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Click here to subscribeTolkien (J.R.R.) The Fellowship of the Ring, first edition, folding map with small tear at fold, marginal yellow stain to a few pages in the middle, upper hinge starting to crack, original cloth, lower joint splitting and wear to head, fading and staining, wear to corners and extremities rubbed, 8vo, 1954.
NO RESERVE Johnson (Richard) Grammatical Commentaries being an Apparatus to a New Grammar, first edition, 2 folding tables, trimmed, title and errata strengthened at fore-edge, previous owner's ink signature to title, small marginal rust hole (B2), ex-library with accession number to title verso, many leaves strengthened at gutter when rebound, occasional marginal marks, modern morocco-backed boards, 8vo, for the Author, and sold by S. Keble ..., 1706.
Wells (H.G.) The First Men in the Moon, first English edition, frontispiece and 11 plates, light spotting to half-title, very light finger-soiling to title, first state binding with black endpapers of original blue cloth, gilt, spine lightly faded, light bumping to spine extremities but overall a very bright example, 8vo, 1901.
Wells (H.G.) Tono-Bungay, first edition, signed presentation inscription from the author to E. V. Lucas to half-title, 6pp. advertisements, light browning to endpapers, original cloth, light browning to spine, spine ends and corners a little bumped, some light marking to covers, 8vo, 1909.⁂ E. V. Lucas (1898-1938) English essayist and author. He published a parody Wells' The War of the Worlds titled The War of the Wenuses in 1898.
Williams (Tennessee) Cat on a Hot Tin Roof, first English edition, frontispiece, some spotting to endpapers, original boards, dust-jacket, spine slightly browned, light toning and surface soiling to lower panel, spine ends and corners a little rubbed and chipped, 1956; and the first English edition Breakfast at Tiffany's, 8vo (2)
Dahl (Roald) Charlie and the Great Glass Elevator, first edition, 1973; The Minipins, 1991; The Enormous Crocodile, 1978; The Magic Finer, 1968, first editions, last first English edition, original pictorial boards, light wear to extremities, first also with remnants of sticker to lower cover, joints cracked, and spine ends rubbed, last lightly discoloured; and 2 others, Dahl, tall 8vo & 8vo (6)
Dodgson (Charles Lutwidge) "Lewis Carroll". Through the Looking Glass, and What Alice Found There, first edition, first issue, with 'wade' for 'wave' on p.21, wood engraved illustrations by John Tenniel, cracked hinges, later front pastedown, front free-endpaper neatly reattached, lacking final free endpaper, original pictorial cloth, gilt, rubbed and worn, spine covering beginning to split at joints, chipping to corners and extremities, 8vo, 1872.
Dulac (Edmund).- Quiller-Crouch (Arthur, Sir) The Sleeping Beauty and other Fairy Tales, first edition, number 238 of 1000 copies, signed by the illustrator, 30 tipped-in colour plates by Edmund Dulac, tissue guards, occasional light soiling, end papers browned, original crushed morocco, gilt covers and spine, upper joint cracked, spine ends chipped, extremities worn, large 4to, [1910]
NO RESERVE Peake (Mervyn) Titus Groan, first edition, second impression dust-jacket, price-clipped, 1946 § Wyss (Johann R.) The Swiss Family Robinson, illustrated by Peake, 1957 § Prayers and Graces, collected by Allan Laing, illustrated by Peake, 1944, original cloth, dust-jackets, first two very light rubbing to corners, spine ends bumped and creased, last also chipped and discoloured; and 4 others, illustrated by Peake, 8vo & 4to (7)
NO RESERVE Potter (Beatrix) The Tale of Tom Kitten, first edition, colour frontispiece, title vignette drawing, 26 colour illustrations, small abrasion to dedication page, very occasional light marking, original brown boards with mounted colour illustration, sympathetically re-backed with original spine laid down, corners lightly scuffed, 16mo, 1907.
