NO RESERVE Legrand (Edy) Voyages & Glorieuses Découvertes des Grands Navigateurs & Explorateurs Français, first edition, numerous pochoir illustrations, one double-page, and 2 folding colour maps, a little soiled, some fraying at edges, ex-library copy with labels and stamps, original cloth-backed pochoir pictorial boards, Paris, [c.1924] § Seyffert (O.) Toys, 40 chromolithographed plates by W.Trier, captioned tissue guards, one torn at inner edge, one or two plates with pencil sketches to margins, ink inscriptions to front free endpaper, shaken and becoming loose, original boards with illustration to upper cover, rebacked, Berlin, [?1922] § Phillips (Tom) A Humument: A Treated Victorian Novel, first edition, colour illustrations, one leaf untrimmed at lower corner, original cloth, dust-jacket, slight wear to top outer corner of rear panel, 1980 § [Evans (Marian)], "George Eliot". The Lifted Veil and Brother Jacob, contemporary half morocco, spine gilt, Leipzig, Tauchnitz, 1878 § Whyte-Melville (G.J.) Songs and Verses, first edition, contemporary half calf, spine gilt, 1869, the first two worn, the last two rubbed; and c.30 others, miscellaneous, including the printer George. W.Jones's framed indenture for his seven year apprenticeship with Ebenezer Baylis of Worcester dated 1873, v.s. (c.35)⁂ George W.Jones (1860-1942), printer at "The Sign of the Dolphin" and type-designer. He designed the Venezia and Granjon typefaces, amongst others, both used by Linotype.
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NO RESERVE Leighton (Clare) The Musical Box, colour illustrations, original glazed pictorial boards, a little soiled and browned, spine worn, Gollancz, n.d.; Country Matters, first edition, some spotting, original cloth, 1937; Four Hedges: A Gardener's Chronicle, third impression, original cloth, dust-jacket, browned and frayed, spine defective, 1935, all with illustrations by Leighton, rubbed; and 3 others illustrated by her, 4to & 8vo (6)
Nicholson (William) The Book of Blokes, first edition, signed presentation inscription from Nicholson to front pastedown, 29 colour crayon illustrations, original pictorial boards, spine a little chipped, extremities scuffed, 8vo, [1929].⁂ Inscription reads, "For Lord Hailsham from William Nicholson - appraised [?] 1930".
Steadman (Ralph).- Stone (Bernard) Emergency Mouse. A Story, first edition, signed by the author and illustrator on title, light toning to spine, 1978 § Ashford (Daisy) Where Love Lies Deepest, signed presentation inscription from the illustrator, dust-jacket, light sunning to spine, minor chipping to spine tips and corners, 1966, illustrations by Ralph Steadman, original boards, 4to & 8vo (2)
Pear Tree Press.- Poe (Edgar Allen) Some Poems of Edgar Allen Poe, first edition, limited edition of 150 copies, proof copy, part I only, introduction by J.C. Wright, illustrations by James Guthrie, loose etching "Voces Trepidantium" titled and signed by Guthrie, loose sheets printed on one side only in colours, introduction and note on the illustrations printed in red, rest of text in black, frontispiece in grey/blue, some other illustrations in colour, wrapper of part I, Shorne, Kent, Pear Tree Press, 1901.
MILNE A. A. Winnie-the-Pooh. Illus. by E. H. Shepard. Orig. green cloth gilt. First edition, Methuen & Co., 1926; also an unrelated vol. (2).Condition:Some scuffing and rubbing to boards. Crease to front board and spine, turned down and worn corners. Cloth lifting. Browning, foxing and small tear to decorative endpapers. Small spot foxing on half title. Dust staining, chipping and tears and small spots of foxing throughout test. 5/10 for condition.Other vol: "Quex" - Who Told You That? A further collection of Before and After dinner stories, Nov 1922.
