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Modern Art Auctions
Lot 173

PAUL BIRKBECK [1939-2019]. The Castle, 1984. gouache. 38 x 50 cm - frame 42 x 52 cm. Provenance: the artist; private collection, UK. Inspired by J R R Tolkien's - 'Sir Gawain and the Green Knight' - King Arthur. Very good UK figurative painter, who worked very slowly and produced paintings of remarkable detail and imagination. Birkbeck was the first one-man exhibition at the Keith Chapman Gallery, London in 1987 - terrific artist and wonderful gallery, in our opinion![very good condition - unexamined out of frame]. Buyers premium 20% + vat payable.

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Modern Art Auctions
Lot 43

Sir JACOB EPSTEIN [1880-1959]. Sir Muirhead Bone, 1916. bronze, edition of 6 [an early cast and most likely cast in 1916]. 26 cm high - excluding the wood base. Provenance: Leicester Galleries, c. 1917; M. Paez-Vilano collection, USA; Sothebys auction, New York, 3 June 1970, lot 90; private collection, USA; Roy Davids collection [£12000]; private collection, UK. Literature: 'The Sculpture of Epstein', E. Silber, 1986, Phaidon, catalogue raisonne, p. 40, no. 75 [Silber records this as cast no.4 - she only records 4 casts - so the final 2 may never have been cast]; 'Jacob Epstein - Adventures of the Soul', Dr Justine Hopkins, 2018, plate 3 [this cast illustrated]. Sir Muirhead Bone [1876-1953] was a celebrated UK artist who became the first official war artist in 1916 during WW1 and Epstein modelled this head of his friend shortly afterwards. Bone was an Imperial War Museum [IWM] trustee and helped establish it in 1917. He was also a trustee of the Tate and National Galleries. Neither the IWM nor National Portrait Gallery own a cast of Bone - quite surprising? Jacob Epstein is one of the greatest sculptors of all time - any artist who created 'Rock Drill' in 1913, could pretty much live on that acclaim for the rest of their lives, but he went on to create many great sculptures - his modelled bronze heads and busts are unsurpassed.. Two of his contemporaries, Frank Dobson and Eric Gill, are currently rated more highly even though they are inferior sculptors. Eric Gill [1882-1940] was a good craftsman, but a repulsive human being - a paedophile etc. - if he had been a musician, actor or writer, many people these days would want him erased from the history - but because he was a visual artist he is celebrated far beyond his artistic merits - why? [see Fiona MacCarthy's 'Eric Gill' biography for the full horrific details - all covered up during his lifetime, as he was 'religious' - where have we heard that before?].. [very good condition - the wood base has some marks and slight chips and supports to tilt the head upwards]. Buyers premium 20% + VAT - ARR 4% 

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Modern Art Auctions
Lot 7

CHRISTOPHER RICHARD WYNNE NEVINSON [1889-1946]. Dieppe harbour, 1923. The rare etching on F J Head & Co. laid paper with full margins. Signed in pencil, also inscribed with title at lower edge of sheet, edition size unknown, only a handful of proofs pulled. First exhibited at Alex Reid and Lefevre Gallery, London 1927. 17.4 x 13.6cm [plate size], 36.8 x 26cm [sheet size]. Unframed. Reference: Guichard 104; Black 106. [A strong impression, some evidence of mount stain, thumb print and faint toning to lower margin, otherwise in good condition]. Buyers premium of 20% + VAT is payable on hammer price of all lots in this auction. This lot is stored in London and can be collected or shipped from there.

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Modern Art Auctions
Lot 71

DENIS BOWEN [1921-2006]. Blue Sea, 1997. oil and spray paint on board; signed. 41 x 29 cm - overall including frame 49 x 32 cm. Provenance: the artist; private collection, UK. Bowen studied at the Royal College of Art and was one of the first UK abstract expressionists. A very underrated artist. [very good condition - unexamined out of frame]. Buyers premium of 20% + VAT is payable.

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Lot 94

WILLIAM JOHNSTONE [1897-1981]. Abstract, 1960. oil on canvas; signed and dated on the reverse. 72 x 90 cm [overall including frame 81 x 100 cm]. Provenance: the artist; private collection, UK. Johnstone is one of Scotland's greatest artists, but Scotland doesn't quite realise it yet - he started painting abstracts in the 1920s and became one of the first Abstract Expressionists in the 1930s [well before Pollock] - by the 1950s he had become such an advanced abstract painter that most of us mere mortals couldn't keep up with him, so they are quite 'difficult' but well worth the time spent getting to know them..The Hayward Gallery held a major retrospective exhibition of his work. A good book is desperately needed - come on Scotland forget the rather dull Colourists, they have had their day - leap into the modern world - his paintings are not 'pretty' but this man, at his best, was a genius.. [very good condition]. Buyers premium of 20% + VAT is payable. ARR 4%.

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Lot 95

WILLIAM JOHNSTONE [1897-1981]. Figure, 1939-45. oil on canvas; signed on reverse. 77 x 55 cm [overall including frame 86 x 63cm]. Provenance: the artist; private collection, UK. It is dated 1945, but a photo attached to the reverse showing the artist in his studio 'in the 1930s' [ex - Fine Arts Society, Scotland, catalogue?], suggests he started it earlier. Johnstone is one of Scotland's greatest artists, even though they don't seem to realise it yet - he was an abstract painter in the 1920s and one of the first abstract expressionists in the 1930s - by the 1950s he was such an advanced abstract painter that the paintings can be quite difficult to figure out, but stick with it, it's well worth the time.. A major retrospective exhibition was held at the Hayward Gallery. A catalogue raisonne or good monograph would show just how good he was - someone needs to write one - the Scottish Arts Council should be rushing to finance it - please. [very good condition - very slight unevenness to the canvas in places - unexamined out of frame]. Buyers premium of 20% + VAT is payable. ARR 4%

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Lot 187

HONG KONG ALBUM FIRST DAY COVERS

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Lot 191

BAHAMAS ALBUM FIRST DAY COVERS

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Lot 192

ASCEBSION ALBUM FIRST DAY COVERS

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Lot 207

BOX OF FIRST DAY COVER ALBUMS - EMPTY

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Lot 7002

St John Philby: 'The Heart of Arabia, A Record of Travel and Exploration', London, Constable, 1922, 1st edition, 2 volumes, plan of Riyadh, plus 2 large folding maps + 48 plates as called for, ex Repton School Library, armorial bookplates and small number of inkstamps, uniform original publisher's cloth gilt. First editions set of this classic and the first book of St John Philby (1885-1960), legendary British explorer and Arabist, the first European to cross the Rub al-Khali, or Empty Quarter, of Arabia from east to west. Some mention of TE Lawrence, Richard Burton, Kuwait, the Empty Quarter, the inscription on Philby's tombstone reads: 'Greatest of Arabian explorers'. (2)

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Lot 7006

Bertram Thomas: 'The Arabs. The life-story of a people who have left their deep impress on the world', London, Thornton Butterworth, 1937, 1st edition, signed and inscribed by the author to FFEP "To the Rt. Hon. and Mrs L.S. Amery. With respects. Bertram Thomas May 1937.", frontispiece portrait + 15 plates and several illustrations + 4 maps (of which one folding)as called for, original brown cloth gilt, dust wrapper. Bertram Thomas's (1892-1950) 'first crossing of the empty quarter, albeit by the shortest and easiest route, assured him a permanent place in the history of European exploration of Arabia. He was admired by T. E. Lawrence (who wrote a preface to one of his books) and by his successor Wilfred Thesiger, who found twenty years later that Thomas was remembered by the Bedouin as an honourable, brave, and tolerant man' (ODNB). L.S. Amery (1873-1955), was a Journalist and Conservative Politician and member of numerous cabinets, he was Colonial Secretary in Baldwin's government from 1924 to 1929 and Secretary of State for India & Burma 1940-1945

