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Click here to subscribeBox Containing a Quantity of Stamps, to include GB First Day Covers, foreign stamps, Royal Stamps & two Stock books, some Chinese. Some early most mid 20th Century. Stanley Gibbons GB stamp album partially filled, early 20th mostly Queen Elizabeth II, together with two Stanley Gibbons stamp catalogues.
A Hallmarked Silver Twin Handled Trophy Cup, Birmingham 1935, of Art Deco style, tapering cylindrical form, engraved "Kingswood Walton & Tadworth Horticultural Society Presented by P.E. Millbourn, Esq", first winner engraved "1947 Rev. G. Millar", last winner "1952 F.E. Bristow", 20.5cm high (560grams) (dents), raised on black socle base (overall height 26.5cm).
Four M.T.H 'O' Gauge/7mm Two Rail MKI Boxed Passenger Bogie Coaches, comprising Ref No 22-60056A brake/first in Coronation Scot blue; Ref 22-60056B full first in Coronation Scot blue; Ref 22-60058 brake/first Coronation Scot blue; and 22-60059 full first in LMS maroon, all very good in very good boxes.
CHINESE EMBROIDERED SILK PICTURE, AND TWO FURTHER ASIAN EMBROIDERED PICTURES the Chinese picture depicting two figures in a garden with insects, late 19th/early 20th century and framed under glass, the two others depicting flowers and birds, each framed under glassthe first picture 42cm x 42cm overallQty: 3
First World War military interest. 1989 Soldiers Died in the Great War, 1914-1919; seventy-five volumes. Publ. J. B. Hayward & Son, originally published by the War Office, 1920. Each in the publisher's original boards with red unclipped dust wrappers. An excellent collection of this WWI set containing the name of each fallen soldier in volumes arranged by regiment; including the new enlarged edition including the Indian Army. Seventy-five volumes in two boxes. 4to.
Signed modern first editions. A collection of eleven works, including a number by Booker Prize winning authors, all in excellent condition & with dust wrappers where issued. The lot comprising Count Karlstein by Philip Pullman, Independence Day by Richard Ford, Divisadero by Michael Ondaatje, Titmuss Regained by John Mortimer, Anil's Ghost by Michael Ondaatje, Devices and Desires by P. D. James, Einstein's Monsters by Martin Amis, The Staring Man by Peter Lovesey, Blue Shoes and Happiness by Alexander McCall Smith, An Awfully Big Adventure by Beryl Bainbridge, and Hullabaloo in the Guava Orchard by Kiran Desai. 8vo.
1836 The Holy Bible, According to the Authorized Version, containing the Old and New Testaments: with Original Notes and Pictorial Illustrations. Three volumes, publ. C. Knight. Smart full diced calf binding, blind tooling and gilding to borders, gilt raised bands, titles and JHS to spines, marbled edges and endpapers. Spines rubbed to head and tail, extremities a touch bumped and rubbed, some light scratches to the spine and boards. Local binder's label of W. Hently to front pastedown of 29 High Street Bristol, 1840 ownership inscription of Edgar Brown, St. Ann's Brislington, Somerset to ffep, light spotting to edges more noticeable to first and last leaves. 4to.
Fiction, including children's. A collection of mid century first & later editions in dust wrappers. The lot including a collection by L. M. Montgomery including Anne of Green Gables, later eds. publ. Harrap; a number of Jill titles by Ruby Ferguson; Manor House Mystery by Monica Marsden & other similar titles; The Bell Family by Noel Streatfeild; Secret of Cheswood by Marjorie Cleves; The Boy in Red by Violet Needham; The Malory Secret by Gladys Mitchell; How Nell Scored by Bessie Marchant; Atlantic Meeting by H. V. Morton; Mr. Simister Appears Again by Kathleen Fidler; Beyond the Timberland Trail by Joseph E. Chipperfield; The New House Mistress by Elinor M. Brent-Dyer; etc. Twenty-nine titles in lot all presented in dust wrappers, 8vo.
A collection of seventeen signed modern first editions. The lot including Berlin Game by Len Deighton, flat signed to title page; The Spike Milligan Letters ed. Norma Farnes with dedication to half title from Milligan (signed in Milligan's hand Milligan & Norma); Decider by Dick Francis with dedication by author to half title; Goblins by Spike Milligan signed to title page; Corby Flood by Paul Stewart & Chris Riddell signed by both to the title page; The Teetotalitarian State by Somerset de Chair; The Boy with Wings by Lenny Henry; Hang On! by Michael Aspel & Joe Wright (signed by Aspel); The Boy Who Got Accidentally Famous by David Baddiel; The Adventures of Count O'Connor by Henry Stace, and other titles. Seventeen works in lot, the modern in dust wrappers where issued, maj. very smart. Maj. 8vo.
