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Click here to subscribeHARRY POTTER - a run of four paperback books from the HARRY POTTER series to include THE PHILOSOPHER'S STONE (1997), THE CHAMBER OF SECRETS (1998), THE PRISONER OF AZKABAN (1999) and THE GOBLET OF FIRE (2000) - THE PHILOSOPHER'S STONE has an inscription on the first page,THE PRISONER OF AZKABAN has four misprints - both the PRISONER OF AZKABAN and the GOBLET OF FIRE are first edition first prints - (4 in lot)
JAMES BOND: A limited edition poster set - three posters: Poster 1 features 52 original images from the first ten 007 films; Poster 2 features 52 original images from films 11 - 19 and Poster 3 features 52 images from 'DIE ANOTHER DAY' all presented in a 007 liveried tube - 1 of 2000 sets - manufacturered Carta Mundi
STAR WARS : THE FORCE AWAKENS (2015) - a large limited edition black and white framed photograph - approx. 85 x 62 cm - featuring the first cast script read through of STAR WARS : THE FORCE AWAKENS. The photograph features original cast favourites HARRISON FORD, CARRIE FISHER and MARK HAMIL plus all the new cast members - framed in perspex and complete with etched STAR WARS logo - this is in as new condition and presented in its original box - PROVENANCE : the vendor worked in the film industry for over 25 years and receieved many gifts including on the releases of the Star Wars sequels
IRON MAIDEN - 'First Ten Years' CD box set comprising a series of ten CDs released between 24th February and 28th April 1990 in commemoration of the bands 10 year anniversary. Each CD contains two singles complete with original B sides and artwork as well as an addition of 'Listen With Nicko' a spoken word commentary by drummer NICKO MCBRAIN. A voucher was included with each CD, all ten were needed in order to be exchanged for the limited edition storage box PROVENANCE : presented to the vendor whilst he worked for IRON MAIDEN during his time with Sanctuary Music Management (1990 - 1999)
1907 Rover 6hp Two-SeaterRegistration no. AJ 498Chassis no. 1524•First owned by Sir Francis Samuelson•Sympathetically restored•Complete provenance Footnotes:'AJ 498' was purchased for Sir Francis Samuelson by his father as a Christmas present in 1907. In 1908 he set out to tour France in the Rover, recording the events in a diary that gives a fascinating insight into what motoring was like in those pioneering days. He replaced the car in 1909 with a similar model, and at that point began his successful motor racing career. A four-page article covering his career features in the April 1963 edition of Motor Sport magazine (copy on file). Sir Francis lost track of his car, but in 1950 saw an advertisement in Autocar magazine for a Rover and wrote to the seller (reply on file). He agreed to purchase the car, which had a few features he recognised, and the local vehicle licensing office confirmed that he had indeed bought back his Christmas present from 1907! Sir Francis kept the car until his death in 1981 when it passed to his son, from whom it was purchased by the immediately preceding owner, who went on to carry out a sympathetic restoration. The current enthusiast owner purchased the Rover at Bonhams' Beaulieu sale in September 2017 (Lot 563) and has used it sparingly since, preferring his Vintage Bentley. Offered with a substantial history file, this charming early Rover is ideal for Veteran Car Cub events, the popular 'Creepy Crawly' in particular.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com
De Dion Bouton automobilia,comprising sparkplug in turned wooden case, branded on the lid; an Automatic Inlet Valve; a cast paperweight to commemorate the building of 40,000 engines; a C-spanner numbered 12/15AV; 'De Dion Bouton Motor Carriages', edited by Mecredy, third edition, 8vo, worn: a similar 6th Edition, distressed lacking spine and some pages; and 'De Dion Bouton - First Automobile Giant' by Anthony Bird. (Qty)For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com
Formerly the property of the late Sir John Briscoe1909 Cooper 22.5hp Torpedo TourerRegistration no. BM 1153Chassis no. 2 •The sole survivor of only six made•Unique four-cylinder two-stroke engine•An older restoration benefiting from subsequent refurbishment•Offered from long-term museum display Footnotes:'However, the idea of making motorcars appealed to (Thomas) Cooper, and he designed a 2-cylinder 2-stroke piston-valve engine which he fitted to a car in 1909. It had chain drive to the gearbox and further chain drive to the rear wheels. The production Cooper, which was ready for the 1909 Olympia Show, had a 3260cc 4-cylinder engine, also a 2-stroke with piston valves, shaft drive to the 3-speed gearbox and to the rear wheels. An auxiliary gearbox close to the rear axle gave a total of six forward gears. Only six Coopers were made, each differing in detail from the other.' – The Beaulieu Encyclopedia of the Automobile, Volume 1. The Cooper motorcar was manufactured