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Lot 7008

Wilfred Thesiger: 'Arabian Sands', London, Longmans, 1960, 2nd impression, signed by author to FFEP, folding map of the Empty Quarter in rear pocket, plus numerous other maps and photographic illustrations as called for, original cloth gilt. Thesiger's first and most important work, recounting his crossing of the Empty Quarter under the aegis of the Middle East Anti-Locust Unit in 1946-7. "Following worthily in the tradition of Burton, Lawrence, Philby and Thomas, [Arabian Sands] is, very likely, the book about Arabia to end all books about Arabia." Indeed, St John Philby described Thesiger as "probably the greatest of all explorers" (Maitland, 380) and Sir John Glubb regarded him "the last, and certainly one of the greatest, of the British travellers among the Arabs" (ibid.). Alexander Maitland, Wilfred Thesiger: the Life of the Great Explorer (2006). Provenance: signature obtained by vendor in person from Thesiger circa 2002 after corresponding with him by letter and subsequently visiting him at the nursing home in Surrey where he then resided as a very elderly man

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Lot 7010

A.V. Williams Jackson: 'Persia Past and Present. A Book of Travel and Research', New York, Macmillan, 1906, 1st edition, large folding map of Persia & Afghanistan + 136 illustrated plates containing 220 photographic images as called for, original pictorial cloth gilt, top edge gilt. Jackson was an American Scholar and professor of Indo-Iranian languages at Columbia University, who was a great authority on ancient Persian history, language, and literature. Jackson travelled to Persia twice. The main purpose of his first trip in 1903 was to meet Zoroastrians living in Iran and study their customs and religion; together with Edward Granville Browne: 'A Year Amongst the Persians', C.U.P., 1926, 2nd edition, portrait frontis + folding map at end as called for, original cloth gilt; plus Hilton-Simpson: 'Algiers & Beyond', 1906, 1st edition, and Haardt & Audouin-Dubreuil: 'Across the Sahara by Motor Car', 1924, 1st edition, both with folding map and numerous illustrations from photos as called for, both original cloth gilt (4)

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Lot 7022

Ella Robertson Christie: 'Through Khiva to Golden Samarkand. The Remarkable Story of a Woman's Adventurous Journey Alone Through the Deserts of Central Asia to the Heart of Turkestan.', Philadelphia, Lipincott, 1925, 1st edition, map + 55 illustrations from photographs as called for, original cloth gilt. Scarce. Ella Christie (1861-1949) was a pioneering Scottish traveller and explorer who had an indominatoble adventurous streak and travelled extensivley throughout the world including Africa, the Middle East, Asia, the Far East and the Russian Empire including present day Central Asia. She was the first British woman to visit the Khanate of Khiva which had covered present-day western Uzbekistan, south-western Kazakhstan and much of Turkmenistan before the Russians arrived at the second half of the 19th century. She was amongst the first selection of women to be elected as fellows of The Royal Geographical Society in 1913, was a fellow of the Royal Geographical Society of Scotland, and in November 1934 she became a Vice-President of the society.

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Lot 7023

Maharajah Duleep Singh, Sikh Empire. CHARLES STEWART HARDING: 'Recollections of India... Part I. British India and the Punjab. Part II. Kashmir and the Alpine Punjab', Thomas M'Lean, 1847, 1st edition, tinted lithographed portrait of the Maharajah Duleep Singh by A. Laby, plus 25 tinted lithographed plates by James Duffield Harding after C.S. Hardinge, as called for, plates with some spotting/foxing, gutta percha perished (as usual), contents loose within publisher's original folio quarter morocco gilt binding (worn), gilt lettered on upper cover, plates include portraits of Sikh Chieftains the Maharajah Dulip Singh [Duleep Singh], Rajah Lal Sing [Lal Singh], Gulab Sing [Gulab Singh], plus Sheikh Imam-ud-Din, Runjur Sing, and Dewan Dina Nath, and other plates and fine views including 'Shah Dhera; The Tomb of the Emperor Jehangir' [Jahangir, 4th Mughal Emperor], 'Barackpore', 'Delhi Palace of the King', 'Palace and Fort at Agra', 'Jama Musjid Agra', 'Outpost of Rhodawala', 'Entry of the Maharajah Dulip Sing into Lahore', 'Hazari Bagh. Part of the Citadel and Palace of Lahore', 'Kote Kangra', 'Passage of the River Chunab', 'Oodampore, 4 Marches from Jummoo', 'Hill Fort of Gulab Sing', 'Jamu', 'Fort of Chupayan' [Scene of an action fought in 1819 by Ranjit Singh's troops against the Afghans], 'City of Kashmir. Mosque of Shah Hamadan', 'Wulur Lake', etc., with corresponding letterpress text describing the portraits, views and events. Hardinge was present in India in 1845 when the Sikh army crossed the Sutlej and invaded British territory. He served as private secretary to his father, Sir Henry Hardinge, first Viscount of Lahore, who was Governor-General of India at the time. "Hardinge was brought up among artistic influences, and was himself no mean painter in watercolours. In 1847 his friends in England published a folio volume entitled Recollections of India... particularly interesting for its portraits of Sikh chieftains and views of scenery in Kashmir, then an almost unknown country, which he visited in company with John Nicholson" (ODNB).

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Lot 7026

(China, Silk Road, Travel) Colonel Henry Yule: 'The Book of Ser Marco Polo, the Venetian, Concerning the Kingdoms and Marvels of the East', London, John Murray, 1871, 1st edition, 2 volumes, lacks the Ruc's Egg folding plate but all other folding maps & plans, plates etc present, ex Repton School Library, armorial bookplates and small number of inkstamps, rebound (not recent) full calf gilt be Bickers, rebacked retaining decorative calf gilt backstrips. First edition of Yule's important work which correlated Polo's travels with their present-day locations. (2)

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Lot 7035

'Nine-and-Twenty Stray Doggerels. From Borneo / by a jongleur.', Kuching [Sarawak], printed for the author at the Government Printing Office, 1929, mounted photographic frontispiece, [6],29 leaves, possibly written by Thomas Stirling Boyd, the first Judical Commissioner for the region. Signed & inscribed to FFEP "To B.H.T. with compliments from Marbill[?]", original cloth gilt. Scarce

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Lot 7045

A Victorian photograph album containing approx. 100 albumen and other photos 1887-1892, topographical and architectural views of Belgium, Ireland, Scotland, French Riviera etc, plus a few of English cathedrals, several images by James Valentine, many of Ireland "W.L." including Dublin, Killarney, Glengarriff, Queenstown, Blackrock Castle etc; Riviera including Menton, San Remo, Monaco; several Scotland including James Valentine and George Washington Wilson; four of Fiji incl. Taviuni and Levuka, by Burton Bros, Dunedin, etc etc, many photos captioned to card leaves beneath, in very worn oblong contemporary red morocco album, titled and monogrammed "J.C." in gilt to front cover (a/f). together with a similar album of albumen print photos c.1870's-1880's, 95+ photos topgraphical, architectural and groups of family and friends, UK & Europe, many by James Valentine & others, captioned beneath to card leaves in the same hand as first album, oblong, contemporary cloth gilt album (2)

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Lot 7087

Papers from the archive of Nathaniel Bacon of Stiffkey, Norfolk, 1546-1622. Manuscript schedule of preachers at Wiveton 1585 entitled, 'The exercise at Wyveton for thies monethes following 1585'. On 1 side 8vo paper, small holes in a couple of places not touching text. This manuscript is printed in vol 2 page 316 Bacon Papers.Nathaniel Bacon (?1546-1622), was the second son of Lord Keeper Sir Nicholas Bacon and his first wife Jane, daughter of Thomas Fernely, a Suffolk merchant. Nathaniel Bacon took up residence at Stiffkey Hall with his wife Anne (daughter of Sir Thomas Gresham and Mistress Dutton) in 1578, just two years after building commenced. Through his family Nathaniel close conections with leading figures at Court, especially through his father, Lord Keeper to Elizabeth I, and his father in law Sir Thomas Gresham, who was the Queen's principal financial agent. In 1574, he was appointed a J.P. in Norfolk, an office he held for almost 50 years and which he discharged assiduously. A zealous puritan in religion, he was dedicated to establsighing the puritan ethic in North Norfolk, and through his methodical and meticulous writings amassed a superbly rich archive which reveals politics and religion in action.The Stiffkey archive and other collections, which, together, contain the papers of Nicholas Bacon and his five sons, have provided a unique glimpse into the extended relationships of an important sixteenth-century family. The collection as a whole has long been recognised as one of the main sources for our knowledge of local administration in the late-Tudor and early-Stuart periods. They illuminate the activities of an important county gentleman within a variety of overlapping and interacting communities, ranging from his household and parish to the national scene. (A. Hassell Smith et al: 'The Papers of Nathaniel Bacon of Stiffkey, NRS vol 46', 1979) Provenance: collected by Percy Milligan (died 1969), for over 30 years editor of the Norfolk Record Society; then purchased by Rosalind Brewer, historian and trader/collector of rare books, manuscripts & documents, of Winfarthing and later Eye; then by descent

