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Lot 547A
Italy.- Raymond (John) An Itinerary Containing a Voyage, Made through Italy, in the Years 1646, and 1647, first edition, engraved additional title by T. Cross and illustrations in text, title and text within rule borders. 'Illustrated with Divers Figures of Antiquities'. Printed for Humphrey Moseley, 'and to be sold at his Shop at the Princes Armers in St. Pauls Church yard. Published 1648.
Lot 83
A collection of children's books & annuals to include Mickey Mouse Annual, 1944, Dean & Son; The Mystery of the Strange Bundle, by Enid Blyton, first edition, Methuen, 1952; The Missing Diplomat, by Percy F. Westerman, first edition, Blackie & Son, [1953]; Pip, Squeak and Wilfred Annual (not inscribed & activities unused), Daily Mirror, n.d. [c. 1950s]; A Hundred Million Francs, by Paul Berna, first UK edition, Bodley Head, 1957, and others, predominantly 1950s, including Film Fun and Wild West annuals, condition varied, sold with all faults, in three cartons (3)
Lot 96
Richards, Frank. Billy Bunter's Banknote, first edition, 1948; Billy Bunter in Brazil, first edition, 1949; Billy Bunter of Greyfriar's School, 1950, all published by Charles Skilton Ltd., together with seven Schoolboys' Own Library, 20 Gem, and 20 Magnet comics, all 1930s, plus three 1930s annuals and three small albums of Will's cigarette cards, condition varied, sold with all faults, in one carton
Lot 16A
Fleming, Ian. Thunderball, first edition, London: Jonathan Cape, 1961, hardback with price-clipped dust-jacket designed by Richard Chopping. Octavo, publisher's cloth with blind-embossed skeletal hand, contents very good & bright, neat owner inscription and tape residue to endpapers, binding good, tight & square, very faint bumping to corners, dust-jacket bold & bright, light chipping to corners & edges of spine. Together with For Your Eyes Only, second impression, London: Jonathan Cape, June 1960, internally good & bright, a couple of pale spots, d.j. with slight wear to edges (2)
Lot 17A
Bewick, Thomas. A General History of Quadrupeds, second edition, Newcastle upon Tyne: Hodgson, Beilby & Bewick, 1791, octavo, pp. [x], 483, illustrated with numerous wood-engravings, internally very good & bright, a couple of pages with repaired margins, handsomely rebound in half-calf with marbled boards and crushed morocco title label lettered in gilt. Together with A History of British Birds, in two volumes, Newcastle: Cook for Bewick, 1832, contents good with pale spotting, heavier in places, title & opening leaves of first volume damaged & repaired, rebound in half-calf, sold with all faults (3)
Lot 21
Steadman, Ralph. America, signed first edition, San Francisco: Straight Arrow Books, 1974. Quarto, publisher's black cloth with unclipped dust-jacket. Signed & dated by the author, 12 March 1974. Contents very good, clean, bright, binding tight & square, dust-jacket good with some chipping to edges and a couple of short tears around the top of spine
Lot 169
Beardsley, Aubrey (Illust.). The Rape of the Lock, by Alexander Pope, London: Leonard Smithers, 1896, slim quarto, gilt cloth, six full-page plates and two illustrations, lacking frontis., some pale spotting, tog. w/ My Dog Book: Stories of Our Playmates, London: Charles H. Kelly, [c. 1909]; Love for Lydia, by H. E. Bates, first edition, lacking d.j., London: Michael Joseph, 1952; Reynard the Fox, edited by Joseph Jacobs, London: Macmillan, 1895, elaborate gilt decorated cloth (4)
![Boulestin, X. M. [Xavier Marcel]. The Finer Cooking or Dishes for Parties, first edition, together with The Recipes, first ed](https://cdn.globalauctionplatform.com/9514fb91-98c3-4281-942c-afb700d210ec/c4176e4c-49e9-482c-8735-afb800e8fe37/468x382.jpg)
Lot 17
Boulestin, X. M. [Xavier Marcel]. The Finer Cooking or Dishes for Parties, first edition, together with The Recipes, first edition, London: Cassell, 1937, illustrated by J. E. Laboureur, hardbacks, housed in card slipcase. Finer Cooking, pp. [xii], 198; Recipes, pp. [vii], 198. Contents very good, clean & bright, spotting to endpapers with a mounted contemporary clipping relating to the author, Finer Cooking dust-jacket present with toning to spine and some wear to edges. Together with Mrs. Beeton's Book of Household Management, London: Ward, Lock & Co. Ltd., 1912 (3)
