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1930s Literature 14 volumes, including Llewellyn, Richard. How Green was my Valley. 1939, number 178 of 200 copies signed by the author, original buckram, spine darkened; Riding, Laura. Four Unposted Letters to Catherine. Paris: Hours Press, [1930], number 7 of 200 copies signed by the authoress, original calf-backed pictorial boards, the spine defective; Davies, W.H. Ambition and other Poems. 1929, number 75 of 210 copies signed by the author, original green morocco-backed cloth, dustwrapper; Lawrence, D.H. The Triumph of the Machine. Drawings by Althea Willoughby. 1930, number 164 of 400 copies, original green boards; Orwell, George. The Road to Wigan Pier. 1937, first edition, original cloth, somewhat spotted, binding worn and soiled; Bracey, Axel. Flower on Loyalty. Rich & Cowan, [n.d.], dustwrapper; Faulkner, William. Pylon. New York: H. Smith & R. Haas, 1935. Second printing, dustwrapper slightly rubbed; [Doolittle, Hilda] The Hedgehog. Brendin Publishing Co., 1936. 4to, original green boards, spine a bit worn and dampstained at foot, dustwrapper spine discoloured and worn at ends; Wolfe, Humbert. The Uncelestial City. 1930, number 294 of 400 copies signed by the author, original cloth, dustwrapper; Goodchild, George. Q33. 1933, dustwrapper; Campbell, Roy. The Georgiad. 1931, number 34 of 170 copies signed by the author, original cloth-backed boards, t.e.g.; Muir, Edwin. The Three Brothers. 1931, first edition, dustwrapper slightly frayed; Ressich, John. Dago Red. 1932, dustwrapper spine frayed and slightly soiled; McKenna, Stephen. Superstition. [1932], dustwrapper, short tear to upper panel (14)

1940s Literature 73 Books Sartre, Jean-Paul The Age of Reason. London: Hamish Hamilton, 1947. First English edition, 8vo, dust-jacket price-clipped; Messens, E.L.T. Troisième Front, poèmes de Guerre... London: Gallery Editions, 1944. 8vo, number 223 of 500 signed copies, original wrappers; Sansom, William Fireman Flower. London: The Hogarth Press, 1944. First edition, 8vo, dust-jacket not price-clipped; Stonier, G.W. The Memoirs of Ghost. London: Grey Walls Press Limited, 1947. First edition, 8vo, dust-jacket not price-clipped; Gardiner, Wrey Sharp Scorpions. Billericay: Grey Walls Press, 1941. First edition, 8vo, dust-jacket not price-clipped; Tagore, Rabindranath The Parrot's Training, and other Stories. Calcutta: Visva-Bharati, 1944. First edition, 8vo, dust-jacket not price-clipped but with a few closed tears, ownership inscription; Bowes Lyon, Lilian Collected Poems. London: Jonathan Cape, 1948. 8vo, dust-jacket not price-clipped, bookplate of Naomi Mitchison and a loosely inserted affectionate ALS from Lilian Bowes Lyon to Naomi Mitchison, dust-jacket not price-clipped; Prokosch, Frederic Death at Sea. London: Chatto & Windus, 1940. 8vo, dust-jacket not price-clipped; Rogers, W.R. Awake! and other poems. London: Secker & Warburg, 1941. First edition, 8vo, dust-jacket not price-clipped, ownership signature of Sidney Goodsir-Smith; Brittain, Vera England's Hour. London: Macmillan & Co. Ltd., 1941. 8vo, dust-jacket not price-clipped, inscribed from Vera Brittain to Avis B. Falconer; Forester, C.S. Lord Hornblower. London: Michael Joseph, 1946. First edition, 8vo, dust-jacket not price-clipped but with some rubbing to lower cover; and 62 others (73)

1950s Literature 14 volumes, comprising Wyndham, John. The Chrysalids. 1955, first edition, dustwrapper; Hoggart, Richard. Auden. 1951, dustwrapper price clipped, inscribed by author on title; Spark, Muriel. The Fanfarlo and other Verse. original buff wrappers; Powys, John Cowper. The Inmates. 1952, dustwrapper; Powys, John Cowper. Atlantis. 1954, dustwrapper; Cary, Joyce. A Fearful Joy. Publisher's file copy stamped "File Copy Michael Joseph Ltd" on upper wrappers and title page, proof wrappers with frayed dustwrapper; Braine, John. The Vodi. 1959, proof copy, publisher's wrappers marked "Proof"; Linklater, Eric. Position at Noon. 1958, number 257 of 250 copies signed by author and artist, original cloth; Causley, Charles. Poems in Pamphlet. Hand and Flower Press, 1951, presentation copy and with A.L.S. to Philip Abrams from the author, original wrappers slightly faded; Hillary, Edmund. High Adventure. 1955, first edition, signed by author on half-title, inscription, not from author, on endpaper, dustwrapper slightly frayed; King, Martin Luther. Stride Towards Freedom. Gollancz, 1959, first British edition, dustwrapper; Wheatley, Dennis. The Rape of Venice. 1959, dustwrapper; Williamson, Henry. Love and the Loveless. 1958, dustwrapper; Williamson, Henry. How Dear is Life. 1954, dustwrapper, closed tear to head of spine; Fleming, Ian. From Russia with Love. 1957, reprinted, dustwrapper somewhat frayed (14)

19th century 2 and 3 volume novels comprising Smith, Horace. Brambletye House. 1826, Second edition, 3 volumes, contemporary half calf, 'Loyal Alyth Public Library' stamp to titles; [Cooper, John Fenimore] The Water Witch. 1830. First British edition, 3 volumes, original cloth-backed boards, paper label to spines, no half-titles, rubbed; Galt, John. Southennan. 1830, First edition, 3 volumes, original boards, half-titles in 2 volumes only, some spotting, worn; Morier, James. Zohrab the Hostage. 1832. Second edition, 3 volumes, contemporary half calf, no half-titles, rubbed; Mitford, Mary Russell. Belford Regis. 1835. First edition, 3 volumes, cloth-backed boards, Library labels to endpapers, some leaves of vol. 2 soiled, Peebles Institution Library stamps to titles; James, G.P.R. Ticonderoga, or the Black Eagle. 1854, 3 volumes, original blue cloth, bindings rather soiled and rubbed; [Yonge, Charlotte] Hopes and Fears. 1860. First edition, 2 volumes, original cloth, last few leaves of vol. 2 stained; Scott, Walter. The Monastery. Edinburgh, 1830. 3 volumes, 19th century calf, spines gilt; The Abbot. 1820, 3 volumes, 19th century half calf, slightly rubbed; Woodstock. 1826, 3 volumes, 19th century half calf, rubbed; [Haliburton, T.C.] The Attaché or Sam Slick in England. 1843, 2 volumes, contemporary half calf; [Logan, Eliza] Restalrig or the Forefeiture. Edinburgh, 1829, 2 volumes, original boards, recently rebacked with grey cloth, new endpapers; sold not subject to return (33)

