We found 106056 price guide item(s) matching your search

America.- Stone (George W.) Geologic Map of North America, lithograph printed in colours, 980 x 1380 mm (38 1/2 x 54 1/4 in), minor nicks and tears to extremities, spotting and surface dirt, handling creases, unframed, rolled, published by the Geological Society of America, 1946; together with the U.S. Coast and Geodetic Survey's 'The World on the Azimuthal Equidistant Projection centered at New York City, published in Washington, 1949, and with the Washington Hydrographic Office's two-sheet 'World Chart', first edition, 1952 (3)

NO RESERVE Asia.- Carruthers (Douglas) Unknown Mongolia, 2 vol., first American edition, half-titles, frontispieces, plates, illustrations, 6 maps (4 folding, 2 in text), pp.xv-xviii and folding map detached and loosely inserted, original cloth, gilt, slight bumping to corners and spine extremities, 8vo, Philadelphia, 1914.

Polar.- Arctic.- M'Dougall (George F.) The Eventful Voyage of H.M. Discovery Ship "Resolute" to the Arctic Regions in search of Sir John Franklin..., first edition, half-title, folding engraved map with partial hand-colouring and routes supplied in red and blue, 8 tinted lithographed plates, some finished by hand with colouring of flags, wood-engraved illustrations, 24pp. publishers' catalogue at end, light spotting, old book-label of Thomas Kemp 1871 and bookplate of John R.Anderson, pencil note re restoration to front free endpaper, original cloth, rubbed, rebacked & recased preserving original spine, [Sabin 43183], 1857 § Kane (Elisha Kent) Arctic Explorations in Search of Sir John Franklin, wood-engraved plates, some double-page, and illustrations, some marginal staining, contemporary calf prize binding, rubbed, spine defective at head, 1892, 8vo (2)⁂ The Resolute set out as part of Belcher's relief expedition in 1850 but became stuck in the ice and was abandoned in May 1854. It was found by a American whaler, bought by the U.S. government and returned to Britain where it was presented to Queen Victoria. A desk was later built using its timbers and presented to the President of the United States in thanks; it is now situated in the Oval Office in the White House where it has been used by most of the intervening Presidents.

NO RESERVE Africa.- Livingstone (David) Missionary Travels and Researches in South Africa, first American edition, engraved portrait frontispiece, double-page plate, illustrations, many full-page, 1 folding chart, 2 folding maps, publisher's advertisements at end, browned endpapers, quire 'K' becoming loose, occasional faint spotting, original cloth, a little rubbed, chipping to spine extremities, 8vo, New York, Harper & Brothers, 1858.

Australia.- Harry Beck London Underground variant.- Commissioner for Railways (New South Wales) Railway Map, Sydney Suburban and City Underground Railway, first edition, lithograph printed in colours, sheet 165 x 245 mm (6 1/2 x 9 1/2 in), printed recto and verso, folds as issued, some spotting and browning, unframed, 1939.

*** Please note, the description of this lot has changed ***Polar.- Amedo of Savoy (Luigi) On the "Polar Star" in the Arctic Sea, 2 vol., first English edition, photogravure frontispieces, 14 photogravure plates, tissue-guards, 2 folding panoramas, 5 maps (2 folding in pockets at end vol. 2), illustrations, school presentation label tipped-in (vol. 1), very faint spotting to endpaper, original cloth, gilt, slight bumping to spine extremities, else a very good example, 8vo, 1903. 

Canada.- Alexander (Sir James Edward) L'Arcadie; or, Seven Years' Explorations in British America, 2 vol., first edition, 7 engraved plates and 2 maps, light marginal toning and finger-soiling, Belfast Library ink stamps to head of contents p., vol. 2 frontispiece corner chipped and with damp-staining to lower corner of plates, library cloth, [Sabin 733], 8vo, 1849.⁂ Scarce account of Canada, includes examples of the Lord's Prayer in the Micmac and Milicete languages in the appendix and an account of a meeting with Charles Dickens in Kingston.

NO RESERVE Middle East.- Graham (Alexander) and H. S. Ashbee. Travels in Tunisia, first edition, inscribed by H. S. Ashbee, frontispiece, plates and illustrations, original cloth, gilt, slight bumping to spine extremities, 1887 § Stark (Freya) A Winter in Arabia, first edition, frontispiece, plates, 3 maps (1 folding), original cloth, slight bumping to spine extremities, price-clipped dust-jacket, small loss to spine head, slight chipping and creasing to extremities, 1940; and 2 others similar, 8vo (4)

NO RESERVE Germany.- Semple (Robert) Observations made on a Tour from Hamburg, through Berlin, Gorlitz, and Breslau..., first edition, 5pp. advertisements at end, spotting at beginning and end, ex-library copy with labels to front pastedown and upper cover but no stamps, contemporary sprinkled calf, gilt crest of Hudson Gurney to centre of boards, spine gilt, rubbed, spine and edges darkened, 8vo, 1814.⁂ Account of a journey from Heligoland to Gothenburg in 1813, at a time of suspension of hostilities during the Napoleonic wars.