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Lot 7088

Papers from the archive of Nathaniel Bacon of Stiffkey, Norfolk, 1546-1622. Letter addressed, 'To the Sheriffe of the said Countie of Norfolk, dated 24 July 1605, (Sheriff then was Sir Henry Spelman (c.1562-1641), born Congham, Norfolk, English antiquary, noted for his detailed collections of medieval records, in particular of church councils), signed by Henry Gardy [sic, Gawdy], Jo. Norwich, Arthur Hevingham, Myles Corbett, Robt. Houghton, H. Eughbart. Some (all?) of the signatures are in different hands and presumably autograph, - Myles Corbett (1595-1662), born Sprowston, Norfolk, was later to be famous as a regicide of Charles I, one of the commissioners who signed his death warrant. He fled to the Netherlands in 1660, but was arrested by the English ambassador and returned to England where he was found guilty and then executed on 19 April 1662. The letter concerns the requisition of lands, goods etc of recusants and requiring a total of 48 good and lawful men, well affected in religion, to appear at Norwich Castle. At the foot of the document below the signatures is a contemporary 11 line subscription in a different hand (Bacon's?), concerning these warrants etc.Nathaniel Bacon (?1546-1622), was the second son of Lord Keeper Sir Nicholas Bacon and his first wife Jane, daughter of Thomas Fernely, a Suffolk merchant. Nathaniel Bacon took up residence at Stiffkey Hall with his wife Anne (daughter of Sir Thomas Gresham and Mistress Dutton) in 1578, just two years after building commenced. Through his family Nathaniel close conections with leading figures at Court, especially through his father, Lord Keeper to Elizabeth I, and his father in law Sir Thomas Gresham, who was the Queen's principal financial agent. In 1574, he was appointed a J.P. in Norfolk, an office he held for almost 50 years and which he discharged assiduously. A zealous puritan in religion, he was dedicated to establsighing the puritan ethic in North Norfolk, and through his methodical and meticulous writings amassed a superbly rich archive which reveals politics and religion in action.The Stiffkey archive and other collections, which, together, contain the papers of Nicholas Bacon and his five sons, have provided a unique glimpse into the extended relationships of an important sixteenth-century family. The collection as a whole has long been recognised as one of the main sources for our knowledge of local administration in the late-Tudor and early-Stuart periods. They illuminate the activities of an important county gentleman within a variety of overlapping and interacting communities, ranging from his household and parish to the national scene. (A. Hassell Smith et al: 'The Papers of Nathaniel Bacon of Stiffkey, NRS vol 46', 1979) Provenance: collected by Percy Milligan (died 1969), for over 30 years editor of the Norfolk Record Society; then purchased by Rosalind Brewer, historian and trader/collector of rare books, manuscripts & documents, of Winfarthing and later Eye; then by descent

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Lot 7089

Papers from the archive of Nathaniel Bacon of Stiffkey, Norfolk, 1546-1622. Manuscript containing separate examinations of Henry Hopkins, Edmund Nicholson, Stephen Nicholls and Edward Warde. On 3 sides 4to paper, small portion of paper missing from spine fold. They are entitled that they are, 'Taken before Rice Gwyne Esq the xxvi th of May in the ffyth yere of the Raigne of our Soveraigne Lord King James [1607]'. These examinations seem to be Constable reports from which Nathaniel Bacon prepared the related item see No.31 (page 88) in 'Elizabethan Handwriting 1500-1650' by Giles E. Dawson & Laetitia Kennedy-Skipton. This manuscript is signed 4 times by Gwynne at the foot of each examination. The text here is considerably more detailed than in Bacon's printed text, interestingly recorded here Hopkins states he went to the house of Thomas Applegate where he tooke a pipe of Tobacco.Nathaniel Bacon (?1546-1622), was the second son of Lord Keeper Sir Nicholas Bacon and his first wife Jane, daughter of Thomas Fernely, a Suffolk merchant. Nathaniel Bacon took up residence at Stiffkey Hall with his wife Anne (daughter of Sir Thomas Gresham and Mistress Dutton) in 1578, just two years after building commenced. Through his family Nathaniel close conections with leading figures at Court, especially through his father, Lord Keeper to Elizabeth I, and his father in law Sir Thomas Gresham, who was the Queen's principal financial agent. In 1574, he was appointed a J.P. in Norfolk, an office he held for almost 50 years and which he discharged assiduously. A zealous puritan in religion, he was dedicated to establsighing the puritan ethic in North Norfolk, and through his methodical and meticulous writings amassed a superbly rich archive which reveals politics and religion in action.The Stiffkey archive and other collections, which, together, contain the papers of Nicholas Bacon and his five sons, have provided a unique glimpse into the extended relationships of an important sixteenth-century family. The collection as a whole has long been recognised as one of the main sources for our knowledge of local administration in the late-Tudor and early-Stuart periods. They illuminate the activities of an important county gentleman within a variety of overlapping and interacting communities, ranging from his household and parish to the national scene. (A. Hassell Smith et al: 'The Papers of Nathaniel Bacon of Stiffkey, NRS vol 46', 1979) Provenance: collected by Percy Milligan (died 1969), for over 30 years editor of the Norfolk Record Society; then purchased by Rosalind Brewer, historian and trader/collector of rare books, manuscripts & documents, of Winfarthing and later Eye; then by descent

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Lot 7090

Papers from the archive of Nathaniel Bacon of Stiffkey, Norfolk, 1546-1622. Manuscript addressed, 'To the right honourable Sir ffrances Walsyngham knight principal secretarye to her Maiestye' (Sir ffrancis Walsingham was appointed principal secretary to Elizabeth I 1573 and died in 1590). The document is on one full side of a double 4to page and docketed on the back, 'Supplicacon from yo officers of Lyn [King's Lynn] Customs'. It is written in an exceptionally fine Italic hand. The text concerns customs, Alexander Ged, lycence to transport and traffic into partes beyonde the seas, and a list of greifs of the customs, including a demand to end prohibition against Scots selling white salt in Lynn etc. The items seems to refer to various covenants in a grant presumably a Royal Charter granting rights of customs.Nathaniel Bacon (?1546-1622), was the second son of Lord Keeper Sir Nicholas Bacon and his first wife Jane, daughter of Thomas Fernely, a Suffolk merchant. Nathaniel Bacon took up residence at Stiffkey Hall with his wife Anne (daughter of Sir Thomas Gresham and Mistress Dutton) in 1578, just two years after building commenced. Through his family Nathaniel close conections with leading figures at Court, especially through his father, Lord Keeper to Elizabeth I, and his father in law Sir Thomas Gresham, who was the Queen's principal financial agent. In 1574, he was appointed a J.P. in Norfolk, an office he held for almost 50 years and which he discharged assiduously. A zealous puritan in religion, he was dedicated to establsighing the puritan ethic in North Norfolk, and through his methodical and meticulous writings amassed a superbly rich archive which reveals politics and religion in action.The Stiffkey archive and other collections, which, together, contain the papers of Nicholas Bacon and his five sons, have provided a unique glimpse into the extended relationships of an important sixteenth-century family. The collection as a whole has long been recognised as one of the main sources for our knowledge of local administration in the late-Tudor and early-Stuart periods. They illuminate the activities of an important county gentleman within a variety of overlapping and interacting communities, ranging from his household and parish to the national scene. (A. Hassell Smith et al: 'The Papers of Nathaniel Bacon of Stiffkey, NRS vol 46', 1979) Provenance: collected by Percy Milligan (died 1969), for over 30 years editor of the Norfolk Record Society; then purchased by Rosalind Brewer, historian and trader/collector of rare books, manuscripts & documents, of Winfarthing and later Eye; then by descent

