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Lot 111

ROBINSON, W. Heath : (illustrator) A Song of the English by Rudyard Kipling, 16 colour plates, org. blue decorative pictorial cloth in edge torn but complete dust wrapper, 4to, n.d c1930. With - Harrison, Florence: (illustrator) Early Poems of William Morris, org. pictorial cloth, 16 tipped-in colour plates, 4to, Blackie, first ed. 1914. With - ADAMS, Frank : (illustrator) The Scholar-Gipsy by Matthew Arnold, org. cloth in worn d/w, 10 tipped-in colour plates, 4to, Nicholson & Watson, 1933. With seven other illustrated books including three pocket editions of Jane Austen.(14)

Lot 329

WILLIAMSON, Henry - The Beautiful Years A Tale of Childhood : org. blue cloth lettered in red, 8vo, Collins, first, 1921. * Author's first book.With 2 other editions.(3)

Lot 150

BIBLE : Begins at Psalms D2; (vi); O.T. A - I3; Ll3 and Ll4 corners torn with small amount of loss. Engraved title-page + printed title; NT A1 - N8 lacking leaves at the rear, two pages torn with loss, the general title-page has been stuck to the rear paste down, cont. panelled calf well rubbed, 4to, printed at the Theater, Oxford. 1675. * Herbert, 719 ? The first English Bible to be printed in Oxford. * Sold with all faults not subject to return.

Lot 237

DURRELL, Lawrence - The Red Limbo Lingo A Poetry Notebook : org. red cloth in glassine d/w, in plain black slipcase, 4to, limited edition of 1200 numbered copies, Faber, 1971. With a collection of fifteen other books mainly first editions in d/ws by Lawrence Durrell.(16)

Lot 260

HOLLAND, Philemon - Cyrupaedia or the Institution and Life of Cyrus, the first of that name King of Persians : engraved title-page, full calf front board detached, all page edges in red, complete, folio, 1632.

Lot 667

HUDSON, W. H - Birds of La Plata : 2 vols, twenty-two coloured plates by H. Gronvold, org. cloth in d/w, 4to, 1920. With - 153 Letters from W. H. Hudson ... edited ... by Edward Garnett, org. buckram slightly unevenly faded, tall 8vo, Nonesuch Press, 1923. With - Williamson, Henry ... Richard Jefferies, org. cloth in d/w, 8vo, Faber, first ed, 1937. With 13 others on W. H. Hudson and Richard Jefferies, including illustrated with woodcuts.(17)

Lot 701

TUNNICLIFFE, C. F. Shorelands Summer Diary : org. cloth in edge worn d/w, illust, large 4to, Collins, first edition, 1953. With six other natural history books.(7)

Lot 700

TUNNICLIFFE, C. F - Shorelands Summer Diary : woodcuts throughout, org. cloth in edge torn with a small amount of loss d/w, 4to, Collins, first edition, 1952. With - four others illustrated by Tunnicliffe, and one other illustrated with wood cuts.(6)

Lot 759

GOODSALL, Robert H - Palestine Memories 1917-1918-1925, illust, Org cloth in edge worn d/w, tall 8vo, subscription edition of 300 copies, 1925. With six volumes of Churchill's War Speeches, all bar one first editions in edge worn d/ws. & five volumes of Second World War,(12)

Lot 330

WILLIAMSON, Henry - The Lone Swallows : org. black buckram spine with printed paper title-label, plain boards, 8vo, Collins, first edit, 1922.(two copies). With another copy illustrated by C. F. Tunnicliffe, org. green cloth, 8vo, Putnam's, first illustrated edition, 1933. With another edition, 1937.(4)

Lot 579

LEVINGE, Captain R.G.A - Echoes from the Backwoods; or Sketches of Transatlantic Life : 2 vols, 6 plates, org. pictorial green gilt cloth, 8vo, Henry Colburn, first edition, 1846. With 4 other travel books.(6)

Lot 309A

SHERWOOD, Mrs - Scenes From Real Life for the young : First series, 4 hand coloured plates, small 4to, Darton Clark, n.d. With - Tales About America and Australia. By Peter Parley, two hand coloured maps, illust, org. cloth worn on spine, small 8vo, Darton & Clark, n.d. c 1850s. With 5 others.(7)

