Harry Potter and the Philosopher’s Stone 1999 by J K Rowling, Deluxe British Edition, only 4000 printed, an unopened sealed copy with red covers and gilt lettering on the spine and covers, no dust jacket as issued, published by Bloomsbury in London, all page edges gilt, ISBN 0-7475-4572-3 and £18 on the bar code,, the book measures 9 1/2 x 6 1/4 in. wide; for Harry Potter enthusiasts, the first edition actually came out in 1997, but only 500 copies were printed, and of those, 300 went to libraries and 200 were available to the public, which made them extremely rare and very pricey, and the 1999 edition was issued to meet the public demand and considered a first edition as well. Size: 9 1/2 x 6 1/4 in. Please note that all sales are final. No refunds will be given under any circumstances.
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A group of six Royal Crown Derby paperweights, all modelled as squirrels, comprising 'Welbeck Squirrel', MMV, limited edition 336/1250 and is the First in the Creatures of Sherwood Collection Exclusive to Connaught House, with certificate, 10.8cm high, boxed, 'Debenhams Squirrel', 1998, 9.0cm high, boxed, 'Red Squirrel', LXI, signed in gold to base, 8.9cm high, boxed, 'Woodland Squirrel', MMVI, 10.8cm high, boxed, 'Christmas Squirrel', MMXII, 9.0cm high, boxed, and 'Autumn Squirrel', MMXIV, 9.7cm high, boxed, all with gold stoppers. (6)
JOHNSON, Samuel. A Dictionary of the English Language. Thomas Ewing, Dublin, 1775. 4th Edition. In two volumes presented in full leather. This is the first Dublin edition and the final one to be revised by the author. [2]Condition report: Leather is very worn.Splitting along hinges and other edges.Internally a very clean example.
Nansen (Fridtjof). ''Farthest North'', being the Record of a Voyage of Exploration of the Ship Fram 1893-96, 1st edition, London: Archibald Constable and Company, 1897, 2 volumes, octavo, original blue pictorial cloth gilt, numerous plates, volume 2 covers mottled - Broegger (W. C., & Nordahl Rolfsen). Fridtiof Nansen 1861-1893, 1st edition in English, London: Longmans, Green, and Co., 1896, octavo, original blue cloth, pictorial vignette to front board in silver, spine slightly defective - Amundsen (Roald, & Lincoln Ellsworth). The First Flight across the Polar Sea, London: Huthcinson & Co., [1927], octavo, original cloth, ink-stamps of Bradford Public Library to versos of plates - Lachambrée (Henri, & Alexis Machuron). Andrée and his Balloon, London: Archibald Constable & CO, 1898, octavo, original cloth (qty: 5) Sold as seen, not subject to return.
Pepys (Samuel). Diary and Correspondence ... Deciphered, by Rev. Mynors Bright, London: BIckers and Son, 18765. 6 volumes, octavo, contemporary tree calf (presumably by Bickers), Woodburytype plates (mounted) - Green (J. R.). A Short History of the English People ... Illustrated Edition, London: Macmillan and Co., 1894. 4 volumes, octavo, original red cloth, colour plates - Rowlandson (Thomas). Doctor Syntax's Three Tours ... the Original Edition, Complete and Unabridged, with the Life and Adventures of the Author, now first written, by John Camden Hotten, London: John Camden Hotten, c.1870. Octavo, original green pictorial cloth gilt, colour plates - and others (qty: 3 cartons) Sold as seen, not subject to return.
Miscellaneous books: a large collection of miscellaneous books, 19th and 20th century, including James Mercer, Lyric Poems, 3rd edition, 1806 (small 8vo, contemporary straight-grain red morocco, rubbed, section excised from head of title-page), Courtenay H. Fenn, The Five Thousand Dictionary. A Pocket Dictionary and Index to the Character Cards of the College of Chinese Studies, Peking: Truth Hall Press, 1936 (8vo, original cloth, spine defective), J. Roby, Traditions of Lancashire [first and second series], 2nd and 1st editions, 1830-1 (4 volumes, 8vo, later maroon half morocco, bookplates of Marcus Brown-Westhead of Lea Castle, second series volume 1 headcap torn), J. A. Hammerton, The Masterpiece Library of Short Stories, c.1910 (20 volumes, 8vo, original red quarter morocco), Edwin D. Babbitt, The Principles of Light and Colour, 2nd edition, East Orange, NJ, 1898 (8vo, contemporary half morocco, worn), numerous Timeform racehorse annuals, a small run of National Geographic in green full morocco (10 volumes, bindings mottled), and numerous others (qty: 6 cartons) The lot sold as seen, not subject to return.