Milne, A. A. 1928 The House at Pooh Corner, first deluxe edition, along with uniform volume 1927 Winnie-The-Pooh, fifth edition. Published by Methuen & Co. Ltd, with decorations by Ernest H. Shepard. Publisher's original blue roan limp leather boards with gilt illustrations of Christopher Robin, Pooh & Eeyore; each smartly rebacked in blue crushed morocco. Some discolouration and sunning to boards, rubbing & bumping to extremities. Ownership inscription to ffep & verso. A charming pair of first & early editions featuring Milne's beloved characters Winnie the Pooh and his friends. 8vo.
Durrell, Lawrence. Three first edition poetry collections all published by Faber and Faber, comprising 1955 The Tree of Idleness, 1966 The Ikons and Other Poems, and 1973 Vega and Other Poems. All presented in publisher's orig. full cloth binding with unclipped dust wrappers, generally with just light edgewear & the odd stain, Tree of Idleness with some water staining to spine, internally smart & clean. 8vo.
Tolkien, J. R. R. A collection of vintage late 20th century fantasy companion books. The lot comprising The Children of Hurin first ed., The Silmarillion first illus. ed., The Lord of the Rings illus. Alan Lee, A Tolkien Bestiary by David Day, The Hobbit Companion by David Day, The Lord of the Rings - The Making of the Movie Trilogy by Brian Sibley, 1978 Unwin paperback single volume edition of the Lord of the Rings, The Fellowship of the Ring Visual Companion, and The Guild Publishing leatherette bound editions of The Hobbit, The Silmarillion & The Lord of the Rings trilogy. In dust wrappers where issued, generally smart condition, bookplates to ffeps of Guild editions, otherwise smart. 4to & 8vo.
Waugh, Evelyn. A collection of four works including a first edition of Brideshead Revisited. The lot comprising 1945 Brideshead Revisited publ. Chapman & Hall Ltd, publ. orig. full cloth binding, discoloured to the head and tail of the spine, which is a touch cocked, ex lib. bookplate to ffep, half title with two closed tears to head; 1952 Men at Arms, a Novel publ. Chapman and Hall in dust wrapper (significant loss to extremities and tail of the spine, closed tears to verso, unclipped), 1961 Unconditional Surrender publ. Chapman and Hall in unclipped dust wrapper (spine lightly sunned otherwise excellent condition); and 1964 A Little Learning, the First Volume of an Autobiography publ. Chapman and Hall, in unclipped dust wrapper (chipped to head & tail of the spine, closed tear to front affecting H of Waugh). 8vo.
Military and First / Second World War interest. A collection of reference books. The lot to include titles such as World War I Day By Day, When the Barrages Lifts by Gerald Gliddon, The Glorious Dead by Geoff Archer, Allied Special Forces Insignia 1939 - 1945, With Cossack and Car in Galicia, India's Contribution to the Great War, The Western Front with drawings by Muirhead Bone, Jane's Fighting Ships of World War I, The Lost Tommies by Ross Coulthart, Heroic Endeavour by D. V. Henderson, Awards of Honour by Arthur Jocelyn, The Faces of World War I by Max Arthur, Sport in War by Lionel Edwards, and The First World War a Photographic History ed. Laurence Stallings, and other titles. Approx. 30 titles in lot.
Stanley Gardner, Erle. A collection of vintage crime fiction books including Perry Mason mysteries, all first UK editions in dust wrappers, maj. published Heinemann. The lot comprising 1945 The Case of the Smoking Chimney, 1957 The Case of the Musical Cow, 1958 The Case of the Foot-loose Doll, 1960 The Case of the Glamorous Ghost, 1962 The Case of the Lucky Loser, 1963 The Case of the Long Legged Models, 1964 The Case of the Deadly Toy, 1965 A Case of the Waylaid Wolf, 1966 The Case of the Shapely Shadow, 1966 The Case of the Spurious Spinster and 1973 The Case of the Queenly Contestant. All in publisher's orig. full cloth binding with unclipped dust wrappers, generally smart with minor edgewear to dust wrappers & occ. small closed tear or fold. 8vo.
First World War military interest. Mumby, Frank A. (ed.) The Great War, a History. Two complete sets of nine volumes each. Publ. The Gresham Publishing Company Ltd. All in publisher's original blue quarter crushed morocco binding with burgundy cloth boards, some light rubbing to the spines & spine labels, some volumes with spines a touch discoloured, extremities a little bumped, bindings a touch loose on occasion, otherwise a smart collection. Two sets, 18 volumes total. 4to.