BEATON (Cecil): 'Persona Grata..', New York, Putnam, 1954: First American Edition: 8vo, publishers cloth with dustjacket, a little rubbed else a good copy: TAYLOR (Howard, Dr & Mrs) 'Hudson Taylor and the China Inland Mission..': RTS, 1940: 8vo, publishers cloth with dustjacket: together with approx 41 others, 19th-20thc travel, inc. a few guidebooks and paperbacks. (43)
LEVER (Charles): 'The Bramleighs of Bishop's Folly..', London, Smith Elder & Co, 1868: First Edition, 3 vols, publishers red cloth blocked in black, somewhat rubbed, 8vo: KIPLING (Rudyard) 'A Song of the English..illustrated by W Heath Robinson', London, Hodder & Stoughton, n.d: 4to, publishers decorative blue cloth, boards a little bowed but very good, contained in original publishers card box, (losses to edges and general wear): with 17 other books, literature/biography. (21)
COOK'S VOYAGES IN ITALIAN: 'Storia dei viaggi intrapresi per ordine S.M. Brittanica dal Capitano Giacomo Cook..', Torino, 1791: First Italian Edition: 8 vols, contemporary continental quarter calf over boards, a little rubbed: lacking 2 plates, else a good set: BOOKWALTER (John W): 'Canyon and Crater or scenes in California and The Sandwich Island..', Springfield, Ohio, 1874: recent full green morocco gilt, 8vo. (9)
WATKINS-PITCHFORD (D J, illustrator): 'Bill Badger's Finest Hour by B.B.', London, Hamish Hamilton, 1961: First Edition: 8vo, publishers boards with dustjacket showing losses round spine ends: NORTON (Mary) 'The Borrowers Afield', London, Dent, 1955: First Edition, publishers blue cloth with dustjacket chipped to extremities, 8vo: with 7 other juvenile books, including an Arthur Rackham illustrated edition of Steel's English Fairy Tales. (9)
CARROLL (Lewis): 'Feeding the Mind..', London, Chatto & Windus, 1907: 12mo, publishers limp morocco boards gilt lettered, rebacked: together with 'Sylvie and Bruno' (2 editions, both 1889): 'A Tangled Tale' (4th thousand, 1886) and 'Sylvie and Bruno Concluded', First Edition 1893: plus 17 others, largely late 19thc juvenile books in publishers decorative cloth bindings. (22)
PRICHARD (H Hesketh): 'Though Trekless Labrador..', London, Heinemann, 1911: First Edition: publishers red cloth gilt, 4to: SMYTH (Piazzi) 'Our Inheritance in the Great Pyramid': 4th edition: London, Isbister, 1880: publishers green cloth gilt, 8vo: together with a quantity of misc. antiquarian books over 3 shelves, many calf bound, various sizes. (3 shelves)
WOOLF (Virginia): 'A Haunted House and Other Short Stories..', London, Hogarth Press, 1943: First Edition: slim 8vo, dustjacket with much loss to spine and browned: LECARRE (John) 'The Spy Who Came In From The Cold': Gollancz, 1964: 12th impression, publishers blue cloth with dustjacket (sunned to spine): with 24 others, 20thc literature, some first editions. (26)
LEE (Henry): 'Anti-Scepticism: or, notes upon each chapter of Mr Lock's essay concerning human understanding. With an explication of all the particulars of which he Treats, and in the same order..', London, printed for R Clavel and C Harper, 1702: First Edition: contemporary panelled calf with raised bands, externally worn with hinges cracked, contents generally sound. (1)
FITZGERALD (Edward): 'Rubaiyat of Omar Khayyam...with drawings by Edmund J Sullivan', London, Methuen, 1913: First Edition: with colour frontispiece & 75 b/w plates: publishers red cloth gilt, with scarce dustjacket (losses to spine panel), an unusually fine copy, 4to: with another edition of the Rubaiyat. (2)
BIBLE IN ENGLISH: DOUAI VERSION: 'The Holie Bible faithfully translated into English, out of the authentical Latin. Diligently conferred with the Hebrew, Greeke, and other additions in divers languages...': printed at Doway by Laurence Kellam, at the Signe of the Holie Lambe, 1609: First Edition of the Douai Version, Old Testament part only: title page within woodcut border, 1115pp, toned with some waterstaining, occasional minor tears, holes or ink markings, 17th century English panelled calf with 5 raised bands, worn and scuffed with hinges cracked, 8vo. (1)
LEWIS (C S): 'They Asked For A Paper..', London, Geoffrey Bles, 1962: First Edition, publishers brown cloth with dustjacket, a few short tears and minor wear else VG: BALDWIN (James) 'Giovanni's Room', London, Michael Joseph, 1957: First Edition, dustjacket, rubbed and a little chipped to extremities: with 28 others, 20th century literature including other first editions, majority in dustjackets. (30)
