quire G, occasional damp-staining to fore corners, H2 with hole in gutter, Q3 and T3 with lower fore corners torn away, R3 with hole in fore margin just touching edge of text, X3 torn in lower margin.ESTC S108928 (five copies in UK libraries).First edition in English of the author's Enarrationes in Epistolas Divi Petri duas et Judae unam. Rare in commerce.

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Heaney (Seamus)The Spirit Level, Faber and Faber, 1996, first edition, signed by the author, ticket for reading event loosely

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Lot 2046

Heaney (Seamus)The Spirit Level, Faber and Faber, 1996, first edition, signed by the author, ticket for reading event loosely inserted, hardback, dust wrapper; Another copy, 1996, first paperback edition , signed by the author. (2)

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Powell (Dawn)A Cage for Lovers, Boston, Houghton Mifflin, 1957, first edition, signed presentation inscription from the autho

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Lot 2050

Powell (Dawn)A Cage for Lovers, Boston, Houghton Mifflin, 1957, first edition, signed presentation inscription from the author to J. B. Priestley, Priestley bookplate to pastedown, dust jacket (priced 3$.);idem, Turn Magic Wheel, Constable, 1936, first edition, price-clipped dust jacket;with four others by the author. (6)

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Hinderwell (Thomas)The History and Antiquities of Scarborough and the Vicinity ..., York, E. Bayley, 1798, quarto in twos, a

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Lot 2065

Hinderwell (Thomas)The History and Antiquities of Scarborough and the Vicinity ..., York, E. Bayley, 1798, quarto in twos, a Graingerised first edition, presented by the author to Dr. William Travis, in addition to the plates called for (the frontis appears to be a replacement), the book contains a large number of insertions including maps and plans, original artwork, engraved prints (some colour), broadsides, newspaper cuttings, etc. There is early annotation adding to or correcting the content. Williamson's Description of the Tumulus ... at Gristhorpe, near Scarborough .. 1836, (18 pages) is bound in after page 22. Several additional plates and notes of provenance are loosely inserted. Half morocco binding with wear to joints.

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Charlton (Lionel)The History of Whitby and of Whitby Abbey ..., York: A. Ward ..., 1779, first edition, quarto, folding plan

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Lot 2069

Charlton (Lionel)The History of Whitby and of Whitby Abbey ..., York: A. Ward ..., 1779, first edition, quarto, folding plan frontis, three engraved plates, lacking final index leaf/leaves, marbled endpapers, contemporary calf gilt [with]Graves (John), The History of Cleveland in the North Riding of the County of York, Carlisle: F. Jollie ..., 1808, first edition, quarto large paper copy, frontis, engraved title, folding engraved map (hand-coloured in outline), eight engraved plates, folding pedigree, contemporary tree calf with gilt tooled spine, Sir H. Vane-Tempest's copy with ms. note to the binder at rear, Vane Londonderry bookplate to both books (2)

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Dugdale (Sir William)The History of Imbanking and Drayning of Divers Fenns and Marshes, both in Forein Parts, and in this Kin

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Lot 2071

Dugdale (Sir William)The History of Imbanking and Drayning of Divers Fenns and Marshes, both in Forein Parts, and in this Kingdom, London: Alice Warren, 1662. Folio (338 x 210 mm), contemporary panelled sheep (rebacked and restored), pp. [8] 424 [2] (ESTC collation incorrect), 11 engraved folding maps, modern bookplate (Margaret Joan Price), purchase note dated 1823 to front pastedown, worming to fore margins towards front (touching shoulder-notes and a few letters in main text; disappearing by quire K), a few marginal damp-stains to maps, a few maps (e.g. facing pp. 16, 218, 374) trimmed to edge of plate-mark along top or bottom edges, map facing p. 418 slightly soiled, closed tear in sig. Z1, final text-leaf (3I1) repaired. Together with a copy of Aylett Sammes, Britannia Antiqua Illustrata: or, the Antiquities of Ancient Britain, derived from the Phoenicians ... The First Volume [all published], 1st edition, London: Tho. Roycroft, for the author, 1676 (folio, old sheep, rebacked, lacking map, a few tears and losses, stitching loosening towards rear) (qty: 2)ESTC R975.First edition, scarce in commerce. 'An account of the great drainage schemes that had been carried out in the fens, mainly during the Commonwealth years, by the initiative of Lord Gorges and John Thurloe, secretary to the council of state. This book was effectively commissioned by Gorges to advertise the success of the project' (ODNB).