by the Cooper Steam Digger Co Ltd of King's Lynn, Norfolk, makers of agricultural machinery and traction engines. Its most notable feature is the engine; nowadays we tend to think of the two-stroke engine as a model of simplicity (in its most basic form the single-cylinder 'stroker' has only three moving parts) yet that of the Cooper is breathtakingly complex, featuring two crankshafts and 12 pistons! Of the six cars built, this is the sole survivor. From 1951, the Cooper belonged to the late Sir John Briscoe, who wrote an article about this rarity for the Veteran Car Club Gazette's spring 1955 edition as part of the 'Historic Cars Owned by Members' series (copy available). Looking for a Veteran to restore, Sir John had discovered the Cooper as a 'barn find' at a Suffolk garage. It had last moved in 1921. 'BM 1153' was first registered on 26th November 1909 to Mr Charles Alington of Little Barford, near St Neots, whose mother was a family friend of one of Cooper's directors, W M Pryor. In fact, all six Coopers went to a director or a director's friend. The Alington car was illustrated in The Autocar of February 19th 1910 and was described as having 'A distinctive flush-sided body... by Messrs Maythorn and Son of Biggleswade... four seated and finished in dark green fine lined cream'. Cooper's tester, a Mr Spooner, later recalled that this car was the company's demonstrator at the Olympia Show. Sir John Briscoe states: 'The process of restoration has encountered the usual vicissitudes, from dead mice jammed in the water system to a broken web in the crankcase. ...almost a complete strip of the car was required. As a result, the process of restoration has been fairly lengthy, since I have tried to do everything possible myself (including painting and dealing with corrosion in the body)... The car is in its original condition except for the carburettor, which was originally a Craven but is now a Zenith of late Edwardian type, the side lamps, windscreen, tyres and paint.'In another article entitled 'Driving a Cooper', Sir John states: 'Probably the most satisfying drive of all: the first, to meet the sons of the manufacturer Messrs George and Arthur Cooper.' In fact, when told that Sir John would be visiting them in the Cooper, the brothers had remarked that it would probably break down on the way! It did not. Circa 1992, the Cooper was sold to Sir John's son Sir James Briscoe and in 1994 was inherited by his widow (the current vendor). For many years the car has been in the care of SKF Cooper Bearings of King's Lynn (an offshoot of the original Cooper company). It was last driven in 2014 and has been on museum display at Cooper's since then. Recent refurbishment has included installing new camshaft and crankshaft gears and overhauling the rear axle, these works being undertaken around 2010. The Cooper is finished in its original colour scheme of dark green with cream coachlines, and retains its original deep-buttoned green leather interior. Other notable features include beautiful Bleriot headlamps; a Stewart speedometer; fold-flat windscreen; and a Gabriel nickel-plated 'boa constrictor' horn. A wonderful opportunity to acquire a unique Edwardian motorcar of quite exceptional technological interest.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com
Old Stormalong1939 Brough Superior SS100Registration no. GWB 985Chassis no. M1/2161Engine no. BS/X21094Footnotes:Legendary superbike of motorcycling's between-the-wars 'Golden Age', this Brough Superior SS100, registration 'GWB 985', is one of seven supplied new as motorcycle combinations to the Sheffield Police on 6th September 1939. Following 'demobilisation' from the police force, the Brough combination passed through various hands as family transport. The date stamp for the first recorded owner in the accompanying continuation logbook is 23rd October 1947. Four owners are recorded before the immediately preceding owner, Bill Starling, the last of these being the well-known motorcycling journalist and author, John Griffith.Mr Starling purchased 'GWB 985' in December 1972 from Ronald H Clark, author of Brough Superior - the Rolls Royce of Motor Cycles (his name does not appear in the logbook and it seems he used the SS100 with the numberplates of his SS80 attached). Ronald Clark's motorcycling memories were published in the VMCC Journal for April 1979. He recalls buying the Brough from John Griffith, and a subsequent journey from his home in Norfolk to Inverness. This SS100 is also mentioned in the Super Profile book of the Brough Superior SS100 by Colin Simms. An interview with Ronald is published under the heading Owner's View, in which he records that 'GWB 985' went to a great friend (Bill Starling).'Old Stormalong' took part in the Brough Club's 50th Anniversary Rally and appears in the book of the rally as one of the very few machines pictured in action rather than static on the rally field. 