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Mining Interest Five publications Edmund Vale. 'The Harveys of Hayle. Engine Builders, Shipwrights and Merchants of Cornwall,

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Lot 301

Mining Interest Five publications Edmund Vale. 'The Harveys of Hayle. Engine Builders, Shipwrights and Merchants of Cornwall,' 1966, first edition, pub by D. Bradford Barton Ltd, Truro for Harvey & Co, Hayle, price-clipped, handwritten dedication to previous owner, a very good copy in dustwrapper; Richard Trevithick - Giant of Steam, Aurum Press, 2000; H. V. Williams, 'Cornwall's Old Mines', Tor Mark Press, Truro; Justin Brooke, 'Stannary Tales - The Shady Side of Mining', Twelveheads Press, 1980; Arthur Cecil Todd, 'The Cornish Miner in America', D. Bradford Barton Ltd, 1967. (5)

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Captain Scot and the Discovery. Two works. Skelton, Judy. 'The Antarctic Journals of Reginald Skelton,' 2004, First edition,

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Lot 354

Captain Scot and the Discovery. Two works. Skelton, Judy. 'The Antarctic Journals of Reginald Skelton,' 2004, First edition, Reardon Publishing, Leather bound Special limited edition of 150, Maroon leather binding, Slip case. New in box, Signed by the author;J. V. Skelton & D. M. Wilson. 'Discovery Illustrated. Pictures from Captain Scott’s First Antarctic Expedition,' 168pp, Reardon, Fine, signed copy, A large format well-illustrated book, based on the diaries of the Chief Engineer of “Discovery”, written by his granddaughter and Wilson. (2)

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H. G. Wells 'The Time Machine. An Invention,' British first edition, lacks original wraps and 32pp catalogue at rear, later

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Lot 411

H. G. Wells 'The Time Machine. An Invention,' British first edition, lacks original wraps and 32pp catalogue at rear, later handwritten paper wraps, half title with The Pioneer Series advertising to verso, pp.151 runs true, light spotting to edge of text block, a notable survivor in good to very good condition, William Heinemann, London, 1895.

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D. H. Lawrence 'The White Peacock,' First English edition, first issue, with pp. 227-230 tipped-in (and pp.225/6 lacking), or

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Lot 407

D. H. Lawrence 'The White Peacock,' First English edition, first issue, with pp. 227-230 tipped-in (and pp.225/6 lacking), original cloth rubbed, toning to title page, sporadic spotting, generally vg, William Heinemann, London, 1911; 'Love Poems and Others,' presentation copy with ink stamp to title page, first edition, original cloth with gilt lettering, vg, Duckworth and Co, London, 1913. (2)

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STARK, Flora - An Italian Diary First edition, 1945 In the original qtr cloth over decorated boards; Subjects: World War, 193

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Lot 319

STARK, Flora - An Italian Diary First edition, 1945 In the original qtr cloth over decorated boards; Subjects: World War, 1939-1945 --Prisoners and prisons, Italian. World War, 1939-1945 --Personal narratives, English. 50 pages.

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Cornish literature. Eighteen works Winston Graham. 'Demelza,' first edition, stained original cloth, heavy spotting to edge

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Lot 156

Cornish literature. Eighteen works Winston Graham. 'Demelza,' first edition, stained original cloth, heavy spotting to edge of dj, Ward Lock & Co, London, 1949; 'Warleggan,' first edition, original cloth, some spotting, vg, Ward, Lock & Co, 1953; 'Jeremy Poldark,' first edition, original cloth, Ward, Lock & Co, 1950; 'Ross Poldark,' reprint, rubbed with spotting, Ward, Lock & Co, 1950; 'William Frederick Collier. 'Tales and Sayings of William Robert Hicks, of Bodmin,' third edition, original cloth, frontis portrait, vg, Simpkin, Marshall, Hamilton, Kent & Co, London, 1893; Rev. R. S. Hawker. 'The Cornish Ballads with Other Poems,' second edition, original cloth, ink owner signature to head of title page, vg, Parker and Co, Oxfford, 1884; With six other and five booklets relating to Cornwall. (18) From the estate of author, John Branfield: Introducing The Art Collection of Pep & John Branfield (davidlay.co.uk)

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BRANFIELD, John 'The Poison Factory' and other fiction novels by the author 'The Poison Factory', first edition, written ins

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Lot 320

BRANFIELD, John 'The Poison Factory' and other fiction novels by the author 'The Poison Factory', first edition, written inscription from the author, 'To Mother, with very much love, John', Harper & Row 1972; together with numerous other titles with illustrative dust jackets in both English and Swedish. Titled include 'The Scillies Trip', 'Castle MInalto', 'Brown Cow', 'Thin Ice', The Falklands Summer', 'The Day I Shot My Dad', 'Nancekuke', 'A Breath Of Fresh Air', 'The Fox In Winter', 'Why Me?' and others, numbering 100+ From the estate of author, John Branfield: Introducing The Art Collection of Pep & John Branfield (davidlay.co.uk)

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Daphne Du Maurier Five works 'The glass-Blowers,' first edition, original cloth, unclipped dj with some red leaching from cl

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Lot 157

Daphne Du Maurier Five works 'The glass-Blowers,' first edition, original cloth, unclipped dj with some red leaching from cloth and ink scribble over price, ffep torn out, spotting to edge of text block, Victor Gollancz, London, 1963; 'The King's General,' first edition, lacks dj, original cloth, spotting to edge of text block, Victor Gollancz, London, 1946; 'Gerald,' cheap edition, original cloth, small tears to unclipped dj, Victor Gollancz, 1948; With two reprints. (5) From the estate of author, John Branfield: Introducing The Art Collection of Pep & John Branfield (davidlay.co.uk)

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SIMPSON, Harold The 7 Stages of Golf Illustrated with 20 colour plates by G. E. Shepheard, original pictorial boards, first e

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Lot 302

SIMPSON, Harold The 7 Stages of Golf Illustrated with 20 colour plates by G. E. Shepheard, original pictorial boards, first edition,two illustrations with tears and loose front board, John Ouseley, London, 1909. Scarce.

