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PHOTOGRAPHY - Gilbert SELDES (1893-1970, editor). This is New York. The First Modern Photographic Book of New York ... Photographic editor, Leigh Irwin. New York: David Kemp, 1934. 4to (243 x 190mm). Monochrome photographed illustrations. Original pictorial paper boards (corners rubbed). Provenance: [?]Lily Smith-Gordon, 1934 (signature on front free endpaper). FIRST EDITION. With 5 other photographic books including Mario von Bucovich's Berlin. Geleitwort von Alfred Döblin [Half title:] Das Gesicht der Städte (Berlin, Albertus-Verlag, 1928, original blue wrappers, rather worn), Heinz von Perckhammer's Peking. Geileitwort von Arthur Holitscher (Berlin, Albertus-Verlag, 1928, cloth, without the dust-jacket) and Karl Blossfeldt's Urformen der Kunst (Berlin, 1953, cloth, dust-jacket, reprint). (6)

POTTER, Beatrix (1866-1943). The Tailor of Gloucester. London: Frederick Warne and Co., 1903. 12mo. Half title, coloured frontispiece and 26 plates by Beatrix Potter. Original plum paper boards lettered in white with coloured pictorial label mounted on upper cover (upper cover scuffed with some loss to letters of title, head and foot of spine nicked, inner hinges weak). Provenance: "Gladys [?]Nendel Murray from Mama Xmas 1903." FIRST PUBLISHED EDITION. Linder p. 430; Quinby 4. With 5 other books by Beatrix Potter, namely The Tale of Two Bad Mice (London, 1903, lacks spine), The Tale of Mrs. Tiggy-Winkle (ibid., 1905), The Tale of Tom Kitten (ibid., 1907, frontispiece detached), The Tale of Mrs. Tittlemouse (ibid., 1910) and The Tale of Timmy Tiptoes (ibid., 1911, upper cover rubbed with loss of two letters of title), ALL FIRST EDITIONS in original pictorial cloth. (6)

RIDER HAGGARD, Henry (1856-1925) - A collection of 22 novels by Henry Rider Haggard, comprising: Cetywayo and his White Neighbours (London, 1891, fourth edition of the author's first published work), Dawn (New York, 1887), The Witch's Head (London, [?1885], "Twenty-sixth thousand"), Jess (London, 1887, second edition), Allan Quatermain (London, 1896, "new edition"), Mr. Meeson's Will (London, 1888, FIRST EDITION IN BOOK FORM), Maiwa's Revenge (London, 1891, reprint), Colonel Quaritch (London, 1896, "new edition"), Allan's Wife and Other Tales (London, 1889, FIRST EDITION), Allan's Wife and Other Tales (London, 1889, spine worn, NUMBER 9 OF 100 LARGE PAPER COPIES), Beatrice (London, 1890, FIRST EDITION), The World's Desire [with Andrew Lang] (London, 1890, early reprint), Eric Brighteyes (London, 1891, FIRST EDITION), Nada the Lily (London, 1892, FIRST EDITION), Montezuma's Daughter (London, 1893, FIRST EDITION), The People of the Mist (London, 1894, FIRST EDITION), Heart of the World (London, 1896, FIRST EDITION), Joan Haste (London, 1895, FIRST EDITION), The Wizard (Bristol, J. W. Arrowsmith Ltd., 1896, reprint, later library cloth), Doctor Therne (London, 1898, FIRST EDITION), Swallow (London, 1899, "Reprinted April 1899") and Black Heart and White Heart and Other Stories (London, 1900, FIRST EDITION), all in original publisher's cloth except where stated otherwise. The lot sold not subject to return. (22)

SEEMANN, Berthold Carl (1825-71) Viti: An Account of a Government Mission to the Fijian Islands in the Years 1860-61. Cambridge: Macmillan & Co., 1862. 8vo. Tinted lithographed frontispiece, folding lithographed map, and 3 plates, illustrations (without the publisher's advertisements, some very light spotting and staining). Attractively bound in 19th-century full plum calf by Bickers & Son, the covers ruled in gilt, the spine gilt with green morocco lettering-piece (a little faded, some light rubbing and scuffing). FIRST EDITION. Hill 1547; Pritzel 8581; Stafleu & Cowan 11609; Taylor Pacific Bibliography p.308. With 3 other travel books including Ewart Grogan's From the Cape to Cairo. The First Traverse of Africa from South to North (London, 1900, original cloth). (4)

[SHAKESPEARE, William (1564-1616). Selected Works, edited by Nicholas Rowe, comprising]: The Life and Death of King John [and:] The Life and Death of King Richard II [and:] The First [Second] Part of Henry IV. With the Life and Death of Henry Sirnam'd Hot-Spur [and:] The Life of King Henry V. [No place: no publihser], 1709 [and:] The First [Second] Part of King Henry VI. [No place: no publisher], 1709. 8vo (197 x 120mm). 7 engraved plates [or frontispieces], pp. 980-1532 (lacks all after p.1532, some spotting and staining). Later parchment-backed wrappers with title in old manuscript on the spine. A later manuscript title inserted at the front states "One of the Rarest Editions after the priceless Folio & Quarto. Altogether Unique. 1709." Provenance: Ann Western (old signature at head of first text leaf of the first play). Part of the first illustrated edition of Shakespeare's works. Sold not subject to return.