NO RESERVE South America.- Proctor (Robert) Narrative of a Journey across the Cordillera of the Andes ..., first edition, scattered spotting, previous owner's ink inscription, near contemporary half-calf, a little rubbed, 8vo, 1825.

NO RESERVE India.- Dobbie (Capt. Robert Shedden) A Pocket Dictionary of English and Hindustani, first edition, advertisement leaf and 12pp. publisher's catalogue at end, contemporary ink inscription "H.E.Wood 17th Lancers" to front pastedown and pencil notes to rear, original cloth, paper label chipped, rubbed and stained, 8vo, 1847.

Polar.- Arctic.- Barrow (John) A Chronological History of Voyages into the Arctic Regions, first edition, half-title, large folding engraved map, 3 wood-engraved illustrations at end of Appendix, map a little offset, some light browning, contemporary half calf, rubbed, joints split, spine ends worn, [Hill 67; Sabin 3660], 8vo, 1818.

Africa.- Treatt (Stella Court) Cape to Cairo: the Record of a Historic Motor Journey, first edition, signed and inscribed by author, small photo of author and her husband loosely inserted, frontispiece, plates, folding map, occasional faint spotting, original cloth, slight bumping to corners and spine extremities, 1927 § Grogan (Ewart S.) & Arthur H. Sharp. From the Cape to Cairo, first edition, portrait frontispiece, plates and illustrations, 3 maps (2 folding), scattered faint spotting, related newspaper cutting loosely inserted, original pictorial cloth, expert repairs to spine ends and lower joint, a little rubbed, 1900 § Treatt (Major C. Court) Out of the Beaten Track, first American edition, frontispiece, plates, small hole to title, not affecting text, previous owner's ink signature to title, original cloth, lightly sunned spine, slight bumping to corners and extremities, New York, 1931, 8vo (3)⁂ The first is a record of the first successful journey by car from south to North Africa.

India.- Allen (Rev. I. N.) Diary of a March through Sinde and Affghanistan, with the Troops under the Command of General Sir William Nott, first edition, folding lithographed frontispiece and 7 plates, tissue-guards, some foxing to plates, ink ownership inscription dated 1844 to endpaper, original pictorial cloth, gilt, toning to spine, joint strengthened, a little rubbed, [Abbey, Travel 510], 8vo, 1843.

East Anglia.- Badeslade (Thomas) The History of the Ancient and Present State of the Navigation of the Port of King's-Lyn, and of Cambridge ..., first edition, 7 hand-coloured maps and plans, 4 folding or double-page, scattered spotting, modern half-morocco, [Hanson 3496], folio, 1725.

Polar.- Peary (Robert Edwin) Nearest the Pole, first English edition, frontispiece, plates, folding map at end, scattered faint spotting, original cloth, gilt, slight bumping to corners and spine extremities, 1907 § Mikkelsen (Ejnar) Lost in the Arctic, first edition, frontispiece, plates, folding map at end, modern decorative cloth, modern slipcase, 1913 § Astrup (Eivind) With Peary Near the Pole, first English edition, portrait frontispiece, illustrations, cracked hinges, original decorative cloth, gilt, slight bumping to corners and spine extremities, 1898, 8vo (3).

NO RESERVE Middle East.- Lawrence (T.E.) Seven Pillars of Wisdom..., first trade edition, sixth impression, 4 folding maps, plates and illustrations after Eric Kennington and others, original brown buckram, gilt, uncut, a little rubbed and marked, slight cockling to boards, dust-jacket very slightly rubbed and soiled, price-clipped, 4to, 1935.

NO RESERVE Japan.- Sladen (Douglas) Queer Things About Japan, first edition, colour-printed frontispiece and plates, others plain, occasional light spotting, contemporary half calf, spine gilt in compartments with blue and red morocco labels, joints and extremities very lightly rubbed but still overall an attractive copy, 8vo, 1903.

Ireland.- Beaufort (Daniel Augustus) A New Map of Ireland Civil and Ecclesiastical, First edition, large title and vignette in the upper left corner, engraving with outline hand-colouring, in two sections, each section approx. 560 x 880 mm (22 x 34 3/4 in), dissected and mounted on linen, trimmed to borderline, handling creases, surface dirt, some offsetting and browning, folding without slipcase, 8vo, 1792.

