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ROBERTSON ALAN W; Volumes I, II and III of 'A History of the Ship Letters of the British Isles: An Encyclopaedia of Maritime Postal History', a signed limited edition, no.31/600, first and only edition three volume set, issued with blue folders and gilt lettering, with numerous black and white illustrations and Robertson Alan W; 'The Maritime Postal History of London', a hardback copy, published on the occasion of the London International Stamp Exhibition, 9th-16th July 1960, by Robson Lowe Ltd, 50 Pall Mall, London SW1, with numerous black and white illustrations (4). CONDITION REPORT The books themselves are in generally good condition, with just some wear and tear. No pages missing, no rips or tears. Some wear to the corners of the folders, but the blue cases that they are in are quite damaged and have been repaired in the past with sticky tape and various rips to them. The single book has some wear to the cover, particularly to the spine, but nothing major and no missing pages, rips or tears.

A 100 Year History of The P&O, Peninsula and Oriental Steam Navigation Co 1837-1937 by Boyd Cable, first edition, published 1937 by Ivor Nicholson & Watson Ltd, hardback with colour plates throughout, with dust jacket, together with 'Conoco: The First 100 Years', and other maritime related titles including 'Ships of the Esso Fleet In World War II', 'Saga of Scindia Golden Jubilee', 'The Story of the Meduros and photo album of Curacao 1837-1962', by Joh. Hartog, Grimaldi Armatori by B D'antonio & J Stares with dust jacket and in slip cover.

Books - Medals & Militaria Reference - Signed Copies, Williamson (Howard), The Collector and Researcher's Guide to the Great War, signed and dedicated by the author, copy no. 940, two-volume set, first and only edition, Privately Published, London: Printed by Chameleon Press Ltd, 2003, illustrated, pictorial boards, 4to, (2); Cox (Reginald H.W.), Military Badges of the British Empire, 1914-1918, first edition, London: 1982, h/b, d/j, 4to, (1); Spink's British Battles & Medals, 1988, h/b, d/j, 4to, (1); etc., [6]

Antiquarian Books - Classics and European Thought - Locke (John), The Works, ten-volume set, eleventh edition, London: 1812, institutional red morocco over buckram, otherwise neat ex-lib, 8vo, (10); [Sophocles], Linwood (Gulielmus, editor), Sophoclis Tragœdiæ, first edition thus, Londini: Longman, Brown, Green, et Longman, 1846, [bound en suite with] Ellendt (Friedrich), A Lexicon to Sophocles, Oxford: D.A. Talboys, 1851, 19th century black quarter-calf gilt over textured cloth, marbled edges and endpapers, tail of spines with neat library numbering, recto pastedown with bookplates, 8vo, (2); Fynes Clinton (Henry), Fasti Romani [...], two-volume set, first editions, Oxford: University Press, 1845-1850, mixed bindings, 4to, (2); Ritter's and Preller's Historia Græcæ et Romanæ, ex Fontium Locis Contexta [...], Gothæ: Frider. Andr. Perthes, 1864, contemporary calf gilt over marbled boards, neat ex-lib numbering and bookplates, 8vo, (1); Middleton (Conyers, D.D.), A Free Inquiry into the Miraculous Powers, Which are supposed to have subsisted in the Christian Church [...], first edition thus, London: R. Manby and H.S. Cox, 1749, rebacked calf, 4to, (1); Letters by the Earl of Chatham to Thomas Pitt (Afterwards Lord Camelford) then at Cambridge, fourth edition, London: T. Payne, 1804, 20th/21st leather, 8vo, (1); etc., [21]

Books - Japan - Price (Willard), Where are you going Japan?, first edition, London: William Heinemann Ltd, 1938, original red cloth only, 8vo, (1); Joly (Henri L.) & Tomita (Kumasaku), Japanese Art & Handicraft, reprint of the 1915 Red Cross Exhibition catalogue, 1976, h/b, d/j, 4to, (1); Robertson Scott (J.W.), The Ignoble Warrior [...], first edition, [n.d., 1916], original blue cloth gilt, 4to, (1); Auden (W.H.) & Isherwood (Christopher), Journey to a War, first edition, London: Faber & Faber Limited, 1939, original cloth only, 8vo, (1); Daughter of the Samurai, 8vo, (1); etc., [20]

Antiquarian and Later Books - Poetry and Literature - Juvenile Book, The Poetical Epitome; or, Elegant Extracts [...] For The Improvement of Scholars at Classical and other Schools [...], London: Printed for C. Dilly, 1792, printed in parallel columns, rebacked, marbled endpapers, Plain Armorial bookplate: J.D. Vanderpant, square 8vo, (1); Campbell (F), Beauties of the British Poets; with Notices [...], two-volume set, first edition thus, London: Richard Edwards, 1824, contemporary black quarter-calf gilt over marbled boards, contemporary bookseller's tickets: B. Wheeler, Manchester, contemporary ink MS ownership inscription, 8vo, (2); The Speaker: or, Miscellaneous Pieces, Selected from the Best English Writers [...], London: J. Johnson, 1799, contemporaneously hand-coloured plates, in-keeping 20th century calf over marbled boards, 8vo, (1); Robinson (Thomas Heath, illustrator), Sterne's Sentimental Journey, London: 1897, illustrated, pictorial blue cloth gilt, 8vo; others, various leather bindings and sizes; Travel - Italy - Morris (James), Venice, first edition, second impression, London: Faber and Faber, 1960, cartographic dustjacket over red cloth, protective wrapper, neat gift inscription to verso of endpaper, 8vo, (1); further retro and vintage guide to Italy; Tunisia; Malta, [28]