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Ardizzone (Edward)Four Songs, South Leigh Press, 1978, year round poster and greeting card with six illustrations on sheet 42

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Lot 2073

Ardizzone (Edward)Four Songs, South Leigh Press, 1978, year round poster and greeting card with six illustrations on sheet 420mm x 296mm, folding with illustrated cover title and imprint on reverse;idem, Baggage to the Enemy, John Murray, 1941, first edition, Evelyn Waugh's copy, cloth;Gorham (Maurice), Londoners, Percival Marshall, 1951, first edition, illustrated by Ardizzone, dust wrapper;with fifteen others by, illustrated by, or about, Edward Ardizzone. (18)Evelyn Waugh's name and date in manuscript to front free endpaper. Image has been added to website.

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Milne (A.A.)The House at Pooh Corner, Methuen, 1928, first edition, original cloth;idem, Winnie the Pooh, Methuen, 1926, seco

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Lot 2074

Milne (A.A.)The House at Pooh Corner, Methuen, 1928, first edition, original cloth;idem, Winnie the Pooh, Methuen, 1926, second edition, original cloth;with two others (4)

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Dahl (Roald)The BFG, Jonathan Cape, 1982, first edition, first impression, price-clipped dust jacket (light foxing to endpape

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Lot 2079

Dahl (Roald)The BFG, Jonathan Cape, 1982, first edition, first impression, price-clipped dust jacket (light foxing to endpapers and wrapper flaps).

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Dahl (Roald)Matilda, Jonathan Cape, 1988, first edition, first impression, dust jacket (priced £8.50)Fine copy in Fine dust j

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Lot 2080

Dahl (Roald)Matilda, Jonathan Cape, 1988, first edition, first impression, dust jacket (priced £8.50)Fine copy in Fine dust jacket. No inscriptions.

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Dahl (Roald)Charlie and the Great Glass Elevator, George Allen & Unwin, 1973, first GB edition, original pictorial boards

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Lot 2081

Dahl (Roald)Charlie and the Great Glass Elevator, George Allen & Unwin, 1973, first GB edition, original pictorial boards.

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Dahl (Roald)The Witches, Jonathan Cape, 1983, first edition, first impression, foxing to top edge, bookplate and small date s

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Lot 2082

Dahl (Roald)The Witches, Jonathan Cape, 1983, first edition, first impression, foxing to top edge, bookplate and small date stamp to front free endpaper, dust wrapper (priced £6.50);idem, Esio Trot, Jonathan Cape, 1990, first edition, first impression, dust wrapper (2)

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Dahl (Roald)George's Marvellous Medicine, Jonathan Cape, 1981, first edition, first impression, dust wrapper (priced £3.95)

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Lot 2083

Dahl (Roald)George's Marvellous Medicine, Jonathan Cape, 1981, first edition, first impression, dust wrapper (priced £3.95)

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Dahl (Roald)The Enormous Crocodile, Jonathan Cape, 1978, first edition, first impression, pictorial boards (small circular la

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Lot 2084

Dahl (Roald)The Enormous Crocodile, Jonathan Cape, 1978, first edition, first impression, pictorial boards (small circular label to top corner of front endpaper).