'GWB 985 is also pictured in The Classic Motor Cycle's August 2008 edition during the VMCC's Round Norfolk Run, and in the VMCC Journal for January 2011, again on a VMCC run. 'Old Stormalong' has featured frequently over the years in the Brough Club's monthly newsletter in Bill Starling's regular column, The Idle Thoughts of an Idle Fellow . Other awards include the best 'MX100' ridden to the 2009 Brough Club Annual Rally, and the Don Morley Trophy for the best 'MX100' at the 2010 Annual Rally. The Works Record Card confirms that frame 'M1/2161' and engine 'BS/X2 1094' are original; however, it records the gearbox number as 'IN 27785'. When purchased by Bill Starling, gearbox number 'IN 27801' was installed. This is believed to have come from another machine in the same batch of Sheffield Police SS100s. The Works Record Card also confirms that 'outside handlebar controls' were fitted: drum-type twist-grip, lever control for the ignition, and an outside front brake lever (as for the clutch). These are all still in place. The rear numberplate is the genuine, alloy Brough item, while also original are the flared front mudguard and the hinged rear mudguard. Chassis number '2.19' in the works' records, the sidecar had been removed before Ronald Clark's ownership but has since been reacquired. It is fitted with a Brough Superior Cruiser body, replacing the original - and less elegant - special police body, and has a BSA front wheel hub with single-sided 8' brake. The vendor re-fitted the sidecar to the Brough with the intention of riding it to Damascus with Ant Cazelet for company – their intent being to retrace the steps of Brough-owning Lawrence of Arabia – only for the ongoing Syrian civil war to scupper the project. Included in the sale and available for collection by the successful purchaser, the 'chair' has been detached from 'Old Stormalong' but comes complete with all fittings and a comprehensive set of photographs (on CD) showing how it is fitted.When purchased by Bill Starling, the Brough was working but worn. It had limited use for a few years and was then stored for some time. Eventually, Bill's father re-commissioned the machine and returned it to him early in 1982. Around 2,000 miles were covered between then and June 1985. Some minor work was then required, which the responsibilities of part-time farming and full-time employment did not leave time for. 'Old Stormalong' went into retirement until, early in 2000, it was delivered to the workshop of expert restorer Charlie Smith of Northampton (now retired) where over the next year it underwent a thorough restoration under the supervision of Howard Wilcox, well known in the Brough Club for his expertise in all marque-related matters. As well as a full engine rebuild, the restoration included a new fuel tank supplied by Tim Ball of Superior Engineering, plus a new saddle cover and toolbox fronts; these had been obtained, many years previously, from the late Albert Wallis, long-standing and much respected Brough Club member. A small, modern battery was fitted inside an original battery case, and the carburettor body bored out and re-sleeved, dramatically improving the starting, slow running, and fuel consumption. In May 2001, 'Old Stormalong' demonstrated its renewed health and vigour with a run of 123 miles back to Norfolk. Enhancing reliability, a solid-state voltage regulator from A O Services of Watton was fitted in April 2008. A further 9,000-or-so miles had been covered, many of them on Brough Club and VMCC events, by the time the SS100 was sold to the current vendor in 2012. Since then it has been stored in air-conditioned comfort, professionally cared for, and hardly used in the last nine years (the current odometer reading is 11,666 miles).For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com
Corgi Aviation Archive - 3 x boxed models, # 48501 DeHabiland Comet 4B in BEA livery first edition, # 48702 Handley Paige Victor Mk2 in RAF all white anti flash finish, # AA35602 Hawker Siddeley Nimrod MR.1 RAF Kinloss Wing. All the models appear Mint, one small part has become detached from the tail of the Victor but it does not appear damaged. The boxes are in Very Poor condition with storage damage. The Comet and Victor have certificates. (This does not constitute a guarantee) (3)
Barbara Windsor signed Autographed Edition First Day Stamp Cover commemorating pub signed, post marked 12th August 2003. This beautiful cover features 5 Offical stamps and is attached to its Offical Autograph Edition binder fact sheet. Windsor is perhaps best remembered for playing Peggy Mitchell in the long running BBC soap EastEnders. Good condition Est.
Joshua Levine. Forgotten Voices Of The Blitz and The Battle For Britain multi signed first edition hardback book. Signed on title page by Joshua Levine(Author), Ken Williamson, M G Stapleton, Bob Falk, R H Jones and one other. Spine and dust jacket in mint condition. Printed and Bound by Clays of St Ives, Cornwall. 486 pages. Good condition Est.
