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Lot 834

Becoming English by Eva Tucker 2009 First Edition Softback Book published by Starhaven good condition. 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 £9.99

Lot 835

Distinctive Vintages Fine French Wines and Spirits by Alain Stella 2007 First Edition Large Hardback Book with Slipcase (Outer Sleeve is Gold coloured Foil and doesn't scan well)published by Flammarion good condition. (Heavy Book postage on request). 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 £9.99

Lot 840

Lighthouses of Australia by John Ibbotson 2001 First Edition Hardback Book published by Australian Lighthouse Traders good condition. 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 £9.99

Lot 841

Life in The Undergrowth by David Attenborough 2005 First Edition Hardback Book published by B. B. C. Books some ageing good condition. 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 £9.99

Lot 844

Amazon Adventure by Willard Price 1951 First Edition Hardback Book published by Jonathan Cape soma ageing good condition. 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 £9.99

Lot 845

Forty Years of English Cricket by H W Lee 1948 First Edition Hardback Book published by Clerke and Cockeran Publishers Ltd some ageing good condition. 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 £9.99

Lot 846

The Old Man's Boy Grows Older by Robert Ruark 1961 First Edition Hardback Book published by Holt, Rinehart and Winston some ageing good condition. 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 £9.99

Lot 849

Jane Fitton Williams Signed Book Jane's Cookery Book of Foolproof Food 2001 First Edition Softback Book Signed by Jane Fitton Williams on the Title page published by Arlon Printers Ltd some ageing good condition. 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 £9.99

Lot 850

Notes on A Cowardly Lion The Biography of Bert Law by John Lahr 1969 First Edition published by Alfred A Knopf some ageing good condition. 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 £9.99

Lot 852

C. G. Jung by E A Bennet 1961 First Edition Hardback Book published by Barrie and Rockliff (Barrie Books Ltd) some ageing good condition. 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 £9.99

Lot 854

The Viceroy's Daughters The Lives of The Curzon Sisters by Anne De Courcy 2000 First Edition published by Weidenfeld and Nicolson some ageing good condition. 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 £9.99

Lot 858

Strictly Ola My Story by Ola Jordan2016 First Edition Hardback Book published by S J H Publishing some ageing good condition. 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 £9.99

Lot 860

The Horse Its Treatment in Health and Disease edited by Prof J Wortley Axe vol 4 1906 First Edition Hardback Book published by The Gresham Publishing Co some ageing good condition. 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 £9.99

Lot 864

A Way Of Life by Reg Cray 2000 First Edition Hardback Book with a Printed Signature on the Second page published by Sidgwick and Jackson some ageing good condition. 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 £9.99

Lot 877

London Transport Buses and Coaches 1951 by John A S Hambley 1992 First Edition Softback Book published by John A S Hambley The Self Publishing Association Ltd some ageing good condition. 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 £9.99

Lot 894

David Livingstone His Labours and His Legacy by A Montefiore Brice date and edition unknown with a prize sticker on the First page dated 1914 Hardback Book published by S W Partridge and Co Ltd some ageing good condition. 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 £9.99

Lot 900

The War in The West Germany Ascendant 1939 1941 by James Holland 2015 First Edition Hardback Book published by Bantam Press (Transworld Publishers) some ageing good condition. 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 £9.99

Lot 1377

Dam Things 1964 Troll with Yellow Hair, Erin first edition Teddy Bear. (2).

Lot 353

A watchmakers staking tool in case, clock and watch making books, one by George Daniels "Watchmaking" first edition

Lot 73

Banks, Iain, The Wasp Factory, 1984, Macmillan, first edition in dustwrapper

Lot 74

Fleming, Ian, You Only Live Twice, 1964, Jonathan Cape, first edition in dustwrapper, not price-clipped. Ownership inscription. Fleming Ian, Octopussy, 1966, Jonathan Cape, first edition in dustwrapper, not price-clipped.