![Rowling, J. K. Harry Potter en de Halfbloed Prins [Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince], first Dutch edition, signed by th](https://cdn.globalauctionplatform.com/9514fb91-98c3-4281-942c-afb700d210ec/667c4e0d-18be-4bad-8c34-afb7011e1393/468x382.jpg)
Lot 2
Rowling, J. K. Harry Potter en de Halfbloed Prins [Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince], first Dutch edition, signed by the author, Antwerp: De Harmonie Standaard, 2005. Hardback, signed by the author on title, a few small bumps to corners & edges but otherwise in near fine, unread conditionProvenance: Vendor's late aunt was a keen puzzler and entered a competition in De Telegraaf newspaper, unaware that the prize was this signed book. She was delighted to win the competition, despite having no real interest in Harry Potter. She was advised to look after the book, and so it was kept in a safe until it was inherited by our vendor in 2022. This book comes with a newspaper clipping relating to the original competition and a typed statement of provenance from the vendor
Lot 31
Kerouac, Jack. On the Road, first edition, second printing, New York: The Viking Press, 1957. Octavo, publisher's black cloth lettered in white, unclipped dust-jacket priced $3.95. Contents very clean & bright, some creasing & wear around top edges of pages in final section, some wear to cloth at spine, dust-jacket with some wear & loss at edges, housed in protective mylar covers. Together with Tristessa, first edition, New York: Avon, 1960, paperback, well-preserved covers, contents with usual toning, some wear & pale staining to edges (2)
Lot 114
Muirhead, James Patrick. The Origin and Progress of the Mechanical Inventions of James Watt, first edition, in three volumes, London: John Murray, 1854. Octavo, publisher's gilt green cloth, frontispiece to each volume plus illustrations within the text and folding plates, 32pp. publisher's advertisements at rear of third volume, bearing armorial bookplates for Dr. James Weir French and James Wyllie Guild. Contents generally appear good & bright with pale spotting in places, some pages uncut, expertly rebacked with the original spines laid down, bumping & wear to corners. Together with The Life of James Watt, by James Patrick Muirhead, first edition, London: John Murray, 1858, publisher's gilt cloth, in similar condition, sold with all faults (4)
Lot 101
Einstein, Albert. The Theory of Relativity, third English edition, London: Methuen & Co., 1920 [same year as first English edition]. Octavo, red cloth lettered in gilt, pp. [i-v], vi-xiii, [iii], 2-138, plus 8pp. publisher's advertisements. Contents generally good & bright, some pale spotting to title & opening leaves, a few folded corners, binding tight & square with some general discolouration and light bumping to corners
Lot 39
Bradbury, Ray. The Martian Chronicles, first Book Club Edition, signed later by the author on loosely-inserted bookplate sticker (unused), New York: Doubleday, 1950. Octavo, publisher's blue cloth lettered in red, blue topstain, dust-jacket. Contents very good, clean & bright, one neat owner inscription on ffep, binding good with very light bumping & wear to cloth in places, d.j. with some wear around corners & edges, protective mylar covers
Lot 132
A collection of art books to include The Life and Work of John Ruskin, by W. G. Collingwood, limited edition on Arnold's handmade paper, numbered 150 of 300 for sale, in two quarter-vellum volumes, London: Methuen, 1893; The Art Annual: The Life and Work of Luke Fildes, Sir Edward Burne-Jones, W. Holman Hunt, Hubert Herkomer, illustrated with numerous engraved plates, London: Art Journal Office, 1895; Memorials of Edward Burne-Jones, by G B-J [Georgiana Burne-Jones], in two volumes, London: Macmillan, 1904; Praeterita, by John Ruskin, first edition in two volumes, Suunyside: George Allen, 1886-87; The Seven Lamps of Architecture, by John Ruskin, second edition, London: Smith, Elder & Co., 1855, and other works by or about Ruskin, condition varied, sold with all faults (22)
Lot 32
Leroux, Gaston. The Phantom of the Opera, first American edition, first printing with 'Press of Braunworth & Co. Bookbinders and Printers Brooklyn, N. Y.' at foot of copyright page, New York: Bobbs-Merrill, 1911. Octavo, publisher's terracotta cloth with blind-embossed illustration on upper board, illustrated with four double-page colour plates by Andre Castaigne [lacking frontispiece]. Contents very good & clean, plates well-preserved & vibrant, a short tear to the top of p. 171 but not affecting text, ffep working loose, binding a little shaken with wear to inner gutters