Amis, Martin 18 first editions, many signed Money. London: Jonathan Cape, 1984. First edition, 8vo, dust-jacket not price-clipped; Einstein's Monsters. London: Jonathan Cape, 1987. First edition, 8vo, signed, dust-jacket not price-clipped, leaflet for Edinburgh Book Festival event enclosed; London Fields. London: Jonathan Cape, 1989. First edition, 8vo, signed, dust-jacket not price-clipped; Time's Arrow. London: Jonathan Cape, 1991. First edition, 8vo, signed, dust-jacket not price-clipped, leaflet for Edinburgh Book Festival event enclosed; Visiting Mrs Nabokov. London: Jonathan Cape, 1993. First edition, 8vo, signed, dust-jacket not price-clipped; The Information. London: Flamingo, 1995. First edition, 8vo, signed, dust-jacket not price-clipped; Night Train. London: Jonathan Cape, 1997. First edition, 8vo, signed, dust-jacket not price-clipped; Heavy Water, and other stories. London: Jonathan Cape, 1998. First edition, 8vo, signed, dust-jacket not price-clipped; Experience. London: Jonathan Cape, 2000. First edition, 8vo, signed, dust-jacket not price-clipped, leaflet for Edinburgh Book Festival event enclosed; The War Against Cliché. London: Jonathan Cape, 2001. First edition, 8vo, dust-jacket not price-clipped; Koba the Dread. London: Jonathan Cape, 2002. First edition, 8vo, dust-jacket not price-clipped; Yellow Dog. London: Jonathan Cape, 2003. First edition, 8vo, signed, dust-jacket not price-clipped, leaflet for Edinburgh Book Festival event enclosed; House of Meetings. London: Jonathan Cape, 2006. First edition, 8vo, signed, dust-jacket not price-clipped, leaflet for Edinburgh Book Festival event enclosed; The Second Plane. London: Jonathan Cape, 2008. First edition, 8vo, signed, dust-jacket not price-clipped; The Pregnant Widow. London: Jonathan Cape, 2010. First edition, 8vo, signed, dust-jacket not price-clipped; Lionel Asbo. London: Jonathan Cape, 2012. First edition, 8vo, signed, dust-jacket not price-clipped; Zone of Interest. London: Jonathan Cape, 2014. First edition, 8vo, signed, dust-jacket not price-clipped; Inside Story. London: Jonathan Cape, 2020. First edition, 8vo, signed, dust-jacket not price-clipped

Aurobindo, Sri Sri Aurobindo on Himself and on the Mother Pondicherry: Sri Aurobindo Ashram, 1953. First edition, 8vo, signed and inscribed by Mirra Alfassa to the front free-endpaper, original cloth, dust-jacket not price-clipped, some internal browning, slight dust-soiling to a few leaves and dust-jacket

Austen, Jane Pride and Prejudice London: George Allen, [1894]. First edition, 8vo, frontispiece and illustrations by Hugh Thomson, original green cloth with gilt peacock motif, some rubbing to covers, spine cocked and slight fraying to spine ends, gift inscription dated 1895 to half-title

Banks, Iain A collection of 16 first editions, several signed The Wasp Factory. London: Macmillan, 1984; Walking on Glass. London: Macmillan, 1985; The Bridge. London: Macmillan, 1986; Espedair Street. London: Macmillan, 1987. Signed and inscribed to a "fellow DC9-ex & returned exile - fanks fur the lift, pal"; Canal Dreams. London: Macmillan, 1989. Signed and inscribed; The Crow Road. London: Scribners, 1992. Signed; Complicity. London: Little, Brown and Company, 1993. Signed and inscribed; Whit, or Isis Amongst the Unsaved. London: Little, Brown and Company, 1995. Signed and inscribed; A Song of Stone. London: Abacus, 1997. Signed and inscribed; The Business. London: Little, Brown and Company, 1999. Signed; Dead Air. London: Little Brown, 2002. Signed; Raw Spirit, London: Century, 2003. Signed; Transition. London: Little, Brown, 2009. Signed and inscribed; Stonemouth. London: Little Brown, 2012. Signed, Foyles sticker to the upper cover; The Quarry. London: Little Brown, 2013; these all in first edition with unclipped dust-jackets, 8vo; [and] The Steep Approach to Garbadale, cloth bound edition in slipcase, in cellophane wrapper with Waterstone's 'signed by the author' sticker; with and a signed paperback copy of The Wasp Factory (17)

Barnes, Julian Metroland; Flaubert's Parrot; Before She... Metroland. London: Jonathan Cape, 1980. First edition, 8vo, signed by the author below the title, original grey cloth, dust-jacket price-clipped, small note in red ink to rear free-endpaper; Before She Met Me. London: Jonathan Cape, 1982. First edition, 8vo, signed by the author below the title, dust-jacket not price-clipped; Flaubert's Parrot. London: Jonathan Cape, 1984. First edition, 8vo, signed by the author below the title, dust-jacket not price-clipped (3)

Bates, Herbert Ernest A collection of works The Vanished World. London: Michael Joseph, 1969. First edition, 8vo, dust-jacket not price-clipped; and another copy; [Idem] The Blossoming World. London: Michael Joseph, 1971. First edition, 8vo, dust-jacket not price-clipped; and two further copies; [Idem] Seven by Five. London: Michael Joseph, 1963. Uncorrected proof copy, 8vo, original wrappers; [Idem] A Love of Flowers. London: Michael Joseph, 1971. First edition, 8vo, dust-jacket not price-clipped; and another copy; [Idem] A Fountain of Flowers. London: Michael Joseph, 1974. First edition, 8vo, dust-jacket not price-clipped; and another copy; [Idem] The World in Ripeness. London: Michael Joseph, 1972. First edition, 8vo, dust-jacket not price-clipped; [Idem] The Song of the Wren. London: Michael Joseph, 1972. First edition, 8vo, dust-jacket not price-clipped; [Idem] A Crown of Wild Myrtle. London: Michael Joseph, 1962. First edition, 8vo, dust-jacket not price-clipped; [Idem] When the Green Woods Laugh. London: Michael Joseph, 1960. First edition, 8vo, dust-jacket price-clipped, some dampstaining; [Idem] Oh! To be in England. London: Michael Joseph, 1963. First edition, 8vo, dust-jacket not price-clipped; [Idem] The Triple Echo. London: Michael Joseph, 1970. First edition, 8vo, dust-jacket not price-clipped; [Idem] Death of a Huntsman. London: Michael Joseph, 1957. First edition, 8vo, dust-jacket not price-clipped but a little worn; [Idem] The Feast of July. London: Michael Joseph, 1954. First edition, 8vo, dust-jacket price-clipped; [Idem] A Breath of French Air. London: Michael Joseph, 1959. First edition, 8vo, dust-jacket price-clipped; [Idem] A Moment in Time. London: Michael Joseph, 1964. First edition, 8vo, dust-jacket not price-clipped; [Idem] The Daffodil Sky. London: Michael Joseph, 1955. First edition, 8vo, dust-jacket not price-clipped; [Idem] The Scarlet Sword. London: Michael Joseph, 1950. First edition, 8vo, dust-jacket not price-clipped but a little chipped; and another copy; [Idem] Fair Stood the Wind for France. London: Michael Joseph/The Book Society, 1944. 8vo, dust-jacket not price-clipped but with some chips and tears; [Idem] Seven by Five, 7x5. London: Michael Joseph, 1963. First edition, 8vo, dust-jacket price-clipped; [Idem] The Cruise of the Breadwinner. London: Michael Joseph, 1943. First edition, 8vo, dust-jacket not price-clipped but worn; and another copy, clipped; [Idem] There's Something in the Air. New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1943. First American edition, ownership stamps of Archibald Knox; [Idem] The Jacaranda Tree. London: Michael Joseph, 1949. First edition, 8vo, dust-jacket not price-clipped (29)