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(World War One Poets) Twelve works. Robert Stanley Weir. 'After Ypres mand Other Verse,' first edition, original cloth with s

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Lot 167

(World War One Poets) Twelve works. Robert Stanley Weir. 'After Ypres mand Other Verse,' first edition, original cloth with some sun bleaching, extra glassine wrap, vg, The Musson Book Co, Toronto, 1917; John Collinson Hobson. 'Poems, Etc.' first edition, cloth backed boards, light spotting to ege of text block, photographic frontis of the author, extremely scarce with WorldCat stating in only four libraries, published posthumously with Dobson killed in action 3rd Battle of Ypres 1917, privately printed by Basil Blackwell, 1920; Rowlands Coldicott. 'Fairwell to Eygpt and other Wartime Verses,' first edition, cloth backed boards, large spot to edge of text block otherwise vg, published by the Author, 1933; Lieut. S. B. MacLeod. 'Poems of Love and War,' first edition, original cloth, vg, Simpkin, Marshall, Hamilton, Kent & Co, London, 1918; Maurice Baring. 'Poems: 1914-1919,' first edition, cloth backed boards, remnants of scarce dj pasted to boards with loss, vg, Martin Secker, London, 1920; With seven other good works. (12)

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(Signed and inscribed) John le Carre 'The Little Drummer Girl,' First edition, flat signed and inscribed to dedication page

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Lot 248

(Signed and inscribed) John le Carre 'The Little Drummer Girl,' First edition, flat signed and inscribed to dedication page 'and for Stella, this first copy from the publishers, sent to me last week, to celebrate her place in Cambridge, and the Sun! John le Carre alias David 20 Feb 83, original boards, unclipped dj with spotting and watermarks only visible to verso, spotting to prelims and edge of the text block, Hodder and Stoughton, London, 1983.The vendor was an old family friend. Gifted to her before "David's" reading of his work at The Cambridge Union Society on the 23rd of November, 1983.

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W Harrison 'A New and Universal History, Description and Survey of The Cities of London and Westminster, The Borough of South

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Lot 349

W Harrison 'A New and Universal History, Description and Survey of The Cities of London and Westminster, The Borough of Southwark, and their Adjacent Parts' Complete with all maps and plates, handwritten inscription 'The gift of Morris Birkbeckson to William Fell on the 11th/6 mo. 1782' to ffep, printed for J. Cooke, at Shakespeare's Head, in Pater-Noster-Row, handsomely rebound, first edition, 1776.

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FTZGERALD, William Walter Augustine. 'Travels in the Coastlands of British East Africa and The Islands of Zanzibar and Pemba,

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Lot 196

FTZGERALD, William Walter Augustine. 'Travels in the Coastlands of British East Africa and The Islands of Zanzibar and Pemba, their Agricultural Resources and General Characteristics,' First edition, original cloth with gilt lettering, frontis, sixteen maps as called for with tears to fold outs where attached, plates, some light spotting but generally a very good copy, chapman and Hall, London, 1898.

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T. S. Eliot. 'Selected Essays 1917-1932,' first edition, lacks dj, original cloth, ink owner signature to ffep by Henry Reed

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Lot 275

T. S. Eliot. 'Selected Essays 1917-1932,' first edition, lacks dj, original cloth, ink owner signature to ffep by Henry Reed the poet, graphite annotations to margins, spotting to edge of text block, vg, Faber and Faner, London, 1932. From the estate of author, John Branfield: Introducing The Art Collection of Pep & John Branfield (davidlay.co.uk)

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An eclectic mix of books. SKELTON, Robin. 'John Ruskin: The final Years. A Survey of the Ruskin Correspondence in the John Ry

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Lot 388

An eclectic mix of books. SKELTON, Robin. 'John Ruskin: The final Years. A Survey of the Ruskin Correspondence in the John Rylands Library,' flat signed and inscribed 'Nothing less than a full signature is appropriate for such a learned work!' to title page, reprinted from the Bulletin of the John Rylands Library vol.37, original printed thin card wraps, toning throughout, pp.24 numbered as 562-586, The Librarian, The John Rylands Library, Manchester University Press, 1955; Dr Antonio Pensfiel. 'Etimologias Le Monbres de Lugar,' segunda parte, quarter cloth, some repairs, good, Oficina Tipografica De La Secretaria De Fomento, Mexico, 1897; 'the Pictorial Museum of Animated Nature,' a defunct copy with debound front board and prelims including titlepage, 1000's of steel engravings throughout, Charles Cox, London, n.d; With approx thirty other books including Faberls book of Insects, Two first edition Hugh Loftings, The Journal of Indian Textile History, Lithographs by Henri de Toulson Lautrec, &c, &c. (30+)

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BETJEMAN, John. 'First & Last Loves,' First edition, original cloth, some small nibbles to vg unclipped dj, vg throughout, Jo

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Lot 195

BETJEMAN, John. 'First & Last Loves,' First edition, original cloth, some small nibbles to vg unclipped dj, vg throughout, John Murray, London, 1952; 'Old Lights for New Chancels. Verses Topographical and Amatory,' signed by Guy Chandos Harcourt from the British Embassy, with his memorial bookplate, lacks dj, original cloth, vg, John Murray, London, 1940. (2)

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KNIGHT, Laura 'Oil Paint and Grease Paint,' First edition, rebound in contemporary quarter maroon leather, ex libris Pembroke

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Lot 285

KNIGHT, Laura 'Oil Paint and Grease Paint,' First edition, rebound in contemporary quarter maroon leather, ex libris Pembrokeshire County Library, library ticket to front pastedown, some light sporadic spotting, slightly cocked, generally vg, Ivor Nicholson & Watson, London, 1936.