Lot 177
Livingstone, David. Missionary Travels and Researches in South Africa, first edition, London: John Murray, 1857. Octavo, half crushed morocco with title label lettered in gilt, top edge gilt, complete with all illustrations, plates and maps as called for (two colour, including the frontispiece). Contents good & bright, the plates & folding maps are well preserved (the larger map is housed in a wallet at rear), a few light handling marks and pale spots in places, the endleaves with offsetting & spotting, pale spotting to frontis/title, binding good, tight & square, some bumping/wear to corners & headcaps, bookplate & sticker for M. P. Manfield on front pastedown, loosely-inserted letter from Blackwell's, Oxford, 1972, expressing their interest in purchasing this 'moderately scarce item'
Lot 1
Rowling, J. K. Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone, first edition, 11th issue, signed & inscribed by the author, 'To Anna, Best wishes, J. K. Rowling, 17/3/98', London: Bloomsbury, 1997, paperback. Contents good & bright, some light fold-lines to page corners and a few small marks in places, covers creased with slight wear to corners but otherwise bold & vibrant, one neat owner inscription being the vendor & recipient of author's inscriptionProvenance: Our vendor has kindly provided the following statement for inclusion in our catalogue: 'The founder and CEO of Bloomsbury Publishing, Nigel Newton, had a daughter in my class at Putney High School (Alice Newton). The school was doing a series of talks by different children’s authors and Nigel arranged for JK Rowling to be one of these. She came in on 17th March 1998, when I was 9, and spoke to us about The Philosopher’s Stone. She read an excerpt from it and we were all hooked. My mum had bought me the book prior to JK Rowling’s visit, therefore I was able to get it signed and meet the author. I adored all the books in the series and devoured each one as soon as they were released. It was a big part of my childhood and I hope this book goes to someone who will treasure it and enjoy the magical world it transports you to.'
Lot 160
Thomas, Dylan. Deaths and Entrances, first edition, London: J. M. Dent & Sons Ltd., 1946. 12mo, bright orange cloth lettered in gilt, unclipped dust-jacket. Contents very good, clean, bright, appears unread, a few incredibly faint spots to endpapers, binding tight & square, cloth vibrant, jacket bold & bright, some pale spotting to rear cover, slight chipping to extremities. An excellent example
Lot 25
Orwell, George. Nineteen Eighty-Four, true first American edition as stated on copyright, New York: Harcourt, Brace and Company, 1949. Octavo, publisher's cloth, first state dust-jacket priced $3.00 on front flap, blue variant [no priority], pp. [iv], [i-ii], 3-314. Contents very good, clean, bright, some light handling marks in places, binding good with slight wear to cloth at edges, dust-jacket well-preserved & vibrant with a short tear at top-right of upper cover, slight loss at upper corner & top of spine, formerly US library with a few small stamps to endpapers, one stamp recording the date, 6 June 1949 [pre-dating the official release date in the US of 13 June 1949, presumably owing to it being for a library], wear to pastedown from a previous label, rental price to lower spine, housed in protective mylar covers. A true first American edition of this iconic and hugely influential novel, published the same year as the first UK edition
![Queen, Ellery [pseud. Frederic Dannay & Manfred Bennington Lee]. An autograph letter signed by Frederic Dannay on Ellery Quee](https://cdn.globalauctionplatform.com/9514fb91-98c3-4281-942c-afb700d210ec/140640fd-4c35-4c25-bdef-afb800b4339b/468x382.jpg)
Lot 88
Queen, Ellery [pseud. Frederic Dannay & Manfred Bennington Lee]. An autograph letter signed by Frederic Dannay on Ellery Queen's Mystery Magazine letterhead, 16 January 1979, giving a grateful and generous response to a fan, Hilary Bigg, complete with original postmarked envelope, together with a large collection of Ellery Queen novels, including The Dragon's Teeth, first edition, New York: IRL, 1939; Ladies in Crime, first UK edition, London: Faber & Faber, 1947; The New Adventures of Ellery Queen, New York: Triangle Books, reprinted November 1941; The Origin of Evil, first edition, Boston: Little, Brown & Co., 1951, and others, including Gollancz reprints and paperbacks, plus DVDs & CDs, the whole in one cartonProvenance: By descent of Alfred Ben Bigg & Hilary Bigg. Alfred was a well-known Executive Head Chef in London who catered for the Lord Mayor of London and numerous dignitaries at venues including the Mansion House and Guildhall. Hilary was a keen royalist and sports enthusiast
