Original Norank engineers blueprint copy of R2D2 general layout as drawn by British special effects designer John Stears circa 1977 for the first Star Wars film (IV, A New Hope). Part of a collection of original Star Wars ephemera obtained from Elstree based prop making studios Norank by Paul Harrison, son of Norank founder Norman Harrison. 60.5 x 42.8cm
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A4 clip folder collated by late British special effects designer John Stears circa 1977 containing hand typed construction and break down notes regarding the design and operation of the "Umbrella Robot" from the first Star Wars film (IV, A New Hope). Part of a collection of original Star Wars ephemera obtained from Elstree based prop making studios Norank by Paul Harrison, son of Norank founder Norman Harrison. Folder cover has interesting artwork drawn by Stears with Tippex and a triangular "The Star Wars" sticker applied. 11 pages, 5 plates
A4 clip folder collated by late British special effects designer John Stears circa 1977 containing hand typed construction and break down notes on the design and operation of the "Baby Box" robot from the first Star Wars film (IV, A New Hope). Part of a collection of original Star Wars ephemera obtained from Elstree based prop making studios Norank by Paul Harrison, son of Norank founder Norman Harrison. Folder cover has artwork drawn by Stears with Tippex and a triangular "The Star Wars" stickers applied. 5 pages 2 plates.
A4 clip folder collated by late British special effects designer John Stears circa 1977 containing hand typed construction and break down notes on the design and operation of the "Stick Robot" from the first Star Wars film (IV, A New Hope). Part of a collection of original Star Wars ephemera obtained from Elstree based prop making studios Norank by Paul Harrison, son of Norank founder Norman Harrison. Folder cover has artwork drawn by Stears in Tippex and a triangular "The Star Wars" stickers applied. 12 pages, 8 plates
Sir Peter Lely and Studio, portrait of James Butler the 1st Duke of Ormonde, three quarter length in Garter, oil on canvas, 133.5cms x 107cmsProvenance: Lot 49 in The Thynne Heirloom auction at Christies on the 1st of May 1911 where it fetched £42.00 and was sold to Robson.The painting bears a plaque inscribed Thynne Heirloom. Catalogue Note: James Butler, first Duke of Ormonde, Lord Lieutenant of Ireland, was born at Clerkenwell, Middlesex to Thomas Butler, Viscount Thurles (c. 1596–1619), son and heir of Walter Butler, eleventh Earl of Ormond, and Elizabeth Poyntz (c. 1588–1673) from Iron Acton, Gloucestershire. The Butlers were one of the principal families of Anglo-Norman settlers to survive in Ireland from the middle ages, but the first Duke of Ormonde broke with the Catholicism of his forebears to become one of the most significant statesmen and soldiers in the service of King Charles I in his campaign against the Irish uprising that preceded the English Civil War. Ormonde remained loyal to the Stuarts throughout his life despite falling in and out of favour. Following the execution of Charles I, he lived in exile from 1647–60, upon his return he received the English earldom of Brecknock, meaning he could sit in the English House of Lords, as well as the subsidiary title of Baron Butler of Llanthony. More momentous, however, was his elevation to the Irish dukedom of Ormonde in 1661. A unique distinction, it confirmed his standing as Charles's foremost subject in that kingdom. Until his death in 1688, the Duke of Ormonde held various different senior offices in the court of Charles II, was often consulted on Irish matters and ultimately gained a reputation for being loyal, uncompromising and highly principled.
An official 'Year of the Scout' first day cover collection, containing first day covers of boy scouts from around the world, during their 75th anniversary year; also a Winston Churchill 1874-1974 first day cover collection and a 1981 Space Achievements First Day Cover Collection etc. also a George V solid silver 1935 'Silver Jubilee' or 'Rocking Horse' crown, plus a 1920 silver half crown and a 1937 sixpence.
Spain.- Gibraltar.- James (Thomas) The History of the Herculean Straits, now called the Straits of Gibraltar, 2 vol., first edition, 16 engraved maps and plates, most folding, a few engraved vignettes to text, bookplate, contemporary calf with red and green morocco labels to spines, joints cracking but firm, extremities lightly scuffed, 4to, for Charles Rivington, 1771.