NO RESERVE Wapole (Sir Robert).- History of the House of Lorraine (The)..., 32pp., first edition, engraved frontispiece, with finaladvertisement leaf for books published by E.Curll, very lightly browned, slight fraying to upper outer corner of frontispiece, stitched in modern wrappers, book-label of J.O.Edwards to inside wrapper, 8vo, 1731.⁂ Satire on Sir Robert Walpole who received the Duke of Lorraine, regarded as a threat to the Protestant succession, at his seat at Houghton, Norfolk.ESTC records only 2 copies in the British Library, and 3 in America; Library Hub adds a further 4 UK copies.
NO RESERVE Piper (John).- Britten (Benjamin) & others. The Rape of Lucretia: a symposium, first edition, 8 colour lithograph plates by Piper, 3 folding, original cloth, dust-jacket (price-clipped), a little rubbed and frayed at edges, spine browned and stain to upper joint, 1948; and a bundle of others on opera and ballet featuring stage designs or covers by Piper, including Glyndebourne programmes for 1954, 1955 & 1985, Covent Garden Books nos.3, 7, 10 & 14, and Aldeburgh Festival programmes, 4to & 8vo (c.20)
Piper (John).- Golding (William) The Spire, first edition, signed and inscribed by the author on front free endpaper, 1964 § Morris (James) [Pax Britannica trilogy], 3 vol., vol.2 with pictorial title and dust-jacket by John Piper, vol.1 price-clipped, 1968-78 § Green (Henry) Loving, second impression, Hogarth Press, 1945 § Sadleir (Michael) Forlorn Sunset, 1947 § de la Mare (Walter) The Traveller, colour lithographs by Piper, 1946 § Stokes (Adrian) Venice, number 335 of 400 copies, illustrations by Piper, Lion & Unicorn Press, 1965 § Poetry London/Apple Magazine No.2, edited by Tambimuttu, limp vinyl record in sleeve inside rear cover, book-label of John & Myfanwy Piper, folding colour plate and original pictorial wrappers by Piper, 1982; another copy, proof issue, sewn but loose in variant and slightly larger wrappers by Piper, 1982, first editions, some illustrations, all but the last two original cloth or boards, the first five with dust-jackets, the first four designed by Piper, most not price-clipped, the first slightly stained, one or two a little rubbed; and c.30 others with illustrations, dust-jackets, covers or contributions by Piper, 8vo & 4to (c.40)
NO RESERVE Rackham (Arthur).- Ingoldsby (Thomas) The Ingoldsby Legends, first trade edition, 24 tipped-in colour plates and numerous illustrations and decorations by Arthur Rackham, some light foxing, original pictorial cloth, gilt, spine slightly browned, extremities rubbed, 1907; and a Rackham edition of Rip Van Winkle, 4to (2)
NO RESERVE Ward (John) The Lives of the Professors of Gresham College: to which is prefixed the life of the founder, Sir Thomas Gresham. With an appendix, consisting of orations, lectures, and letters, written by the professors, with other papers serving to illustrate the lives, first edition, engraved frontispiece (trimmed at head) and 4 plates ( 2 folding), list of subscribers, some light browning or surface-soiling, library roan-backed boards, [Tomash & Williams W11], John Moore for the Author, 1740; and 9 others, lives, folio & 4to (10)
Robinson (William Heath) Railway Ribaldry, first edition, frontispiece and full-page illustrations, original pictorial wrappers, rubbing and chipping to extremities, 1935; My Line of Work, first edition, frontispiece, plates and illustrations, original decorative cloth, very slight bumping to corners, dust-jacket, small tear to spine head, slight creasing to edges, 1938 § Kipling (Rudyard) A Song of the English, frontispiece, plates and illustrations by Heath Robinson, tissue-guards, original decorative cloth, slight bumping to corners and extremities, n.d.; and others on, by or including work by Heath Robinson, v.s. (c.45)
Scarfe (Gerald) Gerald Scarfe, first edition signed with limited edition lithograph, additional presentation inscriptions from the author to lithograph and half-title, plates and illustrations, some in colour, original cloth, gilt, original card slip-case, a little marked and faded, tall 8vo, 1982.