Lot 75

World Committee for the Victims of German FascismThe Brown Book of the Hitler Terror and the Burning of the Reichstag, Victor Gollancz, 1933, first edition, yellow dust wrapper.Name to front pastedown under wrapper flap. Closed edges slightly dust marked, contents VG, dust wrapper spine and rear edges a little tanned, wear to head of wrapper spine, closed tear to lower part of wrapper spine, small hole in rear wrapper fore-edge.

Lot 256

Fred Sandback (1943-2003)Untitled from Twenty-two constructions from 1967 (Jahn 128)Lithograph, one printed in green the other black, 1986, each signed and dated verso, numbered from the edition of 35, the first 18 printed in black the second in green, printed by Karl Imhof, published by Edition Fred Jahn, Munich, on two sheets of Japon paper, the full sheets printed to the edges, each sheet 279 x 216mm (11 x 8 ½ in)

Lot 6288

Salter, Tom. 'Carnaby Street', Whitehead, David (Ed.) English, Malcom (Ill.) M & J Hobbs 1970 Walton-on-Thames. First edition - complete with original dust jacket. Condition Report:There are no creases or tears to the pages bar a little, superficial wear commensurate to light reading and the age of the lot - most notable in the top edges of the dust jacket.

Lot 6289

Ardizzone, Edward. 'Baggage to the Enemy'. First Edition, John Murray, Albermarle Street, London. 1941. Bound in blue cloth with gilt spine - without dust jacket. Edward J. I. Ardizzone CBE. RA. was a notable English painter, printmaker, wartime artist and author (1900 - 1979).Condition Report:Sound binding with no noted tears, little to no foxing, though the upper edges do bear some dust/dirt build up. Front end papers bear the inscription, 'From Capt. J.E.P. Xmas 1941.

Lot 6315

H B Browne - 'Chapters of Whitby History 1823-1946' limited edition 246/440 and signed by the author, pub 1946 and 'The Whitby Repository and Monthly Miscellany' volume first 1825, pub R Kirby, Bridge Street, Whitby

Lot 216

Three J.K. Rowling first edition hardbound books with dust jackets to include Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince, Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix and The Casual Vacancy

Lot 123

FRANCISCO DE QUEVEDO: FORTUNE IN HER WITS OR THE HOUR OF ALL MEN, trans John Stevens, London, printed for R Sare, F Saunders and Tho Bennett, 1697, 1st edition, lacks A2 the first leaf of epistle dedicatory, contemporary calf worn