Lot 140

AYRTON, Michael - The Testament of Daedalus : org. cloth backed marbled boards in d/w, 8vo, Methuen, first edition, 1962. With - Clausentum Sonnets by John Arlott Drawings by Michael Ayrton, cloth in d/w, 8vo Cape, first ed. 1946. With six others.(8)

Lot 643

' B B ' - (illustrator) D. J. Watkins- Pitchford : The Countryman's Bedside Book : org. cloth in d/w, 8vo, Eyre & Spotiswoode, first edition, 1941. England is a Village : org. cloth, 8vo, Eyre & Spotiswoode, first edition, 1940. The Wayfaring Tree: org. cloth, 8vo, Hollis & Carter, first edition, 1945. Letters From Compton Deverell: org. cloth in d/w, Eyre & Spotiswoode, first edition, 1950. Wild Lone : org. cloth in defective d/w, 8vo, Eyre & Spotiswoode, first edition, 1938. With seven others published by Eyre & Spotiswoode in d/ws.(12)

Lot 229

D'EWES, Sir Simonds - The Journals of all the Parliaments During the Reign of Queen Elizabeth : calf very worn spine with amateur repair, contents crisp and clean, folio, 1682. With - Bacon, Nathaniel, An Historical and Political Discourse on the Laws and Government of England, from the First Times to the End of the Reign of Queen Elizabeth, calf rebacked, folio, 1739.(2)

Lot 205

BROCK, C. E (illustrator) - Northanger Abbey by Jane Austen : org. light green cloth decorated extensively in gilt, 8vo, Inscription on endpaper which is also a little browned, cloth bright, J. M. Dent, first thus, 1907. With eleven others in the same series, all illustrated by Brock.(12)

Lot 277A

LAWRENCE, T. E : The Letters ... edited by David Garnett, org. cloth in clipped d/w, 4to, Cape, first ed. 1938. With eight others relating to T. E Lawrence, and four by David Garnett.(12)

Lot 638

' B B ' - ( Illustrator) D. J. Watkins - Pitchford : The Little Grey Men - org. cloth in torn and soiled d/w, 8vo, Eyre & Spottiswoode, first edit, 1942. With- The Wind in the Wood -org. cloth in torn with some loss d/w, 4to, Hollis& Carter, first edit, 1952. With - The Forest of Boland Light Railway - org cloth in price-clipped d/w, 8vo, Eyre & Spotiswoode,, first edit, 1955 .(3)

Lot 331

WODEHOUSE, P. G - Cocktail Time : org. red cloth (bright) in price-clipped but otherwise complete d/w, 8vo, Jenkins, first edit, 1958. With - Stiff Upper Lip, Jeeves : org. cloth (bright) in complete untorn d/w, 8vo, Jenkis 1963 (2).

Lot 608

RUNDALL, Lieut. L. B - The Ibex of Sha-Ping and other Himalayan Studies : illustrated, org. green cloth covers damp faded, 4to, first edition, 1915.

Lot 92

RACKHAM, Arthur (illustrator) - Undine By De La Motte Fouque : 15 mounted plates, org. blue gilt pictorial cloth, 4to, Heinemann, first ed, 1909. With - Arthur Rackham's Book of Pictures : 44 tipped in colour plates, org. pictorial cloth tears at top of the spine no loss, 4to, Heinemann, first edition, 1913. With - The Tempest, illustrated by Edmund Dulac, org. pictorial cloth front hinge split, 40 tipped in colour plates, 4to, Hodder & Stoughton, (1908).(3)

Lot 280

LEE, Laurie - I Can't Stay Long, org. buckram in torn but complete dust wrapper, 8vo, first edition, 1975. * Author's presentation inscription. With - Compton Mackenzie, Echoes, org. cloth in edge torn d/w, 8vo, first edition, 1954. * Author's presentation inscription. With - Noel Coward, Hay Fever, org. cloth paper title labels, 8vo, first edition, 1925. With - Hannen Swaffer's Who's Who, org. cloth, tall 8vo, limited edition of 100 copies signed by the author, first edition, n.d. With 8 others inc. signed copies.(small box)