(See English version below)Georges Braque (Argenteuil 1882 – 1963 Paris). „Feuilles, couleur lumière“ (Lichtfarbene Blätter). 1953/54Farblithografie auf ehemals gefaltetem Arches-Velin. 76 × 43 cm (80 × 60 cm) ( 29 ⅞ × 16 ⅞ in. (31 ½ × 23 ⅝ in.)). Rückseitig mit Bleistift von Castor Seibel bezeichnet: épreuve en cours 1er état pour Castor FM.Vallier 86. Selten. Probeabzug nach dem ersten Zustand vor der Auflage von 75 nummerierten Exemplaren. Maeght, Paris. Horizontale Knickfalte. [3295] Provenienz: Ehemals Castor Seibel, Paris (bei Fernand Mourlot erworben)Wir berechnen auf den Hammerpreis 30% Aufgeld.Georges Braque (Argenteuil 1882 – 1963 Paris). ”Feuilles, couleur lumière” (Lightoloured leaves). 1953/54Colour lithograph on formerly folded Arches wove paper. 76 × 43 cm (80 × 60 cm) ( 29 ⅞ × 16 ⅞ in. (31 ½ × 23 ⅝ in.)). Inscribed by Castor Seibel in pencil on the reverse: épreuve en cours 1er état pour Castor FM.Vallier 86. Rare. Trial proof after the first print before the edition of 75 numbered copies. Maeght, Paris. Horizontal handling crease. [3295] Provenance: Formerly Castor Seibel, Paris (acquired at Fernand Mourlot)We charge 30% premium on the hammerprice.
COLLECTABLE CHILDREN'S BOOKS to include Frank Herrmann - 'The Giant Alexander', first edition Methuen 1964 with dustjacket, 'The Giant Alexander and the Circus' first edition Methuen 1966 with damaged dustjacket, John Lawrence - 'The Giant of Grabbist' Hamish Hamilton 1968 with damaged dustjacket, Walter De La Mare - 'Peacock Pie', drawings by Edward Ardizzone, Faber & Faber Ltd. 1962 with dustjacket, John Burningham - 'Borka The Adventures of a Goose with no Feathers' reprint 1966, 'Harquin The Fox who went down to the Valley' 1967, 'Mr Gumpy's Outing' 1970 and Roger Duvoisin - 'The Happy Lion' reprint 1965, 'The Happy Lion and The Bear' reprint 1966 with damaged dustjacket, 'The Happy Lion's Quest' reprint 1965 with dustjacket and Phyllis Krasilovsky - 'The Cow Who Fell In The Canal' reprint 1968 (11)
FREDA HURT - 'MR TWINK AND THE CAT THIEF', first edition, published by The Epworth Press 1962 with a dustjacket together with set of four Ladybird "What to look for" nature books all with dustjackets and P. L. Travers - 'Mary Poppins In The Park', The Children's Book Club 1954 with worn dustjacket (6)¦Condition Report:Mr Twink - a little foxing pn page ends, dustjacket has 2" split on spine edge, nicks on other corners¦Ladybird books in good condition, dustjackets not price clipped, a bit grubby top edges, a little wear on edges¦
GEORGE FRIEL - 'THE BANK OF TIME', first edition published by Hutchinson of London in their 'New Authors' Series, 1959, no dustjacket. This is George Friel's first book, he went on to write 'Mr Alfred M. A. ', his fourth novel which was listed in the top 100 Scottish books of all time. Although readily available in paperback it is very rare to find a first edition of this novel.¦Condition Report:No dustjacket, scratches on back cover, otherwise very good¦
H. RIDER HAGGARD - 'KING SOLOMON'S MINES' published by Cassell & Company 1885, first edition, probably third printing, marked to title page "Sixth thousand", publishers' catalogue date 5 B 11.85, three corrections in text have been done. Book plate to inside front cover for "William Francis Taylor, Archdeacon of Warrington"
Large boxed limited edition facsimile folio book, limited edition 752 of 775 copies. Reproduction of the 18th century publication collection de Cinquante Vues du Rhin les plus Interessantes et les plus Pittoresques depuis Spire Jusqu'a Dusseldorf dessinees sur les lieux a' après Nature. First edition of this facsimile, published in 1980 by Paul Harris publishing. ISBN 0-86228-000-1. Cloth bound and comes with original box. 54cm x 43cm.
