SCIENCE FICTION. – Mark WICKS. To Mars via the Moon, an Astronomical Story. London: Seeley & Co. Limited, 1911. First edition, 8vo (193 x 121mm.) 16 plates. (Some spotting, browning and occasional soiling.) Original cloth (spine slightly faded and bumped at head and foot). Provenance: A.J. Treasurer (author’s presentation inscription dated ‘February 1915’; 4pp. a.l.s. from Wicks dated ‘4th Feb 1915’). Note: the a.l.s. discusses the book ‘the large portion of it being scientific fact’ and other related current affairs, such as ‘the need of saving Pollard’s Hill for the public’ and finally discusses some predictions in the book ‘I predicted the possibility, in the future, of aerial evolutions… in our own world. In less than two years after the book was published Grahame White made the first start with an illuminated aeroplane’.
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MILLS, Hugh. Prudence and the Pill. [N.p. but London:] Triton Books, 1965. First edition, 8vo (196 x 127mm.) Original cloth, dust-jacket. Provenance: Vivian [Cox] (presentation inscription signed by Mills dated 1965). – And four other works by Mills, including three others signed by the author (5).
BINDINGS. – William COWPER. The Works… with a Life of the Author, by the Editor, Robert Southey. London: Baldwin and Cradock, 1835-1837. 15 vols., 8vo (167 x 102mm.) Engraved frontispieces, engraved additional titles, occasional plates. (Frontispiece to vol. I torn.) Near-contemporary red half straight-grain morocco, by Birdsall of Northampton, the flat spines in four unequal compartments, green calf lettering pieces in the first and third, the others with repeat decoration in gilt, t.e.g. (extremities lightly scuffed).
BINDINGS. – L.E. STEELE (editor). Essays of Richard Steele. London & New York: 1907. 8vo (150 x 96mm.) Portrait frontispiece. Contemporary red half-morocco, the spine gilt in three compartments with raised bands, lettered in the first and third, the second with a foliate motif. – And twenty-four others, leather-bound (25).
MODERN FIRST EDITIONS. – James Dillon WHITE. Night on the Bare Mountain. London, Melbourne, etc.: Heinemann, 1957. First edition, 8vo (194 x 124mm.) Typed film adaptation synopsis loosely inserted (staple rusted, somewhat browned). Original cloth, dust-jacket (dust-jacket soiled and lightly browned). – And forty-eight others, all 20th Century, the majority first editions, including some signed by their authors (49).
SHEPARD, Ernest H. (illustrator). – Kenneth GRAHAME. The Wind in the Willows. London: Methuen & Co. Ltd., 1931. Thirty-eighth edition, 8vo (188 x 121mm.) Numerous illustrations by Shepard. (Some light soiling and spotting.) Original green cloth (bumped and scuffed, front endpapers crudely hand-coloured). Note: the first edition featuring Shepard illustrations. – And fifteen other illustrated works (16).
SITWELL, Osbert. [Left Hand Right Hand!] London: Macmillan & Co. Ltd., 1945-1950. 5 vols., first editions, 8vo (217 x 126mm.) Plates and illustrations. Original cloth (extremities lightly bumped), dust-jackets (small tears, a few with minor loss). Note: vol. I signed in pencil by Osbert Sitwell to half-title. – And one other work by Sitwell (6).
BINDINGS. – T.S. HUGHES. The History of England… third edition. London: George Bell, 1846. 7 vols., 8vo (215 x 131mm.) (First and last few leaves of each vol. lightly browned or spotted). Contemporary brown calf, spines gilt (extremities scuffed, spines somewhat rubbed). – And two other related works in nine volumes, bound to match (16).
ROBERTSON, William. The History of America… eleventh edition. London: 1808. 4 vols., 8vo (210 x 127mm.) 4 folding maps, 1 folding plate. (Vols. I & III with worm damage to first few pages, affecting map in vol. III, minor tears to maps, some spotting or browning.) Contemporary speckled calf (worn, four covers detached).
PALEY, William. Natural Theology; or, Evidences of the Existence and Attributes of the Deity… the eleventh edition. London: printed for R. Faulder and Son, 1807. 8vo (213 x 126mm.) (Light browning to first and last few leaves.) Contemporary calf, the upper cover with centrally-placed ownership cartouche in gilt, spine gilt (extremities rubbed and scuffed). – And two other works in three vols. by Paley, bound to match. Provenance: C. Johnson (bindings) (4).
SHEPARD, E.H. (illustrator). – A.A. MILNE. Winnie-the-Pooh. London: 1926. First edition, 8vo (185 x 120mm.) Numerous illustrations by Shepard. (Occasional light soiling or very light browning.) Original red morocco gilt, g.e. (small mark to upper cover), original glassine dust-jacket (creased and with minor tears), contained within original publisher’s box (soiled and defective).