Boyd, William A collection of 19 signed works An Ice-Cream War. London: Hamish Hamilton, 1982. 8vo, first edition, signed; On the Yankee Station. London: Penguin, 1982. 8vo, softcover, signed; Stars and Bars. London: Hamish Hamilton, 1984. 8vo, first edition, signed; The New Confessions. London: Hamish Hamilton, 1987. 8vo, first edition, signed; Brazzaville Beach. London: Sinclair-Stevenson, 1990. 8vo, first edition, signed; The Blue Afternoon. London: Sinclair-Stevenson, 1993. 8vo, first edition, signed; The Destiny of Nathalie 'X'. London: Sinclair-Stevenson, 1995. 8vo, first edition, signed; Nat Tate, an American Artist, 1928-1960. Cambridge: 21 Publishing Ltd, 1998. 8vo, first edition, signed; Armadillo. London: Hamish Hamilton, 1998. 8vo, first impression, signed; Any Human Heart. London: Hamish Hamilton, 2002. 8vo, first edition, signed; Fascination. London: Hamish Hamilton, 2004. 8vo, first impression, signed; Bamboo. London: Hamish Hamilton, 2005. 8vo, first edition, signed; Restless. London: Bloomsbury, 2006. 8vo, first impression, signed; Waiting for Sunrise. London: Bloomsbury, 2012. 8vo, third impression, signed; Solo. London: Jonathan Cape, 2013. 8vo, first impression, signed; Sweet Caress. London: Bloomsbury, 2015. 8vo, first impression, signed; The Dreams of Bethany Mellmoth. London: Viking, 2017. 8vo, first impression, signed; Love is Blind - the Rapture of Brodie Moncur. London: Viking, 2018. 8vo, first impression, signed with book signing ticket loosely inserted; Trio, a Novel. London: Viking, 2020. 8vo, first impression, signed; all hardcover works with unclipped dust-jackets (19)

Brown, George Mackay 14 volumes, including 6 signed copies Letters to Gypsy. 1990. First edition, signed by author on title, dustwrapper; In the Margins of a Shakespeare. The Old Stile Press, 1991, number 155 of 220 copies signed by the author and illustrator, Llewellyn Thomas, original blue paper-backed brown boards, slipcase; Selected Poems 1954-1983. 1991. First edition, signed and with inscription "Midsummer Greetings to you Malcolm, 17 June 1991 "The Black Pig", Kirkwall", dustwrapper; Selected Poems. 1977, signed by the author on title "2 August 1977, Stromness, Orkney", dustwrapper; Christmas Tales. The Old Celtic Cross Press, 2010, number 998 of 125 copies signed by Rosemary Roberts, original two tone blue cloth, uncut, mint condition; The Son of the Fisherman. The Old Celtic Cross Press, 2002, number 159 of 165 copies, original two tone cloth, uncut, mint condition; Orfeo. The Celtic Cross Press, 1995, number 157 of 175 copies, signed by the author and illustrator, Rosemary Roberts, original blue cloth, uncut, mint condition; The Year of the Whale. 1965. First edition, 2 copies, dustwrapper spines discoloured; Epiphany Tales. Celtic Cross Press, 2009. One of 145 numbered copies signed by Roberts, original wrappers; Harvard, Seven Choruses. The Celtic Cross Press, 2013. One of 125 numbered copies signed by Roberts, original wrappers; Foresterhill. Babel, 1992. Number 9 of 50 copies signed by the author, from a total edition of 300 copies, original wrappers; Island Wedding. The Celtic Cross Press, 2005, number 95 of 145 copies signed by Rosemary Roberts, original wrappers; Greenvoe. 1972, first edition, dustwrapper very slightly rubbed; Jabberwock. Edinburgh University Review, Summer 1950, with 2 articles extensively annotated in pencil, possibly by G.M.B., original wrappers (14)

Brown, George Mackay 13 volumes, 6 signed by the author, comprising Greenvoe, 1972, First edition, dustwrapper; Letters to Gypsy. 1990, signed by the author on title-page, inscription (not by GMB) on endpaper, dustwrapper; Selected Poems. 1991, signed by the author on title-page, dustwrapper; The Sun's Net. 1976, signed by the author on title, and with 'Michael Curtis' written by GMB, dustwrapper; The Two Fiddlers. 1974, signed by the author and illustrator, Ian MacInnes, on title, dustwrapper; Orfeo, a Masque. The Celtic Cross Press, 1995, number 169 of 175 copies signed by the author and illustrator, Rosemary Roberts, original pictorial cloth, uncut; Island Wedding. The Celtic Cross Press, 2005, number 93 of 145 copies signed by the artist, Rosemary Roberts, original wrappers, uncut; Havard Seven Choruses. The Celtic Cross Press, 2013, number 51 of 125 copies signed by the artist, Rosemary Roberts, original pictorial wrappers, uncut; Keepers of the House. The Old Stile Press, 1986. Tall thin 4to, illustrated by Gillian Martin, number 156 of 225 copies, signed by artist and illustrator, original cloth-backed boards, slipcase; Sea Stories. The Celtic Cross Press, 2008, number 105 of 125 copies signed by the artist, Rosemary Roberts, original grey and blue pictorial cloth, uncut; The Poor Man in his Castle. The Celtic Cross Press, 2004, number 33 of 135 copies signed by the artist, Rosemary Roberts, original brown and buff pictorial cloth, uncut; Epiphany Tales. The Celtic Cross Press, 2009, number 91 of 145 copies signed by the artist, Rosemary Roberts, original wrappers, uncut; Foresterhill. Schondorf am Ammersee: Babel, 1992, limited to 300 copies, original wrappers (13)

