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HEMINGWAY (Ernest)The Old Man and the Sea, first UK edition, 1952, 8vo, original cloth, dust jacket, extremities lightly chipped; Across the River and into the Trees, 1950; A Moveable Feast, 1964, both first editions in dust jackets (3)

FLEMING (Ian)The Man with the Golden Gun, first edition 1965, contents generally clean, dust jacket a little worn; GREENE (Graham) Our Man in Havanna, first edition 1958, dust jacket; The Man Within, first edition 1929, ink ownership name, cocked, tear along spine (3)

HUXLEY (Aldous)Brave New World, first edition, 1932, slight spotting, covers a little worn; Vulgarity in Literature, 1930, signed and numbered copy; Point Counter Point, 1928; Young Archimedes, New York 1924; Eyeless in Gaza, 1936; together with a collection of first editions of later works in varying dust jackets, including - Do What You Will, 1929; Texts and Pretexts, 1932; After Many a Summer, 1939; The Olive Tree, 1936, foxing; Jesting Pilate, 1926, wrapper damaged; Music at Night, 1931; Brief Candles, 1930; and 18 others in dust jackets; also later works on Huxley and 8 others without jackets (45)

BLYTON (Enid)Five on a Treasure Island, 1942, first edition, lacking jacket and covers spotted; first editions in dust jackets of: The Sea of Adventure, 1948 (wrapper chipped); Secret Seven on the Trail, 1952; Go Ahead Secret Seven, 1953; Five have a Wonderful Time, 1952; Five Go Down to the Sea, 1953; Five go to Mystery Moor, 1954; also - 6 other Famous Five reprints in dust jackets; JOHNS (Capt. W E) Biggles in Australia, first edition 1955, dust jacket; few other Biggles reprint editions, 6 annuals mainly 1950s; (33)

FLEMING (Ian)On Her Majesty's Secret Service, first edition 1963, dust wrapper stained and worn at edges; PASTERNAK (Boris) Doctor Zhivago, Collins 1958, first UK edition, dust wrapper lightly stained and worn at edges; NABOKOV (Vladimir) Lolita, 3rd impression 1960, dust wrapper (3)

FULLER (Thomas)A Pisgah-Sight of Palestine and the confines thereof, with the history of the Old and New Testament acted thereon. First edition, London: Printed by J. F. for John Williams 1650, folio, engraved frontispiece and title, folding map and 27 double-page maps and plates, all somewhat toned with general cockling/rippling to contents, damp spots more noticeable to latter leaves, head of frontispiece repaired, contemporary calf with modern reback. Sold not subject to return.

GERARD (John)The Herball or General Historie of Plantes, first edition, London: John Norton 1597, thick folio, engraved title somewhat faded, with woodcut arms to verso, engraved portrait, numerous woodcuts to text, additional illustration bound in after X2, slight worming to upper margin from leaf 4O3 onwards just touching a few letters, final few leaves slightly stained, colophon leaf repaired with partial loss to table, all in 20th century sprinkled calf

GRÉVIN (Jacques)De Venenis Libri Duo. Antwerp: Christophe Plantin 1571, 8vo, title with engraved vignette, numerous woodcuts in the text including frogs and snakes, a few early marginal annotations and underlinings, contents uniformly toned, first end papers with ink inscriptions, one in Latin (a gift) dated 1598, contemporary limp vellum. First Latin translation by the Augsburg physician Hieremius Martius of the French edition of Grévin's "Deux livres des venins" published by Plantin in 1568.

FOXE (John)The First [and Second] Volume of the Ecclesiasticall History, conteyning the Actes & Monumentes.., 2 vols. in one, 3rd edition, printed by John Daye 1576, folio, lacks first title, with 2 damaged plates only (Anthony Person, Poisoning of King John), numerous woodcut illustrations, lacks all after 5S5 (p.1998), first and last leaves slightly stained and damaged, later calf (cracked joints). Sold not subject to return

[GLOVER (Robert)]Nobilitas Politica vel Civilis. London: William Jaggard, 1608, folio, lacks initial blank, printer's woodcut device to title, 9 engravings including Elizabeth I, lacks R3 but with blank leaf inserted having a plate mounted verso, M2 probably a facsimile replacement leaf, final leaves dust stained and repaired corners, front board loose with title attached: with - A Letter to an English Member of Parliament from a Gentleman in Scotland concerning the Slavish Dependencies which ... that Nation is still kept under by Superiorities, Wards, Reliefs and other remains of the Feudal Law, and by Clanships and Tithes. Edinburgh: J. M'Euen and co. 1721, 8vo, title slightly stained, first edition, 39pp., later paper wrapper. Ref. Kress 3451 (2)

