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Lot 42
Two cased sets of Royal Mint Classics commemorative thimbles, the first cased set comprising a pair of thimbles to commemorate the 80th birthday of HRH The Queen, the second cased set comprising six thimbles to commemorate the 200th anniversary of the birth of Brunel, both cased sets limited editions of 500 (2)
Lot 112
Two Dutch delft polychrome circular pottery chargers, late 18th century, the first painted with a central figure of a lady picking fruit surrounded by fruiting vines within a double stripe border, 31cm diameter, the second decorated with a central flower motif set within variating circular and floral borders, both unmarked, 33cm diameter
Lot 160
Corgi Toys 267 rocket firing Batmobile from the T.V. series Batman and Robin, 1966-67 first issue, gloss black body with red `Bat` decals to side doors, gold cast hubs, plastic Batman and Robin figures to interior, blue tinted plastic windscreen, silver aerial intact, boxed with inner cardboard pictorial display stand, sealed original instructions packet and inner cardboard packaging pieces
Lot 2
Dit Boecxken: A Literal Translation into English of the Earliest Known Book on Fowling and Fishing written originally in Flemish and Printed at Antwerp in the Year 1492, number 40 of 150 copies, illustrations, original morocco-backed marbled boards, uncut, with the original box, [Thacher p.146; cf.W&S p.35-36 & 78], 4to, Honey Dun Press, 1978. A reprint of the privately printed edition (only 25 copies) for Alfred Denison by the Chiswick Press in 1872. "It contains 26 chapters, of a few lines each, giving recipes for artificial baits, unguents & pastes, & at the close two pages are given to the periods at which certain fish are `at their best`". W&S. It also contains instructions for catching birds and ducks with the hands (by baiting them), recipes for paste fishing baits made from beaver`s kidney, human blood and barley flour, other baits, various fishing methods, etc. Denison says in his introduction, "We may consider it to be the first known work on angling".
![Pritt (T.E.) Yorkshire Trout Flies, first edition, [one of 200 copies], half-title, 12 lithographed plates including 11 hand-](http://lot-images.atgmedia.com/SR/10011/2877885/8-2013327172438_468x382.jpg)
Lot 8
Pritt (T.E.) Yorkshire Trout Flies, first edition, [one of 200 copies], half-title, 12 lithographed plates including 11 hand-coloured of flies, tissue guards, gutta percha perished and becoming loose (as usual), book-label of Jon. Shackleton, original cloth, title and quotation in gilt on upper cover, a little rubbed, spine slightly worn at head and foot, [Thacher pp.408-409], 8vo, Leeds, 1885.
Lot 9
Edinburgh Angling Club. Songs and Selections from the Album of the Edinburgh Angling Club founded 1847, edited by J.Smith, enlarged edition, engraved frontispiece, additional vignette title and illustrations by William Forrest, inscribed "To Professor [David] Wyllie, who helped me to buy my first rod.J.R.R." on half-title and with card of Dr.Ronaldson loosely inserted, original glazed pictorial green cloth, gilt, spine gilt, t.e.g., others uncut, very slightly marked, [Thacher p.159; cf.W&S p.83, earlier editions], 8vo, Edinburgh, 1900. A collection of verse with attractive engravings. General Sir James Russell of Ashiestiel was the owner of the Club`s main fishing, David Wyllie and Dr.Ronaldson were members of the club.
Lot 11
Richardson (Thomas, publisher) The Modern Angler,containing the Most Esteemed Methods of Angling., first edition, 24pp., folding hand-coloured wood-engraved frontispiece, text lightly browned, small tear to fore-edge of frontispiece repaired, modern calf-backed marbled boards, original printed wrappers bound in (laid down, upper wrapper frayed at edges), [Thacher pp.363 & 421], 12mo, Derby, Thomas Richardson, [c.1830]. Rare.
