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A first edition 1909 (no dust cover) 'Peter Pan's Post Bag letters to Pauline Chase', illustrations by Albert Rotherstein, publisher William Heineman London 1909, with personal inscription to frontispage & book plate sticker to inside cover

A large collection of coinage including shilling pieces from Victoria to Queen Elizabeth II, bronze coinage mainly pennies, from 1698 onwards, principally from 1900 to 1967, florins from 1878-1967, thrupenny pieces from 1859 (mainly 20th century) half crowns from 1881-1965, the whole collection are random dates with missing years, together with mint edition cased sets, Great Britain and Ireland 1972, 1973, 1974, 1975, 1976, 1977, 1980, 1982, together with HM Queen Elizabeth and Queen Mother 1900-1984 coin set, and a 1968 specimen set first and second issue, 1968, and a Queen Elizabeth and Queen Mother 80th Birthday Crown, 1980

An extensive collection of books predominantly about golf and cricket including the 'Book of Cricket' by Denzil Bachelor, 1952 first edition, 'Cricket' by W.G.Grace 1891 (2 copies), 'Cricket of Today and Yesterday' by Percy Cross Standing in two volumes with further vintage and other books and a signed edition of 'Beckham' published Hodder & Stoughton, 2000 (3 shelves)

Mixed collection of books to include 'Paradise Lost, A poem in Twelve Books' by John Milton and 'My Friend Lawrence Durrell' by Alfred Perles, first edition (8)

Durrell, Gerald; The Overloaded Ark, published by Faber & Faber Ltd. 1953, first edition, complete with original dust jacket and with an inscription and signature to inside page, together with further mixed literature etc (36)

Belloc, Hilaire; Advice published Harville press, London 1960, first edition, complete with dust jacket together with further collection of early 20th century literature including a collection with decorative covers (30)

A Spode first edition, "Winston Churchill" bust

Two E.S. Gibbons Imperial postage stamp albums, volume I & II, 1894 edition, volume I contains loose cover pages and both have some minor tears to pages throughout, discolouration from age. P&P Group 3 (£25+VAT for the first lot and £5+VAT for subsequent lots)

Herend Cerf First porcelain edition. Period XXth centuryPeriod: XXth - 20th centurySizes: H=100mm L=200mmWeight (K): 0,2kgAuthor / artist: HEREND

A.A. MILNE - ‘NOW WE ARE SIX’, FIRST EDITION Methuen & Co., London 1927, illustrated by Ernest H. Shepard Gilt decorated red cloth binding 19cm x 13cm Condition: Minor signs of wear commensurate with age and use, large stain to the front cover and damage to spine. Title page brown stained, some pages marked. Inside stitching loose

A large boxed limited edition Lilliput Lane model 'The first snow at bluebell'

After Giovanni Battista Piranesi (1720-1778), The Temple of Venus and Roma (Le Vedute di Roma), etching and engraving from plate c. 1759, from the First Paris Edition of 1800-1809, probably IV State, watermark T. Dupuy (no. 7 in Hind), framed. 41cm by 55.5cm. Provenance: with the Scottish Gallery, Edinburgh 1992.

After Giovanni Battista Piranesi (1720-1778), The Sepulchre of the Curazi Brothers in Albano (Le Antichita Romane), etching and engraving from plate c. 1756, from the First Paris Edition of 1800-1809, possibly III State, watermark T. Dupuy (no. 7 in Hind), framed. 39.75cm by 60.75cm. Provenance: with the Scottish Gallery, Edinburgh 1992.

Rowling J.K.: Harry Potter and The Goblet of Fire. 2000. First edition with printing errors on pp.503, 579 & 594. Dustjacket; slip case with three further Harry Potter books; two Rupert Annuals 1969 & 1974; 1980 re-print of J.M. Barrie's Peter Pan and Wendy illustrated by Mabel Lucie Attwell; and other children's books and annuals

Max Arthur Signed Book. Titled Last Post the Final Word from Our First World War Soldiers. Signed on title page by Max Arthur. First Edition Hardback book, printed in 2005 by Butler and Tanner Ltd of London, Published by Weidenfeld and Nicolson. Spine and Dust jacket in mint condition. some Black and white photos images throughout. 272 pages. Good Condition. All autographs are genuine hand signed and 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.

The Messerschmitt 109 A Famous German Fighter by Heinz J Nowarra. First Edition Hardback book. Multi Signed on a bookplate by Heinz J Nowarra, W F Hepworth, F A Yeoman and D A Russel. Serial No 164. Book is showing signs of age. Printed in 1963, Published by Harleyford Publications Ltd of Herts. 184 pages. Good Condition. All autographs are genuine hand signed and 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.