GOLDEN COCKEREL PRESS: 'An Apology for the Life of Colley Cibber, Comedian...': Golden Cockerel Press, 1925: 2 vols, No.53/450 copies, publishers buckram backed boards (spines browned), large 8vo: GIBBINGS (Robert) 'Til I End My Song', London, J M Dent, 1957: First Edition, publishers cloth with dustjacket, a good copy, 8vo: together with approx 26 others, children's and illustrated. (One shelf)
MILNE (A A): 'The House at Pooh Corner', London, Methuen, 1928: First Edition: 12mo, publishers pink cloth gilt, rubbed and marked with spine browned: together with early editions of 'When We Were Very Young' and 'Now We Are Six', and 2 other vols. inc. vol.7 of 'The Yellow Book', October 1895. (5)
LAWRENCE (T E): 'Seven Pillars of Wisdom', London, Jonathan Cape, 1935: First Edition for general circulation: 4to, publishers brown cloth, light wear and marking: TREVES (Frederick): 'The Tale of a Field Hospital..', London, Cassell, 1901: 8vo, publishers olive morocco, teg, spine ends a little worn: together with approx 39 other books, largely relating to World War I, to include a later edition of the first named item. (Approx 41, 2 shelves)
LAWRENCE (T E): DUVAL (Elizabeth):'T E Lawrence...a bibliography', New York, Haskell House, 1972: 8vo, publishers brown cloth, VG: BOND (Geoffrey): 'The Lawrence of Arabia Story', London, Arco Publications, 1960: First Edition, dustjacket with light wear: HMSO: 'A Brief Record of the Advance of the Egyptian Expeditionary Force..', London, 1919: 4to, publishers cloth backed boards: together with approx 60 others, by or relating to T E Lawrence, various sizes, generally in good condition. (2 shelves)
LAWRENCE (T E): 'The Mint...a day-book of the RAF depot between August and December 1922 with later notes, by 352087A/C Ross..', London, Jonathan Cape, 1955: First Edition: 4to, publishers blue cloth with dustjacket, spine browned with tear at head: THOMAS (Lowell): 'With Lawrence in Arabia..': London, Hutchinson, n.d: 42nd thousand: 8vo, publishers blue cloth blocked in black: together with approx 50 other books relating to T E Lawrence, some in dustjacket, generally in good condition. (2 shelves)
LAWRENCE (T E): ROBINSON (Edward): 'The Story of His Life', Folcroft Library Edition, 1979: First Edition, Ltd Ed.150 copies, burgundy cloth gilt lettered, 8vo: DOUGHTY (Charles): 'Wanderings in Arabia': London, Duckworth, 1926: olive green publishers cloth, 8vo: together with a quantity of other books over 3 shelves, largely works by or relating to T E Lawrence, various sizes, generally in good condition. (3 shelves)
TOMLINSON (H M): 'South to Cadiz', London, Heinemann, 1934: First Edition in dustjacket, slight chipping to spine ends and corners but a bright copy: SULLIVAN (J P): 'Ezra Pound and Sextus Propertius..', London, Faber & Faber, 1965: First Edition, publishers cloth in dustjacket, spine a little browned else VG, 8vo: JAMES (E L): 'Fifty Shades of Grey..', London, Century, 2012: inscribed by author to title page: together with a quantity of other general literature over 3 shelves, 19th-20thc publications, some in dustjacket, generally in good condition. (3 shelves)
MILNE (A A): 'A Gallery of Children', London, Stanley Paul & Co, 1925: 5th edition: illustrations by Willebeek Le Mair: 4to, publishers blue cloth blocked in black, light wear and spotting but a bright copy: KNIGHT (Hilary, illustrator): 'Kay Thompson's Eloise', London, 1957, First Edition: 4to, dustjacket with edge tears: together with a large carton of children's/illustrated books of period. (One box)
6 Cabbage Patch Kids Dolls - O.A.A Doll with birth certificate, Hasbro First Edition Toddler Doll with birth certificate, Hasbro Pretty Crimp & Curl (with accessories, lost a shoe) with birth certificate, Hasbro Babyland Doll with birth certificate, 2 x Hasbro Babies Dolls with birth certificates together with a Cabbage Patch Kid style Doll together with various other Cabbage Patch items including 2 x Pin-ups, 2 x Playsets, 3 x Boxed Small Dolls, 6 x Tiny Dolls, Daffodil Fairy Doll, Ornament and various combs and accessories (2 boxes)
ASSORTED EROTIC LITERATURE & EPHEMERA comprising nineteen magazines, including Playboy (3), Penthouse (4), Mayfair (1), and Girl Illustrated (5); twelve books, including Westwood, Ben. Works, first edition, Edition Skylight, Zurich, 2002, pictorial boards, illustrated throughout, octavo; catalogues; and glamour magazine supplements, (box).