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Early Railways Seven works. George Montague. 'Ten Years of Locomotive Progress,' first edition, original green cloth with pic

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Lot 172

Early Railways Seven works. George Montague. 'Ten Years of Locomotive Progress,' first edition, original green cloth with pictorial gilt tooling to front board, frontis and plates, a very good copy, Alston Rivers, London, 1907; Sir Daniel Gooch. 'Diaries of....,' first edition, original cloth with gilt lettering, lacks ffep, frontis and plates, vg, Keegan Paul et al, London, 1892; Joseph Tatlow. 'Fifty Years of Railway Life in England, Scotland and Ireland,' first edition, original cloth with some sun bleaching to spine, frontis and plates, some spotting toedge of text block, vg, The Railway Gazette, London, 1920; William Collard. 'Proposed London and Paris Railway. London and Paris in 2 hours 45 minutes,' first edition, original cloth, hand coloured coat of arms to title page, vg, P. S. King & Son, London, 1928; Sir William Hodges. 'A Treatise on the Law of Railways, Railway Companies, and Railway Investments,' two vols, seventh edition, original cloth, ffep debound, vg, H. Sweet & Sons, London, 1888; C. F. Dendy Marshall. 'A History of the Southern Railway,' first edition, original cloth, plates and maps, some light spotting but generally vg, The Southern Railway Company, London, 1936. (7)

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GARNER, Alan 'The Stone Book,' first edition, second impression original boards, clipped dj with libris label attached to fro

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Lot 277

GARNER, Alan 'The Stone Book,' first edition, second impression original boards, clipped dj with libris label attached to front flap, spotting to head and far edge of text block, vg, Collins, London, 1977; 'The Aimer Gate,' first edition, original boards, unclipped dj, light spotting to edge of text block, vg, Collins London, 1978. (2)

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SIMPSON, Charles 'Emily Bronte,' first edition, original cloth, a very good unclipped dj with an extra glassine wrap, some s

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Lot 265

SIMPSON, Charles 'Emily Bronte,' first edition, original cloth, a very good unclipped dj with an extra glassine wrap, some sporadic spotting, vg, country Life, London, 1929; 'Animal & Bird Painting,' first edition, original cloth, clipped dj, spotting to edge of text block, vg, B.T. Batsford, London, 1939; With another first lacking dj; Charles Simpson and Dorothy Una Ratcliffe. 'The Gone Away. A Romance of the Dales in Three Acts,' first edition, small tears and nibbles to scarce unclipped dj, some spotting, John Lane The Bodley Head, London, 1930; With three other works. (7) From the estate of author, John Branfield: Introducing The Art Collection of Pep & John Branfield (davidlay.co.uk)

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J Paxton 'Illustrations of Paley's Natural Theology: With Descriptive Letter Press' Profusely illustrated with plates through

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Lot 347

J Paxton 'Illustrations of Paley's Natural Theology: With Descriptive Letter Press' Profusely illustrated with plates throughout, first edition, 1826.

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Art Interest Thirteen Publications David Wainwright & Catherine Dinn, 'Henry Scott Tuke 1858-1929 - Under Canvas', Sarema Pr

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Lot 278

Art Interest Thirteen Publications David Wainwright & Catherine Dinn, 'Henry Scott Tuke 1858-1929 - Under Canvas', Sarema Press, 1989; Margaret Powell, 'Master Of The Sea: Charles Napier Hemy', Alison Hodge, 2004; Catherine Wallace, 'Under The Open Sky', Truran, 2002; Borlase Smart, 'Seascape Painting Step-By-Step', paperback edition, 1978; Borlase Smart, The Technique of Seascape Painting', Pitman & Sons, 1965; a Charles Napier Hemy Laing Art Gallery exhibition catalogue, 1984; Robert Jones, 'Reuben Chappell - Pierhead Painter', First Light, 2006; John Branfield, 'Charles Simpson', Sansom & Company, 2005; Kenneth Clark, 'The Nude, John Murray, 1956; Roger Langley, 'Edwin Harris 1855-1906', Truran, 2008; Iain McGowan (signed), 'Hebridian Images', Creative Monochrome, 1993; David Tovey, 'W.H.Y Titcomb', Wilson Books, 2003; Edward Seago, an exhibition catalogue for Marlborough Fine Art (13) From the estate of author, John Branfield: Introducing The Art Collection of Pep & John Branfield (davidlay.co.uk)

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LANYON, Andrew Nine Publications 'Von Ribbentrop in St Ives, Art and War in the Last Resort', first edition and signed, 2010

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LANYON, Andrew Nine Publications 'Von Ribbentrop in St Ives, Art and War in the Last Resort', first edition and signed, 2010; 'Now You See It "A Cornish Illusion",First edition, limited to 250 copies, illustrated throughout, thin card wraps, fine condition, 1994; 'A Fairy Find', published 2006 by Portobello Books Ltd, Hardback; 'The First and Last Straw', 1994; 'David Kemp's Call from the Wild', Edition 158/250, Signed by the author and the subject, 1997; 'Plot For Sale: The Cornish book of the dead', limited edition of 252; 'Roundabout West Cornwall', together with tipped-in letters from Lanyon to John Branfield; 'Bill Marshall, St. Ives Potter', ed 69/150, signed, 2007; 'The Musings Of Creatures - Imagined In A Barren Land', 2016 (9) From the estate of author, John Branfield: Introducing The Art Collection of Pep & John Branfield (davidlay.co.uk)

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Publications including Latin and Greek Interest H.B. Cotterill (transl.) 'Homer`s Odyssey', illustrated by Patten Wilson, Geo