NO RESERVE Stevenson (Robert Louis) and Lloyd Osbourne. The Wrecker, first edition, frontispiece and illustrations, small ink ownership name to browned front free endpapers, original cloth, a little marked and stained, joints and spine ends rubbed, spine faded, slightly cocked, 1892; Treasure Island, illustrations and coloured tipped-in plates by Rowland Hilder, half-title with light scattered spotting, original pictorial cloth, gilt, spine ends bumped and creased, 1929; and 7 others by Stevenson, v.s. (9)
NO RESERVE Wilcox Smith (Jessie).- Kingsley (Charles) The Water Babies, first illustrated edition, illustrations and 11 tipped in colour plates by Jessie Wilcox Smith, some light spotting, original pictorial cloth, gilt, rubbing, spine ends and corners a little bumped, [c.1930]; and 2 others, illustrated, 4to & 8vo (3)
NO RESERVE Brown (George Mackay) Odysseus: The Ships, number 24 of 100 copies signed by the artist, original pictorial cloth, gilt, Lastingham, Celtic Cross Press, 2011; Havard: Seven Choruses, number 87 of 125 copies signed by the artist, original wrappers, Wass, Celtic Cross Press, 2013 § Llyfer Ionas, limited edition, printed in turquoise and black, wood-engraved illustrations by Colin Paynton, original blue wrappers printed in gold, Newtown, Gwasg Gregynog, 1988, the first two with illustrations printed in colours by Rosemary Roberts, both with prospectus and Christmas card loosely inserted, all uncut, v.s. (3)
NO RESERVE Irving (Washington) The Mutability of Literature, number 63 of 100 copies, 2 tipped-in hand-coloured etchings, original marbled boards, Manteno, The Bronte Press, n.d. § Atkinson (Conrad) For Emily, first edition, frontispiece, full-page illustrations, original cloth-backed boards, Halifax, Henry Moore Sculpture Trust, 1992; and 4 more copies of the second, 12mo (6)
Kelmscott Press.- Morris (William) The Sundering Flood, one of 300 copies on Flower paper, printed in red and black in Chaucer type, wood-engraved borders and initials designed by Morris, map by H.Cribb laid down on front free endpaper (preserved from original pastedown), later half red morocco, by C.J.Sawyer Ltd, spine gilt in compartments, t.e.g., others uncut, slight insect damage to title compartment of spine and lower cover, mottling to cloth boards, [Peterson A51], Kelmscott Press, 1898 § Tale of Beowulf (The)..., translated by William Morris and A.J.Wyatt, second edition, original cloth, partly unopened, rubbed, spine ends worn and label chipped & browned, 1898, 8vo (2) ⁂ The first was "...the last romance written by William Morris. It was overseen by May Morris..." - colophon.
Pringle (Roger) Portrait of a Stratford Year, one of 350 copies, this copy inscribed by the author to John Cornish on half-title, illustrations by Arthur Keene, original cloth-backed marbled boards, Halford, Celandine Press, 1985; A Garland for the Laureate: Poems presented to Sir John Betjeman n his 75th birthday, out-of-series copy number 2 of 5, from an edition limited to 350, presentation copy from the author to Jacquetta Hawkes and J.B.Priestley with accompanying A.L.s. loosely inserted, wood-engraved title-garland by Miriam Macgregor, original marbled wrappers, Stratford-upon-Avon, Celandine Press, 1981 § Thomas (Helen) A Memory of W H Hudson, one of 40 specially-bound copies signed by Myfanwy Thomas, from an edition limited to 190, wood-engraving by Michael Renton, original cloth-backed patterned-paper boards, Wakefield, Fleece Press, [c.1984], all uncut, the first two printed by the Whittington Press; and 3 others, poetry, 4to & 8vo (6)
NO RESERVE Space race.- Burrows (William E.) This New Ocean, Norwalk, Easton Press, 1999 § Chaikin (Andrew) A Man on the Moon, 1999 § Wolfe (Tom) The Right Stuff, 1999 § Murray (Charles) & Catherine Bly Cox, 1999 § Armstrong (Neil), Michael Collins & Edwin E. Aldrin Jr. First on the Moon, 1999, collector's edition, silk endpapers, gilt edges, original morocco, gilt, Norwalk, Easton Press, 8vo (5)
Society for the Encouragement of Arts, Manufactures, and Commerce. Premiums..., 48pp., first edition, stitched, uncut, lightly soiled and frayed at edges, [Goldsmiths' 9469], 8vo, 1759.⁂ The Society, now known as the Royal Society of Arts, was founded in 1754 to award "premiums" (cash prizes) to support improvements in the arts and sciences. This is the second of the Society's published list of premiums, which it produced from 1758 until 1780. It describes premiums for achievements as diverse as "sowing the greatest quantity of acorns" to "securing ships bottoms from worms", and several concerning the colonies such as for the cultivation of cochineal in South Carolina, olive trees from south of the Delaware river, raisins, silk in Georgia, Connecticut, Pennsylvania and North Carolina and wine: "As producing Wines in our American colonies will be of great advantage to those colonies, and also to this kingdom, it is proposed to give to that planter, in any of our said colonies, who shall first produce (within seven years from the fifth day of April 1758) from his own plantation, five tons of white or red wine, made of grapes, the produce of the colonies only, and such as in the opinion of competent judges appointed by the society in London, shall be deemed deserving the reward: not less than one ton thereof to be imported at London, 100 l."