Large boxed limited edition facsimile folio book, limited edition of 775 copies. Reproduction of the 18th century publication collection de Cinquante Vues du Rhin les plus Interessantes et les plus Pittoresques depuis Spire Jusqu'a Dusseldorf dessinees sur les lieux a' après Nature. First edition of this facsimile, published in 1980 by Paul Harris publishing. ISBN 0-86228-000-1. Cloth bound and comes with original box. 54cm x 43cm.
Prince Michael of Kent signed Autographed Edition FDC in honour of Michael George Charles Franklin, a member of the British royal family who is a paternal first cousin of Queen Elizabeth II. Post marked April 2001, Portsmouth. Good condition. All autographs come with a Certificate of Authenticity. We combine postage on multiple winning lots and can ship worldwide. UK postage from £4.99, EU from £6.99, Rest of World from £8.99
![John Speed (1552-1629), [The British Islands], four maps on one sheet: Holy Island, Farne Islands, Guernsey, and Jersey, firs](https://cdn.globalauctionplatform.com/8f6ed392-12bf-406c-95f7-ad27009c49c3/4971135e-b293-4f0b-8d30-ad2e00f01e59/468x382.jpg)
Presentation Copies - American Stage and Screen, Keyes (Evelyn), I Am A Billboard: a novel, autograph presentation inscription signed by the author, first edition, New York: Lyle Stuart, 1971, dustjacket over yellow cloth, 8vo, (1); Cantor (Eddie), Take My Life, autograph presentation inscription signed by the author, first edition, New York: Doubleday & Company, Inc., 1957, dustjacket, cloth boards, 8vo, (1); Merrick (Paul) & Davenport (Del), Adventures of Two Wild Injuns, 1pp ink MS autographed letter from Davenport on front-free endpaper, limited first edition, San Francisco: 1946, printed pictorial boards, 8vo, (1); Brown (Joe E.), Laughter is a Wonderful Thing, signed presentation copy, first edition, New York: 1956, dustjacket, two-tone cloth, 8vo, (1); Ireland, Beddington (Mrs. Claude), All That I have Met, autograph presentation copy inscribed and signed by the author in ink MS, first edition, London: Cassell and Company Ltd., 1929, dustjacket over blue cloth, 8vo, (1), [5]
Rex Whistler (1904-1944) - Autographed and Illustrated Association Copy, Sitwell (Sacheverell) & Sevier (Michael), Conversation Pieces: A Survey of English Domestic Portraits and their Painters, first edition, London: B.T. Batsford Ltd., 1936, colour and b/w plates, pictorial dustjacket designed by Rex Whistler over red cloth pictorial gilt, top-edge stained red, 4to, [1] Provenance: Presented to Edith Olivier MBE (1872-1948), author and artistic hostess, by Rex Whistler (1904-1944) for Christmas 1936, the front endpaper uniquely illustrated by R.W. in pen and ink with a Picturesque conversation piece and inscribed in manuscript: For darling Edith/with very great love/from Rex/Christmas 1936.
Rex Whistler (1904-1944) - Autographed Presentation Copy, Whistler (Rex, illustrator), The New Forget-Me-Not: A Calendar, 124/130 copies signed by the illustrator, first edition, London: Cobden-Sanderson, 1929, pictorial half-title with presentation inscription, blue-ruled title-page, bound-in errata slip as issued, full-page colour plates, b/w in-text illustrations, contemporary blue-stained half-vellum over pictorial papered boards as issued (vellum sunned), lacking pictorial dustjacket, uncut edges, 8vo, [1]Provenance: Presented to Lady Juliet Duff (née Lowther; 1881-1965), socialite and patron of the Arts, by Rex Whistler (1904-1944), ink manuscript presentation autograph inscription and illustrated foliate vignette; Lady Juliet's etched pictorial bookplate to recto pastedown.