BIBLIA LATINA.[Strasbourg: Adolf Rusch, in part for Anton Koberger, not after 1480]. First edition Latin Bible with the Glossa Ordinaria, 4 volumes, a composite set, imperial folio, bindings vary, but with Hebrews bound at the end of the New Testament, and quires containing I Corinthians 8-15 reversed in binding with Romans XV-I Corinthians VII, with contemporary note in red directing the reader 8 leaves forward or back. 1210 (of 1211, without final blank) leaves. Initials, paragraph marks and capital strokes in red, initial B opening Psalms in vol. II with a painted miniature of David playing the harp, illuminated in silver (oxidized) and gold, initials in vol. IV in red and blue, occasional light dampstaining, upper blank margin of first leaf cropped, damp affecting first and final upper corners of volume I without loss of text, small wormtracks in final quires of vol. II affecting some letters, small wormholes in vol. IV touching some letters. Not uniformly bound: vols. I, III in contemporary blindstamped pigskin over wooden boards, (lacking clasps), later spine labels and oval onlay with gilt arms of Marie-Augusta de Sulzbach; vol. II: contemporary blindstamped pigskin over wooden boards, vellum MS pastedowns and quire-guards, leather index tabs, traces of chain staple (darkened, somewhat worn, wormed); vol. IV in early 16th-century pigskin over wooden boards, roll-tooled (lacking clasps) (4)

TOURNEFORT (Joseph Pitton de)Elemens de Botanique ou Methode pour connaitre les Plantes, 3 vols. Paris 1694, 8vo, first edition, 3 engraved titles by Vermeulen, 451 uncoloured plates, early gift inscription in Italian to first paste down, a little age toning, damaged worn calf bindings (3)

CHOQUET (Hyacinthus)Sancti Belgi Ordinis Praedicatorum, small 8vo, [16], 277 pp, engraved title page and 15 full page copper engravings, 19th century sprinkled calf gilt by W. Pratt; CHANDLER (Samuel) The History of Persecution, first edition, 1736, 8vo, title partly printed in red, 9 folding engraved plates, worn calf; HUARTES (Juan) Examen de Ingenios or the Tryal of Wits, London 1698, 8vo, foxing and browning, later morocco; ROCCA (Angelo) Spositione Intorno All'Orat. Domenicale Raccolta.., Rome: G. Facciotto 1594, 12mo, marginal browning, vellum (4)

STOW (John)A Survay of London, first edition, London: by John Wolfe 1598, 8vo, mostly black letter, soiled title with woodcut device, repaired, all rather soiled and age worn with some cropping, final leaf damaged, later worn calf; CAMDEN (William) Remaines, Concerning Britaine: But Especially England, and the Inhabitants Thereof. London: John Legatt for Simon Waterson, 1614, small 4to, 2nd (or later) edition, printer's device to the title, first and last leaves somewhat browned and stained, few annotations in pencil and ink, rebacked; MANLEY (Nath) The Wonders of the Little World, [1678], folio, title trimmed and mounted with loss to lower corner, worn calf (3)

FULLER (Thomas)The History of the Worthies of England, first edition, London: J.G.W.L. and W.G., 1662, folio, engraved portrait frontispiece, signature apparently of Bishop White Kennett to corner of title, bound with alphabetic index at end, general mottling and toning to text throughout, contemporary calf with worn spine

SALE (George)The Koran commonly called the Alcoran of Mohammed, to which is prefixed a Preliminary Discourse. London: C. Ackers for J. Wilcox, 1734, 4to, first edition, title in red and black, folding engraved map of Arabia, folding plan of Mecca, three engraved genealogical tables (two folding), title very slightly stained, other light dust staining and some gatherings slightly toned, contemporary sprinkled calf (lacking spine label, joints cracked)

DRURY (Robert)Madagascar: or, Robert Drury's Journal during Fifteen Years Captivity on that Island... Written by Himself, Digested into Order, and Now Publish'd at the Request of his Friends. First edition, London: W. Meadows, 1729, 8vo, 5 engraved plates, large folding engraved map, slightly age toned throughout, worn panel calf

DUGDALE (Sir William)Monasticon Anglicanum, 3 vols in two, 1718-23, folio, revised edition, added title by Hollar, plates including folding, first leaves of vol. II with chipped lower corners, rebacked damaged calf (2)

