![[Royal Navy]. Advice to the Officers of the British Navy, 1st edition, London: printed for the author, and sold by the bookse](https://cdn.globalauctionplatform.com/84f8dfe8-0b9b-4223-bde0-abf400abcb81/a6e39a57-7848-40c3-b3ee-abf401011a72/468x382.jpg)
[Royal Navy]. Advice to the Officers of the British Navy, 1st edition, London: printed for the author, and sold by the booksellers in town and country, 1785, [4] 116 pp., spotting and soiling, manuscript date 'March 11th 1785' to front free endpaper, later ownership inscription to front pastedown, contemporary boards, spine perished, boards held by cords, 8vo (18.5 x 12 cm)Qty: (1)NOTESESTC N29842. Very rare satirical work, ESTC traces one copy world-wide (Huntington), and two copies with the variant imprint 'sold by A. Flexney'. Captains are instructed that 'In the West-Indies, if any negro slaves from the enemy's plantations, escape on board your ship, led by the hope of partaking British liberty, when under the British flag; as this example might hurt the sugar trade, if it encouraged the slaves of our islands to fly to the enemy, sell them at the first port, and put the money in your pocket' (p. 39).
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![Stanley (Henry M.). In Darkest Africa, 2 volumes, New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1890, pp. iii-iv [i]-xv 529, [4] iii-xv](https://cdn.globalauctionplatform.com/84f8dfe8-0b9b-4223-bde0-abf400abcb81/b4f6a074-a8b1-4b2a-aa93-abf401011c9b/468x382.jpg)
Stanley (Henry M.). In Darkest Africa, 2 volumes, New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1890, pp. iii-iv [i]-xv 529, [4] iii-xv 472, title-pages in red and black, 2 steel-engraved portrait frontispieces, 2 heliogravure portrait plates, 37 wood-engraved plates (of which one, group portrait facing p. xiii volume 2, not listed in contents), and numerous wood-engraved vignettes in the text, all on india paper, mounted (except for the heliogravures: on standard paper stock, mounted), 6 etched sepia plates by G. Montbard signed in pencil by the artist, 3 folding colour maps (2 linen-backed), leaf of manuscript facsimile, geological profile, folding letterpress table, volume 1 inner hinges cracked, front inner hinge tender, etched sepia plates browned, plates 26 and 38 tissue-guard torn, a few marks, top edges gilt, others untrimmed, original black half morocco over bevelled boards, japon sides (soiled), demy 4toQty: (2)NOTESFirst US edition, signed limited issue, number 12 of 250 deluxe copies signed by the author on the limitation page.
Daniel (Rev. Wm. B.). Rural Sports, 4 volumes (including supplement), published Bunney & Gold, 1801 - 1813, folding engraved frontispiece to volumes 1 and 2, engraved portrait to supplement, calligraphic titles, sixty-eight engraved plates, some folding, (including one printed in colour), slight spotting throughout, marbled endpapers, bookplate of Arthur Walford, contemporary half diced calf with gilt decorated spines, worn at extremities, upper joint on volume 2 cracked, 4to, together with Surtees (Robert S.). Mr Sponge's Sporting Tour, Mr Romford's Hounds, Hawbuck Grange, Handley Cross, Plain or Ringlets [and] Ask Mamma, 6 volumes, published Bradbury, Agnew & Co., circa 1890, decorative titles and additional half-titles, numerous etchings with contemporary hand colouring after John Leech, top edge gilt, near-contemporary half calf with gilt decorated spines by Bayntons of Bath, very slight wear to extremities, spines slightly faded, 8vo, with Hawker (Lt. Col. P.). Instructions to Young Sportsmen in all that relates to Guns and Shooting, 4th edition, published Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme, Brown and Greene, 1825, title and preface, ten engraved plates (complete as list), near contemporary manuscript ownership signature to first front blank, contemporary half morocco gilt, some wear to spine and extremities, 8vo, plus Stephens (Henry). The Book of the Farm..., 2 volumes, 3rd. edition, William Blackwood and Sons, 1876, engraved portrait frontispiece, additional half titles, numerous engraved plates and illustrations