SHEPARD, E.H. (illustrator). – A.A. MILNE. Now We Are Six. London: Methuen & Co Ltd., 1927. First edition, 8vo (188 x 122mm.) Numerous illustrations by Shepard. (Occasional light browning.) Original red cloth, t.e.g. (extremities lightly bumped, spine slightly faded). – And two other works by Milne, including one other first edition (The House at Pooh Corner. London: 1928. 8vo) (3).
STEINBECK, John. The Grapes of Wrath. London & Toronto: William Heinemann Ltd., 1939. First U.K. edition, 8vo (196 x 125mm.) Original cloth (spine slightly bumped at head and foot), dust-jacket (soiled, minor creases and tears). Provenance: Vivian Cox (signature dated ‘September 1939’ to front-free endpaper). – And one other work by Steinbeck (2).
HARRISON, Richard. Recollections of a Life in the British Army during the Latter Half of the 19th Century. London: 1908. First edition, 8vo (208 x 133mm.) Occasional illustrations, (Light browning.) Original cloth (extremities bumped, spine slightly faded). Provenance: Royal Society of Arts (presentation inscription by the author dated November 1908; presentation a.l.s. by Harrison and ink-stamp to front free endpaper).
BRIDGES, Robert. Ibant Obscuri, an Experiment in the Classical Hexameter. Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1916. 8vo (251 x 167mm.) (Minor damp-staining to top-right corner of first few leaves, occasional light spotting.) Original cloth-backed boards (soiled and discoloured). – And thirteen others (14).
STEWART, Donald William. Old and Rare Scottish Tartans. Edinburgh: George P. Johnston, 1893. Limited edition of 300 copies, this number 10 of 250 copies on Dutch hand-made paper, 4to (272 x 212mm.) Title printed in red and black and with vignette, 45 tartan specimens. (Torn with minor marginal loss to first few leaves, some browning.) Original cloth, t.e.g. (extremities lightly bumped and soiled, spine slightly faded, stitching weak and one leaf now loosely inserted).
CHILDREN’S BOOKS. – E. NESBIT. The Magic City. London: Macmillan and Co., Limited, 1910. First edition, 8vo (193 x 125mm.) Full-page illustrations by H.R. Millar. (Some browning and occasional soiling.) Original red cloth blocked in gilt, t.e.g. (extremities chipped and slightly discoloured, lower hinge split, stitching weak). – And twenty-seven others, the majority children’s books, late 19th and 20th Century, including eight others by Nesbit (28).
TOMKINSON, G.S. A Select Bibliography of the Principal Modern Presses Public and Private in Great Britain and Ireland. London: The First Edition Club, 1928. Limited edition of 1000 copies, 4to (250 x 185mm.) Printed in red and black. (Light spotting.) Original cloth-backed boards (lightly bumped and scuffed), dust-jacket (torn with slight loss and soiled).
FILM & THEATRE. – Eric BARKER. Steady, Barker!. London: Secker & Warburg, 1956. First edition, 8vo (196 x 127mm.) Occasional illustrations. (Light browning.) Original cloth, dust-jacket. Provenance: Vivian Cox (presentation inscription signed by Barker ‘This isn’t conceit. Just a personal souvenir to that very erudite man with thanks for having me and all the fun off the set. Eric August ‘58’). – And a quantity of others, a number relating to films, the theatre and plays or poetry (a quantity).
LANG, Andrew (editor). The Yellow Fairy Book. London & New York: 1894. First edition, 8vo (182 x 116mm.) Numerous illustrations by H.J. Ford. (Slightly affected by damp, some spotting or browning.) Original decorative cloth blocked in gilt, g.e. (extremities bumped, spine slightly darkened). – And two others by Lang (3).
LYSONS, Daniel & Samuel. Magna Britannia… volume the first, containing Bedfordshire, Berkshire, and Buckinghamshire. London: 1806. 1 vol. only, large 4to (281 x 214mm.) Numerous engravings, occasional extra-illustrations. (Occasional spotting, numerous annotations to margins.) Late 19th century half-calf (worn).
BIOGRAPHIES. – Lucy NORTON. First Lady of Versailles. Philadelphia & New York: J.B. Lippincott Company, 1978. First edition, 8vo (215 x 126mm.) Occasional illustrations. (Occasional soiling.) Original cloth, dust-jacket. Provenance: ‘Bill’ (presentation inscription signed by the author, dated ‘Christmas 1980’ to half-title). – And forty-two others, all biographies, all 20th Century (43).
NELSON, Robert. A Companion for the Festivals and Fasts of the Church of England… the twentieth edition. London: 1752. 8vo (201 x 122mm.) Engraved frontispiece. (Title-page and some other leaves torn without loss, Qq7 torn with slight loss and repaired with tape to margin, some spotting and browning.) Contemporary calf (worn, upper cover detached, stitching broken, frontispiece and first quire now loosely inserted).
