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Click here to subscribeThree Books by W. Somerset Maugham: 1930 First Edition of The Gentleman in the Parlour by W. Somerset Maugham Published by William Heinemann,1922 Edition of On a Chinese Screen by W. Somerset Maugham and a 1935 Edition of Don Fernando by W. Somerset Maugham. Condition Issues to Include Ware etc
A Collection of Early/Mid 20th Century Published Story Books to Include 1964 (Ninth Impression) of Peter Pan by J. M. Barrie, Published by Hodder & Stoughton (Complete with Dust Jacket), 1955 Edition The Story of Peter Pan Illustrated by Alice B Woodward, Published G. Bell & Sons, 1941 (Sixty-fifth) Edition of The Wind in the Willows by Kenneth Grahame Published by Methuen, 1928 Phoenix Library First Issuing of First Plays by A.A. Milne, 1943 Edition of Kim by Rudyard Kipling Published by Macmillan and Co. and Rudyard Kipling's Verse Inclusive Edition 1885-1918
A Collection of Vintage Published Books on a Topic of Fishing to Include The Fisherman's Bedside Book by 'BB', A 1944 The Fisherman's Vade Mecum by G. W. Maunsell, The Roving Angler by Herbert Palmer, First Printing of Angling for Brown Trout by A R Harris Cass, 1946 Edition The Science of Spinning for Salmon & Trout by Alexander Wanless, First Printing of Thoughts on Angling by J.C. Mottram, First Printing of Holiday Trout Fishing and A Trout Angler's Notebook by H.S. Joyce, Here and There a Lusty Trout by Powell, Let's Go Fishing! by L V Bates, A Trout Rose by R D Baird, 1947 Edition of Angling Ways by E Marshall-Hardy, 1960 Edition of The Evening Rise by H.M. Bateman, The Angler's Week-end Book by Eric Taverner and John Moore, 1946 reprint of Coarse Fishing by Bazley and Weatherall and a 1955 Edition of The Gentle Art of Angling by Bernard Venables
A Collection of Books on a Topic of Birds and Nature to Include First Edition of Bird Haunts in Southern England and Bird Haunts in Northern Britain by G.K. Yeates, Birds in Action by Eric Hosking and Cyril Newberry, Birds of the Day, Birds of the Day by Eric Hosking and Cyril Newberry, More Birds of the Day by Eric Hosking and Cyril Newberry, Birds of the Night by Eric Hosking and Cyril Newberry, The New Naturalist, Birds In Colour by Walter Higham A Collection of Books on a Topic of Birds to Include 1948 Edition British Birds in Their Haunts, 1946 Edition of Call of The Birds by Charles Bayne, 1946 Edition of How to Study Birds etc
A Collection of Books on a Topic of Wildfowl and Sporing to Include 1937 October Reprint of Sporting Adventure by J. Wentworth Day, 1962 First Edition of Guns This Way by H W Pearson-Rogers, 1936 First Ordinary Rebound Edition of Morning Flight A Book of Wildfowl by Peter Scott and a 1942 Edition of Wild Chorus by Peter Scott. Condition Issues to Include Ware etc
A Collection of Three by The Rev. W. Awdry Books to Include 1960 First Published Edition of The Twin Engines, 1969 First Published Edition of Oliver The Western Engine and a 1963 Edition The Three Railway Engines. Condition Issues to Include Binding Issues and Inscription etc Together with The Little Red Engine Gets a Name by Diana Ross and The Story Book of Trains by Maud and Miska Petersham
A Collection of Books and Ephera on a Topic of Sailing to Include 1948 Edition of Sailing Alone Around the World and Voyage of Liberdade by Captain Joshua Slocum, Sailing on a Small Income by Maurice Griffiths, Three Men in a Boat, First Edition of a Sailor of Napoleon by John Lesterman Published by Jonathan Cape etc. Together with a Collection of Books on a Topic of Lace, Silk and Leather Work to Include An Old Silk Family 1745-1945, The Romance of Lace and Leather Work and a Britain's Birds and Their Nests Described by A Landsborough Thompson and Illustrated with 132 Drawings in Colour by George Rankin Published by W & R ChambersCondition Issues to Include Ware etc
A Collection of Various Books on the Topic of Military to comprise 1992 Edition of Fatherland by Robert Harris, The Day of the Jackal by Frederick Forsyth, Yesterdays Witness by James Cameron (First Published 1979) 1974 Tenth Printing of The Rise and Fall of the Third Reich Etc together with a Collection of Various Book on the Topic of British Racing Cars and Rallying.