Fisher (Kitty, courtesan).- Kitty's Stream; or, the Noblemen turned Fisher-Men. A Comic Satire...by Rigdum Funidos..., 16pp., first edition, an excellent clean copy, disbound, uncut, 4to, A.Moore, 1759.⁂ Scarce satirical poem about the celebrated courtesan Kitty Fisher and her aristocratic clientele.Fisher (?1741-67) was just rising to public prominence in 1759, becoming associated with the most fashionable activities and prominent men in London. Horace Walpole mentions her being noticed by both the Prince of Wales (later George III) and his brother Prince Frederick William, Reynolds painted her four times (once as Cleopatra), and she formed the basis of the character Kitty Willis in Hannah Cowley's The Belle's Stratagem.ESTC cites only 2 UK copies (BL and National Library of Scotland) and 6 in America; Library Hub adds copies in the University of St.Andrews and Wellcome libraries.
NO RESERVE Early form of Guillotine.- [Midgley (Samuel)] Halifax, and its Gibbet-Law placed in a true Light, second edition, engraved frontispiece, browned and slightly stained, frontispiece reinforced at fore-edge, contemporary tree calf, gilt, rubbed, corners worn, rebacked, small 8vo, Halifax, by P.Darby, for John Bentley, [1761].⁂ An account of the guillotine-like device used by the town of Halifax to execute thieves, first used in 1286 and finally in 1650 but mentioned by Defoe in his Tour through the whole Island of Great Britain of 1724-27. The work includes 'Revenge upon Revenge: or, An Historical Narrative of the Tragical Practices of Sir John Eland, of Eland' with separate title.
NO RESERVE [Bethune (John)] Essays and dissertations on various subjects, relating to human life and happiness, 2 vol., Printed for E. and C. Dilly, 1771 bound with (in vol.1) [Bethune (John)] A short view of the human faculties and passions. With remarks and directions respecting their nature, improvement, and government, second edition, lacking half-title, Edinburgh, printed for A. Neill, and sold by A. Kincaid and J. Bell, 1770, together 2 works in 2 vol., lightly browned, some light marking, contemporary speckled calf, gilt spines in compartments, vol.1 lacking upper cover, vol.2 covers detached, spine ends chipped, corners worn, rubbed, 12mo⁂ Rare, with ESTC recording only three copies (BL and Nat. Lib. Scotland (2copies)). Bethune emigrated to North Carolina from Scotland in 1773. He fought for Loyalist forces in the Battle of Moore's Creek Bridge during the Revolutionary War, where he was captured by the rebels. When released he made his way to Montreal, Canada, where he was eventually to set up its first Presbyterian church.