Spitfire The Story of a Famous Fighter. Written and compiled by Bruce Robertson. Signed on a bookplate on first page by Bruce Robertson, W F Hepworth, J D Carrick, F Yeoman and D A Russell. Spine and Dustjacket showing signs of age. A "Harborough" Publication, First Edition, Serial No H 47. Black and White Images throughout. Printed in 1960 by The Garden City Press of Herts.212 pages. Good Condition. All autographs are genuine hand signed and 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.

Wolfgang Spate Signed Hardback book. Titled Top Secret Bird The Luftwaffe's Me 163 Comet. Signed on a bookplate on first page by Wolfgang Spate. Third Edition. Top Secret Bird is a English Version of Wolfgang Spate German edition. Published in 1983 by Verlag Fur Wehrwissenschaften Munchen. spine and Dust jacket in mint condition. 270 pages. Good Condition. All autographs are genuine hand signed and 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.

H H Arnold- Global Mission. First Edition Multi-Signed Hardback Book. H H Arnold (General of the Air Force) Signed on first page with personal note. Also signed by Peter Masefield on a letter attached to first page. First Edition Hardback Book. Spine and Dust jacket in poor condition. Printed in 1949 in USA. 626 pages. Good Condition. All autographs are genuine hand signed and 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.

Chaz Bowyer- Bristol Blenheim. Signed First Edition book. Signed by Richard Haine, Arthur Boyd and one other. First Edition Hardback book. Spine and dust jacket in near mint condition. Printed by Ian Allen Ltd of UK. 128 pages. Good Condition. All autographs are genuine hand signed and 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.

William Ash (Canadian Air Force also with 411 Squadron) and Brendan Foley (Irish Award Winning Journalist) Signed First Edition Hardback Book. Signed on title page. Printed By Mackays of Chatham Ltd, Published by Transworld Publishers. 292 pages spine and Dust jacket in near mint condition. Good Condition. All autographs are genuine hand signed and 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.

The Focke Wulf 190 A Famous German Fighter by Heinz J Nowarra. Multi Signed First Edition Hardback book. Signed on a bookplate by Author Heinz J Nowarra, W F Hepworth, R Haufschils, U Warzecha, H Lobner, D A Russell and M C Russel on a bookplate, Serial No. 169. Spine and Dust jacket showing early signs of age. Published in 1965 by Harleyford Publications Ltd of Herts, England. Black and white images throughout. 212 pages. Good Condition. All autographs are genuine hand signed and 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.

Alex Henshaw. Titled The Flight of the Mew Gull. Two Typed, but hand signed letters from Alex Henshaw included with this book. Book itself is unsigned. Spine and Dust jacket in good condition. First Edition. Published by John Murray Publishers of London. Printed by Latimer Trend and Company Ltd of Plymouth. 310 pages. Good Condition. All autographs are genuine hand signed and 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.

Sean Feast. Titled Master Bombers The Experiences if a Pathfinder Squadron at War 1944 1945. First Edition Multi Signed book. Signed by Edward M Stocker, Ron Clark, Ron Pengilley, W H Hearne and the Author Sean Feast on Title page. Spine and Dust jacket in mint condition. Published by Grub Street of London. Printed and bound by MPG Ltd of Cornwall. 223 pages. Good Condition. All autographs are genuine hand signed and 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.

Victory Through Air Power Signed and dated on first page by Major Alexander P.de Seversky with date May 14th, 1942, in New York City. Dedicated. Second Edition. Published by Simon and Schuster of New York. Spine and Dust jacket showing signs of age, 354 pages. Good Condition. All autographs are genuine hand signed and 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.

Alfred Price Spitfire at War Multi Signed First Edition Book. Signed on a bookplate by Bob Doe, R H Jones, Nigel Rose, David Denchfield, William Walker, John Freebourn. Published and printed by Ian Allen Ltd of Surrey. Spine and Dust jacket in fair condition. Black and white images/photos throughout. 160 pages. Good Condition. All autographs are genuine hand signed and 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.

Ace Profiles The Men and Their Aircraft by Christer Bergstrom. Air Power Editions. First Edition. Limited Edition 38/250. Also signed by the Author Christer Bergstrom on a bookplate. Spine and pages in mint condition. 72 pages. Good Condition. All autographs are genuine hand signed and 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.

Maurice Michael- Haakon- King of Norway. Signed book.Signed by R M Dean in February 1961. First Edition Hardback book in near mint condition. Spine and dust jacket in good condition. Printed by Simson Shand Ltd of Great Britain. 207 pages. Good Condition. All autographs are genuine hand signed and 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.