SOLIS (Antonio de)The History of the Conquest of Mexico by the Spaniards, translated by Thomas Townsend, London 1724, folio, first English edition, portrait, 2 engraved maps, 6 engraved plates, small ink stain to upper fore edge, panel calf (repaired)

HICKES (George)Instructions for the Education of a Daughter, 2nd edition 1708, 12mo, engraved frontispiece (loose), rather browned, chipped panel calf; BROWN (Thomas) Pseudodoxia Epidemica, or Enquiries.., 6th edition London 1672, small 4to, portrait frontispiece, bound with Religio Medici, 7th edition 1672, contemporary calf, rebacked; SOUTHEY (Robert) The Life of Nelson, 2 vols., John Murray 1813, 8vo, frontispieces stained, with half titles, tree calf; WILLIAMS (J B) Memoirs of the Life... of Sir Matthew Hale, 1835, 8vo, author's inscription, later mottled calf gilt; PEAKE (Richard B) Memoirs of the Colman Family, in 2 vols., 1841, 8vo, first leaves slightly spotted, half calf; GILSON (J P) Lives of Lady Anne Clifford, Roxburghe Club 1916, 4to (8)

MULLER (John)A Treatise of Artillery, first edition, London: for John Millan, 1757, 8vo, engraved frontispiece and 27 folding plates (of 28), 1p advertisement at end, ownership signature to title in contemporary ink, slightly age toned, contemporary calf, upper joint split; The Field Engineer of M. le Chevalier de Clairac, 2nd edition, London 1773, 8vo, 37 folding engraved plates (including 2 plates on one sheet), contemporary calf, spine worn (2)

CHANDLER (Richard)Travels in Greece: Or an Account of a Tour made at the Expense of the Society of Dilettanti, first edition, Oxford 1776, 4to, seven engraved maps and plans by Kitchin including two folding, contemporary calf, rebacked

LE CHEVALIER (Jean-Baptiste)Description of the Plain of Troy. Edinburgh: Printed for T. Cadell, 1791, first edition, 4to., 4 folding engraved maps/plans, tree calf; RENNELL (James) Memoir of a Map of Hindoostan; or the Mogul Empire. London 1788, 4to, 2 folding maps only and a plan, lacking large general map, calf; with - The Geographical System of Herodotus, London 1800 4to, frontispiece, 11 maps, variable toning, contemporary calf; DIAZ DEL CASTILLO, (Bernal) The True History of the Conquest of Mexico, translated by Maurice Keatinge, 1800, 4to., plan frontispiece, calf (4)

COLLINSON (Rev. John)The History and Antiquities of the County of Somerset, in 3 vols., 1791, 4to, folding engraved map, 40 engraved plates and plans, very occasional slight staining, 19th century calf; with Index vol. 1898, cloth, and Supplement by Richard Locke, 1939, cloth; TOULMIN (Joshua) The History of the Town of Taunton, first edition 1791, 4to, half-title, folding engraved map, 3 plates, (lacks folding plan/table?), some foxing, last leaf repaired, later half calf

Literature - bindings. GIFFORD (W)The Works of Ben Jonson, in 9 vols., 1816, 8vo, some foxing and staining mainly to first and last leaves, calf; CICERO. Works, 8 vols., 1810, calf (worn); HEMINGFORD (W) Historia Hearne, 2 vols., 1731, 8vo, calf; ROSCOE (W) The Works of Alexander Pope, 10 vols. 1824, 8vo, calf (rubbed); WARNER (Rev. R) Literary Recollections, 2 vols., 1830, 8vo, half calf; DIBDIN (Charles) The Professional Life of Mr Dibdin, in 4 vols. 1803, 8vo, light scattered foxing, half calf gilt; [WARTON (J)] Essay on Pope, 2 vols., 3rd edition 1772-82, 8vo, half calf; with various others including odd volumesFootnote: Provenance: An Oxfordshire country house

ANNESLEY (George, Viscount Valentia)Voyages and Travels to India, Ceylon, the Red Sea, Abyssinia, and Egypt, in the years 1802, 1803, 1804, 1805, and 1806, in 3 vols., first edition, 1809, 4to, lacking half-titles, with maps, plates and charts as called for, some mainly marginal foxing and staining to plates, half calf (spines a little discoloured) (3)

HORNEMANN (Friedrich Konrad)The Journal of... Travels, from Cairo to Mourzouk, London 1802, first edition, 4to, with 2 large folding maps with the routes hand-coloured, and another single page map, uncut, modern cloth