Antiquarian Books - Private Presses - The Golden Cockerel Press, De Chair (Somerset), The Golden Carpet, Published by Permission of the War Office, first edition, copy no. 275 from a limited edition of 500, Printed by Christopher Sandford and Owen Rutter, 7th April, 1943, in 14pt. Perpetua type on Arnold's mould-made paper, photogravure portrait frontispiece, loosely-inserted publisher's announcement, green morocco gilt over ochre buckram, by Sangorski & Sutcliffe, London, stamped, top-edge gilt, cartographic endpapers after maps by the author, 4to, (1); Folio Press: De La Mare (Walter) & Beck (Ian Archie, illustrator), Motley, and other poems, [&] Kipling (Rudyard) & Ribbons (Ian, illustrator), Barrack-Room Ballads, both 1991, cloth over patterned boards, top-edges gilt, others uncut, glasserine wrappers, 8vo, (2); eleven Folio Society imprints, ten of which are poetry, various dates, bindings, and sizes, (11), [14]

Antiquarian Books - Belles-lettres - [Arabian Nights], Mardrus (Dr J.C., translator) & Powys Mathers (E., editor), The Book of the Thousand Nights and One Night, four-volume set, London: Privately Printed for Subscribers/The Casanova Society, 1923, title-pages printed in a red typographic border, colour frontispieces, contemporary blue leather gilt over marbled boards, top-edges gilt, others uncut, 8vo, (4); De Cervantes Saavedra (Miguel) & Watts (Henry Edward, translator), The Ingenious Gentleman Don Quixote of La Mancha, four-volume set, London: Adam and Charles Black, 1895, contemporary red cloth, 8vo, (4); Crayon (Geoffrey, Gent.), [pseud. Irving (Washington)], Bracebridge Hall [...], two-volume set, first edition printed in England, London: John Murray, 1822, relayed and rebacked contemporary diced Russian gilt, marbled edges and endpapers, 8vo, (2); Erotica, Willoughby (Véra, illustrator) & [Smollet (Tobias)], The Memoirs of a Lady of Quality, limited edition no. 399, London: Peter Davies, 1925, illustrated with in-text chromolithographs, contemporary boards, 4to, (1); Half-Hours with the Best Authors [...], four-volume set, London: 1888, contemporary black quarter-calf gilt over marbled boards, 8vo, (4); further leather, part-leather, and part-vellum bound literature, various authors, verse and prose, mixed dates, bindings, and sizes; Scott's poetical works, various; Dickens; etc., [46]

J K ROWLING; 'Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince', first edition, not first print.

Cartography - Nottinghamshire - Ordnance Survey - a map of Mansfield Town Centre, supplied by Edward Stanford, Longacre, London, Cartographer to the King, sheet XXIII, published 1912, paper laid on cloth; others, Shirebrook Planning for Railway, first edition, 1875; Annesley Woodhouse; Mansfield/Woodhouse/Sutton/Skegby; Pleaseley, 1875; etc (27)

EDUARDO CHILLIDA JUANTEGUI (San Sebastian, 1924 - 2002)."Aromas", 2000.Woodcut on thick Velin paper, copy 60/120.Ed. Edouard Weiss, Paris.Signed and justified by hand.Size: 54 x 43 cm."Guided by a scent", the final sentence in the book "Aromas" by Chillida, sums up the artist's spirit when working, allowing himself to be guided by the materials, by their essence. As the sculptor himself explained it: "The form, at the beginning, is almost like an undefined aroma that imposes itself as it becomes more precise. This pre-knowledge or aroma is my guide to the unknown, the desired and the necessary". This is a woodcut from the book by Eduardo Chillida made up of five etchings, three woodcuts, two silkscreen prints with relief, together with 38 pages of text that, through graphic work, poems, reflections and philosophical quotations, both by the artist himself and by various thinkers, brings us closer to the Basque artist's thought and work through the keys that have marked his career: time, space, music, freedom, matter, light and the sea. Published on the occasion of the artist's 76th birthday. In "Aromas" Chillida the plastic artist and Chillida the writer join hands to reveal the poet, the philosopher and the profound thinker. The edition consists of 160 graphic series with the numbering; 1-120; I-IX (suite); I-IX (suite in grey Eskulan); H. C. 1-10; E. A. 1-12.Chillida began drawing at the Círculo de Bellas Artes in Madrid, and his interest in sculpture gradually grew. It was during his years in Paris that he made his first plaster sculptures, impressed by the archaic Greek sculpture in the Louvre. He held his first sculpture exhibition in the French capital in 1950. In 1951 he returned to San Sebastián for good, and produced his first work in iron, the material he would work with for the rest of his life. Throughout his life, Chillida received numerous prizes and awards, including the Carnegie Prize, the Rembrandt Prize, the Wolf Foundation Prize for the Arts and the Prince of Asturias Prize for the Arts. He was also an academician of San Fernando, and a member of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences, Honorary of the Royal Academy of Arts in London and of the Imperial Order of Japan, and was awarded the Grand Cross for Humanitarian Merit by the Institution of the same name in Barcelona. In addition to his Chillida-Leku Museum in Hernani, he is represented in museums and collections all over the world, such as the Guggenheim in Bilbao, the MOMA in New York, the Reina Sofía in Madrid, the Tate Gallery in London and the Neue Nationalgalerie in Berlin.