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Lot 7091

Papers from the archive of Nathaniel Bacon of Stiffkey, Norfolk, 1546-1622. Autograph letter signed by Agnis Robinson dated 9 November 1608, written from, 'Norwiche here at the Crowner in St. Martins', addressed, 'To Jhon Pintchinge at Styfkey theise', on 1 side 4to paper with address panel on reverse. She sends her commendations to Mr. Pintchinge, her freinds and her mother and hopes to see Pintchinge in Norwich. There is an autograph subscription at the end asking him to recyve 2s (shillings) of Robert Mann.Nathaniel Bacon (?1546-1622), was the second son of Lord Keeper Sir Nicholas Bacon and his first wife Jane, daughter of Thomas Fernely, a Suffolk merchant. Nathaniel Bacon took up residence at Stiffkey Hall with his wife Anne (daughter of Sir Thomas Gresham and Mistress Dutton) in 1578, just two years after building commenced. Through his family Nathaniel close conections with leading figures at Court, especially through his father, Lord Keeper to Elizabeth I, and his father in law Sir Thomas Gresham, who was the Queen's principal financial agent. In 1574, he was appointed a J.P. in Norfolk, an office he held for almost 50 years and which he discharged assiduously. A zealous puritan in religion, he was dedicated to establsighing the puritan ethic in North Norfolk, and through his methodical and meticulous writings amassed a superbly rich archive which reveals politics and religion in action.The Stiffkey archive and other collections, which, together, contain the papers of Nicholas Bacon and his five sons, have provided a unique glimpse into the extended relationships of an important sixteenth-century family. The collection as a whole has long been recognised as one of the main sources for our knowledge of local administration in the late-Tudor and early-Stuart periods. They illuminate the activities of an important county gentleman within a variety of overlapping and interacting communities, ranging from his household and parish to the national scene. (A. Hassell Smith et al: 'The Papers of Nathaniel Bacon of Stiffkey, NRS vol 46', 1979) Provenance: collected by Percy Milligan (died 1969), for over 30 years editor of the Norfolk Record Society; then purchased by Rosalind Brewer, historian and trader/collector of rare books, manuscripts & documents, of Winfarthing and later Eye; then by descent

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Lot 7092

Papers from the archive of Nathaniel Bacon of Stiffkey, Norfolk, 1546-1622. A certificate dated Vth Aprill Ao, 1613 witnessed and signed by Richard Baldwin, Sh......[?] Wardines, Samuel May, Phillip Lyon. On 8vo paper in a flourished secretary hand. It certifies that Thomas Fenner and Clement Lambert both of Bynham (Binham, near Stiffkey, North Norfolk), have received the Commyon orderlye according to the procedinge in the cause aforsayed appoynted. Docketed, 'A cert for Mr Fenns. & Lambarts Com.'.Nathaniel Bacon (?1546-1622), was the second son of Lord Keeper Sir Nicholas Bacon and his first wife Jane, daughter of Thomas Fernely, a Suffolk merchant. Nathaniel Bacon took up residence at Stiffkey Hall with his wife Anne (daughter of Sir Thomas Gresham and Mistress Dutton) in 1578, just two years after building commenced. Through his family Nathaniel close conections with leading figures at Court, especially through his father, Lord Keeper to Elizabeth I, and his father in law Sir Thomas Gresham, who was the Queen's principal financial agent. In 1574, he was appointed a J.P. in Norfolk, an office he held for almost 50 years and which he discharged assiduously. A zealous puritan in religion, he was dedicated to establsighing the puritan ethic in North Norfolk, and through his methodical and meticulous writings amassed a superbly rich archive which reveals politics and religion in action.The Stiffkey archive and other collections, which, together, contain the papers of Nicholas Bacon and his five sons, have provided a unique glimpse into the extended relationships of an important sixteenth-century family. The collection as a whole has long been recognised as one of the main sources for our knowledge of local administration in the late-Tudor and early-Stuart periods. They illuminate the activities of an important county gentleman within a variety of overlapping and interacting communities, ranging from his household and parish to the national scene. (A. Hassell Smith et al: 'The Papers of Nathaniel Bacon of Stiffkey, NRS vol 46', 1979) Provenance: collected by Percy Milligan (died 1969), for over 30 years editor of the Norfolk Record Society; then purchased by Rosalind Brewer, historian and trader/collector of rare books, manuscripts & documents, of Winfarthing and later Eye; then by descent

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Lot 7111

North Suffolk/South Norfolk interest, a collection of approx. 12 vellum and other documents circa 1615-1866, including vellum Assignment, 26 Feb. 1615, of tenemant called Julyans and land in Syleham, Elizabeth Brownyng the elder of Syleham; Wm. Browning the elder, of same; Nicholas Browning, of Diss; Richard Smyth, of Ackelymarket, Norfolk; Eliz. Brownyng the younger, of Thorndon, etc. Signatures of first parties, plus 1691 vellum Will, William Perryman, Mendham; plus 1738 vellum indenture, Wilby; plus approx six late 18th & 19th Century vellum and paper wills, Eye & Brome; plus Stradbroke inclosure John Bumpstead 1813 & Thelnetham inclosure Amos Cason 1821, both signed by commissioners; plus vellum Conveyance 1865, land and premises at Metfield and Withersdale, including 2 Diss Lodge, three large vellum sheets, hand coloured plan; plus Gawdy Hall Harleston contents of mansion sale catalogue 1938, by direction of Major E. Knatchbull-Hugesson, 1185 lots printed plus extra lots in contemporary manuscript, all lots with contemporary m/s prices, corrections etc, original printed wraps

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Lot 7142

Bram Stoker (adapted by Hamilton Deane), 'Dracula', 1927 Garrick Theatre programme, 24pp programme, original stapled pictorial wraps (VGC). Stoker's Dracula did not achieve widespread fame until the Irish actor and playwright Hamilton Deane adapted it for the stage in late 1924 when it toured the UK before moving to various, and ever larger, London theatres (the Garrick being the 4th). It was the first authorized adaptation of Bram Stoker's 1897 novel Dracula

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Lot 7143

DENT, Edward J: 'A Theatre For Everybody. The Story Of The Old Vic And Sadler's Wells By Edward J. Dent. Illustrated By Kay Ambrose', London, T. V. Boardman, 1945, signed first edition, rear endpapers with 22 individual signatures, including Lawrence Olivier; Ralph Richardson; Sybil Thorndike; Margaret Leighton; Miles Matteson; Harcourt Williams; Peter Copley; Sydney Tatler; Norman Feasey; Frank Duncan; Jane Wenham; Ronald Stock; David Kentish; William Marsh; George Rose; Nicholas Hannen; Michael Warre; John Garley; Kenneth Edwards; Michael Raghan; Basil Royal-dawson; George Ralph with the original dust wrapper. pp.151/[1p. - Bibliography], worn dust wrapper with a few small chips, pale grey boards lightly soiled and rubbed. Red stamped label to spine. Two small ink blots to page edges (only encroaching onto the front endpaper). Dedication to front endpaper: "To My favourite member of the old Vic with fondest love and happy memories from his favourite soprano! Xmas 1945' - 6 . "Rigeletto" oh woe, oh joy, oh agony ! " ( thought to be Edith Coates). Also; previous owner's signature and ink stamp "Peter Marshall" N.B. Peter Marshall was a Shakesperian actor and later sales executive. He married Jean Campbell-Gray (a well respected singing teacher) and they lived in Cavendish, Suffolk

