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Lot 357

The Lost World - by Arthur Conan Doyle First Edition

Lot 2025

Duby, George & Lobrichon, Guy: The History Of Venice In Painting, first edition, published 2007 Aberville Press, New York & London, in red cloth boards with gilt tooled detail, housed in a pictorial slip-case, folio, together with Norwich, John Julius: A History Of Venice, London Folio Society 2007, in slip-case and Hibbert, Christopher: Italian Cities, three volumes to include Venice, Rome and Florence, London Folio Society 1997, in slip-case. (3)

Lot 2010

Robertson, Walford Graham: Old English Songs and Dances, first and only edition, Longmans, Green, and Co. 39 Paternoster Row, London New York and Bombay, 1902, illustrated boards and cloth spine, folio. (1)

Lot 2013

Doyle, Sir Arthur Conan: The Adventures Of Sherlock Holmes, Illustrations by Sidney Paget, Fourth Edition, London George Newnes Limited, 1894, in blue publisher's cloth, 8vo, together with various others titles by the author many first editions to include The Poison Belt (1913), Through The Magic Door (1907), Rodney Stone (N/D), The Tragedy Of The Korosko (1898), Adventures Of Gerard (N/D), Sir Nigel (1906), Uncle Bernac (1897), The Stark Munro Letters (1895), The Green Flag (1905), Songs Of Action (1898), The Refugees (1895), Micah Clarke (1895) and The Vital Message (N/D) (14)

Lot 2324

An Arcadia AC-01 gent's steel cased chronograph wristwatch, limited edition No.186/275, having a signed black dial with luminous baton markers, centre seconds, four subsidiary dials and date aperture at 6 o'clock, crystal back cover showing automatic movement, case dia.45mm, on stitched black leather bracelet with brushed steel hinged deployment clasp, with original pouch and setting keyNote: The luxury Swiss brand Arcadia Watches originally ran from 1858-1968, until the advent of quartz movements heralded its demise. It was relaunched in 2007 with their first watch, the AC01, being released in 2010 and limited to an edition of 275 watches. Immaculate and appears very little, if ever, worn.

Lot 2036

An Edwards & Sons locking Autograph & Letters album, comprising a collection of late Victorian and early Edwardian notes and calling cards signed by theatrical, political and other notables of the period, to include; Royalty & Nobles Prince Frederick Duleep Singh on Old Buckenham Hall, Attleborough, headed paper dated 1904; George, Duke of Cambridge, on Gloucester House headed black-edged paper dated 1862; Antarctic explorer Sir Philip Lee Brocklehurst letter on paper embossed with the family crest and motto 'Veritas Me Dirigit'; John Campbell, 9th Duke of Argyll ‘Marquis of Lorne’, on Kensington Palace headed paper; William Ward, 1st Earl of Dudley on Dudley House headed black-lined paper dated 1884.Politicians, Authors & ArtistsPolitician Lord Randolph Churchill on Beaufort Castle, Beauly, headed paper; Lord Cadogan on Lord Privy Seal headed paper dated 1891; Dividend payment request signed by Viscount Castlemain dated 1725; King Solomon’s Mines author Sir Henry Rider Haggard on headed paper from Ditchingham House, Bungay, Suffolk, (with embossed hieroglyph motif and dated ’88, arranging a visit from a Mr Broadley (possibly barrister and author Alexander Meyrick Broadley?); illustrator and caricaturist Harry Furniss on ‘Lika Joko’ headed and illustrated paper (the short-lived humorous magazine which he founded and was editor after leaving Punch), dated September 1894 (one month before the first edition of the magazine, which only ran until April 1895); artist and keeper of the Royal Academy Ernest Crofts on Burlington House headed paper dated 1901.Actors & other Performers Actress Violet Vanbrugh to Mr Gray 1894; actor & singer Charles Hayden Coffin on headed paper for Campden Hill Cottage and dated 1892; actress Winifred Emery from the Theatre Royal Brighton; actor, director, and mentor to Noel Coward, Sir Charles Henry Hawtrey dated 1892; actor and theatre manager Sir Johnston Forbes-Robertson on embossed notepaper for 22 Bedford Square; American actress Cora Brown-Potter on headed paper for Burleigh House, 16 Blenheim Road; actress Evelyn Mary Millard; actress Mrs Patrick Campbell on headed paper from 33 Kensington Square; actor-manager Sir Squire Bancroft on headed paper for The Garrick Club dated 1886; singer and comedy actor Rutland Barrington.As well as some unidentified examples and a selection of clipped signatures