A Robert Taylor spitfire first edition signed by Douglas Bader, 33cm x 47cm

Coalport 'Queen Victoria' limited edition figure, five Royal Worcester figures 'First Steps', 'Sweet Dreams', 'Once Upon a Time', 'New Arrival' and limited edition 'The Dance of Time', two Coalport figures 'Childhood Joys' and 'The Boy', Lladro angel playing flute and John Jenkins model Chinese dragon Certificates of authenticity for "Once Upon a Time", "The Dance of Time","Childhood Joys" and "The Boy"Condition ReportOnce Upon a Time with break and repair at the waistThe Dance of Time with possible chip to the toes on one footAll items with surface marks, accretions and dirt. General wear and tear.

-- Die Calcutta II-Ausgabe-- Tausend und eine Nacht. - MacNaghten, W. H. The Alif Laila or Book of the thousand nights and one night, commonly known as "The Arabian Nights' Entertainments"; Now, for the first time, published complete in the original Arabic, from an Egyptian manuscript brought to India by the late Major Turner Macan. 4 Bände. 24 x 15,5 cm. Etwas spätere Leinenbände (etwas berieben, Rücken ausgeblichen). Kalkutta, W. Thacker und London, W. H. Allen, 1839-1842.Brunet III, 1715. Graesse IV, 523. Fück 365. - Erste Ausgabe der sogenannten Calcutta II-Ausgabe, die erstmals den kompletten arabischen Text der weltberühmten Sammlung morgenländischer Erzählungen bringt, gedruckt in der Baptist Mission Press in Kalkutta. Die Editionsgeschichte des arabischen Textes kennt vier Ausgaben: Die Calcutta I -Ausgabe oder Shirwanee-Edition (1814 bis 1818 in zwei Bänden), die Bulaq oder Cairo-Edition (1835 in zwei Bänden), die Breslau-Edition (1825 bis 1838 in acht Bänden) und die vorliegende und editionsgeschichtlich besonders wichtige Calcutta II-Ausgabe oder MacNaghten-Edition, die als Grundlage für alle bedeutenden späteren Übertragungen diente, darunter auch die englische Ausgabe von John Payne and Richard F. Burton. "Première édition complète du texte arabe. Elle a été donnée d'après un manuscrit égyptien pris dans l'Inde par le major Turner Macan, et elle a eu pour éditeur sir W.-H. Macnaghten" (Brunet). "It was only in 1839-1842 that the Arabic text was edited in its entirety, by Macnaghten" (Fück). Der Band IV mit der Liste der Subskribenten. - Titel von Band I braunfleckig und mit hinterlegter Fehlstelle im unteren Rand, stellenweise etwas gebräunt oder braunfleckig, wenige Lagen stärker betroffen, sonst wohlerhalten.

A Tri-ang Minic Ships Trade Box and First Edition Catalogue. Trade box for Royal Yacht Britannia as Hospital ship (M721/H). Containing original inner dividers and 10x Hospital Ships and 2x as Royal Yachts. Box complete with all flaps and correct stamp one end. Together with a First Edition Tri-ang Minic Ships catalogue for 1959. GC-VGC for age, some paint chipping. £60-80

5 Corgi Aviation Archive. Scale 1:144, Avro Vulcan B2 XH558, (First and Last in Service) 48303, Douglas C-47 Skytrain AA99148 438th Troop Carrier Group USAAF. Lockheed 382 Hercules C:1 Royal Air Force 48403. Avro York Skyways 47201. Plus The Dam Busters Special Edition RAF Avro Lancaster 47304. VGC All boxed, one with packing missing. Contents VGC all ex display models, require cleaning, some parts maybe missing/broken. £50-70

4x American related books. A First Ed. Califonia by Mary Austin, Pub Black, Autumn 1914. With illustrations by Sutton Palmer. History of America (Vol One), by Robertson 1788. 2x Uncle Tom's Cabin by Harriet Beecher Stowe; The American Edition, pub Richard Bentley 1852. Togeter with an incomplete copy missing final pages, enscribed in ink 1856. AF-VGC. £40-60

Lord of the Rings by J.R.R. Tolkien. 3 volumes, First Edition, Pub. George Allen and Unwin. The Fellowship of the Rings; 1st Ed, 7th Imp, 1957. The Two Towers; 1st Ed, 5th Imp, 1957. The Return of the King; 1st Ed, 5th Imp, 1959. All with maps inside back cover. All in facsimile dust jackets. Volumes generally VGC, slight wear to ends of spine, generally clean inside. £400-600

A box containing a miscellaneous collection of books and vintage pamphlets, etc including a first edition of Stuff and Nonsense by Walter de la Mare (1)

A.S. NEILL 'THE PROBLEM TEACHER', FIRST EDITION, complete with dust jacket, published by Herbert Jenkins 1939, condition: dust cover has small tears and bumps with staining and dirt, the book is dusty but in good age related condition