Lot 189

CHARLES GRAVES: DRIVE FOR FREEDOM, HOW BRITAIN EQUIPPED HER FIGHTING SERVICES SPEEDILY MADE GOOD HER LOSSES AFTER DUNKIRK AND ACHIEVED ASTONISHING NEW RECORDS IN PRODUCTION FOR VICTORY, London, Hodder & Stoughton for The Society of Motor Manufacturers and Traders Ltd [1945], 4to, original pictorial wraps + RAF PARADE A WAR RECORD OF ACHIEVEMENT, [London and Watford, The Sun Engraving Co Ltd, 1941], original pictorial wraps + ERIC LINKLATER: THE DEFENCE OF CALAIS, London, HMSO, 1941, 1st edition, original wraps, + THE CAMPAIGN IN GREECE AND CRETE, London, HMSO, 1942, 1st edition, original wraps + A ROOF OVER BRITAIN, THE OFFICIAL STORY OF BRITAIN'S ANTI-AIRCRAFT DEFENCES 1939-1942, London, HMSO, 1943, 1st edition, original pictorial wraps + THE ROYAL MARINES, THE ADMIRALTY ACCOUNT OF THEIR ACHIEVEMENTS 1939-1943, London, HMSO, 1944, original wraps + BOMBER COMMAND, THE AIR MINISTRY ACCOUNT OF BOMBER COMMANDS OFFENSIVE AGAINST THE AXIS..., London, HMSO, 1941, 1st edition, original pictorial wraps + BOMBER COMMAND CONTINUES THE AIR MINISTRY ACCOUNT OF THE RISING OFFENSIVE AGAINST GERMANY..., London, HMSO, 1942, 1st edition, original wraps + COASTAL COMMAND, THE AIR MINISTRY ACCOUNT OF THE PART PLAYED BY COASTAL COMMAND IN THE BATTLE OF THE SEAS 1939-1942, London, HMSO, 1942, 1st edition, original pictorial wraps; HIS MAJESTY'S MINESWEEPERS, London, HMSO, 1943, 1st edition, original pictorial wraps, part of top wrap + THE ABYSSINIAN CAMPAIGNS, THE OFFICIAL STORY OF A CONQUEST OF ITALIAN EAST AFRICA, London, HMSO, 1942, 1st edition, original pictorial wraps + TARGET GERMANY, THE US ARMY AIR FORCE'S OFFICIAL STORY OF THE VIII BOMBER COMMANDS FIRST YEAR OVER EUROPE, London, HMSO, 1944, 1st edition, [British Edition], original pictorial wraps + ARK ROYAL, THE ADMIRALTY ACCOUNT OF HER ACHIEVEMENT, London, HMSO, 1942, 1st edition, original pictorial wraps + COMBINED OPERATIONS 1940-1942, London, HMSO, 1943, 1st edition, original pictorial wraps + THE MEDITERRANEAN FLEET, GREECE TO TRIPOLI, THE ADMIRALTY ACCOUNT OF NAVAL OPERATIONS..., London, HMSO, 1944, 1st edition, original pictorial wraps + RAF MIDDLE EAST, THE OFFICIAL STORY OF AIR OPERATIONS IN THE MIDDLE EAST..., London, HMSO, 1945, 1st edition, original pictorial wraps + MERCHANTMEN AT WAR, THE OFFICIAL STORY OF THE MERCHANT NAVY 1939-1944, London, HMSO, [1944], 1st edition, original pictorial wraps (2 copies) + FLEET AIR ARM, London, HMSO, 1943, 1st edition, original pictorial wraps + EAST OF MALTA, WEST OF SUEZ, THE ADMIRALTY ACCOUNT OF THE NAVAL WAR IN THE EASTERN MEDITERRANEAN..., London, HMSO, 1943, 1st edition, original pictorial wraps + FRONTLINE 1940-41, THE OFFICIAL STORY OF THE CIVIL DEFENCE OF BRITAIN, London, HMSO, 1942, 1st edition, original pictorial wraps (21)

Lot 198

GENERAL STAFF WAR OFFICE: INDEX TO THE GERMAN FORCES IN THE FIELD, October 1917, 'Confidential', original limp cloth worn soiled + GENERAL STAFF (INTELLIGENCE): VOCABULARY OF GERMAN MILITARY TERMS AND ABBREVIATIONS (SECOND EDITION), General Headquarters, July 1918, original limp cloth faded at edges + GENERAL STAFF WAR OFFICE: FIELD NOTES ON THE GERMAN ARMY, 1914, original wraps browned + GENERAL STAFF: NOTES FROM THE FRONT, London, HMSO, 1914-15, parts 2-4, original printed wraps + REVISED ARMY REGULATIONS VOL II, THE QUEEN'S REGULATIONS AND ORDERS FOR THE ARMY, London, HMSO, 1873, original calf gilt worn with part losses of calf + A P BIRCHALL: RAPID TRAINING OF A COMPANY FOR WAR, London, Gale & Polden, 1915, 2nd edition, original pictorial cloth + GENERAL STAFF WAR OFFICE: FIELD SERVICE POCKET BOOK, 1914, HMSO, [1916], original limp cloth + SIR JAMES LEWIS SLEEMAN: FIRST PRINCIPLES OF TACTICS AND ORGANISATION..., London, Gale & Polden, 1914, original cloth + C E CALLWELL: THE TACTICS OF HOME DEFENCE, Edinburgh and London, William Blackwood, 1908, 1st edition, original cloth, (11)

