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NO RESERVE Grossmith (George) and Weedon Grossmith. The Diary of a Nobody, first edition, half-title, frontispiece, illustrations, publisher's advertisements at end, original pictorial cloth, slight bumping to corners and extremities, 8vo, Bristol and London, [1892].

Music.- Miller (Edward) The Psalms of David for the Use of Parish Churches, first edition, engraved title and dedication, subscriber's list of over 3000, engraved music, without finis on final leaf and without 4pp. Addenda at end (found in some copies), faint spotting to first and last few leaves, contemporary tree-calf, cracked hinges, bumping to corners and extremities, [1790] § Boyce (Dr.) The Chaplet. A Musical Entertainment, engraved title and 46pp. music, this edition not on ESTC, ?lacking privilege leaf, occasional faint marginal staining, modern half-morocco, for I. Walsh, n.d. § Milne (A. A.) Fourteen Songs from When We Were Very Young, illustrations by E. H. Shepard, original cloth-backed boards, a little rubbed, price-clipped dust-jacket, rubbed, loss to spine foot, several small holes to spine, New York, 1925; and 35 others similar, including 15 vol. of a defective 'Orpheus: a collection of glees of the most admired German composers,' v.s. (38)

Birds.- Millais (John Guille) The Natural History of British Game Birds, limited edition of 550 copies, chromolithographed frontispiece and 17 plates, 17 photogravure plates, 1 photographic plate, tissue-guards, original buckram backed boards, lightly faded spine, as usual, a little rubbed, slight bumping to corners and extremities, 1909; Game Birds and Shooting-Sketches, first edition, half-title, portrait frontispiece, 34 plates (16 colour), illustrations, occasional faint spotting, original half-morocco, rubbed, bumping to corners and spine extremities, 1982; and another by the same, folio & 4to (3)

NO RESERVE Carey (Peter) My Life as a Fake, first edition, signed presentation inscription from the author to Tariq Ali, jacket upper panel with short tear to head and some patch of foxing to foot, light discolouration to spine, Sydney, 2003; True History of the Kelly Gang, first English edition, signed by the author, "Ned Kelly's Australia" map loosely inserted, jacket with light sunning to spine, 2001; Jack Maggs, first English edition, signed presentation inscription from the author, jacket with light creasing to spine ends, 1997, original boards, dust-jackets, excellent or near-fine; and 6 others by the same, 8vo (9)

NO RESERVE Britain.- [Gough (Richard)] British Topography..., 2 vol., first edition, engraved title vignettes, 7 folding engraved maps and large map (plate 8) in 3 parts, bookplate of George Gallwey Mills, contemporary russia, rubbed, spines worn, joints split, covers of vol.1 detached, 4to, T.Payne & Son, and J.Nichols, 1780.

India.- Sleeman (Lieutenant-Colonel W. H.) Rambles and Recollections of an Indian Official, 2 vol., first edition, chromolithographed frontispieces and 30 plates, tissue-guards, spotting, corrections inserted by hand, manuscript bookplates, near contemporary half-morocco, a little rubbed, slight bumping to corners and extremities, 8vo, 1844.

Orchids.- Millican (Albert) Travels and Adventures of an Orchid Hunter: An Account of Canoe and Camp Life in Colombia, while Collecting Orchids in the Northern Andes, first edition, colour frontispiece and 21 plates, illustrations, original red pictorial cloth, gilt, spine a little dulled, light rubbing to tips of spine and corners but a remarkably bright and fine example overall, 8vo, 1891.

NO RESERVE Commerce.- Cary (John) Essai sur l'etat du commerce d'Angleterre, first edition in French, translated and augmented by Georges-Marie Butel-Dumont, 2 vol., titles with woodcut ornaments, woodcut head- and tail-pieces and decorative initials, vol.1 X12 blank and with errata f. at end, ink stamp of Eugene de Froberville to first title, some spotting and staining, lightly browned contemporary calf, gilt, spine richly so and with double morocco labels, spine heads little chipped, joint starting, but holding firm, corners worn, rubbed, [Einaudi 920 (Guillyn); Goldsmiths' 9015; Higgs 986; Kress 5424; McCulloch, p. 46], 12mo, London & Paris, Nyon, 1755.⁂ 'the best discourse I ever read on that subject' (Locke). McCulloch proposes that the additions made by Butel-Dumont make this 'in all respects a more valuable work than that of Cary'. Butel-Dumont was an economist and secretary at the French embassy in St. Petersburg.

NO RESERVE Stern (James) Something Wrong, first edition, signed presentation inscription from the author, light fading to spine, 1938; The Man who Was Loved, first American edition, signed presentation inscription from the author, dust-jacket, spine ends and corners chipped, extremities rubbed, New York, 1951 § Masefield (John) Martin Hyde, first English edition, dust-jacket, spine sunned, spine ends and corners a little chipped, n.d. § Lee (Laurie) Peasants' Priest. A Play, first edition, original wrappers, preserved in custom chemise, Canterbury, 1947, all but the last in original cloth; and c.50 others, modern literature, 8vo (c.55)

Purdey shooting accessoriesComprising:-A J. Purdey cleaning kit in a leather folding case, some pieces missingA J. Purdey 2-piece ebonised cleaning rodA small cleaning kit in a J. Purdey nylon slipA modern J. Purdey brass, oak and leather game carrierA limited edition book entitled Purdey's, the guns and the family by Richard Beaumont, No. 36, signed by the authorThe Early Purdeys by P L. Unsworth (First Edition) Christies Books(6)For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com

TODD WHITE (born 1969); signed limited edition print on canvas, 'Her First Screen Test', edition size 195, 73.5 x 45.7cm, framed.