A RONALD SEARLE COLLECTION OF BOOKS, fifteen titles including early first editions in dust jackets ('Russia For Beginners, The St Trinians Story..., 'Looking At London', also the first U.S. edition of 'By Rocking Chair Across America' and a second printing in dust jacket of 'The Rake's Progress' (15) LIST OF TITLES AVAILABLE ON REQUEST

DAVID SHEPHERD (BRITISH 1931-2017) TWO SIGNED LIMITED EDITION PRINTS, comprising 'First light at Savuti' depicting a pride of lions 312/1500, approximate size 48cm x 78cm including margins and 'Arabian Oryx' a group of antelope sheltering from the sun 139/1500, approximate size 50cm x 79cm including margins, largest frame size approximately 72cm x 100cm, both prints appear to be in good condition, frames are marked in places

A BOX OF ELEVEN HARDBACK BOOKS, to include 'Murder off Miami' (D. Wheatley, first edition, 1936), 'Monograms & Ciphers'(H. Renoir, Heraldic Artist, first edition, Thomas C. Jack) and 'Old English Drinking Glasses Their Chronology and Sequence by Grant Francis F.S.A.',

Legends of Rock and Roll by Bairstow Manor limited edition Beatles toby jugs, each H: 14 cm. P&P Group 2 (£18+VAT for the first lot and £3+VAT for subsequent lots)

Polar Travel. Cherry-Garrard, Apsley - The Worst Journey in the World: Antarctic 1910-1913. London: Constable and Company Limited. 1922. First Edition. Two Volumes. Original cloth-backed blue-grey boards. Complete with plates, maps, panoramas, etc as per illustration lists. Minor wear to extremities and some small markings to boards. Some sporadic foxing/spotting internally. A 'very good' set. Scarce.

First Edition. Conan Doyle, A. - The Hound of the Baskervilles. London: George Newnes, Limited. 1902. Appears a first issue, with 'you' for 'your' on page 13, line 3. Original cloth, worn. Tape repair to inner-hinge at frontis/title page. Tear to page 303/304. Lacks 1 plate - 'Welcome Sir Henry'. Overall a 'fair' copy. (1)

Literature. [Whistler] - The Gentle Art of Making Enemies. London: Heinemann, 1890. First edition. Bound by Ramage, London, in a half morocco with an arts & crafts style gilt decoration. ALS used as a frontispiece (see image). Boards bowed. (1)

A GROUP OF EUROPEAN ART & ARCHITECTURE BOOKS Consisting of six titles: The Greatest Masters - Giotto, Botticelli, Leonardo, Raphael, Michaelangelo, Titian Rome Art & Architecture - Marcoussagli (Ed.) The Art of the Italian Renaissance - Rolf Toman (Ed.) The Art of Florence Vol I & II - First Artabras Edition, copyright 1988 The Great Book of French Impressionism - Dane Kelder, 10th printing, Artabras Largest book 32.5 high x 28 wide x 5cm deep Condition: Minor signs of wear commensurate with age and use