Browning, Elizabeth Barrett A collection of works, comprising A Drama of Exile. New York: Langley, 1845, FIRST EDITION, volume 1 only, original cloth [Barnes A5a]; ii) Two Poems. Chapman & Hall, 1854, FIRST EDITION, original wrappers [Barnes A9]; iii) Last Poems. Chapman & Hall, 1862, FIRST EDITION, second impression, full blue morocco by Lefort [Barnes A13]; iv) The Poems of Elizabeth Barrett Browning. New York: Miller, 1867, 3 volumes, original cloth [Barnes E53]; v) The Letters of Elizabeth Barrett Browning. New York: Macmillan, 1897, 2 volumes, three-quarter calf [Barnes E222], worn with lower boards detached; vi) Lady Geraldine's Courtship. New York: G.P. Putnam's and Sons, [c.1903-04], thin 32mo, "vest pocket" edition, full red morocco, worn, a few pages loose; vii) The Poet's Enchiridion. Massachusetts: The Bibliophile Society, 1914, one of 500 copies, original vellum backed boards [Barnes B8]; mostly 8vo, worn, some spotting and browning (10)Provenance: ii) John Whipple Frothingham, bookplate; iii) Walter Thomas Wallace, New Jersey, bookplate; his sale, American Art Association, New York, 22 March 1920, lot 108; vii) Roswell Field, bookplate and ownership inscription dated 1914

Browning, Robert A collection of works, 1837-1936, comprising i) Strafford: An Historical Tragedy. Longman, Rees, Orme [&c.], 1837, FIRST EDITION, 2pp. publisher's adverts at end, original wrappers, collector's chemise and slipcase, lower corner of upper wrapper rubbed; ii) The Statue and the Bust. Edward Moxon, 1855 [but Richard Clay and Sons, c.1890], WISE FORGERY, full olive morocco by Tout; iii) Cleon. Edward Moxon, 1855 [but Richard Clay and Sons, c.1890], WISE FORGERY, full brown morocco by Riviere & Son; iv) The Poetical Works of Robert Browning. Smith, Elder and Co., 1887-1889, 9 (of 10) volumes, half calf, bindings worn and fragile with some loss to spines; v) Principal Shorter Poems. New York: D. Appleton and Company, 1890, half stained calf, upper joint tender; vi) New Poems. New York: The Macmillan Company, 1915, two portraits, 4pp. publisher's adverts at end, original cloth, spine browned; vii) The Poems of Robert Browning. Oxford University Press, 1936, reprint, original cloth, boards soiled; all 8vo (15)Provenance: i) and ii) Harry Buxton Forman (1842-1917); his sale, Anderson Galleries, New York, 15 March 1920, lots 116 and 121; iii) Edwin N. Lapham; his sale, Anderson Auction Company, New York, 1st December 1908, lot 143; Walter Thomas Wallace, bookplate; his sale, American Art Association, New York, 22nd March 1920, lot 118 Many with bookplate of John Whipple Frothingham

Burgess, Anthony A collection of 18 works Devil Of A State. London: Heinemann, 1961. First edition, 8vo, dust-jacket not price-clipped, a little foxing; A Clockwork Orange. London: Heinemann, 1989. Sixth edition, 8vo, ex-library with withdrawn stamps, dust-jacket not price-clipped; M/F. London: Jonathan Cape, 1971. First edition, 8vo, dust-jacket not price-clipped; Joysprick An Introduction to the Language of James Joyce. London: Andre Deutsch, 1973. First edition, 8vo, dust-jacket not price-clipped; Earthly Powers. London: Hutchinson, 1980. First edition, 8vo, dust-jacket not price-clipped; This Man And Music. London: Hutchinson, 1982. First edition, 8vo, dust-jacket not price-clipped; The End Of The World News. London: Hutchinson, 1982. First edition, 8vo, dust-jacket not price-clipped: Enderby's Dark Lady, Or No End Of Enderby [Volume 4 of the Enderby quartet] London: Hutchinson, 1984. First edition, 8vo, dust-jacket not price-clipped; The Kingdom Of The Wicked. London: Hutchinson,1985. First edition, 8vo, dust-jacket not price-clipped; The Pianoplayers. London: Hutchinson, 1986. First edition, 8vo, dust-jacket price-clipped; Little Wilson and Big God, Being the First Part of the Confessions of Anthony Burgess. London: Hutchinson, 1987. First edition, 8vo, signed, dust-jacket price-clipped; The Devil's Mode. London: Hutchinson, 1989. First edition, 8vo, dust-jacket not price-clipped; Any Old Iron. London: Hutchinson, 1989. First edition, 8vo, dust-jacket not price-clipped; You've Had Your Time, Being the Second Part of the Confessions of Anthony Burgess. London: Hutchinson, 1990. First edition, 8vo, signed, dust-jacket not price-clipped; Mozart And The Wolf Gang. London: Hutchinson,1991. First edition, 8vo, dust-jacket not price-clipped; A Mouthful of Air. London: Hutchinson, 1992. First edition, 8vo, signed: A Dead Man In Deptford. London: Hutchinson, 1993. First impression, 8vo, dust-jacket not price-clipped; Byrne: A Novel. London: Hutchinson, 1995. First impression, 8vo, dust-jacket not price-clipped (18)

Walther PPS, First Edition, im Koffer Kal. 9 mm Luger, Nr. AA0079, nummerngleich. Blanker Lauf, Länge 81 mm. Siebenschüssig. Beschuss 2007. Dreipunktvisier. Links am Verschluss gemarkt "PPS / First Edition" (PPS = Police Pistol Slim). Originale, schwarze Beschichtung von Verschluss und Laufgruppe. Silbergrau-anthrazit geädertes Polymergriffstück. Magazin. Im nummerngleichen Alukoffer mit Aufschrift "PPS", Maße 29 x 18 x 7 cm, eingelegt zwei weitere Magazine unterschiedlicher Ausführung, ein Griffrücken, mehrsprachige Anleitung und Schussbild. Fabrikneue, limitierte Sonderausgabe über 1000 Stück. WBK: Achtung - ErlaubnispflichtigZustand: IWalther PPS, First Edition, im Koffer Cal. 9 mm Luger, SN. AA0079, nummerngleich. Blanker Lauf, Länge 81 mm. Siebenschüssig. Beschuss 2007. Dreipunktvisier. Links am Verschluss gemarkt "PPS / First Edition" (PPS = Police Pistol Slim). Originale, schwarze Beschichtung von Verschluss und Laufgruppe. Silbergrau-anthrazit geädertes Polymergriffstück. Magazin. Im nummerngleichen Alukoffer mit Aufschrift "PPS", Maße 29 x 18 x 7 cm, eingelegt zwei weitere Magazine unterschiedlicher Ausführung, ein Griffrücken, mehrsprachige Anleitung und Schussbild. Fabrikneue, limitierte Sonderausgabe über 1000 Stück. WBK: Attention - For this gun we will need to obtain an export license for you, based on your import permit (if needed in your country) or through your firearms dealerCondition: I

Bunyan (J), THE SELECT WORKS OF JOHN BUNYAN: WITH A LIFE OF THE AUTHOR BY GEORGE CHEEVER, first edition, full leather, gilt embossed decoration to covers and spine, engraved portrait frontispiece, colour plates and monochrome illustrations throughout, William Collins, Sons, And Company, London 1871

KING AELFRED?S OROSIUS, THE ANGLO-SAXON VERSION, FROM THE HISTORIAN OROSIUS. BY AELFRED THE GREAT. TOGETHER WITH AND ENGLISH TRANSLATION FROM THE ANGLO-SAXON, first edition, full leather, embossed decoration to cover and spine, laid paper, inscribed to front free endpaper and half title page, pasted label to half title page (explained in inserted dealer?s correspondence), title page inscribed with translator?s credit to ?The Hon. Daines Barrington?, printed by W. Bowyer and J. Nichols and sold by S. Baker et al, London 1773 Provenance: The Estate of Lord Kenyon, Gredington.