[MISCELLANEOUS] Nine assorted works, in sixteen volumes, including Lawrence, T.E. Seven Pillars of Wisdom, A Triumph, first trade edition, Cape, London, 1935, brown buckram, plate illustrations, quarto; and Churchill, Winston. A History of the English-Speaking People, first editions, Cassell, London, 1956-58, maroon cloth, dustjackets (with some wear), large octavo.

[MODERN FIRSTS] Wodehouse, P.G. The Inimitable Jeeves, first edition, Jenkins, London, 1923, grey-green cloth, ten titles listed 'by the same author' opposite title page, year of publication in Roman numerals, octavo; and Wodehouse, P.G. A Gentleman of Leisure, later printing circa 1931, Jenkins, London, no date, green cloth (upper joint torn at head), octavo, (2).

[CHILDRENS] Milne, A.A. Winnie-the-Pooh, first edition, Methuen, London, 1926, dark green cloth gilt, top edges gilt, map endpapers, illustrations by Ernest Shepard, octavo (newspaper cutting taped to front blank).

(See English version below)Max Klinger (Leipzig 1857 – 1920 Großjena b. Naumburg). „Ein Handschuh (Opus VI)“. 1881/1893Orig.-Halbleinenmappe mit 10 Radierungen, teilweise mit Aquatinta, auf französischem Chinapapier auf Karton. Mappe 48,5 × 65,5 cm ( 19 ⅛ × 25 ¾ in.). Singer 113 IV, 114 u. 115 V, 116 VI, 117 – 122 IV. Hier die III. Ausgabe, Selbstverlag, München 1893 (in den Orig.-Passepartouts, mit dem lose beiliegenden Titelblatt). Die Folge der zugrundeliegenden Federzeichnungen entstand 1878 und wurde 1881 erstmals als Graphik-Mappe publiziert. Die Graphiken im Rand durchgängig stockfleckig, in der Darstellung nur teilweise und minimal. Die Mappe etwas fleckig und mit Gebrauchsspuren. [3113] Wir berechnen auf den Hammerpreis 30% Aufgeld.Max Klinger (Leipzig 1857 – 1920 Grossjena near Naumburg). ”Ein Handschuh (Opus VI)”. 1881/1893Original half linen-covered portfolio with 10 etchings, partially with aquatint, on French China paper on cardboard. Portfolio 48,5 × 65,5 cm ( 19 ⅛ × 25 ¾ in.). Singer 113 IV, 114 and 115 V, 116 VI, 117 – 122 IV. Here the III edition, self-published, Munich 1893 (loose accompanying title page in the original mats). The sequence of the underlying pen drawings was produced in 1878 and was first published in 1881 as a print portfolio. Continuous foxing on the prints in the margin, only partially and minimally within the image. The portfolio is slightly stained and with handling marks. [3113] We charge 30% premium on the hammerprice.

Albin-Guillot, Laure: Micrographie décorative Micrographie décorative. Preface by M. Paul Léon. 20 multi-color photogravure plates circa 28,2 x 22 cm, printed on colored and metallic paper, in mats between guard sheets. Original spiral bound white and black embossed papered boards. Preface signed in ink by M.Paul Léon. Paris, Draeger Frères, 1931 (42,5 x 36 cm). First edition. Auer. p. 176; Parr/Badger The Photobook. A History, vol. I, p. 80. – Some pages slightly buckled, otherwise in very good condition and a clean copy. Lacking the slipcase. Very rare. Albin-Guillot, Laure: Micrographie décorative Micrographie décorative. Preface by M. Paul Léon. 20 multi-color photogravure plates circa 28,2 x 22 cm, printed on colored and metallic paper, in mats between guard sheets. Original spiral bound white and black embossed papered boards. Preface signed in ink by M.Paul Léon. Paris, Draeger Frères, 1931 (42,5 x 36 cm). First edition. Auer. p. 176; Parr/Badger The Photobook. A History, vol. I, p. 80. – Some pages slightly buckled, otherwise in very good condition and a clean copy. Lacking the slipcase. Very rare.

Krull, Germaine: Ausdruckskunst II. Ausdruckskunst II. 6 Aufnahmen Weiblicher Akte. 6 hand-pulled photogravures after photographs by Germaine Krull and others mounted on original paper. 35 x 25,5 cm. Original floral patterned portfolio with pasted down title (corners lightly bumped, professionally repaired spine). Circa 1920. First edition. – Interior of portfolio with some foxing and browning, photogravures in excellent condition. Krull, Germaine: Ausdruckskunst II. Ausdruckskunst II. 6 Aufnahmen Weiblicher Akte. 6 hand-pulled photogravures after photographs by Germaine Krull and others mounted on original paper. 35 x 25,5 cm. Original floral patterned portfolio with pasted down title (corners lightly bumped, professionally repaired spine). Circa 1920. First edition. – Interior of portfolio with some foxing and browning, photogravures in excellent condition.

Schmidt, Michael: Frauen Frauen. Kunstverein für die Rheinlande und Westfalen, Düsseldorf. 136 p., 2 l. with numerous black and white photographs on plates. 30,5 x 25 cm. Original cloth covered boards with original acetate dust jacket (rubbed). Köln, Walther König, 2000. First edition. Title page signed and dedicated by the photographer in ink to Wilmar Koenig. – Some pages with pressure marks, otherwise in good condition. Schmidt, Michael: Frauen Frauen. Kunstverein für die Rheinlande und Westfalen, Düsseldorf. 136 p., 2 l. with numerous black and white photographs on plates. 30,5 x 25 cm. Original cloth covered boards with original acetate dust jacket (rubbed). Köln, Walther König, 2000. First edition. Title page signed and dedicated by the photographer in ink to Wilmar Koenig. – Some pages with pressure marks, otherwise in good condition.