Norman Franks and Eric Zimmerman. U Boat Versus Aircraft The Dramatic Story Behind U Boat Claims In Gun Action With Aircraft In World War 2. Multi signed first edition hardback book. Signed by Terry Bulloch and E Kawaski (Polish fighter Pilot). Spine and dust jacket in near mint condition. Printed and Bound by Biddles Ltd of Kings Lynn. 192 pages. Good condition Est.
Norman Wisdom Handsigned First Edition Book Titled 'Cos I'm A Fool. Signed on the inside page. Published in Great Britain by The Breedon Books Publishing Company Ltd of Derby. Printed and Bound by Butler and Tanner Ltd of Somerset. Spine and Dust Jacket showing signs of age. Good condition Est.
John Nichol and Tony Rennell. Tall End Charlies The last battles of the Bomber War 1944 45 multi signed first edition hardback book. Signed on limited edition bookplate 9 of 35 by : Marshal Of The Royal Air Force Sir Michael Beetham, Group Captain W L Farquharson, Flt Lt J M Dicks, Flt Lt W McIntosh, Flt Sgt S Bradford, Warrant Officer F Whitfield, Gp Captain James Tait, Flt Lt R E Knights, Sqdn Ldr J A Castagnola, Air Commodore W J Burnett and Flt Lt Harry Hughes. Book is set within a navy blue slipcase. spine and dust jacket in mint condition. Printed in GB by Clays Ltd of St Ives. 470 pages. Good condition Est.
A collection of early and first edition Henry Williamson books including The Sun in the Sands 1st edition 1945, Tales of a Devon Village 1st edition 1945, The Golden Virgin 1st Edition 1957, Goodbye West Country 1st edition 1937, The Scandaroon 1st edition 1972, Collected Nature Stories 1st edition 1970 and Richard Jefferies 2nd edition 1947.
[ART]. PHOTOGRAPHY Ten works, including Hedgecoe, John. Portraits, limited edition 4/200, SIGNED BY THE AUTHOR, Collins & Brown, London, 2000, original black boards, black and white illustrations throughout, tall quarto, in slip-case; Newton, Helmut. Portraits, Photographs from Europe and America, first edition, Quartet Books, London & New York, 1987, red cloth, dustjacket, illustrations throughout, quarto; and Ulmann, Doris. The Appalachian Photographs, first edition, The Jargon Society, Penland, 1971, brown cloth, dustjacket, quarto.
[ART] Cook, Beryl. The Works, first edition, Murray / Gallery Five, London, 1978, boards, dustjacket (non price-clipped), colour illustrations throughout, small quarto; together with Cook, Beryl. Private View, first edition, Murray / Gallery Five, London, 1980, boards, dustjacket (price-clipped), colour illustrations throughout, SIGNED BY THE ARTIST, small quarto; and Cook, Beryl. Bouncers, first edition, Gollancz, London, 1991, boards, dustjacket (non price-clipped), colour illustrations throughout, tall quarto, (3). Condition Report : Generally good, clean, bright and tight; Bouncers jacket evenly faded across spine. Condition reports are offered as a guide only and we highly recommend inspecting (where possible) any lot to satisfy yourself as to its condition.
[CLASSIC LITERATURE] Wodehouse, P.G. The Clicking of Cuthbert, first edition, Jenkins, London, 1922, original grey-green cloth, octavo; together with The Adventures of Sally, first edition, Jenkins, 1923, original orange cloth, octavo; Thank You, Jeeves, first edition, Jenkins, 1934, original grey cloth, octavo; Mulliner Omnibus, first edition, Jenkins, 1935, original green cloth, portrait frontispiece, octavo; and ten further works by or about Wodehouse, including three further first editions, (14). Condition Report : Cuthbert: spine slightly rubbed and browned; Sally: spine rubbed, slightly dulled and with nicked ends; corners worn; upper cover spotted; ink gift inscription to front pastedown; Thank You: spine browned and foxed; lower joint worn, with frayed head; lower hinge tender; Mulliner: spine with nicked head and dulled blocking; upper hinge tender; pp.445-448 with torn fore edges (not affecting text). Condition reports are offered as a guide only and we highly recommend inspecting (where possible) any lot to satisfy yourself as to its condition.
[HISTORY]. WINSTON CHURCHILL Churchill, Winston. War Speeches, six volumes, comprising Into Battle, twelfth edition, Cassell, London, 1947; The Unrelenting Struggle, first edition, 1942; The End of the Beginning, third edition, 1946; Onwards to Victory, third edition, 1947; The Dawn of Liberation, second edition, 1947; and Victory, first edition, 1946, each blue cloth, each with dustjacket, plate illustrations, octavo; together with Churchill, Winston. Sinews of Peace, Post-War Speeches, edited by Randolph Churchill, first U.S. edition, Houghton Mifflin, Boston, 1949, blue cloth, dustjacket, octavo, (7). Condition Report : Jackets with varying degrees of wear (one price-clipped). Condition reports are offered as a guide only and we highly recommend inspecting (where possible) any lot to satisfy yourself as to its condition.
