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ARISTOTLE (384-322 B.C.).  De Animalium generatione libri quinque cum Philiponi Commentariis. Venice: Joannes Antonius and Fratres de Sabio, February 1526.Folio (303 x 207 mm). Text opening printed in red and black, text printed in Greek with commentary surround. (Several leaves with lower outer margin slightly gnawed, a few with old repairs, some dampstaining and wrinkling.) Old vellum (endpapers renewed, some minor losses to joints, hinges starting, some soiling). Provenance: A few marginal notes in an early hand; John S. Eells, Jr. (blindstamp). A humanist edition, with commentary by John Philiponus, known as John the Grammarian or John of Alexandria. Adams A-1789; Wellcome p.190.[Bound with:]PHILIPONUS, John (ca 590 - ca 570). Contra Proclum de Mundi Aeternitate. Venice: Bartholomaei Casterzagensis [Bartolomeo Zanetti] and John Francis Trincavelli, 1535.  Folio. Text printed in Greek; woodcut initials and head-pieces. (A few leaves with repairs to upper margin affecting a few letters, a few repairs to lower corners.)THE RARE EDITIO PRINCEPS of Philoiponus' influential scientific work in which he criticizes Proclus' belief in an external world. The work is one of the first published in Venice by Bartolomeo Zanetti from Casterzago, with his device on the title-page reportedly after Titian. Adams P-1060.  Property from the Collection of Edward A. QuattrocchiFor condition inquiries please contact Gretchen Hause at gretchenhause@hindmanauctions.com

GOREY, Edward (1925-2000). E. D. Ward, a Mercurial Bear. New York: Gotham Book Mart, 1983.  12mo. Paper doll cutouts. Original white pictorial wrappers.  FIRST EDITION, SIGNED BY GOREY as "Dogear Wryde" on lower cover. Toledano A87.    Property from the Collection of Thomas J. BarrettFor condition inquiries please contact Gretchen Hause at gretchenhause@hindmanauctions.com

GOREY, Edward (1925-2000).   The Tunnel Calamity. New York: Magic Windows Books, G. P. Putnam's Sons, 1984.  Peepshow printed in color. Accordion binding with 9 bellows, pictorial boards.FIRST EDITION, SIGNED BY GOREY on verso of rear board. Toledano A89.    Property from the Collection of Thomas J. BarrettFor condition inquiries please contact Gretchen Hause at gretchenhause@hindmanauctions.com

CLEMENS, Samuel Langhorne ("Mark Twain") (1835-1910). Adventures of Huckleberry Finn (Tom Sawyer's Comrade). New York: Charles L. Webster and Company, 1885.  8vo (215 x 161 mm). Lithographic frontispiece by E. W. Kemble, photographic portrait frontispiece of the bust of Mark Twain by Karl Gerhardt (BAL state 2), illustrations in text. (Some spotting or staining throughout.) Original publisher's half morocco, marbled boards, marbled edges (rebacked, preserving most of original spine); half morocco folding case.  FIRST AMERICAN EDITION, mixed state, with the following issue points: the frontispiece is in the second state; the title leaf in the third state; first state of p. 13 with "Him and Another Man" plate listed as being on p. 88; first state of p. 57 with "was"; first state of pagination on p. 155; with final blank 23/8. BAL 3415; Johnson, p. 43-50.For condition inquiries please contact Gretchen Hause at gretchenhause@hindmanauctions.com

GOREY, Edward (1925-2000). Q. R. V. The Universal Solvent. N.p.: The Fantod Press, 1990.  12mo. Illustrated. Original pictorial wrappers.  FIRST TRADE EDITION, SIGNED BY GOREY on the title-page. Toledano A97c.    Property from the Collection of Thomas J. BarrettFor condition inquiries please contact Gretchen Hause at gretchenhause@hindmanauctions.com

CLEMENS, Samuel ("Mark Twain"). Adventures of Huckleberry Finn (Tom Sawyer's Comrade). New York: Charles L. Webster and Company, 1885.  Square 8vo. Lithographic frontispiece by E.W. Kemble, photographic portrait frontispiece of the bust of Mark Twain by Karl Gerhardt (BAL state 1), illustrations in text. Original pictorial blue cloth stamped in gold and black (tearing to head of spine with minor losses, wear with minor losses to foot of spine, spine darkened, joints starting, some light staining).  FIRST AMERICAN EDITION, EARLY STATE, with early issue points: second state of p. 57 with "saw" in the eleventh line from the bottom; first state of the list of illustrations with "Him and Another Man" plate listed as being on p. 88; third state of pagination on folio 155); the title leaf is a cancel with 1884 copyright date; third state of p. 283 (a cancel); the portrait frontispiece is in first state. BAL 3415; Grolier American 87; Johnson, pp. 43-50.Property from the Estate of Peter Bergh, Edwards, ColoradoFor condition inquiries please contact Gretchen Hause at gretchenhause@hindmanauctions.com

GOREY, Edward. A group of 5 works SIGNED BY GOREY, comprising:  The Listing Attic [and] The Unstrung Harp. London: Abelard, 1974. FIRST ENGLISH EDITION. Toledano A2e. -- The Doubtful Guest. New York: Dodd, Mead & Co.,1978. Reprint. Toledano A3d. -- The Gashlycrumb Tinies. New York: Peter Weed, [1992]. Reprint. Toledano A11f. -- The Black Doll. New York: Gotham Book Mart, 1973. FIRST TRADE EDITION. Toledano A49c. -- TARCOV, Edith H. Rumpelstiltskin. Illustrated by Gorey. New York, etc.: Scholastic Book Services, 1973. FIRST EDITION. Toledano B57a. -- Together, 5 works in 5 volumes, all in original publisher's bindings as issued. EACH SIGNED BY GOREY on the title-page. Condition generally fine.  Property from the Collection of Thomas J. BarrettFor condition inquiries please contact Gretchen Hause at gretchenhause@hindmanauctions.com

GOREY, Edward. A group of 6 works SIGNED BY GOREY, comprising:  The Gorey Alphabet. London: Constable, 1960. FIRST ENGLISH EDITION of The Fatal Lozenge. Toledano A6c. -- Wuggly Ump. New York: Adama, 1963 [but 1983]. Reprint. Toledano A15d. -- Dancing Cats and Neglected Murderesses. New York: Workman, 1980. FIRST TRADE EDITION. Toledano A77c. -- La Balade Troublante. N.p.: The Fantod Press, 1991. FIRST EDITION. Toledano A103. -- Gorey Cats. Paper Dolls. San Francisco, Troubadour Press, 1982. FIRST EDITION. Toledano B67. -- Gorey Stories: A Musical Entertainment. New York: Samuel French, Inc., 1983. Second edition. Toledano C29b. -- Together, 6 works in 6 volumes, all in original publisher's bindings as issued. EACH SIGNED BY GOREY on the title-page. Condition generally fine.  Property from the Collection of Thomas J. BarrettFor condition inquiries please contact Gretchen Hause at gretchenhause@hindmanauctions.com