![[Boaz (Herman)] The Angler`s Progress: A Poem, second edition, half-title, 12 wood-engraved vignettes, 3pp. advertisements at](http://lot-images.atgmedia.com/SR/10011/2877885/13-2013327171839_468x382.jpg)
Lot 13
[Boaz (Herman)] The Angler`s Progress: A Poem, second edition, half-title, 12 wood-engraved vignettes, 3pp. advertisements at end, table of harbours, seasons and depths for catching fish pasted over final leaf (text supplied in pencil on rear free endpaper), light offsetting, a few spots, mostly to endpapers, contemporary half morocco, spine titled in gilt with fish motifs, [Thacher pp.68-69; W&S p.35], 8vo, J.H.Burn, 1820. Also published in Newcastle as the first of the Right Merrie Garlands for North Country Anglers.
Lot 18
Charfy (Guiniad, pseudonym) The Fisherman: or, the Art of Angling Made Easy, first edition, advertisement leaf at end, occasional spotting or browning, Brent Gration-Maxfield`s copy with his neat pencil notes on front pastedown, contemporary half calf, rubbed, rebacked to style, green roan label, [Thacher p.105; W&S p.58], 8vo, for J. Dixwell, [?1800]. Scarce. "A compilation by George Smeeton, printer of St. Martin`s-lane, who, with his wife, was burnt to death." Westwood & Satchell.
Lot 22
Kelson (George M.) Tips by the Author of "The Salmon Fly", first edition, half-title, illustrations, 11pp. advertisements for angling equipment at end, half-title and endpapers browned, original pictorial burgundy cloth, gilt, very slightly rubbed, a few small stains to upper cover, [Thacher p.296], 4to, by the author, 1901.
Lot 25
Best (Thomas) A Concise Treatise on the Art of Angling, first edition, half-title, engraved frontispiece, 2 advertisement leaves at end, contemporary ink inscription "W.P." at head of half-title, frontispiece and title very lightly foxed, one or two other marks but a fine tall copy in modern russet morocco, gilt, by Brian Frost & Co. of Bath, covers with double gilt rule border, spine ruled and titled in gilt with five raised bands, g.e., [Thacher pp.52-53; W&S p.31], 12mo, for C.Stalker.H.Turpin, 1787. Best was Keeper of His Majesty`s Drawing-room in the Tower of London.
Lot 33
[Cook (Charles Henry)], "John Bickerdyke". The Book of the All-Round Angler, number 26 of 201 large paper copies signed by the author and the publisher, 3 engraved plates on india paper and mounted, the first with marginal water-staining, illustrations, browned, notes and pasted-in cuttings at end, original morocco-backed cloth, gilt spine, t.e.g., others uncut, rubbed, spine faded, [Thacher p.55; W&S p.240], 1888; amd 3 others by the same, 8vo (4).
Lot 34
Halford (Frederic M.) The Dry-Fly Man`s Handbook, half-title, title in red and black, photogravure frontispiece and 40 plates, tissue guards, illustrations, original cloth, a little rubbed and marked, spine faded, 1913 § Mosely (Martin E.) The Dry-Fly Fisherman`s Entomology, being a Supplement to Frederic M. Halford`s The Dry-Fly Man`s Handbook, photogravure frontispiece, 16 hand-coloured plates, original cloth wallet with flap, gilt, a fine copy in the original box (slightly foxed, split to one edge), 1921, first editions, [Thacher pp.234-235 & 367], 4to & 12mo (2).
Lot 37
Blacker (William) Blacker`s Art of Fly Making &c. Comprising Angling & Dyeing of Colours, hand-coloured engraved frontispiece of fly-fishing, engraved title and 20 plates including 17 finely hand-coloured plates of flies, tissue guards, very occasional spotting, bookplate of E.W.E.Siddall, original black morocco, gilt, spine gilt, a little rubbed, [Thacher pp.61-62; W&S p.33], 12mo, 1855. Originally issued as Art of Angling in 1842, and then in 1843 as Blacker`s Art of Angling, but this is the first edition to include the detailed plates of flies.
Lot 39
Shirley (Thomas) The Angler`s Museum; or, the Whole Art of Float and Fly Fishing, first edition, engraved portrait frontispiece, woodcut title-vignette of fish, portrait a little offset on title, lightly browned, ex-library copy with small ink and perforated stamps on title (across woodcut so fairly unobtrusive), modern crimson morocco with gilt rule border, by Frost & Co. of Bath, spine titled in gilt and with two raised bands, g.e., [ThacherW&S p.194], 12mo, for John Fielding, [1784]. The rare first edition. The portrait frontispiece shows "Mr. John Kirby, the celebrated angler", who was keeper of Newgate and died in 1804 at the age of 80.