Deutschland nach 1945 - DDR - Deutsche Demokratische Republik : DDR: Karl Marx Orden Nr. 27 mit nummerngleichem Trägerausweis verliehen an Prof. Rudolf Lindau.Die Ordensdekoration 1. Modell aus dem Jahr 1958. Gold und Emaille. Auf der Rückseite Goldstempel "900" sowie Verleihungsnummer"27". Verbindungsring zwischen Orden und Bandspange in dicker. früher Ausführing. An Pentagonalbandspange mit rückseitigem Nadelsystem, ebenfalls mit Goldstempel "900". Dazu die Interimspange, 2. Modell. Gold. Auf der Rückseite Goldpunze "900". Mit Bezug in den Farben des Ordensbandes. Auf der Vorderseite in Gold aufgelegtes Eichenblatt. Beides im schönen Originaletui in Erstausführung aus rotem Leder . Der Deckel mit goldgeprägtem Mäanderband und der Bezeichnung: "KARL / MARX / ORDEN" in Goldprägung. Innenteil mit feiner, grauer Vliesauskleidung. Lederbezogener Trägerausweis zum KMO Nr. 27, ausgestellt auf Prof. Rudolf Lindau. Mit Unterschrift und Dienstsiegel des Chefs des Büros des Präsidiums des Ministerrats der DDR. Der Stempel trägt die Ziffer "1", gehört also dem Chef des Büros des Ministerrates der DDR. Professor Rudolf Lindau erhielt den Karl Marx Orden anläßlich seines 70. Geburtstages am 28.03.1958. Die Verleihung ist im Zentralorgan der SED "Neues Deutschland" vom Freitag, den 29. 03. 1958 auf 2 Seiten dokumentiert Paul Rudolf Lindau (Pseudonym Rudolf Graetz;* 28. März 1888 in Riddagshausen; ? 18. Oktober 1977 in Berlin) war ein deutscher Politiker und Historiker. Nachdem er vor dem Ersten Weltkrieg der sozialdemokratischen Jugendbewegung in Hamburg angehört hatte, gehörte er nach der Novemberrevolution zu den treibenden Kräften der Hamburger KPD. Innerhalb der KPD war er der Mitte, der sogenannten ?Mittelgruppe?, zuzuordnen. Er war vor allem in der Presse- und Agitproparbeit tätig. 1934 emigrierte er in die Sowjetunion, wo er an der Internationalen Lenin-Schule arbeitete und während des Zweiten Weltkriegs an Antifaschulen in Kriegsgefangenenlagern unterrichtete. In der Deutschen Demokratischen Republik leitete Lindau ab 1947 die neu gegründete Parteihochschule ?Karl Marx?. Im Zusammenhang mit der Flucht Wolfgang Leonhards wurde Lindau im September 1950 abgelöst und hauptamtlicher Mitarbeiter des ?Marx-Engels-Lenin-Instituts? beim ZK der SED. Er trug zur Etablierung einer marxistisch-leninistischen Geschichtsschreibung bei, eckte aber mit seinem Bestreben, das sozialistische Element in der Novemberrevolution zu betonen, bei der SED an. Nach der Machtübernahme Hitlers gehörte Lindau zunächst der illegalen Bezirksleitung Ostsachsen in Dresden an. Unter dem Decknamen ?Toni? leitete er den Agit.prop.Bereich und gab die illegale Arbeiterstimme heraus. Sein Sohn (der ebenfalls Rudolf Lindau hieß) wurde von einem NS-Gericht wegen angeblicher Beteiligung am Altonaer Blutsonntag zum Tode verurteilt und am 10. Januar 1934 hingerichtet. Lindau emigrierte 1934 über die Tschechoslowakei in die Sowjetunion, forschte dort unter dem Pseudonym Rudolf Graetz weiter zu historischen Themen. Er gehört zu den 18 von 68 KPD-Funktionären, welche die Stalinschen Säuberungen überstanden. Er arbeitete am deutschen Sektor der Lenin-Schule, war Lehrer an Parteischulen und gehörte einer im Dezember 1935 einberufenen ?Kommission für Parteigeschichte? an. Im Oktober 1941 wurde er in eine Kolchose in Ufa evakuiert, aber Anfang 1942 nach Moskau zurückbeordert. Ab April 1942 unterrichtete er an Antifa-Schulen für deutsche Kriegsgefangene. Er gehörte zu den Unterzeichnern des ?Aufruf an das deutsche Volk? vom 25. Januar 1942 und des Nachrufs auf Thälmann am 17. September 1944. Auch wurde er in die ?Arbeitskommission? des ZK der KPD ab März 1944 berufen und arbeitete im Nationalkomitee Freies Deutschland (NKFD). Insgesamt wurden nur 60 nummerierte Karl Marx Orden verliehen. Davon die Nr. 1 - 30 mit eingefräster und die Nr. 31 - 60 mit eingeprägter (eingeschlagener) Nummer. Von den Nummern 1 - 30 existieren gemäß Recherchen nur noch 11 Stück. Davon befinden sich die Nummern 1,2 und 3 (Pieck, Grotewohl und Ulbricht) im Deutschen Historischen Museum in Berlin. Bedeutendes Ensemble von größter Seltenheit.Post-1945 - German Democratic Republic (GDR) : DDR: Karl Marx Orden Nr. 27 mit nummerngleichem Trägerausweis verliehen an Prof. Rudolf Lindau. The order decoration 1st model from 1958. gold and enamel. On the back gold stamp "900" and award number "27". Connecting ring between medal and ribbon clasp in thick. early execution. On pentagonal ribbon clasp with pin system on the back, also with gold stamp "900". With it the interim clasp, 2nd model. Gold. On the reverse gold hallmark "900". Covered in the colors of the ribbon. On the front in gold applied oak leaf. Both in beautiful original case in first edition red leather . The lid with gold embossed meander band and the inscription: "KARL / MARX / ORDEN" in gold embossing. Interior with fine gray fleece lining. Leather-covered carrier's card to KMO No. 27, issued to Prof. Rudolf Lindau. With signature and official seal of the Chief of the Office of the Presidium of the Council of Ministers of the GDR. The stamp bears the number "1", thus belongs to the Chief of the Office of the Council of Ministers of the GDR. Professor Rudolf Lindau received the Karl Marx Order on the occasion of his 70th birthday on 28.03.1958. The award is documented in the central organ of the SED "Neues Deutschland" of Friday, 29. 03. 1958 on 2 pages Paul Rudolf Lindau (pseudonym Rudolf Graetz;* March 28, 1888 in Riddagshausen; ? October 18, 1977 in Berlin) was a German politician and historian. Having belonged to the Social Democratic youth movement in Hamburg before World War I, he was one of the driving forces of the Hamburg KPD after the November Revolution. Within the KPD, he belonged to the center, the so-called "Mittelgruppe." He was primarily active in press and agitprop work. In 1934 he emigrated to the Soviet Union, where he worked at the International Lenin School and taught at anti-fascist schools in prisoner-of-war camps during World War II. In the German Democratic Republic, Lindau headed the newly founded party high school "Karl Marx" from 1947. In connection with Wolfgang Leonhard's escape, Lindau was replaced in September 1950 and became a full-time employee of the "Marx-Engels-Lenin Institute" at the Central Committee of the SED. He contributed to the establishment of a Marxist-Leninist historiography, but his efforts to emphasize the socialist element in the November Revolution caused consternation within the SED. After Hitler's seizure of power, Lindau initially belonged to the illegal East Saxony district leadership in Dresden. Under the code name "Toni," he headed the agit.prop. section and published the illegal Workers' Voice. His son (who was also named Rudolf Lindau) was sentenced to death by a Nazi court for alleged participation in the Altona Bloody Sunday and executed on January 10, 1934. Lindau emigrated to the Soviet Union via Czechoslovakia in 1934, where he continued to research historical topics under the pseudonym Rudolf Graetz. He was among the 18 of 68 KPD functionaries who survived Stalin's purges. He worked at the German sector of the Lenin School, was a teacher at party schools, and was a member of a "Commission for Party History" convened in December 1935. In October 1941 he was evacuated to a collective farm in Ufa, but was ordered back to Moscow in early 1942. From April 1942 he taught at antifa schools for German prisoners of war. He was among the signers of the "Appeal to the German People" of January 25, 1942, and of the obituary for Thälmann on September 17, 1944. He was also appointed to the "Working Commission" of the Central Committee of the KPD from March 1944 and worked in the National Comm