Lot 242

FLEMING, Ian - 14 JAMES BOND paperbacks, the complete set all in their original evocative soft covers. All Pan Books, except The Spy Who Loved Me which is a Panther book. The following seven are first paperback editions :- Live and Let Die; Diamonds are Forever; From Russia With Love; Goldfinger; Thunderball; The Spy Who Loved Me; The Man With the Golden Gun. * With first paperback editions of Chitty Chitty Bang Bang; Thrilling Cities; The Diamond Smugglers; The James Bond Dossier.(19)

Lot 315

STOWE, John - The Annales, or Generall Chronicle of England, begun first by maister John Stowe ... unto the ende of this present yeere 1614, by Edmond Howes, gentleman : engraved title-page, complete, folio, full calf, 1615.

Lot 75

LANG, Andrew - The Orange Fairy Book : 8 col. plates, org. pictorial gilt orange cloth, 8vo, first edit. 1906.* front and back blank endpapers slightly tanned otherwise an exceptional copy. With - The Yellow Fairy Book : spine sunned, lost a lot of the gilt, text a little loose in the binding, 8vo, neat ownership inscription in the upper margin of the half-title, first edition, 1894. With - The Pink Fairy Book : some fading to the cloth spine sunned, 8vo, first edition, 1897. With - The Book of Princes and Princesses : 8 col. plates, org. pictorial blue gilt cloth bright, 8vo, inscription on front blank endpaper, first edition, 1908. With five others by Andrew Lang,(9)

Lot 722

WILLIAMSON, Henry - The Story of a Norfolk Farm : org. cloth in complete d/w, 8vo, Faber, first edition, 1941. With 6 others.(7)

Lot 124

TOMLINSON, H. M - The Sea & The Jungle : woodcuts by Clare Leighton, org. cloth in complete d/w, 8vo, Duckworth, first thus, 1930. With 12 others illustrated with woodcuts.(13)

Lot 236

DRYDEN, John - The Works of John Dryden, now first collected in eighteen volumes, 18 vols, full calf most attractively rebacked extra gilt and morocco labels, eng. portrait frontispiece, 8vo, printed for William Miller, 8vo, 1808. * presented by C. Yonge

Lot 711

WILLIAMSON, Henry - Richard Jefferies. Selections of his Work, with details of his Life and Circumstance, his Death and Immortality : org. cloth in d/w, 8vo, Faber, first edit, 1937. With 15 others by Richard Jefferies and W.H. Hudson.(16)

Lot 828

SOUTH AFRICA PHOTOGRAPHS: Photograph album, gilt blocked on the upper cover, " Photographic View of South Africa," Twenty photographs average size 100 x 75 mm, no photographer but two initialled " T.H. W" in the mount. c1900. With - Another album containing 55 photographs average size of photographs 155 x 100 mm, first photograph initialled and dated 1899. (3)* many of the photographs relate to the building of the railway at Salisbury. With a smaller padded album mainly family photographs.

Lot 441

BARTON, R. M - Life in Cornwall in the Early Nineteenth Century; Mid Nineteenth Century; Late Nineteenth Century; End of the Nineteenth Century, 4 vols, cloth in d/w, 8vo, 1970-74. With fifteenth other modern books publisher's Bradford Barton, David & Charles,etc. all in d/ws and relating to Cornwall. With - Hoskins, W.G. A Shell Guide. Leicestershire, cloth in d/w, Faber, first edition, 1970.(20)

Lot 347

CARY, John - Cary's New and Correct English Atlas: being a New Set of County Maps - advert lf, eng. title-page, eng. dedication lf, (viii), general map, 2 maps (Wales),55 county maps with original outline hand colouring, half calf boards detached, advert if torn, all maps in very good condition except for Dorset which has a splash mark, 4to, first edition,1787.