Arlaud, G.L.: Vingt Études de Nu Vingt Études de Nu en Plein Air. Préface de Saint Pol Roux. 20 plates printed in gravure. 43 x 27,5 cm. Original cream-colored portfolio (slightly dusty, edges bumped, small paper loss lower center). Paris, Horos Éditions, 1920. First edition. – Interior of portfolio repaired with tape, first page slightly dusty, otherwise plates in excellent condition. Arlaud, G.L.: Vingt Études de Nu Vingt Études de Nu en Plein Air. Préface de Saint Pol Roux. 20 plates printed in gravure. 43 x 27,5 cm. Original cream-colored portfolio (slightly dusty, edges bumped, small paper loss lower center). Paris, Horos Éditions, 1920. First edition. – Interior of portfolio repaired with tape, first page slightly dusty, otherwise plates in excellent condition.

Eggleston, William and Wilmar Koenig: Double Exposure Double Exposure. 100 pp. Original color illustrated boards (minimal soiling). 23,5 x 24,5 cm Heidelberg, Edition Braus, 2004. First edition. – Clean copy. – With: A full set of 21 chromongenic work prints (10 x 15 cm) on Fujicolor Professional paper of William Eggleston's Madrid images illustrated in the book. - In excellent condition. Eggleston, William and Wilmar Koenig: Double Exposure Double Exposure. 100 pp. Original color illustrated boards (minimal soiling). 23,5 x 24,5 cm Heidelberg, Edition Braus, 2004. First edition. – Clean copy. – With: A full set of 21 chromongenic work prints (10 x 15 cm) on Fujicolor Professional paper of William Eggleston's Madrid images illustrated in the book. - In excellent condition.

Koenig, Wilmar: From the series "Gotteshäuser" Wittstock, St. Marien and Mosque, Iran, from the series "Gotteshäuser". 1995, 2007. 2 chromogenic prints 1 on Kodak paper. Each circa 55 x 43,5 cm (64 x 50 cm). Each signed, dated and editioned A.P. by the photographer in ink in lower right corner/edge, 1 also titled, each mounted in mat. First print with light handling mark in upper area, second print with light presure mark in left area, otherwise in very good condition. Lit.: Wilmar Koenig. Gotteshäuser. Fotografien seit 1990. Photo Edition Berlin, both illustrated. Koenig, Wilmar: From the series "Gotteshäuser" Wittstock, St. Marien and Mosque, Iran, from the series "Gotteshäuser". 1995, 2007. 2 chromogenic prints 1 on Kodak paper. Each circa 55 x 43,5 cm (64 x 50 cm). Each signed, dated and editioned A.P. by the photographer in ink in lower right corner/edge, 1 also titled, each mounted in mat. First print with light handling mark in upper area, second print with light presure mark in left area, otherwise in very good condition. Lit.: Wilmar Koenig. Gotteshäuser. Fotografien seit 1990. Photo Edition Berlin, both illustrated.

Eggleston, William: 2 1/4 and three others 2 1/4. 100 pp. with 45 four-color plates. 33,3 x 23,7 cm. Red cloth-covered boards, with tipped-in color plate, no dust jacket as issued (front cover with some soiling and rubbing). Santa Fe, New Mexico, Twin Palm Publishers, 1999. First edition. Signed and dedicated I love you still + always Bill by the photographer in ink on title page. – Clean copy. – With: William Eggleston. Ancient and Modern. 167 pp., with 130 color and 4 black and white plates. 26 x 28,8 cm. Ochre cloth-covered boards with color illustrated dustkjacket (dustjacket with slight traces of use). New York, Random House, 1992. - First edition. Good, clean copy. - William Eggleston. Before Color. 210 pp. with 152 quadratone plates. 26 x 23 cm. Yellow imitation leather covered boards, with a tipped in photo illustration on front cover. Göttingen, Steidl, 2010. - First edition. Very good copy. - Alexander Tolnay (ed.). William Eggleston and Wilmar Koenig. Double Exposure. 100 pp. Original color illustrated boards. 23 x 24 cm Heidelberg, Edition Braus, 2004. First edition. - First edition. Very good copy. Eggleston, William: 2 1/4 and three others 2 1/4. 100 pp. with 45 four-color plates. 33,3 x 23,7 cm. Red cloth-covered boards, with tipped-in color plate, no dust jacket as issued (front cover with some soiling and rubbing). Santa Fe, New Mexico, Twin Palm Publishers, 1999. First edition. Signed and dedicated I love you still + always Bill by the photographer in ink on title page. – Clean copy. – With: William Eggleston. Ancient and Modern. 167 pp., with 130 color and 4 black and white plates. 26 x 28,8 cm. Ochre cloth-covered boards with color illustrated dustkjacket (dustjacket with slight traces of use). New York, Random House, 1992. - First edition. Good, clean copy. - William Eggleston. Before Color. 210 pp. with 152 quadratone plates. 26 x 23 cm. Yellow imitation leather covered boards, with a tipped in photo illustration on front cover. Göttingen, Steidl, 2010. - First edition. Very good copy. - Alexander Tolnay (ed.). William Eggleston and Wilmar Koenig. Double Exposure. 100 pp. Original color illustrated boards. 23 x 24 cm Heidelberg, Edition Braus, 2004. First edition. - First edition. Very good copy.