Calcott, Wellins: A Candid Disquisition Of The Principles and Practices Of The Most Ancient and Honourable Society of Free and Accepted Masons; Together With Some Strictures on the Origin, Nature, and Design of that Institution, London: Printed for the Author, By Brother James Dixwell, in St Martins Lane. A.L. 5769. A.D. 1769, First edition full leather binding, 8vo. (1)

Byron, Lord: (Baron George Gordon Byron 1788-1824), Marino Faliero, Doge Of Venice. An Historical Tragedy, In Five Acts. With Notes. The Prophecy Of Dante, A Poem. By Lord Byron, London: John Murray, Abermarle-Street. 1821, First Edition, Second Issue, full red leather binding, 8vo. (1)

Bunyan, John: The Pilgrim's Progress from this World to that which is to Come, Elstow Edition, Illustrations By W. Gunston And Others, Engraved By R. Paterson, London: John Walker And Co. 96 Farringdon Street, E.C. 1881, First edition, full leather binding with oak boards, 8vo. (1)

Ancell, Samuel: A Circumstantial Journal Of The Long And Tedious Blockade And Siege Of Gibraltar, From The Twelfth Of September, 1779, To The Third Day Of February, 1783. In a Series of Letters from the Author to His Brother. By S. Ancell, of the 58th Regiment, The Second Edition, with Additions, Liverpool: Printed By J. Schofield, In Prince's-Street. 1785 First Edition, 8vo. Portrait frontis, folding engravings and map, later re-backed. (1)

Gray, Thomas: Gray's Elegy, Illuminated by Owen Jones, First edition, London: Longman, 1846, full leather binding, the cover relief decorated with title in tablet within a border of leaves and berries. (1)

Humphreys, Henry Noel: The Coinage Of The British Empire: As An Outline Of The Progress Of The Coinage In Great Britain And Her Dependencies, From The Earliest Period To The Present Time. London: David Bogue, Fleet Street. 1885, First edition in original publisher's papier mache binding, each cover relief decorated with a coat of arms, title in garter with thistles, rose, shamrocks and acorns to each corner, 8vo. (1)

Five Harry Potter first edition hard back books including two Half Blood Prince and Deathly Hallows, an Exploring Harry Potter paperback and one other Harry Potter novel, Goblet of Fire

An 'Around the Mediterranean' cigarette card album, issued by Nicolas Sarong & Co, & two postage stamp albums, together with two albums of limited edition First-day lithographs, with franked postage stamps UK & Islands, early 1980s

Pokemon TCG Base Set (Unlimited) - Complete Set. Complete Base Set of 102 cards including a first edition Machamp along with a collection of modern Pokemon cards.

Lester Piggott First Edition Signed soft back book titled 'The Autobiography of Lester Piggott' 'The world's greatest Jockey' Daily Express. Good condition. All autographs come with a Certificate of Authenticity. We combine postage on multiple winning lots and can ship worldwide. UK postage from £4.99, EU from £6.99, Rest of World from £8.99

Mark Johnston First Edition hardback book titled 'The Authorised Biography'. First published in 2006. Good condition. All autographs come with a Certificate of Authenticity. We combine postage on multiple winning lots and can ship worldwide. UK postage from £4.99, EU from £6.99, Rest of World from £8.99

A quantity of mountaineering, climbing, alpine related books, including Hunt "Ascent of Everest" 1953, first edition, Noyse "South Col" 1954, first edition, others Zermatt, Himalayas, Tibet, Caucasus, "The Alpine Journal" 42 volumes: Voyage du Condottiere" 1910, three quarter crushed crimson Morocco gilt binding (94 in total)

Ian Fleming three hardback volumes, You Only Live Twice (Cape, 1964 first edition), On Her Majesty's Secret Service (Cape, 1963 second edition) and Live and Let Die (reprint Society 1956)

Mrs Beeton, six volumes including a 1861 first edition (re-bound) of Beeton's Book of Household Management, The Book of Household Management 1888 and Mrs Beeton's Every Day Cookery (Ward Lock)

Reverend Henry Newland 'The Erne, Its Legends And Its Fly Fishing', published by Chapman and Hall, first edition 1851, full brown leather binding Condition Report: Front binding has started to split, is visible when the front cover is open. All pages and plates appear to be present. Please see additional photographs for further details.