Lot 2441

Christopher Saxton (c1542-1606) - County map of southern England to include Kent, Surrey, Sussex & Middlesex, the original engraving by Remigius Hogenberg in 1579 and first appearing in Saxton's Atlas of England of Wales, this edition published 1642 by William Webb to include the arms of Charles I, with pictorial motifs for towns and villages, and ships off the south coast, hand-coloured and engraved, 41 x 55.5cm

Lot 2035

One volume, Harry Potter and The Half-Blood Prince, First Edition, print error on page 99, reads eleven, should read ten

Lot 2156

A First Edition 1924 The Queen's Dolls House book and Playbox Annual, 1923, both 100 years old

Lot 179

Bachmann OO Gauge 31510 Class 158 Two Car DMU Transpennine First Group (E box G) 31080 Class 46 diesel Ixion BR D172 Limited Edition 0959/2000 (E box G-E, with certificate and leaflets) (2)Ixion - Excellent, little if at all used, with decals, box has a few knocks; DMU - Excellent, has been run, boc has a few tears and black tape around one end of one of the interior boxes

Lot 412

Collection of six first edition books by A. Conan Doyle from 1892 to 1905, London.Please see images

Lot 307

Hornby R3686 Class W4 Peckett 0-4-0ST in Huntley & Palmers blue with three open wagons - Limited Edition of 1000, Tested Runner(650g)Includes certificate and instructionsAppears first time run at test Condition Report - Excellent

Lot 902

After Cecil Aldin (1870-1935), The ''Grand National'', Becher's Brook, The Canal Turn, The First Open Ditch and Valentine's, a set of four limited edition prints no. 181/350 (Becher's Brook no. 182), each signed in pencil to the margin with original paper labels verso and further Harrods Ltd labels, 20 x 32.5cm. (4)

Lot 605

McNeill, Ross: Royal Air Force Coastal Command Losses of the Second World War, Vol 1 Aircraft and Crew Losses 1939-1941, 2003 first edition paperback, together with a Second Supplement to The London Gazette of Tuesday, the 3rd of December, 1946. (2)

Lot 640

After Terence Cuneo (1907-1996), Operation Desert Storm 1991, limited edition print no.38/850, signed by the artist and General Sir Peter De La Billiere, with certificates, unframed, 61 x 77cm, together with Gerald Coulson (b.1926), The First Blow, limited edition print no.537/850, signed by the artist and Flight Lieutenant George Booth, unframed, 61.5 x 73cm. (2)

Lot 2665

MALEY, WILLIE THE STORY OF THE CELTIC Printed for the author by J.L. Paterson Ltd.at the Villafield Press, Bishopbriggs, 1939, first edition bound in green cloth with gilt crest to upper cover, retaining dust jacket, signed to free endpaper "Willie Maley, Celtic F.C., 1888-1940" Condition Report:Available upon request

Lot 2665B

HARDY, THOMAS THE WORKSThe "Mellstock Edition", one of 500 sets printed, MacMillan & Co., London, 1919-1920, thirty-seven volumes (one with cover badly water damaged), the first (Tess of the D'Urbervilles) being signed by Hardy, with an engraved frontispiece portrait of the author by William Strang, bound in gilt dark blue cloth, with monogrammed upper covers, 8vo, armorial bookplate of Sir Alexander Kay Muir Bart.Sir Alexander Kay Muir, 2nd Baronet (1868-1951), son of Sir John Muir, Scottish industrialist, founder of Finlay Muir & Co. and Lord Provost of Glasgow 1889-1892. Succeeding as second Baronet in 1903, Alexander Kay Muir held the offices of Justice of the Peace for Glasgow and Perthshire, and High Sherriff of County Waterford.Condition Report:"Most volumes worn to spine at extremities, with some fraying to cloth. Many corners bumper and curled. General shelf-wear and variable fading to spines. Covers generally lightly marked in places. Water damage to covers of volumes IV and XXVIII, with resultant staining to pages. Minor damp-staining to pages elsewhere. Volume XIV with some deep scoring to cover and a tear fully through the board to bottom edge (approx. 1cm in length). Volume XXXIII badly water damaged to lower cover. Pages internally are generally crisp and fairly bright. Some edges are uncut. Occasional light marks and foxing. Largely, endpapers, titles etc. are discoloured/browned/foxed.Please be advised that owing to the extent of the set, we are unable to provide exhaustive condition notes. The above is indicative of the condition of the set overall."