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Lot 7149

(Royalty, Coronation of Edward VII, Earl Marshal's Office), a collection of original tickets, letters and ephemera, chiefly relating to the Coronation of Edward VII, including a pair of invitation tickets to Coronation of Edward VII and Queen Alexandra, Westminster Abbey, 26th June, 1902, for Mr & Mrs Hervey Wilberforce, each signed by Henry Fitzalan-Howard, 15th Duke of Norfolk, Earl Marshal (1847-1917), and each with original printed Earl Marshal's Compliments Letter, and each with original printed O.H.M.S. postally used envelopes, addressed to Mr & Mrs Hervey Wilberforce, 6 Lingfield Road, Wimbledon, plus further Edward VII Coronation card of admission to admit Mr Wilberforce entry to the South Aisle of the Nave, Westminster Abbey, together with printed copy of the Special Police Regulations for that day, 3pp, folded, and Earl Marshal compliment's letter, these also in the original O.H.M.S. envelope, postally used, addressed to H Wilberforce Esq; plus correspondence relating to the Coronation of Edward VII, 15 letters/items in total, comprising Sir Francis Knollys (1837-1924), private secretary to Edward VII, 6 Autograph Letters Signed, 14 1/2pp, Marlborough House and Sandringham, 1901, of which 5 letters written to Sir Almeric Fitzroy (1851-1935), 1 letter written to 'My Dear Duke' (the Duke of Devonshire, who at this time was Lord President of the Council), letter dated 10 Augt 1901, 2 1/2pp "Private. Dear Mr Fitzroy, The King has been told that properly speaking the committee of the Privy Council & not the Earl Marshall should settle all the details of the Coronation: that is they have the power of deputing the Earl Marshal or the Lord Chamberlain, as they think fit, to undertake the management of the ceremony, to issue the necessary invitations &c &c - My interpretation however is that H.M. has been misinformed, as I believe the Earl Marshal, from long custom or by right, has everything in his own hands. Could you privately, kindly ascertain about this for me. Yours...Francis Knollys" , with then what appears to be a 1 1/2 pp draft reply; Sir Schomberg Kerr McDonnell (1861-1915), Principle Private Secretary to the Prime Minister, the Marquis of Salisbury, A.L.S., 2 1/4pp, Sandringham, 1901, to Sir Almeric Fitzroy; Henry Fitzalan-Howard, 15th Duke of Norfolk (1847-1915), Earl Marshal, A.L.S., 2pp, St. James's Square, 1902, to Sir Almeric Fitzroy; 5th Earl Spencer (1835-1910), Statesman and Viceroy of Ireland, A.L.S., 2 1/4pp, Turf Club, [nd], to the Duke of Devonshire with the Duke's draft reply on verso; 8th Duke of Devonshire (1833-1908), A.L.S., 1p, Winkfield, 1901, to Sir Almeric Fitzroy; Sir Michael Hicks Beach (1837-1916), A.L.S., 1p, Whitehall, 1901, to 'My Dear Duke', with typed copy of letter, 2pp, concerning the Scottish Regalia; Sir Almeric Fitzroy (1851-1935), A.L.S., 4pp, Privy Council Office, 1901, to 'My Dear Duke'; plus A.L.S. unidentified, 2 1/4pp, Whitehall, 1902; plus correspondence relating to mourning for Edward VII, 2 letters, Randall Cantuar (Randall Davidson, Archbishop of Canterbury), Typed Letter Signed, 1p, Lambeth Palace, 1910; 15th Duke of Norfolk, Earl Marshal, T.L.S., 1 1/4pp, Earl Marshal's Office, 1910, both letters to Almeric Fitzroy, content concerning how long mourning period should be, and the King's anxiety that the mourning period should not be too long to prevent distress from unemployment, but also not to inaugurate a system that overly reduces the period of public mourning of great national sorrows, that he wants a notice in the press explaining his motive, etc; plus 'The Form of the Proceeding to the Royal Coronation of Their Most Excellent Majesties King George III and Queen Charlotte...On Tuesday the 22nd Day of September 1761', Printed by William Bowyer, Sold by George Woodfall and Barnes Tovey, 1761, 18pp; Edward VII Coronation Horseguards Parade State booklet, 12pp, 9th August 1902, original pictorial wraps, etc NB see below for further transcripts of some of the letters relating to preparations for the Coronation of Edward VII:ALS Francis Knollys (1837-1924) to Sir Almeric Fitzroy (1851-1935), dated 23 June 1901, 2pp “Dear Mr Fitzroy, The designation of the Queen had better remain as you proposed it should be. The King thinks that the Master of the Purse & a Secretary of State should be summoned to the meeting of the Privy Council on Wednesday. His Majesty also thinks it would be advisable, if agreeable to you, that you should be on the Executive Coronation Committee. Yours…Francis Knollys” ALS Francis Knollys (1837-1924) to Sir Almeric Fitzroy (1851-1935), dated 21 June 1901, 2 1/4pp “Dear Mr Fitzroy, With reference to the alteration regarding the designation of the Queen in the Proclamation, would you kindly tell me if the words used by you are those which have always been used on previous occasions in former Reigns. If so, the Kings, in consideration, thinks they had perhaps better be kept, & his alteration would then be considered by you as null & void. Yours…Francis Knollys” ALS Francis Knollys to 'My Dear Duke' (the Duke of Devonshire, who at this time was Lord President of the Council), dated 13 June 1901, 3 1/4pp “My Dear Duke, I am desired by the King to thank you for your letter of yesterday, and to say that he has seen Lord Salisbury on the subject of the Coronation. H.M. wishes himself to nominate the members of the Committee of the Privy Council who will sit to consider the question of claims and assist him in preparing the necessary Proclamation. The same committee would also draw up a general outline of what the Ceremonial should be. After the proclamation has been issued the King would nominate an Executive Committee under the Presidency of the Earl Marshal, to which committee he proposes to entrust all the arrangements connected with the Coronation – as he is anxious that this latter committee should meet in July, he hopes that the committee of the Privy Council may be able to assemble during the present month. The approximate date of the Coronation will probably be about the middle of June. When there is anything further to tell you on the subject, I will not fail to write to you again. Yours sincerely Francis Knollys” ALS Almeric Fitzroy to My Dear Duke (Duke of Devonshire), dated 22 June 1901, Privy Council Office, 4pp, “My Dear Duke, I enclose lists of the Committee of Preparation and of the Executive Committee as approved bt the King. It appears to me unfortunate that Lord Balfour’s name should have been ? from this ?  & perhaps also that of the Lord L------? Of Ireland…You will know that Edward Hamilton is on the Executive Committee, as the Chancellor of the Exchequer wished. I have let Sir Michael’s ? Secretary know that the first meeting of the ? Committee will perhaps take place on July 1. ? the Chancellor should have any financial preparations to make. Yours… Almeric Fitzroy”

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Lot 7156

Two posters and over 50 items of ephemera concerning World War II Home Front, civil defence etc, the two original posters issued by the H.M.S.O. including "Use Only Boiled Water For Drinking, Preparing Food and Washing Up. Boil All Milk.", approx 76.5 x 51cm, folded as issued, VGC, and "How To Get Help After Air Raid Damage...", informing population of how to deal with aftermath of an air raid, from the initial reception at Rest Centres through to compensation for injury and repairs to damaged homes and removal and storage of belongings. Approx 76 x 50cm, folded as issued, VGC; Civil Defence Leaflets Numbers 1 (3 copies), 2 (2 copies) & 5, 1939, including "Your Gas Mask...- Masking Your Windows", "Fire Precautions in War Time" etc; small posters 'Wings For Victory - The Sky's the Limit for War Savings [Heavy bomber aircraft]', issued by National Savings Committee, c.1943, approx 19x12cm each (duplicates, approx 13 in total); British Red Cross First Aid certificate 1940; A.R.P. Warden's report forms (11), all blank; WW2 evacuation Post Office billeting receipts, October 1939, Laurencekirk (29 in total), all filled in with m/s details and stamped. It is estimated that between 1.5m & 3m people were evacuated in the first four days of September 1939 alone, standard recompense was 10/6d a week for a child and 8/6d for each additional child; lus ARP message forms, civil defence fire guards printed letter, Ale adverts printed on wartime paper economy (backs used for carbon copies of letters) etc

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Lot 7160

Small collection mixed antiquarian, religious etc, including (Rome Emperors, Biography) Cornelius Nepos: 'Cornelii Nepotis vitae excellentium imperatorum, observationibus ac notis variorum illustratae accurante Rob. Keuchenio', 1658, engraved title page, [24], 393, [15]pp, contemporary vellumJeremy Taylor: 'The Rule and Exercises of Holy Living...; The Rule and Exercises of Holy Dying...', London, Richard Royston, 1654, 4th edition corrected; L, Richard Royston, 1652, 2nd edition, two volumes in one, each with added engraved and printed title pages, first work [22],439,[4]pp, lacks leaf H6/H7; second work [38],339pp, defective, lacks pages 264-338, 12mo, contemporary calf worn; Eusebius Nieremberg: A Treatise of the Difference Betwixt the Temporal and Eternal, composed in Spanish by Eusebius Nieremberg, S.J. Translated into English by Sir Vivian Mullineaux, Knight. And since reviewed according to the tenth and last Spanish edition.', [London], 1672, [16], 589pp, contemporary calf (worn), lacks large part of backstrip; William Gurnall: 'The Christian in compleat armour, or, A treatise of the saints war against the Devil...', London, Ralph Smith, 1656, 2nd edition, a/f defective, lacks title page and first four unnumbered pages, [5-14],336,[12]pp, old calf gilt; "Democritus Junior" [i.e Robert Burton]: 'The anatomy of melancholy : what it is, with all the kinds, causes, symptomes, prognostics, and several cures of it. In three partitions ... / by Democritus junior. With a satyricall preface conducing to the following dicourse.', London, Vernor & Hood et al, 1804, 10th edition corrected, 2 volumes, engraved frontispieces, some contemporary m/s pen & ink annotations, old calf worn, rebacked retaining backstrips; plus 2 others (8)