Five Volumes of Speeches by The Right Hon. Winston S Churchill to Include Twelfth Edition (May 1947) of Into Battle, Third Edition (Dec 1943) of The Unrelenting Struggle, Second Edition (June 1945) of Onwards to Victory, 1945 First Edition of The Dawn of Liberation and 1946 First Edition of Victory Together with a 1946 Edition of Secret Session Speeches Delivered by the Right Hon. Winston Churchill to the House of Commons 1940-1943
Iron Maiden 12" / Shaped / Picture Disc Singles, eight Picture Disc and Special edition 12" and Shaped singles comprising From Here to Eternity (Shaped picture disc with plinth), Bring Your Daughter..(12" Picture disc), Running Free (12" Picture disc), Nico McBrain - Rhythm of the Beast (Shaped picture disc with plinth), From Here to Eternity (12" Poster Sleeve), The Trooper (12" Picture disc), Out of the Silent Planet (12" Picture Disc) and Women In Uniform (Double 12" Single from the First Ten Years) - various years and conditions
Neil Young / Jimmy Page / Oasis / Black Crowes Signatures, two First Day Cover envelopes of Famous Kings and Queens, one with signatures of Neil Young, Jimmy Page, all Members of Oasis and the Black Crowes and one with signatures of Neil Young and Noel Gallagher - comes with COAs from Celebrity Signed Covers and BBS memorabilia - excellent condition
Eastwood / Stallone / Schwarzenegger Laser Discs, thirty laser discs, twenty one Clint Eastwood including Dirty Harry x 5 different, Coogan's Bluff, Hang 'em High, Unforgiven, Pale Rider, High Plains Drifter, Joe Kidd, Josey Wales, Good Bad & The Ugly, Fistful of Dollars, Few Dollars More and others plus Sylvester Stallone in Cobra, First Blood, Rambo 2 and 3 and Judge Dredd and four Arnold Schwarzenegger: The Running Man, Commando, Total Recall and True Lies, all excellent visual condition
Le Carre, John"Absolute Friends", Hodder & Stoughton 2003, red cloth, dj, silk ribbon marker (2 copies), first editions"The Constant Gardener", Hodder & Stoughton 2001, blue cloth, dj "A Perfect Spy", Hodder & Stoughton 1986, blue cloth, dj price clipped, with inscription on red ffep "Smilies People", Hodder & Stoughton 1979, blue cloth, dj not price clipped, dj has some wear"A Most Wanted Man", Hodder & Stoughton 2008, black cloth, dj, green silk ribbon marker "The Little Drummer Girl", Hodder & Stoughton 1983, brown cloth, dj not price clipped (7)
Quantity of childrens books to include Hugh Lofting, Roald Dahl, Laura Lee Hope, Frank Knight, AA Milne (modern), Penelope Lively, etc (2 boxes)Condition ReportHugh Lofting =Doctor Doolittle's Garden - Nineteenth Impression 1966Doctor Doolittle in the Moon - Reprinted 1975Doctor Doolittle in the moon - Sixteenth Impression 1961Doctor Doolittle's Zoo - Eighteenth Impression 1962Doctor Doolittle's Puddleby Adventures - Reprint 1962Roald Dahl=Going solo First Edition (x2)My Uncle Oswald First Edition
Childrens Books - , Mary Norton, Ruby Ferguson, Dick King Smith, Lucy Fitch-Perkins, Mary Fitt, Grace James and Beatrix Potter, etc (2 boxes) Condition ReportMary Norton:The Borrower's Afloat - Second ImpressionThe Borrower's Afloat - First Edition (x2)The Bread and Butter Stories - First Edition
Johns, W E Captain12 first editions of Biggles adventure stories, 11 with dj, to include:-"Biggles Takes a Holiday", "Biggles Delivers the Goods", "Biggles Hunts Big Game", "Comrades in Arms", "Biggles Goes to School", "Biggles Second Case", etc, various second and third impressions, some with dj Gimlet"Four Gimlet Adventure Stories", "Worrals of the Islands" (all first editions with dj) Johns, W E Captain"Biggles World War II Collection", Double Day 2012, black cloth, dj not price clipped (1 box)