Epistolary Novel.- [Pratt (Samuel Jackson)], "Courtney Melmoth". The Pupil of Pleasure: or, The New System Illustrated. Inscribed to Mrs. Eugenia Stanhope, editor of Lord Chesterfield's Letters, 2 vol., first edition, half-titles, contemporary ink signature of Thos. Foxcroft to head of titles and with his engraved book-label, vol.1 lacking final blank, light marginal browning, short cut to outer margin of final three leaves of vol.2, contemporary calf-backed marbled boards, vellum tips, a little rubbed, labels renewed, spines worn at head, 12mo, for G.Robinson, and J.Bew, 1776.⁂ Epistolary novel designed to illustrate the pernicious effects of Chesterfield's cynical precepts in the Letters to his Son. The Pupil of Pleasure, perhaps the first rejoinder in the form of fiction, posits a hero of "birth, rank, figure, and character" who is brought up on Lord Chesterfield. Philip Sedley "purchases the books, finds them agreeable to his palate, studies them paragraph by paragraph, thrives under his application, piques himself upon his progress, and ... sallies into the gay world, armed at all points, the Pupil of Pleasure". Unsurprisingly he comes to a bad end.
NO RESERVE Ripley (James) Select original letters on various subjects, first edition, engraved portrait frontispiece, lightly off-setting on to title, later sheep, gilt spine in compartments and with red leather label, upper cover detached, spine ends chipped, corners little worn, rubbed, 8vo, Printed for the Author, 1781.⁂ Ripley was ostler at the Red-Lion, Barnet. He rails against the war in America, cruelty to horses, and the nobility, amongst other diverse subjects.
Hunting.- Roach (J., publisher) Sportsman's Evening Brush (The), consisting of the best and most Approved Songs, of the Chace..., first edition, engraved frontispiece of a drunken toast by Barlow after Isaac Cruikshank, lacking the final 4pp. advertisements but with 'Jack Sprit-Sail's Flowing Can' (latter portion pp. 38-60 of 'Jack Sprit-Sail's Frolic', J.Roach, ?1791) bound in at end, the Dulles-Schwerdt-Duke of Gloucester copy with pencil note or engraved bookplates, also modern book-label of J.O.Edwards, later calf, gilt, by Wood, spine gilt with red roan label, t.e.g., upper cover a little rubbed and marked, 12mo, 1792.⁂ Scarce compilation of hunting songs and toasts to venery (in both senses). ESTC records only 4 UK copies (BL and 3 in Bodleian, Oxford) and 3 others, 2 in America.
Pegge (Samuel) The Life of Robert Grosseteste, the celebrated Bishop of Lincoln, first edition, 2 engraved plates (1 folding), previous owner's ink signature to front free endpaper, ink inscription to title, spotting, contemporary calf, rebacked with original spine laid down, modern morocco spine label, a little rubbed, slight bumping to corners, 4to, 1793.
Cruikshank (Isaac).- Roach (J., publisher) Roach's Beauties of the Poets of Great Britain, 24 parts in 6 vol. [complete set], first collected edition, engraved general titles in each volume (no.1 with later issue title dated 1794), each part with engraved vignette title, 24 engraved plates by Barlow or Murray after Isaac Cruikshank (intended as frontispieces but often bound within text), vol.1 with short tear to upper margin of E2 of no.2, modern book-label of J.O.Edwards, attractive contemporary calf, spines gilt in compartments with red and green roan labels, a little rubbed, a few small abraded patches to boards, 12mo, J.Roach, 1794[-93-95].
NO RESERVE Byron (George Gordon Noel, Lord) Childe Harold's Pilgrimage. A Romaunt, [Cantos I & II], first edition, [one of 500 copies], engraved facsimile plate at end (foxed and stained), lacking final leaf (publisher's advertisements), preliminaries misbound, title soiled and stained with ink scribblings and frayed at edges, some foxing and staining to text, with near contemporary manuscript leaf recording details of the family of John Richardson mounted on front pastedown, contemporary calf, rubbed, rebacked, corners repaired, John Murray, 1812 § Medwin (Thomas) Journal of the Conversations of Lord Byron...at Pisa, engraved facsimile of Byron's handwriting (stained), some leaves heavily soiled and stained, modern calf, 1824, 4to (2)⁂ John Richardson (1789-1866), builder, of Tuxford, Nottinghamshire, close to Newstead Abbey, home of the Byron family.