NO RESERVE Africa.- Johnston (Sir Harry H.) The Uganda Protectorate, 2 vol., first edition, half-title, colour frontispiece, plates and illustrations, many full-page, 9 folding colour maps, bookplate, cracked hinges, faint spotting to first and last few leaves, original pictorial cloth, gilt, a little rubbed, slight bumping to corners and extremities, [Hosken p.110], 1902; The Nile Quest a record of the Exploration of the Nile and its Basin, frontispiece, plates, scattered spotting, mostly marginal, original pictorial cloth, rebacked retaining original backstrip, gilt, slight bumping to spine extremities, 1903 § Jackson (Sir Frederick J.) Notes on the Game Birds of Kenya and Uganda, first edition, half-title, 12 colour plates only (of 13), scattered spotting, original cloth, rubbed, bumping to corners and extremities, [Hosken p.108], 1926; and another similar, 8vo (5)
NO RESERVE Cook (Olive) & Edwin Smith. The Picture Post Coronation Peep-Show Book, first edition, unassembled, folding colour illustrations by Edwin Smith, with directions on how to cut up and assemble the peep-show, stapled in original pictorial wrappers with oval hole for viewing, very slightly rubbed at edges, 4to, Hulton Press, 1953.
Lord Mayor of London.- [Almack (Richard, solicitor and antiquary, 1799-1875)] Biographical Sketch [of Robert Peckham, Sheriff and Lord Mayor of London, 1732-1814], manuscript, 5pp., typed note at head of first page, folds, slightly browned, sm. 4to, n.d.; and 2 others, including a Scottish document relating to John Campbell of Ardchattan, 1703, v.s., v.d. (3).
NO RESERVE [Philips (John)] Cyder. A Poem. In Two Books, first edition, engraved frontispiece, half-title following title, contemporary ink ownership inscriptions to verso of frontispiece and B2, frontispiece trimmed at foot with some loss to imprint, contemporary marbled calf, neatly rebacked, rubbed at extremities, a crisp copy, [Foxon P237; Rothschild 1535], 8vo, Printed for Jacob Tonson, 1708.⁂ This issue on ordinary paper, with p.74 correctly numbered, "distitute" on p.44, and p.44 and 46 signed with asterisks.
NO RESERVE Dictionary.- Barclay (Rev. James) A Complete and Universal English Dictionary, revised by Henry W. Dewhurst, engraved title, engraved plates and maps, front free endpapers seemingly supplied from an earlier work (along with upper cover), with 18th century ink ownership inscription of Robert Gregory to front pastedown and endpaper, these leaves secured to text with tape but now detached along with first few ff., some scattered spotting and staining, first few ff. chipped at edges with tape repairs to inner margin, last few ff. detached, contemporary half calf, upper cover in full calf, spine defective, covers worn and detached, 4to, [1844]; sold not subject to return.
Military.- Spain.- Moore (James) A Narrative of the British Army in Spain, second edition, engraved portrait frontispiece, 2 folding engraved maps, 1 with hand-colouring and a few paper repairs to verso, some light spotting, nineteenth-century half calf, for Joseph Johnson, 1809 § Neale (Adam) Letters from Portugal and Spain, comprising an account of the operations of the armies..., first edition, engraved map frontispiece, several engraved plates, bookplate, some foxing, nineteenth-century half calf, for Richard Phillips, 1809 § Stothert (Capt. William) A Narrative of the Principal Events of the Campaigns of 1809, 1810 & 1811 in Spain and Portugal, first edition, engraved folding map frontispiece (light off-setting), single leaf publisher's advertisement at front, original boards with paper label to spine, joints cracked but firm, rubbed, for P. Martin, 1812 § [Daniel (John E.)] Journal of an Officer in the Commissariat Department of the Army: comprising a narrative of the campaigns under His Grace the Duke of Wellington, in Portugal, Spain..., first edition, list of subscribers, errata leaf, original boards, spine worn with chip to foot, stain to upper cover, 1820, 4to & 8vo (4)
Bees.- Thorley (John) Melisselogia [graece], or The Female Monarchy. Being an Enquiry into the Nature, Order, and Government of Bees, first edition, engraved frontispiece and 4 plates, 1 folding, list of subscribers, armorial bookplate, small hole to foot of title and L6, the latter affecting a couple of letters, occasional light foxing, later ink gift inscription to rear pastedown, hinges repaired, contemporary calf, rebacked, upper cover repaired, rubbed and worn at corners, endpapers renewed, 8vo, Printed for the Author; and Sold by N. Thorley, 1744.