GOREY, Edward (1995-2000). A group of 15 trade and reprint editions, comprising:  The Bug Book. 1985. Reprint. Toledano A5c. -- The Curious Sofa. 1980. Reprint. Toledano A7e. -- The Hapless Child. 1980. Reissue. Toledano A8f. --  The Gilded Bat. 1979. Reissue. Toledano A21f. -- The Blue Aspic. 1968. Second edition, fourth issue. Toledano A27b. -- The Epiplectic Bicycle. 1969. FIRST EDITION, fifth printing. Toledano A30b. -- NEUMEYER, Peter. Donald Has a Difficulty. 1970. Reprint. Toledano A33b. -- The Sopping Thursday. 1971. Reprint. Toledano A35e. -- The Awdrey-Gore Legacy. 1972. Second edition, fourth printing. Toledano A45c. -- The Loathsome Couple. 1977. FIRST TRADE EDITION. Toledano A67c. -- The Betrayed Confidence. 1992. FIRST TRADE EDITION. Toledano A104b. -- NEUMEYER. Donald and the... 1983. Reprint. Toledano B41c. -- EVANS, Larry. Gorey Games. 1979. FIRST PAPERBACK EDITION. Toledano B64b. -- The Iron Tonic. NY, etc.: Harcourt, n.d. [ca 1990]. Not in Toledano. -- The New York Review. Quiz Book. NY, 1989. Not in Toledano. -- Together, 15 works in 15 volumes, all in original publisher's bindings as issued, condition generally fine.  Property from the Collection of Thomas J. BarrettFor condition inquiries please contact Gretchen Hause at gretchenhause@hindmanauctions.com

GOREY, Edward (1995-2000). A group of 18 trade and reprint editions, comprising:  The Willowdale   Handcar or the Return of the Black Doll. 1979. Reprint. Toledano A10d. -- The Sinking Spell. 1964. Toledano A17a. -- The Utter Zoo. N.d. Reprint, fourth issue. Toledano A26b. -- The Blue Aspic. [1968 or later]. Original shrinkwrap (edition unknown). See Toledano A27. -- The Glorious Nosebleed. 1975. FIRST TRADE EDITION. Toledano A59c. -- The Broken Spoke. 1976. FIRST TRADE EDITION. A63c. -- Dancing Cats and Neglected Murderesses. 1980. FIRST TRADE EDITION. Toledano A77c. -- The Water Flowers. 1982. FIRST EDITION. Toledano A84a. -- The Helpless Doorknob. 1989. FIRST EDITION, second printing. Toledano A95b. -- The Dancing Rock. -- The Floating Elephant. 1993. FIRST TRADE EDITION. Toledano A108b. -- The Pointless Book: or, Nature & Art. N.p., 1993. FIRST TRADE EDITION. Toledano A109b. --  Edward Gorey's Haunted Looking Glass. 1984. Later reprint. Toledano B9d. -- MOSS, Howard. Instant Lives & More. 1974. FIRST TRADE EDITION. Toledano B58b. -- Another copy. First paperback edition. Toledano B58c. -- Gorey X 3. 1976. FIRST EDITION. Toledano B62. -- LAMPORT, Felicia. Light Metres. 1982. Later edition. Toledano B69d. -- ELIOT, T. S. Old Possum's Book of Practical Cats. 1982 or later. See Toledano B70. -- McDERMOTT, Kevin. Elephant House or, The Home of Edward Gorey. [2003 or later]. Original shrinkwrap (edition unknown). -- Together, 18 works in 18 volumes, all in original publisher's bindings as issued, condition generally fine.  Property from the Collection of Thomas J. BarrettFor condition inquiries please contact Gretchen Hause at gretchenhause@hindmanauctions.com

DANIEL, Samuel (1562-1619). The Civile Wares betweene the Howses of Lancaster and Yorke. London: Simon Waterson, 1609.  Small 4to (180 x 134 mm). Engraved title-page, woodcut head-pieces. (Lacking A4, blank, title soiled and with marginal repairs). 19th-century calf gilt, red lettering-piece gilt, edges stained red (some light wear to extremities). Provenance: Corbyn Barrow (signature, 1854).  Second edition, with cancel E4 reading "shire that" (ESTC's Variant 1). Revising the text of the first edition, published in 1595, Daniel includes for the first time the seventh and eighth books, bringing the narrative to the marriage of Edward IV and Elizabeth Woodville. Coleridge, who praised Daniel's purity of style, compared him to Wordsworth. STC S109257; STC 6245.  Property from the Collection of Edward A. QuattrocchiFor condition inquiries please contact Gretchen Hause at gretchenhause@hindmanauctions.com

GOREY, Edward (1925-2000). Albondocani Press Christmas Cards. A group of 10 cards (plus duplicates of 3 cards).   New York: Albondocani Press, 1975-1990. Comprising:    Gertrude Stein as a child decorates a dog for Christmas. 1975. -- A second copy. -- A Future Unremembered Poet of the Seventeenth century accepts a Christmas Cookie from the Great Veiled Bear. 1977. -- Hertha Strugg's fifth Christmas. 1979. -- Ettie Lou Stooper does a tinsel dance at a tree-trimming party in Gumsville, Nebraska, Christmas Eve, 1923. 1981. -- Un cadeau ennuyeux. 1983. -- Noel chez les volants des Alpes Dolomites. 1985. -- In Stubville, Nebraska on December 23, 1911 Christmas tree ornaments fell from a cloudless sky. 1986. -- A second copy. -- L'Etoile en Orient. 1987. Christmas in the Eggplant Hills. 1989. -- Fruitcake. 1990. -- A second copy.  Together, 13 cards, each a LIMITED EDITION, one of 400 or 450. Each unsigned with original envelopes.   Cards were issued to be used as a holiday greeting by the artist and the publisher, and not were not available for sale. Ampersand Books / Albondocani Press printed the first card in 1975, and issued a card "every other year or so until 1990" (Toledano p.158).  Property from the Collection of Thomas J. BarrettFor condition inquiries please contact Gretchen Hause at gretchenhause@hindmanauctions.com