The Flight for Narvik by Karol Zbyszewski and Jozef Natanson. Signed Book. Signed by the Artist Jozef Natanson on the Published page. Limited Edition 167 of 200, only one of 200 copies signed by the Artist. First Edition, Printed 1940 by the Chiswick Press of London. Also Signed by S B Johnson in 1941. inscribed on first page ' Gift from Sir Patrick Dollan to Lord Provost. Superb, rare book. showing signs of age. wrapped in red cloth with white printing. 32 pages. Good Condition. All autographs are genuine hand signed and 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.

Johannes Steinhoff The Last Chance Multi Signed FDC attached to the First Edition Book.The Pilots Plot Against Goering. Signed on a First Day Cover by Frank Hill, Johannes Steinhoff, Wolfram Eisenlohr and B M Blackford. First Edition Hardback book. Spine and Dust jacket showing signs of age. Printed in GB by the Anchor Press. Good Condition. All autographs are genuine hand signed and 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.

HARRY POTTER AND THE HALF BLOOD PRINCE,first edition published 2005, with printing error on page 99 (...eleven...O.W.L.s), adult's copy, along with a first edition of the Prisoner of Azkaban, and five other Harry Potter publications (7)

TWO HARRY POTTER BOOKS,The Prisoner of Azkaban, pub. line 20-15, 1999, and The Half-Blood Prince with printing error on p. 99, both first edition hardbacks with dust jackets, also Five Fall into Adventure by Enid Blyton, first edition, and Paddington Takes the Test by Michael Bond, first edition with dust jacket (ex-library) (4)

A collection of 40+ modern first editions etc, including George Orwell [i.e. Eric Arthur Blair]: 'The Road to Wigan Pier', London, Victor Gollancz, 1937, 1st edition, 'Left Book Club Edition not for sale to the general public', original limp orange cloth covers, plus others Henry Miller, Ernest Hemingway, Anthony Burgess, H.G. Wells, Ian McEwan, Orson Welles, Dylan Thomas, Philip Roth, J.G. Ballard, Norman Mailer, Stephen King, John le Carre, Len Deighton etc.

A collection of 24 Henry Williamson novels etc, including: 'The Beautiful Years, A Tale of Childhood', London, Collins, 1921, 1st edition, one of 750 copies printed, authors first book, [4]pp adverts at end, original cloth (generally VGC), publishers review copy; a complete set of 13 1st editions of 'A Chronicle of Ancient Sunlight' series titles, all published London, Macdonald, all original cloth, all in dust wrappers, comprising: 'The Dark Lantern', 1951, (dust wrapper unclipped), 'Donkey Boy', 1952, (d/w unclipped), 'Young Phillip Maddison', 1953, (d/w price clipped), 'How Dear is Life', 1954, (d/w unclipped), 'A Fox Under My Cloak', 1955, (d/w unclipped), 'The Golden Virgin', 1957, (d/w unclipped), 'Love and the Loveless', 1958, (d/w unclipped), 'A Test to Destruction', 1960, (d/w unclipped), 'The Innocent Moon', 1961, (d/w unclipped), 'It Was the Nightingale', 1962, (d/w clipped), 'The Power of the Dead', 1963, (d/w clipped), 'The Phoenix Generation', 1965, (d/w unclipped), 'A Solitary War', 1966, (d/w unclipped), 'Lucifer Before Sunrise', 1967, (d/w unclipped), 'The Gale of the World', 1969, (d/w unclipped), all generally VGC/VGC+ in VGC/VGC+ wrappers; 'Stumberleap', Putnam, [1926], 1st edition, original pictorial wraps; 'The Linhay on the Downs', Cape, 1934, 1st edition, original cloth, d/w, 'Goodbye West Country', 1937, 1st edition, original cloth, d/w (priced 5s), 'The Children of Shallowford', 1939, 1st edition, original cloth, d/w; plus 6 others; plus Henry WIlliamson: 'Green Fields and Pavements. A Norfolk Farmer in Wartime', Longstanton, The Henry Williamson Society, 1995, limited edition, one of 50 numbered copies only (this copy number 41), and signed Loetitia Williamson and the five Shallowford Children, portrait frontis + illustrations as called for, original quarter morocco gilt by Brignell, Cambridge, all edges gilt, slipcase. Collects forty-eight essays by Williamson written for The Eastern Daily Press between 1941 and 1944. It is effectively, therefore, a continuation of the story of the Norfolk farm; together with a reprint copy of 'Norfolk Life', by Lilias Rider Haggard & Henry Williamson, original cloth gilt (26)