Chevalier (Tracy) Girl With a Pearl Earring, first edition, signed by the author on title, very light marginal toning, original boards, first state dust-jacket with misspelling "earing" to lower panel, slight creasing to spine ends, else fine, 1999; and 2 others of the same title, later editions, one also signed by the author, 8vo (3)
NO RESERVE Left wing politics.- Tillett (Ben) Socialism, light browning to first and last few pp., original wrappers, Christchurch, 1897 § Cooper (Sir William Earnshaw) Socialism and its Perils, scattered spotting, original cloth, 1908 § Hannington (Wal) The Problem of Distressed Areas, light marginal browning, ink ownership inscription "A. A. Service" to endpaper, page of autograph notes loosely inserted, original limp cloth, light toning to spine, 1937; and 9 others, similar, including some with the ink ownership inscription or stamp of Rodney Bickerstaffe, 8vo (12)⁂ Rodney Bickerstaffe (1945-2017), trade unionist, General Secretary of National Union of Public Employees (1982-1993) and UNISON (1996-2001).
Clare (John) Poems Descriptive of Rural Life and Scenery, first edition, half-title, 10pp. publishers' catalogue at end, lacking 5-line errata slip (as often), small water-stain to head of first few ff., some light spotting or soiling, pp.179-182 with repaired horizontal tear, affecting text but without loss of sense, nineteenth century half calf, spine gilt and with black morocco label, rubbed, a little worn at extremities, 8vo, 1820.⁂ The author's scarce first book, published in an edition of 1000 copies in January 1820 and sold out by March of that year. Described as written by "a Northamptonshire peasant" on the title page, Clare's poetry concerns nature and the countryside and often uses Northamptonshire dialect.
Bacon (Sir Francis) Baconiana. Or Certaine and Genuine Remains of Sr. Francis Bacon, first edition, engraved portrait frontispiece, with imprimatur to A4r, later ink inscription to front free endpaper, trimmed close at head, a few times touching headline or pagination, small stain to verso of title and b1, occasional light spotting but generally a crisp copy, later mottled calf, gilt armorial device and monogram to covers, rebacked, rubbed, some wear to spine, [Wing B269; Pforzheimer 25], Printed by J.D. for Richard Chiswell, 1679; with another on the same, 8vo (2)⁂ This issue consistent with Pforzheimer 25, with the Contents (A gathering) bound after the blank leaf S8, and without sectional title at B1. ESTC records an alternative collation, with B1 present.
Elgin (Thomas Bruce, 7th Earl of) Memorandum on the Subject of the Earl of Elgin's Pursuits in Greece, second edition, one engraved plate and 2 engravings in the text by Henry Moses, inscribed "Sarah Upthorpe April 1932" to title page, front free endpaper torn across lower edge, title working loose, repaired tear to first page, partially affecting engraving, first few pages slightly foxed, plate slightly foxed, original mottled calf, upper cover detached, head of spine missing, slightly scuffed at extremities, edges speckled, 8vo, 1811.⁂This anonymous text, likely written by a member of Elgin's entourage in Greece, recounts Elgin's acquisition of the Parthenon Marbles, defended his possession of them, and offered them for sale to the British Government. This document sparked a notorious debate around the ownership of the marbles, which rages equally as forcefully to this day. "[Elgin] left England as ambassador to Constantinople in 1799 with everything a young man could desire: personal success in the army and politics; a pretty wife; a considerable fortune; the prospect of a great diplomatic career, and good looks into the bargain. When he came home six years later his wife had left him for another man; his career was in ruins; he had run up enormous debts; disease had ravaged his countenance - but he was owner of the finest collection of classical antiquities that any man in the British Isles had ever got together." The English as Collectors, p.155
Gaultier (Léonard) Collection of 30 fine miniature bible illustrations from the Gospel of Luke, 30 engravings on laid paper with partial watermarks of ornate crowned armorial devices, each platemark approx. 60 x 58 mm (2 1/4 x 2/14 in), 135 x 98 mm (5 1/4 x 3 3/4 in), the first few leaves with light surface dirt and browning, vellum, gilt, oblong 8vo, [circa 1575-1580].