Literature - bindings.CLARK (R) An Account of the National Anthem entitled God Save the King!, 1822, 8vo, 1st edition, list of subscribers, engraved plates and musical notation, some folding, some slight offsetting, half calf; ELLIS (Sarah) Family Secrets, in 3 vols., no date [1841], 8vo, plates, half green morocco; HUME & SMOLLETT. The History of England, in 16 vols., 1842, 12mo, light foxing to first and last leaves, half calf (20)

A.A Milne, 'The House at Pooh Corner', first edition, Methuen & Co. 1928; together with The Reprint Society, 'Winnie the Pooh and House at Pooh Corner'

[CHILDRENS] Rowling, J.K. Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix, first edition, Bloomsbury, London, 2003, pictorial boards, dustjacket (non price-clipped), octavo; together with Rowling, J.K. Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince, first edition, Bloomsbury, London, 2005, pictorial boards, dustjacket (non price-clipped), octavo, two copies; and Rowling, J.K. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows, first edition, Bloomsbury, London, 2007, pictorial boards, dustjacket (non price-clipped), octavo, two copies, (5). Condition Report : Generally good condition. Condition reports are offered as a guide only and we highly recommend inspecting (where possible) any lot to satisfy yourself as to its condition.

[HISTORY]. Churchill, Winston. A History of the English Speaking Peoples, four volumes, ninth / fourth / first / first editions, Cassell, London, 1964 / 1965 / 1957 / 1958, crimson cloth, dustjackets (latter three price-clipped), maps, octavo; together with Ishiguro, Kazuo. The Unconsoled, first edition, second impression, Faber & Faber, London, 1995, boards, dustjacket (non price-clipped), octavo, (5).

[MILITARY] Harrington, Peter. British Army Uniforms in Color as Illustrated by John McNeill, Ernest Ibbetson, Edgar Holloway and Harry Payne, c.1908-1919, first edition, Schiffer Military History, Atglen, 2001, cloth, dustjacket, colour illustrations throughout, tall quarto; and assorted other volumes, (27, box).

[MODERN FIRST EDITIONS] Wheatley, Dennis. Unholy Crusade, first edition, Hutchinson, 1967, boards, dustjacket (price-clipped), octavo; together with a further seventten works by the same, none first editions, all but three with dustjackets, (18).

[MISCELLANEOUS] Burke, Sir Bernard. A Genealogical and Heraldic Dictionary of the Peerage and Baronetage, together with Memoirs of the Privy Councillors and Knights, sixty-first edition, 1899, original bevelled crimson cloth gilt; together with the sixty-sixth edition, 1904, original bevelled crimson cloth gilt; ninety-ninth edition, 1949, original red cloth gilt; and forty-eighth edition, 1886, rebound in crimson buckram, variable condition, (6)

World accumulation, on leaves in binders, some first-day and other covers, a Stanley Gibbons Stamps of the World 4vols. 2004 edition.

FIRST EDITION, 'The Lion, The Witch and The Wardrobe' 1950 first edition by C. S. Lewis, original cloth faded with remains of dust jacket

WILLIAM GOLDING, 'Pincher Martin' 1956, First edition in dust jacket

A collection of first day covers and stamp presentation packs to include London 2012 Olympic Games, Great Britain Torch Relay limited edition commemorative cover collection, etc. 

John Lennon interest. Imagine LP ( PAS 10004 ), with poster and postcard. Borrowed Time 7" single (2). Three first edition books written by John Lennon, John Lennon In His Own Write. A Spaniard In The Works. Sky Writing By Word Of Mouth. John Lennon framed print , framed Newspaper cover and T-shirt.

Rowling, J. K. Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone, first edition, first issue [one of only 500], London: Bloomsbury, 1997, hardback, publisher's laminated pictorial boards, print line on copyright page reads '10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1'; '1 wand' appears twice on p.53; 'Philosopher's' is misspelled 'Philospher's' to rear cover; 'Wizardry and Witchcraft' [rather than 'Witchcraft and Wizardry'] to rear cover. Contents very good, clean, bright; usual very light toning to page edges; a couple of very tiny nicks to extreme page edges; one small patch of discolouration to fore-edge; one tiny fragment of material attached to p.101; occasional light creases to page corners; gift & owner inscription on front free endpaper, 'To Katie, on our holiday in Clachtoll 1998. Love from Mum & Dad' (see provenance below); binding tight and solid with very faint shelf-lean; boards bold and vibrant; some very faint lifting to the laminate in places; light wear to headcaps/corners; creasing to lower board; a couple of light bumps to edges. The author's debut novel and first in the Harry Potter series. Very scarce. Only 500 copies were printed of this true first issue hardback, and 300 of those were sent to schools and libraries - this being one of the more desirable 200Provenance: The vendor has kindly provided the following account of the book's history:'The Philosopher's Stone was purchased when our three children were quite young. We used to go on holiday to a campsite in Clachtoll in the North West Highlands of Scotland and bedtime reading was meant to be exciting after what may have been a typical summer's dreich day. This book was bought in the local Achins bookshop, the most remote bookshop in mainland Scotland, on a wet and windy day from the sale bin for 50p which perhaps reflected the slow initial uptake. However, they looked forward to the new book every year and Harry Potter became a source of amazement and fascination each holiday on the campsite in Clachtoll. The girls are now aged 27, 29 and 30 and are, thankfully, still regular visitors to the west coast and Highlands. Hopefully one day they will introduce their children to Harry Potter on those stormy west-coast days.'