GOREY, Edward. A group of exhibition catalogues and announcements, checklists, and bookseller catalogues, including:  5 Exhibit catalogues, all FIRST EDITION (see Toledano p.176), comprising: Phantasmagorey. The Work of Edward Gorey. New Haven, 1974. -- Ephemera Etcetera. New York: Gotham Book Mart, [1975]. -- Phantasmagorey Too. The World of Edward Gorey. Boston, 1979. -- Gorey Stories. Minneapolis, 1985. --  Artist of Mystery. Original Works by Edward Gorey. San Francisco: Cartoon Art Museum, 1993. LIMITED EDITION, number 12 of 100 numbered copies SIGNED BY GOREY of a total edition of 526.  [With:] 3 exhibition announcement cards, including 2 SIGNED BY GOREY. -- [POSTER]. Soho Weekly News. Gorey Scenes from Transylvania. 4to. SIGNED BY GOREY. -- 3 Gotham Book Mart catalogues. -- 4 additional checklists and dealers' catalogues. -- Together, 16 items, condition generally fine, complete list available on request.  Property from the Collection of Thomas J. BarrettFor condition inquiries please contact Gretchen Hause at gretchenhause@hindmanauctions.com

DANTE ALIGHIERI (1265-1321). [Opere]. La Divina Commedia... con varie annotazioni, e copiosi rami adornata (Prose, e Rime Liriche Edite, ed Inedite) Venice: Antonio Zatta, 1757-1758.  4 volumes, 4to (277 x 205). Half-titles, title-page to vol. I printed in red and black, engraved portraits of Elisabetta Patrowna and Dante Alighieri, engraved dedication leaf, 109 engraved plates, engraved illustrations at the end of each Canto, letterpress folding table. (Vol. III with repairs to lower corners of leaves 1 and 2 of gatherings 2O-2Z occasionally affecting a few letters on 3 leaves, occasional minor mostly marginal dampstain, without: list of subscribers Eee3-4 vol. I, list of subscribers Fff4 vol. II, .) Contemporary mottled calf gilt, smooth spines gilt, red morocco lettering-pieces gilt, edges sprinkled green (a few joints separating, chipping to spines and lettering-pieces).A LARGE COPY OF THE FINE ZATTA EDITION, with plates after G. Zompini, M. Schiavone, F. Fontebaso, G. F. Marcaggi, M. Schiavone, G. Diziani, G. Magnini, G. Scaggiari, and J. Guarana.   Zatta's edition, the first substantial critical edition since the mid-sixteenth century, was the first to contain Giuseppe Pelli's Memorie per servire alla vita di Dante e alla storia della sua famiglia, considered to be the most substantial biographical essay about Dante of the eighteenth century. Morazzoni 225.  Property from the Collection of Edward A. QuattrocchiFor condition inquiries please contact Gretchen Hause at gretchenhause@hindmanauctions.com

DICKENS, Charles (1812-1870). The Posthumous Papers of the Pickwick Club.   London: Chapman and Hall, 1837. [Bound with:] PAILTHORPE, Frederick W. 24 Illustrations to the "Pickwick Club." London: Robson and Kerslake, 1882.  8vo (206 x 128 mm). 43 engraved plates (including engraved title) by R. Seymour (6), R.W. Buss (2), and Hablot K. Browne [ "Phiz"] (35). EXTRA-ILLUSTRATED by the addition of 24 plates (some toning as usual, expert repair to lower corner of plate facing p.484.) 20th-century royal blue levant gilt, upper cover with gilt-stamped portrait of Dickens gilt-stamped, facsimile signature gilt on rear board, spine in 6 compartments with 5 raised bands, gilt-lettered in 2, the rest gilt-decorated, turn-ins gilt, edges gilt, STAMP SIGNED BY BAYNTUN; original front wrapper of Pailthorpe's Illustrations bound in: "with the publisher 's compliments."  FIRST ENGLISH EDITION IN BOOK FORM, PUBLISHER'S PRESENTATION COPY inscribed on verso of original wrapper. An EXTRA ILLUSTRATED copy of Dicken 's first novel. With all Smith's first issue points present except signature E is present on p.25. Gimbel A16 and H1137; Hatton & Cleaver 3-88; Smith 3  Property from a Private Collection, Chicago, IllinoisFor condition inquiries please contact Gretchen Hause at gretchenhause@hindmanauctions.com

DICKENS, Charles (1812-1870). Master Humphrey 's Clock. London: Chapman and Hall, 1840-1841.3 volumes, 8vo (252 x 170 mm). Engraved frontispieces and numerous in-text illustrations by George Cattermole and Hablot K. Browne ['Phiz']. Original dark grayish-brown cloth stamped in gilt and blind, marbled edges (spines faded, a few separations along joints, tear crossing spine panel vol.II, chipping with minor losses to spine ends, some light rubbing).    FIRST EDITION IN BOOK FORM, first appearing as a weekly serial from 4 April 1840 to 4 December 1841, including short stories and two novels, The Old Curiosity Shop and Barnaby Rudge. Gimbel A51; Smith I:6.Property from a Private Collection, Chicago, IllinoisFor condition inquiries please contact Gretchen Hause at gretchenhause@hindmanauctions.com

DICKENS, Charles (1812-1870). American Notes For General Circulation. London: Chapman and Hall, 1842.2 volumes, 8vo (197 x 120 mm). Half-titles. (Very minor spotting primarily affecting preliminaries.) Original grayish brown horizontally-ribbed blind-stamped cloth, spines gilt-lettered (slight fading to extremities and spine, tiny split to head of spine vol.I, corners bumped). Provenance: Edward A. Jones (signatures, 1842).    FIRST EDITION, FIRST STATE, with the second page of the vol.I table of contents misnumbered as page xvi and 6pp. of advertisements at the end of vol.II. Dicken 's preface to American Notes was removed from the preliminary pages and the original pagination was not immediately altered, as here, in the first state, with p. x incorrectly numbered xvi. In the second state, the preliminaries were reprinted with the correct pagination. The preface was not published during Dickens ' lifetime, and first appeared in Forster 's biography of Dickens. Eckel, p 108; Gimbel A66; Smith 2:3Property from a Private Collection, Chicago, IllinoisFor condition inquiries please contact Gretchen Hause at gretchenhause@hindmanauctions.com

DICKENS, Charles (1812-1870). Pictures From Italy. London: Bradbury & Evans for the Author, 1846.8vo (172 x 110 mm). 2-page publisher's advertisements at beginning and end; half-title. Wood-engraved vignette title and three wood-engravings in text by Samuel Palmer. (Some pale browning or spotting.) Original publisher's blue blind-stamped cloth, spine gilt (minor wear to spine ends, spine slightly darkened, corners slightly bumped, a few very light stains). Provenance: Lucy Hampey (signature).  FIRST EDITION. Dickens's account was first published in The Daily News entitled "Traveling Sketches - Written on the Road"; he reproduced the work in book form as Pictures from Italy, retaining only two of the original twelve chapter titles, and incorporating a number of textual changes, as outlined in Smith. Eckel, p. 126; Gimbel A98; Smith II:7.Property from a Private Collection, Chicago, IllinoisFor condition inquiries please contact Gretchen Hause at gretchenhause@hindmanauctions.com