Richard Aldrich (1902-1986) - Presentation & Association Copies - Three Plays, comprising Massingham (Dorothy) & MacDonald (Murray), The Lake: A Play in Three Acts, autograph presentation copy to Richard Aldrich from Katharine Hepburn, first edition, New York: Doubleday, Doran & Company, Inc., 1933, Spanish blue leather gilt, marbled endpapers, 8vo, (1); Author's Presentation, Kanin (Fay), Goodbye, My Fancy: A Comedy, ink MS presentation inscription: 'For Dick - For whom it will always be a joy to "reunite"/Love - Fay', first edition thus, New York: Samuel French, 1949, b/w frontispiece, Spanish green leather gilt, marbled endpapers, 8vo, (1); Reed (Mark), Petticoat Fever: A Non-Tropical Farce in Three Acts, New York: Samuel French, 1935, b/w frontispiece, Spanish blue leather gilt, marbled endpapers, 8vo, (1), [3]Richard Aldrich produced "The Lake" in 1934, casting Katharine Hepburn in the lead. Miss Hepburn saw this play as the vehicle for her return to the theatre after her tremendous success in the film "Little Women". The play was a huge flop. It was Hepburn's performance in "The Lake" that elicited Dorothy Parker's acid quip that Hepburn "ran the gamut of emotions from A to B." This copy of the play is signed and inscribed by Katherine Hepburn to Aldrich. Provenance: Richard Aldrich (1902-1986), theatre producer and second husband of Gertrude Lawrence (1898-1952), his Casa de Aldrich armorial bookplate to each marbled front-free endpaper.
Sir Noël Coward (1899 ? 1973) - Autographed Presentation Copy to Lady Colefax, Coward (Noel) & Macnaughtan (Lorna, illustrator), A Withered Nosegay, first edition, London: Christophers, 1922, b/w full-page plates, contemporary black cloth only, 8vo, [1] Provenance: Sibyl, Lady Colefax (née Halsey; 1874-1950), interior decorator and society hostess, presented by Noël Coward (1899-1973), ink manuscript autograph signature and inscription above a dedicated and ironic poem to the recipient (possibly unpublished): 'To Lady Colefax/With my best wishes Noël Coward/4/5/22/"If woman's heart/could hold me true/That woman, Sibyl/would be you."
Sir Noël Coward (1899 ? 1973) - Autographed Presentation Copy, Coward (Noel), Post-Mortem: A Play in Eight Scenes, autographed presentation copy inscribed, signed and dated 1931 by the author to Gladys Calthrop, second impression, first edition, London: William Heinemann Ltd, May 1931, contemporary cloth, 8vo, [1]Provenance: Gladys Calthrop (1894-1980), artist and stage designer, presented to her by Noël Coward (1899 ? 1973), inscribed and signed in ink MS: 'To Glad/With my love and deep admiration/Noël/1931'.
![Sir Noël Coward (1899 ? 1973) - Autographed Presentation Copy, Whittlebot (Hernia), [pseud. Coward (Noel)], Chelsea Buns, ins](https://cdn.globalauctionplatform.com/8f6ed392-12bf-406c-95f7-ad27009c49c3/4c27ecf4-82ac-4d54-b568-ad2e00f04fda/468x382.jpg)
Sir Noël Coward (1899 ? 1973) - Autographed Presentation Copy, Whittlebot (Hernia), [pseud. Coward (Noel)], Chelsea Buns, inscribed and signed presentation copy from the author, first edition, London: Hutchinson & Co., [n.d., 1924/25], b/w frontispiece after G.E. Calthrop (1894-1980), printed publisher's boards only, 8vo, [1]Provenance: 1) Mary "Mollie" Montagu Douglas Scott (née Lascelles), Duchess of Buccleuch and Queensbury (1900-1993), presented by the author Noël Coward (1899 ? 1973), front-free endpaper with ink MS autograph inscription and signature: 'Mollie from Noël'; 2) by descent to the Estate of Ian Gilmour, Baron Gilmour (1926-2007) and Lady Caroline (née Montagu Douglas Scott; 1927-2004), loosely-inserted bookseller's inventory listing.
Sir Noël Coward (1899 ? 1973) - Sylvia Coleridge's Autographed Presentation Copy, Coward (Noel), Quadrille: A Romantic Comedy in Three Acts, autograph presentation copy inscribed signed by the author, and further uniquely autographed by the play's cast, first edition, London: William Heinemann, 1952, tipped-in contemporary newspaper clippings, the author's contemporary presentation signature binding of red cloth gilt by Bumpus Ltd, stamped, all-edges gilt, 8vo, [1] A number of author's presentation signature copies are extant, in conforming red cloth gilt or red morocco gilt. All are first editions, but differ from trade bindings and were of course issued without dustjackets.Provenance: Sylvia Coleridge (1909-1986), who played Octavia, Countess of Bonnington, at Quadrille's first performance at the Opera House, Manchester, 15th July 1952. Presented to her by Noel Coward, the author.