Quantity of Rupert annuals, Thomas the Tank Engine Series (1 box)Condition ReportDuck and the Diesel Engine, Edward the Blue Engine, Oliver the Western Engine, The Tram Engine - First Editions (No Dust Jackets)The Troublesome Engines - Sixth - 1958 (No Dust Jacket)James the Red Engine - Tenth - 1961 (No Dust Jacket)Edward the Blue Engine - Eighth - 1969 (No Dust Jacket)Tank Engine Thomas Again - Eighth - 1963Henry the Green Engine - Fifth - 1961Tramway Engines - FirstToby the Tram Engine - Fourth - 1961Toby the Tram Engine - Fifth - 1966Edward the Blue Engine - Fourth - 1965The Three Railway Engines - Fifteenth - 1960The Eight Famous Engines - Reprint (Paperback) - 1971Duke the Lost Engine - FirstToby the Tram Engine - Eighth - 1980Duck and the Diesel Engine - Seventh - 1984Tank Engine Thomas Again - Fourteenth - 1980Branch line Engines - Sixth - 1981Small Railway Engines - FirstMain Line Engines - First
Buckeridge, Anthony Eight first editions "Jennings" to include "Jennings as Usual", "Take Jennings for Instance" (x2), "Our Friend Jennings", "Especially Jennings", all with dj not price clipped, other Jennings volumesRichards, FrankNine Billy Bunter stories, with djCrompton, Richmal Various William adventures to include "William and the Moon Rocket", George Newnes 1954, green cloth, no dj, "William the Bold", 1950, green cloth, no dj (1 box)
Saville, Malcolm Various titles to include "Seven White Gates", No.1 of A Lone Pine Series, first published September 1944, George Newnes, red cloth, no dj, a later copy with dj, "Buckingham Stories", adventure stories to include "The Sign of the Alpine Rose", "The Gay Dolphin Adventure", George Newnes 1950, dj not price clipped, etc (1 box)
Mayne, William Quantity of works to include 17 first editions with dj"All the Kings Men", Jonathan Cape 1982"Hob and the Goblins", Kindersley 1993 "Gideon Ahoy", Viking Kestrel 1987 "The Changeling", Oxford University Press 1961 "Hob and the Peddler", Kindersley 1997 "The Glass Ball", Hamish Hamilton 1961, etc Garfield, LeonQuantity of novels to include:- "Black Jack", Longmans Young Books 1968"The Apprentices", Heinemann 1982 "John Diamond", Kestrel Books 1980, etc (1 box)
Modern First Editions - Martin Amis, signed x 2 , Louis de Bernieres, signed, Julian Barnes, Anita Brookner, Malcom Bradbury, Rachel Billington, Roddy Doyle, Eric Ambler and various biographies on Roald Dahl, Agatha Christie, CS Lewis, Mary Renault, Edmund White, Dodie Smith etc. ( 2 boxes)
Militaria - Muirhead Bone "The Western Front" Published by the Authority of the War Office 1927, 2 vols, numerous ills and plates, sepia and others , folio, " List of Etonians who fought in the Great War 1914 -1919" Privately Printed for Eton College, Riccardi Press 1922, woodcut on preface, blue cardboards, with buckram backstrip, " Handbook for the Ordnance Q.F. 3. 7in Howitzer Mark 1......." Landservice 1939, " Handbook of Western Italian East Africa ( vol II) ( communications)", Wood Lieut. J. E. R. MC " Detour the Story of Oflag IVC " Falcon Press 1946, frontis portrait, plates col and otherwise, ink inscription on ffep dated 1946, boards with gilt titles but have suffered, Rosse, Captain the Earl of and Hill, E R " The Story of the Guards Armoured Division" Geoffrey Bles 1956, red cloth, Smyth, B " The Lancashire Fusiliers ' annual for 1892" The Manchester Examiner 1893, " With the Tanks of the Polish First Armoured Division" 1946, limp covers, " The Story of the 79th Armoured Division..Oct 1942 -45" pictorial boards and related vols ( 2 boxes)Condition ReportPlease see attached images