Rowling, J. K. Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets, first edition, first issue, London: Bloomsbury, 1998, hardback, publisher's pictorial boards complete with dust-jacket, print line reads '10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1'. Signed by the author in bold blue ink on front free endpaper, 'To Adele (again!) with best wishes, J K Rowling'. Contents very good, clean, bright; binding tight and square; covers clean and vibrant; dust-jacket well-preserved with slight fading to spine. An excellent copy. The second novel in the Harry Potter seriesProvenance: Please refer to the second issue Philosopher's Stone in this Harry Potter Auction [Lot 9], which was signed during the same event (Edinburgh Book Festival, 1998)

Rowling, J. K. Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire, first edition, hardback, London: Bloomsbury, 2000. Signed by the author in black ink on dedication page. Contents very good, clean, bright; binding tight and square, bold and vibrant, incredibly faint crease and bump towards bottom of spine; dust-jacket well-preserved and bright with a few light bumps around edges/headcapsProvenance: The vendor had this book signed at the Edinburgh Book Festival in 2000. Please see the second issue Philosopher's Stone [Lot 9] and first issue Chamber of Secrets [Lot 10] in this Harry Potter Auction, which were signed for the same vendor at the 1998 festival

Rowling, J. K. Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone, first edition, first issue, London: Bloomsbury, 1997, paperback, print line on copyright page reads '10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1'; '1 wand' appears twice on p.53; 'Philosopher's' is misspelled 'Philospher's' to rear cover; 'Wizardry and Witchcraft' [rather than 'Witchcraft and Wizardry'] to rear cover. Contents generally good, clean, bright with usual light toning to page edges; some pale spotting to opening and closing leaves; some light creases and a neat owner inscription on half title; top of title page trimmed to remove an owner inscription (small loop of ink still present); remnants of a piece of tape on inner rear cover; binding quite tight and square with some light creasing to corners of covers and along spine; remnants of sticker on upper cover; light bumping/wear to corners/headcaps; slight splitting to one joint at base of spine

Rowling, J. K. Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone, first edition, first issue [one of only 500], London: Bloomsbury, 1997, hardback, publisher's laminated pictorial boards, print line on copyright page reads '10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1'; '1 wand' appears twice on p.53; 'Philosopher's' is misspelled 'Philospher's' to rear cover; 'Wizardry and Witchcraft' [rather than 'Witchcraft and Wizardry'] to rear cover. Contents very good and clean; usual light toning to page edges; a few pages with light fold-lines at corners; loss to lower corner of p.17 (not affecting text); a short tear to lower edge of p.46 (through text); light handling marks to lower corner of p.13; several tiny purple ink spots at top of text-block, just coming into extreme edge of closing pages/endpapers; binding well-preserved, tight, solid; publisher's original laminate entirely present; some faint marks/scratches to laminate in places; light wear to corners/edges; light shelf-lean and very slight discolouration to spine; blank Hampshire County Council School Library Service label on front free endpaper, and Hampshire County Library stamp to copyright page. The author's debut novel and first in the Harry Potter series. Very scarce. One of only 500 copies, 300 of which were sent to libraries and schools