Dickens, Charles. 1854 A Child's History of England. Publ. Bradbury & Evans, 11 Bouverie Street. First volume second state, vols II & III first issue. Illustrated with frontispiece by F. W. Topham. Publisher's original full cloth binding, smartly rebacked with orig. spines laid down, gilt pictorial front board with blind stamped borders, faded gilt titles to spine, orig. marbled endpapers, publisher's advertisements bound to verso,& all complete with tissue guard. Small 8vo.
Blyton, Enid. 1949 The Secret Seven and 1950 The Secret Seven Adventure. Each first edition, first impression, published by the Brockhampton Press Ltd., Brock Books. Illustrated by George Brook. Each presented in the original smart dust wrapper, The Secret Seven price clipped, The Secret Seven Adventure unclipped. Each with neat contemporary ownership inscription in pencil to ffep. Small closed tear to the front of the dw of The Secret Seven, the Secret Seven Adventure in a slightly more worn dust wrapper with extremities bumped resulting in loss & spine discoloured. Two first editions of these popular children's adventure stories. 8vo.
Rackham, Arthur (illus.). 1920 Snowdrop & Other Tales by the Brothers Grimm illustrated by Arthur Rackham. Publ. Constable & Co. Ltd, originally published in Grimm's Fairy Tales 1909, reissued separately. Publisher's orig. full cloth binding, gilt pictorial front board and spine, light bumping to the head and tail of the spine and extremities, gilding to spine a little discoloured, pencil inscriptions to ffep, odd spot to first and last leaves, leaves and plates occ. lightly soiled to edges, otherwise a smart example. 4to.
Blyton, Enid. A collection of early - mid century children's works, including first editions in dust wrappers. The lot including The Children of Kildillin second edition publ. under pseudonym Mary Pollock; a complete set of the six Malory Tower novels including first impressions, some later impressions; all with remnants of worn dust wrappers loosely inserted; three works from the Treasure Trove Readers series being books II, III & IV illustrated by Hugh Chesterman; and six other works. A charming collection including a number of first edition books. 8vo.
Burgess, Anthony & Lewis, Sinclair. Two modern first editions, each in their unclipped dust wrapper. The lot comprising 1947 Kingsblood Royal by Sinclair Lewis publ. Random House, and 1960 The Right to an Answer by Anthony Burgess publ. Heinemann. Each in orig. unclipped dust wrapper, Kingsblood with just light wear to the extremities and head & tail of the spine but otherwise an exceptionally bright dust wrapper, pages age-toned to margins internally; The Right to an Answer with a touch more wear, incl. light loss to extremities, a closed tear of approx. 1cm to bottom of front board, spine a touch sunned & chipped to head and tail, spine slightly cocked. Two exceptionally bright mid century first editions. 8vo.
Lynch, Theodora Elizabeth. 1848 The Family Sepulchre: A Tale of Jamaica by Mrs. Henry Lynch. Illustrated by A. Cooper and A. W. Cooper. First edition, printed Seeleys Fleet Street & Hanover Street. Publisher's orig. full cloth binding with gilt titles to spine and blind stamping to boards, chipped to the head of the spine with a small tear to the edge of the front board, extremities bumped & cloth lifting slightly to the front hinge, spine a touch grubby. Victorian ownership & gift inscriptions of George Alfred Smith to front pastedown, ffep and half title page. A scarce extant work by Lynch, whose father owned a plantation and some four hundred slaves in Jamaica; her children's works were often set in the West Indies. 16mo.
Greene, Graham. A collection of five first editions in unclipped dust wrappers. The lot comprising 1961 A Burnt Out Case publ. Heinemann, 1985 The Tenth Man publ. The Bodley Head; 1967 May We Borrow Your Husband? publ. The Bodley Head; 1982 J'Accuse publ. The Bodley Head, and 1978 The Human Factor publ. The Bodley Head. All in smart condition, minor sunning to spine of May We Borrow Your Husband? & light edgewear to head of the spine and hinge of A Burnt Out Case, otherwise no inscriptions or bookplates, a bright collection. 8vo.
Travel interest. 1966 Roumeli, Travels in Northern Greece by Patrick Lee Fermor publ. John Murray, first edition in smart dust wrapper, some sunning to spine and light edgewear; along with 1934 Beyond the Mexique Bay by Aldous Huxley, publ. Chatto & Windus, publ. orig. full cloth binding, lacking dw, some wear to the head of the spine. 8vo.