SPORT - Edward William Dirom CUMING (1862-1941). British Sport Past and Present. London: Hodder and Stoughton, 1909. 4to (296 x 230mm). Half title, mounted coloured frontispiece and 30 plates by G. Denholm Armour (some light mainly marginal spotting and staining). Original pictorial pigskin gilt, top edges gilt, others uncut (extremities rubbed, some white staining to spine and lower cover). FIRST EDITION. NUMBER 113 OF 500 COPIES SIGNED BY THE ARTIST. With 4 other sporting books, namely Francis Francis's A Book of Angling (London, 1885 [but 1887], sixth edition, cloth), James Henry Corballis's Forty-Five Years of Sport (London, 1891, cloth), P. D. Malloch's Life-History and Habits of the Salmon, Sea-Trout, Trout, and other Freshwater Fish (London, 1912, cloth) and J. Wentworth Day's The Dog in Sport (London, 1938, cloth). The lot sold not subject to return. (5)

WALTON, Izaak (c.1593-1683). The Compleat Angler. London: George C. Harrap, 1931. 4to (248 x 190mm). Half title, coloured frontispiece and 11 plates by Arthur Rackham, illustrations. Original pictorial cloth gilt. Provenance: Malvern College prize label on verso of front free endpaper. FIRST TRADE EDITION. Latimore & Haskell pp. 66-67; Riall p.175. With Walton's The Compleat Angler ... Edited with an Introduction by Richard le Gallienne (London, 1897, illustrations by Edmund H. New, modern half calf). (2)

WARHOL, Andy (1928-87). The Philosophy of Andy Warhol (from A to B & Back Again). New York: Harcourt Brace Jovanovich, 1975. 8vo (211 x 140mm). Half title (some staining to one "Contents" leaf and on edges). Original red and yellow cloth, dust-jacket with price of $7.95 unclipped (dust-jacket chipped). Provenance: "To J, with love, Les" (inscription on title). FIRST EDITION, SIGNED ACROSS THE HALF TITLE BY THE AUTHOR, with his initials added in marker pen. With Andy Warhol & Pat Hackett's Popism. The Warhol '60s (New York, 1980, cloth, dust-jacket, FIRST EDITION, later impression with code letters "B C D E" on verso of title). (2)

WRIGHT, Magnus von (1805-68), and others. Svenska Fåglar efter Naturen och på Sten Ritade, edited by Professor Einar Lönnberg. Stockholm: Ivar Baarsen, 1924-29. 3 volumes, large 4to (380 x 285mm). 364 fine chromolithographed plates of the birds of Sweden (variable light spotting and browning). Original tan buckram, the spines lettered in gilt (spines very slightly faded). The second edition, reprinted and substantially expanded from the scarce first edition of 1828-38. This set contains all the plates as called for; it does not, however, contain Einar Lönnberg's text or the photographed illustrations accompanying it. Anker 544; Nissen IVB 1026; Wood p.637. (3)

Quantity of children's books including:-Lang, Andrew (ed) "The Snow Queen and Other Stories from the Pink and Crimson Fairy Books", ills Henry J Ford, Longmans Green & Co 1906, colour frontis, black and white plates, some foxing throughout, decorated ep, grey cloth, gilt titles and decorations to backstripThackery, W M"The Rose and the Ring ...", Smith Elder & Co 1902, ills, inscription on ffep dated 1905, pictorial grey cloth and gilt titlesStevenson, Robert Louis "Treasure Island", Cassell & Co 1883, map frontis, tissue guard, original green cloth with gilt titles to backstrip, corners and edges bumped and rubbed, binding loose, some foxing (the story first book edition as originally it was serialised in the children's magazine 'Little Folks') Barrie, J M "Peter Pan in Kensington Gardens retold for Little People ...", pictures by Arthur Rackham, Hodder & Stoughton 1939, hinges cracked, green cloth with black titlesAshford, Daisy"The Young Visitors or, Mr Salteena's Plan", Chatto & Windus 1919, photographic portrait frontis, small 8vo, marbled boards, cloth backstrip with pastedown title"The Studio Special Autumn Numbers Children's Books of Yesterday" by Philip James 1933, advertisements, ills throughout, small folio, blue cloth, silver titles, rather rubbedCarroll, Lewis "Alice's Adventures in Wonderland", John Tenniel ills, Macmillan & Co 1912"Phantasmagoria and other Poems", ills by Arthur B Frost, Macmillan & Co 1911, bkpl inside front board, ffep with offsetting, red cloth, some damp damage, gilt titles "The Hunting of the Snark ...", ills by Henry Holiday, Macmillan & Co 1910, red cloth, gilt titles, shelf ware and faded  Carroll, Lewis"Through the Looking Glass", ills by John Tenniel, Macmillan & Co 1935, red cloth, edges stained, djGrahame, Kenneth"Dream Days and the Golden Age", Thomas Nelson & Sons, frontis to each vol, blue decorated cloth, gilt titles to backstrip, hinges cracked, t.e.g. Brooke, L Leslie (drawn by) "Johnny Crow's Garden, a picture book""Johnny Crow's Party, another picture book", Frederick Warne "Johnny Crow's New Garden", Frederick Warne 1935, colour plates, ills, all three books have been scribbled in in pencil, pictorial pastedown to front boards (15) 

