ILLUMINATIONs Interest (Colour Printing). 'The Better Land,' by Mrs Hemans, illuminated by Helen Baker, sun bleached original cloth, split cloth to spine the loss, loosening textblock to binding, eight colour pages and col titlepage, spotting to edges, Day & Son, 1867; 'The Illuminator: Containing all the parts of The Illuminator's Magazine & Completing the Subject,' full embossed leather, worn joints, gilt edge to textblock, first four leaves loose, numerous colour illustrations, Barnard & Son, London, n.d; JOHN F. GREENWOOD. 'Twenty-Four Woodcuts of Cambridge,' limited edition of 850, publishers boards, John Lane The Bodley Head, London, 1926; FRED ROE. 'Anient Church Chests and Chairs in the Home Counties Round Greater London,' f edition, original cloth, illustrated throughout, B. T. Batsford, London, 1929; With six other works mostly about British homes. (10)
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C. S. FORESTER. 'The Commodore,' first edition, original cloth, unclipped dj, Michael Joseph, 1945; 'Lord Hornblower,' first edition, lacks dj, original cloth, Michael Joseph, 1946; 'Lieutenant Hornblower,' first edition, original cloth, unclipped dj, slight spotting to edge of text block, Michael Joseph, London, 1952; 'Hornblower and the Atropos,' first edition, original cloth, unclipped dj, Michael Joseph, London, 1953; 'Hornblower and the Hotspur,' first edition, original cloth, unclipped dj, slight spotting to edge of text block, Michael Joseph, London, 1962; With five other books by Forester including another 'The Commodore,' and '....the Hotspur,' both first editions and a US first edition of 'Captain Horatio Hornblower'. (11)
C. S. FORESTER. 'The African Queen,' first edition, rebound, some spotting, William Heinemann, London, 1935; 'The Ship,' first edition, original cloth, tears and nibbles to unclipped dj, sporadic spotting throughout, Michael Joseph, 1943; 'The Sky and the Forest,' first edition, original cloth, unclipped dj, Michael Joseph, 1948; With nine other works by Forester, most of which are later editions. (12)
POETRY INTEREST. 'The London Magazine,' vol 3 no 5, card wraps, featuring Kingsley Amis, Charles Causley, Thom Gunn, Elizabeth Jennings, Philip Larkin, Robert Nye and John Wain etc, edited by John Lehmann, advertisements, Chatto & Windus, 1956; 'Twentieth Century Love Poems,' Critical Quarterly Poetry Supplement Number 4, card wraps, featuring, W. H. Auden, Ted Hughes, Louise MacNeice, W. B. Yeats, D. H. Lawrence etc, advertisements, Hull Printers Ltd, Hull; 'Poetry Today,' by Geoffrey Moore, first edition, card wraps, b+w photographs of Robert Graves, Edwin Muir, Kathleen Raine, Elizabeth Jennings, Philip Larkin, Thom Gunn, James Kirkup and Dylan Thomas, The British Council and the National Book League, London, 1958; A. R. UBSDELL. 'East & West Poems,' decorative marbled paper pasted to boards, The Boar's Head Press, Devon, 1932; With twelve other works including mid-century anthologies, Tom Stoppard, and an original hand written Derek Bowmen 'A Grieving for Hedges'. (16)
BIBLE INTEREST. 'The Bible in Englyshe of The Largest and greatest volume..,' a defective copy housed in a glazed bible cabinet, mostly debound with no boards or title page, several tears and nibbles affecting text to first nine leaves, some finger soiling, toning throughout as expected, lacking first two woodcut historied part-titles, New Testament title within a broad woodcut border with angel supporters and Elizabeth I, black letter, double column, Richard Carmarden, Rouen, 1566.One of two folio editions published in response to the 1559 injunction of Queen Elizabeth I, ordering copies of this Bible to be set up in churches. Can be posted without the case on request.