DICKENS, Charles (1812-1870).  Dombey and Son.  London: Bradbury and Evans, 1848.8vo (210 x 135 mm). Engraved frontispiece, engraved title, 36 (of 38) engraved plates after Hablot K. Browne ["Phiz"]. (Lacking plates facing p.113 and p.117. (Plates with browning and spotting as usual, damp-stain lower margin, some light spotting.) Later half dark green morocco gilt, spine gilt, edges marbled (upper hinge reinforced, lower hinge separated, some rubbing). Provenance: Thomas William Oliver (signature); Ed Woakes (signature); The University of Chicago Library (bookplate, deaccession stamp).  FIRST EDITION IN BOOK FORM, including the first example of a so-called "dark plate," facing p. 547. Eckel pp.82-85; Gimbel A103; Sadleir 691; Smith I:8Property from the University of Chicago, Chicago, IllinoisFor condition inquiries please contact Gretchen Hause at gretchenhause@hindmanauctions.com

DICKENS, Charles (1812-1870). The Personal History...of David Copperfield. London: Bradbury and Evans, 1849-1850.20 parts in 19, 8vo. Engraved frontispiece, title and 38 plates after Hablot K. Browne ["Phiz"]. (Some minor browning.) Original printed blue-green pictorial wrappers (chipping with minor losses, soiling to a few wrappers, a few short tears); maroon morocco pull-off case gilt, chemise. Provenance: Thomas Latchwitt? (signatures).  FIRST EDITION IN ORIGINAL MONTHLY PARTS, VIRTUALLY COMPLETE WITH ADVERTISEMENTS AND INSERTED SLIPS, with the "Copperfield Advertiser" in each part and all ads listed by Hatton & Cleaver except with slight variations to front ads in parts 2 and 6, and with an additional 8pp. slip "The Architectural Antiquities of Athens" inserted before the Copperfield Advertiser in part 19/20 not called for in Hatton & Cleaver.    David Copperfield, written at the midpoint of Dickens' career, draws from the author's own life. The novel is scarce in parts. As Eckel notes, the printing was comparatively small, the parts were "much read and roughly handled," and "fine, clean and unrepaired copies [were] difficult to procure" even in 1932. Gimbel A121; Hatton & Cleaver pp.253-272; Sadleir 686.For condition inquiries please contact Gretchen Hause at gretchenhause@hindmanauctions.com

DICKENS, Charles (1812-1870). The Personal History of David Copperfield. London: Bradbury & Evans, 1850.  8vo. (206 x 130 mm).   Half-title, engraved frontispiece, title and 38 plates after Hablot K. Browne ['Phiz']. (Occasional spotting, some browning to plates, one plate trimmed close just affecting title.) 20th-century dark red crushed levant gilt, spine in 6 compartments with 5 raised bands, gilt-lettered in 2, the rest gilt-decorated, turn-ins gilt, red watered silk doublures, top edge gilt, stamp-signed by Root; red cloth slipcase.    FIRST EDITION IN BOOK FORM published on 14 November 1850, is considered Dickens 's most autobiographical novel. In his preface to the 1869 edition, Dickens writes: "Of all my books, I like this the best. It will be easily believed that I am a fond parent to every child of my fancy, and that no one can ever love that family as dearly as I love them. But, like many fond parents, I have in my heart of hearts a favourite child. And his name is David Copperfield." Gimbel A122; Eckel, p.77; Sadleir 686; Smith I:9.Property from a Private Collection, Chicago, IllinoisFor condition inquiries please contact Gretchen Hause at gretchenhause@hindmanauctions.com

DICKENS, Charles (1812-1870). A Child 's History of England. London: Bradbury & Evans, 1852-1854.  3 volumes, 8vo (151 x 118 mm). Wood-engraved frontispiece to each volume after Francis W. Topham, first state of advertisements at end of each volume. Original publisher 's reddish-brown blind-stamped cloth, upper covers with gilt vignette after Topham, marbled edges (slight wear to spines, light chipping to head of spines with a few minor losses, a few minor stains, a few hinges tightened).FIRST EDITION IN BOOK FORM, first serialized in Household Words between 25 January 1851 and 10 December 1853. Each of the three volumes in the book edition was published separately around Christmas (in 1851, 1852 and 1853) but postdated the following year. The Child's History expresses an anti-aristocratic and anti-monarchical view of English history and society. Eckel 128-130; Gimbel A128; Smith II, 10.Property from a Private Collection, Chicago, IllinoisFor condition inquiries please contact Gretchen Hause at gretchenhause@hindmanauctions.com

[ARCHITECTURE]. The Builder's Dictionary: or, Gentleman and Architect's Companion.  London:   A. Bettesworth, C. Hitch, and S. Austen, 1734.2 volumes, 8vo (200 x 107 mm). Engraved frontispiece, 34 plates folding engraved plates on 33 leaves, several full-page woodcut illustrations. With the approbation leaf in vol.II (not mentioned in RIBA), and with the two supplements and the errata leaf. Contemporary calf gilt, red morocco lettering-pieces gilt (neatly rebacked preserving original spine, slight chipping to one lettering-piece, some minor rubbing). Provenance: George Armstrong (signature dated 1735).FIRST EDITION of the most substantial English architectural dictionary published to date, notable for its inclusion of Hubert Gautier's Traite des ponts, likely the only English translation. A FINE COPY. RIBA 480.  For condition inquiries please contact Gretchen Hause at gretchenhause@hindmanauctions.com

DICKENS, Charles (1812-1870). Hard Times. For These Times. London: Bradbury & Evans, 1854.8vo (188 x 124 mm). Original publisher 's green moire horizontally ribbed blind-stamped cloth, spine lettered in gilt (spine sunned, a few splits to lower joint, light chipping to spine ends with minor losses, corneres bumped). Provenance: W. H. Luke (bookseller 's label).  FIRST EDITION IN BOOK FORM, IN THE FIRST BINDING. Hard Times, Dickens's tenth novel, was first serialized in Household Words in 1854. One of two novels by Dickens without illustrations, the other being Great Expectations. Gimbel A136; Sadleir 689; Smith I:11.Property from a Private Collection, Chicago, IllinoisFor condition inquiries please contact Gretchen Hause at gretchenhause@hindmanauctions.com

DICKENS, Charles (1812-1870). The Poor Traveller: Boots at the Holly-Tree Inn: And Mrs. Gamp. London: Bradbury & Evans, 1858.  16mo (170 x 108 mm). 1pp. advertisement at end. Original green printed wrapper (short separation to upper joint at foot of spine, some very minor peeling to head of spine); half green morocco slipcase, chemise.  FIRST EDITION, FIRST ISSUE. "In 1858, Bradbury and Evans printed special reading editions arranged by Dickens that were uniformly bound in green printed pictorial paper wrappers, including the three works in the present volume. Additional titles similarly issued include A Christmas Carol, The Chimes, The Cricket On the Hearth, and The Story of Little Dombey. Eckel, p. 215; Gimbel D31.Property from a Private Collection, Chicago, IllinoisFor condition inquiries please contact Gretchen Hause at gretchenhause@hindmanauctions.com