Lot 2600

A VICTORIAN AND LATER MEDAL GROUP OF SEVEN AWARDED TO LIEUTENANT-COLONEL HAROLD WYLLIE O.B.E. R.A.F. Comprising O.B.E. in silver by Garrard & Co., London; Queen's South Africa Medal with Transvaal, Natal and South Africa 1902 clasps (Lieut. H. Wyllie Vol. Co. R. West Kent R.); WW1 1914 Star with 5th Aug.-22nd Nov. 1914 clasp (Capt. H. Wyllie AMPS: R ATTD: R.F.C.), British War Medal (Major H. Wyllie R.F.C.) and Victory Medal with Oak Leaf (Major H. Wyllie R.F.C.); and WW2 Defence Medal and War Medal; mounted for wear and housed within a glazed frame alongside cap badges for the Royal West Kent Regiment, Buffs (Royal East Kent Regiment), Hampshire Regiment, Wiltshire Regiment and Royal Flying Corps; cloth R.F.C. and R.A.F. pilot's wings; and bullion-embroidered R.A.F., Royal Navy and Fleet Air Arm cap badges; the frame measuring approx. 43.5cm x 34cm externally; with a set of corresponding miniature medals. Together with Wyllie's copy of Knots Splices and Fancy Work by Chas. L. Spencer; Brown, Son & Ferguson, second edition, pub. June 1935, signed and inscribed by the author, with HMS Implacable embossed stamp on half-title page, inscribed by Wyllie "The best book ever written about practical work" and featuring frequent additional pencil illustrations and notes in his hand (2) Harold Wyllie (1880 – 1973) - Born at Hoo, in Kent, Wyllie was the first of nine children born to the renowned marine artist W.L. Wyllie and his wife Marion Amy. His life was divided between his artistic and military careers, with his lifelong interest in the sea filling any gaps in his busy days. On leaving school he travelled to New York to work as an artist for The Graphic, but returned to fight in the army in the Boer War. In the First World War he became a pilot in the Royal Flying Corps, much of his work involving making sketches in the air to be used by Army war planners. In 1916, he joined the Army and was made up to Lt. Col. In 1932 he was appointed in charge of HMS Implacable in Portsmouth Harbour, where she was in use as a training ship. Wyllie helped his father when HMS Victory was placed into dry dock in Portsmouth, and he was appointed Chief Rigger of the Victory. In 1958 he was appointed Vice President of the Society of Marine Artists. Wyllie spent his latter years in Dunkeld, Perthshire. He continued his work as an artist, and it is believed that at the time of his death, at the age of 93, he still had a year’s work in commissions. Condition Report:Available upon request

Lot 2665A

KIPLING, RUDYARD THE WORKSThe "Bombay Edition", MacMillan and Co., London 1913-1919, twenty-five volumes, the first being signed by Kipling to the half-title, one of 1,050 copies printed, in cloth-backed paper-covered boards with paper labels to spines, 8vo (25)Condition Report:"Cloth spines lightly foxed throughout. Paper covered boards are good overall, though with varying degrees of discolouration/marking, typically near to cloth spines. Minor bumps to head a foot of spines. Gilt top page edges are a little dulled. Some minor tearing/scuffing to paper titles on spines. Volumes are generally nice and crisp internally. Variable foxing towards endpapers throughout. Pages are deckle-edged and there is discolouration/wear to those that are exposed. The signed half-title of volume I is rather browned/mottled. The signature however is nice and crisp. Bookseller's pencil annotation to final endpaper.Pleased be advised that owing to the extent of the set, we are not able to provide exhaustive condition notes. The above gives an indication of the condition overall."