LaChapelle, David: Artists & Prostitutes Artists & Prostitutes. 698 pp with numerous color-separated illustrations after photographs reproduced in Pan4C. Signed by David LaChapelle on title page, text in English 51 x 36 x 9 cm. Original pink linen cover boards with black pressed title, in black linen clamshell box. Los Angeles, Taschen, 2005. One of 2500 numbered copies, signed on title page by David LaChapelle in blue marker. First limited edition. David LaChapelle was offered his first professional job by Andy Warhol to shoot for Interview magazine. Since then his work has been exhibited in galleries and museums worldwide, including Tony Shafrazi Gallery and Deitch Projects in New York, and London's Barbican. His images have appeared in countless magazines including Vogue Italia, French Vogue, Vanity Fair, Rolling Stone and i-D. In recent years he has expanded into music videos, live theatrical events and documentary film-making. With its vibrant full-bleed images this over-sized book offers a full celebration of the "Fellini of photography". – Book and clamshell box in excellent condition. LaChapelle, David: Artists & Prostitutes Artists & Prostitutes. 698 pp with numerous color-separated illustrations after photographs reproduced in Pan4C. Signed by David LaChapelle on title page, text in English 51 x 36 x 9 cm. Original pink linen cover boards with black pressed title, in black linen clamshell box. Los Angeles, Taschen, 2005. One of 2500 numbered copies, signed on title page by David LaChapelle in blue marker. First limited edition. David LaChapelle was offered his first professional job by Andy Warhol to shoot for Interview magazine. Since then his work has been exhibited in galleries and museums worldwide, including Tony Shafrazi Gallery and Deitch Projects in New York, and London's Barbican. His images have appeared in countless magazines including Vogue Italia, French Vogue, Vanity Fair, Rolling Stone and i-D. In recent years he has expanded into music videos, live theatrical events and documentary film-making. With its vibrant full-bleed images this over-sized book offers a full celebration of the "Fellini of photography". – Book and clamshell box in excellent condition.

Newton, Helmut: Sumo. Köln 1999. Elephant-Folio "Sumo". Edited by June Newton. With 460 full page illustrations after photographs, partly in color. 70 x 50 cm. Original white silk cloth over wooden boards and with photographic illustration on dust jacket (some traces of use in edges). Cologne et al., Benedikt Taschen, 1999. One of 10,000 numbered copies, printer's colophon signed in blue crayon by Helmut Newton. First edition of one of the heaviest and biggest Elephant-Folios of the modern age. – Clean and in very good condition. Newton, Helmut: Sumo. Köln 1999. Elephant-Folio "Sumo". Edited by June Newton. With 460 full page illustrations after photographs, partly in color. 70 x 50 cm. Original white silk cloth over wooden boards and with photographic illustration on dust jacket (some traces of use in edges). Cologne et al., Benedikt Taschen, 1999. One of 10,000 numbered copies, printer's colophon signed in blue crayon by Helmut Newton. First edition of one of the heaviest and biggest Elephant-Folios of the modern age. – Clean and in very good condition.

Eggleston, William: William Eggleston's Guide William Eggleston's Guide. With a text by John Szarkowski. 110 p., 1 l. with numerous full-page color illustrations. 23,5 x 23,5 cm. Original black imitation leather covered boards with a tipped in photograph and words gilt pressed on the cover and spine. New York, Museum of Modern Art, 1976. First edition. Parr and Badger. The Photobook. p. 265. The Open Book. pp. 308-309. One of the most significant modern photobooks, especially noted for its use of color photography. This collection, showing images of life in Tennessee, Mississippi and Alabama, was issued in conjunction with the first exhibition of a color photographer's work at the Museum of Modern Art, New York. "Eggleston's pictures are at once modest and monumental, vulgar and refined, ordinary and strange, prosaic and poetic, commonplace and unforgettable." (Parr. p. 265). Signed and dedicated 1983 to Wilmar Koenig by the photographer in ink on the title page, as well as Koenig's signature and year 1979. – A few nicks on front cover, tipped in illustration slightly rubbed, minimal toning in edges of end and loose flypapers, otherwise very good copy. Eggleston, William: William Eggleston's Guide William Eggleston's Guide. With a text by John Szarkowski. 110 p., 1 l. with numerous full-page color illustrations. 23,5 x 23,5 cm. Original black imitation leather covered boards with a tipped in photograph and words gilt pressed on the cover and spine. New York, Museum of Modern Art, 1976. First edition. Parr and Badger. The Photobook. p. 265. The Open Book. pp. 308-309. One of the most significant modern photobooks, especially noted for its use of color photography. This collection, showing images of life in Tennessee, Mississippi and Alabama, was issued in conjunction with the first exhibition of a color photographer's work at the Museum of Modern Art, New York. "Eggleston's pictures are at once modest and monumental, vulgar and refined, ordinary and strange, prosaic and poetic, commonplace and unforgettable." (Parr. p. 265). Signed and dedicated 1983 to Wilmar Koenig by the photographer in ink on the title page, as well as Koenig's signature and year 1979. – A few nicks on front cover, tipped in illustration slightly rubbed, minimal toning in edges of end and loose flypapers, otherwise very good copy.