DICKENS, Charles (1812-1870). The Uncommercial Traveller. London: Chapman and Hall, 1861 [i.e. 1860].  8vo (187 x 120 mm). Half-title; 32pp. publisher's advertisement at end dated December 1860. Original publisher 's purple cloth, ruled in blind, gilt-lettered on spine, top edge gilt (discrete repairs to hinges preserving original endpapers, spine sunned, otherwise bright).    FIRST EDITION IN BOOK FORM, published on 15 December 1860. Dickens initially published this series of seventeen sketches in All the Year Round earlier in 1860. Eckel, p 132; Gimbel A145; Smith 2:11.    [With:]  The Uncommercial Traveller. London: Chapman and Hall, 1861. 8vo (188 x 122 mm). Original publisher 's purple cloth, ruled in blind, gilt-lettered on spine (lower cover becoming detached, some fading). Second edition.Property from a Private Collection, Chicago, IllinoisFor condition inquiries please contact Gretchen Hause at gretchenhause@hindmanauctions.com

DODWELL, Edward (1767-1832). Views and Descriptions of Cyclopian, or, Pelasgic Remains, in Greece and Italy. London: Adolphus Richter and Co., 1834.  Folio (480 x 335 mm). 131 lithographic plates after Dodwell and others. (Slight spotting, a few plates trimmed close affecting titles.) Modern green cloth (rebound, very minor toning, a few scuffs). Provenance: John M. Wing (1845-1917), American printer, publisher and collector, (Old Corner Library bookplate), benefactor to; Newberry Library (library deaccession stamp).  FIRST EDITION, which Dodwell had intended as a supplement to his 1819 work, A Classical and Topographical Tour through Greece, During the Years 1801, 1806, and 1806, and which was published posthumously. Blackmer 494.  Property from the Newberry Library, Chicago, IllinoisFor condition inquiries please contact Gretchen Hause at gretchenhause@hindmanauctions.com

DONNE, John (1573-1631). Biathanatos: A Declaration of that Paradox, or Thesis, that Self-Homicide is not so Naturally Sin. London: n.p., 1700.  8vo (192 x 116 mm). Title-page printed within double rule border. (A few minor marginal repairs, some browning or spotting.) Modern quarter tan calf.   Provenance: Collegii Sti Augustini apud Cantuarienses Liber (armorial bookplate with pencil note indicating the book's sale); Hamilton Tyler (bookplate and signature).Second edition of Donne's controversial justification of suicide, first published by his son in 1644.   ESTC R32816; Wing D-1860.Property from the Collection of Edward A. QuattrocchiFor condition inquiries please contact Gretchen Hause at gretchenhause@hindmanauctions.com

[ARCHITECTURE & DESIGN]. BAILEY, Vernon Howe (1874-1953). Empire State. A Pictorial Record of Its Construction. New York: William Edwin Rudge, 1931.  Large folio. Color frontispiece, 25 plates after drawings by Bailey. Original half white and blue paper boards, embossed image of the Empire State Building on upper board (tear at base of spine, soiling, slight rubbing to extremities).  FIRST EDITION, LIMITED ISSUE number 584 of an unspecified limitation printed to commemorate the construction of the Empire State Building.  For condition inquiries please contact Gretchen Hause at gretchenhause@hindmanauctions.com

EDWARDS, Ernest (1837-1903)], photographer.    Portraits of Men of Eminence in Literature, Science, and Art, with Biographical Memoirs.  Lovell Reeve, editor. Vol.I-II: London: Lovell Reeve & Co., 1863, 1864; Vol.III-V: London: Alfred William Bennett, 1865, 1866.  5 (of 6, lacking volume VI) volumes, 8vo (225 x 172 mm). Numerous tipped-in albumen prints including portraits of Thackery, Burton, Dickens, and Darwin. (Slight spotting to a few prints, vol.III partially disbound.) Publisher 's red cloth gilt, top edge gilt (chipping to endpapers, a few hinges starting or loose to a few volumes, slight rubbing to spine ends). Provenance: Mercantile Library of New York (library stamps).    FIRST EDITION of Edwards ' portraits of notable Victorian figures with accompanying biographical sketches.  For condition inquiries please contact Gretchen Hause at gretchenhause@hindmanauctions.com

EMERSON, Ralph Waldo (1803-1882). Essays. Boston: James Munroe and Company, 1841.  8vo. Half-title. Original brown ribbed cloth gilt, yellow coated endpapers [BAL Binding C, no priority] (a few separations to joints, corners slightly bumped); red morocco slipcase gilt. Provenance: Foreman M. Lebold (1895-1953), collector of Lincolniana (bookplate). FIRST EDITION, including the first appearance of "Self Reliance." BAL 5189; Grolier American  47.[Laid in:] Autograph letter signed ("R. W. Emerson") to E. A. Perkins. Concord, MA, 6 September 1864.  2 pages, 8vo, separations to fold affecting text and signature. Responding to an invitation: "It will give me pleasure to come to Cleveland this season, if I can..."Property from the Collection of Sandra L. BohannanFor condition inquiries please contact Gretchen Hause at gretchenhause@hindmanauctions.com

[ENGELBACH, Lewis]. -- ROWLANDSON, Thomas, illustrator. Naples and the Campagna Felice. London: R. Ackermann, 1815.8vo (238 x 148 mm). 16 hand-colored etchings with aquatint (including frontispiece engraved title vignette and plan), 2 hand-colored engraved maps (one folding). (One plate disbound, slight off-setting from plates to text.) Contemporary blind-tooled tan calf gilt, green morocco lettering-piece gilt, marbled edges (joints starting, minor rubbing or scuffing). Provenance: HCB (engraved bookplate); Coningsby Disraeli (1867-1936), British Conservative politician (bookplate); Jean Warriston Johnston (bookplate).    FIRST EDITION IN BOOK FORM with p.212 mis-numbered 112 and numerous illustrations by Thomas Rowlandson. First published serially between 1809 and 1813. Abbey Travel 166; Tooley 419.For condition inquiries please contact Gretchen Hause at gretchenhause@hindmanauctions.com