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[TOPOGRAPHY]. SPAXTON, SOMERSET Odlum, Michael. The History of the Church and Village of Spaxton in the County of Somerset, first edition, SIGNED & DATED BY THE AUTHOR, privately printed for the author, Sampford Arundel, 1974, green boards, dustjacket, octavo. Condition Report : Jacket laminated; some lower edge staining, not affecting text. Condition reports are offered as a guide only and we highly recommend inspecting (where possible) any lot to satisfy yourself as to its condition.
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HILLARY RICHARD: (1919-1943) Anglo-Australian Flight Lieutenant, a Royal Air Force fighter pilot during World War II who participated in the Battle of Britain. An extremely rare book signed, being a hardback edition of The Last Enemy, First Edition published by Macmillan & Co. Ltd., London, 1942. Signed ('Richard Hillary, with best wishes') to the front free endpaper and dated 4th July 1942 in his hand. A small portrait photograph of Hillary in a head and shoulders pose is neatly affixed at the head of the page. Bound in the publisher's blue cloth and with a gilt title to the spine (which is faded). Lacking the dust wrapper. Autographs of Hillary are extremely rare in any form as a result of his tragic death in an airplane crash at the age of 23, and authentically signed copies of The Last Enemy are particularly desirable (those that usually appear on the market bearing forged signatures). Some light age wear and minor foxing to the edges of some pages, about VG The Last Enemy was Hillary's war memoir detailing his experiences during the Battle of Britain in 1940. Of the book and its author J. B. Priestley wrote 'The Last Enemy differs from all other books about the R.A.F. because its author, Richard Hillary, is by temperament and inclination, and to some extent training, a writer…….The value of this book lies in the fact that it is a statement of a fully articulate young man about life in a Service which is generally inarticulate. Richard Hillary happens to be a young man who doesn't often find his way into the R.A.F. He is in my view a born writer'
Inscribed to the student pilot who helped rescue Bader from his crashed plane and escorted him to hospital, only to receive a thump on the chin! BADER DOUGLAS: (1910-1982) British fighter pilot, a World War II Ace (22.5 victories), recognized for his important role during the Battle of Britain. Book signed and inscribed, being a hardback edition of Reach for the Sky - The Story of Douglas Bader by Paul Brickhill, published by Collins, London, fifth impression, July 1954. Signed by Bader in blue fountain pen ink to the front free endpaper, 'To Jim Cruttenden, incorrectly called 'Jack' in this book. A man of Sussex & not an “Aussie”, from Douglas Bader', and dated 15th March 1954 in his hand. Accompanied by the dust jacket (price clipped). A remarkable association copy. Some age wear to the dust jacket and a band of light foxing to the left edge of the front free endpaper, only very slightly affecting the inscription, but not Bader's signature. G Bader joined the Royal Air Force in 1928 and was commissioned two year later. In December 1931, while attempting some aerobatics at Woodley Airfield during a visit to Reading Aero Club, Bader crashed his Bulldog aircraft and was rushed to the Royal Berkshire Hospital where, in the hands of a prominent surgeon, both his legs were amputated. Jim Cruttenden provided crucial support for Bader in the immediate aftermath of the crash and the important journey to hospital, as Brickhill recounts in Reach for the Sky, 'Jack Cruttenden….an Australian student pilot at the club, found he could not lift Bader out of the crushed cockpit. He started tearing at bits of the wreckage…..Someone brought a hacksaw and cut away a twisted centre-section strut. Bader partly came to and sensed more than knew that Cruttenden was gently lifting him out. Consciousness was lapping and receding in waves, He was lying on the grass. Someone was taking his shoes off. Cruttenden's hands were doing something to his right knee: they felt very strong and were covered in blood. He