BOOKLETS and PAMPHLETS. 'Douglas. A Tragedy in Five Acts,' bt Rev John Home, No 453, thin paper wraps with advertisements, Thomas Hailes Lacy, London, c1900; 'The Sovereigns of England from William the Conqueror to Victoria,' containing thirty-six hand coloured portraits on eighteen leaves folded concertina style, tape repairs to folds Read & Co, London, circa 1850; PORCUPINE PAMPHLETS. 'The Soul of Man under Socialism,' by Oscar Wilde and 'The Slavery of Our Times,' by Leo Tolstoy, issues and 2 respectively, card wraps, The Porcupine Press, London; ANDREW HALLIDAY. 'Mountain Dhu; Or, The Knight! The LAdy! And the Lake!' in paper wraps advertisements, The Strand Printing and Publishing Company, 1866; A. L. 'Sad Times: A Tale of the Luddites,' thin woven linen wraps, Joseph Woodhead, Huddersfield, 1870; R. L. STEVENSON. 'Memories,' first edition, thin card wraps, b+w photographs, spotting throughout, T. N. Foulis, London, 1912; With three other works published by T. N. Foulis and eleven others including illustrated works by Bertha Maguire, David Smith, Keats. (21)
ANTHONY TROLLOPE. 'An Autobiography,' three vols, original cloth, rubbed and bumped, cracked joints, author engraving frontis, William Blackwood and Sons, Edinburgh, 1883; 'Travelling Sketches,' first book edition, original cloth, Chapman and Hall, 1866; 'The Warden.' 1859; 'The Bertrams,' 1860; 'The West Indies and the Spanish Main,' 1862; 'The Small House at Allington,' 1864; 'Hunting Sketches,' 1865; (9)
'Plan for Laying Out in Building Plots for First Rate Villas, Part of, Castle Lescudjack Estate in the Parish of Madron and Township of Penzance,' a rare survivor, printed plans on thin card backed onto linen, frayed edges, toning, tidemark and a small amount of peeling between card and linen, engraving of prospective view of villas in Penzance, Day & Son, London, c1800.
Sir ARTHUR CONAN DOYLE. 'Coming of the Fairies,' first edition, original cloth, frontispiece, Hodder and Stoughton, London, 1922.bumped ends of spine, spotting to endpapers and title page, debound frontis, loosening of leaves from spine throughout, some sporadic spotting, there are no owner inscriptions etc, fair to good.
Sir ARTHUR CONAN DOYLE. 'The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes,' first edition, original pictorial cloth, rubbed and bumped, some light spotting, toning throughout, the occasional finger print, George Newnes, London, 1894; 'The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes,' second edition, original pictorial cloth, rubbed and bumped, spotting throughout, George Newnes, London, 1893. (2)
Sir ARTHUR CONAN DOYLE. 'The Sign of Four,' first edition, first issue, with misprints "13" on contents p. "w shed" on p.56, frontispiece by Charles Ker, original first issue cloth with "Spencer Blackett's Standard Library" to foot of spine, rebacked, retaining original backstrap, visible scrawl on title page and endpapers, Spencer Blackett, London, 1890.
Sir ARTHUR CONAN DOYLE. 'The Lost World,' first edition, original cloth, rubbed and bumped, b+w frontis, sporadic foxing throughout, contemporary ink inscription to endpaper, Hodder and Stoughton, London, 1912; 'Danger! and Other Stories,' first edition, original cloth, vg to fine, John Murray, 1918; 'The Vital Message,' original cloth, sun bleaching to spine, slight cracking to joints, Hodder and Stoughton, London; 'The Poison Belt,' original cloth, b+w frontis, Hodder and Stoughton, London, 1913; Through the Magic Door,' original cloth with gilt decorations, sporadic spotting throughout, Smith, Elder & Co, London, 1907; With seventeen other books by or about Doyle including later prints of 'The Sign of Four,' 'A Study in Scarlet,' and 'The Exploits of Sherlock Holmes'. (22)
BARON CORVO (Frederick William Rolfe). 'Hubert's Arthur,' first edition, half-morocco with marbled boards, spotting to edge of textblock, Cassell, and Company, London, 1935; 'Letters to C. H. C. Pirie-Gordon,' vol I, quarter cloth, 239/330, Nicholas Vane, 1959; 'Letters to Leonard Moore,' vol II, 240/290, Nicholas Vane, 1960; 'Letters to R. M. Dawkins,' Vol II, 18/290, Nicholas Vane, 1962; 'Chronicles of the House of Borgia,' original cloth, engraved frontis, illustrations, Grant Richards, Londion, 1901; With eight other works by or about Baron Corvo. (12)Centenary Letters, Essays, and other vols incl. Chronicles of the House of Boria. 1901 (Q).
ROBERT GRAVES. 'The Real David Copperfield,' first edition, original, cloth, unclipped dj, nibbles and loss to spine, spotting to edge of textblock, Arthur Barker, London, 1933; 'The Golden Fleece,' first edition, unclipped dj, original cloth, spotting throughout, Cassell and Company, 1944; 'King Jesus,' first edition, unclipped dj, original cloth, Cassell and Company, 1946; With 19 other works including five by W. H. Hudson. (22) Misc. vols by Robert Graves, W.H. Hudson, 'B.B.' & others (Q).