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Rowling (J. K., 1965-). Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets, London: Bloomsbury, 1998. 8vo, original pictorial wrappers,

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Lot 2090

Rowling (J. K., 1965-). Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets, London: Bloomsbury, 1998. 8vo, original pictorial wrappers, spine rolled, faint creasing and delamination to tips, small closed tear to foot of rear wrapper, text-block toned, occasional very shallow paper-erosion to foot, spot and effaced ownership inscription to upper outer corner half-title, another spot in the same position on the last few leaves.Errington A2(b).First edition, paperback issue, inscribed by the author 'to Tom (again!), J. K. Rowling' on the dedication page. This copy was inscribed at a book-signing in York at the time of publication, and subsequently purchased by the current vendor from the mother of the original recipient.

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Saint-Exupery (Antoine de)The Little Prince, William Heinemann, 1944, first UK edition, dust wrapper (priced 9s. 6d. net.), l

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Lot 2092

Saint-Exupery (Antoine de)The Little Prince, William Heinemann, 1944, first UK edition, dust wrapper (priced 9s. 6d. net.), light foxing to endpapers and flaps of wrapper, wrapper tanned with lightly chipped top edge.Some foxing in places, particularly pastedowns and closed edges (see images). Pencil price opposite title, spine slanted. Tanning and foxing to dust wrapper, small tears and creasing to top edge, small nick at tail of wrapper adjacent to front joint.

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Southey (Robert)The Life of Nelson, John Murray, 1813, first edition, two volumes, portrait frontis to volume I, handwriting

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Lot 2103

Southey (Robert)The Life of Nelson, John Murray, 1813, first edition, two volumes, portrait frontis to volume I, handwriting frontis to volume II, adverts at end of each volume, all edges gilt, straight grained morocco with gilt armorial to boards; Parsons (G.S.), Nelsonian Reminiscences, Leaves from Memory's Log. Saunders and Otley, 1843, first UK edition, frontis, portrait and preface from a later edition tipped-in, half calf gilt;Allen (Joseph), Life of Lord Viscount Nelson ..., Routledge, 1853, portrait frontis, recent half calf;with two others (6)

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Signed by ParticipantsDixon (Clive, Capt. 16th Lancers), The Leaguers of Ladysmith, Nov 2nd, 1899 to Feb 28th, 1900, Eyre &am

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Lot 2107

Signed by ParticipantsDixon (Clive, Capt. 16th Lancers), The Leaguers of Ladysmith, Nov 2nd, 1899 to Feb 28th, 1900, Eyre & Spottiswoode, no date [1900], landscape quarto, eighteen colour plates, twelve signatures of participants in the siege on four of the plates, several adjacent to their depictions, including Maj-General Blewitt and Generals Hamilton, Howard and White, original cloth-backed pictorial boards (signature to upper board);Hendry (Hamish), Majuba, Bronkerspruit, Ingogo, Lang's Nek, Krugersdorp, Grant Richards, 1900, frontis, plates as called for, original pictorial cloth;Greenwall (Ryno), Artists and Illustrators of the Anglo-Boer War, Vlaeberg: Fernwood Press, 1992, first edition, quarto, signed by the author, dust wrapper (3)Dixon - a little age tanning but contents generally VG, endpapers tanned, binding weak with gaping gutter in places, cover scuffed and rubbed with wear to edges.Hendry - light foxing to half title, frontis, tissue guard and title, occasional marks but contents generally VG, endpapers tanned, gutter gaping in places, cloth tired, spine faded, corners bumped.Greenwall - light foxing to closed edges, otherwise Fine.

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South Africa - Apartheid RelatedMagubane (Peter), Soweto, Portrait of a City, New Holland, 1990, quarto, signed by Archbishop

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Lot 2115

South Africa - Apartheid RelatedMagubane (Peter), Soweto, Portrait of a City, New Holland, 1990, quarto, signed by Archbishop Desmond Tuto who wrote the foreword, dust wrapper;Meer (Fatima), Higher than Hope, the Authorised Biography of Nelson Mandela, Hamish Hamilton, 1988, presentation copy from the author, dust wrapper;Bernstein (Hilda), The World That Was Ours, Heinemann, 1967, first edition, taped in slip signed by the author with typed request for donations to Amnesty, dust wrapper;idem, The World That Was Ours, SAWriters, 1989, presentation inscription signed by the author, dust wrapper;idem, For Their Triumphs & For Their Tears ..., IDAF, 1985, signed by the author, paperback;idem, The Rift ..., Jonathan Cape, 1994, first edition, signed by the author, dust wrapper;de Klerk (Willem), F. W. de Klerk, The Man in His Time, Johannesburg, 1991, signed by F.W. de Klerk, dust wrapper;de Klerk (F. W.), F. W. de Klerk, The Last Trek - A New Beginning, Macmillan, 1998, signed by F.W. de Klerk and his wife, dust wrapper (8)