Antiques Reference - 18th and 19th Century British Pottery, including Griffin (John D. ): The Leeds Pottery, 1770-1881, two-volume set, first and only edition, The Leeds Art Collections Fund, 2005, illustrated, h/b, d/j, folios, (2), & The Don Pottery, 1801-1893, first and only edition, Doncaster Museum Service: 2001, illustrated, h/b, d/j, 4to, (1); Wedgwood, various; Neale; Mason's Ironstone; blue and white transfer printed wares; further Staffordshire pottery; Pratt ware; pot lids; Martin Brothers; Royal Doulton; Victorian Art Pottery; etc., [4 boxes]
Antiques Reference - Stuart (Susan E.), Gillows of Lancaster and London 1730-1840: Cabinetmakers and International Merchants, A Furniture and Business History, two-volume set, first edition, Antique Collectors' Club: 2008, colour and b/w illustrations, dustjackets over brown cloth gilt, veneer endpapers, conforming brown cloth slipcase en suite, 4to, [1]
Automobilia - Handbook of the Model 24 Albion, first edition, Glasgow: Albion Motor Car Company, Limited, 1923, printed in parallel columns, advertising device on title-page, in-text illustrations, contemporary cloth, small oblong 4to, (1); The Morris Cowley Car Manual 1930, original wrappers, 8vo, (1); etc., [5]
Bindings - Scotland, Theology, Bonar (The Rev. Andrew, editor), Letters of Samuel Rutherford, With Biographical Sketches of His Correspondents, With Sketch of His Life, first and only edition, two-volume set, Edinburgh: William P. Kennedy, 1863, uniformly bound in contemporary Gothic Revival black morocco, the bevelled boards panelled in blind with a double-fillet border, the angles enclosing quatrefoils gilt, the spines gilt-lettered and tooled within raised bands, all-edges gilt, marbled endpapers, 8vo, [2]
Borges (Jorge Luis) & Daniélou (Alain), The Congress of the World, with miniatures of tantric cosmology, first separate edition, numbered 2112/4000, Milan: Franco Maria Ricci, June 1981, printed on Pietro Miliani of Fabriano hand-made paper, tipped-in colour plates, gilt lettered black cloth, top edge cut, others uncut, Solander box, folio, [1]
Ceramics, The Potteries - Provincial Staffordshire Imprint, Creyke (W.R.), Book of Modern Receipts, Containing Full Instructions for Producing All Kinds of Enamel, Underglaze, & Majolica Colour, White & Coloured Bodies & Glazes, Oxides, &c., first and only edition, Hanley: J. Hitchings, red and black title-page, red-ruled throughout, Gothic Black Letter headings, contemporary cloth gilt, later owner's inscription: Found at John Walton's Factory during demolition 1946, 8vo, (1); Hobson (R.L.), Catalogue of the Collection of British Porcelain in the British Museum, London: 1905, tipped-in presentation letter and inscription, cloth, large 4to, (1), [2]
Children's & Juvenile Books - Lucas (Mrs Edgar, translator) & Rackham (Arthur, illustrator), Grimms' Fairy Tales, ?first English trade edition, [London: n.d., ?1907], defective copy, lacks title, pictorial cloth, 8vo, (1); Sewell (Anna) Kemp-Welch (Lucy, illustrator), Black Beauty, London: J.M. Dent & Sons Ltd., 1915, green cloth gilt, 8vo, (1); Swinburne (Algernon Charles) & Rackham (Arthur, illustrator), The Springtide of Life, London: William Heinemann, 1918, green cloth gilt, 4to, (1); Andersen (Hans) & Dulac (Edmund, illustrator), The Mermaid, London: Hodder and Stoughton, [n.d., c. 1910], pictorial boards, 8vo, (1); Defoe (Daniel) & Symington (J. Ayton, illustrator), Robinson Crusoe, London: J.M. Dent & Co., 1905, contemporary pictorial boards, 8vo, (1); Bunyan (John) & Pape (Frank C., illustrator), The Pilgrim's Progress, London: 1930, pictorial cloth, 8vo, (1); Scott's Waverley Novels, various; etc