Lawrence, D H "The First Lady Chatterley", Dial Press, New York 1944, green cloth with blindstamped title to front board, dj not price clipped but very chipped"Sea and Sardinia", illustrated by Jan Juta, Martin Seckar 1923, coloured frontis, colour plates, brown cloth, backstrip is splitting front the front board "Pornography and So On", Faber & Faber 1936, The Faber Library No.34, turquoise cloth, silver titles, dj not price clippedAldington, Richard"An Appreciation D H Lawrence 1885-1930", Penguin Books, a pamphlet Rolph, C H (ed)"The Trial of Lady Chatterley ...", privately printed 1961, pictorial ep, green cloth Harris, Frank"My Life and Loves - Fifth Volume", The Atlantic Library published by The Olympia Press, Paris, orange limp covers with a dj for the Library Corman, a little chipped and two other volumes (8)
" The Savoy Cocktail Book" Constable and Company 1930, numerous ills throughout, some foxing, the front hinge is cracked, the front and back covers have suffered, Graves Charles ( ed.) " The Complete Hostess by Quaglino" decorations by Ann K Zinkeisen , Hamish Hamilton 1957, ink name on ffep, pictorial cloth, corners very bumped, d-j, chipped, Gouffe, Jules and Alphonse " The Royal Cookery Book - Le Livre de Cuisine" Sampson Low 1889, ills, boards detached, most of backstrip missing (3)Condition ReportSmall Inscription on first page in pencil, "7/6"
A CHINESE LONGQUAN CELADON 'LOTUS' DISH MING DYNASTY The shallow body rising to a flat everted rim, carved with a central floral medallion encircled by six scrolling lotus flowers, with a band of key fret to the rim, all decorated in an olive green glaze, together with a wood stand, 19.2cm. (2) Provenance: from the collection of Mary Colinet (née Skiotis), and thence by descent, purchased from Forbidden City Chinese Fine Art, Hong Kong. Mary Colinet was born in Beijing on 20th August 1928. She married her husband Paul Colinet in Tianjin in September 1947 and later left Tianjin for France in 1953. Mary collected Chinese art and antiques, particularly during the period between 1964 and 1975 when she lived in Hong Kong. Mary spoke Greek as her first language and was also proficient in Mandarin, English and French.明 龍泉青釉纏枝蓮紋碟來源：Mary Colinet (née Skiotis)收藏，之後由其家人繼承。購於香港紫禁城古董店。1928年8月20日 Mary出生於北京，1947年9月與Paul Colinet在天津喜結連理，之後於1953年離開天津移居法國。Mary的收藏是在1964-1975年在香港定居期間購買的。豐富的人生經歷使得她精通希臘語、中文、英語及法語四國語言。
A LARGE CHINESE LONGQUAN CELADON DISH MING DYNASTY The heavily potted body rising from a short tapering foot to a lipped rim, the slightly domed well contained within a simple ring, with a band of moulded narrow petals radiating from the centre to the cavetto, decorated all over in an olive green glaze, together with a later wood stand, 41cm. (2) Provenance: from the collection of Mary Colinet (née Skiotis), and thence by descent, purchased from Luen Chai Curios Store, Hong Kong, on 23rd December 1967. A copy of the invoice is available. Mary Colinet was born in Beijing on 20th August 1928. She married her husband Paul Colinet in Tianjin in September 1947 and later left Tianjin for France in 1953. Mary collected Chinese art and antiques, particularly during the period between 1964 and 1975 when she lived in Hong Kong. Mary spoke Greek as her first language and was also proficient in Mandarin, English and French.明 龍泉青釉碟來源:Mary Colinet (née Skiotis)收藏，之後由其家人繼承。購於香港古董店（附發票複印件）。1928年8月20日 Mary出生於北京，1947年9月與Paul Colinet在天津喜結連理，之後於1953年離開天津移居法國。Mary的收 藏是在1964-1975年在香港定居期間購買的。豐富的人生經歷使得她 精通希臘語、中文、英語及法語四國語言。