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Lot 303

Publications including Latin and Greek Interest H.B. Cotterill (transl.) 'Homer`s Odyssey', illustrated by Patten Wilson, George G, Harrap & Co, 1911; Thomas Hobbs, Eric Nelson (ed), 'Translation Of Homer' two vols, Clarendon Press, 2008; Rev. Arthur Wright, 'A Synopsis of the Gospels in Greek', first and second edition, Macmillan and Co, 1896 and 1903; together with other works (Qty)

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HUGHES, Ted 'Crow. From the Life and Songs of the Crow,' First edition, original cloth, unclipped dj, very light spotting to

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Lot 171

HUGHES, Ted 'Crow. From the Life and Songs of the Crow,' First edition, original cloth, unclipped dj, very light spotting to edge of text block, vg, Faber and Faber, London, 1970; Paul Keegan (ed). 'Collected Poems,' first edition, unclipped dj, vg to fine, Faber and Faber, 2003; A. C. H. Smith. 'Orghast at Persepolis. an account of the experiment in theatre,' directed by Peter Brook and written by Ted Hughes, first edition, very small nibbles to vg unclipped dj, light spotting to edge of text block, vg, Eyre Methuen, London, 1972; Robert Lowell. 'Collected Poems,' first edition, unclipped dj, fine, Faber and Faber, 2003. (4)

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(Signed) RANKIN, Ian Six works, plus a signed Elizabeth Peters IAN RANKIN. 'Dead Souls' (1999), 'Exit Music' (2007), 'Set in

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Lot 244

(Signed) RANKIN, Ian Six works, plus a signed Elizabeth Peters IAN RANKIN. 'Dead Souls' (1999), 'Exit Music' (2007), 'Set in Darkness' (2000), 'Saints of the Shadow Bible' (2013), 'The Beat Goes On' (2014), 'Standing in Another Man's Grave' (2012), all signed by the author; ELIZABETH PETERS. 'Lord of the Silent,' (2001), signed by author; 'Seeing a Large Cat,' US first edition, (1997). (8)The Ian Rankins are all first editions.

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"The Coloured Lands" By G. K Chesterton illustrated by  the author , Sheed & Ward, 1938 first edition ; "Rab & h

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Lot 178

"The Coloured Lands" By G. K Chesterton illustrated by the author , Sheed & Ward, 1938 first edition ; "Rab & his Friends" by John Brown M.D. David Douglas, 1878 first edition, bound by Burn &Co; "A Book of Quaker Saint" by L.U, Hodgkin, illustrated by F, Cayley- Robinson , T.N Fowlis , 1917 first edition

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"The White Foxes of Gorfenletch" By Henry Tegner illustrated by d.J.Watkins, Pitchford, Hollis & Carter, 1954 first editi

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Lot 175

"The White Foxes of Gorfenletch" By Henry Tegner illustrated by d.J.Watkins, Pitchford, Hollis & Carter, 1954 first edition; "Jason and the Princess" by Kathleen Colville, illustrated by Albert Rutherston, Chatto & Windus, 1926 first edition; "Cats In The Belfry" illustrated by Maurice Wilson, Elek Books 1958 third impression

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"The Way of Birds" by R.B. Talbot Kelly illustrated by the author, folio size, Collins 1937 first edition ; "The Birds of the

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Lot 183

"The Way of Birds" by R.B. Talbot Kelly illustrated by the author, folio size, Collins 1937 first edition ; "The Birds of the British Isles and their Eggs" by T. A. Coward, F. Warne & Co, 1921 third impression, 2 Volumes; "Beetles, Butterflies, Moths & other insects " by A .W Kappel & W.G Kirby, Cassell & Co Ltd, 1893 edition

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"The Modern Fowler" by J, Wentworth Day, Longmans, Green & Co, 1934 first edition ; "To be a Fisherman by Roy Beddington,

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Lot 181

"The Modern Fowler" by J, Wentworth Day, Longmans, Green & Co, 1934 first edition ; "To be a Fisherman by Roy Beddington, Geofffrey Bles, 1955 first edition

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"Ireland" by Frank Matthew, painted by Francis S Walker, A &C Black, May 1905 first edition; "Greece by the Rev. J.A.M'Cl

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Lot 177

"Ireland" by Frank Matthew, painted by Francis S Walker, A &C Black, May 1905 first edition; "Greece by the Rev. J.A.M'Clymont, illustrated by John Fullylove, A&C Black , 1906 first edition, "Edinburgh" by Rosaline Mason, illustrated by John Fullylove, A&C Black, 1912 first edition

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"Dave Dawson on Convoy Patrol" by R.Sidney Bowen, Crown Publishers New York, 1941 first American edition; "The Ghosts at Star

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Lot 174

"Dave Dawson on Convoy Patrol" by R.Sidney Bowen, Crown Publishers New York, 1941 first American edition; "The Ghosts at Stark Hall" by Rita Coats, illustrated by W. Lindsay Cable, Wells Gardener, Daron & Co Ltd 1947 first edition ; "The Strange Adventures of Emma " by Dorothy Ann Lovell, illustrated by Irene Hawkins, Faber & Faber, 1941first edition

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"Silver Stream" by A.P.Herbert, illustrated by Thelwell, 1962 first edition, includes postcard signed by the author ; "Pompey

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Lot 176

"Silver Stream" by A.P.Herbert, illustrated by Thelwell, 1962 first edition, includes postcard signed by the author ; "Pompey - The Tale of a Donkey" by H Waddinghan Sears, illustrated by Carol Ellwood, Harrap & Co Ltd, 1942 first edition ; "Smoky the Cowhorse" by Will James , Charales Scribner's Sons, 1936

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"Five Go off in A Caravan" By Enid Blyton, illustrated by Eileen Soper, Hoddler & Stoghton, Now 1946 first edition ; "Fif