Rowling, J. K. Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets, first edition, first issue, London: Bloomsbury, 1998, hardback, publisher's pictorial boards complete with dust-jacket, print line reads '10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1'. Signed by the author in black ink on dedication page, 'To Jill, who very spookily gave me a beautiful card with something from Book Four on it! With many thanks, J K Rowling'. The book includes a loosely-inserted sealed envelope relating to the inscription (see provenance below), 'sealed 22.2.99'. Contents very good, clean, bright; very slight knock to extreme edges of a few pages with one incredibly faint red mark to fore-edge; one very short tear to extreme edge of p.125; a few very faint creases to opening leaves; binding with very slight shelf-lean; covers clean and vibrant; two pronounced bumps/splits to edge of upper board; dust-jacket clean and bright with some very faint bumps and marks. The second novel in the Harry Potter series Provenance: Vendor's mother was a teacher who had been enjoying reading Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone with her class at Dunblane Primary School. In February 1999, Rowling visited the school, signed books and answered questions. The vendor has kindly provided the following statement: 'My mum had arranged with a couple of other members of staff to take JK Rowling for lunch at the café in the High Street in Dunblane and asked them if they minded if I could come along too. I was 11 years old at the time, and a huge Harry Potter fan. The other staff were quite happy, and my mum was able to pick me up from my school a couple of miles away and we all arrived at the café. JK Rowling sat beside me and the two of us had a good chat. She was really lovely. I had brought a card which I had made for JK Rowling, and also my copy of Chamber of Secrets which I was hoping that JK Rowling would sign. Amazingly, she said that I had drawn a creature from Book 4 on the front of the card! She asked me not to tell anyone because it was a secret. Book 4 was not due to be released for more than a year as I remember. I never told anyone what the creature was, although now I can reveal that it was a mermaid shaped liked a ‘J’ for Joanne. JK Rowling then signed my book with that amazing inscription. That night, I wrote the name of the creature on a piece of paper (and maybe other things – I can’t remember now) and, without letting anyone see it, placed it in an envelope. My mum and I signed and sealed the envelope just for fun and and I used it thereafter as a bookmark. I never imagined that the book would ever be worth anything and I lent it to a couple of friends after finishing it. Now I want to move house and have decided to sell my precious book. I would be happy to write about my lunch with JKR for the buyer and answer any questions s/he may have. I hope it gives them as much pleasure and excitement as it has given me.'

Rowling, J. K. Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix, first edition, hardback, London: Bloomsbury, 2003. Signed by 16 members of the cast, including Daniel Radcliffe, Emma Watson and Rupert Grint. Daniel Radcliffe has inscribed the front free endpaper, 'Magic Rules OK!' (with his exclamation mark in the form of a lightning bolt). The signatures/inscriptions are dedicated to 'Archie' (see provenance and also refer to Lot 17 in this Harry Potter Auction). Contents very good, clean, bright, appears unread; a couple of light marks to fore-edge; binding tight and square, bold and vibrant, one short nick to upper headcap; dust-jacket with very slight discolouration to spine and light bumping/faint wear to extreme edgesProvenance: Our vendor has provided us with a signed statement confirming 'the books were a gift from the Wardrobe Mistress on the Harry Potter film Harry Potter and The Goblet of Fire, whilst working on this film she arranged for the cast of children to sign a copy of the Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix book for each of my children.' A copy of this statement will be included in the sale of this book, but please note that all personal details have been removed

Rowling, J. K. Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix, first edition, hardback, London: Bloomsbury, 2003. Signed by 16 members of the cast, including Daniel Radcliffe, Emma Watson and Rupert Grint. Daniel Radcliffe has inscribed the front free endpaper, 'Magic Rocks!' (with his exclamation mark in the form of a lightning bolt). The signatures/inscriptions are dedicated to 'Chloe' (see provenance and also refer to Lot 16 in this Harry Potter Auction). Contents very good, clean, bright, appears unread; a couple of light marks to fore-edge and one small mark on ffep; binding tight and square, bold and vibrant; dust-jacket with a few light marks, some light bumping/faint wear to extreme edgesProvenance: Our vendor has provided us with a signed statement confirming 'the books were a gift from the Wardrobe Mistress on the Harry Potter film Harry Potter and The Goblet of Fire, whilst working on this film she arranged for the cast of children to sign a copy of the Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix book for each of my children.' A copy of this statement will be included in the sale of this book, but please note that all personal details have been removed

Rowling, J. K. Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire, first edition, hardback, London: Bloomsbury, 2000. Signed by the author in black ink on dedication page. Contents generally good, clean, bright, some pulling at inner gutters in places, a small ink mark running through a few pages; some light marks to endpapers; binding with pronounced shelf-lean, some light creasing to spine and bumping to headcaps; dust-jacket with overall light creasing and slight fading to spineProvenance: The vendor has provided us with a signed & dated statement of provenance, 'I am writing this note to confirm that the enclosed copy of Harry Potter & the Goblet of Fire by J. K. Rowling has been in my family's possession since it was published. It was signed by the author at the Edinburgh Book Festival in St. Andrews Square, Edinburgh. We were very lucky to get tickets as her audience was only 500 people! She used to live very close to my family's home in Edinburgh - about 200 metres away.' A copy of this note will be included in the sale of this book, but please note that all personal information has been removed