Lot 40
Angler`s Note-Book and Naturalist`s Record (The) [edited by Thomas Satchell], 2 vol. (Green and Yellow Series), plates and illustrations, some foxing, the first with engraved bookplate of J.E.Harting, the second with ink inscription of Rupert V.Cobb, vol.1 contemporary half morocco, gilt, t.e.g., rather rubbed, vol.2 original pictorial cloth, [Thacher pp.20-21; W&S pp. 10-11], 4to, 1880 & 1888. The Yellow Series contains a bibliography of angling books.
Lot 41
Carroll (W.) The Angler`s Vade Mecum, containing a descriptive account of the Water Flies., first edition, half-title, 12 hand-coloured engraved plates, a little foxed and soiled, light water-staining to lower margin, contemporary dark blue straight-grain morocco, gilt, spine gilt, a little rubbed, corners and head of spine worn, [Thacher p.102; W&S pp.50-51], 8vo, Edinburgh, 1818. One of the earliest books with plates of flies in colour, containing 194 examples of natural flies arranged from May to September. A contemporary ink inscription on the front free endpaper notes, "July 28th I caught 7 Perch with an artificial fly called the red hackle and also 3 trout at ?Beactuef.".
Lot 42
[Locke (James)] Tweed and Don; or, Recollections and Reflections of an Angler for the Last Fifty Years, second edition, wood-engraved frontispiece, light foxing, bookplates of Arthur E.Wilson-Browne and T.Spence, Edinburgh, 1860 § Rooper (George) Thames and Tweed, presentation copy from the author inscribed by him and another on half-title, [1875] § [Bertram (James)] The Border Angler: A Guide Book to the Tweed and its Tributaries., folding map, Edinburgh, 1858 § Robertson (John) The Hand-Book of Angling for Scotland and the Border Counties, folding map, 1861 § Scrope (William) Days and Nights of Salmon Fishing in the River Tweed, third edition, frontispiece and additional vignette title (loose), plates and illustrations, bookplate of E.W.E.Siddall, 1885, original cloth, the first four pictorial gilt, rubbed, the first with spine a little worn and stained, 8vo (5).
Lot 57
Halford (Frederic M.) The Dry-Fly Man`s Handbook, A Complete Manual Including the Fisherman`s Entomology and the Making and Management of a Fishery, first edition, number 8 of 100 deluxe large paper copies signed by the author on title, half-title, title in red and black, photogravure frontispiece and 40 plates, many photogravures on india paper and mounted, tissue guards, light water-staining to upper inner margin, contemporary half red calf, spine gilt, t.e.g., spine faded, a little rubbed and stained, [Thacher pp.234-235], 4to, 1913.
![[Crawhall (Joseph)] The Compleatest Angling Booke that Ever was writ, second edition, one of 100 copies, signed and inscribed](http://lot-images.atgmedia.com/SR/10011/2877885/61-201332717249_468x382.jpg)
Lot 61
[Crawhall (Joseph)] The Compleatest Angling Booke that Ever was writ, second edition, one of 100 copies, signed and inscribed by the author to "Thomas Satchell from his friend Joseph Crawhall with kind regards" at head of first page of text, etched, woodcut and wood-engraved vignettes and illustrations by the author, Joseph Crawhall III, James Guthrie and W. Chapman throughout, some hand-coloured, with prospectus, subscription form and a few sample pages and other additional material bound in at end, some foxing, worst at beginning and end, bookplate of Sir John Dodd and with his pencil inscription to front free endpaper, later half green morocco, spine gilt in compartments with angling motifs, t.e.g., others uncut, spine faded, lower corners slightly bumped, [Thacher p.131; W&S p.69], 4to, Newcastle upon Tyne, Andrew Reid, 1881. An excellent association copy belonging to the famous piscatorial bibliographer. The additional material at the end comprises 2 plates from the first edition of 1859 which was limited to 40 copies only (etched reproduction of the famous woodcut from Berners`s Treatise of Fysshynge and a portrait of Izaak Walton), plus pp.61-68 & 85-92 and 4 plates from Border Notes & Mixty Maxty of 1880 (limited to 50 copies), all tipped into larger leaves and inscribed "Remainders" at head of p.61 in Crawhall`s hand.