Byron (George Gordon Noel, Lord) The Siege of Corinth. A Poem. Parisina. A Poem., first edition, lacking half-title, modern facsimile printed wrappers, 1816; The Giaour, a Fragment of a Turkish Tale, first published edition, lacking half-title, scattered spotting, later paper wrappers, 1813, 8vo [Wise I. p.106; p.78], (2). ⁂ The first is without 4pp. advertisements which Wise notes are a 'binder's insertion, and may perhaps not be found in all copies of the book.'
Book auction catalogue.- Catalogue of the very select and valuable library of William Roscoe, Esq. which will be sold by auction by Mr. Winstanley, at his rooms in Marble Street, Liverpool, on Monday the 19th August, and Thirteen following Days, trade edition, (i.e. without the specially produced portrait and sonnet), without the list of extra section of 'books omitted' sometimes found, advertisement f. for sale of Roscoe's pictures present at end, priced in ink throughout, title repaired, not affecting text, Liverpool, 1816 bound with Catalogue of the. . . Collection of Prints, Books of Prints &c. the Properly of William Roscoe, Esq. which will be sold by auction by Mr. Winstanley, at his rooms in Marble Street, Liverpool, on Monday the 9th September, and ten following days, priced throughout in ink, title soiled, Liverpool, 1816, together 2 works in 1 vol., occasional spotting and staining, lightly browned, later half calf, spine repaired and with modern morocco label, corners little worn, rubbed, 8vo ⁂ William Roscoe (1753-1831) of Liverpool was a lawyer, abolitionist, botanist, author, art collector and bibliophile. In 1816 the Liverpool bank of which he was a partner was in financial difficulties and he was forced to sell his library and collection. It raised around £5150, with the major lot being a 14th century Italian illuminated manuscript Bible, bought by Robinson for £178 10s and subsequently sold to Coke of Holkham for 200 guineas. His art collection was intended to illustrate the rise and progress of the Arts and he was particularly interested in early Italian art or Primitives, being one of the first British collectors in this area.
NO RESERVE [Hood (Thomas) and John Hamilton Reynolds]. Odes and Addresses to Great People, first edition, Hood's first book, half-title, occasional spotting, polished calf by Bedford, richly gilt spine in compartments and with double olive morocco labels, covers with gilt triple filet borders with rosette corner-pieces, joints rubbed, t.e.g., [Tinker 1231], 8vo, Printed for Baldwin, Cradock, & Joy, 1825.
Malthus (Thomas Robert) Principles of Political Economy, Second Edition with considerable additions from the author's own manuscript, a little foxed, ex-library copy with one or two ink stamps and label to front pastedown (beneath laid-down front free endpaper), original cloth, paper label, rubbed, spine faded and worn at ends with label chipped, split to lower joint, [Einaudi 3681; Goldsmiths' 29340; Kress C4188], William Pickering, 1836 § [?Moss (F.J.)] Notes on Political Economy from the Colonial Point of View, By a New Zealand Colonist, first edition, ex-library copy with ink "Withdrawn" stamp to title, original cloth, 1897 § Hayes (Frederick W.) The Great Revolution of 1905; or,The Story of the Phalanx, With an Introductory Account of Civilisation in Great Britain at the close of the Nineteenth Century, first edition, ownership stamp to front free endpaper, light stain to final leaf, original cloth, a little rubbed and soiled, spine browned and frayed at head, 1893 § Bridges (T.C.) & H.Hessell Tiltman. Kings of Commerce, first American edition, plates, foxed, original cloth, dust-jacket, New York, 1928, 8vo (4)⁂ The supposed author of the second, Frederick Joseph Moss (1827/8-1904), was born on St.Helena but emigrated to New Zealand and became a successful businessman, newspaper publisher and politician.The third is a socialistic fore-cast of the twentieth century.
