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Lancelyn Green, Roger. Two scarce modern first edition fantasy works, comprising undated 1948 From the World's End and 1958 The Land of the Lord High Tiger, publ. G. Bell & Sons Ltd. Each presented in original smart dust wrapper & protective brodart. Lancelyn Green was best known for his role in the Inklings writing group, comprising himself, J. R. R. Tolkien and C. S. Lewis, with The Land of the Lord High Tiger bearing many similarities to the latter's Chronicles of Narnia fantasy works. 8vo. 

Chesterton, G. K. A collection of five works, comprising 1922 Eugenics and Other Evils publ. Wm. Collins Sons & Co. Ltd., copyright edition in publisher's wraps with Art Deco front cover by Vermeersch; 1928 Generally Speaking, a Book of Essays, first ed. publ. Methuen & Co. Ltd.; 1926 A Gleaming Cohort being Selections from the Writings of G. K. Chesterton, first ed. publ. Methuen & Co. Ltd.; 1910 George Bernard Shaw by Gilbert K. Chesterton publ. John Lane the Bodley Head; and 1938 The Coloured Lands illustrated by Chesterton, publ. Sheed & Ward and presented in the original unclipped dust wrapper. 8vo.

1923 The Smugglers, Picturesque Chapters in the History of Contraband (2vol), by Lord Teignmouth and Charles G. Harper. Published Cecil Palmer, stated first edition to limitations page. Each presented in original smart dust wrapper, in publisher's full cloth binding. Illustrated by Paul Hardy and the authors. An interesting work on the history of smuggling in Britain. 8vo.

Lewis, C. S. The Chronicles of Narnia - 1952 The Voyage of the Dawn Treader. First edition, published Geoffrey Bles. With illustrations by Pauline Baynes. Presented in the original dust wrapper, wrappers, Voyage of the Dawn Treader with loss to the spine affecting title & illustration, historic tape repairs, edgewear & closed tears to extremities, lacking front flap. 8vo.

Austen, Jane. 1894 Pride and Prejudice. First Peacock edition, with a preface by George Saintsbury and illustrations by Hugh Thomson. Publ. George Allen, 1894. Bound in recent full crushed morocco, gilt borders, raised bands and title to spine, gilt edges, dentelles and marbled endpapers. The original decorative gilt cloth front board and spine tipped in at rear. 8vo.

Edward Earl of Clarendon. 1707 The History of the Rebellion and Civil Wars in England, begun in the Year 1641. Printed at the Theater, Oxford 1707. Illustrated frontispiece portrait of the author. Six volumes bound in full contemporary calf, blind-stamped detail to the boards and gilt titles to spine. Bumped to the extremities, occasional slight loss to the leather at the head and tail of the spine, spines are rubbed and dried. Prior owner's inscription to the ffep. The first edition of this work in octavo format.

1987 Y Beibl Cyssegr-lan 1588 (The Holy Bible). Published Llyfrgell Genedlaethol Cymru, Aberystwyth (National Library of Wales). Limited edition no. 278 of 500. A facsimile reprint of the first complete Bible to be published in Welsh, translated by William Morgan. 4to.

Einstein, Albert & Infeld, Leopold. 1938 The Evolution of Physics, the Growth of Ideas from the Early Concepts to Relativity and Quanta. First edition, published Cambridge at the University Press, 1938. Publisher's original full cloth binding, in original unclipped dust wrapper. Prior owner's inscription to ffep. D/w just a touch scuffed to extremities. 8vo. 

WWI military interest. Three works regarding military history and strategy. Comprising 1924 History of the Guards Division in the Great War 1915-1918 by Cuthbert Headlam, in two volumes, first edition publ. John Murray. Small ownership bookplate of G. W. Headlam to front pastedown of first volume and of the author to the second, illustrated with folding diagrams and maps. Along with 1926 A Record of the 17th and 32nd Service Battalions Northumberland Fusiliers (N. E. R.) Pioneers 1914-1919, by Lt.-Col. Shakespear, ed. Major H. Shenton Cole. Publ. Northumberland Press Limited, illustrated with black and white photographic plates. 8vo.

Peake, Mervyn. 1948 The Hunting of the Snark by Lewis Carroll & 1949 The Rime of the Ancient Mariner by Samuel Taylor Coleridge. Each a first edition Zodiac book. Publisher's original illustrated paper covered boards with Peake's illustrations. 8vo.

Chesterton, Gilbert K. - The Napoleon of Notting Hill. First edition, published John Lane at the Bodley Head 1904. With seven full page illustrations by W. Graham Robertson and a Map of the Seat of War. Publisher's original pictorial cloth boards, occasional stain to boards & wear to the head and tail of the spine. W. H. Smith & Son's Subscription Library plate to the front pastedown. Hinge exposed & strained after the ffep. Complete with prior owner's receipt from George's bookshop, Park Street, Bristol dated 1983. 8vo. 

Dickens, Charles. 1853 Bleak House, and 1857 Little Dorrit. With illustrations by H. K. Browne (Phiz). Publ. London: Bradbury and Evans, 11, Bouverie Street. 1848. First edition bound from the original issues, with issue points as per John C. Eckel in 1913 The First Editions of the Writings of Charles Dickens': Bleak House - 'elgble' to page 19 line 6, ‘chair’ to page 209 line 23, 'counsinship' to page 275 line 22, and ‘picter’ to page 529 line 32. Little Dorrit - with 'William' for 'Frederick on page 317 line 27, B2 instead of BB2 on page 371, and 'Rigaud' for 'Blandois' on pages 469-73. Each bound in full straight grain morocco with gilt tooling to spine, borders, edges and dentelles; each lacking original spine labels, Bleak House with author's name label half lacking, Little Dorrit with both boards loose but present, as well as ffep. In need of gentle restoration. 8vo.