H.M.G.Grellmann - Dissertation on the Gipseys, first English edition translated from the German, published 1807, rebound

The Strand Magazine 1891-1895 twenty volumes and C R L Fletcher and Rudyard Kipling - A History of England first edition pub 1911in decorative boards

Account (An) of the Colony of Sierra Leone, from its first establishment in 1793, only edition, folding engraved map, with final blank, foxing and offsetting to title and map, title and following leaf defective at lower inner margin (repaired), map with small tears and staining to edge, 1795 bound with Substance of the Report of the Court of Directors of the Sierra Leone Company...26th February, 1795, 31pp., one leaf creased at upper outer corner, 1795, together 2 works in 1 vol., a little browned, modern half calf, spine gilt with red morocco label, 8vo, James Phillips⁂ Sierra Leone was a British colony founded by the Sierra Leone Company as a home for freed slaves.

Arvieux (Laurent d') The Travels...in Arabia the Desart...to which is added, A General Description of Arabia, by Sultan Ishmael Abulfeda, second English edition, engraved frontispiece and 4 plates, woodcut head- & tail-pieces and initials, text lightly browned, with contemporary ink inscription "E Libris R.North Empt. Apud Lond: July 4th 1739 pretium [?]" to front free endpaper and with engraved bookplate of Hon. Charles North dated 1760, traces of another bookplate, contemporary calf, lightly rubbed and stained, rebacked, red morocco label, 12mo, for B.Barker...and C.King, 1732.⁂ A good copy of this scarce work by the polyglottal French diplomat Laurent d'Arvieux, with much information on customs, food, clothing, marriage, hospitality, law, trades, horses, medicine etc. It was first published in Paris in 1717 and the very rare first English edition in 1718. ESTC lists only 3 UK copies of this second edition.

Niebuhr (Carsten) Travels through Arabia..., translated by Robert Heron, 2 vol., second edition, half-titles, folding engraved map, 8 engraved plates, lightly offset, old ink and pencil inscriptions to front endpapers, contemporary half calf, rubbed, joints cracked, Perth, R.Morison junior, 1799 § Palmer (E.H.) The Desert of the Exodus, 2 vol., first edition, half-titles, 5 folding maps, some colour, 16 lithographed plates, one hand-coloured, some tinted, tissue guards, wood-engraved illustrations, some light spotting to plates, contemporary calf, gilt, prize binding, spines gilt with red & black roan labels, slightly rubbed, Cambridge, 1871, 12mo & 8vo (4)

Oates (Frank) Matabele Land and the Victoria Falls: A Naturalist's Wanderings in the Interior of South Africa, first edition, half-title, stipple-engraved portrait on india paper and mounted, 4 folding maps hand-coloured in outline or with routes in red, 6 chromolithographed views, 10 lithographed plates of natural history including 2 of birds by Keulemans, 9 hand-coloured, wood-engraved plates and illustrations, without 32pp. catalogue at end, a good clean copy, handsome contemporary maroon morocco, elaborately gilt with title to upper cover, spine gilt, g.e., a little rubbed, spine slightly faded and worn at head, 8vo, 1881.

Oliphant (Laurence) Narrative of the Earl of Elgin's Mission to China and Japan, 2 vol., first edition, half-titles, 5 folding maps (one large with outlines in red) and 20 chromolithographed or tinted lithographed plates, wood-engraved illustrations, without publisher's catalogue at end of vol.1, large folding map foxed and torn (repaired), foxing to plates and facing leaves, contemporary ink calligraphic inscription to front free endpapers, contemporary half green calf, spines gilt with red & black labels, slight wear at head, rubbed, 8vo, Edinburgh & London, 1859.⁂ Oliphant served as Lord Elgin's private secretary on his mission to China and Japan from 1857-59, which saw the end of the Second Opium War with the signing of the Treaties of Tianjin in 1858.

O'Neill (Thomas) Sketches of African Scenery, from Zanzibar to the Victoria Nyanza, first edition, 19 chromolithographed plates on 9 sheets, one double-page incorporating panorama, most after O'Neill, map and wood-engraved illustration in text, fine contemporary crimson morocco with elaborate borders in gilt, by W.Mansell, title in gilt to upper cover, inner gilt dentelles, ivory watered silk endpapers, g.e., slightly rubbed, 4to, 1878.⁂ A fine copy of one of the rarest of colour plate books solely on East Africa, probably bound for presentation. O'Neill was an Irish architect, part of the Church Missionary Society expedition to establish a permanent mission on the Ugandan shore of Victoria Nyanza. The venture was not a success: the expedition doctor died early on, the dhow to cross the lake sank, and O'Neill and a colleague were murdered.We can trace only 3 copies at auction, including this one in 2015 and another in the Winterton sale in 2003.

Pitts (Joseph) A Faithful Account of the Religion and Manners of the Mahometans..., fourth edition, woodcut head- & tail-pieces and initials, 2 folding engraved plates, large plate of Mecca a little soiled and torn across (repaired), 3pp. advertisements at end, contemporary calf, a little worn, spine repaired, new endpapers, 12mo, for T.Longman...and R.Hett, 1738.⁂ Pitts was captured by Algerian pirates and sold into slavery in 1679. During his fifteen years of captivity he converted to Islam and accompanied his master to Cairo, Suez and Jeddah, including a pilgrimage to Mecca. This work, first published in Exeter in 1704, is the first account by an Englishman of the hajj.A later inserted manuscript note states that Sir Richard Burton carried a copy of this fourth edition with him to Mecca and that, according to Burton, the large plate of the Masjid al-Haram or Great Mosque of Mecca, is reversed.