[HISTORY]. WINSTON CHURCHILL Churchill, Winston. Great Contemporaries, first edition, Thornton Butterworth, London, 1937, navy blue cloth, dustjacket (non price-clipped), twenty-one black and white portrait plate illustrations, octavo; Churchill, Winston. Marlborough, His Life and Times, Volumes 1 & 2, first editions, Harrap, London, 1933 & 1934, maroon buckram gilt, volume two with dustjacket, plate and text illustrations, maps, octavo; and three further works of Churchill interest, (6). Condition Report : Contemporaries: dustjacket chipped, with some losses, notably at spine ends; Marlborough Vol. 1 with rubbed and soiled covers, the spine faded and foxed; Marlborough Vol. 2 jacket chipped and nicked, with some losses, notably at spine ends. Condition reports are offered as a guide only and we highly recommend inspecting (where possible) any lot to satisfy yourself as to its condition.
[MODERN FIRST EDITIONS] Bowles, Paul. The Sheltering Sky, first edition, Lehmann, London, 1949, original grey cloth, dustjacket (non price-clipped), octavo. Condition Report : Generally good condition; jacket with small loss at head of upper joint; upper cover with slight (old) damp blooming; fore edges lightly foxed. Condition reports are offered as a guide only and we highly recommend inspecting (where possible) any lot to satisfy yourself as to its condition.
[MODERN FIRST EDITIONS] Steinbeck, John. Cannery Row, first edition, Heinemann, London, 1945, original cloth, dustjacket (non price-clipped), octavo; Hemingway, Ernest. The Spanish War (Fact monthly monograph, No.16), 1938, paper covers, octavo; Hemingway, Ernest. A Moveable Feast, first edition, Cape, London, 1964, boards, dustjacket, octavo; Mailer, Norman. Barbary Shore, first British edition, Cape, London, 1952, boards, dustjacket (non price-clipped), octavo; Bellow, Saul. Henderson the Rain King, first British edition, Weidenfeld & Nicolson, London, 1959, boards, dustjacket (price-clipped), octavo; and a further eight works, all first British editions, (13). Condition Report : Spanish War: worn spine, with small loss at ends; Moveable Feast with slight fading to jacket over upper cover. 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] Gibbons, Stella. Conference at Cold Comfort Farm, first edition, Longmans, Green & Co., London, 1949, original cloth, dustjacket (non price-clipped), octavo; Trevor, William. The Boarding-House, first edition, The Bodley Head, London, 1965, original cloth, dustjacket (non price-clipped), octavo; Trevor, William. Angels at the Ritz and Other Stories, first edition, The Bodley Head, London, 1975, boards, dustjacket (non price-clipped), octavo; Trevor, William. Other People's Worlds, first edition, The Bodley Head, London, 1980, boards, dustjacket (non price-clipped), octavo; and two other works, (6). Condition Report : Conference: jacket with peripheral wear, and some losses, notably at base of spine; Boarding House: jacket slightly browned along spine, and with peripheral wear, notably at ends of joints and corners; Angels: jacket slightly faded along spine, chipped at spine head and rubbed at corners. 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]Davis, Lindsey. The Silver Pigs, A Novel, first edition, Sidgwick & Jackson, London, 1989, boards, dustjacket (non price-clipped), octavo; Cornwell, Bernard. Sharpe's Honour, first edition, Collins, London, 1985, boards, dustjacket (non price-clipped), octavo; Cornwell, Bernard. Sharpe's Siege, first edition, Collins, 1987, boards, dustjacket, octavo; Faulks, Sebastian. The Girl at the Lion d'Or, first edition, later issue? (described thus ‘This edition first published in 1989…’), Hutchinson, London, 1989, boards, dustjacket (non price-clipped), octavo; and Ishiguro, Kazuo. An Artist of the Floating World, first edition, second issue, Faber & Faber, London, 1987 (printed by Richard Clay), boards, dustjacket, octavo; together with an uncorrected advance proof copy of the last, (6).
[MODERN FIRST EDITIONS] Lee, Laurie. Cider with Rosie, first edition, The Hogarth Press, London, 1959, boards, dustjacket (price-clipped), illustrations by John Ward, SIGNED BY THE AUTHOR, octavo. Condition Report : Jacket with minor wear at spine ends and corners, rubbed over fore edges of cover, and with small loss at base of spine; slightly foxed to some fore edges and margins. Condition reports are offered as a guide only and we highly recommend inspecting (where possible) any lot to satisfy yourself as to its condition.