Tolkien, J. R. R. 1954 The Lord of the Rings Special First Edition box set. Comprising 1st edition The Fellowship of the Ring no impression stated, 1960 The Two Towers, stated seventh impression, and The Return of the King, no impression stated. Believed special box set first editions. With rare variant title page to The Fellowship of the Ring & The Two Towers stating publisher London: George Allen & Unwin Ltd, Boston: Houghton Mifflin Company; The Return of the King stating Houghton Mifflin Company Boston, The Riverside Press Cambridge.    Ex - library volumes, each with original binding covered by yellow & orange striped pasted cover, original black cloth visible beneath, with library titles and numbers to the spine. Front endpapers removed (half removed in The Two Towers) of all volumes, prior owner's inscription crossed out to the front pastedown of The Two Towers, boards are battered, impressed upon and worn to extremities. Library stamps on occasion to first and last leaves, see images. These rare & early editions would be well suited to a lavish rebind to preserve them. Please take careful note of the condition of these volumes before bidding. 8vo.

Masefield, John. A collection of sixteen first edition titles by Masefield, including poetry collections, fiction and non-fiction. The lot to comprise The Bird of Dawning in original dust wrapper, two copies of Natalie Maisie and Pavilastukay in dust wrappers, King Cole in original glassine, A Letter from Pontus & Other Verse in dw and A Play of St. George in dw, with titles lacking dust wrappers being The Taking of the Gry, Eggs and Baker, Odtaa, Sard Harker, Badon Parchments, Gallipoli, The Midnight Folk, The Hawbucks and The Box of Delight. 8vo. 

Dickens, Charles. 1848 Dombey and Sons by Charles Dickens. With illustrations by H. K. Browne (Phiz). Publ. London: Bradbury and Evans, 11, Bouverie Street. 1848. First edition bound from the original issues, with issue points as per John C. Eckel in 1913 The First Editions of the Writings of Charles Dickens': the vignette half title showing the hook on Captain Cuttle's left arm rather than his right; 'delight' rather than 'joy' to page 284 five lines from bottom; no apostrophe in 'aint' on page 14 ten lines from bottom; and 'fidgetty' for 'fidgety' on page 26 on line 11. Final issue point by Eckel not present - 'Captain' rather than 'Capitan' as the final word on page 324, as per first state. Bound in smart full straight grain morocco binding with gilt tooling to the spine and spine labels, gilt edges, borders and dentelles; slight loss to corner of title label to spine, and hinge starting lightly to rear board. 8vo.

Rackham, Arthur. 1915 A Christmas Carol told by Charles Dickens and illustrated by Arthur Rackham. First trade edition publ. William Heinemann. Pictorial endpapers printed in black, complete with all coloured plates with captioned tissue guards & vignette illustrations throughout. Bound in publisher's original cloth with gilt lettering and illustrations. Fading to back strip, boards slightly discoloured with small mark to front board, bumped corners and spine. Gift inscription to verso of title page with a small spot to top of verso and recto. Lacking one tissue guard. Scattered foxing to the fore-edge. 8vo.

Wodehouse, P. G. - The Gold Bat, 1904. First edition, first issue, published by Adam & Charles Black. 2pp publisher's advertisements to rear, with eight full-page illustrations by T. M. R. Whitwell. In publisher's original pictorial cloth binding. Frontispiece & ffep loose but present. A little bumped to the head and tail of the spine, straining to front hinge, pages spotted. 8vo. 

[CLASSIC LITERATURE] Dickens, Charles. The Life and Adventures of Martin Chuzzlewit, first edition, Chapman & Hall, London, 1844, half calf, frontispiece, vignette half title (with corrected '£100' to signpost), and a further thirty-eight plate illustrations by 'Phiz' [Hablot K. Browne] (as called for), octavo. Condition Report : Slightly rubbed; lower joint partially split; lower hinge cleanly split open; plates with marginal toning; a few plates with lower fore-edge marginal staining; plate opposite p.448 with 5cm lower edge tear, without loss. Condition reports are offered as a guide only and we highly recommend inspecting (where possible) any lot to satisfy yourself as to its condition.

[MODERN FIRST EDITIONS] Fleming, Ian. You Only Live Twice, first edition, Cape, London, 1964, original black boards, dustjacket (price-clipped), octavo; together with The Man with the Golden Gun, first edition, Cape, 1965, original black boards, dustjacket, octavo; and Octopussy and The Living Daylights, first edition, Cape, 1966, original black boards, dustjacket (price-clipped), octavo, (3).

[MODERN FIRST EDITIONS] Eleven assorted works, comprising Francis, Dick. Dead Cert, first edition, second impression, Joseph, London, February 1962, boards, dustjacket (non price-clipped), octavo; Waugh, Evelyn. The Ordeal of Gilbert Pinfold, first edition, Chapman & Hall, London, 1957, blue cloth, dustjacket (non price-clipped; loss to one exterior fore-edge corner); Greene, Graham. A Burnt-Out Case, first edition, Heinemann, London, 1961, black cloth, dustjacket (non price-clipped), octavo; Murdoch, Iris. The Nice and the Good, first edition, Chatto & Windus, London, 1968, boards, dustjacket (non price-clipped), octavo; Peters, Ellis. Dead Man's Ransom (the Ninth Chronicle of Brother Cadfael), first edition, Macmillan, London, 1984, boards, dustjacket (non price-clipped), octavo; Peters, Ellis. The Pilgrimof Hate (the Tenth Chronicle of Brother Cadfael), first edition, Macmillan, London, 1984, boards, dustjacket (non price-clipped), octavo; and five others works, all with dustjackets, all octavo.