Lot 65
Westwood (Thomas) The Chronicle of The `Compleat Angler` of Izaac Walton and Charles Cotton. Being a Bibliographical Record of its Various Phases and Mutations, first edition, one of 25 large paper copies, signed and inscribed by the author "To the Rev. M.G.Watkins with cordial greeting from his brother Piscator.1882" on front free endpaper and with accompanying A.L.s. tipped in at beginning, half-title, title in red and black, decorative initials hand-coloured in red, interleaved and with a few notes or cuttings pasted in, light spotting, contemporary roan-backed boards, spine titled in gilt, a little rubbed, boards slightly worn at edges, [Thacher p.569; Westwood & Satchell p.239], 4to, Willis and Sotheran, 1864. Thomas Westwood (1814-88) was the author, with Thomas Satchell, of the highly regarded Bibliotheca Piscatoria; he moved to Belgium in 1844 to work for a railway company and spent most of his life enjoying his leisure collecting a fine angling library. There was also a trade edition of this work, which was the first of the Compleat Angler bibliographies describing 53 editions. In his letter Westwood describes his library (although his fishing library was already sold by then, offered for sale in 1873 in New York by J.W. Boulton but bought en bloc by the New York Public Library.): "In one of the bookcases.is Van Voorst`s series of natural history (not one wanting) with White`s Selborne, Jeffreys.Sowerby`s botany.Ruskin. Dibdin.& I declare, amongst the folios, the `Nuremberg Chronicle`.".
Lot 75
[Chatto (William Andrew)], "Stephen Oliver." Scenes and recollections of Fly-Fishing, in Northumberland, Cumberland, and Westmorland, first edition, wood-engraved vignette on title, illustrations, some foxing, bookplate of Edwin F. Snow on front pastedown, contemporary calf, gilt, [W&S p. 162], 12mo, 1834. "An interesting volume." - Westwood & Satchell.
![Alken (Henry) [The National Sports of Great Britain], first edition, second issue, aquatint title (dated 1821) and 50 aquatin](http://lot-images.atgmedia.com/SR/10011/2877885/93-201332717252_468x382.jpg)
Lot 93
Alken (Henry) [The National Sports of Great Britain], first edition, second issue, aquatint title (dated 1821) and 50 aquatint plates by J.Clark after Henry Alken, all splendidly hand-coloured and in excellent condition, printed in English & French, this copy without the dual-language letterpress title-page in but with plates watermarked `1820`, 19th century bookplate of Thomas Greer on front pastedown, handsomely bound in full contemporary straight-grain morocco with blind-tooled inner border and decorative ornament contained within elaborate gilt border, spine titled in gilt with further gilt compartments within gilt-tooled raised bands, g.e., surface wear to corner some edges, small section of surface loss to upper cover near spine, [ Mellon/Podeschi 111; Schwerdt I, p.19 & IV, p. 4; Siltzer p. 70; Tooley 41], folio, Thomas McLean, 1821. "Alken`s most important work.It must always form the cornerstone of any Alken collection." Tooley, English Books with Colour Plates, p.64. Alken`s hugely popular presentation of the aristocratic pursuits of the time, resplendent with large hand-coloured aquatint depictions of popular pastimes including hunting on horseback, hawking, gun shooting, angling, horse-racing, pugilism and dressage, as well as activities that even at the time were becoming increasingly controversial such as bull-baiting and bear-baiting. This copy would seem to have been without the letterpress title for some time, perhaps even bound without, as the offsetting onto the verso of the additional title is that from the Preface.
Lot 290
POSTAGE STAMPS - The vast Great Britain and British Commonwealth collection in three large cartons; stamps in albums, stockbooks and packets. Great Britian from 1840, including high face value stamps from all periods, commemorative sets and first day covers, also Guernsey, Isle of Man and Jersey. British Commonwealth with a huge number of new issues from Urch Harris in original mailings. Omnibus issues with 1953 Coronation, 1977 Siver Jubilee, 1978 Coronation, 1979 Rowland Hill and 1982 Charles and Diana.