to text, publisher's advertisement to rear of volume 1, index to rear of volume 2, later endpapers, contemporary quarter calf with ornate decorated gilt spines, some skilful restoration to head and foot of spines, inset gilt remarque of a farmer sowing grain to upper covers, bumped and with slight wear, 8vo, and The Earl of Suffolk and Berkshire, Hedley Peek & F. G. Aflalo, (editors). The Encyclopedia of Sport, 4 volumes, Lawrence and Bullen Ltd, 1900, additional decorative title and half titles, numerous uncoloured photogravure plates after A. Thorburn and others, each with tissue guard, numerous illustrations to text throughout, top edge gilt, remainder uncut, contemporary red cloth with gilt decorated spines, very slight staining to upper cover of volume 2, spines slightly faded, large 8voQty: (17)
Candolle (Alphonse de). Lois de la Nomenclature Botanique, re?dige?es et commente?es, 1st edition, Paris: V. Masson et Fils, Libraires, 1867, 60pp., title with three ink ownership stamps (including A. Gubler & L.E. Newton Library), bookplate of Leonard E. Newton, modern cloth-backed stiff wrappers, typed title label to upper cover, slim 8voQty: (1)NOTESAlphonse de Candolle (1806-1893), was the son of botanist Augustin Pyramus de Candolle. He initially studied law, but his interest in botany developed until he finally succeeded to his father's chair at the University of Geneva. He published a number of influential botanical works, including continuations of the Prodromus in collaboration with his son. He developed the first Laws of Botanical Nomenclature, which was adopted by the International Botanical Congress in 1867, and became the prototype of the current International Code of Nomenclature for algae, fungi, and plants. In 1855 de Candolle published Géographie botanique raisonnée which was a ground-breaking work, having a significant influence upon Harvard botanist Asa Gray. In 1859 he was elected a foreign member of the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences and in 1889 awarded the Linnean Medal.
Eugen Bentele signed FDC Great War 22 The Zeppelin Raids on Britain 19 January 1915-13 April 1918 PM British Forces Postal Services 31. 5. 96 81st Anniversary The Great War The First Bombing of London. Eugen Bentele was a Survivor of the Hindenburg LZ 129 crash also crew on LZ 130 Zeppelin. Limited edition 302. Good conditon. We combine postage on multiple winning lots and can ship worldwide. UK postage from £4.99, EU from £6.99, Rest of World from £9.99.
AUDEBERT (JEAN BAPTISTE)Histoire naturelle des Singes et des Makis, FIRST EDITION, half-title, section titles, list of subscribers, 61 engraved plates by Audebert, printed in colours and finished by hand, 2 uncoloured anatomical plates, some light foxing or spotting, occasional faint offsetting of plates, margins of 2 text leaves slightly chipped, straight-grained red morocco gilt by Bozerian, covers gilt with simian and floral corner tools, spine panelled with simian stamp in each compartment, g.e., covers lightly rubbed, bookplate removed [Nissen ZBI 156; Wood, p.206], folio (510 x 330mm.), Paris, Desray, [1799-1800]Footnotes:First edition of Audebert's first original work, and the earliest and most important monographs on monkeys ever published. This was the first original publication of Audebert and the first book to employ his special color-printing process.Provenance: Prince Golitsyn, armorial stamp on title; Sotheby's, 23 April 1994, lot 1This lot is subject to the following lot symbols: •• Zero rated for VAT, no VAT will be added to the Hammer Price or the Buyer's Premium.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com