A collection of commemorative, mostly silver, coin covers to include Queen Elizabeth II Golden Jubilee, The World Heritage sites limited edition, Wembley silver coin First Day cover stamp limited edition, and others Location:

Three Wedgwood Clarice Cliff limited edition plates, no chips or cracks, D: 20cm, UK P&P Group 2 (£20+VAT for the first lot and £4+VAT for subsequent lots)

JOHN RONALD REUEL TOLKIEN (1892-1972), THE HOBBIT, first paperback edition, signed by the author in blue ink on the title page, Puffin Book No 161, 1961; sold with copy of the dust jacket design for the book, believed to be a design proof or an unused jacket , by Pauline Baynes and signed by the artist in blue biro to the name aperture, 35 x 35cm, framed and glazed; sold with two further copies of the 1961 first edition paperback (4) Provenance: Purchased in 2003 from St. Mary's Books & Prints of Stamford, with three documents from the bookseller, comprising a signed statement of verification from St. Mary's detailing that the autograph has been verified by 'a leading autograph specialist', a deposit invoice for the Hobbit book dated 15/02/03, and a further letter with information about hardback signed Hobbit from the booksellers customer Mr Postgate. Also, a photocopy of a typed and signed letter from the original owner of the book, Ian C. Postgate, detailing the circumstances in which the book was signed for him which are detailed below. This book was originally owned by Ian C. Postgate, a student at Malvern College studying Anglo-Saxon and Early English under Mr. George Sayer. Mr. Sayer was aware of his student's interest in Tolkien, Professor of Anglo-Saxon at Oxford University, and, as he himself was a good friend of Tolkien's, arranged for Tolkien to sign the book while on a visit to Oxford and gifted this autographed copy to Mr. Postgate who kept it for forty years before selling it to St. Mary's. Mr. Sayer is credited as the person who convinced a depressed Tolkien not to burn the manuscripts of The Lord of the Rings when he was struggling to find a publisher, hence this book holds additional significance for Tolkien enthusiasts. It is possibly the only copy that Tolkien signed for his good friend Mr. Sayer. Mr. Sayer was also involved in the editing the Lord of the Rings manuscripts, and is believed influential in obtaining a publishing deal with Allen & Unwin. He regularly received Tolkien at his home and it was at his home that Tolkien recorded excerpts from The Hobbit and The Lord of the Rings in 1952 which were later released as LP records.This book was sold in auction by Adam Partridge Auctioneers on 5th November 2020, Lot 365. The buyer of the book has consigned it to this auction with the additional unsigned copies and the Pauline Baynes signed cover design which is believed to be a proof. There are four proof copies of the cover design in the Pauline Baynes archive held in the library at Williams College Massachusetts.Also accompanying this lot is a signed letter detailing provenance for the Pauline Baynes book cover and signature. It was discovered in a scrap book relating to an exhibition at Corby Grammar School on the 20th and 21st November 1961, to encourage children to buy paper backs. From this album it has been framed with the signature and was purchased by the current vendor from the gentleman who has penned this letter. Condition Report: One third of front cover attached from top down the soine crease, the lower two-thirds detached. Creases and scuffing to covers and spine, small tear to rear cover, fading and yellowing/browning in colours, browning to pages.

FLEMING (I), YOU ONLY LIVE TWICE; first edition, black cloth, un-clipped d.j., Jonathan Cape, 1964 (1)

FLEMING (I), THE MAN WITH THE GOLDEN GUN; first edition, black cloth, un-clipped d.j., Jonathan Cape, 1965 (1)

FLEMING (I), ON HER MAJESTY'S SECRET SERVICE; first edition, patterned black cloth, un-clipped d.j., Jonathan Cape, 1963 (1)

MILNE (A.A), THE HOUSE AT POOH CORNER, first edition, pictorial pink cloth, Methuen & Co, 1928 (1)

LAWRENCE (T.E), SEVEN PILLARS OF WISDOM, first trade edition, Cape, 1935; with two Cecil Beaton books and another on Colonial Empire (4)

A 1937 dated, first edition of Olympia Der Arbeit book, by Artur Axmann. Paperback, with 86 pages, containing photographs and text propaganda relating to the reconstruction of Germany under the NSDAP, through its various paramilitary branches. Approximately 20cm width, 26.9cm length. Condition: overall, a good example of its type. Slight edge bumps to the corners and the top edge, and light soiling to the back cover. The internal page are clean and stain free, with only a light ripple to the top edge (suggesting it may have been in a damp environment).

A LIMITED EDITION FRAMED LITHOGRAPH FLYING FINISH 139/500 BY JUAN CARLOS FERRIGNO WITH SIGNED MIKA HAKKINEN ,RON DENNIS & ARTISTMcLAREN MERCEDES MP4/12 TO FIRST VICTORY AT EUROPE(JEREZ)GP ON 6th OCTOBER 1997

Noddy Watercolour. Harmsen van der Beek (1897-1953) - original preparatory watercolour, circa 1951, for the Frontispiece from Enid Blyton (1897-1968)'s First Edition of 'Noddy and his Car', published 1951, titled They got out of the Car and went into the Fair. They looked all around', on firm wove paper, inscribed in pencil above 'Book 3 / p 6'  image and below image 'Includes 1 African / W Indies, 1 Asian / Golly replaced by Mr Sparks (everbody was there)', image 17.2cm x 12.3cm, sheet 25.2cm x 15.3cm. Provenance: Sotheby's, London, 29 October 1997, lot 80.