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Sitwell (Sacheverell), Buchanan (Handasyde), and Fisher (James)Fine Bird Books 1700-1900, Collins & Van Nostrand, 1953, f

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Lot 2135

Sitwell (Sacheverell), Buchanan (Handasyde), and Fisher (James)Fine Bird Books 1700-1900, Collins & Van Nostrand, 1953, first edition, folio, half cloth;Sitwell (Sacheverell) & Blunt (Wilfrid), Great Flower Books 1700-1900, A Bibliographical Record ..., Collins, 1956, folio, first edition, half leatherette;Thorburn (Archibald), Birds of Prey, Norwich: Greyfriars, 1990, facsimile limited edition, text and twelve colour plates, loose leaf in folder (3)

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Scott (Peter) Observations of Wildlife, Oxford: Phaidon, 1980, limited first edition of 200 copies, numbered and signed by th

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Lot 2140

Scott (Peter) Observations of Wildlife, Oxford: Phaidon, 1980, limited first edition of 200 copies, numbered and signed by the author, quarto, quarter leatherette binding, slipcase [two copies]

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Darwin (Charles)The Life and Letters of Charles Darwin .., John Murray, 1887, first edition, fifth thousand revised, three vo

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Lot 2142

Darwin (Charles)The Life and Letters of Charles Darwin .., John Murray, 1887, first edition, fifth thousand revised, three volumes, portrait frontis to each, plates as called for, original cloth (cloth faded, volume III endpapers torn at hinge)[Freeman 1453]

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Keene (John Harrington)Fishing Tackle, Its Material and Manufacture ..., Ward, Lock & Co., no date [1886], 230 pages plus

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Lot 2144

Keene (John Harrington)Fishing Tackle, Its Material and Manufacture ..., Ward, Lock & Co., no date [1886], 230 pages plus 14 page catalogue, four folding plates, original pictorial red cloth gilt (rear joint splitting).Walker (Charles Edward), Old Flies in New Dresses ..., Lawrence and Bullen, 1898, first edition, [12], 116 pages, three plates with printed tissue guards, top edge gilt, original cloth;Colquhoun (John), Sporting Days, William Blackwood, 1866, first edition, viii, 256 pages, original cloth gilt;Niven (Richard), The British Angler's Lexicon, Bishop Auckland: W. J. Cummins, 1892, 270 pages plus adverts, frontis, text illustrations, original cloth gilt (repair to head of title page);with three others (7)

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Roberts (Austin). The Birds of South Africa, London: H. F. & G. WItherby Ltd, 1940. 8vo, original red half morocco by Lei

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Lot 2146

Roberts (Austin). The Birds of South Africa, London: H. F. & G. WItherby Ltd, 1940. 8vo, original red half morocco by Leighton-Straker, 56 colour plates (qty: 1)First edition, subscribers' issue, one of 125 copies signed by the author, illustrator and secretary of the South African Bird Book Fund.Light foxing to fly leaves, light foxing to rear of plates and closed edges, contents generally VG. Light scuffing to lower panel of backstrip.