Collection of 19th / early 20th century teawares, together with glass decanter and first edition copy of T. E. Lawrence - Seven pillars of wisdome

2015 ROYAL MINT UK DEFINITIVE PROOF COIN SET The Fifth Circulating First Edition

First Edition. Johns, Captain W. E. - Biggles Flies South. London: Oxford University Press, 1938. Publisher's buff coloured cloth with shield design to upper board. Colour frontispiece and b&w illustrations in text. (1)

Antiquarian. [Simond, Louis] - Journal of a Tour and Residence in Great Britain, during the years 1810 and 1811, by a French Traveller &c. Edinburgh: 1815. First edition. Two Volumes. Ex-Lib: Barrow-in-Furness, with usual markings. Complete with 21 aquatint plates and two folding tables. Contemporary calf boards, re-cased, original worn backstrips laid-on. (2)

Childrens. Potter, Beatrix, The Tale of Mr Tod. London: Frederick Warne & Co 1912. First Edition. Original grey boards, blocked in green with Mr Tod illustration to upper board. Some repair/restoration to head of spine. Spine darkened, extremities a little rubbed. With the colour end billboard papers. Former owners pencil signature and date of 1912 to head of half title page. Very Good copy.

Eignt 176 scale Giblow Exclusive First Edition (EFE) buses.

Group of eight (8) equestrian related items, including Lou Burke and Fred Stone prints, books. 1st-4th items: Four (4) Lou Burk (American/Illinois, 1845-1914) horse lithographs depicting Percheron horses, 3 signed in the plate. All housed in matching silvered wood frames. Sights ranging in size from 12 5/8" H x 18" W to 13 3/8" H x 23" W. Frames ranging in size from 20 3/4" H x 26 1/2" W to 21 1/2" H x 24 1/2" W. Note: Lou Burk was born in Kentucky in 1845. He grew up on a farm in Illinois and went on to a career painting cattle, horses and other animals for catalog illustrations for livestock farmers and breeders. Late 19th-early 20th century. 5th item: Fred Stone (American, b. 1930) Artist Proof color gravure print titled "'Secretariat' Ron Turcotte Up!" depicting a collage of Ronald Joseph Morel "Ronnie" Turcotte, a Canadian thoroughbred race horse jockey, and Secretariat, winner of the U.S. Triple Crown in 1973. Signed "Fred Stone (copyright)" lower left in the stone, signed "Fred Stone:" in pencil, lower left, titled in pencil lower center, with "AP" in pencil, lower right. Housed and matted with a wooden liner under glass in a wooden frame. Sight - 20 3/4" H x 18 1/4" W. Framed - 34 1/2" H x 32" W. Late 20th century. 6th item: LEGENDS: THE ART OF RICHARD STONE REEVES, as told to Edward L. Bowen, First Edition, published by Oxmoor House, Inc., 1989. Oblong quarto, 143 pages including color illustrations, one quarter brown leather with off white cloth sides, front cover with blindstamp image of a horse and rider gilt lettering to spine, brown end paper with text. Includes original dust jacket and advertisement for Paddock Room Galleries, Ocala, FL. 12 1/4" H x 15 3/4" W x 1" D. 7th item: THE PERCHERON HORSE, illustrated, translated from the original French text by Charles Du Hays, printed by W. T. Walters, Baltimore, 1886. Quarto, 128 pages including 33 photographic reproductions on tissue paper, hardbound off white paper sides with gilt blindstamping and red lettering to front cover. Includes original rag paper dust jacket. 12 3/4" H x 10" W x 1" D. 8th item: Reproduction color gravure print titled "The Winning Post" by W. Summer after a painting by Henry Alken Jr. (English, 1810-1894), originally published by J. McQueen, London, 1871. Depicts a race horse and jockey pulling away from the group before a large stadium full of spectators. Title and publication below image. Housed and double matted under glass in a gilt wood frame. Sight - 18" H x 28 1/2" W. Framed - 26 3/4" H x 36 1/2" W. 20th century. CONDITION: 1st-4th items: Largest lithograph with some toning, one crease and losses to the perimeter. Two with some very light toning. One overall good condition. 5th item: Overall very good condition. Not examined outside of frame. 6th item: Light wear to dust jacket, spine, and corners. Dust jacket has been price clipped, retail sticker to top of front flap. 7th item: Overall good condition with some toning/acid burning. Illustrations appear to be collated. Some pages are uncut. Front end paper possibly cut down. 8th item: Overall very good condition. Not examined outside of frame.