Noddy Watercolour. Harmsen van der Beek (1897-1953) - original preparatory watercolour, circa 1951, for the illustration '"Quick, quick, you'll lose your train", Noddy said to the toy cat' Enid Blyton (1897-1968)'s First Edition of 'Noddy and his Car', published 1951. On firm wove paper, inscribed in pencil above 'Book 3 / p 23'  image and below image 'Includes 1 African / W Indies', image 17.2cm x 12.3cm, sheet 25.2cm x 15.3cm. Provenance: Sotheby's, London, 29 October 1997, lot 82 

Group of four (4) DateStamp first day cover polymer banknote and stamp limited edition sets. Includes (1) 2017 Jane Austen £10, (2) 2020 JMW Turner £20, (3) 2020 JMW Turner £20 (duplicate), (4) 2021 Alan Turing £50. All coins are offered sealed in sleeves inside boxes.

A 1965 first edition 'The Man With The Golden Gun' by Ian Fleming published by Jonathan Cape. Shipping category B.

A First edition of The Spy Who Loved Me by Ian Fleming with dust cover. Postage category B

A 1958 first edition of 'Dr No' by Ian Fleming published by Jonathan Cape, London. Shipping category A.

Excellent collection of books from Martin's library, approx 36 to include: Folklore - Myths and Legends of Ancient Britain, Iain Sinclair, a first UK edition of 'Voss' and more.

BOX OF FIRST EDITION BOOKS

Sir Samuel Ferguson, 2 titles: 'Poems', Dublin, William McGee; London, George Bell, 1880, 1st edition, first issue (with "The 'Fountain' Badge" notice following the contents page), copy of the Irish writer, literary figure and translator, T.W. Rolleston (1857-1920), with his ownership signature on FFEP dated September 1886, some relevant news cuttings mounted to verso of half title with his m/s notes, m/s pen & ink note on dedication page stating the latin printed dedication "Georgio, Amico, Condiscipulo, Instauratori." is to George Fox, author of 'The County of Mayo', and some m/s notes to rear pastedown, 'Congal: A Poem in Five Books', Dublin, Sealy Bryers and Walker; London, G. Bell, 1897, 2nd edition, some pencil annotations/markings to margins, uniform original decorative blue cloth gilt (2)

Sixteen titles wildfowling, shooting, geese etc, including Michael Bratby: 'Grey Goose', London, Geoffrey Bles, 1939, 1st edition, colour frontis by Peter Scott + b/w plates as called for, orig. cloth gilt, dust wrapper; Bill Powell, 2 titles, both 1st editions in dust wrappers: 'My Wild Goose Chase', 1954, signed by author at foot of frontis, 'The Grey Geese Call', 1956, ownership sig. John Humphreys (1939-2012); Arthur Cadman: 'Tales of a Wildfowler', 1957, 1st edition, signed & inscribed to John Humphreys and with ALS to him from author loosely inserted, orig. cloth, d/w; "Wildfowler" (Lewis Clement): 'Public Shooting Quarters. Wildfowling in 1881', Penrith, David Grayland, 1995, limited edition, number 32 of 300 copies, facsimile/reissue of original 1881 edition, frontis + 4 plates, orig. cloth gilt; Colin Willock, four 1st editions, including 'The Gun-Punt Adventure', 1958, ALS from author to John Humphreys loosely inserted, orig. cloth gilt, 'Kenzie the Wild Goose Man', 1962, signed and with original pen & ink sketch by the illustrator Mackenzie Thorpe to title page, orig. cloth, d/w, plus 2 others Colin Willock; plus first editions by Richard Perry, Coombe Richards, R.N. Winnall, J.C.M. Nichols etc (16).From the estate of John Humphreys (1939-2012), distinguished sporting and countryside author who wrote for Shooting Times for more than 40 years – for much of that time contributing the weekly ‘Country Gun’ column. He was a much loved character of the shooting community who dedicated his life to the promotion of shooting, fishing and the countryside.

Twenty four assorted books and booklets on The Fens, including Phil Gray, 4 titles, all published Reedbush Press, all orig. cloth, dust wrappers: 'Fenland Fowler', 2001, signed & inscribed to John Humphreys (1939-2012), 'Fowler's Footsteps', 2007, 'Whittlesey Wildfowlers and Conservationists Fifty Years On', 2010, signed & inscribed to John Humphreys, 'September the First', 2011, signed & inscribed to John Humphreys; J.M. Heathcote: 'Reminiscences of Fen and Mere', L, Longmans, 1876, 1st edition, xvi, 134pp, grangerized copy extra illustrated with engravings, sketches, cuttings etc, original pictorial cloth gilt, rebacked; Charles Lucas: 'The Fenman's World', 1930, 1st edition, frontis + full page & in text ills., orig. cloth gilt; Alan Bloom: 'The Skater's of the Fens', Cambridge, Heffer, 1958, orig. cloth, d/w, some relevant material loosely inserted; Audrey James: 'Memoirs of a Fen Tiger. The Story of Ernie James of Welney', 1986, 1st edition, signed & inscribed by Ernie James, orig. cloth, d/w; Lesley Goad: 'Fen Farming Family', 2014, 1st edition, signed & inscribed to Angela Humphreys, orig. cloth, d/w; T. Cook & R. Pilcher: 'The History of Borough Fen Decoy', 1982, ALS from publisher loosely inserted, orig. pictorial wraps; plus 9 others including Fenland Molecatcher, Legends of Fenland People, Reach, Eric Ennion 'Adventurers Fen', 1949, Fenland Memories, Fenland Waterways etc, plus 4 related booklets (24).From the estate of John Humphreys (1939-2012), distinguished sporting and countryside author who wrote for Shooting Times for more than 40 years – for much of that time contributing the weekly ‘Country Gun’ column. He was a much loved character of the shooting community who dedicated his life to the promotion of shooting, fishing and the countryside.