Lot 634

' B B ' - ( Illustrator) D. J. Watkins - Pitchford : A Child Alone - org. cloth in d/w, 8vo, Michael Joseph, first edition, 1978. With - Ramblings of a Sportsman-Naturalist - org. cloth in d/w, 8vo, Michael Joseph, first edition, 1979. With - The Naturalist's Bedside Book - org. cloth in d/w, 8vo, Michael Joseph, first edition, 1980. With - The Quiet Fields - org. cloth in d/w, 8vo, Michael Joseph, first edition, 1981. With - Indian Summer - org. cloth in d/w, 8vo, Michael Joseph, first edition, 1984. With - The Best of' B B ' 4to, Michael Joseph, first edition, 1985.(6)

Lot 17

GREAT EXHIBITION: Exhibition of the Works of Industry of All Nations, 4 vols., 1851. Reports by the Juries on the subjects in the thirty classes into which the Exhibition was divided, illustrated with photographs, stout folio, superbly bound by Riviere in full crimson morocco with thick raised bands, one volume with an ink stain on the spine, (1851). With - Official Descriptive and Illustrated Catalogue, 3 vols,(1851), matching previous lot. With - First Report of the Commissioners for the Exhibition of 1851, 1 vol., to the Right Hon. Spencer Horatio Walpole, matching previous items, two large folding plans,1852. * all eight volumes are presentation copies to The RIGHT HON. WILLIAM EWART GLADSTONE, highly influential nineteenth century politician being four times prime minister, he was a commissioner for the 1851 Great Exhibition. A superb and rare set, with immaculate provenance.(8)

Lot 255

HEMINGWAY, Ernest - A Moveable Feast : org. cloth in d/w, 8vo, Cape, first ed. 1964. With - Waugh, Evelyn, The Holy Places, wood engravings by Reynolds Stone, org. cloth, Queen Anne Press, tall 8vo, limited edition of 1000 numbered copies, 1953. 2 others by Hemingway, and 6 by Graham Greene.(10)

Lot 727

WILLIAMSON, Henry/LAWRENCE, T. E : Genius of Friendship : Org. cloth in d/w, tall 8vo, Faber, first edition, 1941. With 4 others relating to T.E. Lawrence.(5)

Lot 98

RACKHAM, Arthur : ( illustrator ) - Siegfried & The Twilight of the Gods By Richard Wagner, 30 colour plates, 4to, org. cloth very slightly rubbed, Heinemann, first edition, 1911

Lot 74

KINGSLEY, Charles The Water-Babies : a fairy tale for a Land-Baby, 2 plates by J. Noel Paton, rubbed morocco, first edition, 1863.

Lot 107

ROBINSON, Heath - Absurdities A Book of Collected Drawings : org. decorative boards rubbed the spine down to the hessian, large 4to, Hutchinson, first edition, (1934). With, Hans Andersen's Fairy Tales with Illustrations by W. Heath Robinson, original cloth a little stained and rubbed, 4to, Boots, c1930. With Flora's Feast A Masque of Flowers by Walter Crane, org. cloth backed pictorial boards a little rubbed but bright, 4to. Cassell, 1889. With a very used condition Andrew Lang's The Prince Nobody.(4)

Lot 451

CLEMO, Jack - The Map of Clay : cloth in complete d/w, 8vo, Methuen, first ed. 1961. * a typed and signed note by Clemo loosely inserted refers to the introduction by Charles Causley being not accurate as with the encouragement of a lady friend with whom he spent his holiday with, has encouraged him to learn Braille. With - Clay Cuts, woodcuts by Stan Dobbin, org. decorated boards in slipcase, 8vo, The Previous Parrot Press, limited to 186 copies, this being one of the 38 that have been hand-coloured, signed by the author and the woodcut artist. 1991. With another copy uncoloured.(3)

Lot 723

WILLIAMSON, Henry - The Village Book : org. cloth in complete d/w, 8vo, Cape, first edition, 1930. With Life in a Devon Village : org. cloth in near complete d/w. With Tales of a Devon Village : org. cloth in d/w, 8vo, Faber, first edition, 1945. With - The Labouring Life : org. cloth in chipped d/w, 8vo, Cape, first edition, 1932. With - On Foot in Devon : org. cloth, 8vo, Maclehose, first ed, 1933. With one other.(6)