Ninety-four (94) United States Mint Proof Sets, Medals, and more. 1st-46th items: Forty-six (46) U.S. Mint Uncirculated Proof Coin Sets, including one (1) 1963, one (1) 1964, one (1) 1965, four (4) 1968, two (2) 1969, two (2) 1970, four (4) 1971, two (2) 1972, two (2) 1973, three (3) 1974, two (2) 1975, two (2) 1976, three (3) 1977, three (3) 1978, three (3) 1979, one (1) 1980, one (1) 1981, one (1) 1984, one (1) 1985, one (1) 1986, one (1) 1987, one (1) 1988, and four (4) Special Mint Sets, including three (3) 1966 and one (1) 1967. Thirty (30) housed in a "25 Years of U.S. Mint Sets" box. Box - 4 3/4" H x 7 5/8" W x 7 1/4" D. 47th-51st items: Five (5) 1971 Uncirculated Eisenhower 40% Silver Dollars, two (2) slabbed and housed in boxes, three (3) housed in envelopes. 1.5810 total troy ounces. Ranging in size from 3 3/4" H x 6 3/8" W to 7 1/2" H x 5 3/8" W x 3/4" D. 52nd-53rd items: Two (2) American Revolution Bicentennial Gold Plated Medals. Housed in individual cases. 3 1/8" H x 3 5/8" W x 1/2" D. 54th-63rd items: Set of ten (10) U.S. Mint Pewter Medals Commemorating Battles of the American Revolution. Housed in original fitted box with information booklet. Does not include Colonel de Fleury medal. 10 1/2" H x 8 5/8" W x 7/8" D. 64th-66th items: Three (3) Pewter American's First Medals, including two (2) Washington Before Boston. Housed in individual cases. 3 1/8" H x 3 5/8" W x 1/2" D. 67th-80th items: Set of Fourteen (14) Bronze U.S. Presidential Medals. Housed in a fitted case. 1" H x 10" W x 14" D. 81st-82nd items: Two (2) Danbury Mint Registered Limited Edition America's Most Distinguished Men Commemorative sets, including one (1) Dwight D. Eisenhower and one (1) General Douglas MacArthur. Both include bronze medals and First Day of issue covers. Housed in original fitted cases with documentation. 6 1/2" H x 7 3/4" W x 3/4" D. 83rd-87th items: Five (5) U.S. Mint Bicentennial First Day Covers with Bronze Medals, including two (2) 1973, one (1) 1974, and two (2) 1975. Housed in original envelopes. 3 3/4" H x 6 3/8" W. 88th item: 1985 U.S. Silver Plated John F. Kennedy Series JJ Double Eagle Coin. 89th-91st items: Three (3) United Kingdom Complete Decimal Issue Proof Sets, including two (2) 1967 Great Britain and one (1) 1971 Ireland. Housed in slabs. 4 7/8" H x 6 7/8" W x 5/8" D. 92nd item: 1966 Canadian Proof Set. 5 5/8" H x 3 3/8" W. 93rd item: 1912 United Kingdom King George V Penny. 94th item: 1948 Mexican Five Peso Coin. 95th-96th items: Two (2) costume jewelry items, including faux 1776 Liberty Head coin in plastic bezel. CONDITION: Mint sets in uncirculated condition. Majority of coins in circulated condition.

John James Audubon (1785-1851), Blue-Green Warbler, Male - SYLVIA RARA, Plate 49, No. 10, hand-colored aquatint engraving by R. Havell from the double-elephant-folio first edition of The Birds of America (London: 1827-1838). Plate dated 1828. Depicts a male blue-green warbler perched on a Spanish mulberry branch. Housed under glass in a painted metallic silver wooden frame. Plate - 19 1/2" H x 12 1/4" W. Sight - 37 1/2" H x 24" W. Framed - 40 3/4" H x 27 1/4" W. Second quarter 19th century. CONDITION: Overall acid/mat burn with waviness to paper. Foxing spots, largest 1/2". Loss to paint on frame, largest 13 3/4".

John James Audubon (1785-1851), Yellow-poll Warbler, Gmel. Male - SYLVIA AESTIVA, Plate XCV, No. 19, hand-colored aquatint engraving by R. Havell from the double-elephant-folio first edition of The Birds of America (London: 1827-1838). Depicts a male yellow-poll warbler or blue eyed yellow warbler perched on a flowering branch. Housed under glass in a painted metallic silver wooden frame. Plate - 19 1/2" H x 12 1/4" W. Sheet - 37 1/2" H x 24" W. Framed - 40 3/4" H x 27 1/4" W. Second quarter 19th century. CONDITION: Overall acid/mat burn with waviness to paper. Foxing spots, largest 1/4". Loss to paint on frame, largest 22 1/2".