Barrington (the Hon. Daines), MISCELLANIES, including TRACTS ON THE POSSIBILITY OF REACHING THE NORTH POLE, MISCELLANEOUS ESSAYS ON THE REIN-DEER, THE BAT etc, OTHER ARTICLES OF CONTENTS including PARTICULARS OF AN AGREEMENT BETWEEN THE KING OF SPAIN AND THE ROYAL SOCIETY FOR AN EXCHANGE OF NATURAL CURIOSITIES, and a HISTORY OF THE GWEDIR FAMILY, first edition, full leather, Kenyon bookplate to inside cover, laid paper, inscribed to front free endpaper and title page, engraved plates, maps and family trees throughout, J. Nichols, London 1781 Provenance: The Estate of Lord Kenyon, Gredington. CONDITION REPORT:All front corners bumped and worn.  Extensive shelf wear to bottom edges of boards.  Wear to spine edges, but spine fully attached.  Shelf wear to boards.  Foxing and staining to page edges, most notably at the top edge. Some flattened creasing to pages 247 to 278.  Otherwise a tight and relatively clean volume. 

Henniker Major (J), TWO LETTERS ON THE ORIGIN, ANTIQUITY, AND HISTORY, OF NORMAN TILES STAINED WITH ARMORIAL BEARINGS, full leather, gilt title and decoration to spine, laid paper, inscribed to front free endpaper and title page, three monochrome plates, printed by John Bell, British Library, London 1794, with Willis (B), A SURVEY OF THE CATHEDRALS OF LINCOLN, ELY, OXFORD, AND PETERBOROUGH, full leather with embossed decoration to covers, Kenyon bookplate to inside front cover, laid paper, R. Gosling, London 1730, Betjeman (J), COLLINS GUIDE TO ENGLISH PARISH CHURCHES, first edition, DJ, monochrome photographic plates throughout, Collins, London 1958, Esdaile (K.A.), ENGLISH CHURCH MONUMENTS 1510-1840, first edition, DJ, colour frontispiece, B.T. Batsford Ltd, London 1946, Whitaker (J), THE HISTORY OF MANCHESTER IN FOUR BOOKS, full leather, laid paper, foldout plates throughout, Dodsley et al, London 1771, and Fletcher (Sir Banister), A HISTORY OF ARCHITECTURE ON THE COMPARATIVE METHOD, B.T. Batsford Ltd, London 1943 (6) Provenance: The Estate of Lord Kenyon, Gredington.

Bertin (Capt J), THE NOBLE GAME OF CHESS. CONTAINING RULES AND INSTRUCTIONS, FOR THE USE OF THOSE WHO HAVE ALREADY A LITTLE KNOWLEDGE OF THIS GAME, first edition, full leather, embossed decoration to cover, laid paper, printed by H. Woodfall, London 1735, with THE ART OF BOXING, full leather, gilt decoration to spine and covers, Kenyon bookplate, engraved frontispiece and title page, bound with THE MODERN FLASH DICTIONARY, THE ART OF ANGLING, and THE ART OF SWIMMING, sold by G.Smeeton (2) Provenance: The Estate of Lord Kenyon, Gredington. CONDITION REPORT:Both texts appear to be complete.The Noble Game of Chess: all front corners bumped. Shelf wear to bottom edges of boards. Shelf wear to covers. Spine fully attached but has 2.5cm splits at top at front and back covers. Staining to the top half of the pages, most noticeable at the beginning and end of the book, less obvious in the middle section. Title page, blank page (un-numbered), Preface pp iii-iv, Rules pp v-viii, text first page un-numbered, text pp2-78 The Art Of Boxing: minor wear to top of spine. Minor shelf wear. Frontispiece, title page, preface i-iv, Introduction pp v-vii, text pp8-63, contents p64 un-numbered, p65 blank un-numbered. The Modern Flash Dictionary: Frontispiece, title page, advertisement, motto page, text first page all un-numbered, text pp4-61, 'Flash Songs' p62 un-numbered, p63 blank un-numbered. The Art Of angling: Frontispiece, title page, blank page, 'The Angler's Song', text first page all un-numbered, text pp 4-79, contents p80, p81 blank un-numbered. The Art Of Swimming: Frontispiece, title page, blank page all un-numbered, preface pp i-vi, text first page un-numbered, text pp8-63, contents pp63-64. 

De Fontenelle (M), CONVERSATIONS ON THE PLURALITY OF WORLDS, second edition, full leather, laid paper, inscribed to title page, fold out diagrams, printed for Thomas Caslon, London 1767, with Jones (W), AN ESSAY ON THE FIRST PRINCIPLES OF NATURAL PHILOSOPHY, in four books bound as one, full leather, applied title label and gilt decoration to spine, marbled endpapers, Kenyon bookplate to inside front cover, laid paper, engraved plates including foldout plates throughout, printed at the Clarendon Print-house for S. Parker et al, London 1762,and Jones (W), PHYSIOLOGICAL DISQUISITIONS; OR DISCOURSES ON THE NATURAL PHILOSOPHY OF THE ELEMENTS, first edition, full leather, applied title label and gilt decoration to spine, laid paper, inscribed to front free endpaper, J. Rivington and Sons, London 1781 (3) Provenance: The Estate of Lord Kenyon, Gredington.