BLIGH (WILLIAM)A Voyage to the South Sea... for the Purpose of Conveying the Bread-fruit Tree to the West Indies, FIRST EDITION, engraved portrait frontispiece, 7 engraved plates and maps (some foxing and offsetting), light browning at beginning and end, contemporary mottled calf gilt, joints repaired [Ferguson 125; Hill 135; Sabin 5910], 4to, George Nichol, 1792Footnotes:FIRST EDITION of Bligh's official account of the voyage of the Bounty and one of the 'most remarkable incidents in the whole of maritime history' (Hill). Bligh's mission was to collect bread-fruit trees from Tahiti and take them to the West Indies, but the mission became more famous for the mutiny led by Master's Mate Fletcher Christian, and Bligh's remarkable 3,500 mile journey across the Pacific in the Bounty's launch, to safety in Timor.Provenance: George Bennett FRCS (1804-1893), English-born Australian physician and naturalist, author of Wanderings in New South Wales (1834), bookplate; Sotheby's, Longueville Collection of Voyages and Travels to Australia and the South Seas, 25 June 1992, lot 64.This lot is subject to the following lot symbols: •• Zero rated for VAT, no VAT will be added to the Hammer Price or the Buyer's Premium.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com
![[CHORIER (NICOLAS)]Le Meursius françois, ou Entretiens galans d'Aloysia, 2 vol., printed on 'papier bleuâtre', half-titles,](https://cdn.globalauctionplatform.com/6499027e-bfd0-4c85-be96-abef013829c6/59c5f15a-15c0-4aa1-b6df-abf000acb657/468x382.jpg)
[CHORIER (NICOLAS)]Le Meursius françois, ou Entretiens galans d'Aloysia, 2 vol., printed on 'papier bleuâtre', half-titles, frontispiece and 12 engraved plates by Elluin after Borel, contemporary French red morocco gilt, g.e. [Cohen-De Ricci 240; Nordmann 17; Pia Enfer 280-281], 12mo, Cythere [Paris, Cazin], 1782Footnotes:Chorier's seminal work, printed under various titles but generally known as L'Academie des dames, is among the earliest erotic texts in a European language, first published in Grenoble in around 1660. The present edition is the first with the superb engravings by François Rolland Elluin (1745-c.1810) after drawings by Antoine Borel (1743-c.1810). This artistic partnership was responsible for some of the finest illustrated erotic editions of the eighteenth century.Provenance: Honeywood House, Crowned inkstamp; Sotheby's, Bibliothèque d'un Amateur, 15 May 1997, lot 25.This lot is subject to the following lot symbols: •• Zero rated for VAT, no VAT will be added to the Hammer Price or the Buyer's Premium.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com
CLAIRAUT (ALEXIS-CLAUDE)Elemens de geometrie, FIRST EDITION, 14 folding engraved plates, contemporary mottled calf, upper cover gilt lettered 'Salle de Mrs les Cadets de la Marine', spine and lower cover worn in places, 8vo, Paris, David Fils, 1741Footnotes:Provenance: Ader Tajan, Beaux Livres Anciens, 16 December 1994, lot 146.This lot is subject to the following lot symbols: •• Zero rated for VAT, no VAT will be added to the Hammer Price or the Buyer's Premium.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com
![[GERVAISE DE LA TOUCHE (JEAN-CHARLES)]Mémoires de Saturnin écrit par lui-même, 2 parts in 1 vol., large paper copy printed o](https://cdn.globalauctionplatform.com/6499027e-bfd0-4c85-be96-abef013829c6/7fedd3e8-a2b3-4c85-9ce2-abf000acca17/468x382.jpg)
[GERVAISE DE LA TOUCHE (JEAN-CHARLES)]Mémoires de Saturnin écrit par lui-même, 2 parts in 1 vol., large paper copy printed on blue paper, 24 plates after Borel and by Elluin, period-style French olive morocco gilt, pink silk endpapers [Cohen-de Ricci 431; Pia Enfer 622], 8vo, Londres [but Paris, Cazin], 1787-1786Footnotes:THE RARE LARGE-PAPER ISSUE OF THE FIRST CAZIN EDITION: 'les exemplaires en grand papier sont fort rares et généralement sur papier un peu bleuté' (Cohen-de Ricci).Provenance: Librairie François Ier, 1988, item 83; Sotheby's, Bibliothèque d'un amateur, 15 May 1997, lot 42.This lot is subject to the following lot symbols: •• Zero rated for VAT, no VAT will be added to the Hammer Price or the Buyer's Premium.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com