Middle East.- Forster (Rev. Charles) The Historical Geography of Arabia, 2 vol., first edition, lacking maps, folding table, facsimile plate, occasional marginal staining, ex-library with bookplate and occasional ink-stamps, cracked hinges, later half-calf, rubbed and worn, 1844 § Thompson (Charles) Travels through Turkey in Asia, the Holy Land, Arabia, Egypt, and other Parts of the World ..., vol. 2 only (of 2), 2 folding engraved plates and plans, 1 folding engraved map, title detached and loosely inserted, cracked hinges, occasional damp-staining, contemporary calf, rubbed and worn, 1754 § Paxton (Rev. J. D.) Letters on Palestine and Egypt, previous owner's ink signature, spotting, pp.140-144 detached and loosely inserted, original cloth, sunned spine, a little rubbed, Lexington, Ky., 1839; and others, similar, 8vo (31)

Rowling, J. K. Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone, first edition, first issue [one of only 500], London: Bloomsbury, 1997, hardback, publisher's pictorial boards, print line on copyright page reads '10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1'; '1 wand' appears twice on p.53; 'Philosopher's' is misspelled 'Philospher's' to rear cover; 'Wizardry and Witchcraft' [rather than 'Witchcraft and Wizardry'] to rear cover. Contents complete and generally good with usual toning to page edges, heavier toning to edges of text-block; a couple of tiny, pale spots on title and verso of half-title; several spots on pp.9-12, and occasional smaller, paler spots and marks elsewhere; several short nicks/tears to edges of pp.27-30 (not affecting text); occasional fold-lines to extreme corners of several pages (not affecting text); boards and spine discoloured/faded from sunlight; splitting to joints, but binding remaining strong; bumping, wear and loss to corners, headcaps, joints, extremities; lacking publisher's laminate; some light creasing and scuffs to boards; slight shelf-lean. The author's debut novel and first in the Harry Potter series. Very scarce. Only 500 copies were printed of this true first issue hardback, and 300 of those were sent to schools and libraries

A collection of limited edition and special edition mint first day covers. Comprising: Diamond Jubilee HM Queen Elizabeth II definitive sets, Britain's Longest Reigning Monarch, Prince William & Kate Middleton engagement and wedding day sets and 1982 Europa Theatre Carol Walklin set.

VERNE, Jules [Gabriel] (1828-1905), A Floating City and the Blockade Runners, Published by Scribner, Armstrong & Co, New York, 1874, First American edition, publisher's russet cloth with titles and decoration in gilt and black to spine and upper, with adverts at rear

Including; ROAD MAP OF BRITISH ZONE’ published by Survey Branch HQ Northag Jan 1952, with FRENCH AND AMERICAN ZONES to the reverse (two maps but on different quality paper); a Large map of STRAIGHT OF DOVER marked R.A.F (WAR) RESTRICTED, Sheet 8 and a similar map titled NORTH SEA, Sheet 6; a large map marking zones in Europe after the war marked FIRST EDITION , FOROFFICIAL USE ONLY OF THE BRITISH WAR OFFICE (with some damage and losses), a War Office map of KREFELD – UERDINGEN dated 1951; a War Office map of EUROPE RAF dated 1950; a War Office map of ESSEN dated 1952, and two other European part maps, a Conical Orthomorphic Projection of SOUTH RUSSIA marked ‘NOT TO BE PUBLISHED’ and ‘Published at the War Office 1924 2nd edition 1940; a similar for NORTHERN EUROPE, and CENTRAL EUROPE;

Potter (Beatrix) The Tale of Mr. Tod, first edition, second printing with date on reverse of title page, with colour frontispiece and 14 colour plates, with illustrations in text, original tan boards with mounted colour illustration Condition: pencil gift inscription dated may 1913 , mounted colour illustration faded, light discolouration to spine, spine with split to top, still a good copy

Including; a map titled SUEZ, Not to be Published, dated Jul 1941; an unusual blue print map of ISMAILIA , first edition; a map titled SUEZ, NOT TO BE PUBLISHED in English and Arabic, dated 1943; an unusual map titled SUEZ CANAL LITTLE BITTER LAKE, with a pencil drawn grid over the aerodrome, detailing military installations such as ‘P.O.W Camp (lit at night) dated August 1943; a map titled PORT SAID, Not To BE Published, key in English & Arabic, dated 1944; a map titled LITTLE BITTER LAKE, Restricted dated 1940; a map made up of two maps pasted together with one titled NIFISHA dated 1942 with key in English and Arabic, the other titled ISMALIA dated 1947 with key in English & Arabic; a map titled WADI SUDR , Not to be Published , dated June 1941; a map titled EL QANTARA, Restricted dated 1944 with key in English and Arabic; a map titled ISMALIA, Emergency Printing, dated 1947 with key in English 7 Arabic; a map titled ISMALIA, Not to be Published dated 1942 with key in English & Arabic; a map titled ISMALIA showing detail of Ismalia and danger areas with one marked ‘Air Firing & Bombing’ dated 1932

Potter (Beatrix) The Tale of Squirrel Nutkin, first edition, first or second printing, 1903, edition without "Author of The Tale of Peter Rabbit" on title, 26 colour plates, pictorial endpapers, original blue boards lettered in silver-grey, with circular pictorial panel to front board. Note: Potter’s Squirrel Nutkin was born out of a story and picture letter that she sent to the daughter of her former governess, Norah Moore, whilst she was staying at Lingholm in the Lake District. Potter made a number of sketches during her stay of the surrounding landscapes including Herbert's Island which, in her book, became Owl Island. Condition: boards good, spine with light sun fade, corners not bumped, stitching good and tight , overall a very good example.