Inclosure Acts, 'North and South Lopham Award', a large folio volume circa 1812-1815, containing a long manuscript vellum legal document relating to land in North & South Lopham, Norfolk, the commissioners Thomas Lanchester of Coney Weston, Thomas Archer of Barton Mills, Harry Browne of Diss, and John Housman of North Lopham, the first meeting of the commissioners taking place at the White Horse Inn, South Lopham, 25th May 1812, two folding vellum documents at front signed by the aformentioned commissioners, preceding 108 vellum pages of manuscript entries re North & South Lopham land boundaries, public carriage roads & private roads, repairs of roads, public footways, allotment for the poor, allotment for public land and gravel pits, then listing allotments to proprietors, all listed by name in alphabetical order for North Lopham, then South Lopham, including at beginning "Allotment to the Most Noble Charles Duke of Norfolk for Rights of Soil in North Lopham", allotment exchanges between proprietors and said Feoffes, then at end adjudication, directions respecting fences, stewards fees, expenses, tables for N. & S. Lopham listing proprietors and proportionate amounts, plus large folding hand coloured manuscript plans of North & South Lopham at end titled "Map of the Parish of North Lopham in the County of Norfolk referring to the Award of 1815", scale 9 chains to an inch, Browne & Taylor, surveyors, and "Plan of South Lopham as refers to the Award annexed 1815", R Payne, Surveyor, each approx. 58 x 75cm, each signed Harry Browne & Thomas Archer verso, large folio (59 x 43cm), original reverse calf, morocco gilt title label to upper cover, metal clasps; plus Serpell: 'A History of the Lophams', 1980, 1st edition (2)

Sir Thomas Malory: 'Morte d'Arthur', illustrated Aubrey Beardsley, London, J.M. Dent, 1927, 3rd edition, one of 1600 copies, frontispiece, 20 plates (including several double-page plates), 4to, original black cloth decorated in gilt designed by Beardsley, top edge gilt, others uncut. This work being his first commission as a 20-year-old art student, known to be the most complete edition, with ten illustrations not included in the two first printings.

J.D. Salinger, 3 titles: 'The Catcher in the Rye', London, Hamish Hamilton, 1951, 1st UK edition, WH Smith's subscription library label to front pastedown, original cloth titled in silver to spine, 'Franny & Zooey', London, Heinemann, 1962, 1st UK edition, original cloth, dust wrapper, 'Raise High the Roof Beam, Carpenters and Seymour an Introduction', New York, Little, Brown & Co, copyright dates of 1955 & 1959, [but this published 1963 and the first edition in book form], original cloth, dust wrapper, plus Ernest Hemingway: 'A Moveable Feast', London, Cape, 1964, 1st edition, original cloth, dust wrapper (4)

John Hill: 'The British Herbal: an history of plants and trees, natives of Britain, cultivated for use, or raised for beauty.', London, T. Osborne & J. Shipton et al, 1756, 1st edition, engraved vignette title, engraved allegorical frontispiece + 75 engraved plates as called for, folio (42.5 x 28cm), rebound (not recent) blind stamped calf gilt, oxblood morocco gilt title label to spine. A handsome copy of an important work by the botanist and polymath "Sir" John Hill, being one of the first publications to appear after the Species plantarum of 1753, the year internationally accepted as the starting-point for modern botanical nomenclature.

Four children's titles illustrated by Harold Jones (1904-1992), comprising M.E. Atkinson: 'August Adventure', London, Jonathan Cape, 1936, 1st edition, author's first book, Harold Jones black & white plates, ills. and coloured map endpapers/pastedowns, original cloth, dust wrapper (by Harold Jones), 'Smugglers' Gap', London, John Lane The Bodley Head, 1939, 1st edition, original cloth gilt, dust wrapper (b & w ills., illustrated endpapers/pastedowns and dust wrapper all by Harold Jones), plus 2 others (4)

Modern first editions etc., modern fiction, a collection of 31 assorted titles, all signed, including Lawrence Durrell: 'Quinx', London, Faber, 1985, 1st edition, signed & inscribed FFEP, original cloth gilt, dust wrapper (near fine/near fine); Saul Bellow: 'The Dean's December', NY, Harper & Row, 1982, limited edition signed by author and numbered (381/500), orig.cloth gilt, slipcase; Joseph Heller: 'Closing Time', London, Simon & Schuster, 1994, 1st UK edition, signed FFEP, orig. cloth, d/w; Peter Carey, 2 titles: 'True History of the Kelly Gang', L, Faber, 2001, 1st UK edition, signed to title page, orig. cloth, d/w (spine faded), 'The Chemistry of Tears', 2012, 1st edition, signed to title page, orig. cloth, d/w; plus others including Zadie Smith, Vikram Seth, William Boyd, Gunter Grass, Julian Barnes, Peter Ackroyd, Dick Francis, Paul Gallico, etc. etc. (all signed by author) (31)