Children's/Juvenile Book - Militaria, Holloway (Edgar A., illustrator), Regimental Pets of the British Army, first and only edition, London: Gale & Polden Ltd., [n.d., c. 1916], illustrated title-page, a further 8 colour plates, and 8 more full-page &/or in-text sepia illustrations, contemporary polychrome printed wrappers, oblong 4to, [1]
Flint (Sir William Russell, R.A.): Shadows in Arcady, signed by the artist-author, first and numbered limited edition 349/500, London: Charles Skilton Ltd, 1965, printed in Pastonchi type, black and red title, blue 'rubricated' initials, red colophon, two-tone cloth as issued, slipcase en suite, 4to, (1); A Précis of Appreciatins During Half a Century, signed, numbered 721/750, London: Charles Skilton, Ltd, 1963, printed in Sixteen Point Poliphilus type, cloth, 4to, (1); Models of Propriety, London: 1951, cloth, 4to, (1), [3]
Greey (Edward), three titles: Yei-Sen (Kei-Sai, of Yedo, illustrator), The Loyal Ronins: An Historical Romance, Translated from the Japanese, first American edition, New York: G.P. Putnam's Sons, 1880, b/w illustrations after Edo period woodblocks, pictorial boards printed in polychrome, chipped and repaired spine, floral endpapers, 4to, (1); Young Americans in Japan, One Hundred and Seventy-One Illustrations, Boston: Lee and Shepard, 1882, pictorial boards printed in polychrome, Japonesque endpapers, 8vo, (1); The Wonderful City of Tokyo, One Hundred and Sixty-Nine Illustrations, Boston: Lee and Shepard, 1883, pictorial boards printed in polychrome, Japonesque endpapers, 8vo, (1), [3]
![Italian Belles-Lettres - Manzoni (Alessandro), I Promessi Sposi [...], three-volume set, first and only Livorno edition: bein](https://cdn.globalauctionplatform.com/8f6ed392-12bf-406c-95f7-ad27009c49c3/9093a797-b18d-43d5-8b93-ad2e00f0762f/468x382.jpg)
Italian Belles-Lettres - Manzoni (Alessandro), I Promessi Sposi [...], three-volume set, first and only Livorno edition: being the re-impression of the true first edition of Milan, Livorno: Dalla Tipografia di G.P. Pozzolini, 1827, bound without the half-titles, pp: [iii]-xi, [1], 328; [3]-353, [1]; [3]-398, contemporary half-vellum over marbled boards, gilt-lettered green morocco pieces, 8vo, (Parenti 37), (3); [Clement XIV], Lettere ed Altere Opere di Clemente XIV/ Ganganelli, two-volume set, Firenze: Tipografia all'Insegna di Dante, 1829, volume I with engraved frontispiece, contemporary vellum gilt, marbled endpapers, 12mo, (2); [Sallust] & Alfieri (Vittorio, translator), C. Crispo Sallustio Tradottoda [...], Faenza: Presso Pietro Conti All' Apollo, 1839, contemporary vellum gilt, 16mo, (1), [6]Provenance: 1st: 1) Charles Shaw-Lefevre, 1st Viscount Eversley, GCB, PC (1794-1880), his Seal Armorial bookplates to each pastedown, 19th century pencil shelfmarks: E.VII.; 2) then A.H. Barnes, his book label; 2nd: Emily Macartney/Rome/April 16/1838, ink MS ownership inscriptions to front binder's blanks; 3rd: May Cau***, ***, 52, Rome, ink MS ownership inscription to title-page.