Two (2) religious texts, including hymnal with illuminated pages. 1st item: L'OFFICE DE LA SEMAINE-SAINTE, New Edition, Latin and French text, published by La Compagnie des Libraires, Paris, 1723. Octavo, 608 gilt edged pages with illustrations to title page and capital letters, rebound in full red morocco 'plaque' binding in the style of Antoine Michel Padeloup, gilt lettering to spine, five raised hubs to spine, inner leather doublures and marbled endpapers, green ribbon bookmark. 8 7/8" H x 6" W x 2 1/4" D. First quarter 18th century. 2nd item: Partial 32mo Latin hymnal, handwritten musical staves on vellum with embellished capital letters. Two additional pages attached to back, brown leather spine and back cover with blindstamping, five raised hubs to spine, two partial metal lock mechanisms to back cover. 5 1/2" H x 4 1/4" W x 2 1/2" D. Circa 16th century. CONDITION: 1st item: Covers with wear, scuffs, cracking to spine, corners bumped. Toning, foxing spots to pages. Ink inscription from previous owner to front endpaper. 2nd item: Does not include front cover, remaining spine and back cover in worn condition with areas of loss, largest 3/4" x 1/4", areas of possible insect damage. Pages with toning, foxing spots, areas of dampstaining, wrinkling, area of burn damage, etc. to be expected from age.

Two (2) 19th century books: LIFE IN LONDON by Pierce Egan and SKETCHES OF PROMINENT TENNESSEANS. 1st item: LIFE IN LONDON; OR, THE NIGHT SCENES OF JERRY HAWTHORNE, ESQ. by Pierce Egan, 35 color etchings by I. R. and G. Cruikshank, printed for Sherwood, Neely, and Jones, London, 1821. Octavo, 376 gilt top edged pages with a frontispiece, 3 page double-sided pull out music sheets titled "Life in London" (first sheet is unnumbered), footnote on pg. 9, hardbound in tan leather with gilt blind stamped line borders to covers, gilt blindstamping and lettering to spine, five raised hubs to spine, inner leather doublures and grey endpapers. 9 1/4" H x 6 1/4" W x 1 1/2" D. First quarter 19th century. 2nd item: SKETCHES OF PROMINENT TENNESSEANS, First Edition, compiled and edited by the Hon. William S. Speer, published by Albert B. Tavel, Nashville, 1888. Quarto, 579 gilt edged pages with photogravure frontispiece and 46 portraits with tissue paper guards, most with facsimile signatures, old rebinding in dark brown leather with gilt lettering and blindstamping to original front cover, grey floral wallpaper endpapers. 12" H x 9 5/8" W x 2" D. Last quarter 19th century. CONDITION: 1st item: Covers with wear, surface scratches, corners bumped. Toning to marbled endpapers. Overall toning to pages. Etchings are collated. Pencil inscriptions from previous owner to endpapers. 2nd item: Original cover in worn condition, rebound covers with some shelf wear to leather, slightly bumped corners. Pages with tears, dampstaining, foxing spots, toning, etc. to be expected from age. Frontispiece, title page, and part of index separated from spine. Portraits "210 - Barrett", "263 - Sears", 297 - Buist", "445 - Jackson", and "570 - Baxter" are not present. Pencil inscriptions from previous owner, front endpaper.

Three (3) historical artworks, including one (1) drawing of the Alamo, one (1) etching of Louis XVIII, and one (1) etching of Abraham Lincoln. 1st item: American School pastel and gouache drawing depicting the Alamo in San Antonio, Texas, site of the The Battle of the Alamo (February 23-March 6, 1836) a pivotal event in the Texas Revolution. Signed and dated "Elkentt[?] '32" lower right under image. Housed under glass in a molded gilt and green frame. Image - 12" H x 9 1/8" W. Sight - 15 3/4" H x 11 3/4" W. Framed - 18 1/4" H x 14 3/8" W. Circa 1932. 2nd item: Steel plate engraving titled "Louis XVIII, Roi de France & de Navarre" drawn and engraved by Pierre Bouillon (1776-1831), published by Chez Bance, Paris. Depicting a bust portrait of Louis XVIII wearing a military uniform. Ink inscriptions in French and English text above and below plate marks. Housed under glass in a black wooden frame with faux wooden veneer and gilt wood rabbet edge. Plate - 13" H x 10" W. Sight - 15 1/2" H x 11 1/2" W. Framed - 19" H x 15" W. Note: Louis XVIII (1755-1824), known as "the Desired" was King of France from 1814 to 1824, except for a period in 1815 known as the Hundred Days. He spent twenty-three years in exile, from 1791 to 1814, during the French Revolution and the First French Empire, and again in 1815, during the period of the Hundred Days, upon the return of Napoleon I from Elba. 3rd item: Otto J. Schneider (Illinois, 1875-1946) limited edition etching on paper depicting the Abraham Lincoln: The Man statue in the Lincoln Park in Chicago, IL by Augustus Saint-Gaudens (New York/New Hampshire/Massachusetts/France, 1848-1907). Signed "Schneider" in pencil lower right. Published by the Chicago Society of Etchers Club, Chicago, 1927. Matted and housed under glass in a black wooden frame with gilt silver trim. Plate - 11 1/2" H x 6 3/8" W. Sight - 12 1/4" H x 7 1/8" W. Framed - 18 7/8" H x 12 5/8" W. Early 20th century. Provenance: The Estate of Mrs. Frank Wood, Evansville, Indiana and Dickson, Tennessee. CONDITION: All items in overall good condition. Not examined outside of frames. 1st item: Toning/acid burn, foxing spots. Smudging of pastel. Debris under frame. 2nd item: Foxing spots, dampstaining to majority of sheet. 3rd item: Toning/acid burn.