Denys Watkins-Pitchford "BB", 15 titles by or illustrated by him, including: 'A Summer on the Nene', Little Egret Press, 2005, limited edition, number 376 of 600 copies, numbered and signed by the publisher, original cloth gilt, dust wrapper, 'Letters from the Round House 1965-1970', Roseworld, 2006, limited edition, one of 380 clothbound copies, unnumbered out of series, stated as review copy and signed to limitation page by the editor Bryan Holden, orig. cloth gilt, dust wrapper, 'Confessions of a Carp Fisher', [nd], c.1950, signed D.J. Watkins-Pitchford "BB" on half title, scraper board ills., rebound three quarter morocco gilt, 'The Fisherman's Bedside Book', L, E & S, 1945, 1st edition, original cloth gilt, in a 2nd edition copy dust wrapper, 'The Shooting Man's Bedside Book', L, E & S, 1948, 1st edition, orig. cloth gilt, d/w, 'Wild Lone', L, E & S, 1938, 1st edition, frontis + 12 full page plates & numerous head & tailpieces as called for, original two tone cloth gilt, dust wrapper, H. Hesketh Prichard: 'Sport in Wildest Britain', L, Phillip Allan, [1936], 2nd edition, 8 etched plates by BB as called for, believed to be the first book illustrated by BB, orig. cloth gilt, 'Manka, the Sky Gipsy', 1970, new edition, orig. cloth, d/w, plus 'Indian Summer', 1984 1st edition in wrapper, 'Letters from Compton Deverell', 1950 1st edition in wrapper, 'BB Remembered', 2006, 1st edition, plus 4 others (15). From the estate of John Humphreys (1939-2012), distinguished sporting and countryside author who wrote for Shooting Times for more than 40 years – for much of that time contributing the weekly ‘Country Gun’ column. He was a much loved character of the shooting community who dedicated his life to the promotion of shooting, fishing and the countryside.

Frank Patterson (1871-1952), two titles illustrated with his drawings of cycling in the first half of the 20th century: 'The Art of Frank Patterson', Cyclists Touring Club, 1979, 1st edition, 'Memories of Frank Patterson', 1990, 2nd edition, both profusely illustrated in black & white throughout, both large 4to, original boards gilt, dust wrappers (2)

Charles Dickens. 4 titles. 'The Mystery of Edwin Drood' Twelve Illustrations and a Portrait by S.L. Fildes. Chapman and Hall, 1870. Additional engraved title. Contemporary half green calf/marbled boards. 1st edition..(with) . 'Dealings with the Firm of Dombey and Son' With Illustrations by H.K.Browne. Bradbury and Evans, 1848. Engraved frontispiece, additional engraved title and 38 engraved plates, some spotting to plates. Half brown calf/marbled boards, sometime rebacked retaining original spine, new labels and endpapers. 1st edition.(with) 'Our Mutual Friend' Illustrations by Marcus Stone. Chapman and Hall, 1865. 2 vols. Bound from the parts. 40 engraved plates, half-titles present, with the '(To) The Reader' slip before page one. Contemporary pink pebbled binder's cloth, worn along joints of vol 1. First edition.(with) Dickens. 'American Notes for General Circulation' With a frontispiece by C. Stanfield, R.A. Chapman and Hall, 1850. First cheap edition. Small 8vo. Double column. Ad leaf at end. Contemporary quarter calf/paper boards, upper joint splitting. (5)

Winston Churchill, five titles by, or relating to him, including Winston Churchill: 'The Collected Works of Sir Winston Churchill Centenary Limited Edition. Volume II The Story of the Malakand Field Force; Volume VII Mr. Brodrick's Army and Other Early Speeches', The Library of Imperial History, 1974, volumes 2 & 7 only, each from a limited edition of 1750 copies actually issued (edition originally intended to run to 3000 copies), each original full vellum gilt, all edges gilt, vol. II original slipcase, vol. VII with orig. printed slip stating it as copy number 1084 commissioned for Major H.H. Trevor Dawson; 'The Unwritten Alliance Speeches 1953 to 1959', L, Cassell, 1961, 1st edition, orig. cloth gilt, 'For Free Trade: A Collection of Speeches delivered at Manchester or in the House of Commons during the Fiscal controversy preceding the late General Election', The Churchilliana Co, 1977, facsimile reprint of original 1906 edition, constituting the first US edition, orig. cloth gilt; Mary Soames: 'Winston Churchill. His Life as a Painter. A Memoir by His Daughter Mary Soames', Boston, Houghton Mifflin, 1990, 1st US edition, signed by Mary Soames to title page, 4to, orig. cloth gilt, dust wrapper (5)

Sixteen mainly pre-war crime fiction and mystery novels, including Michael Innes [i.e. J.I.M. Stewart]: 'Death at the President's Lodging', London, Victor Gollancz, 1936, 1st edition, folding plan at end, rebound contemporary cloth. The author's first novel, scarce; J. Jefferson Farjeon: 'The 5.18 Mystery', L, Literary Press, c.1929, orig. decorative cloth gilt, Dolf Wyllarde: 'There Was a Crooked Man', L, Methuen, 1916, 2nd edition, orig. cloth; Anthony Abbot: 'The Murder of the Night Club Lady', W. Collins, 1934, 4th impression, orig. cloth; Victor L. Whitechurch: 'Shot on the Downs', L, T Fisher Unwin, 1930, 3rd impression, orig. cloth; John Ferguson: 'Death of Mr. Dodsley', 1937, 2nd impression, orig. cloth; Fred M. White, 3 novels bound in 1: 'The Mystery of the Ravenspurs', 1913, 'The Slave of Silence', 1908, 'The Secret of the Sands', 1913, all pub Ward Lock, all with b/w frontispieces, 2nd title with 1 further b/w plate, contemp. half cloth gilt; R. Austin Freeman: 'When Rogues Fall Out', 1932, 1st edition, ex-lib, orig. cloth; plus 8 Hodder & Stoughton Yellow Jackets from the late 1930's-early 1940's (of which 7 Sapper Bulldog Drummond series and the other Leslie Charteris 'The Saint', [nd], c.1941), all orig. cloth in dust wrappers, plus 1 other similar (16)