Lot 194
Royal Memorabilia & Ephemera. A mixed collection to include an original menu for the Royal Coronation Luncheon for HM Queen Elizabeth II, 12 June 1953, plus original press photograph of the Guildhall preparing for the occasion, and a colour print of the event, the three separately framed & glazed; an original press photograph of a young King Charles III when Duke of Cornwall holding a cockatoo with Princess Anne and David Attenborough, 28 April 1958, bearing press captions verso; five original menus for receptions & luncheons given to HM Queen Elizabeth II & HRH Prince Philip, the earliest example being 19 Nov 1951 (then Princess Elizabeth), the others dated 1957, 1960, 1961 & 1963; a cased film strip & viewer telling 'The Film Story of the Coronation'; a box of 16 colour transparencies depicting Princess Margaret's wedding and baby pictures; 16 well-filled scrapbooks of clippings relating to the Royal Family, 1960-1978, plus other royal souvenirs and limited edition first day covers, in two cartons (2)Provenance: By descent of Alfred Ben Bigg & Hilary Bigg. Alfred was a well-known Executive Head Chef in London who catered for the Lord Mayor of London and numerous dignitaries at venues including the Mansion House and Guildhall. Hilary was a keen royalist and sports enthusiast
Lot 89
Curtis, William. Flora Londinensis: Or Plates and Descriptions of Such Plants as Grow Wild in the Environs of London, first edition, in three volumes, London: Sold by the Author, 1777 [1777-1798]. Folio, half crushed morocco lettered in gilt with marbled boards. Contents very well-preserved, clean and bright. Exquisitely illustrated as follows: Vol.I: vignette title, engraved portrait of the author, 103 beautifully hand-coloured plates, and 81 uncoloured plates; Vol. II: 118 hand-coloured plates, 73 uncoloured plates; Vol. III: 116 hand-coloured plates, 91 uncoloured plates. A total of 582 botanical plates. Each volume has corresponding pages of text for each plant being illustrated. Vol. I includes a dedication the Earl of Bute, 2pp. list of subscribers, 2pp. preface, 4pp. index, 3pp. manuscript appendix to the index, 6pp. catalogue of plants. Each volume bears a small engraved ownership plate for Richard Knight on the front pastedown. An important and exceptionally illustrated work in very good condition, the plates retaining their vibrant colours, only a few plates have small paper repairs, only a few pale spots in places, expertly rebacked & cornered in dark green morocco, the original marbled boards with some rubbing (3)
Lot 28
A collection of three books comprising: The Flames: A Fantasy, by Olaf Stapledon, first edition, London: Secker & Warburg, 1947, internally very good & bright, dust-jacket with some discolouration & wear; The Night of the Hunter, by Davis Grubb, stated first edition, New York: Harper & Brothers, 1953, octavo, publisher's blue & black cloth lettered in white, unclipped dust-jacket, internally very good & bright, endpapers with stamps for Clinton Hill Chemists, Brooklyn, d.j. mounted onto pastedowns by Womrath's Bookshops & Libraries and in their protective mylar covers, which can't be removed; The Hunting of the Snark, by Lewis Carroll, London: Macmillan, 1900, octavo, publisher's gilt illustrated cloth, all edges gilt, some pale spotting & wear (3)
Lot 111
Dahl, Roald. Presentation Copy. The Gremlins, New York: Random House, 1943. Dahl's scarce first book. Signed & inscribed by the author to W.C. John Alexander, D.F.C. (who formed a friendship with Dahl when they were serving together in the RAF), 'To John, who wrote the bloody thing anyway. Roald Dahl, 25/5/43.' First edition, possibly an earlier state or proof, the text-block stapled within quarter-cloth and pictorial boards (not glued or attached to boards), with corrections by Dahl in pencil (including two instances where Dahl has amended 'Barry' to 'Gus', and an arrow with the word 'No' pointing to a colour illustration of a gremlin next to a teapot).14 full-page colour illustrations (including one double-page). Contents generally good and bright with occasional light discolouration/marks, a couple of little nicks at edges of two pages, ffep has lifted away from staples of text-block but is not loose (bound to cloth spine as issued), boards vibrant with some light rubbing/wearProvenance: Ex-Lot 26 in our Library Auction, 21-26 May 2020 (hammer £6,500 plus premium), and featured in issues 2443 and 2448 of Antiques Trade Gazette. By descent from W.C. John Alexander, D.F.C. to our previous vendor - who believes Alexander helped come up with the plot for this book