JOHN BETJEMAN. 'Summoned by Bells,' first edition, unclipped dj, original cloth, John Murray, London, 1960; 'First and Last Loves,' first edition, clipped dj, original cloth, John Murray, 1952. 'Continual Dew,' first edition, original cloth with embossed gilt clasps, John Murray, 1933; 'Poems in the Porch,' first edition, card wraps, SPCK, London, 1954; JEAN COCTEAU. 'Orphee,' frontis illustration by Picasso, original cloth, Oxford University Press, London, 1933; With seventeen other books including works by Philip arkin. (20)Remainder - misc. lit., incl. Betjeman, Larkin, some antiquarian, on shelves 3, 4 & 5 (Q).
PHILLIP LARKIN. 'The Less Deceived,' third edition, original card wraps, vg, The Marvell Papers, 1956; 'Jill,' first edition, unclipped dj, soiling to rear of dj, bleaching to spine, original cloth, Faber and Faber, 1946; 'The Whitsun Weddings,' first edition, unclipped dj, original cloth, Faber and Faber, 1964; Plus one other. (4)
A. A. MILNE. 'When We Are Six,' first edition, original cloth, loss to original dj, Methuen & Co, London, 1927; 'The House at Pooh Corner,' first edition, original cloth, owner inscription in pen to endpaper, Methuen, London, 1928; 'When We Were Very Young,' second edition, original coth, Methuen & Co, 1924; (3)
RICHARD JEFFERIES. 'The Amateur Poacher,' first edition, original cloth, Smith, Elder, & Co, 1879: 'Hodge and His Master,' first edition, two vos, original cloth, Smith, Elder, & Co, London, 1880; With 23 other work by or about Jefferies including a limited published 'The Story of My Heart,' signed by artist Ethelbert White. (26)
GIDEON ALGERNON MANTELL. 'The Medals of Creation; or, First Lessons in Geology, and in the Study of Organic Remains,' two vols, original cloth with gilt spine decorations, rubbed to ends, slight cracking to joints, colour frontispieces, engravings throughout, loosening titlepage to vol I, notes in margins, Henry G. BOHN, London, 1844; 'Geological Excursions Round The Isle of Wight,' third edition, original cloth, rebacked with water damage, Henry G. BOHN, London, 1854; ALEXANDER VON HUMBOLDT. 'Views of Nature: Or Contemplations on The Sublime Phenomena of Creation,' original cloth, rubbed and bumped, colour frontis, library stamp to titlepage, Henry G. BOHN, London, 1850; ROBERT MUNDIE. 'The Feathered Tribes of the British Isles,' two vols, fourth edition, original cloth, rubbed and bumped, loss to vo I spine, twenty-eight plates, colour frontis, Henry G. BOHN, London, 1854. (6)
IAN FLEMING. 'Casino Royal,' reissued, original cloth, clipped dj, spotting to edge of textblock, Jonathan Cape, London, 1957; 'Live and Let Die,' first edition, original cloth, lacks dj, spotting to textblock, Jonathan Cape, 1954; 'Moonraker,' second impression, unclipped dj, original cloth, spotting to endpapers and edge of textblock, Jonathan Cape, 1955; 'From Russia, With Love,' first edition, original cloth, later 'The Book Club' dj, spotting to edge of textblock, Jonathan Cape, 1957; 'For Your Eyes Only,' first edition, original cloth, unclipped dj, soiling to bottom edge of dj, spotting to top of textblock, Jonathan Cape, 1960; 'Thunderball,' first edition, original cloth, unclipped dj, slight spotting to the top of textblock, vg, Jonathan Cape, 1961; 'The Spy Who Loved Me,' fifth impression, original cloth, unclipped dj, Jonathan Cape, 1963; 'On Her Majesty's Service,' first edition, unclipped dj, original cloth, spotting to dj and edge of textblock, Jonathan Cape, 1963; 'The Man With the Golden Gun,' first edition, original cloth, lacking dj, Jonathan Cape, 1965; 'Octopussy and The Living Daylights,' first edition, original cloth, clipped dj, ink inscription to flap of dj and endpaper, tting to top of textblock, Jonathan Cape, 1966; 'The Diamond Smugglers,' first edition, original cloth, unclipped dj, Jonathan Cape, 1957; With 'Licence Renewed,' by John Gardner. (12)
V. SACKVILLE-WEST. 'The Garden,' signed by the author, 92/750, first edition, original cloth, handmade paper, vg, Michael Joseph, London, 1946; 'Grand Canyon,' first edition, unclipped dj, original cloth, Michael Joseph, 1942; 'The Dark Island,' first edition, original cloth, unclipped dj, repair and nibbles to dj, spotting to endpapers and edge of textblock, The Hogarth Press, 1934; 'In Your Garden,' first edition, original cloth, unclipped dj, Michael Jospeh, 1953; 'Sissinghurst,' reprint, card wraps, The Hogarth Press, 1964; (5)