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BibliographiesSchwerdt (Carl Franz Georg Richard Schwerdt), Hunting, Hawking, Shooting, illustrated in a catalogue of books,

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Lot 2154

BibliographiesSchwerdt (Carl Franz Georg Richard Schwerdt), Hunting, Hawking, Shooting, illustrated in a catalogue of books, manuscripts, prints and drawings, Hildesheim: Georg Olms, 1985, four volumes, illustrated, leatherette bindings;Zimmer (John Todd), Catalogue of the Edward E. Ayer Ornithological Library, Chicago, 1926, first edition, colour frontis, twelve plates, cloth;Lisney (Arthur A.), A Bibliography of British Lepidoptera, 1608-1799, Chiswick Press, 1960, first edition, plates as called for, original cloth;with sixteen others (22)

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Bradley (R.)A General Treatise of Agriculture, both Philosophical and Practical; Displaying the Arts of Husbandry and Gardeni

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Lot 2156

Bradley (R.)A General Treatise of Agriculture, both Philosophical and Practical; Displaying the Arts of Husbandry and Gardening ..., W. Johnson, R. Baldwin, J. Fuller, et al, 1757, first edition. viii, 503, [17] pages, frontis and twenty plates (eight folding), calf binding with recent spine label (joints a little worn);Boys (John), General View of the Agriculture of the County of Kent, with Observations on the Means of its Improvement ..., Richard Phillips, 1805, second edition, xxiv, 293 pages, folding hand-coloured map (laid down on backing paper, small tear at fold), two engraved plates, folding table, contempory calf (re-backed). (2)

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Emerson (P. H.). Wild Life on a Tidal Water. The Adventures of a House-Boat and her Crew, London: Sampson Low, Marston, Searl

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Lot 2157

Emerson (P. H.). Wild Life on a Tidal Water. The Adventures of a House-Boat and her Crew, London: Sampson Low, Marston, Searle and Rivington, Limited, 1890. 4to, original quarter morocco, blue pictorial cloth sides, 30 photogravures plates with tissue-guards, folding chart of Breydon, bookplate, spine worn, section detached at foot (now laid in), a few marks to sides, spotting to outer leaves and occasionally to margins of plates.First edition, number 255 of 500 copies, though it is believed that only 300 were ever issued.

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Wild (Frank)Shackleton's Last Voyage: The Story of the "Quest". From the Official Journal and Private Diary kept by Dr. A. H.

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Lot 2174

Wild (Frank)Shackleton's Last Voyage: The Story of the "Quest". From the Official Journal and Private Diary kept by Dr. A. H. Macklin, London: Cassell and Company, Ltd, 1923. 8vo, original blue pictorial cloth gilt, colour frontispiece, 50 halftone photographic plates, corners slightly bumped and rubbed, front inner hinge very superficially cracked, occasional spotting to text, marginal staining to gutter of plate facing p. 83.Rosove 349.A1.First edition, first impression, published in May 1923; there was a third Cassell impression by November that year, and a New York edition bound up from the UK sheets with a cancel title-page with the imprint of Frederick A. Stokes.

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Stanley (Henry M.)In Darkest Africa, or the Quest Rescue and Retreat of Emin, Governor of Equatoria, Sampson Low ..., 1890, f

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Lot 2176

Stanley (Henry M.)In Darkest Africa, or the Quest Rescue and Retreat of Emin, Governor of Equatoria, Sampson Low ..., 1890, first edition, two volumes, three folding maps (one torn), plates, foxing, original cloth gilt;Nansen (Fridtjof), The First Crossing of Greenland, Longmans, Green, 1890, first English edition, two volumes, original cloth;Dasent (George Webbe), The Story of Burnt Njal ...., 1861, two volumes, half calf; Wilkinson (George Blakiston), South Australia..., Murray, 1848, original cloth:Whymper (Edward), The Ascent of the Matterhorn, John Murray, 1880, original cloth;with a quantity of others on travel, polar exploration, etc.