[ENGLISH LITERATURE & HISTORY]. A group of 6 works, comprising:  FOXE, John (1516-1587). [Book of Martyrs]. "An Abridgement of the Booke of Acts and Monuments...." London: I. Windet, 1589. 8vo. Woodcut device on title, woodcut headpieces and in initial borders. Contemporary reversed calf (rebacked). -- HUME, David. History of the Houses of Douglas and Angus. London: Evan Tyler, 1648. Later half calf. -- BROWNE, Thomas, Sir (1605-1682). Religio Medici. London: Tho. Milbourn for Andrew Crook, 1659. 12mo. Engraved frontispiece. Later half calf. -- DRYDEN, John (1631-1700). Religio Laici, or a Laymans Faith. London: for Jacob Tonson, 1682. Small 4to. Modern half green calf. Provenance: Edward Hale Bierstadt (engraved bookplate by E. D. French dated 1894); William Harris Arnold (1854-1823), American collector (bookplate). First edition, the issue with second line of imprint ending "in". -- BLOUNT, Thomas Pope, Sir (1649-1697). De re Poetica: or, Remarks upon Poetry... London: Ric. Everingham for R. Bently, 1694. 4to. Modern morocco gilt. -- WYCHERLEY, William (1640?-1716). The Plain-Dealer. A Comedy. "The Plain-Dealer. As it is acted at the Theatre Royal." London: for R. Wellington and E. Rumbal, 1700. 4to. Modern half calf. Seventh edition. -- Together, 6 works in 6 volumes, condition generally good.  Property from the Collection of Edward A. QuattrocchiFor condition inquiries please contact Gretchen Hause at gretchenhause@hindmanauctions.com

[ENGLISH LITERATURE & HISTORY].  COWLEY, Abraham (1618-1667). Works. London: Henry Herringman, 1672-71. Folio. Engraved portrait frontispiece. Contemporary calf.   Provenance: two pp. manuscript poem. Third edition. -- BACON, Francis (1561-1626). Sylva Sylvarum. London, 1676. Folio. Engraved frontispiece portrait, engraved title. Contemporary calf (rebacked). Tenth edition. -- BROWN, Thomas (1663-1704). Works. London: for Tho. Basset and others, 1686. Folio. Engraved portrait frontispiece, title printed in red and black. Contemporary calf (rebacked). -- BROWNE, Thomas, Sir (1605-1682). Works. London: for Tho. Basset and others, 1686. 4 works in 1 volume, 4to. Title printed in red and black. Later half calf (hinges repaired). -- MILTON, John (1608-1674).   Paradise Lost. London: For Richard Bently and Jacob Tonson, 1691. Folio. Title-page printed within double rule border; 12 engraved plates (Lacking portrait frontispiece.) Contemporary blind-panelled mottled calf (rebacked). Fifth edition. -- DRYDEN, John (1631-1700). Fables Ancient and Modern... London: for Jacob Tonson, 1700. Folio. Half-title. Contemporary speckled calf (repaired). FIRST EDITION. -- Together, 6 works in 6 volumes, condition generally good.  Property from the Collection of Edward A. QuattrocchiFor condition inquiries please contact Gretchen Hause at gretchenhause@hindmanauctions.com

FIELDING, Henry (1707-1754). Amelia. London: Printed for A. Millar, 1752.4 volumes, 12mo (186 x 99 mm). (Some very light spotting or staining.) Contemporary calf-backed boards (overall wear, joints broken, old repairs, lacking lettering-pieces); modern cloth slipcase.  FIRST EDITION of Fielding's last novel. Though two impressions of the first edition were printed a month apart, there are no recorded distinguishing characteristics between them. Samuel Johnson remarked on the publication of Fielding's last novel that it was "perhaps the only book, which being printed off betimes one morning, a new edition was called for before night." Cross III, p. 321; ESTC T89846; Rothschild 853.  Property from the Collection of Edward A. QuattrocchiFor condition inquiries please contact Gretchen Hause at gretchenhause@hindmanauctions.com

[ARCHITECTURE & DESIGN]. Dekorative Vorbilder. Eine Sammlung von figurlichen Darstellungen, kunstgewerblichen Verzierungen ... Volume 19. Stuttgart, Germany: Julius Hoffmann, 1908.  Folio. 60 color plates including chromolithographs. (A few tears affecting title-page and text leaf.) Loose as issued in original printed boards, cloth ties (minor soiling and very slight wear to spine ends).    FIRST EDITION, volume 19 only, this German decorative arts periodical published annually from 1889 to 1928.  For condition inquiries please contact Gretchen Hause at gretchenhause@hindmanauctions.com

[FINE PRESS]. A group of 4 works, comprising:[ROYCROFTERS]. HUBBARD, Elbert. A Message to Garcia. East Aurora, New York: The Roycrofters, 1914. Original green suede binding (some toning); green silk doublures. FIRST EDITION. -- FURST, Herbert, editor. The Woodcut: An Annual. London: The Fleuron Limited, 1927-1929. Nos. I-III. 3 volumes, 4to. Later cloth. LIMITED EDITIONS of the "Special Edition": no.I number 73 of 70 copies of a total edition of 75 copies; no.II and III number 10 and 69, respectively, of 75 copies of a total edition of 80 copies. -- FRASCONI, Antonio. The Face of Edgar Allan Poe. South Norwalk, CT: N.p., 1959. 11 original woodcuts. Original printed boards. LIMITED EDITION, number 237 of 250 copies SIGNED AND INSCRIBED BY FRASCONI. -- KINDERSLEY, David. Graphic Sayings. Cambridge: N.p., 1972. Oblong 4to. Title and sixteen designs of sayings or proverbs on different coloured papers by Kindersley, additional suite of 16 plates on Japanese paper loosely inserted in pocket at end. Original morocco-backed cloth gilt; glassine, printed board slipcase. LIMITED EDITION, number 8 of 130 copies SIGNED BY KINDERSLEY AND the printer Christopher Skelton. -- Together, 4 works in 6 volumes, 4to or smaller, ALL FIRST OR LIMITED EDITIONS, most original publisher 's bindings where indicated, condition generally fine.  Property from the Collection of Michael and Kay MeletFor condition inquiries please contact Gretchen Hause at gretchenhause@hindmanauctions.com

[FORE-EDGE PAINTING]. - [CURRIE, Miss C. B. (1849-1940)]. BOWDLER, Thomas. Letters Written in Holland. London: J. Robson and W. Clark, J. Debrett, and C. Dilly, 1788.  8vo (195 x 221 mm). Folding map frontispiece and an additional folding map. (Mild, even toning.) 19th-century dark red straight-grained morocco elaborately gilt, edges gilt concealing a FORE-EDGE PAINTING of a watermill by Miss C. B. Currie (very minor wear to extremities and joints).  FIRST EDITION, SIGNED AND NUMBERED BY MISS C. B. CURRIE on a front free endpaper. ESTC T63080.  Property from a Private Collection, Chicago, IllinoisFor condition inquiries please contact Gretchen Hause at gretchenhause@hindmanauctions.com