Lot 199

NOTES FOR COMMANDING OFFICERS ISSUED TO STUDENTS AT THE SENIOR OFFICERS SCHOOL, ALDERSHOT, 1918, Aldershot, 1918, 1st edition, original cloth worn and soiled + GENERAL STAFF WAR OFFICE: FIELD SERVICE POCKET BOOK, HMSO, [1915], folding plate 18 with part loss, original limp cloth worn, folding trench map of Hollebeke corrected to 26.1.17 in pocket at front + SIR JAMES LEWIS SLEEMAN: FIRST PRINCIPLES OF TACTICS AND ORGANISATION (WAR EDITION 1915)..., London, Gale & Polden, 1915, original cloth + BRIG-GENERAL R A K MONTGOMERY: LECTURE DELIVERED BY ... AT THE CAMP OF THE 8TH DIVISION NEAR WINCHESTER ON 30TH OCTOBER 1914, original wraps browned + FIELD SERVICE REGULATIONS PART ONE OPERATIONS 1909 (REPRINTED WITH AMENDMENTS 1912), HMSO, [1912], original cloth + INFANTRY TRAINING (4-COMPANY ORGANISATION), 1914, HSMO, 1914, original cloth + E JOHN SOLANO (ED): FIELD ENTRENCHMENTS, SPADE WORK FOR RIFLEMEN..., London, John Murray, 1914, original cloth + SOLDIERS PAY BOOK FOR USE ON ACTIVE SERVICE, [1914], unissued, original cloth + WHAT EVERY SOLDIER OUGHT TO KNOW, Oxford University Press, 1915, 2nd impression, small format, original limp cloth (9)

Lot 393

Box: WALTER SCOTT novels, travels, romances etc, Edinburgh 1823-33, 24 uniform half calf vols worn + TALES OF A GRANDFATHER FIRST SERIES, Paris, Baudry's European Library, 1833, 3 vols, 1st Paris edition, contemporary half crimson morocco worn

Lot 72

H C BAILEY: 6 titles: COLONEL GREATHEART, ill Lester Ralph, Indianapolis, Bobbs-Merrill, 1908, October, 1st? edition, inscription on ffep, original decorative cloth gilt worn; MR FORTUNE'S PRACTICE, London, Methuen, 1934, 4th edition, original cloth, d/w (part losses); SHADOW ON THE WALL, London, Victor Gollancz, 1935, 2nd impression, original cloth worn; THE GREAT GAME, London, Victor Gollancz, 1939, 1st edition, original cloth worn, lib stamps on first and last text pages; THE CAT'S WHISKER, New York, Doubleday Doran for The Crime Club, 1944, 1st edition, original cloth, d/w (v small losses); THE WRONG MAN, London, MacDonald [1946], 1st edition, original cloth, d/w (price clipped and part losses) (6)

Lot 1441

The Man with the Golden Gun, Ian Fleming, hardback edition: First Edition, second impression May 1965.

Lot 966

Coalport limited edition lady figures Clementine Debut in Paris & Eugenie First Night at the Opera (2):

Lot 1439

Collection of Harry Potter books: Including Deathly Hallows, boxed set and American first edition Half Blood Prince (reverse 10 -1 on copyright page) (3)

Lot 421

John Betjemen, 'Continual Dew', 1937 first edition, William Clowes and Son, London

Lot 478

Gardner, John, 'For Special Services' James Bond 007, London: Jonathan Cape, 1982 first edition

Lot 479

Shaw, Irwin, 'Tip on a Dead Jockey and Other Stories', London: Jonathan Cape, 1957 first edition

Lot 480

Ford, Hilary, 'Felix Walking', London: Eyre & Spottiswoode Ltd, 1958 first edition

Lot 481

Raven, Simon, 'The Rich Pay Late', London: Anthony Blond Ltd, 1964 first edition

Lot 482

Lord, Walter, 'A Night to Remember', London: Longmans, Green & Co, 1956 first edition