Lot 97

RACKHAM, Arthur : ( illustrator ) - Siegfried & the Twilight of the Gods : 30 tipped-in colour plates, org. pictorial cloth slight nick base of spine, 4to, contemporary ownership inscriptions of front paste down and end paper, Heinemann, new impression, 1924. With - The Rhinegold & the Valkyrie : 34 tipped-in colour plates, org. pictorial cloth (matching previous book), 4to, cont. ownership inscription on front end paper, Heinemann, new impression, 1928. With - The Ring of the Niblung : 46 colour plates, org. pictorial blue cloth in edge and spine torn d/w with little loss, 4to, ownership inscription on front paste down, Heinemann, first edition, 1939.(3)

Lot 577

KELLY, R. Talbot - Egypt Painted and Described Original pictorial cloth, spine dull, some soiling, first gathering has become loose . 60 colour plates. 4to, Limited edition of 500 numbered copies signed by the artist. A & C. Black.,1902. With - two reprints of Whymper Alpine guides.(3)

Lot 290

McEWAN, Ian - a small collection of four signed first editions including : ' Atonement,' 2001. " Other Minds," 2001. " Soursweet," 1988. " The Imitation Game." * all in immaculate condition.(4)

Lot 319

THOMAS, Dylan - Letters to Vernon Watkins : cloth in d/w, frontispiece, 8vo, Dent & Faber, first ed. 1957. With - Lawrence, D.H, Lady Chatterley's Lover, complete unexpurgated edition, cloth in d/w, 8vo, Heinemann, 1960. With 4 others.(6)

Lot 222

CONRAD, Joseph - Tales of Hearsay : cloth in edge torn d/w, 8vo, foxing, Fisher Unwin, first ed. 1925. Suspense : cloth in defective d/w, 8vo, foxing, Dent, first ed. 1925. With 2 others.(4)

Lot 635

' B B ' - ( Illustrator) D. J. Watkins - Pitchford : Lepus the Brown Hare - org. cloth in d/w,small 4to, front endpaper has been neatly removed, Ernest Benn, first edition, 1962. With - The Birds of the Lonely Lake - org. cloth in d/w/ small 4to, front endpaper removed, first edition, 1961. With - Vix the story of a fox cub - org. cloth in d/w, small 4to, first edition, 1960. With 3 others that relate to foxes.(6)

Lot 103

RACKHAM, Arthur : ( illustrator ) - The Tempest by William Shakespeare - 20 tipped-in colour plates, org. pictorial black cloth lettered in gilt, school prize emblem on the front cover in gilt, prize label also on front pastedown, 4to, Heinemann, first edition, 1926 * bright copy

Lot 714

WILLIAMSON, Henry - The Ackymals : illustrated, org. cloth backed decorative boards, 4to, Windsor Press. Limited edition of 225 copies signed and numbered, 1929. With - The Flax of Dream : org. cloth in d/w, 8vo, Faber, first thus, 1936. With - The Pathway : org. green cloth in a slightly discoloured d/w, 8vo, Cape, first edition, 1928. With 2 other reprints.(5)

Lot 144

BELLOC, Hilaire - The Man Who Made Gold : seventeen drawings by G. K. Chesterton, org. cloth in torn but nearly complete d/w, 8vo, Arrowsmith, first edition, 1930. With 7 others by Belloc, and one other.(8)

Lot 137

AUSTEN, Jane - Jane Austen's Novels, set, org. brown cloth, Engraved frontispiece and title-page, 8vo, Richard Bentley, foxing mainly confined to first few and last pages, couple of volumes slight lean to text block, otherwise a good bright set, 1869. (5).

Lot 661

FORSHAW, Joseph M - Parrots of the World: Illustrated by William T. Cooper, colour plates, distribution maps, org. faux leather in complete dust wrapper, tall 4to, David & Charles, second edition, 1978. With - Brown, Leslie H; Urban, Emil F & Newman, Kenneth ( and others) - The Birds of Africa, 6 vol. set, illustrated by Martin Woodcock and Peter Hayman, org. cloth in complete dust wrappers, folio, Academic Press, 1982-2000.* The first six volumes of eight. Very good (7).