Lot 2660

JOHNSON, JAMES; BURNS, ROBERT (CONTIBUTOR) THE SCOTS MUSICAL MUSEUM Humbly Dedicated to the Catch Club, Instituted at Edinr. June, 1771 Printed and sold by Johnson & Co., Music Sellers, Lawnmarket, Edinburgh, six volumes, quarter-bound in blue Morocco with gilt-titled spines, 8vo, ownership inscription of Edward Alfred Moffat (1863-1950), Scottish musician, composer and collector of music Together with a later four-volume edition - The Scots Musical Museum; consisting of six hundred songs, with proper Bases for the painoforte and now accompanied with copious notes and illustrations of the lyric poetry and music of Scotland by the late William Stenhouse, William Blackwood and Sons, Edinburgh, 1853 Provenance: Jimmie MacGregor MBE. Musician, writer, broadcaster. Condition Report:"Older set - bindings are later and in fairly rough condition. Vol. I with upper cover detached and remains of an old taped repair. Vol. II with upper cover almost detached, hanging by a cord. Vol. IV with upper cover beginning to separate similarly. Vol. V with upper cover detached. Vol. VI with both covers detached.Vol. I - newspaper cutting pasted to inside front cover. Preface dated 1787. Text complete. Pages discoloured and foxed throughout. Wear to page edges. Vol. II - ownership inscription of Amelia Stuart Dalguise, 1794 to title. Pages generally as above but with worm to top corner throughout first half. Vol. III - text as above but with damp staining to upper right corner throughout (worst towards title). Vol. IV - some fading to title. Otherwise, as above.Vol. V - title rather faded. Bookseller's annotations to endpapers. Otherwise, as above. Vol. VI - a possible repaired tear to title. Some worm to corner towards end.Reprinted set - in fair overall condition, with significant wear to spines, bumped corners and discolouration to covers. Vol. I with facsimile titled inserted loose. Foxing throughout, particularly to page edges. Some off-setting where loose facsimile title has been inserted at random. Folding facsimile letter is present, with much foxing. All volumes with endpapers split to hinge."

Lot 2669

A COLLECTION OF 17th CENTURY VOLUMES Lilly, William Christian Astrology modestly Treated of in three Books. Second Edition, Printed by John Macock, London, 1659, 12mo, fully vellum-bound Lvcans Pharsalia: or, The Civil Warres of Rome Third Edition, Printed by A.M., London, sold by Will. Sheares, 1635 A View of all Religions in the World: With the several Church-Governments, from the Creation, till these Times. Fifth Edition, Enlarged and Perfected by Alexander Ross, Printed by John Williams, London, Sold by Ben Billingsley, London, 1675, calf-bound, re-backed Legendre, Louis The History of the Reign of Lewis the Great, Till the General Peace, concluded at Reswick, In the Year 1697. Printed for D. Browne and others, London 1699, rebound in full calf Pecke, Thomas Parnassi Puerperium: or, Some Well-wishes to Ingenuity Printed by J. Cottrel, for Tho. Bassett, London, 1659, calf-bound Osborn, Francis Advice to a Son. Or, Directions For your better Conduct Sixth Edition, Printed by H.H. for Tho. Robinson, Oxford, 1658, text block split and covers detached Penn, William Primitive Christianity Revived the Faith and Practice of the People called Quakers. Printed and Sold by T. Sowle, London, 1696 (7) Condition Report:Lilly's Christian Astrology - Later vellum binding is in good overall condition. Covers bend outwards somewhat. Hand-drawn diagrams to first endpaper and reverse of engraved frontispiece and title page. Text with occasional annotations. Title page torn. Page 166 with a patched-in repair to top corner. Pages generally in good condition, with a degree of browning and warping throughout. Marks and creasing in places. Occasional damage to page edges. Roughly scrubbed out annotations to page 128. Large tear to the bottom corner of page 193. Page 206 possibly misplaced as previous catchword does not correspond, though numbered correctly. Some fading to text on page 529. Text ends with index. It appears the final pages have been lost, as the last printed page runs only up to the letter H. Otherwise, text appears to be complete, with all catchwords matching. Some dark staining to page edges. Overall, an interesting, clearly well-studied, copy.