Gaffarel (J), UNHEARD-OF CURIOSITIES: CONCERNING THE TALISMANICAL SCULPTURE OF THE PERSIANS; THE HOROSCOPE OF THE PATRIARKES; AND THE READING OF THE STARS, translated by Edmund Chilmead, first edition, later red leather, marbled endpapers, in-text and foldout diagrams, printed for Humphrey Moseley, London 1650, with Hartcliffe (J), A TREATISE OF MORAL AND INTELLECTUAL VIRTUES, full leather, printed for C. Harper, London 1691, Gent (J.B.) THE YOUNG LOVER?S GUIDE, OR, THE UNSUCCESSFUL AMOURS OF PHILABIUS, A COUNTRY LOVER, full leather, engraved frontispiece, London 1699, Sherlock (W), PRACTICAL DISCOURSE CONCERNING DEATH, full leather, London 1794, WISDOM AND REASON, OR HUMAN UNDERSTANDING CONSIDERED, full leather, printed for John Hooke, London 1714, LETTERS WRITTEN TO AND FOR PARTICULAR FRIENDS, ON THE MOST IMPORTANT OCCASIONS, fourth edition, full leather, printed for J. Osborn, London 1750, THE MISERIES OF HUMAN LIFE; OR THE GROANS OF SAMUEL SENSITIVE, AND TIMOTHY TESTY, WITH A FEW SUPPLEMENTARY SIGHS FROM MRS TESTY, ¾ leather, engraved hand coloured foldout frontispiece, printed for William Miller, London 1806, and ESSAYS OF MICHAEL SEIGNEUR DE MONTAIGNE, vol III, full leather, London 1711 (8) Provenance: The Estate of Lord Kenyon, Gredington.

Clarke (J.S.) and McArthur (J), THE LIFE OF ADMIRAL LORD NELSON, K.B. FROM HIS LORDSHIP?S MANUSCRIPTS, first edition, 2 vols, full leather, gilt scrolling shell motif to cover, gilt ship and anchor decoration to spine, marbled boards, Kenyon book plates to inside front covers, gilt edges to blocks, engraved frontispiece to vol I, engraved plates throughout, printed by T. Bensley for T. Cadell and W. Davies, London 1809 (2) Provenance: The Estate of Lord Kenyon, Gredington.

EIKON BASILIKE. THE POURTRAICTURE OF HIS SACRED MAJESTIE IN HIS SOLITUDES AND SUFFERINGS: TOGETHER WITH HIS PRIVATE PRAYERS, USED IN THE TIME OF HIS RESTRAINT, AND DELIVERED TO D. JUXON, BISHOP OF LONDON, IMMEDIATELY BEFORE HIS DEATH, full leather, gilt embossed ?CR? with crown and skull to front and back covers, laid paper, foldout frontispiece of Charles I at prayer, further portrait frontispiece and portrait plate, London 1649, with Wilson (A), THE HISTORY OF GREAT BRITAIN, BEING THE LIFE AND REIGN OF KING JAMES I, RELATING TO WHAT PASSED FROM HIS FIST ACCESS TO THE CROWN, TILL HIS DEATH, first edition, full leather, applied hand-written title label to spine, laid paper, engraved frontispiece, printed Richard Lownds, London 1653 (2) Provenance: The Estate of Lord Kenyon, Gredington.Note: The Eikon Basilike (Portrait of the King) is an autobiography written by Charles I. It was published on his death in 1649 and became widely circulated despite vigorous attempts to suppress it. The book fostered the image of Charles as a just, peace-loving and pious king and gave him the status of a martyr.

Da Vinci (L), A TREATISE OF PAINTING BY LEONARDO DA VINCI. TRANSLATED FROM THE ORIGINAL ITALIAN, AND ADORN?D WITH A GREAT NUMBER OF CUTS; TO WHICH IS PREFIXED THE AUTHOR?S LIFE; DONE FROM THE LAST EDITION OF THE FRENCH, first thus, full leather, Kenyon bookplates to inside cover and front free endpaper, laid paper, engraved frontispiece, title page printed in black and red, dedication to Sir Thomas Hanmer, thirty three numbered plates (nos 23 and 24 reversed, two numbered 26) and two foldout tables, J. Senex and W. Taylor, London 1721 Provenance: The Estate of Lord Kenyon, Gredington. CONDITION REPORT:All front corners bumped.  Shelf wear to bottom board edges.  Shelf wear to both covers.  Spine fully attached, but but leather split at front cover and beginning to split at rear cover, with further split to the centre of the spine.  Foxing and staining to endpapers.  Minor foxing, yellowing to pages and darkening to page edges throughout, with further odd small marks.  Block appears tight, but falls open at a split between p96/97.  Page number punched through on p51 (presumably at printing).

Langley (B), NEW PRINCIPLES OF GARDENING: OR THE LAYING OUT AND PLANTING PARTERRES, GROVES, WILDERNESSES, LABYRINTHS, AVENUES, PARKS &c, AFTER A MORE GRAND AND RURAL MANNER, THAN HAS BEEN DONE BEFORE, first edition, full leather, Kenyon bookplates to inside cover and front free endpaper, laid paper, fold out frontispiece, title page printed in black and red with advertisement verso, twenty one foldout plates and six double page plates, loose ?Directions To The Binder?, A. Bettesworth, J. Batley et al, London 1728 Provenance: The Estate of Lord Kenyon, Gredington. CONDITION REPORT:Fold out frontispiece, title page, advertisement and dedication to the King all un-numbered.  Introduction pp iii-xvi (iv and v mis-numbered but present and in correct order).  Contents and Catalogue of Herbs un-numbered. Three foldouts before text begins. Part I text first page un-numbered, then pp2-24, three foldouts, then Part II text first page un-numbered then pp26-110, three foldouts, then Part III text first page un-numbered, then pp 112-146, three foldouts, then Part IV text first page un-numbered, then pp148-166, two foldouts, then Part V text first page un-numbered, then pp168-190, three foldouts, then Part VI text first page un-numbered, then pp192-207.  Blank page and Part VII first page un-numbered, then pp2-191 (pp122-123 mis-numbered as 114 and 115). 'Books printed for and sold by J. Batley...' un-numbered, six foldouts, 'Directions to the binder' applied to free endpaper. 

Osborn (F), THE WORKS OF FRANCIS OSBORNE ESQ; DIVINE. HISTORICAL. MORAL. POLITICAL. IN FOUR SEVERAL TRACTS. VIZ. 1. ADVICE TO A SON, IN TWO PARTS. 2. POLITICAL REFLECTIONS ON THE GOVERNMENT OF THE TURKS &c. 3. MEMOIRES ON Q. ELIZABETH AND K. JAMES, 4. A MISCELLANY OF ESSAYS, PARADOXES, PROBLEMATICAL DISCOURSES, LETTERS, CHARACTERS &c, seventh edition (first thus), full leather, applied hand-written title label to spine, laid paper, inscribed to title page, printed for R.D to be sold by Allen Bancks, London 1673 Provenance: The Estate of Lord Kenyon, Gredington.

Parry (Rev. R), THE LIFE OF SCIPIO AFRICANUS, AND OF EPAMINODAS; INTENDED AS A SUPPLEMENT TO PLUTARCH?S LIVES, first edition, 2 vols bound in one, full leather, marbled boards, Kenyon bookplate to inside front cover, laid paper, W. Richardson, London 1787 Provenance: The Estate of Lord Kenyon, Gredington.