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Literature - [Mathias (Thomas James)], The Pursuits of Literature: A Satirical Poem in Four Dialogues, with Notes, first complete edition of Parts I-IV, London: T. Becket, 1797, contemporary mottled calf, contemporary ink ownership stamp to title-page: W*Rose, his son's later 19th century armorial bookplate to pastedown: Sir Philp Rose, 8vo, (1); Bindings, Ward (Thomas Humphry, editor), The English Poets [...], four-volume set, London: Macmillan and Co., 1907, contemporary three-quarter vellum gilt over red cloth boards by Bickers & Son, London, stamped, all edges gilt, marbled endpapers, Epsom College prize bookplates to each pastedown, 8vo, (4); Tennyson's Poems, London: 1851, contemporary panelled morocco (rubbed), gilt gauffered edges, 12mo, (1); further leather bindings, including morocco and calf; The Works of Washington Irving, ten-volume set, London: Henry G. Bohn, 1853, contemporary and later 20th century institutional cloth bindings, various, 12mo, (10); [Hook (Theodore)], Sayings and Doings: A Series of Sketches from Life, three-volume set, second edition, London: 1824, 20th century institutional bindings, 8vo, (3); facsimile and later chapbooks; etc., [approx. 43]
![Literature - Lewis (M.G., Esq., M.P., Author of the Monk [...]), Tales of Wonder; Written and Collected, two-volume set, firs](https://cdn.globalauctionplatform.com/8f6ed392-12bf-406c-95f7-ad27009c49c3/7f643b74-7e6f-4005-89ff-ad2e00f07978/468x382.jpg)
Literature - Lewis (M.G., Esq., M.P., Author of the Monk [...]), Tales of Wonder; Written and Collected, two-volume set, first edition, London: Printed by W. Bulmer and Co., 1801, volume II incomplete, pp: [iv], 236 (contents leaf transposed, lacking all blanks); [iv], 237-398, 409-444, 449-458, 469-482, [2](advert), contemporary publisher's boards, rebacked to style, a wide-margined copy with untrimmed edges, tall 8vo, (2); Lever (Charles) & Browne (H.K., illustrator), The O'Donoghue; A Tale of Ireland Fifty Years Ago, first edition, Dublin: William Curry, Jun. and Company, 1845, contemporary quarter-roan over marbled boards (rubbed), 8vo, (1), [3]
![Local Interest, Archaeology and Antiquarianism - [Bateman (Thomas, of Middleton Hall)], [Isaacson (Reverend Stephen)], &](https://cdn.globalauctionplatform.com/8f6ed392-12bf-406c-95f7-ad27009c49c3/d5ee10af-4b7d-4b62-a502-ad2e00f07bb5/468x382.jpg)
Local Interest, Archaeology and Antiquarianism - [Bateman (Thomas, of Middleton Hall)], [Isaacson (Reverend Stephen)], & Lock (Frederick William, Canadian illustrator), Barrow-Digging by A Barrow-Night/in Six Fyttes, with notes by An Esquire, rare: first and only edition, London: John Ollivier, 1845; Bakewell, [Derbyshire]: J. Goodwin, Printer, just lacking the Notes to Fytte III only at signature F, pp: 74 (of 82), [1] (blank), illustrated with a repaired lithograph pictorial title-page and a repaired full-page plate, b/w archaeological and pictorial vignettes, 20th century blue cloth, gilt-lettered upper-cover, front endpaper with-tipped in typed note, 8vo, [1]
Military History - Welsh (Colonel James, of the Madras Establishment), Military Reminiscences; Extracted from a Journal of Nearly Forty Years' Active Service in the East Indies, two-volume set, mixed edition: vol. I first, vol. II second, London: Smith, Elder, and Co., 1830, fold-out and full-page aquatints, maps and in-text illustrations, mixed bindings of contemporary cloth and morocco, 8vo, (2); Standing Orders of the Durham Light Infantry [...], Aldershot: Gale & Polden, Ltd., 1936, two-colour cloth gilt, 8vo, (1); Ohrwalder (Father Joseph) & Wingate (Colonel F.R., R.A., translator), Ten Years' Captivity in the Madhi's Camp 1882-1892, Popular Edition, London: Sampson Low [...], 1898, green cloth, 8vo, (1); Illustrated Author's Presentation Copy, Waters (Brig.-General W. H-H.), "Private and Personal": Further Experiences of a Military Attaché signed and dedicated copy from the author further illustrated with a Prussian officer in a caricatural pickelhaube, first edition, London: John Murray, 1928, red cloth, 8vo, (1); further military memoirs; Battles of the Nineteenth Century, two-volume set, Special Edition, London: Cassell, [n.d., 1901], colour plates, etc., contemporary pictorial cloth, 4to, (2); Kaye (John William), History of the War in Afghanistan, volume II only, London: 1851, contemporary half-calf (worn, loose cover), 8vo, (1); United Service Journal, two odd 19th century copies, 8vo, (2); How to Become a Naval Officer (Dartmouth), [London]: Gieves, Ltd., 1940, blue cloth, 8vo, (1); Liddell Hart; British India & the Raj; etc., [24]