BREREWOOD, E. Enquiries touching the diversity of Languages and Religions, through the Chief Parts of the World. London: 1674. Wing B4379. [bound with:] Christopher IRVIN. Historiae Scoticae Nomenclatura Latino-Vernacula. Glasgow: 1819. 2 vols. in one, 8vo (162 x 97mm.) (First work slightly shaved, some browning.) 19th century half-calf (extremities slightly scuffed).
HARTSHORNE, Charles Henry. Salopia Antiqua, or an Enquiry from Personal Survey into the ‘Druidical’, Military, and other Early Remains in Shropshire and the North Welsh Borders. London & Cambridge: 1841. 8vo (270 x 170mm.) Decorative additional title, 8 chromolithographed plates. (Light crease to first few leaves, additional title damp-stained, some browning or spotting.) Contemporary half-morocco, t.e.g. (extremities slightly scuffed).
Antique silver picture frames, plain silver picture frame covers, fronts only, backs missing, first is approx. 7.5” x 11”, some damage to top left and bottom left corners, second is approx. 9” x 11.25”, Mappin & Webb, one swivel grip on reverse missing, both items have some scuffs, scratches and dents, h/m London & Birmingham 1913 (approx. 10.50oz) (2)
Two sets of silver coffee spoons, first set comprising six coffee bean spoons, slightly tarnished, h/m Birmingham 1936, and set of six coffee spoons with Celtic-style patterned handles & Scottish thistle finials, stamped Sterling or Sterling Scotland, both sets in cases (approx. 2.95oz total) (2)
Somerville, E. OE., & Ross, M. Some Irish Yesterdays, first edition, Longmans, Green & Co., London 1906. Cream cloth with pictorial onlay, illustrations, octavo (spine browned); In Mr Knox`s Country, first edition, 1915. Green cloth, illustrations, octavo; and fifteen others by or on the same, (17).
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[Archery]. Elmer, Robert. Target Archery, first edition, Hutchinson`s Library of Sports and Pastimes, London 1952. Blue buckram, plate illustrations, octavo; Hodgkin, Adrian. The Archer`s Craft, first edition, Faber & Faber, London 1951. Green cloth, dustjacket, plate illustrations, quarto; Edwards, C.B. An Archer`s Notes, first edition, Petty & Sons, Leeds 1949. Blue cloth, dustjacket, octavo; and four other works of related interest, (7).
![[Archery]. Moseley, Walter Michael. An Essay on Archery: Describing the Practice of that Art, in All Ages and Nations, first](http://lot-images.atgmedia.com/SR/10054/2789375/457-201021115448_468x382.jpg)
![[Archery]. Roberts, T. The English Bowman, or Tracts on Archery: to which is added the second part of the Bowman`s Glory, fir](http://lot-images.atgmedia.com/SR/10054/2789375/467-20102111555_468x382.jpg)
![[Archery]. Hastings, Thomas. The British Archer; or, Tracts on Archery, first edition, Ackermann, London 1831. Later scarlet](http://lot-images.atgmedia.com/SR/10054/2789375/468-20102111557_468x382.jpg)
![[Archery]. Hay, Ian. The Royal Company of Archers 1676-1951, first edition, Blackwood, Edinburgh & London 1951. Green clo](http://lot-images.atgmedia.com/SR/10054/2789375/476-201021115521_468x382.jpg)
[Archery]. Hay, Ian. The Royal Company of Archers 1676-1951, first edition, Blackwood, Edinburgh & London 1951. Green cloth gilt, frontispiece, plate illustrations, quarto; Oxley, James. The Fletchers and Longbowstringmakers of London, first edition, The Worshipful Company of Fletchers, London 1968. Black cloth gilt, armorial frontispiece, plate illustrations, quarto; and Lake, Fred, & Wright, Hal. A Bibliography of Archery, first edition, The Simon Archery Foundation, Manchester 1974. Boards, dustjacket, quarto, INSCRIBED BY ONE AUTHOR, (3).
![[Archery]. Elmer, Robert. Target Archery, first edition, Hutchinson`s Library of Sports and Pastimes, London 1952. Pale blue](http://lot-images.atgmedia.com/SR/10054/2789375/477-201021115523_468x382.jpg)
[Archery]. Elmer, Robert. Target Archery, first edition, Hutchinson`s Library of Sports and Pastimes, London 1952. Pale blue boards, dustjacket, plate illustrations, octavo; Edwards, C.B., & Heath, E.G. In Pursuit of Archery, first edition, Kaye, London 1962. Boards, dustjacket, plate and text illustrations, octavo; Edwards, C.B. An Archer`s Notes, first edition, Petty & Sons, Leeds 1949. Blue cloth, dustjacket, octavo; Edwards, C.B. The "Tox" Story. An Account in Brief of The Royal Toxophilite Society, R.T.S., Burnham 1968. Stiff card covers, small octavo; and five further works of related interest, (9).
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