V. S. NAIPAUL. 'The Mystic Masseur,' second impression, original cloth, clipped dj, description to endpaper, label for 'Fogarty's' of Trinidad & Tobago, Andre Deutsch, London, 1960; 'The Suffrage of Elvira,' first edition, original cloth, unclipped dj, label for 'Muir Marshall Limited' of Trinidad & Tobago to pastedown, ex libris label to free endpaper, Andre Deutsch, 1958; 'Mr Stone and the Knights Companion,' first edition, original cloth, unclipped dj, ex libris stamp to free endpaper, Andre Deutsch, 1963; With two copies of 'The Enigma of Arrival,' both firsts, both clipped dj's. (5)
T. H. WHITE. 'The Ill-Made Knight,' first edition, unclipped dj, original cloth, Collins, London, 1941; the Godstone and the Blackymor,' first edition, unclipped dj, Jonathan Cape, 1959; J. G. BALLARD. 'The Crystal World,' first edition, unclipped dj, original cloth, ex Libris ink stamps to loose endpaper, Jonathan Cape, 1966; IRIS MURDOCH. 'Under the Net,' first edition, original cloth, lacks dj, Chatto & Windus, 1954; 'The Bell,' first edition, unclipped dj, original cloth, sun staining to spine, Chatto & Windus, 1958; 'An Unofficial Rose,' first edition, unclipped dj, original cloth, Chatto & Windus, 1962; With nine other books including two more Murdoch's, a first 'Flashman,' by G. M. Fraser. (15)
J. K. ROWLING. (b.1965 -). A Full Set of First Deluxe Edition Harry Potter Novels. Bloomsbury, 1999-2007.Seven volumes, four within original cellophane wrapping, first editions, 8vo, (242 x 160mm), comprising: Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone. SIGNED by author pasted to half-title. 1999. red cloth with colour illustration by Thomas Taylor, blue sewn bands and marker ribbon, some spotting to text block; Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets. 1999. blue cloth with colour illustration by Cliff Wright, green sewn bands and marker ribbon; Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban. 1999. green cloth with colour illustration by Cliff Wright, yellow sewn bands and marker ribbon, cellophane wrapping; Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire. 2000. purple cloth with colour illustration by Giles Greenfield, cellophaned; Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix. 2003. burgundy cloth with colour illustration by Jason Cockcroft, yellow sewn bands and marker ribbon; Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince. 2005. blue cloth with colour illustration by Jason Cockcroft, green sewn bands and marker ribbon, priced £30 and First Edition to white label on cellophane wrapper; Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows. 2007. black cloth with illustration by Jason Cockcroft, yellow sewn bands at head tail of spine to white label, purple sewn marker ribbon, priced £35 and First Edition to white label on cellophane wrapping. Generally Fine copies (7)
J. K. ROWLING. 'The Tales of Beedle the Bard', first edition, London: Children's High Level Group, December, 2008, full crushed morocco with metal clasps and decorations to upper board, protective red velvet bag bearing embroidered signature, ten prints in original envelope, everything housed within a solander box in the form of a leather-bound book lettered in gilt with raised bands. Complete with white card slipcase, 'This Side Up'.
MARCEL PROUST. 'The Guermantes Way,' C.K. Scott Moncrieff, two vols, first English edition, original cloth, slight spotting to fore edge of textblock, Chatto & Windus, 1925; 'Cities of The Plain,' two vols, first English edition, 559/2230, original cloth, Alfred A. Knopf, 1929; 'Time Regained,' translated by Stephen Hudson, 347/1300, original cloth, Chatto & Windus, 1931; 'The Captive,' C.K. Scott Moncrieff, first English edition, original cloth, spotting to first seven leaves, Alfred A. Knopff, 1929; 'The Sweet Cheat Gone,' two vols, first English edition, original cloth, Alfred. A. Knopf, 1930; 'Within a Budding Grove,' second impression, original cloth, Chatto & Windus, 1924; 'Swann's Way,' two vols, fifth impression, original cloth, Chatto & Windus, 1928; plus two others. (13)
FOLIO SOCIETY LIMITED EDITION. 'Monograph of the Paradiseidoe or Birds of Paradise and Ptilonorhynchidoe, Or Bower-Birds,' by R. Bowdler Sharpe, forward by David Attenborough, 315/100, elephant folio, Nigerian goatskin leather and canvas sides blocked with a design by Neil Gower, buckrum slip, 79 colour plates, some light spotting to first eight leaves, The Folio Society, 2011.
A first half 20th century Chinese silver dip fountain pen and other items, including a George V commemorative Rowntree Cocoa tin with compartment to lower, a WWI Christmas tin, a carved bone cross with stanhope, a mop purse, a Japanese cigarette case, a Golden Cameos box of matches, and three cases from a travel set
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