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Lot 7162

A packet of pamphlets on Science, Medicine, Philosophy etc, including an exploration forgery/hoax by [Richard Adams Locke]: 'Some account of the great astronomical discoveries lately made by Sir John Herschel, at the Cape of Good Hope', London, E. Wilson, 1836, 85pp booklet, part of the "Great Moon Hoax of 1835" describing the supposed discovery of life and civilization on the moon, first published in the New York newspaper 'The Sun' in August 1835, falsely attributing the discoveries to Sir John Herschel, one of the best-known astronomers of that time, original stitched printed wraps (worn). An early example of fake news/disinformation; George Harley (1829-1896), Scottish Physician: 'Remarks on Hepatic Phlebotomy; and Puncturing the Liver's Capsule, as Curative Procedures in Hepatic Disease', 1886, 8pp, signed by the author to original top wrap, later original card wraps; Leonardo Olschki: 'Galileo's Philosophy of Science', 1943, 349-365pp, original printed wraps, signed and inscribed by author to top wrap; Michael Dummett (1925-2011), English academic and philosopher: 'Lo Sfondo Logico del Tractatus Logico-Philosophicus', Rome, 1954, signed & inscribed by Dummett to top wrap; plus 1 other similar (5)

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Lot 7193

Erasmus Darwin: 'Zoonomia; or, the Laws of Organic Life. In Three Parts. Complete in Two Volumes', Boston (MA), Thomas & Andrews, 1803, Second American from the third London edition, 2 volumes, volume 1 xxix,466,91,[1], first page of index to 3rd part at end present but lacking following 3rd part index leaves; volume 2 xii,511,[1]pp, contemporary calf very worn, a/f, plus 'The Temple of Nature; OR, the Origina of Society: A Poem, with Philosophical Notes', New York, T & J Swords, 1804, 256pp, contemporary calf very worn, a/f, top board detached but present, plus 'A Botanic Garden, A Poem, In Two Parts; Containing The Economy of Vegetation and the Loves of Plants. With Philosophical Notes - The Temple of Nature; Or, The Origin of Society: A Poem, with Philosophical Notes', London, Jones & Company, 1825, 2 volumes in 1, engraved portrait frontis + 8 engraved plates, viii,203pp; 100pp, contemporary cloth gilt, later rebacked retaining backstrip, plus Carl Von Linne: 'A System of Vegetables', London & Lichfield, Leigh & Sotheby, 1783, translated by Erasmus Darwin & others, from the 13th edition, 11 engraved plates as called for, a/f lacking a few leaves at end, crudely rebound boards, plus 1 other (6)

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Lot 7201

TURNER, J. M. W. (Joseph Mallord William Turner 1775-1851), BROOKE, Stopford Rev. (Stopford Augustus Brooke 1832-1916: 'The Liber Studiorum of J. M. W. Turner, R.A., Reproduced in facsimile by the autotype process from examples of the best states in possession of the Rev. Stopford Brooke, M.A.; Each plate accompanied with a critical notice by him.. In Two Volumes.', London: Henry Sotheran & Co., 1899, Second edition. Very good original bindings. Limited edition of 150 copies. 71 plates as listed. 2 matching volumes, oblong folio. 11.5" x 15.5" x 1.0". Vol.I. : [10pp.]/pp.76 + Plates Nos.I. - XXXVI. Vol. II. : [4pp.]/pp.84/[7pp. - Appendix] + Plate Nos. XXXVII - LXXI. Original green buckram with bright gilt titles to each front board and spine. Boards dis-coloured and edges rubbed, but bindings in very good condition. Top page edges gilt. Original black endpapers. Toning to free-endpapers, and last leaf of each volume, otherwise clean throughout. All plates in very good condition. "The Liber Studiorum, a series of Turner's landscape and seascape compositions published as prints in etching and mezzotint, has been described as perhaps containing 'the pith of all that is best in his life and work', central to Turner's career as the most personal and carefully conceived series of prints in his entire oeuvre', or at least the 'most complete document of Turner's attitude to his art in the first decade of the [nineteenth] century', and 'one of the most comprehensive exercises in publication ever mounted by a great artist.' The Latin title may be translated as 'Book of Studies..." - Tate Gallery. (2)

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Lot 7205

TURNER, J. M. W. (Joseph Mallord William Turner 1775-1851), Huish, Marcus Bourne (1845-1921): 'The Seine and the Loire: Illustrated After Drawings By J.M.W. Turner, R.A. With introduction and descriptions by M. B. Huish, LL.B. Editor Of "The Art Journal".', London, J. S. Virtue & Co., 1890, Large 4to. Original illustrated light blue, over bevelled boards, with bright gilt titles. Edges rubbed and bumped. Heavy wear to top & tail of spine. All page edges gilt. Brown endpapers, Inner hinges carefully strengthened. Clean text and illustrations throughout. Very good engravings on thick card. VG. N.B.: First published in 3 vols, as Turner's annual tour, vol.1 with the sub-title Wanderings by the Loire, and vols. 2-3, Wanderings by the Seine, 1833-1835

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Lot 7208

Henri Matisse: 'Jazz', London, Thames & Hudson, 2013, facsimile of the original edition, first published in 1947 by Tériade, Paris, 20 coloured plates printed in twelve colours on Polyedra Rives Tradition paper, together with black and white leaves of plates of his accompanying original notes in looping paintbrush, all housed in printed portfolio at slightly smaller size than the original numbered copy it was reproduced from (90%, 38x29cm), together with printed booklet of accompanying essays by Francesco Poli & Corrado Mingardi, orig. printed wraps, with some relevant ephemera, all housed together in original blue cloth solander box (slightly scuffed in places), silver lettered, printed title label to front cover, ribbon ties

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Lot 7259

Enid Blyton, 'Secret Seven', complete set of the 15 adolescent detective series novels, all 1st editions, 1st impressions, all published Brockhampton Press, Leicester, all in original cloth, all in dust wrappers and in collectable condition, comprising 'The Secret Seven', 1949, colour frontis & black & white ills. by George Brook, 'The Secret Seven Adventure', 1950, ill. George Brook, 'Well Done, Secret Seven!', 1951, ill. George Brook, 'Secret Seven on the Trail', 1952, ill. George Brook, 'Go Ahead Secret Seven', 1953, ill. Bruno Kay, 'Good Work Secret Seven', 1954, ill. Bruno Kay, 'Secret Seven Win Through', 1955, ill. Bruno Kay, 'Three Cheers Secret Seven', 1956, ill. Burgess Sharrocks, 'Secret Seven Mystery', 1957, Burgess Sharrocks, 'Puzzle for the Secret Seven', 1958, Burgess Sharrocks, 'Secret Seven Fireworks', 1959, Burgess Sharrocks, 'Good Old Secret Seven', 1960, Burgess Sharrocks, 'Shock for the Secret Seven', 1961, ill. Burgess Sharrocks, 'Look out Secret Seven', 1962, ill. Burgess Sharrocks, 'Fun for the Secret Seven', 1963, ill. Burgess Sharrocks. All in collectable condition, all dust wrappers with prices intact, all books internally leaves clean/VGC, none with ownership names, inscriptions or "this book belongs to" filled in. An excellent first edition set of the 15 full length Secret Seven novels, scarce to find together in collectable condition (15)

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Lot 7277

Michael Bond: 'A Bear Called Paddington', illustrated Peggy Fortnum, Collins, 1958, 1st edition, 128pp, black & white ills. throughout, original cloth, spine lettered in silver. First edition of the first book in the Paddington series; together with one other Paddington item (2)