Blyton, Enid. Three first edition books from the Famous Five series, each presented in its original unclipped dust wrapper. The lot comprising 1949 Five Get Into Trouble (eighth title in the series), 1954 Five Go To Mystery Moor (thirteenth title in series) and 1956 Five on a Secret Trail (fifteenth title in series). All published by Hodder & Stoughton and with illustrations by Eileen Soper. All in unclipped dust wrappers, loss to head and tail of the spines on Five Get Into Trouble & Five on a Secret Trail, resulting in loss to the 'Five' in the title of Five Get Into Trouble. Edgewear to extremities resulting in some loss, light sunning; internally pages occ. lightly spotted, all clean of prior owner's inscriptions. 8vo.
Waugh, Evelyn. 1932 Black Mischief. Publ. Chapman and Hall Ltd. Publisher's original marbled effect cloth binding with unclipped dust wrapper, dust wrapper with light loss to extremities (which are a little bumped), small stain to front board wrap and metal rust stain to rear, chipped to head of spine. Dust wrapper internally discoloured from pink cloth. Prior owner's inscription to ffep. Cloth binding strained with binding exposed at the half title page, rear board & spine loose and in need of reaffixing. Some offsetting & discolouration to the head of the first leaves, otherwise pages clean. A first edition of Waugh's third novel in a smart dust wrapper. 8vo.
Churchill, Winston Spencer. 1900 London to Ladysmith via Pretoria. Publ. First edition, publ. Longmans, Green and Co. Publisher's orig. pictorial full cloth binding, edgeworn & bumped, spine with some staining and wear to the head and tail of the hinge, front board a little faded & worn, loss to the cloth at the extremities, occ. spotting to first & final leaves and fore edge. Illustrated with coloured folding map frontispiece (light edgewear, otherwise smart). A first edition of Churchill's memoir of his time during the Second Boer War in the late 19th century. 8vo.
Innes, Hammond & MacLean, Alistair. A collection of modern first editions. The lot comprising 1966 When Eight Bells Toll, 1969 The Satan Bug (under pseudonym Ian Stuart), 1981 River of Death, three copies of 1968 Force 10 From Navarone, and 1970 Caravan to Vaccares all by MacLean; and 1971 Levkas Man, 1982 The Black Tide, 1980 Solomon's Seal, 1965 The Strode Venturer, 1977 The Big Footprints and 1996 Delta Connection by Innes. All in publisher's full cloth bindings with unclipped dust wrappers, generally very smart condition with no prior owner's ink inscriptions or significant damage to dust wrappers. 8vo.
Fleming, Ian - James Bond. Six works, comprising five Pan paperback first editions & a 1965 first edition, first impression of The Man With The Golden Gun publ. Jonathan Cape, lacking dust wrapper. The Pan & Great Pan editions being 1959 From Russia With Love; 1960 For Your Eyes Only; 1963 Thunderball; 1965 Thrilling Cities (Part II); and 1970 Colonel Sun by Robert Markham. Maj. with neat prior owner's inscriptions, The Man With The Golden Gun lacking dust wrapper and worn to the head & tail of the spine and extremities, some light chipping to the paperback editions' spines similarly, otherwise a good collection of iconic mid century spy literature. 8vo.
Observer Books - aerospace interest. A collection of thirteen editions of The Observer's Book of Aircraft dating between 1942 and 1977. The lot comprising the 1942 first edition The Observer's Book of Airplanes (all following editions titled Aircraft rather than Airplanes), followed by editions from 1952, 1955, 1956, 1957, 1958, 1960, 1961, 1962, 1964, 1967, 1968 and 1977. All bar the 1942 & 1952 editions with dust wrappers, the two issues lacking in homemade protective wrappers, some light chipping to the head of the spines of dws, occ. light fading & discolouration, all in Mylar and well-looked after, dated & some priced in pencil to ffep. Pocket-sized.
Mallinson, Allan. A run of eleven signed first edition Matthew Hervey novels, being the second to the twelfth novel. All signed to title page, a handful inscribed to Peter and Nancy Thompson. Comprising The Nizam's Daughter, A Regimental Affair, A Call to Arms, The Sabre's Edge, Rumours of War, An Act of Courage, Company of Spears, Man of War, Warrior, On His Majesty's Service, and Words of Command. All publ. Bantam's Press, publisher's orig. cloth binding and smart dust wrappers, lightest edgewear and sunning to spines only, otherwise a smart collection. 8vo. Provenance: Inscribed by the author to Peter and Nancy Thompson, long time Hong Kong residents & collectors of Chinese porcelain, their collection auctioned by Sotheby's, London 2012.