Norton (Mary) Are All The Giants Dead?, first edition, illustrations by Brian Froud, bookplate signed by the author tipped onto front free endpaper, original cloth, dust-jacket, a few scattered ink spots to head of upper panel, a little creased at extremities with a few tiny nicks, slight shelf-lean, 1975; with a folder containing c.40 pieces of ephemera relating to the publication of the book, including 7 A.L.s. and 8 T.L.s. by the author (one typed letter a photocopy), most addressed to her editor Gwen, along with various typed and written correspondence by the publisher, v.s. (c.40)⁂ A fine collection of material relating to one of the twentieth century's best-loved children's authors. Norton's letters to Gwen Marsh, editor of Children's Books at J.M. Dent, trace the development of the work from its initial stages: "Although I have a new 'Borrowers' half written, I broke off to write the enclosed ('Are all the Giants Dead?')...I am sending it to Mr. Dent who has been so kind to me over guarantees". Another highlight is her response to Froud's illustration: "The drawings are quite wonderful. Brian is a genius!".
Churchill (Sir Winston Spencer) A History of the English-Speaking Peoples, 4 vol., first Canadian edition, one of 350 copies signed by the publishers, original cloth, dust-jackets, lightly frayed and rubbed at extremities, still overall a tight and bright set, 8vo,Toronto, 1956.⁂ A scarce limited edition, presentation set of the first Canadian edition.
Doyle (Sir Arthur Conan) The Valley of Fear, first edition, spotting, previous owner's ink signature, original cloth, gilt, slight bumping to corners and spine extremities, sunned spine, chipping to spine head, 1915; The Stark Munro Letters, first edition, frontispiece, vignette title, scattered spotting, ex-Borough of Leicester Fire Brigade Central Station Library with label to front pastedown, original cloth, gilt, bumping and chipping to corners and extremities, 1895; and a later, slightly defective copy of 'A Study in Scarlet', [Green and Gibson A39a; A18a], 8vo (3).
[Dodgson (Charles Lutwidge)], "Lewis Carroll". Through the Looking-Glass, and What Alice Found There, first edition, first issue with misspelling "wade" on p.21, wood-engraved illustrations by John Tenniel, occasional light finger-soiling marks, modern aquamarine morocco, black morocco spine label, a little faded, 8vo, 1872.
Theatre.- Collier (Jeremy) A Short View of the Immorality, and Profaneness of the English Stage, first edition, P1-Q1 water-stained, T2-3 small piece of upper corner torn away, some spotting and browning, engraved bookplate of William Norcliffe on verso of title and bookplate of Rev Ley Brooks on front pastedown, contemporary calf, rubbed, corners bumped, rebacked with gilt spine and red morocco label, [Pforzheimer 189; WIng C5263], 8vo, for S. Keble, R. Sare & H. Hindmarsh, 1698.⁂ Collier's famous attack on the English stage that began a small pamphlet war with John Vanbrugh.