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Amundsen (Roald). The South Pole. An Account of the Norwegian Antarctic Expedition in the "Fram," 1910-1912, 1st edition in E

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Lot 2178

Amundsen (Roald). The South Pole. An Account of the Norwegian Antarctic Expedition in the "Fram," 1910-1912, 1st edition in English, London: John Murray, 1912. 2 volumes, 4to, original red cloth, all plates and maps as called for, spines faded and flag vignettes rubbed, front boards with superficial water-damage to lower fore corners (removing glaze) and partial rubbing-away of borders, volume 2 front board bumped at upper fore corner, rear boards unevenly sunned, occasional light spotting to text, repair to folding map at rear of volume 2, idem The North West Passage, being the Record of a Voyage of Exploration of the Ship "Gjöa" 1903-1907, 1st edition in English, London: Archibald Constable and Company, 1908. 2 volumes, 8vo, original cloth, photogravure frontispieces, 3 maps (2 folding), photographic illustrations throughout, volume 1 spine repaired, folding map spotted and with repair to stub and small split at intersection of folds, volume 2 rebacked retaining most of original spine, and 6 others (all in original cloth, not collated), including: Amundsen, The South Pole, 1st edition in English, 2nd impression, 1912 (2 volumes); Nansen, Farthest North, 1st edition in English, 1897 (2 volumes); idem, Farthest North, 2nd edition in English, 1898 (2 volumes, ex library); idem, The First Crossing of Greenland, 1st edition in English, 1890 (2 volumes, recased) (qty: 14)Rosove 9.A1 (Amundsen, South Pole).

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Cherry-Garrard (Apsley)The Worst Journey in the World. Antarctic, London: Constable and Company Limited, 1922. 2 volumes, 8vo

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Lot 2179

Cherry-Garrard (Apsley)The Worst Journey in the World. Antarctic, London: Constable and Company Limited, 1922. 2 volumes, 8vo, recent blue paper boards retaining original linen spines, half-titles, binder's blank to rear of volume 2, all plates and maps as called for (including the 10 folding panoramas), volume 1 with tipped-in slip annotated 'Inscribed by Apsley Cherry-Garrard, by request, October 14 1938' possibly in the author's hand, both volumes with fraying to spine-ends, endpapers renewed (with duplicate spine-labels tipped in), spotting to half-titles, volume 1 spine-label stained and abraded, with damp-staining to top margins of plates towards rear, folding panorama at p. 184 partly split along central fold, folding map at p. 194 spotted along fold, folding map at p. 294 with closed tear to one fold and nicks and damp-staining to fore edge, volume 2 with damp-staining to gutter of a few plates, closed tear to stub of folding map facing p. 542.Rosove 71.A1.First edition. 'Cherry-Garrard's book has often been referred to as the finest polar book ever written ... a monument immortalizing the [Terra Nova] expedition in the annals of Antarctic exploration and geographic exploration in general' (Rosove).

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Scoresby (William). An Account of the Arctic Regions, with a History and Description of the Northern Whale-Fishery, 1st editi

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Lot 2181

Scoresby (William). An Account of the Arctic Regions, with a History and Description of the Northern Whale-Fishery, 1st edition, Edinburgh: Archibald Constable and Co., 1820. 2 volumes, 8vo (206 x 130 mm), contemporary diced calf decoratively tooled in gilt and bllind, neatly rebacked with original spines laid down (labels possibly renewed), marbled endpapers and edges, 24 engraved plates and maps (of which 8 folding including frontispieces), 4 folding tables, front pastedowns with book-labels of William Leatham (possibly the banker and abolitionist, 1785-1842), half-titles and advertisement leaf discarded, plates variably spotted and damp-stained, frontispieces offset, folding general map with closed handling tear, together with:idem Journal of a Voyage to the Northern Whale-Fishery; including Researches and Discoveries on the Eastern Coast of West Greenland, 1st edition, Edinburgh: Archibald Constable and Co., 1823. 8vo (210 x 130 mm), near-contemporary olive-green half calf, 8 engraved plates and maps (4 folding), bookplates of William Willoughby Cole, 3rd Earl of Enniskillen (1807-1886) and of Lord Farnham, half-title discarded, plates and maps spotted, short closed tear in first map (within plate-mark but not affecting image), similar tear to inner fold of second map (qty: 2)Arctic Bibliography 15610 & 15614; Sabin 178167 & 78171.