After George Walker: 'Sea Bathing on the Yorkshire Coast', hand coloured aquatint first edition engraved R & D Havell pub. Robinson & Son Leeds 1813, 22cm x 31cm Condition Report Click here for further images, condition, auction times & delivery costs

Betjeman, John. Summoned by Bells, signed by the author, London; Murray, 1960, first edition, 8vo, first printing thus, printed on laid paper, green leather decorated with gilt bells, publisher's printed dust-jacket, inscribed to the half-title page, " With love from John & Penelope - Easter (?) 1961".

Buckley, Margaret. The Jangle of the Keys. Signed. James Duffy, Dublin, 1938, first edition signed, 8vo, red cloth titled in black, front and back of dust jacket present. Signed on the fly leaf 'Margaret Buckley' and dated October 18, 1952. An oft repeated error is that Mary Lou McDonald is the first female President of Sinn Féin, It was in fact Margaret Buckley who held the position from 1937-1950. She was also a Dail Courts Judge, a hunger striker and a trade unionist. 'The Jangle of the Keys' is about female republican prisoners during the Civil War.

Casement's forged diaries and biography of Terence Mac Swiney. Chavasse, Moirin. Terence MacSwiney, Clonmore & Reynolds, Dublin,1961, first edition, 8vo, black cloth gilt, publisher's dust jacket; together with Mackey, Herbert O. Roger Casement: The Secret History of the Forged Diaries. Apollo Press, Dublin, 1962, black cloth gilt, publisher's dust jacket. (2)

Connolly, James. Labour in Irish History, first edition. Maunsel, Dublin, 1910. 12mo, xvi+216pp, dark green cloth blind embossed.

Conrad, Joseph. Twelve Folio Society editions. Nostromo, The Secret Agent, Under Western Eyes, Chance, Victory, The Shadow Line, The Rescue, The Secret Sharer, The Rover. Folio Society, London, first editions thus. Folio edition with dark blue slipcase, dark blue cloth, front panel beautifully illustrated in black, silver and dark blue, near pristine in dark blue slipcase.

Dickens, Charles. The Mystery of Edwin Drood. First Edition. Chapman and Hall, London, 1870, first edition, 8vo, green cloth gilt embossed with black decorations, pictorial title-page, second title page, illustrations by S.L. Fildes.

Architectural drawings, four volumes. Eden Nesfield, William. Specimens of Medieval Architecture... Day & Son, London, 1862, folio, quarter hide, 100 plates; Waring, John Burley. Illustrations of Architecture and Ornament. Blackie & Son, London, 1871, first edition, folio, quarter hide, 70 plates; Davis, Owen W. Art and Work. London, 1885, large quarto, 85 plates; Blomfield, Reginald. Architectural Drawing and Draughtsmen. Cassell, London, 1912, quarto. (4)

Génard, François. The School of Man. Dublin, printed for John Exshaw, on Cork-Hill, and Richard James, in Dame-Street, 1753., first Irish edition, 12mo. xvi, 304, [viii]pp., contemporary calf, scarce; together with The Art of Speaking, Dublin, 1779. 12mo. full calf leather. (2)

1940s Irish Art, Twelve Irish Artists and Gaetano de Gennaro, Gaetano de Gennaro: Pastels and Paintings, signed limited edition, At the Sign of the Three Candles, Dublin, 1945, folio, 36 tipped in plates, including portraits of Douglas Hyde, Jack B. Yeats, Sean Keating, and eleven character studies of Inishere people. Signed by Gennaro in black ink to the colophon page and numbered 248 of 900; together with Waddington, Victor. Twelve Irish Artists. Sign of the Three Candles, Dublin, 1940, first edition, folio, 42pp, 12 fine colour plates. Introduction by Thomas Bodkin and brief biographical notes of each of the artists. (2)

Irish revolutionary literature, Griffith's revolutionary vision or Ireland and biographies of Connolly and Markievicz. Griffith, Arthur. Resurrection of Hungary. Whelan & Son, Dublin, 1918, 8vo, green cloth, printed dust jacket; Connolly O'Brien, Nora. Portrait of a Rebel Father, first edition, Talbot Press, Dublin, 1935, 8vo, green cloth; O'Faoláin, Seán. Constance Markievicz, first edition, Jonathan Cape, London, 1934, green cloth. Griffith's Resurrection of Hungary is arguably the most influential pamphlet ever printed in Ireland.

Heaney, Seamus. Columcille the Scribe, Royal Irish Academy, 2004. first edition, manuscript on vellum, cream buckram boards, in publisher's slip case.Columcille the scribe is a version by Seamus Heaney of an early Irish poem beginning "Sgith mo crob on scribinn". Seamus Heaney commissioned Tim O'Neill, calligrapher and authority on early Irish manuscripts, to write the poem on vellum for presentation to the Academy on the occasion of his admission as a member.The Academy Library issued 150 signed copies of the poem, each hand written by Tim O'Neill on vellum, to enable the Library to initiate a fund for special monograph and manuscript acquisition, of which tis is one.