Lot 478

Geena Davis signed Geena Davis Dying of Politeness first edition hardback book, 277 pages. Good condition. All autographs come with a Certificate of Authenticity. We combine postage on multiple winning lots and can ship worldwide. UK postage from £5.99, EU from £7.99, Rest of World from £9.99

Lot 482

Geena Davis signed Geena Davis Dying of Politeness first edition hardback book, 277 pages. Good condition. All autographs come with a Certificate of Authenticity. We combine postage on multiple winning lots and can ship worldwide. UK postage from £5.99, EU from £7.99, Rest of World from £9.99

Lot 523

Atlantis by David Gibbins 2005 First Edition Hardback Book . Good condition. All autographs come with a Certificate of Authenticity. We combine postage on multiple winning lots and can ship worldwide. UK postage from £5.99, EU from £7.99, Rest of World from £9.99

Lot 1061

A collection of boxed die-cast vehicles including three Corgi Routemaster In Exile buses sets, two Corgi Limited Edition coaches, The Mack Bulldog Oil Tanker Truck, Corgi Classics, Gilbow Exclusive First Editions buses, Corgi Limited Edition United Dairies etc

Lot 297

Two early 20th century autograph books containing numerous poems, drawings and paintings along with a first edition copy of "Along Came Miss Moppietopp"

Lot 74

Conrad (Joseph) The Mirror of the Sea, ownership inscription on front free endpaper, 1906; The Nature of a Crime, dust-jacket, tape repairs to edges, fraying and toning to edges, light damp-staining along joints, paper repairs on spine, 1924; Twixt Land and Sea, spine faded, 1912, first American editions, original bords or cloth, light rubbing to extremities, New York; and another first American edition by the same, 8vo (4)

Lot 7

Adams (Douglas) The Illustrated Hitch Hiker's Guide to the Galaxy, first edition, signed by the author on title, illustrations, original boards, dust-jacket, slight creasing to head and foot else fine, 8vo, 1994.

Lot 250

White (T.H.) The Once & Future King, first edition, ink gift inscription no toned endpaper, original cloth, dust-jacket, light toning on spine, some a few spots, edges creased, heavier to spine ends, the odd nick and short tear, slightly reinforced with paper verso, slightly toned, still very good overall, 8vo, 1958.

Lot 163

McEwan (Ian) First Loves, Last Rites, small neat date on front free endpaper, light spotting to fore-edge with few straying onto margin, 1975; The Imitation Game, jacket price-clipped, 1981, first edition, signed by the author on titles, original boards, dust-jackets, fine copies; and 2 others by the author, 8vo (4)

Lot 181

Potter (Beatrix) The Tale of Mrs. Tittlemouse, first edition, first or second printing, colour frontispiece, plain title vignette and 26 colour plates, pictorial endpapers, occasional light surface marks, original cream boards with mounted colour illustration, spine toned, some surface soiling to covers, rubbed to little extremities, an excellent copy, [Linder p.429; Quinby 18], 16mo, 1910.

Lot 236

Tolkien (J.R.R., contributor), Dorothy L. Sayers, and others. Oxford Poetry, light spotting to first and last few page, wrappers creased, extremities tender, Oxford, 1915 § Haigh (Walter) A New Glossary of the Dialect of the Huddersfield District, first edition, forward by Tolkien, endpapers toned, original boards, extremities rubbed, remnant of dust-jacket spine loosely inserted, 1928, 8vo (2) 

Lot 46

Buchan (John) The Thirty-Nine Steps, first edition, margins toned, endpapers lightly soiled, original cloth, edges toned, the odd spot, spine ends frayed, 8vo, 1915.

Lot 256

Wodehouse (P.G.) Ice in the Bedroom, first edition, signed by the author "best wishes P.G. Wodehouse" on front free endpaper, endpapers lightly toned, original boards, light surface rubbing, dust-jacket, price-clipped, some creasing across panels and to edges, spine ends a little frayed and chipped, splitting up spine joints from lower edge, [McIlvaine A84a], New York, 1961; and another Wodehouse, 8vo (2)

Lot 54

Chandler (Raymond) Killer in the Rain, uncorrected proof, the odd marginal correction in ink or pencil, original wrappers, additional information in biro on title and upper cover, light spotting, spine creased, light splitting along upper joint but holding firm, 1964; and 2 others, including a first edition of Chandler's Playback and another work of detective fiction, 8vo (3)

Lot 4

Adams (Douglas) The Restaurant at the End of the Universe, first edition, signed by the author on title, marginal toning, original printed wrappers, light fading to spine, rubbing to spine tips, 8vo, Pan Books, 1980.*** The true first edition of the second book in the Hitch-Hiker's series, rare signed. 