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Lot 173

"Five Go off in A Caravan" By Enid Blyton, illustrated by Eileen Soper, Hoddler & Stoghton, Now 1946 first edition ; "Fifth Formers of St Clare's by Enid Blyton, illustrated by W. Lindsay Cable, Methuen & Co, 1945 first edition, signed by the author

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" The Rife Brigade in the Second World War 1939- 45 by Major R.H.W.S. Hestings, Gale & Polden, 1950 first edition' "Galla

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Lot 186

" The Rife Brigade in the Second World War 1939- 45 by Major R.H.W.S. Hestings, Gale & Polden, 1950 first edition' "Gallant Gentleman" by E.S. Turner, Michael Joseph 1956 proof edition; " A Centaur Looks Back" by Lieut. Colonel V.C. Leckie D.S.O Hodder & Stoughton, 1946 first edition; "Jungle Green"by Arthur Campbell M.C. George Allen & Unwin Ltd, 1953 first edition ; "A History of the Seventh Armoured Division June 1943- July 1945 by Capt.M.Lindsay & M.E. Johnston

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"The Flight of Alcock &  Brown 14-15 June 1919" By Graham Wallace, Putnam , 1955 first edition; "Wings to the Cape"

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Lot 188

"The Flight of Alcock & Brown 14-15 June 1919" By Graham Wallace, Putnam , 1955 first edition; "Wings to the Cape" By John Godwin, Tafelberg, 1971 first edition ; "Test Pilot" By Neville Duke & Alan W. Mitchell Allan Wingate, 1953 first edition ; "The Spirit of St Louis" by Charles A. Lindbergh, John Murray, 1953 first edition

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"English Portrait Miniatures" by Graham Reynolds, A & C Black, 1952 first edition ; "Portrait Miniatures" by George C. Wi

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Lot 191

"English Portrait Miniatures" by Graham Reynolds, A & C Black, 1952 first edition ; "Portrait Miniatures" by George C. Williamson, George Bell & Sons, 1897

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"The Great Within" by Maurice Collis, Faber & Faber Ltd , 1941 first edition; " Barefoot Journey" by Sister Felicity, ill

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Lot 184

"The Great Within" by Maurice Collis, Faber & Faber Ltd , 1941 first edition; " Barefoot Journey" by Sister Felicity, illustrated by by Rosemary Haughton, Darton, Longman & Todd, 1961 first edition; " The Drums of Morning" by Rupert Croft- Cooke, Putnam 1961 first edition

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Frances Hodgson Burnett: 'A Little Princess: being the whole story of Sara Crewe, now told for the first', London, Frederick

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Lot 9241

Frances Hodgson Burnett: 'A Little Princess: being the whole story of Sara Crewe, now told for the first', London, Frederick Warne, 1905, 1st edition thus, 8 colour plates by Harold Piffard as called for, original pictorial cloth gilt

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J.R.R. Tolkien: 'The Hobbit, or There and Back Again', London, George Allen & Unwin Ltd. for the Folio Society, 1976, del

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Lot 9235

J.R.R. Tolkien: 'The Hobbit, or There and Back Again', London, George Allen & Unwin Ltd. for the Folio Society, 1976, deluxe edition, first edition thus, colour frontis + 12 colour plates + pictorial map end papers as called for, all after the originals by J.R.R. Tolkien, original publisher's quarter brown leather gilt, original slipcase

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John Braine, 3 titles, all first editions, all published London, Eyre & Spottiswoode, all original cloth, all in unclippe

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Lot 9303

John Braine, 3 titles, all first editions, all published London, Eyre & Spottiswoode, all original cloth, all in unclipped dust wrappers: 'Room at the Top', 1957, 'The Vodi', 1959, 'Life at the Top', 1962, signed title page from another 1st edition copy of the same title tipped onto FFEP. First editions of the first three novels by the Yorkshire born novelist John Braine (1922-1986), one of the so called "angry young men", a loosely defined group of working and middle class English writers who emerged on the literary scene in the 1950s. (3)

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Primo Levi: 'The Truce. A Survivor's Journey Home from Auschwitz', London, The Bodley Head, 1965, 1st UK edition, translated

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Lot 9273

Primo Levi: 'The Truce. A Survivor's Journey Home from Auschwitz', London, The Bodley Head, 1965, 1st UK edition, translated from the Italian by Stuart Woolf, original cloth gilt, dust wrapper (front panel drawing by Marc Chagall). First English edition of the sequel to 'If This Is a Man', by the Jewish-Italian chemist, author and holocaust survivor Primo Levi (1919-1987). Memoir in which he describes his experiences from the liberation of Auschwitz (Monowitz) concentration camp, during his incredibly circuitous return to Italy via Eastern Europe and the Soviet Union, and his rediscovery of humanity after his harrowing 10 months in the German death camp.

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James Clavell: 'King Rat', London, Michael Joseph, 1963, 1st edition, original cloth gilt, dust wrapper. The author's first n

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James Clavell: 'King Rat', London, Michael Joseph, 1963, 1st edition, original cloth gilt, dust wrapper. The author's first novel

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Czeslaw Milosz: 'The Captive Mind', London, Secker & Warburg, 1953, 1st UK edition, translated from the Polish by Jane Zi

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Lot 9272

Czeslaw Milosz: 'The Captive Mind', London, Secker & Warburg, 1953, 1st UK edition, translated from the Polish by Jane Zielonko, original cloth gilt, dust wrapper (slightly worn with some small part losses, 18s price intact). Very scarce first English language edition of the 1953 work of nonfiction by Polish writer, poet, academic and Nobel laureate Czesław Miłosz. Written soon after the author's defection from Stalinist Poland in 1951, the book attempts to explain the allure of Stalinism to intellectuals, its adherents' thought processes, and the existence of both dissent and collaboration within the postwar Soviet Bloc. The book is described by historian Norman Davies as a "devastating study" which "totally discredited the cultural and psychological machinery of Communism", and has been compared to Arthur Koestler's Darkness at Noon and George Orwell's Nineteen Eighty-Four