H.P. Lovecraft: 'The Outsider and Others, collected by August Derleth and Donald Wandrei', Sauk City, WI, Arkham House, 1939, 1st edition, original cloth, facsimile dust wrapper. Scarce first collected edition of Lovecraft's important and best stories, mostly originally published in horror and fantasy pulp magazine Weird Tales first published in 1923.

(Arctic exploration, Franklin expedition, Inuit.) Captain Charles Francis Hall: 'Life with the Esquimaux: The Narrative of Captain Charles Francis Hall, of the Whaling Barque "George Henry," from the 29th May, 1860, to the 13th September, 1862, with the results of a long intercourse with the Innuits... and deductions in favour of yet discovering some of the survivors of Sir John Franklin's expedition', London, Sampson Low, 1864, 1st edition, 2 volumes, engraved frontispiece, folding lithogroph map + 100 illustrations and maps (of which some full page) as called for, uniform old half calf gilt. Account of Captain Hall's first Arctic expedition 1860-62, during which he searched for traces of Franklin's ill-fated Northwest Passage expedition. After being forced to spend the winter on Baffin Island, local Inuit told Hall about relics of Martin Frobisher's 16th Century mining venture at Frobisher Bay, to which Hall traveled to inspect these items. He was assisted by his newly recruited Inuit guides, husband and wife Ipirvik and Taqulittuq. (2)

(Modern first editions &c, all with dust jacket except where stated) Alison Lurie, 'The Truth about Lorin Jones', 1988, signed presentation copy from the author; Dick Francis, 'Driving Force', 1992, signed presentation copy; Evelyn Waugh, 'The Ordeal of Gilbert Pinfold,' 1957; John Steinbeck, 'The Log from the Sea of Cortez', 1958, first UK ed.; William Boyd, 'An Ice-Cream War', 1982; John Le Carre, 'The Russia House', 1989; Robert Harris, 'Conclave', 2016, 1st edition 3rd impression, signed presentation copy; John Fowles, 'The French Lieutenant's Woman', 1969; Rosemary Sutcliffe, 'Sword at Sunset', 1963; John Updike, 'Rabbit is Rich', uncorrected proof copy, Deutsch, copyright date 1981, paper wraps; Zadie Smith, 'Changing My Mind. Occasional Essays', 2009 later impression, issued without dust jacket. Signed presentation copy. (11)

Victorian literature etc., 5 various titles, including Frances Trollope: 'The Life and Adventures of Michael Armstrong, the Factory Boy', London, Henry Colburn, 1840, 1st one volume edition, published the same year as the first 3 vol. edition, engraved frontis + plates by Hervieu, 387pp, contemporary half green morocco gilt; Charles Lever: 'The O'Donoghue; A Tale of Ireland Fifty Years Ago', Dublin, William Curry, 1845, 1st edition, frontis + engraved plates by H.K. Browne, 410pp, old half calf gilt; Augustus Mayhew: 'Paved with Gold, Or the Romance and Reality of the London Streets', L, Chapman & Hall, 1858, 1st edition in book form, engraved frontis & plates by H.K. Browne, 408pp, original blindstamped cloth gilt (worn); plus 'Evenings at Haddon Hal', 1846, frontis + engraved plates by George Cattermole, original blindstamped decorative cloth gilt, all edges gilt, and a circa mid 19th Century 'Boy's Own Book', lacks all before p.9, content/engraved illustrations of various sports including Rackets, Football, Cricket, various minor sports, indoor sports, sports with toys etc, plus chapters/ills. Domestic Fowls, Magnetic Amusements, tricks with cards etc etc, contemporary half calf gilt (5)

(Private Press, Illustrated, Typography.) Twelve assorted books, booklets, illustrations etc., including 'Our Village: Six hand-printed wood engravings cut by Joan Hassall in 1947', The Fleece Press, [2011], limited edition, one of 100 copies offered for sale only from a total edition of 130, [16]pp, oblong small format (9 x 14cm) original marbled paper wraps by Jemma Lewis; Peter Allen: 'Les Hommes de la Route: une promenade à quatre roues dans les Cévennes', Epinal, l'ecole de l'image, Collection Sambouk, 1997, limited edition, number 61 of 100 copies signed by Peter Allen and numbered, [16]pp, pochoir style colour illustrations throughout, original pictorial wraps; John Randle: 'One Rainy Day', Whittington Press, 2000, one of 250 copies in total, of which 40 are specials, this being one of 100 copies with an initial letter 'O' by Miriam Macgregor and a tailpiece by Edward Walters, [4],6,[4]pp, original sewn brown Japanese paper wrappers, wood engraved vignette to upper cover, housed in the original burgundy paper slipcase; Ronald Blythe: 'First Friends', Viking, 1999, 1st edition thus, signed on title page, original cloth, dust wrapper; Johnny Hannah: 'Hot Jazz Special', London, Walker Books, 2005, 1st edition, signed, colour illustrated leaves throughout, large 4to (31 x 26cm), orig. pictorial boards, dust wrapper; Mark Herald: 'The Lumber Room: Unimagined Treasures', York, York Art Gallery, 2017, 1st edition, 116,[3]pp, contributions by Alan Powers and others, profusely illustrated predominantly in colour throughout, folio, original pictorial wraps; James Mosley: 'Handmade Type. Thoughts on the preservation of typographic materials', Incline Press, 2007, one of 50 specials with extra material, orig. printed wraps; an editioned hand coloured wood engraving by John Lawrence entitled 'All Afloat: Coat', printed from the original block by Simon Lawrence of the Fleece Press, pencil signed by John Lawrence and dated 1994, number 45/60, printed area approx. 12 x 15cm, etc. (12)