KNOX (ROBERT)An Historical Relation of the Island Ceylon, in the East-Indies, together with an Account of the Detaining in Captivity of the Author, FIRST EDITION, JOHN EVELYN'S COPY, leaf of commendation, double-page folding engraved map, 15 engraved plates, advertisement leaf at end, without the portrait (as usual), map with slight tear at lower margin, contemporary calf, joints slightly split [ESTC R16598], folio (325 x 200mm.), Richard Chiswell, 1681Footnotes:JOHN EVELYN'S COPY. Whilst trading along the Coromandel coast Robert Knox (1641-1720) was forced to land at Kottiar Bay, Ceylon, whereupon he was held captive for the next nineteen years, eventually escaping in 1679. The Historical Relation of the Island Ceylon was written on the voyage back to England, where it was published with encouragement of the East India Company and Robert Hooke of the Royal Society. 'The book influenced the work of contemporaries such as Daniel Defoe, who drew from Knox's experiences much of the context for, and the aspirations of, his hero in Robinson Crusoe' (ODNB).Provenance: 'Won at Raffle Septr. 10th 1682 by the Little Woman', inscription on recto of commendation leaf; John Evelyn, press-mark 'Jupiter 18' inscribed in his hand on verso of the same; Sir Frederick Evelyn, bookplate; Christie's, 1 December 1977, lot 857; Sotheby's, 26-27 June 1997, lot 405.This lot is subject to the following lot symbols: •• Zero rated for VAT, no VAT will be added to the Hammer Price or the Buyer's Premium.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com
LEAR (EDWARD)Views in the Seven Ionian Islands, First edition, lithographed title and 20 tinted lithographed views by Day & Son after Lear, subscribers list, some spotting to plates, mostly in margins, some plates slightly frayed or chipped at edges, publisher's cloth gilt, contents loose [Blackmer 987], folio, Edward Lear, 1 December 1863Footnotes:Provenance: Sotheby's, Atlases, Travel and Natural History, 25 June 1992, lot 108This lot is subject to the following lot symbols: •• Zero rated for VAT, no VAT will be added to the Hammer Price or the Buyer's Premium.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com
WILDE (OSCAR)Salomé: drame en un acte, FIRST EDITION, AUTHOR'S PRESENTATION COPY, INSCRIBED 'A MON CHER AMI/ ARISTIDE BRUANT/ OSCAR WILDE' on flyleaf preceding half-title, one of 600 copies, device by Félicien Rops on the title page, green cloth-backed marbled boards, red leather spine label, original purple wrappers lettered in silver bound in [Mason 348], 8vo, Paris and London, Librairie d'Art Indépendent and Elkin Mathews and John Lane, 1893Footnotes:PRESENTATION COPY TO ARISTIDE BRUANT (1851–1925), a successful singer, songwriter, and entrepreneur who ran a cabaret in Montmartre and was immortalized by Toulouse Lautrec as the man in a wide-brimmed hat, cape, and red scarf on several posters.In was during his sojourn in Paris in 1891 that Wilde met Bruant, who called him 'le joyeux fantaisiste anglais' (Ellmann, p.330). On more than one occasion, Bruant hosted dinners at which Wilde got to know André Gide.Wilde's play Salomé was rehearsed during June 1892 for production at the Palace Theatre in London, with Sarah Bernhardt in the title role. However, the Lord Chamberlain refused a licence owing to representation of Biblical characters on the public stage and it was therefore decided to move the premiere to Paris. 'Wilde went ahead with plans to publish his play whether or not it could be staged. The title page was to name the Librairie d'Art Indépendent in Paris along with Elkin Mathews & John Lane in London as joint publishers... It was defiantly published in February 1893. Wilde said he had it bound in 'Tyrian purple' wrappers to go with Alfred Douglas's gilt hair' (Ellmann, p.353).Provenance: Laurin Guilloux Buffetaud, 29 November 1989, lot 564.This lot is subject to the following lot symbols: •• Zero rated for VAT, no VAT will be added to the Hammer Price or the Buyer's Premium.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com
CLARICE CLIFF CENTENARY. A Bradford Exchange, limited edition large plaque 'Clarice Cliff, The First Lady of Art Deco'. 70 x 50cm. Silk screen printed on porcelain. Number 378 of 1,972. With certificate & leaflet. Labelled to reverse & original cardboard cover.Condition: Appears mint. No damage, repairs or restoration.WE CANNOT SHIP THIS LOT due to fragility, size or weight. Our recommended carrier is MBE Plymouth on +44 (0) 1752 257224 or info@mbeplymouth.co.uk.