Potter (Beatrix) The Tale of Squirrel Nutkin, first edition, first or second printing, 1903, edition without "Author of The Tale of Peter Rabbit" on title, 26 colour plates, pictorial endpapers, original dark blue boards lettered in silver-grey, with circular pictorial panel to front board. Note: Potter’s Squirrel Nutkin was born out of a story and picture letter that she sent to the daughter of her former governess, Norah Moore, whilst she was staying at Lingholm in the Lake District. Potter made a number of sketches during her stay of the surrounding landscapes including Herbert's Island which, in her book, became Owl Island. Condition: boards scuffed at edges, spine with light sun fade, corners bumped, stitching good and tight, front cover circular illustration with two areas of wear, overall a good example.

Potter (Beatrix) The Pie and the Patty-Pan, first edition, first printing with date, 1905 on title, with mottled endpapers, colour frontispiece and 9 colour plates, with plain illustrations in text, original blue boards with mounted colour illustration, Condition: spine slightly faded with rubbed corners, light bump to spine ends, some minor finger-soiling and light staining to cover, but still a good example

Birds of the British Isles Drawn and Described by John Duncan First Edition 1898 No 327 of 350

A Wedgwood The Boat Race Bowl, designed by Eric Ravillious, produced in 1975 from the original design by Ravillious commissioned by Wedgwood, transfer printed in polychrome with boat races in Oxford and Cambridge, the inside with Piccadilly Circus, 31cm diam, printed mark, limited edition 137/200, certificateFootnote: One of the finest Wedgwood design, painter and designer Eric Ravilious? Boat Race bowl was designed in 1938 and first issued in the following year. Inspired by his lodgings in the early 1930s, which overlooked the course of The Boat Race, the exterior surfaces of the bowl are adorned with black transfer prints, and overpainted with coloured enamels, depicting race day scenes, while the interior bears an illustration of a busy Piccadilly Circus on race day. The bowl was reissued in 1975 in a limited run of 200, and then in 1986, to honour fifty years since his original Wedgwood commission, Ravilious? Boat Race bowl was again reissued - this time in a limited edition of 250

A box of twelve books on the Middle East - Saudi Arabia, Egypt, Iraq, Yemen, Aden, Travel, History, Biography first and second world war including: Hogarth: A History of Arabia first edition, De Gaury: Arabia Phoenix 1946, Scott: In the High Yemen first edition 1942, Lucas: A Boswell of Baghdad first edition 1917, Shepherd: The Flight of the Unicorns first edition 1965, Woolley: Digging Up The Past first edition 1930, Shaw: Long Range Desert Group first edition 1945, Gibbs: Crescent in Shadow first edition 1952, Egan: The War in the Cradle of the World first edition 1918, Gunther: Inside Asia first edition 1939

A box of eighteen books on Egypt: Travel, History, Biography including: White: From Sphinx to Oracle 1899, Talbot Kelly: Egypt 1902, British Museum Exhibition Catalogue: Treasures of Tutankhamun 1972, Things Seen in Egypt 1926, Arthur Weigall: Tutankhamen 1924, Anderson: Egypt in 1800 first edition 1988, Colvin: Making of Modern Egypt 1906

Fifteen books on the Middle East: Iraq, Southern Arabia, UAE and Yemen, Travel, History and Biography including: Wilfred Thesiger: The Life of My Choice, first edition 1987, Return to The Marshes, first edition 1977, The Marsh Arabs first edition 1964, Maitland: Wilfred Thesiger biography first edition 2006, Vaczek: Traveleres in Ancient Lands first edition, Schmidt: Yemen the Unknown War first edition 1968, Mackintosh: Yemen Travels first edition 1997, Kamal Environmental Contemplations first edition signed

Guisepppe Lampedusa - 'The Leopard' first edition 1960

A box of books on the Middle East: T E Lawrence collection, Lawrence: The Mint number 255 of 2000 limited edition revolt in the desert 1927, RH Kiernan 1935 first edition (signed by author)

A box of twenty books on the Middle East: Palestine, Holyland, Babylon, Assyria, Early 20th century travels, W S Vaux: 1851 Ninevah and Persepolis, Farago: Palestine on the Eve 1936 first edition, De Gaury: The New State of Israel 1952 first edition signed by author, Koestler: Promise and Fulfilment first edition 1949, Fulley-Love: The Holy Land illustrated 1912, Lewis Spence: Myths & Legends of Babylonia 1916