Lot 72
Pullman, Philip. The Golden Compass, two signed US first edition hardbacks, one inscribed, 'For Erik and Tamaradela, with my best wishes - Philip Pullman', the other with a signed Scholastic bookplate, New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1996, full number lines, '10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1', unclipped dust-jackets with protective mylar covers, both in fine, unread condition. Together with a first issue Uncorrected Proof of the same, paperback with folding card gate cover, full number line, '1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10', Knopf, 1996, with loosely-inserted "tell a friend" card, unused, very good condition with light wear to extremities (3)
Lot 97
Morris, William (Transl.). Beowulf, first trade edition, London: Longmans, Green & Co., 1898. Octavo, contemporary black cloth with paper title label, untrimmed edges, pp. [v], vi-x, [i], 2-191. Contents very good & bright, some pale spotting to endpapers, ffep trimmed at corner with later owner inscription, binding tight & square, bumped to corners & edges, light surface scuffs & marks, paper label discoloured, slight wear to corners & headcaps. Scarce
Lot 48B
Buckland, Rev. William. Reliquiae Diluvianae: Or, Observations on the Organic Remains Contained in Caves, Fissures and Diluvial Gravel, first edition, London: John Murray, 1823, illustrated with 27 plates & maps, three coloured, one folding, and a folding table of species. Quarto, later half-calf with marbled boards & endpapers, contents clean, binding discoloured & worn
Lot 134
A collection of books on ferns, comprising: The Fern World, by Francis George Heath, first edition, London: Sampson Low, 1877; An Analysis of the British Ferns and Their Allies, by G. W. Francis, fifth edition, London: Simpkin, Marshall & Co., 1855; The Ferns of Great Britain, by Charles Johnson, illustrated by John E. Sowerby, London: Sowerby, 1855; A History of British Ferns, by Edward Newman, London: John van Voorst, two editions, 1840 & 1854. Condition varied, sold with all faults (5)
Lot 75A
Axe, Professor J. Wortley. The Horse, first edition in nine volumes, London: Gresham, 1906. Quarto, publisher's green cloth lettered in gilt with Art Nouveau patterns, condition generally good but varying, sold with all faults (9)NB. Proceeds from the sale of this Lot will be going to The Brooke Hospital for Animals (Registered No. 1085760)
Lot 35
Le Guin, Ursula K. The Left Hand of Darkness, signed by the author, New York: Walker & Company, stated 1969 but printing unknown. The first edition should be in slate boards with a topstain to pages, and the jacket should include a price on the front flap. Book Club Editions should be stated as such on the front flap. This book doesn't conform to either. The printer & binder is given as Berryville Graphics at foot of copyright page. Octavo, blue paper-covered boards lettered in black. Contents very good, clean, bright, appears unread, binding very good, tight & square, dust-jacket very good & bright with light creasing to edges
![Koontz, Dean. Star Quest [first edition of the author's first novel], New York: Ace, 1968, an "Ace Double" paperback coupled](https://cdn.globalauctionplatform.com/9514fb91-98c3-4281-942c-afb700d210ec/dd33d98e-ded2-41b6-b52b-afb70111374d/468x382.jpg)
Lot 47
Koontz, Dean. Star Quest [first edition of the author's first novel], New York: Ace, 1968, an "Ace Double" paperback coupled with Doom of the Green Planet, by Emil Petaja, together with Beastchild, by Dean Koontz, first edition, New York: Lancer Books, 1970, and a loose compliments slip inscribed & signed by the author, 'Boo! Dean Koontz, 5/15/93'. Both books internally good with usual toning, covers with some creasing & wear (2)
Lot 3