Walt Disney 8 mm Films, eight 8 mm films including 'The Sorcerer's Apprentice (9.7min)' Mickey Mouse - The first fifty years' (Collector's Edition) The Rescuers (8 min) 'Christmas (16 min) Disneyland - Dream to Reality (8 min) Goofy's Golden Gags (17 min) Donald Duck's Dilemmas (two boxes but one with incorrect length tape) plus a further eleven Disney smaller tapes that include 'The Rescue', Dumbo and more -descriptions from boxes untested tapes various conditions of boxes
Ulrich Von SchroederThree Volumes on Buddhist ArtComprising: Buddhist Sculptures in Tibet, Volume One, India and Nepal, First Edition, 2001, copy number 716; Buddhist Sculptures in Tibet, Volume Two, Tibet and China, First Edition, 2001, copy number 716; and Indo-Tibetan Bronzes, Second Facsimile Edition, 2008, copy number 19, Visual Dharma Publications Ltd., Hong Kong; all boxed. 35cm x 24.5cm (13.3/4in x 9.5/8in). (6).This lot is subject to the following lot symbols: •• Zero rated for VAT, no VAT will be added to the Hammer Price or the Buyer's Premium.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com
COMPLETE FIRST EDITION SHADOWLESS POKEMON CARDS BASE SET, complete set of one hundred and two cards, to include 58a Red Cheek Pikachu and 58b Yellow Cheek Pikachu giving a total of one hundred and three cards contained in an official Nintendo binder (some damage to spine) all originally purchased from Wizards of the Coast in the U.S.A during 1999, cards have not been PSA graded but are contained in plastic sleeves from which they have hardly ever been removed and are all in excellent condition except that Dugtrio has a small knick to its bottom edge, please take time to view the accompanying images so as to satisfy yourself as to the quality and condition of the cards on offer (PLEASE NOTE THIS LOT WILL BE OFFERED FOR SALE AT 4.00PM)Please see the images and description in the catalogue, one card has minor nick to bottom
A green double smelling salts bottle with silver mounted top and an amethyst to clear cut glass smelling salts bottle with silver mounted top (a/f), a doll's miniature cabaret set tea service, a Herend handpainted first edition thistle miniature two handled dish, a pair of overlaid and enamelled glass miniature spill vases and powder dish (a lot)
Rowling, J. K. Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone, first edition, first issue, London: Bloomsbury, 1997, paperback, print line on copyright page reads '10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1'; '1 wand' appears twice on p.53; 'Philosopher's' is misspelled 'Philospher's' to rear cover; 'Wizardry and Witchcraft' (rather than 'Witchcraft and Wizardry') to rear cover - cover worn and creased, biro name to inside cover, please see additional images for condition
Private Collection of Julian Glover - Doctor Who - A collection of assorted Doctor Who memorabilia from the collection of Julian Glover to include; a Limited Edition dual signed First Day Cover ' Armageddon Factor ' signed by Mary Tamm and Lalla Ward, a Character Options ' City Of Death ' autographed action figure set (factory sealed, as new) and several signed Dr Who trading cards and photographs of Mr Glover's appearances in the series.
![[BOOKS]. CRICKET Thirty-one assorted volumes, including D'Oliveira. An Autobiography, first edition, Collins, London, 1968,](https://cdn.globalauctionplatform.com/d134f738-04b3-4307-a665-abb400a7369a/eeb24fff-c4fa-43cc-adb4-abfb0140e45a/468x382.jpg)
[BOOKS]. CRICKET Thirty-one assorted volumes, including D'Oliveira. An Autobiography, first edition, Collins, London, 1968, boards, dustjacket, plate illustrations, SIGNED BY THE AUTHOR, octavo; and Chignall, W.R. A History of the Worcestershire County Cricket Club 1844-1950, first edition, Littlebury & Co., Worcester, no date, cloth, dustjacket, plate illustrations, octavo, (box).
Titanic Father Browne First Edition Book Signed By Dr Robert Ballard This is something special and a must for any Titanic collector. It is a rare first edition 1997 book 'Father Brownes Titanic Album' showing rare last photographs of the great ship. I had this copy signed in 2000 in Miami at a Titanic convension by Dr Robert Ballard who discovered the famous wreck in 1985.