felt no pain. A little to one side two white doors with red crosses opened and the crosses went out of sight. He supposed it was an ambulance. Then he was lying in it on a stretcher….He tried to sit up but could not get very far…..The legs of his overalls and trousers had gone somewhere, and Cruttenden's fingers seemed to be in his right knee (holding the femoral artery)…..He could feel the ambulance was moving and wanted to see what was happening outside. He said to Cruttenden: “Look, I think I'll get up now. I want to get out of here”. He started struggling up on his elbows and Cruttenden said: “Take it easy. Won't be long now”. Bader said petulantly: “Oh, to hell with this. I want to get out now. This is damn silly”. He tried to struggle up again, and Cruttenden took one hand from the knee and pressed it gently against his chest to hold him down. Being held down by a stranger was irritating. He twisted a shoulder off the stretcher, hooked his right fist up and hit Cruttenden on the chin. He felt he could not hit very hard lying down. Cruttenden, looking at him with a pacifying grin, said: “Ease it up, mate”. Having hit him, Bader felt suddenly feeble and foolish. But honour was satisfied - he's made the gesture - and anyway he'd completely lost interest in getting up now. He lay back and did not remember any more'. Having been on the brink of death, Bader recovered, retook flight training, passed his check flights and then requested reactivation as a pilot, although was retired against his will on medical grounds. After the outbreak of World War II in 1939, however, Bader returned to the RAF and was accepted as a pilot. He scored his first victories over Dunkirk during the Battle of France in 1940 and then participated in the Battle of Britain.
ANDERS WLADYSLAW: (1892-1970) Polish General of World War II and later a politician and prominent member of the Polish government-in-exile in London. Book signed and inscribed, being a hardback edition of An Army in Exile - The Story of the Second Polish Corps, First Edition published by Macmillan & Co. Ltd., London, 1949. Signed by Anders in fountain pen ink to the title page, 'To Mr. Louis Fisher, with compliments from the author, W. Anders' and dated London, 28th July 1949 in his hand. Bound in the publishers original red cloth and with gilt titles to the spine. Accompanied by the dust jacket (some tears and small areas of paper loss). The boards very slightly cracked at the interior edge with the spine and with some light age wear, G
BRADLEY OMAR: (1893-1981) American General of World War II who later served as Chief of Staff of the United States Army 1948-49 and as first Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff 1949-53. Book signed, being a hardback edition of A Soldier's Story, First Edition published by Henry Holt and Company, New York, 1951. One of a limited edition of 750 'especially printed and bound' copies signed ('Omar N Bradley') by Bradley to the limitations page and numbered 677 in his hand. Bound in the publisher's original tan cloth with a maroon facsimile signature to the front cover and gilt and black title to the spine. Featuring map endpapers and many black-and-white illustrations throughout. Some light age wear, VG
SCHWARZ PAUL: (1882-1951) German diplomat, noted for being removed by Adolf Hitler as German Consul General in New York in 1933 and for his public criticism of the new Nazi regime. Schwarz would later supply information about the Nazi regime to the Office of Strategic Services (OSS, the forerunner of the CIA) after it was created in 1942. Book signed and inscribed, being a hardback edition of This Man Ribbentrop - His Life and Times, First Edition published by Julian Messner Inc., New York, 1943. Signed and inscribed by Schwarz in bold black fountain pen ink to the front free endpaper and dated New York City, September 1943, in his hand. Bound in the publisher's original tan cloth with black titles to spine. Lacking the dust jacket. Some light age wear, VG