Childish, Billy (pseudonym of Steven John 'Bill' Hamper). A three volume first edition collection of poetry published 2003, comprising: evidence against myself, calling things by their names and the boss of all english riters - poems 1996 - 2002. Published Hangman Books. Publisher's original full cloth bindings in orange & green, each with woodcut illustration stamped to front board, one a hangman's noose, the other a skull and crossbones. Each illustrated with woodcut illustrations by the artist. 8vo.
Flynn, Gillian. 2012 Gone Girl. Uncorrected manuscript promotional proof, publ. Weidenfeld & Nicholson. Publisher's orig. paper wraps with identical cover to first edition. With reviews by Kate Atkinson, Val McDermid, Stephen King and Karin Slaughter to verso. Following its success, the book was made into a 2014 film directed by David Fincher and starring Ben Affleck and Rosamund Pike. Light edgewear, otherwise in smart condition. 8vo.
Rowling, J. K. 1998 Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets, first paperback edition. Published Bloomsbury, number line 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1. 1998 Smarties Gold Award sticker to front cover, illustrated cover by Cliff Wright. Edgeworn & bumped to extremities, loss to the plastic protective wrap cover, spine discoloured & faded, in read condition. 8vo.
An early 20th century Edwardian & First World War time photograph album. The album containing approximately seventy photographs, from family portraits at Fishguard, Hampton Court, Seaford, Chatham, an image of a Girl Guide on a bicycle, a young boy pretending to fire a toy gun, a WWI soldier named Edward Ritchie in Royal Artillery uniform, another named Jack Munro, as well as a photograph captioned New Zealand with Betty in Australia 1913, and a photograph of a motor car to verso. Contained in a clothbound album titled Sunny Memories; spine loosening, with some paper coming away from card mounts internally. Maj. of photos with contemp. captions identifying portrait sitters & locations, many in Chatham. Approx. 70 photos.
Surgical & medical interest. A 1940s photograph album containing approx. 145 photographs believed taken at the St. Andrews - Dundee Medical School, Scotland. The album opening with images taken at Easter 1941 captioned Broclas appearing to depict a camping trip, followed by photographs of university lectures & lecturers, some with specimens in glass cases visible, talking on subjects such as Glossina Palpatis, malaria, leucoplakia & kraurosis. A number of photos of golfers & students golfing at St. Andrews Links. Numerous photographs of doctors, professors, nurses & students in laboratories using microscopes, surgical procedures being undertaken on human subjects, close ups of surgeries, as well as portraits of students and medical staff, a lady painting a wall mural, students socialising including fancy dress events, eating lunch with patients, farming images in the countryside, portraits of sitting nurses and surgeons in uniform, etc. The album broken up with numerous topographical photographs of the mountainous landscape across Scotland. Housed in a mock crocodile album. Oblong 16mo containing approx. 145 photographs, along with another ten or so loose family photographs. Including photographs of gynaecologist Margaret Fairlie lecturing; Fairlie was the first woman to hold a professorial chair in Scotland. The University of Dundee now holds lectures in her name. Loosely inserted is a 1992 newspaper clipping regarding the murder of Marion Gilchrist in Glasgow, 1908, for which Oscar Slater was wrongfully convicted & served 18 years. The article discusses the suspicion cast upon Dr. Francis Charteris, who had a distinguished career as Professor of Medicine at St. Andrews University. An uncommon & interesting insight into Scottish medical education.
Blyton, Enid. The final six works from the Adventure Series, including a signed & dedicated work; maj. first editions. The lot comprising 1947 The Valley of Adventure; 1949 The Sea of Adventure (second impression in dust wrapper); 1949 The Mountain of Adventure, with dedication by Blyton - Jennifer Beckingsale, Best Wishes from Enid Blyton - to ffep; 1951 The Ship of Adventure (third impression); The Circus of Adventure; and 1955 The River of Adventure. All lacking dust wrapper bar The Sea of Adventure. Published Macmillan and Co. Ltd., each illustrated by Stuart Tresilian. All in publ. orig. cloth binding.
Travel and Asia interest. A collection of 19th and 20th century books, many first editions. The lot to include 1930 The Gentleman in the Parlour (1st ed) by W. Somerset Maugham, Up at the Villa and East of Suez by the same, 1956 The Silent Traveller in Paris by Chiang Yee (1st ed), 1940 A Chinese Childhood by Chiang Yee (1st ed), Morocco - a Country of Islam, An Artist in the Tropics by Jan Poortenaar, La Peinture Contemporaine au Japon by S. Elisseev, City of Broken Promises by Austin Coates, The Orchid House by Michael Edwardes, My Life as a Fake by Peter Carey, 1950 Congo Nil, and others. Many in orig. smart dust wrapper. Eighteen titles, maj. 8vo.
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