[TRANSPORT]. MOTORING Fifteen assorted works, including Boddy, William. The History of Brooklands Motor Course, first edition, Grenville Publishing Co. Ltd, London, 1957, blue cloth, dustjacket (non price-clipped), plate illustrations, quarto; Smith, Brian. Vanden Plas Coachbuilders, first edition, Dalton Watson, London, 1979, boards, dustjacket, illustrations throughout, small quarto; and thirteen other works.
[MISCELLANEOUS]. BINDINGS Hoffnung, Gerard. Hoffnung's Acoustics, reprint, Dobson Putnam, London, 1960, with The Hoffnung Companion to Music in Alphabetical Order, fourth impression, Dobson Putnam, 1961, Hoffnung's Musical Chairs, reprint, Dobson Putnam, 1960, The Maestro, ninth impression, Dobson, London, 1960, The Hoffnung Music Festival, reprint, Dobson Putnam, 1960, and The Hoffnung Symphony Orchestra,seventh impression, Dobson, 1960, bound as one, full blue morocco gilt with inner dentelles signed 'A.R. Mowbray & Co. Ltd' and 'Morrell Binder London', all edges gilt, illustrations throughout, octavo; together with Hoffnung's Little Ones, first British edition, Dobson, London, 1961, and Birds, Bees and Storks, third impression, Dobson, London, 1963, bound as one, full crimson morocco gilt with inner dentelles signed 'A.R. Mowbray & Co. Ltd' and 'Morrell Binder London', all edges gilt, illustrations throughout, octavo; and two other assorted works, (4). Condition Report : Both Hoffnung's with uniformly faded spines and neat gift inscriptions to front free endpapers, otherwise good, clean, tight and bright. Condition reports are offered as a guide only and we highly recommend inspecting (where possible) any lot to satisfy yourself as to its condition.
Platina (Bartholomaeus Sacchi) The lives of the popes, from the time of our saviour Jesus Christ, to the reign of Sixtus IV, translated by Paul Rycaut, first edition in English, engraved portrait frontispiece, title in red and black, first few ff. little frayed at lower corners, water- and damp-stained, contemporary panelled calf, worn, but holding firm, [Wing P2403], folio, printed for Christopher Wilkinson, at the Black Boy over against S. Dunstan's Church in Fleetstreet, 1685.⁂ Provenance: Owen Wynne of Pendwern (engraved armorial bookplate); Maurice Wynne of Llwyn, 1720 (ink inscription to front fee endpaper).
Price (Uvedale) A Letter to H. Repton, Esq. on the Application of the Practice as well as the Principles of Landscape-Painting to Landscape-Gardening, first edition, spotting,contemporary calf, rebacked retaining original spine, arms of ?Earl of Dartmouth stamped in blind to boards, 8vo, 1795.
NO RESERVE Cookery.- Heath (Ambrose) Good cold dishes, first edition, original cloth, dust-jacket, price-clipped, tape repairs verso, some staining, lightly browned, Faber & Faber, 1946 § Wade (Mrs. Mary) The Book of Potato Cookery, original pictorial wrappers, spine ends little chipped, label removed from rear wrapper, some staining, George Newnes, n.d. § The Bangour Collection of Culinary Recipes, lightly browned in places, original cloth-backed printed boards, soiled, Broxburn, 1925; and a small quantity of others, Cookery, some pamphlets, v.s. (Sm.Qty.)
Moholy-Nagy (Laszlo) The New Vision: From Material to Architecture, first edition, translated by Daphne M. Hoffmann, black and white illustrations, inner flap of dust-jacket? laid down to front endpaper, ink ownership inscription front pastedown, occasional light spotting, including to title and half-title, original cloth, spine toned, spine head and foot lightly bumped, 4to, [1932].
Middle East.- Badger (Rev. George Percy) The Nestorians and their Rituals, 2 vol., first edition, frontispieces, 13 lithographed plates, 2 plans, 2 folding maps printed on linen at end vol. 1, illustrations, marginal pencil notes, most erased, short marginal tear to one leaf, occasional faint water-staining, original cloth, a little rubbed, 8vo, 1852.