CHURCHILL WINSTON S.: (1874-1965) British Prime Minister 1940-45, 1951-55. Nobel Prize winner for Literature, 1953. An exceptional book signed, being a hardback edition of 10 Downing Street - The Romance of a House by Egon Jameson, published by Francis Aldor, London, January 1946 (reprint), the unique presentation copy, to Miss. Rand, Number 10's wartime switchboard operator, featuring over 50 individual fountain pen ink signatures to the endpapers, including Winston S. Churchill ('Winston S. Churchill'), Clementine Churchill (1885-1977) Wife of Winston S. Churchill, Clement Attlee (1883-1967) Deputy Prime Minister 1942-45 and later Prime Minister 1945-51, Violet Attlee (1895-1964) Wife of Clement Attlee, Leslie Rowan (1908-1972) British civil servant, Assistant Private Secretary to Churchill from 1941, and later Principal Private Secretary to both Churchill and Attlee, 1945-47, Joseph T. Burke (1913-1992) British art historian and civil servant, Private Secretary to Attlee 1943-45, with whom he attended the Potsdam Conference in 1945, Francis Graham-Harrison (1914-2002) British civil servant, Assistant Private Secretary to Attlee 1946-49, John Addis (1914-1983) British diplomat, Junior Private Secretary to Attlee 1945-47, Anthony Bevir (1895-1977) British civil servant, Private Secretary to Churchill 1940-45, 1951-55 and Permanent Secretary to Attlee in 1947, George Steward (Chief Press Liaison officer of His Majesty's Government 1937-44, John Martin (1904-1991) British civil servant, Principal Private Secretary to Churchill 1941-45, John Peck (1913-1995) British civil servant and diplomat, Private Secretary to Churchill 1940-45, John Colville (1915-1987) British civil servant, Assistant Private Secretary to Neville Chamberlain 1939-40, to Churchill 1940-41, 1943-45 (and Joint Principal Private Secretary 1951-55) and to Attlee 1945, Gwen F. Davies (Secretary to Horace Wilson, Head of the Home Civil Service 1939-42), Magdalene Glass Stenhouse (1899-1985) Chief Secretary, 10 Downing Street, Sheila Minto (1908-1994) Head Office administrator, 10 Downing Street, Joan Prideaux (1900-2001) Administrator within the Prime Minister's office, Patrick Kinna (1913-2009) British civil servant, stenographer to Churchill during World War II, who also served as a confidential clerk to the Duke of Windsor, Francis D. W. Brown (Assistant Private Secretary to Churchill), Cyril Davies (British detective who served as a bodyguard to Churchill), Grace Hamblin (1908-2002) British civil servant, Junior Secretary to Churchill from 1932 and Private Secretary to Clementine Churchill from 1940, later the first curator of Chartwell 1966-73, responsible for burning the infamous portrait of Churchill by Graham Sutherland, Elizabeth Gilliat (1920-2004) Personal Private Secretary to Churchill, Jo Sturdee (1922-2006) Secretary to Churchill, and various other members of staff employed at 10 Downing Street during World War II. To the front pastedown appears a lightly tipped sheet of plain 8vo stationery with an autograph presentation inscription signed by Sir John Martin, in full, 'I am very glad to have a chance to sign this. We all owe a great deal to Miss Rand for what has been the most efficient switchboard in Whitehall', dated 20th July 1946 in his hand. A unique presentation copy originating from Great Britain's wartime seat of government signed by the Prime Minister and the most important members of his administration. Accompanied by the dust jacket (some large tears and areas of paper loss). Some light overall age wear, about VG
EDEN ANTHONY: (1897-1977) British Prime Minister 1955-57. Book signed and inscribed, being a hardback edition of Days for Decision, First Edition published by Faber and Faber Ltd., London, 1949. Signed and inscribed by Eden in bold black fountain pen ink to the front free endpaper 'Allan from Anthony' and dated November 1949 in his hand. With a small ink annotation in another hand at the base of the page indicating the pages within the book containing a reference to Commander Allan Noble, to whom the book was presented. Bound in the publisher's blue cloth with gilt title to spine. Lacking the dust jacket. Some very light, minor age wear, VG Sir Allan Noble (1908-1982) English naval commander, politician and diplomat who served as Eden's Parliamentary Private Secretary from 1947-51.