Texas Chain Saw Massacre Signed DVD Cover A must for any horror fan or collector. It is a first edition DVD Cover & Movie for the cult classic movie 'The Texas Chain Saw Massacre'. It was signed at a Universal Pictures charity event in London 2006 by director & creator Tobe Hooper and leather face star Gunnar Hansen.
Transformers The Movie Unusual DVD Cover Signed By Voice Over Artist Peter Cullen A a must for any film or animation fan. It is a first edition DVD cover from my private collection for 'Transformer The Movie', signed at a 2008 Hasboro charity event in London by the acclaimed voice over actor & the voice of Optimus Prime Peter Cullen
Indiana Jones Impressive DVD Cover Signed By Harrison Ford - This is something unusual and special, it is a must for any film fan. It is a first edition DVD cover from a private collection for ‘Indiana Jones & The Temple of Doom’, signed at a 2010 BAFTA event in London by acclaimed actor Harrison Ford.
![[CLASSIC LITERATURE] Dickens, Charles. Master Humphrey's Clock, first edition, three volumes, Chapman & Hall, London, 18](https://cdn.globalauctionplatform.com/a7089516-2aec-47c0-b4e8-abb400a79b1c/14f607d6-7151-4b60-ac6f-abf80157054c/468x382.jpg)
![[HISTORY]. INDIA The King Emperor and His Dominions. Souvenir of the Coronation Durbar of H.I.M. George V, Delhi, December,](https://cdn.globalauctionplatform.com/a7089516-2aec-47c0-b4e8-abb400a79b1c/beb46b54-8fb9-42ad-868a-abf801570751/468x382.jpg)
[HISTORY]. INDIA The King Emperor and His Dominions. Souvenir of the Coronation Durbar of H.I.M. George V, Delhi, December, 1911, with the compliments of Burroughs Wellcome & Co., London, no date [1911], full crimson leather (rubbed), all edges gilt, illustrations, octavo; Coronation Durbar, 1911, being a reprint of articles and telegrams previously published in the Pioneer, second edition, Pioneer Press, Allahabad, 1912, dark green cloth gilt, frontispiece and a further twenty-four plate illustrations (as called for), folding map at end, quarto; Fortescue, John. Narrative of the Visit to India of their Majesties King George V and Queen Mary and of the Coronation Durbar Held at Delhi 12th December 1911, first edition, Macmillan, London, 1912, blue cloth gilt, top edges gilt, tissue-guarded frontispiece and a further thirty plate illustrations (as called for), folding plan at end, octavo; and two other works, (5).
![[MODERN FIRST EDITIONS] Christie, Agatha. Postern of Fate, first edition, Collins Crime Club, London, 1973, boards, dustjack](https://cdn.globalauctionplatform.com/a7089516-2aec-47c0-b4e8-abb400a79b1c/489b8f09-f40c-4bf0-9362-abfa00ab5341/468x382.jpg)
![[MODERN FIRST EDITIONS] Wheatley, Dennis. The Man who Killed the King, first edition, Hutchinson, London, 1951, black cloth,](https://cdn.globalauctionplatform.com/a7089516-2aec-47c0-b4e8-abb400a79b1c/b8057675-763e-40e2-aa0e-abf8015709ea/468x382.jpg)
[MODERN FIRST EDITIONS] Wheatley, Dennis. The Man who Killed the King, first edition, Hutchinson, London, 1951, black cloth, dustjacket (non price-clipped), octavo; with The Dark Secret of Josephine, first edition, Hutchinson, London, 1955, black cloth, dustjacket (non price-clipped), octavo; The Rape of Venice, first edition, Hutchinson, London, 1959, blue boards, dustjacket (non price-clipped), octavo; Mayhem in Greece, first edition, Hutchinson, London, 1962, grey boards, dustjacket (non price-clipped), octavo; and Stranger than Fiction, first edition, Hutchinson, London, 1959, crimson cloth, dustjacket (non price-clipped), octavo (all the aforementioned with ownership inscription to front free endpaper); and three further, undated works by the same, (8).