Rowling, J. K. Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone, first edition, first issue, London: Bloomsbury, 1997, paperback, print line on copyright page reads '10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1'; '1 wand' appears twice on p.53; 'Philosopher's' is misspelled 'Philospher's' to rear cover; 'Wizardry and Witchcraft' [rather than 'Witchcraft and Wizardry'] to rear cover. Contents with pale dampstaining and spotting; cockling to pages and covers; gift inscription with cartoon on half title; some fading and creasing along spine, covers otherwise bold and vibrant; bumping and light creasing around corners/headcaps, light wear to extremities

Rowling, J. K. Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone, first edition, first issue [one of only 500], London: Bloomsbury, 1997, hardback, publisher's laminated pictorial boards, print line on copyright page reads '10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1'; '1 wand' appears twice on p.53; 'Philosopher's' is misspelled 'Philospher's' to rear cover; 'Wizardry and Witchcraft' [rather than 'Witchcraft and Wizardry'] to rear cover. Contents very good, clean, bright; usual toning to page edges; binding solid with shelf-lean, light bumps/wear to corners and some splitting to joints near top and bottom; lacking laminate on upper board and top section of spine; slight fading to spine. The author's debut novel and first in the Harry Potter series. Very scarce. Only 500 copies were printed of this true first issue hardback, and 300 of those were sent to schools and libraries - this being one of the more desirable 200

Rowling, J. K. Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince, first edition, hardback, London: Bloomsbury, 2005. This book is one of the original exhibits from a theft and blackmail case involving armed police prior to the release of the novel (see provenance). Six weeks before the eagerly-anticipated publication of the penultimate novel in the Harry Potter series, two copies of the book were stolen from a secure distribution centre in Northamptonshire. An attempt was made to obtain money from two national newspapers by revealing the novel's secrets; one of the journalists involved tried to flee with the books, but the perpetrator fired an imitation Walther PPK pistol in the journalist's direction and was later arrested by armed police. An attempt was also made to blackmail publishers Bloomsbury by revealing the book's contents. The judge delivering sentence was quoted in the media, "It was only through the good services of the press and police that this was prevented and fans of Harry Potter, young and old, were able to read this book without their pleasure being polluted." Contents very good, clean, bright; binding tight and solid; boards bold and vibrant; a couple of light bumps along spine; dust-jacket bold and vibrant with a couple of faint scuffs and knocks along spine.Provenance: Our vendor has provided us with a signed statement outlining their role in the case and confirming that they were presented with this book (one of the two stolen copies) as a reward for their work, together with copies of correspondence from the logistics company and an email from the sales operations manager at Bloomsbury. Copies of these documents will be included in the sale of the book, but please note that all personal details and contact information has been removed

Rowling, J. K. Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets, first edition, first issue, London: Bloomsbury, 1998, hardback, publisher's pictorial boards complete with dust-jacket, print line reads '10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1'. Contents good, clean, bright; a small ink mark at top edge of text-block; binding good and solid, vibrant, slight shelf-lean, light wear at extreme corners; dust-jacket bumped and worn along edges. The second novel in the Harry Potter series

Rowling, J. K. Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone, first edition, first issue [one of only 500], London: Bloomsbury, 1997, hardback, publisher's laminated pictorial boards, print line on copyright page reads '10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1'; '1 wand' appears twice on p.53; 'Philosopher's' is misspelled 'Philospher's' to rear cover; 'Wizardry and Witchcraft' [rather than 'Witchcraft and Wizardry'] to rear cover. Contents generally good, clean, bright with light fold-lines to page corners and the occasional short nick; front free endpaper and half title loosened along lower half but remaining strongly attached; p.74 loosening slightly at the top; red scribble on p.114; final leaf of text loosened along gutter at bottom; binding bold and vibrant, lacking laminate, wear/loss to headcaps/corners/edges, the spine reinforced with clear tape; slight loss to bottom of front pastedown, evidence of a removed label on ffep with barcode sticker for 'NESLS' (vendor purchased the book from a local library in Aberdeenshire and believes this to be North East Scotland Library Service), reference number in ballpoint pen on copyright page. The author's debut novel and first in the Harry Potter series. Very scarce. Only 500 copies were printed of this true first issue hardback, and 300 of those were sent to schools and libraries