Perckhammer, Heinz: Peking Peking. With an introduction by Arthur Holitscher. XIV, 200 p. with 200 illustrations and 1 map. 30 x 22,5 cm. Original grey linen with blue pressed title on cover and spine (faded). Berlin, Albertus-Verlag, 1928. First edition. Perckhammer's photographic study of Peking, China from 1928. – In very good condition. – With: Chine. With text by Paul Claudel. 3 l., 80 p., 3 l. with 26 plates with illustrations after photographs by Hélène Hoppenot printed in fine rotogravure. 35,5 x 26,5 cm. Original wrappers (slightly dusty, edges soiled/rubbed, some staining). Paris, D'Art Albert Skira, 1946. - Binding slightly loose, slight traces of use. Perckhammer, Heinz: Peking Peking. With an introduction by Arthur Holitscher. XIV, 200 p. with 200 illustrations and 1 map. 30 x 22,5 cm. Original grey linen with blue pressed title on cover and spine (faded). Berlin, Albertus-Verlag, 1928. First edition. Perckhammer's photographic study of Peking, China from 1928. – In very good condition. – With: Chine. With text by Paul Claudel. 3 l., 80 p., 3 l. with 26 plates with illustrations after photographs by Hélène Hoppenot printed in fine rotogravure. 35,5 x 26,5 cm. Original wrappers (slightly dusty, edges soiled/rubbed, some staining). Paris, D'Art Albert Skira, 1946. - Binding slightly loose, slight traces of use.

Baltz, Lewis: Park City Park City. With an essay by Gus Blaisdell. 246 p. With 102 photographs on plates by Baltz. 27,5 x 28,5 cm. Original canvas (upper right corner bumped) with illustrated original dust jacket (corners bumped, edges rubbed, diagonal fold mark on front cover). Albuquerque and New York, Artspace Press and Castelli Graphics, 1980. 802 photo books. p. 628. First edition of this legendary photo book. "Park City marks a key moment in Baltz's oeuvre, when he brought his conceptual instincts fully to the fore ... Rigorous, passionate, fiercely intelligent, Park City is one of the most important photobooks of the late twentieth century. Completely out of print in any edition, and surprisingly uncommon" (Parr & Badger). Signed and dedicated 1980 to Wilmar Koenig by the photographer in ink on the title page. – Upper right corner bumped throughout, otherwise clean copy. Baltz, Lewis: Park City Park City. With an essay by Gus Blaisdell. 246 p. With 102 photographs on plates by Baltz. 27,5 x 28,5 cm. Original canvas (upper right corner bumped) with illustrated original dust jacket (corners bumped, edges rubbed, diagonal fold mark on front cover). Albuquerque and New York, Artspace Press and Castelli Graphics, 1980. 802 photo books. p. 628. First edition of this legendary photo book. "Park City marks a key moment in Baltz's oeuvre, when he brought his conceptual instincts fully to the fore ... Rigorous, passionate, fiercely intelligent, Park City is one of the most important photobooks of the late twentieth century. Completely out of print in any edition, and surprisingly uncommon" (Parr & Badger). Signed and dedicated 1980 to Wilmar Koenig by the photographer in ink on the title page. – Upper right corner bumped throughout, otherwise clean copy.

Schmidt, Michael: Berlin-Wedding; Bilder 1979-1986 Berlin-Wedding. 120 p. with numerous illustrations by Michael Schmidt and text by Heinz Ohff. 24 x 25,8 cm. Original illustrated white wrappers (edge wear). Berlin, A. Nagel, 1978; First edition. Title page and back inside cover with unknown owner stamp, title page also with dedication in ink. – Some corners bumped, otherwise in good condition. – With: Michael Schmidt. Bilder 1979-1986. 16 l., with illustrations by Michael Schmidt. 27 x 21 cm. Original illustrated brochure (slight wear). Hanover, Spectrum/Sprengel Museum 1987. Front free endpaper signed and dedicated by the photographer in ink to Wilmar Koenig. Schmidt, Michael: Berlin-Wedding; Bilder 1979-1986 Berlin-Wedding. 120 p. with numerous illustrations by Michael Schmidt and text by Heinz Ohff. 24 x 25,8 cm. Original illustrated white wrappers (edge wear). Berlin, A. Nagel, 1978; First edition. Title page and back inside cover with unknown owner stamp, title page also with dedication in ink. – Some corners bumped, otherwise in good condition. – With: Michael Schmidt. Bilder 1979-1986. 16 l., with illustrations by Michael Schmidt. 27 x 21 cm. Original illustrated brochure (slight wear). Hanover, Spectrum/Sprengel Museum 1987. Front free endpaper signed and dedicated by the photographer in ink to Wilmar Koenig.

SHAW GEORGE BERNARD: (1856-1950) Irish Playwright, Nobel Prize winner for Literature, 1925. An excellent T.L.S., G. Bernard Shaw, two pages, 4to, n.p. (on his personal printed stationery with addresses in Welwyn and London), 25th November 1949, to A.S.E. Ackermann. Shaw writes on the subject of authors and publishers and states, in part, 'Many authors print at their own expense and publish “on commission”: that is, deliver the books printed and bound, paid for and ready for sale, to the publisher with his imprint; and he sells them for a commission of 10 or 15%. But as he also does the necessary dealing with the printer and binder as well as the bookseller, the author may have no contact with them……The royalty system is a necessity for authors who have no capital, which is the plight of most of them. The publisher supplies the capital, and, as printers have to keep a huge plant and will give long credit rather than have it idly rusting, the publisher, if the book sells well, never puts his hand in his pocket at all. He makes 300% net on the venture and gives the author 10 or 15 or at the outside 20. The author who has capital enough to pay for the manufacture reverses the transaction and makes the 300%, giving the publisher 10 or 15. [John] Ruskin and Herbert Spencer are notable examples of this practice. [W.H.] Davies, the Supertramp poet, began by having a long poem printed and bound for cash across the counter and peddling it from door to door…..I gather that you, like Davies, are doing without a publisher; but you can find a reputable one (beware of pirates) who will take you on commission'. A letter of good content. One small tear to the edge of the right fold, not affecting the text or signature, otherwise VGAlfred S. E. Ackermann (1867-1951) Consultant Engineer and Secretary of the Society of Engineers. At the time of the present letter Ackermann was on the point of a 4th edition of his Popular Fallacies which had first been published by Cassell in 1907. The 1950 edition came out with the imprint of the Old Westminster Press, London, who had also printed his Scientific Paradoxes and Problems and their Solutions in 1925. Simpkin Marshall, the famous wholesalers, were the sole distributors, so it appears Ackermann followed Shaw's advice.