![[MODERN FIRST EDITIONS] Innes, Hammond. All Roads Lead to Friday, first edition, Jenkins, London, 1939, orange cloth, octavo](https://cdn.globalauctionplatform.com/a7089516-2aec-47c0-b4e8-abb400a79b1c/7bc1c160-c5b5-48bc-897a-abf801570ae2/468x382.jpg)
[MODERN FIRST EDITIONS] Innes, Hammond. All Roads Lead to Friday, first edition, Jenkins, London, 1939, orange cloth, octavo; together with Dead and Alive, Collins, London, 1946; Harvest of Journeys, 1960; Atlantic Fury, 1962; The Strode Venturer, 1965; Levkas Man, 1971; Golden Soak, 1973; North Star, 1974; The Big Footprints, 1977; The Last Voyage. Captain Cook's Lost Diary, 1978; Solomons Seal, 1980; The Black Tide, 1982; Medusa, 1988, all Collins first editions; and Isvik, first edition, Chapmans, London, 1991, all but the first listed with dustjacket (none but North Star price-clipped), (14).
![[TRAVEL]. CEYLON Selkirk, Rev. James. Recollections of Ceylon, after a residence of nearly thirteen years; with An Account o](https://cdn.globalauctionplatform.com/a7089516-2aec-47c0-b4e8-abb400a79b1c/bdca472b-3705-4a89-9093-abf801570e46/468x382.jpg)
[TRAVEL]. CEYLON Selkirk, Rev. James. Recollections of Ceylon, after a residence of nearly thirteen years; with An Account of the Church Missionary Society's Operations in the Island: and Extracts from a Journal, first edition, Hatchard, London, 1844, original dark green cloth gilt, map frontispiece, eight tinted lithograph plate illustrations, octavo (spine ends and upper hinges torn; upper and fore edges of covers damp marked; frontispiece and title page almost detached; fresh blank with bookplate pasted to reverse of frontispiece in an effort (only partially successful) to obscure an institutional library stamp); Tennent, Sir James Emerson. Ceylon. An Account of the Island, Physical, Historical and Topographical, two volumes, Longman et al., London, 1859, plain brown cloth with crimson leather title labels to spines, text illustrations, maps, octavo; and eleven other works of related interest, (14).
![[MISCELLANEOUS] Milne, A.A. Once on a Time, first edition, Hodder & Stoughton, London, 1917, blue cloth with onlaid titl](https://cdn.globalauctionplatform.com/a7089516-2aec-47c0-b4e8-abb400a79b1c/857928c0-ddd2-464f-b9d3-abf8015710fb/468x382.jpg)
[MISCELLANEOUS] Milne, A.A. Once on a Time, first edition, Hodder & Stoughton, London, 1917, blue cloth with onlaid title label, colour frontispiece, four black and white plate illustrations, octavo; and Milne, A.A. Year In, Year Out, first edition, Methuen, London, 1952, blue cloth, dustjacket (price-clipped), text decorations by E.H. Shepard, octavo, (2).
![[MISCELLANEOUS] MacLean, Alistair. Ice Station Zebra, first edition, Collins, London, 1963, boards, dustjacket (non price-cl](https://cdn.globalauctionplatform.com/a7089516-2aec-47c0-b4e8-abb400a79b1c/279525ee-ebbe-48f5-a111-abf801571259/468x382.jpg)
[MISCELLANEOUS] MacLean, Alistair. Ice Station Zebra, first edition, Collins, London, 1963, boards, dustjacket (non price-clipped), octavo; Fairlie, Gerard. Captain Bulldog Drummond, first edition, Hodder & Stoughton, London, 1945, cloth, dustjacket (non price-clipped), octavo; Fairlie, Gerard. They Found Each Other, first edition, Hodder & Stoughton, London, 1946, cloth, dustjacket (non price-clipped), octavo; Fairlie, Gerard. Calling Bulldog Drummond, first edition, Hodder & Stoughton, London, 1951, boards, dustjacket (non price-clipped), octavo; and a further twenty-three assorted works, (27).
A limited edition Automatic Omega Seamaster 1948 Olympic London 2012 Co-Axial Chronometer stainless steel gents wristwatch no 1193/1948, model 522.23.39.20.02.001, watch no 85795406, diameter of dial 39mm, Omega black leather strap This watch was released to commemorate the first Seamaster which was launched in 1948 the same year as London's last Olympics before 2012 & is a redesign of that watch, with original inner and outer boxes & papers.