Lot 485

Tozer, Katharine, 'Here Comes Mumfie', London: John Murray, 1936 first edition

Lot 487

A collection of first edition hardback books, to include Sir James Fergusson 'The Curragh Incident'; Paul Mandel 'Mainside'; James M Fox 'The Exiles'; Ken Follett 'On Wings of Eagles'; Erich Kastner 'Emil and the Detectives' etc

Lot 559

Gardner, John, 'Icebreaker' James Bond 007, London: Jonathan Cape, 1983 first edition

Lot 195

TEN LPs BY PINK FLOYD, LED ZEPPELIN AND FRANK ZAPPA, comprising of a first edition of Darkside of the Moon (G/VG), The Wall (g/vg), reissues of Led Zep 2 and 4 along with Physical Graffiti ( no sleeve), Studio Tan, Sleep Dirt, Joe's Garage, Sheik Yerbouti and Apostrophe ( G/G)

Lot 100

Morris (Rev Francis Orpen) A History of British Birds. 6 volume set. In original gilt embossed cloth, with 365 hand coloured plates. Quarto. 2nd edition. Some edge foxing to plates in the first 3 volumes, mainly at edges with one or two plates affected, minor repair to inner edge of one plate professional repair, , cloth extremely well preserved. Published by G. Bell & Sons, London. 1870. (6)

Lot 12

Ainsworth, William Harrison. Mervyn Clitheroe, first edition, illustrated by Hablot Knight Browne, London: Routledge, 1858. Illustrated with frontispiece and vignette title, plus 22 plates as called for with protective tissue-guards. 372pp. Octavo, red cloth lettered in gilt. Contents good, clean, bright; very pale spotting in places; a few pages becoming loose; cloth binding a little shaken & rubbed/discoloured

Lot 15

White, T. H. The Sword in the Stone, first edition, London: Collins, 1938. Octavo, publisher's black cloth. Contents very good, clean, bright; binding tight & square; some light bumping to corners/headcaps, a few light marks to cloth; lacking dust-jacket

Lot 17

Miscellaneous collection of 20th-century books & some modern firsts, to include Strange Meeting, by Susan Hill, Penguin paperback, 1974, with loosely inserted typed letter signed by the author, addressed to Mr Woolgar, thanking him for recommending the works of E. H. Young, dated 23 March 1979; The Little Sister, by Raymond Chandler, first UK edition, London: Hamish Hamilton, 1949, red cloth; Molloy, by Samuel Beckett, Paris: Olympia Press, Collection Merlin, 1955, plain paper covers; Duffy, by Dan Kavanagh [Julian Barnes], first ed., London: Jonathan Cape, 1980, black cloth; Inner Circle, by Jerzy Peterkiewicz, first edition, London: Macmillan, 1966, green cloth with dust-jacket; Colour in the Flower Garden, by Gertrude Jekyll, London: Country Life & Newnes, 1908, gilt cloth; The English Association: six pamphlets (No.30, 1914; No.38, 1917; No.40, 1918; No.42, 1919; No.52, 1922; No.74, 1929) and three Presidential Addresses (1941, 1945, 1956), well-preserved in paper covers; One Fat Englishman, by Kingsley Amis, first ed., London: Gollancz, 1963, red cloth; The Firstborn, by Laurie Lee, 2nd imp., London: Hogarth Press, 1964; The Tin Men, by Michael Frayn, first ed., London: Collins, 1965, orange cloth; Sons of the Minstral, by Roy Campbell, London: Faber, 1941, including manuscript poems in an unknown hand, which have been copied out from Adamastor; Baa, Baa, Black Sheep, by Ian Hay & P. G. Wodehouse, London: Samuel French, 1930; Adolf Hitler: My Part in His Downfall, by Spike Milligan, first ed., London: Michael Joseph, 1971, black cloth; The Mint, by T. E. Lawrence, London: Jonathan Cape, 1955; Sumer is icumen in, by Jamieson B. Hurry, 2nd ed., London: Novello, 1914, presentation copy inscribed by author; Patten People No.1, by Mervyn Levy, Richmond: Patten Press, 1982, limited ed., 89/350, signed by author, red card covers; Tobruk to Turkey, by Frank Clune, London: Angus & Robertson, 1943, presentation copy signed & inscribed by author, and others. Condition varied, sold as found with all faults, in three small cartons (3)