Seven assorted modern 1st editions, all signed by author, including Ronald Kirkbride, 'Yuki', 1967, 1st edition, signed & inscribed on FFEP and dated 1967, orig. cloth, dust wrapper; Charlie Higson: 'Hurricane Gold', 2007, 1st edition, number 1225/1500 copies, signed & numbered on title page, orig. boards, wraparound band; Jeffrey Kelly: 'Tramp Steamer and The Silver Bullet', Boston, 1984, 1st US edition, signed & inscribed on title page, orig. cloth, d/w; Julian Barnes: 'The Only Story', L, Cape, 2018, 1st edition, signed on title page, orig. cloth, d/w; William Boyd: 'Love is Blind', L, Viking, 2018, 1st edition, exclusive signed edition, signed on corresponding leaf at front, orig. cloth, d/w; plus 2 David Mitchell signed first editions, 'Slade House', 2015, and 'Utopia Avenue', 2020, (390/1000) (7)

(Kenneth Powell (1885-1915), Olympian & Wibledon tennis competitor.) 'The Legends of King Arthur and His Knights. Compiled and Arranged by James Knowles', L, Warne, 1895, 8th edition, original cloth gilt. Pen & ink ownership signature on half title of Kenneth Powell (1885-1915), British athlete and tennis player who competed in the 1908 and the 1912 Summer Olympics as well as at the Wimbledon Championships. Educated at Rugby School, Kenneth Powell was a fine all-round sportsman. He was honoured with the Victor Ludorum two years in succession for his athletic skills. He was captain of the rugby XV, a member of the school gymnastics team and reached the final of the public schools rackets competition in 1903. After going to King’s College Cambridge he became an athletics Blue (1905-08), and won the 120y hurdles vs. Oxford in 1907-08 and a Blue for lawn tennis (1905-07). A fellow member of the Cambridge University Lawn Tennis Club in 1905 was Wimbledon Champion, and fellow Olympian, Tony Wilding. In 1908 he won the singles title at the Queen's Club Championships, also winning the Covered Court Championships in Sweden that year. Between 1905 and 1913 Powell competed in eight editions of the Wimbledon Championships, making the singles quarter finals in 1913 and the doubles semi final in 1909 and final in 1910. At the 1908 Olympic Games in London he competed in the outdoor tennis singles event but lost his first round match to Otto Froitzheim. In the outdoor tennis doubles he and his partner Walter Crawley were eliminated in the quarterfinals. In the 1908 London Olympic Games he also participated in the 110 metre hurdles competition but was eliminated in the first round. Four years later at the 1912 Stockholm Olympics he finished fifth in the 110 metre hurdles competition. On 18 February 1915 Powell was killed in action during the First World War, serving as a private with the Honourable Artillery Company, when he was struck by a bullet near Ypres.[7] He is buried in the Commonwealth War Graves section of the churchyard at Loker.

Charles Lyell. 'The Geological Evidences of the Antiquity of Man. With Remarks on Theories of the Origin of Species by Variation' Illustrated by Woodcuts. John Murray, 1863, 1st edition, Half-title. Frontispiece. 32 pp catalogue at end dated January 1863. Original green pebbled cloth with blind-stamp border decoration and gilt illustration to upper board, rebacked retaining original spine, new endpapers. First edition.

John Petts; Alison Smith: 'John Petts and the Caseg Press', Aldershot, Ashgate, 2000, 1st edition, 127pp, extensively illustrated throughout, 4to (27 x 22cm), original cloth, dust wrapper. The first monograph on John Petts (1914-1991), one of the outstanding wood-engravers of the twentieth century, covering both his work for the Caseg Press, the private press he founded in Snowdonia in 1937, and for other publishers such as the Golden Cockerel Press; Bruce Rogers: 'Bruce Rogers Selected Letters 1915-1918', Caliban Press, 1988, limited edition, number 155 of 190 copies, handset in Garamont type and printed on Frankfurt cream paper, 5 illustrations, 16 letters (all but 3 previously unpublished) addressed mainly to H.W. Kent, Emery Walker and Sydney Cockerell, original quarter tan leather lettered in gilt, Rives paper-covered boards decorated with letter designs, top edge trimmed, others uncut (2)

Geoffrey Gorcock (Joseph Crawhall): 'Grouse Shooting Made Quite Easy', Shap, David A.H. Grayling, 1998, limited edition reprint of original 1827 edition, number 13 of 300 copies only, two colour plates & b/w illustrations by the author, two typed letters signed from the author to John Humphreys (1939-2012) loosely inserted, 4to, original quarter cloth gilt, glassine dust wrapper. The grandfather of famous sporting artist, Joseph Crawhall III, the author printed the first edition on his own press in 1827. It is excessively rare, there probably being fewer than twenty copies in existence. This edition has a new introduction by Duff Hart-Davis and much new information by David Grayling.From the estate of John Humphreys (1939-2012), distinguished sporting and countryside author who wrote for Shooting Times for more than 40 years – for much of that time contributing the weekly ‘Country Gun’ column. He was a much loved character of the shooting community who dedicated his life to the promotion of shooting, fishing and the countryside.