DUNANT HENRI: (1828-1910) Swiss Promoter and co-Founder of the Red Cross. Dunant was a Humanitarian social Activist. The 1864 Geneva Convention was based on Dunant´s idea for an organisation to take care for wounded soldiers. Dunant was awarded with the first Nobel Peace Prize, being also the first Swiss Nobel laureate. An excellent and very rare A.L.S., H. Dunant, four pages, Heiden, 6th June 1902, to Madame Severine, Hotel Beau Rivage, Luzern, in French. The letter bears to the heading two large written underlined words `Personal´ and `In a Hurry´ , Dunant stating in part `Do you want details about the very first origins of the Red Cross? I can give you some; different to the ones which have been published by various newspapers..´, further saying `Three months ago I was asked to write an article to be published in an important American journal. I started the first pages, but the whole remained there…´, and further again `It is thirty years now that "A Memory of Solferino" is out of print; nobody and nowhere it is known except by its name. This week the new edition has been published..´. A letter of very good content. Accompanied by the original envelope in Dunant´s hand, postmarked and post-stamped, bearing two black seals to the verso. Small overall age wear, with tears to centre folds and a very small area of paper loss to the bottom edge, not affecting the text or signature. G

CALVINO ITALO: (1923-1985) Italian Journalist and Writer. T.L.S., Italo Calvino, one page, 4to, Rome, 19th June 1959, to Howard Greenfeld of The Orion Press Inc. in New York, on the printed stationery of the Giulio Einaudi publishing house. Calvino writes in slightly broken English and states, in part, 'you are right in solicitating me. I am in debt with you of an answer for introduction and for translation. I've given a first glance to the translations, and they seems me generally good; I was waiting for a day of free time to write you a letter of particular observations, but I'm always so awfully busy!.......As a general observation, I should prefer a very dry way of translating, everywhere it is possible. For the introduction, I can write it again in an abridged edition. When does it need?' Some very slight, extremely minor creases to the corners and a couple of very small areas of paper loss to the edges, otherwise about VG The present letter would appear to relate to the publication of Calvino's Italian Fables, the First American edition of which was published by the Orion Press in 1959 having been translated by Louis Brigante.

HOYLE EDMOND: (1672-1769) English Authority on the rules and play of Card Games. Rare book signed, a hardback edition of Mr. Hoyle's Games of Whist, Quadrille, Piquet, Chess and Back-Gammon, Complete Fourteenth Edition, including the laws of the several games and 'To which is now first added, Two new Cases at Whist, never before printed; also The New Laws of the Game at Whist, As played at White's and Saunders's Chocolate-Houses', printed for Thomas Osborne in Gray's Inn and Henry Woodfall and Richard Baldwin of Pater-noster-Row, London (1765). Signed ('Edmond Hoyle') in bold ink with his name alone to the lower margin beneath an advertisement declaring, in part, 'No Copies of this Book are genuine, but what are signed by the Author'. The small 8vo edition has the original tan calf boards and spine (a little distressed and worn) with raised bands and gilt lettering ('Hoyle's Games'). Contained in a handsome custom designed brown quarter leather and beige cloth clamshell box. Some light age wear and staining, G

Football book, 'Amber in the Blood, A History of Newport County' by Tony Ambrosen, hard back first edition 1993, signed by author (slight wear to spine o/w gd) (1)

Football book, Grimsby Town, 'The Mariners' by Charles Ekberg & Sid Woodhead, hard back with d/j, first edition 1983 (damage to spine o/w gen gd) (1)

Stamps, GB booklet BB19 edition 13 upright watermark. Incomplete first pane with only 1 stamp remaining and other panes with straight edge at right.

Coins, GB, Elizabeth II, The Sovereign 2015 Three-Coin Premium Set, Fifth Portrait - First Edition, Gold Proof Coin Set, numbered 344/500, capsules and cased en suite with certificate, Proof, [3 coins cased as 1]

Cartography - [Toms (William Henry) & Badeslade (Thomas), Chorographia Brittaniæ., Or, A Set of All the Maps of the Counties in England and Wales [...]], first edition, [London: W.H. Toms, 1742], copperplate printed, lacking title-page, pp: engraved dedication double-page, 46 b/w double-page maps and 5 double-page tables, 20th century crimson morocco gilt over marbled boards by Graham Bloodworth, Leicester, his ticket, marbled endpapers en suite, spine incorrectly dated 1741, 8vo, [1]Provenance: James Wyld, Junior (1812-1887), the British geographer and map-seller, best known for Wyld's Great Globe. His Plain Armorial bookplate to recto pastedown.