[THE FRENCH REVOLUTION].   A sammelband of Dublin editions of works by Edmund Burke, Joseph Priestley, Rev. R. Nares, William Eden, and Charles-Francois Dumouriez, comprising:  BURKE. Reflections on the Revolution in France, and on the Proceedings in Certain Societies in London Relative to that Event. Dublin: for W. Watson and others, 1790. First or second Dublin edition. Todd 53aa. -- PRIESTLEY. Letters to the Right Honourable Edmund Burke, occasioned by his Reflections on the Revolution in France. Dublin: for J. Sheppard and others, 1791. First Dublin edition. -- BURKE. A letter from Mr. Burke to a Member of the National Assembly; in answer to some objection to his book no French affairs. Dublin: for G. Burnet and others, 1791. First Dublin edition. Todd 54i. -- NARES. Principles of Government deduces from Reason, supported by English Experience, and opposed to French Errors. Dublin: for B. Dornin, 1793. First Dublin Edition. -- [EDEN]. Some Remarks on the Apparent Circumstances of the War in the fourth week of October, 1795. Dublin: J. Chambers, 1795. First Dublin Edition. -- DUMOURIEZ. A Speculative Sketch of Europe. Dublin: for J. Moore and J. Milliken, 1798. Together 6 works in one volume, 8vo (206 x 199 mm). 19th-century half calf gilt, red morocco lettering-piece gilt. Provenance: John Ball (signatures with contemporary dates on the title-pages of the second, third and fourth works); Mary and James Donahoe (signatures on final leaf). Burke's Reflections on the Revolution in France, an intellectual attack against the French Revolution, in which he argues that the Revolution will fail, due to its abstract foundation, drew several notable responses.   In addition to the responses of Priestley, Nares, and Dumouriez, bound here, Burke's work drew replies from Thomas Paine (The Rights of Man, 1791) and Mary Wollstonecraft (Vindication of the Rights of Man, 1790).  Property from the Collection of Edward A. QuattrocchiFor condition inquiries please contact Gretchen Hause at gretchenhause@hindmanauctions.com

[ARCHITECTURE & DESIGN]. DUFRENE, Maurice. Ensembles Mobiliers. Exposition Internationale 1925. Paris: Editions Charles Moreau, 1926.  3 volumes comprising Series I-III, folio. 96 photographic plates. (Very occasional soiling to plate margins, not affecting images.) Loose as issued in original cloth-backed printed boards, cloth ties (soiling, light wear to extremities).    FIRST EDITION of this set of plates documenting Art Deco interiors and furnishings on display at the 1925 International Exhibition of Modern Decorative and Industrial Arts.For condition inquiries please contact Gretchen Hause at gretchenhause@hindmanauctions.com

[ARCHITECTURE & DESIGN]. RAPIN, Henri (1873-1939). La Sculpture Decorative Moderne, Series I-III. Paris: Editions Charles Moreau, [1925]-1929.  3 volumes, folio. 96 heliogravure plates.  Loose as issued in original cloth-backed printed boards, cloth ties (light rubbing and toning to boards; upper joint of vol.III separating, one tie detached from vol.II but present). Provenance: G. Broes Van Dort Co., Chicago, IL (bookseller 's label to vol.I).  FIRST EDITION of this 3-part series featuring Art Deco design and decorative sculpture by French artists including Binquet, Bouchard, Bourdelle, Lalique, Jallot, Follot and Sue et Mare.For condition inquiries please contact Gretchen Hause at gretchenhause@hindmanauctions.com

FROST, Robert (1874-1963).  A Boy's Will. London: David Nutt, 1913.8vo. Half-title. Original brown bronze pebbled cloth lettered in gilt, edges uncut, top edge unopened (spine slightly sunned, slight rubbing to spine ends, lower hinge starting).    FIRST EDITION, FIRST ISSUE, SIGNED BY FROST on half-title, in Crane's "Binding A." Of the 1,000 copies printed, no more than 350 were bound in this first binding. Crane A2.Property from the Collection of Robert and Norma CotnerFor condition inquiries please contact Gretchen Hause at gretchenhause@hindmanauctions.com

FROST, Robert (1874-1963).  Mountain Interval. New York: Henry Holt and Company, November 1916.  8vo. Half-title; frontispiece. Original publisher's gilt-lettered blue cloth. Provenance: Whitney W. Stark (presentation inscription, bookplate).  FIRST EDITION, FIRST ISSUE, PRESENTATION COPY, SIGNED BY FROST, "For W.W. Stark by Robert Frost both of English 18 Amherst 1917." With lines 6 and 7 repeating on p.88, and "Come" (later changed to "Gone") on p.93. Mountain Interval includes the first appearance of "The Road Not Taken" in a Frost book. Crane A4.Property from the Collection of Robert and Norma CotnerFor condition inquiries please contact Gretchen Hause at gretchenhause@hindmanauctions.com

FROST, Robert (1874-1963). A Further Range. New York: Henry Holt and Company, 1936.  8vo. Original red cloth stamped in gilt, top edge stained red; original printed dust jacket (edges with a few minor tears) Provenance: Marjorie Howard (presentation inscription, 1939).    FIRST TRADE EDITION, second impression, PRESENTATION COPY, SIGNED BY FROST: "Robert Frost for Marjorie Howard 1939." Crane A21.1  Property from the Collection of Robert and Norma CotnerFor condition inquiries please contact Gretchen Hause at gretchenhause@hindmanauctions.com

FROST, Robert (1874-1963).  A Witness Tree. New York: Henry Holt & Company, 1942.  8vo. Frontispiece portrait. Original gray-green cloth-backed patterned boards gilt; board slipcase (minor chipping and a few separations to edges). Provenance: Joseph E. McCabe (gift inscription from James L. Bowers, Christmas 1960).  FIRST EDITION, LIMITED ISSUE, number 680 of 735 copies SIGNED BY FROST. Joseph McCabe served as president of Coe College from 1958 to 1970. Crane A25.  Property from the Collection of Robert and Norma CotnerFor condition inquiries please contact Gretchen Hause at gretchenhause@hindmanauctions.com

FROST, Robert (1874-1963).  In the Clearing. New York: Holt, Rinehart and Winston, 1962.  8vo. Original publisher 's slate-gray cloth stamped in silver (corners very slightly bumped); original printed dust-jacket (creasing and tearing to extremities; slight soiling to rear jacket; very minor spotting to dust jacket flaps). Provenance: Lesley Frost (1899-1983), Robert Frost's daughter (ownership signature, Taylor Univ, 11 April 1962); Norma and Robert Cotner (presentation inscription).  FIRST TRADE EDITION, LESLEY FROST"S COPY, PRESENTATION COPY, INSCRIBED BY FROST: "Robert Frost to Norma and Robert Cotner. Welcome visitors at Ripton VT June 3 62." Crane A41.1  Property from the Collection of Robert and Norma CotnerFor condition inquiries please contact Gretchen Hause at gretchenhause@hindmanauctions.com