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Lot 7282

First editions of the first four Puffin Story Books for children, comprising Barbara Euphan Todd: 'Worzel Gummidge, or the Scarecrow of Scatterbrook', ill. E Alldridge, 1941, 1st Puffin paperback edition, Puffin Story Book No.1, Derek McCulloch: 'Cornish Adventure', 1941, 1st Puffin paperback edition, PS No.2, Mrs Molesworth: 'The Cuckoo Clock', 1941, 1st thus, PS No.3, Herbert Best: 'Garram The Hunter', 1941, 1st thus, PS No.4, all published Penguin Books Ltd, all original wraps, plus Puffin Catalogues 1963-64 & 1970, each original pictorial wraps, plus Worzel Gummidge PS No.1 1946 reprint, orig. pictorial wraps, plus two Purnell Bobtail All Colour Books for children by Ruth Ainsworth, 'Earnest the Elephant', 1969, and 'The Lost Duck', 1969, each orig. pictorial boards (9)

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Lot 7286

A collection of mainly mid 20th Century children's books, including C.S. Lewis: 'Prince Caspian The Return to Narnia', L, Bles, 1957 reprint, colour frontis + black & white ills. by Pauline Baynes, original cloth lettered in silver; Mary Norton: 'The Magic Bed-Knob', ill. Joan Kiddell-Monroe, L, Dent, 1946, 1st reprint, coloured frontis + coloured and black & white ills., original pictorial cloth, one of the inspirations for the 1971 film 'Bedknobs & Broomsticks'; Hester Wagstaff, 2 titles: 'The Adventures of Velvet' & 'The Tale of the Jolly Robin', each pub. Faber, each 1945 first edition, each illustrated throughout and original paper covered boards, mounted colour illustrations to front covers; E.B. White: 'Stuart Little', ill. Garth Williams, NY & L, Harper & Brothers, c.1950, 5th edition, orig. pictorial cloth; George Theiner & Rudolf Lukes: 'Magnus the Mighty Magician', L, Bancroft, 1964, 1st edition, [12]pp, 6 double page colour illustrations with moving parts, original cloth backed pictorial boards; 'Ferdinand Hirt's Berliner Fibel', ill. Fritz Koch-Gotha, Breslau, 1930, 96pp, colour ills throughout, orig. cloth backed pictorial paper covered boards; 'Another 6', Basil Blackwell, 1959, 1st edition in this form, orig. cloth, dust wrapper; two first editions by Ronald Welch, etc etc (18)

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Lot 7300

Virginia Woolf, collection 14 titles by, and relating to her, including 'The Captain's Death Bed and Other Essays', London, Hogarth Press, 1950, 1st edition, original cloth gilt, dust wrapper (by Vanessa Bell); 'Three Guineas', London, Hogarth Press, 1938, 1st edition, original cloth gilt; 'The Common Reader Second Series', London, Hogarth Press, 1932, 1st edition, original cloth gilt; 'A Haunted House', Hogarth Press, 1947, 4th impression, orig. cloth gilt, dust wrapper (by Vanessa Bell); plus 'The Common Reader First Series', 1933, reprint, 'The Waves', 1933, new edition (3rd printing overall), 'A Room of One's Own', April 1935, reprint, 'Orlando a Biography', 1942, 3rd edition, 'Three Guineas', 1943, new edition, all original cloth gilt; plus a 1945 1st Penguin paperback edition of 'A Room of One's Own', plus 4 others (14)

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Lot 7301

Virginia Woolf: 'Jacob's Room', London, The Hogarth Press, 1922, 1st edition, one of only 1,200 copies, 290 pages + 14pp publisher's catalogue of adverts at end, original chrome yellow cloth (bumped at corners, usual slight wear, browning), printed paper title label to spine. Internally leaves clean/VGC, no names/inscriptions. First edition of Virginia Woolf's third novel, a key modernist text and one of her defining works

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Lot 7309

Khaled Hosseini: 'The Kite Runner', London, Bloomsbury, 2003, 1st edition, signed to title page in Farsi and English, original cloth dust wrapper (near fine/near fine, £12.99 price intact). Author's bestselling first novel, adapted into a 2007 film of the same name; 'A Thousand Splendid Suns', London, Bloomsbury, 2007, 1st edition, one of only 1500 signed first edition copies, signed in blue ink to half title/limitation page at front, original paper covered boards gilt, dust wrapper (near fine/near fine, £16.99 price intact). Author's second novel (2)

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Lot 7311

Graham Greene, five first editions, all published London, John Lane The Bodley Head, all original cloth, all in dust wrappers: 'Travels With My Aunt', 1969, 'In Search of a Character - Two African Journals', 1961, 'The Human Factor', 1978, 'Monsignor Quixote', 1982, 'Getting to Know the General', 1984 (5)

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Lot 7315

Richard Church: 'The Solitary Man', 1941, 1st edition (900), rebound decorative paper covered boards gilt, marbled EP's/pastedowns, by designer bookbinder Mark Cockram, and housed in hand made cloth solander box. Mark Cockram opened his first studio in Lincoln in 1992 and established 'Studio Five' in Barnes, London in 2003. Fellow of Designer Bookbinders since 2001, and a Brother of the distinguished Art Workers Guild, he has also been commissioned to bind works by Man Booker Prize finalists seven times. His work can be found in the British Library, the Grolier Club and the Victoria & Albert Museum, with some of his works also having been sold at Bonhams.

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Lot 7316

A handmade ''Art Binding'' by designer bookbinder Mark Cockram, "Hand & Head", based on a mid 14th Century binding made using traditional materials and techniques. Mark Cockram opened his first studio in Lincoln in 1992 and established 'Studio Five' in Barnes, London in 2003. Fellow of Designer Bookbinders since 2001, and a Brother of the distinguished Art Workers Guild, he has also been commissioned to bind works by Man Booker Prize finalists seven times. His work can be found in the British Library, the Grolier Club and the Victoria & Albert Museum, with some of his works also having been sold at Bonhams.

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Lot 7317

Colin Matheson: 'Brown Rats', 1962, in a handmade full rat pelt ''Art Binding'' by designer bookbinder Mark Cockram. Mark Cockram opened his first studio in Lincoln in 1992 and established 'Studio Five' in Barnes, London in 2003. Fellow of Designer Bookbinders since 2001, and a Brother of the distinguished Art Workers Guild, he has also been commissioned to bind works by Man Booker Prize finalists seven times. His work can be found in the British Library, the Grolier Club and the Victoria & Albert Museum, with some of his works also having been sold at Bonhams.

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Lot 7321

Seamus Heaney: 'Death of a Naturalist', London, Faber & Faber, 1966, 3rd impression, signed to FFEP "Seamus Heaney, Leicester, April 1967.", original cloth gilt, dust wrapper (18s price intact), fine/near fine, dust wrapper with one or two very small closed tears at top edge without loss, else an excellent, clean and crisp signed first edition copy of Heaney's first major published volume

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Lot 7323

William Gerhardi, 3 titles: 'Futility. A Novel on Russian Themes', London, 1927, 4th impression, signed & inscribed on FFEP "To my very dear friend David Sandelson - this my first book about the scenes and people we knew together. William Gerhardi. Aug. 1935. London", original cloth, David Sandelson bookplate to front pastedown, 'Jazz and Jasper', Duckworth, 1928, 1st edition, signed & inscribed FFEP "My dear David, This is the weakest of all my books, though undoubtedly it has merit. It was written for Beaverbrook's "Daily Express", all while partaking of his hospitality, as a serial. It bears traces of late nights and disordered days of London post-war crazes. The title was given to me by Hugh Kingsmill - I have never ceased to regret it - still, it is quite funny, the real hero, of course, is Beaverbrook. 22 May 1935. Yrs William G.", original cloth, David Sandelson bookplate front pastedown, 'The Polyglots', Cobden-Sanderson, 1925, 1st edition, original cloth, David Sandelson ownership sig FFEP (3)