Two Lincolnshire Auction Catalogues for Messrs Norbury-Smith & Company, London, comprising The Brigg, Wrawby and Bigby Estates of 3600 Acres, together with Brigg Town Properties, first edition, To Be Sold By Auction Monday 15th December 1919, and Tuesday and Wednesday 16th and 17th December 1919. (2)

Harry Gooday. Veterinary Homoeopathic Practice, published by Leath & Ross, London 1863., Day & Sons., Everyday Farriery, Popular Edition, 100th Issue., T A Coward FZS. The Birds of The British Isles and Their Eggs, 2 vols, second impression, published by Frederick Warne & Company Ltd, London 1920., and W Percival Westell. Lets Watch The Birds, with dust wrapper, first edition, published by Thomas Nelson & Sons Ltd., London 1943. (5)

WWII Booklet 'Target: Germany' - The U.S. Air Forces' Official Story of the VIII Bomber Command's First Year Over Europe. British edition dated 1944

Hugh Evelyn; 'Warships of the Royal Navy' First Series: Sail, large format with coloured illustrations by John Gardener, first edition, 1986. CONDITION REPORT Very good in dust jacket.

T N LALLY; two oils on board 'Ormskirk', church with candles glowing through arched windows on a snowy winter's evening, 'Blowick Station', steam train entering station with figures on platform, signed lower right, each 51 x 62cm, framed, unattributed; acrylic of a tiger, 40 x 51cm, framed, P Preece; a signed limited edition print, 'First Crabbies Grand National', no.1/250, 49 x 41cm, framed and glazed, an image of a steam train arriving at Manchester Victoria station, a metal framed Yorkshire coat of arms and an Egyptian artwork Tutankhamun and his wife, hand painted on papyrus (7).

Tyler Durden's (Brad Pitt) photo-matched red leather jacket from David Fincher's drama Fight Club. Durden wore his signature jacket throughout the film, including when he first asked The Narrator (Edward Norton) to hit him as hard as he could, when he held Raymond K. Hessel (Joon B. Kim) hostage, and when he and The Narrator debated which celebrity each would fight. This rust red leather slim-fitted, hip-length jacket, one of the most emblematic examples of Durden's bohemian, mishmash 1970s-inspired wardrobe, was one of several jackets used in the production of the film itself and was also used for marketing purposes. This jacket photo-matches to a promotional shot on the July 1999 cover of W Magazine; the magazine featured an article with Pitt in several film-used costumes. The jacket was custom-designed for the film and features a button-up front with four brown plastic buttons, two outside flap hip pockets, maroon lining on the interior, and contrasting cream-coloured double stitching throughout. This lot is in excellent overall condition with signs of intentional distressing by production, including chipping on one of the buttons, staining on the left breast, a break in the stitching on the back, and some cracking on the leather of the sleeve collars. Included with the lot is a copy of the July 1999 edition of W Magazine.Estimate: £20,000 - 30,000 Ω

A main-cast autographed paperback novelisation of Irvin Kershner's Star Wars: The Empire Strikes Back. The book is a first edition paperback featuring the promotional poster cover and eight pages displaying colour images from the film. The inside front cover and first page are autographed in blue and black ink by actors Mark Hamill, Carrie Fisher, Harrison Ford, Anthony Daniels, Billy Dee Williams, Dave Prowse and Peter Mayhew. The book has discoloured over time, exhibits edge wear throughout, and the front cover displays creasing and some minor damage near the spine. Dimensions: 18 cm x 11 cm x 1.5 cm (7" x 4 1/4" x 1/2")Estimate: £800 - 1,200 M

An 1891 First Edition of The Childhood Youth of Dickens by Robert Langton, Printed on Special Hand-made Paper, with Proofs of Illustrations on India Paper. Limited Edition in 300 Copies for Sale, of Which this is no.166 and Signed

Two Bound Volumes, George Blecher (1875?1947 English Cartoonist, Etcher and Painter of Genre, Sporting Subjects and Still Life): Potted Char and Other Delicacies (First Edition) and By George Belcher

An 1807 copy of William Shakespeare's Comedies, Histories and Tragedies, published according to the true original copies, this being the first edition in a reprinting of the 1623 work, by Isaac Jaggard and Ed Blount, although printed now by Edward and John Wright, with watermarked sheets, AF the cover of this antiquarian book detached from the spine, dimensions 37.5cm x 23cm

Hardback "Cornwall and it's Coasts" by Alphonse Esquiros. Bound in dark green cloth with blind emblem on frontboard and gold lettering on spine. Published: Chapman and Hall 1865, first edition.

Illustrated books: A selection including Arthur Street's Moonraking, first edition, illustrated throughout by Lionel Edwards, black lettered cloth 4to., 1936; Williamson, Henry - The Patriot's Progress ..., first edition, numerous illustrations by Frank Kermode, gilt lettered cloth and dust wrapper, 1930; Burnett, Frances-Hodgson - The Secret Garden, 2nd impression, 8 coloured plates by Charles Robinson, gilt pictorial cloth and pictorial endpapers, 1912; with 22 others (25)CONDITION: Street - cloth v.sl. marked, sl. spotting to prelims, otherwise clean; Williamson - cloth trifle marked, d/w. few sl. edge tears (minor loss), generally clean inside, lino cut illus.; Burnett - cloth good (just v.sl. rubbed head and tail of spine), e/ps. spotted and elsewhere in places (heavier now and again), plts. with guards, 6pp. publr's advts. at end, Ist printing was Oct. 1911

Greene, Graham - Our Man in Havana: an entertainment, first edition, blue gilt cloth and dust wrapper, 1958; Greene, Graham - The Comedians, first edition, green gilt cloth and dust wrapper, 1966; together with 9 others by this author (11)CONDITION: Havana - good cloth and d/w. (only v.sl. rubbing top and tail of spine portion), some spotting/fading inside back flap and cover (not clipped); Comedians - good cloth and d/w. (sl. rubbing top/tail of spine portion), this piece of sellotape on inside front flap above price (non-obscuring) and two pieces on inside back flap (one above the 2 other titles given, the other above publisher's name - both just touching wording); Other titles incl. Travels With My Aunt, The Honoury Consul, Doctor Fischer of Geneva, Getting to Know The General - all Ist eds. in d/wrappers