Abel Chapman, 2 titles: 'First Lessons in the Art of Wildfowling', London, Horace Cox, 1896, 1st edition, folding frontis + 22 full page plates (of which 4 folding) + 18 ills in text as called for, original cloth gilt, 'The Borders and Beyond. Arctic...Cheviot...Tropic', L, Gurney & Jackson, 1924, 1st edition, 19 colour plates + folding map & numerous other b/w ills. in text as called for, orig. cloth gilt, top edge gilt. (2)From the estate of John Humphreys (1939-2012), distinguished sporting and countryside author who wrote for Shooting Times for more than 40 years – for much of that time contributing the weekly ‘Country Gun’ column. He was a much loved character of the shooting community who dedicated his life to the promotion of shooting, fishing and the countryside.

Umberto Eco: 'The Name of the Rose', London, Secker & Warburg, 1983, 1st edition, half title inner joint reinforced, original quarter cloth, dust wrapper (price clipped, spine faded). Uncommon first impression of the English translation of Umberto Eco's best known work, a gripping historical murder mystery.

(Ashendene Press, St John Hornby.) A quantity of various Ashendene Press booklets, printed announcements, catalogues and ephemera/ALS, including 'A Chronological List, With Prices, of the Forty Books Printed at the Ashendene Press, MDCCCXCV-MCMXXXV', 1935, sole separate edition, printed in red and black, ff.4, 4to, original stitched blue wrappers, upper stitching loose from centre, discoloured at edges, edges trimmed good. With an ALS by C.H. St. J. Hornby explaining the status of the press loosely inserted, written in black ink on headed paper and dated 13 February 1939. Hornby explains in his reply that the press closed three years ago, and that he is enclosing the present list for the recipient's interest - with the books themselves being 'all "out of print"'. The list itself is a slightly altered version of that featured in 'The Descriptive Bibliography of the Ashendene Press' from the same year - differing partly in that it closes with a reference to that larger work, but more substantially in respect of the preceding 'Note', which lists twelve additional 'minor pieces' printed for private circulation only; 'A Hand-list of the Books Printed at the Ashendene Press MDCCCXCV-MCMXXV', 1925, one of approximately 400 copies on specially watermarked Batchelor handmade paper, printed in the month of December 1925 on the thirty-first anniversary of the founding of the Press, manuscript pen & ink correction by Hornby on p.[10] (correcting 1923 to 1913), [16]pp, printed in red and black, original stitched printed blue wraps, with the single leaf announcement for I Fioretti di San Francesco, February, 1922, printed on recto in red & black, verso blank; 21.8 cm. x 14.9 cm.; [Franklin Announcements 28], and the order form for same [Franklin Announcements 30], both loosely inserted as issued; Charles Harry St. John Hornby: 'Hymns and Prayers for Use at the Marriage of Michael Hornby and Nicolette Ward at St Margaret's Church Westminster', Chelsea, Ashendene Press, 1928, one of approximately 250 copies, [12]pp, the bride's copy, with her contemporary manuscript signature on first page, original stitched printed blue wraps; St. John & Cicely Hornby's Christmas Card for 1916, Chelsea, Shelley House, [4]pp, not printed at Ashendene, the verses are by Edgar Bowen (Hornby's housemaster at Harrow); Christmas Card for 1922 'With All Good Wishes from St. John & Cicely Hornby Chantmarle, Dorset Christmas, MCMXXII.', single page, wood engraved illustration of Chantmarle Manor (printed area approx. 13.5 x 14cm, marginal closed tear professionally repaired verso just affecting image); an interesting ALS from St. John Hornby to Dundas, 1923, with his thoughts on how to re-bind an Ashendene book, [3]pp, Shelley House, Chelsea headed paper; 'The Ashendene Press. Announcement of the Last Books to be Issued from the Press. Shelley House, Chelsea, March MCMXXXIII', 1933, printed in red and black, 4to (28 x 19.5cm); various announcements, some with corresponding order forms, including 'Il Decameron di Giovanni Boccaccio', November 1920, single leaf, tall 8vo (26 x 17cm), plus 5 further duplicate copies of the same announcement, 'The Golden Asse', single leaf, October 1924 (20.5 x 14cm), plus 2 further duplicate copies of the same announcement, 'Spenser's Faerie Queene', single leaf, January 1924, the first version listed in Franklin with prices in one paragraph, together with the order form, 'Spenser's Minor Poems', single leaf, announcement that "The Ashendene Press is now engaged on the printing of an edition of...", 'The Historie of Don Quixote', four page announcement, January 1926, m/s pencil corrections to prices, etc, several of the announcements housed in a blue cloth portfolio, boards approx. 29 x 20cm, "Ashendene Press Announcements" in gilt to front cover, other items in sleeves and acid free film front packets, all housed together in blue cloth clamshell box (36 x 26 x 5cm), gilt lettered on spine

Detective fiction, 5 titles, Dorothy L. Sayers. 'Busman's Honeymoon', Gollancz, 1937, original cloth, rubbed, head of spine snagged, first edition, (exclamation mark on page 378 line 30; 'errific' page 227 last line; erratum slip at page 335.)(with) Sayers. 'In the Teeth of the Evidence . And Other Stories', Gollancz, 1939, original cloth rubbed, 'Boots' label to board, first edition.(with) Sayers and Robert Eustace. 'The Documents in the Case', Benn, 1930, original cloth, spine detached, first edition.(with) Agatha Christie. 'Parker Pyne Investigates' 1934, 2nd impression (same month as the first), 6 pp ads., original cloth, ex-circulating library, lacks half-title and front free endpaper, stamp to title, remains of dust jacket on inside boards.(with) Christie. 'They Came to Baghdad', Thriller Book Club, 1951, original cloth, dust jacket.(5)