Dodgson (Charles Lutwidge), "Lewis Carroll". Sylvie and Bruno Concluded, first edition, illustrated by Harry Furniss, frontispiece tissue guard, light spotting to pp.16-21, 1893; The Lewis Carroll Picture Book, 1899, original pictorial cloth, gilt, first spine faded with light markings, spine ends bumped and creased, second lightly rubbed with faint marks to covers; and 3 others by Dodgson, 4to & 8vo (5)
Abbey (Edward) The Brave Cowboy, first English edition, light browning to title, original boards, dust-jacket, light browning to spine, spine ends and corners a little chipped, light surface soiling to lower panel, 1957; and Abbey's Fire on the Mountain, 8vo (2)⁂ The basis for the 1962 film The Lonely are the Brave.
Boileau (Pierre) and Thomas Narcejac. The Woman Who Was, first English edition, scattered spotting to endpapers and fore-edge, original boards, light fading to spine ends, dust-jacket, spine faded, spine faded, spine ends and corners a little chipped, old tape repairs to verso, light discolouration to lower panel, a very good copy, 8vo, 1954.⁂ Rare, the authors' first novel in its first translation into English. A classic of crime fiction, adapted numerous times for the screen, most famously in 1955 as Clouzot's Les Diaboliques.
A Collection of Geological Maps, belonging to Professor Sergei Ivanovich Tomkeieff including a large geological map of Scotland in a blue book titled 'Published with Govermnet Authority, Geological Map of Scotland By Sir Archibald Geikie S.Sc LL.D F.R.S, dated 1910, made of 24 plates on canvas backing; a Geological map of Arran dated 1910; Ordanance Survey Drift Edition Geological map dated 1909 reprinted 1956 with another three of Scotland, Barnsley; Geological Maps of Great Britain in two parts prepared by The Geological Survey dated 1948, a Geological Map of the British Islands based on the work of the Geological Survey dated 1939, and others, a lot Professor Sergei Ivanovich Tomkeieff FRSE FGS (1892–1968) was a 20th-century Lithuanian geologist and petrologist. He was born on 20 October 1892 in Vilna the capital of Lithuania. He came to Britain either during or just after the First World War and began lecturing in Geology at Anderson College in Newcastle-upon-Tyne in 1920. In 1948 he was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society of Edinburgh. His proposers were Arthur Holmes, James Ernest Richey, Sir Edward Battersby Bailey, Heslop Harrison, George Walter Tyrrell, John Weir, and H. B. Donald. In 1957 he became Professor of Petrology at the Anderson College.He was the author of many books including; The Tholeite Dyke at Cowgate (1953); Coals, Bitumens and other Related Fossil Carbonaceous Substances (1954); Isle of Arran (1961); The Economic Geology of Quarried Materials (1969) Dictionary of Petrology (1983) (posthumous).He was awarded the Geological Society's Lyell Medal in 1966. He died on 27 October 1968 in Newcastle aged 76
A collection of Enid Blyton hardback First and later editions, including a first edition The Sea of Adventure, no dust jacket dated 1948, Upper Fourth at Mallory Towers second edition 1949, Five Run Away Together third edition 1949, Fifth Formers of St Clare's no dust cover second edition, a quantity of contemporary and later other volumes
Keith Haring (American, 1958-1990)Galerie Watari Tokyo Offset lithographic poster printed in colours, 1989, on Japanese pearlescent paper, from the edition of 1,000, published by On Sundays Publications, Tokyo, on the occasion of the artist's first solo exhibition at Galarie Watari, Tokyo, Japan, the full sheet, 680 x 510mm (26 3/4 x 20 1/8in)(SH)(unframed)For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com
Tracey Emin (British, born 1963)Believe in Extraordinary Lithograph printed in colours, 2015, on Somerset wove, signed, dated and numbered XVII/XXX in pencil, a proof aside from the numbered edition of 300, printed and published by Counter Editions, London, on the occasion of Team GB's participation at the first European Games in Baku, Azerbaijan, the full sheet printed to the edges, 760 X 600mm (29 7/8 x 23 5/8in)(SH)This lot is subject to the following lot symbols: ARAR Goods subject to Artists Resale Right Additional Premium.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com