NO RESERVE Ardizzone (Edward).- Ray (Cyril) Merry England, first edition, full-page colour illustrations by Edward Ardizzone, 1960 § Ardizzone (Edward) The Young Ardizzone: An autobiographical fragment, 1970; Diary of a War Artist, 1974 § Ardizzone (Nicholas) Edward Ardizzone's World: The Etchings and Lithographs. An Introduction and Catalogue Raisonné, 2000 § Alderson (Brian) Edward Ardizzone: A Bibliographic Commentary, Pinner & New Castle, De., 2003, first editions, all with illustrations by Ardizzone, many colour, original cloth or boards with dust-jackets (the first three by Ardizzone), the first slightly rubbed and soiled; and 10 others by or about the same, some catalogues, some duplicates, 8vo & 4to (15)
Thoughts of a pastrycook.- Birch (Samuel) Consilia: or, thoughts upon several subjects; affectionately submitted to the consideration of a young friend, second edition, corrected and enlarged, lacking half-title, occasional spotting, a few small stains, contemporary tree calf, spine richly gilt and with new (but well incorporated) red morocco label, upper joint split, but holding, corners little worn, rubbed, 8vo, Printed for T. Cadell, Strand; and J. Sewell, Cornhill, 1786.⁂ Rare, with ESTC recording only three copies. Indeed, the first edition is also a rarity, with the same amount of copies recorded by ESTC. Birch was privately educated and then apprenticed to his father's pastry and confectionary business at Cornhill, London. He rose through London political ranks, becoming Lord Mayor in 1814, along side which he was also known as a dramatist. His grandson was the eminent Egyptologist, also called Samuel.
NO RESERVE Americas.- Alexander (Capt. J. E.) Transatlantic Sketches, Comprising Visits to the Most Interesting Scenees in North and South America and the West Indies, 2 vol., first edition, etched frontispieces, 8 plates and 1 engraved map, some occasional light spotting or finger-soiling, original boards, paper labels to spines (a little rubbed and chipped), vol. 2 spine retouched, [Sabin 735], 8vo, 1833.⁂ A good copy in original boards of this work that includes a chapter examining the institution of slavery in the West Indies.
NO RESERVE Crimea.- Simpson (William) The Seat of War in the East, second series only (of 2), first edition, tinted lithographed title and 60 plates only (of 81), title laid down, lacking first leaf of list of plates, some plates trimmed affecting text margins, many nicks and tears to image, many plates torn and repaired, many restored, some with sheet loss, some staining and foxing affecting image, lacking occasional glassine tissue-guard, contemporary half calf, gilt, extremities rubbed, upper cover a little marked, [Abbey, Travel 237], folio, Paul & Dominic Colnaghi & Co, 1856.
Watts (John, editor) The Musical Miscellany; being a Collection of Choice Songs, set to the Violin and Flute, 6 vol., first edition, 6 engraved frontispieces, titles in red and black, woodcut head- and tail-pieces, bookplate, later calf by Zaehnsdorf, gilt, morocco spine labels, 8vo, by and for John Watts, 1729-31.⁂ Eleven of the songs here are attributed to Handel, including two printed here for the first time.
Improving the business of horse stud farms.- Guerrier de Lormoy (Marie-Félix de) Mémoire sur les haras de France, first edition, drop-head title, very lightly browned, modern black morocco-backed marbled boards, spine gilt, a very good copy, [Mennessier de la Lance II, 122], 8vo, [Paris], [L.Jorry], 1789.⁂ Rare. The horse breeder Lormoy's suggestions for improvements to the French stud farm business, which he considered to be in a depressed state. He frequently references the English market. 'L'auteur, qui avait étudié avec soin et sur place les procédés d'élevage et d'amélioration des Anglais, indique les moyens financiers et administratifs pour faire installer, dans les domaines royaux et en province, des établissements d'élevage' (Mennessier de la Lance).
NO RESERVE Herbert (George) The Temple..., 2 full-page engravings, portrait frontispiece, very occasional ink marking; printed by S. Roycroft, 1679 bound with Harvey (Christopher) The Synagogue: or The Shadow of The Temple, printed by S. Roycroft, 1679, together 2 works in 1 vol., contemporary panelled calf, rebacked, chips and tears to spine head and foot, upper cover detached § Précis Elémentaire et Méthodique de la Nouvelle Géographie de la France, second edition, 89 maps and plans (of 93), hand-coloured in outline, occasional gathering coming loose, one or two maps detached or becoming so, bookplates and ink inscriptions to pastedown, contemporary calf-backed boards, rubbed and worn, spine worn with loss, Paris, [1793], corners bumped; and 2 others, antiquarian, v.s. (4)⁂ Provenance of the first: 'Daniel Finch his Book given him by the Right Honble Lady Anne' (ink inscription to front free endpaper). Bookplate of Robert S. Pirie (pastedown).