Baines (Thomas) Explorations in South-West Africa..., first edition, half-title, chromolithographed frontispiece, errata leaf, 3 folding maps with routes in red, 8 wood-engraved plates, illustrations, occasional spotting, all maps laid down, one with small stain, small stain to edge of frontispiece, original green cloth stamped in blind, slightly rubbed, recased, new endpapers, 8vo, 1864.

Poncet (Charles Jacques) A Voyage to Æthiopia, made in the Years 1698, 1699 and 1700, first edition in English, woodcut initial, advertisement leaf at end, contemporary ink inscription "No.7 Didric. Henricus a Buren" to foot of title with a few numbers to margins, extensive notes to rear endpapers and Macclesfield North Library shelf numbers to front pastedown, contemporary panelled sheep, traces of gilt to spine, rubbed, spine worn at ends, splits to joints, 12mo, for W. Lewis, 1709.⁂ Poncet, a French pharmacist living in Cairo, was the only European to visit Ethiopia during this period, having been summoned from Cairo by Emperor Iyasu I to cure both himself and his son of leprosy, which he did.

Porter (Rev. J.L.) Five Years in Damascus, 2 vol., first edition, 10 plates and plans, folding engraved map with partial hand-colouring, illustrations, map torn, frontispiece of vol.1 lightly water-stained, bookplate of W. Le Liszt, contemporary half green calf, red roan labels, rubbed, 8vo, 1855.

Ramsay (W.M.) The Cities and Bishoprics of Phrygia, 2 vol., first edition, half-titles, errata slips, 5 maps & plans, 3 folding, one in pocket at end, 3 plates, vol.2 with advertisement slip at beginning and leaf at end, original cloth, a little soiled, ex-library copies with stamp/numbers to pastedowns and spines but a good set, Oxford, 1895 § Perrot (Georges) & Charles Chipiez. History of the Art in Sardinia, Judaea, Syria, and Asia Minor, 2 vol., first edition in English, half-titles, 2 folding plans, 6 plates, one folding, numerous illustrations, occasional foxing, original pictorial blue cloth, spines a little faded, London & New York, 1890; and 3 others on Turkey, large 8vo & small 4to (6)

Ray (John) A Collection of Curious Travels & Voyages, 2 vol. in 1, first edition, with initial imprimatur leaf and 3pp. publishers' catalogue at end, very browned in parts, Q6-R1 stained causing hole to lower margin of Q7, staining and fraying also to last few leaves, engraved bookplate of Lord Lilford, contemporary sprinkled calf, rebacked, new red morocco label, rubbed, corners worn, [Wing R385], 8vo, for S.Smith and B.Walford, 1693.⁂ The first part is Ray's revision of Nicholas Straphorst's translation of Leonard Rauwolff's 1575 Travels in the Levant, done at the request of Hans Sloane. The second part comprises selected extracts from the works of Belon, Vernon, Spon, Smith, Huntingdon, Greaves, Alpinus, Thevenot and others, whilst the final part is Ray's own catalogue of Levantine plants. The catalogue at end has heading in Latin and is unddated [Keynes 93].

Richardson (James) Travels in the Great Desert of Sahara, in the years of 1845 and 1846, 2 vol., first edition, engraved portrait and 2 plates, folding engraved map, illustrations, without 2pp. advertisements at end of vol.2, foxing to plates, old ink inscription to front free endpaper, contemporary tan calf, gilt, spines gilt with red & green labels, 1848 § Morell (John Reynell) Algeria..., first edition, ?lacking half-title, with wood-engraved frontispiece and 10 plates, folding map, without 2pp. advertisements at end, some foxing, ex-library copy with labels, contemporary red morocco, gilt, spine gilt, g.e., 1854, both a little rubbed, 8vo (3)⁂ James Richardson was an ardent campaigner against slavery and set out to explore the area south of the Sahara to Timbuktu and Niger to discover more about the slave trade and how it would be possible to suppress it.

Rogers (Woodes) A Cruising Voyage Round the World: First to the South-Seas, thence to the East-Indies, and homewards by the Cape of Good Hope ..., first edition, 5 folding engraved maps including Herman Moll's double hemisphere map of the world, woodcut initials and ornaments, with the final blank, ink inscription "A.Sinclair the gift of Earl Talbot June 30th 1787" to head of first page of text, title laid down, small marginal tear to Cc2, a little water-stained towards end, modern panelled calf, spine gilt with red and green morocco labels, [Hill 1479; Sabin 72753], 8vo, for A. Bell...and B. Lintot, 1712.⁂ Famous account of privateering in the South Seas. Rogers set out from Bristol with William Dampier as his pilot and travelled along the coasts of Chile and Peru seeking out Spanish prizes. He landed on the Juan Fernandez islands in order to shelter from a storm, and there rescued the marooned Alexander Selkirk, the inspiration for Defoe's Robinson Crusoe.