Cleopatra's Barge by George Crowninshield, A Voyage of Pleasure 1816 - 1817 published in 1912 first edition - damage to lower edges

Three Corgi limited edition OOC 1:76 scale Original Omnibus Company buses to include: OM41304 Wright Eclipse Fusion First London, Van Hool Alizee - Bakers Dolphin and a Optara Delta - Blackpool Transport - all boxed and a Cooee collectables tram

Football Frank McLintock 16x12 hand signed colourised, Black and white photo, Autographed Editions, Limited Edition. Photo Shows the Arsenal Captain McLintock scoring the first goal against FC Koln of Germany during the 4th round of the Fairs Cup at Highbury in March 1971. 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

Diecast boxed selection of Exclusive First Edition models (50+)

Diecast boxed selection of Exclusive First edition models (43)

Diecast boxed selection of Exclusive First Edition models (38)

Diecast boxed selection of Exclusive First Edition models (60+)

Diecast boxed selection of Exclusive First Edition models (40+)

A selection of signed first edition vols, including Denys Blakelock: "Round the Next Corner", Jill Bennett: "A Special Time Remembered", Ted Wills: "The Naked Son", Stratford Johns: "Grumphlumph", Peter Luke: "The Other Side of the Hill", and others

First edition and other books, to include Howard Spring, There Is No Armour, 1948, Michael Innes, Operation Pax, 1951, Mary Simpson, the story of Kirkstall Abbey, Thomas De Quincy, Confessions of an Opium Eater, with illustrations by Willy Pogany, Rubaiyat of Omar Khayam, Ken Hoshino, A Little Book of Japanese Wisdom (6)

Georgie Henschel, The Well-Dressed Woman, 1st edition, with photoplates and drawings by Denis Rich, Made 1951 in Great Britain, First Published in 1951, with dust jacket

Bernard Shaw, Androcles and the Lion, A fable Play, Constable and Company Ltd., 1924, together with Misalliance, The Dark Lady of the Sonnets and Fanny's First Play, With a Treatise on Parents and Children, Constable and Company Ltd. 1925, The Doctor's Dilemma, Getting Married & The Shewing-up of Blanco Posnet, Constable and Company Ltd. 1913, and Plays: Pleasant and Unpleasant, Archibald Constable & Co. Ltd. 1906, Back to Methuselah, Constable and Company 1921, some with hand cut paper, and The Irrational Knot, Constable and Company Ltd., Popular Edition 1924 and others (14)

Thomas Hardy, Jude the Obscure, with an etching by H. Macbeth-Raeburn and a map of Wessex, first edition published as volume VIII of the Wessex novels,  published London 1896 by Osgood McIlvaine and Co.

A Royal Crown Derby paperweight, Crocodile, gold stopper, 21st anniversary edition, first quality