Henry Cecil, nine 1st editions plus one reprint: 'Not Such an Ass', 1961, 1st edition, signed, original cloth, dust wrapper by Edward Ardizzone, 'Natural Causes', 1953, 1st edition, original cloth, dust wrapper, 'A Matter of Speculation', 1965, 1st edition, signed and inscribed, 'Ways & Means', 1960 reprint, all others first editions (10)

Will Goldston: 'Exclusive Magical Secrets', London, The Magician Limited, [1912], limited edition, (439/1000), numbered, portrait frontis and numerous illustrations in text throughout as called for, 506pp, pictorial end papers, "This book is the property of the Order of the Magi library" inkstamp to half title, with a contemporary inscription above "Presented by Bro. Evanson Jan 1929", plus a few other "Order of the Magi" inkstamps at front and end, the first of Goldston's three volumes of so called "locked books", original calf gilt (worn, backstrip with losses and near detached), with original brass locking clasp in working order and with key present, together with Bob Nelson: 'Comedy Mentalism', 1962, volume 1, 59pp, original spiral bound printed wraps (2)

Franz Kafka, 3 titles: 'In The Penal Settlement', 1949, 1st UK edition, 'The Trial', 1950, 'The Castle', 1947, 4th edition, all published London, Secker & Warburg, first 2 titles "Definitive Edition", all signed by James Stern, translator of Kafka's letters, to FFEP, all original cloth gilt, dust wrappers (3)

H.R. Barker: 'West Suffolk Illustrated - East Suffolk Illustrated', Bury St. Edmund's, F.G. Pawsey, 1907-1909, 2 volumes, each with 566 illustrations from photos, West Suffolk vol front pastedown, FFEP, first blank and title page with marginal part losses/dampstaining, and slightly affected marginally at end and to boards, else contents and illustrations all generally unaffected/clean, old half calf gilt, East Suffolk rebound quarter calf gilt (VGC), plus Rev. Alfred Suckling: 'The History and Antiquities of the County of Suffolk: With Genealogical and Architectural Notices of Its Several Towns and Villages: Vol. II. - Hundreds of Blything and Part of Lottingland [Volume 2 Only]', London, for the author, 1847, 1st edition, 24 plates (of which some coloured), plus large folding pedigree etc, original boards, later neatly rebacked, plus a Jarrold's County Guide to Suffolk, 1919 (4)

Roy Harley Lewis: 'A Cracking of Spines', New York, St Martin's Press, 1981, 1st US edition, signed and inscribed to FFEP, plus Autograph Letter Signed loosely inserted, original cloth gilt, dust wrapper ($10.95 price intact). The author's first novel, a biblio-mystery centering around an antiquarian book theft

Thirteen Norfolk interest titles, including 'A Compleat History of Norfolk', T. Cox, 1730, excerpt from 'Magna Britannia', folding map backed onto linen, pp.251-457, ownership signature "F.H. Barclay [Northrepps] Oct. 1894" to first blank, contemporary calf, rebacked (not recent), bookplate Warren R. Dawson F.S.A. and typed letter signed addressed to him from Norwich City Librarian George Hayward dated 1936 tipped in; plus Rye: 'Recreations of a Norfolk Antiquary', 1920; 'Hunt & Co's East Norfolk &c. Directory', 1850; ''J.G. Harrod & Co's Posta;l & Commercial Directory of Norfolk', 1863; Arthur Young: 'A Six Weeks Tour Through the Southern Counties of England & Wales', 1769, 2nd edition, lacks map, rebound half calf gilt, new EP's, plus others George Christopher Davies, King's Lynn, Wymondham Church etc (13)

Arthur Henry Patterson, 4 titles with original sketch/signed/signed and inscribed, comprising Connell: 'The Confessions of a Poacher', [nd], original pen & ink sketch of a Lapwing to first blank by Patterson, signed in initials & dated 1929, recased with original pictorial covers laid down on cloth; 'From Hayloft to Temple', 1903, 1st edition, signed & inscribed by Patterson on FFEP to his friend Arthur Hines and dated July 3rd 1926, original cloth gilt; 'Through Broadland in a Breydon Punt', Norwich, H.J. Vince, 1920, 1st edition, signed "John Knowlittle" to dedication page, original cloth gilt; 'Hammer and File. By a son of the workshop', 1914, 1st edition, inscribed "To my esteemed friend A.H. Patterson" on title page, original cloth gilt (4)