Rowling, J. K. Harry Potter collection comprising: Philosopher's Stone, second issue, Ted Smart, 1998; Chamber of Secrets, first issue, Ted Smart, 1998; Prisoner of Azkaban, first issue, Ted Smart, 1999; Order of the Phoenix (x2), first edition, Bloomsbury, 2003; Half-Blood Prince, first edition, Bloomsbury, 2005 (lacking dust-jacket); Goblet of Fire, second issue, Bloomsbury, 2000, all hardbacks with dust-jackets except Half-Blood Prince, condition varied, sold as one collection with all faults (7)
Lot 16
A miscellaneous collection of books comprising The People of the Abyss, by Jack London, first UK edition, London: Isbister & Co., 1903; The Hound of the Baskervilles, by Arthur Conan Doyle, New Edition, London: Smith, Elder & Co., 1913; Rodney Stone, by Arthur Conan Doyle, London: Thomas Nelson, [1917]; The Mystery of the Sea, by Bram Stoker, London: Rider & Co., [c. 1914]; Aucassin & Nicolete, by Michael West, George G. Harrap, [c. 1910]; Liverpool, History of the Mersey, by Benjamin Blower, with the Streets of Liverpool, by James Stonehouse, Liverpool: Edward Howell, n.d.; Kelly's Directory of Wiltshire & Dorsetshire, 1931; The Sorceress in Stained Glass & Other Ghost Stories, edited by Richard Dalby, London: Tom Stacey, 1971. Condition varied, sold with all faults (8)
Lot 159
Thomas, Dylan. Under Milk Wood, first edition, London: J. M. Dent & Sons Ltd., 1954. Octavo, publisher's cloth lettered in gilt, vibrant dust-jacket, unclipped. Contents very good, clean, bright, appears unread, binding tight & square, well-preserved with only slight chipping to extremities. An excellent example
Lot 181
James Bond. Miscellaneous collection to inc. James Bond Annual, World Distributors, 1965 (x 2); James Bond Annual, World Distributors, 1968; James Bond: The Legacy, first edition, Boxtree, 2002; Permission to Die, graphic novel, by Mike Grell; Casino Royale, graphic novel, by Hern, Gammidge, McLusky, and others (22)
Lot 84
Johns, Captain W. A. Biggles Works It Out, 1951; Biggles in Australia, 1955; No Rest for Biggles, 1956; Biggles' Combined Operation, 1959; Biggles on Mystery Island, 1958, all first editions in unclipped dust-jackets, Hodder & Stoughton, together with Biggles at World's End, first edition, Brockhampton Press, 1959, unclipped d.j., and seven later impressions of other Biggles books, condition varied, sold with all faults (13)
![[Pluche, Noel Antoine]. Spectacle de la Nature: Or, Nature Display'd, Being Discourses on such Particulars of Natural History](https://cdn.globalauctionplatform.com/9514fb91-98c3-4281-942c-afb700d210ec/4721fd37-17cb-4bc7-acdb-afb7011229c6/468x382.jpg)
Lot 135
[Pluche, Noel Antoine]. Spectacle de la Nature: Or, Nature Display'd, Being Discourses on such Particulars of Natural History as were thought most proper to Excite the Curiosity and Form the Minds of Youth, translated by Mr. [Samuel] Humphreys, third edition, two parts bound as one, London: J. & J. Pemberton, 1736. Octavo, pp. [vi], xiii, v, 196, 208, 13pp. index, 3pp. advertisements, illustrated with 25 plates (including 14 folding), plus woodcut head/tail-pieces & capitals. Contents generally good & bright with marks & wear in places, heavier at first & last leaves, rebound, sold with all faults
Lot 5
Rowling, J. K. Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone, first edition, 23rd issue, signed by the author, London: Bloomsbury, 1997, paperback, and Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets, first edition, first issue, signed by the author, London: Bloomsbury, 1998, paperback. Together with an original photograph of Rowling with school pupils at the signing event (Waterstones in Wells, Somerset), plus two unsigned first issue paperbacks of Chamber and Azkaban. The two signed books are internally good, clean, bright, a few tiny knocks & nicks to extreme edges, a very pale mark beneath signature of P.S., covers good with very light creasing from handling, some bumping to corners, spines faded. The photograph, which was taken at the signing event, has a few surface scratches and tiny pin-holes at corners (5)Provenance: Our vendor was the librarian at Millfield Preparatory School in Glastonbury and was invited to take a group of Year 6 pupils to meet J. K. Rowling at Waterstones in Wells, Somerset in the spring of 1999, which is where these books were signed. The original photograph included in this lot shows Rowling with pupils at the event
Lot 129