A well documented Great War ‘1917’ D.S.M. group of four awarded to Sergeant Observer W. C. Argent, Royal Naval Air Service, later Royal Air Force who undertook 201 anti-U-boat air patrols in seaplanes with 214 Squadron during the Great War, being forced to ditch 8 times in all and on one occasion seeing his bomb score a direct hit on the deck of an enemy submarine: details of Argent’s life and service are preserved in a series of interviews he recorded with the Imperial War Museum in 1991 Distinguished Service Medal, G.V.R. (F.13496. W.C. Argent. LG. Mech. R.N.A.S. 1917); British War and Victory Medals (213496. Sgt. W. C. Argent. R.A.F.); Defence Medal; together with the recipient’s associated miniature awards, both groups mounted as worn, nearly very fine and better (4) £1,400-£1,800 --- D.S.M. London Gazette 1 May 1918: ‘For zeal and devotion to duty during the period from 1st July to 31st December 1917.’ William Charles Argent was born on 25 January 1899 at Codicote, Hertfordshire and was educated in London at Brixton and Bonner Hill School, Kingston. He enlisted on 27 April 1916 as a Boy Mechanic in the Royal Naval Air Service and underwent Wireless Telegraphy training at Cranwell (held against H.M.S. Daedulus) until February 1917 at which time he was advanced to Air Mechanic Class II. After a short spell at gunnery and bombing school at Eastchurch he was posted briefly to R.N.A.S. Calshot as an wireless operator/air gunner before moving on to R.N.A.S. Portland. From 12 April 1917, Argent undertook 201 air patrols from Portland hunting submarines over the English Channel as an Observer in Short Seaplanes of 241 Squadron. On 15 May 1917 he attacked a U-Boat at location 31R, his log book stating: ‘dropped bombs on submerged sub. 31R. damaged it. TB.81 finishing it off.’ Engine problems were a consistent theme throughout 1917 causing many aborted climbs and premature landings and ditchings at sea (8 in total), the following logbook entries being not atypical: ‘9 July 1917 - forced landing, 40D, smashed floats on landing picked up after about 5 hours by T.B. 81. m/c towed to Lyme Regis a hopeless wreck’ ‘7 Sept. 1917 - nearly nose dived in sea, almost crashed into fishing smack, horrible wind-up’ On patrol on 20 July 1917, he saw a torpedoed ship going under with survivors being picked out of the oil-slicked sea by a trawler. Six days later he attacked another U-boat: ‘26 July 1917 - sub dived leaving some crew in water’ He was promoted to Leading Mechanic on 1 November 1917 and was awarded the D.S.M. for zeal and devotion to duty as an Observer during the latter half of that year. On 25 March 1918, Argent’s log book records a flight with Pilot Ensign Ives: ‘Sub spotted. 31Q. Dropped bomb which fails to explode.’ The following related note is then pasted into the recipient’s logbook: ‘Portland - Seaplane 9856 (Pilot Ensign F. Ives, U.S.N.) left at 1205 to cover the Eastern and Southern patrols, and at 1335, when in position 31R, an enemy submarine was sighted, fully blown, on the surface about half a mile away on the starboard bow. The seaplane overtook the submarine, then turned into the wind and attacked, dropping two 100-lb bombs from 600 feet. One bomb fell 10 feet astern of the submarine the other 10 feet ahead. Turning again, the seaplane dropped another 100-lb bomb, which fell directly on the deck of the submarine. All the bombs failed to detonate. By this time the submarine had submerged, leaving no wake. The seaplane came down low to drop a calcium flare on the spot, and after circling round for some time returned to base.’ In an interview with the Imperial War Museum the recipient describes that on this occasion he believes he sunk the U-Boat but having dropped flares at the location a destroyer later arrived and also depth charged the U-boat. Transferred as Corporal Mechanic to the R.A.F. on its formation on 1 April 1918, he remained based at Portland and advanced to Sergeant Mechanic on 30 July 1918. In June 1919, Argent was posted to R.N.A.S. Fort Grange, Gosport and he was demobilized to the R.A.F. Reserve on 9 November 1919. He served as a fireman with the Auxiliary Fire Service in London 1938-41 before returning to his work as a quantity surveyor after the Second World War. Argent died in Crawley, Surrey in 1999. Note: The Imperial War Museum’s Oral History sound archive contains a highly informative 1 hour 40 minute interview with Argent recorded in 1991. The interview covers the entirety of his life with a large portion devoted to his Great War service. Sold with the following: (i) The recipient’s three Flying Log Books: (a) Royal Naval Air Service Pilot’s Flying Log Book, S. 1516 first version (the word ‘Pilot’s’ scored through and replaced with ‘Observer’s’). Covering the period 12 April 1917 to 11 November 1918. Copious remarks. (b) Royal Naval Air Service Pilot’s Flying Log Book, S 1516, September 1917 revised version, (the word ‘Pilot’s’ scored through and replaced with ‘Observer’s’, and ‘Royal Naval Air Service’ scored through and replaced with ‘Royal Air Force’). Covering the period 12 April 1917 to 11 November 1918, with one additional entry on 14 May 1919. Copious remarks. (c) Pilot’s Flying Log Book, Army Book 425. Covering the period 12 April 1917 to 2 July 1918. This log book gives the appearance of having been filled out retrospectively. Fewer, more cursory remarks. Note: The reason for existence of the three log books covering roughly the same period isn’t clear. All three log books are in the same hand and contain similar but notably non-identical remarks relating to patrols. (ii) The recipient’s signed ‘Signal Card 1903’ booklet. (Reprint 1915 edition); Certificate of Transfer to Reserve on Demobilization, Army Form Z.21; Certificate of Employment During the War, Form Z.518; Air Training Corps Morse Code Instruction Certificate, A.T.C. Form 8, dated 20 April 1944; Invitation to founder members of the R.A.F. to attend 50th Anniversary events, dated 1 April 1968. (iii) An album (14.5cm x 11cm) containing 72 photographs, the former property of ‘Miss A. Goodspeed, 35 Chalford Rd. W. Dulwich’. Subject matter almost entirely Great War naval subjects including R.N.A.S. seaplanes, naval images of Gallipoli and the Mediterranean e.g. Mytilene. Possibly a combination of the recipient’s photographs and those of another family member. Although pasted into album, the photographs are mostly captioned on reverse. Together with a group portrait of twelve R.N.A.S. N.C.O.s in uniform, 15cm x 10.8cm.