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Lear (Edward)Journals of a Landscape Painter in Albania, &c. Richard Bentley, 1851, first edition, frontis map, twenty ti

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Lot 2185

Lear (Edward)Journals of a Landscape Painter in Albania, &c. Richard Bentley, 1851, first edition, frontis map, twenty tinted litho plates, marbled endpapers, all edges gilt, half green morocco gilt by Birdsall Owner's name to flyleaf, foxing to reverse of free endpapers, fly leaves, map and final leaf, offsetting from plates, corners rubbed and slightly bumped, backstrip lightly faded.

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Shackleton (Ernest H.)South: The Story of Shackleton's Last Expedition, 1914-1917, London: William Heinemann, 1919. 8vo, orig

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Lot 2188

Shackleton (Ernest H.)South: The Story of Shackleton's Last Expedition, 1914-1917, London: William Heinemann, 1919. 8vo, original dark blue cloth lettered and decorated in silver, recased, all plates as called for, folding map, binding rubbed, corners bumped, errata slip discarded, text-block toned as usual, spotting to a few leaves adjacent to plates, plate facing p. 8 nicked along fore edge, pp. 351-61 clumsily opened along fore edges, folding map with neatly repaired closed tear to stub not affecting image, small hole in front free endpaper, a few other minor nicks and marks.Rosove 308.A1.First edition, first impression. 'Shackleton's account is a classic and one of the finest in the Antarctic literature. With his inimitable style he chronicled a great tale - an epic of leadership, loyalty, and survival' (Rosove).

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Hunter (John)An Historical Journal of the Transactions at Port Jackson and Norfolk Island, with the Discoveries which have be

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Lot 2189

Hunter (John)An Historical Journal of the Transactions at Port Jackson and Norfolk Island, with the Discoveries which have been made in New South Wales and in the Southern Ocean ...., John Stockdale, 1793, quarto, first edition, two folding maps, fifteen engraved plates as called for (one engraved by William Blake), including engraved title page with lower edge of publication date cropped by the binder (as often found), the 'View of the Settlement on Sydney Cove ...' being the first printed view of Sydney, original subscriber's copy, contemporary mottled calf with gilt signet of the Duke of Buccleugh to boards, recent spine label.Dalkeith shelf reference to front pastedown, light foxing to plates, maps and title, and some adjacent pages, joints cracked but cords holding.

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Serenade, No. 1 (1962); Poppet, No. 1 (1963); Jackie, No. 1 (1964); School Friend, No. 1 (1965); Heartbeat, No. 1 (1965); Tre

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Lot 1292

Serenade, No. 1 (1962); Poppet, No. 1 (1963); Jackie, No. 1 (1964); School Friend, No. 1 (1965); Heartbeat, No. 1 (1965); Trend, No. 1 (1966); Mandy, No. 1 (1967); Tina, No. 1 (1967 and last edition 1967); Tina/Princess (first merged edition 1967); Go Girl, No. 1 (1968); Girl, (last edition 1964); and Princess, (last edition 1967).

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Fantastic Four, Vol. 2 (1996), No's. 1-9, 11, 12 and 13; Fantastic Four, Vol. 3 (1998), a continuous sequence from No. 430 (f

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Lot 1348

Fantastic Four, Vol. 2 (1996), No's. 1-9, 11, 12 and 13; Fantastic Four, Vol. 3 (1998), a continuous sequence from No. 430 (first issue) to (final issue) No. 588; Fantastic Four Unlimited, No's. 1 and 2; Fantastic Four Unplugged, No. 2; and Fantastic Four Special Edition, No. 1.

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The Walking Dead, No's. 1 (Image First Reprint Edition), 11, 12, 13, 14 and 15.

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Lot 1535

The Walking Dead, No's. 1 (Image First Reprint Edition), 11, 12, 13, 14 and 15.

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The Walking Dead, No's. 1 (Image First Reprint Edition), 16, 17 and 18.

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Lot 1536

The Walking Dead, No's. 1 (Image First Reprint Edition), 16, 17 and 18.

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