Consul Joseph Smith's copy.- Dio Cassius. De' fatti de' romani dalla guerra di Candia, fino alla morte di Claudio imperatore, italic type, title with woodcut printer's device, woodcut head- and tail-pieces and historiated initials, errata f., a couple of small worm traces to outer margin of first few ff., 2Q2 and 2S1 with small part of lower blank corner torn away, short neat tear just within text of final f., without loss, some mostly marginal water-staining, occasional spotting or light staining, lightly browned, contemporary vellum, later gilt, covers with arabesque centre-pieces flanked by initials 'CH', spine with 2 later black morocco labels (the smaller one at foot worn), lacking ties, central vertical crease to spine, upper joint just starting, but holding firm, some spotting, soiled, [EDIT 16 CNCE 17208], 8vo, Venice, Gabriele Giolito De Ferrari, 1565.⁂ Provenance: Joseph Smith (1744-1760), British Consul at Venice, patron of Canaletto and others, and a passionate collector of art, books and manuscripts. He financed the press of Giovanni Battista Pasquali, from where he issued lavishly-produced books in extremely limited editions. These included a Catalogue Librorum Rarissimorum, which was a partial catalogue of the rarities in his own library (engraved armorial bookplate to front pastedown).
Africa.- Stanley (Henry Morton) How I Found Livingstone. Travels, Adventures, and Discoveries in Central Africa, first edition, half-title, mounted photographic frontispiece, maps and plans (some folding with neatly repaired tears), plates and illustrations, 8pp. advertisements at end, occasional foxing, original pictorial cloth, spine ends chipped, some fraying to spine ends and corners, some splitting to upper joint, endpapers renewed, but a very good copy overall, 8vo, 1872.
NO RESERVE Wright (Sir Almroth E.) The Unexpurgated Case Against Women's Suffrage, first edition, light scattered spotting to peripheral ff., endpapers browned, original cloth, gilt, rubbed, 8vo, 1913.⁂ The anti-suffragist argument of Sir Almroth Wright, a successful bacteriologist and immunologist, with appendix "Letter on Militant Histeria". Wright believed women incapable to deal with social and political issues, his work later satirised by Charlotte Perkins Gilman in her female utopian novel Herland.
Atomic Bomb.- Smyth (H. D.) Atomic Energy. A General Account of the Development of Methods of Using Atomic Energy for Military Purposes under the Auspices of the United States Government, first English edition, York Public Library stamps to pastedown, title, and several pages, not affecting text, rusting to staples, original printed wrappers, with library stamp to lower cover and ink and pencil inscriptions to upper cover, wrappers toned and rubbed at extremities, 8vo, 1945.
NO RESERVE Morrow (Bradford) & Bernard Lafourcade. A Bibliography of the Writings of Wyndham Lewis [2 copies], 2 vol., signed by the authors, Santa Barbara, Black Sparrow Press, 1978 § Sparling (H.Halliday) The Kelmscott Press and William Morris Master-Craftsman, first edition, bookplate, offset to endpapers, original cloth, lightly soiled, 1924 § Harrop (Dorothy A.) A History of the Gregynog Press, bookplate to pastedown, original cloth, upper cover with soiling mark, Private Libraries Association, 1980; and 18 others, bibliographies, v.s. (24)
Space.- Anders (William) Earthrise, Apollo 8, 24 Dec 1968, vintage gelatin silver print on fibre-based paper, 253 x 205 mm (10 x 8 in.), [NASA AS8-14-2383], cropping marks and NASA caption affixed to the verso ⁂This is the black and white print of the first colour photograph of the Earth taken by humans from Moon's orbit
Bawden (Edward) Take the Broom, first edition, one of 350 copies, lithographed throughout with manuscript text and 7 full-page colour illustrations, one double-page, original lithographed pictorial wrappers, inscribed by the author at head "Best wishes from C. & E.B. 1952", 1952 § Paltock (Robert) The Life & Adventures of Peter Wilkins, pochoir plates and illustrations by Bawden, some double-page, illustrations, pochoir endpapers, light spotting to title, Ruari McLean's copy with his ink signature to front free endpaper, original cloth, gilt, 1928 § Bradby (Christopher) Well on the Road, first edition, pictorial title and illustrations by Bawden, original cloth-backed pictorial boards, dust-jacket, a little rubbed and frayed at edges, spine panel defective, 1935, oblong 16mo & 4to (3)⁂ The first is an excellent copy of this scarce little book, originally drawn by Bawden for his children in 1944 and later produced as a Christmas gift by George Rainbird and Ruari McLean. This is one of the 100 copies for presentation by Bawden. The second item was his first illustrated book.