Two limited edition Spode Antique Golf Series plates and a pair of Royal Doulton golf related chargers. P&P Group 3 (£25+VAT for the first lot and £5+VAT for subsequent lots)

Harry Potter Bloomsbury edition boxed set of five first edition paperback books with the sixth book separate and in hardback, some corner damage to outer case, generally good condition. P&P Group 2 (£18+VAT for the first lot and £3+VAT for subsequent lots)

The Gulag Archipelago by Alexander Solzhenitsyn first edition complete works in three volumes.(B.P. 21% + VAT)

Three boxes of reference and other books to include: George Borrows 'Wild Wales' (1955 edition), David Attenborough's 'The Life of Birds', 'A New Dictionary of Birds' edited by A. Lansborough Thompson (second impression 1965), 'World War II' by Ivor Matanle, 'The Impressionists' illustrated volume , 'The Encyclopedia of Shells' Kenneth R Wye, 'Audubon's Quadrupeds of North American', 'The Francis Jones Treasury of Historic Carmarthen', 'A Lost Garden in Time' by Penny David, First edition ex library copy of 'The Pictorial Encyclopedia of Birds' (1967) etc. (B.P. 21 + VAT)

After Henri Matisse. Barques a Collioure. A pair of limited edition lithographs, each from an edition of 500. Published by Sebastian Ceret. Each 40 x 58cm. Biography and ProvenanceFaced with a choice between art and medicine as a career after serving in the Second World war, the late Michael Hutchings (1918-2020) became a pathologist, working in London hospitals. However, he never abandoned his first love, painting, and kept an active studio wherever he lived, spending most of his adult live in Barnes, in the south west of the capital.He was an extraordinarily long-lived artist, who witnessed arguably the greatest period of development in Western art across his lifetime. When he was born, Vorticism and Cubism had only recently emerged, and by the time he died, aged 101, we had entered the age of Conceptual art, video art, NFTs and Banksy.Hutchings' contribution to the exploration of painting can largely be summed up in a single word: Colour. For him it was not simply a filler to assist in the expression of form, it was the form itself.Now works from his studio will be offered for the first timein this dedicated auction.The title of the sale pays tribute to his driving belief that it was the artist's job to let the colour express itself: The Michael Hutchings Collection: Let The Colour Do The Drawing.Whether landscapes, portraits, character studies, abstracts and semi-abstracts, Hutchings' mastery of the palette led to the creation of vibrant compositions where line and form were strictly defined by the use of block colour and colour shade. As in nature, he found no need for separate outline.Having trained at Chelsea College of Art and The Slade, as well as the Open College of the Arts, for much of his life he developed his theories and style under his own steam.He used unusual colour combinations and tones to express mood and atmosphere in his paintings, showing how unexpected pairings across the spectrum could produce surprisingly effective results.The range of works in the sale illustrates his consistent mastery of this technique, which not only creates psychological and emotional studies of great depth and sophistication, but also results in some highly attractive and decorative pieces.Born in Frodsham, Cheshire, young Michael was a sensitive child who developed a stammer following an unexceptional, but for him traumatic, classroom experience. The incident gave an early insight into his unusual perception of the world around, which included a highly developed appreciation for natural beauty.It also led to him being treated by the renowned therapist Lionel Logue, celebrated as King George VI's specialist in the multi-Oscar-winning film The King's Speech. Hutchings became friends with Logue's son who visited him in later years.Having studied medicine at Liverpool University, Hutchings signed up for the Army Medical Corps, serving in Italy, Morocco and Austria during the Second World War. During this time, he continued his practice of painting and drawing wherever he went, sending home for materials as he travelled across Europe.It was when he returned from the war and enrolled at Chelsea College of Art and then The Slade that he faced arguably the hardest decision of his life: whether to pursue a career in art or medicine. It is thought family pressure directed him to the latter and that pathology may have allowed him to pursue a career out of the public eye in the quiet of the laboratory and so saved him from exposing his intermittent stammer any more than he needed to.Working first at Whipps Cross Hospital, where he met his future wife Kitty, he moved to St Charles's Hospital in Ladbroke Grove, specialising in haematology, with a particular interest in sickle cell disease.Despite this, art was omnipresent, and after also studying at Putney School of Art and the Open School of Art, he became a member of the Royal Academy and exhibited at a number of shows over the years, where he sold works and won several competitions."He was fairly private and kept his art private generally, but everybody he knew knew he painted," says his daughter Katherine. "If he had gone for art as a career, I think he could have made a name for himself."She recalls him telling the family that painting was his first love, and weekends were spent visiting the latest exhibition. He was especially keen on new developments in art and 'the latest thing'.So important was painting to him that he even chose his children's school, Dartington Hall, because of its devotion to teaching art, says Katherine."Even into his nineties he would take himself off on public transport to the Tate and continued buying paintings," she says. "He only stopped painting about seven or eight years before he died."Hutchings' longevity might have been, in part, the result of his fitness. Continuing to run marathons into his eighties, in his early seventies he came second for his age group in the London Marathon.His was an extraordinary life and he left behind a rich and accomplished body of work that is in this sale now we are privileged to be able to present now-."The volume, range and quality of the works in the sale present a real opportunity to establish an ongoing market for Michael Hutchings. He may not have been able to pursue his first love as a career during his lifetime, but his talent certainly deserves significant recognition now."