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[[JFK ASSASSINATION]: DULLES ALLEN (1893-1969) American Director of Central Intelligence (DCI) 1953-61 who, as head of the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) during the early period of the Cold War oversaw several major events including the 1953 Iranian coup d'etat and the Bay of Pigs Invasion (the fiasco of the latter leading to Dulles being fired by John F. Kennedy). Dulles was one of the members of the Warren Commission that investigated the assassination of Kennedy. Book signed and inscribed, being a hardback edition of the Report of the President's Commission on the Assassination of President John F. Kennedy, First Edition published by the Government Printing Office, Washington D.C., 1964. Signed by Dulles in blue ink to the front free endpaper with a presentation inscription, 'To Sir Kenneth Strong with the sincere regards of one of the authors, and as a reminder of our work together, Allen W. Dulles', and dated 20th November 1964 in his hand. Bound in the publisher's blue cloth with gilt decoration of the Presidential flag to the front cover and gilt stamped title to the spine. Lacking a dust jacket. An interesting association copy. Some light, uneven fading to the cover, otherwise VG Sir Kenneth Strong (1900-1982) British Major General of World War II, Director-General of Intelligence, Ministry of Defence 1964-66.
NIXON RICHARD: (1913-1994) American President 1969-74. Book signed, being a hardback edition of Real Peace - A Strategy for the West, First Edition, privately printed in New York, September 1983. Signed by Nixon in bold black ink with his name alone to the front free endpaper. Accompanied by the dust jacket. One of the limited edition of 1000 copies which were privately printed for distribution to a select number of government officials and opinion leaders in the United States and abroad (the trade edition would be printed by Little, Brown and Company the following year for mass production). VG
PERON EVA: (1919-1952) First Lady of Argentina 1946-52, second wife of President Juan Peron. Book signed and inscribed, being a softcover edition of Eva Peron and Her Social Work, published by the Subsecretariat of Information of the Presidency of the Nation, Buenos Aires, 1950. With numerous black-and-white illustrations and English printed text. Signed and inscribed by Peron in blue fountain pen ink to a light area of her front cover colour portrait and dated 1950 in her hand. Bound in the original colour printed stiff paper covers (some light age wear and minor scuffing to the edges). Contained in a handsome custom designed red quarter leather and cloth clamshell box with a gilt stamped title to the spine. About VG
DALI SALVADOR: (1904-1989) Spanish surrealist artist. Book signed and inscribed, being a softcover edition of Dali…Dali…Dali by Max Gerard, an abridged edition published by Harry N. Abrams, Inc., New York, 1974. Signed and inscribed by Dali in blue ink to the head of the first page of text, 'A Richman, Dali', and dated 1979 in his hand. Dali has cleverly incorporated a drawing into his signature, the initial D taking the form of a snail's shell as the mollusc glides along a leaf from which three droplets of water descend. Bound in the original colour illustrated paper covers and featuring many black-and-white and colour illustrations. Contained in a handsome custom designed dark navy-blue quarter leather and cloth clamshell box with a gilt stamped title to the spine. Some very light, minor age wear, VG
KUPKA FRANTISEK: (1871-1957) Czech painter and graphic artist. Book signed and inscribed, being a softcover edition of Frank Kupka by Louis Arnould Gremilly, published by Jacques Povolozky & Co., Paris, 1922, being number 274 from a limited edition of 500, signed and inscribed by Krupka in blue fountain pen ink to the recto of the frontispiece portrait and dated 11th February 1950 and in his hand, and additionally signed and inscribed above by Louis Arnould Gremilly, adding the date Paris, 21st January 1950 in his hand. Bound in the original paper wrappers with a decorative front cover printed in blue, red and black, the French text ('L'Orphisme at les Tentatives de F. Kupka') interspersed with various woodcuts and other illustrations, and also including a bibliography and various commentaries on Kupka's works. With a couple of loosely inserted pieces of printed ephemera relating to Kupka. Some light overall age wear, minor foxing and some light age toning and small tears to the edges of the wrappers, G The first monograph devoted to Kupka and published a year after his first solo exhibition in Paris. Jacques Povolozky (1881-1945) also owned the gallery La Cible, located on Rue Bonaparte in Paris.