NO RESERVE Goddard (Robert) Past Caring, 1986; In Pale Battalions, 1988; Painting into the Darkness, 1989; Into the Blue, 1990; Take No Farewell, 1991; Hand in Glove, 1992, first editions, original boards, dust-jackets, light creasing to spine heads, otherwise excellent and near-fine copies; and 26 others, Goddard, 8vo (32)⁂ An extensive run of thriller writer Robert Goddard.
NO RESERVE Thacker (Eric) and Anthony Earnshaw. Musrum, one of 500 copies, illustrations, original buckram-backed boards, printed paper label to upper cover, wear to extremities, upper cover sunned, New York, Grove Press, 1968; and c.20 others, on various subjects, including a 4 vol. first edition set of Lysons' Environs of London, v.s. (c.20)
Eliot (George) The Legend of Jubal, first edition, half-title, errata slip, lacking advertisements, later half green morocco by Zaehnsdorf, spine gilt, sunned, bookplate, Blackwood and Sons, 1874; How Liza loved the King, first edition in book form, single advertisement leaf at front, upper hinge cracked but firm, original cloth, light wear to spine ends, Boston, Fields, Osgood and company, 1869; Early Essays by George Eliot, one of 220 copies (unnumbered), a couple of instances of light spotting, original cloth, boards a little warped, glassine wrapper, t.e.g, unopened, privately printed, 1919, v.s. (3) ⁂ I. Provenance: Charles Plumptre Johnson, Victorian bibliographer of both Dickens and Thackerary [bookplate to front pastedow]. II. Originally appeared in "Blackwood's Magazine" in May 1869, with no separate British edition published. III. Contains essays previously unpublished in book form.
NO RESERVE Landor (Walter Savage) Anthony and Octavius. Scenes for the Study, first edition, signed presentation inscription from the author ""W. Savage Landor to his affectionate niece Catherine Landor" to endpaper with pencil note below "Written and given on his 81 birthday", modern half morocco, light fading to spine, 8vo, Bradbury & Evans, 1856.
NO RESERVE Blyton (Enid) The Circus of Adventure, ink gift inscription to endpaper, slight shelf-lean, spine foxed, 1952.; The River of Adventure, lacking front free endpaper, 1955, first editions, illustrations by Stuart Tressilian, original cloth, dust-jackets, spines darkened, chipping to extremities; and c.100 others, Blyton, 8vo (c.100)
NO RESERVE Borden (Mary) The Forbidden Zone, first edition, scattered faint spotting, most to fore-edges, original cloth, slight bumping to corners and extremities, slight mottling to top edge, dust-jacket, lightly browned spine, slight chipping and tiny loss to corners and spine extremities, 8vo, 1929.⁂ Published in the same year as Hemingway's A Farewell to Arms, Good-Bye to All That, and, All Quiet on the Western Front, were released to critical acclaim. Even amongst these other publications, contemporary readers, were shocked and the graphic quality of the work from a woman who had first-hand experience of life on the front line. Scarce.
Gray (Thomas) An Elegy Written In A Country Church Yard, fourth edition, bookplate of Thomas Clifford Allbutt, stab holes to inner margin, first few ff. with a few further holes or short tears along faint central fold, occasionally affecting text but without loss of sense, title with repaired tear to fore-edge, some light spotting and dust-soiling, marginal water-staining, later half morocco, spine gilt, heavily rubbed, Printed for R. Dodsley, 1751 § Dodd (Rev. William) Thoughts in Prison: In Five Parts, first edition, with final advertisement f., B2-3 working loose, some light foxing or browning, contemporary speckled calf, rubbed, wear to spine and corners, lower joint split, upper cover working loose, Printed for Edward and Charles Dilly, 1777; and others, 18th century poetry, including a 1794 edition of the poems of Lady Manners with notes seemingly in the author's hand, v.s. (c.28)

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