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Dennis Potter: 'The Singing Detective', London, Faber, 1986, 1st edition, original cloth, dust wrapper, Tennessee Williams, 3

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Lot 9300

Dennis Potter: 'The Singing Detective', London, Faber, 1986, 1st edition, original cloth, dust wrapper, Tennessee Williams, 3 titles, all first editions, all London, Secker & Warburg, all orig. cloth, all in d/w's: 'Baby Doll', 1957, 'Orpheus Descending', 1958, 'Four Plays', 1956 (first collected edition), Matt Crowley: 'A Breeze from the Gulf', NY, Farrar Straus Giroux, 1974, 1st edition, signed & inscribed on FFEP dated 8.14.75, orig. cloth, d/w, Brian Friel: 'Lovers, Winners & Losers', NY, Farrar Straus Giroux, 1968, 1st edition, orig. cloth, d/w, Richard Rodgers & Oscar Hammerstein: 'Me and Juliet', NY, Random House, 1953, 1st edition, orig. cloth, d/w, Harry Bloom: 'King Kong an African Jazz Opera', L, Collins, 1961, 1st edition, orig. cloth, d/w, William J. Kerr: 'Images of Imagination', NY, Exposition Books, 1954, 1st edition, signed & inscribed by author to Paul Gallico on FFEP, orig. cloth, Joe Orton: 'Between Us Girls', L, 1998, 1st edition, orig. cloth, d/w (10)

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A collection of thirteen assorted plays, drama etc, including Shelagh Delaney: 'A Taste of Honey', London, Methuen, 1959, 1st

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Lot 9301

A collection of thirteen assorted plays, drama etc, including Shelagh Delaney: 'A Taste of Honey', London, Methuen, 1959, 1st edition, spine reinforced with tape, original pictorial wraps. The first title in Methuen Drama's iconic Modern Plays series, which has grown over six decades to include more than 1000 plays by some of the best writers from around the world; 'Oh What a Lovely War', L, Methuen, 1965, 1st edition, orig. cloth gilt, dust wrapper; John Galsworthy: 'Exiled', L, Duckworth, 1929, 1st edition; Nigel Dennis: 'Dramatic Essays', L, Weidenfeld & Nicolson, 1962, 1st edition, orig. cloth, d/w; Iain Heggie: 'A Wholly Healthy Glasgow', L, Methuen, 1988, 1st edition, orig. pictorial wraps; plus 8 others Moira Buffini, Helen Edmunson, Polly Teale, Dario Fo, Julian Mitchell, Oscar Wilde and related etc (13)

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Noel Langley: 'The Tale of the Land of Green Ginger', London, Arthur Barker, 1937, 1st edition, colour frontis and colour ill

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Lot 9216

Noel Langley: 'The Tale of the Land of Green Ginger', London, Arthur Barker, 1937, 1st edition, colour frontis and colour illustrations throughout by the author as called for, 4to, original cloth gilt, dust wrapper (with some part losses). Scarce first edition of Langley's book for children that tells the story of Abu Ali, the son of Aladdin. It was largely on the basis of this work that Langley was selected as a screenwriter for The Wizard of Oz (1939)

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Harold Pinter: 'No Man's Land', London, H. Karnac (Books) Ltd, 1975, 1st edition, signed limited issue, number 6 of 150 copie

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Lot 9299

Harold Pinter: 'No Man's Land', London, H. Karnac (Books) Ltd, 1975, 1st edition, signed limited issue, number 6 of 150 copies, numbered and signed by Harold Pinter to limitation page, original red and black cloth lettered in gilt. Pinter's play was first performed at the National Theatre on 23 April 1975 with a cast that included John Gielgud and Ralph Richardson; together with an Hors de commerce signed limited edition copy of the same title, numbered XXV/XXXII, original red and black cloth lettered in gilt, plus 'The Homecoming', L, Methuen, 1965, 1st edition, 'A Slight Ache', L, Methuen, 1961, 1st edition, each original cloth gilt, dust wrappers, and 'Family Voices', L, Next Editions, 1981, 1st edition, 7 colour plates as called for, original spiral bound pictorial card wraps (5)

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A collection of 25 modern first editions etc, including Aleister Crowley; Israel Regardie: 'Aha', Dallas, Sangreal Foundation

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Lot 9296

A collection of 25 modern first editions etc, including Aleister Crowley; Israel Regardie: 'Aha', Dallas, Sangreal Foundation, [1969], 1st edition, original green cloth lettered in silver; Sir Alfred Munnings: 'Ballads and Poems', L, Museum Press, 1957, 1st edition, limited edition (43/250), signed by Munnings on half title, original cloth gilt, dust wrapper; Truman Capote: 'Breakfast at Tiffany's', 1958, 1st UK edition, original cloth lettered in silver; Doris Lessing: 'The Grass is Singing', L, Michael Joseph, 1950, 1st edition, original cloth, dust wrapper; C.S. Lewis: 'Reflections on the Psalms', L, Geoffrey Bles, 1958, 1st edition, orig. cloth, d/w; H.E. Bates: 'Day's End', L, Cape, 1928, 1st edition, signed on title page, orig. cloth gilt, dust wrapper; plus others P.G. Wodehouse, Jean Cocteau, Harold Robbins, William Trevor, Pat Barker etc (25)

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New Naturalist. Collins (pub.) Colin R. Tubbs: 'The New Forest', NN73, P.S. Maitland & R.N. Campbell: 'Freshwater Fishes'

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Lot 9385

New Naturalist. Collins (pub.) Colin R. Tubbs: 'The New Forest', NN73, P.S. Maitland & R.N. Campbell: 'Freshwater Fishes', NN75, Christopher N. Page: 'Ferns', NN74, all print on demand editions ordered direct from the publisher and produced from the original first edition copies, all printed and bound by Mackays, colour and b/w ills. etc, all original green cloth, pictorial dust wrappers by Robert Gillmor. (3)