A RARE TIBETAN-STYLE GILT AND BLACK LACQUER EWER AND COVER, DUOMUHU 18TH CENTURY The tall cylindrical body set with a slender spout to one side, with four raised bands and mounts suspending chains to form the handle, decorated in gold lacquer on a black ground with many roundels formed as blossoming branches, the flowers including orchids, chrysanthemums, lotus and prunus, the cover surmounted by a finial shaped as a crouching lion dog, 47.7cm. (2) Provenance: from the collection of the late Hubert René Joseph Georges Faure (1919-2020). Hubert Faure was the first husband of Elizabeth (Bessie) de Cuevas, who married when she was nineteen. Bessie was the daughter of Margaret Rockefeller, granddaughter of John D Rockefeller. This form of ewer is known in Chinese as a duomuhu and it is derived from the Tibetan bey lep. Bey lep literally translates as 'container for butter', but these vessels were also used to store milk, wine and milk tea in Lamaist monasteries. The shape is believed to have first appeared in China during the Yuan dynasty and, after little use in the Ming dynasty, was revived under the reign of the Kangxi Emperor (1662-1722) during the Qing dynasty. His interest in Tibet and Tibetan Buddhism led to the resurgence of the duomuhu form, notably in metalwork and porcelain. Cf. The Complete Collection of Treasures of the Palace Museum, Lacquer Wares of the Qing Dynasty, p.182, no.135 for a comparable gold and purple lacquer duomuhu in the Qing Court Collection; see also pp.152-153, no.111 for a Qianlong period twin-dish decorated with comparable floral medallions in gold on a black lacquer ground.十八世紀 黑漆描金多穆壺來源：Hubert René Joseph Georges Faure (1919-2020)收藏，購於二十世紀初（傳）。他是Elizabeth (Bessie) de Cuevas的第一任丈夫。Bessie是Margaret Rockefeller的女兒，John D Rockefeller的外孫女。
A PAIR OF CHINESE ARCHAIC BRONZE PEAR-SHAPED VASES, HU EASTERN ZHOU DYNASTY Each raised on a short foot and surmounted by a waisted gently flaring neck, the bodies decorated in relief with grids of tied rope, each with two handles formed as stylised mythical beasts suspending loose rings, one with a small paper label which reads ren shui, each with an inscription to the base reading 'T P 12930 53548 C B I?', 33cm, 3.8kg and 4kg. (2) Provenance: from the collection of the late Hubert René Joseph Georges Faure (1919-2020), by repute acquired in the first half of the 20th century. Hubert Faure was the first husband of Elizabeth (Bessie) de Cuevas, who married when she was nineteen. Bessie was the daughter of Margaret Rockefeller, granddaughter of John D Rockefeller. Cf. J So, Eastern Zhou Ritual Bronzes from the Arthur M Sackler Collections, pp.244-245, no.41 for a comparable Eastern Zhou hu; see also pp.217-219 and pp.246-247 for further bronze vessels with similar 'rope grid' designs; see also G W Weber Jr, The Ornaments of Late Chou Bronzes: A Method of Analysis, pp.200-201, no.37 for another related bronze with 'rope' decoration in the collection of the Musée Guimet, Paris; see also Sotheby's London, 2nd March 1971, lot 55 for another similar vase dated to the late Zhou dynasty.東周 銅銜環壺 一對來源：Hubert René Joseph Georges Faure (1919-2020)收藏，購於二十世紀初（傳）。他是Elizabeth (Bessie) de Cuevas的第一任丈夫。Bessie是Margaret Rockefeller的女兒，John D Rockefeller的外孫女。