A miscellaneous collection of books, comprising: The Book of Common Prayer, Cambridge: John Burges, 1799, octavo, full morocco; The Newcomes, by Arthur Pendennis [William Makepeace Thackeray], first edition in two volumes, London: Bradbury & Evans, 1854-55, octavo, half-calf; Essays, Political, Economical, and Philosophical, by Benjamin Count of Rumford, Vol. II only, London: T. Cadell, 1798, octavo, paper-covered boards with later slipcase; Windsor Castle and Its Environs, by Leitch Ritchie, London: Longman, 1840, octavo, rebound with original cloth covers on upper & lower panels; The General Gazetteer, by R. Brookes, 17th edition, London: Rivington et al., 1820, octavo, rebound; The London Dispensatory, by Anthony Todd Thomson, fifth edition, London: Longman, 1830, octavo, rebound. Condition varied, sold with all faults (7)
Lot 49
Potter, Beatrix. The Tale of Tom Kitten, first edition, London: Frederick Warne & Co., 1907. 16mo, dark blue-green boards, colour frontispiece, pp. 85, 26 colour illustrations. Contents generally good with handling marks and occasional folded corners, contemporary inscription on front pastedown, some wear to front gutter, lacking spine with wear to corners. Together with a collection of fairly early editions, including The Tale of Mrs. Tittlemouse, pre-1918 [Warne not Limited], 1910 to verso of title; Tom Kitten, Flopsy Bunnies, Ginger & Pickles, Mrs. Tittlemouse, Timmy Tiptoes, Pigling Bland, Johnny Town-Mouse, all post-1918 [Warne Limited], and Fierce Bad Rabbit [1975], condition varied, sold with all faults (10)
Lot 34
Hemingway, Ernest. A Farewell to Arms, New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, seventh printing, reprinted three times in November 1929 [same year as the first edition]. Octavo, black cloth with gilt paper title labels. Internally very good, square ownership label on ffep, binding good with general discolouration and some light bumping & wear
Lot 27
Nabokov, Vladimir. Lolita, first UK edition, London: Weidenfeld & Nicolson, 1959. Octavo, publisher's black cloth, unclipped dust-jacket priced 21s. Contents very good, clean, bright, neat contemporary gift inscription on ffep, binding & cloth well-preserved, dust-jacket with some creasing & wear, protective mylar covers
Lot 8
Rowling, J. K. Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone, first edition, first issue, London: Ted Smart, The Book People Ltd., 1998, hardback, unclipped dust-jacket, print line on copyright page reads '10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1', in protective mylar cover. In near fine, unread condition, light bump to base of spine, otherwise appears new
Lot 71
Pullman, Philip. His Dark Materials, trilogy in one volume, signed, first edition thus, London: Scholastic, 2001, hardback with unclipped dust-jacket and protective mylar covers, loosely-inserted "letter of acknowledgement", very good & bright with some light bumping & creasing to edges of jacket, ffep lifting to expose gutter at half-title, upper board feeling a little shaken
Lot 80A
Cartoonists & Illustrators. A collection of books by or about cartoonists & illustrators of the 19th/20th century, to include Seymour's Humorous Sketches, by Alfred Crowquill, London: T. Miles & Co., n.d., tall octavo, publisher's cloth, internally good & bright, binding worn; Zoodiac, by Ronald Searle, stated first American edition, New York: Pantheon, 1977, hardback with dust-jacket, internally good & bright, d.j. torn; Pen and Pencil in Parliament, by Harry Furniss, London: Sampson Low, 1897, publisher's illustrated boards, internally good, boards rubbed & worn to corners; The Horkey, A Provincial Ballad, by Robert Bloomfield, London: Macmillan, 1882, publisher's illustrated boards, internally well-preserved & bright, boards marked & worn at corners; Hogarth Illustrated, by John Ireland, London: Routledge, 1884, contemporary cloth, internally good with some spotting, binding a little worn, and others, condition varied, sold with all faults, in two cartons (2)
Lot 65
Travel & Exploration. A collection of four books comprising: Sketches of India, Written by An Officer for Fire-Side Travellers at Home, [J. Moyle Sherer], fourth edition, London: Longman, 1826, rebound; Beside the Bamboo, by John MacGowan, first edition, London: Missionary Society, 1914, publisher's cloth; On the Threshold of Central Africa, by Francois Coillard, second edition, London: Hodder & Stoughton, 1902, publisher's cloth; Easy Lessons in Egyptian Hieroglyphics, by E. A. Wallis Budge, second impression, 1902, publisher's cloth. Condition varied, sold with all faults (4)