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G.A. Henty, 5 first editions, all published Blackie & Son, all original pictorial cloth gilt, comprising: 'With Clive in

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Lot 9208

G.A. Henty, 5 first editions, all published Blackie & Son, all original pictorial cloth gilt, comprising: 'With Clive in India', 1884, 1st edition, 12 plates as called for, 'Through Russian Snows', 1896, 1st edition, 8 plates + 3 maps as called for, 'At Agincourt', 1897, 1st edition, 12 plates as called for, 'With Roberts to Pretoria', 11 (of 12) plates + 1 map, 'With the Allies to Pekin', 1904, 1st edition, 8 plates + map as called for, plus 3 Henty reprints (8)

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Seven assorted crime fiction and historical crime fiction first editions, comprising Agatha Christie: 'Passenger to Frankfurt

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Lot 9260

Seven assorted crime fiction and historical crime fiction first editions, comprising Agatha Christie: 'Passenger to Frankfurt', London, Collins Crime Club, 1970, 1st edition, original cloth gilt, dust wrapper (£1.25 price intact); C.J. Sansom, two Shardlake series signed first editions: 'Heartstone', 2010, 'Lamentation', 2014, both published London, Mantle, both 1st editions, both signed by author in blue ink to "signed first edition" page, both orig. boards gilt, unclipped dust wrappers; Peter Robinson: 'Strange Affair', NY, William Morrow, 2005, 1st US edition, signed by author on "limited and signed first edition" page, orig. cloth backed boards, d/w; Jodi Compton: 'The 37th Hour', L, H & S, 2004, 1st UK edition, signed on title page, orig. cloth gilt, d/w, orig. wrap around band; Francis Fyfield: 'A Question of Gilt', L, Heinemann, 1988, 1st edition, orig. cloth gilt, d/w; Christopher Fowler: 'Bryant & May Off the Rails', L, 2010, 1st edition, orig. cloth, d/w (7)

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John le Carré: 'Le Carre Omnibus: Comprising Call for the Dead and A Murder of Quality', London, Victor Gollancz, 1964, 1st e

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Lot 9322

John le Carré: 'Le Carre Omnibus: Comprising Call for the Dead and A Murder of Quality', London, Victor Gollancz, 1964, 1st edition, original cloth gilt, dust wrapper. The author's fourth book, a re-issue of his first two books neither of which had sold particularly well in their original first editions. With the success of "The Spy who Came in from the Cold" the publisher (Gollancz) wanted to capitalise on the huge success and issued this Omnibus edition; together with 'Sarratt and the Draper of Watford by John le Carré and other unlikely stories about Sarratt from international authors', [1999], 1st edition, 64pp, original cloth, dust wrapper (2)

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Alice B. Toklas: 'The Alice B. Toklas Cook Book', London, Michael Joseph, 1954, 1st edition, black & white illustrations

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Lot 9112

Alice B. Toklas: 'The Alice B. Toklas Cook Book', London, Michael Joseph, 1954, 1st edition, black & white illustrations by Sir Francis Rose throughout, pictorial end papers, original cloth gilt, dust wrapper (worn with repairs). Contains surrealist artist Brion Gysin's infamous recipe for hashish fudge (p.259), which was expurgated from the first American edition. During the almost 40 years that she was Gertrude Stein's constant companion, Alice B. Toklas had a secret ambition, which she confesses in these pages: to write a book of her own. When she finally came to do so after Miss Stein's death, the two consuming interests of her life merged: her years with Miss Stein in France, where they were in constant contact with the great and near great; and the superb food she took such pleasure in preparing for Miss Stein and her distinguished guests. The result is "a book of character, fine food, and tasty human observation." (Janet Flanner)

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Rosemary Tonks: 'Wild Sea Goose', London, John Murray, 1951, 1st edition, b/w ills. by the author throughout, original cloth.

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Lot 9264

Rosemary Tonks: 'Wild Sea Goose', London, John Murray, 1951, 1st edition, b/w ills. by the author throughout, original cloth. The author's second published book, preceding her poetry and novels. Rosemary Tonks (1928-2014) was a writer from childhood. "Miss Bushman-Caldicott", a story she wrote while at school, was broadcast on BBC radio in 1946. Her first published book, On Wooden Wings: The Adventures of Webster, which she also illustrated, followed in 1948. Between 1963 and 1974, she published two epoch-defining poetry collections and six acerbic, satirical novels. Living in Hampstead and mixing with socialite writers such as Dame Edith Sitwell, a near-neighbour, Tonks became the toast of London's literary parties, one of very few published female poets of that time. She collaborated with Delia Derbyshire, the iconic early electronic musician who helped create the “Doctor Who” theme, and Alexander Trocchi, the novelist and famed junkie, on cutting-edge “sound poems.” Yet the literary world both attracted and repelled her, and she was to turn against its materialism, false values, betrayals and indulgence, as she was to follow Rimbaud in renouncing literature itself, when after a series of misfortunes and crises she unexpectedly converted fundamentalist Christianity and disappeared from public life. In 1980 she left London for Bournemouth, where she was known as Mrs. Lightband; she made anonymous appearances in the city to pass out Bibles at Speakers’ Corner in Hyde Park. She felt a calling to protect the public from the sinfulness of her own writing by burning her manuscripts, actively preventing republication in her lifetime, and destroying evidence of her career. There are tales of her systematically checking out her own books from libraries across England in order to burn them in her back garden. Very scarce

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Frederick Forsyth, 3 titles, all signed first editions, all in dust wrappers with prices intact: 'The Day of the Jackal', Lon