Charles Dickens (1812-1870), and his circle, a collection of autograph letters signed, Cartes des Visites, Cabinet Cards, autograph fragments, clipped signatures, original sketches etc, relating to Charles Dickens, the foremost novelist of the 19th Century, and his extensive circle of friends and associates, which encompassed many eminent and influential figures of the Victorian age, including fellow writers, artists, illustrators, poets, social reformers etc, 50+ individual items, comprising Charles John Huffam Dickens 'Boz' (1812-1870), clipped signature, corner mounted onto card, printed biography to card mount, plus CdV by the London Stereographic & Photographic Company, circa 1860s, with facsimile signature at foot; John Leech (1817-1864), humourous artist, illustrator of 'Pickwick' after Seymour's death, personal friend of Dickens who contributed illustrations to all the 'Christmas Books', and sole illustrator of 'A Christmas Carol', Autograph Letter Signed, to Mrs Taylor, 1 page 8vo, Brunswick Square, London, 6 March 1858, thanking her for a gift of music of a quality "which improves upon acquaintance. I value it highly", corner mounted to card backing, typed description to mount, plus an original pencil drawing by Leech, tipped onto card mount, together with original envelope and autograph note signed dated 1833, making Leech 16 years of age at the time, possibly to his college friend?; Wilkie Collins (1824-1889), English novelist and playwright, contributed to 'Household Words' from 1855, collaborated with Dickens in 'The Lazy tour of Two Idle Apprentices' and 'A Message from the Sea', wrote, with Dickens, 'No Thoroughfare', 1867, by which time he had become a close friend of, and a strong influence upon, Dickens, his later novels include 'Armadale' and 'The Moonstone', autograph envelope signed, addressed to Mr C. Thomas at Messrs Robson & sons, printers, postally cancelled 18th July 1879, tiped onto card mount, plus CdV of Wilkie Collins, by Charles Watkins photographers circa 1860s; William Makepeace Thackeray (1811-1863), novelist, his most famous books being 'Vanity Fair', 'The Newcomes', 'The Virginians' etc, his reputation enhanced by the later 'Pendennis'. Dickens and he met in 'Pickwick' days, when Dickens was in search of an illustrator, and Thackeray always remembered offering him some drawings, "which, strange to say, he did not find suitable". In 1858 the pair quarelled over a critical comment on Thackeray by Edmund Yates, published in 'Town Talk'. Thackeray tried to get Yates removed from the Garrick CLub; Dickens defended Yates, and the two literary giants remained estranged until a wekk before Thackeray's death. Dickens was deeply shocked by the death, and paid warm tribute to Thackeray's genius, learning and humour. Autograph Note Signed by Thackeray, tipped onto card mount, printed biography beneath, plus CdV of Thackeray by Herbert Watkins of Regent Street London; George Cruikshank (1792-1878), artist and caricaturist, commissioned to illustrate 'Sketches by Boz', and later 'Oliver Twist', as well as 'Joseph Grimaldi' and 'The Mudfog Papers'. In 1847 Cruikshank published 'The Bottle', in 1848 'The Drunkard's Children', and his magnum opus 'The Worship of Bacchus' in 1862. Despite his fanaticism as a teetotaller, and his strange claims to have written 'Oliver Twist' and originated 'Pickwick', Dickens admired him and remained friendly with him. George Cruikshank Autograph Letter Signed, dated 24th September 1869, to Mr Hill, 263 Hampstead Road headed paper, 8vo leaf, folded, tipped onto card mount, typed biography to card mount. Plus a Cruikshank Autograph note Signed, tipped onto card, undated, approx size 18 x 11cm, plus autograph memo signed by R.J. Chillingworth addressed to "Geo. Cruikshank Esq Hampstead Road N.W.", 8th September 1874, 2 sides of m/s; Hablot Knight Browne 'Phiz' (1815-1882), painter and illustrator, first illustration for Dickens for 'Sunday under Three Heads', 1836, followed by 'Pickwick', continued to illustrate for Dickens for 23 years, ten of the novels being illustrated by him in etching or wood engraving, 'A Tale of Two Cities' being the last book for which he drew, his drawings notable for grotesquerie and strong characterisation. Autograph Letter Signed, August 4th 1875, headed Brunswick House, Marine Parade, Hastings, 8 lines plus signature, to W. Marshall, 17.5 x 11.5cm, tipped onto card mount, printed biography beneath; Marcus Stone (1840-1921), son of Frank Stone, with whom Dickens was warm friends, virtually Dicken's adopted son after Frank Stone's death in 1859, often spending weeks at Dickens' home, provide frontispieces for some volumes in the cheap edition before illustrating 'Our Mutual Friend'. By 1870, when Dickens was searching for an illustrator for Edwin Drood, Stone was enjoying considerable success with his paintings and no longer worked as an illustrator, Autograph Letter Signed from Stone to the young daughter of Dr. Doran, January 8th 1867, ipped onto card mount, with portrait engraving of Stone and transcript of letter, plus mounted Victorian photograph of Stone (approx 9 x 6cm), plus another ALS from Stone to Dr. Doran, January 31st 1867, tipped onto card leaf, with transcript; Letitia Elizabeth Landon, 'L.E.L' (1802-1838), poetess, member of LAdy Blessington's circle, she was frequently at Gore House at the time when Dickens visited there, died mysteriously of poisoning in West Africa in 1838, unsigned autograph fragment, 7 lines, [nd], laid down and repaired, annotated in another hand above as a piece of her manuscript "Illustrations of Walter Scott's Female Characters", with printed transcript beneath; John Fraser (1812-1876), one of Dickens's closest friends, ALS dated 1855; Sir Edwin Landseer (1802-1873), friend of Dickens's from Devonshire Terrace days, ALS, CdV by John Watkins, In Remembrance cabinet card published by Mendelssohn together with corresponding printed in memoriam pamphlet, 1873; Angela Georgina Burdett-Coutts (1814-1906), English philanthropist, friend of Charles Dickens, signed fragment of Autograph Letter plus CdV by London Stereoscopic Company; Alfred Tennyson (1809-1892) CdV; Thomas Carlyle (1795-1881) CdV; Washington Irving (1783-1859), author, man of letters, friend and in regular correspondence with Dickens c.1840-42, clipped signature; George Watson Pratt (1830-1861?), American Librettist, ALS addressed to Berger, last page mentions "I anticipate much pleasure in seeing you, Barker and Dickens again. I have not heard a word from Barker or Dickens - the next time you meet them please apply the following wishes to them...[there follows a list of supposedly humorous insults!]"; Alfred Crowquill [i.e. Alfred Henry Forrester], (1804-1872), ALS, mounted on card next to mounted 19th Century portrait engraving of Crowquill, transcript of letter loose in sleeve; William Harrison Ainsworth (1805-1882), ALS dated 1845, plus engraved portrait illustration; Richard Bentley (1794-1871), publisher who collaborated with Dickens, ALS dated 1853; Edward Bulwer-Lytton (1803-1873), friend of Dickens, founded Guild of Literature of Art with Dickens, fragment of an ALS; Thomas Talfourd (1795-1854), letter front signed; Leonardo Cattermole, son of George Cattermole, humorous pen & ink sketch, signed, Luke Fildes (1843-1927), ALS dated 1894 to Archibold Grove; Douglas Jerrold (1803-1857), ALS, autograph letter front + 2 CdV's; R.H. Barham [Thomas Ingoldsby] (1788-1845), ALS; ALS from Blanchard Jerrold to William Hall (of Chapman & Hall publishers), concerning his proposed biography of George Cruikshank; Mark Lemon (1809-1870), autograph ten lines of a poem, signed; plus CdV's of Charles Fechter & Daniel Maclise; plus seven photographic sheets of specimens of designs registered in England & America, unresearched, possibly a Dickens connection