Lot 211

Searle (Ronald) Slightly Foxed - but still desirable, limited edition signed by the author, colour illustrations, 1989; The Journal of Edwin Carp, signed by the author below frontispiece, bookplate and ink ownership inscription to front pastedown, light bumping to spine ends, dust-jacket, chips and nicks to spine ends and edges, faint surface soiling and light foxing to panels, tear to upper panel, chipping to lower panel cover and joint with some loss to text, 1954, first editions, original morocco or cloth, 4to & 8vo (2)  

Lot 98

Fleming (Ian) From Russia With Love, first edition, original boards with gun-and-rose design to upper cover in bronze and silver, spine lettered in silver and bronze, dust-jacket, expert repairs and retouching to spine ends and corners, few scuffs to joints, in effect an excellent and sharp copy, 8vo, 1957.

Lot 162

McCoy (Horace) No Pockets in a Shroud, first edition, endpapers browned, original cloth lettered in red, top edge stained red, some fore-edge spotting, otherwise a fine example of the cloth, 1937 § Flynt (Josiah) The Rise of Ruderick Clowd, first edition, original pictorial cloth, lightly rubbed, 1904; and 8 others, mysterious fiction, 8vo (10) ***  The first is the author's rare second book following his debut novel They Shoot Horses, Don't They?.

Lot 224

Steinbeck (John) East of Eden, first edition, first issue with 'bite' for 'bight' on p.281, original cloth, spine ends bumped, otherwise fine, dust-jacket, light rubbing along joints, chips and nicks to extremities, a little worse on spine ends but generally a very crisp and excellent copy, New York, 8vo, 1952. *** A celebrated work from the American author, here in scarcely crisp and unrestored condition. 

Lot 15

Ballard (J. G.) The Crystal World, first edition, signed by the author on title, faint foxing to endpapers, original boards, some bumping to spine tips and corners, dust-jacket, sunning to spine, minor chipping to spine tips and corners, creasing to head and foot, extremities rubbed, a very good example, 8vo, 1966.

Lot 73

Conrad (Joseph) Youth: a Narrative and Two Other Stories, first edition, 32pp. advertisements dated 10/02, ownership inscription on front free endpaper, fore-edge spotting with the occasional spot straying onto margin, original cloth, spine faded, light rubbing to joints, light surface marks to covers, but still a sharp and attractive copy overall, 8vo, 1902. *** An excellent example of Conrad's most important short story collection, including Heart of Darkness, one of the most celebrated novellas of the 20th century.

Lot 79

Cunard (Nancy), W.H. Auden, Samuel Beckett, T.S. Eliot, Evelyn Waugh, etc... Authors Take Sides on the Spanish War, first edition, original wrappers, light toning, patches of discolouration, tall 8vo, 1937.

Lot 151

Lowry (Malcolm) Under the Volcano, first edition, original cloth, edges a little discoloured, dust-jacket, crease on lower panel, portion of loss to spine tail, spine faded and frayed at head, upper panel excellent and sharp, 8vo, 1947.

Lot 11

Amis (Martin) The Rachel Papers, first edition, original boards, dust-jacket, slight rubbing to upper and lower edge, a fine copy, 8vo, 1973.*** The author's first novel, rare in such superb condition without any fading to the spine. 

Lot 167

Milne (A.A.) Winnie the Pooh, first edition, 'Works of Milne' publishing slip loosely inserted, endpapers with strip of toning, 1926; The House at Pooh Corner, endpapers browned, cloth slightly discoloured, spine faded, a few patches of staining, 1928, illustrations by Ernest Shepherd, original pictorial cloth; and a reprint of When We Were Very Young, 8vo (3)

Lot 53

Chandler (Raymond) Pearls are a Nuisance, first edition, light spotting to fore-edge, original boards, dust-jacket, few tears to lower edge with resultant creasing, 1" tear from lower edge and across spine, spine faded, chips and nicks to spine edges, light surface wear to lower panel, still very good overall and intact, 1958; and a second impression of The Simple Art of Murder, 8vo (2) *** A curiously rare Chandler title, with few ever being offered in commerce. A quartet of stories taken from The Simple Art of Murder.  