FROST, Robert (1874-1963). A group of 5 signed trade editions, comprising:  FROST, Robert. New Hampshire. New York: Henry Holt & Company, 1936. Dust jacket. Later edition. INSCRIBED BY FROST to Lawrence Polek, Newport, August 1956. Provenance: Lawrence [Polek] (gift inscription, Dec. 1953). -- FROST, Robert. Collected Poems of Robert Frost. New York: Henry Holt and Company, 1939. Dust jacket. FIRST EDITION, FIRST PRINTING. INSCRIBED BY FROST: "Robert Frost January 10 GM BP MER". -- CLYMER, W.B. Shubrick. - GREEN, Charles R. Robert Frost: A Bibliography. Amherst, MA: Jones Library Inc., 1937. INSCRIBED BY FROST to Jack Gilchrist, Boston, November 1940. -- FROST, Robert. Complete Poems of Robert Frost 1949. New York: Henry Holt and Company, 1949. Dust jacket. FIRST EDITION, FIRST PRINTING. INSCRIBED BY FROST.   -- FROST, Robert. Come In and Other Poems. New York: Henry Holt and Company, 1943. Dust jacket.   Provenance: Lee? (gift inscription 1943); Harold Corbin (bookplate). FIRST EDITION, FIRST PRINTING. INSCRIBED BY FROST to Harold and Florie Corbin, 18 October 1957. -- Together, 5 works in 5 volumes, 8vo, some first editions where indicated, all in original publisher 's cloth, cloth-backed boards or printed boards, with dust jackets where indicated, condition generally fine. [With:] BLUMENTHAL, Joseph. Robert Frost and his Printers. Austin, TX: W. Thomas Taylor, 1985. Original cloth-backed boards; original slipcase. FIRST EDITION.Property from the Collection of Robert and Norma CotnerFor condition inquiries please contact Gretchen Hause at gretchenhause@hindmanauctions.com

Moorcroft Large Limited and Numbered Edition Celebration Vase, 'Champion Shire Horse, Loch Anna', designed and signed by Kerry Goodwin, in a Limited Edition of only 50, this vase is no.48, dated 2017; 14.5 inches (36.25cms) high; first quality.

Coalport Collection of Hand Painted First Edition Bone China ' Snowman ' Figures ( 3 ) In Total. Comprises 1/ Highland Fling. 6 Inches - 15 cms High. 2/ The Gift, Exclusive Edition. 3/ Dancing at the Party, Height 5.5 Inches - 13.75 cms. All Figures are 1st Quality and Mint Condition.

Blue Jasper Wedgwood Early Edition Christmas Plates Six in total. Christmas 1970 Trafalgar Square, 1971 Piccadilly Circus , 1972 Saint Paul's Cathedral, 1973 The Tower of London, 1974 Houses of Parliament, and 1976 Hampton Court. The first plate was 1969. All with original boxes.

Coalport First Edition ' The Snowman Hand Painted Snow Globe ' Title ' Hold On Tight ' Date 2003. Height 5.75 Inches - 14.40 cms. 1st Quality and Mint Condition with Box.

Stamp Interest - Framed Historical Postmarks, limited edition from the Post Office. Mounted and framed behind glass, in a wide gilt frame, measures 20'' x 16''. Shows the world's first postmark in 1661, through the first Penny Post, right through to the Empire Exhibition postmark in 1925. Interesting lot, attractively presented. Please see images.

Coalport Collection of Hand Painted First Edition Bone China Snowman and James Figures ( 3 ) In Total. Comprises 1/ ' Adding a Smile ' Date 2001. Height 5.5 Inches - 13.75 cms. 2/ ' All My Own Work ' James and Snowman. 5 Inches - 15 cms High. 3/ ' Soft Landing ' Snowman and James ' With Balloons. 5 Inches - 12.5 cms High. All Figures are 1st Quality and Mint Condition.

Liam Neeson, Sigourney Weaver plus Cast Signed First Edition Quad A Monster Calls PosterThis item is very special indeed, and a must for any movie fan. It is a first edition quad poster A Monster Calls signed at the films London Premiere in 2016 by Liam Neeson, Sigourney Weaver, Felicity Jones, Lewis Macdougall, J A Bayona and Fernando Velazquez

Coalport Hand Painted Ltd Edition Trio Bone China Snowman Figures ( 3 ) All with Boxes and Certificates. 1/ First Edition - The Snowman and Christmas Friend, Date 2001. Number of Figure 989 of 2000. Height 5.75 Inches - 14,40 cms. 2/ First Edition ' Snowman Pulling a Cracker ' Date 2002. Height 5.5 Inches - 13.75 cms. 3/ First Edition '' Snowman and James ' The Adventure Begins. Date 2001, 5 Inches - 12.5 cms. All Figures are 1st Quality and Mint Condition.

Coalport Collection of Hand Painted First Edition Bone China Snowman Figures ( 3 ) In Total. Comprises 1/ ' Cowboy Jig ' Date 2003. Height 5.5 Inches - 13.75 cms. 2/ 'Dancing With Teddy' Date 2001. Height 5.5 Inches -13,75 cms. 3/ ' Snowman's Surprise ' Date 2003. Height 5.5 Inches - 13.75 cms. All Figures are In Mint / 1st Quality Condition.

Coalport First Edition - Hand Painted ' The Snowman Christmas Friends ' Glitter Globe. Date 2002. Height 5.75 Inches - 14.40 cms. 1st Quality and Mint Condition.

The Seven Seas by Rudyard Kipling, signed in ink by the author, published by D. Appleton and Co, New York, 1905, illustrated green cloth boards, 8vo, also two volumes of Sea and Sussex, three volumes of Rudyard Kipling's Verse, velum bound, first edition, 1919 and ten other various volumes by Kipling. (16)

Two later 20th Century Wedgwood blue jasperware plaques commemorating Queen Elizabeth II, the first an oval with a darker blue border made to commemorate the Silver Jubilee, numbered 320 from a limited edition of 500, 22.5cm 17.5cm, the second circular for her sixtieth birthday modelled by Raphael Maklouf, numbered 46 from a limited edition of 250, framed diameter 22.5cm, both with certificates (2)

John Cleese signed The Germans Don't Mention the War A2 Lithograph limited edition 948/950. In the mid-1970s, Cleese and his first wife, Connie Booth, cowrote the sitcom Fawlty Towers, and he starred in it as Basil Fawlty. The series resulted in Cleese receiving the 1980 BAFTA for Best Entertainment Performance and in 2000 the show topped the British Film Institute's list of the 100 Greatest British Television Programmes. In a 2001 Channel 4 poll, Basil was ranked second on their list of the 100 Greatest TV Characters. Good Condition. All autographs are genuine hand signed and come with a Certificate of Authenticity. We combine postage on multiple winning lots and can ship worldwide. UK postage from £4.99, EU from £6.99, Rest of World from £8.99.