London: Smith, Elder & Co., 19028vo (21.3 x 13.3 x 4.6cm) x + 769pp. Original dark blue hardcover binding, with gilt lettering to spine. With 5 fold-out maps at rear of book. With deckled edges, and cut pages.This is the final revision by Arthur Conan Doyle of his classic work. During the Boer War Doyle continuously revised his book as the war progressed. This is the last time he updated it, in 1902, at the end of the conflict, and this edition covers the entire history of the war for the first time.From the estate of the late Frikkie Oosthuizen, who presented the classical music programme 'U Eie Keuse' on Afrikaans radio.Condition: Good. Rubbing, small stains and light scratches to boards. Small bump to top edge of front board. Some wear to top corners of boards. Sunning to spine, and chipping to top and tail of spine. Previous owner's bookplate fixed to front pastedown. Old stamp and previous bookseller's blind stamp to front free endpaper. Small closed tear (less than 2cm) to fore edge of front free endpaper, with repairs made with archive tape. Some splits to gutters between pages. Light foxing throughout. Still a well bound copy.
Transvaal: H. M. Guest, 19028vo (20 x 13.6 x 1.3cm) 9 plates + 124pp + 3pp. publisher's catalogue. Original light green softcover binding, with black lettering to spine and front cover. With 9 monochrome plates at the front of the book.From the estate of the late Frikkie Oosthuizen, who presented the classical music programme 'U Eie Keuse' on Afrikaans radio.Condition: Fair. The covers have some light foxing. The rear cover has come loose from binding. Small closed tears to top and tail of spine. Some notes in pencil and errata slip tipped in on front flyleaf, and previous owner's bookplate fixed to verso of front flyleaf. Some insect damage to errata slip. Closed tear to p. 7/8 (less than 7cm). Light foxing to first and last few pages, and to the edges of the textblock.
Johannesburg: High Branching, 20074to (26.7 x 18.8 x 9.5cm) xxix + 416pp, xvii + 603, vi + 339pp. Original full leather bindings, with gilt lettering to spines and gilt inlays to the front boards. Illustrated throughout with fine historical monochrome photos, modern colour photos, and various hand-drawn colour illustrations by Penny Noall and Joan van Gogh. Each volume comes with 2 lint bookmarks.LIMITED COLLECTOR'S EDITION OF 100 COPIES, OF WHICH THIS IS NO. 30. INSCRIBED BY THE AUTHOR.A comprehensive 3 volume history of the origins, animals and management of the Kruger National Park. The Kruger National Park is a South African National Park and one of the largest game reserves in Africa. It covers an area of 19,485 km2 in the provinces of Limpopo and Mpumalanga in northeastern South Africa, and extends 360 km from north to south and 65 km from east to west. The administrative headquarters are in Skukuza. Areas of the park were first protected by the government of the South African Republic in 1898, and it became South Africa's first national park in 1926. (Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kruger_National_Park)Condition: Very good. Very small stains to the top edge of textblock and some smudging to fore edge of textblock of vol. 2. All else fine. The volumes are solidly bound, internally clean and clear.
London: John Murray, 18578vo, x + 687 pp. + 8 pp. publisher's catalogue. Re-cased copy, with new endpapers. Hardcover binding. With frontispiece of author. With 47 steel engraved illustrations, plates and maps (including fold-out illustrations). Collated and complete.The boards have rubbing, edgewear and chipping to edges. Light staining to rear board. Previous owner's name stamp and name label fixed to front pastedown. Previous bookseller's stamp to front free endpaper. Title page and first fold-out illustration slightly loose. A few very light instances of foxing to text, and a few very small creases to top corners of a few pages. A well bound copy.
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