John Kirby: 'The Suffolk Traveller: Or, A Journey Through Suffolk', Ipswich, printed by John Bagnall, 1735, 1st edition, [4],206pp + errata leaf at end, 19th Century half tan morocco gilt, top edge gilt, copy of David Elisha Davy (1769-1851), Suffolk antiquarian, with an autograph letter signed by him tipped in at front re Friston Hall, printed transcript of letter and potted biography of Kirby and Davy loosely inserted. The first single county road book, produced from an actual survey which Kirby made of the whole county in 1732, 1733 & 1734. Includes a description of DIss, Harleston & Thetford St Mary. Very scarce

George Orwell [i.e. Eric Arthur Blair]: 'Animal Farm', New York, Harcourt & Brace, 1946, 1st US edition, stated "first American edition" to copyright page, original black cloth gilt, dust wrapper

John le Carre, a collection of modern first editions etc, including 'The Mission Song', 2007, paperback, signed to title page, worn, 'Smiley's People', Hodder, 1980, 1st edition, original cloth, dust wrapper (some wear, creases/closed tears top edge), plus another copy of same title, 1980, 2nd impression in dust wrapper, 'A Perfect Spy', H & S, 1986, 1st in wrapper, 'The Tailor of Panama', H & S, 1996, 1st in wrapper, 'Absolute Friends', H & S, 2004, 1st in wrapper, 'The Mission Song', H & S, 2006, 1st in wrapper, 'A Most Wanted Man', H & S, 2008, 1st in wrapper, plus 3 others (12)

'Memoirs of My Youth', by Alexander Atkinson, 'One of the First Pupils of the Edinburgh Deaf and Dumb Institution', Newcastle, J.W. Swanston, 1865, 1st edition, frontis, xii,324pp, original blindstamped cloth gilt. An important work in the history of Deaf studies/culture, possibly the first in depth Deaf autobiography