Jerrold, Walter and Robinson, Charles (illustrator). The Big Book of Fables. Blackie & Son Ltd., 1912, first edition, Imperial octavo, 293pp, red cloth gilt embossed with titles and vignettes of animals to front cover and spine, endpapers, 28 colour plates and numerous text illustrations; together with Lear, Edward. The Book of Nonsense. Frederick Warne & Co., 1891. (2)

Mitchell, Flora. Vanishing Dublin. 1966, Dublin: Allen & Figgis, First Edition. 4to, green cloth gilt with dust jacket. Illustrated with 50 full page colour plates by the author. Published in an edition of only 600. Scarce.

Plunkett, James. Strumpet City, signed by the author, Hutchinson of London, 1969, first edition, 8vo, black cloth gilt, publisher's printed dust jacket, signed and dated 28/4/69 to the fly-leaf.

Ross, Sir John. Narrative of a Second Voyage In Search of a North West Passage, and of a Residence in the Arctic Reigons During the Years 1829, 1830, 1831, 1832, 1833. AW Webster, London, 1835, 4to, first edition, 30 plates and charts including 6 hand coloured and a folding chart, dark blue cloth gilt decorated.

The Norton Facsimile, First Folio of Shakespeare, Limited Edition, Folio Society, London & Norton, New York, 1996, folio xxxvii, 928pp, incl 923pp facsimile, black half morocco gilt & marbled boards, silk marker; in publisher's gilt-lettered slip-case, numbered 86 of 1,000.

Shepherd, Thomas H. & Elmes, James (illustrator). Metropolitan Improvements; or London in the Nineteenth Century. Jones & Co., London, 1827, first edition, 4to, 78 engraved plates including plan of Regent's Park, quarter tan morocco gilt and marbled boards.

Taylor & Skinner's Maps of the Roads of Ireland, Surveyed 1777. G. Nicol, London, and W. Wilson, Dublin, 14th November 1778. First edition. 288 pages of copperplate engraved road maps. Royal octavo; contemporary roan over marbled boards with gilt tooling at spine, covers split from spine.

Wells, Warre B. & Marlowe N. The Irish Convvention and Sinn Fein, first edition. Maunsel, 1918, 8vo, 194pp. blue cloth gilt; together with Sheehy Skeffington, Francis. In Dark and Evil Days. James Duffy & Co. Dublin, 1936, 8vo, green cloth. (2)

Wilde, William Robert. Narrative of a Voyage to Madeira, Teneriffe, and along the shores of the Mediterranean, including a visity to Algiers, Egypt, Palestine, Tyre, Rhodes, Telmessus, Cyprus, and Greece. With observations on the present state and prospects of Egypt and Palestine, and on the climate, natural history, antiquities, etc. of the countries visited. Dublin William Curry, 1840. First edition, two volumes, 8vo, pp. xiv, [ii], 464; viii, 495; with frontispieces, 2 plates and 2 plans, quarter green hide gilt. (2) Sir William Robert Wills Wilde FRCSI (1815-1876) was an Irish Otolaryngologist and Ophthalmologist, as well as an author of significant works on medicine, archaeology and folklore, particularly concerning his native Ireland. He was the father of Oscar Wilde.

1779 Paddy on Horseback, cartoon by Gillray. After James Gillray (1757-1815) a hand-coloured engraving, first published March 4, 1779 by W Humphrey. A later impression from the Bohn edition published in 1851. Unframed. 10" x 14½". (25.5 x 37cm)

1782 Irish Gratitude, cartoon by Gillray. After James Gillray (1757-1815) hand-coloured engraving, first published June 13, 1782 by Hannah Humphrey, New Bond Street. A later impression from the Bohn edition published in 1851. Unframed. 10" x 14" (25.5 x 35.5cm)

1951 (September 15) Patrol map used by Royal Ulster Rifles in Korea, a 1:50,000 scale map of Majon-Ni, Korea, bearing a label, "This is the map I carried on patrol. page 89 RUR in Korea" loosely inserted in The Royal Ulster Rifles in Korea. Wm. Mullen & Son, Belfast, 1953, first edition, ex libris Major GL Potts; together with Corbally, Lieut.-Col. MJPM. The Royal Ulster Rifles, 1793-1957, Topical Advertising Service, Arbroath, 1959, 8vo,; also The Royal Ulster Rifles A Short History. John Aiken & Son, Belfast, 1937, etc.

1798 Consequences of a Successful French Invasion, cartoon by Gillray. After James Gillray (1757-1815) We Fly on the Wings of the Wind to Save Irish Catholics from Persecution, hand-coloured engraving, first published March 6, 1798 by Gillray, 27 St James's Street. A later impression from the Bohn edition published in 1851, unframed. 14" x 15¾" (35.5 x 40cm).