ALI MUHAMMAD: (1942-2016) American boxer, World Heavyweight Champion. Book signed, being a hardback edition of The Greatest - My Own Story, First Edition published by Hart-Davis, MacGibbon, London, 1976. Signed by Ali in bold black ink to the front free endpaper and dated 10th March 1976 in his hand. Accompanied by the dust jacket. VG
GREAT TRAIN ROBBERY THE: A rare multiple signed hardback copy of The Train Robbers by Piers Paul Read, First Edition published by W. H. Allen & Co., London, 1978, individually signed to the front free endpaper by ten members of the gang of criminals who committed the Great Train Robbery of 8th August 1963, comprising Bruce Reynolds (1931-2013; Leader of the gang and the mastermind behind the robbery), Douglas Goody (1930-2016; Deputy leader and organiser), Chas Wilson (1932-1990; 'Treasurer' and organiser), Buster Edwards (1931-1994; Organiser), Roy James (1935-1997; Getaway driver and carriage uncoupler), Jimmy White (1920-2000; Quartermaster and carriage uncoupler), Roger Cordrey (1921-2011; Train stopper and electronics expert), Bob Welch (1929- ; Muscle), Tommy Wisbey (1930-2016; Muscle) and Jim Hussey (1933-2012; Muscle). All have signed with their names alone in blue inks. Accompanied by the dust jacket. Some very light, extremely minor age wear, VG
BURGESS GUY: (1911-1963) British diplomat and Soviet Agent, a member of the Cambridge Five spy ring that operated from the mid-1930s to the early years of the Cold War era. Book signed, being a hardback edition of The Captain from Connecticut by C. S. Forester, First Edition published by Michael Joseph Ltd., London, 1941, bearing the ownership signature ('G Burgess') of Burgess in bold pencil to the front free endpaper. Also bearing the bookplate of Kim Philby (1912-1988) British intelligence officer and a double agent for the Soviet Union. The slim oblong 12mo bookplate features Philby's name ('H. A. R. PHILBY') within a decorative border and is neatly affixed to the front pastedown. Bound in the publisher's sand coloured cloth and with blue title to spine. Lacking the dust jacket. An interesting association copy bearing the rare signature of Burgess. Some staining to the boards and light overall age wear, G It was Harold Adrian Russell 'Kim' Philby who, in 1935, recommended to Soviet Intelligence that they recruit Guy Burgess as an agent. Philby was also responsible for tipping off Burgess (and the spy Donald Maclean) that they was under suspicion of espionage, prompting them to defect and flee to Moscow in May 1951.
KEELER CHRISTINE: (1942- 2017) English Model and Showgirl, a central figure in the Profumo Scandal of 1963. Book signed, being a hardback edition of The Truth at Last - My Story, First Edition published by Sidgwick & Jackson, London, 2001. Signed by Keeler with her name alone in blue ink to the title page. Accompanied by the dust jacket. Some very light, extremely minor age wear to the dust jacket, otherwise EX
CLINTON BILL: (1946- ) American President 1993-2001. Book signed, being a hardback edition of My Life, First Edition published by Alfred A. Knopf, New York, 2004 (and an example of the first state printing with the error 'failure of my life' in the last sentence of the acknowledgements). Signed by Clinton in bold blue ink with his name alone to the title page. Accompanied by the dust jacket. Together with several loosely inserted pieces of printed ephemera (including a rules of conduct) indicating that the signature was obtained in person at a book signing at Brentano's in Los Angeles on 25th June 2004. About EX
CLINTON HILLARY: (1947- ) American politician, First Lady of the United States 1993-2001 and United States Secretary of State 2009-13. Book signed, being a hardback edition of Clinton's memoirs, Living History, First Edition published by Headline, London, 2003. Signed ('Hillary Rodham Clinton') with her name alone in bold black ink to the title page. Accompanied by the dust jacket. About EX
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