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Lot 7324

Sir Arthur Conan Doyle: 'The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes', illustrated Sidney Paget, London, George Newnes, 1894, 1st edition, full page black & white frontis depicting Holmes about to meet his doom at the Reichenbach falls, plus numerous in text vignette illustrations throughout as called for, 279pp, original bevelled edge blue cloth gilt (worn), all edges gilt,inner joints near split. First edition of the second collection of Holmes stories, containing material published in The Strand between 1892 to 1893, including the climactic "The Adventure of the Final Problem"; together with another first edition copy of the same title, the frontis crudely tipped in at front, original cloth gilt worn; plus 3 monthly parts of 'The Strand Magazine' containing Conan Doyle Sherlock Holmes and other stories, comprising December 1892 containing adventure XIII of The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes "The Adventure of Silver Blaze"; June 1898 containing "The Story of the Beetle-Hunter"; February 1899 containing "The Story of the Jew's Breast-plate, all in much later paper wraps; plus John Murray Publisher booklet 'Conan Doyle Teller of Tales', circa 1923 (6)

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Lot 7336

Pearl S. Buck: 'Sons', London, Methuen, 1932, 1st edition, original cloth gilt, 'The Mother', L, Methuen, 1934, 1st edition, original cloth gilt, 'Fighting Angel', L, Methuen, 1937, 1st edition, original cloth gilt, 'The Chinese Novel', L, Macmillan, 1939, 1st edition, original quarter cloth, 'The Patriot', L, Methuen, 1939, 1st edition, original cloth, 'Today and Forever. Stories of China', L, Macmillan, 1941, 1st edition, original cloth gilt, dust wrapper, 'Dragon Seed', L, Methuen, 1942, 1st edition, original cloth gilt, 'House of Earth Trilogy', L, Methuen, 1936, 1st collected edition, original cloth gilt, plus other UK first editions 'The Promise', 1944 (in dust wrapper), 'Portrait of a Marriage', 1946, 'Pavilion of Women', 1947, 'Kinfolk', 1950, 'God's Men', 1951 (d/w), 'The Hidden Flower', 1952 (2 copies both in d/w's), 'Command the Morning', 1959 (d/w), plus other later firsts, US firsts, 'Pearl S. Buck. A Biography', by T.F. Harris, etc. Collection of works by the winner of the Nobel Prixe in Literature 1938 "for her rich and truly epic descriptions of peasant life in China and for her biographical masterpieces", the first American to win the prize (32)

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Lot 7344

'Designs By Mr. R. Bentley, For Six Poems By Mr. T. Gray', London, J. Dodsley, 1765, [8pp.]/ff. 35 (leaves)/[4pp.]/pp.39-55/[1p. (blank). With 6 full-page copperplate engravings engraved by Johann Sebastian Müller, (the frontispiece unusually bound before signature 'c') , and 13 engraved vignettes including title vignette. The six poems are printed and foliated on the recto only. 'Odes by Mr. Gray' and the 'Explanation of the prints', by Horace Walpole, are printed on both the recto and verso. Worm tracks to edges of endpapers and first two printed leaves. Light brown stain encroaching 13 cm from base, affecting the first 16 leaves. Contents: Ode on the spring -- Ode on the death of a favorite cat -- Ode on the distant prospect of Eton -- The long story -- Hymn to adversity -- Elegy written in a country church-yard -- Odes. Original "cats paw" calf. Corners rounded, Re-backed at some time in the past, with later red leather title label. Contemporary catspaw calf. Provenance: William Frederick Reynolds Woollcombe-Boyce, his armorial bookplate to recto of the front board. Large paper copy? 4to. 37.5cm x 27.5cm

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Lot 7354

Albert Camus: 'The Outsider', London, Hamish Hamilton, 1946, 1st edition in English, 1st impression, original cloth gilt. Originally published in France as L'Étranger in 1942, the first book of Albert Camus to be translated into English. Introduction by Cyril Connolly, who chose this book as one of his 100 key books of the modern movement

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Lot 7356

A collection of mainly poetry, including Francis Picabia: 'Unique Eunuque', Paris, Au Sans Pareil, 1920, 1st edition, limited edition (1,025), unnumbered out of series, abstract/avant garde portrait frontis of the author, "Collection Dada" series, preface by Tristan Tzara, 38,[1]pp, original printed wraps. Uncommon first edition by one of the early major figures of the Dada movement in the United States and in France; Mervyn Peake, 2 titles: 'The Rhyme of the Flying Bomb', London, Dent, 1952, 1st edition, 22 ills. by the author, ex library, original cloth dust wrapper, 'The Glassblowers', Eyre & Spottiswoode, 1950, 1st edition, ex library, original cloth, dust wrapper; WH Auden & Christopher Isherwood: 'On the Frontier', Faber, 1938, 1st edition, orig. cloth, dust wrapper; 'Mogucnosti', Yugoslavian literature publication published Split, July 1956, No.7, signed & inscribed by Divna Denkovic-Bratic to John Middleton Murry (1889-1957), original wraps; Edgar Allan Poe 'The Purloined Letter', Ulysses Bookshop, 1931, orig. printed wraps (worn); Ian Beck: 'The Summer House', 2005, limited edition (86/140), signed and numbered, illustrations (some hand coloured), original printed wraps; Muriel Spark: 'The Seraph and the Zambesi', JB Lippincott, 1960, privately printed, 21pp, orig. wraps; Margaret Atwood: 'Solstice Poems', gram poems 78-86, Vivage Press, 1998, ltd edn (24/25), numbered and signed by Christine Tacq, stitched folding coloured paper wraps; 'Transatlantic Review', No's 3-5, 7-18, 1960-65, contributions by Jack Kerouac, William Burroughs etc, original wraps; plus a few others including some signed

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Lot 7358

A collection of modern first editions etc, including John Steinbeck: 'The Short Reign of Pippin IV', New York, Viking, 1957, 1st edition, original cloth, dust wrapper; John le Carre: 'Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy', London, H & S, 1974, 1st edition, orig. cloth, dust wrapper (closed tear, slightly worn); H.G. Wells: 'The Undying Fire', London, Cassell, [1919], 1st edition, orig. cloth gilt; plus others Ernest Hemingway, Len Deighton, Dennis Wheatley, Ruth Rendell etc (24)

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Lot 7359

A collection of mixed literature, modern 1sts etc, including Arthur Conan Doyle 'The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes', ill Sidney Paget, London, George Newnes, 1894, 1st edition, lacks frontis, original cloth gilt (worn); Don C. Seitz: 'Writings by & about James Abbott McNeill Whistler. A Bibliography', Edinburgh, Otto Schulze & Co., 1910, 1st edition, one of 35o copies only, presentation copy from the author to Frank Redway, [viii],181,[3]pp, original cloth gilt, top edge gilt, others uncut, bookplate of A.P.A. Goodall. A VGC copy with original Henry Sotheran Ltd printed catalogue description; Tennessee Williams: 'Hard Candy a book of stories', New Directions, 1954, 1st edition in this form, limited edition, orig. quarter cloth, slipcase; Sebastian Faulks 3 signed first editions; Katherine Anne Porter's French Song Book, Paris, 1933, ltd edn, (99/595) signed and numbered, orig. quarter cloth gilt; Dan Simmons two signed limited editions; 'Three Fairy Tales by Oscar Wilde', The Winged Lion for Liberty, (334/500), original cloth backed boards, etc etc

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Lot 7360

Ian Fleming: 'Live and Let Die', London, Jonathan Cape, 1963 reprint, original black cloth, spine lettered in gilt, gilt roundel to front cover (internally VGC, boards VGC), in Kenneth Lewis designed dust wrapper (16s net price intact); 'Casino Royale', London, Jonathan Cape, 1957, 4th printing, original black cloth, spine lettered in red and with heart motif in red to front cover (internally leaves clean, boards/cloth v. slightly bumped/worn, but generally VGC), in a facsimile of the 1953 1st edition, 1st impression dust wrapper, designed by the author. Early printings of the author's first and second novels, the first and second James Bond books (2)

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Lot 7361

Ian Fleming: 'Goldfinger', London, Jonathan Cape, 1959, 1st edition, original black cloth, gilt lettered spine, skull design blindstamped to front cover with gilt "coins" in the eye sockets (without 3mm line to top left region of skull, Gilbert's first state binding, no priority, internally with neat ownership signature to FFEP, else leaves clean/VGC, boards/cloth generally VGC), in the Richard Chopping designed dust wrapper (v slightly worn at edges, else generally a VG example with 15s net price intact). the seventh Bon book which was adapted as the third film in 1964, starring Sean Connery as 007

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