Rowling, J. K. Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone, first edition, first issue, London: Bloomsbury, 1997, paperback, print line on copyright page reads '10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1'; '1 wand' appears twice on p.53; 'Philosopher's' is misspelled 'Philospher's' to rear cover; 'Wizardry and Witchcraft' [rather than 'Witchcraft and Wizardry'] to rear cover. Contents generally good and bright with usual light toning to page edges; pale spots and marks to first few leaves and final few leaves; occasional fold-lines to page corners; page corners lightly bumped and worn; pale spots to edges of text-block; a very short tear with slight loss at extreme edge of p.86; evidence of restoration to wrappers and laminate, which is most apparent at the corners and along the lower edge of front cover (purchased by vendor without history of restoration); light wear to extremities, light splitting to joints at bottom of spine. Together with three novelty items: a "platform 9 3/4 ticket", a sealed "acceptance letter", and a "Marauder's Map"

A large collection of Harry Potter books, to include four Order of the Phoenix hardback first editions; six Half-Blood Prince hardback first editions; five Deathly Hallows hardback first editions; one Goblet of Fire hardback first edition; two Half-Blood Prince adult hardback first editions; three Order of the Phoenix adult hardback first editions; four Deathly Hallows adult hardback first editions; one Prisoner of Azkaban second issue hardback; one Philosopher's Stone 23rd issue hardback, and others. Condition varied as found, offered as one collection and sold with all faults (74)

Rowling, J. K. Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone, first edition, first issue, London: Bloomsbury, 1997, paperback, print line on copyright page reads '10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1'; '1 wand' appears twice on p.53; 'Philosopher's' is misspelled 'Philospher's' to rear cover; 'Wizardry and Witchcraft' [rather than 'Witchcraft and Wizardry'] to rear cover. Contents with prominent dampstain centrally through top and bottom; very pale spotting; light fold-lines to page corners; lacking half title; library stamp on title with faint, erased pencil inscriptions; verso of final leaf with small ink inscription and ink on corner; covers and spine with creasing and marks; some wear around edges/headcaps; slight loss to laminate; old library tape around lower section of spine

Rowling, J. K. Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets, first edition, first issue, London: Bloomsbury, 1998, paperback, print line on copyright page reads '10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1'. Very well-preserved, clean, bright (appears unread); slight discolouration to spine, some very faint little knocks/creases to extreme edges/corners; a few marks to edges of text-block

Rowling, J. K. Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone, first edition, first issue, London: Bloomsbury, 1997, paperback, print line on copyright page reads '10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1'; '1 wand' appears twice on p.53; 'Philosopher's' is misspelled 'Philospher's' to rear cover; 'Wizardry and Witchcraft' [rather than 'Witchcraft and Wizardry'] to rear cover. Contents generally good, clean, bright with usual light toning to page edges; a few light spots to opening and closing leaves and inner rear cover; small nick to edge of half title, short tear to edge of final leaf; school prize label on inside cover, printed ownership label on half title; corners of text-block lightly bumped; a few pencil marks to edges of text-block; covers bold and vibrant, slight discolouration to spine; light handling creases to upper and lower covers and along spine, more pronounced at corners/edges; laminate lifting at side of upper cover; faint shelf-lean

Rowling, J. K. Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire, first edition, hardback, London: Bloomsbury, 2000. Signed by the author in bold blue ink on dedication page, featuring loosely-inserted golden ticket for Harrods, Knightsbridge. Contents very good, clean, bright (appears unread); binding very good, tight, square; boards very well-preserved, bold, vibrant; dust-jacket very well-preserved and bright, a couple of incredibly faint creases and marks but not very apparent; Harrods ticket with some handling marks

Rowling, J. K. Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone, first edition, first issue, London: Bloomsbury, 1997, paperback, print line on copyright page reads '10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1'; '1 wand' appears twice on p.53; 'Philosopher's' is misspelled 'Philospher's' to rear cover; 'Wizardry and Witchcraft' [rather than 'Witchcraft and Wizardry'] to rear cover. Contents very good, clean, bright; usual very faint toning to page edges; binding tight and solid, faint creases to covers but generally appears unread; a couple of very faint marks to inner covers; two tiny nicks at extreme edge of half title; faint creasing to extreme corners of closing few leaves; covers bold and vibrant, only very slight discolouration to spine; light wear to extremities, the corners lightly bumped with very slight loss, very light splitting to joints at bottom of spine; laminate lifting slightly along edges with slight loss at bottom of spine