MACPHERSON ELLE: (1964- ) Australian Model & Actress. A printed 4to edition of Playboy magazine, May 1994, featuring a colour image of Macpherson in a full length semi-naked pose to the front cover, and with further erotic and naked images of 'The Body' to the inside pages, signed by Macpherson in bold blue ink with her first name and a heart drawing to a clear area of the background of the front cover. About EX
BOSCO JOHN: (1815-1888) Also known as Don Bosco. Italian Roman Catholic Priest, Educator and Writer. He developed teaching methods based on love rather than punishment, a method known as the Salesian Preventive System. Founder of the Salesians of Don Bosco. Canonized as a saint in 1934. Rare A.L.S., `Gio. Bosco´, two pages, 8vo, Torino, 1871, to `Benemerita Sig. Contessa´, in French. On the printed stationery of the Salesian Oratorio of Turin, Saint John Bosco thanks his correspondent and benefactress stating in part `Today, on the festivity day of the Holy Virgin, I send you the first letter for the new church to be built, with our Archbishop blessing, and I addressed to you as the first and most important benefactress on the purchase of the site location. Works will start next month of April…´, further and referring to funds-raising, Bosco says `.. if you can tell me if I can count on a fixed amount every year and for the next three years.. As you can see I write to you openly as a son waiting for the frank response of his mother..´ Before concluding Bosco reports on the new edition of the small story, having sold more than fifteen thousand copies over the last month, and comments that they are working on a new edition, and invites Countess Callori saying `On Sunday afternoon we have the grand-theatre performance, and you are invited as well as any other persons you will wish to invite, just mention my name…´ On a post-scriptum Bosco mentions that he is sending an additional invitation for her husband, Count Federico Callori di Vignale. With blank integral leaf. Folded. VG. Countess Carlotta Callori di Vignale (1827-1911) one of the most important financial benefactors of Bosco´s projects. Bosco considered Countess Callori as his second-mother.In 1871, the year of the present letter, John Bosco founded a group of religious sisters to do for girls what the Salesians were doing for boys. They were called the "Daughters of Mary Help of Christians."
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
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
UTRILLO MAURICE: (1883-1955) French Painter. Signed and inscribed printed 8vo exhibition catalogue for Exposition d'Oeuvres anciennes et recentes de Suzanne Valadon at the Galerie O. Petrides, Paris, 7th - 16th June 1938, one of a limited edition of 100 (this example un-numbered) and featuring a few monochrome illustrations and a list of Valadon's works from the collections of Utrillo and Petrides. Signed by Utrillo in bold pencil to an inside page beneath a printed sonnet written by the artist in honour of his mother and opposite an image of her with a painting. Together with a printed 8vo catalogue for an exhibition of works by Maurice Utrillo and Lucie Valore at the Galerie Paul Petrides in Paris, 3rd - 18th March 1950, signed and inscribed by Valore with her first name only, also on behalf of her husband, in French to the front cover. Some light scuffing and age wear to both and the second catalogue with a horizontal fold to the centre, G to about VG, 2
HOPPER EDWARD: (1882-1967) American Painter. Book signed and inscribed, being a hardback edition of Edward Hopper, First Edition published by the American Artists Group as their Monograph Number 8, New York, 1945. With many monochrome reproductions of Hopper's paintings, including Night-Hawks. Signed and inscribed by Hopper in blue fountain pen ink to the colour printed front pastedown which features a reproduction of The Martha McKeen of Wellfleet. Bound in paper covered boards with a cloth backing and no spine label. Some light age wear, most noticeable to the extremities of the boards, otherwise about VG
KEMBLE E. W.: (1861-1933) American Illustrator of the first edition of Mark Twain's Adventures of Huckleberry Finn, also remembered for his racist caricatures of African Americans. A printed 6.5 x 11 illustration by Kemble, possibly removed from a book, depicting a black man standing in a full length profile pose and holding an axe in one hand, with the caption 'Uncle Jimmy, New Orleans', signed by Kemble in black fountain pen ink with his name alone to a clear area at the base. A couple of light creases to the upper edge and a small tear to the lower edge, not affecting the image or signature, otherwise VG
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