James, M.B. - The Five Jars, first edition, title illustration and 7 plates, black lettered cloth, 1922CONDITION: Cloth vg., half title and title with foxing, mostly clean elsewhere - apart from end, contemp. Xmas free e/p inscription

Waugh, Evelyn - Wine in Peace and War, First Trade edition, decorations by Rex Whistler, coloured pictorial paper boards, (privately printed), Saccone & Speed (1947); Waugh, Auberon - The Foxglove Saga, first edition, gilt and coloured cloth, dust wrapper, 1960; with some other literary titles (14)CONDITION: Wine - sl. marked boards and trifle spine wear, e/p spotting; Foxglove- vg. cloth and (unclipped) d/w., title illus.; Others include - Frost's Complete Poems (Ist UK., 1951), vg. unclipped d/w, some inside spotting; Waugh's Tourist in Africa (Ist ed. 1960), vg. in unclipped d.w; Lawrence's The Mint (2,000 numbered, 1955), quarter morocco and slipcase; with 12 others

Williamson, Henry - Goodbye West Country, first edition, photo plates, gilt cloth and dust wrapper, 1934; Williamson, Henry - The Lone Swallows and Other Essays of Boyhood and Youth, new enlarged and illustrated edition, wood engraved illustration by C.F. Tunnicliffe, dust wrapper, 1933; together with 5 others by this author (7)CONDITION: W. Country - vg. (though contemp. incsription front e/p.); Swallows - good copy (sl. blemish upper wrapper beneath illus.), raised text; others (all d.ws.) incl. Story of a Norfolk Farm (5th imp., 1944); Clear Water Stream (Ist, 1958); Tales of Moorland and Estuary (Ist, 1953)

Mawson, Sir Douglas - The Home of the Blizzard; being the story of the Australasian Antarctic Expedition, 1911 -1914, Abridge Popular edition, numerous photo plates, other illustrations, three folded maps, gilt cloth, 1930, Lawrence, T.E. - Seven Pillars of Wisdom ... First Trade edition, numerous portraits, other illustrations, four folded maps, gilt cloth, 1935; together with 12 other books (travel related) (14)CONDITION: Mawson - vg copy, sl title etc. foxing, text note says 'the revision of the whole'; Lawrence - vg. mostly clean, others incl. Lawrence's Revolt in the Desert (Ist trade 1927, vg);Simmonds's All About Airships/1911, vg. coloured pictorial cloth)

Wagner, Richard - Tannhauser: a dramatic poem ..., numerous illustrations and decorations, some coloured and mounted by Willy Pogany, gilt pictorial and decorated cloth, pictorial dust wrapper, 4to, (ca.1928); Brangwyn, Frank & Preston, Hayter - Windmills, first edition, coloured plates and text decorations, pictorial cloth and decorated endpapers, 4to, 1923; with 5 other illustrated books (7)CONDITION: Wagner - vg. cloth, d/w. with little spine damage, little inside spotting, generally good; Brangwyn - cloth lt. marked and dusted, generally good copy, spine appears to have been replaced - retaining old label; Others incl. Kipling's East of Suez (1936), col. mounted plates, etc. (Donald Maxwell), gilt cloth and d/w. (few sl. edge tears and spots), sl. inside spotting, good copy; 7 books in total

Bloch, Robert - Psycho, 1st edition, 8vo, in slightly nicked d.j., with 1cm tear to left foot of spine, minor loss to top right of p.1, small margin tears to first four leaves, marginal browning, Simon and Schuster, New York 1959

Yeats, W.B. - Poems, 1899-1905, first edition, gilt decorated cloth, 1906; Yeats, W.B. - Stories of Red Hanrahan and the Secret Rose, 2 coloured plates and other illustrations by Norah McGuinness, gilt pictorial cloth and dust wrapper, Macmillan 1927; together with a selection of other booksCONDITION: Yeats Poems - little e/p. foxing, generally vg. copy; Yeats Stories - cloth vg. (just v.sl.rubbed head of spine), unclipped d/w. (vg., save 2 slight spine tears), embrowned part both pastedowns (d/w. 'flap gap' - as usual); Others incl. Mitofrd's Our Village (1893), 100 illus. (Hugh Thomson), gilt pictorial cloth (sl. letter fading upper board), generally v.g. copy; 25 books in total

TWO BOXES OF BOOKS to include Country Houses Around Ashby-de-la-Zouch (limited edition 132/150 copies), Bosworth Park (Leicestershire Sale Catalogue 1918), Dugdale, Bill 'Settling the Bill' (first edition, signed), and other Leices and Warwickshire local history

A SMALL GROUP OF ROYAL CROWN DERBY, comprising boxed limited edition 1997 Christmas plate, No. 1663/1750, first of a series of four, (with certificate) together with four 'Derby Posies' trinket dishes and a jug (6)

Heaton Cooper [William], "The Hills of Lakeland", first edition published by Frederick Warne & Co London 1938 in blue cloth binding (lacking dust wrapper). CONDITION REPORT: This volume has wear to the binding and is lacking its dust wrapper, internally the pages are in a fair condition with minor foxing to the front flyleaf.   Note: Mitchells will donate additional buying fees on this lot to Calvert Lakes