Lot 95

RACKHAM, Arthur : ( illustrator ) - Fairy Tales By Hans Andersen : 12 colour plates, org. brick red pictorial cloth, 4to, four small paper scraps stuck to verso of blank front endpaper, Harrap, first edition, 1932. With - The Arthur Rackham Fairy Book : 9 colour plates, org. pictorial red cloth, 8vo, ownership inscription on front end paper, three additional paper scraps stuck to verso of blank front end paper and verso of bibliography, Harrap, first edition, 1933. With three others illustrated by Arthur Rackham.(5)

Lot 804

INDIA VISITORS BOOK : Kept by Lady Adrana Allesandra, wife of Chief Commissioner of Delhi Sir William Hailey the Chief Commissioner of Delhi, later Governor of the Punjab, and Govenor of the United Provinces, between 1913 and 1934. The book was kept at their various homes Metcalf House and Racquet House in Delhi; Peterhof and Barnes Court in Simla; and Government House in Lahore. Containing hundreds of signatures of the 'great and the good.' Noted : Prince Arthur and Princess Alexandra, Princess Helene, Indian royal and princely families, British aristocracy, Viceroys of India, Prime Ministers, Sir Edwin Lutyens and Sir Herbert Barker who both were responsible for the design of New Delhi, Sir Marc Aurel, Prince Ranjitsinghji and other cricketers, Duke of Hamilton (the first man to fly a plane over Everest, Hugh Ruttledge, other climbers, Edith Downing (suffragette), Clement Attlee. etc, etc. Size : 260 x 210 mm, padded leather spine detached.

Lot 332

WODEHOUSE, P. G - French Leave : org. cloth in torn but complete d/w, 8vo, first edition, 1955. With - Full Moon, org. cloth in torn d/w, n.d first printing. With - Nothing Serious, org. cloth, first printing.(3)

Lot 575

JOHNSTON, Sir Harry - The Uganda Protectorate ... (etc) : 2 volumes, well illustrated inc. in colour, Org. black cloth nice and bright, 4to, Hutchinson, first edition, 1902.

Lot 715

WILLIAMSON, Henry - The Dream of Fair Women : org. dark blue cloth lettered in red, 8vo, Collins, first edition, 1924. With another copy, org. red buckram faded on the spine, tall 8vo, limited edition of 200 numbered and signed copies, Faber, 1931. With another copy, org. brick red cloth, 8vo, Faber, first edition,1931. (3)

Lot 305

SASSOON, Siegfried - Memoirs of a Fox-Hunting Man : illustrated by William Nicholson, org. pictorial cloth in slightly edge worn d/w, 8vo, Faber, first illustrated edition, 1929. With - Memoirs of an Infantry Officer, cloth in (severely) price-clipped d/w, Faber, first edition, 1930. With - Sherston's Progress, cloth price-clipped d/w, 8vo, Faber, first ed, 1936. With - The Road To Ruin, cloth in d/w, tall 8vo, Faber, first ed, 1933. With Siegfried's Journey, cloth in edge worn d/w, 8vo, 1945. With - Collected Poems 1908-1956, cloth in price clipped d/w, 8vo, Faber, first ed 1959.(6)

Lot 154

BIBLE : The Bible - Lacks the first printed title-page, OT 1 - 196; NT (printed title-page)1 - 116; Revelation 1 - 20; Psalms; tables; Psalms 1 - 97; prayers, cont. black morocco, 4to, 1595. * Lacking the first title, and several pages torn two with loss the worse being the first page of Revelation. imprimatur page and two pages of Revelations mis-bound but present. * sold with all faults not subject to return

Lot 641

' B B ' (D. J. ( Watkins- Pitchford ) : Stories of the Wild By A. Windsor - Richards, org. cloth in d/w, 8vo, Ernest Benn, first edit, 1975. More Stories of the Wild, org. cloth, 8vo, Ernest Benn, first edit , 1977. With a number of others including works published posthumously, and in appreciation.(box)

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