1798 United Irishmen in Training and United Irishmen upon Duty, cartoons by Gillray. After James Gillray (1757-1815) a pair of hand-coloured engravings printed as one, first published June 13, 1798 by Hannah Humphrey, 27 St James's Street. A later impression from the Bohn edition published in 1851, unframed, each 7¾" x 10½" (19.5 x 26.5cm).

1805 Posting in Ireland, cartoon by Gillray. After James Gillray (1757-1815) a hand-coloured engraving, first published April 8th, 1805 by Hannah Humphrey, 27 St James's Street. A later impression from the Bohn edition published in 1851. Unframed. 12¼"x 15¾" (31 x 40cm).

1810 He Steers his Flight Aloft and Introduction of the Pope to the Convocation at Oxford, cartoons by Gillray. After James Gillray (1757-1815) hand-coloured engravings 'He Steers his Flight Aloft, incumbent on the dusky air that felt unusual weight'. Satires on the Roman Catholic church showing the Pope trying to take off in a hot-air balloon, throwing his riches and religious tracts over the sides as ballast to lighten the load; together with the Pope's Introduction to the Convocation of Oxford. First published 1810 and 1809 respectively by Hannah Humphrey, 27 St James' Street. Later impressions from the Bohn edition published in 1851, unframed. The larger 20¼" x 15¼" (51 x 39cm) (2)

Royal Doulton Disney Showcase figures: Dopeys First Kiss, Cinderella a Dress Of Dreams(limited edition), both boxed

Love on a Branchline, signed first edition, in dust wrapper, 1959; together with Naturalists Voyage Round the World by Charles Darwin, 1879; and two volumes of The Strand magazine (4)

Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec, (1864-1901), Elles, eight limited edition lithographs,1969 London edition, numbered 590/1250 in pencil, with gallery blind stamp Toulouse Lautrec Circle, each 37 x 50cm (8). These are part of a set of a set of twelve brothel scenes produced by Lautrec and first published for Portfolio Elles in 1896.

Collection of books, predominantly 20th century, including poetry, religion/theology, canals/waterways, reference. To include Now We Are Six, by A. A. Milne, first edition, London: Methuen, 1927, in publisher's cloth (worn as found); Treasure Island, by Robert Louis Stevenson, London: Cassell, 1893, full calf bearing gilt crest for Eastman's Academy, Fareham, bound by Relfe Brothers, London; A History of the Parish of Gedling in the County of Nottingham, by Charles Gerring, Nottingham: Murray's, 1908, publisher's cloth; a quantity of novels by Arthur Ransome and C. S. Forester (not first editions, lacking dust-jackets). In three cartons (3)

Ernest Howard Shepard (British, 1879-1976), 'Felt I Was Going to be Sick', signed l.r., titled in pencil below, 11cm by 5.5cm, mounted, with Drawn From Memory, 1957 first edition (2)

A Book - 'David Copperfield' by Charles Dickens, first edition published in London 1850. Some water staining first two pages, front board detached, three pages loose, generally marked.

Two First Edition copies of 'Old Road', A Lancashire Childhood Recalled by Ruth Johnson, compiled by A. H. Body, one with dust jacket, First edition, signed by both

Mr Sly All You Need Is Love, 2020 Vinyl print on paper Signed verso 15 x 10cm (5¾ x 3¾ in.) Mr Sly is a British Artist known for his mixed media collages and his contemporary interpretation of 20th Century pop culture, combined with bold and graphic images are his unique trademark. Having experience in photo restoring and graphic design, he blends these talents in his artwork, by manipulating and restoring each image carefully. Now Producing limited edition prints and originals his work can be found in galleries across the U.K and U.S.A. His artwork can also be seen on the streets, paste ups of his images are now part of the street art scene in many cities. Born in Liverpool, England, he has travelled widely, which has informed his appreciation of urban and street art across the world. His first foray into the art world was inspired by 1980's band Frankie Goes to Hollywood and their iconic t-shirts from their hit song RELAX. It was this that spurred him to create artwork which is now gaining collectors across the globe. Mr Sly's work is featured in the Saatchi Art gallery and Artsy. Recent clients involve Chelsea Football Club, L'Oreal and RedKen.  

Mr Sly Rocket Man, 2020 Paste up and silver leaf on paper Signed verso 15 x 10cm (5¾ x 3¾ in.) Mr Sly is a British Artist known for his mixed media collages and his contemporary interpretation of 20th Century pop culture, combined with bold and graphic images are his unique trademark. Having experience in photo restoring and graphic design, he blends these talents in his artwork, by manipulating and restoring each image carefully. Now Producing limited edition prints and originals his work can be found in galleries across the U.K and U.S.A. His artwork can also be seen on the streets, paste ups of his images are now part of the street art scene in many cities. Born in Liverpool, England, he has travelled widely, which has informed his appreciation of urban and street art across the world. His first foray into the art world was inspired by 1980's band Frankie Goes to Hollywood and their iconic t-shirts from their hit song RELAX. It was this that spurred him to create artwork which is now gaining collectors across the globe. Mr Sly's work is featured in the Saatchi Art gallery and Artsy. Recent clients involve Chelsea Football Club, L'Oreal and RedKen.