Michael Hutchings (British, 1918-2020). Attic Shore. Ltd Edition lithograph, number 2 of 2. Signed lower right, labelled verso. 52 x 65cm.Biography and ProvenanceFaced with a choice between art and medicine as a career after serving in the Second World war, the late Michael Hutchings (1918-2020) became a pathologist, working in London hospitals. However, he never abandoned his first love, painting, and kept an active studio wherever he lived, spending most of his adult live in Barnes, in the south west of the capital.He was an extraordinarily long-lived artist, who witnessed arguably the greatest period of development in Western art across his lifetime. When he was born, Vorticism and Cubism had only recently emerged, and by the time he died, aged 101, we had entered the age of Conceptual art, video art, NFTs and Banksy.Hutchings' contribution to the exploration of painting can largely be summed up in a single word: Colour. For him it was not simply a filler to assist in the expression of form, it was the form itself.Now works from his studio will be offered for the first timein this dedicated auction.The title of the sale pays tribute to his driving belief that it was the artist's job to let the colour express itself: The Michael Hutchings Collection: Let The Colour Do The Drawing.Whether landscapes, portraits, character studies, abstracts and semi-abstracts, Hutchings' mastery of the palette led to the creation of vibrant compositions where line and form were strictly defined by the use of block colour and colour shade. As in nature, he found no need for separate outline.Having trained at Chelsea College of Art and The Slade, as well as the Open College of the Arts, for much of his life he developed his theories and style under his own steam.He used unusual colour combinations and tones to express mood and atmosphere in his paintings, showing how unexpected pairings across the spectrum could produce surprisingly effective results.The range of works in the sale illustrates his consistent mastery of this technique, which not only creates psychological and emotional studies of great depth and sophistication, but also results in some highly attractive and decorative pieces.Born in Frodsham, Cheshire, young Michael was a sensitive child who developed a stammer following an unexceptional, but for him traumatic, classroom experience. The incident gave an early insight into his unusual perception of the world around, which included a highly developed appreciation for natural beauty.It also led to him being treated by the renowned therapist Lionel Logue, celebrated as King George VI's specialist in the multi-Oscar-winning film The King's Speech. Hutchings became friends with Logue's son who visited him in later years.Having studied medicine at Liverpool University, Hutchings signed up for the Army Medical Corps, serving in Italy, Morocco and Austria during the Second World War. During this time, he continued his practice of painting and drawing wherever he went, sending home for materials as he travelled across Europe.It was when he returned from the war and enrolled at Chelsea College of Art and then The Slade that he faced arguably the hardest decision of his life: whether to pursue a career in art or medicine. It is thought family pressure directed him to the latter and that pathology may have allowed him to pursue a career out of the public eye in the quiet of the laboratory and so saved him from exposing his intermittent stammer any more than he needed to.Working first at Whipps Cross Hospital, where he met his future wife Kitty, he moved to St Charles's Hospital in Ladbroke Grove, specialising in haematology, with a particular interest in sickle cell disease.Despite this, art was omnipresent, and after also studying at Putney School of Art and the Open School of Art, he became a member of the Royal Academy and exhibited at a number of shows over the years, where he sold works and won several competitions."He was fairly private and kept his art private generally, but everybody he knew knew he painted," says his daughter Katherine. "If he had gone for art as a career, I think he could have made a name for himself."She recalls him telling the family that painting was his first love, and weekends were spent visiting the latest exhibition. He was especially keen on new developments in art and 'the latest thing'.So important was painting to him that he even chose his children's school, Dartington Hall, because of its devotion to teaching art, says Katherine."Even into his nineties he would take himself off on public transport to the Tate and continued buying paintings," she says. "He only stopped painting about seven or eight years before he died."Hutchings' longevity might have been, in part, the result of his fitness. Continuing to run marathons into his eighties, in his early seventies he came second for his age group in the London Marathon.His was an extraordinary life and he left behind a rich and accomplished body of work that is in this sale now we are privileged to be able to present now-."The volume, range and quality of the works in the sale present a real opportunity to establish an ongoing market for Michael Hutchings. He may not have been able to pursue his first love as a career during his lifetime, but his talent certainly deserves significant recognition now."

Book, Dr No, Ian Fleming, First Edition, 3rd Impression, James Bond takes on Dr No in the Caribbean. Published by Jonathan Cape in 1958, complete with attractive dust wrapper designed by Pat Marriott (some slight edge knocks to d/w, otherwise vg)

Douglas Motorcycles and other Transport, to include vintage photographs of Douglas staff, 4 1920s copies of Con Rod magazine (2 without covers), 'The Best Twin A History of the Douglas Motor Cycle' by J.R. Clew, First Edition together with approx. 120 photographs of motor cars and motor cycles most dating from the first half of the 20thC to include military, commercial, touring, charabancs, lady riders, sporting etc. Very interesting images (mixed condition fair to vg) (125+)