Lot 335
[MILLES, Thomas] The Catalogue of Honor or Treasury of True Nobility. Peculiar and Proper to the Isle of Great Britaine... translated out of the Latyne into English. First Edition. engraved frontispiece and architectural title, text illus x armorial's, separate part titles, errata leaf, irregular pagination, old calf (worn and broken), roy. 4to. printed by William Jaggard, 1610. G 1 with sm. tear (lacks 4 words of text), lacks G5 (pp. 69 & 70), 4 shields with damage, some stains; sold as found. R/L 3
Lot 340
Cary's New and Correct English Atlas . . . from actual surveys . . . First Edition, 43 engraved and partly coloured county maps & three others, engraved dedication, advertisement leaf, subscribers' list and relevant other letterpress, half calf & marbled boards, 4to. printed for John Cary, 1787
Lot 366
TENNANT (S.) & GREY (P) The Vein in the Marble. First Edition. mounted plates, cloth-backed marbled boards, illus.on eps, spare labels included. 1925. * pasted card on half title - 'yours very sincerely / Stephen Tennant; OLIVER (Edith) Without Knowing Mr. Walkley: a personal memoir. First Edition. photo. plates, d/wrapper. 1938; together with other literary & illustrated editions of earlier to mid 20th cent. (qty)
Lot 374
JAMES (Edward) The Venetian Glass Omnibus. Limited Edition. second (extended title), illus. (from drawings by Oliver Messel), pictorial boards (some damage at lower edge of upper one), 4to. The James Press, (1933). * limitation (for this 2nd edition of Sep. 1933) of 25 copies; the first edition (20 copies), having been published December 1932. this copy with a fulsome Christmas1933 inscription by the author to Baroness D' Erlanger, and accompanied (loosely inserted) by a lengthy personal note (36 lines on 2 postcards - Dec. 23rd, 1933. c/o Lord Berners, Farringdon House, Berks.) - 'You are about the first person who stands to deserve a copy . . . last year I had twenty copies printed, but they were not so good at this. The cover has . . . been improved upon and Christopher Sykes has added several drawings in addition to Oliver's . . . ' ; and continuing about a written card being pasted over a dedication which the Baroness might well not now approve; certainly a leaf prior to that appears to have been excised - possibly something else that also may not have pleased (?) ; another very scarce offering and, significantly, inscribed from Farringdon House - where, for eccentricity, Lord Berners was more than his equal Illustrated
Lot 375
D' ERLANGER (Baron Emil B.) L' Age d' Or: Poemes et Sonnets. Limited Edition. coloured pictorial & printed wrappers (lt. marked, creased at edges, some internal spotting), uncut & partly unopened, 4to. Paris: (Francois Bernouard, 1919). * limitation of 500 numbered copies; with another poem (typescript, 14 lines on a single sheet, 20-12-19) loosely inserted; AYRAL (L.) L'Age des Cieux. First-Edition. printed in blue, wrappers (? lacks upper one), 4to. Paris (privately published) 1930. * author's inscription to Baron d' Erlanger on half title; FRANTEL (Max) Dialogue sur la Tombe des Hommes . . . Limited Edition. portrait sketch, printed wrappers, 4to. Paris, 1937. * one of 20 lettered copies (this one 'M', the note printed in red) - 'cet exemplaire a ete tire specialement pour le Baron Emile B. D'Erlanger & with an extended personal mss. note on half title (3)
Lot 380
(ERLANGER) La Collection Erlanger . . . texte par Gustave Geffroy. Limited Edition. letterpress & 40 plates (11 coloured) printed within captioned glassine guards, contemp. gilt-lettered calf (some wear), lge. folio. Paris, 1911. * the significant collection (David, Teniers, Brueghel, Bonnington, etc.) of Frederic Emile, first Baron Erlanger (of the merchant banking & trading company); German/ British art connoisseur benefactor & music patron; this (very scarce) volume published the year of his death Illustrated
![[GRAVES, Robert] The Marmosite's Miscellany, (by) John Doyle. First Edition. original patterned boards (sl. used), slim 8vo.](http://lot-images.atgmedia.com/SR/10050/2869396/384-2013419172748_468x382.jpg)
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