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Lot 9327

Frederick Forsyth, 3 titles, all signed first editions, all in dust wrappers with prices intact: 'The Day of the Jackal', London, Hutchinson, 1971, 1st edition, signed piece mounted to title page, original cloth gilt, dust wrapper (spine of dust wrapper with red elements still fairly vivid, relatively unfaded), 'The Odessa File', L, Hutchinson, 1972, 1st edition, signed piece mounted to title page, original cloth lettered in silver, dust wrapper, 'The Dogs of War', L, Hutchinson, 1974, 1st edition, signed piece mounted to title page, original cloth gilt, dust wrapper (3)

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Twenty two assorted illustrated/children's titles, of which several Raymond Briggs, some signed etc, including Raymond Briggs

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Lot 9214

Twenty two assorted illustrated/children's titles, of which several Raymond Briggs, some signed etc, including Raymond Briggs: 'The Puddleman', 2004, 1st edition, signed on half title, orig. pictorial boards, dust wrapper, Anthony Browne: 'Into the Forest', 2004, 2nd impression, signed on title page, orig. pictorial boards, d/w, John Cunliffe & William Stobbs: 'Mr Gosling and the Runaway Chair', 1978, 1st edition, signed by John Cunliffe on front pastedown, orig. pictorial boards, d/w, Sara Fanelli, 2 signed 1st editions, both orig. pictorial boards: 'First Flight', L, Cape, 2002, signed & with small sketch by author on title page, 'Dear Diary', 20000, 1st US edition, signed & with small sketch by author on title page, plus 3 others signed including Emma Chichester Clark, Rodney Peppé etc, plus 14 others including Raymond Briggs: 'Ivor the Invisible', 2001, 1st edition, orig. cloth, d/w, 'Gentleman Jim', L, Hamish Hamilton, 1980, 1st edition, orig. pictorial boards, 'Fungus the Bogeyman', L, Hamish Hamilton, 1977, 1st edition, orig. pictorial boards, 'The Fairy Tale Treasury', L, Hamish Hamilton, 1972, 1st edition, orig. pictorial boards, d/w, ' Ethel & Ernest', L, Cape, 1999, 1st thus, orig. pictorial boards, plus Julia Donaldson & Axel Scheffler, 2 titles, both 1st editions, both published London, Alison Green, both orig. pictorial boards, dust wrappers: 'The Highway Rat', 2011, 'Superworm', 2012, plus others Shirley Hughes, Rene Cloke, André Francois etc (22)

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(Virginia Woolf, Bloomsbury Group, Hogarth Press) Virginia Woolf, 2 titles: 'The Voyage Out', London, Duckworth, 1927, reissu

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Lot 9338

(Virginia Woolf, Bloomsbury Group, Hogarth Press) Virginia Woolf, 2 titles: 'The Voyage Out', London, Duckworth, 1927, reissue using the sheets of the first U.S. edition, early UK issue of Virginia Woolf's first book, printed from a set of 1,000 sheets supplied to Duckworth from Harcourt, Brace & Co., 375pp, original cloth gilt, 'Flush: A Biography', L, Hogarth Press, 1933, 1st edition, original cloth gilt, plus David Garnett: 'Beany-Eye', L, Chatto & Windus, 1935, 1st edition, signed on FFEP, orig. cloth gilt, plus another first edition copy of the same title, original cloth gilt, dust wrapper, plus Iris Origo: 'Allegra', Hogarth Press, 1935, 1st edition, contemporary quarter calf gilt, patterned paper covered boards (5)

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Crime Fiction & Mystery, 24 titles, including Ellery Queen: 'There Was an Old Woman', Boston, Little, Brown & Co, 194

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Lot 9328

Crime Fiction & Mystery, 24 titles, including Ellery Queen: 'There Was an Old Woman', Boston, Little, Brown & Co, 1943, 2nd printing, original cloth, dust wrapper (by Pauline Jackson, $2.00 price intact); Rex Stout, 3 Nero Wolfe detective novels, all US 1st editions, all published New York, The Viking Press, all original cloth, all in dust wrappers: 'The Silent Speaker', 1946, 'Prisoner's Base', 1952, 'And Four to Go', 1958; Christopher Bush, 10 titles, mainly Ludovic Travers novels, including 'The Case of the Heavenly Twin', London, Macdonald, 1963, 1st edition, original cloth, dust wrapper, 'The Case of the Jumbo Sandwich', L, Macdonald, 1965, 1st edition, orig. cloth, d/w, 'The Case of the Housekeeper's Hair', L, Macdonald, 1948, 1st edition, original cloth, plus six US first editions, all published New York, Macmillan, all original cloth, dust wrappers, including 'The Case of the Curious Client', 1948, etc, plus 1 other; plus 2 Georges Simenon Maigret novels, both UK 1st editions in dust wrappers, 2 Stephen Ransome detective novels, both UK 1st editions in dust wrappers, plus others Margery Allingham, Sue Grafton, Anthony Gilbert etc (24)

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A collection of mixed modern first editions etc., including Mervyn Peake: 'Gormenghast', London, Eyre & Spottiswoode, 195

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Lot 9343

A collection of mixed modern first editions etc., including Mervyn Peake: 'Gormenghast', London, Eyre & Spottiswoode, 1950, 1st edition, original cloth, J.R.R. Tolkien, 2 titles: 'The Silmarillion', L, 1977, 1st edition, orig. cloth, d/w, 'Mr. Bliss', L, 1982, 1st edition, oblong 8vo, orig. cloth, d/w, Dorothy Sayers: 'The Nine Tailors', 1934, 1st edition, frontis loose, orig. cloth (worn), Robert Graves: 'I, Cladius', L, 1934, 1st edition, orig. cloth gilt, plus 9 others including Sean O'Casey, L.P. Hartley three 1sts in dust wrappers, Hilaire Belloc and John Masefield titles signed & inscribed, Martin Amis signed 1st edition 'The Information', 1995, etc (14)

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