Lot 30

Blackwood (Algernon) Strange Stories, first edition, 1929 § Von Harbou (Thea) The Girl in the Moon, Reader's Library edition, light toning, [c.1929] § James (M.R.) Ghost Stories of an Antiquary, new edition, light foxing, slightly splitting down spine joint, 1919, original boards or cloth, light rubbing and bumping to extremities; and 7 others, weird fiction, 8vo (10)

Lot 192

Pratchett (Terry) Soul Music, first edition, 1994; Men at Arms, first edition, jacket price-clipped, 1993; The Last Continent, first edition, 1998 § Davis (Lindsey) A Dying Light in Corduba, second printing, signed by the author on title, 1996, original boards, dust-jackets, creasing to spine ends; and 24 others by the same, 8vo (28)

Lot 140

Larkin (Philip) Jill, first edition, original boards, fine, later state dust-jacket, clipped and re-priced at 12/6, few nicks and chips to extremities, spine browned, some even toning, small damp-stain on lower panel, still an excellent example of a fragile and scarce jacket, 8vo, 1946. *** Rare in the jacket. 

Lot 83

[Day-Lewis (Cecil)], "Nicholas Blake". The Beast Must Die, first edition, faint scattered spotting to first and last few pages, original cloth, spine ends faded, dust-jacket, portions of loss to spine ends, affecting title, short tears to edges and joints, surface wear, creases, 8vo, 1938. *** Scarce example with a jacket of  the fourth Strangeways novel, adapted twice for film, most famously by Claude Chabrol in 1969.

Lot 218

Smith (Dodie) I Capture the Castle, first edition, original cloth, light fading to head, dust-jacket, neat and expert repairs and restorations to head and foot, light rubbing and creasing to extremities, in effect an excellent example, 8vo, 1949.

Lot 26

*** Please note, the description of this lot has changed.*** Beerbohm (Max) Zuleika Dobson, first edition, endpapers a little toned, Blackwell's bookseller sticker on pastedown, original cloth, a few spots, spine faded, ends rubbed, 1911 § Fermor (Patrick Leigh) Between the Woods and Water, first edition, endpapers toned, original boards, dust-jacket, a near-fine copy, 1986; and 25 others, modern literature, v.s. (26) *** Please note that this lot no longer includes a copy of Peter Rabbit. 

Lot 130

Joyce (James) Finnegans Wake, first trade edition, endpapers and peripheral pages foxed, original cloth, dust-jacket, price-clipped, few nicks and short tears to edges, small portion of loss to spine head and corner of lower panel, still in very good unrestored condition, 8vo, 1939.

Lot 44

Brookner (Anita) Hotel du Lac, first American edition, New York, 1985; Family and Friends, first edition, ownership name on front free endpaper, 1985; A Misalliance, first edition,1986; Latecovers, first edition,1988, some marginal toning, original boards, dust-jackets, light creasing to extremities but mostly fine; and 9 others by Brookner and Nina Bawden, 8vo (13) 

Lot 229

Stoker (Bram) The Mystery of the Sea, first edition, bookplate torn away leaving worn and rubbed endpapers, offsetting, ownership name on page facing half-title, scattered spots on title and first few pages, original pictorial cloth, gilt, extremities lightly bumped, 8vo, 1902.

Lot 244

Verne (Jules) A Journey to the Centre of the Earth, first English edition, 8pp. advertisements at end, 51 plates, frontispiece and 50 plates, light marking and toning on margins, original pictorial cloth, expertly rebacked preserving original spine strip, light rubbing but gilt still bright, endpapers renewed, 8vo, 1872. *** A rare English edition of this science-fiction classic. 

Lot 3

Adams (Douglas) The Hitch Hiker's Guide to the Galaxy, first hardback edition, small stain to top edge, original boards, second state dust-jacket without the Capricorn One advert on rear panel, light sunning to spine, slight creasing to spine tips, an excellent example, 8vo, 1979.

Lot 168

Milne (A.A.) The House at Pooh Corner, first edition, ink gift inscription on half-title, pictorial endpapers with strip of toning, occasional light ink marks or finger-soiling marks, original pictorial cloth, spine ends bumped, lightly marked and discoloured, dust-jacket, browned and soiled, heaver to spine, portion of loss to spine tail, extremities chipped and frayed, 8vo, 1928.

Lot 172

Obama (Barack) The Audacity of Hope, first edition, signed by the author on title, original boards, dust-jacket, a fine copy, 2006. *** Certificate of authenticity included. 

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