Lot 61
Richardson, Captain. Horsemanship; Or, The Art of Riding and Managing a Horse, first edition, London: Longman, 1853. Octavo, quarter red leather, top edge gilt, red endpapers with advertisements, steel-engraved frontispiece, pp. [xii], 140, illustrated with five steel-engraved plates (inc. frontis.), 24pp. publisher's advertisements at rear. Contents good & bright, most plates with protective tissue-guards, some pale spotting, binding tight & square, corners bumped & worn
Lot 4
Rowling, J. K. Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince, first edition, signed by the author on Bloomsbury bookplate, London: Bloomsbury, 2005, hardback with dust-jacket. In fine, unread condition - a pristine exampleProvenance: Western Mail, Harry Potter Book Competition, 2005, runner-up prize. The book comes with a typed letter signed by the Consumer Marketing Assistant at Western Mail informing our vendor that they have won this book, dated 9 August 2005
Lot 23
Herbert, Frank. The Dune Encyclopedia, first Book Club Edition, New York: Berkley Books, 1984. Octavo, hardcover with unclipped dust-jacket. Contents very good, clean, bright, binding good, tight & square, some light bumping, dust-jacket very well-preserved within a mylar cover, some chipping to extremities
Lot 110
Potter, Beatrix. The Tale of Pigling Bland, first edition, London: Frederick Warne & Co., 1913, date at foot of title, 12mo., pp. 94, 15 colour plates, illustrated endpapers, publisher's maroon boards with colour onlay. A very good, clean, bright example, light creasing to the corners of a couple of leaves
Lot 14A
Noble, Mark. Memoirs of the Protectoral-House of Cromwell, second edition in two volumes, Birmingham: Pearson & Rollason, 1787, illustrated with 12 engraved plates including frontispiece, five of which are folding. Octavo, full contemporary calf with morocco title labels lettered in gilt, bearing armorial bookplates for George Montgomery Traherne. Vol. I., pp. [xxxii], 448, additional subscribers tipped-in; Vol. II., pp. [viii], 464. Contents very good & bright, plates well-preserved, bindings worn with upper board of first volume detached (2)
Lot 123
Robinson, William. Gas and Petroleum Engines: A Practical Treatise on the Internal Combustion Engine, first edition, London: E. & F. N. Spon, 1890. Octavo, publisher's gilt cloth, folding frontispiece, illustrated throughout, pp. xxiv, 596, plus 28pp. publisher's advertisements at rear. Contents very good, clean, bright, cloth binding feeling a little wobbly with some bumping & wear to corners/edges, gift & owner inscriptions on half-title & endleaves
Lot 158
Thomas, Dylan. Collected Poems 1934-1952, first edition, signed by the author in blue ink, limited edition numbered 41 of 65 [only 60 of which were issued for sale], London: J. M. Dent & Sons Ltd., 1952. Octavo, full crushed morocco lettered in gilt, top edge gilt, frontispiece portrait of the author by Augustus John, pp. xiv, 178. Contents very good, clean, bright, binding tight & square, morocco well-preserved within a protective mylar cover, some offsetting to endleaves from mylar cover, one tiny hole on lower spine. A very good example of this scarce limited edition
![Nightingale, Florence. Notes on Nursing, first or early edition, London: Harrison, n.d. [c. 1860], slim octavo, 79pp., origin](https://cdn.globalauctionplatform.com/9514fb91-98c3-4281-942c-afb700d210ec/727758fc-0b3c-4a3a-b1b1-afb701129635/468x382.jpg)
Lot 167
Nightingale, Florence. Notes on Nursing, first or early edition, London: Harrison, n.d. [c. 1860], slim octavo, 79pp., original charcoal pebble cloth lettered in gilt, some splitting to spine, some staining to top corner of pages, advertisement endpapers, pencil & ink ownership note on title
Lot 68
Awdry, Rev. W. Railway Series. Collection of 11 first editions comprising: Toby the Tram Engine, 1952; Gordon the Big Engine, 1953; The Eight Famous Engines, 1957; Duck and the Diesel Engine, 1958; The Little Old Engine, 1959; The Twin Engines, 1960; The Gallant Old Engines, 1962; Stepney the "Bluebell" Engine, 1963; Mountain Engines, 1964; Very Old Engines, 1965; Small Railway Engines, 1967, worn cloth bindings, lacking dust-jackets. Together with reprints of ten other titles, 1950s & 1960s, including Tank Engine Thomas Again, fifth edition, 1952. Condition varied, sold with all faults (21)
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