Campbell (J), LIVES OF THE ADMIRALS, AND OTHER EMINENT BRITISH SEAMEN, first edition, 4 vols, full leather, gilt titles and decoration to spines, laid paper, inscribed to title pages, printed by John Applebee for J. and H. Pemberton and T. Waller, London 1742, with Marquis Of Londonderry, NARRATIVE OF THE PENINSULAR WAR, FROM 1808 TO 1813, third edition, 2 vols, full leather, gilt decoration to spines and front edges of boards, Kenyon book plate to inside cover and inscription to front free endpaper Vol I, Henry Colburn, London 1829, Ward (R), A TREATISE OF THE RELATIVE RIGHTS AND DUTIES OF BELLIGERENT AND NEUTRAL POWERS IN MARITIME AFFAIRS, first edition, marbled card binding, laid paper, uncut pages, J. Butterworth, London 1801, and Williamson (A), MILITARY MEMOIRS AND MAXIMS OF MARSHAL TURENNE, full leather, gilt title and decoration to spine, bookplate to inside front cover, laid paper, J. and P. Knapton, London 1740 (8) Provenance: The Estate of Lord Kenyon, Gredington.

DECORATIVE BINDINGS: A miscellany of poetry and plays, to include: Addison, CATO A TRAGEDY, ¾ leather, marbled boards, Kenyon bookplate to inside cover, engraved frontispiece, J. and R. Tonson, London 1744, Warburton (R.E.E.), POEMS, unbound in red cloth A5 folio and red leather slipcase, printed by J. Seacome for the benefit of the Chester Infirmary, 1833, Warburton (R.E.E.), THREE HUNTING SONGS, first edition, full red leather, applied title label to cover, marbled boards, engraved plates by H.K. Browne throughout, Prichard, Roberts, & Co, Chester and Chapman & Hall, London, 1855, Egerton-Warburton (R.E.), TWENTY-TWO SONNETS, first edition, full leather, embossed gilt title to cover, laid paper, engraved plates and illustrations throughout, Pickering And Co., London 1883, SOUTHEY?S POETICAL WORKS, from the Harrow School library, Longman, Brown, Green & Longman, London 1845, BYRON?S POETICAL WORKS, from the Harrow School library, John Murray, London 1852, SCOTT?S POETICAL WORKS, Robert Cadell, Edinburgh 1844, THE POETICAL WORKS OF JOHN DRYDEN, Edward Moxon, London 1851, and Mrs Inchbald, A COLLECTION OF FARCES AND OTHER AFTERPIECES, WHICH ARE ACTED AT THE THEATRES ROYAL, DRURY-LANE, COVENT-GARDEN, AND HAY-MARKET, first edition, 7 vols, ¾ leather, marbled boards, inscribed to inside cover, Longman, Hurst, Bees, And Orme, London 1809 (Qty) Provenance: The Estate of Lord Kenyon, Gredington.

Berkley (G), THE NAVAL HISTORY OF BRITAIN, FROM THE EARLIEST PERIODS OF WHICH THERE ARE ACCOUNTS IN HISTORY TO THE CONCLUSION OF THE YEAR M.DCC.LVI, first edition, 3/4 leather, marbled endpapers, laid paper, engraved frontispiece, engraved plates throughout, printed for T. Osborne and J. Shipton, London 1756, with RIVERS OF THE EAST COAST, special edition, 3/4 leather, gilt embossed title to cover, marbled endpapers, engraved frontispiece, engraved plates and illustrations throughout, Cassell & Company, London (2)

BERNARD LEACH BOOKS. 'A Potter's Challenge' 1976 first edition, 'Bernard Leach' Tate St Ives Artists series & 'Beyond East & West, paperback edition. (3)  Please note that all items in this auction are previously owned & are offered on behalf of private vendors. If detail on condition is required on any lot(s) PLEASE ASK FOR A CONDITION REPORT BEFORE BIDDING.  The absence of a condition report does not imply the lot is perfect.WE CAN SHIP THIS LOT, but NOT if part of a large, multiple lots purchase.  

CHRISTOPHER WOOD. A first edition of 'Christopher Wood, 1901-1930'. Published in 1938 by The Redfern Gallery.  Please note that all items in this auction are previously owned & are offered on behalf of private vendors. If detail on condition is required on any lot(s) PLEASE ASK FOR A CONDITION REPORT BEFORE BIDDING.  The absence of a condition report does not imply the lot is perfect.WE CAN SHIP THIS LOT, but NOT if part of a large, multiple lots purchase.  

Quantity of vintage children's books including Ladybird books, The British Legion Games Annual, The Dingbats Annual 1950, Now We Are Six (Thirty First Edition 1949) & More Very Young Songs by A A Milne with Music by Fraser-Simson  Methuen 1928

Framed map of Town and Harbour Great Grimsby surveyed by James Hollinsworth 1801 53.5 cm x 43 cm and limited edition print of Grimsby Docks 'First Trip' by Keith Baldock 78/500 numbered and signed in pencil by the artist 65 cm x 52 cm (size including frame)

Large framed limited edition print 'The first tee at Westward Ho!' by F P Hopkins 440/850 107 cm x 72 cm (size including frame) and a large framed engraving 'The Golfers - a grand match played over St Andrew's' engraved by Chas E Wagstaff 113 cm x 83 cm (size including frame)

Three Dapol limited edition wagons for Wessex Wagons Bovey Pottery 114/307, LMR 115/120, RNAD 23/128. P&P Group 1 (£14+VAT for the first lot and £1+VAT for subsequent lots)

Bachmann 31-318L Class 9J Great Central Lined Black, no 316 Collectors Club Exclusive, limited edition 434/504 in near mint condition, boxed. P&P Group 1 (£14+VAT for the first lot and £1+VAT for subsequent lots)

Hornby R140 Class A3 Tranquil 60071, BR Experimental Blue limited edition 0286/1500 in excellent condition, box is good. P&P Group 1 (£14+VAT for the first lot and £1+VAT for subsequent lots)

Hornby R320 West Country Class, Exeter 21C101, Southern Green, limited edition 2452/4000 in excellent condition, minor rub marks, box is good. P&P Group 1 (£14+VAT for the first lot and £1+VAT for subsequent lots)

Bachmann 31-210K Patriot 45506 Royal Pioneer Corps, BR Black, Bachmann Collectors Club edition 329/504 in excellent condition, brass nameplates fitted, missing front coupling, box sleeve is poor. P&P Group 1 (£14+VAT for the first lot and £1+VAT for subsequent lots)

Hornby R242 Britannia Class Robert Burns 70006, BR Green, Early Crest limited edition 1500/2000 near mint condition, box is very good. P&P Group 1 (£14+VAT for the first lot and £1+VAT for subsequent lots)

Hornby R3008 Empire of India 60011, BR Green, Late Crest limited edition 994/1000 in near mint condition, boxed. P&P Group 1 (£14+VAT for the first lot and £1+VAT for subsequent lots)