NO RESERVE Churchill (Winston).- Squire (J. C., editor) If It Had Happened Otherwise: Lapses into Imaginary History, first edition, faint spotting to endpapers, cracked hinges, original cloth, gilt, sunned spine, a little rubbed, slight bumping to corners and extremities, [Woods B18], 8vo, 1931.⁂ Including contributions from Winston Churchill, Ronald Knox, G.K. Chesterton, Hilaire Belloc and Harold Nicolson.
Sale catalogue.- Catalogue des livres de la bibliotheque de feu M. Mirabeau l'ainé, Député et ex-Président de l'Assemblée Nationale Constituante...le Lundi 9 Janvier 1792, first edition, imprimatur f. at end, without the rare index of authors (provided only four days before the sale, and so often missing), D4 lower blank corner torn, I3 outer margin trimmed, 3F3 neat tear within text, without loss, occasional spotting or staining, contemporary marbled boards, rebacked in modern vellum gilt, corners worn, boards stained, 8vo, Paris, Rozet & Belin, 1791.⁂ The library of Honoré-Gabriel Riqueti, Comte de Mirabeau, consisting of 2854 lots. It is notable for the inclusion of the whole library of Buffon, purchased by Mirabeau at his death.
Middle East.- Newton (Charles Thomas) Travels and Discoveries in the Levant, 2 vol. bound as 1, first edition, folding map frontispieces, plates and maps, illustrations, scattered spotting, contemporary calf, gilt, a little rubbed, 1865 § Harris (Walter B.) From Batum to Baghdad, half-title, frontispiece, plates and illustrations, folding map at end, short marginal tear, cracked hinges, ex-library with ink-stamp to half-title, original cloth, gilt, bumping to corners and extremities, rubbed, 1896; and others similar, v.s. (c.95)
Gardens.- Parkinson (John) Paradisi in Sole Paradisus Terrestris ... faithfully reprinted from the edition of 1629, facsimile edition, half-title, vignette title, illustrations, many full-page, faint spotting to first and last few leaves, later half-morocco, lightly sunned spine, folio, 1904.
Virgilius Maro (Publius) Virgil's Æneis, translated into Scottish Verse, by the famous Gawin Douglas, contemporary ink signature to title, lacking list of subscribers, scattered spotting, marginal water-staining to first few leaves, contemporary calf, rebacked preserving original spine, neat repairs too corners, a little rubbed, folio, Edinburgh, Mr. Andrew Symson, and Mr. Robert Freebairn, 1710.⁂ Scottish lexicography, based on the 1553 edition, with a glossary by Thomas Ruddiman which was the cornerstone of Scottish lexicography and formed the basis of Jamieson's Scottish dictionary, published in 1808.
[Essex (John)] The Young Ladies Conduct: or, Rules for Education, under several Heads; with Instructions upon Dress both before and after Marriage and Advice to Young Wives, first edition, woodcut initials, Contents leaf misbound at end, contemporary signature of 'Sarah Townley' to title, lacking front pastedown, contemporary calf, upper board detached, rubbed, John Brotherton, 1722.
Agriculture.- Tusser (Thomas) Five hundreth points of good husbandry united to as many of good huswiferie, first devised, & nowe lately augmented with diverse approved lessons concerning hopps & gardening, first edition, black letter, woodcut decorative initials, early ink marginalia in a few hands, lacking sig. A (including title) and final f., the latter supplied in later ink ms., a few ff. with outer margin trimmed right to text, affecting a couple of catchwords, water-stained throughout, new endpapers, 18th / early 19th century speckled calf, sympathetically rebacked, upper joint splitting, but holding firm, rubbed, [Fussell I, p.8; STC 24375], small 4to, In Flete strete within Temple barre at the signe of the Hand & starre, by Richard Tottill, 1573. sold not subject to return. ⁂ Rare, with ESTC recording only four copies, including the Rothamsted copy, sold these rooms 10 & 11th July, 2018, lot 111 (£12,500). First edition of this expanded work which originally appeared in 1557 under the title A hundreth good pointes of husbandrie. 'arranged in calendar form and written in doggerel verse, probably with the idea that rhyme would be of assistance to the supposedly sluggish brains of the rural community, who would be glad to have this kind of help to mnemonics. It not only provides guidance to the farmer in the conduct of his business as it was practised in Essex and Suffolk then, but also that of his family life, and for this reason has been many times reprinted and written about.' (Fussell). Provenance: 17th century Crow family; Thomas ?Huxbey, 1694 (partially written in numerical code) (ink inscriptions).
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