Military History - World War One - Association Copy, Ware (Fabian) & Blunden (Edmund), The Immortal Heritage: An Account of the Work and Policy of The Imperial War Graves Commission during twenty years 1917-1937, first and only edition, Cambridge: University Press, 1937, illustrated with thirty-two photographs, front dustjacket cover only, grey cloth, contemporary presentation ink MS presentation inscription: Presented by Sydney C. Hurst Esq to Lt Col. F.J. C ***, O.B.E., late Chief *** Officer to the Inspector War Grave's Commission, Oct 1937, 8vo, (1); The Book of the Anzac Memorial, New South Wales, first and only edition, Sydney: Beacon Press, 1934, tipped-in colour frontispiece, in-text illustrations, dustjacket over cloth boards, 4to, (1); Neuve Chapelle: India's Memorial in France, 1914-1918, London: Hodder & Stoughton, [n.d., 1927], fragmentary dustjacket over blue cloth, 8vo, (1); The Scottish National War Memorial, Illustrated in Colour, Edinburgh: 1932, dustjacket over brown cloth, folio, (1); The Time War Atlas and Gazetteer, 40 Coloured Maps of the War Areas, London: [n.d.], red cloth, 8vo, (1); The Western Front: Then and Now, London: [n.d.], pictorial red cloth, 8vo, (1), [6]
Military History - World War One - Clarke (Capt. A.O. Temple, R.A.S.C. (T.F.)), Transport and Sport in the Great War Period, first and only edition, London: Printed, Bound and Publishes for A.O. Temple Clarke, M.A., by The Garden City Press Ltd., 1938, dustjacket over blue cloth, 8vo, (1); Hatton (Major D.M., TD), 'The Devil's Own': A History of the Inns of Court Regiment, first and only edition, London: J.A. Allen & Co., 1992, green cloth gilt, 8vo, (1); Fyfe (Thomas Alexander), Employers and Workmen under the Munitions of War Acts, second edition, London and Edinburgh: William Hodge & Company, 1917, grey cloth, 8vo, (1); Chapman-Huston (Major Desmond) & Rutter (Major Owen), General Sir John Cowans [...]: The Quartermaster-General of the Great War, two-volume set, London: Hutchinson & Co., 1924, blue cloth, 8vo, (2); Charteris (Brigadier-General John), At G.H.Q., first edition, London: Cassell, 1931, red cloth, 8vo, (1); Thornton (Lt.-Col. L.H.) & Fraser (Pamela), The Congreves [...], London: John Murray, 1930, cloth, 8vo, (1); Hutchison (Lt.-Col. Graham Seton), Pilgrimage, second printing, London: Rich & Cowan, Ltd., 1936, pictorial dustjacket over red cloth, 8vo, (1); Gough's The Fifth Army, London: 1931, cloth, 8vo, (1); Asquith's Genesis of War, first edition, London: 1923, 8vo, (1); Fay's War Office at War, 1973, h/b, d/j, 8vo, (1); Mottram (R.H.), Easton (John), & Partridge (Eric), Three Personal Records of the War, first edition, London: The Scholartis Press, 1929, d/j, h/b, 8vo, (1); Propaganda, Stuart (Sir Campbell, K.B.E.), Secrets of Crewe House: The Story of a Famous Campaign, first edition, London: Hodder and Stoughton, 1920, red cloth, 8vo, (1); Felstead (S. Theodore), Under the German Heel [...], first and only edition, London: [n.d., 1940], cloth, 8vo, (1); Brigadier-General E.L. Spears, various, (3); etc., [18]
Military History - World War One, Macedonian/Salonica Front, Great War Poetry - Rutter (Capt. Owen, ("Klip-Klip")), The Song of Tiadatha, Reprinted from the Balkan News, The B.S.F. Library Vol. 2 (complete in itself), first edition thus, Salonica [Thessaloniki/Thessalonica]: Published During the War, 1919, pp: [viii], 114, [1] (advert), [1] (blank), original wrappers, 18mo, [1] Reprinted from the Balkan News (in which it appeared serially). B. S. F. Library: Vol.2. Poetry about the coming of age of a young British man of privilege during the Salonika Campaign in World War I. It was based loosely on (or was a parody of) Longfellow's "The Song of Hiawatha." It was quite popular in its later British editions. This Salonica edition is quite uncommon.
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