Lot 18

Miscellaneous collection of illustrated books, to include Oxford from Pictures, by Russell Conway, London: Wells Gardner, n.d.; An Old Fashioned Christmas, illustrated by Cecil Aldin, London: Hodder & Stoughton, n.d.; The Arcadians, Souvenir of the Second Anniversary Performance at Shaftesbury Theatre, 28 April 1911, gilt cloth; Dracula: A Toy Theatre, designed by Edward Gorey, New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1979; Taken from Life, by George Belcher, London: Alston Rivers, [c.1929]; The Golliwogg's Polar Adventures, by Florence K. Upton, new edition, London: Longmans, 1903; Exquisite Creatures, edited by Jim Clyne, first ed., New York: Morrow, 1985; Some Women, by Robert Mapplethorpe, London: Secker & Warburg, n.d.; various Portfolios of Monumental Brass Society; A Dog Day, illustrated by Cecil Aldin, London: Heinemann, 1904; Teddy Tail in Historyland, by Charles Folkard, London: A & C Black, n.d.; An Old York Church, All Hallows in North Street, its Mediaeval Stained Glass and Architecture, depicted by Mabel Leaf & E. Ridsdale Tate, edited by Rev. P. J.Shaw, York: Church Shop, 1908, limited edition, 494/500, and others, condition varied, sold as found with all faults, in one carton

Lot 20

Sitwell, Edith. Collection of three signed presentation copies and three ALS, plus two signed presentation copies by Osbert Sitwell, comprising: autograph letter signed by Edith Sitwell, four sides of two sheets, headed Renishaw Hall, 20 November 1946, addressed to G. H. Gray [of Macmillan], 'I am most grateful to you for sending these books (and a 1st edition of The Song of the Cold, at last!) I am most anxious they should reach Mrs W. B. Yeats, for I cannot bear to think that the widow of so great a poet - and they have both been extremely kind to me - should think I had forgotten to send her a book.'; autograph letter signed by Edith Sitwell, two sides of one sheet, Renishaw Hall, 15 March 1950, to G. H. Gray, 'Have you got a copy of Dr. Lynn Thorndike's "A History of Magic and Experimental Science" published by Messrs, Macmillan in 1923. It is in two volumes. I should be infinitely grateful if you could send me a copy of this invaluable book.'; autograph letter signed by Edith Sitwell, one side of one sheet, Renishaw Hall, 10 March 1950, giving thanks to G. H. Gray; a handwritten envelope from Edith Sitwell, Hotel Bel-Air, Los Angeles, to G. H. Gray at Macmillan publishers, signed verso, empty, postmarked San Francisco, 14 January 1951; three presentation copies from Edith Sitwell to G. H. Gray, first edition hardbacks with dust-jackets (Fanfare for Elizabeth, 1946; A Notebook on William Shakespeare, 1948; The Canticle of the Rose, 1949); two presentation copies from Osbert Sitwell to G. H. Gray, first edition hardbacks with jackets (Open the Door, 1941; Selected Poems, 1943). (9)Provenance: Vendor's late aunt was Amy Johnston who together with her partner G. H. Gray worked for Macmillan publishers during the 1930s

Lot 21

Sadleir, Michael. Collection of six signed presentation copies, first editions, inscribed to Amy Johnston [of Macmillan], comprising: Forlorn Sunset, London: Constable, 1947, jacket designed by John Piper; Forlorn Sunset, New York: Farrar, Straus & Co., 1946; Fanny by Gaslight, London: Constable, 1940, also featuring a loosely-inserted ALS, 21 December 1938; These Foolish Things, London: Constable, 1937; These Foolish Things, New Edition, London: Constable, 1944; Michael Ernest Sadleir: A Memoir by his Son, London: Constable, 1949 (6)Provenance: Vendor's late aunt was Amy Johnston who together with her partner G. H. Gray worked for Macmillan publishers during the 1930s