Children's and Juvenile Books - Anon, A.L.O.E., Claudia: A Tale, first and ?only edition, London: Thomas Nelson and Sons, 1881, contemporary pictorial cloth binding, 8vo, (1); Aesop's Fables, Illustrated, Edinburgh: Nimmo, [n.d.], green cloth, 8vo, (1); further 19th century and later pictorial bindings; Thomas the Tank; Winnie the Pooh; etc., [1 box]
An artist's easel, a folding washing/drying stand and a large twin handled basket. The easel is 171cm h x 56cm w at the widest point, together with A June 1900 Royal Naval and Military Bazaar souvenir of sketches and drawings by John Charlton, A/F together with a 1955 Post Office map of London, a Royal Military College Atlas with historical supplement, a 1936 First Edition of Progress at Pelvis Bay by Osbert Lancaster and a 1908 book in German, printed in Berlin entitled Geschichte der Erotischen Kunst by Eduard Fuchs with erotic illustrations and a mixed lot comprising a decoupage style fire guard and a wrought iron guard, mixed metalware, mixed 78's, two vintage tripods and two prints of cattle of H.R Halls original paintings together with a collection of prints to include three on 19th century women's costume and a charcoal sketch on paper of a Middle Eastern manLocation: LWM
Seven boxes of various books including "Encyclopedia Britannica", 15th edition, 1994, various Folio Society volumes, including MARTIN GILBERT "The First World War" and "Second World War", GEORGE ORWELL "Animal Farm", SUSAN COOPER "The Grey King", JAMES M CAIN "The Postman Always Rings Twice", THOMAS HARDY "Tess of the d'Urbervilles", "Far From the Madding Crowd", "Return of the Native". "The Trumpet Major", "The Mayor of Casterbridge", "Under the Greenwood Tree", JANE AUSTEN "Persuasion", "Mansfield Park", "Pride and Prejudice", "Shorter Works", "Sense and Sensibility", "Northanger Abbey", "Emma", EINSTEIN "Relativity", "All Quiet on the Western Front", "The Midnight Folk", "What are the Seven Wonders of the World?", "Alice's Adventures in Wonderland", "Through the Looking Glass", "The Restauarant at the End of the Universe", NIGEL DAVIES "The Maya", "The Aztecs", "The Incas", etc
A pair of Shellley blue transfer butterfly, flower and dragon decorated cylindrical vases, No'd. to base "793-8315", 13 cm high, together with another similar baluster pair, No'd. "779-8315", 12.2 cm high, a collection of other various china wares to include jugs, plates and vase, pair of pottery busts of Queen Elizabeth II and Prince Philip and a first edition JK ROWLING "Harry Potter and The Order of the Phoenix" with dust jacket and another first edition of the same book with different cover / dust jacket, oval mirror, large charger, etc
A box of various catalogues, pamphlets and ephemera on various subjects including motorcycles - CAE Booker "Royal Enfield Motorcycles - a Practical Guide for Owners and Repairers", first published 1948 (reprinted 1950), Matchless Motorcycles maintenance manual and instruction booklet for 1954 Matchless spring frame and rigid single cylinder models, WC Haycraft "The Book of The Matchless", "Pitman's Motorcyclist's Library", 4th edition 1963, Norman Motorcycles 1957 pamphlet and various other pamphlets including BSA "Complete Specifications of the BSA Range" 1956, "The Vincent H.R.D Rapide Series B. Competition Motorcycles", FRANCIS BARNETT "Greeves Motorcycles" 1955, JAP "Reference Book", Velocette Motorcycles 1928, Royal Enfield,Norman Motorcycles and Mopeds for 1959, Coventry Eagle Motorcycles Olympia Show Edition 1927, various side car leaflets including Swallow, Surrey Side Cars, Steib, Garrard, Canterbury, etc and various other manuals relating to tooling, etc, including Stanley, Terry's Domestic Utilities, C Lindley & Co., Artistic Gas Fittings by Winstone & Co. Ltd, etc, etc
Explorations Of The Highlands Of The Brazil, by Richard Burton, 1869 First Edition published in 2 volumes by Tinsley Brothers of LondonAnnotations and a few pages absent. Volume 1, There is some writing in the margins and some water staining to pages. Volume 2, has a map before chapter one. There is some staining to the paper and there are no other plates or maps in the volume.
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