C.A. Campling: 'The Log of "The Stranger." A Cruise on The Broads of Norfolk', Beccles, 1871, 1st edition, Author's signed and inscribed presentation copy, "Mr Robert Norman with C.A. Campling's Compliments May 31/1873", original blindstamped cloth gilt, the first book to deal solely with a cruise on The Broads, scarce, not on Copac; J.F. Mostyn Clarke: 'Three weeks in Norfolk : being a portion of the "Rover's" log', London, Wyman, 1887, 1st edition, 9 full page black and white plates as called for, original blind stamped cloth gilt. Attractively illustrated tale of a Broads boating trip by the writer and his artist friend starting from Yarmouth, on the yacht Rover, skippered by a local whose conduct left much to be desired, with several pages devoted to the altercations leading to the visitors' abandonment of him. Very scarce (2)

Eleven modern first editions, comprising Colin Thubron: 'Mirror to Damascus', London, Heinemann, 1967, 1st edition, original cloth gilt, dust wrapper; Rex Stout: 'The Broken Vase', Collins Crime Club, 1942, 1st edition, original cloth, dust wrapper (worn); Aldous Huxley: 'The Genius and the Goddess', London, Chatto & Windus, 1955, 1st edition, original cloth, dust wrapper, 'Ian Fleming Introduces Jamaica', New York, Hawthorn Books, 1965, 1st edition, original cloth gilt, dust wrapper (VGC/VGC); Philip Roth: 'Portnoy's Complaint', London, Jonathan Cape, 1969, 1st UK edition, original cloth gilt, dust wrapper, Roth's fourth and most controversial novel, plus 6 others (11)

A collection of nine titles by and relating to the English experimental novelist and poet B.S. Johnson, including 'Aren't You Rather Young to be Writing Your Memoirs?', Hutchinson, 1973, 1st edition, signed & inscribed to his close friend Barry Cole, Poet, "B.S. Johnson for Barry who might one day feign to fill his name in B.S. Johnson - 10/10/73", the date barely a month before Johnson took his own life, original card wraps, dust wrapper, 'Travelling People', Constable, 1963, 1st edition, stated as Barry Cole's copy to title page, original cloth gilt, dust wrapper (with part loss), 'You Always Remember the First Time', Quartet, 1975, 1st edition, ownership signature of Barry Cole to FFEP, plus his signed bookplate loosely inserted, original cloth, dust wrapper, plus Eva Figes, 2 titles: 'Konek Landing', Faber, 1969, 1st edition, ownership signature of B.S. Johnson to FFEP, original cloth, dust wrapper, 'B', Faber, 1972, 1st edition, signed in pencil by B.S. Johnson to FFEP and with his annotations in pencil, further signed in initials by Barry Cole and with note in his hand to FFEP, original cloth, dust wrapper, 'The Making of Verse', 1950, reprint, signed "Bryan Johnson 15/10/1953" to FFEP, 'An Anthology of Invective and Abuse', 1930, 2nd impression, Bryan Johnson ownership sig. in pencil to FFEP, 'B.S. Johnson Omnibus', 2004 paperback, signed and inscribed "For Barry & Rita [Cole] with love from Virginia [wife of B.S. Johnson] to FFEP, 1st collected edition, Jonathan Coe: 'Like a Fiery Elephant the Story of B.S. Johnson', 2004, 1st edition, signed and inscribed by author to Barry Cole (9)

Richard Bachman [i.e. Stephen King]: 'Roadwork', New York, Signet, 1981, 1st edition, stated "First Printing, March, 1981", with complete number line down to 1, original pictorial card wraps. King's third novel published under the pseudonym Richard Bachman, a psychological thriller, his ninth novel overall. Very scarce

Book: To Kill A Mockingbird by Harper Lee, 1960 First Edition, printed by The Windmill Press

Diecast: A collection of four boxed diecast London Transport Museum sets to comprise: STL Bus Set 9, London Country GS & RF Bus Set 13, Bus Set 6 and Cobham Bus Museum London Bus Preservation Trust, Exclusive First Edition. (4)

Greene (Graham) The Man Within, first American edition, original cloth, spine ends and corners a little rubbed and bumped, dust-jacket, very slight toning to spine, spine ends and corners a little chipped, light creasing to head, a few surface chips to upper fore-edge and lower joint, but an excellent example overall, 8vo, Garden City, 1929.

Polar.- Shackleton (Ernest H.) The Heart of the Antarctic, 2 vol., first edition, half-titles, frontispieces,plates, 12 colour, illustrations, 3 folding maps and folding chart in pocket at end, previous owner's ink signature to half-titles, errata tipped-in (vol. 2), contemporary newspaper clipping loosely inserted, occasional faint spotting, original decorative cloth, lightly sunned and bumped spine ends, dust-jacket, areas of loss to spine extremities and flaps, all expertly restored and repaired, a little rubbed, 8vo, 1909.⁂ Scarce in dust-jackets.