Ephemera, to include a 1948 inscribed and signed First Edition copy of Die Spanische Hofreitschule by Alois Podhajsky Illustrated with 90 plates (five in colour). Text in German, English, and French. Discusses the history of the Imperial Riding School, its methods of instruction, and the story of its survival after World War II. Original cloth-backed boards, spine gilt, upper board gilt, dust wrapper fair, 1889 copy of 'Der Bazar', assorted foreign language newspaper pages from the first part of the 20thC, sporting press photos (Sherpa Tensing British Everest Expedition, Norbert Schram etc), 1933 and 1938 West Indies Cricket Tour programmes, 1943 copy of The Buck 1st American Squadron Home Guard, concert tickets, postcards etc (mixed condition) (approx. 100)

Old Possum's Book of Practical Cats First Edition 1939 bound in yellow cloth with red design to front board, red lettering to spine and untrimmed page edges. Previous owner's name penned to FEP. Published by Faber and Faber Ltd., London, 1939 (boards are rubbed and age toned at edges and spine, pages are clean and text is clear throughout, no dw). Sold together with Seventy Years A Showman by Lord George Sanger 1927 First thus (dw torn), The Book Of The Dead published by A. Gaddis & G. Sief Luxor (boards grubby, interior vg, no dw), The Illustrated Book of Patience Games by Professor Hoffmann 1900 2nd Edition (fair/gd, no dw)

Autograph, MARGARET THATCHER – Signed hardback edition of The Downing Street Years by Margaret Thatcher, First Edition published by Harper Collins, 1993. Signed (‘Margaret Thatcher’) by Great Britain’s first female prime minister in blue ink with her name alone to the title page. Accompanied by the dust jacket. (1)

My System A Chess Treatise, by Aron Nimzowitsch. First Edition 1929. G Bell and Sons, London. Blue cloth binding with gilt school insignia, presentation inscription on flyleaf. 22cm high, 14.5cm acrossCondition report: Spine faded, not collated but binding appears tight, small tear to front board

A Collection of Eight Vintage Books to Include 1954 First Edition of The Remarkable Young Man by Cecil Roberts, 2nd Impression July 1959 Edition of Henderson The Rain King by Saul Bellow, 1961 1st Edition of The Spring by Ilya Ehrenburg, 2nd Impression of A House for Mr Biswas by V.S. Naipaul, 1958 4th Impression of Doctor Zhivago by Boris Pasternak, 1962 2nd Impression of Anatomy of Britain by Anthony Sampson, 2nd Impression 1954 of Son of Oscar Wilde by V Holland and a 2nd Impression of On Poetry and Poets - T.S. Elliot 

A First Edition of Mountolive by Lawrence Durrell, Published by Faber & Faber 1958, with Dust Jacket which Has Minor Tears and Spine with Condition Issue

Ayers, John, The Baur Collection, Geneva, Chinese Ceramics [Four-Volume Set]: Chinese Ceramics with Korean and Thai Wares; Ming Porcelains and Other Wares; Monchrome-Glazed Porcelains of the Ch'ing Dynasty; Painted and Polychrome Porcelains of the Ch'ing Dynasty Geneva: Baur Collection, 1968. 4 vol Chinese Ceramics + Japanese Ceramics + Chinese Jades. First Edition. Hardcover. Fine in a near fine dust jacket. Four volumes, 9 x 11.5 inches, all in fine condition in original dust jackets and cardboard slipcases. A highly detailed and sought-after catalogue of this notable collection, offering useful introductory texts followed by complete physical descriptions of each piece and notes placing the items in context. Extensively illustrated throughout with color and monochrome plates. Provenance:Bibliothèque Rolf HeinigerRéférence:Pour un lot similaire, voir Christie's Hongkong, 9 oct. 2019, Sale 16695, The Pavilion sale, Lot 15 | PROPERTY FROM THE QUEK KIOK LEE COLLECTION.

A limited and numbered first edition of The Silmarillion by JRR Tolkien, number 210/1000.

A first edition hardback book of The Silmarillion by JRR Tolkien.

A first edition hardback book of 'The Letters Of JRR Tolkien' edited by Humphrey Carpenter with the assistance of Christopher Tolkien.

A first edition hardback book of 'Unfinished Tales' by JRR Tolkien.

MONTY BROWN 'HUNTER AWAY', 'The Life and Times of Author Henry Neumann 150-1907', limited first edition No. 758 of 1000, signed by the author, published by Monty Brown 1993, 351 pages, bound with maroon cloth with gilt lettering to spine, together with dust jacket.

HUNTING ICONS OF AFRICA THE TOP TWENTY-FIVE TROPHIES' BY PETER FLACK, Rowland Ward Publications first Edition printed 2009, 293 pages with illustrations, bound with green cloth with dust jacket.

HUNTED BY H.R.H. EDWARD PRINCE OF WALES A FINE ROWLAND WARD-MOUNTED BOAR TUSK TROPHY IN A GLAZED DISPLAY WITH CONTEMPORARY LANCE HEADS, Together with a First Edition (1925) copy of 'H.R.H. THE PRINCE OF WALES'S SPORT IN INDIA' by Bernard C. Ellison F.R.G.S. C.M.Z.S. and a rare copy of Sotheby's New York 1997 slip-cased three-part auction catalogue 'The Duke & Duchess of Windsor' The boar tusks mounted by Rowland Ward on an oak shield and inscribed in gold paint 'PATIALA 23.2.22 One Spear', surrounded by six varied examples of boar lance heads, the later scarlet baize-lined, glazed casing with cut-out at the rear to display the original Rowland Ward Ltd. Label with 'The Jungle', 167 Piccadilly, London W1 address, and also Sotheby's lot number stickers for Lot 3280 (2), September 19th 1997 'The Duke & Duchess of Windsor'. The book details the Prince of Wales's tour in India and Burma from Bombay, November the 17th, 1921 to Karachi, March 7th, 1922. He was first introduced to the sport of boar hunting with lances in Jodhpur in the December of 1921 and quickly became an accomplished practitioner of the sport. On the 24th February 1923, in Patiala and in the company of H.H. the Maharajah of Patiala, he achieved the ultimate 'one spear' kill which this trophy celebrates. The book has a colourfully detailed account of the day's sport, written by Sir Godfrey Thomas who was himself a participant. This trophy features in 'The Private Collections' as part of Lot 3280. This bladed product is not for sale to people under the age of 18. By bidding on this item you are declaring that you are 18 years of age or over.Please be aware that we are unable to send edged weapons or bladed products by postal courier to a UK residential address (Offensive Weapons Act 2019)

JEAN-LOUIS FORAIN (FRANCE 1852-1931) 'LA GUERRE SOUS-MARINE No 1128' a signed limited edition print 167/300, two small children standing in the sea, text below translates as 'We Are Going to Tell Mother That The Sea Is Full of Wheat' from the series produced during the First World War, visible image size approximately 26cm x 54cm