Lot 213

'B.B.' Bill Badger and the Pirates, first edition, London: Hamish Hamilton, 1960. Octavo, publisher's bright yellow cloth, unclipped dust-jacket. Contents very good, clean, bright; lacking blank ffep with surface loss to pastedown; binding tight & square, cloth well-preserved; dust-jacket with slight toning and a few light crayon marks, owner initials and light chipping to extremities, very slight fading to spine, housed in protective wrappers

Lot 22

Macdonell, A. G. Collection of 11 signed presentation copies inscribed to Amy Johnston and G. H. Gray [of Macmillan], eight being first editions, comprising: England, Their England, London: Macmillan, reprinted 1937; How Like an Angel, reprinted 1934; What Next, Baby?, first edition, 1939; Napoleon and his Marshals, first, 1934; A Visit to America, first, 1935; Flight from a Lady, two firsts (one for Johnston, one for Gray), 1939; Lords and Masters, first, 1936; The Spanish Pistol, first, 1939; The Crew of the Anaconda, first, 1940; My Scotland, fifth impression, 1937 (11)Provenance: Vendor's late aunt was Amy Johnston who together with her partner G. H. Gray worked for Macmillan publishers during the 1930s

Lot 225

Du Maurier, Daphne. Rebecca, first edition, first issue, London: Gollancz, 1938. Octavo, later black cloth lettered in gilt, 446pp. Internally good with a few very pale spots in places, slight wear to a few page edges, p.161 becoming loose, cloth with slight discolouration and faint wear to extremities

Lot 23

Walpole, Hugh. Collection of six signed presentation copies inscribed to Amy Johnston [of Macmillan], three being first editions, comprising: Roman Fountain, first edition, London: Macmillan, 1940; The Sea Tower, first, 1939; The Bright Pavilions, first, 1940; The Fortress, reprinted 1936; Vanessa, reprinted 1936; Rogue Herries, reprinted 1936. Together with a presentation copy of Hugh Walpole: A Biography, by Rupert Hart-Davis, first edition, London: Macmillan, 1952, and an unsigned copy of Katherine Christian, first, 1944 (8)Provenance: Vendor's late aunt was Amy Johnston who together with her partner G. H. Gray worked for Macmillan publishers during the 1930s

Lot 234

Higgins, Bryan. Experiments and Observations Made with the View of Improving the Art of Composing and Applying Calcareous Cements, and of Preparing Quick-Lime, first edition, London: T. Cadell, 1780. Octavo, contemporary paper covered boards, untrimmed edges, gift inscription on pastedown dated 1807, owner inscription on upper board dated 1807. 232pp. plus title & contents (6pp.). Contents good, clean, bright, slight cockling, some wear & marks to paper covers

Lot 237

Field, George. Chromatography; Or, A Treatise on Colours and Pigments, and of their Powers in Painting, first edition, London: Charles Tilt, 1835, illustrated with two plates (including frontispiece). Bound with An Accidence, or Gamut, of Painting in Oil, by Julius Caesar Ibbetson, second edition, London: Harvey & Darton, 1828, which includes 20 mounted colour samples, an engraved frontispiece portrait, two wood-engraved vignettes within the text, and an etched plate. Quarto, half-calf with marbled boards, rebacked and lettered in gilt. Contents generally good with handling marks, pale spotting in places, heavier and more pronounced on the final etched plate and surrounding leaves of the second work, a couple of tears, including a closed tear to the dedication page of the first work, occasional C19 annotation and owner inscriptions, binding rubbed and worn but tight & square

Lot 246

Dickens, Charles. The Posthumous Papers of the Pickwick Club, first edition, London: Chapman & Hall, 1837, bound from the parts with characteristic stab-holes, the plates without captions. Octavo, contemporary half-calf, illustrated with 43 plates (including frontispiece and pictorial title). Some toning & spotting around the plates and surrounding leaves; binding intact with some discolouration and slight wear

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